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MINUTES
Historic Preservation Committee
Monday, October 7, 2019 – 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 - (
Marilyn Randall - (
Sherry Frisk - (
Gerald Burgner - (
William Wright – (
Shirley Dupriest -(
Willie Blackmon - U
Julie Schultz – (
David Fujimoto - E
Linda Harvell; City Council - E
Tiffany Gonzalez – Historical Records Archivist - (
Called to order and announced a Quorum at 4 p.m. by Gerald Burgner.
David Fujimoto had a request for absence. Lou Hodges asked for a motion to approve. Sherry Frisk, second the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor. By a unanimous vote,
the motion was passed. Linda Harvell was absent due to her City Council meeting.
Lou Hodges, made a motion to approve the September minutes. Marilyn Randall, seconded the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor and the motion passed unanimously.
There one visitor present: Councilwoman, Blanche Brick.
Blanche Brick turned in the application and is wanting a Historic Marker for the A&M United Methodist Church. She was wanting to know if the Board had any questions for her. She also
wanted to know if it had been approved. Gerald, informed her it would be voted on during today’s meeting. Per Gerald, the marker will have a number on it. She wants two markers posted
on the building. She was informed of what goes on the marker. Lou suggested she put a sign up for the church.
For the CS Historical Project, there were no updates or newly requested dates.
On Cemetery Projects, Sherry, has completed her research on the Shiloh and Salem Cemeteries. She has given David Schmitz the final draft for application on both cemeteries. The received
two checks ($25 each) from Henry Mayo to pay for both applications. She will print out hard copies of proofs and give Tiffany the digital copies. David, will let us know when it comes
back to notify of results.
"The Historical Marker Program - William Wright motioned to approve the historic marker application submitted by Blanche Brick for A&M Methodist Church. Shirley Dupriest seconded the
motion. All agreed unanimously. The motion was approved. Gerald received a response from legal in regard to the revisions to the historic marker application packet. Legal agreed with
the position posited by Lou and Gerald dealing with historic markers on structures that are no longer in compliance and inserted recommended narrative in the packet about how to approach
non-compliant marker holders. Gerald will send out the latest revised version.
For the Oral History Interviews, Tiffany is still transcribing. She is trying to figure out how to work more with the community and get more marketing. She will contact Jay Socol.
For the Exploring History Luncheons, Ronnie Horcica will be speaking on the Czech Community. There are speakers all the way through April 2020.
For Project HOLD, Tiffany wants more marketing for this. She spoke to Ian Whittenton and will also get with Jay Socol.
For the HPC website, Gerald will meet with Lacey Lively for ideas and help. Gerald ask the board if they had a wish list or suggestions to be included in the website. Lou Hodges suggested
to have more links for easier accessibility. William asked if it could have a quick link to be able to link to Project Hold. Gerald suggested to have Tiffany’s podcast with Jay put
on the website.
Historical Home/Business Awareness: William thought of the idea to talk to people about their homes being eligible for a historical marker. He created a flyer to show what is expected.
He will mail the postcards out. He can find out when homes are built from the tax office or county clerk’s office. He will try it with a small neighborhood first to see if he gets
a response. Will keep as an agenda item for future meetings.
For upcoming events – Lou and Gerald went to Booneville days. They said they will not do it again next year due to low attendance from the Board. Lou stated that the people who did
come by the booth were not interested in historical markers.
There will be Monarch Butterfly planting at Richard Carter Park on Friday, October 11th and Sunday, October 13th at the Arboretum.
There were no reports from the Parks Director, David Schmitz.
There were presentations or discussion on future agenda items. Per Julie Schultz, the city’s state marker will be put on building. Possibly in three years.
Gerald would like to add businesses for historic marker awareness.
Presentations: Lou Hodges, brought a World War II – A Photographic Word in the World in Europe book. He also brought The Unofficial MRE booklet. Both were passed around.
Motion made to adjourn by William Wright, seconded by Lou Hodges, and carried by unanimous vote at 5:04PM.