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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 1, 2026, virtual regular meeting. Chari Kristi-Anne Shaer called the meeting to order at 6:03 PM. Panel Members in Attendance: Kristi-Anne Shaer – Chair, Vice Chair – Lindsey Millikan, Fatima Carbajal, Bernardo Diaz, and Andrew Danziger. Panel Members Absent: Heidi Schmalbach – Arts Commission Liaison and Camille Jobe. Staff in Attendance: AIPP Manager: Jaime Castillo; AIPP Coordinator Senior: Rebecca Rende and Ileana Yordan-Cuevas. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. The minutes of the Art in Public Places Panel Regular Meeting on May 4, 2026. Lindsey Millikan made a motion to approve of the minutes from Art in Public Places Regular Panel Meeting on Monday, May 4, 2026, including an update to the spelling of her name, Bernardo Diaz seconded. Motion passes 4-0. STAFF BRIEFINGS 2. Staff briefing regarding Art in Public Places Program, including Conservation, Current Projects and Milestones. Presentation by Jaime Castillo, Art in Public Places Manager, Austin Arts, Culture, Music, and Entertainment. DISCUSSION ITEMS 3. Discussion of Arts Commission Liaison Report on Action Items from May 18, 2026, Arts Commission Meeting. Presentation by Heidi Schmalbach, Arts Commission Liaison. 4. Discussion of Austin Arts, Culture, Music, and Entertainment Creative Reset. Presentation by Morgan Messick, Assistant Director, Austin Arts, Culture, Music, and Entertainment. Item pulled by Jaime Castillo, Art in Public Places Manager. 5. Discussion of Art in Public Places administrative review. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 6. Approve a recommendation to Arts Commission for the Austin Convention Center Redevelopment (Phase 1) Art in Public Places Project Final Design. Presentation by Diego Miró-Rivera, Art in Public Places Artist, and Ileana Yordan-Cuevas, AIPP Coordinator Senior, Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment. Bernardo Diaz made a motion to approve the final design for the Austin Convention Center Redevelopment (Phase 1) Art in Public Places project to initiate the first 200 scans of production and for the project to return in the fall to update the Art in Public Places Panel. Lindsey Millikan seconded. Motion passes 6-0. 7. Art in Public Places Panel Guidelines and associated policies Working Group update and approval of letter to the Arts Commission. Fatima Carbajal made a motion to approve the Art in Public Places Guidelines and associated policies Working Group letter to the Arts Commission presented at the May 18, 2026 meeting with a request to leave the working group open until the Ordinance is presented to City Council. Bernardo Diaz seconded. Motion passes 6- 0. 8. Establish Art in Public Places Panel Working Group to discuss community engagement within Art in Public Places projects. Bernardo Diaz made a motion to revisit the formation of a Community Engagement Working Group to a later date. Fatima Carbajal seconded. Motion passes 6-0. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS • Discussion of Austin Arts, Culture, Music, and Entertainment Creative Reset. Presentation by Morgan Messick, Assistant Director, Austin Arts, Culture, Music, and Entertainment. • Establish Art in Public Places Panel Working Group to discuss community engagement within Art in Public Places projects. • Special Called Art in Public Places Panel meeting for Art in Public Places artwork Crosswalk on the Lake by Mery Godigna Collet and Luis R. Gutierrez deaccession per TXDOT memo October 8, 2025. ADJOURNMENT Kristi-Anne Shaer adjourned the Meeting at 7:55 PM. The minutes were approved at the July 6, 2026 meeting on Panel Member Lindsey Millikan motion, Panel Member Bernardo Diaz second on a 4-0 vote. Arts Commissioner Heidi Schmalbach and Panel Member Camille Jobe abstained.