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Home My WebLink About2018-02-20 Creative Arts Council Advisory Board MinutesCAC Meeting Minutes ‐ Partial Notes February 20, 2018, 4:00PM Call to Order: Chair: Kitte Arnold, 4:03PM Attendance Sheet passed ‐ Quorum as of 4:15PM; Exc. Abs: Charlene Alvarez Approval of Jan 16, 2018 Minutes. Motion Tony, 2nd Joan; Unanimously approved. Old Business: A. CAC Membership: Linda asked this item to be brought to the agenda to discuss those appointed members and their responsibility to the Committee. The By‐Laws specifically note that 3 consecutive absences are cause for removal. Excused absences should be requested through Dan Murphy who is the liaison to the CAC. If you are not committed to attending this Committee, then you should resign and open an opportunity for another person who has commitment to be appointed. Dan Murphy provided an attendance chart for voting members and non‐voting for 2017 and Jan 2018. At this time we have minimum 1 open position, possibly 2 if Emmanuel does not return. He explained the process in the By‐Laws for appointments other than Commission appointments. 3 departments are sent applications for approval. If they approve, appointments are made by Dan. If there are no comments from the Departments, Dan makes the appointments from the applicant request. Dan explained that attendance sheets and minutes are provided periodically to the City Clerk. Luis made a motion that this should be done regularly with copies to the City Commission. No second, no vote taken. NOTE: There was a request made by a member that Dan provide all CAC members with a copy of the Mission Statement before the next CAC meeting. B. Private Funding Withdrawal: Lauren Odman addressed the Committee about her matching funding for the Mural Projects. This was approved in June 2017, and to date, no mural has been initiated. She is requesting return of her $2000. Some discussion was heard regarding some of the problems encountered without public surfaces, and private property issues which prevented murals from being enacted. Motion was made by Linda, 2nd by Tony, to reimburse Lauren Odman $2000. No further discussion. Unanimously approved. Dan suggested another Mural Si‐Committee might be formed to discuss any possibilities for getting this project off the mar and onto some surfaces. DOT project for the bridge can still be pursued. Reso can be submitted by CRA to Commission, so this part of the project approved, can move forward with call to artist, or whatever actions are proposed. Luis asked if we can even pursue murals without the City first approving the new “Branding”, so we are not in conflict. Since CAC was only included in the “brain‐storming” and no follow‐up, we had no say in the choices or recommendations. (Post script: This Branding was approved by the City Commission on Feb. 20, 2018) Luis offered $2000 for a mural project, if we can get one approved and done. Al Huggins said if we can get the money to do a mural, let’s do it. ID the wall, the paint is available, and money can be accepted from Luis if this is agreed upon. Consensus of members was to ID a project and DO IT. NOTE: Dave Nuby suggested a letter be sent to the Collins Family to come to the next CAC meeting to discuss the Mural project originally discussed for their building, to see if the issues can be resolved, and if a timeline can be confirmed. C. Art Walk Update: Rickelle Williams, CRA Director, advised that the Art Walk is tentatively scheduled to launch in June. Three proposals from potential concessionaires have been received and are being reviewed. A selection is pending. There may be a change of City rule via Reso, since currently the City has a limit of 4 City Events of the same type/per year. There interest in such events would need to be shown in order to get this ruling changed. This would apply to any events; i.e. Food Trucks, Art Walk, etc. Rickelle has reached out to the Broward Cultural Council to make a presentation to the City Commission on the impact and importance of Art in the Community. D. Atrium Report: Kitte advised the Art Reception for Luis Gomez was a success. This was resounded by the CAC members in attendance, including Armand, Tony, and Linda. The Atrium Gallery still does not have any funding for these events. Volunteers provide food, wine and supplies. The Artist, Luis, brought some refreshments for his reception as well. A Budget request was made to the Commission June 2017, at the same time as the Mural request. No approval was done for the Atrium expenses, refreshments or additional hardware. Rickelle requested the CAC make a budget for the Gallery, including number of proposed presentations, so she can include it I the CRA budget for the net FY. Additional discussions were had regarding using the Atrium, not only for visual Art shows, but also sculpture, performing arts, music, Chorale productions, video showings, etc. Perhaps these could be done during the week, not necessarily on Sunday. E. Rickelle brought up a New Business Item: Additional Signal Boxes to be wrapped. Additional information will be brought back to the CAC. Dave Nuby also noted there was additional interest in 1th Ave/3rd Street. Linda noted that Hollywood had used some children’s art for some of their utility box wraps, and suggested possible school solicitations of artwork for considerations, as well as History Art wraps. It might not be needed to have a Call to Artist, and show come community involvement in this process. Kitte mentioned that one of the signal boxes on US 1 opposite Dania Elementary was damaged and needed to be replaced. Since it was her artwork, she will waive the Artist fee for replacement. She will contact the company who performed the wrap to see how much it would cost to be replaced. It was suggested that a new Sub‐Committee be set‐up for the “Phase 2‐Utility Box Project” additional wrap requests. Motion to approve new sub‐committee by Linda, 2nd: Luis, no discussion. Unanimously approved. Of course a budget will also have to be requested to accomplish any new utility box wraps. New Business: Outreach to New Buildings: Kitte and Linda discussed possibility of holding Art Exhibitions, and possible sale/auctions at the new Hotels. Linda advised she had already approached Morrison and Comfort Inn about doing something like this for a Friends Fund Raiser. Could be done as a single event, or in conjunction with a special Cocktail Hour (Comfort Inn has no restaurant or bar so would be necessary for others to provide refreshments, etc.). Both hotels were receptive to these suggestions, as well as a Pop‐up Library for guests. Kitte suggested a form letter be designed to send out to all developers, hotels, and new builders to advise about the Atrium Gallery and Artist displays which may be available for exhibition at their facilities. If there is interest this could provide additional exposure to Art in Dania Beach. Board Members/Staff Comments: Armand advised that his non‐profit for the Latin Ensemble has been submitted and is pending approval. He also noted that he attended the Holocaust Museum showing Feb. 11, of “The State of Deception”, and that is was well attended. He noted that Rich Aube’s son competed in a gymnast event and received an award for 2nd place. He was congratulated on his achievement by the Committee. Joan advised that Robin Vega, Artist, opened a Gallery 1 in the Double Tree Hotel. Tony requested Dania Beach seek funding from Tourism Council, since they are benefitted from all the Development dollars, and the City should be entitled to some of that money. Linda noted that Dan had just held a Tourism Meeting with Stacey Ritter a few days prior, and he made note of the 2500 new beds now in Dania Beach and the dollar impact. Dania Beach will be looking into this Tourism Council dollar possibility.