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OKAY.

IT IS 6 34

[ AGENDA ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road June 16, 2025 6:30 P.M. ]

JUNE 16TH.

I'M CALLING THE CURRENT IFICATION COMMISSION BOARD MEETING TO ORDER.

UH, AND SARAH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THE ROLL CALL? SURE, I CAN.

MR. FOX PRESENT? MR. KNICKER PRESENT.

MS. CHAPMAN? MS. BRANDON BUR HERE.

MS. BUR? HERE.

MS. GWYN? NO THANK YOU.

ANY MOTION TO EXCUSE MS. CHAPMAN? UH, YES I CAN.

MOTION? YES.

I MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE MS. CHAPMAN FOR FAMILY EMERGENCY.

THANK YOU.

SO IS THAT A SECOND? YEP.

SO BOX.

GREAT.

GOT IT.

AND THEN, OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OKAY.

AND I HAVE NO OPENING REMARKS, SO I GUESS WE CAN MOVE ON TO CITIZEN COMMENTS.

I THINK EVERYONE HERE IS GONNA SPEAK IN THE SPECIAL DISCUSSION.

OKAY.

EVERYONE? OR, AND SHE'S WITH K KIND? YEAH, SHE'S THE STUDENT ARTIST.

OH, OKAY.

PERFECT.

THAT'S GREAT.

UM, OKAY.

PARKS MANAGER UPDATES.

AND I'M ACTUALLY JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND RESERVE MY UPDATES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE SECTIONS DOWN BELOW .

UM, BECAUSE I, I REALLY PUT 'EM ALL IN THE SEVEN A AND B, SO, UH, AND TIM IS WHAT I WOULD HAVE TO TALK ABOUT.

SO, UM, IF YOU'RE READY TO WALK, I GUESS WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE RFP PLAN PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU.

SO, OKAY.

UM, I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF ODD, BUT THE WAY I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE INTERPRETED YOUR SUBMISSION CORRECTLY AND THE WAY THAT WE ARE UNDERSTANDING IT IS THAT YOU'RE SAYING, HEY, WE'RE A DESIGN FIRM.

WE HAVE GRAPHIC ARTISTS, UM, WHO WANNA HELP YOU COME UP WITH COMMUNITY ART DISPLAY IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THE WAY WE'RE GONNA DO THAT IS WE'RE GONNA COME IN AND TALK TO STAKEHOLDERS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PRODUCE IT AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HELP YOU SEE IT THROUGH.

YEP.

IS THAT IT? CORRECT.

OKAY.

SO WE KIND OF GOT LIKE, LET'S JUST, UM, CUT OUT THOSE LIKE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND IF THAT, AND SEE IF IT WOULD WORK.

'CAUSE WE SIMULTANEOUSLY, OUTSIDE OF THE RFP PROCESS, GOT A, UM, A PROPOSAL FROM A YOUNG WOMAN IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, WHO HAS AN IDEA FOR A MURAL.

SO WE THOUGHT, WELL MAYBE THIS DESIGN FIRM CAN JUST HELP HER SEE THAT THROUGH.

AND WE WANT TO JUST HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION, UM, TONIGHT ABOUT THAT.

SO I WAS GONNA INVITE KATIE TO SPEAK FIRST AND WHO YOU, SHE CAN TELL US ABOUT HERSELF AND, UM, WHY SHE WANTS TO DO AN ART PROJECT, WHY THIS PROJECT, WHAT SHE'S SAYING AND ALL THAT.

SOUNDS GOOD.

OKAY.

GREAT.

STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE.

ME.

MY NAME IS KATIE CAPLINGER.

UM, I'M 17.

UM, I SWIM THROUGH THE YMCA OVER IN HERE IN HUBBERT.

AND I AM PART OF THE YMCA NATIONAL ATHLETE COMMITTEE.

SO I'M PART OF A GROUP OF 12 ATHLETES WHO HELPS, UM, CREATE, UM, PROJECTS TO HELP IMPROVE THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE LIVE IN AND TO HELP PLAN OUR MEETS OR SOME MEETS.

UM, AND SO THE PROJECT THAT I CHOSE WHEN I SPOKE TO PEOPLE AROUND THE COMMUNITY WAS TO CREATE A MURAL TO HELP US LEARN ABOUT OUR HISTORY.

UM, I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND HUBBERT THAT I KNOW DON'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE CITY AND OUR HISTORY.

AND WHEN I WAS DOING RESEARCH, I FOUND OUT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF TRADITIONAL ATHLETES THAT I DO NOT, THAT I DIDN'T KNOW OF.

UM, SO I WAS THINKING THAT A MURAL TO HELP HONOR THE ATHLETES THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT WE COULD FIND THAT'S COME BEFORE US TO HELP INSPIRE THE FUTURE GENERATIONS AND TEACH US PEOPLE ABOUT OUR HISTORY WOULD BE A VERY HELPFUL THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

GREAT.

NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A MURAL.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT INSIDE OR OUTSIDE? I WAS THINKING OUTDOORS.

OUTDOORS.

AND IT WOULD, WHAT WOULD BE THE, THE MEDIUM OR WHAT KIND OF, WOULD IT BE PAINT OR PAINT? YES.

ANY, ANY, HOW LONG WOULD THAT LAST OR COULD IT BE PROTECTED? SO IT, UM, I WAS HOPING TO FIND A WAY TO PROTECT IT SO THAT IT COULD LAST AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

AND RIGHT NOW YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT ATHLETES OR NATIVE PEOPLE IN HUBER HEIGHTS OVER THE YEARS? YES.

OKAY.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD? UM, JUST THAT KATIE CAME TO ME AT THE VERY BEGINNING HERE.

I FEEL LIKE IT WAS LIKE JANUARY, IT WAS COLD.

UM, AND MENTIONED THIS PROJECT AND

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I SAID, THAT'S GREAT.

YOU SHOULD BRING IT TO OUR UNIFICATION COMMISSION.

I GOT THIS EMAIL, UM, A FEW MONTHS LATER AND AFTER THE RFP PROCESS HAD CLOSED.

AND, UM, I THINK LIKE WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS IS OBVIOUSLY VERY SYNONYMOUS.

I MEAN, THEY, LIKE WE, THEY WERE JUST ON ESPN FOR THEIR BOYS TRACK TEAM, RIGHT? SO, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH ME.

AND THEN THE FACT THAT YOU ARE LOCAL ARTIST, DO YOU LIVE IN CUBA? YES.

CORRECT.

YES.

SO I THINK THAT'S AMAZING.

UM, AND I JUST KIND OF THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE YOUR FIRST TIME EXECUTING A PROJECT LIKE THIS WHEN WE DO HAVE THIS DESIGN FIRM WHO HAS COME ON AND EXECUTED PROJECTS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS IN THE PAST.

PERHAPS THEY COULD PROJECT MANAGEMENT, LEAD EXPERTISE WOULD HELP YOU CREATE YOUR VISION.

SO ANYTHING TO SAY MORE THAT THIS ONE DOES? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOARD? UH, IN YOUR PROPOSAL, YOU SAID THAT FEELS REALLY LOUD WHEN I GO .

UH, YOUR PROPOSAL, YOU SAID YOU WANT TO TALK TO THE A ALRIGHT.

AND YOUR PROPOSAL, YOU SAID YOU WANNA PUT ON THE SIDE OF THE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION.

UM, YES.

SO WHEN I TALKED TO SARAH ORIGINALLY, THAT WAS AN IDEA THAT SHE HAD THAT I THOUGHT WAS A REALLY GOOD IDEA, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING IT, I HOPE TO HAVE IT BE ATHLETES.

AWESOME.

HAVE YOU TALKED TO THEM ALREADY ABOUT IT? UM, NOT YET.

I WAS HOPING TO GET APPROVAL BEFORE TALKING TO THEM.

SOUNDS GOOD.

OKAY.

WHAT DO YOU ENVISION THE SIZE OF THIS BEING? I KNOW THE WALLS IN THAT BUILDING ARE ABOUT 12 FEET HEIGHT, BUT WOULD BE SIDE TO SIZE, WOULD YOU ENVISION? UM, IT WOULD KIND OF DEPEND ON WHAT THE, UM, ATHLETIC FOUNDATION AGREED TO DO REALLY.

UM, BUT POSSIBLY A FULL WALL IF WE DID ONE OF THE SMALLER WALLS, MAYBE, UM, MAYBE ONE OF THE LARGER WALLS SO THAT WE KINDA ADD MORE IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY.

THAT WOULD BE COOL TOO.

WE COULD ADD TO IT.

YEAH.

DO YOU HOPE TO CONTINUE ON TO STUDY ART OR TO ART? UM, I'M HOPING TO MINOR IN ART.

OKAY, GREAT.

WELL, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, I GUESS WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

WE CAN SIT AND UH, AND THIS CAN BE KIND OF ORGANIC TOO, IF THEY SAY SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE LIKE, WAIT, YOU HAVE YEAH, JUST POP IN.

ABSOLUTELY.

BECAUSE IT'S YOUR VISION.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

VERY COOL.

OKAY.

OKAY, LET'S JUST SPEED NEXT.

WE JUST LOVE TO DO THINGS TOGETHER.

, GIVE US, GIVE US YOUR NAMES.

SURE.

HI EVERYONE.

WE'RE REPRESENTING MSA DESIGN.

UM, MY NAME IS CHELSEA SANDERS.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF GRAPHIC DESIGN AND I'M ALEXIS STO OF GRAPHIC DESIGNER.

OKAY.

SO, UM, WE'RE HERE TODAY.

SO WE SUBMITTED FOR THIS RFP UM, PART OF THE REASON WE ACTUALLY BECAME AWARE OF IT IS WE ARE WORKING, UM, ON THE, UH, CLOUD PARK, UH, ROCK PROJECT THERE.

SO, UM, WE, WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD, NOW THAT WE'RE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO LEARN EVEN MORE.

SO PART OF THE REASON WE DIDN'T HAVE REALLY A TRADITIONAL PROPOSAL FOR UM, ARTWORK IS WE'RE NOT FROM HERE.

WE'RE NOT PART OF THE CITY.

WE ARE FROM CINCINNATI.

UM, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE.

AND WE THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE, THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WE WROTE INTO PROPOSAL HAVING STAKEHOLDERS.

AND REALLY IT WAS ABOUT INTERVIEWING THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY.

WE WANNA MAKE SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS WHO YOU ARE AND SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE INSTEAD OF TELLING YOU WHO YOU ARE.

SO SEEING KATIE'S IDEA, WHICH I THINK IS AWESOME, UM, I'M ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

UM, I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.

WE WOULD BE, I LOVE WORKING WITH YOUNG ARTISTS AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE WE'LL UH, SWITCH YOU TO A MAJOR IN ART INSTEAD.

SO, UM, BUT ALEXIS CAN KIND OF TELL YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

YEAH.

SO WE WORK IN ENVIRONMENTAL GRAPHIC DESIGN.

SO THAT'S ANYWHERE FROM WAYFIND TO GRAPHICS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE PACKET.

AND WE WORK WITH THE CLIENT ON THEIR VISION.

SO WE'RE WITH THOSE PEOPLE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY TO MAKE WHAT THEY HAVE IN MIND A REALITY.

UM, THAT'S THROUGH DIFFERENT MATERIALS, THROUGH DIFFERENT SCALE COMPOSITION, BUT WE REALLY JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COME TO LIFE, WHICH IS WHY IT'S EXCITING TO WORK WITH AN ARTIST WHO HAS A VISION AND A COMMUNITY WHO HAS A SAY IN WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE.

SO, OKAY.

YEAH.

SO THE SAMPLES OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE BROUGHT YOU TODAY, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I'M SORRY, KATIE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A PRINTOUT, BUT UM, A LOT

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OF THE EXAMPLES WE PULLED, THEY'RE A MIX OF OUTDOOR.

UM, 'CAUSE WE WASN'T, WE WEREN'T SURE WHERE THE LOCATION WOULD BE.

IT'S A MIXTURE OF OUTDOOR WORK.

UM, WE HAD OUR FIRST EXAMPLE HERE, IT'S THE UM, NORTHSIDE METRO.

WE ACTUALLY DID A CALL TO ACTION FOR ARTISTS.

NORTHSIDE IS A REALLY BIG ARTIST COMMUNITY IN CINCINNATI AND WE WORKED WITH THE ARTISTS.

WE GOT THEIR ART.

WE ACTUALLY, UM, THESE ARE NOT THE ORIGINALS THAT ARE FEATURED ON THERE, BUT WE WORKED TO ARCHIVALLY SCAN THEM.

AND UM, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

WE WERE ACTUALLY PART OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE AS WELL, UM, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ART WOULD BEST REPRESENT NORTHSIDE.

AND UH, IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE AT THE OPENING OF THIS TRANSIT CENTER, YOU THINK OPENING A BUS STATION WOULDN'T BE THAT EXCITING.

BUT WE HAD A TON OF PEOPLE ATTEND.

THERE WAS A LOT OF FANFARE AND IT WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE REALLY INVESTED BECAUSE THEIR ARTWORK WAS SHOWN.

IT'S PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

IT'S A WHOLE BIG COMMUNITY OF TRANSIT USERS.

SO IT WAS REALLY COOL FOR THEM TO SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY USE.

AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.

WE HAVE OTHER THINGS IN THERE Y'ALL CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT.

WE HAD, UM, THE WORK WE DID AT INDIAN HILL SCHOOLS, WE DESIGNED THE MURAL, BUT WE WORKED WITH A LOCAL ARTIST TO ACTUALLY PAINT IT.

AND SO WE'VE DONE WORK WHERE THERE'S EITHER COMMUNITY ARTISTS OR PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS THAT WE'LL WORK WITH, HAVE THE DESIGN.

WHAT WE HAVE EXPERTISE IN IS ENVISIONING SOMETHING IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

SO TAKING IT FROM A 2D INTO THE 3D WORLD.

SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK WITH ARTISTS OR IF WE WANNA HAVE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, MAYBE NOT 12 FEET UP IN THE AIR, BUT YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO THE GROUND WOULD BE GREAT.

BUT, UM, THEN BEING ABLE TO REALLY HAVE EVERYONE INVOLVED FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND JUST TO SELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE .

UM, OUR BIGGEST MARKET IS ACTUALLY IN SPORT.

SO HEARING THAT YOU WANNA DO A PIECE ABOUT ATHLETES, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY HALL OF FAMES I'VE DONE AND THIS SOUNDS WAY MORE EXCITING.

SO IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN DO A MIX OF PUBLIC ART, BUT MAYBE SOME INFORMATION FLOWED ON TOP OF IT.

I THINK OUR EXAMPLE WITH THE METRO NORTH SIDE SHOWING THE HISTORY OF THE AREA ALONG WITH THE LOCAL ART, COULD REALLY WORK WELL FOR THIS.

SO FROM A DISTANCE YOU COULD SEE THE ARTWORK THAT KATIE WOULD OBVIOUSLY HELP CREATE.

AND THEN FROM CLOSE UP YOU WOULD HAVE MAYBE SOME INFORMATION WHERE PEOPLE COULD LEARN SOMETHING.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE AREA OR THE LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING, IF WE WERE TO WORK ON THIS, I'D LOVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

'CAUSE WE, UM, WE'VE WORKED ON ALL TYPE OF MATERIALS, BUT SOME ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS FOR BUREAUS.

SO, UM, BUT ALSO WHERE WE CAN HELP IS IN LONGEVITY.

UM, GETTING BEST MATERIALS.

UH, WE WORK, MOST OF OUR WORK IS INCREDIBLY PERMANENT.

UM, SO DOING THINGS IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, IT IS MEANT TO BE 10 YEARS PLUS.

BUT, UM, WE LIKE TO DESIGN FOR A LOT LONGER, ESPECIALLY WORKING WITH MAINLY ARCHITECTS.

THEY WANT 50 YEARS PLUS.

SO IT'S, THAT IS KIND OF THE CHALLENGE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO COME TO IS HAVE A PIECE OF ART THAT CAN BE SUSTAINABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND YOU GUYS WON'T HAVE TO GIVE TOO MUCH LOVE OVER TIME.

SO.

YEAH.

WELL I, I THINK THIS IS GREAT BECAUSE I, I KNOW KATIE IS PROBABLY OUT OF HER ELEMENT AS FAR AS THE, THE BIG PICTURE.

EVEN THOUGH SHE'S GOT THE ARTISTIC TALENT.

ABSOLUTELY.

YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL US HOW DO WE INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY? HOW DO WE PRESERVE THIS ARTWORK? HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY EXECUTE IT.

SO THAT IS, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP HERE.

I THINK SO TOO 'CAUSE WE'RE OUT OF OUR DEPTH WITH HUBER HEIGHTS HISTORY.

SO I THINK HAVING A LOCAL AND SOMEBODY WHO CLEARLY IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THIS WORK.

WELL AND YOU HAVE A HISTORY TEACHER FROM WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL? NO BIG DEAL.

, WHO IS ALSO ON THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOARD WITH ME.

WELL WOW.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF INPUT THERE.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

UH, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? SO WHAT, I'M SORRY.

NO, GO AHEAD.

WHAT DO YOU FORESEE AS A DEVELOPMENT TIME START TIME FINISHED MAY.

WE DID HAVE A SCHEDULE IN THERE.

I CAN'T REMEMBER DATES VERY WELL.

SO LET ME GRAB THAT PIECE OF PAPER.

SO , IS IT ON THIS? IT SHOULD PAGE 29 ON THIS ONE.

OH, OKAY.

OKAY.

PAGE 29.

YEAH, WHATEVER I WROTE HERE IS WHAT I, I THINK WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING PRETTY QUICKLY.

UM, ESPECIALLY GIVEN OVER SUMMER IS A GREAT TIME TO

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ENGAGE OR YOU KNOW, LOOK FOR LOCATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO I THINK WE WERE HOPING SO SOMEONE COULD INFORM ME WHAT WE PUT IN THERE.

THAT WOULD BE, IT'S 15 WEEKS.

15 WEEKS UNTIL THE COMMUNITY IS PAINTING.

YEAH.

AND THAT COULD BE, SINCE WE DO HAVE, IT COULD BE SHORTENED IF WE NEED TO, BUT THAT'S GIVING US ENOUGH TIME THAT WAS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT IF WE WERE GONNA DO INTERVIEWS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO IT IS A LITTLE FLEXIBLE.

GOTCHA.

KATIE, ARE YOU READY TO JUMP IN AT ANY TIME? ? UM, I DEFINITELY THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I THINK IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO WORK.

GREAT.

UM, IF WE WERE LOOKING AT THE FULL UH, 15 WEEKS, I DO THINK WE CAN TRIM PROBABLY BECAUSE WE FOUND YOUR NUMBER ONE STAKEHOLDER.

YEAH.

WHEREVER WE PUT IN THE MURAL, WE PROBABLY NEED TO GET THOSE PEOPLE ON BOARD TO BE SURE.

AND I THINK WE WANNA TAKE A LOOK TOO AND LOOK AT, HAVE KIND OF LIKE A VIABILITY CHECK THERE AS WELL, JUST TO MAKE SURE.

SURE.

YEAH.

UM, AND IF NOT AT THE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION, 'CAUSE THAT ISN'T OUR BUILDING, WE, WE NEED TO BE GETTING PERMISSION FROM THEM.

UM, THEN I THINK WE CAN FIND A PLACE IN THE PARKS DEFINITELY.

GREAT.

UM, SO WE ARE GETTING LIKE A LITTLE CLOSE TO COOLER TEMPS AND NOT AWESOME FOR PAINT AT THAT TIME.

SO I GUESS ESPECIALLY RAIN.

SO YEAH.

UM, IF THIS, I MEAN THE, THE GOOD THING ABOUT ATHLETIC FOUNDATION IS IT DOESN'T HAVE AN OVERHANG.

UM, WOULD WE NEED TO CONSIDER LIGHTING THEN AS WELL OR NO? IF THERE'S AN OVERHANG LIGHTING LIKE ONTO THE MURAL? UM, NO, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD'VE.

OKAY.

IT WOULD JUST BE A DAYTIME GOOD.

OKAY.

GOT IT.

UM, THING AT LEAST FOR NOW.

UM, HOW, BUT HOW QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, IF THE BOARD SAYS YES AND WE GET A PL GOING MM-HMM THEN HOW QUICKLY DO YOU ALL CAN YOU ACTIVATE? UM, I MEAN I THINK WE COULD, WE CAN GET STARTED WHENEVER WE'RE READY TO GO.

SO YEAH.

SO IF WE HAVE THAT AND WE'RE SKIPPING THE STAKEHOLDER PHASE, I THINK WE CAN STICK TO THE SAME SCHEDULE.

WE'RE STAFFED UP RIGHT NOW, SO, UM, WE UH, I THINK I INCLUDED IN OUR LITTLE PACKET.

IT'S NOT JUST US SO THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPORTING US, BUT THAT'LL MAKE IT SO THAT UM, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE ALEXIS WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU GUYS UNDIVIDED ATTENTION FOR QUITE A BIT OF THIS PROJECT.

SO, YEAH.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE OUR NEXT COMMUNITY IS TO CONTACT THE ATHLETICS, UH, ASSOCIATION AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE SPACE AVAILABLE YES.

AND ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH, WITH US.

UM, AND ARE YOU, I MEAN, OPEN TO ANY TIMING ON THAT IF YOU NEED, I MEAN ONCE WE GET THE GO AHEAD AS FAR AS TO COME AND LOOK AND SEE YEAH, I, YEAH WE CAN COME UP HERE WHENEVER THIS, IT'S REALLY NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL.

SO IF YOU WOULD JUST GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF NOTICE THEN.

OKAY.

WE'RE HAPPY TO COME UP.

SURE.

HAVE A QUESTION FOR KATIE.

YOU, UH, BECAUSE YOU'RE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THIS LOCATION, UH, WHERE ON THAT BUILDING DO YOU FORESEE THIS MURAL GOING? UM, I WAS THINKING ON THE SIDE CLOSE TO THE POST OFFICE POSSIBLY, WHICH I THINK IS WHERE THE GO HANK IS SO MM-HMM .

UH, I WAS THINKING ON THE FISHBURG WALL BUT YEAH.

WAS ASK, HEY THAT'S OKAY.

WE CAN GO THEM ALL OUT.

LET'S GO ON A FIELD TRIP.

YEAH.

COURSE ULTIMATELY IT'S THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT'S BUILDING THEIR FALL WHERE THEY WOULD WANT, WHERE DO THEY WANT IT? YEAH.

AND WHAT WE CAN DO TOO IS UM, HAVE THE PEOPLE IN OUR OFFICE JUST LOOK UP THE ZONING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO ORDINANCE ISSUES WITH PLACEMENT FOR WHERE THE PAINTING ANYWHERE.

SO.

OKAY.

WE CAN LOOK AT THAT BEFORE.

YOU KNOW A GUY I FIGURED.

GREAT.

HOW ABOUT SHE, HOW LONG IT TAKE, HOW LONG WOULD IT BE FOR YOUR DESIGN? UM, IT APPROXIMATELY ABOUT MAYBE A WEEK, MAYBE TWO.

OKAY.

AND I THINK IF WE WERE TO WORK TOGETHER, I THINK WHAT WOULD BE GREAT IS IF KATIE WOULDN'T MIND COMING AND YOU COULD EVEN COME TO OUR OFFICE IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT UM, COMING AND LOOKING AT IT AND THEN MAYBE WE GIVE YOU SOME ADVICE ON HOW TO SCALE IT UP IF YOU NEED TO.

JUST BECAUSE THAT WAS A SKILL SET THAT TOOK ME A LONG TIME, EVEN IN THE FIELD TO FIGURE OUT IS HOW TO WORK IN SCALE AND THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT MATERIALS.

SO IF YOU'D BE OPEN TO THAT, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME AND WE'LL GIVE, HAVE A LITTLE PUSH AND PULL ON THAT DESIGN PROCESS.

GREAT.

YEAH.

CHELSEA DID BRING UP AN INTERESTING POINT.

UM, WE WOULD NEED TO FIND OUT THAT, IS THIS GONNA BE VIEWED AS ART OR WOULD IT BE CONSIDERED A SIGN? AND THEN IF SO, WILL WE RUN ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE SIGN ORDINANCES THAT WE HAVE?

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I KNOW A GUY, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, A GUY GOOD , YOU KNOW THAT .

I DO THINK, UM, I'M A LITTLE BIT FAMILIAR WITH CITY OF DAYTON ORDINANCES.

I THINK IT'S, IF THE TEXT IS UNDER A CERTAIN SIZE AND IT'S PURELY INFORMATIONAL OR BACKGROUND, IT CAN STILL BE CONSIDERED ART.

WE JUST CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING ADVERTISING, WHAT WAS IT? THE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION.

'CAUSE THEN IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A SIGN.

OKAY.

I MEAN EVEN STILL, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANTED TO PUT YEAH.

THAT SOMEWHERE.

UM, SURE.

I DON'T THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM GETTING THROUGH.

THE CITY MANAGEMENT IS ALL AWARE THAT WE'RE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS AND HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND THEY WOULD'VE PUT LIKE A BIG OLD STOP SIGN.

I THINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON OUR SIDE TO FIGURE THIS OUT THEN.

OKAY.

COOL.

LOVELY.

OKAY, I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR YOU.

IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING AFTER TONIGHT THOUGH, YOU, YOU HAVE MY EMAILS.

SO THESE EMAIL GREAT.

I'LL RELAY IT TO THE BOARD AND YEAH, WE'RE WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE SEE THIS GOING AT ALL.

SO GREAT.

THANK YOU.

THANKS Y'ALL.

IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, OKAY.

YOU CAN, I'M ABLE TO PUT A MOTION WITH THIS PROJECT.

I HAVE COUPLE QUESTIONS.

OH.

UM, WHAT IS OUR TIMEFRAME IF WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT WEATHER, LIKE ARE WE TRYING TO DO THAT THIS YEAR? ARE WE COULD BE MORE NEXT YEAR? I AM.

SO I HAVE THE MONEY SET ASIDE THIS YEAR.

UM, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T TRY AND ROLL IT OVER INTO NEXT YEAR, BUT I THINK IF WE REALLY CAN'T GET IT DOWN TO LIKE 12 WEEKS AND WE'RE AT THAT LIKE, UM, WHAT'S THAT GONNA, THAT LIKE OCTOBER MAYBE? MM-HMM .

THEN I THINK WE'RE STILL OKAY PENDING.

NO, NO TERRIBLE LETTER.

UM, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE LATEST THOUGH THAT WE CAN DO? 'CAUSE DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DECIDE MIGHT TAKE THEM A COUPLE WEEKS TO FINISH IT.

SO THAT PUSHES US INTO DECEMBER.

THAT'S TRUE.

THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR KATIE TO, LET'S LOOK AT CALENDAR.

WE'RE 12 WEEKS.

I MEAN WE DON'T WANT IT TO COME DOWN 12 WEEKS.

PUT YOU IN THE MID-SEPTEMBER.

OKAY.

OH THEN WE'RE STILL FINE I THINK BECAUSE IF YOU GO 12 WEEKS, 2, 3, 4.

I'M NOT EVEN GOING ON VACATION.

12 OCTOBER.

SO I 15 PUT YOU MID.

WELL THERE'S A YEAR GETTING UP.

SEPTEMBER IS 12 WEEKS.

SO IF WE WERE STARTING PAINTING BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, I THINK YOU'VE STILL GOT AT LEAST THE FIRST TWO OR THREE WEEKS OF OCTOBER OF GETTING OKAY.

WARMING UP DAYTIME TEMPERATURES.

UM, RAIN ALSO WILL BE A FACTOR.

THAT'S TRUE.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.

YEAH.

BUT I STILL THINK THAT WE'RE WITHIN THE REAL OF POSSIBILITY FOR THIS YEAR.

OKAY, COOL.

WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO HAVE DRY SEPTEMBERS.

OKAY.

IF THAT CONTINUE.

THAT WORKS SOON.

IT'S NOT BEEN, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE RUN OUTTA WATER PRETTY SO IT WON'T RAIN THE REST OF THE SUMMER.

OKAY.

WELL WITH ARE ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A THOUGHT.

I HAVE A THOUGHT.

UM, DO, DOES THE FIELD TRIP NEED TO HAPPEN SOONER TO VIEW THE SITE BEFORE WE REACH OUT TO THE FOUNDATION TO MAKE SURE IT'S VIABLE? 'CAUSE IF YOU GUYS GO AND LIKE, OH NO WE CAN'T DO THIS HERE, THEN ACCESS IS ON HERE.

IF YOU WANNA SWING BY ON THE WAY HOME, WE CAN THINGS THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.

'CAUSE IT IS BRICK, RIGHT? IT IS BRICK.

YEAH.

I WOULD JUST WANNA LOOK AT THE SURFACE OF THE BRICK.

'CAUSE SOMETIMES IF THEY'RE TREATED, UM, IT CAN CAUSE A LITTLE ISSUE OR IF IT'S UNTREATED, YOU BETTER BE SURE YOU WANT IT FOREVER.

SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY ISSUE.

BUT WE JUST WANNA LOOK AT IT.

AND ALSO IF THERE'S ANY SURFACE VARIATION THAT WOULD AFFECT THE LEGIBILITY OF THE DESIGN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I THINK WE WANT TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

WOULD THOSE STORES YEAH.

LIKE THAT.

EXACTLY.

SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF IT.

UM, AND THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING THE DESIGN WE MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING ACCURATE SO WE AREN'T, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE AN ATHLETE, WE'RE NOT CUTTING THEIR HEAD OFF WITH A WINDOW OR IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK WE WOULD JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S ALRIGHT.

IF THE BRICK'S NOT CONDUCIVE TO BEING PAINTED DIRECTLY ON, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO LIKE PANELING THAT WE INSTALL POTENTIALLY.

OKAY.

THERE COULD BE MOST BRICK IS USUALLY FINE, BUT I JUST WANNA TAKE A LOOK.

YEAH.

THIS PARTICULAR BRICK, IT'S, IT'S STANDARD FACE, WHITE FACE BRICK.

OKAY.

I COULDN'T

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REMEMBER IF I GOT TROUBLE.

YEAH.

THAT THAT'S CAUSED BY THAT IT A VERY HIGH GLAZED YEAH.

ON IT.

UM, OKAY.

AND THEN THE FISH SITE DOESN'T HAVE WINDOWS, CORRECT? I I THINK THE POST OFFICE SIDE.

OKAY.

WE CAN TAKE PHOTOS OF BOTH SIDES AND YEAH, I'LL JUST GET AN IDEA.

GET LITTLE.

THE BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AS BOWLING ALLEY.

OH THAT'S, SO THERE'S A LOT OF BLANK WALLS.

PERFECT.

THAT YEAH, THOSE ARE GREAT TO PAINT.

THAT'S GREAT.

OKAY.

LOVELY.

NEAT.

GREAT.

I THINK WE MIGHT OFFICIALLY BE DONE IT.

ARE WE DISMISSING THAT? WELL IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS EXPLORATORY, TRY AND KEEP IT TRIM TO 12 WEEKS.

SHOULD WE, DO WE HAVE A ALTERNATE LOCATION THESE LADIES LOOK AT WHILE WE'RE HERE INSTEAD HAVING TO GO REVERSE FORCE IF WE, WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE ON OUR TEAM WHO LIVE IN THE AREA SO, OH, IT'S NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE SCOPE OF POSSIBILITY.

SO TO MAKE SOMEONE ELSE COME HERE, TAKE TEACHERS FOR US, SO.

OH, OKAY.

YEAH, SO IT'S REALLY NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL EITHER, BUT, SO IF WE WANNA LOOK AT IT, UM, Y'ALL CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT OTHER ALTERNATE LOCATIONS AS WELL.

UM, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO LOOK AT ANYTHING.

OKAY.

YEAH.

OKAY, GOOD.

OKAY.

I MAKE A MOTION TO GO FORWARD WITH THE FOR OBJECTIVE PROPOSAL, COMMUNICATE WITH THE ALAND FOUNDATION AND GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE.

GREAT.

COOL.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR A AYE.

OPPOSED? OKAY.

THANK CARRIE.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANKS.

SOUNDS GOOD.

THOSE GIRLS TURNING? YEAH.

YEAH, SHE'S GONNA BE THE BIGGEST DESIGNER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD.

VERY GOOD.

OKAY, I GUESS WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS, UH, STAR SINGLE HEIGHTS ARTIST, VENDORS, VOLUNTEERS.

I THANK YOU.

AND DISCUSSION.

OKAY.

SO HOW ARE WE ON OUR VENDORS SARAH? UM, WE HAVE 22 UM, ARTISTS THAT, SPECIFIC VENDORS THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING AND WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING FROM PAINTINGS AND PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY TO UM, A PLANT BUS WHERE THEY GET PUT TOGETHER, UM, INDOOR PLANTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOU.

SO IT SHOULD BE VERY COOL.

UM, I HAVE TALKED TO SARAH, UM, AND SHE HAD SUGGESTED AS A THANK YOU AND WE WANTED TO GET OBVIOUSLY THE WORST OPINION BECAUSE IT COULD BE A BETTER IDEA TOO, UM, TO DO LIKE LITTLE POT AND MARIAL, UM, TO THE ARTIST, LIKE THANK YOU.

OH IF YOU THINK THAT'S CUTE, IF YOU THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE.

UM, AND THEN ALSO OBVIOUSLY WE'LL DO SOME THANK YOU NOTES AND THEN UM, DISCUSSION.

I KIND OF JUST PUT ON THERE IN CASE ANY DISCUSSION FOSTERED.

BUT I DO HAVE THIS VOLUNTEER SIGNUP SHEET FOR ALL OF STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS.

SO, UM, THERE ARE TWO SPOTS ON HERE FOR OUR VENDOR SETUP.

WE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE A THIRD.

THAT'S JUST THE MINIMUM I THOUGHT WE COULD DO IT WITH.

UM, THERE'S FOOD TRUCK HELP SET UP, SPONSOR, VENDOR SET UP, SETTING UP CITY TENT, BEING IN THE CITY TENT, OFFERING INFO AND THEN BEING THERE DURING FIREWORKS TO LIKE ROAM AROUND AND HELP US WITH LITTLE EYES ON THE CROWD.

UM, AS WELL AS PRAY ASSISTANCE.

YOU MIGHT, IF YOU'RE CHERYL OR GREG, YOU MIGHT SEE YOUR NAME ALREADY ON HERE.

WHAT I THINK YOU'RE GONNA DO, BUT YOU ARE WELCOME TO CROSS THAT OUT AND DO SOMETHING ELSE.

ALSO, IF THIS ISN'T A GOOD DAY FOR YOU, IT'S NOT A GOOD DAY FOR YOU.

UM, THE NO OBLIGATION, BUT I'M JUST, I'VE GOT SOME OF MY PARTS WORK PEOPLE ON HERE AND I'LL BE TAKING IT BACK TO THEM TOO.

SO I WANTED TO PASS THIS AROUND BEFORE WE JUST START.

UM, SIGN UP FOR WHATEVER SOUNDS GOOD.

UM, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE PARKING THE ARTIST VENDORS, YOU'RE GONNA ARRIVE.

I'LL HAVE A STAFF PERSON THERE TO HELP YOU AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT ALL STAKED OUT AND NUMBERED.

UM, SARAH'S GOING TO BE THERE FOR THAT PART.

THAT'S THE PART SHE'S HELPING WITH.

AND REALLY FROM THE BOARD.

WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU, 'CAUSE I'M GOING TO BE AT THE GRADE, IS THAT JUST TO LOOK AT THE ARTIST THAT'S COMING TO YOU AND SAY, OKAY, WHERE WOULD YOU FIT? SO WE DON'T END UP WITH THREE CROCHETERS RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

NOW GRANTED IF THE VERY LAST TWO PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP ARE CROCHETERS, THAT

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MIGHT HAPPEN.

UM, BUT I THOUGHT THAT YOU GUYS BEING ARTS MINDED, UM, WOULD BE GOOD PEOPLE TO KIND OF SAY, OKAY, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD MIX.

YOU SHOULD GO HERE AND HERE AND HERE.

UM, EACH OF THEM WILL BE PROVIDING THEIR OWN POPUP TENTS, TABLES AND ALL SET UP.

SO ANOTHER THING AS A VOLUNTEER YOU COULD JUST KIND OF HELP THEM IF IT'S A SINGLE PERSON, THEY MIGHT NEED HELP GETTING THEIR 10 UP, THAT SORT OF THING.

OKAY.

UM, IS THERE GONNA BE LIKE A TANK OUT AREA? IT'S GOING TO BE STAKED.

SO OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE WILL SHIFT A LITTLE AND IT'S NOT PERFECT AND THAT'S OKAY.

BUT THERE'LL BE STAKES WITH NUMBERS.

AND SO, UM, SOME OF OUR VENDORS HAVE PAID FOR TWO SPOTS AND SO THEY, 'CAUSE THEY'RE GOING 20 FEET WIDE WITH TENTS INSTEAD OF 10.

AND SO, UM, THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY TAKE UP LIKE ONE AND TWO.

OKAY.

AND THEN THREE, FOUR JUST KIND OF GO IN FRONT OF THE STAKE.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK AND PULL UP THE STAKES ONCE EVERYBODY'S IN THEIR SPOT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TRIPPING ON THEM OR ANYTHING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

NO.

OKAY.

VAMPIRES THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE NURSING.

NOT SO FAR.

YEAH.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AS WELL OR ARE YOU JUST ASKING US TO YES.

UM, SO IF YOU HAVE, THIS IS KIND OF THE, THE INTERNALIST OF UM, OF VOLUNTEERS WHO, WHO ARE PREVIOUSLY WORKED EVENTS WITH US AND, AND ARE ENGAGED AND UM, THAT, BUT IF YOU HAVE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE INTERESTED, THEY SHOULD UM, EMAIL ME AND THEN I CAN SEND THEM TO LINK TO REGISTER FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES TOO.

OKAY.

DO WE HAVE FOOD, ALL THE FOOD TRUCKS LINED UP AND ALL OF THAT? YES.

SO THERE ARE 20, THAT COULD BE A SEPARATE TWO FOOD TRUCKS.

22.

SO NUMBER, ISN'T IT? THERE ARE 20 FOOD TRUCKS, BUT THEN THERE'S TWO, UM, NOT FOOD TRUCKS BUT THEY COME WITH THE CARNIVAL RIDES.

SO LIKE OH OKAY.

AND COTTON CANDY KIND OF PEOPLE GOT IT.

UM, THEY'RE LIKE WITH THE CARNIVAL.

OKAY.

AND THERE'S A SEPARATE GROUP DOING THE SET UP THE FOOD TRUCKS THAN IT'S ON THAT LIST.

IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING PASSIONATE THAN PARKING, THE, THE, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SET UP EITHER ONE.

I'LL BE AT THE BREAK.

SO WHAT TIME DO PEOPLE SHOW UP? UM, SO THE, IT OPENS AT NOON AND OUR ARTIST DEFENDERS ARE SETTING UP BETWEEN NINE AND 11.

STARTING DO THAT.

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE THERE.

CAN DO OH, THAT'S WHEN I COULD DO THE CITY TENANT.

BUT DO YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE DURING THAT TIME OR ARE YOU ONLY TAKING LIKE TWO PEOPLE? NO, YOU CAN DO BECAUSE I CAN'T, I WON'T BE DONE WITH THE UM, PARTIAL.

YEAH.

OKAY.

WE'D LOVE TO HAVE, IT'S BETTER TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEN WHEN PEOPLE NEED TO WALK AWAY NEED THINGS, THERE'S SOMEONE THERE.

YEAH.

OKAY, COOL.

AND YOU UP.

GREAT.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

UM, THE MIRACLES.

YES.

THANK YOUS.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

ARE WE GONNA BUY THOSE? DO YOU NEED SO MANY CORAL, THOSE ? I DON'T GROW TIME.

I WAS GOING TO JUST GET A, A FLAP OF 'EM, YOU KNOW, UM, AND THEN GET LITTLE POTS AND THEN POT.

SO WE SEE IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO, UM, POT OR I CAN BRING HIM TO THE FARMER'S MARKET THIS WEEKEND AND YOU CAN SIT WITH THE INTERNS IN POT.

WE'RE GOOD.

YEAH, I I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.

UM, OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS ABOUT STAR SPAN HEIGHTS? THE UM, MOTION TO APPROVE THE PARABLES.

PARABLES PROBABLY, YEAH.

AYE.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

SECOND.

OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

UH.

OPPOSED? OKAY CARRIE, THANK YOU.

OKAY, THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE YARD BEAUTIFICATION UPDATE, WHICH I THINK FALLS KIND OF IN MY LAP RIGHT AT THE MOMENT.

YEP.

UM, I DID PUT SIX NOMINEE SIGNS OUT AND ONLY GOT TO TALK TO TWO PEOPLE.

I MAY, UH, AND WHEN I GO TO PUT FUTURE SIGNS, I MAY MAYBE PICK EVENING HOURS INSTEAD BECAUSE I DID IT DURING THE DAY RIGHT AFTER I PICKED 'EM UP FROM SARAH.

I JUST WENT OUT AND STARTED PUTTING 'EM IN THE YARD.

WE HAVE A LETTER THAT SARAH CHAPMAN DID THAT EXPLAINS TO THEM WHY THEY HAVE A SIGN IN THEIR YARD.

AND EVERYBODY, THE PEOPLE, THE TWO PEOPLE THAT I DID TALK TO, THEY WERE THRILLED.

AND IT'S SO FUNNY BECAUSE

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ONE OF THE HOUSES THAT I WENT TO IS NEXT DOOR TO ONE OF THE NOMINEES FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM, FROM A WINNER FROM PRIOR YEARS .

SO THEY'RE ALL RIGHT THERE ON PAL.

UM, AND THAT WAS THE ONE LADY THAT I DID TALK TO.

SO SHE WAS VERY SWEET AND I TALKED TO THE OTHER GENTLEMAN, IT WAS HIS FATHER.

HE HAPPENED TO BE THERE DOING SOME WORK ON THE HOUSE AND I TALKED TO HIM.

SO I'M GONNA TRY TO GO OUT IN THE EVENINGS IN THE FUTURE JUST SO THAT MAYBE I HAVE A CHANCE OF CATCHING MORE PEOPLE AT HOME.

SEE I ASSUME YOU DON'T HAVE A GARDEN IF YOU WORK SO , I DON'T EVEN HAVE A GARDEN AND I DON'T WORK.

BUT ANYWAY, SO, UM, SARAH AND I ARE KIND OF, SHE'S JUST GONNA KIND OF PASS ON THE, THE PEOPLE AS THEY GET NOMINATED.

I DUNNO IF YOU HAVE ANY NEW WAYS.

I, I DIDN'T CHECK IT TODAY ACTUALLY.

UM, BUT I DID DRIVE AROUND AND WRITE DOWN THROUGH MYSELF THAT I'M GOING TO BE NOMINATED.

OKAY, COOL.

SOME REALLY PRETTY HONEST PEOPLE ARE REALLY, YEAH.

PUT A LOT OF EFFORT IN AND I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE WHEN THEY SEE THE QR CODE ON THE NOMINEE THING THEY'LL CLICK INTO IT AND YOU KNOW, GET MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED.

SO AS WE GET MORE SIGNS OUT THERE, I THINK THAT'S GONNA GENERATE PROBABLY NO .

SO I THINK WE HAVE A PLAN AND IT'S GOING WELL SO FAR.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? AND THAT THOSE NOMINATIONS DO CLOSE THE END OF JUNE RIGHT? SO THAT WE CAN COMPILE EVERYTHING WE NEED FOR THE VOTE AND THEN CONDUCTED A JULY'S MEETING.

SO SUMMER WE CAN SEE THE MEETINGS OR YES.

SO UM, WHEN WE DO THE VOTE, I AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT AND IT'S PROBABLY GONNA MATTER HOW MANY ACTUALLY COME IN, BUT I WAS KIND OF THINKING THAT THAT DAY WE COULD JUST HAVE LIKE A ROUND ROBIN OF TABLES AND HE WOULD JUST HAVE LIKE YOUR STICKER FOR EACH OF THE CATEGORIES AND YOU WOULD GO STICK IT ON WHAT YOU THINK AND THEN CHANCES ARE THAT WON'T GET US A WINNER RIGHT AWAY.

BUT WE'LL GET RID OF THE OTHER ONES THAT WEREN'T CONSIDERED FOR THAT AND NARROW IT DOWN AND YOU JUST WALK BACK THROUGH AND STICK YOUR STICKER.

SO NOT TOTALLY ANONYMOUS, BUT UM, THAT WAY YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THE PHOTO OF THE HOUSE.

I CAN ALSO SEND THE LIST BEFOREHAND.

SO IF YOU'RE THE TYPE THAT WANTS TO TAKE A TOUR OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, YOU CAN DO THAT OR IF YOU WANNA PREP PICTURES BEFOREHAND, WE CAN DO THAT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M CURRENTLY THINKING OF IT IN MY MIND.

SO THEN ARE WE VOTING IN JULY? JULY MEETING? MM-HMM .

OKAY.

AS WELL AS OUR SHARK TANK.

UM, WE'RE NOT OUT IN JULY.

WELL IT'S OKAY.

I DON'T IMAGINE THAT WE'RE REALLY MAKING ANY DECISIONS ON SHARK TANK THAT NIGHT.

RIGHT.

YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO JUST DIGEST AND BE LIKE THANK YOU.

GOODBYE.

UM, SO YES, THAT'S LIKE, WE'RE DOING BOTH.

COOL.

MAYBE I'LL GET SOME FOOD POINTS.

OKAY.

YES.

THAT TAKES CARE OF YOUR REIFICATION.

UM, OKAY.

ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

WELL I HAVE ONE ITEM HERE.

WE'VE, FOR THIS, FOR THE PARADE.

WILL EACH COMMISSION BE PUTTING IN A ENTRY IN THE PARADE? AND THE ONLY INQUIRY I HAVE SO FAR IS THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY AND CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION.

UM, SO I KNOW THAT THEY ARE PUTTING IN THAT TREE.

IS THERE INTEREST IN THIS COMMISSION TO DO THE THING? MS. BRI? I HAVE TO BAIL SO I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO AS I NORMALLY DO.

I USUALLY WALK IN AND BREAK, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO RUN DOWN TO THE OUR SHOW AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO THE SAME, SO WE'RE KIND OF OUT AT THE COMMISSION ON THAT ONE.

BUT, UM, ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO WRITE IN THE CONVERTIBLE? HE'S GOT REALLY NICE ARTS AND IFICATION SIGN ON SIDE.

.

SO WELL DON, YOU AND CHERYL USUALLY JUST LIKE HOP IN IT AND MAYBE BE THE LAST ENTRY IN THE GRADE COURT.

WELL, YEAH, YEAH, NORMALLY WHOEVER'S GONNA DO ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION JUST GETS, YOU KNOW, GETS IN THE CAR AND THEN WE BRING UP TO THE REAR.

BUT UM, YOU KNOW, WE, I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER DONE A FORMAL ENTRY BEFORE, BUT AS FAR AS TO LET YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT .

BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO RIDE IN THE CAR, I MEAN GREG AND BARB COULD GET IN THE CAR AND EVERYBODY .

IT IS TRUE.

YEAH, I THINK YOU GOTTA KEEP, KEEP THAT IN MIND TOO IF YOU WANT, IF YOU WANT TO RIDE IN THE PARADE, GREG WILL HAVE THIS, PROBABLY HAVE HIS CONVERTIBLE THERE.

YEAH.

RIDING WOULDN'T BE TOO BAD.

YEAH, I USUALLY JUST WALK IT BECAUSE WE, WE SOMETIMES GIVE OUT CANDY.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S GONNA DO THAT THIS SHEER OR ANYTHING, BUT WHERE IS THE ROUTE?

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UM, IT GOES, THEY LINE UP ON CHAMBERSBURG, THEY GO DOWN BRENT PIKE FROM THE INTERSECTION OF CHAMBERSBURG AND NEBRASKA.

IT'S NEBRASKA.

YEAH.

LAST YEAR I WAS LIKE, THEY GO TO THE PARK AND THEY WERE ALL LIKE, NO THEY DON'T FIRST YEAR.

GOT IT.

WE DO NOT GO THAT PARK.

OKAY.

I GO HAVE TO TO GO TO THE PARK AFTER THE PARADE.

.

YEAH, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT YOU, IF YOU GO IN THE PARADE AND YOU DON'T GO IN GREG'S CAR, YOU GOTTA GET BACK TO YOUR CAR .

SO ANYWAY.

OKAY.

IS THAT IT? FOR ANY THOSE THINGS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THERE FOR ADDITIONAL BUSINESS? I DO NOT.

OTHER THAN THE REMINDER THAT JULY IS THE SHARK TANK.

UM, SO I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY IS WORKING ON YOUR IDEA OR FINDING A COMMUNITY MEMBER TO STEAL THEIR IDEA OR CONVINCE THEM TO COME AND PRESENT THEIR OWN IDEA.

UM, I WILL BE PRESENTING AND I ALSO HAVE ONE OF MY SUMMER STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAS AN IDEA AND WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT.

OH, THAT'S GOOD.

UM, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LISTEN TO AT LEAST TWO.

OKAY.

AND I, I, THAT'S SARAH MAYBE HAD SOMETHING BUT I THINK SHE IS TOO.

I PROBABLY WILL, BUT I WILL ENJOY HEARING EVERYBODY ELSE'S LIKE YOU, SO.

OKAY.

UM, OKAY, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR, OH, WE HAVE TO DO APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

UM, DID EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING AND IF SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS FOR DELETIONS OR EDITS? I SHOULD SAID AND, UM, MELISSA HAD ASKED AT THE BEGINNING BEFORE THE MEETING WAS OPEN, DID SHE MISS SOMETHING THAT WAS BEING HANDED OUT? AND WHAT WAS REFERENCED IN THOSE AS JUST THE PARKING PASSES FOR STAR SPAND HEIGHTS, YOU REALLY DON'T NEED, YOU DON'T NEED ONE 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T EVEN OPEN UNTIL 6:00 PM UM, BUT IF YOU ARE COMING BACK FOR FIREWORKS LATER AFTER YOUR EARLY SHIFT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE I HAVE THEM ON ME, BUT I DO HAVE THEM AT MY OFFICE, SO I'LL AND IF YOU WANT ONE, I HAVE ONE.

OH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA USE IT? I PROBABLY WON'T BECAUSE I DON'T STAY FOR FIREWORKS, SO I'M PERFECTLY HAPPY TO ANYBODY.

OKAY.

KEEP IT.

I MEAN, I TOOK ONE JUST IN CASE, BUT OKAY.

OKAY.

WELL IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

OKAY, SECOND.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? OKAY.

THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

WILL YOU I'LL I OKAY.

UM, ARE WE READY TO ADJOURN? YES SIR.

I WILL.

TAKE YOUR DIRECTION UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD.

JULY 21ST FOLLOWED BY AUGUST 18TH.

OKAY.

JULY 21ST IS OUR NEXT MEETING.

SHARK TANK, UM, PLANNING AND IT'S GONNA BE A KIND OF A BUSY MEETING.

WE'LL DO THE YARD ATION AWARDS AT THAT TIME TOO, BUT, OKAY.

IT IS SEVEN 18 AND I ADJOURN THE MEETING FOR THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION.