Historical Commission 4-14-26 - Apr 14, 2026
meeting
Prince William County Historical Commission
1h 43m
8 agenda items
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What is the purpose and opening procedure of the Prince William County Historical Commission meeting?
Do you come to order it? Let the record reflect that the Prince William County Historical Commission convened its April 14, 2026 meeting at the Development Services Building in Prince William County, Virginia. Please rise for the credible legislative flag and face the colors. Oh. Is that ours? I feel like
Hey too. Uh at this time I would like us to keep in our thoughts. Our members of the armed forces who are in harm's way. Yeah. And in particular the granddaughter of Supervisor Marion Dobbins. who recently had brain surgery and is being cared for by her grandmother now. So please keep her and your thoughts and trainers. Please be seated.
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We have a fork. Awesome. Who's been doing that?
Yeah.
Never five. With any request for remote participation, then okay. Uh do I hear a motion to approve the agenda? Second. Second. Three and one. All in favor? I oppose. Do I hear a motion to approve the March tenth? From twenty six meeting brief and revolutions.
Second.
Okay. Oh Thanks. Okay. Election officers law. Nominated committee chair, please take over.
Sure. So it's that time of year again, um the nominating committee um You know, this this committee um Does we do this every year? Um, so we have as of last meeting in March decided that we were going to uh vote by voice vote, which is fine. Um, as I indicated last month, uh we have two people on the slate. For vice chair we have May Delonda Green and for Chair we have uh Um you know, running for chair, we have John DePew. And at as I said last um meeting, would you all like to uh make a statement because that is available to you this evening?
I think I have plenty to say this evening this last evening.
Yeah long.
Um Yeah. What's gonna say quiet?
All right, so we'll just proceed.
Yes. Uh, could we have the roll call, please? What do you are you calling for the two together? Or you spoke no spoke? Are you are you well we
call one at a time. We wanna start with the log test when you have which the vice chair, yes. We wanna go to the vice chair first. Yes, I do. Okay. Provation. For Vice Chair Yolanda Green. Kevin. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Jim? Yes.
John Davis?
Yes.
John McHugh? Yes. George? Yes. Vanessa? Yes. Luana? That's it. Stun?
Yes.
Please? Yes. David.
Yeah.
Curtius?
Yes.
Ywanda has been elected as vice chair. Thank you. Congratulations. Congratulations. Now we will move to uh Chair Purson. Um Could we get the uh roll call for chairperson, please? Kim.
Uh yes.
Yeah. Ken?
Yes.
John?
Yes.
No, close on. I try to remember the last name I thought. George? Yes. Vanessa? Yes. Milano? Yes. Done?
Yeah. Yeah.
Dana. Ernie?
Yes. Curtish. Yes. John is going to like it as chairman. Thank you. I deeply appreciate it and I will Hope it I s satisfy your Even the climate. Okay. Thank you. Very m I want to thank the nominated committees, particularly our chair. for running one more smooth nomination and uh Some around next year, yeah around next year, I think we look pretty healthy.
Yeah.
Yeah. Ernie, how many speakers do we have on uh Ms. Chen? Yes, Ms. Chen, the floor is yours. You have three minutes. Why should come on down? Yeah, we'll call you fashion. Tell us what you're you're up you're up to and what you'd like so much.
Good evening again and thank you for allowing Um, my name is Danae Chen. I'm a filmmaker and I'm working with the African American Heritage Association of Virginia. And we're currently seeking a virgin humanity sprint to produce a documentary on the restore any of these in the program. So this is a personal project um for me as my husband and my children are direct descendants of the founders pass the Mary Jane Chan. So I'm here tonight to ask for the permission to partner with with us. Um the first way would be offering your expertise. on um having a representative from the commission appear in an on camera interview once we start production. We would also like to have access to any resources we all have, um such as historical documents,
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Agenda
8 items
1
What is the purpose and opening procedure of the Prince William County Historical Commission meeting?
0:03–9:34
2
How are the commission officers and members elected and introduced during the roll‑call?
9:34–21:24
3
What nominations were made for Vice Chair and Chair, and how were they confirmed?
21:24–34:36
4
How does the commission support the documentary project proposed by Danae Chen?
34:36–48:22
5
What are the current challenges and decisions regarding historical markers and preservation work?
48:22–1:01:23
6
How does the commission handle land‑development and rezoning cases that affect historic sites?
1:01:23–1:13:23
7
What budgetary items and funding requests were discussed and approved?
1:13:23–1:25:32
8
What new business items and future actions were outlined for the commission?
1:25:32–1:43:20