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REGULAR MEETING
Thursday, June 24, 2021 – 5:30 PM Remote Meeting via Zoom due to COVID-19
6/24/21– MINUTES Page 1
CALL TO ORDER: 5:30 PM
ROLL CALL
Board Members Present – Will Flowers (Chair), Zackery Klassen, Jean McGinnis,
Aquiles Quiroga
Board Members Absent - Vicki Fogel Mykles (Vice Chair), Jennifer Zidon
Staff Members Present - Jim McDonald, Jack Rogers, Liz Irvine, Solara Martin (Intern)
Guests
AGENDA REVIEW
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Consideration and approval of the minutes from April 22, 2021. Jean McGinnis made a
motion to accept the minutes. Zackery Klassen seconded the motion. The motion passed
unanimously. Approved by roll call, Ayes: Will Flowers (Chair), Zackery Klassen, Jean
McGinnis, Aquiles Quiroga.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
Visit Fort Collins – Email update from Katy Schneider, Director of Marketing, read by Jim
McDonald:
o Lodging tax was down 40% year to date.
o Tourism Improvement District – If the minimum number of hotel petitions are
received within the approved timeline, then the fee would be assessed starting in
August 2021.
o Leisure travel is outpacing business travel. Visit Fort Collins is doubling their efforts
to capture that business.
Cultural Resources Board Future Meetings Discussion
o The Board discussed whether future meetings should be held in-person, virtually or
as a hybrid. The Board decided that this agenda item should be added to the July
2021 agenda for further discussion.
Fort Fund Guideline Discussion
o Jim McDonald discussed the need to delay revising the Fort Fund Guidelines
until 2022 due to the continued limited ability to engage with the community in
person and the limited time to get recommendations approved. Jim noted that
revising the guidelines is an action item in the Arts and Culture Master Plan. The
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Cultural Resources Board
REGULAR MEETING
Thursday, June 24, 2021 – 5:30 PM Remote Meeting via Zoom due to COVID-19
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Board agreed with this direction.
o Zackery Klassen raised the question of revising questions on the Fort Fund
Grant application to gain more details about programs and events. Staff will
work with Zackery and the Board to refine the questions.
Jack Rogers, Director, The Lincoln Center
o Jack Rogers gave an overview of the 2020 - 2021 season and activity at The Lincoln
Center and how the pandemic had both positive and negative effects. He also
presented an overview of the new 2021-2022 season.
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
Jim McDonald shared that both the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery and the Gardens
on Spring Creek have seen a growing increase in attendance. Art in Public Places is busy
with Pianos About Town, painting of transformer cabinets and other projects.
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
OTHER BUSINESS
ADJOURNMENT:
Zackery Klassen made a motion to adjourn at 6:50 PM. Jean McGinnis seconded the
motion. The motion passed unanimously. Approved by roll call, Ayes: Will Flowers (Chair),
Zackery Klassen, Jean McGinnis, Aquiles Quiroga.
Respectfully submitted,
Liz Irvine
Business Support lll
Minutes approved by a vote of the Board on _______________________ __________________
Date Will Flowers, Chair
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