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EVENING EVERYONE.THIS IS SARAH CHAPMAN, CHAIR OF THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION MEETING.
JUST FOR FULL CONTEXT, WE EXPECT TO HAVE A SLIGHTLY LONGER MEETING.
SO WE HAVE SNACKS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROOM.
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME, IF YOU SEE SOMEONE GET UP AND MOVE TO THE SIDE TO GRAB SNACKS OR DRINK, WE STRONGLY ARE ENCOURAGING THIS.
IF YOU'RE VISITING US TONIGHT, YOU ARE ALSO WELCOME TO HAVE A SNACK AND OR DRINK.
UM, WE ARE JUST ABOUT TO DO A ROLL CALL.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE WILL SWEAR IN A NEW MEMBER.
THIS MEMBER, UM, YOU DIDN'T PUT LAST NAME ON HERE.
WITH CHELSEA'S, UH, MEMBERSHIP OF OUR COMMISSION, WE ARE NOW FULLY STAFFED.
SO CHELSEA, WOULD YOU JOIN ME HERE AT THE SEAL? WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND, UH, REPEAT AFTER, UH, BE THE OATH OF OFFICE I, CHELSEA, KY AYE.
CHELSEA S WATSON, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CONSTITUTION OF OHIO, THE CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCES, THE CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS AND THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY, FAITHFULLY AND HONESTLY, AND IMPARTIALLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGED THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE.
DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.
SIGN THAT AND GIVE THAT TO SARAH.
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL BEGIN OUR OFFICIAL ROLL CALL OF THE MEETING.
AND CHELSEA, GET READY 'CAUSE WE WILL END UP STARTING WITH YOU.
WHAT WE WILL DO IS TYPICALLY WE GO FROM MY LEFT TO MY RIGHT AND YOU WILL SAY YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND THAT YOU ARE PRESENT.
SO MAKE SURE TO HIT YOUR MIC AND IF YOU MAY, BEGIN AND TAKE A ROLL CALL.
UM, CHELSEA SOKI AND I'M PRESENT.
SHOULD I HEADS GRIFF, SARAH CHAPMAN, SARAH FORSYTH, CHERYL BRANDON BURR, WIN NAP.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS WHO HAVE LET US KNOW THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABSENT TONIGHT, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE EXCITED THAT WE NOW CAN CONTINUE OUR MEETINGS AND DON'T HAVE TO CANCEL BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
OPENING REMARKS BY THE CHAIRPERSON.
EAT THEM, GRAB THEM, DRINK THEM.
UM, WE HAVE A, UH, FULL MEETING.
WE ARE GOING TO TRY AND KIND OF GO THROUGH A FEW THINGS, BUT, UH, WE HAVE TWO REALLY BIG MEETING TOPICS WE WANT TO ALIGN ON OUR PROGRAMS FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO THE TWO BIG ONES THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK WITHOUT MASON HERE, WHO IS CHAMPIONING THE BRADFORD PEARS.
WE WILL BE TALKING, UH, PRIMARILY ABOUT CHRISTMAS 2027 AND ABOUT THE MURAL PROJECT.
AND OF COURSE, AFTERWARDS THERE WILL BE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW BUSINESS.
AT THIS TIME, WE WANT TO ADDRESS ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS.
GREAT OLD BUSINESS 2027 PROGRAM LINEUP.
LET'S START WITH THE MURAL PROJECT.
UM, WE HAVE IN YOUR PACKET OF STUFF THAT WERE, THAT WAS LEFT, WE HAVE A PRINTOUT FROM THE APPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE HAD TO GO BACK TO THE WELL AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL PUBLIC, UH, ALL PUBLIC BUSINESSES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID TO BE A PUBLIC ART LOCATION.
WE ELECTED TO MAKE THIS ONLINE SUBMISSION SOMETHING THAT WILL BE A LIVING, BREATHING ITEM THAT WE CAN, UH, GO TO THE WELL AND POTENTIALLY CREATE A, A LIST FOR, FOR FUTURE PUBLIC ART OR EVEN FOR OUR CHRISTMAS PROJECT.
BUT AS TO OUR CURRENT PROJECT, THE MOSAIC PROJECT WE ARE WORKING ON, WE HAVE COUNT HIM ONE SUBMISSION, UH, UH, ONE THANK YOU ANYONE WHO LAUGHED AT THE MUPPET REFERENCE.
UM, AND IT IS LEE'S FAMOUS RECIPE, CONVENIENTLY ENOUGH.
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THAT IS WHERE WE WANTED TO HAVE THE PUBLIC ART.SARAH, DID YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? UH, NO.
JUST THAT THIS WAS, UM, SHARED ON THE CITY'S FACEBOOK PAGE AND, UM, PUT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
SO YOU'RE ABLE TO FIND IT UNDER THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION PAGE.
LIKE SARAH SAID, WE'RE GONNA REVIEW 'EM ON A ROLLING BASIS, UM, AS PROJECTS ARE IDENTIFIED TO SEE IF WE HAVE PEOPLE TO CONTACT FOR KIND OF FIRST INTEREST.
SO ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT MIGHT WANT TO HOST A PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION, UH, PLEASE GET YOUR NAME ON HERE EVEN IF YOU AREN'T IDEAL FOR A MURAL.
UM, IF ONE DAY A STATUE POPS UP OR SOMETHING, WE COULD GO TO THE, WELL, AS SARAH PUT IT.
SO WITH THAT, UH, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THIS IN OUR MEETING, UH, CORRECTLY.
WE HAVE, WE HAD INTENDED TO DO OUR MOSAIC PROJECT AT LEE'S, UH, CHICKEN LEE'S FAMOUS RECIPE CHICKEN.
AND, UH, WE THANK CHUCK FOR HIS VALUE BEING A VALUE VALUED MEMBER OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
WE HAD TO AGAIN, OPEN THIS BACK UP, BUT WITH A MOTION, WE WOULD DO A FINAL VOTE THAT YES, THIS IS WHERE WE INTEND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR MURAL PROJECT.
AND ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANY APPROVED USE THE SAME SIGN OR ANY OPPOSED? USE THE SAME SIGN.
HEARING NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES.
WE ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MURAL PROJECT AT LEE'S FAMOUS RECIPE CHICKEN.
AS I TALK WITH MY MOUTH FULL 'CAUSE I AM A COOL, PROFESSIONAL EXPERT.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM UP FOR BIDS IS OUR CHRISTMAS 2027 PROJECT.
MR. JOAN SERRA, WE MISSED YOU LAST MEETING AND SO WE HELD CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.
LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A BIT OF A OKAY.
UM, AN UPDATE WHERE WE WERE, WE HAVE A LOT WE WANNA TALK THROUGH.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST HERE TODAY AND, UM, GREG CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE HUBER HEIGHTS CHRISTMAS PARADE.
THERE'S A PLACE FOR BOOTHS AT THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL AND THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A BOOTH AND DRUM UP SOME INTEREST AND SHARE A SAMPLE AND DO SOME STUFF.
SO WE REALLY WANT TO KIND OF ALIGN ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
FIND OUT HOW FAR YOU'VE GONE WITH IT AND SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, THE COMMISSION CAN, CAN KEEP THIS MOVING.
SO I AM GOING TO SEED THE FLOOR TO YOU.
I AM GOING TO PASS AROUND A MOCKUP THAT I DID.
NOW THESE ARE FIBERGLASS GINGERBREAD MEN.
UM, YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE THEM WITH, UM, THE LOCAL BUSINESSES.
SO WAYNE MIGHT HAVE THE HEADDRESS OR WHATEVER THEY'RE, I'M GONNA PASS THAT DOWN.
JUST, JUST TRY TO SHOW THE SCALE OF HOW BIG THESE THINGS ARE.
THEY ARE ABOUT THIS TALL, RIGHT? UM, I AM STILL WORKING THROUGH FINDING SOMEONE TO DO THEM.
AND THAT IS NOT USING THE FOLKS THAT DO THE NUTCRACKER VILLAGE.
'CAUSE I AM AFRAID THAT IF WE DON'T GO ON THEIR SIDE WITH THIS, THAT THEY COULD SOMEHOW COME OUT AND SAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO INFRINGE UPON OKAY.
SO I'M GOING, I I I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE BIDS FOR IT.
I THINK THAT'S THE, THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
BUT I CERTAINLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, AND WE MIGHT WANT TO TALK TO LEGAL AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT STEPPING ON WHAT OTHER COMMUNITY IS ALREADY DOING.
UM, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES.
UH, THE IDEA BEHIND THIS WOULD WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS ON HOW TO, ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH THIS.
UM, CLEARLY WE NEED TO SET A INITIAL NUMBER OF GINGERBREAD MAN AND NOT GO BEYOND THAT AND TRY TO HIT THAT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A HUGE NUMBER.
IT COULD BE FIVE, COULD BE 10, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A START, UH, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT MORE WOULD BE ADDED EVERY YEAR, WHATEVER THAT WE DETERMINE THAT TO BE.
FINDING BUSINESSES OR SCHOOLS THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO SPONSOR THEM.
NOW WE HAVE TWO CHOICES WITH THIS, AND THIS IS GONNA BE UP TO THE, UH, COUNCIL TO DECIDE IF WE OWN THEM.
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THAT MEANS WE CAN RENT THEM OUT TO SPONSORSHIPS IF WE OWN THEM, THAT MEANS WE PURCHASE THEM.YOU PAY A, A YEARLY FEE, WHICH COVERS THE SPONSORSHIP, WHATEVER WE SAY IT IS.
AND THE STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE.
IF WE HAVE THEM BUY THEM, THEN WE DON'T CONTROL THEM.
THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN ENTITY SAYS, WELL, I JUST WANT, WE WANT KEEP OURS ON SITE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND THEN IT COMES BACK AND NOW THEY EXPECT US TO, TO REPAIR SOMETHING THAT, THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S DAMAGED.
I THINK THE BETTER OF THE TWO WOULD BE TO OWN THEM AND RENT THEM AS FAR AS THE SPONSORSHIP.
THAT WAY IF SOMEONE SAYS, AFTER TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA DO IT ANYMORE, IT GETS OPENED UP AND WHOEVER, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO TAKE IT.
AND THEN THEIR SPONSORSHIP WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE ADDITIONS TO MAKE IT WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO ADD TO IT.
UM, LIKE THE LIBRARY COULD MAKE THEIRS LIKE A LIBRARIAN.
SO IT COULD BE A LIBRARIAN, GINGER ME.
UM, THAT'S, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON IT.
UM, I DON'T WANT TO GO CHEAP ON THEM BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM TO LOOK CHEAP.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST THROWN TOGETHER.
THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS COMMISSION NEEDS TO DECIDE WHAT THE INITIAL NUMBER IS.
ONCE WE DO THAT, THE NEXT STEP OBVIOUSLY IS TO DEFINE THE FOLKS THAT ARE, ARE GONNA SPONSOR 'EM AND HOW WE'RE GONNA COME UP WITH THE FUNDS IF WE DO WANT TO BUY THEM.
BUT WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO DO IS A CHRISTMAS VILLAGE THAT GOES WITH IT, UM, WHERE WE INVITE VENDORS, UM, DEPENDING ON THE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE OR WE SET WHEREVER THIS IS GOING TO BE.
'CAUSE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL, WHERE THE SETUP COULD STAY.
'CAUSE THIS THING IS GONNA STAY, THE, UH, CHRISTMAS MARKET IS GOING TO STAY WHEREVER THAT'S GOING TO BE.
AND THEN, UH, RUN THAT CHRISTMAS MARKET AND WE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE SIGN UP FOR THE SEASON.
SO THEY'VE PAID WHATEVER IT IS WE'VE DEEMED TO SET THEIR BUSINESS UP THERE FOR THE WHOLE SEASON.
UM, AND KIND OF MAKE A COMMUNITY EVENT OUT OF IT INSTEAD OF JUST THE GINGERBREAD MAN.
BECAUSE IN THE BEGINNING THERE'S NOT GONNA BE MANY OF THEM.
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A SECONDARY DRAW TO GET SOMEBODY TO COME SEE THEM.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO CONCEDE THE FLOOR WITH, WITH THOSE, THOSE NOTES.
UM, AND THEN, UH, OPEN IT UP TO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM, UH, THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.
DID YOU, UM, DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH THEY CHARGE FOR THEM IN THE OTHER COMMUNITY? YES.
HOW MUCH? UM, THEY CHARGE $300 A YEAR.
SPONSORSHIP FEE IS THE HIGHER YOUR FIRST YEAR? YEAH.
DO YOU KNOW THAT ONE? I THINK IT'S 500 THE FIRST YEAR.
AND IT'S 300 EACH ADDITIONAL YEAR THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE IT.
THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE REAL ISSUE HERE IS GOING TO BE TO FINDING A WAY TO GET THEM MADE THAT'S AFFORDABLE.
BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON OWNING THEM OR LEASING THEM OR HAVING SOMEONE ELSE BUY THEM AND THEY OWN THEM.
MADAM CHAIR, CAN I, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UM, I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS.
WE DO HAVE A PLACE THAT WE COULD STORE THEM, RIGHT? WITH THE NEW PUBLIX WORKS BUILDING.
A PLACE WE COULD STORE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST 10.
UH, IF WE GROW TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE 300 OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO EVALUATE AS WE GOTCHA.
AND, AND WHAT HAPPENED IN STEUBENVILLE IS, UM, IT STARTED OUT AS 10 AT THE COMMUNITY.
BASICALLY THE FORT, THEY CALL IT THE FORT.
AND ONCE IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT IT EXPLODED FROM THE FORT, THEN THEY STARTED SPREADING OUT IN, IN FRONT OF BUSINESSES.
SO THEN IT BECAME MORE OF A, YOU GO AND WALK THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UH, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE UP TO DOING THIS, BUT I THINK TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS THING IS, I THINK YOU NEED TO SEE IT.
UM, IT'S A THREE HOUR DRIVE TO STEUBENVILLE.
UM, WOULD LOVE TO, TO SET SOMETHING UP THAT MAYBE ONE WEEKEND AS A GROUP WE COULD ALL DRIVE UP THERE, DOWN THERE, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
UM, BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO EXPERIENCE TO ACTUALLY GET WHAT THE BREVITY OF THE THIS THING IS.
UH, IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE IT WITHOUT SEEING IT AND SEEING WHAT THESE THINGS LOOK LIKE AND, AND THE, THE CROWD THAT THEY DRAW.
SO, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE ONE SUGGESTION I HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS HOLIDAY MAYBE, UM,
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WE DO PLAN AS A GROUP.ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO GO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT TRIP.
I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
THE ONE THING I WOULD CAUTION US FOR IS, REMEMBER, UH, STEUBENVILLE, IT TOOK TIME TO GET THERE.
AND WHILE WE WANT TO BUILD OUR PROGRAM WITH LEGS TO GET BIGGER, WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND FIRST YEAR WE'LL LIKELY HAVE 10.
THEY WILL LIKELY BE AT THE CITY BUILDING OR AT ONE OF THE PARKS OR JUST UP DURING, UH, THE, THE CHRISTMAS PARADE OR SOMETHING.
SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE US TO THINK ABOUT STAGING AND AGAIN, GIVE IT LEGS FOR THE FUTURE, BUT ALSO MAKE IT ATTAINABLE.
LIKE, I THINK THIS IS GREAT AND I WANNA DO IT, BUT ALSO GOING OUT TO SOME OF THESE CHRISTMAS THINGS GIVES ME HIVES.
'CAUSE THERE'S LIKE TOO MANY DARN PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY'S REAL HOLLY JOLLY.
AND I'M LIKE, IF SOME, IF ONE MORE PERSON BUMPS ME, I AM GONNA BE THE GRAND OLD YOUR LIFE, NOT CHRISTMAS.
AND SO, UM, WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT HAVING A VILLAGE WHERE THEY LIVE, AND THE THING I, I AM VERY EMOTIONALLY OVERWHELMED,
SO I WANNA, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO THIS BECAUSE I THINK THE POTENTIAL IS THERE AND I WANT YEAR ONE TO SUCCEED REALLY WELL.
UM, I THINK IT'S MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, UM, TO HAVE IT HERE.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT THE BIG TREE, UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING IT LIKE, AND 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE TREE LIGHTING IS A BIG THING.
IF WE CAN HAVE ONE AS A SAMPLE THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
AND THEN IF WE COULD JUST GET THE FIRST YEAR IN 2027, JUST GET ALL 10 TO BE EVEN JUST AROUND THE TREE OR AROUND THIS BUILDING, AND I'M SURE I COULD GET THE LIBRARY TO AGREE TO PUT SOME AROUND THERE BUILDING TOO.
UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD START TO BUILD THIS INTO THAT DOWNTOWN AREA THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT.
SO I, I'D BE FINE WITH THAT JUST TO START WITH.
AND THEN WHEN IT EXPLODES, THEN PEOPLE START TO KEEP THEM OFFSITE.
ONE MORE THING AND, AND THEN CHERYL, I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.
I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE FIGURE OUT, TALK ABOUT PUTTING IT AROUND THE LIBRARY SOMEWHERE.
ANYTHING THAT CAN TURN INTO A PHOTO BACKDROP THAT THIS CAN BE INSTAGRAMMABLE, THAT SOMEBODY WILL GO, OH, LET'S, LET'S GO DOWN AND GET A PICTURE WITH THREE OR FOUR GINGERBREAD MEN OR DO WHATEVER.
LIKE, UM, THE DO IT FOR THE GRAM IS, IS GONNA HELP US WITH ADVERTISING.
SO AS WE THINK ABOUT LOCATION, THINK ABOUT CAN SOMEBODY DRIVE UP DURING GOLDEN HOUR AND TAKE SOME FAMILY PHOTOS? SURE.
UM, I, THIS QUESTION IS KIND OF FOR SARAH AND UM, UM, JOE, I, HOW LONG IS THIS, UH, NORMALLY WOULD THE, WOULD THE MARKET BE OPEN LIKE THE MONTH OF DECEMBER OR IS THAT ABOUT I IT, IT OPENS, I'M, I'M JUST TELLING WHAT I KNOW.
UH, IT OPENS AT TREE LIGHTING AND USUALLY ENDS MAYBE A WEEK AFTER.
SO IT WOULD BE BETWEEN, IT WOULD BE LIKE AFTER THE TREE LIGHTING.
USUALLY THEY RUN THROUGH LIKE DECEMBER 1ST OR THE SECOND WEEK OF.
AND LIKE OUR TREE LIGHTING IS WHAT, THE 5TH OF DECEMBER THIS YEAR.
IT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST WEEKEND.
SO MY SECOND QUESTION IS FOR YOU SARAH, OR YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT HAVING IDENTICAL TENTS FOR ALL OF THE VENDORS AT THE TREE LIGHTING.
COULD WE HAVE THOSE TENTS UP FOR A PERIOD OF TIME? WOULD THAT BE DOABLE TO LEAVE THEM UP AFTER THE TREE IS ERECTED AND LIT FOR VENDORS TO RENT A SPACE TO AND DISPLAY THEIR GINGERBREAD MAN OR WHATEVER THEIR, THAT KIND OF THING? POSSIBLY
SO, UM, THIS YEAR WE'RE NOT DOING THE, UM, TENT KIND OF VILLAGE KIND OF CHRIS CRANDLE MARKET FEEL, BUT THAT IS STILL A PLAN, HOPING TO ENACT IT IN THE FUTURE.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST GOING UP AND DOWN WITHIN THE SAME WEEKEND FOR THE TREE LIGHTING.
NOW, IT, IT WOULD BE EASIER, WE CAN CHANGE OUR FOOTPRINT A LITTLE BIT, LEAVE SOME TENSE UP.
I ALSO THINK WE CAN KIND OF EASE INTO IT.
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YEAR ONE, MAYBE IT'S AROUND OUR CITY LANDMARKS.AND YEAR TWO OR THREE IS WHEN, UM, WE START TO HAVE ENOUGH MEAT BEHIND IT TO ACTIVATE IT WITH THINGS LIKE VENDORS.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE WE MAKE THE DECISION ON, IS IT A WEEK LONG, TWO WEEKS LONG, THREE WEEKS LONG? THAT CAN ALL BE UNIQUE TO OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
BUT I COULD SEE IT LIKE IF IT'S JUST YOU COME WALK THROUGH THE, THE VILLAGE AND, AND THAT'S THE MAIN THING TO DO, LIKE WALKING THROUGH A CHRISTMAS LIGHT DISPLAY, UM, IT WOULDN'T BE HARD TO, TO GRANT, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO VENDOR PERMITS FOR JUST LIKE AN ICE CREAM OR NOT ICE CREAM THAT WRONG TIME HERE, HOT COCOA AND YOU KNOW, WALKING TACO TRUCK, ICE CREAM EVERY BOOM LIKE RIGHT THERE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET THAT WHILE THEY WALK THROUGH.
SO I THINK THAT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY THERE.
AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO ADD, IF YOU WANT MY VOTE FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THEM LEASING VERSUS BUYING, I WOULD SAY THAT IT DOES MAKE SENSE FOR US TO RETAIN THE OWNERSHIP AND STORAGE IF NEEDED.
I MEAN, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE KIND OF COOL IF THEY COULD JUST LEAVE THEM UP AT THEIR BUSINESS ALL YEAR ROUND.
YOU KNOW, DRESS 'EM FOR THE HOLIDAY, YOU KNOW, DRESS 'EM FOR EASTER AND THEN DRESS 'EM FOR
AND KINDA LIKE THEY DID WITH THE PIGS, I GUESS IS KIND OF MY, WHAT I'M REMINISCING ABOUT, ALL THE BUSINESSES HAD THEIR OWN STATUE OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR BUSINESS AND THEN THEY ADDRESSED IT.
THEY DRESSED IT HOWEVER THEY, YOU KNOW, FOUND APPROPRIATE AT THE TIME.
BUT THE LEASE ARRANGEMENT DOES MAKE SENSE BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY GOES OUT OF BUSINESS OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, THEN IT WOULD JUST REVERT BACK TO THE CITY AND THEN WE COULD, YOU KNOW, GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
GREG, I WANNA COME DOWN TO YOU.
I KNOW, UM, YOU, YOU ARE THE OPTIMIST OF HUBER HEIGHTS, BUT YOU DID GET A, A NICE LITTLE, UM, FOCUS GROUP THAT YOU DISCUSSED THIS WITH AND YOU WERE ABLE TO BRING US A CARDBOARD SAMPLE AT SOMETHING.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU TELL US THE THOUGHTS THAT YOU HAD OR YOUR GROUP HAD? I JUST WANTED TO SAY, WHEN I BROUGHT THIS BEFORE THE OPTIMIST CLUB OF HUBER HEIGHTS, UM, THEY WERE SO ON BOARD WITH THIS, THAT THE CLUB ELECTED TO SPEND THE MONEY TO HAVE THIS LITTLE REPRESENTATION MADE.
UM, WHICH DOES NOT NEED TO BE THE FINAL IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, BUT IT WAS JUST AN IDEA THAT WE COULD SHOW THIS TO PEOPLE.
SAY, HEY, THIS IS APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE IT'S GOING TO BE.
UM, YOU CAN SPONSOR, THIS IS ONE WAY OF DISPLAYING WHO'S THE SPONSOR.
UM, HERE'S GOING FORWARD MAYBE WITH A THREE DIMENSIONAL ONE, WE WOULD WANT TO LIKE MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE CHAIN AND SIGN THAT HUNG AROUND THE NECK OF THE THREE DIMENSIONAL ONE.
UH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, IF THEY'RE GONNA BE PONYING UP $500 BUSINESSES, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO SEE THAT OUT, RIGHT? WHERE IT CAN BE.
AND IT, AGAIN, THIS IS JOE'S PROJECT AND JOE, I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM YOU, BUT THIS IS, UM, JUST AN IDEA, UM, OF JUST WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE AND UM, OR SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BUILD FROM THERE.
BUT LIKE I SAY, WE DO HAVE ONE ORGANIZATION ALREADY WHO IS VERY ON BOARD WITH THIS AND LIKE I SAID, WAS WILLING TO PUT SOME MONEY UP TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
AND I'M SURE THERE'S SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES THAT ONCE THEY SEE THIS ARE GONNA SAY, GEE, I LIKE THAT.
I WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH THAT.
AND WE NOW HAVE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PERHAPS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LEAVE IT IN THE LOBBY OF CITY HALL.
UH, WE CAN GO AROUND, WELL, YOU WANT TO SEE IT, IT'S IN CITY HALL.
UM, THAT'S, UH, ONE IDEA OR TAKE IT TO SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES.
I WILL TELL YOU IT'S NOT AS EASY TO HANDLE
BUT, UH, BUT LIKE I SAID, I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO PUSH THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
NOW HERE'S AN IDEA TO THINK ABOUT.
WE DO HAVE THE SHOPPING CENTER OVER HERE, UM, STILL WANTS TO BE INVOLVED DOING A, UM, TREE LIGHTING THAT ON THANKSGIVING WEEKEND.
AND OF COURSE THE CITY WANTS TO DO THE EVENT HERE AT THE, UM, THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST SATURDAY.
NOW HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE IF WE WERE TO PUT TOGETHER A, THESE TWO TREE LIGHTINGS AND BOOKEND THEM ON A WEEK LONG
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CELEBRATION AND COULD BE INVOLVING THIS, WE COULD INVOLVE OTHER GROUPS WANTING TO DO A NIGHT SOMETHING, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE A CANDY CANE.UM, I DON'T DO IT LIKE AN EASTER EGG HUNT WHERE THESE KIDS GO LOOK FOR CANDY CANES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, JUST, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF IDEAS OUT THERE.
UM, BUT I REALLY THINK HUBER HEIGHTS, I, I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH JOE'S IDEA.
I REALLY THINK HUBER HEIGHTS NEEDS TO BE, HAVE LIKE A DESTINATION, UH, FESTIVAL LIKE THIS THEN YEAH, DON'T EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT I THINK WE START WORKING ON IT AND FIVE YEARS FROM NOW WE COULD REALLY HAVE SOMETHING.
SO, UM, I'M ABOUT TO CALL A QUESTION I WANNA MAKE SURE, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FOR JOE ABOUT THIS IDEA? I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
JOE, DO YOU HAVE SOME IDEAS AS TO WHAT KIND OF BUDGET WE NEED TO GO? I MEAN, ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO GO BEFORE CITY HALL AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME UPFRONT MONEY TO PUT THIS IN ACTION? OR, OR CITY COUNCIL RATHER.
NOT CITY HALL, BUT CITY COUNCIL I THINK I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A SOLID NUMBER TONIGHT, I'M JUST NO, NO.
AND UM, I THINK THE ISSUE IS, AGAIN, GETTING IT STARTED.
I THINK ONCE YOU GET IT STARTED AND IT GETS LEGS, I MEAN, I JUST TO YOU COULD GO BACK QUICKLY.
THIS AGAIN, THEY STARTED WITH FIVE TO 10 AND IT WAS JUST A WALKWAY.
THEN THE NEXT YEAR THEY ADDED VENDORS, THEN THE NEXT YEAR THEY ADDED A HAYRIDE.
THEN THE, THEY DO NOW THEY DO A WHOLE, UM, PLAY EVERY YEAR.
THAT'S BASED ON THE NUTCRACKERS THAT THEY PUT ON THE, THE, THE, THE ARTS PUT ON A PLAY.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK I'VE GOTTA FIND OUT, I NEED TO GET A PROTOTYPE.
WE NEED A PROTOTYPE THAT WE CAN SELL.
AND THAT PROTOTYPE IS PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO BE SPONSORED BY, UM, THE CITY.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE IS AT LEAST A COUPLE WEEKS TO CONTINUE MY SEARCH FOR SOMEONE THAT CAN DO THESE.
AND WHAT I'D LIKE THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO IS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING, IF WE CAN GET A COMPANY THAT DOES THINGS LIKE THIS IN EXCHANGE FOR A BREAK ON THE PRICE, THEY GET SOME ADVERTISING.
THAT'S HOW THEY DO IT IN, YOU KNOW, THAT I THINK IS THE NELSON CORPORATION THAT DOES IT.
BUT, UM, AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT HOW THEY, HOW THEY DECORATE THEM, UM, THERE'S ONE, SOMEBODY, DR.
SPONSORS A NUTCRACKER THAT'S DRESSED LIKE CLARK KENT OPENING HIS THING LIKE SUPERMAN, THAT TYPE OF THING.
AND THEN IN FRONT OF THEM IS A DISPLAY THAT SAYS THE NAME OF THE PIECE PIECE AND THEN WHO SPONSORS IT.
SO IT'S, AND THEN THEY HAVE A MAP.
THEY EVEN DO LIKE A LITTLE MAP FOR THAT.
THEY HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE EACH ONE IS.
UM, BUT I, I DEFINITELY THINK THE NEXT STEP IF YOU GUYS WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WOULD BE TO GET A PROTOTYPE AND THEN HAVE THAT PROTOTYPE DISPLAYED, YOU KNOW, IN TIME THAT WHEN WE DO THE TREE LIGHTING AND EVERYTHING, PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS COMING.
BUT MAYBE THE PROTOTYPE, 'CAUSE HERE'S THE THING, I DON'T WANT TO DO LIKE A BLANK GINGERBREAD MAN.
WE'VE GOTTA GET A PROTOTYPE THAT SHOWS HOW THIS IS GOING TO EVOLVE.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE GET A LIBRARIAN GINGERBREAD MAN THAT AT LEAST SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AS A LIBRARIAN.
WHAT, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE AS A, UM, AS A PAINTER, THE WOR THE PAINTER, THE WAYNE WARRIOR, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, OR, OR PARK RANGER, SINCE WE ARE SO CLOSE WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT TOO.
OR WHAT WOULD THEY LOOK LIKE AS, BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AS A, AS A CHARACTER, NOT JUST A GINGERBREAD PERSON.
SO, AND YOU KNOW, HOWEVER YOU FEEL ABOUT IT.
BUT WE CAN USE AI TO MOCK UP SOME, SOME DESIGNS AND PUT 'EM IN A BINDER AND HAVE IT ON A TABLE TO LIKE LOOK AT.
SO I AM ABOUT, I'M GONNA REPEAT, UH, WHAT I THINK I'M HEARING FROM THE COMMISSION AND WHERE WE ARE IS THAT THIS WAS ONE OF OUR SUBMITTED IDEAS FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND FOLKS, IF WE AS A COMMISSION DECIDE TO TAKE ON THIS ONGOING PROJECT OF CREATING TO USE, UH, GREG'S VERY GOOD WORDS, A DESTINATION FESTIVAL.
CREATE A, AN IDEA OF A DESTINATION FESTIVAL DESIGNED AROUND THESE ARTISTICALLY DESIGNED GINGERBREAD PERSONS.
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE CAN WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER AND GO, OKAY, DO WE HAVE THE THINGS ON THERE? WE BETTER PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE.
WHO NEEDS TO BUY? THIS WILL BE A PREMIER PROJECT FOR THIS COMMISSION EVERY MONTH STARTING IN JANUARY.
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ON OUR PROSPECT LIST THIS YEAR? LET'S GET CONTACT IN SO THEY CAN GET IT IN THEIR BUDGET.THEY, WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE CREATING A PREMIER DESTINATION FESTIVAL IS A LARGE BITE AT THE APPLE.
WE CAN DO IT 'CAUSE WE'RE FULLY STAFFED, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR WHAT YOU MIGHT BE SAYING YES TO.
AND SO WHAT I NEED TO HEAR IS, NUMBER ONE, I NEED A MOTION THAT SAYS I WOULD LIKE THIS IN OUR 2027 SLATE OF ACTIVITIES.
WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS, WE WOULD LIKE TO DEPUTIZE JOE OSER AS THE LEAD FOR THE PROJECT WITH A STRONG SUGGESTION OF GREG FOX TO COME ALONGSIDE HIM,
AND THAT WE WILL DEPUTIZE JOE TO GET A PRICE ON HOW MUCH A PROTOTYPE IS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO MOVES AND GREG SECONDS AGAIN.
GREG'S COME ALONGSIDE AND WE WOULD LIKE PRICING FOR A PROTOTYPE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
BUILDING ON WHAT SARAH JUST SAID, I MEAN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE NEED TO HAVE THIS IDEA OF ARE WE GONNA USE THIS LITTLE GUY? IS HE GONNA BE IN THE BOOTH? IS ONE GONNA BE ENOUGH? DO WE NEED ANOTHER? THOSE ARE SOME THINGS WE NEED FOR THIS NEXT MEETING TO, UH, ADD ON TO WHAT GREG IS SAYING, SARAH, I BELIEVE WE WOULD OFFICIALLY LIKE TO HAVE FOR THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION, A VENDOR TENT AT THE TREE LIGHTING.
OKAY FOLKS, LET'S PLAN TO VOLUNTEER.
AND GLAD HAND IF YOU ARE AN EXTROVERT, UH, PLAN TO SIGN UP FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GLAD HAND AND TALK TO FOLKS ABOUT THAT.
UM, JOE, AS YOU'RE GETTING THE, UH, JOE AND GREG, AS YOU GUYS ARE GETTING THE PROTOTYPE, WE CAN FIGURE OUT IF THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH JUST TO KIND OF STAND THERE AND GO, HAHA.
IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE THIS AND BETTER AND, YOU KNOW, A BINDER OF, OF SOME IMAGES ON A TABLE, WHAT WE WANT THERE.
IF WE CAN FIND A LOCAL BAKER TO MAKE US SOME GINGERBREAD COOKIES TO GIVE AWAY, THAT SORT OF THING.
UH, LET'S THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN STAFF OUR BOOTH BECAUSE WE HAVE A WINDOW TO START BUILDING EXCITEMENT.
OKAY, I I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION.
NO, UM,
UM, WHAT WOULD BE A REALISTIC PRICE PER PIECE? 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GO OUT AND HAVE PEOPLE SHOPPING.
I'M, I'M SHOPPING FOR PRICES AND THEY'RE WAY OUT OF WHERE WE WE CAN, CAN HANDLE.
UM, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THE COAST, I THINK DEFINITELY THINK THAT WHOEVER WE USE, BRINGING THEM ON BOARD AS, YOU KNOW, A SPONSOR TO IT WOULD, WOULD HELP.
I I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD DEFINITELY NEED TO TALK TO OUR, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL WITH.
UM, I WILL GIVE YOU A FINGER IN THE AIR WHERE THE WIND IS.
I THINK FIRST TIME NEVER HAVING DONE THIS.
UH, $500 FEELS A LITTLE, OOH, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
I THINK IN OUR BUDGET REQUEST, WE, WE HAD BUDGETED 2000, ASKED FOR AN ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL 2000 YEAH.
UM, TO GET THE PROGRAM UP AND GOING.
SO IDEALLY 2000 WOULD BUY US AT LEAST ONE OR TWO PROTOTYPES.
AND I'M ALSO NOT GOING TO WAIT, UM, UNTIL NEXT MEETING TO SHARE PRICES.
SO I WILL BE SHARING VIA EMAIL BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT WE CAN DO BACK AND FORTH ON EMAIL.
WE ACTUALLY CAN JUST SHARING, WE, BECAUSE OF SUNSHINE LAWS, WE CAN'T DO A LOT IN EMAIL.
BUT IF YOU WILL SEND INFORMATION TO SARAH, SHE CAN DISSEMINATE IT.
SARAH CAN DISSEMINATE IT TO US.
YOU JUST CAN'T LIKE, MAKE DECISIONS.
BUT WE CAN KIND OF GIVE UPDATES ON THINGS.
SO, BUT AS A PROJECT CHAMPIONS WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF WHAT WE HAVE AUTHORIZED YOU TO DO, WHICH IS GET A COST FOR A PROTOTYPE, UM, FIGURE OUT A PROPOSAL TO GET STARTED AND EVEN TO CONSULT THE ATTORNEYS TO BE LIKE, CAN WE JUST PICK A VENDOR OR DO WE GOTTA RFP, THIS, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY CAN DO AND SHARE THE RESULTS OF.
AND YOU WERE DEPUTIZED AND YOU WERE DEPUTIZED TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES.
YOU WORKED WITH ME FOR THAT AND YOU WORKED DIRECTLY WITH SARAH.
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OOH, STEPPED IN A HALL.JUST KNOW THAT ONE DAY THERE WILL BE A GINGERBREAD MAN WITH YOUR FACE.
I MEAN IT'S, YOU'RE YOU'RE HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION.
THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE ONE THAT NEVER GETS A PICTURE TAKEN.
AND SO WE ARE DOING A HUGE PROJECT NEXT YEAR OF LARGE GUITARS AROUND DAYTON.
AND SO THIS KIND OF THING, AS SOON AS I GET MY SAMPLE MARKETING MATERIAL, I MIGHT HAVE SOME AVAILABLE JUST AT, IF ANYONE IS LIKE, IS THIS KIND OF THING WORK? I'M LIKE, OH YEAH, AND HERE'S HOW MUCH, HERE'S HOW MUCH YOU CAN MAKE FOR IT.
SO WITH THAT, WE KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING OUR ART SHOW.
WE ARE DOING OUR, UH, LAWN AND BEAUTIFICATION.
WE ARE DOING OUR CHRISTMAS PROJECT AND WE ARE DOING BRADFORD PEARS.
UH, MASON NICKER BROCKER IS THE, UH, HEAD OF OUR BRADFORD PROJECT.
SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP THAT TABLED.
UM, SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY UPDATES FOR THE ART SHOW THAT WE NEED TO DO, ANY DECISIONS WE NEED TO MAKE.
THAT'S NOT UNTIL LIKE MAY DO WE IT.
I I THINK WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THAT FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY AS THE DAY FOR IT.
OH, THAT SATURDAY IN MAY IS AVAILABLE.
AND I JUST, UM, GREG AND JOE, THIS I HAD A NOTE.
I AM A PERSON WHO LIKES TO ANTICIPATE PROBLEMS AND ANTICIPATE CONTROVERSY.
UM, AS WE ARE BUILDING THE BICYCLE, WHILE WE'RE RIDING IT, SOME, UH, WE WANT TO CONSIDER.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, AND I'M GOING TO USE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE PURPOSEFULLY INFLAMMATORY DEPENDING ON YOUR POLITICAL BENT.
WELL WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, UM, THE L-G-B-T-Q CENTER WANTS, UH, UH, TWO, TWO MOMS AND A A KID AND BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO A TWO MOM GINGERBREAD FAMILY AND, UH, WHAT DO WE SAY YES TO? WHAT DO WE SAY NO TO? SO AS WE ARE DOING THIS, IT'S NOT JUST LET'S GET A PROGRAM.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE, UH, PRINCIPLES FOR WHAT IS A YES BEFORE WE NEED THEM.
SO JUST START NOODLING ON THAT AND AS YOU, UH, MAYBE PULL DOWN THE DOCUMENTS FROM THE STEUBENVILLE FESTIVAL 'CAUSE I'M SURE THEY'VE GOT 'EM.
LET'S MAKE SURE WE LEARN FROM OTHERS.
I KNOW THE MAYOR, SO I'M GOING TO, UH, MAKE, PUT OUT A PHONE CALL TO HIM AND ASK HIM SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS.
SO YEAH, AND I JUST ACTUALLY GOT AN EMAIL BACK FROM NELSON'S WHO MAKE THEM, AND THEY SAID THEIR BASIC NUTCRACKERS START AT $2,000.
THEY'RE DEPENDING ON NOW, DEPENDING ON THE CARVING THAT THEY HAVE TO DO ON THEM, IF THEY GET ROW INTRICATE, THEY CAN GO A LOT HIGHER.
SO THAT JUST GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY CHARGE.
AND SARAH, PERHAPS MAYBE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD CHECK WITH THE CITY, SEE IF THE, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT MAYBE HAS SOMETHING ON THAT.
I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF POLICIES ABOUT THE SUBMISSION OF OUR, UH, WE WERE TAKING THAT ON, BUT THEN WE WERE DOING A STRATEGIC PROJECT.
SO IT IS JUST SOMETHING AND THE CITY ALREADY HAS SOME OF THAT IN PLACE ALREADY.
WAIT, WHAT LEGAL QUESTION DO YOU HAVE ABOUT SPENDING MONEY? NO, NO.
ABOUT WHAT TOPIC WE CAN SAY YES OR NO TO.
IF IT'S YES, WE, WE ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE THAT.
AND IT IS, IT IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR UNDERGOING A PLAN.
UM, SO THAT IF IN ANY PLACE, UH, ART THAT IS DISPLAYED IS CONTROVERSIAL, WHO MAKES THE DECISION THAT IT'S CONTROVERSIAL AND LIKELY THAT WILL FALL WITH THIS BOARD.
THAT'S WHAT MOST OTHER CITIES DO.
THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF HEARING TYPE PROCESS FOR IT'S, UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT WRITTEN DOWN.
UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ART IN THE CITY AND A LOT OF PUBLIC ART OR ART THAT'S DISPLAYED IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY.
BUT, UM, I THINK COMING UP WITH CONFINES FOR THIS PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY, WE CAN DEFINITELY RUN THOSE PAST THE ATTORNEY ONCE WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, AND IF WE'RE TAKING FROM ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY, THEY'VE LIKELY ALSO CONSULTED COUNSEL.
SO, AND THERE'S ALSO A BIG, BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
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THEM OWNING IT AND US OWNING IT.'CAUSE IF WE OWN IT AS A PROPERTY LEASER, THERE ARE CERTAIN RIGHTS YOU HAVE WHEN YOU'RE LEASING SOMETHING.
YOU DON'T GIVE UP THE RIGHTS TO SOMETHING 'CAUSE YOU LEASE IT, YOU STILL OWN THE RIGHTS TO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT IT COULD BE.
SO THAT'S, I THINK THAT WOULD BE IN OUR FAVOR.
IT'S JUST, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, UH, AND SARAH SAID IT BEST, WHO DECIDES WHAT'S CONTROVERSIAL.
WHILE I MAY BE LIKE, YES, BRING ON MY TWO MOM GINGERBREAD FAMILY, SOMEONE ELSE IS LIKE PEARL CLUTCHING.
AND, AND HOW DO YOU, AND HOW DO WE AS A COMMISSION NAVIGATE THAT? BECAUSE AS SARAH SAID, THAT'S YOU, THAT'S GENERALLY WHAT THESE COMMISSIONS DO.
SO KIND OF THINKING THROUGH THAT AND BEING PREPARED FOR THAT.
UM, I ALSO WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AS YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS, JUST AGAIN, REMEMBER THAT WE GOTTA GET IT STARTED BEFORE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, LET'S NOT LET PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD.
IF $2,000 IS REALLY THE COST OF ONE, UM, AGAIN, IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT ONE NIGHT ONLY AT A LIGHTING FESTIVAL DESIGNED AND PRINTED ON CARDBOARD AND WEIGHTED DOWN AND FOR $200 ACTUALLY LESS THAN THAT.
SO, WELL YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE MIGHT SELL IT TO A BUSINESS FOR.
UM, ARE, IS THERE AN OPTION OF A, OKAY, THESE AREN'T THE PERFECTLY CARVED HERITAGE WILL LAST FOREVER.
IS THERE A STEPPING STONE ONE, EVEN IF WE ULTIMATELY DECIDE AS A GROUP, WE DON'T WANT THAT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK OF, TO LOOK AT STEPPING STONE OPTIONS.
WHAT WE COULD DO, AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS THINKING TOO, IS IF WE DID GO WITH A COMPANY LIKE NELSON'S, WHAT WE COULD ASK THEM TO DO, EVEN THOUGH IT WOULDN'T BE NUTCRACKERS, WE COULD HAVE THIS ON DISPLAY AND THEN MAYBE THEY WOULD LOAN US A COUPLE OF THOSE NUTCRACKERS AS KIND OF THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
OH, I, I MEAN, IF I THINK IF THEY WERE GONNA MAKE THEM AND YOU'RE GONNA PAY THEM, I DO NOT SEE THEM SAYING, WE WOULDN'T LOAN YOU ONE OR TWO AT A CHRISTMAS LIGHTING.
SO YEAH, THERE'S SOME WAYS TO DO THIS WITHOUT PUTTING ALL THE MONEY IN UPFRONT.
BUT I DEFINITELY THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED SOMEONE TO WORK WITH, I THINK, TO MAKE IT WORK LOGISTICALLY AND FINANCIALLY FOR SURE.
THIS WAS A ROBUST CONVERSATION AND I LOVE IT.
I THINK THIS WILL BE REALLY COOL.
UH, THE OTHER OPEN ITEM FROM LAST, UH, MEETING IS SHADAY.
UH, ONE OF THE SUBMITTED IDEAS WAS OUR ART FESTIVAL ARTS, UH, GREAT SCHOLARSHIP.
NO, THE, THE, THE EVENT, THE MEETING, THE ART SHOW.
GOSH, WHY COULD I NOT THINK OF THE WORD SHOW? IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.
THE ART SHOW, COMBINING IT WITH SOME SORT OF FESTIVAL THAT WOULD ALSO POTENTIALLY FUND A, UM, ART SCHOLARSHIP.
SO SADE, WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THAT? TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON AND, AND SHARE WHAT YOU HAD.
'CAUSE WE WANTED YOU TO HEAR MORE FROM IT.
UM, I WAS LIKE, THE LAST THING I REALLY DID WAS REACHING OUT TO THE, UM, TO THE TREASURER AT THE SCHOOL.
BUT I HAVEN'T REALLY GONE FURTHER WITH THAT 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO DO ANYTHING FURTHER.
BUT YEAH, THEY DID SAY THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A FUND THAT WE WOULD CREATE WITH THIS, THE, UM, CITY OF OR THE SCHOOL.
AND THEN THEY WOULD VOTE ON THE FUNDS AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THE FUNDS FOR IT SO THEY WOULD HAVE LIKE A SPECIFIC EARMARKED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PUT THE MONEY IN.
SO JUST AS A REMINDER OF TO FOLKS, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, OKAY, WHAT DO WE DO WITH, YOU KNOW, MONEY? DO WE WANT TO RAISE MONEY? UM, DO WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, UH, RAISE MONEY AND PROVIDE GRANTS FOR STUDENTS AND THE ARTS HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS? AND WE ASKED SADE TO GO OFF AND FIND OUT COULD WE DO THAT? SO THE SCHOOL DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECEIVE FUNDS AND CREATE AN EARMARKED FUND FOR, UM, BUYING BAND EQUIPMENT OR WHATEVER IT IS.
AND IT WOULD PROMOTE, UH, THE MUSICIANS AND THE ARTISTS OF OUR HEBREW HEIGHTS SCHOOLS.
IT THEN BECOMES A QUESTION OF A, DO WE WANT TO GO ABOUT CREATING THIS FUND? AND B, HOW MIGHT WE RAISE MONEY FOR THAT? DON'T ALL TALK AT ONCE.
JUST, JUST AS THE, UH, STAFF LIAISON THAT, UM, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THE, THE GINGERBREAD WOULD HAVE THE EASIER ABILITY TO, UM, GROSS INCOME.
AND IF YOU'RE ALREADY PUTTING QUITE A
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BIT OF WORK BEHIND IT, MAYBE NOT TAKING ON ANOTHER PROJECT.UM, NOW TO TALK TO THE POINT OF TAKING AN INCOME AND THEN TURNING AROUND AND GIVING IT AWAY.
UM, THAT DOES TAKE AN ACT OF COUNCIL SO LIKELY.
UM, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS WE START KIND OF YEAR ONE WITH THE GINGERBREAD AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY A GO.
THAT, THAT THEY'RE SELLING, THAT THAT PRICE POINT ISN'T TOO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UM, THAT WE SEE SOME REVENUE POTENTIAL COMING IN.
AND THEN WHEN WE SAY, HEY, COUNCIL, WE MADE, WE SOLD FIVE AND WE MADE 500 BUCKS ON EACH, SO WE HAVE $2,500 AND WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO GIVE IT TO, UM, THE SCHOOLS, THEN WE CAN GO AND HAVE AN ACTIVE COUNCIL SAYING THAT THE, YOU KNOW, NET INCOME AFTER ALL EXPENSES PAID FOR THE GINGERBREAD MEN WILL GO ON TO FUND X, Y, Z.
UM, HOWEVER WE PHRASE IT AT THAT POINT.
SO IT WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
SO I'D SAY FIRST START WITH JUST SEE IF YOU CAN MAKE MONEY.
UM, MAYBE, MAYBE WE WANNA DO IT FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT THAT PRICE POINT IS SO HIGH FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN'T MAKE ANY MONEY ON IT.
UM, AND THEN RETHINK OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MONEY.
BUT, UM, WHAT I WAS I CAN DO IS DURING THAT TIME, I MEAN IF IT'S NEXT YEAR, THAT'S FINE.
UM, MAYBE I CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF THE TEACHERS WITHIN THE SCHOOLS AND SEE LIKE WHERE THEIR BIGGEST NEEDS ARE AND HOW MUCH THOSE WOULD BE.
SO WE CAN AT LEAST GET AN AMOUNT OF, LIKE, WE WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM LIKE $300 A YEAR.
JUST SOMETHING LIKE A TANGIBLE NUMBER THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM EVERY YEAR.
AND IF IT'S, IF IT'S TOO MUCH, THAT'S FINE, BUT MAYBE I CAN SPEAK TO THEM.
I THINK BASED ON, UH, REACTIONS, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A RIGHT NEXT STEP.
IT DOESN'T, AGAIN, SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION IF I'M HEARING INCORRECTLY, BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE, YEAH, THERE'S WILL TO SAY, YES, LET'S COMMIT TO THIS FOR 2027, BUT EXPLORING, FINDING OUT WHAT A CRITICAL MASS, WHAT IS A DIFFERENCE MAKING AMOUNT FOR THE SCHOOL.
AND, UH, HAVING THAT AVAILABLE SO THAT IF WE DO SUDDENLY HAVE TO GO, HEY, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS INVESTMENT? OR THAT BECOMES A 2028 PRIORITY.
SO, UM, I I DON'T HEAR A MOTION TO CREATE THE SCHOLARSHIP, GREG.
WOULD THERE BE ANY OPPOSITION TO MAKING THIS A 2028 PROJECT, GIVING MORE TIME TO PUT EVERY, ALL THE PEGS TOGETHER? I I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
THAT IT'S, IT'S A NOT TODAY, BUT CONTINUE TO EXPLORE.
IS THE COMMISSION IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT? THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A VOTE, BUT I WOULD LIKE A, SOME HEAD NODS JUST TO BE SURE I'M NOT RAILROADING.
IS THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL BUSINESS THAT I HAVE MISSED? YOU KNOW, ALL THIS TIME WE'VE BEEN SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS GINGERBREAD MAN, AND I AM NOT SURE, BUT I ISN'T THE CAMERA OVER THERE, WOULD YOU PLEASE BRING HIM AND SET HIM HERE SO THAT YEAH, PEOPLE CAN, THAT'S A LITTLE DARK.
I THINK I FORGOT TO TURN AWAY.
I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT THAT, BUT I DIDN'T WANNA INTER INTERRUPT US 'CAUSE WE WERE, WE WERE MAKING HEADWAY WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT.
UH, ANY OTHER, UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? THEY CAN STILL SEE US, UNFORTUNATELY.
ARE WE ONTO THE ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES.
UM, JUST, UH, WANTED TO, UH, LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT, UM, ON ELECTION DAY, UM, THE KIWANIS CLUB OF HUBBER HEIGHTS BRAND NEW JUST FOUNDED IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
SO THIS IS OUR VERY FIRST FUNDRAISER AND, UM, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO GET YOUR DINNER AT CHIPOTLE ON ELECTION NIGHT, UM, THE PROCEEDS WILL, UH, BENEFIT THE KIWANIS CLUB, BUT NOT EVEN A YEAR OLD KIWANIS CLUB.
BE IT'S, IT'S JUST A GOOD DAY TO REMEMBER THAT THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
ORDER ONLINE USING THIS PICKUP CODE.
SO, SO, AND WHILE I DO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE, THE HABIT OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE, UH, IS CHANGING AMONG GENERATIONS.
SO EVERYONE ONLINE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT A KIWANIS CLUB OR EVEN AN OPTIMIST CLUB IS.
SO WOULD EACH OF YOU TAKE JUST 10 SECONDS AND GIVE THE ELEVATOR PITCH FOR WHAT THOSE CLUBS ARE SINCE WE'VE NAME DROPPED THEM QUITE A BIT? UM, SURE.
THE KIWANIS CLUB FOR HEBREW HEIGHTS IS, UM, THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT, UM, IT, IT'S JUST TO SUPPORT CHILDREN ACROSS THE WORLD.
UM, AND OUR LOCAL CHAPTER IS REALLY FOCUSING ON, UM, TWO, UH, TRACKS RIGHT AWAY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, EARLY LITERACY AND, UM, UH, FOOD INSECURITY AND HEBREW HEIGHTS FOR CHILDREN.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR TO
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ADDRESS.OH, THE OPTIMIST CLUB OF HUBER HEIGHTS WAS FOUNDED IN 1958.
IT'S, UH, ALSO A, UH, FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION.
UH, BUT EVERY, ANYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN.
WE MEET, UM, MON EVERY, UH, FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT, UH, THEMATIC, UH, B-SIDE CAFE.
AND AGAIN, ANYONE IS WELCOME TO JUST COME IN, HANG OUT, SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, WE WILL BE DOING OUR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A CHRISTMAS TREE LOT.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT AT THE HUBER CENTER NOW FOR 60 PLUS YEARS.
UH, IT'S OUR MAJOR FUNDRAISER.
ALL THESE PROCEEDS STAY HERE AT HUBER HEIGHTS TO BENEFIT THE CHILDREN OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GET PEOPLE COME IN.
WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE FOR COME FROM OUT OF THE AREA TO BUY A CHRISTMAS TREE FROM US JUST BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE ARE NOT SOME BIG CORPORATION.
AND IT, LIKE I SAY, WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS.
ALL THAT MONEY STAYS HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS AND IT BENEFITS CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
WHEN IS THE CHRISTMAS TREE SALE? UH, THE CHRISTMAS TREE SALE BEGINS THE WEEKEND OF THANKSGIVING AND WE GO UNTIL THEY'RE ALL SOLD OUT.
AND, UH, IN YEARS PAST, WE HAVE SOLD OUT IN ABOUT TWO TO THREE WEEKS TIME.
SO IF YOU WANT THE BEST TREES, GET THERE EARLY, GET THERE THANKSGIVING.
AND THESE ARE REAL TREES, RIGHT? THESE ARE REAL TREES.
YEAH, WE DON'T, NOTHING ARTIFICIAL.
ALL RIGHT, I'M JUST CHECKING NOW.
PEOPLE ALSO SEE OPTIMIST CLUB ON THIS PARTICULAR LITTLE, UH, GINGERBREAD MINT.
THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE THE OPTIMIST CLUB SPONSORED THIS PARTICULAR, UH, ITINERATION.
UM, BUT, UH, YOUR ORGANIZATION, YOU'RE WELCOME.
UH, AND YOU WANNA SPONSOR ONE AND YOU CAN GET YOUR NAME ON ONE.
UM, SALES ARE ALREADY HAPPENING.
I LOVE IT RATE, BUT THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY THINGS THAT WE DO.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE FOLLOWING ALONG.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS WORTHWHILE.
I MENTIONED CULTURE WORKS, WHICH IS A UNITED ARTS FUND.
UH, EVERYBODY ON THIS COMMISSION ARE VOLUNTEERS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS IN SOME WAY, AND IT IS PART OF WHEN WE HAVE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS WE SHARE.
WE, YOU KNOW, UH, CHELSEA, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE LIKE, HEY, HERE'S A COOL THING BECAUSE WE ARE ALSO VOLUNTEERS OF THE CITY.
AND SO IT'S JUST NICE TO SHARE AMONG THIS GROUP.
SO IF YOU ARE A VOLUNTEER OF ANY OF THE CITY ORGANIZATIONS OR ANY OF THESE CLUBS, WHEN WE HAVE LIKE THAT ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS, FEEL FREE TO BRING A THING.
UH, IN THE PAST JOE'S TALKED ABOUT THE BOY SCOUTS AND DIFFERENT STUFF, SO DON'T FEEL, DON'T BE SHY.
ANY OTHERS OKAY WITH THAT? UM, YOU RECEIVED IN YOUR PACKET THE MEETING MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH.
WERE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, ADDENDUMS, OR CORRECTIONS REQUESTED LOOKING AT YOU? WENDY? I, I HAD NOTHING THIS TIME.
EVERYTHING RIGHT THEN I CAN RETIRE.
SO, UH, WENDY, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT? I WOULD LOVE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.
MEETINGS, MINUTES ARE ACCEPTED.
THE LAST THING WE WANNA DO IS TALK ABOUT UPCOMING MEETINGS.
SO TYPICALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH.
THAT'S KIND OF WEIRD 'CAUSE IT'S REAL CLOSE TO THE HOLIDAY.
SO IT IS OUR PRACTICE THAT WE TYPICALLY CANCEL THE NOVEMBER MEETING AND WE MOVE THE DECEMBER MEETING UP EARLIER.
UH, SARAH FORSYTH, IS THERE A, UH, A TIME WHEN WE THINK THE ROOM MIGHT BE AVAILABLE? I'M GONNA, UM, SO YOU'D WANNA AIM FOR LIKE THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF DECEMBER? CORRECT.
WERE WE WANTING TO HAVE THE MEETING EARLY ENOUGH THAT HE WAS ABLE TO BRING UP THE GINGERBREAD? MAAM, THAT'S TRUE.
WOULD YOU MAYBE WISH TO JUST KEEP THE NOVEMBER MEETING THIS YEAR AND CANCEL THE DECEMBER? WHAT DAY? FOR THE NOVEMBER MEETING? IT WOULD BE THE 16TH.
SO IT'LL BE, IT'S A GOOD BIT BEFORE THANKSGIVING THIS YEAR.
YEAH, THAT'S ENOUGH TIME FOR ME.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP THE, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THE NOVEMBER MEETING.
WE WILL CANCEL OUR DECEMBER MEETING.
UM, THAT MEANS AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING WE WILL, ON OUR AGENDA, REALLY WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT WE NEED FOR, UH, THE BOOTH AT THE TREE LIGHTING AND WHAT JOE FOUND.
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WILL ALSO BE VOTING ON NEXT YEAR'S CHAIR.YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE MASON AND, AND, UH, MELISSA ARE BOTH LIKE, SO WHAT DO WE NEED? UM, SO THAT IS, UH, THAT IS THE BIG TOPICS FOR NEXT MEETING.
ANYTHING ELSE, SARAH? UM, NOPE.
UH, THIS, JUST THIS FRIDAY IS OUR HAUNTED TRAIL, SO, UH, IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN COME ON OUT OR YOU, YOU, YOU'RE WELCOME TO WALK IT AS AN ADULT AS WELL, BUT IT'S NOT VERY SPOOKY.
UM, AND SO OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE A LOT
UM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED A SECOND AND WE GOT SOME SECOND AND A THIRD.