Historical Commission Agenda and Packet 2016 09 07

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Historical Commission Minutes July 6, 2016 Page 2 VII. Museum Master Plan: A. Discussion/Direction/Action — Approval of revised Visitor Policy: Bridget reported, after consulting with the city attorney, that the City cannot prohibit openly displaying a weapon in the Museum, but the Visitor Policy can request that visitors refrain from that action. The revised Visitor Policy was approved. B. Discussion/Direction/Action — Commission review, discussion, and adoption of Museum Master Plan: The Commission has approved of parts of the Museum Master Plan from past meetings (including the business plan, needs assessment, collections management policy, visitor policy, and volunteer policy). The Master Plan was brought to the Commission for review and discussed as a whole for approval. The Commission discussed the Business Plan and noted that it presented the possibility of different tools and opportunities to be further considered. The Commission liked the five goals and strategies of the Master Plan that set the purpose of the Museum moving forward. There were suggestions to add more information to the executive summary and to add additional language regarding historic preservation. The Commission approved the Master Plan with these edits and decided to review the changes at a special meeting on August 3rd just prior to a joint meeting with the Historic Preservation Commission. VIII. Discussion & updates regarding other developments relevant to the Museum: A. Review of June 7th City Council budget retreat meeting: The budget retreat mostly concerned Capital Improvement Projects (CIP). At this time, the proposed CIP budget for 2017-2018 includes $49,000 to fund such things as a schematic design of a new Museum building and polling of the public on related issues. B. Budget requests affecting the Museum: As stated before, the proposed CIP budget for the City for 2017-2018 includes $49,000 at this time. Having a preliminary design will hopefully allow for the History Foundation to build a capital campaign. The Commission discussed options with respect to capital funding coming from a combination of Foundation fundraising, City funds, and grants. C. Citizen survey results: City of Louisville Louisville Historical Museum 749 Main Street Louisville CO 80027 303-665-9048 (phone) 303-335-4550 (fax) www.louisville-library.org