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IS SIX O'CLOCK.I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER OF THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE.
I'M RANDY TARLETON, AND, UH, WE HAVE A ROLL CALL NOW.
AND THEN, UH, VENITA IS ABSENT TODAY.
UH, WE'LL NOW HAVE THE INVOCATION.
DEAR LORD, DIRECT OUR WAYS AND GIVE US WISDOM IN THE WAY WE, UH, UH, VIEW TO TRY TO HELP OUR CITY REMEMBER ITS PAST AND PLAN FOR ITS FUTURE.
WE'LL, NOW DO WE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OF THE TEXAS FLAG, PGI OF THE UNITED STATES FLAG.
FIRST, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND NOW TO THE TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
IS THERE ANY COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS WE NEED TO HEAR TODAY? AND THERE ARE NONE.
AND IS THERE ANY PERSON PRESENT TO PROVIDE CITIZEN INPUT TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? UH, IF YOUR COMMENTS ARE CONCERNING AN AGENDA ITEM, YOU MAY WAIT UNTIL THE DISCUSSION OF THAT ITEM IF YOU PREFER.
AND THERE IS NO ONE HERE TO DO THAT.
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TO DO BUSINESS.WE HAVE TWO ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS.
FIRST, TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AN APPLICATION FROM THE HISTORY, HISTORY HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER TO DESIGNATE THE PEANUT DRYER AS AN HISTORIC LANDMARK.
AND LEANNE WILSON WILL PRESENT THIS AGENDA ITEM.
THIS ITEM, UH, WE ARE SEEKING TO, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
IS THAT BETTER? JENNY'S GONNA TURN IT UP.
UH, SO THIS ITEM WE ARE SEEKING, UM, TO HAVE THE PEANUT DRYER CLASSIFIED AS AN INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK MARK.
UH, THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCE IDENTIFIES SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION, INCLUDING ONE OF THE ITEMS IS INCLUDING, IT MUST BE 50 YEARS OLD.
THERE'S FIVE OTHER ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE.
AND OUT OF THOSE FIVE, WE MUST MEET TWO OF THOSE.
UM, IN THIS CASE, WE MEET ALL FIVE OF THOSE.
UM, AND I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH THOSE FOR YOU.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS SIGNIFICANCE IN HISTORY, CULTURE, UH, ARCHITECTURE, UM, ARCHEOLOGY.
THE CHOICE PRODUCTS BUILT THE DRYER IN 1966.
SO WE, WE MEET THE 50 YEAR AGE.
THE OPERATION STARTED IN THE FALL NEARBY.
PEANUT GROWERS, UM, BROUGHT THEIR PEANUTS TO THE FACILITY AFTER THEY WERE DRIED.
THE PEANUTS WERE SHIPPED TO COMANCHE, TEXAS FOR SHELLING.
THE DRYER WAS A STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY.
THE DRYER REVOLUTIONIZED THE PEANUT GROWING INDUSTRY IN AUBREY.
IN SURROUNDING AREAS, THE DRYER IS SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS ROLE IN REVOLUTIONIZING PEANUT AGRICULTURE.
IT HIGHLIGHTS ADVANCEMENTS IN AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY AND SHOWCASES THE EVOLUTION OF LOCAL FARMING, UH, PRACTICES.
THE SECOND ITEM IS ASSOCIATION WITH EVENTS OR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION OR IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO AFTER THE GREAT DEPRESSION, THE COTTON FARMING ENDED, UM, AND SAN THE SANDY LOAM SOIL THAT WE HAD HERE IN AUBREY, UH, WAS PRIME FOR, UH, PEANUT GROWING.
IN 1921, WILLIAM EVERETT SMOTHERMAN AND WILLIAM CALVIN REDFERN WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO CULTIVATE PEANUTS IN THE AUBREY REGION.
THE THIRD AREA IS REPRESENTATION.
UM, IS THE STRUCTURE OF WORK OF A MASTER DESIGNER, A BUILDER, A CRAFTSMAN.
SO THE DRYER WAS BUILT TO PROCESS 420,000 POUNDS OF PEANUTS PER DAY.
IT WAS A ONE MAN OPERATION WITH A CENTRAL CONTROL ROOM FROM THE CONTROL
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ROOM.THE OPERATOR COULD UNLOAD TRUCKS, DRY THE NUTS, AND LOAD THE DRIED PEANUTS ONTO RAIL CARS.
DURING THIS PERIOD, THE DRYING WAS THE MOST MODERN DRYING PLANT IN THE WORLD.
FOURTH ITEM, UM, DOES IT EMBODY DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS, A TYPE OR A PERIOD OR A METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION? UH, THE DRYER'S DESIGN WITH THE DRYING BINS AND PROPANE BURNERS AND CENTRALIZED CONTROLS REPRESENTS THE MID 20TH CENTURY.
UM, A AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIALIZATION.
IN THE LAST ITEM IS, DOES IT REPRESENT AN ESTABLISHED AND FAMILIAR VISUAL FEATURE FOR AUBREY? UH, THE AUBREY PEANUT DRYER REMAINS A RECOGNIZABLE AND SYMBOLIC STRUCTURE IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT EMBODIES THE CITY'S AGRICULTURE HERITAGE, AND FOSTERS A STRONG CONNECTION TO OUR PAST.
TODAY, IT IS, IS A TANGIBLE REMINDER OF AUBREY'S RURAL ROOTS AND A CHERISHED LANDMARK THAT FOSTERS A DEEP CONNECTION TO THE PAST.
SO TONIGHT THE COMMISSION, UM, HAS THREE OPTIONS.
YOU CAN, UM, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, YOU CAN POSTPONE AND REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, OR YOU CAN DENY THE APPLICATION AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION.
AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN.
OR ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING APPROVAL OF THE DESIGNATION? WONDERFUL IDEA.
SO, ANY OBJECTION TO RECOMMENDING THIS ACTION? WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AN APPLICATION FROM THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER TO DESIGNATE THE PEANUT DRYER AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK.
WE'RE CLOSING THAT HEARING AT 6 0 4.
ARE THERE ANY, ARE ARE THE ASK THE COMMISSION MEMBERS IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ANYBODY? IF NOT ASK IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
WELL, LET'S, CAN YOU PLEASE BE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT YOUR, YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR MOTION TO BE? OH.
UM, SO YOU CAN I MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS BE ACCEPTED BECAUSE IT'S A VERY VITAL PART OF OUR HISTORY AND IT DESERVES TO BE RECOGNIZED BY EVERYONE.
SO YOU MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION TO COUNSEL.
SO, THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UM, RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN MADE BY LOUISE BRUMFIELD AND SECONDED BY MELVA BAXTER.
ANY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE SECOND IS TO CONSIDER AN ACTION ON APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025 MEETING.
SO TO THE COMMISSION MEMBERS, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, IF NOT, ASK IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
SO HAVE YOU ALL READ THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? DO DO YOU SEE 'EM THERE ON YOUR COMPUTER? IT COVERS ALL WE DID LAST TIME.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? IS, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OUR MEETING ON FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025? DO I HEAR A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM, UH, YEAH.
WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO SAY? GOOD.
SO THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY, BY DARLENE REDFERN.
DARLENE WILSON TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025.
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I SECOND IT.AND MELVIN JONES HAS SECONDED THE MOTION.
OLD HABITS DIE HARD WHEN YOU GO TO SCHOOL SINCE THIRD GRADE, SO, ALRIGHT.
IS THERE NOW, UH, WE TAKE THE VOTE.
NOT OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN WITH NO OTHER BUSINESS? WE WILL ADJOURN AT 6:10 PM GREAT.