Minutes - 2011 - Historic Preservation Commission - 10/12/2011 - Regular EAGLE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Minutes of October 12th, 2011
Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 5:35 pm.
Roll Call: Commissioners Frank Thomason,Alana Dunn,Pam Kelch,Diane Scott,and Karianne Fallow were
present.Curator Laurie Baker was also present.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Approval of Minutes: The October 12th minutes were unanimously approved. Commissioner Scott moved to
approve the minutes and Commissioner Kelch seconded the motion.
Historic Preservation Commission Bylaws: Commissioner Dunn has volunteered to take up the task of putting
the bylaws into a readable draft with the new articles included. She will present a rough draft at the next meeting.
Quarterly Speakers Program:The Commission was pleased with the last quarterly speaker,David Habben,on
cemetery symbology. However,everyone agreed that it went on a little long and in the future when we ask guests
to speak,we should clearly state that their presentation should be no longer than an hour. Commissioner Scott
presented the idea that we should have a small opening speech that we give at all events. It should be consistent
between all Commissioners and include that we work only on donations and grants. Commissioner Thomason
will be doing the next quarterly speakers program. He already has an idea of asking Mr.David Leroy to speak.
Mr.Leroy has written a book about President Abraham Lincoln and his fondness for the state of Idaho. The
Commission all agreed that the next quarterly speaker should be able to present sometime during the last couple
of weeks of January,2012.
Dry Creek Cemetery Program: The Dry Creek Cemetery walking tour is coming up on October 29`h.
Commissioner Fallow let the Commission know that if we wanted to get anything in the way of PR in to the
Eagle Informer's community calendar; it must be emailed by the 15th of the previous month. Commissioner
Fallow and Kelch also suggested that perhaps contacting radio stations for PR would help get the word out about
our programs. Commissioner Kelch designed flyers for the tour and Commissioner Scott plans on asking several
businesses if they would post the flyer in their windows.
Commission Budget: Curator Baker informed the Commission that checks were cut and mailed out this week for
anything Commissioners have bought on behalf of the Commission. She also informed us the only time the
Commission will receive a spreadsheet of the budget is if anything changes,such as a donation or deposit.
Idaho State Historical Society Community Grant: Curator Baker has informed the Commission that she has
not heard anything back from the Idaho State Historical Society on the community grant. She has emailed Keith
Petersen,ISHS Associate Directory and State Historian,hoping for a response.
Esto Perpetua Awards-Commissioner Dunn attended the Esto Perpetua Annual Award Luncheon on behalf of
the Commission. She reports back that the luncheon was nice and it was very interesting meeting other fellow
historians. Commissioner Fallow asked if this is something that we,as a Commission,could vote ourselves into
or possibly be nominated for in the future. Unfortunately,due to the outstanding accomplishments of the other
recipients,we would not qualify for this award at this time.
Country Christmas-Commissioner Kelch has presented the Commission with some great ideas on Country
Christmas this year. She has suggested that the commission have someone dressed as a Christmas character stand
outside the museum to draw people in. She has already looked into the different costumes that are available for
this time of year. She also thought it might be a good idea to use a high school student who needs service hours to
play the part of the character.
Miscellaneous:
--Commissioner Fallow informed the Commission that she recently had the opportunity to speak with Gary
Smith, a councilman for Star. The idea was brought up that Star does not have a Historic Preservation
Commission and perhaps Eagle's Historic Preservation Commission would like to"adopt"the city of Star.
--The Commission also brought up the idea that we should be thinking of a City Council update sometime in early
2012.
--Commissioner Scott also informed the Commission that she will unable to attend next month's meeting due to
personal reasons.
Adjournment: There being no further business,the meeting adjourned at 6:30 pm. Commissioner Fallow moved
for adjournment,Commissioner Kelch seconded the motion.
Respectfully submitted,
Alana Dunn, Secretary
Approved
Frank Thomason,Chair �LCt i�-' ✓ -'
Sharon Bergman,City Clerk