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RE: (rshsdepot) Kendrick, ID
lack of vision, they were elected because they spent their money right,
pushed the right buttons, got the correct influence. Evidently from the RV
park. Not due to the people wanting them to knock this down. Is there no
room left in this nowheresville, Idaho that they can't leave their heritage
and history be?
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> From: <I95BERNIEW_@_aol.com>
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> Date: 1/27/2009 1:00:23 PM
> Subject: (rshsdepot) Kendrick, ID
>
> From the Lewiston Morning Tribune.
>
> Bernie Wagenblast
>
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>
> Council votes to tear down old Kendrick railroad depot
> Preservation committee loses bid to save building
>
> KENDRICK - The remnant Kendrick railroad depot will be no more. City
council
> members here voted 3-1 late Monday night to tear the aging structure
down.
>
> This comes despite promises from members of a preservation committee to
> secure private funding and restore the century-old building to its
original
> two-story design.
>
> The council vote came after more than two hours of discussion and a
> presentation by Sharon Harris, spokeswoman for the newly formed Kendrick
Depot
> Preservation Committee.
>
> "I can't understand not keeping an historical treasure," Harris told
council
> members. "We want to do the right thing. We just want the chance to do
the
> right thing."
>
> Councilor Milt Patterson sided with Harris. "This is the first time
anybody
> has come forth with this much energy," he said of the preservation
committee.
> Patterson moved to lease the old depot to the committee for three years
to
> see if they could get the job done.
>
> But the motion died for lack of a second.
>
> The three other councilors and Mayor Dale Lisher expressed concerns about
> city liability and whether the current enthusiasm could be sustained. The
site
> of the old depot has also been targeted for expansion of an RV park.
>
> "I frankly don't understand the fear," Harris told the mayor and council
> members about them not granting more time to save the building.
>
> But Councilor Mike Morgan said the city had already seen several years
and
> more than $125,000 in grant money allocated for restoration of the depot,
only
> to have the money be returned for lack of follow-through on the project.
>
> "We're elected to make the decision the majority of the people will be
happy
> with," Morgan said before moving to have the old depot torn down.
Councilor
> Jeremy Alexander seconded the motion and Donna Corkill cast the deciding
vote.
>
> "I'm really disappointed," Patterson said, who earlier outlined several
> reasons why restoration of the old depot would be beneficial to the
entire
> community. He said it would attract people to town and, if nothing else,
provide a
> place for storing historical items and documents, and perhaps be used for
> office space.
>
> But Lisher and the other councilors said the vast majority of feedback
they
> have been getting from Kendrick citizens favored razing the building.
Lisher
> said estimates to put a foundation under the structure were as high as
> $60,000.
>
> Harris said she could not provide an estimate for total cost of
restoration
> until architects and contractors took a closer look at the building. But
she
> said the council could rest assured no tax dollars would be used. She
said
> several private foundations had already expressed interest and several
entities,
> including the Latah County commissioners, endorsed pursuing restoration.
>
> A vote on the depot's future had been scheduled for late last year, but
was
> delayed when the preservationists asked for time to come up with a plan.
> Lisher and the councilors lauded Harris and the others for their
sincerity and
> professional presentation. But as it stands now, said Lisher, the depot
is
> little more than an "eyesore" in the way of other plans.
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