PETITION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE KENDRICK DEPOT
- by: HISTORIC DEPOT PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
- recipient: City Council in Kendrick, Idaho
The Kendrick Depot Preservation Committee appreciates your interest and support in being allowed to provide a preserved original 2-story railroad depot building to our community without utilizing any additional City of Kendrick tax funding. This petition will be used solely as another tool to convince the Kendrick City Council of the support there is for our Kendrick Depot Saving efforts at their April 6, 2009 council meeting. Listed below are facts surrounding this issue and potential community enhancements that the building could provide once it is restored.
We the undersigned do hereby petition the Kendrick City Council to preserve for present and future generations the historical railroad depot site located in Kendrick Idaho.
1. To preserve Kendrick's Railroading Legacy*;
2. The 110 year old depot is considered both an historical and a cultural monument as the ONLY one of the 34 like depots built throughout the Pacific Northwest still standing at its original site;
3. The depot is the oldest building in Kendrick, Idaho;
4. The depot is a historical gift to local citizens and Latah County residents;
5. John W. Kendrick, the community's name sake, designed the depot.
6. The depot has the potential for being a source of income for the community;
7. The depot is a tourist attraction to railroad and history enthusiasts;
8. The depot will serve as a Trail Head for the Ed Corkill Memorial Trail;
9. The depot will be a community gathering place;
10. The depot will provide one or more utility billing income for the City of Kendrick;
11. The depot could be utilized to house a virtual library and/or archival library containing local history;
12. The depot can could be utilized as the only computer hot spot for local and RV visitor use available in Kendrick;
13. The depot could be utilized as a home for the JK Heritage Foundation;
14. The depot could be utilized as a storage place for community owned printing equipment for service club use;
15. The depot could serve as a meeting and workplace for the K-J Arts Commission;
16. The depot could serve our community as a safe harbor for "latch key kids";
17. The depot could serve as storage and a display area for historical pictures;.
18. With 650 pledged hours so far much of the depot preservation project could become a community based work project;
19. The depot could house vending machines for the Ed Corkil Memorial trail users;
20. The majoriy of local residents polled are in favor of preserving the depot;
21. This historical building has survived both fire and flood and with some effort and community involvment can become a source of pride and accomplishment for the city, county and state;
22. It would be in the best interest of the citizens of Kendrick, Latah County and the state of Idaho to preserve and restore this historic depot.
Thank you again for your interest and willingness to become involved. If you would like to be kept informed as to our progress please make that request to our email: saveourdepot@gmail.com If you know of others who support this endeavor please let them know the petition is available at http://savethedepot.blogspot.com/
Our goal is to obtain 500 signatures in just a matter of a very few days. Any and all efforts towards promoting our cause will be most appreciated.
We the undersigned do hereby petition the Kendrick City Council to preserve for present and future generations the historical railroad depot site located in Kendrick Idaho.
1. To preserve Kendrick's Railroading Legacy*;
2. The 110 year old depot is considered both an historical and a cultural monument as the ONLY one of the 34 like depots built throughout the Pacific Northwest still standing at its original site;
3. The depot is the oldest building in Kendrick, Idaho;
4. The depot is a historical gift to local citizens and Latah County residents;
5. John W. Kendrick, the community's name sake, designed the depot.
6. The depot has the potential for being a source of income for the community;
7. The depot is a tourist attraction to railroad and history enthusiasts;
8. The depot will serve as a Trail Head for the Ed Corkill Memorial Trail;
9. The depot will be a community gathering place;
10. The depot will provide one or more utility billing income for the City of Kendrick;
11. The depot could be utilized to house a virtual library and/or archival library containing local history;
12. The depot can could be utilized as the only computer hot spot for local and RV visitor use available in Kendrick;
13. The depot could be utilized as a home for the JK Heritage Foundation;
14. The depot could be utilized as a storage place for community owned printing equipment for service club use;
15. The depot could serve as a meeting and workplace for the K-J Arts Commission;
16. The depot could serve our community as a safe harbor for "latch key kids";
17. The depot could serve as storage and a display area for historical pictures;.
18. With 650 pledged hours so far much of the depot preservation project could become a community based work project;
19. The depot could house vending machines for the Ed Corkil Memorial trail users;
20. The majoriy of local residents polled are in favor of preserving the depot;
21. This historical building has survived both fire and flood and with some effort and community involvment can become a source of pride and accomplishment for the city, county and state;
22. It would be in the best interest of the citizens of Kendrick, Latah County and the state of Idaho to preserve and restore this historic depot.
Thank you again for your interest and willingness to become involved. If you would like to be kept informed as to our progress please make that request to our email: saveourdepot@gmail.com If you know of others who support this endeavor please let them know the petition is available at http://savethedepot.blogspot.com/
Our goal is to obtain 500 signatures in just a matter of a very few days. Any and all efforts towards promoting our cause will be most appreciated.
Dear Kendrick City Council,
We the undersigned do hereby respectfully request you to preserve and restore the Kendrick Depot located in your city.
Please find enclosed/attached our petition with signatures and comments with reference to and support for preserving the Kendrick Depot.
It is an old repeated adage that we often don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Kendrick's legacy and that of yourselves will be ill-famed should you be successful in accomplishing your goal of destroying the Kendrick Depot.
Fairness, equity and democracy demand that you at least consider and contemplate the voice of we the majority and there can be no question to any reasonable mind that all those that desire to destroy this depot are in a very small minority. For every one silent, passive supporter you claim we can easily produce ten-twenty that will give a voice, a signature and/or a face to their opinion. In matters such as these, those who don't want to stand up and be counted - shouldn't. [This is why our wise legislators mandated that issues such as this be voted upon by WE THE PEOPLE.]
Although you have been confronted with the reason, logic and commonsense of preserving the Kendrick Depot, you have decided for nefarious reasons to do the opposite. If we were to agree with your stated logic then we would not have many of the national historical landmarks that exists now all over this great country of ours.
You are selling the City of Kendrick's birthright for $50.00 and you should be ashamed. The Depot has survived flood and fire only to be possibly soon destroyed by your short terms in office.
If you are successful in destroying this historic treasure, the spot will forever remain as a monument to your administration's lack of vision, values, and voter support.
We still have faith in the goodness of humanity and hope that you will reconsider your position and best serve the interests of the majority of Kendrick citizens who you were appointed and elected respectfully to represent.
The petition website as well as the "Save the Depot" blog will forever remain in cyberspace and when someone goes to search for "Kendrick, Idaho" or "Kendrick Depot" - they will read about our efforts here to convince you to do what is right and in the best interest of ALL.
"Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set." - Proverbs 22:28
"Monuments immortalize our heroes, celebrate our accomplishments, and mourn our losses. Whether in a public park, private cemetery, or city square, these sculptures of stone and steel reflect the moral, cultural, and social makeup of their surroundings. Just as the Column of Trajan still stands in Rome and as the fall of the Soviet Union brought about the razing of hundreds of statues, some monuments stand as permanent testimony to the accomplishments of a nation or an individual while others topple at the swing of the pendulum that is public opinion." - Donald M. Reynolds, Author of "REMOVE NOT THE ANCIENT LANDMARK"
We sincerely hope that you will reconsider and SAVE THE DEPOT!
Thank you for your time and consideration regarding this very important and historically significant matter.
Sign PetitionSign PetitionWe the undersigned do hereby respectfully request you to preserve and restore the Kendrick Depot located in your city.
Please find enclosed/attached our petition with signatures and comments with reference to and support for preserving the Kendrick Depot.
It is an old repeated adage that we often don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Kendrick's legacy and that of yourselves will be ill-famed should you be successful in accomplishing your goal of destroying the Kendrick Depot.
Fairness, equity and democracy demand that you at least consider and contemplate the voice of we the majority and there can be no question to any reasonable mind that all those that desire to destroy this depot are in a very small minority. For every one silent, passive supporter you claim we can easily produce ten-twenty that will give a voice, a signature and/or a face to their opinion. In matters such as these, those who don't want to stand up and be counted - shouldn't. [This is why our wise legislators mandated that issues such as this be voted upon by WE THE PEOPLE.]
Although you have been confronted with the reason, logic and commonsense of preserving the Kendrick Depot, you have decided for nefarious reasons to do the opposite. If we were to agree with your stated logic then we would not have many of the national historical landmarks that exists now all over this great country of ours.
You are selling the City of Kendrick's birthright for $50.00 and you should be ashamed. The Depot has survived flood and fire only to be possibly soon destroyed by your short terms in office.
If you are successful in destroying this historic treasure, the spot will forever remain as a monument to your administration's lack of vision, values, and voter support.
We still have faith in the goodness of humanity and hope that you will reconsider your position and best serve the interests of the majority of Kendrick citizens who you were appointed and elected respectfully to represent.
The petition website as well as the "Save the Depot" blog will forever remain in cyberspace and when someone goes to search for "Kendrick, Idaho" or "Kendrick Depot" - they will read about our efforts here to convince you to do what is right and in the best interest of ALL.
"Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set." - Proverbs 22:28
"Monuments immortalize our heroes, celebrate our accomplishments, and mourn our losses. Whether in a public park, private cemetery, or city square, these sculptures of stone and steel reflect the moral, cultural, and social makeup of their surroundings. Just as the Column of Trajan still stands in Rome and as the fall of the Soviet Union brought about the razing of hundreds of statues, some monuments stand as permanent testimony to the accomplishments of a nation or an individual while others topple at the swing of the pendulum that is public opinion." - Donald M. Reynolds, Author of "REMOVE NOT THE ANCIENT LANDMARK"
We sincerely hope that you will reconsider and SAVE THE DEPOT!
Thank you for your time and consideration regarding this very important and historically significant matter.
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