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Historic Preservation Committee
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
4:00 p.m.
2nd Floor Conference Room
City of College Station, City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas 77842
MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairperson Hillary Jessup; Committee Members:
Marguerite Anthony, Bill Lancaster, Neal Nutall, David
Ruesink, Dipankar Sen, Tom Taylor and Ernie Wright.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Committee Member Colleen Risinger
STAFF PRESENT: Staff Coordinator Katie Elrod, Heritage Volunteer
Coordinator Anne Boykin.
VISITORS PRESENT: Bratton Thomason, of the Texas Historical Commission;
and Steve Beachy, Director of City of College Station
Parks and Recreation Department
AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Call to Order.
Chairperson Hillary Jessup called the meeting to order at 4:10p.m.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: Consideration, discussion and possible action on
absence requests.
Colleen Risinger's absence approved.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 3: Initial Hear Visitors.
Steve Beachy announced plans for the America's Mile project at Veterans Park.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Consideration, discussion and possible action to
approve meeting minutes of regular meeting of November 7,2005.
Motion was made by Bill Lancaster to approve the minutes. Motion seconded by
Marguerite Anthony. Motion passed. (8-0)
AGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Consideration, discussion and possible action regarding
the award of an Historic Home Marker to Frank Stanford for his residence at 216
Suffolk Avenue.
Mr. Stafford was not present. Bill Lancaster suggested that the marker application be
amended from "Caroline Mitchell never drove a car," to read that "Caroline Mitchell
drove a Buick." Motion was made by Bill Lancaster and seconded by Tom Taylor to
approve the historic marker application as amended. (8-0)
AGENDA ITEM NO. 6: Report, discussion, and possible action regarding the
Veterans Park Heritage Trail historic timeline pavers project.
Steve Beachy presented the plan for the America's Mile project. Mr. Beachy proposed
that the HPC put together a committee of community members and one HPC member to
submit a suggested timeline of historic events encompassing local, state and national
events from 1776 to the current year. Tom Taylor moved that the HPC move forward
with the America's Mile project as suggested. Ernie Wright seconded the motion. (8-0)
Project Updates:
AGENDA ITEM NO. 7: Report, discussion, and possible action regarding
Project HOLD.
Anne Boykin reported that a new volunteer, Anne Triche-Steen, has joined Project
HOLD. Also, an exhibit "Brides of the Brazos" will be installed at the Conference Center
by February 14th to replace the current World War II exhibit.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 8: Report, discussion, and possible action regarding
Exploring History Lunch Lecture Series.
Ton Taylor reported on the tentative schedule for the lunch lecture series. The series will
be at 11:30am at the Conference Center on the third Wednesdays of each month except
December.
Feb. 15 — Folk History
Mar. 15 — Cemeteries
April 19— Traditions
May 17 — Oil & Gas (Emil Ogden)
June 21 — Hunstville Prison(Bill Harper)
July 19— Historic Architecture (David Woodcock)
Aug. 16— Local Churches (Dave Ruesink)
Sept. 20— TAMU Football (David Chapman)
Oct. 18 — Early Businesses
Nov. 15— Evolution of Brazos Valley Politics
AGENDA ITEM NO. 9: Calendar of pertinent past and upcoming community
events pertaining to historical interests.
Past:
January 26th: African American Heritage Banquet
Upcoming:
February 15th Exploring History Lunch Lecture: Folk History
April 20th-22nd: Texas Historical Commission Conference
The Tremont House, Galveston, Texas
AGENDA ITEM NO. 10: Report, discussion, and possible action regarding
presentation made by Bratten Thomason of the Texas Historical Commission
regarding Historic Preservation.
Ms. Thomason discussed the importance of historic district designations in protecting
property investments as well as preserving the character of a neighborhood. She
discussed the ways that her office can help neighborhoods obtain historic district
designation.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 11: Final Hear Visitors.
Ms. Thomason will be presenting a program this evening at A&M Consolidated Middle
School concerning Historic Districts.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 12: Discussion and possible action on future agenda items.
None discussed.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 13: Adjourn.
A motion to adjourn was made by Tom Taylor and seconded by Ernie Wright. (8-0).
Meeting was adjourned at 6:30pm.
APPROVED:
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Hillary Jessupyphairp-rson
ATTEST:
Anne Boykin, Volunt er Coordinator
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Project HOLD