HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/14/2009 - Regular Minutes - Historic Preservation Committee
Minutes Historic Preservation Committee Monday, September 14, 2009 4 pm Green Room at Wolf Pen Creek Colgate Drive off Dartmouth College Station, Texas 77840 Attendance: Earl Apgar,
Susan Irza , Louis Hodges, Hillary Jessup, James McGinnis, Anne Triche-Steen, Libby Vastano, Meredith Waller, Ernie Wright. Approved Absence: N/A Unapproved Absence: Lisa Kalmus Staff
Attendance: Anne Boykin, Heritage Programs Coordinator Visitors: N/A Agenda Item #1: Call to Order Meeting was called to order by Earl Apgar at 4:10 p.m. Agenda Item #2-3: Hear Visitors:
N/A Agenda Item #4: Possible action and discussion on absence requests. N/A Agenda Item #5: Possible action and discussion to approve meeting minutes of regular meeting of August 3,
2009. Approved. (LH/si) Agenda Item #6: Approval of the minutes. Motion was made, seconded to approve the minutes of July 10, 2009. (HJ/jm) Agenda Item #7: Possible action and discussion
on staffing and budget hearings at City Council. Earl announced that the community efforts to restore the Heritage Programs Coordinator position to full time on the FY2010 Budget Proposal
was successful. The position was approved by the council on Sept. 10. We are still awaiting final word on the Heritage Programs budget approval. Agenda Item #11: Committee Reports: Landmark
Commission (Hillary) Hillary reported that the Landmark Commission is still learning about their duties and making progress toward the city’s first historic district. The Southside/Oakwood
District might be approved in December.
Exploring History Lunch Lectures for 2010 (Ernie, James, and Hillary) Anne B. mentioned the remaining lectures for the year. Historic Markers (Meredith, Hillary and James) Anne reported
that there have been two inquiries from prospective marker applicants. Oral History Project (Lou and Anne T.) Lou share copies of a few of the scrapbook pages from Morty Stewart’s 1931
A&M scrapbook. He is still pulling individual photos from the scrapbook to add to Project HOLD. Project HOLD (Lou, Susan, and Anne T.) See PH Progress Report. Education Committee (Ernie,
Earl, Lisa, and Libby) Ernie reported that meetings with Steve Beachy and Alston Thoms continue to get the Native American interpretive site at Veterans Park and Athletic Complex rolling.
Agenda Item #10: Calendar Events: September 16, 2009 Exploring History Lunch Lecture Series “The Messina Hof Winery” Merrill & Paul Bonarrigo CS Conference Center, Room #127 1300 George
Bush Drive, 11:30 a.m. September 28, 2009 Regular Meeting Landmark Commission Council Chambers, CS City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue 5 p.m. September 30, 2009 Heritage Programs Presentation
Research Ramblers Senior Circle building at 1651 Rock Prairie Road 9:30 a.m. October 3, 2009 Boonville Days Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History October 5, 2009 HPC Regular Meetings
and/or Christmas Social November 2, 2009 CS Conference Center, Room #103 December 7, 2009 1300 George Bush Drive, 4 p.m. January 4, 2009 Agenda Item #11: Future Agenda Items Lou suggested
putting the following dates on our calendar:
October 2, 2009 Quilting Program Francis Hall, TAMU, 2 p.m. October 16, 2009 Quilting Trail Houston, Texas Agenda Item # 13: Adjourn Meeting was adjourned at 4:55 pm. (HJ/mw) APPROVED:
ATTEST: _______________________________ ______________________________ Earl Apgar, Chairman Anne Boykin, Staff Liaison