* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. GET YOU FAITH AND [00:00:01] IT'S . HELLO EVERYONE. WE [ AGENDA ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road August 26, 2025 6:30 P.M. ] ARE, UH, EXCITED TO JOIN YOU TODAY. WE ARE THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION. WE ARE MEETING ON AN ALTERNATE MEETING NIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME SCHEDULE CONFLICTS. SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US OR WATCHING THIS. IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE, SARAH CHAPMAN TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND INVITE A ROLL CALL OF OUR ATTENDEES. OKAY. CHERYL BAR, MAKE SURE YOU'RE KEEPING MASON KNICKERBOCKER. GREG FOX, UM, MELISSA GWEN. AND WE ARE HERE ACCOMPANIED BY SARAH FORSYTH. SHE'S OUR FABULOUS PARKS AND REC REPRESENTATIVE AND WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE HER HERE. SO OUR AGENDA, UH, OPENING REMARKS BY THE CHAIRPERSON. I WOULD LIKE TO START AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A MOMENT TO PUBLICLY THANK CHERYL BRANDON BURR. CHERYL, YOU HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL. AND IT IS THE ICON OF WHAT I WANT THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMISSION TO LOOK LIKE NEXT MONTH. I'LL BE SPEAKING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I WILL CALL THIS OUT AT THE SAME WAY. BUT YOU HAVE BEEN THE LEAD ON OUR IFICATION AWARDS. YOU WERE HELPING MAKE THAT HAPPEN. YOU CARRY THE WATER FOR IT, YOU CARRY THE ENTHUSIASM FOR IT. WE HAD A 50% INCREASE IN NOMINATIONS THIS YEAR. WE ACTUALLY HAD A FAMILY SHOW UP HERE AT THE COUNCIL, WHICH WE HADN'T HAD BEFORE, AND THEY WERE SO DING DANG THRILLED. OH YEAH, THEY WERE . AND IT'S THAT LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP AND OWNERSHIP. AND AS WE, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT OUR FUTURE SHARK TANK ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS, IT'S THAT KIND OF, THIS WHOLE COMMISSION IS BEHIND IT, BUT MAYBE ONE PERSON IS CARRYING THE WATER FOR SOMETHING AND WE JUST CANNOT SKIP OVER HOW YOU, YOU TRULY WERE THE LEADER OF THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, I ALSO WANT TO JUST, I SAID WE HAD THE, THE 50% INCREASE AND THAT WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE QR CODES OF THE TWO STAGE NOMINATION SIGNS OF THE EXTRA WORK. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT EXTRA LOGISTICALLY, BUT I DROVE BY THE OTHER NIGHT AND I SAW SOMEBODY WITH THEIR LITTLE SIGN OUT. I SAID, HEY HONEY, HONEY, THIS A SIGN. AND SO I, I REALLY THINK NEXT YEAR IS GONNA BE EVEN BETTER. I HAVE TO ADMIT, I HAVE NOT PICKED UP THE NOMINATION SIGNS YET BECAUSE MY LIFE HAS BEEN SO HECTIC. BUT I HAVE A INTENTION OF GETTING THEM THIS WEEK. SO THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I KNOW THAT THE, THE ONES FROM THE WINNERS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED THOUGH. YES. ALL OF THOSE GOT PICKED UP WHEN WE GAVE THE WINNER AWARDS. YES. ALL RIGHT. I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS. SO I WILL MOVE RIGHT TO AGENDA TOPIC NUMBER FIVE ON POST SHARK TANK DISCUSSION AND SELECTION OF PROGRAMS. SO BEFORE WE GET INTO WHAT I, I HOPE WILL BE A LIVELY AND SOMEWHAT MESSY CONVERSATION, I WANT TO SET THE STAGE JUST A LITTLE BIT. WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE 1314. OKAY. WE HAD QUITE A FEW PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED. ADDITIONALLY, THIS COMMISSION HAS HAD THREE SOMEWHAT 10TH POLE ITEMS THAT WE DO, WHICH HAS BEEN, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP DOING THEM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO CALL 'EM OUT. IT HAS BEEN AN ARC SHOW THAT HAS HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY. IT IS THE LAWN BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS THAT WE ARE DOING NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF HOW GOOD THEY WENT THIS YEAR. AND WE HAVE HAD RESPONSIBILITY FOR A ARTIST AND MAKER SHOWCASE AT THE, UH, 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS. IT HAS BEEN, UH, SAID TO ME THAT BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE SECURITY CHALLENGES, WE ARE NOT LIKELY TO HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY. THE COUNCIL WILL BE, UH, RETHINKING HOW WE DO THAT IN A, IN A MORE SECURE WAY. SO WE WILL NOT HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY. IS THAT CORRECT? STILL WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING? YES. I DON'T ENVISION A VENDOR SHOWCASE WITHIN THE MORE CONVINCED FOOTPRINT THAN WE WILL BE WORKING WITH FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. OKAY. SO THAT IS NOT ON THE LIST. WE MIGHT WANT TO WRESTLE WITH HOW WE REPLACE IT OR IF WE DO NOW, WE HAD A NUMBER OF PROJECTS SUGGESTED IF WE PICKED UP TWO PROJECTS AND WE KEPT OUR ART SHOW AND WE KEPT OUR IFICATION AWARDS, THAT WOULD BE ONE PROJECT EVERY FOUR MONTHS. AND I WOULD GET THE VAPA 'CAUSE THAT WOULD FEEL LIKE A LOT HISTORICALLY FOR THIS COMMITTEE COMMITTEE. SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE US TO BE REALLY RUTHLESS IN THIS NEXT [00:05:01] PORTION OF CONVERSATION. I WILL STIPULATE THAT EVERY DING DANG IDEA IS FANTASTIC AND I WANT TO DO THEM. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THEM THIS YEAR. ADDITIONAL CONTEXT I WOULD GIVE YOU IS NEXT YEAR IS THE AMERICA TWO 50. AND SO I GOT TO SIT IN ON HALF OF THE AMERICA TWO 50, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY AND THEY HAVE A THING HAPPENING EVERY MONTH. WE SHOULD CONSIDER IF WE WILL CREATE SOME FATIGUE AMONG THE CITIZENRY IF WE ADD TOO MUCH TO THAT, BUT ENCOURAGE YOU TO REALLY BE RUTHLESS IN WHAT YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT. LOOK FOR WAYS TO BUILD ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AS OPPOSED TO CREATE NEW. NOW IF WE SAY, SARAH, THIS COMMITTEE REALLY THINKS THAT WE'RE GONNA VOTE TO DO 15 PROJECTS. COOL. WE'LL ASK THE, WE'LL ASK THE COUNCIL FOR THE MONEY AND IT'S A THING. BUT I JUST WANT YOU, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE ABSOLUTELY RIGOROUS AND HONEST ABOUT OUR CAPACITY AND YOUR CAPACITY. FINALLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, UH, RIGHT OFF THE TOP, THE MARIGOLD POTS, MY IDEA, I ABSOLUTELY THINK WE SHOULD PULL THAT GIVEN THE, UM, AND I'M GONNA PASS AROUND LIKE THE SHORT TERM LIST. UM, GIVEN THE AMERICA TWO 50 ACTIVITIES, THAT'S A REALLY COOL THING, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THERE ISN'T SOMETHING HAPPENING EVERY MONTH. I THINK IT COULD BE AN IN TWO YEARS, IN THREE YEARS, WE COULD WORK UP TO IT. SO I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST WE TAKE THAT OFF THE LIST UNLESS SOMEONE GOT REAL EXCITED ABOUT IT AND LIKE SARAH, NO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT SHE'S COME OFF THE LIST. I ALSO, I WOULD AGREE. OKAY. I ALSO HEARD MELISSA, YOU, UH, WANTED TO, OKAY. I THINK THAT THE ART SHOW, I THINK I KIND OF GAVE TOO BIG OF A PROJECT. SO I THINK WE COULD DO THE ART SHOW AND I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW IT'S DONE BEFORE I MAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS. DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO GO IN AND CHANGE SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN'T REALLY EVEN SEEN. SO I THINK IT SHOULD REMAIN AS IT IS. HOWEVER, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE RACKS IF WE COULD GET THOSE. THEY'RE NOT THAT EXPENSIVE. BUT THEN AS FAR AS STARTING ANOTHER ART CLUB IN THE COMMUNITY, I THINK I COULD PERSONALLY NOT WITH THE CITY'S NAME BEHIND IT, TRY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THAT'S GONNA PROBABLY TAKE QUITE A LONG TIME TO GET SET UP. SO I COULD SEE THE ART SHOW BEING AS IT WAS MAYBE WITH SOME RACKS. SO NOT HUGE. BUT, UM, WHAT WAS THE OTHER THING I SAID? OH, FEBRUARY'S KIND OF AN ODD TIME YOU HAVE AN ART, ART SHOW. BUT IF WE COULD MOVE IT TO ANOTHER TIME, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. BUT I'M OPEN, I'M SO KIND OF THE ART SHOW IS ALSO, IT'S ALMOST NOT SCRATCH, BUT JUST MAINTAINING. SO I WONDER IF IT'S, IF IT'S A MARRYING OF YOUR IDEA. SO YOU'RE ON THIS BOARD NOW, RIGHT? IF THE WORD VOTES TO PROCEED WITHIN OUR SHOW, YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE IN PART FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND GIVING FEEDBACK. AND IF YOU THINK WE SHOULD BUY EASELS OR RACKS OR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF RIBBON YEAH. ALL OF THAT IS REALLY APPROPRIATE. YEAH. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR ME TO CHANGE THINGS UP WHEN I HAVEN'T PARTICIPATED. OKAY. BUT THE, THE SMALL DETAILS, RIGHT? LIKE DETAILS LIKE, YEAH. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM ON THAT. SO THAT LEAVES US WIDE OPEN FOR OTHER STUFF. I DO LIKE OUR YARD UNIFICATION PLAN TO BE DONE. SO COULD JUST TO KIND OF CLEAR THE DECKS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL IN ALIGNMENT. COULD I HAVE A MOTION THAT WE WILL ABSOLUTELY DO THE LAWN BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS NEXT YEAR IN A SIMILAR-ISH TIMEFRAME IN A SIMILAR-ISH FASHION, MAYBE WITH SOME AMPLIFICATION OF WHATEVER. IS THAT SOMETHING THIS COMMITTEE, UH, THIS COMMISSION AGREES ON? SO MOVED. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A OPPOSED SIGN LAW IFICATION AWARDS IS A HAPPENING. OKAY. I REALLY WANTED THAT ANCHOR SO WE KNOW, 'CAUSE WE KNOW WHAT SEASON THAT HAS TO BE. WE KNOW WHEN THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. OKAY. I DID A LOT OF TALKING, I DID A LOT OF SETUP. IS SOMEBODY BURNING TO SAY, SARAH, I LOVED THIS THING AND WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO IT. I STILL LIKE TO HAVE AN ART SHOW. OKAY. NOT FULL BLOWN. LIKE I WAS TALKING ABOUT. I AGREE WITH THE ARCH SHOW. I DO, I I DID GET A SUGGESTION FROM SOMEONE ACTUALLY AT CHAMBER, AT A CHAMBER LUNCH UNDER THAT, THAT THEY FELT THAT WE SHOULD CHANGE THE VENUE. BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE ELSE WE WOULD PUT, I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE YOU TO HAVE IT AT THE SENIOR CENTER. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT AT THE SENIOR CENTER. I WOULD, I WOULD VERY HAPPY TO DO THAT IF THERE'S ROOM AND IF WE CAN THERE'S [00:10:01] ROOM IF IT'S AVAILABLE. ABSOLUTELY. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. MM-HMM . UM, IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T THINK THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS, I DON'T WANNA SAY SHABBY, BUT IT, IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ANY KIND OF A FANCY OR INVITING, IT'S OFF THE BEATEN PATH. IT'S SO I, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO CHANGE THE, THE VENUE, BUT YEAH, I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD CONTINUE WITH THE ART SHOW. I THINK WE HAD GO TURN OUT LAST YEAR, HOPEFULLY ONLY KEEP GETTING BETTER. I THINK BY PUTTING IT UP TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS STAFF, PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THAT IS. YOU MAY GET SOME SENIOR ARTISTS EVEN. IT'S A LOT OF WONDER. VERY TRUE. AND, UH, THINK WE, I WOULD, WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE MORE ATTENDANCE AND MORE PARTICIPATION. SO HOW DO WE, UM, MELISSA MADE THE STATEMENT THAT POTENTIALLY FEBRUARY WAS A CHALLENGING TIME FOR THAT. I WILL ABSOLUTELY SECOND THAT. UM, AGAIN, I CAN, WE DID IT LAST YEAR. IT'S BEEN HISTORICALLY, SO I JUST, I'M CHALLENGING. I'M NOT MAKING A MANDATE. BUT SOME OF THE WORKING ARTISTS, I KNOW THEY WORK SO HARD TO GET CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND TO GET SALES AND THEN SOME OF 'EM KIND OF TAKE JANUARY'S SORT OF A MENTAL BREAK. HAVING NEW WORK FOR A SHOW IN FEBRUARY FEELS HEFTY SINCE WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE. COULD WE DO A SUMMER ART SHOW? WELL, IN PLACE OF THE STAR SPAND. BUT YOU'VE BEEN AROUND, YOU HAVE HISTORY. WELL, JUST FOR THE, THE 250 ANNIVERSARY WE HAVE, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. AND I HAD SUGGESTED THE ART SHOW EARLIER FOR FEBRUARY, THAT FEBRUARY IS ALREADY COMMITTED WITH ANOTHER. SO I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION TO PUT SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE MONTH OF MAY. 'CAUSE THEMATICALLY IT FITS THE THEMES THAT WE'RE GOING WITH. BUT ULTIMATELY IT WILL BE UP TO YOU. YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN'T GET SOMETHING DONE IN MAY, THEN YEAH, I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN WHAT, WHAT THE THEME IS. FOR ME. IT'S ARTS, ARTS AND ARTS AND LITERATURE. ARTS AND LITERATURE. SO I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE PERFECT TIME TO MOVE IT TO I IF WE COULD ALSO, UH, TARGET THAT FOR EITHER THE BEGINNING OF OR HAVING NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR OUR LONG BEAUTIFICATION WHERE THEY COULD SNAP THE QR CODE. IT WOULD ALSO HELP ALO. YEAH. HELP ADVERTISE. UM, I, WHAT I THINK I'M HEARING IS THAT WE WANT TO DO THE ART SHOW AS WE HAVE DONE IT IN THE PAST, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MOVING IT INTO MAY, HAVING IT AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND ASKING THE COUNCIL TO PURCHASE THE DISPLAY RACKS. I THINK THAT WAS A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS. 2,500. $2,500. UM, AND THOSE COULD BECOME A PERMANENT PART OF THE SENIOR CENTER, YOU KNOW, SUPPLIES. WE COULD STILL HAVE THE COMMITTEE THEN, OR WE STILL HAVE ART SHOW THEN EVEN IF THE COUNCIL SAID NO ON THE MONEY, BUT WE'D LIKE TO ASK FOR THAT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. MM-HMM . WHEN WE SAY DISPLAY RACKS, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT EASELS? IS THAT THEY WERE ON HER, IT WAS PART OF PRESENTATION FOR THE SHARK TANK. THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER DESCRIPTION. LIKE A, LIKE A FENCE MAYBE? YEAH, A GRID. THEY'RE TWO FEET BY SIX FEET. OKAY. AND THEY COME AND PACKS AND I THINK TWO OR THREE. AND I WAS SUGGESTING THREE PACKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND S GO WITH THEM. YOU COULD JUST HANG MARK ON. YEAH, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO ASK PEOPLE TO, I WOULD, I'VE ENVISION IT FOR ADULT ARTISTS AND HAVE IT FRAME AND WIRED TO, TO HANG AND IF THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN SET IT UP LIKE WE HAD LAST YEAR ON THE TABLES. YEAH. IT'S ABSOLUTELY DOABLE. SO IF, IF THAT IS, UH, THAT IS WHAT I'M HEARING. MAY I HAVE AN OFFICIAL MOTION FOR THAT? SO MOVED. I HAVE THAT MOTION. MAY I HAVE SECOND? SECOND. ALL APPROVED SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIED. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE OUR TWO ANCHOR EVENTS. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS LIST THAT YOU'RE LIKE, SARAH, WE HAVE GOT TO TALK ABOUT X. UM, I HAVE SOMETHING. YEAH. UM, IN THE SPIRIT OF BRUTALITY AS YOU BRUTALITY , UM, I DO FEEL THAT THE TIME CAPSULE IS BETTER SITUATED WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND WITH THE TWO 50 COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD, THEN WE ARE SETTING ASIDE PROGRAMMATIC FUNDS FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT THOSE INITIATIVES. AWESOME. AND SO IF YOU GUYS LOVE IT, I MEAN, EVERYTHING IS MADE BETTER WITH MY PARTNERSHIPS. MM-HMM . BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT'S AN EASY ONE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE CAN PUSH, LET THEM HAVE IT AND WE CAN LOSE OUR MONEY ELSEWHERE. [00:15:01] PERFECT. I LIKE THAT. THAT WAY IT'S STILL GETTING DONE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL GONNA BE A TIME CAPSULE, BUT I HOPE YOU ALL COME TO THAT. I HOPE, I HOPE THAT IB COMMISSION NEEDS MAYBE SOMETHING TO PUT IN IT. YEAH. YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. MAYBE IS TO ENCOURAGE SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE MAY ART SHOW TO SUBMIT SOMETHING FOR THE TIME CAPTAIN. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT SIZE THAT WOULD BE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT SOMEBODY MAKING A MURAL AND TRYING TO FIT INTO A TWO FOOT, A FOUR FOOT. OR IF WE DON'T WANNA LOSE THE PIECE OF ART, UM, WE COULD SAY THAT'S A, A SPECIAL PRIZE THEME AND WE COULD TAKE PICTURES OF IT AND CREATE A, A PORTFOLIO. LIKE A A YEAH. A PORTFOLIO. THANK YOU. YEAH. YEAH. THAT GOES IN. JUST SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE THE PRETTY PIECE OF ART. YEAH. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, IT'S THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. YES. THE ART, THE YARD, THE TIME CAPSULE. SO LET'S, UH, JUST NEXT ONE DOWN THE LIST. MOSAIC INSTITUTE. THAT WAS MINE. I LOVE THIS IDEA. AND THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE MOSAIC I THOUGHT WAS SO PRETTY. AND I'M GONNA BE THE HALF THE ONE TO TELL JESS MCMILLAN THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA SAY NO TO IT, BUT, UM, UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE THE SPORTY SPORT PIECE OF PUBLIC ART THAT WE SAID YES TO THIS YEAR THAT WE DID THE RFP FOR. SO NEXT YEAR WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF UNVEILING, SOME KIND OF CELEBRATING SOME KIND OF YAHOO. SO DO WE WANT TO TRY AND DO ANOTHER PIECE OF PUBLIC ART NEXT YEAR FOR REAL? SURE. GREAT. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. SO IN OTHER WORDS, PUSHING IT BACK TO 27, THAT'S NOT WHAT I HEARD. I HEARD, I HEARD CHERYL SAY LET'S DO IT NEXT YEAR. YEAH. 26. IT'S YOUR BABIES. BUT THE ONE THING I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING, WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE ARE YOUR BABIES. BUT ABOUT THE MOSAIC INSTITUTE IS THAT, UM, IT COULD BE A TIME CAPSULE IN ITSELF OF THE TWO 50TH AND THE LIFT ON THE COMMISSION IS LIKELY NOT AS HIGH AS BIN LIFT ON THE ARTIST. IT'S LIKE CONTRACTING SOMEBODY THAT LEAD US THROUGH THIS. THEY VERY MUCH DO IT THEMSELVES. RIGHT. THAT'S WHY YOU PAY FOR IT. SO THAT I LIKE ABOUT IT. 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT DOESN'T DEPLETE YOUR CAPACITY AS MUCH AS SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS WOULD. OKAY. CONTINUING DOWN ON THE LIST, THAT WORST PR AWARD CAN JUST BE LUMPED IN WITH THE REST OF IT. SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN TO BE ANOTHER, THE PROJECT. WE COULD POTENTIALLY CONSIDER A WORSE YARD AWARD AS PART OF OUR LONGATION. THAT COULD ALSO BE A FUNDRAISER TO RAISE FUNDS FOR A SELECTED CHARITY TOO. UM, OR, YOU KNOW, YOU YEAH, SURE. YOU WANT TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY FOR A WORST YARD AND IT'S $5 TO MAKE THE NOMINATION IN ALL FUNDS GOING TO THAT'S FUNNY. YEAH. IF YOU'RE GONNA NOMINATE SOMEBODY AND I PAY . GOOD IDEA. GREG. I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M, I'M READY TO CALL SOMEBODY OUT ON THE, THE IDEA BEHIND THE SELF THAT YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, I REALLY NEED HELP ON MY YARD. WOULD, WOULD YOU GUYS HELP ME OUT? BUT THAT'S, UH, THAT COULD BE IT. OR MAYBE WE CAN MAKE IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN HORSE. YEAH. . YEAH. I'VE GOT POTENTIAL. I JUST NEED HELP. OKAY. WE'LL CONSIDER HOW WE CAN CREATE AN ASPIRATIONAL AWARD IN OUR STANDARD LOAN UNIFICATION AWARDS. YEAH. JUST WHEN WE, OKAY. UM, I WILL SAY, I THINK GIVEN IT'S A BUDGET LIFT AND I'LL, UH, BUT IF THERE'S ONLY ONE THING ON THIS PROJECT THAT GETS DONE, I'D BE LIKE, GET THE BRAD PAIRS GONE. UH, BUT I MAY BE THE ONLY ONE THAT FEELS THAT STRONG TO ME. I CONCUR. WELL, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SAY GONE TOO. BUT IS THAT REALLY SOMETHING FOR OUR COMMISSION TO DO? I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING OUT CUTTING DOWN TREES AND SO I, SOMETHING ELSE I CAN MAYBE SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT OF THE WAY THAT THAT'S BEEN FURTHER DEVELOPING AS HANNAH CONTINUED HER WORK ON IT. WE DID IDENTIFY A GRANT THAT I'LL BE SUBMITTING THIS EVENING, ACTUALLY, UM, THAT COULD SUPPLY US WITH A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR STREAM REMOVAL. UM, IT, UM, THE WAY THAT IT'S WORKING OUT CURRENTLY, THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD IS IN FAVOR. THEY'VE GIVEN THEIR OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATION OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT. I WOULD ENVISION THE ARTS AND UNIFICATION COMMISSION GIVING THEIR OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATION OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE REMOVAL OF 284 [00:20:01] PUBLIC TREES, I CAN'T, HAS TO BE WIDELY SUPPORTED BY THE CITIZENS COMMISSIONS OF THE CITY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND IT'S GONNA HURT FOR FIVE YEARS WHILE WE HAVE SOME REGROWTH. BUT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. SO I THINK THE DEGREE OF SUPPORT THAT THIS COMMISSION GIVES CAN VARY FROM, HEY, WE WANNA BE PART OF YOUR PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, OR WE JUST WANNA OFFICIALLY RECOMMEND THE COUNCIL AND THEN WE'RE HERE TO BACK YOU UP AND SEE WE BELIEVE IN YOU. OR WE WANT TO REALLY SPEARHEAD IT AND WE WANT TO TACKLE THIS AREA OF TOWN. AND THAT'LL BE OUR PROJECT. THE WAY WE GO ABOUT IT IS TRULY ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES. UM, AND SO IT COULD BE FROM JUST SUPPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AS A CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OR TO THE POINT OF WISHING TO SET ASIDE YOUR DISCRETIONARY FUNDS FOR SOME OF IT. UM, I I AM FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS. HOWEVER, I THINK HER QUOTE WAS SOMETHING LIKE, WHAT, 30 OR $40,000 PER TREE FOR THE REMOVAL? NO. OH, OKAY. THAT 600 THAT I, THAT MY MEMORY IS BAD BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT, WHAT THREW ME WAS THAT IN HER PROPOSAL SHE LISTED LIKE A COST FOR REMOVING A TREE AND IT WAS ASTRONOMICAL. I THOUGHT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS NOT GONNA GO VERY FAR. THAT WAS PROBABLY JUST POORLY ILLUSTRATED IN OUR CHART. BUT IT IS WORKING OUT TO BE ABOUT $600 A TREE FROM OH, WELL THEN, OH, OKAY. THAT'S, THAT MAKE SENSE. I JUST REMEMBER WHEN I LOOKED AT HER BOTH LIKE THAT, AH, WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS WHERE THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS. WE CAN SAY WE DON'T CARE. WE'RE GONNA IGNORE IT. ESSENTIALLY. NO, WE CAN SAY, WE AS A ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION THINK THIS SHOULD HAPPEN AND WE RECOMMEND THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TAKE THIS ON AND DO IT. WE'LL BE PART OF PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, BUT WE ARE NOT OWNING IT. OR WE COULD SAY WE RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THIS BE UNDER OUR PURVIEW. WE WILL OWN IT. WE WILL ORGANIZE CITIZEN TREE CUTTING DOWN THINGS AND TREE PLANTING THINGS, AND WE WILL ORGANIZE A PUBLIC GOODWILL CAMPAIGN OF SOME KIND. SO THINK OF IT LIKE A THERMOMETER. THERE'S, THERE'S THREE THINGS I THINK I HEAR, UH, A COALESCING AROUND ONE, BUT I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA SWAP THIS ONE. WELL, THE LIABILITY TO HAVE CITIZENS CUTTING DOWN THESE TREES, I MEAN OH MY GOSH. WE MIGHT AS WELL SHOOT OURSELVES IN THE HEAD WITH THAT ONE. I MEAN, I'M NOT YEAH, NOT TRYING TO OUR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S HAVING BEEN INSURANCE AGENT FOR 25 YEARS. I, I'M JUST, I I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CAMPAIGN OF SORTS THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A LOT TO DEAL WITH JUST ON THE PUBLIC, ON THE, THE CITY OWNED PROPERTIES. IF WE COULD SOMEHOW DEVELOP A CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE A HOMEOWNER TO HAVE THEIR TREE REMOVED AND REPLACED ON THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH SOMEONE WHO COULD DO THE REMOVAL AT A CERTAIN COST OR WHATEVER, ANYTHING THAT WE COULD GENERATE SOME INTEREST FOR THE, THE PRIVATE HOMEOWNER TO DO, DO THEIR PART. YOU MEAN LIKE AN AGGREGATION? YOU KNOW, I I I THINK WE NEED TO SUPPORT IT. I DO. I DO THINK IT'S A GOOD, GOOD PROJECT. UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAYBE, YOU KNOW, US WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY WITH THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS PARKS AND REC COULD TAKE ON THE CITY PROPERTIES AND ALL OF THAT. AND THEN PARTS OF UNIFICATION COULD ENCOURAGE THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS TO POSSIBLY GET ON BOARD AND REMOVE THEIR OWN TREES AND THEIR OWN ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY. WAS THERE A RESEARCH DONE? SHE HAD THE WHOLE, ALL THE NUMBERS FOR LIKE WHERE PUBLICLY, UH, OWNED TREES ARE, DO WE KNOW, IS THERE A LOT IN, IN YARDS? THERE ARE. FROM OBSERVATIONAL STANDPOINT, THERE ARE A LOT OF YARDS. ONE THING THAT WE ARE LOOKING INTO IS THAT WITH RGIS SOFTWARE, WE CAN MAKE AN APP WHERE YOU CAN BE ON A WALK IN YOUR EVENING AND YOU CAN PING RIGHT THERE, HEY, MY NEIGHBOR'S GOT ONE. [00:25:01] SO SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO ARE SUPER PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, UM, WOULD BE ABLE TO PING ALL OVER TOWN AND THEN WE WOULD KNOW AND HAVE A TREE INVENTORY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT'S GOOD OF WHERE THEY ARE. SO, AND THEN POSSIBLY SEND A LETTER TO THAT HOME AND SAY, HEY, DID YOU REALIZE THAT THIS TREE IS DAMAGING ENVIRONMENT? MAKE IT A PARTICULAR AWARD OF THE LONG BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS, A BRADFORD PEAR TREE FREE YARD. LIKE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, I'M BEING CHEESY, BUT I REMOVED THE BRADFORD P YEAH. WE BUY 50 YARD SIGNS, WE GET 50 PEOPLE TO MM-HMM . I, SO IF I'M HEARING YOU RIGHT, YOU'D LIKE TO LEND SUPPORT FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE P OF TREES, BUT YOU'D LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR OWN HOMES. RIGHT. BECAUSE I MEAN, THE CITY IS GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PUBLIC. I THINK THAT'S PROPERTY. AND YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD ELIMINATE THE PRIVATELY OWNED HOMES FROM THAT, FROM THAT PROCESS, IT FREES UP A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE CITY TO USE FOR, YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE A NU A NUMBER OF LEVERS WE CAN PULL. UM, IF WE DO THE, THE MAGAZINE, AGAIN, OUR ARTICLE CAN BE ABOUT, HEY, HERE'S A THING. UM, WE CAN HAVE SOME EDUCATION PUT TOGETHER AT OUR ART SHOW AS PART OF OUR NOMINATION FORMS AND WE COULD UM, WE COULD MAKE THAT A FLAGSHIP FOCUSED TOPIC OF CONVERSATION FOR US FOR 2026. SO HERE'S WHAT I THINK I HEARD. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. WE WOULD LIKE, AS A COMMITTEE TO STRONGLY AGREE THAT THE REMOVAL OF THE PUBLIC LAND BRADFORD PAYERS IS SOMETHING THAT THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT SHOULD DO. AND WE AS ASSISTANT COMMISSION ARE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THAT. WE WOULD LIKE TO YES. AND THEIR WORK BY COMMITTING TO COME ALONGSIDE AND WHILE THEY OWN THE PUBLIC LANDS PIECE, WE WILL COMMIT TO DRIVING AWARENESS FOR THE HOMEOWNERS AND THE COMMUNITY AS WE ARE A CITIZEN COUNCIL COMMISSION. ABSOLUTELY. YOU SAID THAT TOO BAD. I DON'T HAVE A NU UH, A MOVEMENT ON THE FLOOR. I SO MOVE. THANK YOU CHERYL. DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND. THANK YOU, MASON. ANY, UH, CONVERSATION OR DEBATE BEFORE WE PROCEED? 'CAUSE THAT WAS MEETING. I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. I THOUGHT I SAW FACE. I, I'M, I'M TRYING TO RECALL NOW, WAS THERE, I, WAS THERE ANOTHER TREE, A VARIETY OF TREE THAT WAS CHOSEN TO REPLACE THESE, UH, BRADFORD BEARS? OR WAS THAT STILL KIND OF UP IN THE AIR? WE WILL REPLACE THEM, UM, WITH A VARIETY OF TREES AS THAT MAKES THE ENVIRONMENT MORE ROBUST SO THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THEY'RE ALL POLLINATING WITH EACH OTHER AND SPREADING SO QUICKLY IS BECAUSE WE PLANTED A HUNDRED OF THEM. UM, SO WE WILL USE A VARIETY OF TREES SO THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. WHERE YOU DON'T GET SUDDENLY, UM, AN INSECT FROM ASIA HAS COME OVER AND DEVASTATED A CERTAIN TYPE OF TREE. IT WON'T DECIMATE THE WHOLE CITY. SO IT WILL BE A VARIETY WITH AN EMPHASIS ON, UM, TREES NATIVE TO OHIO. UM, LIKELY THE ONLY WAY PLACE WE WOULD DEVIATE FROM NATIVES WOULD BE IF WE DO SOME IN OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN. UM, FRUIT TREES. THERE'S NOT THAT MANY NATIVE FRUIT TREES TO OHIO. SO WE MIGHT JUST DO SOME OTHERS THAT AREN'T. I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME POPEYES. WELL, YES. UM, BUT THEY DON'T GROW THERE ALREADY GROWN. BUT YES, WE CAN TRY IT. YEAH, THEY'RE FLY PROPAGATED AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM. AND, UM, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO MY NEIGHBORS 'CAUSE I WANT PAW PAWS. I HAVE A BOGGY AREA IN MY BACKYARD, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I CAN PUT SOME PAW PAWS THERE. AND WE JOKINGLY SAID, WELL, WHEN WE ALL, YOU KNOW, CLEAN THE DOG POOP FROM OUR YARDS, WE COULD THROW IT IN THE CORNER AND, AND FLY PROPAGATE THEM. IT'S NOT REALLY THE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT WE WERE LOOKING FOR . AS LONG AS YOU'RE, AS LONG AS IT WORKS WELL, EVEN IF THEY DON'T FERTILIZER, WE WANT THEM TO FRUIT IN THE COMMUNITY GARDEN OF COURSE. BUT IF THEY DIDN'T FRUIT IN SOMEBODY'S YARD, THE TREE WOULDN'T SURVIVE AND STILL BE A NATIVE AND SUPPRESS STORM WATER AND ALL THE OTHER GREAT INDUSTRIES DID. FROM OUR STANDPOINT, IF THE PEOPLE ARE REMOVING THE TREES VOLUNTARILY, I GUESS THEY PICK WHAT THEY PLACE THAT WE DEFINITELY HAVE OUR RECOMMENDED LIST, RECOMMENDED AGENTS AND UM, HOPEFULLY AS THIS DEVELOPS, UM, AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO FIND PARTNERS AND YOU ALL CONTINUE TO FIND PARTNERS THAT WE CAN OFFER [00:30:01] OPTIONS OF, HEY, IF YOU CAN REMOVE ONE, WE GIVE YOU A TREE. OH YEAH, I LIKE THAT. I WAS THINKING THAT YOU HAVE THAT BIG DRIVE THROUGH THE PARKS, UH, AROUND A DAY, RIGHT? MM-HMM . UM, YES, I DO LIKE YOUR IDEA THOUGH, ABOUT A SIGN THAT SAYS, I NEED MY BRAD OF HAIR GO TO THE QR CODE FOR MORE INFORMATION. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE I LIKE THAT. AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS DOGWOOD TREE. YEAH. THAT ACTUALLY SELL T-SHIRTS LIKE THAT. I REMOVED, UH, BRAD PREPARED AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS T-SHIRT. I WANT THIS, I'LL FUND THOSE T-SHIRTS. . OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING LIKE MAYBE FOUR EVENTS A YEAR. THIS IS QUITE ONE EVENT. UNLESS WE RECOMMEND WITH SOMETHING ELSE MAYBE. I DUNNO THIS NO, THIS IS NOT AN EVENT. THIS IS A FOCUSED PHILOSOPHY AND RECOMMENDATION. I HAVE AN ADDED, UH, A THOUGHT THAT I JUST HAD WHILE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS. UH, I THINK LIKE A LOT OF PROGRAMS HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING TO CELEBRATE THE BEGINNING. I THINK IT COULD BE COOL TO DO A TREE CUTTING FOR THE FIRST BRADFORD PAIR AND HAVE A CEREMONY, GET SOME PR ABOUT LIKE WHAT THIS IS. AND THEN AT THAT FIRST TREE CUTTING, WE ALSO START BEING LIKE, OH HEY, SO IF YOU HAVE A BRADFORD PAIR, HERE'S HOW YOU CAN GET RID OF IT. UH, STARTING OFF THOSE PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME WITH SOME SORT OF PUBLIC EVENT, I THINK COULD BE, AND WE SHOULD DEFINITELY WORK WITH THE CHAMBER FOR THAT PROCESS AND GET THE BUSINESSES TOO, RIGHT? GETTING A A, WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? WHATEVER, TREE CUTTING COMPANY. WELL, SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN READING, BUT I DUNNO WHO FUNDED ALL OF THAT. LIKE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON DOWN THERE, UM, FOR STRIP AND THAT WAS PART OF IT. AND I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT WAS GOING ON. I THOUGHT, WHY DID THEY CUT ALL THESE TREES DOWN? I MEAN, IT JUST, YOU KNOW. AND SO IF I'M OBLIVIOUS TO WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, AND I'M INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF CITY BOARDS AND THINGS AND THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DON'T HAVE A CLUE AND PROBABLY DID THE SAME THING I DID. WHY DID THEY CUT ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL TREES DOWN? YOU KNOW, THEY SMELL, THEY SMELL. WELL SEE I KNOW, I, I HAVE NOT NOTICED THAT PART OF IT, BUT SO BEFORE I CALL FOR A, THE, BEFORE I CALL THE QUESTION, LET ME JUST, UM, REVIEW WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE ALIGNED THAT WE ARE DOING OUR LONG BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS. WE HAVE AGREED THAT WE MAY CONSIDER AN ASPIRATIONAL LONG BEAUTIFICATION ELEMENT. LIKE EITHER SOME SORT OF DONATION, SOME SORT OF, WE'RE GONNA HELP THIS PERSON WITH OUR LAWN. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER IT. WE'VE ALSO AGREED THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR ART SHOW IN MAY AT THE SENIOR CENTER. AND WE WOULD USE THAT AS A PLACE WHERE WE WOULD EDUCATE ABOUT THE IFICATION NOMINATION PORTION AND POTENTIALLY ANY EDUCATION ABOUT OUR BIG INITIATIVES. SO THEN THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS, DO WE WANT TO MAKE A BIG CONVERSATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL FOCUS OF THIS COMMISSION FOR NEXT YEAR'S REMOVAL OF THE BRADFORD CARES? AND THE MOTION IS A FULL THROATED HECK YEAH. TO PARKS AND REC THAT THEY DO THE HOME PLANS THAT WE AS THEIR CITIZEN ADVISORS SUPPORT IT AND THAT WE'LL YES AND THEM AND COME ALONGSIDE AND, UM, THROUGH ALL OF OUR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, THROUGH ALL OF OUR LENSES. LOOK FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO HELP CITIZENS REMOVE THEIR BLOOD REPAIRS ON PRIVATE LANDS. OKAY. , SO THAT WAS THE QUESTION. ANY OTHER CONVERSATION OR YES. ENDING, BECAUSE THIS IS LOTS OF ENERGY. YEAH. IT ALMOST TO ME SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE GONNA START TO GET CONFUSED WITH PARKS AND REC INSTEAD OF WITH OUR GROUP. UM, UNLESS WE PARTNER. I THINK IT'S A, BOTH OF THESE BOARDS ARE LENDING SUPPORTS, REMOVE THESE STREETS AND ARTS IFICATION IS FOCUSING THEIR TIME AND ATTENTION ON TELLING YOU WHY IT'S BAD IN YOUR REGARD TO, WELL PERHAPS MAYBE BEST [00:35:01] GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO PLANNING THESE, YOU KNOW, THE REPLACEMENTS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S PERHAPS EVEN DO A COMMUNITY EVENT WHERE YOU, YOU WANT HELP OUT, SHOW UP WITH YOUR SHUFFLE AND STRONG STURDY PAIR OF SHOES. AND I THINK THAT'S MAYBE WHERE YOU LET THE PARKS DEPARTMENT SAY, HEY, WE'RE GONNA DO A MASSIVE PLANTING IN ONE OF OUR PARKS OR SOMETHING. AND THEN IT'S THE PARK BOARD IN THE ARTS EDUCATION PARK TO VOLUNTEER GIFTS VOLUNTEERS, OR A COUPLE OF YOU VOLUNTEER OUT, YOU'RE AVAILABLE. ABSOLUTELY. UM, COULD BE SOMETHING. BUT I THINK STILL THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS HAVE TO, IF THEY GO TO COLLEGE OR THEY HAVE TO PUT IN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER HOURS OR RIGHT. KIDS AND VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS REQUIRE WHAT HOOP WE NEED TO JUMP THROUGH TO BE ABLE TO CERTIFY THAT THESE KIDS DID DEAD. IT'S A LETTER THAT'S NOT ALLOWED. IT'S A LETTER. IT'S ALL OKAY. I WASN'T, ALRIGHT, SO I'M GONNA CALL THE QUESTION THOSE SORT OF CAVEATS THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY LEAVING OURSELVES SPACE TO PROVIDE SWEAT EQUITY TO THE EFFORT OF THE PARKS AND REC BOARD. UM, THOSE IN FAVOR OF A FULL THROATED, UM, RECOMMENDATION THAT THE PARKS AND REC TAKE THIS ON AND WILL COME ALONGSIDE BY, UH, BRINGING VISIBILITY FOR THE CITIZEN SIDE OF IT. PLEASE SAY AYE AYE, AYE, AYE. AND YOU OPPOSED, I'M NOT OPPOSED, BUT I WILL JUST OFFER A, UH, PERSONAL, NOT A COMMITTEE CHAIR, BUT A PERSONAL WORD OF WE GOTTA BE REAL, REAL CAREFUL. UM, THAT WE UNDERSTAND OUR ROLE IS PR. YEAH. I'M NOT GIVING YOU A SHOVEL UNLESS YOU SHOW UP TO ONE OF THE LIGAMENTS. RIGHT. COOL. IT'S AN EDUCATION. YES. YES. AND I, I REALLY LIKED THAT IDEA, CHERYL, TRULY, UM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE GOVERNMENT KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR TELLING YOU TO REMOVE YOUR TREE. IT'S YOUR FELLOW NEIGHBORS SAYING, HEY, THEY'RE PUTTING WORK THIS EFFORT IN THE CITY AND WE'D LIKE TO HELP YOU DO THE SAME. ALRIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN, PART OF OUR PROGRAM COULD BE ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, MONETARY DONATIONS AND STUFF. IF SOMEONE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE THEIR TRADE REMOVED, HEY, YOU WANT TO PUT FORTH, YOU KNOW, A DONATION TOWARDS THAT I BE TOWN TO BUY SOMEBODY ELSE'S. YEAH. AND IF SOMEBODY COMES ALONG AND SAYS, HEY, I WOULD LOVE TO REMOVE MY TREE, BUT I CAN'T AFFORD IT. WE HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE THAT COULD DO THAT. WE START GETTING SOME KIND OF ROADBLOCKS OR, SO THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ANSWER TONIGHT. WE WOULD NOT BE TONIGHT. WE'RE IN IDEATION MODE. WE'RE NOT IN IMPLEMENTATION MODE. RIGHT. SO THE QUESTION THAT WAS VOTED ON IS, YAY, PARKS AND REC Y WILL DO SOME CITIZEN STUFF AND THEN WE WILL HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. GOTCHA. THAT'S WHAT WE VOTED AND MOTION CARRIED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, I NORMALLY DON'T LIKE TO SHUT DOWN THINGS, BUT I'M, I'M LOOKING AT TIME. SO WE HAVE, WE SKIPPED THE MOSAIC INSTITUTE. I JUDICIOUSLY CHOSE TO DO THAT. UM, SO THAT WAS THE ONLY OTHER ONE WHERE THERE'S BEEN LIKE, HEY, HEY, THIS IS REAL INTERESTING. UH, SARAH SAID THAT THIS IS LESS LIKE PICKING OUR OWN THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO, UH, BECAUSE IT'S A PROFESSIONAL COMPANY DOING IT. I WILL SAY JESS MCMILLAN'S, UM, BID WAS FOR 2025. I JUST, 'CAUSE SHE'S A FRIEND, I'LL CALL IT OUT. SURE. 2026. IF SHE SAID 10,000, WE MIGHT WANT TO ASK FOR 12 JUST BECAUSE RAW MATERIALS GO UP. I JUST LIKE KNOW THAT THAT'S A THING. JUST SO THAT WE DON'T GET OURSELVES, WE DON'T CALL OURSELVES TOO TIGHT, BUT DID WE WANT RECOMMEND THAT IT GET DONE? DID WE WANNA RECOMMEND THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE FOR THE AMERICAN TWO 50? DO WE WANT TO RECOMMEND MORE OF THE TRADITIONAL MIRACLE OF COLOR? DO WE WANNA HOLD IT FOR 27 THOUGHTS? WELL, WHERE IS THIS GONNA GO? THAT'S THE, AND THAT MIGHT BE WHERE, WHERE IT GOES MAY SOMEWHAT DICTATE WHAT COLORS. UH, IT MAY ALSO DICTATE WHEN IT'S DONE, IF IT IS IDEALLY PLACED IN, IF IT'S IN CLOUD PARK, WE DON'T WANT CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE TO DRIVE IT OVER. IT HAS TO BE, [00:40:03] NOT THAT. IT HAS TO BE WHAT'S OUR TIMELINE FOR OUR CURRENT, UH, PUBLIC ART PROJECT IN THE ATHLETIC POTENTIAL PROJECT. TALKING ABOUT THAT. SO, UM, WHEN I LAST TALKED TO THE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION, THEY ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF BEING ON THEIR BUILDING. OKAY. OH, IT SURPRISES ME. IT SURPRISES ME AS WELL. . UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO MAKE ME ASK AGAIN WITH SOME MORE, UM, LIKE EXAMPLES OF PUBLIC ART AGREEMENTS TO SHARE MM-HMM . I THINK THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A HESITATION AND THAT THEY BE RELINQUISHING SOME SORT OF CONTROL OVER THEIR BUILDING OR SOMETHING. BUT PART OF THE BEAUTY OF PUBLIC ART IS THAT IT'S IN PERMANENT, IT COULD BE THERE ONE AND IF SOMEBODY RUINS IT, IT'S GONE THE NEXT. UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE ESSENCE OF PUBLIC ART. SO I I'M GOING ASK THAT AGAIN. UM, I DON'T WANT TO ASK A THIRD TIME BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE TOO MUCH. UM, BUT IF NOT, THEN WE COULD PLACE IT IN A PARK. UM, THE BUILDING AT SHOW GATE IS NOT IDEAL BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF BRICK IT IS. IT IS THAT LIKE CONCAVED ROUGH. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T INSTALL SOME SORT OF CANVAS, YOU KNOW, PLYWOOD RECTANGLE DOWN THE WHOLE BUILDING. UM, AND THE SAME WITH BEING IN THE SPIRIT OF WAYNE ATHLETES COMMUNITY PARKS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM WAYNE. RIGHT. SO WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT CONSTRUCTING SOME SORT OF CANVAS AND DEFICIT. SO THOSE ARE SOME OPTIONS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE. THE AGREEMENT RIGHT NOW WITH THE DESIGN FIRM IS, UM, INTERVIEWED WITH MY BOSS. SO, UM, WELL WE HAD ALSO SUGGESTED THAT END OF, UM, STRIP THERE IN SHOPPING. I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. YEAH, THAT'S HARD. OH, THAT, OKAY. WOULD THE HIGH SCHOOL BE IN FAVOR OF, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING? I I AM NOT ENTIRELY OPPOSED TO IT GOING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. I AM, I'M A LITTLE OPPOSED TO GOING INSIDE THE HIGH SCHOOL 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE NATURE OF PUBLIC ART. UM, BUT TO GO ON MAYBE A DUGOUT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD OR, OR SOMEWHERE THAT IS PUBLIC ACCESS. I, I'M NOT LONELY UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE THE TREES HAVE GROWN. IT'S NOT VERY VISIBLE FROM THE STREETS. A BIT YEARS AGO, THE BACKSIDE OF THAT, UH, THE SCOREBOARD, I MEAN I WAS JUST PLAIN UGLY AND I WOULD'VE BEEN BUT NOW OBSCURED BY TREES. YEAH. IT'S PRETTY MUCH OBSCURED BY THE TREES NOW. SO HOW ABOUT THE GYMNASIUM SIDE OF THE Y HEY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'RE REBUILDING, THEY'RE BUILDING NEW GYMNASIUM. MAYBE IF IT FACE SHO OR SOMETHING THAT'S, WE CAN MAKE THAT ASK. YEAH. WE KNOW PEOPLE THERE. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST STILL ATTEMPTING TO GET IT IN THE ORIGINAL LOCATION, BUT YEAH, I MEAN I DON'T WANT TO BE A, I DON'T WANNA BE A BOTHER, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SO IDEAL. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY. GOTCHA. I WILL SAY I LEAN TOWARD THAT AS COMMITTEE MEMBER, NOT AS CHAIR, BUT I, I LEAN TOWARD SAYING NO TO THE MOSAIC INSTITUTE THIS TIME BECAUSE IF WE STILL HAVEN'T FINALIZED THE PIECE OF ART THAT WE PUT OUT A PUBLIC RFP FOR AND COMMITTED TO, I HATE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SPIN OUR WHEELS ON THE NEXT ONE. RIGHT. BUT THAT SAID THE MOSAIC INSTITUTE WAS CLOSER TO HOW YOU ENVISIONED THE ORIGINAL RFP AND IT WAS CLOSER TO WHAT YOU AS A COMMISSION ORIGINALLY WANTED. RIGHT? OH, I DEFINITELY THINK WE NEED TO GO FORWARD WITH IT. BUT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE. YEAH, PERHAPS MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING FOR 2027 ERS. YEAH. OKAY. HEY, DO WE HAVE THE MOTION TO TABLE OR ANYTHING? WE DON'T. OKAY. UH, ONLY A MOTION FOR WHAT WE'RE GONNA SAY. YES. AND DO SO THEN WE'VE GOT THE COMMUNITY BAND, THE ELECTRIC BOX AND HYDRANT PAINTING. THE DOG SCULPT YOU UP. BUT YEAH, PROBABLY NOT. UH, AND THE T-SHIRTS, SO I THINK THE BAND IS TOO BIG OF A PROJECT FOR 2026. IT PROBABLY IS THAT FOR 2026. AND I'M LIKE, AH. BUT I LIKE THE IDEA THAT IT'S A LOT OF ORGANIZING. IT IS IF, IF WE CAN SEE HOW YOUR PRIVATE ACTIVITIES OF AN ART LEAGUE GET STARTED, THAT MIGHT CREATE THE NETWORK WHERE THEN SECOND GENERATION, THE THIRD GENERATION BECOMES, OKAY, NOW LET'S SPIN OFF A PERFORMING [00:45:01] PORTION OF THAT. RIGHT. WOULD THERE BE ROOM FOR A COMMUNITY CONCERT SINGULAR INSTEAD OF HAVING A BAND THAT IS A LONG TERM CONTINUOUS THING. COULD WE TRY TO GET MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO PERFORM POTENTIALLY AT OUR ART SHOW? OKAY. SO I HAVE INFORMATION ON THIS. OH GOOD. SO CULTURE WORKS THAT I'VE WORKED HERE OF DOES SING OUT LOUD EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE, UH, CULTURE WORK SERVES THE GREATER DAYTON AREA. SO KEEPER HEIGHTS IS, IS PART OF OUR SERVICE AREA. AND SEEING OUT LOUD IS A CHOIR, COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA. IT'S A BIG DEAL. I WILL TELL YOU, IN ORDER TO DO IT ETHICALLY AND APPROPRIATELY WHERE YOU PAY FOR YOUR MUSIC, YOU KNOW, YOU DO ALL THE STUFF, IT IS A HONKING BIG LIFT IS A HONKING BIG LIFT. WE ONLY DO IT EVERY TWO YEARS FOR THAT VERY REASON. THAT SAID, WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO LOOK AT NEXT, UH, AT OUR NEXT ONE, NOT THIS YEAR, BUT 27. AND IF I REALLY WANTED TO PUSH FOR IT TO BE IN HUB HEIGHTS WHERE THE BOARD CHAIR LIVED. I LIKE THAT SOUND OF THAT. YEAH, I DO TOO. WE WOULD UH, WE WOULD JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE SPACE. IS THAT SOMETHING, IF WE'RE HAVING THE ART SHOW AT THE SENIOR CENTER. SENIOR CENTER, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE AT THE AMPHITHEATER RIGHT ACROSS THE PARKING LOT THAT'D BE TOO FAR AWAY OR CONVENIENT? OR ARE THEY ONLY AT WORK TO DO IT AT EEL BERGER YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT, UM, TAPED MUSIC BECAUSE TO HAVE THE FULL ORCHESTRA AND A FULL CHOIR TO TRUCK IN ALL THE CHAIRS, ALL OF THE STANDS AND THE BLEACHERS AND THE RISERS, AND THEN THE MICING FOR A LIVE CONCERT OF COMMUNITY PEOPLE. IT'S NOT A PROFESSIONAL CHOIR THAT, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONALLY PROJECTS. UM, I WOULD SAY IT'S, UM, MAYBE, BUT I COULD, I COULD COMMIT TO TO SEEING, WE WON'T MAKE THIS PART OF NOTES, BUT I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO FOR OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. AS A FALLBACK TO AVOID THE EXPENSIVENESS OF ALL THE THINGS, UH, LIKE THE, THE RIGHTS TO MUSIC AND ALL THAT BECAUSE IT IS FOR, UM, OUR AMERICA TWO 50 EVENT. IT COULD JUST BE AMERICA PATRIOTIC SONGS THAT ARE PUBLIC DOMAIN. THERE'S NO, WE ALSO, THE CITY DOES OWN BY HER FOR THIS MUSIC STAR SPANK BAND LICENSING. YEAH. THE HOLIDAY AS WELL. HOLIDAY MUSIC. YEAH. WE BUY THREE DIFFERENT LICENSES TO BE ABLE TO LIKE, HAVE MUSIC BEFORE RIGHT NOW. COOL. ALSO, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A GROUP THAT DOES THIS, THEY PROBABLY HAVE TO MUSIC, PERHAPS THEY ED THE RIGHT, BUT THAT DOESN'T GET US A COMMUNITY BAND THAT'S JUST, THAT'S TRUE. GETS US MUSIC AT OUR A COMMUNITY EVENT. YEAH. YEAH. SO THE CHA AND I WILL WAX PHILOSOPHICAL ON THIS AND I'LL TRY NOT TO TAKE TOO LONG. BUT THE, THE CHALLENGE IS WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM A SINGING CULTURE. UH, CHURCHES WHO TYPICALLY HAVE, UH, IT, IT'S THE ONE HOUR A WEEK WHEN PEOPLE GENERALLY SING OTHER THAN KARAOKE. UM, AND EVEN THEN IN WORSHIP HOURS, PEOPLE ARE MUCH SHYER ABOUT SINGING. THEY, THEY READ MUSIC MUCH LESS OFTEN. UH, PROTESTANT CHURCHES WHO HAVE LIKE PRAISE TEAMS, THEY REPORT THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL JUST KIND OF STAND THERE AND ENJOY THE MUSIC BUT NOT PARTICIPATE. UM, PARTICIPATIONAL CHORAL TYPE COMMUNITY MUSIC IS VERY HARD TO DO. I ONCE DID A PROJECT WHERE WE DID, UM, BEER AND HYMNS SINGS. SO A LOT OF THE UNITED METHODIST HYMNS WERE BUILT ON, UH, BAR TUNES. FUN FACT. AND, UH, SO WE FIND A BAR ON A, A SUNDAY NIGHT THAT WOULD ALLOW US, AND METHODIST COULD DRINK ALCOHOL AND YOU GET ONE BEER AND YOU SING. SOME OF THEM WERE RAH RAH BEER AND ICK. IT'S REALLY FUN. AND IT DREW A WIDE GROUP OF PEOPLE. BUT EVEN THAT, IT WAS SO HARD TO CREATE THAT SAME ALONG ABILITY AND, UM, JUST UNDERSTAND THE, THE LIFT IS HUGE. I ALSO HAVE A THOUGHT WHILE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE AN OPEN MIC NIGHT OR SOMETHING. YOU GET SOME [00:50:01] 17 YEAR OLDS WHO REALLY LOVE TO BUILD THAT CARRY UNDER WOOD HALFWAY ON KEY BE, I'M, I'M, I'M LIVING A COURT MEMORY RIGHT NOW. SO, OR OR THE LATEST T SWIFT. OKAY. GETTING INTO THE NOTES. CONGRATULATIONS TO T SWIFT ON HER, UH, ENGAGEMENT. ON HER ENGAGEMENT. THE BIGGEST THING. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE DEVOLVED INTO CONVERSATION, WHICH IS AS IS RIGHT. . SO IT SOUNDS LIKE ME AS A COMMISSION ARE SAYING NEXT YEAR WE ARE GONNA HAVE TWO TENT POLES, SINGULAR EVENTS, WHICH IS OUR ART SHOW AND THEN THE, OUR EFFORT OF OUR LONG BEAUTIFICATION WORK. MM-HMM . AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A YEAR LONG PUBLIC PR CAMPAIGN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKS AND REC RELATED TO UH, THE BRADFORD PAIR. AND IT'S IMPORTANT AS REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT AND THEN ALSO LANDING OUR PUBLIC ART PIECE THAT WE COMMITTED TO IN 2025. YES. WITH ANY ASSOCIATED REVEALS AND EVENTS AND, AND THINGS AND THAT THESE OTHER IDEAS. WOW. INCREDIBLE AND USEFUL AND REALLY COOL IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT. AMERICA TWO 50, EVERYTHING'S HAPPENING. WE ARE ELECTING TO TABLE. IS THAT, IS ANYONE LIKE PUT SAY, FORGOTTEN? FAVORITE THING? I DO LIKE THE T-SHIRTS. OKAY. AND I THINK THE T-SHIRTS COULD JUST BE, WE MAKE T-SHIRTS FOR OUR UM, ART SHOW AND WE MAKE T-SHIRTS THAT SAY I REMOVED MY GRAD PAIR AND THAT WOULD FIT INTO THAT, THAT IDEA THAT WAS BROUGHT UP LAST TIME WITHOUT BEING A WHOLE NOTHER PROJECT. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO OUR ASK TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR MONEY FOR T-SHIRTS. YEAH. A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR T-SHIRTS AS PART OF OUR PUBLIC PR CAMPAIGNS. BECAUSE THAT IS AN OFFICIAL ASK. I DO NEED THAT TO BE A MOTION. I MOTION. SO SECOND. SECOND. SECONDED. ALL APPROVE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SIGN. MOTION CARRIED. COOL. I ALSO REALLY LIKE THE SCULPTURE THING. I TOO, AND I REALLY THINK THAT SHOULD BE LIKE, REAL HIGH IN 2027 ONCE CLOUD, ONCE CLUB PARK IS OPEN, I REALLY THINK LIKE WE NEED TO SAVE THAT. AND THE ELECTRIC BOX STUFF. YOU SAID YOU KNEW SOMEONE WHO WAS, THE VETERANS COMMISSION IS ALREADY DOING TAYLORSVILLE HOLIDAY HAS VETERANS WAY. UM, I THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S A EASY ONE. HOPEFULLY IF IT GOT SHARK TANK, SOME OTHER IDEATION SESSION CONTINUES TO HAPPEN EACH YEAR AND THAT ONE SHOULD COME BACK UP IN MY OPINION. YEAH. SOMETHING THAT ON THAT LINE, IF YOU CAN'T GET THE ELECTRIC COMPANY ON BOARD, PERHAPS FIRE HYDRANTS. YEAH. FIRE AGENTS. YEAH. THAT'S MY OPINION. THERE WAS SOME KIND OF A THING ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO WHEN PEOPLE WERE GOING AROUND AND PAINTING FIRE AGENTS AND RECENTLY THE CITY OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS PAINTING NON-PROFIT GROUPS TO GO AROUND AND PAINT THEM RED. UM, BUT I REMEMBER PEOPLE PAINTING THESE THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE LITTLE MEN, LITTLE LIKE YEAH. LITTLE SOLDIERS. YEAH. OKAY. IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS OR ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT, UH, NEED TO BE HEARD TONIGHT, JUDGE? UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO INVITE ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN ANY WAY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE AMERICA TWO 50 COMMITTEE. SO, UM, THAT'S FOR VIEWERS AT HOME TOO. IF YOU HAVE A PATRIOTIC PASSION FOR OUR NATION OR OUR TOWN, UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO THE PARTIES REC DEPARTMENT TO GET CONNECTED ON THAT. UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THEN WE'LL BE CHAMPIONING MONTHS OF THE YEAR. UM, BUT WE ARE GOING TO NEED VOLUNTEERS, WE'RE GOING NEED PUBLIC ADVOCATES. WE'RE GONNA NEED PEOPLE WHO HAVE FRESH IDEAS AND, AND COME AND TALK. SO ANYBODY INVITED IN, ESPECIALLY ANYBODY ON THIS COMMITTEE WHO WANTS TO BE ATTENDING, JUST LEMME KNOW. AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ADD TODAY, AS SOMEONE WHO IS INVOLVED IN THE 200, [00:55:02] YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S A GREAT TALKING POINT. YOU DO GET TO MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE. YOU LEARN A LOT OF THINGS AND IT IS JUST KIND SOMETHING YEARS FROM NOW YOU CAN SIT BACK AND SAY, HEY, I WAS PART OF THAT. IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN EITHER SIT AND SAY, OH YEAH, I WAS ON MYSELF A COUCH PLAYING WITH MY XBOX. OR YOU CAN SAY I WAS A PART OF THAT PLANNING AND, AND MAKING IT HAPPEN. THEY'VE CHOSEN THAT COLOR. IF I HADN'T BEEN THERE AND TOLD THEM THEY SHOULD, YOU KNOW, AND I'M GONNA SECOND THAT SPECIFICALLY TO MY STUDENTS. YES. ALRIGHT, THEN WE DO NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. YOU ALL GOT THEM AN EMAIL AND THEY WERE PROVIDED HERE. UH, THERE WAS A CORRECTION BETWEEN THE, UH, WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROVIDED AND WHAT WAS PRINTED. CORRECTING OUR, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER'S, UH, NAME SPELLING. SO WHAT YOU HAVE ON HAND IS, IS MATERIALLY THE SAME. JUST A MINOR SPELLING CORRECTION. DID ANYONE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS FROM THE NOTES AS YOU REVIEWED THEM AT HOME? OR CAN I, HAD I KNOWN THAT WE COULD HAVE BROKEN THE BILLS UP AND CHANGE AND SPREAD THAT OUT , I AGREE THAT THAT IS ONE THING I WOULD'VE DONE. I I WOULD'VE COMMITTED FUNDS THEN MORE OF THE, BECAUSE I THINK THEY WERE ALL GREAT PROJECTS AND I APPRECIATE, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION FOR THAT MEETING. I, I REALLY WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE NUMBERS OF NOT JUST THE NUMBERS, BUT THE AMOUNT OF, OF, UH, IDEAS AND THE TIME SPENT PUTTING THOSE IDEAS TOGETHER. I WAS REALLY PLEASED. I WAS, I WAS THRILLED TO SEE IT AND JUST THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO THINK THROUGH AND, UM, I WAS HAPPY Y'ALL CAME ALONGSIDE THE CRAZY IDEA. I THINK AS A, UH, AS A SYSTEM FOR GOING THROUGH THOSE IDEAS. THE SHARK TANK WAS A, A GOOD IDEA. IT, IT WORKED OUT WELL. WE NEED SOME ADJUSTMENTS, BUT YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. UH, SO I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. SO MOVED. I NEED A SECOND. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL APPROVE. SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. SIGN. MOTION CARRIED. OKAY, SO OUR UPCOMING MEETING, UM, WE HAVE A SEPTEMBER MEETING ON A MONDAY. ON THAT TUESDAY I WILL BE GIVING A REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO I WILL BE MENTIONING WHAT WE HAVE, UH, PUT IN HERE. PUTTING A LITTLE LIKE RAH RAH IN AND MENTIONING OUR, THE DATA WE HAVE AROUND OUR, UH, LONG BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS. AND JUST LAST TIME I WAS LIKE, HEY, DATA DRIVEN, YAY. SHARK TANK. AND NOW THIS IS SORT OF LIKE A RESULTY THING, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A CONFLICT IN OCTOBER. WHAT'S IT MAKE? OH NO, I WAS LOOKING AT TARA. OKAY. SORRY. SO DO WE WANT TO MOVE IT LIKE, WE DID THIS TO THE WEEKEND, TO THE WEEK AFTER? UH, DO WE JUST CANCEL OCTOBER? UM, 'CAUSE WE DON'T CARE AND WE DON'T NEED TO HOLD MEETING. THAT'LL BE THE 20TH FOR THOSE. THE 20TH OF, OF OCTOBER. MM-HMM . THE, UM, IS IT FOUR WEEK, MONTH IF WE GET MORE PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE? YEAH. IF WE GET ANOTHER PERSON, WE'D BE OKAY. YOU'RE GONNA BE GONE THAT ENTIRE WEEK, IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING? YES. I'M GOING THE 20TH OR SO. THE 13TH IS INDIGENOUS PERSONS DAY AND THEN THE 27TH YOU'RE GETTING CLOSE TO HALLOWEEN. PLUS SHE WON'T BE BACK BY THE 27TH. I SURE COLLABORATE ACTUALLY, I'LL, I'LL BE BACK BY. YOU'LL BE BACK BY THE, WE'LL BE WORKING ON POLICY BUDGETING THEN. NOBODY, WE RUN INTO COUNCIL MEETINGS. COUNCIL MEETINGS. SO USUALLY IF YOU'RE DOING THE LAST WEEK, YOU GOTTA GO ON A TUESDAY. OKAY. THAT 28TH. THERE'S NO OTHER DO WE? SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO, I DON'T, I MEAN, IF, IF THERE'S NOTHING PRESSING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING IN OCTOBER, I WOULD VOTE TO JUST CANCEL. WE, WE'VE PRETTY MUCH SET OUR AGENDA FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR AND NEXT WE DO HAVE SOME [01:00:01] PROJECTS THAT ARE ON HOLD. WE HAVE NOT TACKLED THE POLICY QUESTIONS AROUND THE PUBLIC ART THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. THERE ARE SOME, UH, THERE ARE SOME MORE ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS THAT WE WERE HOLDING TO DO IN THE FALL. WE ABSOLUTELY COULD, UH, COULD DECIDE TO CALL THE MEETING BECAUSE THAT HAPPENS. UM, OR WE COULD KICK THE FOOTBALL UNTIL THE SEPTEMBER MEETING AND SEE IF WE GET SOMEBODY NEW. NO, I, WE HAVE A S OH OH, I SEE. I'M SORRY. YOU CAN MAKE A CHOICE IN SEPTEMBER, WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL CANCEL WE SCHEDULE. YEAH, LET DO THAT. LET, OKAY, WE'LL KICK THE CAN FOR THAT. OKAY. YES, I UNDERSTAND. PERFECT. ALRIGHT. IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS LAST CALL. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOVE. AND SO MOVED. SECONDED. SECOND. AND APPROVE. SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.