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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2009 0603 CC REG ITEM 10A ITY OF MOORPARK,CALIFORNIA City Council Meeting ITEM 10.A. at e '3-Ring ,ACTION:- llgh�DAAUW, I1l, MINUTES OF THE JOINT MEETING OF THE BY. CITY COUNCIL AND ARTS COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK Moorpark California April 29, 2009 A Special Joint Meeting of the City Council and Moorpark Arts Commission of the City of Moorpark was held on April 29, 2009, at 6:00 p.m. at the Moorpark Community Center located at 799 Moorpark Avenue, Moorpark, California. 1. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Parvin called the joint meeting to order at 6:16 p.m. 2. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Arts Commissioner, Mary Schwabauer led the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. ROLL CALL: City Council: Councilmembers Mikos, Millhouse, Van Dam, and Mayor Parvin. Arts Commission: Commissioners Puckett, Schwabauer, and Chair Amador. Absent: Commissioners Hamous and Molloy Staff Present: Steven Kueny, City Manager; Hugh Riley, Assistant City Manager; Deborah Traffenstedt, Administrative Services Director/City Clerk; and Maureen Benson, Assistant City Clerk. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT: None. 5. PRESENTATION/ACTION/DISCUSSION: A. Consider Status Report on Mission Statement Priorities, Goals and Objectives for Fiscal Year 2008/2009 and Direction for Fiscal Year 2009/2010. Staff Recommendation: Direct staff as deemed appropriate. Mayor Parvin opened the item for discussion. 123 i Minutes of the City Council and Arts Commission Moorpark California Page 2 April 29, 2009 There were no speakers. The Commission discussed: 1) Including public art in the budget for city projects; 2) Adding more arts related goals to the objectives; 3) Considering opportunities to include art in the High Street streetscape plans; 4) Enlarging the definition of the arts to include architecture and sculpture; 5) Opening up opportunities for the youth of Moorpark to experience the arts; 6) The High Street Arts Center should consider garage jazz band sessions, choral groups from outside the community, voice or instrumental quartets, and foreign films; 7) Underwriting youth scholarships or grants for the arts; 8) The arts as a means to provide optimism during times of financial hardship and times of war; and 8) The need for a book store in Moorpark. The Council discussed: 1) Opportunities for incorporating art objectives; 2) Adding an arts and culture plan to the goals and objectives; 3) Development of a Council objective to require art in public building projects; 4) Possibly adding art objectives to the Human Services Center and new Post Office projects; and 5) Future discussion on having the Arts Commission discuss broadening the definition of the arts, putting together a program to adopt a sister city; possibly developing an Arts Master Plan; identifying opportunities to incorporate Moorpark's history in art such as using the pepper trees and apricot trees, consider a mural for High Street, and conduct field trips to other cities to garner ideas. 6. ADJOURNMENT: Mayor Parvin adjourned the City Council meeting and Chair Amador adjourned the Arts Commission meeting at 6:43 p.m. Janice S. Parvin, Mayor Jean Amador, Chair ATTEST: Maureen Benson, Assistant City Clerk 124