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AGENDA
Community Services Committee Regular Meeting
4:00 PM - Thursday, January 28, 2016
Council Conference Room, 7th Floor, City Hall – 1055 S. Grady Way
1. MUNICIPAL ARTS COMMISSION APPOINTMENT
a) Mayor Law appoints Samantha Goetz-Granquist to the youth position
2. EMERGING ISSUES
City Council Regular Meeting - 25 Jan 2016
SUBJECT/TITLE: Youth appointment to Municipal Arts Commission
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Refer to Community Services Committee
DEPARTMENT: Executive
STAFF CONTACT: April Alexander, Executive Assistant
EXT.: 6520
FISCAL IMPACT:
Expenditure Required: $ N/A Transfer Amendment: $ N/A
Amount Budgeted: $ N/A Revenue Generated: $ N/A
Total Project Budget: $ N/A City Share Total Project: $ N/A
SUMMARY OF ACTION:
Mayor Law appoints Ms. Samantha Goetz-Granquist, 417 Wells Ave S, Apt #3, Renton 98057, to the youth
position on the Municipal Arts Commission for a term expiring on 12/31/18.
EXHIBITS:
A. Memo to Mayor regarding youth appointment
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Confirm Mayor Law's appointment of Ms. Goetz-Granquist to the youth position on the Municipal Arts
Commission.
AGENDA ITEM #1. a)
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ‘SLL.LL JiJi
MEMORANDUM
JAN08 2616
DATE:January 8,2016 MAY()ps.o -Fl
TO:Denis Law,Mayor
FROM:C.E.“Chip”Vincent,CED Administrator
SUBJECT:Request for New Appointment to the Renton Municipal Arts
Commission Youth Position
This memorandum is to recommend appointment of Samantha Goetz-Granquist to the
vacant Youth Position on the Renton Municipal Arts Commission.If appointed,her term
of service will expire on December 31,2018.
Samantha (also known as “Sam”)recently submitted an application to be considered for
this position.The application includes the following statement of interest and
experience:
“I can give a perspective that other people on the committee may not be
able to based on my age.I have experience with many media including
minor experience in film,significant experience in sculpting,fabric arts,
painting,and pencil drawing.
I am interested in serving because the youth in Renton have many talents
in the arts and I want to get them involved.”
Sam is a sophomore at Renton High School and lives in Downtown Renton.She recently
volunteered to participate in an RMAC art installation event.Other RMAC members met
her when she attended the January 5,2016 meeting.She was introduced at this meeting
where she spoke of the many student cultural organizations at Renton High School that
may be included in the RMAC’s efforts to extend art and cultural opportunities to
Renton’s diverse community.
The Arts Commissioners were very favorably impressed with her maturity and her
interest in Renton and the RMAC.They subsequently unanimously endorsed her
application.
AGENDA ITEM #1. a)