04-17-2012 Minutes
April 17, 2012
Community Art & Design Advisory Committee
4:30 6:00 p.m. SAH Southwest Conference Room
Minutes
Present: Connie Burket, Lana Jordan, Charles Kephart, Vicki Koepsel, Betty Schmidt. Absent:
Rachel Hinde and David Stueve. Staff Present: Brad Anderson and Karla Prickett
1.Welcome. Schmidt motioned to approve the minutes, Burkett seconded. Motion
passed, minutes approved.
2.Anderson and Prickett reported that the Process for Development and Approval of
Art Projects Outside the City of Salina Capital Improvement Program passed on the
Consent Agenda of the City Commission meeting April 9 and thanked Committee
members for their attendance. Staff also mentioned the contract for the Citys
purchase of the 2011 Peoples Choice Award for Sculpture Tour Salina was to be on
the Consent Agenda for April 16 and was moved to the following week.
3. Anderson began a review of the three selected design proposals developed by Gillam
Architects for the Citys entryways by providing the Planning Commissions goals
and guidelines developed for this initiative. The three designs for Committee review
had been redeveloped by Gillam Architects taking into account the suggestions made
at the last collective meeting where the CAD members and others provided input and
suggestions which included incorporating motifs from the Citys wayfinding graphics.
The request of the CAD Committee from the City was to determine the most aesthetic
design taking into account the parameters from the Planning Department. Committee
unanimously selected the low S curve wall design. Reasons for the selection were
its simplicity and adaptability to a number of location scenarios. Quite a bit of
discussion followed regarding the base and incorporation of wayfinding graphics.
Comments on the wayfinding graphic included remarks about the color being stark
and wanting a closer relationship between the graphic and the other materials used.
Suggestions included metal cutouts in tones to coordinate with the lettering or cap.
Selecting specific elements of the graphic for their placement within the piece. There
was interest in creating the graphic out of different materials/techniques for each of
the separate signs .mosaic, metal, formed concrete, color, natural, etc. This would
provide the continuity while also providing interest a different look for each entry.
Concrete could be textured to create a nice surface, maybe tint or colored also.
Stone base not necessary but felt a base of some kind would look best. Some
members liked the look of it just emerging from the ground. Like the contrasting
cap.
Recommend natural plantings, zeroscape, incorporate grasses, colored grasses, etc.
Committee requests their input on individual designs when final selections are being
determined for each of specific locations. Recommendation to not place the signs too
close to our public art entryway pieces so as not to conflict with them. These projects
were developed specifically to provide greeting and welcome to citizens and visitors
and so complementing that would be the best scenario. Members felt that maybe too
many locations were being suggested and also felt the signs should be closer to the
interstate if possible.
4. Update on the South Ninth Street Median project. Barbara has completed work with
the Engineer and Fabricator and will provide the engineering drawings with
incorporated changes based on the soil compaction survey. Her fabricator is ready to
proceed now that this alteration is completed.
5. Review of Facebook and SAH website tabled to next meeting.
6. Copies of the new CAD Booklets and Brochures were distributed to Committee
members for selected locations in the community. Location selections will be added
to the delivery log sheet. Anderson mentioned that a page of quick questions was
developed to hand out at presentations to provide a measurement tool for following up
on community awareness in the future.
7. Next meeting, May 15, 2012. 4:30-6:00 pm.