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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Arts And Cultural Commission - 08/11/2015 ARTS & CULTURAL COMMISSION Regular Meeting,August 11, 2015, 4:00 p.m. Parks & Recreation Conference Room, City Hall, 1201 Leopard St., Corpus Christi, Texas MEMBERS P A MEMBERS P A STAFF 1. Duke,PaulX 6. Rybak,Stephen X Reba George 2. Gardiner, Carla X 7. Schenk,Joe X Tess Allan ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3. Harrison, CathyX 8. Sherman,Dianna X ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4. Kisner,BradX 9. Vacant X 5. Mintz,Sean X Total: 7 2 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... I. CALL TO ORDER-The regular meeting of the Arts and Cultural Commission was called to order at 4:04 p.m. by Brad Kisner. II. ROLL CALL-The recording secretary called roll, announced quorum. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES— Special Called Meeting, June 9, 2015—Joe Schenk noted that the Mayor appoints Commissioners and that the City Council approves the appointment and asked that it be corrected in the minutes (last paragraph on page 2). Sean Mintz moved to approve the minutes as corrected. Joe Schenk seconded. Minutes were unanimously approved. Carla Gardiner requested that the approved minutes be sent to Neal Van Zante as discussed at the June meeting. Joe Schenk requested that a copy also be sent to Patricia Reinhardt-Mondragon. The Commissioners who missed the June meeting - Sean, Cathy and Dianna reviewed their 2015 Arts Grant score sheets and verified that they were the original score sheets submitted and no changes had been made to them. IV. PUBLIC COMMENT— None V. OLD BUSINESS Public Art Projects, Administration and Conservation Reba gave a brief update on the conservation of the Surls piece Six or Seven Flowers. Tai Pomara has requested an additional $2,000 to cover the required liability insurance cost; he would prefer to reinstall the art in the same location and asked to extend the completion date to November as he is still in Asia working on an installation and won't be able to start in the beginning of September as originally planned. Joe Schenk moved to approve an additional $2,000 to cover the added cost of insurance. Sean Mintz seconded. Motion was unanimously approved. 4:12 Paul Duke entered the meeting. Tess began the discussion of the Hunt Restoration Bid distributed to the Commissioners. Ashley Hunt and her husband own an art restoration business and have submitted an estimate of$11,180 to clean 12 of the City's bronze pieces. Joe Schenk verified that the estimate was reasonable and asked if it included equipment rental. 4:18 Dianna Sherman entered the meeting After some further discussion Sean Mintz moved to have City Staff proceed forward with Hunt Restoration to give bonifias on their corporation and insurance and to reach a formal agreement. 2015 Arts Forum Brad requested that a reminder go out to those who have RSVP'd and submitted Star Volunteer nominations. Paul will send City Staff contact information to invite the AIA to attend as they would like to begin giving an award to a local member of the art community in the future. Reba announced that Jim Bob will not be able to attend but that Dr. Gibbs will be taking his place. There was some discussion on how to direct those who may wish to move forward with the Cultural Districting. It was determined that the 1 ACC is not the appropriate body to facilitate any further action and either Reba or Joe will be the spokesperson during that portion. Sean agreed to take care of the food arrangements again this year, Tess will email him with a head count. Tess announced that Sheila Gritte has begun making the Star Volunteer awards and there are currently 15 nominees. Collier Pool No update Art Publication Brad Snyder has begun the publication and there should be something to review at the October meeting. Geocaching No update— by general consensus this item was tabled. Public Art Tour Brad contacted Wade Spence regarding a walking tour but he is no longer chair of the Mayor's Fitness Council. Tess Allan reported that her contact at the CCRTA is no longer on staff and she will reach out to them soon to establish a new contact for the route-map and public announcement system. The ISpy game will move forward with or without the RTA connection as it can stand alone as an art tour and possibly in partnership with the CVB. Dianna suggested that the Art Center be included as a place to pick up the ISpy game as well. 2016 Arts Grant Commissioners reviewed the changes made to the Arts Grant Guidelines and Scoresheet. It was determined that the appeals process would allow for one week (5 business days) for the applicant to appeal and one week (5 business days) for the ACC to respond so `November 18 — Formal Appeal Deadline' will be added to the Guidelines under Important Dates. Information about the Appeals process will be inserted in the Guidelines. Joe Schenk moved to accept the changes to the Arts Grant Guidelines and Scoresheet. Dianna Sherman seconded. Changes were unanimously approved. VI. NEW BUSINESS YMCA— Mariposa Park Sculptures The Commissioners reviewed the communication from Jennifer Wickham at the YMCA regarding three pieces of art on their property that they are considering donating to the City's Public Art Collection. Dianna Sherman moved that the ACC recommend to the City that they not pursue the acquisition of `Falling Man', `Balanced Stones' or the painted beach scene mural currently located at Mariposa Park to the Public Art Collection. Carla Gardiner seconded. Motion was unanimously approved. Joe suggested giving Ms. Wickham the contact information for Texas A&M Corpus Christi and for Del Mar as potential places to donate the art. VII. IDENTIFY ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE NEXT AGENDA Arts Forum Collier Pool Art Publication Public Art Tour Arts Grant 2016 VIII. ADJOURN Cathy Harrison moved to adjourn. Stephen Rybak seconded. Motion passed. Brad Kisner adjourned meeting at 5:14 p.m. Tess Allan, Recording Secretary 2