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September 19, 2006
Minutes
The Art in Public Places Advisory Board met on September 19, 2006 in the Council Chambers of
the Municipal Complex, located at 10500 North Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The
Chair and Vice Chair were absent so a motion was made, seconded and passed -for William
Leizman to serve as temporary Chair for this meeting. The meeting was called to order by
temporary Chairperson William Leizman at 5:30 p.m. and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
I. Roll Call
Members Present
Myra Davis
Ellen Dukes
Marilyn Spungin
William Leizman
Diane Cappella
Georgia Heard O'Brien 2nd Alternate
Members Absent
Linda Oliver. Chairperson
Lee Bickford Vice Chairperson .
Ted Thobum 1' Alternate
Liaisons Present
Eric Jablin — Councilmember and Council Liaison .
Brad Wiseman — Planning Manager and Staff Liaison
Charlotte Presensky — Recreation Director and Staff Liaison to Advisory Committee
Also Present
Amy Stepp — Recreation Department
II: Approval of the Minutes
The Board approved the minutes from the June 22; 2006 meeting in a 6 -0 Vote
Myra Davis Yes
Ellen Dukes Yes
Marilyn Spungin Yes
William Leizman Yes
Diane Cappella Yes
Georgia Heard O'Brien Yes
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III. Old Business
Staff Update - Legacy Place Obelisk and Bascom Palmer
Brad Wiseman presented an update and presentation on the Legacy Place Obelisk. The original
location was shifted a few feet to the North due to a utility, conflict. It was installed in the same
general location in the approved plans and is closer to PGA Boulevard.
Myra Davis stated that the Board should develop a set of questions that will allow members to gain
insight to determine the scale, size, height and location before approval, and how to visualize
location from a set of plans. This sculpture originally appeared to be in the middle, front; now it is
located way off to the side. Brad Wiseman responded that it comes from reviewing more plans.
Myra Davis stated she thought they had all gained a valuable lesson; the original picture of the
obelisk submitted was a tiny man and the actual scale is •not even close`to the final product. Brad
Wiseman restated that it had to be relocated due to some utility conflict and that it ended up in a
better location, more visible. He told members that an amendment had already been added to the
code regarding Art in Public Places language on the scale of documents that more accurate
depictions had to be submitted for approval.
William Leizman noted that due to the landscaping -at the Bascom Palmer sculpture would look
better on a pedestal. Myra Davis agreed that the sculpture was beautiful,, but that the landscaping
around it made it look ridiculous and the spirit of the sculpture had been killed. Brad Wiseman
stated it had been installed per plans and that it would be at the volition of the developer to shift or
move it.
William Leizman asked when the benches at Legacy Place would be ready. Brad Wiseman said he
would look into it and report back to the Committee.
There. was a discussion among the members regarding future recommendations and determination
prior to approval of the exact location, the direction the art will be placed, the amount of
landscaping and if the art should be placed on a pedestal.
W. Art Impact Fund
Angela Wong, Operations Manager, Community Services Department, stated to the committee
members that a couple of meetings ago they had been asked to think about how to spend the art
impact fund. At the time, $300,000 was available; and now it is up to $400,000. She asked the
Committee to begin development of a Capital Five Year Plan to utilize these funds. Eric Jablin and
Charlotte Presensky were present to clarify how the Parks and Recreation department developed
their plan and to assist committee members in prioritizing their own plan. Angela Wong distributed
maps with tentative locations for future art displays and informed members that Palm Beach
County has funds available through the, State that provides a 50% matching grant'for art. Although
applications are available now, the City is going to shoot for next year because the purchasing
process takes several months to get a proposal on. the table. The City will be targeting the
November 2007 deadline. The grant will pay between $10,000 to $100,000 per project. She
stressed this would be a great opportunity for members to think about what areas in the City would
benefit from having nice pieces of art displayed.
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Charlotte Presensky, Recreation Director in the Community Service Department, stated that the
Recreation Advisory Committee had worked aggressively on their five -year capital improvement
plan. Like the Art in Public Places committee, they too have a fund to spend on recreation
facilities. Charlotte Presensky stated she was at the meeting tonight to work with this Committee
on developing a planning process to set out priorities for their art impact fund, the outlined options
that were available and stated the Palm Beach County matching funds were available. You do not
know up front if you will receive the funds, and have to go through the process, deciding what type
of art and where you want to place the art. Once that package is together and you know the amount
of dollars needed, the City has to allocate those dollars, then you submit to the County and they in
turn tell you if they want to be a partner in funding that project. Essentially, up front, if a piece of
artwork costs $50,000 and you've gone through the process, decided the location, recommended
the art to the City Council, then application is made to the County and they decide to become a
partner, they decide to give you $25,000, this $25,000 can be spent at a later date; on the other
hand if the County said no, you would have the project done but would not receive any funds from
the County to spend at a later date.
Eric Jablin stated that in the past this committee had a feel for what they wanted. Impact fees in the
past have been used well. The plaza at City Hall was done to get the building up, and he came to
the meeting tonight to speak to the committee about the redesign of the plaza. One of the major
entries to City Hall is through the plaza and he would like to enhance the plaza with artwork. ,
Using the grant program explained by Charlotte, he said the money could be doubled. Eric Jablin
came to get this Art Advisory Board involved and asked for the committee's input during the next
month to get priorities set up for the art impact funds.
Charlotte Presensky said the Burns Road facility would also be an excellent location for artwork.
Over the next four weeks she asked for a Capital Improvement Five Year Plan to be developed and
setting priorities for where artwork is to be displayed. She asked members to visit the locations on
the maps and at the next meeting come back with their top five or ten locations during the next five
years such as the Plaza, the Burns Road facility, a fire station or a park. At the next meeting those
decisions, pinpointing locations could be done, then allocations along with dollars could be built.
Within six months a capital plan for putting art in public places will be built. Members were
encouraged to also think about designing a cultural facility for artists to work, for performance
areas, and for public display of art on loan. Charlotte Presensky said she would like to see her
committee and this committee come together and combine their impact fees for use as a cultural
facility. Eric Jablin said the City was also looking into using capital funds for these art and cultural
purposes with a gathering place for 300 to 400 people. Eric Jablin said there is also $800,000
earmarked for culture and between the impact fees and grant money there are lots of monies
available. Charlotte Presensky said that spaces are up for review such as at the Tennis Center just
North of Bent Tree for use to develop a cultural facility, and we already own the land. Eric Jablin
said there is also 82 acres on the books just north of there that the County is looking at for a
regional park, and could be a place for a cultural facility.
Myra Davis asked if any of the funds could be used for a writer's series. Charlotte Presensky stated
that impact fees could not be used for that purpose, but she said a writer's series is something that
the Recreation Department could entertain through their special revenue fund. Eric Jablin told
members that if they were interested in a writers program, the art council and the recreation
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program should put together a proposal and he could take it to the Council as a special allocation.
Charlotte Presensky said they were working on a Request for Proposal for putting together
festivals and activities to utilize the Burns Road campus. This would entail using professional
companies that would come in and do an art show or something such as a fly fishing show,
something that meets every gambit of the population we serve. She said the first thing they are
doing is partnering with the Chamber of Commerce to do an ArtiGras — Art in the - Gardens, with
50 artists there on the first weekend in November on the trail under the oak trees at Burns Road. In
addition, during the holiday season the Recreation department has contracted a professional arts &
crafts company called A Broken Mold to elevate the quality of product on site with about 150
vendors.
Charlotte Presensky asked the members to bring back five to ten locations to the next meeting.
Amy Stepper updated members about art for the Flyover and said the fabrication of the fourth
project is almost complete. The lighting demo showing the structures and the lighting system will
be sent to Brad Wiseman to distribute the members. Amy said it looks exactly like the conceptual
drawings and is magnificent. It is aimed for the week of October 20, 2006 for delivery and ground
breaking; we are awaiting confirmation of that date. Eric Jablin said we will be planning a nice
event.
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V. Adjournment
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 6:32 p.m.
Approval:
Attest:
Tuesd y Craig
Municipal Services Coordinator,
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(Dianetppella, Bo Member
Ellen Dukes, oard Member
Marilyn Spungin, Board Member
Ted Thoburn, Alternate Board Member
Georgia Heard - O'Brien, Alternate Board
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Note: These summary minutes are prepared in compliance with 286.011 F.S. and are not verbatim
transcripts of the meeting. A verbatim audio record is available from the Office of the City Clerk.
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