City of Mountain View  
Minutes - Final  
Performing Arts Committee  
Tuesday, May 20, 2025  
6:30 PM  
Atrium Conference Room and Video  
Conference, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, CA  
94041  
SPECIAL MEETING  
This meeting was being conducted with a virtual component.  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
Chair Garcia brought the meeting to order at 6:31 p.m.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
5 - Committee Member Antara Bhardwaj, Committee Member Valerie Fenwick, Committee  
Member Yao Yao, Vice Chair Carol Donahue, and Chair David Garcia  
Present  
3.  
MINUTES APPROVAL  
Minutes Approval  
3.1  
M/S Fenwick/Donahue - Approved the March 19, 2025 minutes.  
Yes:  
5 - Committee Member Bhardwaj, Committee Member Fenwick, Committee Member Yao, Vice  
Chair Donahue, and Chair Garcia  
4.  
5.  
6.  
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC - None  
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None  
NEW BUSINESS  
6.1  
Introduction of the New Committee Members  
No action taken.  
The Performing Arts Committee welcomed two new committee members, Antara Bhardwaj and Valerie  
Fenwick.  
6.2  
FY 24-25 Quarterly Attendance Report  
No action taken.  
Performing Arts Manager Theresa Yvonne provided an update regarding the Center for the Performing  
Art's quarterly attendance report, and answered the Committee's questions regarding general attendance  
logistics.  
6.3  
SecondStage Ad hoc Committee Update  
No action taken.  
The ad hoc committee and Performing Arts Manager, Theresa Yvonne, provided updates about the  
progress and approval timeline for the SecondStage program.  
The following member(s) of the public spoke from the floor virtually:  
- Caitlin  
7.  
8.  
COMMITTEE/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS  
Performing Arts Manager, Theresa Yvonne, provided an update about the progress in scheduling the first  
VAC-DC-PAC ad hoc meeting, and reminded the Committee member's that staff will be taking a new  
photograph of the Committee to update the Performing Arts Committee webpage on the City website.  
ADJOURNMENT  
Chair Garcia adjourned the meeting at 7:16 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.