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Minutes
Public Art Commission
January 16, 2009
Regular Meeting
Attendance:
Commissioners: Markell, Bussell, Longshore, Wilkerson, Pugh, Wynkoop, Edson,
Seltzer (staff liaison), Voisin (council liaison)
Absent:
None
Guest:
Alice Hardesty
Chair Markell called meeting to order at 8:20 a.m. and welcomed new council liaison,
Carol Voisin.
Citizen Issues:
None
Minutes approved for November 2008 M/S Lonshore/Wilkerson
Peace Tiles
Edson gave an update on the subcommittee meeting with the Peace Tile organizers. They
have revised their initial installation proposal form a serpentine line to various sizes of
rectangles with tiles mounted inside. This will facilitate the removal of a section of the
peace tiles should the need arise. Seltzer reiterated that the proposed timeline and may be
difficult to adhere to given the number of additional meetings that will occur during the
CUP process. Organizers remain hopeful the installation can occur on Mother’s Day but
understand this may not be possible.
Seltzer will send a letter to the Historic Commission from the PAC inviting member to
meet with the subcommittee to discuss the project in an informal setting.
Utility Box Project
Markell advised the PAC that Miller paint will donate all materials associated with the
project and reminded the group of the $1500 grant from the Jackson County Cultural
Trust to be used for the project. Longshore and Edson provided photos and a map of the
location of the utility boxes that have been approved by the Electric Utility Director Dick
Wanderscheid. PAC requested staff to send a letter to ODOT formally asking for
permission to paint the box in front of Astro station (verbal approval has been received
from ODOT through the Public Works department) and requests permission to paint the
box in the island separating East Main from Lithia Way across from the totem pole.
PAC members will begin to draft guidelines for the Call for Artists for the project to be
posted in April.
Meeting with Mayor
Markell advised the group that the Mayor is holding a brown bag lunch in the Siskiyou
Room on Friday January 23 to meet with the Commission chairs.
Update on Planning Commission review of PAC memo re: 3-D signs
Bussell advised the group that the December meeting had been cancelled due to weather
and the Planning Commission has it on their agenda for the January 28 meeting. She will
attend and invited other PAC members to attend.
Review Timeline/assignments
Seltzer reviewed the timeline with the PAC looking forward for five months. The
timeline is fluid and changes depending on how the projects are moving forward.
Staff Update
Seltzer reported the RFP for the Calle Guanajuato project was posted on December 12
and emailed to the arts organizations identified by Wynkoop and Bussell. Edson
suggested the RFP be sent to webspirit.
Seltzer explained that the rewrite to the Site Design and Use Standards requiring public
art in development project of 10,000 square feet or larger was not approved by the
Council. Hardesty mentioned feels that the lack of approval was not due to lack of
support for the idea but rather that the Council did not want to take on that project at this
time. Staff was contacted by Colin Swales who would like to speak about this project at
an upcoming Public Art meeting.
Seltzer handed copies of the Public Art ordinance that was passed by the council on
January 6, 2009.
Reports from Commission members
Longshore reported on her participation of the Aesthetic Advisory Committee working
on the ODOT bridge enhancement/replacement at Exits 14 and 19. She invited
commissioners to send her any ideas prior to her next committee meeting on February 4.
Next Meeting Date
Friday, February 20, 2009 8:15 a.m.
Meeting adjourned 9:35 a.m.