Public Art Commission

Minutes of Public Art Commission Taskforce Meeting December 17, 2018 A meeting of the Blue Springs Public Art Commission taskforce was held on Monday, December 17, 2018 at the Fieldhouse. The Chairman called the meeting to order. Ramon Magee – Present Parks Dept. Staff: Justin Stuart Jeff Carpenter –Absent Community Member: Janice Cunha Greta Hoener – Present Community Member: Roscoe Righter Community Member: Kyle Caswell A correction to the minutes to correct a typo of the word “group” in the third paragraph was requested. A motion was made by Greta and seconded by Ramon to accept the corrected Minutes of the December 3 Taskforce meeting; it passed unanimously. Review and edit the draft version of the vision statement for the Blue Springs Public Art Commission: Taskforce members further discussed the proposed Vision Statement. An agreed upon revised version is the following: To be the source/promoter of public cultural arts that reflects and enriches our community. Vs: To be the generator/accelerator for public and cultural arts that both reflects and enriches our community. Justin suggested that the taskforce inform the full Public Art Commission Board of this Vision statement at the January PAC meeting. Roscoe reported that he has updated the excel document work in progress that reflects the data from the PAC review of old files Define citizen “Listening Group” locations and timetables for development of the final Vision Statement: Kyle was asked to schedule a brief presentation of the taskforce efforts to obtain business input regarding future cultural arts needs of the Blue Springs community. The earliest would be the March 19 meeting at the golf course. Jeff will be asked to do the same for the Rotary Club meeting at the Conference Center. Suggested contents for the presentation could be a Public Art map, cartoon pamphlet, email address for inquiries. For the purpose of how the taskforce can best engage “Listening Groups”, it was suggested that the task force would engage citizens using the current city districting boundaries. Each district’s potential meeting sites were selected as candidates per the following: District 3: Johnny’s Tavern, Chinese Restaurant meeting space, South Mid-Continent Library District 2: CJC Training Facility, Vesper Hall, Public Safety Building meeting room District 1: Burr Oaks meeting space, North Mid-Continent Library, Blue Springs Movie Theater, Point of Hope Church meeting facilities Each district council representative will be invited to the meetings. To publicize the meetings, an email will be sent out to HOA’s for their newsletters. Further means may be City TV Channel, City Facebook page, City website, news release, and Chamber newsletter. Ramon will contact potential meeting sites and email HOA’s. Kyle will draft a pamphlet. Other Business: 1  No new business Visitors/Public Comment: None As there was no further business, a motion for adjournment was made by Greta and seconded by Ramon. Meeting was adjourned at 11:34 am 2