HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/07/04 Cultural Arts Board CITY OF THE COLONY
DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS
MINUTES OF THE CULTURAL ARTS BOARD
OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY
FEBRUARY 7 ,2004
A REGULAR SESSION of the Cultural Arts Board of the City of The Colony was called to order
by Chair Hill at 9:20 a.m.
Present:
Cyndi Parker Place 1
Carolyn Rapisarda Place 2
Neale Whitmore Place 3
Christi Martin Place 6
Lori Hill Place 7
Absent:
Liz Ripperger Place 4
Pat Hudson Place 5 (personal)
1. Citizen input
None
2. Consideration of approval of the minutes of the Cultural Arts Board meeting held January
10, 2004
The minutes were approved as presented.
3. Staff Liaison's report
a. membership of Civic Center Committee
Liaison Boykin reported that the Committee consists of Council Members McCourry
and Bayliss, CDC Board Member Susan King, Chamber ED Rob Baumann, and Pam
Nelson.
b. distribution of phone number list
Liaison Boykin distributed a list containing contact numbers for Cultural Arts Board
members.
4. Discussion of Council's request for area survey of Cultural Arts Boards
Member Whitmore agreed to gather information about Arts Boards in Irving and Flower
Mound, Chair Hill agreed to gather information for the cities of Garland and Mesquite,
Member Rapisarda agreed to gather information for the cities of Carrollton and Farmers
Branch, Member Martin agreed to gather information for the cities of Richardson, Frisco,
and Plano, and member Parker agreed to gather information for the cities of Dallas and
Lewisville.
5. Discussion of progress of planned Civic Center
The Board discussed the importance of funding.
Member Martin asked if the City Council would be interested in having the Arts Board
chartered so that the Board could accept tax-deductible donations. The Board raised the
questions of whether or not the money raised could be earmarked for the Arts and also __
the question of possible conflicts of interest from serving on the Cultural Arts Board and
a separate charted non-profit Arts Group. Liaison Boykin agreed to forward the questions
to the Parks and Recreation Director and the City Manager.
The meeting adjourned at 10:00 a.m.
Nancygail Bqy~fi, Acting gec~retary Lori Hill, Chair