HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 04-07-2009 Workshop CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING
CITY HALL ANNEX
111 Polk Avenue, Cape Canaveral, Florida
TUESDAY
April 7, 2009
5:30 PM
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER: The Chair called the Meeting to order at 5:30 P.M. (No Roll Call)
Council Members Present:
Mayor Pro Tem Bob Hoog
Mayor Rocky Randels
Council Member Shannon Roberts
Council Member Betty Walsh
Council Member Absent:
Council Member Buzz Petsos
Business & Cultural Development Board Members Present:
Chairperson Joanne Muncey
Board Member Dianne Marcum
Board Member Lori Peppers
Others Present:
City Manager Bennett Boucher
Public Works Director Walter Bandish
Recording Secretary Mia Goforth
DISCUSSION:
1. History Video Production
Mayor Randels invited David Stanley, DA/Vid Productions to begin his presentation.
Mr. Stanley began by noting he had done a thorough job of interviewing everyone on
the City Council's list for this project within a certain time frame he was working on; Joy
Salamone, former Mayor, Joan Calvert, former Council Member and John Pekar,
present City Engineer are the few people he has not interviewed yet.
Mr. Stanley explained his method of production focusing on:
• Certain time frames in the City's history;
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• A list of time codes that break down everything he has in his system by subject
matter with how much raw footage is available;
• Whittling audio/video footage down into stories that are relative to certain topics;
and
• Requesting the City Council go through a list of topics; this will determine how
long video will be and will determine how much more is spent on the budget.
Mr. Stanley further explained the topics listed were broken down into specific time
frames: Early Cape Canaveral from 1920 — 1950; Early Resident History from 1950 —
1970; Early Rocket History from 1950 — 1970. He noted he specifically asks
interviewees questions about astronauts and questions regarding rocket/shuttle
accidents showing the lasting effects on the City.
Discussion ensued regarding the length of the video; the original contract called for 10
hours of footage and Mr. Stanley informed that he has captured a total of 28 hours, the
possibilities of putting the video on the web and enabling viewers to watch segments,
creating a DVD, running it on PBS (Public Broadcasting Station) as a television
program, showing the unique inner story of the community as it relates to the space
program, the possibility of using "dramatization" video footage to illustrate certain
stories, using film footage Mr. Stanley has of the early sixties that relates to the City and
its beach, the search for more early film footage regarding the City's Patriot's Day
Parade and the space program.
Mr. Stanley showed sample video clips for this project: Polaris Rocket crash into the
Banana River, the origin of the Cape Canaveral Police Department and Incorporation of
the City of Cape Canaveral. Discussion continued regarding the content of the clips
shown, inaccurate recollections of some of the interviewees, deciding on how certain
human interest stories might fit into the video and how topics transition into each other.
Mr. Stanley requested Council direction on:
• Which items to leave in and/or cut out;
• How early to start the video back in time;
• Making the video one hour and a half to two hours in length; and
• Approval to go forward with interviews of Ms. Salamone, Ms. Calvert and Mr.
Pekar.
Council suggestions included:
• Tying the past, present and future together;
• Having this as a continuous project;
• Researching grant opportunities and additional funding.
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Mayor Randels inquired if Council and others present approved of the presentation and
project so far; the group agreed they did. Council consensus was reached for Mr.
Stanley to continue the project with tentative additional funding.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:46 P.M.
Mia Goforth, Recording Secretary