City of Marco Island Florida
50 Bald Eagle Drive, Marco Island, FL
First Floor Conference Room
ARTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES
April 10, 2007
ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order at 8:00 a.m. by Chair Vickie Kelber.
Committee members present: Ms. Claudia Klug-Kowel, Ms. Nora Joel, and Ms. Lavonne Johnson. Ms. Rose Patterson was absent.
City staff present: City Clerk Laura Litzan, Community Development Director Steve Olmsted and Administrative Assistant Debbie McCabe.
Members of the public present: None.
INTRODUCE NEW COMMITTEE MEMBER(S)
On behalf of the Arts Advisory Committee, Chair Vickie Kelber introduced and welcomed new committee member, Lavonne Johnson.
APPROVE AGENDA
MOTION by Claudia Klug-Kowel to approve the agenda. Second by Nora Joel. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 4-0.
APPROVAL OF MARCH 13, 2007 MINUTES
MOTION by Nora Joel to approve the March 13, 2007 Arts Advisory Committee minutes. Second by Claudia Klug-Kowel. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 4-0.
PRESENTATION BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Community Development Director Steve Olmsted advised that we could look at some things in the Comprehensive Plan to include art without an amendment to the plan.
FINALIZE & APPROVE SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
Master Art Plan Questionnaire
The committee and staff reviewed the updated Master Plan Survey Questionnaire and made the following suggestions to finalize the questionnaire:
· Include mission statement and purpose of questionnaire
· Include that public input is greatly appreciated
· Request Eagle newspaper help distribute
· Distribute questionnaires to Kiwanis Club (Laura Litzan)
· Provide questionnaire to Suntimes newspaper to distribute to Rotary and Chamber of Commerce
· Distribute questionnaires to Mackle Park
· Distribute to churches if feasible
· Consider capability of completing questionnaire on Arts Committee web page without printing
· Send out blast email of questionnaire to interested parties
Focus Group Questionnaire
Concerning question one, Chair Vickie Kelber suggested changing the word “aesthetic” to “artistic.”
Concerning question three, Chair Vickie Kelber recommended including the word “public” before art.
Concerning question six, Chair Vickie Kelber suggests changing the word “artworks” to “public art.”
APPROVE LEGAL CONTRACT FORM
Chair Vickie Kelber suggested changing the wording in the legal contract from “artist” to “artist and donor” throughout the document.
REPLACEMENT AND REPAIR OF DOLPHIN STATUE
Laura Litzan advised that she would contact the Art League to get information and original cost of the dolphin statue.
The committee agreed to find out what it would cost for a boat repair place to fix it.
MOCK FOCUS GROUP MEETING
The Focus Group meeting will be held on May 17, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at Mackle Park and staff will advertise. The committee agreed to have 10 representatives from the Chamber of Commerce, 6 representatives from the Art League, 4 representatives from MIFA and a chairperson for each advisory committee.
Chair Vickie Kelber conducted a Mock Focus Group meeting with the committee to go over the questions and the process.
Chair Vickie Kelber suggested the focus groups complete the Master Plan Questionnaire at the end of the meeting. She recommends explaining to the groups that we are receiving input at this time, but in November the committee will be putting the Master Art Plan together.
OTHER BUSINESS
None.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 9:20 a.m.
The next Arts Advisory Committee meeting is Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 8:00 a.m. in the lower level conference room at City Hall.
Respectfully submitted,
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Debbie McCabe, Administrative Assistant Date
cc: City Council
City Manager
Laura Litzan
Arts Advisory Committee Members
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