HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 12/5/1994 - Landmark Commission THE CITY OF McHENRY LANDMARK COMMISSION
December 5, 1994
The regular meeting of the Landmark Commission was brought
to order at 7 : 20 pm at the Munical Center by Marya Dixon,
Secretary, in the absent of Larry Huck, Vice-Chariman.
Members present were: Barb Byron, Carol Jean Smith, Ruth
Fenwick, Tom Bolger, Adele Froehlich, Lori Wilhelm, Nancy
Fike. Absent were: Donnabelle Glosson, Debbie Lane, Barb
Gilpin, Larrry Huck. Our Guest was Mr. Greg Lofgren, who
is interested in becoming a member of the commission.
We all wish Larry a speedy recovery and hope he will be
back with us soon.
FINANICIAL REPORT
The City of McHenry, Landmark Commission has a balance of
$1 , 931 . 75 . There was a question on 5-26-94 Landmark
Pres . Council of Ill . $91 .00 and 7-26-94 Ill . Assoc. of
Historic Pres. Council $35 . 00 , are these one in the same
or different accounts. Our Treasure, Donnabelle will
check this out and report at the next meeting. The Facade
Improvement Savings Acct . has a balance of $3338 . 65 .
Lori will deposit $193 . 90 she received from the sale of
Shirts at the Edgebrook Craft Fair. Lori sold all but
8 hirts at the fair. Barb made a motion to give the
relining shirts to Audrey Regner as a donation to be
given to needy children. Motion 2nd by Ruth.
MINUTES
Correction to the Nov 1 , 1994 minutes, wording was wrong,
read as Larry Huck (Acting Chairman) sent a letter to
Mr. John Lobaito giving permission to Prime Commerical to
issue permits. Delete Prime Commerical from sentence.
Mintues then approved by Barb, 2nd Ruth.
PLAQUING PROGRAM
The vote was unanimous to plaguing the Church of God on
John st . A letter will now be sent to the City Council
for their appoval .
An 'sanquiterm about plaguing a home has been received. Jean
will sent a 3form to the interested party.
MISCELLANEOUS
After much discussion and a vote by the members Carol Jean
will write a letter to Mr. lobiato giving him permission to
issue permits for the demolition the home next to the
Warsaw Inn on Rt. 31 . It is of pre war constrution and has
no historical value to the city.
We must have a better format for the homes to be demolished
the city only gives us two weeks to reseach the history
before they tear it down. If we dont have a meeting
scheduled we must call each other by phone and this does not
always work well . A Watch list will be made up of all the
historical buildings and homes in the city in the hopes
that we can be a step ahead of the demolition crews and get
to Mr. Lobiato and ask for extendtions and time to save some
of these structures .
The January meeting will be devoted to puting together a
policy and proprose an Preservation Ordinance to present
to the City Council . Jean made a motion to name Nancy as
Chairman. 2nd by Lori . We will all be assigned to work
on this and it is a priority.
Jerry Petersen send a letter asking the commission on our
plans for the coming year. He outlined what he thought
would be good to do. Jean will send a letter thanking him
for his input.
We will try to set up a meeting with the different commitees
planning , zoning, etc . in the hopes we can all work together
for the good of the city.
The meeting was adjourned at 8 :45 pm.
motion by Marya, 2nd Adele.