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     Mr. Adams noted the significance of the recent death of John Kinard, the founding Director of the Anacostia Museum, in deliberations about a National Museum of African American History and Culture and the further development of the Anacostia Museum. The Secretary added that he would be better prepared to discuss these matters substantively at the January Meeting of the Board. Mr. Adams pointed out that certain progress is being made in increasing the representation of minorities and women in the professional ranks of the Institution, and as an encouragement for still more progress he has asked his top administrative staff to prepare reports on progress in their areas for review in connection with their annual performance appraisal.  The Board called for a statistical report on progress at its January meeting.  

     The Secretary reported that a decision has been reached to relocate the headquarters of the Archives of American Art from New York to Washington on a permanent basis.  The move is expected to facilitate hiring of a director and a closer working relationship with the National Museum of American Art. 

     Mr. Adams mentioned that Senator Helms' proposed amendment to the fiscal year 1990 appropriations bill for the Department of the Interior and related agencies would have implications for the Smithsonian if enacted.  Without commenting on those ramifications, he distributed to the Regents copies of the "Horizons" column he wrote for the forthcoming October issue of [[underlined]] Smithsonian [[/underlined]] magazine. 

     Mr. Adams mentioned the continued interest in Congress and among several agencies, including the Smithsonian and the Environmental Protection Agency, in establishing a National Center for Biological Diversity in the Smithsonian.  As presently conceived, this center would involve cooperation with the EPA in such way that the Smithsonian would be restricted to the scientific aspects of the work while the EPA would have responsibility for policy decisions -- in a relationship which is roughly analogous to the cooperative arrangements of Department of Agriculture and other agencies' scientists currently working in several departments of the National Museum of Natural History.

[[underlined]] NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM EXTENSION [[/underlined]]

     Preliminary findings of several studies indicate that either Dulles or BWI can support a full-scale National Air and Space Museum Extension and both sites also offer additional space for other Smithsonian activities.  The full-scale Extension will require 1.5 million gross square feet of building area, with a footprint of approximately 27 acres, more than half of it for exhibition and restoration hangars.  It can be constructed and financed in three phases. Phase I (requiring 673,000 gross square feet) will include most of the fundamental infrastructure required for the complete Extension, and will constitute a viable facility (with a balanced program of artifacts and exhibits, a large format film theater, and visitor support services) that can be opened to the public in 1995, at a cost of approximately $162 million (escalated to 1993 dollars) to be met with state support, Federal support, and fund raising.  Completion of Phase II and III will depend on availability of funding. 

     The Regents discussed the possibility of expressing at least a preference for one site over another as a means of expediting progress and lessening lobbying activities, but it was agreed by a show of hands to