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Commission appoints ad hoc team and allocates funds to plan Native American arts and culture event
Summary
The commission moved to form an ad hoc organizing committee for the Native American arts & cultural celebration (members: Nora, Victoria, and Arjun) and approved setting the commission's contribution to the event budget at $7,000, with a proposed total event budget estimated near $12,000 and additional fundraising sought.
Staff read a report on the inaugural Native arts and cultural celebration and proposed the commission host a follow-up event Sunday, Oct. 11 at Zelinsky Park and Civic Plaza. The 2025 event cost $12,001.29 and was primarily funded by the Diversity & Inclusion Task Force (DITF), the Tiburon Peninsula Foundation and the commission's operating fund; staff recommended the commission create an ad hoc planning committee, approve an event budget and pursue additional external funding.
Commissioners discussed logistics and funding lines — including more advertising, sound equipment and shade — and named possible partners such as the Miwok Museum and the Tiburon Peninsula Foundation. The commission moved to form an ad hoc committee of Nora, Victoria and Arjun and set the commission's contribution to the event at $7,000 (with staff and commissioners to pursue additional funds from DITF and community foundations). A roll-call vote recorded support among the commissioners present.
Staff noted that Eddie Madrill, who organized the inaugural event, has agreed to lead the effort again and that the Diversity & Inclusion Task Force historically contributed varying amounts to similar events. Commissioners asked staff to work through final vendor and publicity details and to return with a firmer budget proposal.
