MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, HELD IN THE 2ND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL, 100 NORTH U.S. #1, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, AT 2:00 P.M. ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2023.
1.
CALL TO ORDER
City Clerk Linda Cox called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m. since there was no Board Chair.
2.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3.
ROLL CALL
- Present:
- Julie Pouliotte; Doretha Hair Truesdell; Ipyana Abayomi; Renee Morgan; Rick Fusco
- Absent:
- Mary Bemenderfer-Myers
- Staff Present:
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- Nick Mimms, City Manager
- Linda Cox, City Clerk
- Mike Reals, Public Works Director
4.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
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Any person who wishes to comment on any subject on this Agenda may be heard at this time. Please sign the sign-up sheet in order to speak. Please limit your comments to no more than five (5) minutes, as this section of the Agenda is limited to thirty minutes. The Arts and Culture Advisory Board will not be able to take any official action under “Comments from the Public” section.
No comments from the public.
5.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a.
Approval of minutes from the January 24, March 28 and April 25, 2023 meetings.
Ms. Julie Pouliotte indicated that the January 24 and March 28 meeting minutes had been approved at a prior meeting.
Motion by Doretha Hair Truesdell, seconded by Julie Pouliotte to approve the minutes of the April 25, 2023 meeting.
- AYE:
- Doretha Hair Truesdell, Ipyana Abayomi, Julie Pouliotte, Renee Morgan, Rick Fusco
6.
NEW BUSINESS
a.
Roles and Responsibilities
Before beginning the discussion on Roles and Responsibilities, the board agreed to select a chair and vice-chair. Julie Pouliotte was nominated at Chair and Doretha Hair Truesdell was nominated as Vice-Chair.
Motion by Ipyana Abayomi, seconded by Renee Morgan to approve the nominations for Chair and VIce-Chair.
- AYE:
- Doretha Hair Truesdell, Ipyana Abayomi, Julie Pouliotte, Renee Morgan, Rick Fusco
Nick Mimms, City Manager, discussed the role of the committee and the Resolution that created the advisory board. The members provided some history on their past efforts and projects.
b.
Art in Public Places discussion
The conversation regarding roles and responsibilities transitioned into art in public places. After lots of great discussion, the areas of focus were identified as the mural on Indian River Drive, sculptures at City Hall and a memorial at Dreamland Park. The committee will continue to explore ways in which they can be the conduit for getting art and culture type information to the community and to the Commission.
7.
OLD BUSINESS
8.
BOARD DISCUSSION
The board discussed the meeting time at 2:00 being problematic for some of the members. They agreed to change the meeting time to the 4th Tuesday of each month at 9:00 a.m.
9.
STAFF DISCUSSION
10.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 3:16 p.m.
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