Historic Commission

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Gamon Room, City Hall I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm Present In-person – Louise Ferrebee (Chair), Bob Purdy (Secretary), Nancy Flannery, Sophia Ruffolo, Joe Szczepaniak. Absent – Lisa Buchanan II. Public Comments None III. Approval of September Minutes Approved on a motion by Joe, seconded by Bob, and passed unanimously. IV. Old Business  Historic Register Program: o Status of Website update:  Wheaton Register of Historic Places (WRHP) application form will now be a web page instead of a PDF, enabling building owners to submit it electronically.  The Guide to Wheaton Sources, currently a PDF, will be updated to reflect revisions discussed and approved earlier.  The DuPage County Tax Books research document created by Lisa will be available to applicants as a PDF. o Walking Tours on Historic Register Map  Discussed an initial walk focusing on downtown buildings  Work with Wheaton Downtown Association and Chamber of Commerce  Adding more text for included buildings in GIS map will be important. o Past Applications: Louise shared the positive and grateful response from the 815 N Scott applicant upon their acceptance of register designation. V. New Business  Annual Report—Due October 15 o Council meeting attendee: Oct 23 date was moved to December 11. o 2024 Budget: $4,950 is being submitted. HISTORIC COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Month Date, Year o Outline of 2024 events and activities: Louise shared her submission of the 2022 Year in Review items and the Upcoming Year 2024 items for each purpose statement in the Historic Commission mission.  Revision of Commission goals and statement of purpose. Louise shared the proposed revisions of the mission and purpose statement.  Acceptance in the 100 Cities/100 Memorials Project. Nancy reviewed the acceptance of the World War I Obelisk restoration at Northside Park into this grant program. The 100 Cities/100 Memorials Project is a joint venture of the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum & Library. The Wheaton restoration will be included in an updated version of the publication; Louise has submitted recent high quality photos that she took. Vi. Miscellaneous  Status: Applicants for Vacant Positions. No applications submitted.  Review of two WRHP applicants previously rejected o 617 N West St—occupant moved; new owner has not submitted an application. o 831 N Washington St—application was withdrawn after research showed it had been moved from Wayne IL.  How To Guide (previously Policy and Procedures) is now updated. Commissioners were asked to review and comment on it in SharePoint.  Google Analytics. Louise shared the Historic Commission pageviews from the City of Wheaton reports. Counts for the Jan-June period were 662 for the Historic Commission page and 662 for the Wheaton Register of Historic Places. Google went to different software beginning July 1 and this reporting is no longer available. Tracking of the GIS map was done elsewhere and showed a view count of 5,058 as of August 15. The map reporting was created May 27. VII. Commissioner Comments. None VIII. Adjournment. Joe moved to adjourn, Nancy seconded, and the motion passed unanimously. The meeting concluded at 8:20 pm Respectfully submitted, Robert Purdy Secretary 2