MINUTES
2006-12-13
Meeting No. 11
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Tom Giantsopoulos Paul Leonidis Jane Perdue, Consultant Virginia Steffler, Committee Clerk Regrets
Judi McIntyre Anna Gauci Kelly McLeod Linda Irvine John Ryerson Councillor Alex Chiu |
Deborah Castello Elizabeth Chong Anna Gauci Priti Tripathi Councillor Joe Virgilio |
The eleventh meeting of the Markham Public Art Advisory Committee in 2006 convened at 7:14 p.m. Mr. Tom Giantsopoulous chaired the meeting.
1.
MINUTES OF THE
With no quorum, it was determined that the approval of the minutes would take place at the next meeting.
Mr. Paul Leonidis and Mr. Anderson Coward submitted written contributions to the draft Municipal Public Art Plan. Mr. Leonidis suggested adding a section in the plan entitled “Infrastructure” to describe how the Town can use public art to beautify existing and new infrastructure elements. Suggestions for the section include:
Mr. Leonidis suggested also emphasizing that public art be incorporated into the Town’s infrastructure elements in sections 2.4, 3.3, 5.1 and 6.1 of the draft plan. The committee agreed that where possible, images should be included in the plan to provide examples of the concepts and ideas being proposed.
Mr. Anderson Cooper suggested areas where public art opportunities exist, including the Skateboard park at McCowan & Bullock and land areas near Markham Fairgrounds.
The committee agreed that comments from the other MPAAC members should be provided for the section on neighbourhoods. The committee then advanced to page 14 of the draft plan and made the following additional suggestions:
The committee discussed how and if minutes could be circulated earlier, even in draft format, given that the committee is working together to draft a document.
Action items:
Mr. Paul Leonidis will investigate if earlier circulation of the minutes is possible
Mr. Tom Giantsopoulous will email a reminder to the MPAAC members to ask that they review the draft plan and provide Jane Perdue with comments as soon as possible.
3.
NEW BUSINESS
Mr. Tom Giantsopoulous suggested that a review of the committee’s
membership and composition should take place at the first meeting in the New
Year.
4. DATE FOR NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the Markham Public Art Advisory Committee will take place Wednesday, January 10, at 7:00 p.m. in the Ontario Room.
ADJOURNMENT
The Markham Public Art Advisory Committee adjourned at 8:15 p.m.