Director's Report
January 12, 2004
1. Two historic
landmarks have been designated in the last month. They are the
Lassiter House and the Younts House.
2. A joint
public hearing with the Huntersville Town Board will be held on February
16th to consider the designation of the Bethesda School as a historic
landmark. This is a necessary step to allow the Commission to be
able to close on the property.
3. Stewart Gray
will meet on January 28th with the Resources Committee of the Park and
Recreation Commission to solicit its support for the designation of the
entire Oehler property as a historic landmark.
4. Contacts have
been made with officials of Pineville to discuss how the HLC might be
involved in developing a preservation plan for the town's historic core.
We will be meeting with interested parties later this month.
5. On January
6th, Laurie Smith, Tattie Bos, and I toured the American Legion Memorial
Stadium with members of the Special Projects Committee of the Park and
Recreation Commission and with members of the Parks staff. A
substantive exchange of viewpoints occurred, and the Special Projects
Committee will be back with us after it meets later this month. In
short, a process for developing a preservation plan is underway.
6. On January
7th, I met with a group of individuals interested in preserving the
Tuckaseegee Trail, which will become the site of a white water park.
The group agreed that an archeological survey of the property needs to
occur. The HLC might be asked to participate in funding that
survey. This issue will be brought to the Survey Committee.
7. On January
7th, I met with a group at the Arts and Science Council to listen to a
presentation by a group interested in preserving the Carolina Theater.
It seems that the Arts and Science Council is interested in moving ahead
with plans for incorporating significant portions of the theater into a
major uptown museum facility. I will keep you informed.
8. Emily Ramsey
is working on Survey and Research Reports on the Victor Shaw House and
the Charlotte Union Bus Terminal. Both are scheduled to be
presented to the Survey Committee at its January meeting.
9. Stewart Gray
and I did take software training on the County software. We will
be uploading material when time allows.
10. Hope Murphy,
an intern from UNCC, has begun her work with the Commission. She
will be working until May. Her initial assignment is to develop a
Survey and Research Report on the African American cemetery near the
intersection of Sharon Road and Colony Road. I anticipate that the
report will come to the HLC for action at its February meeting.
Respectfully
submitted,
Dan L. Morrill |
