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CITY OF NOTZ'I'H OLMSTED "TOGETHlER WE CAN MA.KE A DIg'FERENCE9" LAIrTI3MARKS COlVIMISSION OLD TOW1V HALI, 1VIINUTES JANUARY 14, 2002 7:00 P.M. I. ROLL CALL: Chairman Lord called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. PRESENT: Chairman B. Lord, P. Barker, D. Lind, M. Davis, K. O'Rourke, L. VanAuken ABSENT: A. Smeraldi, G. Corell, and J. Dailey ALSO PRESENT: D. Copeland, Director of Human Services Chairman Lord welcomed Don Copeland as a guest who has requested a few minutes on the agenda. Mrs. Lord said there will be a new council representative on the commission. Mr. Barker indicated the representative will be Ward 2 Councilman John Dailey. Mrs. Lord made a commitment to give him a call. Mr. Barker said he did not receive an agenda for this meeting. Chairman Lord asked if anyone else had not received an agenda and Mrs. VanAuken said she had not. Mrs. Lord said that those who did receive an agenda should have received it on Saturday and she confirmed that with the members in attendance. Mrs. Lord said they would prefer to get the agenda before Saturday as it helps in personal planning and the board would like to go on record that they would like to get information by Wednesday. Mrs. Lord mentioned that Shaun is no longer the Assistant Clerk of Commissions. He is now the Mayor's secretary. Mr. Barker mentioned the new Assistant Clerk is Annie Kilbane. Mrs. VanAulcen said she called the office to confirm the meeting and she spoke with Annie, who iridicated the meeting was scheduled for 7:30. 1VIrs. VanAuken said the meeting had been changed to 7:00 and they should change the time on the sigri at City Hall.' Ivlrs. Lord stressed the board wants it to state that the meeting starts at 7:00 and they will continue to pursue that. She asked the board to read over the minutes and they can go ahead and amend the agenda and let Mr. Copeland proceed. Mr. Copeland gave the board a progress report on the historical, biographical book project and the S.I.T.E.S. students working on it. Mr. Copeland said they originally had 60-80 names for this project and they have now identified approximately 30 people and have embarked on doing oral histories and meeting with people. Fred Hatton was one of the people the students spoke with and his stories were great. Dewey Limpert was also contacted and he referred them to Bob Decker, whose father was mayor. Mr. Copeland said they received some artifacts and photos and once everything is collected, they will make the inaterial the property of Landmarks. Mr. Copeland pointed out they are taping each interview and he informed the board that the plan was to try to have a completed book for distribution this next homecoining. He does not think that will happen because of the time required for the project. Mr. Copeland reported the students working on this have been wonderful but one of the dilemmas he has is his workload and the computer station. The computer was functionaf.initially but it is not working well now. Mr. Copeland said students had to be put on his computer at times, which makes things difficult for him. Mr. Copeland said he has two S.I.T.E.S. students back and now has Matt Duffy. He is not sure he can keep Matt on Landmarks because of time constraints. Mr. Copeland said he would like to know if there is a way Landmarks can provide additional supervision. He said he realized the board assigned Joe Lang as a special person to Landmarks, but he pointed out that Mr. Lang is not available often because of his substituting schedule. Mr. Copeland said he would like to forge a partnership and somehow get a working computer for this project. Mr. Copeland offered to make some inquiries to see if funds would be available. There was then discussion about the general fund and possibly going there for money. Mrs. Lord pointed out the board had contributed