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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
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PUBLIC COMMENTS
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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
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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)
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5. CHAIR’S COMMENTS
NONE
6. COMMISSIONERS’ COMMENTS
NONE
ADJOURNMENT 6:51p.m. to the regular meeting on January 11th, 2016