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City Council ~Genoa CITY OF VENTURA CITY COUNCIL ~GENOA Supplemental Information Packet Agenda Item - Father Serra Statue Posted July 6, 2020 (Input received July 6, 2020 through 5 p.m.) Special Meeting of July 7, 2020 Supplemental Information: ) Any agenda related public documents received and distributed to a majority of the City Council after the Agenda Packet is printed are included in Supplemental Packets. Supplemental Packets are produced as needed. The Supplemental Packet is available in the City Clerk's Office, 501 Poli Street, Room 204, Ventura, during normal business hours as well as on the City's Website -www.cityofventura.ca.gov https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/1236/City-Council-Public-Hearing-NoticesSuppl Ventura City Council Agenda www.cityofventura.ca.gov Anita Mair From: Marilyn Kellar Sent: Monday, July 6, To: Council Subject: -EXT- Fwd: Father Serra Statue Dear Council Members: Re: Saving the Father Serra Statue Below is my original email sent to you, before I attended the July 1st Historical Preservation Meeting. I'm grateful to see that a protective chain link fence has gone up to spare the Father Serra statue from forcible removal and destruction! I'd like to further recommend surveillance cameras, AND a police presence, in the form of designating a police parking spot right at the edge of the adjacent public parking lot. (Well lit, for nighttime! Perhaps even have a restroom installed there for police use, so they could use that parking space for catching up on their police reports, etc. I suggest a "Police Parking Only": designated/occupied "round the clock"?) IF there is a "church/state" precedent, is it possible to designate/DONATE that land to "private property"? Re: the "historical authenticity" of the present bronze statue, which, via exact measurements, replaced the deteriorating cement statue ... Could there possibly be a "City Council Resolution" to keep thE:! bronze one where it is, for another 10 years,(?) and to vote if the bronze statue THEN ("officially") meets "Historical Status"? Also, I think it would be a travesty to "give the wooden statue, (in the City Hall Atrium), back to the carvers' family"!!!! (Unless they have requested it.) I'd love to see it possibly moved to "The Museum of Ventura County", where it might go perfectly in the glass "atrium" to the left of the entry lobby. OR, perhaps "on loan" to the The Ventura Mission, or the Santa Barbara Mission, Thomas Aquinas College, etc.? (Perhaps gifted to the Ventura Mission, if the vote is sustained to keep the bronze one in place?) As a former, VUSD, adult ed art teacher, and former art consultant, I want to underscore that since Ventura has been dubbed, "The New Art City", I strongly support that this "world class" Father Serra bronze statue should remain at its prominent place on the hill, in front of City Hall! NOT to "diss" the Chumash Indians, wanting more recognition for their heritage ... IF the wooden statue were removed from the City Hall atrium, that could be the perfect venue for carrying out the beautiful basket weave mural backdrop, to incorporate more of the "Chumash History". I would like to underscore, listening to, respecting, supporting, the Chumash people, for some possible magnification of their place in Ventura's history. (I'm copying a "stellar Indian sculpture as a possible example. See below. Perhaps a Chumash statue could be placed in City Hall Atrium?) As you come down to your vote this coming week. please. please consider the wishes of the maiority of Ventura residents, over the unsettled, turbulent times of dissenters, to try to overthrow a historical figure/landmark. Please don't lose sight of the fact that Father Serra is a prominent "founding father" of the City of San Buenaventura!. (To quote former Mayor, Carl Morehouse, on a major decision that ultimately benefitted my neighborhood in 2007, "Can it be done? Should it be done?") Sincerely, Marilyn Kellar Attached is an idea I'm sharing re: a recognition idea for possible local Chumash Indian ancestry.: (Perhaps for the atrium in City Hall to replace the wooden sculpture of Father Serra?) 1) https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=lls0x8781373396695eb9%3A0xeb8e709b447d7761!3m1!7e115!4shtt ps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipO85O1o9knrsBJmVXpZUxNW43SSVETJSqNxjllP%3Dw213- h160-k-no!Ssdignity%20sculpture%20south%20dakota%20- %20Google%20Search!1SsCglgAQ&imagekey=!le10!2sAF1QipO85O1o9knrsBJmVXpZUxNW43SSVETJSqNxjllP&sa=X&v ed=2ahUKEwjfofe6p7nqAhVJOg0KHWlzAnYQoiowJHoECBcQBg 1 My previous email to you, before the July I Historical Preservation meeting ... Dear Council Members: Rather than having a "battle" over whether the outdoor sculpture of Father Serra remains, or is removed, I suggest a heartfelt dialog, and possible compromise, with the Chumash Indian "survivors". Perhaps only the wooden Father Serra statue, in the City Hall atrium, could be moved to Ventura County Museum, for display there? AND, the atrium turned into a showplace for Chumash history, as there is already a lovely Indian mural in place in the atrium.? (Ventura Museum also has a lovely tribute room to the Chumash Indians.) While I'm not of the Catholic faith, I'm a life-long "senior" of our beloved city. (Last time I spoke at a council meeting, I stated, "There's no place on earth I'd rather live!) I'm also an artist, and the Father Serra statue is, to me, as viable, as Michelangelo's statue of "David", which I travelled to Florence to see in person!!! My favorite view of Ventura is looking out from the steps of City Hall, down to the Father Serra statue, and out to the ocean!!! Please PLEASE do not remove the outdoor Father Serra statue! He is THE founding father of San Buenaventura!!! If you use the Chumash Indian logic of removing him, then the logic could proceed to tearing down the. mission as well, and turning that land into a Chumash memorial. At the very least, could there perhaps be a vote on the upcoming election ballot, where all Venturans could cast their vote, where Father Serra stays or is removed? Sincerely, Marilyn Kellar Ventura, CA 93003-3123 https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk025vM05BlvWYIFh44RZJFNJ3ESBng:1593978513494&source=univ&tb m=isch&q=ventura+the+new+art+city&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd8M3Y8LbqAhULSK0KHefJCxkQsAR6BAglEAE&biw=1280 &bih=609 CAUTION: This email originated from outside the City of Ventura. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. 2 Tracy Oehler From: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 6, 2020 12:42 PM To: City Clerk Subject: -EXT- Online Form Submittal: Electronic Agenda/Public Comment Form Electronic Agenda/Public Comment Form Disclosure: Providing your name and contact information is optional to participate in a Public Meeting, however by providing, it will allow staff to follow-up with you on your item. You may only submit one comment form per agenda item. Submission Deadlines: Submit by hour listed below on Meeting Date OR before Agenda Item Concludes during a Live Meeting to be considered part of the record. City Council T by 4 pm on Meeting Date I Water Commission - by 3 pm on Meeting Date I Administrative Hearings by 2 pm on Meeting Date I Design Review Committee by 4 pm on Meeting Date I Historic Preservation Committee by 2 pm on Meeting Date I Planning Commission by 4 pm on Meeting Date I Parks and Recreation Commission by 1 pm on Meeting Date I Downtown Parking Advisory Committee by 1 pm on Meeting Date I Economic Development Strategy Committee (Council Committee) by Noon on Meeting Date I Finance, Audit and Budget Council Committee Meetings by 2 p.m. on Meeting Date I Safe, Clean and Homeless Committee by 2 pm on Meeting Date I Public Input on the Father Serra Statue - select City Council for the Legislative Body when completing this form Name Megan Velzy _Ad_d_r_e_ss________ Ventura Ca 93003 apt E Phone Number - _Em_a_il _Ad_d_r_es_s__________________ _ Name of legislative body City Council Meeting Date 7/7/2020 Select a Topic: Public Input: Father Serra Statue Written Comments The statue must be taken down and replaced with a statue picked by tribal elders. To have a religious figure in front of a government building directly goes against separation of church and state. It is innapropriate and wrong. Tjose who are fighting for the statue to remain do not care to 'preserve history' they seek to preserve their religion in our government, racism and denying the atrocities committed by father serra. This is not up 1 for debate, the father of the current catholic church agreed, most of his congregation agreed and most importantly the Chumash people agree. Take the statue down! Upload Files Field not completed. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. CAUTION: This email originated from outside the City of Ventura. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. 2 Tracy Oehler From: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 6, 2020 12:45 PM To: City Clerk Subject: -EXT- Online Form Submittal: Electronic Agenda/Public Comment Form Electronic Agenda/Public Comment Form Disclosure: Providing your name and contact information is optional to participate in a Public Meeting, however by providing, it will allow staff to follow-up with you on your item. You may only submit one comment form per agenda item. Submission Deadlines: Submit by hour listed below on Meeting Date OR before Agenda Item Concludes during a Live Meeting to be considered part of the record. City Council - by 4 pm on Meeting Date I Water Commission - by 3 pm on Meeting Date I Administrative Hearings by 2 pm on Meeting Date I Design Review Committee by 4 pm on Meeting Date I Historic Preservation Committee by 2 pm on Meeting Date I Planning Commission by 4 pm on Meeting Date I Parks and Recreation Commission by 1 pm on Meeting Date I Downtown Parking Advisory Committee by 1 pm on Meeting Date I Economic Development Strategy Committee (Council Committee) by Noon on Meeting Date I Finance, Audit and Budget Council Committee Meetings by 2 p.m.
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