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Historic Preservation Committee
Monday, March 6, 2006
4:00 p.m.
2°d 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, Colleen
Risinger, Tom Taylor and Ernie Wright.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Dipankar Sen, Dave Ruesink.
STAFF PRESENT: Staff Coordinator Katie Elrod, Heritage Coordinator Anne
Boykin,Neighborhood Services Intern Arsenio Rodrigues.
VISITORS PRESENT: No visitors present.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Call to Order.
Chairperson Hillary Jessup called the meeting to order at 4:15p.m. after a brief but
respectable birthday celebration was held for Anne Boykin.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: Consideration, discussion and possible action on
absence requests.
Dipankar Sen (Absence approved); Dave Ruesink(Absence unapproved).
AGENDA ITEM NO. 3: Initial Hear Visitors.
No visitors present. Katie Elrod introduced her new Neighborhood Services intern,
Arsenio Rodrigues, a Texas A&M graduate student currently working towards a PhD in
Architecture. Arsenio will be working on a neighborhood character study while in
Neighborhood Services.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Consideration, discussion and possible action to
approve meeting minutes of regular meeting of January 17, 2006.
A motion was made by Tom Taylor to approve the minutes. Motion seconded by Tom
Taylor. Motion passed. (7-0).
AGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Report, discussion, and possible action regarding the
Open Meetings Training.
Katie Elrod has scheduled the Open Meetings Training for April 7, from 11:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. in the Planning & Development Services conference room.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 6: Report, possible action, and discussion regarding
Heritage Preservation Month.
Marguerite Anthony and Anne Boykin are working on an event for families and children
to be held in the parks on May 20th. An Open House at Project HOLD will also be held
that day.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 7: Report, possible action, and discussion regarding the
reporting of volunteer hours.
Anne Boykin reported that Neighborhood Services is now an official certifying
organization for volunteer hours through the Presidential Volunteer Service Awards, a
program of the Points of Light Foundation. Anne asked the members of the HPC to track
their hours through this program.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 8: Report, discussion, and possible action regarding the
committee practices and procedures.
Tom Taylor and Marguerite Anthony are working on a set of by-laws for the HPC. A
draft was presented to the members. Members were asked to send in their
recommendations within a week. Katie Elrod will proof for content.
Project Updates:
AGENDA ITEM NO. 9: Report, discussion, and possible action regarding the
Veterans Park American Mile project.
Tom Taylor reported that meetings will be held on the first and third Wednesdays at the
College Station Conference Center. The American Mile Committee members have
divided up into specific topic groups to submit entries for the timeline. Katie Elrod
reported that some of the committee members will be going to Frisco, Texas, to see a
similar park project.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 10: Report, discussion, and possible action regarding
Project HOLD.
Anne Boykin reported that she will be including her monthly Project HOLD reports in
the HPC packets that are mailed to the Committee every month. Katie Elrod mentioned
her continued quest for a Heritage Lunch Bunch that would meet monthly to exchange
ideas on heritage preservation.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 11: Report, discussion, and possible action regarding
Exploring History Lunch Lecture Series.
Tom Taylor reported on the tentative schedule for the lunch lecture series. The series will
be at 11:30am at the College Station Conference Center on the third Wednesdays of each
month except December.
Mar. 15 — Cemeteries (Research Ramblers)
April 19— Aggie Traditions (A&M Students)
May 17— Oil & Gas (Emil Ogden)
June 21 — Preacher Tales (Pastor Erskines)
July 19— TBA
Aug. 16— TBA
Sept. 20 — Historic Architecture (David Woodcock)
Oct. 18 — TBA
Nov. 15 — TBA
AGENDA ITEM NO. 12: Calendar of pertinent past and upcoming community
events pertaining to historical interests.
Past:
February 15th Exploring History Lunch Lecture: Folk History
Upcoming:
March 15th Exploring History Lunch Lecture: Cemeteries
March 23rd Bratton Thomason at City Council Workshop Session
March 24th Trip to Frisco for American Mile Committee
April 7th Open Meetings Act Training
April 20th-22nd: Texas Historical Commission Conference
The Tremont House, Galveston, Texas
May 20th Heritage Month Event
AGENDA ITEM NO. 13: Final Hear Visitors.
No visitors present.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 14: Discussion and possible action on future agenda items.
Colleen Risinger .suggested that we continue discussions on the HPC By-Laws at the
next meeting.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 15: Adjourn.
A motion to adjourn was made by Bill Lancaster and seconded by Tom Taylor. (7-0).
Meeting was adjourned at 5:40pm.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
Hillary Jessup, Chairperson Anne Boykin, Heritage Coordinator