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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCultural Resources Board - Minutes - 05/28/1986CITY OF FORT COLLINS CULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD CULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD Wednesday, May 28, 1986 4:45 pm Fort Collins Museum Present: Jim Weitz, Michael Griffith, Christine Jones, Alyce Milton Staff: Mark Breimhorst, Sherry Albertson -Clark, Edwina Echevarria, Brian Moroney I Call to order. :- 4:50 pm II Consideration of Agenda - added, "Report from Nomination Committee" III Consideration of Minutes - Correction - under Other Business, second entry - should read "A committee consisting of Jim Weitz and Anne Steely will meet to nominate possible candidates for 1986-87 Officers." IV Staff Reports - Lincoln Center - Mark Breimhorst -Pat Dice from the CHAC group would like ideas for a mural she has in mind. Board would like more information and Mr. Breimhorst will contact Ms. Dice and invite her to a future meeting to give a presentation. -The front facade of Lincoln Center has been repaired. -Fred Temkin, the scheduling coordinator at the Center for the past seven years, will be leaving to move to California. Mr. Breimhorst invited the Board to join in a going away party on May 30th. -Budget process - the system has been changed this year. The city is going to a program/performance type budget which entailed a lot of changes is the method of presenting the budget. The city is looking at holding the line in 1987 due to a decreased reserve and federal funding cuts. Each department has also been asked to identify 10% in possible cuts. Mr. Weitz and Mrs. Milton questioned the impact on the department. Response was that it would be difficult to do any major repairs. Board offered to write any necessary memos to Council if needed. Staff will advise as process continues through the summer. -The first Art In Public Places sculpture is in place and the dedication will be soon. -Exhibit in the Intimate Gallery and Lobby gallery for June will be Chuck Parson and in the Walkway is Ann Stretton. These exhibits will be up through July. Museum - Brian Moroney- -The exhibit presently on display is the Robert Adam's photographs of the Eastern plains. -Boxelder Schoolhouse Project - progressing at a slow pace but extremely well done. -Handicapped Accessibility Project- project has started. Since fixing the walk from back to front of the Museum was not included, Mr. Moroney is planning on having the work done and take costs from the contingency fund. The flag poles in front will also be placed in concrete. -Summer Events - June 14th will be the Rendezvous and will be held in the front of the building to attract more attention. July 19th will be Skookum Days and on August 20, Founding Day will be celebrated. Ms. Dix will be working on the publicity for these events. -The Acquisition Committee will be reviewing slides of the Hosack exhibit on June 4 and will decide if it will became part of the permanent collection. -Mr. Moroney has nominated Fort Collins for the site of the 1989 CWAM convention. He is hoping we are selected to host that event. Historic Preservation - Sherry Albertson -Clark -The Landmarks Preservation Board has received the guidelines on historic building rehibilitation from the Secretary of the Interior. These guidelines will be adopted for local use. -This year is the first time that Historic Preservation has been highlighted in the budget as a separate program. -Mrs. Albertson -Clark gave an update on the 236 Linden project. They are working with the developer on the remodeling. -Mrs. Albertson -Clark gave a report on the preservation week activities. The May 12 mixer at the Museum was very successful with 70-80 people attending. Presentation were given to the Fort Collins Board of Realtors, The Blue Sky Breakfast group, the DDA Board and the Fort Town Merchant Association. The plans for the adaptive reuse of a historic building, the Power Plant Visual Arts Center, were also presented a the Blue Sky Breakfast group. The May 17th "how-to" exhibits at the Old Town Square were also very successful. Ideas for next year's activities are already forming and the program will be expanded in 1987. Mr. Weitz suggested that a tour of restored hones would be interesting and possibly sane "hands on" experience. Mrs. Milton thanked the Historic Preservation office for all their work in making this week long celebration such a success. -The Old Post Office cornerstone was discussed. The owner wanted to dig up the time capsule but there was a stop work order issued which prevented the distruction of the cornerstone. The offer of the owner to donate the building was also discussed. -Mrs. Albertson -Clark announced that the next meeting of CO Presevation, Inc. would be in Boulder next week with the key speaker being Vickie Sandstead, who worked for the City at one time. -Mrs. Albertson -Clark presented the Board with plans for a proposed construction on the same site as the Oak Park Project of last year. This one is a considerably larger project and suggested that the Board might like to make comments to the Planning Department. A letter will be written in rough draft form and presented to the Board as soon as possible. Mrs. Milton and Mrs. Green to meet and draft the letter. Concerns of the Board included the impact on the MCHigh house, which is locally and nationally designated. The deveolopers have not asked for a • DDA funds as yet. The letter will need to be sent before the end of the month unless the developers ask for a delay. V Report on Name Change - Edwina Echevarria City Council has approved the name change from Riverside Park to Old Fort Collins Heritage Park. Parks & Recreation will take down old sign and replace with a new one. other street signs would have to come from Streets & Traffic. The Board discussed other ideas for siqnage of the old fort site. One concern is the proposed plan for changes in the bike path and the surrounding area. Mrs. Albertson -Clark suggested putting together a proposal so that funding could be identified. A work session on June llth at the Museum was suggested to work on this proposal. Mrs. Green will send out meeting notice. Mr. Moroney will gather material and ask Wayne Sundberg to be present. VI Annual Report - The Board considered the annual report prepared for Council. No additions/changes were made. Mrs. Green will send to City Clerk's Office. VII Other Business/Announcements -Nominating Committee - hold until next meeting -Vacancy Update - Mr. Curfman's application will not be considered for a third term. Mrs. Milton has been interviewed. Recommend- ations will be made to Council and approved. July's meeting will be first with new members. -Barbara Liebler will be new Council member. -Rate schedule meeting - cancelled in May, will be rescheduled for sometime in June. The meeting was adjourned at 6:20 pm. Respectfully s bmitted, Linda Green Secretary