HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-27-2008CITY OF
BURN
WASHINGTON
COMMUNITY CENTER
COMMITTEE
March 27, 2008
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Rich Wagner called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. in Council Chambers
located on the first floor of Auburn City Hall, 25 West Main Street, Auburn,
Washington. Committee members present were: Chair Rich Wagner, Vice Chair
Lynn Norman, Member Sue Singer. Also present were Human Resources
Director Brenda Heineman, Cultural Arts Specialist Megan Myers, Cultural Arts
Manager Laurie Rose, Human Resources Assistant Cheryl Abner.
Ron Harpel, BLRB Architects
Scott Evans, Tom Rengstorf & Associates
Heather Dwyer, 4Culture
Tanya Rottle, Arts Commission
Pat Gallagher, Arts Commission
Patricia Judd, Arts Commission
Nancy Colson, Arts Commission
Pam Smith, Arts Advocate
No audience members in attendance.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Chair Wagner made a correction to the minutes to include in a sentence
`sustainable design'. Vice Chair Lynn Norman made a motion to approve
minutes with correction from the March 27, 2008, meeting. Member Sue
Singer seconded.
Motion carried unanimously. 3-0.
DISCUSSION
A. Call for qualified artists, how to advertised, when to advertise?
Discussion was centered on the time needed to start the artist selection.
Heather Dwyer is to prepare an invitational call for artists which should
take about a week. The whole selection process takes about a month. A
panel to select a public artist to join the design team will consist of the
Community Center Committee and a couple of Arts Commissioners, as
well as a couple of general artists from the community. Chair Wagner
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recommended asking a member of the Arts Committee from Gig Harbor
and Federal Way to spend some time with our Committee.
B. Timing - critical decisions.
A schematic design is to be completed in May by BLRB. BLRB will
continue to design through the summer. An artist will be selected in May.
The job will be bid in January. Completion should be done by October 1
to go into RFQ.
C. Project schedule.
Discussion was centered on potential opportunity for public art related to
this project. Heather Dwyer from 4Culture is to write the scope for what is
essentially the RFQ. Brenda will oversee the inclusion of appropriate
schedule commitments in the scope of work. The question was asked if art
was wanted for both buildings or at one. Options for the gym are different.
If art that is currently in place is going to be moved, it will incur expense. It
is anticipated that R. Neimi piece, "You Are Here," can be protected from
construction activities so that it will not need to be moved. The Committee
favored concentrating the art funding at the Community Center rather than
the Gym/Tween/Teen Center. This is primarily because on-going
discussions about how the Tween/Teen Center will look, especially if
expanded in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club which would not
finalize until this summer, make it difficult to integrate artwork into it at this
time.
D. Review and discuss project design themes.
The committee discussed why the Community Center is being built, the
history of Auburn and what the committee wants the artist to convey. It is
important for the artist to understand that Auburn is a very unpretentious
community. It is a community of hardworking people, people putting their
work ethic to work and wanting to help other community members.
People come together to get the job done.
The Friendship Materials Storage Room was discussed. The focus is on
ethnic groups and the changing population in the city. This will hopefully
get people use to coming to a central place. This Room would be a start
toward that.
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IV.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m.
IZA APPROVED THE J G?/ DAY OFD 2008.
Rich Wagner, Chair
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