CITY OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION
ACTION MINUTES
August 9, 2017
6:00 PM
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CARL MAY COMMUNITY CENTER
11711 West Drive, Desert Hot Springs, California
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Chair, Pamela Berry, called the regular meeting of the Community and Cultural Affairs Comission to order at 6:00 pm. |
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Present: Commissioners Berry, Eastman, Grant and Sewell. Commissioner Burke not present. |
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Commissioner, Breanna Sewell, led the Pledge of Allegiance. |
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Action: Sewell moved to Berry moved to approve the August 9, 2017 regular meeting agenda. , motion seconded by Eastman, motion carried 4/0 by the following vote: |
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Vote: AYES: 4 - Berry, Grant, Sewell, Eastman Passed NOES: 0 - (None) ABSENT: 1 - Burke
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Action: Sewell moved to approve the July 12, 2017 regular meeting minutes, as submitted, motion seconded by Eastman, motion carried 4/0 by the following vote: |
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Vote: AYES: 4 - Berry, Grant, Sewell, Eastman Passed NOES: 0 - (None) ABSENT: 1 - Burke
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Recommendation: |
Approve minutes as submitted; or corrected. |
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Action: Sewell moved to approve regular meeting minutes as submitted, motion seconded by Eastman, motion carried 4/0 by the following vote: |
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Vote: AYES: 4 - Berry, Grant, Sewell, Eastman Passed NOES: 0 - (None) ABSENT: 1 - Burke
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Jeff Horton addressed the Commission requesting that Commissioner Breanna Sewell be the liaison for the City's Veterans Day and Memorial Day events. Mr. Horton and the VFW would like to work in conjuction with the city. |
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Requested that the VFW work with CCAC on Veterans Day and Memorial Day |
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Community Development Director, Daniel Porras PE |
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Recommendation: |
Receive and File |
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Community Development Director, Daniel Porras, presented the report on the June CCAC budget and responded to questions. |
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Jeff Horton offered to work with Lily's of Palm Springs to donate, at no cost, a 5 gallon bucket of flowers for the next two quarters. He will also, see if they are willing to extend that donation to the next 2 quarters. |
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Chair, Pamela Berry and Vice Chair, Requita Grant |
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Recommendation: |
Approve sponsorship of $800 for the September/October concert. |
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Chair Pamela Berry and Vice Chair Grant provided a report on the SoundXperience concert series and responded to questions. |
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Action: Grant moved to approve sponsoring a September/October SoundXperience concert for $800, motion seconded by Eastman, motion carried 4/0 by the following vote: |
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Vote: AYES: 4 - Berry, Grant, Sewell, Eastman Passed NOES: 0 - (None) ABSENT: 1 - Burke
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Chair, Pamela Berry |
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Recommendation: |
Discuss the advantages to partner with the Mayor's Healthy City Initiative. Approve placing this item on the September's CCAC agenda. |
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Vice Chair Grant asked to have this item tabled. |
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Vice Chair Grant asked to remove this from the agenda. |
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Action: Berry moved to Motion to Table, motion seconded by Grant, motion carried 4/0 by the following vote: |
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Vote: AYES: 4 - Berry, Grant, Sewell, Eastman Passed NOES: 0 - (None) ABSENT: 1 - Burke
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Chair, Pamela Berry and Vice Chair Requita Grant |
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Recommendation: |
Approve that Staff Follow-Up with Submission of Grant |
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Community Development Director, Daniel Porras, explained the grant application process. He can take this to the City's Grant Writing Team to research this grant, see if it is feasible to apply and bring the findings back to the Commission. |
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Action: Sewell moved to approve that Vice Chair Grant, Commissioner Sewell and city staff participate in the August 23rd, grant webinar and that city staff research parameters and submittal requirements, motion seconded by Grant, motion carried 4/0 by the following vote: |
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Vote: AYES: 4 - Berry, Grant, Sewell, Eastman Passed NOES: 0 - (None) ABSENT: 1 - Burke
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Chair, Pamela Berry |
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Recommendation: |
Approve up to $2,000 to continue sponsorship of the Danny Holt Classical Concert Series |
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Chair, Pamela Berry presented the report and responded to questions |
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Michael Picardi and Brown Miller commented that this sponsorship should be approved and that the concert series be renamed to Desert Hot Springs Classical Concert Series. |
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Action: Grant moved to approve up to $2,500 to continue sponsorship of the Desert Hot Springs Classical Concert Series, motion seconded by Eastman, motion carried 3/0 by the following vote: |
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Vote: AYES: 3 - Berry, Grant, Eastman Passed NOES: 0 - (None) ABSENT: 1 - Burke
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Chair, Pamela Berry |
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Recommendation: |
Approve a donation up to $300 to the Desert Hot Springs High School, USB National Hispanic Heritage Month to be used for events planned. |
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Chair, Pamela Berry presented the report and responded to questions |
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Action: Grant moved to approve a donation of up to $300 to the Desert Hot Springs HIgh School, USB National Hispanic Heritage Month to be used for events planned, motion seconded by Sewell, motion carried 4/0 by the following vote: |
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Vote: AYES: 4 - Berry, Grant, Sewell, Eastman Passed NOES: 0 - (None) ABSENT: 1 - Burke
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Chair, Pamela Berry |
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Recommendation: |
Approve creating a master Art and Community Calendar. |
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Chair, Pamela Berry, presented the report and responded to questions. |
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Michael Picardi commented that he already maintained a calendar and didn't see the need for CCAC to do this as well. |
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Action: Sewell moved to Motion to Table, motion seconded by Eastman, motion carried 3/1 by the following vote: |
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Vote: AYES: 3 - Berry, Sewell, Eastman Passed NOES: 1 - Grant ABSENT: 1 - Burke
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Vice Chair, Requita Grant |
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Recommendation: |
Approve the quarterly rotation of juried art to the Carl May Community Center. |
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Vice Chair Grant presented a report and responded to questions. |
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Action: Grant moved to Motion to Continue this agenda item to the next regular meeting of the Community and Cultural Affairs Commission, motion seconded by Eastman, motion carried 4/0 by the following vote: |
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Vote: AYES: 4 - Berry, Grant, Sewell, Eastman Passed NOES: 0 - (None) ABSENT: 1 - Burke
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Commissioner Appointments as Liaisons to Special Event Sub-Committees |
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Chair, Pamela Berry |
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Recommendation: |
Appoint Liaisons to special event Sub-Committees. |
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Chair, Pamela Berry, presented her appointments to Special Events Sub-Committees: Veterans Day 2018-Commissioner Breanna Sewell and Commissioner Barbara Eastman, Martin Luther King's Peace and Unity Walk 2018-Commissioner Requita Grant, Memorial Day 2018-Commissioner Breanna Sewell and Commissioner Michael Burke, Monarch Festival 2018-Chair Pamela Berry and Vice Chair Requita Grant |
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Action: Grant moved to approve appointments to the listed Special Event Sub-Committees, motion seconded by Berry, motion carried 4/0 by the following vote: |
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Vote: AYES: 4 - Berry, Grant, Sewell, Eastman Passed NOES: 0 - (None) ABSENT: 1 - Burke
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Community Development Director, Daniel Porras PE |
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Recommendation: |
Update. |
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Commissioner Breanna Sewell presented a map for Commissioners to choose the zone that they will be using to log the city's art inventory |
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Sub-Committee Reports - Finance, Public Arts, Parks and Recreation/Sand to Snow, Yard Beautification |
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Sub-Committee Chairs |
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Recommendation: |
Update |
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Sub-Committee Chairs presented their reports |
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Commissioners provided their reports |
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Community Development Director, Daniel Porras, presented the report and responded to questions |
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The meeting was adjourned at 8:14 pm |
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