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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBPACMinutes_2025_08_12City of Brookings Meeting Minutes Brookings Public Arts Commission Tuesday August 12, 2025 12:00pm Brookings City & County Government Center 520 3rd St., Room 300 1. Call to Order Lisbeth Solum calls to order. Present: Paula Carson, Linda Purrington, Lisbeth Solum, Abigail Ramsbottom, Kate Treiber, Meredith Weiland Stacey Claussen Present. 2. Approval of Agenda Paula Carson motions to approve agenda, seconded by Kate Treiber. Motion passes. 3. Approval of Minutes Motion by Paula Carson, seconded by Meredith Weiland. Motion passes. 4. Budget Review Weiland to review. General notes: city allocates PAC budget into three buckets: long term, short term, and maintenance. Maintenance costs remain low, so consider reallocation. BPAC receives 1% of the general operating fund of the City of Brookings, divided at 50% long term, 25% short term, and 25% maintenance. 5. Old Business A. Skate Park Committee Update Abigail Ramsbottom shared updates. Primary update is that the project has been approved by the City Council. Ramsbottom to reach out to Leslie Cotton to introduce the project. B. Dakota Nature Park | Committee Update and RFP Approval Weiland reviewed the draft Call for Proposals. Made small grammatical edits, but discussion arose around the language of the budget. Subcommittee to meet and review. Motion to table discussion: Meredith Weiland, seconded by Abigail Ramsbottom. Tabled unanimously. C. Wall Mural Update BPAC sponsored mural. Unveils at August 21, 2025. D. Hillcrest Project Deadline Hillcrest missed the deadline for the funding project. Treiber motions to recover $18,000.00 designation for Hillcrest Elementary due to unmet timeline of July 1, 2025. Meredith Weiland seconds. Unanimously approved. D. Third Floor Prints Betty Beer absent, Linda Purrington presenting on topic. 1-2 prints would be made for the 3rd floor of the city building. BPAC to cover the costs to frame, while the South Dakota Art Museum will cover the prints. 5. New Business A. New items: Jamison Lamp to resign from the Brookings Public Arts Commission. Motion to reallocate standing funds ($105,000.00) from maintenance to long term: Weiland motioned, Treiber seconded. Passed unanimously. Motion to reallocate standing funds ($35,000.00) from short term to long term: Weiland motioned, Carson seconded. Passed unanimously. Motion to reallocate remaining prior years’ funds ($162,000.00) to the Dakota Nature Park Project: Weiland motioned, Ramsbottom seconded. Passed unanimously. B. Membership discussion: Lamp’s resignation has created two vacancies: arts professional and citizen- at-large. Current members are encouraged to invite people to apply; it’s a rolling application. 6. Date of Next Full Meeting A. Next Meeting: Monday, September 15, 2025 at 12pm 6. Adjournment Kate Treiber made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Linda Purrington.