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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-10-2017 FAC Reg Mtg MinutesFINE ARTS COMMISSION MINUTES FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2017 Commissioners: Gil Botello, Chairperson; Deborah Bunger; Dorothy Garcia; Joyce Seeger; Donna Howard; Barbara Babcock Arrived Late: Sandra Ibarra; Michael Segura Absent: Bronica Taylor Guests: Adrian Tafoya, Actor, Writer and Director Meeting called to order by Chairperson Botello on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. in the Personnel Commission Hearing Room, 215 N. D Street, Suite 200, 2"`'. Floor COMM ISSIONER/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS There will be an Art Night in Riverside this Thursday. The second annual San Bernardino Transit Center Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest will be October 14 and Commissioners Barbara Babcock and Gil Botello will be judges. The Symphonie Jeunesse Orchestra strings workshop will be at the Presbyterian Church on October 28. Tickets are available to the public for the end -of -day concert with a joint performance by the teachers and their students together. San Bernardino Symphony is recruiting for season ticket holders. The San Bernardino Folksingers will be singing for the 5th graders at Davidson Elementary School on October 26, 2017 at 1:30 p.m.; they are also back to meeting at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday afternoons. The Garcia Center for the Arts continues to have printmaking workshops on Saturdays. The last "Spirits and Art" event of the year will be October 27, 2017. They will be dark for November and December and start up again on the fourth Friday in January. The San Bernardino Grandstand at the Garcia Center is growing, but there is more artists than members of the community coming by so please check it out if you can. KRPR Media — Kimi Rhochelle Porter who owns this Fontana based media company is very good at posting/forwarding events for non-profit organizations to a very large audience at no charge. Artists/organizations will have to do the work of putting together the announcement but she is more than willing to help get the info out there. Page 1 Fine Arts Commission meeting of October 10, 2017 APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made by CommissionerlVice-Chair Barbara Babcock to approve the Minutes of the September 12, 2017 regular meeting. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Donna Howard. The Motion passed. GUEST SPEAKERS Adrian Tafoya introduced himself and spoke about his wish to bring Theatre Productions that are just ended or on recess from Los Angeles venues here to San Bernardino. To do so would cut costs as the production would already have been done. He would especially like to find corporate sponsorship to bring these certain hand- picked productions to the school children of San Bernardino. Commissioner Garcia observed that in addition to having an outside production with outside actors come here - there is also value in having members of the community performing for other members of the community. Mr. Tafoya agreed that both are equally valuable and he would like to see both take place on a more regular basis. He toured the Sturges Theatre with councilmember Marquez when he first approached her and was quite taken with it. He would like to use that venue for productions and fill the entire balcony with San Bernardino City school children. OLD BUSINESS 1, Development Impact Funds Status Update — City Clerk Gigi Hanna was unable to attend due to a family emergency and Steven Graham from the City Attorney's Office did not have enough notification to clear his calendar to attend so there was no update. City Clerk's Office staff will contact him again and see if it's possible for him to attend at the next meeting. In the meantime, Chairperson Botello suggested that the commissioners might lobby their council member to find out what is going on. Commissioner Dorothy Garcia noted that the FAC has been in existence since 1983 and has been able to use Development Impact Funds since 1986 without question. 2. Update on San Bernardino Arts Fest committee meeting — a. Will take place on Saturday, March 24, 2018 from 12 Noon- 9 p.m. b. Will take place at the San Manuel Stadium C. the next meeting of the steering committee meeting will be in one week; on Thursday, October 19, 2017. d. It might be beneficial to contact this year's grantees to see if any of them are interested in attending these meetings. e. The commissioners also generally felt that it would be beneficial to contact as many art lovers as possible to ask them to attend the next City Council meeting on October 18, 2017 in support of Mark Persico as he requests funding; or to ask the art lovers that are unable to attend to lobby their council person directly beforehand. Page 2 6 Fine Arts Commission meeting of October 10, 2017 3. Rosa Parks Sculpture Update — Commissioner Bronica Taylor emailed earlier to inform would be unable to attend today; this item will be moved to the agenda for the November 14, 2017 FAC meeting. There was a question as to whether the FAC also needs to send a letter to Eloise Reyes thanking her for her contribution. Most of the commissioners felt it wouldn't hurt. Commissioner/Vice-chair Barbara Babcock made a motion that a letter of thanks to Eloise Reyes be drafted with a c.c. to the Mayor, City Manager and Governor. Commissioner Dorothy Garcia seconded the motion. The motion passed. NEW BUSINESS 1. Discussion regarding Future work of the FAC based on availability of Impact fees — this has been moved to the next meeting as neither City Clerk Hanna nor Steven Graham from the City Attorney's office could be present. Commissioners were again reminded by Chairperson Botello that with or without funding the commission could help get the word out regarding events and venues. A good place to start might be getting as many Art Lovers as possible to the next Council meeting to support Mark Persico and the San Bernardino Arts Fest. 2. Community Theatre —The Garcia Center for the Arts has a new community theatre group that recently held three wonderful performances of a play that was very well attended. It was estimated that over the 3 performances over 250 people would have attended, and everyone seemed to really enjoy it. Chairperson Botello worked at the concession stand and enjoyed talking with audience members who attended and cast members. It is hoped that this is a growing trend. PUBLIC COMMENTS — There were no public comments. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Gil Botello at 4:52 p.m. The next meeting for the Fine Arts Commission will be Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. in the Personnel Commission Hearing Room, 215 N. D Street, Suite 200, 2"d Floor. Respectfully submitted, Diane Grant, Senior Office Assistant Page 3 1 Fine Arts Commission meeting of October 10, 2017