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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-09-2006 Approved HCAC MinutesCITY OFDUBLIN HERITAGE AND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION MINUTES OF.- NOVEMBER 9, 2006 The November 9, 2006 meeting of the Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission was called to order at 7:00 p.m..at the Dublin Civic Center, Dublin, California, by Chair Mack. Pledge of Allejeiance Chair Mack led the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call Commissioners Present: Acuff, White, Lussie, Vonheeder-Leopold, Fasulkey, Mack, and Halket Commissioners Absent: None Oral Communications - None Approval of Minutes ON A MOTION BY CM. ACUFF, SECONDED BY CM. WHITE AND BY UNANIMOUS VOTE, THE COMMISSIONAPPROVED THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 12, 2006 AS PRESENTED. Written Communications -None Public Hearing — None Unfinished Business - None New Business 8.1 Summer Concert Series Heritage & Cultural Arts Supervisor John Hartnett advised the Commission that the City is sponsoring Dublin's 11`h Annual Summer Concert Series this coming summer. Five free concerts will be held on Friday evenings, beginning July 6 and ending August 3, 2007. The concerts are held from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. outdoors at the Dublin Civic Center in the plaza area and are free to the public. Hartnett indicated he is beginning the process of selection of artists for the 2007 summer series and would like some input from the Commission on the different types of music that would be preferred. For the Commission's review, Hartnett compiled a list of bands that have performed at the summer concerts over the past four years, including attendance figures and the general category of musical style for each band. Last summer, the Commission suggested a mix of music styles similar to the 2005 Series with genera such as Reggae, Jazz, Beach Boy Summer Music, R&B, Rock & Roll and Country. Based on the Commission's input, five bands were contracted to provide entertainment for the Summer 2006 Concert Series, including: • Aja Vu (attendance 325) — Rhythm & Blues • Soca Sisters (attendance 250) — Calypso/Reggae • Stone Soup (attendance 275) — Rock & Roll • Tom Rigney & Flambeau (attendance 375) — Soul/Cajun • East Bay Mudd (attendance 350) — Rhythm & Blues - JazzMasters performance before concert. Commission Comments Commission members discussed the type of music they would like to see offered at this year's summer concert series. Suggestions included offering show tunes mixed in with a big band sound, country, rock, R&B, Cajun, Reggae and Caribbean/Latin. The Commission asked Hartnett to be sure to offer a wide variety of music which - 1 - was conducive to dancing. Past rarticipants really seemed to enjoy themst—,; s when they could dance to the performer's music. Hartnett thanked the Commission for their comments and will begin working on the planning of the summer concert series for 2007. 8.2 Dublin Fine Arts Foundation — Art Takes Place Hartnett reviewed with the Commission that in March, 2006, the City Council approved a request from the Dublin Fine Arts Foundation (DFAF) for $30,000 to provide implementation funds for the "In the Tri-Valley: Art Takes Place" proposal. Art Takes Place is a year long public art project with participating cities of Dublin, Pleasanton, and Livermore, promoting public awareness and participation in the arts. In the past two months, the cities of Livermore and Pleasanton have approved a $30,000 commitment each, for the Art Takes Place project. Additional funds for the project will be raised from foundations, grants and private sources. Now that all three cities are committed to Art Takes Place, a Steering Committee has been formed to assist with various aspects of the project, led by Lynne Baer, Consulting Director for DFAF. The Committee is comprised of DFAF members, City Staff from all three cities and Arts Commissioners and art representatives from Pleasanton and Livermore. Heritage & Cultural Arts Commissioner Georgean Vonheeder-Leopold also sits on the Committee as a DFAF Board Member. In order to provide equal representation by the Arts Commissions from all three cities, Staff requests that the Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission either appoint Georgean Vonheeder-Leopold as the Representative for the Art Takes Place Committee to represent the Commission, and also assign an Alternate, or assign a separate Representative and Alternate. ON A MOTION BY CM. ACUFF, SECONDED BY CM. WHITE, AND BY UNIAMOUS VOTE, THE COMMISSION AGREED TO APPOINT CM. VONHEEDER-LEOPOLD AS THE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ART TAKES PLACE STEERING COMMITTEE PROJECT AND APPOINT CHAIR MACK AS THE ALTERNATE TO THE ART TAKES PLACE STEERING COMMITTEE PROJECT. Other Business BriefINFORMATIONAL ONLYRe orts from Heritage and Cultural Arts Commissioners and/or Staff' Cm. White and Cm. Fasulkey reported this will be their last month serving on the Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission. Hartnett advised that applications are being accepted and are available on the City website www.ci.dublin.ca.us. Cm. Lussie visited the Pleasanton Museum to view the special exhibit the Museum was hosting on Chinese immigration/history in the Livermore Valley. Cm. Lussie felt that the exhibit was interesting and particularly liked the information shown regarding Chinese children immigrating to the Livermore Valley by way of adoption. Cm. Vonheeder-Leopold asked Hartnett if the public art for Dougherty Hills Dog Park had been approved. Hartnett confirmed that the artwork by Michele Alcantara recently presented to the Commission was approved by City Council. Chair Mack thanked Cm. White and Cm. Fasulkey for their service to the Commission. Hartnett also thanked Cm. White and Cm. Fasulkey for their service on the Commission and their dedication to the Arts. He has really appreciated all of their support and enjoyed working with them. Harnett reminded the Commission of the 2nd in a series of Winter Concerts at Old St. Raymond's Church on Saturday, November 11 b at 7:00 PM. The performance will feature Rafael Manriquez who plays the Latin music of Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Hartnett encourages everyone to attend. Adiournment Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:39 p.m. -2- Respectfully submitted, Christie Marks Senior Office Assistant APPROVED: Chairperson -3-