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Home My WebLink About9/11/2014 - City Arts Commission - 00 Agenda1 NEWPORT BEACH City Arts Commission AGENDA Newport Beach City Council Chambers 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Thursday, September 11, 2014 – 5:00pm City Arts Commission Members: Rita Goldberg, Chair Arlene Greer, Vice Chair Caroline Logan, Secretary Judy Chang Robert Smith Charles Ware Staff Members: Tim Hetherton, Library Services Director Dave Curtis, Library Services Manager Elaine McMillion, Administrative Support Specialist I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. PUBLIC COMMENTS Public comments are invited on agenda items. Speakers must limit comments to (5) minutes. Before speaking, we invite, but do not require, you to state your name for the record. The City Arts Commission has the discretion to extend or shorten the speakers' time limit on agenda or non-agenda items, provided the time limit adjustment is applied equally to all speakers. As a courtesy, please turn cell phones off or set them in silent mode. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - DRAFT Minutes – August 14, 2014 V. CURRENT BUSINESS All matters listed under CONSENT CALENDAR are considered to be routine and will all be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. The City Arts Commission has received detailed staff reports on each of the items. There will be no separate discussion of these items prior to the time the City Arts Commission votes on the motion unless members of the City Arts Commission, staff or the public request specific items to be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Members of the public who wish to discuss a Consent Calendar item should, upon invitation by the City Arts Commission Chair, state their name and item number. A. CONSENT CALENDAR 1. Correspondence and Press - Review of any Arts Commission correspondence and/or marketing materials that have been received. 2. Financial Report - Review of attached financial information. 3. Cultural Arts Activities - Monthly review of cultural arts activities from the Library Administrative Office for upcoming Library and City arts events and services. 4. Ben Carlson Memorial Statue – A presentation will be made by members of the Ben Carlson Memorial and Scholarship Foundation about their plan to donate a memorial statue of Life Guard Ben Carlson to the City of Newport Beach. 2 B. ITEMS FOR REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION 1. Art Placement Consultant - The Fine Arts Ad Hoc Subcommittee reports on the feasibility of using a consultant to assist in the placement of City art. 2. Rex Brandt and Joan Irving Commemorative Plaque – The Fine Arts Ad Hoc Subcommittee requests that the Arts Commission recommend the City Council approve the placement of a commemorative marker for Rex Brandt and Joan Irving near the site of their former home, school, and studio “Blue Sky”, near the Goldenrod Footbridge. 3. Balboa Theatre – Staff, as directed by Chair Goldberg and Commissioner Logan, will report on the potential use of the Balboa Theatre as a fine arts center and the display of art at that location. 4. Okazaki Statue – Staff, as directed by the Fine Arts Ad Hoc Subcommittee, will update the Commission on the placement of the statue donated by Newport Beach Sister City Okazaki, Japan. C. MONTHLY REPORTS 1. Cultural Arts Grants Ad Hoc Subcommittee - Vice Chair Arlene Greer (Chair), Commissioner Charles Ware 2. Concert Programming Ad Hoc Subcommittee - Chair Rita Goldberg (Chair) 3. Newport Beach Sculpture Garden Ad Hoc Subcommittee - Commissioner Robert Smith (Chair), Chair Rita Goldberg, Commissioner Charles Ware 4. Civic Center Art Placement Ad Hoc Subcommittee - Secretary Caroline Logan (Chair), Commissioner Charles Ware 5. Arts Master Plan Steering Committee - Chair Rita Goldberg(Chair) , Vice Chair Arlene Greer, Secretary Logan 6. Arts Foundation Liaison Ad Hoc Subcommittee - Commissioner Robert Smith 7. Juried Art Exhibition Ad Hoc Subcommittee - Vice Chair Arlene Greer (Chair), Commissioner Judy Chang, Secretary Caroline Logan 8. Fine Arts Ad Hoc Subcommittee - Vice Chair Arlene Greer (Chair), Commissioner Judy Chang 9. Art Owned by the City of Newport Beach Ad Hoc Subcommittee - Vice Chair Arlene Greer (Chair), Commissioner Judy Chang, Secretary Caroline Logan VI. CITY ARTS COMMISSION ANNOUNCEMENTS OR MATTERS WHICH MEMBERS WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, ACTION OR REPORT (NON-DISCUSSION ITEM) VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS Public comments are invited on non-agenda items generally considered to be within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Arts Commission. Speakers must limit comments to three (3) minutes. Before speaking, we invite, but do not require, you to state your name for the record. The City Arts Commission has the discretion to extend or shorten the speakers' time limit on non-agenda items, provided the time limit adjustment is applied equally to all speakers. As a courtesy, please turn cell phones off or set them in the silent mode. VIII. ADJOURNMENT This City Arts Commission is subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act. Among other things, the Brown Act requires that the City Arts Commission agenda be posted at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance of each regular meeting and that the public be allowed to comment on agenda items before the City Arts Commission and items not on the agenda but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Arts Commission. The City Arts Commission may limit public comments to a reasonable amount of time, generally three (3) minutes per person. It is the intention of the City of Newport Beach to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") in all respects. If, as an attendee or a participant at this meeting, you will need special assistance beyond what is normally provided, the City of Newport Beach will attempt to accommodate you in every reasonable manner. If requested, this agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability, as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12132), and the federal rules and regulations adopted in implementation thereof. Please contact the City Clerk's Office at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible at (949) 644-3005 or cityclerk@newportbeachca.gov.