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Parks
Recreation and Cultural Resources Department
Cultural Arts
Committee
Minutes
Page-Walker Arts and
119 Ambassador
Web Site: www.townofcary.org
Present: Denny Hoadley, Chair; Mamta Bisarya;
Robin Gallant; Deanna Kerrigan; David Lindquist; Margaret Partridge; Debbie
Savage; Phil Shepard; Ron Sherhofer; Rashi Bisarya, Teen Council
Representative; Lyman Collins; Rob Garner; Joy Cox; Denise Dickens; Vicki Hayes
Guest: Ellie Torre and Rob Wagner with Clearscapes
A. Call to Order – Denny Hoadley, Chair
·
The
meeting was called to order at
B. Roll Call
·
Absent
Charles Joyner; Paul Wasylkevych;
Preetha Suresh, Teen Council Representative
·
Report from chair
Ø
The
facility tour for the Parks, Recreation and Advisory Board scheduled for
Ø
The
July meeting will be a joint meeting with the Public Art Advisory Board to
discuss the artwork installation at Old Cary Elementary. The Public Art Advisory Board will host the
meeting and make their recommendation.
This Committee will be allowed to provide a recommendation from the
Cultural Arts Committee. (This has been cancelled.)
C. Adoption
of Agenda
ACTION: David Lindquist made
a motion to accept the agenda. Phil
Shepard seconded. The motion passed
unanimously.
D. Adoption
of Minutes
·
ACTION: Phil
Shepard made a motion to accept the
E. Staff
Report
·
Rob Garner, Page-Walker Program Specialist
Ø The Committee
gave brief introductions and welcomed Rob on board.
Ø Rob discussed up
coming events that would take place at Page-Walker Arts and
·
Joy Ennis, Festival Coordinator
Ø Spring Daze was a
great success! There were approximately
16,000 in attendance, which means the festival is continuing to grow. Each year the festival has evaluations for
patrons to complete to give staff an idea of how things are going. The evaluations this year were positive and
the festival had a 4.4 overall rating.
The Committee suggested a better a map with the lake on it and better
signage within the festival, so you would know where you were going.
Ø Lazy Daze will
here on
Ø The Holiday Tree
Lighting will take place in December with information being sent out in
October.
F. Old
Business
·
Old
Ø Please see the attached minutes provided by Clearscapes.
·
S.W.O.T. Analysis Discussion
Ø Lyman Collins explained the joint meeting with the PRCR Advisory
Board and the Committees was the starting the point for looking at various
aspects of the PRCR Department. Now the
Committees should discuss the statements to take back to the PRCR Advisory
Board for preparing for the updated Master Plan. The Committee suggested having staff send the
S.W.O.T. Analysis results back out for review.
The Committee would make notes and agree or disagree with the statement
and send their information to Vicki Hayes.
Vicki will compile the information for discussion at the August meeting.
G. New
Business
·
Review of Feedback Information
Ø Staff distributed
the compiled results from the feedback forms.
Staff suggested adding a line asking what event the information was
gathered from. Discussed the feedback
forms and results that have been gathered to date. The Committee continues to provide feedback
from a variety of cultural arts events.
H. Liaison
Reports
·
Festival Committee Report – Phil Shepard
Ø A schedule will
be compiled for the Committee to sign-up for a 2 hour shift.
·
Amphitheatre Advisory Committee Report
Ø A
schedule of upcoming events was distributed to the Committee.
Ø The
Town of
Ø Neighbor
Days will be evaluated for next year.
·
Teen Report
Ø Rashi Bisarya ran
for chairman and won. Congratulations!
Ø The Teen Council
did not meet in June.
H. Upcoming
Events
Ø Please review July
Cultural Calendar.
I. Committee
Member Information Share
J. Adjourn
David Lindquist made a motion for the meeting to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at
Clearscapes Minutes
Type of Meeting: Cultural Arts Committee Meeting (minutes for CSPA presentation only)
Date of Meeting:
Date of Report:
Reported by: Elias
J. Torre, AIA, Clearscapes
This report is the writer’s interpretation of the events, discussions,
and transactions which took place during
the meeting. If there are any additions and/or corrections, please inform
the writer within three (3) days.
Items Discussed
Ellie
Torre and Rob Wagner presented to the Cultural Arts Committee a PowerPoint
slideshow
update
on the progress of the
Phase
is underway and is scheduled to be completed by the end of July. At that time,
another
presentation
will be made.
1.01 Ellie reviewed the overall project schedule
indicating where the project is now (in Design Development) and what the next
phases include.
1.02 As the building planning continues to
evolve, three primary integrated art opportunities have been identified by the
Design Team and the project Town Staff to get the most impact at opening day:
(1) the Entry Plaza at the north of the building; (2) the Entry Lobby and main
stair; and (3) the Fly Tower at the south of the building.
1.03 The Cultural Arts Committee has three new
members, two of whom were present at the meeting. Ellie reviewed the planning
for the site and each of the three levels of the building, and generally
updated what spaces are included in the renovation and addition.
1.04 Building sections were presented showing
how the spaces relate from floor to floor. This gave better understanding to
the overall flow of the building.
1.05 The three integrated art opportunities had
been shown by the Artists to the Public Art Advisory Board at their meeting on
18 June. Comments were received from each Board member in attendance.
1.06 The Entry Plaza was developed with the
theme of the building being the ‘source’ of cultural arts; the high point in
town. The layout reflects the classical symmetry of the existing building
elevation, a welcoming/embracing gesture, and a respect for the historic view
from