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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/13/2021 - Regular Minutes - Historic Preservation Committee MINUTES Historic Preservation Committee Monday, September 13, 2021 – 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 - E Sherry Frisk - ✓ Gerald Burgner - ✓ William Wright - ✓ Shirley Dupriest - E Thomas Smith - ✓ Julie Schultz - ✓ David Fujimoto - E Linda Harvell; City Council - ✓ Ana Romero - Park Liaison - ✓ Cory Raney; Staff Assistant II - ✓ 1. Called to order and announced a Quorum at 4 p.m. by Chair Gerald Burgner • David Fujimoto, Shirley Dupriest, and Marilyn Randall made a request for absence. Louis Hodges made a motion to approve the absence request. William Wright second the motion. The vote was called, all were in favor, and the motion was passed unanimously. • Louis Hodges made a motion to approve the August minutes Sherry Frisk, second the motion. The vote was called, all were in favor, and the motion was passed unanimously. 2. No visitors. 3. Agenda Items 3.1 Presentation, discussion, and possible action on the proposal for a Texas Historical Marker for Parkland Dedication in the City of College Station. • Cemetery Project: On Friday, September 10, 2021, four graduate students from TAMU Geophysics Department came out to the College Station Cemetery with a GPR and identified three graves that were unmarked. The area was marked and will be measured for each individual space. Sherry Frisk is coordinating with Professor Mark Everett for them to come back out with more PHD students to the cemetery on Friday, September 17, 2021, from 12:00pm to 2:30pm and look over the whole area with the GPR, weather permitting. • Historic Marker Program: Marker #108 was presented by Gerald Burgner at the last City Council meeting. • Exploring History Lunch Series: Sherry Frisk is speaking at the September meeting on Wednesday, September 15, 2021, at the Ringer Library. Currently there are 22 registrants to attend the luncheon event. • Removal Process/Protocol for Historic Markers: Nothing to report. • Mccullough Neighborhood: Gerald Burgner has not gotten confirmation on a meeting date at this time it will either be September 27th or 28th via Zoom. When Barbara Moore sends an update, he will let committee members know. • 250th Birthday: Jane Cohen spoke about the Never Forget Garden within Veteran’s Memorial Park and shared an informational sheet with the committee. It will be a memorial to honor all the unknown soldier’s that fought and died for this country. This garden will be promoted within the November 11th dedication at Veteran’s Memorial Park. A marker will be placed in the middle of the garden where others may remember these soldiers. This committee is working with the Brazos Valley Veteran’s Memorial on fundraising. The goal is to have this garden fully funded by donations. Linda Harvell suggested for this to be presented to City Council once further plans are made. Discussions on hold • College Station Oral History Interviews & Educational Initiatives • Special Research Committee • Project Hold Report • HPC Website • Historical Home Awareness • Historic Business Designation • Historic Award • COCS Documentary • HPC Social Media Posting 3.2 Ana Romero had nothing to report 3.3 Saturday, September 18, 2021, multiple museums are having discussion on the Smithsonian please visit smithsonianmag.com/museumday for tickets. October 15th & 16th is the Boonville Days. The committee will need to discuss if they want to have a booth for the event. In order to have the booth the committee will need multiple members to participate. 3.4 Louis Hodges brought a French board game he played as a kid with his mother called Nain Juane meaning Yellow Dwarf. 4. American Mile topic discussion will be placed back on the agenda starting at the next meeting in October. Louis Hodges would like to bring back the discussion topic of Project Hold. 5. Motion made to adjourn by Thomas Smith second by Sherry Frisk and carried by unanimous vote at 5:01PM. The next HPC meeting will be held on Monday, October 4, 2021, at 4pm.