7.D.
City Council Meeting - FINAL
- Meeting Date:
- 07/15/2014
- From:
- Stacy Saltzburg, Deputy City Clerk
Information
TITLE:
Consideration of Appointments: Beautification & Public Art Commission (BPAC).
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Make one Hospitality appointment to a term expiring June 2015.
Policy Decision or Reason for Action:
By making the above appointment, the Beautification & Public Art Commission will be at full membership and will be able to continue meeting on a regular basis. There are three applications on file as follows:
Dawn Kish (new applicant)
Anne Mead Soper (new applicant)
Jeremy Meyer (new applicant)
Anne Mead Soper (new applicant)
Jeremy Meyer (new applicant)
Jeremy Meyer is eligible for the Hospitality seat.
Financial Impact:
These are voluntary positions and there is no budgetary impact to the City of Flagstaff.
Connection to Council Goal:
Diversity of arts, culture and educational opportunities.
Has There Been Previous Council Decision on This:
None.
Options and Alternatives:
1) Appoint one Commissioner: By appointing a member at this time, the Beautification & Public Arts Commission will be at full membership, allowing the group to meet and provide recommendations to the City Council.
2) Table the action to allow for further discussion or expand the list of candidates.
2) Table the action to allow for further discussion or expand the list of candidates.
Background/History:
The Beautification & Public Art Commission consists of nine citizens serving three-year terms. One of the positions represents the hospitality industry, two positions represent members of the arts community, one position represents the design professional industry, and five are at-large seats. There is currently one hospitality seat available.
The Beautification and Public Art Commission recommends expenditures from the BBB beautification fund and public art portion of the BBB arts and science fund. It studies and recommends community beautification projects ranging from landscaping and irrigation, signs and billboards, buildings, facilities, streetscapes, gateways, the purchase and installation of public art projects within beautification projects, property acquisition for beautification and/or public art projects, and neighborhood-initiated projects, to mention a few.
The Beautification and Public Art Commission recommends expenditures from the BBB beautification fund and public art portion of the BBB arts and science fund. It studies and recommends community beautification projects ranging from landscaping and irrigation, signs and billboards, buildings, facilities, streetscapes, gateways, the purchase and installation of public art projects within beautification projects, property acquisition for beautification and/or public art projects, and neighborhood-initiated projects, to mention a few.
Key Considerations:
It is important to fill the vacancies so as to allow the Commission to continue meeting on a regular basis.
Community Benefits and Considerations:
The City's boards, commissions, and committees were created to foster public participation and input and to encourage Flagstaff citizens to take an active role in city government.
Community Involvement:
INFORM: The vacancies are also posted on the City's website and individual recruitment and mention of the openings by Board members and City staff has occurred, informing others of these vacancies through word of mouth.
Expanded Options and Alternatives:
COUNCIL INTERVIEW TEAM: Councilmember Brewster and Councilmember Oravits.