FAC 11-10-09APPROVED MINUTES
. \ FINE ARTS COMMISSION
Special Meeting
C O P E RT I N O Tuesday, November 10, 2009
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
At 7:15 p.m., Chairman Robert Harrison called tY~e meeting to order in Conference Room A of
City Hall, 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, and lE;d the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
Present: Chairman Robert Harrison and Commi:~sioners KC Chandratreya, John Fiegel, Christine
Hackworth, and Jessi Kaur. Absent: None. Staff~~resent: Kimberly Smith.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS -None
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
1. Thank-you letter from Jan Rindfleisch, Director of the Euphrat Museum of Art.
The Commissioners received the thank-you letter and status report in regard to grant funds
that had been awarded to the Museum earlier in the year.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
2. Minutes of August 25, 2009 (no Sept. or Jct. meetings).
Kaur moved and Chandratreya moved to ;approve the minutes as presented. The motion
carried unanimously.
PRESENTATIONS -None
NEW BUSINESS
3. Report from ad hoc committee (Fiegel an~~ Chandratreya) regarding opportunities to
leverage grant funds.
Commission Chandratreya reported on discussions that he and Commissioner Fiegel held
with Euphrat Museum of Art Director Jar. Rindfleisch, and also with the principal of
Regnart School. He said that they had been brainstorming ways to collaborate between the
City and the Museum, and possibly the local schools as well, to reach out to students, and
to bring them into the Euphrat Museum through demonstrations and activities. For
example, the museum might offer a free workshop for children, those who were interested
would then take part in a longer paid wor]{shop taught by an instructor from DeAnza
College or San Jose State. This would help to raise awareness about the Museum's
presence in the community and encouragf; enrollment in classes, and the city's annual grant
to the Euphrat Museum could be used to ~~ut on these events.
The commissioners agreed that the next step would be to develop a more comprehensive
written plan and a statement of purpose, a.nd to broaden the scope of support to include
other organizations, such as schools, soci;~,l service clubs, church groups, and corporate
sponsors.
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4. Discuss meeting dates and commissioners' holiday schedules. The Commission concurred
to cancel their scheduled meeting of December 28, and to call a special meeting on
December 15 only if matters of business should arise before then.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS -None
COMMISSIONER REPORTS
Report from Mayor's breakfast meeting.
The Commissioners received the report.
STAFF REPORTS -None
NEWS ARTICLES
ADJOURNMENT
At 9:00 p.m. the meeting was adjourned.
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Kimberly Smith, C;.ilerk and Staff Liaison
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