HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCDATE=JULY 05, 2005 (4) recently rehabilitated and the building covered m vinyl siding. Mr. Sider had
inI'mawd the applicant that it would net score sulLcicipoints to be eligible lot the
plaque.
However, due to the history of the anginal building oil the the, he would ask the
Commission to set if there was potential to ineed1l a marker on the front of the property
illustrating sone of the history with old photographs tilthe building, which was
originally a railroad stop along Wing Street.
Following discussion, it was decided that The installation of a marker would be worth
looking into.
5. Scars Hoose Plaques. No plugnos had been submitted at this time.
D. Old Business
1. N'oteh Factory Depot. No ucw updates on the project
_. Elain Design Guideline )Jamal and Preurvation Ordinance. %U. Seller updated
embers of the Commission on discussions that he Tied with a publications deimer to
assist with the project to update the guideline.
• He stated that he had met with Darlene Rutin til Urban Rapport of Elgin w look into
pos iding mi estimate to incorporate all graphics into The document and reformat the
document. fle had not been provided with a formal coal eslinime for these services but
indicated that the cast would he approximately between $4,000 and 55,000. He would
bring a pmprtcal to the Commission ea soon as he received one.
Commissioner BmneB indicated That she (could like to have additional consultants
considered, mid crated that her sister also did this type of work. Shc recommended that
cost estimates of the consultants be reviewed and a decieion to choose a consultant be
made at the next meeting of the Commission.
3. Book Proposal."I here Used to Be..J' Sevin Stroud insiealed that the prvjcut 10 write
The hack "Elgin: There used m he_:' was in praJuctiOn and would be ready fur
distribution by the Elvin Historic Huusnaalk in September.
4. h'.ICIn Northwest Area Survry. Mr. Saber provided an update en the xtams of the
project The project vasa nn nock to be cumQlAcl by the end of August, possibly rally
Saptonba.
❑e also staled [het Commissioner Pepa Ind requested that a discussion on downtown
Elgin being selected for the next survey be a llught to the lasts, la discussing the project,
ho had been informed that Commissioner Pepa had stated that a Int of work had already
• hero carried out by students of Judson College, who had worked on the project normal the
past two summers as a project lot the Downtown Seighbodwud Association (DSA) of
Elgin. The students had compiled information on the physical characteristics or the
hmildings of downtmvn such is building are, number of floors, and a drawing of the