PRELIMINARY until voted on at February 12, 2007 meeting

PRELIMINARY until voted on at February 12, 2007 meeting

Minutes of the Stratham Heritage Commission
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
EOC room, Municipal Building

OPENING BUSINESS
Members present: Becky Mitchell, chair; member and secretary/treasurer, Nancy Hansen, respectfully submitting these minutes; and alternate Flossy Wiggin. Joining later: Paul Deschaine, Town Administrator.

Meeting: The meeting was opened at 5:40 and was adjourned at 7:20pm.

Minutes: Minutes of the 11 December meeting, written by the secretary, Nancy Hansen, were corrected as follows:

Re MINUTES section: immediate past meeting date changed from 11 to 13 December 2007.

Re NEW BUSINESS section, re SPNHF Tract of Land: All references to Jeff Scamman corrected to Jeff Hyland and land referred to as the Strathlorne Tract changed to suggested name of Richard F. Scammon Conservation Area—note spelling changed Scamman to Scammon. Minutes approved noting these changes and corrections.

Treasury: Financial reports not received from the town, so this report postponed until the February meeting.

Next meetings: Tuesday, 12 February (some of you may remember this as Lincoln’s birthday), 5:30pm, Municipal Center, EOC room. Note this is the SECOND Tuesday of the month.

OLD BUSINESS:
Historical Resources Survey: No new news; flash drives purchased for Kellner’s computer (maps and Concord materials) and for data base management (to be given to Deb Long, database manager).

Master Plan: The chair wrote a letter to the editor, which was published in the Exeter News-Letter on 12/18/07, noting misleading subhead and offering correction.

Planning Board: Meeting to be held 16 January to go over the HC section of the Master Plan. All members encouraged to attend. The meeting for the Gateway development is Wednesday, 1/30 at 7pm. Members encouraged to attend this important meeting.

Annual Report: The chair is compiling the report and will circulate to members; it is due Tuesday, 1/22/08.

Space Needs: No news from Paul Deschaine.

SPNHF Tract of Land: Chair spoke with the head of the state forestry society and there are no legal obstacles to changing the name change to Richard F. Scammon Conservation Area.

NEW BUSINESS:
Slate of Officers/Vote: Members present voted to install the following members at the March meeting: Becky Mitchell, chair; Nancy Hansen, treasurer; Sarah L. Kellner, secretary. The vote was unopposed and unanimous.
NH Preservation Alliance Training Workshop: To be held Friday, 18 January from 10-2pm in Exeter at the Historical Society. Topics to be covered: legal roles of heritage and historical district commissions. Becky/Flossy will contact Sarah Kellner and Peter Wiggin to see if they might attend as members present tonight are unable to do so.
New Hampshire Preservation Newsletter: The chair encouraged members present to review the December issue, particularly the article on demolition review (delay) ordinances where Stratham is mentioned as a pioneering town in this regard.
Carriage Towne News Questionnaire: The Town Administrator, Paul Deschaine, presented to the chair a questionnaire re progress/developments in the town within the past 25 years. The chair will discuss completing the survey with members of the Stratham Historical Society. It is due at the end of January.
Meeting in February: The next meeting will take place in the EOC room, as usual, on the second Tuesday of the month (12 Feb) at 5:30pm.

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