The Commission
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- Ashley Anderson — Commissioner ~2011–2025Served from before the corpus opens (Nov 2011) to July 2025 — roughly 14 years. 106 corpus meetings, 48 motions, 55 seconds, 7 dissents — the Commission's secon
- Burl Gilliam — Chairman ~1991–2016The founding-era Chairman: ~25 years of service (the 2013 minutes note his "22nd year"), presiding until April 2016 , when he announced he could not continue af
- Chuck Voelker· Observed service (minutes corpus) 2012-06-27 → 2022-06-22 · Meetings attended (of 151 held 2011–2026) 94 · Motions made 22 · Motions seconded 26 · Dissenting
- Commissioner ProfilesMember-by-member histories from the parsed 2011–2026 minutes (151 held meetings, 347 hearing items). Numbers = meetings attended · motions made · seconds · diss
- Darren Temple· Observed service (minutes corpus) 2021-07-28 → 2022-05-25 · Meetings attended (of 151 held 2011–2026) 3 · Motions made 5 · Motions seconded 1 · Dissenting vot
- David Ewbank· Observed service (minutes corpus) 2024-08-28 → 2025-10-22 · Meetings attended (of 151 held 2011–2026) 10 · Motions made 2 · Motions seconded 1 · Dissenting vo
- Dr. Curtis Ratliff — Commissioner (2025–present)Appointed July 2025 — but far from new to Grapevine preservation: longtime chairman of the Grapevine Heritage Foundation , and owner of the Ratliff House at 220
- Dr. Taylor Bunn — Commissioner (2022–present)Alternate from August 2022 , elevated to full Commissioner August 2024 . 20 corpus meetings, 2 motions, 0 dissents. · Her defining moment so far: the House of S
- Eric Gilliland· Observed service (minutes corpus) 2016-08-24 → 2024-03-27 · Meetings attended (of 151 held 2011–2026) 56 · Motions made 8 · Motions seconded 36 · Dissenting v
- Grapevine Heritage FoundationThe institutional home of Grapevine's preservation program — a foundation attached to the Convention & Visitors Bureau. Its executive director serves ex-officio
- Historic Preservation CommissionThe body that decides your CAs . Created 1991 by the Historic Preservation Ordinance (Appendix G) §3. · Composition & mechanics — 7 members + 1 alternate , appo
- Jana Garcia· Observed service (minutes corpus) 2022-08-24 → 2025-10-22 · Meetings attended (of 151 held 2011–2026) 24 · Motions made 0 · Motions seconded 6 · Dissenting vo
- Janice Rhoda· Observed service (minutes corpus) 2024-08-28 → 2025-11-19 · Meetings attended (of 151 held 2011–2026) 11 · Motions made 1 · Motions seconded 2 · Dissenting vo
- Jason Parker· Observed service (minutes corpus) 2018-01-24 → 2021-02-24 · Meetings attended (of 151 held 2011–2026) 25 · Motions made 15 · Motions seconded 10 · Dissenting
- Jim Niewald· Observed service (minutes corpus) 2021-03-24 → 2024-06-26 · Meetings attended (of 151 held 2011–2026) 25 · Motions made 4 · Motions seconded 17 · Dissenting v
- Justin Powers· Observed service (minutes corpus) 2011-11-16 → 2012-05-23 · Meetings attended (of 151 held 2011–2026) 3 · Motions made 0 · Motions seconded 0 · Dissenting vot
- Margaret Telford — Chairman (2025–present)The single most important person for your CA. On the Commission since before Nov 2011 (corpus start; continuity suggests longer), Vice-Chairman 2023–2025, elect
- Paula Wilbanks· Observed service (minutes corpus) 2018-07-25 → 2022-06-22 · Meetings attended (of 151 held 2011–2026) 32 · Motions made 1 · Motions seconded 6 · Dissenting vo
- R. Lee Derr — Vice-Chairman, served 1998–2017Served 1998–2017 (per his July 26, 2017 farewell — the second-longest tenure after Gilliam ), Vice-Chairman through the corpus era, until moving away from Grape
- Sean Shope — Chairman 2016–2025, now City CouncilmanOn the Commission from ~1999 to May 2025 (26 years; corpus observes 2011→2025), Chairman from Aug 2016 (succeeding Burl Gilliam ) until elected to City Council,
- Staff and Ex-OfficioHistoric Preservation Officer — David Klempin — Manager, Historic Preservation & Programs (housed with the Convention & Visitors Bureau; the Heritage Foundation
- Ted Ware· Observed service (minutes corpus) 2011-11-16 → 2018-04-25 · Meetings attended (of 151 held 2011–2026) 60 · Motions made 28 · Motions seconded 21 · Dissenting
- The Founding Era (1991–2010)Reconstructed from City Council minutes 1991–2002 (Council records exported and OCR'd from the city portal — the HPC's own minutes only survive online from Nov
- Theresa Meyer — Vice-Chairman (2025–present)Joined August 2022 ; elected Vice-Chairman July 2025 under Chairman Telford . 24 corpus meetings, 3 motions, 0 dissents so far — a consensus voice still buildin
- Vick Cox· Observed service (minutes corpus) 2012-06-27 → 2021-03-24 · Meetings attended (of 151 held 2011–2026) 79 · Motions made 20 · Motions seconded 37 · Dissenting