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OUTCOME OF WWA MEETING (posted 7/18)(The response/results are in UPPERCASE), Please send me additional notes, and tasks.
Introductions (5)
WWA:ADAM BROWN, SARA REISMAN RD: MB, EB, KL, PP Organizational Updates from Red Dive and WWA (10) Red Dive gives Project Update (20) Funding status and plan (brief overview-larger funding discussion later in meeting) - WWA AND REDDIVE AS PARTNERS IN PROJECT APPLYING FOR GREENWALL (DUE AUG 1ST) The event will be labeled as being done “in partnership with the WWA”
- APPROACHING PRIV BUS, ETC -SEE BELOW.
Project Team and staffing - MAUREEN BRENNAN, EXEC DIR; ASHLEY SMITH, ELLEN BAIRD, PROJECT DIRS; KERRY LOWE, PEGGY PELOQUIN, ASSOC PRODUCERS.
Artistic Vision - THIS MUST BE DEFINED MORE, CELEBRATION OF CANAL, COMMUNITY OF THE CANAL AREA, CANAL ITSELF.
Timeline - HAVE DRAFT OF EVENT BASED ON ACCESSIBILITY BY SEPT 15TH
- WWA/REDDIVE BOAT TOUR IN AUGUST (9TH, 10TH?)
Discuss PLAN B – moving forward regardless of PACT: How will this partnership function? (30) WWA availability ?/Partnership accountability: - WE DO COMMUNITY STUFF AND ARTIST OUTREACH,
- WWA(ADAM) DOES WATER SAFETY, BOAT RESEARCH, DOCKING ISSUES.
- WWA (SARAH) CO-CURATION-FILMS
Team process - TEAM PROCESS: WE ARE PLANNING TO MEET ONCE A MONTH WITH WWA UNTIL THE PROJECT DRAWS CLOSER AND THEN MEETING MORE OFTEN. ELLEN WORKS WITH ADAM ON WATERFRONT ACCESS ISSUES.
- ELLEN WILL COMPILE LIST OF BUSINESS PROPERTIES WITH ACCESS/OTHER POTENTIAL AND ADAM WILL ADVISE ON WHAT TO ASK FOR BASED ON
- others?
Ellen (Red Dive) presents Tour blueprint* (15) - ELLEN PROPOSED LAUNCHING TOURS FROM 2ND ST END. ADAM SAID ART SILO DOCKING BIGGER AND BETTER. HE WILL CALL ART SILOS TO SEE IF WE COULD DOCK THERE, ADAM HAS DOCKED THERE BEFORE, KNOWS TENANTS.
- BASIC TOUR WOULD CONSIST OF WATER TOUR BETWEEN CARROLL AND 9TH ST. BRIDGE, MORE AMBITIOUS PROJECT WOULD EXPAND TO INCLUDE WALKING TOURS OF NEIGHBORHOOD, GOING IN BOATS OUT INTO GOWANUS BAY, ETC.
Present list of questions to Adam regarding canal banks, permits, safety etc.** (Ellen) (5) - ON FLOATING OBJECTS OR SCULPTURES IN THE WATER: WE MUST GET IT OKED WITH BAYSIDE OIL AND MAKE SURE THAT THE OBJECTS DON’T INTERFERE WITH ANY BOATS THEY HAVE COMING IN AND OUT.
- A GOOD PLACE FOR PROJECTIONS IS THE PUBLIC STREET ENDS. WE MUST GET THIS APPROVED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY BOARDS.
- WE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITIES OF AN ARTIST DESIGNING PROTECTIVE GEAR FOR THE TOUR GOERS.
Discuss Chelsea Screamer vs. Barge: how the tour is defined by travel (15) - ADAM TO INVESTIGATE OTHER BOAT SOURCES SEATING 30-50 PEOPLE. PONTOON PERHAPS. IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE FEEL SAFE.
- WE HOPE TO DOCK AT AT LEAST ONE OTHER AREA. HOPEFULLY IN ONE OR MORE OF THE BASINS.
Additional partnerships: BCUE, GDCC . . . . . how to move forward with them (10) - SOUTH BROOKLYN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION(SBLDC) EXEC DIR: BETTE STOLZ.
Adam mentions the tension between Betty Stoltz of the South Brooklyn Community Development Core and Jeanne Delascio of the Gowanus Canal Community Development Group. Jeanne’s group was awarded a large amount of money that Betty felt her group deserved/ GREENSTREETS FUNDING?. So we should try not to get involved in the politics and present ourselves as a
PUBLIC PROGRAM EVENT.
Peripheral City BUDGET: what is our bottom line? (10) ?
Brainstorm additional funding sources (15) APPROACH BIG BUSINESS WITH LOCAL OUTLETS: Adam suggests that ,000 is agreeable amount of money to ask for from local businesses.- VERIZON
- KEYSPAN
- BAYSIDE OIL
- PATHMARK
- LOCAL BANKS
("$ 5,000 IS A GOOD FIGURE TO ASK FOR" -ADAM.)- SOLICIT LOCAL BUSINESSES. PERHAPS FUNDING MEANS DONATING USE OF SPACE? SUPPLIES, OTHER HELP.
- WE DISCUSSED PARTIES TO FUNDRAISE BUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THRU IT THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO ADVISE IT
- NYFA COMMUNITY VISION GRANTS, WHO IS FOLLOWING UP ON THIS?
Pinpoint three businesses to target for early involvement/sponsorship (10)
SEE ABOVE, VERIZON, KEYSPAN, BAYSIDE OIL, PATHMARK.
NEXT STEPS with revised (if necessary) TIMELINE (15) - ELLEN CONTINUES HER SITE SCOUTING WITH GUIDANCE/ASSISTANCE FROM ADAM.
- ADAM INVESTIGATES BOATS (30-50 PEOPLE SEATERS)
Wrap up and Schedule next meeting, including possibly a canal tour with Sarah and Red Dive for artistic development. (10)
CANAL TRIP FOR WWA/RD TO BE TAKEN MID AUG. ADAM TO CONTACT WITH DETATILS.
NEXT STEPS:- OUR SITE VISIT WITH ADAM AND SARAH, ON A BOAT
- NAIL DOWN SITES
- MEET WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
ADDITIONAL: Adam knows a lot about technical outdoors stuff, i.e. sound, lighting, other tech production.
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TASK LIST/TIMELINE
TO DO LIST/OTHER FROM MEETING:EB:- Call Yoselin Genao 718/436-2215, Constituent Liaison for Councilman Angel Rodriguez. (36th Dist.?) Remind her that Councilman Rodriguez wrote a letter of support for our cultural event celebrating the Gowanus canal.
- Send Adam a list of properties and what we want. "Bulkhead?" Ultimately RD will approach business about using their bulkhead, and then we will get insurance for people embarking and disembarking. ?Adam ?Adam : Insurance for performers, audience, etc. on banks of canal?
- Call Community Board (dsnt meet in the summer, tho) re: permit to use.dead end lots [1st, 2nd, 2nd ave, Bond, Huntington.]
- Call Tim Ventimiglia re: Cornell and Yale (Deborah Burke & Maitlan Jones's Gowanus arch. Studies).!
AB: - Will call Carrol St Artist Silo people with boat docking area re: potential use by RD
- To investigate Boats.
PP: - ?
MB: - Greenwall proposal
WHO? - NYFA "Community Vision" Grants? Call NYFA for info!
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