[5. The Arts Commission to review, consider, and adopt the City of Duncanville Arts Commission Policy on Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) Administration and Grantmaking.]

OKAY. NUMBER FIVE, THE ARTS COMMISSION TO REVIEW, CONSIDER AND ADOPT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE ARTS COMMISSION POLICY ON HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TAX ADMINISTRATION AND GRANT MAKING.

OKAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE A TWO PART CONVERSATION. THE FIRST PART REALLY SHOULD BE THE SECOND PART, AND VICE VERSA. YOU KNOW, THAT WE ESTABLISH A POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SUBCOMMITTEE. IT'S MYSELF AND ANGELA. AND WHO ELSE IS IN THAT MEETING. AND MAC AND TIFFANY AND WE MET VIA TEAMS. SO THE ONE THING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SINCE DAY ONE IS THE WAY THAT HUT IS DISPERSED IN DUNCANVILLE.

IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT POLICY WHEREBY YOU HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY. EVERYONE ACKNOWLEDGES THE FACT THAT REIMBURSEMENT IS NOT GOOD POLICY FOR THE ARTS. SO WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES DO I USE? THE EXAMPLE OF AUSTIN. AUSTIN USES HOT REVENUE. THEY HAVE AN ARTS COMMISSION AND THEY HAVE A REIMBURSEMENT POLICY. BUT RECOGNIZING THAT REIMBURSEMENT IS NOT EQUITABLE AND THE ARTS NEED TO BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE, THEY HAVE OTHER ARROWS IN THEIR FUNDING QUIVERS. THEY HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE TO THEM TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN WORKS. THEY HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE TO SPONSOR THINGS, AND THEY HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE TO FOR GRANT MAKING. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO SETS OF DOCUMENTS IN YOUR PACKET. I'M GOING TO START HERE IN THE BACK OF YOUR PACKET OR THE OR THE NOTES. THE WORK PRODUCT FORM FROM OUR SUBCOMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING. I'M GOING TO READ IT BRIEFLY, JUST SO IT'S ON THE RECORD. AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT WHAT CITY STAFF HAS PULLED TOGETHER. THIS IS A DRAFT. AND OSTENSIBLY THIS IS OUR APPROACH TO DEAL WITH REIMBURSEMENT ONLY. SO THE ARTS COMMISSION SEEKS A LEADERSHIP FROM CITY HALL STAFF TO ASSIST IN DRAFTING POLICIES FOR THREE DISTINCT FUNDING STRATEGIES THAT ARE ACTIONABLE AND WITHIN SCOPE OF STAFF TO IMPLEMENT. THESE STRATEGIES INCLUDE PRODUCING BY THE ARTS COMMISSION. THESE ARE POLICIES FOR ARTS EXPERIENCES INITIATED AND MANAGED DIRECTLY BY THE ARTS COMMISSION. SO WE DO HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND WE DO JUNETEENTH. THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT FUTURE COMMISSIONS WOULD LIKE TO DO, BUT WE PRODUCE THOSE OURSELVES. SPONSORSHIPS, POLICIES OF PROVIDING FINANCIAL OR IN-KIND SUPPORT TO EXTERNAL INITIATIVES THAT ALIGN WITH THE COMMISSION'S MISSION. THIS IS WHEN ANYONE SAYS, HEY, DO YOU WANT TO BUY A TICKET? DO YOU WANT TO SPONSOR THIS EVENT? THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO TAP THAT FUNDING RESOURCE TO BE SPONSORS AND OF COURSE, GRANT MAKING POLICIES FOR ADMINISTERING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION PROCESS. THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST MORE GRANT MAKING IS COMPLICATED, BUT

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IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING AT SOME POINT THAT SHOULD BE PART OF OUR POLICY. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT WAS MENTIONED DURING OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING IS WE TALKED ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING. MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE AT THE TIME IS, LET'S DO THE POLICIES FIRST AND STRATEGIC PLANNING SECOND, BECAUSE POLICIES DON'T CHANGE, BUT STRATEGIC PLANS DO. SO LET'S GET REALLY SOLID POLICIES THAT ADDRESS THE EQUITABILITY OF ARTS FUNDING IN THE CITY, USE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AS GUIDEPOSTS, BUT THEN IT HAS TO BE DONE IN A WAY THAT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE CAN CAN SCALE IT. SO EACH POLICY WILL ESTABLISH CLEAR, EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE GUIDELINES FOR SUPPORTING ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, ALIGNING WITH THE VALUES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS, WHILE FOSTERING COLLABORATION AND MUTUAL RESPECT. SO PART OF THE WORK PRODUCT IS WE TALKED ABOUT THE WAY THAT A CITY CHOOSES TO FUND THE ARTS, DETERMINES HOW A CITY VALUES THE ARTS. LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, HEALTH CARE, INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT WE DO THE ARTS. SO WE DISCUSSED WHAT ARE SOME CORE PRINCIPLES OF THE POLICIES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADOPTED PARTNERSHIP CENTERED APPROACH. ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS ARE RECOGNIZED AND VALUED AS PARTNERS IN FOSTERING CULTURAL GROWTH AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT. THAT'S ALMOST DIRECTLY FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS. WHO SAYS WE SHOULD TREAT OUR ARTISTS AS PARTNERS, NOT PRODUCTS? YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED WHEN WE TRIED TO GET SOME FUNDING BEFORE IS THAT WE HAVE TO HIRE ARTISTS THE SAME WAY THE CITY BUYS TOILET PAPER. WE SHOULD CHANGE THAT. SECONDLY, EQUITY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ENSURING FAIRNESS AND INCLUSIVITY ACROSS DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. DUNCANVILLE IS A VERY, VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE FEELS COMFORTABLE APPLYING FOR FUNDS, SUSTAINABILITY FUNDING PRACTICES PRIORITIZE LONG TERM VIABILITY BOTH FOR APPLICANTS AND THE FUNDING PROGRAM ITSELF. WE HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT OF MONEY AVAILABLE TO US. WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST, POTENTIALLY ROBUST ENTERPRISE FUND. THEY'RE MADE TO GROW WHAT THE MONEY THAT AS A REMINDER, THE HOT REVENUE THAT'S IN THE DUNCANVILLE ARTS FUND CAN ROLL OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR SO WE CAN PUT MONEY IN IT. THE LOCAL GROUP THAT DID THE ART SHOW, THEY RAISED $400 FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION THAT WENT TO OUR ARTS FUND. IF WE WANT TO WRITE GRANTS, IF WE WANT TO DO DONATIONS, IT CAN GROW. AS AN EXAMPLE, I'M GOING TO NOT TELL YOU THE GROUP IN CASE I MESS UP ON IT, BUT I WAS AT A MIXER THIS WEEKEND AND IN A IN A NEIGHBORING CITY, AND THEY HAVE THEY KIND OF RUN ADJACENT TO US.

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UPON. THIS IS WHAT CITY STAFF HAS PULLED TOGETHER. YOU'LL SEE IT HAS WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AND WHAT EXISTS ALREADY IN THE POLICY. I WANT TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE PURPOSE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IS TO DO THE LEGWORK FOR THE ENTIRE COMMISSION. WE DON'T SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE COMMISSION. WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANY ACTION ON ANYTHING UNTIL WE COME BACK TO GET ACTION FROM THIS COMMISSION. THE REASON WE STARTED WITH STAFF IS BECAUSE THERE'S NO POINT IN RECOMMENDING ANY ACTION TO THE ARTS COMMISSION OR TO THE CITY COUNCIL IF STAFF DOESN'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO DO IT. THAT WAS THE STRATEGY BEHIND THIS. SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS IT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER ON FUNDING THE ARTS. AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD YET. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO DO YOU AFTER I RECALL, AFTER WE FINISHED THE MEETING, I SENT EVERYBODY THIS AND I ASKED ALEX TO SEND THE ORDER NOTES.

OTTER IS THE AI APP THAT HE USES WHEN WE HAVE TEAMS MEETINGS. YOU GUYS HAVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT MEETING HAS. HAS ANYONE HAD. BEFORE WE GO ON TO THIS, I'M MOVING AROUND, BUT IT'S ALL SORT OF THE SAME THING. THIS RIGHT HERE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE POLICIES AS I DESCRIBED IT, OR ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE IN THIS DRAFT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT? NOW, I HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT FALLS INTO THERE, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH CONVERSATION. AND I THINK THE VERY FIRST MEETING I WAS AT AT THE ARTS COMMISSION, I BROUGHT THIS UP ABOUT THE REIMBURSEMENT POLICY. THAT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE. THEY DIDN'T. IT USED TO BE WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, A GRANT FOR THE ARTS. IT WAS REIMBURSEMENT FOR SANDRA MEADOWS FOR SOME OF THE FIELDHOUSE EVENTS. BUT FOR THE ARTS, I CAN TELL YOU STRAIGHTFORWARDLY, THE THEATER WAS A BENEFICIARY OF THAT. WE APPLIED AND WE GOT A QUARTERLY DISBURSEMENT. WHATEVER OUR ANNUAL AMOUNT WAS, WE GOT $12,000. THEN WE GOT $3,000 A QUARTER. WE HAD TO TURN IN A BUDGET, AND WE HAD TO SHOW A TURN IN AN END OF THE YEAR FISCAL REPORT SHOWING HOW WE'D USE THE MONEY. IF IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN WE GOT A METIS FOUNDATION GRANT, IF YOU DON'T USE IT PROPERLY, YOU'RE NOT EVER GOING TO GET ONE AGAIN. BUT SO THE ONUS IS ON YOU AS AN ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION. BUT IT WASN'T ON REIMBURSEMENT. THAT DID NOT START UNTIL EITHER 2015 OR 2016. SO PART OF ME AS AN ARTIST, AND I HAVE BEEN VOCAL ABOUT IT LONG BEFORE THERE WAS AN ARTS COMMISSION, THERE HAS BEEN MUCH DISCUSSION BETWEEN ME AND EVERY CITY MANAGER. NOW THAT KEVIN IS INTERIM CITY MANAGER, YOU CAN ASK HIM HOW MANY CONVERSATIONS WE HAD ABOUT THAT, THAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR THE ARTS TO WORK ON A REIMBURSEMENT STATUS. AND, YOU KNOW, THE THEATER HAS BEEN GETTING ARTS FUNDING, HOT FUNDING SINCE 1990.

AND IT SUDDENLY I MEAN, I REMEMBER I WAS IN A HOTEL ROOM IN FLORIDA, AND I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM JESSICA JAMES TELLING ME THEY COULDN'T WRITE THE CHECK UNTIL I TURNED IN ALL OF MY RECEIPTS. AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO DO THAT. I'M NOT IN TOWN AND CAN I HAVE A WEEK, YOU KNOW? AND I HAD TO GO BACK AND KIND OF CHANGE. AND I HAVE THEM ALL. I CAN GIVE YOU EVERY RECEIPT. FROM 1988 WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, IT WASN'T THAT WE WERE NOT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, IT WAS JUST A COMPLETE CHANGE OF THE WAY WE WERE DOING BUSINESS. AND AS AN ARTIST, WE TRY TO SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME CREATING THE WORK AND MAKING SURE WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB. AND AS I TOLD KEVIN AND I'VE TOLD DOUG AND I TOLD ARETHA IT WOULD COST MORE TO HIRE A CPA TO DO THE WORK THAT THEY'RE WANTING FOR PROPER REIMBURSEMENT THAN THE GRANT ACTUALLY IS, BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF WORK. IT'S HOURS AND HOURS OF WORK. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE POWERS THAT BE, AND PERHAPS WITH A PUSH FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION TO REEVALUATE THAT POLICY TO THE WAY THAT IT WAS. RIGHT. I KNOW, BUT I'M JUST SAYING I'M SAYING IT PUBLICLY, HOW IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT NOT JUST TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO, TO, TO GRANT, MAKE GRANTS OTHER THAN REIMBURSEMENT, BUT TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT NOT REQUIRING REIMBURSEMENT ON ARTS GRANTS. SO WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IS SOMETIMES THAT'S A TOOL THAT'S NECESSARY.

SO OUR WAY TO ADDRESS THAT FOR THE ARTS. SO IF SOMETHING'S COMING TO THE ARTS FOR CONSIDERATION, THEY'RE USING THE ARTS POLICY. AND THAT POLICY IS MEANT TO SO THAT YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE BOARD OF THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY THEATER AND SAY, GOOD NEWS, ARTS COMMISSION IS MAKING SURE THIS GOES AWAY FOR US, RIGHT? NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF

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MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL. I CAN DO IT. I'VE GOT THE FORMULA DOWN, BUT I'M LOOKING AT FOR OTHER ARTISTS. IT'S NOT THAT IT'S I KNOW THAT OTHER CITIES DO THAT, BUT ALSO WHAT I'VE BEEN I KNOW THAT OTHER CITIES DO NOT DO REIMBURSEMENT AS WELL. IT'S A TOOL THAT THEY USE. IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO ADMINISTRATE IT FOR THEM, BUT CITIES HAVE THE DISCRETION TO MAKE WHATEVER RULES THEY WANT TO AS FAR AS HOW IT FUNDS. AND THERE'S A LOT OF BROAD DISCRETION FOR THE ARTS. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BROAD DISCRETION FOR SPORTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, SIGNAGE, ADVERTISING, THE ARTS. THERE IS. SO THAT'S JUST I WAS JUST WANTING TO GET ON MY SOAPBOX FOR A MINUTE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT, BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING THAT FOR SO LONG. BE SURE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS THAT'S PROBABLY THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE APPLYING. IF IT'S FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION, THERE'S OTHER PLACES YOU CAN APPLY. IF IT'S THE ARTS COMMISSION, THAT ONUS WON'T EXIST ANYMORE. PROBABLY. IF THIS POLICY GOES THROUGH, CHANCES ARE THAT THAT BURDEN WILL NOT BE YOURS. AGAIN. LET ME SPEAK TO I THINK THAT'S SUCH GOOD COMMENTARY. JUST WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT CREATING POLICIES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE A CITY BOARD. WE ARE HERE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WHEN WE GIVE OUT MONEY, THAT THERE'S OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND BEING TRANSPARENT WITH THAT MONEY. SO I THINK THAT IT'S ALWAYS RELEVANT TO HAVE RECEIPTS. I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW, WITH TECHNOLOGY THAT SHOULD NEVER BE A PROBLEM FOR ANYONE. I THINK THAT YOU CAN GET IT DIGITALLY, A DIGITAL COPY. I THINK THAT YOU CAN ANTICIPATE EXPENSES EVEN BEFORE THEY HAPPEN, WHEN YOU ARE, WHEN YOU'VE DONE THESE THINGS BEFORE. RIGHT? SO I WOULD I WOULD PAUSE BEFORE I WOULD SAY THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE ANY REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN SAY, OH, WE'RE DOING THIS OR THAT. THIS IS STILL MONEY THAT WE ARE OVERSEEING, AND WE HAVE A FIDUCIARY DUTY TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT EVERYTHING IS A ON TOP OF THE BOARD, BE THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES THAT WE SET OUT FOR ALL OF EVERYONE WHO BENEFITS FROM ANYTHING THAT WE GIVE OUT. SO THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS, MR. PERRY. YEAH, JUST. TWO THINGS.

ONE, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVES FOR THE ARTS TO GETTING THE FUNDING THAT ISN'T PRODUCE YOUR RECEIPTS, FUNDING OR WHAT ARE THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES, SPONSORSHIP, GRANT MAKING AND WHAT PRODUCE RESULTS? YEAH, YEAH. SO I, I CAN YOU KNOW WHAT AMY WAS SAYING. I TOTALLY GET BEING ON THE BOARD OF THE MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL CULTURE. AND EVERY YEAR WE WOULD APPLY FOR THAT. GRANT. WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH HOTFIX? VERY DIFFICULT, VERY DIFFICULT. AND I CAME ON THE BOARD ABOUT THE TIME THAT JESSICA JAMES CAME ON BOARD AS OUR CITY. WELL, SHE WASN'T CITY MANAGER, BUT SHE WAS. YEAH. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE ARTIST IS THAT YOU HAVE TO FULLY FUND YOUR EVENT. YOU HAVE TO FULLY FUND YOUR EXHIBIT. YOU HAVE TO FULLY FUND YOUR CONCERT AND THEN TAKE YOUR RECEIPTS AND GET REIMBURSED. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARTISTS HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE CAPITAL UPFRONT TO GO AND FULLY FUND SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, AND THEN HOPE THAT YOUR RECEIPTS WILL BE ACCEPTED BECAUSE OUR RECEIPTS WERE NOT ALWAYS ACCEPTED, EVEN THOUGH YEARS BEFORE THEY WERE FINE AT THE MUSEUM. SO IT WAS A STRUGGLE. IT WAS VERY MUCH A STRUGGLE. SO I'M VERY PLEASED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS, THIS CHANGE. SO THIS WOULD BE THEORETICALLY, AGAIN, IT WAS. SO THE FUNDER CAN DETERMINE THE BEST FUNDING TOOL TO FUND AN ORGANIZATION. SO IT MIGHT BE REIMBURSEMENT, IT MIGHT BE A SPONSORSHIP, IT MIGHT BE A GRANT, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE PRODUCE OURSELVES. BUT YEAH, THAT'S WHAT YOU HEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IS THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT IS NOT EQUITABLE FOR THE ARTIST. YEAH. AND IT MAY BE THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE ALL THE CAPITAL AND IT'S NO BIG DEAL.

AND WE BUT WE COULD ASCERTAIN THAT IN THE FUNDING PROCESS. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, CAN YOU, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU JUST DO IT AND GIVE US YOUR RECEIPTS OR SO. YEAH. YEAH. IT IS A BURDEN. I THINK IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH GRANTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, I THINK THAT'S A DIFFERENT THING.

LIKE IF YOU'RE GETTING A BUSINESS GRANT OR AN EVENT GRANT TO SAY, HEY, LISTEN, WE KNOW THAT WE'VE ESTIMATED THAT THIS COSTS $13,000 AND WE'D LIKE THE ARTS COMMISSION FOR $5,000.

LIKE, I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S THAT MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? I DON'T THINK THAT HAS TO BE NECESSARILY REIMBURSEMENT. BUT I BUT I THINK THAT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE'RE ALWAYS COVERING OUR BACK. LIKE I ALWAYS LOOK AT THE UNDERLYING BUSINESS, THE BEST BUSINESS PRACTICES.

RIGHT? SO I MEAN, I AGREE, I THINK THAT SOME CERTAIN THINGS DON'T NEED TO BE REIMBURSEMENT, BUT I THINK THOSE THINGS THAT ARE REIMBURSABLE MAKES A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THEY MAY BE SERVICES OR THINGS THAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALREADY DOING ANNUALLY, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THOSE THINGS. RIGHT. AND BUT I THINK WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH SPONSORSHIPS AND GRANTS, THOSE ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEKING MONEY TO DO THOSE EVENTS. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALWAYS WORK THROUGH. BUT I THINK THAT

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IF WE'RE DIFFERENT, IT'S ALMOST LIKE WHEN YOU'RE APPLYING WHAT SITUATION YOU'RE APPLYING FOR.

AND THEN I THINK THAT THOSE MEASURES WOULD HAPPEN WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION. BUT YEAH, I DO AGREE WITH THAT TOO. I THINK I KNOW IN FILMMAKING, WHEN WE WHEN WE WERE LOOKING TO RAISE FUNDS, THE FUNDERS OFTEN WANT TO KNOW WHO ELSE IS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. RIGHT. SO I WOULD SEE THAT FACTORING IN AS WELL, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO PRODUCE A LARGE SOMETHING, WE MIGHT SAY, OH, DO YOU HAVE OTHER SOURCES AS WELL, IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GRANT YOU? YOU KNOW, SO JUST BECAUSE USUALLY IF THEY DO, THEN THAT WAY'S BETTER FOR THEM TO GET TO GET THE GRANT. YOU KNOW, THAT MAKES ME THINK ONCE THESE POLICIES ARE IN PLACE, THE COMMISSION OR ANY FUNDING ORGANIZATION CAN DETERMINE WITH THE SUPPORT OF CITY STAFF BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S THEY WRITE THE CHECKS AND THEY DO THE TRACKING IS THERE AN ALGORITHM? DO YOU WANT THE LIKE, DO YOU WANT THE ARTS COMMISSION TO BE THE SOLE FUNDING FOR A PROJECT, OR DO YOU WANT THEM TO SEE THEY HAVE OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING AND FOR HOW LONG? THAT SORT OF THING. BUT YOU'RE. BE THINKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS DRAFT POLICY OR DECISION MAKING MISS OUT? FOR THE RECORD, MISS JACKSON WOULD LIKE FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT TO BE REMOVED ALTOGETHER. IS THAT CORRECT? I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT CERTAINLY TO BE CONSIDERED. YES. OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE LESS OF? AND SO KEEP IN MIND THIS POLICY THAT'S GOING TO BE CONSIDERED. WE AS A REMINDER WE ARE ADVISORY TO CITY COUNCIL. WE WON'T MAKE THIS FINAL DETERMINATION. CITY COUNCIL WILL MAKE THIS FINAL DETERMINATION. THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE. AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE ON THE RECORD. CAN I CLARIFY MY REPORTING WITHOUT REIMBURSEMENT? I THINK THERE SHOULD BE REPORTING. WE SHOULD HAVE TO QUANTIFY WHAT YOU DID WITH THE MONEY AND THAT YOU PRODUCED A SCULPTURE, OR YOU PRODUCED A PLAY, OR YOU PRODUCED A CONCERT, BUT NOT RECEIPTS. THE RECEIPTS THAT THE COPYING OF EVERY BAG OF ICE THAT YOU BOUGHT AT 7-ELEVEN, AND A BOX OF SCREWS AT HOME DEPOT. OH, I MISUNDERSTOOD, I'M SORRY, I MISUNDERSTOOD. I THOUGHT YOU JUST. YOUR SUGGESTION WAS THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT MODEL SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY ALTOGETHER. I WOULD LIKE IT TAKEN AWAY, BUT BUT, BUT REIMBURSEMENT AND REPORTING IS NOT THE SAME THING. REPORTING.

JUST SHOWING AN OVERALL, THIS IS WHAT WE SPEND ON ON THE ACTIVITY OR THE EVENT. SO THE REPORTING IS TOO ONEROUS. THE, THE RECEIPTS, THE REIMBURSEMENT, THE LISTING OF EVERY AND THE COPYING OF EVERY RECEIPT AND TURNING IT. IN MY EXPERIENCE AND I KNOW CIVIC THEATER AND OTHERS WE TURN IN PRIOR TO 2015 OR 16, WE TURNED IN A VERY A BUDGET TO SEE HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON ADVERTISING, HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON PRODUCTION DIRECTORS FEES, THAT KIND OF THING, BUT NOT A COPY OF THE RECEIPT FOR EVERYTHING. THAT WHICH IS WHAT YOUR YOUR REIMBURSEMENT WAS BASED ON THE RECEIPT. SO I DON'T THINK A REPORT NOT UNLIKE THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION, WE GOT A GRANT FROM THEM. WE HAD A ONE PAGE REPORT THAT WE FILLED OUT THAT SHOWED WHAT WE SPENT, WHAT THE EVENT COST, WHAT GRANTS WE GOT FROM THE MEADOWS OR OTHER, THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE OR SOMEBODY ELSE. AND IT WAS JUST A ONE PAGE SIMPLE FORM TO FILL OUT. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

I THINK A REPORT IS FINE. IT'S THE REIMBURSEMENT THAT'S A FOLLOW UP. THAT'S AN AFTER. AND IF YOU DON'T DO IT, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET A GRANT AGAIN. OKAY. BUT IT'S NOT CONTINGENT UPON GETTING THE GRANT OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. MR. SECRETARY, WOULD YOU MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S YOU WOULD YOU. I'M SORRY, I KNOW I WAS WORDING WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE ARE AT LEAST DEFINITELY NOTED BECAUSE THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT FOLKS WILL WANT TO GO BACK AND LISTEN TO. ABSOLUTELY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OR THE TONE OR THE THINKING ON THIS? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO REMOVE? BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO I'M GOING TO ASK, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, THAT WE TABLE ANY ACTION PURSUANT WITH THE FOLLOWING CONVERSATION WITH CITY MANAGEMENT THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE SOON. AND THEN I CAN UPDATE EVERYONE VIA EMAIL. SO THE NEXT TIME THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION, WE CAN TAKE ACTION AS A REMINDER. AND AGAIN, I HAVE TO KEEP SAYING THIS BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS REMINDED OF THIS. OUR ACTION IS MERELY A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.

CITY COUNCIL TAKES ACTION ON ALL OF THIS. SO WITH THAT SAID, IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TALK TO WITH CITY MANAGEMENT ABOUT? I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT CONVERSATION? IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY CONCERNS, MR. PERRY? YEAH, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS IS BASICALLY THE BULLET POINTS AND THE THINGS THAT POLICIES WILL NEED TO BE CREATED FOR. SHOW ME WHAT YOU'RE POINTING AT. WELL, ALL YOUR POINTS. YEAH. SO THAT'S THOSE

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ARE OUR NOTES FROM THE MEETING. AND THEN THIS IS WHAT STAFF PULLED TOGETHER FROM THOSE NOTES OKAY. SO I HAVEN'T REALLY DONE OKAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN OKAY. SO MAYBE WHAT I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE, LIKE IN THE REPORTS, SOMETHING THAT SHOWS LIKE FOR MY GRANT, I DID WHAT I SAID I WAS GOING TO DO. AND HERE'S MY REPORT THAT SHOWS THAT I DID IT. OKAY. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT'S ACCOUNTABILITY. YEAH. SO AND SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S CURRENT THERE CURRENTLY ARE POLICIES FOR THESE KIND OF THINGS, BUT THEY'RE NOT SPECIFIC TO THE ARTS. SO WE'RE BLENDING OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S TRIVIAL OR IF YOU THINK IT'S TRIVIAL, IF IT'S IMPORTANT, IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION, THAT'S GOOD. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOUR POINT. I THINK THAT'S INCLUDED ON THAT SHEET RIGHT THERE. THE EVALUATION OF THE LAST PAGE IS THANK YOU. SO IT HAS THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE ALREADY PLUGGED INTO IT, BUT REVIEW IT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD. THANK YOU.

AND THE TITLE DID WE NOT INCLUDE SPONSORSHIP AND GRANT MAKING SINCE SPONSORSHIP IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS IN THERE? YEAH, WE COULD EVEN CALL IT AS LIKE FUNDING TOOLS. FUNDING TOOLS. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING 2 OR 3 AND MAKING IT INTO A HEADING. SO WE'RE NOT TAKING SPONSORSHIP.

YOU'RE RIGHT. AND SO ALSO SOMEBODY MENTIONED AT SOME POINT IN THIS MEETING RECOGNIZE ALL THIS MONEY COMES FROM THE DUNCANVILLE ARTS FUND. IT'S AN ENTERPRISE FUND. THEY'RE MEANT TO BE ROBUST. THEY'RE MEANT TO BE ENTREPRENEURIAL. THEY'RE MEANT TO GROW. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE REVENUE IN OUR ENTERPRISE FUND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY HOT. SO WE'RE FOCUSING ON HOT BECAUSE HOT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO SO YES THAT'S WHY HE WANTS TO MEET WITH YOU AHEAD OF MAKING ANY POLICY DECISION EVEN WITH REGARDS TO THIS, BECAUSE HE WANTS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION SO THAT THOSE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, THOSE OTHER WAYS THAT MONEY COMES INTO THE ARTS FUND, CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE POLICIES. AND SO THANK YOU, ALEX. AND SO WHEN THIS MEETING IS OVER AND THEN THERE IS ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGEMENT, I'M GOING TO INVITE THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO ATTEND. ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO EMAIL ME, SAY YOU SLEPT AND SAY, HEY, I THOUGHT ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE. HERE'S A FUNDING MODEL THAT I THINK HAS BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. SEND IT TO ME.

THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL BECAUSE THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT'S GOING TO STICK FOR A WHILE. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE FUTURE ARTS COMMISSIONS THAT THIS CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT'S JUST GOING TO BE THE POLICY. SO KEEP IN MIND IT'S NOT US. IT'S GOING TO BE ARTS COMMISSIONS 20 YEARS FROM NOW POTENTIALLY. SO IF IT'S OKAY, IF WE COULD TABLE ACTION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FOLLOW UP CONVERSATION WITH CITY MANAGER MANAGEMENT. BUT THEN PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, I WILL SEND YOU WHEN THE MEETING IS, I'LL SEND YOU THE NOTES OF THE MEETING. IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO INCLUDE AFTER THIS MEETING THAT YOU DIDN'T THINK ABOUT NOW, PLEASE EMAIL IT TO ME. I WOULD ALSO ASK YOU, WHEN YOU EMAIL ME ON ANYTHING, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE BLIND COPY THE ENTIRE ARTS COMMISSION. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. TRANSPARENCY IS CRAZY CRITICAL AT THIS TIME. OKAY, NO PRIVATE EMAILS. IF YOU SEND ME A PRIVATE EMAIL ABOUT POLICY, I'M GOING TO FORWARD IT TO THE ENTIRE ARTS COMMISSION.

SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND, OKAY? ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO

[6. The Arts Commission to consider sponsorship of the 2025 Spring Arts Festival. ]

GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN. THE ARTS COMMISSION TO CONSIDER SPONSORSHIP OF THE 2025 SPRING ARTS FESTIVAL. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE GIVE A VIBRANT ARTS COMMISSION. WELCOME TO. TELL US YOUR NAME, DEVIN HANLEY. YAY! WELCOME TO OUR COMMISSION.

THANK YOU. HI, EVERYBODY. I AM YOUR NEW SPECIAL EVENTS PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. I CAME FROM MANSFIELD AND AT MANSFIELD WE DID HAVE AN ESTABLISHED ARTS COMMISSION AND WE DID A SPECIAL EVENT, A LOT OF THINGS WITH OUR ARTS COMMISSION. ARTS WAS A PART OF ALMOST EVERY EVENT THAT WE HAD. THEY HAD AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, AT THE, AT OUR WHAT WAS HOMETOWN HOLIDAYS FOR US. THEY HAD A SECTION OF ART RELATED ACTIVITIES BRINGING AWARENESS TO ART THINGS FOR THE KIDS TO DO, THINGS FOR ADULTS TO DO. AND THEN WE HAD A MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL IN MANSFIELD. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS, WHICH I THINK WOULD SUCCEED HERE IN DUNCANVILLE VERY WELL.

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HOWEVER, I REALLY LOVED THE ART PART THAT WE DID, WHICH WAS VERY ART FOCUSED AND EVERYTHING. WE HAD LOTS OF THINGS ART RELATED, WHICH I'LL BRING UP. SO THE PROPOSED NAME IS THE SPRING ARTS FESTIVAL, AND THE PURPOSE IS A CELEBRATION OF ART IN ALL FORMS, FEATURING VISUAL ARTS, LIVE PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS, INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS AND MORE. THE AUDIENCE WOULD BE OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS, TOURISTS, ART ENTHUSIASTS AND FAMILIES. I WOULD LOVE TO IT TO JUST BE AN EVENT FOR EVERYONE OF ALL AGES, ALL, ALL YOU KNOW, ALL CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS. KEY GOALS ARE JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE CITY'S CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC CAPABILITIES WHILE PROMOTING LOCAL ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS. SO WHY? YOU KNOW WHY HELP FUND THIS? I FEEL LIKE IT ALIGNS WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION MISSION TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY. PARTNERING ENSURES THE COMMISSION CAN HELP SHAPE AN EVENT THAT PROMOTES LOCAL CREATIVITY AND FOSTERS CULTURAL VIBRANCY. THE ARTS COMMISSION CAN CURATE AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF ARTISTIC PROGRAMING BY PROVIDING EXPERT INPUT ON ARTIST SELECTION, EVENT ACTIVITIES, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES LIKE WORKSHOPS OR ARTIST TAKES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. FOR THE ADVOCACY. BY PARTNERING WITH THE CITY, THE COMMISSION CAN PLAY A KEY ROLE IN ADVOCATING FOR A FAIR COMPENSATION AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL ARTISTS, HELPING TO ENSURE THEY GAIN THE EXPOSURE AND RECOGNITION. I YOU KNOW, YOU AS A LOCAL ARTS COMMISSION, YOU WOULD KNOW MORE OF OUR LOCAL ARTISTS IN THE CITY THAN ME WHO'S BEEN HERE A MONTH WOULD. SO IF WE'RE WANTING, YOU KNOW, MURALS PAINTED, YOU WOULD KNOW I WOULD ASSUME YOU WOULD KNOW WHO WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ARTISTS IN YOUR AREA AND DUNCANVILLE THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT. SO I WANT TO INCREASE REACH AND VISIBILITY FOR EVERYONE. SO COMBINING THE RESOURCES BETWEEN THE CITY AND Y'ALL, I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD AMPLIFY A LARGER AUDIENCE, BRING MORE PEOPLE IN, GIVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IT TO BE SEEN, WHETHER IT BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR BY WORD OF MOUTH. WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL ARE INVOLVED IN. SPEAKING OF LEVERAGING FUNDS, WORKING TOGETHER NOT ONLY WITH YOU BEING ABLE TO FUND IT, BUT ME REACHING OUT TO THE HOT TAX AS WELL FOR PORTIONS BEING FUNDED, SPONSORSHIPS, CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS, JUST THINGS TO HELP KIND OF REACH MORE PEOPLE, BE ABLE TO DO MORE THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY. AS A SPECIAL EVENT COORDINATOR, I FEEL LIKE THE SPECIAL EVENTS ARE REALLY TO GIVE OUR COMMUNITY THE BEST THEY CAN, THE BEST WE CAN, SO MORE THINGS FOR THEM TO DO, THINGS YOU KNOW, SHOW THEM THINGS THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN BEFORE, LIKE IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD AN ARTS COMMISSION. I WANT THEM TO KNOW FOR THEM A MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION THAT WE'RE PUTTING, THAT WE HAVE STARTED TO GROW SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SO PEOPLE CAN KNOW THAT THAT'S A WE'RE JUST MAKING YOUR COMMUNITY MORE AWARE OF THE THINGS THEY CAN EITHER PARTICIPATE IN OR JUST, YOU KNOW, GAIN INTEREST FROM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I FEEL LIKE ART PLAYS A VERY VITAL, VITAL ROLE IN COMMUNITIES, WHETHER IT BE FOR FESTIVALS OR SIMPLE POP UPS. BUT I FEEL LIKE ART ITSELF IS KIND OF UNDERESTIMATED BY PEOPLE, AND IT REALLY DOES BRING A WHOLE, A WHOLE NOTHER COMMUNITY TOGETHER, YOU KNOW? BUT I WANT THERE TO BE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS, YOU KNOW, ARTIST LED TALKS, WORKSHOPS WE HAD AT MANSFIELD. WE HAD A KIND OF A TALK FROM LOCAL, NOT LOCAL. WE HAD TO GET THEM FROM DALLAS, BUT THEY WERE VOICE ACTORS. AND SO WE HAD KIND OF LIKE A PANEL WHEN THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, A STAGE DOWNTIME. BUT WE HAD THEM COME ON AND SPEAK FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES, AND THEY ANSWERED QUESTIONS FOR THE SHOWS THAT THEY WERE ON, SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS. THEY HAD A TABLE IN THE MARKET. SO JUST THINGS LIKE THAT THAT I THINK WOULD REALLY BRING A WHOLE DIFFERENT VARIETY OF THE COMMUNITY TO MORE EVENTS. I ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS. I THINK WHEN YOU SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU GROW YOUR COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, BENEFICIAL FOR US NOT ONLY AS A CITY, BUT FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION TO GIVE THOSE LOCAL ARTISTS OPPORTUNITIES TO DISPLAY THEIR WORK. AND MORE THAN JUST A GALLERY, BUT HERE AT, YOU KNOW, AT THE PARK FOR A CITY EVENT, HAVE THEIR MURALS, THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, SIGN IT. PEOPLE TAKE PICTURES WITH IT, POST IT ON INSTAGRAM OR FACEBOOK, TAG THEM SO IT'S MORE SEEN. SO THESE FESTIVALS ALSO BOOST LOCAL BUSINESS NOT JUST FOR THE ARTS BUT FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR SHOPS THAT ARE AROUND TOWN. MAYBE THEY GOT HERE EARLY FOR THE EVENT AND THEY WANT TO WALK AROUND AND SHOP. THAT'S STILL MORE ECONOMIC BENEFIT FOR US AS THE CITY, WHICH IS WHAT LARGE SPECIAL EVENTS ARE FOR AS WELL. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, DRAWS VISITING PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT CITIES,

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EVEN, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN JUST RIGHT HERE, BUT MAYBE FURTHER DOWN IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU REACHED OUT TO PEOPLE IN LIKE AUSTIN OR HOUSTON, LIKE, HEY, WE'RE DOING AN ARTS FESTIVAL, I'D REALLY LOVE FOR YOU TO COME SUPPORT IT. THAT BRINGS IN MORE TOURISM FOR US. I WOULD LOVE, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS TO BE A AN EVENT THAT CAN GROW, NOT JUST BE THIS YEAR, BUT BE A CONTINUAL YEAR AND GROW EACH TIME. BUT PARTNERING IN THE CREATION AND THE SPONSORSHIP OF IT WILL HELP ESTABLISH A LASTING CULTURAL LEGACY THAT ENRICHES THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME.

THE ARTS COMMISSION INVOLVEMENT WILL ENHANCE Y'ALL'S REPUTATION AS A LEADING VOICE FOR ARTS, SOLIDIFYING THEIR POSITION AS A VITAL ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE CITY BY, YOU KNOW, STRENGTHENS PARTNERSHIPS. COLLABORATION BUILDS STRONGER TIES BETWEEN THE COMMISSION, THE CITY, LOCAL BUSINESSES, ARTISTS CREATING THOSE ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM, NOT JUST FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE FESTIVAL, BUT FOR MORE THINGS AROUND TOWN MURALS THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO PAINT ON, BUILDINGS TO, YOU KNOW, BRING IN MORE VIBRANCY TO THE CITY, IT WOULD KIND OF IT WOULD ALL BENEFIT THOSE THINGS. SO CULTIVATING THE PATH, DEFINING ROLES I WOULD LOVE FOR, LIKE YOU AS THE ARTS COMMISSION, TO HAVE A VITAL ROLE IN THE FESTIVAL ITSELF, SUCH AS THINGS WE DID IN THE PAST AT MANSFIELD THAT I REALLY LOVED, THAT WE GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM, WAS THAT WE HAD A SCULPTURE CONTEST, AND SO WOO! AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE HAD A JURY ESSENTIALLY, WHERE PEOPLE HAD TO PAY A FEE TO SIGN UP AN APPLICATION FEE, AND THEY KIND OF SENT IN WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO CREATE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHEN THEY JUST SUBMIT THAT THEIR CREATION IS NOT MADE, BUT THEY SUBMITTED KIND OF WHAT THEY WANTED TO, THEY COULD UPDATE THE JURY AS TO HOW IT WAS PROGRESSING. AND THEN THE FINAL PICTURE BEFORE THEY BROUGHT IT UP TO THE EVENT, AND THEN AT THE EVENT WHERE IT WAS BEING JUDGED AT, THEY WERE SCATTERED AROUND THE EVENT LOCATION SO PEOPLE COULD WALK THE AREA, SEE WHAT WAS OUT THERE, VOTE ITSELF. WE HAD QR CODES DOWN AT THE BOTTOM WHERE IT WAS A LINK TO ESSENTIALLY A GOOGLE FORM WHERE THEY COULD LOG IN AND VOTE. SO NOT ONLY WAS THERE A JURY VOTE, BUT THERE WAS ALSO A PUBLIC VOTE. AND THEN I SPOKE TO TYLER WITH PARKS ABOUT WHAT IF, SINCE IT'S THE VERY BEGINNING OF MAY, WHAT IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LEAVE IN ARMSTRONG PARK FOR THE MONTH OF MAY? SO THAT WAY THE COMMUNITY CAN ENJOY IT, NOT JUST FOR THAT ONE DAY, BUT FOR THE REMAINDER OF MAY. I ALSO WANTED TO GET WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND REACH OUT TO MAYBE BEING THERE, BEING A HIGH SCHOOL, AND WHETHER IT BE AN ART GALLERY, WE COULD COME UP WITH DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, BUT SOMETHING TO GET THE HIGH SCHOOL INVOLVED AND THAT COULD BE ON YOUR END. I KNOW AT MANSFIELD, FOR THEIR ARTS COMMISSION, THEY GAVE OUT SCHOLARSHIPS TO. IT WAS THREE SENIORS A YEAR, BUT THOSE CAME FROM THE ART CONTEST THAT WE HELD. SO IT WAS THE WINNERS OF THOSE ART CONTESTS IN EACH CATEGORY, GOT A SCHOLARSHIP FROM ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1000 TO $2500. BUT THAT WENT JUST TO THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, THEIR ART ENDEAVOR GOING FORWARD AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING, YOU KNOW, FOR Y'ALL TO DO AS WELL. WORKING WITH THE CITY TO FORMALIZE THE ARTS COMMISSION SPONSORSHIP ROLE, INCLUDING BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, RESOURCE SHARING AND PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS. ALL IN ALL, THIS SPECIFIC A LARGE CITY EVENT, THIS ONE BEING WHERE THE BAND WAS ALREADY BOOKED PRIOR. SO THE BAND WAS BOOKED AND I WAS GIVEN THE TASK OF CREATING AN EVENT AROUND THE BAND BEING BOOKED. SO WITH THE BAND AND SOUND, JUST THOSE TWO THINGS, NOT ANYTHING ELSE. AND THE EVENT, THE COST IS 30,500 JUST FOR THE BAND AND SOUND. SO THAT'S THAT'S NOTHING EXTRA. THAT IS LITERALLY JUST TO HAVE A CONCERT AT THIS POINT FOR A FUNCTIONING EVENT. A NORMAL EVENT WILL COST THAT MINIMUM AROUND 60,000. I DO NOT EXPECT THE ARTS COMMISSION TO PAY FOR ALL 60,000. LET ME BE CLEAR. BUT I KNOW AT FROM MANSFIELD OUR ARTS COMMISSION NORMALLY PUT IN ANYWHERE BETWEEN 15,000 TO 25,000 PER HOUR. MUSIC, MUSICAL ARTS AND MUSIC FEST. SO THAT CAME FROM HELPING LOCAL ARTISTS GET THE SUPPLIES TO BUILD, LIKE THE MURALS AND THE PHOTO OPS THAT THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, PAIRED, YOU KNOW, SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE OUR EVENT LOCATION OR IT WAS HELPING WITH THE SCULPTURE. THE ARTIST WITH THE SCULPTURE HAVE THE SUPPLIES THEY NEED. IT WAS FUNDING THE ART AREA THAT THEY HAD FOR THE KIDS. IT WAS FUNDING THE ART ACTIVITIES THEY HAD FOR THE ADULTS. SO IT WAS REALLY

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BRINGING IN THE WHOLE ART ELEMENT OF THAT EVENT, WHICH WE APPRECIATED BECAUSE IT IT WAS IT DID GROW BEFORE I LEFT. TO BE ONE OF THE CITY'S LARGEST EVENTS WAS THAT ONE. AND I THINK IT STARTED OUT AND PEOPLE DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE ARTS CONCEPT, BUT IT REALLY GREW TO JUST SHOW LIKE HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, THE ARTS CAN REALLY BRING, YOU KNOW, GROW YOUR COMMUNITY. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO DO AN ART FOCUSED MARKET, SO NOT YOUR NORMAL MARKET AT EVENTS WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SELLING THE LIGHT UP TOYS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT I WANT IT TO BE AN ARTIST MARKET. SO IF THEY PRODUCE ART, THEY PAINT, THEY TAKE PHOTOS. WHATEVER THEIR ART MAY BE. THEY CAN HAVE A PHOTO, A BOOTH IN THE MARKET AND SELL THEIR WORK, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID IN MANSFIELD, WHERE IT WAS STRICTLY YOU HAD TO BE AN ARTIST. YOUR WORK THAT YOU WERE SELLING HAD TO BE ART RELATED. IT COULD NOT JUST EXCUSE ME, IT CANNOT JUST BE YOUR T SHIRTS AND YOUR TCHOTCHKES LIKE THAT. IT WAS GENUINELY YOUR ART. AND THEY HAD THEIR LARGE DISPLAYS, AND IT WAS REALLY COOL TO GO WALK THERE AND SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART THAT EVERYBODY HAD CREATED. AND THEY, THOSE ARTISTS SEEM TO DO WELL. THEY ALWAYS WANTED TO REPEAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HELP HANDLE THROUGH OUR SYSTEM. FOR APPLICATIONS WHERE WE ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR, LIKE THE SCULPTURE CONTEST, THE ART CONTEST FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, I CAN CREATE APPLICATIONS FOR IT THAT WAY. EVERYTHING'S HOUSED IN ONE AREA, BUT Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO SEE IT AND VIEW IT, AND WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND I CAN GIVE YOU A SUBMISSION LIST OF LIKE, HEY, THIS IS ALL THE SUBMISSIONS WE HAVE FOR THE SCULPTURE CONTEST, CAN YOU ALL PLEASE REVIEW IT? AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SEE WHERE YOU THE DIRECTION EVERYONE IS GOING. HOW DO YOU LIKE IT? HOW DO YOU, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU VOTING? AND THEN HAVE ANOTHER VOTE WHEN THEY SUBMIT THEIR FINAL PIECE. SAME WITH THE ARTIST MARKET. WE CAN BRING THOSE SUBMISSIONS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED TO BECOME PART OF THE MARKET. AND Y'ALL CAN SAY, OH YEAH, THAT IS YOU KNOW, I AGREE THEY SHOULD HAVE A BOOTH OR LIKE, THAT'S NOT REALLY ART. IT'S MORE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. BUT THAT WAY Y'ALL ARE GETTING A SAY BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WE ALWAYS HAD THINGS WHERE WE HAD TO VOTE ON AS WELL. BUT THAT'S JUST THOSE THINGS. I WANT IT TO BE A CO-PLANNING EVENT, NOT JUST ME PLANNING AN EVENT SAYING, HEY, WE'RE DOING ALL THESE THINGS, BUT I WANT YOU ALL TO GENUINELY BE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING OF THIS EVENT. SO THE KEY TAKEAWAY IS PARTNERING WITH THE CITY FOR THE SPRINGS ART FESTIVAL, WILL EXPAND THE REACH OF THE ARTS COMMISSION'S MISSION, ENHANCE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ARTS, SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS AND CREATE A SIGNATURE CULTURAL EVENT THAT ENRICHES THE CITY. SO LET'S SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE, INSPIRE AND MAKE THE ARTS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I FEEL LIKE TOGETHER WE CAN CREATE A FESTIVAL THAT SHOWCASES THE BEST OF OUR LOCAL ARTISTS WHILE BUILDING THOSE, YOU KNOW, LONG LASTING CONNECTIONS. SO WHICH IS MY IDEAS, WHICH IS I KIND OF ALREADY SAID IT, A LARGE, LARGE ART CONTEST WITH A PRIZE AND THEN BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR ART UP THROUGHOUT THE PARK, ARTISTS CREATED PHOTO OPS INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, PAYING LARGE COMPANIES THAT CAN CREATE REALISTICALLY ANYTHING I WANT THEM TO CREATE. I WOULD RATHER IT BE DONE BY LOCAL ARTISTS. THAT WAY IT'S THEIR TOUCH ON OUR CITY EVENTS. SO THE ARTIST MARKET. SO YOU MUST BE A MARKET OR YOU MUST BE AN ARTIST TO BE SELECTED LOCAL ARTISTS TO PERFORM BEFORE A MAIN ACT. AT MANSFIELD, WE HAD ALL THINGS FROM CHILDREN'S CHOIRS TO DANCE STUDIOS TO THEATER GROUPS THAT PERFORM JUST LIKE A SHORT LITTLE, YOU KNOW, PIECE FROM MAYBE SOMETHING THEY HAD THAT WEEKEND OR COMING UP AND THEN DUNK ISD STUDENT GALLERY WHERE WE COULD DO PRIZES OR SCHOLARSHIPS, SECTIONED OFF CATEGORIES. WE AT MANSFIELD, WE HAD THE HAND-DRAWN ART, DIGITAL ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND THEN SMALL SCULPTURE OR POTTERY WHERE THE CATEGORIES THAT WE USED. YEAH, THERE YOU GO. YES, SIR. WHY DID YOU COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE? QUESTION IS, HOW LONG IS THIS FESTIVAL? IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE OVERNIGHT SO WE CAN USE HOTEL HOT FUNDS. SO I WANTED TO KEEP IT. THAT KIND OF THE SAME AS WHAT THE OTHER EVENTS WERE, WHICH WAS 4 TO 10 P.M. BUT I AM OPEN TO MAKING IT MORE THAN ONE DAY. ALTHOUGH THE WHAT SHALL I CALL IT? EMERGENCY MEDICAL TEAM IS NOT THE BIGGEST FAN OF THAT, JUST FOR LOTS OF LOGISTICAL THINGS. YES MA'AM. WHAT IS THE DATE? AND ALSO, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL OUR LIVES? THE DATE IS MAY 2ND. WHEN DO YOU NEED TO KNOW? YOUR COMMISSION CAN BE HELPFUL. PREFERABLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. JUST BECAUSE THE EVENT IS IN MAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO START GETTING THINGS ALIGNED. I

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AM NOT A LAST MINUTE PLANNER. I AM A I WANT EVERYTHING DONE IN ADVANCE. YES, SIR. I WROTE THIS ON THE AGENDA AS AN ACTION ITEM BECAUSE SHE WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL TO AFTER THIS. SO THAT'S TWO STEPS JUST TO KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING NEXT. I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA. I THINK THAT WHAT I WOULD WANT TO SEE IS A SPONSORSHIP, RIGHT, A SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE, AND THEN WE COULD BE SPONSORS OF THAT EVENT AND PICK WHAT SPONSORSHIP WE WANTED TO DO. IF WE WANTED TO FOCUS IN ON THE CHILDREN'S AREA OR THE PROJECT OR THE SCHOOL, BECAUSE THAT IS WITHIN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND GUIDELINES. I THINK THAT WOULD BECAUSE WE YOU WOULD BE IT'S A CITY EVENT, RIGHT? YES. SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE WAY THAT WE COULD APPROACH IT, THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY GET FAST TRACKED SO THAT WE COULD SPONSOR THE EVENT.

WE JUST STARTED OUR FUND. SO YEAH, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. YEAH. WE JUST GOT HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. BUT I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS, IS THE BEST WAY, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, JUST BASED ON WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, I THINK OUR BEST WAY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO A SPONSORSHIP BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD THAT WOULD LIMIT OUR OUR BANDWIDTH AND OUR MANPOWER, BECAUSE OF COURSE WE WOULD WANT TO. WE'RE NOT DOING THE EVENT, WE'RE JUST HELPING SUPPORT THE EVENT. BUT I THINK IT ALSO GIVES US THE ABILITY TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT TO SPONSOR.

RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US FAST TRACK IT. SO I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA, BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT LIKE THE OTHER STUFF, I THINK THAT OVERALL IT'S JUST A GREAT IDEA FOR THE SPRING FOR OUR CITY, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY A CITY EVENT AND WE'RE BASICALLY COMING IN TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT. AND I THINK THE BEST WAY FOR US TO DO IT, SO YOU DON'T GOT TO GET REIMBURSED, IS TO DO IT AS A SPONSORSHIP. YES. YEAH. THAT IS WHAT THE ARTS COMMISSION DID.

AND MANSFIELD WAS IT WAS YOUR ARTS COMMISSIONER AS WELL. WHAT WAS HER NAME? CRYSTAL. CRYSTAL TATUM. YEAH. YEAH. SO SHE CAME OUT TO AN EVENT. SHE CAME OUT TO OUR WAS IT HISPANIC HERITAGE NIGHT? KINGSVILLE? YEAH. THAT CAME OUT SOME OF YOUR COMMISSION. YEAH. SO YEAH, THEY'RE THEY'RE A GOOD BOARD. THEY'RE REALLY GOOD. BUT YEAH THAT'S THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY DID FOR LIKE MUSIC ALLEY WAS A SPONSORSHIP ESSENTIALLY. SO IT WAS THE SPRING ARTS FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY OR FOR THEM WAS MUSIC ALLEY SPONSORED BY ON THE LIST OF SPONSORS. IT WAS LIKE THE CITY OF MANSFIELD. AND THEN WE'LL VISIT MANSFIELD. IT WAS TOURISM. SO VISIT MANSFIELD, THE ARTS COMMISSION IN THAT CONTEXT MIGHT BE BY THE ARTS COMMISSION OR THAT THAT ART WALK BY THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. YEAH, IT MAY BE SUPPORTED BY, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED BY THE ARTS COMMISSION THAT WAY, BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO HAVE VISIBILITY ABOUT BRANDING. RIGHT. AND WE'RE JUST GOING INTO A NEW YEAR WITH NEW THINGS. AND I THINK WE ARE ROCKING AND ROLLING IT. AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT ADDITION TO THE PROMOTIONAL CALENDAR FOR THE CITY. AND I THINK THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT IT LIKE, OKAY, HOW CAN WE SPONSOR THIS AND SUPPORT IT, BUT NOT TURN AROUND AND GIVE TOO MUCH BANDWIDTH OR MANPOWER? RIGHT. BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE LITTLE BUT WE MIGHTY. BUT WE ALSO GET TIRED. SO NO, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT FOR SURE. YOU KNOW, SO THAT YOU CAN GET OUR HELP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YES, MA'AM. THE BAND THAT YOU SAID THAT'S ALREADY HERE BEFORE YOU. ARE THEY PLAYING ALL DAY? THEY'RE PLAYING FROM 4 TO 10. NO, MA'AM. THEY'RE PLAYING FROM EIGHT, 15, 815 TO 10:00, I BELIEVE WAS THE BAND, THE EMERALD CITY BAND. OH, 30,000. IT'S 15,000. AND THEN FOR THEIR THEIR RIDER NEEDS, IT'S ANOTHER 15. OKAY. AND PROBABLY WON'T DO IT THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. IT'S BEEN ON MY MIND. IF WE'RE TURNING THE PARK AREA INTO A CULTURAL DISTRICT, AND I LOVE THE SCULPTURES AND ALL THAT STUFF. HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED MAYBE HAVING AN ART CONTEST OR SOMETHING ON THE SIDEWALKS AND HAVE THEM ON THE SIDEWALKS? I ACTUALLY DID TALK TO TYLER ABOUT THAT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ART THAT WE COULD BRING TO THE PARK, ART ON THE SIDEWALKS, WHICH WAS VERY PRETTY. YEAH. THAT IS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT TYLER REALLY LIKED AS WELL. THERE WAS ALSO THE BASKETBALL COURT, BASKETBALL AND TENNIS COURT THAT HE SAID HE'S UP TO. IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THE ARTS COMMISSION WANTED TO DO, BUT TO PAINT IT, GIVE IT A MURAL, MAYBE QUARTERLY, IT GETS REDONE, BUT JUST SOMETHING WHERE IT CAN JUST LIVEN UP THE PARK, WHETHER IT JUST BE THE GREEN OR RED OR WHATEVER IT'S PAINTED RIGHT NOW.

BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING HE ALSO SUGGESTED IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WHAT WE DO IS, IS PROPOSE THAT WE SPONSOR DO A PARK AND REC SPONSORSHIP FOR THE YEAR, LIKE AN ANNUAL SPONSORSHIP THAT COVERS THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT BACKS YOU UP. SO I THINK THAT WE COULD PROBABLY DISCUSS IT AT ANOTHER TIME, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST ABOUT WHAT ANGLE WOULD WORK BEST SO THAT WE SUPPORT YOU THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON ON EVENTS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAD A QUESTION. SO I BROUGHT UP HOT BUNS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AND HAS STRINGS WITH IT. SO

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BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRED PER THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO DO WE DO I JUST KNOW THAT NOW HOW COUNCIL VOTES ON IT. I CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, BUT I CAN SAY THAT IT'S BEEN A BEST PRACTICE FOR DUNCANVILLE TO DO THE MULTI-DAY, BECAUSE THEY FIGURED THAT IT'S GOING TO ATTACH TO A HOTEL IF YOU SPEND THE NIGHT. BUT HOW IT'S WRITTEN IS PROMOTION OF THE HOTELS AND PROMOTION OF TOURISM. SO IF YOU'RE PROMOTING IT QUALIFIES. OKAY. AND THEN HOW WOULD WE DEAL WITH THAT? IF YOU LIFT IT UP FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, WHAT IS OUR WHAT WOULD OUR LIKE? I'M JUST THINKING LIKE, OKAY, LET'S SAY WE LEAVE UP THE ALL THE SCULPTURES AND STUFF FOR THE MONTH OF MAY AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH MY GOD, WE DID IT. BUT THEN IT RAINS REAL BAD OR STORMS REAL BAD. SO WHAT IS OUR LIABILITY? BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE HAD AN INSURANCE PROBLEM A COUPLE TIMES. SO WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO DO EVENTS. SO WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? ALEX I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, BUT I HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, AND I FINALLY TRACKED IT DOWN BECAUSE THE CITY OF DESOTO DEALT WITH THAT, AND THEY ALREADY RESOLVED THOSE ISSUES.

SO I'VE GOT ALL THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. OKAY. SO SHOULD WE SHOULD BE INSURABLE IF WE I HAVE THE INFORMATION. OKAY. WELL YOU PROVIDE US THAT INFORMATION. I'M SURE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. I THINK IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH WAIVERS THOUGH. THERE ARE WAIVERS. YES. AND HOW WE DID OURS WAS THAT BY ENTERING THIS CONTEST AND KNOWING THAT IT WILL BE LEFT UP AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE LEFT UP FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, KNOW THAT THE CITY OF MANSFIELD IS NOT HAS NO CONTROL OF THE WEATHER. THEREFORE, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS FOR THE WEATHER. SO BY SIGNING THIS APPLICATION, YOU ARE AGREEING THAT THE CITY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO YOUR ART PIECE, EITHER AT THE EVENT OR THEREAFTER. WOULD THAT INCLUDE ARSON OR NOT ARSON, BUT VANDALISM OR ARSON? AND I'D SAY THAT THE REASON WE USED TO DO SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS IN THE PARK, AND ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE QUIT IS OUR SET WAS VANDALIZED EVERY NIGHT. AND WHEN WE SHOW UP THE NEXT NIGHT AND AFTER, WE DO A LOT OF REBUILDING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WORRY ABOUT THAT. VANDALISM IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE IN A PUBLIC PARK. THE POLICE CAMERAS COVER THAT, BUT THEY DON'T COVER IT WELL ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY DISCERN WHO THEY SEE A BODY, YOU KNOW. BUT SO I SO I WORRIED ABOUT THAT. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT DISCLAIMER IS REALLY DOESN'T REALLY COVER THAT IF THEY TAKE THAT RISK. ACCORDING TO THE LAWYER WE HAD, YES. THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN THAT IT IT RELEASED ALL OF THAT WOULD FALL ON PARKS AND REC THAT WOULDN'T FALL ON US. NO, I KNOW, BUT I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT THE CITY EXPOSURE FOR THE CITY. THEY ARE ALL CITY. Y'ALL FIGURE IT OUT? YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION VOTE TO SPONSOR THIS EVENT. I THINK WE NEED A SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE FIRST. WELL, FOR HER TO GO FORTH, SHE SHE HAS TO HAVE OUR OUR SUPPORT. A FORMAL ACTION ITEM DONE IS HOW I'M UNDERSTANDING IT. SO THE THING TO RECOGNIZE IN THIS IS YOU'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO EXPEND THESE FUNDS ON BEHALF OF THE ARTS, OR WITHOUT US KNOWING HOW MUCH FUNDS WERE SPENT. WELL, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT WE CAN'T AGREE RIGHT NOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GOING TO SPEND. YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH MONEY WAS NECESSARY. DO YOU HAVE PACKAGES ALREADY PUT TOGETHER? I MEAN, I HAVE A I HAVE GENERAL SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES PUT TOGETHER FOR LIKE YEARLY SPONSORS AS WELL AS EVENT SPECIFIC. NOT ON ME PERSONALLY, BUT I DO HAVE THEM PREVIOUSLY CREATED AND WE CAN PUT OUR OWN NUMBERS OF WHAT WE WANT. COULD YOU BRING A PACKAGE FOR THE NEXT MEETING THAT WE COULD VOTE ON THAT PACKAGE? WOULD THAT BE OKAY? THAT'S ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU? YEAH, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TIME.

OKAY. AND THAT WILL ALSO GIVE US TIME TO FIGURE OUT OUR MONEY, TOO. RIGHT. BUT I WOULD I MEAN, I LOVE THIS IDEA, BUT I WOULDN'T AGREE TO SPONSORING THING UNLESS I KNEW WHAT THE SPONSORSHIP LOOKED LIKE. BUT BUT I THINK SHE'S. BOY. SHE CAME TO THE RIGHT PLACE. YEAH, I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY DOABLE. AND I THINK WE SHOULD DEFINITELY DO IT. I JUST FEEL LIKE IS WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE SPONSORING. WHAT DO WE GET FOR THAT SPONSORSHIP, WHAT

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VISIBILITY WE GET. YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE CONTINGENCY PLANS LIKE IF AN EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A MAY 2ND AND IT RAINS OUT, WHAT'S THE CONTINGENCY PLAN. WHAT'S THAT NEXT DATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT TO. YOU KNOW AND CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT JUST TO PROTECT US IN OUR CREDIBILITY AS A AS AN ENTITY AS WELL. YEAH, I WOULD THINK. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ON THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH? WHAT IS THE DATE SO FORTH. SORRY. THE FOURTH TUESDAY. MAYBE. ALEX YOU COULD SEND THAT AND WE COULD MAYBE REVIEW THOSE PACKAGES BEFORE WE GOT HERE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A DECISION. YEAH, I CAN SEND THOSE TO ALEX. THAT WOULD BE FEBRUARY 25TH. 25TH. OKAY. SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S OKAY THOUGH, WITHOUT LOOKING DIRECTLY IN MY PHONE AT THIS EXACT MOMENT. YOU'RE GIVING A REVIEW AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS MARCH 4TH. WOULD THAT BE RIGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETINGS? WOULD THAT BE FINE? SO THAT WOULD GIVE YOU APRIL AND THEN MAY. THAT WAS THE FIRST LIKE SIX WEEKS. WE DID JUNETEENTH IN TWO. WELL WOULD THERE BE A WAY TO WORD A MOTION THAT GIVES US A LACK OF SPECIFICITY INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND? I THINK THERE'S CONSENSUS. WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT IT. YEAH, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE PARAMETERS IN WHICH BECAUSE WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE MONEY WILL LOOK LIKE, WE'RE SPECULATING OR EVEN HOW MUCH WOULD IT BE? WE DON'T EVEN HAVE AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR FUNDING. SO WE COULD THEORETICALLY, IF SHE COULD, IF SHE COULD EMAIL THAT PACKAGE TO ALEX, ALEX IS SENDING US, WE COULD REVIEW IT BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING. WE COULD TAKE ACTION. I MEAN, LOOK, EVERYBODY IN CITY HALL KNOWS THIS, SO IT'S. BUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE CAN VOTE ACCEPTING THAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY THAT LIKE YOU SAID, THAT THERE IS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. I DON'T SUPPOSE THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IT.

BUT ANYWAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. SO THE SUPPORT THAT YOU WANT SPECIFICALLY FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION IS WHAT MONEY IS IT MANPOWER? IS IT CREATIVE BRAINSTORMING? I WOULD LOVE A MARGARITA MACHINE. I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROVED, BUT I WOULD LOVE A MARGARITA MACHINE. IT IS MAINLY YOUR RESOURCES AND SENSE OF THE LOCAL ARTISTS THAT YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO HELP THEM. IF THERE IS AN ARTIST THAT NEEDS, YOU KNOW, HELP WITH FUNDING, LIKE THE LIKE THE WOOD TO MAKE A BACKDROP OR THE PAINT. I KNOW FOR THE CITY OF MANSFIELD, WHEN WE CREATED A LARGE MURAL ON A WALL, THE ARTS COMMISSION FUNDED THE PAINT.

THEY FUNDED ALL THE SUPPLIES. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE LOCAL ARTIST CAME OUT AND DID THEIR THING AND MADE IT BEAUTIFUL. BUT SO LIKE THAT. SO IT IS HARD FOR ME TO TELL YOU A SPECIFIC NUMBER BECAUSE LIKE, I THINK THE LIKE Y'ALL BEING A PART OF THE LIKE THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ART GALLERY AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY GIVING A SCHOLARSHIP. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS AN INTEREST. AND THEN THE SCULPTURE CONTEST, WHETHER IT BE THE JURY AND THEN A PRIZE OR WHATEVER, BUT IT'S KIND OF THAT. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A FULL LIKE, I DON'T NEED $50,000, BUT IT WILL PROBABLY EQUATE IN THE LONG RUN TO ABOUT 10 TO 12 IS WHAT I WOULD. AND I THINK THAT ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO GET THOSE PACKAGES, THEN WE CAN LOOK AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO SPONSOR THE ARTS CONTEST, DIDN'T WE? BECAUSE THERE'S YOU SAID THE ARTS CONTEST, BUT YOU ALSO SAID YOU WANT US TO PAY FOR THE PAINT AND THE MURAL STUFF. SO THE THING IS, IS THAT THERE'S PACKAGES IN THERE. WE CAN SAY, HEY, THIS PACKAGE OR WE'D LIKE TO COMBINE THESE PACKAGES OR WHAT HAVE YOU. SO THEN THAT WAY WE ARE EFFECTIVELY PROVIDING YOU SUPPORT IN WHAT YOU NEED, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE MUNICIPALITY AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT ABILITY TO GET FUNDED AND PAY FOR DIFFERENT THINGS ANYWAY, WITH OR WITHOUT US. BUT WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT WE SUPPORT YOU IN YOUR EFFORTS AS YOU'RE INCREASING THE ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY. RIGHT? SO I FEEL LIKE ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE PACKAGES, THEN WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW? YEAH. SO THAT'S JUST MY I'D SAY TWO THINGS GOING ON HERE. ONE IS THE MONEY, THE SPONSORSHIP DISCUSSION WHICH WE CAN TABLE OR, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF WHEN WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION. BUT SHE, SHE HAS ASKED THE ASK IS CAN WE HELP HER. CAN WE HELP HER WITH PLANNING AND SOURCING. AND THAT DOESN'T TAKE MONEY NUMBER. THAT TAKES US SAYING, YEAH, WE WOULD LIKE TO HELP OUT. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DECIDE TONIGHT AND THAT WILL HELP HER NOT LOSE SLEEP. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I MEANT. YES. I'M CURIOUS AS IF THE IF MANSFIELD ARTS COMMISSION WOULD GIVE, LIKE 15,000 OR SO TO AN EVENT. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. AND I KNOW IT'S

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SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN WHAT THE 15%, THE ARTS COMMISSION, THE MONEY, THE FUNDS THAT WENT TO THE ARTS, I MEAN, SO IF I WERE LOOKING AT PERCENTAGES WISE, LIKE OUR, OUR, OUR POT OF MONEY IS SADLY MUCH SMALLER THAN MANSFIELD'S WOULD BE. SO, YOU KNOW, $15,000, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR POT, THEIR MONEY POT WAS THAT? WHICH WOULD HELP GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M ALL I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS. I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. AND I AGREE WITH, WITH MACK. YOU'RE ASKING REALLY TWO ASKS. ONE IS, ONE IS WILL WE HELP YOU AND WILL WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S JURYING ARTWORK OR PROVIDING INFORMATION ON ARTISTS, THAT'S ONE ASK. THE SECOND ONE IS A FUNDING ASK. SO THERE'S REALLY TWO DIFFERENT THINGS HERE. AND I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF NUMBER ONE. I'M ACTUALLY IN FAVOR OF NUMBER TWO. BUT I'M WITH THEM. WE KIND OF NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. BUT IT WOULD HELP JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES TO KIND OF KNOW HOW MUCH WHAT THEIR POOL OF MONEY WAS. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT WAS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT. I WANT I, I KNOW PER ABOUT EACH EVENT. SO MANSFIELD HAS FOUR MAJOR EVENTS THAT THEY PARTICIPATED IN. AND AT PER EACH EVENT THEY PUT ANYWHERE BETWEEN.

TEN. TEN TO ABOUT 25,000 PER EACH EVENT, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE LEVEL OF INTENSITY OF THE EVENT WAS. SO WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE OUR JUNETEENTH EVENT, WHILE THEY HAD THE JUNETEENTH ART GALLERY FOR THEM, THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY THE LARGEST PART OF THE EVENT. SO THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY PUT $25,000 TO JUNETEENTH, WHEREAS MUSIC ALLEY, WHERE MUSIC AND ARTS IS 100% OF THE EVENT, THEY PUT A CONSIDERABLY LARGER AMOUNT, I BELIEVE, FOR MUSIC ALLEY. THEY, THE COMMISSION OF THE ARTS, CONTRIBUTED ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 45,000. FOR THAT. I WOULD JUST BE CURIOUS TO KNOW, LIKE WHAT MANSFIELD'S TOTAL FUNDS WAS, AND THEN 15% OF THAT COULD CAN GO TO THE ARTS. SO THAT WOULD GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT OF THAT ARTS MONEY POOL. RIGHT. THAT PERCENTAGE WAS THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO LOOK FOR IN WANTING TO KNOW I'M LOOKING THROUGH THEIR BUDGET. NOW I WAS GOING TO SAY, I KNOW IT'S PUBLIC PUBLIC INFORMATION. SO AND I THINK THAT THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR AND THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE EVER HAD MONEY TO. YEAH. YEAH. WE WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME MONEY. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO SAVE SOME MONEY. BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S ALSO ABOUT JUST LAYING IT OUT THE RIGHT WAY AND JUST I FEEL LIKE LIKE WHAT'S THE SPECIFIC ASK FOR THAT, WHETHER IT IS THAT SUPPORT FOR OUR TEAM SUPPORT OR WHETHER IT'S FOR THE FUTURE, I MEAN, FIDUCIARY SUPPORT. AND I THINK THAT JUST LINING THAT UP WITH ONE PAPER AND GIVING IT TO US IS ALLOWS US TO APPROVE EVERYTHING SEAMLESSLY. AND THEN IT'S DONE BECAUSE WE CAN SAY LIKE WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN FESTIVALS. JUST IN MY EXPERIENCE OF DOING A LOT OF FESTIVALS, YOU EVERY CITY IS DIFFERENT AND THEIR REACTION IS DIFFERENT. THE WAY THEY DIGEST INFORMATION IS DIFFERENT. AND SO I KIND OF JUST THINK LIKE, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD THING. IT'S YOUR FIRST YEAR DOING IT. AND OF COURSE YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO DO IT WITH THIS BECAUSE IT'S A CITY EVENT. SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND SAY, HEY, LISTEN, AS YOU'RE LINING THIS UP, THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO AND YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS AN ANNUAL EVENT. SO HOW CAN WE TIE INTO IT TO GIVE OURSELVES MORE VISIBILITY IN MAKING CERTAIN THAT OUR MONEY IS REACHING THE COMMUNITY THE CORRECT WAY? THAT'S ALL I WAS SAYING. YEAH, 100%. AND THEN I WILL LOSE. SO THIS IS THE FIRST ASK THE ARTS COMMISSION. DO YOU ANTICIPATE SEVERAL OTHER ASKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND ARE WE GOING TO BALANCE THAT IF WE IF WE HAVE OTHER ASKS, LIKE SO THE QUESTION IS, IS DO WE JUST GIVE 10,000 TO THIS AND THEN ARE WE, DO WE HAVE FIVE MORE ASKS OR DO WE JUST SIMPLY SAY, HEY, FOR PARKS AND REC AND FOR THE CITY EVENTS? MY QUESTION IS DIFFERENT. OR MAYBE IT'S NOT, BUT IT'S LIKE, OKAY, SO WE'RE HAVING A SPRING. THIS IS A SPRING EVENT. IS THERE A SUMMER EVENT? A WINTER AND A FALL. SO THERE'S THE 4TH OF JULY, THE YEARLY 4TH OF JULY INDEPENDENCE PARADE AND CELEBRATION. THEN THIS YEAR IS OUR YEAR TO FOR BEST SOUTHWEST FOR THE HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL. DESOTO HAD IT LAST YEAR. WE HAVE IT THIS YEAR, WHICH IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD THE ACTUAL FESTIVAL, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IS THAT LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR FOR BEST SOUTHWEST TO DO THE HISPANIC HERITAGE. SO THIS YEAR IS OUR YEAR NOW. SO I AM IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING THAT AS WELL. AND THEN WE HAVE THE HOLIDAY LIGHTS IN THE PARK. SO FOR AS FOR LARGE CITY EVENTS, THOSE ARE THE ONES. SO ARE YOU SEEKING SPONSORSHIP FOR YOUR STATE AND CITY EVENTS OR JUST THIS ONE? SO MAINLY THIS ONE IS THE ONE THAT BECAUSE IT

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IS NEW AND THERE IS NOT ANY ROOM FROM THE BUDGET FOR EVENTS, FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE BRANCH THAT I AM IN NOW. THE YEARLY BUDGET, THIS WAS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR. SO WITH WHAT WAS LEFT AS LIKE A CUSHION FOR THE OTHER EVENTS IS NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THIS EVENT AND BE ABLE TO STILL CUSHION THE OTHER EVENTS. SO THAT IS WHY FOR THIS EVENT SPECIFICALLY, IS PROBABLY A LARGER ASK FINANCIALLY FOR A SPONSORSHIP THAN MAYBE IN THE NEXT YEAR'S OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, IT HASN'T BEEN BUDGETED, BUT IT IS AN EVENT THAT AFTER ITS SUCCESS, I CAN ADD IT TO THE BUDGET, ASK FOR NEXT YEAR AND OUR BUDGET HOPEFULLY WILL GET BIGGER AND BIGGER SO WE CAN PUSH IT THROUGH AS THE YEARS INCREASE. WOULD IT HELP YOU TO HAVE EITHER A SUBCOMMITTEE OR INDIVIDUALS VOLUNTEER TO BRAINSTORM WITH YOU ON ANY PARTICULAR THING? AND FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE HISPANIC EVENT, SARAH AND I WORKED TOGETHER ON, ON DOING, YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE BUILT UP SOME EXPERIENCE HERE LOCALLY. SO DO YOU WANT VOLUNTEERS? YEAH, I WOULD LOVE THAT. SHOULD WE PASS AROUND A PIECE OF PAPER OR SOMETHING WITH OUR CONTACT? YES. I WOULD LOVE THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEND TO REVISE A MOTION TO SAY THAT WE SUPPORT THE. DID YOU MAKE A MOTION? SORRY. NOT SORRY. I SUPPORT THE CONCEPT OF A SPRING FESTIVAL WITH AN EYE TO SPONSORING. ONCE WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE BUDGET WOULD BE THAT WAY WE'RE ON RECORD SAYING WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.

THAT'S ALL. I THINK THAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT FOR HER. CAN WE HAVE SOME? SO I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION, WHICH WAS NOT A VERY GOOD MOTION. WELL, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU BECAUSE I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO RESTATE THE MOTION. CAN WE HAVE SOME POLICY GUIDANCE ON THIS? SO ALEX AND I JUST LOOKED UP THE FUNDING. AND ACCORDING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 24, IT WAS A MILLION, FIVE A MILLION, 500,000, 5000, 5000. WAS THERE HOT FUNDS FOR THE NO. FOR THE ARTS COMMITTEE ARTS. I'M SORRY. I'M THINKING AND TALKING AT THE SAME TIME. LET ME GET IT RIGHT.

SO THE ARTS BUDGET WAS 150,000 $150,750. NOW, IF THEY GAVE 10 OR 15,000 OF THAT, THAT WOULD BE 10%. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 10% OF YOUR BUDGET. IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW ALONG THOSE SAME LINES OF HOW MANSFIELD SUPPORTED THIS, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. SO THANK YOU. THAT WAS WHAT I THANK YOU. THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I WANT TO ASK LATER, BUT I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP. SO GREAT. YEAH. IT JUST HELPS TO THINK THAT THROUGH. WOULD YOU PLEASE RESTATE YOUR MOTION? OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT. THE ARTS COMMISSION SUPPORTS THE CONCEPT OF THIS THIS SPRING FESTIVAL, WITH AN EYE TO CONSIDERING AT A LATER TIME, AN ACTUAL BUDGET PROPOSAL.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. A SECOND. YEAH, WE HAVE A SECOND. TIM, RAISE HIS HAND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? ANY QUESTIONS, ANY UNCERTAINTY? BECAUSE I'M GOING TO NEED YOU TO RESTATE YOUR MOTION AGAIN BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON THAT CAN BE WRITTEN DOWN. ANYBODY WRITING IT DOWN. IT WAS SO CLEAR. I'M SURPRISED YOU WOULD ASK SUCH A THING. YOU JUST WRITE IT DOWN, OKAY? WE HAVE TO. YES, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. THE ARTS COMMISSION. SUPPORT OR SUPPORT THE CONCEPT OF A SPRING FESTIVAL. WITH AN EYE TO LATER CONSIDERING ACTUAL SPONSORSHIP.

OKAY, WE HAVE A BUDGET. TIM PERRY. SECONDED. IS THAT CORRECT? TIM. YEP. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR HAND. ANYONE OPPOSED? RAISE YOUR HAND. CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I HOPE THAT'S HELPFUL. YES IT IS, IT IS. IT WAS AN EXERCISE IN DEMOCRACY. WE FIGURED IT OUT. WE FIGURED IT OUT. MORAL SUPPORT. AND. AND PERRY'S GOING TO VOLUNTEER, I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT HERE. LISTEN, SHE'S ONE OF THE BEST YOU CAN GET. I LOVE A VOLUNTEER. TRUST ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR. THANK YOU. LET'S GIVE HER A HAND. SHE'S OUR FIRST HANDS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I HOPE YOU MY ORIGINAL TO COUNCIL. HEY, DEVIN.

YES, SIR. WOULD YOU MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION CAN HAS YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION IN CASE WE WANT TO REACH OUT TO YOU? I'LL GET IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL SEND THEM BOTH WAYS. THANK YOU.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, NUMBER SIX ON THE AGENDA, THE ARTS COMMISSION TO CONSIDER

[7. A request for the Arts Commission to team with the Duncanville Public Library during the 2025 Summer Reading Club. This year’s theme: Color Our World.]

SPONSORSHIP OF. HOLD ON. WE ALREADY DID THAT ONE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, NUMBER SEVEN, A REQUEST FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION TO TEAM UP WITH THE DUNCANVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY DURING THE 2025

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SUMMER READING CLUB. THIS YEAR'S THEME IS COLOR WORLD. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GIVE HIM A WARM ARTS COMMISSIONER. WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. THANK YOU. HEY, I'M JANINE HUDSON. I'M THE YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARIAN. THIS IS DAISY. GOODNIGHT. SHE'S THE YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARY ASSISTANT. WE'VE GOT A LITTLE PACKET FOR YOU. SO THIS IS A COPY OF THE POWERPOINT. YOU GOT A LITTLE BOOKMARK FOR YOU THAT HAS THE THEME FOR 2025 SUMMER READING CLUBS. AND THEN I'VE GOT MY BUSINESS CARD ON THERE AS WELL. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH ARTS COMMISSION ON A COMMUNITY ART PROJECT FOR THE SUMMER READING CLUB. WE WOULD NEED A SUBCOMMITTEE AS NOW I'M FINDING OUT FOR ADDITIONAL MEETINGS TO BRAINSTORM PROJECT IDEAS, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE DOCTOR ANNE PERRY AS A ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE. THANK YOU. SHE'S LIKE MINDED. I KNOW SHE'S NOT.

COME ON IN. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE IF WE IF THERE IS ONE FOR THIS SUBCOMMITTEE. OKAY. YEAH. SO BECAUSE WE WOULD NEED ADDITIONAL MEETINGS TO BRAINSTORM IDEAS, MONETARY ASSISTANCE TO SHARE THE COST OF SUPPLIES WITH THE LIBRARY, AND WE WOULD NEED ARTS COMMISSION MEMBERS TO FACILITATE THE ART PROJECT DURING THE SUMMER READING CLUB KICKOFF. SO WE NEED BODIES AND MONEY AND MEETINGS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. SO THE SUMMER READING CLUB THEME FOR 2025 IS COLOR OUR WORLD. THE FEATURED ARTIST IS MIKE MULLEN. THE 2025 THEME INVITES LIBRARY PATRONS TO EMBARK ON A JOURNEY OF ART AND CREATIVITY, CELEBRATING THE MYRIAD WAYS OF HOW ART ENRICHES OUR LIVES. WE USE THE NATIONAL THEME EACH YEAR FOR SUMMER READING CLUB. WE BELONG TO THE COLLABORATIVE SUMMER LIBRARY PROGRAM. IT'S A NONPROFIT AND IT'S NATIONWIDE, AND THERE'S A NEW THEME EVERY YEAR. AND THEN THEY HAVE A FEATURED ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR EACH YEAR AS WELL. WE AS A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY, THEY GIVE US LIKE $150 WORTH OF FREE, LIKE BILINGUAL POSTERS WITH THE THEME. WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE MATERIALS IN THE BOOKMARKS, READING CERTIFICATES, BIG HUGE VINYL BANNER WE CAN USE IN THE LIBRARY, STICKERS FOR GIVEAWAYS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO EACH SUMMER WE HAVE A COHESIVE THEME THROUGHOUT THE LIBRARY WITH INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS, A PHOTO BOOTH, A THEMED BOOK DISPLAYS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, LAST YEAR THE THEME WAS ADVENTURE BEGINS AT YOUR LIBRARY SO YOU CAN TELL WE'VE GOT A LITTLE CAMPING THEME. THIS IS IN FRONT OF OUR PHOTO BOOTH. WE DO CARNIVAL GAMES AND CANDY DURING THE SUMMER SUMMER READING CLUB KICKOFF. WE HAVE FEATURED DISPLAYS. MISS DAISY IS OUR RESIDENT ARTIST. SHE HAS A BACHELOR'S IN ART EDUCATION, SO A LOT OF THE ARTWORK YOU SEE AROUND IN THE LIBRARY SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, LIKE THE YARN SCULPTURES ABOVE THE TEEN AREA, THE ANIME PAINTINGS AND THE TEEN AREA, THE BLACK PANTHER AND THE KIDS AREA. SO SHE'S MADE JABBA THE HUTT FOR OUR MAY THE FORCE. SHE'S MADE A GROGU. COOL. YES.

PHOTO BOOTH. SO YES, SHE'S OUR OUR RESIDENT ARTIST AT THE LIBRARY. WE JUST SHE JUST TAUGHT US STILL LIFE DRAWING CLASS FOR A CRAPTASTIC BEFORE WE GOT HERE. SO YES. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE CREATE THE THEME. THIS IS AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY. WE HAVE PROMPTS THERE. WHAT IS YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE? WE HAVE THE TENTS. THEY WRITE THE DIE CUT. THEY PUT IT ON OUR LITTLE MOUNTAIN. SO WE CARRY THE THEME THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER FOR THE INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS. AND THEY'RE VERY POPULAR. SO THE 2023 THEME WAS AN ALL TOGETHER NOW KINDNESS, FRIENDSHIP AND UNITY. UNITY. SO MISS DAISY MADE A ACT OF KINDNESS TREE. THE PROMPT WAS WRITE HOW YOU COLOR THE WORLD WITH KINDNESS. AND WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY FOR A KINDNESS ROCK GARDEN. THAT SO YEAH, SO IT'S BEEN REALLY KEY. IT LASTED A COUPLE OF YEARS. THE SIGN WAS RECENTLY INTENTIONALLY BROKEN. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT CURRENTLY INSTALLED RIGHT NOW, BUT AND IT PROVED A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT KEEPING ROCKS IN THERE BECAUSE THE SIGN SAYS TAKE ONE, SHARE ONE, LEAVE ONE. BUT NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE LEFT. THE LEFT ONE. JUST TAKE IT ANYWAY. YES, WE REFILLED THAT THING SEVERAL SEVERAL TIMES. BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS GREAT WHILE IT LASTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AND IT WENT WITH THE THEME AND EVERYTHING. SO LET'S SEE HERE. YES. SO THE KICKOFF SUMMER READING CLUB WILL BE MAY 31ST THROUGH JULY 31ST. SO THE KICKOFF IS SATURDAY, MAY 31ST FROM TEN TO NOON. SO THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD NEED SOME ARTS COMMISSION MEMBERS TO FACILITATE

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WHATEVER PROJECT WE COME UP WITH. THAT'S MAY 31ST AND MAY 31ST FROM 10 A.M. TO NOON UNTIL WHAT DAY? JULY 31ST, JULY 30TH. WELL, THE ENTIRE SUMMER READING CLUB IS MAY 30TH 1ST TO JULY 31ST, SO THAT'S A TWO MONTH. BUT THE KICKOFF WHERE THIS HOPEFULLY THIS COMMUNITY ART PROJECT, WE CAN WRAP IT UP ALL IN THAT TWO HOURS OR WE CAN START IT THERE AND CONTINUE IT. BUT WE'LL JUST HAVE TO BRAINSTORM IDEAS TO SEE WHAT WOULD THAT BE. WE CAN COME UP WITH YES OR NO, MA'AM. THE KICKOFF IS JUST SATURDAY, MAY 31ST FROM TEN TO NOON. SO THAT'S JUST A KICKOFF OF SUMMER READING CLUB. YAY! WE'RE GOING TO READ DURING THE SUMMER AND WE'RE GOING TO LEARN AND EVERYTHING.

SO YEAH, YOU JUST WANT TO PUT TWO HOURS THAT ONE DAY AND THAT'S IT. I MEAN, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE BRAINSTORM WITH IDEAS. BUT WE'VE GOT WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS LIKE THE KINDNESS ROCK GARDEN. IT WAS AN ONGOING THING. RIGHT. SO AT THE KICKOFF WE HAVE ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE LIBRARY. WE HAVE TONS OF CARNIVAL GAMES AND CANDY SET UP THROUGHOUT. WE HAVE BALLOON TWISTERS, A MUSICIAN IN THE LOBBY, WE'VE GOT CRAFTS, WE DO SIDEWALK CHALK, WE'VE GOT THE KONA ICE TRUCK OUTSIDE. LAST YEAR WE HAD THE IN-N-OUT BURGER. THAT WAS A BIG DRAW, BUT WE WOULD NEED Y'ALL TO FACILITATE THE ARTS PROJECT. DURING THE KICKOFF. THE ONLY ISSUE IS I BOOKED THE MEETING ROOMS, THE THREE LARGE MEETING ROOMS. HOWEVER, IF THERE'S A RUNOFF ELECTION, WE ALWAYS GET BOOTED OUT OF THE MEETING ROOMS. SO THE ONLY PROGRAM ROOM THAT THE LIBRARY HAS IS AN OCCUPANCY OF 49. AND YOU CAN SEE CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT ONE? YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE DOING THE LIBRARY KINDNESS GARDEN IN THAT ROOM. SO IT IS A COME AND GO. COME AND DO THE THING AND THEN LEAVE AND THEN GO TO THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT. SO IT DOES. IT'S MANAGEABLE. BUT THE MEETING ROOMS WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE THREE MEETING ROOMS, THE HUGE. BUT IT'S JUST YEAH, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS. SO WE'VE GOT TWO EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. I MENTIONED THE ROCK GARDEN. WE PARTNERED WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. SO THEY GAVE US THE MONEY. THE INITIAL MONEY FOR THE PAINT MARKERS, THE ROCKS AND THE SEALANT AND MONEY FOR THE SIGN. AND DAISY DID THE WOOD BURNING TOOL ON THE SIGN. SO THAT WAS REALLY NEAT. BUT THE DUNCANVILLE LIBRARY LOGO AND THEN THE FRIENDS LOGO ON THERE AS WELL. AND THEN WITH YOUR PARTNER WITH US, WE CAN PUT THE ARTS COMMISSION LOGO ON OUR FLIERS, ON OUR THINGS. YOU KNOW, WE CAN GIVE YOU A SHOUT OUT. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE, PATRONS DID PAINT THE ROCKS. WE SEALED THEM AND PUT THEM OUT LIKE THE NEXT DAY OR SO. SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT FOR THE KIDDOS LEAVING THE ROCK INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, MAKE AND TAKE CRAFT. BUT IT WAS IT WAS FINE. YEAH. AND LIKE I SAID, IT LASTED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. JUST RECENTLY THE SIGN WAS BROKEN. SO THE OTHER COMMUNITY ART PROJECT WE DID ON A SUMMER READING CLUB KICKOFF WAS WE DID THE READ PAINTINGS. SO THIS PROJECT WAS FACILITATED BY FORMER STAFF MEMBER AND VOLUNTEERS PATRONS. IT WAS A STATION IN THE MEETING ROOMS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A RUNOFF ELECTION. SO PATRONS PAINTED INDIVIDUAL TWO BY TWO CANVASES AT THE EVENT. AND SO WE HAD 181 TOTAL CANVASES, WHICH WERE ARRANGED TO CREATE THE READ LETTERS FOR A LARGE INTO A LARGER ART INSTALLATION. AND SO THIS HAS BEEN DISPLAYED BEHIND THE INFORMATION DESK AT THE LIBRARY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AS WELL. SO PATRONS REALLY LOVE THIS KIDDOS, EVEN PARENTS COME BY WHERE'S MY ART? WHERE'S MY ART? YOU KNOW, SO THEY REALLY LOVE IT. STILL TO THIS DAY. THEY ENJOY IT. THEY LIKE TO POINT OUT THEIR LITTLE TWO BY TWO SQUARE TO THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE. SO LAST YEAR WE HAD 766 AT THE SUMMER READING CLUB KICKOFF. SO WE DO HAVE A BIG DRAW. AND YEAH, WE JUST NEED IDEAS, INSPIRATION, BRAINSTORMING, WHETHER IT BE SOMETHING JUST FOR THAT TWO HOURS AND WE'VE CREATED SOMETHING OR, YOU KNOW, START IT AT THE KICKOFF AND THEN CONTINUE IT, MAYBE AS AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY AND THEN GATHER AND THEN MAKE A LARGER ART INSTALLATION. BUT YEAH, SO THAT'S KIND. ONCE YOU ONCE YOU HAVE THE KICKOFF ON SATURDAY, MAY 31ST, WHEN DO THE KIDS COME? THEY COME EVERY DAY OR. YEAH. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE ACTIVITIES EVERY DAY DURING THE WEEK. SO WE'VE GOT MOVIES AND POPCORN READING TIME. WE'VE GOT STORY TIMES, WE'VE GOT CRAFTY READERS. OH YEAH WE DO. I'VE BEEN THERE 12.5 YEARS. AND SO WE HAVE THAT. SHE'S A RECLAIMED AND RECYCLED ARTIST OUT OF DALLAS.