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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-03-08 CAC MINS .t MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE n CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION Tuesday, 5:00 p.m. Parks & Recreation Conference Room March 8, 1994 City Hall CALL MEETING TO ORDER ROLL CALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Castillo, Commissioners Cernitz, McAllister, Pelayo, Scott, Souval, Torres and Wheeland MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Staff Liaisons Gates, McMartin and Shaw 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MUSC [Torres/Scott] 6-0 (Castillo, Wheeland not present) to approve the minutes of February 8, 1994. 2. PRESENTATION - Fine Arts Funding Pam Buchan, Community Development Department, explained the City's Fine Arts Policy to the Commission. The Policy was established specifically for the redevelopment areas in the City. It was created to obtain funds which are used for fine arts by enhancing the aesthetics and cultural impact in the project areas. The City receives funds from.the builder, which is one percent of the property valuation for projects in the Town Centre I and Town Centre II redevelopment areas and one-half of one percent from the projects that are constructed in the Bayfront redevelopment area projects. The builder has the option to utilize these funds to assist in placing art on their property or waive the funds that are derived from their fees which then are reinvested into the redevelopment projects. If the builder decides to utilize these funds, the process then requires the approval of the Design Review Committee. The policy as it is written does not include maintenance of the arts in Chula Vista. Ms. Buchan will provide the i ` Cultural Arts Commission 2 March 8, 1994 Meetings Minutes Commission with a list of the art within the Redevelopment areas. The Commission was interested in reviewing the art projects in conjunction with the Design Review Committee. Staff will follow-up on instituting changes in the review process to include the Cultural Arts Commission. 3. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Action a. Communication with Southwestern College At the last meeting, the Commission directed staff to assist in drafting a letter on behalf of the Commission to the Mayor and Council encouraging them to contact Southwestern College and suggest the College consider the use of the College facilities by the community. After discussion, the Commission agreed to develop ideas and create a shared use agreement to accompany the letter to the Mayor at a later date. b. Communication with SUHSD-Eastlake Performing Arts Faciilty At the last meeting the Commission agreed to prepare a letter encouraging Council to continue pursuing arrangements for partnership of joint usage of the new Performing Arts Facility. Since then, City staff met with Sweetwater Union High .School District officials. Staff was given a tour of the new Eastlake facility. Staff noted there was a positive agreement was reached. Ms. Shaw will be gathering information from similar facilities throughout the County to assist in formulating an agreement for joint use of the Eastlake facility. Non-Action a. Retreat - The Workshop is scheduled for Saturday, March 12, 1994, 8: 30-12:00 Noon at the Eastlake Library. Ms. Souval will give a brief history of the Cultural Arts Commission to the new Commissioners. Mr. Torres will bring the Commission up-to-date on the Work Plan. The main purpose of the retreat is to readdress the current Work Plan and adjust it accordingly. r Cultural Arts Commission 3 March 8, 1994 Meetings Minutes 4. NEW BUSINESS - Action - None Non-Action a. NALLA Convention .� The NALLA Convention is scheduled for June 16-20 in Fort Worth, Texas. If the funds are appropriated by Council, Chair Cernitz will plan to attend. b. Discussion of Non-Profit The first non-profit meeting was held on February 22. There were approximately 25 people in attendance. A nine member steering committee was formed. The next meeting is scheduled for March 15 to begin formulating goals. 5. SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS a. Public Affairs - Nothing to report. b. Art in Public Places - Mr. McAllister met with John Rojas, Photographer, Heritage Museum and di-scussed a potential joint project of forming a registrary of public art. Mr. Rojas agreed to photograph Chula Vista's art which will be included in the display. C. Advocacy - Chair Torres is working toward a plan in order to include the entire Commission's participation. Ms. Shaw reported the Commission could apply for a grant requesting funds to contract a consultant to conduct workshops on advocacy, which could also include other Commissions. d. Bayfront - Nothing to report. e. Art in Education - Ms. Souval noted the first meeting is scheduled for March 17 at 3:30 p.m. in the Parks & * Recreation Conference Room. The Art Festival that was held at Kellogg School was very successful. f. Music Festival - Nothing to report. g. Gayle McCandliss Awards - Additional applications were distributed through the SUHSD Superintendent of Student Support Services. There will be advertisements in the Aah San Diego Union and Star News. The deadline has been extended to March 25. Y . Cultural Arts Commission 4 March 8, 1994 Meetings Minutes 6. STAFF REPORT a. ` Project Funding Report The Commission received a copy of their Council Agenda Statement -requesting funding to support their proposed projects. Parks & Recreation Director Valenzuela asked the Commission to review the report. Mr. Valenzuela commented that theaCommission's' requested projects were very good and that he supported them in concept. However, his recommendation to the City Manager was to defer these items to the FY 94-95 budget process since the City is facing severe budget constraints. The Commission decided'to approach Council and go forward with their -request at the Council meeting of March 15, 1994. The entire Commission was encouraged to attend. b. Library Mural Project A report was on Council's agenda to accept the proposed pian to hire a consultant to begin the murals project for the new library. Ms. Shaw received several names from the Commission for consideration to serve on the mural selection committee. The potential people will be contacted to first determine who is interested and then the Commission will make the selection who will be appointed to serve on the committee. C. Festival Report - ;The Festival tplanning is moving forward. The scheduled date is May 21. d. Chula Vista Partnership in Arts and Tourism Ms. Shaw distributed a Proposal Summary to the Commission for their review and comments. The report was entitled "Chula Vita Partnership for Arts and Tourism". The report gives an overview of the Commission, the objectives to promote cultural activities and massive ee planning effort to develop new ideas and projects. The Jf proposal's request is for $5,000. This document will be will be submitted for potential grants. e. NALAA Economic Impact Study - Ms. Shaw distributed a News Release for the Commission's review. A recent study from NALAA entitled "Economic Impact Research" includes statistics that prove the impact that arts have on local communities. The sample letter could include local D, statistics in support of the arts. Non-profit arts � ' organizations plays a key role in the economic strength Cultural Arts Commission 5 March 8, 1994 Meetings Minutes of the respective communities. 7. COMMUNICATIONS a. Oral Communications - None. b. Written Communications - None. C. Commissioners' Remarks - None. Meeting adjourned at 7:35 p.m. to the next regularly scheduled meeting of April 12, 1994 at 5:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Elizabeth Bottorff }