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PublicArtCommission | 2019-04-15 | 5 | Minutes of the Public Art Commission Regular Meeting Monday, April 19, 2019 Chairperson Hoy: We want more of the pot rather than onsite art. What are others forms of funding that we can discuss? What are other possible sources? Can we look at a Hotel tax? Other than donations. Butler: Your Commission can recommend anything. You can request TOT. It would be hard for me to recommend other forms of funding, when I don't have funding for staff right now. I'm talking long term. Commissioner Hoy went on to ask if Lois Butler was in favor of raising the minimum for companies to pay into the Art Funding to two percent. A Community member indicated that San Francisco does two percent for their capital projects and 1% for private construction projects. Butler said that would need further discussion, research and a meeting on this topic (raising the Public Art percentage). This item would need to go to City Council. Butler: The Small Gants program we have done a lot of research on this. Rush: This is a great program for our local artist. Farrell: If this is true and we can get this program off of the ground, I would like to start on this. Farrell: Thank you for putting together this report. Alameda Municipal Power is a great example. $2,000 is too high. Butler: If you want this to be a priority we should discuss at the next meeting. We will put together a short report. Commissioner: Small Grants program, I want it to be an annual program. Having a Pre-Qualified Artist Pool was not a priority for the Commission. Chairperson Hoy: I still want to hear from members of the public. Tina Blaine: It took closer to a year and a half to two years to clarify and change the City Ordinance, it was a really long process. As a person that produces a number of grants 500 is not a lot of money. She would recommend $2,000 to 5,000. Regarding grants maybe next time you can let people apply for an amount and then you can decide how much you want to give. Cheryl Harawitz: Love the comments around increasing the amount to two percent and adding a discount to increase the fund. We also need to think about maintenance using these funds for maintenance. It decreases the funds. 5 | PublicArtCommission/2019-04-15.pdf |