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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2013-02-14 HPC MINUTES Village of Plainfield Historic Preservation Commission Record of Minutes Date: February 14, 2013 Location: Village Hall Chairman Bortel called the special meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. Roll call was taken; Commissioners Kachel, Schmidt, Olsen, Derrick, Hendricksen, Bucha nan, and Chairman Bortel were present. Commissioner Rapp was absent. Also present was Michael S. Garrigan, Village Plann er and Merrilee Trotz, Recording Secretary. Chairman Bortel led the pledge to the flag. Mr. Garrigan swore in David Schmidt as a new commis sioner. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Derrick made a motion to approve the A genda. Motion seconded by Commissioner Olsen. Voice vote: All in favor. Motion carried 7-0. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Commissioner Derrick made a motion to accept the mi nutes from December 13, 2012 as amended on page 2 correcting the year for the remodeling of th e street car barn from 1975 to 1965. Commissioner Hendricksen seconded the motion. Voice vote: All in favor. Motion carried 7-0. CHAIR’S COMMENTS: Chairman Bortel reminded the commissioners to compl ete the Economic Disclosure form and return the completed form to Will County. COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS: None PUBLIC COMMENT: (Items not on the Agenda) None STAFF REPORT Mr. Garrigan stated there have been no new landmark applications; no pre-application meetings; no formal applications for demolitions; indicated the watch list remains the same; and indicated staff continues to work with the property owner and their realtor for the Weinhold property located along 127 th Street and Naperville Road. Discussion was held r egarding the traffic signal and improvements to the intersection at Naperville Road and 127 th Street. NEW BUSINESS: Chairman Bortel indicated May is Preservation Month ; explained that the VPA and Historic Society used to present awards for Founders Day and indicat ed this has not been done in the last few years; ma de a suggestion that this commission might be able to assist the VPA and Historic Society with awards for Historic Preservation Commission Minutes February 14, 2013 Page 2 of 2 Founders Day 2014; the public could make nomination s and HPC could make the presentation; the HPC could make nominations this year if none were forth coming from the public. Discussion was held. A suggestion was made that the awards could be displa yed for a year or more; the possibility of a plaque similar to the one used for Landmarks; the possibil ity of this being a committee. The possibility of a gardening category was discussed. The categories w ere discussed. OLD BUSINESS: Chairman Bortel mentioned for Preservation Month th is year we have the National Register Nomination. State requires the second draft be submitted by Mar ch 29 th and the final draft by the 24 th of April. IHPA wants the nomination to be presented at the June 28 , 2013 meeting of IHSAC. If the commission and the village agree to waive the final 60 day review then the nomination would need to be submitted by May 24, 2013. Chairman Bortel stated an informal meet ing with the public regarding the national register would be held on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 and then a formal meeting would be held on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 in the Community Room at Village Hall. Chairman Bortel spoke with IHPA regarding usage of the remaining grant funds to prepare a brochure for a walking tour of the buildings in the Downtown Historic District and the IHPA indicated this coul d be done but it would need to be completed by the fi rst of September and the money would need to be appropriated by the end of February; mentioned the possibility of using QR codes for the buildings in the Downtown Historic District which could be also tied to audio. Some discussion was held – the descriptions have been completed by Mr. Gilbert; ho w the graphics could be accomplished; the number of buildings to be used in the first walking tour b rochure; suggestion of placing the brochure at the Rookery. Commissioners agreed to proceed with appr opriation of the funds for the walking tour brochure. Mr. Garrigan stated Phase II of the Vision for Divi sion project has been completed. More than 800 vot es were counted and four different concepts were revie wed. Phase III will incorporate a number of concepts based on the votes which will eventually p rovide the foundation for a final plan and illustra tion. Mr. Garrigan described the concept plans and indica ted the plan is to complete this process by mid-March of this year. COMMITTEE REPORTS : None DISCUSSION: None ADJOURN: Commissioner Derrick made a motion to adjourn. Com missioner Hendricksen seconded the motion. Voice vote: All in favor. 7-0. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p. m. __________________________ Respectfully submitted, Merrilee Trotz - Recording Secretary