SR-106-004 (12)
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Counell Meeting:
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November 8, 1983
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san~ Monlca, Californla
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TO:
Mayor and c~ty CounCll
NOV 8 1983
FROM:
Arts Commlssion
SUBJECT:
Approval of the Proposed Board of Dlreetors of the Santa
Monlca Arts Foundatlon
INTRODUCTION
ThlS report requests that the Clty Councll approve the proposed mem-
bersh~p of the Board of Dlrectors of the Santa Monlea Arts Foundatlon
for the purpose of establlshlng the Foundatlon's Artlcles of Incorpora-
tlon and By-laws. These Artlcles and By-laws wlll be submitted to
Clty Councll for approval at a later date.
BACKGROUND
One of the 1983-84 Performance ObJectives of the Arts ComrniSSlon ~S to
form a "Business Conunlttee for the Arts" and a IIPrlends of the Arts."
These two groups wl1l be the two fundralsing components of the Santa
Monlea Arts Foundatlon, WhlCh lS currently ln the process of lncorporatlon..
At lts July 26, 1983, meetlng, Clty Council stated that the selectlon
procedure for Board Members for the Foundatlon would be a process ln
WhlCh appolntments would be made by the Clty Counell, based on
recommendatlons from the Arts Commlsslon. The followlng recornmendatlons
were made by the Arts Commlsslon at its meeting on October 24, 1983:
1. Nancy Englander -
Dlrector of Program Planning and Analysls of
the J. Paul Getty Trust; former Executlve
Dlrector of the McDowell Colony
2. Elyse Grlnstein -
Archltect~ Art collector and crltlci part
owner of Geminl
3. Elalne Hoffman -
PubllC relatlons consultant; former Director
of Development of the Amerlcan Fllm Instltute
4. Beverly J. Moore -
Vice-President, Flrst Women's Bank; Vlce-
Presldent, Santa Monlca Area Chamber of
Commerce
5. Franklln Schaffner -
Producer and Dlrector of films and televlslon~
former member of the National Councll on the
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6. Alan u. schwartz -
Entertalnment lawyer; formerly wlth the
Amerlcan Place Theatre and the McDowell
Colony
Three members of the Arts CommlsSlon:
7. Max Benzvldez
8. Paul Leaf
9. Herbert Kendall
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
At the present tlme there is no budget lmpact of the Clty resultlng
from the formatlon of the Board of Directors of the Santa Monlca Arts
Foundatlon, WhlCh wlll be a prlvate, non-proflt [SOl(c)3] corporatlon.
However, the Foundatlon has been dlrected by Clty Councll to have as
ltS goal a fundraislng plan ln WhlCh lt wlll generate two-to-one
matchlng funds from the private sector for the Arts Commlsslon1s budget
wlthln three years.
RECOMMENDATION
The Arts Commlsslon recommends that Clty Councll approve the proposed
membershlp of the Santa Monlca Arts Foundation.
Prepared by: Davld Lutz, Dlrector, Arts Commlsslon