Consideration of Appointments:  Beautification & Public Art Commission.

By making the above appointments, the Beautification & Public Art Commission will be at full membership and will be able to continue meeting on a regular basis. There are five applications on file; please review attached matrix for applicants and their qualifications.

These are voluntary positions and there is no budgetary impact to the City of Flagstaff.

Diversity of arts, culture and educational opportunities.

None.

1) Appoint three Commissioners: By appointing members 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.

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, one design professional seat, and two at-large seats 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.

It is important to fill the vacancies so as to allow the Commission to continue meeting on a regular basis.

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.

INFORM:  The vacancies are also posted on the City's website and individual recruitment and mention of the opening by Board members and City staff has occurred, informing others of this vacancy through word of mouth. 

COUNCIL INTERVIEW TEAM:  Councilmember Barotz and Councilmember Oravits

12/04/2012 - SLS

Appoint Robert Chambers to Design Professional with term ending 6/15.
Reappoint Dan Hunt to Hospitality with term ending 6/15.
Appoint Emma Gardner to At-Large with term ending 6/13.
Reappoint Victoria Foster to At-Large with term ending 6/15.