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1 VILLAGE OF 2 3 4 5 KENILWORTH , IL 6 7 Building Review Commission Meeting 8 June 23, 2025 9 10 Agenda Item I. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL 11 A meeting of the Building Review Commission of the Village of Kenilworth in the Kenilworth Village Hall, 12 Kenilworth, Illinois was held at 7:00 pm on Monday, June 23, 2025 . Chair Schwaab called the meeting to 13 order at 7:00 p.m. 14 Attendance of the Commission was as follows: 15 16 Mike Schwaab Chair Present 17 Liz Watson Member Present 18 Emily Wyner Member Absent 19 Jack Kelly Member Present , remote 20 Viral Mehta Member Absent 21 Lars Djuvik Member Present 22 Dick Schumacher Member Present 23 24 A quorum was present. 25 26 Other Recorded as in Attendance: 27 Village Officials and Staff: 28 Heather McFarland Asst. to the Village Manager 29 Molly Burns Management Analyst 30 Susan Benjamin Benjamin Historic Certifications 31 Kathy Thake Village Manager (remote) 32 33 Others: 34 Jim Janikowski 35 Mike Conneely 36 Agnes PrindIville 37 38 Agenda Item II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 21 , 2024 BUILDING REVIEW COMMISSION 39 MEETING 40 41 Chair Schwaab asked for a motion to approve the minutes from the October 21 st meeting. Commissioner 42 Schumacher made a motion to approve the October 21, 2024 Building Review Commission Meeting 43 Minutes. Commissioner Djuvik seconded the motion. 44 45 A voice vote was taken as follows on the motion: Village of Kenilworth Building Review Commission 2 June 23, 2025 2 1 Yea: Schwaab, Schumacher , Kelly, Djuvik , Watson 2 Nay: None 3 Absent: Wyner, Mehta 4 Abstain : None 5 6 Chair Schwaab declared the motion passed by a vote of 5 to 0. 7 8 Agenda Item III.A. DETERMINATION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL / HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF 429 9 WARWICK RD WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY 10 11 The Village ’s Architectural Historian, Susan Benjamin, began the discussion on the third agenda item, 12 sharing her findings related to the 429 Warwick Road property. She shared that the house was originally 13 built in 1893 as a coach house for Mr. and Mrs. James A. Culbertson. The coach house was altered 14 significantly over the years, with the original version being significant, but it is not significant in its 15 current state due to all the modifications. The only original feature remaining are the half timber 16 details. 17 18 Following the presentation, the commissioners and the public were given the chance to ask Ms. 19 Benjamin questions. Commissioner Schumacher noted that the original owner is significant to 20 Kenilworth ’s history , as Mr. Culbertson started the Kenilworth Club and served as a Village President. 21 22 A resident in attendance asked why the building was being demolished, to which the applicant replied 23 the house requires significant remodeling to bring it modern amenities, and their new family requires a 24 different floorplan and basement. He shared he intends to build a house that will better fit the character 25 of the neighborhood. 26 27 Commissioner Kelly asked how the Commission is to weigh significance when someone significant 28 previously lived there. Mrs. Benjamin replied that the house no longer reflects what the house looked 29 like during that time period . Commissioner Kelly then asked when the property was split up, to which 30 Mrs. Benjamin replied that only guestimates were available. 31 32 Chair Schwaab asked for a motion to accept the findings of the Historian Report for 429 Warwick Road 33 and find that the structure does not meet the criteria for Properties of Special Importance. 34 Commissioner Watson made a motion , and Commissioner Schumacher second ed the motion . 35 36 A voice vote was taken as follows on the motion: 37 Yea: Schwaab, Schumacher, Watson, Kelly, Djuvik 38 Nay: None 39 Absent: Wyner, Mehta 40 Abstain : None 41 42 Chair Schwaab declared the motion passed by a vote of 5 to 0 . 43 44 Agenda Item I V. BUSINESS FROM THE PUBLIC 45 None 46 47 48 Village of Kenilworth Building Review Commission 3 June 23, 2025 3 1 Agenda Item V. ADJOURN 2 Chair Schwaab asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Commissioner Watson provided the first 3 motion, and Commissioner Djuvik offered a second to the motion. The motion was approved via voice 4 vote. 5 6 The meeting concluded at 7: 30 p.m. 7 8 Respectfully Submitted, 9 10 Molly Burns 11 Management Analyst