MINUTES

ARTS COMMONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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LEGAL TRADITIONS COMMITTEE ROOM
PRESENT:
  • Councillor D. Farrell, Chair
  • Councillor S. Keating, Vice-Chair
  • City Manager G. Cole
  • Calgary Municipal Land Corp. Rep. M. Brown
  • Arts Commons Rep. G. Epton
  • Calgary Arts Development Rep. P. Pon
  • Acting Arts Commons Rep. D. Smith
  • Acting General Manager K. Black
  • Mayor N. Nenshi, Ex-Officio
ABSENT
  • Councillor E. Woolley
ALSO PRESENT:
  • City Clerk L. Kennedy
  • Acting Legislative Coordinator L. McDougall

Councillor Farrell called the Meeting to order at 9:03 a.m.

Councillor Farrell provided opening remarks at today's Meeting.

  • Moved byCouncillor Keating

    That the Agenda for the 2019 July 19 Regular Meeting of the Arts Commons Advisory Committee be confirmed.

    MOTION CARRIED

The following clerical corrections were noted to the 2019 May 06 Unconfirmed Minutes:

  • Page 1 of 4, under the heading Members, by deleting the words "Calgary Arts Development Representative" preceding the name "H. Sykes", and replace with the words "Arts Commons Representative: and
  • Page 1 of 4, under Agenda Item 1, by deleting the time "2:33 p.m." and replacing with "1:33 p.m.".
  • Moved byCalgary Municipal Land Corporation Representative Brown

    That the Minutes for the 2019 May 06 Regular Meeting of the Arts Commons Advisory Committee be confirmed, as corrected.

    MOTION CARRIED

The following were received for the Corporate Record with respect to Report ACA2019-0948:

  • A video with respect to the Arts Commons Transformation Project;
  • A PowerPoint presentation entitled "CMLC Calgary's Urban Placemakers"; and
  • Letters of support for the Arts Commons Transformation Project.

A Revised Attachment 1 was distributed with respect to Report ACA2019-0948.

  • Moved byCouncillor Keating

    That with respect to Report ACA2019-0948, the following be approved, after amendment:

    That the Arts Commons Advisory Committee recommends that Council (2019 September 09 Combined Meeting of Council):

    1. Endorse the project as represented in the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) Project Program Assessment Report (Revised Attachment 1); and
    2. Approve a capital appropriation to Capital Budget Program 639-010 by releasing $10 million (2020-2021) of previously allocated funding from the Council-Approved and Committed Cultural Municipal Sustainability Initiative (CPS2011-48 Arts Commons Expansion & Renovation) for detailed design of the Arts Commons Transformation project.

    And further, that the Arts Commons Transformation Project video and the CMLC PowerPoint presentation, received for the Corporate Record during the 2019 July 19 Regular Meeting of the Arts Commons Advisory Committee, be made available to the public.

    MOTION CARRIED
  • Moved byMayor Nenshi

    That this Meeting adjourn at 9:49 a.m.

    MOTION CARRIED

    The following item has been forwarded to the 2019 September 09 Combined Meeting of Council:

    Consent:

    Arts Commons Transformation Project - Project Update, ACA2019-0948

    The next regular Meeting of the Arts Commons Advisory Committee will be held at the Call of the Chair.