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MINUTES
Historic Preservation Committee
Monday, August 06, 2018 – 4:00 pm
Municipal Court
300 Krenek Tap Road
College Station, Texas 77842
The City Council may or may not attend the Historic Preservation Committee Regular Meeting.
Present:
Louis Hodges
Sherry Frisk
Marilyn Randall
Shirley Dupriest
Benjamin Zimmer
Gerald Burgner
William Wright
Willie Blackmon
Chantal Vessali
1. Called to order and announced a Quorum at 4 p.m.
2. No absence requests were received.
3. The Historic Preservation Committee voted unanimously to approve the July minutes.
4. Towanna Ford and Dr. Carolyn Walden were present as visitors.
5. Tim Gregg has been contracted by the City of College Station to update the College Station
History Book. He is working with the PR department and the time frame is approximately
3 months.
Gerald Burgner and Lou Hodges will try to get students to volunteer at the College Station 80th
Anniversary Celebration. The next 80th Anniversary Committee meeting will be September 11.
Sherry Frisk and Shirley Dupriest are continuing their research on the cemetery project and have
192 names on the research list so far . Sherry Frisk would like input from this committee regarding
the criteria to make the final list.
Lou Hodges made a motion to approve the Historic Marker application for 1106 Carolina St. and
Willie Blackmon seconded the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor and the motion
passed unanimously. Gerald Burgner will work on his council presentation and Andrea Lauer will
coordinate with the owners to get them on the September C ouncil agenda.
Tiffany Gonzalez reported that she has three transcriptions left and then will start working on another
project. She is now the Historical Records Archivist.
Ben Zimmer and Marilyn Randal have scheduled speakers for Exploring History Lunch lecture
through 2018. The November meeting is moved to the second week due to Thanksgiving and no
lecture for December. Ben is working on the schedule for 2019.
6. Kelly Kelbly reported that Lacey Lively has created a logo for the College Station 80th Anniversary
Celebration.
7. Booneville days is October 13 and the following weekend is the 80th Anniversary
Celebration.
8. The September meeting has been moved to September 10th due to Labor Day.
9. Lou Hodges brought historic items for the committee to look at.
10. Meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.