Last Update - April 2007
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MINUTES Date:
March 28, 2007 PRESENT:
Robert Burke, Lynette
Friberg, Barbara Loomis, Tom
Hitzroth, Sue Carter, Dale
Hawkinson, Loita Hawkinson. ABSENT:
Vic Newhard. 1.
On Sunday, March 25th, David Cantrill resigned his
position as At-large Board Member and as chair of the Archive
Committee effective immediately.
The board accepted his resignation.
Tom Hitzroth made the motion, Lynette Friberg seconded, and
it was approved. 2.
David Cantrill has been the figurehead of the archive since
it was built. The KHS
Board and Collections Committees
need the same
commitment and to project that image.
3.
Lynette brought up a donation that David had rejected because
there was no room. We
need to establish guidelines so that donations are researched and
then suitable homes found if we do not have the space.
If it related to 4. Recommendations
for the archives: Vic
Newhard and Robert Burke will be interim Co-Chairs of the Archives.
Inventory will be made of the archive.
Items may be moved and more shelving added.
Donors will be contacted to reassure them that their items
are safe and treasured.
Barbara moved to approve the recommendations and Tom Hitzroth
seconded. Recommendations
were approved. 5. We
want to be involved in the Kirk Reunion and the Kirk Genealogy.
6. We need to make a real
effort to get volunteers to serve on committees and to learn
the PastPerfect program. 7.
The At-large position is open.
We can either appoint a member to fill in this position for
the next year or we can have a one year term election in May with
the other elections. We
voted to let the membership elect the At-large member in May.
Tom Hitzroth abstained. 8.
The 9.
During KHS’s 30th Anniversary, we would like to also have
an award program. 10.
Bob, Lynette and Sue have been looking for Frank’s lost
items; the ferry tickets and schedules.
Bob will be bring boxes from home into the 11.
Board Meetings before the Membership meeting and program are
too rushed and our meetings are too important to have so rushed.
We are going to see how meeting the 3rd Thursday of
each month works. This
will be 6 days before the general meeting. 12.
February minutes were approved. 13.
Deadline for the April Blackberry Preserves is April 6th. 14.
Barbara Loomis went to the Main Street National Conference and
gave a report. 15.
Tom Hitzroth gave a treasures report. 16.
Our grant from 4Culture has increased from $4,000 to $4,800. 17.
The grant application for the restoration of the front columns
has been submitted by Robert Burke. Submitted by Loita Hawkinson, Secretary KIRKLAND
HERITAGE SOCIETY MINUTES Date:
February 28, 2007 PRESENT:
Robert Burke, David
Cantrill, Lynette Friberg,
Barbara Loomis, Vic Newhard, Sue Carter, Frank Rosin,
Dale Hawkinson, Loita Hawkinson. Absent: Tom Hitzroth 1.
The Board authorized that President Robert Burke sign the City
Grant contract for the Tour
Brochure. 2.
The columns in front of Heritage Hall are in need of
restoration. The estimate
for repair is $17,000. We
will apply for a grant to cover this expense.
The columns will be repaired and then anchored in such a way
that allows for movement but making sure the columns stay erect.
David Cantrill made the motion, Barbara Loomis seconded, and
was approved. 3.
There are three historical interpretation markers planned for
the Heathman Hotel. The
three markers will be for the homesteads, context of the building, the
Kirkland Hospital Site. They
are planned to be mounted on the hotel on the sidewalk side on 3rd
Street. 4.
East Side Heritage will be selling the Bob Neir and the Steve
Lamson books on their website. They
will sell the book and forward funds to KHS quarterly.
KHS will mail the books. 5.
KHS approved $500 for Park Place Books to help replace the
carpet ruined in the December flood.
Insurance did not cover this loss.
Park Place Books has been selling Bob Neir’s book, giving KHS
full proceeds. This was an
email vote and was approved by all board members.
Robert Burke delivered the check in person and it was very
much appreciated. 6.
Regarding our storm drain problems; the drain that we have is
not built as pictured in the drawings.
Our pipe is lower than it was planned to be.
The City is putting in the reverse flow valve at the manhole on
Market. 7.
Many members are upgrading their membership from family to
supporting. 8.
January minutes were approved after a few corrections to
details. 9. We will need a nominating committee for upcoming elections. Terms for President Robert Burke, At-large Barbara Loomis, Secretary Loita Hawkinson are up. 10.
Frank Rosin attended this meeting to address a resolution to the
loss items he loaned KHS for the Centennial display in 2005.
A frame holding 3 ferry schedules and 2 ferry tickets was loaned
and displayed. These framed
items we not returned to Frank because they were going to be included in
the Kirkland Courier Centennial supplement.
They were removed from the frame and were mounted on paper.
The frame is still in the archive.
The schedules and tickets are missing and assumed to be misplaced
and not destroyed. Frank has
addressed the board before, and has now written a letter that was sent
by email. He is requesting a
through search of files and folders and boxes so that they can be
located. President Robert
Burke had Vice-President Lynette Friberg chair this part of the meeting
because as President, he is taking responsibility for their loss and for
their not being found. Bob
met with the Courier with the tickets and schedules but feels they were
returned to him and are probably filed with other Centennial items or in
the archives. If not
located, Frank has reminded us, his life will go on.
He simply wants his family treasures returned if at all possible.
Bob supplied at letter of apology and a time line of events as he
remembers them. He has asked
several board members to help with the search.
If they are not found outside the archives, the archives will
also get a through search. David
Cantrill stated that he had again searched the archives and the items
were not there. 11.
David provided a form that requests any item removed from the
archive be checked out on this form even if it is just for a few
minutes. The board agreed to
do this. Photos will need to
be removed from the archive for use until they are all scanned and
available on PastPerfect. 12.
The negatives will be removed from the photo binders and then the
photo binders can be removed from Heritage Hall to allow scanning from
home. If the worst happens,
the photos and negatives will not be together.
Most members would rather work on PastPerfect from home as it is
very time consuming. There
will be more discussion on policies relating to Collection Management at
future board and committee meetings. 13.
Dale Hawkinson is the chair for the Collections Committee and he
was approved a key so that he will have access to the archive. 14.
The Blackberry Preserves Newsletter is going out every other
month now. Barbara would
like the materials submitted on the first of the month that it will be
published. She would like
April’s newsletters items submitted by April 1. Submitted by Loita Hawkinson, Secretary MINUTES Date:
January 31, 2007 PRESENT:
Robert Burke, David Cantrill,
Lynette Friberg, Barbara Loomis, Tom Hitzroth, Alan Stein, Dale
Hawkinson, Loita Hawkinson. GUESTS:
Michael Cogle and Jason Filan, This
meeting was held to address the water problems that Heritage Hall has
had this past year. One
flood came from runoff from the terraces, one from clogged gutters, one
from record rain fall that overwhelmed the city storm drains.
1.
The bottom of our drain outside the 2.
It was recommended that a one way flow valve be put in the storm
drain on Market. This will
have the least impact on the 3.
Drainage from the north of the hall will be directed to the
street drains and not into the HH main drain.
This will hopefully allow HH drains more capacity for when we do
have huge downpours. 4. The
back patio will have columns and a arbor.
The columns need a secure base and the HH patio will have to be
removed. The new patio will
have the same details so it will not be obvious that the patio was
replaced. There will be
drainage and the city will replace any plants that will be displaced. 5. On
our wish list was a drinking fountain and pet watering station.
City code requires that all drinking fountains be connected into
the city sewer, not the storm drains.
So a drinking fountain is completely off the wish list unless
there is a sewer connection installed at some future time. Was
a good meeting. Some
compromise had to be made because to truly fix the water threat would
cost too much money. Doing
nothing is not an option. KHS
has done its best to be a good and non complaining tenant but we have
had no use of the building for one year and we are now playing catch up
on a cement floor. Once the
gutters, drains and valve are in place, we will see about putting a
water resistant coating on the floor.
Rugs will then be used for charm and comfort.
Until then, yard sales will be providing floor covering. Submitted by Loita Hawkinson, Secretary
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