[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9254-9255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4635]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Meeting of the New Orleans Jazz Commission

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act that a meeting of the New Orleans Jazz Commission will be 
held at the following place and time.

DATES: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 at 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the U.S. Mint Conference Room on 
751 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA 70116.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons wishing further information 
concerning this meeting, or who wish to submit written statements, may 
contact: Rayford Harper, Superintendent, New Orleans Jazz National 
Historical Park, 365 Canal Street, Suite 2400, New Orleans, Louisiana 
70130-1142, Telephone (504) 589-4806.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The official designation of the Commission 
is the New Orleans Jazz Commission.
    The Commission has been established to assist the National Park 
Service in implementing the purposes of Public Law 103-433. The 
purposes of Public Law 103-433 are to:
    a. Establish a New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park to 
preserve the origins, early history, development and progression of 
jazz;
    b. Provide visitors with opportunities to experience the sights, 
sounds, and places where jazz evolved; and
    c. Implement innovative ways of establishing jazz educational 
partnerships that will help to ensure that jazz continues as a vital 
element of the culture of New Orleans and our Nation.
    In accordance with Public Law 103-433, Title XII, the duties of the 
Commission are to:
    (1) Advise the Secretary in the preparation of the General 
Management Plan; assist in public discussions of planning proposals; 
and assist the National Park Service in working with individuals, 
groups, and organizations including economic and business interests in 
determining programs in which the Secretary should participate through 
cooperative agreement;
    (2) In consultation and cooperation with the Secretary, develop 
partnerships with educational groups, schools, universities, and other 
groups in furtherance of the purposes of the act establishing the New 
Orleans Jazz National Historical Park;
    (3) In consultation and cooperation with the Secretary, develop 
partnerships with city-wide organizations, and raise and disperse funds 
for programs that assist mutual aid and benevolent societies, social 
and pleasure clubs and other traditional groups in encouraging the 
continuation of and enhancement of jazz cultural traditions;
    (4) Acquire or lease property for jazz education, and advise on 
hiring brass bands and musical groups to participate in education 
programs and help train young musicians;

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    (5) In consultation and cooperation with the Secretary, provide 
recommendations for the location of the visitor center and other 
interpretive sites;
    (6) Assist the Secretary in providing funds to support research on 
the origins and early history of jazz in New Orleans; and
    (7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, seek and accept 
donations of funds, property, or services from individuals, 
foundations, corporations, or other public or private entities and 
expand and use the same for the purposes of providing services, 
programs, and facilities for jazz education, or assisting in the 
rehabilitation and restoration of structures identified in the national 
historic landmark study as having outstanding significance to the 
history of jazz in New Orleans.
    The matters to be discussed at this meeting include:

Old Business (Commission Projects)
New Business
General Management Plan Update

    The meeting will be open to the public. However, facilities and 
space for accommodating members of the public are limited, and persons 
will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. Any member of 
the public may file a written statement concerning matters to be 
discussed with the Superintendent, New Orleans Jazz National Historical 
Park.
    Minutes of the meeting will be available for public inspection four 
weeks after the meeting at the headquarters office of New Orleans Jazz 
National Historical Park.

    Dated: February 10, 1998.
Daniel W. Brown,
Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 98-4635 Filed 2-23-98; 8:45 am]
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