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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Arts And Cultural Commission - 08/09/2016 ARTS & CULTURAL COMMISSION Regular Meeting,August 9, 2016, 4:00 p.m. Parks & Recreation Conference Room, City Hall, 1201 Leopard St., Corpus Christi, Texas MEMBERS P A MEMBERS P A STAFF 1. Coles,SarahX 6. Mintz,Sean X 2. Duke,Paul X 7. Petican,Laura X Tess Allan 3. Gardiner, CarlaX 8. Rybak,Stephen X ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4. Harrison, CathyX 9. Sherman,Dianna X ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5. Kisner,BradX Total: 8 1 ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... I. CALL TO ORDER-The regular meeting of the Arts and Cultural Commission was called to order at 4:02 p.m. by Brad Kisner. II. ROLL CALL-The recording secretary called roll and announced quorum. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — Regular Meeting, July 12, 2016. After reviewing the minutes Sarah asked to include November 19, 2016 as the date for the Great Heron dedication and Paul corrected the spelling of Yaupon. Stephen Rybak moved to approve the July 12, 2016 minutes with the recommended changes. Carla Gardiner seconded. Minutes were unanimously approved. IV. PUBLIC COMMENT— None V. NEW BUSINESS CVB Presentation Heidi Hovda from the CVB described what qualities Arts and Cultural programs and events will need to potentially drive overnight tourism to Corpus Christi: brand, history, transformative or immersive in nature no fundraisers or purely local events. The Arts Grant requires grantees to post their projects on the CVB events calendar and the CVB is willing to host anther training on how to post events which will include the importance of descriptive language, and photos that will entice people to come. VI. OLD BUSINESS Public Art Projects, Administration and Conservation City Staff provided updates for the following items: • Three Commissioners: Sean Mintz, Carla Gardiner and Dianna Sherman all completed their terms and are rotating off the ACC. All three were thanked for their work and will be missed. There are many new applications and the Mayor will be selecting 3 new Commissioners for approval in September. • The Urban Visions Public Art Donation for La Retama Park — Jack Gron submitted his plans for the sculpture and they were given to the Engineering Department for approval. Urban Visions is working with Urban Engineering and will be submitting plans for the base and wind certification for approval as well. • Bronze cleaning — contractor, Andrew Malczewski, completed the project and City Staff presented a PowerPoint with the before and after pictures of Open Book, West Fork, El Circo del Mar& The Friendship Monument. Further discussion focused on future bronze cleaning specifications. • Bromeliad— The Airport has agreed to keep the sculpture onsite in its current location until they begin construction. When they are ready to begin construction they will demolish the sculpture and dispose of it with their construction waste. Arts Grant Commissioners reviewed the 2015 & 2016 Arts Grant recipient's report cards. City Staff announced that the Arts Grant process will not be automated in time for the 2017 budget year. Arts Forum Brad Kisner led a brief discussion of the Arts Forum details. Carla will have 15 minutes for her presentation, Sean will order food for 50 people, Brad and Paul Duke will serve as greeters, Stephen and Sara will man the welcome and nametag table and Tess will send reminders. The artwork for the awards 1 is ready, the Mayor will be in Washington DC but a City Council member will take her place to hand out the awards. Copies of the new Public Art Book will be made available as well as sign-up sheets for the Arts Grant Workshops. The Flame City Staff contacted the Fire Station #17 Chief regarding removing the fence and he asked the ACC to present a proposal for the Fire Department to consider. A Landscape Designer from Gills Landscape Nursery reviewed photos of the space and made several recommendations. The Commissioners reviewed 3 of the recommendations and by general consensus recommended the proposal to plant Asian jasmine in the area around the sculpture. City Staff recommended that the left over maintenance funds be used to remove the rust from the sculpture then seal and polish it. Dianna asked what other projects were a priority and after brief discussion Sarah moved to have City Staff begin gathering the required bids on all of the projects at the top of the work list and move forward to spend the left over FY 2016 maintenance funds. Carla seconded. Motion was unanimously approved. Untitled History Laura spoke with TAMUCC Art Department Chair, Rich Gere, about having students move the cowboy sculpture and base at the American Bank Center. Due to the size and weight Rich recommended that the ACC hire professionals. Laura contacted David Hill from the Art Museum who recommended H&S Construction. Discussion centered around funding and purchasing requirements. Sean moved that City Staff work to get the required bids necessary to relocate Untitled History. Stephen seconded. Motion was unanimously approved. VII. NEW BUSINESS CONTINUED RTA— ISpy Public Art Tour The RTA will be hosting a marketing event on Saturday, Aug 27th to promote their transportation services and requested the ACC set up a vendor booth at their Staples Street Station at 1:00 to promote the ISpy public art tour. By general consensus the Commissioners agreed to participate. City Staff will man the booth and hand out ISpy game cards as well as the new Public Art Book. VIII. IDENTIFY ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE NEXT AGENDA • Arts Grant • Bids IX. ADJOURN Sean moved to adjourn. Stephen seconded. Motion passed. Brad Kisner adjourned the meeting at 5:17 p.m. Tess Allan, Recording Secretary 2