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Council adds arts goals to General Plan work plan, asks Arts Commission to propose revenue ideas for Pacific View
Summary
Council voted unanimously to add arts goals and a work-plan item for the Arts Commission to recommend General Plan goals/policies and to propose ideas or programs that could create revenue streams to support Pacific View and arts education.
The council amended a work plan item tied to the city's recreation/general plan elements to ask the Arts Commission to draft high-level goals and policies to explicitly include arts in the recreation and Resource elements and to explore ways the arts facilities (notably Pacific View) can develop revenue-generating ideas to help offset operating costs.
Council member O'Hara proposed and the council accepted a friendly amendment asking the Arts Commission to explore feasible ideas and, as a stretch goal, a plan for implementation. The motion asks the commission to present initial concept ideas this year and, if feasible, move toward a plan. The council discussed franchise-like or programmatic approaches that would support arts education, public art and self-sustaining uses of city-owned venues.
Action: Council voted unanimously (Deputy Mayor Lyons absent) to adopt the Recreation Element update with the addition of a work-plan task directing the Arts Commission to propose goals and policies for the General Plan reference to arts and to explore revenue-generation concepts to offset Pacific View operational costs.
The council flagged this as a medium-term work-plan action and asked staff and the Arts Commission to return with sample recommendations and potential timelines.
