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CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
SEPTEMBER 24, 1997
A regular meeting of the Board was held Wednesday, September 24, 1997 in the Adele Grage
Community Center Meeting Room at 7:20PM.
Present were: Barbara Hopson Ed Waters
Patricia Goelz Dezmond Waters, Chairperson
Mary McGee
Stephanie Galoway, Guest
Suzanne Shaughnessy, Commission Liaison
Timmy Johnson, Staff Liaison
Chairperson Dezmond Waters opened the meeting by informing the Board that he finished the
letter to Kelly Elmore, concerning Bull Park, and delivered it to Kelly, the City Manager and the
City Commissioners.
Stephanie Galoway presented the Board with the attached sculpture for their approval. This
sculpture will be incorporated into the Bull Park plans. Patricia Goelz made a motion to accept
the sculpture as long as it meets all safety guidelines. Ed Waters seconded and the motion
carried.
Following other general discussion on Parks, the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 PM.
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Description
The outdoor, permanent sculpture for First Night was conceptualized
and designed by artist Sharla T. Valeski. Inspired by Japanese rock gardens
and the Zen oriented art of Noguchi it is made of metal, cement, rocks and
sand and is designed to be interactive with the public.
It is comprised of a circular pit of white sand that will be approximately
18 inches deep and 13 feet wide. This circular sand pit will be fully sur-
rounded by flat rocks placed closely together thus extending the width of the
total circle to approximately 17 feet. One half of the "rock circle" will be light
in color, the other half dark.
At the center of the sand pit will be a vertical metal post that is 5 inches
in diameter and is 5 1/2 feet above the sand level. This center post will be
embedded into a 3'(h) x 5'(w) x 5'(w) cement block which will be 2' below the
surface level. The center post will be adhered to the cement block by a metal
plate and several long spikes.
Protruding from the center post will be three horizontal arms. Each arm
is 6' long and 3" thick. Each arm will have a handle and a wheel at the outside
of the sand pit. This and a metal track allows the arms to be manually rotated
around the center post.
The first and lowest arm will have a flat metal bar (approximately 5 3/
4' long and 3/4' high) and connected by 8 segments of 5" links of chain. This
arm will flatten the sand below it making a smooth surface. The second and
middle arm will have five (2 1/2') metal poles welded to it and spaced evenly
at a vertical angle. These vertical poles will make a circular pattern in the sand
when the arm is manually moved around the center post. The third and highest
arm functions as the middle arm but instead of having five vertical poles, it will
have six.
Outside the perimeter of the 17 foot circle of rocks and sand will be
three smaller sculpture pieces spaced evenly. They will be made of rocks and
cement and will have little or no kinetic functions.
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