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PublicArtCommission | 2007-09-27 | 1 | Minutes of the Regular Public Art Commission Meeting Thursday, September 27, 2007 City Council Chambers, City Hall CONVENE: 7:10 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL: Chair Huston, Vice-Chair Lee, and Commissioners Arrants and Rosenberg. Commissioner Wolfe arrived at 7:30 STAFF PRESENT: Cathy Woodbury, Planning & Building Director; Douglas Vu, Planner III; Tony Ebster, Recording Secretary 2. MINUTES: Minutes for the Regular Meeting of August 23, 2007 Continued to the meeting of October 25, 2007 3. ORAL COMMUNICATION: 4. REGULAR AGENDA: A. Cultural Arts Grant Program. Doug Vu gave a powerpoint presentation, which described and outlined the objectives, guidelines and ideas regarding the Cultural Arts Grant Program. Cathy Woodbury expressed appreciation for the large number of people in the audience. She mentioned that despite the formal setting, the love of art should be embraced. She talked about the next steps in the process for the grant program, which consisted of listening to input and ideas from the Community and the Commission, then drafting a program for presentation at the November Public Art Commission meeting and then taking a proposal to City Council. She suggested working through some components of the program. Chair Huston replied by asking about the public presentation. She agreed that starting with the public presentation was a good place to start. She mentioned the rules of order and explained to the public that a certain protocol was to be followed. Joseph Woodard expressed appreciation for the program. He spoke to the objective in the program that speaks to the funding for art spaces. In his experience he has learned that art space can be expensive and support is important. He mentioned the Presidio in San Francisco and how it is being used as open space and it is paying for itself through various means. He suggested that common space could be useful and could also be a revenue earner. It could be affordable for artists. Patricia Edith expressed a misunderstanding that the Commission didn't want to handle the grant program. She wanted to ask what was going to be done first and how the grant money was going to be distributed. Those questions were answered by Mr. Vu's presentation. She suggested that whichever body handles the grant program should also handle the appointment of poet laureates. She was under the impression that every | PublicArtCommission/2007-09-27.pdf |