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Attachment 4 <br />I am currently an uncompensated Board Member of the non-profit Pleasanton Cultural Arts <br />Council. <br />I questioned my participation and voting to review and allocate Community Grant Funds in <br />the Civic Arts Category for Fiscal Years 2023/24. <br />Pleasanton Assistant City Attorney, Larissa Seto, sent a letter to the State of California Fair <br />Political Practices Commission for advice. <br />The Senior Council of FPPC Legal Division's response on March 2, 2023, specifically stated I <br />am allowed to engage in all discussions and vote on all grant applications, including the <br />Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council's application. <br />For the sake of complete transparency, I recuse myself from the evaluation of the PCAC <br />grant application and will not vote on the PCAC application when it is discussed as a single <br />item." <br />Recreation Manager Rachel Prater presented an overview of the item, she recommended the <br />commission receive presentations from the two new agencies, open for public comment from <br />other speakers then recommend the allocation of civic arts community grant funds for fiscal year <br />2023/24. <br />Chair Coleman Knight opened the meeting for presentations from the new agencies noting they <br />were allowed 5-minutes to provide their presentations. <br />Presentations were received from the following: <br />Alliance for the Visual Arts (Dennis Baker) Open Studios TVAST <br />East Bay Musical Society (Natalie Yee & Dan Floyd) Broadway Chorus <br />Chair Coleman-Knight then opened the meeting for public comment from other agencies <br />indicating they were allowed 3-minutes to speak. <br />Presentations were received from the following: <br />Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council (Les Duman) Marketing support & program <br />advertising. <br />Pleasanton Community Concert Band (Les Duman) Program Enrichment <br />Pacific Chamber Orchestra (Lawrence Kohl) Clinic for middle & high school strings <br />students <br />Chair Coleman-Knight closed the item for public comment at 7:11 p.m. and requested <br />commissioners discuss and consider each of the community grant fund applications and <br />formulate funding recommendations. Commissioners carefully considered each of the funding <br />applications and made funding recommendations. <br />Motion: It was m/s by Baiocchi/Yee to allocate the following community grant funds in the Civic <br />Arts category for approval by City Council: <br />5,000 - Alliance for the Visual Arts - Open Studios TVAST <br />7,500 - Amador Livermore Valley Historical Society - An afternoon or evening with...series <br />6,500 - East Bay Musical Society - Broadway Chorus <br />4,600 - Livermore Valley Arts - Performance by East Bay Jazz High School All-Stars <br />3,000 - Pacific Chamber Orchestra - Clinics for middle and high school strings students <br />Civic Arts Commission Meeting Minutes Page 3 March 6,2023 <br />Docusign Envelope ID: BAF64511-C271-4FC1-BBE9-5AF1BC605D95