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City of College Station Historic Preservation Committee September 13, 2010 RETREAT NOTES Historic Preservation Committee September 13, 2010 Green Room Wolf Pen Creek College Station,
Texas 77840 4:00 pm Attendance: Earl Apgar, Pat Cleere, Louis Hodges, Susan Irza, Hillary Jessup, Libby Vastano, Meredith Waller Approved Absence:, Ernie Wright Unapproved Absence: N/A
Staff Attendance: Anne Boykin, Heritage Programs Coordinator Visitors: Linda Harvell 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: Linda Harvell was introduced as our candidate for the HPC vacancy. Agenda Item #4: Possible action and discussion on absence requests. Ernie Wright was out of town
on business and unable to attend. Agenda Item #5: Possible action and discussion to approve meeting minutes of regular meeting of July 12, 2010. Minutes were approved as written. (JM/hj)
Agenda Item #6: Possible action and discussion on vacancy left by the resignation of Anne Triche-Steen. Earl will follo
Agenda Item #7: Possible action and discussion on The Annex building. More discussions were held concerning the Annex building. Earl will
attempt to get a stop action on the razing of the building. We discussed the possibility of having independent contractors assess the condition and possibly donate their efforts to restore
the building. Operation and maintenance of the building would still need to be determined. Agenda Item #8: Report from HPC Chairperson. We discussed the new budget issues including revenue
funds, recreation funds, fees, donations, etc. The Heritage Programs budget will stay in the General Fund. Agenda Item #9: Report from Heritage Programs Coordinator. See attached Progress
Report.
City of College Station Historic Preservation Committee September 13, 2010 Agenda Item #10: Report on 75th Anniversary plans. Continued discussions of various funding issues for the
75th anniversary including: hotel/motel, economic development and general fund. The next meeting will be October 8, 2010 at 8 a.m. . Agenda Item #9: Committee Reports: Development
Susan Irza No report at this time. Ernie Wright, Patricia Cleere Hot Rocks will be held Oct. 29-31 this
year. Eight tribal representatives, 50 graduate students from A&M and TSU will be in attendance. Meredith Waller Discussion was
held about stopping the program at the end of the remaining markers, a push to designate two buildings on Texas Avenue, and a historic area designation for the neighborhood off Pasler.
The BCS Sister Cites Historic Homes Tour is scheduled for Dec. 7th from 5pm-8pm. Three College Station homes are featured: Rudder-Jessup, Bloom-Miller and Abbot, Blakely, Chavis homes.
The HPC will be asked to be docents. Lou Hodges Lou will be participating in the War for Texas Independence Dedication on the Lynn Stuart
Pathway. orships James McGinnis No report at this time. Hillary
Jessup No report at this time. Libby Vastano No report at this time. �
� Earl Apgar Earl suggested that Texas Roadhouse sponsor the lecture series with occasional sponsorships from other catering facilities. We have HEB Tower
Point catering for November. Earl, Marci and Anne will meet on Oct. 7th to determine the schedule for 2011. Agenda Item #12: Calendar Events: September 9, 2010 City Council Workshop
& Regular Meetings; 3 p.m. & 7 p.m. (Possible HPC appointment approvals) September 10, 2010 75th Anniversary Planning Committee Meeting CS Conference Center, 8:00 a.m. September 10,
2010 Siempre Exhibit moves to Bryan Public Library, 10:00am September 11, 2010 Patriot Day, Honoring our First Responders September 15, 2010
SGT Mike Neu, 11:30 a.m. CS Conference Center October 2, 2010
Lynn Stuart Pathway at Veterans Park October 4, 2010 HPC Meeting, CS Conference Center, 4 p.m. 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
City of College Station Historic Preservation Committee September 13, 2010 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 6:05 pm. (SI/mw) APPROVED: ATTEST: _______________________________ ______________________________ Earl Apgar, Chairman Anne
Boykin, Staff Liaison