MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD PUBLIC ART SUBCOMMITTEE

200 E. Wells Street City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Meeting Minutes MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD PUBLIC ART SUBCOMMITTEE POLLY MORRIS, CHAIR Tina Klose, Emilia Layden, Tim Murphy, Sandra McSweeney, and William Robison Staff Assistant, Jessica Celella, 286-2775, Fax: 286-3456, jlcelel@milwaukee.gov Tuesday, November 11, 2014 3:00 PM Room 303, City Hall Present 5 - McSweeney, Morris, Robison, Klose and Layden Excused 1 - Murphy 1. Roll call and approval of previous meeting minutes. Meeting convened at 3:05 PM Ms. McSweeney moved, seconded by Ms. Layden, approval of the previous meeting minutes. There were no objections. 2. Presentation by applicants seeking Mayor's endorsement for Our Town Grant. Sara Daleiden was present on behalf of the applicant, Greater Milwaukee Committee. They are partnering with Riverworks and the Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corp. She states the organization would be requesting $200,000 and would match the amount. The additional funds would enable them to expand the current project with additional art installations and orchestrate additional performances. In response to a question by Ms. Morris, she stated there is not a budget breakdown yet. 3. New Work Fund Ms. Morris stated there were no updates. 4. Conservation Fund Ms. Morris stated that the Court of Honor projects will be moving forward. If each statue is worked on individually, there could be an application for each. The Patel statue rededication occurred. Ms. Witte and Ms. McSweeney attended the event. 5. Approve updated applications for Conservation and New Work Funds Ms. Morris stated that the only guidelines on the Conservation Fund that were City of Milwaukee Page 1 MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD PUBLIC Meeting Minutes November 11, 2014 ART SUBCOMMITTEE changed were the dates. Applications may be submitted as of January 1st. Applications can be reviewed at the February meeting. The New Work Fund applications can be reviewed at the April meeting and go before the full board in May. Once the forms have been finalized, Ms. Witte will distribute to members so they may forward them to the community. There will be a press release after Thanksgiving. 6. Old Business Ms. Morris stated that $25,000 has been allocated in the city budget towards library projects. Mr. Robison pointed out that the library will be staggering RFPs. 7. New Business The statue in front of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield building may be moved. Ms. Morris stated the board may be able to help find a site, but funds are not available. Some entity would need to take possession of the statue. Ms. Morris stated that the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage DIstrict is looking to decommission the Brady Street Beasts building. Meeting adjourned at 3:45 PM Staff Assistant Jessica Celella Members of the Common Council and its standing committees who are not members of this committee may attend this meeting to participate or to gather information. Notice is given that this meeting may constitute a meeting of the Common Council or any of its standing committees, although they will not take any formal action at this meeting. 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 2