2008-08-26
* *OFFICIAL MEETING MINUTES
APPROVED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHLAKE ARTS COUNCIL 9/23/08
1 SOUTHAKE ARTS COUNCIL MEETING
2 Southlake Town Hall - Executive Conference Room
3 1400 Main Street
4 Southlake, Texas 76092
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6 August 26, 2008
7 MINUTES
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9 Arts Council Members Present -Leslie Bartlett; Peggy Firestone; Joe Henderson, Chair;
10 Terri Messing; Carolyn Morris; Karin Newel, ex-officio; Jeff Walter, Vice Chair; Char
11 Wiersum.
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13 Arts Council Members Absent - none
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15 Staff Members Present - Kerry McGeath, Deputy Director of Community Service
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17 Others Present - Ben Nuberger, Artisan Theater Company.
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19 REGULAR SESSION:
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21 Agenda Item No. 1, Call to Order. - Chair Joe Henderson called the meeting to order at
22 6:00 p.m.
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24 REPORTS:
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26 Agenda Item No. 2A -Administrative Comments. -Welcome and Introductions.
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28 Deputy Director McGeath introduced the newly appointed and reappointed Arts Council
29 members.
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31 Agenda Item No. 2B - Administrative Comments. - Oath of Office.
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33 Deputy Director McGeath administered the Oath of Office.
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35 Agenda Item No. 2C - Administrative Comments. - Southlake Arts Council Overview.
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37 Deputy Director McGeath gave a brief overview of the Arts Council duties.
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39 CONSENT AGENDA:
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41 Agenda Item No. 3A - Consider. - Election of Southlake Arts Council Officers for 2008-
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44 A motion was made and seconded to nominate Joe Henderson as Chair of the Council.
45 The vote in favor of this motion was unanimous.
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* *OFFICIAL MEETING MINUTES
APPROVED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHLAKE ARTS COUNCIL 9/23/08
1 A motion was made and seconded to nominate Jeff Walter as Vice Chair of the Council.
2 The vote in favor of this motion was unanimous.
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4 Agenda Item No. 3B - Consider. - Approval of the minutes from the July 22, 2008
5 Southlake Arts Council meeting.
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7 A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes. The vote in favor of
8 approving the minutes was unanimous.
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10 Agenda Item No. 3C - Consider. - Recommendation on Call to Artists for Roundabouts.
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12 A handout of a draft proposal for Call to Artists for the roundabout projects was given to
13 Arts Council members. Deputy Director McGeath explained the handout and answered
14 questions from the Council. A motion was made and seconded to approve the format for
15 the Call to Artists. The vote in favor of this motion was unanimous.
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17 Agenda Item No. 3D - Consider. - Recommendation on appointing a steering
18 committee for APEX.
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20 Ms. Messing provided a mission and vision statement to the Council. She described the
21 feasibility study. APEX and the City of Southlake need to work in partnership to
22 commission the study. Then the two entities need to work together to complete the
23 project. Ms. Messing would like the Arts Council to continuously be in the City Council's
24 mind. The Arts Council discussed recommendations to the City Council for a steering
25 committee. A motion was made and seconded to recommend that City Council form a
26 steering committee with Apex and the Southlake Arts Council to proceed with a
27 feasibility study for a performing arts center along with any other entities that the Arts
28 Council feels should be included. The vote in favor of approving the motion was
29 unanimous.
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31 REGULAR AGENDA:
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33 Agenda Item No. 4 - Public Forum. - The Public Forum was opened at 6:45 pm. As
34 there was no one to speak, it was closed at 6:46 pm.
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36 Agenda Item No. 5A - Discussion. - Artist Selection Work Group Update.
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38 There is no update at this time. New groups will be formed at the next meeting.
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40 Agenda Item No. 5B - Discussion. - Master Plan Work Group Update.
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42 There is no update at this time. New groups will be formed at the next meeting.
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44 Agenda Item No. 5C - Discussion. - Call to Artist for Bicentennial Park.
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* *OFFICIAL MEETING MINUTES
APPROVED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHLAKE ARTS COUNCIL 9/23/08
1 Deputy Director McGeath reviewed the Call to Artist process that will be used for the
2 Roundabout in Bicentennial Park.
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4 Agenda Item No. 5D - Discussion. - APEX Update and Planning.
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6 Ms. Messing gave the Arts Council an update regarding upcoming programs and other
7 APEX related issues.
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9 Agenda Item No. 6, Adjournment.
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11 The meeting was adjourned at 7:05 pm.
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24 Ke McGeath, Deputy Director of Community Services
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26 A CASSETTE TAPE RECORDING OF THE MEETING IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
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