HomeMy WebLinkAboutMCC 06/28/2016Mansfield Local Cultural Council
6 Park Row
Mansfield, MA 020248
June 28, 2016
Meeting Minutes
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MANSFIELD
MASSACHUSETTS
TOPIC
DISCUSSION
ACTION
FOLLOW-UP
Call to order 7:03
Lisa Piscatelli
pm
Attendance
Present:
Nicole Burch, Secretary
Katharine Wroth
Lynne McDonnell
Jackie Curtis, Public Official
Liaison
Annette Shaw, Publicist
Sally Fehervari, Treasurer
Lisa Piscatelli, Chair
Lori Stanovitch, Grant
Coordinator '
Guests:
Sharon Friedman
Debra Britt
Joshua Laskin
Absent:
Gail Gilman
Meeting Minutes
Reviewed, revised, approved
Treasurer's Report
Doing well. Town money
comes in July: $1805.
$4780.08 in account.
Report to Accounting Office
due at the end of the summer.
GranteeMlLCC
Audubon, Nature in Your
Project
Neighborhood: attendance
Participation
was very low. Lots of
information.
Blandings Turtles: Great
experiences
Next up: Homithology at
Wheaton College
Communication
Closing out survey soon.
Annette to put in
Update
Last day to take survey: July
paper last day to take
19,2016
survey
138 responses to date.
One more push before close
date. Share on Facebook and
with friends and neighbors.
Event
Concert on the Common:
Lisa will put up a
Opportunities
July 6th
table to promote the
survey.
MMAS, won't be in time for
the survey.
Family Fun Night: Table next
Ask Deb Hebert,
to IDC and Black Doll
"Can we draw on the
Museum
sidewalk and the
street?" Lisa will
call.
Nicole bring chalk.
Sharon bring
shingles.
Annette, Sharon, and
Lori will set up.
Take pictures.
Annette: make a
poster. Will contact
grantees to ask for
pictures.
Lisa has an easel.
Sharon will make a
platform for the
banner.
Community Input
Network with BeadCache,
Katharine will
Survey Update
Next Door Gallery, and
contact Beadcache
Community Art Center. Have
a conversation about a
Cultural District.
and the Dance
Center.
Nicole and Annette
speak with Next
Door Gallery and
Community Art
Center at Family Fun
Night.
Cultural District
Outreach. Katharine reached
Katharine: Meeting
Planning
out to state and local
with town manager.
businesses. Spoke with
Call Mary Jenkins.
Jennifer Atwood. Was told to
slow down and contact Mary
Jenkins. Talk to Scituate
Cultural Council. Talk to
Town Manager. Make a
subcommittee.
Does need to happen
Lisa will document
strategically: survey, IDC,
what we have
Downtown Committee. The
already done for a
results of the survey are in
Cultural District and
favor of going forward with a
what we need to do
Cultural District.
next.
Need a timeline to go in
proper order to gain support.
Subcommittee: open
meeting, post meeting times
48 hours before, record
minutes. Eventually we will
have meetings just for
Cultural District.
Sept to Dec is our main
work: awarding grants.
January we can launch back
into Cultural District work.
Community Preservation Act
was in the paper recently
even though old news. Why?
Voted and approved on September 13, 2016.
Respectfully sub itted,
Nicole L Burc
IDC starting a Focus Group
about the firehouse. Ask Deb
Hebert what our role can be
alongside the IDC?
3 years to complete new
facility on East St before
firehouse is vacated. We have
time.
Bill Ross, Town Manager,
came from a town that he
helped build into a Cultural
District!
Schedule Next
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Survey results.
Meeting
Input grantees
feedback.
Funding priorities.
Plan grant
application
publicity/outreach.
Schedule grant cycle
meetings.
Annual election of
officers.
Any Items Not
Sally and Jackie went to the
Anticipated by
Sharon Cultural Council's
Chair Prior to
Reception of Grantees and
Posting Agenda
had a very nice evening.
The Nation Black Doll
Museum is calling all for
help in African American
history in Mansfield.
Adjournment
Lisa adjourned the meeting at
8:37 pm.
Voted and approved on September 13, 2016.
Respectfully sub itted,
Nicole L Burc