04-06-2026 CULTURAL COMMISSION - Apr 06, 2026

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Unknown 0:02

Okay. Today is Monday, April sixth, twenty twenty six. This is the regular meeting of the Cultural Commission. This is a hybrid meeting. This meeting will be recorded. The Zoom application will notify you that this meeting is being recorded. Please press continue on the Zoom application to stay in the meeting. Use the raise your hand feature in Zoom when you're if you would like to speak on an item and to also lower your hand when you're finished speaking. Please unmute when called to speak and mute yourself when you are done speaking. If you're calling in by phone, identify yourself by name before speaking on an item. Press star nine on your phone to raise and lower your hand. Press star six if you are participating by phone to unmute.

Unknown 0:46

I now call to order the Cultural Commission regular meeting, April sixth, twenty twenty six at seven oh two PM. We did receive a notice from Commissioner Garg, who just returned from a trip that she isn't feeling well, so Um I know that she is going to be absent, but let me take a roll call, Commissioner Diaz. Commissioner Das, Roy, President Ponches, Samara, and myself. Since Commissioner Garg is absent, is there a motion to excuse her from the meeting?

Unknown 1:31

Commissioner McGroy and Commissioner Das. Uh we'll vote on that. Commissioner Diaz. I Commissioner Das, Commissioner Roy, Pantius, Solara and myself. The motion passes. Welcome to the Cultural Commission meeting. Our first item on the agenda is our consent calendar. There is one item on the consent calendar this evening, and that is action on the Cultural Commission regular meeting minutes from the March 2nd, 2026 meeting. Of any comments or suggestions for edit? Wanna make sure everybody read read them. Um and actually, you know, I was not present last month. And so I made sure that I went in and actually watched the Zoom recording. So that I could Hear the conversation because our meeting minutes tend to be very

Unknown 2:25

Um slim. And um I wanted to make sure that all of the new commissioners are aware of how to do that. How to go onto Legistar and find the recording so that even if you weren't present present, you're aware of the discussion. There were actually two things that came up last month that I thought had already been decided. And they um were discussed as if they had not been decided. So I think that if we're if we're going to be approving the meeting minutes, we're responsible. To be aware of what's in them. So having said that Um, are there any public comments on the consent calendar? Think then I'll Entertain a motion to approve minutes from the March second meeting.

What agenda items were approved in the consent calendar and meeting minutes?

Unknown 3:19

Lushing your print next. I see. Take a vote. Yes, I Thus. Roy, I just Mara and myself. So that passes. And just to make sure you all do know how to use Legistart, right? To go in and find the Zoom meeting and Watch the m meeting if you missed it. This is the what it looks like. Yep. Um, and then you just kind of go to the date. And you can look at past meetings and just filtered by by the Culture Commission. Yeah. So and Boards of commissions. Filter what you want and then Yes. click on the tab to watch the video. So yeah, this is on the home page. So if you go home page meetings and agendas. It's right here. Itchy there. Unfortunately the last half hour of last month's meeting was cutting in and out because of internet connectivity, but I think I got the gist of the conversation, although I might have missed

Unknown 4:31

Mm-hmm.

Unknown 4:38

It's usually up within twenty-four hours, yeah. Sometimes um it's not, and then I'll just ask um Um Robin, you know. if uh we can uh make sure that gets done. But all of them are there. So if you you know want to go back and say, I thought we talked about that in November, you know, you can go back and look. Okay. We will now move to the public public presentation section of our meeting. This part of the meeting is reserved for the public to address the Clinton Commission on any matter not on the agenda. That is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. The law does not permit action on or extended discussion of any item not on the agenda except under special circumstances.