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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-12-14 CAC Minutes APPROVED MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA December 14, 2015 Civic Center Branch Library 5:15 p.m. Conference Room 365 F Street, Chula Vista 91910 CALL TO ORDER A Regular Meeting of the Cultural Arts Commission of the City of Chula Vista was called to order at 5:15 p.m. ROLL CALL: Chair Macapugay; Vice-Chair Zhivago (arrived at 5:23 p.m.); Commissioners; Cazares, Delgado (arrived at 5:43 p.m.), Gore, Moore, Rodriquez (arrived at 5:28 p.m.) and Sywyj (left at 6:15 p.m.) Absent: Commissioner Daniels CONSENT CALENDAR The Board/Commission will enact the Consent Calendar staff recommendations by one motion, without discussion, unless a Board/Commission Member, a member of the public, or staff requests that an item be removed for discussion. If you wish to speak on one of these items, please fill out a “Request to Speak” form and submit it to the Secretary prior to the meeting. Items pulled from the Consent Calendar will be discussed immediately following the Consent Calendar. 1. Declaration of excused/unexcused absenteeism Commissioner Zhivago; November 9, 2015 Commissioner Gore: November 9, 2015 Commissioner Moore: November 9, 2015 Staff recommendation: Excuse the absences (Motion made to approve and seconded -Commissioners Moore/Gore) Motion Carried : 5-0-0-4 (with Zhivago, Delgado, Rodriguez, and Daniels not present for the vote) 2. Approval of minutes None City of Chula Vista Boards & Commissions Cultural Arts Commission Page 2 Cultural Arts Commission December 14, 2015 PUBLIC COMMENTS Persons speaking during Public Comments may address the Board/Commission on any subject matter within the Board/Commission’s jurisdiction that is not listed as an item on the agenda. State law generally prohibits the Board/Commission from discussing or taking action on any issue not included on the agenda, but, if appropriate, the Board/Commission may schedule the topic for future discussion or refer the matter to staff. Comments are limited to three minutes. There were no public comments INFORMATION ITEMS The Item(s) listed in this section of the agenda will be considered individually by the Board/Commission and are expected to elicit discussion and deliberation. If you wish to speak on any item, please fill out a “Request to Speak” form and submit it to the Secretary prior to the meeting. 3. Cultural Arts Master Plan Outline – Presentation ; Lynnette Tessitore-Lopez, Interim Cultural Arts Manager; City of Chula Vista Ms. Tessitore-Lopez provided the commission an overview of the draft Cultural Arts Plan, which included a power point presentation of the strategies and initiatives and associated implementation program. The Commission provided input on the following: Ideas for collaboration with: the Cultural Arts Commissions of other cities; South County Economic Development Commission Public Policy Committee; and the business community Consider providing bidding priority to local businesses Inclusion of Spanish media outlets Chula Vista Nights events(i.e. Chula Vista night at the Padres) Include process for accepting and decommission/deaccessioning public art pieces Consider the inclusion of an international showcase Look to the DC Cultural Tourism website as a good Cultural Tourism reference Ms. Tessitore-Lopez discussed next steps with the Commission . She stated that she will present the information to Council at a Council workshop on January 14th, 2016. Ms. Tessitore-Lopez will give the Commission an overview of the Council presentation at the January 11, 2016th meeting. She asked for volunteers to attend assist at the workshop. Further details and logistics will also be provided at the January 11th Cultural Arts Commission meeting. OTHER BUSINESS 4. STAFF COMMENTS Ms. Tessitore-Lopez advised that the PVAG grant application cycle will be open soon. She will be certain to send out the information to the Commission once it opens. She will also agendize the McCandliss Award application process for the next Cultural Arts Commission meeting (January 11, 2016) Page 3 Cultural Arts Commission December 14, 2015 5. CHAIR’S COMMENTS NONE 6. COMMISSIONERS’ COMMENTS NONE ADJOURNMENT 6:51p.m. to the regular meeting on January 11th, 2016