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Historic Preservation Committee
Monday, April 3, 2006
3:00 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, Dave Ruesink, Dipankar Sen, Tom Taylor and
Ernie Wright.
MEMBERS ABSENT: No members absent.
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 3:05p.m.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: Consideration, discussion and possible action on
absence requests.
Marguerite Anthony will be on vacation and will not attend the May 1St HPC meeting.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 3: Initial Hear Visitors.
No visitors were present.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Consideration, discussion and possible action to
approve meeting minutes of regular meeting of March 6,2006.
A motion was made by Tom Taylor to approve the minutes. Motion seconded by Bill
Lancaster. Motion passed. (9-0).
AGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Report, discussion, and possible action regarding the
committee practices and procedures.
Tom Taylor reported that Marguerite Anthony and Anne Boykin have made suggestions
for the by-laws. They will be finalized at the May regular meeting. Katie Elrod reminded
us of the Open Meetings Training scheduled for April 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in
the Planning & Development Services conference room.
Project Updates:
AGENDA ITEM NO. 6: Report, possible action, and discussion regarding the
Veterans Park American Mile project.
Tom Taylor reported that April 19th is the deadline for all time line submissions to the
project. The committee is scheduled to complete the task by June. Arsenio Rodrigues
reported that the trip to Frisco yielded good information for our own project. A full report
with photographs will be presented at the next American Mile meeting.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 7: Report, possible action, and discussion regarding
Heritage Preservation Month in May.
Marguerite Anthony and Anne Boykin continue to work on the Heritage Hunt 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. Ernie Wright is securing volunteers for the day. It was
suggested that flyers be sent to the children at the elementary schools and notification by
email will be sent to the neighborhoods.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 8: Report, possible action, and discussion regarding
Project HOLD.
Anne Boykin included the most recent memorandum of Project HOLD activities in the
HPC packet. A discussion concerning historic markers was held. The marker application
file regarding marker#57 is missing.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 9: 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. 10: Calendar of pertinent past and upcoming community
events pertaining to historical interests.
Past: March 15 Exploring History Lunch Lecture: Cemeteries of Brazos County
March 27 East Gate/College Hills Street Lighting
Upcoming:
April 7 Open Meetings Training: 11:30- 2:00 p.m.
April 19 Exploring History Lunch Lecture: TAMU Traditions
April 20-22nd: Texas Historical Commission Conference
The Tremont House, Galveston, Texas
April 28 Siempre! Hispanics at Texas A&M: Celebrating 130 Years.
Exhibit Opening & Reception, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at
Cushing Memorial Library& Archives at TAMU
May 20th Heritage Month Event
June 8th City Council follow-up on historic districts
AGENDA ITEM NO. 11: Final Hear Visitors.
No visitors present.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 12: Discussion and possible action on future agenda items.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 13: Adjourn.
A motion to adjourn was made by Tom Taylor and seconded by Bill Lancaster. (9-0).
Meeting was adjourned at 4:12p.m.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
Hillary Jessup, Chairperson Anne Boykin, Heritage Coordinator