HomeMy WebLinkAboutAM Minutes: 03/06/19CALL TO ORDER -- Chair Carlos Reza, Jr. called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. in the
Floretta K. Lauber Museum Education Center.
ROLL CALL: Commissioners Carlos Reza, Jr., Jeanne Roy, Virginia Blitz, Dale Carter, Billie
Tone; Director of Library and Museum Services Darlene Bradley; Acting Curator
Stevy Hernandez; Library Services Manager Roger Hiles.
REPORTSCOMMISSION MEMBERS ,/ LIAISONS
Commissioner Blitz, as liaison to the Friends of the Arcadia Museum, shared that the group
would be meeting on March 7. She also reported that she had met Acting Curator Hernandez at
the Kruti Shah reception on March 2 and added that the new exhibit was beautiful.
Commissioner Carter reported that he had spoken at the Arcadia Women's Club as part of the
Museum's new Speaker's Bureau.
DIRECTOR REPORTS
A. Report from the Director: Director Bradley introduced Acting Curator Stevy Hernandez to
the Commission. Ms. Hernandez was formerly with the Fowler Museum at UCLA. She was
hired as our new Museum Education Coordinator but has been appointed Acting Director
while the recruitment for a new curator is underway. Director Bradley added that Laura
Henneforth had been hired as guest curator to help with taking down the Julie Grace Immink
exhibit and setting up the new Kruti Shah exhibit, which she invited the Commissioners to
visit. Director Bradley reported that actress Debbie Turner, who played Marta in the movie
The Sound of Music, had donated a sample of the curtain fabric used in one of the movie's
key scenes, as well as a book about the film. Julie Harris, daughter of Tony Antista, had
donated some historic photos from her father. Some Arcadia High School track and field
memorabilia was also donated.
B. Report from the Curator: Director Bradley reported that she had done the report for
January -February after Curator Hick's departure, and that she'd made some changes from
the format used in the past. She announced that the new Speaker's Bureau was off to a
good start and thanked Commissioner Carter for his speech to the Women's Club. Director
Bradley stated the Silver Circle program to honor the City's top volunteers as well as the
members of boards and commissions will be held on March 28. She added that she would
put out a volunteer log -in sheet to help track the participation of Museum volunteers.
C. Staff ate: Director Bradley reported that the recruitment for the new curator would close
on March 21 and that she hopes to have the new curator in place for the History Symposium
in May.
D. Programs and •its: Director Bradley-• that the Scrapbooking Studio program has
history of Taiwanese Americans in the San Gabriel Valley. The Julie Grace Immink exhibit
has been taken down and the new Kruti Shah exhibit has gone up in its place. Future
programs will include a Cinco de Mayo event and a commemoration of the 75th anniversary
of Santa Anita Park. Acting Curator Hernandez reported that she was planning some new
children's programs for the summer.
E. Budget: Director Bradley reported that at the direction of the City Manager, departments are
preparing two budget scenarios for the coming fiscal year: a flat budget with few changes,
and a budget including a five percent reduction, which she noted would mean a $200,000
reduction for the Department on Library and Museum Services. Chair Reza asked if the
Museum certification program was on hold, and Director Bradley stated that it would be on
hold until the new Curator is on board.
F. Flyers/articles/attachments: Chair Reza Jr. commented that the Thailand program flyer
looked nice.
a. Approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of January 2, 2019
Recommended action: Approve
Chair Reza noted that the actual date of the meeting was January 2, and asked that it be
corrected. Commissioner Tone moved to approve Consent Calendar Item "a" as corrected,
which was seconded by Commissioner Roy, and carried on a voice vote.
AYES: Commissioners Reza Jr., Roy, Blitz, Carter, and Tone
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Chair Reza Jr. adjourned this meeting at 5:47 p.m. to Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. in
the Museum Education Center at 382 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia.
Approved:
Darlene Bradley, Director of Library & Museum Services
Minutes prepared by Roger Hiles, Library Services Manager