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[ AGENDA ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road February 21, 2024 6:30 P.M. ]
AND UNIFICATION COMMISSION.UM, SARAH, COULD YOU CALL ROLL FORCE MS. BERG? MS. BRANDENBURG? HERE.
MR. FOX PRESENT? MS. HENRY? MS. HIGHER HERE.
UM, I KNOW, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME CITIZEN COMMENTS.
SARAH'S GONNA COME SPEAK TO US.
UM, SO AS I MET YOU ALL EARLIER, I AM SARAH MCPHERSON.
UM, I JUST JOINED THE TEAM HERE AT THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS IN NOVEMBER.
UM, SO I HAVE BEEN OUT TO BOTH THE TREE LIGHTING AND THE ART SHOW THIS LAST WEEKEND, WEEKEND AGO.
UM, SO BEING ABLE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION IN OR IN ACTION.
UM, SO IT'S ALL BEEN VERY GOOD AND VERY EXCITING.
I WAS EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH THE TREE LIGHTING.
I WISH MY SON HAD BEEN THERE, BUT HE WAS HOME IN BED.
SO, UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I WAS APPROACHED WITH AN OPPORTUNITY BEING PARKS MANAGER, UM, TO KIND OF DO AN ART IN THE PARK TYPE SERIES.
UM, AND THIS WOULD BE, UM, KIND OF A SERIES THAT WE COULD TAKE IN A MULTITUDE OF DIRECTIONS.
BUT THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS MADE WAS ACTUALLY FROM A LOCAL SHAKESPEAREAN THEATER TROOP, UM, THAT MIGHT POTENTIALLY BE INTERESTED IN EITHER PUTTING ON A PLAY OR EVEN JUST DOING AN EVENING OF LIKE SHAKESPEAREAN SONNETS RECITED AT THE AMPHITHEATER.
SO THAT GOT ME THINKING OF WHAT OTHER SORT OF ACTIVITIES COULD WE HAVE OUT THERE AT THE AMPHITHEATER, AND COULD WE TIME THEM TO GO ALONG WITH THE FARMER'S MARKET TO HAVE A BIG DRAW OR TO DO ANOTHER EVENING THAT MIGHT BE VACANT, UM, FROM PROGRAMMING THIS SUMMER, UM, I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITH SOME MUSICIANS AND SOME, UM, PEOPLE IN THE DANCE WORLD.
SO IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THERE'S DEFINITELY AN INTEREST FOR THESE KIND OF PASSIVE PERFORMANCES THAT PEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE ACCESS TO IN THEIR DAILY LIFE.
I MENTIONED
AND THAT MIGHT BE A FAMILIAR EXPERIENCE TO OTHER PEOPLE.
AND I THINK JUST HAVING THAT KIND OF, UM, EXPERIENCE AND ACCESS TO THE ARTS IS IMPORTANT AND IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO ACCESS UP AT THE EEL BERG.
SO, UM, MY PLAN WAS TO TRY AND GET A FEW DAYS WHERE WE HAVE SOME DIFFERENT ART HAPPENING OUT THERE AT THE EEL BERG.
UM, LIKELY TWO, THREE HOUR SHOWCASES THAT SORT OF RANGE.
UM, AND THEN I THOUGHT, WELL, THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL HAPPENS IN SEPTEMBER.
MAYBE THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT KIND OF THE FINALE AND, UM, ADD A JED ART SHOW.
UM, SO I HAVE HOSTED IN MY PAST, IN MY CAREER A JERED RECYCLED ART SHOW, UM, AT THE CITY OF MIAMISBURG THAT WENT VERY WELL, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE ACTUAL, UM, CASH PRIZES WITH THE HELP OF A SPONSOR.
UM, AND PEOPLE REALLY LOVED IT.
I'VE ALSO GONE TO A NUMBER OF, UM, FESTIVALS WHERE THEY HAVE JUROR SHOWS, UM, AND, AND BOUGHT ART IN COLUMBUS AND MIAMISBURG AND CINCINNATI.
AND, UM, I JUST THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF FUN AND THEY GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LIKE A PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD, AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL JURY MEMBERS PICKING A BEST IN SHOW.
AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT ARTISTS.
SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT IDEA TO YOU WHERE WE WOULD ADD A BUNCH OF VENDORS WHO ARE, UM, MAKERS AND ARTISANS AND, UM, ADD MAYBE SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS, LIKE A STARVING ARTIST ELEMENT.
SO IF THEY'RE SELLING FOR UNDER $50, UM, OR A HUNDRED DOLLARS, WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO MAKE IT THAT THEY MIGHT GET THEIR BOOTH SPACE FOR FREE.
UM, AND JUST SEE IF WE CAN GET ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE DIFFERENT WARES, UM, AND HOME GOODS AND, UH, EVEN FINE ART PIECES OUT INTO THE PARK IN A PART OF THAT FESTIVAL, KIND OF AS A GRAND FINALE TO ART IN THE PARK.
SO THAT'S AN IDEA THAT I HAD, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE ON YOUR MEETING TO DISCUSS TONIGHT, YOUR PLANS AND THOUGHTS ABOUT THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ONE OUT THERE AS A POSSIBLE SUGGESTION.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I SIT DOWN? I ACTUALLY DID HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, YOU DID MENTION, UM, DOING IT POSSIBLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FARMER'S MARKET OR DURING THE, DURING THAT TIME.
SO THAT WOULD BE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A
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GREAT IDEA BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, GENERATE SOME INTEREST IN THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE FARMER'S MARKET TOO, IF YOU HAD SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE AMPHITHEATER DURING THE, DURING THE FARMER'S MARKET TOO.SO YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, LIKE HAVE LIKE A PICNIC TYPE THING.
'CAUSE YOU COULD GO TO THE VENDORS AND THEN WATCH THE ART.
SO WE WOULD FIND, UM, PEOPLE THAT WE THOUGHT WERE, YOU KNOW, RELATIVELY QUALIFIED TO JUDGE ART.
UM, THERE'S LOTS OF, UM, PROFESSORS AND OTHER LOCAL ARTISTS AND THINGS THAT MIGHT VOLUNTEER FOR THAT.
UM, IN MIAMI SPRING, I SPECIFICALLY USED, UM, A LOCAL ARTIST AND ART TEACHER FROM THE SCHOOLS.
AND THEN THERE WAS A, UH, THE NONPROFIT THAT DONATED THE MONEY FOR THE AWARDS.
THEY HAD A MEMBER OF THEIR BOARD AS ONE OF THE, THE JUDGES AS WELL.
SO, UM, LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO TAKE IT.
WE'VE HAD, WE'VE KIND MADE SOME FORAYS INTO THAT AREA, UH, SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT A, A, UH, THAT MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
AND, UH, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING IF WE COULD GET, UH, SAY THE PARK COMMISSION TOMORROW THREE DAY EVENT.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, ASKED YOU DO IT THIS YEAR? YEAH.
SO MY CURRENT THOUGHT IS TO DO IT MORE OF LIKE A SERIES SO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT SMALLER OPPORTUNITIES WITH KIND OF ONE CENTRAL FOCUS, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, PAINTING, UM, OUTDOOR, HAVE ARTISTS, OUTDOOR PAINTING.
ONE SATURDAY, THE NEXT SATURDAY HAVE A HARPE THE NEXT SATURDAY HAVE A DANCE TROUPE, AND THEN A THEATER GUILD, AND THEN KIND OF THEN THE CULMINATION AT A FESTIVAL AT THE END.
AND THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT, UM, WHICH IS ADDING SOME VENDORS.
UM, BUT IF WE WANTED TO DO IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, THERE'S, I HAVE NO OBVIOUS OBJECTIONS TO THAT EITHER.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHAT, WHAT THE BOARDS WANNA DO.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO ONTO OLD BUSINESS.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OLD BUSINESS OTHER THAN THE ART EXHIBIT? OKAY.
HOW DO YOU GUYS THINK IT WENT? WE HAD A LOT LESS NUMBERS, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS BECAUSE OF, UM, SUPER BOWL, OR ONE OF THE VENDORS TOLD ME THERE WAS ANOTHER ART SHOW NOT TOO FAR AWAY, AND THEY DECIDED TO DO THAT ONE BECAUSE THEY COULD SELL THEIR ART.
CAN WE RE-LOOK AT THAT? UM, IF WE'RE, IF THE VENDORS ARE ALLOWED TO SELL THEIR ART, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING WE DID AS A, AT THE BEGINNING OF IT, BUT MAY DRAW SOME MORE VENDORS IN.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE EVER SAID YOU, I MEAN, THEY, NO, THEY CAN'T HAVE A LITTLE CASH BOX THERE AND HAND PEOPLE OUR WORK.
WE HAVE TOLD PEOPLE THAT WE COULDN'T, THEY DO, THEY CAN TAKE ORDERS AND THEY CAN GIVE OUT THEIR BUSINESS CARDS AND STUFF.
SO WE REALLY DON'T KEEP THEM FROM, YOU KNOW, SELLING THEIR ART.
THEY JUST CAN'T DO IT RIGHT THERE.
AND IT'S PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT YEAH, I'M SURE IT CAN BE LOOKED AT AGAIN, RIGHT.
AND I, I, YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T THINK THAT WE WOULD WANT TO OPEN THAT UP TO A SALES OPPORTUNITY, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED AT THE TURNOUT, NOT JUST THE VENDORS, BUT I MEAN, THE VENDOR TURNOUT WAS, WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN THINK OUR FIRST SHOW WAS THAT POORLY ATTENDED.
IS THIS THE FIRST TIME IT WAS ON SUPER BOWL WEEKEND? I THINK YEAH.
THINK THAT, THAT, THE SUPER BOWL WASN'T THAT DAY, BUT PEOPLE GET READY FOR IT.
OUR CHURCH ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN.
PEOPLE, IT'S A BIG DEAL TO PEOPLE.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN CONTRIBUTE.
I MEAN, I, I WOULD LOOK AT POTENTIALLY MOVING IT LIKE LATER IN THE MONTH AGAIN.
UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE FIRST YEAR, 'CAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THE DATES THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAD IT.
WE HAD IT THAT LAST WEEKEND IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN THE YEAR AFTER THAT WAS WHEN WE BUMPED IT TO VALENTINE'S DAY WEEKEND.
AND THEN, AND THEN, SO THIS YEAR WAS TECHNICALLY EVEN EARLIER THAN THAT.
SO, AND I DO KNOW THERE WAS ANOTHER ART SHOW
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VERY CLOSE.SO, SO I GUESS, YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING NEED TO LOOK AT.
I, I WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT THE, THE, THE LACK OF PARTICIPATION, SO TO SPEAK.
BUT BECAUSE WHEN YOU FIRST SAID THAT YOU THOUGHT WE HAD, LIKE, WE ONLY HAD LIKE NINE VENDORS, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THAT.
YEAH, WE DIDN'T HAVE, OR, OR, UH, YOU KNOW, ARTISTS, WHEN THEY GOT THE LIST, IT WAS VERY SMALL NOTICED THEY DIDN'T ALL SHOW UP.
SO, BUT I WONDER, WE DID HAVE THAT GLITCH AT THE BEGINNING WHERE WE DIDN'T GET SOME, UH, PEOPLE'S APPLICATION AND RIGHT.
BUT, AND MAYBE THEY DIDN'T REACH OUT AGAIN AND LIKE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT IS.
OR I DIDN'T GET CONFIRMED AND JUST YEAH, LET IT GO.
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF STUFF TOO.
BUT WE CAN MOVE THE DATE FOR SURE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST.
AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY WE EVEN FELL ONTO THE, THE VALENTINE'S DAY THING.
BUT WE DON'T DE WE DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE TO GO WITH THE VALENTINE'S THEME OR ANYTHING.
DID YOU GUYS LIKE THE NEW ELEMENT OF LIVE PERFORMANCE? OH YEAH.
SO THE WAY SHE DID THE CANDY, SHE WAS, SHE WAS, SHE WAS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
THOSE WERE PEOPLE THAT JUST KIND OF REACHED OUT SO WE CAN PUT THAT PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, THOSE WERE JUST PEOPLE WHO REACHED OUT AND SAID THEY COULD DO IT.
I MADE A POST ON EVERYTHING, COOPER HEIGHTS AND MM-HMM.
SO EVEN THE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION DIDN'T SEEM AS ACTIVE AS IT WAS IN YEARS PAST.
WE HAD A COUPLE SCHOOLS THAT WERE INTERESTED.
I GOT AHOLD OF THEM IN DECEMBER.
BUT YEAH, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
AT LEAST WE GOT OUR TITLES DONE.
THAT WAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH, SARAH, FOR GETTING THOSE FRAMES WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.
WE GOT THOSE ALL NOW JUST GETTING 'EM HUNG IS GONNA BE THE NEXT YES, WE KNOW.
DO WE KNOW WEIGH METAL BE UP? THEY LITERALLY WEIGH A TON
THEY, THEY DO WEIGH, THEY DO WEIGH A LOT.
UM, AND THE WALLS IN THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING HAVE METAL STUDS.
UM, SO WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANG IN THEM IN THERE, BUT THEY MIGHT BE KIND OF SPREAD OUT SO THAT WE AREN'T PUTTING TOO MUCH WEIGHT ON ONE SINGLE WALL.
UM, AND I DON'T HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT.
WE'RE GONNA GET LIKE A FLOOR WAX GUY TO COME IN SOON AND DO A COUPLE MORE ITEMS AROUND THERE TO KIND OF, UM, JUST TIE THE BOW ON TOP OF ALL THE RENOVATIONS.
AND SO I THINK PROBABLY SOMETIME BY SUMMER DEFINITELY.
DEFINITELY BY THE NEXT TIME YOU GUYS ARE IN THERE.
GLAD TO HAVE THAT PROJECT OFF OUR YEAH, THAT'D BE NICE TO-DO LIST.
OH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, CONCERNS, COMMENTS FOR THE ARCH JOKES? OKAY.
THAT WAS SOMETHING I DID HERE.
I, I GOT QUITE A NUMBER OF QUITE EMAILS AND, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA DMS AND THAT KINDA STUFF ABOUT, EVERYBODY'S LIKE, OH, WE'RE SORRY WE MISSED IT.
I'M LIKE, SEEMED, I THOUGHT WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF PUTTING IT OUT THERE, THAT WE WERE DOING IT HOW WE, HOW WE HAD THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT JUST DIDN'T NOTICE IT.
AGAIN, I, I'M BEGINNING TO WONDER IF IT WASN'T SUPER BOWL WEEKEND AND MM-HMM.
THAT WAS THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF THAT WASN'T ON MY RADAR AT ALL.
SUPER BOWL COMES AND GOES SO YEAH.
IN MY LIFE, RATHER THAN YOU HAD THAT GOOFY THING WITH THE SINGER AND THE TIGHT END, SO, OH MY.
ALRIGHT, THIS SUMMER, UM, SUMMER SERIES.
SO I JUST HAVE A QUICK UPDATE FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, I CHECKED INTO THE AVAILABILITY OF JERRY DEERE FOR OUR, UH, THAT DOES THE WHIP ARTISAN, UM, THE WHIP ARTISTRY FOR THE INDIANA JONES MOVIE.
UM, SO HE IS AVAILABLE FOR JUNE.
SO THAT'S ALL SQUARED AWAY, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
UM, WHICH WILL BE GOOD 'CAUSE HE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF DAYLIGHT LEADING UP TO THE MOVIE TIME TO DO THAT ACTIVITY.
UM, ALL OF THE MOVIES ARE GOOD TO GO EXCEPT HOCUS POCUS TWO.
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OKAY.I KNOW THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SHR, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT, OH, WIZARD OF OZ MONSTERS INC.
WELL, WE'RE DOING WIZARD OF OZ IN AUGUST.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE ACTUAL ANNIVERSARY.
UM, SO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MONSTERS INC.
UM, THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT I HAVE LISTED HERE.
AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OLDER, SO SOME OF THE KIDS PROBABLY HAVEN'T SEEN IT AND OR WE CAN SHOW THE ORIGINAL HOKAS POCUS AGAIN.
WELL, THAT'S TRUE BECAUSE WE LAST SHOWED THAT IN 2019.
I THINK, I STILL THINK THAT WOULD BE, I MEAN, I LOVE HOCUS POCUS.
COULDN'T YEAH, I THINK PEOPLE WOULD COME.
I WATCH IT ON RERUNS, SO, OKAY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS AVAILABLE ONLY ON STREAMING.
THE SECOND ONE, ONE, FORGET JULY.
WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR JULY? WHICH ONE? I FORGOT.
JULY IS, UM, CHRISTMAS AND JULY.
SO THE RUNDOWN IS WE'VE GOT INDIANA JONES IN JUNE.
WE'VE GOT THE GRINCH, THE JIM CARREY VERSION.
UM, AND THEN AUGUST IS WIZARD OF OZ 'CAUSE THAT'S THE BIG ANNIVERSARY.
AND THEN SEPTEMBER IS SUPER MARIO, UH, SUPER MARIO BROTHERS THE MOVIE.
AND SINCE I HAVE SARAH HERE, SHE'S GONNA DO, UM, WHAT DID WE TALK ABOUT EARLIER? IT WAS GONNA BE BE OZ AND ICE CREAM.
UM, LIKELY I WILL ADD TO THAT A BOUNCE HOUSE AND SOME ICE CREAM TO GIVE AWAY.
UM, ALL IN THE LIKE VIDEO GAME WORLD THEME.
UM, BECAUSE I'M DOING AN ESPORT PROGRAM THIS SUMMER.
AND SO WE'LL JUST TIE IT ALL IN AND BLOW IT UP AND HOPEFULLY GET A LOT OF THE KIDS WHO COME TO THAT PROGRAM TO COME OUT TO THIS MOVIE.
UM, ESPORT, IS THAT THE GAMING THING OR THE SKATEBOARD THING? GAMES, GAMING.
AND I, I GOT APPROVAL FOR IF, UM, IF YOU GUYS WANT FREE POPCORN AND GAMES.
I GOT A NEW TRAILER THAT I GET TO TAKE THINGS TO PLACES NOW.
INSTEAD OF SHOVING IT IN YOUR VAN.
NOT EVEN A VAN
SO IF YOU GUYS WANT FREE POPCORN AT THE MOVIES, I CAN DO THAT IN GAMES.
ARE ALL THE MOVIES AT THE AMPHITHEATER THIS YEAR? UH, NO.
SO DO WE HAVE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY LIKES THE DRIVE-IN STYLE, SO YEAH.
SO OCTOBER, WHAT DO WE WANNA DO? I SAY HOCUS POCUS.
I MEAN, WE GO BACK TO THE CUS POCUS.
WELL, IF WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE, HAVE WE DONE MONSTERS? WE HAVEN'T, BUT WE HAVE NOT.
BUT CALL THAT WITH THE ONE THAT WAS 10 MINUTES SHORTER THAN THE OTHER THAT WE LANDED ON.
BUT I THINK HOCUS POCUS IS GOOD BECAUSE THAT DRAWS ADULTS AND KIDS.
IT'S LIKE A TRADITION TOO FOR PEOPLE TO WATCH IT.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED FOR THE MOVIE SERIES? UM, NO.
WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT PLANNING THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU WANNA DO AROUND CHRISTMAS.
SO STARTING TO KIND OF MAP OUT WHAT YOU WANT THAT TO LOOK LIKE.
UM, FOR THE ONE IN JULY AND THEN WHATEVER ACTIVITIES YOU WANT TO DO AROUND WIZARD OF OZ AND, OH, I SAY WE TELL EVERYBODY TO DRESS UP AND EVERYBODY'S YES.
BRING THEIR DOGS THAT ARE DRESSED LIKE LIONS.
WHERE ARE WE GONNA DO THE, UM, THE GRINCH? OR ARE WE GONNA ASK HIM TO DO THE GRINCH? OH, WE, OH YEAH.
WE NEED, WE CAN INVITE THE GRINCH.
WE SHOULD GET WANT WANT ME TO CHECK INTO THAT? THAT'D BE GREAT.
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD OF HIM? YEAH.
THAT'S FOR, FOR JULY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
WHAT'S THE DATE AGAIN? UM, I KNEW YOU WERE GONNA ASK ME THAT.
THIS IS WHY I BROUGHT ALL MY NOTES.
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IT STARTS AT THE MICHAEL BERGER, I BELIEVE.SO WE GOT A BOUNCY HOUSE FOR THE SEPTEMBER ONE.
WHAT DO WE WANNA DO FOR HOCUS POCUS? OH, WHAT ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES? CLOSE STICKS AND CANDY STUFF.
SHOULD HAVE THE LITTLE KIDS DRESS UP.
WELL, EVERYBODY HAS, I THINK YEAH.
A LITTLE RIGHT? THE LITTLE KIDS WILL ENJOY THAT.
HECK, EVEN, EVEN I THINK WE WOULD ENJOY THAT.
WELL, WE'VE USED IN THE PAST, WE HAVE DRESSED UP FOR THAT AGAIN.
BUT I, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY DID THIS PAST YEAR.
BUT THERE, THIS PAST YEAR, THERE WAS ONLY THREE OF US THERE,
WELL, AND THE YEAR BEFORE WHEN WE SHOWED MELISSA MALEFICENT MALEFICENT.
SO, I MEAN, YOU COULD LOOK AT DOING THAT AGAIN.
HAVE ACTORS FOR THE WITCHES, I THINK.
THEY, THEY REALLY BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES AND THEY TOOK PICTURES WITH THE KIDS AND AW, IT WAS FUN.
WELL YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THAT HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB.
WOULD THEY WANT TO SEND PEOPLE UP DRESSED IN CHARACTER? HOW WAS THE GIRLS THE DRAMA GIRLS AT THE CHURCH? OH YEAH.
WE HAVE A NEW DRAMA TROOP AT OUR CHURCH, SO.
YEAH, I CAN ASK WHO? I DON'T REMEMBER THEIR NAMES, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE VERY, THEY'RE VERY GOOD.
OH YEAH, THEY'RE QUITE, THEY'RE GOOD.
SO APPLICATIONS WENT LIVE ON FEBRUARY 15TH AND THEY CAME IN LIKE GANGBUSTERS, GANG GANGBUSTERS.
SO WE HAVE CURRENTLY 10 COMPLETE APPLICATIONS FOR FOOD TRUCKS.
WE ALSO HAVE NINE COMPLETE VENDOR APPLICATIONS AND THREE THAT ARE PENDING.
UM, PETTING ZOO IS UNDER CONTRACT.
UH, THE CINCINNATI CIRCUS, THE ONES THAT ARE DOING THE RIDES, EVERYTHING IS FINALLY, UH, NEGOTIATED AS FAR AS INSURANCE AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO THAT KIND CONTRACT IS IN PROGRESS.
UM, STRANGER, WE HAVE A VERBAL FORCE.
SO THAT CONTRACT IS IN PROGRESS AND THEN TENS ARE ALSO IN PROGRESS.
BUT WHAT I COULDN'T REMEMBER IS, I KNOW LAST YEAR WE HAD TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY ADDING ANOTHER TENT OVER BY THE RIDE AREA.
OH, I WAS THINKING WE WERE PUTTING IT OVER BY WHERE THE PERFORMERS, WELL WE HAVE THE, THE FOOD TRUCK TENT.
SO WE HAVE THE 40 BY 60 TENT THAT WAS OVER THERE LAST YEAR.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE BEER GARDEN TENT, WHICH IS A 40 BY 60.
UM, THE STAGE WILL BE LOWER BUT BIGGER AND THEN THE TENT WILL COVER THE FULL STAGE.
SO GOD WILLING, KNOCK ON WOOD, WE ARE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY WEATHER ISSUES.
UM, BUT AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE A COVERED STAGE VERSUS WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT I COULDN'T REMEMBER ABOUT THAT THIRD TENT CONVERSATION.
AND I TRIED TO GO BACK THROUGH MY NOTES AND I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
I THINK THEY WANTED IT BY THE FOOD, AGAIN, LIKE A BIGGER FOOD AREA.
THEY HAD SAID IT WAS ALWAYS CROWDED.
THE FOOD TENT, THE TENT WHERE PEOPLE COULD GO AND EAT THEIR FOOD WERE SO CROWDED THEY COULDN'T GET IN THERE AND IT WAS HOT SITTING OUT IN THE SUN.
SO THAT'S WHERE, SO I DON'T KNOW SOMETHING THAT, THAT COULD BE IN THE FOOD AREA.
I GUESS MAYBE EVEN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT, YOU KNOW HOW THE SIDE, THE FOOD TRUCKS KIND OF HORSESHOE.
SO THERE WAS ONE AT THIS END, MAYBE ANOTHER ONE AT KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE.
OH, THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.
JUST WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET OUT OF THE SUN.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT A NOT TO LIKE THE, 'CAUSE THE CHURCH DOES THE, THE IT
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HAS LIKE A FREE TENT.AND THEN WE HAD MENTIONED SUGGEST THE COOLING TENT SUGGESTED LIKE THE QUIET THE QUIET SPACE TYPE OF THING.
A CALM DOWN COOLING WATER FANS MAYBE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I WAS FORGETTING? DID WE LOOK INTO THE HOT AIR BALLOON OR NO, I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK.
SOMETHING TOO, WHEN WE SET THIS UP, WE NEED TO HAVE A E EGRESS EXCESS FOR THE FOOD TRUCKS THAT IS NOT GONNA BE TAKING THEM ACROSS THE FIELD.
SO WE WILL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE A SHIFT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF GAMES AND ALL OF THAT.
SO THE GAME COMPANY, ONCE THEY GET THE CONTRACT, THEN THEY WILL TAKE THE MAP THAT I'VE PROVIDED LAST YEAR AND THEY'RE GONNA KIND OF SKETCH OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR LOGISTICS MEETING HERE AT THE CITY WHEN WE DO OUR INTERNAL CITY PLANNING STUFF AND WE WILL WE'LL MAP THAT ROUTE OUT.
I WAS THINKING WE'D JUST HAVE SOMETHING AT THE BACK.
UM, AND THEN THEY COULD JUST GO AROUND THAT WAY AND THROUGH THE PARKING LOT INSTEAD OF CUTTING.
WE'LL, WE'LL WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT THOUGH ONCE WE DO OUR LOGISTICS.
'CAUSE OF THE IN AND OUT TRAFFIC UP AND DOWN THAT SIDE.
SO YEAH, I HAD THOUGHT MAYBE THAT THEY COULD JUST, WE COULD JUST TELL THE FOOD TRUCKS IF THEY HAVE AN EXTRA VEHICLE THAT THEY NEED TO RUN ERRANDS WITH TO KEEP IT IN THE PARKING LOT AND THEN WE'D HAVE GATORS AVAILABLE TO TAKE 'EM ACROSS.
IF THEY NEED SOMEBODY TO CARRY, YOU KNOW, THEIR ICE CHEST OR THEIR WHATEVER, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
'CAUSE THAT WAS KIND OF DANGEROUS LAST YEAR.
SO THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT WILL ADD TO THE LOGISTICS FOR THIS COMING YEAR IS HAVING SOME VOLUNTEERS STATIONED, UM, DOWN BY THE SPLASH PAD BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE AREN'T FOOD TRUCKS COMING INTO THE PARK FOR OUR EVENT THAT ARE NOT REGISTERED LIKE LAST YEAR.
LIKE WE HAD THE PROBLEM LAST YEAR WHERE I ABOUT LOST MY MIND
UM, AND IN LOOKING AT OUR GUIDELINES WHEN THE PARK IS RENTED, INCLUDING FOR OUR EVENT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PERMISSION TO BE THERE.
AND BECAUSE WE'RE CHARGING ADMISSION FOR THE FOOD TRUCKS TO BE THERE, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY OTHER FOOD TRUCKS ON THE PROPERTY TRYING TO SELL THEIR ICE CREAM FROM THEIR TRUCK.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO TALK WITH THE POLICE CHIEF ABOUT BECAUSE PERHAPS, PERHAPS THESE PEOPLE NEED CITATIONS TO GET THE POINT ACROSS THAT THEY DON'T BELONG THERE.
WELL I MEAN WE WILL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN OUR LOGISTICS MEETING, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS STATIONED THERE THIS TIME AROUND.
THE POINT IS THAT WE'VE RUN INTO THIS IN THE PAST WHERE, YOU KNOW, JUST TRY TO GET THOSE PEOPLE TO STOP AND IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
THEY JUST, I MEAN, IF I HAVE TO BE THAT VOLUNTEER, THEY DON'T WANT ME STOPPING 'EM 'CAUSE OF YEAH.
ESPECIALLY IF IT'S THE SAME PERSON IT WAS LAST YEAR
BUT YEAH, THEY JUST TENDED TO BLOW RIGHT BY, I MEAN, WITHOUT STOPPING OR ANYTHING.
WHICH IS WHY I'M THINKING MAYBE WE OUGHT TO THROW THIS TOWARDS THE POLICE CHIEF AND START OR CHARGE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT START IT CITATIONS.
YOU KNOW, SO NOW WE NEED TO BE REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE, LIKE IF YOU WANNA BE A VENDOR, SIGN UP.
SO THE PARADE APPLICATION IS LIVE, THE FOOD TRUCK.
I MEAN, ALL OF OUR EVENTS ARE LIVE.
SO WHETHER IT'S STAR SPAN HEIGHTS, MARIGOLD, UH, MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, FARMER'S MARKET, THAT'S MY FORGETTING.
IS, UM, THE, I FORGET WHAT MEDICAL MOBILE THING CAME LAST YEAR.
WAS THAT RECEIVED WELL, DID THEY? YEAH, SO, UM, I ACTUALLY HAD A CALL WITH THEM AND PROVIDED THEM ALL OF OUR DATES AND INFORMATION.
SO, UM, AND AGAIN, THEY GOT THE EMAIL SAYING, HEY, OUR EVENTS ARE LIVE, YOU KNOW, SIGN UP TYPE OF THING.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, I DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE IF ANY OF YOU'RE CONNECTED WITH, YOU KNOW, ANY LOCAL NONPROFITS OR ANY KIND OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC.
THIS, I MEAN THESE ARE THE EVENTS THAT YOU WANT.
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DO THE NONPROFITS PAY TO BE A VENDOR? YEAH.I, I JUST WANNA CALL THEM LIKE YEP.
ANYTHING ELSE, UH, ARE WE GOING TO DO, UM, SO THAT TIME BETWEEN WHEN THE GAMES AND RIDES STOP, SO THAT'LL BE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR AS WELL.
SO THE RIDES ARE GOING TO RUN RIGHT UP UNTIL 9 45.
AS LONG AS YOU'RE IN LINE BY LIKE NINE 30.
THEY'LL RUN THE RIDES AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
SO THE RIDE COMPANY IS ACTUALLY COMING EARLY TO SET UP.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL STAY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING.
THEY'RE NOT PULLING OUT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY JUST GONNA SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN AND ENJOY THE FIREWORKS WITH US, WHICH IS GREAT.
SO IT'LL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
AND THEN, UM, THE BAND WILL PLAY, UM, FROM SEVEN TO 10.
THEY'LL HAVE A BREAK IN THERE, BUT THEY'RE GONNA DO THE COUNTDOWN TO THE FIREWORK LAUNCH AND OKAY.
AND DO WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR THE RIDES? IS THAT WHAT I REMEMBER THE EMAIL SAYING? UM, SO WE ARE, THAT'S ONE THING WE'RE STILL NEGOTIATING.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE'LL HAVE THE $10 WRISTBANDS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL DAY $10, ALL THE RIDES ARE INCLUDED.
UH, THE ONLY ONE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING IS THE AX THROWING INSURANCE.
HAD A LITTLE ISSUE WITH X-ING
BUT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO.
AND AS FAR AS I'M AWARE THE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION IS ON BOARD FOR THE BEER GARDEN AGAIN TOO, SO.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD REACH OUT TO THE BALLOON PERSON? DO YOU WANT YOU WANT ME TO REACH OUT? I'VE, I'VE GOT THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE THINK WOULD MAKE IT EVEN BETTER FOR THE 4TH OF JULY? OH, THAT WAS THE QUESTION.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE IT LAST YEAR, BUT WE'VE HAD IT IN THE YEARS PAST.
HE HAD REACHED OUT TO ME, UM, WHEN WE HAD ALREADY SOLIDIFIED OUR SCHEDULE AND SO I ACTUALLY SENT AN EMAIL SO I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM HIM YET.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS LIKE A REALLY NOMINAL COST AND THEY DID NINE INNINGS AND IT WAS LIKE TWO TO TWO TO SIX, TWO TO FIVE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKED IT.
IT WAS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANT TO ADD THAT BACK IN TO THE MIX FOR THIS YEAR OR NOT.
WHEN WE DID IT LAST, WE DID IT OUT BY THE STREET.
AND DIDN'T BECAUSE THEY DON'T USE, THEY DON'T USE BASES.
SO THEY PREFER AN OPEN GRASS SPACE.
I WAS GONNA SAY IT DIDN'T SEEM VERY WELL ATTENDED COMPARED TO THE OTHER, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAD.
THAT'S 'CAUSE IT WAS HOT AND EVERYBODY WAS HIDING IN THE TREE LINE.
SO THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE IT ON ONE OF THE BALL DIAMONDS.
UM, THEY'RE OUT OF TIP CITY, OUT OF TROY.
SO IT'S, I CANNOT REMEMBER THE TWO TEAMS, BUT YEAH, THEY, THEY'VE CAN PLAY A CIRCUIT.
SO DO WE WANT, UM, SOME CONTESTS LIKE CORN HOLE? UM, I THINK THAT'S ADDING TOO MUCH.
I MEAN BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MONITOR AND WELL NOT IF YOU GET SOMEONE, SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO LIKE AN ORGANIZATION TO DO IT.
LIKE YOU CAN, I SUPPOSE GIRL SCOUTS, WERE GONNA DO THE BAKING UH, CONTEST THAT YEAR, BUT WE GOT RAINED OUT THE COOK.
ARE WE DOING THAT THIS YEAR? I CAN, I MEAN IF WE WANNA ADD MORE I'M FOR ADDING MORE JUST TO MAKE IT BETTER AND GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED.
I CAN ASK THE KENDRA, DO YOU WANT REACH OUT? DO YOU STILL HAVE THE TROPHIES AND STUFF TOO? YEAH, WE STILL HAVE THE TROPHIES.
SO IF YOU WANNA REACH OUT AND THEN GET BACK WITH ME.
WE CAN ADD THAT INTO THE MIX AS LONG AS WE HAVE.
OF COURSE YOU'VE GOT, YOUR CHURCH HAS A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS.
AS LONG AS WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES, THAT'S GREAT.
THIS BOARD GETS SPREAD PRETTY THIN.
WHEN I SAY CONTEST I'M LIKE LET'S TALK TO THE BOY SCOUTS AND SEE OH, DO YOU WANT THEM TO RAISE THE FLAG THIS YEAR? YES.
I LOVE THEM DOING THAT IN THE RAIN LAST YEAR.
DO YOU WANT ME TO REACH OUT? YES.
YOU KNOW WHERE THE FLAG POOL IS NOW?
I MEAN I CAN REACH OUT TO THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY WOULD RUN IT, BUT IT WOULD YEAH.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS, IS THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO SUPPORT ALL
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THESE ACTIVITIES AND, AND IF WE DO, I MEAN THAT'S FINE.BUT I KNOW IN THE PAST WE USED TO, YOU KNOW, I YOUR CHURCH DOES THIS KIDS ZONE, BUT WE USED TO, THE BOARD HAD TO COVER THE KID ZONE AND THE BOARD HAD TO COVER THE PARKING AND THE BOARD HAD TO COVER.
YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS JUST, IT GOT TO BE TOO MUCH.
SO WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A LOT OF THE GIRL SCOUT TROOPS.
THEY'VE REALLY STEPPED UP AND LIKE, UM, AT THE TREE LIGHTING, THEY DID OUR CRAFT FOR US AND THEY'VE HELPED A LOT IN DIFFERENT AREAS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN I'M ALL FOR THAT STUFF AS LONG AS WE'VE GOT IT COVERED.
I WILL REACH OUT TO YOU AND THEN THE PARADE.
SO AGAIN, THE APPLICATION IS LIVE, BUT JUST TO RUN THROUGH THE TIMELINE, UM, 'CAUSE I DOCUMENTED EVERYTHING LAST YEAR SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO.
WHAT TIME WAS THAT
UM, SO THE PARADE ROUTE THEN IS SHUT DOWN AT 7 45 LINEUP BEGINS AT EIGHT, EIGHT O'CLOCK.
THE CLOUD PARK ALSO OPENS THEN FOR THE FOOD TRUCKS AND THE VENDORS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PARADE.
AND THEN THE FOOD TRUCK INSPECTIONS BEGIN AT NINE.
THE VENDORS SET UP BEGINS AT 10, WHICH IS ALSO THE SAME TIME THAT THE PARADE STEP OFF IS AND THEN THE HISTORICAL CAR SHOW OR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY STARTS THEIR CAR SHOW AT 11.
CHERYL, DO YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE STILL PLANNING? THEY ARE.
AND THEN FLAG GRAZING AT 12 O'CLOCK, THAT'S WHEN EVERYTHING KICKS OFF.
AND THEN THE FESTIVAL AND EVERYTHING WE CAN BREATHE KIND OF
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THE STAR SPAN NOW? DO WE HAVE TO BE THERE ALL DAY OR, OR IS IS THIS ON ALL OR YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO, THIS IS ALL HANDS ON DECK AS MUCH AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.
UM, WE'LL TRY TO DO LIKE A, UM, A A LIST OF WHAT HOURS YOU CAN WORK AND WHAT YOU CAN'T.
BUT THIS IS WHEN WE ASKED EVERYBODY TO BE LIKE THERE AND YEAH, HE CAN, YEAH.
AS MUCH TIME AS YOU CAN DEVOTE.
BUT WE DO HAVE HELP FROM MULTICULTURAL STUFF, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND REC AND PARKS AND REC.
SO LIKE THE TENT THAT WE TRY TO KEEP MANNED ALL THE TIME WITH AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE THAT, I MEAN WE'RE GONNA HAVE OTHER PEOPLE KIND OF HELPING WITH THAT TOO, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS, YOU GUYS GOTTA HAVE SOMEBODY RUN IT AND TRY TO FIND SARAH
I'LL EVEN BRING ONE FOR WEAR A BIG YELLOW VEST.
I'LL EVEN BRING ONE FOR THIS SARAH TOO.
I THINK GO SARAH'S NEED A VEST AND YOU SHOULD EACH HAVE YOUR OWN GATOR
SO YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO DRIVE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY STEPS I HAD LAST YEAR.
I KNOW YOU WERE, YOU WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE DOING WELL WITH THAT PLANNING.
UM, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL.
UM, SO COUNCIL HAS, UM, ASKED US TO MAKE SOME CHANGES WITH THE MARI FESTIVAL.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN HERE MULTIPLE TIMES SAYING THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE DATE.
UM, THEY DON'T LIKE THE NUMBERS FOR WHAT WE SPEND.
SO I HAVE DONE A COUPLE THINGS.
I'VE TALKED TO, UM, CHRISTIAN, CHRIS, MS. SHOWERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ASKED HER IF THE, THE WAYNE BAND TROOP WOULD BE INTERESTED IN MAYBE PARTNERING WITH US BRINGING THE MARI FESTIVAL TO HER.
AND UM, I FORGET WHAT IT'S CALLED.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HALFTIME? USA? YES.
SO THAT EVENT USUALLY HAPPENS AT THE SAME DAY AND THAT WAS ONE OF COUNCIL'S CONCERN THAT WE'RE COMPETING WITH THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
HER MEETING WITH THEIR BOARD ISN'T UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
UM, I WAS HOPING TO HAVE AN ANSWER BY TODAY, BUT UM, SHE DOESN'T SEEM SHE'S, SHE SEEMS INTERESTED IN WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
UM, SO MAKING IT MORE OF A A MUSICAL ARTS KIND OF FESTIVAL IS WHAT, UM, ME AND MS. SHOWERS WERE TALKING ABOUT AND THEN CONNECTING IT TO HALFTIME USA, LIKE DOING IT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL OR
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SOMETHING HIGH SCHOOL IN THE PARK ACROSS LIKE OH, I SEE.BACK WHERE THEY USED TO HAVE IT.
SO, UM, JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
I KNOW THAT COUNCIL WANTS, WANTS IT DIFFERENT, WANTS US TO BE MORE, UM, WILLING TO WORK WITH OTHERS PARTNERING SHIP.
SO, UM, I WON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT UNTIL SHE MEETS WITH HER BOARD THOUGH, IF SHE WANTS TO GO ON WITH THAT.
I THINK COUNSEL WANTS AN ANSWER OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE MARIAL FEST.
SO IF WE'RE, I MEAN IF ESPECIALLY ARE THEY STILL OKAY WITH, I KNOW THAT THERE FOR A WHILE THEY WANTED US TO LIKE MOVE IT TO SPRING OR THEY DO NOT LIKE THE DATE THEY SAY WE COMPETE.
DO THEY NOT WANT US TO HAVE IT? YEAH, THAT'S A PROBLEM THERE.
'CAUSE I MEAN YOU'VE GOT SO MUCH OTHER, SO MANY OTHER THINGS GOING ON.
THEY DON'T WANT IT TO COMPETE WITH ANY BIG FESTIVALS AROUND AS AT LEAST POSSIBLE WHAT SOME OF THEM HAVE SAID.
UM, THAT'S THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE PODIUM.
UM, WE'VE GOTTEN WITH A COUPLE THAT HAVE TALKED TO ME PERSONALLY.
THEY DON'T WANT IT WHERE WE'RE COMPETING WITH THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL OR, UM, THE OTHER SAUERKRAUT FESTIVAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THEY, THE OTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT IS A MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND KICKOFF, YOU KNOW, SUMMER WARM WEATHER SEASON KICKOFF FESTIVAL.
MEMORIAL DAY I THINK WOULD MAKE IT TOO CLOSE TO MULTICULTURAL AND JUNE 19TH FESTIVAL.
I WOULD, I WOULD ALSO CAUTION AGAINST MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, UM, YOU'RE EATING INTO, TO A HOLIDAY WEEKEND THERE AND AT THE LEVEL OF STAFF THAT YOU NEED, UM, FROM THE CITY.
I WOULD JUST NOT CHOOSE THAT WEEKEND.
HOWEVER, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR AN EARLIER WEEKEND IN MAY.
UM, THERE'S ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE REALLY THINKING HARD ABOUT CHANGING THE DATE, UM, TO THEN THAT'S NOT OUR REQUEST.
SO, UM, SO DO YOU POTENTIALLY RETIRE THE MARYGOLD FESTIVAL AND FROM, YOU KNOW, A PHOENIX ASHES BRING ABOUT A NEW FESTIVAL, UM, THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE WERE TALKING ART EARLIER, MAYBE IT HAS THAT MORE CENTRIC FOCUS.
SO THEN THERE'S NOT THE EXPECTATION OF WHAT THE MARITAL FESTIVAL USED TO BE.
INSTEAD IT'S LIKE, NO, WE'RE HAVING AN ART FEST.
LIKE AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS AND IT'S GONNA DRAW A CERTAIN CROWD THAT ONCE OUR WELL THEN WILL IT BE IN, IN THE WAY OF DIFFERENT THINGS TOO STILL? I THINK THAT THE, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL, THAT'S A LARGE FESTIVAL AND YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THE PARADIGM OF, I'M GONNA GET REALLY DORKY ON YOU WITH PARKS AND REC, UM, TERMINOLOGY MAYBE.
BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT AVENUES THAT YOU PROGRAM DOWN IN THE PROFESSION AND ONE OF THEM IS LEISURE.
UM, AND I THINK WHEN WE THINK STAR-SPANGLED HEIGHTS, WHEN WE THINK STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL, UM, WHEN WE THINK MAYBE WHAT THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL IS IT'S LEISURE, UM, THAT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING.
AND THEN IF YOU TAKE IT AND GEAR IT MORE TOWARDS AN ENRICHMENT SIDE WITH STATED GOALS OF LIKE PEOPLE WILL EXPERIENCE ACCESS TO DIFFERENT VENDORS, UH, THAT EXPRESS DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART.
SO THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ART AND, AND FOCUSING ON THAT, THEN YOU START TO PUT IT IN AN ENRICHMENT PARADIGM AND THEREFORE YOU AREN'T REALLY GOING FOR THE SAME CROWD.
UM, YOU'RE NOT GOING FOR THE SAME PERSON THAT WANTS TO LEISURELY STROLL AND RIDE A FERRIS WHEEL OR THE MERRY-GO-ROUND AND EXPECT A PET A HORSE.
UM, YOU'RE GOING FOR A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WANT THAT CULTURAL ENRICHMENT AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE THERE.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT PULL FROM LITERALLY THE SAME POPULATION OF THE GREATER DAYTON AREA, YOU'RE GETTING, YOU'RE KIND OF GETTING A DIFFERENT PERSON.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, IT'S, IT'S EXACTLY THAT SAME THING.
YOU'RE PULLING FROM A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT POOL OF PEOPLE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WANT US TO CANCEL THE MIRACLE FESTIVAL THEY DON'T WANT.
SO WE JUST NEED TO DECIDE A MIRACLE FESTIVAL.
WE'RE JUST, I TIPTOEING AROUND IT.
SO I I I THINK WE'VE HAD IT, I THINK IT'S GROWN OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS I THINK WITH VENDORS AND WITH PEOPLE COMING, I THINK IT HAS GROWN.
I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THE DATE IS THE BAD PART I THINK, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY PULL FROM DIFFERENT AVENUES OF PEOPLE.
WELL THE THE PAIRING WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL ON THIS EVENT, IS THAT A SEPTEMBER EVENT? IT WOULD BE THE SAME DATE, BUT, BUT I MEAN IS THERE EVENT A SEPTEMBER EVENT? THERE'S THEIR EVENT IS SEPTEMBER.
ALL THIS IS SO
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'EM, WHICH IS FINE WITH ME, BUT YOU PICK MY MY MAIN CONCERN IS WITH ALL OF THIS IS IF WE WANT IT TO GROW, WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY GROWN OUT.WE'VE ALREADY GROWN OUT OF BERGER.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE PARKING FOR WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW.
IF WE MAKE IT BIGGER, IF THERE'S MORE ATTENDANCE, WHERE ARE WE GONNA PUT ALL THE PEOPLE? YEAH, WE'D HAVE TO GO TO CLOUD.
THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY, THEY'RE NOT MONEY.
THEY'RE NOT WANTING IT IS WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT HERE.
I I, WELL I GET THAT IMPRESSION TOO THAT THEY JUST DON'T WANT IT.
SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE A DECISION NOW AND JUST, I, I DON'T KNOW, I I DEFINITELY GET THAT BY MYSELF, BUT I THINK YOU CAN PROBABLY WAIT TO HEAR BACK FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WHAT THEY SAY BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A, A DRAMATIC SHIFT IN THE PARADIGM OF THE FESTIVAL.
AND WHAT WE WOULD THEN BE CHALLENGED WITH IS JUST HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE AND STORY TELL THIS SHIFT.
UM, BECAUSE NOW WE ARE NOT GOING FOR A LEISURE FESTIVAL.
WE'RE GOING FOR AN EXPERIENTIAL TYPE OFFERING.
WE'RE KEEPING THE NAME BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE IT.
EVEN WE HAVE, WE CAN EVEN LIKE KIND OF, IF WE DO GO THAT ROUTE, MAKE IT LIKE A RETRO TAKE ON IT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING BACK TO COMMUNITY PARK.
IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO LIKE A THROWBACK TYPE YEAR.
I THINK THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN MARKET IT AND THAT WE CAN STORY TELL AND WE CAN GET THERE AND KEEP THE NAME AND KEEP THE WEEKEND IF THE HIGH SCHOOL DOES COME BACK ON BOARD.
UM, I, I THINK THAT'S OUR BEST SOLUTION.
I MEAN OBVIOUSLY ONE BIG QUESTION HERE IS COMMUNITY PARK BOARD PEOPLE PARK.
MEANING, WELL BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE HIGH SCHOOL HIGH.
THAT WOULD, THE MAIN POINT OF THE IS OF PARTNERING SINCE WE'VE HAD AN EVENT AT, AT HALFTIME USA, SO IT'S RIGHT BEFORE HALFTIME USA BUT IT COULD SPILL OVER AND THE PEOPLE HALF TIME USA IS SO BUSY.
SO I MEAN SOME ELEMENTS WILL CHANGE LIKE THROUGH THE DAY AND OUR FESTIVAL WE'VE FOUND OUT BY SIX OR SEVEN PEOPLE ARE GONE.
SO, BUT IT WOULD BRING IT INTO, NOW IT'S THEIR TURN TO HAVE THE PEOPLE OR THE VENDORS IF THEY WANT.
BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE THE RESTROOMS THERE.
I, WE DON'T HAVE RESTROOMS WHEN LAST BIG EVENTS WERE HELD AT COMMUNITY PARK, THE PARKING LOT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
NOW IT'S ABOUT 900 FEET WALKING DISTANCE FROM THE CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT TO THE ENTRANCE OF COMMUNITY PARK.
I MEAN, I MEAN I THINK PEOPLE WALK THAT YEAH, PEOPLE WOULD WALK THAT AND THEN IF, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS WALKING IF NEED BE.
I MEAN WE COULD ALWAYS WORK WITH, THERE'S THERE'S ALSO STUDEBAKER PARKING LOT TOO.
SO THERE'S, AND AND WE COULD ALWAYS WORK WITH, UH, ONE OF THE COMPANIES TO SEE IF WE COULD RENT SOME GOLF CARTS FOR, TO PROVIDE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.
WOULD RTA WHAT A, HOW WOULD WOULD THEY RUN A BUS? MAYBE? MAYBE.
BUT UM, I THINK WE COULD ALSO TALK TO, UM, NURSING CARE FACILITIES IN THE AREA.
OCCASIONALLY THEY WILL LOAN OUT, UM, AS AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND UH, ONE OF THEIR VANS WITH A DRIVER SO THEY REALLY GET TO MARKET THEMSELVES TOO, YOU KNOW.
UM, AND THEY TEND TO HAVE AADA A ACCESSIBLE BUSES AND, AND MAKE IT.
SO THEY COULD, AND THEN IF WE GO INTO THE MORE ARTSY PARTS OF THE FESTIVAL AND, AND HAVE VENDORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I THINK, I THINK IT WOULD DO WELL AND BE WELL RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY.
ON THE PLUS SIDE COMMUNITY PARK IS PROBABLY THE MOST SET FOR THE MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED PARK.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BIG, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE IT IS.
AND SO WHAT DOES COUNSEL WANT US TO DECIDE TONIGHT? SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION TONIGHT BASED ON THE CONVERSATION, BUT I THINK THAT ONCE YOU HEAR BACK, IF YOU WANT TO EMAIL EVERYBODY AND JUST SAY, HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT'S ON THE DOCKET, YOU KNOW, BE FOR THOUGHT, BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS AND VOTE ON THE PATH FORWARD.
AND IF WE DECIDE LIKE THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, WE'RE GONNA PARTNER WITH THEM.
CAN WE GET THIS TOGETHER BY THIS SEPTEMBER WITH ALL THE PERMITS, PARKS, THINGS? YEAH.
I, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
UM, AND, AND WE DO HAVE, UM, AND WHAT I CAN DO IS I CAN PUT A PAUSE ON THE APPLICATION FOR NOW.
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UM, UNLESS YOU GUYS FEEL THAT WE WANT TO KEEP IT OPEN.I HAVE THREE FOOD TRUCKS AND SIX VENDORS CURRENTLY.
SO WHY DON'T WE LEAVE IT OPEN.
AND WISH, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HURT BEST INTENTIONS, RIGHT? DO WE WANT, UM, IF WE'RE GOING TO A SOMEWHAT, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT MUCH SMALLER OF A PARK, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY DIFFERENTLY LAID OUT IF, IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT COMMUNITY PARK, I WOULD MAYBE WANT TO PAUSE, PUT OR PUT A NUMBER ON THE NUMBER OF VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS WE WANNA ALLOW RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE IF WE WANNA BRING IN THE ARTIST, WE KNOW WE WANT 20 BOOTHS OF ARTISTS, YOU KNOW, OR WHATEVER NUMBER.
UM, AND WE DON'T WANT TO CROWD THEM OUT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S OUR, OUR VENDOR GENERALLY OUR VENDOR AND FOOD TRUCK IS WHAT VENDORS? MAYBE 30 AND WELL, I CA AL TO 12 BECAUSE 12 IS WILL WE FIT IN THAT GRASS SPACE.
MY CONCERN OF SAYING NOT IF WE DON'T ACCEPT TRUCK, UM, FOOD TRUCKS ARE FILLING UP.
THEY'VE BEEN CALLING ME TONS OF SAYING WE'RE FILLING UP OUR SCHEDULE.
SO THAT WOULD, I WOULD JUST CAUTION THAT WAY TOO.
AND I MEAN IT'S THE THING THAT THEY ALWAYS DO.
BUT WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THEM ON THE REGULAR.
SO, SO IF THIS DOESN'T WORK OUT WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL, DO WE JUST WANNA NIX IT FOR THIS YEAR UNTIL YEAH, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
I MEAN, IF THEY, IF THEY'RE REALLY ASKING FOR CHANGES, THEY ARE
I MEAN IF, IF THEY REALLY WANT US TO MAKE A DRAMATIC CHANGE, I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN GET IT ALL TOGETHER BY THEN, THEN WE CAN RECONNECT.
I THINK YOU CAN ALSO JUST HAVE, HAVE A PLAN.
SO IF YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T PLAN A MAY FESTIVAL RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S NOT WHERE, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT IF YOU SAY OUR PLAN IS TO MAKE A MAY FESTIVAL IN 20 25, 5, BUT WE ARE NERVOUS ABOUT TAKING A YEAR OFF BECAUSE WE THINK PEOPLE WILL LOSE THE NAME RECOGNITION AND PEOPLE WILL FORGET ABOUT US.
AND WE CAN ALSO USE THIS FALL AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAND OUT, HEY, NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA BE IN MAY LOOK OUT FOR US.
UM, THEN I THINK THEY WOULD PROBABLY ACCEPT A PLAN TO, I DON'T KNOW IF MAY WOULD BE TIMEWISE PROBABLY WITH MAY AN OUTDOOR THING IN MAY IS, IS THE WEATHER IS YOU GOT GRADUATIONS AND THEN IN JUNE WE HAVE WHAT, THREE FESTIVALS IN JUNE THIS YEAR BETWEEN JUNETEENTH AND WE'LL HAVE NEXT YEAR AS LONG AS THEY KEEP, AND 4TH OF JULY IS ALL IN JUNE.
SO YOU'VE GOT FESTIVAL MAY AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ALL THOSE FESTIVALS IN JUNE PLUS MOVIE NIGHTS, PLUS SATURDAY NIGHTS.
LIKE THAT'S A LOT TO ASK OF VOLUNTEERS, WHICH IS WHY WE ENDED UP IN SEPTEMBER TO BEGIN.
SO I MEAN I THAT'S A LOT ALL IN A COUPLE MONTHS.
I I DON'T KNOW, I'M, I'M ALSO OKAY WITH IT IF WITH DROPPING IT, IF IT DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT TO MOVE IT TO SPRING, THEN AND THE SCHOOLS DON'T WORK OUT, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T HAVE SOMETHING IN THE FALL.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE LOOKED AT DATES, WAITED WAS ORIGINALLY.
I THINK WE JUST NEED TO, WELL I THINK WE NEED TO FIRM UP THE SITUATION WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL TO START WITH.
IF THAT WORKS OUT, THEN THAT TO ME IS A GOOD GAME PLAN.
IF THAT DOES NOT, THEN OKAY, GUESS WE HAVE TO PUT, I'LL TALK TO HIM THINKING CAPS ON.
I I GUESS YOU SAID TOO THAT IT'S TOO MUCH EXPENSE AND I, I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT COULD BE FOR THAT.
AND THEN YOU WANTED GET GOLF CART AND STUFF.
I SAID IT WAS TOO MUCH EXPENSE.
THAT'S SAYING COUNCILS SAID IT WAS, IT WAS FOR WHAT, WHAT WE, WHAT WE WERE DOING.
WE WERE PAYING, SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY.
WELL, AND THAT BRINGS US BACK TO OUR CONVERSATION LAST MONTH OF AN LIKE AN EVALUATION AND WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR EACH EVENT IS THAT WE, I MEANT TO MAKE A RUBRIC AND I DIDN'T, UM, TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WE WANNA DO.
I KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE GONNA DO.
RIGHT? I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, WHICH MIGHT BE GOOD.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN LOOK AT COUNSEL AND SAY LIKE, THESE ARE EVENTS.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THESE EVENTS? WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR OUTCOME THAT YOU WANT? 'CAUSE WE REPRESENT THEM.
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I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM SHOWERS.ANY NEW BUSINESS, ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
SO I HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT READY? OH, THIS SCARES ME.
SO IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
WHAT I KNEW THAT'S WHAT WAS COMING, BUT UM, SO MY JOB HERE AT THE CITY HAS, HAS CHANGED.
AND SO, UM, SARAH IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THIS, SARAH IS GOING TO BE YOUR NEW STAFF LIAISON, UH, STARTING NEXT MONTH.
AND UM, IT WAS, IT WAS A DECISION THAT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WASN'T IN MY CHOICE TYPE OF THING, BUT I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
Y'ALL KNOW WHERE I, YOU KNOW, KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME.
SO ARE YOU STILL HELPING WITH THE 4TH OF JULY AND EVERYTHING, STUFF? YES.
SO YES, I'M STILL GOING TO BE INVOLVED 'CAUSE IT'S AN ALL HANDS ON DECK PROJECT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH ALL THE EVENTS SINCE I'VE OFFICIALLY BEEN HERE FOUR YEARS OFFICIALLY.
UM, SO I'M KIND OF AN OLD TIMER NOW.
YOU'RE JUST MOVING ALL AROUND.
SO, UM, BUT THAT'S MY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR YOU GUYS.
SO SARAH MC PEARSON LIAISON WILL BE YOUR NEW STAFF LIAISON.
UM, AND THAT'S STARTING NEXT MONTH.
SO YOU WON'T BE IN ANY OF THE MEETINGS ANYMORE.
SO I WON'T BE IN ANY MEETINGS ANYMORE UNLESS I'M ASKED TO BE SO SHE MIGHT BE ASKED TO, SHE COMES IN AS A CITIZEN.
SO, BUT IT HAS, IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS.
YOU GUYS ARE A MASSIVE TALENT OF VOLUNTEERS THAT THE CITY HAS A HUGE VALUE FOR YOU GUYS AND YOU GUYS DO SO MUCH WORK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
IT'S JUST, IT'S IT'S FUN TO WATCH YOU GUYS WORK, YOU KNOW.
BUT WE'LL BE GLAD TO SEE YOU DURING THINGS.
AT LEAST WE KEPT IT KIND OF EASY RIGHT ON THE NAME FRONT, THE EMAIL'S A LITTLE CONFUSING 'CAUSE IF YOU START TYPING IN SARAH, YOU MAY SEND IT TO ME AND NOT HER
UM, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA DO APPROVAL MINUTES, BUT WE ARE GONNA UPCOMING MEETING MU BACK AGAIN ON MONDAYS, MARCH 18TH.
AND, UM, I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO AN END AT 7 31.