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Civic Arts Commission Meeting Minutes Page 2 March 4, 2024 <br />MATTERS FOR THE COMMISSION’S REVIEW / ACTION / INFORMATION <br />3. Discussion - Funding Pleasanton’s Future <br />Heidi Murphy, Director of Library and Recreation presented the item and answered questions <br />from commissioners. <br />4. Review and Allocate Community Grant Funds in the Civic Arts Category for Fiscal Year <br />2024/25 and Recommend City Council Approval   <br /> <br />Recommendation: Review and Allocate Community Grant Funds in the Civic Arts Category for <br />Fiscal Year 2024/25 and Recommend City Council Approval <br /> <br />Rachel Prater, Recreation Manager, presented the item and answered questions from <br />commissioners. <br /> <br />The following representative presented their grant project at the meeting: <br />Jamie Mather and Catherine Ndungu-Case, PUSD and Chez Nami <br /> <br />Chair Coleman-Knight opened public comment. <br /> <br />Public comment provided by: <br /> <br />Natalie Yee, East Bay Musical Society <br />Brittany Mulgrew, Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center <br />Les Duman, Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council, Pleasanton Community Concert Band <br />Kelly Cousins, Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council <br />Linda Ryan, Alliance for Visual Arts <br />Lawrence Kohl, Pacific Chamber Orchestra <br /> <br />Chair Coleman-Knight closed the item for public comment. <br /> <br />MOTION: It was m/s by Fry/Yee to approve the following recommended grant allocations: <br />Alliance for the Visual Arts Open Studios TVAST $3,800 <br />Amador Livermore Valley Historical <br />Society (Museum on Main) <br />An Afternoon or Evening <br />with..Series <br />$7,500 <br />Cheza Nami Foundation Black Excellence Project $2,850 <br />East Bay Musical Society EBMS - 2024/2025 Season $2,700 <br />Livermore Valley Performing Arts <br />Center <br />East Bay Jazz Community Concert $3,000 <br />Pacific Chamber Orchestra Clinics for middle and high school <br />string students <br />$2,250 <br />Pacific Chamber Orchestra Discover Music Elementary In- <br />School Assembly Program <br />$4,000 <br />Page 4 of 44