PRELIMINARY until voted on at 10 June 2008 meeting
Minutes
of the Stratham Heritage Commission
13 May 2008
EOC room,
OPENING
BUSINESS
Members present: Becky
Mitchell, chair, Nancy Hansen, treasurer; Planning Board rep., MJ Werner; secretary,
Sara L. Kellner; Selectman, Dave Canada; Alternate, Beverly Connolly;
Alternate,
Meeting: The meeting was opened at
5:30 and was adjourned at 6:40 pm.
Minutes: Minutes of the 08 April meeting,
written by the secretary, Sara L. Kellner, were accepted as written.
Treasury Report: $4,757.00 Balance
Next meeting: Tuesday, 10 June
2008, 5:30pm in the EOC room.
OLD BUSINESS
Reports from NH Preservation
Reports from Office of Energy & Planning
Conference: Becky
Mitchell, MJ Werner briefed the
Commission on the conference. Becky participated in a panel presentation
organized by the DHR on demolition review, and Chuck Grassie and Lynn Monroe
led a program on historical resources survey stressing new mapping technology
linked to the planning benefits of having a town-wide survey and map of historical
resources.
Planning Board/Gateway reports: No meeting was held on 1st May. Becky briefed on meeting concerns and there
was a discussion of setting up a Selectmen-appointed committee for the Stratham
Tercentenary, with general agreement that a lead time of at least 5 years is
desirable.
Master Plan goals & recommendations: Becky briefed the commission on her
discussion with Pete Wiggin on archaeology.
We are at the point where having a laptop would be useful, and Becky
will ask Chuck Grassie about the old one he offered us. We will work to set up a technical meeting
with our data base designer, the DHR survey coordinator, and interested members
of the Exeter HC.
Historical Resources Survey: B. Mitchell briefed Commission.
Veteran’s Garden:
NEW
BUSINESS:
There was a discussion of the town hall renovations
and HC work space requirements.
There was a discussion of inaccuracies and
distortions in recent Exeter News Letter opinion columns relating to historic
preservation.
Meeting in June: The
next meeting will take place in the EOC room on the second Tuesday of the month
(10 June) at 5:30pm.
Respectfully
submitted, Sara L. Kellner, Secretary
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