FOR THE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD REGULAR MEETING OF THE HUNTSVILLE ARTS COMMISSION. [2. Receive Public Comments, limit 2-minutes per individual speaker.] [00:00:05] ITEM TWO IS RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENTS. MR. HAMBY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. CORRECT. YOU DO NOT. WE DO NOT. ITEM THREE THE ARTS COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING MINUTES. [3. The Arts Commission to consider the following Minutes] THERE ARE MINUTES ON AUGUST 26TH, 2025. HI, TIFFANY. HEY HAS EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 26TH? YES. ARE THERE ANY ANY QUESTIONS, ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT IT? THE REPORTS WERE REALLY WELL DONE, AND THE POEM WAS THERE. IT WAS GOOD. THAT'S TRUE. WE HAVE A WE WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR HAND. IT'S UNANIMOUS. ITEM FOUR. COMMISSIONERS REPORTS. [4. Commissioners Reports (limit to 2 minutes each)] SPORTS LIMIT TO TWO EACH. I'M GOING TO RESERVE DOCTOR PERRY FOR LAST, AND I'LL START JUST AROUND THE CORNER. SARAH, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? OTHER THAN I HAD FUN WITH HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATIONS. IT WAS SO FUN. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY WHO HELPED. SO, YEAH, YOU'RE. ALL I GOT WAS PRAISE FOR WHAT YOU AND AMY DID. I DID A GREAT JOB. IT WAS AMAZING. AMY ENJOYED WORKING WITH SARAH ON THE HISPANIC HERITAGE THING. WE OPEN, WE THEATER OPENS. THE DEMONS OF FLEET STREET ON THURSDAY NIGHT. SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME SEE THAT AND SUPPORT IT. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I HAD ONE. I STARTED, BUT IT DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT OUT OF THE PIN YET, SO THIS WAS ONE I WANTED TO GIVE A WHILE BACK. WELL, I DID, BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DO HERE IS CALLED CREATIVE COSTUME. WHAT CAN GIVE AND GIVE AND WILL LOSE ARE SORT THE GRACE TO SHARE IN LIFE. DEPICT, TO TAME THE TOUCH AND EARS WERE MIND WHAT CALMS THE HEART, SOOTHING TONES OR SWOOPING LINES OR MIND CONTENT. WHAT CAN GIVE AWAY WITH CREATIVE COST. NOT FELT BUT FILLED. AND BACK IN ART CAN GIVE AND GIVE. NO LOSER SORT ITS SIMPLE JOYS FOR US COMMUNITY. IT CALMS THE HEART WITH LINES AND TONES AND COLORS FLOWING FROM MIND CONTENT. HEART GIVES AWAY MUCH MORE THAN NOT. OUR HEARTS TO MEND. AND JOYS POURED IN. PAINT THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW. I KNOW I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO COMMEND AMY AND SARAH. YOU KNOW, I CAME UP THERE WORKING SO HARD. I WAS JUST LOOKING AT IT. I WAS LIKE TRYING TO DRAG THIS TABLE OUT AND STUFF, BUT THEY WORKED SO HARD ON IT. THE FOOD WAS SO GOOD. THE DECORATIONS AND STUFF WERE COMING UP AND CONGRATULATIONS. I HAVE HEARD NOTHING BUT GOODNESS AND THE PICTURES, AND I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT THE COUNCIL IS. SOME OF YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WILL STILL BE HERE JUST TO STAY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, LIKE THIS LAST YEAR, HAS REALLY BEEN A REFLECTION OF WHAT WE'VE HAD SUPPORT AND BEEN ABLE TO KNOW WHAT WE WANT, YOU KNOW. AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT. ATTENDED THE JAZZ NOTE THAT TIFFANY DID. IT WAS GREAT. I'M STILL HEARING STUFF ABOUT THAT ONE, TOO. KUDOS. THE PINK DIAMONDS, ONE OF OUR GRANT RECIPIENTS DID PARTICIPATE IN THAT. THAT WENT WELL, OTHER THAN THE WEATHER SORT OF AGAINST US A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT STILL WENT WELL. ATTENDED THE HECTOR GUZMAN MADE. ORGAN RECITAL WAS AT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, WHICH WAS VERY NICE. WE DID MOVIES IN THE PARK, AND SARAH AND I, WE HAD THE KIDS DOING OH, MARY, MARY ANNE WAS THERE. BUT SHE WAS IN THE LIBRARY. THE KIDS SEEM TO ENJOY THE MOON ROCK. AND WE DO APPRECIATE PARKS AND RECREATION. THEY PROVIDE PIES. AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TELLING ME LATER THAT THE THING WAS JUST SO CUTE. THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS CUTE. AND THEY HAD ABOUT 35 TO 40 PEOPLE THERE AND AT ANY GIVEN TIME. SO THAT WAS A VERY GOOD HISPANIC HERITAGE. KICKOFF WAS GREAT. SARAH AND AMY. AND THEN I ALSO WORKED WITH SARAH AT THE HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL. THEN WE ATTENDED SUNDAY JAMMERS, WHO WAS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR GRANT RECIPIENTS THIS PAST SUNDAY. THE SESSION WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE. ATTENDED A DUNCANVILLE ARTS COMMISSION INFO SESSION. [00:05:02] WE HAD SOME THAT CAME IN TO LISTEN TO RON DO AN INFO SESSION, WHICH WAS REALLY GOOD. STILL WAITING ON SOMETHING AND A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND I ALREADY COMMITTED US TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. WE'RE LIKE, THAT'S THE THEY REALLY THINK ABOUT DOING ART PROJECT, BUT THEY COMMIT US TO THAT. AND THEN I KNOW WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR FOOD BASH, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ART SUPPLIES, AND NOW WE CAN RECYCLE THROUGH AND AND UTILIZE THEM FOR OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE COMING AROUND THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF. JUST HOW MANY STUFF YOU'VE BEEN GOING TO THIS ONE, TYLER I'M GOING TO SKIP THAT BACK TO PRAYER FOR A SECOND. WELL, THERE REALLY WON'T BE A CHANCE TO DO THIS FRIDAY. I DON'T THINK SO. I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OUTLINE FOR Y'ALL. I CONSIDER MYSELF A WRITER. I AM A MUSICIAN. I HAVE ART EVERYWHERE IN MY HOUSE. I'VE GOT ORIGINAL ART HANGING IN MY GARAGE, THE LAUNDRY ROOM IN TWO CLOSETS. SO I WAS THRILLED FOR THERE TO BE A COMMISSION. AND SO I CAME HOME THINKING I MIGHT GET SOMETHING. BUT I HAVE TO SAY, I'VE NEVER WORKED WITH SUCH TALENTED AND NOT SUPERFICIALLY TALENTED, BUT DEEPLY TALENTED PEOPLE AS WELL. AND IT'S BEEN A REAL PRIVILEGE, AND I'M THANKFUL YOU'VE BEEN A BLESSING TO DANIELLE AND A BLESSING TO ME, TO YOU. SO THANK YOU. OH, THAT'S OUR RECIPROCAL. DON'T GO. MY REPORT IS ALSO AN APPRECIATION. SO THESE ARE FOR ONE MAIN. WOMEN MAKE BAKERS FROM JAPAN. WOW. AND THEN I LOVE THIS. THAT'S GORGEOUS. THAT IS GORGEOUS. AND THAT IS SO FROM. THAT IS VERY, VERY, VERY ONE OF A KIND. YOU CAN'T GET THAT ANYWHERE ELSE. BUT THERE'S MORE. AND I ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES. OH THE RESPONSE AS I PASS THESE OUT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY YES YOU ARE. OKAY, SO SARAH, YOU ARE WARM FORWARD THINKING OPEN EVERYONE. YES YOU ARE. AND YOU ARE DETERMINED, COMMUNITY MINDED AND THEATRICAL. YES YOU ARE. ANGELA, YOU ARE JOYFUL, UNDERSTANDING. AND YES, YOU ARE. ALEX, YOU ARE CAPABLE, HARDWORKING AND AMENABLE. YES YOU ARE. VERY. MYSELF. OKAY. THERE'S ONE FOR OUR SINCERE, ARTICULATE AND RELIABLE. YES. YOU ARE. YOU ARE CARING, PERSUASIVE AND SUPPORTIVE. YES YOU ARE. YOU ARE POETIC, RESILIENT AND KIND. YES YOU ARE TIFFANY. YOU ARE APPRECIATIVE, ENERGETIC AND PURPOSEFUL. YES, KAITLYN, YOU ARE CREATIVE, RESOURCEFUL AND COLLABORATIVE. MISSING FAM? YES I'M GRATEFUL. YOU ARE FLAMBOYANT AND THOUGHTFUL. GRACEFUL AND THOUGHTFUL. YOU ARE ALIVE. YES. YES YOU ARE. AND THE LIGHT TURNS ON. YOU ARE VIBRANT. YOU ARE NECESSARY AND YOU ARE JOY. YOU ARE INTENTIONAL AND CARING. OH, YES. I LOVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE. THANK YOU ANNE. THANK YOU ANNE AND EVERYBODY ELSE I MAY CONSIDER RECOMMENDING THE CITY [5.A. Consider recommending that City Council approve a mural to be located at 1944 S. Main St., Duncanville, TX 75137.] COUNCIL APPROVE A MURAL TO BE LOCATED AT 1944 SOUTH MAIN STREET, DUNCANVILLE 75137. WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR STAFF LIAISON TO BRIEF THE ARTS COMMISSION ON WHAT THAT MEANS AND HOW IT GOT TO US. SO ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025, THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REPEAL AND REPLACE KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL WITH THE DUNCANVILLE ARTS COMMISSION AS THE BODY. THAT REVIEW IS THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FOR MURALS. SO THE BACKGROUND ON THIS IS THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED ADOPTED SECTION 16, A DASH 39 MURALS OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1909 ON OCTOBER 5TH, 2004. THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, OR THE ORDINANCE AT THE TIME, REQUIRED THAT THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TO OBTAIN A RECOMMENDATION FROM KEEP BEAUTIFUL PRIOR TO ISSUING A MURAL PERMIT AS PART OF THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO ALIGN MAYORAL REVIEW WITH BROADER ARTS PROGRAMING AND CULTURAL PLANNING, STAFF RECOMMENDED UPDATING THE ORDINANCE TO DESIGNATE THE DUNCANVILLE ARTS AS THE BODY RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING MURAL APPLICATIONS AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL. ON JULY 26TH, 2025, KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE [00:10:05] PROPOSAL CHANGE AND THEN ON AUGUST 26TH, 2020, THE ARTS COMMISSION ALSO UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE CHANGE. AND THEN ON THE 16TH, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CHANGE. SO IT IS NOW ORDINANCE THAT ARTS COMMISSION IS THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FOR MURALS IN THE CITY. THANK YOU, MR. HAMBY. SO TO THAT POINT, WE HAVE A GRANT RECIPIENT FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE MURAL AT 1944 SOUTH MAIN. SIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAND UP? STAY RIGHT HERE. SO YOU'RE ON CAMERA AND JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF. HELLO. MY NAME IS WAYNE MCGUIRE. I AM THE DIRECT RECIPIENT OF THIS MURAL. THE LOCATION. YES. IT IS 1944 SOUTH MAIN STREET, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS 75137. THE TITLE IS BEACON OF LIGHTS WHERE CHAMPIONS ARRIVE, ALL TO UPLIFT, INSPIRE AND VISUALLY AFFIRM THE GREATNESS OF THIS CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, PARTICULARLY ITS YOUTH. AS RISING CHAMPIONS OF THEIR COMMUNITY. THIS MURAL WILL SERVE AS A SYMBOLIC AND EMOTIONAL LANDMARK THAT REFLECTS THE LEGACY AND FUTURE OF DUNCANVILLE. IT AIMS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PRIDE AND ENCOURAGE CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, AND FOSTER A DEEPER CONNECTION BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND THEIR SHARED ENVIRONMENTS. NOW, IN REGARDS TO THE MURAL PROCESS IS SIMPLE STEPS SUCH AS ONE PRIMING THE WALL WALL SPACE WHICH IS 20FT BY 12FT, AND THEN NEXT APPLYING ANOTHER COAT OF PAINT COLORS SUCH AS ORANGE ALTOGETHER, AND THEN DOING AN OUTLINE THAT WILL THEN ILLUSTRATE ALL THE FIGURES THAT ARE IN THE IMAGE. SUCH. WE SEE 1234567. YOU SEE SEVEN IMAGES OF CHILDREN ALONG WITH HANDS. AND WE SEE. WE SEE ROSES, WE SEE A BUTTERFLY, AND THEN WE SEE THE DUNCANVILLE CITY LOGO. BOOM. OKAY, I'D LIKE TO PASS THIS AROUND. OH. I'M SORRY. AND SO ONCE THE OUTLINE IS TAKEN CARE OF, THEN NEXT WILL THEN BE THE APPLICATION OF PAINT. THE APPLICATIONS OF PAINT RANGES FROM HAVING ONE GALLON, HAVING QUARTS OF PAINT, ACRYLIC TO BE EXACT, AND IT ALL BEING COLORED FROM THE CHOICES OF CADMIUM RED, YELLOW, CADMIUM NAPE YELLOW. WE HAVE TITANIUM OR ZINC WHITE. ULTRAMARINE BLUE ALONG WITH BURNT BURNT UMBER AND THEN RAW SIENNA. AND THOSE ARE THE COLORS THAT WHICH I WENT TO UT AUSTIN. THAT WAS WHERE WE STUDIED. SO THEREFORE YOU'RE ABLE TO MIX TOGETHER AND THEN APPLY IT ON THE WALL. AND NO LONGER THEN I WON'T SAY LESS THAN SEVEN DAYS TO COMPLETE THE MURAL. AND IF OVER THAT, WE JUST HAVE TO DO THAT. I GUESS THAT COURSE CORRECTION. BUT IT SHOULD TAKE LESS THAN THAT. THE, THE OBJECTIVE WOULD BE TO THEN PUT IN THE AMOUNT OF HOURS AS A REGULAR JOB, EIGHT HOURS EACH SESSION, PROBABLY MORE DEPENDING ON MY ENERGY LEVEL. BUT IF ANYTHING, THAT IS. AND THE WEATHER TOO. YES, YES. OTHER THAN THAT, THE LAST PROCESS OF IT IS CLEAN UP THE MATERIALS, THE PAINT BRUSHES. MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO SPILLS. MAKE SURE LINES ARE LOOKING PRETTY NEAT. AND LEAVE THE THE SPACE TIDY AND NEAT. AND THEN GO ABOUT MY NEXT PROJECT. SO THAT IS ALL. MY NAME IS CAITLIN WYMER. IF YOU DON'T. IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T MIND STAYING FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER. WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE KITCHEN. OKAY. CAN I GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ADDITIONAL DETAIL? ABSOLUTELY. MR. MAGUIRE IS ONE OF YOUR FIRST GRANT AWARD RECIPIENTS. HE THAT WAS THAT THAT YOU ALL RECOMMENDED TO CITY COUNCIL AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVED. SO HE IS ALSO ONE OF YOUR FIRST GRANT RECIPIENTS. OKAY. YOU'RE HISTORY. AND SO I'M GOING TO START HERE AND JUST GO ALL THE WAY AROUND. HEY THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, BY THE WAY. SO WHAT'S THE DATE? OR WE CAN EXPECT FOR IF WE WANTED TO GO LOOK AT IT AND IT WAS FINISHED. WHAT WOULD THAT BE? THAT DATE, I'M SURE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE TIMING OF THE CITY APPROVING FOR THE PERMIT. BUT AS SOON AS I GET THE PERMIT APPROVED, OKAY, THEN MY MY GOAL IS TO THEN HOP ON A ASAP. OKAY. WELL, I GUESS I THINK THAT IS GOOD. LIKE FOR ONE, WHENEVER IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETE OR ONCE IT GETS APPROVED, LIKE IT SAID, MAKE SURE THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION KNOWS BECAUSE I THINK LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THE MURALS AND STUFF, [00:15:01] AND I THINK IT ALSO GIVES US THE ABILITY OR GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO CREATE SOME TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT AROUND THAT. AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE, LIKE, BUT IT'S THERE'S SO MANY OTHER ONES. THERE'S ONE OVER HERE AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND WE PROJECT TO OTHER THINGS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE IF THERE'S A COAT OF PAINT OR CLEAR PAINT OR SOMETHING TO KEEP IT SEALED SO IT LASTS LONGER, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU DO OR. YES. THE MEETING THAT I WOULD USE, THAT OUTREACH IS PROBABLY YOUR THING, WHICH WOULD THEN BE A FORM OF A VARNISH THAT YOU USE, ALONG WITH THE ACRYLIC PAINT THAT IS USED FOR MASONRY BRICK. AND THAT WILL THEN CREATE A SEALANT AS A PAINTING CONTINUOUSLY. YES, SIR. WHAT BUILDING? WHAT BUILDING IS THIS? I KNOW IT'S 1944, BUT CAN YOU TELL ME? IT IS TEXACO GAS STATION. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THAT IS MY QUESTION. OKAY. DOCTOR PERRY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ASK ANGELA? CONGRATULATIONS. YES. THANK YOU. YEAH. CAN WE YEAH, IF YOU LET US KNOW WHEN IT STARTS AND SO FORTH. MAYBE WE CAN TAKE PICTURES. OH, ABSOLUTELY. I WILL LET AS THE PROCESS GOES, WE CAN SHARE CONTENT AND STUFF. YEAH. FOR SURE, FOR SURE. OKAY. CAN I BRING UP JUST ONE MORE THING? JUST AS A REMINDER AS AS THE PERSON WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THE POLICY AND ALL OF THAT YOU ALL DID REQUEST A QR CODE ON THAT MIRROR. THAT'S THE MURAL YOU WENT. YES. OKAY. I HAVE THE LINK FOR MY EMAIL? AND THE CODE IS TO BE MADE. AND WHERE DOES THAT? IT'LL BE ON THE. IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MIRROR. OH I SEE THE QR CODE. I MEAN THAT WOULD GO TO YOU'RE BUILDING A WEBSITE, RIGHT? THE PAGE IS ALREADY BUILT. IT LEADS TO ALL THE CITY HOTELS, WHICH WAS WHAT THE REQUEST WAS, SO THAT IT COULD HAVE SOME IMPACT ON LOCAL TOURISM AND HOTEL STAYS. SO GOODBYE TO HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. SO THERE'S NO ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM MR.. MR.. PALIN? SO WHAT WE'LL NEED TO DO IS WE'LL NEED TO CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE ITEM FIVE A FOR US TO VOTE TO TAKE THIS AS A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS AND TAKE IT TO CITY COUNCIL. I SECOND THAT MOTION. WE HAVE A WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS? SO IF WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED, WE'RE APPROVING THE PERMIT. YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY? APPROVE? APPROVE THE PERMIT? OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. THE ARTS COMMISSION IS RECOMMENDING US FOR PERMIT FOR A FOR A MURAL. WELL DONE. YOU ARE THE FIRST. OUR HISTORY, OUR HISTORY. SO I WILL I WILL WORK TO GET THIS ON TO THE OCTOBER 21ST REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO I WILL BE BACK IN TOUCH WITH YOU. INDEED. THANK YOU. I'M HONORED TO DO IT. [5.B. Consider an October Special Meeting date, time, and location] ITEM FIVE BE. CONSIDER AN OCTOBER SPECIAL MEETING DATE, TIME AND LOCATION. SO THIS IS. WE HAVE A LITTLE LAST MINUTE WORK TO DO. WE NEED TO REVIEW. WE HAVE A FEW GRANT APPLICATIONS. AND WE NEED TO SET. THE NEW ARTS COMMISSION WILL BE SEATED IN TIME TO TO REVIEW THEM. SO WE NEED TO HOW MANY HOW MANY ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS ARE THERE RIGHT NOW? AT THIS POINT, YOU'RE REVIEWING ALL THE APPLICATIONS BASED ON ELIGIBILITY. I SEE THAT THREE OF THEM ARE AND ONE IS NOT. BUT I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO DO I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TALK TO THAT PERSON AGAIN TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING MAYBE WE CAN SOME WAY TO HELP. IF WE COULD HAVE A MEETING BEFORE OCTOBER 7TH, I CAN MEET IN PERSON. IF NOT, I WOULD ASK THAT WE CAN DO A ZOOM, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S EASY FOR. I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'D BE WRONG OR NOT. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? MONDAY, OCTOBER 6TH. I NEED TO GET MY PHONE IN THE CAR AND I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MY CALENDAR, SO I SHOULD BE BACK MONDAY, OCTOBER 6TH. SO IS THERE ANYONE WHO. OKAY, SO MONDAY OCTOBER IS THIS FOR IN PERSON OR RESUME WEEK? IS THIS REQUIRED FOR WHAT'S GOING ON? SO SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND THE THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT GOING TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THE NEXT ARTS COMMISSION UNTIL OCTOBER AND UNTIL I THINK THEY'RE OCTOBER 21ST MEETING. AND THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE APPLICANTS ON THEIR NOVEMBER 4TH MEETING, ON THEIR NOVEMBER 4TH AGENDA, SO AS TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS. SO I'M ASKING, SO I GUESS I'M, I'M ASKING SO. [00:20:04] OKAY, WHAT I'M ASKING IS. SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS OUR LAST MEETING FOR THIS BOARD. RIGHT. SO I'M ASKING, ARE YOU SAYING THAT DID YOU WANT US TO ALSO ATTEND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON YOUR CURRENTLY HERE? IT WOULD WE NEED IT TO BE THIS BOARD BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE WE WILL LOSE TRACTION AND WE WILL DO IT IN PERSON. YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT THIS. YEAH. SO THE ONLY THING IS TO REVIEW THE FORM. THAT'S FINE. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GET. ASK WHAT YOU ASK. YES. JUST TO COMMENT ON THE NEW PROCEDURE, I THINK THAT ALEX IS GOING TO PREPARE FOR US EACH A PACKET WITH, WITH HIS NEW PROTOCOL FOR THE, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO REVIEW. AND THAT WILL STREAMLINE THE PROCESS. IT STILL SEEMS LIKE AN IN-PERSON MEETING IS EASIER THAN THE TEAMS MEETING, BUT I GUESS EITHER WOULD WORK. BUT AS LONG AS WE HAVE, EACH OF US HAS IT IN ADVANCE SO WE CAN REVIEW IT. SO WE JUST NEED A QUORUM. IT'S SUPER COMPLICATED FOR FOR EVERYBODY. IF THERE WOULD WOULD, WOULD OCTOBER 6TH WORK FOR YOU? YEAH. IN PERSON, IN PERSON OR WHATEVER. BUT OCTOBER 6TH WORK FOR YOU IN PERSON. YOU SHOULD KNOW. I MEAN, I THINK IT SHOULD. LIKE, I DON'T EVEN HAVE MY PHONE OUT. YOU KNOW, I GOT TO SARAH. I DON'T THINK SO, BECAUSE I'M MOVING THAT WEEKEND. OH, YOU KNOW. YEAH, YOU KIND OF COULD BE EXEMPT IF YOU NEED TO BE, BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL HEALTHY. YOU HAVE NO REASON. THAT'S TRUE. SO, MARIANNE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS OCTOBER 6TH, PRESUMABLY HE'S 30. IS THAT WHAT. AND THEN. SO EVERYONE'S KIND OF COOL. EITHER ZOOM OR IN PERSON, WHICHEVER SIX IS OUR ROGERS GROUP. OH THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE DATE? BECAUSE I WAS THINKING BEFORE YOU LEAVE, BUT I WILL NOT BE HERE ON THE SIXTH. YEAH, WE DIDN'T DO THE CALENDAR, BUT THE DEMONS CAN'T DO A WHY WE. WHY COULDN'T WE JUST DO A ZOOM CALL LIKE, THIS WEEK FOR. IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT LONG. I THINK IT HAS TO BE AFTER THE 30TH BECAUSE THAT'S THE DEADLINE FOR THE APPLICATIONS. THAT'S NEXT WEEK. LIKE THURSDAY. THE SECOND THURSDAY. HOW ABOUT THE FIFTH? CAN WE DO IT ON A SUNDAY EVENING? NO, I HAVE A FAMILY MEETING THAT WEEK. OKAY. AND SO IT GETS COMPLICATED. I THINK AS LONG AS THERE'S FIVE MEMBERS, THAT'S QUORUM. THEN THAT'S ALL WE NEED TO READ THE APPLICATIONS AND WE CAN DO COMMENTS. WE CAN SEND COMMENTS. PROBABLY RIGHT IN WRITING. WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. CAN WE MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR BOTH? I MEAN ONLINE. LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, WOULD THAT BE. WE'D HAVE TO GO. WE HAVE TO DO PROXY VOTING. SO DO WE HAVE FIVE THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR SIX. OR SIX? 30 IN CASE OF FOUR. SO, ALEX, IF YOU'RE NOT HERE, COULD SOMEBODY DO IT? I HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. SO, BARB, ANYONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO DO THE OTHER PART. WHAT ABOUT LIKE, OCTOBER? SO IF THERE'S A DATE AFTER THE SEVENTH, ALL WE NEED IS QUORUM. I DON'T HAVE TO BE AT IT. WE JUST NEED FIVE PEOPLE TO READ THE GRANTS. HOW ABOUT WEDNESDAY THE EIGHTH? I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MEET. BUT IF THERE WERE PEOPLE HERE I CANNOT COMMIT. I LIKE THE PACE. I JUST DON'T KNOW. I COULD DO THE EIGHTH. SO IF YOU WANT ANYONE ELSE WHO COULD DO THE EIGHT. THAT'S GREAT. MONDAY THE EIGHTH. THAT WAS WEDNESDAY. NO, WEDNESDAY. I'M ON SEPTEMBER. HOLD ON. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON TODAY. LET'S SEE WEDNESDAY. IF YOU NEED ME, I'LL BE THERE. NOW, IF IT'S BY ZOOM, I CAN, I CAN, I CAN ZOOM ANYWHERE. I JUST CAN'T BE IN PERSON. AFTER THE EIGHTH ZOOM WOULD BE SO GREAT. IT WOULD BE SO GREAT JUST TO DO IT THAT WAY. I MEAN, IF WE COULD DO IT BY ZOOM, LITERALLY, WE CAN DO IT LIKE THE FIRST OR SECOND. HAVE YOU DONE WITH IT? THE SECOND IS A PLAY. I CAN DO THE FIRST. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A QUORUM, IT'S FINE. WHAT ABOUT THE FIRST? I HAVEN'T PLAYED DRESS REHEARSAL, BUT IT'S FINE AS LONG AS YOU HAVE QUORUM. MY FEELINGS ARE HURT IF I'M NOT THERE. SO IT MIGHT BE HARD BECAUSE ALEX HAS TO PREPARE ALL THIS AFTER THE 30TH AND GET IT TO US. ALREADY GOT IT. THEY HAVEN'T EVEN ALL BEEN SUBMITTED, AS FAR AS I KNOW. AND I'M ON A PLANE THE FIRST. I MEAN, ALEX, WE NEED TO KNOW. I LEAVE THE FIRST. I GET BACK TO SIXTH. [00:25:03] OKAY. WHAT ABOUT FRIDAY? FRIDAY? FRIDAY? I CAN'T DO THAT. Y'ALL ARE THERE FIVE PEOPLE WHO GET OUT ON FRIDAY THE 10TH? I THINK IT'S PROBABLY ALSO I CAN PREPARE. SO IF LIKE YOU PICKED THAT WEEK, ANY DAY OTHER THAN THE SIXTH THAT WEEK, AND I HAD A FULL DAY ON THE SEVENTH TO PREPARE PACKAGE PACKET ONE. EMAIL A COMPLETE PDF OF THEM IN ORDER SO THAT THERE'S A DIGITAL VERSION, AND THEN HAVE THE HARD COPIES AT THE FRONT DESK FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO PICK THEM UP. AND THEN YOU COULD EITHER DO A HYBRID OR A TEAMS OR AN ALL IN PERSON OF A QUORUM, A HYBRID, OR JUST A TEAMS MEETING, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WOULD HAVE, BECAUSE YOU ALSO WANT TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS, BECAUSE IF YOU GET THEM THE FIRST, IF YOU GET THEM THE FIRST, AND THAT'S THE FIRST DAY, IT'S NOT REALLY A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TO REALLY REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS. RIGHT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ARTS COMMISSIONERS WHO WE KNOW WILL BE RETURNING. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY CAN BE THERE BECAUSE THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE REST OF US. WE DON'T KNOW. I THINK A TEAM MEETING ON THE EIGHTH, BECAUSE I MIGHT COULD DO A TEAMS I DON'T I CAN'T COMMIT TO AN IN PERSON MEETING. BUT I COULD I THINK I MAY BE OUT OF CHAT. SOUNDS GOOD. IT'S WEDNESDAY. CAN WE DO IT EARLIER? LIKE I SAID, EARLIER THAN 636. COULD WE DARE ONE? I DON'T THINK WE NEED MORE THAN AN HOUR. AND ALEX TURNS AROUND AND WE GET TO THE 27TH, AND HE'S LIKE, WE GOT 47 APPLICATIONS. BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE. BUT I THINK, LIKE, WHAT WOULD BE IDEAL IS, IS, IS LIKE, IF YOU COULD MAYBE PREP THAT ONE THAT WE DO HAVE AS WE AS THEY COME IN. AND WE'LL PROBABLY MAKE IT EASIER ON YOU SINCE YOU'RE TRAVELING. YOU'RE TRAVELING. BUT I THINK THE MAIN THING IS, IS IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, LIKE THE SOONER THE BETTER, BECAUSE MY OCTOBER IS CRACKING. IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S FOURTH QUARTER. YOU KNOW, SHE GOT TO PLAY. SHE'S MOVING. YOU LIVE IN A WHOLE NOTHER CITY, SO IT DOESN'T MATTER. SO NOT THAT WE LOVE YOU, YOU KNOW? BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT I KNOW YOU HAVE. YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT LIKE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S JUST ONE LITTLE THING, LIKE I THINK THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE IT OUT, AND I WOULD PREFER IT TO BE SOONER THAN LATER. WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO DO, I FEEL LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE MAKING THE DECISION. NEED NEEDS TO BE MADE ABOUT HIM. IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, THAT'S JUST MY $0.02. AND YOU ALWAYS GOT ONE. SO WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK OF THE NINTH? WHAT? OKAY. AND IF YOU'RE DOING IT AT 630, THEY'RE DOING IT. IN THE AFTERNOON. WHEN ARE YOU BACK FROM YOUR TRIP? SAY THAT AGAIN. I WILL BE BACK ON THE SEVENTH. HE NEEDS SOME TIME. HE'S A. GOOD GUY. SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE FRIDAYS. COULD FIVE PEOPLE DO IT ON THE 10TH? WE JUST NEED FIVE PEOPLE ON THE SEVENTH. ON THE 10TH. ON THE 10TH. I CAN DO TEN. I CAN DO TEN. ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. FIVE. SO WHAT TIME? ON THE 10TH. SIX. NINE. FIVE. ANYTIME. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU THINK? 637 SIX 3630. SO 630 ON FRIDAY THE 10TH. ARE WE STILL ON ZOOM? I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY OKAY ONLINE. SO I'M OKAY WITH YOU? YEAH. IS THERE ANYONE WHO PREFERS TO MEET IN PERSON? PERSON DISCUSSING. HOW LONG IS THAT? OKAY. OH. WHAT'S HAPPENING? YOU'RE ASKING PREFER TO DO IT IN PERSON. SOMEONE SAYING I WANT TO. I THINK WE SHOULD DO WHATEVER'S BEST FOR ALEX. IF. IS IT OKAY FOR YOU TO JUST DO ONE OR THE OTHER OR A HYBRID ON A FRIDAY NIGHT? I MEAN, I WAS, YOU KNOW, I WILL I WILL ADAPT TO WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR THE. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEORETICALLY, IF YOU COULD DO A HYBRID OR AT LEAST ASSUME I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S TYPICAL FOR YOU OR FOR YOU. OKAY. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAN ADD AT LEAST FIVE ON THE 10TH. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THE TECHNOLOGY. IF YOU'RE ALL ON TEAMS, GUARANTEE THE TECHNOLOGY IF YOU'RE ALL IMMERSIVE. DOING THE HYBRID IS WHERE BECAUSE NOW I'M USING OTHER DEVICES THAT I MEAN I CAN MAKE IT MORE LIKE JUST IN PERSON. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT. I DON'T AT THIS MINUTE HAVE A REASON NOT TO, BUT I HAVE TENTATIVELY. I'M GOING TO LOS ANGELES. I JUST DON'T KNOW MY DAY. SO MAYBE FRIDAY IT MAY NOT BE TILL MONDAY. AND SO WE ALSO NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE TENTATIVE. I THINK EVERYONE'S A TENTATIVE. IF THERE'S NOT A QUORUM, THAT MEANS WE DON'T GET TO MAKE A [00:30:02] RECOMMENDATION. IT COULD MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED. AND THAT MEANS WE JUST SCREWED UP THE GRANT PROGRAM. I CAN DO IT ON THE 10TH. SARAH CAN IN PERSON. I CAN DO THAT ON THE 10TH. I CAN POTENTIALLY DO THE SAME ON THE 10TH. CAN'T DO IN PERSON. SO WOULD YOU BE COOL TO MY TEAM? YEAH. THAT'S FINE. OKAY, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE JUST SO WE CAN DO A REALLY QUICK WHO RAISE YOUR HAND JUST SO WE CAN DO A QUICK COUNT. WHO CAN DO IT AT 630? ZOOM ON FRIDAY. OKAY. YOU GOT YOUR QUORUM. SIX. SO THAT'S FRIDAY, OCTOBER THE 10TH AT 630. CAN I SEE ALL THE HANDS ONE MORE TIME? THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T COMMIT. THAT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER. LIKE TWO WEEKS. THAT'S INSANE. I KNOW, I'LL SEND IT TO EVERYBODY, SO EVERYBODY HAS IT. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I PUT YOU ALL IN FIRST. SO. OKAY, SO SIX TEAMS, OCTOBER 10TH. THAT'S A FRIDAY. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE FOUR APPLICATIONS TO REVIEW THAT COULD CHANGE BY THE 30TH IF THEY GET A LITTLE BIT BUSIER TOWARDS THE END OF THE LAST CYCLE. YEAH. SO WHAT I WILL DO IS I'LL MAKE A HARD COPY FOR EVERYBODY AND SAVE IT AT THE FRONT DESK. YOU WON'T NEED A HARD COPY OF THE BOOK, SO I'LL HAVE AT LEAST EIGHT HARD COPIES PREPARED. THAT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING SO THAT THEY'RE AT THE FRONT DESK WEDNESDAY MORNING. WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAY THE EIGHTH. SO JUST REPEAT WEDNESDAY. AP IS GOING TO HAVE SOME HARD COPIES AT THE FRONT DESK, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE MEETING AT 1030 ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10TH. TEAMS ARE ZOOM TEAMS. OH, DOES ANY OF THIS KIND OF LIKE KLEENEX? IT'S. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX BRIEFINGS AND DISCUSSIONS. [6.A. Commissioners to debrief the Arts Commission on the following events: • A Summer Jazz Note (Arts & Business Mixer) • Arts Grants Info Session • Movies in the Park — A Million Miles Away • Hispanic Heritage Month Kick-Off] SO ITEM SIX A COMMISSIONERS TO DEBRIEF THE ARTS COMMISSION ON THE FOLLOWING EVENTS. SO IT'S ARTS AND BUSINESS MIXER GRANT ARTS INFO SESSION MOVIES IN THE PARK A MILLION MILES AWAY HE'S ABOUT TO KICK OFF. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND START ITEM SIX A AND JAZZ SUMMER JAZZ AND DEBRIEF. AWESOME. IT WAS AWESOME WASN'T IT? IT WAS. IT WAS SO WELL ATTENDED AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. AND THE FOOD WAS GREAT. AND IT REALLY PUT THEIR PLACE ON THE MAP AS FAR AS AWARENESS AND SO MANY INTERESTING PEOPLE CAME. DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATION OF HOW MANY PEOPLE I KNOW? AT ONE POINT I COUNTED 212 PEOPLE THAT CAME THROUGH, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINAL COUNT WAS BECAUSE I WAS I JUST ALWAYS I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK THAT IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EVENING OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST MIXER, I REALLY WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE MISSION AND VISION OF WHAT WE WERE WE STARTED AT. RIGHT. WHAT WE REALLY, TRULY WAS TRYING TO DO WAS TO ENGAGE PEOPLE AND GET THEM TO TRAVEL. AND IT WAS SO INTERESTING. THAT WAS SOMETHING WRONG, LIKE JUST ENGAGING WITH ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE. AND I WAS LIKE, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM THERE WERE SOME THAT DROVE AND AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW WHAT OUR WHAT I THINK WE SET OUT TO DO WITH THE MIXERS WAS TO ENGAGE PEOPLE, TO EXCHANGE BUSINESS CARDS. AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WAS ALL CONNECTING AND BUT I THOUGHT THE AMBIANCE OVERALL WAS SO STRONG. AMY DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF PROVIDING SOME REFRESHMENTS FOR OUR GUESTS AND BEVERAGES. IT'S JUST WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR. AMY WAS SLAMMED IN THE CORNER. I KNOW SHE WAS. LISTEN, IT WAS HER JOB. IT WAS FINE. LISTEN, AMY SAID LISTEN. EVERYONE WAS LIKE, WHERE'S THAT WOMAN AT? AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SO CUTE. AND I SO WE WERE, YOU KNOW, THE THEATER AS WELL AS THE BREWERY SPONSORED THAT. THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE BREWMASTER THAT CREATES THE BEERS AND STUFF. SO WE WERE REALLY THANKFUL FOR THAT. AND I THOUGHT THAT THE MUSIC LOVERS DID A WONDERFUL JOB. IF YOU NOTICE THE GUY UP THERE IN THE CONGO AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND THAT WAS IT. AND I THOUGHT SHE DID A MAGNIFICENT JOB. AND EVERYBODY WAS SO JOYFUL AND LIKE, WHAT A WONDERFUL JOY AND A TREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I THINK THAT WE JUST GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR MISSION IS GOING TO GO ON TO SO MANY OTHER THINGS AND SO MANY OTHER CREATIVE INITIATIVES, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR IT BECAUSE IT DID RETURN, BUT THERE'D BE SO MANY WONDERFUL, FRESH IDEAS. AND BUT I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THE LAST MIXER. I FELT LIKE EVERYONE ENJOYED THEMSELVES. I HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK EVEN THAT EVENING. AND PEOPLE WERE VERY PLEASED. AND SO I'M VERY GLAD OUR COMMUNITY LOVED ONE ANOTHER, AND I WAS REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT. SO THANK YOU ALL. WELL, EVERYBODY, WE'LL LET YOU DO THAT. AND I'M GOING TO BECAUSE I'M GOING TO KEEP SAYING THIS. SO I'M GOING TO START WITH TIFFANY. GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS ARTS COMMISSION IS, IS EVERYONE WHO DOES THESE EVENTS, EVENTS, EVENTS, YOU DO EVENTS. Y'ALL MAKE US LOOK SO GOOD. WE'LL MAKE US LOOK SO GOOD. [00:35:01] AND EVERYONE ALWAYS COMPLIMENTS AND IS EXCITED ABOUT ARTS COMMISSION ARTS GRANTS INFO SESSION. SO WHAT DATE WAS THAT? ANGELA? DO YOU REMEMBER? OKAY. PART OF THE ARTS GRANTS POLICY IS THAT WE WOULD DO FREE INFORMATION PRESENTATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR ANYONE WHO'S CONSIDERING APPLYING FOR A GRANT. I FACILITATED THIS ONE. I DID NOT HAVE A MIC IN MY HAND, SO THERE'LL PROBABLY BE ANOTHER ONE. WE HAD FOUR ATTENDEES WHO WANTED MORE FROM GRANT PROGRAM, AND I GAVE THEM ALL THE POLICY INFORMATION. WHAT WHAT HOT IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE GRANTS AND SOME THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO THINK ABOUT AS THEY MAKE APPLICATIONS. AND THEY ASKED A LOT OF GOOD, GOOD ONES. AND ANGELA WAS THERE AND I THINK IT'D BE SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY AS, AS FOLKS CONSIDER APPLYING FOR GRANTS. ON SEPTEMBER 10TH. THAT'S WHEN WE HAD IT, AND IT WAS IN THE CITY HALL CHAMBERS. OKAY. ITEM SIX A MOVIES IN THE PARK. A MILLION MILES AWAY. IT WAS REALLY EXCITING. MAYBE 35 PEOPLE WERE THERE, DISAPPOINTED IN THAT NUMBER. BUT ALEX SAID THE CITY PEOPLE WERE RAVING ABOUT IT BECAUSE NORMALLY THEY GET 5 TO 15 PEOPLE. SO IT WAS THE THE FILM WAS A GREAT CHOICE, I THOUGHT TO BE THERE. THE AUDIO WAS GOOD, THE VISUAL WAS GOOD. READ THE SUBTITLES. PEOPLE STAYED FOR THE WHOLE THING. THE PRE-SHOW ACTIVITIES WERE REALLY MEANINGFUL AND WONDERFUL, AND ANGELA BROUGHT ALL THESE ROCKS AND EVERYTHING, AND THE KIDS REALLY ENJOYED IT. AND IT WAS NOT A HARD THING TO DO. AND MARY ANN WRITER'S GROUP BOOKS AND THINGS. SO IT WAS REALLY A NICE EVENT. I WISH MANY MORE PEOPLE HAD COME, BUT IT WAS A NICE EVENING AND IT WAS A SUCCESS. AND WHY DO YOU THINK IS MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN IN THE PAST? BECAUSE YOU SAID THERE'S USUALLY FEWER PEOPLE? I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE ALEX HAS AN IDEA. I'M NOT SURE. WHAT HAS INFORMED THEIR ATTENDANCE SO FAR? I JUST KNOW THAT WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS THEIR NUMBERS THIS YEAR. UP UNTIL THAT ONE, AND HOW THRILLED THEY WERE TO HAVE ACHIEVED THAT NUMBER. YEAH. THE MARKETING BETTER. WAS THE MARKETING DIFFERENT? I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT WAS A TEXAS RELATED STORY, AND IT WAS A VERY UNIVERSAL STORY ABOUT EFFORT AND ABOUT IMMIGRANTS. SO IT WAS IMPORTANT. I THINK THE MARKETING WAS BETTER. ON TO WHAT YOU SAID, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I FOLLOW THE CITY AND I FOLLOW THE ARTS COMMISSION AND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS, AND IT KEPT POPPING UP IN MY FEED IN WAYS THAT REGULAR MOVIES DO NOT. I PERHAPS NEVER EVEN SEE MUCH ABOUT THEM, BUT THIS ONE KEPT POPPING UP BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS ON SO MANY DIFFERENT PAGES. SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THE MARKETING WAS BETTER. AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, INITIATED MORE INTEREST IN IT. I I'M SORT OF ABLE TO ATTEND. I HATED THAT, BUT. BUT I DID HEAR GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT. SO DID I. SO IT'S ALSO INTERESTING TO MENTION AT THIS POINT WITH REGARD TO MARKETING AT THE AT THE GRANT RECIPIENT FOR THE JAZZ CONCERT ON SUNDAY SHE JUST EXERCISED AT THE PARK AND SOME FOLKS AT THE PARK AND WALKED IN. SHE CAME TO IT. IT'S INTERESTING TO FIND OUT HOW PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE DO. ALEX, IS THERE ANY WAY TO TRACK METRICS ON MARKETING? SO, SO THERE'S THERE'S PLENTY OF WAYS TO. BECAUSE IT'D BE INTERESTING IF WE COULD IF WE KNEW WHY THIS WAS SUCCESSFUL. FUTURE FOLKS CAN BUILD ON IT. WELL, I CAN TRACK INTERACTIONS, CLICKS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND IT'S JUST DECIPHERING WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS. BUT THIS WAS NOT PAID ADVERTISING THAT WE DIDN'T DO PAID ADVERTISING FOR THIS ONE. SO I'M NOT WE WERE RELYING ON THE ALGORITHM FOR MARKETING THIS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? SO YOU DIDN'T BOOST FACEBOOK? IS THAT PART OF WHAT YOU DO SOMETIMES OR. YES. YEAH. LIKE THE HISPANIC HERITAGE FEST. WE BOOSTED CHRISTMAS WILL BOOST THAT WE DO PAID ADVERTISING FOR BLOOM FEST. WE DO PAID ADVERTISING. 4TH OF JULY WE DO PAID ADVERTISING. WE WE DO SPARINGLY WITH OTHER SMALLER EVENTS. WE DO SOME, BUT NOT TOO MUCH. SINCE IT WAS IN THE PARK, IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT FOR FUTURE USE IF WE COULD GATHER FEEDBACK, BECAUSE IF THERE'S ANY GOING TO BE ARTS GRANTS OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE ARTS COMMISSION DOES, THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK AND THOSE KIND OF NUMBERS IS HELPFUL FOR THAT. ITEM SIX A HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH KICK OFF. OKAY. WELL, I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE ATTENDANCE. [00:40:01] I WASN'T EXPECTING IT TO EVEN BE THAT MANY PEOPLE, WHICH I WAS GLAD THAT THERE WERE. BUT YOU KNOW, VERY THANKFUL FOR AMY AND SETTING UP THE AUDIO PART AND THE AND THE AND THE THE, THE EQUIPMENT THAT THE MARIACHIS ENDED UP NEEDING, BUT ALSO HAVING GOOD MUSIC THAT WE COULD ALL LISTEN TO AND DANCE TO BEFOREHAND. HOW MANY VIOLINS WAS IT? OH, IT WAS LIKE 4 OR 5. I THOUGHT THAT WAS AMAZING. IT WAS 12 ALL TOGETHER. BUT YEAH, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE. A LITTLE BIT MORE. THERE WERE. I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE GOING TO BE THAT BIG. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE MORE LIKE EIGHT OF THEM. AND THEN THERE WAS 12. SO I WAS LIKE, WELL, THAT'S EVEN BETTER. AND THEY WERE THERE WAS MULTIPLE SINGERS, LIKE THEY WERE ALL REALLY GOOD GIRLS, AND BOYS WERE SO YOUNG. THEY WERE YOUNG. YEAH. AND SO I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR, LIKE, FEEDBACK, THAT THEY WERE EXCITED THAT THE MARIACHIS WERE LIKE A YOUNGER GROUP, LIKE THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL TO LIKE, I THINK ONE UNIVERSITY PERSON THAT MARTY SAID SO THAT WAS EXCITING. I HAD MULTIPLE PEOPLE ASKING ME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DO THEY DO OTHER EVENTS? THE MARIACHIS LOS JEFES. SOME OF THEM DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT. IT WAS LIKE RIGHT THERE ON MAIN STATION. SO. SO I WAS GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SPREAD THE WORD LIKE, HEY, THIS IS A LOCAL RESTAURANT. THEY'RE LITERALLY LIKE WALKING DISTANCE AWAY. AND THEY WERE ALL EVERYBODY SAID THEIR FOOD WAS REALLY GOOD. AND IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD TIME FROM WHAT I COULD SEE AND, AND THE COMPLIMENTS THAT I RECEIVED. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH, WITH HOW IT TURNED OUT BECAUSE IN THE BEGINNING I THOUGHT LIKE, OH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO GET 200 PEOPLE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE DID, IF NOT, MAYBE EVEN MORE. SO. YEAH, WE WERE TALKING TO FOLKS AT THE BEGINNING AND THERE WERE LOTS OF PEOPLE THERE FROM OUT OF TOWN. YES, A LOT QUITE ACTUALLY. THERE WERE SEVERAL. THERE WAS SOMEBODY FROM OKLAHOMA THAT I SPOKE TO. YEAH. AND SHE HAD FAMILY WHO WAS COMING DOWN AND THEY WERE GOING TO GO OR THEY WERE PLANNING TO GO TO HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AT ARMSTRONG PARK. SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. LIKE TO SEE THAT PEOPLE LIKE I ASKED HER HOW SHE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. SHE SAID TO FACEBOOK. SO THE BOOSTING HELPED SEVERAL FAMILIES FROM OAK CLIFF THAT GOT ON FACEBOOK, AND THEY WERE COMING BACK FOR THE BIG FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY. BUT THEY THEY SAW THIS TOO, AND THEY CAME OUT AND THEY WERE SO AND THEY STAYED AND THEY LOVE THAT FOR US. YEAH. THAT'S SO YEAH, IT WAS REALLY COOL. I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY HUSBAND AND MY COMPANY BECAUSE SHE SAYS AMY PROVIDED THE SOUND. AMY WAS VERY GOOD AT DELEGATING. THAT'S TRUE. MY HUSBAND, ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES AT AV PRO, DID COME OVER AT ABOUT 2:00 AND SCHLEP ALL THE GEAR AND SET IT UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD GOOD SOUND, AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT WAS DUE BECAUSE HE WORKED. I WANT TO I WANT TO ADD TO THAT CREDIT. SO UNTIL THE VERY END, AND I THINK DURING THE VERY BEGINNING AND IT WAS ALL SET UP, IT WAS MIKE'S AND EVERYTHING WAS THERE. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A THING. THE SOUND WAS GREAT. IT WAS FLAWLESS. NEAR THE END OF IT, I WAS LIKE, HEY, CAN I HELP TEAR DOWN? AND I WAS LIKE, THEY SAID THIS IN THEIR MIND. THEY'RE LIKE, REALLY? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? NOT EXACTLY. SO I DUMPED OUT THE EYES. THAT'S WHAT I DO. BUT THEY DID. BUT IT WAS, IT WAS. AND NOT ONLY THAT, IT CRACKED THE DOORS OPEN. YEAH. WE HAD TO GO IN THERE AND GET A GLASS OF WATER. WE SHARED SOME WINE. WE ALLOWED TO USE OUR RESTROOMS. AND WE GAVE SOME TOURS, WHICH WAS FUN. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GOOD. SO THERE'S THAT. SO. YEAH. YEAH. SO. YEAH. AND I GAVE YOU A TOUR OF THE THEATER, AND THAT WAS REALLY COOL. SO TO BE ABLE TO VISIT WITH HER. YEAH, IT WAS COOL. IT REMINDED ME OF BEING IN MEXICO. SHE'S JUST COMING DOWN THE STREET AND FINDING A MARIACHI BAND. IT WAS JUST SO WONDERFUL. THE COLORS AND PEOPLE. YEAH. YEAH, IT WAS VERY, LIKE, LAID BACK AND WELCOMING. AND I THINK PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT STUCK AROUND. LIKE WE HAD THOSE. I NOTICED THE GIRLS THAT LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD FINISHED WORKING OUT, AND THEY STUCK AROUND AND ATE FOOD AND LISTEN TO AUDIO. AND I ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE FRIENDS WHO I RECOGNIZED FROM, LIKE THE GYM. I WAS LIKE, OH, HEY, THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY WERE JUST HAPPENING TO WALK BY BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO GO GET A BOBA TEA OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW? AND THEN THEY STUCK AROUND TO FOR A LITTLE BIT. SO IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS JUST COMING TOGETHER AND THAT PEOPLE WERE JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME AND JUST RELAXED, LIKE IT WASN'T ANYTHING FORMAL OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, JUST, ARE WE GOING TO DO ANYTHING? BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE AT THE END OF THE EVENT, BECAUSE IT MADE ME THINKING WAS ABOUT THE THEATER AND AV PRO. DO WE DO ANY SOCIAL MEDIA THANK YOUS AFTER AN EVENT TO SHOW PICTURES AND TO THANK PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT, OR TO THANK OUR SPONSORS WHO WE DIDN'T KNOW WERE SPONSORS? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU GUYS THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO DO, AND CAN WE DO IT? ALEX. SHARED ANY PICTURES? THERE WERE A LOT OF PICTURES FROM AN A FEW OF YOU. YEAH, WELL, I'LL DO SOME PICTURES. I COULD SELL MY WORK. YEAH, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THAT WE WE HAVE SPONSORS AND WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER AND MAYORS FROM OTHER CITIES AND PEOPLE FROM OKLAHOMA. BECAUSE AGAIN, IT JUST I THINK IT OFFERS CREDIBILITY FOR IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO THAT, I THINK I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. ANY OTHER CONVERSATION ON ANY OF [00:45:04] THESE? LAST FOUR DOTS. I THINK IT'S NICE BECAUSE THE OWNER FROM SHAMELESS CAME TO THE INFO SESSION, BUT HE ALSO CAME TO THE KICKOFF, AND THEY'RE NOW COLLABORATING WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AROUND THERE TO TRY TO START DOING SOME TYPE OF EVENTS AND SOCIALS TO GET PEOPLE TO COME OUT. SO THAT'S NICE THAT THIS DID THAT FOR THEM. I THINK ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THERE'S THERE IS A COMMUNITY HERE, BUT WE'RE WE'RE FINDING WAYS TO BRING THEM TOGETHER ANYWAYS. AND THEN THEY JUST DO IT ON THEIR OWN. THAT'S THE COOL PART ABOUT IT. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 60, THE DUNCANVILLE ARTS BOARD HEARING. [6.B. Duncanville Art Tour] OKAY. THIS IS A DRAFT OF THE OF A FLIER. AND TIM WILL PROBABLY MAKE IT A LOT BETTER. BUT MOST OF THIS IS CONFIRMED. SO IT'S THE IDEA IS TO INVITE THE OLD AND NEW ARTS COMMISSION MEMBERS, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, AND MAYBE A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE LIKE PATRICIA HUBINGER OR SOMEONE CONNECTED TO HIM TO INTRODUCE THEM TO SOME OF DUNCANVILLE ARTISTS. AND SO TERRY HAYES AND KATHY ROBINSON HAYES ARE CONFIRMED FOR THAT MORNING. AND THEY HAVE A FRIEND ACROSS THE STREET WHO'S A MENTAL ARTIST WHO ALSO WANTS TO BE PART OF THE TOUR. VINCENT. AND THEN THERE WOULD BE LUNCH, AND THAT'S CONFIRMED. BOTH SATURDAYS WOULD HAVE LUNCH AT SHEILA'S AND THAT THERE WOULD BE LOCAL ARTISTS ON PUTTING THEIR WARES OUT ON A ON THE TABLES IN THE MEETING ROOM, SO IT WOULD BE JUST A CHANCE OF ANY ARTISTS WHO WANT TO COME AND SHOW UP AND AND HAVE SOMETHING THERE TO LOOK AT OR TO SHARE OR TO SELL OR WHATEVER COULD BE IN THAT SPACE. AND PEOPLE WOULD BUY THEIR OWN LUNCH. AND THEN THE OLDEN TIME MUSEUM. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME REACHING THEM. THEY DID SEND AN EMAIL MONTHS AGO ABOUT HOW THEY'RE RENOVATING THINGS, BUT I'M REALLY HOPING NOT FOR A FULL TOUR, BUT JUST AN EXPLANATION OF MRS AND PEOPLE CAN GLIMPSE INSIDE OF IT BECAUSE A TOUR WOULD BE HOURS LONG. BELIEVE ME, IT'S MAGIC. IT'S MAGIC. IT'S INTENSIVE AND IT'S IT WOULD COST MONEY. SO. BUT THIS WOULD JUST BE SOMEBODY MEETING US THERE TO SAY, HEY, WE'VE DONE THIS IS WHAT THIS IS. BECAUSE ANYWAY, IT'S WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT. OKAY. THEN THE NEXT SATURDAY. SO YOU'D HAVE DUDLEY SANDERS, WHO'S KIND OF A HE WORKS OUT OF A SHED, AND HE PAINTS THE MOST AMAZING OIL PAINTINGS. BUT HE WORKS IN THIS LITTLE TINY SHED, SO MAYBE 4 OR 5 PEOPLE CAN COME IN AT ONCE, YOU KNOW? AND BUT HE'S A GO. THEN THERE'S GALLERY IN CEDAR HILL AND VISUAL EXPRESSION AND THEY'RE ALL THEY'RE BOTH WILLING AND INTERESTED TO HAVE PEOPLE COME BY AND SEE WHAT'S THERE AND, AND HAVE A LITTLE HISTORY OR WHATEVER. AND I THINK THIS IS LOVELY. AND YOU'VE MADE IT EASY. VERY IMPRESSIVE. IT'S LIKE A HOME TOUR. I LOVE THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO TO EITHER ONE, BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU. BUT I THINK YOU DID SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB. YOU MADE THIS EASY. AND THEN OTHER FOLKS CAN PICK UP AND RUN WITH IT, TOO. WELL, I HOPE SO. I MEAN, IT SEEMS FUN AND THAT EVEN IF IT'S JUST A FEW PEOPLE, THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE AWARENESS. AND THEN THE AND WE COULD INVITE PEOPLE LIKE MATT COULD HAVE HIS SCULPTURES, YOU KNOW, OUT ON THE TABLE. I CAN HAVE MY BOOK AND CAN HAVE HER LIBRARY AND BOOKS AND THINGS. HOW CAN YOU HELP PROMOTE THIS FOR HER? IF YOU CAN GIVE ME THE PDF OF THIS. I CAN START WITH THAT. THIS IS DRAFT, SO LET'S LET TIM SEE IT BECAUSE HE MAY GO, OH, THIS IS UGLY. LET ME FIX IT. I LOVE THIS FOR YOU TO DO THIS FOR A WHILE. YEAH, I SAID I LOVE THIS FOR YOU. YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS FOR A WHILE. I LOVE THAT. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU DID SUCH A GOOD JOB. YOU'VE MADE THIS SO EASY. I MEAN, LITERALLY, THIS IS. I KNOW IT WAS HARD WORK FOR YOU, BUT YOU'VE MADE THIS EASY, AND I CAN SAY GOOD JOB. WHAT IS IT AT THE MUSEUM IS NOT. THEY HAVE AN ODD POLICY OF POINTING PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR A TOUR. AND SO IT'S NEVER BEEN AN OPEN POPULAR THING BECAUSE IT TAKES SOME EFFORT. I DID A TOUR ONCE. I DID TWO, AND IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET ENOUGH PEOPLE TO SIGN UP TO MY CHAMBER ACTIVITY OR SOMETHING. SO THERE WAS LIKE ALMOST TOO MANY PEOPLE. YEAH, IT WAS HUGE. A BIT BUT YEAH, IT TOOK OUR LIKE WE WERE IN THERE FOR ALMOST TWO, OVER TWO HOURS LOOKING AT EVERYTHING AND COULD HAVE STAYED LONGER. YEAH. IT'S IT'S IT'S A LOT. IT'S VERY INTERESTING. IT'S IT'S AND SOME AMAZINGLY COOL PIECES AND THE HISTORY AND YOU GET TO HEAR THEM AND EVEN [00:50:06] PARTICIPATE IN IT, YOU KNOW. YEAH. I'VE NEVER BEEN IN IT, BUT ALL I HEAR IS AMAZING THINGS ABOUT IT. IT'S A LOT OF ONE OF A KIND ALMOST, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE SO THEY'RE ANTIQUE. THEY'RE HISTORICAL. AND THEY HAVE PIECES THAT THEY HAVE RESTORED THAT PERHAPS OTHERWISE. CALLIOPES. THEY HAVE OLD PHOTOGRAPHS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT VINTAGES OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE YEARS. AND ANYTHING THAT MAKES MUSIC, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE CIRCUS ORGANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND IT'S IN WORK. NEARLY EVERYTHING WORKS. WOW. SO IT'S VERY GOOD. THEY DONATED A PHOTOGRAPH AND A PERIOD PIECE TO, I THINK, A LIONS CLUB AUCTION SEVERAL YEARS AGO. AND TOM AND I BOUGHT IT, AND WE'VE USED IT IN TWO PLAYS. THEY HAVE THE WHOLE THING WHERE YOU WIND IT UP. DOES IT WORK? YEAH, I KNOW IT WORKS. IT'S GREAT. YEAH. IT'S COOL. SO ANYWAY, IT'S A VERY IT'S A VERY NICE MUSEUM. AND IF WE GET 20 PEOPLE TOGETHER AND ARRANGE FOR THAT AT SOME POINT, IT REALLY WOULD BE NICE TO DO THAT. MAKES SENSE. BUT WE COULD RECOMMEND TO THE NEXT ARTS COMMISSION TO SPONSOR A TOUR SOMETIME SO THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION WOULD PAY FOR A PUBLIC TOUR. PEOPLE WOULD SIGN UP FOR TO GET IT STARTED, YOU KNOW, TO GET IT ON THE MAP OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW? YEAH. SPONSOR ART AND ART OUTING. THEY DO A SERIES OF ART OUTINGS EVERY YEAR. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I LOVE IT, THOUGH. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX C PLANNING FOR THE NEXT ARTS COMMISSION. [6.C. Planning for the Next Arts Commission] I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO START. ALEX, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START THIS CONVERSATION? THIS WAS YOUR IDEA. IT'S MY IDEA. YOU HAD BROUGHT UP THAT YOU. YOU WANTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT TO LEAVE FOR THEM, WHAT TO SET THEM UP. SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO BE THE ARTS COMMISSION NEXT MONTH THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS THAT HAVEN'T GONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS. ONE IS THE MIDNIGHT MURALS PROJECT THAT MR. FERGUSON TALKED ABOUT. THIS IS IMPORTANT. I HAD A I HAD A PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION WITH ALEX AND MACK AND OFFICER ARIAS BECAUSE THIS IS A THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT EMERGED FROM OUR JUNETEENTH PROGRAM WHEN WE HAD THE THE PANEL DISCUSSION. AND SO THIS IS THE ORIGIN OF IT. AND PART OF THE CONVERSATION DURING THAT MEETING WAS. IS THE ARTS HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN PUBLIC SAFETY. AND AND SO THAT KIND OF CAPTURED OUR CONVERSATION. AND OF COURSE MR. FERGUSON HAS SOME REALLY COMPELLING STORIES TO THAT POINT. BUT WHEN WE HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH OFFICER ARIAS, SHE WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE. SHE COULD SEE THE ROLE IN IT. AND THE FORMER CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME, HE SENT ME AN EMAIL SAYING THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HELP ORGANIZE THIS, TO GET THIS THROUGH CITY HALL, BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THOSE MULTIPLE TOUCH POINT PROJECTS THE ARTS COMMISSION CAN CAN DO. THERE ARE GOING TO BE THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ZONING AND PERMITS AND POLICE AND KIDS AND ARTISTS AND PAINT. BUT I'VE GOT SOME, SOME FOLKS WHO HAVE TO PROVIDE A ROLE JUST OUT OF RANDOM MR. FERGUSON. I ASKED HIM AT THE JUNETEENTH, HOW MANY WALLS DO YOU NEED? HE SAID, I DON'T KNOW, SIX. SO I FOUND HIM SIX WALLS. AND AND SO THE IDEA IS OSTENSIBLY YOU HEARD ABOUT THE COHORT OF STUDENTS AND AND BRINGING OTHER PROFESSIONAL MURALS IN. BUT IT'S MEANT TO BE A A COMPREHENSIVE NARRATIVE OF DUNCANVILLE. SO IT'S NOT A ONE OFF. SO ON ONE WALL, YOU MIGHT HAVE A GROUP OF PATHS OR THIS AREA, ANOTHER WALL, YOU MIGHT HAVE THE STORY OF A FAMILY, ANOTHER WALL YOU MIGHT. SO IT'S MEANT TO TELL A STORY, AND THEN IT'S MEANT TO HAVE SORT OF A HOME BASE SO THAT A STORY CAN BE TOLD. GOOGLE MAPS LOTS OF OTHER CITIES DO THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN THE REALLY NICE THING ABOUT THAT IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MURALS ALL OVER TOWN. IT SEEMS LIKE MURALS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY POPULAR. BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A COHORT OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE A SENSE OF PRIDE THAT THEY WERE PART OF THIS, AND IT WILL ALWAYS BELONG TO THEM. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THOSE GENERATIONAL THINGS, I THINK, THAT ARE IMPORTANT. THAT'S ONE THING THAT I HOPE THE ARTS COMMISSION THINKS ABOUT. THE NEXT ONE, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ALEX AND MEMBERS FROM I THINK THE NEXT BIG THING THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION IS GOING TO HAVE TO HANDLE IS PLANNING ZONING. IF YOU LOOK AT DUNCANVILLE 2040 AND YOU DO A WORD SEARCH OR ARTS, THE WHOLE THING LIGHTS UP. BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PLANNING, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ZONING. AND FOR THAT, THE FORMER CITY MANAGER, I THINK, WAS AT HER JUNE MEETING, PRESENTED A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE CULTURAL DISTRICT. AND IT'S VERY ZONING HEAVY. [00:55:02] I MADE A PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF WELL, AT THAT MEETING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING FOLKS AND IT WAS EVENTUALLY THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE IS GOING TO HOPEFULLY APPLY FOR RECOGNITION FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION FOR THE CULTURAL DISTRICT. WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN A LOT OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THAT BUT ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS IS THAT THEY SHOW THAT WE ARE CHANGING THE CITY FOR THE ARTS. SO WHILE THEY'RE THERE, THERE'S A THERE'S ESSER WHICH CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T LIKE. AND THERE'S EVENT. ONE OF THE THINGS A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES DO IS THEY DO THEY DO TEMPORARY ARTS ACTIVATION. SO ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BE, LET'S SAY 180 DAYS OR LESS. SO IT'S NOT A SPECIAL EVENT, BUT THEY'RE NOT SETTING UP SHOP FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS. GENERALLY THESE THINGS LOOKED AS THE BEGINNING OF A PIPELINE FOR INVESTMENT. SO YOU COULD IMAGINE IF 38 YEARS AGO THE THEATER HAD THIS SORT OF ZONING, IT COULD HAVE LAUNCHED YOU A LITTLE BIT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. AND SO THE IDEA IS FOR THE ARTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS AN ARTIST, AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TO MAKE THIS PLACE HOME. IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE'RE BRINGING PEOPLE IN FOR ONE NIGHT AND THEY LEAVE. SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THESE ARE THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN STARTED AND THEY JUST RAN OUT OF STEAM. SO I THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF, YOU KNOW, FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOR THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO CONTINUE. SO IS THERE ANY OTHER? ARE WE BEQUEATHING ANYTHING? IS THERE SOMETHING LIKE A, LIKE A WE MADE A MARK WITH THE, THE THE MIXERS. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'RE POTENTIALLY ANOTHER BOARD WANTS TO PARTNER WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION TO HELP FUND THE MIXERS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO SOME OF YOUR CONTACT ARE. WHO IS IT THAT YOU'VE TALKED TO AT JOVI? WHO IS IT THAT YOU HOW YOU GO ABOUT FINDING THE PEOPLE TO ENTERTAIN AT THESE MIXERS WHO ARE. YEAH, I MUST. SHE SAID JOVI. WHO? HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT WHEN WE GO? GO FORWARD. I, I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING HARD THAT SHE WILL FIGURE OUT. LIKE, I FEEL LIKE JUST LIKE ALEX. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. ANTHONY. ALEX, YOU KNOW, KNOWS WHO'S THE CONTACTS OF JOVI'S AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO HE HAS THE CONTACTS. WHO KNOWS? NO, NO, NO, I WASN'T BUILDING ANYTHING IN A I THINK EVERYONE DID THEIR PART, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. YOU'LL DO JUST FINE. EVERYONE'S MORE THAN CAPABLE HERE. AMY'S BEEN FRIENDS FOR 30 YEARS. AND I THINK THAT ANGELA IS MORE THAN CAPABLE. CAPABLE? SHE HAS MORE CONTACTS THAN ANYBODY. AND YOU KNOW, THE CREATIVE. SO I FEEL WITH JUST THEM LEADING THAT NEXT BOARD, THEY'LL BE FAR MORE THAN FINE. I, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO ATTENDING ANY, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING Y'ALL THROW AND I CAN JUST COME CHILL NOW YOU KNOW SO I I'M EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS I THINK ALSO DON'T ALLOW OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE COME UP WITH. RIGHT. AND BE OPEN TO NEW IDEAS. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A NEW BOARD AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME WITH NEW FIRE AND PASSION. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT. AND I'M GLAD THAT THERE'S A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT CAN SHOW THEM THE WAY AND JUST KIND OF HELP GIVE THEM SOME LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE IN THIS AREA UNTIL YOUR TEEN YEARS UP. RIGHT. THIS HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, I SERVED ON THE BOARDS AND STUFF, BUT THIS HAS BEEN REALLY SPECIAL TO ME. YOU GUYS ARE A REALLY SPECIAL GROUP. I'VE ENJOYED YOU. I'VE ENJOYED OUR THE LAST YOU KNOW, THAT COMES WITH THAT, THE COOKIES, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR EVERYTHING AND THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT I FEEL LIKE I'VE MADE. AND, ALEX, A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO YOU. ALEX INVITED ME TO BE A PART OF THE BOARD. WE HAD WORKED TOGETHER FOR A WHILE, AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS LIKE, I DON'T GOT TIME. AND YOU KNOW, I HAD A CONTRACT. AND SO I ACTUALLY ALWAYS WORKED ON TUESDAYS. AND SO I ALWAYS DROVE BACK FROM FRISCO, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I JUST HAD TO GET TO. AND IT'S BEEN A REALLY HONOR. LIKE, SHE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH YOUR VISION AND HELPING US OUT. NO, NO, NO, BECAUSE YOU LIKE TO TAKE LITTLE THINGS, BUT YOU, YOU'VE HELD US TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE BIG PERSONALITIES AND OUR OWN VISIONS, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE, WE ALL CAME TOGETHER AT THE END OF THE DAY AND MADE IT HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER COOKING OUR OWN FOOD. HOW ABOUT THAT? RIGHT. BUT THE THING IS, IS LOOK AT US NOW, LIKE THERE'S A WE'VE LEFT THIS COMMISSION IN BETTER SHAPE FOR THE NEXT COMMISSION. AND I AM VERY CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL TAKE THIS AND RUN WITH IT AND DO WONDERFUL THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU, ALEX, GIVING US THIS PRIVILEGE REALLY. AND LET ME JUST SAY AND THEN I'LL AND THEN I'M GOING TO SHUT UP FOR COMMISSIONERS TO REMAIN. THOSE WHO ARE LEAVING ARE STILL A PHONE CALL AWAY. NOBODY'S FALLING OFF UNTIL SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS JUST GOING TO GROW, THAT THIS BODY IS GOING TO DOUBLE. AND SO WHETHER THEY'RE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION OR NOT, THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE PART OF THIS RECORD, THIS GROUP. YES. I THINK I STARTED A LIST OF RESOURCES LIKE CREATIVES. [01:00:01] I KNOW I HAD A LIST. ANYWAY, I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A LIST SOMEWHERE THAT IS KEPT UP. AND THEN I WAS IN CARROLLTON THE OTHER DAY, AND IN THE TOWN SQUARE THEY HAD ALL THIS WONDERFUL FABRIC ART. IT WAS LIKE THE TREES WERE DECORATED, YOU KNOW, FOR THE HISPANIC HERITAGE THAT THING. SO SOMEBODY MADE THE EFFORT TO KNIT ALL THESE OUTFITS FOR THE TREES AND THEN SEWED THEM ON THERE. BUT IT WAS LIKE AT LEAST 12 OF THEM. I COUNTED. AND THE THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THE THERE WAS A LOT OF DECOR, BUT I THINK THAT IT PROVES THAT THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE TALENTED AND ALL KIND OF THINGS, AND THAT THE MORE YOU INVOLVE AND INCLUDE, THE MORE SATISFACTORY EVENTS WILL BE WHEN YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, SO AND SO FROM DOWN THE STREET, KNITTED THESE OUTFITS, YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL THAT WE'RE STILL NOT TAPPING. AND TODAY I WAS AT THE HOME OF RICK DUNCAN, AND HE MAKES THESE BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURAL PIECES WHERE YOU CAN PUT A CANDLE IN. AND I SAID, RICK, COME OVER ON THIS DAY. AND HE WAS LIKE, OH, REALLY? YES. I MEAN, JUST EVEN A LOCAL CRAFTSMAN. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST WE DON'T KNOW NO. THE COMMUNITY IN THAT FOLEY AND DUNCAN SWITCH SOMETIMES HAS VENDORS WHO ARE TALENTED AT VARIOUS THINGS. I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S JUST A LOT MORE THAT CAN BE DONE PULLING THESE PEOPLE OUT OF THE WOODWORK AND INCLUDING THEM IN ACTIVITIES. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. SOMEBODY I KNOW FROM PIP OR FIRST METHODIST. HIS BUSINESS IS HOUSE INSPECTIONS. HE MAKES THE MOST EXQUISITE AND HE WAS OF THE HE WAS AT THE FIRST YEAR JUST WON EVERYTHING AT THE STATE FAIR. THIS YEAR HE'S GOT LIKE WHATEVER. HE WON FIRST PRIZE THERE EXQUISITELY. SO YEAH HE'S HERE. WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING. WHAT ELSE? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION BUSINESS IS CONCLUDED. IT IS 734. WE'RE ADJOURNED. WELL DONE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.