City of Mountain View  
Minutes - Final  
Performing Arts Committee  
Wednesday, November 19, 2025  
6:15 PM  
Atrium Conference Room and Video  
Conference, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, CA  
94041  
This meeting was being conducted with a virtual component.  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
Chair Garcia brought the meeting to order at 6:18 p.m.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
4 -  
Present  
Committee Member Antara Bhardwaj, Committee Member Valerie Fenwick, Vice Chair Carol  
Donahue, and Chair David Garcia  
3.  
MINUTES APPROVAL  
3.1  
Minutes Approval  
M/S Fenwick/Bhardwaj - Approved the October 29, 2025 Minutes.  
Yes:  
4 -  
Committee Member Bhardwaj, Committee Member Fenwick, Vice Chair Donahue, and Chair  
Garcia  
4.  
5.  
6.  
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC - NONE  
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - NONE  
NEW BUSINESS  
6.1  
Resident Company Review: Upstage Theater  
No action taken.  
Upstage Theater provided a summary of their efforts for the 2024-25 season.  
6.2  
Performing Arts Committee 2026 Meeting Dates  
M/S Bhardwaj/Donahue - Approved the Performing Arts Committee 2026 calendar year meeting dates with  
the amendment of changing the February 19th meeting to a special meeting on February 25, 2026.  
Yes:  
4 -  
Committee Member Bhardwaj, Committee Member Fenwick, Vice Chair Donahue, and Chair  
Garcia  
6.3  
Mountain View Center for the Performing Art's 35th Anniversary Event Ad  
Hoc  
M/S Garcia/Fenwick - Formed an ad hoc committee to support the Mountain View Center for the Performing  
Art's 35th Anniversary event.  
Vice Chair Donahue and Committee Member Bhardwaj volunteered to join the ad hoc committee.  
Yes:  
4 -  
Committee Member Bhardwaj, Committee Member Fenwick, Vice Chair Donahue, and Chair  
Garcia  
6.4  
Arts, Culture, & Creativity Month in California  
M/S Fenwick/Bhardwaj - Approved to replace the "National Arts & Humanities Month" proclamation with  
"Arts, Culture, & Creativity Month in California", and for staff to present the proclamation to the City Council  
on behalf of the Performing Arts Committee.  
Yes:  
4 -  
Committee Member Bhardwaj, Committee Member Fenwick, Vice Chair Donahue, and Chair  
Garcia  
7.  
COMMITTEE/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS  
The Performing Arts Committee discussed potentially requesting a reading of the new "Arts, Culture, &  
Creativity Month" proclamation during the upcoming Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts Center  
35th Anniversary Event in summer of 2026.  
The SecondStage Vitality Program ad hoc committee gave a brief update of the process for finalizing the  
project, and presenting the new program to the committee in an upcoming meeting.  
Staff gave a brief update that an applicant has been recommended for appointment and to fill the last  
standing vacancy in the Performing Arts Committee. The recommended applicant will be sworn in during the  
December 16, 2025 City Council meeting.  
8.  
ADJOURNMENT  
Chair Garcia adjourned the meeting at 7:38 p.m.  
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:  
The agenda and staff reports are available online at mountainview.legistar.com.  
Questions and comments regarding the agenda may be directed to the Performing Arts Division at 650-903-6565.  
The Committee may consider and act on items listed on the agenda in any order. Consideration of the matters noticed herein is not limited  
by the recommendations indicated herein.  
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the Mountain View  
Center for the Performing Arts office at 650-903-6565. Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable  
arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35.160 (b) (1)).  
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 an item not on the agenda 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. For any agenda item or for Oral Communications on  
nonagenda items, if there appears to be a large number of speakers, the Chair may reduce speaking time to no less than 1.5 minutes per  
speaker unless there is an objection from the Committee by majority vote.  
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.3(b)(1), at least twice the allotted speaking time will be provided to a member of the public  
who utilizes a translator.