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AGENDA Planning & Development Committee Regular Meeting 4:00 PM - Thursday, November 9, 2017 Council Conference Room, 7th Floor, City Hall – 1055 S. Grady Way 1. Landmark Designation Nomination - The Cortona Building a) AB - 2023 Mayor Law approves the request to proceed with nomination of the Cortona Building (old Woolworth building) for designation as a Landmark by King County Landmarks Commission, and appoints Liz Stewart, Renton History Museum Manager, as a special member from the City of Renton to serve on the King County Landmarks Commission for a three-year term. 2. Long Range Planning Work Program 3. Illicit Discharge Regulation Code Amendment a) AB - 2025 Utility Systems Division recommends adopting an ordinance amending RMC 4- 6-030 and 4-6-100 to clarify existing provisions for the prohibition of illicit discharges into the City's storm system. 4. Supervised Injection Facilities Recommendation a) Staff Report AGENDA ITEM #1. a) AB - 2023 City Council Regular Meeting - 06 Nov 2017 SUBJECT/TITLE: Landmark Designation Nomination - Cortona Building RECOMMENDED ACTION: Refer to Planning & Development Committee DEPARTMENT: Executive STAFF CONTACT: April Alexander, Executive Assistant EXT.: 6520 FISCAL IMPACT SUMMARY: None SUMMARY OF ACTION: Mayor Law approves the request to proceed with the nomination of the Cortona Building (old Woolworth building) for designation as a Landmark by King County Landmarks Commission. Also, per Ordinance 5855 (Landmark Preservation Ordinance), Mayor Law appoints Liz Stewart, Renton History Museum Manager, as a special member from the City of Renton to serve on King County Landmarks Commission for a three-year term. Ms. Stewart will be a voting member of the Commission on all matters relating to or affecting landmarks within the city with certain exceptions. EXHIBITS: A. Landmark Designation Nomination-Cortona Building Memo B. Woolworth Landmark Registration Form C. Woolworth Landmark Photos and Maps STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Confirm Mayor Law's request to proceed with the nomination and confirm Mayor Law's appointment of Ms. Liz Stewart to King County Landmarks Commission as a special member for a three-year term. AGENDA ITEM #1. a) DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT M E M 0 RAN D U M DATE: October 20, 2017 — TO: Denis Law, Mayor —7 FROM: C. E. “Chip” Vincent, CED Administrator C SUBJECT: Landmark Designation Nomination — Cortona Building The City has received a request from the owners of the Cortona Building, located at 724 South 3rd Street in Downtown Renton, for approval to nominate their building for designation as a Landmark by King County Landmarks Commission (“Commission”). The owners, Dave and Monica Brethauer, have invested significant time and money in the rehabilitation of the property to restore it to a beautiful example of 1950’s architecture. In fact, the Brethauers’ $1.1 million project received the 2016 King County John D. Speliman Award for Historic Preservation, and the building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building is also listed on the Washington Heritage Register. The renovation serves as a significant catalyst in the revitalization of Downtown Renton. The City’s recently adopted Landmark Preservation Ordinance (No. 5855) (“Ordinance”) requires that the City must approve an historic resource for nomination prior to the resource proceeding through the nomination process. Approval shall be from the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council. Staff recommends approval of the Brethauers’ request to proceed with their nomination of the Cortona Building for designation as a Landmark by the Commission. Once reviewed by County staff, the nomination will be submitted to the Commission for consideration. Via the Ordinance, the Commission serves as the landmarks commission for the City in the case of nominated properties that lie within the City’s limits. Per the Ordinance, the Mayor with Council confirmation shall appoint a special member of the Commission. The appointment shall be made for a three (3)-year term. The special member shall have a demonstrated interest and competence in historic preservation. The special member shall be a voting member of the Commission on all matters relating to or affecting landmarks within the City, with certain exceptions. Staff recommends that Liz Stewart, Renton History Museum Manager, be appointed as the special member from the City of Renton to serve on the Commission for a 3-year term. AGENDA ITEM #1. a) LANDMARK REGISTRATION FORM PART I: PROPERTY INFORMATION 1. Name of Property historic name: F. W. WOOLWORTH CO. STORE other names/site number: Cortona Building 2. Location street address: 724 South 3rd Street parcel no(s): 723150-2210 legal description(s): Lots 11 & 12, Block 25, Renton Town Plat 3. Classification Ownership of Property: Category of Property: Name of related multiple property listing: private building(s) (Enter “N/A” if property is not part of a public-local district multiple property listing.) public-State site public-Federal structure object 4. Property Owner(s) name: Cortona LLC street: 10232 63rd Ave S city: Seattle state: WA zip: 98178 5. Form Prepared By name/title: Adapted from a National Register nomination by Caroline T. Swope, M.S.H.P., Ph.D. organization: Kingstree Studios date: October 10, 2017 F. W. Woolworth Co. Store Landmark Registration Form Page 1 of 17 AGENDA ITEM #1. a) Property Information (continued) 6. Nomination Checklist Site Map (REQUIRED) Continuation Sheets Photographs (REQUIRED): please label or Other (please indicate): caption photographs and include an index Last Deed of Title: this document can usually be obtained for little or no cost from a title company F. W. Woolworth Co. Store Landmark Registration Form Page 2 of 17 AGENDA ITEM #1. a) PART II: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 7. Alterations Check the appropriate box if there have been changes to plan, cladding, windows, interior features or other significant elements. These changes should be described specifically in the narrative section below. Yes No Plan (i.e. no additions to footprint, Yes No Interior features (woodwork, relocation of walls, or roof plan) finishes, flooring, fixtures) Yes No Cladding Yes No Other elements Yes No Windows Narrative Description Use the space below to describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance, condition, architectural characteristics, and the above-noted alterations (use continuation sheet if necessary). Summary Paragraph Located at 710 - 724 South 3rd Street in Renton, Washington, the Woolworth’s building sits on the northwest corner at the intersection of South 3rd Street and Williams Avenue South in the downtown business district. An alley is located to the west of the building. The building faces south and abuts the sidewalk on the east and south, and the alley on the west. The north elevation has two main portions, the portion that is associated with the original footprint of the two-story Woolworth’s and the one- story portion that originally was an adjoining building. The north wall of the two-story building is a party wall, while the north wall for the one-story building faces a driveway located off the alley. The building is roughly L-shaped in massing and has a concrete foundation. Walls are a combination of poured concrete and concrete block. The south façade is primarily glazing, with stacked courses of Roman brick framing the fenestration divisions. A narrow coping runs along the edge of the flat roof. Significant features of the International Style building are the unusual second floor window treatment (raised framed boxes surrounding grouped windows), simple concrete construction, significant glazing on the main elevation, and the awning. Exterior Originally constructed as two buildings (the original two-story Woolworth’s store to the east in 1954 and a one-story commercial building to the west in 1955) the two buildings were later joined in a remodel. The western part of the south elevation has one story while the eastern half has two stories. The lower portion of the building is a curtain wall clad with aluminum framed glass fenestration. From west to east the fenestration reads as: five plate glass windows, small brick pier, three plate glass window, large brick pier, two plate glass windows, recessed entry (angled plate glass window and a pair of double doors flanked by plate glass window), small brick pier, five plate glass window and small brick pier. A large flat awning runs most of the length of the building. It starts about halfway across the façade of the one story portion and continues to the Williams Avenue elevation, curving at the corner and wrapping to the other elevation. A large semicircular hole was cut in the awning to accommodate a streetlight (c. 1972, now missing). The awning edge cants slightly towards the building’s foundation, giving a streamlined machine aesthetic to the unit. The wall for the upper portion of the façade is concrete and has been scored in a rectangular grid pattern. The second floor of the main building has a large ganged bank of casement windows. The windows are unified with a F. W. Woolworth Co. Store Landmark Registration Form Page 3 of 17 AGENDA ITEM #1. a) Physical Description (continued) protruding flange that frames all the units. The fenestration pattern is window (a) small concrete panel (b) window (a) large concrete panel (c) and continues with an “a, b, a, c, a, b, a” pattern. The original casement style metal windows are all glazed with a textured pebble glass. The east elevation is entirely two stories. To the far south ¼ of the elevation continues the design rhythm found on the front of the building, with large glass and aluminum windows on the ground floor framed by Roman bricks in stack bond pattern, the continuation of the front awning, and the same grid scored concrete finish on the second floor. The fenestration pattern on the second floor is a, c, a, and has the same flanged frame around the ganged windows.