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CITY COUNCIL/AGENCY - HUNTINGTON BEACH ART CENTER FOUNDATION
ALLIED ARTS BOARD
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
Huntington Beach Art Center
538 Main Street
Tuesday, January 1.6, 1990
1:.00 P.M.
A tape recording of this meeting is
on file in the City Clerk's Office.
Mayor Mays called the adjourned regular joint meeting of the City
Council/Redevelopment Agency of the City of. Huntington Beach, the Art Center
Foundation, and the Allied Arts Board to order at 7 p.m.
ROLL CALL - COUNCILMENCY
Present: MacAllister, Winchell, Green, Mays, Silva
Absent: Bannister, Erskine
ROLL CALL - H.B. ART CENTER FOUNDATION
Present: Goodrich,- Baron,,Chapman, Chase, Geosano, Jankowiak, Lake
Absent: Harris, Vollmer
ROLL CALL-.ALLIED.ARTS BOARD
Present: Anderson, Baron, Keeley, Hankin, Neal, Schwartz
Absent:- Shannon, Shebell
Information packets dated January, 1990, entitled Overview - Huntington Beach
Art Center Conceptual Design Plan, and -Overview - Celebration Plaza Conceptual
Design Plan had been provided to.the City Council by the Cultural Affairs
Division of the. Community Services Department.
Michael Mudd, Manager of the.Cultural.Affairs Division of the Commun-ity
Services Department presented an overview of the.'plans for the Huntington
Beach Art Center and'Celebration-Plaza. He explained the structure.of a
public/private partnership. within the context of the Art Center Project.
Mr. Mudd introduced Steve Schwartz, Chairman of the Allied Arts Board who
presented background information_ on the board's accomplishments citing past
festivities they had sponsored.. He explai'ned,hi't-'vision of what he hoped the
.Art Center would :offerth'e community.
Mr. Bob Good tic h,:' Chai rinan of the Board of Directors of the Hunt.i;ngton Beach
Art Center Foundatfion spoke regarding the.foundat,ions objective to implement
the City Cou.nci l' s. mandate, for a publ i.clpri v.ate ;partnership and their goal to
raise $900;,OOp... ti^
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Mr. Chip Gulley and Mr. Jim Wilson, representing Thirtieth Street Architects
spoke regarding their proposed design for -the Arts Center and Celebration
Plaza. He referred to drawings.
Naida Osline, Art Center Director, spoke regarding the kinds of art works
which they hoped to display in the different galleries. She stated staff's
intent to educate people in the visual arts and also to hold workshops for
people to explore their own creativity; school tours are also planned as well
as exhibitions.
Leslee Temple, representing the firm of Cardoza, DiLallo, Harrington spoke
regarding their design of the plaza. Considerable discussion was held
regarding curb treatment and parking facilities. The City Administrator
reported on his recommendation on the alternative treatments.
Jan Halvorsen, Operations Supervisor of the Library, referred to the Library
Board minutes in their packet which state the Library Board's concern in this
area. She referred to the drawings of Thirtieth Street Architects and spoke
regarding the recommendation that the entrance to the,Library be changed to
face the Celebration Plaza. Discussion was held regarding this possibility.
Mr. Mudd spoke regarding the concept of the plaza's function.
ADJOURNMENT
The Mayor adjourned the adjourned regular meeting of the City Council/
Redevelopment Agency to 5:30 P.M., January 22, 1990, in Room B-8, Civic
Center, Huntington Beach, CA 92640
Clerk of the Redevelopkont Agency
and City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California
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