Public Art Panel
Meeting Minutes
26 April
2018
Minutes of the Public
Art Panel Meeting held on Thursday, 26 April 2018
File No: I2018/790
PRESENT: Cr
J Hackett, Cr S Ndiaye
Staff: Sarah
Ford (Manager Community Development)
Chris
Larkin (Manager Sustainable Development – item 4.3)
Joanne
McMurtry (Community Project Officer)
Invited
Members: Peter Wood (Arts Northern Rivers)
Community
Representatives: Rick Molloy, Julie Lipsett, Matthew Baird, Denise
Napier, Lisa Hochhauser
Cr Ndiaye (Chair) opened the meeting at 9.05am
and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.
Apologies:
Apologies were received from Kelly
Reiffer. The Panel noted the resignation received from Robert Bleakley and
thanked him for his contribution to the Panel over the last 18 months.
Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary
Matthew Baird declared a non-pecuniary interest in Report 4.6.
The nature of the interest being that he knows the owner of the development.
Lisa Hochhauser declared a non-pecuniary interest in Report 4.5.
The nature of the interest being that she was involved voluntarily in offering
advice about the area where the Mullumbimby Gateway Sculptures are located.
Adoption
of Minutes from Previous Meetings
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Committee
Recommendation:
That the minutes of the Public Art Panel Meeting held on
15 February 2018 be confirmed.
(Baird/Lipsett)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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Business Arising from Previous Minutes
There was no business arising
from previous minutes.
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Procedural Motion
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Committee
Recommendation:
That Council change the order of business to deal with
Reports 4.6 and 4.3 next on the Agenda.
(Ndiaye/Hackett)
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. 4.6 Public
Art in development - Habitat
File No: I2018/642
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The Public Art
Panel provided feedback and comments to the planner attending the Public Art Panel
meeting about the proposed public artwork for the Habitat development.
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Report No. 4.3 Review
of Public Art Chapter of the 2014 Development Control Plan
File No: I2017/2089
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The Pubic Art
Panel noted the contents of this report and discussed a range of proposed
amendments for staff to research and consider further, requesting that a
draft of the amendment be brought back to the next Public Art Panel meeting
scheduled for 30 August 2018.
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Report No. 4.1 Byron
Bike Rack Project in collaboration with Stone & Wood
File No: I2018/640
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Public Art Panel recommend that Council:
1. Note
the success of the Stone & Wood Bike Rack project which proved to be an excellent
collaborative effort between Council and Stone & Wood resulting in a
benefit to the Byron Shire community;
2. Approve
the donation of ‘Happy Hoops’, the winning design, in four
locations in Byron Bay as public art
sculptural bike racks
3. Note
Council is responsible for the installation of the pieces from the Byron Streetscapes
Renewal budget and the ongoing maintenance of them as for any public
art piece owned by Council.
(Ndiaye/Molloy)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.2 Draft
Public Art Strategy matters
File No: I2018/641
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Public Art Panel recommend to Council:
1. That
a Public Art Panel extra-ordinary meeting be held from 3.30pm 15 May to
enable the discussion of submissions to the draft Public Art Strategy.
2. That
remaining unspent funds in the public art budget for 2017/18 be carried
forward to the 2018/19 financial year. This meets a recommendation of the
draft Public Art Strategy to ‘pool funds’ to create a realistic
public art budget for future commissions for quality public art.
3. That a
sub-committee of the following selected Public Art Panel members work with staff
to progress the commissioning of a public artwork for the Bayshore Drive Roundabout
Lisa Hochhauser, Matthew Baird, and Julie Lipsett (Denise Napier alternate).
Note Crs Ndiaye and Hackett will attend where possible.
(Ndiaye/Baird)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.4 Draft
Memorandum of Understanding with Creative Mullumbimby
File No: I2018/639
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Public Art Panel recommend to Council that it:
1. Adopt the draft
Memorandum of Understanding between Council and Creative Mullumbimby.
2. Note the Public Art
Panel members selected to work with Creative Mullumbimby as outlined
in the draft MOU are Cr Ndiaye (Cr Hackett alternate), Peter Wood and Denise Napier.
3. Authorises the
Manager Community Development to sign the MOU on behalf of Council.
(Wood/Hochhauser)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.5 Public
Art Proposal - Mullumbimby Gateway Sculptures - Repair, Refresh and Renew
File No: I2018/653
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This report was
deferred until the extraordinary meeting of the Public Art Panel to be held
on 15 May 2018.
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There being no further business the meeting concluded at 11.04am.
