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Historical Commission Minutes Nov. 2, 2016 Page 2 4. Mary Colacci Guyer — pizzelle iron of Mary Colacci's and photos and documents relating to Colacci's Restaurant, the Blue Parrot, the Colacci family, and Louisville 5. David Ferguson — 1889 marriage certificate of his grandparents 6. Leo Deborski — items relating to Louisville, including warranty deeds, other documents, 1948 football program, and 1955-56 telephone directory B. Advice sought on donations of other artifacts being offered: No advice sought. C. Additional updates: Bridget reported that there is a program in Colorado whereby the public votes to selects Colorado's most significant artifacts, the Museum staff nominated the Rex Theater curtain, and the curtain was chosen as one of the 15 finalists to be voted on. The Singing Cook is selling coffee mugs with images of the Historical Museum on them and the store is donating 15% of the proceeds of sales to the Louisville History Foundation. The upcoming First Friday Art Walk topic at the Museum will be about saloons, beer, and prohibition. For the upcoming Parade of Lights, the Museum will be doing a program about past Christmases in Louisville and will bring back the tradition of giving out treat bags. Bridget and Paula reported that they attended the City's legal review committee meeting on the discussion of the desire for the City's boards and commissions to separate their 501C3s to a foundation not connected to the City, which is a process that the Commission and Foundation already went through. D. Museum Open House during Parade of Lights - Commission signups to chat with visitors at the Museum 4-6 PM and 6-8 PM on Friday, Dec. 2nd: Paula, Gordon, and Betty volunteered to help visitors at the Museum during the Parade of Lights. VII. Updates on recent developments relating to Museum campus plans and funding: A. City Council Study Session regarding the Museum Master Plan (Sept. 13, 2016): The Commission's study session with City Council on the subject of the Museum Master Plan went well. The Plan received positive feedback and no revisions were requested. Bridget stated that the Master Plan is being reformatted for when it is submitted to City Council for final approval. B. Joint meeting with the Historic Preservation Commission (Sept. 28, 2016): The joint meeting with the HPC was reviewed. C. Completion of an ALTA survey on the Museum campus: The survey of the property on which the Museum buildings are located was completed and presented to the Commission. D. Status report on Historic Structure Assessments to be completed on the Museum buildings: