San Antonio Arts Commission
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
9:00 a.m.
Culture Commons Exhibit Hall
115 Plaza de Armas
San Antonio, TX 78205
Members Present Members absent Staff
Nettie Hinton - D2 Larry Lapaglia - D6 Debbie Racca-Sittre
Yadhira Lozano - D3 Jessica Sanchez - Mayoral James LeFlore
Susana Segura- D4 Sarah Yates
Henry Brun - D7 Lisa Biediger
Margaret Kanyusik - D8
Freda Facey - D9
Mark Rogers - D10
Guillermo Nicolas-Mayoral
Eduardo Garcia-Mayoral
Rene Barilleaux-Mayoral
Suhail Arastu-Mayoral
Call to Order / Roll Call
The meeting was called to order by Guillermo Nicolas at 9:12 am.
The roll call was taken by Sarah Yates and a quorum was present.
Meeting Minutes
Motion: Henry Brun set forth a motion to approve the meeting minutes from the meeting held on May 17, 2016. Eduardo Garcia seconded the motion.
Discussion: Nettie Hinton clarified some changes she had regarding Ira Aldridge in the Announcements & Reports section. Ms. Yates stated the changes would be made.
Vote: Motion passed.
Tricentennial Welcome
Debbie Racca-Sittre stated that the Tricentennial welcome would be postponed to the next scheduled Arts Commission meeting.
stART Place Final Funding Recommendations (Action Item)
Ms. Racca-Sittre stated that out of the 22 applications submitted 14 of those applicants were being recommended for funding. She added that the final funding recommendations for stART place would be reviewed for council action on June 16, 2016 and that the reason this category of funding was expedited was so that those receiving dollars from FY 2016 would need to complete their projects by the end of August and those for FY 2017 would begin after October 1st.
Citizens to be Heard (stART Place)
Carolina Storyteller
SA Storyteller Association
Motion: Mark Rogers set forth a motion to approve the final funding recommendations for stART Place. Henry Brun seconded the motion....
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