HRAB 04-15-08 Meeting MinutesFrederick County Historic Resources Advisory Board (ARAB)
April 15, 2008
Board of Supervisors Executive Session Room of the County
Administrative building
107 North Kent Street Winchester, VA
Members Present: Rhoda Kriz (Chairman), Elizabeth Fravel (Vice Chairman), Gary Oates, Stacey Yost,
Martin Killingbeck
Members Absent: Claus Bader, Mary Turner
Staff Absent: Mara] Kalbain
Staff Present: Angela Crone, Amber Powers
Agenda Items: Comprehensive Plan, Website Status
Call to order at 6:30 PM. The minutes of January 15, 2008 were unanimously approved as presented. The
first item presented was the revisions to the Comprehensive Plan. Major changes included the remittance
of the history to the beginning of the section and to the implementation strategies section. It was suggested
that members take the Comprehensive Plan home to read and send comments to Planning Staff by April 18.
It was stated that this version may be the one to go before CPPS for comments. Members agreed to read
through the plan and send comments before the before stated date.
The next item presented was the website. Planning Staff had begun formatting the site and wanted to
receive comments from HRAB before continuing. Members suggested that the website have more links to
other sites, more pictures, and a section for cemeteries. Mr. Oates stated that he would like to have a form
for reporting cemeteries that surveyors may happen upon during their surveying. Planning Staff said that
they would work with IT to develop a reporting form as such. Planning Staff stated that work would
continue on the website with hopes of finishing the initial form by April 30'`. A copy of the website would
be sent to HRAB members for comment and approval before being added to server.
The next item was presented by Chairman Kriz who asked if HRAB members wanted to meet if there were
no rezonings to review. Vice Chairman Fravel stated that there were still several projects that could be
worked on such as the Plaque Program for the upcoming year. Chariman Kriz said that Ms. Kalbain's
consultation would be needed to determine what properties to nominate. Chairman Kriz, then, spoke of the
funding that HRAB was allowed to spend on historical markers. Currently the fund is around $9,000.
Members discussed spending the money on interstate markers and maintenance. Chairman Kriz also
suggested that the Bicentennial Committee that allocated the funds be reconvened to determine if the
money could be spent elsewhere. It was agreed that both ideas needed to be further investigated.
It was unanimously agreed that the need for a meeting next month would be discussed by email before an
agenda was formed.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:17.