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PublicArtCommission | 2008-01-09 | 1 | DRAFT Minutes of the Regular Public Art Commission Meeting Wednesday, January 9, 2008 Conference Room 360, City Hall CONVENE: 7:05 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL: Chair Huston, Vice-Chair Lee, and Commissioner Wolfe Commissioner Rosenberg arrived at 7:12 STAFF PRESENT: Jon Biggs, Planning Services Manager; Tony Ebster, Recording Secretary MINUTES: None 2. ORAL COMMUNICATION None 3. REGULAR AGENDA: 3-A. Discussion of request to City Council Mr. Jeff Cambra thanked the commission for all the work they have done. He said that Arts Alameda is prepared to draft the public arts grants program criteria, but wanted to give everyone a chance to express their opinions. Ms. Huston thanked Mr. Cambra for his comments. She then read her letter to City Council. Ms. Lee read her letter to City Council. Her concerns are "mission creep", they are being asked to manage a different program. She feels they are not qualified to give out grants and she is uncomfortable giving money to friends and neighbors and is concerned with conflict of interest. They are not in a position to put in extra time; they are an advisory committee, not a research and grant generating committee. They are not clear on their mission. Ms. Huston added that since the grants issue came up, she became more alert to conflicts. She referenced the September minutes and that they are supposed to come up with ideas and give them to the planning department. She never intended to work under management of the planning department without pay and grew uncomfortable as materials arrived that increasingly pressured her to answer to the planning department. She mentioned the draft of a subcommittee report that was prevented from being presented to the Commission. She feels that a lot of their work has been subverted. They had reservations regarding the grants program and managing the creation of a new program in which planning controls. Mr. Biggs asked about the agenda topic to clarify how the letters related. Ms. Huston responded by saying that the letters are requests to City Council and refers to the commission having little understanding of their authority. She asked if it was appropriate to do the grants program. She counted on the planning department when they asked if it was appropriate and when Ms. Woodbury said they must, she was acting in her role as advisor to the commission. Ms. Huston feels that Ms. Woodbury was exerting a personal desire or a | PublicArtCommission/2008-01-09.pdf |