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Minutes Historic Preservation Committee Monday, November 6, 2006 4:00 p.m. 2nd Floor Conference Room City of College Station, City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue College Station, TX 77840 Attendance:
Chair Hillary Jessup, Marguerite Anthony, Jane Hughey, Neal Nutall, Colleen Risinger, Meredith Waller, Ernie Wright. Approved Absence: Haskell Monroe. Absent: Bill Lancaster. Staff Attendance:
Chief Information Officer Olivia Burnside and Neighborhood Services Coordinator Katie Elrod. Agenda Item #1: Call to Order. Meeting was called to order at 4:15 p.m. Agenda Item #2: Absence
Request. Marguerite Anthony moved to accept absence request for Haskell Monroe. The motion passed unanimously. Agenda Item #3: Initial Hear Visitors. No visitors were present. Agenda
Item #4: Newly Appointed Members. New members, Jane Hughey and Meredith Waller, were welcomed. Introductions were made all around. Agenda Item #5: Approval of minutes. Colleen Risinger
made the motion to accept the minutes for the meeting of October 3, 2006. The motion passed unanimously. Agenda Item #6: RFQ for Historic District Consultant Olivia Burnside highlighted
the pertinent sections of the Request for Qualifications for the historic district consultant.
Ernie Wright asked for clarification on scope of work. Olivia Burnside reported the following: 1.) Survey and inventory, 2.) Classification of significance of properties, 3.) District
boundaries and design component suggestion, and 4.) a sample Historic District Enabling Ordinance. Olivia Burnside requested that comments be submitted to staff Katie Elrod within the
week. Neal Nutall made the motion to accept the Request for Qualifications as written, with the stipulation that further comments from committee members may still be submitted to staff
within the week. Motion passed unanimously. Agenda Item #7: Committee Retreat Jane Hughey moved to hold the Historic Preservation Committee retreat on Monday, December 11th at residence
of Chair Hillary Jessup, 115 Lee Street at 9 a.m. The motion passed unanimously. Agenda Item #8: East Texas Historical Association Meeting. It was discussed that the speaker should cover
a regional topic that applies to our region. Ernie Wright made the motion to host the East Texas Texas Historical Association at the January 17th Exploring History Lunch Lecture. Motion
passed unanimously. Agenda Item #9: Committee Rules of Procedure. Marguerite Anthony made the motion to accept the Historic Preservation Committee Rules of Procedure. The motion passed
unanimously. Marguerite Anthony made the motion forward the Historic Preservation Committee Rules of Procedure to City Council for ratification. The motion passed unanimously. Agenda
Item #10: Open Meetings Training. Discussion took place regarding those in need of taking Open Meeting Act Training. Agenda Item #11: Exploring History Lunch Lecture. Staff report included
in the packet that detailed next year’s speakers. Agenda Item #12: Project HOLD Staff report included in the packet detailed progress. Agenda Item #13: Calendar of Events Chair Hillary
Jessup gave an update on the Municipal Cemetery and the Aggie Field of Honor design project.
Agenda Item #14: Hear Visitors There were no visitors present. Agenda Item #15: Future Agenda Items. Marguerite Anthony asked that May Heritage Month to be discussed at retreat. Chair
Hillary Jessup said that she would work with staff regarding the agenda for the planning retreat. Agenda Item #16: Meeting adjourned at 5:20 p.m. APPROVED: ATTEST: _____________________________
________________________________ Hillary Jessup, Chair Olivia Burnside, Neighborhood Services Coordinator