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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes_ARTAB_02.15.2011Notice of Meeting of the Arts and Culture Board City of Georgetown, Texas Tuesday, February 15, 2011 The Arts and Culture Board will meet on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 04:30 PM in the Lecture Hall, GISD 9th Grade Campus, 4490 E. University Ave., Georgetown If you need accommodations for a disability, please notify the city in advance. Arts and Culture Board Members: Charles Aguillon, Dar Richardson, Kaki Bassi, Karen Lange, Mandy Solin, Philip Baker, Steve Proesel Arts and Culture Board meets every third Tuesday of the month at 4:30 p.m. unless otherwise specified. Call to Order at 04:30 PM The 9th Grade Campus is east on Hwy 29, about 2 miles past the Southwestern campus, just east of Hwy 130. There is a stoplight at the entrance to the 9th Grade Campus. After you park, go in the east entrance. The Principal’s Office will be on the right, the Lecture Hall on the left. A. Call to order B. Announcements regarding upcoming events C. Citizens wishing to address the Board D. Consideration and approval of minutes of January 18, 2011 E. Consideration of and possible action on 1. Information regarding the 2011-12 Budget process – Laurie Brewer, Assistant Director, Finance 2. Meeting with Paul Brandenburg – Charles Aguillon, Eric Lashley 3. State of the Arts Conference debriefing – Steve Proesel, Mandy Solin, Dar Richardson 4. Lynette Wallace donation to the Board and 2011 Art in the Square – Eric Lashley 5. Placement of SU/3M grant sculpture – Dar Richardson 6. Georgetown Sculpture Tour article in the View – Karen Lange 7. Art for the Bark Park – Dar Richardson, Judy Fabry 8. Application for Cultural District Designation – Charles Aguillon 9. Schedule for future meetings – Judy Fabry Certificate of Posting I, Jessica Brettle, City Secretary for the City of Georgetown, Texas, do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting was posted at City Hall, 113 E. 8th Street, a place readily accessible to the general public at all times, on the _____ day of _________________, 2011, at __________, and remained so posted for at least 72 continuous hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting. __________________________________ Jessica Brettle, City Secretary Minutes of the Meeting of the Arts and Culture Board City of Georgetown, Texas Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Members Present: Charles Aguillon, Philip Baker, Karen Lange, Steve Proesel, Dar Richardson, Mandy Solin Members Absent: Kaki Bassi Staff Present: Eric Lashley, Library Director; Judy Fabry, Library Administrative Assistant; Laurie Brewer, Director of Finance Others Present: Judy Ommen, President of Georgetown Art Works A. Charles Aguillon called the meeting to order at 4:32 p.m. The meeting was held in the Lecture Hall at the 911, Grade Campus of GISD B. There were no announcements of upcoming events. C. There were no citizens wishing to address the Board. D. Mandy Solin moved to accept the minutes of January 18, 2011 as distributed and Philip Baker seconded the motion. It passed unanimously. E. Consideration of and possible action on 1. Information regarding the 2011 -12 Budget process - Laurie Brewer Director of Finance Laurie went over the most recent City survey of citizens' concerns and priorities, which was conducted in 2010 and included responses to phone questionnaires and online questionnaires. Citizens' priorities in descending order were: traffic, managing growth and development, schools, and taxes. Public safety is not a concern for most who responded. Laurie then handed out a questionnaire for the Board to complete as a group at the March meeting and to return to Finance by April 15. 2. Meeting with Paul Brandenburg - Charles Aguillon Eric Lashley. Eric, Charles, and Judy Ommen met on February 10 with City Manager Paul Brandenburg and Facilities Manager Terry Jones, to discuss the possible development of an arts center in the old police station after the police move to a new public safety facility, which is tentatively scheduled for completion in 2014. Eric gave Paul a memo outlining the recommendations of the Arts and Culture Board subcommittee: basically, a visual arts center, not a performing arts center. During the ensuing discussion they talked about the difference between an art center and a museum, which seemed to clarify some points for Paul. They also talked about the interests of the Williamson Museum, which is in establishing a cultural arts district, not an arts center, but Mickie Ross would support establishment of an arts center. The group asked Paul to allow the Arts and Culture Board to do the "day in the life of an arts center" presentation to Council and they also emphasized the importance of hiring a City staff member to manage the arts center. Paul seemed interested in the Board sharing ideas but was less enthusiastic about the staff person. He said it might be possible for the "day in the life..." presentation to take place on March 8, when Council will discuss the public safety bond. Paul seemed to think that an arts center could generate some money, but never enough to be self - sustaining. Judy Ommen added her thoughts about the conversation they'd had with Paul, saying she'd always imagined that an employee to manage an arts center would be funded through a grant. Charles pointed out that relying on a local arts organization to be the funding source or source of management for an arts center is improbable because boards change regularly. Only the City can provide the stable employment situation that managing an art center would demand. 3. State of the Arts Conference debriefing — Steve Proesel Mandy Solin Dar Richardson Steve, Mandy, and Dar traveled to Austin on January 31 and February 1 to attend the State of the Arts conference, sponsored by the Texas Commission on the Arts. They did a presentation about the sessions each attended and what they learned. Their consensus seemed to be that the conference would be most valuable for members of the boards of local arts organizations and they suggested that the Arts and Culture Board might fund scholarships to send representatives of local organizations to the next conference. There was much information about the purpose of nonprofit boards and fundraising strategies. They learned about the Texas Arts Calendar and believed it would be a good tool for Georgetown organizations to use to advertise their events. The town of Clifton, Texas, has a video on YouTube (Texas Cultural Trust) that should inspire the board to continue their good work. Steve Proesel left the meeting at 5:10 p.m. 4. Lynette Wallace donation to the Board and 2011 Art in the Square — Eric Lashley. Eric reported that Lynette had donated $400 to the Board. She also asked the Board to host the artists reception for the 2011 Art in the Square event. 5. Placement of SU /3M grant sculpture — Dar Richardson. Eric apologized to Dar for perhaps stepping into a project that Dar had been working on. Eric spoke with Eric Nuner (Parks Dept.) and they agreed that the Rivery Park would be a good location for the Ripperda horned toad sculpture that the Board purchased with the 3M grant money. Parks staff will build a permanent pad for the piece in that location. Rivery Park is also the location of the banners that a Southwestern student created with another portion of the 3M grant. 6. Georgetown Sculpture Tour article in the View — Karen Lange. Karen reported that at the very last minute the article about the sculpture tour had been cut from the February issue. There was some discussion about "shopping" our article around, perhaps to the Community Impact. Karen said she would tell her editor that we were thinking of taking the story elsewhere if the View doesn't want to run it. 7. Art for the Bark Park — Dar Richardson, Tudy FabryJudy will put this item on the agenda again when the new Board members will be present. A subcommittee needs to be appointed to investigate possible art for the Bark Park. 8. Application for Cultural District Designation — Charles Aguillon. There was no new information on this topic. 9. Schedule for future meetings — Judy Fabry. No changes were proposed for future meetings. Everyone thanked Charles for his five years of service to the Board and for being a good leader the past two years. Charles adjourned the meeting at 5:50 p.m. and the group went to the area of the building where the banners from the 2009 Art in the Square are now hanging. A reception for the artists followed. Respectfully submitted, Steve Proesel, Secretary Charles Aguillon, Chair 0 • Purpose ❖ Provides feedback to Council "Report card" on how the city has managed resources Assists Council in allocating future budget resources Process :• National Service Research (NSR) conducted 2010 survey > Telephone and online. First year NSR has done Georgetown survey :• City utility billing telephone list used for 400 completed surveys :• Distributed proportionately within 4 quadrants Mar -in of error plus of minus 5% at a 95% confidence lever Added online survey City website •: Received 337 responses. Survey Highlights Purpose History e• .Process :• Results History •:• First conducted in 2001 Primarily planning and development survey :• Adjusted to measure quality of services and important priorities for the City Conducted bi-annually Survey Questions ❖ Asked 52 questions: • Character/quality of life -..Transportation issues a Economic development City services — satisfaction levels e• Safety •:•Communication .-..Results reflect telephone survey data unless otherwise indicated • • 0 Results - Demographics ❖Mean age •:•Telephone survey-53years •:•Online survey — 47 years •:•Retired v31 % telephone survey •:• 18% online survey •:•Own versus rent i+72% own, 26% rent — telephone survey •: 79". own, 15% rent — online survey Results - Demographics No children in household Telephone survey -704'o •: Online survey — 67% :• Race :• Caucasian— telephone 86%, online 83% :• African Am. — telephone 3%. online 1% Hispanic/Latino — telephone 6%, online 6% Asian —telephone 1%, online 1% :• Other— telephone 3%, online 29•u Results —What do people like about living 010 Georgetown? • `:• Good caring people h Location •:• Recreation opportunities •: Community spirit •:• 2008 •:• Location •: Good caring people •: Community spirit :• Beauty/natural environment 2004 ?• Location Good caring people :• Beauty/natural environment RI 'Wll `: Community Cplflt Results - Demographics -.-Quadrant of residence -.'-NW — 47% telephone, 44% online -:-SW — 14%telephone, 131/b online -:-NE — 21 % telephone, 22% online •:o SE — 18% telephone, 21% online -.*-Years lived in City •: Less than 5 years — 51 % telephone, 430'o online -*-Mean years lived in Georgetown Telephone 9 years .-Online 10 years _ Results - Top Issues :• Traffic/transportation (66%) •: Continues to be one of highest concerns :• Managing growth and development (59%) :• Also rated high as a top issue City will face in next 5 years Education/schools (36%) :• Taxes (32%) :• Issues same as 2008, 2006 and 2004 surveys Results — Changes that would make Georgetovoi a better place to live -.-Residents feel improvements: •: 20°'o - Traffic situation 15% -Managing growth/development :• 13%- More employment opportunities S• 11%- Public transportation •: I1°o - Nothing, like it as it is •:•9%- Greater retail selection ❖Top 2 priorities retrained unchanged since 2004. S•Online respondents tat priority=public transportation - 23% mv'w r� u r �J • Results — Transportation l st rp iorit�City should direct resources to make reality :• 29% Improvements to existing road systems ;• 22% Passenger rail service between Georgetown. Austin & San Antonio 14% Bus/rapid transit between Georgetown & Austin :• 13% IIOV lanes between Georgetown & Austin :• 13% Fixed route bus system within Georgetown Results — Economic Development •: Aspects of economic growth residents feel the City should make a priority: :•Job creation 48% Downtown retail 14% Citywide tourism 11% -,-Regional shopping centers 7% -,• Industrial recruitment 6% QualityResults — f� yT. Results — Transportation Support for Various Transportation Options - Fixed route bus system supported by 50% of telephone and 57" b of online respondents. air• :.,...*� w,.wwa. :w,a., A Apudi V�•Yw 4vJ noun bw iveo• N+ww dk uy jw1,M VW.:1: 1].)1. I1 Ey�N ad•nYt•t+y.uw OefW •xW M51 NGu•aW Nafaaam aw]yp by � fo Tlyer J1.1 SO.t C. Apm�gaN nnm Ew�Je Cry fl Nliw pa vcr mdry w M+M.MRbf6J!Kp ILL4 1).1 1).f)t4{q bis Lnm Pia r+a•J�C•Y 1f•��ILf NI�w nC��n w •..nys !y up b 5Lt'ym .6 l]3 Results — Street Maintenance Majority of residents (95% of telephone respondents) reported that the maintenance and surface condition of their local neighborhood streets exceeds or meets their expectation. s• Unchanged since 2008. Residents report their local neighborhood streets have improved or stayed the same. Few (6% of telephone respondents) reported they have gotten worse. Results — Primary Public Sal!* Issue Effecting..... Your Neighborhood •:• The City t• Traffic violations 11110 : Traffic violations 18% :• Pedestrian safety 9% e• Pedestrian safety 6% a Animals running at large Burglaries- 90,10 homes/businesses 6ob Vandalism 41,o Drug abuse 4% :• None 17% r• Driving under influence 4% Don't know 34% None 150'0 Don't know 36% 58% of citizens feel "very safe" 33%"safe)" 9'n` • 7 Results — Georgetowrt Retail Preferences •> Maintaining high percentage restaurant, clothing & grocery purchases. :•2010 survey added entertainment (68% spent in Georgetown) and arWculture (47% spent in Georgetown). Results — Value for Utility Dollars %Excellent/Good �a s E au tax } ��F a �r - ?. apw woB >nw xB�B NAYIOUL IB�VM'.1tlr1 Results — Value for Tax Dollars % Excellent/Good Box � 88.6 is �o BB.3'G BB.BY 8 ' Results — Utility Quality & Reliability Overall, residents pleased with quality & reliability of city services. Percentages in the chart above EXCLUDE those who reported "don't Altw receive"and "don Yk ow" recuBn Results — Customer Service % Excellent/Good Box as.s...... eas k311ow 9Mwx xtvaarl Results —City Services •FI—p1 .I.—appl —14nry paw. B1BB. In�p. unoru Percentages EXCLUDE "don Ylaow"responses smnr B6�+Yll February 3, 2011 Lynette Wallace Productions 44 Indian Clover Drive The Woodlands, TX 77381 Dear Lynette: On behalf of the Arts and Culture Board I send a sincere thank you for your donation of $400. As you know, the Board has received no funding from the City for two years and it is very difficult to do anything for the community without a budget. Even our borrowed sculptures are not free since we've promised small stipends to the artists to defray the costs of delivery and installation. So, I have no doubt that your gift will be deliberated over many times —to determine how it will be best used --before it is actually spent. • Your ongoing support, moral as well as financial, is greatly appreciated. And please don't give up on Art in the Square. It's Georgetown's best street event! Sincerely, Judy Fabry Administrative Assistant Georgetown Public Library 402 W. 8th Street Georgetown, TX 78626 judy.fabry@georgetown.org 0 REGISTRATION For persons who wish to address the Arts and Culture Board llate of Meeting v-66 Name NJ Address / If speaking for an or Name of Organization S Speaker's Official Capacity: Ac, The Arts and Culture Board Chair will recognize you when it is your turn to address the Board. If you have written notes or printed material that you wish to present to the Mayor or Council members, please furnish an extra copy for the Board Secretary. Each speaker is limited to three (3) minutes on any one item. A brief W non-repetitive presentation is generally the most effective. Thank for your cooperation. The Georgetown Arts and Culture Board