[00:00:01]
[Cultural Arts Commission on October 8, 2026.]
HERE ABOUT SIX 20.UM, ALRIGHT, LEMME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY.
UM, I'M TED KATA, CHAIR OF THE CULTURAL COMMISSION.
UH, NINE IS OCTOBER, OCTOBER 8TH, 2026.
UH, AT THIS TIME I'LL CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF THE CULTURE ARTS COMMISSION TO, FOR ATTENDANCE.
WHEN YOU, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, WILL YOU RESPOND WITH PRESENT VICE CHAIR TAYLOR? PRESENT MEMBER BRIAN BENTLEY.
MEMBER MELANIE GUTHRIE SANDERS.
SHE ADVISED SHE'D ARRIVE LATE.
UH, SO I'LL CALL TODAY'S MEETING TO ORDER WELCOME ALL MEMBERS AND GUESTS.
UH, NEXT OUR AGENDA ON OUR AGENDA IS TO CALL ANY VISITORS TO SPEAK TO THE COMMITTEE.
UH, I DO NOT SEE VISITORS, SO WE WILL SKIP TO THE NEXT SECTION.
SO THE NEXT SECTION IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
ITEM THREE IS THE APPROVAL OF EVENTS OF THE SEPTEMBER 10TH CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED? SECOND MOTION.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SHORT MEETING TONIGHT, GUYS.
UH, ITEM FOUR ON THE AGENDA IS A DEBRIEF OF THE FISCAL YEAR 27 CULTURAL ARTS GRANT PROCESS.
UM, MCKAYLA, WOULD YOU PLEASE PRESENT THIS ITEM? YES.
SO THIS IS JUST AN ANNUAL DEBRIEF WE DO AFTER THE GRANTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY COUNSEL, JUST TO GO THROUGH KINDA THE PROCESS WITH YOU, TAKE ANY NOTES DOWN TO POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT YOU WANNA MAKE FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEN WHENEVER WE COME BACK UP ON THE GRANTS PROCESS AGAIN IN 2027, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE THOSE CHANGES, REVIEW THEM WITH YOU, BUT WE ALWAYS REVIEW AND DEBRIEF WHILE IT'S STILL KIND OF FRESH.
ANY DISCUSSION? ANY FEEDBACK, MCKAYLA, FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENTS SO FAR? UM, WE'VE JUST HAD THANK YOUS AND WE HAVE, UM, EVERYONE SIGNING UP FOR THE ARTS WORKSHOP ON THE 22ND TO COME HEAR THE SPEAKER AND RECEIVED THEIR CHECKS.
UM, CYNTHIA'S COMING IN RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, SO FAR WE'VE JUST, WE'VE HAD POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
UM, I'VE HAD GOOD FEEDBACK ON THE ONLINE PLATFORM, BOTH FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS, BUT ALSO APPLICANTS.
UM, WE'RE JUST FINALIZING GETTING EVERYONE'S FINAL REPORTS IN FOR FYS FFY 26 RIGHT NOW, BUT NOT ANYTHING REALLY MAJOR.
I THINK PEOPLE APPRECIATED US KINDA SCALING BACK ON THE QUESTIONS THIS YEAR AND SIMPLIFYING THE, UM, THE APPLICATION ITSELF.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT MADE IT EASIER FOR EVERYONE TO GO THROUGH AND COMPARE.
UM, SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING AS FAR AS THE ANALYSIS THAT YOU MAYBE DIDN'T USE OR WANTED TO SEE OR, UM, ANY TIMELINE CHANGES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEN I'M ALL EARS.
YEAH, I, I KIND OF THOUGHT BACK SATURDAY I DID
YOU KNOW, THE, THE SIMPLER THING TO TRACK IS MYSELF DOING THE MATH MYSELF, LOOKING BACK IN THE FILES, GOING, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE ROLLING, WHAT'S THEIR ROLLING, UH, GRANT AMOUNTS VERSUS WHAT THEY ASKED FOR AND MM-HMM
IT SHOULD BE PRETTY EASY TO LET SAY AUTOMATE.
SO, AND IN A, IN A GRAPHIC FORM IN A ROLL, A ROLLING AVERAGE PER YEAH.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT SHOWS FOR EACH ONE OR YEAH.
A COMPARISON THAT SHOWS THEY ASK WHAT THEY WERE ALLOW ALLOCATED AT LEAST MAYBE A THREE TO FIVE YEAR YOU'RE SHARING THE RAW DATA, BUT I SEE IT GOING, OKAY, HOW DO I SEE IT IN CONTEXT OF MAKE EASY AT A GLANCE TO LOOK AT IT AND GO, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT THEY GOT PRIOR YEARS.
AND I WOULD APPRECIATE THE ACTUALS FOR THE HISTORICALS VERSUS A ROLLING AVERAGE, JUST BECAUSE I WANNA KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE HAD GIVEN THEM.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ROLLING AVERAGE, BUT IF WE CAN SEE THE ACTUALS CAN HAVE BOTH ON THERE.
DO WE EVER, SO WHEN WE ARE LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT THEY'VE BEEN AWARDED, DO THEY EVER HAVE QUESTIONS AS TO WHY THEY'VE RECEIVED LESS OR SOMETIMES
[00:05:02]
FRUSTRATIONS? IT'S, YEAH.SOMETIMES IF IT'S SIGNIFICANT, UM, OKAY.
AND DO WE EXPLAIN OR, YES, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, WE, WHENEVER I DO THE ALERT THAT NIGHT, I HAVE A FORM EMAIL I, I SEND OUT TO EVERYONE.
SO IT'S, IT'S THE SAME FOR EVERYONE, BUT WHEN THEY COME BACK AND MAYBE ASK FOR CLARIFICATION OR AS WE FOLLOW UP, THEN WE'LL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAIL AND THEN ANY OF THE GROUPS THAT WE ELECT, EITHER NOT TO INTERVIEW OR NOT TO AWARD FUNDS TO, WE, WE DO GIVE THEM DIRECT FEEDBACK ON THAT TOO.
UM, THIS YEAR THERE WASN'T THAT MUCH OF A VARIANCE.
I THINK WE WERE DOWN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A THOUSAND ON ONE AND UP A THOUSAND ON ANOTHER.
IN PREVIOUS YEARS WHEN IT'S BEEN A LITTLE MORE SIGNIFICANT, UM, WE'VE LET THEM KNOW WHY AND, AND WHAT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO SEE.
AND, UM, AND THEY'VE RESPONDED WELL TO THAT.
UM, BOTH ON THE KIND OF ENCOURAGEMENT SIDE FOR WHY THEY WENT UP AND WE LOVE, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE, UM, INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION AND YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR NEW INITIATIVES VERSUS WHEN WE'VE GONE DOWN BEFORE WHERE MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A PARTICULAR, UM, APPLICANT THAT WAS MAYBE A LITTLE MORE NEGATIVE ON, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAMMING OR THEIR LOCATION OR THAT TYPE OF THING.
AND THEN WE GAVE THEM THAT FEEDBACK WHEN WE TOOK IT DOWN AND THEY CAME BACK AND SHOWED NEW PROGRAMMING, NEW COLLABORATION AND WERE A LITTLE MORE KIND OF POSITIVE AND, UM, THAT INCREASE BACK TO WHAT THEY'D RECEIVED PREVIOUSLY REFLECTED.
IS IT, IS THERE ANY, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT TO GET, I MEAN, THAT WE, WE SEE HOW MANY PERFORMANCES THEY DO IF IT'S A PERFORMING THING OR HOW MANY EVENTS THEY DO, IF IT'S SOME SORT OF EVENT.
SOME THEY DON'T DO PERFORMANCES OR EVENTS.
SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF A, I THINK WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, LIKE A PERFORMING GROUP, HOW MANY, LIKE THE TWO BALLET, I DON'T, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY DANCERS ARE IN IT.
PARTICIPANTS OR PERFORMERS PART.
THAT WOULD HELP BECAUSE THAT'S AN, I THINK, AN IMPORTANT THING AS WELL.
THAT'S A REALLY INTERESTING DATA POINT.
WE CAN LY ADD THAT THESE GROUPS ARE SERVING THOSE PEOPLE.
AND THAT SHOULD BE, I THINK, TAKEN INTO, YEAH, WE, WE, WE DO ASK QUESTIONS THERE ABOUT HOW MANY RICHARDSON IMPACT, RICHARDSON IMPACT, RIGHT? MM-HMM
LIKE WHETHER IT'S STUDENTS OR
SO THERE IS SOME QUESTIONS I THINK LEADS TO THAT.
BUT SPECIFICALLY HOW MANY DANCERS ARE IN THE TROOP YET? MM-HMM
WE HAVE A, UM, A QUESTION ABOUT NUMBER OF REGULAR VOLUNTEERS, UM, IN THERE AND THEN WE'VE GOT A BREAKOUT OF STAFF.
SO I THINK IN THAT SECTION WE COULD EASILY ADD, UM, A NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND THEN MAYBE A DESCRIPTION AROUND, YOU KNOW, IS IT DANCERS, EXHIBITORS, SO RCAS FOR INSTANCE WOULD BE THE NUMBER OF ARTISTS THAT THEY HAVE AS MEMBERS OR THAT TYPE OF THING.
I KNOW THERE WAS SOMEONE TOO THAT ASKED FOR IN YOUR, IN YOUR SCORING SHEET TO HAVE MAYBE WHAT THEY WERE AWARDED THE PREVIOUS YEAR TOO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MCKAY.
SO ITEM FIVE, WE WITH THAT RELATED, UM, AS WE KIND HAVE OUR NEW AN, OUR GRANTS GROUPS, WE ALSO ALWAYS THE LIAISON SETTLEMENTS, UH, ITEM FIVE AS ON AGENDA CONCERNING LIAISON, SILENT FOR ORGANIZATIONS, UM, WITH OUR NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS AND SOMETIMES NEW GRANT RECIPIENTS.
WE WANNA REVISIT THE ASSIGNED TO WHICH GROUPS.
SO MIKAYLA, DO YOU WANNA LEAD US THROUGH THAT DISCUSSION? YEAH, SO ON PAGE FIVE OF YOUR PACKET, WE HAVE THE LIAISON BREAKOUT.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANY CHANGES IN ORGANIZATIONS THIS YEAR.
SO I'VE GOT THE 2026 LIAISONS, UM, PLUGGED IN SO YOU CAN SEE WHO THE CURRENT ONES ARE.
UM, JOHN, I PROMISE I WILL ADD YOUR LAST NAME TO THIS, I PROMISE.
UM, YEAH, WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE.
WE, UH, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE NEW COMMISSIONER SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU'VE DONE AND ALSO THE GROUPS HAVEN'T CHANGED, WE CAN LEAVE IT UNLESS WE REQUEST A CHANGE.
IS THAT A FAIR WAY TO DO THIS? ABSOLUTELY.
SO SOMEBODY WANTS TO, IF ANYONE WANTS TO CHANGE, NOW'S THE TIME TO SPEAK UP, OTHERWISE THEY CAN STAY THE SAME.
WE COULD GIVE THE ABSENT PEOPLE SOME OF THESE REALLY BAD GROUPS.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S HELPFUL TO, TO KEEP IT THE SAME BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY STARTED BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE SWITCH IT THIS EARLY ON, IT'S LIKE WE'RE STARTING FROM SCRATCH AGAIN.
SO I AGREE IT WOULD BE EASIER.
I'LL CORRECT THE NAME AND WE'LL GET IT FINALIZED FOR 2027.
[00:10:01]
ON THE IS SITE, OH, SORRY, I'M SORRY.SO WHAT YOU ALSO HAVE AT YOUR PLACE IS THE MASTER CONTACT LIST.
SO YOU HAVE THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EACH OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO GO AHEAD AND OUT, UM, LIAISON ORGANIZATIONS, CONGRATULATE THEM ON THE GRANT THEY RECEIVED AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND THE OCTOBER 22ND WORKSHOP TO RECEIVE THEIR CHECK.
CURRENT DISTRIBUTE THIS ELECTRONICALLY WE CAN YES.
AND MAKE WITH THE LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS NEXT TO 'EM.
DID WE EVER, DID YOU EVER SEND OUT A LIST OF WHAT THE GRANTS ACTUALLY ENDED UP BEING? BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THE END OF THE THING MINE,
UM, I KNOW I SENT OUT THE EMAIL SAYING THEY HAD BEEN APPROVED AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I ATTACHED IT TO THAT OR NOT, BUT I CAN, I'LL SEND OUT THE FINAL.
IT WAS ALL POSTED ONLINE WITH THE COUNCIL AGENDA, SO IT'S ALL ONLINE AND I'LL SEND A LINK TO THAT.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE ITEM SIX, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC ART UPDATE.
WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND WALK US THROUGH THAT? YES.
TO HEAR THIS? SO, UM, WE'VE HAD SOME PROGRESS ON SOME OF OUR PUBLIC ART PIECES AND WANTED TO JUST SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, AND GET A QUICK UPDATE.
THE LIBRARY INTERIOR ARTWORK HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
I INSPECTED IT ON THURSDAY AND ACCEPTED IT.
SO WE ARE CLOSING THAT ONE OUT.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME INSTALLATION PICTURES HERE AND THESE ARE MY PHOTOGRAPHS, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR, UM, THE DARK, YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTING AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, BUT WANTED YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE PROCESS.
UM, SO THIS IS PART OF THE INSTALLATION.
THE CREW CAME IN AND THEY HAVE, UM, THESE MOUNTING BRACKETS THAT WORKED WITH THEM AND THE ENGINEER AND CONTRACTOR ON TO INSTALL ON THE CONCRETE BEAMS IN THE LIBRARY.
UM, THERE'S SEVERAL BRACKETS IN THERE, SO WHEN YOU GO IN YOU'LL SEE SOME THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ATTACHED TO THEM RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY WERE USED TO HOIST UP THE ORIGINAL PIECES SO THERE'S EXTRA ONES IN CASE THEY DECIDED TO KIND OF SHIFT THEM A LITTLE BIT AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
BUT WE'VE GOT 'EM ALONG THE CONCRETE ON BEAMS UP TOP.
THEY WOULD ASSEMBLE, UM, ON THE GROUND LEVEL AND THEN RAISE 'EM UP POSITION AND, AND THEN GET IT IN THE PERFECT SPOT AND THEN, UH, FIX IT.
SO, UM, THEY'VE GOT THE LIFT THAT THEY WORKED THROUGH.
UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FLAT PANELS ON THE GROUND AND THEN THE FRAMES FOR EACH PIECE.
AND THESE ARE, UM, THOUGHT BUBBLES IF YOU RECALL.
SO THE BUBBLES, UM, OVER ON THE SIDE AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT DIMENSION OF 'EM, SOME MORE OF THE FLAT PIECES AND THE DIFFERENT COLORS AND, UM, ASSEMBLY PROCESS.
ONE OF THE FRAMES WAS ACTUALLY LOST IN SHIPPING, SO THEY GOT ALL OF THEM, BUT ONE INSTALLED THE FIRST WEEK THEY WERE HERE AND HAD TO HAVE A, UM, FAST TRACK, UM, FABRICATION OF THE REMAINING FRAME AND COME BACK TWO WEEKS LATER AND DO THAT FINAL INSTALL.
SO THAT WAS THE ONE THAT CAME BACK, DID LAST WEEK.
WELL, IT'S A LARGE PIECE TO LOSE IT, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO WHEN YOU'RE ON THIS UM, KIND BALCONY AREA TO THE SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THOSE.
THERE'S A, IT, IT REALLY, WHEN YOU, I THE PICTURES DON'T DO IT JUSTICE WHEN YOU SEE IT IN PERSON, THE SCALE, UM, THE COLORS, THE SHAPES IN THAT SPACE ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.
UM, I REALLY, REALLY LOVED IT WHEN YOU, EVEN WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE NEW LIBRARY AND SEE THE COLORS THEY'VE USED AND THE DESIGN AND THE MATERIALS, IT JUST, IT FITS PERFECTLY INTO THE FACILITY.
SO EVERY ANGLE YOU GET A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT COLOR.
SO ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS RED ONE, THERE'S ORANGE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE ORANGE, THERE'S YELLOW, THERE'S PURPLE AND PINK.
THE BLUES ARE, UM, A MORE OF A ROYAL BLUE AND THEN KIND OF A CORN FLOWER BLUE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
UM, IT'S REALLY COOL HOW THE IT, HOW THE LIGHTS HIT IT AND YOU GET THAT VARIANCE AND UM, AND THE COLORS ON EACH ONE.
SO THAT ONE IS THE INTERIOR ONE LOOKS, THAT'D BE GREAT.
CAN'T WAIT TO DRIVE BY ON THE WAY HOME TONIGHT TO GO SEE IF YOU CAN SEE HIM THROUGH FROM YOU CAN.
UM, THE LIBRARY EXTERIOR ARTWORK.
BRAD OLDHAM, IF YOU RECALL, THIS IS THE, UM, CONCEPT RENDERING OF IT.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE
[00:15:01]
CONCRETE BASIS.WE'RE FINALIZING THE EXACT PLACEMENT OF THE INGROUND LIGHTING FOR IT.
UM, AROUND IT WILL BE MORE OF A LANDSCAPED AREA, NOT THE CONCRETE LIKE IT'S, UM, SHOWN HERE.
UM, AND THIS WILL BE AT THE ENTRYWAY WHEN YOU TURN OFF OF, UM, CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE GOLDEN CHICK WHEN YOU'RE ENTERING IN FROM THE WEST SIDE, UM, AND ONTO THE CAMPUS.
IT'LL BE ON YOUR RIGHT ON KIND OF A ISLAND IN THE PARKING LOT RIGHT THERE.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DRIVE BY AND SEE THE FLOWERS.
SO THEY ARE MANUFACTURE, THEY ARE FABRICATED AND THEY'RE JUST WAITING.
UM, THEY'RE IN STORAGE UNTIL THEY'RE READY TO INSTALL INTO THE CONCRETE
IT'S NICE TO SEE HOW IT ALL COMES TOGETHER.
YES, THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.
THEY'RE EVEN MORE VIBRANT THAN THEY WERE IN THE RENDER.
UM, WE'VE MADE THE SPACE, THE AREA AROUND THESE VERY PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY SO PEOPLE CAN WALK UP TO 'EM, THEY CAN TAKE PICTURES WITH 'EM, THEY CAN TOUCH 'EM.
UM, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, TREAD ON BUSHES OR FLOWERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AROUND THEM TOO.
AND THEN THEY HAVE THE, UM, THE BIRD AND THE ENCHANTED SILICON PRAIRIE ON FABLE THAT WILL GO WITH IT.
AND WHEN IS THE LIBRARY OPENING OFFICIAL? WE HAVE NOT ANNOUNCED THAT DATE JUST YET.
UM, AND IT'S A FOUR TO SIX WEEK PROCESS TO MOVE EVERYTHING OVER AND GET SET BACK UP.
LI MOVING A LIBRARY IS MUCH MORE MM-HMM
INTENSE THAN I, I KNEW IT WAS UNTIL WE MOVED HIM HERE.
SO THAT IS THE LIBRARY EXTERIOR.
AND THEN, UM, THE VERY MANY IS THE ARTIST THAT'S DOING THE CITY HALL ARTWORK.
UM, THEY WERE JUST APPROVED AND PERMITTED FOR, UM, THEIR CONSTRUCTION PERMITS.
SO THEY HAVE HAVE BEEN RELEASED AND HAVE STARTED FABRICATION OF THE PANELS THEMSELVES.
UM, IN THE MEANTIME THOUGH, I I, THIS PAST SPRING BREAK WAS IN, UM, CARY, NORTH CAROLINA VISITING FAMILY AND FOUND ONE OF HIS PIECES IN THEIR DOWNTOWN NEXT TO THEIR LIBRARY AND WANTED TO SHOW Y'ALL BECAUSE IT, THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILARITY.
OURS, YOU KNOW, HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF KIND OF A FLUTED TOP TO IT, BUT THIS ONE HAS THE SAME KIND OF WHITE PANELING, UM, AND IS USED AS KIND OF A PAVILION SPACE IN THEIR DOWNTOWN.
UH, SO I GOT TO SEE IT UP CLOSE AND I ASKED, UM, MY FAMILY ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID IT'S ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.
THEY LIGHT IT DIFFERENT COLORS AT DIFFERENT TIMES THAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY LOVES IT.
SO IT WAS COOL TO SEE IT IN PERSON, SEE THE PERFORATION, SEE HOW IT'S ASSEMBLED.
OURS WILL HAVE, UM, I BELIEVE LARGER PERFORATIONS TO IT.
AND THE WAY THAT THESE PANELS ARE, ARE SMALLER DIAMONDS.
OURS WILL BE KIND OF A LITTLE LARGER, UM, IN SCALE.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE COLUMNS ARE HOLLOW AND THEY, UM, HAVE THAT OPENING DOWN THE BACK AND THERE'S THAT INGROUND LIGHTING FOR IT.
AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK CLOSE, IT'S, IT'S DOUBLE PLATED, SO IT'S JUST LIKE THE HOOD OF YOUR CAR.
IT'S THAT SAME KIND OF MATERIAL AND PAINT, UM, THAT DOUBLE PLATED TOGETHER AND ASSEMBLED SO THAT IT'S SUPER STURDY.
UM, THE ASSEMBLY KIND OF BECOMES PART OF THE ARTWORK TOO.
UM, AND YOU GET A REALLY COOL STRUCTURE ON WITH IT.
SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE DOUBLE LAYERS RIGHT THERE.
IT WAS NOT HOT, IT WAS NOT COLD.
I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT ONE COME TOGETHER IN PERSON TOO.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE.
HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT LIKE ONCE WE DO THE OPENINGS, POTENTIALLY REACHING OUT TO SOME OF OUR ARTS FUND, SOME OF OUR ARTS GRANTEES TO SEE IF THEY COULD BE PART OF THAT GRAND OPENING.
UM, I KNOW FOR THE LIBRARY GRAND OPENING, THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH SOFT LAB TO DO A, UM, PROJECT FOR KIDS WITH THE CUT, UM, D CUT PAPER PIECES WHERE THEY CAN ASSEMBLE.
[00:20:01]
WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN INTO DETAILS ON THE CITY HALL GRAND OPENING YET.UM, THE LIBRARY ONE WILL BE MORE, UM, MORE OF AN OPEN HOUSE WITH SOME ACTIVITIES INSIDE, BUT NOT AS MUCH LIKE PERFORMANCES OR MUSIC OR THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT MAYBE FOR THE CITY HALL ONE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME LIGHT MUSIC OR SOMETHING.
IF WE DO KIND OF AN OPENING RECEPTION, THE LIBRARY ONE WILL BE A SATURDAY AND IT'LL BE KIND OF JUST AN ALL DAY FAMILY COME AND GO KIND OF THING.
CAN WE TO PUT IT ON MY CALENDAR ONCE IS AN NOW YES.
AS SOON AS WE HAVE IT, LET YOU KNOW.
THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR TRAVEL PHOTOS.
THAT I DIDN'T, I HAD FORGOTTEN HE HAD ONE AND WE WERE DRIVING THROUGH DOWNTOWN AND I WAS LIKE, WAIT A SECOND
AND WAS, OH MY GOSH, THAT'S DEFINITELY HIS.
SO SEEING ALL THREE OF THOSE IS THE SAME SPACE WILL BE JUST INCREDIBLE CHANGE WHEN, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ALL KIND OF ROLL OUT IN THE SAME SEASON MM-HMM
SAME YEAR, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE 'EM ALL IN ONE PLACE.
UM, OKAY, SO UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, UH, ITEM SEVEN IS THE COMMISSION CALENDAR.
YOUR PACKET INCLUDES THE MASTER CALENDAR OF OUR, I'M SORRY VINCE.
THE MASTER CALENDAR EVENTS GOT A COMBINATION OF COMMISSION CALENDAR AND EVENTS CALENDAR.
SO, SO WE'VE GOT IN HERE, UM, COMMISSION CALENDAR FIRST.
SORRY IF THERE'S, THE WORDING GOT MIXED UP.
UM, THERE'S ON PAGE SIX IS THE 2026 CALENDAR.
SO THIS IS OUR LAST, UM, COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE YEAR.
YOU SHOULD BE RECEIVING SOON YOUR INVITATION FOR THE DECEMBER 3RD BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DINNER.
SO THAT'LL BE OUR DECEMBER, OUR UNOFFICIAL DECEMBER MEETING.
AND THEN ON PAGE SEVEN IS THE DRAFT ON 2027 MEETING SCHEDULE.
UM, IN THIS PAST YEAR IN JANUARY, WE MOVED OUR JANUARY MEETING TO FEBRUARY SO THAT WE HAD TIME TO ONBOARD OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
AND THIS YEAR WE DON'T ANTICIPATE HAVING ANY NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS, SO WE KEPT THAT EVERY OTHER MONTH AND THAT RECURRING ONE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING THAT DECEMBER 3RD FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS EXACTLY.
ON THE SAME DAY FOR THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.
YEAH, THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY A TYPO.
LEMME CHECK THAT AND BE DOESN'T YOU'RE, YOU ARE CORRECT.
IF IT'S THE FIRST THURSDAY, THEN IT'S DECEMBER 2ND.
WOULDN'T YOU ANTICIPATE THAT'S CORRECT.
I KNOW IT'S EARLY RIGHT NOW FOR NEXT YEAR THOUGH, BUT SENDING OUT MEETING INVITES.
SO THAT'S, THAT WAS THE INTENT IN SHOWING YOU THIS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY MAJOR CONFLICTS THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF.
AND UM, NEXT WE WILL GET THE OUTLOOK CALENDAR INVITES SENT OUT AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE COME FROM SHAYLA.
AND ACTUALLY I WANT TO PUT OUT THERE AS A QUESTION IN THE GROUP, RECONFIRM EVERY YEAR, 6:00 PM START THURSDAYS, MAKE SURE THERE'S NO REQUEST TO MODIFY THAT.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A PACKET OF THE, THIS IS KIND OF THE MASTER CALENDAR FOR ALL OF THE, UM, EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES THAT WERE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE CULTURAL ARTS GRANT APPLICATIONS.
WE'LL SEND IT ELECTRONICALLY TOO.
UM, FOR SAKE OF CONVERSATION, ONE THING I'VE HAD FEEDBACK IN THE PAST IS SOME OF THE GROUPS NOT BEING FULLY AWARE OF HOW TO GET 'EM ON OUR CALENDAR ON THE WEBSITE.
WE CAN SEND A REMINDER ON THAT TOO.
THAT, UM, SOME OF 'EM HAD TO SAY OVER ON THERE AND THERE'S INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SECURE EVENTS ON THERE AND WE ALWAYS TRY TO REMIND THEM AT THE WORKSHOPS AS WELL, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S NOT THE SAME PERSON.
UM, THAT WOULD BE SUBMITTING THE EVENTS THEMSELVES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CALENDARS, LEN? UM, ALRIGHT, WELL THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT IS REPORTS ON ITEM COMMUNITY INTEREST.
UM, ACT I'LL GO FIRST FOR YOUR PACKET OR HERE A LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED.
I'LL PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE COMMENT MAYBE, BUT NO, NO, THIS IS TOTALLY, THERE'S A, A ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND KIND OF GOES TO, UH, CORE THEATER FOR THEIR PRODUCTION, UH, FROM SOMEBODY WHO CAME IN FROM ELSEWHERE TO SEE A SHOW.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST GOOD INFORMATION TO, IT'S GREAT TO HEAR IT, THAT KIND OF POSITIVE REVIEWS
[00:25:01]
OF OUR PEOPLE WE SUPPORT.UM, ANY OTHER ROUND TABLE OR IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR THINGS TO SHARE WITH LOU? I WENT TO THE SHERLOCK HOLMES IN THE SUICIDE CLUB SHOWING AT REPERTORY AND IT WAS PHENOMENAL SHOW.
AND I TOOK THREE FRIENDS WHO HAD NEVER BEEN AND KIND OF WHEN I SAID WE'RE GOING TO THE COMMUNITY THEATER, BUT I PROMISE THEY'RE GOOD.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, AT THE END THEY'RE LIKE, OH MY GOD, THEY ARE REALLY GOOD.
AND THEY PLAN TO GO BACK TO ANOTHER SHOW.
I'M GLAD, I'M GLAD YOU ATTENDED THAT.
YES, IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT SHOW.
ANYBODY ELSE? I WENT TO RSO ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND, AND THERE THEREAFTER HOURS.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS VERY NICE.
UM, I WENT TO THE, UM, RICHARDSON COMMUNITY BANDS, UH, CHILDREN'S EVENTS.
THEY DID LIKE A HEROES THING AND IT WAS JUST FANTASTIC.
UM, AND IT WAS NICE BECAUSE I SAW A LITTLE BIT OF COLLABORATION WITH ACOLYTE THEATER.
SO ACOLYTE THEATER WAS ALSO THERE HELPING AND VOLUNTEERING.
UM, AND SO IT WAS, IT WAS VERY NICE.
THEY ALSO LIKE HELPED LEAD THE PARADE, UH, FOR THE KIDS.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS NICE TO SEE.
AND WHICH ORGANIZATION? UH, THE RICHARDSON COMMUNITY BAND.
SO THAT WAS FANTASTIC AS WELL.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAD, UH, COTTONWOOD THIS PAST WEEKEND, WHICH WAS GREAT.
UM, THE RAIN WAS A LITTLE SAD, I THINK.
I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE STILL CAME OUT, BUT NOT AS MUCH.
UH, THE ARTISTS WERE ALWAYS LIKE SUPER APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING WE PROVIDE.
UM, WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE ON, IT WAS SUNDAY MORNING, SO I DON'T I KNOW, I KNOW I TEXTED YOU ABOUT IT, MIKAYLA, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE.
UH, BUT OTHERWISE IT WAS GREAT.
THE ARTISTS WERE JUST REALLY HAPPY.
THERE'S PEOPLE, LIKE THERE WAS ONE GUY WHO WAS TELLING ME HE DOES SHOWS ALL OVER AND THIS IS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE SHOWS.
AND EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS WET, LIKE WE MAKE, THE CITY DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY TO LIKE QUICKLY LIKE PUT UH, DOWN LIKE THE HAY AND GET EVERYTHING MOBILIZED AND READY.
AND I THINK HE SAYS HE KNOWS OTHER CITIES WHERE HE DOES SHOWS THAT, THAT THAT COULD NOT HAPPEN THAT QUICKLY, THAT EFFICIENTLY.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE JUST REALLY THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE WORK THE CITY DOES.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT TOO, BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU, THEY DID IT QUICKLY.
I MEAN, LITERALLY WITHIN HOURS MULCH GUYS MULCH AND THEN THEY ALSO PUT DOWN THE GRAB GRAVEL AND, AND YEAH, THEY DID IT.
THERE REALLY WASN'T A LOT OF PROBLEMS WALKING THROUGH, ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY.
THEY WENT THROUGH 13 PALLETS OF MULCH.
THEY DID A, THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
AND OUR NUMBERS WERE, I THINK HIGHER THAN WE ANTICIPATED FOR THE WEATHER.
UM, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT WERE BUYERS, THEY WERE SHOPPERS.
UM, AND THE ARTISTS, THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN WAS THAT THEY, THEY HAD A GOOD SHOW.
ONE OF SAYS RICHARDSON DOES THIS, KNOWS HOW TO, I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID, BUT BASICALLY RICHARDSON GETS IT RIGHT.
AND, AND THE BUYERS ARE THE LIKELY ONES TO COME OUT.
I MEAN, PEOPLE DO COME OUT THIS EVENT TO PURCHASE.
DID ALL MEET THE UH, THE ARTIST, THE FEATURED ARTIST? YES.
HE HAD A LOT OF FULL ENERGY AND HE WAS JUST, HE WAS JUST HAVING A BALL.
I KNOW HE HAD SOMEONE THERE PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT ON SUNDAY FUN OR SATURDAY I THINK BOTH DAYS.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT WAS ABLE TO VOLUNTEER TOO.
IT WAS PRETTY QUIET ON SATURDAY MORNING FIRST.
NO, UH, EVERYBODY, SAME THING.
I HEAR THE SAME CONSTANT THINGS FROM EVERYBODY ABOUT HOW, EVEN THE ONES THEY SAY, YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE SLOW, BUT THEY DON'T BLAME US FOR THE WEATHER.
THEY, THEY KNOW IT'S STILL GREAT, YOU KNOW? FAIR TO UH, BE AT.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS TO SHARE THE, THE, THE GROUP? UM, OKAY.
UM, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS, UH, LOCK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE FALL WORKSHOP ON OCTOBER 22ND.
KAYLA, CAN YOU REMIND US THE CONTENT OF THAT? AND IT IS SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING AND CC UM, OUR CONTRACTOR WITH, SHE'S, HER COMPANY'S CALLED THE LEAGUE LADY, IS OUR PRESENTER.
SHE IS OUR, UM, OUR MARKETING GROUP THAT DOES THE WILDFLOWER AND COTTONWOOD MARKETING, SO EVENT MARKETING.
UM, AND SHE'S GOT SOME OTHER CLIENTS IN ADDITION TO US OF COURSE.
UM, SO SHE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT ONLINE, SOCIAL AND SPECIFICALLY FOR NONPROFITS WITH VOLUNTEER, UM, BOARDS TOO.
THAT'S, THAT CONCLUDES THE, UH, TODAY'S AGENDA.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE,
[00:30:01]
UH, ART COMMISSION? I MOTION TO ADJOURN THE A.UM, AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND, AMY.
WILL CLOSE THE MEETING AT 6:35 PM THANK YOU.