ARTS COMMISSION
CONSIDERS MURAL POLICY
FOR CITY PRIVATE PROPERTY
There were five
people in the audience for the Oceanside Arts Commission meeting.
Councilwoman
Esther Sanchez was in the audience and was a speaker concerning the Pelican
Project for lot 23 and the draft Mural Policy.
- Call to Order was at
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Roll Call
- 4. Public Communications
- A speaker from the Audience spoke
to the concern of Graffiti and that Murals could be one way to mitigate
the problem
- A Communication was read by the
clerk from an Oceanside Artist who owned a studio gallery and left
Artists Alley because of the lack of foot traffic and the garbage bins
close to her studio.
- Approval of Minutes,
- Financial Report.
Action item no.
7
There was a
discussion of Lot 23. The proposed development of this
property by Pelican Properties is that they would like to incorporate in their
project a Public Art Sculpture.
It was reveled
that Commissioner Mark Jensinoski has obtained with Pelican Properties a
position as a paid consultant. He then was recused from further discussion
about this item and left the room. Chairman Jonathan explained that
Commissioner Jensinoski had known the Pelican Group before the project was
brought before the Commission.
In reviewing the
August meeting for the Commission Chairman Fohrman reviewed the renderings of
the project and stated that there is a 20,000. budget for the art element. He
wanted the commissioners to choose between letting the developer bring a design
for approval, or forming an ad hoc to be involved in the process. There was no
mention of Commissioner Jensinoski being a paid consultant for the Pelican
Group at the August meeting.
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| Lot 23 |
At this months
meeting the Commission decided to work with the developer in advisory and
complementary effort to facilitate the project with an ad-hoc committee.
Councilwoman
Sanchez spoke that perhaps the City could provide additional funding for this
project.
Action Item
no. 8 was a review of
the Workplan for 2016 – 2018 and it was approved by unanimous consent.
Action Item
no. 9
This was
preceded by a slide presentation of Murals located within our City of Oceanside presented by Commissioner Joanne
Tawfilis.
Commissioner
Tawfilis the led the discussion of draft policy on Mural projects for our future
in the City. This draft policy may be read at: https://www.ci.oceanside.ca.us/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=40741
There were many
comments about the kind of Murals, should there be a theme, should they be
professional, should they be judged by specific criteria, and should they
limited to where they can be located?
BeeBee Bastidas
a muralist of worldwide fame from the audience spoke to the Commission that
there should be inclusion of the wider community. He said that young folks he
knew had no idea that the Commission was even here, let alone considering a
Mural policy which would indeed have an impact on our local young artists.
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| Mural by BeBe Bastidas |
The Commission
decided that since this was draft version, that there was a much needed way to
include the community in the discussion of that would be inclusive and fair.
The idea of free speech was one of the points of concern. They voted to have a
Public Forum for Community input. The existing Murals would be “grandfathered”
in.
Councilwoman
Sanchez commented that Community involvement should be a given and that all of
our Community Cultural groups be given the opportunity to participate.
A new ad- hoc
committee was formed to facilitate this project.
Information
Item 10 Reports
by Commissioners on previously discussed items…
Report by
Jonathan Fohrman on Arts meeting in Boston
Ad-Hoc reports
As an
information comment on the Commissions moneys for the Master Planning for the
Arts for the City of Oceanside , Commission Chairman said that there was
an extra 5000. in the reserve which should not just “sit there” but be
considered for a project which should have a productive use for our City.
