The city council finds and declares:
A. 
Preservation of San Bruno's diverse cultural heritage is a significant and vital community interest.
B. 
Cultural and artistic development and growth enhance the quality of life and improve the image and character of the community.
C. 
The city council of San Bruno deems acquiring and maintaining art and supporting and promoting cultural and artistic programs and events to be important and beneficial to the city of San Bruno and its citizens.
D. 
The city council finds and declares the establishment of a Culture and Arts Commission will increase the general welfare by promoting and preserving the city's cultural and artistic resources.
(Ord. 1688 § 3, 2003; Ord. 1874 § 3, 2019)
The San Bruno culture and arts commission is hereby established.
(Ord. 1688 § 3, 2003; Ord. 1874 § 3, 2019)
"Culture and arts"
means but is not limited to: performance arts, such as drama, music, and dance; visual, tactile or textile arts, such as painting, sculpture, photography, lighting, holograms, graphics, video art, pottery, quilting, and applied art; literary arts, such as literature, poetry, and journalism; communications arts involving film, television, and radio; and other similar expressions of cultural meaning and heritage. The city council intends that culture and arts shall be defined broadly.
(Ord. 1688 § 3, 2003)
The culture and arts commission is an advisory commission and shall consist of seven commissioners, who at the time of their appointment and continuously during their incumbency shall not be employees of the city. The term of the office of the commissioners shall be four years. However, the city council may by written policy institute terms of less than four years initially and whenever necessary in order to create staggered vacancies.
(Ord. 1688 § 3, 2003; Ord. 1874 § 3, 2019)
The members of the commission shall be appointed by a majority of the city council, subject to removal at any time, pursuant to city council procedures. If a vacancy shall occur in such appointment other than by expiration of term, it shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term by a majority of the city council. The members of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the city council.
(Ord. 1688 § 3, 2003; Ord. 1874 § 3, 2019)
The members shall be selected from among those in the community, including up to two non-residents, who have a special knowledge of and a demonstrated interest in the arts and who are interested in promoting such activity. In making appointments to the commission, the city council may consider representation on the commission from a number of arts-related disciplines and activities, including, but not limited to, the following:
A. 
Performance arts, such as drama, music, and dance;
B. 
Visual, tactile or textile arts, such as painting, sculpture, photography, lighting, holograms, graphics, video art, pottery, quilting, and applied art;
C. 
Literary arts, such as literature, poetry and journalism;
D. 
Communications arts involving film, television, and radio;
E. 
Art education, such as schools, libraries and community education; and
F. 
Funding, such as fundraisers, representatives of public and private funding agencies and art patrons.
(Ord. 1688 § 3, 2003; Ord. 1874 § 3, 2019)
No person shall receive any compensation for his or her services as a member of the commission, except for reimbursement of all such expenses necessarily and legitimately incurred and authorized during the performance of official duties.
(Ord. 1688 § 3, 2003; Ord. 1874 § 3, 2019)
The commission shall select one of its voting members as chairperson and another as vice chairperson, each serving a term not to exceed one year.
(Ord. 1688 § 3, 2003; Ord. 1874 § 3, 2019)
A. 
The commission shall establish a regular meeting schedule. In accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, all meetings shall be open and public, except as otherwise permitted by law. Such regular meeting schedule shall be approved by resolution of the city council.
B. 
Special meetings, adjournments and continuance of meetings, hearings, closed sessions during meetings, and disorderly conduct during meetings shall be governed by Section 2.04.040 through 2.04.090, with all references therein to the city council and the mayor or presiding officer to be applicable, for purposes of this section, to the commission and its chairperson or presiding officer.
(Ord. 1688 § 3, 2003; Ord. 1874 § 3, 2019)
A. 
By-laws. The commission shall prepare by-laws governing its operations and including rules of procedure governing the conduct of its meetings. Except as provided in the rules of procedure to the contrary, Robert's Rules of Order Revised or Rosenberg's Rules, as specified in the by-laws, shall govern the conduct of such meetings. The by-laws shall be approved by the city council. The commission shall review its by-laws on an annual basis.
B. 
Quorum. Four members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(Ord. 1688 § 3, 2003; Ord. 1874 § 3, 2019)
A. 
Minutes. The commission shall issue copies of the minutes of each commission meeting to the city manager, the city clerk, and the city council.
B. 
Mission Statement and Annual Report. The commission shall create a mission statement detailing the commission's long-range plans and the steps the commission will make in order to achieve its objectives. The mission statement may include a needs assessment of the community, an inventory of public artworks, cultural facilities, and art services within the community. Within the commission's first year, the commission shall make an initial written report to the city council regarding its mission plan. Thereafter, the commission shall provide an annual written report to the city council regarding its mission statement, long range plans, its action plan, the commission's actions, activities, and achievements during the preceding year, and any recommendations for improvement in providing services to the city. A summary of the report shall be presented orally at a regular city council meeting.
(Ord. 1688 § 3, 2003; Ord. 1874 § 3, 2019)
The commission shall have the duties and responsibilities listed below.
A. 
To review and make recommendations to the city council for its action in all matters pertaining to culture and art, including formulating policies,
B. 
To develop a five-year capital improvement program for culture and arts in San Bruno for review and approval by the city council.
C. 
To create an annual budget that supports and reflects the long-range culture and arts goals as articulated in the five-year capital improvement program for review and approval by the city council.
D. 
To make recommendations to the city council for its action on the acquisition, selection and placement of public art.
E. 
To make initial and periodic inventories of existing public art, location and condition and to locate and catalog potential public art sites which shall be reported to the city council.
F. 
To make recommendations to the city council for its action on issues related to planning, supporting and developing culture and art related facilities, projects, programs, and events.
G. 
To cooperate with other governmental agencies and civic groups in the advancement of sound planning of culture and arts in the city of San Bruno, subject to approval by the city council,
H. 
To administer the art in public places program as set forth in Chapter 3.40 of the San Bruno Municipal Code.
I. 
To perform such duties as may be assigned to the commission by the city council.
(Ord. 1688 § 3, 2003; Ord. 1874 § 3, 2019)
The commission may receive donations, gifts, legacies, endowments or bequests for purposes consistent with the commission's goals and objectives, subject to the final approval of the city council. All monetary donations, gifts, legacies, endowments and bequests shall be turned over to the director of finance or designee and shall be kept in a special fund designated for culture and art purposes.
(Ord. 1688 § 3, 2003; Ord. 1874 § 3, 2019)