Cultural Council Agenda and Packet 2019 11 21

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h. There was a brief discussion about moving the meetings--- we can address this at the January meeting. X. City Council Report (Jeff): a. New City Council members coming in November. b. Looking forward to hiring the new Economic Vitality Director —outgoing person was good but sometimes "fresh eyes" are helpful. c. Went through the budget process a bit —talked about the biannual aspect — see Agenda Item XI. XI. 2020 Budget Discussion a. Adam asked how early may we start talking about the 2012-2022 budget? b. Jeff said 2020 will be finalized in about 2 weeks, and Council will start working on the next 2-year budget in January 2020. i. Council is discussing some new methods for budgeting. ii. These will go through all the Dept heads and the City Manager. c. Sales tax revenue might start to decline —there was a big boost because of the hailstorm, but that is almost over. d. Adam asked about the money for public art. i. Katie said she is looking at that, but nothing is for sure yet. ii. Debbie asked if we could use that money to pay for the Sky sculpture —Katie said she would find out. iii. Debbie asked when we could put our budget forward. XII. Public Art (Kate): a. Kate explained the reflective sculpture, showed pictures of Robert Romero's work. i. He can't do one exactly like the photos but could do a very similar piece. b. Katie went through the process of how a public art project gets approved: i. LCC puts in a proposal. ii. Council looks over the proposal for 45 days. iii. If all goes well, project could be ready to go by January. c. Mark moved; Mike seconded for LCC to purchase a sculpture by Robert Romero, all approved. d. We went through the evaluation criteria for public art in Louisville. e. Beth moved, Kim seconded to send the purchase to the City for public notice and public comment. f. Jeff asked about a site visit to see other work by the artist —it was decided that was not needed. g. Mark presented about the Public Arts Sub -Committee progress: i. Have several projects under consideration. ii. Will pull together a report to present to full LCC in the spring; about six months from now. XIII. Art Grant Application Review: a. Mark said he thinks there is too much performance art but is willing to see what happens with applications this year.