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NOPE.

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ALL RIGHTY.

GOOD EVENING.

OOH.

[ AGENDA ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road August 17, 2026 6:30 P.M. ]

HELLO .

GOOD EVENING, HUBER HUTS.

UM, I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

I'M SARAH CHAPMAN, THE CHAIR.

I WILL, UH, LIKE TO PROVIDE A ROLL CALL.

CALL STARTING ON MY LEFT.

GOOD.

THAT'D BE ME, GREG FOX, CHERYL BRANDENBURG, SARAH FORSYTH, MELISSA GWEN, WENDY NAP, MASON KNICKERBOCKER AT SIX 30.

THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.

WE, UH, WE WILL MISS OUR ATTENDEES, UH, JOE AND SADE, WHO LET US KNOW THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND.

WE WISH THEM WELL.

OPENING REMARKS BY THE CHAIRPERSON ARE REAL SHORT TODAY 'CAUSE CHAIRPERSON IS MOUTH IS NOT WORKING.

TOTALLY.

BUT THE, THE BIG NEWS IS THAT, UH, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE OUT AND WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM FOR THIS COMMITTEE.

THIS IS A POSITION WE'VE NOT BEEN IN FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND NEXT MEETING WE SHOULD HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION STARTING, WHICH WILL MAKE US FULL.

AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE DEFINITELY SINCE MY TIME ON THE COMMISSION AND I KNOW SINCE SOMETIME BEFORE THAT.

SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ALL ARE DOING TO MAKE THIS A FUN AND EXCITING PLACE TO BE SEEING NO CITIZENS AND HAVING RECEIVED NO EMAIL OR ONLINE COMMENTS FROM SARAH, WE WILL GO DIRECTLY TO OLD BUSINESS.

NOW, A CAVEAT, OUR COMMISSION MEMBER JOE SERRA, IS GOING TO SHARE ABOUT HIS SHARK TANK PROPOSAL A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH.

WE'LL KICK THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING.

BUT WE ASKED A FEW PEOPLE AT THE LAST MEETING TO GO AND DO SOME, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GONNA HOLD ON THAT FOR JUST A MOMENT 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA EASE INTO THAT.

IF YOU WERE SOMEONE WHO WAS ASKED TO, TO COME BACK WITH STUFF, GET READY.

BUT I DO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT.

I JUST SAW THAT IN THE NOTES, UH, OF LAST MEETING, THE YARD BEAUTIFICATION WINNERS.

HAVE THOSE ALL BEEN HANDED OUT? PARDON ME? YARD BEAUTIFICATION AWARD, EVERYTHING.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

ALL OF THE SIGNS GIVE US SIGNS ARE OUT.

WE HAD GOOD ATTENDANCE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, WHAT FIVE, FIVE OF THE AWARD WINNERS ATTENDED.

ARE, ARE WE COUNTING THE CHURCH? PARDON? ARE WE COUNTING THE CHURCH AS ONE OF THOSE ATTENDERS? , YEAH.

THE LADY THAT JUST STOOD UP.

I GO CHURCH.

YEAH, WHICH WAS GOOD.

YEAH, I COUNT, I WAS REALLY SURPRISED.

ACTUALLY.

ONE OF THE MINISTERS, UH, WAS ANOTHER NOMINEE.

I HAD NOMINATED HER AND FOUND OUT SHE WAS A MINISTER AT, AT THE CHURCH.

AND, UM, SHE WAS ON VACATION OR SHE WOULD'VE BEEN HERE.

SO I WAS HAPPY THAT THE, THE WOMAN IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE DECIDED TO COME UP AND TAKE THE AWARD.

BUT, UM, YEAH, WE JUST HAD ONE LITTLE SNAFU WHERE WE, I, I THOUGHT WE WERE SHORT A SIGN AND I HAD KIND OF PUT, I PUT A SIGN AT CHINA GARDEN THAT DID, WAS NOT, UM, THE OFFICIAL POLL AND EVERYTHING.

AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE THRILLED.

THEY DIDN'T , THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANY DIFFERENT.

BUT, UM, AS IT TURNED OUT, ONCE I MENTIONED IT TO SARAH, SARAH SAID, OH NO, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER SIGN.

'CAUSE WE HAD AN EXTRA AWARD THIS YEAR THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE LAST YEAR.

RIGHT.

SO I JUST HAD THE OLD SIGNPOST.

WELL, THERE WAS ANOTHER SIGNPOST I GOT THAT ERECTED THIS WEEK AT CHINA GARDEN, AND NOBODY WAS THERE WHEN I, WHEN I PUT IT IN THE, IN THEIR GARDEN.

BUT NONETHELESS, THAT WAS DONE.

SO I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH HOW EVERYTHING WENT.

AND THE PEOPLE THAT CAME TO THE MEETING, IT, THAT WAS A BAD MEETING KIND OF FOR DOING THIS, BECAUSE I, ONE OF MY AWARD WINNERS ALMOST LEFT, BUT SHE SAW ME WALKING IN AND WE HAD TO PARK ON THE STREET BECAUSE OF ALL THE FIRE TRUCKS AND POLICE CARS AND , IT LOOKED LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE HAD A BOMB THREAT OR SOMETHING, .

OH, WOW.

BUT AS IT TURNED OUT, BECAUSE THEY WERE SWEARING IN THE, THE NEW POLICE CHIEF AND THEY WERE HONORING SOME OF THE TRIMBLE EMPLOYEES FOR SAVING A GUY'S LIFE.

AND SO IT WAS A LOT OF, A LOT OF FIRE AND POLICE SUPPORT HERE.

HOPEFULLY NOTHING HAPPENED OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE WE WERE DOING ALL THAT.

BUT, UM, YEAH, I I THOUGHT IT WENT REALLY WELL THIS YEAR.

I GOT, I KEEP FORMULATING IDEAS EVERY YEAR THAT I'M GONNA CHANGE.

SO I NEED TO, I NEED TO SIT DOWN AND REALLY MAKE SOME SERIOUS NOTES ABOUT HOW WE WANNA DO IT.

I, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK I'M GONNA TRY TO MAIL MORE LETTERS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO

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DELIVER AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S, IT'S A LOT OF RUNNING AROUND AND I DON'T USUALLY CATCH PEOPLE INTO HOME.

ANYWAY, SO THIS YEAR WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR THOUGH.

I, I'VE MET A LOT OF THE HOMEOWNERS AND SO IT ALL WENT WELL.

FANTASTIC.

UM, I DON'T SEE JAY HARTMAN, UH, HE WAS ASKED TO COME BACK TO A FUTURE MEETING.

DID HE MEET WITH YOU, MASON? OH, THE OTHER MASON? IT WAS, HE, HE WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH MASON FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

OH, OKAY.

HAVE WE HEARD FROM JAY THEN? WE HAVE NOT.

OKAY.

UH, THOSE WERE THE ONLY OUTSTANDING THINGS OTHER THAN OUR 2027 PROGRAM LINEUP.

SO IS THERE ANYONE ON THIS COMMISSION WHO WISHES TO SHARE A DEEPER DIVE OR WHO WAS INSTRUCTED TO SHARE A DEEPER DIVE? UH, BASED ON, IN, UH, BASED ON THE SHARK TANK PRESENTATION YOU PUT IN, I'M SO SORRY.

I, I DO HAVE A COMMENT JUST ABOUT THE, UM, THE PEAR TREE.

OKAY.

THE BRADFORD PREPARE TREES, AND I DID, HANNAH, I GUESS IS BACK TO SCHOOL AT THE END OF THIS WEEK OR SOMETHING.

AND SO I CONTACTED HER AND SHE GAVE ME A LIST OF THE, UM, THE RESEARCH SHE HAD DONE ON PROVIDERS LIKE TREE SERVICES IN THE AREA THAT WERE WILLING TO, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM.

AND THAT SHE HAD DONE SOME RESEARCH ON.

THEY WERE REPUTABLE.

AND, UM, SO I'M GONNA UPDATE THE FLYER.

I'VE BEEN STILL HANDING OUT FLYERS AT THE FARMER'S MARKET, YOU KNOW, JUST SAYING, DO YOU HAVE A BRADFORD PEAR TREE? YOU KNOW, DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON? AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY REAL DETAILS ON IT.

SO I'M GONNA TRY TO UPDATE OUR FLYER AND SAY, HEY, IF YOU, IF YOU NEED A TREE REMOVED, HERE'S SOME SERVICES IF YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU MAY WANNA CONTACT AND WHATEVER.

JUST SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF GET THAT THING ROLLING AGAIN.

BUT THAT'S ALL FANTASTIC.

ANYTHING, ANY OTHERS? I HAD, UH, SOME MORE THOUGHTS ON THE BRADFORD TREE PROGRAM.

UH, AND I DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY THE TIMELINE THAT THE CITY'S GOING ON, BUT I LIKED SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT OUR VISITOR FROM MY ODNR, UH, CATHERINE MENTIONED LAST WEEK.

UM, I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF PUTTING OUT SIGNS AS THE TREES GO AWAY.

UM, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU SAID IN OCTOBER THEY'RE GONNA BE MOVING ON THE TREES AGAIN AS THOSE, UM, TREES COME DOWN AND WHERE THE TREES HAVE GONE DOWN BEFORE.

I LIKE THAT IDEA OF HAVING THE SIGN SAYING, COMING SOON NATIVE TREES AND MAYBE A QR CODE TO A, A PAGE ON THE CITY SITE OR SOMETHING THAT EXPLAINS THE PROGRAM.

KIND OF CONDENSES THAT RESEARCH SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

'CAUSE WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE ON FACEBOOK, PEOPLE WILL TALK ABOUT THE TREES GOING DOWN.

LOTS OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMENTS ARE LIKE EXPLAINING WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T GET THEIR NEWS FROM FACEBOOK.

SO HAVING KIND OF A, A MORE TANGIBLE WAY OF PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING, UH, I THINK WOULD BE GREAT.

UH, I ALSO LIKE THE IDEA OF A KICKOFF EVENT, UH, FOR THE TREE CUTTINGS.

AND I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW THE CUTTINGS HAVE ALREADY STARTED, BUT SOME SORT OF LIKE PUBLIC EVENT WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND, UM, ALMOST, ALMOST LIKE BACK IN THE DAY, A PUBLIC HANGING, RIGHT? WHERE YOU GO AND YOU SEE LIKE DOWN WITH THE CRIMINAL, BUT IT'S A BRADFORD PAIR.

THEY LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S LIKE SAFETY ISSUES THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE, BUT LIKE PEOPLE CAN COME OUT AND WATCH A BRADFORD TRA UH, BRADFORD PAIR GET CUT DOWN.

SOMEONE FROM THE PARKS OR ODNR COULD GIVE A TALK EXPLAINING WHY WE'RE DOING IT.

UM, AND THEN THAT COULD BE THE KICKOFF OF OUR PART OF THE, THE PROCESS, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC CAMPAIGN OF, HEY, YOU SEE HOW WE TOOK DOWN THIS TREE? YOU SHOULD GO DO IT AT HOME.

AND HAND OUT THAT INFORMATION.

AND, AND UH, THE, THE T-SHIRT IDEA WE HAD PREVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST HOWEVER MANY PEOPLE THAT TURN IN THEIR BRADFORD BOUNTY TO SHOW THAT THEY CUT DOWN ONE ON THEIR OWN LAND GETS A T-SHIRT THAT SAID, I CUT DOWN MY BRADFORD PAIR.

OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

JUST A COUPLE IDEAS I JOTTED DOWN FROM, FROM, UH, WHEN SHE WAS HERE LAST WEEK.

SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT I, I THOUGHT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.

I LOVE ALL OF IT.

I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE SIGN WITH THE QR CODE COMING SOON JUST TO MITIGATE THAT.

AS FAR AS THE THE KICKOFF EVENT THOUGH, THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT GIVES ME PAUSE BECAUSE IT'S SO HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO COME TO EVENTS.

I WISH THERE WERE HELLO PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, AN EVENT THAT WE COULD BE AT WHERE WE COULD SAY, HEY, BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW, THE BRADFORD PAIRS GOTTA GO.

HEY HO GOTTA GO AND HERE'S HOW YOU GET YOUR T-SHIRT AND WHATEVER.

AND RATHER THAN MAKING THEM COME TO US,

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WE WERE WHERE THEY WERE A DISPLAY IN THE LIBRARY, PERHAPS , WE CAN DO THAT.

UM, YEP.

LET ME GET SOME, UM, LET ME GET SOME MORE POLISHED MARKETING AROUND IT GOING SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE EXPRESSED A DESIRE FOR AN UPDATED FLYER AND UM, SIGNAGE AND STUFF.

SO LET ME VENTURE DOWN THAT.

DOES MASON WANNA BE THE CHAMPION? SHOULD I WORK WITH HIM FOR HIS? SO LET'S MAKE THIS AN OFFICIAL MOTION.

WHAT I BELIEVE I'M HEARING IS THAT THIS COMMISSION IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR, OR RECOMMEND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BRADFORD PAIR WORK, INCLUDING UPDATED FLYERS AND A POTENTIAL KICKOFF OF SOME KIND AND SOME SIGNAGE AND UH, POTENTIALLY MASON AS OUR POINT OF CONTACT TO PARKINSON REC.

IF I HAVE CAPTURED WHAT I'VE HEARD CORRECTLY, I WOULD LIKE A MOTION.

OH SHOULD I, SHOULD I MOVE? I CAN.

YOU CAN MOVE.

SO MOVED .

I SEE.

AND SECONDED BY GREG.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIED.

YAY.

WE HAVE DONE BUSINESS.

HOORAY.

BUSINESS.

UM, I JUST WANTED, WANTED TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT ABOUT THE KICKOFF.

THE ONLY EVENT THAT I'M THINKING OF IN MY HEAD RIGHT NOW IS THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO MAYBE SET UP A BOOTH OR DO SOMETHING, BUT ARE THERE OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THIS FALL THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR, IS THERE A BACK TO SCHOOL OR FESTIVAL OR SOMETHING? UM, THERE'S NOT, THERE'S OUR NEXT INTERNAL EVENT THAT WILL BE BIG WILL BE, UM, FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WILL BE OUR HAPPY HAUNTED TRAIL, WHICH I COULD SEE US DOING SOME SPOOKY INVASIVE TREES IN THERE, BUT THAT'S FUNNY.

YEAH, I'D HAVE TO WALK THROUGH 'EM.

'CAUSE THEY'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FLOWERED.

THEY COULD LOOK LIKE GHOSTS.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M THINKING ON THAT.

BUT UM, EVEN IF IT'S NOT A KICKOFF EVENT LIKE THAT, IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, NOT DOWN WITH THE TREE.

MAYBE IT IS IN SPRING WHEN WE GO TO PLANT ONE, YOU DOWN WITH TRE.

SO IT'S KIND OF THE OPPOSITE VIBE, BUT IT'S STILL .

I WAS THINKING PUBLIC HANGING BECAUSE IT'S OCTOBER AND SPOOKY, BUT IF WE DO IT IN SPRING, THAT IDEA EVERY REBIRTH WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE POSITIVE.

IF I ONLY HAD ONE IN THAT PART THAT WE WERE DOING THE HAUNTED TRAIL AT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

BUT, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN PONDER ON THIS AND UM, AND GET THE BONE.

THANK YOU.

NO, WE CAN HAVE A BRADFORD PAIR ON A HINGE THAT DROPPED IN THE TRAIL RIGHT IN FRONT OF , SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

PERFECT.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT YEAH, WE GOTTA GO CUT ONE DOWN FROM SOMETHING.

I KNOW WE HAVE TO FIND ONE TO CUT DOWN , BUT YEAH, BECAUSE FALL IS WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE CUTTING 'EM DOWN AND THE SPRING IS THE LIKELY TIME WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING THEM BACK UP.

SO YEAH, I REALLY THINK THAT SIGN NATIVE TREES COMING SOON IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE LIKE THE BIGGEST ADVERTISING PIECE WE CAN DO.

YEAH, THAT DOES MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.

YEAH.

GREAT.

ON THAT SUBJECT, ARE WE HAVING SOME SORT OF STUMP REMOVAL PROGRAM WITH THE REMOVAL OF THOSE TREES OR I BELIEVE ISN'T THAT PART USUALLY WHEN YOU GET A TREE REMOVED THEY'LL GRIND THE STUMP DOWN.

OKAY.

YEAH.

THEY TAKE THE STUMP.

UM, YEAH, SO THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE THING WE HAVE SAID YES TO THE OTHER OUTSTANDING PIECE THAT UH, WE ARE NOT GONNA CALL FOR A VOTE ON, BUT THE HOLIDAY, UH, GINGERBREAD THINGY, THAT WOULD BE FOR CHRISTMAS OF 2027, NOT FOR 26.

UM, JOE IS THE CHAMPION OF THAT AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM HIM BEFORE, UH, WE OFFICIALLY PUT THAT IN OUR 2027 SLATE.

BUT AT THE MOMENT WE ARE GOING TO, UH, CONTINUE OUR BRADFORD PAIR WORK.

WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR YARD BEAUTIFICATION AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR ART SHOW FOR THE ART SHOW.

WAS THERE, I, I FEEL IT WAS STILL OUTSTANDING.

MAYBE IT WASN'T, MAYBE IT WAS SETTLED THAT, WAS IT GOING TO BE A BIGGER FESTIVAL TYPE EXPERIENCE OR WE JUST DOING OUR ART SHOW WITH A COUPLE OF ADDITIONS, YOU KNOW, AN EXTENDED DISPLAY AT THE LIBRARY AND SOME DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS OR, I THINK I HAVE AN OPINION ON WHERE WE LANDED, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT DEPENDS ON WHO AGREES TO STEP FORWARD AS CHAMPION AND I DON'T WANNA ASSUME IT WILL BE MELISSA AGAIN.

SURE.

OKAY.

.

UH, SO I'LL, I'LL

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GO WITH HER.

OKAY.

YEAH.

AWESOME.

I KNOW THAT WE SAID YES TO A DISPLAY AT THE LIBRARY OF THE WINNERS WHO CONSENT.

UM, I KNOW THERE WAS POSITIVE RECEPTION FROM THE, THE CITY COUNCIL ON HAVING IT AT THE SENIOR CENTER.

UM, MAKING IT A FESTIVAL.

I THINK, UH, WE NEED TO SEE WHAT OUR TIERS CAN OF THAT CAN RECOMMEND, BUT IT, WE'RE OPEN AND WE DO IT AROUND THE SAME TIMEFRAME IN MAY IF WE DO THAT AND WE CAN GET LIKE THE JAZZ BAND CONCERT OR WHATEVER AT THE SAME TIME.

I MEAN THAT'S KIND OF SPRING-ISH, RIGHT? YES.

COULD THAT BE IT? WE COULD ALSO DO THE BRADFORD PAIR YAY THING.

I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT'S TOO LATE BY MAY.

I THINK ANYTHING WE SHOW UP TO IN THAT TIME PERIOD, WE CAN KIND OF BRING SOME BRAD REPAIR STUFF WE'RE GONNA PROMOTE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

BUT ISN'T THE, UM, ISN'T ARBOR DAY BEFORE OUR ARCH SHOW? YES.

AND THAT'S WHEN THE, THE TREE GIVEAWAY IS, ISN'T IT? MM-HMM .

SO, SO FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR OUR ART SHOW FOLKS, IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IT AT THE SENIOR CENTER IS WORKING WITH PARKS AND REC TO CAMP ON A DATE FOR NEXT YEAR.

'CAUSE EVERYTHING WILL FOLLOW FROM WHAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE.

WE NEED.

YEAH.

WE NEED A DATE.

YEAH.

SO YOU HAVE FREEDOM TO, TO PICK WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

OKAY.

BUT I WOULD ALSO, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD AND GET THE EEL BERG AND EVERYTHING FOR IT SO THAT YOU CAN YEAH.

ADD THE AS THE JAZZ STUFF IF YOU WANT.

YEAH.

AND WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE CON CONFLICTING WITH IT IN THE COMMUNITY.

MM-HMM.

'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT THAT.

RIGHT? YEAH.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO THAT IS OUR SLATE OF, YOU KNOW, MAJOR 20, 27 INITIATIVES AND UM, WITH THE OUTSTANDING, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE WE'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT HOW TO SAY YES 'CAUSE EVERYONE IS REAL EXCITED ABOUT IT.

UM, AND I, I'M, I'M PLEASED BY THE CONVERSATIONS.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE CONTINUING TO, TO ITERATE, BUT WE'RE NOT JUST DOING SOMETHING NEW EVERY YEAR.

WE'RE TAKING WHAT'S GOOD, MAKING IT BETTER AND THEN ADDING ONE THING.

SO I'M KIND OF HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT OUR 2027 YEAR THAT SOMEONE ELSE WILL GET TO BE THE CHAIR FOR? UH, MIKE? JUST BACKING UP TO THE ART SHOW? YES.

WE, UH, OUR DAY OR MAY THE FIRST, ACTUALLY IT FALLS ON SATURDAY THAT YEAR.

IF WE WANNA OVERLAP THE TWO.

IT IS A QUESTION FOR THE, UH, SENIOR CENTER IF THEY HAVE AVAILABILITY.

MM-HMM .

MM-HMM .

I SEE TEXTING BEGINNING.

OH, BARBARA IS FRIDAY THE 30TH.

I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN.

I I DON'T FORESEE THERE BEING AN ISSUE.

WE CAN, UM, TAKE A LOOK TOMORROW MORNING AND I'LL GET WITH HER.

I MEAN THAT MAKES IT AN ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION SHOW.

MM-HMM .

MM-HMM .

SO IT WOULD BE LOVELY.

MM-HMM .

MM-HMM GOOD TO ME.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER AMPLIFICATIONS ADDITIONS? SUGGESTIONS? OKAY.

ANY NEW BUSINESS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE GROUP THIS MONTH? I SAID IT WAS GONNA BE A THINNER MEETING WITH SOME OF THE OUTAGES WE'VE HAD.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

PART OF THE REASON FOR THE SHARK TANK IS ESTABLISHING A BUDGET.

DO YOU, DO WE NEED TO HAVE LIKE, CONCRETE IDEAS? LIKE LAST YEAR WE HAD SPECIFIC THINGS WE WANTED TO SPEND MONEY ON ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE PLANS.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO REGARDING THAT? UM, WELL I THINK THE WAY THAT JOE'S PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST CHANGE TO YOUR BUDGET FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.

SO RIGHT NOW I'LL JUST GO FORWARD WITH, UM, THE BUDGET YOU HAD LAST YEAR.

UM, AND THEN I CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT IN THERE IN MY PLACEHOLDER, BUT WE PROBABLY WON'T NEED TO REALLY HAVE NUMBERS UNTIL OCTOBER.

UM, SO THIS SEPTEMBER MEETING SHOULD BE FINE AND I KNOW JOE HAD PLANNED TO DO SOME EXTENSIVE RESEARCH, SO I WOULD THINK HE'LL COME BACK WITH A ROUGH ESTIMATE ON WHAT ONE OF THESE STATUES WOULD COST AND THEN WE CAN SAY, WELL WHAT'S OUR, OUR GOAL? DO WE WANNA TRY AND GET 10 PEOPLE THE FIRST YEAR OR WHAT? 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU WANNA GET A HUNDRED THE FIRST YEAR.

I THINK HIS PROPOSAL IS TO GO SLOWER.

SO, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT BEING ABLE TO SIGN A NUMBER TO MOST OF THIS, IF THAT'S OKAY.

AWESOME.

APPRECIATE IT.

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OKAY.

UM, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, AND WE'VE REFERENCED THEM A COUPLE TIMES, THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING.

UM, THESE ARE VERY NICE.

ARE, ARE WE USING A TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE? UM, NO.

I THINK THAT SHE, UM, MY SEASONAL EMPLOYEE WATCHED THE VIDEO AND THEN DID 'EM AH, SO I'M NOT SURE IF SHE HAD SOMETHING CLEAN IT UP FOR HER OR IF THIS IS WHAT SHE WROTE.

I'LL TELL YOU.

SEASONAL, SEASONAL EMPLOYEE, SHE DID A GREAT JOB.

THERE ARE SOME NOTES THAT SHE, YOU KNOW, CAPTURED.

THERE WAS CONVERSATION AROUND AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S PRETTY DARN GOOD.

SO YAY.

HANNAH IS WONDERFUL.

.

SHE'S, SHE'S, I LOVE HANNAH.

I HOPE SHE'S ONE SUGGESTION FOR A SLIGHT CHANGE.

YES.

IN WORDING, UM, UNDER OLD BUSINESS SHARK TANK DISCUSSION, THE FIRST SENTENCE, UM, PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM THE BUDGET I WOULD SUGGEST BECOMES PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM CONSIDERATION.

YEP.

AGREE.

ANY OTHER ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? HEARING NONE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH THE ADDITION PROPOSED? SO MOVED.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.

CHERYL AND MASON SECONDED.

I'LL APPROVE.

SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? SAME SIGN MINUTES.

SO APPROVED.

UM, I WOULD ALSO, BEFORE WE GET TO THE NEXT MEETING, JUST UH, I WILL CONTINUE INVITING ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COME TO RT E WITH ME ON AUGUST THE 27TH.

TICKETS ARE ON SALE.

THERE YOU GO.

SO OUR UPCOMING MEETING IN SEPTEMBER AND 9 21 26.

9 21 26 THIS WEEKEND.

ALSO, IF I CAN CHIME IN, ONE THING IS OUR PAPER SHREDDING EVENT AND MOLLY IS STILL LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT.

SO IF ANYBODY HAS AVAILABILITY ON SATURDAY, UM, WE COULD USE HELP AT EITHER THE ROWS OR CLOUD PARK.

BASICALLY PEOPLE COME BY, YOU TAKE A BOX OF PAPER OUTTA THEIR TRUNK, YOU GIVE IT TO THE GUY AND HE SHREDS IT.

SO YOU JUST KIND OF MAKE IT SO THAT IT'S LIKE A DRIVE THROUGH AND THE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO DO I GET TO LOOK AT PEOPLE'S PAPERS? I THINK THAT'S AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF THE EVENT.

GOD, YOU MAKE IT NO FUN.

WHEN IS THAT? I'M SORRY? SATURDAY.

THIS COMING SATURDAY.

WHAT TIME YOU UM, I CAN HAVE MOLLY GET WITH YOU BECAUSE SHE'LL HAVE SOME SHIFTS WORKED IN THERE.

OKAY.

NOW I SEE THAT IT'S EIGHT TO 11.

SO, SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'LL HAVE LIKE HELPING WITH SETUP 'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO JUST PUT OUT CONES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND THEN KIND OF A MID SPLIT, LIKE A SEVEN TO NINE 30 AND THEN A NINE 30 TO 11.

I'M NOT SURE.

OKAY.

SO YOU'LL FOLLOW UP AND EMAIL? YES.

AN EMAIL WILL COME TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THE NEEDED VOLUNTEER HOURS.

ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

BUT BE QUIET .

MOTION CARRIED.

WE HAVE THE SHORTEST MEETING OF MY TENURE.