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Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities <br /> 13069 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 430 Phone: 763.441.2020 <br /> Elk River, MN 55330-0430 Fax: 763.441.8099 <br /> JOINT UTILITIES COMMISSION AND <br /> HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Troy Adams, P.E.—Director of Operations <br /> John Dietz—Chair David Berg—Water Superintendent <br /> Daryl Thompson—Vice Chair <br /> Al Nadeau—Trustee <br /> Heritage Preservation Commission <br /> Kristin Harris <br /> Mark Konietzko <br /> Lance Lindberg <br /> Debra Mortensen <br /> Stephen Rohlf <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> June 14,2011 5.1 <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Jackson Street Water Tower Discussion <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> In March 2002,the Utilities Commission authorized the demolition of the Jackson Street Water Tower. <br /> The Heritage Preservation Commission(HPC)then requested a delay to look into options saving the <br /> tower for historical reasons. The HPC offered that a plausible source of revenue for offsetting ongoing <br /> maintenance costs could come through modifying the historic tower to house communication antennas. <br /> Shortly thereafter, a communication company did install antennas on the tower. That company went <br /> under and ERMU did not receive payment in full for the lease. <br /> In 2008 the topic of the demolition of the water tower was again discussed by the Utilities Commission. <br /> The decision to demolish the tower was tabled. More recently, work has been done to determine whether <br /> or not the tower could be registered as a historic site. It was believed that if the tower were registered as a <br /> historic site that there may be grant money available for renovating it. <br /> Attached for review are the following: <br /> • May 6, 2002—Memo to ERMU Commission <br /> • May 15,2002—ERMU minutes for agenda item#5.2 <br /> • June 3,2002—Memo to ERMU Commission <br /> • October 1,2002—Memo to ERMU Commission <br /> • October 10,2002—ERMU minutes for agenda item#5.1 <br /> • January 14,2003—ERMU minutes for agenda item#6.4 <br /> • February 29, 2008—Memo to the ERMU Commission <br /> • March 11,2008—ERMU minutes for agenda item #6.3 <br /> • March 21,2008—Memo to the ERMU Commission <br /> • April 17, 2008—ERMU minutes for agenda item#5.2 <br /> 79 <br />