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PAAC Committee Minutes
April 21, 2023
Regular Meeting 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Location: Community Development Building – 51 Winburn Way, Siskiyou Room
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Ken Engelund called the meeting to order at 8:30am:
Commissioners Present: Council Liaison:
Ken Engelund Gina DuQuenne
Cassie Preskenis Staff Present:
Brandon Goldman; Community
Laura Bloom
Development Director
Stanley Smith Kendall Escuin; Admin Support
Commissioners/Liaisons Absent: Special Guests:
Leslie Eldridge Mike Gardiner; Ashland Parks Foundation
Tessa Elbettar
II. LAND ACKNOWLEGEMENT
“We acknowledge and honor the aboriginal people on whose ancestral homelands we live, —the
Ikirakutsum Band of the Shasta Nation, including the original past indigenous inhabitants, as well as the
diverse Native communities who make their home here today. We also recognize and acknowledge the
Shasta village of K’wakhakha — “Where the Crow lights”—that is now the Ashland City Plaza.”
Read by Committee member Engelund.
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a) Public Arts Commission Regular Meeting, November 18, 2022
Committee members Preskenis /Smith m/s to approve the minutes with no corrections. Voice Vote:
ALL AYES. Motion passed.
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b) The December 16th, 222 and March 17th, 2023 meetings of the PAAC lacked a quorum – thus no
actions were taken and no minutes are provided.
IV. PUBLIC FORUM (for items not on the agenda)
Peter Finkle would like to help on the ODOT utility box project.
V. LIASON REPORTS: Council Liaison Gina DuQuenne; APRC Liaison – Leslie Eldridge (absent)
DuQuenne shared that the proclamation had been updated and would be read at the Food, Wine
and Art event.
Goldman introduced himself as the new Community Development Director and shared updates
on new hires within the department.
VI. ACTION ITEMS
a) Butler-Perozzi Fountain: Request for recommendation Presenter - Mike Gardiner, Ashland Parks
Foundation.
Committee members Engelund/Bloom m/s would like to endorse the concept of the restoration of
the butler fountain with the understanding that there will be required maintenance and a funding
plan from the Ashland Parks Foundation. Voice Vote: ALL AYES. Motion passed.
b) PAAC regular meeting time change: Suggested 4:00-5:30 on the Third Thursday of the month and
allow In Person and Zoom participation.
Committee members Engelund/Smith m/s Voice VOTE: ALL AYES. Motion passed.
c) PAAC endorsement of the May 20-21st Ashland Gallery Association “A Taste of Ashland” event and
consider a motion to recommend Council endorsement of a proclamation for Art, Food and Wine Week
for May 15-21st, 2023.
Committee member Engeland m/no second. Voice VOTE: ALL AYES. Motion passed.
d) PAAC review and approval of Ashland Art Collection Rack Cards
Committee members Engelund/Preskenis m/s to approve the rack card of Calle Guanajuato Way.
Voice Vote: ALL AYES. Motion passed.
e) Consider a motion to Designate the Downtown Historic district as the next Marking Ashland Places
(MAP) district, in agreement with the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee.
Committee members Engelund/Smith m/s. Voice Vote: ALL AYES. Motion passed.
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VII. OTHER BUSINESS
a) John Pugh’s proposed mural project: Public event -save the date 4/27 @7:00pm at 255 Helman Street
(John Pugh Studio)
Event date pushed out. Target date is 6/15 but not yet confirmed.
b) Micah Blacklight sculpture project: Public Event – Save the date 6/18 Juneteenth picnic gathering in
Ashland Creek Park.
c) Exploring the creation of an Ashland Public Art Foundation, as a 501c3 Not For Profit, to enhance
private funding of public art.
d) Update on Status of Memorandum of Understanding for ODOT and Ashland to paint Traffic Control
Boxes on ODOT right of ways.
e) Update on the history and status of the Medallions for the railroad park.
The goal is for this project to be done by May 2023.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT: 10:00am
Engelund/Smith m/s to adjourn. Voice Vote: ALL AYES. Motion passed.
Next Meeting Date: May 18, 2023 from 4:00-5:30pm