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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCultural Resources Board - Minutes - 01/27/1982• CULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD • Regular Meeting January 27, 1982, 7:30 p.m. Council Information Center SUMMARY MINUTES PRESENT: Cultural Resources Board: Sim Weitz, Rosalyn Spencer, BarUai Ca�ih, Colleen Cassell, Jack Curfman, Michael Griffith. CRB Absent: Pauline Birky/Kreutzer Staff: Brian Moroney Ellen Thexton, David S,iever, ?lark Breimhorst, Edwina Echevarria Guest: Jane Van Velsen, Executive Director of Fort Town I. The meeting was called to order by Jim Weitz, Chairman. II. Item numbers 6 and 7 of the agenda were switched. The October, 1981 minutes were approved as written. III. Jim Weitz introduced Tane Van Velsen, Executive Director of Fort Town. Board members introduced themselves to Ms. Van Velsen, who then described the Fort Town concept, which is a merger of the Old Town Merchants Association and the Downtown Merchants Association and is made up of 117 members. IV. Staff Reports A. Performing and Visual Arts - Mark Breimhorst gave a report on the 1982 Children's Series, the first program "Brothers and Sisters" having just been presented in January, 1982. Also, Mr. Breimhorst reported that there is an unaudited fund balance of about $2,000 in the total Performing and Visual Arts budget for 1981. That $2,000 is carried over to 1982 as a beginning revenue balance. Further, over $5,000 in interest alone was earned in 1981 in the Perf. & Visual Arts Revenue account. Sherry Arensmeier is now in charge of the Art Galleries at Lincoln Center. B. Lincoln Center - David Siever 1. $17,500 has been donated by United Bank, $5,000 from Kodak and $2,000 from the Lincoln Center League for the renovation of the Ludlow Rooms. Gary Hixon is designing that renovation. 2. The Mini -Theatre wall is now completed; the new room on the west side of the wall is called "The Columbine Room". 3. Exterior sign- The design does not meet the City's sign code, so it is back with the designer to be revised to conform to the sign code. 4. The fabric for the Intimate Gallery wall has been delivered and is awaiting installation, pending the possible changing of the entrance door to the gallery (in east wall of gallery, facing lobby and concession area). 5. The Scheduling office has been remodeled. 6. Year End Report - Overall attendance is up 14% over 1980; the number of events is up 17%. Revenues were up 27%. 1982 projections: Revenue-$161,000; Expenses-$420,000. 7. Scheduling negotiations for 1981-82 for user groups for the Performanc,: Hall and for the Mini -Theatre are going pretty smoothly. 8. A senior sculpture student at CSU wants to donate a sculpture to the City. Is the CRB interested? Yes, said the Board, but they would like to see the sculpture before accepting it. Cultural Resources Ad meeting minutes of Jan. 27, 02, Page 2 C. Fort Collins Museum and Historic Landmarks - Brian Moroney 1. Exhibits: Current - Victorian Parlor, until Feb. 8 Next - Frederic Remington's prints from Harper's weekly (Feb. 13 through Sat. Mar. 19) Future - Historic motorcycles Leaded glass Poudre Canyon photos 2. Climate control - A humidifier has been installed. 3. The old fire truck that was once actually used in Fort)Cbllins has been purchased for the Museum and is being stored at the City's Wood St, facility until it can be renovated and running (hopefully). 4. 1982 goals for i,useum: (a) Increase Museum's visibility within the community, (b) Obtain and occupy additional storage space. (c) Initiate the Amer. Assoc. of Museum's accreditation process. (d) Outreach program (i.e., train docents to give slide shows, traveling exhibit displays --see black pot now in City Hall, film series for cold months, increase outreach to the schools) (e) Undertake fundraising project (and actual work) on the Frank Miller stagecoach. 5. Historic Landmarks - There is now duplication of effort in this area (between Planning, Bldg. Inspection and the museum), which needs to be worked out. There will be a small mini-workshop/seminar on tax incentives in the area of historic preservation in February or March. 6. The City is inquiring into a lease -purchase of the carriage house next to Avery House. Discussion then centered on bringing more attention to the front entrance of the Museum and making the Museum more known in general to the community. Suggestions: (1) bigger sign (2) Sign on College Avenue directing traffic to Museum (& to Library) (3) banners in front of Museum (4) orientation of new employees by community industries could include the Museum (& Library and Lincoln Center), Mr. Moroney reported on a new development at the Museum: Trading, either temporarily or permanently, items among area museums (items not needed by one Museua, but usable by another). Trading on a permanent basis would have to go through an accessioning committee. Michael Griffith agreed to serve temporarily as a member of the Museum's accessioning committee, in view of Merle Payne's illness. Discussion on the disposition of the Miller Memorial at College & La Porte Aver.ues gave rise to the following suggestion: Move it to a City park. Jim Weitz will conLact H. R. Phillips regarding this possibility. V Report on "Legacy in Logs" (Boxelder Schoolhouse) project Mr. Moroney announced that Eleanor Gale, fundraising projector director, resigned on Jan. 6 from that position. After discussing the problems surrounding t:., project, the Board stated that it has no authority to formally make advisement or recommendations regarding this issue until and if the City administration gets invo.:. ed. The Board asked Mr. Siever and Mr. Moroney to contact the City administration, in o-.er to assess its involvement,and to report back to the CRB at its Feb. meeting (pendin; the return of the Schoolhouse committee's chairman (Pauline Birky-Kreutzer). Cultural Resources Board meeting minutes of Jan. 27, 1982, Page 3 Item V , Ratification of Lincoln Center League's By -Laws, was tabled until the February meeting. The meeting adjourned at 10:35 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Edwina Echevarria Secretary NOTE: These minutes are subject to approval by the CRB at its February meeting.