Culver Firemen’s Memorial at Town Council

For those of you looking for the Firemen’s Memorial post I discussed at the Town Council this evening, I’ve conveniently linked it here.

For those of you that couldn’t make it to the meeting, I presented the Firemen’s Memorial to the Town Council this evening.  The project is proposed for the northeast corner of the intersection of Slate Street and Lake Shore Drive.  The lot is owned by the Town and is currently used as a parking lot for the firemen.  The lot is zoned C-1.  The basic conundrum was that Culver’s Zoning Ordinance doesn’t have a designation for Monuments or Memorials no matter what the zoning district.

I had discussed this with Russ Mason, Culver’s Building Commissioner, and we agreed that the best solution was to request the Town Council to accept the structure as a Municipal Sign.  (The Town Council is exempt from ordinance requirements for their signs.)  I presented it as such to the Council this evening.  Russ was there to back me up.  After a brief discussion, the Council agreed that this was an appropriate designation for a worthy project.

This knocks down another obstacle, so the project is moving forward.  Now we’re just held up by the minor problem of fundraising…

This has been a Public Service Announcement…  If I were a little more ambitious this evening, I would find a mpg of NBC’s “The More You Know” tag music to play in  the background…

Firemen’s Memorial Sketch by Mary Ellen Rudisel Jordan of Scearce Rudisel Architects in Warsaw.