1.  Sherry Joines Wyatt is about to complete the Industrial and Institutional Survey, which is being funded in part by a Federal grant. I will place the findings on the website when the survey has been finished.

2.  Paula Stathakis and Stewart Gray will be the Principal Investigators for the upcoming Survey of African-American resources. The Division of Archives and History has approved them for this important undertaking. The office for the survey will be located at the W. T. Alexander Plantation House.

3.  The City Council and the Historic Landmarks Commission will hold a joint public hearing on October 17^th in the meeting that begins at 6 p.m. Two properties will be considered for historic landmark designation – an expansion of the W. T. Alexander Plantation and the Electric Supply and Equipment Company Building.

4.  Paula Stathakis has begun her work as the Editor of the Hornet’s Nest, the Commission’s Internet Journal. She has established her office at the W. T. Alexander Plantation House.

5.  Dr. Vernon Herron of Comprehensive Genealogical Services has met with staff to review the procedures his organization will be following in conducting a survey of cemeteries which contain the remains of enslaved people. Paula Stathakis and Stewart Gray will be maintaining contact with Dr. Herron.

6.  The Commission has closed on the Rozzell House. Bryan Turner is negotiating a contact with architect Donny Luke to prepare plans for the restoration of the house and an overall site plan.

7.  Architect Joseph Opperman is preparing plans for the Oehler House and the McAuley House. The McAuley House should be moved to its new site in the near future.

8.  The owners of the Grier House have submitted a new proposal for selling the property to the Historic Landmarks Commission. John Parker, Chairman of the Projects Committee, has received this information.

9.  A decision should be forthcoming in the near future about the attitude of the Coliseum Authority with respect to the designation of the Charlotte Coliseum (Former) as a historic landmark.

10.  I have contacted Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church will be visiting their session later in the month to discuss the prospective designation of the Mallard Creek Schoolhouse as a historic landmark.

11. The Town Board of Huntersville held a joint public hearing on September 17, 2001, to consider the Commission’s recommendation regarding the prospective removal of the designation of a portion of the land at Cedar Grove Plantation. The decision should be forthcoming in the near future.

12.  The Finance Committee will be meeting in November to consider the HLC’s Operating Budget request for FY 2002. Committee Chairman should have their programmatic requests (do not deal with the money) into the HLC’s office no later than November 21^st. The Finance Committee will submit its recommended budget to the HLC at its meeting on December 10^th.

Respectfully submitted

Dr. Dan L. Morrill