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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCultural Resources Board - Minutes - 10/22/2020 Cultural Resources Board REGULAR MEETING Thursday, October 22, 2020 – 5:30 PM Remote Meeting via Zoom due to COVID-19 10/22 /20 – MINUTES Page 1 1. CALL TO ORDER: 5:30 PM 2. ROLL CALL  Board Members Present – Will Flowers (Chair), Zackery Klassen, Aquiles Quiroga, Jesse Solomon, Jennifer Zidon  Board Members Absent – Tedi Cox, Vicki Fogel Mykles (Vice Chair)  Staff Members Present - Jim McDonald, Liz Irvine  Guests: Katy Schneider, Director of Marketing, Visit Fort Collins 3. AGENDA REVIEW 4. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION  Chris Schmidt 5. APPROV AL OF MINUTES  Consideration and approval of the Minutes from September 24, 2020. Zackery Klassen made a motion to accept the Minutes. Aquiles Quiroga seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Approved by roll call, Ayes: Will Flowers, Zackery Klassen, Aquiles Quiroga, Jesse Solomon, Jennifer Zidon. 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS  None 7. NEW BUSINESS  Katy Schneider, Director of Marketing, Visit Fort Collins shared: o Working with Colorado Creative Industries to help with their Mural Trail Project. Numerous murals from Fort Collins have been submitted. o Working with Colorado Creative District on the promotion of the Nichos Art Exchange Project. The exhibit for Day of the Dead, is located at Library Park. o Fort Collins Marketplace is set to launch on 11/27/20. It is an e-commerce site for businesses and artists to sell their services.  Fort Fund Guidelines – Update o Jim McDonald read the proposed changes for 2021 to the Board. The proposed changes are related to Covid-19 impact and moving the Fort Fund Project Support ll application deadline from January to February 2021. The Fort Fund revised guidelines need to be submitted to the City Manager for final approval. Jennifer Zidon made a motion to approve the revised Fort Fund Guidelines. Aquiles Quiroga seconded the approval. Approved by roll call, Ayes: Will Flowers, Zackery Klassen, Aquiles Quiroga, Jesse Solomon, Jennifer Zidon. o There will be a question added to the Fort Fund grant pre-application asking if the DocuSign Envelope ID: ECB18B4D-3ADC-4D19-B72B-A755C79BF53A Cultural Resources Board REGULAR MEETING Thursday, October 22, 2020 – 5:30 PM Remote Meeting via Zoom due to COVID-19 10/22 /20 – MINUTES Page 2 applicants have read the updated Fort Fund guidelines. There will be an additional question related to Covid-19 restrictions in the regular application. o There was a discussion on reviewing the applications related to COVID-19 and how to score or approve the applications. Staff will bring back a recommendation to the Board. 8. DIRECTOR’S REPORT  Jim McDonald updated the Board on current events at each of the Department’s cultural facilities. o Fort Collins Museum of Discovery-Is currently exhibiting “Mental Health: Mind Matters.” This is open until January 10, 2021. o The Gardens on Spring Creek will have their “Pumpkin Parade” event which is sold out. They have also held a series of “date night” events, plus the Fort Collins Symphony and Trace Bundy concerts. o The Lincoln Center is currently exhibiting “The Right to Herself” in the gallery. The exhibit was curated by the Center for Fine Art Photography. Debut Theatre is performing “Vintage Hitchcock: A Radio Play” the weekend of October 23rd and 24th. This will have limited in person attendance and be streamed. The Fort Collins Symphony had three live performances in early October plus it was filmed for streaming. In December there will be several cultural groups renting the Lincoln Center for limited in person performances and also being recorded for streaming. o Will Flowers requested that each manager of a cultural facility attend a board meeting to give an update. 9. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS:  Aquiles Quiroga attended the Trees, Water, People mural dedication. The artwork was created by Armando Silva. He noted that his band was hired by Canyon Concert Ballet for their 4th Annual Ballet & Beer: Latin Nights program at The Lyric.  Zackery Klassen attended the Canyon Concert Ballet 4th Annual Ballet & Beer: Latin Nights performance at The Lyric. He also attended High Performance Dance Theatre’s Fall Showcase performance.  Jennifer Zidon attended both the ACT Human Rights Festival and the Fort Collins Book Fest virtually.  Jesse Solomon attended both the Poudre RiverFest and Sustainable Living’s Sustainable Solutions virtually.  Vicki Fogel Mykles previously had submitted a report on The Museum of Art Fort Collins. 10. OTHER BUSINESS: 11. ADJOURNMENT:  Jesse Solomon made a motion to adjourn at 6:47 PM. Zackery Klassen seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Approved by roll call, Ayes: Will Flowers, Aquiles Quiroga, Zackery Klassen, Jesse Solomon, Jennifer Zidon. DocuSign Envelope ID: ECB18B4D-3ADC-4D19-B72B-A755C79BF53A Cultural Resources Board REGULAR MEETING Thursday, October 22, 2020 – 5:30 PM Remote Meeting via Zoom due to COVID-19 10/22 /20 – MINUTES Page 3 Respectfully submitted, Liz Irvine Business Support III Minutes approved by a vote of the Board on ______________ _______________________ Will Flowers, Chair DocuSign Envelope ID: ECB18B4D-3ADC-4D19-B72B-A755C79BF53A 11/23/2020 | 11:54 AM PST