Minutes BOARD OF MUSEUMS AND HISTORY March 7, 2014 Location Nevada Historical Society 1650 N. Virginia Street Reno. NV. 89503 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT BOARD MEMBERS EXCUSED Robert Stoldal, Chairman Sarah Cowie Alicia Barber Kara Kelley Renee Diamond Pete Dube Doris Dwyer Daniel Markoff Robert Ostrovsky Janice Pine Bill Watson DEPARTMENT OF CUlruRAL AFFAIRS STAFF PRESENT Claudia Vecchio, Director, Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs Peter Barton, Administrator, Division of Museums and History Rebecca Palmer, State Historic Preservation Officer, State Historic Preservation Office Sarah Bradley, Deputy Attorney General, Attorney General's Office Felicia Archer, Public Information Officer, Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs Jim Barmore, Director, Nevada State Museum Sheryln Hayes-Zorn, Acting Director, Nevada Historical SOCiety Carrie Edlefsen, Administrative Services Officer II, Division of Museums and History Lauri Brown, Administrative Assistant IV, Division of Museums and History Deborah Rabe, Administrative Assistant III, Divisions of Museums and History GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE Loren A.Jahn, Friends of Nevada State Railroad Museum-Carson City Robert Shawhan, Friends of Nevada State Railroad Museum-Boulder City 1. Call to Order/Opening Remarks and Announcements Chairman Robert Stoldal called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. 2. Roll Call Roll call was taken. A quorum was present. The agenda was properly posted. 3. Public Comment Chairman Stoldal stated for the record: 1) Public can comment on any item on the agenda at the beginning of the meeting. 2) Public can comment on any item on the agenda before the Board votes on an action item. 3) At the end of the meeting (item 13), the public can comment on any topic. 4) Due to time considerations, the period for public comment may be limited, and speakers are urged to avoid repetition of comments made by previous speakers. Board of Museums and History 3/7/14 Page 2 Public can comment on any item on the Agenda at the beginning of the meeting. Public can also comment on any item on the Agenda before the Board votes on an action item at the end of the meeting, which Is Item 13. The public can comment on any topic. Due to time considerations, the period for public comment may be limited. There was no public comment offered. 4. Approval of Minutes • September 27, 2013 meeting. Pete Dube made the motion to accept the minutes of the December 6,2013 meeting with the noted changes. Janice Pine noted that on page 4, under Nevada State Railroad Museum the third bullet says, "Funds are utilized to primarily to promote events." Take out one of those to's. SECOND: Bill Watson PASSED: Unanimously 5. Calendar for Next Meetings • June 13, 2014 - 9:30 a.m. at the Nevada State Railroad Museum, Boulder City • September 2014 - consideration of date and venue Pete Dube made the motion to hold the September 12, 2014 meeting at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City. SECOND: Alicia Barber PASSED: Unanimously 6 • Nominations to the National and State Register of Historic Places A. State Register of Historic Places None B. National Register of Historic Places 1. Hampton-Sullivan House, Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada The Hampton-Sullivan House is in excellent condition and retains sufficient Integrity to convey its significance. As such, the Hampton-Sullivan House is eligible for listing In the National Register of Historic Places at the local level of significance for its association with efforts to reconstruct Virginia City following the catastrophic Great Fire of October 26,1875. Bill Watson made the motion to approve the nomination of the Hampton-Sullivan House for the National Register of Historic Places. SECOND: Pete Dube PASSED: Unanimously 7. Agency Reports A. Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Claudia Vecchio Director Vecchio reported the following to the board: • NCOT is going to meet on March 261h at the Nevada State Museum, Carson City. Board of Museums and History 317/14 Page 3 • NCOT celebrates its 10th anniversary with an office and staff in China this year. Events are planned for July to recognize this unique and first-of-its-kind partnership. • Department of Tourism is working with the Department of Transportation on new designs for rest stops and welcome centers. Discussion was held. No action was called for. B. State Historic Preservation Office, Rebecca Palmer, State Historic Preservation Officer • The SesqUicentennial playing cards are finished and will be distributed during May's Historic Preservation and Archeological Awareness Month. They will be distributed to all of our partners, such as the Nevada Rock Art Foundation, the Preserve Nevada, and the Thunderbird Lodge. • SHPO Rebecca Palmer responded to an Inquiry as to whether the historic marker solicitation letter were sent out? Federal Funds and matching general fund dollars cannot be used for the marker program. The only money that is received from NDOT to do rehabilitation on our existing markers can be used. The SHPO office Is stretched right now trying to rehabilitate the ones we've got It would take a general fund appropriation or somebody's personal donation, as part of a grant Discussion was held. No action was taken. C. Division of Museums and History- Peter Barton, Administrator Mr. Barton reported the following to the Board: • The state's Risk Manager has been meeting with the various cultural entities and repositories and holders of Nevada heritage assets from state archives to the Supreme Court to building and grounds to reassess the state's fine arts coverage. Statewide the collections of the State of Nevada are Insured for a maximum of $15 million. We're underinsured and going out now and assessing the marketplace to see if the State can get perhaps $150 million worth of coverage. Discussion was held. No action was called for. • 2016-2017 Budget kickoff. The Initial meeting to convey budget Instructions was held with Division administrators and Administrative Services staff. New this year is that there is no firm cap to spending though all agencies were cautioned to respect reason in establishing funding priorities. Also new are major budget initiatives which the Governor will consider. For museums, the major budget Initiatives include funding to fully resort positions lost during the recession-caused budget reductions, determining program accessibility needs for museums and the need to additional collection storage. • Volunteer service awards recognitions were held last week in Henderson for volunteers to the Nevada State Railroad Museum, Boulder City. 80 volunteers from the Boulder City Museum were feted for contributing 20,313 hours of service in the past year. Carson City Railroad Museum held their recognition on March 1st and recognized - 9,270 hours of volunteer service. Board of Museums and History 3/7/14 Page 4 • OCTA webmast Chris Matthews has started work on crafting new web sites for Nevada museums. The current sites are corrupted and running on an unsupported version of Joomla. Drupal has been selected as the new content management system. Discussion was held. No action was called for. 1. Board reports from Museums • Nevada Historical Society a) Request for consideration of upgrades to compact storage units, section 3, project will be requested under 2016-2017 CIP program. Peter Barton explained to the Board: • Museums are virtually out of space to store new collections. So decisions on what we collect, is now being based somewhat upon what space we have versus how important an object Is to telling Nevada's story. If we don't fix that we'll be criticized 50 years and 100 years from now for not having addressed our need for collections' storage and maintenance facilities. We have the Indian Hills facility in the North. The South, with the new facility (NSM-LV) which has a lot of vertical room we can still accommodate some additional collections. Developing new and enhanced collection storage Is a high priority moving into the next CIP cye/e. Discussion was held. No action was called for. • Ms. Hayes-Zorn updated the Board on publication schedule and matters related to the Quarterly. • Dr. Reed, from TMCC has officially taken over as managing editor of the Quarterly. He Is selecting photos for the cover and seeking how was can actively start seeking new book reviews and articles. • In March 2014, the Spring/Summer 2013 Quarterly will be out followed by the FalllWinter 2013 issue in May 2014. The Spring 2014 Quarterly is scheduled for June 2014, which puts the Quarterly back on schedule. Discussion was held. No action was called for. Nevada State Museum a) Request to approve deaccession item CM-716-G: historic child burial. Human remains were repatriated to the Yerington Paiute on March 21, 1997 in accordance with NAGPRA. This action completes the museum's records concerning this item. Bill Watson made the motion to approve the deaccession item CM-716-G. SECOND: Renee Diamond PASSED: Unanimously b) Request to deaccession item CM-10782-G-1: human calvaria. Board of Museums and History 317/14 PageS Human remains were repatriated to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe on February 26. 2002in accordance with NAGPRA. This action completes the museum's record on this action. Bill Watson made the motion to approve the deaccesslon Item CM-10782-G-1. SECOND: Renee Diamond PASSED: Unanimously c) Request to deaccession item CM-5560-G-2: "Winnemucca Lake" diorama. Not an artifact, but an exhibit. No plan to display as there is minimal content. Transfer to Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe. Bill Watson made the motion to approve the deaccession item CM-5560-G-2. SECOND: Dan Markoff PASSED: Unanimously d) Request to deaccession Item CM-5560-G-7: "Pyramid Lake" diorama. Not an artifact, but an exhibit. No plan to display as there is minimal content to the diorama.