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Minutes of the Port Townsend Arts Commission Public Art Committee Special Meeting of August 22, 2018
LOCATION:
City Hall, Conference Room 1
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Dan Groussman, Kris Morris (Chair), Owen Rowe (Alt. Chair), Maryann Tapiro, Lisa Wentworth
Members of public present: Richard Dandridge, Robert Gray, Deanna Pindell
STAFF PRESENT:
Acting Clerk Pam Kolacy
TopicMotions/Recommendation/Action
Call to Order/Roll Call
The meeting was called to order at 3:00 p.m.
Approval of Agenda
There was agreement to add review of the Parks, Recreation and
Open Space Functional Plan and Non-Motorized Plan to the agenda.
Public Comment:
No comments
Approval of Minutes:
Motion by Wentworth, second by Rowe to approve minutes as
Change to 7/22 minutes: reverse Maryann Tapiro’s corrected, carried unanimously.
site visit assignments with Owen Rowe’s.
Identify recommended locations and criteria for
public art:
Site Visit Reports:
Reports will be re-formatted for consistency before next meeting.
Committee members reviewed their site visit reports Chair will ask staff to create a template based on the previously
as assigned at last meeting approved site criteria with space for comments particular to the site.
Review of Parks, Recreation and Open Space
Sites listed on the “City of Port Townsend Park Facilities” map (page
Plan and Non-Motorized Plan:
17) and “Open Space Inventory” (page 21) were assigned to
Three maps and the Executive Summary from the individual committee members for site visits and reviews.
Parks Plan were presented. It was noted that the
Non-Motorized Plan was difficult to bring up on the
City’s website.
Discussion of Potential Sites on Non-City
Sites listed on “Park Facilities by Other Agencies” (page 24 of the
property
Parks Plan) were assigned to individual committee members for site
visits and review.
TopicMotions/Recommendation/Action
Create maintenance plan for current public art
The Chair will work with City staff to determine the status of
Ms. Morris noted that the Art in Public Places Policy maintenance plans and add annual review to the Arts Committee
provides for the City to have a maintenance plan for work plan.
each piece of public art with annual review by the Arts
Committee. She noted that the map of public art on
the City website is incorrect.
Public Comment
Deanna Pindell commented that art can sometimes
serve infrastructure needs.
Next Meeting
Next meeting set for Wednesday, September 12, 3-5 p.m.
Agenda to include:
Reports from site visits: review site visits discussed today in new
format
Discuss public arts maintenance plan
Update on progress with additional site reviews
Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 p.m.