City of Mountain View  
Agenda  
Visual Arts Committee  
Atrium Conference Room and Video Conference, 500  
Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041  
Wednesday, November 8, 2023  
6:00 PM  
This meeting is being conducted with a virtual component. Anyone wishing to address the Visual  
Arts Committee virtually may join the meeting at: https://mountainview.zoom.us/j/84962455712,  
or by dialing (669) 900-9128 and entering Webinar ID: 849 624 55712. When the Chair announces  
the item on which you wish to speak, click on the “raise hand” feature in Zoom or dial *9 on your  
phone. When the Chair calls your name to provide public comment, if you are participating via  
phone, please press *6 to unmute yourself.  
1. CALL TO ORDER  
2. ROLL CALL  
Committee members Cliff Bryant, Toni Hsu, Regina Sakols, Tootoo Thomson, Don Whitebread, Vice Chair  
Susi Merhar, and Chair Jesse Cupp.  
3. APPROVE MINUTES  
The minutes for the September 13, 2023, and October 11, 2023, meetings have been delivered to Committee members  
and copies posted on the City Hall bulletin board. If there are no corrections or additions, a motion is in order to  
approve these minutes.  
VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES APPROVAL FOR SEPTEMBER 13, 2013  
Attachments:  
VAC MEETING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 13, 2023  
VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES APPROVAL FOR OCTOBER 11, 2023  
Attachments:  
VAC MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 11, 2023  
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC  
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Committee on any matter not  
on the agenda. Speakers are limited to three minutes. State law prohibits the Committee from acting on  
non-agenda items.  
5. UPCOMING AGENDA TOPICS  
This portion of the agenda is reserved for the identification of agenda items for future meetings.  
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS  
6.1 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PUBLIC ART PROJECT UPDATES  
Staff will provide updates on Rengstorff Park Aquatics Center (Project 18-38), Transit Center Grade  
Separation and Access Project (Project 21-35), and Villa-Chiquita Park and Sylvan Park (Project 21-61 &  
21-46).  
6.2  
UPDATE FROM AD HOC COMMITTEE RELATED TO PUBLIC ART STRATEGY  
Attachments:  
AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORT OUT ON PUBLIC ART STRATEGY  
Ad Hoc Committee on the public art strategy will provide an update on activities they have been  
discussing along with City staff providing an update on the public engagement that occurred in  
September 2023.  
6.3  
RENGSTORFF PARK MAINTENANCE AND TENNIS BUILDINGS  
Attachments:  
RENGSTORFF PARK MAINTENANCE AND TENNIS BUILDINGS-DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC ART  
Visual Arts Committee (VAC) to finalize recommendation for art approval to City Council. City staff to  
share feedback from both the Youth and Senior Advisory Committees on the two mural designs the VAC  
selected by Artist Fernanda Martinez and Harumo Sato.  
6.4  
EVELYN PARK JURY (PROJECT 21-60)  
Attachments:  
EVELYN PARK JURY (PROJECT 21-60)  
Visual Arts Committee to select artist or artists for recommendation to City Council for Evelyn Park public  
art. VAC will discuss jurying of the art submissions.  
7. NEW BUSINESS  
7.1  
2024 CALENDAR OF MEETINGS FOR THE VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE  
Attachments:  
Copy-w_tc-819-11-08-23M-3  
As required by City Council Policy K-2, the Visual Arts Committee will discuss and adopt a schedule of  
meetings for the 2024 calendar year.  
7.2 EL CAMINO BELL INTERVENTION CONCEPT ART PROPOSAL  
Committee to hear from local resident, Naya Chang, about a grant application for a possible Art project in  
Mountain View.  
8. COMMITTEE/STAFF COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, COMMITTEE REPORTS  
No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Committee at this time.  
9. ADJOURNMENT  
AGENDAS FOR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES  
The specific location of each meeting is noted on the agenda for each meeting which is posted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.  
Questions and comments regarding the agenda may be directed to the City Clerk's Office at 650-903-6304 or city.clerk@mountainview.gov.  
The agenda and staff reports may be viewed at the City Clerk's Office, 500 Castro Street, Third Floor, beginning the evening before each meeting.  
Agenda materials may be viewed online at mountainview.legistar.com.  
SPECIAL NOTICE- Reference: Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990  
Anyone who is planning to attend a meeting who is visually or hearing-impaired or has any disability that needs special assistance may call the  
City Clerk's Office 650-903-6304 48 hours in advance of the meeting to arrange for assistance. Upon request, in advance, by a person with a disability,  
agendas and writings distributed during the meeting that are public records will be made available in the appropriate alternative format.  
The Board, Commission, or Committee may take action on any matter noticed herein in any manner deemed appropriate by the Board, Commission,  
or Committee. Their consideration of the matters noticed herein is not limited by the recommendations indicated herein.  
SPECIAL NOTICE—Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Visual Arts Committee regarding any item on this agenda will be made  
available for public inspection in the City Clerk's Office, 500 Castro Street, during normal business hours and at the meeting location noted on the  
agenda during the meeting.  
ADDRESSING THE COMMITTEE  
Interested persons are entitled to speak on any item on the agenda and should make their interest known to the Chair.  
Anyone wishing to address the Committee on a nonagenda item may do so during the "Oral Communications" part of the agenda. Speakers are  
allowed to speak once on any number of topics for up to three minutes.