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1999-04-22 - Appearance Commission - Minutes te I Gelid' y, APPEARANCE COMMISSION VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS THURSDAY,APRIL 22, 1999 I. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Richard Gordon called the Appearance Commission meeting to order at 7:35P.M. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 50 Raupp Boulevard. II. ROLL CALL Commissioners Present: F. Weissman, E. Smith, C. Masure, C.Johnson and R. Gordon QUORUM. Commissioners Absent: M. Cea and L. Dorfman Building Dept. Liaison: Richard Jensen,Building Inspector Village Board Liaison: Jeffrey Braiman, Trustee III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES April 8, 1999—Remain Tabled. February 25. 1999: Com. Johnson made a motion to approve. Com. Masure seconded the motion. There were no additions or corrections. Roll Call Vote: AYE—Smith,Masure, Johnson and Gordon NAY—None ABSTAIN - Weissman Motion Passed 4 to 0, 1 abstention. Minutes of February 25,1999 were approved as submitted. IV. OLD BUSINESS A. Busch Parkway and Milwaukee Avenue Veterinary Specialty Clinic—Revised Elevations Mr. Tom Dobbins, President, The Dobbins Group, 736 N. Western Avenue, Suite#158, Lake Forest,IL 60045 (847-295-0225)made the presentation. Ch. Gordon said the project was reviewed on April 8, 1999 and the Commissioners approved of all aspects with the exception of the window spaces that had been in-filled with drivit. They appeared to be boarded up. Mr. Dobbins described the revised elevations and distributed colored drawings of the proposed changes. The drivit recesses along Busch Parkway have been replaced with a combination of windows and cast stone that matches the base of the building. This gives the building the same character and breaks up the massive look. They do not want the building to look like a strip shopping center. They put windows in every place that could tolerate light. They could not put windows in the radiology department so they kept the same recessed opening and used cast stone. The only drivit is on the sides of the dormers. Mr. Dobbins presented samples of the materials. They are using the same red brick, and they changed the cast stone base from white to a beige color. It will also be used around the windows. The 12"x 24" stone has a smooth finish. Corn. Weissman said this is a definite improvement from the originial design. Ch. Gordon asked if they considered removing the two(2)stone panel infills on the left side of the north elevation and makiang plain brick wall? Mr. Dobbins said they considered many different options and decided that it would be too monotonous. They wanted to keep the same recessed features throughout, some windows and some cast stone. The spaces are nine feet(9')in width. Corn. Dorfman sent a message that he did not approve of the new design. Ch. Gordon said the windows have made the greatest improvement and changing the base color was also helpful. Corn. Smith made a motion to recommend approval of the revised elevations of the Veterinary Specialty Clinic at Busch Road and Milwaukee Avenue as presented. Com. Weissman seconded the motion. Roll Call Vote: AYE—Johnson,Masure, Weissman, Smith, Gordon NAY—None Motion Passed—5 to 0. V. NEW BUSINESS A. 21M and 25M Spec Buildings on Hastings Lane Revised Elevations, Lighting and Landscape Plans Mr. Sheldon Dobrin,Dobrin& Associates, Ltd.,Architects/AIA, 75 Tri-State International, Lincolnshire, IL 60069 (847-914-0850)made the presentation. APPEARANCE COMMISSION APRIL 20, 1999 - PAGE TWO �.J 4) RAFT Copy The buildings,22M and 26M were originally approved but the Misner Group, developer of the project,has a buyer for the larger building and it was necessary to add parking spaces. They reduced the size of the building to the north a couple of hundred square feet and the larger building was reduced about 1,500 square feet. They also have a potential buyer for the smaller building. The elevations of the buildings has not essentially been changed. Some windows were added to the larger building at the request of the purchaser. The materials and colors have not been changed. The site plan was reviewed and Mr. Dobrin described where the additional parking spaces will be located between the two(2) buildings. There will be additional building mounted light fixtures to light the parking area. The photometric plan was reviewed and Ch. Gordon asked that one more fixture be added to give sufficient light. Mr. Dobrin had no objection to this recommendation to add a shoe box light fixture,will be installed on the south wall of the 25M building. The fixtures will have 400 watt bulbs. The revised landscape plan was reviewed by Richard A. Kuhl, and he recommended approval of the plan. Memo dated April 22,1999 is attached. Corn. Johnson made a motion to recommend approval of the revised elevations, lighting and landscaping as submitted for Spec Buildings 21M and 25M. Com. Weissman seconded the motion. Roll Call Vote: AYE—Smith Weissman, Masure, Johnson and Gordon NAY—None Motion Passed—5 to 0. VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS VII. ADJOURNMENT Com. Johnson made a motion to adjourn. Com. Masure seconded the motion. Voice Vote: AYE—Unanimously Ch. Gordon adjourned the meeting at 8:10 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Shirley Bates APPEARANCE COMMISISON Recording Secretary APRIL 20, 1999—PAGE THREE