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CITY OF THE COLONY
DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS
MINUTES OF THE CULTURAL ARTS BOARD
OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY
July 15, 2006
A REGULAR SESSION of the Cultural Arts Board of the City of The Colony was called
to order by Chair Whitmore at 9:22 a.m.
Present:
Neale Whitmore
Cynthia Shailer
Amy Long-Manuel
Joan Lux
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Absent:
Cyndi Parker
Dick Ledesma
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1.
Citizen Input
None.
2. Minutes
Consideration of approval of the minutes ofthe Cultural Arts Board meeting held June
17,2006
The minutes were approved as presented
3. Discussion of possible upcoming arts events
Member Shailer that Ballet Plus would be holding auditions for 2 scholarships.
4. Discussion of Cultural Arts Board's purpose, goals
The board agreed to put together ideas for a mission statement in writing to bring to the
City Council (after approval from the City Manager and the City Attorney).
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Member Lux proposed having a special session to discuss the mission statement in detail.
The board agreed to hold a special session on July 261\ from 1-4pm in the Library
Conference Room. Ideas for CAB-sponsored arts events will also be discussed as part of
the special session.
5.
A summary of the Council Retreat
Member Shailer reported that all arts matters were tabled at the City Council retreat.
6. A summary of Chairman Neale Whitmore's meeting with the Mayor
Chairman Whitmore said that Mayor John Dillard would like to see the Cultural Arts
Board bringing particular event ideas to the City Council. Mayor Dillard will support
using a portion of the Hotel Occupancy Tax toward CAB sponsored events. Mayor
Dillard also said that a short-term lease of an empty area building might be an option.
Chairman Whitmore said that Mayor Dillard would like to see an event happen by the
end of the calendar year.
Suggestions were made for possible events, including a "kid-friendly" event and using a
name artist.
Chairman Whitmore also reported that Mayor Dillard felt that buying the Lakeside Arts
Center building from the county was not a good city investment, since it is poorly
constructed.
7. Discussion of potential new members for the Arts Board
Board discussed possibilities for new members and agreed to come up with more ideas
for people to encourage to apply for openings in board. Names mentioned were Nancy
Dillard and Linda Bayliss.
8. Discussion of member absenteeism and action to follow
Liaison Margolis informed the board that members with excessive absenteeism
who have not resigned needed to be brought up before City Council to be
removed from the board.
Member Lux motioned to recommend the removal of members Dick Ledesma
and Cyndi Parker to the City Council. Member Long-Manuel seconded the
motion. The motion was passed unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 10:25 a.m.
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Neale Whitmore, Chair
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