HomeMy WebLinkAbout07.09.2001 (3)COUNCIL WORK SESSI•
July 9, 2001
4:25 p.m.
Council Chambers
Members present: Anders, Jordan, Murphy, Gronen, Getty.
Members absent: Krizek, Berry.
Moved by Jordan, seconded by Berry that the Agenda, as proposed, be approved. Ayes: Five.
Absent: Krizek, Berry. Motion carried.
The request of the Director of the Cultural & Arts Commission for discretionary hotel/motel
funds in the amount of $37,000.00 for mosaic walls for the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention
Center and related educational/public programs was reviewed. Cammie Scully, Director of
Cultural & Arts Commission, stated that she first brought this proposal to the council on May 14,
2001. At that time the council wanted to defer funding until after July 1, 2001.
The project includes a multi -component public art program for downtown Waterloo. The first
phase was a set of murals completed along Park Avenue by the Festival of Iowa Folklife. The
second phase will include mosaic walls for the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center with a
Sullivan theme. Ms. Scully stated she has been working for some time with the Grout Museum
on this project, and they have selected an artist from Des Moines who has completed many public
art projects, both statewide and regionally. These walls would commemorate the Sullivan
brothers while aesthetically enhancing the two lobby areas of the Five Sullivan Brothers
Convention Center. The artist would also include a public participation/education element. Two
grants to fund the sculpture exhibition and, in part, the heritage mural project were filed in May.
The Waterloo Convention and Visitors Bureau recently approved $3,500 for the mural project.
Other prospective fenders for the project have been identified, i.e., Iowa Arts Council, Iowa
Department of Cultural Affairs, Community Foundation, McElroy Trusts, ConAgra and Silos and
Smokestacks.
Councilperson Anders stated that he is concerned about allocating $37,000 of the council's
discretionary hotel/motel funds when the council will only received approximately $99,000
hotel/motel funds this fiscal year. Councilperson Anders commented he would like to see the
council establish guidelines for distribution of the discretionary hotel/motel funds.
Ms. Scully stated that the mosaic walls should be installed in October 2001, and unveiling of the
mosaic walls will be held in conjunction with Veterans Day and the 60th anniversary of the sinking
of the U.S.S. Juneau.
Moved by Jordan, seconded by Gronen that the request of the Director of Cultural & Arts
Commission for discretionary hotel/motel funds in the amount of $37,000 for mosaic walls for the
Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center be approved. Ayes: Five. Absent: Krizek, Berry.
Motion carried.
With no further business before the council, it was moved by Jordan, seconded by Gronen that the
meeting be adjourned at 4:33 p.m. Ayes: Five. Absent: Krizek, Berry. Motion carried.
Nancy Eckert
City Clerk