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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Arts And Cultural Commission - 04/05/2011ARTS & CULTURAL COMMISSION Regular Meeting, April 5, 2011, 4:00 p.m. 6 Floor Conference Room, City Hall, 1201 Leopard St., Corpus Christi, T MEMBERS 1. Paris, Karina 2. Hilliard, Joe 3. Hovda, Heidi 4. Bluntzer -Dura, Dianna 5. LaBarrett, Joye A M EMBER S P ......6. Schenk, Joe ._.__.._._._....._....._.. l 7. Trimble, Frank [ ] S. Valadez, Corinne _ [ 9. Quintanilla, Kelly [ Reba MAY 1 0 2011 ' Cf SECREIARy,S OFFICE STAFF Tara Mireles CALL TO ORDER - The regular meeting of the Arts and Cultural Commission was called to order at 4:15 pm by Chair, Heidi Hovda. ROLL CALL - The recording secretary called roll, announced quorum. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Regular Meeting March 1, 2011 i. Dianna Bluntzer made a motion to approve the minutes as amended. Joe Schenk seconded. Minutes were approved as amended. IV. PUBLIC COMMENT -- None V. OLD BUSINESS (DISCUSSION/ POSSIBLE ACTION) a. Completion Reports for 2009 Art Subgrants i.. City Staff is still working on locating files. The Corpus Christi Symphony organization contacted Reba regarding turning in a late completion report for this year. Although there are no grant funds available, Joye stated they signed an agreement with the City saying they are obligated to turn in a report. b. Arts & Cultural Alliance i. NuStar received $2500 in free advertising at La Palmera Mall. NuStar will donate the advertising to the Alliance. The ACA will set -up a booth in October at the mall with all the groups participating. Alliance will need to submit a report to the City regarding the money received so far. ii. Reba gave financial report. The 1" eleven months the ACA has gone from 14 participants . to 321 in February. The number decreased to 315 in March. iii. Heidi will look into PO Box to make sure it is open. c. Cultural District Designation i. The TCA sent an encouraging letter and a copy of the application form. The NEA sent a letter of apology stating the ACC was not selected to submit an application. ACC discussed the Council approving the plan. Reba recommended they work on getting it on their agenda. Joye made a motion to get on the May 17`" agenda for the letter of intent. Karina seconded. Motion passed. ii. Commission discussed splitting duties required for completing application. Commissioners will collect DVD's from the local art.organizations. Heidi will try and plan a meeting without quorum to discuss some of the items. d. RFP for Bond 2006 Percent for Art Projects i. Item was tabled e. Turner /Allen mural in storage i. Reba presented the pictures of the Turner/Allen mural that is currently in storage. The mural has been in storage since 1998. It is well protected with Styrofoam and wrapped in paper. It measures 32'x 9.5'. The question remains whether the mural still belongs to the City. Reba is looking into it, but has not had any responses as of yet. She informed them that the ACC is interested in finding it a new home. ii. The Commission discussed possible locations for the piece. Commissioners will talk to representatives from CCISD and other organizations to see what their options are. 4 VI. NEW BUSINESS (DISCUSSION 1 POSSIBLE ACTION) a. Review of Public Art Program Ordinance i. Commission will include changes in Public Art Program in report to City. ACC wants to request that .25% of the 2.25% percent for art go to maintenance. b. Art Maintenance Items i. A bid for the Art Center Fountain Repair was received from James Moltz for $1,200. Two parts of the art piece have broken off and will need to be replaced. Commissioner's asked if the piece was on City property or Art Center property. Currently, the City maintains that area. Joe S. made a motion to recommend that the City's Parks Department locate funds to repair the art piece. Dianna seconded. Motion passed. ii. Orion's belt is beginning to pit and rust and needs to be cleaned. The last maintenance done on the piece was in 2004. Commissioners raised concerns about the colored light display on the piece. ACC will look further into their art maintenance plan before getting work done. c. FY12 Budget i. Heidi would like to request funds for grants from the General Fund instead of HOT funds to avoid being tied to marketing. Joye recommended just requesting funds, and letting Council decide where the funds come from. VII. IDENTIFY ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON NEXT AGENDA a. Review of meetings discussion i. Cultural District Designation ii. Completion Reports for 2009 Subgrants iii. Arts and Cultural Alliance iv. RFP for Bond 2008 Percent for Art Projects VIII. ADJOURN a. Joe S. made a motion to adjourn. Joye seconded. Motion passed. Heidi Hovda, Chair, adjourned meeting at 5;15 pm. Tara Mireles, Administrative Assistant Cultural Services, Parks & Recreation Department