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Public Notice - Art in Public Places Board Meeting Minutes
Monday, December 6, 2021 - 8:30 a.m.
AIPP Board members present: Susanne Graf, Tracy Gordon, Kathy Langenwalter, Courtney St. John
Absent: Lindsea Stowe
Others present: Molly Eppard, AIPP Coordinator, Pete Wadden, Environmental Sustainability Dept.
1. Approval of November 1, 2021 meeting minutes.
2. No citizen input.
3. Gore Valley Trail Interpretive Installation
Pete Wadden, Environmental Sustainability Dept. (presentation attached)
• 12 educational watershed stations between East Vail & Donovan Park along the bike path.
• Gabion boulder structures will serve as the bases for the display, as well as a few which are “folded”
over bridge railings/fences and free-standing sculptural elements in cutout Corten steel. Design
development from the firm Howard and Revis out of Washington, D.C. at 65%
• Next steps (budgeted for 2022): 85% design next week with final design by end of year, early 2022 bid
process for installation preparation work including compacted gravel “pull-off” areas along path,
fabrication firm Direct Embed for a June installation.
• This is the first public meeting where design has been presented outside of staff.
• Board feedback: Kathy recommends a future public forum for community input. She is also concerned
about the proximity to the recreation trail and the safety of the proposed cut steel sculptures. Susanne
recommends fully using the gabions for educational purposes and questions the aesthetics and
intentions of the sculptural elements for the installation. Visually the sculptures with the gabions in the
natural environment feels busy. She asks if they are created by an artist or fabricated? An artist versus
fabricator might be a more thoughtful approach for sculptural elements. Fabricated works do not fall
under AIPP’s purview. Continued maintenance costs and safety at the bridge locations and sculptures
should be a priority. The Board compliments the in-depth educational content of the installation.
• The presentation will go before DRB, PEC and Council before the bid process.
4. 15th Annual Vail Winterfest 2021/22 – Illuminated ice installation by Olive Moya / Alpine Ice
• Installation postponed until the 16th due to lack of snow & temperatures.
• Olive has painted 17 lanterns for display on the International Bridge along with over 100 luminarias
created by children of Children’s Garden of Learning and Vail Mind Center.
• Grand Opening December 19th – 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. International Bridge, Vail Village.
5. Coordinator Updates.
• January - Review possible mural locations, artists, summer programs.
• Strategic Plan RFP – Importance of gathering the history and various documents for AIPP.
6. Meeting adjourned.
Gore Valley Trail Interpretive InstallationPete Wadden
Watershed Education Coordinator
pwadden@vailgov.com 970.479.2144 | lovevail.org