Artscape Leadership Group

City of West Allis Meeting Minutes Artscape Leadership Group Mayor Dan Devine, Rebecca Grill, and John Stibal Tuesday, December 17, 2019 3:00 PM Engineering/Development Conference Room 210 REGULAR MEETING A. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Devine at 3:00 p.m. B. ROLL CALL Present 3- Mayor Dan Devine, Rebecca Grill, and John Stibal Others Attending Shaun Mueller, Community & Economic Development Coordinator; Katie Bennett, Planner; and Stacey Williams-Ng, Wallpapered City LLC C. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION 1. 19-0830 Discussion regarding an update on the contract status, potential locations and overall timeline for the 2020 Mural Project Stacey Williams-Ng from Wallpapered City LLC suggested that in order to finalize the call for artists, a couple of conference calls with the City, would be needed in January. Stacey confirmed with the committee that she leads the process to pick the locations as well as designs the templates for the contracts. Below is additional information that she shared with the committee. Artists Jury Generally 7-9 people. Should include a few West Allis citizens, perhaps an Alderperson. Stacey suggested Mayor Devine or Alderperson Weigel. Also should include someone from Wallpapered City such as Stacey or Antoine Carter. Contract Work for Hire Agreement between the City and Artist. Need to ask the building owner for permission to put art on their building. Usually agree to 3 years on average. In late July, an event should be held to tie in the mural project. A Communication needs to be sent to the Common Council informing them about this program. 2. 19-0831 Discussion regarding updating the status of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Asphalt Art Initiative Grant –West Allis’s Street Mural at the Market application submitted 12/12/19 Katie Bennett updated the committee that the grant application had been submitted on behalf of the City, for a street mural to be located on the pavement of Six Points Crossing/S. 66 St. Ms. Bennett also mentioned that a push needs to be made to the Communications Department to get the word out to businesses regarding City Bike Racks being available for purchase. City of West Allis Page 1 Printed on 2/18/2020 Artscape Leadership Group Meeting Minutes December 17, 2019 3. 19-0832 Discussion regarding an update on the Library Book Bench project The Library Board has taken over the project and is looking at ordering 2 additional benches and working on picking a theme or themes. 4. 19-0833 Discussion relating to Miscellaneous Artscape Projects and Opportunities Mr. Stibal suggested consideration of a mural at the Health Department on the east elevation wall. A lot would depend on the cost as well as the age of the building. D. ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Ms. Grill, seconded by Mr. Stibal to adjourn the meeting at 3:55 p.m. The motion carried unanimously. All meetings of the {bdName} are public meetings. In order for the general public to make comments at the committee meetings, the individual(s) must be scheduled (as an appearance) with the chair of the committee or the appropriate staff contact; otherwise, the meeting of the committee is a working session for the committee itself, and discussion by those in attendance is limited to committee members, the mayor, other alderpersons, staff and others that may be a party to the matter being discussed. NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT The City of West Allis does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, religion, age, marital or veterans' status, sex, national origin, disability or any other legally protected status in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs or activities. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT NOTICE Upon reasonable notice the City will furnish appropriate auxiliary aids and services when necessary to afford individuals with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in and to enjoy the benefits of a service, program or activity provided by the City. LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY STATEMENT It is the policy of the City of West Allis to provide language access services to populations of persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) who are eligible to be served or likely to be directly affected by our programs. Such services will be focused on providing meaningful access to our programs, services and/or benefits. City of West Allis Page 2 Printed on 2/18/2020