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[CALL TO ORDER]
TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 23RD.UM, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO TAKE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
COMMITTEE MEMBER CALLED IRON ABSENT COMMITTEE MEMBER MOHRING.
ABSENT COMMITTEE MEMBER SM HERE, CHAIR DIGGS.
TODAY WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR CITY OF PETALUMA COMMITTEE WORK INVOLVES THE UNSEATED LAND THAT IS THE ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF THE COAST.
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.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING.
UH, FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW YEAR.
UM, DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTERESTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMITTEE 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.
I WOULD NOW OPEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND ASK ANY SPEAKERS TO BRING THEIR CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK.
AND ALSO ASK THE CLERK IF YOU'VE RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
WE RECEIVED NO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
AND ARE THERE ANY IN-PERSON PUBLIC SPEAKERS? I THINK NOT.
THEN WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA.
UH, THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS DURING THIS MEETING MEETING, AND I'M GOING
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
TO CONTINUE WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.I INVITE THE COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES FROM OUR MEETING ON DECEMBER 11TH, 2024.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
I WILL, UH, ANNOUNCE THAT THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS PUBLISHED AND CONTINUE ON WITH OUR AGENDA TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.MEETING ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA BLACKSMITHS ASSO, BLACKSMITHING, EXCUSE ME, ASSOCIATION, AND THEIR UPCOMING 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE AT THE PETALUMA FAIRGROUNDS.
APRIL 20TH TO 23RD, 2028 BY COMMITTEE MEMBER CLAUD CHISHOLM.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME PRESENT TONIGHT.
IT'S WEIRD TO BE ON THIS SIDE.
UH, WELL, AS SHE'S BRINGING IT UP AND YOU WEREN'T WRONG.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE CALIFORNIA BLACKSMITHS ASSOCIATION.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN TALKING TO MELISSA ABOUT THIS FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR ME TO COME TONIGHT AND INTRODUCE THE ASSOCIATION, UH, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE 2028 50TH ANNIVERSARY WE'LL BE DOING IN PETALUMA.
IT'S A LONG WAYS AWAY, BUT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED PLANNING BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY BIG ONE.
A REALLY, WE WANT IT TO BE AS THE GREATEST ONE WE'VE DONE.
WE'RE PLANNING ALREADY AND THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS A CITY CAN BE INVOLVED, A LOT OF EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, ANOTHER REASON TO TALK TO YOU THIS FAR AHEAD OF TIME, GET ALL OF YOU EXCITED AND SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, COLLABORATE.
'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO BRING THE PUBLIC IN ON THIS.
UH, HIGHLIGHT THE CITY HISTORY AND ALSO, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE PRESENTATION, SOME WAYS TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY IN THE FORM OF, OF ART.
I, UH, I WANTED TO BRING SOME LITTLE HANDOUTS.
SO THERE'S LITTLE MIDDLE THINGS GOING AROUND THE, THE SMALLEST THINGS I HAD AT HOME, DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH STEEL.
AND FOR THE PRESENTATION, FEEL FREE TO ASK ME QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE 'EM ON THE SLIDE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S PROBABLY EASIER THAN WAITING TILL THE END.
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NO PROBLEM.I, I I DON'T, UH, I JUST TRIED TO FIND THE SMALLEST THINGS I HAD SITTING ON MY BOOKSHELVES.
SO YEAH, WE ARE THE CALIFORNIA BLACKSMITHS ASSOCIATION.
THE CONFERENCE WE'LL BE DOING IS, I'M HOPING THAT IT'S THE SAME WEEKEND AS BUTTER AND EGGS DAY IN 2028.
UM, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS START WITH A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF BLACKSMITHING IN PETALUMA.
PROBABLY NOT ALL, BUT A LOT OF THE BLACKSMITHS, UH, SHOPS THAT WERE OPERATING IN THE EARLY, THE LATE 18 HUNDREDS TO EARLY 19 HUNDREDS, JUST IN PETALUMA.
SOME OF THE BUILDINGS YOU RECOGNIZE, THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE CORNER, UH, IS NOW AT THE, UH, THE EMBROIDERY SHOP AND, UH, AUTOMOBILE SHOP NEXT TO ACROSS FROM 2 56 NORTH.
SO, UH, AND THEN THE TOP, YOU'LL RECOGNIZE VAN BES, ORIGINALLY BEFORE THEY WERE THE STEEL MILL, THEY WERE A BLACKSMITH SHOP IN TOWN.
SO THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT PETALUMA HAS A VERY LONG HISTORY WITH BLACKSMITHING.
UH, BACK IN THAT DAY, EVERYTHING THAT WAS STEEL WAS HAND FORGED.
UH, NOWADAYS A LOT OF IT'S FABRICATED IN A FACTORY, BUT BACK THEN IT WAS ALL MADE BY A BLACKSMITH.
SO OUR ASSOCIATION, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
WE KEEP THE ART ALIVE AND, AND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT IS THEIR TRADE AS WELL.
WE MAKE THINGS OUT OF STEEL BY HAND.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BLACKSMITHING, WE GENERALLY MEAN, UM, STEEL, THAT THE, THE CHANGING THE SHAPE AND FORM OF STEEL USING HEAT AND FORCE.
SO YOU THINK ABOUT THE HAMMER AND THE ANVIL AND THE FORGE AND THE TONGS OF THE PUNCHES, ET CETERA.
AND THERE'S SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, WELDING AND FABRICATION INVOLVED NOWADAYS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT IS TRADITIONAL BLACKSMITHING IN DIFFERENT AND NEW MODERN WAYS.
WHAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING IS, YOU KNOW, BLACKSMITHING WHEN PETALUMA STARTED BACK IN THE 18 HUNDREDS, BUT THAT IS CONTINUED THROUGH TODAY AND IN LARGE PART DUE TO OUR ASSOCIATION.
SO I JUST DID A QUICK, UH, TOUR AROUND DOWNTOWN WHEN I WAS MAKING THIS, UH, SLIDESHOW TO HIT THE SPOTS WHERE I KNEW THERE WAS BLACKSMITHING.
UM, SO IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL, OH, OH, OH,
SO THE ONLY PIECE IN HERE THAT WAS NOT DONE BY OUR ASSOCIATION IS, UH, THE GRILL WORK UP IN THE, UH, POST OFFICE.
I DON'T KNOW WHO DID THAT, BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY HAND FORGED.
BUT IN THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER, DEMPSEY'S, UH, WHEN THAT WAS THERE, THAT PIECE WAS TOBY HICKMAN, WHO WAS ONE OF OUR FOUNDERS, LEGEND IN THE ASSOCIATION.
UM, UH, THE BENCH IN FRONT OF POLLY CLASS IS A FRIEND OF MINE, ALSO, CBA MEMBER STEVE VOLTS.
THE MIDDLE IN THE BOTTOM IS, UH, ROBERT OWENS DID THOSE SIGN HOLDERS THAT YOU SEE FROM, UH, THE KELLER STREET GARAGE THROUGH HELEN PUTNAM PLAZA TO THE, UH, WATER STREET, ANOTHER KIND OF FOUNDING MEMBER OF OUR ASSOCIATION IN THE CONCRETE THERE IN FRONT OF, UH, RACE, UH, REX HARDWARE THAT USED TO BE A FARRIER SHOP.
AND THEN THE FAR RIGHT HAND RAILING IS A PIECE MY DAD DID FOR THE, UM, UH, VISITOR CENTER.
HE ALSO DID THE LECTERNS, YOU'LL SEE AROUND TOWN WITH A LITTLE HISTORY ON THEM.
SO WHEN I WAS WALKING AROUND, I SAW WAY MORE.
BUT THIS IS JUST TO SHOW THAT ACTUALLY THERE'S A LOT MORE HANDMADE METAL WORK JUST IN THIS TOWN THAN YOU KNOW.
AND A LOT OF IT IS DUE TO OUR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
SO, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US THEN.
ON THIS SLIDE, UH, THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT WE REALLY ARE CENTERED IN THE BAY AREA.
UH, WE WERE FOUNDED IN A BLACKSMITH SHOP IN POINT REYS.
THE FIRST MEETING WAS IN A BLACKSMITH SHOP IN SAN FRANCISCO.
UH, MY DAD HOSTED THE FIRST WESTERN STATES CONFERENCE IN HIS SHOP IN PEN GROVE.
UM, SO THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE CHOSE PETALUMA FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY, IS THIS KIND OF IS THE HEART OF THE ASSOCIATION, UH, THE BAY AREA.
AND PETALUMA IS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF WHERE EVERYTHING STARTED.
A LOT OF OUR LEGENDS CAME FROM AROUND HERE.
AND I, I CHOSE THAT PICTURE, THE, THE, THE NAIL TREE,
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BECAUSE IT KIND OF, UH, SUMS UP WHO WE ARE, RIGHT? THAT, THAT COMES TO EVERY CONFERENCE, AND ANYONE CAN FORGE ANY KIND OF DECORATIVE SPIKE OR NAIL AND HAMMER IT IN THERE.AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST KIND OF A GOOD SYMBOL OF WHAT WE DO.
SO NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT JUST A COUPLE IMPORTANT TENANTS TO KNOW ABOUT WHO WE ARE.
SO THE FIRST IS THE SMITH AND COMMUNITY.
SO THERE ACTUALLY SMITHS ALL AROUND THE WORLD, ASSOCIATIONS LIKE OURS, BLACKSMITHING SCHOOLS, THEY ARE INTERNATIONAL EVERYWHERE, WAY MORE THAN YOU WOULD EXPECT, KEEPING THE ART OF BLACKSMITHING ALIVE.
AND WE KEEP CONNECTIONS WITH A LOT OF THEM, UH, INDIVIDUALS WITH THE SCHOOLS, WITH THE, UM, ASSOCIATIONS.
SO EVERY, UH, CONFERENCE, LIKE THE BOTTOM TWO PICTURES, WE HAVE, UM, DEMONSTRATORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD COMING TO TO DEMONSTRATE, UH, THIS WAS PLACERVILLE LAST YEAR.
CZECH REPUBLIC AND IRELAND WERE REPRESENTED, TWO OF OUR MAIN DEMONSTRATORS.
UH, WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING ALL THE TIME FROM OTHER COUNTRIES TO TEACH, TO LEARN TO WORK WITH US, AND WE'RE ALWAYS SENDING PEOPLE TO OTHER COUNTRIES TO DO THE SAME.
SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US IS JUST SUPPORTING SMITHS ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
UH, FOR INSTANCE, LAST YEAR WHEN THE HURRICANES HIT, UH, NORTH CAROLINA, WE RAISED MONEY TO HELP THE SMITHS WHO LOST THEIR SHOPS AND THEIR HOMES IN THE HURRICANE.
ANOTHER ONE THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IS, UH, SO WHEN THE UKRAINIAN WAR STARTED, WE HAD A LOT OF UKRAINIAN SMITHS WE KNEW OVER THERE, AND SOME OF THEM CAME HERE FOR SAFETY, UM, AND WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO SUPPORT THEM.
SO WE ARRANGED A, WELL, MICHAEL BONDY, WHO WE'LL TALK ABOUT WITH THE PUBLIC ART PIECE, UM, ARRANGED A TWO DAY EVENT AT HIS BIG SHOP IN RICHMOND.
UM, THE GUY AT THE TOP IS, UH, HE CAME FROM ISRAEL, AND THEN THE GUY AT THE BOTTOM, SO THAT'S, UH, ZEEK AT THE BOTTOM, SERGE.
HE CAME FROM UKRAINE, AND THEY ARRANGED A SERIES OF, UM, DESIGNED A SERIES OF SCULPTURAL PIECES.
AND WE HAD 20 TO 30 SMITHS GOT TOGETHER AND, UH, UNDER THEIR, UH, GUIDANCE MADE THESE PIECES TO AUCTION OFF IN SUPPORT OF THE SMITHS IN UKRAINE.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE YOU HAVE 20 PLUS SMITHS WHO ARE ALL REALLY GOOD AND DO WHAT THEY DO, LISTENING TO GUYS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES TO MAKE PIECES TO SUPPORT, UH, SMITHS HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD.
AND THESE ARE JUST TWO OF THE PIECES THAT CAME OUTTA THAT.
THE EGG THAT YOU SAW IS ONE OF, UM, SERGEI'S THINGS THAT'S ON ALL OF HIS, UH, PIECES.
AND THEN THE ONE ON THE, ON THE LEFT, UH, ZEEK, UH, THAT YOU CAN SEE, THOSE PEOPLE ARE LIKE THE SIZE OF A, A TALL KID.
AND, UH, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO SYMBOLIZE HELPING EACH OTHER OUT OF WRECKAGE AND DESTRUCTION.
SO THAT WAS A, A REALLY COOL EVENT AND JUST KIND OF SYMBOLIZES WHAT WE DO WITH THE SMITHING COMMUNITY.
THE OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT THING FOR US IS EDUCATION.
OUR CHARTER, PART OF OUR CHARTER IS TO TEACH THE ART OF BLACKSMITHING AND THE HISTORY OF BLACKSMITHING.
AND WE TEACH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ALL SKILL SETS.
THERE'S MANY WAYS THAT WE TEACH.
WE HAVE A LOT OF BIG FORMAL TEACHING EVENTS EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN THERE'S GUYS THAT OPEN THEIR SHOPS UP JUST IN THIS AREA.
EVERY WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY NIGHT, PEOPLE COME BY AND YOU PLAY IN THE FORGE AND THEY TEACH YOU HOW TO FORGE.
UM, WE HAVE CERTIFICATION COURSES, WE DO SCHOLARSHIPS, SEND PEOPLE TO SMITHING AND ART SCHOOLS.
AND THEN ANOTHER BIG PART OF THIS, AND SOMETHING THAT I WANNA REALLY FOCUS ON FOR THE CONFERENCE IS THE HISTORY OF BLACKSMITHING.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE LEFT, THE HENRY HAAS BLACKSMITH SHOP, UH, IN POPE VALLEY JUST OUTSIDE OF CALISTOGA, THAT WAS OPERATING EARLY 19 HUNDREDS, LATE 18 HUNDREDS.
IT HADN'T BEEN OPENED FOR EVEN BEEN OPENED UP FOR HALF A CENTURY.
SO WE WENT IN THERE TWO YEARS AGO AND CLEANED EVERYTHING, LABELED EVERYTHING.
AND THE NAPA HISTORIC SOCIETY IS GOING TO MAKE IT INTO A LIVING HISTORY MUSEUM.
SO, UH, JUST ANOTHER WAY OF REALLY KEEPING NOT ONLY THE PHYSICAL ART, BUT ALSO THE HISTORY OF SMITHING GOING.
UH, AND THE ANOTHER BIG THING IS TEACHING THE PUBLIC ABOUT IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON FOR THE CONFERENCE.
I GUESS EVERY, EVERY CONFERENCE HERE IN THE PAST HAS TOLD ME THAT WAS ALWAYS A PRIORITY, AND THEY NEVER WERE ABLE TO DO IT.
SO I REALLY WANTED TO TAKE THIS EXTRA TIME TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THE PUBLIC THERE.
AND ESPECIALLY IF IT'S ON BUTTER AND EGGS WEEKEND RIGHT ACROSS FROM DOWNTOWN, I THINK WE CAN DO THAT.
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THAT I WANTED TO TALK TO THE CITY ABOUT, UH, IS TWO YEARS AGO WE DID A, WE, UH, CURATED A, A SHOW AT THE, UH, SON COUNTY MUSEUM IN SANTA ROSA ON, ON LOCAL BLACKSMITHING.AND WE HAD A LIVE DEMO DAY IN THE PARKING LOT.
WE HAD, YOU KNOW, THE COAL FORGES AND HAMMERS AND THE ANVILS AND THE PUBLIC CAME AND GOT TO BUY LITTLE PIECES THAT YOU SAW MADE AND THE MONEY WENT TO THE MUSEUM.
SO I'D LIKE TO THINK ABOUT DOING THOSE SORTS OF THINGS IN THE LEAD UP TO THE CONFERENCE.
UM, I HAVE A FRIEND IN THE ASSOCIATION WHO'S RIGHT NOW MAKING A MOBILE TRAILER THAT'S LIKE A, A BLACKSMITHING STAGE TO GO TO EVENTS AND DO THIS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.
UH, JUST DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF HOW WE TEACH, RIGHT? SOME OF THIS IS AT THE CONFERENCES.
SOME OF IT IS YOU GO TO A SPECIFIC CLASS.
WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT ARE CERTIFIED THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION TO TEACH THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SMITHING.
UH, SO THAT'S LIKE THE MIDDLE PICTURE IN THE BOTTOM.
BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE SMITHS WHO JUST PUT ON WORKSHOPS AT, AT THEIR SHOPS, YOU KNOW, AT THE TOP, THAT'S A LADLE MAKING CLASS IN THE BOTTOM CORNER THAT'S MAKING BUGS OUT OF STEEL.
SO THERE'S ALL SORTS OF WAYS IN WHICH WE TEACH THIS ART.
AND THE ONE THAT I FIND IS REALLY COOL AND MOST SPECIAL TO ME IS WE KIND OF PASS THIS DOWN GENERATION TO GENERATION, RIGHT? WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE COMING IN NOW WHO WERE TAUGHT BY THE OLD PEOPLE.
AND THOSE OLD PEOPLE WERE ONCE YOUNG AND WERE TAUGHT BY THE OLD PEOPLE.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE DO, RIGHT? WE PASS IT ON TO THE GENERATIONS.
MY DAD'S BEEN SMITHING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS ASSOCIATION.
SO I, AND MY MOM, WHEN THEY WERE DATING, SHE WAS LEARNING HOW TO DO IT.
SO BEFORE I WAS BORN, I WAS IN THE BLACKSMITHING WORLD, AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE PASS IT ON.
UH, SO I JUST THOUGHT THOSE WERE SOME COOL PICTURES OF MANY DIFFERENT ERAS OF, OF KIDS LEARNING.
AND A LOT OF THOSE KIDS ARE NOW MY AGE OR OLDER, OR CLOSE TO MY AGE AND ARE, AND THEY'RE SMITHING IN THE ASSOCIATION.
I WANT TO, TO JUST GIVE YOU KIND OF A IDEA OF HOW BROAD BLACKSMITHING IS.
AND ALSO JUST SO I I I, I LABELED THIS FINE ART BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO PROVE THAT BLACKSMITHING, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT CONSIDERED A FINE ART, IS A FINE ART.
SCULPTING IS A FINE ART AND METAL IS SCULPTING.
UH, BLACKSMITHING IS SCULPTING WITH METAL.
METAL MOVES THE SAME WAY AS CLAY.
UM, WHEN WE TEACH, WE OFTEN USE CLAY FIRST BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES MOVE THE SAME AS STEEL.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT IN A COUPLE SLIDES.
THERE'S SO, AND THESE ARE ALL FROM OUR ASSOCIATION.
EVERYONE IN HERE HAS BEEN A, UM, A DEMONSTRATOR OR MULTIPLE TIMES HAS DEMONSTRATED AND HAS TAUGHT, AND SWEDEN, AND IS TAUGHT AT OUR, UM, UH, CONFERENCES, ET CETERA.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST SO MANY SHAPES, SIZES, MEDIUMS. I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT STEEL, ALUMINUM, BRONZE, BRASS, COPPER, DAMASCUS, ET CETERA.
AND JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO EXPRESS ART THROUGH METAL.
UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE OTHER STUFF WAS MORE OF THE MODERN SCULPTURAL.
THERE'S STILL, THERE'S A LOT OF THE, UH, THE MORE CLASSIC RIGHT.
GATES, RAILINGS, FENCES, ET CETERA, THAT, UH, THAT, UH, HAVE THE SCROLL WORK AND ALL THAT CLASSIC STUFF.
BUT THERE'S SO MANY JUST DIFFERENT, OH, LET'S GO BACK ONE, JUST WANNA POINT OUT ONE THING, THE BIG GATES, THAT'S MICHAEL BONDY.
KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE THAT'S WHO'S DESIGNING THE PUBLIC ART PIECE I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT.
AND HE IS, HE'S BEEN THERE FROM DAY ONE IN AMAZING SMITH.
UM, SO JUST, I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
AGAIN, JUST WIDE VARIETY OF WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH METAL.
UM, SOMEONE WILL PROBABLY ASK IF I PUT ANYTHING FOR MYSELF IN HERE.
SO, YES, THE, UH, THE DRAGONFLY, THAT IS SOMETHING I DID LAST YEAR FOR THE SPRING CONFERENCE, BUT IT JUST, I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE REALIZE HOW MUCH YOU CAN DO WITH STEEL.
AND, UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE, THERE, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
MOST PEOPLE THINK OF BLACKSMITHS AS, UH, COWBOYS OR, YOU KNOW, BEARDED MOUNTAIN MEN, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PRETTY BADASS WOMEN DOING THE SAME WORK ON THE SAME LEVEL.
AND EVERYONE IN THIS HAS ALSO IN THESE SLIDES HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATORS AS WELL,
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UH, AND TEACH, ET CETERA.SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
IT'S NOT STEREOTYPICAL WHAT YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU THINK OF A BLACKSMITH.
NEXT SLIDE ARE TWO, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN PRES, UH, DEMONSTRATORS THAT ARE KIND OF, IT SHOWS WHERE BLACKSMITHING IS GOING WITH A MORE MODERN STYLE, RIGHT? UM, THE ONE, SHE, SHE DOES THE WEARABLE ART.
IT'S VERY CLASSICAL SCROLL WORK, ET CETERA, BUT IT'S LIKE A BURLESQUE WEARABLE STYLE.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, SHE IS VERY NEW AND SHE DOES THESE VAMPIRE ALIEN PLANTS THAT ARE JUST INCREDIBLE.
UM, BOTH HAVE BEEN, UH, DEMONSTRATORS.
I'M HOPING PROBABLY AT LEAST ONE OF THEM WILL COME BACK FOR PETALUMA.
SO JUST, AGAIN, SUCH A HUGE VARIETY.
SO THIS IS ABOUT THE PETALUMA SPRING CONFERENCE.
THOSE WERE THE, UH, ADS UP THERE FOR THE LAST PETALUMA CONFERENCE.
SO THERE'S FOUR POINTS THAT I REALLY, UM, ARE, WE'RE FOCUSED ON FOR THIS.
THE FIRST ONE, OF COURSE, IS CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY.
LIKE WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF BLACKSMITHING IN THIS AREA OF OUR CONFERENCE, OUR, OUR ASSOCIATION.
AND ALSO, IF WE CAN DO IT, THE HISTORY OF BLACKSMITHING AND PETALUMA.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL, UH, NOT JUST TO SHOW THE SMITHS THAT COME, BUT ALSO TO SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT I'M HOPING WE'RE GOING TO GET IN HERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE WAY IN WHICH WE CAN REALLY COLLABORATE.
UH, ANOTHER IS OF COURSE TO BRING TOGETHER METAL WORKERS FROM ALL OVER CALIFORNIA, BUT EVERYWHERE ELSE AS WELL.
SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A LOT RECENTLY FOR THIS CONFERENCE IS THERE ARE SO MANY REALLY TALENTED METAL WORKERS AROUND HERE THAT DON'T CONSIDER THEMSELVES BLACKSMITHS.
A LOT OF SCULPTURAL WORKERS WHO MAYBE DON'T FORGE STEEL, BUT THEY DO JUST AS TALENTED, BEAUTIFUL THINGS WITH STEEL.
YOU SEE A LOT OF 'EM WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND HERE.
A LOT OF THE BURNING MAN ARTISTS, NAGA, UM, SHE GOT ONE OF THE MACHINES FOR MAKING THE SCALES FROM ONE OF OUR GUYS, AND HE SHOWED HER HOW TO USE IT.
SO HE'S THE GUY WHO SAID, WE NEED TO GET THESE SCULPTURAL PEOPLE IN HERE BECAUSE WE NEVER SEE THEM, AND WE ARE NOT SURE WHY.
BUT WE WANT THEM TO BE A PART OF THIS.
AND I THINK PETALUMA HAS SO MANY OF THOSE THAT IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO START.
UH, AGAIN, BACK TO THE, THE PUBLIC PART OF IT.
I REALLY WANT TO GET THE PUBLIC IN HERE TO DISCOVER WHAT THIS IS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF ONE OUTTA EVERY A HUNDRED PEOPLE WHO SEES THIS WANTS TO BECOME A BLACKSMITH FOR A HOBBY, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
UH, THAT'S HOW WE KEEP THIS ART ALIVE.
SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM EVERYONE ON HOW TO GET THE PUBLIC IN.
'CAUSE FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A FAILURE, AND I REALLY WANT TO CHANGE THAT FOR THIS ONE.
I THINK WE HAVE THE HOME ADVANTAGE TO DO SO.
AND THE LAST ONE IS WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT ON THE LAST SLIDE IN A SECOND, BUT THIS IS TO, FOR US TO REALLY LEAVE A LASTING, UM, LEGACY WITH PETALUMA, SOMETHING PHYSICAL THAT COMMEMORATES, UH, THIS CONFERENCE IN THE, IN THE, THE, UH, 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE, JUST SOME PICTURES MORE ABOUT WHAT A CONFERENCE IS.
I MEAN, WE HAVE AN EDUCATION SECTION WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES COME AND DO SMALL HANDS-ON DEMOS TO LEARN ABOUT TECH, BASIC TECHNIQUES, ET CETERA.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ALL THE DEMONSTRATORS DOING ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
UH, SOMETHING FOR BEGINNERS, SOMETHING FOR INTERMEDIATES TO LEARN, AND SOMETHING FOR THE OLD GUYS THAT THINK THEY'VE SEEN EVERYTHING.
SO ALSO GOING BACK TO BRINGING IN THE SCULPTORS COMMUNITY, WORKING ON GETTING A, A METAL SCULPTING DEMO, A BIG PUBLIC ART STYLE SCULPTURE TO BE DEMOED.
THAT'S NOT WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
UM, THE PICTURES THAT I'M IN, IN THERE, THAT'S COMPETITIONS, THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT'S SUPER FUN.
UH, THE BOTTOM CORNER WITH THE, UH, THE, THE LADY IN ARMOR, WE WON FIRST PLACE FOR THAT COMPETITION.
UH, SO THERE'S CAMARADERIE, THERE'S COMPETING, THERE'S, UH, THE GALLERY TO HIGHLIGHT PEOPLE'S ART THAT THEY'VE MADE THAT YEAR.
AND YOU VOTE ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE BEST PIECES.
THERE'S A, A BIG BANQUET ON THE LAST DAY, AND WE AUCTION OFF ALL THE DEMONSTRATION PIECES YOU SEE MADE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND ANY OTHER, UM, PIECES OF ART THAT PEOPLE HAVE DONATED.
ANOTHER THING I REALLY WANT TO GET THE PUBLIC TO, THAT'S A BIG FUNDRAISER FOR US.
AND, UM, THE ONLY WAY ANYONE HAS ACCESS TO BUY THESE REALLY UNIQUE PIECES OF ART THAT THEY'VE SEEN MADE THAT WEEKEND.
UH, AND THERE'S SO MUCH MORE, BUT JUST CONFERENCES ARE REALLY FUN.
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SO, LAST SLIDE, SOMETHING THAT WE DECIDED, OUR, OUR TEAM DECIDED WE WANNA MAKE AS THE HEADLINER DEMO FOR THIS CONFERENCE THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS A COLLABORATIVE PIECE.YOU HAVE MULTIPLE SMITHS WORKING TOGETHER, OR MAYBE THEY'RE ALL MAKING A DIFFERENT ELEMENT THAT COME TOGETHER FOR ONE DESIGNED PIECE.
UM, AND THE, NOT ALL ALWAYS, BUT MANY TIMES WE HAVE DONATED THIS PIECE TO THE CITY THAT'S HOSTING.
UM, I COULDN'T FIND MANY PICTURES.
WE'VE DONE OTHER PLACES LIKE FERNDALE WAS ANOTHER RECENT ONE.
BUT THESE ARE ALL THINGS WE DONATED.
THE GATES, THE ARCH, AND THE, THE RE JOSE FOR THE, UH, FAIRGROUNDS IN AUBURN.
UM, I REALLY LIKE THE PICTURE IN THE TOP CORNER 'CAUSE THE GUY ON THE LEFT IS MY DAD.
UH, SO THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.
THEY DID THOSE GATES FOR AUBURN.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA BRING BACK.
WE WANNA BRING THAT, THAT TRADITION FOR THIS CONFERENCE AND MAKE THAT THE HEADLINER IS A, A PUBLIC ART PIECE THAT WE MAKE AT THE CONFERENCE AND THEN DONATE AND INSTALL FOR THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
UH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE ALSO TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT WHERE BLACKSMITHING IS GOING TO NOT MAKE THIS THE CLASSIC GATE ARCH, ET CETERA, BUT ACTUALLY MORE OF A SCULPTURAL PIECE.
UM, AND SO THE GUY I TALKED ABOUT, MIKE BONDE MADE THOSE BIG GATES.
HE'S, HE'S AN INCREDIBLE SMITH.
HE HAS STARTED TO JUST THINK ABOUT, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A LONG WAY OUT, BUT TO JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS PIECE WOULD BE, HE'S THINKING WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IS, UM, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE COLLABORATIVE, HAVE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT GO TOGETHER, BUT EACH OF THOSE ELEMENTS HIGHLIGHTS THE STYLE OF ONE OF OUR FOUNDERS, OR LIKE LEGENDS IN THE, UH, ASSOCIATION.
ALSO SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH PETALUMA AND THE HISTORY OF PETALUMA.
I MEAN, HE WAS SAYING THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING SIMILAR DONE FOR ANOTHER PIECE WHERE IT WAS A BIG STEEL BEEHIVE, BUT INSIDE THE BEEHIVE, UM, THE SECTIONS WHERE ALL THESE OTHER PIECES PEOPLE HAVE MADE.
AND WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WELL THERE'S CHICKEN AND EGG IS A THING HERE, SO WE DON'T, IT IS SO FAR OUT.
UM, BUT THE IDEA IS A SCULPTURAL PIECE AND A PIECE THAT CAN BE COLLABORATIVE AND HIGHLIGHT PETALUMA, BUT ALSO MAYBE SOME OF THE STYLES OF OUR, OUR, OUR FOUNDERS.
UM, THE ONE THING THAT HE NEEDS, IF, IF THIS IS GONNA BE A THING, IS ARE THERE GOING TO BE ANY PARAMETERS FOR THIS? ANY SORT OF FEEDBACK, BECAUSE WE NEED, HE NEEDS TO SPEND HIS TIME DESIGNING WITHIN THAT.
WE DON'T WANNA CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GOING TO WORK.
AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLE LOCATIONS.
UM, THE ONE WE TALKED ABOUT DOWNTOWN, WE WENT AND LOOKED THE OTHER DAY AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY COOL HE TOOK MEASUREMENTS.
I DUNNO IF IT'S FEASIBLE, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.
SO I WANNA GET FEEDBACK ON ANYTHING, BUT ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE PUBLIC ART, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT PETALUMA WOULD LIKE US TO GIVE TO THEM? AND IF SO, DO YOU LIKE OUR CONCEPT AND WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS, ET CETERA.
UM, IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
IT SORT OF REALLY GETS THE CREATIVE THINKING GOING I IMAGINE FOR ALL OF US.
UM, FIRST I WANNA JUST TO, TO SEE IF ANYBODY, UM, HAD ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR CODY BEFORE WE MOVE INTO MORE OF A DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS PRESENTATION.
ACTUALLY, MY YOUNGEST SON IS AN ART STUDENT AND HE, THE OTHER DAY WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW HE WANTS TO BE A BLACKSMITH, HE THINKS, BUT THIS IS FANTASTIC AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT IT'S GONNA BE HERE.
I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COULD WORK ON GETTING PEOPLE TO AS WELL.
I THINK THAT IT'S A BENEFIT TO THE CITY, AND I THINK IT'S, YEAH, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE PURSUED BY EVERYBODY IN THE CITY.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION,
UH, UH, THANKS AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THAT WAS, UH, GREAT TO SEE THE, THE HISTORY.
UH, I GREW UP IN A PRETTY RURAL TOWN NORTH OF, OR SOUTH OF CHICO, AND MY UNCLE WAS A BLACKSMITH, SO I WAS IN THE BLACKSMITH SHOP AS A KID TOO.
SO JUST COLLECTING METAL SHAVINGS AND JUST DOING ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF AND BEING AROUND THE, THE FORGES WAS REALLY COOL AS A KID.
UM, SO YEAH, IT, UH, THE SMELL OF THE, THE FORGES THAT JUST, IT'S A MEMORY THAT I, UH, I THINK ABOUT OFTEN.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I THINK THE, THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ART AND, AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FARMING AND, AND, AND HOW THIS KIND OF CONNECTS WITH THE COUNTRY AND THE, THE INTERPLAY
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BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY.AND, UH, I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT WAY TO TO, TO EXEMPLIFY THAT WITHIN THE ART COMMUNITY AND, AND, UH, BRING OTHER, YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE TO, TO ART THAT MIGHT NOT NORMALLY GO CHECK IT OUT.
I'VE NEVER DONE METAL WORK BEFORE, BUT I REALLY WANT TO NOW.
UM, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED YOU, UM, YOUR ASSOCIATION'S ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS AND, UM, JUST THE YOUTH TO GET INTO THIS.
UM, JUST THE IDEA OF LIKE ANY CONNECTIONS TO OUR SCHOOLS HERE, MAYBE LIKE AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM OR LIKE A BLACKSMITHING CLUB.
I THINK THAT'D BE A COOL AVENUE TO LOOK INTO.
BUT, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN PETALUMA AND YOUR PROPOSED DONATION.
BEFORE WE GO A WHOLE LOT FURTHER, UH, WITH COMMITTEE, I THINK WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, COME INTO US, WE RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS MEETING ITEM PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
AND ANY MEMBERS FROM THE FLOOR WANNA COMMENT? OKAY.
WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION.
UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO START, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, FAIRGROUNDS SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER TO HOLD A DEMO SESSION, A CLOSING BANQUET COMPETITION WHERE YOU MAYBE PARTNER WITH A LOCAL CHEF OR SOMEONE TO BRING IN, RAISE SOME MONEY OFF OF A MEAL AND COLLABORATION.
THIS WHOLE THING WILL BE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
OH, IT WON'T, IT WILL BE THE WHOLE THING.
THE WHOLE THING IS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
UM, IN TERMS OF, UM, BRINGING IN YOUTH BOY SCOUTS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS.
THEY GO TO OTHER LOCATIONS TO DO THIS VERY THING.
UM, AGAIN, THE SCHOOLS THERE COULD BE SOME REALLY GREAT POTENTIAL, UM, AFTERSCHOOL, UM, COLLABORATION OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD CHECK INTO THE DOCENT PROGRAM'S, PROBABLY NOT GREAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE KIDS ARE DOING ONE-OFF PROJECTS.
BUT I WOULD THINK FOR AN OLDER STUDENT, HIGH SCHOOL AGE, UM, THIS WOULD BE GREAT.
THE MACHINE SHOP MIGHT BE SOME GREAT CROSSOVER THAT MELISSA COULD SPEAK TO.
UM, IN TERMS OF CREATING A PIECE, I LOVE THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE REACHING BACK FOR THE STYLES OF YOUR FOUNDERS.
UM, IT MIGHT BE NICE TO TAKE THAT PLAN, BUT CREATE A PIECE THAT SPEAKS TO THE FUTURE.
YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE DOING SOMETHING THAT IS VERY LITERAL PETALUMA FARMING MM-HMM
MAYBE IT'S TIME TO LOOK A LITTLE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING NEW, BUT USE THE TECHNIQUES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HANDED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL.
AND I LOVED YOUR DESCRIPTION OF THE BEEHIVE, HOW, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE PEOPLE CREATE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT COME TOGETHER AS ONE.
UM, I REALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS YOU COULD DO.
UM, BUTTER AND EGGS PARADE IS A GREAT PLACE TO DEBUT THIS OR LAUNCH IT.
I THINK THAT'S PERFECT TIMING.
UM, IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT YOU CAN GET BYSTANDERS INVOLVED, I'M THINKING OF, YOU KNOW, THE COW CHIP TOSS.
IS THERE SOME COROLLARY THAT'S SAFE THAT YOU GUYS COULD INTRODUCE? I MEAN, NOT THAT YOU'RE THROWING IRON THINGS, BUT YEAH.
HOW DO YOU TEMPT PEOPLE TO GO OVER TO THE DEMONSTRATION AREA? YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT, WHAT'S THE HOOK? ONE THING WE, WE DO NORMALLY IS WE DO TOURS.
SO YOU CAN GET A DAY PASS FOR THE PUBLIC AND WE TAKE YOU AROUND AND EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON.
'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THOSE PEOPLE, THEY'RE ALREADY DOWNTOWN AND THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO REACH THEM PRIOR TO AND AFTER THE PARADE.
WHAT I NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT I WANT TO DO IS WE HAVE LITTLE HANDS ON DEMOS, LITTLE MAKING THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF ANYONE WANTS TO GET INVOLVED, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR PARAMETERS ARE IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE ASSOCIATION, BUT I'D LIKE TO DO HANDS-ON THINGS LIKE THAT.
MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO PRESS A VERY MALLEABLE MEDAL WITHOUT FIRE AS SORT OF A GATEWAY,
UM, LET'S SEE WHAT OTHER, I, I MEAN, SO MANY IDEAS.
I JUST THINK THIS IS REALLY COOL WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
I APPRECIATE THE HISTORY AND THE TIE INTO PETALUMA IN THE GREATER BAY AREA.
AND IT'S, IT'S, UM, A TREMENDOUS ART THAT I AGREE MUST BE OVERLOOKED BECAUSE I NEVER HEAR ABOUT IT.
AND, UM, YET WE DO SEE THESE THINGS ALL THE TIME, EVEN DRIVING AROUND TOWN.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING TO GO.
I CAN HELP PUT YOU IN CONTACT WITH THE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION.
UM, OH, I'VE WORKED THERE FOR MANY YEARS.
I WAS GONNA SUGGEST THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST FIRST STEP IS COORDINATING YOUR EFFORTS.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A PAIR IF THEY DON'T ALREADY HAVE A THEME FOR THE PARADE THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA ENCOURAGE A HERITAGE DAYS OR REFLECTION
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OF THAT.UM, I'M SO EXCITED YOU'RE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
IT'S FUN TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THESE PROJECTS ARE EMERGING THERE, THESE CREATIVE ARTS PROJECTS, AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST GONNA BE A NATURAL FIT BY 2028.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF ART WILL HAVE BEEN SEEN OR FOUND THERE.
UM, BUT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
AND I THINK AT THIS POINT, LIKE WE COULD REACH OUT ACROSS DEPARTMENTS TO SEE WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A NEED FOR, UM, A METAL ART COMPONENT.
WE CAN SEE IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF PLACES THAT ARE GONNA BE IN A PROJECT TIMELINE THAT WOULD FIT THIS.
AND SO WE CAN GIVE YOU A, A BOUNTY OF IDEAS FOR POTENTIAL LOCATIONS MM-HMM
AND REALLY ALLOW YOU SOME FREEDOM THAT WAY.
UM, AS FAR AS PARAMETERS, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UM, TALK ABOUT WHAT YOUR ABILITY IS AND HOW THAT CAN, HOW WE CAN HELP FACILITATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT SCALE YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND WHERE, AND AS FAR AS DESIGN DIRECTION, IT MIGHT BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN PUBLIC CAN CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY WITH.
OR WE CAN DO A POTENTIAL SURVEY IF YOU WERE TO CREATE A SURVEY ON SURVEYMONKEY TO GAUGE THE CITIZENS OF PETALUMA'S IDEAS, IF YOU WANTED THAT.
WE COULD HELP SHARE THAT FROM CITY COMMUNICATION.
SO I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THIS AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE SO FAR AHEAD OF THE GAME TO HELP MAKE THIS SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T COME OUT OF NOWHERE AND IS NOT COMPETING.
IT'S PART OF THE FABRIC OF WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE NATURALLY THAT YEAR.
I JUST HAD ONE IDEA WHEN I WAS AT BURNING MAN LAST YEAR.
I WENT PAST A CAMP THAT YOU COULD MAKE YOUR OWN SOUVENIR AND THEY WERE PASSING OUT LITTLE, LIKE DOG TAGS.
AND I HAD A STAMP THAT YOU COULD HAMMER INTO IT AND IT WAS KIND OF COOL.
AND I WAS THINKING, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE BUTTER AND EGGS WEBSITE NOW.
THEY HAVE, UM, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN STAND.
SO MAYBE IF YOU COULD PULL AWAY A COUPLE PEOPLE FROM YOUR THING AND SAY, MAKE YOUR OWN TAGS HERE AND DO SOMETHING COOL OR GET IT STAMPED ON THE OTHER SIDE OVER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
JUST WANTED TO SHARE AN IDEA
UM, IT'S THE SAME TIME AS BIG DEMONSTRATION STUFF, SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT.
BUT WE WANT TO, IF WE CAN PULL IT OFF.
I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, AN UPDATE.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON THE AGENDA.
WE'RE GOING TO, UM, MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY OF PETALUMA PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE A STAFF PRESENTATION AND CONDUCT A STUDY STUDY SESSION TO PROVIDE NON-BINDING COMMENTS AND FURTHER DIRECTION ON THE PUBLIC ART COMPONENT OF A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PROPOSAL FOR THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK, LOCATED ON THE MCNAIR PENINSULA AND 500 HOPPER STREET.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ YOU ANY COORDINATES.
UM, ANYWAY, THAT'S A MOUTHFUL.
BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT RIVER PARK.
UM, ART SPECIALIST MELISSA, UM, ABERCROMBIE WILL, UM, PRESENT ALONGSIDE, UH, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RIVER PARK SIERRA LAWRENCE.
GOOD EVENING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE SIERRA LAWRENCE WITH US THIS EVENING.
SHE'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK AND THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK FOUNDATION.
UM, SHE'S HERE AS HER FIRST STOP ON HER WAY THROUGH THE CCBS WITH THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO BE HERE FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
AND, UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THIS EVENING THAT THE PETALUMA PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE CONDUCT A STUDY SESSION TO RECEIVE STAFF AND APPLICANT PRESENTATIONS ABOUT A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PROPOSAL FOR THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK.
WE ARE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK ON THE PUBLIC ART COMPONENT OF THE OVERALL PROP PROPOSAL AND RESPOND TO DISCUSSION TOPICS PREPARED BY CITY STAFF TO PROVIDE FURTHER DIRECTION TO PETALUMA, TO THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK FOUNDATION.
SIERRA WILL BE PRESENTING THE PROJECT CONCEPTS AND THE CONTEXT THIS EVENING AS FAR AND AS IN ADDITION TO THE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY.
SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO WHAT OUR PURVIEW IS THIS EVENING.
THE CITY CBS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN ENSURING THAT PROJECTS ACHIEVE CITY GOALS.
AND THAT PROJECTS PRESENTED FOR FORMAL REVIEW AUTHORITY APPROVALS AND PERMITS ARE WELL-INFORMED AND REFLECTIVE RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES.
SO WITH OUR START, THIS WILL GO THROUGH THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE, PEDESTRIAN BIKE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, RECREATION MUSIC AND PARKS COMMITTEE AND PLANNING COMMISSION, AND EVENTUALLY CITY COUNCIL FROM NOW THROUGH MARCH.
SO SIERRA'S GOING TO BE VERY ACTIVE.
OUR CITY POLICIES AND REGULATIONS TO WHICH THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL BE SUBJECT TO ARE
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CONTAINED IN A VARIETY OF REGULATORY AND POLICY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING, THE 2025 GENERAL PLAN AND PET AND CENTRAL PETALUMA SPECIFIC PLAN.THE RIVER ACCESS AND ENHANCEMENT PLAN, AND THE PEDESTRIAN AND, I'M SORRY, THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN, THE 2013 SMART CODE, THE PETALUMA MUNICIPAL CODE, AND THE IMPLEMENTING ORDIN ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THIS STAFF REPORT, A DISCUSSION OF REGULATIONS IS LIMITED TO THOSE RELATING TO THE PROJECT'S PUBLIC ART COMPONENT.
THE CITY OF PETALUMA'S GENERAL PLAN 2025 CONTAINS ADOPTED GOALS AND POLICIES THAT RESPOND TO AND ADDRESS THE CITY'S UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES, AND ARE GUIDED BY A VARIETY OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
THE RIVER PARK CONTRIBUTES TO MANY OF THE GENERAL PLAN'S GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND IS CONSISTENT WITH SEVERAL ADOPTED POLICIES CONTAINED IN THE RECREATION, MUSIC, AND PARKS AND ARTS CHAPTER OF THE GENERAL PLAN, PARTICULARLY POLICIES THAT WE WERE CALLED OUT, THAT WERE CALLED OUT IN THE STAFF REPORT INCLUDE POLICY SIX P 26 TO ENCOURAGE, DEVELOP, AND SUPPORT ARTS PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT PROVIDE FOR THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF MUSICAL, THEATRICAL, ARTISTIC, AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND EVENTS.
IN PETALUMA, POLICY SIX P 30 PLACE PUBLIC ART IN AREAS THAT ARE INTERACTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AND THE CITY'S GATEWAYS, INCLUDING THE PETALUMA RIVER POLICY SIX P 31 SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRALLY LOCATED FACILITIES TO HOUSE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS EXHIBITIONS, STUDIO CLASSROOMS, PERFORMANCE AND THEATER.
LECTURE SPACE INCLUDE OUTDOOR LOCATIONS THAT ENCOURAGE CULTURAL EVENTS SUCH AS OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE AND AMPHITHEATER.
POLICY SIX P 32 WORK COOPERATIVELY WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ART AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES.
POLICY SIX P THREE FOUR OFFER AND ENCOURAGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIP AMONG PUBLIC, NONPROFIT, AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SPONSOR ARTS ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS. EXPLORE GRANT POSSIBILITIES FROM STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.
THE CI CENTRAL PETALUMA SPECIFIC PLAN REIN ENVISIONS A REINVIGORATED CENTRAL DISTRICT THAT ACCOMMODATES A GREATER DIVERSITY AND INTENSITY OF ACTIVITIES.
SUPPORT THE DIVER SUPPORTS THE DIVERSITY OF TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES AFFORDED BY THE RIVER RAIL LINES AND VEHICULAR MOVEMENT CORRIDORS AND FURTHERS THE GOAL OF IMPROVING PUBLIC ACCESS AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PETALUMA RIVER.
MAJOR PLANNING CONCEPTS ARE USED TO GUIDE THE GOLDEN POL.
THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE CPSP POLICIES, PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO THE PROJECT, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING, PUBLIC SPACE AND RIVER ACCESS.
GOAL NINE, PROMOTE ART IN PUBLIC SPACES.
THE SPECIFIC PLAN CREATES THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS PUBLIC SPACES THAT COULD INCLUDE PUBLIC ART OF ALL TYPES.
A COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC ART WITHIN THE SPECIFIC PLAN AREA WOULD GREATLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE ENRICHMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA.
THIS EVENING, AFTER SIERRA'S PRESENTATION, WE HOPE TO HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION.
THE ROLE OF OUR COMMITTEE AT THIS STUDY SESSION IS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION TO THE PROJECT APPLICANT RELATED TO THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR PROVIDING ART WITHIN THE OVERALL PETALUMA RIVER PARK.
THE PPCS DISCUSSION SHOULD BE GUIDED BY THE PROJECT'S ABILITY TO MEET THE INTENT OF THE ADOPTED GOAL, I'M SORRY, THE ADOPTED GENERAL PLAN AND CPSP POLICIES RELATED TO PUBLIC ART.
THE FOLLOWING ARE INTENDED TO FACILITATE OUR DISCUSSION.
WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE TYPES OF PUBLIC ART THAT WOULD COMPLEMENT THE SITE'S CHARACTER AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE VISITORS.
WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS ELEMENTS OF THE SCALE, MATERIAL, FORM, AND CONTENT THAT COM THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO BE HAVE CONSIDERED TO ENSURE THE PROJECT'S.
PUBLIC ART COMPONENT RELATES TO NEARBY BUILDINGS, ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPING, AND OTHER ELEMENTS THAT COMPLEMENT THE SITE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS ELEMENTS OF HISTORY, MODERNITY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATION THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CONSIDERED IN THE PROJECT'S PUBLIC ART COMPONENT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION OF SPECIFIC PROGRAMS FOR THE FOUNDATION TO CONSIDER THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF PETALUMA'S PERFORMING ARTS TRADITION.
WE WOULD FINALLY LIKE TO DISCUSS THE PLACEMENT OF PUBLIC ART THROUGHOUT THE SITE AS IT RELATES TO INTERACTIVITY AND ACCESSIBILITY.
IF YOU HAVE OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP, THOSE ARE WELCOMED WITHIN OUR PURVIEW.
AS FAR AS CITYWIDE GOALS AND PRIORITIES, WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IN MIND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY AND HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT PETALUMA'S ENVIRONMENT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
AND BECOME A MUNICIPAL LEADER IN SUSTAINABILITY BY PROTECTING OUR RIVER OPEN SPACE AND REDUCING AND DRYING
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DOWN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND ENCOURAGING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.WE WOULD LIKE TO CREATE SPACES AND PLACES THAT INSPIRE, CREATING, INVITING, NATURAL AND BUILT PLACES AND SPACES FOR CONTEMPLATION, PLAY, ARTS, AND CONNECTION.
WHILE CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY AND ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY PRIDE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO CREATE AN ECONOMY THAT PROSPERS ENCOURAGING A THRIVING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT THAT RESULTS IN A STRONG, DIVERSE, RESILIENT ECONOMY AND SUPPORTS COMMUNITY PROSPERITY.
AND WITH THAT, I WOULD INTRODUCE SIERRA LORENZ TO PROVIDE HER PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT.
YOU ARE TALLER THAN ME, APPARENTLY.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK FOUNDATION.
UH, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND PRESENT WITH YOU ON ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOPICS.
UM, I'M AN ART AND CULTURE GAL MYSELF.
UM, TURNED ART CULTURE CONSERVATIONIST,
SO, ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOPICS, UM, WHAT I'M GONNA SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT IS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CONCEPT PLAN.
A CONCEPT PLAN IS, YOU KNOW, AKIN TO A MASTER PLAN.
IT IS A SPECIFIC BUT STILL HIGH LEVEL VISION FOR THE, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK.
UM, AND SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THAT.
BUT JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS.
THIS IS BEFORE REALLY SCHEMATIC OR TECHNICAL DESIGN BEGINS.
UM, SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE, UM, RENDERINGS LIKE THE ONE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW THAT ARE, UM, A VISION.
UM, AND THERE'S NO SPECIFIC DESIGN.
THIS ISN'T WHAT, YOU KNOW, THAT BENCH WILL LOOK LIKE.
THIS ISN'T WHAT THAT STAGE WILL LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S JUST TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF WHERE WE'RE GOING.
SO FIRST OFF, KIND OF, UM, AND THE OTHER THING I'LL SHARE IS THAT I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE ENTIRE CONCEPT PLAN, UM, WHICH, AND THEN WE'RE, I'VE SAVED THE ART PIECE FOR THE END JUST SO I, WE CAN REALLY DIG IN THERE AND THEN LEAD INTO QUESTIONS.
UH, BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, WHY THE HECK ARE WE DOING THIS
UM, THERE IS NOTHING I WOULD ARGUE THAT DELIVERS MORE MULTIFACETED COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT THAN PARK BUILDING.
UM, IT IS A REALLY UNIQUE
UM, AND IT, IT DELIVERS EVERYTHING FROM LITERAL PHYSICAL HEALTH BENEFITS TO, UM, PERHAPS MORE, UH, INTANGIBLE BENEFITS AROUND COMBATING LONELINESS, UM, CONNECTING DI DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
UM, AND I LOVE THE END OF THIS QUOTE THAT SAYS, AND THEY DO THESE THINGS WITHOUT, WITHOUT ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS AND MINIMAL COST
UM, WELL, MAYBE THE COST TO BUILD THEM ISN'T MINIMAL, BUT
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE REALITY IS PARKS ARE MEDICINE.
UM, AND THESE ARE SOME PHOTOS FROM THE PARK.
UM, THE, THE PORTION OF THE PARK'S BEEN OPEN SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2020.
AND, UM, WE'VE HAD ALREADY A LOT OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT ARISE FROM, FROM ITS OPENING.
UM, SO PETALUMA REALLY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME, UH, GIVEN THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF THE DOWNSTREAM SEGMENT OF THE PETALUMA RIVER, AND THE REALITY THAT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE INDUSTRIES ARE, HAVE MOVED ON, UM, TO OTHER LOCATIONS.
WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF OPEN SPACE IN THE HEART OF OUR CITY IN THE, IN THE URBAN CORE, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY UNIQUE.
UM, AND, AND IT IS AN KIND OF A REMARKABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO, UM, CLAIM THIS OPEN SPACE AND TO REINVENT THE URBAN CORE CITY CENTER OF PETALUMA, UM, AROUND THAT IN A WAY THAT IS INTEGRATED AND EMBRACES AND CELEBRATES NATURE AND OFFERS NATURE WITHIN EASY ACCESS FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT RESIDENTS.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION.
SO THE PALOMA RIVER PARK FOUNDATION WAS FOUNDED IN 2019, UH, BY A GROUP OF CITIZENS.
UH, AND, UH, IT IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND A HUNDRED PERCENT RELIANT ON FUNDRAISING, UH, TO, UH, SUCCEED IN ITS MISSION.
UH, WE'VE HAD OVER 900 COMMUNITY MEMBERS DONATE TO THE PROJECT AT THIS POINT.
UH, THE FOUNDATION HAS ACQUIRED 65 ACRES, UM, OVER TECHNICALLY FOUR PARCELS.
UM, MAJORITY OF THE MCNAIR PENINSULA, AND THEN ACROSS ON THE MAINLAND,
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UH, PROPERTY WE CALL 500 HOPPER STREET.IT USED TO BE THE OLD POMEROY CONCRETE PLANT FOR FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, 35 ACRES OF THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS FIRST PHASE OF PARK BUILDING, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON HERE TODAY.
UH, OUR TIMELINE, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD VERY CLOSELY WITH A WHOLE VARIETY OF, UM, STAKEHOLDERS TO ENVISION WHAT THE PARK WILL BE.
UH, AND WE'RE AT THIS EXCITING MOMENT THAT YOU GUYS ARE GETTING REALLY THE FIRST PREVIEW, UM, OF THE CONCEPT PLAN.
UM, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE DEBUTING AT LARGE TO THE PUBLIC IN MARCH.
UH, AND WE'RE GONNA BE ENTERING ABOUT TWO YEARS OF WHAT WE CALL THE BUILD IT PHASE.
UM, AND IT IS, IT DOES INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION SIX MONTHS AT THE END.
UH, THE FIRST 18 MONTHS ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON FUNDRAISING AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, AS I SPOKE TO EARLIER, UM, IN THE, IN THE, AND THEN, UH, THERE SHOULD BE A RIBBON CUTTING IN THE SUMMER OF 2028 FOR A PHASE ONE OPENING.
THIS IS A QUICK LIST OF, UM, THE SUPPORT THAT WE'VE GARNERED FOR THE PROJECT IS PRETTY WIDESPREAD.
UH, WE HAVE SECURED OVER $3 MILLION OF, UM, FUNDING FROM STATE AGENCIES FOR PLANNING WORK.
UM, WE HAVE RAISED A TOTAL OF $17 MILLION IN ALL MAJORITY OF THAT IS NOW IN LAND
SO IT'S SPENT, UM, BUT THE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY OF VARIOUS ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UM, TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF PETALUMA IN KIND, UM, PARTNERSHIP AND BEYOND, AND A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
UM, THE LEADERS OF THE TEAM ON THE DESIGN TEAM FRONT, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO CALLED CMG.
I'LL DO A FUN FACT THAT THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN YOU SEE IN THAT PHOTO THERE, HIS NAME'S, UM, ARTURO FUTO ORTIZ.
AND HE MOVED HERE TO PETALUMA WHEN HE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD FROM MEXICO.
WENT TO PETALUMA HIGH AND ACTUALLY WORKED IN THE METAL SHOP TO CREATE THE BENCHES THAT WE HAVE DOWNTOWN THAT I BELIEVE ARE BLACKSMITHS.
AND THOSE LITTLE BRONZE EGGS THAT ARE CAPPED ON THAT AREA AROUND FIRST STREET DOWNTOWN.
HE, UM, DESIGNED THOSE AS WELL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
WENT OFF AND GOT A DESIGN DEGREE FULL CIRCLE.
DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS ON THE TEAM, BUT, AND HIS MOM STILL LIVES TWO BLOCKS FROM THE RIVER PARK SITE.
SO, UM, WE THOUGHT THAT WAS KISMET HAD TO HIRE THEM.
SO, AND, UM, THAT WASN'T THE ONLY REASON.
CMG ONLY DOES PUBLIC SPACES, SPECIFICALLY PARKS THROUGHOUT THE BAY AREA.
UM, THEY, THEY'VE DONE CHRISSY FIELDS, UM, DEEP PAVE PARK IN ALAMEDA, MCLAREN PARK.
UM, AND THEY ALSO ARE EXPERTS IN SEA LEVEL RISE.
THEY DO A, A LOT OF WATERFRONT WORK AROUND THE BAY, UM, AND STORM WATER TREATMENT, WHICH IS ALL INFORMATION AND EXPERTISE THEY'RE BRINGING TO BEAR ON OUR PROJECT.
UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH A MORE LOCAL FIRM, UM, PCI, PENSKI, CHATHAM, THEY'RE OUTTA SEBASTOPOL.
THEY ARE THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS THAT ARE DOING THE HELEN PUTNAM EXPANSION.
AND THEY DID, UM, TOLE REGIONAL PARK, JENNER HEADLANDS.
THEY DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THE SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL PARKS.
WHAT'S EXTRA GROOVY ABOUT THEM IS THAT THEY HAVE THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS IN-HOUSE.
SO THEY REALLY ARE ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, UM, EXPERTS AND WITH DEEP EXPERTISE IN SONOMA COUNTY ECOLOGY.
SO WE REALLY LOVE THE PAIRING OF THE, UM, PUBLIC SPACE AND SEA LEVEL RISE EXPERTISE OF CMG PAIRED WITH, UH, PCIS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CHOPS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH KIMSON CREATIVE, A PETALUMA FIRM THAT, UM, IS AN ARTS AND EQUITY CONSULTING FIRM.
UM, I'M GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT OUR WORK WITH THEM IN A MINUTE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE ON OUR TEAM A STRATEGIC ADVISOR NAMED GREG MO, GREG MOORE.
UH, GREG STARTED A LITTLE ORGANIZATION CALLED THE GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO.
STARTED AT TWO PEOPLE, NOW THERE'S 400 DEVELOPED CHRISSY FIELD, 10 OLD TOPS, UM, THE FORT BAKER CAVALLO POINT, AND NOW HE DOES, UH, PARK CONSULTING AROUND THE WORLD AND FOR US.
UM, SO WHO IS THE PARK FOR? SO HERE'S A SITE MAP IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THE LOCATION IS.
UM, LET'S TRY TO GROUND YOURSELF.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE PETA BOULEVARD, THAT ORANGE LINE THAT'S ON THE LOWER PART OF THE SCREEN, AND THEN IT MEETS UP WITH D STREET, AND THEN THERE'S THE D STREET DRAWBRIDGE, AND YOU'RE GOING ACROSS AND HITTING LAKEVILLE.
UM, AND SO THE, UM, FIRST PORTION OF THE PARK PROPERTY THAT WAS ACQUIRED IN 2020, ABOUT 24 ACRES IS THE BRIGHT GREEN, THE MAJORITY OF THE MCNAIR PENINSULA.
UM, MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT IN THE NINETIES, THE CITY, UM, ALREADY HAD THIS VISION
SO THIS IS WHEN WE PICKED THINGS UP IN 2019.
WE DIDN'T KNOW IT THEN, BUT WE WERE BUILDING ON THIS,
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UM, REALLY DECADES LONG, UM, LEGACY OF, OF LOOKING TO RESTORE THE RIVERFRONT TO THE PUBLIC SPHERE AND TO CREATE, UM, A RIVERFRONT PARK THAT'S WORTHY OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE RIVER IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.UM, ACROSS THE RIVER IS THE OTHER PARCEL, WHICH, UM, WE ACQUIRED LAST JANUARY.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE INCLU, WE'RE, WE'VE GOT ABOUT A 35 ACRE FOOTPRINT FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PARK BUILDING, WHICH WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON TONIGHT.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT LOOKING AT THIS IS THAT, UM, THE PARK PROPERTY IS REALLY SPECIAL BECAUSE IT IS LARGE AND OPEN SPACE, BUT IT'S REALLY ACCESSIBLE BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND BY WALKING AND BIKING.
YOU MOSTLY HAVE TO DRIVE TO THEM UNLESS YOU LIVE IN VICTORIA.
AND, UM, AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN GET ON THE BUS, YOU CAN GET ON THE TRAIN, YOU CAN GET ON A BUS, YOU CAN WALK FROM VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, THE OTHER, IN THIS BOTTOM RIGHT, UM, BIT OF MAP IS JUST ORIENTATING WHERE THE PARK IS WITHIN THE GREATER BAY AREA.
WE ARE NOT JUST SEEING THIS AS A PETALUMA PROJECT WHATSOEVER.
IT'S A 30 F ACRE PARK FOR PEOPLE ART IN NATURE.
UM, AND WE REALLY THINK IT COULD BE ONE OF THE CROWN JEWELS OF THE NORTH BAY, UM, AND HOPE TO ATTRACT, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS THAT THAT WOULD INCLUDE.
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR PROCESS.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE JUST KIND OF WRAPPED UP MANY YEARS OF COMMUNITY LISTENING AND, AND REALLY EXHAUSTIVE, UM, SITE, UH, ANALYSIS OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE LAND ITSELF.
UM, AND WE REALLY EXAMINE, WE WERE DRIVING TOWARDS WHAT IS THIS PARK GOING TO BE, UM, THROUGH THESE THREE LENSES.
UH, WE KNOW WHAT WILL THE LAND ALLOW, WHAT'S THE HIGHEST BEST USE OF THIS LAND, UH, WHAT DO THE COMMUNITY REALLY WANT AND VALUE? UM, AND THEN WHAT IS THE MISSION OF THE RIVER PARK, WHICH IS TO CREATE A SHARED PLACE THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE ART AND NATURE.
UM, I DO WANNA MENTION THAT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH KIMSON CREATIVE, UM, LED US TO A, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT, UH, THEY LIKE TO CALL ART AS DATA.
SO WE EMPLOYED THREE DIFFERENT ARTISTS AND RESIDENTS LAST YEAR THAT CONDUCTED THEIR WORKSHOPS WITH COMMUNITY THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DID A, WE WORKED WITH A SPOKEN ART WORD ARTIST WHO'S ALSO A SEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHER.
UM, SHE HAD TAUGHT AT ADOBE FOR THE LAST, LIKE SIX YEARS.
AND, UM, SHE DID POETRY WORKSHOPS A LOT WITH YOUTH AND VARIOUS OTHER GROUPS, YOU KNOW, ASKING, NOT JUST WHAT DO YOU WANNA SEE IN A PARK, BUT STARTING WITH WHAT DOES COMMUNITY, WHAT DOES COMMUNITY MEAN IN PETALUMA, AND WHAT COULD A PARK MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY? AND KIND OF HIGH LEVEL STUFF.
AND ULTIMATELY ACTUALLY, UM, KEA PRODUCED A, UM, TWO ORIGINAL SONGS, ONE OF WHICH WAS TURNED INTO A MUSIC VIDEO THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO SHARE WITH THE TEAM AFTER, UH, THIS 'CAUSE IT'S PRETTY FUN.
UM, AND SO THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF JUST SOME OF THAT PROCESS.
WE ALSO WORKED WITH A VISUAL ARTIST AND DID A COLORING BOOK THAT WENT INTO 502ND THROUGH FIFTH GRADE CLASSROOMS. UM, AND THEY, YOU KNOW, CREATED THIS FUN ENGAGING COLORING BOOK, BUT IT, WE WERE ALSO ASKING THEM DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.
WE WERE ASKING THEM, WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL SAFE IN PARKS? YOU KNOW, THESE KIND OF THINGS THAT, THAT, UM, WERE TURNED INTO ACTUAL DATA SETS THAT WERE USED TO INFORM THE PLAN.
UH, AT THE HEART OF THAT PROCESS WAS A GROUP CALLED COMMUNITY PARK DESIGNERS.
THERE WERE 15 FOLKS THAT CAME TOGETHER FOR A YEAR LONG PROCESS AND REALLY WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH THE DESIGN TEAM TO, UH, GET US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
UM, AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS, WHAT RESULTED IS THE, WHAT WE CALL THE 12 SPIRITS OF THE PARK.
UM, AND THESE, UH, DEFINITELY INFORM IN OUR DRIVING THE DESIGN OF THE PARK ITSELF, BUT THEY WILL ALSO BE OUR, OUR COLLECTION OF NORTH STARS FOR THE OPERATION AND, UM, PROGRAMMING FOR THE FUTURE PARK.
UM, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE CON 'CAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE COLLECTIVELY THROUGH THAT VENN DIAGRAM I SHARED EARLIER, LISTENING TO THE LAND, LISTENING TO PEOPLE, CONNECTING PEOPLE, ART IN NATURE.
THESE ARE THE KEY COMPONENTS OF WHAT WE WANT.
SO THIS IS THE SIZE THAT EXISTS TODAY.
UH, PRETTY, PRETTY, THIS WAS PROBABLY LATE SUMMER.
UM, AND THIS IS A VISION OF WHAT WE SEE IN THE FUTURE.
AND YOU CAN SEE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PLANTING AND RESTORATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE SITE IS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY MANMADE FROM DREDGE SPOILS.
UM, SO IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF ADOBE MUD PILED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER
UM, WHICH ACTUALLY MEANS THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF HEALTHY HABITAT OUT THERE.
THE BANKS ARE REALLY STEEP, THEY'RE ERODING CONSTANTLY INTO THE RIVER.
THEY, THERE'S NO HEALTHY RIPARIAN HABITAT TO SPEAK OF.
UM, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF NATIVE GRASS.
MOST OF IT IS RUDDER AND INVASIVE GRASS OUT THERE.
THERE'S BARELY A TREE TO SPEAK OF.
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REMARKABLE VERNAL POOL, WHICH I'LL TALK TO A LITTLE BIT LATER.BUT YOU'LL SEE, UM, RESTORATIONS AND, UH, THE, UM, YEAH, THE RESTORATION OF THIS SPACE INTO HEALTHY HABITAT IS REALLY AT THE CORE OF THE VISION.
SO, UM, THIS IS PROBABLY A LITTLE TOO TINY FOR YOU TO SEE.
I CAN SEND YOU GUYS COPIES, BUT THIS IS THE ACTUAL CONCEPT PLAN THAT JUST SHOWS THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE PARK AND LABELS.
UM, UH, WHAT, UM, WHAT IS GOING WHERE? UM, FOR THE MOST PART, THE, THE CONCEPT PLAN IS REALLY DRIVEN AND ORGANIZED AROUND A COUPLE OF KEY CONCEPTS.
UM, ONE OF THEM IS THIS, THE HEART OF THE PARK AND KIND OF, UM, IN ALL OF OUR RESEARCH AND WORK WITH COMMUNITY, EVERYONE KEPT COMING BACK TO THAT ONE SPOT THAT YOU CAN SEE WITH THE HEART AND THE GRASS ON THE BOTTOM AS LIKE, THIS SPOT IS LIKE THIS.
IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY, THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER.
SO WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAD AN INVITATION TO BE A PART OF THE MOST SPECIAL PART OF THE LAND.
UM, AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE WITHIN THAT CALLING IT THE HEART THAT THE, UM, THE ACTIVE PROGRAMMING, AS WE SAY, IS REALLY CONCENTRATED.
UH, WE HEARD VERY LOUD AND CLEAR.
PEOPLE WANT QUITE A ALSO WANT, THEY WANT TO GATHER AND HAVE FUN.
THEY ALSO WANT THE BENEFITS OF THE QUIET CONTEMPLATIVE EXPERIENCE IN NATURE.
AND SO UC REALLY KIND OF CONCENTRATED THE ACTIVE, UM, PROGRAMMING ELEMENTS, UM, SO THAT WE ALLOW FOR THE MORE, UH, UH, QUIET SPACES TO PERSIST.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE SOME, UH, YELLOW STARS IN THE HEART THERE FOR SOME ART, UM, ARE, WHICH ARE NOT DEFINED YET, UM, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY FORGETS THERE WILL BE ART THERE
UM, AND THE OTHER PIECE IS THIS IDEA HAVE THAT IT'S LIGHT ON THE LAND AND FLEXIBLE.
UM, OF THE 35 ACRES, ABOUT 80% IS, IS PLANTING AND RESTORATION AND ONLY 20% PROGRAM.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF AMENITIES, BUT THE REALITY IS 35 ACRES IS A HUGE PARK
AND SO, UM, AND SO THAT, THAT PIECE OF, UM, OF MOSTLY WILD AND NATURAL AND EVEN THE DEVELOPED SPACES LIKE THE PLAYGROUND OR WHERE THE FOOD TRUCKS WOULD PULL UP, WE WOULD WANT TO STILL BE AN IMMERSIVE NATURAL EXPERIENCE, LESS MANICURED, TRADITIONAL URBAN PARK.
UM, AND THEN THERE ARE THREE DESIGN GOALS THAT REALLY PULLED FROM THOSE SPIRITS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
UM, AND THE PLAN'S REALLY ORGANIZED INTO THESE THREE PIECES.
CONNECT FOR SUCCESS, NURTURE, NATURE, AND UPLIFTING COMMUNITY SO QUICKLY ON CONNECTING FOR SUCCESS.
A CENTRAL COMPONENT OF THE PLAN IS A BRIDGE CONNECTING THE TWO PROPERTIES, THE PENINSULA OVER TO THE HOP, UH, THE HOPPER SIDE.
UM, THIS, UH, WILL HAVE NUMEROUS BENEFITS, UM, PROBABLY CH I MEAN INCLUDING MAKING IT ONE PARK INSTEAD OF TWO PARKS
BUT THE OTHER, UM, THING THAT IT DOES IS IT REALLY IS ACTUALLY THIS PROPERTY CAN SUPPORT THE CITY'S LARGER AND THE REGION'S LARGER ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION GOALS BECAUSE THE PROPERTIES KIND OF SITS AS THIS LYNCH PIN OF A WHOLE VARIETY OF CITY AND REGIONAL TRAILS, INCLUDING THE RIVER TRAIL, UM, THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL, THE SMART PATHWAY, WHICH IS COMING THROUGH, UM, AND THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY WATER TRAIL, WHICH IS A WATER TRAIL.
BUT, UM, TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND THEIR WORK TO COMPLETE THE RIVER TRAIL UNDER THE 1 0 1 AND CONNECT TO THE MARINA ALMOND MARSH TRAIL HEAD.
AND THIS WORK, THIS MEANS THAT YOU CAN BE OFF A SURFACE STREET ON YOUR BIKE OR JOGGING OR WHATEVER, WALKING FOR MILES FROM ALL THE WAY DOWNTOWN, ALL THE WAY UP INTO S SCHULLENBERGER PARK IN ELLIS CREEK.
UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, LAKEVILLE HOPPER AND D STREET ARE OUR ALL OFFICIALLY HIGH INJURY CORRIDORS.
UM, AND THIS IS A REALLY, UM, NOT ONLY A A SAFE SOLUTION, BUT A A, I WOULD ARGUE, UH, THE MOST ENJOYABLE
SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP, UM, THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE WITH THE CITY TO KIND OF BRING THIS FULL VISION TO LIFE.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE REGIONAL TRAIL PROVIDERS AS WELL.
OH, I MENTION, I SHOULD MENTION ONE OTHER THING SINCE IT'S PETALUMA, UM, THE EAST AND WEST SIDE THING, I'VE, I GREW UP IN THIS TOWN, UM, AND IT, UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS A THING, RIGHT? UM, AND WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING ABOUT THIS PARK IS THAT IT REALLY IS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY.
AND IT, AND IT BRANCHES OUT TO BOTH SIDES EVEN THOUGH IT'S, UM, I DON'T KNOW, THIS SIDE OF THE 1 0 1, ONCE WE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COME UP IN OVER COFFEE FIELD, YOU'RE IN A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD OF EAST SIDE AND THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF CONNECTION THAT CAN GO ON.
AND WE THINK BOTH LITERALLY AND SYMBOLICALLY, IT'S, UM, IT'S AN EXCITING THING TO BRING THE BOTH SIDES OF TOWN TOGETHER.
I'M GONNA MOVE THROUGH TH THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICKLY.
YOU'LL GET THIS DECK AFTER, SO YOU CAN GEEK OUT ABOUT TIDAL MARSH RESTORATION IF YOU SO DESIRE.
BUT, UM, I KNOW WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT ART, BUT AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY, UM, THE, THE LAND, UH, WANTS TO BE RESTORED.
AND THE COMMUNITY REALLY RECOGNIZED THE UNIQUE VALUE OF THIS LAND TO BE NATURE WITHIN REACH TO BE
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NATURE WITHIN THE CITY.UM, SO YOU, WE ACTUALLY GOT VER I WOULD I SAY, NO ONE SAID, HEY, LET'S PUT THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, LIGHTED LITTLE LEAGUE COMPLEX OUT THERE.
MAYBE WE NEED MORE BASEBALL FIELDS LIKE THAT.
BUT THIS LAND IS REALLY SPECIAL 'CAUSE IT'S ON THE RIVER AND HAS AN ABILITY TO BE THIS NATURAL, NATURAL OASIS.
SO JUST, THIS IS ABOUT A BIT ABOUT TIDAL MARSH.
UM, THIS IS THE KIND OF TRUE RESTORATION, UH, 'CAUSE THIS WHOLE AREA WAS TIDAL MARSH BEFORE DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UM, WE'RE PLANNING TO RESTORE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF ACRES IN THE FIRST PASS.
THAT'S THE PERIWINKLE BALLOON MORE NEAR THE RIVER.
UM, BUT ALSO PLANNING FOR SEA LEVEL RISE AND PREPARING A, UM, A MEADOW THAT, UM, THE MARSH WILL THEN GROW INTO AS SEA LEVEL RISE RISES WITH OUR TITLE RIVER.
AND THEN THE OTHER REAL RESTORATION OPPORTUNITIES AROUND VERNAL POOL, UM, WHICH IS A SEASONAL WETLAND.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT TO THE RIVER PARK, NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO GO 'CAUSE IT'S FULL AND BEAUTIFUL.
AND THE MIGRATING BIRDS, IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT STOP FOR THE NORTH PACIFIC FLYWAY.
IF YOU, UM, RECALL THE PAMA RIVER IS BRACKISH.
IT'S SALTY, RIGHT? IT'S CONNECTED TO THE BAY.
SO IT, IT PROVIDES HABITAT FOR LOTS OF SPECIES, BUT IT'S NOT A FRESHWATER HABITAT.
AND SO VERNAL POOLS THROUGHOUT SONOMA COUNTY ARE VERY SPECIAL PLACES THAT ARE BEING PROTECTED AND RESTORED.
EVERYWHERE THEY'RE FOUND, AND OURS IS, IS A NOT REAL OPPORTUNITY.
THERE'S THAT VERNAL POOL IN A NORTHERN SHOVELER THAT WAS OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT THAT, UH, THEY'RE PRETTY SPECIAL ECOSYSTEMS. UH, LARVAE OF FAIRY SHRIMP CAN STAY DORMANT IN THEM WHILE THEY'RE DRY FOR YEARS.
AND THEN THE MOMENT WE GET TO ANOTHER BIG BRAIN, THEY'LL COME BACK.
SO THEY PROVIDE FRESH WATER, RESTING GROUND, AND FOOD FOR MIGRATING BIRDS.
UM, ANOTHER, I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, THE OTHER REAL OPPORTUNITY, GIVEN THAT THE, UM, THE PROPERTIES ARE, UH, ACTUALLY AT A PRETTY HIGH ELEVATION FOR WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN NATURAL IN THIS AREA, UM, TO DO UPLAND HABITAT.
SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE A WHOLE MOSAIC OF HABITAT TYPES, UM, THAT ARE ALL NATIVE AND LOCAL, UM, WEREN'T HISTORICALLY IN THIS EXACT LOCATION, BUT YOU'LL RECOGNIZE, UM, OAK SAVANNAH WOODLANDS.
UM, BOTTOM LEFT THERE, THAT IS WHAT TITLE MARSH RESTORED, TITLE MARKS MARSH LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND SO THERE'S ABOUT 800 TREES CURRENTLY IN THE PLAN.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS WHOLE AREA, PETALUMA, IS IT'S, UM, GOT A REALLY LOW TREE CO COVERAGE SCORE.
UM, WHICH DURING THOSE SUPER HOT A HUNDRED DEGREE DAYS, UM, MAKES IT EVEN WORSE.
NOT ONLY ON THE PARK PROPERTY, BUT ALL OF MIDTOWN HAS THIS TREE CANOPY ISSUE.
SO THIS WOULD PROVIDE A PLACE OF REFUGE, UM, FOR ANIMALS AS WELL AS FOR HUMANS DURING THOSE, UM, IN ADDITION TO CREATING A TON OF, UM, BIODIVERSITY AND HABITAT, A LITTLE BIT SPECIFICS ON THE BANK STABILIZATION, WE ARE TAKING A, UM, A NATURE, WELL, THERE'S A TERM I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT, UM, NATURE SOLUTION, RIGHT? RATHER THAN LIKE RIP RAP, YOU'RE BRINGING IN LOGS AND PLANTING WITH WILLOW TO CREATE AND STABILIZE THE BANKS RATHER THAN LIKE A CEMENT WALL OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A STEELHEAD, WHICH IS ONE OF THE SPECIES THAT WE'LL SUPPORT WITH A HEALTHY SHORELINE, OKAY? UPLIFT COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, AS YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T PICKED UP ON IT YET, THE PARK'S ALL ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND SHARED SPACE.
AND SO A LARGE PORTION OF THE, OF THE AMENITIES IN THE PARK FOCUS ON SUPPORTING THAT ACTIVITY.
UH, THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS YOU WHERE ALL OF WHAT THEY CALL THE ACTIVE PROGRAMMING IS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT HEART OF THE PARK CONCENTRATION WITH PLAYGROUND, UM, A FOOD, FOOD, FOOD TRUCK HOOKUPS, UM, AND SOME, SOME SEATING.
LARGE GROUP PICNIC AREAS, SMALLER GROUP PICNIC AREAS, AND THEN A PERCHED BEACH.
PEOPLE REALLY WANTED ACCESS TO THE RIVER.
UM, I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS PEOPLE'S DESIRE TO GET TO THE RIVER.
UM, AND THEN ON THE MAINLAND SIDE, YOU SEE PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE TRADITIONAL PARK RECREATION.
THERE'S, UM, SPORTS COURTS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE BASKETBALL AND PICKLEBALL.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE DESIGNED TO BE FLEXIBLE SO THAT THEY CAN EVOLVE OVER TIME.
UH, THERE'S A STORMWATER TREATMENT GARDEN OVER THERE, UH, AND THE AMPHITHEATER, WHICH I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER, I'M GONNA BURN THROUGH THESE.
BUT THIS IS, UM, A VISION OF WHAT THE HOPPER STREET SIDE BASKETBALL COURTS COULD LOOK LIKE.
IF YOU'RE SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY, YOU CAN SEE THE BIG RED BARGE HANGING OUT THERE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
ONE OF THEIR FUN STORIES TO TELL.
UM, AND, UH, THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT THINGS COULD LOOK LIKE OVER ON THAT SIDE.
UM, AND THIS IS THE PERCHED BEACH THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
UH, IT'S A CONCEPT WHERE ON TIDAL BODIES OF WATER, IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE
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SOME BARRIER BETWEEN THE BEACH AND THE TIE AND THE TIDE THAT COMES UP AND STEALS YOUR BEACHUM, AND SO THE IDEA THAT YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF PERCHED BEACH THAT'S SOMEWHAT PROTECTED, WE ALSO FOUND THAT FOLKS HAD MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT TOUCHING THE RIVER, WHICH ARE VALID.
THERE IS, UM, THERE ARE SOME POLLUTANTS IN THE RIVER.
YOU SHOULD NOT BE GETTING THE WATER IN YOUR MOUTH.
UM, AND, UH, SO YEAH, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY MAYBE I DON'T WANT MY TODDLER DOWN THERE SPLASHING AROUND, BUT I STILL WANNA HAVE THAT BEACH EXPERIENCE.
SO THAT BOTTOM RIGHT PHOTO, I THINK IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE.
THAT'S IN SAN FRANCISCO BY THE GIANT STADIUM AT A NEW PARK THAT THERE, THAT'S THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT KIND OF THE IDEA OF A PERCH BEACH.
YOU'RE STILL THERE, YOU'RE HANGING OUT, YOU'RE ENJOYING THE BEAUTY OF THE RIVER, UM, BUT YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY, UM, YOU KNOW, SPLASHING AROUND.
OKAY, SO I SHOWED THIS, BROUGHT THIS TO YOU, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SUPER DRAFT
SO, UM, AND THEN THERE'S A PRECEDENT IMAGE DOWN THERE FOR YOU TO JUST KIND OF GET A SENSE, THE IDEA WHAT THE AMPHITHEATER IS, THAT IT WOULD BE REALLY FLEXIBLE, MULTIPURPOSE, NOT, NO, WE'RE NOT BUILDING THE SHORELINE
UM, BUT THAT IT WOULD HAVE SOME TIERED SEATING THAT SO PEOPLE COULD BE COMFORTABLE.
BUT THEN, UM, FOR LARGER EVENTS, THE SEATING WOULD FLEX OUT INTO THE LAWN.
SO THIS MEANS YOU CAN ALSO HAVE SMALL EVENTS HERE AND IT WON'T FEEL EMPTY.
UM, BUT THEN YOU CAN HAVE LARGER EVENTS, UM, AND IT COULD BE EVENTS, BUT ALSO EDUCATION DRIVEN, UM, AND, AND REALLY TRULY MULTIPURPOSE VISUAL ARTS.
WERE, ARE ALSO A KEY COMPONENT OF THE PLAN.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, THIS IS A PIECE OF THE, THE ARTS PLAN IS LESS DEVELOPED THAN OTHER COMPONENTS.
UM, YOU MIGHT UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO GET THE CONTAINER
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE ENGAGING AT TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR AND THROUGH 2026 AND AN ARTS MASTER PLAN TO REALLY GET SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT WORK WOULD BE INCLUDED IN OUR PHASE ONE AND BE THUS, YOU KNOW, ON OPENING DAY IN 2028, WHAT WOULD BE, UH, DISPLAYED.
YOU'RE LIKELY, UH, KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, A SCULPTURE THAT WAS INSTALLED LAST YEAR, TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, TWO YEARS AGO BY ARTIST MARK DERO, UH, AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED, UH, METAL SCULPTURE SCULPTURE WHO HAS A STUDIO HERE IN TOWN.
AND THE PIECE WAS MADE HERE IN THE EIGHTIES.
UM, AND IT'S A 30, 38 FOOT TALL, UM, KINETIC SCULPTURE.
UM, AND THAT IS, THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE SITE.
AND SO WE WILL BE BUILDING OUT WHAT THE MASTER PLAN IS, BUT THE VISION IS, IS THAT IT WILL INCLUDE VISUAL ART, UM, AND ALSO, UM, WE'LL BOTH HAVE A, YOU KNOW, UH, A CELEBRATION OF PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS AS WELL AS, UH, MORE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY FOCUSED PROGRAMS, UM, TO SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS.
AND VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS WILL BE THE FOCUS.
I, UH, ONE OTHER PIECE OF, OF THE PUZZLE HERE, AND THAT'S RELATED TO THE ARTS COMPONENT IS, UM, OUR MANDATE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO HONOR THE PAST, UM, AND OUR OWN DESIRE TO DO SO AS WELL.
UH, AND SPECIFICALLY RIGHT NOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME STATE FUNDING TO SUPPORT, UH, THAT'S CALLED COASTAL STORIES, AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY TO TELL THE UNTOLD HISTORIES OF THE REGION.
SO WE'RE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT COAST MINOK LATINE, UM, AND ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER, SPECIFICALLY THE CHINESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN PETALUMA.
UM, AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT SPECIFICALLY, I MENTIONED THAT THE PENINSULA WAS CREATED, UM, FROM DREDGE SPOILS.
UM, WE'RE COMING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE FIRST, BEFORE STEAM SHOVELS TOOK OVER THE JOB, IT WAS CHINESE, UM, IMMIGRANT LABOR THAT WAS DOING THE SHOVELING OF THAT, OF THAT MUD.
UH, JOHN MCNAIR, THE MCNAIR PENINSULA WAS THE LARGEST EMPLOYER OF, UM, UH, CHINESE LABORERS IN THE 19TH CENTURY.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A HISTORY THERE THAT, UM, WE'RE WORKING TO UNEARTH AND, UM, ALONGSIDE PERHAPS THE MORE TRADITIONAL HISTORIES THAT WE TELL HERE IN PETALUMA, IT'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY.
THE RIVER IS THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY.
HUMANS HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 9,000 YEARS, SO PLENTY OF STORIES TO TELL.
UM, SO I'D LOVE TO OPEN IT UP TO Q AND A.
UM, THAT'S AN EXA, THAT'S A PHOTO OF HRU.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PIECE THAT'S OUT THERE NOW.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE, UM, I'M GONNA OPEN THIS UP FOR IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFYING OR, UH, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO KICK OFF A DISCUSSION.
BUT WE ARE SPECIFICALLY BEING ASKED TO WEIGH IN ON THE ART, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE CURIOUS ABOUT EVERY FACET OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, BUT ONCE AGAIN, UM, UM, UH, MS. ABERCROMBIE WENT THROUGH THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
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TYPES OF PUBLIC ART SCALE, MATERIAL, FORM AND CONTENT, UM, ISSUES OF HISTORY, MODERNITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND CONSIDERATION, UM, HOW IT WILL TIE NOT ONLY THE VISUAL ARTS, BUT INTO THE PERFORMING ARTS AND OF COURSE THE ART PLACEMENT.SO IF ANYBODY, CAN I SAY ONE THING AND TO KIND OF FRAME THAT UP IS THAT, UM, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE TALKING TO YOU GUYS NOW AT THIS EARLY STAGE TO BE ABLE TO GET, UM, IDEAS AND INPUT, UM, WHILE WE'RE STILL VERY MUCH AN, AS YOU HAVE UNDERSTOOD, LIKE ARE STILL DEFINING THE, THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT THE FIRST PHASE OF ART WILL INCLUDE.
SO I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU PROBABLY CAN'T RESPOND TO SPECIFIC THINGS BASED ON THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT IDEAS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE OR GUIDANCE THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US AND DIRECTIONS WE SHOULD FOLLOW.
UH, WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A CRACK FIRST? THANK YOU.
I HAD NOT ACTUALLY SEEN ALL THIS BEFORE.
I READ A LOT ABOUT IT, BUT NOT THIS MUCH.
CAN WE GET A COPY OF THIS
I MEAN, I WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START ABOUT ART.
I'M EXCITED THAT I LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS 10 SPOTS THAT THAT WAS GONNA BE SOMETHING ART BASED, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CROWN JEWEL.
I, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S HERE.
I MEAN, I GREW UP IN MARRAN, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR A WHILE.
THERE'S NOTHING EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE TO THIS ANYWHERE NEARBY.
AND SO THIS IS REALLY, REALLY EXCITING.
BUT, UM, I LIKE THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS AND MORE LOCAL BASED ART.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
THAT WAS THE ONE QUESTION I HAD WAS WOULD IT BE ALL, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONED ARTISTS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM BE FROM PETALUMA SPECIFICALLY, HOPEFULLY.
AND THIS IS JUST REALLY GREAT.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SPECIFIC ARTS.
ARE, ARE YOU ACQUIRING PIECES OR WILL THEY BE ON LOAN? I MEAN, THAT'S GREAT QUESTION.
UM, AND HOW CAN WE HELP SUPPORT THAT? YEAH.
UM, WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO ACQUIRE ANY WORK, UM, BECAUSE THERE THEN YOU HAVE TO CARE FOR IT FOREVER,
UM, NOT THAT WE WON'T BE CARING FOR OUR WORK, BUT, UM, I CUT MY TEETH PROFESSIONALLY IN MUSEUMS AND KNOW WHAT IT IS TO HAVE A COLLECTION.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW, LONG-TERM LOAN IS THE PLAN.
AND FOR LIKE THE LARGER SCALE WORKS, THAT'S A PRETTY PAR FOR THE COURSE FOR PUBLIC ART WORKS.
UM, AND, UM, THAT'S THE PLAN IN TERMS OF, OF NOT COLLECTING.
BUT WE'RE OPEN TO VERY LONG-TERM LOANS.
YEAH, IT'S THE DEAC ACQUISITIONING THAT GETS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT THIS PART CAN CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, UM, WITH TIME
WE HOPE IT'LL BE HERE FOREVER, AND THEREFORE NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS, UM, IN THE FUTURE.
UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT YOU HAVE ALL THESE GREAT TEAMS INVOLVED ON THE OVERSIGHT OF EVERYTHING FROM BUILDING THE SOIL TO ACQUIRE, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, INVITING IN THE ART.
SO I LOVE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE COVERED ALL YOUR BASES WITH SUCH TALENT.
I THINK THAT'S, IT'S REALLY IN GOOD HANDS.
UM, ONE OF THE, UM, THINGS THAT I WOULD COMMENT ON IN TERMS OF ANY ART THAT IS, UM, COMMUNITY DRIVEN, IF YOU COULD HAVE SOME EVERGREEN COMPONENT TO IT WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT TURNS OVER.
WE'VE DONE SOME COMMUNITY PIECES IN PETALUMA, YOU KNOW, WE DID THE FACES ON THE FOUNTAIN A WHILE AGO AND WE'VE DONE SOME MURALS AND THINGS, BUT IT'S SORT OF A ONE AND DONE.
AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO, YOU KNOW, KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER FIVE YEARS IT GETS REPLENISHED WITH NEW FOLKS COMING TO TOWN, OR, UM, I LIKE THE IDEA OF SOMEHOW NOT ONLY HOLDING ONTO THE OLD, BUT CHANGING IT UP MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY A GREAT THING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME BACK TO AGAIN AND AGAIN AND REVISIT.
I THINK THERE'S GREAT OPPORTUNITY TOO IN THE PERFORMING ARTS COMPONENT AS WELL, RIGHT? UM, THIS IS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
UM, I HAD TWO QUESTIONS, BUT YOU MADE ME SO CONFIDENT IN YOU GUYS'S ABILITY TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL PARK.
THOSE COMMENTS WERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ART IS CLIMBABLE AND DURABLE AND THAT IT BLENDS WITH THE NATURAL SCENERY THERE.
JUST 'CAUSE IT IS A BEAUTIFUL, EVEN I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A DREDGED ISLAND, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS UNNATURAL, BUT, UM, IT DOES HAVE A LOT OF NATURE THERE WHEN I EXPLORED IT AT LEAST.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LIMIT OR AVOID THE ARTIFICIAL LOOKING ART.
UM, AND ALTHOUGH THAT'S A COMMENT, YOUR PRESENTATION MADE IT CLEAR THAT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU GUYS.
UM, SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS.
SIERRA, WOULD INSTALLATION LOCATIONS, UM, BE ESTABLISHED TO HOST VISITING OUR, OR WOULD THEY, WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE
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THOSE DECISIONS WOULD BE BASED BASED ON THE ARTWORKS THEMSELVES? LEMME SEE IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.ARE WE GONNA ESTABLISH SPOTS AND LIKE THIS IS GONNA BE AN ART SPOT AND THEN IT, IF WE POSS I THINK BOTH RIGHT NOW, IF I HAD TO ANSWER IT.
SO ONE, WE'RE DEFINITELY, WE'RE, AS WE ARE DESIGNING THE ACTUAL PARK, WE, WE WILL BE THINKING OF BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO HAVE PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS OUT THERE.
UM, OR AT LEAST THEN THE, UM, THERE WILL BE MULTIPURPOSE SITES, BUT I I, WE ARE ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN SITE SPECIFIC WORK AND IT'S SUCH AN, A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, UM, THAT I ANTICIPATE THAT WILL HAVE TO DEVELOP SITES IN RESPONSE TO PROPOSALS AS WELL.
I WAS ALSO GONNA ASK ABOUT PROGRAMMING RELATED TO PERFORMANCE ART AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES, IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THAT PLANNED OR IF IT'S GONNA BE PLANNED AFTER THE PARK.
YEAH, SO I LOVE THAT YOU ASKED THIS QUESTION.
ONE OF THE THINGS I FAILED TO MENTION IS THAT, UM, AT THE CORE OF THE PARKS VISION IS THAT WE'RE A CONVENER AND WE'RE A PLACE AND WE'RE A HOST.
UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY IDEALLY NOT GONNA BE RUNNING PROGRAMS OURSELVES IF, UNLESS THERE'S A REAL NEED.
THERE'S SO MANY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS DOING AMAZING WORK IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ARTS EDUCATION, ET CETERA.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING, UM, IN PERFORMING ARTS SUCCESS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO PARTNER, UM, WITH EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE PROGRAMMATICALLY FOCUSED AND OFFER FACILITY AND TO SUPPORT THEIR PROGRAMMING THROUGH PARTNERSHIP.
NOW THAT BEING SAID, IF WE IDENTIFY A REAL NEED THAT'S LIKE THE THING EVERYBODY WANTS AND WE WANNA DO IT AND NOBODY'S DOING IT, THEN PERHAPS WE'LL PRO SPIN UP SOME PROGRAMMING, UM, YES.
RESOURCES PERMITTING, NOT TO PEN MONOPOLIZE, UM, BUT WOULD RESTORATION OR LANDSCAPE ARC, LIKE WHAT WE SAW IN SONOMA AT CORNERSTONE, WOULD ANY OF THOSE KIND OF COMPONENTS TAKE PLACE IN YOUR PARK OR DO YOU VIEW THAT AS SEPARATE FROM THE ARC COMPONENT? ARE YOU SAYING LIKE, UM, ARTISTIC RESTORATION THAT'S DONE ARTISTICALLY? YEAH, YEAH, WE'RE REALLY OPEN TO THAT.
SO ONE EXAMPLE TO THINK ABOUT IS THAT VERNAL POOL I TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN HERE, UM, IT NEEDS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF BARRIER AROUND IT TO KEEP DOGS OUT.
NOW, I DON'T WANT, WE DON'T, NONE OF US WANT SOME UGLY FENCE, RIGHT?
UM, SO I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE SUCH A COOL ARTIST CHALLENGE, LIKE TO DESIGN SOMETHING THAT IS PLEASING TO LOOK AT, BUT ALSO FUNCTIONAL IN THAT REGARD.
SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY OPEN TO AND WE'RE DEFINITELY OPEN TO ALSO HOSTING EXHIBITS.
I MEAN, I WAS THINKING DURING THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION ABOUT OH COOL, TO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE, UM, THE BLACKSMITH FESTIVAL, YOU KNOW, A PIECE OR TWO WHERE A WHOLE SUITE OF PIECES COULD COME OUT TO, TO THE PARK AND BEYOND DISPLAY THERE, UM, AS A VENUE.
I KNOW YOU AND I OVER THE YEARS HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW PETALUMA HAS ALL THESE COMMUNITY ASSETS LIKE PEARLS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO STREAM SO THAT PEOPLE WALK, THEY ENGAGE MORE ALONG THEIR EXPERIENCES IN THEIR LIFE, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I WAS WONDERING, DO YOU SEE YOUR PARK AS A, AS A WAY THAT CAN CONNECT WITH EXISTING PIECES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF OURS? LIKE DO YOU SEE US AS A PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE CAN KIND OF STREAM THOSE PEARLS AND WOULD YOU APPRECIATE LIKE AREAS LIKE COFIELD TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK TO HIGHLIGHT SO THAT WE CAN HELP BUILD THAT CONNECTIVITY? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT IN OUR THINKING IS HOW AN INVESTMENT LIKE THIS INFORMS OUR PLACEMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PROJECTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY SEE THE FACT THAT THIS PART OF PETALUMA'S REINVENTING ITSELF IS SUCH A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL THE OTHER PLAYERS, PARTICULARLY THE CITY IS THIS NEW NEIGHBORHOOD AND PLACE IS, IS BROUGHT TO LIFE.
UM, AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT HAS THE, IT HAS THE BONES OF AN ARTS DISTRICT.
I MEAN, WE HAVE THE ARTS CENTER, I DIDN'T MENTION THAT EARLIER, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
FIRST THING THAT PEOPLE WILL SEE WHEN THEY GET OFF THE TRAIN TO COME TO THE PARK OR OTHERWISE.
AND SO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT ORGANIZATION IS SOMETHING THAT WE THINK COULD HAVE A LOT OF FRUIT.
THERE'S, UM, DAVID BEST ARCHWAY DOWN LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, UM, I'M PROBABLY FORGETTING OTHER THINGS THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE RIVER.
UM, I MEAN THERE'S MAGIC SHOP STUDIOS ON FIRST STREET.
THERE REALLY IS A CONCENTRATION OF ART AND ARTISTS IN THIS REGION.
AND, UM, IT'S REALLY HAS SUCH POTENTIAL TO BOTH BE A THRIVING ARTS DISTRICT FOR OUR OWN USES, BUT ALSO TO BE A DRAW FOR OTHERS TO COME TO VISIT.
UM, AND JUST LIKE WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS AROUND THE PETALUMA WATERWAYS, LIKE IDENTIFYING ALL THE PLACES YOU CAN KAYAK TO IN A DAY.
LIKE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ADDING AN ART ELEMENT TO THAT AND, AND REALLY YEAH, WORKING TOGETHER TO PROMOTE THE WHOLE IS SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN.
YEAH, WE DEFINITELY HAVE THAT CONNECTION WITH THE BATHTUB FINE BALANCE.
THE BATHTUBS AS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE RIVER, LIKE WE'RE ALREADY SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER WITH OUR ART LANGUAGE WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO
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MAKE SURE THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP KIND OF INCLUDES EACH OTHER MM-HMMAS WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS ALONG THE RIVER IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A FUN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN ARTS TOUR FROM THE RIVER ALSO, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND WE, WE DO CONSIDER THE PARK TO BE A BIT OF A GATEWAY, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE THE PENINSULA VERY WELL FROM THE 1 0 1 WHEN YOU'RE COMING INTO TOWN, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT SCULPTURE.
UM, AND SO ANYWAYS, JUST A COOL OPPORTUNITY TO BE LIKE, EVEN IF THEY'RE ON THE RAIDER, HEALDSBURG, NO, MAYBE I WANNA STOP AND PETALUMA GO SEE SOME MARK.
I, I WILL SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, FOR A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
UM, THE, UH, THERE'S A LOT TO DISCUSS HERE, OBVIOUSLY PROBABLY TOO MUCH FOR TONIGHT, BUT, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE JUXTAPOSITION OF, OF THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE AND ART PIECES AND KEVIN'S COMMENT OF, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING BLENDING IN VERSUS SOMETHING THAT DON'T, I THINK THERE'S GOOD CONTRAST THERE TO, TO DISCUSS AND KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT SOME THINGS ARE GONNA BLEND IN SOME, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HRU IS A GIANT MM-HMM
MASSIVE PIECE THAT DOESN'T BLEND IN.
UM, BUT IT KIND OF MIRRORS SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS IN TOWN YES.
AND SOME OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
SO I THINK, UM, THINK THE BEAUTY OF, OF SEEING MORE SPECIFIC PLANS IS THAT WE CAN COMMENT OBVIOUSLY ON OKAY, FROM THESE VANTAGE POINTS, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS AND IT CONNECTS IN THIS WAY.
AND, UM, I THINK OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, GRAPHICS THAT YOU COULD CREATE THAT WOULD TALK ABOUT THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE STEELHEAD AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS, I THINK REALLY POWERFUL, UH, WAYS TO INCORPORATE ART AND EDUCATION.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE TO, TO APPROACH, BUT, UH, OVERALL THE PROJECT'S ONE OF VERY, VERY EXCITING.
WE, WE THOUGHT THE SAME THING WITH THE HRU INSTALLATION OR THE SITE ITSELF IS, IS VERY NATURAL AND IT'S WILD, BUT IT'S ALSO, WE SAY IT'S LIKE SEEING PUM INSIDE OUT.
YOU'RE IN THE HEART OF THE INDUSTRIAL AREA THAT STILL EXISTS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTO, RIGHT, HRU, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE SHAMROCK FACILITY RIGHT BEHIND YOU, AND IF YOU TURN AROUND, YOU CAN SEE THE GRAIN TOWERS.
AND SO THERE IS THIS CONVERSATION, AND I MEAN, THE DERO SPECIFICALLY IS COMMENTARY ON THE INDUSTRIAL ERA AND MADE FROM INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS, ET CETERA.
UM, AND SO HOW CAN WE PUT THOSE THINGS? I THINK THERE'S ENDLESS, ENDLESS STORIES AND FUN THINGS TO PUT IN DIALOGUE WITH EACH OTHER OUT THERE.
I HAVE TO COUNTERPOINT THE WHOLE BLEND IN CONVERSATION.
WELL, I THINK BLENDING IN IS GREAT.
I THINK THIS IS SUCH A HUGE TABLEAU OF NATURE.
I THINK IT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE GURU OR SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT CHRISSY FIELD, YOU LOOK AT MARK DEROS PIECES ELSEWHERE, YOU KNOW MM-HMM
UM, GO OVER TO, UH, GOSH, I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME PLACE IN, IN SONOMA, YOU KNOW, THE OSA PRESERVED, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND THERE'S A PIECE THERE AND IT'S BRIGHT RED.
AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SOMETIMES THOSE POPS OF THINGS THAT ARE VERY, UM, NOT NATURAL ARE REALLY BEAUTIFUL LYRICAL MOMENTS.
AND IF I LOOK AT YOUR SITE PLAN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PENINSULA IS THIS HEART, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD CONCEIVABLY SAY, OKAY, WELL THE THINGS THAT ARE LONG HOPPER SPEED STREET, THAT IS THE MORE URBAN INDUSTRIAL SIDE OF THINGS WHERE YOU COULD, YOU COULD CREATE THIS CROSS, UH, WATERWAY DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE BLENDED AND THE NATURAL MM-HMM
AND THE NEW AND THE FUTURE FORWARD KIND OF MOMENTS.
YOU KNOW, AND IT ALSO MAKES ME THINK OF THAT BEAUTIFUL CHUNK OF UNDEVELOPED OVEN SPACE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WILL BECOME OF ONE DAY, BUT IF THAT BECAME MORE OF A DEVELOPED AREA MM-HMM
I DUNNO, IT COULD BE REALLY INTERESTING TO HAVE THE, THE CONTRAST OF THE URBAN AND, UM, CONTEMPORARY WITH THE ISLAND AND THE OLD NATURAL.
UH, WELL, I HAVE NO COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ALREADY.
IT WAS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING AT A PUBLIC MEETING.
I GOT UP AND TOLD CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THE RIVER PARK, AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY HAPPENING
AND, UM, I WAS NERVOUS AND SHAKING, COULDN'T BREATHE, AND MY SPEECH WAS 30 SECONDS LONG,
SO THIS WHOLE THING JUST MAKES ME THINK ABOUT HOW WHEN YOU START DOWN A PATH, HOW QUICKLY AND HOW FAR THAT JOURNEY CAN TAKE YOU.
AND THE RIVER PARK IS THE EPITOME OF THAT.
IT'S GOT THE TRAJECTORY OF A SHOOTING STAR.
SO IT'S SO COOL TO SEE THE VERY BEGINNING IN 2019 NOW SEE THIS, AND, UH, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE IT GOES.
CODY CODY'S BEEN A VOLUNTEER AT THE PROJECT FOR A VERY LONG, OUR FIRST VOLUNTEER.
AND HE'S IN A COUPLE OF THOSE PHOTOS EARLY DAYS, SO.
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A COUPLE MORE COMMENTS.UM, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK IF YOU PLAN TO INCLUDE MORE ELEVATED DESIGN OR BESPOKE PARTS TO THE MANMADE COMPONENTS OF THE PARK.
LIKE I LOOK AT THE, THE BRIDGE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL A STORY JUST BY NATURE OF A BRIDGE BETWEEN SITES.
YOU CAN TELL THAT STORY OF THE CHINESE IMMIGRANTS.
UH, I RECENTLY BECAME MORE FAMILIAR WITH THAT STORY, AND IT'S A VERY DARK CHAPTER IN OUR PERSONAL HISTORY THAT COULD HAVE BE CONTEXTUALIZED INTO SOMETHING THAT BRIDGES THAT RELATIONSHIP WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE THEM FEEL HONORED AND AS THEY SHOULD BE.
UM, THEY REALLY WORK TO, FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF OUR TOWN FLOURISHING.
SO IT'S, IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO INVITE PEOPLE WITHIN THOSE ELEMENTS OR TO USE THAT ABILITY TO HAVE MORE BESPOKE ELEMENTS IN YOUR DESIGN.
I THINK THAT'S A, A AS AN WE CONSIDER OURSELVES AN ARTS ORGANIZATION, SO, UM, THERE WILL BE, UH, THOUGHTFUL DESIGN THROUGHOUT, UH, I, SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE BRIDGE, UM, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT TO STILL DEFINE FOR THE BRIDGE.
SO WE CAN PUT A PREFAB BRIDGE THERE THAT'LL GET US FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND GET THE FIRETRUCK ACO ACROSS AND IT'LL BE GREAT.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S THE SKY'S THE LIMIT ON THE PRICE TAG OF OH, WHAT MANY ARE CALLING AN ICONIC BRIDGE.
THE IDEA THAT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING REALLY GROOVY, UM, THAT'S GONNA TAKE, UM, A FUNDER THAT WANTS TO BE GROOVY, UM,
BUT, UH, I THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID THAT IF, IF, IF THERE IS HEART FOR THAT, I MEAN, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY.
UM, BRIDGES ARE ICONIC, EVEN IF THEY'RE IN THE MOST SIMPLE FORM, THEY JUST CALL ATTENTION TO THEMSELVES AND THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, HAVE THOSE INTERPRETIVE ELEMENTS.
I ALSO, JUST TO MENTION, BECAUSE THE BRIDGE WILL BE OVER THE MCNAIR CANAL, WHICH IS NO LONGER BEING DREDGED AND IS RETURNING ITSELF TO, UM, SALT MARSH, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO GET ABOVE TIDAL MARSH IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN'T, UNLESS YOU'RE IN A BOAT.
'CAUSE UM, YOU JUST CAN'T, YOU GET STUCK IN THE MUD.
AND SO THERE IS ALSO THE, UH, INTERPRETIVE ELEMENTS OF THE, OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAT, UM, WILL LIKELY BE A COMPONENT OF THE BRIDGE AS WELL AND SHOULD BE DONE ARTISTICALLY.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU WILL BE SEEKING ARTISTS FOR YOUR SITE.
LIKE WHAT YOUR SELECTION PROCESS OR VETTING MIGHT LOOK LIKE WITH AN ART COMMUNITY.
I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR IT RIGHT NOW.
SO PART OF THAT ARTS MASTER PLAN IS REALLY FIGURING OUT NOT JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING, HOW WE'RE DOING IT, IT'S ACTUALLY THE MORE IMPORTANT PART.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE WE GONNA MAINTAIN CURATORIAL CONTROL OR ARE WE GOING TO PARTNER WITH ANOTHER ARTS INSTITUTION THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SEVERAL IN ORGANIZATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, DO PUBLIC ART ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, UM, OR MORE LOCALLY OTHERWISE.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A DEBATE THAT OUR BOARD IS TAKING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS OF KIND OF LIKE, WHICH AGAIN, TO MY POINT EARLIER OF US NEEDING TO FOCUS ON BEING A HOST AND A CONVENER.
THIS IS A BIG PROJECT
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE NEED PARTNERSHIP OR WHERE DO WE MAINTAIN CREATIVE CONTROL? UM, BUT I WILL SAY, JUST GIVEN THAT WE'RE SO GROUNDED IN A COMMUNITY LED PROCESS, IT'LL BE SOMETHING AKIN TO THAT.
UM, ONCE WE GET THINGS SET UP, AND I'D LOVE TO REPORT BACK TO THIS BODY ABOUT THAT AND SEEK INPUT.
IF ANYONE KNOWS MODELS OR HAS IDEAS, I'M HAPPY TO TALK.
UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY CENTER.
IS THAT AN OPEN SPACE OR IS IT A CLOSED STAFFED KIND OF LOCATION? I'M THINKING LIKE, CAN, CAN ART COME INTO THAT OR IS THAT NOT REALLY RECEPTIVE TO THAT? SO I'LL HAVE TO JUST SAY THAT, THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, IT'S STILL ON THE PLAN.
UM, BUT IT KIND OF RANKED A LITTLE LOWER WITHIN OUR EVALUATION OF STAKEHOLDERS WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PHASING.
UM, AND I THINK THE REALITY OF THAT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THAT WE SOMEWHAT ALREADY HAVE INDOOR RESOURCES.
WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT LUC CASEY, THERE'S THE ART CENTER.
WE KNOW THE FAIRGROUNDS ARE IN PLAY, AND THEN THEY HAVE BUILDINGS.
SO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, I THINK I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT WILL BE IN A PHASE TWO IF IT, IF IT, IF IT COMES ABOUT.
SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SPECIFICS ON THAT.
UM, BUT I, THE IDEA, THE IMPETUS BEHIND IT WAS, IS THAT IT WOULD BE AN INDOOR SPACE, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE PLENTY OF OUTDOOR SPACE, BUT THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMMATIC IDEAS AND THINGS PEOPLE EXPRESS THEY WOULD WANT TO DO THAT WOULD REQUIRE BEING INSIDE.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION WELL ENOUGH? YEAH.
I, THAT'S NOT MUCH OF AN ANSWER WAS JUST, IT WAS LIKE A, A LARGE, SORT OF A SHADED STRUCTURE FOR GATHERINGS OR IF IT WAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE A VISITOR CENTER THAT HAS A STAFF AND A DESK AND A, IT WAS DEFINITELY AN INDOOR SPACE.
UM, AND SO IT WOULD NEED SOME KIND OF, IT WOULD NEED STAFFING TO, AT THE, AT THE LEAST, WHETHER IT WAS A VISITOR CENTER PER SE.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, AND I SHOULD MENTION THAT THE AMPHITHEATER IS AN OUTDOOR SPACE ON THE HOPPER STREET SIDE, BUT
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ON, IN THE HEART OF THE PARK ON THE PENINSULA, THERE'S A COVERED PAVILION.IT ACTUALLY WILL BE THE SAME, UM, SHADED GATHERING STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE NOW, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT.
UM, WHICH IS A SUSPENSION KIND OF GEOMETRIC SHADE THING,
UM, BUT THAT'LL CONTINUE ON THAT SIDE.
ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I REMEMBER HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT IT YEARS AGO AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE PEOPLE MANIFEST THEIR BEST HOPES FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND SHARE IT WITH US ALL.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY ABOUT, ABOUT THIS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SHAMELESS SELF OR ASK IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO RAISE A LOT OF RESOURCES TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
SO WHETHER THERE, IF ANYONE HEARS OF ANY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE RELATED THROUGH THE ARTS WORLD THAT WE MIGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT WANNA FUND AN ARTS THAT MASTER PLAN, PLEASE LEMME KNOW
UM, OUR CURRENT, UM, PRESENTATION THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION.
SO I'LL HAVE URIEL UPDATE THAT ONLINE.
SO IT'LL BE AVAILABLE TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND TO THE PUBLIC SO THEY CAN SEE THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, I DO HOPE YOU ALL COME JOIN US ON MARCH 1ST AT HALL OF THE ABOVE, THE OLD SEED BANK DOWNTOWN.
WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING AN EXHIBIT EXPLAINING THE, UM, THE FULL VISION AND PLAN TO THE PUBLIC AND HAVE A LITTLE CONCERT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE HERE.
UM, I SHOULD ASK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANYONE? I'M PRETTY SURE THE ANSWER IS NO, BUT I AM SCRIPTED TO DOUBLE CHECK.
YES, WE RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, FOR THIS MEETING ITEM PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
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I GUESS WE WILL CLOSE THIS, UM, AGENDA ITEM AND MOVE FORWARD TO WHAT'S NEXT, WHICH IS OUR, UM, PUBLIC ART SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, REPORTS AND ANY COMMUNITY UPDATES I HAVE TO SHIFT DOCUMENTS.CAN WE BRING UP OUR, UM, SURE.
SUBCOMMITTEES, I GUESS I CAN START.
I, I'M LOOKING AT IT, UM, ON MY LAPTOP OF THE FIRST ONE IS THEIR ASPHALT ART, WHICH IS COMMITTEE MEMBER BELTWAY.
IS THERE ANY, ANY NEWS FOR US? I DO NOT HAVE ANY NEWS ON THAT.
UM, NEXT WE'RE LOOKING AT BUDGETS AND GRANTS.
I KNOW, UM, THAT, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER ABERCROMBIE HAS A GRANT THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO MAYBE DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER INTO IN THE NEXT, OVER THE COMING WEEKS.
YES, THERE'S A GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR MATCHING FUNDS AND I WANTED US TO LOOK AT OUR CURRENT INVESTMENTS AND THE RIVER, UM, THE RIVER ARCH FRAGMENTS AND BENCH AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME OUTREACH SINCE WE MADE THOSE INVESTMENTS ALREADY THAT WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT WE'RE HALFWAY TO OUR GRANT NEEDS FOR DEVELOPING THE REST OF THE SITE OR POTENTIALLY BRINGING ELECTRIC TO IT.
THERE'S TWO GRANT CYCLES, ONE IN MID-FEBRUARY AND MID IN MID-JULY.
AND SO I WAS, UM, HOPING THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT OR POTENTIALLY THE MARY FULLER MCCHESNEY PIECES.
AND SO THOSE ARE TWO OPPORTUNITIES I'M GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD WITH.
UM, I COULD SHARE THEM WITH JENNY, UM, AND ANNE WHO ARE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THAT.
AND WE CAN TAKE A HOLISTIC LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT WE'VE ALREADY INVESTED IN TO DEMONSTRATE THAT OUR NEXT NEEDS ARE PURELY FOR INSTALLATION AND DESIGN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CON CONTRACTING FOR THAT.
AND I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S MATCHING NOT ONLY ACQUISITION, BUT UM, IN KIND DONATION.
AND WHICH IS SUBSTANTIAL ON ANYTHING THAT HAS A PHYSICAL SITE AROUND IT.
SO THAT WOULD BE, AND IT'S VERY MUCH RELEVANT TO THE RIVER ARCH BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD IN KIND DONATION OF LANDSCAPING AND UM, AND WE'VE ALSO HAD, UH, IN KIND DONATIONS OF ROCKS AND DIFFERENT ELEMENTS PARK ELEMENTS TO HELP WORK ON THAT.
WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE FINAL SET UP GO INTO EFFECT WITH ALL THESE, UM, DESIRES TO IMPROVE THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL EXPERIENCE.
IT'S REALLY WELL TIMED TO TIE INTO OUR UPCOMING MURALS ON THIS NEAR NEIGHBORING SITE, BUT ALONG THE TRAIL.
SO IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S MOVING FAST.
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SO I'M HOPING WE CAN GET READY FOR THAT NEXT MONTH.AND CAN YOU JUST REFRESH OUR, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF COMMITTEE MEMBER BELTWAY HAS SEEN IT, BUT THE CLOSE, THE CLOSING FOR THE, THE CYCLES ARE THE END OF FEBRUARY AND THEN ONE LATER IN THE SUMMER, LATE SUMMER MID FEBRUARY AND MID-JULY.
AND IT'S THROUGH THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.
SO I FINALLY GOT, THE ONLY ART COMMITTEE THAT I COULD GET TO TALK TO ME REALLY WAS COOS BAY.
AND SHE SAID THAT THEY GET FUNDING EITHER FROM FOUNDATIONS OR A LOT OF TIME LEGACY GIFTS.
SO SOMEBODY WHO LEAVES MONEY, I THINK THAT'S, MOST PUBLIC ART COMMITTEES ARE GETTING THEIR FUNDING THAT WAY.
LIKE I'M, I'M ON FOR WORK, I'M ON A THING CALLED GRANT WATCH.
AND SO I PUT IN, YOU KNOW, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC ART GRANTS AND IT, I, THERE NOTHING EVER COMES UP.
I'VE SEEN PUBLIC ART GRANTS, BUT THEY'RE FOR OTHER PLACES IT'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, MORAGA OR SOMETHING RANDOM, SOME CITY THAT THEY'RE, SOMEONE HAS DECIDED THEY WANNA DO THAT.
SO I'M GONNA START LOOKING AT FOUNDATIONS.
I MEAN, YOU CAN, THERE'S A SIMILAR PROGRAM THAT I HAVE THAT YOU CAN LOOK UP, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN IN ARTS IN A CITY OR SOMETHING, YOU CAN PUT IN SPECIFIC PARAMETERS AND FIND OUT WHAT FAMILY FOUNDATION IS GONNA DONATE.
BECAUSE LIKE PROFESSIONALLY, I'VE FOUND THAT MOST FUNDING IS GOING TO NO LONGER COME TO SMALL DOLLAR DONORS.
IT'S GOING TO BE FAMILY OFFICES.
PEOPLE ARE PUTTING THEIR MONEY IN FAMILY FOUNDATIONS 'CAUSE IT'S A TAX WRITE OFF.
SO THAT'S WHAT EVERYTHING IS BECOMING.
SO ALL MAJOR DONORS ARE GONNA GO THROUGH FAMILY FOUNDATIONS.
SO I'M JUST GONNA TRY TO START LOOKING FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BASED FAMILY FOUNDATIONS THAT ARE REALLY ART CENTERED AND, AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIMES THEY'RE JUST LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SPEND THEIR MONEY.
AND IF WE CAN GET ON THAT LIST IN FRONT OF THEM, THAT'D BE GREAT.
WELL LET'S, UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF THE, UM, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE NEA GRANT.
'CAUSE IT'D BE NICE TO START ACTUALLY DIVING INTO THAT.
UM, THE NEXT THING WE HAVE IS THE KENWORTH PARK PUBLIC ART PROJECT.
UH, WE HAVE NO UPDATES FOR THIS SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, MARY MUL FULLER MCCHESNEY IS NEXT, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE ONGOING LOOKING AT SITES TO RECEIVE THE ART SITES THAT ARE, UM, BEING DEVELOPED OR, OR CHANGED THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO PIGGYBACK ON INTO PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY GOING ON THAT THE CITY IS FUNDING, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, SORT OF BRING THESE, UM, SCULPTURES IN.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER MEETING, MELISSA AND I, IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS HOPEFULLY, AND SORT OF DO A ROUNDUP AND RECALIBRATE ALL THE PIECES THAT WE HAVE LEFT AND WHERE WE WANNA PUT THEM.
WE'RE GONNA REVISIT THE SITES AND ACTUALLY SEE IF WE CAN SELECT, UM, SOME BETTER IDEAS.
WE'VE HAD THE PEACE CORPS AT THE SE THE SENIOR CENTER LAST YEAR.
A LOT OF PIECES HAVE GONE TO THE LIBRARY.
UM, AS WE KNOW THERE'S A SCHOOL THAT'S INTERESTED ON THE WEST SIDE, WE'D LIKE TO GET A SCHOOL ON THE EAST SIDE AND MAYBE DO THE COYOTE, THE TWO COYOTE GODDESSES ON EITHER SIDE OF, UM, PETALUMA.
AND, UM, BUT, AND THEN OF COURSE THE VERY LARGE ABSTRACT TOTEM THAT IS, UH, SCHEDULED TO GO INTO THE FIRE STATION OVER ON WHAT IS THAT MCDOWELL.
SO I THINK IN A NUTSHELL, THAT'S IT.
IF I'M LEAVING ANYTHING OUT CHAIR, UM, I MEAN, SIDE NOTE, MY OFFICE IS BY THE ASTRO MOTEL.
SO RECENTLY I'VE GONE BY TWICE TO LOOK AT THIS STUFF BECAUSE IT'S SO COOL IF, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, YOU SHOULD GO LOOK AT ANYBODY.
BUT IT'S, I'VE ALSO BEEN MENTIONING TO PEOPLE AND SO NOW PEOPLE IN CENTER ROSA ARE MORE AWARE THAT IT'S THERE.
AND I'VE HEARD MOST PEOPLE SAY, WHY ISN'T IT GONNA STAY HERE? AND I THOUGHT, WELL, 'CAUSE YOU DON'T GET TO KEEP IT.
BUT IT IS, IT'S SUCH A PERFECT SPOT WHERE IT IS.
NOT FOREVER, BUT IT'S JUST A REALLY LOVELY PLACE TO GO BY.
I'M CURRENTLY TRYING TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING AT LEAST THE EASIER TO MOVE PIECES BACK TO PETALUMA AND HAVE THEM ON DISPLAY SO WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE SPONSORSHIP.
I ALSO THINK IT MIGHT BE RELEVANT TO REACH OUT TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ROTARY, UM, KIWANIS SEE IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST IN SPONSORING.
I DID GET A QUOTE, WHICH I INCLUDED IN, UH, MY STAFF REPORT TWO MEETINGS AGO THAT WAS FOR $2,500 FOR MOVING AND RESTORATION ON THE SHAPE.
TOTEM REBUILDING TOGETHER IS OFFERED TO PARTNER FOR INSTALLATION AT THE FIRE STATION.
WE WOULD JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S ENGINEERED PROPERLY.
UM, SO THERE WILL BE SOME COST TO IT.
SO I'M WORKING WITH FIRE CHIEF JEFF SHACK TO JUST FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT'S GONNA BE AT.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF BIG THINGS HAPPEN AT THE END OF THE LAST YEAR THAT TOOK UP A LOT OF MY TIME.
AND SO NOW I'M READY TO GO BACK IN AND GET THIS RESOLVED.
I SEE THE MARY FULLER MCCHESNEY PLACEMENTS AND THE RIVER PAR, THE RIVER ARCH PLACEMENTS AS REALLY IMPORTANT TO WRAP UP THIS YEAR FOR US.
AND I THINK IF WE CAN IDENTIFY AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY THEM, I'M SURE THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD COME
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TO MEET OUR NEEDS.I THINK WE ALL HAVE A VESTED INTEREST AND HAVING THESE PIECES DISPLAYED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT'S TIME TO GET THEM OFFSITE.
SO RATHER THAN PUT THEM IN STORAGE, IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO MOVE THEM EXPEDIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
I WOULD ALSO ASK WHAT WE'RE OH, DEFINITELY.
ANYBODY WHO HAS ANY IDEAS, I THINK IT'D BE NICE TO DRAFT A, AN IDEA OF HOW WE'D LIKE TO DO IT AND GET SOME BIDS ON FOR INSTALLATION AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH A, WITH AN ASK.
AND IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO DO THAT AS A COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT REALLY D PUTS THE PUBLIC AND PUBLIC ART IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND IT ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH AND COMPLETE THAT, UH, GOAL AND IDEALS THAT WE SET OUT THERE FOR THE COLLECTION.
ONE THING TO ADD, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, UH, A GALLERY INSTALLATION AT THE ART CENTER, UM, FOR SOME OF THE MERRY PIECES AS SORT OF A WAY WE WERE GONNA BRIDGE OUR, YOU KNOW, UM, TRYING TO CREATE THIS IDEA OF THE WALKING TOUR OF PETALUMA ART.
UM, BUT THE ART CENTER IS BOOKED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO IF, IF WE WERE THINKING OF PUTTING MARY'S PIECES IN THERE THAT THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
AND I'D HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM ALL LOCATED INTO A, A SITE HOME BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
SOME OF IT ARE TRYING TO KEEP IT ON PUBLICLY OWNED PROPERTY IF WE CAN.
THAT'S REALLY, IT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE DO IS WE PLACE ART ON PUBLIC WHEN WE DO HAVE THE 1% COME FROM DEVELOPERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE PROJECTS ON SITE, THAT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEM ON PRIVATELY HELD SITES.
BUT AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED, WE TRY TO KEEP A PUBLIC, UH, LIKE A PUBLICLY OWNED SITE.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH SCHOOLS AND BUILDINGS THAT ARE WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AND PARK.
WE CAN LOCATE IT JUST SO IT'S NOT IN SANTA ROSA, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING TO DO, IS THAT WE, WE ARE IDENTIFYING PARTNERS FOR A POTENTIAL PROGRAM WHERE WE COULD DISPLAY ART, BUT IT'S SO PRELIMINARY, I HATE TO EVEN TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE MIGHT NECESSARILY DO.
BUT IN, IN THE INTERIM, WE COULD TAKE PICTURES, WE COULD COULD PUT IT ON OUR SITE ON THE MARY PAGE AND WORK ON IT THAT WAY.
SO I THINK THAT THERE, I THINK WITHIN A YEAR IS REALISTIC FOR GETTING THESE PLACED.
WE'RE JUST IDENTIFYING PARTNERS AND WE'RE PICKING PROJECTS THAT WILL WORK FOR US AND NOT REQUIRE TOO MUCH ENGINEERING OR TOO MUCH, UM, YOU KNOW, INVASIVENESS THAT ADDS TO THE EXPENSE OF THE INSTALLATION.
UH, AND MOVING FORWARD TO RIVER ARCH, I THINK WE, YOU JUST TOUCHED ON THAT.
ARE THERE ANY THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? UM, KEVIN OR MELISSA? ACTUALLY, UH, NOTHING FROM ME.
I JUST CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD WITH WHERE THE PROJECT IS OUT FOR CLEANING UP THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL AND HOPING THAT WE CAN FIND IDENTIFIED FUNDS TO SUPPORT OUR SHARED MISSION.
BUT AS I HAD SAID BEFORE, SEVERAL OF THE PIECES ARE CURRENTLY AT THE WIZARD OF METALS LOCATION JUST ADJACENT BEHIND A FENCE.
SO WE'RE PROTECTING THEM AS BEST WE CAN UNTIL WE CAN GET THEM IN.
HE HAS OFFERED TO HELP WITH INSTALLATION ONCE WE IDENTIFY THE LOT LINE AND HOW WE'RE GONNA PLACE THEM, WHICH IS GONNA BE IN COORDINATION ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
THERE'S, THERE'S A, AN OVERARCHING GOAL WITHIN THE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE THE TRAIL REALLY ACCESSIBLE AND SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL FOR ALL.
SO THAT REQUIRES, YOU KNOW, AN APPROACH TO LIGHTING TO HOW THE PATHS ARE BEING TREATED.
SO WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER AND THIS IS VERY MUCH PART OF THAT AND WE'RE READY WITH A PLAN WHENEVER IT LINES UP.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR RIGHT NOW, IS THAT ALL OF IT LINES UP AND WE'RE, WE'RE THERE WITH WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY PUT FORWARD.
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UH, CLOSE THAT, UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO STAFF COMMENT.UM, I'M GONNA HAND IT OFF TO YOU, MELISSA, OUR PUBLIC ART SPECIALIST.
FOR SOME REASON IT'S JUST TAKING A MOMENT TO OPEN, BUT I CAN GET STARTED.
I, I HAVE THE, THE DOCUMENT SO IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO JUST TALK AND SEE.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH FINE BALANCE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS SOME VANDALISM THAT OCCURRED, UH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11TH THROUGH THE WIRING.
I NOTICED IT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
UM, I TRY TO DRIVE BY THERE PRETTY FREQUENTLY AND ONE OF THE TUBS, THE SOUTHERN BATHTUB WAS DAMAGED IN THE WIRING.
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MY FRIEND, UH, MIKE HOLLABAUGH, WHO HAD DONE THE ORIGINAL SOLAR FOR IT, AND HE SAID, YES, THE WIRES HAVE BEEN REACHED INTO AND DAMAGED.AND SO HE CAME OUT AND FIXED THEM AS A VOLUNTEER AND SEALED THE TOP OF THE ELECTRICAL BOX.
IT'S BOLTED DOWN NOW, SO HOPEFULLY NO ONE WILL CONTINUE TO DO, TAKE THOSE EFFORTS.
ALSO, THE PLAQUE, IT'S A VERY BEAUTIFUL BLONDE BRONZE PLAQUE, HAS BEEN VANDALIZED WITH MULTIPLE SCRATCHES, DEFACING THE W THE WRITING, UM, PETAL IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED AND A SURVEILLANCE VEHICLE WILL RETURN TO THE SITE UNTIL OUR ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT INSTALLATION OF A CAMERA ARE COMPLETE.
AT ONE POINT, UH, THE FOUNDRY WHARF MANAGEMENT HAD OFFERED TO POTENTIALLY PUT A CAMERA IN ON SITE.
SO IF THE CITY, UM, IS INCAPABLE AT THIS MOMENT TO DO THAT, I'M, I'M GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT CONVERSATION.
UM, THE PLAQUE IS STILL LEGIBLE.
I JUST THINK WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO LOOK AT DARKENING THE INDENTED LETTERING TO MAKE IT MORE LEGIBLE.
UM, BUT WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO BE VIGILANT, TO PROTECT THE PARK AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT IF WE DO FIND OUT WHO THE PERPETRATORS ARE, THEY WILL BE PROSECUTED.
THIS IS A PUBLIC ASSET AND IT WILL BE RESTORED IN THE EVENT THAT IS VANDALIZED, WOVEN STORIES.
THE PLAQUE IS ORDERED, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE COMING IN THE NEXT WEEK AND WE WILL INSTALL IT AT THE SITE.
WE WERE, WE INCLUDED A LANGUAGE OF A LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, MUCH LIKE, MUCH LIKE WHAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER DI COMMITTEE MEMBER DIGGS SHARED WITH US AND, UM, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
AND IT ALSO INCLUDES A QUOTE FROM RUDY ABOUT THE PROJECT.
AND SO IT'S A VERY SWEET COMPONENT FOR THE STUDENTS TO ENJOY IN ANY GUESTS.
IT ALSO INCLUDES A NEARBY QR CODE TO LINK TO THE PAGE, THE KENNEL WITH PLAYGROUND PUBLIC ART.
UM, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THE KENILWORTH MURAL DOES HAVE, UM, SOME, A SURVEY OUT RIGHT NOW TO PROVIDE DESI DESIGN INPUT.
WE HAD OUR MEETING AT THE PETALUMA LIBRARY ON TUESDAY NIGHT, ENGAGING THE PUBLIC.
APPROXIMATELY 28 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDED AND PROVIDED POST-IT NOTES ABOUT A VARIETY OF INTEREST.
IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY PRETTY GREAT TO HEAR WHAT ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE FELT ABOUT THE SITE.
THERE WAS A CALL FOR IT TO HAVE A NATURAL ELEMENT.
THERE WAS, UH, CALLS FOR THE HISTORY TO BE PRESENTED.
THERE WERE A LOT OF YOUTH VOICES WHO SAID, WE REALLY WANT YOUTH REPRESENTATION.
THERE WAS A REALLY COOL LADY WHO CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO WAS, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE SPOKEN WORD.
SHE WAS GIVING HER INFORMATION ABOUT POLLINATORS AND HOW, YOU KNOW, THE BEES AND THE BEATLES AND THE MONARCHS ALL POLLINATE THE SITE AND HOW, UM, BOOKS POLLINATE PEOPLE AND HOW THEY ELDERLY POLLINATE THE YOUTH WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUTURE AND ABOUT THE PAST.
AND IT WAS REALLY AN INTERESTING THING TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE COME.
UM, ANOTHER ARTIST WHO'S NEARBY CITY HALL CAME DOWN FOR THE EVENING AND TALKED ABOUT HOW BOOKS CAN, YOU KNOW, CHARACTERS FROM BOOKS CAN TELL STORIES THAT COMMUNICATE OUR VALUES AND SUGGESTED SOME BOOKS OR IDEAS THAT WOULD FIT INTO THAT.
SO AT THIS POINT WE HAVE A SURVEY OPEN.
I'M, I'M THINKING WE'LL HAVE IT OPEN FOR ANOTHER WEEK UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY.
AND THEN WE'LL PROVIDE ALL CONTENT TO THE ARTIST FOR THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE PIECE.
THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THOUGH, AND I HOPE THAT MORE PEOPLE ENGAGE.
UM, THE SURVEYS AVAILABLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND I CAN ADD THE SURVEY TO OUR WEBPAGE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS IT THERE AND I'LL PUT THAT UP TOMORROW.
UM, THERE ARE NO UPDATES FOR THE TRAFFIC CALMING PUBLIC ART, THE RIVER ARCH.
I HAVE ALREADY GIVEN YOU UPDATES THAT I HAD FOR RIGHT NOW.
UM, NO UPDATES FOR THE MURAL WALL ALONG RIDGE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
EXCEPT FOR THAT WE'RE FINISHING OUR, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH JOHNNY HIRSCH GOAL.
A PRETTY GREAT COMPONENT THAT I'M NOT SURE WE COVERED AT OUR LAST MEETING WAS THAT, UM, DREW HALTER, OUR UM, PARKS DIRECTOR REACHED OUT AND SAID HE HAD SOME, UM, PEOPLE WHO WERE DOING COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS FOR, UM, VANDALIZING LAKEHORN PARK THAT ASKED IF WE CAN COMBINE EFFORTS AND HAVE THEM ENGAGE IN THIS PROJECT.
AND THE ARTIST, JOHNNY HIRSCH MUGGLE WAS COMPLETELY SUPPORTIVE AND SAID HE ALSO HAD TWO STUDENT VOLUNTEERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET COMMUNITY HOURS FOR SCHOOL TO GET THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS.
IT'S USUALLY FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED HOURS OF SERVICE OVER YOUR SPAN AT HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, SO THAT WAS KIND OF WONDERFUL TO JUST HAVE THE, THE MURALS BAR, THIS KIND OF OPPORTUNITY SPUR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, PEOPLE WHO CLEARLY WANNA BE MAKING ART
SO WE ARE GONNA CHANNEL THAT ENERGY, UM, THE KELLER
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STREET GARAGE.I'M VERY EXCITED TO UPDATE YOU THAT REBUILDING TOGETHER WORK CREW WILL BEGINNING, BEGIN HAND CLEANING THE MURAL WITH SOAP AND WATER NEXT WEEK.
AND THEN, UM, THE ARTIST RYAN PETERSON WILL TAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT REPAIRS NEED TO BE PROVIDED AND THEY WILL WORK TOGETHER TO GET THE MURAL UPDATED.
WE'RE HOPING, HOPING IT'LL BE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WEATHER AND ACCESS.
UM, SO WE ASK THAT VANDALISM, PLEASE BE CURTAILED ON THE KELLER STREET GARAGE SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH CLEANING IT UP AND BEAUTIFYING IT.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU SAW THAT THERE'S BEEN PLANTINGS NEXT BETWEEN THE KELLER STREET GARAGE AND KAPU THAT ARE REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
LIKE IT, IT REALLY CLEANED UP THE SITE AND MADE IT MUCH MORE INVITING.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER AND BRING THAT MURAL BACK UP TO THE STANDARD ONCE HAD.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT GONNA BE COMPLETELY RESTORED, BUT A LOT OF THE MOST ENHANCED GRAFFITI LOCATIONS ARE GOING TO BE CLEARED UP.
UM, AS FAR AS NAGA, EVERYTHING'S GOING WELL.
THE ARTIST CAME AND RECENTLY CLEANED UP THE SITE.
UM, SO A LOT OF HER MATERIALS HAVE BEEN MOVED AWAY AND IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO ACCESS.
IT'S NOW COMPLETELY OPEN TO PUBLIC VIEW.
UM, VERY EXCITING THAT I'VE HAD A GROUP OF PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS REACH OUT A A PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB AND THEY ASK WHAT OUR SCHEDULE IS FOR HAVING NAGA UP AND THEY'RE GONNA COME DOWN AND DO A PHOTO SESSION.
UM, I ASK THAT THEY SHARE THEIR PHOTOS WITH US SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK.
BUT I HAVE, EVERY DAY I SEE POSTS OF PEOPLE'S PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE SITE AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE A REALLY SPECIAL THING THAT PEOPLE HAPPEN UPON AND SHARE, AND IT, IT VERY ORGANICALLY HAS BEEN GROWING.
UM, CJ THE ARTIST HAS ASKED THAT MAYBE WE DO A CLOSING PARTY SINCE, UH, WEATHER WAS A LITTLE HARSH ON HER OPENING PARTY FUNDRAISER AT LUMA ICE, BUT IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO COME AND SPEAK WITH THEIR TEAM ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND ABOUT THE PROCESS.
WE REALLY WANNA KEEP THIS IDEA OPEN THAT WE'RE A COMMUNITY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ARTISTS AND THAT WE SUPPORT ARTISTS WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH A COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHERE WE AT, WE'RE AT WITH OUR, UH, OUR BUDGET AND FINANCES.
AND SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO BRING BIG ART HERE AND KIND OF SHOCK THE COMMUNITY WITH CAPABILITY AND INSPIRATION.
UM, THE KILLER STREET, OR I'M SORRY, THE KENILWORTH TEEN MURAL.
WE'VE COVERED, UM, THE MARY FULLER MCCHESNEY WE'VE COVERED.
UM, AND THAT'S MY UPDATE FOR RIGHT NOW.
THE, UH, LUMA ICE, UM, ARTWORKS THAT WERE AVAILABLE THERE HAVE ALL BEEN PUT INTO STORAGE FOR USE NEXT YEAR.
UM, INFLATABLE WHO DID THE ARTISTIC, UM, INFLATABLE INSTALLATION THERE, HAS CLEARED UP HIS ITEMS WITH A FEW STARS STILL REMAINING FOR A BENEFIT THIS WEEK, UM, CALLED FOOD NOT FENTANYL, IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO GO DOWN AND HAVE THAT.
AND THEN THE, UM, CITY IS HOPING TO HAVE A MOVIE NIGHT TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH AT THE SITE BEFORE THE TENTS GO AWAY FOR, FOR THE YEAR.
SO, UM, IT'S A NICE CLOSE CLOSEOUT TO WHAT WAS REALLY SPECTACULAR WINTER EVENT AND, UM, I'M REALLY GLAD WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ART ARTISTIC ELEMENTS INTO IT.
I ALSO WANNA ADD THAT DURING COMMITTEE COMMENTS.
IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF YOU GUYS WANNA TALK ABOUT PROJECTS OR ARTWORKS OR OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IT'S A REALLY GREAT PLATFORM TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE OBSERVED.
I MEAN, CLEARLY I'M NOT OBSERVING EVERYTHING HAPPENING HERE, AND YOU REALLY HAVE FEET ON THE FLOOR IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT ARTISTIC COMMUNITIES, AND SO IT'S REALLY NICE FOR US TO GET A WINDOW INTO THAT AND BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS AS A PLATFORM TO THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE.
SO THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, CODY.
THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE AN INTERESTING YEAR FOR US, WHEREAS LAST YEAR WAS A LOT ABOUT ACQUISITION.
I THINK THIS YEAR IS ABOUT ACTIVATION.
OUR BUDGET IS LOW, OUR FUNDS ARE LOW, AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF NEW PROJECTS COMING THROUGH PETALUMA THAT WILL ADD TO OUR FUND, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES.
MELISSA WAS JUST SPEAKING ABOUT THE, THE NAGA THING.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE APPROACHED BECAUSE WE'RE AN ART WELCOMING TOWN, AND AS A COMMITTEE WE NEED TO REALLY, AS WE GO ABOUT TOWN OR YOU KNOW, WANDERING AROUND OR WHATEVER, READING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN, UM, FULFILL OUR ROLE OF BRINGING ART TO PETALUMA THAT IS SCRAPPY AND, YOU KNOW, NOT ALWAYS, UM, CONVENTIONAL.
SO MELISSA HAS SO MANY GREAT IDEAS AND SHE'S EX, YOU KNOW, RUBBING UP AGAINST THESE, THESE PROPOSALS AND THINGS ON A DAILY BASIS.
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I THINK THE REST OF US ARE INCUMBENT TO REALLY THINK ABOUT, UM, HOW WE GET ART INTO PETALUMA.YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T DONE A LOT WITH, UM, PERFORMING ARTS ON THIS COMMITTEE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL VISUAL ART AND I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SORT OF TIE THE TIE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND, UM, I, I KNOW THERE ARE MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND IT'S UP TO US TO REALLY CONSIDER, UM, WAYS TO BE CREATIVE WITHIN THIS BODY AND WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AND CHALLENGE EVERYBODY TO COME UP WITH AN IDEA FOR EVERY MEETING.
YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE A SMALL MEETING, UH, IDEA, SOMETHING YOU'VE SEEN SOMEWHERE, A SPACE THAT YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU NOTICE JUST IN WANT OF, UM, ARTISTIC ACTIVATION OR, YOU KNOW, A RANDOM IDEA THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OR SOME PEOPLE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE KNOW OF OR THOUGHT ABOUT.
BUT LET'S REALLY PUT ON OUR THINKING CAPS AND, AND TRY AND BRING THIS, UM, COMMITTEE TO A NEW LEVEL OF ART ACTIVATION.
UM, I THINK A LOT OF TIMES OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT IN FRONT OF US IF WE, IF WE SEE IT.
UM, I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT THAT A PART OF OUR, UM, ORDINANCE AND MASTER PLAN SUPPORT AND EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TO THE ART, AND NOW THAT WE DO HAVE A COLLECTION REALLY TOGETHER, IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO PUT TOGETHER THAT EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT.
I KNOW YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT AN APP, BUT IT ALSO, UH, COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS AN AN ARTS DOCENT LED TOUR AND IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT JUST REALLY DEMONSTRATES WHAT INVESTMENT IS TAKING PLACE TO DATE FROM THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE AND THE CITY OF PETALUMA'S PUBLIC ART FUND.
SO, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO GROW.
I KNOW CHERYL IS AN EDUCATOR AND SO THAT MIGHT BE A GREAT PROJECT TO LIKE KIND OF COMMINGLE IDEAS AND, AND REALLY PUT THAT OUT THERE.
DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE A NUMBER ON IT, IT'S JUST CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND THE ART THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN.
THERE'S ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION.
IF ANYBODY HAS NOT YET BEEN TO THE NAPA, UM, LIGHTED ART, I'M GOING TOMORROW.
I WOULD LOVE TO GO CHECK IT OUT.
I HAVEN'T GOTTEN OVER THERE YET, BUT IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO, I'D BE UP FOR IT.
IT'S THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN NAPA.
THEY HAVE, UM, LED ILLUMINATED ART RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S, IT'S UP FOR THE REST OF MAYBE MID, SO FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY 18, MID FEBRUARY.
I THINK IT'S VISIT NAPA IS THE WEBSITE THAT HAS INFORMATION, BUT IT'S REALLY COOL.
AND I DID ATTEND IT LAST WEEKEND.
THERE'S NINE LOCATIONS THAT ARE MAINLY IN THE CORE OF DOWNTOWN NAPA SPREADING OUT TO OXBOW MARKET, BUT THERE'S AMAZING STUFF.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, LIGHTED SCULPTURE AND THERE'S VIDEO INSTALLATION AND THERE'S ALSO THIS INCREDIBLE PIECE THAT, UM, TANNER ACTUALLY HAS BROUGHT UP THE IDEA OF DOING A MAPPING VIDEO OF A, OF A BUILDING.
AND IT'S A CHURCH THAT'S DOWNTOWN AND IT'S JUST PHENOMENAL.
AND I WAS JUST WOWED AND IT WAS PERFECT FOR KIDS.
IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY TO GET FEET ON THE FLOOR IN NAPA TOO.
I WAS REALLY INSPIRED WITH HOW IT DREW SO MANY PEOPLE WE'RE NOT OFTEN DOWN THERE UNFORTUNATELY.
AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO JUST GO AND CHECK IT OUT AND SEE THEIR RIVER ENHANCEMENTS AND HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY'VE DEVELOPED ALONG THE RIVER.
I WENT AND CHECKED IT OUT AS WELL.
IT WAS NICE TO SEE A SMALLER TOWN, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TO THE ONE IN SAN FRANCISCO A LOT AND THAT ONE'S MASSIVE AND THE BUILDINGS ARE, ARE HUGE, BUT JUST SEEING HOW THEY, THEY DID THE LIGHT INSTALLATIONS ON A PERSONAL LEVEL AND THAT YOU'RE WALKING UP TO AND INTERACTING WITH.
UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT? I THINK THAT'S IT FOR, UH, STAFF COMMENT.
THANK YOU, UM, MELISSA, FOR KEEPING ALL THE BALLS IN THE AIR WITH OUR PROJECTS.
UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU NEXT WEEK.
ALSO, AT ONE POINT YOU HAD OPEN HOURS ON MONDAYS.
ARE YOU STILL DOING THAT? YES, I'D BE HAPPY TO.
I THINK, UM, MONDAYS FROM FOUR TO FIVE.
FOUR TO FIVE, I USUALLY TRY TO BE DONE BY FIVE.
IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO MEET IN THE EVENINGS, I CAN ALWAYS MAKE TIME.
UM, JUST LET ME KNOW IN ADVANCE SO I HAVE TIME TO SCHEDULE IT INTO CHILDCARE.
OKAY, GUESS WHAT I THINK, UM, IF WE'RE ALL FINISHED THEN WE CAN ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 8:05 PM THANK YOU.