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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-07-25 1434 email1 Minyard, Brian From:Brian Driscoll <Brian.Driscoll@arkansas.gov> Sent:Wednesday, July 25, 2018 2:34 PM To:John Cunningham Cc:Minyard, Brian; matt@mcbconstruction.com; ajohnsonconsultant@yahoo.com Subject:RE: Beverly Apartments Attachments:Beverly Apts easement letter.pdf Follow Up Flag:Follow up Flag Status:Flagged John – I’ve attached a PDF copy of our signed easement approval letter. A hard copy will be mailed out tomorrow but I wanted to make sure you got this quickly. Thanks for supplying the additional project details for our clarification. Brian Driscoll Technical Assistance Coordinator Brian.Driscoll@arkansas.gov Arkansas Historic Preservation Program an division of the Department of Arkansas Heritage 1100 North Street | Little Rock, AR 72201 office: 501.324.9881 fax: 501.324.9184 ArkansasPreservation.com From: John Cunningham [mailto:john@tinnincunningham.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 1:54 PM To: Brian Driscoll Cc: ajohnsonconsultant@yahoo.com; matt@mcbconstruction.com; BMinyard@littlerock.org Subject: Re: Beverly Apartments Brian, I just wanted to check in and make sure you received all of the information you had requested. Matt will hopefully be coming back in next week to secure a permit to get started. Antoinette sent in an addendum to our previous work to include the deck and roof replacement. We also spoke with Matt and he said we definitely will not be running any hvac lines on the exterior of the building. Please let me know if there is any other information you guys need. Thanks so much for you help John Cunningham Sent from my iPhone On Jul 13, 2018, at 4:34 PM, Brian Driscoll <Brian.Driscoll@arkansas.gov> wrote: John – If we can get something in writing, even if it’s an email, stating that the HVAC lines will not be installed on the masonry exterior, that the four condenser units will be placed at the back of the building and clarification about roof replacement question I can get our easement approval letter sent out in short order. We don’t want to bog down progress on your project but, in the absence of architectural plans and specifications, we just want to make sure we have the details right. This written clarification can come from you, your contractor or your tax credit consultant – whichever works best for you. As for roof 2 materials, we don’t need samples and aren’t concerned about color. Just a general description of materials (architectural shingles, 3-tab shingles, etc.) Thanks - Brian Driscoll Technical Assistance Coordinator Brian.Driscoll@arkansas.gov T he lin ke d im Arkansas Historic Preservation Program an division of the Department of Arkansas Heritage 1100 North Street | Little Rock, AR 72201 office: 501.324.9881 fax: 501.324.9184 ArkansasPreservation.com From: John Cunningham [mailto:john@tinnincunningham.com] Sent: Friday, July 13, 2018 1:24 PM To: Brian Driscoll Cc: ajohnsonconsultant@yahoo.com; matt@mcbconstruction.com Subject: Re: Beverly Apartments Brian, Are we able to move forward with doing everything else on the list aside from these few items? Matt went down to get a permit today and was told we would have to wait until we had approval on the roof, deck and hvac before we got going. Thanks for you help. John Cunningham 501-246-0413 Sent from my iPhone On Jul 12, 2018, at 2:34 PM, Brian Driscoll <Brian.Driscoll@arkansas.gov> wrote: Mr. Cunningham – I am writing in regard to the conservation easement the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program (AHPP) holds on the property at 406 East 7th Street in Little Rock referred to as the Beverly Apartments. We understand that your contractor, Matt Bailey, went to secure a building permit from the city and was informed of our easement and the need for us to review and approve any work that would impact the exterior appearance of the building and the building grounds. We also understand that you have submitted a description of the proposed work to the National Park Service (NPS) in order to take advantage of the federal historic preservation tax credit. We see that Part II of that tax credit application was approved by the National Park Service. During the course of conversations with city staff there was some mention of the need to replace the roof. I noticed that roof replacement is not in the scope of work outlined in Part II of the tax credit application. If the roof is to be replaced, I strongly urge you to amend the Part II application to add this work component. Also, if additional changes to the rear porch and stairs will be made, beyond what is described in the Part II description, those changes should also be included. Probably the best thing to do at this point is have your contractor look over the Part II descriptions and make sure they are still accurate. We are trying to avoid any potential problems between you and the NPS once the project is completed and you submit the Part III of your tax credit application. 3 As for our conservation easement, it covers the exterior of the building, so we are not concerned about interior changes unless they somehow would impact the outside. One thing we did notice is that new HVAC units will be installed in each of the four apartments. There is no mention of the eventual location of the four condenser units outside the building or any indication of where the supply and condensate lines for the second floor units will be run. We just want to avoid having these lines exit the building at the second floor level and extend down the outside wall of the building. We would prefer to have them enclosed in an interior chase and run in the crawlspace to the outside condenser units. We are certainly open to any other approaches that would keep these lines concealed. Once we have clarification on the questions regarding roof replacement, any additional proposed work on the rear porches and the location of condenser units and supply/condensate lines we can provide our final review and approval. We appreciate your efforts to keep this historic apartment building in use. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks - Brian Driscoll Technical Assistance Coordinator Brian.Driscoll@arkansas.gov <image001.jpg> Arkansas Historic Preservation Program an division of the Department of Arkansas Heritage 1100 North Street | Little Rock, AR 72201 office: 501.324.9881 fax: 501.324.9184 ArkansasPreservation.com