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6. DISCUSSION ON VISIT BY SUSAN LIPP, GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER OF FOUNDER HARVEY B. GRAVES: Visit to Historic Sites, Mangrove Reserve, and the Rascal House; and 10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION JUNE 16, 2007 AND DEDICATION OF HARVEY B. GRAVES PLAQUE "MANGROVE RESERVE" IN THE TOWN CENTER PARK. Action: Chairperson Scholl said that Richard Schulman took the Great Granddaughter of Harvey Graves, and toured his property, the Mangrove Reserve, and the Rascal House, and he got a lovely letter back from her. Richard Schulman passed the letter;around and noted that they are planning on inviting her and her family here for the 10th Anniversary. He said the Grandson is 86-years old, and his father founded the Graves Real Estate Company which is in the history vault, and we are going to try to have them here for the unveiling of the plaque dedicating the mangrove area at Town Center Park as the"Harvey Graves Mangrove Reserve" to be dedicated June 16, 2007. It was noted that the pathway will be completed in 2008. Mr. Schulman said it was very hard locating Susan Lipp. He said Mr. Graves left a will of 156 pages and thanks to Mayor Edelcup, they found it. Mr. Schulman said he went through the will and called everyone in that area and left messages. One day he received a message from Ms. Lipp and as it was, she was the only one in the family that acquired all of the memorabilia and photographs that were historic to this area. They invited her and her husband down and they stayed at the Newport. Ms. Lipp is going to send him a list of those in her family that would be interested in our history book, and a lot of her photographs made up the book. Mr. Schulman noted that Harvey Graves owned the largest furniture dealership in the northeast United States, he was born in 1855 and died in 1936 and they sold his business which included a 50-story building in Rochester, New York, which has since been demolished.4 Mr. Schulman said he was the first one in the United States to put rooms together with furniture as show rooms. 7. PRESERVATION OF DRIFTWOOD PELICAN TO ACTIVE PARK, NOW NAMED "PELICAN PARK" APPROVAL BY HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. Action: Chairperson Scholl asked Richard Schulman if we need to officially approve that, and he said yes and passed around pictures of the Pelican. He said the dimensions of the Pelican are 12-feet 5-inches high and 6-feet 10-inches across at the wing, and will be mounted on the wall of the new Recreation/Cultural Center. Mayor Edelcup asked if they were going to amend the Mission Statement to include artifacts, because if they include artifacts then they could dedicate the artifacts with a plaque for each artifact and the Board agreed that was a good idea. Richard Schulman read into the record the wording on the plaque"This Pelican structure was a landmark at the Driftwood Motel 17121 Collins Avenue, for 30-years iin Sunny Isles Beach, Florida". Cassey Gabor suggested putting in the actual dates rather than 30-years, and the Board agreed. Chairperson Scholl asked for a motion and Phillip Chernoff moved and Cassey Gabor seconded a motion to preserve the Pelican at the Active Park [Pelican Park]. The motion was approved by a 5-0-2 [Michelle D'Arbelles and Trina Duluc absent] vote. Summary Minutes 2007-0123 HPB Mtg Page 5 of 7