CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION

Mike Balkman Council Chambers 9770 Culver Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 Chair Ehsaan Mesghali Vice Chair Tania Fleischer Commissioner Shona Gupta CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION Regular Meeting Mike Balkman Council Chambers 7:00 PM Tuesday, December 16, 2025 MEETING INFORMATION Complete information on how to attend and participate in a City meeting and provide public comment can be found at www.culvercity.org/agendas. In addition to attending meetings in person, meetings may be viewed via Zoom in the Council Chambers (or WebEx for meetings outside the Chambers.) Find the link to join a meeting, once in progress, at www.culvercity.org/agendas. Please note that virtual attendance is a courtesy offering and that technical difficulties shall not require that a meeting be postponed. Any person needing reasonable accommodation related to disabilities, including assisted listening devices, is welcome to contact the City Clerk’s Office at (310) 253-5851 or via email at city.clerk@culvercity.org. Page 1City of Culver City

December 16, 2025Regular MeetingCULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION PUBLIC COMMENT The meeting body will receive comments from the public on any item of interest to the public (not listed on the agenda) that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the specific body. The body cannot legally take action on any item not appearing on the agenda. Such items may be referred for administrative action or scheduled on a future agenda. WRITTEN COMMENTS: Please provide comments via eComment at www.culvercity.org/meetings. Locate the appropriate meeting and click on the highlighted eComment link. You may need to register once. Those comments received 4 hours in advance of the start time will be provided to the body members and become part of the official record through a motion to receive and file correspondence. If you do not want your personal information included in the official record, please do not include your address, phone number or other private information in your comments. Please be advised, written comments WILL NOT be read aloud during the meeting. ORAL COMMENTS: Speakers must register to speak online at www.culvercity.org/agendas. Please indicate how you will attend (in-person or virtually) and the agenda item(s) for which you wish to make a comment. Speakers will be called in chronological order, based on when they registered. At the start of each agenda item, staff will read aloud the names of those who have requested to speak on an agenda item. Requests to speak must be received before the start of the public comment period for that agenda item or will not be considered. Requests to speak will no longer be accepted through Zoom or WebEx chat, only by completing the online form. Those without internet should contact 310.253.5851 during business hours for help signing up to speak in advance or by speaking to staff upon arrival to the meeting room. AUTHORITY OF PRESIDING OFFICER: Section 611 of the City Charter provides that during any public meeting, all persons shall have the right to address the City Council, and any City commission, board, or committee, subject to reasonable rules of decorum and time limits established by ordinance or the presiding officer. Therefore, the presiding officer may, from time to time, establish different time limits than those listed in this Agenda in order to effectively conduct City business. The presiding officer may also, from time to time, re-order the items on the agenda in order to effectively conduct the meeting. Page 2City of Culver City

December 16, 2025Regular MeetingCULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION AVAILABILITY OF AGENDA PACKETS AND CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES: The Agenda, staff reports and attachments are available online at www.culvercity.org/meetings. Members of the public may inspect (at no cost) and/or obtain copies (upon payment of the City’s current copying fee) of any regular session item by contacting the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall via phone at (310) 253-5851 or email at city.clerk@culvercity.org. Compliance with Government Code Section 54957.5: Any writing determined to be a public record under subdivision 54957.5(a), which relates to an agenda item for an open session of a regular meeting of the legislative body of a local agency that was distributed less than 72 hours prior to that meeting, shall be made available for public inspection at the time the writing is distributed to all, or a majority of all, of the members of the legislative body. Such documents are available at the Office of the City Clerk, City of Culver City, City Hall, 9770 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232 and may be inspected by members of the Public during normal business hours. Such documents may also be made available on the City’s Website: www.culvercity.org. NOTE: AT OR ABOUT 11:00 P.M., MEMBERS MAY DETERMINE WHETHER TO CONTINUE WITH DISCUSSION OF REMAINING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OR TO CARRY SOME/ALL OF THE ITEMS OVER TO A FUTURE MEETING DATE Page 3City of Culver City

December 16, 2025Regular MeetingCULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL REGULAR SESSION PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PUBLIC COMMENT - Items NOT On The Agenda Note: All requests to address the meeting body on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the meeting body and NOT on the agenda must be submitted to staff prior to the calling of this item by the presiding officer. This public comment period shall have an aggregate duration of up to 20 minutes for all bodies in session. Each comment may be up to three minutes in length. RECEIPT OF CORRESPONDENCE ORDER OF THE AGENDA Note: At any time, the presiding officer may consider reordering the sequence in which items appearing on the agenda. ACTION ITEMS 26-325A-1. CAC - ACTION ITEM: (1) RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING SELECTION OF CVL ECONOMICS + MIG AS CONSULTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY CULTURAL EQUITY PLAN (“CCE PLAN”) AND (2) RECOMMENDATION OF THE AUTHORIZATION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT. 25-12-16_ATT 1 Community Cultural Equity Plan RFP.pdf 25-12-16_ATT_2 Proposal Evaluation Criteria.pdf 25-12-16_ATT_3 Summary of Proposal Scores.pdf 25-12-16_ATT_4 Finalist Proposals from CVL Economics + MIG and Lord Cultural Resources.pdf Attachments: Page 4City of Culver City

December 16, 2025Regular MeetingCULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION 26-182A-2. CAC - ACTION ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF (1) RECOMMENDATION FROM THE 2026 PERFORMING ARTS GRANT PROGRAM AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE PERTAINING TO THE GRANT AWARDS FOR 2026 PERFORMANCES; AND (2) MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL ATT 1_2026 Performing Arts Grant Notice of Funding Availability.pdf ATT 2_ 2026 Panelist Handbook and Scoring Guide.pdf ATT 3_Applications and Scores 2026 Performing Arts Grant Program.pdf Attachments: 26-336A-3. CAC - ACTION ITEM: (1) REVIEW OF A CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION BIANNUAL WRITTEN REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THE PERIOD JULY TO DECEMBER 2025, AND AN UPDATE ON THE UPCOMING JANUARY THROUGH JUNE 2026 PLANS; AND (2) AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSMITTAL OF THE REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 25-12-16_ATT Cultural Affairs Commission Biannual Report December 2025.pdf Attachments: CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS 26-292C-1. CAC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETINGS OF SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 AND OCTOBER 21, 2025. 25-12-16_ATT_Draft CAC September 16, 2025 Meeting Minutes.pdf 25-12-16_ATT_Draft CAC October 21, 2025 Meeting Minutes.pdf Attachments: PUBLIC COMMENT - Items NOT On The Agenda (Continued) ITEMS FROM MEMBERS/STAFF Page 5City of Culver City

December 16, 2025Regular MeetingCULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION ADJOURN Page 6City of Culver City