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Tuesday January 10, 2006 - 4:00 a.m. CITY OF KITCHENER
PRESENT: Peter Hinchcliffe (Chair), Ron Green, Jennifer Breithaupt, Councillor John Gazzola, Martin
DeGroot, Erina Harris, Cheryl York
REGRETS: Denis Pellerin, Isabel Cisterns, Annalee Moore, Sivakumar Somasundram, Sheila McMath
GUESTS: Christiane Sadeler, Carl Clappison, Ryan Mounsey
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND REVIEW OF AGENDA
No motion was made.
2. DELEGATION
2.1 Tom Reitz, Manager/Curator of Doon Heritage Crossroads; Lucille Bish, Director of
Community Services, Region of Waterloo
• Tom and Lucille attended the meeting to provide an update on the Region of Waterloo,
Museum Feasibility Study.
• Tom provided background on the study and circulated a summary of the information
gathered by the consultants from a public survey.
• Part of the strategy for the third phase of the project, is to meet with municipalities and hold
public information sessions to share the consultants findings and recommendation.
• A report will go to Regional Council in March.
• Although Council approved of the study process, no decision has been made to go ahead with
a recommendation.
• ACAC members were given a copy of a further short survey and were invited to send
comments either individually or as a group.
• Tom indicated that the public has made many inquiries/requests regarding the need for a
potential public archive. The Museum will not provide that function.
Tom and Lucille were thanked and left the meeting.
2.2 School of Pharmacy Project Presentation -Ryan Mounsey, City of Kitchener Senior
Planner; Chris Bohme, Landscape Architect with Green Scheels Pigeon (GSP)
Ryan and Chris attended the meeting to provide an update on plans for the Pharmacy project.
They reviewed a PowerPoint Presentation and supplied a handout of the information to ACAC
members.
• It was noted that the % for Art policy does not apply to date as the building is not a public
building. ACAC members felt that as the City is providing funding for the project, the Public
Art Policy should be considered and included to encourage art in the building. For future
discussion.
• As PAWG is an advocacy group, it was suggested that Ryan and Chris attend a meeting to
update them on the project.
• The architect (Claude Cormier) is working with an artist on a plant theme on walls that will
have a public view which may fulfill the public art requirement.
• Approval has been received for courses and the plan is to have the school open for
September 2007 enrollment.
• Chris and Ryan will provide updates to ACAC as necessary and will attend a PAWG meeting to
update and solicit volunteer/expert input as needed.
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ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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3. BUSINESS ARISING
3.1 KOR Update -Christiane Sadeler, Carl Clappison
A number of KOR supporters/members attended the meeting to hear the most recent information
on KOR.
• Christiane provided background on what has occurred to date.
• ROOF is temporarily being housed in the building possibly until the end of April with an option
to stay for a further thirty days should that be required. The City has granted a temporary
rezoning permit to accommodate ROOF.
• KOR assets have been moved to secure City storage until a decision has been made
regarding sale. KOR has asked the City to purchase all assets although no appraisal is
completed.
• KPL has agreed to store archival materials from KOR and is looking into digitizing some of it.
• The scheduled Wayne Herschenrader exhibit may be moved to the Globe Studios.
• Discussion took place regarding the possibility of the City purchasing the assets. Council will
need precise detail in order to make a decision (causing a dilemma as, due to the issue of
confidentiality, alist of creditors cannot be provided and money is not available to fund an
appraisal.)
ACTION:
(i) John Gazzola and Christiane will meet with a representative from the City's
Legal Department to discuss possible solutions.
(ii) Christiane will provide Carl with a list of information that will be needed to
present to Council.
3.2 Grant Sub-Committee Membership
The sub-committee will meet at the end of January to review grants.
3.3 New Member Update -Erina
A reminder to members to encourage application submission for people they may know in the
community for the two vacant ACAC positions.
4. NEW BUSINESS
N/A
5. REPORTS
5.1 Public Art Working Group (PAWG) Report -Sheila
Deferred to February.
5.2 Downtown Advisory Committee (DAC) Report -Denis
Deferred to February.
5.3 Cultural Development Committee (CDC) Report -Ron
• It was suggested to hold the joint ACAC/CDC meeting on February 28 at 4:00 p.m. at the
Button Factory. Betty and Erina will be in touch with members regarding the shared agenda
and format of the meeting. Shared topics and ACAC issues will be reviewed as agenda
content, as per ACAC directive.
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5.4 Waterloo Region Arts Council (WRAC) Report -Martin
Deferred to February.
5.5 Staff Reports
Deferred to February.
6.0 OTHER
7.0 ADJOURNMENT/NEXT MEETING
The next ACAC meeting will take place on February 14 at 4:00 p.m. in the Schmaltz Room at
Kitchener City Hall.
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