05-04-2026 Cultural Commission - May 04, 2026

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Unknown 0:04

Good evening, everyone. Today is Monday, May 4th, 2020. Today is Monday, May 4th, 2026. This is a regular meeting of the population. This is a hybrid meeting and 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 would like to speak on an item at all and to also lower your hand when you're finished speaking. Please unmute when called to speak and mute yourself when you're 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 and press star six if you are participating by phone to unmute.

Unknown 0:46

I now call to order the Cultural Commission regular meeting of May 4th, 2026 at 7.07 p.m. We'll do a roll call. Commissioner Diaz, I'm present. Commissioner Garg. Commissioner Doss. Yes. Commissioner Roy. Lint. Commissioner Pontius. Here. Commissioner Samara. Here. And Commissioner Von Hune is absent. So Commissioner Von Hune had notified us that she is absent. She is traveling on a family excursion. So since Commissioner Von Hune is absent, is there a motion to excuse her from the meeting? I make the motion.

Rafael Mandelman 1:26

Thank you.

Rafael Mandelman 1:37

So we'll take a vote. Commissioner Diaz?

Unknown 1:40

Aye. Commissioner Mark? Aye. Commissioner Dawes? Aye. Commissioner Roy? Aye. Commissioner Pontius? Aye. Commissioner Samara? Aye. All right. So welcome to our 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 the action on the Cultural Commission regular minutes of April 6, 2026. Are there any edits or comments on the meeting minutes of the last month?

Rafael Mandelman 2:17

Okay. Since

Unknown 2:19

we have none. The agenda.

Rafael Mandelman 2:23

Minutes. Okay. Is there a second? All right. Thank you.

Unknown 2:33

No discussion. Commissioner Diaz. Aye. Commissioner Garg. Aye. Commissioner Dawes? Aye. Commissioner Wright? Aye. Commissioner Pontius?

Rafael Mandelman 2:41

Aye.

Unknown 2:42

Commissioner Samara?

Rafael Mandelman 2:43

Aye.

Unknown 2:43

Okay, motion passes. Thank you. So we'll now move to the public presentation section of our meeting. This part of the meeting is reserved for the public to address the cultural 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. The commission or staff may briefly respond to statements made or questions posed, and the committee may request staff to report back at a subsequent meeting. As a reminder, comments can be emailed to clerk at Santa Clara, ca.gov. If any member of the public would like to make comments, please fill out our speaker's card or raise your hand in Zoom.

Unknown 3:23

To accommodate all speakers, we request that you complete our, or your, within one minute. Staff, do we have any members of the public that would like to speak? So much. So now under general business, we have discussion and potential action on cultural commission work plan goals and activities for fiscal year 2025-26. Look. First item. It is goal number one to host and enhance multicultural events to encourage and acquaint Santa Clara residents with cultural diversity. First item under goal number one is for summer concerts. Do you have any updates? So this is this current year. So you can just do this one as complete. And then the next one we've carried over this year's concert onto the one

Rafael Mandelman 4:25

for the

Unknown 4:26

other 26, 27. Yeah. Okay. So complete on the concerts. We're complete on street dance. You have the MCCPA held for three days. If anyone wants to take this on in the new year planning an event, we have 9-25 held, 10-9 held, and 10-16 held. The subcommittee for that is Gar, Dawes, and Samara, but Samara's last meeting is next month. And effectively, the committee, the commission subcommittees fold in the new year or at the beginning of the fiscal year. So our next meeting will be the last meeting of that subcommittee.

Rafael Mandelman 5:29

Okay. Sponsorships

Unknown 5:30

completed. And then the Make Music Day, we said that we were hoping until next year.