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CITY OF
CHUAVISTA
MINUTES OF
CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION
May 14, 2007 XLNC-1
5:45 pm 1690 Frontage Road, Chula Vista, CA
1. Chair Redo called the meeting to order at 5:47 p.m.
Commissioners Present:
Commissioners Absent:
Staff Present:
Others Present:
Redo, Cornell, Bolles, Deavenport,
Knowlton, Smith, Voorhees
Knowlton, (excused), Liston (excused),
Vinson (unexcused)
Reinhart, Todd, Noguera
Souval, Giddens IIPA, Quijano, Fuentes
2. Approval of Minutes
Motion was made (Commissioner Cornell) and seconded (Commissioner
Deavenport) to approve the minutes of the April 9, 2007 meeting. Motion was
carried unanimously.
3. Oral Communications
Jennifer Quijano, Constituent Services Manager, discussed the City of Chula Vista
Beautification Awards. The Mayor.has requested a volunteer from the Cultural
Arts Commission to be part of the 2007 selection process. Commissioner Cornell
has graciously volunteered. The nomination deadline is July 15 and the awards
ceremony will be on October 29 at the Olympic Training Center.
Cynthia Fuentes, Development Coordinator for XLNC-1, announced that there is
a non -paid internship opportunity available for a high school junior, senior, or
college student.
4. Old Business
a. Update on Urban Core Specific Plan Process — Cornell
Approximately seventy percent of the plan has been adopted. Some zoning
issues still need to be resolved.
b. McCandliss Awards 2007 = Deavenport
There are a total of three Rising Star nominees: Adrian Murillo, Angela McDuffie
and Edgar Gonzalez. It was recommended that the $1,200 monetary award be
divided among the three nominees equally. Deavenport also noted the nominees
for the Distinguished Service Award, Mitsuyo Fukuda, the Bravo Award,.Victor
Manuel Diaz (posthumous award), and the Literary Arts Award, to be shared
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` between Deborah Halverson and Max Branscomb. Motion was made
(Deavenport) and seconded (Bolles) to approve all of the nominees for the 2007
McCandliss Awards. Motion was carried unanimously.
It was suggested that next year a letter be sent to teachers at the beginning of
the school year asking them to keep an eye out for graduating seniors that would
be good candidates for the Rising Star Awards.
5. New Business
a. Report from Port of San Diego Public Art Committee's City of Chula Vista
Representative —Souval
Representative Souval reported that the Tidelands Banner Project has been
approved by the Public Art Committee. The Port Commissioners have yet to
approve the budget for the project.
The San Diego Repertory Theater has entered into an agreement with the City of
National City for use of the former National City Public Library building.
Urban Trees 4 temporary art exhibit on the SD Embarcadero will be on display by
the beginning of June.
6. Staff Updates
0 a. Taste of the Arts 2007 Planning Update — Todd
Commissioners were given their information packets for the festival.
The National Arts Program has 174 entrants. The exhibit will be in the Parkway
Community Center.
b. Office of Arts and Culture Budget Update — Reinhart
The budget for 2007/08 reflect the reductions that were taken mid 2006/07.
7. Commissioner Comments
Commissioner Cornell would like to centralize information about events and
activities that several community organizations are holding so that a master
calendar can be created by the City of Chula Vista and accessed on-line.
Commissioner Deavenport was very pleased with the Ballet Folklorico Group that
was highly recommended by Commissioner Bolles.
Commissioner Smith inquired about how the Taste of the Arts Festival sponsors
will be acknowledged and thanked; Commissioner Redo will thank them on stage
during his welcoming address.
Staff member Reinhart mentioned that Taste of the Arts sponsor, Target, will be
handing out 1,000 give-aways to the public at the festival.
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Commissioner Redo has announced that he will not seek to renew his position as
the commission's chairperson in June; therefore, a new chair and vice
chairperson should be elected in June. Commissioners will e-mail Commissioner
Redo the names of nominees.
Commissioner Redo thanked XLNC —1 Radio station and [IPA for hosting the
Cultural Arts Commission meeting.
8. Adjournment
Adjournment was made at 6:45 p.m. The next Cultural Arts Commission Meeting
will be held at 5:45 p.m. on Monday, June 11, 2007 in the Conference Room at
the Civic Center Branch Library.
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