Ukiah Civic Center, 300 Seminary Avenue

City of Ukiah, CA Design Review Board 1 1 MINUTES 2 3Regular Meeting May 12, 2011 4◦ 5Ukiah Civic Center, 300 Seminary Avenue 61. CALL TO ORDER: Chair Moser called the Design Review Board meeting at 7 3:15 p.m. 8 92. ROLL CALL Present: Tom Liden, Alan Nicholson, Tom Hise, 10 Richard Moser, Nick Thayer 11 Absent: Estok Menton 12 Staff Present: Kim Jordan, Senior Planner 13 Jennifer Faso, Associate Planner 14 Cathy Elawadly, Recording Secretary 15 163. CORRESPONDENCE: None 17 184. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: May 3, 2011 minutes 19 M/S Liden/Nicholson to approve May 3, 2011 minutes, as submitted. 20 215. AUDIENCE COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS: None 22 236. RIGHT TO APPEAL: There are no appealable items on this agenda. 24 257. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 26 277A. Continue working on the Downtown Zoning Code Design District Guidelines. 28 29The DRB began with review of the DZC Patterns Table and supported the following 30concepts: 31 32Historic District – Existing Patterns 33Patterns 34 . buildings parallel to frontage line 35 36Articulation 37 . canvas awnings, barrel & shed 38 . recessed entry 39 . flat façade with narrow storefront 40 . taller buildings 41 42Historic District – Recommended Design Approach 43 . restore buildings that were inappropriately remodeled 44 . courtyard spaces 45 . recessed awnings and/or functional covered windows 46 47 48

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1Perkins Street Corridor District – Recommended Design Approach 2 3Composition 4 . courtyard like that of Geraldine Somers Building, 290 Seminary Avenue 5 6Main Street – Existing Patterns 7 8Composition 9. Courtyards of Yoga Mendocino building, 206 Mason Street 10 . Geraldine Somers Building, 290 Seminary Avenue 11 . Dolores Apartments, 602 N. State Street 12 13Articulation 14Yoga Mendocino building 15 . recessed doors and windows 16 . front porch/entry 17 18The DRB moved from the DZC-Patterns table to the Design Review Board Building 19Examples Table. The Board determined that the best approach would be to identify 20what they like about the buildings included in the Building Examples Table and that is 21where they will start at the next meeting. 22 23The Board reviewed the Building Examples Table. The following are the features that 24they Board liked about each of the buildings discussed. 25 26Main Street Design District – Examples Identified DRB 27Coffee Critic, 476 North State Street (photograph DSC0046): 28 . recessed Entry 29 . outdoor Seating 30 . materials 31 . contemporary design 32 33Geraldine Somers Building, 290 Seminary Avenue (photograph DSC0097: 34 . courtyard 35 . changing proportion of building 36 . repeated form 37 . variation in height between buildings 38 39Graces, 232 North Main Street, (photograph DSC0050) 40 . delete this building from the selection 41 42Yoga Mendocino, 206 Mason Street (photograph DSC0055): 43 . articulated entry 44 . recessed windows 45 . rear portion of the building that gives a different form more reflective of a 46 commercial/industrial form/use 47 . arched windows 48 . courtyard 49 . clerestory windows of corner 50

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1Starbucks, First American Title Insurance Company building, 704 E. Perkins Street 2(photograph DSC5065): 3 . materials 4 . covered space/cornice & columns 5 . roofing 6 . ‘agrarian’ style 7 . colors 8 . clerestory windows 9 10Healdsburg Hotel, (photograph example 5): 11 . corner entrance at 45◦ 12 . covered patio 13 . proportional 14 . courtyard, open spaces 15 . balcony articulation 16 . ‘activity’ of building 17 . materials 18 . larger building “broken” into smaller pieces 19 208. MATTERS FROM THE BOARD: None 21 229. MATTERS FROM STAFF: None 23 2410. SET NEXT MEETING/ADJOURNMENT: Thursday May 12, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. 25 The meeting adjourned at 5:10 p.m. 26 27 28Richard Moser, Chair

29 Cathy Elawadly, Recording 30Secretary

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