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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission

SURVEY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

June 5, 2003

 

Location: 2100 Randolph Road, Charlotte, N. C.

Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Present:

Deborah Cox, Committee Chair

Jack Boyte

Joe Brickey

Jeff Bradsher, HLC Chairman

Allen Brooks

John Misenheimer

Len Norman

Randy Penninger

Ross Richardson

Dan Morrill, HLC Consulting Director

Stewart Gray, HLC Consultant

Mary Lynn Morrill, HLC Recording Consultant

Absent:

Keat Chambers

Joe Kluttz

Rick Mattson

Barry Miller

Stephanie Williams

HLC & Other Committee Members at Appreciation Dinner:

Tattie Bos

Yolanda Johnson-Gess

Valerie Lewis

John Parker

Mike Sullivan

Visitors:

Sherry Irvine, Victoria, BC, Canada

Ms. Cox welcomed everyone to the meeting. She thanked the Committee members for their time and dedication to the Survey Committee not only for this past year but the years prior to that. She said that her term is ending on the Historic Landmarks Commission and that there will be a new chairman of the Committee for the new fiscal year which begins soon. Dr. Morrill and the Committee members thanked and applauded Ms. Cox for her dedication, time, expertise and loyalty for the past several years.

- On May 19, 2003, the following properties were designated historic by City Council: 1) the Newcombe McElwee House, 2) the Grand Theater 3) The Armature Winding Company 4) the Parks-Hutchinson School 5) additional acreage at White Oak Plantation

MOTIONS

1. MR. BROOKS PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MS. BRICKEY TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT THE CHAIRMAN BLAKE HOUSE, CHAIRMAN BLAKE LANE, DAVIDSON, N. C., (INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR, THE LOT ON WHICH THE HOUSE HAS BEEN RELOCATED AND THE ADJACENT LOT) BE PROCESSED FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION. (Note: Ms. Richardson was out of the room at the time of the vote due to a phone call.)

2. MR. BOYTE PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. NORMAN TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT DAN MORRILL AND STEWART GRAY BE AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT A CENTER CITY SURVEY AT A TOTAL COST OF $12,000. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.

The Committee left at the end of the meeting for an Appreciation Dinner honoring Ms. Cox at the East Boulevard Bar and Grill.