Public Arts Task Force

PUBLIC ARTS TASK FORCE MINUTES Tuesday, September 03, 2019 Council Assembly Room 6:00 PM 70 S. Clayton St, GA 30046 Call to Order Aura-Leigh Sanders called the meeting to order at 6:06 PM, recognizing a quorum. Approval of Agenda Motion to approve the agenda was made by Board Member Earhart, Seconded by Board Member Woodard. Voting Yea: Board Member Alhabashi, Board Member Beiser, Board Member Stone- Collins, Board Member Earhart, Board Member Sanders, Board Member Walden, Board Member Woodard Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes Approval of Meeting Minutes from August 6, 2019 Motion to approve the prior meeting minutes was made by Board Member Beiser, Seconded by Board Member Walden. Voting Yea: Board Member Alhabashi, Board Member Beiser, Board Member Stone-Collins, Board Member Earhart, Board Member Sanders, Board Member Walden, Board Member Woodard Task Force Business Items Ordinance Finalization and Approval Lisa Sherman provided feedback from Council members on the Ordinance . Several items were discussed and those changes will be incorporated. Some items discussed were getting examples of when they would/would not permit outside the city limits. For clarity, we are not talking about public/private partnership outside the City, but what it will do for Lawrenceville and the greater community, both locally and regionally. This Council is going to be formed to make recommendations to City Council for approval. In point 6, they will develop and propose an art master plan. Point 7 would be making recommendations TO Council to recruit and commission art. Everything will come back to City Council for their approval. Section 3 were confusing. They don't want to limit the people to serve on the Art Commission to just City residents, so wording should not be limiting. They would like to see all LAC members shall be citizens of Gwinnett or affiliated with a business located within Gwinnett County. Lisa suggested being affiliated with something in Gwinnett County, should have a vested interest. Makeup should have a very clear understanding of Lawrenceville, what is going on, etc. If it was only restricted to Lawrenceville residents, you would be limiting expertise. Lisa will make the changes discussed and provide a red line copy for review. There were no additional changes to discuss. The changes in the Ordinance discussed should be voted on. The most expedient way would be to approve the changes and approve to present the updated Ordinance in the September Work Session. Motion to approve authorization for the Chair to present the Ordinance to Council based on the discussion that has taken place, as amended for submission to Council was made by Board Member Earhart, Seconded by Board Member Woodard. Voting Yea: Board Member Alhabashi, Board Member Beiser, Board Member Stone-Collins, Board Member Earhart, Board Member Sanders, Board Member Walden, Board Member Woodard Public Comment The Mayor spoke encouraging the members of the Task Force to introduce themselves to the citizens present (Kim Crow, John Duke - new artists in downtown) Final Adjournment Motion for final adjournment was made by Board Member Woodard, Seconded by Board Member Earhart. Voting Yea: Board Member Alhabashi, Board Member Beiser, Board Member Stone- Collins, Board Member Earhart, Board Member Sanders, Board Member Walden, Board Member Woodard Minutes Signatures __________________________________________ Chairman __________________________________________ Secretary