| beginning in the 1970's. The district has sixteen contributing resources and |
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| forty-three non-contributing resources, and two that require more research to |
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| determine their status. Ms. Kidorf indicated she is not going to go into a lot of |
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| detail about the house as the applicant probably has planned a presentation. To |
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| summarize, the proposed structure is a two to three-story house with a |
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| sprawling footprint, and a stone and siding exterior. The walls of the house are |
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| proposed to be an astoria blend natural stone, the windows would be aluminum |
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| Marvin windows in a bronze color, and there is a screened-in porch located in |
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| the rear of the property. The house is proposed to have a natural cedar shake |
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| roof with decorative copper finials and chimney cap. |
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| Mr. Chris Cousino, representing the owner, CP Ventures, is present to seek |
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| approval to move forward on the construction of the home. He introduced |
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| others present tonight; Mr. Paul Samartino, the design architect, and Mr. Tom |
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| Wujczyk, the builder. Considerable time and effort has been spent putting |
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| together the drawings in the package. Mr. Cousino feels that the project lends |
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| itself well not only to the community, but the district in preserving the historic |
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| character and the existing natural beauty of the property. Mr. Samartino |
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| explained the proposed home and the vision for the site. There is about 50 foot |
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| of fall on the site from the high point down to the waters edge. That was a big |
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| consideration on where the home was placed and how the home is designed to |
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| maximize views and utilize the extreme grades so as not to disrupt a lot of the |
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| grading. The team took into account the trees on the site; really trying to |
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| minimize the disruption of the trees. A considerable amount of trees will be |
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| spaded and moved to keep them on the site. A lot of attention is being paid to |
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| the 100 year old trees found on the site, the home is being worked around these |
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| trees. The home itself is designed to blanket the site. The home will be sunk |
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| two to three feet below the high point of the site, so when you pull up to the |
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| home, you will be sunk into a little bit of a motor court. The home will be more of |
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| a low-lying, been there for many years, rustic mountain feel; that is what the |
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| design team is trying to achieve. The natural stone comes from Montana and |
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| has unique features. In some of the extreme site condition cases, Mr. |
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| Samartino explained they will bring in stone outcroppings to give the home the |
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| feel that it's been there and is imbedded into the landscaping. He explained the |
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| hand-split, wavy cedar siding in a clear stain. The stone has a nice blend of rust |
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| and taupe, and the roof will be a natural cedar. There is a four car garage |
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| accessible from the courtyard of the home, and that grade dropped about 20 |
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| feet. To maximize the natural beauty this area will be utilized as the rear access |
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| of the lower garage. Mr. Samartino indicated a home of this size would usually |
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| have a six to eight car garage, but in this case he was able to tuck a four car |
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| garage under a four car garage which helped alleviate the footprint of the garage |
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| on the home. A cedar trimmed screened-in terrace is planned for the rear. |
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