9-jds Email Exchange Freedom Center Keyword

Jessica DeLong
Subject: Legal tracking/To Do checkin w/ PSG

Location: team room
Start: Wed 12/15/2010 9:30 AM

End: Wed 12/15/2010 10:00 AM
Recurrence: Weekly
Recurrence Pattern: every Wednesday from 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Meeting Status: Accepted
Organizer: Kathy Fox

Required Attendees: Amy Rice; Tony Capaci; Jessica DeLong; Erica M. Johnson
Need to cancel this mtg this week due to schedule conflict. Please review new notes on Freedom Center guaranty item
in To Do list.
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Jessica DeLong
From: Kathy Fox
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 6:02 PM
To: Tom Rocco
Cc: Amy Rice; Jessica DeLong; Tony Capaci; Chris Bruner; National Underground Railroad
Freedom Center (594@ocfcsp.oasfc.local)
Subject: RE: NURFC guaranty doc
Thanks Tom. I’ve updated the To Do list so our staff can move this to the next step.
‐Kathy

Kathleen M. Fox, FASLA
Executive Director
Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission
100 E. Broad Street, Suite 300
Columbus, OH 43215-3661
Vox: 614.752.2770
Fax: 614-752-2775
e-mail: kfox@culture.ohio.gov
kfox@post.harvard.edu
visit our website: www.culture.ohio.gov
Building Culture in Ohio's Communities: The Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission, formerly the Ohio Arts & Sports Facilities Commission, oversees
capital improvement funds appropriated by the Ohio General Assembly and Governor for community cultural facility projects including non-profit
theaters, museums, historical sites and publicly owned professional sports venues. You are invited to visit www.culture.ohio.gov or call (614) 752-2770
for more information on the Commission or to learn how we can assist your cultural facility project.

From: Tom Rocco [mailto:trocco21@hotmail.com]
To: Kathy Fox
Subject: NURFC

I have drafted and upload to Sharepoint a guaranty for execution by the Peppers.
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Jessica DeLong
From: Tony Capaci
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 11:06 AM
To: Amy Rice; Jessica DeLong; Chris Bruner
Cc: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (594@ocfcsp.oasfc.local)
Subject: FW: release of liens/title of opinion

From: BReece@nurfc.org [mailto:BReece@nurfc.org]
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 11:07 AM
To: Tony Capaci
Subject: Re: release of liens/title of opinion
Tony,
To best of my knowledge, there are no liens against the Center at this time.
From: "Tony Capaci" <tcapaci@culture.ohio.gov>

To: <BReece@nurfc.org>
Cc: "Chris Bruner" <cbruner@culture.ohio.gov>, "Amy Rice" <ARice@culture.ohio.gov>, <594@ocfcsp.oasfc.local>
Date: 12/14/2010 11:01 AM
Subject: release of liens/title of opinion
Ben,
As you may recall we will require a title of opinion letter on your attorney’s letterhead confirming clean title to the building. (In the
past there were some issues with mechanics liens) Amy will forward you a copy of the opinion of title template however, until then I
would like your confirm that title is clean. I suppose the banks removed all of their liens.
Please respond.
Thanks,

Tony Capaci
Chief Financial Analyst
Columbus, OH 43215‐3416
Telephone: 614‐728‐6924
Fax: 614‐752‐2775
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e‐mail: tcapaci@culture.ohio.gov
website: www.culture.ohio.gov
The Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission, formerly the Ohio Arts & Sports Facilities Commission, oversees capital improvement funds appropriated by the Ohio General
Assembly and Governor for community cultural facility projects including non‐profit theaters, museums, historical sites and publicly owned professional sports venues. You
are invited to visit www.culture.ohio.gov or call (614) 752‐2770 for more information on the Commission or to learn how we can assist your cultural facility project.

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Jessica DeLong
From: Jessica DeLong
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 12:45 PM
To: Heather N. Ruder
Subject: FW: need assistance - Freedom Center guaranty
Attachments: Guaranty Agreement Form Document.pdf; cpa certification.doc
HR‐
Please see highlighted section below and give me a heads up when the number has been assigned. I’m drafting a legal
doc to send to AGO for review so that number can always be filled in later.

Gracias pal!

From: Amy Rice
To: Jessica DeLong

Please help. See me for assistance…….

Thanks,
A

From: Kathy Fox
To: Amy Rice
Cc: Tony Capaci; Chris Bruner
Subject: need assistance - Freedom Center guaranty

Amy,
Could you have JD or another staffer prepare a preliminary draft of the guaranty document for the Freedom Center?
Attached is a PDF of the document we want to use, so we need to make sure we have the correct corresponding Word
version. We also need to fill out the names/addresses of the CPA certification so it can go out with the guaranty docs.
Assume the 2/8/11 Commission meeting and ask Heather to assign a Resolution number. Tony and Chris have not yet
received answers to all their questions, so cannot finalize the FA yet, but we’re preparing the guaranty in the event
everything comes together. I’d like to review the draft as soon as it is ready, hopefully on Wednesday. Then we would
have the AGs office do their review.

Here are the names and address for the guarantors:

John E. Pepper, Jr.
Frances G. Pepper
233 Oliver Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45215

Thanks,
K

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Jessica DeLong
From: Amy Rice
To: Jessica DeLong
Attachments: Guaranty Agreement Form Document.pdf; cpa certification.doc
Please help. See me for assistance…….

Thanks,
A

From: Kathy Fox
To: Amy Rice
Cc: Tony Capaci; Chris Bruner
Subject: need assistance - Freedom Center guaranty

Amy,
Could you have JD or another staffer prepare a preliminary draft of the guaranty document for the Freedom Center?
Attached is a PDF of the document we want to use, so we need to make sure we have the correct corresponding Word
version. We also need to fill out the names/addresses of the CPA certification so it can go out with the guaranty docs.
Assume the 2/8/11 Commission meeting and ask Heather to assign a Resolution number. Tony and Chris have not yet
received answers to all their questions, so cannot finalize the FA yet, but we’re preparing the guaranty in the event
everything comes together. I’d like to review the draft as soon as it is ready, hopefully on Wednesday. Then we would
have the AGs office do their review.

Here are the names and address for the guarantors:

John E. Pepper, Jr.
Frances G. Pepper
233 Oliver Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45215

Thanks,
K

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Jessica DeLong
From: Tony Capaci
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 4:15 PM
To: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (594docs@ocfcsp.oasfc.local)
Cc: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (594@ocfcsp.oasfc.local); Jessica DeLong
Subject: FW: utilities, taxes, assessments, insurance escrow estimate
Attachments: Reserve Analysis as of 11-22-10.xls
JD please link…thanks,

To: Tony Capaci
Subject: Re: utilities, taxes, assessments, insurance escrow estimate
Tony,
Here is the analysis that I have prepared to evaluate the operating reserve held with the OCFC.

Cc: <594@ocfcsp.oasfc.local>, "Chris Bruner" <cbruner@culture.ohio.gov>
Date: 11/22/2010 12:26 PM
Subject: utiilities, taxes, assessments, insurance escrow estimate
Ben,
In order to evaluate the request for release of the escrow monies I need to review the escrow substantiation. Back in March of 2008
Gary Dowdell estimated six months of taxes, assessments, utilities and insurance at $450K. the estimate is based on as if the facility
is mothballed. In other words the amount of utilities (use winter months) for six months of vacant building, same with insurance.
Could you kindly recalculate and revise the estimate if necessary also provide substantiation documenting your results. Also, I
cannot move the file forward without this analysis so could you kindly provide it no later than COB Monday, November 29, 2010..
Thanks,
Tony

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Holiday Office Closure: The Ohio Cultural Facilities office will be closed on Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26 for
Thanksgiving Weekend. The office will re‐open on Monday, November 29 at 8 a.m.
Tony Capaci
Chief Financial Analyst
Telephone: 614‐728‐6924
Fax: 614‐752‐2775
e‐mail: tcapaci@culture.ohio.gov
The Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission, formerly the Ohio Arts & Sports Facilities Commission, oversees capital improvement funds appropriated by the Ohio General
Assembly and Governor for community cultural facility projects including non‐profit theaters, museums, historical sites and publicly owned professional sports venues. You
are invited to visit www.culture.ohio.gov or call (614) 752‐2770 for more information on the Commission or to learn how we can assist your cultural facility project.

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Jessica DeLong
From: Tony Capaci
To: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (594docs@ocfcsp.oasfc.local); Jessica
DeLong
Cc: Chris Bruner; National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (594@ocfcsp.oasfc.local)
Subject: FW: 2011 Cash Flow Estimates
Attachments: 2011 Cash Flow Projection.xls
Jd,
Please link to the workplan
Thanks,

To: Tony Capaci
Subject: 2011 Cash Flow Estimates
Here is the requested 2011 Cash Flow Estimate.
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Jessica DeLong
From: Tony Capaci
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 11:58 AM
To: Chris Bruner
Cc: Jessica DeLong; National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
(594docs@ocfcsp.oasfc.local); National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (594
@ocfcsp.oasfc.local)
Subject: FW: NURFC 2009 Audit - Final
Attachments: NURFC September 2010 Preliminary Statement of Financial Position - OCFC.xls

Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 11:48 AM
To: Tony Capaci
Subject: RE: NURFC 2009 Audit - Final
Revised September Statement of Financial Position

Cc: "Kathy Fox" <KFox@culture.ohio.gov>, "Chris Bruner" <cbruner@culture.ohio.gov>
Date: 11/09/2010 08:27 AM
Subject: RE: NURFC 2009 Audit - Final
Ben,
Thanks for the final audit and proforma but wince there is a change to opening net assets and the building could you kindly make the
adjustments to the September 2010 balance sheet so net assets tie out. (we will include the September 2010 financials in our
analysis)
Thanks,

To: Tony Capaci
Cc: DMurphy@nurfc.org; Kathy Fox
Subject: NURFC 2009 Audit - Final
Tony,
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Here is the final 2009 audited financial statements for the Freedom Center. As we have discussed, the long awaited
adjustment for SFAS-144 has been included. Please remember, the adjustment may have been significant from a GAAP
basis, but the impact on the pro forma sent over this more in $0. Simply stated the adjustment amounts to accelerating
the depreciation on the facility, a non-cash item. If you have any questions about the audit, please contact me directly.
Thank you,
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Jessica DeLong
From: Tony Capaci
To: Kathy Fox; Chris Bruner
Cc: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (594@ocfcsp.oasfc.local); Jessica DeLong
Subject: FW: NURFC Pro Forma Financial Statements
Attachments: 5 year proforma as of 11-8-10.xls
Fyi…

Jessica
Please upload and link
Thanks,

To: Tony Capaci
Cc: DMurphy@nurfc.org
Subject: NURFC Pro Forma Financial Statements
Tony,
Here is a revised 5 year pro forma statement for the NURFC. Currently we are waiting for our audit firm's compliance
partner to give his final blessing on the FAS-144 adjustment, currently the adjustment will reduce the net book value of the
facility by approximately $42 million dollars at December 31. As this is a non-cash adjustment (basically an adjustment to
accelerate depreciation on the facility), it does not have an impact on our cash reserves or financial plans as outlined in
the pro forma. Please call me with questions, I will forward on the electronic copy of the audit as soon as it is available.
Thank you,
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Jessica DeLong
From: Dave Wartel
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 4:32 PM
To: Amy Rice; Brianna Dance; Chris Bruner; Erica M. Johnson; Jaclyn Little; Jessica DeLong;
Keith Wiley; Leigh Lotocki; Lex Leonard; Myra La Cava; Tony Capaci
Cc: Brianna Dance; Michelle Chippas; Heather N. Ruder
Subject: October 2010 Report to the Commission
Thank you, Brianna, for continuing to do such a nice job with the monthly reports…
MONTHLY REPORT TO THE COMMISSION

October 2010
Prepared by: Kathleen M. Fox, FASLA, Executive Director,
and the Commission Staff
COMMISSION NEWS
The Commission reimbursed 19 local project sponsors nearly $2.3 million on paid invoices during the month of
October. The total amount reimbursed includes:
$4,378.74 Allen County Historical Society

$9,313.33 Century Village
$77,454.07 Cincinnati Museum Center
$22,680.86 Clifton Cultural Arts Center
$9,485.56 COSI Columbus
$100,000.00 Cozad-Bates House
$41,073.67 Davis-Shai House
$39,724.62 DeYor Performing Arts Center (Powers Auditorium)
$28,492.69 Fayette County Museum
$75,000.00 Hancock Historical Museum
$146,642.13 Huntington Park
$387,721.39 Jeffrey Mansion
$44,890.59 Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
$100,231.00 Massillon Museum
$9,814.88 Ohio Genealogical Society
$312,378.51 Ohio Historical Society - various projects
$132,769.40 Renaissance Theatre
$230,429.64 RiverSouth Development
$521,170.74 Voice of America Museum
The November 9 Commission meeting agenda will feature four cultural projects. All four cultural projects will be
proposed for full Commission approval. The Commission will also be asked to authorize a bond issue and ratify the
operating budget request. The Commission meeting will be held in the Chase Tower conference center, 100 E. Broad St.,
6th Floor, in Columbus.
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Looking ahead, Commission staff is assessing five projects to be considered for the February 2011 Commission
meeting agenda. Project Services staff has completed “triage” of submitted materials from a number of project sponsor
organizations, and five have met the criteria to proceed into assessment. Over the next few weeks staff will review and
analyze all aspects of projects that have submitted the required documentation, all in preparation for the first quarter
Commission meeting scheduled for February 8.
PROJECT NEWS
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium received an

Excellence in Construction Award issued by the Central
Ohio Chapter of the Associated Builders and
Contractors for the $15 million construction of Polar
Frontier. Built by Thomas & Marker Construction Co., of
Marysville, the attraction brings animals of the Arctic into
central Ohio and opened in May 2010 after two years of
construction. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium received
$500,000 through the Commission for its Animal Encounter
Village; reimbursement was completed during fiscal year
2010.
On October 9, the National Underground Railroad

Freedom Center opened the world’s first permanent
exhibition on modern-day slavery and human
trafficking. The exhibition Invisible: Slavery Today, Image courtesy of Thomas & Marker Construction Co.
produced by several antislavery organizations, is divided into
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s Polar Frontier (above) is recognized
three exhibition areas focusing on specific issues of modern- as an outstanding project, built by Thomas & Marker Construction
day slavery, including its forms, scope and causes, and Co.
worldwide efforts to fight these abuses. On the banks of the
Ohio River in Cincinnati, the Freedom Center’s mission is to
“reveal stories about freedom’s heroes, from the era of the Underground Railroad to contemporary times, challenging and
inspiring everyone to take courageous steps for freedom today”. The $110-million center, which opened in 2004, was
appropriated a total of $15.5 million for the construction of the facility; the Commission authorized a memorandum of
understanding during its February 2010 meeting regarding the most recent appropriation. Also during the exhibition’s
opening, the center announced its Chief Communications Officer Paul Bernish as its Director of Antislavery and Human
Trafficking Initiatives.
Several Commission-funded facilities celebrated special milestones during the month of October. The Clifton
Cultural Arts Center held a ribbon cutting ceremony on October 26 to commemorate the completion of Phase-one
renovations and the opening of its top-floor auditorium. The state appropriated $250,000 to the project, which received
Commission approval in August 2009. The center, comprised of two historic buildings (the 1906 former Clifton School and
the 1880s McDonald Mansion carriage house), offers classes and performances for people of all ages, backgrounds, and
abilities.
On October 9, the Irene Lawrence Fuller House held a grand

opening in conjunction with the Bay Village Bicentennial Celebration
to celebrate completed interior renovations to the house, for which
the state appropriated $250,000. A part of the BAYarts campus, the
house offers a gallery, classrooms and gathering space; the project
gained Commission approval in February 2010.
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage held a Community Celebration

and Jewish Food & Culture Festival on October 5 to honor their fifth
year striving to “build bridges of tolerance and understanding by
sharing Jewish heritage through the lens of the American
experience.” The museum’s 5-year anniversary celebration Imagine
the Possibilities was held with community leaders and museum
Images courtesy of Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage supporters in late September. The state appropriated $300,000 for
Commission Vice Chair Barbara S. Robinson (left) various improvements and also to reconfigure existing areas to
attending Imagine the Possibilities. increase meeting and teaching space. The Commission approved
the project in November 2009.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum was chosen to receive over $1 million in operating support from
Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. The museum is one of 130 organizations chosen to receive a portion of $15 million
generated from Cuyahoga County cigarette tax revenues for operating or project support. The Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame and Museum has received a total of $250,000 of state capital funds through the Commission.
Other Commission-funded facilities also received funding during the month of October. The Reuben H. Fleet
Foundation Fund donated $50,000 to the National Aviation Hall of Fame. According to news reports, the money will be
used to develop and refurbish exhibits, and upgrade technology and its website. The hall of fame was appropriated $3.1
million through three state appropriations to construct its facility and exhibits at the United States Air Force Museum in
Fairborn. The Commission approved the most recent component—exhibit upgrades--in November 2009.
Toledo’s Taylor Automotive Group awarded Imagination

Station with a $50,000 sponsorship that will contribute to their
Forces and Motion education program. The program will
provide field trips to the science center for all fifth-grade
students at Toledo Public Schools; furthermore, the program
will award twenty science festivals and sixty Workshops on
Wheels to fifth-grade classrooms and schools as a
supplement to the field trip. Imagination Station was
appropriated a total of $11.9 million through two state
appropriations; the most recent project was completed during
fiscal year 2010.
On November 3, Cleveland’s Museum of Contemporary

Art (MOCA) board of trustees authorized construction of
the organization’s new University Circle building, the Image courtesy of The Cleveland Plain Dealer
design for which was unveiled back in July. MOCA
Designed by Farshid Moussavi of London’s Foreign Office
Executive Director Jill Snyder is planning a December Architects, the proposed new MOCA facility (above) will be made of
groundbreaking. According to news reports, MOCA has black steel and glass, and will be the organization’s first permanent
already raised $24.3 million dollars in cash and pledges, and home.
expects receiving $5.5 million in federal and state New
Markets Tax Credits for the $26.7 million building project.
They have yet to raise an additional $4.85 million to reach the goal $32.7 million that includes a $6 million endowment.
With the new building, the museum expects to earn more revenue through increased admission (from $4 to $7.50), store
sales and facility rentals. They also expect attendance to triple from its current average of 20,000 guests per year.
MOCA was appropriated $450,000 in state capital funds, but has yet to come forward to the Commission for approval.
Commission staff continues to attempt to reach the museum representatives to learn more about the project and to
coordinate the museum’s application to the Commission for approval of the state capital funds.
FUTURE COMMISSION MEETINGS
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 (Chase Tower conference center, 100 E. Broad St., 6th Floor, Columbus; 10:00 am)
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 (starting time and location TBA)
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 (starting time and location TBA)
Thursday, August 18, 2011 (starting time and location TBA)
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 (starting time and location TBA)
cc: Emily Gephart, Legislative Services Commission

Rachel Gerrick, Office of the Attorney General
Tracy Nájera, Office of Budget and Management
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Jessica DeLong
From: Jessica Fagan
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 11:35 AM
To: Rachel Gerrick (RGerrick@ag.state.oh.us); Emily_Gephart@lsc.state.oh.us; Kimberly
Eckhart; OCFC
Subject: May report to the Commission
Below please find the May report to the Commission; please let me know if you have any questions.

May 2010
COMMISSION NEWS
The Commission approved five cultural facility projects at its May 13

meeting, with appropriations totaling over $1.6 million. The Markay
Theatre, Sandusky State Theatre, Salem Community Theatre, Cleveland
Museum of Natural History, and Nationwide Children’s Hospital – Livingston
Park projects each received Commission approval. In addition, the
Commission authorized entering into memoranda of understanding with
three projects: Antwerp Railroad Depot, the Variety Theatre, and the Clark
State Performing Arts Center. In other business, the Commission granted
approval of a request for an easement on the COSI Columbus property, and
adopted a revised employee handbook.
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s
Shafran Planetarium was among the projects
receiving approval at the Commission’s second The Commission reimbursed 13 local project sponsors over $1.04
quarter meeting. million on paid invoices during the month of May. The total amount
reimbursed includes:
$43,717 Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

$6,023 Clifton Cultural Arts Center
$144,406 Davis-Shai House
$3,162 Gallia County Historical/Genealogical Society
$16,482 Henry County Historical Society Museum
$17,656 Irene Lawrence Fuller House
$7,504 Lorain Palace Theatre
$58,112 Massillon Museum
$481,183 Ohio Historical Society – various projects
$44,389 Renaissance Theatre
$82,754 Stambaugh Auditorium
$132,939 Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens
$7,248 Sylvania Historical Village
PROJECT NEWS
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Toledo’s Imagination Station celebrated the opening of its new Energy Factory exhibit on May 13. The Energy
Factory is the second exhibit developed in partnership with businesses in the Toledo community. Exhibit partners BP-
Husky Refining and First Solar worked with Imagination Station team members and exhibit manufacturer Roto Studio to
create several hands-on exhibits that educate visitors about oil refining and solar power, energy conservation, and
alternative energy sources. The first part of the exhibit explores the oil industry with interactive exhibits that explain the oil
refining process; the story of oil from how it is created and extracted to its various products and uses; and a “Voice of the
Visitor” area that encourages visitors to share their views on important energy topics. The second part of the Energy
Factory deals with solar power, and is located in an area of the museum where natural sunlight is abundant, along the
Maumee riverfront. The exhibit contains photovoltaic panels that convert sunlight to electricity, and a number of interactive
games that allow visitors to explore concepts of solar power and the use of robotics in the solar power industry. Still other
Energy Factory exhibits explore eddy currents (a property of magnetism), spin energy transfer, and electromagnetic fields.
Imagination Station received Commission approval in May 2009 for just over $1 million in state capital appropriations that
were used to conduct strategic facility and exhibit upgrades in preparation for the museum’s reopening last fall. The state
has invested nearly $12 million in the facility since its inception in the mid 1990s.
The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery is the recipient of an $800,000 grant from NASA to create an Exoplanets
Exploration exhibit. The addition of the new exhibit will be part of the Boonshoft’s overall planetarium renovation, and
will include a NASA theater, linking visitors directly to NASA scientists. The exhibit will educate visitors about the
importance of exoplanet discovery as part of NASA’s space exploration program.
Exoplanets are planets outside our solar system, orbiting a star other than the Sun.
The project also will incorporate a traveling component, and the development of
educational support materials for teachers and parents. According to Boonshoft CEO
Mark Meister, the NASA grant is the largest federal grant in the museum’s history.
The Boonshoft’s project is one of nine science center exhibits across the country to
share $7 million in grant funds. The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery has received
state capital appropriations totaling $1.5 million; the most recent funds received
Commission approval in November 2009, and are being used to upgrade the
museum’s Wild Ohio Zoo.
Restoration work on Stambaugh Auditorium’s Skinner organ continues, funded

in part by a recent capital appropriation of $925,000, approved by the Commission
in November 2009. The organ had suffered significant water damage, prompting its
million-dollar restoration. Workers recently unloaded parts of the organ at Stambaugh
after their return from a restoration facility in Connecticut. Skinner organs were the
world’s finest at the time the Stambaugh’s organ was installed in 1926. The
restoration project is not expected to be complete until summer 2011.
The Columbus Clippers baseball team received an Emerald Award from the
Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio for its recycling efforts at Huntington
Park. The Clippers worked with Rumpke, a waste management and recycling
company, to divert 97 tons of cardboard, 13 tons of grass clippings, and 110 tons of
mixed recyclables from the waste stream at Huntington Park. The Clippers
organization says it hopes to grow the program in future years, encouraging more
participation from fans and creating recycling-themed promotions to raise awareness
of the program. Huntington Park opened to a sold-out crowd in April 2009, and was
built, in part, with state capital funds of $7 million.
The future of the Fairfield County Historical Parks Commission is uncertain

after the defeat on May 4 of a 0.5-mill property tax levy, which would have
generated $1.6 million annually to care for the parks. It was the tenth parks levy
defeat since the Parks Commission was created in 1981. The park system is
comprised of 18 historic properties, including the 1824 Rock Mill gristmill, which is
Stambaugh Auditorium’s organ undergoing restoration. Rock Mill has received $150,000 in state capital funds through
restoration project is underway. TOP: the Commission to help fund the restoration. The Parks Commission budget this year
In the great chamber, the walls have
been repainted and work is in includes $127,400 from the county general fund, as well as some state funding,
progress to reinstall the Bombarde private contributions, and membership sales. Parks Commission Executive Director
section of pipes. BOTTOM: Partial David Fey has stated the Parks Commission cannot properly restore and operate all
reinstallation of the Swell chamber. of the properties that residents have donated over the years under its current funding
The Swell chamber encloses some of
the organ’s pipes; the organist can structure. Members of Fairfield County Historical Parks met with Fairfield County
control volume by opening or closing commissioners after the levy defeat and agreed to research options for maintaining
shutters. the parks system, after Fey mentioned the possibilities of selling some of the land,
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closing the parks, or partnering with another park system to manage the parks. County commissioners also asked the
Parks Commission to develop a basic budget that would keep the parks in operation and submit it for review. According to
Mr. Fey, the county commissioners are committed to keeping the parks open. Commission project management staff is in
contact with Mr. Fey regarding plans to maintain the parks moving forward.
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center recently hosted its largest-drawing temporary exhibit ever.
The four-month exhibit on lynching, called “Without Sanctuary”, drew 15,000 visitors from its opening in mid-January until
its run ended May 31. Freedom Center officials had hoped for 10,000. The exhibit saw single-day high attendance on May
22, with 389 visitors. “Without Sanctuary” depicts the country’s documented history of 5,000 lynchings, from 1882 to 1968,
through artifacts and photographs. Through the Commission, the Freedom Center has been reimbursed more than $14.6
million from a total $15.5 million in state capital appropriations.
A total of seven projects are undergoing assessment by Commission project management staff for potential
placement on the Commission’s August meeting agenda. The total includes six cultural facility projects and one
project of the Ohio Historical Society.
STAFF NEWS
Jon Bedzyk has been hired as a full-time project manager. Jon has worked for more than ten years in the commercial
real estate industry, specializing in financial analysis and modeling. Prior to joining the Commission staff, Jon worked with
Nationwide Insurance in its real estate investment department as an asset manager; at Rockbridge Capital, LLC,
specializing in debt financing and equity funds for development loans and servicing; and at Intellirisk Management
Corporation as its real estate director. Jon received his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, majoring in
finance, from The Ohio State University’s Fischer College of Business, and served four years in the U.S. Navy.
Commission intern Amanda Alexander completed her doctoral dissertation at The Ohio State University’s
program in Cultural Policy and Arts Administration. She has accepted a teaching position at Edinboro University in
Pennsylvania. Her last day with the Commission was June 3. Replacing Amanda this summer is Brianna Dance, a recent
bachelor’s degree recipient in fine arts from OSU.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 (starting time and location TBA)

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 (starting time and location TBA)
cc: Kimberly Eckhart, Office of Budget and Management

Emily Gephart, Legislative Services Commission
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Jessica DeLong
From: Dave Wartel
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 11:39 AM
To: Amanda Alexander; Amy Rice; Barbara Witt; Brianna Dance; Dave Wartel; Erica M. Johnson;
Jessica DeLong; Jillian D. Burner; Jon Bedzyk; Keith Wiley; Lex Leonard; Max Roberts-
Zirker; Myra La Cava; Tony Capaci
Subject: April 2010 Report to the Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission
April 2010

COMMISSION NEWS
The Commission reimbursed 18 local project sponsors over $1.9 million on paid invoices during the month of April.
The total amount reimbursed includes:

$13,218 Allen County Historical Society
$1,025,420 Cincinnati Museum Center
$169,316 Cleveland Public Theatre
$9,272 Clifton Cultural Arts Center
$1,989 COSI Columbus
$80,583 Davis‐Shai House
$17,767 Henry County Historical Society Museum
$97,142 Heritage Center of Dayton Manufacturing & Entrepreneurship
$15,486 King Arts Complex
$21,648 Montgomery County Historical Society Archives
$55,718 Ohio Genealogical Society
$188,476 Ohio Historical Society (various projects)
$17,245 Veterans' Park Amphitheatre
$92,981 Warren County Historical Society
$16,868 Wood County Historical Center & Museum
The May 13 Commission meeting agenda will feature eight cultural projects.
Five projects will be proposed for full Commission approval and 3 for
authorization to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding. Additionally,
the Commission will be asked to consider a special request to approve an
easement at COSI Columbus, as well as adoption of a revised Employee
Handbook for the agency.

Looking ahead, Commission staff has begun processing requests from six
projects to be considered for the August Commission meeting agenda.
Additionally, two project sponsors that are expected to enter into Memoranda

The Morgan Township House Museum of Understanding (MOUs) following the May Commission meeting are
targeting August for a return for full Commission approval. Project Services
staff will conduct a “triage” of submitted materials over the next few weeks and will assess all aspects of projects that
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have submitted the required documentation in preparation for proposing an agenda for the third quarter Commission
meeting scheduled for August 17.

Commission Chairman Otto M. Budig, Jr. participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Morgan Township House
Museum in Okeana on April 17, 2010. The Morgan Township Historical Society recently completed an interior and
exterior restoration project at the 1858 building, funded in part by $80,000 approved by the Commission in November
2008.The building once served as township offices, a school and a bank. The museum, now open for tours by
appointment, houses artifacts including a school bell, a World War II display and the school building’s cornerstone.
Please click here to read Chairman Budig’s description of the extraordinary opening celebration.

PROJECT NEWS

The Western Reserve Historical Society’s use of proceeds from the sale of certain items from its collections for debt
reduction continues to draw strong criticism from local media and residents. Society officials continue to defend to the
practice after numerous articles and editorials in the Plain Dealer. Of particular concern is the Society’s Crawford Auto‐
Aviation Museum collection. Kay Crawford, widow of the Crawford’s founder, unsuccessfully appealed to Society
officials to cancel an auction shortly before her death in January 2010.

In May 2009, due to concerns about the organization’s debt and sustainability, a condition was placed on the
Commission’s approval of the Society’s East Boulevard Facility Renovation project that required the Society to obtain a
written guaranty (or guarantees) prior to disbursement of state funds.

A group of former volunteers and members of the Friends of the Crawford fundraising auxiliary is collecting names for a
petition to legally separate the Crawford from the Western Reserve Historical Society. A letter from a representative of
the group, detailing the group’s concerns, is attached (click here).

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center entered into an agreement with JP Morgan Chase Bank to forgive
a portion of the debt incurred to construct the facility. The Freedom Center continues to work with the federal
government to federalize the facility in the next 18 to 24 months, and removing debt from the Freedom Center’s
balance sheet is seen as a positive step toward that end. However, the one‐time payment of more than $3 million to
settle the outstanding debt may strain the Freedom Center’s cash flow. Commission staff has requested updated cash
flow projections from Freedom Center management and will continue to monitor the organization’s finances.

In other news, the Freedom Center was recently ranked #18 in Top Black Museums in America, and has received private
funding from Lois and Richard Rosenthal for a new gallery that will house a permanent exhibit on contemporary slavery.
The new exhibit, comprising approximately 3,000 square feet, is on the third floor of the Freedom Center’s east wing.

Marion Technical College will take over day‐to‐day management of the Harding
Home and Memorial State Historical Sites. The Ohio Historical Society is expected
to approve the agreement and pay the college $105,000 per year to run the two
sites. The college is committing $20,000 of its own money for the first year and
plans to tie the operation into its academic program. Plans call for Marion
Technical College business students to devise marketing and fundraising plans for
the facilities.

The city of Warren continues to pursue changes to the management structure of
the Packard Music Hall. After a March Request for Qualifications for the
management of the venue yielded no formal submittals, local officials remain in
communication with two companies that initially expressed interest in managing
the facility. The city administration decided to pursue a management contract as

part of its ongoing efforts to reduce its annual subsidy of $250,000 for Packard
Packard Music Hall
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Music Hall operations. The city hopes to increase revenue at the Packard by shifting from a rental only facility to a venue
that, through the use of a non‐government management agent, can promote and book shows more aggressively than
allowed with the city as manager. Currently, Music Hall management is not permitted to risk taxpayer dollars on such an
endeavor.

Any deal worked out to manage the venue will need to abide by the wishes of the late W.D. Packard, who made the
Music Hall and adjacent park his parting gifts to the city. The donor’s directives require that the city‐owned facility
remains under the authority of the Packard Park Board, and also include an independent commitment to the Packard
Band. Participants in the RFQ process indicated that the complex control and responsibility relationship between the
various entities may be inhibiting interest from prospective managers. City officials are re‐examining the administration
structure to see if they can legally make changes that may facilitate efforts to engage a management contractor.

Additionally, Commission staff has put the city of Warren on notice that prior to entering into a management agreement
for the facility, the city will need to demonstrate that its proposed arrangement conforms to the terms of the
Cooperative Use Agreement between the city and the Commission, as well as IRS restrictions related to the bond funds
the Commission has approved for the facility.

Six months after opening its doors to rave reviews, the $105 million Lucas County Arena has sold its naming rights.
The Columbus‐based bank Huntington Bancshares, Inc. purchased the naming rights to the 8,000‐seat venue for $2.1
million. The home of the Toledo Walleye and downtown Toledo’s premier indoor entertainment venue is now called the
Huntington Center.


Thursday, May 13, 2010, 10:00 AM at the Chase Tower 6th Floor Conference Center, 100 East Broad Street, Columbus




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Jessica DeLong
From: Jessica Fagan
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 2:36 PM
To: OCFC; Emily_Gephart@lsc.state.oh.us; Kimberly Eckhart; Rachel Gerrick
(RGerrick@ag.state.oh.us)
Subject: February monthly report to the Commission
Below please find the monthly report to the Commission for February. Please let me know if you have any questions.

February 2010
COMMISSION NEWS
Two cultural facility projects received Commission approval during the first quarter meeting of 2010. The Irene
Lawrence Fuller House in Cuyahoga County was approved for a renovation project utilizing a $250,000 capital
appropriation, and the Cozad-Bates House, also in Cuyahoga County, received approval to use a $100,000 appropriation
for a roof replacement project. Also approved was a memorandum of understanding for the National Underground
Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati. In other Commission business, officers Otto M. Budig, Jr., chairman; Barbara S.
Robinson, vice-chair; and Craig A. Marshall, secretary-treasurer; were re-elected to their respective offices for another
one-year term.
Governor Strickland reappointed three Commission members in February for three-year terms. Chairman Otto M.
Budig, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer Craig A. Marshall, and member Bill Erdos were reappointed to serve on the Commission.
Their terms will expire in December 2012.
The Commission reimbursed 31 local project sponsors more than $5.5 million on paid invoices during the month
of February. The total amount reimbursed includes:
$39,032 Allen County Historical Society

$150,000 ArtsinStark Cultural Center for the Arts
$500,000 Capitol Theatre of the Detroit Shoreway
$943,577 Cincinnati Museum Center
$565,247 Cleveland Public Theatre
$100,000 Covedale Center for the Performing Arts
$149,713 Eulett Center
$34,716 Gallia County Historical/Genealogical Society
$16,308 Harvey School
$58,291 Holland Theatre
$42,305 Imagination Station (COSI Toledo)
$235,993 Lucas County Arena
$41,205 McConnell Arts Center of Worthington
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$91,192 McKinley Presidential Library and Museum
$128,210 National Aviation Hall of Fame
$500,000 Pro Football Hall of Fame
$150,000 Richard Howe House
$311,461 RiverSouth Development
$37,700 Rock Mill
$470,812 Stambaugh Auditorium
$11,253 Veterans’ Park Amphitheatre
$5,976 WACO Air Museum
$145,253 Western Reserve Historical Society
PROJECT NEWS
The city of Madeira is evaluating a request from the

Madeira Historical Society to serve as a cultural
guarantor for the Society, which would fulfill a
condition of the Commission’s authorizing resolution
for the Society’s capital project, approved at the
Commission’s November 2009 meeting. The
Commission approved the Society’s improvement project
based on a number of conditions, one of which is that the
Society secure either a financial or a performance
guarantee. The Budget and Finance Committee of the city
of Madeira has recommended that the city move forward
with serving as a cultural guarantor, and also that the city
encumber $127,500 in the first year of the approximately
15-year bond term. The city has estimated its annual cost
The Miller House, operated by the Madeira Historical Society, is a
1922 Sears catalog house that functions as a museum illustrating
to operate the Miller House, in the event the Society is
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early 20 -century middle-class life in a suburban setting. unable to do so, at $8,500 per year. For each year the
Society continues to operate the historic house, the city
would release $8,500 back into its general fund; the
arrangement would ensure the current city council does not encumber future city councils financially. Although the
Madeira City Council discussed the committee’s recommendation, it has not yet taken any formal action on the proposal.
The council also tabled a proposal to instruct the city’s law director to research the legal ramifications of serving as a
guarantor for the Society while the city examines the financial stability of the Madeira Historical Society; the society was
asked to provide the city with an inventory of its assets and a five-year financial plan. Meanwhile, the Society has
proceeded with improvements to the Miller House, including replacement of old plumbing and fixtures, and interior
painting is scheduled to begin in mid-March. Society officials say many businesses and individuals have donated money,
labor and materials to conduct the renovations. The 1922 Miller House operates as a historic house museum. Additional
project components are expected to include garage door replacement, sidewalk repair, basement waterproofing and
electrical updates. The project has a $60,000 state capital appropriation.
Fairfield County Commissioners approved the placement of a 0.5-mill property tax on the May ballot to benefit
the Fairfield County Historical Parks Commission. The parks commission is responsible for Rock Mill, as well as 16
other historical properties that residents have donated to the parks system over the years. Parks Commission Director
David Fey estimates Rock Mill needs $700,000 to be completely restored; a state capital appropriation of $150,000
received Commission approval in July 2009, and was used to restore the mill’s north wall. Voters have rejected the nine
previous attempts to fund the parks system through a property tax since the parks commission was created in 1981. The
entity operates primarily on county general funds, this year totaling $127,400, as well as some memberships and private
fundraising. If the levy passes on May 4, it would generate approximately $1.6 million per year, and cost the owner of a
$100,000 home an additional $15 annually.
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History hired Evalyn Gates to serve as its new executive director. Ms. Gates is
a well-known physicist, author, and educator, and will fill the museum’s leadership role beginning May 17. The museum
conducted an 18-month international search to identify a new director, following the resignation of Bruce Latimer in June
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2008. Ms. Gates currently serves as assistant director for the University of Chicago’s Kavli Institute for Cosmological
Physics, and is also a member of the university’s research faculty in astronomy and astrophysics. She has been published
in Physics Today, and previously worked at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago, managing the
museum’s public education programs, developing new galleries, and managing the creation of new exhibits. She holds
both her undergraduate degree, in biomedical engineering, and her doctorate, in theoretical particle physics, from Case
Western Reserve University. She joins the Cleveland Museum of Natural History at an important time, as the 90-year-old
institution plans to launch a capital campaign to fund major renovation and expansion plans. The museum was
appropriated $150,000 in the June 2008 capital bill, and its project to install a new full-dome projection system in its
planetarium is currently undergoing assessment by Commission staff for possible placement on the Commission’s May
meeting agenda.
The Jamestown Opera House hosted its first performance since 1936 as
the Jamestown Area Historical Society presented “Voices of Ohio” to a
sold-out house on December 5. Former state senator and current U.S.
Congressman Steve Austria was in attendance to present a Congressional
proclamation. Although the Society has completed a great deal of the
renovations to the historic opera house, a number of projects remain, including
improvements to walls, stairs, and floors. The facility has received a total of
$275,000 in state capital appropriations, and almost $272,000 has been
reimbursed to date.
The city of Warren issued a Request for Qualifications from companies

interested in managing the Packard Music Hall. The city wants to see the
facility managed in such a way that the music hall’s use would increase, the
number of tenants expand, and the city subsidy decrease. The RFQ was
developed by a Youngstown attorney in collaboration with Warren’s mayor, the
city law department, Packard Music Hall Director Christopher Stephenson, and
some of the facility’s tenants, including the Packard Band and Warren Civic
Music Association. Prospective managers have until March 17 to respond to
the RFQ, and select companies will be invited to respond to a Request for
Proposals. Firms responding to the RFQ must submit a management plan for
The Jamestown Opera House recently hosted the hall, as well as a marketing plan, a description of their booking philosophy,
its first performance since 1936.
and a financial plan designed to maximize revenues while minimizing operating
expenses. Eventually, the city says it would like to eliminate its annual subsidy
for the hall, which last year was $250,000. The Packard Music Hall received Commission approval in May 2008 for a
$575,000 capital appropriation, which is being used to upgrade much of its original stage-house technology, including
lighting, rigging and sound systems.
The DeYor Performing Arts Center suffered damage due to heavy ice and snow, although the incident caused no
damage or structural problems inside the theater. A buildup of ice and snow on the roof caused the collapse of an
exterior fire escape and part of the building façade. The building was closed for one day so officials could assess the
damage, but three sold-out performances by Riverdance in the following days were held as planned. Police and
firefighters were on hand during the performances in case of any emergencies. The only interior space affected by the
collapse is the center’s Overture Restaurant, where a gas line on the side of the building, which affects only the
restaurant, was damaged. The restaurant will remain closed until the gas line is repaired. Arts center officials do not yet
have cost estimates to repair the facility damage, but anticipate that masonry repairs will be conducted in the spring. The
DeYor Performing Arts Center has been appropriated a total of $2.125 million through six state appropriations. The most
recent project conducted at the center, utilizing $125,000 in state capital funds, received Commission approval in
November 2009. The funds were used for the purchase and installation of a new flyable acoustical shell and stage rigging
at Powers Auditorium.
Ten projects remain in assessment for potential placement on the Commission’s May meeting agenda. The total
includes eight cultural facility projects and two projects of the Ohio Historical Society.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
The Commission will conduct its office move on March 18 and 19. Commission staff is likely to shuttle between
locations on those dates, and telephone, e-mail and computer access is expected to be intermittent during the transition to
the new location. All systems will be fully functioning at the new offices on Monday, March 22. The Commission’s phone
and fax numbers will remain the same.
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The Commission’s new address will be:
100 East Broad Street, Suite 300

Thursday, May 13, 2010 (100 East Broad Street, 6th Floor Conference Room, starting time TBA)

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Jessica DeLong
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 1:35 PM
To: 'breece@nurfc.org'
Subject: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Resolution
Attachments: R-10-04 NURFC RESOLUTION SIGNED.pdf
Dear Ben:
On behalf of the Commission members, our Executive Director, Kathleen M. Fox, the staff and myself, I would like to
express sincere gratitude and thanks for to each of you for attending our February 11th Commission meeting. It was very
helpful for the Commission members and staff to have you available for questions. We appreciate your taking the time to
join us.
I would also like to acknowledge your efforts leading up to the meeting. Reaching the milestone of obtaining Commission
approval represents the culmination of a great deal of work by a number of parties, and I thank you for your contribution to
the process.
Enclosed for your file is a copy of signed Resolution No. R-10-04 which was adopted at the meeting. I am always
available to answer any questions you may have, and I am looking forward to guiding you through the remainder of the
process.
Congratulations on behalf of the Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission and staff. We look forward to a long and productive
relationship with your organization.
Sincerely,

Jessica DeLong
for
Amy Rice
Project Manager

Telephone 614.752.2774
Fax 614.752.2775
email arice@cultural.ohio.gov
website www.culture.ohio.gov
The Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission, formerly the Ohio Arts & Sports Facilities Commission, oversees capital improvement funds appropriated by the Ohio
General Assembly and Governor for community cultural facility projects including non-profit theaters, museums, historical sites and publicly owned professional
sports venues. You are invited to visit www.culture.ohio.gov or call (614) 752-2770 for more information on the Commission or to learn how we can assist your
cultural facility project.

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Jessica DeLong
From: Jessica Fagan
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:21 AM
To: Kimberly Eckhart; Rachel Gerrick (RGerrick@ag.state.oh.us);
Emily_Gephart@lsc.state.oh.us; OCFC
Subject: January monthly report
Below please find the monthly report to the Commission for January; please let me know if you have any questions.

January 2010
COMMISSION NEWS
January. An additional 67 invoices are ready to be paid in early February, as soon as the Commission’s bond issue
closes and the funds are deposited in the Commission’s Building Fund (see related story below.) The total amount
reimbursed in January includes:
$500,000 Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

$921 Karamu House
$317,593 Lucas County Arena
$26,243 McKinley Presidential Library and Museum
$50,000 Miami Township Community Park Amphitheater
$10,615 Morgan Township House
$11,923 Ohio Glass Museum
$208,918 Packard Music Hall
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PROJECT NEWS
The Renaissance Theatre celebrated the grand

opening of its theater expansion project with a gala
on January 30, followed by a community open house
on January 31. The project included construction of a
20,000-square-foot building addition, featuring a new
lobby, new restrooms and an elevator for ADA
compliance, a loading dock, an expanded box office, a
new concession stand, an HVAC system serving both
facilities, administrative offices, a music library, a
conference room, and new entranceways. The project
has state capital appropriations totaling $1.85 million, and
received Commission approval in July 2008. Just over
$1.4 million has been reimbursed to date. According to
Renaissance officials, the project was completed on
budget and on schedule.
Rep. Jay Goyal (left), of Mansfield, speaks as part of the Renaissance
The Lucas County Arena continues to draw better-
Theatre’s grand re-opening gala on January 30. A new entrance (right)
was part of the theater’s recent expansion project. than-anticipated attendance for its minor-league
(Photographs courtesy Jeff Sprang Photography) hockey team, the Toledo Walleye. Toledo is in third
place for attendance in the East Coast Hockey League,
drawing an average of 5,767 per game at the new arena.
The team’s managers had expected to draw an average of 4,900 per game prior to the New Year. As of January 1, the
team had attracted five capacity crowds of more than 7,400 spectators, including an 8,200-person-strong, standing-room-
only crowd on the Sunday after Christmas. That crowd broke the record of the Walleye’s opening-night attendance of
8,000 in October. Walleye President and General Manager, Joe Napoli, estimates 30 percent of the crowds are Toledo’s
die-hard hockey fans, and expressed surprise at how quickly the team has been embraced by families seeking an
affordable night out. Historically, Napoli said, sports teams attract fewer fans in the early part of their seasons, and he
expects attendance figures for the Walleye to rise January through March. The Lucas County Arena opened in October
2009, and the project utilized $7.7 million in capital appropriations, which received Commission approval in July 2008.
Completion of Cuyahoga County’s Towpath Trail project hit a potential five-year delay with the revelation that
part of the trail’s intended path runs through a former uranium-refining plant. The Towpath Trail is a planned 101-
mile path following the historic Ohio & Erie Canal through Cuyahoga, Summit, Stark, and Tuscarawas counties. Currently,
88 of the 101 miles of hiking and biking trail are open to the public. One of the final pieces of the trail, to be completed in
Cleveland and connect all the way to Lake Erie, received a $500,000
appropriation in the June 2008 capital bill. Part of the planned path was to
pass through the former Harshaw Chemical site, about which the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers recently released a lengthy report indicating it could be
as long as five years before the site is cleaned up. Harshaw Chemical was
the site of uranium refining activity during World War II, supplying the
material for the production of atomic bombs. Although the Army Corps
report estimates four to five years for clean-up of the site, it also states the
property does not present sufficient danger to prevent it from being used for
passive recreation, such as the activity proposed by the trail. That
assessment by the Army Corps is providing some hope to the Ohio Canal
Corridor—one of the groups partnering on the project in Cleveland—that it
might persuade the Army Corps to move more quickly in its clean-up, or that
the site does not need to be cleaned to an agricultural-use standard, since
the trail would only be used passively by the public. Meanwhile, other
portions of the trail in Cleveland are under design, or will be as soon as land
is purchased, and the Ohio Canal Corridor and other partners are working to
complete those portions and open them to the public. Although project
sponsor representatives have spoken with Commission staff several times
regarding the Towpath Trail project, it remains unclear whether a sufficient
cultural component of the project could be developed in order to fit within the
The Hayes Presidential Center announced it will
Commission’s statutory authority to fund the project.
close the adjacent Dillon House (above), used for
special events and rentals, due to budget Officials at the Hayes Presidential Center, an Ohio Historical Society
constraints. site, announced they will close the adjacent Dillon House, an
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extension of the Center for 50 years. The historic 1873 Dillon House had been used most recently for programs and
events such as Victorian teas, as well as rentals including weddings, dinners, and business meetings. Previously, the
home was used by visiting researchers and its rooms could be rented for overnight stays by Presidential Center members.
Although the property generated revenue, the income was offset by expenses, including $1,000 in monthly utility costs. In
light of recent state budget cuts, the Hayes Presidential Center has enacted other cost-cutting moves, including pay cuts
for employees, closing the Center on Mondays, and increasing admission prices. The Center’s board of trustees has not
made a decision about whether to try to sell the property, citing the slow housing market. The Hayes mansion, also part of
the Presidential Center, is currently undergoing a multi-year project to restore several rooms of the home. The site has
received a total of $4.178 million in capital appropriations over the years, and previous state-funded projects have
included the replacement of the roofs and HVAC systems at the Hayes mansion and the presidential library, restoration of
the fence surrounding the estate, and improvement of the library auditorium.
Three cultural facility projects will appear on the agenda for the Commission’s February 11 meeting: the Cozad-
Bates House and the Irene Lawrence Fuller House, both in Cleveland, and the National Underground Railroad
Freedom Center, in Cincinnati. Also on the agenda is a report from Commission Secretary-Treasurer Craig Marshall
regarding the Commission’s recent audit. A total of 11 projects submitted information by the January 14 deadline, and are
in assessment for potential placement on the Commission’s second-quarter meeting agenda. The total includes nine
cultural facility projects and two projects of the Ohio Historical Society. Additional potential agenda items include the Maltz
Museum of Jewish Heritage and the Valentine Theatre.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
The new bond issuance to replenish the Commission’s Building Fund will close on February 10. The Series 2010A
tax-exempt bonds will have a value of $30 million. The Official Statement is available online, and a hard copy Official
Statement will be provided to all Commission members at the upcoming February meeting. As of January 28, all funds
from the $30 million bond issue in December 2008 have been disbursed to project sponsors. At present, Commission staff
is ready to reimburse 67 invoices submitted by project sponsors, valued at approximately $3.7 million, as soon as the new
bond proceeds are received.
STAFF NEWS
Project Analyst Nicole Cheatham resigned from her position to pursue other interests. Her last day with the
Commission was January 28.
Thursday, February 11, 2010, 10:00AM at the Commission Office

Thursday, May 13, 2010 (starting time and location TBA)

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Jessica DeLong
From: Amy Rice
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 2:18 PM
To: Jessica DeLong
Subject: RE: email request
Thanks!

To: Amy Rice

Finished!

From: Amy Rice
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 9:49 AM
To: Jessica DeLong

Winzig, Peter [pwinzig@weltman.com] – Irene Fuller

Ndeda Letson [NLetson@universitycircle.org] – Cozad‐Bates

breece@nurfc.org – National Underground Freedom Center
To: Amy Rice
Subject: RE:

Good Morning Amy!
Could you please forward me the sponsor’s e‐mail for the three projects?

Thanks!

From: Amy Rice
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 9:39 AM
To: Jessica DeLong
Subject:

Please send the 3 February projects an email with the verbiage below and the following attachments.

Their PASR, Exhibits, Resolution, Registration and Detail Reports. Also include the attached certification document.
Please complete as much of this document as you can before sending to the LPS. They should only have to sign date and
complete their title.

Let me know if I’ve managed to thoroughly confuse you, because I’ve confused myself!

Thanks for your help!!!

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Dear Project Sponsor:

Attached to this email are your project’s Commission meeting notebook materials. Please review the attached materials
and let us know of any feedback.

If you could provide this feedback by 5pm on Friday, January 29, 2010, it would be greatly appreciated.
The Certification letter is also due back by the 29th.

Thank you for the opportunity to work with you.
Regards,

Amy Rice
Project Manager
Fax 614.752.2775

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Jessica DeLong
To: Amy Rice
Finished!

From: Amy Rice
To: Jessica DeLong



To: Amy Rice
Subject: RE:

Good Morning Amy!

Thanks!

From: Amy Rice
To: Jessica DeLong
Subject:







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Regards,

Amy Rice
Project Manager
Fax 614.752.2775

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Jessica DeLong
From: Amy Rice
To: Jessica DeLong


To: Amy Rice
Subject: RE:

Good Morning Amy!

Thanks!

From: Amy Rice
To: Jessica DeLong
Subject:








Regards,

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Amy Rice
Project Manager
Fax 614.752.2775

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Jessica DeLong
From: Jessica Fagan
To: OCFC; Kimberly Eckhart; Rachel Gerrick (RGerrick@ag.state.oh.us);
Emily_Gephart@lsc.state.oh.us
Subject: December 2009 Report to the Commission
Below please find the monthly report to the Commission for December; please let me know if you have any questions.

December 2009
COMMISSION NEWS
The Commission reimbursed 20 local project sponsors more than $8.8 million on paid invoices during the month
of December. The total amount reimbursed includes:

$303,911 Great Lakes Science Center
$63,236 Huntington Park
$20,149 John Stark Edwards House and Museum
$162,908 Lorain County Historical Society
$6,377,140 Lucas County Arena
$4,098 Oxford Community Arts Center
$23,850 Rock Mill
$2,417 Veterans’ Park Amphitheatre
$30,484 Wood County Historical Center & Museum
$254,395 Zion Center
PROJECT NEWS
Two recently completed sports facility projects received recognition recently. Huntington Park, home of the
Columbus Clippers minor-league baseball team, was named Ballpark of the Year by BallparkDigest.com. The publisher of
the Web magazine called Huntington Park a “fan-friendly facility that provides fans with a first-class experience….” The
announcement came only three months after the park was given a similar honor by Baseballparks.com. The Huntington
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Park project received Commission approval in March 2008, and more than $6.8 million has been reimbursed, of a total $7
million in state appropriations. Meanwhile in Toledo, the Lucas County Arena was nominated for a Pollstar Award in the
category of “Best New Major Concert Venue.” Pollstar is a prominent trade publication for the concert industry, and its
annual awards honor artists, management, venues, talent buyers and more for achievements in the concert industry. The
final award recipients will be announced in February. The Lucas County Arena was appropriated $7.7 million in state
capital funds, approved by the Commission in July. More than $6.3 million has been reimbursed.
The Great Lakes Historical Society is a step closer to

moving its Inland Seas Maritime Museum from Vermilion to
Toledo, with the approval of a memorandum of understanding
by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority regarding a lease
agreement. The agreement would allow the Society to enter into
a lease as soon as January for $1 per year for 25 years at a site
at Toledo’s Maritime Center in the Marina District. The
arrangement also would require the Society to split any annual
ticket revenues over $700,000 with the Port Authority, and to
assume management and maintenance responsibilities for the
William B. Boyer museum ship, which will be restored and
relocated to a slip adjacent to the Maritime Center. According to
a Port Authority official, $35,000 is secured for the expense to
dry-dock and restore the ship; however, the estimated $1.5
million needed to dredge the new slip next to the Maritime
Center has not yet been identified. The move to Toledo would
Relocation from Vermilion to Toledo appears more likely for the nearly triple the museum’s display space, and according to a
Great Lakes Historical Society, with the approval of a market study, could bring more than 45,000 visitors per year,
memorandum of understanding about a lease agreement by compared to the current draw of 6,500 visitors annually. The
Toledo’s Port Authority. Society has operated the Inland Seas Maritime Museum at its
current site since 1953. The new museum could open as soon
as 2011, according to Society Executive Director Chris Gillcrist. The Great Lakes Historical Society has state capital
appropriations totaling $1.175 million, which could be used to help fund the new museum.
The Fort Meigs historical site, owned by the Ohio Historical Society (OHS), is likely to come under management
by a local Perrysburg group. The site will become one in a long list of sites statewide where OHS has turned over daily
operations to local organizations in an effort to reduce its financial obligations in the face of state budget cuts. OHS is
expected to provide approximately $125,000 per year to subsidize some of the maintenance and utility expenses at Fort
Meigs. The site’s 16-member advisory group, known as the Fort Meigs cabinet, is seeking 501(c)3 status and will begin a
fundraising campaign in spring 2010 to help support the fort’s ongoing operations. The group indicated it is interested in
expanding access and events at the site. Fort Meigs has been appropriated a total of $6.2 million in state capital
appropriations. In July, the Commission approved a recent $200,000 appropriation for the site, which was used to acquire
an adjacent parcel of land to protect the site from future development; the closing was held in December.
The Western Reserve Historical Society has put an off-site warehouse up for sale, in spite of a weak market for
commercial property. The Society’s Macedonia facility—which functioned as collections storage and a restoration facility
where volunteers worked on the rare and antique cars belonging to the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum—is listed for $1.8
million, approximately $200,000 less than the purchase price 10 years ago. The Society’s stated goal is to consolidate
storage of all its artifacts at or near its headquarters at University Circle in Cleveland. The Macedonia facility, in Summit
County, is approximately 22 miles from University Circle. The Society has been working to erase more than $5 million in
debt, and its efforts have included staff layoffs and salary cuts; the sale of some of its collections, including at least 44
cars since the beginning of 2009; and now the sale of the Macedonia warehouse. Earlier this month, the Society
announced it had paid off $3.5 million of the debt. Commission staff has received written concerns from a past volunteer
and Friends of the Crawford member regarding the approach to debt repayment undertaken by the Society, and urging
that no state funds be released to the Society until the organization can demonstrate a sustainable operating model. In
May, the Commission conditionally approved the use of $2.8 million in state capital appropriations for improvements to the
Society’s Hay-McKinney Mansion and Crawford museum. The release of funds is contingent upon the Society obtaining a
financial guaranty for the state’s contribution toward the project. To date, the Society has not indicated any progress
toward identifying a potential guarantor. Prior appropriations totaling $2 million received Commission approval to address
water infiltration issues at the Hay-McKinney Mansion and for HVAC upgrades in the library and Halle Costume wings.
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The Lake Erie Nature & Science Center named a new
executive director: Catherine J. Timko will begin her
new post with the center in January. She follows Larry
Richardson, who led the center for 21 years, and is only
the fourth executive director in the organization’s 60-year
history. Timko has worked exclusively in the nonprofit field,
most recently as division development director for the
Trust for Public Land, a national land conservation
organization. She also worked at Akron’s Stan Hywet Hall
& Gardens in development positions, and prior to that, for
the Epilepsy Foundation of Northeast Ohio and the
Cleveland Opera. Timko holds a business management
degree from Hiram College. The Lake Erie Nature &
Science Center received a $200,000 state capital
appropriation in the June 2008 capital bill, which it intends
to use toward its planned $4-million expansion and
renovation project. The Commission entered into a
memorandum of understanding with the organization after
Catherine J. Timko will become executive director of the Lake Erie its August meeting. Another Commission-funded project
Nature & Science Center in January. announced filling a key position recently: the Dayton Art
Institute named David R. Stacy as chief financial officer
and director of operations. Stacy assumed the role in early December, having served the last 10 years as CFO of the
Ohio Masonic Home in Springfield. Stacy holds a bachelor’s degree from Bowling Green State University and an MBA
from Wright State University, and has 30 years of finance and accounting experience. The Dayton Art Institute was
reimbursed with state capital appropriations totaling $2.75 million for an expansion project in the late 1990s.
Commission approval for the release of $4.9 million in state capital funds for the Marina District project in Toledo
is in danger of expiring if the city of Toledo cannot execute legal agreements with the Commission by the upcoming
February 11 meeting. To date, developer Larry Dillin has not closed on the $3.6-million purchase of 58 acres on the
Marina District site. The release of the Commission-approved $4.9 million for the park project is contingent upon the $3.6
million as matching funds from the city, as is $2.25 million in federal stimulus funds, to be funneled through the Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency, for shoreline improvements along the Maumee River. The development of the riverfront
park is expected to be the catalyst for the entire $320-million mixed-use development. In late October, Mayor Carty
Finkbeiner sent Dillin a letter marked “Marina District Notice of Termination.” The letter gave the developer 30 days to
close on the land purchase, and stated the city could pursue other options for commercial development of the area. In
spite of the notice and passage of the city’s deadline, Dillin continues to work to close on the land purchase, and Mayor
Finkbeiner said in December that he remained hopeful the deal would close soon. An anticipated start date on the project
is unknown; Toledo swore in a new mayor, Mike Bell, on January 5, and is facing a projected $40 million general fund
deficit.
Three cultural facility projects remain in assessment for potential placement on the Commission’s February 2010
meeting agenda. The previously approved National Underground Railroad Freedom Center project is also expected to be
part of the Commission’s February agenda.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
A new bond issuance to replenish the Commission’s Building Fund is expected in early February, corresponding
with the anticipated spend down of the balance in the Commission’s building fund as project invoices are paid.
Commission approval for this $30 million new bond issuance was granted during the November meeting.
The Commission’s audit for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 was completed in December. Commission
Secretary/Treasurer Craig Marshall, CPA, was involved throughout the audit process, participating in the audit entrance
and exit conferences, and discussing Commission management’s formal response to the auditor’s management letter.
Commission members received the auditor’s report and management’s response letter via e-mail. A full report on the
audit process and results will be provided by Mr. Marshall at the Commission’s February 11 meeting.
The Commission is planning to relocate it offices to the Chase building at 100 East Broad Street in spring 2010,
following the announcement that its current location at 20 East Broad Street, as well as an adjacent building, will be
redeveloped into a boutique hotel. The new office space will represent a 30 percent reduction in square footage, and
arrangements beneficial to the Commission have been negotiated with both our current and new landlords, thanks to a
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soft commercial real estate market. The new lease is expected to generate savings for the Commission of approximately
$80,000 in the current fiscal biennium (fiscal years 2010 and 2011) and roughly $50,000 in each successive fiscal
biennium. A Controlling Board request for the relocation has been submitted and is expected to be heard on January 11.
STAFF NEWS
Project Manager/Staff Attorney LeeAnne Woods resigned from her position to pursue other interests. Her last day
with the Commission was January 4.
Thursday, February 11, 2010 (starting time and location TBA)


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Jessica DeLong
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 9:49 AM
To: LeeAnne Woods
Subject: RE: NURFC insurance
Attachments: NURFC Insurance Docs.pdf
Here ya go!

From: LeeAnne Woods
To: Jessica DeLong
Cc: Jillian D. Burner
Subject: NURFC insurance

Jessica,

Can you check and see if we have any insurance information for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in
their obligations/red flag folder?

Thanks,
LeeAnne
LeeAnne Woods
Staff Attorney - Project Manager
Telephone: 614-752-2774
Fax: 614-752-2775
e-mail: lwoods@culture.ohio.gov
The Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission, formerly the Ohio Arts & Sports Facilities Commission, oversees capital improvement
funds appropriated by the Ohio General Assembly and Governor for community cultural facility projects including non‐profit
theaters, museums, historical sites and publicly owned professional sports venues. You are invited to visit www.culture.ohio.gov
or call (614) 752‐2770 for more information on the Commission or to learn how we can assist your cultural facility project.
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Jessica DeLong
From: LeeAnne Woods
To: Jessica DeLong
Cc: Jillian D. Burner
Subject: NURFC insurance
Jessica,

Can you check and see if we have any insurance information for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in
their obligations/red flag folder?

Thanks,
LeeAnne
LeeAnne Woods
Staff Attorney - Project Manager
Telephone: 614-752-2774
Fax: 614-752-2775
e-mail: lwoods@culture.ohio.gov
The Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission, formerly the Ohio Arts & Sports Facilities Commission, oversees capital improvement
funds appropriated by the Ohio General Assembly and Governor for community cultural facility projects including non‐profit
theaters, museums, historical sites and publicly owned professional sports venues. You are invited to visit www.culture.ohio.gov
or call (614) 752‐2770 for more information on the Commission or to learn how we can assist your cultural facility project.
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Jessica DeLong
From: Jessica Fagan
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 1:27 PM
To: OCFC; Brian_Hoffmeister@LSC.STATE.OH.US; Kimberly Eckhart; Rachel Gerrick
(RGerrick@ag.state.oh.us)
Subject: October 2009 Monthly Report
Below please find the monthly report to the Commission for October; please let me know if you have any questions.

October 2009
COMMISSION NEWS
October. The total amount reimbursed includes:
$250,000 Columbus College of Art and Design

$309,948 Eagles Building
$21,300 Karamu House
$86,875 McConnell Arts Center of Worthington
$75,491 Ohio Glass Museum
$90,000 Western Reserve Historical Society
PROJECT NEWS
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The Imagination Station in Toledo held grand re-opening
festivities on October 10, attracting 1,100 visitors on its first
full day of operations since the museum—formerly COSI
Toledo—closed temporarily in December 2007. Lucas County
voters passed a 0.17-mill, five-year levy on the November 2008
ballot, which will generate $1.5 million in annual operating support
for the science education museum, providing it with stable revenue
support. The museum was refurbished prior to reopening, funded
by just over $1 million in state capital funds, approved by the
Commission in May. The museum now features new exhibits as
well as old favorites, and has a new mascot: Gizmo, a yellow
“lab”rador who wears glasses and a lab coat. The Imagination
Station sold 700 memberships prior to its reopening, and is keeping
its levy promise to offer free Saturday admission to all Lucas
County children 12 and younger with a paid adult admission.
Gizmo, the Imagination Station’s new mascot, rides the High
Wire Cycle in the refurbished museum.
Also in Toledo, the $105-million Lucas County Arena opened
to the public with two open houses October 3 and 4. More than
8,500 spectators toured the facility October 4, when the Toledo Walleye, the city’s new minor-league hockey team, held
its first skate on the ice. Although the team lost its home opener on October 16, it brought in a sellout crowd of 8,000
fans—the largest crowd ever to see a professional hockey game in Toledo. The Walleye rebounded with a win on October
17, and for their opening weekend at the arena they drew 20,664 spectators over three home games. Attendance for
minor-league hockey in Toledo has increased by 63% compared to the 2006-2007 season, the final season for the Toledo
Storm in the old Toledo Sports Arena. The new arena’s first non-hockey event, a performance by ventriloquist Jeff
Dunham, also was a success, drawing a crowd of 7,600. The arena’s presence downtown is spurring new business
activity, with several new businesses—primarily bars and restaurants—opening in conjunction with the arena’s debut or in
the near future. The Lucas County Arena was appropriated $7.7 million in state capital funds, approved by the
Commission in July.
Several other Commission-funded projects held grand opening

celebrations during the month of October, including the
Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, the County Line
Historical Society, the Great Lakes Science Center, and the John
Stark Edwards House and Museum. On October 6, the Covedale
Center for the Performing Arts in Cincinnati celebrated the completion
of its backstage renovations. The project created 1,700 square feet of
additional space on two floors, adding a new electrical distribution
system, building dressing rooms, and installing water lines, sewer
lines, and restrooms backstage. The improvements were funded by
$100,000 in state capital funds, approved by the Commission in
February. Commission Chairman Otto M. Budig, Jr., represented the
Commission at the festivities. The County Line Historical Society of
Wayne/Holmes counties held an event October 9 to mark the opening
of the newly created County Line Historical Society Museum, located
Otto Budig makes remarks during the Covedale Center
for the Performing Arts’ grand opening for its backstage in an 1870s property in the village of Shreve. The project received a
renovation project. $100,000 appropriation, approved by the Commission in August 2007.
More than $59,000 has been reimbursed to date. On October 22, the
Great Lakes Science Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark
the opening of the new enclosed pedestrian walkway connecting the Science Center to the Steamship William G. Mather
Maritime Museum. The Commission was represented at the event by Caprice Bragg. The $3.4-million project built a glass
and steel 400-foot connector between the two attractions in an effort to increase attendance at both; the project was
appropriated $1 million, and more than $578,000 has been reimbursed. Finally, the John Stark Edwards House and
Museum, operated by the Trumbull County Historical Society, held a public open house on October 31 to mark the
completion of its renovations to the Edwards House, the oldest pioneer home in the city of Warren. The Commission
approved the release of $150,000 for the restoration project in November 2007. More than $125,000 has been reimbursed
to date.
A tax levy for the Cincinnati Museum Center passed by a wide margin on November 3, with 67 percent of voters
in favor of the renewal levy. The tax is expected to generate approximately $16 million over the next five years, which
will help the Museum Center pay for operating costs and capital improvements. The Center has identified $80 million in
needed repairs to the Art Deco-era former train station. In July 2008 and February 2009, the Commission authorized
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reimbursement of a total $4.5 million in state capital funds for improvements projects at Union Terminal, including
restoration of three historic dining rooms, window replacements, mural conservation, and upgrades to HVAC, fire, and
electrical systems.
The Marion Palace Theatre named a successor to retired Executive Director Elaine Merchant. The new director,
Tina Salamone, joins the Marion Palace from the Rialto Square Theatre, a 1,900-seat historic theater in Joliette, Illinois.
Salamone had a nine-year tenure at the Rialto, serving as director of programming and technical director. Her 35 years of
theater experience include involvement as a performer, director, stage manager and technician. She officially took over
the executive director position at the Palace on October 2. The Marion Palace Theatre completed an expansion project in
2008, to which the state contributed $1.575 million.
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center CEO Don Murphy reported to Commission staff that he expects a
bill to be introduced in Congress shortly that would transfer the museum to the federal government. The model for
the transfer is based on the Holocaust Museum, which is an independent federal agency. Mr. Murphy stated he would
provide Commission staff with a copy of the bill, which he anticipates could be passed by Congress as soon as the end of
2009. Should the transfer be authorized, the Commission would need to grant the appropriate authorization, and amend
and/or execute new legal agreements as necessary. A November 30 meeting is scheduled between Mr. Murphy and
Commission staff to discuss the status and possible Commission approval of the state’s most recent capital appropriation
of $850,000 for the Freedom Center’s initial construction costs. The project may appear on the Commission’s February
2010 meeting agenda. The museum marked its fifth anniversary on October 10.
The Ohio Theatre in Toledo is set to close November 1, pending renovations by Lagrange Development Corp. The
community development organization will purchase the historic 1921 theater to restore the landmark, and then will sell it
back to the current owner, Ohio Theatre Inc., to operate the theater. Lagrange Development Corp. will utilize its
experience in renovating old buildings, and in handling federal, state, and local funding sources, to restore the theater,
which is expected to help revitalize Toledo’s historic Polish Village neighborhood. The organization anticipates a $2 to $3
million project; meanwhile, Ohio Theatre Inc. will begin raising funds to buy back and operate the theater once
renovations are complete. The Ohio Theatre was appropriated $100,000 in 2005 that could be used for the project.
Two Commission projects are the recipients of recent

awards: the Cincinnati Museum Center won the National
Medal for Museum and Library Service, and the Lincoln
Theatre in Columbus was awarded a Preservation Merit
Award. The Cincinnati Museum Center is one of 10 institutions
to receive the country’s highest honor for libraries and museums.
The honor recognizes institutions for outstanding social,
educational, economic, or environmental contributions to their
communities, and is awarded annually by the Institute of
Museum and Library Services. An awards ceremony will be held
in Washington, D.C., and the museum center will receive
$10,000, which it will use to help fund its programming. The
restoration of the Lincoln Theatre has been recognized with a
Preservation Merit Award from the Ohio Historic Preservation
Office of the Ohio Historical Society. The theater reopened in
May following an extensive restoration project. The Lincoln
The Lincoln Theatre in Columbus won a Preservation Merit Theatre was appropriated $350,000 and the project sponsor is
Award from the Ohio Historic Preservation Office. currently operating under a memorandum of understanding with
the Commission, approved in February. The sponsor will return
to seek full Commission approval upon completion of the capital campaign.
Fourteen projects will appear on the Commission’s November meeting agenda, in addition to two administrative
items. Meeting notebooks were delivered to Commission members at the end of October and briefing calls are scheduled
to identify any additional information needed for the meeting. Four projects submitted materials to seek consideration for
the Commission’s February 2010 meeting.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
The Commission annual report for fiscal year 2009 was at the printer in October and will be mailed to
stakeholders—including project sponsors, local and state government officials, media, Commissions members,
and arts and culture leaders statewide—in early November. The annual report details the status of all of current
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projects, recaps completed projects, and provides a financial picture of all project appropriations and reimbursements as
of June 30, 2009.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 9:00AM at the Commission Office

Thursday, February 11, 2010 (starting time and location TBA)

Brian Hoffmeister, Legislative Services Commission
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visit our website: www.culture.ohio.gov

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Here is the requested 2011 Cash Flow Estimate.

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MONTHLY REPORT TO THE COMMISSION

$4,378.74 Allen County Historical Society

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium received an

On October 9, the National Underground Railroad

On October 9, the Irene Lawrence Fuller House held a grand

Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage held a Community Celebration

Toledo’s Taylor Automotive Group awarded Imagination

On November 3, Cleveland’s Museum of Contemporary

FUTURE COMMISSION MEETINGS

cc: Emily Gephart, Legislative Services Commission

MONTHLY REPORT TO THE COMMISSION

The Commission approved five cultural facility projects at its May 13

$43,717 Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

Restoration work on Stambaugh Auditorium’s Skinner organ continues, funded

The future of the Fairfield County Historical Parks Commission is uncertain

FUTURE COMMISSION MEETINGS

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 (starting time and location TBA)

cc: Kimberly Eckhart, Office of Budget and Management

MONTHLY REPORT TO THE COMMISSION

$39,032 Allen County Historical Society

The city of Madeira is evaluating a request from the

The city of Warren issued a Request for Qualifications from companies

100 East Broad Street, Suite 300

FUTURE COMMISSION MEETINGS

cc: Kimberly Eckhart, Office of Budget and Management

MONTHLY REPORT TO THE COMMISSION

$500,000 Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

The Renaissance Theatre celebrated the grand

FUTURE COMMISSION MEETINGS

Thursday, February 11, 2010, 10:00AM at the Commission Office

cc: Kimberly Eckhart, Office of Budget and Management

MONTHLY REPORT TO THE COMMISSION

$4,831 COSI Columbus

The Great Lakes Historical Society is a step closer to

FUTURE COMMISSION MEETINGS

Thursday, February 11, 2010 (starting time and location TBA)

cc: Kimberly Eckhart, Office of Budget and Management

MONTHLY REPORT TO THE COMMISSION

$250,000 Columbus College of Art and Design

Several other Commission-funded projects held grand opening

Two Commission projects are the recipients of recent

FUTURE COMMISSION MEETINGS

Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 9:00AM at the Commission Office

cc: Kimberly Eckhart, Office of Budget and Management

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