MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD

200 E. Wells Street City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Meeting Minutes MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD ALD. MICHAEL J. MURPHY, CHAIR Ald. Nik Kovac, Vice-Chair Vanessa Allen, Laura Ashleigh-Wolfe, Rosemarie Balistreri, Daisy Cubias, William DeLind, David Flores, Mildred Harpole, Anne Kingsbury, Tina Klose, Diane Kosarzycki, Emilia Layden, Sandra McSweeney, Polly Morris, Tim Murphy, and William Robison Staff Assistant, Jessica Celella, 286-2775 Fax: 286-3456, jlcelel@milwaukee.gov Legislative Liaison, Ted Medhin 286-8681, tmedhi@milwaukee.gov Staff to Arts Board, Sally Witte, 286-5794, Sally.Witte@milwaukee.gov Tuesday, February 11, 2014 4:00 PM Room 303, City Hall Meeting convened at 4:09 PM Present 11 - DeLind, Morris, Ashleigh-Wolfe, Kosarzycki, Murphy, Kovac, Robison, Harpole, Klose, Layden and Balistreri Excused 5 - Murphy, Cubias, Kingsbury, McSweeney and Flores 1. Roll call and approval of previous meeting minutes. Ms. Wolfe moved approval. There were no objections. 2. Report from Public Art Subcommittee. -- Recommendations for Conservation Funding. Ms. Morris reported on the application from the Milwaukee Police Department for matching funds to restore the Narendra Patel statue at the District 6 headquarters. The project is estimated at $4,200 and the application requests matching funds of up to $2,000. Ms. Morris moved approval, seconded by Ms. Layden. There were no objections. Ms. Morris also stated that New Work Fund applications are due at the end of February. Roll call revised to reflect the arrival of Ms. Cubias and Alderman Murphy. Present 16 - Murphy, Cubias, DeLind, Kingsbury, McSweeney, Morris, Ashleigh- Wolfe, Flores, Kosarzycki, Murphy, Kovac, Robison, Harpole, Klose, Layden and Balistreri City of Milwaukee Page 1 MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD Meeting Minutes February 11, 2014 3. Grants Update. Ms. Witte states that 11 of the 32 final reports have been submitted with no major issues. Interim reports were due on January 31. She states that an organization has moved to Glendale and confirmed that it is no longer eligible. Ms. Witte also gave an update on the annual Grant Writing Workshop , which was attended by 24 potential applicants. Alderman Murphy stated that if eligibility inquiries are received, they can be forwarded to him and distributed to members for review. 4. Artists of the Year Reception. The reception will be held March 11th at the Broadway Theatre Center. 5. Friends of Art Award. The award will be presented in June. Nominations can be submitted via email to be reviewed at the April meeting. 6. Beerline Trail Extension Plans for Bridge Redesign and Art Activities. Guests: Ben Schultz, Civil Engineer, DPW; Keith Hayes, beintween Ben Schultz from DPW was present to describe plans for the Beerline Trail . Keith Hayes was unable to attend. Mr. Schultz states that Keith Hayes and his organization, beintween, are working with the Greater Milwaukee Committee on a plan to install art along the Beerline Trail extension . They have been awarded a grant from ArtPlace. Mr. Schultz stated the city will be purchasing the corridor land to install the bike trail. There are separate advisory committees for the design of the trail and for determining the art work that will be installed. Both committees have been doing community outreach for input. He will also keep the Arts Board apprised of the project 's progress. There will be a forum on the project in April. Alderman Murphy states that a presentation can be given at the next Arts Board meeting . Meeting adjourned at 4:57 PM Jessica Celella Staff Assistant Common Council members who are not members of this committee may attend this meeting to participate or to gather information. This meeting may constitute a meeting of the Common Council or any of its standing committees although no formal action will be taken at this meeting. City of Milwaukee Page 2 MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD Meeting Minutes February 11, 2014 Upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of persons with disabilities through sign language interpreters or auxiliary aids. For additional information or to request this service, contact the City Clerk's Office ADA Coordinator at 286-2998, (FAX)286-3456, (TDD)286-2025 or by writing to the Coordinator at Room 205, City Hall, 200 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202. Limited parking for persons attending meetings in City Hall is available at reduced rates (5 hour limit) at the Milwaukee Center on the southwest corner of East Kilbourn and North Water Street. Parking tickets must be validated in the first floor Information Booth in City Hall. Persons engaged in lobbying as defined in s. 305-43-4 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances are required to register with the City Clerk's Office License Division. Registered lobbyists appearing before a Common Council committee are required to identify themselves as such. More information is available at www.milwaukee.gov/lobby. City of Milwaukee Page 3