Historical Commission 10-14-25 - Oct 14, 2025
meeting
Prince William County Historical Commission
30 min
4 agenda items
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What formal actions were taken to open the meeting and confirm a quorum?
The meeting will come to order. The October meeting of the Prince William Cathy Historical Commission at the Development Services Building has begun its proceedings at 7.55 p.m. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the 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. A moment of silence to spare particularly in our minds the peace process. We gather in the hope that it continues. We thank those who were involved in it. Please be seated.
Kim Brace? No. David Priestley? No. Eric Brown? No. Jim Burgess? Here. John Davis? Here. John Depew? Here. Marion Dobbins? No. George Dodds? Here. Vanessa Lynn Ford? No. Yolanda Green? Perfect. Doug Kaplan? No. Colleen Pearsall? Here. David Peterson. Curtis Porter. No. Sir, we have a quorum. Bernie Porter. No. Thank you, sir. Do we have a pending request to participate remotely? No. Let the record reflect that the answer is no. Do we have a motion to approve the injunction? Approved, Mr. Chairman. Is there a second? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Approval of the September 9, 2025 meeting brief and resolutions. Do I hear a motion? So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Abstain? Okay. Thank you. Do you have to abstain if you weren't here? I don't think you do.
I don't think we have to abstain. He can if he wants to. No one signed up. Chairman's time, that's me. I would simply request that everybody come on and talk. Our members or one of our members anticipates being absent for a meeting if at all possible. Please get your land development cases and the results of those cases in just prior to the meeting so we minimize the number of cases we have to carry over until our next meeting. This is simple courtesy to the staff and to the applicant. So please do so if at all possible, whenever possible. Thank you. Vice Chairman's time. Very short. The original proposed route for Morrisville to Wishing Star was going to go through the Battlefield grounds. And they have done that route so it will no longer go through that route.
That's all I have. Thank you. Member's time. I just briefly mentioned the Occoquan Historical Society is starting a lecture series, so they had me give the first lecture on October 28th at 6 p.m. It's at a place called the Piazza, which is the old Down Under in town. So that's on Mill Street. It's at 6 o'clock. It's free. There are hors d'oeuvres there. My subject is an introduction to the history of Occoquan. It's a presentation that some of you have probably seen a dozen times with maybe some changes. That's all. Can you send the link in? Yeah, I'll send the link. Any other members? I just want to add that I haven't been here since Bob Weir's passing and he was a very good advocate for history. I miss working with him already and I just want to make sure that his memory lives on.
helped participate behind the scenes where others wouldn't in certain historical cases over the past couple of years. So that was something that I really enjoyed working with them on. Well, thank you. Thank you. Last month I went on the National Spoutfield Trust tour on Matthews Hill. Okay. With Hennessy. Yes. That was really enlightening to see that people look at the battle in such a small area. Thank you. Staff time, signing off. I will go in for Emma and report that she has updated the cemetery database so when you look at county mapper now you will see for cemeteries you will see one of three options see if I can find the cemetery We'll do the Bradley public. So you used to see just a round circle. So now when we do not have a defined area, you'll still see that kind of round circle.
And that's a cemetery extension tube. But when we have a defined boundary and you click on it, you'll see, this isn't a good one, but when it's archeologically defined, you'll actually see the archeologically defined boundary of the cemetery. And if it's in accord with our ordinance, our zoning ordinance, you'll see that preservation area, that 25 foot preservation area outside of that archeological delineation.
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Agenda
4 items
1
What formal actions were taken to open the meeting and confirm a quorum?
0:00–9:41
2
How did the commission approve the September 9, 2025 meeting minutes and resolutions?
9:41–19:37
3
What updates were shared about the Occoquan Historical Society lecture series?
19:37–27:38
4
How did members discuss land‑development cases and the upcoming overlay district?
27:38–30:28