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Public Arts Advisory Committee Meeting

Agenda
Thursday, September 21, 2023

September 21, 2023
Regular Meeting
4:00pm–5:30pm, Siskiyou Conference Room
51 Winburn Way

I. CALL TO ORDER:

Introductions
Quorum count

II. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
“We acknowledge and honor the aboriginal people on whose ancestral homelands we work – the Ikirakutsum Band of the Shasta Nation, as well as the diverse and vibrant Native communities who make their home here today. We denounce the egregious acts of the colonizers and government and recognize the horrific impacts that still exist today. We honor the first stewards in the Rogue Valley and the lands we live and depend on: Tribes with ancestral lands in and surrounding the geography of the Ashland Watershed include the original past, present and future indigenous inhabitants of the Shasta, Takelma, and Athabaskan people. We also recognize and acknowledge the Shasta village of K’wakhaha - “Where the Crow Lights” - that is now the Ashland City Plaza.”

III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
August 17, 2023 regular meeting

IV. PUBLIC FORUM (for items not on the agenda)

V. LIAISON REPORTS
Liaisons: City Council Liaison, Gina DuQuenne; Community Development Liaison, Brandon Goldman; and APRC Liaison, TBD

VI. DISCUSSION ITEMS

City Council Annual Committee Update Presentation, October 3 – review and discuss items to be included in the report to council
Public Art Installation Story Map Project: Jamie Blankenship, City of Ashland GIS Technician, to present draft new version of the story map to the committee for discussion and feedback
Statues for Equity Project: Review and discuss the project and a possible task group to evaluate funding source for public art

VII. OTHER BUSINES: MOTIONS AND UPDATES

ODOT Controller Boxes
- Motion to authorize members Preskenis and Elbettar to appoint selection panel members for first three boxes
- Motion to authorize Task Group, Preskenis, Elbettar, Finkle to appoint 5 person selection committee for first 3 boxes in timely manner.
PAAC MAP II Task Group: Motion to authorize PAAC Task Group to develop a proposal to APRC for a long-term goal of a minimum of one work of Public Art in every park site installed with some public art funds and donated funds, and to include APRC and PAAC criteria for such works
Update: Haines & Friends Grant was submitted on August 29, 2023; grant awards to be announced early November
Update: bids for Public Arts Collection rack cards
Update: bids for prep and seal of ODOT controller boxes
Update: Golden Connections Medallions Installation
Update: Micah Blacklight “Ancestors Future-Crystalizing Our Call,” Say Their Names Project
Update: John Pugh Mural “Where The Crow Lights,” Elks Building