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PUBLIC ART STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Public Art Steering Committee, held in the Coho
Room, at Maple Ridge City Hall, 11995 Haney Place, Maple Ridge , British Columbia, on Tuesday,
January 26, 2016 at 3:00 p.m.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT
Wayne Bissky, Vice Chair
Susan Hayes, Chair
Barbara Duncan
Councillor Duncan
Leanne Koehn
STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT
Sunny Schiller
Yvonne Chui
REGRETS/ABSENTS
Architect
Artist
Curator, ACT Art Gallery
City of Maple Ridge
Community at Large Member
Committee Clerk
Manager, Arts and Community Connections
1. CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS
There being a quorum present, the Chair called the meeting to order at 3:05 pm and advised
the committee that Councillor Bell is now the alternate council liaison. The Staff Liaison took
over chairing the meeting for the elections.
2. 2016 CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR ELECTIONS
R16-001
It was moved and seconded
That Susan Hayes be elected Public Art Steering Committee Chair.
CARRIED
R16-002
It was moved and seconded
That Wayne Bissky be elected Public Art Steering Committee Vice-Chair.
CARRIED
Susan Hayes resumed chairing the meeting.
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3. AGENDA ADOPTION
R16-003
It was moved and seconded
That the Agenda be adopted.
4. MINUTE ADOPTION
R14-004
It was moved and seconded
That the Minutes of November 24, 2015 be adopted.
5. QUESTION PERIOD -Nil
6. NEW & UNFINISHED BUSINESS
6.1 Committee Recruitment
The Committee Clerk shared the plan for committee recruitment.
Leanne Koehn entered at 3:11 pm.
6.2 Community Public Art Grant
CARRIED
CARRIED
Additional information has been received from both the BIA and GEED Centre to
support their applications for Community Public Art Grants. After reviewing the
information
R14-005
It was moved and seconded
That the Business Improvement Association Community Public Art Grant be
approved.
Leanne Koehn left the meeting at 3:15 due to a conflict of interest.
R14-006
It was moved and seconded
That the CEED Centre Community Public Art Grant be approved.
Leanne Koehn rejoined the meeting.
CARRIED
CARRIED
The Staff Liaison provided an update on funds for the Community Public Art Grants.
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6.3 Website Banner Proposal
Wayne Bissky outlined his idea for featuring local art work on the city website. Due to
the changes currently underway in the Parks and Leisure Services department it was
decided to table this idea until the end of the year. Ideas for promoting local art were
discussed.
6.4 Draft RFP Call for Developer Public Art Program
The Chair outlined the draft proposal to hire a facilitator in support of the creation of
a developer public art program. This work is part of the PASC five year plan and part
of the 2016 work plan. Councillor Duncan expressed her support for this project.
The process and potential outcomes were discussed.
6.5 PASC Presentation to Council
The Staff Liaison will be making a presentation to Council on February 15 at 1:00
pm. The Chair and Vice Chair will be in attendance and all members were invited to
attend.
6.6 Cultural Plan
6.7
A one time budget request has been made to update the cultural plan, which was
last updated twenty years ago. (Final reading of the budget is expected January 26,
2016). This is a high level plan which looks at all aspects of culture. A consultant
will be hired to facilitate the review which is expected to take approximately one year.
Sidewalk Poetry Phase 2 Update
The Staff Liaison reported the installation has been delayed due to weather but will
proceed as soon as possible. The next stage of this project will be discussed at a
Spring 2016 meeting
6.8 Hammond Stadium Project Update
The Staff Liaison recently led six artists on a tour of Hammond Stadium and some
applications for the proposal have already been received.
6.9 Whonnock Lake Project Update
The Staff Liaison recently met with the artists to discuss the project. Installation is
scheduled for April.
7. ROUNDTABLE
The Staff Liaison provided videos of innovative public art around the world, including a solar
powered bike path in the Netherlands by Daan Roosegarde.
The next PASC meeting will be on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
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8. ADJOURNMENT
It was moved and seconded
That the meeting be adjourned at 4:36 pm.
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