* 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. ALL RIGHT. SO WE [00:00:01] ARE TO CALL THE MEETING [ AGENDA ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road June 15, 2026 6:30 P.M. ] TO ORDER. IT IS, UM, WELL, ACTUALLY, THIS IS, UH, SARAH CHAPMAN. I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:37 PM WE ARE ABOUT TO HAVE OUR ROLL CALL. WE ARE GOING TO START FROM MY LEFT AND GO DOWN. PLEASE SAY YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. SHOULD I HEDGE COURT? JOE O OSER, MELISSA IN SARAH FORSYTH, WENDY NAT MASON KNICKERBOCKER, CHERYL BRANDENBURG, GREG FOX. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. OPENING REMARKS BY THE CHAIRPERSON. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO RESCHEDULE. I WAS CALLED INTO DC ON MY DAY JOB AND HAD TO GO, BUT I SURVIVED. YAY. AND, UM, I, I DON'T RECOMMEND TRAVELING TO DC UH, WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS HAVING AN EVENT. IT WAS A, IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE . UM, I WILL HOLD A LOT OF MY CONVERSATION UNTIL WE GET TO OUR SHARK TANK BECAUSE IT WILL ALL RELATE MOSTLY TO THAT. I DO WANNA CALL OUT SOME, UH, SPECIFIC FOLKS. FIRST, UH, I WANNA THANK OUR FABULOUS PARKS AND REC REPRESENTATIVE, SARAH FORSIGHT. YOU ARE ON TV THIS MORNING FOR THE, UH, STAR-SPANGLED HEIGHTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. STAR, WOO, STAR. SPEAKING OF STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS, FOR ANYONE WHO IS WATCHING AT HOME OR OUR COMMISSION, UH, VOLUNTEERS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED. SO YOU WILL HEAR THAT A COUPLE MORE TIMES TONIGHT. BUT, UH, IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE TO SERVE, MAKE SURE TO TALK TO SARAH. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT, AND I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE ROOM. SO WE ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD AND, UH, THE FIRST THING WE ARE GOING TO DO IS TALK ABOUT THE ADDRESS DISTRIBUTION FOR YARD BEAUTIFICATION. UM, AND I BELIEVE I'M GOING TO TAP IN CHERYL AND OR SARAH AS OUR, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FOR THIS. SO WHAT'S THAT HAPPENING? UM, I HAVE, UH, GOT ALL OF THE SIGNS IN THE YARDS FOR NOMINATIONS THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE COME MY WAY. UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S COME IN WITHIN THE LAST DAY, I THINK WE'RE GOOD. AND, UH, I, THIS TIME GOT TO GET, WHEN I WENT AND PUT SIGNS IN THE YARD YESTERDAY, I GOT TO TALK TO ALMOST EVERY HOMEOWNER. THERE WAS ONLY ONE THAT DIDN'T ANSWER HER DOOR. AND IT'S VERY NICE WHEN I GET TO MEET 'EM BECAUSE I USUALLY DON'T. AND, UM, I'VE COLLECTED A LOT OF NAMES AND PHONE NUMBERS, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY COME OUT AND THEY TALK TO ME, THEN I CAN GET CONTACT INFORMATION FOR HIM. WE STILL HAVE A FEW. OF COURSE, SARAH MAY HAVE SOME, BECAUSE SOME OF THE PEOPLE DID SUBMIT CONTACT INFORMATION WITH THE, UM, WITH THE APPLICATION. BUT ANYWAY, BUT YEAH, I'VE HAD REALLY GOOD RESPONSE FROM EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY'S REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND, UM, WE'RE ON HOLD RIGHT NOW, BUT OF COURSE WE COULD HAVE HAD SOME NOMINATION STILL COME IN TODAY. DIDN'T, I THINK SARAH SAID THAT YOU WERE GONNA STOP IT AT LIKE THE END OF BUSINESS DAY. YEP. SO I JUST PRINTED THIS RIGHT AROUND FOUR O'CLOCK, SO I'LL MAKE SURE NOTHING ELSE, UM, CAME IN AND IT SHOULD CLOSE ITSELF DOWN. UM, WE'LL SEE. SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF ANYTHING GETS ADDED, BUT IT DOES GO ONTO THE BACK PAGE WITH, UM, AND THESE ARE AN ORDER OF, UM, ADDRESS ORDER SO THAT I COULD SEE IF THERE WERE ANY DUPLICATES. BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE THAT CAME IN ON THE 29TH. I THINK WE HAD ONE FROM GREG. OKAY. AND SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I, UM, PULL THOSE OUT FOR YOU. CHERYL, I ELIMINATED THAT COLUMN, UNFORTUNATELY, TO MAKE IT ALL FIT. SO IF THERE ARE DUPLICATES, IT'S NOT THE TWO PEOPLE NOMINATED IT, IT IS THAT THEY GOT TWO NOMINATIONS, IF THERE'S A DUPLICATE, AND I THINK THERE'S, UM, TWO OR THREE OF THOSE OF THE 29 NOMINATION FORMS THAT CAME IN. SO OVERALL, NOT TOO BAD ON THE DUPLICATES. THAT'S SOMERVILLE ADDRESS. GOT, I ONLY HAVE TWO SIGNS LEFT. I THINK MAYBE THREE. WHAT A GREAT PROBLEM. YES. I DON'T, I DON'T IF, I DON'T KNOW IF, I DON'T KNOW IF HANNAH GAVE ME EVERYTHING, BUT SHE GAVE ME A GOOD SIZE STAT, BUT I DO STILL HAVE THREE THAT I CAN PUT UP. OKAY, GREAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CAME IN YESTERDAY, SO I'LL DOUBLE CHECK FOR YOU SO THAT IF MY, IF MY COUNTING IS RIGHT, THAT'S 29 ON THIS. AND I THINK, UM, 29 NOMINATIONS, NOT 29 UNIQUE, BUT SOMEWHERE IN THE BACK OF MY BRAIN. I THINK LAST YEAR WE WERE THRILLED WITH 21 NOMINATIONS. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT, . SO THIS IS AGAIN, OUR GOAL OF GROWING THE PROGRAM. SO WELL DONE, TEAM. SO WHAT IS NEEDED FROM THE COMMISSION TO DO WITH THIS? SO I WANTED TO DISTRIBUTE [00:05:01] THIS IN CASE YOU WANTED TO GRAB YOURSELF AN ICE CREAM CONE, GRAB YOUR HUSBAND, WIFE, FRIEND, AND TAKE A TRY AROUND TOWN AND SEE THESE THINGS IN REAL LIFE BEFORE YOU VOTE IN JULY. NO OBLIGATION TO, WE WILL HAVE PICTURES. THERE'S A HANDFUL THAT DID NOT SUBMIT PICTURES, BUT THAT'S OKAY. WE'LL GO AROUND AND TAKE 'EM FOR YOU. AND THEN, UM, LIKE LAST YEAR, WHEN YOU COME IN THAT DAY, WE'LL HAVE SILENT VOTING, NOT CONFERRING, EVERYONE CASTING THEIR BALLOT, UM, FOR EACH CATEGORY. AND IF THAT DOES NOT, UM, RESULT IN A WINNER FOR EACH CATEGORY, THEN AT THE END OF THE MEETING, UM, MY STAFF, HANNAH'S GONNA COME IN. SO SHE'LL TALLY HIM AND SHE'LL SAY, OH, THERE WAS A TIE FOR GORGEOUS GREEN. I NEED YOU GUYS TO BREAK IT. AND YOU'LL CONFER AT THE END OF THE MEETING TO BREAK IT. AND THAT PART, THAT DISCUSSION PART WILL BE CAUGHT ON THE CAMERA. YEAH. I WILL MENTION THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN DOING IT THAT WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN A BUSINESS NOMINATED. WE DO HAVE A BUSINESS ON HERE TOO. WE DO, THERE'S TWO METHODIST CHURCH AND AMATIC A THOUGHT THAT WAS CUTE. YEAH. OH, THOSE MUST HAVE JUST COME IN. I THINK AMATIC DID JUST COME IN, WAS, YEAH, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY BUS, I DID NOT VISIT ANY BUSINESS. GROVE WAS YESTERDAY TOO. I THINK THE, A WOMAN CAME IN HERE TO CITY HALL AND WE ASSISTED HER WITH THE APPLICATION. OH, OKAY. WELL, THERE'S TWO TO ADD TO YOUR LIST, , OKAY. ON THE 29TH. AND YOU HAVE TWO SONS, ONE FROM LAST YEAR ON OUR, UH, NOMINATION FORM OR ANY PLACE DO WE GET, UM, PERMISSION TO USE THE PHOTOS FOR MARKETING PURPOSES OR ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WOULD CERTAIN, LIKE, I'M REALLY ENJOYING SEEING THIS. AND AND YOU MENTIONED LIKE GO OUT DRIVING, GO SEE, AND THERE'S ONE NOMINATION THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW, UM, HE'S, UH, SITTING OUT BIDDING EVENING, GOOD EVENING TO ANYONE PASSING BY. IF THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE YOUR DAY BETTER IN ALMOST ANY WAY, THEY WILL DO IT. LIKE, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THIS, AND IT'S LIKE, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, HERE'S THESE 20 PHOTOS OF LIKE WHAT WE GOT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT. UM, I DO NOT THINK WE ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THE PHOTOS, BUT WE DID CAPTURE THE CONTACT INFO OF EVERYONE WHO NOMINATED MM-HMM . UM, SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND ASK YEAH. DECIDE IF THAT'S, IF THE JUICE IS WORTH THE SQUEEZE. BUT I ALMOST THINK THAT MAYBE A, A FUTURE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL ENHANCEMENT OF THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A WALKING TOUR OF THE, OR A, YOU KNOW, A, A MAP OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL YARDS IN HUBER OR SOMETHING. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . I, UH, SPOKE TO THE WOMAN THAT LIVES AT CLIMB MORE DRIVE. SHE'S RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE. I JUST GAVE HER HER SIGN YESTERDAY AND SHE NOMINATED HERSELF AND HER, HER DAUGHTER, AND SHE BROUGHT THE CITY BROCHURE OUT. AND HER HOUSE HAS BEEN USED LIKE SEVERAL TIMES BY THE CITY ON DIFFERENT ADVERTISEMENTS ABOUT THE YARD BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM, , BECAUSE SHE WON SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I DON'T REMEMBER EVER BEING TO HER HOUSE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS BEFORE I GOT INVOLVED, BUT, UM, YEAH, SHE, SHE BROUGHT THE BROCHURE OUT. SHE SAID, SEE, THIS IS MY HOUSE . SO FIXED PRIDE IN IT BEING IN THERE. YEAH. SO IT'S, SO WE ARE USING HER ADDRESS AT THE VERY LEAST. SO THIS IS COOL. THIS IS GOOD. SEE, I DIDN'T HAVE ALL THESE COMMENTS. THAT'S COOL. YEAH. THE COMMENTS ARE REALLY LOVELY TO READ. LIKE, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF I CLOCKED THEM LAST YEAR, BUT JUST READING THESE, I'M LIKE, OH, I LOVE THESE PEOPLE. OKAY. UH, ANY OTHER ACTION OTHER THAN COMMISSION BE PREPARED TO VOTE AT OUR NEXT MEETING? NOPE. OKAY. UM, I WOULD JUST, AGAIN, LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO CHERYL FOR CHAMPIONING THIS EFFORT AND FOR HELPING US STEP CHANGE AND IMPROVE OUR EFFORT YEAR ON YEAR. UM, IT IS, IT IS NOTICEABLE IN THE DATA AND, UM, IT'S NOTICEABLE IN THE PEOPLE COMING INTO THE CITY TO LIKE, HEY, I WANNA, I WANNA NOMINATE, I WANNA, I WANNA PARTICIPATE IN THAT. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. ARE WE READY FOR THE SHARK TANK? OKAY. UH, SO THIS IS ONE OF MY WEIRD IDEAS THAT LAST YEAR, UH, TOOK HOLD AND I WASN'T GONNA FORCE US TO DO IT THIS YEAR. AND THEN I GOT WHAT, OF COURSE, WE'RE DOING THIS, SO I HOPE Y'ALL HAVE SOME PITCHES. ALL RIGHT. FOR ANYONE WHO'S NEW, WHAT THIS IS WHAT, DO YOU WANT 'EM TO GO UP THERE OR JUST FROM HERE? NO, THEY WILL, THEY'LL GO UP THERE. I THINK I NEED TO PUT A MIC UP THERE. IT'S NOT THE OLD CITY HALL. I FORGOT. OKAY. I'LL JUST GO DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR ANYONE WHO'S NEW, UH, WHAT THIS IS IS THIS IS THE MOMENT WHERE WE [00:10:01] COME OUT WITH THAT THING THAT WE JOINED THE COMMISSION TO TRY AND GET PEOPLE TO DO. LIKE WE ALL LIKE, HEY, I'M GONNA VOLUNTEER BECAUSE I WANNA SEE THIS. I WANNA DO THIS. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT HEARD AND SEEN. THIS IS ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY, IF WE'VE BEEN DOING SOMETHING THE SAME WAY FOR 20 YEARS, IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE IT BETTER? MELISSA GWYN WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WITH OUR ART SHOW. AND YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THREE TO FIVE MINUTES, I'M NOT GONNA CUT ANYBODY OFF, BUT THIS IS A MOMENT. YOU WILL GO TO THE PODIUM, YOU WILL PITCH TO THE SHARKS, AND WE WILL ASK QUESTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS. IS THIS REALLY NECESSARY? WHAT HOLE DOES THIS FILL? IS THIS DUPLICATIVE? ASK THE FUN QUESTIONS. HOW DOES THIS FURTHER OUR MISSION? ASK THE DATA-DRIVEN QUESTIONS. HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES THIS SERVE? HOW MUCH IS THIS GONNA COST? ANY OF THOSE PIECES OF INFORMATION. AND THEN ONCE THE PITCH IS OVER, WE'LL INVITE OUR, UH, PITCHER TO COME BACK AND THEY'LL, THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONVERSATION, AND ANYONE WHO WAS SO TAKEN BY THIS PITCH, I WOULD LIKE THEM TO SPEAK FORWARD AND SAY, I AM WILLING TO SPEND MY VOLUNTEER TIME AND MY VOLUNTEER EFFORT ON THAT. AND YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR IT IF YOU ARE SO INCLINED. MM-HMM . NOW, AT THE END OF THIS MEETING, WE WILL NOT BE VOTING ON THESE PITCHES. SO TAKE GOOD NOTES, WE WILL COME BACK, AND THAT WILL BE WHAT WE WILL DO IN THE JULY MEETING SO THAT WE HAVE SOME TIME TO LET IT ALL KIND OF PERCOLATE. WE MIGHT HEAR AN IDEA AND, UM, IT SOUNDS GREAT. AND THEN WE HEAR ANOTHER IDEA THAT SOUNDS WAY BETTER. AND WE DO NOT HAVE UNLIMITED TIME AND RESOURCES. SO THESE, THIS IS WHEN WE, THIS IS THE MOMENT WE GET TO DO THE FUN STUFF AND WE GET TO PITCH. SO NOW LAST YEAR I PITCHED FOR AS AN EXAMPLE. I CAN DO THAT, BUT I THINK, JOE, YOU SAID YOU HAVE ONE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? LOVE TO GO FIRST. YES. ALL RIGHT. I HAVEN'T GOT MY FLAMINGOS ON FROM THE ISLANDS. AND HECK YEAH. THE CHAIR WOULD LIKE TO, TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSION MEMBER JOE NORA. HE IS ONE OF OUR NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS, AND HE HAS JUMPED IN WITH BOTH FEET. JOE IS AN ACTIVE LEADER WITH THE BOY SCOUTS, AS WELL AS IN VARIOUS, UH, PLACES IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAS COME TO THE COMMISSION WITH A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES. SO FOLKS, GRAB YOUR PEN, TAKE YOUR NOTES AND JOE, OKAY. UM, WHILE THIS, UH, I'M GONNA PRESENT A THEME OF AN IDEA. BEFORE YOU START, MAKE SURE YOUR MIC IS GREEN. IT IS GREEN. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. I'M GONNA PRESENT A THEME OF AN IDEA, AND, AND ONCE I EXPLAIN THIS, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY I'M ONLY CHOOSING A THEME. UM, TO DO THIS, I NEED TO DIRECT YOU. HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE A, UM, A SMARTPHONE WITH YOU. LOOK UP FOR ME. STEUBENVILLE NUTCRACKER VILLAGE. I DUNNO IF YOU'VE HEARD OF THIS, BUT I NEED, I WANT YOU TO LOOK UP STEUBENVILLE NUTCRACKER VILLAGE. AND THIS WAS AN IDEA THAT THE STEUBENVILLE CITY OF STEUBENVILLE, WHERE I'M FROM, UH, ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, BROUGHT TO THEIR ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION. NOW, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE NUTCRACKERS, BUT IT STARTED OUT WITH 20, AND NOW IT'S UP TO 250. UM, IT BRINGS IN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY EVERY YEAR JUST TO SEE THESE THINGS. THE REALLY BEAUTIFUL PART OF THIS IDEA IS IT COSTS THE CITY NOTHING TO DO BECAUSE BUSINESSES AND SCHOOLS BUY THE NUTCRACKERS. NOW, AGAIN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NUTCRACKERS, IT COULD BE ANYTHING HOLIDAY THEMED, BUT THEY, THE, THE COMPANY THAT DOES THEM BACK HOME CHARGES THE BUSINESS $500 TO MAKE IT WHATEVER THEME THEY WANT. SO IF IT'S THE HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S, IT'S BASED ON THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN EVERY YEAR THE BUSINESS OR SCHOOL PAYS A $200 UPKEEP FEE. SO THE CITY IS PAYING NOTHING TO DISPLAY THESE. THE ONLY THING THEY HAVE TO DO IS TAKE 'EM OUT AND SET 'EM, THEY SET 'EM OUTSIDE. UM, WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS OBVIOUS, OBVIOUSLY, THE IDEA OF WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, YOU KNOW, WELL, WHAT IT COULD BE ORNAMENTS. UH, MAYBE THEY, EVERY SCHOOL OR BUSINESS PICKS AN ORNAMENT. THEY DESIGN IT, WE FIND SOMEBODY TO MAKE IT, FIND OUT WHAT IT COSTS, AND THEN THAT CHARGE FOR THE INITIAL ORNAMENT GOES TO THE, OR WHATEVER IT IS, GOES TO THE BUSINESS OR SCHOOL KNOWING THAT AS LONG AS THEY PAY THE UPKEEP, IT'S THEIRS. NOW, THIS IS THE REALLY COOL PART ABOUT [00:15:01] IT, IS, UM, LET'S SAY THAT SOMEONE SAYS, WELL, I DON'T WANT THIS ANYMORE. IT THEN GOES ON TO FACEBOOK AND SAYS, WELL, WE HAVE A NUTCRACKER. AND PEOPLE BID BUSINESSES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT UNLIMITED NUMBER OF THESE NUTCRACKERS, THEY ONLY DO ABOUT FIVE A YEAR. THEY ONLY ADD ABOUT FIVE A YEAR TO IT. SO IF IT GOES OFF FOR BID, THEN THEY, THE BUSINESSES BID TO ACTUALLY OWN THAT NUTCRACKER. NOW THEY CAN KEEP IT AS IS, OR THEY CAN PAY MORE TO HAVE IT REFER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT IS THEY WANT. BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PICTURES, I MEAN, THEY'RE ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF. AND AGAIN, THEY'RE DOING AT LEAST FIVE TO 10 NOW A YEAR, THEY'RE UP TO 250. IT'S BEEN ON THE TODAY SHOW. IT WAS ON TODAY SHOW TWO YEARS AGO, UM, FROM AN IDEA THAT COSTS THE CITY NO MONEY, WHICH COMPLETELY FINANCIALLY DRIVEN BY THE BUSINESSES. NOW, WHAT WE WOULD NEED, IF YOU WANTED, AGAIN, WANTED TO DO THIS, I'M NOT GIVING YOU THE THEME. IT COULD BE GINGERBREAD MEN, IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU CAN THINK OF. UM, WE WOULD DEFINITELY, THE ONLY WORK WE REALLY WOULD HAVE TO DO IS FIND THE LOCATION WHERE WE WOULD PUT THESE, WHATEVER THIS THING WOULD BE, TO HAVE A WALKTHROUGH. WHAT THEY'VE ALSO DONE IS INVITED, UM, LIKE BUS SMALL BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CART BUSINESSES. IT'S ALL LIKE CAUGHT CHOCOLATE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEY PAID THE CITY A FEE FOR THE SEASON. SO THEN THEY MAKE MONEY OFF OF THOSE VENDORS, THE HOLIDAY VENDORS THAT JUST SET UP IN THAT LOCATION. ROSE MUSIC CENTER IN THE WINTER. SORRY, SORRY. NO, NO, NO, IT'S FINE. AND AGAIN, I'M NOT, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO COME WITH YOU AT, WITH THE ACTUAL PIECE. 'CAUSE I THINK THE FUN IS COMING UP WITH WHAT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT? NOW THIS COMPANY I KNOW RIGHT NOW WOULD DO NUTCRACKERS. SO IF YOU WANTED TO, IF WE WANTED TO DO NUTCRACKERS, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA COPY OFF ANOTHER CITY OF OHIO, BUT THEY WOULD POSSIBLY BE A GOOD PLACE THAT WE COULD ORDER. 'CAUSE THEY DO, THEY DO ALL THIS CRAFTING. UM, MATTER OF FACT, THEY'RE WE'RE, I USED TO LIVE ON THE OHIO RIVER, SO THEY DID, UM, IN THE SUMMER THEY DID WHAT'S CALLED A CATFISH WALK, AND THEY MADE ALL THESE FIBER LAST CATFISH AND LOCAL ARTISTS AND BUSINESSES SPONSORED AN ARTIST TO DECORATE THEM. SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, IF YOU HAVE TIME, LOOK AT THAT, UH, VILLE NUTCRACKER VILLAGE. IT GOES ALL WINTER. IT DRAWS A HUGE CROWD. MATTER OF FACT, ALL THE WINTER FORMALS THE GIRLS AND GUYS GO AND THEY GET THEIR PICTURES TAKEN. UM, YOU KNOW, IN AND AROUND THE NUTCRACKERS. UH, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S JUST A REALLY NICE COMMUNITY THING THAT, THAT COMMUNITY CAN CLAIM. UM, AGAIN, I WOULDN'T BRING TO YOU THE IDEA. I THINK, AGAIN, I THINK THE FUND WOULD BE COMING UP WITH WHAT THE IDEA COULD BE THAT BUSINESSES COULD CREATE THAT MODEL OR BUY THAT MODEL. WHY I, AGAIN, WHY I LIKE THIS. I'M, I'M ALWAYS BIG ON WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THE BIGGEST IMPACT WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF MONEY. AND HERE IS, I MEAN, YOU FIGURE IF YOU'VE GOT 250 OF THESE NUTCRACKERS, OR FIVE OR $600 TO, TO, TO BUILD THE CITY DIDN'T PAY ONE PENNY FOR THEM, THEY DON'T PAY A DIME. UM, SO THAT IS MY IDEA. AGAIN, IT'S MORE OF THE IDEA AND NOT THE ACTUAL ITEM. SO I'LL THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO NOT LEAVE. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THIS UP TO QUESTIONS BY THE SHARKS. UM, I, I WOULD SAY THIS SOUNDS KIND OF LIKE THE PIGS IN CINCINNATI, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT HOLD THAT COMMENT BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HEAR MY PITCH. OKAY. . BUT IT'S SIMILAR. I MEAN, IT SEEMS SIMILAR TO THAT, THAT EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, WOULD SPONSOR LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, AN IMAGE OR WHATEVER. UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK IT SOUNDS, IT SOUNDS FUN. I, I DON'T KNOW, UM, HOW TO EXECUTE IT OR WHERE YOU'D, YOU KNOW, , BUT, BUT NONETHELESS, YES. OKAY. I'M, I'M ON BOARD. SARAH, YOU ASKED TO BE RECOGNIZED. YES. UM, THE NUTCRACKERS OBVIOUSLY LOOK VERY HIGH QUALITY. AND YOU SAID YOU'RE AWARE OF THE COMPANY THAT DOES THE FABRICATION. APPARENTLY THEY MAKE CATFISH OR SOMETHING ELSE TOO, SO THEY DO ANYTHING, EVERYTHING. YEAH. UM, THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO KNOW. DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE US SOME THINGS THAT THEY CAN MAKE TO HELP US PICK THAT CHOICE? BECAUSE I DO FEEL IF PEOPLE WERE GOING TO SPONSOR THEM LIKE THAT, THEY WANT THEM TO BE NICE, YOU KNOW? YES. BECAUSE WHAT I KNOW OF THIS COMPANY IS THEY LOVE RECOGNITION. AND IF YOU WERE TO BE ABLE TO SAY DESIGN, AND THEY'RE, IT'S NELSON'S, THEY'RE CALLED NELSON'S, UM, IN VILLE, OHIO, BUT THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A HUGE FABRICATOR OF, BASICALLY WHAT THEY DID IS THEY CAME IN AND SIT, [00:20:01] STEUBENVILLE IS A REALLY, WAS A DYING TOWN, AND THIS WAS THEIR IDEA. AND THEY CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA, AND THEY ARE, I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST BEAUTIFUL CRAFTSMEN. UM, SO YEAH, THEY ABSOLUTELY WOULD BE A PLACE THAT COULD FABRICATE ANYTHING, UH, THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR AS LONG, LIKE I SAID, THEN YOU WOULD, YOU'D BE ABLE TO PITCH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THEY WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, WE DO THE NUTCRACKERS IN S STONEVILLE, AND WE ALSO DO, WE'VE ALSO GOT ALL THE WAY OUT TO DATE AND WE NOW DO THIS. SO IT WOULD BE A WIN-WIN. AND I, I HAVE CONTACTS WITH THOSE FOLKS AS WELL. OKAY. AMAZING. YES. OTHERS? WELL, MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING THAT MY SISTER'S HOMETOWN DOES. UH, THEY HAVE IN THE PARK SET UP, THEY HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH FOR HOLIDAYS AND IT'S COLD SO PEOPLE DON'T GET OUTTA THE CAR. THEY DRIVE THROUGH. AND IT MADE ME THINK OF CLOUD PARK WHERE PEOPLE COULD, IT'S A BIG PARK THAT HAVE DIFFERENT VIGNETTES SET UP THROUGH THE PARK. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S JUST ONE THING I THOUGHT OF WHILE YOU WERE TALKING. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. UH, I THINK, I THINK THE KEY HERE IS KEEPING THE COST BETWEEN FIVE AND $700 TO CREATE IT FOR THE BUSINESS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE KEY. I THINK IF YOU WENT HIGHER THAN THAT, PEOPLE WOULD BALK AT IT. I THINK IT'S JUST A LOT OF MONEY. BUT, AND THEN THEY, WHAT WAS REALLY COOL ABOUT THE NUTCRACKERS IS THEY GOT TO NAME IT. SO IF YOU HAD IT MADE, YOU GOT TO NAME IT. IF YOU SPONSORED IT, YOU GOT TO NAME IT. SO, YOU KNOW, WITHIN REASON, OBVIOUSLY. I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GONNA SAY I HATE WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE, THERE WERE FOLKS THAT HAD ONE, UH, MADE THAT LOOKED LIKE A GRANDPARENT, AND IT WAS IN HONOR OF THAT GRANDPARENT. SO, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T START. I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT STARTED AT. I MEAN, IT REALLY WAS A PARK WITH 2025 NUTCRACKERS. NOW THEY HAVE THEM ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I MEAN, YOU JUST GO DOWNTOWN AND YOU GO TO THE DIFFERENT PLACES. I MEAN, STORES HAVE GOTTEN ON BOARD DOWNTOWN, AND NOW THEY HAVE, THEY OPEN THEIR DOORS, YOU KNOW, AND THEY, WHATEVER THEY DO. UM, BUT IT WAS REALLY A, A COMMUNITY GROWING EVENT. AND IF YOU REALLY LOOK THAT UP, IT REALLY, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT HUBER HEIGHTS NEEDS SAVING, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT IT WAS THAT EVENT THAT ACTUALLY KIND OF SAVED, UH, THE CITY OF S STONEVILLE. AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A, WHAT'S REALLY COOL IS WHEN YOU GO INTO THE, THEY HAVE A STOP THAT'S LIKE A LITTLE GERMAN VILLAGE INSIDE THE NUTCRACKER THAT IS, UM, YOU GET LIKE HOT WINES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THEY, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE SEASON, THE, THE HOLIDAY SEASON. BUT THEY HAVE A GIANT MAP IN THE UNITED STATES, AND IT'S JUST PINS AND THERE'S NOT A STATE THAT'S NOT SOMEONE WHO'S NOT COME AND SAW THESE. SO THAT'S MY PITCH. I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER IT. UM, OR I HAVE, YEAH. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. UH, SURE. I STARTED TO SAY IT, BUT THE STORAGE. DO YOU KNOW, DO THE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES STORE IT? OR IS THAT ON THE CITY? GOOD QUESTION. A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS LIKE TO KEEP THEM, LIKE THE SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES, AND THEY DISPLAY THEM IN THEIR, UM, THEY, IF THEY DON'T WANT TO, THEN WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY NEED TO FIND A PLACE FOR THEM, UM, THAT THEY COULD BE STORED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND THEN BASICALLY WHAT THEY DO IS THEY GO GET A FLATBED TRUCK AND THEY JUST, THEY HAVE VOLUNTEERS COME AND SET 'EM UP. MY SECOND QUESTION, SO THE, THE SALE IS FACILITATED THROUGH THE CITY, LIKE THE CITY MAKES THE CONNECTION WITH THE FABRICATOR, AND THEN THERE'S A UPKEEP COST. YES. IS, DOES THE CITY HAVE LIABILITY OVER THEM IF LIKE THEY WERE TO BE DISPLAYED ON CITY PROPERTY AND SOME KIDS DEFACED ONE OF THEM, WOULD IT BE ON THE CITY TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR BECAUSE OF THAT UPKEEP FEE? NO. HERE, HERE'S WHAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE. AND THIS HAS HAPPENED. THERE, THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS MODELED AFTER GENE SIMMONS AND IT WAS STOLEN. SOMEONE ACTUALLY COME, PICKED UP WITHIN FIVE HOURS. IT WAS BACK WHERE IT WAS ON THE PEDESTAL. THEY BROUGHT IT BACK. I MEAN, PEOPLE WERE JUST, THEY'RE SO IN LOVE WITH THESE THINGS DOWN THERE THAT YOU DON'T TOUCH 'EM, THEY DON'T HAVE DEFACE 'EM. AND I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS NOT THE TYPE OF TOWN THAT YOU'D WALK AROUND AT NIGHT. BUT I MEAN, THEY, IT'S BEEN, WHAT, 10 YEARS AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN ONE DEFACE, ONE STOLEN AND PUT RIGHT BACK. UM, AS FAR AS LIABILITY, UM, IT, AGAIN, THERE'S NOTHING EVER BEEN STOLEN. AND IT, AND THIS REALLY IS NOT A GOOD, I MEAN, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A GOOD, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMEWHERE I WOULD SET SOMETHING OUT AND SAY, WHAT'S GONNA BE THERE IN THE MORNING. GOTCHA. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE CITY PRIDE, SOMETIMES THAT FIXES THAT. I'LL ALSO ADD IN LOOKING AT THE WEBSITE ON MY LOVELY SMARTPHONE, UH, THERE'S A, A BANNER FROM THE OHIO ARTS COUNCIL. SO THERE MAY BE GRANT MONEY OR SOME, UH, SOME PROGRAM THAT, UH, HELPS SUPPORT THAT. SO, UH, FA FASCINATING. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, I HAVE A COMMENT. YES, PLEASE. JOE, YOU MENTIONED, UM, GINGERBREAD MEN. YEAH. PERHAPS REPLACING THE NUTCRACKERS, I WAS JUST DOING A GOOGLE SEARCH HERE. THERE IS NOBODY DOING A DEDICATED SINGLE OR MULTI-DAY EVENT FOCUSED SOLELY [00:25:01] ON GINGERBREAD MAN. SO YOU COULD, YOU COULD ACTUALLY CALL IT THE GINGERBREAD VILLAGE OR WHATEVER YOU WANTED TO CALL IT. AND THEN EACH BUSINESS OR SCHOOL WOULD HAVE THAT DECORATED GINGERBREAD. MAN, THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING. THE GINGERBREAD MAN, BECAUSE YOU COULD ACTUALLY MAY HAVE A PERSONALITY. SO, UM, THAT WOULD HONESTLY, THAT WAS, I WASN'T GONNA SAY THAT, BUT THE, YEAH, THE GINGERBREAD IS WHAT I WAS THINKING. AND THEN YOU'RE NOT COPYING OFF OF SOMEBODY. AND THEN I THINK THAT NELSON'S WOULD JUMP ON NOT HAVING TO REPLICATE. 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY WANNA REPLICATE WHAT THEY ALREADY DO, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'D HAVE A PROBLEM EXPANDING WHAT THEY ALREADY DO TO SAY, NOW WE HAVE TWO THINGS THAT WE, WE WE DO. SO, AND SECONDLY, I THINK THIS WOULD KNIT VERY WELL WITH OUR CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL. YEAH. I THINK THE BIGGEST PART OF IT WOULD BE FINDING WHERE TO PUT IT. THAT WOULD BE THE, I THINK PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, HAVE A, ALONG THIS DRIVE BACK HERE, HAVE SPACE. GREG, COULD YOU MAKE SURE YOUR MICROPHONE IS ON SO THAT WE CAN CAPTURE MY, MY MIC IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO MY MOUTH. THERE WE GO. THE, UH, BUT WE COULD SPACE IT RIGHT ALONG THE ROAD, RUNNING BEHIND THE CITY CENTER AND OVER TO THE LIBRARY AND BACK UP. UM, EXCUSE ME, THEY'RE ALL NEW STREETS. I'M JUST FORGETTING THE STREET NAMES, BUT, UH, I THINK THIS ONE OVER HERE IS, UM, MIAMI VALLEY WAY. YES. MM-HMM . BUT I THINK THEY'VE JUST RECENTLY CHANGED THAT YET AGAIN TO, UH, WHATEVER BUSINESS THAT HOSPITAL IS DOING. BUSINESS AS NOW. BUT I THINK IF THEY KEPT MIAMI VALLEY WAY, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S, THEY DID MIAMI, MIAMI VALLEY ANYMORE. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . THEY KEPT MM-HMM . THE ONLY NEGATIVE CHANGED TO THIS IS THE TURNAROUND TIME. MM-HMM . IF WE SAID YES IN JULY THE NEXT DAY, I'D HAVE TO START. 'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO FIGURE, I'D HAVE TO GET PEOPLE TO BUY THEM. I'D HAVE TO GET PEOPLE TO GIVE THE DESIGNS AND I'D HAVE THEM DESIGN AND DELIVERED. THAT IS GONNA BE TIGHT. THAT IS, THAT'S HONESTLY THE DOWNSIDE. UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. UM, WE MIGHT ELECT TO DO THAT, BUT THIS IS FOR 2027. SO THEN THIS WOULD BE PLENTY OF TIME TO HAVE SOMETHING READY. YES. RIGHT. SO WE MIGHT BE ALL BE CONVINCED TO BE LIKE, OH, THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER. WE WANNA DO THAT. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE VERY, I MEAN, I THINK YOU COULD PULL IT OFF. YOU JUST MAY NOT GET THE QUALITY YOU'D WANT. CORRECT. THIS QUICK. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I, I HAVE A, UM, NOT THAT I'M OPPOSED TO USING A, UM, STEUBENVILLE VENDOR, BUT IS THERE ANYONE IN HUBER HEIGHTS THAT COULD FABRICATE THESE? I'M SURE THERE. YEAH, I'M SURE THERE IS. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S REALLY, I THINK IT'S FIBERGLASS. THEY USE IT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING SOMEBODY ELSE COULDN'T. OKAY. OKAY. IT'S, COULD WE FIND SOMEBODY THAT'S GOT THAT KIND OF A SHOT THAT I THINK IF WE DO PUT OUT THERE, I'D HATE TO. AND LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANNA PUT OUT LIKE, WELL LOOK AT THIS. 'CAUSE THEN THEY'D SAY, WELL, NOW THEY'RE, YEAH. SO WE'D HAVE TO SEE ABOUT FINDING SOMEBODY. BUT I'M SURE SOMEBODY COULD DO THAT. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . AND NOT THROWING ANYTHING. THANK YOU. YAY. WE APPRECIATE YOU. I'M GONNA EXERCISE CHEER PREROGATIVE AND I'M GOING TO MAKE MY PITCH. THIS IS A PITCH YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE, BUT I THINK IT RELATES AND IT'S WORTH BRINGING BACK UP. CHERYL, YOU'RE IN CHARGE. I WAS GONNA SAY . . WELL, THAT'S PATHETIC. WANNA PASS? SOMEBODY PASSED THE GAVEL DOWN FOR CHERYL. NO, I DON'T NEED THEL. YOU NEED THE GAVEL PRETTY IF YOU GO OVER TIME. DO I? YEAH. SO I'M SARAH CHAPMAN AND, UM, MY PITCH AGAIN, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ON THE COMMITTEE LAST YEAR, YOU, YOU'VE SOMEWHAT HEARD THIS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FELT POSITIVELY ABOUT, BUT THERE WAS JUST SO MANY THINGS THAT DIDN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL. SO I WANTED TO BRING IT BACK JUST IN CASE. SO IN THE SAME WAY OF THIS IDEA OF SOMETHING THAT, UH, BRINGS LIFE TO A DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI DID. THE FLYING PIGS, THE VILLAGE OF GLENDALE HAD THESE, UM, BLACK SQUIRRELS HERE IN OHIO. 'CAUSE THEY'RE KNOWN FOR BLACK SQUIRRELS IN CHICAGO. THEY DID COWS, I BELIEVE. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY COMMON. I REALLY HAVE A PASSION FOR THE FACT THAT THE MARIGOLD IS OUR CITY FLOWER. AND I DON'T THINK WE LEVERAGE THAT ENOUGH. AND I THINK IN OUR QUEST FOR BEAUTIFICATION, IF WE COULD INSPIRE MORE BEAUTIFICATION, PARTICULARLY LEVERAGING THE MARYGOLD, IT WOULD BE REALLY NEAT. SO HOW THESE TWO IDEAS COME TOGETHER IS THAT WE COULD WORK WITH LOCAL ARTISTS AND CRAFT LARGE TERRACOTTA POTS, LIKE SOME, SOME PRETTY BIG ONES. YOU CAN, YOU CAN BUY 'EM AT LOWE'S, THE PLASTIC ONES THAT LOOK LIKE TERRACOTTA. BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE PRETTY STURDY AND HAVE [00:30:01] LOCAL ARTISTS BE SPONSORED TO DECORATE IT WITH OUTDOOR SAFE PAINTS OR MOSAICS OR MONTAGE, WHATEVER THIS ARTIST MEDIUM THIS ARTIST WOULD WORK IN. AND BUSINESSES WOULD BE ABLE TO SPONSOR THAT AND HAVE IT OUTSIDE OF THEIR BUSINESS. AND YOU WOULD HAVE A WALKING TOUR OR A MAP OF PLACES YOU COULD GO TO SEE THESE ARTISTICALLY DECORATED POTS OF FLOWERS OF MARIGOLDS. AND SO IT WOULD NOT JUST BE A DECORATED POT, IT WOULD ALSO BE AN ARRANGEMENT OF LIVING FLOWERS THAT THAT BUSINESS OR HOME OR CITY OFFICE WOULD KEEP ALIVE THROUGH THE SEASON. IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DO IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR ARTS AND, UH, WITH OUR YARD BEAUTIFICATION WORK WHERE, UM, IF YOU WERE NOMINATED BEFORE, WE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, ASK YOU TO SPONSOR AS A BUSINESS. AMATIC WAS IN ONE WAS ONE OF OUR NOMINATED BUSINESSES. SO WE WOULD START WITH THEM LIKE, HEY, WOULD YOU LIKE THIS FOR NEXT YEAR? AND I COULD SEE IT GROWING. AND THE IDEA IS JUST THE SIMILAR TO WHAT, UH, MR. NORA TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT GROWS AND CONTINUES ON THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TO THE DOWNTOWN. THAT GIVES THEM SOMETHING TO SEE, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER WHEN THE KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL AND MOMS ARE LIKE, I GOTTA GO SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN THE LIBRARY . AND, UM, THIS IS A THING THAT WE COULD DO. AGAIN, YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE. I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. CHERYL, ARE YOU GONNA RECOGNIZE PEOPLE? PARDON? ARE YOU GONNA RECOGNIZE PEOPLE? OH, I'M SORRY. WENDY, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? UM, I, I DON'T KNOW WHEN MARIGOLDS LIVE. SO LIKE WHAT TIMEFRAME OF THE YEAR ARE WE LOOKING AT? IS IT LIKE GENERALLY JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST. SO IT'S SUMMER. IT IS A SUMMERTIME. FLOWER MARIGOLDS DO GROW CLEAR INTO THE FALL THOUGH, BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS HAD, WE USED TO HAVE THE MARIAL FESTIVAL IN SEPTEMBER AND OUR, ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS USED TO GROW THE MOST GORGEOUS MARIGOLDS YOU'VE EVER SEEN IN YOUR LIFE. AND SHE WOULD RAFFLE OFF THE POTS AND STUFF. SO THEY WILL GROW ALL YEAR LONG AND PARTICULARLY HARDY. SO, UM, I HAVE A BLACK THUMB. YOU DON'T WANT ME TO GROW THEM, BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE THE AVERAGE PERSON COULD PROBABLY, UH, REFRAIN FROM KILLING THEM. . NICE. UM, IS THE EXPECTATION THAT THE BUSINESSES WOULD SPONSOR THEM? WE WOULD FACILITATE THAT PURCHASE OF THE POT AND CONNECT THEM WITH AN ARTIST AND THEN THEY TAKE CARE OF IT FROM THERE ON. 'CAUSE LIKE, TERRACOTTA HAS TO COME IN DURING THE WINTER AND YOU HAVE, IT'S AN ANNUAL FLOWER THEY'D HAVE TO PLANT EVERY YEAR. WOULD THERE BE SOME MECHANISM TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE MAINTAINING THEM? AND IF YOU STOP PLANTING THE MARIGOLDS OR YOU LET THE TERRACOTTA STAY OUT OVER THE WINTER AND IT CRACKS, THEN YOU'RE NO LONGER ON THE LIST? OR HOW WOULD WE ENFORCE MAINTENANCE? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. AND IT'S NOT ONE THAT, UM, I DEFINITELY HAVE RULES AROUND, BUT I WOULD SEE THE ROLE OF THIS COMMISSION TO CONNECT ARTISTS, BUSINESS AND SUPPLIER, NOT NECESSARILY TO HOUSE IT FOR LATER, NOT NECESSARILY TO OWN IT. WE WOULD DO THE CONNECTION POINT IF A BUSINESS FAILS TO MAINTAIN IT AND THAT ART BREAKS. COOL. WE'RE NOT DRIVING BUSINESS TO YOU NEXT YEAR. HA HA. SO THERE IS A, THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF SKIN IN THE GAME. OKAY. I WAS JUST LOOKING THIS UP. FIBERGLASS CAN BE LEFT OUT IN THE WINTER AND THIS TIES INTO WHAT KIND OF WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT AND THAT CONNECTION TO A PERSON. SO RATHER THAN TERRACOTTA, MAYBE THEY CAN GET FIBERGLASS TO THAT. IT COULD BE, UH, FIBERGLASS, TERRACOTTA, PLASTIC, WHATEVER WE FEEL LIKE IS, UM, THE BEST MEDIUM FOR ARTISTS TO USE. WE COULD ALSO SAY IT'S GOTTA LOOK LIKE THIS AND BE THIS SIZE AND HERE ARE THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT MEDIUMS. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BE NECESSARILY PRESCRIPTIVE AS LONG AS IT IS UNIFORM IN DEPTH AND SIZE. AND FROM THERE, GET A LITTLE BIT CREATIVE. AMAZING. JUST TO THROW OUT ANOTHER OPTION, AND I THINK SOMETHING WE BROUGHT UP LAST YEAR IS HUBER BEING BRICK CITY, WE COULD ALSO MAKE POT PLANTERS OUT OF BRICKS. ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THAT WOULD BE FOR ARTISTS TO PAINT ON THE BRICK, BUT TO THROW OUT ANOTHER MEDIUM FOR US TO CONSIDER THE IDEA IS SIMPLY TO, UH, BRING AWARENESS TO SOME OF THESE COOL THINGS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT OUR CITY UNTIL I WAS SITTING WHERE YOU ARE. ANYBODY ELSE? NO. ONE THING WITH THIS MARIGOLD, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY HAVE NOTHING CITY OF CHAMBER, I'M SORRY. HUBER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS TAKEN OVER THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL. SO THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO DO IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT THEY DO. UM, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE DOING IT LIKE FIRST OR [00:35:01] SECOND WEEK OF MAY. YEAH. I DON'T SEE IT AS NECESSARILY COMPETITIVE ALSO, UM, BECAUSE MARIGOLD IS A THING, SO IT COULD BE SOMETHING WE DO IN CONJUNCTION. IT COULD JUST BE SOMETHING WE LEVERAGE THEIR EVENT TO ADVERTISE OURS AND OURS TO ADVERTISE THEIRS. YEAH. BUT I MEAN, I'M THINKING THEY COULD BE INVOLVED AS A PARTNER IN CRIME, SO TO SPEAK. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. YEAH. THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WAS SELLING MARIGOLDS WITH THE CHAMBER AT THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL. MM-HMM . GOOD WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THEIR MARIGOLDS IN THEIR PIES. OH, STOP BY AT THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL, THAT'S WHEN THEY PLANT THEM. AND THEN PEOPLE CAN START, BECAUSE THAT'S AROUND THE TIME PEOPLE START DOING STUFF DURING THE SUMMER. TAKE THE WALKING TOUR. SEE, WE'RE NOT WALKING TOUR. YOU'D PROBABLY HAVE TO BIKE IT OR DRIVE, BUT GO SEE ALL OF THE POTS AND STOP IN THE BUSINESSES WHILE YOU'RE THERE. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. THE OPPORTUNITY HERE IS NOT JUST DRIVING ATTENTION TO DOWNTOWN. IT IS DRIVING ATTENTION TO OUR LOCAL ARTISTS, BECAUSE WE WOULD BE CONNECTING THEM TO BUSINESSES. IT WOULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, WALKING TOUR OR MAP OR A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ON THE, THE DAYTON MORNING SHOW. SO DRIVE AWARENESS OF OUR ECONOMICS AND OUR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. IT WOULD BE ALSO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND POTENTIALLY, UM, MEETING A NUMBER OF NEEDS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU SARAH. OUT BLACK. IF WE'D LIKE TO JUST GONNA HAND IT TO OUR, WE'D LIKE TO JUST KEEP, KEEP THE SAME THEME RUNNING. I COULD DO MY PITCH NOW. ALL RIGHT, COOL. UM, SEEMS THOUGH WE'RE WORKING ON IT COMMISSION NUMBERS, THERE ARE STILL SNACKS. AND WE'RE AT NUMBER THREE, SO PLEASE DO NOT SET UP THEIR HUNGRY. LIKE, DO WE HAVE A SOMETHING, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY PITCHES WE HAVE IN TOTAL? I ONLY HAVE THE ONE, SO, OH MAN, THAT'S, MAYBE IT'S GONNA BE A SHORT, IT MIGHT BE A SHORT ONE. HUMOR. IT WAS GONNA BE A LONG MEETING BECAUSE OF ME. . OKAY. HELLO COMMISSION. I AM SARAH FORSYTH, THE PARKS MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS. I AM ON, I THINK. YEP. UM, AND I THOUGHT I WOULD GO NEST BECAUSE THEMATICALLY IT'S A LITTLE BIT THE SAME, BUT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU A PICTURE. THIS IS A CHICKEN. MORE SPECIFICALLY, IT'S A ROOSTER, SO IT'S A MALE CHICKEN, BUT UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED AS A CHICKEN. CHICKEN. AND THIS IS A RED CHICKEN. AND THIS IS MY BEST RENDITION OF A SPARKLY CHICKEN. OKAY. SPARKLE CHICKEN. SPARKLE CHICKEN. SO I KNOW THAT IT IS THE RUNNING JOKE ON FACEBOOK THAT THIS TOWN HAS TOO MANY CHICKEN ESTABLISHMENTS, BUT HONESTLY, WE'RE A MAJOR HUB AT THE I 70 75 CORRIDOR. EVERY RESTAURANT WANTS TO BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND I THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF AWESOME. I ALSO REALLY ENJOY THE MULTITUDE OF CHICKEN SELECTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS TOWN. AND THEREFORE I WANTED TO LEAN INTO THE, YOU HAVE TOO MANY CHICKEN RESTAURANTS IN THIS TOWN AND MY IDEA IS THAT WE WOULD GET BASICALLY DYE CUT, UM, OR LASER CUT, UM, CHICKENS OF LIKE A MARINE PLYWOOD. SO IT WOULD STAND UP TO THE ELEMENTS OUTSIDE. AND THEN WE COULD TALK TO LOCAL CHICKEN ESTABLISHMENTS IF THEY WOULD LIKE ONE ON THEIR PROPERTY, BUT WE COULD PUT THEM ON CITY PROPERLY, SPECIFICALLY IN CHICKEN HEAVY PLACES LIKE MARYLEE WAY. AND WE WOULD GET LOCAL ARTISTS, HENCE THE SPARKLY AND THE RED CHICKEN AND WHATEVER IT IS, UM, IN A SIMILAR VEIN TO THE POTS TO DECORATE THEM, HOW THEY SELF FIT. SO WE WOULD AGAIN, BE THE SUPPLIER OF THE CUT CHICKEN. WE WOULD CONNECT TO A BUSINESS OR A PUBLIC LOCATION TO PUT THE CHICKEN AND THEN LOCAL ARTISTS WOULD BE ABLE TO BEDAZZLE PAINT, PUT OLD NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS ON. UM, AND WE'D HAVE A PROCESS FOR THOSE ARTISTS TO PITCH AN IDEA SO WE WOULD KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. UM, WE WOULD ACCEPT THE ARTIST, GIVE THEM THE CHICKEN, WE'D COORDINATE THE INSTALL AND UM, CREATE A MAP TO, UM, TO HELP DRIVE PEOPLE TO GO LOOK AT THE CHICKENS. AND I DID GET A QUOTE ON SOME 24 INCH, SHOULD BE ABOUT TWO FEET TALL. WE MIGHT WANNA GO A LITTLE BIGGER. WE COULD PLAY WITH THE SIZE, UM, OF BASIC PLYWOOD. IF WE GOT 10 OF THEM, THEY'D BE ABOUT $10 EACH. UM, SO MARINE PLYWOOD IS GONNA COST YOU A BIT MORE. UM, BUT I STILL THINK THAT WE COULD DO QUITE A FEW OF THEM TO START FOR LIKE AROUND A THOUSAND TO $1,500 PRICE POINT. OUR ARTISTS WOULD BE SUPPLYING THEIR OWN [00:40:01] ART SUPPLIES. WE MIGHT ADD SOME SORT OF SEALANT ON TOP, AND THAT WOULD BE KIND OF THE FINISHING TOUCH. UM, SO SIMILAR TO THE, UM, POTS THAT WERE PRESENTED BEFORE YOU. AND SO I JUST, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A BAD IDEA THAT WE'VE HEARD YET, SO, BUT I WANTED TO THROW OUT CHICKENS. HIDDEN CHICKENS SPOTTED CHICKEN AS YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. HEY, WHAT'S THAT CHICKEN DOING OVER THERE? THINK AS THEY ENTER OUR COMMUNITY QUESTIONS, I THINK IT'S HILARIOUS. ALTHOUGH THE, THE, UH, 12-YEAR-OLD BOY INSIDE OF ME IS, IS MAKING SOME JOKES RIGHT NOW. WELL, WE, YES. WE SHOULD PROBABLY FIND, UM, MAYBE A GENDER NEUTRAL CHICKEN. H YEAH. UHHUH. OKAY. YES. UM, THIS, THIS QUOTE I GOT FROM A PLACE THAT ALREADY SOLD PLYWOOD ROOSTERS FOR LIKE CRAFTERS. UM, AND SO WE WOULD MAYBE NEED TO FIND OUR OWN UNIQUE SHAPE. THAT'S MUCH MORE OF A HEN THEN TO AVOID THAT JOKE. YEAH. THEY MAKE MAKE, UH, OH, HOLD ON JUST A MOMENT. YEAH. OH, I WAS GONNA SAY, IT'D BE KIND OF CUTE. IT'D BE LIKE A SCAVENGER HUNT FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY TOO, TO SAY, CAN YOU SPOT THE CHICKEN? LIKE YOU SAID, I LIKE THAT IDEA. THAT IS REALLY CUTE. THE, THE SCAVENGER HUNT KIND ELEMENT OF IT. YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY COULD BE NECESSARILY. YEAH. DOES THIS SAME COMPANY, DO THEY MAKE HENS? WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GET UM, THEY HAD ANOTHER, THEY DID HAVE ANOTHER CHICKEN. I DIDN'T LOVE IT. UM, IT, IT WAS LIKE MORE CARTOONY. I, I WOULD SAY MAYBE. UM, BUT I THINK WE COULD FIND ANY LIKE, PRECISION CUTTER IN AND WE'D FIND ONE CLOSER TO HOME. UM, AND THEY COULD CUT IT FOR US. I WOULD WONDER IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE WOOD SHOP CLASS COULD MANAGE. OH, THAT WOULD BE COOL. I CAN ASK ABOUT IT IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE PURSUE. PROBABLY BE SOMETHING THEY WOULD NEED A BAND TO DO. OH. WHEN I WAS, UH, OVER NORTHMONT IN INGLEWOOD, UM, THIS MADE ME THINK OF THE LIBRARY BECAUSE WE HAD, UM, SCAVENGER HUNTS AND THE KID FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS AND THEY WOULD COME IN AND THE LIBRARY WAS ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE THEY WOULD GET THEIR, ONE OF THEIR SC WOULD SATISFY ONE OF THEIR SCAVENGER HUNT THINGS. SO IT COULD BE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AROUND TOWN TOO, OR WHERE THEY SEE THESE CHICKENS OR, OR THE PASSPORT IDEA AND THEN THEY, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONES YOU'RE GOING TO TO GET STAMPED OR WHATEVER. I MEAN YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. NO. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? YEAH, THE ONE COMMENT I I WOULD SAY ABOUT THE SCAVENGER HUNT, IF WE ARE TO GO THAT ROUTE, WE NEED TO MAKE IT NOT A TIME SENSITIVE THING. IT WOULD BE, SAY, OVER A MONTH PERIOD OF TIME. UH, THAT WAS A PROBLEM WE HAD, UH, WHEN I WAS ON THE SISTER CITIES, WE WOULD DO THAT ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. AND WE GOT MORE COMPLAINTS FROM BUSINESSES, THE POLICE AND THAT KINDA STUFF BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE JUST GO NUTS. I MEAN THEY, IT'S JUST A FREE FOR ALL. AND I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EXCEEDING SPEED LIMITS, RUNNING RED LIGHTS, DAMAGE A PERSON TO PERSONAL PROPERTY. SO IT'S, UM, MASON FIRST, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH CITY DOES THIS, BUT THERE'S LIKE A DONUT TRAIL AND A NEARBY TOWN COUNTY DOES A, HAS A DONUT TRAIL CITY DOES AS WELL. OKAY. SO MULTIPLE CITIES. BUT, BUT YOU, YOU GO AROUND AND YOU CHECK OUT THE DONUT SHOPS, YOU GET YOUR PASSPORT STAMPED AND THEN YOU GET LIKE A T-SHIRT OR SOMETHING AT THE END. AND I COULD SEE THAT BEING A GOOD WAY TO LEAN INTO THIS BIT. AND THEN WE COULD DESIGN A FUN SHIRT THAT COMES WITH IT. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE SHIRT I WAS GOING WITH. UM, DO WE GET SOME OF THE CHICKEN ESTABLISHMENTS TO DONATE THE PRIZE FOR THE END OF PASSPORTS? BUT I, I LOVE THE IDEA OF IT. YEAH. ANYWAY, I DUNNO IF THEY HAD TO SPONSOR THE CHICKEN SIGN, THAT MIGHT BE BE A CHICKEN CRAWL. CHICKEN CRAWL. THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED NOW. THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED NOW. THAT IS THE IDEA ON MY FORM. THE CHICKEN CRAWL CRAWL. I HAVE A QUESTION. IF THIS HAS NEVER BEEN, I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW, 'CAUSE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THERE BEING TOO MANY CHICKEN PLACES, BUT ARE THERE MORE CHICKEN PLACES THAN THERE ARE BURGER PLACES? UM, THE MAYOR HAS ACTUALLY POSTED THE DATA ABOUT CHICKEN PLACES AND GAS STATIONS FOR, AND CAR WASHES. THE MAYOR HAS ACTUALLY GONE WAY DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE ON DATA. AND I, I ACTUALLY LOVE IT, THE DATA NERD IN ME. AND NO, WE ARE NOT, UM, PER CAPITA OUT , WE'RE ABOUT THE CHICKEN CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. NO, NOT IN ANY, NOT IN ANY STRETCH. AND ONE INTERESTING THING, AND THIS IS TRUE, THAT A BUSINESS IS NOT GOING TO COME INTO YOUR TOWN IF IT'S NOT GOING TO DO BUSINESS. [00:45:01] THAT'S WHY THEY'RE COMING HERE. BECAUSE THERE IS A NEED. CLEARLY THERE'S A NEED. MORE PEOPLE ARE EATING CHICKEN. YEAH, I LIKE CHICKEN. ANYWAY. UM, UNLESS THERE'S MORE QUESTIONS FOR SARAH. OKAY. COME ON BACK. UM, BEFORE I OPEN IT TO THE NEXT PERSON, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE NOW HAD THREE ITEMS THAT, UM, ARE SIMILAR IN SPIRIT. AND I JUST, I'M BREAKING MY OWN RULES HERE. I'D LIKE TO HEAR A ONE SENTENCE FROM EACH OF US. WHAT NEED DO YOU THINK THIS MEETS? AND, AND SEE THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE ARE HEARING THE HEART OF IT, NOT JUST, OH, IT'S FLOWER POTS, OR OH, IT'S GINGERBREAD, OR, OH IT'S A CHICKEN. WHAT IS IT THAT DROVE THE IDEA FOR YOU? THIS IS A, UH, IT MIGHT JUST BE A LITTLE BIT MORE UPSET. YEAH, YEAH. IT'S A FAMILY FRIENDLY, CITY DRIVEN, COMMUNITY-BASED EVENT WHERE PEOPLE COME IN AND ARE TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE TO THIS CITY, WHILE ALSO WELCOMING OTHER PEOPLE FROM OTHER, IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AND OTHER CITIES TO COME AND EXPERIENCE WHAT'S UNIQUE TO THIS CITY. SARAH, UM, WOULD YOU SAY ANY DIFFERENT OR WOULD YOU SAY SOMETHING DRIVING YOURS? UM, I AGREE. I LOVED THE WORD UNIQUE. I LIKE THESE IDEAS BECAUSE I THINK THEY BRING A LITTLE WHIMSY TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN GET BEHIND. AND IT SEEMS UNIFYING IT ALSO, TRYING TO KEEP IT TO A SENTENCE. THAT'S ALRIGHT. UM, I THINK IT ALSO SPREADS THE BEAUTIFICATION A LITTLE BIT. UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BEAUTIFY OUR PARKS AND OUR PUBLIC GROUNDS, BUT BY GETTING BUSINESSES INVOLVED TO EITHER PUT SOMETHING IN FRONT OF THEM OR PUTTING SOMETHING ALONG PUBLIC CORRIDORS, I THINK HELPS KIND OF GET MORE BEAUTIFICATION CITYWIDE WHILE BEING WHIMSY, FUN, COMMUNITY BUILDING. SO I THINK THE ONE THING THAT ISN'T CAPTURED IN THOSE TWO WITH MINE IS, UM, I'VE GOT A PICTURE OF ME AT THE ARONOFF CENTER WITH ONE OF THE CINCINNATI PIGS IN THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA MASK. AND I WAS, AND I, I'M LIKE, OH, I WANT A PICTURE WITH THE PIG. I WANT A PICTURE WITH THE PIG. UM, AND IT WAS LESS ABOUT, THIS WAS CINCINNATI AND THE FLYING PIGS, IT WAS MORE ABOUT, IT'S A PHANTOM OF THE OPERA PIG. AND, UM, I WANT TO DRIVE SOMETHING WHIMSICAL, BUT ALSO UNIQUE TO HUBER HEIGHTS. WHEN I MOVED TO HUBER, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO, I FOUND THIS TO BE A UNIQUELY LOVELY CITY. AND I DON'T WANT US TO BE ANOTHER CARBON COPY SUBURB. I WANT TO DRIVE A, UH, A UNIQUE CULTURE AND MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE AND GROW IT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. OKAY. COOL. ALL RIGHT. WHO ELSE HAS ONE? MASON NICKER ROCKER? I HAVE TWO, BUT I'LL DO, I HAVE ONE THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. I'M SENSING A THEME AND I PRINTED A THING BECAUSE WE HAD TO PRINT, WE HAD TO PRINT THINGS LAST YEAR. I AM, YES. THIS IS TRUE . UM, SO I SHOULD KEEP ONE FOR MYSELF. CAN I, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY. I FOUND A TERRACOTTA POT THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT A BRICK. NICE. I KNOW HOW BIG IT IS. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. MAKE ENOUGH? YEAH, YOU DID. I WASN'T SURE. WE'RE GOOD GUYS. MASON, THIS WASN'T ON. I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST ASK QUESTIONS, PLEASE. OKAY. UH, SO I, THE WORKING NAME OF, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE WORKING NAME OF THE, OF THE PROJECT. UH, BASICALLY I WANT TO ADD BIKEABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE CITY. UH, THIS IS A PERSONAL INTEREST OF MINE AS I'M, I'M DOING MY MPA, UH, KIND OF THE, THE, THAT MULTIMODAL AXIS, WHICH IS A WORD THAT'S USED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY. THE ABILITY TO GET AROUND THE CITY WITH MORE THAN JUST CARS IS PART OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UH, AND JUST GENERALLY GOOD FOR MUNICIPAL DESIGN. SO, UH, WHEN I INTERVIEWED FOR THIS BOARD, I WAS ASKED WHAT IS MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THE CITY? UH, AND THEN WAS TOLD THAT THE MOST COMMON ANSWER IS THE [00:50:01] TRAFFIC. UH, WHICH IS, I HEAR TIME AND TIME AGAIN, PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. AND ONE GOOD WAY TO REDUCE THAT IS TO INCREASE MULTIMODAL, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION. UH, AND SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO DEVELOP BIKEABILITY, AND I SEE IT HAPPENING WITH MY STUDENTS, IN PARTICULAR, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO BIKE TO SCHOOL, I SEE THEM. I'LL BE DRIVING ALL THE TIME. THERE'LL BE A KID ON AN E-BIKE OR AN E SCOOTER ON A BIKE, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN THE SIDEWALK. AND MY GIRLFRIEND'S LIKE, YOU KNOW THAT KID? I'M LIKE, YEAH, I DO KNOW THAT KID. THEY'RE JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE ON THEIR BIKES. UH, AND SO ANYWAY, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET PLACES, I THINK IS A, IS A POSITIVE THING, UH, FOR THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION ASPECT OF IT TO MAKE IT RELEVANT. UH, I THINK HAVING BIKE PARKING AVAILABLE AT STRATEGIC POINTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE ALSO INTERESTING TO LOOK AT AT HUMAN SCALE. UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE NOTICED ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED THESE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FIND IT AROUND THE CITY PROJECTS, IS THAT THEY'RE ALL AT HUMAN SCALE. AND BEING ABLE TO GET AROUND THE TOWN, SEE THE THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE, SEE THIS PUB, THESE PUBLIC ARTWORKS AT HUMAN SCALE, I THINK IS A, IS A BENEFIT. IT IT ADDS THAT WHIMSY, IT ADDS THAT INTEREST. UH, AND SO, UH, MY WRITEUP IS MORE ELOQUENT THAN I AM DESPITE BEING A SPEECH AND DEBATE TEACHER. I'M NOT GOOD AT PUBLIC SPEAKING AND I LIKE TALKING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE . UH, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S MY IDEA, IS THAT WE WOULD, UH, THE, THE CITY WOULD PURCHASE BIKE STANDS, UH, BIKE RACKS TO PUT OUT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE WE THINK WE NEED IT. AND, AND PART OF THE, THE PROJECT OUTLINE IS THAT WE WOULD DO A STUDY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY'RE MOST NEEDED. UM, AND THEN TO HAVE LOCAL ARTISTS PAINT THE BIKE RACKS, UH, IN A WAY THAT'S KIND OF FUN. SO THEY COULD PAINT LIKE A, A BIKE OR A, A, A BRICK, UM, ONTO IT, UH, OR MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A SNAKE IF IT'S IN THE PARK OR HAVE LIKE FLOWERS COMING OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF IT OR WHATEVER THEY THINK FITS TO THE LOCATION THEY'RE AT. IF WE HAVE ONE ON MERRILY WAY OR THE CHICKEN STRIP, RIGHT, THERE COULD BE A BIKE RACK OVER THERE THAT HAS CHICKENS PRINTED ON IT IN SOME, SOME WAY OR MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT'S CHICKEN FEATHERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UH, BUT THAT WOULD BE LOCAL ARTISTS WOULD SUBMIT THEIR IDEAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, BECAUSE THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE, THE MOST BAKED IDEAS. I, I WILL DO THE THING THAT I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO AND ASK HARD QUESTIONS. YEP. SO, UM, I MANAGE ONE OF THE LOCAL FACEBOOK GROUPS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND YOU MENTIONED SCOTERS AND THAT MIGHT AS WELL BE A DIRTY WORD. MM-HMM . UM, HOW WOULD YOU HELP ENCOURAGE MULTIMODAL, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND YET ADDRESS SOME OF THE FRICTION THAT ALREADY EXISTS? YEAH, SO, UH, THIS, I CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA THROUGH MY STUDYING, COMING ACROSS THE IDEA OF INCREMENTAL, UH, DESIGN. THIS IDEA THAT WE FIND THE MOST DOABLE THING FOR US WITHIN OUR RESOURCES. AND THEN WE DO THAT THING TO GO TOWARDS THE, THE VISION THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE HEADED TOWARDS. SO MULTIMODAL ACCESS IS PART OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT'S LIKE A BIG THING THAT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I WOULD SAY THAT PIECE OF FRICTION DOESN'T NECESSARILY FALL ON THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION. THIS IS JUST A PIECE THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THE CITY WITH THEIR VISION. IT'S KINDA UP TO THE CITY TO COMMUNICATE THAT, THAT PROBLEM WITH SCOTERS. WELL SAID. ANYONE ELSE? I CAN EXPLAIN MY OH, OH YES, PLEASE. LIKE, UM, SO I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT TO THE SCOTERS AND E-BIKES AND TELL YOU THAT THIS IS, THAT IS A NATIONAL ISSUE. UM, AND THE LEGISLATORS SURE IS CURRENTLY LOOKING AT IT AS WELL AS COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS OUR REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION. AND SO, UM, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY, THERE'S A, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT TO IT. THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF LAYERS THERE. UM, HOPEFULLY WE START TO SEE SOME BETTERMENT ON THAT FRONT IN THE COMING YEAR, YEAR OR YEARS. UM, BUT ALSO FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, WHICH I ALSO, UM, WORK WITH REALLY WANTED BIKE RACKS IN THE PARK AND THEY HAVE REQUESTED THAT THAT BE PUT INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SEVERAL YEARS AGO. IT KIND OF KEPT GETTING BUMPED TO THE WAYSIDE. THE MONEY'S THERE NOW. UM, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE OPPOSED TO REACHING ACROSS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UM, BECAUSE THE CURRENT PLAN WAS JUST TO GO BUY THE SAME BIKE RACK FOR EVERY PARK AND, UM, PUT IT IN THERE SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO PARK BIKES AT THE PARK. NOT ALL OF OUR PARKS CURRENTLY HAVE THEM. UM, SO YOU, YOU COULD START WITH THE ONES IN THE PARKS, THE MONEY'S THERE FOR THAT. UM, AND YOU COULD WORK, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ACROSS THE AISLE, IF YOU WILL, WITH THE, WITH THE PARK BOARD IF THAT WOULD INTEREST YOU BECAUSE IT WAS AT THEIR BEHEST THAT, THAT GET INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. YEAH. UH, SO I LIKE THAT. AND I LIKE, UH, WHEN CHARLES HUBER WAS, HE BASICALLY DESIGNED THE CITY RIGHT WHEN [00:55:01] HE WAS MAKING HIS DEVELOPMENTS. HE INCLUDED SPACE FOR PARKS STRATEGICALLY THROUGHOUT. SO HAVING BIKE RACKS AT PARKS, YOU CAN PARK YOUR BIKE AT COMMUNITY PARK AND THEN THAT'S IN WALKING DISTANCE TO, YOU KNOW, THE COM THE, THE HUBER CENTER OR WHEREVER ELSE YOU NEED TO BE. SO STARTING WITH PUB PUBLIC PARKS AND THEN EVENTUALLY HAVING, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGING LOCAL BUSINESSES TO DO THE SAME. I I COULD SEE THAT BEING A, A WAY TO GET THAT DONE. I WOULD SAY ON THE SCOTER THING, COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO ITS BEAUTIFICATION, UH, IS THAT IS A, A CODE PROBLEM WITH THE GENERAL BIKEABLE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CITY. SO NOT SOMETHING WE WE CAN HANDLE, BUT WELL SAID. I, I RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM AND I THINK REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT, UM, E SCOOTERS ARE SCARY, PEOPLE HAVE THEM, AND WE'RE NOT, IF WE'RE NOT STOPPING THEM FROM HAVING THEM, THAT'S AN INVESTMENT THAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING. UH, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY'RE CHOOSING AN E-BIKE OVER A CAR BECAUSE OF AFFORDABILITY, 'CAUSE GAS PRICES AND BECAUSE OF THE VEHICLE COSTS THAT INVESTMENT SHOULD HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO STAY AND THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TYING THEIR BIKE UP TO A LAMPPOST OR WHATEVER WHEN THEY WALK INTO WALMART OR WHATEVER. YEAH. AND I, I REALLY THINK THE, THE, THE E-BIKE THING IS, IS REALLY, IT'S THE MOPEDS THAT HAVE WENT AWAY FROM GASOLINE TO GET AROUND IT. I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ADULT THING. IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A KID THING. SO, AND THIS SEEMS TO BE REALLY FOCUSED ON ADULTS. MORE ADULTS ARE GONNA USE THIS. I THINK SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT LONG TERM CITIES HAVE TO DEAL WITH. UM, YOU KNOW, AS A TEACHER, YOU KNOW THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF 16 YEAR OLDS WHO GET THEIR LICENSE IS ONLY TANKING AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THESE DIFFERENT KINDS OF TRAVEL. YEAH. SORRY. ANYWAY, I CAN TALK. YEAH, IT'S A VERY GOOD PITCH. UH, ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE A SECOND PITCH THAT I DON'T HAVE HANDOUTS FOR. DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT REAL FAST OR? PLEASE DO. AND NOT REAL FAST. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MASON KNICKERBOCKER A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MASON TO SHARE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PITCH. PLEASE MAKE YOUR COPY. THIS ONE I DON'T HAVE A, UM, I DON'T HAVE A HANDOUT FOR. I ACTUALLY HAD THIS IDEA WHILE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE YARD BEAUTIFICATION. UM, I NOTICED FLYERS AROUND OTHER CITIES THAT I WAS VISITING RECENTLY. UM, OAKWOOD AND FAIRBORN IN PARTICULAR HAD GARDEN TOURS THAT THEY WERE DOING, PEOPLE CAN PAY TO GO AND THEN THEY VISIT HOUSES AROUND THE, THE COMMUNITY WHO OPEN UP THEIR HOUSE TO, TO A GARDEN TOUR. I THINK FACILITATING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, AND THIS IS NOT A FLESHED OUT IDEA, THAT'S WHY I SAID I'LL DO IT QUICKLY. 'CAUSE I HAD THIS IDEA, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN HERE 30 MINUTES AGO, UH, TO, TO HAVE A SIMILAR KIND OF THING SET UP. UM, HAVING ALL THE CONTACTS WITH THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WON YARD BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS, IF ANY OF THEM ARE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR GARDENS AND WANT TO SHOW IT OFF TO PEOPLE, GIVING THEM THE PLATFORM TO INVITE PEOPLE TO COME AND, AND WALK AROUND THEIR GARDEN AND THEY CAN POINT OUT LIKE, OH, THIS IS THIS PLANT, THIS IS WHY I PLANTED IT HERE. AND THAT, THAT KIND OF THING I THINK IS FUN. AND THAT IS ALL FROM THAT PITCH, UH, FROM THE, UH, FEEDBACK THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM MOST OF THE HOMEOWNERS THAT GET NOMINATED FOR IFICATION THEY WOULD WELCOME ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO COME INTO THEIR YARD. MOST OF THEM WERE LIKE, OH, YOU SHOULD SEE MY BACKYARD. YOU SHOULD SEE MY BACKYARD. AND THEY TAKE ME TO THEIR BACKYARD AND THEIR BACKYARDS ARE BEAUTIFUL. I SAID, UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T PHOTOGRAPH THAT FROM THE STREET. SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE ON THE, THE CONTEST. BUT YEAH, THE MOST OF, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT MAINTAIN THEIR YARDS TO THE DEGREE THAT THESE PEOPLE DO, THEY WOULD WELCOME HAVING PEOPLE COME BY AND, AND APPRECIATE THEIR WORK. AND, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'VE PARTICIPATED IN BEFORE. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I SAW FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES. THIS MIGHT BE A 2028, UH, SUGGESTION THAT I'M PLANTING THE SEED FOR NOW. AND I WILL CHECK IN WITH OAKWOOD AND FAIRBORN AND OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT DO IT SO THAT WE HAVE KIND OF MORE OF AN IDEA OF WHAT TO DO. UNLESS YOU OH, WHEN I WAS ONE OF MY LIBRARIES IN HOUSTON, UH, THERE WAS A GARDEN CLUB AND, AND, UH, THEY ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE, WE HAD A WHOLE SECTION IN THE LIBRARY WITH GARDEN STUFF, AND THEY WOULD MEET THERE. THEY HAD THEIR OWN ROOM. AND YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ENLARGE IT INTO PE LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO A GARDEN GROUP. A GARDEN CLUB WAS ANOTHER PITCH THAT I CONSIDERED, BUT I DON'T WANNA CHAMPION IT. OKAY. SO , IF ANYONE WANTS TO HELP ME DO A GARDEN CLUB, I WOULD LOVE THAT. I COULD PROBABLY HELP WITH THAT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE FUN. BUT I DON'T WANT TO BOARD ANOTHER COMMITTEE. I COULD HELP . ALL RIGHT. PLEASE FEEL FREE. THANK YOU. UM, AND I'M GONNA PAUSE FOR A MOMENT BEFORE INVITING OTHER, UH, PITCHES BECAUSE I WANNA OPEN THE FLOOR. SPECIFICALLY, THIS CONNECTS TO THE YARD BEAUTIFICATION, UH, WORK THAT WE DO. BUT REMEMBER, THERE ARE NO ASSUMED ACTIVITIES YEAR ON YEAR. SO IF NO ONE IS PITCHING OUR YARD BEAUTIFICATION, [01:00:03] ARE WE GONNA DO IT? OR IS SOMEONE PREPARED TO PITCH, UM, DO WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR OR, OR THIS YEAR, OR SOME IMPROVEMENTS OR SOME GROWTH? 'CAUSE THAT WAS A, AN IMPROVEMENT OR GROWTH IN THE, UH, YARD BEAUTIFICATION WORK. BUT IS SOMEONE PREPARED TO EVEN PITCH THAT WE'RE DOING IT? OKAY. COMMENT. UM, WHAT WAS REALLY UNIQUE ABOUT ALL OF THESE PITCHES AND, AND, AND WHAT I LIKED ABOUT ALL OF THEM IS THEY ALL LEND THEMSELVES TO HAVING TO BE MULTI-YEAR ACTIVITIES. THAT'S WHAT I, I'VE REALLY LIKED ABOUT THIS. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM ONLY WORKS IF IT'S A MULTI-YEAR ACTIVITY. ABSOLUTELY. SO I THINK THAT IS A, I THINK THE FACT THAT WE ALL KIND OF CENTER AROUND SOMETHING THAT IS A, BECOMES ALMOST LIKE A TRADITION. I THINK THAT'S A KEY PIECE HERE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE BECAUSE, UM, THIS ISN'T, NONE OF THESE IDEAS ARE AN OFFSHOOT. IT'S NOT LIKE, LET'S DO IT ONE YEAR AND WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT. 'CAUSE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE IS AN INVESTMENT, AND ONCE YOU DO IT, THE CITY'S GONNA HAVE TO GET BEHIND IT. WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DO IT. SO I ACTUALLY, I CAN ALSO COMMENT, JOE, I THINK THAT WAS A BRILLIANT INSIGHT. UM, WHEN YOU SAID TRADITION, IT REALLY JOGGED MY MEMORY THAT WANTING TO CREATE THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND UNITY, THINGS LIKE TRADITION ARE PART OF WHAT DOES THAT, UM, WHEN YOU THINK OF HOME, YOU THINK OF THAT THING THAT YOU ALWAYS DID AT THE HOLIDAY OR EVERY SUMMER YOU SAW THE DIFFERENT CHICKEN THAT WAS UP. SO I THINK TRADITION, I THINK THAT REALLY NAILED IT ON THE HEAD FOR THE TYPE OF, UM, FEELING I WANT TO ELICIT WITH ONE OF THE PROJECTS YOU ALL UNDERTAKE. SO, I MEAN, JUST LOOK AT WHAT THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL DOES FOR TROY. EVERY BUSINESS GETS INVOLVED. THEY, YOU KNOW, PAINT WINDOWS, THEY DO. EVERYBODY GETS INVOLVED AND YEAR EVERY YEAR IT GROWS AND IT'S BECOME A TRADITION. UM, ONE MORE QUICK COMMENT. UM, WHAT I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO KIND OF MAYBE THINK ABOUT IS THAT THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, AND AGAIN, THIS IS OUR CHOICE. THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, WELL, LET'S PICK ONE AND THEN LET'S LET THE OTHER THREE JUST GO AWAY. WE COULD ACTUALLY SET UP SOME KIND OF A MULTI-YEAR ITEM WHERE WE SAY, WELL, THIS IS OUR CALENDAR OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. AND WE SAY, WE'RE GONNA DO ALL FOUR OF THESE ALL, BUT THIS IS THE TIMELINE. SO THE FIRST YEAR, OBVIOUSLY MINE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE FIRST. YOU'RE GONNA PUT TWO YEARS INTO THAT BEFORE YOU'D PROBABLY SEE SOMETHING REALLY GOOD. SO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE MARIGOLDS MIGHT BE. WE CAN DO THAT FIRST OR PUT THAT AT THE TOP OF THE CALENDAR, AND THEN THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE JUST CONTINUALLY WORKED ON. AND THEN RELEASE SYSTEMATICALLY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. BECAUSE I REALLY DIDN'T LIKE THAT. I HEARD WHY I'M BRINGING THIS UP AGAIN, BECAUSE IT WAS PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA THE FIRST TIME. WHY NOT PUT IT ON A CALENDAR AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT MAY NOT BE ON THIS YEAR'S SLATE, BUT WE'VE GOT IT FOR NEXT YEAR'S SLATE. THAT, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. ABSOLUTELY. UM, SO IS ANYONE AT LEAST SAYING WE GOTTA DO THE YARD BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS NEXT YEAR? , WE GOTTA DO THE YARD BEAU IFICATION NEXT YEAR. OKAY. IF YOU'VE GOT MORE, YOU SHOULD DO 'EM AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY, PERFECT. AND, AND THE ART SHOW. MELISSA, ARE YOU ALREADY CHAMPIONING THAT? HER . OKAY. WE'LL DO IT. WE'LL GO. IT IS SOMEBODY, IS SOMEBODY GONNA, OH, SO OH, WE WANT AN ART SHOW TOO NEXT YEAR, HUH? UM, I THEN I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO HOST IT AT THE LIBRARY. WHAT? I WANNA HOST IT AT THE LIBRARY. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES AN ART SHOW PITCH. WELL, IT'S IN INSERT FOOT. I KNOW, RIGHT? . VERY SUBTLE PERSON. . SO IT'S CRUMMY. IT'S KIND OF A CRUMMY THING. SO, YES. UM, I'M WENDY KNAPP. I AM THE BRANCH MANAGER AT THE LIBRARY, AND I LOVED WORKING ON THE ART SHOW THIS YEAR WITH MELISSA. I THOUGHT YOU DID A GREAT JOB. HAVING AT THE SENIOR CENTER WAS WONDERFUL. UM, BUT, UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO GET ONE GOING AT THE LIBRARY THAT MAYBE BE A MONTH LONG THING. I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD DO JURIED. I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE THAT KIND OF SKILLSET IN MY BACKGROUND, BUT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE THINGS UP FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. AND, UM, YEAH, THAT'S, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO ADD TO THAT. SO, SO YOU ARE THE LIBRARIAN HERE AT HUBER? YES. SO WE WOULD HAVE A CONNECTION YES. TO THAT LIBRARY, CHERYL. SO WOULD YOU PROPOSE LIKE, WE HAVE THE ART ON DISPLAY FOR LIKE A MONTH AND THEN HAVE A CON HAVE A THE JURY PART OF IT, SOMEBODY ELSE IS GONNA HAVE TO RUN. I DON'T HAVE THE SKILLSET FOR HOW TO DO THAT PART OF IT, SO [01:05:01] I SEE. UM, I MEAN, LIKE, COULD WE, COULD WE LIKE, LEAD UP TO OUR ART SHOW OR, UM, OR HAVE OUR SHOW AND THEN LEAVE THE ART UP? YES. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . MM-HMM . LIKE IF WE COULD DO IT LIKE IN THE EVENING, KEEP THE LIBRARY OPEN. GO AHEAD. THAT'S WHAT WE USED TO DO IN HOUSTON OR IN WHERE WE WOULD HAVE THE SHOW KICKOFF IN THE LIBRARY. MM-HMM . IN A SPECIAL ROOM AND IT WOULD BE UP FOR TWO WEEKS. TROUBLE IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE GO SIT WITH THE ART, MAKE SURE SOMEBODY DIDN'T GO IN THERE AND MESS WITH IT. BUT IF YOU'RE, YOU GOT EMPLOYEES RIGHT THERE MM-HMM . BUT THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD DO. WE'D HAVE A KICKOFF THING WITH FOOD LIKE WE DID, AND THE ART WOULD STAY UP. I MEAN, THAT WAS A LOT. WE DID IN 24 HOURS THIS LAST TIME. CAN I PIGGYBACK, CAN I PIGGYBACK? I, I JUST HAD SOMETHING FLASH INTO MY, MY, UH, MY, UH, POP INTO MY HEAD, BUT PERHAPS THAT WE CAN, WE COULD EXPAND THIS AND DO A, UM, JAZZ AND ARTS FESTIVAL. NOW HERE'S WHAT I PROPEL, I WANNA PIGGYBACK WITH YOU THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE HERE'S HOW IT WOULD RUN. YOU BASICALLY WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE A VENUE THAT WE WOULD HAVE, WE HAVE EVERY SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE WHOLE AREA HAS A JAZZ BAND BRING THEM TOGETHER TO HAVE JAZZ PERFORMANCES. THE DAY RIGHT NEXT DOOR, WHEREVER THAT VENUE IS, IS THE ART. THEN WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, THE ART GOES WHEREVER IT'S GOING TO GO. AND I GUARANTEE IF YOU HAVE A JAZZ FEST, YOU WILL GET EVERY SINGLE PARENT FROM EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT COME AND LISTEN TO THEIR, I MEAN, THEY WILL. I MEAN, WE, I'VE, WE, WE HAVE 'EM BACK MY OLD HOME AND THEY, THEY JUST PACK THE AUDITORIUMS. I NEVER DECIDED WHEN YOU HEARD THAT. I HAVE A PIANO AT THE LIBRARY. YES. YEAH, THEY DO. CRAP . IT'S A GRAND, ISN'T IT? AND I'M, IT IS, IT IS A BABY GRAND PIANO. AND I HAVE WORKED WITH LOCAL PIANO TEACHERS TO BRING IN THEIR RECITALS, AND I WOULD LOVE TO DO MORE WITH THE PIANO. SO, BUT I CAN'T AFFORD TO DO MORE. SO I GREW UP IN BEAVER CREEK AND EVERY YEAR WE HAD THE WEEKEND OF JAZZ WAS A THING THAT THE SCHOOL PUT ON AT THE, THE SCHOOL'S AUDITORIUM. AND IT BROUGHT IN A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND THERE WERE LIKE BANNERS THROUGH THE CITY FOR LIKE A WEEK LEADING UP TO IT. AND ALL THE ALUMNI WHO WERE IN BAND, NOT ALL, A LOT OF THE ALUMNI WHO WERE IN BAND WILL SHOW BACK UP BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GO TO THE WEEKEND OF JAZZ AND SEE THOSE PERFORMANCES AGAIN. AND THEY USUALLY HAVE OTHER JAZZ MUSICIANS FROM THE AREA, PEOPLE THAT PEOPLE KNOW COME, COME AND PERFORM AS WELL. THIS, I DON'T WANT TO ADD COMPLEXITY, SO, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE, UM, DIVERSITY RELATED COMMISSION OFTEN HAS A JAZZ OR A JUST FOCUSED EVENT. AND SO IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD COORDINATE THAT WITH ANOTHER COMMISSION. MM-HMM. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . LOVE A COLLAB NOW THAT ADDS COMPLEXITY. MM-HMM . SO, YOU KNOW, JUST TAKE THAT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON, UH, THE ART SHOW? I WILL SAY, UM, I, I'M A YES AND PERSON AND I KIND OF WANNA YES. AND THIS, BUT I REALLY LOVED HAVING IT AT THE SENIOR CENTER BECAUSE I THINK THE SENIOR CENTER IS, IN SOME WAYS, MAYBE UNLESS YOU'RE IN THAT COHORT, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A WHAT A JEWEL THAT IS HERE IN HUBER. AND I HAD, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PULL ME ASIDE AND JUST SAY THAT THEY LOVE THAT WE DROVE AWARENESS OF THE SENIOR CENTER. UM, SO IF WE DID THIS AT THE LIBRARY, YOU COULD HAVE A, THE WINNERS DISPLAYED AT THE LIBRARY. YEAH, MAYBE THAT'S, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. FOR A MONTH AFTER. YEAH. YEAH. MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. UH, YEAH. I THAT I'M LOOKING FOR A BOTH AND LIKE, HAVE EVERYBODY IN THE POOL AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND THEN THE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE INSTALL THEM AT THE LIBRARY, THE WINNERS OR SOMETHING. MM-HMM. BUT THEN HOW DO YOU HAVE THE JAZZ ELEMENT? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BRING ALL THE, ALL OF IT TOGETHER, BUT I DO, I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO LOSE THE SENIOR CENTER. SO IF THE ART SHOW WERE TO TAKE PLACE AT THE SENIOR CENTER, EEL BERG, EEL BERGER CENTER AT THE END, EEL BERG COULD HOST A JAZZ BAND, COULD PERFORMANCE, AND THEN THE ART BE MOVED TO THE LIBRARY FOR LONG-TERM DISPLAY. EXACTLY. MM-HMM . BECAUSE THAT IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR. . YEAH. YOU, AND WE COULD HAVE SOME FOOD TRUCKS OR SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE WALKING IN AND OUT. MM-HMM . I LIKE THAT TOO. I, I THINK THAT IF STARTING AT A FESTIVAL, IF YOU, AGAIN, IF YOU BRING, THIS IS WHAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE, IF YOU BRING KIDS THAT ARE PERFORMING, PEOPLE COME, THEY WILL COME, THEIR PARENTS WILL COME, THEIR FAMILIES WILL COME. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT THE ART WOULD BE SECOND. [01:10:01] THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. BUT WHAT IT WOULD DO, IT, IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE THAT, OH, THERE'S ART HERE TOO. YOU KNOW? SO, AND THEN IF WE DID WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WHERE WE MADE SURE THAT WE GOT THE HIGH SCHOOLS INVOLVED WITH THE ART, NOW YOU'VE GOT A FULL, NOW YOU'VE GOT A, A REALLY BIG DAY OF ART MUSIC. AND I THINK IT COULD BE SOMETHING SPECIAL. I WOULD, SO ONE OF THE, UM, PITFALLS THIS YEAR OF THE ART SHOW WAS THAT NOT A LOT OF KIDS PARTICIPATED. RIGHT. AND I'D SAY GETTING THE BAND, IF YOU GET THE BAND INVOLVED, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH THE BAND PROGRAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. MORE PEOPLE ARE GONNA KNOW ABOUT THE ART CONTEST AS WELL AND AREN'T GONNA BE MORE LIKELY TO SUBMIT STUFF. OKAY. SO, A, THEY COMMISSION USED TO FUND, THEY RECEIVED A GRANT TO FUND A SCHOLARSHIP FOR THROUGH THE DAYTON FOUNDATION. AND WE HAVE SINCE RUN THAT FUND DRY FOR THE ART SHOW. BUT IF ONE OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS, THE NUTCRACKERS OR THE POTS, UM, GROSSED A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY ON TOP OF WHAT IT TOOK TO FABRICATE FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY REFUND YOUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TOO. OKAY. SO AN ART SHOW PITCH THAT WE EXPAND IT, AND PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT I, I CAPTURE ALL OF THE, THE YES ANDS HAVE IT AT THE SENIOR CENTER. LEVERAGE EEL BERGER INCLUDE A JAZZ OR BAND, UH, FESTIVAL ALL DAY. THE WINNING ART WOULD THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE DISPLAYED AT THE LIBRARY FOR A MONTH, AND THUS DRIVE MORE ATTENDANCE AND AWARENESS AT THE LIBRARY, OR SIMPLY HAVE THE EVENT AT THE LIBRARY SINCE THERE IS A BABY GRAND PIANO THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE RECOGNIZE OUR NEW MEMBER SHADAY. SO I HAVE A FEW, 'CAUSE MY MIND STARTED REELING. OKAY. I ACTUALLY DON'T LIKE PUBLIC SPEAKING EITHER. SO, UM, THE FIRST ONE I HAD WAS WITH RELATION TO THE GUARD BEAUTIFICATION, UM, OH, AND I'M TODAY HEDGE COTH, FORGOT TO SAY THAT. UM, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THEIR GUARDS. AND SO I WAS THINKING OF HAVING LIKE A NOMINATION FORUM FOR MEMBERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT NEED HELP WITH THEIR YARDS AND PARTNERING WITH A LOCAL LANDSCAPING COMPANY TO HELP HELP BEAUTIFY THEIR YARDS. AND IT, IT BEAUTIFIES THE CITY AT THE SAME TIME, SO IT HELPS THE, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE YARDS. AND THAT'S THE FIRST IDEA. IT'S KIND OF QUICK, BUT, OKAY. LET'S, LET'S PAUSE THERE. SO THE, UH, THE PITCH IS TO, UH, FIND, TO WORK WITH SOME, A LAWN COMPANY OR COMPANIES, FIND PEOPLE WHO, UH, NEED HELP CLEANING AND BEAUTIFYING THEIR LAWN AND, AND CONNECT THOSE RESOURCES AND HELP DRIVE SOME, SOME CLEANUP OF SOME CHALLENGING SLOTS. YES. ANY COMMENTS OR BUILDS ON THAT? I'LL NOTE LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID THIS, THIS WASN'T, I DIDN'T MAKE THE SAME PITCH, BUT A FRIEND OF MINE WHO KNEW THAT I WAS ON THIS COMMISSION TOLD ME THAT IDEA AND I PITCHED IT ON HIS BEHALF. BUT LIKE, AS A, AS AN ASIDE, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE IT'S BEEN, IT'S COME UP BEFORE. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CELEBRATE. AND I'VE ALSO SEEN ON FACEBOOK, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THOSE YELLOW SIGNS THAT SAY LIKE, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR YARD. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE TALK ON FACEBOOK ABOUT LIKE, HOW COULD WE, INSTEAD OF HUMILIATE THEM, DO SOMETHING TO HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE USUALLY THAT THE, THE PROBLEM THERE IS, IS LACK OF RESOURCES OR, OR ACCESSIBILITY, THEY CAN'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE YARD. MM-HMM . I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF THE GINGERBREAD MAN DID CREATE ANY FUNDS IN THE, THE WINTER THAT IT WOULD GO TOWARD SOME SORT OF, UH, YARD CLEANUP KIND OF THING IF WE GENERATED ANYTHING. BUT THAT'S JUST ME. UM, I WOULD SAY IT'S FREE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE COMPANY TOO, FOR THE LOCAL AREA. SO FOR THEM IT WOULD BE FREE GIVING IT FREE, UM, ASSISTANCE TO THE MEMBERS OR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UM, BUT THEN GIVING FREE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THEMSELVES. SO IT'S A WIN-WIN. SARAH AND THEN CHERYL, UM, YARD SERVICE IS EXPENSIVE AND I, I WOULD DISAGREE THAT MANY YARD COMPANIES WOULD DO IT JUST FOR THEIR ADVERTISEMENT DURING THEIR BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR. MM-HMM . PERHAPS IF THEY ALREADY HAD SEVERAL HOUSES ON THAT STREET OR THEY LIVE NEARBY OR SOMETHING OUTTA THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEARTS. BUT, UM, [01:15:01] I COULD SEE NEEDING TO FIND A VOLUNTEER CORE TO ACTUALLY EXECUTE REGULAR MAINTENANCE OF PEOPLE'S LAWNS. UM, AND SO I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT THING. IF, IF THE CITY HAD LIKE A MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION WITH A BUNCH OF CHURCHES THAT GOT TOGETHER AND THEN THEY COULD ACTIVATE TEAMS TO DO THINGS AND RECRUIT OTHER VOLUNTEERS, UM, I THINK THAT COULD BE UP THEIR ALLEY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A LABOR INTENSIVE, UM, PROJECT. I THINK IT'S GREAT AND REALLY ADMIRABLE, BUT I DON'T KNOW, GOING LIKE THE YARD COMPANY ROUTE, I GUESS I'M JUST NOT A BELIEVER ON THAT FRONT YET. BUT I PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT. CHERYL'S NEXT. I HAD MY HAND UP. I WAS CHERYL'S NEXT. I I'M SAYING, YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST THAT MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY FOR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT NEED COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS. IF WE COULD RECRUIT KIND OF A VOLUNTEER CREW FROM THERE. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD NEED KIND OF A, SOME KIND OF ADULT SUPERVISION OR EQUIPMENT DONATED. I MEAN, LIKE, I HAVE TWO ELECTRIC MOWERS BETWEEN MY DAUGHTER AND I THAT ALL WE GOTTA DO IS CHARGE THE BATTERIES. I'LL GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, LOAN THEM THE MOWER TO, TO MOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO MAYBE WE COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS MIGHT NEED COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS AND THEY WOULD PROBABLY RATHER MOW A LAWN THAN SIT AT THE FARMER'S MARKET OR ALL THE OTHER FUN THINGS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY DO ANYWAY. JOE. OH, MASON HAVE MY HAND UP. . UM, I, I THOUGHT I HAD, WHILE SARAH WAS TALKING, IS THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT A GARDEN CLUB COULD POTENTIALLY ORGANIZE. YOU MENTIONED GARDEN CLUB HAVING A, A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE INTO HORTICULTURE TO GET TOGETHER TO HELP PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW. AND I'VE RECENTLY, BECAUSE I'VE RUN OUT OF SPACE IN MY LITTLE, UH, CONDO, FLOWER BED, I STARTED HELPING MY NEIGHBOR PUT THEIRS TOGETHER AND, AND I GOT ROPED INTO DOING SOME OTHER LANDSCAPING AROUND MY, MY COMPLEX. SO THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE REALLY INTERESTED IN GARDENING, BUT PLANTS ARE EXPENSIVE AND I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH YARD. IF I CAN DO GARDENING FOR SOMEONE ELSE, I'LL BE HAP HAPPY TO GARDEN FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. UH, AND SO HAVING A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION, A VOLUNTEER CORE LIKE YOU WERE SAYING TO DO THAT, AND THEN I KNOW, UM, LIKE LOWE'S FOR EXAMPLE, IS VERY, THE LOCAL LOWE'S IS VERY PHILANTHROPIC. THEY'LL DONATE STUFF ALL THE TIME TO, TO LOCAL GROUPS THAT ARE DOING PROJECTS. UM, I KNOW LOWE'S WOULD ALWAYS, WHEN I DID LIKE MY EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT, THEY GAVE US FLOWERS. 'CAUSE MINE WAS A, A YARD BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT FOR THE SCHOOL. UM, OR LOCAL NURSERIES. I'M SURE THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS WHO MAYBE DON'T WANT TO PAY LABOR COSTS. 'CAUSE THAT IS A LOT TO HIRE LANDSCAPERS AND FOR THE LANDSCAPERS THAT THEY HIRE TO DO WELL WITH WHEN THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID VERY MUCH. UM, WHEN HAVING VOLUNTEERS AND THEN GETTING THE RESOURCES FROM LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT, I THINK COULD BE A WAY TO GO WITH THAT. I LOVE THE IDEA, BUT I DO WANNA BRING UP THE FACT THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT A LEGAL LIABILITY HERE. UM, IF YOU ARE STEPPING ONTO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, AND THEY WOULD GET HURT. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I I, I, I COULD SEE MOM AND DAD SUING THE HOMEOWNER, SUING THE PEOPLE THAT SENT THEM SUING THE CITY. I WOULD, I WOULD REALLY CAUTION AGAINST SENDING KIDS BECAUSE I THINK WE ASSUME, I'M NOT SURE WHAT RESPONSIBILITY WE WOULD ASSUME IF WE HAD VOLUNTEERS GO OUT THAT WE'RE ADULTS. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD, IT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT I WOULD REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN'T GET IN TROUBLE IF SOMEBODY GETS HURT. WHO'S THAT ON? IF THEY GO OUT THERE AND GET HURT? WELL, I'M VOLUNTEERING. I GOT HURT, BUT I'M VOLUNTEERING FOR YOU GUYS. YOU, SO WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? I I WOULD SAY THAT IF, EXCUSE ME, IF THE HOMEOWNER WANTS THEIR LAWN MOW, THEY CAN SIGN A WAIVER. MM-HMM . YOU CAN'T SIGN A WAIVER. UM, ARE YOU A CHILD'S YOU CAN'T SIGN A WITNESS FOR? YEAH. IT GETS REALLY IFFY WITH A AND THEN THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON IT IS LIKE TWO YEARS PAST THE AGE OF MAJORITY. SO IT'S, THEY HAVE YEARS TO COME BACK. UM, SO LIABILITY WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY SCREEN FOR IN ANYTHING YOU GUYS WANNA DO AS WELL AS ENSURING NUTCRACKERS AND ALL OF THAT. SO, UM, IF YOU WANT TO CHAMPION SOMETHING, DON'T LET THE THOUGHT OF THAT SCARE YOU. I CAN ALWAYS GET MORE INFO ON IT. YEAH. I WOULD ASSUME THAT, UM, IT WOULDN'T BE ANY MORE OF A LIABILITY THAN HIRING A KID THAT LIVES NEXT DOOR TO YOU TO COME OVER AND MOW YOUR, I THINK IT'S MORE JUST THAT THE CITY WOULD BE ASSUMING SOME OF THAT LIABILITY BY SEEING THE CONNECTOR. AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SUE THE CITY AND THE CITY HAS MEANS TO PAY [01:20:01] A YEAH. THE DEEP POCKET THEORY. THERE'S DEEP POCKETS THERE, RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA SOLVE EVERY PIECE OF THESE PITCHED, UM, I, AGAIN, HEARING SOME COMMON THEMES IS CHAMPIONING A GARDEN CLUB WHOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, MISSION IS NOT ONLY TO DO X OR Y BUT ALSO TO MAYBE BE A RESOURCE FOR, IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANNA TAKE ON OR DO WE WANT TO, AS A COMMISSION, TAKE THAT ON OURSELVES? SO THAT IS EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP. IT'S, IT'S A PIECE OF A NUMBER OF THESE IDEAS AND IT'S HONESTLY, UH, ONE THAT I, I DIDN'T THINK OF. SO, SO THANK YOU. AND I WILL SAY ALSO THAT, UM, A LOT OF LANDSCAPE COMPANIES WILL DO YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON TOP OF THAT. SO THEY MAKE REVENUE OFF OF FILMING THEMSELVES, DOING PEOPLE'S HOUSES. OKAY. SO IT'S KP SOURCE INCOME FOR THEM AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHY THEY DO IT A LOT. SO THANK YOU. SO YOU SAID YOU HAD A, A SECOND ONE. YEAH, IT'S ANOTHER CRAZY ONE. I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU GUYS CRAZY ONE. OH, CRAZY ONES. YAY. WE LOVE THE CRAZIES. OKAY. UM, SO I KNOW IN THE SCHOOLS, WELL ONE, WE DIDN'T PASS THE LEVY, SO I KNOW A LOT OF THE FUNDING TENDS TO GO TOWARDS CERTAIN THINGS AND ARTS IS GENERALLY THE LAST PIECE THAT THEY WORRY ABOUT. UM, I KNOW THAT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAD A BAND AND MY SON WAS A PART OF IT, THE SIXTH GRADE BAND. AND I KNOW THAT THEY WERE POSSIBLY NOT GONNA HAVE THAT. AND IT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR MY SON. UM, AND ALSO I, MY, UM, SON'S, UH, GIRLFRIEND IS PART OF THE MARCHING BAND AND SO SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE PROBABLY CAN'T AFFORD TO GO TO FLORIDA. AND SO IF WE WERE TO HAVE A GRANT OR A SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE LOCAL STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THOSE KIND OF ITEMS, LIKE BEING ABLE TO GET THEIR, UM, INSTRUMENTS OR GOING TO FLORIDA. UM, AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, DO, DO, DO IF WE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, FUNDRAISE MONEY. I HAD TWO CRAZY IDEAS OF DOING EITHER LIKE A TALENT SHOW FOR THE CITY, I'M NOT SURE IF WE DO THAT YET. OR DOING A COMMUNITY THEATER, UM, PERFORMANCE ONCE A YEAR. UM, AND GETTING THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED, ADULTS, CHILDREN SO THAT WE CAN ENJOY AND SELL TICKETS AND GET SPONSORS WITH THE LOCAL, UM, BUSINESSES. UM, I DID SEE THAT SPOTLIGHT. I FORGOT, LEMME SAY THE NAME. SPOTLIGHT COMMUNITY THEATER IS BY THE SENIOR OR IT USED TO BE THE SENIOR CENTER. UM, AND THEY JUST OPENED UP. I NEVER REALLY HEARD OF 'EM, SO I WAS LIKE, OH, THEY PARTNERED WITH THEM 'CAUSE THEY HAD KIDS THAT ARE FROM THIRD TO EIGHTH GRADE, THEY'RE DOING DR. DR. SEUSICAL. UM, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO, ONE, RAISE MONEY FOR US. TWO, HAVE SOME ARTS WITHIN THE CITY, UM, AND THREE MORE EXPOSURE AND JUST, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA. SO THAT'S MY, UH, RESTATE TO MAKE SURE I CAPTURE IT. THAT, UM, THE, THE PITCH IS THAT THIS BOARD TAKE ON A FUNDRAISING EFFORT TO RAISE MONEY TO SUPPORT, UH, BAND, WHETHER SIXTH GRADE BAND, MARCHING BAND OR INSTRUMENT PURCHASE FOR STUDENTS HERE IN HUBER. AND, UH, WE COULD DO THAT THROUGH THE EVENT BEING A TALENT SHOW OR COMMUNITY THEATER, BUT SPECIFICALLY AS A FUNDRAISING PIECE TO FUND THE MUSICAL ARTS AT OUR SCHOOLS HERE IN HUBER. YES. DISCUSS. SO I'LL ADD I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PERFORMING ARTS THAT WE COULD ADD INTO THAT TOO. THERE'S ALL SORTS OF LIKE, OH YEAH, DEFINITELY. SUMMER CAMPS AT THE SCHUSTER CENTER. UH, ALL ALL THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART CAMPS AND PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE. AND HAVING A SCHOLARSHIP TO HELP KIDS GET INTO THOSE, TO HELP FOSTER THE ARTS IS, IS I THINK TOTALLY IN LINE WITH OUR MISSION. MM-HMM . UM, AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T WANNA, I'LL SAY I, I THINK THE, THE SCHOOL, THE ART COMMUNITY WITHIN THE SCHOOL I THINK WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PUTTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOGETHER. UH, HAVING, LIKE I'VE SUGGESTED BEFORE 'CAUSE WE HAVE REGULAR, I'M A TEACHER. I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T INTRODUCED MY, MYSELF. MY SON HAD YOU . OH, REALLY? OKAY. . UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER. , UH, HAVING THE ART TEACHERS AND THE BAND TEACHERS AND THE CHOIR TEACHERS AND THE THEATER DIRECTORS ALL COME TOGETHER AND, AND PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER. THERE IS A, A HIGH SCHOOL TALENT SHOW THAT EXISTS MM-HMM . BUT SOMETHING THAT I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE TO MY, MY COLLEAGUES IS THAT THERE'S NO TEACHER TALENT SHOW AND THERE'S NO ADULT TALENT SHOW. SO IF I WANTED TO GET UP AND, YOU KNOW, SING TO A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE, I DON'T GET THAT OPPORTUNITY AS AN ADULT ANYMORE. UH, AND SO HAVING THE, THE ART COMMUNITY, IF, IF WE CAN GET A GROUP OF THE ART, THE ART COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO PUT THAT TOGETHER, I THINK WOULD BE A, A BENEFICIAL THING. I WOULD SAY SOMETHING, UH, FOR THIS AND FOR THAT, THAT IDEA OF LIKE A GARDEN CLUB, LIKE GARDENING ANGELS IS LIKE A SIMILAR IDEA THAT THAT'S COME UP BEFORE. UM, [01:25:01] I, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE HARD TO ORGANIZE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE BOARD, BUT SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS MM-HMM . WOULD BE MY, MY THOUGHTS ON THAT. I MEAN, IT'S NO HARDER THAN CREATING THE ARTS LEAGUE THAT WE, WE FELT LIKE NEEDED TO HAPPEN. THAT, YOU KNOW, MELISSA MADE SOME STRIDES TOWARD AT OUR ART SHOW THIS YEAR. IT'S AGAIN, A POTENTIALLY A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT WHERE WE, IF IF WE REALLY BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY NEEDS IT, WE CAN INCUBATE IT. WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO OWN IT. THAT, THAT WAS EXACTLY MY THOUGHT. BECAUSE THE ART GUILD IS NOT, IT'S NOT A SUBCOMMITTEE OF OUR COMMISSION, IT'S SOMETHING THAT A MEMBER OF THE BOARD IS CHAMPION CHAMPIONING. AND THAT, AND THAT'S MY THOUGHT WITH THESE IS THAT I THINK SOMETHING WE COULD SPONSOR, BUT MM-HMM . WE DON'T HAVE TO ALL WORK ON IT, YOU KNOW, , UM, IF THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO RAISE THE MONEY TO START THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND MM-HMM . AND THE SCHOOL ALREADY HAS PEOPLE INTERESTED IN LIKE A TALENT SHOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND, AND THAT WASN'T YOUR BABY ANYWAY. YOUR BABY WAS THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND. MM-HMM . UM, I THINK THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OF LIKE SELLING THE THINGS TO THE BUSINESSES, SPONSORSHIPS THROUGH THE BUSINESSES, EVEN POTENTIALLY REVENUES FROM, UM, VENDORS AT THE JAZZ AND ART FESTIVAL AND STUFF LIKE THAT COULD PERHAPS BE EARMARKED. UM, AS LONG AS YOU'RE GROSSING MORE THAN YOU'RE SPENDING MM-HMM . THEN UM, IT DOES TAKE AN ACT OF COUNSEL TO DONATE MONEY LIKE THAT. BUT I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY WILLING TO DO SO IF YOU GUYS ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE MONEY FOR MM-HMM . MM-HMM . OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE DOING FUNDRAISING AND WHATEVER PROJECTS WE'RE DOING, MONEY THAT WE TAKE IN A PORTION OF THE MONEY THAT WE TAKE IN. WHEN WE CREATE OUR BUDGET, WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS MUCH EXTRA MONEY AND THEN SPEND THAT MONEY ON A SCHOLARSHIP. WOULD WE THEN TAKE IN APPLICANTS AND VOTE AS A BOARD ON WHAT THAT SCHOLARSHIP IS AND WHO IT GOES TO? JUST THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO ALSO CONSIDER WHEN DEALING WITH MONEY. PEOPLE ARE GONNA NOT WANNA KNOW HOW WE DECIDED WHO IT GOES TO AND THAT KIND OF THING. MM-HMM . YEAH. IT WOULD. AND SO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCHOLARSHIP IS BASICALLY A PROGRAM IN ITSELF THAT YOU'D HAVE TO MM-HMM . ABSOLUTELY. AND IT ALSO LOOKS GOOD BECAUSE THEN AT ANY OF THESE THINGS PROCEEDS HELP BENEFIT MM-HMM . MM-HMM . WHATEVER. AND WE'RE CALLING IT A SCHOLARSHIP, BUT THERE ARE STRICT REGULATIONS AROUND LIKE COLLEGIATE SCHOLARSHIPS, WHICH IS WHY THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY CHOSE TO GO THROUGH THE DAYTON FOUNDATION VERSUS THIS WOULD BE LIKE A CLOSE THE GAP KIND OF FUND. MM-HMM . A FUND OR A GRANT EVEN KIND OF THING. YEAH. BUT YES. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD IDEAS. AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT. THAT'S THE BEST PART. ANY OTHERS? I HAD ANOTHER THOUGHT, BUT I DON'T WANNA STAND UP FOR IT. UH, THE YARD BEAUTIFICATION THEN. NO, YOU CAN'T SAY IT. UH, POINT OF ORDER. I WOULD ASK THE CHAIR TO MAKE HIM SAY NO. . SINCE WHEN HAVE WE CARED ABOUT ROBERT? OKAY. UH, . UM, DO YOU WANT ME TO STAND UP? NO, YOU'RE FINE. UM, I THINK WE KIND OF GLAZED OVER THE YARD BEAUTIFICATION. WE SAID YEAH, WE'RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. WE TALKED ABOUT THE ART BE THE, THE ARTIFICATION THE ART SHOW AND WAYS WE CAN EXPAND ON IT. I HAD AN IDEA FOR EXPANSION ON YARD BEAUTIFICATION. WE HAVE THIS THAT GOES THROUGH THE SUMMER AND PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT. I THINK NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT. AND WE CAN PUSH IT MORE WHEN WE'RE DOING THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE DOING. I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH TIME BETWEEN THE END OF THE YARD BEAUTIFICATION AND THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT SEASON. PEOPLE KIND OF FORGET ABOUT IT. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO I TELL EVERY YEAR THAT THIS IS A THING AND LIKE THREE DAYS AGO HE SAID, HEY, WHEN DO I NEED TO SUBMIT BY? AND I SAID, OH, NOW, NOW . UH, AND HE SAID, OH, AND THEN HE, HE DIDN'T HAVE HIS YARD READY YET. HE, HE DIDN'T DO THE TRADITIONAL, YOU KNOW, STARTUP MOTHER'S DAY AND GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND, AND HAVE IT READY FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. I THINK HAVING A CHRISTMAS TIME YARD BEAUTIFICATION KEEPS PEOPLE KNOWING ABOUT IT. AND BY THAT I MEAN LIGHT DISPLAYS. WELL, THEY, WE DO HAVE HAVE LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS. YEAH. THE CITY DOES THAT. RIGHT. BUT WE DON'T HAVE A BEAUTIFICATION AWARD FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DO LIGHTS. RIGHT. THE CITY HIGHLIGHTS THE, THE LIGHTS THROUGHOUT, BUT WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THEM. CORRECT. IT'S JUST A THING. WELL, I WANTED TO THROW OUT AS LIKE A, WE COULD JUST EXPAND THE YARD BEAUTIFICATION TO GO INTO THE WINTERTIME IF THAT'S, THERE'S A PITCH THAT INCLUDES THE EXPANSION OF YARD BEAUTIFICATION AS A SECONDARY NOMINATION TIME FOR HOLIDAY LIGHT DECORATIONS, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD, UH, DO IN ADDITION TO, OR SEPARATE FROM LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS IS ADMINISTERED BY A LOCAL NONPROFIT. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. THUS CLOSES OUR PITCH SESSION. [01:30:01] WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT IS I WILL, YOU KNOW, TAKE MY NOTES, WE'LL HAVE THE, THE NOTES FROM THE MEETING AND NEXT MEETING WE WILL MAKE SOME HARD CHOICES. HERE'S THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA PUT OUR VOLUNTEER HOURS TOWARD IN 2027. HERE'S THE THINGS THAT WE SAY, OH, WE REALLY WANT THIS FOR 28, UM, BUT WE NEED A LONGER RUNWAY OR WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE, OR WE WANT TO SEE THIS IDEA AND THIS IDEA COME TOGETHER AND THEN MAYBE BUILD SOMETHING ELSE. SO THIS IS, UH, THE PLACE FROM WHICH WE WOULD GROW. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ENGAGING IN MY CRAZY IDEAS. ALRIGHT. UM, ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OTHER THAN PLEASE, UH, IF YOU HAVE VOLUNTEER TIME, TALK TO SARA FORCEY. THANK CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING FOR THE STAR-SPANGLED HEIGHTS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONS? A TIME CAPSULE. AH, IT'S GONNA BE AT THE STAR-SPANGLED HEIGHTS. IF YOU WANNA SEE IT BEFORE IT GOES IN THE DIRT, YOU HAVE TWO CHANCES AT THE STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS. AND THEN AGAIN JULY 18TH AT THE LONGEST TABLE WHERE IT'S GONNA BE PUT INTO THE GROUND AND THEN NO ONE WILL SEE IT FOR 50 YEARS. UH, SO IF YOU WANNA SEE IT COME OUT, SEE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S TABLE. UM, I SAID I WAS ONLY TAKING THINGS THROUGH JULY 1ST. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE NOMINATION CLOSES ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, IF THAT'S SOMETHING. UM, BUT LIKE, WE'VE ONLY GOT LIKE FIVE NOMINATIONS, BUT I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY, OH YEAH, I WANNA MAKE A CONTRIBUTION, I WANNA MAKE A CON, BUT I'VE KIND OF BEEN TELLING THEM HAVE TO DO IT BY JULY 4TH. I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE, I HAD PUT ON THE WEBSITE AND IN FACEBOOK THAT I WANTED THE NOMINATIONS BY JULY 1ST SO THAT I COULD GATHER THE THINGS BY JULY 4TH, BUT THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY GOING INTO THE GROUND UNTIL JULY 18TH. SO IF YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD IDEA FOR SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE INTO THE TIME CAPSULE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY TO, TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE THINGS. I I STILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROPERLY PUT IT IN THE PLASTIC AND EVERYTHING AND, AND PUT IT INTO THE TIME CAPSULE. SO YOU CAN'T SHOW UP AT THE LONGEST TABLE AND SAY, HEY, THROW THAT IN THERE. 'CAUSE ONCE I CLOSE IT, IT'S CLOSED. UH, BUT IF YOU HAVE GREAT IDEAS, GIMME STUFF. ARE YOU THE ONE THAT EMAILED ME? YES. OKAY. UM, THE, THEY ARE DONATING A PATCH. AWESOME. I'LL HAVE THE PICTURE EMAILED TO YOU TOMORROW AND I WILL FIND A WAY TO GET YOU THE PATCH. SOUNDS GOOD. YOU CAN AT THE STAR HEIGHTS IF YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE OR WE'RE, WE'RE GOING, UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE LEAVING GOING BACK HOME FOR THE WEEKEND. SO, AND THAT ALSO WANTED ME LEAD, THEY, UM, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ASK THE SCOUTS TO PARK CARS AND, UH, THAT WAS ME. OKAY. THE, THE REASON THEY CAN'T, THE REASON THEY CAN'T IS THE SAME TIME AS THE PARADE THAT'S NOT NO, IT'S AFTERWARDS. THE, THE, THE ACTUAL WELL THIS IS, YOU'RE RIGHT. OKAY. BECAUSE I DID SAY 10 TO, I DID SAY TEND TO WELL YESTERDAY AND THEY SAID THEY WERE MARCHING AT THAT TIME. OH, OKAY. YEAH. BUT I KNOW THEY'RE DOING THE KELLER GUARD. I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA DO THE COLOR GUARD. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE WE GO. . I DON'T WANNA TAKE A FORTH TIME. THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT WAS ME THAT SENT THAT. ALL RIGHT. UH, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOUGH THE RICHNESS OF THIS, UH, COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT CONNECTIONS TO SO MANY OF OUR CITY ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT IS, UH, WE ARE A VERY, VERY LUCKY COMMISSION WITH THAT. SO, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY. VOLUNTEERS. AND I WOULD, I LIKE TO THROW IT OUT THERE. I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THINGS ON FACEBOOK. I WOULD SAY TO THOSE COMPLAINERS, LET'S GET OFF THE SOFA COUCH, ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES, GET INVOLVED. THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU SPENT DRAFTING, THEY'RE POORLY WORDED, GRAMMATICALLY INCORRECT. BAD SPELLING COMMENTS, YOU COULD COME HELP COME OUT AND HELP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S RIGHT. HEARD SOMEONE REFER TO THOSE AS SOMETHING POSITIVE INSTEAD OF NEGATIVE. SOMEONE REFERRED TO THAT BEHAVIOR AS HOBBYIST BEHAVIOR. UH, I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GO OUT, GET A HOBBY THAT'S GONNA BETTER THE COMMUNITY. GO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT TIME. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT, A GREAT MESSAGE. YEP. YOU CAN START SATURDAY MORNING AT SEVEN 15. RUNNING OF THE CRACKERS. GREAT FUN THING. GREG WILL BE THERE TO MEET YOU. . I WILL BE . HE DOESN'T ALWAYS SHOW UP ON TIME. . OH, I MEAN THIS IS JUST MY OWN OBSERVATION. . MOVING, MOVING FORWARD ON THE AGENDA, UH, YOU WERE PROVIDED MINUTES, BOTH UH, IN EMAIL AND IN HARD COPY AT TONIGHT'S UH, MEETING. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND OR ADJUSTMENTS TO WHAT THEY WERE, UH, WHAT THEY REVIEWED? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ALL, ALL READ THEM IN DEPTH. UM, MY NAME IS MISSPELLED THROUGHOUT. I HAVE TWO P'S. [01:35:01] THANK YOU. AND IS, SHOULD BOY SCOUTS BE CAPITALIZED? I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. TECHNICALLY SCOUTS BE, IT'S SCOUT, IT'S SCOUTS OF AMERICA. SCOUTING OF AMERICA NOW. PROBABLY, UH, NO MORE BOYS, NOT BOY SCOUTS. ANY OTHER CONCERNS OR CORRECTIONS? JUST MY NAME IN THE OPENING REMARKS JUST HAS A E AFTER THE D. THE G IT JUST TAKES OUT THE E. OH WE HEDGE BOARD. HEDGE BOARD. GOT IT. THAT'S IT. AWESOME. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS ADJUSTED MOVED? WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MINUTES APPROVED. OKAY. OUR NEXT MEETING IS JULY 20TH AND WE WILL BE HAVING A VISIT FROM OD AND R. SARAH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? UM, YES. SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CITY DID RECEIVE A GRANT TO HELP WITH THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE BRADFORD REPAIR STREET TREES AND ON PUBLIC PROPERTIES. UM, OUR FORESTERS WITH OD AND R WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF ADMINISTERING THAT GRANT AS WELL AS SETTING, HELPING US SET UP OUR TREE CITY USA TREE BOARD, UM, THEY ARE GONNA COME VISIT BOTH THE PARKS BOARD AND THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION BOARD. THEY HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ON EACH OF YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THAT GRANT PROCESS THUS FAR. AND KIND OF THE THINGS YOU WANTED TO CHAMPION. THEY KNOW A AND B REALLY WANTS TO SPEAK TO HOMEOWNERS AND, AND DISCUSS WHY AND COME UP WITH FUN WAYS TO, UM, GET PEOPLE ON BOARD OR INCENTIVIZE THEIR OWN REMOVAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND SO ACTUALLY THAT SOME OF THAT GRANT MONEY YOU RECEIVED, I BELIEVE CAN BE USED TO FACILITATE THAT SORT OF THING. SO, UM, THEY'RE GONNA SHARE WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES, WHAT THEY'VE SEEN OTHER COMMUNITIES DO. UM, THEY'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TREE BOARD IN CASE THAT'S ANOTHER BOARD OR COMMISSION SOMEBODY WANTED TO END UP SITTING ON AS IT'S FORMED. AND UM, IT SHOULD BE NOT TOO LONG, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT INFORMATIVE SESSION. AWESOME. UM, RELATED, DIDN'T WE HAVE A REACH OUT FROM THE BO SHFT? WEREN'T THEY GONNA COME TO A MEETING? THE BOONE SHAFT IS, UM, COMING TO THE SENIOR CENTER'S BOARD MEETINGS. OKAY, GREAT. MM-HMM. ALRIGHT, SO THEY'RE CONNECTED. OKAY. PERFECT. ANY OTHER BUSINESS? I WOULD NOTE WHEN WE DID OUR SHARK TANK, NOBODY SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THE BRADFORD PERIOD REMOVAL OR THE MURAL FOR NEXT YEAR? I DON'T THINK WE WANT A NEW MURAL. OKAY. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A NEW MURAL, BUT I'M SAYING WE DIDN'T, THOSE ARE INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE. WE DON'T HAVE TO LIKE RESET THAT. WE ARE STILL IN INTERESTED IN THOSE. NO, I THINK THEY HAVE LIKE FINITE ENDS. YEAH. AND THEY'RE BOTH STILL IN PROCESS. OKAY. COOL. GOOD CALL UP. ALL RIGHT. UH, SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? BE QUIET. MOTION CARRIED. WELL SECOND. * 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.