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Director's Report February 12, 2007 1. The Citizens Capital Budget Advisory Committee will be meeting with HLC Staff on February 21st to hear the Commission's request for Capital Project Funds for the Fall 2007 Bond Referendum. The materials are being distributed for your reactions. 2. Offers have been received for the N. S. Alexander House. The Commission will need to convene in special session to consider the offers. 3. The shower repair has been completed at White Oak Plantation. Stewart Gray continues to develop estimates for the repair of the water damage at the rental house at White Oak. 4. The plastic coverings for the windows at Grace A.M.E. Zion Church have arrived and will be installed in the near future. Word from the prospective buyer of the adjacent property has still not been forthcoming. 5. The County Budget Department will be working with HLC Staff to prepare an operational budget request for 2007-2008. I will advise you as this process moves forward. 6. I have discussed with Ted Anderson, regional director of the Preservation North Carolina, the idea of his coming to an upcoming meeting of the Commission to explain PNC's activities, including those in Mecklenburg County. I will schedule a time for him. 7. PNC has sold the Abernethy home on Eastway Drive to a buyer who will renovate and preserve the house. 8. Staff continues to work with Pat Nystrom in obtaining approval for the interlocal agreement that will allow the Commission to continue to function for the outlying towns. 9. Staff has heard rumors about a prospective buyer for the Hayes Byrum Store in Steele Creek who would demolish the building. The property is already designated as a historic landmark.
10. There has been considerable interest expressed by prospective buyers of the N. S. Alexander House. Rehabilitation of the house continues. 11. The closing on the Oehler House will be occurring in the near future. All due diligence issues have been resolved. 12. Staff has received inquiries from Crouch Brothers regarding the Commission's schedule for moving the McAuley House to its permanent site on the Oehler property. Staff will be developing a recommendation to the Commission. 13. I have asked Robert Schmitt to develop cost estimates for expanding the scope of the renovation of the Sidney and Ethel Grier House to include fencing the property, completing an additional bathroom, and completing the kitchen. Bryan Turner is arranging for Robert Schmitt to gain entry into the property. 14. The Grier-Rea House should be ready to be listed with a realtor in the next sixty days. Staff will be working to move this project forward. 15. Environmental assessment of the Torrence Lytle School has been completed. Bryan Turner will be presenting cost estimates at either the next Projects Committee meeting or the next HLC meeting. Respectfully submitted,
Dan L. Morrill
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