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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDApacket__06-05-24_1253_626       NOTICE OF MEETING REGULAR MEETING HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION    Chair Susan Obst-Dworkis  Vice Chair Tim Yoder Commissioner David Corlett Commissioner Bob Burns Commissioner John Gibson Commissioner William Meade Commissioner Dave Peterson    TIME:4:00 P.M. – REGULAR MEETING WHEN:WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2024 WHERE:FOUNTAIN HILLS COUNCIL CHAMBERS 16705 E. AVENUE OF THE FOUNTAINS, FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ Commissioners of the Town of Fountain Hills will attend either in person or by telephone conference call; a quorum of the Town’s Council,  various Commission, Committee or Board members may be in attendance at the Commission meeting. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to A.R.S. §1-602.A.9, subject to certain specified statutory exceptions, parents have a right to consent before the State or any of its political subdivisions make a video or audio recording of a minor child. Meetings of the Commission are audio and/or video recorded and, as a result, proceedings in which children are present may be subject to such recording. Parents, in order to exercise their rights may either file written consent with the Town Clerk to such recording, or take personal action to ensure that their child or children are not present when a recording may be made. If a child is present at the time a recording is made, the Town will assume that the rights afforded parents pursuant to A.R.S. §1-602.A.9 have been waived.  REQUEST TO COMMENT   The public is welcome to participate in Commission meetings. TO SPEAK TO AN AGENDA ITEM, please complete a Request to Comment card, located in the back of the Council Chambers, and hand it to the Executive Assistant prior to discussion of that item, if possible. Include the agenda item on which you wish to comment. Speakers will be allowed three contiguous minutes to address the Commission. Verbal comments should be directed through the Presiding Officer and not to individual Commissioners. TO COMMENT ON AN AGENDA ITEM IN WRITING ONLY, please complete a Request to Comment card, indicating it is a written comment, and check the box on whether you are FOR or AGAINST and agenda item, and hand it to the Executive Assistant prior to discussion, if possible.      History and Culture Advisory Commission Meeting of June 5, 2024 1 of 3          1.CALL TO ORDER     2.ROLL CALL     3.CALL TO THE PUBLIC Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.01(H), public comment is permitted (not required) on matters NOT listed on the agenda. Any such comment (i) must be within the jurisdiction of the Commission, and (ii) is subject to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions. The Commission will not discuss or take legal action on matters raised during Call to the Public unless the matters are properly noticed for discussion and legal action. At the conclusion of the Call to the Public, individual commissioners may (i) respond to criticism, (ii) ask staff to review a matter, or (iii) ask that the matter be placed on a future Commission agenda.     4.REPORTS BY COMMISSIONERS     5.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Approval of History and Culture Advisory Commission May 8, 2024 Verbatim Meeting Minutes     6.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Points of Interest Plaque Verbiage Workgroup Update     7.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: National Register of Historic Landmarks Workgroup Update     8.REVIEW AND DISCUSSION: Creating an Interactive Development Map Using Photos     9.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Establish Summer Workgroups     10.UPDATE: Future Agenda Items     11.REVIEW AND DISCUSSION: Future Speakers     12.UPDATE: Next History and Culture Advisory Commission Meeting September 4, 2024 - Summer Workgroup Updates due by August 15 to be included in the packet.      13.ADJOURNMENT        History and Culture Advisory Commission Meeting of June 5, 2024 2 of 3 CERTIFICATE OF POSTING OF NOTICE The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing notice was duly posted in accordance with the statement filed by the Historic and Cultural Advisory Commission with the Town Clerk. Dated this 4th day of June, 2024. ___________________________________________ Patti Lopuszanski, Executive Assistant   The Town of Fountain Hills endeavors to make all public meetings accessible to persons with disabilities. Please call 480-816-5199 (voice) or 1-800-367-8939 (TDD) 48 hours prior to the meeting to request a reasonable accommodation to participate in the meeting or to obtain agenda information in large print format. Supporting documentation and staff reports furnished the Commission with this agenda are available for review in the Community Services' Office.    History and Culture Advisory Commission Meeting of June 5, 2024 3 of 3 ITEM 4. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS STAFF REPORT    Meeting Date: 06/05/2024 Meeting Type: History and Culture Advisory Commission Agenda Type:                   Submitting Department: Community Services Prepared by: Patti Lopuszanski, Executive Assistant Staff Contact Information: Ryan Preston, Recreation Manager Request to History and Culture Advisory Commission (Agenda Language):  REPORTS BY COMMISSIONERS Staff Summary (Background) Reports by Commissioners will allow commissioners to share information about town events attended and information related to the History and Culture Advisory Commission. This time is purely for reporting, no discussion or comments from the public are taken, and cannot be used to address any item on the agenda. Form Review Form Started By: Patti Lopuszanski Started On: 05/21/2024 03:12 PM Final Approval Date: 05/21/2024  ITEM 5. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS STAFF REPORT    Meeting Date: 06/05/2024 Meeting Type: History and Culture Advisory Commission Agenda Type:                   Submitting Department: Community Services Prepared by: Patti Lopuszanski, Executive Assistant Staff Contact Information: Ryan Preston, Recreation Manager Request to History and Culture Advisory Commission (Agenda Language):  CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Approval of History and Culture Advisory Commission May 8, 2024 Verbatim Meeting Minutes Staff Summary (Background) The intent of approving meeting minutes is to ensure an accurate account of the discussion and action that took place at the meeting for archival purposes. Approved minutes are placed on the town's website and maintained as permanent records in compliance with state law. Attachments HCAC May 8, 2024 Verbatim Minutes  Form Review Form Started By: Patti Lopuszanski Started On: 05/21/2024 03:14 PM Final Approval Date: 05/21/2024  HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024, VERBATIM MEETING MINUTES Transcribed by https://otter.ai - 1 - TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024 A Regular History and Culture Advisory Commission meeting was convened at 16705 E. Avenue of the Fountains in open and public session at 4:00 p.m. Members Present: Vice-Chair Tim Yoder; Commissioner Bob Burns; Commissioner David Corlett; Commissioner John Gibson; Commissioner Bill Meade; Commissioner Dave Peterson Staff Present: Recreation Manager Ryan Preston; Community Services Director Kevin Snipes, Economic Development Director Amanda Jacobs; Community Relations Director Bo Larson; Executive Assistant Paula Woodward HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024, VERBATIM MEETING MINUTES Transcribed by https://otter.ai - 2 - OBST-DWORKIS: I would like to call the May 8, 2024, History and Culture Advisory Commission meeting to order at 4 pm. Could I please have a Roll Call? WOODWARD: Commissioner Peterson? PETERSON: Here. WOODWARD: Commissioner Meade? MEADE: Here. WOODWARD: Commissioner Gibson? GIBSON: Here. WOODWARD: Commissioner Corlett? CORLETT: Here. WOODWARD: Commissioner Burns? BURNS: Here. WOODWARD: Vice Chair Yoder? YODER: Here. WOODWARD: Chair Obst-Dworkis? OBST-DWORKIS: Yes, I'm here. WOODWARD: Thank you. OBST-DWORKIS: Do we have a Call to the Public? WOODWARD: No Chair. OBST-DWORKIS: All right, and we've got a Presentation from Amanda Jacobs from Economic Development. She is the Economic Development Director. Is that correct? JACOBS: That is correct, Madam Chair. Guys ready? That was so quick. Well, hello, Madam Chair, commissioners. My name is Amanda Jacobs, I’m the Economic Development Director, and also a resident of the town. I've been with Fountain Hills for two years and wanted to talk about a project we're hoping to collaborate on with the Commission on maybe having a representative. But shortly after I started with the town, the Economic Development Department started working closely with Debbie Claesson, with Claesson Communications. She is a resident and small business owner, she has helped us with social media, websites, and blogs. And we joke that sometimes when we get together at a local coffee shop to brainstorm for future years, it can be a bit dangerous because we have a whole bunch of ideas. And so it's like, how do we execute it? But one thing that we talked about a couple of months ago, is it would be fabulous to start videoing folks in our community, to talk about the history of the fountain, and some of HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024, VERBATIM MEETING MINUTES Transcribed by https://otter.ai - 3 - the events, and do some of that, of course, with the backdrop of the fountain, and then doing some of that in the River of Time Museum. And so before we sort of set loose and started doing that, we thought it would be great to let you know that we want to do this, it'll be paid for out of the Economic Development Fund, we don't have hundreds of 1000s of dollars to do this. But to start small, hopefully, work with the Fountain Hills Times-Independent on putting stories out there. But also having a location on the website and pushing it out on social media to just remember, you know, again, the past, looking to the present, and the future, that this would be an awesome project. And so that's just the brief update. Again, nothing is set in stone, because we wanted to see what your thoughts were on proceeding with that. And where we would want to touch base having at least maybe one representative is, you know, what are your ideas of what type of historical events we should capture? Who are good people to have on camera to give those stories? And with that, Madam Chair, I'll turn it over to you. OBST-DWORKIS: Okay, does anybody have any questions? GIBSON: I don't have any questions, but just to comment, it seems like way back in my memory bank somewhere there someone through the museum, I believe, did oral histories in this community a few years back maybe many years back time flies. So that might be something that you dig into before you start there may be some of these things that already exist, maybe even residents who have since passed, so are no longer with us. And, but we still I think need to continue and capture these histories from families directly. Particularly the more prominent families or families that have had an impact or members of families that have had an impact on our community over the years. JACOBS: Thank you, Commissioner Gibson. And now we can follow up with the Executive Director of the River of Time. CORLETT: I can speak to that, in part I know some of it had to do with what I'm going to call the COVID years and we were gathering some oral narratives from people during that period. So some of that's there. I'm excited about this. I think it's a good way of drawing involvement or creating involvement with the museum. That's also a good way of supporting the museum in ways that the Town doesn't in other ways. So it's nice to make that sort of connection that can be very beneficial to both parties. You mentioned a website and putting these up there. What are you talking about tell website generally has a different venue for it something dedicated to this. HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024, VERBATIM MEETING MINUTES Transcribed by https://otter.ai - 4 - JACOBS: Madam Chair, Commissioner Corlett, it would be the Town website to start with. And then perhaps even to with the Experience Fountain Hills, which is in our tourism arm, and then also the town's social media. But again, if we're pulling someone, let's just say from the River of Time, also partnering to say, Okay, well, we're going to take the lead on this, can you share this, and then also giving people access to it? So, we're putting pushing that message out? CORLETT: Debbie does phenomenal work, too. So that's great. I volunteer. BURNS: Amanda, what type of cooperation are you looking for from us? I may have missed that when you were talking. JACOBS: Madam Chair, Commissioner Burns? One, it's letting you guys be aware, but we want at least one or two people to collaborate on the schedule of the people things again, so after we talk with the River of Time, maybe what's missing, where to fill those gaps so that it's a true collaboration? That Debbie and I aren't just, you know, working on this, that we are working with the Commission. Does that help answer that question? BURNS: Something I was told not too long ago, there's probably not more than a couple. But some of the original McCulloch sales team is still around. And one of them happens to be the father of Congressman Schweikert because he's the one that mentioned it to me as a story idea. Which I haven't followed up on but that's, that's something you're losing time on probably. But, and certainly would be kind of an interesting story, based on how they did their original sales approach here for the community. OBST-DWORKIS: Yeah, I also think that contacting MCO, to see who's been around, I know, like Carol, Goyana, and Susan Dawson. And you know, some people have been around, you know that have worked for them, like forever. So, it's probably because you're asking for some names. JACOBS: So, no, I appreciate that. Yeah. GIBSON: If I may, Susan, one of the things that comes to mind for me with this is, what are your what's your mission and objectives for this? I mean, I kind of get it in my head, I'm a big advocate, to be a supporter of this in one way or another, and strongly encourage it. But tell us in your words, what you think will become evolvus. Whether I know it's you're going to download it on a website and make it available to the community. What would you like the public or the rest of the residents or new resonance? Or me? You know, glean from all this, what would you hope? What's your hope? And HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024, VERBATIM MEETING MINUTES Transcribed by https://otter.ai - 5 - what are your objectives in regards to having those three, we're now two or three years or five years, whatever it takes down the road, looking back, and all the histories are done and written, except for new things coming up. What value does it have for us? I'd like to hear that in your words, please. JACOBS: So Madam Chair, Commissioner, again, it's one raising that awareness of the history. So for new residents, again, I've only been here two years and have met people and they told me stories from 30 years ago. So, to raise that awareness and then as Commissioner Corlett said, that some of this has happened. And then maybe, unfortunately, it goes away or kind of dies down. But to continue to have a champion on staff as well as with the Commission, that we continue this, our history, and then at times, maybe to be able to go back, or I've heard from some residents and our council members of things the Town used to do for instance, with the Irish Fest, can we bring back some of those traditions? Have we lost those traditions somehow so to evaluate that? Does that help? GIBSON: Yes, thank you. OBST-DWORKIS: Thank you very much. If there's nothing you know if there's anything else, we can do. JACOBS: So, Commissioner Corlette, I'm sorry. Oh, we'll be in touch, and Commissioner Burns will just be in touch with Mr. Reporter. BURNS: May I digress for a moment here with Amanda? In your role as Economic Development Director, I'm wondering how you see, or what kind of feedback you get concerning history and culture being something that you can base either tourism or economic development on. is, you know, I know, from a cultural standpoint, there's a lot of art in this town. And that's a tourism point. But I'm just wondering if probably the biggest historical perspective for our Fountain Hills is ranching. But is, you know, anything you see there that this group might be able to, I don't know, help with as far as bringing about something for either economic development or tourism to help the Town. That's kind of a roundabout question. But I think you know, what, I'm what I'm thinking. JACOBS: Madam Chair, Commissioner Burns, I'll give that some thought. But you and I've had conversations, or I've even talked to you recently with the Council sometimes even with arts and culture, some people will look at me and be like that's not economic development, it's like, absolutely, it is, especially when we're attracting business. It's really important. I shared this with the Council, so the Regional HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024, VERBATIM MEETING MINUTES Transcribed by https://otter.ai - 6 - The Economic Development Organization is called GPEC, the Greater Phoenix Economic Council. And they're now starting to elevate the arts, and then seeing how we match up from a state perspective, globally. Because again, as we look at different industries, specifically bioscience, and where you're attracting people from across the United States, and the world, arts and culture do matter. And it's part of the quality of life, and then to just the built environment of how it's the how the town has changed the architecture, the past to potential present, and, and future. I'll give more thought Commissioner Burns, to how you guys can help. YODER: I'd like to add or suggest, I think, personally, this sounds exciting and great. I kind of need to stew on it a little bit and learn more about what you're wanting. But speaking to historical, cultural. I've noticed two astronomical things happening here in Town recently, the breaking the ground on the new science facility. And meanwhile, at the elementary school, they just opened a planetarium in the library and I think, you know that's going to be a big future thing for the town. Probably people come in here on school buses from Scottsdale and Mesa so just for what it's worth, I think astronomy might be something that in this town earlier might have been notable astronomers or space science people and kind of tie that in for the future. You know, there might be there might be something to look into. JACOBS: Thank you. I appreciate that. Madam Chair, I may come before you in a couple of months because last night, the Council adopted a tentative budget, so we have to wait till June for the final budget adoption. But one thing too that I added is October is National Arts and Humanities Month. And so to elevate that, and work with all of our stakeholders, to again raise awareness of who is here are their special offerings to market and package that the whole month and so stay tuned. Folks are excited and again something new. OBST-DWORKIS: Thank you very much. Okay, the next item on the agenda is Reports by Commissioners. And I'll start to my left. PETERSON: Chairman, I have nothing to report at this time. YODER: I have nothing. GIBSON: Nothing. MEADE: Nothing. BURNS: So it's a sweep nothing. HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024, VERBATIM MEETING MINUTES Transcribed by https://otter.ai - 7 - OBST-DWORKIS: Okay, Consideration and Possible Action for the Approval of April 3, 2024, History and Culture Advisory Commission Verbatim Meeting Minutes. Does anyone have any changes to the minutes? Okay, can I have a motion, please? CORLETT: Motion to approve. YODER: I second that. OBST-DWORKIS: Okay. All in favor? ALL: Aye. OBST-DWORKIS: Any opposed? WOODWARD: Seven- zero. OBST-DWORKIS: I'm sorry. I didn't hear you. WOODWARD: Seven-zero. OBST-DWORKIS: Yes and that passes unanimously. Okay, the next item on the agenda is for future reference. Let's see. Am I supposed to read this out loud? Okay, Consideration and Possible Action, the National Registry of Historic Landmarks and Workgroup Update. Okay, is there anything on that? YODER: So last month, I completed the rough draft of the application for the State of Arizona for the Historic Property Inventory Form, and it's attached here. I tried to collate all of the information that Bob, Susan, and I put together and I submitted it for your review. There is whatever's blank there was, you know, I couldn't come up with anything didn't know any information about that. I did want to say that it suggests we attach photographs to this. And I submitted a few by email to Paula or Patti, I forget which, but they're out there. I had a question on the last page, David Corlett suggested that this part would be very important and of course, I just did my best to try to stick to the instructions there on the continuation sheet. I do not know when our fountain, which was the world's tallest for a long time, lost its status. I think that the precise information about how long our fountain was the world's tallest, should be researched. Maybe somebody in the audience knows that. Anyhow, that's, the best I can do. I put forth that for your suggestions, your edits, and the final. Hopefully, it's closer to the final state that it needs to be in before we submit it to the Town Council and then to the State of Arizona. PRESTON: Did anybody have a chance to read anybody have any comments today? Is it something we want to take action on or give us some time to read and mull over? HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024, VERBATIM MEETING MINUTES Transcribed by https://otter.ai - 8 - YODER: I'm sorry. I do want to also, by the way, specifically, thank Susan for doing the first page parts that she did, and Bob's narrative that he contributed some weeks ago, I used much of it. CORLETT: I think this is good. It's putting it in the proper context of all these big events and big trends and demonstrating its contribution to that. But finishing, as you're saying, down here at the bottom, the specifics to here and now what it does for us, I like it. YODER: Thank you, David. Thank you very much. OBST-DWORKIS: Okay, other than, like you said, adding in the change of the status, is there anything else that you can think of that you want to add or change to this? YODER: I submit this as you know, my contribution. I can go back and work more on it. But I'd be happy for somebody else to take it on if they wish. GIBSON: If I may, Tim, just kind of reading through this a little bit before the meeting and refreshing my memory now. Having been minimally a participant in the Fountain at 50 Program, a couple of years ago. I recall the date that the fountain was switched on as December 15, 1970. And somebody correct me if I'm wrong, or if you found information that it was 1971 instead. YODER: That's a typo. GIBSON: But I miss. I'm not criticizing. YODER: That needs to be exact. Yeah, that's important. GIBSON: Well, we've got each other's attention. Thank you. YODER: Is there anybody who can help me with when the status changed? I don't. OBST-DWORKIS: I'm just wondering if somebody could Google it on their phone right now. I know that it was in the Guinness Book of World Records for many years. I don't know exactly. When I know. I believe we're like number three now of the world's tallest if I'm not mistaken. YODER: Four or five now. I did a lot of searching in reading from various resources about Fountain Hills. But I couldn't find anything when these other fountains came on. I'm pretty sure we were number one for at least 20 years. I think until 1990. OBST-DWORKIS: I would agree with that estimate. YODER: But that probably needs to be or I can rework that sentence. And just if you don't say when the term ended, then it makes it seem like it's still the world's tallest. HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024, VERBATIM MEETING MINUTES Transcribed by https://otter.ai - 9 - OBST-DWORKIS: Other than with that little bit of added information I think it's an awesome piece of work. And I'm not sure we can adopt it. Adopt it now or vote on it now? And with adding that little bit of information, then go ahead and submit it to the Town Council or do we have to wait? PRESTON: I believe you can make a motion to approve it with the amendment of adding in its rank and when it happened. Okay. To the paperwork. OBST-DWORKIS: Does anybody want to make the motion then? CORLETT: I'll motion to approve with corrections. OBST-DWORKIS: Okay, second. BURNS: I'll second. OBST-DWORKIS: I'd like to thank Tim for all his hard work on this PRESTON: You do need a roll call vote. OBST-DWORKIS: Everybody in favor? ALL: Aye. OBST-DWORKIS: All right. Any opposed? Okay, it's unanimous. YODER: Okay, I'm sorry. So I can make that change on the date from 1971 to 1970. But somebody is going to have to get me the information by the end of that term somehow. OBST-DWORKIS: Yeah, I'll do a little bit of research on that and get back to you on it. I'll know within the next couple of days, hopefully YODER: I'll forward the finalized version to Paula and Patti within two weeks. OBST-DWORKIS: Okay. You know, hopefully, sooner than that. Thank you. PRESTON: Into my just a quick question, did you know, you've looked into it before kind of the next steps? Now let's say this is done. This is approved next steps as far as this process. YODER: Okay, well, as far as I know, there's a two-step process. This, of course, the title of this says, Arizona State thing. So without Arizona State listing this as a historic property for the State of Arizona, I don't think that is required before we submit it to the Feds. This has to be submitted to the State of Arizona and the instructions are here, I think, in the form itself, where to send it. But I think Susan, you did that research. And you know where that is. And so that's got to be done first. The federal process is like this, but I think it's less rigorous, because the Federal Bureau relies on the State of Arizona, indicating formally that it's important. HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024, VERBATIM MEETING MINUTES Transcribed by https://otter.ai - 10 - PRESTON: Alright, thank you. I didn't know if it was something we wanted to do. If you guys were thinking of waiting until state approval to start working on the federal or kind of taking a look at those forms. OBST-DWORKIS: Unfortunately, we do have to wait for the state to go ahead and approve before we can do any kind of submission or anything on the federal forms. YODER: But we might be able to do a little bit of some, you know, getting ready. Sure. OBST-DWORKIS: Okay. The next item on the agenda is Consideration and Possible Action on the Insider/Fountain Hills Times Workgroup Update. Do you have anything? BURNS: I don't have anything for you Susan, at all. Dave, do you have anything you want to bring up? I don't at this point. PETERSON: Chair, I would like to mention that. Thanks to David Corlett, who gave Cilesteen Lewis's email. I did get in touch with her. And she's not only willing to be a speaker. PRESTON: Are you just about the speakers right now? Or did you PETERSON: Do that at the end? PRESTON: Yeah, well wait to get to that. PETERSON: So I talked to her via email. And I am setting up an appointment to see her this week or next week. PRESTON: Like I said, are you able to discuss that during that? Or is this? PETERSON: Well, it's related to what I was about our work group, okay. And what she's willing to do is give us some historical and cultural facts that pertain to not only the Yavapai people but ties to the ties in the Fountain Hills. So now I'll wait until the end. PRESTON: And just a question for this workgroup. I know we discussed it a bit last time, kind of that like, Oh, we're done. But it's the ideas I think we discussed last time. It's something we'd want to bring in front of this group so everybody can approve what's going out, either in the Insider or in the Fountain Hills Times-Independent. That sounds correct. Oh, sorry. So yeah, last meeting, we discussed Oh, basically just saying, yeah, we've got some we've got it in the works, but I don't remember that. It was only certain other commissioners kind of had seen that but making sure we presented that to the Commission before pushing it to print. Anything, any material you may have for the Insider or the paper. HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024, VERBATIM MEETING MINUTES Transcribed by https://otter.ai - 11 - OBST-DWORKIS: I was under the impression that it was just going to be basically like, whatever the topic was not the exact article itself. Is that what you're asking? PRESTON: Yeah exactly. More the topics of what was going to be covered? Yeah, exactly. Just so everybody can see it. And everybody has an idea. And if it's coming from the Commission, I think all the commissioners should see it and be able to approve what's going out under the commission. BURNS: Ryan? Oh, in that vein, I will report that we did pass along a new article to the Insider. Understanding it's ready for publication. PRESTON: Okay, and I guess, just as a commission, you guys can decide whether or not you want to all see that first, or if we're okay with it being pushed out. OBST-DWORKIS: I'm just curious, what was the topic? BURNS: It was a story that was a condensed version of one of the Times that has run a couple of times and over the years, but the perspective from people who lived on the ranch out at the time, so. Back in the 40s 50s. OBST-DWORKIS: Okay, thank you, Bob. YODER: Well, speaking for myself, if, if the commission is working on this, and Bob's on there, he's the pro. You know, I don't need to see it ahead of time. OBST-DWORKIS: Yeah, I think more than anything else titles would be fine. And Bob is on top of it. So yeah. We're doing this quarterly, am I correct? Yeah. So yeah. And that that will be published when? BURNS: Mr. Larson? LARSON: It will hit on June 1. PRESTON: All right. Thanks. Bo. So June 1st, he said, LARSON: Chair and board members. My name is Bo Larson. I'm the Community Relations Director and Bob has been submitting. This is our second article, we ran one last issue. This issue which will last for about three months, comes out to anyone when it is in people's homes. Thank you, I appreciate it. I love the opportunity to share the history of the town. OBST-DWORKIS: And the next one after this issue is when LARSON: It will come out in September. And now it's going to be more about events and everything because we have such a busy event season over the winter. That so that one is kind of focused on that and then so the next one, that's the typical quarterly publication will come out January or February. HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024, VERBATIM MEETING MINUTES Transcribed by https://otter.ai - 12 - OBST-DWORKIS: Okay, thank you. Appreciate it. PRESTON: Thank you, Director Larson. OBST-DWORKIS: Right, okay, the next item on the agenda for Consideration and Possible Action is the Points of Interest Workgroup, the plaque verbiage. PRESTON: We're on Agenda Item 9. There's also a navigation pane on the right side. If you click there OBST-DWORKIS: I'm trying to find it. Okay. All right sorry about that. Okay, consideration for possible action, the creating, I'm sorry. Now we were done with that we're done with that. Okay, the Review and Discussion of Creating an Interactive Developmental Map Using Photos. YODER: Okay, this is my time to talk, I'm happy about this, I'm going to try to be as quick as I can, I was very excited. I wanted to do some research so that maybe the town could, or some entity, the museum, put in a time-lapse, aerial photographs of the development of this town. I made some copies and in front of everybody here is what I found. I found this website, historic aerials. And I just took screenshots of this today and copied it off. On the second page, you can zoom in on the Town of Fountain Hills, and you can see on the left that they have aerials of the Town, from 2021. In many years, 2019 2017, 2013, 2010 going back into the 80s. And then on this third page, you can see they have aerials of Fountain Hills, back to 1955 believe it or not. On the final page, you can see I selected the one from 1962 even though there was nothing here at the time, except for the ranch. That's what Fountain Hills looked like back then. Privately I decided to get a picture of the neighborhood I grew up in. I just wanted to stand here and show everybody. This is not the entire town you can zoom in on little neighborhoods. OBST-DWORKIS: What streets are we looking at? YODER: I had to purchase this from the company. And when I purchased it, the electronic version was immediately available for download. And then they sent me this. Well, their printer did a couple of weeks later. OBST-DWORKIS: Tim, what streets are we looking at? I'm just curious where you grew up. What street? YODER: From about 1977 to 1987. We lived on Carmel Drive off of Fayette. So anyway, I was very happy to find that I know that it will if somebody wants to do it like that it will cost some money. But then there will have to be a computer guy. I think the town has at least one or two computer guys. When I say guy I mean I mean computer person, I'm sorry. So somebody can get those downloaded images and put them together HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024, VERBATIM MEETING MINUTES Transcribed by https://otter.ai - 13 - a slideshow is all it is, and then put it on the website. All of that would be for somebody who knows how to do that extremely easily. But like I said it will cost some money. And they have different packages. And that would depend on how many different images somebody would want. But I was extremely happy to see one from the 60s. That was cool. So anyway, thank you. PRESTON: How many slides Do you think you would need to kind of create the effect you're looking for? YODER: Well, as I said, I've seen a few where they use say 20 slides. So, you know, and then it's important, the person who designs the slideshow needs to have the right kind of time-lapse from image to image. I would say, 20, or 30, or 40 of them or whatever, you know, the more the merrier. PRESTON: Yeah, and I thought possibly, I think it's a cool idea. And the next step is maybe coming up with a recommendation of which, like, if we're using this website, which ones you want to go with as the slides? If it is, is it just one per year on there? Or? YODER: I'm sorry, I didn't understand what's happening one per year, on the PRESTON: On the website, the aerial photos I saw were separated by year, is it just one photo per year that they provide? YODER: Yes, yes, it's one image. PRESTON: So most likely one per every single year that they have is what we would want to? YODER: That would be kind of cool. That would be the most detailed and interesting look for somebody who wants to see how the roads got cut in and, you know, the house is springing up. Yeah, I mean, the more would be better. PRESTON: Yeah could be a good idea to price out for the next meeting, if you want to look at costs. YODER: Okay, so you want me to do that? PRESTON: Yeah. If you want to kind of keep moving on this, I think it's a good idea. YODER: Okay. I'll look at the costs. All right. OBST-DWORKIS: Does anybody have any questions? Or comments? MEADE: Just clarification. So if Tim, you come back and look at them, the estimates and all that, and then from a funding standpoint, we'd be talking about the 2026 budget, correct? HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024, VERBATIM MEETING MINUTES Transcribed by https://otter.ai - 14 - PRESTON: Yes, and no, as discussed regarding budget before, sometimes for smaller projects, it could be something that would work already within the current budget, or could be something that we have to ask for down the road. MEADE: Tim, can you say, roughly, did you have a feel for what a per year photo cost? Or again, it's all based on these packages, and how many different ones you'd want? YODER: You know, I can't say for sure, because they have three different levels of resolution. You can buy him I don't know 7200 megapixels or something per inch. On down those are very expensive. But I think it's going to cost $6000 bucks, maybe $3,000 or $5,000 to get that data, at least through this website. This business, by the way, is a business it's I think headquartered in Tempe and it's a very high-tech business PRESTON: Just to clarify, I'm not saying you give me a number and we'll do it it's just anytime it's for example, we did the signs before and that's something we've done numerous times and we know how much that's going to cost but something like this I had no idea where it would be sitting even on the ballpark for that. YODER: It's certainly more than $150 for one of the images Yeah, but and then so you know, but I'll find out per image and what' the lowest resolution that would make it nice and viewable and also more modestly priced. Yeah. OBST-DWORKIS: Okay, then any Updates on Future Agenda items CORLETT: Recommend that we put the Town's videoblog project for continuing conversation, at least the action is more on the town's part until we know more. OBST-DWORKIS: Okay, and to Review and Discuss the Future Speakers. Was there anything else that you wanted to add about? PETERSON: Well, yes, Cilisteen Lewis has told me that she would be a speaker if we approve it. And is there any discussion on that? Or any questions you want me to ask her? Would anybody like to join me? OBST-DWORKIS: Well, I'll be looking at the June meeting or for September. PETERSON: I was hoping for June. OBST-DWORKIS: Does anybody have any comments or questions that they want to have? CORLETT: I think we should add or they should be great. And really, the questions would be, how can we collaborate with her and her department of history and culture within the Yavapai Nation so we can start collaborating? HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024, VERBATIM MEETING MINUTES Transcribed by https://otter.ai - 15 - PETERSON: Yeah. Thanks, David. I will, I'll do that. But also, she might, there might be some information that she can add to it what Tim's done. As far as photographs, maybe? Are we putting all this information on one site? Or do we have different websites? Like this would be one? Or is it going to be one website with all the QR codes? OBST-DWORKIS: It was my understanding and please let me know if I'm wrong that the Town was working on having one main site and then drop-down menus that people can go to for individual things. That's what I was told in the past. I don't know if that's changed at all. PRESTON: The website I think I missed? PETERSON: Well, there is a website out there, right? I mean, that's already existing. PRESTON: Yes. We do have a town website? Are you specifically meeting for this? PETERSON: Everything that we've talked to up to this point? Where we had a speaker come in, Tony Lepoer, look for and talked about, you know, elevating art QR codes? I know there's already an I Love Fountain Hills website, are we going to put a lot of this information, maybe these aerials add it to it? Or are we doing separate apps or whatever? PRESTON: Right. As of now, to my knowledge, I don't believe that we typically just run updates aside from the agendas within our Commission if we did something, for example, like a workgroup coming with the teams working on aerial photos, that would be something we'd be able to add to it to put a website specific just to provide updates on the commission, to my knowledge is not something we typically do just within the agenda minutes posted on the commission website. YODER: This time-lapse thing was a project that I thought probably would just go on the town website. Once, you know. Yeah, that's what I meant this for. OBST-DWORKIS: When previously, we were working on the signs, or the signage around the fountain, and we talked about adding QR codes to the signage. Let me know, if I remember this correctly, that it would be connected with the town website, the QR codes, and it would have on there say that Tim, want, you know, once this is done, that we could add those aerial things and that it was going to have I believe, like where to shop, where to eat. It was all different things that people could find on their phones from the QR code from the town website. PRESTON: It's more likely instead of the QR code going to one central database that it would go to a specific part of a site that either already existed. I'll have to look more into that one for you since I wasn't part of the commission at the time. I have to double-check before I give you a solid answer. HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024, VERBATIM MEETING MINUTES Transcribed by https://otter.ai - 16 - OBST-DWORKIS: Through Parks and Rec we were doing the signage from I thought that was going to be going to the Main Town website. SNIPES: We have all the people here today. Kevin Snipes, for the record. We do. That was some of the information that we talked about potentially doing. There are different ways that we could do that. It could be dependent upon what information is on each panel, and how it guides and let it guide you. It could be that it takes you to the experience Fountain Hills website, and that has a lot of that information already on it as far as where to go, where to eat, and all that information. We could certainly look into doing that when we get to where now that I don't have two jobs. It'll help with moving along faster at getting that done. But it's certainly something that I would like to get accomplished in this next fiscal. MEADE: Kevin, can you just share since you're here, where are we? Because I think the last thing we got is, you know, the language went in for the signs and then the town was going to look at that and were that sad. SNIPES: To be honest, that's about where we're at I just have been overwhelmed. I won't lie. And so that's why it's still sitting there. And we were just talking about it actually, Amanda was asking me about it. So, we have the information, it's a matter of having the time to put it together along with other information to get it out there. PRESTON: I think we're on Agenda Item 11. Do we have any other Future Speaker recommendations? OBST-DWORKIS: I thought that we were finished with the Future Speakers unless there's somebody who wants to add anything. Okay, did we need to take any kind of vote on the speaker? Okay. So, I think everybody approves of it. All right. So, the next History and Culture Advisory Commission meeting is June 5, 2024. The agenda packet items are due by May 22, 2024. Does anybody have anything else that they want to add before we adjourn? Okay. Do we have a Motion to Adjourn? CORLETT: Motion to Adjourn. OBST-DWORKIS: Thank you. MEADE: I second. OBST-DWORKIS: Thank you. All in favor? ALL: Aye. OBST-DWORKIS: Thank you. I appreciate everybody's patience with my illness here. PRESTON: No problem. You need to call the end time of the meeting. OBST-DWORKIS: It's 4:55 pm. All right. Okay. Thank you. HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MAY 8, 2024, VERBATIM MEETING MINUTES Transcribed by https://otter.ai - 17 - Having no further business, Chair Obst-Dworkis adjourned the Regular Meeting of the History and Culture Advisory Commission on May 8, 2024, at 4:55 p.m. HISTORY AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION __________________________________________________ Susan Obst-Dworkis, Chair ATTEST AND PREPARED BY: ____________________________________ Patti Lopuszanski, Executive Assistant CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the minutes of the History and Culture Advisory Commission held in the Town Hall Council Chambers on May 8, 2024. I further certify that the meeting was duly called and that a quorum was present. DATED this 5th Day of June 2024 Patti Lopuszanski, Executive Assistant ITEM 6. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS STAFF REPORT    Meeting Date: 06/05/2024 Meeting Type: History and Culture Advisory Commission Agenda Type:                   Submitting Department: Community Services Prepared by: Patti Lopuszanski, Executive Assistant Staff Contact Information: Ryan Preston, Recreation Manager Request to History and Culture Advisory Commission (Agenda Language):  CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Points of Interest Plaque Verbiage Workgroup Update Staff Summary (Background) Form Review Form Started By: Patti Lopuszanski Started On: 06/03/2024 04:21 PM Final Approval Date: 06/03/2024  ITEM 7. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS STAFF REPORT    Meeting Date: 06/05/2024 Meeting Type: History and Culture Advisory Commission Agenda Type:                   Submitting Department: Community Services Prepared by: Patti Lopuszanski, Executive Assistant Staff Contact Information: Ryan Preston, Recreation Manager Request to History and Culture Advisory Commission (Agenda Language):  CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: National Register of Historic Landmarks Workgroup Update Staff Summary (Background) Attachments Historic Property Inventory Form - Work Group Update  Form Review Form Started By: Patti Lopuszanski Started On: 05/21/2024 03:20 PM Final Approval Date: 05/21/2024  STATE OF ARIZONA HISTORIC PROPERTY INVENTORY FORM Please type or print clearly. Fill out each applicable space accurately and with as much information as is known about the property. Use continuation sheets where necessary. Send completed form to: State Historic Preservation Office, 1110 West Washington Street, Suite 100, Phoenix, AZ 85007 PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION For properties identified through survey: Site No: Survey Area: Historic Name(s): The Fountain at Fountain Park (Enter the name(s), if any, that best reflects the property’s historic importance.) Address: 12925 N. Saguaro Blvd. City or Town: Fountain Hills ☐ vicinity County: Maricopa Tax Parcel No.176-06-316G Township: 3N Range: 6E Section:14 Quarter Section: —— Acreage:Lake, 29; park, 64. Plat (Addition): 208 Block: none Lot(s): none Year of plat (addition): 1971 Latitude: 33.602736 Longitude: -111.712343 USGS 7.5' quad map: Style: Architect: Designer, C.V. Wood ☐ not determined X known (source: ) Builder: Robert McCulloch ☐ not determined X known (source: ) Construction Date: completed 12/15/1971 X known ☐ estimated (source: ) STRUCTURAL CONDITION X Good (well maintained, no serious problems apparent) ☐ Fair (some problems apparent) Describe: ☐ Poor (major problems; imminent threat) Describe: ☐ Ruin/Uninhabitable USES/FUNCTIONS The fountain was designed to be “The Tallest Fountain in the World.” At over 500’ tall, tourists and potential residents flocked to Fountain Hills to view it & fell in love with the town. Sources: PHOTO INFORMATION Date of photo: View Direction (looking towards) Attach recent photograph of property to this space. Additional photos may be appended on continuation sheets. SIGNIFICANCE — See Continuation Sheet. To be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, a property must represent an important part of the history or architecture of an area. Note: a property need only be significant under one of the areas below to be eligible for the National Register. A. HISTORIC EVENTS/TRENDS (On a continuation sheet describe how the property is associated either with a significant historic event, or with a trend or pattern of events important to the history of the nation, the state, or a local community.) B. PERSON (On a continuation sheet describe how the property is associated with the life of a person significant in the past.) C. ARCHITECTURE (On a continuation sheet describe how the property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represents the work or a master, or possesses high artistic values.) Outbuildings: (Describe any other buildings or structures on the property and whether they may be considered historic.) INTEGRITY To be eligible for the National Register, a property must have integrity, that is, it must be able to visually convey its importance. Provide detailed information below about the property’s integrity. Use continuation sheets if necessary. 1. LOCATION X Original Site ☐ Moved (date ) Original Site: 2. DESIGN (Describe alterations from the original design, including dates—known or estimated—when alterations were made) The formed concrete water lily fountain is connected to an integral pump house on the south lake shore. Three huge water pumps supply the water (at about 7000 gal./min) for the fountain. 3. SETTING (Describe the natural and/or built environment around the property) The fountain is contained within a man-made lake, 1520 feet in elevation, in the northern Sonoran Desert. The fountain is NE of downtown Phoenix, in the town of Fountain Hills, between the McDowell Mountains to the west, and the Verde River to the east. Describe how the setting has changed since the property’s period of significance: The fountain’s setting has changed dramatically. Since installation, the entire town of Fountain Hills has been built around the fountain. There were zero residents of Fountain Hills in January 1971. Today, the town is home to more than 25,000 people. 4. MATERIALS (Describe the materials used in the following elements of the property) Walls (structure): The fountain is made up of numerous segments of precast concrete assembled on a concrete foundation in the center of the man-made lake. The pump house is block construction. Foundation: Foundation of the fountain structure itself and the pump house are poured concrete. Roof: The fountain lily figure has no roof. The pump house roof is framed. Windows: n/a no windows. If the windows have been altered, what were they originally? Wall Sheathing: n/a no exterior sheathing. If the sheathing has been altered, what was it originally? 5. WORKMANSHIP (Describe the distinctive elements, if any, of craftsmanship or method of construction) The fountain structure resembles a blooming water lily which rises at least 15’ from the lake bed. The precast parts of the lily were assembled petal by petal with crane. NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS (if listed, check the appropriate box) ☐ Individually listed; ☐ Contributor ☐ Noncontributor to Historic District Date Listed: Determined eligible by Keeper of National Register (date: ) RECOMMENDATIONS OF ELIGIBILITY (opinion of SHPO staff or survey consultant) Property ☐ is ☐ is not eligible individually. Property ☐ is ☐ is not eligible as a contributor to a potential historic district. ☐ More information needed to evaluate. If not considered eligible, state reason: FORM COMPLETED BY: Name and Affiliation: Date: Mailing Address: Phone No.: STATE OF ARIZONA HISTORIC PROPERTY INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET name of property The Fountain at Fountain Park Continuation Sheet No. 1 ========================================================================================= HISTORIC EVENTS/TRENDS (On a continuation sheet describe how the property is associated either with a significant historic event, or with a trend or pattern of events important to the history of the nation, the state, or a local community.) From the moment The Fountain at Fountain Park was switched on in December, 1970, it stood as the world’s tallest fountain. It reigned as the world’s tallest for fifteen years. The fountain in Fountain Hills, Arizona remains in the top five tallest fountains more than fifty two years later. That significant historic event aside, the Fountain at Fountain Park is reflective of significant state and national trends. Those trends find root in the booming growth in the United States after World War II. The post World War II baby boom, 10,000 babies born every day in the US for many, many years would require the attention of our nation’s leaders. America’s visionary and risk-taking business leaders and developers were to further the tradition of American growth in modern focused ways; continuing a pattern of action important to Arizona history and the history of the nation. President Eisenhower made headway in this regard by creating the Interstate Highway System. The growth of Arizona’s population and economy from its founding as the 48th state in 1912 into the 1950s would be dwarfed by the growth caused by the baby boom and improvement in the highway system. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy (like Eisenhower, a veteran of WWII) proposed the development of new cities with populations up to 100,000 to accommodate the rapidly expanding American population. Robert McCulloch, a native of Missouri who had become one of the United States’ leading businessmen and manufacturers accepted Kennedy’s challenge. He proposed and began work on several ground up communities in America’s west. Lake Havasu City, Arizona, Pueblo West in Colorado, and Fountain Hills, Arizona are examples of McCulloch’s work. Robert McCulloch and his team of community planners had the approach to “go big or go home.” Following that approach Mr. McCulloch purchased an area of desert north east of Phoenix. He and his planners named it Fountain Hills. Inspired by the idea of a fountain in the desert, McCulloch had his chief designer C.V. Wood (chief developer of Disneyland) design the attraction “The World’s Tallest Fountain”. That was in the late 1960s. It was a risky and costly marketing idea, but they moved forward digging the fountain lake, designing roads and infrastructure ideas, and constructing the fountain in what was then a far removed corner of the Phoenix area. As ground was broken on the fountain park there were no residents to observe the goings-on. Visionary ideas, business risks, and the birth of towns in our relatively young and undeveloped nation were part of a pattern of growth critical to the nation and to existing and future residents of the state of Arizona. In the vein of Del Webb’s Arizona developments, Robert McCulloch was adding a new twist. A grand, world record water fountain would draw tourists to the beautiful, rolling Fountain Hills. With some of the best vistas in the nation, sales associates would sell lots and promote building the structures that make up a town; homes, schools, churches, storefronts, medical buildings, etc. As noted elsewhere on this form, the iconic symbol of Fountain Hills — the jet stream of water shooting skyward (at up to 560’) was first switched on December 15, 1970… the official welcome to coming visitors. Today it remains the “pillar” of the picturesque community. The Fountain at Fountain Park is the centerpiece of the town visible to those in the mountains to the east and west up to 30 miles away. It’s also visible to every aircraft flying in to the several airports in the eastern half of metropolitan Phoenix. Fountain Hills’ fountain has been the main attraction to create innumerable special events surrounding the lake and fountain. Arts and Crafts Fairs, symphony orchestra and other large concerts, July 4th fireworks shows are a few examples. Since 1971, the population of Fountain Hills has grown from zero to over 25,000. The town’s population doubled between 1990 and 2000 (10000 to 20000) making it one of the fastest growing communities in the country for that decade. The Fountain, it might be argued, is the reason for the existence of the entire local community. It is associated with big trends woven into the fabric of Arizona and United States history. Trends like foresight, dreams, building, and growth. The Fountain at Fountain Park is associated with the story of America. ITEM 8. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS STAFF REPORT    Meeting Date: 06/05/2024 Meeting Type: History and Culture Advisory Commission Agenda Type:                   Submitting Department: Community Services Prepared by: Patti Lopuszanski, Executive Assistant Staff Contact Information: Ryan Preston, Recreation Manager Request to History and Culture Advisory Commission (Agenda Language):  REVIEW AND DISCUSSION: Creating an Interactive Development Map Using Photos Staff Summary (Background) Attachments Interactive Development Map Cost  Form Review Form Started By: Patti Lopuszanski Started On: 06/03/2024 04:14 PM Final Approval Date: 06/03/2024  From:Tim YoderTo:Ryan Preston; Paula Woodward; Patti Lopuszanski Subject:Follow up Date:Sunday, May 12, 2024 8:37:31 AM EXTERNAL EMAIL Hello, Asked to follow up on the cost of acquiring digital aerial images referenced in last week’s HCAC meeting, I have good news.I went back to the website which was referenced and personally purchased the included (4) images. Since they are mine, I cut out some fringe areas of FHthat for my purposes were not necessary.They’re advertised as 3200x3200 pixels. Thirty dollars each for the images available to download.One can therefore extrapolate 38 images would cost roughly $1140.00.That is far below the number I mentioned in the minutes because no hard copy photographs were ordered. I will contribute this same information at the next meeting if necessary. Otherwise Ryan, perhaps you can pass the information on to any of the other townpeople who were present. I know Kevin and/or Bo were interested. Regards and Happy Mother's Day. Tim ITEM 9. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS STAFF REPORT    Meeting Date: 06/05/2024 Meeting Type: History and Culture Advisory Commission Agenda Type:                   Submitting Department: Community Services Prepared by: Patti Lopuszanski, Executive Assistant Staff Contact Information: Ryan Preston, Recreation Manager Request to History and Culture Advisory Commission (Agenda Language):  CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Establish Summer Workgroups Staff Summary (Background) Form Review Form Started By: Patti Lopuszanski Started On: 06/03/2024 04:32 PM Final Approval Date: 06/03/2024  ITEM 10. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS STAFF REPORT    Meeting Date: 06/05/2024 Meeting Type: History and Culture Advisory Commission Agenda Type:                   Submitting Department: Community Services Prepared by: Patti Lopuszanski, Executive Assistant Staff Contact Information: Ryan Preston, Recreation Manager Request to History and Culture Advisory Commission (Agenda Language):  UPDATE: Future Agenda Items Staff Summary (Background) Form Review Form Started By: Patti Lopuszanski Started On: 06/03/2024 04:24 PM Final Approval Date: 06/03/2024  ITEM 11. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS STAFF REPORT    Meeting Date: 06/05/2024 Meeting Type: History and Culture Advisory Commission Agenda Type:                   Submitting Department: Community Services Prepared by: Patti Lopuszanski, Executive Assistant Staff Contact Information: Ryan Preston, Recreation Manager Request to History and Culture Advisory Commission (Agenda Language):  REVIEW AND DISCUSSION: Future Speakers Staff Summary (Background) Attachments Dave Peterson Meeting Notes  Form Review Form Started By: Patti Lopuszanski Started On: 06/03/2024 04:27 PM Final Approval Date: 06/03/2024  Meeting with Clissene Lewis at her office at the Yavapai cultural center on 5/16/2024 I will not be able to attend the commission meeting in June. Please have our chairman read the minutes below from my meeting. Regards, Dave Peterson, Commissioner HCAC. Meeting was to discuss any history that the Yavapai people had in the early days with the town of Fountain Hills and if she would like to speak at the commission in June. Clissene said that the Cultural/History Center can look into their archives to see it there are any interesting history that they could present to the Commission. As far as Clissene speaking, she said five minutes would not be enough time. She mentioned that a better option would be for the commissioners come to the Cultural/Museum to view a 45-minute documentary of the Yavapai and discuss historical issues that would be of interest to HCAC. She also asked me if there is a contact at the town where she can show the documentary to people who would like to learn more about our neighbors the Yavapai Nation. I mentioned maybe at the community center. I will look into this and get back with her. I’m not sure we do field trips but maybe there’s something we can work out. I think this is a good first step in communications with the HCAC and Yavapai Cultural Museum/Center. ITEM 12. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS STAFF REPORT    Meeting Date: 06/05/2024 Meeting Type: History and Culture Advisory Commission Agenda Type:                   Submitting Department: Community Services Prepared by: Patti Lopuszanski, Executive Assistant Staff Contact Information: Ryan Preston, Recreation Manager Request to History and Culture Advisory Commission (Agenda Language):  UPDATE: Next History and Culture Advisory Commission Meeting September 4, 2024 - Summer Workgroup Updates due by August 15 to be included in the packet.  Staff Summary (Background) Form Review Form Started By: Patti Lopuszanski Started On: 06/03/2024 04:16 PM Final Approval Date: 06/03/2024