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PublicArtCommission | 2007-11-29 | 2 | The meetings of January 9, 2008 and February 13, 2008 were accepted and the calendar will be reevaluated pending the appointment of new commissioners. 4-B. Cultural Arts Grants Program Chair Lee opened the public comment session. Mr. Jeff Cambra spoke about the Arts Grants Program and thanked the Commission for their hard work. He requested another charette. He felt that despite the fact that a consensus had not been reached, it was productive and it was good to hear opposing views. It gave a better view of the big picture. Mr. Clint Imboden asked about the emergency/opportunity grants and if an individual who received a grant in the first year of the two-year cycle could apply for an emergency or opportunity grant in the second year of the cycle. Commissioner Huston replied to Mr. Imboden's question by saying that they don't want to encourage the accident-prone. She is what remains of the subcommittee for the Cultural Arts Grants. She referred to the memo for Item 4-B. She talked with a City Council member and was told that funds had not been allocated. She mentioned contradictions in paperwork on the City side. She also mentioned that there is no labor. She wondered if the Grants program is part of their scope. She mentioned that they are an advisory committee and are not equipped to take on such a large task. She brought up that she was called into the Planning department and was told that they had to take on the task of the grants program. After doing some research, they found that it might be incompatible with the size and scope of their work. She wants to speak with City Council to see if it is their job to take on such a large task. There were internal difficulties. She brought up the subcommittee and that it was not to work with staff, but to create the draft grants program. There was no agreement to present the draft to staff prior to presenting it to their own commission. She doesn't like that it imposed a process on the commission that they didn't agree to. She expressed frustration that her draft was rejected and is unwilling to have her work held up prior to presentation to the commission. Mr. Wolfe wanted to dig into the priorities of the annual plan but felt that they weren't given the legal authorization to move forward and feels that the City needs to clarify the issue. He feels like it is colonialism. Need to get priorities in line. He feels that there are a couple of items in the annual plan that the public needs to come out strong on. They need to focus on a few specific items and do it quickly. He doesn't want to lose out on the opportunity. Ms. Huston feels that the conflict is a combination of loss of authority and an attitude from the department as a whole. Ms. Lee pointed out that they are not an all purpose arts council. Ms. Huston wants to go back to City Council to find what they want the commission to do. The commission does not know what their authority is. She also pointed out that the draft grants program is merely a collection of ideas and has never been discussed by the commission as a whole. She wants to put the Grants program on hold until the commission's role is clarified. 2 | PublicArtCommission/2007-11-29.pdf |