10-24-17 CARAC Agenda Packet
CULTURAL ARTS and RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Adele Grage Cultural Center
6:30 p.m.
1. Call to order – Chair
2. Approval of Meeting Minutes from October 10, 2017
3. Recognition of Visitors
4. Ongoing Business
a. Pickleball Suggestion
b. Jazz Festival Proposals Update
c. Artisans’ Faire
5. New Business
a. Contribution Presentation
i. Common Threads
ii. Coastal Kicks Soccer
b. Contract for Theater Use
c. Upcoming Events
d. Committee Responsibilities
6. Other Agenda Items/Announcements
a. Schedule next meeting
b. Agenda items for next meeting
7. Adjournment
Upcoming Events
Acoustic Night – October 29, 6‐8 p.m. – AGCC (last one of season)
Songwriters Concert – November 19, 6‐8 p.m. – AGCC
Artist Reception for Dr. Susan Schuenke – November 16, 5‐8 pm – AGCC
Holiday Celebration – December 2, 3‐9 pm – Beaches Town Center
Artisans’ Faire – December 7 – 5‐9 pm ‐AGCC
Mid‐Week Market ‐Wednesdays, 3‐6 p.m. – Bull Park
Senior Aerobics – Wednesdays, 10:30 am – 12 pm – Baker Center
Qigong, Yoga, Meditation – Wednesdays 9:30 am, 6 pm, 7:30 pm ‐AGCC
Zumba – Wednesdays, 6:30‐7:30 p.m. – Jordan Center
Meditation – Thursdays 9:30 am – AGCC
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CULTURAL ARTS and RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Special Called Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, October 10, 2017 @ 2:00 pm
Adele Grage Center
Present: Grant Healy, Marina Kaplan, Beverly Norman, Dawn Pope, Pam White, Jay Wilson, Timmy Johnson (Liason)
Absent: Della Giovanni (Recording Secretary)
1. Call to order – Chair, Grant Healy called the meeting to order – 2:00 pm
2. Minutes from September 5, 2017 – approved as written, motioned made by Pam White, seconded by Dawn
Pope. All in favor.
3. Recognition of Visitors – Carol Silcox
4. Contribution Presentations for Committee Review took place as follows:
a. Kathy Wallis, Beaches Fine Arts, requesting $5,000 contribution. Dawn motioned to
contribute $2,050 to Beaches Fine Arts; Marina seconded. The motion failed. Pam
motioned to contribute $3,000; Grant seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
b. Matt Parson and Karen Demuth, Neptune Beach Elementary, requesting $2,000 contribution.
Pam motioned to contribute $2,000; Beverly seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
c. Kirk Farber, Fitness and Character Education (F.A.C.E.), requesting $2,500 contribution.
Dawn motioned to contribute $525, the motion died for lack of a second. Beverly motioned
to contribute $1,025; Pam seconded and the motioned carried unanimously.
d. Anne Marie Tucker, Tony’s Turkey Trot, requesting $2,150 contribution. Dawn motioned to
contribute $1,290; Jay seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
e. Kurtis Loftus, Deck the Chairs, requesting $5,000 contribution. Dawn motioned not to
contribute funds to Deck the Chairs; Pam seconded the motion. The motion failed. Pam
motioned to contribute $500; Grant seconded and the motion carried. Marina voted against.
f. Raf Usher, OMI International, requesting $5,000 contribution. Dawn motioned not to
contribute funds to OMI International; Pam seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
g. Joann Wallace, Youth Empowerment Summit, requesting $5,000 contribution. Dawn
motioned not to contribute funds to Youth Empowerment Summit; Pam seconded. The
motion failed. Marina motioned to contribute $1,000; Grant seconded and the motion
carried. Dawn and Pam voted against.
h. Jennifer Kent, Mayport Middle School, requesting $5,000 contribution. Pam motioned to
contribute $5,000; Grant seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
i. Celia Frank and Erik DeCicco, Atlantic Beach Experimental Theater, requesting $4,000
contribution. Pam motioned to contribute $2,000 for scholarships; Dawn seconded and the
motion carried unanimously.
j. Aine Healy Richardson, The First Act, requesting $5,000 contribution. Marina motioned to
contribute $2,000 (the adults for the program would need to live in Atlantic Beach); Beverly
seconded and the motion carried. Dawn and Pam voted against.
k. Kristin Price, Atlantic Beach Elementary School, requesting $5,000 contribution. Beverly
motion to contribute $5,000; Jay seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
5. Next Meeting: Jazz Festival and Artisans’ Faire review.
6. Next Meeting‐October 24, 2017 @ 6:30 pm in Meeting room
a. Jazz Festival
b. Artisans’ Faire
7. Adjournment – with no further business, Jay motioned for adjournment, Dawn seconded the motion to
adjourn the meeting. The meeting was unanimously adjourned at 6:52 p.m.
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Grant Healy, Chairperson