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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-03-05 Commission on Cultural Development Minutes CommissiononCulturalDevelopment March 5, 2021 by Zoom Minutes The meetingwas called to order at 8:32am with the following present: Jane Bragg, MargeMcGill,BarbaraMcDade,TristanGreenlaw,KevinSmith,KatherineMalia, Lovern Stockwell, Christina Berube, Angela Okafor (City Council), Betsy Lundy, Tanya Emery and Josh Saucier (City Staff) TheminutesoftheFebruarymeetingwereAPPROVEDunanimouslybyrollcallvoteon aMOTIONby Marge McGill with SECOND by Barbara McDade. A general discussion on the purpose of the Commission and the expectations of the City for the commission indicatedthat celebrating andpromoting the arts, leveraging funds (grants) to help sustain artists and arts organizations and maintaining a catalog of assets remain the primary workof thecommission. These track well with the three existing committees. JoshSaucier and Tanya helped thecommission understand the city’s Procurement Policy and the time needed to developarequiredRFP if desired for ARTober or other projects. The commission in and of itself is not authorized to take in or spend money. JoshGass from Launchpad anda memberofthe ARTober committee joined with some questions for clarification. A review of Ordinance Chapter23, Article III and the Charge to the CCD identified some areas for possible minor edits or amendments. This will be followed up. Afterreviewing a tentative draftfora new Arts and Culture Policy, an AdHoc committee was established with the taskof draftinga new policy document and a one year action plan andtorecommend edits or amendmentsto the Charge and the Ordinance. The chairs of theARTober,Grant and Cultural Asset Committee (Barbara McDade, Marge McGill and Aubrae Filipiak) were named to this committee. Briefreports from the committee chairs or representatives were heard. No actions taken. MargeMcGill, chairofthe Grant Committee,requesteda comprehensive report on past grants. Therebeingno other business,themeetingwas adjourned at 9:50 on a motion by Marge McGill with secondbyKevin Smith. Next Meetings April2 May 7 June 4 -Review of Spring Grant applications