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° Civic Cultural Commission Page 7 Minutes of May 2, 1996 Commission provides to school children. Commissioner Filippi suggested making this presentation each year. ITEM 12-FOCUS 96/COMMISSION WORKPLAN Chairperson Piulle said she would like staff to take the ideas presented at the Special Meeting on April 11 and develop a rating sheet for the Commissioners to prioritize. The Commissioners will receive the rating form in their June packets and will need to bring the completed form to the June meeting. This item will be placed on the June agenda. ITEM 13- EVALUATION OF CULTURAL EVENTS HELD DURING THE PAST 30 DAYS -Commissioner Saye attended the performance of the El Camino Youth Symphony at the Fox Theater. He said the performance was beautiful and well planned but the public response was not as expected and felt there needs to be more community support. He suggested having the Commissioners assist in selling tickets to this type of events. -Commissioner Filippi announced that the John Gill Intergenerational Program received the Kent Award by the County Office of Education and were recognized at an awards dinner recently. Commissioner Filippi encouraged the Commissioners to visit John Gill School to view the instructional mural painted on the asphalt. He announced Jazz on the Hill will be presented at College of San Mateo and will feature Count Basie's orchestra. He also attended the Sequoia production of "Kiss Me Kate". The Commissioners discussed the fact that Sequoia Drama Department did not send the Commission flyers to advertise the event or advise them so they could attend the performance. Commissioner Filippi also anriounced the "King & I" will be performed at Kennedy School this Friday and Saturday and encouraged the Commissioners to attend. Chairperson Piulle felt that groups we grant money to should be notifying the Commission of their performances and providing complimentary tickets. -Commissioner Fischer said this would probably be her last meeting unless she received another letter from the Mayor asking her to stay on. -Chairperson Piulle said she will be attending the ArtShare program where cities who would like to have a cultural commission can discuss the process. She thanked Commissioner Saye for coming to the Art Gallery reception. She also spoke about the Music in the Schools program and felt the Commission may want to re-evalua�e it next year. She mentioned the Commission would have liked to receive advance information regarding the Youth Conference which was held at the Red Morton Center recently.