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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-05-09 CAC MINSMINUTES OF CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION Monday, 5:30 p.m. Library Conf. Room May 9, 2005 Civic Center Library �rrrrrrrrrrrrr•■rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr■ 1. Call to Order/ Roll Call Chair Redo called the meeting to order at 5:36pm Commissioners Present: Commissioners Absent: Staff Present: Others Present: Redo, Cornell, Knowlton, Gore, Tubbs, Smith, Voorhees McGlade, LaRussa Reinhart, Todd, Giuliano None 2. Approval of Minutes Motion was made (Gore/Knowlton) to approve the minutes of the March 14, 2005 meeting. Motion was carried. Motion was made (Comell/Knowlton) to approve the • minutes of the March 24, 2005 Special Meeting of the Cultural Arts Commission. Motion was carried. 3. Old Business a. Report on Bay Front Development — Cornell Commissioner Cornell reported that the Bay Front project was in the midst of an economic analysis. The meeting of April 11`h had been postponed to early May but there had not been any notification of the next meeting. It was then noted that the General Plan Update was to go before Council in early August in its entirety. b. Report on Urban Core Development — Cornell Commissioner Cornell reported that an interest group was holding a meeting on Wednesday, May 11, from 7 to 9PM and the UCD meeting would be held Wednesday, May 18 at Bradley Hall. Commissioner Cornell went on to say that the main concern of the interest group was the high-rise buildings planned. Reinhart added that the Roosevelt Street Coalition Group had hired its own attorney and an urban planner. 4. Committee Reports a. Taste of the Arts / McCandliss VIP Reception — Smith Commissioner Redo thanked Commissioners Smith and Cornell for a wonderful job 40 on the reception. Commission Smith thanked all Commissioners and staff for their help putting together a wonderful program. Smith went on to add that she would be Page 1 of 3 resigning as the Chair of the event but had found a suitable replacement in Commissioner Knowlton who accepted the position. It was noted that Daniel Jimenez, one of the McCandliss Rising Star Award recipients was not able to attend the reception and would receive his award at the June 7'' Council meeting. Suggestions for next year were to have a liaison communicate between staff and the committee, and distribute award applications earlier in order to set an earlier deadline. It was noted that February would not be too early to send applications to teachers and school counselors. 5. Staff Updates a. Chula Vista's Taste of the Arts Festival Staff advised that there were 10 food vendors, 39 sponsors, 38 artist vendors and 28 featured artists that had signed up for the festival. Set-up w6uld start at 6AM on Saturday and again at 6:30AM on Sunday. City Events would take care of the front gate and parking lot; Ms. Bonita and Ms. South County were to be there no later than 1 OAM to begin the festivities. A sign-up sheet for the CAC booth was distributed. b. Visual & Perfomling Arts Task Force The Performing and Visual Arts Task Force held a meeting to review the applications and forwarded their recommendations to City Council. Recommendations were placed on the City Council consent agenda. There were $58,000 in requests but slightly more than $36,000.00 available and there was a good mix of school and regional groups that would receive grants. c. Arts Master Plan Process Selection of the Arroyo Group was made by the City Council on April 19`h. The contract had been signed and delivered to the Arroyo Group. Commissioners were advised that open meetings would be held for the Arts Master Plan. d. Loaned Public Art Pieces — Tree of Life / Pleasant Tree The Administrative policy regarding loaned and temporary installation of Public Art that was reviewed by the Public Art Sub -Committee and recommended to the CAC was approved by the CAC and presented to City Council in an Information Memo. Installation of the two loaned pieces of public art was handled by City Departments and has since been completed. e. Public Art Grant Proposal Nothing to report at this time. f. McCandliss Art Sale The CAC booth at Taste of the Arts has approximately $2,000 worth of donated art at this time. It was suggested that the artist's prices be negotiable and discussion was held regarding the discounting of art pieces during a specific time closer to the end of the festival. Page 2 of 3 • 6. New Business a. Commissioner Voorhees advised that there had been a survey 'done by Competitive Edge in which it was reported that the Arts was not being supported by the younger community. Sixty-seven percent of those surveyed understood,that art was critical but few were willing to donate to art. Commissioner Voorhees advised he would send the survey the Secretary Giuliano for distribution to the CAC. b. Mozart is having a 250 year birthday celebration c. Commissioner Cornell advised that the deadline to join the Bonitafest Parade was May 27th and asked Commissioners if they wanted to sign up for the parade. Commissioner unanimously agreed to participate in the September 24, 2005 parade. d. Chair Redo advised he would not be at the next two CAC meetings and asked Commissioner Cornell to chair the first one and Commissioner Voorhees to chair the second. Both Cornell and Voorhees agreed 7. Oral Communications None 8. Adjournment Adjournment was made at 7:05PM. The next Cultural Arts Commission meeting will be held at 5:30pm on June 13, 2005 in the Library Conference Room of the Civic Center • Library. Respectfully Submitted • Page 3 of 3