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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCultural Resources Board - Minutes - 09/22/1982CULTURAL RESOURCES BOA* September 22, 1982-7:30 p.m. Fort Collins Museum MINUTES Present: CRB - Michael Griffith, Pauline Birky-Kreutzer, Alyce Milton, Jack Curfman, Rosalyn Spencer (CRB absent: Barbara Cain, Jim Weitz) Staff - David Siever, Brian Moroney, Ellen Thexton, Mark Breimhorst, Edwina Echevarria I The meeting was called to order by Michael Griffith, Chairman. II The minutes of the meeting of July 28 were corrected to show the correct date of the meeting: July 28, not July 20. III Staff Reports A. Lincoln Center - David Siever 1. The Intimate Gallery remodeling is finished. An additional grant of $1,000 for glass for the exhibit case on the north side of the gallery has been awarded by the Commercial Bank Corporation. 2. The Mayor's Ball was a success. Approximately $2,600 profit was made, to be used for the main exterior LC sign. 3. Cable T.V. lines are being installed at LC, in preparation for the upcoming gubernatorial debates and for future video-taping and cable T.V. programming. 4. Monthly report for August: attendance and events are down from what they were last year at this time. Possibly people and groups are looking for cheaper room rental rates. 5. The Fort Collins Arts & Humanities Council is working on providing a clearing house events calendar for groups, to facilitate and help avoid conflicts concerning scheduling of events. B. Performing and Visual Arts - Mark Breimhorst & Ellen Theron 1. Arts Series season ticket sales are below last year at this time. 2. Poster contest - open to all senior high school students in the poudre R1 school district. 3. Received: a $3,000 grant from United Bank for a cooperative concert with Slim Goodbody and the Ft. Collins Symphony Orchestra on January 14, to kick off the '82-'83 Children's Series. C. Museum - Brian Moroney 1. Distributed the July and Aug. monthly reports, which outlined, in part, the success of summer activities & Museum attendance (Fur Trader's Rendezvous, Skookum Day, Ft. Collins' 118th birthday celebration). 2. Warehouse storage has been provided by the City in the grain elevator on Mason St., which will be available for the Museum for possibly 2 years. (1) CULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD - meetin.n MINUTES FOR Sept. 22, 1982,P. 2 3. Upcoming exhibits: (a) Is negotiating with the Statue of Liberty National Park for their traveling exhibit on immigrants. (b) Steve Meyer - local photographer (c) "500 hats" exhibit for next spring. 4. Reported he was invited to serve on the CWAM (Colorado/ Wyoming Assoc. of Museums) board to fill out the term of a departing member. D. Museum Assessment Program - Brian Moroney. Mr. Moroney distributed the Museum Assessment Program evaluation to the Board, going over major points and discussing with the board briefly the topic of endowments for the Museum. The Board congratulated Mr. Moroney for the positive assessment received. Application for accreditation from the Amer. Assoc. of Museums will probably be one year from now. E. Schoolhouse report - Brian Moroney 1. Proposals have been solicited from contractors on how to go about moving the Schoolhouse and what kind of cost figures this job might require. When these proposals are in, formal bids will be solicited. 2. $400. was raised for the Schoolhouse on Aug. 20 at a luncheon held in the Museum Courtyard - sponsored by the Junior Women's Club. 3. The Boxelder Schoolhouse committee is planning to visit Greeley's Centennial Village in early October. F. Report from Ellen Thexton 1. A jointly -sponsored program by CSU and the City to honor the historic landmark Ammons Hall (on the CSU campus) will be held Oct. 29. 2. Mrs. Thexton was elected to the Western Alliance of Arts_ Administrators Board and was asked to serve on the grants guidelines review panel for the Colo. Council for the Arts & Humanities. IV Budget Process - David Siever- A new fund category, named Special Revenue Funds, has been established for 1983 for City revenue departments which do not qualify as Enterprise accounts (which require at least a 50% revenue recovery). Cultural Services and Facilities, Transfort, Parks & Rec. and some other departments are included in this fund. Mr. Siever reported that Council has asked for a fee/revenue policy from the C.S.&F. department. He has worked out a policy statement, which is outlined in his memo to John Arnold Sept. 2, 1982 (copies distributed to Board). Mr. Siever requested that the Board address a letter or memo to Council by Sept. 24, 1982, in support of both that policy statement and the C.S.&F. 1983 budget. Michael Griffith moved, Alyce Milton seconded the motion that the Board prepare and send that letter. Discussion, then vote: Ayes: Unanimous. V Initiation of Designations of Historic Properties A. Michael Griffith brought up the question of whether or not the Board should consider initiating new local historic designations. The • • CULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD - meeting MINUTES for Sept. 22, 1982, p. 3 The Board felt that, yes, it will consider this move but that some basic research needs to be done before initiation can be undertaken. Alyce Milton will investigate just what and where all the sources of information files etc. are for the Board to avail itself of in order to begin to consider specific property designations. She will report her findings to the Board at next month's meeting. Edwina Echevarria will gather all appropriate information on all locally and nationally designated properties, for the purpose of establishing a separate file on each property, for inclusion in the Historic Landmarks file housed at the Museum. B. The Board will re -submit to Council its Dec. 1979 recommendation for designation of the Maxwell house at 2340 W. Mulberry (now that the issue of the wall has been resolved) unless the owners wish to withdraw their request for designation. Ms. Echevarria will send a letter to the Fergusons informing them of the Board's intention. The meeting adjourned at 10 p.m. Next meeting - Oct. 27 (Wednesday) at Lincoln Center. Respectfully submitted, Edwina Echevarria, Secretary These minutes were approved at the Oct. 27, 1982 CRB meeting.