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Cultural Development Board Meeting of February 5, 2019.
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PERSONAL APPEARANCES:
a. PETER IGLESIAS, CITY MANAGER & PAMELA FUERTES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Ms. Cathers introduced City Manager Peter Iglesias and Economic Development Director Pamela Fuertes, who were warmly welcomed. Dr. Roth stated that the Board was picking up discussion from the previous meeting regarding the proposed establishment of a separate process outside of this Board to approve temporary public art projects occurring for ninety days or less within the City. The Board was presented with a draft resolution to reference for discussion. The City Manager stated that he met with the Arts Advisory Panel (AAP) as well; staff noted that the draft was not prepared prior to the AAP meeting.
Ms. Burgos made a motion recommending any one representative from each of the Cultural Development Board, Arts Advisory Panel, and Economic Development Board to meet and review temporary art proposals on an as needed basis with City staff from the Historical Resources and Cultural Arts Department and Economic Development Department with the understanding that staff will make recommendations to the City Commission on such proposals. Mr. Martinez seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS:
a. GIRALDA SKY - CALL FOR ART
Following up the previous discussion, staff presented a draft Call for Art for a temporary public art project on Giralda Plaza in collaboration with the Economic Development Department. Following on the success of the Umbrella Sky project, Ms. Cathers stated that the Commission has asked the Economic Development Department to produce two (2) activations at the (Giralda Streetscape) site per year. Ms. Fuertes confirmed the Commission’s intention. Ms. Cathers stated that staff has met with the Economic Development Department, agreeing to use one of the opportunities per year as an art activation with the possibility of collaborating on additional activations involvi...
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