May 12, 2026 Arts Commission

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CAN I GO AHEAD AND START? JUST SAY IT FOR THE MIC. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED AT 630.

[1. Call to Order]

[2. Receive Public Comments, limit 2-minutes per individual speaker.]

[3.A. The Arts Commission to consider the March 24, 2026, Regular Meeting Minutes]

OH, OKAY. OKAY. HAS ANYBODY EVER TAKEN A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES? I'M SORRY. THAT'S GOOD. MOVE. MOTION TO APPROVE. BY AMY JACKSON. SECOND BY MATT BROWNING. SENT IN READINESS.

ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. SO MOVE ON. YES. IT'S A IT'S A

[4. Commissioners Reports (limit to 2 minutes each)]

IT'S A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA. WE RAN IT LAST THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND IT WAS WELL RECEIVED. WE DID A MOTHER'S DAY SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY EVENT ON SUNDAY AND THIRD SPECIAL REFRESHMENTS AND RECOGNIZED EVERYONE. AND IT'S ALWAYS A SPECIAL TIME. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO LOOK FORWARD TO IT AND COME FROM FAR AWAY, JUST TO CELEBRATE MOTHER'S DAY WITH US, WHICH IS ALWAYS KIND OF COOL. AND THEN I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE DID AS WELL. BUT L'AFFAIRE WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. INTENDED THAT THAT RECEPTION FRIDAY NIGHT. I WAS OUT OF TOWN ON SATURDAY. BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO ANGELA AND OTHERS WHO WORKED SO HARD ON THAT. I SAW THE CHICK WHO WAS THE ONE THERE. I SAW IT, BUT I DIDN'T CHRISTIE FRY. I'LL TALK ABOUT IT. I'M GOING TO HAVE HIM NEXT YEAR. OKAY. AND THEN, MISS LYDIA, I HAVE REALLY BEEN BUSY. NOT SO MUCH. WITH THIS COMMITTEE, BUT I DID ATTEND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTS FESTIVAL AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK. THERE WERE 60 ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO CONVERGED, AND ACTUALLY, IT WAS AN. IT WAS REALLY LONG. ALSO HAVE BEEN ON CAPITOL HILL IN DC DOING ADVOCACY WORK FOR SUSAN G.

KOMEN THE BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER TREATMENT. YEAH, THAT WAS A BIG PIECE OF MY TIME.

VISITING LEGISLATORS AND BEGGING FOR MONEY. BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET SOME OF THEM TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE EVERY THREE MINUTES ON THAT HAS DIED FROM CANCER AND BREAST CANCER. SO I AM REALLY COMMITTED TO THAT. THAT IS MY PASSION. THAT IS MY NONPROFIT WORKING ON MY NONPROFIT. SPEAKING OF THAT, HAD A CANDIDATES FORUM FOR A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE RUNOFF ELECTION FOR DALLAS COUNTY. THAT'S COMING UP ON MARCH THE 6TH AT THE JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY. AND IT WAS. INCREDIBLE. ALL ALL OF THE

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HE'S MY FAVORITE HERO. I ALSO DID THE BALLOON FEST, AND I DID ONE SCHOOL WHERE WE DID THE STEM. I WASN'T I WASN'T EXACTLY WONDERFUL DOING THAT. I THINK YOU DID A BETTER JOB. WORKING WITH THE STEM AT THE SCHOOL. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCHOOL, WHEN WE DID THE SCHOOL, WELL, I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO. NO NO NO NO NO NO. I HAD I ACTUALLY LEFT EARLY. THAT WAS THE THAT ONE. YES. THE FLOOD. YEAH. THAT WAS THE DAY THE FLOOD. IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, MY HOUSE HAS BEEN FLOODED AND I WAS LIVING AT THE HILTON GARDEN FOR ALMOST TWO MONTHS. BUT WE FINALLY FOUND ME AN AIRBNB. AND NOW I'M OFFICIALLY A RESIDENT OF GRAND PRAIRIE. AND THE LEASE I HAVE FOR THE AIRBNB IS TO KNOW JULY. SO I DON'T I'M HOPING. I'M HOPING THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME THEY WILL START PUTTING FLOORS BACK DOWN. YEAH.

CABINETS AND ALL THOSE THINGS. BUT THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON. THEY RIPPED UP EVERYTHING AND BOXED UP EVERYTHING. BUT IT'S JUST SITTING THERE. I'VE BEEN OVER THERE TONIGHT AND I KNOW IT'S NOT. BUT ANYWAY, AND I'M SURE I'VE DONE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS. I FEEL LIKE I'VE DONE SO. OH, I WENT TO VANDERBILT. I HAD A STUDENT WHO GRADUATED FROM MEDICAL SCHOOL, AND SO I WAS AT VANDERBILT THIS PAST WEEKEND. AND IT WAS SUCH A REWARDING EXPERIENCE TO SEE ALL THESE BRIGHT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING OUT INTO THE WORLD, AND MEDICAL DOCTORS. AND MY PARTICULAR STUDENT, SHE HAS DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON BREAST CANCER. AND SO SHE IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. SO I DID THAT, AND I GOT ONE WHO'S GETTING READY TO GRADUATE FROM HARVARD, AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A TRIP TO HARVARD UP TO. SO THAT I GET THIS MASSACHUSETTS TO, TO HIS GRADUATION. SO IT'S BEEN A BUSY TIME. THANK YOU, MISS TAYLOR. WE DID ANOTHER SCHOOL LIKE AND I AND HE DID PROBABLY MOST OF THE WORK, WHICH I BUILT BRIDGES WITH OUR.

OUR LIBRARIAN. THE L'AFFAIRE WAS FUN IN THAT I GOT TO WORK WITH SHEILA, AND I HIRED A VIOLINIST FOR THE MUSIC. LEARNED A LOT, AND I WILL KIND OF SEGUE INTO OUR POET LAUREATE ABOUT THAT. THEY WERE GOING TO USE SOME CULINARY ARTS STUDENTS. THEY DIDN'T, BUT THEY THERE WAS TALK OF THAT AND I THOUGHT, WOW, WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO USE A POET LAUREATE TO DO MY FINALLY, MY EKPHRASTIC PROJECT WITH FOOD AND ART, WHICH THEY HAVE SOME OF. AND ARTISTS WE COULD BRING THOSE IN AND, AND WRITERS. SO I'M LOOKING AT THAT. LAST NIGHT I WAS AN EVENT WITH VAN JONES. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE SPEAKER HE. IT WAS THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE THAT INVITED ME TO THIS. WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE OUR COUNCILMAN ELECT, JARED DAVIS, WORKS WITH HIM. HE IS ONE OF THEIR ONE OF THEIR COALITION PEOPLE. HE DIDN'T GET TO GO LAST NIGHT. THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY, BUT IT WAS QUITE AN INTERESTING, INTERESTING EVENING. THANK YOU DADDY. YEAH. THAT'S ONE. SERIOUSLY VERY. THAT'S THE HARVARD MOTTO. HOW WONDERFUL. I'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD MANAGING MY TWO BUSINESSES. AND IN RELATION TO ART, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE ONLY COMEDY CLUB IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND WE SUPER BOOKED IT UNTIL WE HAVE LIKE 30 SHOWS RIGHT NOW FROM HERE TILL THE END OF JULY. SO IT'S A LOT WORKING WITH EVERYONE, TRYING TO HUSTLE. I GOT THE BIGGEST. I'M WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MIC DROP COMEDY CLUB. THEY'RE GOING TO START LIKE WORKING WITH OUR CLUB AS LIKE LITTLE PARTNERS AND ALSO WITH THE GUY WHO RUNS THE BIGGEST COMEDY FESTIVAL IN ALL OF TEXAS, IN PARIS, TEXAS.

HE WANTS TO DO ACTIVITIES WITH US. SO I LIKE THAT PARTNERSHIP. HIS NAME IS DARYL AND OBVIOUSLY HAD A BABY SO SERIOUSLY. BUT MY WIFE WOULD DISAGREE. I DON'T EVEN TALK TO HIM. YEAH. WE GOT

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AND IT'S CALLED VOICES. VOICES. BUT YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP. FRANCISCO SAID THAT THEY WILL START COMING OUT ON TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS. OKAY. SEE, ON SATURDAY, HE TOLD ME TUESDAYS. WE'RE ALMOST THERE. OH, OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COOL. YEAH. OFFICIALLY, YES. IT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE ON ALL PLATFORMS. ALL PLATFORMS. JUST GO TO YOUR PODCAST APP AND SEARCH FOR DE VIL VOICES. D APOSTROPHE APOSTROPHE VILLE. YES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT THE APOSTROPHE. MR. IT IS WITH THE APOSTROPHE. MR. LUKE. OH, REALLY? BUT I'VE BEEN BUT I'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE THEY HONESTLY, JUST LIKE THE THE SCHOOL EVENTS AND THEN GOING TO, YOU KNOW, BALLOONFEST HEALTH FAIR. THAT WAS A TON OF FUN. I GOT TO PLAY MY VIOLIN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LITTLE BIT. SO JUST TO ENJOY MYSELF, THAT WAS ABOUT IT. WHAT ELSE HAPPENED? HE PLAYED FOR OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL. WELL, MY MY COUSINS WANT ME TO TO GO PLAY WITH LIKE THEIR WEDDING AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. BUT I HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT I GOT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT NEED MIGHT NEED TO USE YOU FOR AN UPCOMING EVENT. OKAY. I NEED TO TELL YOU THOUGH, YOU'RE GETTING ALL THESE BOOKINGS NOW. LET'S GO. BESIDES THAT WORK HAS BEEN PRETTY BUSY. A TON OF SICK PATIENTS, BUT WE'RE GETTING THEM BACK TO HOPEFULLY LIKE BASELINE STABILITY. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN GREAT OVERALL. THANK YOU. MR. KOCHER. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I HAVE A POEM THAT I LOVE TO READ. I SENT IT TO ALEX ALREADY. IT'S CALLED SO SPEAK, SPEAK WORDS THAT BUILD AS FOUNDATION, FIRM AND TRUTH, STABLE AND DEPENDABLE. SPEAK WORDS THAT FREE AND FLIGHT TO GIVE THAT SING OF HOPE AND MORNING LIGHT. IRREPRESSIBLE. SPEAK WORDS THAT HEAL. GATHER AROUND THE BROKENHEARTED. COMFORT OFFERED. RESTORABLE GHOST SPEAK. NO. I WROTE THAT DOWN AS BEST AS I COULD. VERY GOOD. THEY'LL BE IN THE. IT'LL BE IN THE MINUTES. YEAH. OH, REALLY? YEAH. YEAH, IT'S BEEN A MINUTE. OKAY. FOR ME, I ATTENDED A CABARET AT THE SAMMONS AT THE INVITATION OF RON THOMPSON. THIS YOUNG LADY PERFORMANCE, DENISE LEE. IT WAS REALLY NICE. THE SAMMONS IS VERY NICE. PLACE AND LOCATION. I WISH WE HAD ONE HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, A BUILDING THAT COULD DO THE THINGS THAT THEY DO. AND PERHAPS WE WILL ONE DAY. BUT THAT WAS VERY NICE. I ALSO WORKED WITH LUKE AT ONE OF THE DUNCANVILLE FAMILY MATH NIGHTS, BECAUSE WE HAD THAT WORKBOOK, WE FINISHED THAT WORKBOOK COLORING BY MATH NUMBERS. BUT LUKE IS GREAT WITH THE KIDS. HE'S GOT ALL THE PATIENCE OF JOB WITH THEM, SO WE APPRECIATE IT. ALSO. SO DID THE ONES WHO GRADUATE JULIAN AND HIS ON HIS DAUGHTER. FOR THOSE. SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT IN OUR SOUTHWEST.

NOW, MADAM, MISS COLEMAN RECEIVED THE FIRST. RON BIVINS, BARBARA RUCKER CORPORATE COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD. WOW. I GOT ALL I DID, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT. IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE. OUR CO-CHAIR HAS A BOOK OUT, MATT BROWNING CALLED FACING THE STORM. IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN GETTING YOUR AUTOGRAPHED COPY FROM HIM, ONE OF OUR. WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? GRANT RECIPIENTS. KANSAS JOHNSON HAS STARTED PUTTING OUT HER FLIERS FOR HE THAT FINDS A WIFE. HER DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO AUGUST 15TH, 2026 AND. PARDON. WAS THE LOCATION AT THE SAME PLACE DUNCANVILLE FIELDHOUSE. AND SO SHE'S GOING TO POST IT ON OUR GROUP SITE

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L'AFFAIRE WAS GREAT BLOOM FEST. I THINK US DOING IT IN A COMBINATION WITH BLOOM WAS GREAT. THE FOOD WAS DELICIOUS. THAT THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER WITH US AND JUST EVERYTHING WENT WENT WELL. WE AN IDEA CAME UP. WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR MEETING. SO BUT I WENT AHEAD AND MOVED FORWARD WITH THE IDEA THAT I WAS GOING TO BRING TO THE MEETING WITH BLOOM WITH L'AFFAIRE WAS THEY HAD AN AWARD THEY HAD BEST IN SHOW THAT FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE BRAD PRITCHETT. BUT ON SATURDAY WE HAD PEOPLE'S CHOICE AND DEVIN DID AN AWESOME JOB. OH, OUR TENT IS UP TO. THANK YOU. THAT TENT. WE LOOK SO CUTE. WE WERE IN COLLABORATION AT THE TENT.

WE HAD THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, PEOPLE HAD A TABLE AND WE WORKED TOGETHER. THEY WERE HELPING OUT AND DOING SOME THINGS. LINDA AND LOU CAME OUT, MARIANNE CAME OUT, BUT THEN YOU DISAPPEARED. BUT YOU CAME OUT. MY GRANDKIDS. OKAY. YEAH, BUT BUT SHE WAS THERE ALL DAY FRIDAY. YEAH. SO WE HAD AN IDEA THAT CAME UP CALLED PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD. AND I WAS GOING TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT USING OUR NON HOT FUNDS TO DO AN AWARD FOR ONE OF THE ARTISTS.

BUT SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING, WE DIDN'T HAVE IT. THERE WAS A 250 DONATION. AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY DURING THAT FRIDAY EVENING, WE STARTED GETTING ADDITIONAL DONATIONS.

AND SO WE WERE UP TO $400. SO WE GAVE THEM, WE GAVE THE WINNER OF PEOPLE'S CHOICE A $400 CASH PRIZE. SHE LOVED IT. ALL THE OTHER ARTISTS WANTED IT. IT WAS A BIG HIT, AND IT PROVIDED US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON STAGE AND MAKE THAT PRESENTATION. SO IT WAS IT WAS NICE. SO. SO WHO WERE WHO WERE THE BEST OF SHOWING AND SAYING THE SAME PERSON? CHRISTIE FRY BOTH. SHE WON THEM BOTH. YES. AND DEVIN DID AN AWESOME JOB WITH THE LITTLE FLIERS THAT WE HAD. I THOUGHT I HAD MINE, BUT I CAN'T FIND IT WITH ELEPHANT. THEY COULD JUST DO A QR CODE AND AND DO THE VOTING AND SO FORTH. WE HAD OUR TENT OUTSIDE WITH THE ARTS AND WE WERE SORT OF PUSHED, YOU KNOW, TELLING PEOPLE THAT IT'S THIS IS THE WAY TO GO. SO TO GO INTO THE ART EXHIBIT. AND WE ALSO TOLD THEM IT WAS COOL IN THERE COMPARED TO OUTSIDE. SO SO THAT RAN THEM IN THERE. SO, BUT YEAH, THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS GREAT, BUT EVERYTHING I THINK JUST WENT WELL. SO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE, KUDOS TO EVERYBODY. APPRECIATE IT. WE DID ANOTHER PODCAST ONE AND WE HAVE ONE COMING UP ON THE 21ST. IS IT NEXT WEEK? NEXT WEEK WE HAVE. BUT IF YOU ALL HAVE AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER, BUT WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP. OKAY. SO THAT'S IT FOR ME. ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, WE'LL GO ON TO

[5.A. 2026 Arts and Business Mixer]

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THEY DID ONE FOR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY FOR DINNER. OKAY. HE WORKS WITH YOU. OKAY, OKAY. AND WE DID HAVE A BUSINESS MIXER AT SMOKEY D'S, SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO MAYBE USE SOME DIFFERENT A DIFFERENT. YEAH. SO MAYBE WE CAN CHECK OUT WITH ODOM. SO WE NEED TO GET A DATE AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL THEN WE'LL APPROACH THEM. SO THAT'S THE NEXT ONE THAT'S COMING UP SINCE YOU'RE THIS IS COMING UP REALLY FAST AND YOU ONLY HAVE MAYBE ONE MORE MEETING BEFORE THEN.

ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DID WITH, WITH THE PREVIOUS MIXERS WAS YOU DID A SUBCOMMITTEE OF PEOPLE WHO COORDINATED SO THAT YOU DIDN'T REQUIRE EVERYBODY AGREED THAT THERE BE A SUBCOMMITTEE, AND YOU ALL AGREED WHO THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD BE. AND THEN THAT SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ALL THE DECISIONS, MADE ALL THE DECISIONS. RIGHT NOW, THERE'S ONE THING. WELL, NO, THAT'S FOR SOMEONE ELSE. ANYBODY WANT TO BE ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE? I'LL BE GLAD TO. I WOULD, I'D LIKE TO. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. JUST. OKAY. IF ANYBODY ELSE DECIDES TO LATER, JUST LET ME KNOW. DO YOU HAVE SOME TIME? AND WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND AND WORK THIS THING OUT. THE ONLY ASK IS THAT IT'S A MINORITY OF THE GROUP. IT'S NOT A MAJORITY. SO THERE'S NO QUORUM. AND THEN YOU CAN COMMUNICATE THROUGH DEVIN AND I. AND BECAUSE DEVIN'S GOING TO BE THE PERSON ON THE GROUND WHO WILL GET EVERYTHING DONE. BUT YEAH, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. OKAY.

SO WHAT IS THE BUDGET? DC, DC IS GOING TO COVER TWO OF THESE FOR 3000 EACH. OH, WOW. THAT'S THAT'S A LOT OF BARBECUE. YEAH. NOT REALLY THAT MUCH BARBECUE. AND THEN AND THEN THAT'LL GIVE TIME FOR YOU TO GO THROUGH THE NEXT GRANT CYCLE AND GET YOUR MONEY FOR THE, THE, I THINK THERE'LL BE ONE THAT WOULD BE LEFT AFTER THAT. YEAH. WOULD THAT BE ODUM'S BARBECUE? EXCUSE ME. I'M JUST TRYING TO LEARN MY WAY AROUND. IT'S THE ONE ON. WHAT IS IT? ORIOLE. ORIOLE? IS IT BARBECUE? OKAY, I KNOW THAT FAMILY. IT'S AN ORIOLE NORTH OF CAMPUS. YEAH, I KNOW THEY HAVE A LOCATION. IT WAS THERE FOREVER. YEAH, THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOREVER. AND THEY ADVERTISE IN QUITE A FEW PUBLICATIONS. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY ON THAT ONE. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, TO, TO SETTLE DOWN ON A DATE. AND THEN THEN ALL THE LOGISTICS PARTS WILL BE MOVED QUICKLY. WE'LL MOVE QUICKLY. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETIME IN JUNE, SOMETIME IN THE FIRST, SECOND OR THIRD WEEK OF JUNE, PROBABLY THE SECOND OR THIRD WEEK OF JUNE. OKAY. OKAY. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS. NUMBER SIX, WE HAVE DIFFERENT

[6.A. The Arts Commission to consider a grant request for the project titled "Art Exhibit."]

REBLOOM. MID-SUMMER. OKAY. THE FIRST ONE IS ENTITLED ART EXHIBIT. LETICIA DE. ANY THOUGHTS? WHAT PAGE TEN. TEN TO 14 OR 15. YEAH, IT'S THE VERY FIRST STAND RIGHT HERE. YES, MA'AM. YEAH. WHAT CAN YOU. NOW, THE ONLY THING THAT I NOTE THAT I PUT EVEN WHEN I WAS DOING IT

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WHAT SHE WAS ASKING FOR WAS 3000. THAT WAS 100% OF THE FUNDING. AND WE NORMALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT GIVING SEED MONEY, NOT 100% OF THE FUNDING OF THE EVENT. THOSE ARE MY TWO COMMENTS. WELL, I HAD THE SAME CONCERNS, ANGELA, AND I COULDN'T TELL WHEN I WAS YOUR BUDGET. IT SAID MATCHING FUNDS AND THERE WAS A 3000 THERE, BUT I IT WAS LIKE EVENT, EVENT RENTAL AND EVENT FACILITY RENTAL AND UTILITIES, WHICH IS PART OF HER BUSINESS THAT SHE RUNS ALL THE TIME. AND I DIDN'T KNOW. AND ALSO I CAN'T REMEMBER. I NEED ALEX TO HELP REFRESH MY MEMORY. DO THEY HAVE TO BE A 501 C THREE OR THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE A 501 C THREE? I DON'T HAVE A SINGLE PROJECT SUPPORT GRANT. DO NOT. FOR THE ANNUAL SUPPORT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS HEARING. OKAY. YEAH THANK YOU. I WASN'T SURE, I JUST HAD SOME I THINK IT'S A WORTHWHILE PROJECT. I WASN'T SURE THAT IT FIT HOT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO HOTEL OCCUPANCY NECESSARILY. IT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO SOME TOURISM TO THE COMMUNITY, I THINK. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT FITS THE THE OUR DEFINITION OF HOT, WHICH DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T THINK IT'S A WORTHWHILE ACTIVITY. IT JUST MEANS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. SO WE HAVEN'T ESTABLISHED IF IT HAPPENED SUNDAY OR NOT, I HAVE NO IDEA. WE HAVE NO IDEA. BUT JUST TO ADD ONE MORE THING, EVEN ON THE NORMAL SCHEDULE, WITHOUT THIS BEING THROWN A WEEK, WHICH IT DOES ALLOW FOR IN THE POLICY THAT DATES CAN CHANGE. THIS STILL WOULD HAVE BEEN AFTER THE DECISION WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE ON A NORMAL WITHOUT THE DELAY, BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MAY 19TH, NEXT TUESDAY, WHEN THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE MADE A DECISION. RIGHT. SO THERE HASN'T BEEN A DECISION MADE ON THIS. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? YOU ARE MAKING THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. YES, YOU MAKE THE FIRST. SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS. WERE THE TWO EVENTS GOING TO BE TWO EVENTS, MAY 9TH AND THE 16TH? IS THAT WHAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTOOD? NO, IT LOOKS LIKE MAY 9TH, NINE THROUGH MAY 16TH. MOM SAYS PROPOSED. 6569 STARTS ON THE NINTH AND ENDS ON THE 16TH. OKAY, SO SO IT'S A I THINK SHE HAS ARTWORK UP THE WHOLE TIME.

OKAY. YEAH. RIGHT NOW I, I THOUGHT THE SAME ABOUT THE VENUE RENTAL BECAUSE I DID.

YEAH. MAKE A LITTLE NOTATION TO MYSELF ABOUT THE SAME THING. MAC HAS POINTED OUT THAT ON, ON PAGE 12 AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A TYPO OR NOT BECAUSE IT VARIES FROM WHAT'S ON THE BUDGET THING THAT WE FIRST GOT IT. BUT ON PAGE 12, IT DOES SAY 30. 36,900. OH, THAT'S OUR BUDGET. THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR BUDGET. SORRY, I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT HER. YEAH. THAT'S NOT HER BUDGET. THAT'S OUR BUDGET. THIS IS ON EACH ONE. THIS IS THE COVER FOR EACH ONE. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SHE DID IT. OKAY, SO SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN POSTPONING PLANNING TO DO THIS BASED ON GETTING THE MONEY. RIGHT. SO SHE DOES NOT BASED ON THE FACEBOOK. IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE. OKAY, SO IT WAS SOME MOTHER'S DAY SPECIFIC. YEAH. I MEAN, SHE HAS 3002. THAT'S WHAT AMY WAS TALKING ABOUT. EXPLANATION OPENING. WELL, I MEAN, NOT BECAUSE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF MOTHERS AND THEIR LOVE FOR CHILDREN. I GUESS THAT'S AN ETERNITY. THAT CAME UP TO 3000. I MADE A NOTE FOR REFUNDING THE EVENT OR THE PROCESS ON THE ARTWORK PRODUCTION AND THE FRAMING AND ALL OF THAT. I WASN'T SURE. I DON'T KNOW, THAT JUST FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOME. YEAH, I JUST HAD SOME CONCERNS. ONCE AGAIN, IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T THINK IT'S A COOL EVENT. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT FITS CLOSELY WITHIN OUR CRITERIA.

YEAH, EXACTLY. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE HOT THE HOT CRITERIA IS VERY SPECIFIC. AND I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S WITHIN IT COMPLETELY. THE ONLY THING THAT IS THE THE RANGE OF DATES, IT'S MULTIPLE DAYS. SO THERE'S POSSIBILITY THERE. YES. WELL. I GUESS MY QUESTION, MY QUESTION IS SO FROM MAY 9TH THROUGH 16TH, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THOSE CONSECUTIVE DAYS WHICH THEY ARE SO THEY CAN'T HAVE SOMETHING IN A WEEK OR A WEEK SPAN. YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. MULTIPLE DAYS ARE

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I WONDER IF. SO YOU'RE SAYING IT HAS TO BE FREE AND OPEN, BUT WE HAVE EVENTS THAT ARE HAS TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT HAS TO BE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT IS IN POLICY. OKAY.

BUT DOES IT HAVE TO BE FREE BECAUSE WE HAVE. YEAH, BECAUSE WE HAVE TICKETED. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FREE. IT DOES HAVE TO BE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. OKAY. SORRY. I GUESS WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THE HOT BUTTONS IN THE HOTEL. IT IS OVER VARIOUS NIGHT, VARIOUS DAYS, BUT THE IN THE DESCRIPTION IT TALKS ABOUT FOSTERING COMMUNITY CONNECTION AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO I DIDN'T FEEL THAT IT WAS OUTREACHING FOR HOTEL OCCUPANCY.

BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANCE. JUST LIKE WITH MY THEATER, SOMEBODY MIGHT DECIDE THEY WANT TO SPEND THE NIGHT. SO THAT'S ALWAYS POTENTIAL THERE. WHAT'S MY. ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? WELL, I WAS WAITING HERE SINCE WE ASKED, HAVE WE PARTNERED WITH A MARKETING COMPANY THAT PROMOTES THE LOUNGE AND ITS EVENTS DIRECTLY TO GUESTS STAYING IN HOTELS THROUGHOUT. SO I GUESS SHE'S TRYING TO PULL IN, MAYBE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITY THERE. AND THEN IF THE ART EXHIBIT UP THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN MAYBE IF THERE WAS ANY PAST EXAMPLES OF THIS SAME SHOW AND HOW MANY OCCUPANCY HOTELS THEY PROBABLY RECEIVED, IF THERE WAS A GUEST LIST AND WHERE THEY FOUND IT FROM. YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. SHE DOES THIS.

I MEAN, SHE DOES HAVE ART AT HER PLACE. I'VE SEEN IT. YEAH. YEAH, I SAW HER. AND I THINK SHE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME OF IT OUT ON THE SIDEWALK OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE THAT PLACE IS VERY SMALL. YEAH. I DON'T THINK SHE COULD DO AN ART EXHIBITION INSIDE THAT RESTAURANT, OR SHE COULD DO AN EXTRA EXHIBITION. SHE JUST HAS LIMITED SPACE. YEAH, SHE WOULD HAVE VERY LIMITED SPACE, BUT SHE DID IT. THAT WAS OUR WHEN WE DID, SHE DID IT. IT WAS SHE INSIDE. I MEAN, IT GOES THERE'S THAT WHOLE WALL, THE BLANK WALL THAT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK AND THEN TURNS AND THERE WAS THERE WAS ART HUNG ON THE WALLS. YEAH. OKAY. WELL, I WAS THINKING OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ENGAGING MORE IN THE COMMUNITY, LIKE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT COME INTO THE BAR. SO ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? I RECOMMEND 3000, BUT MAYBE 1500 1500 IS A GOOD NUMBER. BECAUSE. EXPENDITURE. SO I DON'T HAVE AN OPINION. YEAH. WELL, WHAT WERE THE EXPENDITURES WE HAVE TO HAVE? WERE THEY JUST LOADED UP EVENTUALLY. YEAH. THERE BACK IN THE BACK I COULD SEE COUNCIL SAYING WHY ARE YOU FUNDING 1500 FOR AN EVENT THAT'S PAST? BY THE TIME THAT THEY. OH, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SEE IT UNTIL JUNE 2ND. OKAY. BUT WHAT IF IT HASN'T? LIKE WE SAID, SHE HASN'T DONE IT. I WOULD CONSIDER WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST HAS MAYBE A CONTINGENT UPON HER DOING IT, SUBMITTING A NEW DATE, SUBMIT A NEW DATES, NEW PROPOSAL. I DON'T KNOW, I YEAH, BECAUSE I AGREE. I MEAN, IT'S NOT HER FAULT THAT WE DIDN'T MEET. YEAH. BUT I GO BACK TO ALICE'S POINT IS THAT IT HAS TO BE OPEN. AND IF IT'S HELD IN A WINE AND COCKTAIL LOUNGE 18 AND UNDER CAN'T ATTEND. AND SO I THINK I HAVE SOME MY, MY PERSONAL CONCERNS ARE, IS THAT IT JUST DOESN'T MEET THE CRITERIA DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S NOT A COOL EVENT OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I THINK IT MEETS OUR, OUR FUNDING CRITERIA. SO. FOR HOT FUNDS, I MEAN, WE CAN COME UP LATER ON WHEN WE HAVE SOME

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I DID 1234 AND THREE. IT WAS A TIE FOUR AND FOUR. CAN I SEE ALL THE FOURS FOUR AND FOUR.

FOUR FOUR. CAN I SEE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. FOUR. YEAH. YEAH. IT'S A TIE. SO THAT'S THE FIRST.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A TIE? WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD. WELL MOVING FORWARD THE OTHER WAY AROUND IT DOESN'T GUARANTEE THAT IT GETS APPROVED ANYWAYS. RIGHT. BECAUSE THE CITY HAS TO APPROVE IT AT THE END OF THE. OH THAT'S TRUE. WELL, I MEAN YOU ARE NOT. SO YOU'RE NOT MAKING THE FINAL DECISION. THE CITY COUNCIL IS MAKING THE FINAL DECISION, BUT YOU'RE SPLIT ON THE RECOMMENDATION. RIGHT? THERE. THE OPTION IS TO TALK IT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SEE IF SOMEBODY CHANGES THEIR MIND OR, WELL, PART OF THE. OUR OPINIONS HAVE TO BE IN THE POSITIVE.

RIGHT? OKAY. SO LIKE PART OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS JUST LIKE BACK IN THE OFF ON IT WAS THE PAINT FOR WALLS, RENTAL OF LIGHTING. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT FOR AN ART EXHIBITION, YOU MIGHT NEED THAT, BUT LIKE SOME OF THESE THINGS MIGHT SEEM A LITTLE BIT EXCESSIVE. I THINK ACCESSIBILITY CAN'T CHANGE. THERE'S NO WAY THAT IT CAN CHANGE, SO I CAN'T CHANGE. WELL, FOUR OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE IN FAVOR. I'LL JUST PASS IT JUST TO CONTINUE. I'LL BE IN FAVOR.

OKAY. ALRIGHTY. NEXT. NEXT GRANT IS THE MIDSUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL. MR. CHRISTOPHER

[6.B. The Arts Commission to consider a grant request for the project titled "Midsummer Music Festival."]

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SECOND. OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY JULIA. ALL IN FAVOR? NO, NO, IT'S SECOND. ALL. YES. NO. IS THERE ANY IN READINESS? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

[6.C. The Arts Commission to consider a grant request for the project titled "Museum of Art Building Mural Project."]

ANYBODY IN THE MOOD FOR A VIDEO? YES, ABSOLUTELY. GOOD MORNING. I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF THE WALL THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO READ. A MURAL ON THIS WALL IS A CENTERPIECE GOING DOWN MAIN STREET. IF YOU CAN MAKE BEHIND ME. AND AS YOU CAN TELL, THE WALL IS A GREAT CANVAS AND YOU COULD PUT WHATEVER YOU LIKE ON IT AND IT WOULD BE SO IMPRESSIVE. WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT THINGS WE WANT TO CHOOSE FROM THE WALL OF FAME, WHICH WILL FOCUS ON ABOUT 30 DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES AND CELEBRITIES THAT HAVE COME THROUGH DUNCANVILLE. ANOTHER THING IS CALLED DON'T BURST THEIR BUBBLES, WHERE CHILDREN BLOWING BUBBLES AND THEIR BUBBLES ACTUALLY ARE SYMBOLIC OF THEIR DREAMS. AND THE MORE AIR THEY PUT IN THERE, THE MORE LIFE THEY PUT INTO IT. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE COMES ALONG AND BURST THEIR BUBBLES SO THAT THEY CAN FULFILL THEIR DREAMS. THE LAST ONE WOULD BE A MURAL CONCEPT HONORING OUR CELEBRATING OUR FAVORITE SON OF DUNCANVILLE, OUR OUR GREAT GOVERNOR. AND IT WOULD SHOW EARLY STAGES OF HIM AND DUNCANVILLE WHEN HE WAS RUNNING TRACK AND THINGS LIKE THAT ALL THE WAY TO HIS. GOVERNORSHIP FOR THESE MANY YEARS. SO THOSE ARE OUR IDEAS.

THIS IS THE WALLS AND THAT'S OUR INTENT. SO HE HAD ALSO SENT US A SAMPLE OF PAST WORK, THE PAST MURAL THAT HE'S DONE, AND THEN A CONCEPT. GREAT WORK. NOW THAT ONE IS AT TEXAS, OUR BURGERS. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT ONE IS. THAT'S JUST A CONCEPT. OH, THAT'S A CONCEPT.

OKAY. NEXT I. SO WE'VE NEVER DONE ONE WITH THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND WE DON'T. HE'S TECHNICALLY A SINGLE PROJECT SUPPORT GRANT, SO HE'S NOT AN ANNUAL SUPPORT FOR YOUR POLICY THAT YOU ALL DEVISED 3000 FOR THE FIRST GO ROUND ON, ON A GRANT. THAT'S JUST WHAT'S IN THE POLICY. AND THEN AFTER THE 3000, HOW IS IT DISBURSED AFTER THAT? WELL, THAT YOU'LL NEED TO REPORT, COME BACK AND COME BACK IN A YEAR. SO MY QUESTION IS I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. NO. GO AHEAD. THE APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY THE EL COMMERCIAL WHICH IS DALTON LOT. SO THE APPLICANT IS NOT REALLY CURTIS. WE'VE FUNDED CURTIS ON SOME OTHER THINGS. SO I JUST WANT TO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT I MEAN THE 2000 AND THIS IS THE THIS IS DL COMMERCIAL FIRST APPLICATION AS FAR AS I KNOW NOT. SO EVEN THOUGH CURTIS IS THE LEAD, THE APPLICANT

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SO THAT'S. MY OBSERVATION. SO IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A SECOND IN MY COMMENT TO THIS WAS IS IT POSSIBLE THAT HE SELECTED WHICH WE DO KNOW THEY DO THAT THAT IT'S A IT'S A PUBLIC ARTS GRANT REQUEST. NOT REALLY. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? I'M SORRY. IT'S A WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRANTS. WE HAVE THE ANNUAL ARTS GRANT PROGRAM. WE HAVE THE SINGLE PROJECT SUPPORT GRANTS, WHICH MOST OF THE PEOPLE APPLY FOR. AND THEN WE HAVE THE PUBLIC ARTS. AND THE PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT THE CREATION AND INSTALLATION OF A PERMANENT, PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE VISUAL ART.

SO WOULD THIS GO UNDER PUBLIC? THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN I READ THIS. AND SO BUT EVEN WITH IT BEING A PUBLIC ARTS GRANT, YOU DO HAVE LIMITATIONS. YOU YOU HAVE $32,400 UNCOMMITTED AT THIS POINT. YOU HAVE ONE MORE GRANT CYCLE AFTER THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. HOW MUCH? 30. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YOU JUST YOU JUST APPROVED, YOU JUST RECOMMENDED 4500, WHICH WOULD LEAVE 32,400. AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE MORE GRANT AFTER THIS, AND THEN ONE MORE GRANT CYCLE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND I WAS CONCERNED, I MEAN, THE BIGGEST PART OF IT IS LABOR 14,000. AND THEN LOOKING AT 12 TO 16 HOUR DAYS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR THREE WEEKS, THAT'S I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S HUMANLY POSSIBLE. PROBABLY FOR NURSES IT IS. BUT NO, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY FOR THAT. I THINK IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO I KNOW I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, BUT I'M NOT SURE IT QUALIFIES AS FAR AS HOT. AS FAR AS WE LOOK AT HOTEL STAYS, POSSIBLY SOCIALISM, BUT ESPECIALLY HIGHLIGHTING OUR LOCAL HEROES. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE A HARD TIME. I THINK I'D HAVE TO AGREE WITH THAT. I DON'T. I JUST I DON'T THINK IT LINES UP WITH THE HOT FUNDS. RIGHT. I THINK IT'S A COOL PROJECT AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT WALL BE PRETTY, BUT IT'S I DON'T KNOW THAT I FEEL LIKE IT FITS WITHIN THE CRITERIA. AND I WOULD DIFFER JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE. I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, SHAYLA HAS A MURAL AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD SOMEBODY THAT WHO FOLLOWS THAT PARTICULAR ARTIST AND CAME IN FROM, I THINK HE SAID, JAPAN.

WOW. SO FAR. YEAH, YEAH, REALLY. AND WAS HERE AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING SOME OTHER STUFF, BUT THEY SPECIFICALLY CAME TO DUNCANVILLE AND STAYED IN DUNCANVILLE BECAUSE OF THE MURAL, BECAUSE OF THE MURAL, AND THEN WANTED TO KNOW WHAT OTHER PLACES TO GO AND EAT AND DO SOME THINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO IT COULD HAPPEN. SO I THINK THAT WHEN WE DO MURALS, IT BECOMES A PLACE FOR TOURISTS TO COME AND LOOK. THE MORE MURALS WE GET, THE MORE TOURISTS THAT WE CAN PUSH. SO I DO THINK IT FITS HOT TAX IN THAT WAY. IT DOES DRAW, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET MORE AND MORE. SO WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT 20. THAT'S A LOT. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT. YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND. I'M THINKING IF WE DO RECOMMEND IT WOULD BE MORE LIKE WHAT WE NORMALLY DO WITH THE FIVE. YEAH, YEAH. WHICH DOESN'T EVEN COVER HIS EXPENSES. HIS EXPENSES ARE 6000. BUT WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT THE ONLY THUNDERSTORM. RIGHT. YES. THAT'S THE POINT. RIGHT. SO IF HE'S GOT A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS BACKING HIM, MAYBE THEY'RE GOING TO SUPPLEMENT SOME OF IT. BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S BETWEEN HIM. AND ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO SEE THAT THEY HAVE MATCHING FUNDS. AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT MATCHING IN THEIR. BUT I AGREE WITH YOUR ASSESSMENT ABOUT.

COMMERCIAL. AND OBVIOUSLY HE HAS THE RESOURCES AND A LOT OF THAT IS MATCHING FUNDS IS LISTED AS ZERO MATCHING FUNDS. IS IS IS IN THE APPLICATION IS ZERO IS ZERO. SO THEY'RE NOT.

SO IT'S NOT SO IT'S NOT COMPLIANT. SO DL COMMERCIAL LIMITED IS ACTUALLY THE

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THAT'S AN AI. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE. IT'S JUST A MOCK UP. IT'S NOT. IT'S JUST A SAMPLE.

HE PITCHED THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MURALS AND WHAT HE INTENDS TO DO. I DON'T YEAH WELL BECAUSE GREG ABBOTT'S WALKING THOUGH. WELL THAT WAS WHAT HE WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL HE WAS WALKING. OH. BEFORE THE TREE FELL ON. ARE YOU TELLING YOUR AGE. OKAY.

NEVER MIND. I CAN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE IS GREG ABBOTT. THAT'S HOW CONFUSED I AM. MAYBE IT. I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE THEY'RE. I DON'T THINK HE'S THERE. NO, HE'S IN THE MIDDLE.

THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT PICTURE. WHICH. RIGHT? YES, BUT NOT IN THE LEFT. YEAH. THE ONE THAT'S THE. YEAH. NO THESE ARE NOT THE RIGHT. YEAH. BECAUSE THAT ONE IS IN THE BURGER PLACE. THE ONE IN THE RIGHT. THIS IS JUST PORTFOLIO RIGHT. IDEA. OKAY. I DO LIKE YOUR SUGGESTION THAT YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE TO GATHER UP THESE KINDS OF MURALS. BUT ALSO FOR ONE PERSON TO COME FROM JAPAN. YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS ACTUALLY TWO PEOPLE INCREDULOUS IN THE SENSE THAT LIKE A GRANT OF $10,000 MIGHT BRING IN THE SORT OF TOURISM THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, USE THOSE FUNDS FOR. FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE GET TEN PEOPLE WHO COME TO THAT MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL, AT LEAST IT'S TEN. BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD COME SPECIFICALLY TO SEE THAT MURAL? ALTHOUGH I DO LIKE IT, AND IT DOES GENERATE AN INTEREST, IT IT'S A LITTLE BIT STEEP. CURTIS FERGUSON, THOUGH, IS A VERY WELL KNOWN ARTIST, AND PEOPLE WILL. PEOPLE WILL COME FROM AFAR TO SEE HIS WORK. I'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT PART. HE'S HE'S HE'S VERY RENOWNED. COULD WE MAKE A SUGGESTION? YOU COULD DO ANYTHING YOU WANT. WELL, SINCE WE STILL WOULD LIKE TO.

ACCUMULATE MORE INTERESTING MURALS, AND IT DOES START SOMEWHERE. AND THEY DO TAKE FOREVER TO PAINT. MAYBE HALF THAT BUDGET, I SUGGESTED. BUT WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH TO. IT'S A PROPOSITION. IT'S A PROPOSITION. WELL, I MEAN, WITH SIX FIRST SUPPLIES, WHICH HE CAN HE DOESN'T HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, I SPENT IT ON THIS AND NOT SPEND IT ON THIS. I MEAN, THAT'S THE BUDGET. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO. THERE'S NOTHING IN THE POLICY THAT REQUIRES THAT THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY THEIR BUDGET, BECAUSE IT'S A SINGLE PROJECT. IS THAT A REIMBURSEMENT? NONE OF THEM ARE SUPPOSED TO BE REIMBURSEMENTS. YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PAYING IN ADVANCE. THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL DESIGNED. AND THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. RIGHT. SOMETHING I'VE HEARD. SO THAT WOULD GIVE HIM LEEWAY TO KIND OF MASSAGE THAT. BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT HE REALLY NEEDS TO FIND MATCHING MONEY OF SOME SORT. IS IT NOT? HOW ABOUT IF WE ONLY CONSIDERED HIM FOR THE MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, WHICH IS 3500? WELL, WELL. BUT THEN THERE'S RENTAL.

HE'S GOT TO HAVE THE SPRAYER. SCAFFOLDING. IT'S 6000. YEAH, BUT THAT'S. BUT BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR ALL OF THAT, FOR ALL HIS HIS THING. AND THE YALE COMMERCIAL LIMITED MAKES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME MATCHING FUNDS. I REALLY FEEL LIKE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME OTHER. THEY CAN COME IN, THEY MIGHT GET OTHER SPONSORS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IS THAT IS THAT SOMETHING INFORMATION, SOMETHING THAT HE CAN SHARE WITH US? YEAH, IF HE WANTS TO.

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SHE TURNED DOWN TAKING THE MONEY, AND THAT COULD BE DONE AT ANY POINT. I COULD EMAIL THEM TOMORROW AND SAY, THE ARTS COMMISSION IS RECOMMENDING THIS MUCH FOR YOUR GRANT. DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT STEP OR NOT? OKAY, WE CAN DO THAT. I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY BE WORTH IT. I REALLY THINK, YOU KNOW, $3,500 WOULD MATERIAL SUPPLIES. OBVIOUSLY, HE'S GOING TO NEED THE SCAFFOLDING. SO THAT BRINGS US TO $4,500. HE SHOULD HAVE PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE BECAUSE HE IS A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST. SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S. BUT AND THEN HIS LABOR HE'S ASKING FOR $14,000. THAT'S WHAT REALLY BLOWS IT OUT OF THE WATER. BUT WE DON'T WE DON'T SUPPLY. WE'RE NOT FUNDING THEIR EVENTS 100%. THEY HAVE TO PUT SOME SWEAT EQUITY IN THERE.

SO THAT THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR SORT OF THINKING $4,500. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. AND IT IS IN YOUR POLICY NOW THAT THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION OF OKAY, BUT IF WE HELP THEM WITH MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, THAT'S THE ART ASPECT OF IT. YEAH. THAT'S IT. YEAH, THAT'S THE ART ASPECT OF IT. THAT'S WHAT I'M THAT'S IN MY MIND. A RECOMMENDATION. THAT'S 6000. I WAS LOOKING AT HIS. WELL, WITHOUT THE INSURANCE HE SHOULD HAVE PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY.

PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY 4500. YEAH. $4,500. EQUITABLE AMOUNT. AND I DO AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT PEOPLE COMING TO SEE MURALS BECAUSE MURALS ARE JUST REALLY HOT RIGHT NOW AND PEOPLE JUST DRIVE AROUND LOOKING FOR MURALS. YEAH THEY DO. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A REGISTRY, ALL THE MURALS THAT ARE WORTH GOING TO SEE. SO I GO WITH THE FOUR. I WOULD SAY, BUT I, I AFTER CONSIDERATION, I THINK THAT FROM YOUR EXPLANATION OF THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE. WE SHOULD HELP PEOPLE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO PUT SOME EXPECTATION THAT THEY SHOULD HELP THEMSELVES. SO THAT'S WHERE OUR COMMISSION, NOT LIKE AN ART FUND RAISER, I GUESS.

WE'RE NOT A SUGAR DADDY. SUGAR DADDY. HE'S DOING THIS FOR DEAL COMPANIES. DALTON LOT. AND I KNOW DALTON HAS A LOT MORE MONEY THAN WE HAVE FOR SURE. I THINK WE SHOULD RECOMMEND 3500 FOR THE ARTS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MOTION TO RECOMMEND GRANTING $3,500 FOR THE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS AND MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES FOR THE ART. I'LL GET A SECOND. SECOND. SO, WHAT WAS THE MOTION? THE MOTION IS THAT WE. A $3,500 FOR MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES TO THE MUSEUM OF ART MURAL PROJECT. IT WAS MADE BY MATT BROWNING, SECOND BY LINDA LYDIA AND READINESS. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. SIX. AND ALL AGAINST.

MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE LAST ONE. IS REBLOOM CREATIVE REUSE,

[6.D. The Arts Commission to consider a grant request for the project titled "Rebloom Creative Reuse Pop-Ups."]

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THAT DOESN'T MEAN SHE COULDN'T PROBABLY REEVALUATE THE PRESENTATION AND REAPPLY OR SOMETHING, BUT I DIDN'T. WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS WHAT THEY JUST COLLECT. STUFF AND THEN GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE TO POP UP AND GIVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO DOESN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR IT. HOPEFULLY THERE'S A WAY TO HELP ADVERTISE THAT. COULD THE CITY OR THE LIBRARY SAY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, LIKE THE REC CENTER, REC CENTER, GO TO THE REC CENTER, PICK UP YOUR.

BAG OF SUPPLIES, A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS JUST TO TAKE NOTE OF. SHE DID APPLY FOR AN ANNUAL ARTS PROGRAM GRANT. SHE DID PROVIDE PROOF THAT SHE HAS A NONPROFIT. YEAH, YEAH. SHE I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT HELPS WITH THE CONVERSATION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO POINT THAT OUT.

I DON'T THINK WE CAN EVEN GET TO HOT. BECAUSE SOME OF THE STUFF, WHEN I LOOK AT HER BUDGET AND SO FORTH, THESE ARE THINGS THAT HER NONPROFIT WOULD HAVE. I KNOW NONPROFITS AUTOMATICALLY. TABLE STORAGE BINS, SUPPLIES. I DON'T KNOW. GO BACK TO THE, I THINK PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT LINDA SAID ABOUT THE OTHER CURTIS OF THE INSURANCE, I FEEL IF THERE ARE 501 C THREE ESPECIALLY. THEY REALLY NEED TO ALREADY HAVE INSURANCE, RIGHT? TO HAVE EVENTS. IT'S NOT SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE THAT HAVE THAT COVERAGE. SO YOU WOULD THINK IF THEY'RE ALREADY A FIVE ONE C THREE THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS. THEY'RE GOING TO ALREADY HAVE SIGNAGES AND RIGHT. BUT THEY SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR MATERIALS. ALREADY MISS THEIR NEW WEBSITE. I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS POP UP RECYCLABLE MATERIAL. YEAH. DONATED MATERIAL IS DONATED MATERIAL. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT AND PUT IT AND REDISTRIBUTE IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE IN NEED. SOMEBODY ELSE WHO WANTS IT.

YEAH, RIGHT. KIND OF LIKE THE CANNED BEANS OR CANS THAT YOU PUT IN THE THEY GET THOSE CANS AND THOSE THINGS OUT THERE. I LOADED IT UP TODAY. YEAH, YEAH. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, BUT LIKE THE FORMAT OF DISTRIBUTION IS DIFFERENT, RIGHT? YEAH. THAT'S TRUE. YES. SO JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, THERE IS A PLACE CALLED PEGASUS REUSE, A CREATIVE REUSE IN OAK CLIFF.

AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TAKE ART SUPPLY DONATIONS. AND IT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM YARN TO PAINT BRUSHES TO. MOSAICS TO WHAT WHAT HAVE YOU. AND THEN YOU CAN PAY, YOU CAN GRAB A BOX AND YOU CAN PAY WHATEVER YOU CAN FOR IT. SO IT'S JUST REPURPOSING ART MATERIAL. BUT IF THERE'S AN EXAMPLE THAT YOU EVER GO TO CHECK IT OUT, I MET THE OWNER. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I WILL MOVE THAT WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS GRANT FOR THE I'M SORRY FOR THE.

THE FULL AMOUNT, THE FULL AMOUNT, 500, 3000 500, 3000, 3500. OUR MINIMUM FOR FIRST TIME APPLICANTS FOR AN ANNUAL ARTS GRANT PROGRAM. UNDER THE DIFFERENT PROGRAM, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT GRANT PROGRAMS. YOU'RE GOING TO PAY HER FOR GASOLINE. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE A SECOND? ARE YOU IS THAT A SECOND? WAS THAT A SECOND? I

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HE WAS BEING NICE TO ME. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND TO GET THE VOTE. I RECOMMEND THAT, AND THEN WE VOTE PARLIAMENTARIAN. I LOVE THAT RIDE OR DIE SPIRIT. ARE YOU ARE YOU? YOU VOTE IN FAVOR? I VOTE IN FAVOR. OKAY. SO ONE IN FAVOR? NO. BUT YES. YOU DIDN'T VOTE FOR THE MOTION. NO, NO, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO. OH. ALL OPPOSED? THAT'S WHY I WAS CONFUSED. I KNOW, BUT I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH THAT YOU DID. MOTION FAILS. WELL, LIKE SOME OF THESE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. LIKE A HISTORY, YOU KNOW, OF HOW ACTIVE THEY ARE, HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS COME. SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL ARE JUST STARTING OFF. WELL, I MEAN, SHE, SHE NEEDS TO GET IT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE END OF SCHOOL YEAR. SURELY THERE'S LOTS AND LOTS OF STUFF THAT GETS, YOU KNOW, CRAYONS AND ART STUFF THAT THEY THROW OUT. SHE COULD COME OUT ON SWITCH AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OH THAT'S RIGHT. SHE COULD ALWAYS BE OUT THERE ON A SATURDAY OR SOMETHING. DID THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR TABLES? I DON'T THINK SO.

HOW MUCH IS THAT. IT'S NOT A LOT. IT'S LIKE $30. YEAH. BUT YOU CAN GO NEXT DOOR AND THEN FOR FREE STUFF, FREE STUFF OUT THERE THAT WENT FROM GETTING TRUE. IF SHE DOES THAT AND EVEN ON FACEBOOK. YEAH, WE REJECTED. DO WE FOLLOW UP AND GIVE THEM ANY POINTERS? NO, THAT'S. THAT THAT THAT FALLS ON. ALEX. DO YOU HAVE ANY POINTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND OR GIVE SO THAT ALEX CAN? THAT'S NOT MY AREA. WILL NOT. SO USUALLY WHAT I TELL, I JUST TELL THEM JUST KIND OF LIKE, BE HONEST, IT'S A FORM LETTER BECAUSE I'VE HAD TO DO SO MANY CONSECUTIVELY IN THE PAST, BUT I DO TEND TO EDIT IT BASED ON THINGS AND WHAT I WILL, I CAN PUT IN THIS THAT UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR HOT FUNDS, BUT THE ARTS COMMISSION WOULD BE EAGER FOR YOU TO APPLY AGAIN. AND DO WE OFFER ANYTHING OF VALUE, MAYBE FOR THE NEXT TIME THEY SUBMIT? DO WE DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO HELP THEM FOR THE NEXT TIME THEY SUBMIT? OKAY. SO I THINK THAT THAT COULD GET REALLY TRICKY. STARTING TO GIVE THEM GUIDANCE YOU GIVE THEM TO, YOU MIGHT GIVE THEM THE IMPRESSION THAT IF YOU SUBMIT AGAIN, THEN YOU'LL GET IT. AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEES. NO. AND JUST TO READ CAREFULLY WHAT THE AND THE POLICY ARE, THE POLICY COVERS ALL OF THE ADVICE THAT REALLY YOU CAN GIVE AT THIS POINT. AND SAYING THAT IT DOESN'T QUALIFY BASED ON THE POLICIES, REALLY GIVES YOU ALL THE ADVICE THAT YOU NEED, I WOULD SAY. AND ALSO THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CHECKING OFF AND AGREEING THAT THEY READ THE WHOLE POLICY BEFORE THEY APPLY. SO YOU'RE GOING IN WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY READ IT, THEY UNDERSTOOD IT, AND THEY UNDERSTOOD UNDERSTAND IT THE SAME WAY THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON TO NUMBER SEVEN NON ACTION ITEMS, THE TEMPORARY ART ACTIVATION PERMIT THAT WE'RE GOING TO TABLE TILL OUR NEXT MEETING. WE'LL PUT THAT ON. NEXT ON OUR MEETING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS. HE'S OUT OF TOWN RIGHT. DE

[7.B. D'ville Voices, the Duncanville Arts Commission Podcast]

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PLUS, COULD WE PUT IT ON YOUTUBE? MAKEUP ARTIST FRIEND I WANT HER, I WANT HER. YOU'RE LIKE, YOU'RE READY. YOU GET YOUR AGENT READY. SHE'S NOT CHEAP. WELCOME TO DE VILLE VOICES, HOSTED BY ANGELA THORPE HARRIS, MARY ANN TAYLOR, AND JULIO AVENUE, WHERE WE HIGHLIGHT THE PEOPLE, CREATIVITY AND CONVERSATIONS SHAPING BENTONVILLE FROM LOCAL ARTISTS AND CULTURAL INITIATIVES TO THE CITY STAFF WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES. THIS IS WHERE COMMUNITY AND CREATIVITY COME TOGETHER. WE'RE BRINGING YOU THE VOICES, STORIES AND IDEAS THAT HELP MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD. WHETHER YOU'RE HERE FOR THE ARTS, THE INSIGHT, OR TO STAY CONNECTED, YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. THIS IS CIVIL VOICES. I'M SORRY, RON THOMPSON, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN THE ROOM. THIS IS OVER 14 MINUTES. SO IF AT ANY POINT YOU WANT TO CARRY ON, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE ART COMMISSION? CAN WE NOT? I HAVE A PATH TO GO TO ALL OF IT. I DON'T WANT TO STOP, BUT IT'S NICE, BUT IT'S OUT THERE. SO WE'RE. OH, I DID WANT TO SHARE SOME THINGS WITH YOU BEFORE YOU. SO EPISODE ONE PREMIERED. TWO HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED 75 TIMES. EPISODE TWO IS ONLY BEEN DOWNLOADED NINE TIMES. WE HAVEN'T DONE PROMOTION BECAUSE THE INTENTION WAS TO UNVEIL IT TO YOU ALL ON THE DAY THAT WE DID THE FIRST ONE, WE'RE LOOKING AT WEDNESDAYS BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO KEEP THAT WINDOW.

TUESDAYS KIND OF KEPT TO ANNOUNCING, MEETING CITY COUNCIL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE WERE GOING TO WE WANT TO TRY WEDNESDAYS, SEE HOW THAT PERFORMS. AND THEN AS OF NOW, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT'S FINALLY BEEN UNVEILED TO YOU, WE WILL START PROMOTING IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE VIDEO, TURN IT INTO CLIPS, USE THAT TO DRIVE TRAFFIC TO THE PODCAST SO THAT WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY LIKE, GO THERE, SUBSCRIBE, HAVE IT ON THEIR DEVICES, GET THOSE AUTOMATIC DOWNLOADS THAT YOU GET. SO THAT IS THE INTENTION WITH THE VIDEO.

SO FAR, 75 IS NOT BAD. WOULD YOU LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT BECAUSE IT GETS MORE INTERESTING. OKAY. OH, SO YOU'VE HAD FOUR DOWNLOADS IN SUTTON, UNITED KINGDOM. I'M WONDERING IF RIVERSIDE IS CALIFORNIA. YES, YES. SO BECAUSE THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF MY RELATIVES OR ENCOUNTER. I NEVER GOT TO RIVERSIDE OR MAYBE I DID. MAYBE THEY'LL BRING THEM TO DUNCANVILLE. AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE IN DALLAS, FIVE IN DALLAS FOR THE FOR THE LATEST ONE, FIVE IN DALLAS, TWO IN FORT WORTH, ONE IN DUNCANVILLE. AND I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY TO MAKE A GUESS. ONE IN SINGAPORE. OH, OKAY. WE MADE IT. YOU HAVE ARRIVED. WELL, AT L'AFFAIRE, I HAD A BEAUTIFULLY WORDED COMPLIMENT ABOUT THE PROFESSIONALISM, THE POLISH. IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HEAR. REALLY? YES. WHAT IS THE CONTENT? I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT? IT'S KIND OF RANDOM, BUT WE WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM, WHERE THEY'RE FROM, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT THEY LIKE THEIR INTERESTS HERE WITHIN TOWN, PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE COMING UP. AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND ALL THE IT'S ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE. IT'S NOT JUST ARTISTS. WE INTERVIEWED THE SHERIFF DEPUTY, WE INTERVIEWED DEVIN, WHO WAS KIND OF RANDOMLY, OH, CAN YOU DO THIS? THEY'RE AMAZING PEOPLE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY. AND SO IT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR THEM SAY IT WHEN THEY DO IT. WE INTERVIEWED THE MONICA GOODEN. THE JUDGES HAVE A MIXTURE. WE HAVE A LINEUP ALREADY FOR OUR NEXT ONE.

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SO THINGS LIKE THAT. YEAH. SO BUT YEAH, IT'S JUST ARTS RELATED, BUT NOT NECESSARILY AN ARTIST. YEAH. SO YEAH, IT'S A REALLY COOL, LIKE WE TRY NOT TO HAVE, WE TRY NOT TO ASK THE SAME QUESTIONS BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE BORING. BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF GO TO'S. BUT YEAH, WE JUST TRY TO LIKE GO WITH IT JUST FLOW WELL AND IT'S EDITED, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THIS ONE, BUT ONE OF MY RELATIVES WHO LISTENS TO IT, THERE'S SO MANY NOTHING ON. BUT ANYWAY, MY RELATIVES LISTEN TO IT. AND ONE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S APPLAUSE AND YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT, CAN I GET SOME APPLAUSE? THERE'S APPLAUSE.

WELL, YOU HAD AN AUDIENCE. YEAH. WE HAVE A LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE. YES. YEAH. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ON PODCASTS. SORRY, BUT THIS WAS LIKE A LITTLE PLUG. SO THAT WAS CLEVER, I GUESS. I ASSUME THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, EXCEPT WHEN ASKED IF YOU WANT ANY KIND OF SOUND EFFECTS, WE JUST EDIT IT IN. YEAH, THAT JUST LITTLE THING. YES. BUT NO, IT'S NOT A LIVE AUDIENCE. DON'T DO THAT.

WELL, I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GO HOME TO LISTEN TO ALL THIS. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. THE NEXT WILL BE OUT TOMORROW. TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, 3:00 IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOOT FOR. THE ONE THING IS WE HAVE TO HAVE IS A SET SCHEDULE THAT WILL HELP BUILD RELIABILITY. AND PEOPLE WILL KNOW 3:00 WEDNESDAYS. THAT'S WHEN THE PODCAST COMES OUT. WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT OUT SO THAT IT'S IN ADVANCE OF PEOPLE COMMUTING FROM WORK HOME. OKAY. AND THE ONES THAT I LISTEN TO COME OUT ANYTIME FROM TWO IN THE MORNING ON THERE'S, IT'S CONSISTENT WITHIN, BUT NOT YEAH. WITHOUT IT. I HAVE YOU GUYS THOUGHT ABOUT GOING ON LOCATION. I'VE TAKEN THE PODCAST ON LOCATION WE HAD, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE LOGISTICALLY HOW, HOW THAT FRANCISCO WILL HAVE TO SAY IF WE COULD DO THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF EQUIPMENT. WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER FOR IT YET. WE'VE GOT TO GET POWER. YEAH. OH, UNLESS YOU MEAN SOMEBODY'S BUSINESS OR HOME OR SOMETHING. YEAH. LIKE I HAPPEN TO KNOW I TALKED, I HAPPEN TO KNOW A KIND OF NOT WELL, A PROMINENT ART DEALER, A TEXAS ART DEALER. AND I WOULD LIKE TO. I DON'T KNOW THAT HE'D COME DOWN HERE. HE'S MOVED FROM UPTOWN TO FARMERS BRANCH TO HAVE HIM TALK TO US ABOUT WHY BUY TEXAS ART? WHY BUY. INVESTMENT ART? THAT'S GOOD. AND AND I THINK HE MIGHT WANT US TO GO UP THERE. IT CAN BE DONE. CAN IT? BUT IT'S BEEN AS LONG AS THERE'S A PLACE TO PLUG IN. OH, YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S A YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S A BIG GALLERY. IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD JUST TO NETWORK WITH PEOPLE AND GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHO THEY ARE. AND YEAH, YOU WANT TO TELL THEM WHO'S UP. ALICE WANTED US TO WAIT A SECOND. I JUST WANT TO HAVE A SIDELINE CONVERSATION.

BEFORE WE ANNOUNCE THINGS. OKAY, OKAY. I KNOW BECAUSE WE DO. I DO A LOT OF PODCASTS MYSELF AND.

MY HUSBAND WORKS WITH ESPN. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THEY DO IT ON SUCH A LARGE SCALE AND LOCATION IS REALLY THE BEST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GET PEOPLE IN WHAT THEY WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THEIR ELEMENTS. YEAH. SO I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND Y'ALL'S POSITION BRINGING THEM HERE,

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BUT FOR NOW, WE'RE DEPENDENT. AND THE PEOPLE DON'T JUST COME AND SIT. WE HAVE THEM COMING IN AND ROTATING IN. THEY KNOW THEIR SCHEDULE AND THEY COME IN LIKE MAYBE 5 OR 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE RECORDING. SO WE DO LIKE 15 MINUTE SEGMENTS AND WE STAY ON TASK. OKAY. THAT'S ANGELA IS THE MANAGER OF THAT. SHE'S REALLY GOOD. YEAH. SHE, SHE'S DECLINING TO INTERVIEW US FOR. YEAH. SO BUT IF ANY OF YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED IN MAYBE DOING SOME OF THE PODCASTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I MEAN, IT NEEDS IT'S ALL OF OURS. SO. OKAY. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE. THANK YOU. I, I'M JUST AMAZED THAT FRANCESCA JUST TOOK IT AND RAN. YEAH. HE LOVES IT BECAUSE I WAS READY TO EDIT AND DO ALL OF THAT. AND HE'S JUST LIKE, GIVE ME. A WEBSITE TO BUILD ON. YEAH, BUT HE'S NOT HERE YOU ARE. SO I'LL THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.

I WILL PASS IT ALONG. OH, WE'RE ALSO DOING IT IN SPANISH, IN FACT. YEAH. OH, GOOD. YEAH.

GOOD. SIR, WHAT'D YOU SAY? I'M SORRY. I WAS TALKING THAT YOU'RE DOING THE ONE IN SPANISH.

OH, YES. WE HAVE ONE THAT'S ENTIRELY IN SPANISH. AND WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT, THAT WE CAN INTEGRATE THAT AS A POSSIBILITY FOR OTHERS TO. THINK ABOUT IT. OKAY. FROM A MARKETING STANDPOINT, IT'S JUST. YEAH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. YEAH. WE GOTTA, I DON'T, I DON'T NEED TO TRY TO PROCESS. WELL, I MEAN, THERE WOULD BE FOR THE DAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT YOU DO THE SPANISH ONLY I WOULD ASSUME YOU'D DO TWO OF THEM AND DO ANOTHER ONE TOO. YEAH. AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FROM MONTH TO MONTH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. AND OUR LAST ITEM IS NUMBER C. OH WAIT, I DID HAVE A OH I'M SORRY. SO I DID TALK TO MRS. NAME ONE OF OUR GRANT RECIPIENTS, THE GRAFFITI ARTIST, THE MURALIST.

I'M TEXTING HIM RIGHT NOW, I FORGOT. THE ONE WE HE HAS A STORE TWO BLOCKS FROM HERE.

SHAMELESS. NOT SHAMELESS. WHAT'S HIS NAME? AUGUSTINE. HIS NAME IS AUGUSTINE. OH.

WHEATLAND PLAZA THAT. YES, THAT CAME TO ONE OF OUR. YEAH. HE'S ACTUALLY DOING A LOGOS FOR A RESTAURANT AND CRAFTS AND LABS. AND HE MENTIONED THAT WE CAN JUST HIT HIM UP FOR HIM TO BE ON OUR GUEST. THANK YOU. SO FOR HIM TO BE A GUEST. THANK YOU. I THINK AS WE GET OUT THERE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE APPROACHING US. SO. ALL RIGHTY. REVIEW OF THE REPORT SUBMITTED

[7.C. Review the report submitted by Kalen McGuire regarding his "Beacons of Light: Where Champions Rise" mural located at 1944 S. Main St., Duncanville, TX 75137.]

SORRY, IT'S UP HERE. THAT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. IT'S VERY NICE. I DROVE BY THERE. WHAT IS THAT LOCATED OVER BY COSTCO. NEAR POPEYES. OVER IN THAT AREA? YEAH, YEAH, THERE'S THE ADDRESS, THE GAS STATION DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET. OKAY. THIS IS NOT SO NOT ONLY DID HE SEND OVER THE IMAGE OF THE MURAL, ANOTHER. OH MY, THAT LOOKS VERY NICE. HE ALSO SENT WHAT HE SPENT. OH, NICE. AN ITEMIZED LIST AND OOPS. THERE ARE A COUPLE VIDEOS YOU CAN LOOK UP CAITLIN MCGUIRE ON

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I THOUGHT WHEN YOU DID YOUR PARKS, WHEN WE DID THE PARKING, THE PINK DIAMONDS, HE WAS OUT THERE DOING A MURAL OR SOMETHING. THAT'S HIM. YEAH, THAT'S WHO IT IS. IT'S THE THE JAPANESE WAVE. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE THAT'S LIKE THE MOST FAMOUS JAPANESE WAVE. OH, THE NAME OF WHICH ESCAPES ME RIGHT NOW. IT'S CALLED JAPANESE. SO HE HAS WELL COMPLETED HIS NAME. HE COMPLIED WITH WHAT WAS FOR HIS GRANT REQUEST, BUT TECHNICALLY HE DID APPLY IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. SO THIS WOULD MEAN HE COULD APPLY FOR THE IN THE NEXT IN THE NEXT ROUND. OKAY. SO WHAT'S THE TURNAROUND WHEN THEY ASK? LET'S SAY IF THEY APPLY TODAY, WHEN CAN THEY APPLY AGAIN? ONE YEAR. IT'S ONE YEAR. OKAY. YOU CAN ONLY APPLY ONCE PER FISCAL YEAR. ONCE PER FISCAL YEAR. BUT I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING I FORGET EXACTLY HOW IT'S WORDED IN THE POLICY, BUT THERE IS SOME LEEWAY WITH APPLYING IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FOR THE NEXT GRANT CYCLE OR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. YOU CAN SUPPLY IT.

VERY NICE MURAL IT IS. AND I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW COMPREHENSIVE HIS EXPENDITURE LIST IS. OH, I GET I GUESS THAT THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. YEAH, I KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE JAPANESE WAVE. AND THEN IT GOT ME THINKING LIKE, LIKE IF THE NAME BEACON OF LIGHT, A BEACON OF LIGHT, LIKE A BEACON OF LIGHT, BECAUSE THE JAPANESE WAVE IS A MONSTROUS WAVE THAT'S ATTACKING LIKE SOME SAILORS. SO MAYBE IN THE MIDST OF A TSUNAMI, BE A BEACON OF LIGHT. YEAH, I LOOK AT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN OKAY HOLDING THEM UP FROM THE WAVE. ANY OTHER ITEMS? NOT THAT CHAIR. OKAY. FOR ADJOURNMENT. MEETING ADJOURNED AT

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.