CITY OF PEORIA, ARIZONA
ARTS COMMISSION
OUTLOOK ROOM
OCTOBER 11, 2011



A Regular Meeting of the Arts Commission of the City of Peoria, Arizona, was convened 
at 9875 N. 85th Avenue, at 5:04 p.m.

Members Present:   Robert Benson, Lizabeth Gordon, Christopher Hearn, Jack Lytle, 
Steve Poe and Pamela Potter

Members Absent:   Marleejean Johnson

Other Municipal Officials Present:  Jeff Tyne, Community Services Director; Kirk 
Haines, Parks Manager; Andre Licardi, Cultural Arts Coordinator and Ellen Comella, 
Administrative Assistant

Audience:  2

Note:	 The order in which the items appear in the minutes is not necessarily the 
order in which they were discussed at the meeting.

CONSENT AGENDA

All items listed with a “C” are considered to be routine by the Arts Commission and 
were enacted by one motion.


Minutes:

1C Discussion and possible action to approve/excuse member’s absence from September 
13, 2011 regular meeting:  Lizabeth Gordon and Jack Lytle

2C Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of September 13, 2011

A motion was made by Steve Poe to approve the consent agenda; the motion was seconded 
by Jack Lytle and the motion carried unanimously.


New Business: 
  
3R	Arts Grants

Andre Licardi gave a brief presentation on how the grant process was handled and 
handed out a list of participants and recommended award amounts from the committee.

A motion was made by Pamela Potter to approve the Committee’s recommendation on 
this year’s Arts Grants awards with the correction to the Centennial High School 
Marching Band requested amount.  The motion was seconded by Lizabeth Gordon and the 
motion carried unanimously.

4R	Centennial Events

Andre Licardi spoke about the upcoming Centennial Events three exhibits in City Hall. 
The Art Gallery by WVAM, Pine Room Baseball Hall of Fame photos and PFAA artwork.  
On February 4th will be the Centennial Plaza event with artist present, collecting 
images with paint and camera.

5R	Public Art Projects

Andre Licardi handed out paperwork with the Osuna Park layout with possible public 
art locations.  Upon discussion the Commission chose location (C) for the best 
visibility but location (A) was also an option depending upon the art item chosen.   
No action taken

6R	Music Venues

Andre Licardi spoke about possibly having a once a month music venue concert once 
the Centennial Plaza is completed.  He is also working with festivals to bring music 
into the city to possibly tie in with the Spring Training visitors.   No action taken

7R	Future Agenda Items

The Commission did not have any future agenda items.  No action taken


Call to the Public:  none


Reports from Staff:   

1.   Art Gallery Exhibits
Andre Licardi spoke about an agreement that the city is currently working on with 
the WVAM for them to handle the Art Gallery and exhibits.

Kirk Haines advised the Commission that the October 18th Study Session with Council 
on the “State of the Arts” has been deferred to a later date.  We will let you know 
once a date is confirmed.



Reports from Commission:  None

Being no further business to come before the Commission, a motion was made by Steve 
Poe to adjourn the meeting; the motion was seconded by Jack Lytle.  The motion 
carried unanimously and the meeting was adjourned at 6:15 p.m.



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Robert Benson, Chair



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Ellen Comella, Administrative Assistant