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LANDMARK COMMISSION MEETING
SEPTEMBER 5 , 1995
At roll call , the following members were present : Barb
Byron, Marya Dixon, Donnabelle Doherty, Adele Froehlich ,
Barb Gilpin, Larry Huck , Debbie Lane, Greg Lofgren, Carol
Jean Smith , Lori Wilhelm and new student member Stacy
Workman. Absent : Tom Bolger and Nancy Fike.
In the absence of Secretary Nancy Fike, the minutes were
taken by Chairman Barb Gilpin.
New student member, Stacy Bjorkman was introduced and
welcomed to the Commission. She is a Junior at East Campus
and will be taking Jenny Lange 's place on the Commission.
Jenny recruited her as her replacement .
Motion by Lori , seconded by Adele, to approve the minutes of
the August meeting as presented . All ayes.
Motion by Larry, seconded by Barb Byron, to approve the
monthly treasurer 's report as presented which indicated
there was a balance of $3,619.78 in the Facade Improvement
Grant Fund and a balance of $2,920.00 in the General Fund .
All ayes. Barb will contact the City to ask that any
balance left in past Landmark accounts be transferred to the
Facade Improvement Fund .
Motion by Lori , seconded by Debbie to award a Certificate of
Appreciation to the Harold Diedrich residence at 403 N.
Green Street for the excellent manner in which they painted ,
restored and maintained the historic features of the house.
All ayes. It was decided to defer awarding a certificate
for the house at the southwest corner of Green and
Washington Streets until a later date.
COMMITTEE REPORTS -- Barb Gilpin reported that the McHenry
State Bank is putting out an historic calendar and a video
of McHenry. They called to ask the Landmark 's assistance in
obtaining pictures of plaqued and historic homes and general
historic information. Barb met with Linda Oeffling and the
producer of the material . Carol Jean was asked to take any
material the Landmark Commission has and get it to the Bank .
Another idea presented was to contact the Northwest Herald
and asked if the Landmark Commission could have a regular
weekly column concerning old Landmark pictures. This would
be done in an effort to make the public aware of the
Landmark Commission 's existence and promote it . Adele will
contact the editor of the paper to see if this is possible.
Concerning Downtown Revitalization, discussion was held on
how to proceed with the project . Barb G. felt that if we
could get one building owner in each business district to
revitalize their building , it might start a trend and
encourage other businesses to join in. Therefore she
suggested holding off on a joint meeting on October 3rd with
businessmen and owners of all three business districts. It
was decided to have Barb G. talk to Ron Bykowski for
Riverside Drive, Adele would talk to Rose Lilligard on Green
Street , Barb B. will talk to the owners of the old Vycital
Building on Green Street . It was also decided to cancel the
October 3 joint meeting .
Concerning the Backhaus farmhouse on Crystal Lake Road which
was supposedly given to the Landmark Commission through an
annexation agreement , Nancy Fike suggested that the
Commission advertise that the house is for sale and if
someone wanted to buy it and move it , the money could go to
the Landmark Commission to help finance some of our
projects. Barb talked to the City Park Director to see if
the City was interested in using the house for a recreation
center or administration center. He said they were not
interested . To move it very far would be very difficult and
costly. Carol Jean was instructed to contact Father Sherry
to see if Holy Apostles Church would be interested in using
the building for their purposes. Barb G. will contact Dave
Backhaus to see what the status of his development project
is and get other statistics on the house.
Mancy Fike gave Barb revised copies of the proposed
preservation ordinance to present to the members. She asked
that members review Article II on the last page and be
prepared to discuss those issues at the October meeting .
Carol Jean reported that the Full Gospel Church on John
Street which was recently plaqued , would like to have a
presentation ceremony at the Church on Sunday, September 10
at noon. Carol Jean will make the presentation and any
members who can attend are asked to be present .
Last year, Nancy Fike and Barb Byron started working on a
project to use high school students to conduct a survey of
historic city buildings. Time ran out before it could be
coordinated . The teacher at East Campus who would be
involved in this project is Dan Johnson. Nancy and Barb
will discuss the project and report back later.
Motion by Adele, seconded by Barb Byron, to adjourn at 8:28
P .M.
Chairman Barb Gilpin