Title
Draft Public Art Commission Meeting Minutes-April 4, 2018
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DRAFT MEETING MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
CITY OF ALAMEDA PUBLIC ART COMMISSION
Wednesday, April 4, 2018, 6:00PM
CALL TO ORDER
Acting Chairperson Sherman Lewis called the meeting to order at 6:06PM.
1. ROLL CALL
Present: Acting Chairperson Sherman, Commissioner Mark Farrell, Commissioner Adam Gillitt, Commissioner Liz Rush
Absent: Chairperson Daniel Hoy (excused)
Lois Butler (PAC secretary) and Amanda Gehrke are present as staff to the Commission.
2. MINUTES
Motion made by Commissioner Adam Gillitt and seconded by Commissioner Mark Farrell to approve the minutes. The motion carried 4-0.
3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
4. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
4-A 2018-5422: Reprogramming of Cultural Arts and Arts Programing Funds Not Awarded Through the Request for Proposal (RFP) Process. The Public Art Commission (PAC) held a public meeting to consider ideas for reprogramming cultural arts and arts monies not recommended for funding through the recent RFP process.
Amanda Gehrke, Economic Development Division staff gave an overview of the item.
Ms. Gehrke then gave an overview of why the report was written. She indicated that there was $20,000 not awarded in the Cultural Arts and Arts Programing RFP process in the $5,000 and $15,000 categories. She presented a few alternatives, suggested by staff, and in part based on feedback from the selection panels on how the monies not awarded could be re-released, and how the RFP could be updated to reflect learnings. The two main subject items were:
* Funding increments - smaller grant amounts
* Interactive feedback with the selection panel and the proposers
Commissioners asked clarifying questions.
Public Speaker(s) (paraphrased comments):
Collin Blake:
A common lament during the interim of time when the monies were not being distributed was that the monies were just trapped. He wanted to know was the money invested. He said, this was germane to tonight's dis...
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