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CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE
PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
July 11, 2016
COMMITTEE: Present: Nathan Samuel, Dawn Spyker—JPAA, Paul Northam, Jay Ellis, Melissa Goforth,
and John McCarthy
GUEST: Richard Eklund
Meeting was called to order at 5:32pm
1. Approval of minutes from June 13, 2016
• With following changes Under New Business"pant"was changed to"paint'; and under
Report" the 3`d bullet changed from "State Rep"to"a number of Representatives from the
State, including Sen. Ron Grooms";
• Paul Northam made a motion to approve the minutes, Jay Ellis 2"d—4-0(Melissa Goforth
had not arrived yet);
2. New Business:
• View Glow in the Dark Materials for possible walking path from Big 4 to ACD(arts and
cultural district):
■ Spyker had everyone go outside holding bags of samples that "charged"when in the
sunlight,when the group came back inside they glowed brilliantly in a dark area.
Next step is to get Redevelopment Commission to approve moving forward, since it
would be on their property and part of their project. Spyker to contact Director Waiz
and Mayor Moore.
• Review Survey Monkey Questions for mural subject(floodwall call due 15`h of July):
■ The RFQ is due this Friday;
■ Discussion on what question(s)to put on website, "what do you see as the next panel
being for the floodwall?"—McCarthy suggested adding categories for people to rate
or select. Spyker will modify and put up questions and get ProMedia to share it or
post it as well.
• Basketball Court Design Approval (Vissing Park):
• In his role as Parks Director, Paul Northam was seeking assistance with the design
for naming two courts (Mike Flynn and Tony Winburn);
■ Input and suggestions were given based on the suggestions shown, any of the ones
shown are approved by the Art Commission;
• Was suggested that small, die-bond, signs be made up stating who each person is
so people using the Courts will know the meaning.
• IAC Grant Approved:
• Spyker shared that our$5,000 grant was approved for the sand sculpting.
3. Report/Updates:
• Sugar Skull-website up and looks great, JHS band committed;
• SBD Chalk Walk-went over items for the bag, discussed types of chalk and sizes of the
coloring areas, etc.;
• SBD Art related activities--Artisan Village, Chalk, Sand Sculpture,Art-chery, etc.
• Arts& Cultural District Meeting Developments-phone conference slated for 15"' with
Carmen Lethig IHCDA;
• Bicentennial Puppet Project(July 30`h Guest Speaker Jennifer Goodlander, IU Professor of
Balinese Shadow Puppetry)coming. Commission approved overnight lodging since funding
is available thru the grant;
• Harmony Green Park dedication-next to Mom's Music-will be August 13`h;
• JEFF Fest-dragonflies have been hung on the fence at Allison Brook Park;
• Swing Sculpture Maintenance is complete.
4. Public Comment:
• Richard Eklund asked about putting benches,trash cans and art pieces next to the new
sidewalk being constructed on Middle Road/Allison Lane. Also asked about adding
landscaping to some of our projects, specifically mentioned JEFF Running Man and
Illuminate Claysburg.
Meeting adjourned at 7:02pm
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