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Preservation Commission asks that implementation, demolition‑delay, reinterment and deconstruction policies be added to comp plan
Summary
The Preservation Commission presented Preserve 2040 and asked the Land Use Commission to incorporate an implementation chapter, a community‑systems chapter, neighborhood conservation districts, a demolition‑delay process, an advisory review for projects adjacent to landmarks, and a deconstruction ordinance into the comp plan.
Dr. Sarah Dreller, chair of the Preservation Commission, told the Land Use Commission the preservation commission reviewed Envision Evanston and submitted a detailed letter and an attachment called Preserve 2040, the commission’s strategic plan adopted in December 2022.
Dreller asked that the comp plan include an implementation chapter that prioritizes actions, assigns likely partners and funding sources, and sets a timeline. "Imagine if our comp plan had something like this, where each of the action items were prioritized and we knew who was supposed to be paying attention to what,"…
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