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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 3h: Authorize $2,800 from Gilb Memorial Fund for Payment of Architectural Fees- G ~,lS'OR r lu i J AuXU Si,~Sr 1411 cy of tl°yy STAFF REPORT Library and Museum Services Department DATE: September 15, 2009 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Carolyn Garner-Reagan, Library and Museum Services Director SUBJECT: Accept the Historical Commission's recommendation to authorize the City Manager to use $2,800 from the Historical Museum's Gilb Memorial Fund for the payment of one-half of the architectural fees for the proposed Museum Education Center. Recommendation: Approve. SI IMMAPY In order for the Arcadia Historical Society's Major Gift Committee to launch a fundraising campaign for the proposed Museum Education Center, it was necessary to engage an architect and related professionals for preliminary site plan, floor plan, and elevations. To date, the Arcadia Historical Society has paid for these architectural fees using proceeds from the Museum's Fifth Anniversary dinner. A final payment of $5,600 is due and the Historical Museum Commission voted at its September 2, 2009 meeting to recommend to the City Council that this payment be split, with half of the payment coming from the Arcadia Historical Society and half coming from the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum's Gilb Memorial Fund, which is in a City trust fund. DISCUSSION Architect Robert Daggett has worked with the Major Gift Committee of the Arcadia Historical Society to develop preliminary site plans and elevations for the proposed Museum Education Center. These conceptual plans, which the Council approved and supported at its August 18, 2009 Study Session, were used to establish a fundraising goal of $500,000. In addition, an elevation is being prepared which will be used for brochures and other fundraising materials. At the September 2, 2009 Historical Museum Commission meeting, the Commission voted to make the recommendation to the City Council that half of these final architectural planning costs be split evenly between the Arcadia Historical Society and the City, using funds that the Museum received in memory of Charles Gilb. This fund currently has a balance in it of $23,345.27. This cost sharing was suggested by City Page 1 of 2 Manager Don Penman at an August 19, 2009 meeting of the Arcadia Historical Society Board at which the proposed Museum Education Center and the roles of the Society and the City in the building's design, bidding and construction were discussed in detail. FISCAL IMPACT The Arcadia Historical Museum's Gilb Memorial Fund will be reduced by $2,800. This fund currently has a balance in it of $23,345.27 and this expenditure will leave a balance of $20,545.27. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council authorize the City Manager to use $2,800 from the Historical Museum's Gilb Memorial Fund for the payment of one-half of the architectural fees for the proposed Museum Education Center. Approved by: J-Do'~ Donald Penman, City Manager Page 2 of 2