Laserfiche WebLink
Planning & Zoning Board <br />April 13, 2005 <br />Page 16 <br />things they believed were appropriate and the reality was that they needed to stay within <br />a budget. He stated they matched all of the existing details and added architectural <br />elements and believed this was the right thing to do. <br />Mr. Pogalz asked would new mechanical structures be added to the roof on the new <br />addition. Mr. Harris replied the mechanical structures would stay on the existing <br />building. <br />Mr. Pogalz stated he understood why they did not want to add another gable due to the <br />cost, but he believed the gable should be the focal point of the building. Mr. Harris <br />indicated clinics were extremely expensive to build, so they needed to keep the existing <br />space renovation to a minimum, if possible. <br />Mr. Pogalz stated he would like to see more architectural designs, but he understood it <br />was cost prohibitive and he believed because they were putting in an entire brick <br />building, this was a very nice and expense proposal and in his opinion he believed they <br />could work with this. <br />Mr. Nelson stated on the existing building the gable was one -third of the building and <br />now it would be one -sixth of the building and he did not believe it made the strong <br />statement it once did. <br />Chair Rafferty pointed out that the strongest things designed could be the simplest. He <br />stated he did not believe the simplicity had been pulled off properly in this proposal. He <br />stated he was not in favor of this project going forward until he saw something visually <br />friendly. <br />Mr. Tralle suggested on the east side adding an additional trellises and larger windows. <br />Mr. Harris noted they could do this and he would not be opposed to this, but noted the <br />reason there were smaller windows was because of privacy issues for the exam rooms, <br />but because this area was the training room, larger windows could be added. <br />Mr. Tralle believed this would break up the long wall if they added larger windows where <br />the training area was located. Mr. Harris stated he would need to redesign this end of the <br />building. <br />Mr. Nelson asked if there was anything they could to with the roofline to break it up. Mr. <br />Harris replied changing the roofline would probably be more distracting rather than <br />beneficial, but he did like the suggestion. <br />Mr. Pogalz suggested they go perpendicular with some type of steel design outline <br />similar to the gable to tie everything in, which would not cost as much as another gable. <br />Mr. Harris noted they had to determine if a steel structure would fit into the character of <br />the area. <br />Mr. Laden asked if Mr. Pogalz suggestion would compete with the existing gable. Mr. <br />Harris responded a perpendicular gable over 100 feet long was extraordinarily expensive. <br />DRAFT MINUTES <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />