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Minutes
Public Art Commission
Special Meeting
8:00 a.m.
November 7, 2016
Attendance
Commissioners: Garrington, Merchant, Newman, Friend, Block-Brown, Bussell, Fuhmark,
Seltzer (staff liaison)
Absent:
Lemhouse (council liaison)
Guests:
Dave Kanner, city administrator
Dale Shostrom, chair Historic Commission
Minutes of the October 24 special meeting were approved with corrections.
Review Proposed Changes to AMC
Dave Kanner distributed his proposed changes to the Ashland Municipal Code related to public
art on listed and contributing properties in historic districts in Ashland. Kanner’s proposal
incorporated input from the Community Development department and the Historic Commission
including proposed criteria for the HC to consider when evaluating public art proposals.
In addition, Mr. Kanner distributed notes of the Historic Commission recent meeting, the notes
had not yet been approved by the HC and a copy of the Mayor’s report to the City Council on his
meetings with HC members and PAC members.
The PAC identified changes and edits in the proposed document and, following the meeting, Mr.
Kanner emailed the PAC and the HC with a revised document which reflects the PAC input.
The HC notes provided by Kanner included two additional requests to be included in the
proposed change. The PAC was not amenable to adding those statements and agreed that a joint
meeting between the HC and the PAC would be beneficial to discuss and understand the
reasoning behind the request.
Friend will work with Shostrom to determine a date and time that will work for all PAC and HC
members.
Theater Corridor Review
The PAC interviewed artist Koryn Rolstad via conference call. Friend asked each commission
member to take their own notes. Rolstad was asked to address the following questions which
were sent to her in advance:
1) The corridor project requires integrated lighting as a critical element and this pedestrian
space needs to be as engaging in the day as it is at night. How will you create a public art
project that meets these requirements? Share with us and describe any examples of
completed work where this is demonstrated.
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2) How will you meet the artist’s responsibility to complete all of the technical aspects of
this project including: engineering, fabrication with integrated light elements, and
installation? Share with us and describe any examples of completed work where this is
demonstrated.
3) What limitations and challenges do you envision for this specific corridor project with the
$100,000 budget and how will you creatively overcome them? Why are you confident
that you can execute an exceptional corrido project meeting the stated intent of and
criteria within this budget?
4) We will engage the Ashland community in multiple public input opportunities to help the
selected artist meet the public art intention of this project. What information from our
community will help you develop successful concepts and a final project? What has been
your experience with the challenges and benefits of brining public input into the public
art creative process?
Meeting adjourned at 10:45 a.m.
Next meeting dates:
Monday, November 14 special meeting
Friday, November 18 regular meeting
December 9 regular meeting
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