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Cultural and Heritage 2010/04/15MINUTES CULTURAL AND HERITAGE COMMISSION MEETING LOCATION Woelke - Stoffel Historic Home 414 N. West Street, Anaheim, CA 92801 COMMISSIONERS PRESENT Alone Larsen, Chair Kelly Castillo Andrew Deneau Alkamalee Jabbar Chris Maya John Santoianni COMMISSIONERS ABSENT Marian Galanis STAFF PRESENT TIME Thursday, April 15, 2010 6:30 p.m. Sjany Larson -Cash, Community Services Superintendent Jane Newell, Heritage Services Superintendent Cathy Glasgow, Community Services Superintendent Jan Branich, Community Services Supervisor Beth Lapkowski, Senior Secretary 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Larsen called the meeting to order by Chair Larsen at 6:33 p.m. 2. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMUNICATION None 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Deneau made a motion to approve the minutes for the April 15, 2010 meeting; Commissioner Santoianni made a second and the motion passed with all ayes. 4. D.T.C.C. ART GALLERY SUBCOMMITTEE Chair Larsen reported that the subcommittee will be meeting on Tuesday. Commissioner Castillo indicated that since she works during the day, lunch meetings would be best for her. 5. ART FACILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE Commissioner Santoianni reported that they had two meetings since the last commission meeting. Commissioner Deneau reported that they hope to have their draft ready soon and Commissioner Jabbar will review it before it's presented to the full commission. Chair Larsen mentioned the email she sent to the commissioners about a possible grant opportunity that she thought would tie in with the work the subcommittee has been doing. She also said that she spoke with both Brad Hobson from Community Development and Peter Comisky about having a community gallery workspace so she also forwarded the email to both of them. 6. INFORMATION ITEMS A. Commissioner Castillo: Discussed her attempts to acquire a venue for a temporary gallery. She spoke with Shelly from the Downtown Anaheim Association who again mentioned an Art Walk that she would like to have in place in the summer months and perhaps tie in with the Farmers' Market day. She also contacted the Redevelopment Agency regarding the use of space they have available for a temporary gallery and is waiting for a response after Maryann Long's vacation. She mentioned providing space for the Anaheim Art Association there so there would be another entity for the Art Walk. She also discussed the web site they had previously discussed and said there would be a cost associated with it to get a site that was worthwhile, approximately $100 for a template and $7 per month B. Commissioner Deneau: Reported that he attended the City Council meeting to speak about the naming of the park on West Street; City Council agreed on Founders Park but the Mayor asked for background from staff regarding naming of parks in general. C. Commissioner Galanis: Absent. Cultural and Heritage Commission April 15, 2010 Minutes Page 2 of 2 D. Commissioner Jabbar: Brought invitations to the WAND Barbeque to the commissioners and encouraged them to attend. He also announced that the Sri Lankan New Year will be celebrated on April 25 at Pearson Park with games and food throughout the day. Commissioner Jabbar also discussed attending the last WAND meeting where the League of Women Voters moderated a Candidates Forum with the candidates for the 4 th District Supervisor race. E. Chair Larsen: Reported that attended the Restoring Community Conference at the Grand Californian. She felt it was even better this year than last year. She also reported that the Orange County Symphony asked her to be on their advisory board; she had to decline but suggested Commissioner Maya may be interested; he indicated he had not heard from them yet. Chair Larsen said that she and Commissioner Santoianni both attended the California Alliance for Arts Education. F. Vice -Chair Maya: Reported that he attended a Redevelopment Agency meeting about Colony Park where park designs were reviewed. He also went to the Art Walk in Fullerton to get some ideas for Anaheim. G. Commissioner Santoianni: Announced that he attended the California Alliance for Education program, where Anaheim was named the only target city from Orange County. The program is educationally based but there is currently no funding for the program in Anaheim schools. Commissioner Santoianni said they broke up in groups to discuss topics and it was a very interesting event. H. Staff: Sjany announced to the Commission that due to a reorganization in the Community Services Department, she will no longer be the staff liaison for them and she introduced Cathy Glasgow, Community Services Superintendent, who will be taking her place, and Jan Branich, Community Services Supervisor, who will assist her. Sjany also announced that Erica Miller from the Arts Council is scheduled for the May commission meeting. In addition, upcoming events include Cinco de Mayo from April 29 to May 2 nd at La Palma Park and Children's Arts Festival at the Center Street Promenade on May 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 pm. Sjany also reported to the commission that the city is able to develop a webpage in template form and would retain final approval. She also noted that the Cultural & Heritage Commission website is not active at this time pending the commission's decision on what direction they want to go in. Cathy Glasgow announced that she has been contacted by the Outreach Consulting Team for ARTIC and that they will be coming to the June commission meeting. Chair Larsen announced that she won't be able to attend the May meeting. Jane Newell announced that Colony Park will hold their groundbreaking on April 27 7. ADJOURNMENT Chair Larsen adjourned the meeting at 8:09 p.m. to Thursday, May 20, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at the Downtown Community Center, 250 E. Center Street, Anaheim.