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BUSINESS &ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Monday,December17,2018@ 5:15 PM
City Council Chambers
MEETING MINUTES
City Councilors Present: Graham, Tremble, Nealley, Supica, Weston, Sprague,
Schaefer, Nichols
City Staff Present: Emery, Bolduc, Conlow
1.Appointments to the Board of Directors of the Bangor Airport Civic
Development Corporation \[BanAir Corporation\]
S. Bolduc introduced the item. Councilor Nealley moved staff recommendation,
seconded by Councilor Tremble. Vote unless doubted, no doubt.
2.Commission on Cultural Development Grant Recommendations
a.Individual Artist Project: Nina Jerome tosupport her project to createa
series of large-scale mixed-media drawings for anupcoming show at
UM Art Museum.
b.Bangor Community Theatre to support the production of I Remember
Mama.
c.Peace and Justice Center to support the creation of the Peaceful
Pathwaysartistic element of their community garden.
d.Penobscot Contra Dancers to support their Open Bandand Family
Dance education and community outreach initiative.
e.Penobscot Theatre to support their production of Fun Home.
f.Ten Bucks Theatre to support their productionsof The Complete
Works of William Shakespeare Abbreviated and The Elephant Man
(revised request that included only programming expenses).
Director Emery introduced the items. Councilor Supica moved staff
recommendation, seconded by Councilor Tremble. Councilor Weston offered an
amendment to consider items a-e, saving item f for discussion. The motion was
seconded by Councilor Nealley. Councilor Supica agreed to let her motion be
amended. Vote unless doubted on amending the motion, no doubt.
Item f, Ten Bucks Theatre, was discussed in more detail. The original request
included capital expenditures to renovate their space at the Bangor Mall. Staff
reached out to Ten Bucks Theatre to ask them to modify the request to remove
capital expenditures, as the CCD funds are intended to support programming –
not capital. Ten Bucks Theatre agreed, and Director Emery shared an email that
documented this exchange. Councilor Weston had concerns about funding things
that seem like a line item in an annual budget. Councilor Sprague expressed
interestin programming that takes place in public spaces. Councilor Graham has
concerns about funding programs that would take place anyway. Director Emery
noted that the CCD has to complete an annual report at the end of 2018, and in
early 2019 we can use this as an opportunity to detail how the Council wishes to
see the CCD focus their work moving forward.
Vote on items a-e was 5 in favor, 0 opposed.
Vote on item f was a vote unless doubted, no doubt.
3.Other business
There being no other business, a motion was made to adjourn at 5:37 pm.