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Special Meeting
Meeting Minutes
August 23, 2012, 3 pm, Upstairs Meeting Room, City Hall
Members present: Stan Rubin (chair), Rosalind Russell, Kris Morris, Erin Fristad, Nancy Rody,
Dan Groussman (minutes).
Excused: Linda Okazaki
Guests: Rick Sepler
Chair: SR recognized KM. KM submitted her official resignation from her position as Artist
Selection Panel Chair for health reasons and endorsed her replacement EF, who has been acting
Chair for the ASP. The Commission recognized KM's excellent work in the past and speedy
recovery wishes to KM.
Agenda: SR stated that there is only one item on the agenda—the issue of whether or not to
approve six finalists for the Uptown public art project as recommended by the Artist Selection
Panel, and whether or not to appropriate funding. SR handed out The City's summary of the
recommendation including a background of the process and a recap of the role of the selection
panel, as well as a list of the finalists to be considered.
Artist Selection Panel Chair Report: EF covered the balloting procedures resulting from the
selection panel deliberation and discussed the reasoning behind the Panel's recommendation
that six artists move forward in the process. She noted large gaps in the voting results between
the top six and the resulting eleven. Discussion ensued enabling all present to comment on the
process and the Panel recommendation.
Motion: KM moves to accept the six finalists as recommended by the Artist Selection Panel and
to allocate $300 from the PTAC budget to fund the sixth artist's stipend. Seconded by NR,
approved 5:1 (RR against).
Adjourned 3:45pm
Next Meeting: Regular Commission Meeting, September 5, 2-4pm, 3rd floor conference room,
City Hall.