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CITY OF FORT COLLINS· BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Cultural Resources Board
REGULAR MEETING
City of rtort Collins
/ � Commissions
Thursday, January 25, 2024 -5:30 PM, Columbine Room, The Lincoln Center
CALL TO ORDER: 5:33 PM
ROLL CALL
•Board Members Present-Sheri Emerick, Conner Horak-Flood, Vicki Fogel Mykles (Vice-
Chair), Audra Vaisbort
•Board Members Remote -Leslie Walker (Chair)
•Board Members Absent -Kelly Barber, Jessica MacMillan
•Staff Members Present -Solara Clark, Cheryl Donaldson Moses
•Guest(s) -
AGENDA REVIEW
•Vicki Fogel Mykles (Vice-Chair) will be facilitating the meeting while Leslie Walker (Chair)
participates remotely via Zoom.
•Katy Schneider was unable to attend the meeting. Her agenda item will be removed from
New Business.
•The Fort Fund business cards will be discussed under New Business, with Sciara Clark
providing an explanation.
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
•Ron Martin attended the meeting to observe.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
•Approval of December 2023 minutes.
•Vicki Fogel Mykles noted a misspelling on the minutes. "Doner'' should be corrected to
"donor''. Solara Clark will make this correction.
•Sheri Emerick made a motion to accept the corrected minutes. Leslie Walker seconded the
motion. The motion passed unanimously. Approved by roll call, Ayes: Sheri Emerick,
Conner Horak-Flood, Vicki Fogel Mykles, Audra Vaisbort, Leslie Walker.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
•Fort Fund Business Cards
o Solara Clark explained the Fort Fund Business Cards that were distributed prior
to the meeting.
o The idea came from Leslie Walker to have an easy way to pass along
information about Fort Fund and the Cultural Resources Board. These cards
provide a small description of the program as well as a QR code that leads to the
Fort Fund website.
o Each Board member in attendance received five cards each and can request
more from Sciara Clark.
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MINUTES
CITY OF FORT COLLINS· BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Cultural Resources Board
REGULAR MEETING
City of rtort Collins
/ � Commissions
Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 5:30 PM, Columbine Room, The Lincoln Center
•Cheryl Donaldson Moses, Executive Director of Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, City
Partner -Introduction
o Cheryl Donaldson Moses introduced herself to the Board.
•2024 Special Event Grant: January Deadline -Discussion and Funding Recommendations
o Solara Clark reviewed the 2024 Special Event Grant: January Deadline Funding
Results and explained how scoring and available funds affects the amount
funded per application.
■ The Board discussed and reviewed seven 2024 Special Event Grant:
January Deadline applications and funding recommendations.
■ The Board took special note to discuss how they can help Fort Fund
nonprofit grantees in the future through a variety of topics. Vicki Fogel
Mykles noted that discussion should continue during the next New
Business Item. The Board agreed and temporarily table discussion.
o Conner Horak-Flood made a motion to accept the funding recommendations.
Audra Vaisbort seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Approved by roll call, Ayes: Sheri Emerick, Conner Horak-Flood, Vicki Fogel
Mykles, Audra Vaisbort, Leslie Walker.
•Capacity Building Workshop Series - Brainstorm
o Vicki Fogel Mykles reviewed the history and reasoning for the Capacity Building
Workshop Series that is a part of the 2024 Cultural Resources Board Work Plan.
o Vicki Fogel Mykles explained the brainstorming document attached to the 2024
January meeting agenda.
■ Leslie Walker and Vicki Fogel Mykles met as Chair and Vice-Chair to start
a preliminary list of ideas for the capacity building workshop series.
■ Leslie Walker, Vicki Fogel Mykles, and Solara Clark met to review and
refine this list before sending it to the Board.
o The purpose of this discussion is to review and add any missing topics the Board
would like considered for the Capacity Building Workshop Series as well as
identify which topic(s) should begin the series.
■ Conner Horak-Flood expressed interest in starting with marketing and
grant-writing.
■Audra Vaisbort expressed interest in starting with marketing.
•The Board agreed that social media should be added to marketing
as a key topic.
•The Board agreed that branding should fall under marketing.
■Cheryl Donaldson Moses noted that because of her own professional
experience, she believes board development should be the first topic.
■Sheri Emerick noted that fiscal responsibility and budgeting should be the
first topic.
■It was mentioned that "Fort Fund 101" should be an added topic to the list.
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MINUTES City of rtort Collins
/ � CITY OF FORT COLLINS· BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Cultural Resources Board
REGULAR MEETING
Commissions
Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 5:30 PM, Columbine Room, The Lincoln Center
o Given the diverse range of opinions regarding the initial topic selection for the
Capacity Building Workshop Series, the Board agreed to spend time outside of
meetings to review and rank topics.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
■ Solara Clark will send a list of topics and the Board is asked to review and
send back their ranking for each topic.
■ Staff will analyze overlaps and present findings at the February meeting.
•Cheryl Donaldson Moses updated the Board on department operations:
o Cheryl Donaldson Moses updated the Board on the interview process for the
Cultural Services Director position.
o Cheryl Donaldson Moses updated the Board on the Community Center for
Creativity renovation.
o The 2024 Art to Live Grant Program has officially closed applications and is in
the process of selecting recipients through a lottery system draw.
o Cheryl Donaldson Moses passed around the annual reports for Art in Public
Places, the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, and The Gardens on Spring
Creek.
■The Board is asked to review at their leisure.
o Cheryl Donaldson Moses informed the Board of the upcoming exhibit schedule
for the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery.
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
•Audra Vaisbort attended the Fort Collins Symphony/Friends of the Symphony's Peter and
the Wolf family concert.
•Vicki Fogel Mykles attended the Friends of the Gardens on Spring Creek's Garden of
Lights event.
•Leslie Walker attended Friends of the Gardens on Spring Creek's Garden of Lights event,
an exhibit at the Global Village Museum, and a performance by the Larimer Chorale.
OTHER BUSINESS
ADJOURNMENT:
Audra Vaisbort made a motion to adjourn at 6:54 PM. Sheri Emerick seconded the motion.
The motion passed unanimously. Approved by roll call, Ayes: Sheri Emerick, Conner Horak
Flood, Vicki Fogel Mykles, Audra Vaisbort, Leslie Walker.
Respectfully submitted,
Solara Clark
Project Coordinator
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Minutes were approved by a vote of the Board at the March 28, 2024
Cultural Resources Board meeting.
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