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

[Mike Lehman]

Kristina,
Yes, attendance at public meetings should be no problem, but certainly 
we want to observe the relevant AC regs.

And it's great news about the special support from Americorps for work 
on the tower!

If everything's in place in the next month or so, those days in May 
could come in really handy. If we are able to organize the excavation as 
an archaeological dig, that could be one possibility. But really too 
soon to set any schedule due to several things still being up in the air.
Mike Lehman

On 3/2/2011 1:47 PM, Kristina Williams wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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