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<br />ARTS AND LETTERS COMMISSION MINUTES – July 14, 2009 <br />MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 7:04 p.m. <br />by Barbara Santoro, President. <br /> <br />Commissioners Present: <br />Regina Raineri Excused Absences: <br />Trish Hayes Kim Chilton <br />Barbara Santoro Shirley LeFlore <br />Julie Bianchi Jennifer Stokes <br />Calla Smorodin <br />Marilyn Cathcart <br />Claire Hyman Others Present: <br />Lisa Greening Terry Crow, City Counsel member <br />Adelia Parker-Castro Tom McCarthy, Liaison, City <br />Diane Davenport <br />Dan Martin <br /> <br />June ’09 Meeting Minutes <br />Minutes were not approved. Revisions to be made for commission review. <br /> <br />Treasurers Report – Lisa Greening <br />Lisa Greening discussed and the distributed financial statement for the previous month, <br />which includes a yearend report for 2008 / 2009. <br /> <br />Councilmember’s Report – Terry Crow <br /> <br /> <br />Forsyth is being resurfaced and traffic will be delayed. <br /> <br /> <br />Barbara C. Jordan is vacant and scheduled for demolition. Regina to organize <br />tour of building with Carl Sheit Karl Scheidt before demo. <br /> <br /> <br />Wash U has given easement to bike path. <br /> <br />Loop bike parking will be installed next to Fitz’s <br />o <br /> <br />A new bike path will be built extending from Forest Park to Creve Coeur <br />o <br />Park <br /> <br /> <br />A statue of Chuck Berry will be installed in the Loop, Joe Edwards will have the <br />statue reviewed by Arts & Letters. <br /> <br /> <br />Trollie Trolley car will turn at Trinity but needs overhead power which will make <br />a turn difficult. The trolley trollie can go straight, then backwards – trolley trollie <br />has two front ends. <br /> <br />Staff Liaison’s Report – Tom McCarthy <br /> <br />COMMITTEE REPORTS <br /> <br />Sculpture Series – Julie Bianchi, Tom McCarthy <br /> <br /> <br />Masugah Meshuggah sculpture to stay longer since it was delivered late, and <br />Patrick likes it. <br /> <br />Returning Artist – Chairperson, Adelia Parker-Castro, Shirley LeFlore, Calla <br />Smorodin <br /> <br /> <br />Adelia distributed a letter regarding the program expectations, opportunities and <br />possible fund raising ideas. <br /> <br /> <br />It was announced that Traci Moore-Clay will be the returning artist in 2010. A <br />Thank You letter has been sent already. <br /> <br />