Minutes - 2007 - Historic Preservation Commission - 03/08/2007 - Regular
THE EAGLE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF: March 8, 2007
The meeting was called to order at 5:58 p.m. by Secretary Kay Madary in Chairman Jason
Pierce's absence.
Roll Call: Commission members attending were: Betty Fisher, Weldon Fisher and Kay
Madary. Also attending were Arthur and Dee Hart, Geneva Trent and Ron Baker.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Approval of Minutes: Betty made a motion to accept the minutes of February 8,2007 and
the minutes for the special meeting of February 28,2007. Weldon seconded the motion, and
the motion passed unanimously.
Approval of Expenditures: The Curator requested that two expenditures be approved by the
Commission. The first was for office supplies purchased by the Curator from Staples for
$45.15 and the second was for software support renewal for the PastPerfect software program
at $299.20. Betty made a motion to approve the expenditures, Weldon seconded and the
motion was passed unanimously.
Curator's Report: The Curator briefly discussed each of the items in her report, most
notably her concern over museum open hours and appropriate staffing, both professional and
volunteer, to cover those hours. Since her first day of work, on March I, she had been
monitoring the flow of visitors on a daily basis and noted that foot traffic was quite
inconsistent, though she suspected that one of the main reasons for this might be the winter
season and the generally dismal weather. Suspecting also that visitation might pick up
considerably in spring and even more so in summer, she suggested that the Commission
might consider two different sets of "hours," one to accommodate the sluggish attendance of
the fall and winter months, and another to accommodate the busier seasons of spring and
summer. Betty moved and Weldon seconded a motion that a final decision re a possible
change in hours should be shelved until the next Commission meeting when the
Commissioners would have had time to consider several possibilities. The motion passed was
passed unanimously.
Update - Car Show: The Curator shared portions of an e-mail that she had received from
Sharon Bergmann re the proper assignments for the Museum and the Commissioners re the
Eagle Auto Fest Show approved at the special February 28,2007 special Commission
meeting. At the same time, she distributed a form that she had devised, Eagle Auto Fest
Responsibilities and Duties, for the Commissioners to take home and use as an individual
sign-up sheet in the hopes that necessaty tasks might be equitably spread between them.
There was also discussion about the possible need for a publicity flyer to be designed and
distributed re the show, had that not already been done by the Vintage Gems car club. The
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Curator will contact Sharon, who e-mailed the car club re the need for a flyer, and take the
appropriate action based upon what she finds out.
Arthur Hart's Book: Arthur Hart made a brief presentation re the status of his book, Life in
Eagle, noting that the manuscript was approximately 98% complete. He read the forward to
the Commission to give them the sense of how he had approached the topic, indicated that he
had asked Geneva Trent to write the introduction and spent a brief amount of time discussing
the topics covered by the chapter headings. He also added that he was adding an "In Their
Own Words" biographical section that relied heavily on oral histories conducted with
prominent Eagle residents including, but not limited to: Jerry Deckard, Judy Mendiola, Steve
Guerber, Morgan Masner, Nancy Merrill, Sherry Sharp, Wayne and Jane Crosby and others.
He indicated that he is also working on a section on ethnic history with Paul Quong, that he is
preparing a bibliography and that Eagle Public Library Director Ron Baker will be doing the
indexing. He envisions that the book will be in 8" by 8" format and that, by the time pictures
are added, it will probably come to approximately 300 pages.
Museum Exhibits: Weldon noted that the barn the Commission had been hoping to use
some wood from to construct the Barn exhibit was recently sold and that we now need to look
elsewhere for authentic wood with which to construct the exhibit.
Sale of Museum Building: Betty again expressed concern that the city might be considering
selling the building that houses the museum and wondered how the rest of the members felt
regarding that possibility. Generally, the Commissioners felt that that probability was not of
immediate concern and that we should proceed as if such a sale were not imminent.
NEW BUSINESS:
Long-term Loan: Ron Baker told the Commission that the library has a free-standing
display case that it is trying to find a good home for and wondered if the museum would be
interested in using it. Its measurements are 34"x 34"x 62" high, it has glass on three sides,
two internal glass shelves, a wooden back to accommodate display rack hardware and an 11-
112" off floor base. Betty moved that Ron should inform his Board ofthe Museum's interest
in accepting the case as a long term loan and Weldon seconded. The motion passed
unanimously.
Preservation Nomination: Kay read a letter addressed to Betty from Preservation Idaho,
The Idaho Historic Preservation Council, requesting that she consider nominating a deserving
individual for the 30th Annual Orchid and Onions Awards. This award ceremony is designed
to celebrate individuals and organizations that have made a positive contribution to historic
preservation as well as bringing awareness to those projects that have shown insensitivity to
the state's cultural history. Submission of the nomination is due by April 1, 2007, and Arthur
Hart suggested that we nominate Geneva as a worthy recipient. The Curator requested that
Geneva supply her with a list of her preservation accomplishments and activities so that she
might proceed with the nomination in good order.
Christmas Bazaar: It was noted that the due date for signing-up for Eagle High School's
Christmas Bazaar was approaching fast and that the Museum should look into adding that to
our list of activities for the year.
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Publicity Pamphlets: The Curator inquired whether the Museum had any triptych-like
pamphlets distributed around town that advertised its existence, goals, collections, activities,
etc. and was told that that type of publicity had not been considered before. After a brief
discussion, it was decided that the Curator should look into the possibility of designing such a
series of pamphlets and should also investigate the cost of professional printing.
Adjournment: There being no other business, Kay adjourned the meeting at 7:06 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Sharon Bergmann, Eagle City CI
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