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City of Moline Historic Preservation Commission met July 13.

Here is the minutes provided by the commission:

Introduction of Guests

Approval of Meeting Minutes – March 9, 2020

Approval of Meeting Minutes – May 11, 2020

New Business:

 Code suggestion: HPC review buildings over 50 years prior to issuing a demolition permit

 Rt. 92 Corridor Study – Rock Island to Silvis – Survey

 Former O’Rourke Building at 1202 – 4th Ave. New Owners

 McKinley School Fire & potential sale

 Manual Arts Building potential sale

 Other:

Old Business:

• List of Moline’s historically and architecturally significant buildings –survey/inventory

• Inventory of salvaged architectural materials.

• Other

Reports: (discuss only if there is new information)

• Proposed Riverfront redevelopment: Depot Clock, Sears recognition

• Main Street & Commercial Façade Improvement program

• Downtown Heritage Tour Web site and promotional materials

• Mural and Public Art guidelines for Moline Centre

• Quad Cities Preservation Consortium

HPC June 8, 2020 Agenda Continued

• Spiegel Building Redevelopment

• Carnegie Library Building – For Sale

• Old Post Office River Drive – For Sale - Fire

• Leedy Building Fire

• First Covenant Church Fire

• Prospect Park Pavilion -- Painting scheduled for spring 2020

• Rock Island County Court House – Litigation ongoing

• John Deere House

• Redevelopment of the Collector Center site

• Redevelopment of Ray’s Appliance site

• Long term storage and preservation of architectural drawings by local architects of note

• Other

Announcements: Next meeting Monday August 10, 2020

Adjournment:

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