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• Questions about having 30% of all costs for the program coming from the City. • Commitment of Pacific Chamber Symphony to do a concert if funding is not made available. • Proposed performance location at the Amador Theater. Pleasanton Community Concert Band, (no representative) — Funds Requested: $7,500 — No presentation. Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council, Cassie Langan — Funds Requested: $4,500 — the Arts in the Schools program provides matching funds to support arts enrichment programs in Pleasanton schools with professional artists, performers, and musicians featured in the program providing direct interaction. Ms. Langan discussed the challenges of the program and the collaboration with the PSEE program. Commission comments and questions asked of the representative included: • Concerns on whether PSEE should be the applicant for the funds, the collaboration between PSEE and PCAC, and whether PSEE supported school band and string programs. • Whether possible funding for the program could come from PPIE. • Clarification on why this program was important to teachers and whether teacher requests were duplicative. • Concerns about the funds being used as "pass-through" funds. Tri-Valley Repertory Theater, Betty DeSantis/Kathleen Breedveld — Funds Requested: $7,500 — informed the Commission that the Tri-Valley Repertory Theater had recently moved to a new location and that the funds requested would be used for materials and installation of a 30-foot by 40-foot wooden sub-floor with a Marley dance floor top at the new location. Commission comments and questions asked of the representatives included: • Possibility of productions being held at the Bankhead Theater. • Incomplete budget information in the funding application. • The life span of the proposed floor and whether it would be portable for use at other locations. • Hours of operation and use of the dance floor. • Financial situation of the Repertory Theater and effects of losing the studio theater. The meeting was closed for agency presentations by Chairperson Loll at 9:40 p.m. Commissioners discussed and reviewed all applications at length and carefully considered the benefits of the requests for the Pleasanton community and whether the Commission should consider putting stipulations on funding. Concerns were expressed over the lack of presentation from Pleasanton Community Concert Band, also whether funds should be allocated as seed money for any program. The Commission questioned whether they should be considering taking the lead on having a signature art event for the City, and after much discussion agreed that the Commission was not an event producing body. The Commission did agree, however, that it would like for funds to be allocated for a signature event that used a collaboration of groups working together on Civic Arts Commission March 5, 2012 Page 5