HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/10/2011 - Regular Minutes - Historic Preservation Committee
MINUTES Historic Preservation Committee Monday, January 10, 2010 College Station Conference Center 1300 George Bush Drive, Room 103 College Station, Texas 77840 4:00 pm Attendance: Pat
Cleere, Linda Harvell, Louis Hodges, Susan Irza, James McGinnis, Libby Vastano, Meredith Waller Approved Absence: Hillary Jessup, Ernie Wright Unapproved Absence: N/A Staff Attendance:
Anne Boykin, Heritage Programs Coordinator Visitors: N/A Agenda Item #1: Call to Order Meeting was called to order by Susan Irza at 4:00 p.m. Agenda Item #2-3: Hear Visitors: N/A Agenda
Item #4: Swearing in of new HPC appointee, Linda Bloom Harvell. �
� of this formality. Agenda Item #5: Possible action and discussion on absence requests. Hillary and Ernie emailed and
will present their absence requests at the next meeting. Agenda Item #6: Possible action and discussion to approve meeting minutes of regular meeting of November 1, 2010. Minutes were
approved with changes. (LV/jm) Agenda Item #7: Possible action and discussion on Shop & Music Building (The Annex). Linda Harvell brought the committee up to date on a citizen action
group who will be addressing this issue. Agenda Item #8: Report from HPC Chairperson. November, 2010.
Susan Irza introduced herself as the new HPC chair as appointed by council. She expressed that she would look to the HPC for help in carrying out her duties. The development committee
was removed from the standing committees. Susan discussed the HPC partnership with the B/CS Friends of the Library in bringing Duffy Hudson to portray Edgar
al of Einstein in the fall of 2011. Susan also
mentioned that the interviews with the mayors and long serving council members were going very well. Linda expressed an interest in seeing Susan going before council on a monthly basis
to relay the HPC activities and progress.
Agenda Item #9: Report from Heritage Programs Coordinator. Anne discussed the new unpaid intern, Morgan Hester and the projects she will be working on: 1)Mayor Anderson papers and 2)Native
American Pathway. She also mentioned the increased interest from the city in the Military History on Tap in Brazos Valley booklet and the Hot Rocks Cook Off (Nov. 18-20, 2011). Agenda
Item #10: Report on 75th Anniversary plans. Linda Harvell has agreed to chair the 75th Anniversary Planning Committee. The next meeting is Friday, January 14, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. She
plans to regroup with the committee and bring into play her vast experience in event planning and working in city governments. Agenda Item #11: Committee Reports: Development
Susan Irza This committee is being removed from the HPC sub-committees due to a change in focus for the HPC.
Ernie Wright, Patricia Cleere No report at this time. Meredith Waller Meredith reported that she has accepted a marker application
from Minnie Foster on Walton Drive. Meredith will be working with Ms. Foster to bring the application through to approval by the HPC and presentation at a future council meeting.
Lou Hodges No report at this time. James McGinnis No report at this time. �
� Hillary Jessup No report at this time. Libby Vastano
No report at this time. ploring History Lunch Lectures Anne gave the HPC members the 2011 listing of lectures as stated on the Fridge Flyer. JANUARY 19 Kyle Tough -
Ambassadorial Service, 1902 1956; Barbara Donalson Althaus FEBRUARY
16 Images of America: College Station; Glenn D. Davis MARCH 16 Camp Hearne: German Internment Camp; Cathy Lazarus APRIL 20
OFF SITE -MAY 18 -OFF SITE Veterans Park: A Guided Tour; Gen. Randy House, USA (Ret.) JUNE 15 WTAW: An Early Radio History; Scott DeLucia, Chace Murphy,
and Tom Turbiville JULY 20 Brazos County Media: Not a One Newspaper Town; Robert Borden AUGUST -VACATION!
SEPTEMBER 21 A Short History of the Laws and Legal Community of Brazos Valley; The Honorable W. T. McDonald, Jr. OCTOBER 19 Allenfarm: Four Generations; Bill Terrell NOVEMBER 16 Unique
Brazos Valley Architecture; Jim Singleton Agenda Item #12: Calendar Events -January 10, 2011 Brazos County Historical Commission, 6:00 p.m. BV African American Heritage Museum January
14, 2011 75th Anniversary Planning Committee Meeting CS Conference Center, 10:00 a.m. January 17, 2011 Presidents Day Holiday, City offices closed
Barbara Donalson Althaus, 11:30 a.m., $5pp CS Conference Center, Room 127 January 22, 2011 BV African American Heritage Society Appreciation
Dinner, Hilton, 6:30 p.m., $50pp January 24, 2011 Landmark Commission Meeting Council Chambers, 5:15 p.m. January 25, 2011 Presentation to Sons of the American Revolution By Anne Boykin,
new IHOP, 6:30 p.m. February 6, 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Presentation Friends of the Library, 2:00 p.m. CS Conference Center, Rm. 127, No charge Agenda Item #13: Future Agenda Items -A Historic
Preservation Member may inquire about a subject for which notice has not been given. A statement of specific factual information or the recitation of existing policy may be given. Any
deliberation shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on an agenda for a subsequent meeting. Agenda Item # 14: Adjourn Meeting was adjourned at 5:12 p.m. (MW/pc) APPROVED:
ATTEST: _______________________________ ______________________________ Susan Irza, Chairman Anne Boykin, Staff Liaison