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In 2005, in order to "promote the general welfare through balancing the community’s physical growth and revitalization and its cultural and artistic resources", the San Mateo City Council passed an ordinance establishing the Art in Public Places Program. San Mateo’s ordinance calls for a 0.5% building permit fee to be used directly by the developers to commission and install their own art in publicly accessible places within projects that are valued at or greater than $3 million, or to provide the City the required in-lieu fee that then is reserved for City acquisition, installation and maintenance of public art.
- Art in Public Places Gallery You’re invited to view the completed projects installed to date as part of this program.
The Civic Arts Committee (CAC) was established in 2008 as an advisory board to the City Council to implement the Art in Public Places program. Below are documents that establish and implement the program.
- Chapter 23.60 of the Municipal Code (Art in Public Places): CAC shall carry out the duties established by this ordinance.
- Guidelines for the Art In Public Places: CAC follows these guidelines for selection & approval.
- Administrative Process: Defines the process applicants are expected to follow to satisfy the required obligation.
Meeting Information:
Date: On the Second Monday of every other month
Time: 4:00-5:30 pm
Location: Zoom Virtual Meetings
City Civic Arts Committee utilizes the City’s Public Meeting Portal. All agendas, minutes and meeting materials will be found there, starting in November 2019. You can search by date and committee name. Additional previous years are listed below.
Below is the calendar of Regular Meetings for 2021.
- 2021
- January 11, 2021
- March 8, 2021
- May 10, 2021
- July 12, 2021
- September 13, 2021
- November 8, 2021
Current members are:
- Chair, Dianne Whitaker - City Arts of San Mateo Representative
- Vice Chair, Robert Gooyer - AIA Architect Representative
- Ginger Slonaker - Professional Artist Representative
- Ramiro Maldonado - Planning Commission Representative
- Stephen Tabler - Chamber of Commerce Representative
- City Council Liaison (non-voting member)
Contact Information:
If you have questions about the Civic Arts Committee or are having trouble viewing the meeting agendas or materials, please email the Civic Arts Committee.
Previous Meeting Agendas and Minutes:
- 2020 Dates
- January 13, 2020 - Held
- All meetings were cancelled due to COVID-19 from March - August 2020
- September 14, 2020 - Zoom
- November 10, 2020 - Zoom
- 2019
- January 14, 2019: Regular Meeting: CANCELLED
- March 11, 2019: Regular Meeting: Agenda & Meeting Materials, Approved Minutes
- May 13, 2019: Regular Meeting: Agenda & Meeting Materials, Approved Minutes
- July 8, 2019: Regular Meeting: CANCELLED
- September 9, 2019: Regular Meeting: Agenda & Meeting Materials, Approved Minutes
- Tuesday November 12, 2019: date changed due to Federal Veteran’s Day holiday on 11th
- Regular Meeting: Agenda & Meeting Materials, Approved Minutes
- 2018
- January 8, 2018: Regular Meeting: Agenda & Meeting Materials, Approved Minutes
- March 12, 2018: Regular Meeting: Agenda & Meeting Materials, Approved Minutes
- May 14, 2018: Regular Meeting: Agenda & Meeting Materials, Approved Minutes
- July 9, 2018: Regular Meeting: Agenda & Meeting Materials (8MB), Approved Minutes
- High resolution illustrations for Item 1: Franklin Templeton (26MB)
- Video renderings for Item 2: Windy Hill - 405 E. 4th Ave (6.4MB file is M4V format)
- September 10, 2018: Regular Meeting: Agenda & Materials, Approved Minutes
- Video rendering for Item 1: Windy Hill - 405 E. 4th Ave. (11MB file is M4V format)
- Tuesday, November 13, 2018; date changed due to Federal Veteran’s Day holiday on 12th
- Regular Meeting: Agenda & Meeting Materials, Approved Minutes