APPMIN 10 04 1993ART IN PUBLIC PLACES
MEETING MINUTES
The Art Studio of Louis DeMartino
38-921 Howard Road, Anza, CA
October 4, 1993
The regular meeting of the La Quinta Art in Public Places Committee (APP) was called to order
at the hour of 5:08 P.M. by Chairman John Walling following a tour of the studio a.nd City art
project.
ROLL CALL: Committee Members Kay Wolff, Meg Robertson, Nancy
Nard, Kathleen Smith-Schooley, Lia Gilbert, Kathryn Hull,
& Chairman Walling.
STAFF PRESENT: Planning & Development Director Jerry Herman and
Department Secretary Betty Sawyer.
I. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. Committee Member Hull asked that Page 2, Paragraph #2 second sentence be
amended to read "...a landmark piece that would serve to distiinguish...".
Committee Member Wolff asked that Page 1, Paragraphs 1 and 2 be ;amended to
replace "moonbeam" with "sun". There being no further corrections Committee
Members Wolff/Nard moved and seconded a motion to approve the Minutes of
September 13, 1993 as corrected. Unanimously approved.
B. Chairman Walling wen[ over the financial statement with the members.
Committee Member Hull asked if there was money available; for City
improvement projects. Discussion followed regarding the available and projected
funds. Chairman Walling asked that the priority list and t:he Capital
Improvement Plan be placed on the agenda for their next meeting.
C. Committee Member Smith-Schooley asked staff to explain the Rancho La Quinta
Development Agreement. Staff explained that the purpose of a Development
Agreement was to freeze in place the conditions placed on the project at the time
of approval. As the Rancho La Quinta project was approved in 1985 and a
Development Agreement signed in 1986, the owners of the project pay the City
$40,000 a year to guarantee the conditions adopted in 1985 remain in place for
the project. Therefore, the City cannot impose any Art in Public Places fees on
the project. Following discussion, it was suggested that Staff write a letter to Mr.
Strother of Rancho La Quinta, to see if they would be responsive to an
opportunity to place public art somewhere within the project.
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II. BUSINESS ITEMS
B. Reoort of Civic Center art work progress.
Mr. Louis DeMartino gave a report on the status to the project. He stated
he had spoken with the school principals and he was scheduled to meet
with the gifted and talented students on the 21st of October. The process
of collecting tiles was still taking time. Mr. DeMartino went on to
explain where the work on the art piece stood. He planned on starting the
welding process within two months. When the tiles were bronzed they
would be laid out and then create a picture. The completion of'the project
was anticipated to be in the Spring (April/May) of 1994.
C. Discussion of Art Consultant.
2. Staff stated that letters had been written to four consultants amd as to date
only one had responded. Following discussion, it was suggf;sted that a
special meeting be held in November for the purpose of interviews only.
The date would be November 9th at 11:00 A.M. at the City Hall Session
Room. Committee Member Smith-School questioned what the City was
looking for in an art consultant. Chairman Walling reviewed what had
taken place in previous interviews.
D. Continued Work on the APP Master Art Plan.
i. Chairman Walling asked that this item be continued to their next meeting
to give members time to complete their portion of the plan. Unanimously
approved.
III. OTHER
A. Chairman Walling asked that the following items be placed on the next agenda
for the Committees review.
1. New projects within the City -developer as well as City improvements.
Staff was instructed to send the members a copy of the APP priority list
as well as a copy of the City Capital Improvement Plan in order to make
the Committee familiar with what was happening within the City.
2. The status of the Park and Recreation Plans.
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3. Discussion of the Cultural Services Commission public hearing being held
by the Community Services Commission.
4. Discussion of a youth program as suggested by Committee Member Hull
regarding graffiti and personalized fire hydrants.
IV. AD,TOURNMENT
There being no further business, it was moved and seconded by Committee Members'. Nard/Hull
to adjourn to a regular meeting of the Art in Public Places Committee on November 1, 1993 at
3:00 P.M. This meeting of the Art in Public Places Committee was adjourned at X6:00 P.M.,
October 4, 1993.
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