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I VAMPED LONG[ AGENDA ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road April 21, 2025 6:30 P.M. ]
ENOUGH THAT I CAN DO AN OFFICIAL CALL, THE MEETING TO ORDER.SO AS CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:42 PM ON APRIL 21ST.
AND I WILL PROVIDE A ROLL CALL.
I'M HERE SARAH CHAPMAN, OUR COMMITTEE CHAIR, CHAIR, MASON
OH, YOU WON'T DO THE ROLL CALL ANYMORE.
UM,
AND NOW I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO SARAH BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME CITIZEN COMMENTS, I BELIEVE.
I THINK WHEN WE MET, UH, YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU HAD HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AND INPUT FROM FOLKS AFTER THE ARTS, UH, ART SHOW, OR IF THERE ARE NOT, WE CAN KEEP ROLLING.
I HAVE MY NOTES FROM THAT HERE.
OH, WHILE SHE'S LOOKING, JUST IF ANYONE WONDERS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO IS, UM, EVERY OTHER WEEK ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SARAH AND I MEET FOR AN HOUR.
JUST, YOU KNOW, FINISHING UP FROM THE LAST MEETING, PREPPING AGENDAS, MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW I GO TO THE CITY OFFICE SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE OFFICES UNDER THE SUN TIME LAWS.
AND THEN SHE PREPARES ALL OF THESE DOCUMENTS, WHICH IS WHY I GOT TO THINKING THAT'S WE'RE A LOT OF HER TIME.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS THINKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY HAVING A SECRETARY TO TAKE NOTES.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I MIGHT HAVE SAID TO YOU.
UM, SO I'M SORRY, DID YOU HAVE ANY ASSISTANT COMMENTS? UM, TYPICALLY THAT'S WHEN A CITIZEN COMES IN AND TALKS TO US.
ALRIGHT, I WILL MOVE FORWARD THEN.
OH, THE CHAIR STILL RECOGNIZES OUR REPRESENTATIVE WITH UPDATES.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A COUPLE OF QUICK UPDATES.
THE FIRST IS THAT THERE'S A CLOUD PARK SURVEY OUT NOW, SO IT IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
IF YOU SEE POSTS ABOUT THE CLOUD PARK DREAMING SESSION, THERE'S LINKS TO A SURVEY THERE.
UM, AS WE KNOW, CLOUD PARK IS BEING REENVISIONED TO BETTER CONDUCT SOME OF OUR LARGE SCALE EVENTS AND ALSO STILL CATER TO THE USER GROUPS THAT ARE THERE.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR, UM, TIMES OF INPUT FROM ALL ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, AGES DIFFERENT INTERESTS, UM, OCCUPATIONS.
THE MORE DIVERSITY WE HAVE, THE BETTER IN THAT.
AND IF EVERYONE ONE TOOK THE SURVEY, THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL.
AND TWO, IF YOU COULD SHARE IT WITH A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT YOU THINK MIGHT TAKE THE TIME TO TAKE THE SURVEY, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL AS WELL.
AND THE SECOND UPDATE I HAVE THIS TIME AROUND IS THAT WE ARE FINISHING UP FINAL EDITS ON A SUMMER IN COOPER HEIGHTS MAGAZINE.
SO THAT WILL BE HITTING MAILBOXES, UH, SOMETIME IN MAY.
NOT SURE ON THE EXACT DATE YET, BUT IT'S GONNA HAVE INFORMATION REGARDING OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TAKING PLACE.
UH, IT HAS AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE ARTS AND IFICATION COMMISSION IS WORKING ON, WHAT THE PARKS BOARD IS WORKING ON.
AND IT SHOULD BE, UM, A GREAT ONE STOP SHOP FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW HOW TO SPEND THEIR TIME THIS SUMMER.
SO THOSE ARE MY TWO BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS TIME.
ALRIGHT, SO WE ARE AT OLD BUSINESS.
I SAID OUR BIGGEST THING TONIGHT IS THE YARD UNIFICATION, AWARD LOGISTICS, UM, LEFTOVER FROM LAST MEETING WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON EXACTLY THE SIGN, THE DATE, THE PROCESS.
WHERE ARE WE WITH THIS AND, AND WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US TO SUPPORT THIS? SURE.
SO WE DO HAVE A NOMINATION FORM THAT I WILL BE GETTING OUT THERE AND PEOPLE WILL COMPLETE THAT FORM ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DECIDE, UM, LAST MEETING WE DECIDED WE'RE GONNA HAVE EIGHT CATEGORIES AND I BELIEVE WE WERE ON THE TRACK OF WANTING TO RECOGNIZE NOMINEES AND THEN WANTING TO RECOGNIZE THOSE EIGHT WINNERS.
SO I HAVE A PIECE OF PAPER IN FRONT OF YOU THAT IS AN, UH, FIRST ROUND MOCKUP FROM A SIGN MAKER.
THESE WOULD BE ROUTED SIGNS, UM, ON RECYCLED PLASTIC LIKE THIS.
UM, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THIS TEXTURE.
WE COULD MAKE IT LIKE A FAUX WOODY TEXTURE IF WE WANTED.
UM, OR IT COULD BE THIS TEXTURE OR SMOOTH.
UH, BUT I WANNA PASS THIS AROUND SO YOU CAN FEEL IT, FEEL THE WEIGHT OF IT.
UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'LL BE EXACTLY THAT THICK, SO IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE LIGHTER.
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A POST THAT WE COULD STICK IN THE GROUND AND THEN THIS PERSON WOULD BE ABLE TO DISPLAY THAT THEY WERE A WINNER FOR THE SEASON.SO I WOULD THINK PRESUMABLY WE'D PICK IT UP BY LIKE, YOU KNOW, MIDDLE TO END OF OCTOBER OR SOMETHING WHEN EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE STILL HAVE NICE LITTLE HARVEST, UM, DECORATIONS OUT.
BUT, UM, WHEN DEFINITELY ALL OF THE VEGETATION IS BEGINNING TO DIE.
AND SO THIS WOULD BE FOR THOSE WINNERS AND WE WOULD GET A SMALLER PLAQUE THAT IS KIND OF A REPLICA OF THIS WITH THE DATE ON IT SO THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, PUT IT ON THEIR MANTLE OR SOMETHING THAT THEY WON IN 2025.
UM, AND THEN FOR THE NOMINEES WE WOULD DO THE TRADITIONAL YARD SIGNS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS, UH, MIGHT BE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WOULD TAKE US, IT WOULD, IT WOULD TAKE US TIME TO GO OUT AND PUT THE SIGNS IN THE NOMINEES YARD.
UM, THOSE NOMINEES COULD KEEP THEIR SIGNS FROM THEN ON THOUGH, SO WE WOULDN'T, WE WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT RECOLLECTING THOSE.
AND THEN WHEN THE WINNERS ARE CHOSEN, WE WOULD GO AND PUT, PUT THE WINNER SIGN IN THEIR YARD.
SO, UM, THAT'S SOME LOGISTICAL THINGS WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH IF WE WANT TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT I'LL OPEN IT TO DISCUSSION NOW.
ANYTHING, ALL THINGS YOUR COMMUNICATIONS, MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT, SORRY, I GUESS I MIGHT AS WELL JUST START
I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF POST IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
LIKE IT, IT'LL BE LIKE A REALTOR'S SIGN KILLED FOUR OR FOUR.
IS IT GONNA BE THAT BIG? YEAH, I MEAN, I WOULD THINK IF IT WAS, YEAH.
I'VE GOTTA THINK ABOUT A REALTOR SIGN.
JUST SO THAT IT WOULDN'T BE LEAK DAMAGE TO THEIR YARD OR THEIR GARDEN AND THEN WE PULL BACK OUT AND TAKE IT.
BUT, UM, I THINK WE HAVE TO ASK THEM WHERE THEY WANT IT TO.
AND YOU HAVE, THEY HAVE IRRIGATION OR SOMETHING.
WE AREN'T JUST STICKING THIS THING IN SOMEONE'S YARD, WE'RE GONNA RIGHT.
I GUESS WHAT I WOULD RATHER SEE IS THE NOMINEES ALL GET YOUR SIGNS WHEN THE NOMINATIONS ARE MADE AND THEN WHATEVER PERMANENT SIGN WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM, MAKE IT A YARD SIGN THAT THEY COULD THEN TAKE IN OR DISPLAY THE WINDOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE AFTERWARDS, ONCE THE AWARD IS GIVEN, WE GIVE THEM THE AWARD AND THEN THEY CAN DISPLAY IT HOWEVER THEY WOULD WANT TO DO IT.
UM, I, WHAT I THINK I HEAR YOU SAYING IS SORT OF LIKE, SKIP THIS PIECE AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE SORT OF TAKE HOME AWARD THAT THEY KEEP AND THEN THEY CAN CHOOSE IF THEY WANT TO PUT IT IN THEIR HOUSE OR PUT IT OUTSIDE.
BUT EVERYONE WOULD'VE, EVERYONE WOULD'VE GOTTEN THE, THE YARD SIGN.
I THINK MAYBE JUST THE TWO STEP RATHER THAN HAVING THE, THE ONE THAT WE WOULD'VE TO GO BACK AND PICK UP AND TAKE, TAKE AWAY MAYBE SOMETHING IN BETWEEN THIS AND THE LITTLE STICKS IN THE GROUND THAT THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, KEEP AND LIKE I SAID, EITHER NOT ON THEIR HOUSE OR PUT THEM DISPLAY IN THEIR WINDOW OR SOMETHING.
UM, I MEAN, I LIKE THE WEIGHT AND TEXTURE OF THAT.
IF, IF THAT WAS THE ULTIMATE SIGN AND SOME WAY THAT THEY COULD, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY COULD DISPLAY THAT IN THEIR YARD WITHOUT A BIG POST.
THAT WOULD BE COST PER INHIBITIVE TO DO TO LEAVE WITH THEM.
SO I WOULD THINK SOMETHING MAY BE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THIS, BUT BETTER THAN THE STICK IN THE GROUND, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THAT WE COULD JUST GO AHEAD AND PRESENT TO 'EM THAT'S GOT THE DATE ON IT AND EVERYTHING AND THEN THEY KEEP IT MAYBE LIKE METAL, MAYBE WOOD LIKE OR METAL WOOD METAL, THE THING LIKE STOP SIGN MM-HMM
SOMETHING ALONG THE HEAVIER THAN JUST A LITTLE CORRUGATED THING THAT YOU STICK IN THE YARD, BUT NOT QUITE AS SUBSTANTIAL US BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK IT IS GONNA BE DIFFICULT TO GO AND, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OKAY, TAKE, OKAY G YOU THE SIGN, BUT NOW WE'RE TAKING IT BACK
YOU GET A, YOU GET A SIGN WHEN YOU'RE NOMINATED AND YOU GET, YOU CAN KEEP THAT.
AND THEN ONCE THE AWARD IS GIVEN, I THINK EIGHT CATEGORIES IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MUCH CONSIDERING THE NOMINEES WE'VE GOTTEN IN THE PAST, BUT I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THE NOMINATIONS WILL INCREASE.
SO BEFORE WE GO TO THE NOMINATIONS THEMSELVES, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER INPUT ON THE SIGN PROCESS? I WANNA MAKE SURE ALL VOICES GET HEARD.
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I'M NOT THE FINAL SAY ON THIS, OBVIOUSLY.WELL, SOMETHING THAT MIGHT GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO THIS, IT'S A LITTLE LATE AT THIS POINT, BUT BEFORE GOING DOWN THE ROAD IS SEEING IF WE GET SPONSORS FOR THESE SONS OR WE MIGHT HAVE A AC EQUITY LONG AND GARDEN SERVICE.
UH, I THINK WE MENTIONED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING, I MIGHT BE, I MIGHT BE MISREMEMBERING, BUT AS AN INNOVATION FOR NEXT YEAR IS TO THINK ABOUT SPONSORSHIPS.
RIGHT? I THINK THAT WAS A, A GROWTH ITEM FOR NEXT YEAR.
SPONSORS DIDN'T PAY FOR THE SIGNS AND POTENTIALLY, YEAH.
SO SARAH, LET'S, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE HERE? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS APPROACHING PRETTY RAPIDLY AND TO ASK YOU TO GO BACK AND FIND MORE SIGN IDEAS.
IF WE WERE TO SHIFT TO UM, METAL, IT WOULD BE THINNER.
UM, AND I THINK I COULD SOURCE THAT PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO IF WE'RE OKAY ON THAT SORT OF SOLUTION THAT ONCE THEY GET THEIR SIGN THEY'RE KEEPING IT, UM, THEN I CAN SEARCH FOR OPTIONS THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THE PRICE RANGE.
AND WE WERE GONNA OPEN NOMINATIONS IN MAY 30TH.
UM, BECAUSE THERE'LL BE A NOMINATION PERIOD.
I DON'T NEED SIGNS UNTIL THE END OF THE NOMINATION PERIOD.
SO I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE MEETING THAT I'LL BRING THIS BACK TO YOU.
UM, I'LL PROBABLY GET TWO OR THREE OPTIONS.
UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'LL HAVE A SAMPLE THAT YOU CAN TOUCH, BUT I'LL HAVE THE, THE ARTWORK MOCK UP AND, AND GO FROM THERE.
SO JUST FOR THE NOTES, UM, I THINK I HAD A MOTION ON THE TABLE FROM CHERYL THAT WE WOULD SEND SARAH BACK TO GET POTENTIALLY A SOURCE OF METAL SIGN AND THAT WE WOULD DO FINAL, UH, APPROVAL OF THE AWARD SIGN ON THE MAY IN THE MAY MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE THE LAST ACT PRIOR TO OUR MAY 30TH OPENING TIME.
CAN I, CHERYL, DID I SUMMARIZE YOUR NOTES CORRECTLY? I SO MOVED THAT I SHOULD, COULD I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
SAME SIGN PASSED OUR RULES AND BORDER IS WEIRD, BUT YOU GOTTA DO IT.
I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THIS.
HAS ANYONE CONTACTED A PHOTOGRAPHER? NO.
SO WE WERE I ON THE FORM? WE DID ASK FOR PHOTOGRAPHS, UM, SO OH, AND THEN I THOUGHT WE WOULD JUST USE OUR PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE EIGHT WINNERS.
IF THAT'S A, IF THAT SEEMS, THAT MAKES SENSE.
BETTER FOR HIS TIME BECAUSE IF WE GET, IF THEY GIVE US PHOTOS UP FRONT, THEN WE'LL LOOK FROM US.
AND I, IF HE IS NOT WILLING TO DO IT, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HIS FEELING IS ON IT.
HE DIDN'T COME TO
AND ACTUALLY WE HAVE, UM, I'VE GOTTEN A VOLUNTEER, UM, SHANNON'S DAUGHTER, SHANNON'S DAUGHTER IS, NEEDS HONORABLE, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY SERVICE
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION I'VE GOT, I'VE ALREADY, I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO HER ABOUT ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, SITUATION THAT I NEED HER FOR.
NOT RELATED TO ARTS AND COMMUNICATION, BUT I'M SURE SHE'D BE WILLING TO PUT ON ANY COMMUNITY SERVICE, BUT SHE, YEAH, THAT'D GREAT.
UM, THE NEXT BIG TOPIC, THIS, WELL, I WON'T SAY IT'S BIG, BUT JUST KIND OF KEEPING IT IN THE AIR.
OUR STAR SPAND VENDOR SHOWCASE UPDATE FROM PREVIOUS NOTES.
WE ARE IN CHARGE OF THE TENT OF VENDORS AND A SORT OF CALL HAS GONE OUT FOR CRAFTERS AND ARTISTS.
AND WE'LL ALWAYS GET THE AVERAGE, LIKE, HERE'S 15 PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SOLVE THE BUG PROBLEM IN THE YARDS AND WHATNOT.
AND SO OUR COMMITTEE IS TASKED WITH, YOU KNOW, BEING A BIT OF A GATEKEEPER TO ENSURE THAT IT IS QUALITY.
SO SARAH, WHAT'S THE UPDATE? YEP.
UM, SO CURRENTLY FOR THE VENDOR IT'S, UM, THE ARTIST TO MAKER SHOWCASE IS WHAT WE'RE GOING WITH.
AND THERE ARE SEVEN PEOPLE, UM, WHO ENROLLED.
I WOULD PERSONALLY LOVE TO SEE THAT NUMBER TRIPLE BY THE TIME WE GET THERE.
SO PLEASE, UM, THERE ARE POSTS OUT ON FACEBOOK NOW, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SHARING 'EM WITH ANY ARTISTS THAT YOU KNOW, OR IF YOU HAPPEN TO GO TO ANY
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ART SHOWS IN THE MEANTIME, SPREAD THE WORD WITH ANY CRAFTERS AND VENDORS.UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE ARE, YOU'RE MARKING OUR VENDOR SPACE FOR ARTISANS, CRAFTERS, UM, MAKERS, THAT SORT OF GROUP.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY MODEST RATE.
IT'S $50 UP FRONT, BUT WE WILL REFUND $25 IF YOU SHOW UP AND STAY.
UM, SO FOR A $25 INVESTMENT, WE'RE GONNA REALLY TRY AND GROW IT, UM, QUITE BIG AND MAKE IT A WONDERFUL PART OF THE EXPERIENCE.
UH, THERE IS STILL AN OPTION FOR OUR OTHER DIRECT SALES VENDORS.
UM, WE WOULD LOVE TO STILL HAVE THOSE MEMBERS REPRESENTED AT THE EVENT.
AND WE DO OFFER, UM, SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IF ANYBODY IS LIKE, DARN IT, I DON'T QUALIFY, BUT I'D STILL LIKE TO BE AT THIS EVENT REACHING ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE.
THEY CAN EMAIL ME AND HAVE SPONSORSHIP.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON WHERE WE STAND ON THAT? I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
I'M ASSUMING THAT BY DOING THE, THE POSTS WITH THE ARTISAN VENDORS, WERE TRIED TO ELIMINATE THE PEOPLE THAT SOME, THE, YOU KNOW, CARTOON, UH,
ANYONE WHO SELLS ANYTHING THOUGH CAN BECOME SPONSOR, BECOME SPONSORS.
AND SO IF THERE IS A SPONSORSHIP LEVEL THAT ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE A TENT THERE, BUSINESS OKAY.
BECAUSE I'M THINKING FESTIVALS KIDS ARE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LOW SPONSOR ALREADY WHO WILL BE SELLING THEIR, OKAY.
SO I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE THEIR OPTIONS ALSO.
WELL, AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT BEING AN ARTIST AND MAKER, YOU MIGHT GET SOME 3D PRINTERS AND A LOT OF COOL THINGS WITH THAT.
THE PRINCESS CROWNS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY OH YEAH.
LITTLE LIKE DRAGON FIDGETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I LOVE THE, I LOVE THE HOME 3D PRINTERS.
AND THEN THE LAST LITTLE BUSINESS, THE PUBLIC ART RFP YES.
YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE ONLY SUFFICIENT FOR THE PUBLIC ART RFP.
AND SO I SUGGESTED THAT WE ALL, UM, READ UP ON IT AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
UM, IN ABSENCE OF ANY SERIOUS, UM, RESERVATIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH IT OR CHANGES WITH WHAT'S REQUESTED THEM, THEN I WOULD SAY THAT WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, NEGOTIATING WITH THIS FIRM FOR A CONTRACT.
UM, DO WE KNOW IF THEY'RE LOCAL? THEY HAVE FIRMS IN BOTH CINCINNATI AND COLUMBUS.
AND SO THE ONES WE SUBMITTED HERE, I BELIEVE WE'RE LOCATED IN CINCINNATI.
DO WE EVER HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF, LIKE, OKAY, WE WOULD PICK THE, THE TOP TWO, COME TO THE MAIN MEETING AND DO YOUR PITCH.
DO WE EVER DO THAT KIND OF THING? UM, FOR ANY SORT OF RFP? YEAH, WE HAVE THE ABILITY IN OUR RFP PROCESS TO CONDUCT INTERVIEWS.
'CAUSE I MEAN, I SOMETIMES GET LOST.
I, I READ THESE THINGS ALL THE TIME.
I SOMETIMES GET LOST IN PITCH DECKS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO EXTENSIVE.
I, I'M TRYING TO FIND, WHAT ARE THEY SUGGESTING THEY MAKE? I BELIEVE THAT THEIR OUTLINE IS THAT THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO COME AND DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS TO DECIDE TOGETHER WHAT IS MADE.
SO IT'S NOT THIS WALL THAT'S ON PAGE NINE, IT'S NOT A DONOR WALL.
IT'S, WE'LL DECIDE TOGETHER AND BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE CONCEPT.
AND THESE ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
AND I THINK NUMBER SEVEN IS THAT IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF MSA DESIGN OF THE CITY OF NEW HEIGHTS.
AND THE COMMISSION HAS REQUESTED PROPOSALS FOR THE CREATION OF COMMUNITY ART POLICE WITH PARTICIPATION OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE COMMISSION WHENEVER POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
THE INTENTION IS TO COORDINATE WITH THE COMMISSION TO SELECT THE SITE FOR THIS ART INSTALLATION AND UTILIZE THE COMMISSION TO COORDINATE WITH HUB HEIGHTS OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC OWNERS NECESSARY 1 27 THANK YOU.
APPEAL INFORMATION OF THE FINAL ART INSTALLATION UTILIZED HEIGHTS.
SO THEN IN THE NEXT SECTION IN THEIR TIMELINE, THERE'LL PICK
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NO LOCATION, WEEK FOUR LOCATION SELECTION.THERE'LL BE THREE IDEAS OR CONCEPTS, AND THEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THERE'LL BE ONLINE COMMUNITY VOTING TO SELECT DESIGN CONCEPT.
AND THEN 15 THROUGH 11 FINDS WHAT THAT IS.
DESIGN, ARTWORK AND MURAL PREPARATION, AND THEN VOLUNTEER CALL TO ACTION 1114 MATERIALS PROCUREMENT, AND THEN THE CAN USE.
SO THEY'RE GONNA PAINT, WE'RE GONNA PAINT TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.
SO THE MOSAIC PROJECT IS OFF THE TABLE WITH THEM.
UM, THIS WOULD BANNER, THIS IS THEIR SUBMISSION, SO WE DIDN'T ASK NECESSARILY TO WORK HIS IT.
UM, SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE SOMETHING LIKE PAINT BY NUMBERS.
AND SO HAS THE SUBMISSION PERIOD CLOSED? YES.
I'LL SAY THOUGH, AND THESE ARE THE ONLY, THIS IS THE ONLY WE HAVE.
SO IF IDEA IDEAS FOR WHERE TO LOCATE THIS, THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE? OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE OUTSIDE.
I, I MEAN THAT WAS JUST MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT OF COURSE I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE ALSO, SO I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
I MEAN, IF IT'S JUST PAINTED, THEN THERE'S MAINTENANCE INVOLVED.
UNLESS THERE'S SOME KIND OF A FINISH THAT THEY PUT ON TO PROTECT IT, IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THEIR INSTALLATIONS ARE MORE INDOORS.
SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, FOR IT TO BE A PUBLIC INSTALLATION, THEY WOULD HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING PUBLICY, BUT STILL PROTECTED FROM ELEMENTS OF SOME KIND.
IF WE WANNA TAKE, UM, TIME, SOME TIME TO DIGEST THIS, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THAT.
I WILL BE, UM, I'LL LOOK BACK AT OUR TIMELINE FOR THE SUBMISSION PERIOD AND IF WE NEED TO CALL A QUICK MEETING TO COME TO A VOTE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE MIGHT NEED TO DO THAT.
YEAH, I WOULD REALLY LIKE SOME TIME WITH THIS, IF THAT'S OKAY.
IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO TRY TO, I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, I WAS NOT ANTICIPATING, UM, A DESIGN FIRM THIS CALIBER BID ON THE PROJECT.
I WAS INITIALLY SAID WE WERE GONNA GET YEAH.
LOCAL ARTISTS, UM, OR MAYBE LIKE AN ARTIST'S GUILD OR, OR GROUP OF PEOPLE.
UM, SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A FORMAT THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND.
YOU HAVE TO WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND, BUT I, I BELIEVE WE, WE CAN ALWAYS TALK TO THEM MORE TOO, THAT IT'S, THE APPROACH WOULD BE THEY'RE GONNA COME TALK TO US, FIND OUT MORE WHAT WE'RE THINKING, AND LET THAT GUIDE THEIR ULTIMATE PROPOSAL AND INSTALLATION, GIVEN THAT THEY'RE ONLY BIDDING THE LIMIT OF THE 10,000 AND THEY'RE GONNA DO A FULL DISCOVERY PROCESS.
I MEAN, I'VE WORKED WITH AGENCIES, THEY HAVE TO BE THINKING LIKE THEY PROBABLY NEED FOR THEIR AGENCY PITCH DECK SOME, HEY, WE'VE DONE PUBLIC ART OR WE'VE DONE THIS THING.
SO THEY MIGHT BE WILLING IF TO YEAH, IT'S ONLY $2,000 IS MATERIAL, $8,000 IS THE COORDINATION.
SO THEY'RE REALLY, UM, THEY'RE REALLY LEANING INTO THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE.
IF WE REALLY WANT TO GO MOSAIC, LET'S LET'S SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE AND, AND SEE IF WE YEAH.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEIR, THEIR BASIS OF THEIR TEAM IS GONNA BE THEIR DESIGN, THEIR GRAPHIC DESIGNERS TOO.
SO THAT'S THEM LAYING OUT THE IMAGE, I IMAGINE.
WELL I CAN HOW YOU DO A MUCH VERY LARGE PIECE FOR 2000 IF IT'S A MOSAIC.
WELL THEY, IT'S GONNA BE, YEAH, THESE BIG WORK, THEY, I I MEAN, BECAUSE WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT BLANK WALL AT THE END OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE SHOPPING STRIP THAT'S IN THE PARKING LOT OR THE CITY BUILDING'S GONNA BE THE NORTH WALL FACING THE, YEAH, THE NORTH WALL FACING THE CITY BUILDING IS JUST A BLANK SLATE.
AND THAT WE HAD TO, HAD MENTIONED THAT AS A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE IT'S JUST KIND OF A BRICK WALL OR NOT BRICK WALL.
IT'S A CEMENT CEMENT LOCK WALL, RIGHT? YES.
IS IT PRIVATE PROPERTY? CITY PROPERTY.
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CITY PROPERTY, OKAY.AND IT'S OUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S VISIBLE.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF A GOOD THOUGHT BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF IN THE HEART OF THE CITY AND IT'S WHERE THE CITY BUILDING IS GOING TO BE.
IT'S WHERE THE LIBRARY IS, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S A, BUT IT'S OUTDOORS.
SO YEAH, I, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THIS FURTHER AND SEE IF, IF IT'S ANYTHING THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, ADAPTED FOR WHAT WE WANT, YOU KNOW, UM, I DO KNOW IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA PUT IT ON ONE OF THE BUILDINGS IN THE PARKS, UM, THERE'S A VERY NICE WALL SHOLL GATE.
UM, I CAN ALSO LOOK AT SOME OTHER PLACES AS WELL.
UM, AND I CAN FACILITATE IT BEING INSTALLED WITHIN THE PARKS AND FACILITIES THAT I MAINTAIN.
IF WE WANNA LOOK AT A DIFFERENT CITY BUILDING, WE'RE JUST, WE GOTTA LEAVE MORE PEOPLE IN AND GET MORE PERMISSIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO, UM, ULTIMATELY WHATEVER SUGGESTION YOU WANNA MAKE, WE WILL RECOMMEND TO COUNSEL FIRST, UM, FOR THEIR FEEDBACK.
SO, UM, A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE THAT WE TAKE SOME TIME WITH THIS.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO MADE THE MOTION, MAYBE IT WAS ME.
UH, THAT WE TAKE SOME TIME TO REVIEW THIS AND THAT SARAH WILL GO AWAY AND REVIEW OUR TIMELINE.
AND IF WE NEED TO HAVE A VERY QUICK IN AND OUT GO NO GO DECISION, WE WILL, OTHERWISE WE WILL BRING THIS BACK FOR CONVERSATION AT THE MAIN MEETING.
WHO MOTIONS THAT THOUGH? THAT'S NOT SARAH.
SO NEW BUSINESS FUTURE PROJECTS DISCUSSION.
CHERYL AND GREG, Y'ALL GAVE ME THE GAVEL.
I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA DO IN MAY SOME VISIONING TO TRY AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT'S OUR, YOU KNOW, AS A QUICK WAY WE KNOW WE'VE DONE OUR JOB.
IF WE DO, IF THIS IS WHAT HUBER IS LIKE ARTISTICALLY AND BEAUTIFULLY, UM, THAT WILL BE A CONVERSATION IN MAY.
WE'LL LIKELY HAVE TO COME BACK WITH THE FINAL.
WE LIVED WITH IT, WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, WE MADE SOME EDITS IN JUNE AND APPROVE THAT, AND THEN DIDN'T WORK FOR A JULY EVENT OR, AND THEN AT THE JULY MEETING.
SO I'M GIVING YOU PLENTY OF NOTICE PEOPLE ON VIDEO, PEOPLE READING THE NOTES AND GIVING PLENTY OF NOTICE.
I WOULD LOVE YOU TO SHARE THIS WITH FOLKS.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST EVER ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION SHARK TANK.
DOES ANYONE WATCH THE SHOW? DOES ANYONE KNOW THE CONCEPT? NOT AT ALL.
SO THE CONCEPT IS THAT ENTREPRENEURS AND PEOPLE WITH AN IDEA, BUT NOT ENOUGH MONEY, HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO PITCH SOME RICH FOLK, SOME BUSINESS FOLK.
IT'S THE BEST PITCH OF THEIR LIFE.
THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE, WHAT THEY'VE DONE, WHAT THEY COULD DO, AND WHAT THE OPPORTUNITY IS.
BUT I KNOW YOU ALL JOINED THIS COMMISSION WITH IDEAS.
I KNOW I JOINED THIS COMMISSION WITH IDEAS.
SI ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS HISTORY AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE.
AND ABOUT SEPTEMBER, SARAH HAS TO GO TO COUNCIL OR TO THE BOARD OR TO WHATEVER, WITH A BUDGET.
AND IT WOULD BE REALLY THRILLING IF WE KNEW ABOUT SEPTEMBER, WHAT 20, 26 BIG INITIATIVES WERE GONNA LOOK LIKE.
IF WE KNEW WE WERE GONNA HAVE AN ART SHOW IN FEBRUARY.
WE WERE GOING TO HAVE LONG BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS OR LOCAL BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS IN JUNE.
WE WERE GOING TO DO SARAH'S WEIRD, UH, MAGNOLIA BUCKET, UH, MAGNOLIA MARIGOLD BUCKET PROJECT OR LAST NAME.
MY MARIAL PROJECT'S NOT WEIRD.
AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS IF YOU HAVE A THING YOU REALLY WANT TO DO IN THE JULY MEETING, COME PREPARED TO PITCH THREE MINUTES.
OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WE'RE GONNA DO A PUBLIC SHARK TANK AND INVITE PEOPLE.
WELL, WE HAVE, WE'RE GONNA INVITE SOME CITIZENS WHO MAY HIT US AS WELL.
BUT HERE'S THE THING, IF NOBODY PITCHES A FEBRUARY ART SHOW, UNLESS IT'S ON OUR CHARTER THAT WE HAVE
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TO DO IT, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT JUST BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE.IF NOBODY'S PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, IF NOBODY CARES ABOUT IT, IF NOBODY WANTS TO CHAMPION IT, WHY AM I GONNA WASTE YOUR PRECIOUS VOLUNTEER TIME? SO YOU MAY PITCH SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE AND THAT'S OKAY, BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE INNOVATIONS TO MAKE IT GROW, TO MAKE IT BETTER.
THINGS THAT GET LOST IN THE, OKAY, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS WHO MADE THE MOTION THINGS THAT GET LOST IN THAT, THAT, THAT REGULATION.
OKAY? SO TAKE SOME TIME BETWEEN NOW AND OUR JULY MEETING, AND I REALLY DID THIS AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE I AM SURE THERE IS SOME PEARL CLUTCHING HAPPENING, AND THAT'S OKAY.
HEAR AT MEETINGS, EMAIL ME WITH QUESTIONS, COPY THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
AND SARAH, WE CAN'T HAVE SIDEBARS.
BUT THE IDEA IS TO COME AND TAKE THREE MINUTES AND SAY, HERE'S WHY I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
HERE'S WHY OUR TEAM SHOULD PUT BUDGET AND PEOPLE AND DOLLARS TO THIS.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
I'LL GIVE YOU MY PITCH VERY BADLY 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T CRISP IT UP.
UM, IN THE CITY OF GLENDALE, OHIO, THEY'RE KNOWN FOR THEIR BLACK SQUIRRELS.
AND A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THEY HAD, UH, CREATED ABOUT THIS TALL LITTLE SCULPTURES, LITTLE SCULPTURES OF BLACK SQUIRRELS AND BUSINESSES BOUGHT THEM AND DECORATED THEM ARTISTICALLY.
CINCINNATI DID IT WITH, WITH PIGS.
WELL, I ACTUALLY GOT THE MAP AND WENT AROUND AND SAW ALL OF THE GLEN DUR SQUIRRELS.
I WENT AROUND AND SAW ALL OF THE CINCINNATI FLYING PIGS.
I HAVE PICTURES WITH SOME OF THEM.
IT WAS A REALLY FUN THING TO DO.
AND IF WE HAVE AS A LOCAL FLOWER IN THE MARIGOLD, WOULDN'T IT BE REALLY COOL TO GET SOME VERY LARGE, UM, PLANTERS, CERAMIC PLANTERS THAT LOCAL ARTISANS MIGHT SHAKE OR PAINT OR DO.
AND SOME BUSINESSES COULD PLANT MIRROR GOLD AND MAKE A DISPLAY AND IT WOULD BE DISPLAYED OUT DURING THE SUMMER.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF LOGISTICS TO THAT.
AND I HAVE TO COME TO THAT MEETING WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF, HERE'S HOW IT COULD BE DONE AND HERE'S WHAT IT MAY LOOK LIKE.
BUT MY IDEA IS TO HAVE MARIAL PLANTERS AND POTTERS THAT PEOPLE COULD LIKE, OOH, WHAT'S THE MARIGOLD TRAIL HERE IN HUMOR? THAT IS A SILLY, WEIRD, RANDOM IDEA THAT I'VE BEEN SITTING ON THAT I WOULD LOVE TO TRY.
THIS IS THE TIME FOR YOUR SILLY, WEIRD, RANDOM IDEA OR PASSION PROJECT.
YOU MIGHT COME TO THIS MEETING, PERSON WATCHING ON VIDEO, PERSON PROBABLY WATCHING ON VIDEO.
YOU MIGHT COME TO THIS MEETING AND LIKE, MAN, I WANT THE MARY GOLD FESTIVAL BACK AND YOUR TEAM USED TO DO IT.
AND HERE'S HOW YOU CAN COME PITCH US COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
IF WE USED TO DO SOMETHING AND YEARS AND YEARS AGO AND WE STOPPED DOING IT, ASK IT AGAIN.
THE WORLD IS DIFFERENT JUST BECAUSE IT GOT DENIED LAST TIME, MAYBE THERE'S A REASON FOR IT.
AND WE CAN BUILD AND GROW OFF OF EACH OTHER'S IDEAS.
BUT IN JULY, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT SHARK TANK AND THEN WE WILL HAVE CONVERSATION, WHATEVER.
AND IN AUGUST WE WILL SAY, HERE'S OUR SLATE.
AND WE WILL DABBLE IT AS A TEAM SO THAT IT CAN GO INTO SARAH'S BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER.
GREAT QUESTIONS ON SARAH'S RANDOM IDEA.
GUESS I NEED TO GO WATCH SOME OLD VIDEOS THAT THIS SHARK TANK SHOW.
IF I USE A VIDEO OF SHARK TANK PRESENTATION, IT MIGHT HELP IF I TEND TO PREFER THINGS VERY OPEN-ENDED, JUST COME AND PITCH.
BUT IF YOU WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE, I CAN BRING TO THE NEXT MEETING A ONE PAGE DOCUMENT OF WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE.
WHAT IS YOUR IDEA? WHEN DO YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE THE FIVE W HOUSE? YOU KNOW, WHY IS THIS SOMETHING OUR TEAM CAN DO? HOW MUCH IS IT GONNA COST AND HOW WOULD IT BE DONE? I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA ANYWAY.
AND THE TIMELINE TIME LIMIT THEY WERE GIVING PEOPLE.
BECAUSE IF WE HAVE A HUNDRED MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT IS WHAT WE CALL A HIGH CLASS PROBLEM.
I MEAN, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE, BUT THAT'S WHY WE NEED SOMEONE UP FRONT.
YOU GET FOUR MINUTES OR WHATEVER.
I DUNNO, I SAID THREE MINUTES.
UM, I'LL PUT THAT TOGETHER AND YOU CAN ADD IT TO NEXT
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MONTH'S NOTES THAT I'LL BRING IT NEXT MONTH.UM, I WILL PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE ONE PAGE PITCH AND PEOPLE CAN USE IT.
BUT I WILL SAY LIKE, DON'T LET IT CONSTRAIN YOU.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE FIRECRACKERS AND SPARKLERS, THEN YEAH, WE CAN'T SITTING OFF FIREWORKS.
IF YOU WANNA DRESS IN COSTUME SO THAT WE GET YOUR, GET THE THE FULL EFFECT OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THAT'S OKAY.
I JUST, I, I REALLY WANT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH OF US TO SHARE ABOUT A PASSION PROJECT AND NOT JUST, OKAY, WELL THE COMMITTEE SAYS WE DO THIS, SO LET'S VOTE ON IT AND DO IT.
I I, THIS IS A WHOLE NEW TEAM.
IT'S A, IT'S A WHOLE NEW WAY OF THINKING.
SO THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO RETHINK OUR ACTIVITIES, BUT THEN WAY, OH, THIS IS A REALLY GREAT IDEA, BUT WE ARE DOING THAT ABOUT THE TIME WE ALWAYS DO LONG AWARDS.
DO WE HAVE VOLUNTEER HOURS TO DO BOTH? DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO BOTH? MAYBE WE GET RID OF ONE OR WE SAY, NO, IT'S A COOL IDEA, BUT IT'S NOT ONE WE'RE GONNA DO.
AND THAT WAY WE DON'T JUST DO THINGS BY HABIT.
WE MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON WHERE WE REALLY WANNA SPEND OUR RESOURCES.
DO WE HAVE TO HAVE ON A SEPTEMBER TIMELINE? I MEAN, THAT IS WHEN THE BUDGET DOES GO FORWARD.
THIS IS A JULY PITCH FOR THE BUDGET FOR 26TH.
IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO WALK IN IN OCTOBER AND A GREAT IDEA, WE JUST, THERE'S, WE LOVE YOUR IDEA, BUT IT'LL BE 2027, NOT 26 POSSIBLY.
THAT'S WHY WE DO MAKE THIS, IF IT IS, IF IT'S SPENDY, IT PROBABLY WOULD GET PUSHED TO 27.
IF IT'S NOT SPENDY, BUT IT'S A GREAT IDEA, THEN MAYBE WE CAN ADD IT IN.
BUT I MEAN, THERE'S ALSO ALWAYS THE ABILITY TO, THAT YOU, UM, THAT, I MEAN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF AVAILABLE TO YOU AS WELL.
SO I CURRENTLY CONTRACT WITH THE SHAKESPEARE GROUP THAT DOES SHAKESPEARE AND THE PARK THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THIS BOARD.
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO LET A GOOD IDEA TO WALK AWAY NECESSARILY.
UM, BUT WE ARE ALWAYS CONSTRICTED A LITTLE BIT BY BUDGET, OF COURSE.
I CAN SEE SOMEBODY WALKING IN HERE WITH SOMETHING.
YOU MAY NEED X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS TO DO THE PLANNING FOR THAT.
WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT AND WHY FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR WHEN THE EVENT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
I, I THINK IT'S OKAY FOR SOMEBODY TO PITCH.
THIS IS ACTUALLY SO BIG IT NEEDS TO BE 27.
I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY HELP A SPONSOR GET INVOLVED IF THEY SAW A PASSIONATE PERSON.
AND IF WE KNEW IN SEPTEMBER WE WERE REALLY GONNA PUSH THIS FOR A 26TH, THAT WOULD GIVE US THE RUNWAY TO GET SPONSORSHIPS AND TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT.
AND NOT LIKE, OOH, OKAY, THIS IS A NEXT MONTH THING.
NOT LIKE WE'VE DONE THAT, BUT I'VE BEEN ON OTHER COMMITTEES WHERE, UM, YOU DON'T GET IN ADVANCE.
THIS IS WHY CORPORATIONS DO ANNUAL BUDGET CYCLES.
I MEAN THIS IS, IT'S JUST EXACTLY, YOU GOTTA GIVE YOURSELF RUNWAY.
ESPECIALLY WE WHO ARE VOLUNTEERS AND YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA SEE WHERE THE ENTHUSIASM IS.
MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THIS TEAM WANTS TO DO THAT WE DIDN'T THINK OF BEFORE.
SO THIS IS MY WEIRD, UM, MY WEIRD THING THAT I'M GONNA BRING TO THE TEAM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I AM TAKING BACK THE BUILD TO DO A ONE PAGE PITCH SHEET WITH FIVE W HOUSE AND, UM, THAT WILL GO IN, IN THE MAY NOTES.
BUT NOW YOU SEE WHY THAT VISIONING IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONCE WE KNOW OUR VISION, THAT WILL ALSO HELP US AS WE PICK WHERE TO INVEST OUR HOURS.
UM, ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, SARAH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS TYPICALLY THIS THAT WOULD YEAH, MUCH.
WE LIKE A AROUND THE TABLE EARLIER, CHERYL, YOU STARTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF AWARDS AND THEN WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE SIGNS AND WE NEVER GOT BACK TO THE NUMBER OF AWARDS.
DID YOU WANT TO OH, GREAT CALL.
UM, YEAH, I DON'T, I MEAN, I GUESS WE COULD DO WE HAVE TO PUBLISH THE NUMBER ON THE BOARD
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AFTER YOU SEE HOW MANY PEOPLEIF YOU WERE JUST GONNA SAY YOU'VE WON A BEAUTIFUL CITY AWARD, BEAUTIFUL YARD AWARD.
AND THEN YOU COULD SAY THE BOARD ESTIMATES GIVING OUT FIVE TO 10.
SO IN OUR LAST MEETING, UM, WE DID SAY EIGHT AWARDS.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA BE ON THE SUBMISSION FORM.
BUT IF WE DON'T GET A SUBMISSION FOR THE GREATEST POLLINATOR, WE WON'T GIVE THAT AWARD.
I, MY MY THING IS WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING THE LIMITED NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, HALF OF THEM WOULD GET AN AWARD.
WE DON'T WANT THAT SITUATION WHERE EVERYBODY THAT GETS NOMINATED GETS AN AWARD
YOU ARE WELCOME TO GIVE US YOUR SUGGESTION.
I GOT FOR WHAT CATEGORY SHOULD WIN.
BUT ACTUALLY THE BOARD DECIDES IT.
SO IF WE HAD TWO JUST LIKE AMAZING LAWNS AND THEN IN THE POLLINATOR ONE THERE WAS ONLY ONE PERSON NOMINATED AND IT WASN'T THAT GREAT, WE COULD TAKE UP THE TWO AMAZING LAWNS.
YOU ALL COULD TAKE UP THE TWO AMAZING LAWNS AND GO, THIS ONE HAS A TON OF FLOWERS, LET'S GET IT POLLINATOR SO WE CAN GET THIS ONE DONE.
AND I ALSO THINK I HEARD THE CONCERN WAS WE WANT MORE SIGNS OUT THAT I WAS NOMINATED AND I'M SPECIAL LAST MEETING.
SO IF THERE ARE EIGHT PEOPLE THAT WIN, AS LONG AS OUR YARD'S PRETTY, I DON'T CARE IF THERE WERE EIGHT NOMINATIONS.
I, AND THAT'S ONLY, THAT'S NOT A DECISION.
PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE THOSE LONG, THOSE EIGHT LONG SIGNS AND THEN NEXT YEAR THEY'LL BE LIKE, HOW DO I GET ONE OF THOSE? AND THEN WE'LL GET MORE NOMINATION.
CAN I ASK WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ADVERTISE THE NOMINATION FORM OUTSIDE OF PUTTING IN THE VIDEO IN THE MINUTES? NOTHING YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T OPENED YET.
WHAT DO WE DO? WE HAVE A PLAN FOR, SO IT'LL BE IN SOCIAL MEDIA, IT'S IN THE MAGAZINE IS GOING TO HOMES.
UM, AND WE HAVE A CITY NEWSLETTER.
WE CAN PUT IT IN THE TIMELINE.
IT LOOKS, WE COULD ADVERTISE THAT STAR SPEC HEIGHTS BECAUSE IT'LL FALL IN THAT TIMELINE.
IT'LL BE JUST A COUPLE DAYS LEFT IF WE WEREN'T
BUT STILL, IT'D BE REALLY COOL IF SOMEBODY WERE TO COME TO OUR JULY MEETING AND PITCH SOME WAY, SOME CITY APPROVED WAY OF HAVING AN ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION EMAIL NEWSLETTER OR SOMETHING COULD BE MEAN.
WHAT? I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S DIGITAL COPY TYPE OF THING AND YEAH, LIKE A, LIKE A BULLETIN.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S OUT OF THE QUESTION AT ALL.
WE JUST HAVE TO, UM, BUT WE DO HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE.
WE DO NOT, WE DO NOT HAVE I LOOKING FOR IT ONE TIME BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT WE DID.
BUT I, BUT EVEN THEN WITH THE FACEBOOK PAGE, LIKE PEOPLE STILL GOTTA KNOW ABOUT IT TO GO FOLLOW IT.
SO LIKE IT'S ALL SUPPLEMENTAL.
THERE'S GOTTA BE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THE CITY HAS A WAY OF COLLECTING EMAILS AND YEAH, YOU CAN SIGN UP ON OUR WEBSITE TO JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST.
UM, SO I DON'T THINK IT'S OUT QUESTION.
I THINK WE HAVE TO START HAVING THE, THE WORK PRODUCED TO GIVE A BULLETIN ON.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, IN THE MEANTIME, WHILE WE HAVE LESS FLASHY OUT THERE PROGRAMS GOING ON, WE COULD UM, HAVE LIKE A CORNER PARTS APPLICATION THE NEWSLETTER ALREADY.
SO JUST TO, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, STAGE SOME OF OUR EVENTS AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
I KNOW THAT THOSE, WE DID TRY TO GET THOSE PUT IN THERE.
NOW IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE FIRST YEAR WE DID THE YARD, YARD IFICATION NOMINATIONS WAS THE BIGGEST YEAR WE EVER HAD.
AND SINCE THEN IT'S FALLEN OFF.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DID DIFFERENT IN THAT FIRST YEAR THAT I WAS INVOLVED WITH IT, YOU KNOW, BUT MAYBE I NEED TO GO DO SOME HOMEWORK AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE
SOMETIMES I THINK PEOPLE NEED THAT.
I THINK WE DID STRESS THAT YOU COULD NOMINATE YOURSELF.
AND I THINK YOU PUT THAT BACK IN YOU, YOU, I THINK WHEN YOU, YOU SAID YOU WERE DOING THE, THE NOMINATIONS.
YOU WERE POSTING THE NOMINATIONS.
SO YES, YOU CAN, PEOPLE KNOW THEY CAN, THEY CAN NOMINATE THEMSELVES AND MAYBE PEOPLE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT THEY COULD ATE DO THEMSELVES BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF NOMINATIONS FROM PEOPLE FOR THEIR OWN YARD.
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A HUSBAND WOULD NOMINATED THE WIFE FOR THE YARD THAT SHE KEEPS.ARE WE ALERTING PEOPLE AS THEY GET NOMINATED OR JUST AT THE END WHEN IT'S TIME TO VOTE? ARE THEY BEING LET KNOWN THAT THEY'RE, WELL THEY WOULD KNOW THAT THEY WERE NOMINATED 'CAUSE THEY GET THE, HEY CONGRATULATIONS.
YEAH, WE'VE NOT DONE THAT IN THE PAST.
THAT'S AN INNOVATION NOMINATION.
I THINK I WOULD HELP ONCE YOU SEE THAT IN SOMEONE'S YARD, YOU'RE LIKE, OH, I ONE OF THOSE AND THEN LOOK INTO IT.
THAT SHOULD HELP BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER, WE'VE NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED THE NOMINEES AS FAR AS PUT A SIGN IN THEIR YARD OR ANYTHING.
WE GO OUT AND TAKE PICTURES OF THEIR HOUSE, KNOCK ON THEIR DOORS, SAY, HEY, WE'RE HERE.
'CAUSE YOU WERE NOMINATED VERY FEW DOORS CAN ANSWERED VERY FEW DOORS.
SHOULD WE DO THE SIGNS THAT NOT MANY SIGNS THEREFORE ON A ROLLING BASIS? YES.
SO THAT PROBABLY AS THEY GET ON THEY GO OUT.
DO YOU THINK THE SIGNS COULD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONCE A WEEK GO OUT, PUT THE SIGNS OUT FOR EVERY DAY DOMINATED INFORMATION? SAY THAT LOUDER BECAUSE THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
PERHAPS PUT QR CODE ON THE SIGN OF THE NOMINATION.
THAT WAY PEOPLE SEE IT, THEY DRIVE BY I OH YEAH, THAT WOULD BE COOL.
HOW DO I GET THAT INFORMATION? OR HAVE THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
COULD WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN? YEAH.
AND LIKE I SAID, SARAH, IF YOU JUST TELL ME THE, LIKE MAYBE WE'LL PICK ONE DAY A WEEK, I'LL COME TO YOU AND YOU GIVE THE NOMINATIONS, I'LL GO OUT SIGNS IN THE YARD.
I DON'T SOONER BY ROLLING SIGN.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, WEEK ONE WE HAVE SIX OR EIGHT THAT WE PUT OUT THERE AND THEN THE SIX OR EIGHT THAT COME IN IN WEEK TWO, WE TAKE THE FIRST STEP ASSIGNMENT? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
JUST, JUST DOING IT AS THEY HIT NO SWITCH.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA WAIT TILL THE END OF THE NOMINATION PERIOD PUT OUT.
BECAUSE WE, IN THE PAST WE WOULD JUST, ONCE ALL THE NOMINATIONS WERE IN AND IT WAS CLOSED, WE'D GO OUT AND TAKE THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND TELL THEM AT THAT TIME.
AND THAT THAT IDEA OF EVERY NOMINEE GET SOMETHING INITIALLY WAS TO HELP US SEE IF WE COULD GET MORE NOMINATIONS.
BUT THE QR CODE IS A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE COULD, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY CONNECT TO IT RIGHT THEN.
I MEAN I SEE HOUSES FOR SALE AND LIKE I'M STOPPING MY CAR AND TAKING PICTURES OF THE, THE SIDE STUFF.
QR DO, I THINK WE HAD SAID, DID WE SAY WE WANT 25 NOMINATIONS AND THEN WE STOP TO START, GO TO? ARE THEY GONNA HAVE A DATE OR ON THEM? IS IT, COULD WE ORDER A HUNDRED AND YEAH.
KEEP 'EM FOR NEXT YEAR? IT, WITH THE QR CODE, I WOULD SAY WE WANT TO GO SMALLER.
'CAUSE EVERY YEAR THERE'S A NEW FORM ADDRESS, SO THAT'S, YEAH.
IS THERE A SITE THAT THE QR CODE COULD TAKE THEM TO AND THEN HAVE THE FORM LINK ON THAT SITE SO WE CAN YEAH, WE CAN MANIPULATE THAT.
BUT I STILL WAS THINKING THAT WE WOULD PUT THE YEAR ON THEM.
SO THAT WAY PEOPLE WOULDN'T JUST PUT IT OUT NEXT YEAR.
RIGHT, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I MEAN, THEY MIGHT BE A NOMINEE AGAIN THE NEXT YEAR, BUT I LIKE PUTTING THE YEAR ON THE SIGNS AND, AND THEY'RE THE YARD SIGNS.
SO IT'S OKAY IF THEY'RE LIKE DISPOSABLE.
IF WE HAVE A SET SIGN, BECAUSE HALF, HALF THE COST OF MAKING THE SIGN IS GETTING SUBTLE FEE.
CAN'T WE JUST GET A BUNCH OF LITTLE STICKERS WITH THE YEAR ON IT AND STICK THAT ON THE SIGN AS WE GO? NO
I'VE SEEN SOME OF THESE DECALS.
YOU AREN'T TAKING IT OFF WITHOUT, YEAH, WITHOUT DAMAGING THE SIGNS.
I MEAN, ONCE, ONCE THEY'VE GOT THE ARTWORK, I SUPPOSE THEN IT, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL SIGNS ARE NOT GONNA BE CAUSING, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE VERY, THEY'RE NOT.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO KIND OF LIKE INFORMATION SIGNS AND LIKE LOBBIES OF GROCERY STORES AND STUFF, BUT INFORMATION YEAH.
THINK ABOUT LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I'VE HEARD SOME OF THEM, YOU'VE GOTTA GO TO CORPORATE, YOU GET APPROVAL.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE WOULD BE DOING IT NOW TO GET IT APPROVED AND IN THEIR STORES FOR 2026.
WELL, NO, I HAVE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE.
COMMUNITY, THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES HAS ONE, EVEN LIBRARY.
I KNOW, UH, GET AIR, THEY'LL TAKE, I MEAN I'VE TAKEN FLYER UP THERE.
THE LIBRARY HAS A, HAS A PLACE.
THE Y GUESS I WAS THINKING THE BIG CHANGE, THE WORK.
I DON'T, I THINK, I THINK STORES LIKE KROGER'S, THEY PROBABLY HAVE LIKE A BULLET IN
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BOARD THAT YOU CAN JUST PUT SOMETHING ON.BUT, UM, IF THERE'S ROOM
THEY HAVE A TABLE OVER THERE AND YOU CAN JUST PUT PLIERS IN THERE.
YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES THAT, THAT HAVE THAT OPTION.
SO I'M THINKING THAT THE FIRST ROUND OF NOMINATIONS, THERE'LL BE SOME SIGNS THAT GO OUT.
PEOPLE HOPEFULLY SEE THEM AND SAY, OH, I WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE ANOTHER RASH, WAVE, WAVE HOPEFULLY.
SO THE FIRST ONES ARE NOT AT THE CUTOFF DATE, THAT'S JUST STARTING THE PROCESS.
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, I THINK ON THE SIGN I'LL PROBABLY PUT LIKE NOMINATE NOW THROUGH JUNE 30TH.
AND THEN THE QR ROOM RIGHT THERE PROBABLY.
AND THAT WAY PEOPLE KNOW 'CAUSE I WOULD WANT PEOPLE BE, OH, WE MISSED IT, LIKE WE MISSED THE NOMINATION PERIOD.
SO I WILL DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
INNOVATION, GREAT CONVERSATION.
AND UH, ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I MOVE TO NUMBER NINE? WELL, I HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT YOUR SHARP PAINT.
SO THESE FOLKS MAY HAVE THE SAME IDEAS AS I DO.
UH, CAN WE, AT SOME POINT, MAYBE IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE SAME STUFF, WE COULD WORK TOGETHER ON A PITCH SO ABSOLUTELY CAN WORK TOGETHER IF WE'RE DISCUSSING WORKING TOGETHER ON A PITCH, DOES IT HAVE TO BE IN A GROUP EMAIL? NO, BECAUSE, UH, THAT IS PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS.
A CITIZEN CAN TALK TO THEIR NEIGHBOR.
IT IS ONLY, UH, THE PITCH THAT HAS TO BE PUBLIC.
YOU, WE AREN'T, IT'S NOT BOARD BUSINESS UNTIL YOU DECIDE TO MAKE IT BOARD.
IT AIN'T BOARD BUSINESS UNTIL YOU DECIDE TO MAKE IT BOARD BUSINESS
LIKE IF YOU'RE LIKE, OH, LET'S DO, LET'S DO A MURAL ON THE SIDE OF THAT WALL.
I HEARD MASON TALKING ABOUT A MURAL TOO.
I SEE WHAT HE'S THINKING ABOUT.
AND THEN, BECAUSE YOU GUYS COULD TOTALLY DECIDE AND WE DON'T LIKE THAT IDEA, LET'S ACTUALLY JUST PICTURE OWN SEPARATE THINGS.
SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT LIKE REAL UNTIL IT'S, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, HAVE SAY A PICTURE OR YOU WANT US ACTUALLY HAVE A FULL BLOWN NO, JUST A SINGLE ONE PAGER.
AND I'M GONNA BRING THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING.
NEED TO NOW IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE A WHOLE BLOWN PITCH DECK YEAH.
YOU WE CAN USE BASIC POWERPOINT.
THE CORPORATE DRONE IN ME LOVES POWERPOINTS.
I CAN HAVE IT SET UP THAT WE CAN USE, UM, BASIC POWER.
I MEAN, WOULDN'T THAT BE A HIGH CLASS PROBLEM TO HAVE 10 OR 15 CITIZENS? AND THAT WOULD BE AMAZING, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS PITCHES FROM US TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO WEIGH AND PICK FROM THE ENTHUSIASM AND THE, AND NOT TO DEPEND ON JUST US TO BE THE FONT OF CREATIVITY.
THAT'D BE A, A LOVELY, A LOVELY PROBLEM TO HAVE.
AND IF THEY HEAR SOME OF OUR FISHES, MAYBE THEY'LL ONCE BECOME INVOLVED WITH THAT
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A FEW EMPTY SEATS UP HERE.
WELL THEN ANYTHING ELSE? DID I ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS? THAT'S IT.
SO THE LAST ITEM IS IN YOUR DECK, UH, IS THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES OR ARE THERE ANY CHANGES REQUESTED? MOTION TO APPROVE LAST MONTH'S, MINUTES.
OUR UPCOMING MEETING, I KIND OF GAVE YOU THE IDEA, YOU KNOW, THE LIST OF THE MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, I FLIPPED IT OVER.
UM, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, I SORT OF LAID OUT WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE.
UM, WERE THERE ANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF, SARAH? UM, NO, I JUST, I'M GONNA TELL YOU THE DATE OF THE NAME JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE 19TH.
FIVE 19TH TEAM AND YEAH, THAT'S IT.
I ALSO, WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA A TABLED TOPIC.
THIS WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
SOME POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT OUR COMMITTEE, UM, WAS GONNA BE LOOKING AT FOR ACQUIRED ART AND, AND A FEW THINGS.
WE ELECTED TO TABLE IT BECAUSE WE ENTERED
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OUR RATHER FULL AGENDA SEASON.BUT I'M KEEPING IT ON THE LIST BECAUSE UH, THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT REALLY COMES BACK ONCE WE GET THROUGH THIS VISIONING WORK.
YOU KNOW, 2026 PLANNING AND AWARENESS.
THEN THE POLICY AND PROCEDURE WORK IS A GREAT SORT OF END OF YEAR THING TO BEGIN WRESTLING WITH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO.
SO THIS IS JUST ME KEEPING IT IN FRONT OF US.
UNLESS THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS, THE CHAIR IS OPEN TO A MOTION TO ADJOURN.