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CULTURAL ARTS COMMITTEE
CITY OF PALM DESERT
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
May 8, 2024, 9:00 a.m.
Present:
Staff:
Liaisons:
Vice Chair Carol Adney, Committee Member Maureen Boren,
Committee Member Lori Flint, Committee Member Kristen Olson -
Stone, Committee Member Thomas Mitze, Committee Member
Pia Rose*, Committee Member Ann Simley, Chair Elizabeth
Hauer
* Committee Member Rose arrived at 9:16 a.m.
Management Analyst – Public Art Erica Powell, Deputy Director of
Economic Development Amy Lawrence, and Recording Secretary
Monique Lomeli
City Council Liaison, Mayor Karina Quintanilla
1. CALL TO ORDER
A Regular Meeting of the Cultural Arts Committee was called to order by Chair Hauer on
May 8, 2024, at 9:01 a.m. in the Administrative Conference R oom, City Hall, located at
73-510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, California.
2. ROLL CALL
3. NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS
None.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion by: Vice Chair Adney
Seconded by: Committee Member Mitze
To approve the consent calendar as presented.
Motion Carried (7 to 0)
4.a APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Approve the Minutes of April 10, 2024.
5. CONSENT ITEMS HELD OVER
6. ACTION CALENDAR
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Committee Member Rose arrived at this time during the meeting.
6.a ACCEPT DONATION OF PALM DESERT’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY
CHILDREN’S MURAL, TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CITY’S PERMANENT
PUBLIC ART COLLECTION
Public Art Management Analyst Powell presented the staff report and responded
to member inquiries.
Motion by: Committee Member Boren
Seconded by: Committee Member Flint
Recommend that the City Council accept donation of Palm Desert’s 50th
Anniversary children’s mural, by artists Kellie Pellegrini and Tyler Ontiveros, to be
included in the City’s permanent public art collection.
Motion Carried (7 to 0)
6.b APPROVE DEACCESSION OF LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM MURAL BY
SUSAN SMITH EVANS
Public Art Management Analyst Powell presented the staff report and responded
to member inquiries.
Motion by: Committee Member Rose
Seconded by: Committee Member Simley
Recommend that this item be continued to a date uncertain.
Motion Carried (7 to 0)
6.c CONSIDER PURCHASE OF A SCULPTURE FROM THE 2023/2024 EL PASEO
SCULPTURE EXHIBITION FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT’S PERMANENT PUBLIC ART COLLECTION
Public Art Management Analyst Powell presented the staff report and responded
to member inquiries. The Committee narrowed down the sculptures for potential
purchase to: Dione the Water Goddess by Lynn Jaye, SWIRLY GIRL (Female
Superhero) by Karen and Tony Barone, The Seeker by Delos Van Earl, and Eye
of the Wind by Nicholas Meyer.
Motion by: Committee Member Boren
Seconded by: Committee Member Rose
Continue the item to a future meeting for further discussion of the purchase of a
sculpture from the 2023/2024 El Paseo Sculpture Exhibition for inclusion in the
City of Palm Desert’s permanent public art collection, and potential locations.
Motion Carried (7 to 0)
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6.d REQUEST FOR INPUT ON POTENTIAL CIVIC CENTER PARK PUBLIC ART
INSTALLATION
Public Art Management Analyst Powell presented the staff report and responded
to member inquiries. Feedback was provided; no formal action taken on this item.
7. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS & COMMENTS
7.a PLANNING COMMISSION LIAISON
None.
7.b ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION LIAISON
None.
7.c CULTURAL ARTS COMMITTEE MEMBERS
The following items were discussed:
Expression the gratitude for staff and the coordination of the documentary
series;
Update on Community Heroes mural; and
Planning of landscape in roundabout near Dueling Palms.
7.d CITY COUNCIL LIAISON
Mayor Quintanilla provided reminders for the following upcoming events:
Ice Cream with the Mayor event taking place Thursday, May 16, 2024; and
Concerts in the Park event taking place every Thursday in May at Civic
Center Park.
7.e CITY STAFF
7.e.1 RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION FROM DESERT X
Jenny Gill, of Desert X, presented the Desert X 2023 Exhibition Report
and answered member inquiries. No action taken on this item.
7.f ATTENDANCE REPORT
Report provided; no action taken on this item.
8. ADJOURNMENT
The Cultural Arts Committee adjourned at 11:07 a.m.
9. PUBLIC NOTICES
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Monique Lomeli, Senior Deputy Clerk
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Recording Secretary
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Erica Powell, Management Analyst
Secretary
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DATE APPROVED BY CULTURAL ARTS COMMITTEE