Borough of Point Pleasant Beach
Point Beach Arts Committee Meeting Minutes
The meeting was held in the office of Borough Hall and was called to order at 7:00 by Vice Chairwoman, Barbara Russell. Chairwoman Gerrie Vergona was out of town.
The following members were in attendance: Paul Kanitra, Barbara Russell, Cathy Jamison, Dan Mercuro James Dalton, Penny Davies, Madeline Gordon (representing Craig Gordon)
The following volunteers were in attendance: Carmelina Carra, Christopher Cochran (new volunteer), Tracey Jackson (new Volunteer).
Laurie Vicari was not present. Barbara Russell recorded tonite’s minutes.
The committee did a round table introduction as some new members were present. Christopher Cochran has agreed to help Cathy with the website and any graphic design efforts. Tracey Jackson is interested in participating in some of the subcommittees and has contacts with town sponsors.
Paul addressed the need to better organize the planning of all the events we discuss at our meetings. Some of the actions are falling through the cracks. He has asked that monthly minutes start listing action items discussed that will be used as the agenda for follow ups at subsequent meetings.
The following items were discussed:
Grants Application: Marisa Gray was not present at meeting. Paul indicated that if anyone else wanted to submit information for the application to provide it to Marisa this week.
Action Item: Marisa will submit Grant Application in October.
Town Murals: Jim Inzero was not present but Paul reported that Jim has spoken to some of the town business owners to get approval for murals on their walls. Everyone loved the idea. Dan Mercuro has stepped up to get the ball rolling and contact artists. Dan indicated he needs to get specifications of the surfaces to provide to the artists in order to get an accurate assessment of what it will take. Chris suggested painting the wall at the train station
Action Item: Dan will pull together a plan to accomplish the mural project and report to the next meeting. Chris will take a photo of the RR wall and send to Dan.
Holiday Trolley Theater: Brian was not present. Paul reported on his behalf that negotiations have begun with the Trolley company. It will cost $300 per performance. We are proposing to commit to 2 performances per night for 3 nights. We need to pick a long weekend for the 3 day event. Brian estimated that we would break even on the cost if we sold 17 seats for each of the 6 performances. Paul will send Cathy and Chris PayPal information.
Action Items: Brian will determine the dates. Cathy will explore Global Sponsorship and talk to the Antrim PTO and Key Club for sponsorship.
Bike In Movie Theater Event: Brian was not present. Paul reported that we need to nail down a date and get this on the calendar. It was decided the event will take place on October 27, 2018 from 6:00-9:00 in the parking lot of the Railroad Station. We decided the movie should be kid friendly and Halloween themed. Goonies was the movie pick. Paul ordered a blow up screen from Amazon. Tracy Jackson was going to look into a sponsor. Cathy will run an ad in the Star and advertise on Facebook.
Action Item: The planning committee needs to address some of the issues regarding projector, licensing, vendor/refreshment participation. Kim Surowitz of Barefoot Realty will participate in the planning. Barbara Russell will meet with Kim to discuss the details. Tracey will look into sponsorship.
Snow Man Decorating Contest: The idea surfaced to do a local Snowman decorating contest offered to Residents and Business Owners. Dan Mercuro agreed to purchase wooden Snow man templates to sell for decorating. $50 would be offered if business/resident will decorate; $100 to have an artist decorate. Judging will take place on December 8, 2018. Will advertise at the Christmas Festival on Nov. 23.
Action Item: Dan will look into purchasing the snowmen templates and come up with a plan for voting on the artwork.
Skateboard Painting: Madeline Gordon spoke on behalf of her husband Craig. They are looking into the cost of the skateboards and sponsors.
Action Item: Craig/Madeline will bring a status update to next meeting
Bench Painting: At the last meeting, Dan and Gerrie discussed making pallet benches at the Bandstand. Dan decided that a better option would be to go with Concrete. He will research building a mold and perhaps getting the Key Club involved.
Action Item: Report on updated status at next meeting.
Town Calendar Artwork: Barbara Russell thanked the artists who have submitted artwork/photography for the town calendar. She reported that if anyone else wanted to submit something, to send to her by 10/15.
No Action Item required.
Fund Raiser Gala-Joylene was not present. No update on the Gala. Paul indicated it might get pushed to March.
Action Item: Subcommittee needs to get started on the planning. Gerrie will contact Joylene when she returns.
The meeting adjourned at 8:45 pm.
The next meeting will be held on Monday, October 22nd at 7:00 pm in Borough Hall.
