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Home My WebLink AboutArts & Culture - 2013-05-21 Minutes ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ACAC) MINUTES MAY 21, 2013 CITY OF KITCHENER PRESENT:Helena BallREGRETS:Don Bourgeois Mark DerroLaura Lee Dam (leave of absence until Councillor Kelly Galloway-SealockDecember 2013) Allan HochCaroline Hissa Mark LoganRadhika Subramanyan D. Morton Aaron MacFarlane Earl McCluskie Sean Puckett Sarry Zheng STAFF:Silvia DiDonato, Manager, Arts/Culture Carrie Kozlowski, Recording Secretary Emily Robson, Coordinator, Arts/Culture GUESTS:Representatives from Compass Kitchener: Tristan Wilkin, Chris Hyde and Karla Cote Heather Sinclair, CEI(to 5pm) CALL TO ORDER:Earl McCluskie, Chair 1.0Acceptance of Agenda Accepted as circulated. ACTION: Future agendas to include a standing item for reports from the three ACAC subgroups. 2.0Acceptance of April 16Meeting Minutes Accepted as circulated. 3.0Introduction of new Arts/Culture Coordinator: Emily Robson Silvia introduces Emily, and committee does roundtable. DELEGATION: 4.0Compass Kitchener Report Card: Tristan Wilkin, Chris Hyde, Karla Cote Report card is a tool to evaluate the City’s progress on meeting the strategic directions set out in a plan for a Healthy Kitchener This annual process is currently being reviewed and redesigned to be more inclusive of staff, advisory committees, the public, and Council. No report card this year during review. Goal is to define measurable Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to accurately measure and reflect success meeting the goals of the City’s strategic plan. Citizen input will define the KPIs (the things that should be measured to determine if strategic directions are being met). ACTION: ACAC to suggest KPIs relevant to arts/culture for use in the report card. Answer the question:“What needs to be measured, and how do we measure it?” or “What would be a strong measure of the work we are doing?”Email: Karla.cote@kitchener.ca 5.0ACAC Work Plan Report to Council: Emily Robsonand SilviaDiDonato Emily introducedthe major themes of Plan for a Healthy Kitchener(P4HK). Emily introducedthe strategies from Kitchener Economic Development Strategy (KEDS). ACAC alignedthe work from the Music Works subgroup with P4HK and KEDS. ACTION Items: Other subgroups to determine their work plan tasks and align with P4HK and KEDS, then timelines and responsibilities to be assigned. 1 May 2013-ACAC Minutes ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ACAC) MINUTES MAY 21, 2013 CITY OF KITCHENER Leadership P4HK ThemesQuality of life Dynamic & EnvironmentDiversityDevelopment (investment in DowntownCommunity amenities)Engagement Start up-city KEDS StrategiesLeading-edge Become a talent Downtown ------cluster magnet building Innovation district Music WorksMusic Works ACAC Music Music Works Working Group Audience Audience --Music Works-- work plan DevelopmentDevelopmentKOICon tasks CBCDowntown Live Resource Centre ACAC Economic Impact of the To be determined TBDTBDTBDTBDTBD Arts subgroup (TBD) work plan tasks ACAC Arts/culture strategy development and culture TBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD planning in regional context subgroup work plan tasks INFORMATIONITEMS 6.0Kitchener Studio Project: Silvia DiDonato Project emerged from a recognition of the need for digital content creators. To be located at 44 Gaukel Street in Kitchener (old post office). 12,000 sq ft, 8,000’ for open concept gallery space. Will integrate post-secondary institutions to create a hub of digital content creators, streamlining the education process. An intersection between business, talent and design. Provides the convenience of proximity. Will feature opportunities for students of all ages. Will be a hybrid between exhibit space, learning space and networking opportunities. Community engagement is a goal. 7.0Light Rail Transit public art opportunity: Silvia DiDonato, Emily Robson The Region of Waterloo has jurisdiction over station design. Cities have jurisdiction over planning around the stations. The City’s 1% policy for public art does not apply to this regional development 2 May 2013-ACAC Minutes ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ACAC) MINUTES MAY 21, 2013 CITY OF KITCHENER Next steps for Arts/Culture involve mapping the cultural assets within 800m of each station in Kitchener. This information will assist in developing the transit schedule and determining how the character of stations will be impacted by the nearby culturally significant places and assets. 8.0Public Art Working Group(PAWG)report: Sean Puckett Considered the city’s Artist in Residence program in anticipation of advertising a call for entry for 2014 artist in residence. 9.0Downtown Advisory Committee (DAC) update: D. Morton Considered Light Rail Transit. 10.0Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC) update:Mark Derro Considered Transportation Master Plan. Discussed casino issue. 11.0Music Works update: Earl McCluskie, Silvia DiDonato KOICon took placeon May 11. A music conference coming out of the Music Worksinitiative. Very successful. Feedback was positive. Graham Henderson of Music Canada presentedon May 9. Provincial government has earmarked $45Mfor music initiatives. There may be an opportunity forMusic Works initiatives through this funding. On Tuesday, May 28 the Music Works subgroup will meet to discuss opportunities to access the provincial funding for music-related initiatives. ACAC members invited to participate. 12.0Council report: Councillor Galloway Plans for the future of Rockway Centre going forward to Council on Monday, May 27. Planning Department took plans for Fairway Road extension project to Council. Will involve a public art component. Transportation Master Plan going to Council on June 17. Councillor Galloway is relinquishing duties on Advisory Committees for a personal reason. Another Councillor (to be determined) will sit on ACAC. 13.0Members’ news D. Morton:May 30: Quick Change opens at KW Little Theatre. June 6: Asphalt Jungle Shorts opens. http://kwlt.org/index.php Allan Hoch:May 24: Jason Razzo quartet plus special guestsat the Registry Theatre. Folk Night is sold out. May 26: Classics at the Registry. une 6-8: JM Drama alumni act one play festival at Registry. http://www.registrytheatre.com/. May 31 weekend: Open Ears http://openears.ca/ ADJOURNMENT The chair adjourned the formal portion of the meeting at 5:10 p.m. NEXT MEETING Date: June 18, 4:00 p.m., Conestoga Room Following the formal portion of the meeting, ACAC members broke out into the following three subgroups to make progress on the work plan: 3 May 2013-ACAC Minutes ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ACAC) MINUTES MAY 21, 2013 CITY OF KITCHENER 1.Music Works:Mark Derro, Mark Logan, Earl McCluskie. (Absent: Radhika Subramanyan) 2.Reporting to demonstrate economic impact of the arts:Helena Ball, Aaron MacFarlane, Sarry Zheng 3.Arts/culture strategy development and culture planning in regional context:Allan Hoch, Sean Puckett. (Absent: Don Bourgeois, Caroline Hissa) 4 May 2013-ACAC Minutes