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Home My WebLink About2024-12-19 Public Arts MIN Public Arts Advisory CommitteeMeetingMinutes December 19, 2024 Regular Meeting 4:00-5:30 PM, Siskiyou Conference Room 51 Winburn Way Minutes Committee Members Present:Liaisons & Staff Present: Cassie Preskenis, ChairVeronica Allen, Associate Planner Susan MacCracken Jain, Vice ChairCouncilor Gina DuQuenne Beca Blake Liaisons & Staff Absent: Ken EngelundJim Bachman, Parks and Rec Commissioner Heather Warden Special Guests: Russell CopleyBrandon Goldman, Community Development Director Tish Way Peter Finkle, WalkAshland Christi McLain Kate Womack, Applicant forPAAC membership I.(4:00) LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT “We acknowledge and honor the aboriginal people on whose ancestral homelands we work – the Ikirakutsum Band of the Shasta Nation, as well as the diverse and vibrant Native communities who make their home here today. We denounce the egregious acts of the colonizers and government and recognize the horrific impacts that still exist today. We honor the first stewards in the Rogue Valley and the lands we live and depend on: Tribes with ancestral lands in and surrounding the geography of the Ashland Watershed include the original past, present, and future indigenous inhabitants of the Shasta, Takelma, Athabaskan people. We also recognize and acknowledge the Shasta village of K’wakhakha - “Where the Crow Lights” - that is now the Ashland City Plaza.” Read by Cassie Preskenis II.(4:03) CALL TO ORDER: a)Welcome b)Quorum count – achieved c)Introductions – new members, presenters, guests d)Announcements – Today was Ken’s last meeting with the PAAC as a member III.(4:10) APPROVAL OF MINUTES – November 21, 2024, Study Session meeting a)Ken Engelund motioned to approve the minutes with no corrections; the motion was seconded. No discussion. All AYES. IV.(4:11-4 :15) LIAISON REPORTS Note: Anyone wishing to speak at any Public Arts Advisory Committee meeting is encouraged to do so. After you have been recognized by the Chair, give your name and City of residence. You will then be allowed to speak. Please note the public testimony may be limited by the Chair. Page 1 of 3 Public Arts Advisory CommitteeMeetingMinutes a)Community Development Liaison, Brandon Goldman; Update to Committee Structures, Sabrina Cotta would like to speak to PAAC members in February with updates. Velocity repair expected to be completed by the end of the week. b)City Council Liaison, Gina DuQuenne; restructuring of committees, City Council Study Session work plans updates, SERJAC member Emily Simon to start attending in 2025 ACTION ITEM: email the work plans from council study session to PAAC members c)Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission Liaison, APRC Liaison Jim Bachman; Absent (*Note, Liaison Bachman has never attended a PAAC meeting). V.(4:15-4:17) PUBLIC FORUM (for items not on the agenda; up to 3 minutes per speaker) a)Peter Finkle – Update on ODOT boxes: first 3 are done with 3 more expected in 2025, Working on an Article for the first 3 boxes, is there a limiting factor as to why we can only do 3 a year? b)Beca Blake – Siletz Tribe purchased over 2,000 acres of Table Rock land that was possibly part of the original treaty that was not honored VI.(4:18-5:30) DISCUSSION ITEMS AND MOTIONS (up to 10 minutes per topic) a)Wayfinding Signs – Jordan Rooklyn presented on city project to implement wayfinding signs, wanting to start small and expand if successful, creating a Wayfinding Advisory Committee and would like at least 1 representative from the PAAC to advise, hoping to start meetings in January and installations by October, $150k budget NOT from PAAC allocation b)John Pugh Mural – QR code on side of mural at ground level to access stories from tribes relating to the mural to provide native voices and stories as they prefer to live by mouth than documentation, changes made to the woman representation to be more in line with tribal roles/expectations, discussion on why widening the curtain would lose the optical illusion, QR code portal also adds in opportunity to include the details that were lost/removed from the original mural, more information is available on the website wherethecrowlights.org c)We Are Here – Beca Blake suggests celebrating the 20 anniversary (2026) of the We th Are Here statue installed on the North end of town in 2006, first nation contacts seem receptive to the idea but there is no proposed design, SOU indigenous day is in October and POW-WOW is in April – both offer good opportunities, several ties to other indigenous works in town including SOU (student rep position still open), Christi suggests that SOU could commission a music piece, Russell Beebe could be involved, suggests a subcommittee form for recommendations, proclamation not needed at this point - usually good advertising if done 1-3 months before the event and could use a City Council public forum to inform ACTION ITEM: email Beca, Tish, Heather, Christi to setup a meeting time for their new We Are Here Subcommittee d)PAAC Strategic Plan – Susan Jain to lead Strategy Update – continuance from November meeting. Susan led the discussion on the top 3-5 audiences from Note: Anyone wishing to speak at any Public Arts Advisory Committee meeting is encouraged to do so. After you have been recognized by the Chair, give your name and City of residence. You will then be allowed to speak. Please note the public testimony may be limited by the Chair. Page 2 of 3 Public Arts Advisory CommitteeMeetingMinutes November meeting that members identified. ACTION ITEM: Veronica will send the entire group the photo of the audiences, PAAC members are to bring their wants/needs statements for each of the audiences to the January meeting. VII.(5:30-5:35) OTHER BUSINESS UPDATES and ACTION ITEMS (up to 5 minutes per item) a)Marking Ashland Places II - Wait on APRC involvement b)ODOT Controller Boxes - Updated earlier in meeting c)Public Art Maintenance - Updated earlier in meeting d)Crosswalks - SOU follow-up needed e)Playwrights Walk - 2 successful meetings, possibly need new plan/timeline? f)Micah Blacklight - Micah deciding on non-profit for fundraising, meeting with parks foundation VIII.ROUND TABLE - Member open discussion of project ideas or opportunities (2 minutes each) a)Beca had the Phoenix mayor reach out about starting their own PAAC which Beca will chair b)Upcoming events: Jan 17 - Election follow-up, Jan 18 - Women’s march, Jan 20 - MLK festival IX.(5:35) ADJOURNMENT - Next Meeting Date: Thursday, January 16 @ 4:00 pm Audiences identified were: Art travelers, state reps, audience for ODOT boxes, city manager/council, audience for Ashland as arts center, OSF, chamber & businesses, travel guides/influencers, foodies and retreat seekers, therapeutic community, BIPOC tourists, SOU community, OLLI members, local philanthropists, visual arts, theater goers, writers. Photo: December 19, 2024, Brainstorming Study Session, Strategic Plan Development. Note: Anyone wishing to speak at any Public Arts Advisory Committee meeting is encouraged to do so. After you have been recognized by the Chair, give your name and City of residence. You will then be allowed to speak. Please note the public testimony may be limited by the Chair. Page 3 of 3