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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE 229 Alpine Dr Collapsed Building 2015-11-236/6/2017 Town of Estes Park Mail Re: Red Tagging House Off Foundation on Pole Hill https://m ail.google.com /mail/ca/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4531dc386b&view=pt&msg=1513500849b9845d&sear ch=tr ash&sim l=1513500849b9845d 1/2 Will Birchfield <wbi rchfield@estes.org> Re: Red Tagging House Off Foundation on Pole Hill Wil l Birchfield <wbirc hfield@estes .org>Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 8:40 AM To: Frank Lancas t er <flancas ter@estes .org>, Charlie Phillips <cphillips@es tes.org>, Eric Fried <friedeb@co.larimer.co.us> Cc: Alison Chilcott <ac hilcot t@es tes .org> Bcc: Will Birc hfield <wbirc hfield@es tes .org> Frank and Alis on, The owner, his sister and his ins urance agent were on site when Charlie and I red tagged the hous e. The owner and agent were grateful for our s ervice and s t ated the building would be demoed. The owner said the house was built in the mid 60's and was known as "the house on s tilt s." The conc rete piers I could obs erv e appeared unders ized and without adequate reinf orc ement. I also observ ed t he lack of anchor bolts /hold downs c onnecting the house to the piers . I s us pect the point bet ween t he piers and hous e act ed lik e a hinge when the st ruc t ure rac k ed and rotat ed in the wind. Yes, I hav e pic tures. W ill Birchfield, C BO, CFM Div ision of Building Safety Tow n of Estes Park PO Box 1200 170 MacGregor Avenue (970) 5773728 (phone) (970) 5860249 (fax) wbirchfield@ estes.org ww w.estes.org On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Frank Lancaster <flancast er@es tes .org> wrote: Did y ou t ak e pict ures ? Could be good later on when we t alk about why we hav e rules about t hings lik e wind loads ? Was it jus t under c onstruct ion or was it an occupied house? On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Alis on Chilc ott <achilc ott@estes .org> wrote: Fr ank, Wil l visited the house on Pol e Hil l and found that it was blow about f if teen f eet of f the foundation. Tomor row, he and Char li e wil l r ed tag the home at the County (Eric Fri ed's) requests. Alison Chilcott Community Development Director Town of Estes Park 9705773720 ac hilcott@es tes.org Forwarded message From: Al ison Chilcott <achilc ott@estes .org> 6/6/2017 Town of Estes Park Mail Re: Red Tagging House Off Foundation on Pole Hill https://m ail.google.com /mail/ca/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4531dc386b&view=pt&msg=1513500849b9845d&sear ch=tr ash&sim l=1513500849b9845d 2/2 Dat e: Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 2:44 PM Subject: Hous e on Pole Hill Blew Over To: Frank Lanc as ter <f lanc as ter@es t es.org> Frank, FYI, Will just mentioned that a hous e on Pole Hill blew over. Although it is not in our juris dict ion, he is going to do a site vis it . I believe he is looking at the property from a pers pective of learning more about wind ris k s. Alis on Chilc ott Communit y Development Director Town of Est es Park 9705773720 ac hilcott@es tes.org 6/5/2017 Town of Estes Park Mail Re: Red Tagging House Off Foundation on Pole Hill https://m ail.google.com /mail/ca/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4531dc386b&view=pt&msg=1516381333079cbb&sear ch=tr ash&sim l=1516381333079cbb 1/2 Will Birchfield <wbi rchfield@estes.org> Re: Red Tagging House Off Foundation on Pole Hill Wil l Birchfield <wbirc hfield@estes .org>Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 9:23 AM To: Alis on Chilc ott <ac hilc ott @es t es.org> The pictures are in the address file, Alpine Dr_229. W ill Birchfield, C BO, CFM Div ision of Building Safety Tow n of Estes Park PO Box 1200 170 MacGregor Avenue (970) 5773728 (phone) (970) 5860249 (fax) wbirchfield@ estes.org ww w.estes.org On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Alis on Chilc ott <ac hilc ott @es t es.org> wrote: Thanks for the i nformation. Please send me a l ink to the pictur es. I am curi ous to see them. Alison Chilcott Community Development Director Town of Estes Park 9705773720 ac hilcott@es tes.org On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 8:40 AM, Will Birc hfield <wbirchfield@es tes.org> wrot e: Frank and Alis on, The owner, his sis ter and his insurance agent were on s ite when Charlie and I red t agged the house. The owner and agent were grat eful for our s ervic e and st ated the building would be demoed. The owner said the house was built in t he mid 60's and was known as "the house on s tilt s." The conc rete piers I could obs erv e appeared unders ized and without adequate reinforc ement. I also observ ed t he lac k of anchor bolt s /hold downs c onnecting the house to the piers . I sus pec t the point between the piers and house acted lik e a hinge when the s tructure rac k ed and rotated in t he wind. Yes , I hav e pictures. W ill Birchfield, CBO, C FM Division of Building Safety Tow n of Estes Park PO Box 1200 170 Mac Gregor Avenue 6/5/2017 Town of Estes Park Mail Re: Red Tagging House Off Foundation on Pole Hill https://m ail.google.com /mail/ca/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4531dc386b&view=pt&msg=1516381333079cbb&sear ch=tr ash&sim l=1516381333079cbb 2/2 (970) 5773728 (phone) (970) 5860249 (fax ) wbirchfield@ estes.org ww w.estes.org On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Frank Lanc aster <flancaster@es tes .org> wrot e: Did y ou tak e pictures ? Could be good later on when we talk about why we hav e rules about t hings lik e wind loads? Was it jus t under cons truc tion or was it an oc c upied hous e? On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Alison Chilcot t <achilc ott@estes .org> wrote: Fr ank, Will vi sited the house on Pol e Hil l and found that i t was blow about f if teen feet off the foundation. Tomorr ow, he and Charl ie wi ll red tag the home at the County (Eric Fr ied's) requests. Alison Chilcott Community Development Director Town of Estes Park 9705773720 ac hilc ott @es t es.org Forwarded message From: Alison Chi lcott <achilc ott@estes .org> Date: Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 2:44 PM Subject: Hous e on Pole Hill Blew Ov er To: Frank Lancas ter <flanc as ter@est es .org> Frank, FYI, Will just mentioned that a house on Pole Hill blew over. Alt hough it is not in our juris diction, he is going to do a site vis it . I believ e he is looking at the property from a pers pec tive of learning more about wind ris k s . Alis on Chilcot t Community Development Director Town of Estes Park 9705773720 ac hilc ott @es t es.org 6/5/2017 Town of Estes Park Mail Re: Collapsed building last week https://m ail.google.com /mail/ca/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4531dc386b&view=pt&msg=1516385ea9857eb5&sear ch=tr ash&sim l=1516385ea9857eb5 1/1 Will Birchfield <wbi rchfield@estes.org> Re: Collapsed building last week Wil l Birchfield <wbirc hfield@estes .org>Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 9:28 AM To: awhit e@larimer.org, Charlie Phillips <c phillips @est es .org> Amy, Sorry for the delay ; I was off last week. The address is 229 Alpine Dr. Let Charlie know if y ou want copies of pic tures we took . I hav e inc luded Charlie in this email; s o, y ou hav e his email address. W ill Birchfield, C BO, CFM Div ision of Building Safety Tow n of Estes Park PO Box 1200 170 MacGregor Avenue (970) 5773728 (phone) (970) 5860249 (fax) wbirchfield@ estes.org ww w.estes.org On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Amy White <awhite@larimer.org> wrote: Hi Will, Eric asked me to initiate a code compliance file to make sure the owners come in for a demolition permit regarding the building that collapsed last week on Alpine Drive. Could you verify the address for me? I have correspondence that has 209 and another that has 229. Thanks for your help. Am y White Code Compliance Tec h Communit y Dev elopment Div ision P.O. Box 1190 Fort Collins CO 805221190 (970) 4987708 Phone (970) 4987667 Building Fax