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WE WILL, WE'LL MAKE THEM PART OF THE MEETING.
[ AGENDA ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road March 17, 2025 6:30 P.M. ]
MEETING.I'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
AND WE'LL START WITH THE ROLL CALL.
AND MR. NICK BROCKER ARE TWO OF OUR NEW MEMBERS.
SO WE NEED TO BEGIN BY SWEARING THEM IN.
CAN WE DO THAT? UH, AS A COMBINE OR INDIVIDUALS? YOU CAN DO IT TOGETHER.
DO YOU WANT YOUR OWN MOMENT IN THE SEAL? NO.
DO YOU WANT A PICTURE TAKEN OF YOU GUYS FOR THIS? SURE.
DO SOLEMN, SOLEMN SWEAR, SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CHARTER, AND ALL THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
THE CHARTER, THE CHARTER, AND ALL THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND I WILL FAITHFULLY, I WILL FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY, HONESTLY.
AND IMPARTIALLY, IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE.
DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.
SO HELP ME, GOD, YOU HAVE NOW BEEN SWORN IN WELCOME.
THIS PHONE TELLS ME WHEN I'M TAKING THE BEST SHOT.
I'M NOT TAKING THE BEST SHOT RIGHT NOW, SO PROBABLY, OH, THERE WE GO.
OKAY, SO OPENING REMARKS BY THE CHAIRPERSON.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE EXPERIENCED COMMITTEE MEMBERS YOU MAY SEE ON THIS AGENDA, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT SARAH AND I HAVE ADJUSTED.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, UM, EVERY MONTH WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, I CALLED IT SARAH'S CORNER, BUT THAT'S SARAH.
JUST SO SHE CAN TELL US SOME THINGS THAT THIS COMMITTEE MAY NEED TO BE AWARE OF FOR PARKS AND REC.
UM, THIS ONE, SHE'S GOT AN ARTS PROGRAMS PLANNED FOR THE SUMMER.
AS YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS, AS YOU HAVE, HEY, WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST.
OR, HEY, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING THIS IN THE FUTURE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS OPTIMIZING AND THINKING THROUGH THINGS.
SARAH, WHAT DO YOU HAVE? THERE ARE NO CITIZENS HERE.
SO WE PUT THESE TOGETHER CITIZENS, COMMENTS AND OLD BUSINESS 'CAUSE WE WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND TALK ABOUT THE ART SHOW.
IF YOU READ MY WELCOME LETTER, I AM A PERSON OF METRICS AND DATA.
I ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW HOW DID WE DO, WHAT WERE THE NUMBERS? WAS THIS SUCCESSFUL? AS I SAID EARLIER, YOUR TIME IS VERY, VERY PRECIOUS.
AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE ARE HAVING EVENTS AND WE ARE USING YOUR VOLUNTEER TIME, THAT WE ARE USING THAT CAREFULLY AND FOR SUCCESS.
SO WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND TALK ABOUT THE ART SHOW.
WE HAVE SOME METRICS, I BELIEVE SARAH.
SO WE DID HAVE 24 ENROLLED, AND THEN WE HAD THREE NO SHOWS, BUT ONE CREPT IN LATER, UH, AFTER JUDGING AND JUST KIND OF TOOK THE SPOT OF ANOTHER.
UM, SO WE ENDED UP WITH A FULL 22 ARTIST COMING AND DISPLAYING.
AND THEN WE HAD, WHAT I'M CALLING NORTH OF 250 VISITORS.
UM, THERE WAS A COUPLE TIMES THAT OUR, OUR CLICKER WAS LEFT BY THE WAYSIDE AND I SAW PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS COMING AND GOING.
SO I ADDED A COUPLE ONTO, BUT I THINK THE CLICKER TOTAL WAS 2 35.
SO I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT SAYING WE HIT TWO 50 OR A LITTLE ABOVE.
UM, IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT FOR THE FUTURE, WHICH WE WILL IN OUR MINUTES AT LEAST, UM, IT WOULD GIVE US A GOOD THING TO AIM FOR FOR NEXT YEAR.
I DO KNOW A LOT OF OUR VISITORS, OUR PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, CHILDREN'S FRIENDS, UH, COMING IN.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO TRY AND EXPAND INTO THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMING, UH, TO SEE THE SHOW AS WELL.
CHERYL, I THINK YOU TOLD ME THAT, UM, TWO 50 WAS A MARKED LEAP FROM THE YEAR PRIOR.
I WOULD NOT SAY FROM ALL YEARS PRIOR, BUT LAST YEAR OUR ATTENDANCE WAS VERY LOW.
WE HAD MORE ARTISTS, I BELIEVE, LAST YEAR, BUT WE DID
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NOT HAVE AS MANY, UM, PEOPLE COMING THROUGH.AND, UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE ARTISTS AND I REALLY THOUGHT WE WOULD ATTRACT MORE ARTISTS BECAUSE THEY WERE, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE LET THEM SELL THEIR ARTWORK.
AND I REALLY THOUGHT THAT WOULD ATTRACT MORE, MORE PEOPLE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE WORD DIDN'T GET GET TO 'EM OR SOMETHING.
MAYBE THEY JUST EXPECTED WHAT THEY HAD IN THE PAST AND JUST DIDN'T LOOK INTO IT.
UM, BUT YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT THE TURNOUT OF VISITORS I THOUGHT WAS, WAS PRETTY GOOD.
BUT THE ARTISTS, I WAS KIND OF DISAPPOINTED 'CAUSE WE HAVE FILLED TWO ROOMS BEFORE AT OUR ART CHAIRS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, ONLY HAVING PART OF ONE ROOM FILLED WAS KIND OF, KIND OF LET DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL, YOU KNOW, IT WON'T DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FOR FUTURE, BUT I'D LOVE, ABSOLUTELY LOVE ALL OF THE MUSIC AND THE PERFORMERS OF THE MUSIC BECAUSE I THOUGHT EVERYBODY DID A COMPLETE JOB.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE PART OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, WHILE IT WAS IN PLANNING, DO YOU THINK YOU DID ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR AS FAR AS COMMUNICATION THAT MAYBE GOT MORE ATTENDEES OR THERE'S ANYTHING, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE TO REPEAT? SHOULD WE REPEAT THE EVENT THAT I DON'T, WE DEFINITELY GOT MORE SOCIAL MEDIA THERE DID LAST YEAR.
BECAUSE I, I DON'T FOLLOW SOCIAL MEDIA, SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEEN GOING OUT THERE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE A COMMITTEE OF REPRESENTATIVE STATION.
SO I, YEAH, I, I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THE TURNOUT.
I JUST, I THOUGHT THE ARTIST TURNOUT WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING.
BUT I AM CURIOUS IF WE WOULD CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE OPENING UP TO NON-RESIDENTS, UM, BECAUSE THAT MIGHT ATTRACT MORE IN THE ADULT REALM.
UM, WE HAD A DECENT NUMBER OF CHILDREN.
I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER, BUT REPRESENTED, AND I THINK WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CHILDREN'S ART WORK IN THE PAST TOO, BECAUSE TEACHERS AND, AND CHURCH GROUPS AND THINGS WILL COME TOGETHER.
UM, BUT MAYBE WITH SELLING AND OPENING IT UP TO NON-RESIDENTS, THEN IT MIGHT JUST GET MORE PEOPLE.
SO IS FEBRUARY TYPICALLY THE TIMEFRAME THAT THIS GROUP WANTS TO SAY, THIS IS WHEN OUR ART SHOW HAPPENS? I WOULD SAY YES, BECAUSE WE REALLY, 'CAUSE IT'S BEFORE EVERYTHING ELSE KIND OF STARTS AND, BUT IF DURING SCHOOL AND WE GET THE SCHOOLS HELP WITH THE KIDS MM-HMM
UM, YEAH, BECAUSE MUCH LATER THAN THAT, WHILE YOU'RE INTO YOUR MARCH MADNESS AND THEN YOU GOT, THEN THE SUMMER EVENTS START KICKING IN.
MORE, MORE THAN MONTHS STARTING IN APRIL.
THOSE EVENTS, I DON'T KNOW, I, IT'S, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY AS GOOD AS THE TIME HABIT.
IT'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK WE INITIALLY STARTED IT THEN BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER EVENTS THEN
BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO DO IT THEN.
I, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD, IT'S A BAD TIME TO HAVE IT.
SO I'M THINKING, I HEAR IN GENERAL THAT YES, ABOUT FEBRUARY IS WHEN WE TYPICALLY HAVE IT.
IF THAT IS THE CASE SINCE WE DID BETTER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ALSO HAVE A WILL TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
IS THERE A MOTION TO PUT THIS ON OUR CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR SO THAT WE CAN SET WHEN WE WANT THIS TO BE ON OUR MINUTES FOR PLANNING? SO MOVE, I HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A FEBRUARY ART SHOW IN 2026.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND WITH CHERYL.
SO THEN, UM, LET THE NOTES REFLECT THAT IN OUR OCTOBER MEETING, WE WILL, UH, ADDRESS PLANNING FOR THE FEBRUARY ART SHOW SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE YOU INFORMATION FOR YOUR BUDGET YEAR.
AND, UM, AT THAT OCTOBER MEETING, IS THAT WHEN YOU WANNA SELECT THE EXACT DATE? 'CAUSE BY THEN WE'LL KNOW LIKE THE SUPER BOWL DATE.
AND, AND OSCARS AND OTHER THINGS.
WE'LL SET THE EXACT DATE THEN.
BUT ACTUALLY VALENTINE'S DAY COULD FALLS RIGHT ON A SATURDAY NEXT YEAR
SO WE USUALLY TRY TO GO WITH THE SATURDAY BEFORE AFTER THAT.
IF WE CAN CONCEIVE TO DO IT IN FEBRUARY AS SOMETHING,
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AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO STANDING IN LINE FOREVER DINNER TABLE OR IN DINNER ROOM.ALTERNATIVE TO THE SAME OLD TABLE.
AND THIS IS WAY IN ADVANCE, BUT I'LL JUST PUT IN, PUT MY MARKER IN.
NOW I'M ONLY ONE VOTE OF THE COMMITTEE, BUT NEXT YEAR I'D LOVE TO SEE US MOVE IT UP TO THE, OR THE SENIOR CENTER IS SO WE CAN HAVE MORE OF THAT GALLERY EXPERIENCE.
AND IT'S A LITTLE MORE CENTRAL.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT UNTIL OCTOBER, BUT I THINK WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITY TO, TO EXPAND.
THAT'S NOT BEEN AN OPTION IN THE PAST, OBVIOUSLY, BUT YEAH, WE WERE CONSTRICTED BY THE SIZE OF THEIR FORMER BUILDING.
BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY A DEFINITELY GOOD IDEA.
WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THEY HAVE THAT TIME HERE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE ART SHOW? BIG THANK YOU TO CHERYL AND GREG FOR CLOSING IT DOWN AS VOLUNTEERS, I HAD TO LEAVE EARLY.
UM, ALSO WE GOT OUR, UH, TO OUR PREVIOUS CHAIR.
SHE WAS ABLE TO GET OUR DIGNITARIES THERE FOR, UH, VOTING.
AND IT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLY WELL RELEVANT, AND IT'S MY FIRST TIME PARTICIPATING IN ANYTHING FOR THIS COMMITTEE.
IT WAS A HIGH BAR TO BE LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS HOW WE RUN THINGS.
SO THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING ME TO HOW WE DO THINGS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMITTEE DOES.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT OUR LAST MEETING AND WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND WE CAN'T LEAVE THIS MEETING WITHOUT ANSWERING A FEW QUESTIONS.
SO BEFORE US, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW AND WHEN TO NOMINATE.
THERE WERE QUESTIONS ON, ARE WE GONNA DO THIS ONLINE? CAN YOU NOMINATE YOURSELF? WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR.
WE WANT TO SAY THE NUMBER OF AWARDS AND WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO DISTRIBUTE AWARDS AND RECOGNIZE WINNERS.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION PREVIOUSLY ABOUT EVERYBODY GETS A YARD SIGN AND THEN WE GIVE THE WINNERS A SPECIAL SIGN AFTERWARDS WE DO TWO DROP OFFS.
BUT THIS IS WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE ALL OF THOSE DECISIONS IN ORDER TO GET THINGS GOING.
NOW MY VOICE HAS BEEN HEARD A LOT.
I'D LIKE MAYBE A FEW OF OUR MORE EXPERIENCED MEMBERS TO SHARE ABOUT HOW WE'VE DONE THINGS IN THE PAST.
WELL, IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD THREE CATEGORIES.
I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE THAT OPENED UP TO MORE.
UM, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT, WE DID A FEE FRIENDLY, WE DID THE MAYOR'S AWARD AND ONE BUSINESS, THE BEST COMMERCIAL BUSINESS.
AND THE MAYOR HAS REQUESTED TO ACTUALLY AWARD HIS, I HAVE NO PROBLEM OF THE NOMINATIONS.
WE MADE SURE THE MAYOR GOT TO YEAH, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
UM, I WOULD NOT MIND HAVING MORE, AND I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO ANYBODY ELSE'S IDEAS.
I WOULD SORT OF LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING WHERE WE HAVE LIKE A BIG BUSINESS AWARD AND A SMALL BUSINESS AWARD.
UM, I MEAN THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT BIG CHAIN BUSINESSES CAN DO THAT IT JUST, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT A SMALL BUSINESS CAN EITHER BEGIN TO CONSIDER.
UM, YOU COULD THEY CONSIDER SOME, UH, MAYBE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED IN THE SPONSOR OF A CATEGORY MAYBE, PERHAPS, BUT THEN SEE IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING THE TWO VISITS.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GOOD IDEA.
SO I'M HEARING AN, UH, INTEREST AROUND MORE CATEGORIES RATHER THAN JUST THE THREE MAIN AWARDS.
YEAH, I MEAN, WE DON'T, 'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE.
I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT THESE BIG BEAUTIFUL EXPANSIVE YARDS.
THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO MAKE 'EM LIKE SOMETHING THAT OUGHT TO BE ON THE COVER OF BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS.
AND WE HAVE HAD SOME ENTRIES LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME REALLY THOUGHTFUL IDEAS GIVEN TO LIKE A SMALL LITTLE AREA THAT ARE JUST ABSOLUTE TO BE VERY SURPRISING WHAT THEY CAN DO.
AND I JUST NOT COMFORTABLE SEEING THE BIG BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS GOING UP AGAINST THIS CLEVER LITTLE THING THAT SOMEBODY DID WITH A WHISKEY BARREL.
GREG, GIVE US A RECOMMENDATION.
HOW MANY, LET'S START A STRAW MAN.
HOW MANY, UH, NOMINATIONS DO YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE? I'M OPEN TO, THERE ARE ABOUT 7,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY.
NOW GRANTED THERE'S APARTMENTS, I DUNNO THE DELINEATION OF THE NUMBERS, BUT, UM, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY HOW MANY WE NORMALLY GET? YEAH, I USUALLY I EMAILS AND I THINK
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LAST YEAR WE HAD LIKE 25.THE YEAR BEFORE, WE DIDN'T HAVE NEAR THAT.
WE ONLY HAD, AND WE ONLY HAD THREE BUSINESSES LAST YEAR.
SO, UM, IF WE, IF WE APPROACH IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY OF HOW THEY, YOU KNOW, TURN INTO NOMINATIONS OR WHATEVER, UH, MAYBE THAT WILL BOOST SOME NOMINATIONS.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 25 LAST YEAR.
IT JUST GAVE ME AN IDEA OF SOME OF THESE APARTMENTS.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NEWER APARTMENTS THAT HAVE BALCONIES.
A I LOVE THE IDEA OF A BEST NATURAL BALCONY.
THE BE FRIENDLY AWARD IN THE PAST WAS KIND OF CREATED FOR THOSE LITTLE, YOU KNOW, GRANDMA GARDENS WHERE THEY JUST HAVE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST REALLY DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO IT WITHOUT PROFESSIONAL HELP.
I MEAN, WE HAVE ONE LADY THAT'S BEEN NOMINATED A COUPLE OF TIMES DOWN ON SEABRA AND HER, HER YARD IS JUST GORGEOUS AND SHE SPENDS EVERY DAY OUT THERE ALMOST ALL DAY DURING THE SUMMER.
SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS THRILLED TO BE EVEN NOMINATED.
THE MAYOR'S AWARD HAS ALWAYS KIND OF GONE TO THOSE BIG PALATIAL HOUSES THAT HAVE PROFESSIONAL GARDENERS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT NOW LAST YEAR THE MAYOR SAID HE WANTED TO PICK HIS OWN HOUSE AND HE DID NOT PICK ONE OF THE REAL FANCY HOUSES.
HE PICKED A, YOU KNOW, LITTLE HOUSE ON SHAW ROAD.
BUT, AND I THINK HE PROBABLY WOULD LIKE TO PICK HIS OWN, YOU KNOW, ONE FOR HIMSELF, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MAYOR'S AWARD.
HE, HE'S KIND OF VESTED IN THAT NOW.
SO, MASON, I'M GONNA PICK ON YOU FOR A MOMENT.
UM, WHEN I THINK OF AWARDS AND THIS KIND OF THING, PART OF IT IS IT'S DRIVING A BEHAVIOR WE WANT TO SEE.
WE WANT TO DRIVE PEOPLE TO BEAUTIFY OUR AREA.
DO YOU, THIS IS A REALLY RANDOM OUT OF LEFT FIELD.
DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANY WAYS OF HISTORICAL BEAUTIFICATION THAT WE CAN BRING IN BOTH ELEMENTS OF OUR CHARTER? I HAVE TO DO, UH, RESEARCH INTO THAT.
LIKE SPECIFICALLY TO LOOK AND WE COULD WORK WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING LIKE THIS THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF OLDER HOMES AND THERE'S, UH, LIKE PEOPLE, I THINK LIKE PEOPLE BROUGHT IN ELEMENTS OF OUR HISTORY INTO IT THAT HERITAGE PLANTS PART OF.
AND I THINK, UH, WE DISCUSSED BEFORE LIKE NATIVE TREES THAT HAVE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
THEY HAVE ALL THE HUBER HOMES AND THERE'S SPECIFIC PLANS FOR THE HUBER HOMES.
AND IF PEOPLE LEAN INTO THE ELEMENTS OF THEIR HOUSE, THAT IS HISTORIC AND SIGNIFICANT STUFF COULD BE DONE WITH THAT.
I WILL SAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS IN THE, THEY HAVE A LIST OF HOUSES ABOUT THE SALON THAT ARE HISTORIC HOMES IN HUBBERT THAT WE'RE DOING AN AWARD.
WE'RE GONNA PUT PLAQUES ON THESE HOMES THAT ARE OLDER, THAT WERE PRE HOMES, THAT WERE PRE HUBBERT, YOU KNOW, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE HOUSES THAT CHARLES HUBBERT BUILT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, SO WE COULD EVEN GO THERE, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, THE CLASSIC, SOMEBODY'S GOT THE CLASSIC MIDWESTERN, YOU KNOW, OR WHATEVER.
THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL MODEL, BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW WE WOULD DO THAT.
AND I RECALL WHEN WE DID THE BICENTENNIAL 50 YEARS AGO, WE STARTED IN 1975, WE DID HAVE SOME NOT, THAT WASN'T CALLED BEAUTIFICATION THAT I THINK WAS BEST LOOKING HOUSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OR WE, THAT WERE STUDYING 75 AND 76.
SO MAYBE WE NEED TO KIND OF THINK OF THAT IDEA FOR THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR.
SO I'M HEARING, UH, NOW SIX BROAD, BROAD AREAS.
THE POLLINATOR FRIENDLY, WE KEEP THAT FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE GRAINY GARDEN, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, WILD WILDFLOWER, SORT OF THE MAYOR'S AWARD.
TWO BUSINESS FOCUSED AWARDS, ONE LARGE BUSINESS, ONE SMALLER BUSINESS, A BEST NATURAL BALCONY OR SOME SORT OF AN APARTMENT AWARD AND SOMETHING I'M CALLING HISTORICAL HUMOR.
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WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT WILL WORK OR WHAT THAT WILL BE, BUT SOMETHING THAT, UH, TOUCHES ON HISTORY.I WOULD RECOMMEND MAYBE A GREEN YARD, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DO LIKE ANNUAL OR GREEN FLOWERS.
I LOVE THAT YOU HAVE ANYTHING.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT I WAS THINKING OF, AND I WE'RE ALMOST GETTING TO BE TOO MANY, BUT UM, MAGNOLIA IS OUR HUBER FLOWER.
IS THERE SOME BEST USE OF THE MARIGOLD? CAN WE GET MORE PEOPLE TO PLANT IT? BUT IS THAT SILLY? NO, I THINK THAT'S COOL.
COULD THAT BE A REQUIREMENT FOR LIKE HISTORICAL ONE? YOU GOTTA HAVE, HAVE MARIAL SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
I MEAN, COULD WE GET PEOPLE TO DO IT? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S, IF THAT'S OUR THING, WOULD I SEE MORE PEOPLE USING THEM? THE MARIAL, THE AWARD
I DID LIKE YOUR SUGGESTION ABOUT EVERYBODY GETS A SIGN AND THEN MAYBE JUST THE PEOPLE THAT HAD AWARDS GET A MEDALLION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THEIR SIGN.
SO HERE'S WHAT SARAH AND I HAD HAD KIND OF TALKED ABOUT FOR AWARDING.
THIS IS LIKE KIND OF HOW WHEN I HEARD HOW IT AWARDS WERE HAPPENING, I, I MADE THIS ASSUMPTION.
THAT, UM, THERE WOULD BE A NOMINATING PERIOD AND THEN WE WOULD DELIVER YARD SIGNS TO THE NOMINATED FOLK, WHICH RIGHT.
AND THEN A SEPARATE DATE THERE WOULD BE A, YOU KNOW, UM, ED MCMAHON AND YOUR BIG CHECK, IF YOU'RE OLD LIKE ME SHOWING UP ON YOUR DOORSTEP, HEY, YOU HAVE WON ON THIS THING.
AND THEN WE ADD SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE SPECIAL.
THE AWARDS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GIVEN AT A COUNCIL MEETING.
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO RECEIVE AN AWARD HAVE BEEN INVITED TO A COUNCIL MEETING THAT HAS CAUSED US PROBLEMS IN THE PAST BECAUSE OF TRYING TO GET IT, 'CAUSE OF SCHEDULING.
I KIND OF LIKE YOUR IDEA OF WHERE SOMEBODY KNOCKS ON THE DOOR OR SOMETHING AND JUST SAYS, HEY, WE'VE BEEN, THIS YOUR AWARD.
I THINK WE COULD STILL RECOGNIZE THEM AT A COUNCIL MEETING.
THEN IT PUTS LESS STRESS ON THE TIMELINE BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE THE REPORT IN THE PUBLIC KNOWS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
AND THEN MAYBE THEY GET THE NEXT CERTIFICATE AT A COUNCIL MEETING LINE.
I MEAN THAT HAS CAUSED US SOME PROBLEMS PRESENTING THE AWARD THAT PEOPLE CAN'T MAKE IT THAT NIGHT TO ACCEPT THEIR AWARD OR WHATEVER.
UM, AND WE, I, I DON'T THINK THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, BUT THE YEAR NEEDS TO BE ON THE SCIENCE.
I DON'T KNOW IF OUR YEAR WAS ON LAST YEAR.
WAS IT? SO THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE ABOUT THE SIGNS.
WE OBVIOUSLY WILL BE NEEDING MORE SIGNS IF WE'RE ACCEPTING MORE NOMINATIONS AND WE'RE GIVING OUT SIGNS.
SO I WAS THINKING THAT THE NOMINATION SIGNS WOULD BE LIKE PAPER YARD SIGNS, CAMPAIGN SIZE, LIKE WHAT WE DO FOR THE AWARDS PREVIOUSLY.
AND THEN WE WOULDN'T PUT A YEAR ON THEM BECAUSE WE'D TRY AND REUSE THE ONES THAT ARE IN GOOD SHAPE, THAT THEY WERE A NOMINEE.
THEIR NOMINEE SIGN'S GONNA BE UP FOR SIX WEEKS OR SO.
EVEN AT THE END OF THAT SIX WEEK PERIOD IS WHEN WE COME AND REPLACE, WE PULL THOSE NOMINEES AND THEN WE TAKE OH, SO WE WOULDN'T LEAVE THE SIGN FOR THEM TO HAVE NO, DURING THE SEASON WE, WE KEEP, WE, WELL THEY, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DON'T HAVE TO NOMINATION.
I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT WOULD WANT TO KEEP THE NOMINATION SIDE.
AND LIKE LAST YEAR WHEN WE WENT OUT AND WE ACTUALLY WERE SPEAKING TO A WOMAN WHO, I THINK IT WAS ON FISHBURG, BUT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
AND WE WERE TALKING WITH HER AND SHE, YOU KNOW, JUST TOLD HER THAT SHE HAD BEEN NOMINATED AND WE WERE TAKING PICTURES OF THE HOUSE AND EVERYTHING.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS WE TAKE A PHOTOGRAPHER AND A COUPLE OF US GO AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR SAY, YOU'VE BEEN NOMINATED, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHY WE'RE STANDING OUT TAKING PICTURES OF YOUR HOUSE.
I NOTICED A SIGN ACROSS THE STREET THAT DID NOT HAVE A DATE ON IT, BUT I WENT OVER AND TALKED TO THEM AND THEY HAD BEEN NOT, THEY HAD WON THE AWARD LIKE NINE YEARS BEFORE AND THEY STILL HAD THEIR SIGN OUT THAT SAID THAT THE YARD BEAUTIFICATION AWARD.
AND SO I THINK PEOPLE DO KIND OF TREASURE THEM
THEY WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO KEEP HANG ON TO 'EM.
BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S COST EFFECTIVE TO GIVE A REALLY NICE SIGN TO EVERYBODY THAT'S NOMINATED.
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25 YARD SIGNS AND EIGHT OF THE, YOU'RE A WINNER.IF WE WERE TO GET THE KIND WHERE IT'S BASICALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT ON THE END MADE PLASTIC, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE EDGE OF IT, IT LOOKS LIKE CORRUGATED CARDBOARD THAT YOU JUST PUT ON A STAKE.
AND THOSE I THINK ARE QUITE REASONABLE.
DO WE WANT THE EIGHT TO BE OF A BETTER KIND OF QUALITY? LIKE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN TO SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES, BUT THEY HAVE MORE OF LIKE THE ROWDY WOOD FOR, SHE SHOWED ME SOME REALLY PRETTY ONES AND IT'S ACTUALLY IN YOUR INBOX RIGHT NOW.
IT'S LIKE, OH, FIRST FAVORITE THING.
MAYBE THE, THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR'S AWARD AND LIKE ONE OF THEIR, YOU'RE JUMPING IN.
OH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UM, THE WINNERS COULD DEFINITELY HAVE THE EAR, LIKE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE NOMINATION ONE, BUT THEN THE WINNERS, YOU KNOW HOW MANY WINNERS WE'RE GONNA HAVE.
SO WE DON'T NEED TO ORDER EXTRA OF THOSE.
THEN WE COULD HAVE, WE COULD ORDER THE WINNER OF 2025.
A HUNDRED OF THEM WOULD USE THEM FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND MAYBE JUST SOME KIND OF A MEDALLION THAT WOULD STICK ONTO THAT.
YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, ADHERE SOMEHOW TO THE, AND THEY COULD MAYBE THEN MOUNT IT ON THE HOUSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I WONDER IF IT COULD BE LIKE A, A, YOU KNOW, LIKE A METAL MEDALLION OR SOMETHING WITH THE BOARD MEMBER AND THE, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
AND I DID ASK THE, UM, COMPANY TO QUOTE ME ON SOME STURDIER SIGNS.
AND WHAT IT WOULD BE IS, UM, THESE SIGNS WOULD GO IN THEIR YARD, THEY'D BE MORE ROUTED, LOOKED LIKE CARVED WOOD, UM, HANG FROM AN NICE PRETTY ARM.
AND THEN WE WOULD GET A DUPLICATE NAME OF IT IN A SMALLER CAPACITY TO GIVE TO THE PERSON BECAUSE COSTWISE, WE WOULD HAVE TO RECOLLECT THE ROUTED SIGN.
SO, UM, I DID EMAIL THAT PICTURE TO ALL OF YOU BECAUSE I, I MESSED UP TODAY WITH, AT THE OFFICE ALL DAY.
I SHOULD HAVE HAD A PRINTOUTS.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE, UM, OKAY.
LATER THEN WE, SO LET ME RECAP WHAT I THINK I'VE HEARD.
AND IF I GET THIS RIGHT, I WOULD NEED A MOTION THAT THIS IS CORRECT.
IF I GET THIS WRONG, I WOULD LIKE TO BE CORRECTED.
WHAT I THINK I HEARD IS THAT, UM, WE WANT TO DO OUR ONLINE NOMINATIONS AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
WE WANT TO LEVERAGE SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR TYPICAL COMMUNICATION CHANNELS LIKE WE DID WITH THE ART SHOW.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE ELITE EIGHT AWARDS OF, UH, POLLINATOR FRIENDLY, THE MAYOR'S AWARD, TWO BUSINESS AWARDS.
UM, NOT THE FINAL WORDING, BUT A BEST NATURAL BALCONY, A HISTORICAL HUBER, A GORGEOUS GREEN, AND POTENTIALLY A BEST USE OF THE MARIGOLD.
WE WILL PURCHASE NON DATED YARD SIGNS.
AND WE WILL TAKE AS AN ACTION ITEM, FINALIZING AN AWARD GIFT ONCE WE CONFIRM BUDGET AND WE HAVE A LINE THAT WE WILL HONOR THEM AT A COUNCIL MEETING, BUT WE WILL DELIVER THE AWARD JUST TO MAKE IT EASIER FROM A TIMELINE STANDPOINT.
DID I RECAP OUR DISCUSSION? PRETTY MUCH.
SO, BUT WOULD WE WANT TO CONSIDER GETTING SOME OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONS ON BOARD? UM, SAME BOARD.
I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BEST, UH, GET THE VETERANS COMMISSION ON BOARD.
OH, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO ADD MORE AWARDS.
I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS 250TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR THAT, DO WE WANNA DELVE INTO THAT? THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE SEMI CENTENNIAL AS WELL.
UM, SO WE CAN ADD IT SOME ADDITIONAL BUSINESS.
JUST A BLURB TO PUT IN PEOPLE'S MINDS AS WELL.
SO WE'VE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT GETTING OTHER COMMISSIONS ON BOARD.
NOW, NOT SPEAKING AS A, AS A CHAIR, BUT JUST AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER, I WORRY ABOUT THE TIME TO COMMUNICATE WITH ANOTHER COMMITTEE AND THEY GOTTA HAVE A MEETING AND, AND WE ARE IN MARCH AND PEOPLE ARE GONNA START PLANTING YARDS AND DOING THINGS.
I WOULD LOVE, YOU KNOW, ME, I, I'D LOVE TO DO THINGS WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS.
I THINK THAT MAY HAVE TO BE A GROWTH PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR.
THAT IS MY, MY STATEMENT, NOT, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT.
BUT PERHAPS NOW IS THE TIME WE WANT BE MAKING THOSE OTHER COMMISSIONS COMMISSION'S AWARE THAT 2026
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WE LIKE TO HAVE THEIR PARTICIPATION.I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN KIND OF PERHAPS COME UP WITH THEIR OWN NAMES.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT, BUT SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS WHAT THEIR COMMISSION IS DOING.
I'LL TAKE THAT AS A, AS AN ACTION ITEM FOR MYSELF WHEN WE HAVE OUR POST, UH, AWARD WRAP UP CONVERSATION TO SEE IF, UM, I CAN GET SOME OTHER COMMITTEE CHAIRS TO ATTEND WITH US OR HOW WE CAN OPEN UP THAT CONVERSATION.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S A, A GOOD CONVERSATION TO HAVE.
SO TO RECAP AGAIN, I'VE SAID THE AWARDS, WE KNOW A TIMELINE AND WE KNOW A GENERAL PROCESS AND WE ARE DEPUTIZING SARAH TO GO AND GET, WAIT, DID WE SAY THE TIMELINE? LIKE WHEN ARE WE OPENING NOMINATIONS? OH, NO, WE DIDN'T.
UH, SO OPENING NOMINATIONS, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST? I THINK WE WANT TO PUSH IT UP THAN WHAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.
I BELIEVE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
WELL, LAST YEAR WE DID PUSH IT UP.
THINK WE, I THINK DON'T NOT LIKE DECORATE UNTIL MOTHER'S DAY OR SOMETHING.
IT WAS LIKE THE THIRD WEEK OF JUNE, WAS IT? YES.
WE WE TRIED TO STEER AWAY FROM GIVING AWARDS IN AUGUST BECAUSE THEN EVERYTHING'S BURNED.
UM, I THINK WE GAVE A MONTH MAYBE FOR NOMINATIONS AND THEN WE HAD TO HAVE TIME TO GET PICTURES AND GET THAT ALL DISPLAY IN THE VOTING.
SO, UM, BUT WE ONLY REALLY NEED LIKE TWO WEEKS TO TRY TO, UNLESS WE HAVE A HUGE NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS.
BUT CAN WE START COMMUNICATING ABOUT, THIS IS COMING IN APRIL, OPEN UP NOMINATIONS AFTER MOTHER'S DAY AND AWARD IN JUNE.
DO WE WANT A AWARD IN JUNE OR WOULD WE I THINK THAT'S WHAT I JUST HEARD.
YEAH, I THINK WOULD WE RED IT BUSH IT END OF JULY? WELL THEN WE, THEN WE START RUNNING INTO 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL.
LATER POSSIBLE TO ANNOUNCE THEM WINNERS AT THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
OH, THAT'S THE JUNE 28TH THIS YEAR.
SO WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO MOVE REALLY QUICKLY BECAUSE MOTHER COME UP WITH ANOTHER DAY.
I JUST THROW THE STRAW IN MOTHER'S DAY'S.
MAY 11TH THIS YEAR, I THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
AND THEN IN JUNE, IF YOU WANTED TO LEAVE AT LEAST A MONTH OPEN, CLOSED ON FATHER'S DAY, OPEN ON MOTHER'S DAY, CLOSED IT ON FATHER'S DAY.
THERE'S JUST SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.
WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO BE REALLY, AND OUR MEETING WOULD BE THE 16TH.
LET SEE, YOU GOT JUNETEENTH, YOU GOT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
PRESUME YOU STILL DON'T HAVE THAT IN THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT DATE ANYMORE.
DO THEY MOVED IT? I DON'T RECALL OFF THE TOP THAT I WOULD BE OKAY WITH OPENING THE NOMINATIONS.
THE END OF END OF MAY OR AFTER MOTHER'S DAY WOULD BE FINE, BUT PEOPLE NOT ARE DEPENDING ON WHAT THE WEATHER'S LIKE, WHETHER THEY WILL START PLANNING THEN I, I GUESS I WOULD RATHER SEE THE NOMINATIONS GO THROUGH JUNE AND THEN, AND THEN DO THE AWARDS.
MAYBE THE 15TH OF JULY ONLY BECAUSE IF WE DO THE AWARDS AT THE, AT THE 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL, THEN IT'S GONNA BE THE END OF JUNE.
OUR MEETING WILL BE JULY 21ST.
SO, UM, I HAVE NOT TAKE, THERE IS A, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY BE NEW TO THE COMMITTEE, THERE IS OHIO, STATE OF OHIO HAS A SUNSHINE LAW ONLINE VIDEO TRAINING YOU CAN TAKE, I'M SIGNED UP FOR APRIL, BUT CAN WE, IN OUR MEETING REVIEW, UM, THE ADDRESSES AND THEN LIKE GO DRIVE IT AROUND ON A SEPARATE DAY? LIKE AS A SATURDAY ON A COMMITTEE TO GO SEE THE, THE YARDS? OR DOES THAT HAVE TO BE DONE ON TAPE? NO, WE CAN, UM, WE CAN HOLD A SEPARATE MEETING SO WE CAN HOLD A MEETING WHERE WE TRAVEL AROUND.
WE, WE DO STILL HAVE TO PUBLICIZE IT THEN IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING.
WE HAVE TO PUT OUT A ROUGH TIMELINE OF LIKE, WE ANTICIPATE BEING AT THIS ADDRESS AT THIS TIME, WHICH IS NOT THAT HARD TO DO.
UM, IN CASE A MEMBER OF PUBLIC WANTED TO CATCH UP TO US OR WE CAN JUST HAVE ANOTHER MEETING HERE IF WE WERE HAVING PICTURES DONE OF ALL THE NOMINEES AGAIN, AND WE COULD GO THROUGH LIKE A POWERPOINT WITH THEM.
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THE NOMINEES ARE SUBMITTED WITH A PICTURE MM-HMMWELL, THEY'RE SUBMITTED TO THE, TO THE BOARD.
YOU'VE GONE OUT IN THE PAST AND TAKEN PICTURE.
USUALLY, USUALLY IT'S ME AND ONE OTHER PERSON AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER.
WE VISIT EVERY NOMINEE, TAKE PICTURES.
THEN THE PHOTOGRAPHER PUTS TOGETHER, PUTS TOGETHER A POWERPOINT DISPLAY, AND THEN THE BOARD VOTES BASED ON THE POWERPOINT DISPLAY.
SO IT, IF WE OPEN IT RIGHT AFTER MOTHER'S DAY, WE WOULD CLOSE IT.
JUST BEFORE OUR JUNE COMMITTEE MEETING, YOU WOULD HAVE TWO WEEKS TO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD DEPUTIZE THE GO OFF AND DO THE PHOTOS AND STUFF.
AND AT THE JULY COMMITTEE MEETING WE WOULD VOTE AND THEN AWARD WOULD HAPPEN THE LAST WEEK OF JULY.
IF THAT'S THE, IF THAT'S THE PROCESS, YOU'RE NOT GETTING INTO AUGUST, WE CAN HAVE A, WE CAN HOLD ANOTHER MEETING IF YOU WANT.
I WOULD RATHER KEEP THE NOMINATIONS OPEN THROUGH JUNE, THROUGH ALL OF JUNE.
YEAH, BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE HAVE A REALLY WET APRIL OR BEGINNING OF MAY OR COLD MAY OR A COLD OR DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER, IT COULD BE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE LATE.
WE DON'T WANT TO GET IT INTO WHERE THEY'VE PLANTED THEIR GARDENS AND THEN WE DON'T LOOK AT 'EM UNTIL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BURNING UP IN THE ALL RIGHT.
SO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON DATES.
I WOULD REC THAT'S, I WOULD SAY MAY 15TH THROUGH JUNE AND IT BE THROUGH JUNE 30TH FOR NOMINATIONS.
WHAT ARE THOSE EIGHT? OR DO WE CLOSE IT WHEN WE GET TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS TOO? BECAUSE WHAT IS, WHAT IS A GOOD NUMBER FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER TO GET IN LIKE A TWO WEEK SPAN? I DON'T WANNA TAKE A HUNDRED NOMINATIONS.
WE DID ALL OF THE PHOTOS IN ONE NIGHT LAST YEAR.
AND ACTUALLY IT JUST ENDED UP, IT WAS JUST ME AND JAY LAST YEAR, THE PHOTOGRAPHER.
AND WE HIT EVERY HOUSE LIKE FROM LIKE FOUR O'CLOCK UNTIL DUSK,
SO WE WERE ABLE TO HIT QUITE A FEW HOUSES AND WE JUST, WE JUST KIND OF PLOTTED 'EM OUT.
DO YOU HAVE TO WAIT TO TAKE THE PICTURES UNTIL THE NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED? BUT COULD YOU TAKE THE PICTURES AS SOON AS THEY'RE NOMINATED, WE COULD DO IT PROACTIVELY.
AND HE DID SUGGEST THAT LAST YEAR.
HE SAID, WHY DON'T YOU JUST TELL ME WHEN YOU GET A NOMINATION AND I'LL GO OUT AND TAKE PICTURES.
SO WHAT ARE THE DATES AGAIN THAT YOU'VE PROPOSED? I'M GOING SAY MAY.
WHERE ARE WE? WHERE'S MAY, LET'S START WITH MAY.
UH, WELL WE CAN START, USUALLY PEOPLE WAIT TILL THE 15TH OF, OKAY, LET'S DO MAY 15TH THROUGH JUNE.
OH, WE RATHER GO LIKE FIRST WEEK OF JULY, LIKE SEVENTH.
WELL, WE CAN START OUR JUDGING THEN.
LET'S JUST GO THROUGH THE END OF JUNE, WHICH IS A, A MONDAY.
SO THAT WOULD BE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 WEEKS FOR NOMINATIONS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND THEN ARE WE JUST GOING TO LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND AWARD ON THE 21ST AT OUR MEETING? VOTE? I DON'T, YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT ON THE 21ST.
AS LONG AS THE PICTURES ARE TAKEN WHILE WE'RE STILL IN MORE, YOU KNOW, THE BETTER WEATHER, THEN WE CAN VOTE ON 'EM AT OUR NEXT MEETING IN THAT WAY.
I I WOULD LIKE TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE ENCOURAGING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO NOMINATE FINDING THEMSELVES A NEIGHBOR OR, YOU KNOW, AND WE HAD A LOT MORE NOMINATIONS IN YEARS PRIOR.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY THIS YEAR, BUT NORMALLY YEAH, WE GET QUITE A FEW NOMINATIONS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY BUSINESSES THIS YEAR, BUT MAYBE BY ADDING AN ADDITIONAL AWARD.
PEOPLE AND PEOPLE DON'T NOMINATE THEMSELVES GENERALLY, BUT WE HAVE HAD NOMINATIONS BY, BY THEMSELVES.
THEY'VE NOMINATED THEIR YARDS BEFORE, SO IT'S NEVER BEEN A RULE THAT THEY COULDN'T NOMINATE THEMSELVES.
IT'S JUST GENERALLY THEY DON'T.
BEFORE I CALL FOR ALIGNMENT ON THIS BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PUSHING ON OUR TIME, SARAH'S
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FACE IS UNHAPPY AND I'M GONNA ASK WHAT THAT MEANS.SO DO YOU WANT ME TO RESTATE WHAT I THINK I'M GOING WITH? PLEASE DO.
WE ARE OPENING NOMINATIONS MAY 15TH CLOSING ON JUNE 30TH.
PLANNING TO VOTE ON A SLIDESHOW PRESENTATION JULY JUNE 1ST ON, IT'LL BE ONLINE NOMINATIONS, UM, ELITE EIGHT AWARDS.
AS WE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA PURCHASE NON DATED YARD SIGNS AND FINALIZE A BIGGER AWARD FOR THOSE EIGHT WINNERS AT A FUTURE DATE.
ONCE WE HAVE OUR BUDGET CONFIRMED, WE PLAN TO GO OUT AS AWARD WORK TOGETHER TO DELIVER THE AWARDS AND THEN WE'LL HONOR THEM AT A SUBSEQUENT COUNCIL MEETING.
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? THAT I WOULD MAKE A MOTION ACCORDING TO SARAH'S GLORIOUS REVIEW THERE THAT WE SO MOVE THAT, THAT IS THE AGENDA.
I REALLY LIKE TO USE THE CAPITAL.
UM, I'M GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A MILLION THINGS THAT YOU THINK OF BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT MEETING.
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT, WANT TO SHARE, SEND IT DIRECTLY TO SARAH AND SHE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE REST OF THE GROUP IF WE NEED TO.
UM, THE ARTIST MAKER SHOWCASE AT THE STAR SPAND HEIGHTS.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING.
WE HELD THE STAR SPANGLED, UH, AT THE HEIGHTS EVENT.
THIS COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, ORGANIZING THE, THE ART VENDOR TENT.
THERE IS NO NOT MUCH ACTION FOR US NOW UNTIL WE SEE WHO ALL'S COMING IN AND THEN WE'LL ORGANIZE AND WE'LL PROBABLY TAKE THAT UP AT THE NEXT MEETING.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO SHARE WITH US ON THAT ONE? UM, NO.
IT, I I DO THINK I BOLT AND MADE THE APPLICATION OPEN ON THE 18TH 'CAUSE I'VE GOTTEN NERVOUS.
WE SHOULD HAVE IT AT THIS MEETING, BUT IF, IF WE HAVE NO HESITATIONS THEN I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT TONIGHT BEFORE I LEAVE.
ANYBODY WATCHING AT HOME? WAIT UNTIL WE SIGN OFF.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNEW ARE NEW ON THE COMMITTEE, UM, YOU HEARD ABOUT THE MOSAIC PIECE THAT, UH, SARAH HAD BEEN A PART OF.
AND THE PREVIOUS COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVING BEEN INSPIRED BY PUBLIC ART PIECES HAVE PUT TOGETHER A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR A PUBLIC ART PIECE.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RFP.
SARAH, WHERE DO WE STAND? UM, THAT IS PUBLISHED.
SO IT IS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
I WOULD ALSO BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU ALL A DIRECT LINK TO THAT, UM, PROPOSAL PACKET.
AND, UM, I'VE ONLY A FEW ARTIST GROUPS ON FACEBOOK.
IF YOU GUYS BELONG TO ANY ARTIST GROUPS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, PLEASE PUSH IT THEIR WAY.
UM, IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, ANYBODY YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW WHO MIGHT HAVE HAD LIKE A REALLY GREAT IDEA AT SOME POINT AND JUST BEEN WAITING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PULL IT OFF.
SO, UM, WE ACCEPT THOSE RFPS FROM BOTH INDIVIDUALS OR, UM, GROUPS TOO.
SO IF THERE WAS MAYBE A WHOLE ARTIST GUILD THAT WAS GONNA COME TOGETHER TO DO SOMETHING, IT COULD BE AN ON PART OF A GROUP OR NONPROFIT OR, OR A BUSINESS OR ANYTHING.
SO DO WE HAVE A SHAREABLE FACEBOOK, UH, POST THAT WE CAN, I DON'T HAVE THAT YET.
I HAVE A MARKETING MEETING ON WEDNESDAY IN WHICH I'M GONNA GO THROUGH QUITE A FEW THINGS AND UM, THAT WILL BE ON THE LIST.
YEAH, SEE, PUT THAT ONE SHARE THAT I'LL BE SHARING.
THE, UH, WEB LINK WITH CULTURE WORKS TO SEE IF ANY OF THE, UH, GREATER DAYTON AREA ARTISTS MIGHT WANT TO, UH, APPLY.
SO IF WE KNOW ANY OF OUR GRANTEES, MAYBE YOU'RE INTERESTED AS WELL.
UM, AND THIS IS SARAH'S CORNER.
SO AS I, SARAH AND I MEET NOW BIWEEKLY, UM, JUST OFFLINE FROM THE MEETING JUST TO PREPARE AND MAKE SURE THAT I AM KIND OF MEETING HER NEEDS AS OUR COMMITTEE LEADER.
AND SHE MENTIONED A COUPLE REALLY INTERESTING THINGS AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS COMMITTEE KNOWS ABOUT IT SO WE CAN ADVERTISE OR WE CANTE AROUND HOW WE CAN OR SHOULD SUPPORT THESE INITIATIVES.
SO I'LL JUST GIVE A QUICK UPDATE.
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SOME RECREATION PROGRAMMING, SOME OF WHICH HAS BEEN INHERITED, UM, FROM PREVIOUS PARK MANAGERS AND OTHER, UM, MEMBERS OF THE CITY AND SOME OF WHICH IS NEW.SO THE FIRST IS THE MUSIC SERIES.
UH, IF YOU LIVED HERE ALONG, YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
WE DO HAVE, UM, BAND OUT IN THE PARK TWICE A MONTH THIS SUMMER.
WHICH PARK? IT IS AT THE E BURGER AMPHITHEATER.
AND WE HAVE, UM, THE DATES FOR THAT.
WE'RE ALSO THAT THAT ALSO THAT, UH, MARKETING IS ABOUT TO COME OUT WITH ALL OF OUR FINALIZED BANDS.
BUT THE DATES FOR THAT ARE JUNE, UM, 14TH.
WE ARE OPENING WITH THE MENUS.
UM, AND THEN ON JUNE 28TH WE TAKE A BREAK BECAUSE WE'RE AT STAR SPAN HEIGHTS.
UM, AND THEN WE GO AGAIN ON JULY 12TH, JULY 26TH, AUGUST 9TH, AUGUST 23RD, SEPTEMBER 6TH AND SEPTEMBER 20TH.
UM, SO THERE'S A LARGE VARIETY OF MUSIC.
UM, I HOPE THEY COME OUT WITH YOUR FAMILIES IF EVER YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER AT ONE OF THOSE.
WE SET UP LIKE A MARKETING TENT, HAND OUT INFORMATION, A GOODIES, PINS, DOG POOP BAGS, THAT KIND OF THING.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I AM EXCITED FOR NUMBER TWO.
NUMBER TWO IS, UM, SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK.
SO LAST YEAR AN ORGANIZATION APPROACHED BOTH ME AND, UM, CHRIS LINDA AT THE YMCA CALLED SHAKESPEARE IN THE HEIGHTS.
THEY GOT THEIR NON-PROFIT STATUS AND THEY WANTED TO DO SHAKESPEARE OUT IN THE PARK.
UM, SO THEY, WE GRANT THEM THE SPACE AS A NONPROFIT.
IT IS, IT IS THEIR EVENT, BUT THEN WE DO PARTNER WITH THEM FOR ONE OF THE EVENINGS AND WE CALL IT DATE NIGHT IN THE HEIGHTS.
UM, YOU CAN PRE-ORDER A CHARCUTERIE BOARD, UM, FOR YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS OR YOU KNOW, DATE, UM, IF YOU WANT.
AND YOU JUST GOT OUT AND WATCHED COMMUNITY THEATER, UM, LAST YEAR.
UM, THEY PUT ON A REALLY GREAT PERFORMANCE AND IT'S VERY FUN TO SEE PEOPLE FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE COME TOGETHER TO CREATE THEATER.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY UNIQUE THING ABOUT COMMUNITY THEATER.
UM, AND THEY'RE AGAIN DOING, UM, ANOTHER SHAKESPEAREAN PLAY THIS YEAR AND THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE HAVING THEIR TRYOUTS ON THE 31ST OF MARCH AND 1ST OF APRIL UP AT THE EIBERG AND THEATER.
SO IF ANYONE HERE OR ANYBODY WATCHING AT HOME WANTS MORE DIRECT INFO ABOUT THAT, I CAN CONNECT YOU WITH SHAKESPEARE AND THE HEIGHTS, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN TRY OUT 'CAUSE THEY NEED ACTORS.
ARE YOU AWARE, IS IT A, IS IT YOUTH AND ADULT OR IS IT ADULT? IT IS ADULT RIGHT NOW.
UM, THEY, THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT INCORPORATING YOUTH IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK THAT IT BEING JUST YEAR TWO FOR THEM THAT I THINK THEY'RE STILL STICKING TO ADULT.
UM, AND THEN AS THEY GROW, KIND GROW THE OPERATION FOR YOUTH.
ALL RIGHT, NOW ITEM B GONNA SET SOME TIME.
THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL WE NEED TO DISCUSS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS WELL BELOVED HERE IN HUB HEIGHTS ALSO, WELL BELOVED ON THIS COMMITTEE.
IT WAS CANCELED LAST YEAR AND WE NEED TO HAVE A, UM, YOU KNOW, PARDON ME CRAP OR GET OFF THE POT CONVERSATION.
ARE WE GONNA DO THIS? ARE WE GONNA MAKE THIS HAPPEN THIS YEAR? ARE WE NOT? WE CAN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
SO THAT IS OFFICIAL, THAT IS THE WORD.
AND HOW DO WE THEN SET IT UP FOR COMING BACK? HOW DO WE THEN, UM, MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR THE FUTURE? OR DO WE JUST LET THIS LOVELY THING DIE? YEAH, I HAD ASKED SARAH IF WE COULD PUT THIS BACK ON, UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE DECIDED, UM, WELL WE DIDN'T, UH, I DIDN'T, BUT THE BOARD DECIDED TO CANCEL.
AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME REALLY LOVERS OF FESTIVALS LIKE WE'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE ON THIS.
UM, SO I THINK THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LARGE SCALE EVENT.
AND THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANT A BRAND NEW BABY LARGE SCALE EVENT? DO YOU WANNA REBRAND THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL, REBIRTH IT? UM, I THINK THE BEST OPPORTUNITY IF YOU BRING IT BACK OR TO DO A LARGE SCALE PERIOD WOULD BE NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND TO TRY AND LOCATE IT AT CLOUD PARK BECAUSE OF THE RENOVATIONS THAT WE'LL BE TAKING THERE, IT'LL BE A PRIME EVENT SPACE.
UM, SO IT'S KIND OF IT'S MIRACLE FESTIVAL DISCUSSION, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TITLED TO MIRACLE FESTIVAL.
IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE A FESTIVAL.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A LARGE EVENT.
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PUT PEOPLE OFF OF THE BOARD WHOSE PASSION WAS LARGE SCALE BITS.I THOUGHT THE MAYOR SAID HE WANTED US TO NOT BE FESTIVALS IN THE ANYMORE AND TO DO MORE ARTS, UM, AGENDA.
SO THAT IS, IT WOULD, IT WOULD NEED TO BE MISSION HEAVY OF ARTS AND COMMUNICATION, RIGHT? SO WE'RE TALKING LIKE STARTING ARTIST FESTIVAL OR ART SHOWCASE OR COULD BE A THEATER FESTIVAL OVER THE WEEKEND OR IT COULD BE A SHOWCASE OF THE DIFFERENT ART FORMS ON THE STAGE WITH UM, FINE ARTS OUT FOR SALE OR IT WOULD NEED TO BE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.
THERE COULD ABSOLUTELY BE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ELEMENT, VARIETY SORT OF, YOU KNOW, FUNNEL CAKEY FESTIVAL.
BUT THOSE WOULD BE LIKE A BOLT ON NOT THE CENTERPIECE OF IT.
I'LL NOT DENY YOU FUNNEL CAKE.
I MEAN TRY, I LOVE THE IDEA OF CLOUD PARK REOPENING.
UM, WITH THAT, WITH THAT RENOVATION, IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A GREAT WAY TO LAUNCH THAT ASSET.
WOULD THAT BE COMPLETED? THE HOPE IS THAT, UM, PHASE ONE, WHICH WILL LIKELY CONTAIN THE BULK OF THE EVENT SPACE, UM, WOULD BE OPENING SUMMER NEXT YEAR.
ABOUT WHAT TYPE SUMMER, I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT TIME.
MY THING WITH THE MARIVILLE FESTIVAL IN THE PAST, I'VE REALLY FELT THAT BY DOING IT UP AGAINST COLLEGE FOOTBALL, WE GET REALLY CAN HAMSTRUNG OURSELVES THAT THIS IS SOMETHING I WOULD THINK WOULD DO BETTER IF WE PUSHED IT BACK INTO AUGUST IF WE'RE NOT QUITE GOING UP AGAINST COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
I, FOR ONE, I NEVER USED TO COME TO IT UNTIL I GOT OFFICE COMMITTEE AND IT WAS JUST SIMPLY, IT SEEMED TO ALWAYS FALL.
SAME WEEKEND I HAD HOME FOOTBALL GAME TICKETS.
UH, I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF HOW MANY OTHER RESIDENTS OF THE HEIGHTS ARE THE SAME CHOICE OF, UH, MIRACLE FESTIVAL OR FIVE STATE GAME TICKET, YOU KNOW? UM, AND I DO THINK THERE'S JUST A LOT GOING ON IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER THAT WE'RE GOING UP AGAINST THOUGH PERHAPS MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK AT AN AUGUST DATE FOR THIS.
DO WE HAVE A PROCESS OF SOLICITING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK? LIKE IS THERE A, YOU KNOW, WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA SET TO CLICK THIS LINK AND POLL FOR THESE DATES OR WHATEVER BECAUSE I HEAR AUGUST FESTIVAL AND I'M LIKE, OH GOD, THAT HOT.
LIKE THERE'S THERE'S NO PERFECT DATE.
AND MY, MY ARGUMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, UNLESS WE MOVE IT, UNLESS WE MOVE IT TO CLOUD, WHICH IS DEFINITELY AN OPTION, I THINK COUNCIL ALWAYS WANTED IT TO BE BIGGER.
WE CAN'T GO BIGGER AT IBERG BECAUSE WE FILLED EVERY PARKING LOT THERE, THERE WERE TIMES WHEN ALL THE PARKING WAS COMPLETELY FULL.
I'VE HEARD STILL OF PEOPLE ALMOST GETTING, SO YOU CAN'T, WE CAN'T GO.
YOU KNOW, THEY KEPT SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T COME BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO OTHER FESTIVALS AND THEY'RE DOING THIS AND THEY'RE DOING FOOTBALL AND THEY'RE DOING WELL.
IF THOSE PEOPLE START COMING, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'LL PUT THEM IF WE STAY AT IBERG.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY, IF IF THE GOAL IS TO MAKE IT BIGGER, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO MOVE SOMEPLACE
IT'S GONNA HAVE TO GO TO CLOUD.
UM, I ALWAYS FELT LIKE THE MIRACLE FESTIVAL WAS AN ART VENUE FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT WE HAD A LOT OF CRAFT VENDORS.
I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE THERE SELLING THEIR, THEIR CRAFTS AND THEIR ART AND THEIR THEIR THINGS.
SO I THINK THAT WAS MORE SO EVEN THAN I THINK THE 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL.
I MEAN, WE HAVE VENDORS AT THE 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL TOO.
MARIVILLE FESTIVAL ATTRACTED A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH CRAFTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I, I LOVED THE MARIBEL FESTIVAL.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DID LIKE IT.
IF WE ALWAYS HAD A LOT OF FOOD TRUCKS, WE LIKE IT WAS ALWAYS A FUN DAY.
BUT IF WE MAKE IT BIGGER, IT DEFINITELY CAN'T HAPPEN.
WELL, AND I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF BIGGER RIGHT.
THERE'S BIGGER FOOTPRINT, THERE'S MORE PEOPLE COMING.
AND I THINK TO MOVE FOR THIS BOARD TO SUGGEST MOVING FORWARD WAS A LARGE SCALE EVENT.
IT WOULD NEED TO BE VERY ARTS FOCUSED.
SO, UM, IF YOU CALLED IT THE MARITAL FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THEN HAD A LINEUP OF ART
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OFFERINGS, I THINK THERE'S BAD AVENUE.OR YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT OF THE MARYVILLE FESTIVAL.
SO WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THAT ALONE AND IF WE WANT TO DO AN ART EVENT IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL COME UP WITH A NEW NAME.
WE'RE GONNA CATCH, WE ALWAYS DO ART PARK.
RIGHT? SIMPLY CALL IT ART PARK.
I'M, I'M FINE WITH IT EITHER WAY.
I, I NEVER, UM, I ALWAYS ENJOYED THE MIRACLE FESTIVAL AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO.
AND IT IS OUR FLOWER AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, A CELEBRATION OF THAT.
AND I THINK IT ENDED UP IN SEPTEMBER ORIGINALLY BECAUSE NOTHING ELSE FIT.
YOU KNOW, WE ENDED UP, 'CAUSE I THINK IT YEARS AGO, IT STARTED OFF IN THE SPRING.
THEY HAD IT IN LIKE APRIL OR MAY AND THEN IT KEPT GETTING MOVED BECAUSE OF THERE WERE CONFLICTS THERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN, WHEN EXACTLY WE WOULD DO IT, BUT, UM, IT WAS IN AUGUST FOR QUITE A WHILE BEFORE IT.
BUT WE COULD ADD MORE PERFORMING ARTS.
WE COULD HAVE A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT COULD DEFINITELY BE CHANGED.
IT'S ALWAYS JUST KIND OF BEEN A FOOD TRUCK, YOU KNOW, VENDOR EVENT.
I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT EVERYONE BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT MEETING SPEND SOME TIME THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE, WHAT YOU WOULD ENVISION A SUMMER FESTIVAL FROM THIS COMMITTEE TO BE.
HOW WOULD ITS MISSION DRIVE THE ARTS HERE IN CUBA AND WHAT WOULD MAKE IT A WORTHWHILE USE OF OUR VOLUNTEER TIME? AND I WILL SAVE A LARGE PORTION OF OUR NEXT MEETING AGENDA TO REALLY IDEATE AROUND THAT AND THINK ABOUT WHAT IT COULD BE.
WE DO NOT, WE DO NOT HAVE TO PLAN IT NEXT MEETING, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE AN IDEA GOING INTO AS WE GET CLOSER TO OCTOBER AND AS WE GET CLOSER TO THESE FALL DATES SO WE CAN PAY ATTENTION TO WHEN A DATE MIGHT MAKE SENSE.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY BUILDING ON THAT, I WOULD SAY THERE'S NOTHING WOULD BE WRONG WITH STARTING SMALL AND BUILDING PAPER.
SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN SLATE.
THIS IS NEW, NEW OPINIONS, NEW TEAM MEMBERS.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE COME UP WITH.
AND YOU ARE ALSO NOT OBLIGATED TO HAVE A LARGE SCALE EVENT, CORRECT? NO, THAT'S WHAT I'M, YOU WOULD DECIDE TO DO OTHER THINGS WITH YOUR TIME AND RESOURCES.
I WOULD RATHER SEE A SMALL WELL ORGANIZED EVENT WITH OR COMEBACK THAN HAVE SOME BIG OVER A MONTH BIG THING THAT'S GONNA FALL FLAT ON IT.
IT'S GUARANTEED TO FALL FLAT ON THE DAY.
AND WE MIGHT BE LIMITED BY WHAT'S FINISHED BY SUMMER OF 26.
SO, WELL, YOU KNOW, MY, MY BABY I WAS PUSHING SARAH IS, HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN THE, THE PIGS DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THEY DID THE COWS IN CHICAGO.
I WOULD LOVE TO SOMEHOW SEE BIG GIANT POTS THAT, UM, BUSINESSES COULD DECORATE AND PLAY MARIGOLDS IN AND HAVE AT THE BUSINESSES.
AND I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S SO MANY WAYS TO, TO BRING THE THEME IN AND DO STUFF.
AND MAYBE IT'S NOT A SINGLE EVENT, BUT IT DRIVES TRAFFIC TO OUR BUSINESSES AND ECONOMIC VITALITY.
DO WE KNOW WHY MARIGOLD IS THE CITY FAR? LIKE WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MARI GOLD? NO, I'D LOVE TO KNOW.
I'LL LOOK YOUR, WHY DON'T YOU FIND I SHOULD KNOW THAT BEING ON THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, BUT I DON'T.
SOMETHING ALL UP TO LY UH, THOSE OF US WHO ARE LONG TIME RESIDENTS AND MYSELF BEING ONE.
WE HAVE ALWAYS NICKNAMED CITY.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THE OFFICIAL NICKNAME, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS REFERRED TO IT AS THE BRICK CITY.
AND YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO SOMETHING WHERE SOMEBODY PUTS OUT LIKE YOU THAT BRICKS AND THAT DECORATIVE FORM IN FRONT OF IT.
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THERE SOME FANCY I THE PIGS AND COWS SO CUTE.
ACTUALLY THOUGH THE LEGOS OR A BRICK EVENT OF SOME KIND.
'CAUSE THAT WAS A TRADEMARK'S NAME.
BUT THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BRICK TEAMS AND, AND BUILDING TEAMS LIKE, UM, SOME SORT OF BRICK EVENT AIN'T A BAD IDEA.
WELL WE TRIED TO DO THIS ALREADY AND WE COULDN'T PULL IT TOGETHER.
WE TRIED TO DO A, A LEGO, UM, COMPETITION TWO YEARS AGO.
THE YEAR BEFORE LAST THAT WAS GONNA BE PART OF THE, IT WAS MIRACLE, PART OF THE MIRACLE FESTIVAL.
IT WAS PART OF THE MIRACLE FESTIVAL.
AND THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT ACTUALLY SPONSORS THESE TYPES
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OF THINGS.AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE DETAILS WERE.
THEY HAD SOME KIND OF A NATIONAL, REGIONAL OR NATIONAL.
THEY GO AT THAT SAME THEY CONFLICTED.
BUT THEY WERE GONNA COME OUT AND PUT IT ON SO THAT WE COULD PEOPLE, PEOPLE COULD ENTER THEIR, THEIR BRICK HOUSES BUILT OUT OF LEGOS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S UM, I VISITED NELSONVILLE A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO AND THEY HAVE THE MANUFACTURED BRICKS BACK IN THE DAY WAS A BIG PLACE TO GET BRICKS IN OHIO.
AND THEY HAVE A SWAP THAT THEY DO EVERY YEAR IN AUGUST.
IT'S A BRICK SWAP WHERE YOU GO AND YOU GET HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT BRICKS 'CAUSE THEY'VE MANUFACTURED IN SPECIFIC PLACES AND THERE'S COLLECTORS OF THIS AND PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE TO THIS TOWN TO FIND BRICKS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FOR OH WOW.
AND SO WE COULD DO A BRICK FESTIVAL THAT BRINGS IN DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF BRICKS.
PEOPLE COULD PAINT BRICKS AND HAVE LIKE SPECIAL DESIGNS ON THEM.
PEOPLE COULD MAKE THINGS OUT OF BRICKS AND THEY COULD THERE BE A LEGO, NOT LEGO, DON'T SUE ME.
UH, THERE COULD BE MULTIPLE ASPECTS TO IT THAT ALL BRING IN THE BRICK IDEA.
I CANNOT WAIT FOR NEXT MONTH'S DISCUSSION.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE COMING DOWN TO THE END.
UM, YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE SEC SEMI SEQUI? THE, THE THE FESTIVAL THING.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, AND I REALLY SHOULD HAVE PUT THIS ON HERE, IT WAS A COMPLETE MIND PLATE, BUT UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY A REGISTERED, UM, OHIO TWO 50 COMMUNITY.
UM, SO WE HAVE SOME RESOURCES, UM, TO CELEBRATE THAT.
AND IN SIGNING ON THE GOVERNOR'S INITIATIVE, WE HAVE SAID THAT WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY HERE IN HUB.
SO OBVIOUSLY 4TH OF JULY FALLS ON THE FOURTH.
WE'RE BLOWING STAR SPAN OF HEIGHTS OUTTA THE WATER.
IT'S GONNA BE BIGGER AND BETTER EVER BEFORE NEXT YEAR, UM, TO CELEBRATE AMERICA'S BIRTHDAY.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT THOUGH, I AM LOOKING FOR JUST A TON OF SMALLER IDEAS AND ACTIVITIES THAT HELP PROMOTE AMERICA'S BIRTHDAY IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
UM, I'VE TALKED TO SOME MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR CENTER ABOUT, WITH THEIR SEWING GROUP AND POTENTIALLY MAKING FLAGS OR QUILTS OR SOMETHING AND THEY'RE INTERESTED IN BEING ON BOARD, UM, IN SOME CAPACITY.
AND, UM, LIKELY WILL WORK WITH THE GIRL SCOUTS TO DO SOMETHING, HAVE SOME CONNECTIONS THERE.
THE PARK BOARD, UM, IS, HAS GONE FOR GRANT TO PLANT HERITAGE TREES.
UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S SOME TREES THAT ARE NATIVE TO OHIO AND ALSO THAT HAVE SOME, SOME HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE IN OUR COMMUNITY LIKE THAT.
THE CANAL BLOCKS WERE MADE FROM WHITE OAK.
SO WHITE OAKS ARE BIG, GORGEOUS TREES.
UM, HOW CAN WE PLANT MORE OF THEM? HOW CAN WE ENGAGE THE SCHOOLS ON, UM, CHILDREN LEARNING THE VALUE OF TREES AND THE VALUE OF THEIR HERITAGE HERE? SO THERE'S LIKE LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE STARTING TO POP UP.
UM, AND ANYTHING THAT THIS BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DO.
UM, IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE WAYS WE MARKET THOSE THINGS HAPPEN WILL BE LIKE, HERE'S ALL THE THINGS WE'RE DOING TO CELEBRATE AMERICA'S CHILDREN FIFTH BIRTHDAY.
SO ANYTHING THAT THE SCHOOLS DO, ANYTHING THAT OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS DO WILL BE PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER TO SAY THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
OR ONE STOP SHOPPING AT HUBBERT.
UM, AND SO OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING A AND B WOULD BE INSPIRED TO DO TO CELEBRATE THAT WOULD BE COOL.
AWESOME TO KEEP THAT IN MIND TOO.
THAT WAS SEMI, SEMI QUINCENTENNIAL.
QUINCENTENNIAL IS 500 AND WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH.
SO SEMI WE COULD JUST SAY TWO 50 AMERICAN.
TWO 50 IS THE NAME OF THE WEBSITE.
UM, IN YOUR PACKETS THAT WERE PROVIDED, ARE THE MEETINGS OR THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING IF THESE ARE APPROVED AS READ? UM, I WOULD NEED A NOMIN OR I WOULD NEED A MOTION.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST PAGE YOU SEE THE POLICY AND PROCEDURE FOR OWNED ART.
THAT WAS A PREVIOUS DISCUSSION.
YOU NOTICE IT DID NOT MAKE IT TO THIS AGENDA SINCE IT WAS NOT TIME SENSITIVE.
SARAH AND I UH, MADE THE DECISION.
WE'RE GONNA PUSH THAT OFF JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO THAT IS PART OF OUR MEETING.
BUT GIVEN THAT THERE'S SO MUCH HERE IN THE SUMMER, WE'RE LIKE HEY, LET'S, WE GOT A FULL AGENDA SO WE PUSHED THAT OFF.
BUT YOU WILL BE SEEING MORE FOR THAT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS WITH THE MINUTES? I ADMIT THAT WAKES UP MINUTES AS WRITTEN WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
CHERYL HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH COMMENTS ADDED SECOND AND GREG HAS MADE A SECOND.
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ALL APPROVES SAY AYE.OUR NEXT MEETING IS, UH, SAME BAT TIME, SAME BAT CHANNEL HERE COMING UP IN APRIL.
IT'LL BE SHORTLY BEFORE MY BIG FIVE.
OH BIRTHDAY AND I SO CAKE? NO SEMI CENTENNIAL.
WELL THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT BETTER MASON.
WHAT'S THE ACTUAL DATE? APRIL 21ST.
ACTUALLY THAT'S THE DAY AFTER MY BIRTHDAY.
FUN YOU EASTER THIS YEAR? YES.
IT DOES, IT DID HAPPEN ONCE OR TWICE.
I WAS VERY YOUNG AND I GOT A NEW DRESS FOR MY BIRTHDAY AND I WENT TO CHURCH AND THEY HAD A PARTY FOR MY BIRTHDAY AND EVERYONE WAS DRESSED UP AND IT WAS ALL FOR MY BIRTHDAY.
AND I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY THROUGH REGULAR CHURCH THAT IT WASN'T FOR ME.
OKAY, SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE MADE OUR WAY THROUGH THE AGENDA.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE MEETING? SO MOVED.
AND CHERYL, HEY, YOU GUYS ARE MAKING ALL THE MEETINGS OR ALL MOTIONS? UH, SO ALL APPROVE SAY AYE.