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Minutes of fhe Civic Culfural Commission Page 3 Thursday,July 2, 1998 M/S Distefano/Redington: To grant $500.00 to Casa de Redwood. Motion passed unanimously. The meeting was recessed at 7:30pm and called back to order at 7:40pm. ITEM 2 — DISCUSSION OF BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FOR LARGE GRANT REQUESTS PRESENTED JUNE 1998 The Commissioners were reminded that the large grant presentations were made last month and there was no need to repeat the presentation process. Superintendent Centeno reviewed the request by Mayor Howard and Councilman Jeff Ira for a meeting with representatives of the Commission to discuss the funding for the Fox Theater. Warren Dale proposed a one year study to look at comparative data from other cities such as San Jose, Mountain View and San Mateo to determine how much support is given to theater arts; the funding per capita, percentage of rise, sales tax to city, cost per day to open a facility, how many dates are open for rental, etc. Chairperson Ball stated she worked on the Fox Theater Task Force for five years and did not think a study was necessary. Superintendent Centeno reviewed the chart itemizing each grant request, the minimum and maximum amount requested and the various granting alternatives the Commission could consider. She explained that the chart was just a beginning for the Commissioners to discuss how to allocate the funds they had available for the large grant process. M/S Redington/Britschgi: To recommend Alternative #1. It was noted that Vintage Music Theater's grant was not considered because it arrived after the application deadline. Commissioner Distefano felt less money should be given to the Fox Theater and more money given to other groups. Commissioner Britschgi felt more money should be given to the Fox and less to other groups. The Commissioners discussed how to allocate the available grant funds which exceeded the grant requests received. Commissioner Redington suggested delaying the decision on the large grants until after the new Civic Cultural Commissioners are seated and suggested setting up a sub-committee to look at Warren Dale's suggestions. Commissioner Saye agreed with Commissioner Britschgi's viewpoint that the Fox Theater should be granted more that their request last year. It was suggested that the large grant decision be placed on the September agenda and to set-up a sub-committee to meet with City Council representatives. Motion passed. (Yes-3 Ball, Redington, Saye; No-2 Britschgi, Distefano).