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Approved Minutes

ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PANEL Regular Meeting Minutes The Art in Public Places Panel convened a regular meeting on Monday, June 3, 2024, via Zoom. Chair Stephanie Lemmo called the Meeting to order at 6:03 PM. Panel Members in Attendance: Chair Stephanie Lemmo, Vice Chair J Muzacz, and Panel Members Taylor Davis, Kristi-Anne Shaer, Lisa Woods. Arts Commission Liaison Monica Maldonado absent. Staff in Attendance: EDD staff: Acting Cultural Arts Division Manager Laura Odegaard. AIPP staff: Project Coordinators: Sean Harrison, Lindsay Hutchens, Bryana Iglesias, Alex Irrera. Guests in Attendance: Ernesto Hernandez, Ryah Christensen, Jamie Spinello (Artist); Alejandro Luna (Fabricator); Sue Lambe (Public Art Consultant); James Wheeler (Parks and Recreation Department, City of Austin); Riley Triggs, Audra Biediger, Chad Lewallen (Capital Delivery Services, City of Austin); Tyler Farrar, Ismael Galvez (Transportation and Public Works Department, City of Austin); Katy Zamesnik (Austin Convention Center, City of Austin). PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. The minutes from the Art in Public Places Panel Regular Meeting on Monday, May 6, 2024, were approved on the motion of Vice Chair Muzacz and Panel Member Shaer seconded. Passed 5-0-0. Arts Commission Liaison Maldonado absent. DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. 3. Discussion of Chair’s Report on In-Person Art in Public Places Panel Meetings by Stephanie Lemmo. Chari Lemmo noted that AIPP staff cannot support hybrid AIPP Panel meetings. Therefore, meetings will need to be in-person or virtual. Discussion of Arts Commission Liaison Report on Action Items from May 20, 2024, Arts Commissions Meeting by Arts Commission Liaison Maldonado. No report given. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 4. ACTION: Approve the Final Design for the North Lamar Corridor AIPP Project by Ernesto Hernandez. Discussion ensued. Approved on the motion of Panel Member  5. 6. 7. 8. Woods and Vice Chair Muzacz seconded. Passed 5-0-0. Arts Commission Liaison Maldonado absent. ACTION: Approve the Final Design for the Emma Long Park AIPP Project by Ryah Christensen. Discussion ensued. Approved on the motion of Vice Chair Muzacz and Panel Member Davis seconded. Passed 5-0-0. Arts Commission Liaison Maldonado absent. ACTION: Approve the Final Design for the Oertli Park AIPP Project by Jamie Spinello. Discussion ensued. Approved on the motion of Panel Member Woods and Vice Chair Muzacz seconded. Passed 5-0-0. Arts Commission Liaison Maldonado absent. ACTION: Approve the Artist Selection Process Recommendation for the MACC Phase II AIPP Project. Acting Cultural Arts Division Manager Laura Odegaard presented. Discussion ensued. Approved on the motion of Panel Member Davis and Panel Member Shaer seconded. Passed 5-0-0. Arts Commission Liaison Maldonado absent. Discussion and possible action to approve the Prospectus for the Austin Convention Center Expansion AIPP Project. Public Art Consultant Sue Lambe and City of Austin Capital Delivery Services Project Management Supervisor Riley Triggs presented. Discussion ensued. Approved on the motion of Panel Member Woods and Panel Member Davis seconded. Passed 5-0-0. Arts Commission Liaison Maldonado absent. STAFF BRIEFINGS 9. Art in Public Places Staff Updates on Conservation, Current Projects, and Milestones by Art in Public Places Staff Frederico Geib, Sean Harrison, Lindsay Hutchens, Bryana Iglesias, Alex Irrera. Acting Cultural Arts Division Manager Laura Odegaard provided an update on the AIPP Program Manager and three AIPP Coordinator Sr. hiring processes. One of the new AIPP Coordinator Sr. positions will be focused solely on Convention Center AIPP projects. AIPP Staff Lindsay Hutchens updated that Panel that the AIPP project at Austin Fire Department Station 51 / Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services Station 40 has now been inspected and approved as securely installed. AIPP Staff Alex Irrera reminded the Panel that applications to fill the vacancy on the AIPP Panel are due June 17, 2024. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS None. ADJOURNMENT Chair Lemmo adjourned the meeting at 7:45 PM without objection. The minutes were approved at the July 1, 2024, Art in Public Places Panel meeting on Vice Chair Muzacz’s motion, Panel Liaison Maldonado’s second on a 5-0-0 vote with two vacancies.