[OMS_MANAGERS] Creating a Historic District

[Sarah Lu Heath]

You always have to weight the consequences of cost to biz owners and dollars, but I have to agree with Liz.

Take every opportunity you can during this major upheaval because it won’t come along again for another half century. We have power in our light poles and it makes so much possible.

Sarah Lu Heath
Executive Director
Astoria Downtown Historic District Association
No.1-12th Street, Suite 114
PO Box 261
Astoria, OR 97103
503.791.7940
www.AstoriaDowntown.com<http://www.astoriadowntown.com/>

From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> On Behalf Of Liz Hannum
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 4:34 PM
To: Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Creating a Historic District

Just going to get up on my soap box for a minute - I wasn't around when they did the streetscape renovation in 2012, but I desperately wish they had run electrical underground and to the treewells. It would make events and projects so much easier to manage if there was consistent power. We also have tree lights year round which cost $15-20k annually to maintain and it's a project that honestly probably shouldn't have happened without that power. Now we spend thousand a year and have no reliable power, gfi switch problems, wires hanging off roofs, etc. It's a major regret that the City didn't spend the money to do it at the time when they ripped up the streets. If you have the money and opportunity and political willpower to do it, I highly recommend it. It would save us thousands of dollars and hundreds of man hours. EVERY YEAR... ok, off my soap box now.

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 4:15 PM <president at historicwillamette.com<mailto:president at historicwillamette.com>> wrote:
We are in the middle of the streetscape right now. Instead of undergrounding power, we are rerouting it to be off street and on the side streets instead. It saved $500K and would less disruptive to businesses. To underground power, the businesses may have had to upgrade their electrical panels which would be a few thousand dollars in cost and have downtime to their business.  I’m happy to answer any questions you have as well.


Thanks
Shannen
President
Historic Willamette Main Street
www.historicwillamette.com<http://www.historicwillamette.com>
503-349-0015

From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us<mailto:oms_managers-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>> On Behalf Of Business Outreach & Community Coordinator
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 3:50 PM
To: Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at listsmart.osl.state.or.us<mailto:oms_managers at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>>
Subject: [OMS_MANAGERS] Creating a Historic District

Good afternoon everyone,

Our Main Street organization is interested in creating a historic district in town, but it will be a pretty big undertaking that might include laying underground wires instead of using the power poles.  Our board wanted me to see if anyone has undertaken a project of this size, and what steps you took to move forward on it.

Thank you in advance,

Lyndsey Dixon
Business Outreach & Community Coordinator | Gold Beach Main Street
541 247 7029 ext. 106 | goldbeachmainstreet.org<http://goldbeachmainstreet.org>
29592 Ellensburg Ave, Gold Beach, OR 97444
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Liz Hannum
Executive Director

Downtown Oregon City Association
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