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CHULA VISTA
Cultural Arts Commission
MEETING MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
January 8, 2018
CALL TO ORDER 6:16pm
ROLL CALL:
Civic Center
Building A
Conference Room C 10 1
276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista 91910
Present: Chair Cazares; Vice Chair Rodriguez; Commissioners; Delgado, Gore, and Sywyj
Absent: Commissioners Gray, Maynard, Penunuri, 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
November 13, 2017
Commissioner Gore
Commissioner Delgado
Motion to approve made by Commissioner Sywyj and seconded by Chair Cazares.
Motion to approve passed unanimously.
2. Approval of minutes
November 13, 2017
Motion to approve made by Commissioner Rodriguez and seconded by Commissioner
Sywyj. Motion to approve passed unanimously.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Several members of the public from Creative Flow Arts & Entertainment were present at the
meeting.
INFO ITEM(S)
3. Presentation of the Chula Vista Heritage Museum's Fronterizos Project- Barbara
Zaragoza; South Bay Historical Society
Barbara Zaragoza provided an overview of the project and exhibition that will open on
January 27h. Fronterizos is a Performing and Visual Arts Grant recipient. Staff assisted
with the applicant on the marketing and promotional material for this project.
4. Presentation of the Age Friendly Drawing Contest — Nicholas Paul and Tanairi
Romano; City of Chula Vista Age-Friendly/Healthy Chula Vista Initiative
City staff, Nick and Tana provided an overview of the Age Friendly Drawing Contest
that will be opened to elementary school children. They will work with Cultural Arts
staff to promote the event and possible opportunities to exhibit the work. One to two
CAC Commissioners will be asked to participate in the judging of the contest once it
closes.
Cultural Arts Commission Subcommittees Updates - Lynnette Tessitore; Cultural Arts
Manager
a. Cultural Arts Assets Mapping (Assets Mapping)
Staff met with the Assets Mapping subcommittee. Outreach for the project was.
The Cultural Arts Commission discussed at length the subcommittee's
recommendation that the project be branded as the You Are Here project using an
icon similar to the google red location pin. The Cultural Arts Commission, by
consensus, determined that the project would be branded as Your Art Here. Staff
will establish a subpage under the Cultural Arts webpage.
b. Funding and Grants (F&G)
Staff gave the CAC an update on activities to date. Staff and the F&G
subcommittee met and discussed this year's PVAG timeline and applicant
outreach. It was discussed that this year the F&G subcommittee would like to
provide potential applicants more than one opportunity for technical assistance
(i.e. webinar and one on one's). The timeline was discussed with release of the
application in mid to late February. The grant period will open for approximately
6 weeks. This year staff will ask previous PVAG grantees to sit on the PVAG
Committee.
6. Discussion of Potential Changes to the Cultural Arts Commission Appointment Process
— Lynnette Tessitore; Cultural Arts Manager
The Clerk's office approached staff about an opportunity for a more streamlined
appointment process. This item was discussed at length and the CAC agreed for staff
to bring forward to the next meeting some sample interview checklist questions for
discussion.
OTHER -BUSINESS
7. STAFF COMMENTS
NONE
8. CHAIR'S COMMENTS
NONE
9. COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS
NONE
ADJOURNMENT 8:19pm to the regular meeting on February 12, 2018
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Lynette Tessitore, Cultural Arts Manager