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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-01-24 Arts & Commission Meeting PacketAgenda Arts and Culture Commission City Of Edina, Minnesota City Hall, Council Chambers Thursday, January 24, 2019 4:30 PM I.Call To Order II.Roll Call III.Approval Of Meeting Agenda IV.Approval Of Meeting Minutes A.Minutes: Arts & Culture Commission Dec. 27, 2018 V.Community Comment During "Community Comment," the Board/Commission will invite residents to share relevant issues or concerns. Individuals must limit their comments to three minutes. The Chair may limit the number of speakers on the same issue in the interest of time and topic. Generally speaking, items that are elsewhere on tonight's agenda may not be addressed during Community Comment. Individuals should not expect the Chair or Board/Commission Members to respond to their comments tonight. Instead, the Board/Commission might refer the matter to sta% for consideration at a future meeting. VI.Reports/Recommendations A.Planning for Public Art VII.Chair And Member Comments VIII.Sta+ Comments IX.Adjournment The City of Edina wants all residents to be comfortable being part of the public process. If you need assistance in the way of hearing ampli0cation, an interpreter, large-print documents or something else, please call 952-927-8861 72 hours in advance of the meeting. Date: January 24, 2019 Agenda Item #: IV.A. To:Arts and Culture Commission Item Type: Minutes From:Susan Tarnowski, General Manager Item Activity: Subject:Minutes: Arts & Culture Commission Dec. 27, 2018 Action CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinamn.gov ACTION REQUESTED: Approved minutes from the Dec. 27, 2018 Arts & Culture Commission meeting. INTRODUCTION: ATTACHMENTS: Description Minutes: Arts & Culture Commission Dec. 27, 2018 Draft Minutes☒ Approved Minutes☐ Approved Date: Click here to enter a date. Minutes City Of Edina, Minnesota Arts & Culture Commission City Hall, Mayor’s Conference Room Dec. 27, 2018 4:30 p.m. I. Call To Order The meeting was called to order at 4:30 p.m. II. Roll Call Answering roll call were Commissioners Chandler, Hegley, Isaacs, Klein, Konkimalla, Miller, Pardo, Rubin and Suckow Absent was Commissioner Morgan-Nelsen Staff present: Staff Liaison Susan Tarnowski and Assistant Director of Parks & Recreation Susan Faus III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda Motion made by Chandler to approve the meeting agenda. Motion seconded by Suckow. Motion carried. IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes Motion made by Chandler to approve the Nov. 15, 2018 minutes. Motion seconded by Isaacs. Motion carried. V. Community Comment None VI. Reports/Recommendations A. John Philip Sousa Band continued Review and Comment Discussion of possible categories and/or options for defining relationships between the City of Edina and the John Philip Sousa Memorial Band • Goal is to maintain relationship and develop a framework around the current status • Fairness issues: these opportunities are available to other groups • Liability issues; this should be referred to city attorney or city risk manager • Criteria: publish to inform organizations about qualifications for this status Commissioners commented on the type of relationship between the City of Edina and John Philip Sousa Memorial Band • Commissioner Suckow: service provider; refer to city attorney or city risk manager • Commissioner Isaacs: service provider • Commissioner Pardo: service provider • Commissioner Klein: service provider; option 1 (Hybrid) • Commissioner Miller: service provider Draft Minutes☒ Approved Minutes☐ Approved Date: Click here to enter a date. • Commissioner Hegley: service provider; contract with timeframe for renewal /automatic annual renewal if parties agree • Commissioner Chandler: service provider; membership should include Edina residents • Commissioner Konkimalla: service provider option 1 (Hybrid) • Commissioner Rubin: service provider, relationship with Edina a must, protect the City, open to other organizations B. Update on Arts & Culture Commission Work Session with City Council Commissioner Rubin stated that the Council clearly wants to hear from the Commission. The meeting of focused on a new art center; Commission Rubin stated that he felt that momentum was being lost. The Council encouraged the ACC to build relationships across the city and across commissions to gauge interest in and need for a new art center. Commissioner Chandler suggested that there is a need to build coalitions as other organizations on need of space might be part of a shared physical space concept. Chandler also stated that such coalitions might produce a “friends” of the art center organization. Chandler also presented the Council questions about using a hybrid model, included shared City and non-profit support for a capital campaign and operations. C. Update on Arts & Culture Commission 2019 Work Plan Commissioner Chandler expressed concern over revisions to the plan, particularly concerning changes to cross-commission items. Chandler stated that a more logical collaboration would be for actual events rather than on the development of a three-year comprehensive plan for Public Art. An example would be the current collaboration with the Human Rights and Relations Commission on the Remembrance Day event, for which a cross-commission committee is being established. As point of information was requested about the Race and Equity initiatives that had been added. Liaison Tarnowski noted that the City Council has initiatives in its work plan and wants Commission and Committees to engage comprehensively in race and equity efforts across the City of Edina. After discussion, no action was taken. Chandler will summarize possible revisions in an email for Liaison Tarnowski to distribute to Commission members. This will enable the Commission to inform the Council how it will implement its work plan. D. Update on Meeting with the Human Rights and Relations Commission Commissioner Klein attended the HRRC meeting. Interest was expressed in collaborating on the Edina Day of Remembrance event. The International Day of Remembrance is Thursday, May 2, 2019. A cross-Commission committee is being formed; Klein has applied to serve as a member. Commissioners agreed that the demographic for this event was largely older individuals and discussed ways to involve all demographics, including students: add a performing group, a Draft Minutes☒ Approved Minutes☐ Approved Date: Click here to enter a date. perspective from another culture, or a food truck to grow this into a more comprehensive event. E. Public Art Planning for 2019 Commissioners shared items for planning: A call for public art sculptures for the rotating exhibits (should occur in January) Maintenance/conservation planning of exiting sculptures Continuing student educational competitions Inclusion of performing and written arts Development of a definition for public art in Edina Involvement in planning for all City of Edina building and renovation Commission booth at Art Fairs on public art VII. Chair and Member Comments There were no further comments. VIII. Staff Comments There were no further comments. IX. Adjournment Motion made by Hegley to adjourn the Dec. 27, 2019 meeting. Motion seconded by Klein. Motion carried. Date: January 24, 2019 Agenda Item #: VI.A. To:Arts and Culture Commission Item Type: Report and Recommendation From:Susan Tarnowski, General Manager Edina Art Center Item Activity: Subject:Planning for Public Art Discussion CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinamn.gov ACTION REQUESTED: INTRODUCTION: The Commissioners will discuss a process for the development of a three-year planning document for P ublic Art in Edina.