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Home My WebLink About2006-03-24 Commission on Cultural Development Minutes Commission for Cultural Development Minutes of Regular Meeting March 24, 2006 7:30 a.m. Minutes of Regular Meeting March 24, 2006 7:30 a.m. Bangor City Hall Council Chambers Bangor City Hall Council Chambers Attendees: Members: John Rohman, Chair Attendees: Members: John Rohman, Chair Evelyn Silver, Steve Ribble, Susan Carlisle, Susan Jonason, Sandra Leonard, Evelyn Silver, Steve Ribble, Susan Carlisle, Susan Jonason, Sandra Leonard, Geoff Gratwick Geoff Gratwick Staff: Sally Bates Staff: Sally Bates The Commissioners reviewed and voted to accept the minutes of the previous meeting. Sally Bates reported that the Charles Howard Foundation will contact the commission when the project designer is ready to meet with commissioners on the site of the proposed monument. Penobscot Theatre and Bangor Symphony both provided proposals for “project coordination and administration services-cultural survey”. Commissioners were given copies to review, with a goal of making a decision at the next meeting on April 27. Debbie Cyr, Finance Director for the City of Bangor, participated in a discussion about how the Commission can present its recommendation to City Council for the FY 2007 budget appropriation. She suggested that the Commission structure its recommendation in two parts, consisting of program funding and capital funding. Commissioners discussed the need to develop more specific procedures to assure Commissioners discussed the need to develop more specific procedures to assure that public art that is delivered is precisely what is proposed and installed. The that public art that is delivered is precisely what is proposed and installed. The consensus was that the Art in Public Places subcommittee will develop an consensus was that the Art in Public Places subcommittee will develop an application form that calls for shop drawings, an installation deadline, and a application form that calls for shop drawings, an installation deadline, and a statement that gives the City recourse to require removal of a piece that does statement that gives the City recourse to require removal of a piece that does not match the proposal. not match the proposal.