PRELIMINARY until voted on at December 11, 2007 meeting

Minutes of the Stratham Heritage Commission
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
EOC room, Municipal Building

OPENING BUSINESS
Members present: Becky Mitchell, chair; members Peter Wiggin and Nancy Hansen; alternate Bev Connolly, planning board rep. MJ Werner and database manager, Deb Long.

Meeting: The meeting was opened at 5:35 and was adjourned at 7:15pm.

Minutes: Minutes of the 8 and 23 October meetings, written by the secretary, Nancy Hansen, were approved as written.

Treasury: There were no expenditures in either account since the last meeting, and the amount remaining in the account as of 10/31/2007 was $5759.37.

Next meetings: Tuesday, 11 Dec, 5:30pm, Municipal Center, EOC room.

OLD BUSINESS:
Historical Resources Survey: The database manager, Deb Long, attended and members present discussed with her the next step in the process: it is planned to hold a meeting at the Municipal Center and include Deb Long, Becky Mitchell, MJ Werner, Bev Connolly, and Chuck Grassie and discuss the use of the town’s Access program (possible network). Deb reported that a purchase of the program by the HC would cost approxi-mately $190; if we must purchase it, then we need to decide how many licenses we need. Deb reported the following: need to pursue how to store/tag photos; that data fields can be added at a later time; that she purchased a flash drive ($44.98) for the survey; that she will continue to design and set up the data base for completion by the end of 2007.
In conjunction with the above discussion, it was felt that if the HC were to share Access with the town, and to fulfill better the objectives of the Historical Survey, it would be essential for the HC to have access to some kind of computer and space at the municipal center for data entry and possible storage. Becky Mitchell will pursue this request with the Town Administrator.
Master Plan: The chair passed around the final version of our section of the Master Plan and, after reading and making minor corrections, the motion was moved by MJ Werner and seconded by Pete Wiggin to accept this version as final and ready for the Planning Board’s consumption. Becky mentioned that there is a Planning Board meeting on 12/5 and any member available should try to make it to the meeting.
Plannin/Zoning Boards: MJ Werner said there was nothing to report at this time. The Chair reported that the Gateway Commercial District committee is having a meeting on 11/15, Thursday, at 7pm in the Municipal Ctr (room unk) to discuss and approve the plan. She recommended all who could attend should do so.

NEW BUSINESS:
The chair noted that the NH Preservation Alliance membership includes a newletter (also available online) and that it is a publication of the Division of Historical Resources. Furthermore, she asked the secretary to deliver copies of the HC brochure and copies of the Veterans’ Garden forms to the library as they have run out.

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