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Home My WebLink AboutAM Minutes: 09/07/2022MUSEUM COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES WEDNESDAY, September 7, 2022 CALL TO ORDER — Chairperson Billie Tone called the meeting to order at 5:01 pm in the Museum Education Center. ROLL CALL: Chairperson Billie Tone, Commissioners Ginny Blitz, Marilyn Daleo, Angela Yang - Ayala, Library Services Manager Pat Smith, Museum Curator Stevy Acevedo, Museum Education Coordinator Brittani Alberto -Shaikh. REPORTS FROM MUSEUM COMMISSION MEMBERS I LIAISONS: Marilyn Daleo reported the Arcadia Women's Clubhouse is being designated an Arcadia historic landmark. A dedication ceremony will take place on Wednesday, October 5 at 10:00 am. April Verlato reported on the September 6 City Council Meeting. The City is allocating $750,000 to small business grants. Individual small businesses will be able to apply for $10,000 maximum. The City will also be allocating $250 for permit fee grants. There is a proposed improvement project for Baldwin Avenue between Huntington Drive and Naomi Avenue. The sidewalks will be improved, trees will be removed, and, infrastructure for lighting will be installed, as well as benches and trash cans. Money will come from Measures R and M, which are allocated at the County level. Ms. Verlato also updated the Commission on the status of the two lawsuits that were brought against the City of Arcadia. For the suit in which Diana Chang sued the City to allow Sho Tay to be on November's ballot, the court deemed that term limits do apply, and struck down the lawsuit. No appeal has been filed. In the second suit, the City was sued to remove Michael Danielson from City Council and choose a new district map, the court deemed that it is too late to change the City Maps. By September 12 the plaintiff must file a motion to remove Councilmember Danielson. The Court scheduled a hearing for October 4. City Council elections will take place on November 8 for Districts 2, 3, and 5. The Arcadia Chinese Association will be hosting candidate forums at the Community Center: for District 5 on September 25 from 2:30 — 4:30 pm; for Districts 2 and 3 on September 30 from 2:00 — 5:00 pm. REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR Library Services Manager Pat Smith delivered the Report from the Director in Darlene Bradley's absence. Ms. Smith reported that the Carol Libby Memorial Courtyard reception will take place on September 17. Tonight (September 7) there will be a Classical Kaleidoscope Concert at the Arcadia Public Library, which will include two musicians from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This will be a free event, sponsored by the Friends of the Arcadia Public Library. The Summer Reading Program saw approximately 1,100 sign-ups this year. The Arcadia Public Library was able to hire two entry-level librarians, Claudia Arroyo and Melissa Maldonado. The Library also opened up recruitment for a Library Services Manager to take Roger Hiles' position, since he retired, but the recruitment has proved difficult as other cities in the surrounding area are hiring for similar positions, and Glendora is offering a $12,000 sign -on bonus. September is Library Card Sign -Up Month. In October the Library will be hosting Arcadia Eats and will have a presentation by John F. Martin, who will also have an exhibit at the Gilb Museum. On September 6, Human Resources closed the recruitment for the substitute Museum Education Coordinator Position. REPORT FROM THE CURATOR Curator Acevedo updated the Commission on what has been going on in the Museum between July and August. She and Intern Rebecca Andersen have submitted the nominations for the Anthony W. Wilkinson and Floretta K. Lauber collections to the California Revealed digital repository in August. Getty Marrow Curatorial and Collections Intern Audrey Strople worked on the Museum's framed artwork collection by inventorying, curating, and digitizing the Museum's collections. The Museum's Collection and Curation graduate intern Patrick Michael worked on the inventory, curation, and digitization of the Golden Age Club Collection. Curatorial and Collections Intern Michelle Lam has continued to work on the duration of the Chamber of Commerce Collection. Volunteer Deborah Cordano continues to work on the transcription of the journal of Meredith Brucker during her time at M.A.D. High School. This summer the Museum had a teen intern, Merjan Khwajazada, a student at Arcadia High School. Her project this summer was the Arcadia High School Band and Music Club Collection. The Museum has also had a new adult volunteer, Alick Diaz, who has been working on the inventory, curation, and digitization of photographs of past City of Arcadia Councilmembers and employees. The 12th Annual Arcadia Photography Contest and Exhibition was on display in the Museum's temporary gallery through August. Curator Acevedo and interns Andersen and Michael are currently working on the next temporary exhibit at the Museum, John F. Martin Recalling the Day: Old School Arcadia. Director Darlene Bradley and Curator Acevedo attended the Arcadia Chinese Association 2022-23 Installation Ceremony for their new board members on August 5. Curator Acevedo also posted an unpaid Curatorial and Collections Internship on Handshake and received three responses. Staff is currently in the process of doing their paperwork and onboarding them. The Friends of the Arcadia Museum (FAM) conducted their July Board Meeting, as well as their September Board Meeting. REPORT FROM THE MUSEUM EDUCATION CORDINATOR Museum Education Coordinator Brittani Alberto -Shaikh updated the Commission on what has happened in the past few months. Museum staff participated in the Downtown Arcadia Patriotic Festival on July 2. The Museum also hosted the 2022 Summer Enrichment Program (SEP), making it the first SEP to be in -person since 2019. The series was well -attended, and 450 kits were given out in conjunction with SEP. The Museum has continued to distribute educational kits, including kits for the Concerts at the Park and the Mission: Space Exploration Kit, which will be given out until the end of September. This year the Gilb Museum also hosted Dino Day and had an Alf Museum of Paleontology booth, 175 visitors attended this event. The Museum highlighted its interns for #National Intern Day on July 28. The Gilb Museum has had nine interns over the summer, including two Getty Marrow Multicultural Undergraduate Interns and two teen interns. One intern, Mariana Brana was able to translate all the exhibit panels in the Gilb Museum into Spanish, and teen intern Michele Yu was able to translate all the exhibit panels in the Gilb Museum into Mandarin. The Gilb Museum also currently has 65 volunteers, 45 of which are teens. In July, the volunteers surpassed 3,000 cumulative service hours for the year 2022. Ms. Alberto - Shaikh also updated the Commission on the fact that she will not be present for the November Commission Meeting since she will be on maternity leave. Consent Calendar a. Approve the Re,qu,lar Meetin,,.q Minutes of July 7, 2022 Recommended action: Approve Commissioner Marilyn Daleo moved to approve Consent Calendar Item (I a which was seconded by Commissioner Ginny Blitz, and carried on a voice vote. AYES: Commissioner Daleo, Blitz, Tone, and Yang -Ayala NOES: None ABSENT: Commissioner Shimmin Adjournment Chairperson Billie Tone adjourned the meeting at 5:51 p.m. to Wednesday, November 2, 2022 in the Museum Education Center. 0 7610�� Pe! X "P t A Dade -hCBradley, "bi rector-/df Library and Museum Services Prepared by: Brittani Alberto, Museum Education Coordinator