FAC 07-27-04
APPROVED MINUTES
CITY OF
CUPEIQ1NO
FINE ARTS COMMISSION
Regular Meeting, Conference Room A
10300 Torre Avenue Cupertino
July 27, 2004
CALL TO ORDER
At 7:30 p.m., Chairperson Nancy Canter called the meeting to order in Conference Room A of
Cupertino City Hall, 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California.
ROLL CALL
Present: Chairperson Nancy Canter and Commissioners Janet Mohr, Shirley Lin-Kinoshita, Hema
Kundargi, and Carl Orr. Absent: None. Staff present: City Clerk Kimberly Smith.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1.
Minutes of the regular meeting of June 22, 2004
Orr/Kundargi moved to approve the minutes as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
PRESENTATIONS - None
ORt\.L COMMUNICATIONS - None
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS - None
COMMISSIONER REPORTS
2.
Monthly meeting with Mayor James (3m Tuesday, 7 a.m., Hobee's Restaurant)
Commissioner Janet Mohr reviewed her written summary of the regarding the July
meeting. Nancy Canter agreed to attend the August meeting, and Shirley Lin-Kinoshit will
attend the September meeting.
3.
Arts-related news updates ftom Commissioners
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
4.
Update on collaboration between Teen Commission and Fine Arts Commission for art for
the "Down Under" Teen Center. Janet Mohr, Nancy Canter said they had both visited the
site to look at possible locations for placing art, as had Shirley Lin-Kinoshita, and they
agreed to continue this item until the student liaison contacted the commission in the fall of
this year.
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5.
Update on offer to donate bas-relief sculpture of Cyrus the Great for the Cupertino Library.
The City Clerk said that staff was preparing a staff report for Council consideration in
August.
6.
Confirm arrangements for Distinguished Artist of the Year award to be presented to Kate
Curry at Shakespeare Festival performance on Saturday, July 31.
Nancy Canter would be prepared to present the plaque at the performance.
7.
Create entries for catalogue of current and future City art collection.
The Commissioners worked as a group to collect as much information as was known about
the city's existing art collection, including the Morion sculpture, the two murals in city
hall, the commissioned sculpture Perspectives and the loaned sculpture Torque. Shirley
Lin-Kinoshita had taken some photographs already and would continue with that project.
NEW BUSINESS - None
STAFF REPORTS
8.
Committee Roster (information item)
No action was taken.
NEWS ARTICLES
9.
Media coverage
No action was taken.
ADJOURNMENT
At 9:20 p.m. the meeting was adjourned.