FAC 02-23-99
City of Cupertino
FINE ARTS COMMISSION
Regular Adjourned Meeting
February 23,1999
7:00 p.m.
1.
CALL TO ORDER
At 7: 10 p.m., Janet Mohr called the meeting to order in Conference Room A and
led the pledge of allegiance.
2.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3.
ROLL CALL
Present: Chairperson Janet Mohr; Commissioners Stephen Beard, Hema
Kundargi, Carl Off, Charlene Pai, Mary Sievert, Rita Young.
City staff present: City Clerk Kimberly Smith and Recording Secretary Dorothy
Steenfott.
4.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Beard moved to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of January 26, 1999.
Kundargi seconded and motion passed unanimously.
5.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
City Clerk reported that the written communications were included in the agenda
packet and that no new items had been received.
6.
STAFF REPORTS
City Clerk distributed the latest mailing address list for commissioners and
requested that those who have e-mail indicate it on the list.
7.
NEW BUSINESS
A.
Overview of submittals for the Four Seasons Comer public art project.
Beard described the criteria that he, Sievert, and Young used to conduct a
detailed review of the 44 applications to select finalists. He stated that
there were many very good artists, but that the ad hoc committee had to
base its decision on the criteria in the request for qualifications. He also
stated that the ad hoc committee had chosen seven applicants as semi-
finalists.
8.
9.
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The slides ofthe seven semi-finalists were viewed by the commission.
Commission members were given time to rate each finalists between one
and ten (one being least favorite and 10 being most favorite) to narrow the
semi-finalist field from seven to four. After each commissioner had given
their rating, it was determined that the top four applicants were Berry,
Claudio, Deutsch and Powers. The commission also determined that a
$1,200 honorarium should be given to the top four applicants for the
construction of a maquette.
City Clerk stated that the Four Seasons Comer ad hoc committee would be
meeting on February 24. She stated that the slides of the seven finalists
would be viewed at that time and the Fine Arts Commission
recommendation would be presented during the meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
A.
Distribution of grant applications for spring cycle to ad hoc committee
members (Mohr, Beard, and Kundargi).
Packets were distributed to the ad hoc committee of Beard, Kundargi, and
Mohr.
B.
Status report regarding 1999 Cherry Blossom Festival (Kundargi, Young)
and scheduling of installation of school banners at the site.
Young will follow up with each of the participating schools. She stated
that the schools will drop off the banners at city hall and the Fine Arts
Commission will take the banners to Lucille Honig so they can be
displayed one week prior to the festival. Mohr agreed to speak on behalf
of the commission during the festival.
COMMISSIONER AND LIAISON REPORTS
Sievert will attend the March II mayor's breakfast.
10.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 p.m. to the next regular meeting of March 23,
1999 at 7:30 p.m.