[Imcamericorps] [RFU] Historic commission and Alice + Tower Support

[Kristina Williams]

It's been brought to my attention that as an AmeriCorps member I cannot
lobby for any action made by a public serving body, which includes being
apart of any meeting, public or private with any appointed individual,
commission, board, council, etc. etc. on behalf of WRFU, the IMC, or
the *Public
i*. This being said, I can attend, but only as a member of the public as an
observer, and not on AmeriCorps time.

On a much better note, the IMC AmeriCorps members (there are 10 of us) have
a service week May 7-14, where we chose a project to support.  This year, we
want to the tower for WRFU.  Does that timeline coincide with the general
building schedule of the tower? Let us know!

-Kristina

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Mike Lehman <rebelmike at earthlink.net>wrote:

> The Historic Preservation Commission has legitimate reasons to review the
> SUP application for the permanent tower. I encourage all those who can make
> it to attend tonight's meeting in the council chambers at the Urbana City
> Building. It starts at 7pm and our project is the only lengthy item on the
> agenda, so we'll be getting right to it. Most likely, it shouldn't last more
> than an hour, but people are free to leave whenever if they have other
> things to do and the meeting runs long.
>
> I firmly believe that the permanent tower facilitates an appropriate re-use
> of our historical property. Historic preservation doesn't just mean living
> in the past. It's also about preserving our heritage by facilitating
> continued use of historic properties in order to ensure that the resources
> needed to maintain them are available.
>
> I'll be addressing the commission's concerns tonight in detail after a
> short presentation outlining the need for the tower at our building.
> Mike Lehman
>
>
> On 3/2/2011 10:06 AM, mister garza wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> regarding the commission meeting tonight and the not-so-friendly
>> Alice, here is the relevant portion of an e-mail exchange I had with
>> someone who works closely with that group in response to my question:
>> "what do you think their attitude towards this is going to be?'
>>
>> "Yes she will be cool on this subject.  This it is a long standing
>> thing that goes back to when the IMC first took over the Post Office
>> space and  were unwilling to become a local landmark. The tower height
>> issue has a long history. The commission gets a say because of the
>> adjacent landmark, the hotel. I do not think they can stop the
>> project."
>>
>> So that's not entirely positive but it sounds like no one is planning
>> to put up a huge fight at least.
>>
>> tg
>>
>
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Kristina Williams, News Media Coordinator
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center <http://ucimc.org>
kristinawho[at]gmail[dot]com
202 S Broadway
Urbana, IL 61801
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