{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2005-11-30", "page": 1, "text": "MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL JOINT CITY COUNCIL\nAND RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSION MEETING\nWEDNESDAY- - -NOVEMBER 30, 2005- -7:00 P.M.\nMayor Johnson convened the Special Joint Meeting at 7:23 p.m.\nRoll Call -\nPresent : Councilmembers Daysog, deHaan, Matarrese\nand Mayor Johnson; Commissioners Ingram,\nKahuanui, Ogden, Oliver and Reeves - 9.\nAbsent :\nVice Mayor Gilmore and Commissioner\nChristine Johnson - 2.\n(05-547) A Study Session was held to discuss: Commission\nAchievements for 2004, Commission Goals for 2005, Park Bond\nProjects, Park Master Plan, Cost Recovery, and Alameda Point\nFacilities.\nAdjournment\nThere being no further business, Mayor Johnson adjourned the\nSpecial Meeting at 9:30 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nLara Weisiger\nCity Clerk\nThe agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Brown\nAct.\nSpecial Joint Meeting\nAlameda City Council and\nRecreation and Park Commission\nNovember 30, 2005", "path": "CityCouncil/2005-11-30.pdf"}
{"body": "PublicArtCommission", "date": "2005-11-30", "page": 1, "text": "CITY\nOF\n&\n$\nMINUTES OF PUBLIC ART COMMISSION\nMEETING OF NOVEMBER 30, 2005\n(Revised: 2/7/06)\nDATE:\nWednesday, November 30, 2005\nTIME:\n7:00 p.m.\nPLACE:\nCity Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue, Third Floor, Room 360\nAlameda, CA 94501\n1.\nRoll Call:\nThe meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m.\nPresent:\nChair (C) Huston, Vice Chair (VC) Lee, Committee Members (CM)\nCecilia Cervantes (late), and Peter Wolfe\nAbsent:\nCommittee Member (CM) K.C. Rosenberg\nStaff:\nChristina Bailey, Secretary, Public Art Commission\nChrista Johnson, Assistant to the City Manager (A2CM)\n2.\nApproval of Minutes\nA.\nMinutes of Meeting on September 28, 2005\nCM Wolfe asked that the following be added at the end of the change in item 2A\nparagraph 1, \"and that it should be done at a publically accessible area.'\nC Huston asked that the following change be made to item 5A paragraph 3, \"He\nwent on to explain that South Shore Shopping Center will be in a Craftsman\nstyle, indigenous to the area.\" C Huston asked that the following be added to\nparagraph 7, \"She went on to state that opportunities for innovation can be used\nin subtle ways through material and scale for instance.\"\nC Huston asked that the following change be made to item 5F paragraph 2, \"C\nHuston now states that the list could be edited to art organizations, art\npublications, and Alameda/Oakland artists.\"\nC Huston asked that the following change be made to item 7 paragraph 2, \"C\nHuston stated that at least four (4) weeks are needed to be published, and six (6)\nweeks to run in order to generate more applications.\"\nM/S/C\nLee/Wolfe\n(approved)\n\"That Minutes of Public Art Advisory Committee Meeting on September 28,\n2005 be approved with changes.\"\nPAC Meeting\n1\nRevised Minutes\nNovember 30, 2005", "path": "PublicArtCommission/2005-11-30.pdf"}
{"body": "PublicArtCommission", "date": "2005-11-30", "page": 2, "text": "Approved (3) - Huston, Lee, Wolfe\nAbsent (2) - Cervantes, Rosenberg\n3.\nOral Communications\n(Any person may address the Committee in regard to any matter over which the\nCommission has jurisdiction or of which it may take cognizance that is not on the\nagenda.)\nLinda, the Community Relations representative from Wind River attended as an\nobserver. She stated that she was collecting information on the responsibilities of\nvarious art organizations throughout Alameda. She expressed Wind River's\ninterest in creating a relationship with local artists and organizations. The\ncompany would like to have on-site exhibitions, but would be limited to only public\nreceptions.\n4.\nWritten Communications - NONE\n5.\nOld Business\nA. Update on Alameda Towne Centre - (Discussion Item)\n-\nTad Savinar, Art Consultant, Harsch Investment Properties\nTad Savinar updated the PAC on public art at Alameda Towne Centre. He\nexpressed a desire to clarify some issues that arose during a previous phone\nconversation with the PAC. He displayed two life-size drafts of panels for the\nJohn Laursen Project. He explained that the artist has visited Alameda in\norder to conduct research. The panels will be full color (tonation of the era),\nbaked enamel; each will have title block. The artist will likely start the project\nwith twelve panels, with hopes of adding more.\nC Huston asked if the panel project would be a historical, informative, well-\nexecuted storytelling thing, or would it be art. Mr. Savinar stated that the\nproject would be historically informative. C Huston questioned the project's\nconceptual depth. CM Wolfe interjected that a good narrative could make a\ndifference in the final product. Mr. Savinar added that the proposed subjects\ndo not include images of parks or families, and most are taken around the turn\nof the 20th century. CM Cervantes stated that families are changing, and this\ndiversity would be good to capture. C Huston stated that the project does not\nhave to tell all the stories of Alameda; it does not have to be all things to all\npeople. She went on to ask the PAC if a historically based, design focused\nproject is acceptable.\nCM Wolfe stated that art can take a narrative form. CM Cervantes added that\none of the program's missions was to provide opportunities for lifelong\nlearning, and this project passes information on to the centre's visitors. VC\nPAC Meeting\n2\nRevised Minutes\nNovember 30, 2005", "path": "PublicArtCommission/2005-11-30.pdf"}
{"body": "PublicArtCommission", "date": "2005-11-30", "page": 3, "text": "Lee suggested that the panel project be given a title and subtitle, in order to\npull the series of images together. She went on to state that if this project\nwere a book, it would have a title. CM Wolfe asked if ADA standards for print\nsize and height of posted items applied to this project. Mr. Savinar stated that\naccording to Federal Guidelines, those standards do not apply to public art.\nAnother artist the client is considering is John Buck. He is a sculptor of human\nscaled pieces, who would create one or two figurative pieces cast in bronze.\nC Huston remarked on the similar nature of Buck's work to that of Michael\nCarey, an artist working with the New Main Library. Despite being similar to\nCarey's, C Huston stated that Buck's work does have a sophistication and\ncomplexity to it. She stated that part of the goal set by the Guidelines is to\ngive Alameda a keen range.\nIn closing, Mr. Savinar's assumption was that the panel project would continue\nwith an emphasis on developing a conceptual thread. In reference to the Buck\npiece, Mr. Savinar understands that the piece needs to be different from the\nCarey piece; the pieces with stronger geometric design are intellectually more\ninteresting. CM Wolfe thanked Mr. Savinar for coming before the PAC early\non in the process.\nB. Presentation on Bridgeside Shopping Center - (Discussion/Action Item)\n-\nBarbara Price, CEO / PK Consultants, Inc.\nBarbara Price explains that PK Consultants, Inc. is involved in government\nand community outreach and affairs; their role is to work with the community\non the process and do outreach for their clients. C Huston asked if an art\nconsultant had been chosen for the project. Ms. Price stated that an art\nconsultant was not hired, since her client is using existing, nautical pieces.\nBruce Qualls, developer for Regency Centers, shared that the center's\nanticipated opening is in Fall 2006. It has been a complicated process that\nstarted in 2000, involving the San Francisco Bay Conservation and\nDevelopment Commission (BCDC) as well as the Army Corps of Engineers.\nHe stated that the Bay Trail will run along the frontage of the property, and will\nbe landscaped.\nClay, architect for Regency Centers, stated that representatives from both\nBCDC and the City of Alameda's Planning and Building Department\nsuggested that focal points be created throughout the center. Three focal\npoints are being proposed, which will feature interpretive signage about the\nhistory of the channel. There will be an anchor, a bollard and mast, and a\npropeller and cleats. In addition to these pieces, an amphitheater is being\nproposed for the corner of the property closest to the Fruitvale Bridge. CM\nCervantes inquired as to the capacity of the amphitheater; Clay stated\napproximately 25 people, depending on the event.\nPAC Meeting\n3\nRevised Minutes\nNovember 30, 2005", "path": "PublicArtCommission/2005-11-30.pdf"}
{"body": "PublicArtCommission", "date": "2005-11-30", "page": 4, "text": "Ms. Price stated that the performance area was suggested by BCDC, as a\nmulti-use area; they wanted to encourage the use of the area in relation to its\nsetting at the foot of the Fruitvale Bridge. C Huston explained that an item that\nmeets requirements for BCDC does not necessarily meet the requirements set\nby the Public Art Ordinance and Guidelines.\nC Huston asked the Bridgeside team how placing nautical elements makes\nthem art. Clay stated that they are items of interest, which enhance the\nenvironment and one's experience of it. CM Wolfe stated that the pieces are\nvery interesting artifacts to the project, but are not clearly being presented as\nart. The intent and theme of the pieces is good, but they really do not fit into\nthe Guidelines. Mr. Qualls shared that at one time, they thought of welding all\nthe items together into one massive piece.\nMr. Qualls stated that the Public Art budget for the project is approximately\n$35,000. A2CM Johnson inquired as to how that figure was calculated. Mr.\nQualls stated that the project is $17 million, there is a 22,000 increase in\nsquare footage (21% difference), and the Public Art requirement is 1% of the\ntotal cost. C Huston explained that if their allocation is $35,000, then that\namount needs to be clearly used for Public Art.\nC Huston offered suggestions for meeting their Public Art requirement. The\ncenter could sponsor concerts for the next two years; a performance schedule\nwould be acceptable. It could sponsor a residency program to bring in artists\non a regular basis to work on salvage and pay them $5,000/year for the next\nseven years; those pieces could then be displayed throughout the center. She\nshared that an artist landscaped the Getty Gardens in Malibu, in such a\nprovocative way, that one does not see a garden.\nC Huston expressed her appreciation in seeing a client consider the\ncommunity in their concept.\nC. Update on Civic Center Parking Structure Art Project - (Oral Report)\nThe group for a Megaplex-Free Alameda filed a lawsuit on Monday, October 3.\nThe suit, filed in Alameda Superior Court, is an effort to require the City of\nAlameda to perform a full Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on the proposed\n7-screen Cineplex and parking garage as required by law.\nAs a result, Development Services is delaying the issuance of the Public Art\nRFP for the garage until the Call for Bids for the garage and the rehab of the\ntheater (January 2006) are sent out. Letters were sent out to the finalists\ninforming them of the delay.\nD. Revised Art Organization List - (Oral Report)\nPAC Meeting\n4\nRevised Minutes\nNovember 30, 2005", "path": "PublicArtCommission/2005-11-30.pdf"}
{"body": "PublicArtCommission", "date": "2005-11-30", "page": 5, "text": "A revised list of Art Organizations was given to the PAC for review. The\nrevised list contains art organizations throughout California. In comparison,\nthe revised list saves $170.00 in postage per mailing.\nC Huston expressed a concern that a letter sent to some of the included\norganizations would be a letter lost. She stated that one of the PAC members\nshould take the lead and find the appropriate organizations. She suggested\nthat either CM Rosenberg or herself assume this task.\n6.\nNew Business\nA. Update on Washington Park Recreation Building - (Oral Report)\nA conceptual drawing of the new Recreation Building at Washington Park was\npresented at the September 15 meeting of the Recreation & Park\nCommission. Patrick Russi, Recreation Supervisor, stated that ARPD would\ncome before the PAC in early 2006 to present their plan for public art on the\nsite.\nB. Update on Harbor Island Community Center - (Oral Report)\nBarbara Price represents Kennedy Wilson, the new owners of the Harbor\nIsland Apartments. The complex will be market-rate, family-oriented\napartments. Buildings will have upgraded textures and materials; buildings\nwill no longer be flat along the top. Residents should be back in the units by\nthe end of the first quarter 2006.\nMs. Price asserts that Kennedy Wilson is committed to the arts. They asked\nthe College of Alameda for a referral, in hopes of commissioning an artist to\ncreate a freestanding sculpture. They have also adopted Chipman Middle\nSchool.\nThe Clubhouse/Community Center has been submitted for approval. It will be\n6000 sq. ft. in total: 4000 for public space and 1500 for leasing office and\nrestrooms (for pool). The Clubhouse is anticipated to open by October 2006.\nC Huston inquired as to whether the community center will be for the public,\nor only for residents of the complex. Ms. Price stated that the center could be\navailable for groups from the community to use. The client is looking to make\navailable the center for community-based organizations for meetings, as long\nas it does not usurp resident-oriented events. C Huston stated that the\nGuidelines would not be met by having artwork inside a building, which is not\navailable to those living outside the complex. Ms. Price explained that the\nclient has discussed hosting two or three shows for Frank Bette Center for the\nArts, or hosting receptions for new artists. C Huston stated that the public art\nPAC Meeting\n5\nRevised Minutes\nNovember 30, 2005", "path": "PublicArtCommission/2005-11-30.pdf"}
{"body": "PublicArtCommission", "date": "2005-11-30", "page": 6, "text": "needs to infiltrate and benefit the public in some way. It needs to provide\nsomething bigger that the Frank Bette Center could or would not have done\nthemselves, like bringing in an important exhibition or being able to curate it.\nMs. Price asked if the client could sponsor an event off-site; C Huston\nanswered in the affirmative.\nMs. Price explained that the new name of the complex would be Summer\nHouse Apartments, which comes from the historical context of Alameda being\nthe summer home for San Francisco residents.\nC. Update on Bayport Community Center - (Oral Report)\nThis is a joint project between the City of Alameda (ARPD) and the Alameda\nUnified School District (AUSD). The building will belong to ARPD and the\nproperty belongs to AUSD. As of right now, plans are being developed and a\nbid package is being compiled. This project could be exempt from public art if\nthe City chooses to appeal. Based on the current budget, it is unclear as to\nwhether or not there will be sufficient funding for public art on the site.\n7.\nSubcommittee Reports - NONE\n-\nTheater & Garage Project - CM's Cervantes and Rosenberg\n8.\nCommissioner Communications\nPAC discussed the idea of providing applicants with more detailed information in\nthe Guidelines regarding expectations of art quality, quantity of seating at venues,\netc.\nC Huston suggested that the PAC take the provided 2006 Meeting Schedule home\nto compare it to their schedules and bring back for review during the January\nmeeting.\n9.\nUpcoming Meeting Dates\nDecember Meeting - CANCELLED\nWednesday, January 25, 2006\n10.\nAdjournment:\nThe meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.\nPAC Meeting\n6\nRevised Minutes\nNovember 30, 2005", "path": "PublicArtCommission/2005-11-30.pdf"}