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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCultural Resources Board - Minutes - 05/22/1985CITY OF OORT COLLINS 49 CULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD May 22, 1985 - 4:45 p.m. Museum MINUTES Board Present: Alyce Milton, Jim Weitz, Anne Steely, Pauline Birky-Kreutzer, Barbara Cain, Michael Griffith Board Absent: Jack Curfman Staff Present: Brian Moroney, Kathy Allin, David Siever, Mark Breimhorst, Sherry Albertson -Clark, Karin Eberhart, Edwina Echevarria Guests Present: Ed Stoner (City Council liaison to Board), Dick Beardmore, Paul Meacham, Anya Meacham, Linda Seals, Karen Jardine, Lydia Gutierrez I The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Milton, Chairperson. II McHugh House - Mrs. Milton welcomed guests Paul and Anya Meacham, Linda Seals, Karen Jardine, and Lydia Gutierrez, who were at the meeting to address their concerns surrounding the local historic designation of the property. The Meachams want to buy the property and CLS Company wants to sell the property, and both parties were concerned about some of the restrictions that might be placed upon the property owners by the ordinance. Ms. Seals, representing the current owners, asked the Board for a clarification of Chapter 69, the Landmark Preservation Ordinance, and for statements by the Board concerning the spirit in which that ordinance is enforced. Information was then exchanqed at length by all parties present, whereupon the Meachams, Ms. Seals, Ms. Jardine, and Ms. Gutierrez thanked the Board for its input. III The agenda for tonight was approved. IV Consideration of approval of minutes of April 24, 1985: Item V Canyon West Room Update was amended to read: City Council considered the proposed Canyon West Room project at its recent work session. The project is expected to cost $150,000, with the City being asked to fund $100,000 and $50,000 coming from private sources. Lincoln Center Birthday Ball proceeds will go toward the project, and corporations are being approached for funds. (The minutes were then approved as amended.) V Staff Reports A. Museum, Mr. Moroney reporting: 1. The application deadline for the Curator of Interpretation position was May 10. Mr. Moroney will now begin the selection process. 2. The Museum is in the midst of the heavy tour season and the Docents are doing an excellent job of handling those tours. The Museum will have an appreciation luncheon for the% and for the other volunteers at the Museum early in June. 3. f Burgess has been hired to work Sundays at the Museum. Cultural Resources Board MINUTES, May 22, 1985, Pg. • 4. The Colorado -Wyoming Association of Museums Annual Meeting in Estes Park was highly successful, with 160 in attendance. Mr. Moroney was elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors for C.W.A.M. for a second year, which provides some recognition for our Museum, the Board, and the City. 5. Chinking will be the next construction step on the Schoolhouse project. B. Lincoln Center Mr. Siever reporting: 1. Jon Whatley has been hired as the new Technical Director for Lincoln Center. 2. Ted Davis is the new Chairman of the Lincoln Center Board of Directors & Donna Beard is the new Vice -Chairman. New Board members are Lynn Lutkin, Poudre R1 Visual Arts Coordinator, and Lynn Baker, president of the Symphony Guild. 3. City Council gave approval for the Canyon West Room project at its most recent meeting. Target date for completion of the project is September 25. 4. The Mini -Theatre project has been completed. 5. Last night, the Volunteer Recognition party was held at Lincoln Center. Over 4,500 hours were donated to the Center in the past year by Docents and other volunteers. Mr. Breimhorst reporting: 6. About 200 more series tickets are available for the 1985-86 Showstopper Series. 7. The 1985-86 Lincoln Center Dance Series schedule has been finalized. 30% of the house will be sold as a series, the remainder as door sales. 8. Pledges for FANS are up to about $2,000. 9. In response to Mr. Weitz' question, Mr. Siever stated the prospect of adding 600 additional seats to the performance hall is just at the talking stage right now. C. Historic Preservation, Ms. Echevarria reporting: 1. Ms. Echevarria distributed copies of the new historic preservation brochure published by the Historic Preservation Office. 2. Ms. Echevarria explained to the Board that the Hist. Preservation Office is applying for a matching grant of $1,500 from the Preservation Services Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation for a video production on Historic Preservation. The video will focus on preservation in Ft. Collins and will be used for educational purposes - in-house, in our community and in other communities. Ms. Echevarria requested a letter of support from the Board for that application. Mrs. Birky-Kreutzer moved and Mrs. Steely seconded the motion that the Board write such a letter. Vote: Ayes: Unanimous. 3. Ms. Echevarria reported that she and Mrs. Albertson -Clark are very much pleased with Preservation Week activities, held here May 12-18. She thanked all the people present who helped with those activities. Mrs. Steely and other Board members complimented and thanked Mrs. Albertson -Clark and Ms. Echevarria for their work in putting the event together. 4. Mrs. Milton reported that the Colorado Preservation Incorporated organization will hold its first annual meeting in Central City on June 6 and 7. Several representatives from Fort Collins are expected to attend. Cultural Resources BoOd MINUTES, May 22, 1985, Page 3 VI Appointment of Nominating Committee for new officers - Mrs. Steely, Mrs. Birky-Kreutzer, and Mrs. Cain will comprise the nominating committee. Elections will be at next month's meeting. VII Other Business A. A Goals and Objectives & By-laws work session was scheduled for Wednesday, June 19, 12:30-2 at Lincoln Center. B. Certified Local Government and Incentives & Non-Consentual Designation Committees revival: Mr. Griffith agreed to assume chairmanship of the joint LPC/CRB CLG committee in light of the fact that the current chairman, Mrs. Birky-Kreutzer, will be leaving the board at the end of June. Mrs. Milton volunteered to chair the Incentives/Non-Consentual Designation committee. C. Old Post Office - Mrs. Milton asked the Board to decide what action it wants to take concerning the local designation of the property. Mr. Griffith moved and Mr. Weitz seconded the motion that the Board hold a hearing, pursuant to the Landmark Preservation Ordinance, to consider non-consentual designation for the Old Post Office, 201 South College Avenue. Roll call vote: Ayes: Mrs. Steely, Mr. Weitz, Mrs. Milton, Mrs. Birky-Kreutzer, Mrs. Cain, Mr. Griffith. Absent from meeting: Mr. Curfman Mr. Griffith suggested that the Board peruse and discuss the contents of the Post Office file and that Ms. Echevarria request a letter from the General Services Administration stating that no protective covenant had been written in the G.S.A.'s deed of sale of the Post Office in 1975. VIII Tour of Museum's Collection Storage Room - Those present adjourned to the Collections storage room, where Curator of Collections Karin Eberhart and Museum Director Brian Moroney took the group on a tour, pointing out the new storage shelves and the newly -organized system of collections storage. Respectfully submitted, Edwina Echevarria Secretary for Cultural Resources Board