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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Arts And Cultural Commission - 12/13/2016 ARTS & CULTURAL COMMISSION Regular Meeting, December 13, 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,Sarah X 6. Petican,Laura X Tess Allan 2. Duke,PaulX 7. Sharon Sedwick X 3. Harrison, CathyX 8. Rios, Shelly X ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4. Kisner,BradX 9. Rybak,Stephen X ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5. Lamas,HildaX Total: 6 3 ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... I. CALL TO ORDER-The regular meeting of the Arts and Cultural Commission was called to order at 4:03 p.m. by Brad Kisner. II. ROLL CALL-The recording secretary called roll and announced quorum. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: • Regular Meeting, October 11, 2016: Cathy moved to approve the minutes as written, Sarah seconded. Minutes were unanimously approved. • Special Called Meeting, November 7, 2016: Cathy moved to approve the minutes as written, Sarah seconded. Minutes were unanimously approved. • Special Called Meeting, November 22, 2016: After review of the minutes Brad requested the spelling of Cathy's name under number 6 to be corrected. Stephen moved to approve the minutes as amended, Laura seconded. Minutes were unanimously approved. IV. PUBLIC COMMENT— None V. OLD BUSINESS Public Art Projects, Administration and Conservation City Staff provided updates for the following items: • The ISpy game card and two copies of the Public art Book were sent to all CCISD art teachers in early December. • The Collier Pool Art Selection Panel met and the RFQ for artists interested in the project was sent out. The application due date is January 5, 2017. • Urban Visions Public Art Donation for La Retama Park — Urban Visions submitted plans for the sculpture's base and wind certification and City's Engineering Department has approved them. Legal will be drawing up the Agreement and it will go before City Council as an Agenda item. • The Great Heron —the dedication went well with 23 in attendance, despite the very cold weather. • The Commission's outreach booth at the CBCiN event after the dedication was also successful. Shelly and Tess manned the booth and were able to hand out the Ispy tour and art books to attendees. • Arts Grant automation — IT requested that a mock application be filled out from a computer outside of the City's network to test that the application can be accessed. Tess completed an application from home and will be meeting with IT next week to review the process. VI. NEW BUSINESS Fire Station No. 18 Discussion of the Public Art Project for Fire Station No. 18 centered on the Art Selection Panel's decision not to include the actual number 18 in the design requirements. By general consensus the Commissioner's agreed with the Art Panel's decision and approved distributing the RFQ for artists. Return City Staff distributed a letter received from Engineering with recommendations to address the maintenance needed for Return, the tile mural in the atrium floor of City Hall. The Commissioners 1 discussed the 4 options given in the letter and requested that the artists be invited to the January meeting for further discussion. Arts Grant Subcommittee Item was tabled until the next meeting. VII. OLD BUSINESS Arts Grant Commissioners reviewed and discussed the scores for the 4 applicants who re-submitted a complete application. Sarah moved to only fund organizations that scored above the minimum requirement of 70. Stephen seconded. Motion unanimously passed. Commissioners requested that once the grant sub- committee is formed they consider options to fund KEDT's marketing efforts separate from the Arts Grant application process, and to standardize the re-application process with partial funding. After further discussion Stephen moved to partially fund the three applicants with qualifying scores at 70 percent of their request. Paul seconded. Motion unanimously passed. VIII. IDENTIFY ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE NEXT AGENDA • Return • Arts Grant—Completion Report Card • Arts Grant- Subcommittee IX. ADJOURN Cathy moved to adjourn. Paul seconded. Motion passed. Brad Kisner adjourned the meeting at 5:15 p.m. Tess Allan, Recording Secretary 2