MUSEUM PLAN READY FOR PRESENTATION.Byline: Rachel Uranga Staff Writer The City Council will hear a plan today to open a cultural arts center in the city's former firehouse. The plan - which last July ignited ig·nite v. ig·nit·ed, ig·nit·ing, ig·nites v.tr. 1. a. To cause to burn. b. To set fire to. 2. To subject to great heat, especially to make luminous by heat. deep divisions among council members who squabbled over funding and control of the museum - would create a private nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. to run the 3,300-square-foot museum. Until then, Friends of the Lopez Adobe - a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. group headed by Councilwoman Julie Ruelas and focused on raising money for the city's only other museum, the Lopez Adobe house - would run the facility. Councilman Steve Veres has expressed concern over the plan, calling the Cultural Arts Center and History Museum unrealistic and questioning Ruelas' and her organization's qualifications. ``None of them have any kind of track record,'' Veres said. ``We have no idea what the quality of work is.'' Under the $110,000 proposal, the museum, which would open in December 2005, would be run by volunteers, including Ruelas, who is named as museum curator CURATOR, persons, contracts. One who has been legally appointed to take care of the interests of one who, on account of his youth, or defect of his understanding, or for some other cause, is unable to attend to them himself. 2. in the plan. No detailed revenue plan was available, but, under the proposal, the old firehouse would be rented out by a yet-to-be-created nonprofit for $850 a month while the city would be expected to pay all utilities. The plan calls for Friends of the Lopez Adobe, the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Women's Club Women’s clubs first arose in the United States during the post-civil war period. As a result of increased leisure time due to modern household advances, middle class women had more time to engage in intellectual pursuits. , the San Fernando Valley Historical Society The San Fernando Valley Historical Society is a private organization committed to "research, collect and preserve the history, art and culture of the San Fernando Valley". It was founded on July 4, 1943. and San Fernando Business and Professional Women club to pay up to $350 a month for one year to cover the opening costs. The rest of the money would come from grants that have yet to be awarded. ``We put together a solid plan,'' said Richard Arroyo, a member of the San Fernando Historic Commission. ``I am not interested in criticism. I just want to move forward on this project.'' The proposal calls for the museum to open three days a week and host art workshops for the community that would go toward paying the rent. Rachel Uranga, (818) 713-3741 rachel.uranga(at)dailynews.com IF YOU GO --San Fernando City Council will meet at 6 p.m. today at City Hall, 117 Macneil St. Call (818) 898-1200. CAPTION(S): box Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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