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HomeMy WebLinkAbout250304 GLC Agenda packet ____________________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 1 Landmark Commission Agenda Meeting – 5:30 p.m. Erickson Conference Room City Hall, 55 W Tompkins St March 4, 2025 AGENDA Call to Order and Attendance Approve Minutes of February 4, 2025 meeting Receive Citizen Comment LC-25-0301 Consider Certificate of Appropriateness – 464 N Prairie St Adjournment Commission Members, please contact me at 309-345-3652 or lbrooks@ci.galesburg.il.us if you have any questions or are unable to attend. cc: City Manager Deputy City Clerk Executive Secretary Buildings & Grounds File Copy Page 1 of 2 MINUTES GALESBURG LANDMARK COMMISSION ERICKSON CONFERENCE ROOM OF GALESBURG CITY HALL REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2025 AT 5:30 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Suzanne Klohn, Mark Martin, Bob Miener, Deb Sugai, Greta Woolsey, 5. MEMBERS ABSENT: Troy Treash, 1. OTHERS PRESENT: Lucas Brooks, Associate Planner, and Dr. Kathryn Holliday. Staff declared a quorum was present. Approve Minutes of January 7, 2025. Member Woolsey made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Member Klohn. Minutes were approved by voice vote. Discuss Citizen Comment None. LC-25-0201 Discuss Presentation by Dr. Kathryn Holliday Chair Meiner thanked Staff for setting up this presentation, and thanked Dr. Holliday for travelling to us for the presentation. Dr. Holliday gave a brief overview of her professional experience, and her approach to historic preservation. Dr. Holliday spoke on the benefits of mapping out treasured spaces in the community, engaging with the more recent past as a way to raise interest in historic preservation, tying sustainability into any preservation efforts, and working in tandem with other local organizations with shared goals (ex. Arts Center, Orpheum Theater, local schools, etc.). Commission members and members of the public asked Dr. Holliday several questions about maintenance, involving young people in historic preservation, and how technology can help tell the stories of historic places. She offered examples of municipalities offering low-interest grants to assist property owners of historic structures with maintenance, and a San Antonio program where the local community college teaches a certification program on historic woodworking preservation with the hands-on piece of the program providing maintenance work to local historic structures. For involving students in historic preservation, Dr. Holliday recommended giving them direct work on a small project, to foster ownership in the students. Page 2 of 2 There being no further business, Member Woolsey made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Member Sugai, approved by voice vote the meeting adjourned at 6:50 P.M. ___________________ Lucas Brooks COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Operating Under Council – Manager Government Since 1957 ____________________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 1 TO: Galesburg Landmark Commission FROM: Lucas Brooks, Associate Planner DATE: February 25, 2025 AGENDA ITEM: LC-25-0301, Certificate of Appropriateness for 464 N Prairie Street. BACKGROUND: Attached for the Commission’s review is a Certificate of Appropriateness application from the owner of the property, for the proposed replacement of the existing concrete walkway with Purington brick pavers, at 464 N Prairie Street. A portion of the concrete walkway is damaged and requires replacement. The proposed brick walkway would mirror the walkway of the Smith-Moreland Mansion across the street. This property has been a Local Landmark since 1988. As a local landmark, they are required to apply for a Certificate of Appropriateness. Section 151.069 establishes criteria for landmarks applying for a Certificate of Appropriateness. The Landmark Commission must find that the activity proposed will not adversely affect the significant historical or architectural character and is appropriate and consistent with the established design criteria or will remedy conditions imminently dangerous to life, health or property as determined by the Building Inspector. There is one previous Certificate of Appropriateness request at this address: a 1990 approval for reconstruction of front porch, reframing of roof and reroofing, replacement of columns, railings and flooring, and replacement of windows on each side of front doors. This property was awarded a P.A.V.E.R. in 1997. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS: 1. Certificate of Appropriateness application 2. Aerial – General location 3. 1990 historic survey sheet 4. Design Criteria for Local Landmarks cc: File Copy Page 1 of 1 DESIGN CRITERIA For DESIGNATED GALESBURG LANDMARKS The distinguishing original qualities or character of a building, structure, or site shall not be destroyed. The removal or alteration of any historic material or distinctive architectural features is to be avoided. All buildings, structures, and sites shall be recognized as products of their own time. Alterations which have no historical basis and which seek to create an earlier appearance are not appropriate. New additions or other real improvements shall be designs which are compatible with the materials, size, scale, color and texture already prevailing in the structure or site. (This shall not be construed to mean that the design shall duplicate the original structure.) If any real improvements must be constructed which are not compatible with the surroundings, they shall not be visible from the public right-of-way. Visibility from the public right-of-way shall be restricted through one of three ways: 1) The real improvement must be located behind an existing structure so as to be hidden from the public right-of-way. 2) The real improvement must be screened from view of the public right-of-way by fencing which is compatible with the structures or site; 3) The real improvement must be screened from view of the public right-of-way by natural vegetation which would provide year-round screening (e.g. evergreens). Changes, which may have taken place in the course of time, are evidence of the history and development of a building, structure, or site. These changes may have acquired significance in their own right and this significance will be recognized and respected. Distinctive stylistic features or examples of skilled craftsmanship which characterize a building, structure, or site shall be preserved. Deteriorated architectural features shall be repaired rather than replaced, wherever possible. In the event replacement is necessary and possible, the new material should match the material being replaced in composition, design, color, texture, and other visual qualities. Repair or replacement of missing architectural features should be based on accurate duplications of features, substantiated by historical, physical, or pictorial evidence rather than on conjectural designs or the availability of different architectural elements from other buildings or structures. Exterior paint schemes, storm doors, storm windows, screens, window air conditioners, antennae, landscaping, and similar cosmetic items (not to include siding materials) are not subject to a Certificate of Appropriateness; however, such its as permanently mounted air conditioner units (either central or a wall unit for which a hole is to be cut through the structure) shall not be visible from the public right-of-way.