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Home My WebLink About4. CC Minutes 05/07/2014CENTENNIAL COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING Meeting Location: Meeting Date and Time: rd Village Hall – 3 floor Executive Conference Room May 7, 2014 50 South Emerson Street 3:00 p.m. Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056 I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL Members present: Alexander Bertolucci, Gerald “Skip” Farley, Janice Farley, Leo Floros, Linda Jean Murphy, Michaele Skowron, Christy Watychowicz, and John Zulaski. Hoefert, Members absent: Sharon Anderson, Elaine Hundreiser, and Jessica Thunberg Ex-officio members present: Arlene Juracek and Marianthi Thanopoulos Ex-officio members absent: Mike Janonis. Public present: nonw III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES March 5, 2014 Meeting Minutes. Correction: John Zulaski was present. Skip Farley moved. Murphy Seconded. Motion approved. IV. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD: NONE V. OLD BUSINESS A. Report: Communications subcommittee – Zulaski, Thunberg, and Thanopoulos. Zulaski reported. Historical Society & Mt. Prospect Public Library will help subcommittee. Subcommittee is putting social media back on discussion w/caveat it has to be kept up to date. Citizens’ photo gallery is currently put on hold. Historical Society will put out a call for historical photos for their archives. GOAL – Beta Website to launch spring 2015 (12 months from now). Anniversary committee will edit. GOAL – Marianthi will check on cost of new website w/block party creator. Centennial Home Page-Thunberg Mayor message – Juracek Logo and Tag Line – Thunberg Then & Now photos – Lyndsey Rice MP historical Society This Day in History – Ann Shaughnessy MP Library (local vs world) changing daily Social Media – on back burner no owner. Twitter. Instagram.Search Engine Optmization. History-Zulaski Landing Page Introduction - Thunberghg Links to Historical Society-Lyndsey Rice will provide Profile of Notables-categorized Lyndsey Rice Links to Historical Resources-Ann Shaughnessy Oral History (apprx 50 at the library)-Ann Shaughnessy will work on it. Zulaski will ask for help in selecting. Selective # of oral histories to be used as background for photos. 15 recent oral histories are at cable network (video/audio) Quotes & photos suggested in a traveling exhibition. Library is a good location. Exhibition at Village Hall on small monitor. Village Achievements-top 10 (Juracek) FAQ-MP librararians. Facebook can feed questions. Highest point? Zenith put towers at higest point. Then & now descriptions-Lynsey Rice Time Line-w/call outs.-Murphy has completed Time Line. Call outs will be expanded. Historical Society will have them on their website. Kids & Teens Contest – on website Celebration Events Web page – Anderson Highlight Major Events- Anderson Calendar - Anderson Scavenger Hunt-BELONGS IN EVENTS Method for other organizations to enter Events on webpage- Anderson will establish criteria Sponsors page - Lundberg will do landing page. How to become a sponsor? Expectations? Levels of Sponsoship What do sponsors get for their sponsorship? Floros & Skip Farley will work on details of sponsorship. Sponsor links - Marianthi will post to website. HOW CAN I HELP? Volunteer Openings will be posted. Volunteers should be limited to Commission activities. Links to blogs. Teacher curriculum – Historical Society has it long and well established. Already existing. Commission members page – what does it mean to them? (put on hold) Celebrities-MP Historical Society has list of celebrities. B. Report: Harper College logo progress – Bertolucci, Thunberg, and Murphy Harper offered 12 choices. Sub Com limited to 3. Harper is coloring them. They will design options to present to group. Meeting w/Harper is at Village Hall on Tues, June 3 at 4:00 pm. C. Report: Information from Geneva about fire hydrant painting – Watychowicz Genera, IL & others have rules about steps for applying. Suggestion to approach ACE, Home Depot, Menards, True Value RE sponsoring contest. May of 2016 for application. Fall of 2016 starting painting. Two weeks or a month for painting. A stick next to hydrant for authorizing. Metal stick for identifying hydrants w/number. Flag on stick. Watychowicz will be contact w/email. After discussion Commission decided that “First Come First Served” would determine claim to painting a particular hydrant. D. Report: Railroad anniversary – Murphy Juracek & Murphy asked Union Pacific Railway about acquiring a vintage train. A siding is needed. Closest siding is near Mariano’s Grocery Store, Arlington Heights. Committee decided distance was not close enough to pursue. E. Report: City sticker year-by-year proposal (2015-2018) – Murphy 2015 Two park districts will be celebrating anniverseries. MP & River Trail. Murphy will check w/Prospect Heights & Des Plaines Park Districts. 2016 Central School House – Historical Society 2017 Centennial Logo th 2018 75 for MP Library VI. NEW BUSINESS A. Introduction of new member Elaine Hundrieser is a newly appointed member, representing Randhurst Village. Randhurst is making space available for community activities: e.g., original photos for display. B. Finish working through white board ideas from November meeting – 2017 only (see separate document) C. Committee member sign-up for various events/activities in preparation for budgeting VII. OTHER BUSINESS – member roundtable Water tower will be painted w/ anniversary date of 1917. Later on a wrap will be designed to highlight centennial. VIII. NEXT MEETING June 3, 2014 – 4:00 p.m. – consideration of logos only IX. ADJOURN Skowron moved to adjourn. Floros seconded. Motion passed. ***** ANY INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING SHOULD CONTACT THE VILLAGE MANAGER'S OFFICE AT 50 SOUTH EMERSON STREET, 847/392-6000 OR EMAIL mthanopo@mountprospect.org.