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Redondo Beach mayor outlines Cultural Arts Commission’s advisory role, gives examples for public programming
Summary
Mayor Jim White told the Cultural Arts Commission its primary function is advisory to the City Council, outlined three sources of assignments and suggested programming ideas including Shakespeare by the Sea, poetry nights and chalk-art events.
Mayor Jim White told members of the Redondo Beach Cultural Arts Commission on July 23 that the commission’s principal role is to advise the City Council and to carry out assignments given by council liaisons and the city manager.
White, introduced to the commission as the mayor of Redondo Beach, said commissioners were appointed “because of your background in art, your love of art and your desire to promulgate it throughout the city.” He described three sources of tasking: the council liaison, the city manager (for example during budget season) and direct direction from the City Council, and he noted commissioners may place items on their own agendas for deliberation.
Why it matters: The remarks were delivered at the commission’s first meeting following a fall reconstitution of several advisory bodies, including the former Public Art Commission, and came as commissioners pressed staff and the mayor for clarity on programming authority, available funding and how the commission should approach…
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