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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-09-13 CAC MINSti» • City of Chula Vista Cultural Arts Commission • September 13, 2004 Civic Center Branch Library 5:30 pm Library Conference Room 365 F Street Staff Advisor: Ric Todd (619) 585-5627 1. Call to Order/Roll Call Chairman Redo called the meeting to order at 5:40 pm. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chris Redo, Bob McGlade, Fran Cornell, Al Gore, Kerry Knowlton, Gerald LaRussa, Diannah Smith, Todd Voorhees, Walter Tubbs COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None CITY STAFF PRESENT: Roderick Reinhart, Patricia Spalding 2. Approval of August 9, 2004 meeting minutes. The minutes of the August meeting were unanimously approved. The minutes of the February 9, 2004 were reviewed and approved with the addition of Mr. Blankfort's first name on page two. Roderick Reinhart is conducting today's meeting in Ric Todd's absence. Ric is attending a Public Art meeting, scheduled for the same time as this meeting. 3. Staff Updates: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS a. Please mark your calendars for the following events: • Open night and dinner — "Bonita Melodrama" 6:00 p.m. Held at Bonita Vista High School at the Ron Bolles Little Theater, Wednesday Sept. 22, 2004. All Commissioners are invited to attend. Fran will clarify if the CAC are guests or what the cost will be. She will email the information to Ric. • Saturday, Saturday September 25, 2004, `Bonitafest Parade held on Bonita Road, see Fran. Commission Smith inquired what it would take for the CAC to be represented in the parade. Commissioner Cornell will coordinate obtaining/completing the application if anyone is interested. Those interested in • participating can meet later to discuss logistics of this event. • Tuesday, November 9, 2004, National Philanthropy Day, Luncheon from 1100 am — 1:30 pm at the Marriott Hotel & Marina, San Diego. Ric Todd will be attending. The cost is $75.00 per person. Contact Ric if you plan to attend, as he would like to purchase a table. • 4. Music In the Park 2004: The season is finished for 2004. Attendance was up this year. The DBA has approached Ric Todd about expanding the Thursday afternoon concerts from one month to three months. Bonita Business Association has also contacted him about concerts at Rohr Park. There are several new parks being built in the Chula Vista and two include amphitheaters, which would add more venues to the lineup. 5. Urban Core Revitalization: General Plan Update (GPU) will be finalized in late October and will likely go to Council in November, followed by specific plans for specific areas of the City. The first plan will be for the Third Avenue area and is called the Urban Core Specific Plan. Ric has been invited to be a member of the committee to make recommendations to this plan. He has the meeting schedule if commissioners are interested in attending. 6. CV Bay -Front Master Plan (Fran): The Plan is in the second phase. Commissioner Cornell has been asked by the Port Commission to serve as an official member of this committee. She will be out of town for the next Bayfront meeting and requested that someone else from the CAC attend in her place. Commissioner Voorhees responded in the affirmative. 7. Public Art Committee: Ric Todd would like the committee to be reconstituted. • — Purpose is to assist in the development of public sites, select artists, art works, and advise the Cultural Arts Commission about recommendations to Mayor and Council, the SD Port's Public Art Committee and SD Port Commissioners. A selection process needs to be developed and terms established. Chairman Redo requested that staff develop a draft plan for reconstituting the committee. • Current Membership: Fran Cornell, Bob McGlade, Bill Virchis, Penny & Dave Rossi and Melanie Cernitz (non-voting). There are openings for two more members. Ric suggests another business leader and an attorney. • The Commission needs to reconstitute the committee so they can begin working and planning in relationship to the CV Bayfront Master Plan time schedule. • October is National Arts & Humanities Month- Need thoughts about thanking our "Sponsors": One suggestion — each sponsor to receive a thank you letter signed by the Mayor. There are too many recipients to give out certificates at the Council meeting. Staff is open for suggestions. National Arts and Humanities proclamations are usually done on the first Tuesday in October, which will be October 5h this year; please forward suggestions/ideas to Ric or Roderick before then. 8. New Business a. Report of "Task Force" plan, scope and organization: The First Draft of the • Municipal Art Fund Guidelines was distributed (copy attached). Commissioner Redo, as spokesperson for the committee indicated they looked at plans from several other cities, including San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles. The committee developed this draft with excerpts from these cities. The CAC is asked to read the "Purpose" in addition to reviewing the entire document for typos, expansion, etc., and emailing your revised document back • to Chairman Redo. The final draft of the document will eventually be forwarded to the City Attorney for review, after which public hearings will be scheduled. Ric Todd will make arrangements for these meetings to include a wide range of community representatives. Chairman Redo will be on vacation from October 6-20, and therefore will not be at the October meeting, but will plan to bring the revised draft document to the November meeting. b. Discussion 9. Commissioner's Comments • This is Patricia Spalding's last meeting. She is transferring to another with position within the City. The Cultural Arts Commission thanked Patricia for a good job during her time as commission secretary for the past year. • Ric and Fran attended the Celebrate Chula Vista event held on September 11, 2004. They saw events and vendors very similar to our TOA activities. The biggest difference was they did not set aside parking for the handicapped. • Commissioner LaRussa commented that the Sweetwater Play was excellent. • 10. ADJOURMENT — The meeting was adjourned at 6:45 pm. The next Cultural Arts Commission meeting is October 11, 2004 at 5:30 p.m. in the Library Conference Room at the Civic Center Library. Approved 10/11/04 with amendment 0