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Approval of recommendation from the Historical Committee to authorize an agreement with SWCA Environmental Consultants for Due Diligence and Application for an Official Texas Historical Marker for the Mary W. Jackson and William Wilson Gravesite.
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Summary:
The Historical Committee is very interested in obtaining an Official Texas Historical Marker for the Mary W. Jackson and William Wilson Gravesite in Dow Park. Obtaining a State subject marker will be a difficult process. We will need to do our best to prove this is the earliest grave in Harris County and to provide more details about why the deceased came to Texas. Also, the fact that these have been moved from the original site complicates matters.
The Historical Committee has received a proposal from SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) to perform the necessary due diligence and preparation of an application for a historical marker. The attached proposal consists of two (2) phases as follows:
PHASE 1: DUE DILIGENCE
Estimated Not-To-Exceed (NTE) fee - $4,320.00
PHASE 2: STATE OF TEXAS OFFICIAL TEXAS HISTORICAL MARKER (OTHM)
Estimated Not-To-Exceed (NTE) fee NTE fee - $3,260.00
TOTAL $7,580
If, after completing Phase, 1 the Texas Historical Commission only recommends a Harris County Marker, we could decide either to stop there (and not proceed to phase 2) or to change the marker type to a Harris County marker and move forward with that process.
Fiscal/Budgetary Impact:
$7,580 out of Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) funds.
Recommended action
Authorize an agreement with SWCA Environmental Consultants for Due Diligence and Application for an Official Texas Historical Marker for the Mary W. Jackson and William Wilson Gravesite.