* 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. [ AGENDA ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road July 20, 2026 6:30 P.M. ] [00:00:05] IN THE COMMENTS OF, HEY, WHOA, THERE WE GO. WE'RE ALIVE. WE ARE NOW ALIVE. , THERE WILL BE A FLOOD OF COMMENTS THAT, UM, EXPLAIN THAT THE BAD BRADFORD P IS AN INVASIVE SPECIES. I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, THE MAJORITY OF CITIZENS KNOW. I ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN WE COMMIT, WHEN WE, UH, SAID TO THE CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR THAT THIS COMMISSION WOULD SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE, WE AGREED TO HAVE AN EVENT DO A THING. SO, UM, AN EVENT ONLY IF NECESSARY OR HOWEVER WE DO WANNA SUPPORT. BUT THAT IS MY EXPERIENCE. FELLOW COMMISSION MEMBERS. WHAT IS YOURS, CHERYL? UM, I VOLUNTEER AT THE MARKET EVERY WEEK. I DO NOT DO SOCIAL MEDIA, SO I'M NOT, UH, SUPER AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON ON FACEBOOK OR ANYTHING. BUT I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CITIZENS SAY, THAT'S THE BEST THING YOU GUYS HAVE EVER DONE. OH, OKAY, GOOD. SEE, THEY SAID GREAT, GREAT FEEDBACK. THEY'RE HORRIBLE TREES. THEY FALL, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY FALL OVER. THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT, THEY DON'T SMELL GOOD. THEY'RE POISONING. YOU KNOW, AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMENTS COMING MY WAY FROM JUST CITIZENS COMING TO THE MARKET THAT HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, UH, THE CITY'S REALLY DOING THIS ONE. RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD. I DO HAVE FLYERS AT THE MARKET THAT I PASS OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT, THAT THIS IS GOING ON. NOW WE HAVE NOT DONE AN ORGANIZED EVENT OR ANYTHING YET, SO MAYBE WE NEED TO GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU TO SEE HOW WE APPROACH THAT. BUT BEFORE WE GO THERE, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THIS COMMISSION? ANY OTHER EXPERIENCE YOU LOOK LIKE? YOU, YOU'RE, I, I, I WAS JUST GONNA, I PRINTED SEVERAL FLYERS AT THE LIBRARY AND THEY'RE ALL GONE, SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD. . COOL. SO, UH, SARAH, UH, SARAH FROM THE PARKS AND REC, UH, IS THERE ANYTHING FROM THE PARKS AND REC SIDE, IS THERE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL WE SHOULD, UH, SHARE WITH OUR ODNR GUEST? UM, NO, I CAN CATCH YOU UP A LITTLE BIT. I'VE MET WITH CATHERINE BEFORE, UM, AND JUST 'CAUSE SHE IS HELPING ADMINISTER THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TREE GRANT WE GOT. SO OF COURSE THERE'S RULES AND SPECIFICATIONS AND WE WANT THE FORESTERS TO GIVE US THE, UM, WHAT BEST PRACTICES TO ADMINISTER THAT MONEY. SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE, UM, HAD PUT UP SOME MATCHING FUNDS TO THAT AS WELL. SO IN ADDITION TO THE SMALL DISCRETIONARY MONEY THAT ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION WISH TO BUDGET, I THINK IT WAS AROUND 2,500 FOR T-SHIRTS OR A BARBECUE OR PICNIC OR SOME SORT OF, UM, ACTIVITY AROUND PROMOTING, UM, THIS GRANT. WE ALSO HAVE OUR MATCHING FUNDS WITHIN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT WE CAN USE AS WELL. SO THERE IS, UM, A LITTLE MORE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR ANY WORK THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO TAKE UP. ADVOCACY WISE. AN IDEA THAT HAD BEEN FLOATED WAS, DO WE OFFER, YOU KNOW, A GRANT OR, UM, A TREE LIMITED SPACES, HOW WOULD WE DETERMINE ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR ANY HOMEOWNERS WHO WISH TO REMOVE A BRADFORD PAIR, IF THEY REMOVE IT, UM, WOULD THEY, COULD WE PROVIDE THEM A TREE? AND THE ANSWER TO THAT ACTUALLY IS YES, WE CAN PROVIDE THEM A PROFESSIONALLY PLANTED TREE FROM OUR CONTRACTOR, A SPECIES FROM A LIST, BUT OF THEIR CHOOSING. UM, AND SO THAT COULD BE A ROUTE THAT WE COULD TAKE TO AS WE TRY AND GET LOCAL, UM, HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESSES TO ALSO REMOVE THEIR TREES. UM, IF THAT'S A ROUTE THAT THE COMMISSION WANTED TO TAKE OR IF THEY'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT ENTIRELY. I THINK CATHERINE CAN ALSO SPEAK TO THINGS SHE'S SEEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, MAYBE WORK FROM ADVOCACY STANDPOINTS FOR URBAN FORESTRY. MM-HMM . YEAH, YOU REALLY NAILED IT. UM, IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT YOUR COMMUNITY, PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS AND ARE ON THE SIDE OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, REMOVAL. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DON'T NEED TO DO A LOT OF LIKE SIGNAGE AND, UM, APPEASEMENT AT ALL. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AT THE FUN END OF COMMUNICATION. SO IF YOU WANTED TO DO A ONE DAY EVENT OF SOME SORT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE BRADFORD BUSTERS OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN COME UP WITH LIKE A, LIKE A, ALMOST LIKE A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT JUST BUILDS UP TO THAT EVENT AND THAT EVENT MAY ONLY HAPPEN ONCE OR TWICE OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, LIKE AN ANNUAL THING WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE KIND OF COME [00:05:01] TOGETHER AND, UH, TALK ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO BRADFORD PEARS AND, UM, MAYBE POLLINATORS AND, UH, TREES FOR BEES AS A SMALL PROGRAM IN OHIO THAT, UM, KNOWS A LOT ABOUT AND HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION ONLINE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALTERNATIVE TREES TO BRADFORD HARRIS THAT POLLINATORS WILL STILL BE ATTRACTED TO, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE'S CONCERNED ABOUT. UM, THE QR CODE THAT YOU GUYS USED IS GREAT. IT HAD, YOU KNOW, ALL GOOD SPECIES THAT I WOULD ALSO BACK UP AS, UM, STRONG CANDIDATES FOR THE REPLACEMENTS. UH, FOR THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS GRANT WE ARE GOING TO BE PLANTING, I THINK IT'S ABOUT FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT SPECIES OVERALL. BUT THE, THE ONES THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TAKEN UP THE BULK OF THE PROJECT ARE FRIENDLY TO POLLINATORS. THEY'RE GREAT FOR URBAN SOILS 'CAUSE URBAN SOILS ARE TOUGH TO LIVE IN. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, HATCHED OUT A, YOU KNOW, A, A STREET PLANTING DESIGN THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, REALLY SPECTACULAR SOMEDAY. AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT PEOPLE WILL SOMETIMES PUT A COMING SOON SIGN IN THOSE PLANTING AREAS AND THAT WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE. IT GETS 'EM EXCITED, IT GETS 'EM SUPPORTIVE. UM, AND IT JUST LETS 'EM KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU CAN EVEN PUT ON THOSE SIGNS THAT IT'S SUPPORTED BY A, YOU KNOW, A GRANT AND BY THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A SECRET. YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL STUFF YOU COULD, UM, SHARE WITH YOUR PEOPLE. UM, SO THERE'S THE PHYSICAL SIGNS THAT YOU STILL, YOU KNOW, COULD STILL UTILIZE. UM, THE PROGRAM FOR WHAT SARAH WAS CALLED IS KIND OF A BOUNTY PROGRAM. AND THOSE CAN BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE ALL THE PERSON OR THE HOMEOWNER HAS TO DO IS PROOF OF REMOVAL, LIKE A BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURE. AND I HAVE A, A FUN FLYER, YOU KNOW, THOSE OLD WESTERN WANTED POSTERS. YOU COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS A, ANOTHER COMMUNITY IN, UM, I WANT TO SAY IT'S IN THE MIDWEST AND YEAH, WEZELMAN WOODS PARK. AND IT CAN COINCIDE WITH THE PROGRAM DAY. IT COULD BE A, WE'RE COMING OUT TOGETHER WHILE THEY'RE IN BLOOM SO WE CAN IDENTIFY THEM EASIER AND WE'RE GONNA REMOVE A FEW AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PROPER WAY TO REMOVE THEM AS A, AS A COMMUNITY. AND THEN YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL LEAVE THAT DAY, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY YOU GET A FEW DOZEN TO COME. IT'S, YOU KNOW, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. AND THEN THEY'LL BE, YOU KNOW, ARMED WITH THE PROPER WAY TO REMOVE RIDE FOR REPAIRS AND REPLACE THEM. AND SO IT CAN KINDA WEAVE IN AND OUT BETWEEN A BOUNTY PROGRAM. DON'T, DON'T CLOSE ON ME A BOUNTY PROGRAM A DAY IN THE PARK. AND THEN KIND OF LIKE A FOLLOW UP WITH THE BOUNTY PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, YOU COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF A PRIVATE TREE, YOU KNOW, INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THEN THAT WILL KIND OF DOUBLE AS A REITERATION OF THE GOOD WORK BEING DONE ON THE STREET, ON THE TREE LAWNS WITHOUT HAVING TO REPEAT YOURSELF. ALMOST, YOU KNOW, IT'S SHOWING THAT WE SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT REMOVING THESE TREES FOR SOME FUTURE, UM, UTILITY. WE'RE REMOVING THEM AND REPLACING THEM WITH TREES BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS GOOD GOODY SCIENCE STUFF THAT WILL JUST BE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ALREADY DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB OF, OF WORDING IT SO YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T NEED ME FOR THAT, BUT WE WILL, UM, TEAM UP TOGETHER. SO YEAH, THAT IS WHAT I WOULD SAY TO GO WITH FORWARD IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT SOME POLLINATOR FRIENDLY AND SHADE TREES COMING, UM, FOR OUR STREETS. AND THEN LET 'EM KNOW THAT WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT THEIR BRADFORD PAIRS AND HERE'S HOW MAYBE THEY CAN WIN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FIRST 50 THAT, YOU KNOW, WIN A BOUNTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WHATEVER IT WOULD BE. LEMME JUMP IN, UM, 'CAUSE YOU, YOU HIT ON SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. WHEN WILL THE TREE START BEING PLANTED? SO, 'CAUSE WE ARE IN REMOVAL PHASE AND THE PLANTING COMES NEXT, WE ARE AIMING FOR SPRING OF 27 TO DO THE BULK OF THE PLANTING FOR OUR STREET TREES THAT WE'RE DOING. SINCE WE HAVE, UM, JUST ONE MOMENT. GREG MASON, YOU WERE FIRST AND THEN GREG NEXT ARE, I KNOW WE STOPPED REMOVAL BECAUSE IT WAS BAT BREEDING SEASON. ARE WE PAST THAT AND REMOVING MORE BRADFORDS NOW? UM, WE'RE NOT PAST THAT AND WE'LL COMMENCE REMOVING IN PROBABLY AROUND OCTOBER. THANK YOU GREG. WELL, SINCE WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE ODNR HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THIS DEBATE BACK AND FORTH THAT WHEN YOU'RE PLANTING TREES, DO YOU PLANT IS THE BEST TIME IN THE SPRING OR THE FALL? UM, IT SEEMS TO BE NO DEFINITE ANSWER ON THAT. PERHAPS YOU CAN CLEAR THAT UP FOR US TO DO WHAT ACTIVITY? [00:10:01] PLANTING TREES? UH, NO. YOU'RE SPOT ON. SPRING AND FALL. MM-HMM . EITHER TIME. YEAH. WE DON'T WANNA PLANT THEM WHEN IT'S SUPER HOT AND, AND ONCE THE GROUND'S FROZEN, IT'S DONE. YEAH. GOOD TO KNOW. THAT'S RIGHT. , I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION AND THIS IS KIND OF TURN YOUR MIC ON PLEASE. OH, SORRY. UH, THIS IS KIND OF RELATED TO, TO HAVING LIKE AN OUTDOOR EVENT TO, TO LIKE DEMONSTRATE REMOVAL OR WHATEVER. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC PROPERTY RIGHT NOW OR ANY OF THE PARKS THAT STILL HAVE TREES IN THEM? THERE ARE STILL SOME THOROUGHFARES AND UM, WE ALSO HAVE HAD SOME CITIZENS COME FORWARD AND VOLUNTEER THEIR YARD, UH, THAT HAS ONE IN IT SO THAT, UM, WE COULD POSSIBLY DO IT THERE. YEAH, BECAUSE THAT, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A NICE DEMONSTRATION AND PEOPLE COULD SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND SEE THE TREE AND YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES. SO. OKAY. THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION, MASON THERE. I KNOW, UM, THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY DOES THAT I THINK WOULD FIT NICELY INTO THIS. THE TREE GIVEAWAY. THERE'S LIKE THE NATIVE SHRUBS AND TREES THAT ARE GIVEN AWAY BY THE CITY. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THAT'S ARBOR DAY OR EARTH DAY OR WHAT THE TIMELINE IS FOR THAT. THOSE TWO DAYS ARE A WEEK AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, SO WE KIND OF CELEBRATE BOTH AND UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT GIVEAWAY. THE TENANTS OF THIS GRANT SPECIFICALLY THOUGH, UM, WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO USE TO, TO GIVE UM, A MATCH. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT A MATCH AND FOLLOW THE TENANTS OF THE GRANT, THEN WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE THEM PROFESSIONALLY PLANTED BY AN ARBORIST. GOTCHA. UM, AND NOT BE JUST THE SAPLINGS THAT WE GIVE AWAY AND JUST HAVE WALK OUT THE DOOR. SO INSTEAD WE WOULD ACTUALLY FOLLOW UP WITH THEM. OUR FORESTER WOULD ACTUALLY BE REQUIRED TO SEVERAL YEARS FROM NOW, I BELIEVE, DRIVE BY AND TAKE A PICTURE, UM, AND SEE, SEE WHAT STILL IS AROUND. UM, BUT I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT IF I FOUND OUT THAT I WAS GONNA GET IT PROFESSIONALLY PLANTED WITH EXPERTISE ON WHERE IT SHOULD BE IN MY YARD AND SOMEBODY ELSE'S CALLING 8 1 1 FOR ME AND ALL OF THAT, THEN I MIGHT BE MORE INCENTIVIZED TO SAY YES AS WELL. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . YES. AND I MAY ADD TO THAT, THAT IF THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST OF REMOVAL, UM, WHILE I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD JUMP INTO THAT NECESSARILY AS A CITY, YOU CAN, UM, SHARE WITH THEM THE ANECDOTE THAT SOME TREE COMPANIES WILL ALLOW, UM, MULTIPLE PROPERTIES TO TEAM UP ON AN INDIVIDUAL DATE AND GET A GREAT RATE ON THAT, ON THAT REMOVAL. AND SO THEY MIGHT WANT TO GET TO KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS IF THEY SEE A BRADFORD PAIR IN, IN A YARD BE LIKE, HEY, I WANNA REMOVE MY BRADFORD PAIR AND I WANNA, YOU KNOW, SAVE A LITTLE MONEY. UM, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WORKING WITH ME TO CONTACT AN ARBORIST OR A TREE REMOVAL SERVICE COMPANY TO SEE IF THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, GIVE US A, A SMALL DISCOUNT OR SO FORTH. AND THE MORE YOU BUILD THAT UP AND THE MORE PAIRS THAT CAN BE REMOVED ON A SINGLE DATE, THE THE LESS COST IT IS FOR THE TREAT REMOVAL SERVICE. AND SO THAT COULD JUST BE SOMETHING YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN KIND OF AN INFORMAL MANNER. UM, ONE LAST QUESTION. UM, SARAH, YOU MENTIONED MATCHING GRANTS. UM, IS THIS A THING WE HAVE TO SPEND IN 26 OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE IN 27? I BELIEVE WE HAVE TILL THE END OF 27 FOR THE GRANT. OR IS IT EVEN END OF 28? IT'S, YEAH, IT'S STILL TWO MORE YEARS OF GETTING, GETTING EVERYTHING COMPLETED. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THIS COMMISSION? UM, IF NOT, I MIGHT WANT TO HOLD DISCUSSION OF NEXT STEPS UNTIL WE GET TO OUR SHARK TANK DISCUSSION. UM, IF AT ALL ARE ALIGNED. YEAH. OKAY. THEN I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR CITIZEN GUESTS TO THE FLOOR, PLEASE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. WE ARE ALWAYS THRILLED WHEN OUR CITIZENS ENGAGE. UH, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND KNOW YOU'RE ON CAMERA, CANDID CAMERA. HI FRIENDS. . UM, MY NAME IS JAY HARTMAN. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF HUBER FOR THE PAST 10 PLUS YEARS. I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU JUST A MOMENT. IF YOU WOULD LOOK DOWN AT YOUR MICROPHONE. DOES IT LOOK GREEN OR RED? IT'S GREEN. OKAY. THANKS. AND, UH, I GREW UP IN DAYTON, UM, BEFORE IT WAS ANNEXED. SO TECHNICALLY I'VE BEEN AROUND THE AREA FOR MY WHOLE LIFE. UM, MY BACKGROUND'S GRAPHIC ARTS, SO, UH, I DID SERVE ON THE PARKS AND REC COMMITTEE FOR TWO YEARS DURING THE COVID YEARS AND, UH, DOING ART SHOWS. UM, I'VE DONE EVERYTHING HERE. THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL, THE ART SHOW, UH, WHEN IT SAT IN THE, UH, THE BUILDING ON THE LITTLE BUILDING. WHAT STREET IS THAT? UM, ANYWAY. OH, COMMUNITY CENTER. YEAH, THE COMMUNITY CENTER AS WELL AS THE NEW ONE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. UM, AND [00:15:01] I PRESENTED BEFORE TO THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE ABOUT AN IDEA THAT WAS PRESENTED TO ME A WHILE BACK WAS, UM, PHOTOGRAPHY IS MY THING. SO I LOVE TO TAKE PICTURES. I ACTUALLY, CHERYL AND I USED TO DRIVE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TAKING PICTURES FOR THE, UM, BEAU UH, THE YARD. YEAH. BEAUTIFICATION. DO OUR PICTURES. SO NICE. SO I'VE BEEN AROUND THE WHOLE THING FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT, UH, UM, PHOTOGRAPHY IS MY THING. BUT, UH, TALKING WITH MELISSA, UH, AT OUR LEAGUE MEETING, UM, SOME IDEAS, ONE I PRESENTED BEFORE, BUT THE WHOLE COMMISSION CHANGED, WAS AN ART WALK, UM, AT DIFFERENT BUILDINGS, CITY BUILDING CHURCHES, POLICE STATION, FIRE STATION, WHEREVER HAS AN ACCEPTABLE AMOUNT OF LOBBY SPACE. SO THEY'RE NOT KIND OF TRIPPING OVER THINGS, BUT TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED AND TO SEE THIS BUILDINGS AND SEE THEIR ART AS WELL. AND IT WAS CALLED AN ART WALK. UM, YOU WOULD TAKE A WEEKEND AND PUT THE ART IN ONE BUILDING AND SAY THIS WEEKEND, THIS SATURDAY OR SUNDAY, THE ART WOULD BE AT THE FIRE STATION AND THEN PEOPLE WOULD VISIT THAT PLACE AND SEE THE ART AND BRING THEIR PARENTS IF THEIR KIDS OR, OR, UM, BUT IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO BE ENGAGED, UM, THE PEOPLE TO BE ENGAGED WITH THE CITY. UH, POLICE, FIRE FIREMEN, UH, CITY BUILDING THIS BUILDING IS BEAUTIFUL AND THAT'S PLENTY BIG ENOUGH FOR A LITTLE ART WALK. SO THAT WAS THE IDEA. AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS GETTING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INVOLVED AND PUTTING ART IN BUILDINGS THEY REPRESENT OR HELP GET REPRESENTATION. AND I DID TALK TO MASON. HE WANTS TO HAVE A COFFEE, UH, LUNCH MEETING. SOMETHING TO, TO DISCUSS HOW THAT WOULD WORK. 'CAUSE HE, HE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO MASON HUTTNER, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS, IS HE'S THE, UH, HEAD OF THE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN HUBER. AND HE, WE'VE DONE A FEW THINGS TOGETHER AND UH, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED IS THAT PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT ART. THAT IT'S NOT PERSONAL OR THEY DON'T LIKE IT. IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS, IF YOU DON'T GET IN THE FOREFRONT, IT'S KIND OF TAKES A BACKSEAT LIKE A LOT OF THINGS IN LIFE. AND, AND GETTING ART OUT THERE IS A PASSION OF MINE. SO THAT'S KIND OF, I TOLD MELISSA I WOULD COME AND PRESENT THE IDEA OF FIRST OF AN ART WALK AND THEN MAYBE HAVING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INVOLVED IN OTHER ASPECTS OF THAT. AND HE CAN EVEN MAYBE HELP US CONNECT WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY THAT WOULD HAVE A BIG LOBBY, UM, OR A BIG ENOUGH SPACE TO HAVE A, A LITTLE ART. UH, I KNOW MY CHURCH LOBBY IS HUGE AND IT WOULD, PEOPLE WOULD JUST WALK IN AND SEE THE ART AND SEE THEIR KIDS OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER'S THERE. AND, AND, UH, IT'D BE JUST BE AN EVENT. AND SO THAT WAS THE IDEA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMISSION. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE. SO JAY, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS WOULD BE JUST, UM, A ONE COLLECTION THAT MOVES FROM BUILDING TO BUILDING? OR WOULD THE PAINTINGS AND AND ARTWORK CHANGE? IT? IT COULD CHANGE IT. I, I WOULD IMAGINE IF IT WORKED WELL THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE INVOLVED LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE. UM, IT WOULD BE A KIND OF A PILOT IDEA. I KNOW, UM, THE, UH, ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION USED TO DO THE, UH, MARIGOLD FESTIVAL. AND WHEN THAT CHANGED, THE PREVIOUS PEOPLE I PRESENTED TO THOUGHT THIS COULD BE PO POSSIBLY KIND OF AN IDEA NOT TO REPLACE THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL. OBVIOUSLY IT CAME BACK UNDER DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT, BUT AN IDEA TO HAVE INSTEAD OF THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL, SOMETHING THE CITY COULD PARTICIPATE IN AS WELL, OR THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE. SO, UM, OKAY. BUT I WOULD IMAGINE IF IT WAS AN ANNUAL THING, IT WOULD, SEVERAL CITIES DO IT? WELL, I MEAN, IT WOULD TAKE A LEARNING CURVE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT WENDY ABOUT WAS HAVING A ART SHOW AT THE LIBRARY AND WE KIND OF CONNECTED WITH THE GERMANTOWN LIBRARY AND THEY DO IT WELL. UH, TOOK A LOT OF YEARS TO GET THERE. A LOT OF TRIAL AND ERROR. BUT THE, TO ME, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS FAILURE. MM-HMM . YOU LEARN FROM IT. SO, UH, MAKE IT BETTER NEXT TIME. BUT I, I THINK IT COULD WORK WELL. AND A LOT OF CITIES, UH, LOVE TO HAVE PE A REASON FOR PEOPLE TO VISIT THEIR FACILITY. SO. AND, UH, JUST ONE QUESTION. SORRY, I JUST JUMPED IN. I WAS LIKE, HEY, WELL, I'M GONNA ASK A QUESTION. UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. THIS IS NOT, HEY, THIS BANK OR THIS CHURCH HAS ART AND TONIGHT IT'LL BE OPEN SO YOU CAN GO VISIT LIKE MAYBE THE GARDEN TOUR THAT MASON MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THIS EXISTING COOL GARDEN. UH, THIS WOULD BE PART OF THE ORGANIZATION IS WE ARE GOING TO PUT ART IN A PLACE. SO WE HAVE TO ORGANIZE [00:20:01] THE ART, ORGANIZE THE DELIVERY, AND THE REMOVAL AS WELL AS THE EVENT AROUND IT. CORRECT? YES. OKAY. YEAH. OTHER QUESTIONS? WOULD THIS BE SOMETHING THAT THE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WOULD WISH TO PARTNER WITH? WELL, THE, I WAS GONNA PRESENT IT TO MASON, UM, AS KIND OF A PACKAGE DEAL. . OKAY. LIKE WHAT, WHAT WILL YOU BE WILLING TO HELP ON THERE, THERE, IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN THERE, YOU KNOW, THEIR AREA IS HUGE. IT'S VERY ACCESSIBLE, HAS A NICE PARKING SPOT OR PARKING LOT, AND IT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO MAYBE EVEN START, BUT MASON IS WILLING TO THROW IN AND DO, UH, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR HIM BECAUSE THERE MAY BE RESTRICTIONS ON HIS SCHEDULE OR WHATEVER, BUT GENERALLY HE'S ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP ANYTHING TO DO WITH ART IN MY, IN, IN THE CITY. SO, AND HE'S ALREADY, HE DID, HE, UH, MESSAGED ME BACK SAYING, LET'S HAVE COFFEE AND TALK ABOUT THINGS. SO, ONE OTHER QUESTION. WHEN WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE THIS WOULD BE AGAIN? WELL, I, THE EVENT WOULD BE HELD TYPICALLY. I, I WOULD GUESS IT WOULDN'T, I MEAN, MOST CITIES DO IT IN THE SPRING WHEN THERE'S, YOU KNOW, CHRISTMAS AND THANKSGIVING AND NEW YEAR'S. IT'S A BUSY TIME OF YEAR ANYWAY. AND WITH ALL THE THINGS GOING ON FOR HALLOWEEN WITH, UH, CINDY AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPENED WITH HER, I WOULD IMAGINE THE SPRING WOULD BE BETTER. BUT, UM, I DON'T THINK THE WINTER WOULD BE A GOOD TIMEFRAME TO WALK AROUND PARKING LOTS AND WITH BAD WEATHER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT WOULD BE MY, MY SUGGESTION. MOST PEOPLE DO IT IN THE, MOST CITIES DO IT IN THE SPRING QUESTION AT THE END. OH YEAH. SO WOULD IT BE MORE FOR JUST DISPLAY OR WOULD PEOPLE BE ABLE TO BUY THE ART THAT'S OUT THERE? THE WAY IT TYPICALLY WORKS IS MOST PEOPLE WON'T, UH, SELL OR, OR LET ART BE SOLD, BUT THEY WILL, YOU CAN CERTAINLY PUT A CONTACT NAME ON THERE AND, AND, AND DO IT SEPARATE AFTERWARDS. UM, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE SAME ART, LIKE WE SAID, YOU, IT COULD BE CATEGORIES. KIDS IS GONNA BE HERE THIS WEEK, UH, ADULTS RANGING FROM THIS AGE TO THIS AGE OR BY GENRE, UM, PHOTOGRAPHY HERE, OILS HERE. SO. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, THIS IS, UH, REALLY, IT DOVETAILS NICELY WITH SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, SUGGESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. UM, I WANT TO AGAIN HOLD THAT UNTIL WE GET TO OUR SHARK TANK. WOULD YOU BE AVERSE TO, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO LIKE DIP OUT. UM, BUT WOULD YOU BE AVERSE TO US, UH, HOLDING ONTO THAT WHILE WE FINISH SOME MORE ITEMS IN OUR AGENDA? SURE, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, I CAN'T STAY 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T EATEN YET, BUT , OH, WELL THEN, UM, I WILL, I WILL GO TO MY COMMISSIONERS AND IF, UM, IF SOMEONE WERE TO MOVE THAT WE WOULD, UH, INVITE OUR GUESTS TO, UH, COORDINATE WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND SEE IF WE COULD GET THEM TO A FUTURE MEETING AND WE COULD, UH, AGREE TO FLESH OUT THE IDEA, WE COULD, UH, ALLOW, ALLOW THAT, ALLOW YOU TO LEAVE AND NOT FEEL BAD. , I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. BEFORE THAT MOVEMENT. SO THIS IS, THIS IS LIKE AN ADD-ON TO OUR SHARK TANK DISCUSSION OF LIKE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN PURSUE. WHEN DO WE HAVE TO DETERMINE OUR BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR? SO NORMALLY, UH, IN A BEST CASE SCENARIO, WE'D, WE'D VOTE TONIGHT ON WHAT WE WERE DOING AND THEN, UH, WE'D BE ABLE TO KNOW FOR, UH, AUGUST, WHAT'S LIKELY GONNA HAPPEN IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME MORE DISCUSSION LIMIT THE, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, AND THEN MAKE A FINAL CALL IN AUGUST SO THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT FOR THE SEPTEMBER, UH, BUDGET CYCLE SO WE HAVE TIME TO EXPLORE. AND WE ARE NOT, WE ARE NOT ON A LIKE, UH, TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT. I'D LIKE TO PUT FORWARD A MOTION THAT JAKE MEET WITH MASON AT THE CHAMBER AND COME BACK WITH, UM, HIS, YOU KNOW, HIS THOUGHTS ON THE PROJECT AND THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PURSUE IT FURTHER. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. JAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS IDEA. IT ACTUALLY DOVETAILS NICELY WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THIS COMMISSION WAS ALREADY WORKING ON. IF YOU COULD HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, MASON AND THEN COME BACK TO US. YOU UM, MELISSA JUST EMAILED ME THE NEXT MEETING TIME AND I'LL, PARDON ME GUYS', NEXT MEETING. I'LL GET WITH MASON BEFORE THEN AND SEE IF HE'LL COME WITH ME OR, AND UM, YOUR NEXT COUPLE MEETINGS ARE, IF YOU AND MELISSA ARE IN CONTACT, MELISSA, I'LL MAKE SURE TO GIVE YOU MY PERSONAL EMAIL AND UH, YOU CAN ALSO CHECK IN WITH ME THAT [00:25:01] WAY, IF IT HELPS. SURE. ABSOLUTELY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOO. ALL RIGHT. UM, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS SOME OLD BUSINESS. WE WANNA TALK THROUGH THE YARD BEAUTIFICATION AWARD WINNERS, SOME STATISTICS THAT SARAH HAS PROVIDED US. UH, LAST YEAR WE HAD A REALLY LARGE INCREASE IN NOMINATIONS. UM, AND, UH, WE HAD 30 NOMINATION HICCUP, 30 NOMINATIONS, 29 UNIQUE NOMINATIONS. AFTER A NUMBER OF YEARS IN DECLINE IN NOMINATIONS. THIS YEAR WE HAVE STAYED FLAT. WE HAVEN'T HAD AN INCREASE, BUT THAT MEANS IT WAS NOT JUST A STATISTICAL BLIP. THE NEW WAY WE WERE DOING IT CONTINUED TO GET INTEREST. SO I FEEL LIKE IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM YET AGAIN. UM, AND WE HAVE VOTED. AND SARAH, DO YOU HAVE, UH, WINNERS FOR US? UM, I HAVE SOME WINNERS AND THEN SOME THINGS THAT I THINK YOU ALL MIGHT WISH TO DISCUSS. OKAY. SO, UM, IF YOU ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT, YOU ALL VOTE ON, YOU CAN VOTE ON ONE BY ONE OR AS A WHOLE, BUT, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE 87 31 CHRISTIE GATE HAS ONE GORGEOUS GREEN BY QUITE A LOT. OOH, OKAY. UM, IF THE WINNING WAS CLEAR, IT WAS VERY CLEAR. YEAH. YEAH. UM, THAT THESE ARE THE CLEAR ONES I'M BRINGING TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. 61 41 SUMMERVILLE HAS WON POLLINATOR FRIENDLY. THAT WAS MY FAVORITE. THAT'S MY FAVORITE. UM, 61 82 CHAMBERSBURG OR BAYSIDE COFFEE HAS ONE BEST SMALL BUSINESS. OKAY. AND 6,000 CHARLES GATE HAS RUN WON THE RED, WHITE AND BEAUTIFUL WITH THEIR AWESOME TWO 50TH FLAG TOO. SO THOSE WERE ALL PRETTY MUCH A LANDSLIDE. UM, GOT ALMOST EVERY VOTE AND THEN OVER THERE, UM, I CAN LAY THEM BACK OUT. AND THERE WAS ONLY TWO PROPERTIES EACH RECEIVED ONE VOTE FOR THE BEST USE OF THE MARIGOLD. I CANNOT DISCERN IF THERE'S ACTUALLY A MARIGOLD IN THEIR YARD. UM, I AM ABLE TO GET THE SIGN REPRINTED, IF WE JUST WANT TO CALL IT THE MARIGOLD AWARD. UM, OR WHATEVER YOU, IF YOU, MAYBE SOMEBODY VOTED FOR IT BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT NOMINATED AND THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S A MARIGOLD IN THERE AND I JUST COULDN'T SEE IT. SO I THINK YOU HAVE THE MARIGOLD YET TO DECIDE. THERE WERE NO APARTMENTS THIS YEAR NOMINATED. SO WE'LL JUST SCRATCH THAT OFF. AND THEN, UM, OVER THERE, THERE IS ONE PROPERTY THAT GOT THREE HISTORIC VOTES. ANOTHER PROPERTY GOT FOUR HISTORIC VOTES, BUT THE OTHER PROPERTY, THEY GOT FOUR HISTORIC VOTES. ALSO ONE BEST LARGE BUSINESS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WISH TO AWARD TWO TO ONE PROPERTY AWARD, JUST ONE OF THOSE TO ONE PROPERTY. RETHINK THE OTHER PROPERTY, SCRAP THE CATEGORY, NOT AWARD IT THIS YEAR. SO, UM, SO I THINK I KNOW WHO I VOTED FOR. FOR LARGE BUSINESS, IT WAS THE CHURCH, RIGHT? MM-HMM . THE CHURCH RECEIVED, UM, THE WINNING AMOUNT, FOUR TO THREE FOR HISTORIC C AS WELL. AND THEN BEST LARGE BUSINESS BY FAR, I WOULD PROPOSE, UH, WE CAN ALL TAKE A MOMENT AND GO WALK OVER IF WE WANT. BUT TRYING TO, TO MOVE QUICKLY, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT THE CHURCH GET THE LARGE, UH, BUSINESS AND THE, THE SECOND, THE FIRST RUNNER UP, GET HISTORIC SECOND DONE DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. OKAY. EVERYONE OKAY WITH THAT? GREAT. I'LL GO GRAB THOSE TWO. AND THEN WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO ABOUT MARIGOLD? 'CAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF, I'LL FESS UP. UM, I SAW YELLOW FLOWERS AND I ASSUMED THEY WERE MARIGOLDS. SO, UM, I'VE BEEN TOLD SINCE I'VE VOTED THAT THEY ARE NOT MARIGOLD. SO I SHOULD HAVE HELD ONTO THAT AND NOT VOTED FOR THAT. I WOULD CALL IT THE MARIGOLD AWARD. THE MARIGOLD? YES. YES. OKAY. SO JUST DO THAT. WE, SO WE SHOULD VOTE ON IT AGAIN. AND THEN, SO I SHOULD LAY THEM OUT FOR YOU TO VOTE AGAIN FOR WHICH YOU ARE SAYING JUST ONE THING. THE MARIGOLD AWARD, CORRECT? CORRECT. THAT HAVE NOT WON. I'LL LAY 'EM OUT AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN I'M READY. PERFECT. DO WE WANT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF LIKE ROUND SPECIFICS OR SOMETHING AS TO WHY WE'RE GIVING THE MARIGOLD AWARD TO IT'S OUR FAVORITE THAT WORKS. IT'S LIKE THE MAYOR'S AWARD. LIKE A BEST IN CLASS OR, YEAH. OR ALL BEST IN SHOW. WE DON'T HAVE A MAYOR'S AWARD THIS YEAR. I AWARDED THE MAYOR'S AWARD LAST YEAR. UM, I'LL ASK MAYOR. GO. USUALLY JUST LIKES TO GIVE US HIS OWN. YEAH. NOT HIS OWN. YOU WERE NOT ON THE MIC, SO THAT WAS PROBABLY GOOD. HE HAS SOMEONE IN MIND. ALRIGHT, SO OUR SHARK TANK. WE DID NOT GET THE NOTES OUT EARLY, SO I AM NOT ANTICIPATING PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO HAVE A FULL AND COMPLETE DISCUSSION AGAIN. UH, IT IS, IT HAS BEEN A DAY FOR ALL OF US. THERE ARE SOME UPDATES, UH, YOU CAN TAKE OFF. ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE MARIGOLD ART PLANTERS. AFTER [00:30:01] HEARING ALL OF THEM, I USUALLY PITCH THAT AS A SAMPLE. AND I THINK WE WOULD BEST, UH, WE WOULD BEST SEND, WE'D BEST PUT OUR EFFORTS ELSEWHERE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW THAT. ITEM NUMBER FOUR. THE CHICKEN CRAWL HAS ALSO BEEN WITHDRAWN BECAUSE OF THE SAME REASON. WE FEEL LIKE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE A LITTLE MORE ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT. WE WOULD ALSO ADD TO THIS, UM, A POTENTIAL BRADFORD PAYER PROGRAM SPRING OF NEXT YEAR. AND NOW OUR CITIZENS, UH, INVITED ART WALK OR, UM, ART BUSINESS EVENTS. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN CALL IT AN ART WALK BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WALKING TO MULTIPLE PLACES, BUT AN, AN ART INSTALLATION OF SOME KIND. MAYBE IT'S AN ART CRAWL. YEAH, AN ART CRAWL OF SOME KIND. YEAH. SO, UH, THE ONES THAT I HEARD, WELL, I'M, I'M GONNA STOP. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS THAT WE THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT, FOR THE SAKE OF SIMPLIFICATION, WE'D SUGGEST WELL, THEY ARE USEFUL AND INTERESTING. THERE JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ENOUGH THERE. THERE. I'D LIKE TO RESCIND THE DECORATIVE BIKE RACKS SINCE PARKS AND REC IS ALREADY DOING A PROGRAM SIMILAR. ALL RIGHT. WHO'S DOING ANOTHER PROGRAM? PARKS. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE GARDEN TOUR. I, I DON'T REMEMBER THE DETAILS ON THAT. WAS THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WON THE IDEA WAS IFICATION OR IS THAT OTHER PEOPLE WOULD JUST INVITE SOMEONE TO? UM, THAT ONE I HAD, I HAD THAT IDEA AT THE START OF THE SHARK TANK, SO IT WAS FULLY FLUSHED OUT . BUT I THINK WE, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. IT WOULD BE THE SUMMERTIME EQUIVALENT OF THE, UH, HOLIDAY LIGHTS WHERE SOMEBODY MAKES A LITTLE MAP AND YOU CAN GO VISIT ON YOUR OWN. YEAH. SO PEOPLE WHO WERE NOMINATED, WE CAN SEE IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN SHOWING IT OFF TO OTHERS. SO IT WOULD BE IN RELATION TO, I THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD WAY TO, TO SOURCE THE, UM, THE HOMES ON THE TOUR. BUT IT WOULDN'T BE LIKE ALL OF THEM. AND YOU WOULDN'T MAYBE NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE AWARDED, UH, UH, IN SOMETHING IN THE CATEGORY. I GOTCHA. IT WOULD BE AN AMPLIFICATION. IT WOULD BE LIKE A, AND WE'LL DO ADD THIS TO OUR YARD BEAUTIFICATION THINGY. ANY OTHERS? WELL, OF COURSE I LIKE THE LIBRARY ART SHOW EXPANSION. HMM. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE MUCH OF A STRETCH TO HAVE OUR SHOW AND THEN HAVE THE WINNERS GO TO THE LIBRARY FOR A LONG DISPLAY. MM-HMM . THERE WAS WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN JAY WAS TALKING, PLEASE TURN YOUR MIC ON. I'M SORRY. WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN JAY WAS TALKING WAS POSSIBLY WE START WITH THE LIBRARY ART SHOW AND THEN WHATEVER SOMEBODY MIGHT WANT TO INCLUDE IN THE TRAVELING ART SHOW, IT COULD GO ON FROM THERE. THAT POSSIBLY, THAT'S KIND OF OUR INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN SAY WE'RE GONNA BE SHOWING THIS ART THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS OR WHATEVER. UM, MAYBE IN, IN RELATION TO THE ACTUAL ART SHOW, WE WOULD DO THE, THE ONGOING THEN PROGRAM IN THE OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS. IF YOU RECALL, THE ART SHOW ALSO MORPHED INTO A DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLY AN ART AND JAZZ FESTIVAL MM-HMM . TO BE FOLLOWED BY SOMETHING AT THE LIBRARY. AND SO I THINK, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ALL NEED TO BE FLUSHED OUT A BIT MORE IF YOU WANT TO GO. 'CAUSE THERE'S KIND OF YEAH. MULTIPLE. AND THAT ART AND JAZZ FESTIVAL, WOULD THERE BE THAT WOULD THE ONE THAT OPENS UP THE YOUTH ART FUND, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE WHERE WE WOULD SELL TICKETS AND THAT WOULD BE OUR REVENUE STREAM. SO THERE'S A, SO ESSENTIALLY THERE ARE, UM, I WOULD SAY THERE ARE THREE MAJOR PROPOSALS. UH, THERE IS THE COMMUNITY HOLIDAY DISPLAY PROGRAM. UM, THAT IS, THAT WAS WELL FLUSHED OUT. IT WAS WELL PRESENTED. WE HAVE A, UH, SAMPLE COMMUNITIES TO FOLLOW. IT IS A BIGGIN, IT WOULD NOT BE FOR UH, 26, IT WOULD DEFINITELY START 27. BUT THAT IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE THERE IS AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE SOMETHING LONG-TERM. THE BRADFORD PEAR PROGRAM IS POTENTIALLY A BIG END BECAUSE IT IS A, [00:35:01] AN EVENT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CREATE AND DO. AND THEN THE EXPANSION OF OUR ART SHOW INTO AN ART CRAWL AND POTENTIALLY A JAZZ FESTIVAL THAT PROVIDES TICKET SALES. AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT COULD FUND AND CREATE A REVENUE STREAM AND WORK WITHIN OUR COMMISSION. UH, AND A YOUTH ART FUND. THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE THREE MEATIEST ITEMS THAT MY, MY, MY SAD LITTLE, I WANNA DO IT ALL. HEART GOES, OH GOD, I CAN'T DO IT ALL . SO IF WE'RE GONNA SELL TICKETS TO ANY KIND OF JAZZ FESTIVAL OR ANYTHING, THEN LET'S KEEP IT AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND USE THE EEL BURGER FOR SELLING TICKETS. 'CAUSE WE CAN'T SELL TICKETS TO THE LIBRARY. OKAY. UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THE WINNERS FOR LIKE A MONTH OR WHATEVER AND BE PART OF THE ART CRAWL OR WHATEVER. I MEAN, MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY WE GET INVOLVED IN THAT. I DON'T KNOW. SARAH, UM, WHAT, BECAUSE IT DOES FEEL LIKE CREATING REVENUE STREAM OR A TRAVELING ART SHOW IS AN EITHER OR INITIATIVES, UM, WHAT CITY OR PARK RULES DO WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO CONSIDER THOSE? UM, REALLY THE ONLY THING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD I CAN THINK OF IS THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO DONATE MONEY SOMEWHERE, UM, FROM REVENUES THE CITY HAS TAKEN IN THAT IT HAS TO BE AN ACTIVE COUNCIL. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THEM DESIGNATE THAT YES, IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE MONEY THAT YOU TAKE DIRECTLY FOR THIS EVENT CAN GO TO THIS CHARITY. I WOULD ASSUME THERE'S SOME SORT OF FOUNDATION AT THE SCHOOLS ALREADY THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GIVE TO IT AN EARMARK IT FOR THAT TYPE OF EFFORT. THERE'S UM, I KNOW MASON SAID THERE'S ALREADY TEACHERS THAT SEEM LIKE THEY WOULD BE ON BOARD TO ADMINISTER SUCH A THING. SO I THINK IT CAN BE FIGURED OUT. THERE'S NOTHING THAT GIVES ME PAUSE ON EITHER OF THOSE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT YOU ARE CORRECT, THEY BOTH AUGMENT THE SAME PROGRAM. SO THAT WOULD BE A BIG LIFT TO DO TWO BIG AUGMENTS IN THE SAME YEAR. I THINK. SO SINCE WE ARE NOT GOING TO, UH, PROVIDE A MOTION AND A FINAL VOTE TONIGHT AND WE'RE GONNA GO GET DO SOME INVESTIGATION SHADAY, COULD YOU, UM, COME BACK WITH A, HERE'S THE CHARITY WE WOULD TAKE TO THE COM CITY COMMISSION. LIKE HERE'S THE ONE YOU RECOMMEND. YEAH, I CAN DO THAT. AND THAT WAY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO KNOW WHAT WE WOULD, WOULD CHOOSE IN THE SAME WAY WE ASKED JAY TO GO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, WHAT THE CHAMBER, THAT'S THE WORD. WHAT THE CHAMBER IS WILLING TO DO. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER EXTRA INFORMATION ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO GET? UM, OR SAY I WILL GO GRAB SO THAT WE CAN REALLY MAKE A, A FULL AND DISTINCT DECISION? BECAUSE I'M HAPPY TO BE OVERRULED. I DON'T HAVE AN IDEA FOR THIS, SO I DON'T WANNA BE THE ONE THAT OWNS IT. BUT, UM, BEFORE I WOULD VOTE ON THE BRADFORD PAYER PROGRAM, WHATEVER THAT WOULD BE LIKE, I, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT LIKE? I'M, I'M HAPPY TO HOST IT AT THE LIBRARY, BUT IF SOMEBODY ELSE HAS IDEAS FOR LIKE AGENDA ITEMS AND THINGS, UH, THERE AND I'LL COME BACK OVER HERE. WAIT, WHO'S THERE? AM I THERE? YOU MASON? UM, I'M REALLY INTRIGUED. READ MY, READ MY MIND BY THE BRADFORD PEAR PROGRAM AND I'D BE WILLING TO CHAMPION IT IF NOBODY ELSE IS INTERESTED IN THAT ONE. AND I COULD SEE THAT PARTNERING WELL WITH SOME OF THE OTHER, THE, LIKE THE YARD BEAUTIFICATION, USING THAT AS LIKE A, UM, AND DOING GARDEN TOOLS, TOURS, USING THAT AS LIKE KIND OF A METHOD TO PUSH THE NARRATIVE OUT ABOUT THE BRADFORD PEARS. AND THEN HAVING AN EVENT AROUND ARBOR DAY THAT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, GET PEOPLE EXCITED. WOULD YOU FLESH OUT A PROPOSAL FOR THAT, UM, FOR AUGUST AND BRING IT BACK TO THE AUGUST MEETING? YEAH. OKAY. UM, MY PROPOSAL IS, IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST OF ALL OF THEM. AND IT MAY GO BEYOND THIS SHARK TANK IDEA. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS CHAMPION, CHAMPION, I CAN'T GET THE WORD OUT, BUT I CHAMPIONING, CHAMPIONING WHAT SHE SAID. UHHUH THAT PROPOSAL ON MY OWN. OKAY. UM, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT REALLY IS NOT GONNA COST ANY MONEY TO DO AND KNOWING IT WOULD TAKE TWO YEARS TO DEVELOP AND ACTUALLY PUT ON, I THINK IT'S BEYOND THE SCOPE OF [00:40:01] SHARK TANK. I I JUST THINK IT'S, IT'S BIG AND I, I THINK IT, ANYTHING ELSE HERE COULD JUST BE, WE COULD DO IT. I THINK THIS, I'D LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP IT KNOWING IT'S NOT GONNA COST ANY MONEY AND GET THE PERMISSION TO DO THAT WITH A TARGET DATE OF, UH, 2027 WITH WHATEVER IT IS. YOU KNOW, IF IT'S GINGERBREAD MEN, IF IT'S DON'T TAKE IT, DON'T TAKE IT AWAY FROM THE THE LIST YET. I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF ENERGY ON THIS AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT ABSOLUTELY COULD BE IN THE WHEELHOUSE OF THIS GROUP. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO FLESH OUT ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT FOR IT. BRING IT TO THE AUGUST MEETING. I THINK I HEARD A LOT OF ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT AROUND IT. I DON'T WANT YOU TO SAY, EH, NOT YET. 'CAUSE I THINK, UM, YEAH, WELL I'M NOT SAYING NOT YET. OKAY. WHAT I'M SAYING, I'M SAYING MORE OF EVERY OTHER IDEA CAN BE PUT ON IN A MORE REASONABLE TIMEFRAME. THE IDEA I'M GIVING YOU IS, YEAH, HONESTLY THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD DO IT IS ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE TWO YEARS OF WORK TO DO IT. SO IF THE ANSWER IS YES, WE'RE GONNA DO IT IN 2027, I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST GET A YES ON IT. TAKE IT OUT OF MM-HMM . AND MAKE THIS A SEPARATE THING THAT I KNOW THAT I CAN START WORKING ON AND START BRINGING UPDATES TO MEETINGS. THAT'S WHAT I'M REQUESTING. OKAY. SO MOVED. UM, WAIT, SORRY. , I HAD A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? OH WAIT. SARAH HAS A, HAS A COMMENT. UM, JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, SHARK TANK HAS TAKEN PLACE TWO YEARS IN A ROW, BUT I THINK AS SARAH EXPRESSED DURING THE SHARK TANK, SHE WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT IT TOOK PLACE AGAIN. AND I THINK THAT IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO SEE IF PEOPLE HAD ONE-OFF IDEAS FOR PROGRAMS. BUT ALSO THIS COMMISSION IS PRETTY MUCH ALL NEW PEOPLE SAY FOR A COUPLE REALLY GOOD ENDS. UM, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, . AND SO I THINK THE COMMISSION IS FINDING LIKE WHAT IT IS. I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S TOO BIG FOR SHARK TANK BECAUSE IT IS A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS. I THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE, OH MY GOSH, THAT IS, THAT IS A PIECE OF OUR IDENTITY THAT WE WANNA LATCH ONTO AND DO THAT PROGRAM. SO, UM, I I THINK IT'S PRO IF IT, IF IT CAN BE DISCUSSED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE OTHER ITEMS, UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO A ONE-OFF JAZZ FESTIVAL AND ONE YEAR OF ART FUNDING FOR KIDS EITHER. MM-HMM . I THINK THAT WE HAVE THREE MAJOR OPPORTUNITIES AND I THINK SARAH SAID IT REALLY NICELY. UM, WE HAVE THREE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SIGNATURE INITIATIVES, SIGNATURE MULTI-YEAR. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE KNOWN FOR INITIATIVES. UM, AND THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANT US TO VOTE TONIGHT BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO, TO GIVE EVERYONE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO RUMINATE. UM, AND I MEAN, I'LL I'LL JUST SAY AS I WAS LISTENING TO YOU IN THE MOMENT, I WAS LIKE AT THE SHARK TANK, I WAS LIKE, OH GEEZ, THAT'S HUGE CRAP. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO, OH CRAP. AND AS I SAT WITH IT, IT'S LIKE, MAN, I WANNA GO TO THAT. I WANNA GO TO THAT. WELL, I, I DID, I DID FIND OUT THAT, UM, WE WOULD HAVE A COUPLE CHOICES. UM, THEY WOULD REPLICATE NUTCRACKERS HERE, SO THEY ARE NOT LIMITED TO STEUBENVILLE. THEY'VE ALREADY DONE IT FOR ANOTHER COMMUNITY SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO THEY WOULD DO THAT. THEN I CAME UP WITH GINGERBREAD LANE. THAT WAS MY OTHER THOUGHTS. YEAH, I REMEMBER GINGERBREAD WAS THE ONE THAT EVERYONE YEAH. AND I, I THINKING LIKE I JUST WOKE UP FROM ONE MORNING, LIKE, OH, IT COULD BE GINGERBREAD LANE, BUT UM, WHATEVER THE, WHATEVER THE COMMISSION IS GOOD WITH, I'M GOOD WITH. BUT I THINK SHE WOULD HAVE TO WITHDRAW HER MOTION IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO SINCE IT WAS MADE. ROBERT, WHAT DO YOU SAY, ? YEAH. NO, SHE JUST MADE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. I JUST THINK SHE TO WRONG. IT JUST FAILS TO GET A SECOND. I DON'T KNOW IF IT FAILS TO GET A SECOND. WE DO NOT HAVE TO. OKAY. I THINK IF EVERYONE'S GOING TO FIND MORE INFO, I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT JOE GO FIND MORE INFO. LIKE IS THERE ANOTHER FAB WE HAD ASKED? IS THERE A FABRICATOR MORE LOCAL? UM, I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE PLASTICS COMPANIES IN VANDALIA. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY IN HUMOR. SO MAYBE IT'S THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION YOU COULD COME BACK WITH TO THE NEXT MEETING. YEAH. UM, GO FORWARD WITH THE GINGERBREAD IDEA. 'CAUSE I THINK EVERYONE, THAT WAS THE ONE, EVERYONE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WE ALL WERE LIKE, OH, THERE'S SNOWMAN, THERE'S STARS, THERE'S THIS, UH, LET'S JUST, WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE BUT KIND OF GO FORWARD WITH THE GINGERBREAD, GET A FABRICATOR AND LET'S, LET'S GET REAL NUMBERS. OKAY, I CAN DO THAT. BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS, THERE'S REAL EXCITEMENT AROUND THAT ONE, AROUND THE BRADFORD PEARS AND AROUND THE EXPANDED, UM, ART SHOW THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A EITHER A CRAWL OR [00:45:01] A FESTIVAL. AND SO MY GUIDANCE NOT REQUIREMENTS. MY GUIDANCE 'CAUSE I'M THE WET BLANKET IS Y'ALL PICK ONE AS THE WHOLE COMMISSION. YEAH, BECAUSE WE ALREADY DO THE YARD BEAUTIFICATION. UM, WE'RE ALREADY GONNA DO THE ART SHOW, BUT ADDING A FESTIVAL OR A MULTI-EVENT CRAWL, THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. A HOLIDAY THING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE ALONG THAT THERE'S GONNA BE WORK INVOLVED, THERE'S GONNA BE REGULAR REPORTS AND, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. WE MIGHT SAY WE CAN DO TWO 'CAUSE DIFFERENT SEASONS. WE MIGHT SAY THAT. BUT I DO WANT YOU ALL TO GO AWAY AND, AND THINK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE COMMITTING POTENTIALLY THE CITY. MELISSA, I JUST WANTED TO SAY REGARDING THE ART CRAWL, IS IT SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE HUBER HEIGHTS ART LEAGUE MEETING? AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO. WE WANNA HAVE EXHIBITS AROUND TOWN, WHETHER IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMISSION AS FAR AS HAVING A FORMAL CRAWL, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY WE HAVE ENOUGH ARTISTS THAT ARE INTERESTED TO DO THAT. OKAY. SO IT MAY START OUT SMALLER. WILL THERE BE BOOZE? 'CAUSE I LIKE BOOZE ANYWAY. SORRY MASON. UM, MY THINKING WITH THAT ART CRAWL TOO IS THERE, THERE IS ALREADY EXISTING ART IN THE COMMUNITY. IN SOME, SOME BUSINESSES IN THE LIBRARY, THEY HAVE ART. EVENTUALLY THERE'LL BE A MURAL. AND SO THERE'S ALREADY THINGS IN THE WORKS THAT COULD BE ADDED TO THAT. WORKING WITH INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES OR CITY, YOU KNOW, THE SITES THAT THE CITY OWNS TO ADD ARTWORK DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE GREATEST MOST LABOR INTENSIVE INITIATIVE IS JUST COMMUNICATING AND KIND OF CONNECTING DOTS AND THEN PUBLISHING THAT, THAT TO THE PEOPLE. UNLESS IT'S GONNA BE LIKE A, ON THIS DAY, EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WANTS TO DO THE ART CRAWL, DO IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME AND HAVE LIKE BOOTHS SET UP AT THEM WHERE LIKE WE COULD HAVE VENDORS OR WE COULD DO LIKE BOOZE AT ONE OF THE SITES, WHATEVER. THAT WOULD BE PRETTY, UH, UM, INVOLVED. BUT IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS LIKE A SELF-GUIDED TOUR THAT PEOPLE KNOW. LIKE JUST SAYING, HERE IS WHERE THERE IS PUBLIC ART. GO LOOK AT THE PUBLIC ART AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR, YOUR DAY TO DAY. YES. WAS THAT THE INITIAL IDEA WAS PRETTY MUCH YES. UHHUH . SO IT CAN BE AS SMALL OR AS BIG AS YOU WANT. OKAY. IT COULD GET BIGGER LATER. YEAH. SO REALLY, SO YEAH. GO. DID HE ELIMINATE THE YOUR HEALTH ? UM, I WAS GONNA SAY YES. YOU COULD WITHDRAW THAT ONE. HUH? YOU CAN WITHDRAW THAT ONE. OH, IS IT INSURANCE? I SKIPPED THAT ONE. YEAH, WE, WE FOR, UH, INSURANCE. YES. BUT FOR THE YOUTH ART FUND. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SEE THIS IS WHY WE HAVE KIND OF THE, LIKE EVERYBODY IN THE POOL NOW LET'S DO SOME INVESTIGATION. LET'S THINK ABOUT, LET'S WEIGH THIS AND, AND COME TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE WON'T DO SHARK TANK NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE PICKED, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE SIGNATURE INITIATIVES AND IT'S, IT'S PLUG AND PLAY FOR OUR COMMISSION. BUT I THINK WE ARE AT THE CUSP OF, UH, REALLY CREATING SOMETHING THAT, UM, CAN HAVE LEGS FOR THE COMMUNITY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTARY? UH, KNOWING NEXT MEETING, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN OFFICIAL VOTE WHEN IT COMES TO THE IDEAS FOR SHARK TANK. SO WHAT, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING FROM EACH OF THE PEOPLE WHO JUST VOLUNTEERED FOR SOMETHING IS THAT THEY COME WITH, HEY, HERE'S A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON WHAT THIS WOULD BE. MM-HMM . MAYBE THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR. MAYBE THIS IS A ROUGH, ROUGH ESTIMATE OF THE TYPE OF MONEY WE THINK WOULD BE INVOLVED. BECAUSE EVEN IF, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE IS STILL PROBABLY SOME SORT OF MONEY INVOLVED, WHETHER IT'S MARKETING OH YEAH. LIGHTING OUT IN ONE OF OUR THOROUGHFARES FOR THE, THE WANNA SAY CANDLESTICKS, NOT CANDLESTICKS, UH, GINGERBREAD MIN, UM, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, THAT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE MORE FLUSHED OUT. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE JUST A LITTLE BIT DEEPER OF A PITCH. CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THEN I'M GOING TO, UH, MOVE US TO ANY NEW BUSINESS, ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY. NOPE. UM, THE ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, I HAVE ONE. I WANNA INVITE ANYONE [00:50:01] WHO'S LISTENING OR ANY OF OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS. UH, ARTI IS, UH, CULTURE WORKS', SIGNATURE ART EVENT OF THE YEAR IS HAPPENING ON 8 27. IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO, I CAN GET YOU DETAILS. TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW. IT WILL BE AT THE MASONIC CENTER OF DAYTON. IT IS OUR FIRST YEAR AT THE MASONIC CENTER, WHICH WE ARE NOW ACTIVATING, UH, AS UH, AN ART SPACE. AND IT IS GONNA BE A BIG, AND IT IS MY FIRST YEAR AS BOARD CHAIR OF ARTI, SO I WOULD LOVE TO, IS THERE A THEME THIS YEAR? WHAT? IS THERE A THEME? UH, IT'S NOT SO MUCH A THEME. ARTI IS THERE ARE LOCAL MIXOLOGISTS AND RESTAURANTS AND THEY ARE PAIRED WITH AN ARTIST AND A PIECE OF ART. AND A MIXOLOGIST CREATES A SIGNATURE DRINK INSPIRED BY THAT PIECE OF ART. THERE ARE 16 DIFFERENT AND YOU GO AROUND AND YOU VOTE FOR LIKE, BEST PIECE OF ART, BEST INSPIRED DRINK. IT'S, IT'S COOL. PEOPLE DOING COOL THINGS IN DAYTON, DRINKING COOL DRINKS. THERE ARE MOCKTAILS AS WELL AS COCKTAILS. UM, AND THEN I WOULD ALSO MENTION, UH, MASON, HOW DID THE TIME CAPSULE GO? YOU PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S OUTSIDE OF THIS, UH, COMMISSION. YOU, YOU REALLY DID A, A YEOMAN'S JOB. THANK YOU. IT WAS VERY FUN. IT WAS, UH, GOOD TO GO OUT AND KIND OF CONNECT WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIECES OF OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND SEE WHAT THEY HAD TO, TO REPRESENT HUBER HEIGHTS AS A WHOLE. UM, I DID NOT GET TO GO TO THE BURIAL EVENT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WENT OKAY DESPITE THE RAIN. THE TIME CAPSULE IS IN THE GROUND AND LUCKILY IT WAS WEATHERPROOFED, SO THAT SHOULDN'T MATTER. AWESOME. NO ONE FELL IN THE HOLE. , THAT'S HELPFUL BECAUSE I WASN'T THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS ANYONE WANTS TO SHARE? OKAY. OUR UPCOMING MEETING FOR AUGUST IS WHEN? IT IS THE THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH. OH NO, I THOUGHT I HAD THAT ON THERE. I'M SO SORRY. THE 10TH I THINK. OH NO, IT'D BE AFTER THAT. THE 17TH. 17TH. 17TH. YEAH. EIGHT 17. DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON MARIGOLD STILL? YES. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. UM, AND SO I'M GOING TO HOLD ADJOURNMENT. UH, WELL I'M GOING TO OFFICIALLY ADJOURN THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING IN JUST A MOMENT. UH, AS SOON AS I HAVE A MOTION. BUT DON'T DO THAT YET. WHERE WE WILL THEN, UH, TURN OFF THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING WHERE WE WILL FINALIZE OUR VOTES FOR THE LAST TWO. DO WE NEED TO PUT THOSE? DO YOU'LL DO IT? YEAH, THAT'LL BE IN THE MINUTES. OH, OKAY. EVERYBODY GO GET UP AND GO OVER THERE AND THEN I'LL HAVE YOU VOTE, UH, AS A PACKAGE DEAL THAT YOU CONFIRM ALL OF THESE. JUMP UP AND GO OVER THERE. SO YEAH, IF YOU STILL HAVE YOUR LITTLE BROWN GUY TAKE IT. IF YOU LEFT THE BROWN GUY OVER THERE, GRAB A BROWN GUY. YEAH. PUT YOUR BROWN GUY ON THE ONE YOU VOTE FOR. IT IS NOW THE MARIGOLD. OKAY, GOOD. HELP BROWN. THE BROWN PIECE OF PAPER. YES. BROWN. AND WHICH THAT MATTERS TOO MUCH TODAY. JUST, IT'S JUST LIKE OUR FAVORITE OR YEAH. YEAH. JUST A ONE THAT DESERVES RECOGNITION. I THINK A BROWN OR JUST, JUST WHATEVER PIECE. AS LONG AS THERE'S EIGHT. GRAB A PIECE OF PAPER AND STICK IT ON YOURSELF. NO, IT'S HARDER TO JUST DO ONE. KEVIN. I LIKE HOST THERE WERE LOTS OF NICE HOSTESS. NOW WE DIFFERENT. YEP. AS LONG AS THERE'S TWO ON ONE, THEN IT'LL BE F*****G . DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THERE? EVERY YEAR AROUND ARBOR DAY, THERE'S THE COMMERCIAL WITH THE SINGING CARDINAL TREE. TREES. TREES NATIONAL, A FOUNDATION. HE'S GOT, HE'S GOT A TALK. PAT MCC CAN. YES. SEE I SEE THIS AND I'M SINGING IT IN MY HEAD. I REMEMBER THAT WITH THE SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS CRYING. YES. SATURDAY PLAYED DURING THE CARTOONS. I SPENT THE WORD ACROSS THE NATION ABOUT TREES. YEP. IT WAS A BIRD. CARDINAL TREES ARE TERRIFIC. AND I REMEMBER LOUIS THE LIGHTNING BUG. REMEMBER LOUIS THE LIGHTNING. OH YEAH. ELECTRICITY . AND THEN OF COURSE ALL OF THE SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS. UHHUH . YEAH. OH GOODNESS. VACATION. MY FIRST FAMILY VACATION FOR THE NEXT MEETING. BUT IF I TYPE SOMETHING AND SEND IT IN, THAT WILL BE [00:55:01] GOOD ENOUGH. ABSOLUTELY. UM, WHEN TO SUBMIT OFF CYCLE, UM, SEND IT DIRECTLY TO SARAH FORSYTH WITH THE INSTRUCTION TO SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION FOR SUNSHINE LAWS. IT HAS TO GO TO HER. WE CAN'T INDIVIDUALLY EMAIL. OKAY. CAN WE ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO DISPLAY SOMETHING POWERPOINT? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW. WE JUST GET THAT INFORMATION. , SARAH KNOWS HOW TO DO IT. OKAY, SO IF I SEND THE PRESENTATION TO SARAH, HECK YEAH. IT WON'T BE LONG, BUT IT'S EASIER THAN JUST TO, VISUALS ARE AWESOME. THE COM UH, THE CITY COUNCIL USES IT, SO I'M FINE. I FIGURED I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE HAD ACCESS. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT IN AUGUST, I THINK I HAVE SARAH FORSYTH. AM I RIGHT? AUGUST IS WHEN WE GET CALLED UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL AGAIN. I HAVE TWO OF THEM. I'M SORRY. UM, I THOUGHT THAT THEY CANCELED ALL OF THIS SUMMER. OH COOL. YAY. I'LL CHECK. BUT I WAS GONNA SAY, DO WE WANT THE 10TH THAT WE MEETING TO BE WHEN WE INVITE THESE INDIVIDUALS? RECOGNITION? YEAH. MOVED UP 17TH. NO, THE 10TH IS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO WE INVITE CITIZENS TO RECEIVE THEIR AWARD FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. OKAY, I SEE. I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. YES, BECAUSE UH, WE ARE A NON-ELECTED COMMISSION WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL. GOTCHA. SO THEY HAVE THE WORK. I SEE. YEAH. DO WE HAVE A TIE? OH LORD. OKAY. BRING THE PICTURES UP. WE'LL VOTE UP HERE. TWO OR THREE WAY TIME. TWO WAY TIME. EASY ENOUGH. ONE. DO YOU MIND JUST PASS DOWN, PUT A TALLY MARK ON IT? YEAH. YEP. PUT A TALLY MARK ON IT. WHILE THAT IS BEING PASSED AND WE ARE PROVIDING A FINAL VOTE, UH, YOU WERE PROVIDED MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING. DID ANYONE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE JUNE 30TH MEETING? PUT A TALLY ON THE ONE YOU LEFT. UM, JUST BY NAME AT THE, AGAIN, I'M SO SORRY. NO, YOU'RE FINE. EVERYONE WANTS TO DO IT. IT'S NORMAL 'CAUSE IT'S HEDGE YOU THINK? HEDGEHOG OR HEDGE? YEAH. JUST NO E AFTER THE G. NO E. YEAH. I THOUGHT IN THE LAST MEETING I JUST LISTENED TO IT AND IT WAS LIKE ADD AN E AFTER THE, SORRY. YEAH, I REMEMBER. OKAY. NOPE, THAT'S MY FAULT. I'M SORRY. DIDN'T LISTEN CLOSELY ENOUGH. I DON'T VOTE. OKAY. UM, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED? I MOVE. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. APPROVE. SAME OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. HEARING NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES. RIGHT. WE ARE ALMOST TO THE END OF OUR VOTING. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR, UH, ENGAGEMENT AND WILLINGNESS TO ASK BIG QUESTIONS. THERE WE GO. AND HAVE BIG IDEAS. WE ARE RETURNING THESE PICTURES TO OUR PARKS AND REC REPRESENTATIVE AND, AND I'LL READ THE ADDRESSES INTO THE RECORD. NO, YOU DON'T WANT THAT. SORRY. MINE DIDN'T WIN FOR YOU TO, FOR YOU TO CONFIRM. ALL RIGHT. SO THE AM MARIGOLD AWARD WILL GO TO 60 77 LAY CROSS. THE HISTORICAL AWARD WILL GO TO 66 17 CHAMBERSBURG. THE LARGE BUSINESS WILL GO TO 75 0 5 TAYLORSVILLE, WHICH IS SULFUR GROVE CHURCH. THE RED, WHITE, AND BEAUTIFUL WILL GO TO 6,000 CHARLES GATE. THE SMALL BUSINESS AWARD WILL GO TO 61 82 CHAMBERSBURG, WHICH IS BAYSIDE COFFEE. THE, UM, POLLINATOR FRIENDLY AWARD WILL GO TO 71 41 SOMERVILLE AND THE GORGEOUS GREEN WILL GO TO 87 31 CHRISTIE GATE. AND WE WILL NOT HAVE AN APARTMENT THIS YEAR. UM, AND THEN THE MAYOR WILL LET ME KNOW HIS CHOICE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE PEOPLE NOTIFIED AND WE'LL GET AWARDS OUT TO ALL THE YARDS IF THESE ARE CONFIRMED. ARE THESE, UH, ADDRESSES AND IS THIS SUMMATION OF VOTING ACCEPTED BY THIS COMMISSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. UH, SARAH, PLEASE SHARE THAT WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND PROCEED TO INVITING THOSE FOLKS TO THE, UH, AUGUST 10TH MEETING IF THE COUNCIL SO APPROVES. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, WITH THAT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING? SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY [01:00:01] AYE. AYE. AYE. POSE. BE QUIET, . MOTION CARRIED. EVERYBODY GET OUT. * 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.