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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCultural Resources Board - Minutes - 04/26/1978i 0 112 CULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD MEETING Summary Minutes April 26, 1978 Present: Pauline Birky/Kreutzer Staff: Debbie Dixon Chuck Hagemeister Edwina Echevarria Ross Loomis Martha Trimble Absent: Ellen Thexton Jack Curfman Ray Dixon The meeting was called to order by Ross Loomis. The minutes of the meeting of March 15, 1978, were approved as written. It was noted that some items on the agenda would be deleted because of Ellen Thexton's absence. ANNOUNCEMENTS A. Lincoln Community Center: Frank Johnson announced that John Arnold had given his approval to the list of names of the Lincoln Community Center Guild Support Committee. The next step would be to make the list official by having members of the Cultural Resources Board attend the May 9 City Council work session to secure the Council's approval at that time. Ross Loomis asked Edwina Echevarria to verify that date and make it official by contacting the City Manager's office the next day. Mr. Johnson expressed his concern at the lack of communication between the Cultural Resources Board and the Fort Collins Symphony Board. He stated that because he was a member of both boards, that he had been asked to be the liaison between them. He agreed to this arrangement. He further stated that problems could probably be worked out through the Lincoln Community Center Guild after that committee begins to function. B. Museum Chuck Hagemeister posed 3 questions about the Museum: 1. Why is the formation of the working committee for the museum bei:,g delayed? Can that committee be formed and presented to City Council at -.he same time as the LCC Guild Support committee? Mr. Hagemeister further-xpressed his desire that the advisory committee for the museum be larger and that he, Jack Curfman and Martha Trimble meet with the museum manager to find out his feelings about the committee. 2. Is the Woodward Governor Company going to landscape the outside of the mu.,um? Jack Curfman answered that no, just the courtyard. 3. What is going to be done to the watering troughs out in front? Jack Curfman answered that the small one would be moved to the back of the museum and the large one would be sunk into the ground, this job to be accomplished rather soon. Mr. Loomis stated that the Board would plan to present the names of the working committees of the museum, Landmarks and Lincoln Community Center, plus of the 2 accession committees to City Council at the May 9th work session, at John Arnold's suggestion. Mr. Loomis then suggested that the Board have a brief meeting prior to Council's work session in order to iron -out and assemble all materials (charges & lists) for presentation. Mr. Loomis agreed to let the Board know when the brief meeting would be called. Other LCC business was brought up at this time: Martha Trimble brought up the question of whether or not the Board has a role to play now in the choice of the concessionnaire for Lincoln Community Center. Mr. Loomis stated that at this point Mrs. Thexton is requesting that if any Board member knows if and when City Council made an official request that the concession- naire be non-profit, to let her know. Continuing with Museum announcements: Jack Curfman: "They've completed all the cataloguing at the Museum and they're into the cases upstairs." Mr. Hagemeister: The schoolhouse "is being stabilized quite quickly." "The trolleycar is being worked on." The Museum is now functioning the way a museum should." Mr. Loomis suggested that the City Council be informed of just how professional the museum is now. C. Landmarks: Martha Trimble brought up her concern of just how the Board is to be in- formed when a business in the Historic Downtown District changes hands or when an owner or a new owner decides to make architectural changes in the existing building. Mr. Hagemeister stated that it is the building inspector's job to pass this information on to the Board. (The buildinc; inspector wouldn't know when a business changed hands, but he would know when a building permit was applied for.) Mr. Loomis said that the Board has authority under Ordinance 23 to prohibit outside architectural changes. He commented further that the whole issue will get increasingly sticky when guidelines criteria on this area are formed under the Colorado Design Guidelines Project. Comments regarding this project's core group: Mr. Loomis: Do we want to give the core group a more vigorous cP, :ge, to do the research on the criteria? Mrs. Birky/Kreutzer expressed her concern about not being informed about joining the core group nor about its meetings. Edwina Echevarria was asked to add Pauline Birky/Kreutzer, Chuck Hagemeister, Martha Trimble and Ray Dixon to the core .group's mailing list and to send them the current questionnaire. 1. Further discussion on this subject led to the motion by Chuck Hagemeister that the Board meet at the earliest possible date with the city's chief.building inspector, city planning officials and other pertinent officials to discuss the implementation of Ordinance 23, Landmark Preservation, 1968, revised. Jack Curfman seconded the motion. Vote: Ayes: Unanimous DISCUSSION OF NAMEPLATES FOR LINCOLN COMMUNITY Frank Johnson stated that the auto dealers had requested that individual names of auto dealers who contributed to Lincoln Community Center be inscribed Page 2 on the nameplates. That was reportedly Ellen Thexton`s wish, too. Frank Johnson made the motion that commercial names, as well as individual names, be designated on the plaques in the commemorative area of Lincoln Community Center. Martha Trimble seconded the motion. Vote: Ayes: Unanimous Mr. Johnson made the suggestion that Jack Curfman be involved in the design of the plaques. Ross Loomis informed the Board that he has had no response yet from Dr. Fahrenbruch since he sent back to the doctor the letters and checks regarding the organ acquisition. There was general concurrence by the Board that the Lincoln Community Center fund raising through seat sales be given the go-ahead as soon as the LCC Guild Support Committee is approved by City -.Council. Debbie Dixon made al nnouncement about the upcoming musical play Piano Player, giving the pe formance dates and place. The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Edwina Echevarria Secretary Page 3