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ALRIGHT.[ AGENDA ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road July 21, 2025 6:30 P.M. ]
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.I KNOW NORMALLY WE SOME IN TIMES PAST, WE CALL OUT NAMES, BUT I LIKE TO JUST GO FROM THE END.
CALL YOUR NAME AND SHOW YOU'RE HERE.
AND WE ARE AS ALWAYS SUPPORTED BY OUR FABULOUS PARKS AND REP REPRESENTATIVE SARAH FORSYTH.
SO TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ODD MEETING.
SO I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO JUST FOLLOW ALONG WITH ME.
I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO MAY BE FOLLOWING ALONG AT HOME, SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE DO HAVE SOME INTEREST IN THE NOTES.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE QUITE A BIT BEFORE WE GET TO THE SHARK TANK.
WE'RE GOING TO CAMP ON THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION FOR A MOMENT.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE COMMISSION RECOGNIZES CHERYL, FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK WITH THIS.
THIS HAS BEEN YOUR BABY FROM START TO FINISH, KIND OF, YEAH.
YOU HAVE GONE TO THESE HOMES, YOU HAVE COLLECTED THESE STORIES, AND YOUR PASSION IS EVIDENT.
AND, UM, AS A CHAIR, I THANK YOU, BUT I, I ALSO WANT THAT RECORDED IN NOTES.
YOU HAVE REALLY MADE THIS HAPPEN.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN ACTUALLY.
UM, IN OUR AGENDA, YOU SEE THAT IN 2024 WE HAVE 13 ADDRESSES NOMINATED.
WE HAVE 29 ADDRESSES NOMINATED, 30 TOTAL SUBMISSIONS THIS YEAR.
SO THIS COMMISSION PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THAT, INTO, UM, HEY, I WAS TALKING AND I HOPE SOMEBODY ELSE CUT THAT, UH, PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO, UM, ADVERTISING INTO COMMUNICATING THE EXTRA SIGNAGE.
IT REALLY, REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE.
AND WHEN YOU ADD TO THAT, THE PERSONAL TOUCHES THAT ALL 30 OR ALL 29 OF THOSE ADDRESSES GOT THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORT.
SO TO READ THIS INTO THE NOTES, I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE AT THE END OF THIS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT OFFICIAL.
THE BEST SMALL BUSINESS, UH, WAS 7 5 0 5 TAYLORSVILLE ROAD.
THE BEST LARGE BUSINESS WAS 7 5 82.
OLD TROY PIKE, HISTORICAL HUBER WENT TO 81 20 BEANTE BE FOUNTAIN, HOWEVER WE SAY IT HERE IN OHIO.
UM, POLLINATOR FRIENDLY OR BE FRIENDLY, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THAT GOES TO 5 3 1 2 PIT CAREN ROAD.
GORGEOUS GREEN IS GOING TO THE GREENHOUSE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL BOXES ON JEANETTA.
AND THEN WE HAVE A CHAMBERSBURG ROAD HOUSE ADDRESS THAT WE ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND TO THE MAYOR AS MAYOR'S CHOICE.
BUT WE CANNOT INFLUENCE THAT, THAT IS THE MAYOR'S CHOICE.
IF ALL ARE AGREED WITH THE VOTING OUTCOMES AS TALLIED BY OUR PARKS AND REPRESENTATIVE PARTNER, UM, COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO MAKE THAT OFFICIAL SO MOVED.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
THE MOTION PASSES, UH, UNANIMOUSLY.
CHERYL, WHAT IS THE PROCESS GOING TO BE FOR THAT? HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT IT? HAVE WE MADE IT? WELL, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, JUST THEN WE CONTACT THE WINNERS.
UM, I THINK SARAH MENTIONED MAYBE JUST DELIVERING THE SIGNS TO THEIR HOMES.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WE'RE GONNA CALL THEM AHEAD OR MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND THEN WE SCHEDULE A TIME AT, AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING TO PRESENT THE AWARDS AND INVITE THE RECIPIENTS TO COME AND RECEIVE THE AWARD.
SO I AM SET TO HAVE ALL OF THE AWARDS AND THEIR SUPPORTING FRAME STRUCTURES, UM, TO PUT THEM ON DELIVERED THIS WEEK.
SO I WAS PLANNING, UH, OR WHAT WE COULD DO IS I COULD USE MY STAFF TO GO COLLECT THE NOMINEES.
'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'LL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE.
AND THEN IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO GO GIVE THE AWARDS, YOU, YOU COULD DO THAT.
MY STAFF CAN ALSO ASSIST YOU WITH THAT IF YOU THINK, UM, OKAY.
THAT'S KIND OF I'M HAPPY TO HELP WITH THAT ALSO.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR NOMINEE AWARD.
OR IS IT JUST THE WINNERS THAT YOU'RE GONNA PULL THE NOMINEE AWARDS, YOU'RE GONNA PULL ALL THE NOMINEE AWARDS.
THAT'S WHAT IT, WE CAN DO IT ANYWAY.
I THOUGHT I RECALLED THAT THE NOMINEES WOULD GET PULLED SO WE COULD USE THOSE SIGNS YEAR TO YEAR.
YEAH, I DIDN'T REMEMBER THAT SPECIFICALLY, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS IN THE NOTES.
BUT IF WE WANT TO CHANGE IT, THAT IS A VOTE WE CAN TAKE.
I MEAN, I THOUGHT, I, I THINK FOR THE, THE COST OF THOSE SIGNS AND STUFF AND THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE, MAYBE I I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF PULLING THE ONES THAT WON AN AWARD AND GET REPLACING
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WITH THE AWARD, BUT LETTING THE OTHER ONES KEEP THEIR NOMINATION SIGNED.I DON'T THINK THAT REQUIRES AN OFFICIAL VOTE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE ALIGNMENT ON THE COMMITTEE THAT WHEN WE DELIVER AN AWARD, WE'LL TAKE THE NOMINEE SIGN.
BUT THOSE THAT ARE BECAUSE OF THE CHEAPNESS OF THE NOMINATION, THE, THE INEXPENSIVE INEXPENSIVENESS.
I WAS LIKE, I DON'T LIKE THAT WORD SIGN.
UH, AND THAT WILL, THEY EXTEND THE EFFORT AS WE GO NEXT YEAR.
SO I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A FINE CHANGE WE CAN MAKE.
AND THEN I WANT TO USE THIS PROJECT AS AN EXAMPLE FOR SHARK TANK.
THIS IS ONE THAT CHERYL REALLY CHAMPIONED.
YOU KNOW, WE SAID THAT SHE'S BEEN DELIVERING, SHE'S BEEN VISITING.
SHE PUT SWEAT EQUITY, HER VOLUNTEER TIME INTO THIS EFFORT.
AND SO AS WE GO INTO SHARK TANK, IT'S REAL EASY TO LIKE, OH, YOU ARE COOL.
BUT I REALLY WANT YOU TO THINK AS AN INVESTOR, HENCE WHY YOU HAVE MONEY.
THERE IS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME, VOLUNTEER HOURS, RESOURCES, WHATEVER IT IS, THERE'S A LIMITED AMOUNT OF RESOURCE THAT CAN BE INVESTED IN SOMETHING.
WE MAY HEAR OF A PROJECT THAT MIGHT TAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT FUNDS AND WE AS A COMMISSION WOULD RECOMMEND THAT TO THE COUNCIL.
IN THAT CASE, WE AS A COMMITTEE MIGHT HAVE TO COME BACK AND SPEND SOME SWEAT EQUITY FIGURING OUT IF THERE'S A GRANT AVAILABLE, IF WE CAN GET SOME VOLUNTEER PROJECTS HAPPENING, FIGURING OUT ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT.
SO AS WE LISTEN TO THESE PROJECTS, I WANT YOU TO BE WILLING TO INVEST, BUT UNDERSTAND THIS IS ALL YOU GET,
AND SO WE WILL TRACK HOW MUCH MONEY VARIOUS PROJECTS GET INVESTED IN.
AND THAT WILL HELP US WHEN WE COME BACK TO OUR SECOND COUNCIL, BECAUSE EVERYONE WHO IS PITCHING AN IDEA WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO PITCH AND EXPLAIN THEIR IDEA.
WE'LL HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS AS A COMMISSION, AND THEN WE WILL INVITE INVESTMENT.
AND AT THE END OF THIS EVENING'S MEETING, WE WILL NOT BE CALLING FOR A FORMAL VOTE ON ALL OF THESE PROJECTS.
WE WILL HAVE TIME TO DIGEST, TO TAKE AWAY, TO READ THE NOTES.
AND IN OUR AUGUST MEETING, WE WILL LAY THESE IDEAS OUT ON OUR CALENDAR AND TAKE THE OFFICIAL VOICE VOTE THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO.
SO AF AFTER WE THINK ABOUT THESE, WE MIGHT GO, OH, LOOK, FIVE OF THESE PROJECTS REQUIRE BEING DONE IN JULY.
AND SO WE WILL HAVE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT AND MAYBE HOLD SOMETHING FOR FOLLOWING YEAR.
SO I WILL PITCH MY IDEA FIRST AS A SAMPLE, BUT WHAT I REALLY HOPE, AND I KNOW IT'S HARD WHILE WE HAVE THE CAMERA GOING, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN WITH THIS.
IF YOU'VE EVER WATCHED SHARK TANK, MAN, YOU'LL GET SOME HARD QUESTIONS.
THAT'S WHY I'M GOING FIRST I WANT YOU TO, I WANT YOU TO ASK, ASK HARD QUESTIONS.
I WANT YOU TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT.
OR IF YOU GET REALLY JAZZED AND ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE IDEA, INTERRUPT ME AND PUT MONEY DOWN
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO WORK? I WILL PITCH ONE OF MY ID.
IF WE WANT PEOPLE TO GO TO THE PODIUM AH, OKAY.
I WILL COME DOWN AND I WILL, THAT'S SHORT.
I HAVE TWO IDEAS THAT I'M BRINGING, BUT I'M ONLY PITCHING ONE RIGHT NOW.
CHERYL, AS I AM DOWN HERE, YOU NOW HAVE THE GAVEL.
OH, THERE'S THE CLOCK BACK HERE.
AND AGAIN, THAT THREE MINUTES IS A, IT'S A SOFT LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, I GOTCHA.
QUICK QUESTION BEFORE YOU START.
YOU WERE MENTIONING IF I LIKE YOUR IDEA, THROW MONEY AT YOU, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IF I WANT TO CONSIDER ALL OF THE IDEAS FIRST CAM SHARK TANK.
OH REALLY? YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S COMING NEXT? I'VE NEVER SEEN THE SHOW BEFORE, SO YEAH.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S COMING NEXT.
SO THAT'S THE SIGN OF IT'S GOTTA BE A RIGHT PITCH.
'CAUSE YOU MIGHT THEN RUN OUT OF MONEY.
COMMISSION MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY.
I'M SARAH CHAPMAN AND I HAVE AN IDEA THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PITCH FOR YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION OF
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HUBER HEIGHTS.THE MARYGOLD IS OUR OFFICIAL FLOWER, AND I THINK THAT IS NOT A WELL KNOWN FACT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT PUBLICIZED AND LEVERAGED MORE IN OUR LANDSCAPING.
MANY, MANY YEARS AGO IT BECAME VERY FASHIONABLE FOR CITIES TO DO, UM, S SMALL SCULPTURES.
IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, YOU WILL SEE SCULPTURES OF A FLYING PIG.
AND THEY'RE IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS AND THEY'RE ALL OVER CHICAGO.
UM, I HAVE SEEN GLENDALE, THE VILLAGE OF GLENDALE, THEY'RE KNOWN FOR THEIR BLACK SQUIRRELS AND THEY HAVE THESE, THESE, UH, CAST IRON BLACK SQUIRRELS THAT HAVE BEEN DECORATED AROUND.
AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THERE WOULD BE A WALKING TOUR.
BUSINESSES WOULD SPONSOR ONE OF THESE, THEY WOULD HAVE THEM IN THEIR, THEIR SPOT, A LITTLE MAP OF A WALKING TOUR OR HOW YOU COULD GO VISIT.
AND IT JUST BECAME SOMETHING THAT WAS KNOWN.
THE LAST TIME I WAS AT THE ARONOFF CENTER, THE FLYING PIG WITH THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA MASK WAS STILL THERE.
AND I'VE GOT A PICTURE OF ME WITH IT.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS THAT THE COUNCIL INVEST ABOUT $2,000 IS MY ANTICIPATED AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THIS.
AND WITH $2,000, WE COULD PURCHASE FIVE, MAYBE AS MANY AS 10, DEPENDING IF WE COULD GET A DEAL.
LARGE TERRACOTTA, FLOWER POTS.
AND WE COULD WORK WITH ARTISTS IN THE CITY OF HUBER TO DECORATE THE POT.
AND WE WOULD MATCH AN ARTIST AND A BUSINESS UP TOGETHER SO THAT BUSINESS WOULD HAVE THIS DISPLAYED OUTSIDE OF THEIR BUSINESS PLANT IT JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PLANTER WITH MARIGOLDS.
AND WE WOULD THEN HAVE THE ARTIST AND THE BUSINESS WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE A WHOLE DISPLAY.
WE COULD THEN PROVIDE A WALKING TOUR.
WE COULD PROVIDE MAPS, WE COULD PROVIDE SOME PR, BUT THIS WOULD BE A DURABLE PIECE OF PUBLIC ART THAT EVERY YEAR COULD THEN BE REFRESHED BY THE BUSINESS.
WOULD THE BUSINESS BE A SPONSOR OF THAT? THERE WOULD BE NO, I WOULD NOT ENVISION FUNDS REQUIRED FROM THE BUSINESS OTHER THAN THE MONEY TO PUT PLANTS IN IT.
THAT IS WHY MY PROPOSED BUDGET IS ABOUT $2,000.
SO THAT $2,000 PAYS FOR THE PLOTTERS.
THEY PUT FLOWERS IN IT EVERY YEAR.
IS THERE A PROCESS FOR IF A BUSINESS STARTS SLACKING AND THEIR FLOWERS ARE ALL DEAD AND IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I DO NOT HAVE, UH, A MECHANISM IN PLACE.
SO WE AS A COMMITTEE MIGHT ALSO BE COMMITTING TO, WITH THIS IDEA, KEEPING THIS LIST AND UM, IN AUGUST DOING A REVIEW OF THE SITES.
THAT MAY BE, THAT MAY BECOME A COMMITMENT OF THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, HOW WILL THE BUSINESSES BE SELECTED? THAT WOULD BE A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I HAVE RECENTLY JOINED THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS A MEMBER OF, UH, MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, WHERE I WORK BY DAY.
AND I LET THEM KNOW THAT WAS AS MY ROLE ON THIS COMMISSION, SARAH IS ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER.
AND I WOULD ENVISION WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER TO ADVERTISE THIS BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD GET MORE OF THE SMALLER INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO WORK THIS INTO THEIR LANDSCAPING.
AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ARTIST WOULD ACTUALLY PAINT THIS TERRACOTTA POT OR PAINTED MAGE MOSAIC IT, MOSAIC WHATEVER.
AND WE WOULD PAY FOR THOSE SUPPLIES.
THAT'S WHY IT WOULD JUST BE ONE SINGLE POT.
WE COULD ADD THAT TO THE BUDGET.
BUT THAT IS, UH, IF WE BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE A LIMITER FOR AN ARTIST, WE COULD ADD TO THE BUDGET THAT MIGHT INCREASE TO THREE TO 4,000 BECAUSE ART SUPPLIES ARE NOT CHEAP.
AND DO YOU HAVE A MECHANISM FOR 'EM INCREASED? SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WE GET THE FOUR OR FIVE POTS, WE PUT THOSE OUT AND THEN WE HAVE THE ACME COMPANY DECIDES, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE CITY OF VIEWER HEIGHTS.
CAN WE BUY OUR OWN, SET IT OUT THERE AND BE PART OF THE PROGRAM? WE ABSOLUTELY COULD.
WE ALREADY SAID THAT BY DOING THIS, WE WOULD BE COMMITTING TO AN ANNUAL REVIEW TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE STILL LOOKING ATTRACTIVELY.
WE COULD MAKE THAT PART OF THE ANNUAL REVIEW PROCESS.
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THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED? AND, UH, PERHAPS WE WOULD THEN END THAT YEAR PURCHASE MORE.OBVIOUSLY THE COST OF MATERIALS CHANGES, SO, BUT IT WOULD BE EASY TO HAVE DONE.
DID YOU HAVE A TIMELINE IN MIND FOR THIS? ARE YOU WANTING TO PUT 'EM OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT SUMMER OR BEFORE WINTER COMES THIS YEAR? SO I WOULD SEE THIS AS VERY MUCH A SPRING EFFORT TO HAVE BUSINESSES HAVE TIME TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE IT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ARTIST IN THE BUSINESS MATCHED UP BY MARCH.
AND THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO WORK THROUGH IT BY MAY OR A MOTHER'S DAY, WHICH IS WHEN YOU PUT OUT YOUR FLOWERS, IS WHAT MY MAMA ALWAYS TOLD ME.
AND THEN THEY COULD BE SET OUT FOR SPRING.
WE COULD MAKE THIS MORE OF A SUMMER EFFORT, BUT THAT'S WHEN THE MARIGOLDS ARE, ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE PRETTY.
AND SO WE'LL SET THE REQUIREMENT WHEN THEY'RE PUTTING THEM IN THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT MARIGOLDS IN IT.
THAT'S PART OF THE DEAL OF THEM GETTING THEM.
ARE THEY ALLOWED TO HAVE MARIGOLDS MIXED IN WITH OTHER STUFF? HOW MUCH CREATIVE LICENSE ARE WE GIVING THEM IN THE, THE PLANTING? I WOULD SEE A LOT BECAUSE THEY COULD BE ALL GREEN PLANTING AND THE ARTIST COULD HAVE DONE ALL MARIGOLDS ON IT.
IT WOULD, THERE WOULD BE A LEVEL OF INTERPRETATION I WOULD SEE ALLOWABLE.
I ALSO SEE THIS DOVETAILING WELL WITH, IF WE CONTINUE TO DO AN ARTIST SHOWCASE IN FEBRUARY, ARTISTS THAT MAY SIGN UP, WE WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO INVITE THEM AND INVITE SOME BUSINESS PEOPLE THAT FEBRUARY SHOWCASE MIGHT GIVE US AWARENESS OF MORE ARTISTS AND MORE PULL TO SEE THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE.
WOULD WE REQUIRE THAT THE ARTISTS GIVE US A PROPOSAL FOR THE WORK THEY INTEND TO PUT ON THE POT BEFORE WE JUST GET THE POT OUT THERE AND SEE IT? I WOULDN'T REQUIRE THAT.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE CHOICE OF THE COMMISSION.
I WOULDN'T REQUIRE IT BECAUSE NO BUSINESS WOULD ALLOW ANYTHING TOO AWFUL BAD.
UM, BECAUSE IT IS THEIR PUBLIC FACING.
SO THEY WOULD BE GATEKEEPING THE ART ITSELF.
UM, TERRACOTTA DOESN'T HOLD UP IN WINTER.
WOULD THEY BE TAKING THESE INSIDE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS 'CAUSE THEY CRACK? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE PLASTIC ONES THAT LOOKED TERRACOTTA AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW WELL PAINT OR GLUE WOULD, UH, STICK TO IT.
SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE, WE SUGGEST THAT IT, IT GET TAKEN INSIDE.
WE CERTAINLY COULDN'T PICK IT UP AND AND STORE THEM AS A COMMISSION.
SO THAT MAY BE WHEN WE INVITE BUSINESSES TO DO THIS.
THAT MAY BE SOME EDUCATION REQUIRED.
HOW ARE WE DOING ON TIME? I MAY BE OVER.
WELL, I MEAN, YOUR PRESENTATION WAS UNDER THREE.
THE QUESTIONS ARE TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
BUT I THINK WE'RE WE'RE, I MEAN, WE'RE AT SIX MINUTES RIGHT NOW, SO YEAH.
WELL, NO, ACTUALLY I'M GONNA COME FORWARD.
DO WE HAVE TO GIVE YOU MONEY? STAY ON THE MIC NOW.
AND THIS INCLUDES SARAH FORSYTH AS PARKS AND REC REC.
SHE WON'T GET A VOICE VOTE, BUT SHE DOES GET AN ENTHUSIASM VOTE BECAUSE IT SITS IN HER, UH, DEPARTMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT FEELS STRONGLY THAT THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS FUNDED WITH TIME AND TREASURE? PUT YOUR MONEY ON THE TABLE.
UM, DO THE VALUES OF THE MONEY MEAN ANYTHING? YEAH.
MORE LIKE DO YOU THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, MAN, IT'S GETTING YOUR $20,000.
I WOULD FULLY FUND IT AT 5,000.
I GUESS I WOULD SAY, YEAH, LEMME THROW FIVE OUT THERE AS A FEEDER.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT BE EXPANDED AND TRY TO GET THESE VARIOUS BUSINESSES TO SPONSOR AND GROW.
THE THING, IT'D BE GREAT, IDEALLY IF WE COULD HAVE A MULTITUDE OF BUSINESSES WITH LOTS OF POTS IN FRONT OF THEIR BUSINESSES.
FOR THE NOTES, THIS IS THE BEAUTIFICATION, THE THEMED ARTISTIC POTTING.
SO WE HAD $20,000 GIVEN TO THAT.
I SEED THE FLOOR AND I'M GONNA CALL HA HA BECAUSE YOU HAVE THREE.
DO YOU GUYS WANT HANDOUTS? YEAH.
I WISH I KNEW HOW MANY IN THAT IN TOTAL WE'RE HAVING.
SO I KNOW, UH, HOW MUCH I GET TO THROW AT THINGS.
OH, MAYBE CAN WE KNOW HOW MANY WE'RE HAVING? DON'T YOU THINK? 1, 2, 3, 6, MAYBE SEVEN.
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I HAVE TWO.UM, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE TO DO FIRST.
ONE ACTUALLY PLAYS OFF OF WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
SOME OF THESE MIGHT END UP MERGING AS WELL.
YEAH, THIS IS, UM, I HAVE TO GO SECOND.
THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I'VE GOT HERE.
I'M ON THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION FOR HUBER HEIGHTS.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF MY PITCHES HERE.
UH, I THINK THAT HUBER HEIGHTS SHOULD HAVE A COMMUNITY BAND.
UM, I, WHEN I MANAGED THE LIBRARY AT NORTHMONT, INGLEWOOD HAD A BAND AND I HAD THEM COME DO LIKE A HOLIDAY THING AT OUR LIBRARY.
THEY DID FOUR PROGRAMS A YEAR AND LIKE HOLIDAY, 4TH OF JULY.
UM, SOME OTHER THINGS THEY DID, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE COULD FIND A BAND DIRECTOR WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, UH, BEING OUR PERSON TO PROMOTE THIS.
UM, I THINK THAT WHAT SHOULD BE MY GUESS, WELL, MY GUESS MY PROPOSAL IS TO HAVE IT FOR ADULTS, BUT PROBABLY 16 TO 18 YEARS OLD AND UP.
'CAUSE SOME OF THESE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS ARE VERY GOOD AT MUSIC.
AND IF SOMEBODY KNOWS A BAND DIRECTOR THAT THEY MAY WORK WITH, THAT WOULD BE HANDY AS WELL.
BUT I ALSO LOOKED AT, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE COSTS HERE, I HAVE IT ON THE SECOND PAGE.
UH, THERE IS A THING CALLED A BLANKET LICENSE FOR MUSIC THROUGH THE, UM, ASSOCIATION OF CONCERT BANDS.
AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY 2 25 A YEAR, OR THERE'S PUBLIC DOMAIN MUSIC AS WELL.
AND A BAND DIRECTOR WOULD KNOW ALL THESE INS AND OUTS.
I'M NOT A BAND DIRECTOR PERSON.
I WAS IN THE BAND IN HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, MY TOTAL ESTIMATE IS 24 50 AND THAT BASICALLY BREAKS DOWN TO BANDSTAND,
'CAUSE I FIGURE CHAIRS ARE WHEREVER THEY GO, HOPEFULLY, UH, THEY BRING THEIR OWN INSTRUMENTS.
UH, A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR THE DIRECTOR FOR DOING THEIR WORK.
I'M THINKING A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER PER FOUR PERFORMANCE.
UM, IT MAY BE CITY LABOR TO HELP TEAR DOWN.
SO THAT'S WHAT I, I THINK ABOUT THE BAND.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE ONE HERE.
LET'S SAY WE, I HAD A VENUES THAT WE COULD DO IT OUT OF.
HELBERG WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE PIT AREA.
ALSO THE STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS.
WE COULD HAVE IT DURING THE DAY FOR THAT.
AND, UH, SOME OTHER, MAYBE A HOLIDAY THING, MAYBE IN OUR NEW CITY HALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THAT IS MY PITCH FOR THE BAND.
ANY QUESTIONS? THE CHAIR INVITES QUESTIONS.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU EXPECT WOULD BE? OH, I THINK WHAT I HAD FOR BAND STANDS, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 30 THAT I HAD ESTIMATED.
SOME OF THESE, A LOT OF THESE, UH, BANDS ARE VOLUNTEERS.
SOME PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR THINGS, SOME PEOPLE DON'T.
SO THEY COULD HAVE 50 PEOPLE IN THEIR BAND, BUT NOT ALL OF 'EM ARE GONNA SHOW UP AT ANY EVENT BY BAND.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A SUSE BAND TYPE OF THING? OR, I'M THINKING MORE OF A CONCERT BAND THAT SITS IN CHAIRS.
SO SOMETHING THAT WILL COME, LET'S SAY TO THE HOLIDAY EVENT AND SET UP.
AND YOU GOTTA BUILD AN AUDIENCE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA SHOW UP, YOU KNOW, USUALLY.
AND THEN, AND IF YOU MAKE IT ANOTHER, TIE IT IN WITH ANOTHER EVENT, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A, A BAND THERE.
AND IT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.
IT GIVES, UM, I KNOW I WAS LOOKING FOR A BAND TO BE A PART OF WHEN I RETIRED IN JANUARY AND THERE'S JUST NOT ONE OUT HERE.
SO MAYBE, MAYBE THERE'S PEOPLE INTERESTED.
IF NOT, WE CAN PUT OUT A CALL IF THERE'S NOT A BAND DIRECTOR'S INTERESTED IN TAKING IT UP.
ARE THERE'S PEOPLE INTERESTED IN PLAYING NOW? MELISSA, HAVE YOU, UH, DO YOU HAVE CONTACTS WITH OTHER PEOPLE? I MEAN, YOU HAVE FELLOW MUSICIANS THAT YOU KNOW OF WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS, OR NO, I DON'T.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED A GOOD CONTACT FOR BAND DIRECTOR.
I KNOW THE SCHOOL BAND DIRECTORS.
UH, WE HAVE A NEW BAND DIRECTOR THAT CAME IN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL WORK PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO TAKE ON, BUT I CAN REACH OUT TO THAT'S TRUE TO A COUPLE DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
AND SEE, UH, AND A LOT OF TIMES IF IN THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND, IF THERE'S VERY GOOD MUSICIANS,
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THEY MAY WANNA DO IT FOR EXTRA CREDIT.I KNOW THE, UH, THERE'S THE ALUMNI BAND AS WELL THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS UHHUH.
AND SO PEOPLE WHO GRADUATED FROM WAYNE WILL COME BACK FOR THAT PERFORMANCE.
OUR SUPERINTENDENT IS IN THAT BAND.
UH, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
AND I COULD IMAGINE THERE COULD BE ALUMNI WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO COME BACK TO DIRECT IF THEY'VE, UH, DEVELOPED THAT SKILL PAST HIGH SCHOOL.
SO I'M SURE THERE'S SOMEONE WE COULD FIND.
THIS IS LAST CALL FOR QUESTIONS.
PLACE YOUR MONEY IF YOU'D LIKE TO INVEST SHARKS.
DO I FOR ONE, LIKE THIS IDEA? VERY MUCH SO.
OH, I SEE THE GOLD ONE COMING OUT.
AND JUST BECAUSE I THINK WE REALLY NEED THIS AS A COMMUNITY, WE'VE, IT WOULD BE NICE.
NEVER, NEVER REALLY HAD, WHEN THERE WAS A SMALL GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS YEARS AGO.
AND, BUT I THINK A LOT OF THEM GOT FRUSTRATED AND NOT REALLY HAVING A VENUE TO PERFORM.
AND UM, ALSO, LET'S SAY IF WE HAVE THE PARADE LIKE WE DID LAST MONTH OR THIS MONTH, UM, YOU COULD PUT 'EM ON A FLOAT INSTEAD OF MAKING THE MARCH.
I FORESEE IT BEING MORE OF AN ORCHESTRA KIND OF THING.
WE'RE GONNA INVITE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBER TO COME UP NEXT, BUT COLLECT YOUR MONEY AND TELL ME HOW MUCH WAS INVESTED.
'CAUSE IT, THIS IS NOW GONE FROM THE BANK.
SO YOU'VE GOT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST WANNA START BY PASSING OUT MY HAND EYE.
YOU, I'M INVESTING ALL OF MY MONEY IN THIS PROJECT,
YEAH, I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROJECT TOO.
BUT, BUT WE HAVE ADVANCED NOTICE, SO WE'RE GONNA LET YOU GET CAUGHT UP.
HI, UH, MY NAME IS HANNAH FEE.
I'M A PARK AND REC SEASONAL EMPLOYEE, AND I ALSO AM A BIOLOGY STUDENT AT BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY.
I JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY SAYING I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO FOR THE CITY AND I ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION FOR THE DAY.
UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE, UM, IMPORTANT PROGRAM PROPOSAL.
I'D LIKE TO CALL RETHINKING THE BRADFORD PEAR, A CASE OF SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES.
UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, BRADFORD PEARS, WHICH IS A TYPE OF CALORIE PAIR, UM, WERE ONCE PRIZED TREES FOR THEIR ORNAMENTAL USE.
BUT TIME HAS SHOWN THAT THEY HAVE MANY HIDDEN COSTS.
UM, THIS INCLUDES THAT THEY ARE INVASIVE, STRUCTURALLY, WEAK, AGGRESSIVE GROWERS, AND ECOLOGICALLY DISRUPTIVE.
UH, THEY HAVE UNPLEASANT ODOR, THEY'RE PRONE TO SPLITTING IN STORMS, AND THEY OUTCOMPETE MANY NATIVE SPECIES IN THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS.
UM, AS OF JANUARY, 2023, IT'S ILLEGAL TO SELL, PLANT AND GROW THEM IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
HUBER HEIGHTS CURRENTLY HAS 140 BRADFORD PEAR TREES AND PUBLIC SPACES.
UM, REPLACING THESE WITH, UM, NATIVE ALTERNATIVES WOULD OFFER, UM, A COUNTERACT FOR ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, SUPPORT POLLINATION AND WILDLIFE, AND REDUCE STORM RELATED COSTS.
UH, I'M PROPOSING A PROJECT THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BEGIN IN THE 2026 PLANNING SEASON.
UM, I KIND OF SEPARATED THIS INTO TWO DIFFERENT PHASES.
THE FIRST WAVE PHASE WOULD BE REMOVING THEM.
UM, I HAD THIS BEING DONE BY CONTRACTORS TO ENSURE SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY.
AND THEN ALSO THE, THE SECOND PHASE WOULD BE THE REPLACEMENT PHASE, WHERE I WANTED TO OFFER TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
THIS WOULD BE EITHER DONE BY HIRING CONTRACTORS, UM, SIMILAR TO THE WAY THAT WE DID THE REMOVAL, OR ALSO INVITING COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN VOLUNTARY TREE PLANTING.
THIS OPTION WOULD ALLOW FOR A HANDS-ON EDUCATION, UM, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING OPPORTUNITY.
SARAH AND I ARE CURRENTLY PURSUING, UM, DONATION AND GRANT OPTIONS TO REDUCE THE FINANCIAL COST.
UM, BUT I'M ALSO ASKING THE COST TO BE SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN, UM, THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION.
SO YOU GUYS, AND THEN ALSO THE PARKS AND REC BOARD.
UH, TOTAL COST ESTIMATES CAN BE FOUND IN YOUR HANDOUT.
UH, IT'S THE FIRST ATTACHMENT AFTER THE THE LINE.
UM, WHAT MAKES THIS PROJECT UNIQUE IS THE COMBINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
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RESPONSIBILITY, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE OPTION FOR IV CIVIL ENGAGEMENT.IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT REMOVING THESE BAD TREES, IT'S ABOUT REPLACING THEM WITH THE RIGHT ONES.
UM, USING THIS CHANCE AS A TEACHING MOMENT AND A SOURCE OF COMMUNITY PRIDE.
SO BY INVESTING IN THIS PROJECT, YOU'RE HELPING HUBBERT HEIGHTS MOVE FORWARD ECOLOGICALLY AND BEAUTIFULLY.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
AND YOU GUYS CAN ALSO REACH ME AT MY EMAIL.
I HAVE LISTED IN THE OUTLINE, WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
I SEE WHERE WE GO, MAYBE A THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN THIS LIST WITH, UH, SIZE OF THESE AND NUMBERS.
UH, SO WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS DONE A SURVEY OF WHERE WE KNOW WE HAVE BRADFORD PEAS, AND THEN THE REST OF THAT LIST IS LIKE OPEN FOR PLANTING OF THE, UM, YES.
I JUST DID A SAMPLE OF WHERE WE THOUGHT, UM, MIGHT BE GOOD LOCATIONS TO LOOK.
AND SO IF I DIDN'T FIND ANY, I STILL LISTED IT JUST IN CASE I MIGHT HAVE MISSED SOMETHING OR, UM, JUST SHOWING YOU THAT I, I TOOK A, A GOOD SAMPLE OF AROUND THE CITY.
I'M TRYING TO RECALL, IS THAT ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE LAND? UM, I THINK IT'S IN LIKE, I THINK IT'S PRIVATE, RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S LIKE WITHIN THEIR PARKING LOT.
BUT IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO, UM, THAT BIG VAN PI PIKE STRIP WHERE I COUNTED 55.
AND IF WE'RE REMOVING THOSE 55 TREES, I'D WANT TO SEE THOSE SIX GONE THAT ARE NEXT TO IT BECAUSE IF WE'RE REMOVING THEM, I DON'T WANNA SEE THEM SPREAD WHERE WE JUST REMOVED THEM.
SO I HAVEN'T, UM, DISCUSSED THIS WITH BOB EVANS, BUT I'D LIKE TO TO WORK WITH THEM AND TRY TO SEE HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT REMOVING THEM AS WELL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS FOR ANY WAY THAT WE CAN PR THIS? I FIND YOUR SUGGESTION THAT THERE'S CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY.
AND DO YOU ENVISION COMMUNITY TREE PLANTINGS OR IS IT MORE OF A, A PR STORY THAT WE WOULD TELL? UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT A GOOD WAY TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE TO TRY TO GET SOME, UM, ENGAGEMENT WOULD MAYBE BE STARTING WITH SOME HIGH SCHOOLERS.
I KNOW THAT, UM, WE COULD START WITH BIOLOGY STUDENTS LIKE MYSELF.
UM, WE DO THESE THINGS AROUND BOWLING GREEN A LOT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, I MEAN, IT GETS FILLED UP WITHIN DAYS THAT THEY PUBLISH IT.
AND SO I THINK IF WE ADVERTISE THIS TO MAYBE OUR SCIENCE STUDENTS OR EVEN MAYBE, UM, OUR BLUE COLLAR FOLKS THAT ARE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, TRYING TO GET SOME UM, HOURS AND JUST BE PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY, I THINK WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO START.
I KNOW IF WE HAVE AN ACTIVE FOUR H ORGANIZATION IN HUB, WE HAVE A AN AG CLASS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN A FUTURE FARMERS FOR AMERICA GROUP, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LEVERAGE.
UM, AGAIN, I HAVE LITERALLY PUT MY ENTIRE BUDGET FORWARD TO INVEST IN THIS.
I WOULD SPEND MY PERSONAL HOURS, I WOULD SPEND MY, MY RESOURCES.
I PERSONALLY AM ALL IN ON THIS.
DO YOU MIND, OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
JUST HAVE YOU TALKED TO ANY OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE DONE THIS ON SUCH A BIG SCALE? UM, YEAH.
THE, WHERE I GOT THE IDEA TO DO SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS THROUGH, UM, I'M FORGETTING THE NAME, IT'S BLANKING.
I HAVE IT LISTED UNDER, UM, SOME OF MY SOURCES I LOOKED AT.
AND THEN ALSO VANDALIA HAS DONE IT.
I DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING THAT THEY PUBLICIZED ABOUT IT, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'VE ALSO REPLACED THEIR BAD REPAIRS IN RECENT YEARS.
IS THERE A WAY TO INCENTIVIZE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS YOU THINK, TO VOLUNTARILY REMOVE THEIRS? UM, I THINK DEFINITELY.
BUT I ALSO THINK THROUGH, UM, US ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT, IF WE HAVE A BIG SHOW AND WE REPRESENT AND KIND OF EXPLAIN TO THEM WHY WE'RE REMOVING THE P THE BRADFORD PEARS, IT MIGHT ENCOURAGE 'EM TO DO SO IN THEIR OWN PROPERTY.
SO YOU SEE THIS AS IT SAYS THREE WEEKS FROM START.
SO IT WOULD BE, WE WOULD WIPE 'EM ALL OUT AND PLANT ALL AT THE BEGINNING OF SPRING.
THAT WAS, UM, A ESTIMATE FROM JUST ONE OF OUR, UM, CONTRACTORS THAT I TALKED WITH.
SO THAT MIGHT DIFFER LARGELY DEPENDING ON WHAT COMPANY WE CHOOSE TO GO WITH.
BUT HE SAID FROM START TO FINISH AROUND THREE WEEKS.
UM, IF THEY WERE TO DO THE WHOLE THING, WHAT'S, SO WHEN WE GET, UH, REPLACEMENT TREES, ARE THEY COMING IN AS SAPLINGS? WILL IT TAKE MULTIPLE SEASONS FOR OUR, OUR GREENERY TO COME BACK IN? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? I KIND OF ENVISION THAT KIND OF BE UP TO YOU GUYS WHAT YOU WANTED TO SEE THEM, UM, MILDLY GRO OR FROM SAPLINGS, UM, AND WHATNOT.
BUT, UM, THESE, I JUST GAVE THEM THE LIST OF THE, UH, POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT TREES, WHICH ARE ON YOUR LAST THING OF THE HANDOUT.
AND I JUST SAID, UM, YOU CAN EITHER DO THEM INDIVIDUALLY OR KIND OF IF THEY'RE ALL IN THE SAME PARK, JUST GIVE ME ONE ESTIMATE.
AND THEY ALL ENDED UP GIVING ME ONE ESTIMATE.
UM, BUT FOR YOUR, FOR REPLACING
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THE TREES, THE COST ESTIMATE, DID YOU PUT IN THERE HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO PUT NEW TREES IN ONCE THEY'RE REMOVED? OR IS THIS JUST GETTING RID OF THE PEARS? UM, YEAH.ON THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT QUOTES, WHICH IS THE SECOND TO LAST PAGE, I HAVE, UM, SEPARATED ON REMOVAL, REPLACEMENT AND THEN ALSO INSTALLATION.
UM, JUST IN CASE WE UH, DECIDE TO GET RID OF THAT OPTION AND DO IT AS A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER.
AND THE UM, COUNTY THAT DID THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM IS LICKING COUNTY.
SO I'LL GIVE IT ONE MORE CHANCE FOR QUESTIONS 'CAUSE I KNOW WE ALL HAVE A LOT.
HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO CONTACT DITO, SOMEBODY LIKE THE ARBOR SOCIETY, WHICH I KNOW THEY ACTUALLY DONATE, UH, PLANTS.
IN FACT, ONE OF OUR NON-PROFITS IN THE AREA RECEIVED I THINK SOMETHING LIKE 5,000.
UM, I CAN'T RECALL WHETHER THEY WERE SEEDLINGS OR SAPLINGS, BUT THAT WAS ABOUT TWO, MAYBE THREE YEARS AGO.
UH, NO, I HAVE NOT, WE HAVEN'T STARTED REACHING OUT TO THEM.
UM, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME DIFFERENT DONATIONS, SO I APPRECIATE THE OPTION.
I DID NOTICE THAT DOWN ON TROY MANOR, THEY PULLED OUT A LOT OF TREES DOWN THERE.
I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT'S PART, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT YOUR PROPOSAL, BUT IT IS.
THEY REMOVED THE TREES BECAUSE THEY ARE YEAH, I'M SURE A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE IT.
UM, I JUST DON'T THINK IT WAS PUBLICIZED VERY WELL.
'CAUSE WHEN I WAS DOING MY RESEARCH, NOT A LOT OF, UM, CITIES WERE POSTING THAT THEY DID IT.
UM, YEAH, I I HONESTLY, I WAS LIKE, WHY ARE THEY RIPPING OUT ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL TREES? I HAD NO IDEA.
I THINK, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY IS, IS VITAL TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT AND I'M READY TO PUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO PUT ALL MY MONEY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE PROPOSALS,
IT'S, IT'S OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE A VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECT.
AND, AND I THINK EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY IS OUR, YOU KNOW, GONNA HAVE TO BE OUR FIRST STEP AND THAT MAY GENERATE DONATIONS AND YOU KNOW, AND THERE PROBABLY ARE PUBLIC GRANTS AND THINGS THAT ARE YEAH.
SARAH AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT KIND OF DOING IT LIKE SPORADICALLY.
SO MAYBE INSTEAD OF DOING LIKE ONE HUGE PROJECT THAT WE'RE STARTING ALL OVER THE CITY, MAYBE START IN THIS PARK AND JUST DO THE SIX AND HAVE PEOPLE VOLUNTEER.
AND KIND OF SPREAD OUT THE MONEY OVER YEARS OR WHATEVER.
WE, I MEAN, I REMEMBER WHEN ALL OF THESE GOT PLANTED AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL TREES AND THEY GREW FAST AND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW WHY THEY GOT PLANTED.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WERE SUCH A BLIGHT TO THE, TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
BUT SUNNY, DO YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.
FROM A HISTORICAL SOCIETY STANDPOINT, IS THERE THERE ANY CHANCE TO PARTNER IF WE WOULD FIND WHAT TREES WERE ORIGINALLY IN HUBER, IF THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY THERE? UH, WE COULD LOOK AT OLD PICTURES FROM LIKE DOWN BRAND, THROUGH HISTORY, THROUGH DIFFERENT AREAS AND SEE WHAT WAS, TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE.
I KNOW, UM, ELM IS LIKE HISTORICALLY THE PRETTIEST TREE THAT PEOPLE WOULD PUT UP EVERYWHERE, BUT IT'S NOT FEASIBLE ANYMORE.
UM, BUT THERE ARE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT TREES THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, PUT IN THIS WAY.
ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE DOING IN 2026.
THERE WERE, I'M SORRY FOR THE, THAT COULD BE JUST A, A THING TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE TREE AND ITS IMPORTANCE AND THEN DO 'EM IN WAVES.
I JUST WAS GONNA POINT OUT THERE WERE A LOT OF HICKORY TREES THAT WERE GROWING IN THE AREA, BUT HICKORY HAVE TO BE PLANTED IN WOODED, DENSELY WOODED AREAS.
I HAPPEN TO LIKE THIS ONE, SO I'M GONNA THROW ANOTHER OH YEAH.
IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO COLLECT YOUR INVESTMENTS AND THEN HAND THAT TO ME, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
AND MASON, I'M GONNA CALL ON YOU NEXT.
OH, WE'RE GONNA, WE REALLY NEED THAT COMES, I DO HOPE THAT WORKS MORE AS A ONE BIG PROJECT RATHER THAN JUST, YEAH.
I'LL LET YOU FINISH COUNTING UP.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION.
UH, I'M ALSO A BOARD MEMBER IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, UH, AND I TEACH SOCIAL STUDIES
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AT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.UH, AND IN THEME WITH, YOU KNOW, MY WHOLE BRAND.
MY SUGGESTION TODAY IS TO MAKE A TIME CAPSULE, UH, COMMEMORATING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
SO, UH, AS WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, THE SEMI QUINCENTENNIAL SEMI QUINCENTENNIAL IS COMING UP IN 2026.
THAT MEANS IT'S BEEN 250 YEARS SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION.
UH, AND THERE IS A, A MOVEMENT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES CALLED AMERICA TWO 50, WHERE CITIES REGISTER TO BE PART OF THIS MOVEMENT IN DUE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT THINGS TO COMMEMORATE THAT SIGNING.
UH, AND SO AS PART OF THIS, I'D LIKE TO GET THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSION TO INSTALL A TIME CAPSULE, UH, AND HAVE A LITTLE CEREMONY, CELEBRATE THAT, CELEBRATE THAT EVENT.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE PHASES TO THIS.
UH, PARTIALLY I WANTED TO SUGGEST, UH, IF THERE ISN'T ALREADY SOMETHING IN THE WORK WITH THE CITY, THAT WE HAVE A KICKOFF IN JANUARY FOR AMERICA, TWO 50.
UH, THE FOUNDING OF HUBER HEIGHTS, JANUARY 23RD, I THINK WOULD BE A COOL, THAT'LL BE OUR 45TH ANNIVERSARY AS A CITY.
AND SO IF YOU HAD AN EVENT THAT DAY, UH, KICKING OFF ALL THE AMERICA TWO 50 STUFF THAT WE HAVE GOING ON ACROSS THE CITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THAT'D BE A GOOD DAY TO START.
UH, THE PROCESS OF PUTTING IN A, UM, TIME CAPSULE, GETTING DONATIONS.
WE CAN'T DIG IN JANUARY OBVIOUSLY, BUT STARTED GETTING DONATIONS AND, AND PUBLICIZING THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR STUFF TO PUT IN A TIME CAPSULE.
UH, AND THEN BURYING AND ACTUALLY IN JULY AROUND THE, THE, AT THAT, THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY AROUND JULY 4TH OR AROUND THE STAR SPAND HEIGHTS, IF WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH STUFF ALREADY GOING ON IN THAT MONTH.
UH, AS I'M DOING SOME PRELIMINARY RESEARCH, I'M LOOKING AT HERITAGE TIME CAPSULES, THE, UH, CORPORATION THAT MAKES THESE, UH, THEIR WEATHERPROOF, UH, WATERPROOF, RUST PROOF, ALL THAT.
UH, AND THEY RANGE IN PRICE BETWEEN 700 AND, UH, 22, UH, HUNDRED DOLLARS.
UH, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE THAT YOU WANT FOR THEM.
UH, THE ONE THAT I WAS LOOKING AT THAT I THOUGHT WAS THE MOST FEASIBLE, UM, WAS AROUND 640 SOMETHING I BELIEVE.
UH, AND THAT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH INTEREST WE GET FROM THE COMMUNITY, HOW MUCH STUFF WE WANNA PUT IN IT.
UM, AND OVERALL, I WAS THINKING NO MORE THAN $2,000 FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT, INCLUDING A PLAQUE TO PUT ON THE TOP.
MAYBE SOME PAVERS OR SOME PRICKS.
SO IT'S ALSO A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT, UH, AS WELL AS HISTORICAL PROJECT.
YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, YEAH.
WHERE WOULD YOU INSTALL THIS? IS IT GONNA BE IN GROUND? UH, YOU KNOW, IS IT GONNA BE BURIED OR, YEAH.
SO IS IT GONNA BE ON DISPLAY? UH, AS I'M LOOKING IN THE GROUND, I THINK MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO IT 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY PROTECTED.
YOU PUT IT BELOW THE FROST LINE.
I WASN'T ABLE TO DO ANY RESEARCH ON, UH, CONTRACTORS HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO DIG THAT DEEP AND GET IT BURIED.
WE COULD ALSO PUT IT IN GROUND IN A FOUNDATION.
UH, MY SUGGESTION WAS GONNA BE THE NEW CITY HALL.
I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR IT IF THE CITY IS, IS INTERESTED IN HAVING IT THERE.
UH, BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE THE COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE ON THERE AND IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE SEEN, UH, AT THIS NEW PLACE.
UH, I'M THINKING OF KEEPING IT BURIED FOR 50 YEARS IS MY IDEAL, UH, TIMELINE BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD BRING US TO THE, UH, TRICENTENNIAL, UH, WHICH WOULD BE 300 YEARS.
THAT WOULD ALSO BE 95 YEARS OF HUBER HEIGHTS EXISTING.
SO IT'D BE GETTING CLOSE TO THAT A HUNDRED YEAR MARK AS WELL.
AND WHO DO WE INVITE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE, YEAH, SO I WAS THINKING OF PARTNERING WITH A HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO HELP ORGANIZE, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, PICKING THINGS AND UH, HAVING THE COMMISSION VOTE ON WHAT, WHAT COULD GO IN.
AND THEN, UH, I THOUGHT WE WOULD PARTNER WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, UH, MEDIA ORGANI, LIKE THE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS TO GET NEWSPAPERS IN THERE, STUFF LIKE THAT.
UH, AND THEN JUST ASKING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY IF THEY WANT TO DONATE A PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT'S REALLY RELEVANT TO THE TIME.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO THROW CHUCK THEIR CELL PHONE IN THERE, RIGHT? YEAH.
UH, AND SO WE COULD BRING PEOPLE INTO A COMMISSION MEETING, HAVE THEM BRING DONATIONS, AND THEN WE KIND OF AS A GROUP DECIDE WHAT GOES IN AND, AND WHAT STAYS OUT.
NOW I'M INTRIGUED BY THE IDEA, BUT I'M GETTING STUCK ON HOW THIS TIES TO THE ARTS AND OR BEAUTIFICATION.
SO WE WOULD TIE TO BEAUTIFICATION BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE A MINI MONUMENT AT CITY HALL SAYING THIS WAS BURIED ON THIS DATE AT THIS, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC TIME, UH, TO BE REVE AT THIS TIME.
AND SO IT'D BE A, IT'D BE A CUTE LITTLE BRICK PAVER, WHATEVER KIND OF THING AT CITY HALL.
WE COULD PUT FLOWERS AROUND MARIGOLDS, UH, AND UH, ON OUR COMMISSION, BIOGRAPHY ON THE WEBSITE.
HISTORICAL ARTS ARE INCLUDED AMONGST THE ARTS THAT WE, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I JOINED THE COMMISSION IS 'CAUSE I WAS INTERESTED IN THOSE KIND OF PROJECTS.
WOULD THERE BE A OPTION FOR PUTTING SOME LANDSCAPING AROUND THAT? UH, WHATEVER THE CITY YEAH.
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INTERESTED IN DOING I THINK WOULD BE COOL.UH, IT'D PROBABLY BE AROUND THE SIZE OF THE SEAL THAT YOU SEE BEHIND YOU.
UH, THE, THE THING ITSELF IS CYLINDRICAL AND SMALLER.
THEY ALSO HAVE BIGGER RECTANGULAR ONES IF WE'RE INTERESTED IN HAVING MORE STUFF.
BUT THE PAVERS ON TOP WOULD BE AROUND THAT SIZE IN THE GROUND.
AND WITH THE CITY HALL BEING BUILT, IF THE CITY'S INTERESTED IN HAVING IT INDOORS, IT COULD, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO HAVE IT INSTALLED INSIDE.
I WAS JUST THINKING THE EASIEST THING IS TO DIG INTO THE DIRT, PUT IT BENEATH THE DIRT, AND THEN PUT SOMETHING ON TOP OF WHERE WE BURIED IT.
WE, UM, PUT ONE A TIME CAPSULE IN NORTHMONT WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING IT AND WE PUT IT IN THE WALL.
THAT WAS ANOTHER OPTION THAT I CONSIDERED, PUT IT IN THE WALL INSIDE THE BUILDING.
THEN WE HAD A PLAQUE OVER THE FRONT OF IT.
BUT I REALLY LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT BUILDING SOMETHING AROUND IT.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE MORE THAN 2000 OR $600.
SO
UH, SIX 40 WAS LIKE THE SMALLER ONE THAT WOULD JUST HAVE A COUPLE THINGS IN IT.
IT GOES UP TO, THERE WAS A ONE THAT WAS LIKE 2200.
UM, BUT THAT WAS LIKE MASSIVE.
IF WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST AND THE CITY WANTS TO PUT THAT MUCH MONEY BEHIND IT, WE COULD HAVE A BIG THING WITH LOTS OF STUFF IN IT.
UH, BUT THERE WERE MEDIUM, MEDIUM RANGE THINGS AS WELL.
THIS IS LAST CALL FOR QUESTIONS.
WE ALREADY HAVE SOME INVESTMENTS GOING ON.
IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO INVEST, NOW'S YOUR TIME.
WELL, I'M HAPPY TO BE A HISTORY BUFF, SO I'M GONNA THROW 20,000 OUT THERE ON THAT.
ANY OTHERS? MAY I SAY A FEW WORDS? YEP.
WE ARE AN AMERICA TWO 50 COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ALREADY HAVE A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE WORKING ON THE 250TH, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
SO MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE INVITED YOU INSTEAD.
UM, BUT SO, AND THEN OUR NEXT PLAN IS TO OPEN IT UP TO LAR MORE COMMUNITY GROUPS TO COME IN AND HELP US DO SOMETHING AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH.
SO THIS IS A FANTASTIC IDEA TO GO TOWARD THAT.
AND IF YOU WOULD COLLECT AND HAND ME ANY INVESTMENTS YOU GOT.
THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO GO AT THE END ARE GETTING SCREWED.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE REALLY VOTING NEXT TIME.
THAT'S PART OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
IS THIS THE ART LEAGUE YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT NOW? NO, THANK YOU.
YEAH, YOU WE'RE WE'LL RUN OUT.
SO I DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD INVEST IN EVERYTHING.
OH REALLY? BUT THEY'VE ALL BEEN GOOD SUGGESTION.
I'M MELISSA GLYNN AND I'M WITH THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION.
ANYWAY, UM, WHAT ATTRACTED ME TO THIS ORGANIZATION WHEN IS WHEN I SAW ON FACEBOOK THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR YOUR ART SHOW THAT YOU HAD LAST FEBRUARY.
AND THAT'S WHAT GOT ME INTERESTED.
AND THEN I SAW YOU WANTED VOLUNTEERS.
I HAVE A LONG BACKGROUND OF IN TEXAS WITH THE FORT BEND COUNTY, UH, FAIR IN THE VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT.
I WAS ALWAYS ON THAT FOR LIKE FIVE YEARS.
AND I WAS IN THE SOUTHWEST ARTS SOUND SOCIETY.
I'VE ORGANIZED A LOT OF ART SHOWS AND EXHIBITS.
THIS IS BASICALLY TAKING WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND JUST MAYBE ENHANCING, ENHANCING IT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, 'CAUSE I COULDN'T FIND AN ART GROUP WHEN I RETIRED RECENTLY.
AND I AM AN ARTIST AND I WOULD LIKE TO DISPLAY EXHIBIT MY ART.
UM, SO WHAT I'M THINKING OF IS ENHANCING WHAT YOU HAD.
I DIDN'T GET TO GO 'CAUSE I WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
BUT, UM, THE TABLE THING WAS, WAS WAS GOOD.
BUT WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS TO BUY THESE GRIDS, WHICH I PUT A PICTURE OF THEM ON PAGE THREE GRIDS TO HANG ADULT ART IF NEED WOULD NEED TO BE.
THERE'S RES THERE'S ALL SORTS OF, UH, STIPULATIONS I WANT FOR THE ART.
IF TO MAKE IT A PROFESSIONAL LOOKING SHOW, YOU CAN HAVE IT FOR MORE THAN ONE DAY.
UH, THE GRIDS, UH, THAT I'VE, UH, PROPOSED, I BOUGHT FOR, AGAIN, FOR NORTHMONT, AND WE USE THEM TO HANG ART ON.
THEY STAND KIND OF LIKE THAT THEMSELVES.
SO I'M PROPOSING THAT TO HAVE AN ART COMPETITION.
AND IT INCLUDES ALL FOURS VISUAL ARTS, UH, ADULTS.
18 AND UP WOULD BE ON THE GRIDS.
THE KIDS WOULD STILL BE ON THE TABLE.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY THAT FOR EVERYTHING.
BUT THE KIDS ARE EASY TO HANG ON THOSE GRIDS.
'CAUSE YOU CAN JUST USE CLIPS.
BUT THE ADULTS, I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE, UH, PRE-FRAMED AND MATTED AND WITH A WIRE ON THE BACK.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE S HOOKS ARE FOR, IS TO HANG THE ART ON IT.
UM, THE, THE KIDS, WHAT I DID FOR THE NORTHMONT KIDS IS EVERYBODY
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GOT A PARTICIPATION RIBBON.IT WAS LIKE A HUNDRED BUCKS FOR LIKE, YOU KNOW, 50 KIDS.
AND, UH, ON THE, THE LAST PAGE SHOWS WHO I LIKE TO USE FOR RIBBONS WAS THIS HODGES BADGE COMPANY.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT THE ROSETTES LOOK LIKE, UH, IN A REAL SHOW YOU WOULD HAVE LIKE MIXED MEDIA.
YOU WOULD HAVE DRAWINGS, YOU WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF ART.
BUT I THINK WITH THIS TO START OUT WITH, WE WOULD NEED SOMETHING LIKE PEOPLE'S CHOICE.
LIKE, KIND OF LIKE WE DID, WE'D GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE THING AND THEY'D KIND OF EITHER STICK IT ON THERE, POST IT, OR, AND THEN THAT WOULD GET THE ROSETTE.
SO, AND ALSO MAYBE MAYOR'S CHOICE.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE, MAYOR'S CHOICE.
UH, WE COULD ALSO HAVE JUDGES COME IN AND DO IT.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU DID LAST TIME.
UH, THEN LIKE YOU HAD SOME ENTERTAINMENT AND SOME REFRESHMENTS ON THE, I'M BASICALLY TAKING WHAT YOU HAD.
AND I THINK MAKING IT MORE OF AN ART EXHIBIT FOR ART ARTISTS.
WHAT I WANNA DO IS I WANNA START AN ART LEAGUE IN HUBERT HEIGHTS.
THAT'S KIND OF THE, THIS IS A TWO PART THING.
UH, I WAS IN A ARTISAN SOCIETY IN HOUSTON AND WE DID TWO OR THREE SHOWS A YEAR.
AND THERE WERE BIG SHOWS AND MADE MONEY.
WE HAD EVERYTHING DISPLAYED FOR LIKE A WEEK.
AND WE HAD SITTERS AND WE DON'T WANNA DO THE SITTING.
SO, SO IT'LL PROBABLY BE A ONE DAY EVENT OR, OR ORDINARY.
I ALSO DID THE, UH, COUNTY FAIR AND I JUDGED THE KIDS' ART.
EVERYBODY GOT BLUE RIBBONS PRACTICALLY BECAUSE THEIR KIDS
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS THE, THE MORE SERIOUS PART, MORE ADULT ORIENTED.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS IF I'M THINKING OF 20 DISPLAY PANELS, AND THAT'S AMAZON AND THEY'RE $91 FOR THREE PANELS.
YOU CAN PUT PICTURES ON BOTH SIDES.
AND I'M PROPOSING 2020 OF THESE TWO BY SIX FEET.
SO THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD TAKE UP A ROOM.
UH, IF, IF, UH, AND THEN IF YOU HAD SCULPTURE, YOU CAN PUT THAT ON THE TABLE LIKE YOU'VE DONE.
AND THEN KIDS ARE, IT CAN BE ON TABLES.
UH, YOU COULD CHARGE A NOMINAL FEE FOR PEOPLE.
YOU GOT A QUESTION? AM I DONE? I'M GIVING YOU, YOU'RE CLOSE TO TIME.
AND, UH, THE RIBBONS, THAT'S A HIGH ESTIMATE IN CASE HOW DEEP YOU WANNA GO INTO RIBBONS.
THEY'RE NOT MUCH
OR YOU WANNA HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OR YOU WANT TO GIVE ALL THE KIDS ONE OR YOU WANNA BUY REFRESHMENTS.
BUT I'M THINKING IF WE GET STARTED WITH A HUBER HEIGHTS ART LEAGUE, GET THAT STARTED AND GOING, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT UP HERE, THOSE WOULD BE OUR VOLUNTEERS THAT WOULD RUN IT.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO QUESTIONS AND I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA START OFF, 'CAUSE I HAVE ONE.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS AN AMPLIFICATION OF OUR EXISTING, UH, ART SHOW.
I'M INTRIGUED BY THIS ART LEAGUE.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION, POSSIBLE OR REQUIRED.
DO YOU ENVISION CREATING AN EMAIL LIST? ARE YOU GONNA KEEP A PAPER PHONE TREE? HOW DO YOU SEE THE, THE ART LEAGUE COMING TOGETHER? TO ME, THE ART LEAGUE IS SEPARATE FROM THIS, FROM HUBBERT.
IT'S A, IT'S A PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
I KNOW HOW TO SET ONE OF THOSE UP TOO.
SO WE CAN HIT, THAT'S A THING.
AND THEN THEY WOULD AN ORGANIZATION BY ITSELF, PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED WOULD BE IN IT.
WE'D ELECT A LEVEL PRESIDENT AND YOU KNOW, SECRETARY TREASURER AND THEY WOULD BE THEIR OWN LEAGUE, BUT THEY WOULD BE THE ONES THAT WOULD HELP US RUN OUR SHOW.
SO WE COULD HAVE MORE THAN ONE SHOW IF WE WANTED TO.
YOU GUYS MENTIONED FOOTBALL, WE, THAT WASN'T A PROBLEM BEFORE, BUT
BUT UH, YEAH, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A CALL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED PERHAPS ON FACEBOOK.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF THE ART LEAGUE, YOU CAN CALL IT AN ART SOCIETY, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT.
SO WE ARE GONNA HELP BRING THE PEOPLE TOGETHER.
AND HOPE THAT THEY TAKE OFF WITH IT AND START THEIR OWN 5 0 1 C3 AND BECOME A ROBUST ART LEAGUE HERE IN THE CITY.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING THAT IN A SYNOPSIS,
NOW ARE WE OPENING THE QUESTIONS NOW? ABSOLUTELY.
MELISSA, DO YOU FORESEE THIS CONTINUING AT THE CIVIC CENTER DOWN HERE? OR I I'M LOOKING AT THIS AS I, I I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
UM, BUT I'M ALMOST WONDERING IF THIS WOULD, ESPECIALLY FOR LONG TERM DISPLAY, IF THIS WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER A CHANGE OF VENUE TO THE NEW CITY HALL, WE COULD DO THAT TOO AND HAVE THESE, I KNOW OVER AT INGLEWOOD, THEY HAD A SHOW IN THEIR LOBBY.
THEY HAVE A NICE BIG BUILDING.
THEY HAD THE SHOW THERE, BUT THAT'S WHEN WE WERE IN THE OLD BUILDING.
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I COULDN'T GET THEIR INFORMATION WHO THEY WERE.SO, BUT I WANNA BE PART OF AN, AN ART GROUP AND THE ONES I SEE HERE WANTED, WANT TO GIVE YOU LESSONS, WANT TO CHARGE YOU FOR THINGS.
AND THIS IS, I WANT MORE OF A VOLUNTEER THING THAT PEOPLE WOULD COME TOGETHER AND WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENTED PEOPLE WHO DO ART AND IT MIGHT BE NICE TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO DISPLAY THEIR ART.
THIS IS LAST CALL FOR QUESTIONS.
PLEASE PLACE YOUR INVESTMENT IF YOU HAVE ONE.
I JUST WANNA, I, I LIKE THAT THIS ALSO GOES ALONG WITH THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE.
UH, WITH THE, THE PLANTER AS A GOOD WAY TO SOURCE ART FOR THE MANY THINGS WE DO.
UH, FOR THE STAR-SPANGLED HEIGHTS TO, TO SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT.
IF YOU'RE IN THAT ART GUILD ART LEAGUE, YOU'D PROBABLY THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT WOULD HELP IN THE ENDEAVORS THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND I THINK IF WE HAD AN ART LEAGUE IN HUBER, IT WOULD CONTINUE ON.
IT'S NOT JUST A ONE SEASON THING.
PLEASE TRACK YOUR INVESTMENTS AND HAND IT TO ME.
IS THAT OUR LAST ONE? POWERPOINT.
I DUNNO IF I CAN CLICK THROUGH IT OVER THERE.
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY.
DON'T SEE WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE HAS GIVEN US A BUNCH OF $5,000.
NO, I WANTED, I WANTED TO FORCE SOME DIFFICULTY.
YES, YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY INVEST IN YOUR OWN PROJECT.
WELL, THAT'S FOR THE BAND THAT OTHER PEOPLE DID.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE FOLLOWING ALONG AT HOME, SARAH FORSYTH, OUR PARKS AND REPRESENTATIVE, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION REPRESENTATIVE WHO THIS COMMISSION REPORTS TO WILL BE MAKING A PITCH.
SHE IS, UH, PREPARING HER POWERPOINT AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES HER.
I AM, OH, I CAN CLICK FROM OVER HERE.
NOW I KNOW IF I CLICK, IT WILL MOVE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT THE BOARD CHAMPION THE DESIGN BY A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST OF T-SHIRTS FOR OUR LARGE SCALE EVENTS.
SO IT COULD BE THAT WE REACH OUT TO OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND, AND HELP THEM AS WELL.
BUT AT LEAST STARTING WITH THE ONES THAT ARE UNDER, UM, THE CITY AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT'S PURVIEW, THE STAR-SPANGLED HEIGHTS AND HOLIDAY EVENT.
UM, SO WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT? I'M TALKING ABOUT SUPER COOL, INTERESTING DESIGN T-SHIRTS.
I THINK MOST OF YOU VOLUNTEERED AT STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS THIS YEAR AND YOU HAD JUST KIND OF A BLUE SHIRT WITH THE LOGO ON IT.
AND, UM, EVERYBODY LOVES A FREE T-SHIRT, BUT EVERYBODY LOVES ONE MORE IF IT'S HIGHLY COVETED AND SUPER COOL.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WE COULD, UM, USE THE BOARD TO CHAMPION PAYING THE ARTISTS.
THE T-SHIRTS, OF COURSE, WOULD ALREADY BE COVERED IN THE BUDGETS OF THOSE EVENTS, WHICH WOULD BE A LARGE EXPENSE FOR THE PRODUCT.
BUT, UM, COMING UP WITH AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT TO SEEK OUT AN ARTIST TO DO THE DESIGN.
AND THEN THE TIME COMMITMENT IS BASICALLY THREE-ISH MEETINGS TO KIND OF APPROVE THE LANGUAGE FOR PORTFOLIO SUBMISSIONS, ACTUALLY REVIEW THE PORTFOLIOS AND SELECT THEM AT A LATER MEETING AND THEN REVIEW AND APPROVE THE FINAL PROOF.
AND THE REASON THAT I THINK THIS REALLY MEETS OUR MISSION IS BECAUSE, UM, IT'S GONNA BECOME LIKE A COVETED PIECE OF HOMETOWN MEMORABILIA, RIGHT? LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE A FINITE AMOUNT OF SHIRTS THAT GO OUT EACH YEAR.
AND IF YOU GET ONE, THAT'S AWESOME.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I COULD SEE PEOPLE OWNING FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I, I PLAYED A LOT OF SOCCER AND WHEN THEY HAD A SUPER COOL TOURNAMENT T-SHIRT, MAN, THOSE THINGS RAN OUT QUICKLY AND I WORE THEM INTO MY TWENTIES, THINGS THAT I HAD FROM WHEN I WAS 12 BECAUSE I LOVE THEM.
SO IT WOULD GIVE PEOPLE, UM, THAT SENSE OF NOSTALGIA FOR THEIR OWN HOMETOWN.
IT'S BRINGING ART INTO THE EVERYDAY SPACE BECAUSE IT'S WEARABLE AND IT'LL BE INTERTWINED WITH DAILY LIFE.
IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO EMPLOY A LOCAL ARTIST, UM, AND THEN IT CAN INCREASE PEOPLE COMING TO OUR EVENTS BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A WALKING BILLBOARD AROUND TOWN.
SO, UM, I THOUGHT THAT I COULD USE PEOPLE WHO ARE ART MINDED HELP IN SELECTING AN ARTIST AND ULTIMATE DESIGN, AND THAT'S IT.
WOULD THIS BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE SOLD OR WE'RE GONNA JUST GIVE 'EM OUT FREE OR? I ENVISIONED GIVING THEM OUT FOR FREE IF WE FOUND THAT IT WAS, UH, INCREDIBLY POPULAR.
I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TURNING INTO A FUNDRAISER OR AT LEAST RECOVERING COST ON THE T-SHIRT BECAUSE I WOULD SEE CAN FORESEE GIVING THEM FREE TO THE VOLUNTEERS, BUT
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I THINK ANYBODY THAT'S NOT A VOLUNTEER, WHEN THEY SHOULD MAKE THEM AVAILABLE YEAH.AND FOR PHENOMENAL, LIKE YOU SAID, COVER THE COST.
I KNOW, UM, AT, AT THE STAR SPAND HEIGHTS THIS YEAR, PEOPLE REALLY ONE OF THOSE T-SHIRTS, OF COURSE THERE WERE A LIMITED NUMBER THAT WERE JUST GIVEN OUT FOR FREE MM-HMM
BUT I THINK THEY WOULD'VE PROBABLY, IF IT WAS A REALLY NEAT DESIGN OR SOMETHING, I COULD SEE IT BEING MORE OF A FUNDRAISER THEN, LIKE GREG SAID, IF YOU'RE A VOLUNTEER, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A SHIRT, BUT IT MIGHT ATTRACT MORE VOLUNTEERS, WHICH WE ALSO NEED TOO.
BANG GROSS, BUT THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, HEY, FOR WHATEVER.
I THINK CONCERT T-SHIRTS GET TO BE KIND OF RIDICULOUS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO GO THAT HIGH BECAUSE NOBODY WOULD BUY THEM, BUT, BUT IF IT'S A REALLY NEAT T-SHIRT, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN, IN DOING IT ON A FUNDRAISING BASIS.
SO WHAT'S A TIMELINE FOR PRODUCTION? BECAUSE, UM, OBVIOUSLY IT TAKES TIME TO MAKE THE T-SHIRTS, IT'LL TAKE TIME FOR AN ARTIST TO COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, A DESIGN.
LIKE, WHEN WOULD YOU ENVISION STARTING, HEY, ARTISTS COME MAKE SOMETHING.
SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE US PUTTING THAT CALL OUT THIS FALL WITH THE ACTUAL MONEY TO BE SPENT IN THE 2026 BUDGET.
SO KIND OF WE'RE RECEIVING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW MUCH WE ANTICIPATE PAYING YOU ARTISTS.
WE WANT YOUR PORTFOLIOS IF YOU'RE APPLYING, UM, AND WE WANT THOSE BY LATE FALL SO WE CAN REVIEW THEM, TALK TO YOU IN EARLY 26, SOLIDIFY THAT, GIVE THEM A COUPLE MONTHS INTO SPRING, AROUND THAT MARCH, APRIL TIME TO GET THE DESIGN.
BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD GIVE US, UH, A LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM PRODUCED.
AND I THINK MOST SCREEN PRINTERS LOCALLY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT.
NOW ARE WE JUST STARTING WITH LIKE, THE STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS AND THEN SEEING WHERE THAT GOES WITH OTHER EVENTS OR, 'CAUSE I WAS THINKING STAR SPANGLED AND THE HOLIDAY EVENT NEXT YEAR, WHICH WE HAVE ON THE FIRST SATURDAY IN DECEMBER.
SO THAT'S NOT AN ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION EVENT ANYMORE.
SO, WELL, NEITHER OF THEM ARE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.
LIKE THERE'S, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE, ARE ENTIRELY WITHIN, LIKE, LIKE OUR INFLUENCE.
IF WE, WE WANTED TO EXTEND TO JUNETEENTH AND MULTICULTURAL, THEN WE NEED TO APPROACH THOSE BOARDS AND GET THEIR BLESSING.
UM, BUT THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, IF THEY'RE ON BOARD, WE COULD PUT IT OUT AS A PACKAGE.
YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY, DO WE WANT THE SAME ARTISTS TO DO FOUR DESIGNS OR TWO DESIGNS, OR DO WE WANT TWO DIFFERENT ARTISTS DOING TWO DIFFERENT DESIGNS? I THINK IT COULD BE ESPECIALLY NICE TO DO NEXT YEAR, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T TAKE OFF AFTERWARDS, BECAUSE IT IS THE TWO 50TH.
SO, YOU KNOW, STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS WILL BE A REALLY BIG DEAL.
UM, THE HOLIDAY EVENT WILL BE PART OF OUR EVENT, PART OF THE TWO 50TH CELEBRATION AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, I, I LIKE THIS.
UM, I WAS WONDERING, DO THEY HAVE DATES ON 'EM, LIKE FOR THE NEXT YEAR? DID YOU HAVE 2026 VERSION 27 VERSION, OR YEP.
I WOULD, IF WE LIKE IT AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS A SUCCESS AND THE CROWDS LOVED IT, THEN I WOULD THINK WE'D COMMISSION A NEW ARTIST EACH YEAR.
OF COURSE, THE SAME ARTIST COULD RESUBMIT FOR SELECTION, BUT RIGHT.
YEAH, I LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEN THAT CREATES SCARCITY AND MM-HMM
YOU HAVE TO BE THERE TO GET THE SHIRT THAT SAYS THE YEAR ON IT, AND THEN YOU GET THE ONE NEXT YEAR.
BUT THEN IF YOU, IF YOU GO EVERY SINGLE YEAR, YOU GET A COLLECTION OF 'EM.
AND I, I THINK THAT'D BE IT, A GOOD PULL PLUS DOWN THE, DOWN THE ROAD THAT AS SHIRTS GET OLDER, THEY BECOME MORE COVETED.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, INVESTMENTS? I DID ALL RIGHT.
HOW MANY MORE DO WE HAVE? I AM GONNA DO THAT ONE, SARAH, YOU'VE GOT ONE MORE? YOU HAVE ONE MORE? NO.
AND CAN I CUT THIS INTO TWO TENS,
I'M GONNA DO, I'M GONNA DO, UH, YEAH, I MEAN I'VE GOT THIS LEFT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND MY LAST, THAT'S WHY I SAID I WISH YOU WOULD'VE GIVEN LIKE A STACK OF FIVE, SIR.
YOU KNOW, SO WE COULD KIND OF PARCEL IT OUT.
IF WE DO THIS NEXT YEAR, I'LL GIVE YOU ALL FIVES.
NOPE, I DON'T HAVE ANY, DON'T WE ALL? YEAH.
NOW I GOTTA DO ANOTHER SARAH CHAPMAN.
THIS IS GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY SHORT BECAUSE I DID NOT PRINT IT OUT AND SHARE IT WITH YOU.
BUT JESS MCMILLAN OF THE MOSAIC INSTITUTE FOUND OUT AFTER WE CLOSED OUR RFP IT, SHE WAS, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY AS AN ORGANIZATION.
OUR RFP WAS CLOSED, BUT SHE STILL PROVIDED AN INVESTMENT FOR US.
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BUT IN LOOKING AT WHAT SHE PROVIDED, AND I WILL BRING IT UP IN JUST A MOMENT.SO YOU COULD SEE IT IS A PIECE OF PUBLIC ART, UH, MOSAIC.
IT INCLUDES THE COST TO, UH, PREPARE THE CONCRETE, ALL OF THAT.
BUT WHAT'S SO VERY INTERESTING ABOUT IT IS I THINK IT WOULD TIE TO THE, UH, SEMI, SAY THAT WORD SEMI CENTENNIAL QUINCENTENNIAL.
BECAUSE, UH, AND I'LL BRING THIS UP.
ONE OF HER RECOMMENDATIONS IS REALLY, REALLY PRETTY.
AND REMEMBER THE MOSAIC INSTITUTE, THIS INCLUDES PEOPLE, INDIVIDUALS HELPING CREATE THE MOSAIC LIKE THEY DID IN DAYTON.
SO SHE BROUGHT THE IDEA OF A MARIGOLD, BUT LOOK AT THAT RED, WHITE, AND BLUE MARIGOLD VERSION.
AND SO IT COULD BE HONORING OUR BEAUTIFUL HERITAGE MM-HMM
AND I DIDN'T EVEN WRITE IT DOWN.
SHE ALSO INCLUDED THAT, UM, FOR A BUDGET INCREASE OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE, UH, THE MOSAIC INSTITUTE WILL INCLUDE GLOW IN THE DARK FOR, UH, TILES.
SO IT WILL HAVE A GLOW IN THE DARK ELEMENT.
AND, UH, THE TIMELINE IS DEFINITELY IN, UH, SUGGESTED FOR 2026.
AND THEY ALSO SAID THAT, UM, THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT GROWS IN THE FUTURE.
ANOTHER FLOWER COULD BE COMMISSIONED IN THE FUTURE IN A SIMILAR LOCATION.
SO YOU COULD THINK OF THIS AS PUBLIC ART, UM, FOR LONG TERM.
NOW I WILL INCLUDE THESE NOTES AND THIS PROPOSAL TO SARAH FORSYTH TO INCLUDE WITH THE, UH, NOTES FOR THE THING.
BUT ANY QUESTIONS? I HOPE IT'S SHORT.
SO WOULD THIS BE SOMETHING THAT THE ARTIST CREATES, OR WOULD THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE PUBLIC COME IN AND HELP CREATE THIS MOSAIC? UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT DAYTON DID WITH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS PROPOSAL IS, WHERE THE ARTIST CREATES IT.
BUT INDIVIDUALS ARE INVITED TO PLACE A TILE AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INSTALLATION.
THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE DID THE, THE RFP MM-HMM
BUT IT JUST CAME IN LATE, SO IT COULDN'T OFFICIALLY BE COUNTED IN THE RFP.
I, FOR ONE LIKE IDEA, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT.
UM, I COULD, I, MELISSA, YOU'RE ON DECK.
I LIKE, I, UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO, I I'M OUTTA MONEY TOO NOW.
THIS IS MOSTLY, OH, HERE, GAVE ME TWO AGAIN.
THIS IS VERY, THIS GOES WITH SARAH'S IDEA.
I'M PART OF THE ARTS COMMISSION BETTER THAN MINE.
I DON'T HAVE MONEY, IT'S JUST AN IDEA.
UM, I'M, I'M, THE IDEA IS TO, UH, PUT WRAPS AROUND ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS THAT WE HAVE AROUND TOWN, THOSE UGLY BOXES YOU SEE AND MAKE 'EM ARTISTIC.
THIS COULD, UH, GO WITH HER MARYGOLD THING THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
THEY, I'VE SEEN PRICES THAT GO FROM A FEW HUNDRED TO 3000, SO I DIDN'T PUT A PRICE ON IT.
THE OTHER IDEA WAS PAINTING FIRE HYDRANTS,
THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IF HE HEIGHTS.
SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
WE DON'T REALLY WANT CITIZENS PAINTING TRANSFORMERS BOXES 'CAUSE THEY COULD PROBABLY GET INJURED.
SO ANYWAY, THIS IS A, A SHORT THING.
UM, PERHAPS STARTING OUT IN THE SPRING.
AND IT KIND OF GOES ON WHAT SHE WAS SAYING ABOUT THE GOLD PLANNERS.
YOU COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A THEME WITH THESE WRAPS.
YOU CAN, UM, HAVE YOUR ARTWORK AND THEY'LL DO YOU, YOU CAN EITHER SELECT FROM THEIR ARTWORK OR WE CAN SUBMIT OUR OWN, WHICH COULD BE MARY GOLD'S.
AND I THINK THERE WAS, OH, ALSO, I DON'T, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT HERE, BUT, UH, THE WRAPS ON THE ELECTRICAL BOXES, IT KIND OF DETOURS, UM, UH, GRAFFITI ON THESE BOXES, WHICH ARE NOT VERY ATTRACTIVE.
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OF BRIGHTENS UP TO PLACE.AND I DON'T, I THINK THAT'S JUST AN IDEA.
SO
'CAUSE MOST OF THAT STUFF IS JUST PRETTY UGLY SITTING AROUND LIKE IT IS.
UM, I WONDER IF WE COULD DO IT AS KIND OF AN A ADOPT A A BOX WHERE SOMEBODY WOULD SPONSOR THE YOU COULD DO IT.
THE DECORATION OF A BOX, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.
UM, BUT, UM, YEAH, I, I'M OUT OF MONEY, BUT I, I REALLY DO, I DO THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA AND A GREAT ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FIRE HYDRANTS, I MEAN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT KNOWS WHERE THE FIRE HYDRANTS ARE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY HAVE TO GLOW IN THE DARK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE A, THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
I KNOW WHERE I'VE LIVED IT BEFORE, UM, WHERE FIRE HYDRANTS WERE, THERE WAS A BLUE REFLECTOR ON THE STREET, BUT SINCE, I GUESS SINCE THEY HAVE SNOW HERE, THEY DON'T DO THAT.
BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT SINCE I MOVED HERE.
SO I WOULD THINK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT KNOWS WHERE FIRE HYDRANTS ARE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THEM ALLOWING US TO DO IT.
YOU COULD HAVE GROUPS FROM SCHOOL, THE CHEERLEADERS FROM SCHOOL, WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL COULD DO THEIR GREEN OR YOU COULD, OR YOU COULD JUST TELL 'EM STICK WITHIN A THEME.
THERE'S AN ENAMEL PAINT THAT CAN GO ON FIRE HYDRANTS THAT'S FOR OUTDOORS.
SO IT, IT WILL STAND UP TO THE WEATHER.
AS I RECALL, THIS WAS ACTUALLY DONE 50 YEARS AGO.
UM, SEEMED TO WANT TO THINK THAT THEY BROUGHT UP THE IDEA WITH THE ELECTRICAL BOXES.
UHHUH
DAYTON POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY.
WELL I, I'VE SEEN THEM IN DAYTON SO MAYBE THEY'VE CHANGED.
WELL NOW THAT IT'S A ES AND OH, I SEE.
WHY IT'S, I KNOW WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WE, WE GOT TO DO FIRE HYDRANTS IN SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING WAS PURPLE ALL OF A SUDDEN.
SO
BE A ONE SET COLOR FOR THE GUYS TO GO LOOKING AROUND FOR IN THE DARK.
UH, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS BEFORE.
I DO REMEMBER A LOT OF THESE FIRE FIRE HYDRANTS.
UH, SOME, SOME OF 'EM WERE QUITE WELL DONE.
UH, I WAS AMAZED AT HOW MANY OF 'EM GOT PAINTED TO LOOK LIKE UNCLE SAM AND OH REALLY? WE HAD A LOT OF SNOOPY WHEN I WAS A KID.
BUT ANYWAY, IT'S JUST ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING INTO THIS ALSO WITH THE PLAN OF STARTING ON TAYLORSVILLE.
UM, AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE VETERANS COMMISSION AND THIS IS VETERANS WAY.
SO I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO THEMATICALLY DO SOME OF THEM ALONG THIS ROAD.
AND THEN I THINK THEY HAD AN IDEA TO, FOR THE NEXT STEP TO BE DUE DOWN WARRIOR WAY, WHICH IS CHAMBERSBURG FOR WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO I THINK, UM, WE SHOULD GET WITH THEM QUICKLY, UM, AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE IT A TAG TEAM IF IT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA CHAMPION.
AND THEN I THINK, UM, GREG, TO YOUR POINT, I THINK SOME OF THE ELECTRICAL BOXES BELONG TO THE ELECTRICAL COMPANIES, BUT I THINK A LOT OF WHAT WE SEE IN DAYTON IS ACTUALLY THE, UM, CONTROL PANELS FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
AND SO, UM, THOSE ARE MORE UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU'RE ABLE TO GET IT DONE.
UM, JUST A FEW CLARIFYING THINGS.
IF I HAD ANY MONEY LEFT, I WOULD GIVE YOU LOTS OF MONEY FOR THIS.
I NOTICED THAT, I NOTED THAT THERE'S ENTHUSIASM AND MOST PEOPLE ARE OUT OF MONEY
SO WE'LL NOTE THAT IN THE NOTES.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING BECAUSE I SEE I DO SEE SOME REALLY NEAT GRAFFITI.
THERE IS SOME ATTRACTIVE GRAFFITI IN SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT DO THAT ARE VERY TALENTED.
UM, THAT, THAT MIGHT EVEN BE ENCOURAGED AS A, YOU KNOW, SUPERVISED PROJECT RATHER THAN HAVING THEM PAINTING THEIR GRAFFITI ON OUR CANAL, WHICH IS A HISTORIC LANDMARK.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY WOULD DIRECT IT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO SOMETHING THAT WOULD IMPROVE IN FIRE HYDRANTS.
THAT'S WHY THIS IS KIND OF VAGUE 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHO TO CONTACT TO.
WE'RE CALLING SARAH UP WHILE SHE'S GETTING READY.
UM, MASON, DO YOU HAVE ONE MORE? DID I THINK YOU HAD ONE MORE? UM, I HAD ONE THAT MY FRIEND SUGGESTED TO ME THAT I COULD JUST LIKE THROW THE IDEA OUT AND SEE IF ANYTHING.
ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, SO SARAH'S GOT THAT ONE.
AND THEN I THINK WE ARE CLEAR.
I JUST WANNA SAY I KNOW THIS IS A LONG MEETING AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE ATTENTION.
UM, THIS IS A LOT OF IDEATION AND
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I AM THRILLED.I'M SARAH, THE PARKS MANAGER AND UM, I'M THINKING ABOUT PARKS TODAY PEOPLE, AND I'M THINKING ABOUT DOGS SPECIFICALLY.
UM, SO I WANNA BEAUTIFY UNEXPECTED PLACES IN THE CITY AND THE PARKS ARE OBVIOUSLY AN AREA THAT PEOPLE FREQUENT AND THEY WILL BE SEEN AND APPRECIATED.
AND SO I SAW AN ARTIST AT A ART SHOW IN COLUMBUS NAMED DALE ROGERS.
HE'S OUT OF MASSACHUSETTS AND HE'S A METAL SCULPTOR WORKER.
HE DOES HAVE A TRAVELING SHOW OF HIS WORK.
IT'S ABOUT $40,000 TO BRING IT TO HUBER HEIGHTS.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO FIND SOME SPONSORSHIPS PROBABLY IN HELP.
BUT IF YOU DO THE SHOW, IT DOES, YOU CAN NEGOTIATE A CREDIT TOWARDS PURCHASING ONE OF HIS PIECES.
UM, HE ALSO SELLS THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES ON THE NEXT PAGE.
AND MY ASK WOULD REALLY BE TO PURCHASE ONE OF THE PIECES AND INSTALL IT WITH A BUDGET OF 10 K THAT'S COVERS SHIPPING, BUYING IT, AND ANY INSTALLATION NEEDS.
THOSE ARE KIND OF HIS POPULAR ONES.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, THE HERE IS HIS FULL CATALOG.
SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THE BOARD GOES THROUGH HIS CATALOG AND SELECTS WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE.
MY DIRECT ASK IS FOR A DOG AT THE DOG PARK
BUT UM, IF THIS BRINGS INSPIRATION TO PUT SOMETHING SOMEWHERE ELSE, I DO HAPPEN TO THINK THIS MAMA BEAR IN CUB IS ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE.
THE BEAR I'M JUST BRINGING AND THE HUG BEAR THIS YEAR.
UM, THE BEAR COULD PROTECT OUR TIME CAPSULE,
UM, SO, SO YOU SEE THE PRICE THERE ON THE ACTUAL SCULPTURE ITSELF.
WE WOULD LIKELY WANNA SET OURS IN SOME, UH, CEMENT OR, OR TAKE THE ARTIST ADVICE ON SOME OTHER WAY TO TETHER IT DOWN SO IT DOESN'T WALK OFF, UM, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
BUT HE HAS ALL SORTS OF REALLY COOL PIECES OF ART.
AND UM, AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD IS SELECTING AND CHAMPIONING, HELPING WITH LIKE A RIBBON CUTTING AND THAT SORT OF THING.
BUT ULTIMATELY NOT A TON OF YOUR VOLUNTEER TIME.
UH, MOSTLY IT WILL BE SPENT HERE IN, IN MEETING.
I'D LIKE TO OPEN FOR QUESTIONS AND I'M JUST GONNA JUMP IN WITH ALL OF THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN HUBER.
DO WE HAVE ANY PLACE THAT COULD TURN INTO A SCULPTURE GARDEN OR A PUBLIC ART PLACE? 'CAUSE LIKE WE'VE NOW, YOU KNOW, GOT THE WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL GIRL, MOSAIC INSTITUTE IS OFFERED, WE'VE GOT THIS THAT COULD BE A REGULAR THING.
DO WE HAVE A PLACE FOR PUBLIC ART? I THINK THAT THERE'S A PLACE FOR PUBLIC ART IN, IN EVERY PARK.
UM, SO BY MAKING A FEATURE PIECE AT EACH PARK OR A FEW HIDDEN GYMS, I THINK WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE IN THE WAY TO GO.
BUT IF WE WANTED TO SET ASIDE AN ACTUAL PARK TO BECOME AN ART PARK, I COULD PREPARE YOU INFORMATION.
WE COULD TAKE A PARK TOUR, UM, IF THAT WAS AN IDEA.
ISN'T THERE A PATHWAY AT CLOUD? I THINK I SAW THAT.
LIKE A PEOPLE WALK DOWN THROUGH, WE COULD PUT SCULPTURE ALONG THAT.
YES, THERE IS A WALKING PATH AT CLOUD, A LITTLE OVER A MILE.
AND WHERE'S THE DOG PARK? THE DOG PARK IS ON SABRA AVENUE, UM, OVER BY HAR LIKE SANDWICH BETWEEN HARSH MANVILLE AND SABRA.
SO WHERE THE OLD CONCRETE PLANT WAS, I DON'T KNOW THAT HE, SHE WOULD KNOW THAT SHE MOVED HERE RECENTLY, BUT BASICALLY PARALLEL TO FISHBURG ROAD BETWEEN, UM, ROSALIE AND MONTVILLE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE WHERE THE OLD POOL USED TO BE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I THOUGHT THAT.
I'M REALLY JEALOUS BECAUSE LIKE, IT'S THE SAME, IT'S THE SAME AS LIKE A MOSAIC INSTITUTE PIECE OF ART AND I'M LIKE, OH, I WANNA DO MY OWN
YEAH, I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT FURTHER.
JUST SOMETHING MY FRIEND BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.
DO I HAVE TO GET UP FOR IT? YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
WE'RE RUNNING SHORT ON TIME HERE.
I'LL JUST, UH, POINT OUT, MY FRIEND BROUGHT AN IDEA TO ME.
HE SHOWED ME A SCREENSHOT FROM EVERYTHING HUBER HEIGHTS, SO I DON'T, I APOLOGIES.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THE ORIGINAL IDEA IS FROM.
I COULD LOOK BACK ON MY TEXT WITH HIM.
UH, BUT HE SUGGESTED WE HAVE A WORST YARD AWARD WHERE PEOPLE COULD NOMINATE THEMSELVES SAYING, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING HERE.
OR I'M ELDERLY AND I CAN'T DO THE YARD WORK
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ANYMORE.HAVE VOLUNTEERS COME OUT AND DO YARD WORK FOR THEM.
HAVE LANDSCAPING COMPANIES SPONSOR OR LOCAL REAL ESTATE COMPANIES SPONSOR OH, TO HELP GET THEIR YARD UNIFIED IF, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE DEEM THAT IT'S NECESSARY AND WE WANNA PUT EFFORT TOWARDS THAT.
SO, UH, THAT'S JUST MY BUDDY THREW THAT OUT TO ME.
I THOUGHT I'D THROW IT OUT TO YOU GUYS 'CAUSE HE COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT.
ONE OF THE STREAMING CHANNELS THAT DOES A TV SHOW ABOUT THAT OR YEAH.
DO YOU WANT MY NOTES? AND REALLY IF I NEED, IF A LAWN SERVICE DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT, FREE ADVERTISING FOR THEM REALLY, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO WE ARE GONNA DO NOW THE FINAL FORMAL ELEMENTS OF THIS MEETING.
UM, OKAY, I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT EVERYTHING.
I THINK SO, UH, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT IS SARAH WILL GATHER ALL OF THESE NOTES.
SHE AND I KEPT TRACK OF THE ENTHUSIASM, THE CONVERSATION, KIND OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING AROUND THEM.
IT'LL BE INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES, BUT TAKE THIS TIME, THINK, SEE WHAT REALLY FEELS RIGHT NOW THAT YOU'VE HEARD THEM ALL.
MAYBE YOUR ENTHUSIASM CHANGES THAT SORT OF THING.
AND UNDERSTAND THAT NO, TODAY ISN'T NO FOREVER.
THERE MAY BE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANNA DO BECAUSE OF THE TWO 50, BUT WE LOVE SOMETHING ELSE AND WE WANNA PUSH IT TO FUTURE THAT UM, WE HAVE JUST GATHERED A LOT OF REALLY NEAT IDEAS AND ENTHUSIASM AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALL NOW AND THEN COME AUGUST WE WILL ACTUALLY LOOK AT THEM ON A CALENDAR ON MONEY.
WHAT ARE WE ASKING FOR FROM THE COUNCIL? AND WE'LL TAKE OFFICIAL VOTES.
SO THAT IS OUR SHARK TANK ACTIVITY.
THANK YOU FOR ENGAGING WITH ME.
NOW TO CLOSE THIS OUT, YOU DID RECEIVE IN YOUR EMAIL AND ALSO PRINTED OUT THE NOTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
IF UH, ANYONE HAS ANY CORRECTIONS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MINUTES, PLEASE LIST THEM.
OTHERWISE I WOULD RECEIVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PROVIDED.
ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THERE BEING NONE.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON YOUR AGENDA.
I BELIEVE IT'S AUGUST THE 18TH.
AND, UM, THE LAST THING IN THE, UH, ADDITIONAL BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS, BECAUSE I'M A CHAIR, I'LL SHARE IT, BUT IF YOU'VE GOT ONE, PLEASE DO AS WELL.
ON THURSDAY, AUGUST THE 21ST, THE OUR COMMITTEE THAT I'M A PART OF CULTURE WORKS THAT SERVES THE GREATER DAYTON AREA, INCLUDING HUBER HEIGHTS, IS HAVING AN EVENT WE CALL ARTI, WHERE UH, BUSINESSES ARE GIVEN A PIECE OF ART, THEY MAKE A COCKTAIL OUT OF IT, AND YOU GO AND DRINK SPECIAL ART COCKTAILS AND IT'S A FUNDRAISER AND AN AWARENESS DRIVER.
I WILL BE GOING, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO GO, LET ME KNOW.
I'LL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE AN ART EVENT YOU WANTED TO SHARE? NO.
AND WHAT WAS THE DATE OF YOUR EVENT? I'M SORRY.
IT IS AT THE ARCADE IN DOWNTOWN DAYTON.
AND AS AN ASIDE, IF YOU WANNA PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR, I CAN GET THE OFFICIAL DATE, BUT IN EARLY NOVEMBER WE'RE GONNA HAVE A REGENCY BALL.
YEAH, IT IS LIKE A JANE AUSTEN ANNIVERSARY AND WITH BRIDGER TON AND EVERYTHING, WE'RE DOING A FULL ON REGENCY BALL.
OKAY, THEN, UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO DISMISS? SO MOVED.
MASON HAS MOVED AND WE GOT A GREG SECOND.
SO I DECLARE THIS COMMITTEE ADJOURNED.