PRELIMINARY until
voted on at October 9, 2007 meeting
Minutes of the Stratham Heritage
Commission
EOC room,
OPENING
BUSINESS
Members present: Becky
Mitchell, chair; members Peter Wiggin and Nancy Hansen; alternates Bev Connolly
and Flossy Wiggin; selectmen’s rep MJ Werner.
Meeting: The meeting was
opened at
Minutes: Minutes of the 10
July meeting, taken by Bev Connolly in Hansen’s absence, were approved as
written.
Treasury: There were no expenditures in either account
since the last mtg.
Future
meetings: Those
present decided to keep the meeting on the second Tuesday of each month (except
in the summer) but to change the start time.
Next
meeting: Tuesday,
09 Oct.,
Please
note new time
OLD
BUSINESS:
Historical Resources Survey: Resident Deborah
Long is to be the consulting database designer.
She is to be paid from our town budget in one lump sum, including costs
for supplies in the month of December 2007.
It was suggested that Deb Long, Becky Mitchell, Lynne Monroe
(Preservation Company) and Chuck Grassie (Town Planner) meet to plan the
database, so it can be used for a town planning tool in synch with the needs of
the Preservation Company (potential provider of a Townwide Area Survey) and the
Town’s current practices, if possible.
The chair will invite all; she will also offer to pay a consulting fee
to Ms Monroe from the Heritage Fund. It
was suggested by Bev Connolly that the National Historic Register be used as a
resource for software programs, which are all free.
Town Assessor, Andrea Lewy,
produced and delivered a printout of the assessment cards of all properties in
Stratham 50 years old and older for use in the survey process; Pat Thiesen will
be asked by the chair if she would be interested in working on the assessment
files.
The chair reported that the
Historical Society, in view of the past director’s (Barbara Mann) departure,
will honor the commitment to store historical survey file cabinets in their
building, as previously arranged.
Master Plan: The group discussed
the latest draft of the HC’s portion of the Master Plan. Before the next meeting the chair is to write
the preservation section; Pete Wiggin and Bev Connolly are to consult and work
on rewriting the historical overview section (6.3). All are to read the historic section and
email Bev with comments for changes/additions/deletions.
Planning Board: MJ
Werner reported on the study of the
Gateway Commercial District Committee:
Becky Mitchell reported that this committee is looking at the area from
the
NEW
BUSINESS
In
Appreciation: The Heritage Commission wishes to extend its
appreciation to Barbara Mann for her many years of service in Stratham and
acknowledges her dedication and helpfulness as she prepares to leave Stratham
to be closer to her son and his children.
It was recommended that the Town
Report be dedicated to Barbara this year.
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