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CULTURAL ARTS and RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
City Hall - North Conference Room
6:00 p.m.
Present: Lori Gaglione (chair), Meade Coplan, Cris Garrard, Jolyn Johnson, Carolyn McCarthy, Hollie
McMillan, and Jeff Wight Liaison Timmy Johnson and Karen Kempf (recording). Excused: Tammy Lally &
Lynne Roskein.
1. Call to order -Chair Gaglione called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m.
2. Approval of Meeting Minutes - The committee reviewed the minutes from December 7,
2010. Chris moved to accept the minutes as written and Meade seconded the motion. The
minutes were unanimously approved.
3. Ongoing Business
a. Events, Updates, Reports
i. Mid -Week Market- Jeff reported that at this time, Bull Park is the only
option for location. Russell and the Town Center locations will not work.
After contacting the vendors, and with better weather, the market will
restart on March 9. He hopes to have 10 vendors at the market each week.
Challenges are the parking, number of returning vendors, price and profit
on produce.
ii. Songwriters' Concert- Timmy reported the Songwriter's had a full house in
December and January. Songwriters has a new CD out for 2011.
iii. Arts in the Park - Jolyn reported that two vendors dropped out but the
venue is still full. The committee discussed whether to give refunds to
artists who were not accepted to show even though the application clearly
states "no refunds." After discussing, the committee recommended to leave
the application /policy as is and to review the refund policy after the 2011
festival for 2012 Arts in the Park.
iv. Public Art- Jolyn noted that 4 -6 artists are interested in working on a public
art project. She is in the process of putting a facebook page up. She is
asking artists to submit renderings in March. She is also working on a grant
to help pay for artist supplies.
v. MarshFest - Lori and Timmy asked the committee to mark their calendars
for the November 19 MarshFest from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Dutton Island
Preserves. The steering committee is currently working on coordination of
event and programs being offered. CARAC will be more involved later with
the gathering volunteers. The group will meet bi- monthly until the fall.
vi. Teen Council - Fifteen teens attended the first Kick -off social. They will be
meeting with Lisa Kamm on the second Thursday at 6 p.m. The teens can
help with upcoming city events.
4. New Business
a. Budget - Timmy noted that the updated budget was copied to committee members
to review for the budget year. Meade noted that the Lagniappe funds are available
for redistribution since the program has been discontinued.
b. Funding Request - Timmy reported that the Coalition 4 Peace requested funding
from the committee. The committee asked for more information and materials
about the work they do. They asked Timmy to invite a representative to a CARAC
meeting to talk about their outreach.
c. Civics Education Proposal - Meade presented a proposal for an adult civics series
approved by the Florida Bar for 5 public meetings on the fundamentals of
government. It would require preparation on the presenters' part, advertising to
adults and students through civic classes in schools. The project would require
$250 for booklets and materials. If approved, the series could start after Memorial
Day in June or July. After discussion, Lori made a motion to approve $250 for the
development of the Civics Education series; Jolyn seconded the motion. The
motion was unanimously approved.
d. Beginners Art Show - Jolyn asked the committee to consider adding another
juried art show in July or August. The show would feature 12 -15 beginning artists,
similar to the Artisan Faire. The committee asked Jolyn to come back with a
proposal for the committee to consider at the next meeting
5. Other Agenda Items /Announcements
a. Next meeting - the committee will consider moving the next meeting date and /or
location due to elections being held at Adele Grage on March 22.
6. Adjournment - With no further business, Jolyn moved and Meade seconded a motion to
adjourn the meeting. The motion was unanimously approved and the meeting was
adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
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