"MINUTES”
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Live & archived video streaming available
City Hall
East side of Monte Verde Street between Ocean and Seventh Avenues
X. Resolutions
C. Consideration of a Resolution approving a management policy for the City’s art collection.
City Administrator Guillen presented the staff report. Sheryl Nonnenberg prepared an art management policy involving accession/deaccession. With the adoption of this policy, the City would contract with Ms. Nonnenberg to: 1) research and prepare a report regarding the possible deaccessioning of works from the collection for review by the Council; and 2) upon Council approval of any works for deaccession, determine the best method to proceed and then oversee the process.
Sheryl Nonnenberg addressed the need to complete a deaccession process prior to determining an appropriate permanent, central storage facility. She stated that most of the artists represented in the collection are deceased and therefore questions about contacting the artists and royalties are not issues.
City Council Member Karen Sharp asked the total value of the City’s art collection. City Administrator Rich Guillen stated that the “replacement value” of the collection is $2.9 million.
Mayor McCloud opened and closed the meeting to public comment.
Council Member TALMAGE moved adoption of a Resolution approving a management policy for the City’s art collection, seconded by Council Member BURNETT and carried by the following roll call:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: BURNETT, HAZDOVAC; SHARP; TALMAGE & McCLOUD
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
XI. Orders of Council
A. Receive report and provide policy direction on the City paid home mail delivery.
City Administrator Rich Guillen announced that the item was “continued to a future meeting;” Carolina Bayne was unable to attend the meeting.
B. Consideration of changes to the rules and regulations regarding fires on Carmel Beach.
Sean Conroy, Planning Services Manager, presented the staff report and powerpoint presentation. Options for changes to rules and regulations include, as follows:
Status quo
Construct fire rings
Require permits to limit the # of fires
Further restrict fire locations,
Increase funding for beach cleanup, equipment, signage & education
Ban fires completely
Other options?
The Forest and Beach Commission voted to continue to allow fires on Carmel Beach and increase funding for beach cleanup, signage & education. The Planning Commission voted to also continue to allow fires and recommended increase funding for beach cleanup, signage & education, improve enforcement, establish a committee to study the issue long-term and if changes implemented then review changes within a period of one year to 15 month period.
Mayor McCloud opened the meeting to public comment.
Skip Lloyd, on behalf of the Carmel Residents Association as a member of the Board of Directors, referred to a CRA letter to the Planning Commission (August 3, 2009) and recommended the formation of a committee to study the issue.
Steve Brooks, former member of the Forest and Beach Commission, addressed the “mess” by suggesting fires be allowed to burn out completely to white ash.
Mayor McCloud closed the meeting to public comment.
City Council Member Paula Hazdovac emphasized enforcement and education.
City Council Member Karen Sharp reiterated enforcement and education and suggested volunteers be recruited to pass out bilingual brochures about rules and regulations.
Mayor Sue McCloud suggested experimenting with leasing a beach rake.
Public Safety Director George Rawson emphasized education.
City Council Member Jason Burnett addressed signage suggesting images and minimum text.
City Council Member Ken Talmage recommended brochures distributed to the chamber and innkeepers, et cetera, and posted on city website and lease a beach rake.
City Forester Mike Branson addressed signage and brochures.
Council directed staff to prepare laminated rack cards (English and Spanish) and lease beach rake for summer 2010 all within the next 3 weeks to 30 days and report on progress at the next regular city council meeting in July 2010.
2 comments:
Just let USPS come into Carmel and deliever to those who want mail to their residences. This issue seems to come up every year as a way of cutting costs. The choice is obvious-if the council wants to cut costs, then save $50,000 a year and give us postal service at our mailboxes at home. The 5th av. post office is not the social gathering place it once was because of the prevalent use of iphones, etc. everywhere we seem to be.
The postal service would not deliver mail to your home per se, even with addresses. They will only deliver to curbside boxes grouped to the fullest extent possible within the neighborhoods. Forget about delivery to your door unless you can prove you are handicapped.
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