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DATE: January 6, 2016 START TIME: 3:00 p.m. LOCATION: City Hall, Conference Room 3
MEMBERS PRESENT: Dominica Lord-Wood, Owen Rowe, Stan Rubin (Chair), Lisa Wentworth, Abbie Greene, Kris Morris, Dan
Groussman
MEMBERS EXCUSED: None
STAFF PRESENT: Deputy City Clerk Joshua Stecker, City Attorney Steve Gross
Topic Motions/Recommendation/Action
Approval of Minutes: November 4, 2015 The Minutes were unanimously approved.
Dominica Lord-Wood presented the nearly-completed 2015 budget numbers and the approved 2016 budget.
The Commission reviewed the applications for Angel of the Arts and considered Commission recommendations for
Patron of the Arts.
The Commission unanimously approved giving the Angel of the Arts award to Louie & Selena Espinoza. The Commission unanimously
approved awarding a Patron of the Arts Award to both Polly Lyle and Gail Rodgers. The Committee unanimously approved giving Carla Caldwell a Special Achievement Award. Stan Rubin will contact the recipients.
The Commission held elections for the position of Chair. Kris Morris nominated Dan Groussman for the position of Chair. Dan
Groussman declined the nomination. Dan Groussman nominated Kris Morris for the position of Chair, Kris Morris declined the nomination. In the absence of any nominees, the Commission unanimously re-elected Stan
Rubin as Chair.
The Commission reviewed Denise Winter’s proposal for the
Playwright Awards Ceremony.
The Commission unanimously approved the proposal to be scheduled for
February 26th including the $900 fee for Darrah Cloud’s services to be paid by the Commission.
City Attorney Steve Gross presented the revised version of
the Commission’s guidelines. He also informed the board
that City Clerk Joanna Sanders would be managing the Commission’s content for the City website.
The Commission approved the revised guidelines with an added emphasis
on outreach “outside the area.” The Commission also added a request for
program budgets to the funding application. Dan Groussman and Owen Rowe were designated to coordinate website content with the City.
The Commission reviewed and application for funding from the Community Boat Project. The Commission declined to consider the application due to incompleteness and Stan Rubin will ask the applicant to resubmit an
application that is more in line with Commission guidelines.
Next Regular Meeting: February 3, 2016
Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 p.m.