Urbana council heard Imagine Urbana plan presentation Wednesday; preservation panel took up Florida Avenue review

URBANA - The Urbana City Council held a special meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the ILEAS Training Center, 1701 E. Main St., for a presentation on the Imagine Urbana Comprehensive Plan, according to the city's agenda. What the council heard and any input given weren't yet available.

Public input and council input were set to come before the presentation, which the agenda credits to "CD." City meetings air on Urbana Public Television and stream online. The agenda said emailed comments go to citycouncil@urbanail.gov, with "PUBLIC INPUT" and the meeting date in the subject line, before adjournment.

Also at 7 p.m., the Historic Preservation Commission met at 400 S. Vine St. Its agenda included an Oct. 20 Illinois Department of Transportation email on the Section 106 review of the Florida Avenue project, bylaws revisions, changes to the certificate of appropriateness application, and a study session on a historic preservation plan and a downtown design district. Any commission action wasn't yet available.

In that email, Mo Chase, an IDOT architectural historian, wrote that the street lights of concern "were added in the 2000s, so they are not considered historic." She wrote that she was still reviewing tree removal.

The Plan Commission meeting set for Thursday, Nov. 5, is canceled, the city's meetings page shows.

Source: City of Urbana: City Council special meeting agenda, Nov. 4 (PDF); City of Urbana: HPC agenda, Nov. 4 (PDF); City of Urbana: HPC packet, Nov. 4 (PDF); City of Urbana: Upcoming Meetings.