Minutes 01_22_2025SCHERTZ HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2025
6:00 PM
MEETING MINUTES
COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:
Maggie Titterington Angie Fain Lauren Dalton
Roz Wise Christopher Hormel
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT:
Becki Babcock Sophie Rodriguez
Kathleen Samsey
CITY REPRESENTATIVES IN ATTENDANCE:
Zinnia ‘Zii” Reed
GUESTS:
Cassie Paddock Jim Burlett
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting called to order at 5:59 PM by Chairperson Maggie Titterington.
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS
• Cassie Paddock- Schertz Parks &Recreation
• Jim Burlett – Land Records Researcher/Deed Collector
DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION ITEMS
1. Election of Chair and Vice Chair
• Chair Nomination – Maggie Titterington
• Vice-Chair Nomination – Angie Fain
Chris Hormel proposed the re-election of Maggie Titterington as Chair for the upcoming year. The
motion was seconded by Angie Fain.
Motion passed unanimously
Lauren Dalton put forth a motion to elect Angie Fain as Vice Chair, which was seconded by Chris
Hormel.
Motion passed unanimously
2. Minutes - Consideration and/or action regarding the approval of the minutes of the
meeting of November 20, 2024.
• Chris Hormel motioned, and Lauren Dalton seconded to approve the minutes
as written.
Motion passed unanimously
3. Review of Financial Statement
• Roz Wise proposed a motion to approve the financial statements for
November and December, with the amendment that the combined storage fees
captured in December be allocated between November and December at $139.00
for each month. These fees should be categorized as encumbered storage fees
rather than expenditures. Angie Fain seconded to approve.
Motion passed unanimously
UPDATES & STRATEGIC GOALS FOR 2025
• Policies and Procedures for SHPC: Champion - Chris Hormel. Chris will email
the draft before the March meeting for review by the committee and
discussion at the March SHPC meeting. All edits needed will be executed and
final P and P for the committee will be voted on at the April meeting.
• Trivia Night: Champion Sophie Rodriguez and Angie Fain support. Cassie
Paddock with Parks and Rec will be contacting Crossvine HOA to see if they
would mind the SHPC doing a Trivia night about historical Schertz facts at one
of their sponsored movie nights. She will get back with us before the February
meeting. Once approval is given, we will secure a date. If approval is not given,
the Committee will revisit this and come up with a possible alternative plan.
• Sort Photos/Pictures on Disks and Drives: Maggie Titterington Champion,
Marc Thornton/Clemens History Club support. Maggie has gone through a
quarter of the archives to remove personal photos of Dean and his family that
were mixed in and try to create sub folders for future sorting by the History
Club. Maggie will get a thumb drive to the History Club by April 1st to then
sort all historical pictures, keep the highest resolution ones and delete the
multiple copies of the same photo in different folders. Completion of this
sorting is the end of the school year.
• Schertz Historical Calendar: Champion Roz Wise, support Angie Fain. Roz
presented options of design. For the February meeting, she will bring
quotes/costs and amounts needed to be printed of the calendar. Sorting of
old historical photos to select for the calendar will be done by Angie and Roz
as well as reaching out to Brian and the City of Schertz for modern photos of
the historical buildings and sites existing today. The calendar will be a "then
and now" theme. Roz will secure with the printer also when the deadline is to
have the final draft of the calendar to them, to print and be ready to sell by
the Kris Kringle Market Day in December. Cost to sell will be $5.
SIDENOTE: Chris Hormel, Lauren Dalton, Maggie Titterington and Angie Fain
will all ask their HOA's if they are interested in purchasing some of the
calendars to give as welcome to new residents. This will be reported at the
February meeting in person or before the meeting by email.
• Choosing City Events to Support: Champion Kathleen Samsey. The committee
selected the Farmer's Market at Pickrell Park on April 5th and the Holidazzle
Kris Kringle Market - to support. Roz and Chris will be out to support the April
5th Farmer's market and no one has yet been established to man the booth
for Kris Kringle but the hope is to have the calendars in to sell by then.
• Street Signs: Champion - Roz Wise, Maggie Titterington/Brian James support.
The committee approved designing and having street signs for the Aviation
Heights neighborhood. Roz will email and bring a template of a design, and
the committee will review it at the February meeting for discussion and
possible decision. Cost of the project is $8,000 and will be taken out of the
committee funds. Future signs will be in Heritage Neighborhood and the
Comal Settlement.
• Unique Plaque Designs for Landmark Properties: Champion - SHPC, Zinnia
Reed support. Zii will be getting examples of signs for the committee to review
and from that the committee will finalize the look they want, and this will be
the consistent plaque going forward for designated and approved landmarks.
ARTICLES: Maggie Titterington will be submitting the article for the March Schertz
Magazine issue, at the end of this month. Then Angie Fain is to take over by submitting an April
issue article for the committee page, which is required to be submitted by the middle of February,
as articles are to be submitted two months ahead of published issue. Maggie will also continue to
work on articles and has open the floor to members who would like to contribute. Those who
contribute will get a memory from a long time resident or use in the brown book. Those who are
interested in submitting an article for Schertz Magazine for the committee page, can reach out to
Maggie Titterington.
REQUESTS
BUSINESS CARDS
For new members of our committee are as follows:
• Angie Fain
• Kathleen Samsey
• Rosalyn Wise
• Becki Babcock
• Sophia Rodriguez
BROCHURES
• 300 brochures to be printed at CMO
NEW BUSINESS
None
Chris Hormel and Lauren Dalton seconded to adjourn the meeting.
Motion passed unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 7:27 pm