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Council converts Civic Arts Committee to standing commission, adds youth advisory slots
Summary
Council voted 4-0 to introduce an ordinance transforming the Civic Arts Committee into a standing Civic Arts Commission with standard term limits and language to allow nonvoting youth advisory members; councilmembers emphasized maintenance, strategic outreach and technical expertise for appointees.
The San Mateo City Council on Monday introduced an ordinance to convert the long-standing Civic Arts Committee into a permanent Civic Arts Commission and to align its appointment process and term limits with other city commissions.
Jennifer Rosas, business manager in the community development department, told the council the Civic Arts Committee has operated since 2008 as a special advisory committee supporting the Art in Public Places program and that moving it into the municipal code as chapter 2.22 would normalize term limits and recruitment with other commissions. “The Civic Arts Committee has demonstrated that it does serve an…
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