Cultural Council New Arts Center Steering Committee Minutes 2007 07 16

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from unreliable sources, leaving the family with a concern that the structure is a liability.) 6. Karen suggested that it would be nice to have heritage/historical aspect to a new arts cl3nter, maybe displaying photos of the farm in the early days. She noted that we'd like to honor the integrity of the site, which Michael indicated was actually worked by his father, grandfather and uncle rather than l1is mother and aunt. 7. Michael plans to talk to his mother and aunt about the idea and then get back to Karen. The family may be open to negotiation on price because of the charitable aspect of the proposal. They can get a charitable deduction. 8. Michael has invited Karen and others on the committee to come on the site for a visit and discussion. D. Melanie, who is very committed to the historical preservation of the grain elevator (it's on the National Register), provided a brief history of events surrounding the grain elevator, including dealings with the Boulder Historical Society and the Louisville Historical Commission. The family's most recent communication with those interested in the historical preservation of the grain elevator was with Melanie. 1. Within the past year, Melanie obtained a meeting with Barb Stahr, and Barb was very positive about the preservation of the grain elevator. Unfortunately, Barb became ill and Melanie hasn't been able to speak to her since. 2. Melanie wanted to send Barb a completed application to the state for a grant to assess the structure, but she was unable to find the correct forms. 3. Melanie doesn't believe that the grain elevator is really unsound. It has some SMALL federal protection, but someone who wanted to tear it down could get around the protection (especially FasTrax). Melanie thinks it would be highly eligible for Historical Preservation money. Historic Boulder has it on its Most Endangered list. (It can be incorporated into another structure.) 4. Don would want to make it primary to save as much of the structure as possible and work around it to create the proposed new Arts Center. 5. Melanie asserted that the first need is a structural assessment. The grain elevator is Cl huge potential asset. She explained that there are developers, such as John Hickenlooper and John Powers, who have put together such financial packages, combining arts and historical preservation funds, for example, potentially providing the required funding for a new Arts Center. X. "Activating" committees--In order to move forward, Don proposed a committee composed of Karen, Melanie, and himself to write a proposal for the