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House, and the Preservation Master Plan. In addition the Fund finances some City <br />administrative staffing, including nine out of the Museum Coordinator's forty weekly <br />hours that are spent on preservation -related research and reports as well as a <br />percentage for the planning staff working on historic preservation activities. Attached <br />are the resolution, ordinance and other documents regarding the Historic Preservation <br />Fund, its administration, requirements and procedures for incentives, landmarks, etc. for <br />reference. <br />The current tax will expire in January of 2019, which would require a tax question on the <br />ballot in November of 2018 at the latest should an extension be desired by the <br />community. There was previous discussion of possibly seeking an extension of the tax <br />in 2016 prior to its expiration for continuation in 2019 and beyond, either another 10 <br />years or a different time frame. There was also discussion of seeking the extension <br />along with additional language that would allow for the sales tax to be used for Museum <br />operations, which the current ballot language does not allow, and set a certain cap. In <br />July the City Council decided not to place the extension on the ballot in 2016. However <br />there has been discussion regarding the steps necessary to pursue the tax extension in <br />2017 or 2018 and including some allocation for Museum operations. The link to the <br />Citizen Survey which asked questions regarding extension of the tax (pg. 39 of the pdf <br />or pg. 36 of the document) is below: <br />http://www.louisvilleco.gov/home/showdocument?id=9175, or is also attached as a pdf. <br />In light of those conversations, some questions the two Commissions may like to <br />discuss include: <br />1) What year does the HPC think a tax extension should be pursued? <br />2) What does a public process look like to consider such extension? Something <br />similar to the Rec/Senior Center and Aquatics Task Force? How could the HPC <br />and Historical Commission best collaborate in this effort? <br />3) Could/should the Museum operations be a part of the tax extension? <br />4) Consideration of possible next steps: <br />A) Understanding of tax extension timing and possible inclusion for <br />Museum operations <br />B) Task Force implementation <br />C) Education program <br />RECOMMENDATION: DISCUSSION <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Museum Master Plan Documents <br />2. HPF Documents <br />3. Citizen Survey Results <br />CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION <br />