Cultural Council New Arts Center Steering Committee Minutes 2008 07 07

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New Arts Center Steering Committee Minutes July 7, 2008 In Attendance: Don Atwood, Lynn Wooten, Lynn Fleming Absent: Gina Varra, Keith Bobo 1-Don called the meeting to order at 7:06 2-Approval of Agenda Motion by Lynn Wooten, seconded by Lynn Fleming, unanimously approved 3-Approval of June Minutes Motion by Lynn Fleming, seconded by Lynn Wooten, unanimously approved 4-No public comments 5-Review of facility description of 5/08 The group checked the new listings, and Don agreed to check to make sure that the sound baffles were listed in the description of the main stage. Motion by Lynn Wooten to accept the description with amendment if needed, Lynn Fleming seconded, and the motion was unanimously approved. 6-Discussion of need for architectural drawings Don still feels that we need apresentation-type rendering to show to interested parties in order to show how the facility would draw crowds downtown. Ft. Lauderdale gave restaurants free parking for patrons attending the theatre. There was discussion of how we might get drawings inexpensively so that we could present a plan and ultimately hold meetings for public comment on the plan. Lynn W. expressed concern about where such a facility would be located and what it would cost. Don indicated that identifying a location would require input from other, concerned people and that it certainly could not be done cheaply. We agreed to check with other, similar facilities to learn about costs and to contact potential resources for architectural renderings. (Since the meeting, Don was able to make tentative arrangements with the CU School of Architecture.) The architect(s) would need to tell us about the footprint, the design, the facade and the cost. We discussed the need to enlist the support of people with power and passion to spearhead the project. 7-Pictures of existing facilities were not available because of Keith's absence. 8-Box Models Lynn Wooten provided a box model of an art gallery. We discussed starting with graph paper and construction paper to establish a floor plan first.