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City of Brookings
Meeting Minutes
Brookings Public Arts Commission
Brookings City & County
Government Center
520 3rd St., Suite 230
Brookings, SD 57006
Phone: (605) 692-6281
Fax: (605) 692-6907
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
1. Call To Order
Linda Purrington called
at 12:00pm.
2. Approval of Agenda
Paula Carson moved.
Betty Beer second.
3. Approval of Minutes
12:00 PM Brookings City & County Government Center
520 3rd St., Room 241
Meredith Solum moved. Betty Beer second.
4. Small Committee Report Discussion
12:35pm Motion to budget $25,000.00 to Skateboard Park Projects by Ramsbottom.
Seconded by Carson. Ayes by all in attendance.
12:39pm Motion to pursue benches, mural, bike rack for the park by Weiland. Seconded
by Beer. Ayes by all in attendance.
12:40pm Motion to pursue Oscar Howe prints for the 3rd floor wall at the cost of $300.00
or less by Beer. Seconded by Solum. Ayes by all in attendance.
12:43pm Motion to set aside $38,000.00 of the annual budget for the Dakota Nature Park
project by Ramsbottom. Seconded by Carson. Ayes by all attendance.
1. Skate Board Park Committee
City is storing skateboards on skateboarders’ behalf. 2-4 benches would be ideal. Stacy
Claussen shared that we would need to be ADA compliant.
Graffiti wall: waiting for city and contractor to finalize designs in order to know space.
Option for vinyls on the water fountain and garbage.
Bike rack: could commission an artist to create a bike rack out of bike parts/old equipment from
the skate park
Note: Need to bring the project to the Park and Rec board. Park and Rec board typically meets
the first Monday of the month. Three-day turnaround from Park and Rec after the board
receives the information.
Previous skate park material is available to be reused in some fashion; perhaps by an artist.
2. 3rd Floor City Building Committee
Option to receive donations from the South Dakota Art Museum.
Cost: frames, plexi, hardware
Commission member commented on the history of the first floor art project. That project utilized a
Call for Project, a more inclusive.
3. Nature Park Committee
Updates from Stacy: Rain gardens are being installed at the nature park this year.
Conceptual ideas from the nature park. Suggestion for location: 32nd street entrance. Eye-
catching, publicly visible.
Most likely we would do a call for artists. Will need to consider narrowing guidelines for a call.
4. Mural Downtown Committee
Installation this summer. $1,000.00 has been committed to the downtown mural. Mural will be
installed on top of the brick. Chuck Bennis will be the artist. BPAC will be acknowledged.
Decisions regarding each project
Prioritizing short term and long term projects
5. Pickleball Court Wind Screen
Report. Windscreen frayed. Fabric was installed correctly,
but the fabric wasn’t strong enough. Outlaw working with
screen vendor because the grommets may have been
installed incorrectly.
6. Police Department Sculpture
They don’t want to move the sculpture to the new facility.
Sculptural history is that the Police Department
commissioned the project in show of support, celebration and
commitment to the Special Olympics.
Linda Purrington to follow up with Police Department.
7. Adjournment
1:06pm Motion to adjourn by Carson. Weiland seconded.
Public Arts Commission Members: Paula Carson (PRESENT), Linda Purrington (PRESENT), VACANT, Kate
Treiber (PRESENT), Betty Beer (PRESENT), Abigail Ramsbottom (PRESENT), Jamison Lamp (ABSENT),
Meridith Weiland (PRESENT), and Lisbeth Solum (PRESENT). City Staff: Kristin Zimmerman, Parks, Recreation
& Forestry Director, Josh Bauman, Interim Assistant Parks, Recreation & Forestry Director, and Stacy Claussen
(PRESENT), Recreation Manager.
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