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CULTURAL ARTS and RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday,May 26,2009
Adele Grage Community Center
7:00 p.m.
Present:Lynne Roskein, Cris Garrard,Jolyn Johnson,Ingrid McCawley,Dawson Pickett, Jeff Wight.
Liaison: Timmy Johnson. Recording:Karen Kempf Absent:Lori Gaglione,Mark Howard,Laurie
Melancon.
1. Call to order-Lynne called the meeting to order at 7:01 pm.
2. Meeting Minutes April 28,2009-Lynne moved to accept the minutes as written;Jolyn seconded
the motion.The committee unanimously accepted the minutes.
3. Ongoing Business
a. Teen Council-Dawson reported that the Teen Council received 4 applications/essays for
the scholarship. A school councilor and Jeff reviewed the essays and chose Romy Sidelsky
for the$500 award. A check will be presented to her next week. Geocaching event was
cancelled due to weather and will be rescheduled.This year's council is holding its last
meeting tonight and will elect new officers.
b. Events,Updates,Reports
i. Songwriters'Concert&Acoustic Nights-Ingrid reported that it rained for the last
Acoustic Night so it was held inside.
ii. Art Walk&Reception-Karen reported that the 2nd and 3rd place winners will join
Lois Newman for the Art Walk and reception. Cris has volunteered to host the
event.
iii. Tour de Parks-Karen and Cris are coordinating the June 6 Tour. An orientation
for the guides will be Thursday evening at the Russell pavilion. A rain date of June
13th was set if needed.
iv. Comcast Grant-Tim reported that the Comcast grant was submitted and hoped to
hear decision by mid-June. Matching funds was omitted since the grant would
then have to go to the city commission for approval. Jeff asked to be kept in the
loop with information. Tim suggested that grants take 2-3 months to write and
work through the city process.
4. New Business
a. UNF Interns-Jeff suggested the committee might consider writing an internship position
for one of the UNF department foci-recreation,public health,physical fitness. The intern
would need 40 hours a week with supervision for 12-16 weeks. Committee might
consider having them put on an event. Discussion will be continued in fall for following
spring.
5. Other Agenda Items/Announcements
a. Tim announced that the budget workshop is set for August.Lori and Laurie can speak to
the commissioners regarding the CARAC budget. They will pass information back to the
committee. Jeff pointed out that the majority of the CARAC budget will go to schools and
other agencies. Only one-fourth of the budget is used for the committees'own programs.
b. Tim will ask for reports from the'outside'organizations and agencies regarding how the
money was used this past year. The committee should set some guidelines on what
information they want in the year-end reports.
c. Lynne asked about timing for next year's Artisan Faire. Should we do the November Art
Walk again or December? Dates set: November 19 for the Holiday Faire and April 24th for
Arts in the Park.
d. Next Meeting:Tuesday,June 23, 2009 @ 7 pm,Adele Grage Cultural Center.
6. Adjournment-Lynne moved that the meeting be adjourned;Jeff seconded the motion. With no
further business,the meeting was adjourned at 7:48 pm.
Lori Gaglione,Chair
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