[Cultural Arts Commission on May 14, 2026.]
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SO WE'LL, AT THIS TIME, I'LL CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, UH, TO CONFIRM ATTENDANCE.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE RESPOND WITH PRESENT.
COUNCIL LIAISON PER HISTORIAN.
COMMISSIONER MEL GUTHRIE SANDERS.
THE, YOUR ATTENDANCE HAVE BEEN RECORDED.
SO TODAY IS THURSDAY, MAY 14TH, 2026.
THE TIME IS SIX OH PM UH, I'M TED
ALRIGHT, SO ITEM ONE TWO ON OUR AGENDA IS TO CALL ANY VISITORS TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? OKAY.
HAVE VISITORS BUT NO VISITOR COMMENTS.
DO WE NEED TO SKIP THIS? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA REVIEW WITH THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS REVIEW OF MARCH 12TH, ONE 26TH.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION OR AMENDMENT FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? I MOVE TO MINUTES.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ROLLDOWN? DO I HEAR IT? SECOND, SECOND.
SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER TAYLOR.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO THE NEXT SORRY.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
THE, UM, PRE DEFENDANTS ARE APPROVED.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE JUDGING OF THE ARTWORK FOR THE, UH, SUBMISSION FOR THE 2026 TRAFFIC BOX, SIGNAL BOX ART CONTEST.
UH, BEFORE WE START, WE HAVE LIZ, LIZ, JOINING US TONIGHT FROM THE RICHARDSON ROTARY.
UH, MARK SOLOMON, CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF? I'M MARK SOLOMON
AND YOUR ROLE WITH ROTARY IS? OH, I, UH, UH, I'M PROGRAM CHAIR WITH THE ROTARY.
MARK AND SAMANTHA MILLS PRESENT? I AM THE MULTIPLE CHAIRS.
UM, I MANAGE THE BULLETIN AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC IMAGE CHAIR.
ALRIGHT, UH, MCKAYLA, WILL YOU PLEASE PRESENT THE AGENDA ITEM? SURE.
SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS HAND IT OVER TO KAYLA.
UM, KAYLA HAS WORKED WITH EVERYONE ON THE SUBMITTABLE REVIEW.
SHE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THE TOP SEVEN, UM, TOTAL.
WHEN WE AVERAGE OUT THE SCORES FOR ALL OF THEM, THE TOP SEVEN RANKED, UM, ITEMS, WE ARE REFERRING TO THEM BY NUMBER THIS EVENING RATHER THAN NAME.
AND AS SHE GOES THROUGH THEM, I'LL PASS OUT A HARD COPY SET SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE AND VISIBLE FOR YOU TO LOOK THROUGH ALTOGETHER.
I KNOW THAT'S EASIER FOR SOME PEOPLE AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, YOU WANNA START WITH NUMBER SEVEN? I CAN.
SO PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THOUGH, THAT WE DO HAVE FIVE TRAFFIC BOXES, FIVE WRAPS THAT WE ARE DOING.
UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THIS ONE IS IF WE SELECT IT, WE WILL NEED TO WORK WITH THE ARTIST TO REPLACE THE LOGOS THAT ARE IN THE ARTWORK.
WE CAN'T HAVE ANY LOGOS IN THE ART, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO, UM, REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
WHAT, WHAT LOGO IS, WHAT IS IT? RID LOGO? IT'S THE, THE CITY LOGO AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LOGO ARE IN THE ARTWORK.
WHEN DO WE MAKE, DO YOU WANT US TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS? YOU'RE WELCOME TO IF YOU'D LIKE.
UM, WHAT WE'LL DO IS DO THE, THE TOP SEVEN AND THEN WE PICK THE TOP FIVE.
WELL, HOW ABOUT WE HOLD DELIBERATIONS OR GO THROUGH THE FULL SEVEN AND THEN WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR SURE.
AND SO RIGHT NOW, THESE ARE NOT IN ORDER.
THEY'RE, THIS IS, THAT WAS NUMBER SEVEN.
SO WE'RE GOING FROM SEVEN TO ONE.
FROM SEVEN TO NUMBER ONE IN PREFERENCE RANK.
SO THIS DOES MAKE THE CUT TO BE A TRAFFIC BOX TO BE WRAPPED.
SO I AM GOING TO PAUSE JUST SO Y'ALL CAN LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
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THIS ONE'S NUMBER THREE.BEFORE WE DISCUSS, UH, MCKAY, CAN YOU PLEASE REMIND US THE PART OF THE JUDGE YOU COULD ALSO LILY TO EXECUTE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE GONNA BE TAKEN AS FINAL ARTWORK THAT GETS TURNED INTO THE WRAPS.
SO IT'S NOT JUST CONCEPT WORK HERE.
THIS IS THE FINAL DIGITAL ART.
AND I'M BRINGING UP BECAUSE SOME ARE PIXELATED OR WHATEVER THAT DID, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT RIGHT? THERE'S THERE WE TRY NOT TO, UM, CHANGE THE ARTWORK OF THE ARTISTS VERY MUCH.
ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT THE ARTWORK ON THE TEMPLATE.
THERE WERE SEVERAL THAT WERE NOT SUBMITTED ON TEMPLATES THIS YEAR.
THAT'S WHY, UM, YOU HAD PROBABLY A LOWER NUMBER THAN YOU'RE USED TO SEEING TO JUDGE.
UM, WE LOOK AT OTHER ITEMS, LIKE TOO MUCH WORDING ON THE ARTWORK.
WE REMOVE THOSE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT ON TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOXES.
AND THEN ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS, UM, THAT YOU CAN ALSO HAVE IS EXPERIENCE TO THIS THEME OF COMMUNITY.
NOW THAT'S A VERY BROAD THEME.
SO, UM, THERE, THERE WERE, UM, A COUPLE OTHER KIND OF TECHNICAL, UM, ITEMS THAT WE REMOVED.
ONES THAT WERE MORE AI GENERATED MM-HMM
OR HAD, UM, MAYBE CHARACTERS IN 'EM THAT WERE LICENSED.
SO WE REMOVED ALL THE ONES THAT TECHNICALLY DID NOT COMPLY AND WE, WE COULD NOT USE.
AND THE ONES THAT YOU SAW, OR THE ONES THAT WE COULD USE, EXCEPT FOR THE SMALLER LOGOS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED IN, IN NUMBER SEVEN.
SEVEN, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU CHOSE TO GO ABOUT.
AND THE, THE TEAM HAS DECIDED THAT'S A EASY SWITCH TO MAKE.
SO THE, THE QUESTION IS, HOW DID THOSE TOP SEVEN, DO YOU AGREE WITH THE TOP FIVE? ARE THOSE THE FIVE YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH? OR IS, IS THERE A NUMBER SIX OR SEVEN THAT YOU WANTED TO SWAP OUT WITH ONE OF THE TOP FIVE? SO IF ANYBODY THOSE COMMENT PLEASE, YOU RECOGNIZE GOODLEY? UM, I THINK THE ONLY ONE THAT I WAS UNSURE OF WAS, UH, NUMBER FOUR.
UM, MOSTLY JUST, UM, ABOUT IT FITTING THE THEME OF COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL, BUT, UM, MAKING SURE THAT IT FITS THE, THE THEME OF COMMUNITY BETTER THAN ANY OF THE OTHER POSSIBLE OPTIONS.
UH, COMMISSIONER SCH I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD PUT ON MY WALL AT HOME, EXCEPT BEAUTIFUL, BUT I DON'T SEE HOW IT REPRESENTS COMMUNITY UNLESS YOU READ THE ARTIST'S STATEMENT AND WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING BY A TRAFFIC POOL BOX, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE ARTIST STATEMENT.
SO I DON'T THINK IT FITS THE ASSIGNMENT.
WELL, THIS IS ACTUALLY A PHOTOGRAPH OF A PAINTING.
YOU CAN SEE THE BRUSH STROKES IN THE, THE PAINTING ACTUALLY.
WELL, AND THAT IF IT'S, SORRY IF THAT'S THE WORK OF THAT ARTIST WHO, YEAH.
UH, COMMISSIONER DEN, I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING SIMILAR.
I THINK WHEN I READ YOU SUBMISSION, IT FITS THE THEME REALLY WELL.
BUT IT IS HARD TO SEE THAT WHEN YOU ARE THRIVING BY, UM, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING SHOULD BE SAID ABOUT DIVERSITY, KIND OF WHAT I WAS TALKING TO, TO INVOKE.
UM, BUT AT FACE VALUE, WHICH IS WHAT THE NORMAL PERSON WILL SEE, IT DOESN'T PULL.
BUT I DO THINK IT IS A EXTRAORDINARY PIECE OF, UM, OF, OF ART.
UM, AND MAYBE IT COULD FIT A DIFFERENT THEME COMING UP.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE NEXT UPCOMING THEME WILL BE.
I BELIEVE NEXT YEAR IS WILD FLOWERS.
WE GO BACK TO THE FIRST ONE BECAUSE THESE HAVE A FIVE YEAR, UM, LIFE, THE VINYL WRAPS DO.
AND SO WE'LL, IT'LL BE TIME TO GO BACK AND REWRAP THE ORIGINAL BOXES.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD, UH, COMMENT ABOUT THAT IS I DON'T THINK THAT THE AVERAGE CITIZEN DRIVING BY THE BOXES HAS ANY IDEA OF WHAT WE WANTED THE ARTIST TO COME UP WITH.
THEY LOOK AT THE BOX AS A STANDALONE PIECE
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OF ART AND STANDALONE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.AND I THINK THAT, THAT, WHENEVER I SEE THIS, I SAY THAT, THAT WE, WE'VE GOT A VIBRANT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY THAT LOVES, UH, FLOWERS AND, UH, LOVES OUR, OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
YOU KNOW, I, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT IF YOU TOOK JOHN DOE CITIZEN AND MY WIFE JOHN DOE'S, WIFE AND I ASKED HER, SO LYNN, WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? SHE SAID, OH, IT'S JUST A PRETTY BOX.
I MEAN, SO I THINK THAT THAT HAS SOME VIOL TO IT AND THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT OUR CITIZENS ARE GONNA BE SEEING WHEN THEY DRIVE BY.
UM, I, I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT TO OFFER REGARDLESS OF IF WE MAKE SWAP UH, EXCHANGES.
I, I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR NUMBER SIX AS BEING A, I I SAW NUMBER SIX.
IF THERE IS ANY CHANGES, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT TO BE SWAP CONSIDERED, BUT PUT INTO THE TOP FIVE.
NO, I THOUGHT THAT WAS TECHNICALLY NUMBER ONE IS ACTUALLY PIXELATED.
THAT'S BEEN ONE OF MY CONCERNS.
AND NUMBER FOUR ALSO, I LIKE THE THEME OF NUMBER FOUR.
WILL YOU PULL UP NUMBER ONE? CAN YOU ENLARGE IT? GETTING LESS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ONE AS I WAS ABOUT NUMBER FOUR, FAR FROM AN EXECUTION PERSPECTIVE.
I THINK THAT'S GOT A LOT FACTOR.
ANOTHER THING, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS IS.
IN THE LOWER LEFT SEGMENT, I SEE A COUPLE WITH THE CHILD AND THEN SOMETHING NEXT TO A BICY.
I THINK IT'S SOMEONE ON A BICYCLE.
I SEE THIS AS MORE OF A, UH, WATERCOLOR STYLING.
SO IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT BLURRED, BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN, WHEN, YOU KNOW, BLOWS THAT UP LIKE THAT.
I, I I THOUGHT THAT ONE WOULD BE MORE SUCCESSFUL.
I'M NUMBER FOUR 'CAUSE I HAVE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS WAY LOOK AT THEM.
FOUR IS ALSO DARKER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER ONES.
WHICH MIGHT BE A BENEFIT, DIFFERENT.
WHAT WAS THE ONE ABOUT COMMUNITY GARDEN? THAT'S NUMBER 15 TO FIVE.
IS THIS ONE? FIVE? THAT'S PIXEL.
THAT'S THE ONE I THOUGHT WAS YEAH, RIGHT HERE.
WHAT, WHAT NUMBER IS THE FRONT HOP ON THAT MARK CAN HERE? OH, NUMBER TWO.
IT DOESN'T HAVE A NUMBER ON IT.
THIS, THIS, THIS IS THE ONE I WAS WEARING.
OH, THE ONE ON THE SCREEN IS NUMBER TWO.
THAT'S THE ONE I WAS CONCERNED.
THE IDEA OF THIS ONE, THIS TEST NUMBER FIVE.
I JUST, THAT'S MY CONCERN ABOUT A COUPLE OF THESE.
I ACTUALLY FELT NUMBER, NUMBER, UH, FIVE WAS LOOKED A LITTLE BIT MORE PIXELATED.
AND WE WILL GET WITH THE ARTISTS TO GET THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION FILE THAT WE CAN FROM THEM.
UM, IT COULD BE THAT IT WAS MAYBE RENDERED DOWN SOME WITH THE SUBMISSION.
UM, SO WE DO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THEM, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT DO HAVE TO BE MADE TO THE ARTWORK TO MAKE IT FIT THE WRAP APPROPRIATELY.
WE ALWAYS GET, UM, APPROVAL FROM THE ARTIST TO CHANGE ANYTHING WITH THEIR ORIGINAL ARTWORK.
THIS IS A RELATIVELY SMALL IMAGE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ALSO TOO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, UH, SOLOMON POINT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING BY, WHAT IS GONNA REPRE, I MEAN, WHAT REPRESENTS ONE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OBVIOUSLY IS IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO, UM, WHAT LOOKS THE BEST ON THAT ROUTE? 'CAUSE THEY'RE GENERALLY SMALL AND I, I LOOKED AT I THINK NUMBER 1, 2, 3, 4, AND SIX, YOU KNOW, OUT OF, IF WE, IF YOU'RE PICKING THE TOP FIVE, CORRECT? MM-HMM
I THINK THOSE LOOK LIKE THEY WOULD REPRESENT AND BE SHOWN.
'CAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE A, A MOMENT TO, TO LOOK AT IT.
CAN WE PAUSE THIS? CAN YOU START NUMBER ONE? GO.
SO DOES EVERYONE AGREE THAT THAT ONE IS IN THE TOP FIVE? THAT THE ASSAULT MATTER? OKAY.
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THAT'S REALLY ALL THE RICHON SPOTS.SO WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON THAT.
AND ALL THE RICHON SPOTS, IT SHOWS WHAT MM-HMM
THAT'S NOT MY FAVORITE, BUT YEAH, I MEAN I DO, I DO LIKE IT.
I THINK IT'S INTERESTING AND DIFFERENT.
IT'S BUSY AND IT'S IN, IT'S GOT EVERYTHING, BUT IT DOES HAVE ALL THE LITTLE THINGS IN RICHARD'S ON THERE.
SO I FEEL LIKE THIS ONE FIT THE THEME.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT FEELS IT SHOULD NOT BE IN THE TOP FIVE? HAVE THAT? OKAY.
THIS IS RANK NUMBER FOUR, BUT THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE THEME.
I'M IN THE CAMP OF LIKING IT FOR.
I LIKE IT 'CAUSE IT'S, IT LOOKS GREAT.
AND ALSO IT DOES IT THE WRITEUP.
IT IS PART OF THE SUBMISSION AND THE WRITEUP, UH, ABOUT HOW IT REALLY BRINGS TOGETHER COMMUNITY DIVERSITY.
LIKE, IT, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A STRONG SUBMISSION ON IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE EVALUATING AND WHEN WE DO ANNOUNCE IT, DON'T WE PUT IN THIS, THIS, THE WRITE-UPS WITH IT WHEN WE ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS AS WELL, NOT THE FULL WRITEUPS THAT WE'LL SOMETIMES DO A SNIPPET FULL.
SO PLACEMENT FOR THIS WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT.
AND WE DO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION ONCE YOU'VE SELECTED THE TOP FIVE, WE GO BACK AND TRY TO MATCH THE PLACEMENT WITH THE ARTWORK VERSUS, YOU KNOW, TO COMPARE TO, UM, THE LANDMARKS THAT ARE AROUND THE BASEMENT.
SO THIS STILL, NO, NO, I DO NOT, NOT AGREE.
I DO NOT AGREE THAT THIS SHOULD BE IN THE TOP FIVE.
I AGREE THAT IT IS AN AMAZING PIECE.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT THERE IS SIX THAT SHOULD BE IN THE TOP FIVE OVER THIS ONE.
SO, UH, AND CURRENTLY THE RATE NUMBER FIVE, IS THERE DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THIS ONE BEING IN THE TOP FIVE? I AGREE.
I LIKE IT THOUGH BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME OF TREE, THE TOWN, UH, THE, UH, MAYOR OR MAYOR ONE, THE CITY DOES SIT SIT.
AND THEN, IS THIS CALLED AFTER THE STORM? MM-HMM
IT, IT IS, BUT THEY PLANTED TREES EVEN BEFORE THAT.
BUT I THINK IT'S A COMMITMENT TO THE CITY FOR IFICATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WAY TO JUDGE AND RATE IT FOR ITS ARTISTIC QUALITY AND FOR STICKING TO THE THEME.
AND BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE MAIN CRITERIA.
THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS FITS IN THE TOP FIVE.
UM, CAN YOU, UH, CONTINUE ON TO SIX AND SEVEN? I LOST MY MOUSE.
I'VE ADVOCATED FOR THIS BEING IN THE TOP FIVE.
UM, AGAIN, IT HITS COMMUNITY TO ME BETTER.
WE ARE A BIKE FRIENDLY CITY AND HAVE BEEN FOR FOREVER.
AND IT'S REALLY HIGHLIGHTING IT.
AND THE OTHER THING I WANT ABOUT THIS ONE IS THAT IT'S VERY BRIGHT.
I THINK AGAIN, NUMBER FOUR, BEAUTIFUL AS IT IS, IT'S GONNA GET LOST BECAUSE IT'S THE ONES THAT I NOTICE, THE BOXES THAT I'VE NOTICED USUALLY HAVE MORE BRIGHT COLORS TO 'EM.
AND SO I THINK THIS ONE WILL STAND OUT MORE AND FIT THE THEME OF COMMUNITY AND AGAIN, BIKE FRIENDLY.
I THINK, I THINK THIS ONE SHOWS A FACET OF THE CITY THAT HAS NOT BEEN REPRESENTED IN OTHER BOXES.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FLOWER BOXES, BUT HAVING THIS BRINGS A NEW FACET THAT REPRESENTS, SHOWS HOW RICHARDSON HAS SO MANY MORE PARTS OF IT, OF WHAT IS, AND I AGREE WITH BRIGHTNESS, SOPHIST THE BRIGHTNESS.
UM, BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION, CAN WE C SEVEN.
ANY, ALRIGHT, SO NOW IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A MO IT'S NOT MUCH MOTION, BUT RECOMMENDATION TO TAKE NUMBER CURRENT NUMBER SIX AND, UH,
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SWAP OR WITH NUMBER FOUR, PUSH IT UP IN THE TOP FIVE.IS THERE ANY, TAKE NUMBER FOUR OUT OF THE TOP FIVE, IS THERE ANYONE THAT DISAGREES WITH THAT? IT'S FOUR OF THE ROSES.
AND WE WILL ENCOURAGE THAT ARTIST TO SUBMIT FOR NEXT YEAR'S THEME AS WELL.
YOU SAID TAKE, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE, THE TREE TO TOWN ONE IN THERE.
IT WOULD BE A TREE, A TREE, CITY, USA.
NO, UM, THAT ALL BEING SAID, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANOTHER SUBMISSION IN THE OVERALL PACKAGE THAT YOU, THAT DID NOT MAKE TOP SEVEN THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS? SURE.
I DON'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY THAT WE'D LIKE TO.
NOT REALLY, HUH? I DON'T THINK.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE, AGAIN, WE DON'T NEED TO LOOK FOR MOTION AND SECOND, IT REALLY IS JUST A RECOMMENDATION.
UM, THAT WE HAVE, UH, WE'LL LET YOU GUYS DO THE SUMMARY OF WHAT WE JUST VOTED ON.
WE WILL, SO THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.
THEN ON JUNE 1ST WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION OUT AND I WILL WORK WITH ROTARY TO GET, UM, THE MATCHING CHECKS FOR THE WINNERS AND WE'LL GET THE WINNERS CONTACTED SO WE CAN PRESENT THEM CERTIFICATES AT THAT.
UM, COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE THE FIRST.
SO WE'LL SEND, UM, ALL THE INFORMATION OUT TO EVERYONE AND THEN ANYONE WHO'S AVAILABLE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND AND MAKE THE PICTURES.
ARE YOU GONNA BE AVAILABLE THAT NIGHT? WE'RE ON A, WE'RE ON A, ON A TRIP THAT WEEK.
FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL.
AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MARK AND SAMANTHA AND THE RICHARDSON ROTARY FOR SPONSORING.
AND, UH, CAN WE, UH, DO WE KNOW WHO THE ARTISTS ARE NOW SINCE WE'VE DECIDED, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE THEIR NAMES ON THE ARTWORK SINCE EVERYTHING'S BEING RECORDED, BUT WE'RE, WE WILL NOTIFY THEM AND I'LL SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT.
I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHO'S RICHARDSON PEOPLE OR IF ANY OF 'EM ARE I'LL, I'LL SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT.
WE'LL PUT IT TOGETHER AND SEND IT OUT TO THE CREW AND THEN I'LL CONFIRM THE COUNCIL DATE AS WELL AND, AND LET YOU KNOW IF THAT CHANGES.
I GUESS TO YOUR BASIC QUESTION, KELLY, DO YOU KNOW OFFHAND ARE THERE ANY NON-RES SUBMISSIONS THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
WE, BECAUSE WE DO ALLOW OUTSIDE OUTSIDE MM-HMM
BUT WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE OUR, OUR CITIZENS TO BE INVOLVED.
ORIGINALLY WE STARTED THE PROGRAM, THEIR FULL NAME AND EVERYTHING WILL BE PART OF THE ANALYSIS.
AND USUALLY THE MAJORITY OF 'EM ARE RICHARDSON CITIZENS.
I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD MAYBE ONE THAT WASN'T.
ONE LADY HAD ONCE, SEVERAL TIMES AND MM-HMM
AND MIKAYLA, CAN YOU REMIND US, UM, FIVE, WELL, TO THE MAP FOR THE FIVE LOCATIONS, BUT ARE WE STARTING TO ROTATE BACK AROUND AND REPEAT REPLACE? THAT WILL BE NEXT YEAR.
NEXT YEAR WE'LL START TO MAYBE RE-SKIN SOME THAT HAVE BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY.
WE HAVE ALL, ALL OF THE BOXES THROUGHOUT RICHARDSON WILL BE, NO, NOT ALL OF THEM.
WE'LL HAVE 25 TOTAL AFTER THIS YEAR.
BUT WE'RE NOT EXPANDING BEYOND THAT.
WE'RE JUST GONNA START WORKING WITH THE SAME 25 BOXES.
NOT ALL OF THEM ARE PROMINENT.
AND, UM, THIS ALLOWS US TO KIND OF SPREAD THE ARTWORK OUT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THEN MAINTAIN THAT TOO AFTER THAT FIVE YEAR WINDOW THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITH OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM AND TRANSPORTATION TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE REPLACED IN THE BOND THAT WAS JUST APPROVED, UM, ARE NOT ONES THAT WE'RE WRAPPING GOOD.
SO THAT THEY, WE DON'T HAVE AN ACCIDENTAL, UM, YOU KNOW, CHANGE OUT IN THE CABINET.
UM, ANOTHER RELATED QUESTION, I HAVE HAVEN'T SEEN ALL OF 'EM, OR I DON'T SEE ALL OF 'EM ON A REGULAR BASIS, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF GRAFFITI OR DAMAGED.
NO, I, NO, I THINK WE HAD ONE THAT MAYBE HAD A SCRATCH ON IT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT ARTWORK IS IN, IN A COMMUNITY, IT TYPICALLY DOESN'T GET GRAFFITIED OR DAMAGED ON IT.
WE DID OUR RESEARCH ON IT ORIGINALLY.
WE FOUND THAT OXYGEN THAT HAD BEEN GRAFFITIED WHEN PUT WITH ART WERE NO LONGER GRAFFITI.
AND WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON IT AND FANTASTIC.
I HAD A INTERN, STUDENT INTERN THAT THAT'S ALL SHE DID WHENEVER I, THE LAST TWO YEARS I WAS ON COUNCIL TO WORK THIS THING INTO THAT.
NEXT, NEXT ROUND OUR AGENDA IS THE, UH, REVIEW AND
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REVIEW CALLED ARTS GRANT PROGRAM.SO IN YOUR PACKET, STARTING ON YOUR AGENDA PACKET, PAGE SIX IS THE RED LINE COPY OF THE, UM, LET'S SEE, FORGET WHAT WE CALL THE GUIDELINES.
SO THEY, UM, WE JUST MADE THE EDITS AGAINST ON OUR CONVERSATION AT THE LAST MEETING THAT STARTING ON PAGE SIX AND THEN STARTING ON PAGE PACKET 13.
UM, IS THE APPLICATION ITSELF JUST A REMINDER? OF COURSE THIS APPLICATION IS, UM, SUBMITTABLE, SO WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS, IS OUR WORD DOCUMENT VERSION OF IT.
AND THEN IT'LL OF COURSE BE UPDATED, UM, IN SUBMITTABLE TO REVIEW THE CHANGES QUICKLY WITH YOU.
A COUPLE OF ITEMS CLEANED UP SOME OF THE LANGUAGE AROUND THE EXPECTATION OF THE, UM, GROUPS TO ATTEND THE FALL AND SPRING WORKSHOP SESSIONS.
AND THAT THAT WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION OF THE, UM, THE FUTURE FUNDING.
WE ALSO CHANGED THE LANGUAGE AROUND THE USE OF THIS CITY LOGO.
WE HAVE SOME REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT AND, AND CLARIFIED THE LANGUAGE THAT WE USE FOR THAT WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ON THIS ONE.
UM, UPDATED SOME LANGUAGE AROUND THE SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC FORMS AND THEN JUST CLEANED UP SOME OF THE, THE LANGUAGE AT THE END OF THE BULLET POINTS POINT IN THE APPLICATION ITSELF.
CAN YOU JUST CLEAN UP A LITTLE BIT OF LANGUAGE HERE AND THERE AND LOOK AT A LITTLE SIMPLER? YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE WHOLE GOAL OF KIND OF GOING THROUGH THIS WAS TO SIMPLIFY THE APPLICATION.
AND THEN WE'VE ADDED A LINE ON MORE FOR THE BACKEND OF THE REPORTING MECHANISMS AND SUBMITTABLE FOR WHERE THEY HAVE TO CALL OUT THE NUMBER OF, UM, PERFORMANCES THAT THEY SPECIFICALLY HAVE AT THE I CENTER SO WE CAN POPULATE DATA A LITTLE EASIER ON THE BLACK SIDE IF WE HAVE A SEPARATE FIELD FOR IT.
OTHERWISE, IT SHOULD LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAW LAST MONTH.
IF QUESTIONS ARE BROKEN OUT BETWEEN, UM, THE 250 STOCK BUYERS OR LESS IN REVENUE VERSUS MORE, AND OF COURSE THIS WOULD BE LIVE ON JUNE ONE AND WILL BE ON THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS FIVE O'CLOCK IN JULY THAT THE DISCUSSION COMMENTS SECTION, THE LAST USUAL BEFORE GOES CLOSED.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT THEY'LL HAVE MORE THAN TWO FIELDS TO BE ABLE TO ADD IN CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESSES.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET AND I, UH, HAVE A HUNDRED, UM, FIELDS THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN PUT IN THERE AND SAY, YOUR INTENTION IS MAKE SURE THAT PUT AN INPUT MORE THAN ONE YES.
MORE THAN ONE OR TWO BECAUSE I'VE HAD HAD SITUATIONS WHERE BOTH OF THE EMAIL ADDRESSES NO LONGER DOCUMENT.
IT, IT, IT'S ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY PART OF IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? OKAY.
BECAUSE I HERE, YOU KNOW, OTHER COMMENTS ASIDE FROM THAT, YOU'RE GONNA ASK FOR A MOTION FEEL PRE THIS COMMISSIONER BENTLEY MOTION.
AGAIN, YOU SAID THE LIVE THE LIVE DATE IS WILLING JUNE 1ST AND WE WILL BE EMAILING OUT ON THE LINK TO IT WHEN IT GOES LIVE.
A REMINDER TO THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, WE'LL EMAIL YOU AS WELL SO YOU CAN, UH, CONTACT YOUR LIAISON GROUPS AND REMIND THEM TO APPLY.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE STATE OF THE ARTS COMMISSION.
UM, KAYLA, WE SHARE THAT HONOR.
SO STARTING ON PAGE 23 OF YOUR AGENDA PACKET IS THE DROP OF THE STATE OF THE ARTS REPORT.
AS WE DISCUSSED LAST MEETING, WE'RE CONVERTING THIS TO KIND OF A WRITTEN REPORT THAT WE SUBMIT TO COUNCIL ON.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT SUBMIT SIMILAR ITEMS. SO WE WOULD SUBMIT THIS TO COUNCIL ON IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
AND THEY WOULD HAVE THIS AS PART OF THEIR, UM, THEIR PACKETS.
IT HAS ALL OF THE SAME INFORMATION IN IT THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE PRESENTED IN THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, BUT IN A SHORTER REPORT FORMAT.
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THIS DOESN'T REQUIRE A VOTE.NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE, UH,
UM, WE WALK THROUGH THAT PLEASE.
ON PAGE 27 OF YOUR AGENDA PACKET ARE THE CURRENT RAISE ON ASSIGNMENTS.
UM, THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPORT OUT ON ANYTHING THAT YOU MAY HAVE, UM, ATTENDED OR DISCUSSED WITH, WITH YOUR GROUPS.
DO I HAVE ANY? I KNOW ANY EITHER.
DID A GREAT JOB FROM
UH, BUT I MET WITH AFTER OUR WORKSHOP, THE CULTURAL ARTS WORKSHOP LAST TIME I WAS ABLE TO GRAB COFFEE WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR DAYO MM-HMM
UM, SO DON'T BE MAD AT TED, BUT, UH,
THEY HAD A CONCERT THIS PAST SUNDAY FOR MOTHER'S DAY.
THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE ON THE 17TH.
UM, THEY'RE VERY EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF ARTS, UM, GRANT PROCESS AND IT FEEL LIKE IT REALLY IS BENEFICIAL FOR 'EM.
SO, UM, JUST A GOOD CONVERSATION ALL THE WAY AROUND AND REALLY LIKE THAT IT KIND OF STEMMED FROM THE WORKSHOP AND HAVING THAT TIME TO KIND OF ALL CHAT AND GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND DIFFERENT ISSUES AND THAT KIND OF THING.
BEEN BEEN A PLAYING TAG TRYING TO FIND THE TIME.
I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WELL TODAY THE PART OF TED WILL BE GOOD BY EIGHT.
SO WELL VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
ANYBODY ELSE? I WENT TO THE RICHARDSON COMMUNITY BAND CONCERT IN LIEU OF GOING DOWNTOWN TO THE LONE STAR WIND ORCHESTRA EVENT, WHICH THEY HAD DOWN THERE AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT, SO I'VE MET AND KNOW EVERYONE IN THAT I'M DEALING WITH HERE AND THAT, THAT OR GETTING TOGETHER AND WAS REALLY VERY BENEFICIAL I THINK.
I THINK THEY DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT CONTACT WITH THE OFFICE.
I WENT TO THE CHAMBER OF MUSIC INTERNATIONAL, UH, UH, FINAL CONCERT WC AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT.
AND, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT SEASON.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT, UH, THOSE REPORTS.
UM, OKAY, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION CALENDAR YOU LY PLEASE.
SO ON PAGE 28 OR THE LAST
SO BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, OF COURSE YOU'LL BE RECEIVING A LOT OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION, UM, FROM THE, UM, DETAILS ABOUT WHEN SUBMITTABLE OPENS UP FOR YOUR VIEWS, HOW MANY SUBMISSIONS CAN HAVE, AND, UM, ADDITIONAL DETAILS FOR THE MEETING DAY.
BUT OTHERWISE THAT SHOULD BE ON YOUR CALENDAR.
WE'LL BE MEETING AT IQHQ, UM, AND SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS YEARS, WE'LL PLAN TO GO ALL DAY.
WE'LL HAVE BREAKFAST WHEN FROM LUNCH ON ONE 40 AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT WE WILL MEET SEPTEMBER 10TH, UM, FOR THE ALLOCATIONS.
SO BOTH OF THESE MEETINGS, BECAUSE OF THE, UM, GRANT, UM, REVIEW NATURE OF THEM AND DISCUSSION, WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER PUBLICLY, BUT THEN WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE INTERVIEWS AND THEN, UM, FOR THE DELIBERATION AROUND THE ALLOCATIONS AS WELL.
AND THOSE WILL BE THE ONLY ITEMS ON THOSE AGENDAS.
EVERYBODY AT THE BIG DAY, ESPECIALLY JOHN WESLEY, YOU'LL, WILL ENJOY IT, I'M SURE.
UM, SO WILL WE COVER KIND OF SOME, UH, ACTION ITEMS, UM, OR KEY INSIGHTS FROM THE SPRING WORKSHOP THAT WE JUST COMPLETED AS PART OF STAFF REPORTS OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE'LL COVER? CAN WE HOLD THAT DURING THE, THE END? YOU CAN DO THAT IN COMMUNITY INTEREST.
AND THEN HAVE WE ALREADY PICKED A, UH, TOPIC FOR THE FALL WORKSHOP? NO.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S ONE THING MISSING FROM OUR AGENDA AS A COUNCIL LIAISON COURT.
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SO THAT IS ITEMS UNDER ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.THAT'S THE KIND OF OPEN REPORT FOR EVERYONE.
SO NEXT I HAVE HONOR AGENDA IS TO HEAR REPORT FROM OUR EISENMAN CENTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ON THE EISMAN CENTER ACTIVITIES.
SO, UM, EISMAN CENTER IS AT THE PEAK OF OUR BUSY SEASON RIGHT NOW.
UM, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, OUR, THE BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR AT THE EISMAN CENTER.
UM, AND MID-MAY IS SORT OF THE LIKE PINNACLE OF THAT BUSYNESS WITH WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL AND RECITAL SEASON.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY WE'LL BE KNEE DEEP AND WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL ALL WEEKEND LONG.
I HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU THERE.
AND THEN STARTING NEXT WEEK WE GO BACK INTO DANCE RECITAL MODE.
BUT ALSO STARTING NEXT WEEK, WE ARE KICKING OFF OUR EISMAN CENTER JAZZ SERIES WITH THE STOCKTON HELPING QUARTET.
UH, THAT'LL BE IN OUR BANK OF AMERICA CABARET CONFIGURATION, WHICH, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
IT'S A FOUR-PART JAZZ SERIES THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, STARTING, UH, NEXT WEEK ON THURSDAY, MAY 21ST, UH, FEATURING LOCAL JAZZ ARTISTS THAT ARE RENOWNED FOR THEIR, UM, CRAFT AROUND THE COUNTRY.
UM, STOCKTON HUBING IN PARTICULAR IS A PART OF THE FACULTY AT UNT.
IN FACT, HE'S OUT OF TOWN RIGHT NOW DOING A DOC SEVERSON GIG.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED, UM, TO KICK OFF THE SEASON WITH HIM.
AND THEN IN JUNE WE WILL BE FEATURING THE SHELLY CARROLL QUARTET.
UM, SHELLY CARROLL IS ANOTHER, UH, NORTH TEXAS JAZZ LEGEND WHO, UH, HAS PLAYED WITH, UM, A LOT OF FAMOUS PEOPLE.
IT JUST WENT RIGHT OUTTA MY HEAD,
UM, BUT WE'RE, UH, WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS GREAT LINEUP.
AND THEN IN JULY WE'LL BE HAVING KANOI, UM, TANAKA WHO, IF YOU WERE AT LAST YEAR'S SEASON PREVIEW, HE WAS OUR PERFORMER, UH, TO WRAP UP THE SEASON PREVIEW PERFORMANCE WITH HIS QUARTET.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING HIM BACK IN JULY.
AND THEN IN AUGUST WE'LL HAVE THE MATTHEW BY MATTHEW BANKS QUARTET, UM, ALSO FROM THE UNT REGION.
UM, IF YOU'RE A JAZZ LOVER LIKE WE ARE AT THE EISMAN CENTER, IT'S A REALLY GREAT SERIES.
IT'S PRICED VERY, VERY AFFORDABLY.
TICKETS ARE 15, 20 AND $25, UM, AT THE CABARET TABLES.
AND, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GREAT TIME.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO IF YOU WERE WITH US LAST WEEK ON THURSDAY, I KNOW AMY WAS THERE AND I SAW CYNTHIA AS WELL, WE LAUNCHED THE EISMAN CENTER, UM, PRESENTS 26 27 SEASON.
UM, SO THE EXCITING NEWS ABOUT THAT IS THAT THAT HAS BEEN ON SALE TO OUR MEMBERS FOR THE PAST WEEK AND THEN STARTING AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, UH, IT WILL BE ON SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
SO IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE EISMAN CENTER, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GET IN THERE AND GET THE SEATS THAT YOU WANT.
'CAUSE IT'LL GO ON SALE TO THE GENERAL FLOOR TOMORROW.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT THINGS IN THE LINEUP.
UH, WE REALLY WORKED HARD TO TRY TO PROGRAM SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.
MUSIC THAT SUITS MANY GENERATIONS.
UM, OUR SEASON OPENER WILL BE A SHOW FOR THE MTV GENERATION IF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF PART OF THE MTV GENERATION.
UH, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE COUNT BASSY QUARTET IN JANUARY, WHICH IS GONNA BE AMAZING.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT STUFF COMING UP IN OUR UPCOMING SEASON.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER SHOW THAT WE HAVE ADDED THIS SUMMER, UH, THAT WE'RE REALLY, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON HAVING A GOOD TIME AT THE EISMAN CENTER, IF YOU CANNOT TELL.
UH, BUT THE OTHER SHOW THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED, UH, FOR THIS SUMMER IS ON JUNE, SORRY, JULY 17TH.
WE'LL BE BRINGING A GROUP CALLED JIMMY'S BUFFET, WHICH IS A, UM, TRIBUTE AND HONOR OF JIMMY BUFFETT, UH, OUT OF SAN DIEGO.
THEY ARE A HECK OF A LOT OF FUN.
THEY BRING ALL SORTS OF PROPS AND TOYS AND BEACH BALLS AND ALL SORTS OF FUN THINGS.
AND THEY REALLY LIKE SET UP THE CONCERT TO BE A BIG PARTY FOR ALL THE JIMMY BUFFETT FANS.
SO WE'D LOVE TO SEE ALL THERE.
AND, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A HOPPING YEAR AT THE ASPEN CENTER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TAYLOR? CAN I COMMENT THAT THE, UM, PREVIOUS PARTY WAS VERY WELL ORGANIZED, VERY WELL DONE.
AND SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS SEASON.
OKAY, UH, WITHOUT THE DISCUSSION ON THAT, UH, WE'RE NOW GONNA MOVE ON TO THE COMMISSION MEMBERS WHO HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT, COMMENT, UH, LIAISON AND DO WILL I BEGIN? I DO.
I HAVE A, A FEW ITEMS I WANTED TO, UH, BRING UP FOR DISCUSSION.
UH, ONE, NUMBER ONE, UM, WILD FLOWERS THIS WEEKEND, OBVIOUSLY.
SO THAT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.
IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE WARM, BUT IT SHOULD BE VERY, VERY NICE.
SO, UH, JUST GET YOUR WILDFLOWER SHIRTS ON AND, AND HEAD, HEAD OVER THERE TOMORROW.
UM, NUMBER TWO, I WANTED TO, UH, CIRCLE BACK.
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RESEARCH IN THE COMMUNITY.UH, WHEN WE MET LAST, UH, WE DISCUSSED COLLABORATING WITH SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND PAIRING THEM WITH SOME OF THE TALENT, UH, WHETHER IT IS INSTRUMENTAL OR, OR, UM, UM, ACTING TALENT AND SEE WHAT TYPE OF BENEFITS LIE OUT THERE.
AND ONE OF THE, UH, THINGS I'VE WORKED ON AS AN EXAMPLE, AND THIS IS WITH, UH, JOHN WESLEY ACTUALLY, UM, WE MET WITH THE DIRECTOR AT OAK HIGHLANDS BREWERY AND, AND COURT THEATER.
AND THEN SINCE YOU'RE THE LIAISON, UM, I DID HEAR BACK FROM BOTH OF THEM.
AND THEY'RE VERY AMENABLE TO GETTING TOGETHER TO CREATE SOME KIND OF COLLABORATION, TO HAVE THEIR TALENTS SINCE THEY DO ON STAGE PLAYS AT COURT THEATER.
THEN OAK ISLANDS HAS A STAGE THERE.
AND THIS WOULD HELP, UH, COLLABORATE ANY TYPE OF, WHETHER IT'S TRICK TICKET SALES OR PRODUCING BUSINESS THROUGH OAK HIGHLANDS.
THE DETAILS HAVE NOT BEEN WORKED OUT, BUT I DID GET AN EMAIL BACK FROM THE DIRECTOR STATING THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH US, AND I WAS GOING TO MEET WITH MCKAYLA TO KIND OF GO OVER SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND POTENTIALLY USE THIS AS A STARTING POINT AND SEE HOW WE CAN DEVELOP THAT AND USE THIS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF COLLABORATION, UH, BETWEEN THE, UM, THE ART GROUPS.
I MEAN, THEY NEED OTHER PLACES TO PERFORM AND WE DO NEED TO SEE ABOUT CROSS MARKETING FOR BOTH TALENT AND, UM, AND SOME OF THE, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE HERE.
I THINK IT'S A, A REALLY GOOD, IT COULD BE A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM, BUT I WANTED TO, UH, CIRCLE BACK TO THAT.
AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND JUST GO THROUGH THAT BEFORE WE SET UP THE MEETING TO KIND OF OKAY, DISCUSS HOW, WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE AND, AND, AND KIND OF BRAINSTORM ON IT.
BUT ULTIMATELY THAT GROUP IS AMENABLE TO DOING SOMETHING.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD NEWS.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UH, COTTONWOOD, UH, COTTONWOOD, UH, WELL FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND.
WE WERE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE, UH, A BEAUTIFUL, UH, WEEKEND OF WEATHER.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE DINNER HAD TO BE CANCELED, BUT IT DID GIVE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT STAFF ENOUGH TIME TO SET UP, UH, FOR COTTONWOODS BECAUSE SINCE WE HAD, UH, TERRIBLE WEATHER THAT WEEK, IT GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
BUT, UM, I WILL TELL YOU, I, THERE WAS SO MANY NEW ARTISTS AND I NOTICED A THEME IN THREE DIMENSIONAL ARTWORK WAS THERE, WHICH I REALLY LIKED IT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY NEAT AND FUN.
AND I, I SPOKE TO MOST OF THE ARTISTS AND ALL OF THEM HAD NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
THEY LOVED, UH, BEING ACCEPTED.
THEY WERE EXCITED TO BE ACCEPTED CONSIDERING THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST ELEVATED ART SHOWS, UH, IN THE COUNTRY.
SO THEY WERE VERY, VERY HAPPY, UH, TO DO SO.
UH, WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED, I ALWAYS PARK IN THE BACK AND I COME UP TO THE HOSPITALITY 10 AND I HAVE NOTICED THE, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE, UH, THE LADY'S NAME WITH GREW, UH, TROOP 1 0 0 1.
BUT, BUT SHE WAS MANNING THE BOOTH.
AND I ASKED HER, I SAID, WELL, WHO, WHO'S, WHO'S COMING TO HELP, UH, MANAGE THE BOOTH? AND SHE GOES, WELL, I'M NOT SURE, BUT I WAS GOING TO MAKE A SUGGESTION.
UM, WHEN I, WHEN I SERVED MY EIGHT YEARS, I SERVED ANOTHER FOUR YEARS, UH, I TOLD HER 12, GETTING UP AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING UP THERE TO MAKE THE COFFEE AND KIND OF DECORATE THE TENT AND GET IT ALL WORKING.
SO THE ARTISTS, YOU KNOW, CAN, UH, HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOOD AND COFFEE.
AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU THEY LOVE THAT VAN AMENITY.
I MEAN, I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH THEY REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND, AND EVERYONE I SPOKE TO, UM, AT, AT THE EVENT, I REMEMBERED ME AND I TOLD, I SAID, I ASKED YOU ABOUT THE HOSPITALITY TEST.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GONNA MAKE A SUGGESTION ON IS IF SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS COULD POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, PUT IN LIKE A TWO HOUR WINDOW, UH, TO MEET THE ARTIST.
BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU THAT ONE THING THAT'S GREAT ABOUT THAT, THE HOSPITALITY TIP ONE, IF YOU SPEND A COUPLE HOURS THERE MANNING THE BOOTH, YOU GET TO SEE THE ARTISTS COME BACK AND FORTH.
AND IT IS INCREDIBLE BECAUSE ONE, THEY REMEMBER YOU, IT ENCOURAGES THEM TO COME BACK AND, UH, YOU GET TO KIND OF KNOW EACH OTHER AND BECOME FRIENDS.
BUT, AND THE BEST TIME IS IN THE MORNINGS, UH, OR, OR SOMETIME IN THE GENERAL AFTERNOON.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A SUGGESTION.
I KNOW IT'S NOT MANDATORY, BUT I THINK IT'S, UM, A GOOD LIAISON.
IT'S PART OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.
I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT, THAT EVERYBODY BE, YOU KNOW, CONNECTED TO THE ARTIST AND, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY MAYBE PUT IN AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS, WHATEVER YOU CAN.
AND, AND NOT EVERYBODY CAN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SUGGEST IT TOO.
IF, IF WE'RE NOT DOING IT, THE, UH, THE BOY SCOUTS, UH, TROOP 1 0 0 1, THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL STAND IN.
BUT I JUST THOUGHT, I JUST, I OBSERVED THAT AND I JUST THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GET SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT MM-HMM
AND I I, ONE OF THE THINGS I LOOK MOST FORWARD TO AS PART
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OF THE COMMISSION IS HELPING OUT AND VOLUNTEERING IN THOSE MORNINGS.WE WERE NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO THIS YEAR TOO.
SO WE WERE ASKED TO VOLUNTEER WHEN I RECEIVED THE, ONLY IN THE, UH, THE ARTS, UH, THE ART AREA KIDS, ART KIDS ART AREA THIS YEAR.
WHICH FELT LIKE, UM, I MEAN, IT WAS A NICE EXPERIENCE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT IF, IF I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, I WOULD PREFER TO MAYBE VOLUNTEER TWICE MM-HMM
AND, AND BE ABLE TO STILL DO THE ARTIST HARP MENTALITY BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I LOST THAT CONNECTION.
THAT, UM, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GEORGE PARTNER IS, IS PAUSE.
NO, THAT'S REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT, THAT I WAS A LITTLE SAD WITH THAT.
AND I DID, AND I DID HEAR ABOUT THAT TOO AS WELL.
SO THAT MIGHT BE, THAT MIGHT BE THE DISCONNECT TOO, BUT MM-HMM
AND THAT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TOO.
YOU COULD DO MORE THAN I, I VOLUNTEERED FOR THE, AND THEY SAID YOU HAD TO BE IN THE ART ZONE.
SO I SHOWED UP ON SATURDAY MORNING MM-HMM
I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST ONE TO SHOW UP.
AND I SAID, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU SUGGEST.
WELL, I MEAN, PUT YOU IN CHARGE OF THROWING MUD
THROWING MUD IS THE POTTERY
THE GUY THAT DOES IT IS WONDERFUL.
AND YOU KNOW, HE TEACHES IT LIKE HIGHLANDS, BUT THE, ONE OF THE MOST WONDERFUL THINGS, ASIDE FROM ALL OF THE KIDS THAT CAME UP AND LOVED DOING IT, AND THEN IT TURNED INTO ADULTS DOING IT.
WAS THAT THIS GUY HAD SIX OF HIS STUDENTS VOLUNTEER THERE ALL THE TIME.
I MEAN, HOW DO YOU, THAT THAT'S GOTTA BE A PRETTY INSPIRATIONAL TEACHER OH YEAH.
HAVE SIX OF YOUR STUDENTS ALWAYS THERE TO HELP.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND HONESTLY, I I, IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE OF EVENTS AND I MEAN, AGAIN, WHEN, WHEN THE WEATHER'S BEAUTIFUL, IT'S EVEN, IT'S EVEN BETTER.
BUT, UH, ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATION ON THAT AND POTENTIALLY MAYBE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SPICE IT UP A LITTLE.
IT TA YOU KNOW, IT TAKES ALMOST FOUR HOURS FOR THAT COFFEE TO BE BREWED.
I, I DIDN'T MAKE IT THIS YEAR.
I LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY YEAR TO THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY.
SCOUTS DO A TERRIFIC JOB TAKING CARE OF THINGS, BUT IT'S REALLY NICE AS A COMMISSIONER TO BE ABLE TO GREET YOU SHOW NEW PEOPLE THAT FIRST, YOU KNOW, AND YOU SEE FACES THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE.
THEY, IT'S REALLY NICE, NICE TO SOCIALIZE WITH THEM AND KIND OF GIVE 'EM LITTLE EXTRA, YOU KNOW, UH, THANK YOU.
I, I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE THAT THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT IS, UM, IN THE FALL AND WE'LL PRIORITIZE THAT AREA FOR YOU.
UM, SO I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND YEAH, THE, THE MESSAGE WAS OKAY, COMMISSIONERS ARE WORKING OUR, SO, OKAY.
WELL, WELL WE APPRECIATE YOU VOLUNTEERING,
I HOPE YOU HAD A FUN TIME WITH THE KIDS.
AND THEN AFTER, AND WE'LL GET YOU BACK WITH THE ADULTS IN THE FALL AND GOTTA TO WANDER AROUND AND LOOK AT THE YEAH.
I'M OPEN TO DOING TWO CHEFS, LIKE I SAID, I, I LOVE SEEING, UH, THE INSPIRATIONAL, YOU KNOW, ART FEATURE AND KIDS AND THE CREATIVITY.
BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO STILL HAVE THAT CONNECTION AND HAVE THAT ABILITY TO, TO KIND OF HEAR HOW IT'S GOING, UM, WITH THE ARTISTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE EXHIBITING MM-HMM
BUT IT JUST AMAZES ME HOW, UM, JUST, I DON'T KNOW WANNA CALL IT SOPHISTICATED, BUT JUST, JUST THE LEVEL OF QUALITY FROM THE ARTIST.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST, I MEAN, IF YOU WANNA JUST GET READY TO PURCHASE SOMETHING FOR YOUR HOME, THAT IS THE PLACE TO DO IT.
I MEAN, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH, AND AGAIN, THERE'S SO MANY NEW ARTISTS THIS YEAR MM-HMM
AND, UH, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO ENOUGH AND EVERY YEAR YOU REALIZE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHO THEY'RE THE REGULARS, THE WHO, WHO ARE THE NEWBIES.
BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, I DID NOTICE, AND I TAPPED THIS, TAPPED THIS OVER TO YVONNE, IS WE WERE MISSING A LITTLE BOOMBOX IN THERE, SO WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF MUSIC IN THE TENT.
AND IT WAS ALL, THEY TURNED IT AROUND THIS, THIS YEAR SO THE SUN DOESN'T, UH, BEAM IN ON THE SIDE.
SO THEY LEFT IT INSTEAD OF OPEN ON THE SIDEWALK SIDE, THEY OPENED IT TOWARD THE, THE, THE, THE TROOP, WHICH ACTUALLY WAS SO MUCH BETTER.
'CAUSE IT CAN GET A LITTLE WARM IN THERE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SO, ANYWAY, THAT I DID, I DID LIKE THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THAT WAS IT.
ANYBODY OTHER HAVE OTHER COMMENTS OF INTEREST? OKAY.
UM, WELL, HEARING NONE, WE'RE GONNA ADJOURN THE MEETING AND THE TIME IS SIX 50.
UH, AND THAT CONCLUDES ITEM FILE.
THERES NO FURTHER ITEMS YOU'RE CHARGED.