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South Burlington Public Art Selection Committee
575 Dorset Street
South Burlington, VT 05403
(802) 846-4106
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Thursday, May 19, 2016
Champlain Room, 575 Dorset Street
Meeting Minutes Approved 8/31/2016
In attendance: Adam Davis, Jean Chaulot, Trice Stratmann, Mary Olmsted, Amanda
Holland
Absent: Marcel Beaudin
Others: Ilona Blanchard (staff), Sean Cover (staff)
1. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order at 5:45. Everyone introduced
themselves. The agenda was reviewed and a discussion regarding the next meeting as
well as elections was added to the agenda.
2. Opportunity for Public Comment. There were no members of the public present and no
public comments.
3. Review Purpose of the Committee and Open Meeting Requirements. I. Blanchard
reviewed the importance of the charge of the committee as provided in the Council
Resolution Establishing the Committee (see attached).
I. Blanchard also reviewed the State Open Meetings Laws. She stressed the importance
of the purposes: that the committee activities are transparent; that there is an
opportunity for the public to be engaged; and that there is a record of committee
activities and actions.
She explained that the City will take care of many of the requirements such as warning
meetings (generally posted on Friday; agendas should be finalized the Thursday before a
meeting), taking minutes and posting them (minutes need to be posted within 5 days of
a meeting).
Committee members need to be careful not to discuss committee business if there is a
quorum outside of a meeting. In addition, electronic (written communication) is limited
to scheduling meetings, setting agendas, and distributing material to review for a
meeting.
If the open meeting law is violated, the important thing is to report it immediately, so
that it can be corrected.
4. Review Draft Bylaws. S. Cover reviewed the draft bylaws (see attached). They include
typical bylaws clauses and incorporate language from the Council resolution.
5. Quick Overview of Market Street. I. Blanchard provided a quick overview of Market
Street project pointing out potential areas for art including a particularly wide
landscaping area at Market and Dorset Street, utility infrastructure, a plaza like space by
the stormwater pond, tree boxes or pits and bump outs. The Committee also looked at
the 3-D visualization (accessed on www.sburl.com) which incorporates the engineered
plans for Market Street.
The Committee asked to see a large print out which could be written on and the 3-D files
at the next meeting.
The Committee asked about incorporating art into the plans. I. Blanchard explained that
there is still time to incorporate art into the plans, probably until the fall.
I. Blanchard also explained that any opportunities identified by the Committee would be
vetted by the project engineers to ensure that they were feasible and ascertain if there
were any technical requirements that also needed to be met.
6. Discuss Potential Art Selection Process. I. Blanchard explained that there are a variety of
means by which art is selected. The important thing is that the process is fair (everyone
has the same information) and impartial (everyone is held to the same
standards/criteria), the public is engaged and has an opportunity to provide input into
the process and the proposed work is vetted for durability and maintenance.
She has seen processes that have a call for artist and processes that have a call for art.
Sometime calls for artists are more successful because there is less of an investment on
the part of the artist. Processes may be two step, where the call for artists results in a
few artists asked to develop and submit concepts.
7. Other Business. Elections will be held at the next meeting which was set for June 7th at
5:30 PM. Post Meeting Note, no quorum was achieved and meeting was not held.
8 Adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 7:25 PM.