Public Art Panel
Meeting Minutes
29 October
2020
Minutes of the Public
Art Panel Meeting held on Thursday, 29 October 2020
File No: I2020/1656
PRESENT: Cr
J Hackett, Cr S Ndiaye, Cr S Richardson
Staff: Joanne
McMurtry (Community Project Officer)
Rob
Appo (Acting Community & Cultural Development Coordinator)
Invited
Members:
Community
Representatives: Rick Molloy, Julie Lipsett, Denise Napier, Lisa
Hochhauser, Jack Dods
Cr Ndiaye
(Chair) opened the meeting at 2.06pm and acknowledged that the
meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.
Apologies:
There were no apologies.
Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary
There were no declarations of
interest.
Adoption of Minutes
from Previous Meetings
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Report No. 3.1 Adoption
of Minutes from Previous Meeting
File No: I2020/1626
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Committee Recommendation:
That the minutes of the Public Art Panel Extraordinary Meeting
held on 20 August 2020 be confirmed.
(Napier/Molloy)
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 Mullumbimby
Talking Street Trial
File No: I2020/1606
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Public Art Panel:
1. Notes
the project information provided;
2. Provides
the following feedback:
a. The
Panel supports a delay in the project’s art components due to time and
budgetary pressures and requests that the art coordinator role be delivered
by the incoming Arts and Cultural Officer who will work with the project team
to deliver the art components of the project.
b. That
the Arts and Culture officer propose some delivery options for the art
components within the Talking Street.
3. Notes
that existing Public Art Panel members also participate in the Place Planning
Collective and could assist as a conduit between the two to support a more
integrated approach to delivering shared public art and placemaking outcomes.
(Lipsett/Napier)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Cr Richardson left the meeting.
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Report No. 4.2 Public
Art Conservation and Maintenance
File No: I2019/1228
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Public Art
Panel:
1. Notes
the current list of Public Artworks in Council’s Asset Management
System.
2. Notes
that the recently adopted Open Spaces Asset Management Plan includes public
art assets and identifies that current budget allocation for assets outlined
in the plan is insufficient to sustain assets at the desired standard.
3. Recommends
Council establishes a Public Art Maintenance Reserve in the Open Spaces and
Recreation budget of $10,000 per annum, commencing in the 2021/22 financial
year, to cover the cost of annual inspections, conservation and maintenance.
4. That
the Public Art Maintenance budget be spent only on works that are not
scheduled for replacement or maintenance under a separate Council budget or
project.
(Dods/Molloy)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Lisa Hochhauser left the
meeting.
Business Arising from Previous Minutes
An update was provided verbally
about the status of the Memento Aestates project.
A verbal update was provided re
the commencement of the new Arts and Culture Officer.
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No. 4.3 Brunswick
Nature Sculpture Walk Request for Funding
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Committee
Recommendation:
That regarding a request for
funding for the Brunswick Nature Sculpture Walk event in 2021, the Public Art
Panel recommend Council supports the request with $5000 towards the 2021
event and encourages them to apply for further funds if needed when the
Public Art Small Grants funding becomes available.
(Ndiaye/Napier)
The recommendation was put
to the vote and declared carried.
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There being no further business the meeting concluded at 4.25pm.
