HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 20History Committee Meeting, March 20, 2018
FINAL MINUTES
Meeting called to order by Carol Gottlieb
Present:
●Members: John Swan, Bridget Morgan, Jitze Couperus,
●Associates: Joe Heinrich, Linda Swan
●Secretary: Joe Heinrich
Presentation from Floor:
●John Swan describes History Committee support of a panel discussion at Foothill College in
concert with Los Altos History Museum regarding exhibit on Juana Briones.
AI: Action deferred; placed on agenda for next meeting when the support needs are clarified.
●Carol Gottlieb is working on List of Accomplishments of LAH History Committee 2017
AI: 2017-2018 status report
History walk is Monday, March 26,2018.
●report
Minutes for Feb 13 meeting approved.
Sara Pender
●has about 60 books from Fowle house
AI: Carol Crites will get the books and possibly present an oral history based on them
Old Business
●a. Appendix A – Reformatting for Clarity, and
●b. Appendix A – Backup documentation
○Lists of Historical Structures in LAH disbursed by Carol Gottlieb:
■List of deletions, dated 2017-11-10
■List of modifications, dated 2017-11-10
■List of sites to be added, dated 2017-11-10
■2018-03-18 version is final version with deletions,modifications,and sites to be
added
○AI: motion to make Appendix an addition to General Plan;
■emphasize there is no new info on this list,added from text of the
Element/General Plan.
■Three categories:(1)Appendix A,(2)General Plan,(3)new list of historical sites
not in Appendix or General Plan.
■Write a cover letter explaining the purpose of Appendix A and emphasize it does
not imply any building constraints.
■Research the advantage of being designated state or federal landmark status.
●c. Archiving Historical Documents
○In abeyance while Jitze works on other issues (LAH site links to Vimeo videos?)
○Jitze Couperus links:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1peIgVEVKnaycmHJs91vDMnerA3QN8HNn_Mms
r_dBG2I/edit#heading=h.7ucaap66jabz
○Carol Gottlieb presents tabular list
●d.History Walk –Tuesday,March 26,2018
AI: No action
●e. Ginzton Family Presentation
○confirmed
○Nancy Ginzton agrees to present history of Ginzton family perhaps in Sept-Oct
timeframe
AI: decide on a date--September 22 is suggested
●f. Community History house: Called but no one returned call
○Los Alto History Committee want access to Jitze scrapbook files (may have found access)
●Motion to adjourn
○raised; passed.