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MINUTES
Historic Preservation Committee
Monday, December 04, 2017 – 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:
Committee:
Louis Hodges (chair)
Marilyn Randall
Gerald Burgner
Sherry Frisk
Ben Zimmer
Andy Smith
Not Present:
Chantal Vessali
Anat Geva
Katherine Edwards
City Staff:
David Schmitz
Andrea Lauer
Brooke Lisenbardt
Linda Harvell (City Council Liaison)
1. Called to order and announced a Quorum at 4 p.m.
2. Anat Geva, Chantal Vessali and Katherine Edwards requested absences and they were
approved.
3. The Historic Preservation Committee voted unanimously to approve the November minutes.
4. Suzanne Druleskey, Executive Director – Partnership & Outreach Effectiveness at Texas A&M
University was present as a visitor and Marci Rodgers was also there to introduce Katy Peterson as
the new Senior Services Coordinator since Marci is retiring in January.
5. The Historic Preservation Committee discussed possible projects for 2018. Lou Hodges will do his
annual update to Council at the January 25, 2018 meeting. They will continue with the Exploring
History Luncheons and talked about possibly doing something for the upcoming 80th Anniversary
for the City of College Station. They also explored the idea of researching influential members of
College Station that are buried in the City of College Station cemeteries.
6. The Historic Home Tour brochure is ready and available for distribution at Central Park.
Blanche Brick is looking for new authors for the new addition to the College Station History Book.
The Historic Preservation Committee voted to unanimously approve the Historical Marker for 601
Montclair Avenue. The marker will be awarded at the January Council Meeting.
Brooke has interviewed Marci Rodgers and Stephanie Simpson, both are retiring from the City of
College Station after many years of employment. She is also working on interviewing former
mayors and council members as a future project.
Ben Zimmer and Marilyn Randal are working on speakers for Exploring History Lunch Lecture they
have speakers scheduled through July 2018.
Brooke stated that she is still working on cleaning up and organizing Project Hold. She is making it
where things are lab eled and more user fr iendly. She is also searching for an unpaid intern.
7. David Schmitz stated that the Parks and Recreation Department is working on the fee schedule and
brought up the possibility of increasing the cost of the Exploring History Lunch Lecture.
8. Rosie the Riveter statue will be dedicated at Veteran’s Park on December 07, 2017 at
Veteran’s Park.
9. The January meeting will be moved to January 08, 2018 due to the first Monday being a
holiday.
10. Lou Hodges brought items to pass around.
11. Meeting was adjourned at 5:25 p.m.