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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHDC1984-004 CORRESPONDENCE (1)13 City of Little Rock Office of Comprehensive Planning March 26, 1984 City Hall Markham at Broadway Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 371-4790 MEMORANDUM TO: HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION AND INTERESTED PARTIES FROM: W. MIKE DOOLEY \ \ a OFFICE OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING INFORMATION Please be advised that an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness has been filed by Mr. Jim Moses on the Welch -Cherry House at 700 Rock Street. The major portion of the exterior work on the structure will occur around the porches to the west and south. Other rehabilitation of exist- ing materials are described in the attached submission. In addition, a combined parking lot is proposed for the interior of the block with new landscaping, retention of existing trees and the provision of exterior lighting. The building elevations that are submitted show the structure as proposed. The site plan indicates the location of parking spaces but does not include landscaping elements. I have been supplied with a colored copy of the landscaping and the elevation changes if anyone wishes to see the specific details. If so, please call me at 371-4790. The Board of Adjustment has approved the office use of the Welch -Cherry House and has reviewed the parking layout and considers it appropriate due to the operating hours of the individual uses involved. This is the only item on the agenda for Thursday, April 5, 1984 at 4:00 P.M. in the Board of Directors Chambers, Second Floor of City Hall. WMD/se ut City of Little Rock Office of Comprehensive Planning April 2, 1984 City Hall Markham at Broadway Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 371-4790 MEMORANDUM TO: HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION AND INTERESTED PARTIES FROM: W. MIKE DOOLEY SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION Please find enclosed an amended site plan for the Welch -Cherry application to be reviewed on Thursday. The changes include the provision of a fountain in the center of the project and the relocation of three (3) of the four (4) previous parking spaces. The public hearing is scheduled for 4:00 P.M. in the Board of Directors Chamber Room. I have plans of existing vs. proposed structural changes and landscape details that I would like to show the Commission at 3:30 P.M. in the Board of Directors Conference Room. Please advise if you cannot make the agenda meeting or public hearing. QUAPAW QUARTER ASSOCIATION April 3, 1984 Mr. Mike Dooley Office of Comprehensive Planning City Hall Markham & Broadway Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Re: Historic District Commission Dear Mike: On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Quapaw Quarter Association, thank you for the opportunity to comment on the plans submitted by Allison Moses Redden for the restoration of the Welch - Cherry House at 700 Rock Street and for the development of a parking lot to be shared by the Welch -Cherry House and other buildings in the block. We have two minor concerns relating to the restoration plans for the house. First, we would like to be certain that the balustrades on the second levels of the western and southern porches are compatible in materials and design with all the other balustrades. (The drawings we have seen do not clearly indicate the treatment of the upper level balustrades on the west and south.) Second, we would prefer that large, undivided sheets of glass be used to enclose the portions of the western and southern porches currently shown as being enclosed by multi -paned windows. With regard to the site plan, we believe that the proposal represents a vast improvement over the current situation, both in terms of the amount of parking provided and in terms of appearance. Because our concerns are limited to relatively minor aspects of the restoration of,the Welch -Cherry House, we would recommend that a Certificate of Appropriateness be issued for the project. Sincerely, Chery Griffithiichols Executive Director cc: Wilson Stiles 1321 South Scott a P.O. Box 1104 • Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 0 501-3 71-0075 OVERBEY, PEACE, MCCLAIN 8 YANCEY A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION ATTORNEYS AT LAW THOMAS L, OVERBEY 502 FIR5T FEDERAL PLAZA JOHN B. PEACE LAMES E.McCLA1 N, 1R. CAPITOL AND SPRING STREETS H. LAWRENCE YANCEY LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72201 NEIL DEININCER April 4, 1984 Mr. Mike Dooley Office of Comprehensive Planning 305 City Hall Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Re: MacArthur Park Historic District Commission Cherry House Dear Mr. Dooley: TELEPHONE (5011 378-0001 At the direction of Bill Rector, I am enclosing herewith the form and substance of the Parking Lot Agreement among the First Lutheran Church of Little Rock, The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation and J. Tucker Morse that relates to the rehabilitation project to be undertaken by Mr. Morse. This is the form of the Agreement that is agreeable to all parties. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or if I can be of further assistance. Sincerely yours, H . Law ence/Y,2tncey t1- jw/4r Enclosure cc: J. Tucker Morse Bill Rector PARKING LOT AGREEMENT WHEREAS, the First Lutheran Church of Little Rock, Arkansas (the "Church") , The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation ("Foundation") and J . Tucker Morse ("Morse") own or occupy, either in fee simple title or - pursuant to long-term leasehold interest, a substantial amount of land located in Block 42 of the Original City of Little Rock, Arkansas; WHEREAS, the Church, the Foundation and Morse each conduct various endeavors and activities on such land and Morse conducts a substantial amount of commercial and residential real estate activity on such land; and WHEREAS, the Church, the Foundation and Morse have deemed it to be in their best interest that a parking lot for their mutual use be constructed on their mutual land and desire to enter this agreement evidencing the same, NOW, THEREFORE, FOR ADEQUATE AND FULL CONSIDERATION, THE RECEIPT OF WHICH IS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED, IT IS HEREBY MUTUALLY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 1. Morse will be responsible to construct, or arrange for the construction of, a commercial grade asphalt parking lot, on the land identified on the plat attached as Schedule A hereto. The Church, the Foundation and Morse hereby agree to execute reasonable and necessary instruments (in a form appropriate for recording) evidencing their mutual consent for the construction of such parking lot on such land if r counsel for the respective parties require the same as necessary for the consummation of this transaction. PAI:IiING LOT AGREEMENT 2. The number of parking spaces to be provided by the construction of such a parking lot and the allocation of such parking spaces to the respective users thereof shall be as set forth on the plat attached hereto as Schedule A. The Church, the Foundation and Morse shall be allocated certain parking spaces as identified on such plat. • 3. The cost of maintenance and repairs of such parking lot shall be shared by each party hereto on 'a pro rata' basis in accordance with the proportions of spaces and allocated to each party. 'Such percentage of sharing of maintenance and operating expenses shall be identified on Schedule B attached -hereto. The operating and maintenance expenses to be shared by the parties hereto shall include, but not be limited to, normal expenses of repair, paint striping, insurance, real estate taxes and management fees, if any. 4. Morse shall serve as the Parking Lot Manager under the terms of this agreement, maintain a parking lot account for the payment of expenses and receipt of income (if any) from the operation of such parking lot and shall have the general operating and managerial authority therefor. However, Morse shall not undertake any repair or maintenance expenses in excess of $1, 000 per occurrence without first obtaining the written consent of the other parties to this agreement. 5. Each party hereto specifically acknowledges that parking lot spaces may be rented to other parties who own or occupy property located in Block 42 of the Original City of Little Rock and who are not parties to this agreement provided that a reasonable parking lot rental fee can be obtained from such parties and further provided that• sufficient parking spaces are available for such rental without infringing upon the use of the parking lot by the parties jo this agreement. .2 PARKING LOT AGREEMENT IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this agreement is executed this 30th day of January, 1984. I: FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS r THE WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION J. TUCKER MORSE '3 ARKANSAS HISTORIC April 5, 1984 PRESERVATION PROGRAM Mr. Mike Dooley Office of Comprehensive Planning Room 305, City Hall Little Rock, AR 72201 Re: MacArthur Park Historic District Historic District Commission Welch -Cherry House Dear Mr. Dooley: Thank you for providing the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program (AHPP) with the oppportunity to comment on the application for a certificate of appropriateness submitted for the Welch -Cherry House. We have reviewed the plans and concur with the architects` approach of retaining all existing original material and repairing or replacing features where necessary. We feel that the rehabilitation of the Welch -Cherry House will be an asset to the MacArthur Park Historic District and support the project. We -recommend that a certificate of appropriateness should be granted with the following provisions: 1. The historic fence on the west side of the Welch -Cherry House be retained and incorporated into the site plan; 2. Existing enclosed second story south porch be retained unless an earlier porch is documented; 3. Existing fabric and details on the north and west porches be examined to determine the existence and design of original railing. If it is determined that railing did not originally exist on the south porch we recommend a lattice treatment for the enclosure; 4. Large fixed glass panels extending from the porch floor to the existing cornice be used to enclose the porches instead of the multipaned effect illustrated on the plans; and 5. Porch details be independent from the enclosure material. Because the developers of this project have indicated that the Welch -Cherry House will be submitted as a tax certification project the AHPP has been working with the architects in developing the rehabilitation plans and will continue to work with them in implementing the foregoing provisions. In order to qualify for the rehabilitation tax credit the rehabilitation work Suite 200 • Heritage Center • 225 East Markham • Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 • Phone (501) 371-2763 A Division of the Department of Arkansas Natural and Cultural Heritage Mr. Mike Dooley April 5, 1984 Page 2 must be certified as being in compliance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation Projects. The AHPP will, therefore, continue to review all aspects of the rehabilitation work for its compliance with the "Standards". If you have any questions regarding these comments please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, , Wilson Stiles State Historic Preservation Officer cc: Ms. Cheryl Nichols