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pvin pr R£q0 <br />Town of Reading RECEIVED <br />e� �Q: <br />Meeting Minutes TOWNNCLERK <br />��IN{OPPPP ck- <br />MA. <br />Board -Committee -Commission -Council: <br />1011 SEP 21 PM 5:25 <br />Cultural Council <br />Date: 2021-06-07 Time: 7:00 PM <br />Building: Location: <br />Address: Session: Open Session <br />Purpose: Version: <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />Mary Ann Kozlowski, Bharti Joy Paris, Nora Bucko, Brian Kimerer, Katherine <br />Lopez Natale, Kerr! Perry„ ]ane Soloway <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Michael Duncan Smith, Megan Fidler -Carey <br />Others Present: <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Katherine Lopez Natale <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />This meeting was conducted via ZOOM due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions <br />Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. <br />Minutes of the May 13, 2021 meeting were approved. <br />The council discussed some housekeeping issues. There is the possibility that the Senior <br />Center will be available for next year's meetings. Mary Ann Kozlowski reminded members <br />who will continue on the board to send the agenda for each upcoming meeting to Laura <br />Gemme by the Wednesday before the Monday meeting. She also informed members that <br />she would relay the Council's desire to have the town expand the numbers of members on <br />the RCC as discussed at the May meeting. <br />The treasurer said that there were no significant changes to the balance sheet since the last <br />meeting. She has received two reimbursement requests and the payment of those will <br />result in full expenditure of the town grant. <br />Brian Kimerer conveyed the request of the Reading Art Walk to use the RCC survey results <br />in its publicity activity. The survey found that the Reading Art Walk had the highest <br />attendance of all grant activities. The Massachusetts Cultural Council did not have an <br />objection to the request, leaving the decision to the RCC. Local Council members believed <br />that the publicity might have a positive effect on the number of submissions for next year's <br />grants. Since the survey report is a public document, the members voted to approve the <br />request. <br />Other items discussed addressed current and future methods to get out the word about <br />grants and make contact with the community: <br />• Posting of survey and deadlines for grant submissions on town website <br />Page 1 1 <br />