HRAB 01-17-06 Meeting MinutesFrederick County Historic Resources Advisory Board (HRAB)
January 17, 2006
Held in the Board of Supervisors Executive Session Room of the County
Administrative Building at 107 N. Kent Street, Winchester, VA.
Members Present: Rhoda Kriz, Harold Lehman, Virginia McClure, Elizabeth Fravel,
Felicia Hart, James Lockard, Maral Kalbian (Consultant).
Members Absent: Martin Killingbeck, Travis Saunders, Jamie Lupton
Staff. Candice Perkins- Planner II, Kevin Henry- Planning Technician
Agenda Items: December 2005 Minutes, Review Historical Plaque Program.
Other: None
The meeting began at 6:30 P.M.
The first agenda item was the December 2005 minutes, which were approved with the
following changes:
-The name of the development (O -N Chemstone) needs to be made consistent throughout
the minutes to provide consistency.
-Mr. Stinson (spokesman for Chemstone) needs to be added into the December minutes.
-Comments that Mr. Brown made in regards to Middletown and the town involvement
need to be revised.
-Patricia Gochenour's (Planning Commission Liaison) last HRAB meeting took place in
December 2005; her farewell to the HRAB needs to be included in the minutes.
The second item of the evening was the approval of the meeting dates for 2006, which
were listed in the agenda. HRAB member Felecia Hart brought up issues with the HRAB
by-laws, which was discussed by the members. The HRAB decided that the by-laws will
be changed so that the there is no time associated with the meeting dates, since meetings
start at 6:30 P.M. instead of the 7:30 P.M. start -time.
The third item on the agenda was to decide which properties would be invited to
participate in the Frederick County Historic Plaque Program. The following properties
were recommended for plaques: Branson House, Winter Hill, Buffalo Marsh, the Dillon
Boyles House, Klines Mill, the Miller's House at Hayfield, the E.B. Clevenger House,
the Ridings -McClung House, Indian Springs, the Glass -Rinker House, Homespun
(Opequon Historic District), and Paxton.
The following properties need further consideration: Linden, Shanholtz-Baker House, the
Heironimus-Mauzy House, J.E. Funkhouser, the Old Forge Farm, and the Chrisman-
Stickley House.
The advisory board decided that the plaque invitation letters should have a `return sender'
enclosed with the letter. A letter that the applicant can return should be included as well.
This letter could allow the property owner to express their desire to receive a plaque or
describe why they are not interested in participating in the plaque program. By knowing
why property owners may not want to have the plaque on their property will give the
HRAB better knowledge of how to approach property owners about the plaque program
in the future. A 30 day timeline for the invited property owners to respond will also be
set from when the letters are mailed. It was also suggested that the pictures that were
taken of the historical properties be placed on the Frederick County website, including
information about the plaque program and history of the HRAB.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 P.M.