PRELIMINARY until voted on at 9 September 2008 meeting

 

Minutes of the Stratham Heritage Commission
8 July 2008

Hearing Room, Municipal Building

 

 

OPENING BUSINESS
Members present: Becky Mitchell, chair, Nancy Hansen, treasurer; secretary, Sara L. Kellner; alternates, Bev Connolly and Consultant Debbie Long. Absent:  Voting member, Peter Wiggin, Planning Board Rep, MJ Werner, Selectmen’s Rep, David Canada.
Meeting:  The meeting was opened at 5:35 and was adjourned at 7:11 pm.

Minutes:  Minutes of the 10 June meeting, written by secretary, Sara L. Kellner, were accepted.

Treasury Report:  none.

Next meeting:  Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 5:30pm in the Municipal Building; exact location TBA due to construction. 

 

  

OLD BUSINESS

Veteran’s Memorial:  Andrea Lewy is helping Nancy with the memorial.

Survey of Historical Resources:  The Chair gave a report on 17 June meeting. 

Demonstration of Database:  Debbie gave a briefing on her work on the database.  Attendees were able to see the progress, how it works and gave feedback. It was agreed that we select a property to enter into the database and 68 College Road was chosen.   

Discussion of timetable through 12/31:  We have a call for volunteers for the database;  Bev will contact Mr. Boisvert, the State Archeologist.

Gateway/Planning Board:  The Chair gave a report on the Gateway committee.

HCCP Grant:  We did not receive the HCCP grant for a variety of reasons, most of which were beyond our control.

Post Card Project: Bev gave a briefing on her progress with researching many printing options.   Members voiced their experiences with other postcard or graphics projects. 

NEW BUSINESS

It was voted on and approved that the August meeting will not be held.

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NEXT MEETING: The next meeting will take place in the Municipal Center on Tuesday,
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 5:30pm.  Location TBA by chair as the center is under construction.