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OKAY, EVERYBODY, ARE YOU READY? OKAY. 631 CALLING THE ARTS COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER,
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AND WE'LL GO BY THE AGENDA FIRST. WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO[3.A. The Duncanville Arts Commission to consider the minutes for the May 26, 2026, Regular Meeting and the June 23, 2026, Regular Meeting.]
ITEM NUMBER THREE. DID EVERYBODY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE MINUTES BE BEFORE? OKAY. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. IF THERE THERE WEREN'T ANY CORRECTIONS. MADAM CHAIR, FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE MINUTES AS PRINTED. SECOND.OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND, THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. ANY IN READINESS? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. HEIDI, ARE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND? HEIDI. IS SHE JUST UNMUTED, I BELIEVE. YEAH, YOU'RE ON MUTE. CAN YOU UNMUTE? HEIDI. YES. SORRY. MY I ACTUALLY HAVE A NEWBORN ALSO, SO I HAVEN'T LIKE A SWING NEXT TO ME. AND SO I WAS TRYING TO, BUT YES, I READ THE MINUTES AND EVERYTHING. OKAY, SO YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT. YOUR PROOF. YES.
THANK YOU. OKAY. IT'S UNANIMOUS. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO DO COMMISSIONERS REPORTS. BUT BUT I'D FIRST LIKE TO DO IS WE HAVE A GUEST AND WE HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER. SO FIRST I'LL INTRODUCE OUR GUEST. THIS IS LOGAN HERE. SHE'S OUR WHICH WE VOTED IN AS THE POET LAUREATE.
AND SHE'S GOING TO BE SPEAKING TO US SHORTLY. AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER ON THE BOARD, WHICH IS HEIDI FALCON. BRUCE FALCON. AND SHE WASN'T ABLE TO MEET IN PERSON, BUT SHE'S ONLINE. SO WELCOME, HEIDI. AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF US, RIGHT? SO I'VE ALREADY INTRODUCED MYSELF. ANGELA MACK INTRODUCED HIMSELF. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES? PATRICIA COLEMAN AND LINDA. LYDIA AVILA, NICE TO MEET YOU. OKAY. AND THERE ARE A COUPLE. WE HAVE THREE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT HERE RIGHT NOW. LUKE MAY BE COMING, BUT YOU'LL GET TO MEET
[4. Commissioners Reports (limit to 2 minutes each)]
THEM LATER. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. SO COMMISSIONERS REPORT. I'LL FIRST START WITH OUR VICE CHAIR.DO YOU HAVE A POEM FOR US TODAY? SURE. SATURDAY, I WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH SOME OF THE ARTISTS FROM. THE ART FOUNDATION FOR DUNCANVILLE, HOSTED IT AT SHEILA. AND SO THIS POEM IS CALLED BEAUTIFUL. AND IT'S IN IN RESPONSE TO ONE OF MY PIECES KIND OF GOING SIDEWAYS IN THE MIDDLE OR TOWARDS THE END, ACTUALLY. SO IT'S CALLED EXQUISITE. WHEN DOES EFFORT AND ITS AND ITS PASSION TURN INTO EXQUISITE? PERFECTION IS ELUSIVE AND MADDENING IN PURSUIT. SO WE STOP SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. THE BEST WE'VE GOT FOR NOW, AND SOME IDEALIZED VISION THAT GUIDED THAT TRANSPIRED. OH, SORRY. INSPIRED PEN OR BRUSH, BLADE OR CLAY TO HOLD A DREAM AND RISK THE PAIN. AND WHEN TRUSTED BUILDING BLOCKS AND BEAUTY MAKING TWIST OR JINK UNEXPECTED. WHAT BELIEF OR VALUE TAKES A HOLD IN SUDDEN CONTEMPLATION? IS THERE BEAUTY STILL WITHIN THIS NEW REALITY? OR MAYBE JUST CALAMITY? HAS THIS PASSION REACHED EXQUISITE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? I REALLY ENJOYED THEY LET ME BRING MY ART PIECES OR SOME OF MY ART PIECES AND TALK ABOUT IT, AND THEY GAVE ME SOME GOOD FEEDBACK. SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TIME. THANK YOU. I AM WORKING ON SEVERAL PROJECTS NOW. WE'RE WORKING ON A GROUP OF. ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. BEST SOUTHWEST. IT'S ART, BUT ACTUALLY IT'S DANCE AND PERFORMANCE IN PAINTING. SO I STARTED OFF WITH A REALLY SMALL GROUP AND PROBABLY BY NEXT SUMMER WE'LL HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT ARTISTS DOING THAT, AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON OUR BACK TO SCHOOL. FAIR, WHICH IS TURNED OUT IT'S ALWAYS MASSIVE. SO JUST TRYING TO HELP OUR KIDS.
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BUT THOSE STUDENTS WERE BETTER POTENTIAL DANCERS AND ARTISTS. I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THEM AND THEY'RE EXCITED. SO. AND YOU ATTENDED THE JAZZ THING, DIDN'T YOU, ON SUNDAY? YES I DID, I'LL LET YOU HAVE THAT. NO, SERIOUSLY, I DIDN'T HAVE THAT ONE. SHE ATTENDED A JAZZ AT THE A CHURCH, A LOCAL CHURCH. THEY HAD A JAZZ. IT'S MY CHURCH. OH, THAT'S YOUR CHURCH. OKAY. AND IT'S JAZZ IN THE SANCTUARY. AND I WOULD LOVE THE NEXT TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO COME. IT'S A CHURCH, BUT MUSIC IS MUSIC AND IT. I THINK THIS IS ONE OF OUR PROBABLY BEST ONES. SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ARTISTS. SO IF YOU ALL KNOW SOME REALLY NICE. WHEN I SAY REALLY NICE SONGSTRESS MUSIC IS MUSIC AND LET ME KNOW. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THEM AT OUR CHURCH. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU'RE WELCOME, MISS LYDIA. YEAH, I WAS THINKING ON THE WAY OVER HERE.WHAT HAVE I DONE THIS PAST YEAR? I HAD SURGERY, OKAY. YEAH. I'M GOOD. MY VISION IS WORSE, BUT.
OH, NO. OKAY. I SURGERY AND I'M DECIDING THAT I SHOULD HAVE I SHOULD HAVE NOT HAD THE SURGERY.
BUT ANYWAY, I HAVE GONE TO THE NELSON MANDELA EXHIBIT. THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY ARTISTIC THING I CAN THINK OF THAT I HAVE DONE SINCE THE LAST REPORTING. JUST DOING A LOT OF OTHER THINGS, A TON OF OTHER THINGS BETWEEN MY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND MY CHURCH. DO YOU WANT TO TELL THEM ABOUT THAT? METHODIST? YEAH, WE HAD A UNVEILING. I TOLD THEM I'D LIKE THE NEW NAME THEY'VE CHOSEN FOR IT. I'D LIKE TO SHARE THE NEW NAME. YOU KNOW, I NEVER KNEW WHAT CHARLTON CAME FROM UNTIL HE SAID IT. IT WAS THE. LADIES MARRIED NAME, THE LADY, THE THE. THEY STARTED OR CHARLTON WAS NAMED AFTER. AND THAT WAS HER MARRIED NAME. BUT SHE DIDN'T STAY MARRIED THAT LONG. AND THE NAME JUST STUCK. AND NOW THEY'RE CHANGING THE NAME. YEAH. METHODIST, I LEARNED THAT. YEAH. IT REALLY WAS A GOOD MEETING. IT WAS A MEETING OF A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY AND HEALTH CARE. YEAH. TREATMENT, RESEARCH. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE WHAT? SOUTH, WEST. SOUTHWEST. SOUTHWEST. METHODIST. YES. IT'S NOT GOING PUBLIC UNTIL AUGUST 1ST. AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A HUGE RECEPTION. AND I'LL SEND YOU ALL THE INVITE. OKAY? OKAY. OKAY. LEO. WELL. I'M BUILDING ANOTHER KITCHEN. OKAY, THAT'S ARTISTIC. OKAY. YEAH. IT'S A LOT THAT ON THE SIDE AND ALSO I. ADDED A POND TO MY GARDEN. SO NOW I USE THE, THE THE POND WATER RESIDUE AS LIKE, NATURAL FERTILIZER FOR MY GARDEN. IT'S NEVER BEEN BETTER. SUPER DRASTIC METHOD RIGHT THERE. AND THEN COMING TO AN END OF TWO MONTHS OF COMEDY SHOWS, 70 COMEDY SHOWS, IT'S I STARTED THIS THING BECAUSE I INITIALLY JUST WANTED TO DO LIKE A WEEKEND COMEDY FESTIVAL, AND I WAS VERY OVERWHELMED ORGANIZING THREE DAYS. SO I DECIDED TO ORGANIZE TWO MONTHS. AND I HATE COMEDY NOW I, I HAVE NOT THOUGHT ABOUT COMEDY IN THESE PAST TWO MONTHS. I IT'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE I ALWAYS USED TO THINK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. NOTHING. I'M SO FRIGHTENED OF IT RIGHT NOW. AND YEAH, I'M WELL WITH MY NEIGHBOR, WE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO LIKE ORGANIZE A. A COMMUNITY LIKE PLAN EXCHANGE, JUST BRAINSTORMING IT OUT JUST TO SEE IF WE COULD LIKE, LIKE SELECT A DAY, YOU KNOW, IN A WEEKEND OR SOMETHING SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN COME IN THE PARKING LOT, HANG OUT AND EXCHANGE BULBS OR WHATEVER CLIPPINGS THEY HAVE. YEAH. OKAY.
YEAH, YEAH. YOU KNOW, YES, MA'AM. I DID FORGET ONE THING. THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE AND THE PARKS AND REC IS A SPONSOR OF MY COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR. SO I DID WHAT THEY SAY. IT'S GOING TO BE THE 11TH. NO, I'M SORRY, THE 10TH OF OCTOBER AT THE RECREATION CENTER. IT'LL BE A WALK IN. EXPERIENCE IN 4050. HOW WE DO A TWO MINUTE PRESENTATION ABOUT MAYBE
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ANYTHING ARTS RELATED THAT SOME OF IT'S NOT ARTS RELATED THAT YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SINCE THE LAST MEETING. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US? I KNOW I'M MAKING IT A HABIT TO HAVE MY DAUGHTER. SHE'S STARTING KINDERGARTEN THIS YEAR, AND SO IN PRE-K, SHE WAS ALREADY LIKE IN THE HABIT OF LIKE WRITING JOURNALS EVERY DAY. AND SO WE ALSO, WE KEEP THAT HABIT GOING AND WE DO LIKE A DAILY PICTURE. OKAY. AND SO SHE'LL LIKE DRAW SOMETHING THAT LIKE HAS TO DO WITH LIKE WHATEVER SHE WROTE. AND IN TURN, I'LL DO LIKE THE SAME THING JUST BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT USED TO BE SOMETHING I WOULD DO ANYWAYS. SO I WOULD SAY THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST ART RELATED THING RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. OKAY. AS FOR ME, I ATTENDED A SPEAKEASY AT THE KINGSMEN COFFEE HOUSE, WHICH WAS VERY NICE. THEY ARE GOING TO PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP. HE'S HOPING MAYBE IN THE NEXT QUARTER OR SOMETHING. ON JULY 4TH, I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING AT THE JULY 4TH CELEBRATION. I SAW MISS LYDIA THERE, AND I HAD THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING LOGAN TO THE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT THERE. AND SHE DID A POEM AND SO FORTH THERE. SO THAT WAS WONDERFUL. JULIO AND MYSELF AND MARY ANN DID DO ANOTHER TAPING FOR DE VILLE VOICES, AND OUR NEXT ONE FOR DE VILLE VOICES IS AUGUST 27TH, I BELIEVE. BUT IT'S IT'S. OKAY. SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT A LITTLE LATER. MISS GOODWIN SAID SHE WASN'T GOING TO MAKE IT. AND ALSO. MISS COMMISSIONER COLEMAN AND I, WE DID A TOUR OF THE OLD RAIL STATION AND THAT WAS NICE. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET MR. MADAN. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF NICE THINGS ABOUT HIM. DIDN'T KNOW WHO I MEAN. I'VE HEARD OF HIM, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE IS, WHO HE WAS. AND SO HE WAS VERY GRACIOUS. ENRON GIVING US A TOUR OF THE PLACE. AND I'D SEEN IT EARLIER. BUT THIS IS MORE FINISHED OUT NOW. AND WE MET A DENTIST WHO HAS A BUSINESS OVER THERE. SHE IS. SHE SITS ON THE BOARD WITH THE DUNCANVILLE THEATER. I FORGOT HER NAME, BUT IT WAS SUNFLOWER DENTIST. I REMEMBER SUNFLOWERS, REALLY NICE LADY. SHE'S EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO OVER THERE. YEAH. FRANKLIN.YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. SO SHE, LIKE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS PLAN ON PARTICIPATING WITH WHATEVER WE DO WITH THE, WITH THAT BUSINESS, ARTS, BUSINESS, NETWORKING, AND, AND THEN I HAD TWO THINGS I HAD TO DO AT CITY COUNCIL. ONE, I INTRODUCED THE POET LAUREATE TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE. AND THEN SECONDLY, GAVE A LITTLE SNIPPET ABOUT WHAT WAS ARTS RELATED WITH THE OLDEN YEAR MUSEUM. AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE BACK PART OF YOUR PACKET, THERE'S SOME COMMENTS THAT CAME OUT FROM THE SURVEY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DID FOR US. I REALLY ONLY TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW PEOPLE FELT ABOUT SUPPORTING THE MUSEUM, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT THEY HAD. THEY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT ONE. AND JUST SOME OF THEIR SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE REGARDING THE, THE OPEN AIR MUSEUM EVENT AND MAYBE FUTURE THINGS THAT WE'LL DO. SO AS WE GO FORWARD AND MAYBE DO OUR NEXT EVENT, WE CAN LOOK AT THESE COMMENTS AND, AND KEEP THEM IN MIND. ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANT TO SAY IS THANK YOU, ALEX. YOU ARE FRANCISCO FOR, FOR DOING THIS, BUT ALSO FOR. PUTTING SOME PICTURES ON THE ARTS COMMISSION WEBSITE THAT IS HELPFUL. IT MAKES IT LOOK MORE INTERESTING. SO THAT'S GOOD. AND SO WE AS WE DO SOME OTHER THINGS. OH, I WANTED TO MENTION AND THE BOARD CAN THINK ABOUT THIS LATER. CITY COUNCILMAN DON
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MCBURNETT WANTED TO SUGGEST THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION PARTICIPATE IN THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE NEXT YEAR. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ASKED ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS PARADE AND SO 4TH OF JULY. SO IT'S UP TO THE COMMISSIONERS IF THEY WANT TO DO IT OR NOT. DETAILS, I CAN'T TELL YOU, BUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, WE CAN FIND OUT. I CAN GET THAT BEFORE US. AND AND THEN I DID SEE SOMETHING ABOUT THE UPCOMING. NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND BREWFEST. I HAVE THEIR DATES. I HAVE TO LOOK IT UP ON MY ON MY CALENDAR. I DIDN'T PRINT IT. BUT THOSE ARE TWO OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO PARTICIPATE. THEY HAVEN'T SENT OUT THE REQUEST YET, BUT WE'D LIKE, I'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE THOSE TWO THINGS AGAIN. OKAY. BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, MAYBE A EVERYBODY CAN INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. WE DID THAT. OH, EVERYBODY. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY.HAS SHE INTRODUCED HERSELF TO EVERYBODY? YEAH. NO, NO. HEIDI. THAT'S I APOLOGIZE. IS THERE SOME WE INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO YOU, BUT WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US? TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU, I APOLOGIZE. NO YOU'RE FINE. MY NAME IS HEIDI. I GREW UP HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. MY PARENTS STILL LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE THAT I GREW UP IN. I'M 26 YEARS OLD. I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS AND A STEPSON, AND I WORK AT SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AS A TECHNICAL WRITER, WHICH WAS MY DREAM JOB EVER SINCE COLLEGE. JUST BECAUSE I ALWAYS KNEW THAT I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ARTS RELATED WRITING RELATED. BUT I ALSO NEED CREATIVE WRITING PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T BE SUSTAINABLE. AND I MANAGED TO GET INTO WRITING MANUALS. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALEX, DID YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF? WE HAVE EXCHANGED A COUPLE OF EMAILS, BUT I'M ALEX HAMBY, I AM THE LIAISON TO THIS BOARD. SO IF YOU NEED ANYTHING COMMUNICATED OR YOU NEED TO KNOW. CONNECTIONS TO RESOURCES OR ANYTHING THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE BOARD, PLEASE REACH OUT. I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. THERE'S NO OTHERS. WE'RE GOING TO DO FIVE
[5.A. Introduction of Logen Cure, Duncanville's First Poet Laureate]
A INTRODUCTION. THIS LOGAN COUTURE, WHO IS WE HAD THE HONOR OF READING HER RESUME AND HER BACKGROUND AND SO FORTH, HER PUBLICATIONS AND SOME OF HER WORK AT OUR LAST MEETING.AND SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HAD WE, JULIO AND I MET HER BECAUSE SHE DID A BROADCAST FOR US, A PODCAST SEGMENT FOR US. SO WE'VE GOT THAT DONE ALREADY. AND THEN I SAID JULY 4TH. SO LOGAN HAD SOME QUESTIONS. AND AND THEN THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE BOARD.
NOW, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT YOU'LL MEET THEM AT SOME POINT IN TIME. AND YOU'VE MET MARY ANN ALREADY. AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHERS. OKAY. OKAY. SO THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU. IT IS SO GREAT TO MEET ALL OF YOU THAT I HAVEN'T ALREADY MET. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SELECTING ME. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN. SO I SENT YOU ALL A DOCUMENT THAT IS JUST MEANT TO KIND OF HELP WITH THE CONVERSATION. I HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN, AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS, YOUR HELP AND CONNECTIONS WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL FOR. SO THE MAIN THING THAT I REALLY WANT TO DO IS LAUNCH A MONTHLY OPEN MIC EVENT THAT WOULD BE ON A CONSISTENT DAY IN THE MONTH. IDEALLY, THIS WOULD BE LIKE AN ALL AGES WELCOME KIND OF SITUATION IN THE EVENING. SO MY MAIN SORT OF ENDEAVOR WITH THAT IS FINDING A VENUE. SO I HAVE SOME CRITERIA FOR THE VENUE THAT'S LISTED HERE. OBVIOUSLY IN DUNCANVILLE, WE WANT THE VENUE TO BE LIKE EASY TO GET TO FOR EVERYBODY, IDEALLY FREE OR CHEAP ON MY END. SO I'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT WITH ANGELA ABOUT LIKE SOME OF THE CITY LOCATIONS THAT MIGHT BE GOOD CANDIDATES FOR THIS. I'VE BEEN KIND OF LOOKING AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY AS SOME INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES, THAT KIND OF STUFF, TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND A PLACE THAT WOULD NOT HAVE LIKE A TON OF OVERHEAD FOR US TO HAVE A MONTHLY EVENT. WE WANT THAT CONSISTENCY BECAUSE HAVING A CONSISTENT
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NIGHT HELPS PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SHOW UP AND SHOW UP OVER AND OVER AND START TO BUILD COMMUNITY AROUND THIS GATHERING THAT THEY CAN DEPEND ON. IDEALLY, THIS PLACE HAS SOME GREAT VIBES, SERVES DRINK OR FOOD, IS ABLE TO PROVIDE SOUND EQUIPMENT. IF THE THINGS THAT ARE SORT OF LOWER ON THE LIST DON'T COME STANDARD, I'LL FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. SO THOSE ARE THE SORT OF THINGS I'M THINKING ABOUT. THERE WERE A FEW CITY OWNED LOCATIONS THAT I AM CURIOUS ABOUT. I THINK THE AMPHITHEATER RIGHT HERE IN ARMSTRONG IS BEAUTIFUL AND COULD BE GREAT. I'M CURIOUS, TOO, ABOUT THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY THEATER AND ITS ANNEX.I'VE BEEN TO SOME READINGS THAT ARE IN THEATERS THAT HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC. THOSE TEND TO BE REALLY GREAT. ONE OF OUR ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, IF I CAN INTERRUPT A SECOND, ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, MARY ANN MARION, I'M SORRY, AMY JACKSON IS PART OF DUNCANVILLE THEATER, AND SHE DID ANSWER THAT IN A COMMENTS BACK TO MYSELF AND ALEX. AND, AND WE'VE HAD THIS QUESTION COME UP NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, BUT THE DUNCANVILLE THEATER AND THE ANNEX, THEY ARE NOT THAT THE CITY DOESN'T. DICTATE WHAT GOES ON OVER THERE. THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS. THEY THEY THEY WORK THOSE AREAS AND THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE THEATER AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY DON'T RENT IT OUT. THEY DON'T. IT'S IN THEIR BYLAWS. THEY DON'T LEASE IT TO ANYBODY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE THEM THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND WORK IT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT AN OPTION. THAT'S GREAT TO KNOW. I'M CURIOUS IF THE AMPHITHEATER WOULD BE, DO Y'ALL HAVE A YES, PARKS AND REC. WE CAN FIGURE OUT A SCHEDULE WITH THE AMPHITHEATER BECAUSE YOU'RE ALSO WANTING SOUND EQUIPMENT AND SUCH. IDEALLY. YEAH. SO. LET ME. I JUST HAVE TO TALK TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE. BUT HAVING AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE THINKING AS FAR AS SCHEDULE WOULD MAYBE HELP THAT CONVERSATION, YOU'RE ALSO WANTING TO BE ABLE TO USE THE SOUND EQUIPMENT. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF IT BECAUSE WE WOULD NEED THEIR ASSISTANCE TO SET THAT UP AND TEAR IT DOWN. YES. THERE'S ALSO, AND THIS IS KIND OF FALLS UNDER THE SAME THING OF IF YOU WOULD BE, IF YOU WANT ME TO ALSO CHECK ON THE SENIOR CENTER. YEAH, THE SENIOR CENTER DOES HAVE A STAGE. IT DOES HAVE TABLES. IT DOES HAVE IT'S INDOORS. IT DOES HAVE A SOUND SYSTEM. IT MAY HAVE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE NEEDING WITHOUT HAVING TO DO THE EXTERIOR. TEAR DOWN AND, AND, AND SET UP. WHEREAS IT WOULD BE THE RAIN OR SHINE, RAIN OR SHINE. OKAY, OKAY. YEAH. AND THEN THEN I ALSO SUGGESTED TO HER THE LIBRARY, THE MEETING ROOM FROM WHERE WE HAD JUNETEENTH AND EVERYTHING THAT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. IT DOESN'T HAVE THE FOOD AND WHATEVER. WE HAD TO BRING THAT IN, BUT AT LEAST YOU CAN BRING LIGHT REFRESHMENTS IN IF YOU'RE WANTING TO START A LITTLE BIT ORGANICALLY. THERE'S A PRIVATE BUSINESS RESTAURANT. THEY'RE VERY FRIENDLY TO WANTING GROUPS MEET THERE. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT A SOUND SYSTEM. I'VE TALKED TO THEM BEFORE REGARDING AN OPEN MIC, AND THEY'RE VERY OPEN, EVEN THOUGH THEY CLOSE AT LIKE 3 OR 4. IF YOU REACH OUT TO THEM, THEY MIGHT LIKE I, I, I SUGGESTED A COMEDY OPEN MIC. SO THEY WERE VERY OPEN TO DOING SOMETHING LATE NIGHT. OKAY, SO I THINK THAT WOULD WORK TOO. BUT REGARDING EQUIPMENT, ALL YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS LIKE A SPEAKER AND MICROPHONE, LIKE SOMETHING BASIC, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH, BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE THE AMPHITHEATER PART SPECIFICALLY FOR LIKE A OPEN MIC. YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE PRETTY COOL. AND IT'S REALLY EASY TO DO. AND IT'S FOR THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? WHEREAS WHEREAS THESE OTHER PLACES YOU HAVE LIKE THAT'S MORE IN THE OPEN.
YEAH, YEAH. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE AMPHITHEATER. I THINK THAT'S MY FAVORITE IDEA SO FAR, BUT I'M NOT CLOSED TO OTHER SUGGESTIONS. I WENT AND TALKED TO THE FOLKS AT COLAB, AND I'M STILL KIND OF IN CONVERSATION WITH THEM. I TRIED TO GO BY KINGSMEN COFFEE, BUT THE ONLY FREE DAY I HAD TO GO WAS MONDAY, AND THEY'RE CLOSED ON MONDAY. SO I LOOKED THROUGH THE WINDOWS.
IT'S GORGEOUS INSIDE. YEAH, THEY TOO HAVE LIKE A STANDARD CLOSING TIME THAT'S LIKE
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EARLIER IN THE EVENING. SO BUT THEY REOPEN, THEY WILL REOPEN. BUT YOU DON'T SEE WHAT JIMMY SAYS JIMMY WOULD WOULD DO AS FAR AS HOW HE'LL WORK WITH YOU ON THAT. OKAY. SO ANYTHING THAT'S LIKE STRAIGHT UP CITY PROPERTY, THE AMPHITHEATER, THE SENIOR CENTER, THE LIBRARY, THOSE ARE THINGS WE COULD GET WITHOUT COST. I MEAN, THERE, THERE IS A COST BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO BE THERE TO SET UP AND TEAR DOWN. SO THAT WOULD BE STAFFING IT. I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE LIBRARY ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE THERE'S A DEGREE OF OVERLAP, RIGHT? BUT IT'S PAST THEIR OPEN HOURS AS WELL. AND THAT IF IT'S JUST A SPEAKER AND A MICROPHONE, WOULD THERE BE LIKE, WOULD YOU NEED A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR TEAR DOWN? WELL, I MEAN, THE SPEAKERS, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE JUST THE ROLLOUT ONE WITH JUST THE MICROPHONE, THAT'S ONE THING. THERE WAS PRETTY TRADITIONAL FOR OPEN MICS, RIGHT? THERE STILL NEED TO BE SOMEBODY WHO IS BASICALLY TAKING CUSTODY OF THAT EQUIPMENT, MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S THERE. SO THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMEBODY TO SAY, I MEAN, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FIGURING OUT WHICH IS THE BEST OPTION, WHICH IS THE, THE DEPARTMENT THAT CAN HANDLE IT, THE THREE DIFFERENT VENUES, BECAUSE ONE IS PARKS, TWO ARE PARKS AND REC. YES, ONE IS THE LIBRARY. BUT I CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND SEE WHAT I CAN FIND AS FAR AS OPTIONS FOR YOU. OKAY. AND IF YOU DECIDE THAT YOU'RE GETTING BETTER FEEDBACK FROM ONE OF THE PRIVATE BUSINESSES, I CAN ALWAYS JUST PULL BACK FROM FROM THAT. THAT IS, COULD WE ALSO MAYBE BUY A OUR COMMISSION LIKE SPEAKER FROM SAM'S, THAT'S LIKE 100 BUCKS. I WOULD LIKE YEAH, BUT BUT I MEAN, WHEN WE DID OPEN AIR MUSEUM. ALEX AND THEN BOUGHT A SPEAKER AND A MICROPHONE OVER THAT. YEAH, YEAH, THAT WAS THE CITIES, BUT JUST FALLING OVER. THEY DO HAVE AS A SIDE PROJECT FOR THE ART COMMISSION. THIS IS PART OF OUR EQUIPMENT FOR THE ACTIVITIES.BUT I'M LIKE YOU, RIGHT? LIKE I AM AT OPEN MICS ALL THE TIME. SO PART OF ME IS LIKE, DO I JUST BUY ONE? YOU KNOW, LIKE, BUT THE ARTS COMMISSION DOES HAVE THAT FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS THAT IS UNRESERVED FOR A SPECIFIC. SO WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND $300 THAT YOU HAVE THAT'S STILL SITTING THERE. THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY TIED TO HOT FUNDS AS AN OPTION, BUT IT'S STILL THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO BE THERE TO TAKE CUSTODY OF IT. RIGHT. SO I DO HAVE THE POSSIBLE SCHEDULING LIST HERE. YOU SAID THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. SO I'M THINKING EVENING, MAYBE 7:00, 730. WE'RE ASKING ABOUT A COUPLE HOURS. AND THEN JUST TO CONSISTENT NIGHT OF THE MONTH, I'VE GIVEN SOME OPTIONS. BUT IS THAT THE KIND OF INFORMATION YOU NEED? ALEX. YES. OKAY. WEDNESDAYS OR GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. THE CHURCH NIGHTS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. OKAY, SO NOT WEDNESDAY.
WELL, I'M NOT SAYING NOT. I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE, BUT. NO. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH. YES. OKAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BUXTON. YEAH. SO YOU THINK FRIDAYS OR SATURDAYS MIGHT WORK BETTER? I THINK FRIDAYS AND THEN THEN MAYBE EVEN ESPECIALLY IF THINGS ARE GOING GOOD, THEY MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO SOME OF THEIR CONTACTS, LIKE MAYBE A FOOD TRUCK OR, OR SOMEBODY CAN COME BY THAT YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT DRINKS AND FOOD. MAYBE THEY'RE AT THE AMPHITHEATER, MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE TRUCKS.
THERE'S A THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE PERMITTED. YEAH. THERE'S A LOCAL FOOD TRUCK THAT PARKS A BLOCK AWAY, BASICALLY IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. IT'S CALLED GLORIA. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
PRETTY GOOD. THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO HAVE ALL THEIR PERMITTING UP TO DATE AND IF THEY WERE ON A PARK PROPERTY. YEAH. ON THE CITY PROPERTY, MOST OF THEM DO HAVE A PERMIT.
VERY FEW DON'T HAVE A BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM PARTICIPATE LIKE ON DUNCAN SWITCH AND OKAY. AND ALL THOSE THINGS. SO THE PARKS AND REC CAN GIVE YOU THE NAMES OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS UNLESS YOU.
IS IT ACCEPTABLE FOR PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR OWN STUFF TO THE ALL THE TIME AT THE AMPHITHEATER. OKAY. AND ALCOHOL RESTRICTIONS AT THE PARK. DO WE KNOW THE CITY CANNOT HOST AN EVENT WHERE ALCOHOL IS? YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY I'M SURE THERE IS PLENTY THERE, BUT BUT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. WE DON'T KNOW THAT. SO ANYTHING I'M RUNNING WOULD BE UNDER THE BANNER OF THE CITY AND THUS NEEDS TO BE ALCOHOL FREE. YES. OKAY. WE DON'T PROMOTE IT.
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RIGHT. BUT THAT MAY RULE OUT COLAB BECAUSE THEY SERVE BEER. OKAY. DAMN. OKAY. WELL, EVEN WELL, EVEN IF YOU GO TO A VENUE, EVEN LIKE. THE COFFEE HOUSE, THEY DO HAVE A. SOMETIMES WHEN THEY HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS, THEY DO HAVE LIQUOR TOO. SOMETIMES. OKAY. DO THEY JUST REFRAIN FROM DOING THAT IF IT'S Y'ALL'S EVENT? I DON'T KNOW. WHEN WE HAD IT, THEY WERE MAKING THAT GREAT. THAT WAS A MARTINI SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS. OKAY. SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY ALCOHOL AT ANY OF YOUR EVENTS AND OKAY, SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT TO KNOW.BUT, BUT WHEN YOU'RE AT THE AMPHITHEATER, JUST LIKE ANYTHING, WHEN WE GO TO CONCERTS IN THE PARK AND EVERYTHING, PEOPLE BRING THEIR COOLERS AND EVERYTHING OUT THERE AND SIT AND LISTEN AND ENJOY THE THE ONLY THING IS IF IT'S. IF IT'S A CITY EVENT, NO ALCOHOL. LOOK, I'M LEARNING. LET ME DELVE INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT DEEPER. LET ME RESEARCH THIS A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, OKAY? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN INSTANCES WHERE IF IT'S IF THERE'S ALCOHOL, THE REQUIREMENT IS SOMEBODY FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO BE THERE.
YEAH. SO AND THE ONLY THING THAT IS THROWING ME IS THAT YOU ALL DID SERVE WINE AT SHAMELESS, BUT YOU DIDN'T SERVE WINE. THE THEATER SERVED WINE AT SHAYLA, AND THE THEATER SERVED WINE AT THE THE EVENT THAT YOU HAD FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE, HISPANIC HERITAGE. BUT IT WASN'T YOU. IT WASN'T IT WASN'T US DOING IT. THE CITY AND THE ARTS COMMISSION WAS NOT SERVING WINE.
IT WAS ANOTHER PARTY THAT WAS ADJACENT TO THE EVENT. AND IT WASN'T IT WAS THEY WEREN'T CHARGING FOR IT. SO THE VENDOR WAS SERVING THE ALCOHOL. YES. AND THEN THERE'S BUT THERE IS A CERTAIN PLACE WHERE THAT INITIATES SOMEBODY FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVING TO BE THERE.
OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. AND SO IF A PERSON FROM LOOK, I'M JUST LEARNING MYSELF TOO. IF A PERSON, IF A. IN FACT, THERE IS ALCOHOL, DO WE INCUR THE COST FOR THE POLICE? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE. THAT'S THE PART I WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE IF YOU ARE, IF YOU ARE AS A. COUNCIL APPOINTED BODY, PUTTING ON AN EVENT THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE TO ALCOHOL, WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT MEANS, WHAT IS EXPECTED AND WHAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. I THINK IN GENERAL, THE GOAL IS TO NOT DO THOSE THINGS, TO NOT HAVE THE CITY CONNECT PEOPLE TO ALCOHOL. OKAY. IS IT IS IT BYOB SITUATION RUN INTO THAT SAME PROBLEM I THIS YOU ARE ALL ASKING GREAT QUESTIONS. AND I WORRY THAT I, I, I DO NOT WANT TO SPEAK AS AN EXPERT ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY UNDERMINED MYSELF BY POINTING OUT THE INSTANCES WHERE AND WHERE THERE HAS BEEN WINE PRESENT AT AN EVENT. BUT IT WAS NOT THE ARTS COMMISSION BRINGING THE WINE.
IT WAS NOT THE ARTS COMMISSION PROMOTING THE WINE THAT WAS AN ADJACENT PARTY. SO LET ME ASK SOME QUESTIONS AND I CAN GET WITH YOU OFFLINE ABOUT THAT. AND OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING THIS BACK. OKAY. BUT THAT WILL SLOW IT DOWN A MONTH. THAT'S FAIR. OKAY. YEAH, I, I'M SORT OF TENTATIVE LAUNCH MAYBE NEXT MONTH, MAYBE SEPTEMBER, KIND OF WHENEVER WE CAN GET THE DUCKS IN A ROW. OKAY. I'M NOT REALLY IN A RUSH BECAUSE I WANTED TO LIKE, LAUNCH AND BE SUCCESSFUL AT A, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT IT'S STILL HOT AND IF IT WANTS TO BE IN THE AMPHITHEATER, IT PROBABLY WOULD BE BETTER TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT. ANYWAY, THE THE SHOW THAT I RUN AT THE WILD DETECTIVES IS OUTSIDE ALL THE TIME AND IT, YOU KNOW, WE WE RUN INTO TRULY INTOLERABLE WEATHER. LESS THAN YOU'D THINK. SO I DO THINK THE AMPHITHEATER VAST MAJORITY OF THE TIME WOULD PROBABLY SERVE US. HAS ANYBODY BEEN TO THE WILD DETECTIVES AND. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, SO I RUN INNER MOONLIGHT THERE. IT'S IN BISHOP ARTS. YEAH. OKAY. GLORIOUS. IS IT ON THAT SIDE? IT'S LIKE IT'S IN THE MIDDLE. IT'S NOT TOO FAR FROM GLORIA'S, BUT IT'S. IT'S AN OLD CRAFTSMAN HOME THAT HAS BEEN RENOVATED. OH, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT'S A BOOKSTORE IN A BAR. AND AND IT HAS A IT HAS THIS BEAUTIFUL BACKYARD. AND
[00:35:01]
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE MY MONTHLY SHOW, INNER MOONLIGHT IS. OKAY. AND WE ARE OBVIOUSLY THE THE WILD DETECTIVES HAS AN INSIDE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S RAINING OR SOMETHING, WE GO INSIDE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TIME WE'RE OUTSIDE IN THAT BACKYARD AND IT'S GORGEOUS. SO WHEN ARE YOU DOING IT? INNER MOONLIGHT IS THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 730 AT THE WILD DETECTIVES. AND IT'S ALSO A PODCAST. SO IF YOU LOOK FOR INNER MOONLIGHT ON ANY OF YOUR PODCAST PLATFORMS, YOU'LL FIND IT. SO WHAT I DO IS I RECORD THE LIVE PERFORMANCE. SO WHEN YOU LISTEN TO AN INNER MOONLIGHT EPISODE, YOU'RE HEARING THE AUDIENCE, THE LIVE AUDIENCE, YOU'RE HEARING LIKE THE WIND CHIMES OF THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR AND LIKE THE CAT'S MEOWING AS THEY LIKE, YOU KNOW, RUN THROUGH THE BACKYARD. SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL.AND I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS. SO I, WHEN I SAY THAT THAT LIKE CONSISTENT MONTH CAN CREATE A COMMUNITY. I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN. OKAY. AND IT, IT REALLY DOES COME TO MATTER TO PEOPLE. SO I THINK I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO CREATE THAT SAME KIND OF THING HERE. OKAY, SO THAT'S MY BIG PROJECT. I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER LITTLE THINGS THAT I WANT TO DO TOO, THAT I'M HOPING SOMEBODY CAN SORT OF WARM. INTRODUCE ME TO THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR. I CAN DO THAT.
OKAY. BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME WORKSHOPS, MAYBE THREE, MAYBE LIKE A FALL SPRING SUMMER POETRY WORKSHOPS THAT ARE DIRECTED AT KIDS. AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO TALK TO THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR TO SEE IF THEY ARE OPEN TO ACQUISITIONS, IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO TALK TO ME ABOUT EXPANDING THE SELECTION OF POETRY THAT IS ON THE SHELVES IN THE LIBRARY, BOTH FOR ADULTS AND KIDS. OKAY, SO I HAVE SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT I'M HOPING TO CONNECT WITH TOO, JUST BECAUSE I THINK THEY WOULD BE HELPFUL, LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA FOLKS, BECAUSE I'VE NOTICED THAT DUNCANVILLE HAS LIKE A BAJILLION DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, RIGHT? WHICH ONES ARE YOU INTERESTED IN? PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THAT REACHES PEOPLE BECAUSE I LIKE, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND I'M SURE Y'ALL, Y'ALL KNOW THIS IS THE CHALLENGE. I'M SURE THIS IS NOT A NOVEL CHALLENGE FOR Y'ALL, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING SO THAT THEY CAN SHOW UP. AND THEN I'M CURIOUS ABOUT NONPROFITS. ANGELA SENT ME RON THOMPSON'S CONTACT INFORMATION, BUT I KNOW THE MACMILLAN INSTITUTE'S ALSO IN TOWN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ARTS RELATED NONPROFITS? DO YOU THINK I SHOULD TALK TO? THOSE? THOSE ONLY TWO? YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. AND I'M CURIOUS ABOUT PRINT PUBLICATION. IS PRINT PUBLICATION SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN DO IN-HOUSE? IN-HOUSE? NO. OKAY. WE NOT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN THE BUDGET, BUT JUST WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO, I'LL TRY TO FIND THE MONEY FOR IT. OKAY? BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE FOR THE OPEN MIC TO POTENTIALLY HAVE LIKE A, AN ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY THAT CONTAINS POEMS FROM THE FOLKS THAT ARE SHOWING UP IN THE COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE LOVE TO SEE THEIR NAME IN PRINT. YES. AND SO IF WE CAN CREATE SOME KIND OF PRINT PUBLICATION THAT REPRESENTS THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S, THAT'S FINDABLE, YOU KNOW, LIKE AT THE LIBRARY OR AT SOME OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE FRIENDLY TO US, SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE COULD PICK UP AND SEE THEIR NAME IN PRINT. I THINK THAT SO WHEN YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE INTERESTED IN LIKE ACQUISITIONS FOR THE LIBRARY, WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE WRITERS THAT YOU KNOW, LOCALLY? YES, YES. AND SO DFW IS FULL OF LIVING POETS WHO ARE DOING EXCELLENT WORK. I WANT TO BRING SOME OF THEM HERE. LIKE, I DON'T IMAGINE TEACHING ALL OF THESE WORKSHOPS MYSELF. I KNOW SOME REALLY MAGICAL FOLKS THAT I COULD BRING IN TO DIVERSIFY SOME OF THE POETRY STUFF THAT THE COMMUNITY IS GETTING. I DON'T WANT IT TO BE ME AND THE OPEN MIC. I ALSO ENVISION INVITING FEATURES, PEOPLE WHO CAN COME IN AND SHOW FOLKS KIND OF A WIDE RANGE OF WHAT POETRY CAN DO. SO YEAH, I'M DEFINITELY THINKING INVOLVING MORE POETS THAN JUST MYSELF, AND I WANT TO FIND MORE OF THE POETS WHO ARE HERE IN DUNCANVILLE AND TRY TO ELEVATE WHAT THEY ARE ALREADY DOING. LIKE SO MUCH OF MY LITERARY WORK HAS BEEN IN DALLAS, AND I THINK THAT'S TRUE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING CULTURAL THINGS, IS THEY THEY SORT OF LEAVE THE SMALLER
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PLACE WHERE THEY ARE AND GO TO DALLAS, DO CULTURAL STUFF, AND BUT THEY LIVE HERE. SO I UNDERSTAND. I AGREE WITH THAT. YEAH, YEAH. SO I REALLY, I VERY MUCH DON'T WANT IT TO JUST BE ME. I WANT TO BE SOMEBODY WHO'S FINDING, CONNECTING, ELEVATING, MAKING, MAKING PEOPLE AWARE, GETTING PEOPLE GATHERED, GETTING PEOPLE AN ANTHOLOGY WHERE THEY CAN SEE THEMSELVES GETTING THE SHELVES IN THE LIBRARY TO BE AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE LIKE, REGARDING LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF LIKE COMPANIES AROUND TOWN THAT ARE LIKE ART FRIENDLY. AND IF WE CAN IDENTIFY LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUBLISHED BOOKS, RIGHT? MAYBE WE COULD HAVE LIKE A LITTLE SHELF REGARDING LIKE LOCAL WRITERS AND THAT WOULD BE KIND OF COOL. AND THAT WOULD BE LIKE A WAY TO PROMOTE, INTRODUCE. YEAH, YEAH. AND ALSO LIKE US PROMOTE LIKE THAT. THAT WOULD BE COOL. YEAH. AND THE LIBRARY ALWAYS HAS LIKE THOSE DISPLAYS, RIGHT? LIKE I WALKED IN THE OTHER DAY AND THEY HAD ONE THAT WAS LIKE ALL TEXAS AND WELCOME WAS SITTING THERE AND I WAS LIKE, YAY! BUT LIKE DISPLAYS LIKE THAT THAT ARE LOCAL WRITERS WOULD BE REALLY COOL. AND YOU KNOW, I'VE NOTICED THAT IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF HARD TO FIND THE POETRY SECTION IN THE LIBRARY. LIKE I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT SIGNAGE. SO THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD TALK TO THEM ABOUT. IT'S ACTUALLY BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE. IT HAS MORE LIVING PEOPLE AND MORE PEOPLE OF COLOR THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO HAVE, TO BE HONEST, LIKE TO LIKE TO SING THE PRAISES OF WHAT EXISTS IN THE LIBRARY ALREADY. IT HAS A MUCH BETTER SELECTION THAN MANY OTHER PUBLIC LIBRARIES THAN IT'S BEEN. OH, DEFINITELY. BUT I THINK THAT CAN ALWAYS BE EXPANDED, ESPECIALLY WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE LOCAL, THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY GET ACCESS TO BRING AND, AND TALK TO PEOPLE.AND WE HAD A WRITERS GUILD ONE TIME DURING THE WEEK OF JUNETEENTH, AND WE COULD DO THAT AGAIN. AND THIS TIME WE JUST FOCUSED ON LOCAL WRITERS, AND WE HAD IT OVER AT THE LIBRARY IN THAT ROOM THAT I WAS SUGGESTING. OKAY. AND IT WAS VERY NICE AND VERY WELL ATTENDED. OKAY, OKAY. YEAH. IF Y'ALL HAVE LIKE DATA ABOUT PREVIOUS LITERARY THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL, OR IF YOU LIKE, GATHERED, SAY THE EMAIL ADDRESSES OF THE PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THOSE THINGS, ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF IS HELPFUL IN FIGURING OUT HOW TO LIKE, GET THE WORD OUT AND GET THE LIKE, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP TO THOSE THINGS BEFORE ARE THE AUDIENCE NOW. OKAY, TRYING TO THINK IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE I WANTED TO SAY. OH, YES. SO THIS IS KIND OF A LONG GAME THING. AND I DID NOT PUT THIS ON THE PIECE OF PAPER, BUT THERE IS A GRANT THAT IS OFFERED BY THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS, AND IT'S SPECIFIC TO POETS LAUREATE. SO THE DALLAS POET LAUREATE, MATT GABBERT WON IT. AND WHAT SHE DID WITH IT IS CREATE THE SIDEWALK POETRY PROJECT. SO SHE CREATED A FORM THAT'S SHORT ENOUGH THAT THE POEMS CAN BE STAMPED INTO SIDEWALK SQUARES.
WOW. AND SO SHE HAS, YOU KNOW, PUT POETRY INTO THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF DALLAS. IT'S A FASCINATING PROJECT. BUT SHE WON THIS GRANT FROM THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS TO DO IT. AND IF YOU WIN THIS GRANT, IT GIVES YOU 15 K TOWARD A PROJECT. AND IT'S SPECIFIC TO POETS LAUREATE.
SO THE WAY THE GRANT WINDOW FALLS, IT IT WOULD FALL IN LIKE THE APPLICATION WINDOW USUALLY OPENS LIKE IT RUNS FROM JANUARY TO MARCH. SO WE'RE IN THERE AND THEN THEY ANNOUNCE IT AT THE END OF JUNE. SO THE WAY THAT'S GOING TO FALL, IT'S GOING TO FALL LIKE RIGHT AT THE END OF MY TERM. SO I KNOW THE GUIDELINES SAID THAT WE'RE THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF A OF A SECOND YEAR. I REALLY HOPE THAT ALL OF THIS GOES GREAT. AND WE ALL ARE HAVING A FANTASTIC TIME AND THAT WE RENEW ME FOR A SECOND YEAR BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE FOR, TO, TO APPLY FOR AND WIN THAT GRANT AND THEN BRING 15 K TO DO SOMETHING REALLY INCREDIBLE WITH ALL OF YOU IN THAT SECOND YEAR. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE LIKE I, I KNOW MORE THAN ONE LAUREATE WHO'S WENT IN KNOWING PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED CAN TREMENDOUSLY HELP ME IN ACHIEVING THAT SAME THING.
RIGHT? I'M GOING TO ASK THESE PEOPLE ENDLESS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE APPLICATION, BUT I REALLY THINK WE COULD DO A LOT. AND, AND IN A WORLD WHERE THIS MONTHLY OPEN MIC IS ACCESSIBLE
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AND WE'RE GETTING SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS ROLLING, BY THE TIME YOUR TWO ROLLS AROUND, WE'LL HAVE AN AUDIENCE THAT'S REALLY EXCITED FOR LIKE THE BIG STUFF THAT WE COULD DO WITH LIKE A HUGE CHUNK OF MONEY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. OKAY. YES, I'M GOING TO LAY TWO INCHES OF CEMENT IN MY CONCRETE COUNTERTOP IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. THAT'S SO CONSIDERATE OF YOU.OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? OH, YOU GAVE US A LOT TO GREAT IDEAS. YEAH. OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS AND THE COMMENTS AND YEAH, GREAT IDEAS. SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU, JUST LET US KNOW. LIKE I SAID, ASK HIM, INTRODUCE HIS PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY AND THE GOVERNMENT ASPECT. AND THEN SOME OF US CAN INTRODUCE SOME OF THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST CHECK WITH US AND, HEY, ANYBODY KNOW THIS PERSON OR WHATEVER, OR WE'LL SEND PEOPLE YOUR WAY. OKAY. AND THEN ALEX, YOU SAID YOU CAN HELP ME MEET THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND EXPLORE VENUES. YES. JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT YOUR AVAILABILITY IS AND WHAT YOUR PREFERENCE IS AS FAR AS IF YOU WANT TO MEET IN PERSON, I CAN WORK WITH YOU ON THAT. FANTASTIC. YOU'RE THE BEST. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING, IF YOU LIKE. OR IF NOT. YOU. YOU KNOW YOUR CHOICE. WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO OVER SOME MORE WORK, OKAY? ALEX PROVIDED FOR US. AND THIS
[5.B. Acceptance of Donations of Works of Art for the City’s Permanent Collection]
WAS A FOLLOW UP FROM OUR OLDEN YEAR MUSEUM THING. A LADY ASKED ABOUT DONATING ART. OR DOES THE CITY ACCEPT DONATIONS? AND WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY ON THAT. HE PROVIDED US WITH A FORT WORTH POLICY ON IT, AND THERE'S NOTHING FOR US TO DO NOW. BUT I JUST WANT TO. LOOK AT IT, READ IT. I DID NOT FINISH READING IT, ALL OF IT. AND THEN MAYBE IT COULD BE ON OUR NEXT COUPLE AGENDA ITEMS AND SO FORTH. IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS OR THINGS YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE POLICY, WE CAN SEND THAT TO ALEX. YES, MATT. I WAS READING THROUGH IT THIS AFTERNOON AND IT, IT IS, IT TALKS ABOUT PROPERTY AS WELL AND NOT VERY MUCH ON ART. ART.SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE WANT TO, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE.
OKAY. OR THAT WOULD APPLY TO THE ARTS COMMISSION. I KIND OF LOOKED OVER TO I DO THIS A LOT AND BUT YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO LOOK OVER AND SEE WHAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE INCLUDED. AND THEN WE CAN START FROM THERE INSTEAD OF REINVENT THE WHEEL. SO WHEN I BROUGHT THIS TO CITY ADMINISTRATION, I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MARK RAUSCHER, AND HE HAD LOOKED AND WE DO NOT HAVE A POLICY AT ALL ON ACCEPTING BECAUSE IN THE END, ART IS GOING TO BE PROPERTY. THE TYPES OF ART, THE PHYSICAL PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES THAT'S GOING TO BE PROPERTY. SO WE WERE THE DISCUSSION WAS THE CITY NEEDS TO HAVE A POLICY SIMILAR TO THAT. AND SO I KNOW THAT THIS HAS INITIATED A CONVERSATION. BUT HAVING THE ARTS COMMISSION IN THIS DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT, WHEREAS IT MAY BECOME A MORE COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON ACCEPTING OTHER TYPES OF THINGS, WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT ART ASPECT INTO IT. SO IF THE CITY IS ACCEPTING, THEY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCEPT ART AS WELL. OKAY, SO THAT MAKES SENSE.
YES, I CAN DEFINITELY ADD THIS TO YOUR NEXT AGENDA. BUT I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THIS POLICY AS IT IS, BUT THEN THINK ABOUT THE PARTS OF ADDING THOSE ELEMENTS OF ART SO THAT THAT DOESN'T GET LEFT OUT OF THE CONVERSATION. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. ALEX. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? OKAY. HEARING NONE. EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW SHEILA
[5.C. Receive the Xela Bistro grant report.]
BISTRO'S GRANT REPORT. I KNOW WE'RE ENABLING THEM QUITE A BIT. SO DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ABOUT HIS REPORT? YES, SIR. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLACK CHART, THEY'VE HAD VISITORS FROM ALL OF THESE PLACES. AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF IT'S BECAUSE WE HAD THE SOCCER IN THE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT IT'S REALLY PRETTY IMPRESSIVE[00:50:05]
TO SEE THE REACH. AND HE'S KEEPING TRACK OF IT. YES. I'M SURPRISED THAT THEY HAVE KEPT TRACK. I WAS IMPRESSED I WAS YEAH, THEY'RE DEFINITELY REACHING OUT TO THE WORLD. I THINK I MENTIONED TO YOU ALL WHEN I TALKED TO HIM ONE TIME, HE SAID THAT THEY HAD A GUEST FROM CHINA WHO FOLLOWED THE ARTISTS THAT THEY DID THAT MURAL ON. YEAH. AND THAT THE PERSON GOES ALL OVER THE, THE, THE WORLD AND FOLLOWS THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST. AND THEY CAME HERE. AND THEN AFTER THEY WERE HERE, THEY WERE LIKE, OKAY, WHERE ELSE CAN WE GO? AND WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO? YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THAT ACTUALLY DOES HAPPEN A LOT BECAUSE I REMEMBER LIKE IN 2023 OR SOMETHING, I WON A, A LIKE BIG NATIONAL LIKE CONTEST TO GO MEET THIS REALLY FAMOUS GRAFFITI ARTIST. THE BIGGEST ART, LIKE THE, THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME. HIS NAME IS DAVID CHO. HE BASICALLY PAINTED A MURAL FOR FACEBOOK AND THEY PROMISED HIM $15,000 IN STOCK OR CASH. AND HE CHOSE THE STOCK, WHICH THEN OBVIOUSLY AT THE END OF THE SALE, HE SOLD SOME OF IT. BUT IT WAS LIKE FOR ONE PIECE, HE BASICALLY MADE MORE THAN ANY OTHER ARTIST EVER, MAKING THEM THE BEST ARTIST. SO I WANT A THING TO GO HANG OUT WITH THEM FOR LIKE A WEEK. BUT DURING THAT TIME, I WAS, I WAS GOING TO DO LIKE A 90 DAY EURO TRIP OR SOMETHING. SO I LEFT AND THEN I COULDN'T DO IT. AND I WAS SO BUMMED, BUT I WAS HANGING OUT, LIKE WITH MY FEET. AND PABLO ESCOBAR'S HOUSE IN COLOMBIA. AND THEN I LOOKED AT A WALL, HIS ABANDONED HOUSE, AND I LOOKED AT LIKE AT THE WALL ACROSS THE STREET. AND IT WAS A PICTURE OF GRAFFITI OF THE WHALE THAT THIS GUY PAINTED. I WAS LIKE, OH, WOW, THE RIGHT PLACE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. AND THEN WITHIN THE WEEK, LIKE IT HAPPENED. WOW. HOW IMPRESSIVE.THAT IS AWESOME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT SHEILA'S BISTRO? SO WE'VE
[5.D. Boards and Commissions Expo]
ACCEPTED THE REPORT. WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE. IT'S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONERS EXPO.COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS DOING A BOARDS AND COMMISSION EXPO TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR BOARD AND COMMISSION OPENINGS WHEN THEY COME UP. SO THE EXPO IS GOING TO BE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. I FORGOT THE DATE, BUT I KNOW IT'S COMING UP IN AUGUST AND AUGUST 12TH. OKAY. AND I'VE ALREADY TOLD TOBY THAT WE WOULD PARTICIPATE. DON'T NEED EVERYBODY, JUST NEED MAYBE ONE PERSON. SO MAYBE TWO OF US. SO THAT ONE. SO I JUST NEED ONE PERSON. I'LL BE ON VACATION.
OKAY, SO IT'S AUGUST 12TH. BOARDS AND COMMISSION. I THINK IT'S FROM 6 TO 8, LIKE AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER NOW. BUT IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE THE TIME OR WANT TO COME OUT AND CHIT CHAT, TALK. I DID WANT TO ASK ALEX THOUGH, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE OF THE DEVIANT VOICES, SOME OF THOSE FLIERS LEFT OVER, OR YOU KNOW, HOW WE HAD THOSE STANDS AT OLDEN YEAR WHERE WITH SURVEY, YOU KNOW, THAT SURVEY. BUT BUT THE STANDS TALK ABOUT WE HAD SOME EXTRAS. I THINK YOU TOOK THEM SO WE COULD JUST WE CAN HAVE THEM ON OUR TABLE TO GIVE OUT TO. AND. WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE CARDS. I DO HAVE CARDS. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME EXTRA CARDS. WE HAVE THOSE THOSE SQUARE CARDS. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE MATERIAL MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE PRETTY GOOD WITH MATERIAL AND STUFF BECAUSE HE WAS, HE WAS BOUNCING THINGS OFF OF ME AS TO WHAT HE COULD HAVE FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO I WAS GIVING HIM SOME IDEAS TO HAVE ON HIS TABLE FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO IT'S A BOARDS AND COMMISSION EXPO. THERE IS A FLIER. IF YOU HAVEN'T, I'LL I'LL SEND IT TO ALL OF YOU. BUT IF YOU WOULD CIRCULATE IT, PUT IT ON YOUR FACEBOOK SITE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE IN DUNCANVILLE WHO HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT VOLUNTEERING FOR BOARD OR SOMETHING, THIS IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND FIND OUT ALL THE BOARDS AND WHICH ONES MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. FISCAL YEAR 2026. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOALS, MAY
[5.E. Fiscal Year 2026 Accomplishments and Fiscal Year 2027 Goals]
I? YES, SIR. SO, JENNIFER ODIE, WHO IS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FISCAL SERVICES AND IS[00:55:02]
OVERSEEING THE BUDGET, HAS ASKED ME TO ASK YOU ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPEAR IN THE BUDGET BOOK FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION AS FAR AS ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 AND GOALS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. SO THIS WILL BE A BOARD SIMILAR TO HOW I BELIEVE DC EDC HAS IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET BOOK, BUT THIS WILL BE THE OTHER BOARD THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET BOOK FOR THE COMING YEAR. SO SHE ASKED FOR WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE POINTED OUT AS FAR AS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND WHAT IS SOME GOALS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE INCLUDED? I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SOON. YOU'RE ABOUT TO FINISH OUT YOUR FIRST YEAR OF FULL YEAR OF GRANTS. YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO ANOTHER YEAR OF GRANTS. BUT ARE THERE ANY THINGS BEYOND THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE I HIGHLIGHTED? OKAY. WHEN DOES SHE NEED THIS? IDEALLY, I WOULD TELL HER TOMORROW. OKAY. OKAY.RIGHT. YES. OKAY. SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED A POET LAUREATE PROGRAM, RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH. WE LAUNCHED THAT THE PODCAST. NOW WE GET ANOTHER YEAR, FULL YEAR OF GRANTS. THAT'S THAT'S SUCCESSFUL. THE MIXER AND IT KEEPS GOING. AND WE PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES THAT THE REC CENTER HAD, SUCH AS. SPECIAL EVENTS THAT THE CITY HAD. WE DID THE CHRISTMAS. WE DID ROOFS, WE DID NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, AND WE DO A LOT OF.
VOLUNTEERING FOR SCHOOLS. DUNCANVILLE ISD COMMUNITY OUTREACH, DUNCANVILLE ISD COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH COVERS IT. YEAH. CAN I ASK WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO THE SCHOOLS. THERE IS A YOUNG LADY AND I CAN ALWAYS INTRODUCE YOU TO. HER NAME IS. SERRANO AND SHE'S THE COMMUNITY FAMILY CONTACT PERSON FOR DUNCANVILLE ISD. AND SO WHEN THEY HAVE THESE FAMILY NIGHTS AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE THEMES LIKE LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE ONES THEY HAD WAS MATH THEME. AND THEN OR WHAT IS IT, SOME FEST, BUT IT'S ALWAYS EDUCATIONAL WITH IT. READING LIBRARIES THERE. SOMETIMES WE'RE PROBABLY THE ONLY OTHER BOARD THAT'S EVER AT SOME OF THESE THINGS, BUT WE, WE USUALLY HAVE AN ART ACTIVITY FORUM OR EVEN THE COLORING AND DRAWING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO SHE'LL ASK US TO COME OUT AND WE'LL DO A TABLE AND WE'LL JUST DO IT. THEY PAINT IT ROCKS ONE TIME TRYING TO GET RID OF ROCKS. WE DID THE PIPES CENTER. YEAH, THE LETTERS TO SANTA, BUT WE DID THE OH, THE PIPE CLEANER, PIPE CLEANER THINGS. HE DID SOME ART THINGS WITH THAT. WE HAD THEM MAKE. WE HAD THEM MAKE FACES. SO WE JUST WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S IT'S REALLY IT'S DUNCANVILLE ISD FOR THE YOUTH.
BUT AND USUALLY IT'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT SHE HAS US GOING TO. AND THEN WE JUST WERE OUT THERE JUST PROMOTING THE ARTS AND THE PEOPLE COME BY. WE JUST HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE KIDS, LIKE WHATEVER. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. I'D LOVE TO GET IN ON THAT. OKAY. HAVE ANY DESIRE FOR POETRY RELATED OR IF THAT'S LIKE A THEME OR OKAY, SO FORTH. I'LL LET HER KNOW. GOALS, OUR GOALS.
GRANT CYCLE, THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS GRANT VIA GOAL. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A NICE GOAL.
MAYBE SOME CONSISTENT PROGRAMING, KIND OF LIKE THE OPEN MIC, NOT JUST DIFFERENT CONSISTENT PROGRAMING. OKAY, SOME CONSISTENT PROGRAMING MIXERS. THAT INCLUDES MIXERS.
YEAH. WE ALL ABOUT WHAT PODCASTS, THE FURTHERING PODCAST COLLECTING LIKE ORGANIZING A COLLECTIVE OF ALL THE ARTISTS IN TOWN TO POSSIBLY USE FOR ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. THERE'S ALWAYS THE IDEA OF THE COMEDY THING. BUT I JUST LIKE I SAID, I'M THE COMEDY OUT RIGHT NOW COMEDY, POETRY, THE WRITERS GUILD THING THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING. RIGHT?
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SO YEAH, WE COULD DO. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S ANOTHER WE CAN HAVE A WRITERS, A DUNCANVILLE WRITERS EXPO OR WHATEVER WE CALLED IT LAST TIME. I THINK YOU DO A GOOD JOB SPOTLIGHTING THE NEW BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, EXPOSING THEM TO THE COMMUNITY. YES. AND WE DO THAT WITH THE WE DO THAT PRETTY GOOD WITH THE ARTS AND BUSINESS NETWORKING. YEAH. PODCAST HAS BEEN DOING THAT TOO. YES, YES. YEAH. SO THOSE ARE SOME GOALS. I WILL TAKE THAT BACK TO YOUR GET THAT ON THE PAGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FOR ITEM FIVE E. HEIDI, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO INTERJECT OR ANY COMMENTS? NO, I THINK EVERYTHING SOUNDS GOOD SO FAR. AND HONESTLY, SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS WERE SAYING, THERE WERE A COUPLE THINGS THAT I ALSO TOOK NOTE MYSELF, BUT THEY GOT BROUGHT UP EITHER WAY.[6.A. Art & Business Networking Mixer (Arts Commission and Duncanville Community and Economic Development Corporation) • Receive updates • Determine a theme]
SO EVERYTHING'S GOOD ON MY END. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE FOR CONSIDERATION ITEM NUMBER SIX A THE ARTS AND BUSINESS NETWORKING MIXER. THAT'S OUR MIXER. THAT WAS ONE OF THE GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT WAS PRESENTED. HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO TO READ, READ IT AND. I WAS I PUT IN A REQUEST FOR 4000. THIS WILL BE OVER. AND THE REASON I DID A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE 3000, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE OVER AT THE OLD RAIL STATION AND. THEY HAVE THERE A TOTAL OF, I THINK, A TOTAL OF EIGHT BUSINESSES SO FAR. THEY MIGHT HAVE THEY MIGHT HAVE MORE. BUT WE HAVE THE WHOLE AREA. AND, YOU KNOW. OKAY, SO A BUSINESS MIXER AND SO PUT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING THAT ENTIRE RAILROAD STATION JUNCTION AREA INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. WHAT IS THE PROPOSED DATE FOR THIS? SEPTEMBER 24TH? OKAY. SEPTEMBER 24TH. AND LOGAN, CAN YOU PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR? BECAUSE WE'VE TOLD THEM ABOUT YOU TO. OKAY. AND.AND, AND IF WE DO THIS, WE ALSO BECAUSE I'D ASK YOU ALL ABOUT THINGS. WELL, I'LL JUST ADDRESS THAT AFTER WE FINISH. BUT THIS IS FOR THE MIXER. THIS IS OUR NEXT EVENT. SO JUST NEED A MOTION. YOU NEED A MOTION. I MOVED TO. SUGGEST. I MOVE TO MAYBE I SHOULD MAKE MOVEMENT.
YEAH. I MOVE THAT WE DO THE ARTS AND BUSINESS MIXER. YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE GRANTING THE AMOUNT OF $4,000 FOR THE. THAT'S THE WORD. I MOVED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO FUND THE ARTS AND BUSINESS NETWORKING MIXER FOR SEPTEMBER 20TH. SECOND. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED IMPROPERLY. SECOND, TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE ARTS AND BUSINESS NETWORKING MIXER AT THE OLD RAIL STATION IN. IN READINESS. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. DO YOU HAVE TO TELL US IF YOU'RE RAISING YOUR HAND? YES OR NO? HEIDI, YOU'RE ON MUTE. OKAY. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES. ARE YOU YES OR NO? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. WHILE WE'RE ON THE ARTS AND BUSINESS NETWORKING, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT A THEME. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THAT WERE SENT TO ME THAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU. AND THEN I'LL. AND THEN, MISS COLEMAN, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT YOUR SUGGESTION. SOME OF THE ARTS AND BUSINESS NETWORKING THEMES THAT I RECEIVED FROM SOME OF YOU ALL WERE ALL ABOARD RIDING THE RAILS WITH THE ARTS, ART
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JUNCTION, ARTISTS JUNCTION ROLLING WITH. THE ARTS ARE COMING TOGETHER, AND THEN MISS MISS COLEMAN. SHE JUST LIKES USING THE NAME OLD RAIL STATION. SO DO YOU LIKE ANY OF THOSE THINGS? IT WAS NICE. I LIKE THE OLD RAIL STATION. YEAH, JUST OLD RAIL STATION. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR US TO PUT AN IDENTITY WITH THAT LOCATION FOR THE COMMUNITY.BRANDING? YEAH. BRANDING IT BECAUSE OLD RAIL STATION AND YEAH. OR SHOULD WE SAY OLD RAIL STATION AND JUNCTION BECAUSE THE OLD RAIL STATION IS THAT FIRST ROSE AND THE JUNCTION IS WHERE. THE EVENT CENTER, I GUESS SORT OF LIKE THAT EVENT AREA WHERE THE RESTAURANT AND TOGETHER WITH THE KITCHEN. SO JUST THE OLD RAIL STATION AND JUNCTION OR JUNCTION, DO YOU HAVE TO USE JUNCTION? NO. OKAY. I YEAH. RAIL STATION. OKAY. OLD RAIL STATION. SO THAT'S THE THEME. YEAH. SO ALEX THAT'S THE THEME. SO AN OLD RAIL STATION MIXER. YES, YES. NOT JUST OLD RAIL STATION, RAIL STATION AND THEN JUST OLD RAIL STATION, MIXER, MIXER. THERE YOU GO.
ARTS AND BUSINESS, ARTS AND BUSINESS MIXER, OLD RAIL STATION. ARTS AND BUSINESS MIXER. I HAVE A GOOD NAME FOR LIKE THE NEXT ONE. OKAY. I LOVE THE THRILL IN DUNCANVILLE. THE THRILL IN DUNCANVILLE. THRILLING. DUNCANVILLE SOUNDS LIKE A BOXING MATCH. JUST THAT SAME THING IN MANILA, RIGHT? BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE OTHER BUSINESSES INVOLVED IN THIS AND DOING SOME THINGS IS, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU ALWAYS DO THE PASSPORT FOR YOUR THING. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO A PASSPORT FOR, FOR THE THAT MIXER, AND THEY COULD GO AROUND AND COLEMAN'S ALREADY SAID, SUGGESTED SOME DONATIONS THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THEY GO AROUND AND THEIR NAME GOES IN AND DONATIONS AND STUFF. SO WE'RE BRAINSTORMING SOME, SOME IDEAS. SO YOU ALREADY KNOW, BUT I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE WE BELIEVE THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE A BIG ONE. YEAH, YEAH, THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE A BIG ONE. IT SHOULD BE BIG. YEAH. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE THE USE OF THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. YEAH. YEAH.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO PUT ARTISTS THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AND EVEN ON THE OUTSIDE AND THE PICKLEBALL COURT, THEY COULD SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST FOR A PASSPORT STAMP. YEAH, YEAH, OF COURSE THEY WANT IT. YES. THAT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. I DIDN'T GET THAT. BUT YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT TO ME LATER. WELL, ISN'T THE PASSPORT STAMP WHERE THEY LIKE GO THROUGH OR THEY GO TO EACH. RIGHT. SO IF WE'RE PROMOTING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PROMOTING IS THE, OH, GOING TO THE PODCAST, THE PODCAST. SO BY THEM, LIKE SUBSCRIBING TO IT, WE GET A SUBSCRIPTION OR SUBSCRIBER FOR FREE. OKAY. AND THEY GET ONE OF THE, I UNDERSTAND THAT A LIVE PODCAST DURING THE EVENT. NO, BUT WE CAN, BUT WE COULD. THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET A STAMP. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE FUN. THAT WOULD BE FUN. YEAH. TALK TO FRANCISCO AND THEN YOU COULD DO SOME OF THE BUSINESSES. OH YEAH. AND ONE OF BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE UP THERE, AND THIS IS LOGISTICS AND STUFF IS OUR TENT OUT FRONT WHEN WE DO IT, AND THEN WE'RE GREETING PEOPLE AS THEY COME IN AND THEN DIRECTING THEM AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO WE'LL ALL BE INVOLVED AND DOING SOME THINGS, BUT NEEDS TO BRAINSTORM SOME IDEAS. BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF ARTISTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING, ALL THE ARTISTS FROM L'AFFARE, AND THERE ARE A FEW OTHERS, AND THEY ARE EAGERLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS NETWORKING. WE WANT THEM TO SEND OUT ALL THE INFORMATION. TIM IS SO EXCITED. RIGHT, MADAM PRESIDENT, HE IS REALLY. I KNOW TIM WELL. HE WAS. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN HIM QUITE. BUT HE WAS REALLY EXCITED. YES. AND THE VENUE IS JUST SUCH A BEAUTIFUL. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. JUST SECOND TO NONE THAT PICKLEBALL.
HE SAID. WE COULD EVEN USE THAT. SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO GO BY AND LOOK AT IT AND REALLY SEE STOPS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT GRANT IS KIDS VENTURE OUTDOOR MURAL. AND THIS
[6.B. KidsVenture Outdoor Mural]
IS FOR A MURAL AT THE KIDS VENTURE INDOOR PARK. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE SEEN IT[01:10:05]
YET. IT'S. I HAVEN'T BEEN INSIDE, BUT IT'S THE OLD CVS OFF OF COCKRELL HILL. YEAH.THAT'S IT. OKAY. IN WHEATLAND? YES, SIR. AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE. YEAH, IT LOOKED LIKE THAT. I GUESS IT DOES. THAT'S THE WAY I HAVEN'T BEEN INSIDE. BUT THAT'S AWFULLY NICE. I LIKE THE PICTURES. YEAH. YEAH. SO THEY'RE, THEY WANT TO DO A MURAL PROJECT WHICH IS THE OUTDOOR PUBLIC ARTS. SO THEY WERE ASKING FOR 120,000. OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT WE, WE CAN'T WE ONLY HAVE WE ONLY HAVE 35,500 IN OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW TO THE END OF THE YEAR, THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT TO LOOK AT. SO. GO AHEAD. AS PER OUR POLICIES, THEIR FIRST. SO FIRST FIRST ONE AND THAT MAX IS 3000. SO THAT KIND OF. THAT'S THE CAP. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THREE DOZEN IF WE DON'T WANT. BUT THAT'S THE MAX WE CAN DO FOR THAT FIRST.
QUESTION. IS THAT OKAY. NO SORRY. SO. BUT YOU WERE DOING THAT JUST BECAUSE WHICH WHICH WHICH ONE. NO, I'M LOOKING AT OUR POLICY. OH YEAH. SO THIS IS THE SINGLE PROJECT SUPPORT GRANT. AND THE FIRST TIME FIRST TIME 3000 MAX IS 3000. YEAH, YEAH. SO MAYBE THEY WON'T WANT US. NO. EXPECTED. BUT THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S PER OUR POLICY. SO. BUT THIS IS JUST FOR MURAL ON THE OUTER WALL. YES MA'AM. YES MA'AM. AND AND THEY THEY MAY DO A MURAL. YOU KNOW ALL WE DO IS WE MAKE THE OFFER. YEAH. MADAM PRESIDENT, YOU JUST KIND OF SAID WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
ALL WE CAN DO IS JUST MAKE THE OFFER. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THEIR DOLLAR AMOUNT. DESPITE THE OFFER. DOES THIS MATCH THE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HOT FUNDS? THE MURAL. I THINK SO, I THINK BECAUSE AS KIDS VENTURE PLACE IS GOING TO BRING IN PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER OUT OF TOWN, DIFFERENT PLACES. AND SO WE WEREN'T GETTING. THE ADVERTISING. AND THAT'S A HEAVILY TRAVELED AREA RIGHT THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE VISIBLE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. THAT MAKES SENSE. THAT'S A NICE BUILDING AND IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, GOT A GOOD VISIBILITY. THEY ALREADY HAVE A REALLY GOOD BUDGET. WITH REGARDS TO MAY I, I'M SORRY, WITH REGARDS TO THE QUESTION ABOUT TOURISM, KIDS VENTURE SERVES AS A VITAL HANGOUT SPOT FOR YOUNG FAMILIES IN DUNCANVILLE, REGARDLESS OF RAIN OR SHINE. WE ALSO OFFER AN INDOOR CAFE SERVING LOCALLY SOURCED PASTRIES, COLD DRINKS AND COFFEE. FOR THE PARENTS. I'LL TELL YOU PARENTS, THIS IS MY TAKE ON IT. IT BRINGS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER I. I WENT TO GRAPEVINE TO SEE LIFE A WEEK AGO AND I. I WAS AMAZED AT THE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY LIKE WHEN PEOPLE ARE HAVING FAMILY REUNIONS AND GET TOGETHERS AND EVERYTHING I CAN SEE OUT OF TOWN FOLKS. AND THEY'RE STAYING AT SOME OF OUR HOTELS IN DUNCANVILLE OR SOMETHING, AND NOW THEY HAVE SOMEPLACE TO TAKE THE KIDS. YES. AS PART OF THEIR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALWAYS AT THE SENIOR CENTER, YOU KNOW, AND THEY RENT THE REC CENTER AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE FOR THEM TO DO. THEY HAVE KIDS PARK NOW AND NOW THEY GOT THE KIDS FINISHING. I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A WIN WIN. I THINK IT'S A WIN. IT'S UNIQUE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE $3,000 AS SUGGESTED AMOUNT. SECOND, SINCE THEY ARE A FIRST TIME PARTICIPANT IN OUR
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PROGRAM AND THAT'S WHAT OUR BUDGET ALLOWS. YES. OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND, THAT WE RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL TO AWARD $3,000 TO KIDS VENTURE OUTDOOR MURAL ON THEIR FIRST APPLICATION WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION IN READINESS. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND, HEIDI.TELL US WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. HAND RAISED. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I'LL OPPOSE. AYES HAVE IT. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. I WANT TO GO VISIT THIS PLACE. WE ALREADY OPENED, I BELIEVE, SO I WANT TO SEE THE ANSWER. I BELIEVE SO, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I, I GO BY THERE QUITE OFTEN AND WHEN I FIRST SAW IT, THE SIGNAGE IS UP AND EVERYTHING. SO I THINK THEY'RE OPEN. OKAY.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY CARS. I DRIVE BY THAT PART. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO. ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT
[6.C. Mind Yo Business]
ONE IS MIND YOUR BUSINESS, MADAM CHAIR. THIS APPLICANT SENT A VIDEO. OH, OKAY. WHAT VIDEO? OH. WELL, HOW DO YOU BE ABLE TO SEE IT TO. OH, YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I'M SHOOTING FOR.ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE THAT STREET CONE? YES, YES. OKAY. HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR THIS ALSO. HELLO, I'M CHERYL JOYNER PARK, WRITER AND PRODUCER OF MIND YOUR BUSINESS. THIS ORIGINAL STAGEPLAY IS ABOUT CREATING SAFE SPACES WITHIN OUR FAMILIES THROUGH POWERFUL STORYTELLING. IT REMINDS US THAT SOMETIMES JUST BEING THERE FOR THE PEOPLE WE LOVE, I BRING THIS PRODUCTION TO DUNCANVILLE. I HOPE TO STRENGTHEN FAMILIES AND INSPIRE CONNECTIONS BEYOND THE STAGE. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY GRANT APPLICATION. THANK YOU. DID YOU HEAR THAT ALL RIGHT? YES. OH, YES. AWESOME. OKAY, HERE'S OUR. CONFUSED. NO. I'M JUST. OH, OKAY. WE'LL HELP HER OUT. OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. SO WE HAVE MISS CHERYL CLARK. SHE SAYS THIS IS HER FIRST TIME APPLICANT. SHE IS ASKING FOR $3,000 FOR A STAGE PLAY. IT'S AT DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, AND SHE ALREADY HAS A LOCATION, AND SHE'S PLANNING ON DOING HER PROJECT.
I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT HER BUDGET, SHE'S NOT ASKING FOR BUDGET. FOR 3000. SHE KNEW WHAT THE. HOW MANY MORE ROUNDS WOULD YOU SAY THAT WE HAVE OF, OF WE HAVE THIS ONE. WE HAVE ONE MORE ARTIST. OH NO, NO, THE REST OF THE YEAR OR. OH NO, THIS IS THE LAST THIS IS THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN WE START A NEW FISCAL YEAR. BUT WE WANT TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD FOR RESERVE FOR THE NEXT. YEAH, WE'D LIKE TO WE CAN'T AT THIS POINT YOU HAVE. SO YOU HAVE 39,900 IN THE FUND THAT IS BUDGETED. THIS IS THE BUDGETED AMOUNT YOU HAVE. WE'VE JUST APPROVED 7000, 7000.
SO YOU'RE ON TRACK TO STILL CARRY SOME MONEY OVER. BUT THERE IS UNKNOWN. BUT THERE IS THERE ARE FUNDS THAT ARE NOT ALLOCATED FOR THIS AT THIS POINT THAT SHOULD BE IN THERE TO. SO WE'RE GOOD. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I WOULD
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ATTEND THIS. I WOULD GO, SEEMS LIKE IT'D BE LOTS OF FUN, LOTS OF LAUGHS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR GRANT RECIPIENTS DOES HAVE A PLAY COMING UP IN AUGUST OVER AT THE FIELD HOUSE THAT YOU'LL WANT TO SUPPORT IF YOU CAN. OKAY. SO. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE $3,000 FOR THIS PROJECT FOR CHERYL CLARK. I MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. OKAY. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. IT'S BEEN APPROVED. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR MIND YOUR BUSINESS FOR 3000 $3,000. ANY UNREADINESS MIND YOUR BUSINESS. OKAY, I JUST I JUST HAVE PROBLEM. OKAY, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. AND, HEIDI, LET US KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. AND OUR VERY LAST ONE, MADAM CHAIR, YOUR VERY LAST ONE[6.D. The Brilliance of Difference]
OF YOUR FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR OF RENTS. RENTS? YEAH. THAT SOUNDS SO MUCH BETTER. YES, IT SOUNDS GREAT. OKAY. IT IS CALLED THE BRILLIANCE OF DIFFERENCE. YEAH. THIS ONE IS.I'M SORRY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. IN OUR CATEGORIES FOR THE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES, THERE'S A FUNDING LIMIT, BUT FOR THIS ONE FOR PUBLIC ART GRANTS, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. I DON'T SEE A FUNDING LIMIT AMOUNT THERE. CAN YOU? THERE IS NOT A FUNDING LIMIT FOR PUBLIC ART GRANTS BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION TO COMMISSION PUBLIC ART. THAT WAS DONE. THAT WAS THE REASON WHY THAT IS, IS SO THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION ITSELF COULD COMMISSION PUBLIC ART. OKAY. BUT HE IS ONLY ASKING FOR $3,000. IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE OLD RAIL STATION. YES. THIS IS ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN FROM THE L'AFFARE WHO PARTICIPATED IN L'AFFARE. AND HIS ART IS PLEXIGLAS IS VERY INTERESTING. IT'S DIFFERENT. IS THAT IS THAT HIS PICTURES? YEAH. LOOK AT THOSE PICTURES. BUT HE USES PLEXIGLAS. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. HIS ART IS VERY PRETTY. I LOVE IT. OKAY. SO WHAT? AND SO WHAT? HE. IS HE, I GUESS I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS HE HAVING A. IS HE HAVING A CLASS? COULD YOU ALL. KNOW IF IT'S PUBLIC ART, IT SHOULD BE. INTRODUCTION OF REVERSE PAINTING, PLEXIGLAS ART THAT IS TOTALLY NEW TO DRAW PEOPLE TO DANVILLE. AND THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN FOR SOMETHING. SO IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HE'S HE'S GOING TO MAKE SOMETHING FOR THE OLD RAIL STATION? NO. LIKE A CLASS. AND ALSO LIKE HOLD A CLASS, BUT ALSO TRY TO SELL SOME OF THESE PIECES. SELL SOME OF HIS WORKS. YEAH. BASED ON HOW HE. DEFINES THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT AND ALSO THE FACT THAT HE'S SAYING THAT LIKE HE'S, HE'S DOING LIKE A THREE DAY EVENT. SO HE WANTS TO DO AN EVENT HERE. OKAY. RIGHT. I READ ABOUT THE THREE DAY EVENT IN FORT WORTH EVERY YEAR. IT DOES ONE HAPPENS IN FRISCO AND DALLAS ALSO. OKAY. BUT THIS IS ONLY A ONE DAY EVENT. YEAH. YES, MA'AM. IT'S DEFINITELY DIFFERENT. IT IS. HIS STUFF IS NICE. HIS ART IS NICE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT? IF WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ON THIS
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ONE, WHAT COUNCIL MAY ASK AS FAR AS DEFINING WHAT IT IS THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT PARTICULARLY. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE MURAL, THEY PROVIDED A PICTURE OF WHAT THEY WANT THAT MURAL TO BE. WITH THE STAGE PLAY, YOU'VE GOT AN OVERALL PREMISE OF IT, BUT JUST WHAT IS THE WHAT? I STAND BEFORE COUNCIL AND IF YOU WERE TO RECOMMEND IT'S WHAT ARE YOU RECOMMENDING THAT THEY THIS YOU ARE FUNDING WHAT IS BEING FUNDED HERE? YEAH. AND SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION. AND I THINK WHAT'S BEING FUNDED IS THE. IS THE IS THE EVENT CLASS. WHERE IS THAT? SO IF IT'S A CLASS THAT IS THAT PUBLIC ART. NO, NO, I DON'T THINK SO. NO, NO. I WAS THINKING MAYBE HE WAS GOING TO DONATE THE PIECES, BUT APPARENTLY BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT IT, WHERE DOES IT SAY. THE FACT THAT HE'S TRYING TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO THE. OH, BECAUSE HE'S TRYING TO MAKE AN EVENT OUT OF IT. HE'S TRYING TO HAVE ATTENDANCE TO THIS EVENT, BUT WHERE IS IT IN THE APPLICATION? I DON'T THINK IT'S ON THERE. IT'S NOT ON THERE SPECIFICALLY, BUT BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT HE SAYS THAT HE'S HE'S HAVING AN EVENT ELSEWHERE AND HE WANTS TO HAVE SOMETHING HERE, THEN HE'S BASING HIS GOALS ON A SUCCESS OF THIS EVENT BASED ON THE ATTENDANCE EVENT. I DON'T THINK IT'S A PUBLIC ART GRANT. HE MIGHT HAVE HE MIGHT HAVE HAD A BETTER MAYBE A SINGLE PROJECT GRANT. AND WE HAVE IN THE PAST WHEN PEOPLE HAVE MADE A MISTAKE AND AND BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE THEY FALL UP UNDER, WE COULD STILL AWARD THEM UNDER, SAY, IT'S NOT A PUBLIC ART, IT'S A SINGLE. I STILL FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS PRODUCIBLE IS, IS PRODUCT THAT HE'S. BECAUSE IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME IN THIS. WE CAN READ BETWEEN THE LINES AND HOPE IT'S SOMETHING GOOD, BUT I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON. I THINK MAYBE HE COULD EXPLAIN IT, MAYBE GO BACK AND EXPLAIN IT BETTER.I'VE SEEN THIS, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S EXPLAINED WELL ENOUGH ON PRINT. YEAH, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT IF HE'S HAVING A CLASS OR IS HE HAVING A DEMONSTRATION MAKING SOMETHING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS. THAT WAS MY TAKE. I WAS THINKING, YEAH, THAT HE WAS. YEAH. OKAY.
I FIGURED THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE DOING SOMETHING TOGETHER AND MAYBE ALREADY PEOPLE COULD ATTEND AND FIGURE IT OUT. HE'S ALREADY MADE THE ITEMS. WILL THEY BE THERE ON DISPLAY? OH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. I KNOW HE'LL HAVE SOME ITEMS WHEN WE DO THE. BUSINESS. HE MAKES. IT SOUNDS AS IF THIS IS A ART FORM THAT HE IS INTRODUCING TO OUR COMMUNITY. YES, HE DOES SAY THAT. YEAH, THAT'S SEEMS TO BE THE INTENT. SO THAT'S WHY I SAID, IS IT A DEMONSTRATION OR IS IT? YEAH. IS HE GOING TO ACTUALLY SHOW HOW ART IS CREATED? SORT OF LIKE HOW PEOPLE DO LIKE GLASS BLOWING AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHAT I GOT OUT OF IT.
NOW, IF HE'S GOING TO DO THAT, I, I THINK IT'S GREAT. YEAH, IF HE WOULD DO THAT, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ON HOW HE PLANS TO SET THE ENTIRE DAY UP FOR THIS. WELL, THAT WOULD BE UP TO HIM. BUT. BUT HE HAS A GREAT LIST OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE THE PLANNING INVOLVED IN PLANNING. I THINK HE'S DOING. I INTERPRET IT AS A DEMONSTRATION OF HOW TO DO. HE'S GOING TO HE'S GOING TO CREATE SOME ART. WOW. THERE. RIGHT THERE. OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE HE'S ALSO BASED ON HIS BUDGET. HE WANTS HE'S GOING TO FIGHT THAT. HE'S GOING TO BUY ART. SO IF HE WAS TO BRING HIS ART, IF HE WOULD INDEED. NEW PLEXIGLASS. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I
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WOULD JUST ASK BECAUSE I'M THE ONE WHO'S GOING TO END UP HAVING TO STAND BEFORE COUNCIL.THERE'S A LOT OF SPECULATION RATHER THAN KNOWLEDGE AND CONFIDENCE. YOU'RE SPECULATING AT THIS POINT WHAT HE MIGHT DO, BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN WHAT HE IS DOING WHILE RECOMMENDING TO CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY COMMIT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU ARE RECOMMENDING, BUT THAT WOULD BE WHERE, IF I'M IN THAT POSITION, ARTS COMMISSION IS RECOMMENDING THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS $3,000 GRANT FOR. AND THEN IF THEY ASK ME WHAT IT IS, I WILL WIND UP SAYING, WELL, THERE WAS SPECULATION THAT THE ARTIST. MAYBE I WOULD BASICALLY HAVE TO GET WITH THE ARTIST BEFOREHAND, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE ON. IT WOULDN'T BE ON THE APPLICATION AS IT'S PRUDENT. SO IT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED. RECOMMENDED, FUNDED AHEAD OF US, REALLY BASED ON THE APPLICATION, THE APPLICATION DOES NOT PROVIDE THE ANSWERS THAT ARE NEEDED TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION. WELL, THE SHOWCASE DOESN'T. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT KIND OF SHOWCASE IT IS BECAUSE IT IS A SHOWCASE. HE BASED ON HIS BUDGET, WE KNOW WHAT HE'S WANTING TO USE HIS MONEY FOR. AND IT COULD BE LIKE A PLAY. A PLAY COULD BE FREE OR IT COULD, YOU KNOW, SELL TICKETS. THIS COULD BE A CLASS OR IT CAN ALSO BE A, A SHOWCASE WHERE HE SELLS ADMISSION, BUT IT'S GOING TO WE KNOW A PLACE, WE KNOW WHAT HE WANTS THE MONEY FOR. SO HE'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO DO A DEMO OF THAT TYPE OF ART, OBVIOUSLY. OH, WELL, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SET THEM UP FOR FAILURE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, COULD WE ALSO DENY HIM AND LIKE SUGGEST TO REAPPLY WITH FURTHER LIKE MORE ELABORATE DETAILS? YOU WOULD MAKE A MOTION IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND THEN YOU WOULD MAKE A THEN YOU WOULD VOTE, VOTE AND YOU WOULD VOTE IT DOWN.
AND THEN YOU WOULD, YOU COULD. POSSIBLY, BEFORE YOU MAKE A MOTION, BEFORE YOU HOLD A VOTE, YOU SUGGEST TO THE APPLICANT THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO KNOW MORE BEFORE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. YOU WOULD NEED MORE SPECIFICITY. AND THEN BECAUSE ONCE YOU MAKE THE VOTE, THE TOPIC IS DONE, OKAY? IT COULD BE A MOTION TO APPROVE PENDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT IT'S NOT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT'S COMING TO YOU. SO YOU'RE NOT MAKING THE YOU'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION THAT CITY COUNCIL. YEAH, TAKE ON THE WHOLE THING AT THAT POINT. AND BY THE WAY, HE SUBMITTED A FLB FILE. ISN'T THAT A VIDEO? EVERYTHING THAT HE SUBMITTED WAS WITH THIS. LET ME CHECK AND SEE. MAYBE HE EXPLAINS IT IN THE VIDEO. WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT? DO YOU SEE THE FILE ABOVE SECTION SIX ABOVE THE BUDGET? IT SAYS THAT THEY HAVE A 32ND VIDEO AND THEN IT HAS AN ATTACHMENT WITH A NAME OF A ITEM. I'M ASSUMING THAT'S.
OH YEAH. SO THIS VIDEO WILL BE SHOWN TO THE ART COMMISSION DURING THEIR REVIEW PROCESS AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE THEY MAKE THEIR FINAL DECISION. THAT EXPLAINS IT. BUT IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN ATTACHMENT, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING. I APOLOGIZE. DUKE ART. COULD WE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS IF HE WERE TO SUBMIT IT, IF HE WERE TO DO THIS DEMO ON THE DAY OF MARCH MIXER SO WE COULD MAKE IT A SUCCESS. 924 HERE WE GO IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO IT. YEAH, BECAUSE HIS PROJECT END DATE. YEAH. AND START DATE, END DATES, DEMO ON THE DAY OF MARCH MIXER SO WE COULD. MOVE THAT. DID NOT REALIZE THAT THAT WAS THEIR. THAT'S HIS ARTWORK.
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THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. ON IT. OH GOODNESS. UP AT THE TOP. RIGHT OFF THE TOP. YEAH. THERE IT IS. OKAY. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A DEMONSTRATION OF HOW. THAT'S WHY HE'S GOT THE MUTATING ALL THIS STUFF.APOLOGIES FOR NOT HAVING THAT QUEUED UP.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO SAY WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF ALWAYS AN AFFIRMATIVE APPLICATION PENDING. FOR CLEFT ASIAN. PRESENTATION ITSELF. IF YOU WANT HIM TO REAPPLY WITH A MORE CLEAR APPLICATION, I WOULD SAY TO DISCUSS THAT AHEAD OF ANY VOTE.
OKAY. THEN YOU WOULD MAKE A MOTION IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO RECOMMEND FUNDING IT, AND THEN YOU WOULD VOTE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THAT. OKAY. BUT IF YOU WANT, I AM NOT THE ATTORNEY. I AM NOT QUALIFIED TO GIVE. I AM GOING BASED ON WHAT I HAVE OBSERVED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. BUT YOU WOULD EITHER VOTE UP OR AGAINST, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU WANT THE OUTCOME TO BE. SO DO WE HAVE TIME FOR HIM TO GET INTO THIS CYCLE? NO, NO. THIS IS THE LAST TIME EITHER VOTE UP OR DOWN AND YEAH, AND THE NEXT CYCLE OPENS IN SEPTEMBER. HE CAN APPLY. AND THIS IS AFTER OUR YEAH. OUR OUR MIXER. YEAH. OUR MIXER. HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THE MIXER RIGHT. NO HE WASN'T. NO THAT WAS A SUGGESTION THAT THAT WAS JUST, IT WAS JUST A SUGGESTION.
OKAY. BUT HE DID SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE OLD RAIL. BUT HE'S HAVING IT. HE'S HAVING IT AT THAT LOCATION. THAT LOCATION. WELL IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE IT DURING OUR. I GOT YOU. OKAY.
WHAT? I MOVE THAT THIS COMMISSION GRANTS APPROVAL FOR FUTURE SUBMISSIONS OF THIS PROGRAM TO APPROPRIATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. WITH STAFF PROVIDING UPDATES OR FURTHER UPDATES TO THE COMMISSION OR WITH RICK. LET ME REWARD THAT. SO YOU'RE WANTING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE IT IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR? YES. THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL, NOT JUST I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL THIS FISCAL ONE.
WELL, THEN WE CAN JUST TABLE IT. WE CAN JUST VOTE IT, VOTE ON IT AND IT NOT PASS. AND THEN HE REAPPLY AND WE VOTE ON IT IN THE NEXT NEXT RECORD, RIGHT? YES. YOU JUST DO IT THAT WAY.
YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN PROVE SOMETHING. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. RIGHT. THAT'S A OKAY. OH, OKAY. I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YEAH. YOU'RE SAYING LET'S APPROVE SOMETHING, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. WE MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH WHATEVER HE PROPOSES WHEN IT'S MORE CLEAR. NO, I KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T BUT THAT BUT THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY WE'RE
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THAT'S WHY YOU CAN VOTE. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST VOTE ON IT. YEAH. I THINK YOU JUST VOTE. AND THEN IF IT DOESN'T PASS WE YOU KNOW HE JUST BRING US MORE CLARIFICATION AND HE JUST REPLIED BECAUSE HE'S GOT ALL THIS STUFF SO HE CAN JUST CUT AND PASTE AND PUT IT BACK IN AND THEN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE GENTLEMAN FOR HIS PLEXIGLAS PROJECT. THAT'S HE'S CORRECT. HE'S CORRECT. I NEED A SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND TO APPROVE THE PLEXI. I FORGOT THE BRILLIANCE OF DIFFERENCE ARTS GRANT APPLICATION FOR $3,000. OKAY. AND IN READINESS. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? ARE YOU IN FAVOR, HEIDI, OR ARE YOU OPPOSED? I WOULD SAY OPPOSED FOR NOW. OKAY.ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN IT'S. AND THEN? AND THEN. HOPEFULLY HE WOULD JUST GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. HOW DO WE NOTIFY HIM OF THE. ALEX DOES THAT.
OKAY. I WILL NOTIFY EACH OF THE DECISIONS, NOTIFY THEM OF NEXT STEPS, AND THEN NOTIFYING HIM OF THE NEXT STEPS, I WILL LET HIM KNOW WHEN THE NEXT WINDOW IS AND THAT YOU ARE RECOMMENDING YOU WOULD LIKE HIM TO REAPPLY. AND A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION, A DIFFERENT GRANT. YES. OKAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE MADE IT HAPPEN. YEAH. AT
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.