City Council Study Session Summary 2011 06 14

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City Council Study Session Summary June 14, 2011 Page 3of 5 For 2011, 85% of thememberships to the historical museum have been paid. Research has been made easier by the Boulder County Assessor cards courtesy of the Carnegie Museum in Boulder. 4 publications of the Louisville Historian. Participated in City events such as the Labor Day Parade, Parade of Lights and Taste of Louisville Open House. Library Exhibits. Pioneer Award presented to Lawrence Enriettowho made many contributions to the City of Louisville. Fire Detection System installed at the museum. Present Programs and Projects Oral history project –47 interviews conducted with video camera and one narrator. Historical Walking Tours –incredibly well received; averaged 30 participants. Moving towards doing again next year. Brown Bag Presentations on topics such as WWII, Colorado’s historic theaters, and energy upgrades to historic buildings. Future Programs –Museum celebrating 25 years –Where will the next 25 years take us?Future Goals: Opening museum more hours/more hours for staff. With more staff hours, cataloging artifacts, expand online collections. Add historical looking building onto the vacant lot adjacent to the museum thatcould be used for storage, ADA accessible restrooms, meeting room. Due to Jacoe Store basement flooding, itemswere moved to the Jordinelli House for storage.Plan is to fix the flooding issue at the Jacoe Store, move items out of the Jordinelli House and open the Jordinelli House to the public. Hold the Parade of Homes once again during the holidays. More fundraising. Mayor Sisk commented how wonderful the museum is and felt the use of the Jordinelli House for storage at this time was horrible and the water issues need to be addressed at the Jacoe Store. In terms of the budget and providing more for the museum, the Mayor said it is premature to begin using the money from the Use Taxuntil the City knows how much revenue has been collectedand that won’t happen until the end of the year. It’s a heavy task for staff to make recommendations on where money gets allocated and where it gets taken away. Council member Dalton wanted to know if the museum hours were increased how wouldthe expanded hours be used and what more do we get out of it? Mayor Pro Tem Marsella would like to see the Museum opened every Saturday.