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The Commission for the Arts has the following powers and duties: 

• Encourage programs for the cultural enrichment of the City. 
• Make annual recommendations to the City Council establishing art priorities for the City. 
• Receive input from the community on issues relevant to arts policies. 
• Develop and recommend to the Council a five to ten year cultural arts plan for the city, including goals, implementation strategies and financing methods. The Commission shall review the plan every five years and update it as necessary.
• Review and approve public art or make recommendations regarding public art, in accordance with established procedures.
• Review and approve Public Art Fund grant applications.
• Support the goals and priorities adopted by the City Council. 

The Commission for the Arts consists of nine members.  Each member is appointed by the City Council and must be a Livermore resident. All Commission members shall have a demonstrated interest in and knowledge of the arts. In making appointments to the Commission, the Council shall also consider members with organizational, business or financial skills and members with an understanding of marketing techniques, as well as members who are representatives of local business or non-arts community groups. Members appointed shall not include persons that are board members or officers of nonprofit or professional organizations that are eligible to apply for public art funding or with a demonstrated conflict of interest.

Members of the Commission for the Arts may serve a maximum of two consecutive four-year terms for a total of eight consecutive years. Commission for the Arts members who have already completed eight years of service are not eligible for reappointment to an unexpired term. 

Commission for the Arts members may miss four meetings per calendar year. A member who misses more than four meetings per year may be subject to removal from the Commission for the Arts. The final decision to remove a member from the Commission for the Arts rests solely with the City Council. 

The Commission for the Arts may be contacted as follows:

• General Office Phone: (925) 960-4052
• arts@cityoflivermore.net
• Mail or hand-delivered correspondence:
  • Office of Innovation and Economic Development | 1052 S Livermore Ave, Livermore, CA 94550 
• At a Commission meeting. Refer to posted agenda for date, time, and location. Comment accepted on subject matter jurisdiction. 

To arrange an accommodation in order to participate in a Commission meeting, please contact the ADA coordinator at adacoordinator@cityoflivermore.net or call (925) 960-4170 (voice) or (925) 960-4104 (TDD) at least three (3) business days in advance of the meeting.

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