FAC 12-11-07APPROVED MINUTES
FINE ARTS COMMISSION
Regular Adjourned Meeting, Con£ Rm. A
C O P E RT I N O 10300 Torre Avenue Cupertino
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 7:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
At 7:06 p.m. Chairman Robert Harrison called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of
Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
Present: Chairman Robert Harrison, and Commissioners Nancy Canter, Jessi Kaur, Michael
Harkin. Absent K.C. Chandratreya. Staff present: City Clerk Kimberly Smith.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Kaur moved to approve the minutes of October 23, 2007. Canter seconded and motion
passed unanimously with Chandratreya absent.
PRESENTATIONS
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
2. The City Clerk reported that the Euphrat Museum of Art provided an end-of--year report for
the Commission's review. City Clerk also distributed a binder which included all the
public art projects for which the Fine Arts Commission is responsible.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
3. Preparation of aPercent-for-Art ordinance and "developer's guidelines" document - ad hoc
committee Jessi Kaur and K.C. Chandratreya.
K.C. Chandratreya was not able to attend. The Commission requested that they receive a
digital draft of the ordinance. City Clerk will contact Chandratreya and distribute the draft
to the Commission.
4. Update on kinetic bird sculpture by Jason Paul Bennett, public art to be installed at
Cupertino Landing (Sandhill Property Company), 10495 N. DeAnza Blvd.
The Commission concurred to place the sculpture on the new location closer to the low
wall. City Clerk will forward the Commission's request for a plaque with sculpture name,
artist name, and year. The Commission also preferred that the plaque contain history of the
name and type of materials used.
5. Discussion of sculpture garden and/or sculpture locations in community -update from
Michael Harkin
Harkin handed out a first draft. City Clerk will remind all Commissioners before the
February meeting so they have an opportunity to tour sites under discussion.
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6. Discussion regarding selection criteria for Distinguished Artists, and identify new filing
deadlines so that awards can be given during CREST ceremony (Cupertino Recognizes
Extra Steps Taken) - ad hoc committee Harrison and Kaur.
The Commission was interested in coordinating the award with Fine Arts Week on the first
Friday in October. The Commission also agreed that the CREST event was not the best
option. Canter will replace Kaur on the subcommittee so that Canter and Harrison can meet
with DeAnza College. The Commission is corisidering Euphrat Museum as a host for the
event. Canter will work on improvements to the application, including criteria, and add a
new category of emerging artist and Kaur will prepare news stories later. Harrison will
contact FALC and Euphrat to request their involvement in the project. It was agreed that
the budget request should be $500 for Distinguished Artist, $500 for Emerging Artist,
$4000 for Euphrat, and possibly a budget for the Fine Arts Week event -working title
"Arts' Day Night"
Follow-up on Veterans' Memorial dedication event held on November 11.
Commissioners who attended noted that the event was very moving, and well attended by
the community.
NEW BUSINESS
STAFF REPORTS
8. Review current ad hoc committee list
City Clerk reviewed the ad hoc committee.
COMMISSIONER REPORTS
Arts-related news updates from Commissioners
10. New schedule for Mayor's meeting with commissions
City Clerk reported that Dolly Sandoval is the new mayor and that a new meeting schedule
has not yet been finalized.
NEWS ARTICLES
11. Media coverage
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 p.m.
Kimberly Smith, Jerk and Staff Liaison