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05/08/2018 Arts and Culture Commission Regular Meeting Adopted 09/11/2018CITY OF GILROY DRAFT MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ARTS and CULTURE COMMISSION ("In partnership with City Council, the Arts & Culture Commission promotes the Arts in the Gilroy community. Tuesday, May 8, 2018 5:30 p.m. Administration Conference Room 7351 Rosanna Street Gilroy, CA 95020 GILROY ARTS b CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the Arts and Culture Commission was called to order by Vice Chair Barbara Bottini at 5:34 p.m. FLAG SALUTE SECRETARY'S REPORT The packet was posted on the City's website on Thursday, May 03, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. and the agenda was posted in the Public Notice Cabinet on Thursday, May 03, 2018 at 12:25 p.m. ROLL CALL Commissioners Present: Vice Chair Barbara Bottini, Commissioner.Amanda Rudeen, Commissioner Bruce Morasca, and Commissioner Sally Aimendariz. Commissioners Absent: Chair Mattie Scariot (absent). Also Present: Recreation Manager Adam Henig ,) APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion was made by Commissioner Bruce Morasea, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Rudeen and carried with a vote to approve the minutes of April 10, 2018 with a vote of 4-0- 0. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Motion was made by Commissioner Bruce Morasea, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Rudeen and carried with a vote to approve the Agenda with a vote of 4-0-0. INTRODUCTIONS None PUBLIC COMMENT Mark (no last name given), a campaign manager, spoke on the behalf of Dr. Robert Omelas who is running for House of Representative for the 19`h Congressional District. Mark gave a brief background on Ornelas, who is from the Cocopah tribe and a hip hop artist. He is seeking support for Ornelas in his run for Congress. AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS None NEW BUSINESS None OLD BUSINESS Status Update: Commission Work Plan and Strategic Plan Commissioner Armendariz suggested local artist Moya to apply to become a Arts and Culture Commissioner. Henig will reach out to him. For the Work Plan, Arts Award section, Armendariz suggested looking at other organizations besides the Chamber of Commerce in developing the art award. Commissioner Bruce Morasca suggested that each subcommittee meet and work on their specific project toward the proposed Work Plan. At the next meeting, each commissioner will bring their ideas to the meeting to present and allow the commission to receive and comment. Henig follow up with Vice Chair Barbara Bottini to schedule a meeting to discuss the annual art supporter award. Selection of Chair to 2018 Arts and Culture Commission Motion was made by Vice Chair Barbara Bottini, seconded by Commissioner Bruce Morasca and carried with a vote to approve Commissioner Amanda Rudeen as the Chair for the Arts and Culture Commission with a vote of 4-0-0. PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE (PAC) UPDATE Commissioner Morasca gave an update about the Garlic Festival Founders plaque, which will incorporate the same colors that the event uses. Morasca also discussed the status of the PAC Work Plan, which includes updating the public art policy, developing a catalog for future art projects, and creating a portfolio of existing public art around the city -city owned and private owned. GILROY ARTS ALLIANCE UPDATE May -September • Current Exhibit through May 19: o The contemporary art of local artist, and businesswoman, Katherine Filice. "The Secrets We Keep." • Next Exhibit run from May 29-June 30: 0 Quilt Exhibit Limelight Performances: o "Tenderly, the Rosemary Clooney Musical' Runs through May 19 o "The Last 5 Years" musical runs through June 29-July 21 Youth Art Programs: o Summer of Art youth program will take place July 9-14, and include both an art class and video class Outdoor Family Movie Night o June 15 and 22. Two other movie nights will be in August GPAC UPDATE — Vice Chair Barbara Bottini Vice Chair Barbara Bottini announced that the city council is directing their attention to other matters that they feel need to be addressed prior to proceeding with GPAC. There are no future meetings for GPAC until further notice. STAFF REPORT Please refer to page 16 of the packet. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COMMENTS None COMMISSION COMMENTS Commissioner Bruce Morasca is taking guitar lessons at the Gilroy Senior Center given by Gordon Gibson. Morasca commended the work done at the Gilroy Senior Center. Vice Chair Barbara Bottini gave a special thanks to Amanda Rudeen for stepping up to be the Chair for ACC. Chair Rudeen announced that she has been appointed to the Open Government Commission. She reported that Zachary Hilton is working on getting all commission meetings televised and live streamed. Rudeen is reaching out to local high school students, in hopes that she can get them involved in an arts project such as the painting of the utility boxes. Morasca recommended Rudeen to talk to Rachael Munoz about possible left over funds from the previous utility boxes that were painted. Commissioner Sally Armendariz and CARAS are working on restoring the Aztec Calendar mural on Monterey and 71h street. Armendariz also shared that they showed the Dolores Huerta documentary at the Morgan Hill and Gilroy high schools. STAFF COMMENTS None ADJOURNMENT Chair Amand4j?4deen adjourned the meeting at 6:31 p.m.