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Home My WebLink About03-08-16 Planning and Development Board - ILPC Special Meeting Agenda r CITY OF ITHACA 108 E.Green Street—3rd Floor Ithaca,NY 14850-5690 i 4, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING BUILDING ZONING&ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT €'µ Rh,€I 0`s� Division of Planning&Economic Development t , JOANN CORNISH,DIRECTOR OF PLANNING&DEVELOPMENT PHYLLISA A.DeSARNO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT � 'pdRAiE�' Telephone: Planning&Development-607-274-6550 Community Development/IURA-607-274-6559 Email: dgrunder@cityofithaca.org Email: iura@cityofithaca.org Fax: 607-274-6558 Fax: 607-274-6558 If you have a disability&would like specific APPLICANT OVERHEAD PROJECTOR NOTE: accommodation to participate, 0010 AG E N DAD The City only has a VGA plug/cable available to connect to our overhead ® m projector. If you need to connect another [I®m way, you will need to provide your own lease contact the City Clerk at 274 6570 b ADAPToR. (Macs & many newer, lighter p Y Y laptops may not have a VGA port.) 12:00 p.m.,the day before the meeting. ,f A Special Joint Meeting of the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission (ILPC) and the Planning & Development Board will be held at 5:301b.m. onVARCFICST",20160n COMMON COUNCIL CHAMBERS, City Hall, 108 E. Green Street, Ithaca, NY. AG EN DAIRE M® Sta rtlTi me 1.0 0 Agenda[Review® 5:30M 2.0 0 ProjectO DeWitt House 5:31 I?] 0 Location:0 310-314 N. Cayuga St. (Old Tompkins County Library) I?] IN ConsultantsO Trowbridge Wolf Michaels Landscape Architects, LLP & HOLT Architects I?] 0 MeetingL3fasks:0 O Presentation of Revised Project& Discussion 0 1E Projectmescription:Mrhe applicant is presenting two alternative layouts for discussion. The projectm3eeks to combine two parcels, remove the existing buildings (former Tompkins County Library and Lifelong center), and construct a new 4-story building with offices and building amenities (e.g., fitness center) on the ground floor and 60 one- and two-bedroom senior-focused apartments on the upper floors. The ground-floor office space will be occupied primarily by Lifelong. Site development will include parking for up to 56 cars, a garden area for residents, and other site improvements. The existing building at 121 Court St. will remain. The project is in the CDB-50 Zoning District and the DeWitt Park Historic District. The project will require a Certificate of Appropriateness from the ILPC and Site Plan Approval from the Planning and Development Board. 0 3.M Adjournment0 6:30 NOTE: The regular meeting of the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission (Common Council Chambers) and a Special Meeting of the Planning & Development Board (Second Floor Conference Room) will take place immediately after this meeting. ACCESSI NGEM EETI NGNATERIALSI)N LI N ED Site Plan Review&Subdivision Applications(and Related Documents) Site Plan Review application documents are accessible electronically via the"Document Center"on the City web site (www.citVofithaca.org/DocumentCenter),under"Planning&Development">"Site Plan Review Project Applications,"and in the relevant year/month folder. Subdivision application materials can be similarly located,but in the"Subdivision Applications"folder. Zoning Appeal Materials are also accessible electronically via the"Document Center"on the City web site,under`Board of Zoning Appeals." Agenda You may access this agenda(including attachments)by going to the"Agenda Center"on the City web site(www.citvofithaca.org/agendacenter), under"Planning&Development Board." For ease-of-access,a link to the most recent Planning Board agenda is always accessible on the Planning Board home page:http://www.citvofithaca.org/354/Planning-Development-Board. TROWBRIDGE WOLF MICHAELS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS March 2, 2016 Ms. JoAnn Cornish, Director and Members of the Planning Board Brian McCracken, Historic Preservation Planner and Members of the ILPC Department of Planning and Development City of Ithaca 104 West Green Street Ithaca, N.Y. 14850 RE: Dewitt House Dear JoAnn, Brian, Members of the Planning Board and Members of the ILPC: As you know, in January, the County, I LPC and Planning Board met to review the Dewitt House project and discuss the following: 1. Determine how the County, ILPC and Planning Board will work together through the approvals of this project to promote efficiency, communication and common agreement. 2. Review the project criteria and evaluate the current design options against them. 3. Receive direction regarding moving forward with a singular design. Thank you for your participation and feedback. Multiple agencies productively addressed these goals and gave our design team clear direction as to moving forward with a singular architectural footprint and a strategy for site placement/building location. We sincerely appreciate the coordination, attention and effort put into the project. We have been advancing the preferred "Streetscape & Garden" design with a focus on the architecture and streetscape elements. In particular, significant effort has been made to respond to comments regarding building massing, articulation and form, as well as the pedestrian experience along the sidewalk. Comments in regards to these two items that were made at the last meeting are outlined below: Architectural Massing: Break down the Court Street mass Consider more than fenestration (pierce and separate) Consider setting upper stories back Consider balconies Consider lightness/glass to the upper floors Consider the articulation of the architecture Be innovative with the architecture Trowbridge Wolf Michaels Landscape Architects LLP 1001 West Seneca Street,Suite 101 Ithaca,New York 14850 ph:607,277.1400 www.twla.com Respond to the mass of the Church (reciprocity) Remain contextual Respect the location as an area of urban transition Streetscape: Make the corner distinctive and special Add greenspace to the front of the building Surface parking should be setback with same strategy as the building Don't bleed the garden space into Dewitt Park Attached please find a copy of the site plan and building plans which illustrate the design progress. We will be presenting more detailed illustrations of the architecture on Tuesday. At our next meeting, we hope to accomplish the following: • Receive project feedback and reach consensus on the design direction • Receive confirmation that the project is `settled' enough to invest in the preparation of the SEAR materials, Site Plan review Application materials and Certificate of Appropriateness application materials. • Review schedule/process moving forward On behalf of those involved, we look forward to reviewing the project with you and members of the two boards on March 8, 2016. Please do not hesitate to call should you have questions or require additional information. Sincerely, Kimberly Michaels Principal I"LAM4AW 2 of 2 t S*Ite Plan AM Corner Plaza Jt Streetsca a with landscape on both sides Parking set back from street Open court yard t and center p y No. 1 2 ,..�_ . Lifelon 9 -_ � W I+irSt Presbyterian Church BuHding mass is pulled away from Inn DEINITT t �c HOUSE Placement relative to nearby buildings ,,, I (aligned with Church & Inn) I Maintains 10' rear setback Courtyard!Green Space � Separation of courtyard from Street (TBD) Maintains existing Garden at the Inn I - _; 35 5urface Parking 5pace5 . 27 Garage Parkinaces _ G2 Total Parking 5paces Dewitt .._ ; No. 3�8 Park = Dewitt Park Inn 0 Z � i Architecture ❑ AaA ❑ RENTAL ADA 61s Introduction of projections and recesses IWSF within the facade to break up the ❑ „ massing with 3D differentiation �p CIRC __623 Building wings are offset to break up the 1535SF plane of the Court Street facade ❑ -' ,� ❑ �d STAIRS Upper stories are set back (6') PAWdNG25 ' nwECWLIFELO E OILET 2124SF ❑ SPACES 622 7 ❑ 621 9356 SF s 6M SF Balconies have been introduced into the upper floors C ❑ c ❑ ❑ STAIR 615 148 SF G ❑ 1st Floor Architecture 32 1 910 SF 365 1T' 2 352 353- 228 F� 22 6675 SF 676 SF 675 SF 891 SF introduction o projections and recesses within the facade to break up the 11 JU ELEV LOBBY massing with 3D differentiation , H 477 222 SF 631 16S Building wings are offset to break up the o plane of the Court Street facade o STORAGE351 1 610 S E 905 SF 2 911 SF 3q0 S 892 SF 377 STAIR 489 Upper stories are set back (6') 7S 17 0S SF 2 Balconies have been introduced into the 911E .11 SF upper floors 1 362 692 SF 1 � 592 357 692 SF 692 SF STAIR i_486_ Department Legend . 198 SF CIRCULATION FITNESS 2 C� SERVICES 912SF ONE BEDROOM --] TWO BEDROOM l ® THREE BEDROOM Foors Z -4