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JUST GONNA PUT THIS HERE SO WE CAN GET THE RECORDING, OR I CAN HOLD IT FOR US.
SO FOR THE OATH OF OFFICE, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU GO AHEAD AND REPEAT AFTER ME, AND YOU GUYS CAN GO TOGETHER.
SO DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THAT I, THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND.
DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA, THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOR AND DOMESTIC AGAINST, AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE, THAT I BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA, THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES, DISCHARGE, DISCHARGE, THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WELCOME TO TWO NEW MEMBERS, ONE TECHNICALLY NEW MEMBER, UH, BRIANNA AND ONE, UH, BRIANNA WEAVER.
AND CODY CHISHOLM, WHO IS COMING BACK, BUT THIS TIME, FULL-TIME ON, UH, THE COMMITTEE FROM PARKS WHERE HE PREVIOUSLY WAS OUR LIAISON.
AND NOW I WILL ASK, UH, CLERK OROZCO TO TAKE THE ROLE PLEASE.
COMMITTEE MEMBER COLE IRON PRESENT COMMITTEE MEMBER KM, PRESENT COMMITTEE MEMBER BOGER.
ABSENT COMMITTEE MEMBER LELAND, ABSENT COMMITTEE MEMBER WEAVER PRESENT COMMITTEE MEMBER GREENSPAN.
UM, NOW I WILL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE FOR THURSDAY, JULY 24TH, 2025.
UH, TODAY WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR CITY OF PETALUMA COMMITTEE WORK INVOLVES THE UNSEATED LAND THAT IS THE ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF THE COAST, ME WALK PEOPLE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO THOSE WHO'VE 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.
SO, SORRY, I WAS A LITTLE OFF, OFF AGENDA THERE, BUT I THINK WE GOT THROUGH IT WELL ENOUGH.
UM, WE HAVEN'T MET SINCE JANUARY, SO THINGS ARE A LITTLE RUSTY UP HERE.
YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO LOOK, OVERLOOK IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE, UH, MEETING ITEM NUMBER TWO.
THIS IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION, UH, OUR OFFICER ELECTIONS.
TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO ELECT CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE, OF 25 26, UH, TERM.
I WILL NOW TURN THIS OVER TO PUBLIC ART SPECIALIST, MELISSA ABER ABERCROMBIE, FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS, UM, ELECTION.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU TONIGHT, AND WE'RE MISSING OUR OTHER MEMBERS, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ALL BACK TOGETHER IN JULY.
CURRENTLY ANN SERVES AS CHAIR AND CHERYL SERVES AS VICE CHAIR.
UM, BUT IT IS OPEN TO ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE SOMEONE FROM THE PANEL TO BE INVOLVED.
YES, CHERYL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION? UM, WELL, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE AND DIGS TO SERVE.
AGAIN, WE, I THINK WE'VE ONLY MET TWO, THREE TIMES AND I'D LOVE TO GIVE HER A LONGER OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS CHAIR.
SECOND, WOULD WE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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SAY AYE.AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO VICE CHAIR.
VICE CHAIR SERVES AS CHAIR IN THE EVENT THE CHAIR CANNOT ATTEND A MEETING.
AND WOULD ANY MEMBERS LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION? I WOULD, UM, FIRST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, LETTING ME SIT HERE FOR ANOTHER TERM.
UM, I APPRECIATE IT AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE CHERYL, UM, BECAUSE, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER COLD IRON HAS BEEN HERE AS LONG AS I HAVE, AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE FROM THE, THE COMMITTEE, AND I THINK YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE FROM YOU.
WE HAVE FOUR VOTES AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT MEETING ITEM.
I THINK THE NEXT MEETING ITEM IS, UM, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I THINK WE PROBABLY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT FROM, UM, OUR NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
IF YOU COULD, WOULDN'T MIND INTRODUCING YOURSELF TO, UM, ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE LISTENING TO, TO THIS, UM, OR, UH, TO THE COMMITTEE.
'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T MET YOU, SO WE'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT BREE.
I'M SO HAPPY TO BE SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE.
I'VE LIVED HERE IN PETALUMA NOW FOR SIX YEARS IN SONOMA COUNTY FOR A LITTLE OVER 10.
UM, I GREW UP IN NORTHERN MENDOCINO COUNTY, WHICH REALLY INSTILLED A LOVE FOR OUR AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR A PERMANENT PLACE TO CALL HOME, IT KIND OF MADE PETALUMA THE PERFECT STOP FOR ME.
UM, SO I LIVE IN MIDTOWN, UH, WITH MY FAMILY THERE, AND I WORK FOR PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS.
SO REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR CHILDREN AND, UM, THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN ART AND COMMUNITY AND HAVING A VOICE IN THOSE DECISIONS.
AND IN MY FREE TIME, I'M A, A CERAMICIST AND I TRAIN MY DOG BERKELEY, WHO IS OUR NEW THERAPY DOG FOR PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS.
WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS.
UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE OPEN AND REQUIRING A LOT OF DIFFERENT SKILL SETS, SO WHERE WHENEVER, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S INTERESTING TO YOU, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN, UM, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT SUBCOMMITTEES LATER ON.
BUT IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF HONE IN ON A COUPLE PROJECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF PIQUE YOUR INTEREST.
AND CODY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANOTHER SORT OF INTRO FOR THE BENEFIT OF, OF BEING DULY ELECTED AGAIN TO, OR, OR APPOINTED? SURE.
THIS IS ENTERING MY SEVENTH YEAR AS A CITY COMMISSIONER, AND THIS LAST YEAR I THINK HAS BEEN THE ONE THAT I'VE DONE THE, GOT TO DO THE MOST IN THE COMMISSIONS THAT I'M WITH.
AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC ART AND PARKS AND REC BECAUSE I'M WORKING ON A LOT OF REALLY EXCITING PROJECTS THAT, UH, WILL BE COMING TO FRUITION.
AND IT'S SO GREAT TO JUST BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY USE THESE POSITIONS TO GET THINGS DONE, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY.
WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE GENERAL PUB, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMITTEE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE.
TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES.
SO I'M GONNA OPEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND, UM, ASK ANY SPEAKERS.
I SEE NO ONE OUT THERE, SO NO NEED FOR SPEAKER CARDS.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO IS ONLINE THAT WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT? NO.
SO I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, ONLINE VIEWERSHIP, BUT WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS DURING THIS MEETING, UM, FROM ANY OUTSIDE COMMITTEES OR CBBS.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
NOW WE ARE MOVING TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR JANUARY 23RD, 2025 MEETING.UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MEMBERS PRESENT SINCE WE NOW HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO APPROVE THE MEETINGS OF MEMBERS THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE.
WE DO NOT, UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WE DON'T NEED, UH, THOSE MEMBERS TO BE HERE.
UM, AS LONG AS WE HAVE A QUORUM AND ENOUGH PEOPLE AGREE WITH, UM,
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WHAT IS THERE AND NO EDITS ARE NEEDED, THEN THEY CAN BE, UM, APPROVED AS IS BY THE CHAIR.I'LL, I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE AS IS SECOND.
THE, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS PUBLISHED.
UH, SO WE WILL CLOSE ITEM NUMBER THREE
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
AND CONTINUE ON TO, UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR.THIS IS ONE, THE FIRST OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A PRESENTATION THAT I'M GONNA GIVE, AND IT'S A FOLLOW UP FOR, UM, THE EXHIBIT WE OPENED AT THE PETALUMA ARTS CENTER LAST THURSDAY.
IT'S CALLED PLACEMAKING THROUGH PUBLIC ART, A SURVEY OF PETALUMA'S PUBLIC ART.
AND IF YOU ALL WANNA LOOK AT YOUR SCREENS, I'M GONNA JUST STEP YOU THROUGH IT.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A MAP, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR A COUPLE YEARS HERE AT LEAST.
UM, AND PLANTED THE SEED IN THE ART CENTER'S, UM, AGENDA OR PROGRAMMING A LONG TIME AGO, AND WE FINALLY FIGURED OUT, UM, A WAY TO DO IT.
UM, IF YOU WANNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, MELISSA.
THE EVENT OPENED, OR THE EXHIBIT THAT IS OPENED ON JULY 17TH, WHICH WAS LAST THURSDAY AT THE ART CENTER, TWO 30 LAKEVILLE STREET.
UM, AND IT WILL RUN THROUGH AUGUST 23RD.
THIS IS SOME OF THE, UM, COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE PUT ON MOST ALL OF OUR OUTGOING MATERIALS, AND ALSO JUST SORT OF WAS THE SPIRIT OF THE, THE EXHIBIT IN AND OF ITSELF.
THE CITY OF PETALUMA HOSTS A TROVE OF PUBLIC ART LINKING OUR PARKS, WATERWAYS, MUNICIPAL SITES, AND EVEN OUR CITIES BACK ALLEYS FROM CLASSICALLY INSPIRED SCULPTURES TO CONTEMPORARY MURALS, UNKNOWN ARTISTS TO GLO GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED CREATORS.
A THREAT OF CREATIVITY WEAVES ITS WAY THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY, OFFERING MOMENTS OF BEAUTY AND THOUGHTFUL INTERACTION FOR ALL THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO DISCOVER IT.
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE PUNCHLINE, THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO DISCOVER IT.
THAT'S WHAT THIS EXHIBIT IS REALLY ADDRESSING.
UM, SOME OF THE SIGNAGE FROM THE EXHIBIT IS ON THIS SLIDE.
UM, IT REALLY JUST TALKS ABOUT WHAT THE PPAC IS, HOW WE CAME TO BE.
UM, WE GO INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ORDINANCE ITSELF AND OUR MISSION, OUR GOALS THAT WE'VE SET.
UM, IT TELLS HOW OUR FUND, HOW OUR MONEY COMES TOGETHER, AND ALSO HOW IT RELATES TO THE FRAMEWORK, UH, THE ARTS, CULTURE AND CREATIVITY FRAMEWORK OF THE DRAFT GENERAL PLAN.
SO, UM, MOST OF THIS IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE AND ALSO PROBABLY IN BOTH OF YOUR PACKETS OR ALL OF OUR PACKETS.
SO IF YOU, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE THIS, UM, PRESENTATION, YOU CAN DIVE DEEPER INTO IT ON YOUR OWN TIME.
BUT THIS IS WHAT THE PUBLIC IS, WAS WELCOMED WITH TO THE SHOW.
SO WE TOOK OVER THE NORTH GALLERY AT THE ART CENTER.
UM, I'M SURE MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE.
YOU WALK IN, IT'S DIRECTLY ON THE LEFT AND TOWARDS THE FRONT, UM, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE, UM, SORT OF THE RECEPTION DESK.
AND THEY HAD A, A REALLY GREAT EXHIBIT IN THE MAIN GALLERY SPACE CALLED, UM, MY WORLD IN BLUE.
UM, IN OUR SPACE, WE WANTED TO REALLY SORT OF DO A SNAPSHOT OF THE PUBLIC ART THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE SCULPTURE, WE HAVE, UH, PAINTED PIECES, WE HAVE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS, AND WE HAVE, UM, A PROJECTION.
THIS WOULD, THESE ARE THREE OF THE SCULPTURES FROM MARY MCCHESNEY, SORRY, THAT, UH, FOUR OF THEM, THE FOUR, THE THREE IN THE FOREGROUND ARE THE TOTEMS THAT WE BROUGHT BACK FROM THE ASTRO.
THEY, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A HOME FOR THEM ON A PUBLIC PROPERTY IN PETALUMA.
SO, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT I'M CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
THE PIECE IN THE BACK IS A BRONZE, IT'S CALLED, UM, COYOTE GODDESS.
THIS PIECE IS ABOUT FIVE FEET, MAYBE FIVE TWO.
AND THIS WILL ULTIMATELY BE AT CHERRY VALLEY SCHOOL.
THEY ARE WORKING ON THIS, UM, EXCITED TO PLACE IT SOMETIME IN THE COMING MONTHS.
SO AGAIN, THESE ARE PIECES FROM MARY MCCHESNEY AND IT'S NICE TO SEE THEM IN PERSON.
WE ALSO HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, JOHNNY HIRSCHEL DID A VERY RECENT, UH, SERIES OF MURALS OUT AT PAYAN AND LYNCH CREEK CALLED SLEW BIRDS.
THIS CROW AND HIS SIGNATURE MAGNOLIA BLOSSOMS. THIS IS VERY MUCH IN HIS STYLE.
UM, WE WANTED TO PUT THIS HERE TO SORT OF REPRESENT HIS WORK, UH, ONE OF THE MORE RECENT MURALS.
AND THESE WERE OVERSIZED, REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
TANNER BOGAR WORKED WITH ME TO PUT THIS, UM, EVENT TOGETHER.
THIS EXHIBIT DID A REALLY NICE JOB.
HE LIFTED THEM OFF THE WALL AND IT REALLY WELCOMED YOU INTO THE SPACE.
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THIS ARTWORK IS ON LOAN.UM, IT WAS, IT ACTUALLY BELONGS TO A CLIENT OF JOHNNY'S, AND THEY WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO LET US USE IT AT THE EXHIBIT.
MICHAEL DARLINGTON, OF COURSE, PITCHED IN.
UM, THIS YOU MAY KNOW, AS PART OF THE SPEEDWAY ARTWORK.
IT'S THE MURAL THAT'S ON THE BACK OF THE BLEACHERS AT THE SPEEDWAY.
HE, HE CUSTOM BUILT THIS AND SHRUNK IT DOWN SO THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN GET A REALLY FEEL FOR, UH, UH, HIS WORK CLOSE AND PERSONAL.
UM, ALL THE PEOPLE FEATURED IN IN THIS ARTWORK ARE FOLKS, YOU KNOW, EMBEDDED IN THE AG COMMUNITY HERE.
IT WAS ABOUT, IT'S AN ODE TO THE FAIRGROUNDS.
UM, I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE NAME HERE, BUT IT'S, UH, OWED TO PET PETALUMA FAIRGROUNDS NUMBER ONE OR SOMETHING.
IT'S OWED TO THE PETALUMA O OWED TO THE FAIRGROUNDS, UM, THE TRUE HEART OF, TRUE HEART OF PETALUMA.
AND I WOULD, JUST FOR CLARIFYING, UM, SOME OF THE IMAGES ARE OF PEOPLE, IT'S ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTIVE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
SO IT'S STUDENTS, NOT NECESSARILY JUST AG, BUT IT'S ALSO THE RACING COMMUNITY, STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, UM, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE WHO COME FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS THERE.
THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT MYSELF.
SO, UM, SO WE HAVE THIS PIECE.
MICHAEL CAME IN, TACKED IT UP ON THE WALL, AND HE TOLD US THAT WE ARE WELCOME TO KEEP IT AFTER THE SHOW SO WE CAN DO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANT WITH IT.
UM, THE WAY THIS EXHIBIT WAS PUT TOGETHER, ALL OF THESE PIECES ARE WE CAN DISMANTLE AND STORE, SO WE CAN ERECT THIS SOMEWHERE ELSE DOWN THE ROAD, WHICH IS REALLY NICE.
I HAVE HAD A REQUEST FOR THE MAP PART IF IT WANTED TO BE PLACED AT CITY HALL AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
OH, THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO DISPLAY IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR CREATING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
UH, THIS IS THE PROJECTION WALL TANNER PUT TOGETHER A NICE LOOP OF A LOT OF OUR MURAL WORK.
UM, OF COURSE, THIS IS MJ AND JOSH LAWYERS, UH, PIECE OVER AT THE TEEN CENTER.
WE HAD THE, THAT MAGNIFICENT MURAL.
THERE ARE JUST A NUMBER OF PIECES IN THERE.
I THINK WE SHOWED NAGA, BUT IT WAS NICE TO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ARTWORK ON THE FLOOR AND I THINK PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE MAP ITSELF.
UM, I WANTED JUST TO SAY THAT ALL THE PRINTING WAS DONATED BY MINUTEMAN.
THEY REALLY DID A GREAT JOB BECAUSE, UM, IT WAS COMPLEX AND OVERSIZED ARTWORK.
UM, BUT THIS IS REALLY WHAT PEOPLE WERE REALLY SURPRISED ABOUT.
UM, HEARD SOME GOT SOME GREAT FEEDBACK, BUT IT SHOWS 51 PIECES OF PUBLIC ART AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.
AND TO SEE THEM ALL IN ONE, UM, ONE GRAPHIC LIKE THIS, I THINK WAS PRETTY, UM, OVERWHELMING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
NOT OVERWHELMING IN THE SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, TOO MUCH TO, TO TAKE IN, BUT FACT THAT I THINK PEOPLE AREN'T REALLY AWARE OF HOW MUCH ARTWORK IS REALLY AROUND TOWN AND HOW MUCH IS IN OUR PUBLIC COLLECTION.
AND WE, NEXT SLIDE, WE ALSO HAVE PRINTED MAPS THAT MELISSA JUST SPOKE OF.
THESE ARE GONNA BE AVAILABLE IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY FOR DOWNLOAD ON OUR PAGE PAGE.
THEY'RE AVAILABLE ON THE, ON THE PETALUMA PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE PAGE.
AND THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE BENCH OUT IN THE HALLWAY.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
SO HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE ONE, I'LL MAKE SURE THEY'RE AVAILABLE HERE.
UM, SO JUST SOME OF THE DETAILS.
I THINK I WENT OVER THE FIRST TWO POINTS.
UM, THE FOURTH BULLET POINT IS THAT WE'VE MADE A LOT OF UPDATES.
UH, PUBLIC ART SPECIALIST ABERCROMBIE HAS MADE A LOT OF UPDATES TO THE PPAC WEBPAGE, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME ARTWORKS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN INCLUDED.
AND REALLY THIS POINTS TO A LARGER PROJECT OF UPDATING ALL THE ARTWORK AROUND TOWN.
WE'VE ALREADY PROBABLY ADDED ANOTHER 10 OR SO JUST IN OUR CONVERSATION SINCE THIS EXHIBIT LAUNCHED.
AND I THINK WE MIGHT EVEN BE ENCOURAGING ARTISTS TO, UM, SUBMIT THEIR OWN ARTWORKS FOR INCLUSION.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT FURTHER.
THE FINAL COMPONENT OF THIS IS A SPEAKER PANEL.
IT WILL BE HELD AT THE ART CENTER.
WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, EIGHT 14 SEEMS TO BE THE DATE.
IT'LL BE IN THE EVENING, FIVE 30 TO SEVEN WITH MEET AND GREET LIGHT REFRESHMENTS.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, UH, A SPEAKER PANEL.
WE'D LIKE TO GET AT LEAST THREE ARTISTS.
WE HAVE ONE FOR SURE, A COUPLE THAT ARE IN THE WINGS.
AND ONCE WE GET CONFIRMATION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, LET EVERYBODY KNOW.
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THAT SHOULD BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR, UM, GET THEIR TAKE ON PUBLIC ART BECAUSE IT'S REALLY SORT OF A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN I THINK MOST FINE ARTISTS WOULD USE TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONED ARTWORK OR EVEN THEIR OWN PERSONAL ARTWORK.PUBLIC ART, I THINK NEEDS ITS OWN, IT'S ITS OWN BEAST.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL, UM, GET SOME PEOPLE TOGETHER TO REALLY, UH, SHINE A LIGHT ON THEIR PROCESS.
AND THEN I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING.
UM, I WANTED TO SORT OF POINT OUT THE REACH OF THIS, THIS EVENT IN THE SOCIAL CHANNELS.
THE PETALUMA ARTS CENTER VIRTUAL AUDIENCE IS OFTEN ARTS LOVING, COMMUNITY MINDED MEMBERS AND VISITORS.
THEY'RE PROBABLY ALREADY AWARE OF WHAT WE DO HERE, UM, FOR THE MOST PART.
AND IT'S A VERY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DEDICATED, UH, AUDIENCE OF ART LOVERS.
THEIR WEEKLY NEWS LETTER HAS OVER 3,500 SUBSCRIBERS.
THEIR FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM, UM, WHICH THEY'RE VERY ACTIVELY POSTING ON.
THEY HAVE 6,000 PLUS FOLLOWERS AND THEY'LL PROBABLY DO FOUR MORE POSTS FOR US OVER THE COMING WEEKS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WILL HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL REACH.
BUT THIS IS ONE THING THAT THEY, THEY, UM, LET US KNOW THAT THE EVENT DREW ROUGHLY 500% MORE VIEWS THAN REGULAR POSTS WITH AN ESTIMATED 5,000 VIEWS.
76.5% WERE FROM NON FOLLOWERS OPENING UP A NEW AUDIENCE.
UM, I THINK WE'RE PARTIALLY TO CREDIT, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE JURIED SHOW.
MY WORLD IN BLUE HAD A, A BIG FOLLOWING AND I FOUND OUT FROM THEM TODAY IT WAS A RECORD BREAKING ATTENDANCE.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE CITY OF PETALUMA VIRTUAL AUDIENCE.
IT TOO IS OPT-IN, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS, TOURISTS, NOT SO ART CENTRIC.
IT'S MORE GENERAL POPULATION AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
UM, THE BIMONTHLY COMMUNITY UPDATE HAS 30,000 PLUS SUBSCRIBERS AND FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM.
YOU CAN SEE THE, THE NUMBERS THERE.
UM, WHEN I CREATED THIS PRESENTATION, THE, THE POST HAD NOT BEEN SCHEDULED YET.
I THINK THERE WAS JUST SOME, THE PERSON WHO USUALLY DOES ALL THE SOCIAL WAS NOT, WAS OUT ON VACATION OR SOMETHING.
BUT I THINK YOU COULD PROBABLY SPEAK TO THIS, MELISSA.
I'VE CREATED A POST THIS WEEK AND THEN, UM, IT'LL BE GOING OUT AND IT'S ALSO GONNA BE LISTED IN THE COMMUNITY UPDATE.
SO OUR COMMUNITY UPDATE THAT'S GOING OUT, I BELIEVE TODAY, THIS EVENING, WILL ALSO INCLUDE SOME INFORMATION WITH THE LINK TO THE ART CENTER EVENTS PAGE.
SO ANYWAY, IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOME METRICS FROM OUR WORK.
'CAUSE TYPICALLY WE DON'T GET THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION.
THE ONSITE VISITORS, UM, IT WAS OVER 300 PEOPLE AT THE OPENING AND THEY GET ABOUT 150 PEOPLE A WEEK TIMES FOUR WEEKS.
AND THAT'S HOW LONG THE SHOW WILL RUN.
SO, UM, IT WAS, IT'S GREAT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE OVER THIS SPACE AND DO THIS PROJECT.
UM, RIGHT NOW, DAVID TEMPLETON OF THE RGU WANTS TO PUT TOGETHER A STORY ABOUT TOURING ALL OF THE PUBLIC ART IN A SINGLE DAY.
HE'S PRETTY JAZZED ABOUT THIS.
AND NEXT WEDNESDAY, UM, WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA MEET HIM AT THE ART CENTER IN THE MORNING.
HE WANTS TO DO A, LIKE A FACEBOOK LIVE KIND OF POST AND TELL HIS FOLLOWS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, AND WE HAVE JOHNNY HERSH AGAIN IS GONNA ESCORT US THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY.
AND THEN I'M LOOKING FOR ANOTHER ARTIST, UM, TO DO THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY.
WE'LL PROBABLY HIT THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN IN THE MORNING.
WE'RE GONNA START AT THE ART CENTER, GO TO SEE HRU, AND THEN WANDER AROUND DOWNTOWN IN THE AFTERNOON, WE'RE GONNA HIT MORE, UM, ALL THE, THE ART ALONG THE EAST SIDE AND UP ON THE, UH, MCDOWELL CORRIDOR, SWING AROUND AT LAGS FOR THE, FOR THE END OF THE DAY.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU GUYS IS YOU PROBABLY SAW CNN TRAVEL RATED PETALUMA AS THE NUMBER SIX, UH, AMERICA'S BEST SMALL TOWNS TO VISIT IN 2025.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD TIE INTO THIS.
MAYBE WE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IF, IF WE CAN REACH OUT TO THAT ARTIST OR THAT WRITER AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS AN ART WALK.
UM, MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE ON YOUR WEBSITE OR SOMETHING.
BUT, UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING MOMENT FOR THAT RECOGNITION.
AND I'D LOVE TO SORT OF, UM, THINK HOW WE CAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN TIE INTO THAT OR SOMEHOW I
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LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT DOWN THE ROAD.IT MIGHT BE WORKING WITH ANOTHER COMMITTEE OR, UM, CBB KIND OF THING.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IN TERMS OF MEDIA IS A CITY OF PETALUMA PODCAST.
AND AGAIN, UM, IS ABERCROMBIE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFO ON THAT.
I'VE PITCHED IT AND I HAVEN'T HEARD YET, SO, SO LET'S SEE.
I'VE BEEN PUTTING THE LINES OUT THERE, SO WE'LL SEE.
AGAIN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, THE VISITOR CENTER MIGHT BE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, UH, JOIN FORCES AND SEE HOW WE CAN, UM, LEVERAGE THIS EXHIBIT WHILE IT'S UP AND USE IT IN THE FUTURE.
UH, NOW IN TERMS OF GRANTS, I KNOW THE GRANTS IS ALWAYS ON OUR LIST AS A SUBCOMMITTEE AND SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA DO.
UM, WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT DOING AN ART TOUR FOR A WHILE.
WE HAVE ALL THE, UH, ALL OF OUR PUBLIC ART LOCATED ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT IT'S NOT VERY INTERACTIVE OR, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE GOOGLE MAP.
AND IT'S, IT'S NOT VERY ENGAGING AND IT CAN BE HARD TO FIND PIECES.
SO THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO GO ABOUT CHANGING THAT.
ONE IS TO WORK FROM THE INSIDE AND SORT OF REWIRE THE PAGE A LITTLE BIT, WHICH WE DO HAVE THE KNOW-HOW ON THIS TEAM.
UM, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE LIMITATIONS WITHIN THE CITY.
THERE'S ALSO THIS GREAT COMPANY I'VE FOUND, IT'S CALLED, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A LIVE LINK ON THIS PDF MELISSA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA LINK TO IT OR NOT, BUT IT'S CALLED, I WANNA SAY AUTO MAP.
ANYWAY, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY COME INTO CITIES AND THEY DOCUMENT ALL OF YOUR ART AND THEY PUT IT INTO THIS REALLY GREAT DATABASE.
UM, AND THEY, UH, DO AUDIO RECORDINGS OR EACH ARTIST WILL SUBMIT AN AUDIO RECORDING OF THEIR PIECE OR WHATEVER.
ANYWAY, IT'S JUST A REALLY, A REALLY COOL WAY TO, UM, SIZE UP ALL THE ARTWORK IN A SINGLE CITY IN, IN ONE FELL SWOOP.
AND IT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD TAKE YOUR PHONE AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, COME UP TO A PIECE, CLICK ON IT, HEAR THE ARTISTS SPEAKING, HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST, IT'S RICH FORMAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S IMPROVEMENT TO WHAT WE HAVE.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ALL LOOK AT IN YOUR OWN TIME.
WE CAN EITHER, UM, TRY AND GET FUNDING FOR THIS DOWN THE ROAD, OR WE CAN TRY AND RECREATE SOMETHING OURSELVES, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A COOL THING TO LOOK AT WHEN YOU HAVE TIME.
AND THEN THE OTHER, I HAVE TWO MORE THINGS IS, UM, AND I'D LIKE TO AGAIN, MAYBE WORK WITH THE VISITOR CENTER, SOMEONE ON THIS, BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN, AS DAVID TEMPLETON IS DOING, MAPPING OUT, WE CAN DO FORMALIZED TRIPS AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TIME TO COMPLETE.
HERE'S HOW MUCH MILEAGE IT IS, DOWNLOAD THIS WALK FROM OUR WEBSITE.
YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE JUST THE DOWNTOWN DO IT IN TWO HOURS.
IT MIGHT BE A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, SIX HOUR JAUNT, YOU KNOW, WITH A CAR AND FEET.
UM, SO IT WOULD BE FUN TO DO, WE COULD DO THAT OURSELVES, GO OUT AND JUST SORT OF RUN THROUGH AND MAKE A ROUTE.
UM, BUT IT'D BE NICE TO OFFER THAT TO PEOPLE, UH, TOURISTS, ESPECIALLY LOCALS, WHATNOT.
UM, IT'D BE A, IT'D BE A COOL THING TO HAVE JUST LINED UP.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF THIS EXHIBIT IS HAVING QR CODES ON ALL OF OUR ARTWORKS ON LOCATION.
BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS CAN BRING YOU TO THE, THE PAGE ON OUR SITE.
IT COULD TAKE YOU TO THE ARTIST'S, UM, WEBSITE.
JUST, IT, IT, WE NEED, WE NEED A WAY TO CONNECT WITH PIECES IN THE FIELD, IN WITH OUR PHONES, AND WE NEED A DIGITAL CONNECTION.
UM, SO IT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY SHOULDN'T THINK ABOUT IN THE COMING YEAR.
AND FINALLY, HERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I OVERHEARD OR OTHER PEOPLE COMMENTED ON.
UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD NO IDEA THERE WERE SO MANY PUBLIC ARTWORKS IN THE CITY'S COLLECTION.
UH, IT'S FUN TO KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY WALKING TOURS IN MY FUTURE.
WE NEED THIS, IS THIS AVAILABLE ONLINE? AND WE NEED AN AUDIO TOUR TO GO ALONG WITH IT.
KIND OF ALL PLAY TO THE POINTS THAT I, I SHARE WITH YOU, BUT THIS IS VERY COMMON RESPONSE TO THE EXHIBIT.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
SO I WAS AT THE OPENING AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT.
I ACTUALLY HEARD PRETTY MUCH EVERY ONE OF THOSE COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE.
AND, UM, THE THOUGHT I JUST HAD WAS, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, CLASSES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE JUNIOR HIGH.
AND I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD GET THE ART TEACHERS INVOLVED OR IF THEY HAVE A VIDEOGRAPHY TEACHER, FILM TEACHER
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AND THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO DO ALL OF THAT WITH US AND WITH THE LOCAL ARTISTS AND CREATE IT AS A CLASS PROJECT EVEN.SO JUST A THOUGHT WE MIGHT WANNA LOOK INTO.
YEAH, MY THOUGHT AS WELL WAS CASA HAS A SENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECT, UM, SO THE STUDENTS NEED TO DO VOLUNTEER HOURS AND SEEING MAYBE WE HAVE AN AP ART STUDENT WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN TAKING THIS ON AS A PROJECT.
SO I'D BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT IF YOU KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, HOW YOU DELEGATE THOSE TASKS.
BUT HAPPY TO JUMP IN ON THAT IF NEEDED.
I THINK ONCE WE TALK ABOUT SUBCOMMITTEES, I'M GONNA ENLIST YOU FOR THAT, BRIE.
UH, I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY, UM, FOR TOURISM, FOR SUPPORTING THE ARTISTS, FOR CREATING A SENSE OF COHESION BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, I THINK THIS IS JUST THIS, UM, SHOW SHOULD JUST BE THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING BIGGER.
AND THIS CITY REALLY NEEDS TO SUPPORT THIS AT ALL LEVELS.
UH, I THINK RIGHT AWAY, IF THIS IS, THESE MAPS ARE NOT AT THE WELCOME CENTER, THEY NEED TO BE THERE AS WELL.
AND THE PDA SHOULD BE REALLY PUSHING THIS.
UM, THERE'S MANY LEVELS OF THE CITY THAT CAN BENEFIT BY THIS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THIS OUT TO ALL THOSE DIFFERENT LEVELS AND HAVE THEM HELP US MAKE THIS SOMETHING LASTING AND, UH, REALLY BIG.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S THE, THE BEST WAY TO PUSH IT OUT? I COULD DEFINITELY PRINT SOME AND PROVIDE THEM.
I KNOW THEY WOULD LOVE THEM AT THE VISITOR CENTER.
I FEEL LIKE WE'VE JUST CREATED A PIECE THAT WORKS FOR THEM AS WELL.
SO I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE.
I THINK THE CHAMBER WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
LIKE WE COULD SHARE THE PDF AS WELL AND THEY COULD LINK IT ON THEIR TRAVEL AND TOURISM SITES.
UM, I THINK WE CAN, WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING A POST GO OUT NEXT WEEK ABOUT THE MAP SPECIFICALLY.
SO WE HAVE ONE GOING OUT ABOUT THE, THE EXHIBIT AND THEN WE HAVE ONE GOING OUT NEXT WEEK ABOUT THE MAP.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT IN PEOPLE'S HANDS.
UM, ANOTHER IDEA I HAD WAS TYING BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THAT I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE AN ART DOCENT PROGRAM THIS YEAR.
COULD YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG? YEAH.
BECAUSE, UM, FOR YEARS THAT'S HOW A LOT OF KIDS GOT ARTS EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS.
AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, BUT I FEEL LIKE IF WE COULD PUT TOGETHER WALKING TOURS THAT ARE NEAR CAMPUS OR THAT ARE A WALKABLE DISTANCE FROM CAMPUS, THAT THAT CAN HELP AUGMENT ARTS EDUCATION.
WE COULD PROVIDE INFORMATION WITH LINKS TO THE ARTISTS.
UM, SOME OF THE STORYLINES LIKE, UH, WITH, WITH THE, UM, NEW MURAL SENT ME BACK AT KENWORTH TEEN CENTER.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING I'M REALLY GONNA WORK TO WHEN WE HAVE STORYTELLING KIND OF ITEMS THAT WE HAVE A STORY ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND WHAT WE'VE CREATED OR WHAT WE'VE COMMISSIONED.
UM, AND SO I DO THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IN, IN ABSENCE OF A LOT OF MATERIALS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW WE CAN LOOK TO WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP MATERIALS FOR THAT, THAT COMPONENT OF EDUCATION.
AND I'M THINKING TOO, WHAT ABOUT, UM, GETTING THE INFORMATION TO ALL OF OUR LOCAL HOTELS MM-HMM
UM, OUR, OUR LIBRARY, THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM LIBRARY, UM, EVEN THINGS LIKE THE GOLF COURSES, UM, KIND OF ANYWHERE PEOPLE COME AND GATHER AND THEN THEY WANNA GO OUT AND EXPLORE.
I THINK, UM, THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE SHOULD CREATE A PRESS PACKET THAT JUST LIKE A PRESS RELEASE THAT WE DO HAVE IT ALREADY IN THE LOCAL PAPER, BUT WE COULD JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT IT AND HAVE IT BE PART OF WHAT EVERYBODY TURNS TO AS A, AS A SHINING STAR IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT UP UNTIL YOU GUYS, YOU AND TANNER TOOK THIS GREAT EFFORT, IT REALLY WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE HAD THE STAFF TIME OR BUDGET TO PUT TOWARDS.
SO YOU'VE REALLY BEEN AN ASSET AND MADE, MADE YOUR POSITION IN LIEU OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE MEETINGS.
YOU MADE IT INCREDIBLY VALUABLE.
AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO BOTH OF YOU.
I WAS IN COMPLETELY WOWED BY THE EXHIBIT, THE CALIBER OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF MATERIALS.
UM, I HELPED MOVE ARTWORKS WITH TANNER AND IT WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT LIKE A LABOR OF LOVE.
AND I THINK IT REALLY SPOKE TO WHAT ART COMMITTEES ARE CAPABLE OF OUR CCBS, THAT EVEN WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A CITY BUDGET FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT, WE HAVE THE FORTITUDE AS A COMMITTEE TO MOVE FORWARD AND CREATE IT OF OUR OWN OPPORTUNITY.
AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE BOTH OF YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING LEADERS AND IMPACTFUL.
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GET THAT TO THE COMMS DEPARTMENT AND SEE IF, IF WE HAVE A WAY AND THEN ALSO TO THE CHAMBER BECAUSE THE CHAMBER IS HELPING RUN THE HOTEL PROGRAM FOR OUR CITY AND OR THE VISITOR CENTER RUNS THE HOTEL.SO I CAN REACH OUT TO MARIE MCCLUSKEY AND MAKE SURE THAT SHE HAS THAT TO SHARE WITH HER, HER MEMBERS.
YEAH, I THINK WE NEED TO FAST TRACK UPDATING OUR WEBPAGE.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO, I THINK THIS IS AN ONGOING PROJECT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, JUST CATEGORIZING, DOCUMENTING OUR WHOLE PORTFOLIO.
AND IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT SOMETIME SOON DOING THIS SORT OF DAY WALK TOUR, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN REALLY POPULAR RIGHT NOW DOWNTOWN IS THE WHERE'S WALDO? UH, WHICH IS A WAY TO GET PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL STORES AND, BUT EVERYONE IS DOING IT RIGHT.
IT'S SO FUN FOR THE KIDS AND ART IS EVEN MORE FUN THAN GOING INTO STORES, RIGHT.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND YOU'VE GOT PETALUMA, UH, VISIT PETALUMA HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE WITH THE MAGAZINE.
THERE'S NEW MAGAZINES POPPING UP FOR NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE OAK HILL BREWSTER.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
THOSE ARE ALL REALLY GREAT IDEAS.
I'VE TAKEN NOTE AND I'VE BEEN GETTING THE STROLL MAGAZINE AND THE OAK HILL BREWSTER, LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S ALL THESE MAGAZINES THAT ARE POPPING UP AND I THINK, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS AN ASSET THAT GETS IN EVERYBODY'S HANDS.
SO I THINK, AND, AND IT COULD BE SOMETHING WE SHARE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, BOTH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN PETALUMA, RIGHT? WE HAVE EIGHT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN PETALUMA.
YOU CAN HELP US GET IT OUT THERE.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA, I DON'T, OBVIOUSLY I DON'T KNOW EVERYONE, SO IT'D BE HELPFUL TO GET THAT.
FIELD TRIPS ARE REALLY POPULAR RIGHT NOW.
AND PETALUMA TRANSIT'S BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL WITH HELPING WITH THE MOVEMENT OF OUR STUDENTS.
SO IF WE HAD THE MAP AND WE HAD SOME WAY TO MAKE SURE THE STORY WAS TOLD, WHETHER IT'S SOMEONE WHO CAN JUMP ON THE BUS WITH THEM OR AT LEAST A, YOU KNOW, AN AUDIO OF THE STORY, I COULD SEE THAT BEING REALLY POPULAR WITH OUR SCHOOLS.
YEAH, AND I KNOW THAT TEACHERS LIKE TO TIE IT IN WITH CURRICULUM, SOMEHOW IT JUSTIFIES THE OUTING.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO SORT OF COME UP WITH A SORT OF A TAILORED PLAN.
BUT, UM, I THINK PUTTING TOGETHER PRESS RELEASE MIGHT WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP SO THAT WE COULD SEND IT OUT TO ALL THESE OUTLETS AT THE SAME TIME WITH, WITH THE PDF ATTACHMENT.
AND THEN GO FROM THERE AND SEE, YOU KNOW, ANSWER WHATEVER INTEREST COMES UP.
I, AND YOU KNOW, THIS EXHIBIT COULD, I KNOW, UH, WE DID INCLUDE ONE, UM, WE INCLUDED HRU BECAUSE, UM, IT'S SUCH A, YOU KNOW, MARK, UH, DERO IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE WORLD RENOWNED ARTISTS AND IT'S RIGHT THERE ON LOAN TO US RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE ART CENTER.
AND YOU KNOW, THEY AIM TO BE BRINGING A LOT OF ARTWORK ONTO THAT PARK ULTIMATELY.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT UNFORESEEABLE THAT THIS EXHIBIT COULD LAND ONE DAY AT THEIR COMMUNITY CENTER OR YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE IN CITY HALL.
IT CAN MOVE ALL AROUND, WHICH IS REALLY NICE 'CAUSE THAT COULD GIVE DIFFERENT AUDIENCES EXPOSURE TO OUR WHOLE PORTFOLIO.
WE OFTEN, OR I'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS THAT DIFFERENT CCBS BEING ON THEM WHERE WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT HOW PETALUMA HAS THESE ASSETS THAT I'D LIKE TO LIKEN TO PEARLS LIKE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE STRINGING THEM TOGETHER, WHERE WE'RE BUILDING CONTINUITY.
AND I FEEL LIKE PUBLIC ART IS REALLY TAKING A BIG FOOT STEP FORWARD WITH THAT.
AND THIS, THIS REALLY HELPS START STREAMING THOSE IDEAS.
'CAUSE UM, SUNDAY MORNINGS FROM THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK, YOU CAN USE, YOU CAN USE KAYAKS.
AND I JUST THINK OF HOW FUN IT IS IF YOU START OUT AND YOU CAN SEE FINE BALANCE, YOU CAN SEE THE RIVER ARCH, LIKE THERE'S QUITE A FEW THINGS ALONG THE RIVER THAT ARE SPRINGING UP.
AND I THINK EVEN THAT VANTAGE POINT WOULD BE A REALLY COOL RIVER TOUR FOR PEOPLE.
UM, I THINK WE SHOULD, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY MORE COMMENTS? NO, I THINK WE PRETTY MUCH COVERED IT.
WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH, WHERE ARE WE? ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
THAT IS, UM, THE NEXT PRESENTATION WE'RE GONNA SEE IS CALLED, SENT ME BACK NEW THE MURAL BY MJ LINDA LAWYER AND JOSH LAWYER AT THE KENNELWORTH TEENS CENTER.
AND I'M GOING TO INVITE PUBLIC ART SPECIALIST ABERCROMBIE TO PRESENT THIS.
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OOH.I'M VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE COMPLETION OF SENT ME BACK BY MJ, LINDA, LAWYER AND JOSHUA LAWYER.
FOR YEARS THE KENILWORTH TEEN CENTER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A SPACE THAT PUBLIC ART WANTED TO BE ON.
AND MOST RECENTLY WE'VE WORKED ON A, A KENILWORTH PARK REVITALIZATION PLAN WHERE WE HAVE WORKED WITH AN ARTIST AND IDENTIFIED THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
THAT'S A LONG RANGE PLAN FOR US RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE AS WE IDENTIFY FUNDING AND PUT THAT TOGETHER AS A COLLABORATION WITH PARKS.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE SAW THIS NEED TO REALLY STEP UP THE TEEN CENTER.
WE NOW HAVE MORE ACCESS TO THE FAIRGROUNDS.
WE'RE USING THE FAIRGROUNDS SITE MORE OFTEN.
THE TEEN CENTER HAS BEEN FUNCTIONING AS A LIBRARY.
THE ACTIVITY AT THE SPACE REALLY NEEDED MORE OF A PRESENCE AND MORE OF A GATEWAY AND WE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU HOW THIS CAME TO LIFE.
WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT A VARIETY OF TOPICS.
THIS WAS JUST A WAY TO SHOW OFF SOME OF THE PANELS.
SO IN ITS TIME, IT WAS A REALLY ATTRACTIVE BUILDING THAT OVER TIME WAS DETERIORATED A LITTLE BIT.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, IT'S AT ONE 50 FAIRGROUNDS DRIVE IN KENILWORTH PARK.
OVER THE YEARS, IT SERVED AS A TEEN YOUTH CENTER EVENT, SPACE SPORT AND MUSIC FACILITY.
AND MOST RECENTLY THE PETALUMA LIBRARY.
UM, IT OFTEN HOSTS QUINCEANERAS, WEDDING RECEPTIONS, ALL KINDS OF EVENTS.
AT ONE POINT IT ALSO SERVED, UM, FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS TO A BASEBALL FIELD THAT WAS THERE NEAR SITE.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A REALLY VALUABLE ASSET OVER THE YEARS.
IT'S A MID-CENTURY STYLE BRICK CONSTRUCTION BUILDING.
MOST RECENTLY IT'S SUFFERED TO VANDALISM AND IT'S STAINED THE EXTERIOR BRICK SURFACES.
WHEN THEY'VE REMOVED THE VANDALISM, IT'S MARKED THE, THE SPACES.
SO IT JUST STARTED LOOKING BLIGHTED LIKE THE SWIM CENTER AND LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
THE CITY OF PETALUMA CHOSE TO USE MURALS TO BEAUTIFY THE SPACE OUTREACH, A LARGE PORTION OF WHAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH BECAUSE THIS WAS A CITY PROJECT THAT WAS BEING INFORMED BY PUBLIC ART.
WE HELPED CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
IN DECEMBER 11TH, 2024, WE HAD A SPECIAL JOINT MEETING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OR THE PARKS COMMISSION.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE AT THIS SITE.
WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO WORK WITH THIS ARTIST TEAM BECAUSE THEY HAD ALSO DONE THE SWIM CENTER, WHICH IS A SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE THE, IT'S A TEXTURED SURFACE AND IT'S NOT A TYPICAL CLEAN SURFACE.
WE FOUND IN OUR ORIGINAL EXPERIENCE WITH THIS TEAM THAT THEY COULD STAY IN A BUDGET, IN A TIMELINE AND BE INCREDIBLY APPROPRIATE AND PROFICIENT IN THEIR, IN THEIR TALENT.
SO WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO BOOKMARK THE ENDS OF THIS PARKING LOT AREA AND REALLY CREATE A SCENIC GATEWAY OF ALONG EAST WASHINGTON.
IN, UH, JANUARY, JANUARY 21ST, WE DID OUTREACH AND OUTREACH EVENT AT THE TEMPORARY LIBRARY WITH THE ARTISTS.
UM, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 30 PEOPLE ATTEND AND TALK TO THE ARTISTS DIRECTLY ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS THEY'D LIKE TO SEE THERE.
WE ALSO HAD AN ONLINE SURVEY FROM JANUARY, SORRY, FOR THE MISSPELL
AND WE, DURING THAT TIME, WE BARELY GOT ANY PARTICIPATION.
WE HAD POSTED A VARIETY OF PLACES, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAD THREE COMMENTS AND THEY WERE FAIRLY CRABBY.
UM, WE'LL JUST LEAVE IT IN THAT CATEGORY,
AND THEN WE HAD A LUMON OUTREACH SURVEY AVAILABLE TO YOUTH VOICES THERE.
AND WE DID HAVE SOME PARTICIPATION ABOUT 12 PEOPLE FILL OUT THAT FORM.
WHAT WE HEARD BACK FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, WE ASKED WHAT DEFINED OUR COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE MENTIONED LONG-TERM RESIDENTS THAT ARE OF JOURNEY LEVEL, ARTISAN CRAFTS, PEOPLES, ENGINEERS, NEIGHBORS, KINDNESS.
AND THEN WHEN WE HAD OUR POST-IT NOTE OUTREACH, PEOPLE DESCRIBED PETALUMA OR WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE.
AND WE HEARD THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE IT LIKE A BOOK, LIKE A STORYTELLING WAY, BECAUSE THE BUILDING HAS A LOT OF PANELS THAT ARE DISJOINTED AND WE WANTED TO SEE THREE SIDES OF THE BUILDING DONE.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY CREATIVE IDEA THAT CAME FROM THAT EVENT.
UM, SOMEBODY REALLY WANTED TO SEE POLLINATORS.
PEOPLE WANTED IT TO REFLECT PETALUMA, IT NEEDED TO HAVE ANIMALS, IT NEEDED TO BE YOUTH ORIENTED.
UM, IT NEEDED TO CREATE AN ESCAPE, A REFUGE OF LOVE, COMFORT, EMPATHY, KINDNESS, COMMUNITY.
THEY WANTED IT TO FEEL GOOD AROUND KIDS' BIRTHDAYS.
UM, THEY WANTED US TO RESPECT THAT THIS IS A HUB AND THAT THE FAIR IS IMPORTANT, THAT THERE IS, IT'S
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ALSO, AGAIN, SAFETY ABOUT OUR CULTURAL EXPERIENCES.CREATIVITY, THAT IT'S ARTSY, COLORFUL FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, SNOOPY PEACEFULNESS, PARK LIBRARY COMMUNITY.
SO IT WAS REALLY LIKE SPOKEN WORD WORD BY THE TIME WE GOT THROUGH ALL THESE POST-ITS, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THAT WE HAD SOME SOLID INPUT AND A GOOD STARTING POINT.
SO OUR PROJECT GOALS WERE TO CONTINUE TO GROW THE PUBLIC ART OFFERINGS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ENRICH THE CREATIVE ASPECT, ASSETS AND INSPIRE PEOPLE.
WE WANTED TO UPGRADE THE PUBLIC SERVING FACILITY TO COVER EXISTING DAMAGE AND TER FUTURE VANDALISM.
WE WANTED TO MAKE THE TEEN CENTER IN KENWORTH PORK MORE LIVABLE AND VISUALLY STIMULATING.
WE WANTED TO CREATE A DEEPER INTERACTION WITH THE SURROUNDING PUBLIC ART, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE BUSINESSES.
WE WANTED TO ENCOURAGE CULTURAL TOURISM AND ENGAGEMENT.
SO WITHIN PROX PROXIMITY OF THE SITE, WE HAVE MICHAEL ARLINGTON'S, UM, OWED TO THE PETALUMA FAIRGROUNDS.
ON THE FAIRGROUNDS WE HAVE THE NEW, UM, PATRICK AMAT CHICKEN, WHICH IS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T SEE IT, IT WAS A NEW PUBLIC ART PIECE THAT WAS KIND OF HAPPENED IN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE FAIR AS A REUNIFICATION CHICKEN AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
SO WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE AND WE'LL GET IT ON OUR MAP
AND THEN, UM, ALSO THE SWIM CENTER AND LYNCH CREEK TRAIL LEADING DOWN TO THE RIVER ARCH.
SO RIGHT THERE YOU HAVE LESS THAN A HALF, HALF MILE WALK THAT ENCOMPASSES A LOT OF OUR MOST RECENT PUBLIC ART AND REALLY SHOWS OUR INVESTMENT IN THAT CORRIDOR AND THAT CONNECTIVITY BECAUSE AS WE LEAD DOWN TOWARDS EAST WASHINGTON AND THE SHOPPING CENTER, THAT'S WHERE OUR PEDESTRIAN OVERPASSES, IT'S OUR ONE PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED CROSS TOWN CONNECTOR.
SO WE'RE REALLY SOFTENING THE SPACES ALONG EAST WASHINGTON TO PUT IT BACK IN HUMAN SCALE AND TO REALLY MAKE IT SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU HAVE THOSE CONNECTIONS ALONG THE WAY THAT MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ALWAYS ENGAGED AND RECOGNIZED.
AS FAR AS THE CITY GOALS, I'VE INCLUDED SOME OF THE, UM, THE OUTLINE GOALS WITHIN OUR MASTER PLAN, WHICH INCLUDE CREATING, INVITING, NATURAL AND BUILT SPACES AND PLACES FOR CONTEMPLATION, PLAY, ARTS AND CONNECTION WHILE CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY AND ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY PRIDE.
EXPLORE COMMU OPPORTUNITIES FOR MURALS AND ART INSTALLATION CITYWIDE.
SO THIS IS THAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITY I WAS HEARING AMONGST OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT THERE WAS, WAS A REAL NEED TO DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION AND THEY WANTED IT TO BE CLEANED UP AND IN ADVANCE OF THE FAIR.
AND SO THAT WAS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO STEP IN AND SAY, FOR THE COST OF PAINTING A BUILDING WE CAN TAKE ON THIS MURAL.
AND SO THERE'S ONE SIDE LEFT AND WE'LL GET TO THAT WHEN WE DO THE PARK
ALSO, WE WANTED TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN AND UPDATE CITY FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE SPACES AND PLACES FOR COMMUNITY DIALOGUE, PUBLIC MEETINGS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.
IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND I WELCOME YOU ALL TO TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT.
IT'S, UH, GONNA BE AVAILABLE ON THE PRESENTATION ONLINE, BUT NOT TO DIVE TOO DEEP INTO IT, IT'S THE STORY OF THE QUIET MOMENTS IN LIFE.
IT'S A VISUAL JOURNEY OF A DOG WHO'S SHOWN KINDNESS AND IT SHOWS THE HELM'S LIFE AS HE GOES THROUGH THE SEASONS OR SHE GOES THROUGH THE SEASONS AND PETALUMA GIVING BIRTH TO PUPPIES, INTERACTING WITH COWS.
THE PUPPY GOES OFF ON ITS OWN.
AND THEN, UM, ULTIMATELY GOING WITH THIS YOUNG WOMAN FROM THE FARMER'S MARKET AND SHE HAS A BASKET FULL OF BOUNTY FROM OUR LOCAL FARMS AND FARMER'S MARKET.
AND SO THROUGHOUT THE MURAL IT FEATURES NATIVE WILD FLOWERS, COWS, THE SPIRIT OF OUR FARMER'S MARKETS, SYMBOLS OF OUR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND LOCAL CHARM.
THEY HOPE THAT THE MURAL BECOMES A BACKDROP TO SPECIAL MEMORIES FOR PEOPLE WHERE IN THE MONOTONY OF LIFE WE CATCH THE SCENT OF FAIR FOOD AND CHRISTMAS AND SWIMMING PO SWIMMING POOLS AND THE UNIVERSAL SMELL OF A LIBRARY WE ALL KNOW SO WELL AND GET TRANSPORTED TO THIS PLACE THAT ONE TIME WITH THE PEOPLE WE LOVE.
AND FOR A FLEETING MOMENT, REMEMBERING WHAT IS TRULY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, I REALLY LOVED READING THAT AND I FELT LIKE WOW, THEY GOT US.
AND SO I I REALLY WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S ALSO AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBPAGE, WHICH WILL BE ACTIVATED TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
I JUST NEEDED TO GET A COUPLE OF FINAL PHOTOS.
I'M NOW GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH A VISUAL JOURNEY.
IT'S NOT GOING AS SMOOTH AS I'D LIKE, BUT UM, YOU GET THE IDEA.
SO THIS IS, AS THE PROJECT WAS COMING TOGETHER, I THOUGHT IT WAS ESPECIALLY WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH THIS TEAM BECAUSE THEY ARE FABULOUS AT DOCUMENTING.
SO THE VIDEO I'LL PROVIDE YOU AFTER THIS WILL BE WHAT'LL EXIST ON OUR WEBPAGE.
SO THERE WILL BE DRONE FOOTAGE AVAILABLE IN THE FINAL PRODUCT SO EVERYBODY CAN TAKE A LOOK.
AND IN THE CORNER YOU'LL SEE MJ
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AT THE END OF A LAWN DAY CLEANING UPTHEY WERE INCREDIBLE TO WORK WITH AND PRODUCE THE MURAL IN FIVE WEEKS, UM, IN THE SUMMER HEAT, WHICH LUCKILY WASN'T TOO BAD THIS SUMMER, BUT THEY REALLY HAD HIT THEIR DEADLINES.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST THE ULTIMATE TEAM TO WORK WITH.
SO YOU CAN SEE THIS YOUNG MAN SHIELDING THE PUP FROM WEATHER, SHOWING THEM KINDNESS.
AND THEN IT GOES AROUND TO TELL THIS STORY AGAIN.
THE DAFFODILS WERE THERE AS A SIGN OF LIKE RENEWAL AND THEY FELT LIKE THAT WOULD REALLY REFLECT THE SITE.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR OWN POPPIES.
WELL THERE'S A SIMPLENESS TO THIS WHERE IT FEELS LIKE A CHILDREN'S BOOK.
THERE'S ALSO THIS COMPLEXITY THAT THEY TOOK THE TIME TO GET TO KNOW US.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT REALLY COMES ACROSS.
THEY ALSO, THERE'S MJ ON THE BOTTOM TAKING PHOTOS FOR WORK AND UM, THEY USE LOCAL MODELS, WHICH WAS REALLY LOVELY FOR THE DOG AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE SHOWN IN IT.
AND I FEEL LIKE THESE IMAGES REALLY COULD SERVE AS A BACKDROP FOR A LOT OF, UM, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE WITH THE FAIRGROUNDS AND WHAT WE HOPE TO EXPERIENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, LUMA ICE AND ALL THE EVENTS.
ANYWAY, SO HE'S ZOOMING IN NOW, BUT I, I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE LOVELY FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET TO SEE AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME AND VISIT.
IN REFLECTION, THIS PROJECT ALIGNED WITH THE CITY GOALS, BUT ESPECIALLY FULFILLED THE SPACES AND PLACES THAT INSPIRE IN OUR UPCOMING GENERAL PLAN, WHICH SEEKS TO CREATE INVITING, NATURAL AND BUILT PLACES AND SPACES FOR CONTEMPLATION, ARTS, AND CONNECTION WHILE CELEBRATE OUR HISTORY AND ENCOURAGING PRIDE.
MJ LINDA, LAWYER AND JOSHUA LAWYER ACCOMPLISHED THE MURAL, THE MURAL AND THE COMPLETION WITH OUR TIMELINE.
THEY'RE CONSIDERATE IN THEIR APPROACH AND WERE INTERACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE PAINTING PROCESS WITH VISITORS.
THIS PROJECT WAS A COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY CREATIVITY TO APPROACH VANDALISM WITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY BUILDING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THE MURAL WITH THE ARTISTS AND AND THEIR TEAM IN LATE AUGUST.
SO WHEN THE LIBRARY HAS THEIR RIBBON CUTTING TOWARDS THE END OF AUGUST, WE WILL HAVE OURS.
THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING IT ON A MONDAY, UM, PROBABLY AT A NINE 30 IN THE MORNING, WHICH MIGHT BE A LITTLE CHALLENGING FOR US TO HAVE PEOPLE ATTEND 'CAUSE THAT'S AFTER SCHOOL STARTS.
BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A TIME AND WE'LL PROBABLY MUCH LIKE THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, WE'LL BAKE OUR COOKIES WITH, IF YOU DIDN'T GO TO THAT ONE, YOU'RE REALLY MISSED OUT.
SO COME ON DOWN AND YOU CAN TALK TO US ABOUT ART AND THE ARTISTS WILL BE PRESENT AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS ON PARENTS SQUARED FOR SCHOOLS TO COME.
'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A REALLY INCREDIBLE ENTRY POINT FOR PUBLIC ART FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
IT'S VERY RECOGNIZABLE AND RELATABLE AND I, I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY ASSET THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITHOUT PUBLIC ART FUNDS BY JUST BEING SAVVY WITHIN OUR CITY'S OWN NEEDS.
I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
FIRST OF ALL, THAT WAS GREAT, THANK YOU.
UM, THEY REALLY DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB AND, AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH HEART, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE REALLY PUT INTO IT.
AND THAT BRINGS ME TO THE QUESTION OF WILL THERE BE AN ARTIST STATEMENT PLACARD SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE? BECAUSE I THINK THE STORY IS REALLY KEY.
WHAT WE DO HAVE IS THEIR SIGNATURE AND I DO THINK IT WOULD BE EASY TO DEVELOP A QR CODE ON SITE AND LEAD THEM TO THE WEBSITE, WHICH WOULD HAVE THE STATEMENT.
I THINK THAT'S THE EASIEST LIFT.
WHAT'S CHALLENGING WITH MURALS IS IF I PUT IN A PLAQUE, I'M COVERING THE MURAL, I COULD PUT IT IN THE GROUND, BUT THEN THAT'S A BIT OF A PROBLEM.
SO I THINK THE QR CODES ARE AN EASIER ANSWER LIKE WE DID FOR THE WOMEN IN SCIENCE MURAL.
WE HAD A QR CODE THERE READY AND THEIR WEBPAGE IS GONNA HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.
SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A REAL ASSET.
I ALSO TALK ABOUT THE GOALS IN THE WEBPAGE BECAUSE I, I REALLY WANNA TAKE THESE OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR PROJECTS TO SHOW WHERE THEY RELATE TO WHAT OUR PLANS ARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND SHOW THAT THIS IS THAT PLANNING IN ACTION.
YEAH, I I CAN ENVISION THOUGH, PEOPLE WALKING BY AND JUST BEING CURIOUS ABOUT THE STORY, NOT REALLY WANTING TO RESEARCH THINGS WITH QR CODES.
REALLY JUST A QUICK READ, LIKE A FREESTANDING SIGN KIND OF THING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE LIBRARY'S PLANNING ON DOING ANY NEW SIGNAGE, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD BRING THAT UP WITH THEM.
THAT MIGHT BE NICE JUST TO HAVE SOMETHING OUTSIDE BECAUSE WELL, THEY ARE MOVING INTO THEIR NEW BUILDING SO THEY WON'T BE ON SITE EXCEPT FOR SOME STORAGE IN THE BACK.
SO THAT WOULD REALLY BE UP TO US.
UM, WHAT I IMAGINE IS THE BUILDING WILL GO BACK TO A RENTAL FACILITY WHICH IS USED FOR PARTIES AND CELEBRATIONS AND UM, ALSO FOR JUDO OR DIFFERENT SPORTS TEAMS THAT DRUMMING LIKE THERE'S TRADITIONAL JAPANESE DRUMMING THAT WOULD PRACTICE IN THERE.
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KINDS OF THINGS.SO IT'S A REALLY USABLE SPACE.
BUT I CAN, I CAN WORK ON DOING SOMETHING IN THE SHORT TERM LIKE JUST PRINTING IT UP AND LAMINATING IT AND HAVING IT ON SITE ON STAKE OR SOMETHING SO PEOPLE KNOW.
BUT I'LL TRY TO SEE IF I COULD DO SOMETHING MORE ATTRACTIVE.
YEAH, I MEAN WE COULD PUT SOMETHING ON, THERE'S A BULLETIN BOARD INSIDE.
AND IF THEY'RE MOVING OUT IT'S ABOUT TO CLOSE.
LIKE WHEN IT, WHEN IT'S, WHEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, YEAH.
YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING OUTSIDE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT IS A STORY AND IF YOU'RE ONLY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU APPROACH IT FROM ONE WAY VERSUS THE OTHER, THEN IT MIGHT BE CONFUSING OR IT'S JUST, THERE'S SO MUCH EMOTION IN THE STORY AND PURPOSE THAT I THINK IS LOST ON JUST A CASUAL VIEW.
UM, YEAH, WE HAVE COWS IN PETALUMA, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST THINK IT WOULD, THIS PIECE IN PARTICULAR WOULD REALLY BENEFIT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THEN I WILL UPDATE YOU WHEN THE MEETING, WHEN THE SECURE DATA IS WITH THE LIBRARY.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING THE LAST MONDAY IN AUGUST, BUT IT'S, I REALLY NEED TO GET THAT FINAL CONFIRMATION AND AS SOON AS WE'RE AWARE OF IT, IT'LL BE GOING OUT ON CITY COMMUNICATIONS AND UM, CITY SOCIALS.
SO WE WILL GET ON THAT AND YOU GUYS WILL BE THE FIRST TO KNOW, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA NEED YOU TO BAKE COOKIES AND BE PRESENT.
AND SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR INPUT TOO.
I FELT LIKE THAT WAS REALLY VALUABLE AND I'M, I'M SO GRATEFUL WE HAD THIS CHANCE.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT AUGUST 25TH THE LAST DAY.
UHHUH, THEY SAID IT'S NOT PUBLIC.
UH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND IT'S A MAJOR UNDERTAKING, SO IT'S NOT MY PROJECT.
I'M, I'M JUST GONNA WAIT AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR.
UM, BUT AS SOON AS I KNOW YOU'LL KNOW.
WE'RE GONNA CLOSE OUT MEETING ITEM FIVE AND MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA TO MEETING ITEM SIX, UH, COMMITTEE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE ROLES AND DECISIONS REGARDING AND APPOINTMENTS TO CURRENT SUBCOMMITTEES ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW SUBCOMMITTEES.
SO SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GONNA GET A SUBCOMMITTEE REFRESHER AND THEN MOVE ON TO SPECIFICS.
SORRY, I'LL KEEP IT A LITTLE BRIEF ON THIS END.
I INCLUDED IN THE PACKET HOW SUBCOMMITTEES FUNCTION SO THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF THAT, THAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBPAGE.
THE CURRENT SUBCOMMITTEES THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR US TO LOOK AT ARE THE ASPHALT ART SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH ISN'T REALLY, IT HASN'T REALLY FUNCTIONED MUCH OVER THE LAST YEAR.
I'M HOPING THAT IT REVISES SOON.
WE WERE WORKING WITH, UM, OH, WHAT IS IT CALLED? THE BLUE ZONES AND WE WERE WORKING WITH BJORN AND THEN, UM, IT JUST KIND OF FELL OFF.
BUT I DO KNOW I'VE BEEN APPROACHED TWO TIMES RECENTLY BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO'VE RECEIVED GRANTS FOR SMALLER, UM, STREET PAINTING PROJECTS.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY ON A TEAM TO LIKE INTERACT WITH THAT.
AND I KNOW WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A CREATIVE APPROACH TO HOW WE DO THAT.
AND SO YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED ALL THE ENHANCED BIKE LANES AND STUFF AROUND TOWN THAT I THINK IT'S NOT PROBABLY GONNA BE A SUPER ACTIVE SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT IT'S ONE THAT WE'LL DEFINITELY WANT TO, TO SPEAK ABOUT AND HAVE A VOICE IN.
ANOTHER SUBCOMMITTEE I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO BE A PART OF ARE THE GRANTS.
UM, WE HAD HAD GINNY BELTWAY ON THE GRANT WRITING.
I RECENTLY WROTE TWO GRANTS, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T GET THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL.
BUT I WOULD LIKE IT IF ALL OF US ARE ALWAYS KIND OF LOOKING FOR GRANTS THAT MAY BE A APPLICABLE TO WHAT WE'RE DOING OR WHAT WE, WHAT WE ASPIRE TO DO.
UM, AND SO THAT'S LIKE ONE THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY'S ON, BUT TWO OR TO THREE PEOPLE THAT CAN REALLY HONE IN AND LIKE BE ACCESSIBLE WHEN IT'S TIME TO WRITE ONE.
I'D LIKE A REVIEW COMMITTEE AND, UM, AND WE CAN SEE WHAT WE'D LIKE TO ELEVATE.
THE NEXT GROUP IS THE KENILWORTH PARK PUBLIC ART, WHICH IS ON PAUSE RIGHT NOW, BUT I WANT US TO BE READY WHEN IT IS READY.
UM, A MORE ACTIVE ONE IS THE MARY FULLER MCCHESNEY ACQUISITION.
WE STILL HAVE TO FIND HOMES FOR SEVEN REMAINING PIECES, WHICH ARE, ONE OF 'EM IS KIND OF GOT A HOME AT STATION TWO.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'LL FINANCE THAT AND, UH, THE INSTALLATION AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE IT.
UM, SO WHAT WOULD TAKE PLACE IS SOME, UH, CLEANUP.
IT DOES HAVE SOME LICHEN ON IT.
SO WE'VE HAD A QUOTE FOR $2,500 TO MOVE IT AND TO CLEAN IT.
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AND SO FROM THERE WE WOULD NEED ENGINEERING AND INSTALLATION BECAUSE IT IS A SIZABLE SCULPTURE THAT WOULD NEED, IT'S STACKED.IT WEIGHS SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S STABLE AND SECURE.
AND IT'S A GREAT LOCATION BECAUSE IT'S OPPOSITE.
UM, THE NEW SMART TRAIN STATION, THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GONNA BE TAKING PLACE THERE.
THE, THE POST OFFICE ACROSS THE STREET, IT'S A REALLY ACTIVATED LOCATION AT THAT CORONA CROSSING WITH EAST WASHINGTON.
I'M SORRY, NOT EAST WASHINGTON WITH NORTH MCDOWELL.
SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND ONE OF THE IDENTIFYING FEATURES OF THAT PIECE THAT WE HAD ESTABLISHED WHEN WE SECURED IT WAS THAT IT HAS AN ARROW SHAPE ON THE TOP AND WE WANTED IT TO POINT TO SONOMA MOUNTAIN TO IDENTIFY WHERE MARY LIVED.
SO IT'S KIND OF STORYTELLING AGAIN AND A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT.
SO IT WAS WONDERFUL THAT IT COULDN'T GO IN THE ROUNDABOUT THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED, BUT WE COULD DO IT NEARBY AND PROBABLY IN A PLACE WHERE IT WON'T BE LOST IN A TREE LIKE IT WOULD'VE BEEN AT THE ROUNDABOUT.
SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, BRIE WILL PROBABLY LOOK TO YOU TO HELP US GET A VOICE WITH THE SCHOOLS TO SEE WHERE TO PLACE THE OTHER COYOTE GODDESS.
UM, AND THEN, YEAH, SO WITHOUT A FULL UPDATE THAT THAT COMMITTEE IS GONNA BE VERY ACTIVE.
'CAUSE WE NEED TO IDENTIFY SITES.
THESE LOCATIONS WILL TEMPORARILY BE HELD AT, THESE PIECES WILL TEMPORARILY BE HELD AT CITY HALL, BUT WE WILL NEED A LONG TERM PLAN FOR THIS.
AND BECAUSE THEY'RE LOW HANGING, MOST OF THEM ARE A VERY EASY INSTALLATION.
BUT WE, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT AND CONNECT IT TO OUR EXISTING CONNECTION, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.
WE'VE PUT A LOT OF WORK TOWARDS IT SO FAR.
THE RIVER ARCH 2.0, I THINK THAT'S REALLY EXCITING 'CAUSE WE NOW HAVE ALL THREE DAVID BEST PIECES THAT WERE COMPANIONS OF.
THE ARCHWAY ARE ALL ON NATHAN APPLE'S PROPERTY RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY LINE WITH US.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS, UM, WE'RE WAITING FOR A LOT LINE, UM, AGREEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT, AND THEN WE'RE WAITING FOR, UM, THE LYNCH CREEK IMPROVEMENT GROUP TO DECIDE WHAT IMPROVEMENTS THEY ARE DOING ALONG THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL AND TIE IT INTO THAT.
WE HAD HAD A REALLY BEAUTIFUL, UM, REJUVENATION OF THE SITE, A LANDSCAPE PLAN BY SANDY REED, AND THAT'S STILL, SHE CREATED THAT FOR FREE.
I CHECKED IN WITH HER ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, FOUR MONTHS AGO, AND SHE SAID, I'M STILL ON BOARD WHEN IT IS READY TO HAPPEN.
SO IT'S MORE LOOKING WITH THE BI, THE BIOLOGY OF THE SITE AND LOOKING HOW THE WATER FLOWS AND TYING IT INTO LIKE, JUST HAVING SOME GRADING AND HAVING SOME ROCKS ADDED AND SOME FLO AND FAUNA.
BUT IN THE INTERIM, PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY STARTED PLANTING AND IT ACTUALLY LOOKS QUITE NICE ALONG THERE.
SO IT'S, IT'S A GOOD HOLDING PLACE, BUT I'D LOVE TO GET THOSE PIECES IN THE GROUND AND TYING THAT CONNECTION TO DAVID BESS ARCH.
UM, AND ALSO SOMEHOW FINDING A WAY TO LIGHT IT EVENTUALLY IT'S FULL OF LEDS THAT WE'D LOVE TO HAVE TURNED ON.
SO, UM, THAT COMMITTEE WILL BE CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVERS AND I THINK THEY, IT MIGHT TIE INTO GRANTS AS WELL, BUT I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A GREAT ONE.
WE HAVE THE UPCOMING LUCCHESE SKATE PARK.
UM, WE ARE GONNA BE WORKING IN AN UPCOMING MEETING ON OUR RFP GUIDELINES FOR WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE OUR ASPIRATIONS FOR THAT.
RFP, IT'S A PARKS PROJECT FOR LUCCHESE PARK.
IT'LL BE BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW.
THE SCHEDULE IS FOR SPRING 2026, SO IT WOULDN'T BE BEING PAINTED UNTIL NEXT SUMMER, PROBABLY A YEAR FROM NOW.
AND SO OUR RFP WILL BE RELEASED TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR AND WE'LL GIVE PROBABLY EIGHT WEEKS, I'M IMAGINING TO LET THE PUBLIC APPLY.
IT'S KIND OF, UH, UH, A, A INTERESTING GATEWAY PROJECT FOR ASPIRING ARTISTS AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE 328 SQUARE FEET OF WALLS ON THE SIDE OF THE RAMPS.
BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE A FUN RFP TO DEVELOP.
WE ALSO, UM, MIGHT WANNA CONSIDER, THIS ONE'S MOVING FAST, BUT THE UPCOMING PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, BUT WE WILL PROBABLY BE WORKING ON THAT AS A GROUP AND WE CAN ESTABLISH A SUBCOMMITTEE IF NEEDED.
'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE LIKE, UH, IT'S THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL BE PROBABLY LOOKING AT THAT.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT THIS SUBCOMMITTEES FOR RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD HAVE SIX.
IS THERE ANY OTHER ONES THAT MEMBERS THINK SHOULD BE INVOLVED OR ANY ONES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE MISSING? SO WE TRY TO KEEP THE ROLES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, LIKE WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT IT FROM THE DA.
SO YOUR UPDATES ARE OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ALL WEIGH IN AND TALK OR PROVIDE OUR OTHER INPUT.
BUT OFF, OFF THE DAIS YOU'RE WORKING WITH JUST YOUR MEMBERS AND NOT COMMUNICATING
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TO OTHER MEMBERS ABOUT IT.YOU CAN COMMUNICATE TO ME AND I CAN HELP DISSEMINATE INFORMATION.
BUT WE WILL HAVE A BROWN ACT TRAINING IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO WITH THE CITY CLERK.
AND THAT'LL REALLY TEACH THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T AWARE THAT WE NEED TO PREVENT SERIAL MEETINGS IN ANY VIOLATION OF TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS.
AND BY TELEPHONE, I MEAN FROM PERSON TO PERSON TO PERSON TO PERSON RATHER THAN ON THE PHONE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S, THOSE MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON ANY OTHER COMMITTEES OR ANYTHING.
I HAVE AN IMMEDIATE THOUGHT ON THE BROWN ACT SITUATION.
UM, THERE HAS TO BE, I THINK FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO FUNCTION PROPERLY, WE HAVE TO FIND A WORKAROUND THAT IS WITHIN THE LEGAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY BECAUSE WE CAN'T REALLY DO MUCH IF WE CAN'T MEET AS A TEAM AND WE CAN'T MEET OFFSITE AS A TEAM, MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE.
SO I'M FINDING IT REALLY CONSTRICTING, UH, JUST GOING THROUGH THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE RIVER MAP OR WHATEVER, THE PUBLIC ART MAP.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A PRECEDENT WITH OTHER C CBS, NOT CBBS.
UM, BUT I, I AM WONDERING IF YOU GUYS CAN LOOK INTO THAT, MELISSA, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SOMEWHAT HAMSTRUNG IF WE, IF WE'RE NOT HAVING MEETINGS, BUT EVERY FIVE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, WELL, FOR THE NEXT WHILE WE SHALL WE WILL BE HAVING MEETINGS.
UM, WE JUST NEEDED AN APPLICANT IN ORDER TO HAVE THEM.
YEAH, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
BUT THE PUBLIC MAY NOT BE THAT OUR MEETINGS HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECOVER THE COSTS FROM AN APPLICANT.
AND SO IF THERE'S NO WORK, THERE'S NO MEETING.
BUT BECAUSE WE ARE SO EAGER TO WORK, WE CREATE WORK AND SO THE SUBCOMMITTEES CAN MEET.
AND BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS, YOU, YOUR SUBCOMMITTEE CAN BE THREE PEOPLE.
AND I, I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL, WE WILL HAVE PROJECTS COMING UP AND I'M HOPING THAT SOON WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET BACK ON TRACK.
SO THAT'S, THERE WAS A LULL THERE, BUT THAT'S TRADITIONALLY HAPPENED WITH PUBLIC ART WHERE THERE'S JUST, AT CERTAIN POINTS WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING AND THEY'RE SEEING IT IN PLANNING.
BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A TEAM OF CREATIVES, WE CREATE WORK FOR OURSELVES.
AND SO THAT'S, IT'S REALLY AWESOME.
BUT I'M GONNA TRY MY BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET, WE RETAIN A ROBUST TEAM OF SEVEN AND THAT WAY MORE WORK CAN BE DONE OFF THE DA.
AND IF EVERYBODY HAS THEIR, THEIR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE AND WE COME BACK, WE CAN REALLY HAVE ROBUST DISCUSSIONS.
SO, I'M SORRY THAT THAT'S OUR CIRCUMSTANCES RIGHT NOW.
WELL, THAT TRAINING WILL BE COMING UP, SO AS SOON AS IT'S AVAILABLE, I'LL LET YOU ALL KNOW I GAVE YOU A BIT OF AN ADVANCE WARNING,
AND SO, UM, IF YOU COULD REVIEW THE, THE DOCUMENTS I PROVIDED, THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
THEY'RE A LITTLE LENGTHY FOR OUR CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'LL HELP FILL YOU IN ON WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEES.
AND I DID WANNA ASK YOU ALL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASSIGN SUBCOMMITTEES TONIGHT, OR IF YOU THINK IT'D BE BETTER TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE A FULLER TEAM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OUR NEXT MONTH SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST MEETING.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.
I REALLY WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANTED TO CONTINUE IN YOUR POSTINGS.
WE DO HAVE TWO NEW MEMBERS HERE THAT CAN ADD TO SUBCOMMITTEES, BUT SINCE YEAH, I, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF, OF, UM, BRIE AND CODY JUMPING IN.
UH, TO THE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT CHERYL AREN'T WORKING ON, OR, OR THE OTHER ONES BECAUSE, UM, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR THE ONES THAT I'M INVOLVED ON IN, THERE'S, THEY'VE BEEN ONGOING FOR A WHILE.
SO, UM, YEAH, I'D BE HAPPY FOR YOU GUYS TO SIGN UP TONIGHT.
AND WE COULD, WE COULD, AT OUR NEXT MEETING, SINCE THERE'S ROOM FOR THREE ON EACH ONE, WE COULD GO BACK AND REFLECT ON, I THINK WE'D BENEFIT FROM GETTING TO, TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS OFFLINE AND, AND WHAT'S, WHAT EACH ASSIGNMENT IS REALLY ABOUT AND GET TO THINK ABOUT IT FOR NEXT TIME WHEN WE HAVE A FULL GROUP FOR DISCUSSION AND ASSIGN THEM.
SO I'VE HEARD TWO DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON IT.
SO DO THE REST OF YOU WANNA ONE? UM, I WOULD BE CURIOUS WHAT CODY AND BRI MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN JOINING TONIGHT, IF THEY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS.
WELL, FOR ME, DEFINITELY THE GRANTS.
UH, AND OTHERWISE, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY PERSONAL CONNECTION TO ANY OF THE PROJECTS, SO WHATEVER YOU NEED HELP ON, I COULD JUST BE ASSIGNED.
WELL, I DO THINK, UM, ONE THAT I COULD, WELL, IT SHOULD COME FROM YOU, BUT I, I KNOW YOUR CONSTRUCTION BACKGROUND HAS A LOT OF INSIGHT FOR INSTALLS.
SO I WOULD LOOK AT PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE INSTALLATION
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'CAUSE WE REALLY NEED THOSE.SOMEBODY WITH A ASTUTE EYE FOR THAT.
AND ALSO THE LICENSE, SO I, I CAN HELP WITH THAT.
SO IN THAT LIGHT, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE LIKE SOMETHING LIKE MARY FULLER MCCHESNEY OR RIVER ARCH, LIKE THOSE KIND OF ITEMS. OKAY.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO TAKE A FORMAL VOTE ON THESE SINCE THERE'S SO FEW OF A FEW OF THEM.
IT'S MORE OF LIKE JUST SAYING WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.
SINCE WE HAVE THREE SPACES ON EACH ONE, IT'S PRETTY OPEN.
UM, WE'RE STARTING WITH A FRESH, FRESH LENS.
SO CHERYL, YOU WERE ON THE RIVER ARCH.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAY ON THE RIVER ARCH 2.0? UM, YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
UM, AND I WOULD WELCOME CODY WITH HIS INSTALLATION, UM, EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT.
SO, AND THEN YOU WERE ALSO ON KENNELWORTH PARKS PUBLIC ART, WHICH LIKE I SAID, IT'S ON HOLD RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT? IT'S ON HOLD RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR NEWEST MEMBER.
UM, I PLAYED AT THAT PARK AS A CHILD AND REALLY WANTED TO BE INVOLVED WITH IT, BUT IT'S ON HOLD OR ON HI HIATUS RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S, IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT GOING STILL.
UM, SO SURE FOR NOW YOU CAN LEAVE ME ON IT, BUT, UM, OKAY.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HERE HAS THAT EXPERIENCE.
UM, BUT I KNOW, I THINK WE WANT SOMEONE FROM THE COMMITTEE TO BE INVOLVED WITH THAT.
UM, AND I'D ALSO BE IN, UH, INTERESTED IN BEING INVOLVED IN THE PUBLIC ART MAP AND TOURS.
I THINK I MENTIONED IT TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE LAST THURSDAY AT THE OPENING.
I HAD ACTUALLY CREATED MY OWN LITTLE MAP AND LIST AND WHEN I HAD FAMILY AND FRIENDS VISIT, I WOULD ALWAYS GIVE THEM THAT AND SAY, GO EXPLORE AND, YOU KNOW, FIND THESE, UH, PIECES OF ART.
SO, UM, BUT I WANT THE NEW MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME CHOICES HERE TOO.
AND ANN, UM, YOU CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE GRANTS? THE, I, THAT MIGHT BE A MISNOMER.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH GRANTS I HAVE NO EXPERIENCE IN.
I CAN REMOVE YOU 'CAUSE YOU'RE ON 20.
BUT I SHOULD BE ON PUBLIC ART AND MAP WITH TANNER SINCE WE'VE ALREADY STARTED IT.
AND I THINK ON THE MAP, HE'S ASSUMING HE'S ON THAT, THE PUBLIC ART MAP AND TOURS, AND I THINK HE'D PROBABLY LIKE TO WORK ON THE AV SLASH TECH SIDE OF THAT.
UM, I KNOW HE'S IMMERSED IN THAT AND I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE MAP AND, AND, UH, SEE WHERE WE CAN PARTNER WITH OTHER, UM, CCBS AND ALSO, UH, GROW THE MAP.
SO I HAVE HAVE THREE MEMBERS FOR THE MAP ALREADY, LIKE CHERYL, TANNER AND ANNE, SO THAT SINCE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT, IT SEEMS LIKE A NATURAL FIT.
ANNE, WOULD YOU STAY ON MARY FLO MCCHESNEY? OH YEAH, FOR SURE.
AND I'LL, YOU KNOW, I'LL ABSOLUTELY HELP READ GRANTS AND EVERYTHING, BUT I'M NOT, I I DON'T WANNA PUT MYSELF OUT THERE.
AND THEN BRIE, IS THERE A SPACE YOU SEE YOURSELF IN? I'M HAPPY TO HELP WITH ANY OF THEM.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THE LUCAS SKATE PARK, GET SOME STUDENT EYES ON STUDENT VISION THERE.
UM, AND THEN ANYWHERE ELSE THAT YOU THINK I CAN BE HELPFUL.
DO YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH GRANTS BY ANY CHANCE? I DO NOT.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE OUR TRICKY ONE.
SO I MIGHT JUST PUT EVERYBODY ON THAT
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT CATCH YOUR EYE? UM, HAPPY TO HELP WITH ASPHALT ART OR, UM, ACQUISITIONS? UM, WHEN KENNELWORTH PARK BECOMES BUSY, AGAIN, THAT'S MY NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, ASPHALT ART OR MAY OR ACQUISITIONS WHERE THERE'S MORE NEED.
SO FOR, FOR RIGHT NOW, WHAT I MIGHT DO IS I'VE PUT WHAT EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BE ON AND NEXT MONTH THERE'S ONLY ONE THAT'S FULL.
SO THAT WAY WHEN OUR NEW MEMBERS OR OUR EXISTING MEMBERS ALSO RETURN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE THREE PARTIES SEE WHERE THEIR ROLES ARE IN THIS.
SO I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A REALLY GOOD START IF YOU'RE ALL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
UM, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR OTHER COMMENTS,
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IF NOT, LET'S MOVE ON[STAFF COMMENT]
TO THE, UH, NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS, UH, A PROJECT STATUS REPORT FOR JULY AND CHAIR, UM, PUBLIC ART SPECIALIST, ABERCROMBIE WILL BE SPEARHEADING THAT.UM, SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU SHARE ANY UPDATES THAT ANYONE HAS ABOUT THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. WE'VE HAD KIND OF A LOT OF UPDATES ALREADY, THIS MEETING ON PROJECTS, BUT, UM, AS WE GO DOWN THE LIST, ASPHALT ART, THERE'S BEEN NO UPDATES GRANT SEEKING.
WE DIDN'T WIN THE TWO GRANTS, SO WE WERE HOPING TO, BUT WE HOPE TO RETURN TO THEM.
AND WE GOT REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COMMISSION.
UM, THERE'S NO UPDATES ON KENWORTH PARK.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY, UH, WE KIND OF COVERED MARY FULLER MCCHESNEY.
UM, WE COVERED THE PUBLIC ART MAP AND TOURS RIVER ARCH AND THE SKATE PARK THAT'S GONNA BE ON, IT'S GONNA BE COMING UP IN OUR COMING MONTHS.
SO AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ART RELATED SHARINGS YOU HAVE OR EX LIKE, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE COMMUNITY OR UPCOMING EVENTS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO SHARE AT THIS TIME.
CODY, DO YOU WANT, DO YOU WANNA SHARE? WELL, I DIDN'T REALIZE WE WERE, WHEN YOU SAID COMMENTS, YOU WERE DOING COMMITTEE COMMENTS.
SO WHEN WERE WHEN WE COME BACK TO THAT, I HAVE SOMETHING.
[COMMITTEE COMMENT]
WE WILL, UM, DO COMMITTEE COMMENTS, UM, IN GENERAL.I JUST WANTED TO TALK A COUPLE MINUTES ABOUT THE FAIR BECAUSE I WAS THERE FOR THE WHOLE THING AND I TALKED ABOUT IT IN PAR PARKS AND REC COMMISSION MEETING AS WELL.
UH, FOR ME THE FAIR, UH, THIS REALLY FELT LIKE THE PETALUMA FAIR AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I THINK IT REALLY HAD THE STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT IT DID WAS BECAUSE OF PUBLIC ARTS CONTRIBUTIONS TO IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE IS AWARE OF JUST HOW MUCH PUBLIC ART PARTNERED WITH PARKS AND REC TO RUN THIS FAIR.
AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST ELEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTED TO THAT FEELING OF COMMUNITY WERE PUBLIC ARTS CONTRIBUTIONS, ALL OF THE LOCAL MUSIC, THE PUBLIC ART, THE LOCAL ART THAT WAS AROUND THE ARTISTS AND MAKERS.
ALL THOSE LITTLE DETAILS AND FINE TOUCHES THAT MADE IT FEEL LIKE PETALUMA CAME FROM PUBLIC ART.
AND I REALLY WANT THAT TO BE RECOGNIZED.
THAT MADE IT SO AWESOME THAT PLUS, YOU KNOW, YOU WALK AROUND AND YOU SEE THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER PICKING UP TRASH AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SELLING TICKETS AND IT JUST FELT LIKE COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST, I WANNA SAY I SAID IT AT PARKS AND REC AS WELL.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF EMOTION AROUND THE TRANSFER OF THE FAIRGROUNDS AND THE RUNNING OF THE FAIR AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER EVERYONE AGREES WITH IT OR NOT.
PETALUMA CITY OF PETALUMA IS RUNNING THE PETALUMA FAIR NOW.
AND, UH, YOU CAN SPREAD RUMORS AND, AND NEGATIVITY OUT OF SPITE TO THWART THEIR EFFORTS.
OR WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE THIS THE BEST FAIR IT COULD BE.
AND IN THAT CASE, EVERYONE WINS.
'CAUSE IF YOU TRY TO THWART THE CITY'S EFFORTS INSTEAD, WELL, THAT'S HOW THE FAIR DOES DIE.
SO IF YOU REALLY WANT THE FAIR TO BE THE FAIR, THEN WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE THIS THE BEST IT CAN BE.
SO PETALUMA NEEDS TO STEP UP AND COME TOGETHER AND SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT COMMUNITY.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT AND IT'LL JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER IF EVERYONE HELPS.
UM, CODY, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID AT THE FAIR
WE DID A LIVE SORT OF DEMO ON THE, WE'RE MAKING A, A NEW SIDE ENTRANCE GATE FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS.
THE, THE PAY RAN GATE, IT'LL BE ALL FORGED.
UM, MOSTLY ALL, IT'S ALL LOCAL, UH, BLACKSMITHS.
WE DID WHAT WE COULD AT THE FAIR, WHICH IS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT BECAUSE THIS IS A, A HUGE GATE AND WE NEED MUCH BIGGER EQUIPMENT.
UM, BUT WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE COME OUT AND, UH, MAINLY WE WERE KINDA SHOWING THE PROCESS OF HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS GETS DONE.
BUT MOST PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT, THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THEY COULD LEARN SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
UH, AND AT THE MOMENT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TEACHING FACILITIES, SO SOMETHING THAT, UH,
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I'M TRYING TO REALLY WORK ON IS, UM, SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY HELP AIDED BY THE CITY, UH, TO, TO TEACH METAL ART, BUT ALSO JUST OTHER ARTS IN GENERAL.A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND LEARN IN THE FAIRGROUNDS SEEMS LIKE IT COULD BE A GREAT SPACE FOR THAT.
SO SOMETHING THAT I'M WORKING ON THE GATE IS JUST A PRELUDE TO HOPEFULLY OTHER THINGS TO COME.
UM, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, LIKE CODY WAS THERE ALL FOUR DAYS, ALL DAY LONG, AND HE HELPED SUPPORT INSTALLATION OF ART AT THE FAIR.
WE HAD SOME PIECES ON LOAN FROM THE RIVER PARK BY TONY SPEARS, AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, LIKE I CALLED CODY AND HE CAME RIGHT DOWN WITH HIS NAIL GUN OR HIS, UH, SCREWDRIVER AND HE WAS JUST READY FOR, AND, AND JOHNNY HIRSCH MOGEL CAME DOWN AND INSTALLED SOME ARTWORK.
WE HAD GIANT CHICKENS BY MICHAEL DARLINGTON.
I'M HOPING TO GIVE A COMPLETE UPDATE IN OUR NEXT MEETING OR THE ONE AFTER THAT.
I ALSO WANTED CONNIE TO LIKE, SHARE SOME OF HIS IMAGES OF HIS DESIGNS, BUT IT FELT LIKE IT'S A WHOLE OTHER THING INTO ITSELF.
AND AT THIS WEEK'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, IF YOU GO WATCH THE, THE PRESENTATION AT THE END OF THE MEETING, YOU CAN GO DOWN TO THE LAST ITEM.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THE CREATIVES ELEMENTS OF THE FAIR WERE VERY INFORMED BY THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAD, UM, LIKE A LOCAL, UM, NEW MAKE, NOT MAKER SPACE, BUT INTERACTIVE SPACE THAT'S COMING IN CALLED WONDER STUMP.
AND THEY HAD CREATED THE FOUNTAIN PROJECT THAT WAS IN OUR, UH, HELEN PUTNAM PLAZA THIS WINTER.
AND THEY CREATED SOME OF THE SIGNAGE FOR LUMA ICE.
AND THEY CAME IN AND CREATED THIS, UM, SPACE WHERE YOU'D GO INTO IT, IT WAS LIKE A TREE TRUNK AND YOU'D BE TRANSPORTED INTO ANOTHER REALM WITH VIDEO.
THEY HAD, YOU COULD MAKE YOUR OWN PINS AND JEWELRY AND THEY WERE REALLY GREAT AND THEY'RE OPENING A SPACE ON PETALUMA BOULEVARD IN THE COMING MONTHS.
UM, BUT THERE WAS, IT WAS, YOU NAME IT, IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL.
WE HAD MARIMBA FROM PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS WITH PLAY MARIMBA.
WE HAD TWO FORK LOCO GROUPS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 18 YEARS SINCE THIS POMO DANCE GROUP WAS CREATED WITH JOE SALINAS, IT WAS INVITED TO OUR PETALUMA FAIR AND THEY DID AN OPENING SUNDAY MORNING OPENING S STAGING THE SITE AND CREATING THIS REALLY BEAUTIFUL SERVICE, UM, OF DANCE AND LOVE FOR THE EARTH AND OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I FELT LIKE AT THE END OF THE FAIR, I, I JUST FELT SO MUCH LOVE AND HEART FROM EVERY STAFF PERSON THAT WAS THERE.
IT WAS JUST A, A REALLY BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE.
AND THE AGRICULTURAL ELEMENTS WERE BEAUTIFUL, EVEN THOUGH THE POULTRY COULDN'T BE PRESENT.
IT WAS JUST, AND DAIRY COWS, BUT IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
I FELT LIKE THERE'S STILL A LOT OF HARMONY AND BEAUTY TO BE FOUND THERE.
AND ALL THE PUBLIC ART ELEMENTS OF THE SITE THAT NOW EXIST ARE THERE.
AND LIKE I SAID, TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE FAIR OPENED, WE, WE REALIZED WE DIDN'T HAVE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE MISSING OR LOST OR NEEDED TO MET, MEET UP.
WE, THE CHICKEN THAT HAD BEEN HISTORICALLY THERE WAS MOVED AND WE WEREN'T SURE IF IT WAS GONNA BE THERE.
AND SO PATRICK AMAT, WHO, UM, FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR, HE'S A SCULPTOR FROM SEBASTOPOL WHO'S CREATED A LOT OF THE, I DON'T WANNA SAY JUNK ART, BUT IT IS MADE OF A LOT OF FARM EQUIPMENT AND, UM, IT'S ALL REUSED AND RECYCLED MATERIALS.
HE LIVES, OR HE WORKS LIVES, HAS A OPEN GALLERY ON FLORENCE AVENUE IN SEBASTOPOL.
AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO SEE THAT.
IT'S REALLY FUN, PLAYFUL, IT'S ANOTHER ENTRY LEVEL POINT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BEING EXPOSED TO ART BECAUSE I THINK IT'S FUN AND ENGAGING.
AND HE LOANED US A BENCH FOR THE EVENT, UM, TO THAT HAD A MAGICIAN, IT WAS SO COOL WITH A RABBIT OUT OF HIS HAT.
AND THEN HE CREATED THE REUNIFICATION CHICKEN.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO REQUEST A BANTAM, THAT'S BROWN, THAT'S PAINTED THE FAIR COLORS AND IT'S ALSO A BENCH.
SO, UM, IT HAS A TEMPORARY BANNER ON IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO PAINT THE BANNER ON IN AS QUICK A TIME AS WE NEED.
AND WE'RE STILL FIGURING OUT IF WE WANTED TO SAY PETALUMA FAIR OR FAIRGROUNDS.
BUT, UM, I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME INTO THE FAIR 'CAUSE IT IS OPEN.
AND THIS WEEKEND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE AT PETALUMA MUSIC FESTIVAL.
I THINK THERE'S A CIRCUS COMING UP, THERE'S A CARD SHOW IN THE EXPO HALL.
IT'S LIKE, IT'S RIDICULOUS HOW ACTIVATED IT IS, BUT IF YOU GET THE CHANCE, YOU CAN GO AND, UM, CHECK OUT THAT BENCH.
SO THANK YOU CODY, FOR YOUR KIND WORDS.
AND THANK YOU TO EVERY CREATIVE MIND AND HEART THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE FERRY.
IT WAS THE STILLS EXHIBITS WERE UNBELIEVABLE, THE QUILTS, EVERYTHING, IT WAS ALL STUNNING.
AND, UM, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE NEXT YEAR.
SO I THINK THE PUBLIC ART COULD BE, NOW THAT WE HAVE LIKE A FULL YEAR TO PLAN, I THINK WE COULD DEFINITELY SHOWCASE IN SOME BOLD WAYS.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS YET, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
UM, WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR, I
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DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY HOURS YOU PUT INTO IT, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THE CREATIVITY THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE FAIR, MELISSA.I KNOW A LOT, A LOT WAS, UM, ON YOUR PLATE AND I, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU WERE JUGGLING SO MANY THINGS, BUT, UM, I THINK EVERYONE FELT THE IMPACT OF THE CREATIVITY THAT YOU OH, THANK YOU.
LIKE I FEEL LIKE I WAS MEL MET WITH EQUAL ENERGY, LIKE EVERY, LIKE, WHETHER IT WAS RECYCLING OR THE BLUE, THE PURPLE CUP PROGRAM BEING ON SITE, LIKE EVERYBODY APPROACHED THEIR ELEMENT WITH LIKE PASSION AND CONSIDERATION.
LIKE NOBODY, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DIDN'T HAVE TO TRANSPORT ANYBODY FROM THE SITE.
LIKE WE HAD SHADE, WE HAD WATER.
IT WAS SO MUCH CONSIDERATION THAT I FELT LIKE YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A VISITOR WAS REALLY, UM, CONSIDERED.
AND IT MAY SEEM LIKE KIND OF BANAL THINGS LIKE RECYCLING OR WATER AND, BUT YOU REALIZE WHEN YOU HAVE YOUNG KIDS, ESPECIALLY THAT, THAT, OR A PARTICULARLY HOT DAY, WHICH WE CAN NEVER, YOU KNOW, WE TRY OUR BEST TO BE READY FOR THAT, BUT IT REALLY CREATES A BETTER USER EXPERIENCE TO HAVE THAT.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEES? OKAY GUYS, WELL I THINK, UM, THERE'S ONE LAST THING WE WANTED TO DO AND UM, MELISSA WANTED TO MAKE A SPECIAL CLOSING THIS EVENING.
WE, WE DO STILL HAVE THIS, THE STATUS ON THE PROJECTS.
THERE'S A FEW PROJECTS WE DIDN'T DISCUSS.
WE'VE COVERED HALF OF IT ALREADY.
SO, SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO OPEN THIS ITEM OR, I'M SORRY, DID YOU WANNA CONTINUE ON WITH THIS, THE PROJECT MATRIX? IS THAT WHAT YEAH, WOULD YOU WANNA OPEN THE ITEM OR, YEAH, SURE.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PROJECT MATRIX.
I SEEM TO BE KIND OF LOST HERE, SO IT'S OKAY, WE'RE GETTING BACK.
AND YOU KNOW, AND IF THERE ARE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'RE HAPPY TO RECEIVE THEM IF ANYBODY HAS COMMENTS RELATED TO THIS, UM, OR ANY OTHER ITEM.
SO FINE BALANCE, THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE SIGN, BUT WE ARE EXPLORING HOW TO REPAIR IT.
UM, SOMEBODY TOOK A KEY OR METAL OBJECT TO IT AND KIND OF SCRATCHED OUT THE TOP COATING.
SO I'M LOOKING INTO, UM, HOW THAT CAN BE REPAIRED.
THE PLAQUE IS STILL NOT INSTALLED BECAUSE WE GOT DERAILED WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER PROJECTS, BUT REBUILDING TOGETHER IS INSTALLING THE PLAQUE ON THAT.
WE JUST NEEDED CEMENT SCREWS TO GO IN THERE.
UM, THERE'S NO UPDATE ON THE PLAYGROUND.
I GAVE YOU THE UPDATE ALREADY OF WHEN IT SHOULD BE SEEN BY US.
SAME WITH THE RIVER ARCH, THE MURAL WALLS, THERE'S NO UPDATE.
THERE IS AN UPDATE ON ABSTRACTIONS AT THE KELLER STREET GARAGE.
UM, FINALLY REBUILDING TOGETHER HAD CLEANED IT ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.
UM, RYAN PETERSON HAS SECURED HIS MATERIALS AND HE HOPES TO BEGIN THE MURAL REPAIRS IN AUGUST.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE A FULL RESTORATION.
IT, HE HAD COMMITTED WHEN HE FIRST CREATED THE MURAL TO MAINTAIN IT WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS.
WE'RE OBVIOUSLY OVER THAT, BUT IT REQUIRED ALL THE DIRT TO BE WASHED OFF OF IT BECAUSE OF THE ALLEYWAY.
WHEN WATER'S THERE, IT GETS SPLASHED UP AND, UM, SOME PEOPLE IN THE AREA WERE TRYING TO CLEAN OFF GRAFFITI WITH DIRTY WATER AND SO IT WAS A LITTLE GRITTY.
SO HE'S GOING THROUGH AND GONNA COVER UP THE BULK OF LIKE ANY OBSCENITIES AND CLEANING UP, ESPECIALLY THE SIDE THAT'S TOWARDS THE TIKI LOCATION THAT WAS THERE, BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY OVERWHELMED WITH GR GRAFFITI.
IT'S OF NO COST TO US AND IT'S REALLY, UH, IT'S A REBUILDING TOGETHER AND RYAN ARE WORKING ON THAT.
NAGA HAS SOME INCREDIBLY EXCITING NEWS.
WE, IN OUR NAGA EXPERIENCE, IT'S PETALUMA'S BEEN A STEPPING STONE THAT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO NAGA.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU UNFAMILIAR NAGA WAS OUR GIANT SEA SERPENT THAT LIVED AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE IT FOR SIX MONTHS AND NOW IT'S ON, IT'S INSTALLED IN GOLDEN GATE PARK AT RAINBOW FALLS.
UM, NATHAN APPLE, UM, CAME AND HELPED US ONE NIGHT WHEN WE NEEDED TO FIRST INSTALL IT AND REALLY TAKE THE WEIGHT MEASUREMENTS OF ONE OF THE ELEMENTS FOR ENGINEERING.
AND HE HAS A LOCAL METAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY AND HE LET THE ARTIST COME AND WORK ON THE PROJECT ONCE IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE FAIR SITE TO SECURE IT FOR BEING IN WATER AND IN THIS NEW SITUATION IN GOLDEN GATE PARK.
SO THEY REPAINTED THE SCALES AND GOT IT ALL READY FOR A MOIST SITUATION THERE,
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ALSO A COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO'S A CONTRACTOR, OMAR ZAK BECAME INVOLVED.HE, ON A RAINY DAY, HE HELPED DIG OUT TRENCHES FOR, UM, EQUIPMENT AND HE HAS BEEN THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY TO HELP WITH INSTALLATION WITH CJ AND HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE THIS SAN FRANCISCO PROJECT HAPPEN.
AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY A CONNECTION TO US AND OUR HEART TO SEE THAT OUR COMMUNITY STEPPED UP.
AND SO THIS WEEKEND IS REALLY COOL.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THE NAGA FAMILY FRIENDLY CELEBRATION THIS SATURDAY, JULY 26TH.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A MERMAID PARADE AND EVERYBODY'S WELCOME, UM, BUT ESPECIALLY YOUNG FOLKS.
SO I WILL BE THERE AND A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE FROM 10 TO 12 MEETING AT RAINBOW FALLS ON THE JFK PROMENADE.
AND THEN WE WILL WALK THROUGH A SMALL PART OF GOLDEN GATE PARK, WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING.
AND THEN THE GRAND LIGHTING WILL TAKE PLACE MONDAY, JULY 28TH.
AND THERE'LL BE MUSIC DANCING AND MORE LAND LUBER JIBBER JABBER.
THAT'S NOT FROM ME, THAT'S FROM NAGAS TEAM, BUT I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE FUN.
I, IT'S FREE AND IT'LL TAKE PLACE FROM SEVEN 30 TO NINE 30 AT RAINBOW FALLS.
SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND IT'S INTERESTING IF YOU FOLLOW, THERE'S, I DID INCLUDE SOME INFORMATION ON NAGAS WEBPAGE ABOUT THE COMPANY THAT'S HELPING MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
ILLUMINATE AND THE PRESS FOR NAGA IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PRESS FROM OUR EVOLUTION AND THE PRESS FROM FINE BALANCE.
AND SO IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE HOW PEOPLE RESPOND TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART AND LIKE HOW IT'S UNIQUE THAT A LOT OF PETALUMA ARE JUMPING ON THOSE COMET SECTIONS SAYING BRING IT BACK.
SO I, I FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY A TESTAMENT TO HOW ACCEPTING OF ART AND HOW APPRECIATIVE WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY.
THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS, I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THERE WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE VANDALISM.
SO WHEN IT WAS FIRST INSTALLED, WE HAD A FOUR TIMES VANDALISM.
WE HAD A COMMUNITY WORKDAY, UM, WHERE WE CAME DOWN AND HELPED JOHNNY REPAINT IT.
SINCE THEN, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.
I THINK THAT WE'VE REALLY SHOWN THAT THE ARTIST AND THE CITY ARE COMMITTED TO CLEANING UP GRAFFITI ON THE SITE AND THAT THIS IS A SPACE WE WANT REVERENCE TOWARDS.
UM, KEN TEEN CENTER, WE'VE DISCUSSED THE MARY FULLER MCCHESNEY, WE'VE DISCUSSED.
SO MCDOWELL SCHOOL LET US KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE SECOND PIECE.
SO I'VE DONE SOME OUTREACH TO LOMA VISTA AND I'LL DO SOME OUTREACH TO ME WALK AS WELL.
I KNOW, UH, ANNE HAD REACHED OUT TO MCKINLEY TO SEE IF THEY WERE INTERESTED AND THERE WASN'T A RESPONSE.
SO I THINK OUR SCHOOLS ARE OVERWHELMED RIGHT NOW.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO BE GENTLE AND JUST KINDA, I THINK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT AT CHERRY VALLEY WILL HELP INFORM, UM, THAT IT'S REALLY A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.
THERE'S OTHER UPDATES IN THERE ABOUT PROSPECTIVE LOCATIONS, BUT I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH LISA DAVIS AND WE, UM, I'VE PULLED UP OUR OLD AGREEMENTS THAT WE USED WITH KENILWORTH SO WE CAN KIND OF BUILD ON THAT.
AND SO WE HAVE GOOD DOCUMENTS THAT TALK ABOUT HOW WE'LL WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BUILD OFF OF.
SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE A REALLY COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO MOVE INTO THIS NEXT ZONE.
UM, AND LET'S SEE, EVERYTHING ELSE I'VE UPDATED YOU ON, I DID LEAVE OUT THE IRISH DANCERS AND THE CIRCUS THIS YEAR.
WE ADDED A CIRCUS TO THE FAIR AS WELL.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF NEW ELEMENTS AND IT WAS A PEOPLE SURFACE CIRCUS.
UM, SO IT WAS ALL ABOUT CONTORTION AND BALANCE AND TRAPEZE.
AND I REALLY FELT LIKE THIS, UH, IT, IT, IT FELT LIKE OUR OWN THING.
SO I'M, I'M REALLY, IT WASN'T A PRESCRIBED KIND OF EVENT.
IT FELT, AND, UH, SO MANY ELEMENTS OF THE FAIR WERE STILL PRESERVED IN A REALLY LOVING WAY AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA GROW THAT AS WELL.
SO FIRST TIME I THINK IT WAS PRETTY CHARMING AND WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO NEXT YEAR.
SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S MY COMMENTS AND THANK YOU ALL.
SO NOW I WOULD ASK IF ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA CLOSE OUT MEETING, UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AND AS PART OF OUR ADJOURNMENT I STATEMENT.
UM, I'M, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO CLOSE THIS MEETING IN HONOR OF JACK HAY.
HE WAS A COMMUNITY MEMBER HERE IN PETALUMA THAT SERVED ON THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN ANYTHING ARTS THE PARKLET PROGRAM.
HE WAS HERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE JACK'S TOUCH ON THEM.
LIKE YOU CAN JUST SEE HIS FINGERPRINT, OUR COMMUNITY, HE DID A LOT OF PROTEST ART, HE WORKED A
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LOT WITH, UM, KLAUS, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNEW KLAUS THAT WAS AROUND THESE, THERE WAS A TEAM OF ARTISTS THAT JUST WERE CONSTANTLY CREATING SPACE AND VARIETY AND COLOR IN OUR COMMUNITY.AND KLAUS PASSED AWAY ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, AND JACK, IT WAS, IT'S JUST A GIANT LOSS.
HE PASSED AWAY ALMOST A MONTH AGO.
AND, UM, THERE'S BEEN A, A LARGE ARTIST OUTREACH FOR PEOPLE WANTING TO MAKE A MEMORIAL TO HIM HERE.
HE WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN BURNING MAN FROM THE BEGINNING.
AND THIS YEAR'S BURN IS GONNA BE IN HIS HONOR.
IT'LL HAVE, UM, OPA ON A HEART, ON THE BURNING MAN IN HONOR OF OUR OWN JACK.
AND SO THIS YEAR WE'RE, OR THIS MEETING WE'RE GONNA CLOSE OUT IN HIS HONOR AND A CERTIFICATE WILL BE SENT TO HIS FAMILY.
AND HE REALLY WAS A PETALUMA TREASURE.
SO I, I, I REALLY, UH, WE OWE HIM A DEBT OF GRATITUDE BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY STANDING ON THE FOUNDATION HE AND EARLY MEMBERS BUILT, SO WE'RE VERY LUCKY.
AND WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:38 PM THANK YOU.