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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Museum Of Science And History Advisory Committee - 11/04/2004 %.10J ,� 4 �1� MINUTES m p` 2001 Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History n REC•IV Advisory Committee Meeting r'Iry!3ECRET,RD & November 4, 2004 OFFICE / M 'tie/ elf 71 The Museum Advisory Committee met in the Museum's DeDietrich Conference Room w on Thursday, November 4, 2004. Members Present: Grady Price Blount, Margaret Bolick, Sharon Brower, Angie Flores, Bill Richmond, Phyllis Riddle, Alex Sadovski, and Linda Scott. Upon motion by Alex Sadovski and seconded by Grady Price Blount the minutes of the October 7, 2004 meeting were unanimously approved. Upon motion by Alex Sadovski and seconded by Sharon Brower the absence of Margaret Bolick was excused for good cause. Chairman Phyllis Riddle welcomed new members Linda Scott and Bill Richmond. Business: A. The Acoustiguide audio tour wands purchased by the City as part of the ADA Transition Plan will be made available to all visually impaired visitors at no charge. There was a long discussion about the terms placed upon their use by non-visually impaired visitors. Included in the discussion was a recommendation that some units be held back to make ensure availability to visually handicapped visitors. It was also suggested that organizations serving the visually handicapped be recruited to test the audio tour. Upon motion by Grady Price Blount and seconded by Margaret Bolick the Committee unanimously adopted a policy that, for a 90 day trial period the audio tour units will be made available upon request at no charge to those paying adult, senior citizen, or military admission rates. In return for free use, all users of the audio wand will be asked to complete a survey to help evaluate the audio tour including their recommendation regarding an appropriate rental rate. B. Museum policy prohibites fund raising events in the Museum by organizations other than the Friends. An exception to this policy is the KEDT Food and Wine Classic. The Friends co- sponsor the event in exchange for sharing in the proceeds and receiving in-kind on-air credit for sponsoring KEDT radio programming. Museum staff and KEDT staff developed a proposal to expand the agreement to include KEDT's Classic Brew event with a similar arrangement exchanging a share of the proceeds and receiving in-kind on-air credit for sponsoring KEDT programming. The Classic Brew sponsorship would give on-air sponsorship to the Columbus ships. The size of the contribution would be less than that made for the Food and Wine Classic commensurate with the smaller scale of the event. In the discussion Grady Price Blount suggested that a short spot after the Nova program on Tuesday night might be a good match. Upon motion by Alex Sadovski and seconded by Grady Price Blount the Committee conditionally approved the proposed agreement as revised pending concurrence by the Friends Board. C. The Committee reviewed the consensus planning issues developed by ajoint committee consisting of representatives from the Corpus Christi Museum and the Art Museum of South Texas. Many of the issues were directly reflective of the recommendations that came out of the discussion in the October meeting. In the context of those issues the committee discussed the proposal to incorporate a major SCANNED 1m` Advisory Committee Meeting November 4, 2004 Page 2 display of outdoor sculpture in the Watergarden. The proposal as presented to the City Council included the recommendation that traffic into the area continue to be limited. This conflicts with the Advisory Committee's firm support for routing the proposed trolley through the Watergarden and with the Committee's endorsement of the traffic and parking plan adopted by the City Council in association with the Arena Construction/Convention Center expansion project. This plan called for one lane of a north bound traffic being routed around the Watergarden, in front of the Art Museum from North Shoreline Blvd. Upon motion by Grady Price Blount and seconded by Margaret Bolick the Committee unanimously recommended that the city discourage proposed uses in the Watergarden area that would decrease open space with the exception of measures that would promote public and emergency access. D. The proposal that the Museum become a free WiFi hot zone was briefly introduced. Full discussion was put off to a future meeting. There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 1:15 p.m.