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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Museum Of Science And History Advisory Committee - 10/07/2004 MINUTES `u''s Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History .y wi\ Advisory Committee Meeting /A . 0,r,-� October 7, 2004 �� 0'r, f .�E,�( w R sFr;� rf A N The Museum Advisory Committee met in the Museum's DeDietrich Conf ice � ' `�o fQ '� Vit, ot>VA on Thursday, October 7, 2004. Members Present: Grady Price Blount, Sh 19 Brower, Tone Diaz, Phyllis Riddle, and Alex Sadovski. ,�s/lct et7.ts}° Upon motion by Tony Diaz and seconded by Alex Sadovski the minutes of the September 2, 2004 meeting were unanimously approved. Upon motion by Grady Price Blount and seconded by Phyllis Riddle the absences of Tony Diaz, Sharon Brower, and Alex Sadovski were excused for good cause. Chairman Phyllis Riddle introduced Linda Scott who has been nominated by the Museum Auxiliary to serve on the Advisory Committee. Business: A. A committee made up of representatives from the Museum of Science and History and the Art Museum of South Texas met to develop a list of common issues associated with the Watergarden area. Phyllis Riddle represented the Museum Advisory Committee on this ad hoc committee and reported on those issues. The issues were reflective of many previous discussions by the Advisory Committee and the consensus was that the Museum Director should forward them to the City Manager so that they could be used for area planning. B. The Committee reviewed a La Salle Odyssey final report that was submitted to the Texas Historical Commission and was expected to be submitted to the Meadows Foundation and the Houston Endowment. The Museum received and spent $127,032 from these three sources out of a total budget of$201,000. The balance remaining for the total project is about $45,000 which will be spent on a number of elements that have not yet been completed. Museum staff will continuously improve the exhibit as new information and artifacts become available. Many of the artifacts are still in conservation or being held back by the THC while they are in the hands of researchers. At this point, none of the considerable research commissioned by the THC has been made publicly available. For these reasons there will be significant changes and enhancements over the next several years. C. La Salle Odyssey participants have collaborated to produce a common brochure, 70,000 of which will be printed and distributed over the next year. The Museum of Science and History's share is 20,000 brochures. On a parallel course an audio driving tour CD is being produced that will be for sale in each institution. D. The southern terminus of the new utility crossing for the ship channel will be located in the Museum's Chaparral/Mesquite parking lot. The installation project will require the closing of this parking lot for a period of about four months from January through April which eliminates =50 parking spots. A follow-on project will remove the old utility crossing that terminates between Pinta and the ship channel. This enhances the proposal to relocate the ships into a marina to be developed on that site. SCANNED Advisory Committee Meeting October 7, 2004 Page 2 E. In association with installation of the Odyssey and Cultural Encounters exhibits a number of enhancements in the electronic security system are being implemented. Rick Stryker reported on those improvements. There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 1:15 p.m.