* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] GOOD EVENING. I WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING, MEETING OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4TH, 2024. UM, CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE COMMITTEE MEMBER CALLED IRON HERE. COMMITTEE MEMBER MOORING HERE. COMMITTEE MEMBER BELTWAY. HERE. COMMITTEE MEMBER BOGER. HERE. COMMITTEE MEMBER LELAND HERE. COMMITTEE MEMBER M ABSENT COMMITTEE MEMBER DIGS. TODAY WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR CITY OF PETALUMA COMMITTEE WORK INVOLVES THE UNSEATED LAND THAT IS THE ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF THE COAST. MEWA PEOPLE. WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO THOSE WHO STEWARDED AND CONTINUE TO STEWARD THIS LAND. WE PAY OUR RESPECTS TO THE PAST, PRESENT AND EMERGING ELDERS AND CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY OF THE COAST. ME WALK HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU ALL. SORRY I WAS A BIT LATE THIS EVENING. UM, TONIGHT THE FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA IS THE OFFICER ELECTIONS. UM, WE WILL BE APPOINTING A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR FOR THIS NEXT TERM AND I WILL OPEN THIS BY REQUESTING, UM, THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE FOR CHAIR CHERYL COLD MEMBER COLD IRON. SORRY. IT'S OKAY. . UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE ANN DIGGS TO BE OUR CHAIR. THANK YOU. UM, I WILL ACCEPT. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND, UM, I WOULD ASK THE CLERK TO CONDUCT A VOTE ON THIS MATTER. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UM, ANOTHER MEMBER OR PERHAPS THEMSELVES TO THIS ROLE? OKAY. I GUESS WE SHOULD TAKE A ROLE. COMMITTEE MEMBER COL IRON? YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER MOORING? YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER BELTWAY? YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER BOGER? YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER LELAND? YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER K*M. ABSENT COMMITTEE MEMBER DIGS. AYE. THINK I SHOULD RECUSE MYSELF FROM VOTING FOR MYSELF? NOT SURE OF THE POLICY THERE, BUT YOU, YOU CAN VOTE FOR YOURSELF IF YOU LIKE. I'LL BE HAPPY TO VOTE FOR MYSELF. THANK YOU, . IT IS APPROVED IT. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE COMMITTEE AND THE CAPACITY OF THE CHAIR AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. UM, NOW WE WILL, UM, CONDUCT THE NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR. SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY NOMINATIONS, PLEASE RAISE THEIR HAND. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MEMBER COLD IRON FOR VICE CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT NOMINATION. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PUT THEMSELVES FORWARD? I WILL SECOND IT AS WELL. THIRD IT. . OKAY. SO, UM, CLERK, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A VOTE ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU. COMMITTEE MEMBER CALLED IRON? YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER MOORING? YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER BWE? YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER BOGER? YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER LELAND? YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER ZEN. ABSENT CHAIR. DIGGS? YES, IT'S APPROVED. GREAT. WELL CONGRATULATIONS TO COMMITTEE MEMBER COLD IRON. THANK YOU. AND, UM, THANK YOU ALL. AND, UM, LET'S MOVE ON. NOW THAT, UH, UH, ELECTIONS ARE OVER. LET'S MOVE TO OUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMITTEE'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE. TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES. SO I NOW OPEN A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND ASK ANY SPEAKERS TO BRING THEIR CARDS TO THE CLERK. I DON'T SEE A PACKED ROOM SO WE CAN, UM, UH, SEE IF THERE'S ANY ONLINE COMMENTS, CLERK THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. WE RECEIVED NO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. OKAY. SO I SUPPOSE THAT CLOSES [00:05:01] PUBLIC COMMENTS AND [PRESENTATIONS] WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM AGENDA, WHICH IS PRESENTATIONS. THE FIRST PRESENTATION WILL BE A PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC ART PROJECTS FROM THE FORT COLLINS PUBLIC ART PROGRAM PROVIDED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER KEVIN MERAN. AND I INVITE, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBER MERAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, I VISITED MY HOMETOWN OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO EARLIER THIS YEAR. UM, I LEFT FORT COLLINS ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, AND IN THAT TIME, THE ART SCENE HAS EXPLODED THERE. SO I MADE A PRESENTATION OF THEIR PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE OR, UM, PROJECTS AROUND TOWN. AND JUST TO START OFF THE PRESENTATION, FORT COLLINS POPULATION IS AROUND THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF PETALUMA, AND THEY HAVE, UH, MAJOR UNIVERSITIES SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE. SO THERE'S A LARGE INFLUX OF ARTISTS THERE. UM, SO THIS IS NO BY NO MEANS A COMPARISON RIGHT BETWEEN PETALUMA AND FORT COLLINS. UM, UH, MELISSA, WOULD YOU MIND GOING, UH, FULL SCREEN IF YOU JUST PUSH SLIDESHOW AT THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER. COOL. THANK YOU. UH, SO THAT FIRST SCREEN YOU DID SEE WAS JUST A RANDOM ALLEYWAY. UH, THAT'S MY WIFE AND CHILD WALKING DOWN WHEN I LEFT. THIS WAS YOUR QUINTESSENTIAL ALLEYWAY FILLED WITH DUMPSTERS IN GRAFFITI. UM, NOW YOU CAN SEE IT'S PAVED WITH MURALS LINING THE WHOLE WAY. IT'S QUITE INVITING. UM, THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM WAS CREATED IN APRIL, 1995. THE PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE AND ENHANCE ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND APPRECIATION AND TO ADD VALUE TO THE FORT COLLINS COMMUNITY THROUGH ACQUIRING, EXHIBITING, AND MAINTAINING PUBLIC ART. UH, FUNDING AND CONTRIBUTIONS ARE FOR THE PRO, FOR THE PROGRAM ARE COMPOSED OF THREE TIERS PLUS DONATIONS TO THE CITY. 1% PROJECTS, OR THE FIRST TIER CONSISTS OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ESTIMATED TO COST OVER 250,000. 1% OF THE ESTIMATED COST OF THESE LARGE PROJECTS IS DESIGNATED FOR WORKS OF ART. AND JUST FOR REFERENCE, PETALUMA'S PUBLIC ART ORDINANCE APPLIES TO ALL PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND NON-RESIDENTIAL PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WITH CONSTRUCTION COST OF 500,000 OR MORE. THE SECOND FUNDING SOURCE IS DESIGN CONSULTANT PROJECTS. UM, THIS IS FOR PROJECTS BETWEEN 50,200 50,000. AND WITH THESE, THE PROJECT ARCH ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER, UH, MUST UTILIZE THE ART AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS, UH, PUBLIC PROGRAMS APPROVED ARTIST LIST TO HELP PARTICIPATE IN THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT. UH, THIS INCORPORATES WORKS OF ART INTO ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT, BOTH FUNCTIONAL AND AESTHETIC. AND THEN ALL OTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, UM, IS JUST A, IS, UM, SORRY, THE WORD ESCAPES ME. THIRD TIER OF THE CITY. UM, THIRD STEER STATES THAT THE CITY WILL TRY TO INCORPORATE ARTISTIC AND AESTHETIC VALUES INTO ALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE COSTING LESS THAN $50,000, AND IN ALL PURCHASES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT MAY BE LOCATED OR USED IN PLACES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND THE FOURTH SOURCE OF ART IS SIMPLY DONATIONS. SO NOW I JUST HAVE A BUNCH OF FUN PHOTOS FOR YOU. UH, HERE WE HAVE A PARKING GARAGE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS. OH, AND I ALSO WANNA SAY ALL THESE PHOTOS ARE TAKEN WITHIN ABOUT A TWO SQUARE MILE RADIUS. IT'S VERY CONCENTRATED ART THERE. THIS IS ALL THEIR, UM, HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. AND I TOOK THESE MAYBE AROUND AN HOUR OF WALKING AROUND DOWNTOWN. AND I DO APOLOGIZE, I DO NOT HAVE ARTIST NAMES FOR ALL OF THESE . UH, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. UH, PERHAPS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND WIDESPREAD PROJECT IS THE TRANSFORMER MUTE CABINET MURAL PROJECT. UM, I WAS AWARE OF THIS PROGRAM FROM ITS VERY BEGINNING. I STARTED NOTICING IT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT ACTUALLY DID INSPIRE ME AND GET ME REALLY INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING TO PUBLIC ART. THIS PROGRAM IS A SUB-PROGRAM OF THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, AND IT WAS STARTED IN 2004 AS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM, AND THE UTILITIES, LIGHTS AND POWER DEPARTMENT. IT INITIALLY SERVED AS A GRAFFITI ABATEMENT PROGRAM. UH, THE MURALS HELP LOWER MAINTENANCE COSTS WHILE ADDING BRIGHT, COLORFUL ART IN UNEXPECTED PLACES. THE PROGRAM ALSO HELPS KEEP THE INVESTMENT LOCAL BY UTILIZING LOCAL ARTISTS AND NONPROFIT GROUPS TO PAINT THE CABINETS. UM, I DID APPLY FOR THIS WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE. UM, IT WAS REALLY SIMPLE. YOU JUST GO INTO THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, FILL OUT AN APPLICATION [00:10:01] WITH, UM, YOUR DESCRIP, YOUR IDEA, UH, PERHAPS SOME SKETCHES, AND THEY'D GET BACK TO YOU AND ASSIGN YOU A UTILITY BOX. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE ART IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE. IT'S VARIED. UH, YOU HAVE KIND OF IMP UH, JUST A WHOLE SPAN OF GENRES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SOME OF THEM ARE SURREAL AND GROOVY. THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS REALLY JUST TUCKED BEHIND IT. IT'S NOT REALLY EVIDENT FROM THE SIDEWALK. UH, AND I HAD TO KINDA LIKE SHIMMY BEHIND A BUILDING TO SEE IT, BUT IT WAS THERE, IT WAS HIDDEN. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY COOL. IT KIND OF SPAN, I DON'T WANNA SAY THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS THE OTHERS, BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THEY DO SPAN LEVELS OF SKILLS AND SIZES. AND I BELIEVE THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS BEHIND A BAKERY. AND ON THE BOTTOM, UH, YOU CAN ACTUALLY, THERE IS A LITTLE PLAQUE OF THE ARTIST'S NAME. UM, THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE JUST SOME ALLEYWAYS, PARKING LOTS AND UNUSED SPACES. THESE ARE NOT PUBLIC SPACES. THESE ARE ALL MOSTLY OWNED PRIVATELY. UH, THE TOP RIGHT PICTURE WAS THAT ALLEYWAY IN THE FIRST PICTURE. UM, THE, UM, THE ONE ON THE TOP LEFT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THAT ONE. AND THE BOTTOM ONE IS ON THE SIDE OF A PET FOOD STORE. UH, THIS SCULPTURE IS VERY INVITING. UH, THIS IS WHEN I TOOK THIS PICTURE. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT. UM, I WANTED TO GO CHECK, CHECK OUT WHAT IT WAS. AS I GOT CLOSER, I NOTICED THIS BIG DEVELOPMENT BEHIND IT. WHEN I LEFT FORT COLLINS, THAT WAS AN EMPTY, DARK, GLOOMY PARKING LOT. THAT WAS KIND OF SCARY THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO GO INTO THAT OFTEN. BUT NOW IT HAS AN ICE CREAM SHOP, UM, A BREWERY, A PIZZA PLACE, AND AN ACTUALLY A SECOND BREWERY RIGHT THERE. FORT COLLINS IS REALLY BIG ON BREWERIES AND IT'S VERY INVITING. UM, YOU GO OVER AND YOU CHECK IT OUT. AND NOW YOU'RE IN THIS NEW PUBLIC SPACE. HERE'S SOME MORE PICTURES ALL ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. UM, THE BOTTOM I IMAGE REALLY REMINDS ME OF THE MAGNIFICENT PIECE HERE IN PETALUMA. IT'S ON THE SIDE OF A BUILDING THAT'S IN AN UNUSED LOT WITH A BLANK WALL THAT IS NOW JUST BEING USED FOR ART. IT'S NOT PERMANENT. THE LOT IS NOT PROTECTED, AND IT'S OPEN FOR DEVELOPMENT. UH, THERE IS A FOR SALE SIGN ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT UNTIL THEN, IT'S JUST HOSTING ART FOR ANYONE TO SEE. UH, AND THAT'S ON THE SIDE OF A RECORD SHOP. THE PROLIFERATION OF ART, UH, SPONSORED AND ORGANIZED BY THE CITY HAS LED TO AN ORGANIC PRIVATE ART DEVELOPMENT AS YOU WALK AROUND TO THE DIFFERENT BREWERIES AND SHOPS. UM, THE TOP RIGHT ONE IS JUST ON A STORAGE LOCKER. THESE ARE ALL PRIVATELY FUNDED AND ORGANIZED ART, ART PLACES PIECES. I THINK, UM, AS MORE ART ENTERED THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE BECAME MORE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE SCENE. UH, THIS, THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT HERE IS THE ONE RIGHT NEXT TO THAT ARCH, JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. UM, THE BOTTOM LEFT ONE IS IN THE PARKING LOT OF AN ACE HARDWARE, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S A WHOLE, UM, GRAFFITI CREW THAT WORKED TOGETHER. THE TOP MIDDLE IMAGE IS A SCULPTURE. THERE'S ACTUALLY FOUR OF THEM THAT ARE IDENTICAL, AND THERE'S ONE ON EACH CORNER OF THAT INTERSECTION. UM, THE TOP RIGHT ONE, UH, LOOKS LIKE IT WAS SPONSORED BY PROGRAM REALITIES FOR CHILDREN. UM, BUT I UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT KNOW MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT. IT'S KIND OF FUN THOUGH. HERE'S ANOTHER PARKING LOT WITH A LARGE SCALE MURAL ON THE SIDE. AND ON THE RIGHT IS A GRAIN SILO OUTSIDE OF A BREW PUB I WORKED AT IN COLLEGE. , UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE LOCK THEIR BIKES TO IT, BUT IT'S PRETTY COOL. SOME MORE ART ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. UM, THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, I BELIEVE IS ON THE SIDE OF A BREWERY. AND THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS ON THE SIDE OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING. AND ALSO ON THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE FLOWERS HANGING. UH, FORT COLLINS HAS FLOWERS EVERYWHERE. THEY LINE THE AVENUES. UM, THERE'S A BUNCH OF HANGING BASKETS. IT WAS REALLY QUITE IMPRESSIVE. [00:15:01] I WISH I HAD MORE INFORMATION TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT. BUT IT WAS, IT WAS TAKEN AWAY BY HOW MUCH OF THESE FLOWERS THERE WERE AROUND DOWNTOWN FORT COLLINS. THIS IS AGAIN, ON THE SIDE OF A, OR A STORAGE BUILDING IN A BACK ALLEYWAY. KIND OF COOL. UH, THIS NEXT ONE IS AN ITALIAN GRAFFITI ARTIST BY THE NAME OF PETA. WHEN I CAME BACK FOR A CHRISTMAS VISIT ONE YEAR, I WAS SO IMPRESSED TO SEE THIS MURAL HERE. I HAD KNOWN HIM SINCE I FIRST STARTED GETTING INTEREST IN GRAFFITI IN MY EARLY TEENS. AND WHEN I SAW HIM ON THE WALL, I WAS LIKE, WOW. UH, FORT COLLINS IS REALLY BECOMING A MAGNET FOR INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS. UM, I JUST WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT ONE JUST TO SHOW THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING TO FORT COLLINS JUST FOR THE ART SCENE NOW. AND ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE PAINTED MURAL, UH, TRANSFORMER CABINETS. THESE, I'M NOT SURE IF THESE ACTUALLY SERVE A UTILITY PURPOSE OR IF THEY'RE JUST A SCULPTURE OR IF THEY'RE ILLUMINATED AT NIGHT. UM, AND I OTHERWISE WOULD'VE JUST PASSED BY THEM NOT REALLY RECOGNIZING THEM AS ART. BUT, UH, BY A CLOSER LOOK, I SAW THAT THEY WERE IN, IN FACT, PLACED THERE TO BEAUTIFY THIS BACK ALLEYWAY AGAIN. WHEN I LEFT FORT COLLINS, THIS WAS KIND OF A GREASY LITTLE BACK ALLEYWAY, UM, THAT YOU DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO HANG OUT IN A WHOLE LOT . BUT NOW IT'S, UH, IT'S PAVED. UH, YOU WALK UNDER THERE INTO THE BACK OF AN ICE CREAM PARLOR. THEY'VE TAKEN A LOT OF OTHERWISE UNSAVORY AREAS AND MADE THEM WELCOMING WITH ART. SIMILAR TO THE NEXT SLIDE IS, UH, THESE LIGHTS THAT CRISSCROSSED THE STREET. UH, FORT COLLINS ALSO HANGS, UM, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND ALL THE TREES LINING THE AVENUES, UM, LIGHTING THEM AS AN ANNUAL TRADITION THAT DRAWS A LOT OF ATTENDEES. AND DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, THE STREETS ARE JUST ILLUMINATED BY THESE BEAUTIFULLY LIT TREES. IT'S QUITE SERENE, ESPECIALLY IN THE SNOW. UH, THIS NEXT ONE IS PIANOS ABOUT TOWN. IT'S ANOTHER VERY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT THAT WAS JUST GETTING ITS FOOTHOLD RIGHT BEFORE I LEFT. UH, PIANOS ABOUT TOWN IS A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM, THE BOHEMIAN FOUNDATION, WHICH I'LL SPEAK ABOUT IN A COUPLE MORE SLIDES. AND THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. THE PROJECT COMBINES ART AND MUSIC FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. PIANOS ARE PAINTED FROM MAY THROUGH OCTOBER IN OLD TOWN SQUARE, WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN INTERACT WITH THE ARTISTS AS THEY WORK. PIANOS ARE ALSO PAINTED IN THE WINTER MONTHS IN VARIOUS INDOOR LOCATIONS. THE COMPLETED PIANOS THEN ROTATE TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, INVITING PEOPLE TO ADMIRE THE ARTWORK AND PLAY A TUNE. AND IT'S ALWAYS REALLY NICE JUST TO WALK DOWNTOWN AND SEE A VERY TALENTED MUSICIAN JUST TICKLING THE IVORY . UH, THE PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN 2010 AND AS OF 2024, THERE ARE 168 PIANOS, PIANO PAINTED AND DISPLAYED DOWNTOWN. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE FORT COLLINS WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN GO AND FILTER BY THE ARTIST'S NAME, UM, THE ART PROJECT OR THE YEAR. AND JUST GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PIANO OR THE ART OR THE MURAL THAT YOU CAME ACROSS THAT DAY. UH, THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT WAS, UH, ON THE CANOPY OF THE WOMAN PAINTING THE PIANO IN THE PREVIOUS PHOTO. SO SHE IS BEING RECOGNIZED AND PROMOTED THROUGH HER WORK. THE NEXT SLIDE IS OLD TOWN SQUARE COMMUNITY SPACE. UM, I GREW UP GOING HERE AS A CHILD. IT WAS WONDERFUL. I HAVE WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF IT. UM, IT DID NOT HAVE AS MUCH ART WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID. AND AROUND 2000, MAYBE 12 OR SO, THEY RENOVATED THE WHOLE SPACE. THEY PUT INTO A CONCERT VENUE. THEY PUT IN MORE INTERACTIVE AND CLIMBABLE ART AND, UM, THEY MADE IT JUST MORE WELCOMING FOR FAMILIES. IF YOU WALK DOWN THERE REALLY ANYTIME OF YEAR, YOU'RE GONNA SEE FAMILIES JUST HANGING OUT ON THE BENCHES AND THEIR KIDS GOING WILD. THEY'RE SHOPPING AROUND HERE. UM, THERE'S A BEN AND JERRY'S RIGHT BEHIND THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF PATIOS SURROUNDING THE AREA THAT YOU CAN GRAB A BITE TO EAT AND THEN LET YOUR KIDS BURN OFF THEIR ENERGY. ALSO, IN ONE OF THESE CORNERS IS A ROTATING ART DISPLAY OF LOCAL KIDS ART. UM, IT DOES LOOK REINFORCED. THERE ARE A LOT OF BARS AROUND THERE, AND IT IS A [00:20:01] COLLEGE TOWN, SO YOU HAD TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP US SAFE. BUT IT WAS, IT SEEMED WELCOMING AND IT WAS COOL TO SEE THE KIDS AREN'T THERE. ALRIGHT. AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE CONCERT VENUE IN THE OLD TOWN SQUARE. UH, THIS WHOLE SQUARE WAS FUNDED BY THE BOHEMIAN FOUNDATION, WHICH IS A PRIVATE FAMILY FOUNDATION THAT SUPPORTS LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL EFFORTS TO BUILD STRONG COMMUNITIES. IT WAS FOUNDED IN 2001 BY LOCAL PHILANTHROPIST PAT STRYKER. THE BOHEMIAN FOUNDATION TAKES ITS NAME AND INSPIRATION FROM THE BOHEMIAN MOVEMENT OF THE 19TH CENTURY EUROPE. UH, THE FOUNDATION PUTS ON EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, CONCERTS, A LOT OF STREET FAIRS. AND IF YOU WANNA CLICK THE SPACE BUTTON, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE FOUNTAINS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SQUARE HERE. AND THIS IS A BIG DRAW FOR FAMILIES DURING THE SUMMER. UH, YOU'LL SEE KIDS JUST RUNNING THROUGH THESE COOLING OFF IN THE SUMMER WHILE THEIR PARENTS JUST CHILL. THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, THE MIDDLE PICTURE IS A CHILD SIZE LUNGE TABLE THAT SURROUNDS THE FORMER OR THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. KIN RELAX. IT'S ALSO JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DASH OF ART. AND THE SCULPTURE ON THE RIGHT IS THE ONLY SCULPTURE THAT I REMEMBER FROM MY CHILDHOOD, UM, THAT'S BEEN THERE FOREVER. THAT'S THE FIRST PIECE OF PUBLIC ART I REALLY REMEMBER SEEING EVER. AND IF YOU CLICK SPACE AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER FOUNTAIN. UM, NOT IN THE SAME SQUARE BUT MAYBE AROUND HALF A MILE AWAY. IT'S JUST ANOTHER THIRD PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HANG OUT AND CHILL OFF. THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, IS A PROGRAM OF ART ON DISPLAY FOR SALE. UH, THIS IS IN OLD TOWN SQUARE. YOU CAN SEE THAT TROUT, CLIMBABLE SCOUT SCULPTURE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IMAGE. UM, BUT IT HAS A BUNCH OF LOCAL SCULPTORS. THEY CAN BRING THEIR ART THERE ON A ROTATING BASIS AND THEY'RE FOR SALE. UM, THERE'S ALSO A PEOPLE'S CHO CHOICE, A AWARD THAT, UM, PASSERSBY CAN VOTE ON THEIR FAVORITE. UM, IT'S PRETTY COOL. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A FEW MORE OF THE SCULPTURES THAT ARE IN THIS. I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT A COMPETITION OR, OR ON DISPLAY FOR SALE. I IMAGINE THAT THE CITY TAKES A PERCENTAGE OF THE SALE PRICE. UH, THE FINAL SLIDE IS THE PLAQUE THAT ALLOWS VIEWERS AND VISITORS TO VOTE ON THEIR FAVORITE. AND THIS FINAL VIDEO IS JUST SHOWING THAT ONE OF THE SCULPTURES IS KINETIC, QUITE EYE CATCHING. AND THIS IS ALL WITHIN DOWNTOWN FORT COLLINS COMMUNITY SQUARE. UH, SO YEAH, AGAIN, THAT'S JUST MAYBE ONE OR TWO SQUARE MILES OF DOWNTOWN FORT COLLINS. IT'S QUITE CONCENTRATED ON ART. IT'S PRETTY COOL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, KEVIN, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE, UM, TOWNS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE REALLY EMBRACING THE ART, BRINGING IT IN. AND FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE AND MEMORY HAS, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S REALLY POPPED IN THE LAST DECADE OR SO. UM, THAT'S ENCOURAGING. UM, DOES ANYONE, ANYONE HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR COMMITTEE MEMBER MERINGUE? UM, I HAD A COUPLE, I NOTICED A LOT OF THEIR, THESE, THE THINGS THAT YOU SHOWED US WERE IN PRIVATE PLACES. DO YOU KNOW IF, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMISSIONING THESE WORKS ARE INCUMBENT TO PUT THEIR SKETCHES OR ARTWORK IDEAS BEFORE A COMMITTEE? A PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE? OR IS IT ALL JUST SORT OF FREE FOR FORM? YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT, BUT, UH, I DUNNO THAT. I'M JUST CURIOUS. UM, YEAH, I DON'T THAT, YEAH. OKAY. AND LIKE, UH, LIKEWISE WITH THE ELECTRIC BOXES. SO I KNOW THAT YOU SAID YOU COULD JUST BASICALLY TAKE IN A SKETCH TO PUBLIC OR THE UTILITY PUBLIC WORKS AND THEY GIVE YOU A, YOU KNOW, AN ELECTRIC BOX. THERE'S NO BOARD THAT GETS TO REVIEW THE ART OR, UH, THERE IS A BOARD. YOU KINDA HAVE TO PROVE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. UM, THAT YOUR ART'S YEAH. NOT GONNA BE OFFENSIVE AND IT'S GONNA BE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING. UH, SO IT DOES HAVE TO GO, IT IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BEFORE YOU'RE GIVEN THE BOX. ARE THEY ROTATED EVERY SO OFTEN? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? YEAH, LIKE, I WONDER HOW LONG, I DON'T KNOW HOW OUR PROGRAM WORKS, BUT I'M WONDERING WHAT IS THE LIFESPAN OF A PAINTED BOX? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. UM, I RECOGNIZE SOME FROM BEFORE I LEFT, SO AT LEAST 10 YEARS. MM-HMM. . UM, BUT I IMAGINE THAT IF THEY GET, UM, FADED THAT THEY'LL JUST BE OR VANDALIZED. OR VANDALIZED, YEAH. THAT [00:25:01] THEY CAN JUST BE RE EASILY REPAINTED. AND HONESTLY, I DIDN'T SEE ANY BLANK, UH, UTILITY BOXES. MM-HMM. . SO I FEEL LIKE THERE MIGHT BE HIGH DEMAND FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEM IN A WAITING LIST FOR THE ARTISTS. WELL, THANK YOU. THAT WAS GREAT. IT WAS CERTAINLY INSPIRATIONAL. IT MAKES ME WANNA VISIT FORT COLLINS , SO, UM, YEAH, PLEASE DO. IT'S FUN TO SEE. ANNE, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, OUR UTILITY BOXES, I BELIEVE WERE A PROJECT FOR THROUGH THE BUILDING IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ONE COMMISSION TO DO SOME OF THEM. RIGHT. THEY USED MULTIPLE ARTISTS, BUT IT, IT WAS OVER, I THINK IT WAS LIKE ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, FIVE YEARS AGO. AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME BOXES THAT STILL NEED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THAT, BUT I COULD DO SOME RESEARCH TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHERE, WHAT THE STATUS IS ON THAT PROGRAM. THANK YOU. UM, IF ANYONE ELSE HAS A COMMENT, I HAVE A QUICK COMMENT. UH, MY PARENTS MET IN FORT COLLINS, SO IT'S VERY NICE. I COME FROM THERE SOMEHOW. SO I WANT TO GO AND VISIT WITH ALL THIS ART. I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT, SO THANKS FOR SHARING THAT, KEVIN. VERY COOL. THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE CHOICE CITY. MY QUESTION WAS HOW MANY PIANOS DID YOU SAY? IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WERE QUITE A LOT. UM, IT WAS JUST A MINUTE. AS OF 2024, THERE ARE 168 PIANOS PAINTED, DISPLAYED AROUND TOWN. 10 68. WOW. AND FORT COLLINS IS KIND OF LARGE. SO YEAH, THERE'S PLENTY SPACE. WELL, I MEAN, WE HAVE PETALUMA, PETE, AND HIS PIANOS. UM, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT MANY, BUT YEAH, IT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STRUCK ME IS THAT THE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF ART THAT THEY'RE DOING, UM, DOVETAILS WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF DONOR POPULATIONS. MM-HMM. , LIKE WHO'S GONNA GIVE PIANOS AND WHO'S GONNA DO FOUNTAINS AND WHO'S GONNA BE BOHEMIAN. AND, UM, SO IT, IT'D BE INTERESTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEIR, THEIR VARIOUS FUNDING STREAMS AND AND MEANS OF SUPPORT. YEAH, I'D LOVE TO LOOK INTO THIS MORE AND I CAN, UH, COME BACK LATER WITH MORE IN DEPTH INFORMATION. THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH, I SECOND THAT. I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW ALSO, UM, IF THEY'RE INVITING SCULPTORS IN TO DISPLAY THEIR PIECES AND THEN AUCTIONING OR SELLING THEM OFF. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A BIG CONCERTED EFFORT, BUT I WONDER IF THAT BRINGS IN REVENUE TO THEIR ART COMMITTEE OR NOT. YEAH. UM, I'LL GET THOSE ANSWERS FOR YOU GUYS. I'D ADD ONE MORE. IT LOOKED LIKE IN THAT, UH, THE GARDEN OF SCULPTURES, THAT THERE WERE SIMILAR BASES THAT ALL OF THEM WERE ON. SO I WONDER IF THAT'S PART OF THE COMMISSIONING, LIKE, YOU HAVE TO FIT HERE OR, YOU KNOW, IT FEELS LIKE IF IT'S GONNA BE ROTATING HAS TO BE SOMETHING CONSISTENT. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. IT BE INTERESTING TO FIND OUT ABOUT THAT. YEAH, I'LL, UH, SEE IF I CAN FIND MAYBE LIKE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS OR SOMETHING THAT HAS SOME OUTLINES OF WHAT YOU CAN BRING OUT THERE. THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD QUESTION. I DID WANNA COMMENT THAT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T AWARE, IN DEER CREEK VILLAGE WHERE THE SCULPTURES WERE RECENTLY INSTALLED NEAR THE, I FORGET THE NAME OF THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LOT, BUT THERE WERE SIX ORIGINAL PEDESTALS AND THERE'S ART ON FOUR OF 'EM. SO THERE'S TWO THAT SIT THERE THAT ARE JUST PEDESTALS. AND, UM, IT'S BEEN UNKNOWN. IF THE DEVELOPER WANTED TO ADD MORE, THE ARTIST HAD REACHED OUT WHO DID THE OTHER PIECES AND ASKED IF, IF WE'D LIKE TO PURCHASE 'EM. UM, WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY IN A POSITION TO DO SO. THAT WAS ADRIAN LIPMAN WAS THE ARTIST. UM, BUT WE DO HAVE THESE TWO PEDESTALS THAT THEY ARE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE SHOWCASE ART AT SOME POINT JUST TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EXISTS. THANK YOU. UM, I SHOULD ASK, UH, CLERK IF WE HAVE ANY OUTSIDE, UM, OBSERVATIONS OR QUESTIONS WE RECEIVED NO PRIOR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THIS MEETING ITEM. OKAY, THANK YOU. [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] SO I GUESS WE WILL, UM, CLOSE THAT ITEM AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING ON JUNE 24TH. UM, LET'S SEE. I WOULD INVITE THE COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE ANY AMENDMENTS IF THERE ARE ANY. UM, JUST A CORRECTION. AND THERE'S TWO SETS OF MINUTES. SO JUNE 24TH WAS FROM A WHILE AGO, AND THEN, UM, SEPTEMBER 26TH WAS OUR LAST ONE. JUST THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL IF THERE ARE NO AMENDMENTS THEN UM, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS PUBLISHED [00:30:01] AND WE WILL CLOSE THAT. ITEM NUMBER THREE AND CONTINUE ON WITH OUR AGENDA TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. UH, EXCUSE ME, ITEM NUMBER [PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION] FIVE. UM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION. NUMBER FIVE, WE WILL BE GETTING A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF ABERCROMBIE, UM, REGARDING THE MARY FULLER MCCHESNEY COLLECTION. TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU, ANNE. UM, I AM NOT THE MOST TECH SAVVY, SO I'M NOT SEEING HOW TO MAKE IT FULL SIZE, BUT IT'S OKAY. THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM. UM, SO TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE MARY FULLER MCCHESNEY COLLECTION, AND I'M GONNA PROVIDE A LITTLE BACK, UM, AND GROUND INFORMATION FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS SO YOU GUYS CAN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE, WHERE THIS PROJECT CAME ABOUT. UM, THE COLLECTION HISTORY IS FOR MARY FULLER MCCHESNEY. SO THAT'S THE ARTIST PICTURED ON THE RIGHT. UM, SHE WAS A SCULPTOR WHO LIVED HERE IN PETALUMA. SHE WAS ALSO AN AUTHOR AND AN ART HISTORIAN. SHE LIVED ON SONOMA MOUNTAIN AND LIVED TO BE 99 YEARS OLD. SHE PASSED AWAY IN 2022. THE ART CENTER HAD DONE, UM, UH, SHOWS OF HER WORK. HER WORK IS PRESENT AT THE PETALUMA LIBRARY. SHE'S A REALLY RENOWNED LOCAL FEMALE ARTIST AND SHE HAD A LOT OF INFLUENCES FROM SOUTH AMERICA, FROM ALASKA. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT REPRESENTED IN THE STYLE OF HER WORK. UM, MARY MARY CHESNEY'S, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND ESTATE MANAGERS OFTEN DESCRIBE THE ARTIST'S WISHES FOR HER WORKS TO BE DISPLAYED FOR PUBLIC ENJOYMENT WITHIN PETALUMA. SO THAT WAS A BIG MOTIVATOR FOR US WHEN HER ESTATE WAS BECOMING FOR SALE AFTER SHE PASSED AWAY. AND WE DID GO AND TOUR HER ESTATE AND UNFORTUNATELY IT SOLD BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE ANYTHING DIRECTLY FROM THERE. BUT LUCKILY, A LOCAL SUPPORTER OF THE ARTS AND ARTIST HERSELF, SPRING MAXFIELD HAD CURATED SOME OF THE ART FROM THE HILL AND HAD PUT A DISPLAY TOGETHER AT THE ASTRO MOTEL. ALSO, THE LOCAL, UM, GALLERY ON OUR DENNIS COLLABE COLLABY, UM, HAD INVITED US TO COME AND SEE THE, SEE THE COLLECTION HE HAD AT HIS HOME AND AT THE HOME OF JEANNIE SINI, WHO WAS ALSO A, UH, ESTATE MANAGER FOR MARY FULLER MCCHESNEY. SINCE OCTOBER, 2022, THE PPAC HAS WORKED WITH CITY STAFF AND ESTATE MANAGERS TO ACQUIRE AND INSTALL SELECTED WORKS FROM HER ESTATE. IN 2023, THE PUBLIC COMMITTEE AND STAFF PURCHASED 14 WORKS OF BRONZE AND EC VERMICULITE IS A MIX OF LIMESTONE AND CONCRETE THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE LIGHTWEIGHT AND POROUS TO WORK IN. MARY OFTEN USED, UM, MATERIALS FROM TAXIDERMY, SO SHE WOULD BUILD FRAMES OUT OF LIKE PURCHASED PRODUCTS OR EYES THAT SHE'D PURCHASED AND INCORPORATE THEM IN THE PIECES. THEY OFTEN HAD, UH, THEMES THAT INCORPORATED MYTHOLOGY, POLITICS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS. UM, SHE WAS VERY ANTI-WAR. SHE WAS VERY INTO NATURE AND THE REPRESENTATION OF GENDER ANIMALS, YOU NAME IT, LIKE HER WORK REALLY SPOKE IN A FEW DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, BUT IT'S, IT'S VERY COHESIVE AND ALL RELATES TO EACH OTHER. UM, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED PURCHASE OF THOSE PIECES FROM DENNIS K ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2023. AND AT OUR JUNE 27TH, 2024 MEETING ME MEMBERS VOTED TO TRADE TWO OF THE ARTWORKS THAT WERE DETERRING FOR AN ADDITIONAL BRONZE COYOTE GODES GODDESS. SO WE HAVE TWO OF THOSE AND OUR CURRENT COLLECTION OF 13 FOR MIC LIGHT AND BRONZE WORKS THE LIBRARY. SO AT THE LIBRARY WE HAVE FOUR ANIMAL SCULPTURES THAT WILL BE DISPLAYED THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING HELD BY THEM. UM, THEY'RE THE RABBIT, THE RAM, THE CAT, AND THE LION. AND THE LION IS BRONZE. THE REMAINING ARE VERMICULITE. UM, THEY WERE BROUGHT TO THE LIBRARY BY SPRING MAXFIELD AND MYSELF IN JUNE OF 2024. AND I'VE BEEN DOING CONSERVATION ON THE CAT THAT'S ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT. I'VE REMOVED ALL THE MOSS AND, UM, IT'S READY FOR INSTALLATION. SO THAT'S SITTING THERE UNTIL THEIR RENOVATION IS COMPLETE, HOPEFULLY IN 2025. AND IT WILL BE ADDED TO A COLLECTION OF, I BELIEVE, ALMOST A DOZEN PIECES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE. FACE TOTEM. SO THE MCCHESNEY COLLECTION WAS ACQUIRED. THERE WAS A DIRECTIVE FROM THE PPAC THAT A SCULPTURE WE PLACED AT THE SENIOR CENTER AT TWO 11 NOVAK DRIVE ON, UM, IN THE LUCCHESE PARK SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS SELECTED THE FACE TOTEM BASED ON THE SCALE ON THE REPRESENTATION. UM, IN EARLY OCTOBER, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SENIOR COMMITTEE, I'M SORRY, THE SENIOR SITTER REBUILDING TOGETHER AND THE SENIOR [00:35:01] ADVISORY COMMITTEE ALONG WITH SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF MET TO PLACE THE ARTWORK WITHIN THE GARDEN. THE TOTEM WAS THEN MOVED TO THE SITE BY STAFF AND SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBER BELWAY AND, UH, REBUILDING TOGETHER. AND STAFF MET LAST FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, AND WE INSTALLED THE FACE TOTEM IN THEIR GARDEN THAT'S ON THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. ON OCTOBER 23RD LAST EVENING, THE PETALUMA SENIOR CENTER HOSTED A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR THEIR NEW GAZEBO IN HONOR OF, UM, LONGTIME USER AND VOLUNTEER OF THE SENIOR CENTER, MARTHA FULLERTON UEN. AT THE EVENT THE SCULPTURE WAS UNVEILED TO A WELCOMING COMMUNITY AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE SUPPORT OF REBUILDING TOGETHER FOR INSTALLATION. I SHOULD ALSO ADD THAT ON MONDAY, UM, I ORDERED A PLAQUE AND IT WAS PLACED JUST IN TIME FOR THE CELEBRATION YESTERDAY. SO IT'S NOT REPRESENTED IN THIS, BUT WE DID GET IT IN. THIS IS THE SHAPE TOTEM. THIS IS CURRENTLY AT DENNIS KBIS ESTATE. IT'S 84 INCHES TALL BY 34 BY 30, AND IT'S CONCRETE AND VER MACULATE. IT'S VERY SIZABLE, IT'S HEAVY. UM, STAFF HAS BEEN IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH FIRE CHIEF JEFF SHACK ABOUT POTENTIAL INSTALLATION AT FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO AT 1001 NORTH MCDOWELL. THE SHAPE TOTEM WAS SELECTED FOR INSTALLATION ORIGINALLY IN EAST PETALUMA, PREFERABLY ORIENTED TOWARDS SONOMA MOUNTAIN WHERE MCCHESNEY RESIDED. SO THE IDEA WAS THAT IT WOULD POINT TOWARDS HER HOME. AND WE HAD ORIGINALLY SELECTED IT INTENDED FOR A ROUNDABOUT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF IT AND VISIBILITY, WE FOUND THAT IT WAS PROBABLY GONNA BE PROBLEMATIC TO DO THAT. SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW. I DID GET A BID FROM SPRING MAXFIELD TO MOVE IT TO THE SITE AND THAT WOULD BE $595 BY HER HUSBAND AND SPRING AND I WOULD DO RESTORATION ON IT. UM, SPR HAS BEEN HAVING A COUPLE OF HEALTH ISSUES, SO WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER ON IT AND HAVE IT MOVED. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE IT MOVED TO THE FIRE STATION. WE'LL SPEND A FEW DAYS DOING SOME, UM, RESTORATION, JUST REMOVING THE MOSS AND CLEANING UP. UM, THESE TYPES OF RESTORATIONS ARE REALLY LIKE USING A METICULOUS USE OF BOTTLE NOSE PLIERS AND YOU'RE VACUUMING AND BLOWING OUT ANY DUST. I'VE GOT A COLLECTION OF SMALL BRUSHES. WE KIND OF GENTLY MOVE, MOVE DIRT OUTTA THE PORES OF THE PRO OF THE PROJECT. UM, WE'RE STILL IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL FUNDING FOR PERMITS AND ENGINEERING AS NEEDED AND INSTALLATION, BUT REBUILDING TOGETHER, PETALUMA HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN SUPPORTING INSTALLATION. SO I'M WORKING ON HOW WE CAN PARTNER ACROSS, UM, NONPROFIT . AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A , NOT THE BEST VERSION OF IT, BUT I TRIED TO QUICKLY CUT AND PASTE WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE THERE. AND, UM, THIS WAS THE SITE THAT JEFF HAD DISCUSSED. UM, IN THIS IMAGE YOU'LL SEE THE FRONT OF THE FIRE STATION. THIS AREA WAS RECENTLY CLEANED OUT AND A TREE WAS PLANTED. AND THIS IS THE GUARDRAIL ON THE BOTTOM THAT PROTECTS IT FROM TRAFFIC SO MANY TIMES OF DAY THIS PART OF MCDOWELL IS KIND OF BACKED UP WITH TRAFFIC TURNING ONTO CORONA. AND THIS IS KITTY CORNER FROM WHERE THE SECOND SMART STAIN TRAIN STATION WILL BE. SO PEX PEDESTRIAN USE OF THIS INTERSECTION IS GONNA CHANGE DRASTICALLY. THERE'S ALSO A HUNDRED PERCENT LOW-INCOME HOUSING WILL BE BUILT ON THAT SIDE EVENTUALLY. SO IT'S REALLY GONNA BE WHOLLY DIFFERENT THERE THAN WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. BUT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ADD MORE OF HER COLLECTION TO THE EAST SIDE. THAT'S BEEN A STRONG PRIORITY OF PUBLIC ART IN THE RECENT PAST, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ASSOCIATED, TO REALLY BE EQUITABLE WITH OUR PLACEMENTS AND TO REALLY REFLECT THE WISHES OF ARTISTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. UH, INCREASE OUR, UM, PURCHASES FROM FEMALE ARTISTS AND REALLY TRY TO PRESERVE HISTORY AS MUCH AS WE CAN THROUGH THE ARTISTS THAT LIVE HERE. THESE ARE THE TOTEM FIGURES. SO THESE ARE THREE INDIVIDUAL TOTEMS, UH, TWO MALE AND A FEMALE. YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE LOOSELY IDENTIFIED GENDER BY THEIR, THEIR SHAPES. UM, AND WE HAD A ORIGINAL IDEA TO KEEP THESE THREE TOGETHER. THEY REALLY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE A PIECE ON THEIR OWN. SPRINGHEAD CURATED THIS FOR THE ASTRO MOTEL AND THESE PIECES DO COME APART. SO THEY COME APART IN FOUR PIECES. AND, UM, SO THEY'RE PRETTY MOVABLE. I DON'T SEE THESE AS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE HARD FOR US TO MOVE IF, IF I DO IT OR IF SPRING DOES. SHE ESTIMATED THAT THE REMAINING COLLECTION COULD BE MOVED FOR $500 A PIECE. UM, THEY, I WOULD SAY THE BOTTOM PORTIONS ARE PROBABLY WHAT'S GONNA BE HEAVIEST, BUT THEY STILL PROBABLY WEIGH 70 TO 75 POUNDS. UM, THEY DON'T REALLY NEED CLEANUP. UM, WE COULD REMOVE MOSS FROM THE TOP, BUT THEY'RE IN PRETTY SPECTACULAR CONDITION OTHERWISE. SO THEY'RE GONNA BE EASY TO PLACE. UM, WE DON'T HAVE A DESIGNATED SPOT FOR THEM. THEY HAD BEEN CONSIDERED POTENTIALLY A WISEMAN WELL, [00:40:01] I'LL, I'LL MOVE ON TO THAT AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. UM, THESE ARE OUR TWO COYOTE GODDESS PIECES. SO THESE ARE BOTH BRONZES, THEY'RE PRETTY WONDERFUL. ONE IS AT, THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS AT DENNIS KBIS. SO WE'LL HAVE TO DO SOME CLEANUP SLIGHTLY TO CLEAN DIRT OFF OF IT, BUT I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT'S GONNA BE A LARGE EXPENSE. THESE ARE PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIBLE TO BREAK. THEY'RE ACTUALLY HOLLOW INSIDE, SO THEY'RE, THE CONSTRUCTION IS THICK, LIKE THE WALLS ARE THICK, BUT THEY'RE HOLLOW. SO THEY COME IN AT PROBABLY UNDER 150 POUNDS. SO MOVING THEM WON'T BE COMPLICATED. UM, THEY'RE 65 BY 20 BY 20 AND THEY WERE, THEY CAN BE LIFTED EASILY BY TWO PEOPLE. SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE THIS BEING A PROBLEM. WE WILL HAVE TO, UM, PROBABLY DO A, SO A LITTLE BIT OF AN ENGINEERING AN ENGINEERED BASE FOR THEM JUST TO MAKE SURE IF THEY WERE INSTALLED, SOME, IF WHEN THEY ARE INSTALLED SOMEWHERE, IF THEY'RE SYNCING WHERE THEY'RE PLACED OR WHATEVER, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN A GOOD SPOT. SO POTENTIAL LOCATIONS, MUCH LIKE THE TOTEM FO FIGURES, I WOULD SAY THIS LIST COULD, COULD BE A STARTING POINT FOR THERE. THAT'S WHERE PUBLIC PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE HAD PRIORITIZED THESE LOCATIONS. SO OAK HILL PARK, CHERRY VALLEY ELEMENTARY IS ACTUALLY WASN'T ORIGINALLY DECIDED, BUT I WANTED TO INCLUDE THEM BECAUSE THEY RECENTLY REACHED OUT AS A RESULT OF THE INSTALLATION OF WOVEN STORIES AT KENWORTH. AND THEY SAID, HEY, HOW DO WE GET ON THIS, THIS PUBLIC ART TRAIN? WE'D REALLY LIKE TO BE INVOLVED. I SAID, WELL, THAT WAS A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS THAT WE HAD FUNDING TO DO THAT. WE HAD A BIG SELECTION PROCESS. RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE ARE THESE PIECES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR SCHOOL. AND IF WE COULD WORK ON, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WOULD NEED IT TO BE PUBLIC FACING, PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE, VIEWABLE BY A DA. UM, BUT IF YOU CAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASSUME INSTALLATION AND PERMITS, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD TOTALLY WORK ON. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT ALSO OPEN TO IF THERE IS A SCHOOL ON THE EAST SIDE THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OTHER ONE. I, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS SUPPORT, I THINK IT WOULD FEEL EQUITABLE AND THEY COULD BE A SHARED, LIKE HAVING THESE TWO FACE EACH OTHER FROM ACROSS TOWNS WILL CONNECT US IN A LOT OF WAYS THAT I THINK COULD BE POWERFUL. UM, BUT THAT'S, AGAIN, I I WILL RELY HEAVILY ON YOUR VOICES AND WHAT YOU SUPPORT. UH, WISEMAN PARK WAS ALWAYS A PRIORITY TO US. IT FACES SONOMA MOUNTAIN WITH A REALLY OPEN VIEW VIEWPOINT OF IT. AND IT'S A PLACE A LOT OF CHILDREN PLAY SOCCER. PEOPLE SIT ON THE HILLS, UM, THEY WATCH THE AIRPLANES GO BY. IT'S LIKE, IT'S A REALLY SPECIAL PLACE. AND THERE IS AN EXISTING PLAQUE THERE, UM, BY PETALUMA CUBAN ARTIST. MARY, WHERE IS, I THINK IS HER NAME. I'LL HAVE TO LOOK IT UP. BUT SHE, SHE DID A LOT OF THE MURALS THAT YOU SEE OR SCULPTURES THAT YOU SEE IN BRONZE AROUND PETALUMA. SHE DID, UM, I HOPE I DIDN'T JUST BUTCHER HER NAME, BUT I THINK I DID. SO I'LL HAVE TO LOOK IT UP AND APOLOGIZE TILL NEXT MEETING. BUT SHE DID THE WRIST WRESTLING SCULPTURE ON EAST WASHINGTON AT THE BOULEVARD. SHE DID THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL THAT'S IN, UM, WALNUT PARK. UM, AND THEN OUR SNAKE AND MEDUSA SNAKE GODDESS AND MEDUSA, THESE ARE AT THE ASTRA MOTEL. THE, UM, SNAKE GODDESS HAS THE SNAKE AROUND HER NECK AND SHE IS A BRONZE 36 BY 20 BY 14. SO FAIRLY MOVABLE. AND THE MEDUSA IS ACTUALLY QUITE HEAVY. IT'S 68 BY 22 BY 21. IT IS MUCH LIKE THE OTHER ONES WHERE IT'S A TOTEM. SO IT'S A, IT LOOKS TO BE A THREE PIECE TOTEM. AND IT SITS, SHE HAD THEM SIT ON A, LIKE A, A CHANNEL ROD. SO YOU'RE STACKING THEM. UM, THAT PIECE IS JUST STUNNING. IT HAS A LOT OF THE EYES THAT I DESCRIBED WITH THE TAXIDERMY STICKING OUT. UM, THEY'RE BOTH AN INCREDIBLE CONDITION, SO THEY WON'T REQUIRE RESTORATION. AND UH, AT THAT TIME WHEN THEY WERE SELECTED, WE HAD A HOPE THAT THEY WOULD, THEY KIND OF SPOKE TO EACH OTHER IN THIS REALLY INTERESTING WAY. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOCATION ALLOCATED ORIGINALLY THESE PIECES WE WERE THINKING WISEMAN PARK. UM, BUT I THINK THE PLACEMENT, UM, AGAIN, YOU SEE GENITALIA, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL PIECE THAT THAT'S NOT THE, THE CALL OUT. AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF NUDE ART IN OUR WORLD THAT PEOPLE ARE OKAY WITH. UM, AND SO SUGGESTIONS, UH, WHEN WE WERE SELECTING THEM PRIORITY TO WISEMAN PARK, OAK HILL PARK, CITY HALL OR YOUR SUGGESTIONS. 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE IN A POSITION NOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR INSTALLATION AND FIND A WAY TO, TO MAKE IT WORK. NEXT STEPS IDENTIFY POTENTIAL PARTNERS AND LOCATIONS FOR INSTALLING THE REMAINING EIGHT PIECES. SO WITHIN THAT EIGHT IS THE, THE FIRE STATION PIECE, THE SHAPE TOTEM, UM, [00:45:01] FINISH BIDS, PACKING AND MOVING INSTALLA AS NEEDED. UM, INSTALLATION STORAGE IS NEEDED. AND JUST LETTING THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE WANT TO WORK WITH EVERYONE TO, IF SOMEBODY'S INTERESTED IN SPONSORING OR IF THEY HAVE AN IDEA, LIKE WE'RE REALLY OPEN AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE AN ANSWER. ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE ABOUT THIS COLLECTION? 'CAUSE IT REALLY IS A, SUCH A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. WELL, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET TO GO WITH HER TO CASTRO MOTEL AND SEE ALL OF THEM AND MOVE THE ONE TO THE SENIOR CENTER. AND THEY'RE INCREDIBLE. THE MEDUSA ONE IS MY FAVORITE, BUT WE WERE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CHERRY VALLEY WHO REQUESTED TO HAVE A PIECE OF ART AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT WOULD BE EQUITABLE BECAUSE SOME OF THE MORE LOW INCOME SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T HAVE. AND IT WOULD JUST BE A SCHOOL THAT, YOU KNOW, HAD A LOT OF PARENT SUPPORT AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THE ABILITY TO, TO EVEN, YOU KNOW, PURCHASE THEIR OWN ART. BUT I THINK IF THEY WERE ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF TOWN, THE TWO, IT WAS TWO SCHOOLS THAT WERE SELECTED THAT I WOULDN'T FEEL SO UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT. AND I THINK WISEMAN PARK, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH MY KIDS PLAYING SOCCER THERE AND JUST BEING THERE WITH THEM IN GENERAL. AND IT REALLY, IT'S BEAUTIFUL A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. AND I THINK THE MORE PLACES WE HAVE THEM THAT WITH THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PEOPLE VIEWING THEM THAT WE CAN IS GREAT. THAT'S WHY I REALLY SUPPORTED THE FIRE STATION GETTING THAT TOTEM BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER AT THOSE LIGHTS JUST LOOKING AROUND AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA BE WALKING BECAUSE THE TRAIN STATION, IT'LL BE VIEWED ALL THE TIME. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY GREAT. SO YEAH, THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS. , THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE FACE TOTEM GO INTO THE SENIOR CENTER YESTERDAY. UH, I THINK THE COMMUNITY THERE IS REALLY GONNA LIKE IT. UM, I HAD A LOGISTICAL QUESTION ABOUT THE PIECES THAT ARE AT THE ASTRO NOW. IS THERE A DEADLINE FOR US TO REMOVING THOSE FROM THE SITE? UM, NOT YET. THE, THE HOTEL IS REALLY BENEFITING FROM THEM AND SPRING IS REALLY ENJOYING THEM. BUT I DO THINK FROM A INSURANCE STANDPOINT, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THEM ON OUR, ON OUR PROPERTY. THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE, WE KIND OF REDIRECTED TOWARDS THEM MORE WELL MAINTAINED PIECES. BUT WE, WE NEED TO MAKE AN EFFORT. AND I'VE WORKED TO IDENTIFY A LOCATION TO STORE THEM. I'D KIND OF ASKED AROUND A LOT AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE CITY DOES HAVE A BASEMENT STORAGE PLACE. BUT MY CONCERN IS JUST THE EXPENSE OF MOVING THEM ONCE AND THEN NOT HAVING IT. ALTHOUGH A LOT OF THESE REMAINING PIECES ARE OF A SIZE, ASIDE FROM THE SNAKE GODDESS AND THE SHAPE TOTEM, I FEEL LIKE THEY ARE A SIZE THAT COULD BE, COULD FIT AND WE CAN MOVE THEM. THEY'RE NOT, IT'S NOT PROHIBITIVE THAT THOSE TWO OTHER PIECES ARE GONNA BE A BEAST. AND SO WE'RE, I THINK WE, IT WOULD BE BEHOOVE US TO LIKE REALLY THINK ABOUT A PARTNERSHIP OR A WAY THAT WE CAN GET THESE INSTALLED AND SEEN BY THE COMMUNITY. IT, IT'S SUCH A WASTE TO NOT HAVE THEM HERE. AND AS SOON AS THEY DO ARRIVE, I, I REALLY WOULD LIKE THE COMMITTEE TO COME TO COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN CONNECT THE PIECES AND HOW WE CAN PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, ENRICHED EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS TO IT AND TIE 'EM INTO OUR PROGRAMMING. BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S AN AREA WHERE WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF EMPHASIS FOR YEARS. AND THE SUBCOMMITTEES AND COMMITTEES HAVE REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS AND NOT THAT SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT. AND HAVE, AS WE'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN A LOT OF THE PIECES INSTALLED LATELY, I FEEL LIKE IT'S, IT'S NEEDED. LIKE IT'S, IT'S TIME FOR US TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE DOCENT LED TOURS AND MAP PROPER MAPPING AND ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC WITH AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT. UM, I DID HAVE A THOUGHT ABOUT THE, THE COYOTE GODDESS. IF ONE DOES GO TO CHERRY VALLEY, PERHAPS WE CAN ENLIST CHERRY VALLEY TO FIND AN EAST SIDE COROLLARY. THERE MIGHT BE SOME OVERLAPPING PROGRAMMING OR SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, GET OUT OF IT THAT MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, THE EDUCATIONAL VISION THAN FROM US JUST SAYING, OH, THIS, THIS SITE NEEDS AN IMPROVEMENT. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THAT, BUT MAYBE WE TALK WITH THE SCHOOLS AND, AND OR EVEN CHERRY VALLEY AND REACH OUT AND SAY, IS THERE A COROLLARY OR A SCHOOL THAT YOU WORK WITH OR DO YOU WANNA CREATE A RELATIONSHIP? 'CAUSE IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRIDGE THE KIDS. OH YEAH. YOU KNOW, THEY COULD CREATE ALL KINDS OF, LIKE YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION AROUND THAT. SO, AND I DO THINK ABOUT LIKE, THE LOCATION OF THE SCHOOLS, LIKE WHERE SOMETHING MIGHT HAVE IMPACT. AND I THINK LIKE MCDOWELL THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY WHERE PLACES ARE LIKE HIGH IMPACT COMMUNITY ACCESS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S THAT TO CONSIDER TOO. MM-HMM. . SO CHERYL, YEAH, THE, WHAT CAME TO MY MIND TOO IS MAYBE IF WE DID ONE AT EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS, ONE ON EAST SIDE, ONE ON WEST SIDE, YOU KNOW, AND I LOVE YOUR IDEA ABOUT CHERRY VALLEY ON ONE SIDE OF TOWN AND THEN ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, OR I GUESS THEY'RE K EIGHT. BUT, UM, THE OTHER, AND I DID INCLUDE [00:50:01] CHERRY BELLY ON THE LIST JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD REACHED OUT AND MADE IT A PRIORITY TO 'EM. I SPOKE WITH THE PTA PRESIDENT ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY, LIKE JUST TO SEE IF THEY, IF THEY REALLY WERE, WOULD CONSIDER IT. 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA MOVE IT TOO FAR FORWARD WITH YOU GUYS IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THAT WASN'T REALLY SOMETHING THEY COULD PULL OFF. AND SO I EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THEM IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. THEY WERE GOING TO, THEY HAD A LIST OF ART THAT THEY WANTED TO DO ON CAMPUS THEMSELVES. AND SO THIS WAS PART I, I AT LEAST SENT THEM A PHOTO AND SAID, THIS IS 'CAUSE OF, OF THE MARY FULLER MCCHESNEY PIECES THAT ARE REMAINING. NOT ALL OF THEM ARE EXACTLY LIKE SCHOOL PIECES. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULDN'T PROBABLY SPEAK TO THAT COMMUNITY AS WELL AS SOMEWHERE ELSE. I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS BECAUSE THAT'S SORT OF THE, THE LARGER RIVALRY, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO TIE THEM TOGETHER, WHICH COULD BE A REALLY NICE GESTURE. AND YOU KNOW, ST. VINCENT'S HAS THAT HUGE SCULPTURE IN FRONT OF THEIR SCHOOL. AND SO OUR, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS, MAYBE THERE'S SOME MURALS GOING ON AND THEY HAVE NEW IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TRACK AND WHATNOT. BUT, BUT I THINK A MATCHING A BOOKEND SCULPTURE GESTURE COULD BE REALLY POWERFUL. YEAH, I WAS THINKING 'CAUSE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE USUALLY STUDYING MYTHOLOGY. MM-HMM. . YEAH. AND WE DO HAVE THE OTHER PIECES TOO WHERE THAT MIGHT SEEM MORE APP. I DON'T KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT WE THINK, BUT I DO THINK STICKING WITH BRONZES WHERE SCHOOLS ARE AND WHERE KIDS ARE, WOULD BE PROBABLY A SAFER BED THAN VEMULA. YEAH. AND WE HAVE THE, THE, THE SNAKE GODDESS AS WELL THAT'S A BRONZE, COULD, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD ELEMENTARY OR YOUNGER, YOUNGER GRADE. I DUNNO, APPRECIATION, JUST A THOUGHT. YEAH. AND THE OTHER THOUGHT I WANTED TO BRING UP, AND THIS MIGHT BE TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD, BUT UM, I WAS UP AT PUTNAM PARK THE OTHER DAY AND I NOTICED THEY'RE STARTING TO PUT IN THE ROADS FOR, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE 23 ACRES OR WHATEVER THE ANNEX IS AND THEY'RE GONNA BE PUTTING A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, UM, NATURE CENTER AND EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT UP THERE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE IS FOR THAT, BUT DOWN THE ROAD, UM, WE MIGHT BE CONSIDERING SOMETHING THERE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S MORE COUNTY OR CITY. SO THAT'S A LITTLE UNCLEAR TO ME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE PUT ART IN PLACE THOUGH LIKE THAT OR NOT. BUT, UM, IT IS A COUNTY PARK, BUT I COULD, UM, LOOK INTO HOW THEY'RE HANDLING THE RED BARN AREA BECAUSE THOSE ARE IN PETALUMA AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE NATURE CENTER IS GONNA BE A CITY PARK OR, UH, IT'S, I THOUGHT IT WAS AN EXTENSION, BUT I CAN SEE, 'CAUSE I, I BELIEVE THEY WERE GONNA BE PUTTING BATHROOMS IN AND DIFFERENT FEATURES. SO IT WAS BROUGHT UP WHEN WE FIRST WERE LOOKING AT LOCATIONS. AND SO I THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO AGAIN AND SEEING, 'CAUSE IT MAY BE THAT WHEN THEY'RE BUILDING THAT, THAT THEY HAVE A PUBLIC ART COMPONENT THAT COMES FROM THEIR 1% OF ESTABLISHING THAT PARK IF IT DOES COST A CERTAIN AMOUNT. SO I COULD DO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT. OKAY. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? I WAS JUST GONNA ADD ONE THING TO, TO THINK ABOUT. IS THERE ANY LIKE, DIGITAL CONTENT FOR MARY? LIKE IS THERE NOT REALLY. WE HAVE THE WEB PAGE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. MM-HMM. . SO IF YOU GO TO THE PUBLIC ART PAGE, IT LINKS TO A LOT OF THE PROJECTS AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR REMAINING OUR, OUR CURRENT ONES. I'VE BEEN UPDATING THE, THE WEBSITE IN MORE REAL TIME WITH ANY NEW INFORMATION. SO I DO HAVE TO ADD THE FACE TOTEM TO THAT AND I'LL BE ADDING A PAGE ABOUT NAGA SO THAT WE HAVE THAT DURING THE TIME WHEN SHE IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC IN A MORE VISUAL WAY. BUT I'M WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW, SO THAT SHOULD BE UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. YEAH, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT LIKE IF WE'RE GONNA PLACE THESE PIECES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF LINKS SO SOMEBODY WALKS BY THEY CAN SEE VIDEO OR JUST TO THAT EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT AS TO WHY THOSE PIECES ARE AND, AND SHOW THE KIDS IF IT'S NEAR THE SCHOOL, UH, THAT THIS IS SOMEBODY FROM PETALUMA, THIS IS JUST ABSTRACTED ART FROM SOMEWHERE. THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT LIVED HERE. IT'S KIND OF COOL TO CONNECT THOSE DOTS. YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO WORK ON A PROJECT LIKE THAT WITH ALL OF YOU WHERE YOU CAN ASSEMBLE WHAT KIND OF CONTENT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT REPRESENTS MARY. AND THEN I CAN COME WORK WITH THE TEAM, THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO SEE HOW TO BEST DO THAT ON OUR WEBSITE AND WHAT IT CAN SUPPORT. BECAUSE I KNOW WE CAN PLUG IN LIKE YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND IF THERE WAS SOME CONTENT THAT EXISTS THERE THAT WOULD WORK FOR THIS, I THINK THAT'D BE REALLY GREAT. UM, WE AREN'T ABLE TO INTERVIEW MARY, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS WITH MARY AND UM, AND HER, UM, EXECUTORS HAVE GREAT STORIES ABOUT HER. SHE WAS A VERY COLORFUL PERSON AND, AND SO I THINK IT'S REPRESENTED IN HER ART, BUT UM, WHEN YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT HER, IT'S KIND OF SURPRISING HOW DYNAMIC AND INTERESTING SHE WAS. [00:55:01] SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WHEN WE FINALLY HAVE A GOOD MAP OF ALL THE PUBLIC ART THAT EACH, YOU KNOW, STOP, IT WOULD HAVE SOME LINK TO INFORMATION ABOUT THAT ARTIST BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE BEST PART OF IT, I WOULD THINK. DEFINITELY. I MEAN, ANN'S BEEN TALKING TO ME ABOUT THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S DEFINITELY ON OUR RADAR RIGHT NOW. OUR PUBLIC ART MAP IS A GOOGLE MAP AND I HAVE BEEN UPDATING IT WITH THINGS I SEE AROUND TOWN, BUT I'D REALLY LOVE IT THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT SEE THINGS I DON'T SEE. AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE MAP AND IT'S NOT THERE, LIKE SEND ME A PHOTO RIGHT DOWN THE ARTIST'S NAME AND IF YOU DON'T, I CAN RESEARCH IT AND TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT. BUT I'D LIKE THE MAP. IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST A PUBLIC. SO THERE'S THERE WORKS THAT ARE REP, IT'LL BE MARKED AS PUBLIC ART FROM THE CITY OR IT'S JUST PUBLIC ART THAT SOMEBODY TOOK UPON THEIR OWN TO DO. AND SO I'D LOVE TO ADD MORE CONTENT AS I SEE MURALS OR STREET ART COME UP. I I TRY TO DOCUMENT IT. I RECENTLY ADDED THE NEW MURAL THAT'S ON THE BACK TOWARDS BREWSTER'S PARKING LOT AND THE VIKING MURAL I THINK IT'S CALLED. AND THEN I ALSO ADDED FOXY, WHICH IS A BIG FOX SCULPTURE THAT'S ON COFIELD OVER AT, I I I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE THE MARRIOTT THAT'S OVER THERE. IT'S HEADING ON COFIELD TOWARDS THE NEW HOMES THAT ARE DEVELOPED DOWN AT THAT SOUTH END. AND SO, UM, IT'S WORTH CHECKING OUT. IT'S A SIZABLE SCULPTURE AND I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE IT. AND IT'S, IT'S GOT A SPORTS FIELD BEHIND IT AND THEN YOU LOOK OVER TOWARDS THE RIVER AND THERE'S A LOT OF HOU NEW HOUSING. I, I'M JUST STARTING TO PUT TOGETHER, UM, SOME NEW GRAPHICS FOR THE WALKING FOR THE ART, UM, WHICH WILL GO ON THE WEBSITE AND ET CETERA, ET CETERA. AND I ENVISION, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT WE SHOULD PUT QR CODES ON ALL OF OUR PLAQUES SO THAT ANYWAY CAN PULL IT UP AND IT WILL OBVIOUSLY LINK TO THE PETALUMA CITY OUR PORTFOLIO. BUT, UM, IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN AND WE CAN'T PUT ON THE PUBLIC, UM, THE PETALUMA WEBSITE. I WOULD LOVE TO FIND SOME PRO BONO APP DEVELOPER TO CREATE SOME REALLY GREAT WALKING MAP APP, UM, FOR THE CITY OF PETALUMA. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY TERRIFIC. YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF NOT HAPPENING AT THIS POINT, BUT WE CAN GET, UM, ORAL DOCUMENTARIES OF ALL OF OUR ARTISTS AND THE, AND WHAT'S INSPIRED THESE PARTICULAR PIECES. WE CAN HAVE LINKS TO THEIR WEBSITES, YOU KNOW, AND REALLY MAKE IT A ROBUST PROJECT. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, SORT OF TIME TO CLEAN HOUSE AND WORK ON PROJECTS SORT OF BEHIND THE SCENES THAT I THINK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE, OUR FUNDING IS, IS, UM, LOW AT THIS POINT IN TERMS OF ACQUIRING NEW ART. SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER AND REALLY WORK TO DEVELOP, UM, BECAUSE IT CAN ENHANCE OUR PRESENCE IN TOWN. BUT ALSO FOR, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WHO'S VISITING, WE CAN BECOME AN ART DESTINATION BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY HAVE A GREAT PORTFOLIO OF PIECES. WE JUST NEED A TOOL TO SHARE. UH, I LOVE THAT. LIKE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS OUR TIME TO GROW THAT OTHER SIDE OF OUR PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S GREAT TO OWN IT ALL, BUT IT'S NOT IF WE DON'T CURATE IN A REALLY EFFECTIVE WAY THAT CAN TOUCH ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU ANNE. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SPEARHEADING THAT, THOSE CONCEPTS. LIKE I AND I AM SURE THE WHOLE TEAM WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THAT 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THIS PART WHERE WE GET TO BE CREATIVE AND THERE'S A LOT OF ELEMENTS TO THAT IN PUB BEING ON THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE. LIKE IT, LIKE YOU CAN SELF INITIATE A PROJECT THAT YOU THINK IS LACKING AND WE CAN ALL WORK AS A TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT FILLS IN THAT ABILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU . OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, I GUESS WE SHOULD MOVE ON TO THE, IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE PRESENTATION FROM, UM, ART SPECIALIST ABERCROMBIE? WE RECEIVED NO PRO PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE ARE NOW, UH, CLOSING THAT ITEM AND [COMMITTEE COMMENT] MOVING ON TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS AND COMMUNITY UPDATES. UM, I WOULD INVITE ANY, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO PRESENT ON THEIR SUBCOMMITTEES. I THINK WE HAVE A LITTLE MATRIX THAT WE CAN PULL UP FOR REFERENCE AND COMMITTEE MEMBER BELLWAY WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FIRST. SO I HAD SAID THAT I'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO ALL THE DIFFERENT SONOMA COUNTY CITY COUNCILS AND TRYING TO GET THEM TO RESPOND TO ME ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GETTING FUNDING. 'CAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANNA DO THIS YEAR IS TRY TO FIGURE OUT NEW WAYS OF FUNDING ARTS. WE'RE NOT LIMITED BY WHAT WE CAN DO AND NO ONE HAS RESPONDED. BUT I RECENTLY, TWO WEEKS AGO SWITCHED JOBS AND NOW I WORK WITH THE CITY COUNCILS A LOT, . AND SO ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WOMAN FROM SANTA ROSA RESPONDED TO ME, UNFORTUNATELY [01:00:01] WAS AT FOUR O'CLOCK TODAY, BUT SHE INVITED ME TO BE PART OF THE NORCAL PUBLIC ART ADMINISTRATORS NETWORK THAT HAS 20 PARTICIPANTS FROM NORTH BAY CITIES DISCUSSING PUBLIC ART. AND TOMORROW IN SANTA ROSA, AND I GUESS THEY MOVE FROM CITY TO CITY DOING THIS, THEY'RE DOING A WALKING TOUR OF THEIR WHOLE COLLECTION AND THEN LUNCH. AND UNFORTUNATELY SHE TOLD ME AT FOUR TODAY, SO I CAN'T GO TOMORROW AT 10, BUT IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO GO, THEY CAN, BUT I THINK SHE'S GONNA PUT ME IN THIS NETWORK SO EVERY TIME THEY DO IT, I'LL BE ABLE TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY TALK TO WHOEVER RUN THEIR CHAIR OF THEIR PUBLIC ARTS. SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL TO LOOK AT FUNDING BECAUSE I, I MEAN, THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS OF FUNDING, WE JUST NEVER HAVE TRIED TO DO IT. SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THAT'S GREAT. UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING A LOT ABOUT THAT . YES. UM, IS THERE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT ON THE ASPHALT ART PROJECT? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND UM, MELISSA, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT OR, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME NOTES IN THE, THE PROJECT MATRIX THAT IT'S SORT OF JUST THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR FUNDING AS WELL. YES. AND THERE IS A, THERE IS A GRANT OPPORTUNITY, UM, THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IN MY COMMENTS. I'LL JUST GO DOWN. OKAY. OKAY. UM, THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE FIND BALANCE. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT'S UP. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING. UM, I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN ANY MEDIA ON IT RECENTLY AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING IT OR, OR NOT IF THEY CHOOSE TO AVOID IT, BUT I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOVES IT AND, UM, I, I ENJOY IT FROM, FROM MY KAYAK. SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO, IF THEY WANNA SHARE ANYTHING ON THAT, FEEL FREE. UM, AND THEN THE NEXT THING THAT WE HAVE ON OUR, UM, SUBCOMMITTEE IS KENNELWORTH. AND I THINK MELISSA, YOU'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT MORE LATER IN THE PROJECT REPORT, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW, UH, CHERYL OR KEVIN, IF THERE ARE ANY, ANYTHING YOU'VE HEARD. OKAY. IT'S KIND OF SLOW ON THAT FRONT TOO. UM, MARY'S PIECES, WE JUST SPOKE OF RIVER ARCH, WHICH IS KIND OF ONGOING, NOTHING THERE. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, WOVEN STORIES OF COURSE IS FINISHED, SO I DON'T, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY TAKE THAT OFF. WE CAN PROBABLY UPDATE THIS SINCE THOSE PROJECTS SEEM TO BE FINAL. I DIDN'T WANNA CLOSE THEM OUT UNTIL WE HAVE THE PLAQUES ON AND EVERYTHING. OKAY. JUST TO, I FIGURED OUT WHEN WE'RE COMPLETELY CLOSED, THEN I'LL, UM, THEN I'LL REMOVE THEM AND WE'LL PROBABLY WE'RE, DURING MY COMMENTS, WE'LL PROBABLY SEE A NEED TO DEVELOP MORE SUBC COMMITTEE, LIKE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AD HOC COMMITTEES TO WORK ON PROJECTS AS WE COME UP. WELL, [STAFF COMMENT] I GUESS THAT LEADS US TO US, I MEAN TO YOU, MELISSA, IF YOU WANNA CONTINUE WITH THE STAFF REPORT. SURE. I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ON OUR AGENDA HERE TODAY. I WASN'T ANTICIPATING A VERY ROBUST STAFF REPORT AND THEN A COUPLE OF THINGS CAME UP. LET ME JUST CLOSE OUT WHAT I, MY SCREEN IS FROZEN FOR A MINUTE, . UM, OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, , AND THANK YOU KEVIN, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THAT WAS REALLY GREAT AND INSPIRING AND I FELT LIKE IT KIND OF SHOWED ME SOME OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO. AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF DISPLAYING KIDS ARE LIKE, I FEEL LIKE THERE WERE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO ELEVATE VOICES ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF CAPABILITIES AND REALLY GROW AN ARTIST COMMUNITY. AND THAT FELT REALLY PROMISING AND PROBABLY WHAT I NEEDED TO SEE AS WELL AS THE WHOLE PPAC CREW. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. UM, FINE BALANCE. UM, BRIAN SHOULD BE RETURNING TO PETALUMA NEXT WEEK TO INSTALL HIS PLAQUE. AND SO THAT WAS WHAT WAS OUTSTANDING WITH THAT PROJECT. SIMILAR WITH WOVEN STORIES, I'VE DRAFTED, UM, DRAFT LANGUAGE THAT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BECAUSE, UM, THAT WAS PART OF OUR ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, UM, WHEN WE DECIDED UPON THIS PROJECT THAT IT WOULD INCLUDE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE SEATED LANDS OF THE ANCESTRAL OR THE ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF OUR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. AND SO I FEEL LIKE THAT'S VERY MUCH A PRIORITY IF YOU DO WANT TO LOOK INTO CREATING A QR CODE OR SOME KIND OF DIRECTION BEFORE I ORDER THIS PLAQUE, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME. SO I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH HAVING DONE THAT BEFORE, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE, LIKE IF THE SUBCOMMITTEE OR ANYBODY WITH KNOWLEDGE WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO ME AND HELP, HELP ME SET THAT UP, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I'M SURE I CAN FIGURE IT OUT IF NOBODY WANTS TO, BUT I THINK IT'D BE MORE EFFICIENT. THANK YOU, TANNER. UM, SO KENWORTH KENWORTH PUBLIC, UM, THE KENWORTH PLAYGROUND PUBLIC ART [01:05:01] IS PART OF THE OVER OVERARCHING KENWORTH REVITALIZATION. WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR A COUNCIL PRESENTATION, UNFORTUNATELY IT SAYS HERE IN AUGUST. I DIDN'T, I MISSED THAT. BUT, UM, THEY WERE HOPING TO GET IT SCHEDULED SOMETIME IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. THEY WANTED TO IDENTIFY MORE SOURCES OF FUNDING FIRST, 'CAUSE IT'S A PRETTY LARGE SCALE PROJECT AND THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S MORE PREPARED FOR THAT. UM, WE HAD OUR DESIGNS PRESENTED BY OLEG LOKEN. IF, IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED, I'M HAPPY TO SHOW YOU IMAGES. THERE ARE SOME AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBPAGE WHERE YOU CAN GO TO PUBLIC ART, AND THAT'S IN OUR ONGOING PUBLIC ART PROJECTS. UM, THE TRAFFIC CALMING PUBLIC ART, WHICH IS LIKE THE ASPHALT ART, THERE AREN'T REALLY MANY UPDATES, BUT WE ARE PURSUING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND I'M ATTENDING A BLOOMBERG GRANT APPLICATION INFORMATION MEETING ON MONDAY. UM, THEY HAVE A PROGRAM OPEN TO THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW THAT'S FOR $600,000 GRANTS FOR A COMPLETE, UM, LIKE A REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO ASPHALT ART IN A, IN A VERY PIVOTAL PLACE. SO I'LL BE ATTENDING THAT MONDAY. AND I KNOW THERE'S A DESIRE FROM MANY PARTS OF THE, OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND LEADERSHIP TO APPLY FOR THIS. SO THAT'S DUE IN JANUARY. AND I ALSO WANNA CHECK IN WITH BLUE ZONES, 'CAUSE I HAD GONE TO MEETINGS WITH THEM ABOUT ASPHALT ART AT THE BEGINNING OF MY TENURE IN THIS POSITION, UM, LAST WINTER AND BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. SO I'D LIKE TO CHECK BACK IN AND SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT. UM, THE SMART PARCEL AT EAST E STREET HAS NO MOVEMENT. STILL WAITING TO FIND OUT, UM, IF THERE EVER IS THE OPTION OF PLACING ARTWORK THERE. RIVER ARCH 2.0, THERE'S NOT REALLY MANY UPDATES. I'M WAITING FOR DAVID TO HAVE THE BENCH, THE LIKE 10 FOOT, 12 FOOT LONG BENCH MOVE TO, UM, WIZARD OF METALS. THE OTHER TWO PIECES ARE SITTING THERE, THERE'S STILL A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FENCE, LIKE HOW THEY'RE GONNA DEAL WITH THE FENCE IN THE LOT LINE. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE TO WAIT ON. UM, THERE HAS BEEN A LYNCH CREEK TRAIL COMMITTEE FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS. WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE TRAIL. AND SO PUBLIC ART AND OUR OBJECTIVES ARE INCLUDED IN THAT DISCUSSION. I ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS. I ADVOCATE FOR WHAT WE HAVE TO COMPLETE A ALONG LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES GOING ON WITH THAT. WHICH ARE THE NEXT ONE? THE MURAL WALLS. UM, THAT'S NATHAN APPLE'S FENCE THAT HE HAD WANTED TO DO FOR MURALS. IT'S STILL NOT EVEN IN REVIEW. HE HASN'T PRESENTED A PROPOSAL YET. IT'S A LOT LINE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I WANNA KEEP ON OUR RADAR AS LIKE, JUST WHEN WE DO THINK LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, WE CAN THINK BIGGER VISION FOR ART FOR THAT ENTIRE AREA. KELLER STREET GARAGE MAINTENANCE, UM, DRAKE CUNNINGHAM, IT'S ON HIS LIST OF CLEANUP. HE'S JUST HAD, UH, REBUILDING TOGETHER HAS HAD SO MANY PROJECTS. SO DRAKE CUNNINGHAM IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF REBUILDING TOGETHER. HE'S, WHO HELPED US WITH THE INSTALL, BUT HIS LIST OF WAYS HE'S SUPPORTING THE CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW HAS JUST GROWN AND GROWN. SO THIS HASN'T MADE IT TO THE TOP TIER, BUT, UM, RYAN PETERSON HAS EXPRESSED A DESIRE THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO REPAINT SOON BEFORE IT NEEDS MORE THAN HE CAN DO FOR FREE. SO I, I'LL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR GETTING THIS. HE HAD, HE HAD SAID HE WOULD DO A TOUCH UP AT SOME POINT. THE MURAL IS ALMOST THREE YEARS OLD. IT MIGHT MIGHT EVEN BE THREE YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT. UM, BUT IT DOES HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GRAFFITI AND JUST LIKE, PEOPLE HAVE JUST BEEN VERY DESTRUCTIVE WITH THE LOWER PORTION OF IT. SO WE WANNA FIND A WAY TO CLEAN IT IF WE CAN GET IT TOUCHED UP SLIGHTLY AND JUST HOPE THAT PEOPLE START TO RECOGNIZE IT AS A SPACE THAT DESERVES MORE RESPECT. NAGA. SO NAGA IS THE SEA SERPENT THAT'S CURRENTLY RESIDING AT OUR FAIRGROUNDS. IT'S IN, IT'S NOT INSTALLED. IT'S BEING WORKED ON BY THE ARTIST CJ ROUGH GARDEN. AND SHE HAS A CREW THAT COMES UP FROM SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND AND LA SO I GUESS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND THEY COME AND WORK ON IT AS THEY CAN. UM, NAGA IS GETTING SOME TILES OR SOME OF HER SCALES REPLACED AND, UM, REPAINTED. THERE WAS SOME, UM, INTERNAL, UM, PARTS THAT THEY HAD TO WORK ON TO MAKE IT READY FOR ITS NEXT LIFE IN GOLDEN GATE PARK. AND SHE'S INSTALLING FINS ON IT AND REINSTALLING LIGHTING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE IT ON DISPLAY. AS OF RIGHT NOW, OUR SCHEDULE IS THAT IT SHOULD BE INSTALLED BY DECEMBER, SO END OF NOVEMBER AND WE WILL HAVE IT ON DISPLAY AT LEAST THROUGH JANUARY 7TH, POTENTIALLY A WEEK OR TWO AFTER THAT. AND THEN IT WILL GO ON TO ITS NEXT LIFE. UM, MAYBE NOT DIRECTLY TO SAN FRANCISCO, BUT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES HAVE STARTED TO EXPRESS INTEREST IN ALSO [01:10:01] WANTING TO HAVE IT THERE. AND SO THAT'S CONVERSATIONS CJ'S HAVING RIGHT NOW. I AM INCREDIBLY EXCITED THAT THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY AT OUR FAIRGROUNDS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE PERIOD OF LUMA ICE, WHEN THERE WILL BE, UM, MORE ACTIVITY. SO LUMA ICE IS OUR ICE SKATING RINK. THAT WILL BE FROM DECEMBER 13TH TO JANUARY 7TH AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. IT WILL BE IN CLO INCORPORATING A LOT OF ART IN IT. UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND ACROSS DEPARTMENTS TO HELP GET LOCAL ARTISTS REPRESENTED AT LUMA ICE. SO WE WILL HAVE LIKE A PORTRAIT BACKDROP FOR SELFIES AND STUFF, UM, THAT IS CREATED BY MICHAEL DARLINGTON. SO THAT'LL BE THERE. WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ART ARTIST NAMED INFLATABLE WHO MAKES CUSTOM INFLATABLES. HE'LL HAVE HIS WORK ON DISPLAY IN THE TENT. SO THERE'S IS, WE'LL HAVE NAGA. SO THERE'S REALLY A LOT OF CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES AT, AT THAT EVENT. SO, UM, IT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. AND I ALSO WANTED TO ASK YOU ALL TO PROVIDE ME YOUR INPUT ON WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMMING YOU THINK COULD BE FUN WITH NAGA. THERE WILL BE A, A LITTLE TRAIN THAT WILL GO AND TAKE YOU INTO THE FAIRGROUND SO YOU CAN SEE HER. AND, UM, I'M PURSUING A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS, LIKE PERHAPS LIKE PERHAPS A SILENT DISCO AROUND HER AND THAT MAYBE YOU CAN MAKE A PLAYLIST AND COME WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND HAVE SOME FUN. BUT THESE ARE ALL KIND OF IN THE, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN APPROVED YET. THEY'RE JUST KIND OF IDEAS TO REALLY MAKE THE SPACE ACTIVATED AND LIKE WE ALL CAN SEE IT IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT AND SEE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT LIVES THERE WHEN WE TAKE THESE KIND OF INITIATIVES. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. UM, CAN I ADD A QUICK YEAH, PLEASE DO. UH, I THINK THE, THE IMPETUS FOR HER PROJECT WAS A STORYBOOK, RIGHT? LIKE THE, SO LIKE MAYBE HAVING A, A STORY READING OR A TIME FOR KIDS TO COME AND READ IN FRONT OF THAT OR, OR SOMEBODY TO READ TO THEM THAT BOOK OR OTHER BOOKS, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF MAKE IT MORE LITERARY WITH THE LIBRARY NOT BEING AS BIG AS IT USUALLY IS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UH, AND I DID REACH OUT TO DIANA SPALDING, WHO'S THE HEAD LIBRARIAN AT THE LIBRARY. AND UM, THEY ARE ALREADY PREPARING BOOKS TO HAVE LIKE A SECTION ABOUT MYTHOLOGY, SEA SERPENTS, DRAGONS, LIKE, SO, AND I HAD ALSO ASKED HER TO INVITE A STORY TIME THERE AND THAT WE WOULD MAKE OPPORTUNITY. 'CAUSE I REALLY WANNA BE A GOOD PARTNER TO LIVE OAK ALSO. 'CAUSE THEIR, UM, MASCOT IS THE DRAGON. AND SO IT'S, YES. AND SO IT'S KIND OF A REALLY KISMET THING THAT IT ALL CAME TOGETHER THERE. SO I, I WANT, I WANT ALL YOUR IDEAS. SO PLEASE, LIKE, AS THEY COME TO YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL, YOU AND THE PUB, SEND ME AN EMAIL. WE'LL TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. UM, WILL THERE BE A LIGHTING CEREMONY? I THINK THERE SHOULD BE LIKE THE INITIAL LIGHTING, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE HOW CORNERSTONE DOES THAT WITH ALL THE SNOWMEN EVERY YEAR IT'S A BIG DEAL AND THEY HAVE MUSICIANS AND HOT CHOCOLATE AND JUGGLERS WANDERING AROUND. AND UM, THIS SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD REALLY LEND ITSELF TO SOME SORT OF FANFARE. WELL LUMA ICE IN AND OF ITSELF IS GONNA BE QUITE A SPECTACLE. UH, IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE, IT'S WHERE INFER TREAT AND, UH, NOT EVERYTHING'S COMPLETELY SORTED. LIKE MOST OF IT IS SORTED OUT. BUT I THINK THAT I WOULD LOVE TO LIKE, HAVE NAGA BE SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE, WE GIVE THE PUBLIC TIME TO COME AND SIT, SIT WITH IT AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, COME AND VISIT. AND I, I ALSO FEEL LIKE IT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY IF, IF ANY OR ALL OF YOU SEE FIT TO HAVE ACCESS. LIKE THE PUBLIC COULD COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT PUBLIC ART AND LIKE WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE OUT OF OUR PRO PROGRAMMING. 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE VAL VERY VALUABLE IN INFORMING US. OR WE COULD, WE COULD TELL THEM WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UP TO. 'CAUSE NOW WE HAVE A LOT TO TELL . YEAH. UM, SO LYNCH CREEK TRAIL CLEANUP THAT WAS COMPLETED AND IT'S STILL, UH, IT'S NOT COMPLETED. IT WAS STARTED. SO, UM, ON SEPTEMBER 14TH THERE WAS A CLEANUP DAY, GRAFFITI WAS REMOVED, TAGGING WAS PAINTED OVER WITH PRIMER ON THE TRAIL FROM WATER STREET NORTH, THAT AREA OF THE BRIDGE. UM, ALL THE WAY TO LIKE LUCCHESE PRETTY MUCH. SO THERE'S UNDERPASSES AT PAY RAN, THERE'S LIKE AN UNDERPASS UNDER THE FREEWAY. UM, THE TRAIL HAS LIKE, I DON'T EVEN WANNA GUESSTIMATE HOW LONG THE FLOOD WALL IS. IT'S AN ARTICULATED FLOOD WALL THAT SITS AT ABOUT MAYBE OVER FIVE FEET TALL. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO WALK AROUND IT BECAUSE THE, THE CITY MANAGER, UM, PEGGY FLYNN HAD REACHED OUT TO ME AND SAID LIKE, THIS IS, WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THIS NOT JUST ABANDONED. THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH IMPROVEMENT ON THERE. I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO WALK IT. AND I WALKED IT THE OTHER DAY WITH AN ARTIST AND I'LL GET TO THAT NEXT. BUT, UM, THERE WAS SO MANY PEOPLE WALKING THEIR DOGS THAT I, I HAD LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 14 YEARS AND I NEVER SAW IT USED THAT WAY. AND IT, IT'S CLEANED UP. BRUSH WAS REMOVED, THERE WAS LIKE, I THINK ALMOST 60 VOLUNTEERS AND IT'S JUST NEW. AND THERE'S A HOUSING SECT THAT'S, [01:15:01] I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE CROSS STREET IF IT'S EDITH AT MADISON. AND THEN BEYOND IT, THEY'VE PUT IN A LITTLE PARK THAT FACES THE RIVER AND IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC YET, BUT IT'S REALLY GREAT AND THERE'S LOTS OF GRASSES IN PLANTING. SO I THINK IT'S LIKE, IT'S REALLY THE FUTURE RIGHT NOW. SO OUR 2.0 OF RIVER ARCH POTENTIAL MURAL WALLS GOING DOWN IN, THERE'S A PRIORITY TO CLEAN THIS SPACE UP. SO I STARTED KIND OF GETTING MY GEARS GOING. SHE HAD MENTIONED WANTING TO TALK TO GEO BENEDETTI ABOUT POTENTIALLY DOING SOME PROGRAMMING. AND HE'S INTERESTED, HE'S BUSY RIGHT NOW. HE, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HIM, HE RUNS CARTOONING GROUPS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. HE JUST HAD, HE JUST CREATED OR OPENED A NEW LOCATION AND HE, UH, HAD WORKED WITH THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE IN THE PAST ON PROJECTS OR COME AND PRESENT IT TO US. HE'S AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED ARTIST. UM, SO I MET WITH HIM. I STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH HIM. I'VE ALSO MET WITH ARTIST JOHNNY HIRSCH MUNGLE, WHO REACHED OUT AND EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN BEING INVOLVED. UM, HE HAD A PROPOSAL THAT HE SENT TO ME, WHICH I FORWARDED TO THE CITY MANAGER. SHE IS COMPLETELY INTERESTED IN IT AND WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD. IT WOULD BE, UM, THREE WALLS, TWO OF THEM FACING EACH OTHER, AND ANOTHER ONE THAT'S LIKE A MORE MINOR WALL THAT'S VERY VISIBLE. AND SO I AM WORKING RIGHT NOW TO HAVE JOHNNY COME AND PRESENT TO US ON OUR DECEMBER 11TH MEETING SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE OUR INPUT AND FEEDBACK. IT'S NOT A PUBLIC ART FUNDED PROJECT, BUT IT'S A PROJECT THAT IS GONNA BE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WEIGH IN. IT WILL BE PART OF OUR COLLECTION, BUT IT'S, IT'S A WHOLLY NEW PROJECT WE WEREN'T ANTICIPATING. AND IT KIND OF OPENS THE DOOR FOR HOW WE CAN BE MORE THAN JUST A PUBLIC ART PROJECT PRO PROGRAM. HOW WE CAN LIKE WORK WITH THE CITY ACROSS DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE A CREATIVE VOICE AND HOW WE SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT ARE RECURRING. UM, I ALSO REACHED OUT TO ELISE BREEZE, WHO'S THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE PETALUMA ART DOCENT PROGRAM, UM, TO SEE IF MAYBE THE SOUND WALL IS REALLY INTERESTING. IT'S KIND OF GOT A UA SQUARED OFF U SHAPE AND HOW IT GOES. AND THERE'S THESE FRONT PLATES ALMOST TO IT THAT GO STRAIGHT ACROSS. AND I ASKED ELISE IF SHE HAD AN INTEREST IN MAYBE RUNNING A PROGRAM WHERE SCHOOLS COULD TAKE ON A SECTION AND MAKE SOME KIND OF TILE OR CERAMIC PROJECT THAT WE COULD THEN ADHERE TO THE SOUND WALL. AND JUST A WAY TO HAVE OWNERSHIP AND EXTEND THAT KIND OF GALLERY VIBE TO OUR YOUTH ARTISTS. AND SO I'M IN CONTACT WITH HER RIGHT NOW. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ALL DEVELOP AS A TEAM. I JUST WANNA SEE IF THERE'S AN INTEREST IN THAT AND IF THERE'S ACCESS. AND I, THE, OUR DOCENT PROGRAM RUNS ACROSS ALL OF OUR PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT. ELISE HAS BEEN RUNNING IT FOR I THINK TWO DECADES OR MORE. AND, UM, SHE PROVIDES LIKE THESE INDIVIDUAL LESSON PLANS THAT ARE IN BOXES THAT PEOPLE, YOU'VE, YOU VOLUNTEER, YOU GO IN AND LEARN THE PROGRAM, AND THEN YOU GO AND TAKE IT TO YOUR SCHOOL AND YOU RUN IT FOR INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOMS. AND SO SHE'S A REALLY GOOD PARTNER IF WE WANNA REACH THOSE POPULATIONS. AND IT'S A WAY WE HAD IDENTIFIED EARLY ON IN PUBLIC ART. WE WANTED PROGRAMMING THAT HAD THE, THE COMMUNITY COMING AND WORKING WITH US. AND WE'VE JUST NEVER REALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY. AND SO I FEEL LIKE THIS MIGHT BE OUR WINDOW, THE WAY WE FIND A PARTNER. I FEEL LIKE THIS COULD BE A VERY INEXPENSIVE WAY TO, TO ALLOW SCHOOLS TO MARK THEIR, THEIR PATH ALONG THAT LYNCH CREEK TRAIL. IT BRINGS USERS DOWN THERE, NEW USERS POTENTIALLY TO SEE IT AND EXPERIENCE IT. SO I THINK IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT REALLY, UM, CROSSES A LOT OF, A LOT OF GOALS FOR US. AND SO, UM, I'M GONNA UPDATE YOU AS SOON AS I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT. UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE, THE ARTIST JUST, UM, REALLY HIT IT OUTTA THE BALLPARK AS FAR AS LIKE HIS ABILITY TO DO THIS. AND IT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE DOING IMMEDIATELY. IT WOULD BE LIKE WE REVIEW IT AND THEN WE'LL PUT TOGETHER A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT AND THEN THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE NEW YEAR. UM, THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE TEEN CENTER. SO I ADDED THESE AFTER I SENT THIS OUT BECAUSE IT'S ALL BEEN DEVELOPING AND I REALLY WANTED TO DEMONSTRATE TO YOU ALL, WHILE WE COULD ALL BE TOGETHER, THAT THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES I'M TRYING TO IDENTIFY WITHIN GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. UM, THE TEEN CENTER MURAL, UM, THE TEEN CENTER IS REPEATEDLY TAGGED BY GRAFFITI. UM, IT'S CURRENTLY THE HOME OF THE PETALUMA LIBRARY, BUT IT HAS RECURRING ISSUES WITH HOW IT'S TREATED. IT'S, WELL, IT IS AN ATTRACTIVE BUILDING. THE BRICK HAS BEEN, IT'S DETERIORATED FROM HAVING GRAFFITI REMOVAL. IT'S NEVER ITSELF AGAIN. UM, IT'S [01:20:01] LARGELY WINDOWS ACROSS ONE SIDE. IT'S, UM, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SOMEWHERE PUBLIC ART PRIORITIZED. IT WAS JUST NEVER A TOP PRIORITY BECAUSE IT IS THE, IT'S, IT'S GOT GROUTING ON BRI LIKE BLOCKS. IT'S, IT'S A COMPLICATED MURAL SURFACE AND IT'S ALSO ALWAYS FELT TRANSITIONARY. UM, SO I WAS ASKED TO COME UP WITH A PLAN IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WE COULD DO, AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE RESOURCE TO RIGHT NOW TO DO A WHOLE CALL TO THE COMMUNITY. BUT THERE WAS A DESIRE TO BOOKEND THIS MURAL WITH THE SWIM CENTER MURAL AND KIND OF HAVE THOSE SPEAK TO EACH OTHER WITHIN THE PARKING LOT. SO IT WOULD BE LIKE A 2.0 VERSION, BUT WITH DIFFERENT, UH, A DIFFERENT THEME. NOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF COMPONENTS THAT GO INTO THAT. LIKE WE'VE JUST DONE THIS MAJOR DESIGN WITH MIG FOR THE REVITALIZATION. WE HAVE OLEG DOING HIS SCULPTURES AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE AND THE DESIGN, LIKE THE ALL, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR COMPONENTS TOGETHER SO THAT OUR SCULPTURE CAN GO IN AFTER GRADING. UM, SO I'VE, I'M TRYING RIGHT NOW TO WORK WITH DREW HALTER WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THAT BUILDING. UM, HE'S THE HEAD OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO, UM, SEE IF WE CAN GET A COMBINED MEETING POTENTIALLY AT DECEMBER 11TH ALSO. SO WE COULD HAVE TWO REALLY ROBUST CONVERSATIONS. AND THIS WOULD BE VERY PRELIMINARY IN THAT DESIGN PHASE WHERE YOU'RE PROVIDING INPUT ABOUT WHAT DIRECTION YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MURAL THERE. TAKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN. THE REASON THAT TEAM WAS SELECTED WAS JUST THE BUILDING. AND THEY HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY WANTED TO COMPLETE. UM, AND SO WE FOUND THEM TO BE AN INCREDIBLY IN BUDGET EFFECTIVE ARTIST. AND THEY COULD WORK ON THE SURFACE IN A MIRACULOUS WAY, THAT REALLY, LIKE, IT CHANGED EVERYTHING. AND TO DATE THAT MURAL, IT'S NOT BEEN GRAFFITIED ON OR ENGAGED IN ANY WAY LIKE HAD HAD BEFORE. IT REALLY FEELS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING SO CHERISHED. IT'S LIKE A NO BRAINER. NOT ONE NEGATIVE COMMENT, NOTHING. JUST A LOT OF LIKE PRIDE. AND SO, UM, AND I ALSO REALLY RESPECT THIS TEAM OF ARTISTS. THEY RUN THE MURAL PROJECT NONPROFIT OUTTA SANTA ROSA. THEY BRING A LOT OF MURALS TO ROSELAND AND SANTA ROSA. THEY ARE CON RIGHT NOW ON TOUR PRETTY MUCH CONSTANTLY. SO THEY'RE GOING TO JAPAN IN A WEEK OR SO. NO, UH, I'M SORRY, END OF OCTOBER. END OF OCTOBER. I DON'T TO JAPAN TO DO THESE MURALS FOR A FEW WEEKS. AND THEY'VE BEEN IN SOUTH AMERICA LATELY. THEY'RE DOING ONE IN, UM, PALM PALM CITY, OR IT'S NEAR, IT'S NEAR PALM SPRINGS, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT. PALM DESERT. THAT'S IT. SO THEY'RE , SORRY IT'S GETTING LATE FOR ME. UM, BUT THEY'RE NEEDLESS TO SAY THEY'RE IN HIGH DEMAND. THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK FOR US AT A SIM LIKE AT A LOWER PRICE RATE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING COMING OUTTA THE PUBLIC ART FUND. WE ARE WORKING AS VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE THAT INPUT AND CREATE A COMMUNITY OUTLET FOR THE CITY ONCE WE NOTICE THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD COME IN AND PROVIDE PUBLIC FEEDBACK. UM, AND SO, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO GET IN WITH YOU GUYS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR AND I'M REALLY WORKING TOWARDS THAT. SO, UM, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MAKING SURE ANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND ALSO, LIKE THE PARKS, THE RMPC, UM, AND THEN IF THE LI LIBRARY HAD INPUT, BUT I'M WORKING WITH DREW TO IDENTIFY THOSE STAKEHOLDERS AND THEN SEE IF THE SCHEDULES ALIGN THAT WE CAN ALL BE TOGETHER. AND IF NOT, WE'LL FIND A, A COMPROMISE TO LIKE BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BUT THAT MURAL, AGAIN WOULD BE A, A PROJECT IN THE NEW YEAR AND IT WOULD REALLY KEEP OUR PROGRAM GROWING IN A WAY OUTSIDE OF, UM, WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING. SO IT LOOKS LIKE 2025 COULD BE ANOTHER 2024 IF WE, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN PRETTY ROBUST. SO I WANNA THANK YOU ALL AND LIKE AS YOU SEE OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE SOMEBODY CAN USE SOME GUIDANCE, LIKE WHERE YOU SEE, WE COULD SEE A PROJECT DEVELOPING AND IT'S LIKE, WOW, WAIT, WE CAN, WE CAN BE A SOUNDING BOARD. WE CAN BE SO MUCH MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE EVER BEEN IF WE WANNA BE. SO I, UM, I INVITE YOU ALL TO LOOK FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND I'LL CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET A SEAT IN ANY ROOM THAT'LL LET ME AND, UH, FIND OUT WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR US TO HELP WITH. UM, ONE OTHER COMPONENT I WANTED TO BRING UP FOR YOU ALL IS, UM, IF YOU AND THE COMMUNITY COULD SEND ANY NEW ARTISTS THAT ARE ON YOUR RADAR, ANYBODY THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM. I REALLY WANNA READDRESS OUR CATALOG. I'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF OLD FILES AND SEEN THAT THERE'S LIKE CATALOGS OF ARTISTS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN DEVELOPERS DO APPLY. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT HASN'T [01:25:01] HAPPENED LATELY, BUT I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO REALLY TAKE A CLEAN LOOK AT IT ALL, GET THOSE MATERIALS TOGETHER AS I FIND THEM SO THAT WE CAN, I CAN MAKE THEM AVAILABLE IN YOUR NEXT PACKET. AND THEN WE CAN ADD ANY ARTISTS THAT WE'RE SEEING OR ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THEIR, THEIR, UM, PORTFOLIO OR WEBPAGE SO THAT WE CAN ADD THEM TO OUR LIST. WE REALLY WANNA HAVE THAT READY SO THAT WE'RE, WHEN WE, WHEN WE DO HAVE THAT OPTION, WE'RE AGILE AND READY FOR THAT. UM, AND ALSO PLEASE REVIEW THE WEBPAGE FOR THE PUBLIC ART. UM, IT'S, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW. I'M TRYING TO UPDATE IT MONTHLY WITH NEW INFORMATION AS EVERYTHING CONTINUES TO DEVELOP. BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE RESPONDING TO, WHAT YOU THINK COULD BE AUGMENTED. LIKE THAT'S ANOTHER ROLE THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU ALL PARTICIPATE IN. UM, AND IF YOU EVER HAVE INTEREST IN LIKE WRITING ABOUT THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAMMING, YOUR EXPERIENCE, I THINK IT'D BE REALLY FUN TO HAVE AN OP-ED OR SOMETHING FROM YOU GUYS TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WHERE, WHAT DIRECTION YOU FEEL, UM, ART PLAYS IN THAT. SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOU ARE FOR YOU ALL. AND, UH, THAT'S MY, MY UPDATES. JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT OUR WEBSITE. I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT IN A WHILE, BUT IS THERE A PLACE FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK? UM, ACTIVELY THERE'S MY EMAIL ADDRESS FOR SOLICITING. THERE'S CONTACT FOR ME AND I REALLY DON'T GET ANYTHING MM-HMM. . AND SO I INVITE THAT. IT'S ALL ON THERE. SO ANYTHING I DID GET, I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU GUYS. UM, I WOULD SEND ANY, ANY UM, COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS. I HAD DONE THAT IN THE PAST WHEN FINE BALANCE WAS A HOT ISSUE. UM, AND SO AS THINGS COME IN, I'LL SHARE THEM WITH YOU AND, UM, I INVITE THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE INPUT. DO WE HAVE ANY SORT OF NEWSLETTER OR QUARTERLY REPORT OUT TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH VIA ANY SORT OF LISTSERV OR ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT HAVE ACCESS TO? OR NO? IS THAT SOMETHING WE WOULD EVER WANNA CONSIDER? POSSIBLY. I I THINK OUR WEBSITE IS LIKE REALLY THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT IT'S LIKE I'M TRYING TO UPDATE IT AS IN REAL TIME AS I CAN. LIKE ONCE A PROJECT GOES LIVE, IT'S USUALLY UP THERE WITHIN A WEEK. UM, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE ONGOING SOURCE. LIKE I GET A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT HAVING TOO MANY POINTS OF CONTACT, BUT I, WE HAVE A, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I, MAYBE THAT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT, BUT I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW LIKE ONE, ONE PLACE WHERE THEY KNOW THEY WILL GET THE LATEST NEWS AND THEN IT HAS THE MAP, IT HAS LIKE A LINK TO OUR AGENDAS. IT HAS LIKE ALL THAT INFORMATION AND ALL OF OUR, UM, RESOURCE MATERIAL. MM-HMM THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, THE ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, UM, THE IZO CHAPTER 18 OF THE IZO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENT PACKET THAT I SHARED WITH YOU LAST MEETING. SO IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER, LIKE I DO THINK IT, IT MIGHT BE THAT OP-ED OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD DISCUSS THAT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO WRITE AN UPDATED REPORT TO THE NEWSPAPER AND SHARE IT, I FEEL LIKE THAT MIGHT BE THE BEST WAY. OR I COULD TALK TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND SEE IF IN OUR COMMUNITY UPDATES. I MEAN, I HAVE BEEN REGULARLY IN THE SUBSCRIBER COMMUNITY UPDATES, WHICH REACHES OVER, I THINK IT'S OVER 20,000 PEOPLE NOW IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S A THIRD OF THE POPULATION, UM, THAT WE, WE COULD INCLUDE ANY PROJECT THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. I USUALLY WRITE A, THEY CALL IT A BLURB ABOUT IT AND INCLUDE PHOTOS SO THAT WE CAN JUST KEEP PEOPLE AWARE OF WHAT OUR PROGRAM'S DOING. MM-HMM. . SO THAT IS, THAT IS THE SECONDARY, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS ASKING ABOUT. YEAH, AND ALSO, I MEAN, YOU MENTIONED, UM, AT NGA IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SORT OF ASK COMMUNITY WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE PROGRAM AND HOW THEY WANT US TO GROW, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A GREAT RESOURCE IN CASE PEOPLE COME LOOKING FOR US, BUT IF WE WANNA PUSH OUT MESSAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ALREADY BEING TAKEN CARE OF THROUGH THE CITY. SO YEAH, I'M DEVELOPING A WEBSITE RIGHT NOW FOR NAGA. UM, I'M GONNA BE WRITING A PRESS RELEASE. THE PROGRAMMING REALLY HAS TO COME UP RIGHT NOW BECAUSE DECEMBER 13TH ISN'T THAT FAR AWAY AND OUR MEETING IS TWO DAYS BEFORE THAT. SO I'M NOT SURE HOW EFFECTIVE WE CAN BE WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S WHY IF THERE ARE IDEAS, I'D LOVE TO HEAR THEM AND I CAN SEE WHAT STICKS WITH THE LU EYES CREW. AND, UM, I DO THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT A LIGHTING, SO I WILL GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT. I'LL SPEAK WITH THEM ABOUT IT. 'CAUSE I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD MAYBE ANTICIPATE IS A DECEMBER, WELL, SO IF IT'S UP, THIS IS THE HARD PART IS IT'S LIKE A PIECE IN MOTION. LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT THINGS DONE ON A CERTAIN DAY, BUT HOW MATERIALS RESPOND IS A DIFFERENT THING. AND SO I ANTICIPATE IT BY THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER, BUT SETTING A HARD AND FAST DATE I DON'T THINK IS PROBABLY FAIR TO THE ARTIST, BUT IT HAS TO BE UP BY DECEMBER 13TH. SO MAYBE THE OPENING OF LUMA ICE COULD ALSO INCORPORATE A FORMAL LIGHTING AND THAT WAY THE PUBLIC'S ALREADY THERE FOR THAT [01:30:01] AS WELL. AND LUMA ICE IS GONNA HAVE FOOD VENDORS, CRAFT VENDORS, LIKE IT'S GONNA HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMMING OUTSIDE. THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO RENT IT FOR HOLIDAY PARTIES, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, AND THERE'S AN OUTDOOR SEATING AREA, LIKE BEER GARDEN KIND OF AREA THAT I THINK IT, IT WOULD LEND ITSELF TO ANYTHING WE WANNA DO. THE, THE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE THERE AND BE CURIOUS AND EXCITED. SO I THINK NAGA WILL BE IN HER ELEMENT OR HIS ELEMENT. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY , BUT, UH, BUT, UH, THEIR ELEMENT AND I THINK IT'LL, IT'LL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT I CAN WORK TOWARDS THAT AND, UM, AND SEE LIKE, IT WOULD BE AS SIMPLE AS LIKE FLIPPING THE SWITCH, BUT WE'RE ALL THERE TO CELEBRATE AND I CAN SEE IF CJ COULD BE THERE THAT NIGHT TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE AND, UH, GET A PA SYSTEM, UH, AVAILABLE TO US. SO IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE ALL INTERESTED IN, UM, I WILL PURSUE THAT AND THEN GET BACK TO YOU AND I'LL JUST, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN RESPOND TO ME INDIVIDUALLY TO THAT AND THEN, UM, AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. OKAY. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ELSE, ANY, UH, OTHER COMMENTS ON THE STAFF REPORT? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE PROJECTS RUNNING THROUGH AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU WERE FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING ART INTO PETALUMA THROUGH THE CITY AND ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF OUR PURVIEW. IT, IT'S REALLY GREAT. YOU'RE REALLY KEEPING THE PROGRAM ALIVE RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE. IT TAKES A LOT OF PARTNERS ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. I DON'T WANNA TAKE THE CREDIT AT ALL, BUT I'LL SAY LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY ENJOYING OUR PUBLIC ART AND THE DIFFERENCE IT'S MAKING IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT A WHOLE LIKE LINE OF PEOPLE THAT PREDATE ME AND ALL THE PPAC MEMBERS WHO PUT THIS IN MOTION THAT MM-HMM. , WE REALLY BENEFITED FROM THE HARD WORK OF LIKE SEVEN YEARS, THREE YEAR PROJECTS THAT JUST ALL JUST CAME TOGETHER. SO, MM-HMM, , IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR ART AND IT'S A GOOD TIME TO BE A PETAL WOMAN. OKAY. SO ANYONE ELSE THEN I GUESS WE, UH, ARE AT THE END OF OUR MEETING THIS EVENING. UM, WITH THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:40 PM GET TO. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.