Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department
Public Art Advisory Board
MINUTES
Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources
Conference Room
Present: Carol Aupperle, Chair; Ginger Hayes; Pat Hudson; Gray Rinehart; Carl Regutti; Smythe Richbourg; Lejandro DeRomas, Teen Council Representative; Gale Adcock, Council
Liaison;
Staff:
Denise Dickens, Lyman Collins, Vicki Hayes
Guests: Elizabeth Conner, Artist; Ed Meserve, Architect; Don Anderson, Sprint; Jimmy
Campbell, Engineer; Rob Bacon; Todd Bryant, CVA Executive Director; Scott Fogelman,
Budget Director
A. Call
to Order – Carol Aupperle, Chair
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The meeting was
called to order at
B. Roll
Call
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Noting those absent
Ginger
Castle; Eric Forehand; Charles Rankin; Lauren Mincey, Teen Council Representative
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Noting a quorum is present
Quorum
was present at
C. Adoption
of Agenda
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Approval of DRAFT agenda
The
agenda was amended to include Public Art Budget under New Business.
ACTION: Gray Rinehart made
a motion to approve the agenda with the amendment. Pat Hudson seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
D. Minutes
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Approval of DRAFT 16 April 2008 minutes
ACTION: Ginger Hayes
made a motion to approve the minutes. Pat
Hudson seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
E. New
Business
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Public Art Budget – Scott Fogelman, Budget Director
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Carol Aupperle
asked Gale Adcock to report on the Council’s Budget process. Scott Fogelman
gave a brief overview of the budget process and how public art projects are
incorporated into the process. He
distributed a hand out that detailed the recommended public art projects. Councilor Adcock encouraged the Board to
attend the upcoming budget hearings (May 29 and June 12) at the public meeting
at Council meetings as they were opportunities to speak about support for
public art. If anyone has any questions,
please feel free to contact Scott at scott.fogleman@townofcary.org.
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Review Concepts for Alston Seal/Logo Art
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The
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The Board is
being asked to give direction on the seal/logo art that will be used for
community identity. The Board was shown
several concept drawings to rank. Staff
will compile the list and meet with the artist to give different options.
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Donation Offer by Ikebana Artist, Lily Karmartz
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The Australian
artist Ms. Karmartz had a wonderful time during her artist’s residency the week
prior to Spring Daze. She is offering
the painting “Nature Is My Paint Brush” to the Town of
ACTION: Pat Hudson
made a motion to recommend to Council acceptance of the painting to add to the
Town’s art collection. Gray Rinehart
seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
F. Old
Business
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Streetscape Communication Tower– presentation artist Elizabeth
Conner with architect Ed Meserve
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The
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The water tower
will be taken down and the cell tower built on the same footprint. The objective is to develop a design that
will visually tie into the Downtown Streetscapes project.
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The last PAAB meeting
provided good feedback for the artist and the architect who took the comments
and incorporated them into one of the 3 earlier concepts.
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The core elements
are the same; however the metal mesh was eliminated. The lighting aspect is under review.
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The Board still
like the concept, but was concerned with the top not twisting like the middle
of the tower.
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The Board wanted
to make sure the color was something that would complement the round-a-bout.
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Everyone was in general
agreement that the concept was good and should continue to refine design and work
on lighting.
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Minor Alteration of Site Plan review of Ashworth’s –
permanent placement of public art
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An application
for Minor Alteration to a Site Plan has been submitted to the Town to convert
the temporary artwork on the exterior of Ashworth Drugs to a permanent
installation.
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Staff reminded
PAAB that this artwork had been previously reviewed by this Board as part of
the CVA Temporary Exhibitions public art placement application.
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The artist would
like to donate the temporary art on the exterior of the building to
Ashworth’s. The Town would not own nor
maintain.
ACTION: Pat Hudson
made a motion to accept the site plan change to a permanent status. Smythe Richbourg seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
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Walnut Street Park - update
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The deadline for
bids has passed. The contract will be
awarded in June.
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US 1/64
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Department of
Transportation still has the encroachment agreement, which we have been told should
arrive to the Town in about a week.
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At this time the
sculpture by Russ Rubert has been taken out of use because of needed repairs. The pole appears to be leaning, so staff,
engineer, and a fabricator will be reviewing the piece for repair.
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Spring Daze Public Art Questionnaire Results -
discussion
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Thanks to
everyone that volunteered for Spring Daze.
There was a modest reply to the questionnaires, but still useful
information was gathered about priority areas for public art. We will need to think of a more interesting
way to solicit feedback for Lazy Daze.
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Review 2008 Board Goals
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The Board
reviewed its goals.
G.
Reports from Representative Organizations
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Introduced CVA’s
new Executive Director, Todd Bryant, will assume his new role on
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Planning for the
Cary Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition is moving along. A total of 39 artists applied by last
Friday’s May 16th deadline.
Ten artists will be chosen to exhibit their works on Town Hall Campus
from
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The Black Creek
Greenway project (located at the intersection of NW Maynard & Chapel Hill
Road) is going forward. Three artist
finalists were interviewed on Thursday, May 15.
Jim Hirschfield of
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The West Regional
Library project is going forward, with fabrication underway. Installation may be complete by the end of
June, but not confirmed.
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Upcoming Public
Art in Focus Lectures will be Elizabeth Conner on
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Presentation of 4
mixed media paintings are being offered to the Town.
ACTION:
Pat Hudson made a motion to recommend that Council accept the CVA offer of donation of
four artworks purchased from the Fine Arts League of Cary.
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Tabourets by Lynn
Troy
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Up the River Bank
by Wendy Musser
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Colorplay II by
Sharron Parker
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Dancing Trees by
Wynn Easton
Smythe
Richbourg seconded. The motion passed
unanimously.
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Fine Arts League of Cary (
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Carl confirmed
that PAAB members were receiving the newsletter.
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Other Organizations
H. Public
Speaks Out (opportunity for guests and members to address Board – limit 5
minutes per speaker)
I. Adjourn
v
Smythe Richbourg
made a motion for the meeting to adjourn at
The Town of
Please contact Vicki Hayes
with any questions about this agenda.
The e-mail address is vicki.hayes@townofcary.org
and the phone number is (919) 319-4560.