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DATE:
TO:
STAFF REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
October 20, 2015
Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Christopher L. Foss, City Manager "
SUBJECT: Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center Management Plan
Prepared by Tegan McLane, Cultural Arts & Heritage Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
CITY CLERK
File #910 -30
The City Council will review the Dublin Camp Parks History Center Management Plan, which
was developed with a working group of City, community and military representatives. This
Management Plan will be used to guide a professional museum exhibit design /build firm in
creating the Center's permanent exhibit.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no financial impact to accept the Management Plan. Funding will need to be identified
to design and construct the exhibits. Costs are estimated at $200,000 to $300,000 and would
need to be funded from the General Fund or an alternative source. Staff will also seek grant and
sponsorship funding to help defray costs of this project. Camp Parks command staff has
pledged to coordinate infrastructure improvements to the building for joint use purposes.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council accept the Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center
Management Plan.
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Submitted By l Reviewed By
Parks and Community Services Director Assistant City Manager
DESCRIPTION:
Following the United States Army's permanent loan of 800+ Camp Parks military artifacts to the
City of Dublin, and the December 2014 signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with
Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, which will allow the City of Dublin to operate exhibit space
at the new Camp Parks Main Gate, a work group of City, community and military
representatives was convened to develop a management plan for the exhibit space. With the
help of a facilitator who specializes in public facilities planning, the work group studied various
museum models, policies and best practices; historical events and societal trends since Camp
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Parks' establishment during World War II; and the general scope of Camp Parks - related
artifacts and oral histories currently cared for by the City of Dublin.
Using these as inspiration, the work group envisioned a History Center that would tell the stories
of service people and local residents connected with Camp Parks and engage the general
public, as well as military veterans and families past and present, Dublin students and
historians. The work group articulated a mission, vision and values statements for the History
Center and identified key interpretative themes and messages likely to resonate with a broad
audience. This Management Plan, drafted by the City's professional museum staff, details the
work group's process, ideas and recommendations related to how items will be collected and
shared with the public. The Plan (Attachment 1) provides a framework that can be used by a
professional museum design /build team contracted by the City to develop the exhibits.
Following the City Council's acceptance of the Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center
Management Plan, Staff will issue a Request for Proposals from professional museum exhibit
design /build firms. Staff expects to return to Council in January 2016 for approval of an
agreement with a museum design /build firm and that work could begin as early as February
2016 with the goal to complete the Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center exhibit by the end
of 2016.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS /PUBLIC OUTREACH:
A copy of the Staff Report was sent to the Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center Management Plan
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MANAGEMENT PLAN
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Dublin Camp Parks Military History Collections
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CollectionsScope .......................................................................................................................... .............................13
Introduction................................................................................................................................... ...............................
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Overview......................................................................................................................................... ...............................
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Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center Working Group ............................................... ...............................
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HistoryCenter Background ......................................................................................................... ...............................
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Foundations for Planning & Management ................................................................................ ...............................
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FoundationStatements ................................................................................................................. ...............................
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SignificanceStatements ................................................................................................................ ...............................
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History Center Collections and Associated Resources ............................................................ ...............................
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InterpretiveThemes ...................................................................................................................... ...............................
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ManagementPlans ........................................................................................................................ .............................12
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CollectionsPolicy .......................................................................................................................... .............................12
Codeof Ethics ............................................................................................................................... .............................12
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CollectionsScope .......................................................................................................................... .............................13
Categoriesof Collections ............................................................................................................. .............................13
HistoricalContext ......................................................................................................................... .............................14
Guidelines for Types of Material in Loan, Collection or Sought for Collection ................. .............................14
Donationsto Collections ............................................................................................................. .............................15
ShortTerm Loans ......................................................................................................................... .............................18
LongTerm Loans .......................................................................................................................... .............................18
Deaccession and Disposal of Artifacts ...................................................................................... .............................18
InterpretivePlan .......................................................................................................................... ...............................
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Working Group Recommendations ......................................................................................... ...............................
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OperationsPlan ............................................................................................................................. .............................22
Appendixes................................................................................................................................... ...............................
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Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU) .............................................................................. .............................24
Permanent Loan Documentation ......................................................................................... ...............................
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This document summarizes the vision of the Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center workgroup. It
recommends parameters for further collection of artifacts that help interpret the history of Camp Parks,
and proposes how the collections could be made accessible to the public through virtual, temporary and
permanent exhibits in a relevant way for the largest possible audience. It also outlines the City of Dublin's
commitment to the project and currently available resources.
Overview
The Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center ( "Center ") is a collaborative effort between the City of
Dublin and the United States Army. The Center interprets and preserves the history of the Parks Reserve
Forces Training Area and its connections with the Dublin community through exhibitions, programming
and the collection of artifacts associated with military activities in the Dublin area.
The Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center will be located in an approximately 3,000- square foot
space within the Camp Parks Main Gate Visitor Processing Facility at Dougherty Road and Camp Parks
Boulevard in Dublin, California. Approximately 70 percent of the space will be devoted to exhibits, 10
percent to exhibit storage and 20 percent to program area. The Center will preserves preserve a collection
of approximately 800 artifacts associated with the military facilities in Dublin, California.
The current Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (PRFTA) is the latest iteration in a series of military
facilities occupying the historical Camp Parks location, covering the area between today's Dougherty Road
to the west and Tassajara Road to the east.
The first military facilities to occupy the area, established during World War II and unofficially known as
"Fleet City," consisted o£ Camp Parks (1942 -46), the training and redeployment center for the Navy's
Construction Battalions ( "Seabees ") who were tasked with staying ahead of the military's engineering
challenges; Camp Shoemaker (1943 -46), a Navy personnel distribution and separation center; and
Shoemaker Naval Hospital (1943 -46), one of several Navy installations around the country where women
were accepted as enlisted and officer service personnel.
Later facilities occupying the historical location were Alameda County's Santa Rita Jail (1946 - present);
Parks Air Force Base (1951 -57), where forces mobilized for the Korean War; Civil Defense testing
activities (1959 -85), where Camp Parks facilities were the site of radiation exposure and bomb shelter
experiments; Federal Job Corps activities (1960s- `70s), and the U.S. Army's Parks Reserve Forces Training
Area (1980 - present). One point of historical significance is that all four branches of the US Armed Forces
have served in the Dublin Area within the historical boundaries of Camp Parks at various times in its 70+
year history.
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The City of Dublin saw the need for a comprehensive planning effort to guide the development of the
exhibitions, programs, collections and operations of the new Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center.
On February 12, 2015, the City of Dublin convened a working group comprised of representatives from
the Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission, the Dublin Historical Preservation Association, the Founder
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of the Camp Parks History Center, the City Historian, Staff from the City's Heritage Park and Museums,
and representatives from PRFTA. The Working Group was charged with helping to develop the
Interpretive Plan and developing the proposed Collections Policy. Members of the workgroup are listed
on the following page:
Kathy Blackburn, Heritage and CulturalArts Commission
-Lisa Cpolla, US Army Garrison, Camp Parks Reserve Forces Training Area
Richard Deets, Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission
Christopher P. Gerdes, Lt. Colonel, U.S. Army, Garrison Commander (through June 2095
Dan Gannod, Public Affairs Officer, US Army Garrison, Camp Parks Reserve Forces Training
Andrew jones, Lt. Colonel, U.S. Army, Garrison Commander (from,june 2095
Steve Lockhart, Dublin Historical Preservation Association
Steve Minniear, Dublin Historical Preservation Assoa'ation
Tommie Simpson, Founder of the former Camp Parks History Center
Georgean IVonheeder- Leopold, City Historian
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Paul McCreary, Parks and Community Services Director
Tegan McLane, Heritage and Cultural Arts Manager
Elisabeth Isles, Heritage Park and Museums Director
Kelly Timmerman, Heritage Park and Museums Program Speczalist
The Working Group, which met from April through June 2015, provided input that Staff used to prepare
this Management Plan in order to establish and articulate a framework for long -term planning and decision
making for the Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center.
The Camp Parks History Center officially opened in 1993, with responsibility for the Center placed in the
hands of Parks Reserve Forces Training Area's (PRFTA) Public Affairs Office. The History Center was
located at PRFTA in Building 620 and included approximately 1,500 square feet of exhibit space. The
collection began with donations from former service personnel of artifacts from their service at "Fleet
City."
In 1995, the Public Affairs Office moved to another building and the Public Affairs Officer who opened
the History Center resigned. The Center was left unattended, so volunteer Tommie Simpson, who had
served at Shoemaker Naval Hospital during WWII, recruited several other volunteers to operate the
Center, interpret the material, and grow and preserve the collection.
In fall 2009, Ms. Simpson was informed that the Center would be relocated from Building 620 to Building
200 and that the collection had to be moved within a few days. The Dublin Historical Preservation
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Association (DHPA) responded by hiring a moving company and recruiting volunteers to assist with the
relocation. Both Ms. Simpson and the DHPA believed that Building 200 would be the new home for the
Center and began to recruit volunteer assistance. The Center was closed and the exhibits and material
were placed in Building 200 for indefinite storage. Prior to the move, there had never been an inventory
done of the Center's collection.
In 2010, efforts were made by a small number of volunteers to inventory and appropriately package and
preserve the collection. By May 2010, PRFTA decided that the Center would not be reopened and directed
that the inventory and storage activities end. PRFTA officially took possession of the collection and began
efforts to determine a final disposition for the collection.
In 2011, following efforts by the City of Dublin, PRFTA and DHPA, the U.S. Army gave the entire
collection to the City of Dublin on permanent loan. It is currently stored and preserved in a secure and
conditioned space in the Dublin Public Library expansion space.
On December 2, 2014, the Dublin City Council approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with
PRFTA that allowed the City to begin planning and designing an exhibit space to house the collection in
the new Camp Parks Visitor Processing Center, located outside the control point at the new Camp Parks
Main Gate on Dougherty Road and Camp Parks Boulevard.
The Camp Parks Military History Center Work Group was convened to help develop the foundations of
the Interpretive Plan and the Collection Policy for the Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center.
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These statements are intended to convey the inspiration and intent of the Dublin Camp Parks Military
History Center and set guidelines for future planning by summarizing fundamental values and providing a
framework for decision making.
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The Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center connects the Dublin community and the United States Armed Forces at
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Values provide the framework for how to accomplish the Mission and Vision and approach ongoing
operational work. Values describe the internal culture and external relationships. Future Staff and
volunteers should use the values to guide the everyday priority- setting, decision - making and
communication to others of what to expect from the History Center.
The Dublin Camp Parks Military History Centerprovides access to stories [bat bonor [be military heritage of Dublin
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.c x sw to [be story: Strive to provide access to [be Camp Parks story to a broad audience of community members, visitors,
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Collation, tion wi[b stakebolders: Strive to work collaborativey witbpartners at Camp Parks and [be Dublin Historical
Preservation Association, and members of [be larger community, sucb as scbools, otber Tri- TValley bistorical organizations,
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The mandate establishes the framework for the History Center's activities, describing the History Center's
field of study, as well as the geographical and chronological extent of its collection and interpretive
programs.
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The museum's mandate is exploring the interrelationship of the U.S. Armed Forces at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area,
throughout its history, and [be Dublin community, wbicb surrounds [be Post. The mandate also covers [be in[errela[ionsbp of
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The statement of purpose articulates the History Center's functions in relation to its mandated field of
study, as well as the geographical and chronological range, and identifies the community it intends to serve.
The museum's purpose is to interpret, display, study, document, collect andpreserve [be bis[og [bat Dublin and Parks
Reserve Forces Training Area share, in order to foster understanding of our communities' impacts on [be region and [be world.
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Significance statements articulate the importance of the History Center's resources and stories. These
statements connect the mission and purpose of the History Center with research and historical context.
Significance statements illuminate distinctive and meaningful elements of the collection and place the
Camp Parks story within a regional, national and global context. These statements can serve as a
framework for collections and interpretive planning and management.
The following significance statements have been identified for the Dublin Camp Parks History Center:
During WWII, Americans from all sectors of society responded to support each other in serving
their country and defending their way of life. On any particular day in 1945, approximately 70,000
U.S. Naval, Marine and Coast Guard personnel lived at Camp Parks, Camp Shoemaker and
Shoemaker Naval Hospital (Fleet City). The endeavors of those who trained at and passed through
Fleet City were essential to the war effort and victory in the Pacific Theater.
Fleet City grew in concert with the rapid technological, economic, and social change brought about
by WWII. The ability to innovate, mobilize and adapt large and complex works of engineering was
a critical component of military success in the war. To meet these new construction needs, Camp
Parks became one of the largest training and redeployment centers on the West Coast, training
more than 100,000 Naval Construction Battalion personnel, popularly known as Seabees.
Fleet City shaped the landscape of the Dublin area, leading to rapid and substantial economic,
geographic and demographic changes. Rural ranchland was transformed into a war -time military
city. Today Camp Parks preserves remnants of this once - common, but rapidly disappearing, rural
grassland landscape. These changes to the landscape provide windows into a past that shaped the
community we know today.
The rapid construction of Camp Parks, as well as the population growth that accompanied it,
served as a precedent for the wave of suburban growth that followed the war, turning the rural
agricultural towns of Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore into the cities that they are today. The
four -year existence of Fleet City revealed the potential of undeveloped rural land with
transportation connections to the larger cities.
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Service personnel stationed at Fleet City reflected America's changing attitudes toward the rights of
women and African - Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces. At Shoemaker Naval Hospital, Women
Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) served for the first time within the ranks of
the U.S. Navy as officers and enlisted personnel with the same rank - system as men. While the
Naval service units were segregated during WWII, Fleet City's Bluejackets national champion
football team was racially integrated. At Camp Shoemaker, 253 enlisted African - American dock
workers, who refused to return to munitions - loading duty following the Port Chicago Disaster,
were jailed and interrogated within the Camp Shoemaker brig. The experiences of the men and
women at Fleet City reflected experiences nationwide and highlighted the paradox of Americans
fighting for liberty abroad and facing inequality on the home front, hastening the desegregation of
the military following WWII.
As the mission, technology, challenges and demographics of the U.S. military have evolved, Camp
Parks has remained in service, illuminating the changing face and role of the U.S. Armed Forces
over the past century. Camp Parks' role as a manifestation of Americans' commitment to support
the armed forces and national security continues today.
Camp Parks evolved over time to serve new needs created by the changing nature of war and
protection. It adapted to counter new threats during the Cold War. Parks Air Force Base provided
air support training during the Korean War. Later, the U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory
( USNRDL) and the Civil Defense Authority carried out radiation tests on crops and livestock, and
tested the habitability of a prototype bomb shelter using inmates from the Santa Rita County
Prison, USNRDL family members and other volunteers. Federal Job Corps, a manifestation of the
war on poverty, occupied the historical Camp Parks site in the 1960s and `70s.
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In order to best tell the Camp Parks story, the Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center maintains and
collects artifacts from the time periods, places and events associated with the historical development of
Camp Parks and Dublin. The History Center cares for, displays and uses for interpretive exhibitions two
collections of artifacts, the original Camp Parks History Center Collection, on permanent loan from the
Army, and the City -owned ongoing collection. The Center will also preserve stories, photographs and
smaller artifacts recovered from structures formerly located at Camp Parks and the Camp Parks environs.
The two collections represent and illustrate how the U.S. armed forces activities have influenced, and
continue to influence the history, politics, society and culture of the Tri- Valley, especially Dublin. The
artifact collections include uniforms and military gear, as well as artifacts related to military service such as
medals, awards and souvenirs from all major branches of the United States military. Also represented in
the collection are artifacts from military dependents and friends and associates of former Fleet City
personnel. While many of the artifacts currently in the collections can be grouped around service
associated with the Dublin, California area, major conflicts or wars, peace time military service is also
represented. Weapons and armor associated with military service are part of the collections.
The City -owned collection is an active collection. Any new acquisitions should reflect the historical
connection the artifact has with Dublin and the Tri - Valley (Amador, Livermore and San Ramon valleys,
including the cities of Dublin, Pleasanton, Livermore, San Ramon and the Town of Danville). Artifacts
should reflect the stories of service members, their friends and families; the various military facilities that
have been in the Dublin /Tri- Valley area, or the interaction of civilian and military life of this area.
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Beyond the artifact collections described above, associated resources are the artifacts, structures, and
landforms that are part of the story of Camp Parks but are outside the History Center collections. While it
may not be realistic to add these resources to the History Center collection, considering these resources is
important for interpretive planning purposes. The following are additional resources, outside the scope of
the collection, but important to telling the Camp Parks story:
• Camp Parks original entrance sign and station (Bruce Goff)
Former Camp Parks architecture *, now relocated throughout the Bay Area, including:
o San Lorenzo Community Church — Camp Park's McGann Chapel (Bruce Goff)
o San Joaquin River Club — Camp Shoemaker Officer's Recreation Building
o Quonset huts around the Bay Area
* As researchers identify other former Camp Parks buildings, they will be added to this list.
• Southern Pacific Branch Line from Danville
This freight railway line was a vital connection to the Bay Area ports and other military facilities,
transporting troops during World War II. Today this is the Iron Horse Regional Trail, which
passes very close to the Dublin Camp Parks History Center.
Interpretive theme statements are specifically intended for guiding interpretive planning. Interpretive
theme statements are the essence of stories used to help visitors explore the multiple meanings of the
resources within the Camp Parks collection. Each theme statement connects the collection and associated
resources to larger historical contexts, meanings, beliefs and values. Theme statements incorporate
universal concepts — big ideas that mean something, though not necessarily the same thing, to everyone —
in order to make interpretation relevant to a wide variety of visitors. Universal concepts make visible
avenues for visitors from Dublin, the Bay Area and all over the world to draw connections between the
artifacts, events, time- periods and location of the Camp Parks story. Interpretive theme statements serve
as the building blocks on which to base the interpretive programs (exhibitions, public programs, education
programs, publications, and access for research).
Primary interpretive themes are the broad, overarching stories that enable people to explore the
significances of the collections and stories. They are factual significance statements that have been
thoughtfully translated into stories. Sub - themes are derived from primary interpretive themes. They are
narrower in scope and deeper in their treatment of the particular aspects of the resources they address.
There is no limit to the number of sub - themes that can be derived from a primary interpretive theme.
This collection of interpretive theme statements is meant to begin the interpretive planning process for the
Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center. The artifact and archival collection is longitudinal in nature,
containing stories that are specific to time and place, but also stories that transcend temporal and
geographic boundaries. These big stories that emerge from the collection speak to the:
Transformation of the Dublin /Tri- Valley landscape from its beginnings as rural ranchland in 1942
to the cities which exist today.
Transformation of the individual over time of Military service
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Transformation of the demographic makeup of the U.S. Armed Forces (the changing face of the
military)
Transformation of the mission of the U.S. military at home and abroad
Theme Statement 1: The interaction of agriculture, transportation, technology and the changing nature of
war shaped the landscape and experience of the Dublin community, transforming rural ranchland into a
network of Tri- Valley cities.
Sub - themes:
o The transportation corridors that connected this undeveloped ranchland to the ports of the
Bay Area were essential to the creation of Camp Parks, as well as the suburban
development that followed the end of XVWII, and remain important characteristics of the
Dublin community for residents today.
o Surviving fragments of the Camp Parks' built environment serve as windows into Dublin's
past and reveal facets of the region's story of transformation.
o Surviving pieces of the Camp Parks' built environment, as well as items constructed by
Seabees far from home, reveal the impact that individuals who came through Camp Parks
had on the facility, the community and their country. Their surviving structures, both
locally and globally, tell the story of XVWII, its immediate aftermath and the development
of a region.
Theme Statement 2: Camp Parks is representative of a type of ordinary place where individual Americans
worked collectively to accomplish extraordinary, remarkable things.
Sub - themes:
• Camp Parks embodied the sacrifice and collective effort of service men and women, as
well as local civilians, in support of the war effort.
• The many varied experiences of service personnel and local civilians at Camp Parks over
the years illustrate constancy and conversely change. The military's role continuously
evolves, adapting to new demands and conditions; the face of the armed forces transforms
along with American attitudes toward racial and gender equality. In contrast, the military
personnel and civilians here demonstrate a continuous sense of service and sacrifice that
remains from one generation to the next.
Theme Statement 3: Camp Parks has served as a place of transformation for the servicemen and
servicewomen who passed through the Post. Backed by a sense of commitment to a global, moral cause,
as well as a desire to support one another, they trained to become Seabees, nurses and soldiers.
Sub - themes:
o The Post could also be a place of comfort and camaraderie. Shoemaker Naval Hospital
served as a place where military staff treated the injuries and illnesses of their fellow
personnel, often incurred in the line of duty.
o Upon return from duty overseas, sailors would be among hundreds of thousands of fellow
servicemen and women passing through the discharge center at Camp Shoemaker
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preparing to make their re -entry into civilian life. Whether they were returning to a home
across the country or settling nearby, the transition was an often - dramatic change.
Theme Statement 4: The varied experiences of service personnel stationed at Fleet City reflect America's
changing attitudes toward the rights of women and African- Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces. Service
personnel challenged inequalities at home, while giving their all for the war effort. Their experiences both
contrast and highlight some of the stated ideals that military personnel were fighting to defend abroad.
Sub - themes:
o At Shoemaker Naval Hospital, the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services
(WAVES) were pioneers, as the first women accepted into the U.S. Navy under the same
rank system as men. By taking advantage of opportunities created by the war's need for
personnel, the WAVES experience opened the process of significant change in the armed
forces.
o The experience of African- American sailors at Fleet City during WWII reflected the
inequalities American society wrestled with during the war and inspired others to continue
fighting the Double V Campaign, calling on government leaders to pursue liberty abroad
and at home with the slogan, "We have a stake in this fight! We are Americans too!"
o The varied experiences of service members stationed at historical Camp Parks since 1942
reflect a transformation of the idea of who can be a member of the armed forces.
Theme Statement 5: Installations like Camp Parks are the stateside manifestations of Americans'
commitment to defending liberty, peace, and economic growth.
Sub - themes:
For many Americans at the time, World War II was a critical moment when they sacrificed
money, material goods and lives to protect family, community and basic human rights.
Over the course of the war, local civilians supported operations of Camp Parks through
their work, material contributions and moral support. This gave community members a
meaningful and useful way to contribute to a war effort that, whether they were enlisted or
not, had a great impact on the lives of most Americans.
Theme Statement 6: The evolving activities of the service personnel stationed at Camp Parks illuminate
the changing role of the military over time; from construction during WWII, to air power during Korea, to
civil and national defense during the Cold War, to training reserve forces for service today. While the
technology has changed, the mission of service remains the same.
Sub - themes:
o During the Cold War, Camp Parks evolved to face new, unknown threats to liberty and
security: communism and nuclear warfare. For both the personnel training at Parks Air
Force Base to provide air power in Korea and the scientists conducting radiation
experiments and designing fall -out shelters, this new technology created fear as well as new
possibilities for protection.
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IIII IIII e t iiii iiiri s F'61cy
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The collection of artifacts held by the City of Dublin related to the history of Camp Parks is being
managed as a museum collection, in the same manner as the City's other artifact collections under the care
of the Heritage Park and Museums. Managing the Camp Parks collection in this way will ensure the
History Center follows best practices for artifact care and conservation.
Code of IIII'° °Illliiiii s1
[Introduction to Code of Ethics: The code of ethics serves as a framework for guiding collections
management decisions...]
• Collections support its mission and public trust responsibilities.
• Collections are lawfully held, protected, secure, unencumbered, cared for and preserved.
• Collections are accounted for and documented.
• Access to the collections and related information is permitted and regulated.
• Acquisition, disposal and loan activities are conducted in a manner that respects the protection and
preservation of natural and cultural resources and discourages illicit trade in such materials.
• Acquisition, disposal and loan activities conform to its mission and public trust responsibilities.
• Disposal of collections through sale, trade or research activities is solely for the advancement of
the museum's mission. Proceeds from the sale of nonliving collections are to be used consistent
with the established standards of the museum's discipline, but in no event shall they be used for
anything other than acquisition or direct care of collections.
• The unique and special nature of human remains and funerary and sacred objects is recognized as
the basis of all decisions concerning such collections.
• Collections - related activities promote the public good, rather than individual financial gain.
• Competing claims of ownership that may be asserted in connection with objects in the City's
custody should be handled openly, seriously, responsively and with respect for the dignity of all
parties involved.
• Loyalty to the mission of the museum and to the public it serves is the essence of museum work,
whether volunteer or paid. Where conflicts of interest arise actual, potential or perceived —the
duty of loyalty must never be compromised. No individual may use his or her position in a
museum for personal gain or to benefit another at the expense of the museum, its mission, its
reputation and the society it serves.
1 Code of Ethics the American Association of Museums
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The scope of collection is framed by the History Center's Mission and Mandate. Objects in the collections
are associated with the U.S. Armed Forces at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area and the Dublin
community as it interacted with PRFTA. Objects in the collections create opportunities for connection
between the current Dublin Community and the history of the U.S. Armed Forces at PRFTA, locally,
regionally, and worldwide.
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1. ARMY PERMANENT LOAN
2. CITY -OWNED - ongoing collection, Est. 2015; Active Collection
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"ARMY PERMANENT LOAN" refers to a collection of approximately 800 - objects covered under the
2011 Agreement between the U.S. Army and City of Dublin, which shall be cared for by the City in
perpetuity. This collection consists of uniforms and military gear, as well as artifacts related to military
service such as medals, awards, and souvenirs from all major branches of the United States military. Also
represented in the collection are uniforms and artifacts from military dependents and friends and
associates of donors. While many of the artifacts currently in the collection can be grouped around service
associated with the Dublin, California area, major conflicts or wars, peace time military service is also
represented. All types of arms and armor associated with military service are part of the collection. Given
the uniquely volunteer - genesis of this collection, much of material is informed by the donations of
veterans, active service military personnel, and their families and friends.
Appendix
Loan Documentation
Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Dublin and US Army Camp Parks
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Ongoing collection, Est. 2015
"CITY- OWNED" refers to any objects collected by the City of Dublin primarily associated with the
military history of Parks RFTA and predecessor activities, but are not part of the permanent loan. The
collection is very small at this time but could grow. As it develops, the ongoing collection will probably
consist of materials similar to, but complementary with, the permanent loan. The ongoing collection will
try to include material from or about Dublin residents, friends or family or former residents, which
supplement gaps in the permanent loan or extend the relevant material collected after 2010.
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The area within the City of Dublin has a relatively short association with the U.S. military. Starting early in
World War II, the U.S. Navy constructed and then opened Camp Parks, Camp Shoemaker and Shoemaker
Hospital. These naval activities closed at the end of the war. The U.S. Air Force re- opened part of the
previous property as Parks Air Force Base (and hospital) in 1951. The base closed after 1957, with most
of the land being eventually included by the U.S. Army into Parks Reserve Forces Training Area. Over the
whole period, other Federal activities have operated on the property including the Job Corps and federal
law enforcement and prison facilities. During the same period, the Federal government donated a
significant portion of the property to Alameda County.
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The Camp Parks Collection of the Dublin Military History Center should represent and illustrate how the
U.S. armed forces, including Reserve and National Guard activities, have influenced and continue to
impact the history, politics, society and culture of the Tri- Valley, especially Dublin. The collection should
serve also to educate and explore historical issues within the communities in the area.
The collection is an active collection and should strengthen the historical connection the military has with
Dublin and the Tri - Valley (Amador, Livermore and San Ramon valleys, including the cities of Dublin,
Pleasanton, Livermore, San Ramon and Danville). Additions to the collection should have a local origin or
share a connection to any of the current or historic military activities in the area. Items in the collection
should connect to the civil - military history of Dublin, the Tri- Valley area and /or San Francisco Bay Area.
Artifacts should reflect the stories of service members, their friends and families; the various military
facilities that have been here; and the interaction of civil and military aspects of this area.
Association — Associated with Camp Parks including predecessor and successor military and civilian
activities (Camp Shoemaker, Shoemaker Naval Hospital, Parks Air Force Base, Parks Air Force regional
hospital, Federal Job Corps Activities, U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory Activities, Civil
Defense Activities, Santa Rita Jail, and Parks Reserve Forces Training Area).
Period — 1942 to present. This may include items before 1942 if they are closely related to the
owners or residents of land bought by the U.S. government for official use.
Locations — Related to areas within the traditionally recognized boundaries of Camp Parks,
including predecessor and successor areas. This may extend to locations immediately adjacent to
historic Fleet City, associated with activities housed at Camp Parks or within the current official
boundaries of the city of Dublin, California.
United States Armed Forces — This includes uniforms for both United States armed forces servicemen and
-women who had a Camp Parks connection during World War II, Korean War, Vietnam, Operation
Desert Storm, Gulf Wars, Iraq and Afghanistan and subsequent conflicts and service. This also includes
auxiliary service such as Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) and others.
Red Cross and Similar Services — This includes uniforms and parts of uniforms for the Red Cross,
United Service Organizations and other morale, welfare or recreation support services to the
armed forces or service members.
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Other Support activities or tenants — military or civilian clothing of those who worked at Camp
Parks.
Artifacts
• Medals — World War II, Korean War, Vietnam, Europe, Middle East and South Asia or elsewhere
• Insignia — Patches, ribbons, bars, badges, epaulets, banners, buttons, dog tags, etc., that designated
rank or membership in a group.
• Equipment and Personal Effects — Helmets, packs, gas masks, goggles, canteens, flags, spurs,
saddles, first aid kits, stretchers, mess kits, bugles, medical equipment, personal items, etc.
• Weapons — historic and replica firearms that are decommissioned and non - firing, with proof of
ownership and registration, historic and replica edged weapons (blades), and other weapons.
• Building materials and related items — pieces of buildings from military facilities in and around
Camp Parks and subsequent facilities, windows, doors, furniture, beds, signage, etc.
• Souvenirs and commemorative items — Shrapnel, items made by prisoners of war, diaries, plaques,
etc.
• Documents and ephemera — Books, diaries, magazines, newspapers, photographs, letters,
postcards, correspondence, manuals, brochures, announcements, menus, napkins, official
memoranda, etc.
II.esl icted
• Hazardous and toxic materials will not be accepted.
• Firearms are subject to review process and must be rendered non - operable.
Director's Discretion,
The Parks and Community Services Director or Director's designee may decline or accept any item for
collection at his or her discretion.
A:o C&HIectiaris
[Legal department needs to renew all of the language in the collections policy. Need- hour to document legal authority to accept
donations and wbatproof of ovnershp will be required?]
I on.atmon. to f;olleclion. s sliall. lbe un.restricted
Legal title to the donated object must pass from the donor to the City of Dublin without restriction or
conditions. Restrictive gifts are detrimental to sound museum development, and they should be
courteously declined. Staff may point out that the DUBLIN CAMP PARKS MILITARY HISTORY
CENTER subscribes to the resolution unanimously adopted by the Council of the American Association
of Museums:
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• 1Ybereas, museums bare commonly received collections tbrougbg fts and bequests made x'tb conditions requiring the
material to be kept separate, exbibited in one Garay or anotber for long terms ofyears or in perpetuity, or otberwise
speczally administered; and
• V bereas, museums bare sufferedgreatly in tbeir management and work as a result of such restrictions; and
• V bereas, limiting terms ofg ft and bequest are not consonant witb the bestpoliczes and aims of museum, but tend
rather to warp or retard their development and to inhibit change, so be it
• Resolved that the American Association of Museums recommends to museums that they accept no g fts or bequests of
exbibition material upon wbicb any conditions are attacbed.
Sample letter ofreceiptfor donation on the following page
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Date
Dear [Name]
On behalf of the City of Dublin I wish to acknowledge and accept your generous gift of-
[Describe and list donation]
This gift will be a significant and welcome addition to our museum collections.
Please check with your accountant, as some gifts to the City of Dublin are tax - deductible. In connection
with all gifts, the City of Dublin requires a signed statement from the donor giving such items without any
restrictions. In accepting gifts, the City of Dublin commits itself only to provide these articles the same
care and protection accorded other such valuable material. Accordingly, we are not bound by any
agreement regarding care, display or disposal of said property.
In order to complete the gift, you are requested to countersign both copies of this letter on the line
marked "donor" below, retain one for your own records, and return the other to us. A return self -
addressed envelope is enclosed for your convenience.
It is through public- spirited actions, such as yours, that the DUBLIN CAMP PARKS MILITARY
HISTORY CENTER Museum may better interpret local history to its many visitors. Thank you for your
generosity and cooperation.
Sincerely yours,
City of Dublin (Staf )
I hereby release to the City of Dublin the amide or articles listed above as an unconditional gift.
Donor's Name
Date
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The DUBLIN CAMP PARKS MILITARY HISTORY CENTER may borrow, on its own initiative,
specimens from other entities and individuals. Short -term loans are always for a specific use and a
predetermined period, such as a temporary exhibit.
The DUBLIN CAMP PARKS MILITARY HISTORY CENTER does not accept unsolicited loans from
individuals. The DUBLIN CAMP PARKS MILITARY HISTORY CENTER will accept long -term loans
only to fill in a gap in the permanent exhibit until it can acquire a similar one of its own. Artifacts that are
on indefinite loan shall have an expiration or renewal date defined.
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The DUBLIN CAMP PARKS MILITARY HISTORY CENTER may accept short term loans for
exhibit purposes. DUBLIN CAMP PARKS MILITARY HISTORY CENTER will complete
facilities report, and provide details concerning the museum's security, climate control systems,
insurance and methods of transport and handling.
A loan agreed upon, the curator/ director from the lending agency completes a Loan Form listing
the borrower's responsibilities and prepares a Condition Report disclosing the condition of the
object before it leaves the facility. The borrowing agency issues Certificate of Insurance to the
agency prior to the artifact being released.
Upon receipt of the object, the borrowing agency checks the condition report and reports any
changes that might have occurred in transit.
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The DUBLIN CAMP PARKS MILITARY HISTORY CENTER will provide the lender with a letter of
receipt. This letter expresses appreciation.
It must also identify the object clearly
Define the period of time for the loan
Remind the lender that, while the DUBLIN CAMP PARKS MILITARY HISTORY CENTER
will assuredly care for the specimen as if it belonged to the Collections, responsibility cannot be
assumed for any loss or damage.
The Dublin Camp Parks History Center intends to keep, preserve and use artifacts and material
indefinitely. There may be occasions when artifacts or material not part of the permanent loan need to be
removed from use or storage. For example, artifacts or materials may be removed from the collection if
they degrade to a point where they are too costly to preserve, if they pose a health, safety or environmental
hazard, or if artifacts or materials no longer support History Center's mission. In any of these occasions,
the Parks and Community Services Director or Director's designee would identify the artifacts or materials
and seek a recommendation from the Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission. Final deaccession decisions
would be at the direction of the Dublin City Council.
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When a museum specimen ceases to have value, keeping it in the collection wastes space, staff time and
money. Good management requires disposal of items that no longer have value.
• Determine beyond a reasonable doubt that the specimen has no further use to the collection.
• Means of disposal:
• Transfer or exchange with another museum
• Exchange with dealers or collectors. Barter for more appropriate specimen.
• Sell to dealers or collectors.
• Gift to responsible public or private institution, organization or agency.
• Destruction. A few objects have no historical, aesthetic or educational value.
• Clearing House Services such as the National Park Service.
• Return to previous owner.
Prior to disposal, by any of the above means, City Staff will bring the matter of each object before the
Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission for a recommendation and City Council for final approval.
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The interpretive plan will be further defined after a museum design /build is contracted by the City of
Dublin. Using significance statements, interpretive themes and suggested elements identified by the work
group, City staff and the museum contractor will work closely together to develop the most effective and
meaningful presentation of the collection. Once physical exhibits and online exhibits are more clearly
defined, City Heritage staff will add complementary training for volunteer docents.
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1. Permanent Exhibit at Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center ( DCPMHC)
2. Temporary Exhibit space within the DCPMHC
3. Virtual Exhibit accessible via the Internet
4. Group meeting space, designed to be flexible, multi- purpose and efficient — ideally to
accommodate an average -size school class group or for individual research on the collection
5. Storage for the artifacts in the collection that are not on display
6. Storage for program materials
7. Design the exhibits for somewhat easy removal and relocation if the Army requisitions the
building, such as in case of a national emergency
Design, Guid'efin,es
Design exhibits based upon the "Significance Statements and Interpretive Themes" developed by Working
Group.
2. Include in exhibitions depictions of the impact of the individual. The artifacts in the collection
inspired the following list:
a. Representative profiles that exemplify themes:
i. Tommie Simpson — Women in the U.S. Navy and the WAVES
ii. Carol Kolb Strom — Dublin ranchers
in. Beverly Ales — American Red Cross personnel
iv. Commander Spade — Career military personnel
v. Bruce Goff — Enlistees offering diverse skills in support of the war effort
b. The journey of a soldier /sailor from recruitment, start of service, recuperation, through
discharge, as well as the experience of a civilian during each time period.
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Include maps in exhibitions. Maps showing where forces from Camp Parks deployed, where Camp
Parks' surviving buildings are now, and where Seabees' construction around the world still stands
would help show local, regional and global impacts.
Beyond the physical collection of artifacts and stories in the possession of the City of Dublin, the
existing built environment of Camp Parks, wherever it may be today, inspires connection with the
Camp Parks story. Of Camp Parks' WWII -era structures, only the original Camp Parks sign and
guard shack still stand within the footprint of the original Fleet City. However, when Fleet City was
decommissioned, the U.S. Army sold pieces of base architecture to buyers in the surrounding
communities who were willing to haul them away. Some WWII -era Camp Parks buildings still
remain in the Bay Area, and Seabee construction from WWII survives around the world, serving as
a reminder of the Seabees contributions and a link back to the story of Fleet City.
4. Incorporate a timeline, perhaps around the top of the wall or using some other graphical
representation, to show passage of time and to provide context, dates and facts from points within
exhibit.
5. Include in exhibitions pictures of changes in the Dublin area, a time lapse or rotating and changing
series of photographs from the collection to augment static photo displays.
Develop an open floor plan, with thematically organized (not necessarily chronologically) exhibits
for freestyle exploration and learning.
7. Design temporary exhibit space that has a built -in system for simple installation of temporary
exhibits.
8. Provide means to capture oral histories, similar to Story Corps.
Employ a variety of exhibit and interpretive methods including_
a. Interactive components
b. Technology /AV
10. Develop a digital, on -line presence concurrent to and complementing the physical exhibit space.
The combination of both physical and digital presence will make the Camp Parks story accessible
to the widest variety of visitors.
11. Develop educational programs for area school children to better connect them to the history of
their community.
The Work Group also recommended that interpretive signs or exhibits be added to the exterior of the
building, should opportunity and funding present itself. As an example, the group expressed interest in
interpretive signage directing visitors' attention to the original Camp Parks sign.
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The Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center has been envisioned primarily as a free, self - guided and
volunteer- staffed facility. The Center will be open to the public during the Camp Parks Visitors Center's
normal operating hours, with base personnel available to open and lock up the History Center and provide
general security.
City of Dublin professional museum staff will curate temporary exhibits, care for the collection as needed,
develop a self - guided tour for the permanent collection and train volunteer greeters /docents. Staff may
also coordinate small programs or events at the Dublin Camp Parks Military History Center, as
appropriate. For example, the facility will may have an opening reception when temporary exhibits change
or might have special sponsored programming on Veteran's Day or Memorial Day.
However, City staff will not be housed on -site or have regular hours at the Center. Staff time will be
planned for and absorbed into the Heritage Facility budget. Basic building maintenance will be coordinated
with the Army, as they will have ownership of the building. Collections and exhibit maintenance should be
minimal and will be conducted by City staff, perhaps monthly.
No revenues are currently budgeted for this facility. Staff will explore the possibility of seeking grant
funding and private donations, as well as options for locating a donation box at the Center. However,
donation box revenues are generally minimal and may not justify the added security concerns a donation
box might create. Staff will also explore the possibility of fee programs appropriate for this location. For
example, just as the Heritage Park and Museums charges a nominal fee for guided tours with available add -
on activities, it might be appropriate to offer interpreter -led programs at this facility for a fee. No such
programs are currently planned or budgeted.
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STAFF REPORT CITY CLERK
CITY COUNCIL, File #910-40!
((VLGAnzeigenummen)
DATE: December 17, 2!013
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM Joni P,attillo, City Manager
SUBJECT: Military Heritage Center Partnership
Prepared by Paul McCreary, Parks and Community Services Director
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City Council will consider a conceptual partnership with Camp Parks to create a Military
Heritage Center to house the Carrip Parks historical artifacts the City has on permanent loan
from the Department of the Army,
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The costs of creating a permanent exhibit and operating a Military Heritage Center are unknown
at this time.
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2013-20114 budget has funding available to have a consultant prepare a
plan to exhibit the Camp Parks Collection on a temporary, virtual and permanent basis. No
funding has been identified at this time to implomont the plan once adopted.
Staff recommends the City Council take the following action:
1. Determine if the City should pursue a partnership with Camp Parks to create a Military
Heritage Center; and if so,
2. Direct Staff to dovolop a Memorandum of Understanding with Camp Parks for City
Council consideration; and
3. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with a consultant to
prepare the study.
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-Submitted By
Director of Parks and
Community Services
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Reviewed By
Assistant City Manager
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DESCRIPTION:
The City has an opportunity to partner with Camp Parks to create a "Military Heritage Center' at
the Visitor Center being constructed at the new gate off Dougherty Road at Mariposa Lane. The
purpose of this partnership would be to exhibit the historical artifacts the City has on permanent
loan from the Department of the Army.
my background, onOctober 19, 2010. the City Council directed Staff secure a donation cxthe
historical artifacts from the former history museum at Camp Parks, and to pursue the concept of
a permanent museum of military history at the community pu,x in the future Dublin Crossing
development (Attachment 1 is the Staff Report from that meeting). O/mK worked with the
Department o( the Army and on August 1s^2o11 received approval cf the permanent loan ofthe
collection to the City. The collection was moved to on area in the expansion space at the
Library, Staff has worked with a lead volunteer from the Historic Park and Museums to further
catalog the collection and ensure the contents are stored for preservation.
The City has axuy initiative for the Current Fiscal Year (FY) to have consultant develop e
Collections Policy for the Comp Parks collection, and determine opportunities to exhibit the
collection ona temporary, virtual and permanent basis. Funding was allocated in the budget
this FYtoconduct the study and develop the plan.
Staff from the Parks and Community Services Department recently met with u. Colonel Gerdes
10 discuss the study planned by the City, Lt. Colonel Go,Uoo indicated Noz, as port of the
development of the new main gate for the Base on Dougherty Road, there will be new Visitor
Control Cwn/or, which has m 2.400 square foot room that could be used to exhibit the Comp
pa,he Collection (by comparison the Library Community Room is 1.e00 square foot} The room
io unfinished and shelled out for tenant improvements. This type of unfinished space would lend
itself well to an exhibition space and storage for the collection artifacts that are not on display.
In concept Camp Parks would allow the City to create a permanent exhibit in the room, as well
as provide opportunities for temporary exhibitions. This would allow the City to develop plans
for a Military Heritage Center without having to pay for the estimated $1.0 million it would cost to
construct a similar building. The Lt. Colonel indicated that, while Camp Parks could provide the
mpuoe, they would not have resources to, develop the space or operate the Center once it is
opened.
Staff recommends the City Council onno)do, this site for the permanent exhibition of the Camp
Parks Collection, rather than the future community park at Dublin Crossing, as previously
directed. It would significantly reduce the capital outlay and the collection would bnomdisplay
et the base, which iu more relevant m the collection.
If the Qty Council concurs and has interest io pursuing this partnership at the now Camp Pm,xa
Visitor Center, Staff would (uuho/ discussions with Lt. Colonel, Gerdes to develop a
memorandum of understanding or partnership agreement with Cum* Parks for City Council
consideration cxafuture meeting. As part ofthe process Staff would ,cuoh out mthe Dublin
Historical Pmuewumn Association to determine their interest in partnering with the City on the
project.
Concurrently Staff would find ac*nau|\mnt to prepare the Camp Parks Collections Policy and
Uevr|uu an exhibit plan and cost estimate for the tenant improvements and onno|roct/nn of the
exhibit. Staff would involve a variety of stakeholders in the planning process including:
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• Camp Parks and Department v| the Army Museum and Architectural Specialists
• Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission Representatives
• City Historian
• Dublin Historical Preservation Association
• Dublin Unified School District history teachers with curriculum tied t» Base history
• Volunteers au the Dublin Historic Park and wuoevma
• Veterans and Dublin, residents with an interest iuhistory
K the concept is approved hythe City Council, Staff anticipates the study could be Completed by
fall 2014,
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
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A Heritage Center on Camp Parks
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1. BACKGROUND: Camp Parks placed a number of artifacts associated with the
history of the installation in the care of the Dublin as a permanent loan on a non-
compensable basis. For several years, the City has volunteered to store and! provide
viewing space for this collection of historic items, to include: articles, documents, and
items of interest and value. The size of the collection has increased such that the City
is no llonigier able to provide ad'eqluate space. There is significant interest in being abille
to view and study these articles, and items at a location within Camp Parks; which W11
allow Soldiers and the public the ability to view and research these items in a secure;
climate controlled environment within the Camp Parks gani son, area. Designatinga
display area for this collection within Camp Parks, Visitor Contrail Center permits these
items to be stored), viewed, and researched and, it also serves the Army's intent to
preserve its history.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
PARKS RESERVE FORCES TRAINING AREA
BUMOING 620,6TH'STREET
DUBLIN CA 94568-6201
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
The City of Dublin (Dublin)
,AND
Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (Parks RFTA)
FOR
A Heritage Center on Camp Parks
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1. BACKGROUND: Camp Parks placed a number of artifacts associated with the
history of the installation in the care of the Dublin as a permanent loan on a non-
compensable basis. For several years, the City has volunteered to store and! provide
viewing space for this collection of historic items, to include: articles, documents, and
items of interest and value. The size of the collection has increased such that the City
is no llonigier able to provide ad'eqluate space. There is significant interest in being abille
to view and study these articles, and items at a location within Camp Parks; which W11
allow Soldiers and the public the ability to view and research these items in a secure;
climate controlled environment within the Camp Parks gani son, area. Designatinga
display area for this collection within Camp Parks, Visitor Contrail Center permits these
items to be stored), viewed, and researched and, it also serves the Army's intent to
preserve its history.
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9. MODIFICATION OF MOU: This MOU may onily be modified by the written
agreement of the Parties, duly signed by their authorized representative.
101. DISPUTES: Any disputes-relatingi to this MOU will�, subject to any applicable la
Executive Order, Diirecti�ve, • Instruiction, ■ resolved by consultation between the
Parties in accordance with DoDI 4000,19 (http://iitc.fhiu,disa.milVjitc drjjp�fsl
4000%od ), I
11. TERMINATION OF UNDERSTANDING: This MOU may be terminated at will by
either party,
12. TRANSFERABILITY: This MOU is not transferable except with the written consent
of the parties.
13. ENTIRE UNDERSTANDING: It is expressly understood and agreed that this MOU
embodies the entire unlderstandlingl between the Parties regarding the MOU's subject
matter.
14. EFFECTIVE DATE: This MOU1 takes effect beginning on the day after the last
Party sigins,
15. EXPIRATION DATE: This MU U expires 18 months from the signature dates
below.
APPROVED:
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LOAN AGIREEMENT
For use of this form, see AR 870 20: the proponent is the OCSA.
1 BORROWING MUSEUM
DUBLIN HERITAGE PARK ANDS IUSEUM
AbDf2FSS (include Crty State, Z)P Car: and Country) b. TELEPHONE
6600 Donlon Way 925-833-6650
Dwhhn. CA 9456S — FAX
- -----
d. E -MAIL AED R ES S
joni.patillo qq dublinxa.gov
27LENDER
USA ARMY PARKS RFSERAVE R IRCFS TRAINING ARE ,1
a. ADDRESS (include CO3 State ZIP cod I, and COiunttY) b. TELEPHONE
BLDG, 200, 51H STREET 925-875-4602
DUBLIN, CA 92456 o FAX
925-875-4653
d. E-MAIL ADDRESS
3. DATES JF LOAN FROM 31 At (RISF2011 TO INDIFINITE
---------------
4, PURPOSE OF THE LOAN
TO DISPLAY AT THE DUBIAN HERLI ACH-, PARK AND WiSFI'M
5 The artifacts listed below are pr Dvided to the DUI LFN [ELRYFAGE PARK AND MLISELIM
as a loan subject to the following conditions:
a, The DUBLIN H.E?,rrAC3E PAR] . AND MUSELR0 is responsible for the safekeeping of the
objects entrusted to it and is requk ed to exercise greeter wecautions for the care and safety of such objects
than It exercises with respect to its own property of the sair Te of similar nature.
b. Unless the is notified in writing to the
contrary, it is understood that the c bjects loaned to it may be photographed, sketched, or reproduced,
c Loans will be returned only to tt e owner or lender or to his or her duly authorized agent or representative. In
case of the death of the owner, his or her legal representai!ve Is requited to notify the full name and address of
the heir(s) in writing forthwith, giving the
J, Additional conditions.
See alruchvd Memorandum frorn Con mandor, United Shat- A.-my Garrison, Camp Parks, dated, 4 Aagust 2011
. . .. ...... . .
P DESCRIPTION OF LOANED ITEMS (Co, tinue on an attached sheet)
SEE; A TI'ACHED EXCEI, SPREADS) IELT
SIGNATURE OF LENDER
DAGA,ANT0L1N.M C.1184402919
-T- SIGNATURE --CF—MUSF-"UM —EPRES—LNJ k-7iVE 8. DATE
DA FORM 5573-R, SEP 1998 DA FORM 5573-R, OCT 86 �S OBSOLEiE WO "L 11 ails
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Oi,�, ot-- DUBLIN
100 Civic Plaza, DubEin, California 94568
November 24, 2010
LTC Michael P. Friend
Garrison Commander
United States, Army Garrison. Camp Parks
Head 11 uarters, Camp Parks
790 5 Street
Dublin, CA 94586-5201
Website: http:1/www,ci.dublin.ca-us
ME
SUBJECT- Request for Donation of Historical Artifacts
Dear Lieutenant Colonel Friend:
Thank you for your letter dated August 4, 2010 providing the regulatory requirements for Camp
Parks to donate "Historical Artifacts" from the Department of The Army's Center of Military
History (CMH). The City of Dublin, in consultation with the Dublin Historical Preservation
Association, is very interested in securing a donation of the historical artifacts that were
previously housed in the former Camp Parks History Center.
The enclosed proposal outlines the City of Dublin's plans to display and store the historical
artifacts as well as includes the required documentation as outlined in your correspondence.
Should you need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact either myself at
jqnix-attill.l o��dublip ea-gy or Heritage Center Director Elizabeth Isles at
elizabeth.isllesAd.ubli.n.,,c-a.,ggv.
We look forward to working with the United States Army to preserve the history of Camp Parks
for future generations,
Sincerely,
Joni Pattillo
City Manager
cc: Mayor Tien Sbranti and Dublin City Council
Steve Lockhart, President, Dublin Historical Preservation Association
Dan Gannod, Chief of Public Affairs for Camp Parks
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PROPOSAL FOR DISPLAY AND CARE OF HISWRICAL AIMFACTS
BACKGROUND
The Dublin Hcritage Park and Museums is located at 6600 Donlon Way and consists of two
distinct properties; the existing Dublin Heritage Center and the Dublin Historic Park.
The existing Dublin Heritage Center was acquired by the City of Dublin in 1993. It consists of
the following historical amenities: Old St. Raymond's Church, constructed in 1859; Murray
Schoolhouse, constructed in 1956; and the Dublin Pioneer Cemetery.
The Dublin Historic Park, currently under construction, was a former shopping center in the
heart of the City's 1-listoric, District. The City acquired the shopping center in 2007. The
shopping center was demolished in order to make room for the historic Park. A main feature of
the Park is the relocated Kolb Ranch buildings moved to the site from across 1-580. The Kolb
Family was one of Dublin's founding families.
Upon completion of the I listoTic Park construction, the two contiguous, sites will be re -named the
Dublin Heritage Park and Museums.
PROPOSAL FOR CAMP PARKS COLLECTION
The City of Dublin would provide the Camp Parks collection with the same case and protection
accorded other such historically valuable materials. The Camp Parks collection would be stored
in the expansion space of the Dublin Public Library- The space is locked and would be
controlled by museum staff. The temperature and light in the space is controlled. There is office
and work space near the storage that would be used by staff and qualified volunteers to catalogue
the Camp Parks collection.
Prior to the transfer of the collection, the City of Dublin would establish a "Scope of
Collections." A Scope of Collections specifies the timeframe and types of artifacts that would be
entered into the collection. Generally, the scope would require that items pertain to Camp Parks,
Shoemaker Hospital and Camp Shoemaker during their years of operation in Dublin.
Following the transfer, staff would begin the process of cataloguing the Camp Parks collection.
Detailed condition reports would be made for each object. Then they would be cleaned and
marked with a permanent accession number. The accession number would be added to a
computerized museum collection data base. The City museum uses "Past Pfffect" Collection
Management Software. This program is used by over 7,500 museums around the world. Past
Perfect provides the tools to automate accessions, exhibits, condition reports, repatriation, and
incoming and outgoing loans. Past Perfect conforms to the latest standards for cataloging
archive, library, historic object, art object, natural history, archaeology, and photograph
collections.
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Once the Camp Parks collection is accessioned and stored, access to the collection would be
controlled by Friusnim staff: Researchers would be able to access records and photographs by
appointment at the Dublin Public Library.
Short Term Exhibit Option
The City of Dublin administers a museum of local history at the Murray Schoolhouse. The
Museum is staffed by a full-time Director supplemented by part-time staff and a cadre of
dedicated, trained volunteer docents. The Museum is open as follows:
Tuesday
6:00 —'1:00 p.m.
Wednesday
1:00 — 4:00 p-m.
Thursday
1-00 — 4:00 p.m.
Friday
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday
1:00 — 4:00 p.m.
Sunday
1-00 — 4.00 p.m.
Additionally the Museum is open by appointment for private and group tours.
The Murray Schoolhouse has a security system which is activated when the building is closed.
When open to the public, visitors are accompanied by docents through the museum public areas.
There has never been a break-in, burglary, theft or vandalism within the museum under the
City's manw,enient.
There is a permanent. exhibit in the main room of the Murray Schoolhouse. Adjacent to this is
"Thc Little Classroom-"' The Little Classroom would be the space available for the Camp Parks
artifacts to be exhibited. The Little Classroom space features:
• Track lighting with low level illumination
• Picture hanging molding; with clips
• Locking cases that are deep enough for three dimensional objects
Temperature control
Low relative humidity
it would be possible to curate annual exhibits on Camp Parks in 'rhe Little Classroom The
exhibit would involve primary research, developing themes, identifying objects to display and
writing interpretive materials. This work could be conducted in the Library Expansion Space by
City staff and qualified volunteers.
After the exhibit the collection would return to storage, which is good for the preservation of the
objects. While: on display, objects are exposed to light and air. Museums, generally keep 80% of
collections in storage. Good storage aids in the preservation of the objects by allowing the
objects to rest in an environment away from the light, air, dust and chemicals.
The Library Expansion Space provides a controlled environment for the collection. This short
term exhibit option will allow the public to view the Camp Parks Collection on a regular basis.
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This arrangement provides a good solution for an indefinite period while Permanent long term
options are developed.
L o n r, Term Ey--h–i I—)i !–O–P t —iO R
The Army amd its preferred development partner are working on a land use proposal to convert a
portion of Camp Parks to a combination of residential, commercial, and public uses. The
preferred land plan of the City that resulted from a community -wide visioning process
undertaken in 2005 identified a large central park. Long term, the City could consider an option
to develop a small military museum as part of this park where the Camp Parks collection could
be permanently or) display.
Atlachmerrts
]a—lb. location Maps
2a.-2c, Photos of the Dublin Heritage Center, Museum and Storage
3. Proof of City Incorporation
4, Collections Management Policy and Procedures – Dublin Heritage Center
Resume of Museum Director -- Elizabeth Isles
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