FAC 06-22-99
City of Cupertino
FINE ARTS COMMISSION
Regular Meeting
June 22,1999
7:30 p.m.
1.
CALL TO ORDER
At 7:44 p.m., Charlene Pai called the meeting to order in Conference Room A
and led the pledge of allegiance.
2.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3.
ROLL CALL
Present: Vice Chairperson Charlene Pai, Commissioners Stephen Beard, Hema
Kundargi, Carl Off, Mary Sievert.
Absent: Janet Mohr, Rita Young.
City staff present: City Clerk Kimberly Smith and Recording Secretary Dorothy
Steenfott.
4.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Off moved to approve the minutes of the regular meetings of April 27 and May
25, 1999. Kundargi seconded and motion passed unanimously with Mohr and
Young absent.
5.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
City Clerk reported on a letter received from Ken Young, Living Artist Theater,
thanking the commission for the grant and providing a schedule of the upcoming
performances. Commissioners are invited to attend any of the performances.
It was also reported that an e-mail was received from the Fine Arts League
requesting that they be included as a link on the City's website.
6.
STAFF REPORTS
City Clerk reported that the Bay Area Showcase performance included 80
performers and about 150 people attended. She stated that the performance was
very nice and well received. The Cupertino Symphonic Band gave a performance
at the same time in Memorial Park, which was also well attended.
City Clerk reported that Shanachie provided the commission with a CD of their
performances and that the commission could borrow it any time.
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7.
NEW BUSINESS
A.
Review qualifications for Distinguished Artist of the Year.
City Clerk discussed the qualifications and whether the award could be
given to a deceased artist. The commission discussed eligibility
requirements and determined that if the artist had made contributions
during the year for which he or she was nominated, then a deceased artist
would be eligible for the award.
B.
Distributed Artist of the Year to ad hoc committee (Orr, Kundargi, Pai).
The packets were distributed to the ad hoc committee of Off, Kundargi,
and Pai.
c.
Advanced planning for 2000 Cherry Blossom Festival- information must
be sent to schools by August 1999.
City Clerk reported that the information needs to be sent to the school
district by August in order for the schools to include the project in the
curriculum. The commission felt that Young was the best person to lead
the process. City Clerk will call Young and request that she present a
proposal for the project at the July meeting. Kundargi volunteered to
work on this year's program. Sievert and Off volunteered to assist with
set up and tear down.
D.
Prepare draft letters expressing support for public art at new library and
senior center.
Sievert will prepare a draft letter for the commission to review.
8.
OLD BUSINESS
A.
Web page updates and recommendations.
The commission reviewed the draft and thought the content was very
good. City Clerk will make additional changes to the draft and add it to
the City website. Once completed, a brochure of the web page will be
produced.
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B.
Status report on Four Seasons Comer project.
City Clerk reported that an intern with the city channel will have a video
prepared by the July meeting.
9.
ADJOURNEMENT
The meeting was adjourned 9:15 p.m.