HomeMy WebLinkAboutDecember 29LAH Public Art Committee
Special Meeting
Meeting Time:Friday, December 29, 2017
Meeting Place:Parks and Recreation Building
26379 Fremont Road
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
The Meeting was Called to Order at 12:30 pm
Committee Members Present: Robyn Aber, Diane Brauch, David Milgram, Stacey Newman,
Gail Solomon, Farah Tabatabai
Committee Members Absent: Nicole Andrews, Julie Arnheim, Kjell Karlssen (Associate
Member)
Presentations from the Floor - None
Public Art Dedication Ceremony Details
Gail Solomon reported that Karen Druker, the donor of the new art pieces, prefers
delaying the ribbon cutting ceremony until March so that her family can attend. LAH City Clerk
Deborah Padovan prefers March as well. The dedication ceremony will be March 16th
(tentative date) at 3 pm. Karen Druker and the Mayor will speak at the Dedication Ceremony.
Other speakers TBD.
Possible invitees were discussed: Public Art Committee Members, LAH Town Council and Town
staff, Roger Burnell, Lakshmi Rangopal, Oana Olteanu, Karen Druker and Family, Los Altos Art
Commission Members, LAH Committee Chairs, Artists Starks and Gustavson.
Notice of the event should be placed in the Los Altos Town Crier and on Nextdoor.
Action Item- Gail Solomon will discuss with Deborah Padovan what the Town will handle
(invites, PR, food, etc.) for the March 16 Dedication Ceremony.
Action Item- PAC will work on promotional literature/brochure for distribution at the March 16
Dedication Ceremony.
The Committee walked around the Town Hall property and decided placement of the three
brass plaques which will identify the artist and donor of each piece of art.
PAC Plan Development
LAH Town Council has requested a Master Plan from the Public Art Committee with the
intention of approving an update to the PAC’s charter (requested in November 2017). The PAC
spent most of the meeting working on this document, a template of which was provided by PAC
Vice-Chair Robyn Aber. A plan is being prepared as a mean to gain the Town Council’s approval
for an updated PAC charter that includes a more proactive art acquisition role.
Action Item- Robyn Aber will incorporate the Committee members’ input and create a second
draft revision of the Master Plan document, ultimately to be provided to the LAH Town Council.
The Meeting was adjourned at 3:30 pm.
The next meeting will be February 12th at 6 pm.Please note: The regular scheduled
meeting of January 8th will be canceled.
Action Item- Robyn Aber will inform City Clerk Deborah Padovan of the cancellation of the
1/08/18 meeting.
Meeting minutes submitted by Stacey Newman.