10-10-17 CARAC Meeting Minutes •
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an !)`' 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
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7. Adjournment-with no further business,Jay motioned for adjournment, Dawn seconded the motion to
adjo}irn the meeting. The meeting was unanimously adjourned at 6:52 p.m.
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Grant Healy,Chairperson