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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 9/2/1997 - Landmark Commission (2) THE CITY OF MCHENRY LANDMARK COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES SEPTEMBER 2, 1997 THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:15 PM BY CHAIRMAN NANCY FIKE. NO GUESTS WERE PRESENT. MEMBERS PRESENT INCLUDED: MARIA ARZA, BARB BYRON,NANCY FIKE, , GREG LOFGREN,HANK NELL, BOB NOVAK, , CAROL JEAN SMITH,AND LORI WILHELM. THOSE ABSENT WERE DONNABELLE GLOSSON AND CHRIS NOVAK. A MOTION WAS MADE BY HANK NELL TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 3, 1997 MEETING. LORI WILHELM SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED. GREG LOFGREN REPORTED THAT THE TOTAL BALANCE STANDS AT $18,862.44. MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FOR THE MCHENRY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, $20.00, WAS PAID OUT ON JUNE 19, 1997. ALL MEMBERS APPROVED THE RENEWAL. BARB BYRON MOVED THE TREASURER'S REPORT BE ACCEPTED, HANK NELL SECONDED THE MOTION, THE MOTION CARRIED. CAROL JEAN SMITH INTRODUCED THE TOPIC OF THE UNHAPPINESS OF THE SOBERGS WITH THE RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE PRESENTED IN JUNE. CAROL JEAN TOLD THE SOBERGS TO CONTACT LORI WILHELM IF THEY WISHED A NEW CERTIFICATE. BOB NOVAK REPORTED THAT HE IS TRYING TO GET SUE MILLER AND JIM BECKER MOVING ON THEIR PROJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMMISSION APPROVED FACADE GRANTS. CAROL JEAN WILL WRITE A LETTER TO JIM BECKER OF MCHENRY DRUG AT 1325 N. RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND SUE MILLER REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY AT 1310 AND 1312 N. RIVERSIDE DRIVE STATING THE LANDMARK COMMISSION NEEDS TO KNOW THE INTENTIONS FOR USE OF THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT MONIES. THEY SHOULD CONTACT NANCY FIKE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. NANCY FIKE INTRODUCED DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE APPLICATION FOR A FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT FOR THE WHALE'S TAIL RESTAURANT. THE APPLICATION WAS TURNED IN CORRECTLY. THE BUILDING IS IN NEED OF CLEANING AND TUCKPOINTING. GREG LOFGREN MOVED THAT A FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT OF $2,000.00 BE AWARDED TO NICK LYKOVRETZOS, OWNER OF THE WHALE'S TAIL AT 3425 W. PEARL STREET,FOR TUCKPOINTING ON ALL NEEDED AREAS OF THE ORIGINAL BUILDING. MOVEMENT ON THE WORK TO BE INITIATED WITHIN 120 DAYS AFTER NOTIFICATION OF THE GRANT. HANK NELL SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. CAROL JEAN SMITH WILL SEND THE NOTIFICATION LETTER. NANCY FIKE ASKED THE COMMISSION MEMBERS TO NOW CONSIDER THE PLAQUING OF THE GRANGER HOME AT 3803 W. MAIN STREET. THIS VICTORIAN �" STYLE HOME WITH QUEEN( LEMENTS WAS BUILT IN JUNE OF 1890. ORIGINAL 4 'illy FEATURES INCLUDE THE CEDAR SIDING, INTERIOR TRIM,ALL WINDOWS( EXCEPT FOR THE KITCHEN AND UPPER STORM WINDOWS), INTERIOR DOORS AND POCKET DOOR. THIS HOME HAS ALWAYS BEEN A RESIDENCE. IT WAS BUILT BY CHARLES GRANGER, AN ALDERMAN AND MANAGER OF WILBUR LUMBER COMPANY AT THE WEST END OF MAIN STREET. HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE IN THE UPSTAIRS MASTER BEDROOM AT THE AGE OF 38 IN AUGUST, 1902. HE WAS THE SON OF STATE LEGISLATOR, F. K. GRANGER. CHARLES WAS MARRIED TO HATTIE SMITH, GRANDDAUGHTER OF GEORGE AND MARTHA GAGE. NANCY THEN WENT OVER THE VOTING PROCEDURES ON THE PLAQUING FORMS. THE TOTAL POINTS AVERAGED 79%. HANK NELL MOVED THAT THE RESULTS OF THE VOTING FOR PLAQUING, BEING ABOVE THE REQUIRED 65%,BE ACCEPTED AND THE CITY NOTIFIED. BARB BYRON SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. NANCY FIKE WILL NOTIFY THE CITY. CHAIRMAN FIKE WILL BE WRITING AN ANNUAL REPORT DETAILING THE COMMISSION'S ACTIVITIES, i.e. WALKING TOURS, RESEARCH FOR DEMOLITIONS, AND SENDING IT TO THE CITY. NANCY FIKE MOVED TO THE NEXT TOPIC, THE DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY AT 1001 N. GREEN STREET. DANIEL OWEN, ONE OF MCHENRY'S EARLY SETTLERS, WAS LIVING IN THIS HOME WHEN HE DIED IN DECEMBER OF 1857. IT IS POSSIBLE THIS HOME WAS MOVED TO THIS LOCATION FROM THE ORIGINAL OWEN HOMESTEAD AREA ON WAUKEGAN ROAD. LORI WILHELM MOVED THAT THE COMMISSION SEND A LETTER TO JOHN LOBAITO RECOMMENDING A PERIOD OF TIME FOR MORE INVESTIGATION OF THE PROPERTY AT 1001 N. GREEN STREET DUE TO THE HISTORIC VALUE BASED ON THE WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION. BARB BYRON SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION WAS DEFEATED. A NEW MOTION WAS INTRODUCED BY LORI WILHELM: GIVEN THE WRITTEN HISTORIC INFORMATION THAT THE COMMISSION HAS ON THE PROPERTY AT 1001 N. GREEN STREET THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS AGAINST DEMOLITION. IF A PRESERVATION ORDINANCE WAS CREATED BUILDINGS LIKE THIS WOULD COME UNDER A PROCESS TO FOLLOW FOR PRESERVATION. THE COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDS,DUE TO THE SMALL SIZE OF THE STRUCTURE, THAT THE CITY ACQUIRE THE BUILDING AND MOVE IT TO ONE OF THE CITY OWNED SITES. HANK NELL SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED. NANCY WILL SEND A LETTER TO THE CITY. THE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE WILL BE PRESENTED AT A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1997 AT 7:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. COME AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND CONTACT OTHERS WHO WILL BE SUPPORTIVE. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON LANGUAGE ITEMS IN THE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. NANCY FIKE REMINDED THE COMMISSION THAT THERE WILL BE A NETWORKING COMMITTEE MEETING AT 7:00PM ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1997 AT THE MCHENRY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. PLEASE,LOOK OVER THE APPLICATION FOR A FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT ON THE PROPERTY AT 1228 N. GREEN STREET AND BE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT MEETING. LORI WILHELM MADE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT AT 9:03PM,BARB BYRON SECONDED THE MOTION, AND THE MOTION CARRIED.