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City of Indio

AGENDA

Public Art Commission

Tuesday, February 8, 2022 @ 5:30 PM

150 Civic Center Mall

 

 

The City Council Chamber will be open to the public and Public Art Commission meetings will be conducted in person and remotely through Zoom in compliance with Government Code Section 54953(e) (AB 361

 

The Council Chamber will have very limited seating available on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public will be required to comply with the California Department of Health Guidance for the Use of Face Coverings, which requires masks to be worn in all indoor public settings, irrespective of vaccine status, through February 15, 2022.

 

You may view the meeting via Livestream on the City’s website

 

or via Facebook Live

 

or via YouTube

 

 or view and participate via Zoom

Webinar ID: 848 7664 7959

Passcode: 92201

 

Consistent with Government Code Section 54953(e) (Assembly Bill 361), members of the Public Art Commission and City Staff are permitted to attend the meeting by teleconference and such teleconference locations are not accessible to the public and are not subject to special posting requirements.  If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable modification or accommodation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) please contact the office of the City Clerk at 760-391-4007 prior to the meeting for assistance.

 

Members of the public who desire to address the Public Art Commission during the meeting may do so either in person or orally or in writing as described below.

 

Oral Comments: Oral testimony can be provided in person or during the virtual live session. Individual speakers are limited to three minutes each, unless the Chairperson amends the time limit. To address the Commission in person please complete speaker request card located at the entrance and give it to the Secretary. Your name will be called when it is your turn to speak. To address the Commission during the virtual live session via zoom, please email the secretary at vcastillo@indio.org or alternatively, during the specific agenda item or general comment period (i.e. non-agenda items), please use the “raise your hand” function on zoom in order to be recognized by the secretary in order to provide comments in real time.  The secretary will facilitate to the extent possible any email requests to provide oral comments that are sent during the live meeting.  Please specify on the subject line of the email “Oral Comment” and note the agenda item number or if general comment (i.e. non-agenda item). To participate during the live session, please keep track of the meeting proceedings by watching the meeting via Livestream, Facebook Live, YouTube, or Zoom. Please raise your hand and your name or other identifier (phone number) will be called when it is your turn to speak.

 

Written Comments: identifiers unable to provide comments during the meeting (whether in person or the virtual live session), written public comments on agenda and non-agenda items, or both, may be submitted by email to the secretary at vcastillo@indio.org. Please specify on the subject line the agenda item number or if general public comment (i.e. non-agenda item). For example on a specific item, write "agenda item 8a" on the email subject line. Email/Written comments must be received by the City Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting and such comments will be distributed to the Secretary, Public Art Commission, posted on the agenda landing page and be made part of the agenda packet and public record of the meeting; however, they will not be read during the meeting. 

 

Public Hearing Items: Any person may provide in-person comments on public hearing items. Oral or written comments will also be accepted on public hearing items in the manner prescribed in the notice at the top of this agenda except that comments will be accepted during the public hearing until the hearing is closed.

 

 

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PUBLIC ART COMMISSION MAY ACT ON

 ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE AGENDA

 

 

1.

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

Chairperson Bill Schinsky

Vice Chairperson E. J. Neumeyer

Commissioner Cecelia Cruz-Zendejas

Commissioner Venessa Becerra

Commissioner Thomas Buck

 

 

 

 

2.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

 

3.

PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA

This is the time set aside for public comment for items not on the agenda. Public comments may be provided in the manner prescribed at the top of this agenda. If the total time of comments extend beyond 30 minutes, the Mayor may defer further public comments for items Not on the Agenda until the end of the Agenda.

 

 

4.

ACTION ITEMS

 

 

 

4.1.

Public Arts Strategic Plan and Work Plan: The Public Arts Commission providing an update on their review of the draft Workplan and Strategic Plan and discuss the next steps. 

 

 

 

 

4.2.

Traffic Signal Box Image Selection:  An update by the Traffic Signal Box Ad Hock Committee to the Public Arts Commission regarding their review of 45 images that was received for 2021 Traffic Signal Box Program and to discuss the 2022 Traffic Signal Box Program.

 

 

 

 

4.3.

Ad Hoc Committee Selection:  The Public Arts Commission to appoint two (2) members of the Commission to form an Ad Hock committee to collaborate with the Community Services Commission's Ad Hock Committee to discuss the possibility of merging the two (2) Commissions.

 

 

 

5.

STAFF ITEMS

 

 

 

5.1.

2022 Coachella Music and Arts Festival Art Tour:  There will be two (2) art tour sessions at the 2022 Coachella Music and Arts Festival to appreciate the artworks and meet the artists.  The first session is on Thursday, April 14, 2022 and the second session is on Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 10:00 am.  The Commission may attend any of the sessions. 

 

 

 

 

5.2.

Mural Conservation Update:  An update on next steps for the City's mural conservation project that was approved by the City Council on January 19, 2022.

 

 

 

 

5.3.

Sarbale Ke Installation Update:  A request by the Public Arts Commission to compare the artwork that was displayed at the 2019 Coachella Music and Arts Festival with the artwork that has been installed within Dr. Carron Park.  In addition, to discuss means to protect the artwork from vandalism.

 

 

 

 

5.4.

Colossal Cacti Art Piece Installation Update:  An update on unveiling ceremony that was conducted on January 15, 2022 as well as an update regarding lighting and landscape installation for the artwork.

 

 

 

6.

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

 

 

 

6.1.

New Project(s) and Items for Next Agenda:  Commission and staff will discuss potential opportunities for new project(s) and item(s) for next agendas including timeline.

 

 

 

7.

ADJOURN

 

Next Public Arts Commission Meeting: March 8, 2022

 

Agenda packets are available on the city’s website at www.indio.org and at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall at 100 Civic Center Mall, Indio, California.  Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office, during normal City business hours.

 

PUBLIC NOTICE

 

The Indio City Council Chamber is accessible to person(s) with disabilities. If special equipment is needed, for the hearing impaired, please call the City Clerk's office.  Persons with disabilities can receive this agenda in an alternative format and should call the City Clerk's office at 391 4007. Notification 48 hours prior to a meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting (28 CFR 35.102.35.104 ADA Title 11).

 

RULES OF DECORUM

 

To help conduct the business of the Public Art Commission in an orderly fashion, the City has adopted rules pertaining to decorum and order, as provided for in Ordinance No. 1205. The Public Art Commission will strictly enforce these rules in order to allow full expression of ideas and opinions by councilmembers, staff and the public. Generally, the City's rules of decorum prohibit comments or actions which willfully disrupt the meeting. All remarks and questions shall be addressed to the Commission as a whole and not to any particular member. No individual Commissioner or member of the City staff shall be questioned without first obtaining permission from the Presiding Officer. The Public Art Commission asks that all persons - including commissioners, staff and the public - act and speak respectfully.

 

DECLARATION OF POSTING

 

 

I, Vanessa Castillo, City Clerk Specialist of the City of Indio, California, do hereby declare that the foregoing agenda was posted on February 1, 2022, at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 54954.2, at the following locations:

 

City of Indio Council Chamber, 150 Civic Center Mall, Indio, CA 92201

City of Indio website www.indio.org

 

 

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