Regular Meeting of the Art in Public Places Panel June 1, 2020 – 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Art in Public Places Panel to be held June 1, 2020 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance, the day before the scheduled meeting, Sunday, May 31 by Noon. All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the June 1 Art in Public Places Panel Meeting, residents must: • Call or email the panel liaison at 512-974-7860 or alex.irrera@austintexas.gov no later than noon, Sunday, May 31. The information required is the speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, and a telephone number or email address. • Once a request to speak has been called in or emailed to the panel liaison, residents will receive either an email or phone call providing the telephone number to call on the day of the scheduled meeting. • Speakers must call in at least 30 minutes prior to meeting start in order to speak, late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. • Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. • Handouts or other information may be emailed to alex.irrera@austintexas.gov by Noon the day before (Sunday, May 31) the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. 2. 3. 4. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PANEL AGENDA Regular Meeting - Monday, June 1, 2020; 6:00 PM VIA VIDEOCONFERENCING CURRENT PANEL MEMBERS: Vacant – Chair, Tammie Rubin –Vice Chair, Brett Barnes – Arts Commission Liaison, Sarah Carr, Stephanie Lemmo, Joel Nolan, Jacob Villanueva CALL TO ORDER CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 10 speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items posted on the agenda. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approve minutes from Regular Meeting on Monday, May 4, 2020. CHAIR’S REPORT a. Election of Officers to AIPP Panel ARTS COMMISSION LIAISON REPORT a. Schedule an AIPP Panel and Arts Commission discussion NEW BUSINESS a. Discussion and Action Items i. ii. Presentation on the Parks and Recreation Department Pharr Tennis Center Renovations 2018 Bond Project -Audra Biediger, Project Manager, Public Works Presentation by Pease Park …
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PANEL Regular Meeting Minutes The Art in Public Places Panel convened a regular meeting on Monday, June 1st, 2020 via WebEx. Panel Vice Chair Tammie Rubin called the Meeting to order at 6:02 PM. Panel Members in Attendance: Vice Chair Tammie Rubin, Arts Commission Liaison Brett Barnes, Panel Members Stephanie Lemmo, Joel Nolan, and Jacob Villanueva. Staff in Attendance: Sue Lambe, Laura Odegaard, Marjorie Flanagan, Curt Gettman, Frank Wick, Alex Irerra, Maria Teresa Bonet, Art in Public Places. Audra Biediger, Alison Von Stein, Public Works. Anthony Collier, Austin Convention Center. Susan Daniels, Austin Transportation. Guests in Attendance: Chuck Smith, Pease Parks Conservancy. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. The minutes from the meeting on Monday, May 4th, 2020 were approved on the motion of Panel Member Lemmo, Panel Member Villanueva seconded. Passed 5-0-0. 2. CHAIR’S REPORT a. Election of Officers to AIPP Panel Panel Member Barnes nominated Panel Member Tammie Rubin to serve as the Chair of the AIPP Panel and Panel Member Jacob Villanueva to serve as the Vice Chair of the AIPP Panel for the next cycle. Panel members Rubin and Villanueva accepted the nominations. Panel Member Tammie Rubin was approved as Chair and Panel Member Jacob Villanueva was approved as Vice Chair of the AIPP Panel with a motion by Panel Member Barnes, seconded by Panel Member Lemmo. 5-0-0. 3. ARTS COMMISSION LIAISON REPORT Arts Commission Liaison Brett Barnes noted that all of the AIPP items were approved on consent at the May Arts Commission meeting and that the process of approval went smoothly. Barnes notes that there is a lot of discussion regarding how the arts are going to be affected by the reduction in Hotel Occupancy Tax. AIPP Panel Member Tammie Robin is now serving on the Arts Commission’s Funding Matrix Working Group. It is important to have someone at the table at the working group because of AIPP’s TEMPO program. 4. NEW BUSINESS Discussion and Action Items a. Presentation on the Parks and Recreation Department Pharr Tennis Center Renovations 2018 Bond Project ---Audra Biediger, Project Manager, Public Works Public Works Project Manager Audra Biediger introduced the Pharr Tennis Center Renovation Capital Improvement Project. An AIPP project will be executed for this site. No action was taken. b. Presentation by Pease Park Conservancy regarding the Artwork Loan of Blue Trees at Pease Park --Chuck Smith, Pease Park Conservancy …
