HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025/12/02 Public Art CommitteePUBLIC ART COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES December 2, 2025
At 5:30 p.m.
A. CALL TO ORDER
The City of Rancho Cucamonga Public Art Committee held a special meeting on Tuesday,
December 2, 2025, in the Serrano Conference Room at City Hall, located at 10500 Civic Center
Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Chair Leslie Matamoros called the meeting to order at 5:38 p.m.
Present: Committee Members Tina Gilfry, Leslie Matamoros, Ilianna Salas
Absent: Committee Members Bryan Dopp, Ebony McGee Andersen
Also Present: Allison Town, Management Analyst I
B. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
No public communications were made.
C. COMMITTEE BUSINESS
C1. Consideration to approve the minutes of September 2, 2025.
MOTION: Moved by Tina Gilfry, seconded by Ilianna Salas to approve the meeting minutes of
September 2, 2025. Motion carried 3-0 (AYES: Gilfry, Matamoros, and Salas. NOES: None.)
C2. Verbal update on the Status of the Public Art Fund.
MOTION: N/A
Allison Town provided an update on the status of the Public Art Fund balance. Current Public Art
Trust Fund - $605,398.38. Amount Remaining for FY 25/26 - $60,184.
C3. Verbal update on current fiscal year public art projects and initiatives.
MOTION: N/A
Allison Town provided an update on the Mini Mural Project. Four (4) artists have been selected
to paint four (4) intersection locations:
• Pacific Electric Trail @ Grove Avenue [one directional marker]
Jeaneen Carlino Allen
• Pacific Electric Trail @ Amethyst Avenue [two directional markers]
Carly Lake
• Pacific Electric Trail @ Archibald Avenue [two directional markers]
Crisselle Mendiola
• Pacific Electric Trail @ Ramona Avenue [one directional marker]
Wendy Duong
Town will coordinate final designs with the artists by January 15, 2026. Installation will take
place in February 2026.
Town also provided an update on the next round of the Utility Box Beautification Program. The
Call for Artists will launch February 2, 2026. Application Submission Deadline will be February
26, 2026, by 11:59 p.m. (PST) or until 100 applications are received (per CaFE subscription).
C4. Verbal update on the proposed projects for Fiscal Year 2026/2027.
MOTION: N/A
Town shared that City staff are beginning to plan for projects in FY 26/27, pulling inspiration
from the Creative Placemaking & Public Art Strategic Plan. Discussion centered on artist-in-
residency opportunities with Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond® and the San Bernardino
County Department of Behavioral Health (DBH). Town shared the DBH Into Light Exhibition
opportunity will feature original portraits and individual stories of people who have died from
the disease of drug addiction. The mission of this exhibit is to change the conversation about
drug addiction through the power of original art and storytelling. Staff are researching logistics
to bring the exhibition to Rancho Cucamonga City Hall in 2026.
C5. Verbal update on the next Public Art Committee meeting date.
MOTION: N/A
Allison Town informed the Public Art Committee that the next meeting would be held on
Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
D. ADJOURNMENT
Chair Leslie Matamoros adjourned the meeting at 5:58 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Allison Town
Public Art Committee Staff Liaison