Public Art Panel
Meeting Minutes
15 February
2018
Public Art Panel Meeting
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Venue
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Council Chamber, Station Street, Mullumbimby
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Date
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Thursday, 15 February 2018
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Time
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9.00am
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Minutes of the Public
Art Panel Meeting held on Thursday, 15 February 2018
File No: I2018/236
PRESENT: Cr
J Hackett, Cr S Ndiaye
Staff: Joanne
McMurtry (Community Development Officer)
Community
Representatives: Rick Molloy, Julie Lipsett, Matthew Baird, Denise
Napier, Lisa Hochhauser
Cr Sarah Ndiaye (Chair) opened the meeting
at 9.45am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on
Bundjalung Country.
Apologies:
Peter Wood (Arts Northern Rivers),
Sharon Sloane (Bundjalung of Byron Bay (Arakwal) Corporation), Kelly Reiffer,
Robert Bleakley
Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary
There were no declarations of
interest.
Adoption
of Minutes from Previous Meetings
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Committee Recommendation:
That the minutes of the Public Art Panel Meeting held on 28
September 2017 be re-confirmed.
(Ndiaye/Baird)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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Note: the Public Art Panel Meeting held on 30 November 2017
did not achieve quorum.
Business Arising from Previous Minutes
Arising from the presentation
made to the PAP on 28 September by the architect for the new YHA development in
Byron Bay, it was noted by Panel members that the public art did not appear to
be compliant with the Chapter D8 Public Art from the Development Control Plan
(2014) as it was not visible from the street.
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Committee Recommendation:
The Panel request further investigation of the use and
compliant to development contributions in relation to the YHA youth hostel
development and the apparent failure to comply with the presentation that was
made to the Public Art Panel on 28 September 2017.
(Ndiaye/Baird)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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Committee Recommendation:
That development contributions accepted for Public Art are
quarantined for Public Art and anything that contravenes this request needs
to be presented to the Public Art Panel.
(Ndiaye/Napier)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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Staff Reports -
Corporate and Community Services
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Report No. 4.1 Byron
Bike Rack Project in collaboration with Stone & Wood
File No: I2017/2090
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The Public
Art Panel are invited to the announcement of the winner which will be held at
Stone & Wood premises in the Byron Industrial Estate from 5 – 7pm on
Thursday 8th March 2018.
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Report No. 4.2 Brunswick
Nature Sculpture Walk - request for funding
File No: I2017/2091
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Public Art Panel recommend to Council:
1. to
support the Brunswick Nature Sculpture Walk 2018 event by contributing
$10,000 from the public art budget where Panel members will be consulted
regarding the acquisition of a permanent sculpture for Brunswick Heads
following the event.
2. to
note that the event will:
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Enable established interstate artists to provide workshops for
local sculptors and community
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Curate sculptures, focusing on local and interstate sculptors
whom work with environmental themes
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Provides a good springboard for emerging artists
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Was a well run event in 2015.
(Hochhauser/Molloy)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.3 Mullumbimby
Sculpture Walk - request to develop an MoU with Creative Mullumbimby
File No: I2018/85
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Public Art Panel recommend to Council to develop
an MOU with Creative Mullumbimby to develop a mutually beneficial partnership
for public art in Mullumbimby.
(Molloy/Lipsett)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.4 Byron
Gateway Wall - request for funding
File No: I2017/2092
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Committee Recommendation:
The Public Art Panel recommend to Council that considering
the adoption of the draft Public Art Strategy and its stated focus resources
on more permanent and sculptural works for the Shire that are well managed
and require less ongoing maintenance:
1. the
proposal for the Byron Gateway Wall is supported in principle.
2. the
Panel do not support the allocation of funds to this project.
(Lipsett/Hochhauser)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.5 Draft
Public Art Strategy
File No: I2017/2093
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Public Art Panel recommend to Council to endorse
the draft Public Art Strategy and draft Public Art Policy and place them on
public exhibition for 28 days, with any submissions to be reported back to
the Public Art Panel.
(Napier/Baird)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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There being no further business the meeting concluded at 11.15am.