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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFebruary 13 z Meeting Time: Monday, February 13, 2017 at 7:00 PM Meeting Place: Parks and Recreation Building 26379 Fremont Road Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 1.Call to Order occurred at 7 pm Committee Members Present: Roger Burnell, Robyn Aber, Gail Solomon, Julie Arnheim, Oana Olteanu, Stacey Newman Committee Members Absent: Farah Tabatabai Associate Member: Kjell Karlsson (voted Associate Member at this meeting. Motion to make Kjell an Associate Member made by Stacey, seconded by Gail, approved by all. Motion passed) Guests in Attendance: Scott Vanderlip, Member of the Parks and Recreation Committee for the Town of Los Altos Hills, Sarah Robustelli, Community Services Supervisor for the Town of Los Altos Hills Committee discussed arranging a Tribute to Retired Member Karen Druker. Roger purchased an engraved vase to present to Karen. We discussed having an Appreciation Dinner for Karen as a Committee as well. TBD 2.Minutes of the Regular Meeting from February 9th, 2016 were not available. The minutes will be circulated to the Committee electronically for approval. 3.Presentations from the Floor (Public Visitors) Scott Vanderlip from the Parks and Recreation Committee proposed a piece of interactive art that his Committee wants sited at Westwind Barn. The art is a rustic hanging empty picture frame, labeled “Los Altos Hills”, roughly 4 feet x 4 feet, that visitors can take selfies behind. His inspiration came from art he saw in Harmony, CA. The LAH Parks and Recreation Committee approved the piece in October. Sarah Rosbustelli said that she would assist in dealing with potential Town issues. Motion to endorse placing this art at Westwind Barn made by Roger, seconded by Robyn, approved by all. Motion Passed. 4. Reports from any Members Travelling or Unable to Attend- None. LAH Public Art Committee Regular Meeting Minutes 5. Prior & Standing Business: Committee Administration. A.Roger presented a Review of Prior Acquisition: Sculpture: “Blue” •Legal proceedings are underway against Alan Osbourne, the fabricator. •Scott Atthowe has picked up the pieces of the sculpture. He will finish the work, Make adjustments to fit the existing base, paint and install the piece. Donor is paying for Scott Atthowe’s work. • Final Parklette Design, Titling & Dedication Plaque discussed. Scott Vanderlip will inform the Parks and Recreation Committee of Blue and the parklette design. Roger plans to order a second bench for the parklette after garnering approval from each Council member. Motion to approve the parklette design made by Roger,seconded by Stacey and approved by all. Motion passed. Preparations for Final City Approvals to come, i.e. structural engineering. “Ribbon-Cutting” preparations on standby. Targeting April 6th. Reception 5:00-5:30 pm, Ceremony/unveiling/acknowledgments 5:30- 6:00 pm. Press release will be crafted by Robyn and the marketing subcommittee. The press release will discuss the artist, her sculpture, the donors and the Town’s public art program. Discussed need for a punch list for ongoing maintenance of the art and parklette. Discussed possible need for a parking option. B.Review of Committee Master Program & Document (s) City approved acquisition of all three art pieces: “Peaceful Thoughts”, “Inspiration Bench”, and “Just Kid Play”. Titling and signage of the three pieces was discussed. Roger will ask the artists or their gallerists for examples/recommendations of signage used by other collectors. Committee feels that the two Gustavson works should have similar signage. Signage must be presented before the Town Council during their currently scheduled March 8th meeting. C.Review/Discussion of Sourcing, Donorship, Form of Contributions, Mechanics Roger informed the Committee that there is a particularly generous, unnamed donor who likes “Runners” by Richard Starks. Roger will bring samples of the work to our next committee meeting. In the meantime, we brainstormed different names for the art: Life Races, Racing Along, Keeping Pace, On the Move, Runners. D.A formal Review of the Site Selection Program has been completed by Roger. Public sites have been photographed and those photographs organized in a booklet. Gail and Oana reported visiting artist Patrick Dougherty. His work uses willow, is eco-friendly and degrades, is large in scale and expensive (>50K). He is booked with commissions until 2019. 6. Prior and Pending Business Not discussed except to mention that the rebuilt Art Reference Volumes are back at City Hall for all to see/use. 7. New Business: Frederick Prescott Studio Kinetic Sculptures will be discussed at the next PAC meeting. Committee members were asked to look at the catalogue previously distributed electronically to decide if they like the art or not and rank order the pieces they like most. The Studio’s website was not working when checked at the meeting. Robyn will let us know when the website is functioning again and/or she’ll request an updated catalog be forwarded to Committee members. The meeting was adjourned at 9:07 pm. The Next Meeting of the Public Art Committee is Monday, March 13th, 2017. Minutes submitted by Stacey Newman.