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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMRPASC 2010-10-27 Minutes.pdf District of Maple Ridge Public Art Steering Committee MINUTES Oct 27, 2010 Minutes meeting of the Maple Ridge Public Art Steering Committee to be held on OCT 27, 2010 at 3:00 PM in the Conference Room at the ACT, 11944 Haney Place, Maple Ridge Present: Kristin Krimmel (Chair), Barbara Duncan (Secretary), Lindy Sisson, Susan Hayes, Brian Shigetomi. Gabriella Morrison Regrets: Judy Dueck, Shelley Jorde Absent: Craig Redmond 100 CALL TO ORDER Kristin Krimmel, as Chair, called the meeting to order at 3:05pm. It was noted that Craig Dueck had not responded to meeting calls for several months. ACTION: Barb to make telephone enquiries as to the reason for his absence. 200 APPROVAL OF AGENDA It was moved and seconded That the agenda be amended to include: 1) Annual Report as Item 800, leaving Adjournment as Item 900 2) Necklace project – remaining funds held by inter-municipal project committee to be added under Item 4, Necklace Project CARRIED 300 ADOPTION OF Sept 8TH MEETING MINUTES It was moved and seconded That the minutes of the meeting of September 8, 2010 be adopted as written. 400 NECKLACE PROJECT 401 Project completion Barb advised that the project was essentially complete with the exception of the transfer of title, Necklace project signage and the Operating and Maintenance manual. ACTION: Barb to discus which Shelley Jorde where the O&M Manual should reside for the Necklace and all future projects 402 Necklace project signage It was moved and seconded That the signage for the Necklace Project should be embedded in the sidewalk at the point closest to the sculpture itself ACTON: Barb to advise Mike Millward of the decision, and to further plans to create a sign in keeping with the Municipal Project’s agreed signage design. 403 Residual Arts Alliance funding contribution to the Necklace Project It was moved and seconded THAT the Committee recommends that $5000 remaining funding held by the Inter-municipal Necklace Project be retained by the Alliance for a publicity campaign and the commissioning of a written piece on the Necklace Project, printing of which could be left to the individual municipalities. CARRIED 500 DEVELOPMENT SITE: 224TH & LOUGHEED 501 Electrical Installation – proposed public art site on Bank plaza Lindy advised that an electrical installation on the site slated for a future Corporate Public Art project was already in place. As the installation involved a ‘pipe’ arising approximately 10” from the ground, the future tenant, Westminster Savings, saw this as a potential tripping hazard until the proposed piece was installed. The solution proposed involved severing the projecting pipe and re-installing the electrical access point so that it was flush with the ground level of the plaza. Shelley Jorde had requested the Committee authorize the District’s action to remedy the problem by seeking an estimate to do the work with MRPASC funding. It was moved and seconded BE IT RESOLVED THAT: The Maple Ridge Public Art Steering Committee (MRPASC) is not responsible for Corporate Public Art partnership projects until a legal agreement is in place between the DMR and the developer. THAT WHEREAS the MRPASC does not advise on liability concerns and is not responsible for expenses related to such issues; THEREFORE, be it resolved that the MRPASC defer to the expertise of the appropriate District of Maple Ridge staff to solve and fund site preparation problems that may arise with the developer in advance of the commissioning process. COMMITTEE POSITION: The property owner should be responsible for making the location safe prior to the installation of public art piece. CARRIED 502 Committee Technical point person In response to a suggestion at the last meeting it was also agreed that Brian Shigetomi be technical point person for issues that fall outside the expertise of the gallery co-ordinator Barbara Duncan who was currently tasked with coordinating public art projects. 600 LIONS EAGLE 601 Fundraising campaign Barb reported that Lions President Ray Morrissette had advised her that they had raised sufficient funds for the purchase of the Eagle, and she would therefore request that Shelley Jorde, on behalf of the Committee, issue a cheque for $2000 according to the offer outlined in the previous minutes. ACTION: Barb would provide the name of the vendor of the Eagle artform, who was in fact another provincial Lions Club official. 602 Site location Motioned and seconded THAT Haney Wharf be further explored as a potential site for the Eagle, with the exact location to be determined at the next MRPASC meeting. ACTION: Barb to seek advice from District Park staff on how to proceed with determining the most suitable site 603. Plaque for Eagle Discussion arose on how the contribution should be acknowledged on the plaque describing the piece. ACTION: Barb to seek advice from Shelley Jorde as to how the MRPASC contribution (made available through a Legacies Now grant to the DMR) should be acknowledged on the plaque. 700 POLICY AND PROCEDURES REVIEW - resumption Acknowledging the need to fulfill its policy development role, the committee agreed the next meeting should be dedicated to 1. Public Art Maintenance policy 2. Corporate Public Art policy A future meeting would be dedicated to the community art portion of the policy and procedures piece. 800 ANNUAL REPORT Given the need for the committee to report to the District on its progress, it was agreed that the appropriate time would be Spring 2011. 900 ADJOURNMENT & DATE OF NEXT MEETING Wednesday November 24 at 3:00pm. It was moved and seconded THAT commencing December 2010, PAC meetings would take place on the 3rd Wednesday of every month CARRIED