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... .... _. _ ........_ -°--'-• -'......---•-•• r aaC J Thursday,May 4,2000 E�hth Grade(Spanish) 1 Place Ginelle Curincita, Kennedy 2nd Place Adrian Martinez, Kennedy Hawes School was presented with a $100.00 cash prize for the school having the most entries in the contest. Commissioner Schenone, the Art and Poetry Contest Chairperson thanked the student winners for their excellent contributions, the parents for their support, and the staff for their behind the scenes work. All of the attendees were invited to attend a reception in the lobby with cookies and punch as well as a group picture. The meeting was recessed at 7:25 p.m. and was reconvened at 8:00 p.m. The following items were taken out of order: ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Debbi Jones Thomas of the Community Development Department reported that the water feature for Civic Center Plaza that the Commission had endorsed had been recommended for funding to the Council. She encouraged the Commissioners to come and provide support at the upcoming Council meeting. ITEM 3 - DIGITAL ART PRESENTATION Professor Niemeyer introduced the concept of digital art and introduced four of his students who had each prepared a theme for use in the a public art program in Redwood City. The Commission was asked to listen to each presentation and then select one theme which they felt would be of most interest. Funds are available to produce one theme at no cost to the City. Student Jamil Gordon described a theme of youth and seniors, two important segments in Redwood City. He would use the Redwood City 2000 quality of life indicators as a basis for the creation of his posters. Student Joe Gross noted all of the changes to downtown and relayed that his posters would deal with the upcoming cinema project by producing old theater images blending into pictures of residents. His concept is "film is us". Student Lea Wensly would create posters building on the City's Quality of Life Index. She would contrast the elements of the plan with what currently exists to give more publicity to the index and its goals. . Student John -- felt that Redwood City had a strong sense of history and he wanted to raise awareness of this aspect of the City by creating posters that would mirror the old as we develop the new history in the City. There was a general discussion of the pros and cons of various projects; each theme will cost approximately $5,000 to develop, produce and install the art work.