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[ AGENDA ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road May 18, 2026 6:30 P.M. ]
CALLING THIS, UH, MEETING OF THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION TO ORDER.WE ARE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL.
I INVITE YOU TO SAY YOUR NAME AND WE'LL WORK ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND THEN WE WILL SWEAR IN A NEW MEMBER WHO WILL INTRODUCE OURSELF.
SO ON MY LEFT, OH, CHERYL BRANDENBURG, WENDY KNAPP, SARAH CHAPMAN, CHAIR, SARAH FORSYTH, SETH LIAISON, GREG FOX, MELISSA GW.
SHOULD I HEDGE COURT? JOE OSER.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO, UH, S SWEAR IN A NEW MEMBER.
WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THIS COMMISSION GROW.
WE STILL HAVE ONE OPEN SPOT, SO IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF WHAT YOU KNOW, ARGUABLY IS THE BEST COMMISSION IN HUBER HEIGHTS, YOU CAN APPLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
BUT THAT TODAY, WOULD YOU PLEASE APPROACH? THERE IS AN OATH OF OFFICE.
WE INVITE YOU TO TAKE, UM, IF YOU, WE TAKE IT BY THE SEAL AND IF ANYONE WANTS TO TAKE YOUR PICTURE.
I SHOULD SAY, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM.
I SAY DO SWALLOW SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CONSTITUTION OF STATE OF OHIO, THE CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCES, THE CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND I WILL FAITHFULLY AND I WILL FAITHFULLY HONESTLY AND IMPARTIALLY HONESTLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE.
DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.
SO HELP ME, GOD, HELP ME GOD, WELCOME TO THE COMMISSION.
WE WILL HAVE YOU SIGN THIS AND IF YOU WOULD TURN.
I DON'T, I THINK THE SEAL IS RELATIVELY NEW.
I HAD TO GET, I WOULD GET NEAR THE FLAG JUST FOR THE, THE PICTURE LOOK.
OPENING REMARKS BY THE CHAIRPERSON.
WE WILL KEEP THESE PRETTY SHORT.
UH, WE HAVE NOT A FULL AGENDA, BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO SOME, UH, HISTORICAL LOOK.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PLAN FOR OUR, UM, ARTS AND OR YARD BEAUTIFICATION.
AND WE'RE GONNA SET SOME EXPECTATIONS FOR THE SHARK TANK, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR NEW FOLKS.
SO, YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING MORE THAN ANYTHING.
I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, UM, I WAS SO THRILLED WITH THE ART SHOW THAT WE JUST HAD, THAT WE JUST COMPLETED.
IT WAS, UM, AND WE'LL GET INTO IT, BUT IT WAS TO ME, SUCH A STEP CHANGE, SUCH AN IMPROVEMENT OVER YEAR, ON YEAR.
NOT THAT THE FIRST ONE WAS BAD, IT WAS JUST LIKE WE SAID, OKAY, THAT WAS GOOD.
HOW DO WE MAKE IT BETTER? WHAT DO WE ADD TO IT? AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY THE SPIRIT OF THE WAY THIS COMMISSION WORKS.
WE DO SOMETHING, WE ITERATE AND WE IMPROVE.
UM, AT THIS TIME, WE INVITE CITIZEN COMMENTS FROM THE VERY FULL GALLERY
SO WHEN YOU'RE ON A VIDEO CHAT, UH, IN A REMOTE OFFICE, YOU COUNT TO SEVEN MISSISSIPPIS IN YOUR HEAD TO GIVE PEOPLE TIME TO GET OFF THE MUTE BUTTON.
SO LET'S PRETEND I DID SEVEN MISSISSIPPIS.
I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO SARAH FORSYTH IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT I'M GONNA CHECK IN TO OUR NEWEST GENTLEMAN ON THE END WHO HAD THE SCOUTS WITH US.
THAT WAS SUCH A JOY THAT YOU JUST DOVE RIGHT IN AT THE LAST MEETING.
DID WE TREAT YOUR SCOUTS RIGHT? WERE YOU ABLE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF BENEFIT FROM THAT SERVICE? UM, FINANCIALLY NO.
UH, SO THEY DID GET THEIR SERVICE HOURS.
UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET, UH, I THINK SIX HOURS EACH.
THEY HAVE TO DO, I THINK 40 PER RANK.
SO THAT WAS AN EASY SERVICE FOR THEM.
UH, SUPPLIES, WE, UM, USED FOR THE TROOP CAMP OUT THAT FOLLOWING WEEKEND, SO WE DIDN'T REALLY LOSE ANYTHING, BUT IT WAS A, A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.
UM, I DID TAKE BACK THE OFFER OF THE TIME CAPSULE, AND THEY WERE EXCITED.
THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE WERE PLANNING A GROUP PHOTO SOMETIME IN JUNE, UH, WITH THE WHOLE TROOP, THEIR WHOLE TROOP AND, AND THEIR FORMAL UNIFORM.
SO, UM, AND THEN I WILL DELIVER THAT TO YOU ONCE WE, WE HAVE IT DONE.
THAT WAS JUST, UH, IT WAS AT THE LAST MEETING WHERE IT WAS LIKE, OH, HEY, C CONCESSION AND NEW MEMBERS STEPPED UP.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
SO, UM, MELISSA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, OR NO? SARAH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN THE DATA AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MELISSA FOR AN AFTER ACTION REPORT? SURE.
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UM, THE DATA, I WAS ABLE TO COMPILE THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE FEELING CERTAIN ABOUT.I LOOKED BACK AT LAST YEAR'S MINUTES, UM, FOR OUR NUMBERS AND OUR REGISTRATION SOFTWARE, UM, THAT WE USED LAST YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO THIS YEAR'S NUMBERS.
SO LAST YEAR IN OUR MINUTES WE DID MENTION THAT WE HAD 250 VISITORS.
I DO WANNA GIVE THE CAVEAT THAT I THINK THAT WAS 250 VISITS.
SO I THINK IF, UM, MOM, DAD, BROTHER AND SISTER ALL CAME TO DROP OFF THE ART, I THINK THEY GOT COUNTED.
AND THEN I THINK WHEN THEY CAME TO SEE THEIR CHILD GET A RIBBON, THEY GOT COUNTED AGAIN.
AND THEN I THINK WHEN THEY CAME TO PICK UP THE ART, THEY GOT COUNTED AGAIN.
NOW, MAYBE WHOEVER WAS DOING THE COUNTING GOT A LITTLE BETTER AT NOT, UM, COUNTING REPEATS THROUGHOUT THE DAY OR SOMETHING IF THEY NOTICED IT.
BUT I KNOW THAT WE, WE SWITCHED WHO WAS DOING THE COUNTING A COUPLE TIMES THAT DAY.
AND THEN THIS YEAR WHEN I WAS AT THE ART SHOW, I NOTICED THAT IT WAS MOSTLY, UM, THE SAME PEOPLE DOING THE COUNTING, BUT MOSTLY WENDY WHEN I WAS THERE.
AND THAT SHE ACTUALLY DID STOP HERSELF OF, OH, YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN IN HERE.
SO I BELIEVE WENDY WAS COUNTING UNIQUE VISITORS, UM, AS BEST SHE COULD OVER JUST ANYTIME THAT DOOR OPENED AND CLOSED.
SO, UM, 250 TO ONE 19 ON THE VISIT COUNT.
BUT AGAIN, THOSE NUMBERS AREN'T COMPARABLE, TRULY.
UM, IT DID FEEL BUSIER AND WE DID HAVE, UM, COMMENTS FROM OUR ART SALES THIS YEAR THAT THEY, UM, ALL FELT THAT IT WAS WORTH THEIR TIME.
SO TYPICALLY IF THEY HAD LOST MONEY ON, UM, PAYING FOR THEIR SPOT OR SOMETHING, THEY WOULD NOT FEEL THAT IT WAS WORTH THEIR TIME.
AND THEN WE DID HAVE MORE YOUTH ARTISTS LAST YEAR, AND I THINK THAT THAT ALSO CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE NUMBERS, BECAUSE IF YOUR, UM, CHILD IS IN AN ART SHOW, CHANCES ARE BOTH SETS OF GRANDPARENTS AND SOME SIBLINGS ARE TAGGING ALONG AND ALL OF THAT.
SO I THINK THAT IF WE, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE TO IMPROVE FOR NEXT YEAR, IS GET SOME YOUTH ARTISTS IN.
MAYBE START TALKING TO THE SCHOOLS EARLIER.
UM, WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT, I'LL LET MELISSA GIVE US HER REPORT.
BUT I WANT TO ADD, UH, FOR OUR NEW FOLKS, LOOKING AT THE DATA IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR HOW WE OPERATE ON THIS COMMISSION.
I COMMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WE WOULD BE DATA DRIVEN.
SO WE ARE WE'LL TRACK THIS YEAR ON YEAR, WE WILL FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR, YOU KNOW, CORPORATE KPIS ARE, WHATEVER WE CARE ABOUT.
WAS IT WORTH THEIR TIME? WAS IT USEFUL? DID WE, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHT NEW ARTISTS? BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE ARE SPENDING VERY PRECIOUS VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR 10 PEOPLE TO WALK THROUGH A DOOR, MAYBE THEN THE MIDDLE WAY TO THE VENDOR, BUT VOLUNTEER HOURS.
SO MELISSA, YOU WERE A CHAMPION FOR THIS EVENT.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO REPORT BACK? WELL, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR HELPING BECAUSE EVERYBODY SHOWED UP TO HELP THAT FIRST DAY.
CHERYL AND WENDY HUNG ALL THE ART, DIDN'T YOU? PRETTY MUCH, WHILE WE WERE BRING, BRINGING PEOPLE IN, UH, THIS SHOW, USUALLY IT WAS SUCH A FAST TURNAROUND TIME.
I'VE NEVER DONE A SHOW THAT QUICKLY BEFORE.
UH, USUALLY YOU HAVE, YOU GET IT LIKE THREE DAYS IN ADVANCE, YOU HANG IT YOURSELF AND THEN YOU LET THE SHOW SIT THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE, TWO WEEKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE DID A LOT OF WORK IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND HAVING EVERYONE HELP WHEN WE DID THE RIBBONS, THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD'VE TAKEN A LOT OF TIME TO DO.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY, THERE WERE SOME LESSONS LEARNED THAT MAYBE WE WANNA GO OVER BECAUSE, UH, WENDY AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA TALK ABOUT 'EM RIGHT NOW, WE'LL TAKE 'EM OFFLINE.
BUT, UH, THERE WERE SOME THINGS WE NOTICED THAT WE COULD DO DIFFERENTLY NEXT, NEXT YEAR.
I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO, TO GET INTO LESSONS LEARNED.
I, I STOPPED SARAH 'CAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GAVE YOU THE FLOOR TO, TO PRAISE IT.
THIS IS, WE'LL HIT THE HIGH SPOTS AND THEN, UH, THIS WILL FEED INTO, AS WE START THINKING ABOUT OUR SHARK TANK LATER THIS YEAR.
AND YOU HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT TODAY, BUT WHAT LESSONS LEARNED DID WE HAVE? OH, ONE THING I WANTED TO ADD TOO WAS, UM, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR THE HUBER HEIGHTS ART LEAGUE, AND I SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO THEM AND WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED AT THE LIBRARY, AND WENDY'S HELPED WITH THAT.
OF COURSE, I HIT A BUTTON AND IT ALL WENT AWAY.
SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED IS WE WON IT SHORTER TIME FOR THE SHOW.
THAT WAS A LONG TIME TO BE SITTING THERE.
AND WE NOTICED AT ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK THINGS KIND OF DWINDLED.
SO MAYBE A SHORTER TIME FOR ACTUAL SHOW.
THE SHOW I DID LIKE, UM, THE RECEPTION FOR THE ARTISTS.
AND YOU GUYS SET UP THE TABLES BEAUTIFULLY FOR THAT.
MOLLY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH, UH, PROMOTING IT AND HELPING ME.
YOU KNOW, SHE AND I MET, UM, BEFORE LIKE FOR A COUPLE HOURS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE FALL.
AND WE GOT IT PRETTY MUCH PLANNED OUT.
WE WANTED THE RIBBONS, WE WANTED THE RACKS, AND I THINK ALL THAT WENT REALLY WELL.
UH, ANOTHER ONE IS, UM, OH, I FORGOT TO ADD PASTELS
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AS ONE OF THE GROUPS.THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I NEED TO ADD NEXT YEAR OR WHOEVER DOES IT.
AND WE WANTED MORE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION.
UM, PERHAPS THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE DO LOOK AT THE DATE AND WE MAYBE CHANGE THE DATE AND WE, SO WE DON'T HAVE SO MUCH COMPETITION WITH SCHOOL LETTING OUT SO SOON.
OR, YOU KNOW, I DO LIKE IT WHEN WE HAD IT, BUT THERE WAS SOME COMPETITION THAT DAY.
BUT THOSE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS WE SAW.
WENDY, WHAT DID YOU SEE ANYTHING ELSE? SHE AND I TALKED ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT WHILE WE WERE SITTING THERE.
UM, I, I THINK I WAS MOSTLY FOCUSED ON THE, UM, HOW THE AFTERNOON JUST REALLY DIED FOR US.
SO, AND WE WERE REALLY TIRED AT THE END.
WE WERE, WE WERE VERY TIRED BY THAT POINT.
THAT, THAT'S WHAT I HAD AS FAR AS IN A NUTSHELL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE CO COMMISSION? I REALLY ENJOYED IT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, THE WAY THE ART WAS DISPLAYED AND EVERYTHING.
UM, I DO AGREE WE NEED MORE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION AND MAYBE THE DISPLAYS AND THE VENDORS COULD GET FLIPPED.
IT SEEMED LIKE THE VENDORS WERE KIND OF ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, WHEREAS WE HAD A LOT OF ROOM TO SHOW FOR DISPLAYS.
SO MAYBE THAT IS A CONSIDERATION, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW IT WAS GONNA WORK OUT.
SO, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND I ENJOYED BEING THERE.
I LIKE LOOKING AT THE ART AND I LIKE THE RESPONSE FROM THE ARTIST.
I, SORRY, I DID THINK OF A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, ONE WAS, UM, DO WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF, UM, DIMENSION GUIDELINES, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE, UM, YES.
GRIDS THAT WE HAVE ARE SO THIN.
UM, AND SO IT WAS A LITTLE HARD TO GET EVERYTHING, UH, DISPLAYED.
UM, AND WE MIGHT NEED MORE GRIDS IF WE HAVE MORE ARTISTS IN FUTURE.
YEAH, DEFINITELY MORE HOOKS BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA GET BIGGER AND BIGGER.
WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY VENDORS WE WERE GONNA HAVE.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BETTER SETUP FOR THE, ALTHOUGH I DID LIKE HAVING VENDORS IN THE HALLWAY ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THAT KIND OF DREW PEOPLE INTO THE VENDOR AREA TOO.
THE TWO COMMENTS I WOULD HAVE, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE MEN, MELISSA, YOU MENTIONED MOLLY.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, REALLY RECOGNIZE MOLLY.
YOU KNOW, SHE WAS FILLING IN WHILE SARAH, YOU WERE, UM, ON MATERNITY LEAVE.
I, MY HUSBAND HAD SURGERY, SO I WAS VOLUNTEERING IN AND AMONG, UH, TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.
AND UH, SHE WAS JUST EVERYWHERE LEADING UP TO THIS DURING THE EVENT.
UM, REALLY JUST A TOP-NOTCH MEMBER OF THE PARK STAFF.
I WAS WORRYING ABOUT LIKE, THERE'S NOBODY COMING.
AND SHE SAID, OH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER MAYBE AD I WOULD HAVE SOMETHING I MISSED FROM THE YEAR BEFORE.
WE HAD, UH, SOME LIVE MUSIC AND EITHER SOME PERFORMANCES, MAYBE SOME, UH, POETRY READING OR LOCAL AUTHOR READING A CHAPTER FROM THEIR BOOK.
OR EVEN JUST LEVERAGING THE SENIOR CENTER'S SPEAKER AND HAVING SOME, YOU KNOW, CANNED MUSIC.
I DID FEEL LIKE THE, THE SETTING WAS A LITTLE DEAD, ESPECIALLY IN A LOWER TIME, LOWER FOOT TRAFFIC TIME.
BUT OVERALL, UM, I HAD MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL STOP ME AND JUST COMPLIMENT WHAT IT, MARKET IMPROVEMENT.
IT WAS, THEY LOVED THE LOOK OF IT.
THEY THOUGHT HAVING IT AT THE SENIOR CENTER MADE SO MUCH SENSE.
ONE THING I WOULD SUGGEST, UM, WITH THE, FOR SKULLS, WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO IS MAKE CONTACT A LOT EARLIER.
SO A SCHOOL ART PROGRAM CAN GET THAT ON THEIR CURRICULUM.
SO IF THEY KNEW IN THE FALL MM-HMM
THAT THEY WERE GONNA PLAN THIS IN THE SPRING, IT WOULD BE MAYBE WEEK 16 OF THE, THE SPRING THAT THEY KNEW THAT THIS WAS, THIS WAS COMING AND THEY COULD ACTUALLY BUILD IT INTO THEIR CLASSWORK.
I DO KNOW AS, I MEAN, I WAS A CLASSROOM TEACHER FOR YEARS, IT WOULD, IT'S REALLY HARD TO ADD SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THINGS.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO, IS MAKE SURE THEY JUST MAKING AN EVENT THAT THEY'RE INVITED TO IN THE, IN THE FALL SO THEY KNOW, YAY, THIS IS, THIS IS HOW IT'S GONNA BE.
UM, EASY LAYUP FOR THE SHARK TANK ACTIVITY LATER.
YOU THAT, THAT, THAT'S AN EASY LAYUP.
WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT FEEDBACK.
ANY OTHER WORDS TO ADD TO THIS? WELL, I WANTED TO SAY I DIDN'T RECEIVE QUITE A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT DOING IT IN MAY AS OPPOSED TO FEBRUARY.
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UH, ONE THING AS I, I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER, SHOULD WE CONSIDER DOING A SEPARATE CHILDREN'S ART SHOW? MAYBE HAVE IT FALL EARLIER IN THE SCHOOL YEAR OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A MONTH OF MARCH.JUST DOING IT TWICE THOUGH, YOU KNOW.
YEAH, I, I WAS GONNA SAY, I WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AS TIRED AS WE ALL WERE TWO AT TWO EVENTS TO TRY AND GET FOOT TRAFFIC TOO.
YOU MIGHT LIKE SEPARATE OUT YOUR AUDIENCE, BUT TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS GET A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE, I'M IN.
SO, UM, AND THIS LEADS WELL INTO THE, OUR NEXT, UH, TOPIC OF OLD BUSINESSES.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS ASSUMED ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE ARE TALKING AS IF WE'RE DOING THIS NEXT YEAR, BUT THIS IS A VOLUNTEER COMMISSION.
WE ARE AN ADVISORY COMMISSION TO PARKS AND REC AND, UH, WE ARE SPENDING VOLUNTEER HOURS GENTLY AND CAREFULLY.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE ENSURE THAT WE ARE BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT OUR ACTIVITIES AND WHAT WE CHOOSE TO DO.
WE DID THIS LAST YEAR, AND IT'S REAL POPULAR AND I DIDN'T THINK WE'D DO IT THIS YEAR, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD WE ARE DOING IT THIS YEAR.
AND SO TO THE POINT OF WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE SCHOOL IN THE FALL, HEY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ART SHOW, WORK THIS INTO YOUR CURRICULUM.
AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE CITY COUNCIL BY SEPTEMBER, HERE'S BUDGET THAT WE THINK WE'LL NEED.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE THINGS FOR, YOU KNOW, 2027.
AND THAT HURTS ME TO SAY OUT LOUD 2027.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO HAVE TIME TO IDEATE, TO THINK THROUGH, TO DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TO GET MAYBE CITIZEN OR OTHER COMMISSION INPUT AND THEN TAKE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THEM, WEIGH THEM, DECIDE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO PUT OUR PRECIOUS DOLLARS AND VOLUNTEER HOURS TO SLOT THEM INTO A CALENDAR AND THEN GIVE THAT TO OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
SO I CAME UP WITH THIS HAIR-BRAINED IDEA THAT WE WOULD DO IT AS A SHARK TANK WHERE WE WOULD BE SHARKS AND, UH, CITIZENS COMMISSION MEMBERS, WHOEVER IT IS, WOULD GET, YOU KNOW, I SAID TWO TO FIVE MINUTES.
BUT THOSE PRESENTATIONS GOT LONG 'CAUSE WE ALL GOT REAL EXCITED ABOUT IT WOULD HAVE, UH, SO LONG TO COME UP WITH TO MAKE A PITCH TO THE COMMISSION.
IN YOUR SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TODAY, THERE IS A, UH, PROPOSAL FORM.
THAT'S WHAT I PUT TOGETHER FOR LAST YEAR.
IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT, BUT IT WAS A WAY TO GUIDE PEOPLE'S THINKING, TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO START WITH AND SOMETHING TO HAVE.
AND SO THEN THEY WOULD COME STAND IN FRONT, TALK ABOUT IT, BRING PICTURES, DO WHATEVER, AND WE, THE SHARKS WOULD GET REAL EXCITED AND SAY, OH, I AM GOING TO PUT ALL OF MY VOLUNTEER TIME TOWARD THAT.
AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF THE SHARK TANK ACTIVITY WAS OUR COMMITMENT TO THE, UM, BRADFORD PEAR TREE REMOVAL.
IT WAS ALSO THE IMPROVED ART SHOW AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND GETTING THE THINGS TO HANG THE ART WITH.
THOSE WERE A DIRECT OUTCOME OF THE PITCHES THAT WERE MADE AT THAT EVENT.
BUT GOING BACK EVEN FURTHER, BEFORE WE TOOK THESE PITCHES, BEFORE WE MADE THESE PITCHES, BEFORE WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AND THIS IS ANOTHER SUPPLEMENTAL PIECE, YOU, YOU WOULD HAVE, WE SPENT TIME AS A RELATIVELY NEW COMMISSION TO COME UP WITH OUR VISION STATEMENT AS A COMMISSION.
THIS IS HOW WE DEFINE IT IN WORDS.
WE MAY REFINE THIS AS THE YEARS GO BY, BUT EVERY WORD OF THIS WE ALL DEBATED AND OUR VISION STATEMENT AND WHAT ANY PITCHES SHOULD LEAD TO IS THAT THE HUBER HEIGHTS ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION CULTIVATES ALL FORMS OF ART IN CELEBRATION OF OUR UNIQUELY BEAUTIFUL AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE HOME.
NOW, WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON EVERY SINGLE WORD IN THAT TO MAKE IT A SHORT AND AS SUCCINCT AND AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE.
AND THE REASON I START THERE AS WE START TALKING ABOUT SHARK TANK IS THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN DO.
WE ARE NOT AN ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION.
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PLAN, MOVIE NIGHTS, PLAN ACTIVITIES, THAT'S COOL.BUT WE WILL ALWAYS, IN EVERY PITCH THAT'S MADE, ASK OURSELVES AS A COMMISSION, HOW DOES THIS CULTIVATE ART AND CELEBRATION OF OUR BEAUTIFUL AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE HOME? HOW DOES THIS CULTIVATE THE BEAUTIFICATION AND THE ARTISTIC ENVIRONMENT OF HUBER HEIGHTS? AND SO WITH THAT, UM, OUR SHARK TANK IS SET FOR JUNE, I BELIEVE, CORRECT? YES.
IF YOU FEELING CONFIDENT WITH THAT? 'CAUSE THEN WE CAN DISCUSS IN JULY BUDGET IN AUGUST, IF THAT'S STILL OKAY.
SO, UM, I'LL, OKAY, SO WITH ALL OF THAT SET, WE SAID NEXT, LAST MEETING THAT WE WOULD DO THIS IN JUNE.
WITH ALL OF THAT BACKGROUND, ARE THERE QUESTIONS? ARE COMMITMENTS, IMPROVEMENTS? IS THERE, UM, ANY CONCERN WITH DOING THIS NEXT MONTH? OR IS EVERYBODY REAL EXCITED WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE MONEY?
I WANT THE, THE SCULPTURE PARK PITCH TO COME BACK.
THAT PUPPY SCULPTURE, SCULPTURE PARK.
I CAN, I CAN BRING YOU THAT INFO BACK.
SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS, UM, I WILL REFORWARD TO SARAH THE EMAIL WE USED LAST YEAR.
WE WILL SEND THIS EMAIL TO ALL THE COMMISSION MEMBERS ACROSS ALL THESE OTHER COMMISSIONS TO INVITE THEM TO PARTICIPATE.
WE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT AN, ESPECIALLY OUR NEWEST FOLKS, YOU USUALLY COME TO THESE COMMISSIONS WITH LIKE, I JOINED THIS 'CAUSE I WANNA SEE THIS THING HAPPEN.
THIS IS THE MOMENT TO REALLY LIKE PITCH AND CLEAR THE DECK.
SO LIKE, COME UP WITH 10 OR 15 A PERSON, IT'S OKAY.
AND I WILL COMMIT TO THE, IF WE DO THIS NEXT MEETING IN JUNE, UM, I'LL COMMIT TO BRINGING SOME REFRESHMENTS, UH, DRINKS AND, AND, UH, SOME DESSERT OR SOME SUGARY SNACKS OR SALTY SNACKS OF SOME KIND BECAUSE, UM, I'D LIKE IT TO BE MORE THAN JUST A ONE HOUR IN AND OUT MEETING.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE IT TIME TO REALLY HAVE STUFF.
SO I, I'D BE ASKING FOR IT TO MAYBE BE A TWO HOUR MEETING.
IS ANYONE, IS EVERYONE OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH.
'CAUSE THAT WAS A BIG INFO DUMP.
WHEN IS THE MEETING? JUNE MEETING IS THE THIRD.
SO WHAT IS THAT REGULAR MEETING? THAT WOULD BE THE 15TH.
AND, UM, IF I MIGHT ADD THAT, UM, PEOPLE OCCASIONALLY FIND OUT, YOU ALL SIT ON THIS COMMISSION AND THEY OCCASIONALLY GIVE YOU IDEAS.
UM, AND SO TO INVITE THOSE PEOPLE TO THIS WOULD BE GREAT.
OR SOMEBODY WHO MAYBE IS ALREADY DOING SOMETHING GOOD, THAT WITH PARTNERSHIP COULD BE GREAT.
I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT TOO.
UM, IT'S CERTAINLY, IT'S OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO, TO GET THEIR THREE TO FIVE MINUTES.
ALSO, FOR INSTANCE, MY, UH, DEAR FRIEND, UH, SHE WAS LAST YEAR, SHE WAS HOT ON THE BRADFORD PAIR ISSUE THIS YEAR.
SHE WANTS HUBER HEIGHTS TO, UH, DECORATE OVER THE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES.
WE'VE PROPOSED THAT BEFORE AND I DON'T, THERE'S ACTUALLY, THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW WHY, WHY IT'S NEVER WORKED.
THERE'S, THERE'S SOME BEAUTIFICATION OF THE EXIT RAMPS HAPPENING.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS, BUT YEAH, THERE'S STUFF MOVING THERE.
SORT OF HAVE TO WADE THROUGH THE SWAMP.
THAT IS THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
RIGHT? THERE'S PROBABLY, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE GOT STOPPED BEFORE.
AND THEY JUST DON'T MAKE HIP WEIGHTERS THAT THICK OR THAT HIGH.
AND THIS, UM, SARAH WILL INCLUDE THE, THIS DIGITAL FORM, BUT, UM, THIS PROJECT PROPOSAL FORM, PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS HANDCUFF YOU JUST USE THIS TO GET STARTED THINKING.
IT DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT EVERYTHING GET FILLED IN.
THIS WAS JUST ME TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT SORT OF QUESTIONS I MIGHT ASK FOLKS.
GIVE SOMEBODY WHO'S MAYBE NEVER MADE A PITCH A CITIZEN OR SOMEBODY, OH, I WANNA DO THIS GRAND THING.
HOW MUCH IS IT GONNA COST? HOW MUCH? AND I'LL BE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
SO SOME IDEAS IS WHAT YOU'LL NEED.
SO NEXT MONTH IS, UH, SHARK TANK.
UNLESS THERE IS SOME, UH, SPECIFIC BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO COVER, PROBABLY YARD BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS,
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UH, WOULD START.THEN WE MIGHT HAVE SOME STUFF THAT WILL BE THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
I WILL BRING SOME, UH, SWEET AND SALTY SNACKS AND DRINKS AND WE WILL PLAN TO BE HERE FOR A COUPLE HOURS.
AND BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO CHERYL AGAIN, UH, FORGIVE ME IF I'M LORD DUMPING, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE OUR, OUR NEW AND NEWISH COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMISSION MEMBERS KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WE TEND TO DO SOMETHING, UH, CALLED, WE ASSIGN A CHAMPION FOR, UH, A WORK.
SO MELISSA WAS OUR CHAMPION FOR THE ART SHOW.
AND WE, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO HAVE EVERY DECISION MADE IN COMMISSION, WHICH CAN LIKE SLOW THINGS DOWN, WE SAY, OKAY, HERE'S THE BONES OF A PROJECT.
HERE'S WHAT WE ALIGN TO, HERE'S WHAT WE AGREE WITH, AND THIS IS THE PERSON WHO'S GONNA CARRY THE TORCH FOR IT.
AND THEY ARE DEPUTIZED TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH OUR PARKS AND REC STAFF TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, SOME BASIC DECISIONS AND THEN COME BACK AND REPORT BACK.
CHERYL HAS BEEN THE CHAMPION FOR THE YARD BEAUTIFICATION.
SO I AM ABOUT TO TURN IT TO THE YARD AWARDS.
UM, I THINK WE DISCUSSED LAST MONTH, WE WERE GONNA PUT THE APPLICATIONS OUT SOMETIME AT THE END OF MAY MM-HMM
SO THAT PEOPLE COULD START SUBMITTING.
BASICALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC TO NOMINATE YARDS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, HAD SOMEBODY, SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE KIND OF OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES, WHICH IS NOT REALLY A HUGE PROBLEM FOR US WITH, YOU KNOW, YOU GET FOREST RICH AND YOU GET ALL THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SOMEWHAT LINKED TO HUBER, BUT THEY'RE NOT OFFICIALLY HUBER CITY PROPERTY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I'D WANT TO GET TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
IT WAS, UH, VERY FEW, VERY FEW ISSUES WITH THAT.
BUT NONETHELESS, UM, YEAH, WE PUT THAT OUT THERE AND THEN AS SOON AS THEY GET A, THEY SUBMIT A NOMINATION, THERE'S TO INCLUDE A PHOTO WITH IT.
BECAUSE THIS IS ANOTHER THING WE FOUND IN THE PAST.
BY THE TIME WE WENT OUT AND TOOK PHOTOS, MAYBE THE YARD DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT DID WHEN THE PERSON NOMINATED IT.
AND I THINK SARAH BROUGHT SARAH FORESIGHT, BROUGHT THAT ONE UP TO OUR ATTENTION, WHICH WAS GREAT BECAUSE IT SAVED US HAVING TO GET A PHOTOGRAPHER OUT THERE AND GET PICTURES OF THE HOUSES.
UM, AND WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, AS THE NOMINATIONS CAME IN, WE WOULD ACCUMULATE A STACK AND THEN I'D GO AROUND AND STICK NOMINATION SIGNS IN THEIR YARDS.
WE ONLY HAD ONE PERSON WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT US PUTTING THIS, THE SIGN IN THE YARD WITHOUT GETTING PERMISSION FIRST.
'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE GO OUT, PEOPLE DON'T ANSWER THEIR DOORS.
THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, AND WE ALWAYS LEAVE A LETTER THAT SAYS, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE PUT THIS HERE, THE, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE JUDGING THIS AT SUCH AND SUCH A TIME.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW, WITH HAVING ONE PERSON THAT OBJECTED THAT WE WANNA CHANGE THAT POLICY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'D WANNA CHANGE THE POLICY AT ALL, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW, I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS.
IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE NOMINATION FORM THAT SAYS I OPT OUT OF HAVING A YARD SIGN IF MY YARD IS NOMINATED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WELL, GENERALLY IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE NOMINATED THE PERSON.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES THEY NOMINATE THEMSELVES.
SO WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANNA SIGN IF YOU NOMINATED YOURSELF? YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.
MOST PEOPLE THAT NOMINATE THEMSELVES, AND LIKE I SAID, IN ALL THE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS, WE'VE HAD ONE PERSON THAT JUST THREW A FIT MM-HMM
AND, UM, SO ANYWAY, I, I THINK WE'RE KIND OF SAFE IN DOING THAT.
WE SAY, IF YOU DO NOT WANT THIS SIGN IN YOUR YARD, OF COURSE THEY CAN ALWAYS WALK OUT, PULL IT UP.
BUT YOU THROW IT IN THE TRASH AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'D RATHER, THEY DIDN'T DO IT THAT WAY.
BUT THEN THEY CAN CALL US AND SAY, HEY, I, I'D RATHER NOT BE YEAH.
I, YOU KNOW, I'LL GO STRAIGHT OUT AND GET THE SIGN FROM 'EM AND APOLOGIZE AND DO WHATEVER.
THAT HAS NEVER BEEN A, A HUGE ISSUE IN THE PAST.
WHAT WE DID FIND OUT THOUGH, IS WHEN WE, WHEN WE ACTUALLY DO THE AWARDS, GETTING ADDRESSES AND STUFF OR GETTING NAMES FOR SOME OF THESE HOUSES, BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD GO BY AND SEE AN ADDRESS AND THEY GO, I'M NOMINATING THIS ADDRESS.
SO, UM, I THINK WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST MEETING, THAT WE WERE GONNA ADD SOMETHING TO THE, OUT TO THE NOMINATION FORM.
IF YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THIS PERSON, PLEASE INCLUDE IT MM-HMM
UM, OTHERWISE, I GUESS I'M JUST GONNA HAVE TO COLLECT NAMES WHEN I GO OUT.
PUT OR PUT SOMETHING IN THE LETTER THAT SAYS,
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PLEASE CONTACT US WITH YOUR YES.WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR PHONE NUMBER.
SO THAT IF YOU ARE AWARDED MM-HMM
BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE WE GET.
WE NEED TO KNOW THEIR NAMES
AND THEN ACTUALLY HANNAH UH, WENT AROUND WITH ME LAST YEAR AND PLACED THE, THE BIG SIGNS FOR THE AWARDS AND STUFF.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL BECAUSE SHE HAD THE CITY TRUCK AND WE JUST LOADED EVERYTHING IN.
AND WITH THE TWO OF US, IT REALLY WASN'T THAT HARD.
BUT IT'S REALLY HARD TO CATCH PEOPLE HOME.
YOU KNOW, TO GIVE THEM THE SIGNS, GIVE THEM THE AWARDS.
WE INVITE EVERYBODY THAT IS NOT, THAT WINS AN AWARD TO COME TO THE, THE COUNCIL MEETING AND ACCEPT THEIR AWARD.
WE'VE, IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY COME UP TO THE MEETING.
BUT WE DID HAVE A COUPLE THAT CAME LAST YEAR AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE MM-HMM
SO IT WAS, IT'S GREAT TO STILL OFFER THAT MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE SOME PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY IT, YOU KNOW, THEY TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THEIR YARDS AND THEY'RE HAPPY TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT I CAN TELL YOU I DID UPDATE IT TO EVERYTHING YOU ASKED FOR.
SO IT HAS ON THERE, UM, IT ASKS IF THEY, WE CAN GET ANY CONTACT INFO, LIKE IF YOU KNOW IT'S YOUR NEIGHBOR, GIVE US THEIR CONTACT INFO, IT ASKS IF THEY HAD A SUGGESTION ON WHAT CATEGORY THEY WERE WANTING IT TO BE, THOUGH.
ULTIMATELY WE GET THE, THE BOARD, THE COMMISSION GETS TO DECIDE.
UM, AND THEN IT HAS TO UPLOAD A PICTURE, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE WE DID LAST YEAR.
AND THEN I, WE DID DO PICTURES LAST YEAR, SO THAT WAS GREAT.
AND THEN I ADD THE RED, WHITE, AND BEAUTIFUL CATEGORY.
UM, I DIDN'T WANNA MISS PEOPLE AT LIKE THE TREE GIVEAWAY AND STUFF, SO I TURNED IT ON EARLY JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, OKAY.
THOSE ARE PEOPLE, LIKE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE-MINDED TO DO THIS SORT OF THING.
AND THEN WE ALSO GAVE IT OUT OF THE ART SHOW TOO.
SO WE DO HAVE A FEW NOMINATIONS ALREADY COMING IN.
AND SO WE'LL START GETTING THOSE SIGNS OVER TO YOU, CHERYL, SO YOU CAN GO PLOP 'EM OUT SOMETIME.
I THINK I HAVE SOME IN MY GARAGE RIGHT NOW.
SO LET ME LET YOU KNOW HOW MANY I HAVE.
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PUT ANYTHING SPECIFIC ABOUT THE DATE, ON THE DATE OR ANYTHING ON THOSE NOMINATIONS.
SO I SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE ONES THAT I HAVE.
SO IF YOU SEND ME A LIST, IF I NEED SIGNS, I'LL GET, GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE FOUR SO FAR, SO THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
COULD I GET A DIGITAL COPY OF THIS FILE? I'D LIKE TO SHARE IT WITH, UM, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET IT TO SOME OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
AND I'LL ALSO SHARE A LINK TO THE NOMINATION FORM IN THE CARRIAGE TRAILS FACEBOOK GROUP.
AND I WILL TAKE THIS TO THE HARM'S MARKET, SO WE'LL HAVE IT OUT.
I THOUGHT IF ANYBODY WANTED TO TAKE SOME SPECIFICALLY SOMEWHERE, THEY COULD GRAB 10 OR SO.
I CAN GET YOU MORE ALWAYS AS WELL.
UM, CAN I CONFIRM TIMELINE THOUGH WITH EVERY, WITH YOU? YES.
OH, SO WHAT I DO YOU WANNA RUN IT THROUGH LIKE JULY, THE JULY 4TH? WELL, IT SAYS NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN NOW THROUGH JUNE 30TH.
AND THEN, SO REALLY THE TIMELINE I'D WANNA CONFIRM IS THAT WE, WE TURN AROUND AND GET, UM, THE WINNERS SELECTED AT THE JULY MEETING, GIVE THEM THEIR SIGNS AND I WOULD TRY AND GET 'EM ON PROBABLY AT ONE OF THE TWO AUGUST OR I THINK THERE'LL ONLY BE ONE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN AUGUST.
UM, SO IT WOULD BE THAT MEETING THAT WE'D BE SHOOTING FOR.
AND THAT WORKS CADENCE WISE BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE SHARK TANK ON IN JUNE, JULY WILL JUST BE, OKAY, HERE'S THE ONES.
YES, NO, AND HERE'S OUR, UH, HERE'S OUR BEAUTIFICATION FINALE.
AND LAST YEAR WE DID, UM, WE HAD THE YARDS ALL OUT 'CAUSE THERE ENDED UP BEING A LOT.
SO WE HAD PRINTOUTS AND THEN PEOPLE CAME BY AND VOTED AND THEN YOU GUYS KIND OF CONFIRMED ON CAMERA YEAH.
WHAT YOUR SILENT VOTE WENT FOR, BUT YEAH.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? THE CHAIR? THANKS.
OUR CHAMPIONS FOR CONTINUING TO SERVE.
I SHOULD BE GETTING BETTER AT IT, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
NO, I, THIS LAST YEAR WAS A STEP CHANGE FROM THE YEAR BEFORE.
WE HAD MORE INPUT, WE HAD MORE EXCITEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION.
MEMBERS MENTIONED THAT THEY SAW THINGS AND WE HAD PEOPLE ATTEND A COUNCIL MEETING LAST YEAR WAS A STEP CHANGE OF IMPROVEMENT AND WE'RE GETTING A HEAD START ON IT THIS YEAR, SO.
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UM, NEW BUSINESS, ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENT.I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THIS MONTH.
UH, THEN YOU WERE, YOU WERE PROVIDED A COPY OF THE MINUTES IN EMAIL AND MAYBE EVEN A HARD COPY.
UM, WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS BASED ON THE MINUTES AS PROVIDED IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS OF THE MINUTES AS PROVIDED, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES? SO MOVED.
WE SAID THAT OUR NEXT MEETING IS JUNE.
THAT IS OUR REGULAR MONDAY MEETING.
IT WILL BE A SLIGHTLY LONGER MEETING AND I'LL BE PROVIDING SOME SNACKAGE 'CAUSE I'M REAL GOOD AT THAT
UM, IF YOU HAVE DIETARY, RELIGIOUS OR ALLERGIC ISSUES THAT YOU WANT TO LET ME KNOW ABOUT PRIVATELY, PLEASE DO SO SO I CAN MAKE SURE THAT I INCLUDE SNACKS THAT ARE HONORING TO YOUR BODY AND YOUR NEEDS.
UM, ANY OTHER, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS OR INFORMATION TO SHARE BEFORE WE ADJOURN? YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT THE OPTIMIST CLUB FISHING DERBY, WHICH IS PART OF THE 250TH CELEBRATION, WILL BE ON JUNE 13TH.
UH, THAT WILL BE FROM NINE TO NOON.
WE FISHING FROM 10 TO NOON OR THE DERBY PORTION OF IT.
THE, UH, THIS IS FOR CHILDREN, UH, GRADES, UH, ROUGHLY ABOUT, UH, PRESCHOOL TO 12 YEARS OF AGE.
UH, THIS WILL BE HELD AT CARRIAGE HILL METRO PARK.
OH, IN THE, UH, CEDAR LAKE IS THE NAME OF IT.
UH, THERE WILL BE SIGNAGE ON THE DAY OF THE DERBY TO GET YOU FROM THE MAIN CARRIAGE HILL AREA TO THE LAKE AREA BACK THERE.
UH, ALSO TO, UH, SINCE MASON'S NOT HERE TO BRING IT UP, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THERE WILL BE A TIME CAPSULE BURIAL ON JULY THE 18TH.
AND THAT'LL BE RIGHT HERE BEHIND CITY HALL.
AND THE TIME FOR THAT I HAVE IS 1:00 PM START TIME ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT IS GOING TO BE A, UH, LEGO CONTEST OVER AT THE LIBRARY.
AND WENDY CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION SINCE
SO THAT'S THE LONG TABLE PICNIC TOO.
YEAH, SO IT'S THE TWO 50TH HOMECOMING, UM, PICNIC.
AND SO THE PICNIC WILL TAKE PLACE.
THERE IS, UM, PRE-REGISTRATION IS, UM, REQUIRED IF YOU WANT TO GET THE FREE FOOD.
AND, UM, YOU WILL HAVE YOU REGISTER BY FAMILY TOO, BECAUSE WE HAVE A KIT THAT GOES TO A FAMILY.
YOU CAN ALSO, UM, IF YOU ARE A SINGLETON, YOU CAN OPT OUT OF THE KIT IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T WANNA DO THE ARTS AND CRAFTS TYPE THINGS THAT ARE IN THERE AND JUST COME FOR THE PICNIC WITH NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL BURY THE TIME CAPSULE AT THAT TIME, HAVE A CELEBRATION AND EAT TOGETHER AS NEIGHBORS.
THE, UM, COMMUNITY CARES IS GRACIOUSLY ORGANIZING THE FOOD AND THE LONGEST TABLE EXPERIENCE.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND IT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.
I DID WANNA MENTION THAT WE WILL BE ACTUALLY LOADING THE TIME CAPSULE AT THE 4TH OF JULY.
SO ON THE DATE THAT IT'S VARIED, IT'S GONNA ALREADY BE SEALED AND READY TO GO IN THE GROUND.
SO DON'T BRING ANYTHING TO THE PICNIC AND EXPECT TO GET IT IN THE CAPSULE.
IT WON'T MAKE IT, BUT, UM, YOU CAN SUBMIT ONLINE FOR YOUR, FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PUT IN THE CAPSULE.
THERE'S A APPLICATION ON CITY WEBSITE AND ON THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WEBSITE.
AND YOU JUST BASICALLY TELL US WHAT YOU WANNA PUT IN THERE AND THEN WE WILL LET YOU KNOW IF IT'S ACCEPTABLE, IF IT CAN FIT, IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WHEN WE GET READY TO, TO LOAD THE CAPSULE, EVERYBODY WILL GET INFORMATION ON BRING THE STUFF AND HOW IT NEEDS TO BE PREPARED AND EVERYTHING.
SO, BUT THAT WILL BE ON 4TH OF JULY AT CLOUD PARK HERE.
SORRY I JUMPED AROUND, BUT I EVENTS YOU'RE RIGHT.
THE 4TH OF JULY IS AT CLOUD PARK AND WE DID MENTION THE 4TH OF JULY.
WE WILL BE HAVING A PARADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, UH, THE, UH, FESTIVAL DOWN AT THE PARK.
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WILL, CHERYL, YOU'RE GONNA HELP BARBARA AND I ORGANIZE THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR, PUT THE PARADE TOGETHER, BUT THE PARADE YES, OF COURSE.AND EVERYONE ELSE, IF I'M ASKED TO BE THERE, I'LL DO IT.
YOU'LL, YOU'LL ALL GET BOMBARDED WITH VOLUNTEER REQUESTS, UM, FOR THE, THOSE TWO JULY EVENTS HERE IN THE COMING WEEKS WE'RE, WE'LL GET YOU AN EMAIL NEWSLETTER OUT.
WE START ABOUT SEVEN ISH IN THE MORNING, UH, TO START SETTING UP.
AND, UH, YOU REALLY GET TO MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WAY.
SO
UM, INSTEAD OF JUST KIND OF HAVING RANDOM PEOPLE DO THAT, UH, ESTABLISH ONE PERSON THAT WOULD BE THE CONTACT WHO WOULD SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
I'M GONNA VOLUNTEER IF YOU AGREE TO IT.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT IS MY EXPERTISE.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA NOMINATE YOU.
I WAS GONNA VOLUNTEER SO I BEAT YOU TO IT.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT, UM, TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO COULD SERVE IN THAT ROLE THAT WHEN THEY CALLED, THEY KNEW WHO THAT PERSON WAS AND WHY THEY WERE CONTACTING THEM AND COULD GET TO KNOW THAT PERSON.
HOW MANY, HOW LONG IS THE TERM? THREE YEARS? YEAH.
IF YOU, IF YOU APPROVE THIS, THAT WOULD GIVE ME THREE YEARS TO WORK WITH THE LOCAL DISTRICTS.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TODAY, BUT MY REQUEST IS THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT.
SO, UH, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO JUMP RIGHT ON.
I WOULD NORMALLY SAY THAT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BRING FORWARD AT A SHARK TANK.
HEY, THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT FOR THIS COMMISSION.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT I DON'T WANNA WAIT IN FRONT A SHARK TANK.
SO, AND MAYBE SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TELL THE SCHOOLS ABOUT THE SHARK TANK, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO, UM, THERE HAS BEEN, UH, A SACRIFICIAL LAMB, A MOTION HAS MADE WITH AN IDEA TO, UH, HAVE A IDENTIFIED LIAISON TO SCHOOLS IN THIS COMMISSION.
WHEN IT'S TIME FOR AN EVENT, WE ALL HAVE THAT PERSON TAKE THAT ACTIVITY.
CHERYL OFFICIALLY NOMINATED THE PERSON WHO THREW THEMSELVES ON THAT GRENADE.
WE NOW HAVE UNOFFICIAL PERSON WHO, UH, WE WILL GO TO YOU WHEN WE NEED TO WORK WITH OUR SCHOOLS.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, WITH MY WORK WITH THE, UH, SCOUT TROOP 2 68, WE DO HAVE OUR SCOUTS THAT ARE OPEN TO SERVING AS, UH, FLAG BEARERS.
UH, IF THERE'S ANY EVENT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THE SCOUTS TO COME AND PRESENT KELLER, UH, THEY, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A CREW THAT DOES THAT.
UM, SO THAT IS AN, AN OFFER FROM THE SCOUTS TO THE COMMISSION.
AND FOR OUR NEWEST ONES AT THIS POINT IN THE MEETING, THESE ARE THINGS THAT MAYBE AREN'T OWNED DIRECTLY BY THE COMMISSION, BUT ALL OF US HERE VOLUNTEER ON MULTIPLE THINGS.
THIS OTHER THING AND THIS OTHER THING.
SO DON'T, DON'T SOUND LIKE, WAIT, I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE PLAYING IN A PARADE.
WE ARE CITY VOLUNTEERS AND SO MANY OF US ARE CONNECTED AND I JUST DIDN'T, I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO WORRY.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? UM, I GUESS I WOULD THEN THROW IN THAT THE, UM, KIWANIS UM, ORGANIZING CHARTER PARTY IS HAPPENING ON WEDNESDAY AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SO, UM, IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN JOINING THE, UH, HUBER HEIGHTS, UH, KIWANIS, WHICH IS BRAND NEW, UM, UH, YOU COULD BE A CHARTER MEMBER IF YOU HAD JOINED BY WEDNESDAY.
SO I WOULD LOVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT.
I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO GIVE THAT TO YOU.
I HAD MY BIG AMERICA TWO 50 EVENT AT THE LIBRARY.
BUT, UM, I BROUGHT MINE MENUS.
I HAD A BOOK TASTING AND I HAD MENUS OF MYSTERIES AND THRILLERS, SCI-FI AND FANTASY CLASSICS AND LITERARY FICTION AND NONFICTION.
AND I HAD JUST OVER A HUNDRED BOOKS, UM, ON MY MENUS.
AND, UM, I ONLY BROUGHT THREE COPIES.
UM, BUT, UH, SO, UH, I JUST, UH, SINCE NOBODY WAS THERE, I HAVE ALL THESE WONDERFUL HANDOUTS THAT I HAVE NO ONE TO GIVE OUT TO.
SO ANYWAY, IF ANYONE WANTS SOME EXTRAS, THEY'RE THERE.
I'VE DUNGEON CARL OR CARL, SO THIS WILL FILL IN MY BOOK.
ANYTHING ELSE WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING?
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SO MOVED.SAME SIGN OR OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.