Voting Members Present

·     P. Brown (CH)

·     B. Chew

·     C. Poh

·     N. Reich

·     A. Lukacsy

·     T. Veider

Project presented by Susan Brownstein.  Four surface water treatment plants, for the Nottingham plant the treatment occurs underground.  The OhioEPA gave a directive to repair and modify the equipment underground.  The new building will house new equipment to assist with the treatment.  Overall site was constructed in 1951, designed by Havens and Emerson done in an Art Deco architectural style.  One of three water treatment plants to achieve partnership status with the USEPA.  Nick St. John & Keith Williams are the architectural team from CMD Smith.  The proposed building is not a habitable building but is more so meant to house the equipment that is at grade for servicing.  It is a single story building, brick, with a flat roof.  The proposed building mimics and existing building of the plant but with a bit more aesthetic to because it faces out to the public.  Facade will have translucent windows for natural lighting to conserve energy and decorative louvers.  It is a pre-engineered building using architectural metal panel.  The building will be insulated.  In previous new construction at this site the recommendation was mimic the original architecture.  Are using the skylights on the roof.  Using the proposed building materials because of the weight, but they are using full brick, limestone, etc.

Committee Questions, Comments, Concerns

·     What will be the finish on the metal panels?  PP: anondized metal panels

·     What is the elevation difference from the street and roofline of proposed building?  PP: 13'

·     Is there any equipment on the roof?

·     Objection to trying to achieve the look of a unified campus, the building should reflect the architecture of its time.

·     Any concern about the color and texture of the anondized aluminum changing overtime?  PP: The panels are coated for durability.

·     Investigate the look of an all metal building for cost, distance from original building, etc.

·     Will there be any landscaping?  PP: concern about safety/security and keeping visibility on the site.  Can the landscaping be put on the outside of the fence line, perhaps bushes or columnar trees (40 or 50' on center).

·     Why is the scupper downspout facing the north?  PP: Can discharge anything on the south because of the soils. 

·     Perhaps use the metal panels to disquise the downspouts, all of the scounces and such are not necessary, building to be a product of the time.

·     Maintanance cycle for rotating out the equipment is about every 5yrs.  Cranes would be used to access the equipment via the skylights, which would destroy the landscaping behind the building. Can do landscaping beyond the fence line.

·     Study the use of proportions of materials and lines.

·     Return with a landscaping plan showing watermain lines, site plan showing all the existing buildings and proposed building

·     Explore using metal coping instead of limestone, metal panels with brick, and a more simple facade removing the sconces.

·     There is in-ground lighting aimed at the building for visibility and aesthetics.

·     Where are the camera?  PP: Affixed to the building

·     The interior view is more interesting than the exterior.  Can more of the interior be visible? Or use the vocabulary set by the interior columns for the exterior?

·     Option to express the interior on the exterior or another option to use more of the metal materials to break-up all of the brick on the exterior.

Motion to table for the Dec. 18th meeting date to return with landscaping, nightviews, completed site plan, and updated elevations.  Motion to table approved by all voting members presents.

Committee motioned to approve with the following conditions:

-  Ensure aluminum louvers and frames are the same colore as the materials used for the siding of the building1

-  Ensure night-time lighting is symetrical, consistent and organized not hap-hazard as rending currently shows.  

Incorporating the DRAC's comments.