Speaker 0: Thank you very much. We have one individual signed up to speak this evening, Jessie Pearce.
Speaker 10: Good evening. Members of council, members of the audience, those watching at home. My name is Jesse Pearce. I'm running for I was running for city council at large. Almost 15,000 votes with no money. I'll be running again to be your next mayor in 2023. And the slogan still stands Justice for the Poor People, Our Profit. And I reside in Candy's district, county seat of Bacchus District. And I represent several organizations such as Denver Homeless Outlaw, Black Star Action War, Self-defense, Positive Action Committee for Social Change, as well as Unity Party of Colorado, Denver, and as well as Universal African People's Organization . And you can find me on Mile-High News, YouTube and Facebook minus someone regards to this. I'm in approval of it. Cashman is an awesome council person. The council hall is awesome as well, but I have nothing to say about this. Good, good job, Cashman. This should easily get passed, so I have no qualms about that. And thank you for allowing me to speak this evening.
Speaker 0: Thank you. That concludes our speakers. Are there any questions? Oh, to Shannon Stage also signed up. Sorry, I missed that one. Since we do.
Speaker 7: Have the owners too, I think there might be a problem with when.
Speaker 0: We get for.
Speaker 5: To speak.
Speaker 0: Okay, so we're getting that ironed out. Looks like they're starting to pop up now on my screen. So Shannon stage, if you want to go next and then I also have Kristi minnillo. So if someone else other than those two signed up, then please talk to our council secretary.
Speaker 7: Excuse me, councilman and Lori Tetlock, who is the owner of the home, is also there trying to get that straightened out.
Speaker 0: To. All right. Got it. So now I have all three of you. Three. Okay, go ahead. Okay.
Speaker 7: Good evening, council members. Sorry about that. Technical difficulties. My name is Shannon Stage and I am the preservation coordinator at Historic Denver. As many of you know, historic Denver is a preservation nonprofit here in our city that is a community resource to owners like the tap blocks that are here tonight. We are a preservation nonprofit that advocates for Denver's unique character and historic buildings. The landmarking process is a major undertaking by homeowners. There's a lot of research involved, as well as the application and of course, the city process itself. So we want to thank the Tat LAX for wanting to designate their home and bringing it to you tonight. This significant commitment. This is a significant commitment. A historic Denver was happy to help John and Lori Tat walk through this process. They first reached out to us over a year ago and so I connected them up with the consultant. They ended up using Kristi minnillo who researched and wrote the designation application. It is exciting to see the Pete Catwalk House hopefully becoming a Denver landmark tonight, and we hope other building owners will be inspired by their commitment to preserving a small part of Denver's story. The Catwalk House clearly meets the designation criteria, as Jenny mentioned in her presentation, being influential in the development of Washington Park and this Italian Renaissance revival house is an excellent example of JJ Benedict's architectural legacy. So we urge you tonight to honor the Tat Locke's hard work and yet to get this designation before you and urge you to designate this worthy House as a Denver landmark. Thank you very much.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Next up, many Mineo.
Speaker 5: Good evening, city council members. My name is Chrissy Minnillo and as Shannon mentioned, I prepared the landmark application for the Lock House that's built between 1916 and 1917 and located in Washington Park. The property is directly associated with the early development of the area. It was designed by one of Denver's most well-known architects, J.J. Benedict, who also designed the boathouse at the south end of Smith Lake in Wash Park, as well as another house that follows on tonight's agenda. The permit for the property was filed in September 16, September 1916 by a woman named Jane Pee Pee, who was a widow , came to Denver from the East Coast with her two young boys in 1914 and was immediately involved in real estate speculation and development. She had an appreciation for the arts, specifically French literature and poetry, and she was involved in the historic art club. So it's really no surprise that she would commission Benedict to design this house, and the two must have had a decent relationship because she'd worked with him a couple of times, a couple of years before. On the design of the cabin house, which is located two properties to the south. She and her two boys lived in this home, the Pete home, until 1922 or 1923 when she moved back to the East Coast. This house is an excellent and intact example of the Italian Renaissance revival style, which was popular in this country between 1890 and 1930. What makes this property significant from an architectural standpoint is that it appears to be the most imaginative of Benedict's known designs in this style. Yet it remains approachable and fitting of its urban neighborhood environment. It must be noted that Laurie Tetlock and her family have been caring for the property for the past 55 years and have made relatively few changes as they respect its unique characteristics and history. The property has experienced these few alterations and because of that retains integrity of location, design, setting materials, workmanship and association. I support the designation of this beautiful property as a Denver landmark. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you. And next up, Laurie Tack. Yes.
Speaker 6: So I'm Laurie.
Speaker 11: Tetlock.
Speaker 6: And I live at 1168 South Gilpin. My family moved there in 1964.
Speaker 11: And I went to Washington Park Elementary School, Byers and South High School. There have been a number of changes in Washington Park, and we just seem to be losing the character all the time. And because of the unique nature of this property, it's on four city lots and people are coming in and paying incredible amounts.
Speaker 5: Of money for a vacant lot.
Speaker 11: And they would tear it down. And so that was our greatest fear. We I was married in the yard. My girls have been married in the yard. And we just are pretty excited about having an a historic property.
Speaker 0: Thank you very much. All right. That now concludes our speakers. Are there any questions for members of council on this item? All right. Seeing none of the public hearing for Council 1119 is closed. Comments by members of Council. Councilman Cashman.
Speaker 4: Thank you, Mr. President. I want to thank the chat logs for and I said this when they brought it to committee for the gift of preserving this home, as you so ably pointed out. A house on four lots in that neighborhood, as lovely as that house is, would probably be gone. And the dollars seem to be making more of those decisions. You know, I had someone teasing me before the meeting. Where was every house in District six going to end up being designated? Because we we do have an active preservation community in the watch park area. Christina Park, the University of Denver area. And we've been fortunate to have a number of great designations come before this body, but all of them added together. Even with the 176 homes in the Christina Park overlay district only begin to approach an identifiable fraction of a percent. Most of the homes in all of our neighborhoods are going to go the way of history at one point or another. And so, again, thank you for allowing us the privilege to have yours around. A couple of quotes that I found that I thought, speak to this. The idea of preservation, especially poignantly, John Sawhill says, in the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but by what we refuse to destroy. I like that. And then a quote for which I was unable to find attribution. What a country chooses to save is what a country chooses to say about itself. So, you know, I appreciate that we have the opportunity to have this piece of our history to learn from and to carry us forward. So I look forward to supporting this. I hope my colleagues will do so as well.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman Cashman. Seeing no other comments, I will just add that I grew up about four, maybe five blocks away from this house. This was my neighborhood. And while I did not spend 50 years in that community by my parents, did. They bought their house 50 years ago this year, 1969, for a whopping $10,500. And last time I was on the block, because they still live there. I was doing the math and about half of the houses on the block I grew up on are not there anymore. They've been torn down. And right across the street and a little bit to the left of my parents house, they tore down one else and they built the giant house in its place. And then they bought the house next door, tore it down to build a yard. So there's actually one fewer house even on the block than there was. And it is changing. It's not the same neighborhood that I grew up in, and it's certainly not the same neighborhood that it was when they bought their house. And so to be able to have a few structures in this neighborhood that we know will be preserved and will last as it is rapidly, rapidly being torn down is really special. And so I will add my thanks for your gift to our city and to our community, and I will be happy to support this this evening . Madam Secretary, roll call.
Speaker 3: Black CdeBaca. I Lynn. I. Hinds. High Cashman. Kenny Ortega. Sandoval. I. Sawyer. I. Torres. I. Mr. President.
Speaker 0: I. Madam Secretary, please go to the voting, announce results.
Speaker 11: You see?
Speaker 3: You have a nice.
Speaker 0: 11 are countable. 1119 has passed. All right. That brings us to our next bill. Councilman Hines, will you please be accountable? 1120 on the floor?
A bill for an ordinance designating 1168 South Gilpin Street as a structure for preservation.
Approves an individual landmark designation for property located at 1168 South Gilpin Street in Council District 6. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 10-22-19.