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Cultural and Heritage 2013/03/21 MINUTES CULTURAL AND HERITAGE COMMISSION MEETING LOCATION TIME Downtown Anaheim Community Center; 250 E. Center St., Anaheim, CA March 21, 2013; 6:30 p.m. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT STAFF PRESENT Alone Larsen, Chair Janis Heckel, Community Services Superintendent Chris Maya, Vice-Chair Jane Newell, Heritage Services Manager Erin Benedict Beth Lapkowski, Senior Secretary Kelly Castillo Andrew Deneau VISITORS Gus Roditis - ABSENT Dorothy Rose, OC Symphony Humberto Delgadillo A G E N D A A C T I O N T A K E N 1. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting of the Cultural and Heritage Commission was called to order by Chair Larsen at 6:35 p.m. 2. SCHEDULED COMMUNICATION: None. 3. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: Dorothy Rose from the OC Symphony announced that their next concert will be held on April 14, 2013 at the Servite Auditorium; she distributed a press release to the Commissioners present. She noted that the Orchestra is inviting approximately 185 under-served people from different organizations to each concert and they have been having more and more people attending. 4. CORRESPONDENCE: Chair Larsen received correspondence regarding the GOALS program in Tustin, Orange and Huntington Beach. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Commissioner Deneau made a motion to approve the minutes for the January 17, 2013 meeting; Commissioner Benedict made a second and the motion passed. 6. GALLERIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Janis reported that the Downtown Anaheim Community Center will be closed for annual maintenance in April which will delay the installation in the Center Gallery for at least two weeks. Janis noted further that since her opening will be within two weeks of ACE, she would like to do her opening at the same time as ACE. Chair Larsen noted that she feels it is not to the advantage of the Center Gallery to have their openings with ACE and would like to return to holding the openings on weekday evenings. Janis will have staff look into dates and coordinate the opening on a week night. 7. ART FACILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Commissioner Deneau reported that he and Chair Larsen met with Council Member Kring and had a productive discussion with her. He and Vice-Chair Maya also met with Council Member Brandman and had a lengthy discussion with him. 8. MUZEO EXHIBITION SPACE: Chair Larsen reported that John Scola, the Director of the Muzeo, invited the Commission to a strategic conversation about dedicating gallery space in the Carnegie to local artists, on a schedule yet to be determined, and allowing the artists to sell their work with a portion of the sales going to the Muzeo. John asked if the Commission would be willing to provide the vetting role for the artists, since the have staff to do exhibitions, security, staff to be on-site to sell the art work, or someone who knows how to put together that is something they should do. Janis noted that this requ responsibilities, but if they were interested in pursuing this request office to see if one Commissioner could serve on a panel to help vet artists for the Muzeo. Commissioner Castillo asked about the possibility of using the space as a collective space; Jane Newell said that would need to be approved by Community Services Director Terry Lowe as the Muzeo currently has an agreement with the City to use that space. Chair Larsen indicated that the Muzeo will be putting this together Cultural and Heritage Commission March 21, 2013 - Page 2 A G E N D A A C T I O N T A K E N themselves, and Joyce Franklin has provided them with the procedures they need to put in place. Commissioner Deneau suggested that the Commission could provide a list of steps to take as their contribution in lieu of providing the vetting assistance. Chair Larsen will put together that information and send it to Janis for review before sending it to John Scola. 9. INFORMATION ITEMS: A. Commissioner Benedict: Commissioner Benedict reported that the last ACE event turned out very nice, and she will be attending the acknowledgement event next week. B. Commissioner Castillo: Commissioner Castillo reported that t be able to attend the ACE acknowledgement event, but she has been working on a GRRL Fair in conjunction with the next ACE. It is a way to empower and drive young women with a voice of music, art and all art mediums. They will have a mini-GRRL Fair during ACE and hopefully have a full GRRL Fair next year. Her gallery will host the female artist collective called Splendor Device. She noted that they are also working to get space in a gallery on the promenade again, possibly the old SCIT space that used to be the Sara Bain gallery. C. Commissioner Deneau: Commissioner Deneau suggested setting up tours of performing arts facilities in Southern California, such as Cerritos, Cal State Fullerton, Carpenter Center, and perhaps California Center for the Arts in Escondido. Chair Larsen asked what the Commissioners felt about the idea; Vice- Chair Maya stated that he feels that since this is what the Commission is asking the city for, they should be familiar with what they are asking for and determine if practical. Commissioner Deneau would like to invite City Council Members to show them examples of what the Commission is requesting to have in Anaheim. Janis will discuss this with other City staff to see if it would be appropriate to schedule an official visit or if it would need to be something done by the Commissioners on their own. Janis suggested that it might be good for the Commission to do some research and select the one facility that is doing the best financially, would be the most beneficial to their efforts, and invite the City Council Members to see that facility. D. Chair Larsen: Chair Larsen reported that she is involved with a group of residents who oppose the project at Lincoln and Anaheim Boulevard named Uptown Village and has been attending meetings and keeping abreast of the project. E. Vice-Chair Maya: Vice-Chair Maya commented on the Rich Governali show at the Center Gallery; this is his first big show, the attendance was good with people coming from quite a distance to see it, and he also sold several pieces. Vice-Chair Maya also reported that he attended a meeting that Jordan Brandman held, attended by Bill Taormina and his daughter, John Woodhead, Michelle Lieberman, Bob Wingenroth and a few others, regarding the properties on the 900 Block of Lincoln Avenue that are owned by Bill Taormina. His original intent was to sell the buildings/properties to the School District at the price he paid years ago so they could use it for whatever purpose they would like. The issue right now is that the insurance company will not insure one of the houses because it is vacant, and his daughter is pushing to have the building demolished. In lieu of demolition, Bill suggested having the buildings moved to a Redevelopment property near the 5 freeway or donating them to the Historical Society. Bob Wingenroth Jane noted that Michelle reported on this topic at the Historical Preservation meeting on Wednesday evening, and they were told that they could advertise the houses for $1 each but the buyer must move them. Also, Megan Shigo has agreed to lease the house in question for $1 per month so the insurance company will any demolition happening before then. Commissioner Deneau stated that he would like to make a recommendation to the School Board to include the existing buildings in their plans for the property; Vice-Chair Maya said that there are strict codes for school buildings and they would not qualify. F. Commissioner Roditis: Commissioner Roditis was absent. Cultural and Heritage Commission March 21, 2013 - Page 3 A G E N D A A C T I O N T A K E N G. Staff: Janis reported that Orange County Board of Education has deemed March as Arts Education Month. She also stated that the appointment for the vacancy in the Cultural & Heritage Commission is scheduled to be made at the March 26 City Council meeting. Jane reported that the reported that the Historical Society will have their program at the Muzeo on March th 28 and they are encouraging people to bring their own items to share. She also noted that Trash Art projects from local kids have been coming in. Chair Larsen asked if they have any professional artists tact person. Their program will be held on April 20. Jane also reported that the Mills Act Program has met with 13 homeowners thus far with 6 more scheduled to see if they have met the requirements for the Mills Act. Janis distributed pins to the members of the Commission who were unable to attend the Volunteer Recognition luncheon yesterday and thanked them for their service in 2012. She noted that the slide show included a picture of some of the commissioners with Rich Governali, and stated that she will be sure that more pictures are taken during the year from now on. Thursday, April 18, 2013, 10. NEXT MEETING: The next meeting will be held on at 6:30 p.m. at the Downtown Anaheim Community Center, 250 E. Center Street, Anaheim. 11. ADJOURNMENT: Chair Larsen adjourned the meeting at 7:32 p.m.