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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-02-07 - Minutes -CITY OF MEETING MINUTES FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS Fayetteville Arts Council February 7, 2022 7 — 8 p.m. Via Zoom Members: City Council member Sonia Harvey, Arts Council Interim Chair Jessica DeBari 06/30/24, Dwain Cromwell 6/30/23, Cindy Morley 06/30/22, Barb Putman 06/30/22, Robert Stafford 06/30/22, Joelle Storet 06/30/23, Lia Uribe 06/30/24 City Staff: Interim Staff Liaison Alison Jumper, Director — Parks, Natural Resources and Cultural Affairs Guests:Britin Bostick, Long Range Planning — City of Fayetteville; Sherry Smith, Long Range and Preservation Planning — City of Fayetteville Meeting Video: https://accessfayetteviIIe.granicus.com/player/cl1p/7950?view id=14&redirect=true 1. Call to Order and Roll Call Meeting was called to order at approximately 7:03 p.m. by Interim Chair Jessica DeBari. No role call was made. In Attendance: Jessica DeBari, Barb Putman, Robert Stafford, Joelle Storet, Lia Uribe Absent: Cindy Morley, Dwain Cromwell, Sonia Harvey 2. Approval of Special meeting February 7 agenda Motion: Jessica DeBari Second: Robert Stafford The agenda was approved unanimously. 3. Archibald Yell Mural RFP submissions review: Jessica DeBari DeBari thanked Storet and Uribe for the rubric and explained how she ranked the submissions and suggested each person list their favorites. Uribe asked about the requirement of Fayetteville residency and. Smith responded that she was not aware that Fayetteville or Washington County residency was required. Storet agreed that Washington County residency would helped reduce the number of submissions to Mailing Address: 113 W. Mountain Street www.fayetteville-ar.gov Fayetteville, AR 72701 review noted that many people wanted this to remain local. Stafford agreed the FAC should be promoting local artists. DeBari noted there was someone who recently moved and that was a gray area. Storet also noted that many did not include a sketch. Smith responded that they were not required to submit sketches in the submissions. Storet disagreed and noted they need to provide something. Smith responded that the initial selection was intended to be based on their knowledge of what the FAC was looking for. Smith also noted that when asked if the applicants must be local she responded no. Storet added that because this was advertised as city RFP and the proposals must be turned in to the City, its implied the artists should be local. DeBari suggested the requirement could be that they have to live in or have lived in Fayetteville to be considered. Jumper highlighted the criteria listed in the RFP that the submittals are to be evaluated on. Smith suggested they considered residency in the experience category. Putman described how she ranked the submittals then suggested each member names their ranking and Smith would record. After each member listed their rankings and Smith tallied them, the top four were discussed for both the large and small murals. After discussion, the final four submissions were selected included submissions numbers 4, 9, 19 and 20. Smith noted she would contact the artists. Stafford suggested they might provide some guidance to the artists for creating their proposals. DeBari offered to draft the narrative for Smith to include in the email. Smith will notify the selected artists by February 16. 4. Other business and public input There was none. 5. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:45 p.m.