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[CALL TO ORDER]
TO CALL ROLL COMMITTEE MEMBER INE PRESENT COMMITTEE MEMBER KM.PRESENT COMMITTEE MEMBER LELAND, PRESENT COMMITTEE MEMBER WEAVER ABSENT COMMITTEE MEMBER GREENSPAN ABSENT ACTING CHAIR.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR CITY OF PETALUMA COMMITTEE WORK INVOLVES THE UNSEATED LAND THAT IS ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS FOR THE COAST.
WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION OF 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 COASTAL MINOK.
[OFFICER NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS]
TO, UH, OUR FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS OFFICER NOMINATIONS.I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE TANNER BOGER AS OUR CHAIR FOR NEXT YEAR.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION? I WILL ACCEPT THE NOMINATION.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO FOR ACTING CO-CHAIR.
SO YOU JUST HAVE THE REQUEST THAT I DO A ROLL CALL AND THEN I'LL OKAY.
ABSENT COMMITTEE MEMBER OF GREENSPAN ABSENT ACTING CHAIR OF GER.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR NOMINATIONS OF VICE CHAIR.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE CODY KSM.
UH, AND IT, IT'S CHISHOLM JUST FOR OKAY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME, BUT, UH, I'LL ACCEPT.
I THINK YOU NEED A SECOND THOUGH.
UH, CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE? UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER CALLED IRON YES.
YOU WERE APPROVED FOR VICE CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO TAKE ON THE ROLE.
I WILL CLOSE THIS MEETING ITEM AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STATE AGENDA.
UH, DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMITTEE'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION THAT ARE NOT LISTED AS 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 TO TOTALING NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES.
I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, ASK SPEAKERS TO BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERKS DECKS IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY.
UH, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE RECEIVED NO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
AND WE HAVE NO, UH, CARDS FOR TODAY FOR ANY IN-PERSON ONES.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA.
THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS MEETING.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ITEM ONE.UH, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE APPROVAL OF MINUTE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING.
UH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY EDITS TO THE MINUTES FOR THAT MEETING.
THEN WE WILL CLOSE THAT MEETING ITEM AND, OR WE HAVE TO PROVE IT RIGHT.
UH, YEAH, THEY'RE APPROVED AS IS.
IF NO, UH, RECOMMENDED EDITS ARE MADE.
UH, I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE MEETING ITEM TWO,
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
THE STUDY SESSION, UM, RECOMMENDATION TO THE PUBLIC, UH, CITY OF PETALUMA PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION IN PUBLIC COMMENTS, CONDUCT A STUDY SESSION AND PROVIDE NON-BINDING COMMENTS TO AND FURTHER DIRECTION, INCLUDING POTENTIAL ARRIVAL OF ARTWORK, APPROVAL OF ARTWORK AND FULFILLMENT OF PUBLIC ART OBLIGATION FOR THE GALLAGHER SENIOR LIVING PUBLIC ART PROPOSAL.[00:05:01]
UH, MELISSA ABERCROMBIE TO PRESENT MEETING ITEM TWO.CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY? I HAD A LITTLE MIC ISSUE.
GOOD EVENING CHAIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, GALLAGHER REPRESENTATIVES, UM, BROOKE ROSS AND ARTIST CATHERINE DALEY.
TONIGHT'S STAFF IS PRESENTA PRESENTING THE PROPOSED ONSITE PUBLIC ART PROJECT FOR THE GALLAGHER SENIOR LIVING DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS TITLED MILLENNIUM, UM, MEFOR BOUQUET.
THIS PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON THE PRO THE PROJECT'S PUBLIC ART REQUIREMENTS, THE APPLICABLE REVIEW CRITERIA, AND THE COMMITTEE'S ROLE UNDER CHAPTER 18 OF THE IMPLEMENTING ZONING ORDINANCE.
FOLLOWING STAFF'S PRESENTATION, THE APPLICANT AND ARTIST WILL PRESENT THE ARTWORK AND DESIGN IN GREATER DETAIL.
I'LL BEGIN WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT, EXPLAIN WHY PUBLIC ART IS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT, DISCUSS THE SITE CONTEXT AND EVALUATION CRITERIA, AND REVIEW HOW THE PROPOSAL RELATES TO THE PUBLIC ART ORDINANCE AND CITY POLICY.
AND CONCLUDE THIS COMMITTEE'S DISCUSSION AND ACTION.
BEFORE INVITING THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT TONIGHT'S STAFF IS PRESENTING THE QUE THE PROPOSED, OH, SORRY, I'M REPEATING MYSELF.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT OVERVIEW.
THE GALLAGHER SENIOR LIVING PROJECT IS LOCATED AT 1 2 2 1 PETALUMA BOULEVARD NORTH.
IT'S FORMERLY THE HANSEL AUTOMOTIVE AND MARINE UNLIMITED PROJECT.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THE PROJECT IN DECEMBER OF 2025 THROUGH RE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH OH SIX.
THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 230,000 SQUARE FEET CONSISTING OF 82 AGE RESTRICTED SENIOR APARTMENTS, EIGHT MEMORY CARE ROOMS, SHARED RESIDENT AMENITIES, A POOL BUILDING AND PARKING WITH THE SUBTERRANEAN GARAGE AND RARE SURFACE LOT.
TONIGHT'S REVIEW IS LIMITED TO THE PROPOSED PUBLIC ARTWORK AND WHETHER IT SATISFIES, SATISFIES, SATISFIES CHAPTER 18 OF THE IMPLEMENTING ZONING ORDINANCE.
THE UNDERLYING DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL HAS, IS NOT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE THIS EVENING.
WHY PUBLIC ART IS REQUIRED, CHAPTER 18 OF THE IMPLEMENTING ORDIN OR ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIRES QUALIFYING PRIVATE NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH CONSTRUCTION COSTS EXCEEDING $500,000 TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ART EQUAL TO 1% OF THE APPLICABLE NON-RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION VALUE.
DEVELOPERS MAY SATISFY THIS OBLIGATION THROUGH ONSITE PUBLIC ART PAYMENT OF AN IN LIEU FEE OR TO THE CITY'S PUBLIC ART FUND, OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
FOR PROJECTS PROPOSING ONSITE ARTWORK, THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING WHETHER THE PROPOSAL SATISFIES THE EVALUATION CRITERIA ESTABLISHED IN SET SECTION 18.120 BEFORE THE PROJECT'S PUBLIC ART OBLIGATION MAY BE CONSIDERED FULFILLED.
THE GALLAGHER SENIOR LIVING PROJECT INCLUDES BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND QUALIFYING NON-RESIDENTIAL USES.
WHILE THE PROJECT FUNCTIONS AS A RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY FOR THE ELDERLY, THE PUBLIC ART ORDINANCE APPLIES ONLY TO THE APPROVED NON-RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
DURING THE PLANNING ENTITLEMENT PROCESS, THE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS WERE DISTINGUISHED FROM THE PROJECT'S, COMMON AMENITIES AND OPERATIONAL SPACES, INCLUDING THE, UM, THEATER LIBRARY, SALON, RESIDENT STORE, ACTIVITY CENTER, MUSIC AND GAME ROOMS, AND THE MEMORY CARE FACILITY.
THOSE APPROVED USES REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY SEVEN 19.7% OF THE PROJECTS TOTAL $90 MILLION CONSTRUCTION VALUATION RESULTING IN AN APPLICABLE COMMERCIAL VALUATION OF $17,738 AND 40 CENTS.
1% OF THAT AMOUNT ESTABLISHES THE PROJECT'S PUBLIC ART OBLIGATION 100, I'M SORRY, 170.
I SHOULD HAVE SAID IT'S A $17 MILLION VALUATION.
AND NOW THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT'S NEEDED TO BE REPRESENTED IN THIS PROJECT IS $177,382 AND 40 CENTS.
THE APPLICANT HAS ELECTED TO INVEST THE FULL PUBLIC ART OBLIGATION IN ONSITE ARTWORK RATHER THAN UTILIZING AN IN LIE FEE OR COMBINATION OF BOTH.
IF THIS DOES NOT MEET THE ENTIRE AMOUNT, THEY WILL TAKE THAT OPTION, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE COMMITTING TO.
UH, FOR CONTEXT, THIS LOCATION IS A GATEWAY OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC ART.
WE'VE LONG LOOKED FOR A SOLUTION FOR HOW TO CREATE AN ENTRANCE INTO THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA.
IT'S PRETTY INDUSTRIAL UP UNTIL THAT POINT WITH A LOT OF, UH, REPAIR SERVICE AND REPAIRS FOR VEHICLES, A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION AND RENTAL MATERIALS.
UM, AND SO AS YOU ENTER THIS POINT, YOU'RE HITTING MORE RESIDENTIAL, UM, OPPORTUNITIES.
THERE'S A LOT OF APARTMENTS AND CONDOS AND A LOT OF HOUSING ENTERING THE EQUATION.
THIS OPPORTUNITY WOULD CREATE A,
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A REALLY WONDERFUL CHANCE TO CREATE IDENTITY FROM THAT GATEWAY.AND JUST ON MONDAY, WE APPROVED THE, UM, SPIRIT OF PETALUMA BEACON FOR THE BOULEVARD SOUTH ROUNDABOUT.
SO IT'S REALLY NEAT TO ALL OF A SUDDEN BE LOOKING AT THE OTHER END OF THE BOULEVARD AND THINKING THAT THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY A WAY TO STREAM THE JEWEL OF OUR DOWNTOWN TOGETHER THROUGH SOME ART CONNECTIVITY AND CREATE MORE OF A GATEWAY EXPERIENCE.
BECAUSE OF THIS VISIBILITY, THE LOCATION PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC ART TO REALLY STEP UP THE STREETSCAPE AND REALLY CREATE A DIFFERENT KIND OF IDENTITY.
AND KNOW UP UNTIL ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, YOU DIDN'T REALLY SEE PEOPLE WALKING ON THE SIDEWALKS THERE.
AND AS WE KEEP ADDING MORE HOUSING, YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE PEOPLE WALK TO LUCKY'S OR WALK TO DOWNTOWN.
AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY CONNECT THAT AND CREATE SOME, YOU KNOW, REALLY POINTS OF INTEREST FOR THAT EXPERIENCE TO BE A LOT MORE ON A HUMAN SCALE.
THE LOCATION SECTION 18.100 REQUIRES THAT PUBLIC ART WITHIN PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT BE LOCATED WHERE IT'S CLEARLY VISIBLE FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
THE PROPOSED ARTWORK IS LOCATED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE ALONG PETALUMA BOULEVARD NORTH, ALLOWING IT TO BE READILY VISIBLE FROM THE PUBLIC STREET WHILE REMAINING INTEGRATED INTO THE SITE'S OVERALL LANDSCAPE AND ARRIVAL SEQUENCE.
SO THIS SHOWS SOME ELEVATIONS A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN THE ARTIST WILL GO INTO THAT MORE WHEN SHE PROVIDES HER PRESENTATION FOR EVALUATION.
ONE OF THE COMMITTEE'S RESPONSIBILITIES IS DETERMINING WHETHER THE ARTWORK IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT STAFF.
FINDS THAT THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE APPROVED SITE PLAN, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, LANDSCAPE PLAN, OR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
INSTEAD, IT'S BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE APPROVED ENTRANCE AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN IN A MANNER THAT REMAINS COMPATIBLE WITH THE CHARACTER AND FUNCTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVED PROJECT.
SO YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN CONSIDERATIONS OF THAT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON FOR CRITERIA, UH, THE IZO 18.120.
WE'VE ESTABLISHED THE CRITERIA THE COMMITTEE USES TO EVALUATE ONSITE PUBLIC ART PROPOSALS.
THESE INCLUDE WHETHER PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS CREATES THE ARTWORK, IF IT RELATES APPROPRIATELY TO THE SURROUNDING ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE AND SITE.
IF IT DEMONSTRATES ORIGINALITY, DURABILITY, QUALITY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP, AND WILL IT BECOME A PERMANENT COMPONENT OF THE PROPERTY.
STAFF HAS EVALUATED THE PROPOSAL AGAINST EACH OF THIS CRITERIA, AND THE APPLICANT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE ARTWORK ITSELF DURING THEIR PRESENTATION.
SO THESE, UM, THESE QUESTIONS OR POINTS OF REVIEW, I CAN ALSO PULL UP WHEN WE'RE HAVING THE DISCUSSION, IF IT'S HELPFUL TO JUST GO DOWN ONE BY ONE AS A GOOD TALKING POINTS REFERENCE DURING YOUR, YOUR REVIEW.
THESE CONTINUE, UM, WHERE WE EVALUATE THE PROPOSAL FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY'S BROADER PUBLIC ART AND PLANNING PROCESSES.
THE PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN ENC ENCOURAGES PUBLIC PERMANENT PUBLIC ART THAT DEMONSTRATES ARTISTIC QUALITY, ENHANCES GATEWAYS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE PUBLIC REALM.
SIMILARLY, THE DRAFT GENERAL PLAN SUPPORTS PARTNERSHIPS IN PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT THAT STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY IDENTITY THROUGH CREATIVE PLACEMAKING.
IN YOUR DISCUSSION, YOU'RE ASKED TO RECEIVE THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION, PROVIDE FEEDBACK REGARDING THE ARTWORK, SIDING, SCALE, MATERIALS, LIGHTING, RELATIONSHIP TO THE LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURE, MAINTENANCE, AND OVERALL COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SITE.
YOU'RE ALSO ASKED TO DETERMINE, DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROPOSAL SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 18.120 OF THE IMPLEMENTING ZONING ORDINANCE.
IF THE COMMITTEE FINDS THAT THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ARTWORK AS FULFILLMENT OF THE GALLAGHER SENIOR LIVING PROJECT'S, PUBLIC ART OBLIGATION, SUBJECT TO FINAL DOCUMENTATION OF THE PUBLIC ART IDENTIF, IDENTIFYING PLAQUE MAINTENANCE PLAN, INSTALLATION DETAILS, AND PROOF OF INSTALLATION PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
AT THIS TIME, I INVITE THE APPLICANT UP AND THE ARTIST TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED ARTWORK.
IT'S LOVELY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE STAFF REPORT.
UH, MY NAME IS BROOKE ROSS AND I'M WITH GALLAGHER SIGNATURE LIVING.
AND, UM, REALLY I'M JUST GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, MARELLA, WHICH IS THE NAME OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, A A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GALLAGHER SIGNATURES LIVING HISTORY.
AND THEN, UH, INTRODUCE THE ARTIST WHO WILL GO OVER HER PRESENTATION, UM, AND THEN WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SO, UM, AS MELISSA SAYS, THE PROJECT IS LOCATED AT 1 2 2 1 PETALUMA BOULEVARD NORTH.
UM, MARELLA IS A BOUTIQUE CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY BY GALLAGHER SIGNATURE LIVING, WHICH IS THOUGHTFULLY
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DESIGNED TO OFFER AN ELEVATED LIFESTYLE CENTERED ON WELLNESS CONNECTION, AN EXCEPTIONAL HOSPITALITY, UM, AS A INTIMATE COMMUNITY, MORE REFLECTS GALLAGHER SIGNATURE'S COMMITMENT TO CREATING INSPIRING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE RESIDENTS CAN THRIVE WHILE ENJOYING THE BEAUTY AND CHARACTER OF SONOMA COUNTY.GALLAGHER SIGNATURE LIVING HAS DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SENIOR LIVING, UM, HAS, HAS DONE, UH, JUST OVER 70 OF THESE CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND CREATES A DISTINCTIVE COMMUNITY THAT COMBINES THOUGHTFUL DESIGN, PERSONALIZED SERVICE, AND QUALITY.
UM, AND, AND MARELLA, UH, REPRESENTS THE, OUR VISION FOR BOUTIQUE LUXURY SENIOR LIVING IN THE, UM, PETALUMA AREA IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND EMPHASIZING COMFORT, WELLNESS, AND MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS.
UM, AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, UH, HOW WE CAME TO MEET WITH, UM, THE ARTIST CATHERINE.
UM, OUR PRINCIPAL, CINDY GALLAGHER, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, REALLY EVERYTHING IN, IN MANY COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE VISUALLY APPEALING PARTS.
SO SHE OVERSEES THE ART DEPARTMENT, AN INTERIOR DESIGN, LANDSCAPE, ARCHITECTURE, UM, ANY TYPE OF ART.
UM, MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, AN ART STUDIO IN THEM SO THAT RESIDENT ARTISTS WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, PRODUCE AND SHARE AND, UM, HAVE AN ART EXHIBIT IN THAT SPACE, AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, INVITE ARTISTS TO COME INTO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND TEACH AND KIND OF INTERACT IN THAT WAY.
AND, UM, WHEN LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, AND, AND MANY OTHER OF OUR COMMUNITIES DO HAVE, UM, A PUBLIC ART COMPONENT.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY AS THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES AND AS WE WOULD, UM, APPRECIATE DOING ANYWAYS, WE LOVE TO FIND SOMEBODY IN THAT LOCAL COMMUNITY WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT IS BEING PROPOSED.
AND, UH, IN DOING SOME, SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING THAT FELT LIKE IT WOULD, UM, FIT IN WITHIN THE NATURAL ELEMENT OF THE LANDSCAPING, WHICH IS ALWAYS A REALLY SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE COMMUNITIES, IS THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.
UM, AND REALLY CREATING THESE WARM AND INVITING, UM, OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES, WHICH, UM, IS, IS, YOU KNOW, SO POPULAR HERE IN SONOMA COUNTY.
AND THAT'S HOW WE CAME ACROSS, UM, CATHERINE'S WEBSITE AND LOOKED THROUGH IT AND WERE SPECIFICALLY DRAWN TO, UM, THE MILLI FUM PIECE.
MET WITH HER, HAD SEVERAL, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BACK AND FORTHS WITH OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, CIVIL ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS.
'CAUSE WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO FIT IN ALL OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT, UM, PRETTY NARROW, UH, SPACE.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THE SITE DOESN'T CURRENTLY HAVE LIKE A SIDEWALK FRONTAGE.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING THAT, UM, AND CREATE, KIND OF CREATE THIS, UM, THOROUGHFARE THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT CONNECTS TO THE DOWNTOWN AND THINK THAT THE, UM, WE'RE WE'RE REALLY BLOWN AWAY AND INSPIRED WHEN WE SAW THE PROPOSAL WITH THE MILLI FOLIA.
UM, WE HAD ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED JUST ONE PIECE AND HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THE TWO.
UM, AND, AND WHEN WE SAW THIS, UM, ESPECIALLY THE EVENING IMAGE, WHICH YOU'LL BE SHOWN WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, WE WERE JUST REALLY BLOWN AWAY AND REALLY EXCITED.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP GETTING HERE.
AND LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING MORE NOW.
HELLO? IS, IS, IS THIS ABOUT RIGHT? OKAY, GOOD.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS.
IT'S VERY EXCITING TO HAVE ART OUT IN THE PUBLIC.
I STARTED CREATING ART IN THE PUBLIC ABOUT 2013, AND SO IT'S BEEN A 13 YEAR ODYSSEY FOR ME.
UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK THE GALLAGHER FOR SELECTING ME.
I WAS REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, SO I KNOW SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, YOU MIGHT KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME, BUT WHAT I THOUGHT I WOULD DO IS START OFF TELLING YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF SO THAT YOU GET TO KNOW ME AS AN ARTIST.
I STARTED OUT AS A PHOTOJOURNALIST.
I WORKED FOR THE SACRAMENTO B FOR 10 YEARS.
AND I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE IT'S RELEVANT.
IF YOU ARE A PHOTOJOURNALIST, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS YOU HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH A DEADLINE.
SO WHEN YOU'RE DOING PUBLIC ART OR ANY TYPE OF ART, YOU REALLY HAVE TO HAVE IT TOGETHER TO COMPLETE THAT DEADLINE.
UM, SO I MOVED TO SONOMA COUNTY IN 1998 AND, UH, RAISED MY DAUGHTER HERE.
I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE A SONOMA COUNTY, UH, RESIDENT.
AND, UH, I DON'T LOOK BACK AT ALL.
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PAINTING AND ALSO SCULPTURE WHERE I FELL IN LOVE WITH CREATING LARGER SCALE.AND THAT, UM, I ENDED UP, UH, LEAVING SONOMA STATE IN 2013.
SO, UM, AND I ALSO WENT TO THE SRJC.
SO I'VE ENJOYED HAVING SOME OF THE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT PEOPLE THAT GO TO SCHOOL HERE ALSO HAVE.
UM, I HAVE BEEN CREATING PUBLIC ART FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS.
I'VE SHOWN PUBLIC ART IN NEWPORT BEACH THREE TIMES, AND I'VE WORKED WITH DIFFERENT INSTALLATIONS, CREWS AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND COORDINATING WITH CITIES.
UM, I ALSO WILL BE TAKING UP A PIECE IN, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AFTER WORKING AROUND A BURNING MAN PIECE THAT I'M CREATING AT THE MOMENT.
BUT, UM, THAT'S GONNA GO UP TO HOOD RIVER.
I'VE SHOWN MY WORK IN HOOD RIVER THERE.
UM, I ALSO HAVE SHOWN IN LAGUNA BEACH AND LONG BEACH, UH, AND I'VE SHOWN MORE LOCALLY AT NAPA FOR THEIR ART.
WALK TWICE, ALSO AT PARADISE RIDGE WINERY.
BEEN IN THREE EXHIBITIONS THERE, AN EXHIBITION AT THE LUTHER BURBANK CENTER FOR THE ARTS.
UM, AND ALSO I HAVE WORKED ON PERMANENT DISPLAY AT THE LBC, UH, AND ALSO AT SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY.
UM, AND I DO HAVE A MURAL, AS I MENTIONED.
I ALSO PAINT, SO I TEACH AT SON ACADEMY.
BEEN TEACHING THERE SINCE 2014.
AND I WAS GIVEN A COMMISSION TO CREATE SOME PUBLIC ART MURALS FOR THE TOWN OF WINDSOR.
AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH A NUMBER OF TIMES, AND FINALLY I JUST LOOKED AT IT AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S GONNA BE SO MUCH MORE FUN AND COLLABORATIVE.
IT'LL BE SO MUCH MORE FUN TO HAVE MY STUDENTS WORK ON THIS PROJECT.
WE WORKED ON THAT FOR THREE YEARS.
THAT WAS A THREE YEAR PROJECT.
SO, BUT IN THE END, IF YOU GO UP TO WINDSOR'S, A DOWNTOWN WINDSOR, THERE ARE THREE PANELS THERE.
I WAS WHAT YOU CALL THE LEAD ARTIST.
SO I JUST MADE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS UNIFIED.
'CAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE OVER 60 STUDENTS WORKING ON A PROJECT, IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING ON A PROJECT.
UM, AND I ALSO HAVE WORK UP AT PEPPERWOOD PRESERVE.
AND, UM, I'M CURRENTLY WORKING ON, THIS IS ANOTHER LONG TERM PROJECT THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, WHICH IS, UH, THE LABYRINTH.
AND THAT'S BEEN QUITE COMPLICATED BECAUSE IT'S DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, CAL FIRE.
AND SO CAL FIRE'S BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN CLEARING THE SITE AND PREPARING.
AND THE STAFF HAS TO ALSO WORK AROUND THAT AND ALSO GETS DOWN TO SAFETY ISSUES ABOUT WHEN WE CAN BRING EQUIP HEAVY EQUIPMENT UP THERE BECAUSE THE ROADS THERE CAN BE, UM, SLIPPERY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER LONG-TERM PROJECT, AND I'M HOPING THAT THIS SUMMER WE ACTUALLY COMPLETELY GET IT DONE.
FINGERS CROSSED, IT'S, SOMETIMES THESE THINGS JUST TAKE TIME.
SO I'VE BEEN TEACHING, AS I MENTIONED, SINCE 2014 AT SONOMA ACADEMY.
I TEACH TD AND 3D ART THIS PAST SEMESTER.
I TAUGHT, UM, PHOTO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND SCULPTURE.
UH, LET'S SEE, I ALSO SERVE ON A BOARD AS PRESIDENT FOR PACIFIC RIM SCULPTORS.
WE HAVE, RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE'RE ABOUT 180 PEOPLE.
AND SO WE'RE A 5 0 1 C3, AND I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE ABOUT 2018.
I DO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE ARTWORK AND I DO WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT MY INSPIRATION.
SO I THOUGHT I WOULD BRING IN THE PERFECT EXAMPLE THAT MOTHER NATURE HAS PROVIDED.
THIS IS MY VISION IN A, IN A NUTSHELL.
BASICALLY, I WANTED TO CREATE A WORK IN A MINIMALIST STYLE THAT ELEVATES SOMETHING THAT'S SO HUMBLE AND SO BEAUTIFUL.
AND THAT WITH THE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT THE MOST SMALL THINGS AND START TO SEE THE BEAUTY IN OUR, IN OUR COUNTY, AND START TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE AND CARE FOR THE LAND, CARE ABOUT THE PARKS AND NATURE.
SO I, I'M GONNA READ A POEM TO YOU BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOMEONE FAR MORE ELOQUENT, WILLIAM BLAKE, WHO SAID, TO SEE A WORLD IN A GRAIN OF SAND IN HEAVEN AND A WILD FLOWER, HOLD INFINITY IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND IN ETERNITY IN AN HOUR.
SO THAT IS BASICALLY THE IMPETUS TO THE VAST MAJORITY OF PUBLIC ARTWORK
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THAT I DO.IT'S, UH, AN HOMAGE TO NATURE.
I'M GONNA JUST GO THROUGH THE SLIDE PRESENTATION SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL PIECE.
SHOW WHERE YOU, DO YOU WANNA HAVE, UH, BROOKE COME UP SO TOO THAT SURE.
SO IF THERE'S SOME SOMETHING COMES UP, WE CAN CONSULT.
I'LL LET YOU, I'LL GO THROUGH.
YOU KNOW WHAT, I PROBABLY SHOULD ALSO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HEARING ISSUE.
WELL, I HAD, I'VE DEALT WITH THIS SINCE I WAS A CHILD, AND SO, UM, I HAVE ABOUT 20% HEARING IN MY RIGHT EAR.
SO IF YOU COULD SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT, IT BE GREAT.
I REALIZE MY MICROPHONE WAS OFF, SO THAT MIGHT BE PART OF IT.
I'M QUIET, BUT THAT'S PRETTY QUIET.
I WAS QUITE ALARMED, BUT I THOUGHT I REALLY NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DOCTOR
UM, I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THE SLIDES YOU'VE PROVIDED SINCE YOU KINDA TOLD, I, I THINK I HAVE A LOT OF IT AT THE END ABOUT YOU AND A LOT OF THE, THIS PROJECT AT THE BEGINNING.
SO IF I CAN GO THROUGH THE SLIDES, YOU CAN TALK TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
COULD YOU BRING YOUR MICROPHONE LOOK CLOSER? SURE.
AS I GO THROUGH THE SLIDES, YOU CAN SPEAK TO WHAT YOU SURE, SURE.
WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT THEM.
WELL, I, I, OKAY, I WILL DO THAT.
BUT I ALSO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, YEAH, I'LL DO COMMENTARY.
I'M GONNA BE A LITTLE LIGHT ON THE COMMENTARY BECAUSE A PICTURE PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS.
UM, BUT I WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY THOUGHTS.
SO THIS IS A DAYTIME RENDERING, AS YOU CAN SEE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FIND IS VERY EXCITING IS THE PROXIMITY TO THE BUILDING WITH THE PROPER LIGHTING WILL ALLOW FOR THE, UH, PLAY OF SHADOWS.
YOU'LL HAVE THAT LIGHT AND DARK.
AND ALSO BY DOING IT IN STAINLESS STEEL, WHICH IS A VERY ROBUST MATERIAL AND APPROPRIATE FOR THE OUTDOORS, IT ALSO IS, UM, NOT GONNA OVERSHADOW THE ARCHITECTURE OR TAKEAWAY.
IT'LL, IT'LL BE, UM, AN ENHANCEMENT RATHER THAN A DETRACTION.
UH, SO THE EVENING EXPERIENCE, I ENVISION IT AS BEING UP LIT, BUT WE COULD ALSO HAVE SOME CANS.
UH, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE, UM, LIGHTING WHERE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE SHADOW.
AGAIN, I WOULD ALSO ADVOCATE THAT WHATEVER LIGHTING THAT WE DO USE, WE USE A WARM, NOT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD USE LED BECAUSE THOSE ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY SO MUCH, UM, MORE FRIENDLY.
AND ALSO THAT WE, WE PLACE IT IN A WAY SO THAT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, WELCOME TO VEGAS TYPE OF VIBE.
HERE'S, UH, ONE OF THE ELEVATIONS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE, THE BIG, REALLY, BASICALLY THIS PIECE NEEDS TO NOT BE OVER THE ROOF LINE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES NOT COMPETE WITH THE ROOF.
SO THAT'LL BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
IT'LL BE DISTRACTING AND DETRACT FROM THE BUILDING.
SO WHAT I WANTED TO SAY WAS THAT, UM, THE INTEGRATING IT INTO THE SITE IN A WAY WHERE IT WORKS WITH THE EXISTING, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THERE MIGHT BE SOME CHANGES, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL HAPPEN OR NOT.
UM, BUT EITHER WAY WE CAN WORK AROUND THOSE DIFFERENT, UM, TYPES OF CHALLENGES.
I LIKE TO SAY, HOWEVER, WE NEED TO, IF WE NEED TO, WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE OUT THE DESIGN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE ONE.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE IT'S GONNA FIT.
IT'S ABOUT 10 FEET DEEP, 19 FEET WIDE, AND IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE ON THE PLANS.
BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S DISTANCE IS SO RELATIVE, REALLY.
IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT'S 20 FEET IN A SMALLER ROOM, IT SEEMS QUITE LARGE.
AND, AND WE ARE, UM, WORKING ON A, A RELOCATION FOR THE SEWER MANHOLE, SO IT WON'T COMPETE WITH THAT.
AND THEN THE MILLI VOLUME IN THE CENTER OF KIND OF THE GRASSY AREA, WHERE THERE WILL BE, UM, SOME, SOME LANDSCAPE AND FLOWER, LIKE IT'S SHOWN IN, SORRY, SORRY, JEFF.
SO IT'LL, IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, REALLY
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PLACED NICELY WITH SOME BEAUTIFUL, UM, LANDSCAPING AND FLOWERS AROUND IT.SO THE MATERIALS I ALREADY TOUCHED UPON LIGHTLY, UM, I DO WELD, LIKE THIS ONE IS CURRENTLY, IT'S A SMALL PIECE THAT I DO HAVE, UH, OUT IN THE PUBLIC, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION, WHICH IS NOT GOING TO BE, UH, AND THIS IS QUITE A SMALL PIECE.
THIS IS IN NEWPORT BEACH CURRENTLY.
SO THE PIECE I WANNA REASSURE EVERYONE THAT THE ARTWORK THAT GOES THERE, IT WILL BE UNIQUE.
UM, ALSO, I NEVER, I NEVER MAKE ARTWORK THAT IS THE SAME.
I WILL MAKE A SERIES, BUT NONE OF MY ARTWORK, LIKE IF SOMEONE ASKED ME, I ACTUALLY HAVE HAD SOMEONE ASK ME, COULD YOU MAKE ME THE SAME ONE? AND I TOLD, NO, I DON'T DO THAT.
IT WILL, I WILL NEVER MAKE THE SAME ARTWORK OVER.
I DON'T, JUST SOMETHING I WON'T DO.
I'LL DO WORK, AND I TYPICALLY WILL DO A SERIES AND I LIMIT IT.
SO I WANTED TO REASSURE YOU ABOUT THAT.
AND ALSO, AT SOME POINT, IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF ARTWORK IN ONE AREA, IT'S, IT STARTS TO SATURATE AND BECOME LESS, LESS INTERESTING.
SO, UM, THIS IS THE, THE EXISTING PIECE IN NEWPORT BEACH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BASE AND IT'S DONE WHEN STAINLESS.
YEAH, THAT'S MY LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY BIO.
UH, SO THERE'S, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.
AND THAT'S ME UP AT PARADISE RIDGE CLIMBING UP ON A LADDER.
JUST TO LET THE, EVERYONE KNOW AS WELL THAT I, I DO WELD, BUT I AM PLANNING ON NOT WELDING FOR THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I'M NOT A CERTIFIED WELDER.
SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I HAVE.
UM, CURRENTLY I'M WORKING WITH, UH, SOMEONE AT RELIABLE STEEL THAT IS A EXPERT TIG WELDER.
SO, UM, PROBABLY WILL HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S, YOU KNOW, OF THAT CALIBER, BECAUSE HE'S, TIG WELDING CAN BE REALLY TRICKY.
AND, UM, HE REALLY WANTS SOMEONE WHO'S, UH, REALLY GOOD AT IT.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT A BEAUTIFUL LANDMARK AND HAVING PEOPLE HOPEFULLY BE INSPIRED AS THEY WALK BY AND BE DRAWN INTO THE BEAUTY OF NATURE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME? UM, WELL, I'M NOT SURE IF THE QUESTION IS FOR THE APPLICANT OR FOR, FOR YOU.
UM, DID I MISS IT? WAS THERE A BREAKDOWN OF THE BUDGET? AND WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IS, UM, BEING THAT I'M STARTING MY SIXTH YEAR ON OUR PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, I KNOW IN PREVIOUS INSTALLATIONS PEOPLE RAN SHORT ON THEIR FUNDS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T ALLOW THAT 10 OR 20% FOR CONTINGENCIES.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT IN THE BEGINNING.
UM, I'VE BEEN GIVEN A PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT THEY WERE GOING TO STILL BE WORKING ON AS MORE QUANTITIES BECOME AVAILABLE.
SO THEY WILL NEED TO HAVE ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE GUIDE THAT THEY WILL JUST TO ASSERT THAT THEY WILL BE MAINTAINING IT AND WE UNDERSTAND IT.
THERE WILL BE A PLAQUE, UM, AND THEY WILL, THEY'RE COMMITTED TO THIS PROJECT, SO IF IT GOES OVER THEIR, IT'S THEIR PROJECT, IT REPRESENTS THEIR LOCATION, SO THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT, IN SEEING IT THROUGH.
UM, AND SO IF THERE IS REMAINING BUDGET FROM THE 177,000 PLUS DOLLARS, THEN THAT WOULD BE PAID IN PUBLIC ART FEE.
SO WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT TOGETHER FOR THAT.
MAINLY TODAY WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW THIS PIECE SATISFIES THEIR REQUIREMENTS, AND SO I CAN PULL UP THOSE REQUIREMENTS IF THAT'S A GOOD DIS LIKE IF HELPS FACILITATE THE DISCUSSION IN A PRODUCTIVE WAY.
BUT, UM, YOU CAN, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW THOROUGHLY YOU READ THE REPORT, BUT WITHIN THEIR PRESENTATION, THEY DID TALK ABOUT A COUPLE THINGS THAT WEREN'T SAID THAT I'D LIKE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S CLARITY ON IT.
TALKED ABOUT A SLIGHT SWAYING IN IT, LIKE THAT IT MAY HAVE A SLIGHT MOVEMENT.
AND I WAS WONDERING, IS THAT THE CASE IN THE ARTWORK? OH, YES.
IT'S, A LOT OF MY WORK IS, UM, MILDLY KINETIC.
SO THE, THE DESIGN OF THAT WORK IS THAT WHEN IT'S
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WENDY, BUT I DESIGN IT SO THAT THERE ARE, UH, WAYS TO CONTAIN THAT.UM, THEY WILL ACTUALLY LIKE NOD LIKE FLOWERS IN A MEADOW.
SO THERE'LL BE A MILD MOVEMENT, BUT THE, IT'S RESTRICTED BY, UM, BY HAVING RINGS AND THINGS TO, TO KEEP IT CONTAINED, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA IN A HIGH WIND THRASHING AROUND.
UM, AND SO TO THAT END, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I FELT MIGHT BE CLARIFYING FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, SO IN THESE RENDERINGS, THEY'RE ROUND, BUT IN THE EXAMPLES, THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE FLAT ON TOP, LIKE THE RES AND THEY'RE KIND OF LAYERED.
SO I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND, IS THIS LIKE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DESIGN IN THESE RENDERINGS THAT YEAH, I ACTUALLY TALKED WITH BRICK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE, UM, SHE JUST TOLD ME SHE LIKES IT IN THE ROUND MORE.
SO THAT WAS, UH, THE, THE DRAWING BEFORE THE DRAWING IS ACTUALLY A VERY FORMAL WAY OF DOING IT.
AND IT'S, UH, YEAH, YOU CAN SEE IT'S QUITE FORMAL THERE.
AND THE OTHER PRESENTATION THAT I INCORPORATED INTO IT IS LESS FORMAL, WHICH I THINK IS, UH, WHAT'S PREFERRED.
I, I PREFERRED THAT ONE AS WELL.
AND DO YOU ALSO ANTICIPATE ANY KIND OF NOISE WITH, UH, THE SWAYING? JUST, I WAS WONDERING IF THAT WAS PART OF THE
IT'S GOT A, IT'S A PLEASING SOUND.
IT'S MORE, UM, UH, QUIETLY, I WOULDN'T SAY TINKLING BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, BUT IT IS STAINLESS STEEL, SO WHEN THEY, IT DOES MOVE, IT DOES MAKE A SOUND, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A, I THINK IT'S A PLEASING SOUND.
IT'S NOT LIKE A, A GIANT COWBELL
YEAH, THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS IN THE PIECES THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY, UH, WHEN THE WIND PICKS UP, DO THESE BANG ON EACH OTHER, AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SENIORS LIVING RIGHT THERE, SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THAT THE, THAT SCALE AND, AND WE GET PRETTY WINDY HERE IN PETALUMA, SO JUST MAKING SURE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THANK YOU.
I MEAN, WITH CLIMATE, YOU KNOW, JUST WHATEVER'S GOING ON WITH OUR WEATHER, IT IS A, IT'S A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK, AND I'VE DESIGNED IT, AS I SAID, TO BE CONTAINED, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALSO RUN BY THE ENGINEER, MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WHATEVER SYSTEMS WE HAVE, THAT IT WILL WITHSTAND, UM, HIGH WINDS.
THE WINDS THAT I'VE, MY ARTWORK HAS BEEN OUT IN PRETTY HIGH WINDS AND THUS FAR SEEMS TO HAVE DONE PRETTY WELL, ACTUALLY.
SO, UH, SO I HAVE A HISTORY OF HAVING IT OUT.
THE SMALL WORK THAT I, THAT YOU DID SEE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN SHOWN A COUPLE DIFFERENT PLACES.
AND ONE OF THE PLACES THEY GET SNOW, SO THEY GET WEATHER.
THE OTHER PLACE THAT'S BEING SHOWN, UH, UM, I THINK I HAD IT UP AT PEPPERWOOD FOR A WHILE TOO, AND PEPPERWOOD GETS SOME PRETTY BIG WINDS AND THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH IT THERE.
AND IT'S, UM, AS I SAID, IT'S CURRENTLY DOWN IN NEWPORT BEACH AND NEWPORT BEACH, UH, CAN, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO WINDS AND WEATHER FROM OFFSHORE, THEY ALSO HAVE A HIGH SALINITY, UM, CONTENT IN THE AIR.
SO, AND I WAS JUST DOWN IN JUNE INSTALLING, AND I, I WENT OVER TO CHECK IT OUT OUT, AND I WAS LIKE, OH, MAYBE I NEED TO BRUSH IT UP.
UM, SO THE PICTURE THAT YOU'RE SHOWING RIGHT THERE, IS THAT A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOUR DESIGN IN NEWPORT BEACH? OR IS THAT AN ARTIST RENDERING? THE, THE, I'M SORRY, THIS ONE HERE? YES.
THERE IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE OF IT IN NEWPORT.
NO, THAT ONE'S IN THAT ONE I PHOTOGRAPHED IN HOOD RIVER, THAT PICTURE THERE.
BUT I DO HAVE OTHER PICTURES OF IT IN NEWPORT BEACH, IF YOU WANT.
WELL, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE EARLIER COMMENT THAT YOUR, UM, I KNOW, I DON'T REMEMBER WHO SAID IT, BUT THIS ONE, THEY LOOK FLATTER, BUT YOUR NEW DESIGN FOR PETALUMA, THEY WILL LOOK MORE SPHERICAL.
BUT IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, CAN WE BACK UP ON THAT SLIDE? YES, OF COURSE.
OH, MAYBE IT WAS THE EXTRA MATERIALS WHERE WE HAD, UH, PHOTOS OF IT.
I REMEMBER AT ONE POINT YOU SHOWED A COUPLE IMAGES OF IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS IN THE SLIDE DECK.
JUST JUST TELL ME WHEN TO STOP.
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KEEP GOING.YEAH, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING THERE.
IT'S BEFORE, UM, THE INSTALLATION AT, UM, THERE IT IS.
SO THAT, THAT ONE THERE IS, IT'S, IT LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SCULPTURE, IT'S 3D, IT CHANGES AS YOU MOVE AROUND IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S SO EXCITING ABOUT IT.
THE THIS ONE IS RELATIVELY ON THE SAME LEVEL.
AND THE WAY THE ONES THAT I'M PLANNING FOR THE GALLAGHER PROJECT IS ACTUALLY MULTI-LEVELED.
SO IT'LL BE DIFFERENT HEIGHTS, UM, RANGING ANYWHERE ROUGHLY FROM ABOUT MAYBE 10 TO 12 FEET.
AND THAT'LL CREATE A MORE OF A, A BOUQUET AND A MORE OF A, A COMPLICATED, UM, PIECE OF ART.
ALSO, UM, THE, THE ELEMENTS THEMSELVES ARE RELATIVELY SMALLER GIVEN THE STEMS. SO IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THAT AND MAGNIFY IT ALL OUT, IT, IT WOULD BE, UM, IT WOULD, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS YOU VISUALLY, ARE THE TOPS LIKE DOMED OR FLAT? YEAH, IT WOULD BE MORE ROUNDED LIKE THAT.
LIKE WITH THE PRESENTATION THAT I, I ACTUALLY HAD ON THE ARRIVAL AND THE NIGHTTIME SCENE.
IF YOU, YEAH, IF YOU, THANK YOU, MELISSA.
THERE LIKE, YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
AS I SAID, THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES.
ONE IS FAR MORE FORMAL AND RIGID, AND THIS IS MUCH MORE ORGANIC.
AND IN MY OPINION, UM, I WOULD, I WOULD PREFER THAT ONE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HELPFUL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HELPFUL, BUT JUST TO ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT TO GET A SENSE OF THE ROUNDNESS.
I THINK THE NIGHT ONE IS A LITTLE CLEARER.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? UH, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST WE DISCUSS.
I'LL MOVE ON TO THE QUESTION PAGE, AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL HELP YOU GUIDE YOUR DISCUSSION.
SO JUST A REMINDER ABOUT HOW THE DISCUSSION WORKS.
UM, AND SO YOU'RE GONNA START WITH, UM, WITH YOUR EVALUATION IF THIS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES THE 18.120 OR ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION ABOUT PUBLIC ART REQUIREMENTS.
SO I THINK IT'S HELPFUL IF YOU GO THROUGH, AND I KNOW IT'S HARD TO JUST START, START A DISCUSSION OUT OF ANYWHERE, BUT I'D REALLY, I THINK WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING HOW YOU RESPOND TO THIS.
I THINK, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ARTIST.
UH, THERE'S, UH, OBVIOUSLY PROFESSIONAL WORKS THAT ARE OUT IN THE WORLD, UH, AND LONGEVITY OF, OF, UH, OF BEING AN ARTIST IN PUBLIC.
UM, I THINK THAT FOR ME PERSONALLY, UH, IN RELATIONSHIP OF SCALE MATERIALS, UH, THERE'S THOUGHTFULNESS IN THE MATERIALS IN TERMS OF THEIR LONGEVITY AS WELL.
UM, STAINLESS STEEL, UM, IT'S GONNA BE OUTSIDE.
UH, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S, THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT SOUND AND ALL THAT WITH THE, THE RESIDENTS.
UM, BUT, UM, IN TERMS OF THE RENDERINGS I'VE SEEN AND THE DISCUSSION POINT, IT SEEMS TO, TO FIT THE ORGANIC NATURE OF IT, FOR ME, KIND OF FITS WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE.
UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A GIVE AND PLAY THERE.
UM, MUCH LIKE YOU SAID, MOST OF THERE IS, UH, A LACK OF THIS SORT OF THING IN THAT SIDE OF TOWN, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S, UH, TO ME THAT FEELS, UH, CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UH, ON THIS COMMITTEE IS TRYING TO BRING ART.
AND, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING EXAMPLES OF THIS WORK BEING SIMILAR, WORK BEING CREATED, AND THAT'S STILL WORKING AND NOT FALLING APART.
SO THAT SPEAKS FOR ME PERSONALLY, TO THE CRAFTSMANSHIP.
OBVIOUSLY I'VE SEEN OTHER WORK.
UM, I THINK I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT I HAVE MET CATHERINE BEFORE AND SHE HAS PLACED ARTWORK AT, UH, MY WIFE'S, UH, NONPROFIT.
UM, SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNEW THAT.
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BUT, UH, I THINK THAT IT GIVES ME A SENSE OF A LIGHTNESS AND, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A RIGID MATERIAL, THAT THERE'S, UH, A FLOW TO IT.I LIKE THE IDEA OF THEM MOVING.
UM, SO, UH, FOR ME PERSONALLY, I FEEL LIKE IT'S, UH, CHECKING MOST OF THESE BOXES.
AND, UM, WHAT'S THE LAST ONE? PERMANENT ARTS.
IT'S FIXED IN A PUBLIC ART SITE, SO THIS IS RIGHT ON THE BOULEVARD.
PEOPLE DRIVING BY OUTSIDE OF TOWN WOULD SEE IT.
SO, AND THIS IS THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS THE NEXT SLIDE WITH THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
SO SHOULD I DO ALL REQUIREMENTS? WELL, I, WHATEVER YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH, I WAS THINKING WE'D GO THROUGH AND TALK ABOUT 'EM TIME.
YEAH, I'M HAPPY, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THEM HAVE NOTES ON THOSE AS WELL.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE YOUR MICROPHONE CLUSTER? YEAH.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE ALL THE RESPONSES YEAH.
FROM EVERYBODY, SO WE GO DOWN THE LIST.
I THINK IT'D BE MORE EFFICIENT AND ORGANIZED.
ANYBODY ELSE? LIKE TO, UH, DO THIS EVALUATION? YEAH, I DID SPEND SOME TIME TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR OTHER ARTWORK.
UM, I REALLY LIKE WHAT YOU DO.
UM, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH IT.
UM, I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT THE NOISE, THE MUSIC, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE MIGHT LOVE IT WALKING BY OR DRIVING BY, BUT I WAS THINKING OF THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.
UM, BUT IN MY OPINION, UM, IT FIT ALL THE CRITERIA.
UM, MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT NEWPORT BEACH, 'CAUSE IT TALKED ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, THE NECESSITY OF BEING UNIQUE, BUT YOU ADDRESSED THAT ALREADY WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT CREATING ART IN A SERIES.
UM, AND I, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING, YOU KNOW, THE ONE IN NEWPORT BEACH LOOKED A LITTLE FLATTER, IF YOU WILL.
AND, AND THIS ONE LOOKED A LITTLE ROUNDER TOO.
UM, BUT OVERALL, I, I LIKE WHAT YOU'VE DESIGNED AND I FELT IT MET, UH, THESE CRITERIA NEXT.
I, I THINK SHE WAS SUGGESTING WE GO A, B, C, D EACH PERSON ON EACH ONE.
BUT WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH INSTEAD WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH THIS PAGE.
SOME OF IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON ANY OF THESE POINTS THAT WERE NOT AL ALREADY SAID.
I, I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUE WITH ANY OF THESE, SO I'LL, I'LL HAVE SOME COMMENTS IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, BUT NOTHING NEW THAT HASN'T BEEN SAID ALREADY FOR THIS.
UM, REALLY I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NEW TO ADD.
I THINK THAT, UM, I LIKE THE, THE CON THE CONCEPTION OF IT.
UM, I THINK IT, UM, ARCHITECTURALLY, UH, FITS THE SPACE.
IT ALSO PROVIDES THE CONVENIENCE OF LIGHTING AT NIGHTTIME IN THE AREA, WHICH I THINK IS GOOD.
AND, UM, I LOVE THE FACT THE KINETIC, UM, CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS PIECE.
SO I THINK IT, UH, I WAS MAINLY LOOKING AT SEA AND UM, I THINK YOU MEET THAT CRITERIA.
I BROACHED THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, BUT THE, UH, THE MAINTENANCE, UH, WITH THE STAINLESS STEEL, I THINK IS, UH, A GREAT MATERIAL.
UH, OBVIOUSLY LIGHTING CAN BE SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF MAINTENANCE IF YOU'RE TRYING TO LIGHT ALL OF THAT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THE WATTAGE AND ALL THAT, UM, FOR AN EXTERIOR, UM, P PIECE F IS TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION AND, AND MAINTAIN PROPERTY OWNER, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S A PIECE OF ART IN THEIR PROPERTY AND THAT I KNOW IS GONNA BE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S KEPT LIT AND BEAUTIFUL.
UM, BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS, OBVIOUSLY THAT IS BACK TO YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
WE HOPE THAT, UH, WE REQUIRE THAT
UH, AND THEN THE PLAQUE, YOU KNOW, THE PLAQUE IS, UH, OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THE ARTIST AND, UH, AND YOUR IDEAS ABOUT IT AND WHAT YOUR, YOU KNOW, SO YEAH,
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THOUGHTS, UM, BASED ON WHAT I READ AND THEN WHAT YOU'VE SAID, I AGREE THAT IT APPEARS THAT EVERYTHING HAS OR WILL BE MET BY THAT.UM, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO OFFER.
UM, JUST ONE THING TO BRING UP ON, UH, E IS ACTUALLY STAINLESS CAN STILL RUST OVER TIME OUTSIDE.
SO HOPEFULLY THERE IS, UM, UH, UP AN UPKEEP PLAN THAT THIS FACILITY CAN FOLLOW, UM, TO KEEP, BECAUSE I'M SURE IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE TOUGHER TO CLEAN IT UP ONCE STAINLESS HAS RUSTED.
UM, SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING ON THERE.
STAINLESS, WELL, IT IS CALLED STAINLESS.
IT, IT ACTUALLY DOES STAIN OUTSIDE OVER TIME, NOT AS QUICKLY AS MILD STEEL, OF COURSE.
UM, AND MY ONLY OTHER THING WAS, YOU KNOW, AT NIGHT IT'S LIT UP.
IT'S VERY EASY TO SEE IN THE DAYTIME.
IF IT'S STAINLESS AND NO COLOR ON IT, IT MAY BE A LITTLE HARDER TO SEE OUTSIDE IF, IF WE WANT THIS TO BE, LIKE MELISSA WAS SAYING, UM, SORT OF ANOTHER GATEWAY ENTRANCE.
I DON'T, IT, IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MEANT TO BE, LIKE IT GREW OUT OF THE BUILDING.
IT'S MEANT TO BE WITH THIS SPOT.
HOPEFULLY IT ALSO POPS FOR PEOPLE 'CAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO BE SEEN FROM OUT FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, THAT IN THE DAYTIME, JUST THE STAINLESS NATURE OF IT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SUNNY, DOESN'T GET LOST.
UM, THOSE ARE MY ONLY TWO CONCERNS, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE I THINK IS RIGHT ON POINT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, DID YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL DESIGN FEEDBACK ABOUT THE PROJECT? ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE THEM TO LOOK TOWARDS IN THE DESIGN? I'VE HEARD SOUND BEING SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE VISITED AND LIGHTING.
THE CITY DOES HAVE POLICY ON UPLIGHTING, SO WHATEVER YOU PULL YOUR PERMITS FOR WILL BE REVIEWED FROM THAT LENS.
SO I WOULD JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE HITTING WHAT THEY NEED.
UM, I THINK THE SPOT, LIKE IF YOU WERE TO SPOT IT AND KIND OF HAVE SOME INTERPLAY SINCE IT WILL BE MULTILAYERED, THAT OPPORTUNITY ON THE SIDEWALK OR WHEREVER THE SHADOWS FALL IS A WHOLE OTHER DIMENSION WHERE YOU CAN ADD 2D AND OTHER ELEMENTS TO IT.
AGAIN, THE LIGHTING CAN BE ADJUSTED TO CERTAIN COLORS OR WARMTH OR SEASONAL HIGHLIGHTS.
YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT COULD ADD A LITTLE MORE, UM, EXCITEMENT TO IT.
UM, SO THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU GUYS WOULD BE LOOKING FOR.
AND THEN HERE ARE SOME GOALS I PULLED THAT KIND OF ARE KEY TO HOW WE ADDRESS ART.
SO IT'S JUST, AGAIN, HAVING THAT LENS THAT THIS, THIS REFLECTS WHAT THE CITY'S LOOKING FOR WHEN THEY INVEST IN AN ART AND REQUIRE THIS OF APPLICANTS.
WE'VE DISCUSSED A DECENT AMOUNT OF THESE SO FAR, BUT, UM, YES, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME.
UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERYONE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT, UH, DISTANCE AND VISIBILITY DURING THE DAYTIME, I THINK, KIND OF LIKE YOU SAID, WITH THE SHADOWS, THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WILL BE REALLY, UM, INTERESTING ON THE BUILDING AND THE SIDEWALK DEPENDING ON WHAT TIME OF DAY IT IS.
BUT IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, WITHIN FIVE FEET OF THE SIDEWALK.
SO CERTAINLY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WALKING BY AND EVEN DRIVING BY.
UM, MY HOPE IS THAT IT'LL, IT'LL BE SO, UM, BREATHTAKING AND SIGNIFICANT THAT THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE IT AND LOOK, UM, ABOUT THE NOISE.
WE WOULD CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE ARTIST AND THE ENGINEER AND OUR TEAM, UM, TO, TO, WHILE, YOU KNOW, IN KEEPING WITH THE KINETIC ASPECT, UM, ENSURE THAT IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY DISRUPTIVE BECAUSE THERE ARE UNITS UP AGAINST, UM, THE FRONTAGE OF THE BUILDING.
SO WE WOULD WORK WITH CATHERINE AND, AND AND OUR ENGINEERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS, UM, AT AN ACCEPTABLE, YOU KNOW, NOT A DISTURBANCE TO ANYBODY THERE.
CAN I, COULD I ADD TOO? UM, ACTUALLY CODY BROUGHT UP A GREAT POINT, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH WHEN ANYTHING'S OUT IN THE WEATHER, IT, IT, NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING SURVIVES WEATHER.
I MEAN, YOU CAN GO TO THE CEMETERY, GRANITE'S WEATHERED, UH, EVERYTHING DOES NEED UPKEEP.
AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STAINLESS
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THAT ARE, YOU CAN GET THE TYPE THAT ARE NON RETIC AND THEY TEND TO WEATHER, LIKE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT GRADES OF STAINLESS STEEL.FOR THIS PROJECT I WAS PLANNING ON USING THE HIGHER GRADE, WHICH OF COURSE IS MORE EXPENSIVE,
AND, UM, AND I ALSO DID EXAMINE THE, THE IDEA OF DOING A POWDER COAT OR EVEN DOING A, A, A PINK COAT.
LIKE YOU WOULD TAKE IT TO A, A CAR SHOP AND HAVE, BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT IF YOU DO THAT, THEN YOU'RE INTO DEALING WITH THE WEATHERING AT THAT.
SO, UM, AND POWDER COAT, IF IT CHIPS, IT'S, I'VE DEALT WITH POWDER COAT AND I'VE DECIDED THAT I DON'T LIKE IT ANYMORE.
UM, SO THE STAINLESS STEEL, YOU CAN DO A CLEAR COAT ON IT, BUT ONCE AGAIN, YOU RUN INTO SOME ISSUES WITH THAT.
SO I JUST WANNA BE HONEST WITH YOU ABOUT, ABOUT HOW IT REALLY IS, HOW MATERIALS DO WEATHER NO MATTER WHAT.
AND THEY DO REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT OF CARE, PRETTY MUCH LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR, UH, OUTDOOR FURNITURE OUTSIDE, YOU MIGHT WANNA OCCASIONALLY CLEAN IT.
SO THERE, THERE WOULD BE THAT MINIMAL AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DUSTING
AND THEN I DID HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE PLAQUE.
IS THAT GOING TO BE TO THE SIDE OR WHAT IS YOUR STANDARD? THE PLAQUE IS USUALLY NEAR THE PIECES.
SO IT COULD BE HOW YOU HAVE IT INSTALLED, HAVE A PLAQUE ON THE, THE PLA THE, WHAT AM I SAYING? THE STAINLESS PAD PAD? YEAH.
THAT'S TYPICALLY HOW WE DO IT.
AND IT WILL INCLUDE THE TITLE, THE YEAR, THE ARTIST.
UM, ANY OTHER SENTIMENT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE INCLUDED IN THAT, BUT THAT'S PART OF RECEIVING YOUR MM-HMM
I'M, I'M ACTUALLY QUITE HAPPY ABOUT IT.
BUT THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS NO GOOD TO KNOW WHERE IT'S GONNA GO TO.
WHAT IF YOU HAVE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR IT, BECAUSE THEN I CAN DESIGN AND ACCOMMODATE THAT SPACE SO THAT IT WORKS WELL TOGETHER.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? ONE MORE THING THAT GOAL NUMBER TWO REMINDED ME OF, AND I THINK IT CAN, I'M JUST, I'M THINKING OF PEOPLE WHO, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMEONE WHO HAS AN ISSUE AND WITH PUBLIC ART AND, UM, THIS COULD BE ADDRESSED MAYBE JUST THROUGH THE PLAQUE AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT, UH, MIL FOLIA, IT'S A YARO.
AND BECAUSE IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE HEMLOCK AND QUEEN ANNE'S LACE.
AND I WAS JUST BEING TOLD YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW INVASIVE THEY'VE BEEN AND THAT CALTRANS WON'T EVEN TOUCH THEM IN OUR AREA.
THEY WON'T CUT DOWN WHEN IT'S OVERGROWN ALONG THE FREEWAYS.
IF IT'S HEMLOCK OR QUEEN ANNE'S LACE, THEY WON'T TOUCH IT BECAUSE OF HOW POISONOUS IT CAN BE.
THEY LOOK SO SIMILAR THAT IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, THE SCIENTIFIC NAME IS, THEY DON'T KNOW IT'S A YARO.
SOMEONE MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
SO MAYBE ADDING THAT IT'S A YARO IN THE PLAQUE IS A WAY OF AVOIDING THAT ISSUE.
'CAUSE IT'S, I HAD JUST HEARD A DIATRIBE YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW THOSE TWO PLANTS ARE TAKING OVER AND ARE REALLY HARMFUL.
THEY, THEY DO LOOK VERY SIMILAR.
UM, YARO IS ACTUALLY HAS ALSO A, I PICKED IT FOR A GOOD REASON, WHICH IS IT ALSO HAS A PHARMA PHARMACOLOGICAL APPLICATION AND YOU CAN USE IT PROVIDING YOU DON'T HAVE AN ALLERGY TO THE DAISY FAMILY.
UM, BUT YOU CAN USE IT FOR MINOR CUTS OR NOSEBLEEDS.
SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN USED FOR, UH, CENTURIES.
I THINK HAVING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT ON THE PLAQUE IS GREAT.
SO PEOPLE KNOW, NO, THIS IS A YARO NOT A POISONOUS PLANT WE'RE REPRESENTING.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
UM, IN YOUR PRESENTATION, THE RENDERING THAT SHOWS THE FLOWERS DRAWN, IS THAT YOUR FINAL DESIGN? BECAUSE WHAT WE'D BE RE NO, NO.
SO DO YOU HAVE A RENDERING OF YOUR FINAL DESIGN? I, I DO.
BUT I HADN'T, UM, WE HADN'T, DO YOU MEAN THE ONE THAT WAS THE, THE VERY FLAT ONE? NO, THE ONE WE'RE REVIEWING TONIGHT.
DO ANY OF THESE IMAGES REPRESENT THE FINAL DESIGN? YES.
WHICH WE CAN GO THROUGH YOUR WHAT'S IN THE NIGHTTIME VIEW? OH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
I'M GONNA GO BACK TO, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO, I'VE DONE, I'VE DONE A LOT OF DRAWING.
IT'S IN THE DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME VIEW.
BUT THE, THE MORE OF A BOUQUET WAS WHAT WE WERE DRAWN TO.
UM, WITH THE DIFFERENT HEIGHTS AND FELT LIKE IT FIT BEST IN THOSE AREAS.
AND SO THE ONE THAT'S TO THE LEFT OF THE PO PORT COCHET THAT HAS LIKE FOUR FLOWERS AND THE OTHER ONE HAS, YOU KNOW, EIGHT OR SO, IS THAT WHAT YOU IMAGINE LIKE, THAT THEY WILL BE DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF THE ROUND
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BULBS OR, 'CAUSE I JUST WANNA GIVE A SENSE TO THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS REPRESENTS WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH.'CAUSE THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT ITERATIONS THROUGHOUT IT, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE I, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT MYSELF.
THE LEFT HAND SIDE NEEDS MORE.
I, I MADE IT SMALL BECAUSE, LET ME POP UP HERE.
I DIDN'T MAKE THAT ONE AS ELABORATE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO ADDRESS THE MANHOLE COVER.
AND SO THERE MAY HAVE TO BE IT'S GONNA BE GONE.
PARDON ME? IT'S GONNA BE GONE.
WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT AT THE TIME WHEN THIS WAS DONE.
SO I DESIGNED IT SO IT WAS A, A MI A LITTLE SMALLER SO WE COULD ACCOMMODATE THE MANHOLE COVER.
BECAUSE THIS WAS SENT TO YOU, UM, LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO, I BELIEVE, BEFORE.
SO IT WAS BEFORE WE HAD THAT TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT.
SO A BETTER REPRESENTATION WOULD BE THAT THE FLOWERS THAT ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE WOULD BE SOMEWHAT MIMICKED ON THE LEFT SIDE.
BUT A DIFFERENT VARYING HEIGHTS, LIKE INDEPENDENT, SO IT FEELS ORGANIC, BUT JUST SO WHEN WE DO SAY THIS IS THE FINAL REVIEW, THAT WE HAVE A REALLY CLEAR REPRESENTATION OF THE EXPECTATION AND WE DON'T COME BACK IN LIKE, WHOA, WHAT? YEAH.
WHAT HAPPENED? SO I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWARE OF THAT AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH.
SO THIS IMAGE REPRESENTS THE FINAL DESIGN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WHICH APPEARS TO BE SEVEN OR SO OF THE BULBS.
AND THEN, BUT I, I HAVE TO SAY THIS, UM, ARTWORK, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A DESIGN, I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT.
YOU, YOU START OUT THAT WAY AND SOMETIMES IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE YOU LOOK AT IT AND YOU SAY, IT NEEDS TO DO THIS INSTEAD.
ARTWORK HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN.
AND WE HAVE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE, UM, WHERE LIKE FINE BALANCE WAS APPROVED AND THEN THE COLORS KIND OF SHOOK OUT AT THE END.
UM, OUR MURALS HAVE COME IN PRETTY CONSISTENTLY REPRESENTING WHAT WE'RE SEEING 'CAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT KIND OF PRODUCT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, THEY PEOPLE PROJECT THEM OR WHATEVER.
AND WE GET KIND OF USUALLY A, AN IDEA.
SO WITH THE SCULPTURES, WE HAVE HAD SOME, LIKE THE RIVER ARCH, LIKE THE ACTUAL DETAILS AND THE LACE WORK WERE NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE SAW WHEN WE WERE PRESENTED.
IT WAS LIKE, AS THE MATERIALS PRESENT THEMSELVES, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME SLIGHT VARIANCES.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT AS CLOSE TO WHEN YOU'RE REVIEWING THIS, THEY'VE STATED THIS IS AS CLOSE TO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.
SO THOSE RENDERINGS THAT WERE FROM NEWPORT OR OTHER LOCATIONS ARE NOT THE FINAL DESIGN, THIS, THIS ROUND KIND OF, UM, VARIATING SCALE IMAGE.
AND THEN, UM, I WANNA MOVE BACK TO THE, UM, THE DRAWING.
'CAUSE I BELIEVE, SO THIS ALSO DOES NOT REPRESENT THE FINAL DRAWING.
THIS IS LIKE, I THINK HER WORKING PRACTICE OF FIGURING OUT HOW SHE WAS GONNA DO IT.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THIS RAISED PLINTH ON TOP OF THE CIRCLE, THAT IS NOT THE FINAL EITHER.
SO I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT WHEN YOU'RE REVIEWING IT, THAT, THAT WHEN YOU'RE REVIEWING A FINAL DESIGN, IT IS THIS ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND IT IS THIS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
UM, THIS, WOULD IT HAVE A RECTANGLE FORM ON THE BOTTOM AS AS DRAWN HERE? OR WOULD IT BE THAT CIRCLE THAT, THAT PART OF IT? THE, YOU KNOW, THE CONCRETE PART THAT WE HAVE TO TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT.
UM, I THINK LIKE, BASED ON WHAT KIND OF THE, THE ENGINEERS AND EVERYONE THINK, AND I, I GUESS BASED ON LIKE, STRUCTURALLY WHAT IT NEEDS IN THE SUPPORT, UM, I, I AM THINKING, I'M ENVISIONING IN MY HEAD MORE OF A CIRCLE OR MORE OF A SQUARE.
THAN A, THAN A, UM, LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE IT'S GOT LIKE THE METAL BASE AND IT'S MORE OF A SQUARE CONCRETE, UM, PAD.
'CAUSE 'CAUSE IN, IN MY EYES, THE, THE RECTANGLE WAS MORE WHEN THE MILLI FUM STEMS WERE LINED UP.
I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS HAVE A CLEAR IMAGE OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY.
I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE THERE BEING A LITTLE VARIATION OF THE END.
I MEAN, THE SITE ISN'T EVEN BUILT YET, SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO FIT INTO THE ACTUAL SITE WHEN IT'S DONE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE SAME THING WITH THE SPIRIT OF PETALUMA PIECE.
YOU LEARN ABOUT THE CHARACTERS AS YOU WRITE IT.
YOU'RE GONNA LEARN ABOUT THE PIECE AS YOU MAKE IT.
I, I, I WOULD NEVER EXPECT THERE TO, TO NOT BE ANY ALTERATION AS YOU GO.
SO I DON'T SEE THOSE SMALL VARIATIONS BEING AN ISSUE.
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SITE ISN'T EVEN BIG GUN CONSTRUCTION.AND SO YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE IZO CHAPTER 18.020.
WE ALSO, IN MY REPORT IN THE BEGINNING, WE DISCUSSED HOW IT FOLLOWS THE AUTHORITY THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN THEY MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD.
DO YOU ALL, ARE YOU ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT THIS FITS IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY AND THE APPROVED SITE PLAN, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN LANDSCAPE PLAN, DO YOU THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS, THE BUILDING? SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION, RIGHT? TO RECOMMEND A COUNCIL? YEAH.
IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH ALL OF THAT, THEN YEAH, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THROUGH WITH THIS DESIGN.
UM, URIEL CAN LEAD WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UH, BEFORE WE DO THE MOTION, UM, I THINK WE MAY HAVE SKIPPED OVER PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, JUST, YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, JUST WANNA GET BACK.
I WAS JUST GONNA ASK IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS YOU HAD.
ANYBODY UP HERE HAD ANY MORE THOUGHTS ABOUT IT? WE WENT KIND OF DOWN THE CHECKLIST.
UM, I FEEL LIKE I'VE EXPRESSED WHAT I WAS CONCERNED WITH.
UM, UM, SO IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, WE WILL, UH, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
IN YOUR REPORT, WHEN I WAS READING IT EARLIER TODAY, HE MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT WORKING AROUND A FIRE HYDRANT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS.
OR DID IT ALREADY GET MOVED OR, UM, THE FIRE HYDRANT IS UP, UH, ON THE, THE, THE SIDEWALK SIDE.
WHERE YOU SEE THAT DOT, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT, IT'S, IT'S IN FRONT OF, UH, THE SIDEWALK.
AND IT WOULD BE, THAT'S SOMETHING, ACTUALLY, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP BECAUSE I, I WAS GONNA CHECK WITH THE CITY TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME WAY WE CAN, I KNOW THAT DIFFERENT CITIES WILL HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, ALLOWABLE COLORS.
MAYBE THERE'S A WAY WE CAN COLLABORATE ON THAT AND MAKE IT WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF WHAT THE REGULATIONS NEED TO BE, BUT ALSO HAVE IT MORE INTEGRATED RATHER THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE CITY FIRE HYDRANT
SO, UM, YEAH, IT'S I THINK WHERE YOU WERE MOVING THE DOT THAT WAS SHOWING IT.
YEAH, I CAN HAVE HER, YOU THINK RIGHT THERE, IF YOU GUYS LOOK AT THE MONITOR? YEAH.
SO IT WOULD BE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YEAH.
THE RIGHT SIDE IN OTHER, IN THE RENDERINGS.
IT'S, IT DOESN'T SHOW, I THINK IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE SHOWING THE, UM, THE LIKE YEAH, IT'S, GO BACK ONE MORE PLEASE.
SO DO YOU SEE THE SIDEWALK THERE? YEAH.
SO THE SIDEWALK, IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE INTEGRATED INTO THE LANDSCAPING IN THE MIDDLE.
IF YOU MOVE THE DOT TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THAT LAND, PROBABLY RIGHT IN THERE, RIGHT? YEAH.
I'LL TRY TO HOVER IT IS WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, BUT MAYBE PICKING IT OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT INTEGRATED AND, UM, AND THAT WOULD BE NICE.
AND THAT SLIDE OF THE SITE PLAN SHOWS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, LIKE THE SEWER MANHOLE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE FIRE HYDRANT.
YOU CAN KIND OF GET A SENSE OF WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS ONE.
UM, SO THIS AREA THAT'S COVERED IS A COVERED DRIVE THROUGH, RIGHT? ALMOST LIKE A HOTEL.
THE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE FAMILIARITY WITH WHAT A PORT RICO CLICHE IS, BUT, UM, I'M PROBABLY SAYING IT WRONG, BUT YOU WOULD PULL IN AND PULL AROUND.
AND SO JUST SO YOU GET A SENSE OF WHAT THIS IS SHOWING THE OVERVIEW OF.
IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, UM, WE'RE GONNA OPEN THIS UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, IS THERE ANY, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY RES CO PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE MEETING? WE RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS AS WELL.
THEN WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, DO WE NEED TO DISCUSS FURTHER? IF YOU FEEL THIS SATISFIES ALL THE CRITERIA THAT WERE LAID OUT IN THE STAFF REPORT AND IN OUR CONVERSATION AND PRESENTATION, AND YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD, YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF, UM, REQUESTING IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY'S SATISFIED WITH THE DESIGN AS IS WITH SOME ROOM FOR DESIGN CHANGES THAT FIT THE SITE AS ISSUES COME UP OR DON'T COME UP, OR A FIRE HYDRANT MOVES THAT IT, UM, IT ALL, YOU GUYS FEEL COMFORTABLE, THEN IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD AND SAY, THIS SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE SET FORTH BY THE CITY AND
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THE IMPLEMENTING ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE PUBLIC ART ORDINANCE AND THAT IT SATISFIES, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS TO STAY IN APPROPRIATE NATURE WITH THE APPROVED SITE PLAN.AND SO WITH THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A RESOLUTION TONIGHT.
THE RECORD WOULD BE YOUR VOTE AND THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING.
AND SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO HANDLE THAT.
SO DO WE NEED TO VOTE OR WE CAN JUST SAY THAT WE, WE ALL AGREE TO MAKE A MOTION? YEAH.
YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE IT FORWARD AS PRESENTED.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION THAT WE PROCEED, UH, AS PRESENTED.
IS THAT WORDING FINE ENOUGH OR, OKAY.
YEAH, YOU CAN, UM, YOU CAN JUST SAY THAT YOU MOTION, UH, TO MOVE, UH, THIS PROJECT FORWARD AS IS, UM, TO CITY COUNCIL.
THAT WAS TO CITY COUNCIL IS WHAT YOU SAID, RIGHT? I BELIEVE SO, YEAH.
IT WILL BE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL TO RECEIVE THIS AS A SATISFACTION OF THE APPLICANT'S REQUIREMENTS.
THEY NEED TO DO A ROLL VOTE OR, YEAH, I CAN DO, I CAN DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
COMMITTEE MEMBER CALLED IRON YES.
TO MOVE FORWARD COMMITTEE MEMBER CHISHOLM? YES.
BOGER? YES, IT IS, UH, APPROVED.
WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO MEETING ITEM NUMBER TWO.
THANK YOU TO THE APPLICANT AND ARTIST FOR SPENDING THIS TIME WITH US AND SHARING THEIR PROJECT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER.
WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING ON TO MEETING ITEM THREE.
UH, MEETING ITEM THREE COMMITTEE
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REPORTS.I INVITE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO PRESENT ON MEETING ITEM THREE.
ARE THERE ANY PRESENTATIONS? THERE ARE NOT.
THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, BUT I HAVE CREATED AN UPDATED LIST THAT I'M SHARING WITH WHO'S COMMITTED TO THE, UM, DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY ALSO, WE ARE DOWN A COMMITTEE MEMBER.
UM, WE HAD SOMEONE APPLY AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PUBLIC ARTS CENTER, OR, I'M SORRY, THE, THE PETALUMA ARTS CENTER.
AND THEY ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO FULFILL THAT COMMITMENT.
SO WE WILL BE A SIX MEMBER BODY AND RECRUITMENT FOR THAT POSITION WILL BEGIN IN NOVEMBER, AND WE HOPE TO FILL IT TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.
ALSO, AT THIS TIME, COMMITTEE MEMBERS CAN SHARE WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING, ART RELATED OR, UH, DIFFERENT EVENTS THEY'D LIKE TO LET THE PUBLIC BECOME AWARE OF.
AND I ALSO WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE RECEIVING AN UPDATED HANDBOOK SHORTLY.
UM, YOU ALL RECEIVED IT WHEN YOU FIRST BECAME MEMBERS, BUT WE WILL BE, I UPDATED IT, BUT NOW I HAVE TO EDIT IT, UM, TO REFLECT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE NOW.
SO I'LL, I'LL BE SENDING THAT IN THE NEXT WEEK FOR REVIEW.
I CAN UPDATE US ON SOMETHING ON THE, UH, PARKS AND REC SIDE THAT IS ART RELATED.
UM, WE CREATED A, UM, WELL, THE, THE CHAIR AND I CREATED A, AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, WE'RE CREATING A PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC, WHAT'S, WHAT WORD I CALL IT, NOT A PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHAT, BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE ENCOURAGING THE PUBLIC AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON HOW THEY CAN BECOME MORE ACTIVE USERS OF PUBLIC SPACES AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CLEANLINESS AND SAFETY OF THE SPACES THAT THEY USE AS THE PUBLIC.
IT'S ALSO THEIR JOB, NOT JUST CITY STAFF.
UH, AND, UM, SO WE'RE CREATING INFORMATIONAL MATERIAL THAT EXPLAINS ALL THIS AND GETS PEOPLE EXCITED AND INSPIRED AND WE'RE TYING IT TO A MASCOT, JUST LIKE I WAS SMOKEY, THE BEAR'S IMAGE REMINDS YOU IN A PARK OF WHAT TO DO.
UM, DON'T START A FIRE, RIGHT? BE SAFE WITH FIRE.
UM, WE HAVE A MASCOT THAT, UH, I CURRENTLY HAVE A, UM, A LOCAL CARTOONIST WORKING ON, AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT MASCOT DONE AND HAVE THE INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS DONE AND RELEASE IT AT THE, THE NEXT, UM, THE PETALUMA NIGHT OUT NEXT MONTH.
SO, UM, THE ONCE THAT'S DONE, THE, THIS PROJECT SHOULD GROW AND YOU'LL SEE THE MASCOT IN DIFFERENT WAYS, DIFFERENT SIGNAGE, DIFFERENT POSES, ET CETERA, AROUND TOWN.
UH, AND WE'RE HOPING THIS WILL BE A CITYWIDE THING,
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NOT JUST PARKS AND REC, BECAUSE THE CITY IN GENERAL CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS CULTURE SHIFT.UM, I, IF I COULD MENTION THAT THE PETAL AND ARTS CENTER HAS A NEW EXHIBIT OPENING THIS EVENING CALLED EXPRESSIONS IN METAL.
AND I WENT BY BRIEFLY BEFORE OUR MEETING STARTED.
IF ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC IS LISTENING, I WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO ATTEND IT.
UH, I CAN SPEAK THAT WE PLACED THE MARY FULLING CHESNEY PIECE.
UH, WE PAINTED THE, THE BACKDROP, UH, FORMER CHAIR, UH, ANN UH, DESIGNED IT AND, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO PAINT IT.
AND THAT WAS, UH, FAIRLY QUICKLY DONE AND SUCCESSFUL.
AND, UH, UH, MELISSA WAS, UH, REALLY CHEERLEADING THAT FORWARD AND, AND MADE IT HAPPEN.
SO, UM, BUT THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF ART THAT IS IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES.
AND, UM, WE HAD MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WALK UP AND, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE WERE PAINTING IT AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND, AND JUST SURPRISED AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, JUST OVERJOYED.
UH, ANOTHER NEIGHBOR SAID, HEY, HOW MUCH AS IT WOULD COST TO, UH, PAINT THAT OTHER WHOLE WALL WITH A MURAL? AND SO IT JUST, YOU KNOW, PUTTING A LITTLE PUBLIC ART THERE TOOK TWO DAYS FOR A DAY FOR US TO DO IT.
ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW OTHER PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, THE, THE CITY TO PUT OTHER STUFF UP.
SO THANK YOU MELISSA, FOR SPEARHEADING THAT.
ONE MORE THING, UM, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THE ART CENTER SHOW, UH, PUBLIC ARTISTS OF OURS, UH, JOHNNY HIRSCHEL HAS A SHOW THAT JUST BEGAN TONIGHT AS WELL AT THE KELLER STREET CO-OP.
I AM GOING TO CLOSE ITEM NUMBER THREE, I'D LIKE TO OPEN
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ITEM MEETING.ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE STAFF COMMENTS.
I INVITE MELISSA ABERCROMBIE, PUBLIC ART SPECIALIST TO PRESENT MEETING ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
I, I KNOW YOU NEVER EXPECT LESS, BUT THIS WILL BE A MOUTHFUL 'CAUSE WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, WE'LL START WITH ADOBE ROAD WINERY HAS THEIR PAD IN AND THEIR BOLTS FOR BASE PLATE.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH RYAN PETERSON.
HE IS WORKING ON FABRICATION AND ANTICIPATES INSTALLATION WITHIN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE MONTHS.
UH, ADOBE ROAD WINERY HAS KIND OF HAD A SOFT OPENING WHERE THEY'VE BEEN HAVING SOME, UM, EVENTS IN THEIR PARKING LOT.
SO, UM, IT'S REALLY EXCITING, EXCITING THAT WE HAVE JUST SO MUCH ART HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
UM, IT'S GONNA FEEL REALLY ROBUST FOR A MINUTE THIS SUMMER AND LEADING INTO THE FALL.
UM, AT THE ROTARY, UM, ROUNDABOUT WE HAVE SOME BIG NEWS.
UM, I KIND OF CREATED A SLIDE, JOE, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME REMINDERS ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
UM, BUT I PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY NIGHT AND THEY, UNANIM UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THIS GIFT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THEY ARE 95% DONE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT WITH THEIR FUNDRAISING.
THEY ONLY NEED 5,000 MORE DOLLARS TO HIT THEIR GOAL OF $150,000.
UM, WE ONLY DISCUSSED THE ACTUAL ARTWORK THAT NIGHT, NOT THE LANDSCAPING, UM, THE APPLICATION FOR, UM, A, A SELFIE AREA THAT WOULD HAVE SIGNAGE AND THANK YOUS TO THEIR DONORS.
BUT, UM, THAT WILL ALL COME THROUGH IN THEIR PERMIT PROCESS.
THEY SUBMITTED THEIR PERMITS YESTERDAY, SO LITERALLY AS SOON AS THEY COULD, THEY GOT EVERYTHING IN.
AND CITY STAFF HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE.
I MEAN, THIS WAS A MASSIVE REVIEW ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
UM, AND THEN THE SMALLER IMAGE THAT'S BELOW THE SPIRIT OF PETALUMA BEACONS, UM, LETTERING IS THESE MAQUETTES THAT THEY'VE MADE.
I BELIEVE THEY'VE MADE 10 SO FAR.
VAN BE HAS, AND THEY'RE A AROUND TOWN AND THEY WILL ULTIMATELY BE OWNED BY, UM, DONORS OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
I BELIEVE IT'S FIVE TO $10,000, BUT YOU CAN SEE THEM IN THE WINDOW OF COPPERFIELDS AND PETALUMA MARKET.
THEY'RE UP ABOVE THE CHEESE SECTION, WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING.
UM, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF MAKING THEIR WAY AROUND.
I THINK THEY WERE SHOWING IT AT THE LIBRARY IN THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF CIVIC PRIDE, UM, A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND CHATTER ON NEXTDOOR, SOME OF IT NEGATIVE, SOME OF IT POSITIVE.
UM, BUT IT'S BEEN AGAIN, UM, HOW WE ALWAYS GET EVERY KIND OF OPINION ON EVERY KIND OF THING.
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OUR COMMUNITY.UM, AND SO HOPEFULLY WE GET EVERYBODY EXACTLY WHAT THEY'D WANT AT SOME POINT IN THE COLLECTION.
AND SO THIS FEELS LIKE A REALLY BIG WIN.
IT'S, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE ILLUMINATED.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU DO SEE THE MARQUETTE, SOME OF THEM HAVE WHAT APPEARS TO BE LIDS ON THEM.
AND THAT IS ONLY BECAUSE THEY WANNA SHOW HOW THE LETTERING WOULD SHOW ILLUMINATED.
IT DOESN'T REFLECT WHAT THE DESIGN, THE PROOF DESIGN LOOKS LIKE.
AND SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CLARIFICATION.
BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND HARD WORK ON THAT PROJECT.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE THE WORK YOU DID INFORMED MY STAFF REPORT FOR COUNCIL.
AND I, I REALLY FELT GREAT ABOUT THE RESPONSE.
IT, IT FELT LIKE A REAL WIN TO NOW HAVE THESE TWO REALLY SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS OPENING UP.
LIKE WHAT, WHAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN, CAN REALLY HAVE FOR ITSELF.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE LOU CASEY SKATE PARK.
UM, ADRIAN HAS JUST COMMITTED TO HIS COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENT THAT WILL BE AT THE LUCCHESE COMMUNITY CENTER WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26TH AT 6:00 PM IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE ARTIST, LEARN ABOUT THE PROJECT, AND SEE, YOU KNOW, LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS HISTORY AND WHAT, WHAT WAS, UM, BRINGING FORTH HIS DESIGN, WHAT INSPIRED IT, AND HOW HE SEES THIS INTERACTING.
THERE WILL BE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SKATE PARK THERE AND, UH, HE'S, HE'S REALLY FUN.
UM, I'LL PROBABLY REACH OUT TO YOU GUYS ALL ABOUT THAT.
HE'S, HE'S LIKE, HE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE PERUVIAN FINGER FOOD.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I CAN LEARN TO MAKE FOR THIS 'CAUSE IT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.
AND, UM, AND I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN MAKE IT.
IT'S A WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 6:00 PM IT'LL LAST APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR.
AND I WILL WORK WITH COMMS TO MAKE SURE THE WORD GETS OUT.
UM, BUT HE'S BEEN INCREDIBLY GRACIOUS AND KIND.
HE JUST HAD A REALLY COOL INSTALLATION IN SAN FRANCISCO WHERE HE MADE A GIANT, UM, PALLOTA, UM, LIKE POPSICLE THAT WAS ON THE STREET.
I AM REALLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH HIM AND HE'S REALLY EXCITED.
HE IS, BEEN DELVING INTO PETALUMA AND ALL THE THINGS HE WANTS TO EXPERIENCE HERE, SO THAT'S REALLY COOL.
UM, THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, I HAVE NO UPDATES.
I KNOW THAT THEY GOT A BID FOR CONSTRUCTION AND THEY WERE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT, BUT I, I DON'T, I HAVEN'T HAD, UH, THE PUBLIC ART COMPONENT COME BACK UP TOWARDS ME.
THE RIVER ARCH BENCH AND FRAGMENTS ARE NOW INSTALLED.
THE, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD SAY IT PUBLICLY.
THE CONCRETE'S BEEN POURED, SO PLEASE DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT.
UM, BUT THE, UM, THE FRAGMENTS UP IN THE LEFT CORNER ARE, UM, INSTALLED IN BASE ROCK, SO THEY'RE PRETTY LOCKED IN.
THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM SUPPORTED THIS AND WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.
UM, THEY, I THINK ARE EXCITED TO WORK ON THIS.
AND SO, UM, THE BENCH ON THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE IS, UM, IS NOW GOT THE CONCRETE.
IT'S UH, THE TOP SQUARES KIND OF STICK OUT LIKE THEY DO IN THE BENCH IMAGE, THE FRAGMENT IMAGES.
UM, THEY DID SIT ON IT AND PRACTICE AND IT'S A LITTLE RUSTY, SO WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE TREATMENT TO SEE IF WE CAN TAKE DOWN SOME OF THE RUST AND SEE IF, JUST SO IT DOESN'T RUIN PEOPLE'S CLOTHES, BUT SIT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
'CAUSE IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE HOT IN THE WEATHER JUST RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S, IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
THE PLACEMENT, LIKE IT'S SO NICE TO SEE THOSE FRAGMENTS OUT THERE.
I HOPE MY PICTURE KIND OF REFLECTS HOW THE INTERPLAY BEGINS, AND I HOPE THAT EVENTUALLY WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE LIGHTING AND THE LANDSCAPE.
BUT, UM, THE LAST QUOTE I GOT, UM, FROM JEFF STUTZMAN IN PUBLIC WORK WAS THAT PG E'S LIKE LIKELY $40,000 AND, UM, AND A ONE YEAR TO TWO YEAR WAIT ON THE APPLICATION.
AND SO I THINK OUR REALITY ON THIS, UM, WILL BE THAT WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT SOLAR AT SOME POINT LIKE WE DID AT FINE BALANCE.
LEDI THINK THE TOTAL NEED IS LIKE 150 WATTS, BUT I DON'T SEE IT ANY OTHER WAY.
UM, IT'S, IT'S HARD BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, ELECTRIC BOXES AT THE SITE, BUT NO ELECTRIC.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY CHALLENGING, UH, READ ON THAT ONE.
BUT I REALLY WANNA THANK, UH, NATHAN APPLE OF WIZARD OF METALS WHO'VE RESTORED THESE PIECES FOR THE LAST YEAR AND PROTECTED THEM.
'CAUSE WHEN THEY WERE FIRST LAID ON THE SITE, UM, SOME INCREDIBLY POWERFUL PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THEM.
UM, AND THEN, UH, SANDY REED, UH, UH, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WHO HELPED WITH THE PLACEMENT, SHE CAME DOWN AND MET WITH ME.
AND WHILE WE COULDN'T DO HER LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT PLAN FOR THE PROJECT AT THIS SITE, WE TRIED TO ORIENT THEM IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL.
AND SHE REALLY, UH, GAVE SOME VALUABLE TIME VOLUNTEERING TO SUPPORT
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THAT.RELIEF HAS PLANTED, I BELIEVE NINE TREES ALONG THE TRAIL AND THEY'RE ALL SUCCEEDING.
SO IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE RIGHT NOW.
UM, WIZARD OF OF METALS IS LIKE INCREDIBLY ACTIVE RIGHT NOW ON SOME LARGE SCALE PROJECTS.
SO IT JUST FEELS LIKE THE WHOLE AREA IS REALLY ACTIVATED RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND I REALLY WANNA THANK PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, BJORN, UM, HUD, THE STREETS TEAM, LIKE EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THIS AND SAW THIS AS LIKE SOMETHING THAT REALLY COMPLETES PART OF OUR MISSION IN A REALLY SUCCESSFUL WAY.
SO BRAVO TO EVERYONE ON THIS ONE.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE MOVING INTO MARY FULLER MCCHESNEY.
UM, I AM SKIPPING THE MURAL WALLS ALONG THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL FOR RIGHT NOW THAT NATHAN WOULD LIKE THE, THE FENCE VARIANCE, UM, THAT'S NOT MOVED FORWARD.
SO RIGHT NOW THAT'S KIND OF JUST STAYING THERE AS A PLACEHOLDER.
BUT THE MARY FULLER MCCHESNEY COLLECTION IS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, WE INSTALLED MEDUSA ON BASSETT STREET.
THIS IS THE DESIGN THAT ANNE CREATED, UM, JEANETTE DUBOIS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
LIZ WENTLING, OUR PLANS EXAMINER TANNER AND MYSELF CAME OUT FOR A COUPLE NIGHTS AND WE THOUGHT WE COULD USE A PROJECTOR, BUT IT IS TOO BRIGHT, TOO LATE, SO WE FREEHANDED IT, GOT IT IN, AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGE, THE MEDUSA WOULD JUST HAVE FALLEN FLAT ON THAT WALL WITHOUT THAT.
AND I, UM, I'M JUST SO PROUD TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE SO DEDICATED TO OUR COMMUNITY CARE.
UM, IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER IS, UM, TODD BARLOW.
UM, HE'S HELPED SUPPORT A LOT OF THESE MARY FULLER MCCHESNEY INSTALLS AND HE IS HE AND HIS WIFE, SPRING MAX DER, WHO ORIGINALLY BROUGHT THEM DOWN FROM SONOMA MOUNTAIN AND HAD THEM INSTALLED AT THE ASTRO MOTEL.
SO HE GIVES US A INCREDIBLE RATE TO PUBLIC WORKS.
THIS ONE, UM, I BELIEVE THE TOTAL COST FOR INSTALLATION FROM HIM WAS $1,300 FOR THE WELDED BASE PLATE.
THE, THE PLATE THAT WAS IN IT WITH THE ROD WERE DETERIORATED.
SHE USED A LOT OF OLD GALVANIZED PLUMBING PIPE THAT JUST WASN'T REALLY SECURE.
SO THIS HAS, UH, A WELDED METAL BLADE BASE PLATE.
IT IS IN THERE AND UM, AND IN THE FUTURE, IF IT WAS TO BE REMOVED, IT WOULD BE REMOVED AS AN ENTIRE UNIT WITH THE BASE PLATE.
UM, WHAT'S REALLY GREAT TOO IS THAT THERE'S LIGHTING ABOVE.
SO IT JUST HAS THIS LIKE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN THE SHADOW A LITTLE BIT, IT'S, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT IS AT NIGHT.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEEDBACK WAS LIKE SO GENUINE AND KIND.
UM, SPR AND I DID A COMPLETE CLEANING OF IT.
IT WAS COATED IN, UM, BIO MATERIAL.
BIO MATERIALS LIKE ORGANIC MOLD,
AND SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO GET IT CLEAN AND HAVE IT FEEL FRESH.
UM, I THE SHAPE TOTEM, WOW THAT ONE'S A BIG ONE.
THAT WAS A BIG CLEAN BUT SPRING WHO'S REPRESENTED IN THE MIDDLE IMAGE.
AND TODD MET WITH ME AT DENNIS K'S HOUSE WHO'S BEEN HOUSING IT.
IT WAS UNDER A TREE SO IT'S COMPLETELY CLEAN NOW.
SO THAT SAME KIND OF BIOLOGICAL GROWTH THAT WAS ON IT THAT YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE IMAGE THAT'S ALL REMOVED, IT'S LIKE BRAND NEW.
UM, THESE PIECES WERE ALSO NOT IN THE RIGHT WAY.
SO MARY HAD A SIGNATURE PIECE WITH HER NAME IN IT THAT WAS UPSIDE DOWN.
SO IN THE NEW LAYOUT IT'S GONNA BE JUST RIGHT.
THE MAP ON THE LEFT REFLECTS ITS ORIENTATION.
SO WE HAD A LITTLE OOPSY WHERE THE PAD GOT PUT IN THE WRONG PLACE AND NOW IT'S FIXED AND IT'S MORE TOWARDS THE CENTER WHERE IT'S LAID OUT IN THE MAP.
UM, UH, DAILY ACTS, UH, IS WORKING TO DO SOME KIND OF PLANTING IN THERE.
THERE IS EXISTING IRRIGATION AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT A TREE THERE AS WELL.
SO THEY'RE HOPING EVENTUALLY TO HAVE IT BE A MORE ACTIVATED SPOT SITE.
I ADDED IN THIS SONOMA MOUNTAINS ORIENTATION, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE ARROW TOP THAT YOU'RE SEEING TODD BY WILL BE POINTING TOWARDS SONOMA MOUNTAIN IN HONOR OF MARY FULLER MCCHESNEY AND REALLY CREATING THAT VISION WE SAW WHEN WE FIRST ACQUIRED THESE PIECES.
AND I AM JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR THE VISION OF THE COMMITTEE TO AND DAVID WARD, THE FORMER PUBLIC ART STAFF PERSON TO REALLY ADVOCATE FOR KEEPING MARY'S LEGACY.
UM, AND THEN IN THE RIGHT YOU SEE THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, HUD IS IN THE ORANGE, I'M SORRY I DON'T KNOW THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK'S NAME, BUT THEY WERE OUT THERE AND POURED IT TWICE AND WERE GRACIOUS.
THEY DID GET SOME DONUTS OUT OF IT 'CAUSE I WAS GRATEFUL.
AND THAT'S, UM, IT'S REALLY JUST ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES OF PETALUMA WORKING TOGETHER ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND MAKING SOMETHING HAPPEN.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN REALLY TELL, I CAN ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE LEFT IS THE FINISHED CLEANING OF CHERRY SODA.
IN THE PAST WE HAD DONE CLEANINGS ON IT AND THEY WERE SIGNIFICANTLY EXPENSIVE.
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IT WAS WHEN WE HAD MORE BUDGET, THIS WAS OUR FIRST TIME WORKING WITH REBUILDING TOGETHER'S TEAM.LIKE IT, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES, SORRY, GETTING ACCESS TO WATER AND THEY HAD TO COME BACK AND BRINGING THEIR UM, WATER PONY TO, TO DO IT.
BUT THE BEFORE IMAGE IS ON THE RIGHT.
I'M KIND OF TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY I CAN ZOOM IN.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW DIRTY IT WAS
IT JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS VERY DIRTY.
YOU WOULDN'T WANNA DRINK THAT SODA.
UM, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT IT, SORRY, LET'S SEE IF I CAN SLIDE OVER.
YOU CAN JUST SEE HOW IT'S SPARKLY.
UM, AND IN THE FAR LEFT IMAGE YOU CAN SEE HOW IT, UM, SORRY.
THE BASE PLATE HERE HAS HAD SOME LIFT ON THE CLEAR COAT, SO THEY PUT A WAX COAT OVER IT AND AREAS WHERE IT WAS JUST GETTING A LITTLE DEBRIS AND RUST ON THE EDGES, THEY WAXED TO HELP KEEP THE LONGEVITY.
UM, I'M HOPING THAT THIS CAN BE THE BEGINNING OF A RELATIONSHIP WHERE THEY CAN SUPPORT THAT.
UM, SORRY, UM, MOVE FORWARD TOO QUICK.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WHEN I WENT OUT MONDAY TO VER SEVERE TO SURVEY THE, UM, THE BENCH PAD, I TOOK A QUICK LOOK AT THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL MURALS AND THERE WAS LIKE ABOUT 30 POINTS OF GRAFFITI ALL ALONG THE TRAIL.
IT JUST SEEMED LIKE SOMEBODY JUST BOMBED IT.
AND IT WAS REALLY UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE IN THOSE IMAGES, JUST A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE OF THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, THIS WALL HAD JUST BEEN FRESHLY PAINTED.
SO THIS WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL AND SOMEBODY TAGGED IT UP.
UM, AND SO I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO EXPRESS YOURSELF, BUT IT'S REALLY HARD WHEN THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE WORKING TO JUST KEEP SOME THINGS.
SO JOHNNY CAME OUT NOT LESS THAN AN HOUR AFTER I LET HIM KNOW AND HE DID SOME REPAIRS ON IT, AND THEN I FOUND OUT TODAY IT WAS GRAFFITI AGAIN.
SO, UM, WE'RE NOW WORKING WITH THE POLICE TO DECIDE IF THIS, UM, THERE'S A CAMERA DOWN THERE AND IF THIS IS LIKE MOVING BEYOND, UM, WHAT'S FAIR TO THE ARTIST.
LIKE HE IS AS PART OF HIS INITIAL CONTRACT HAS REALLY BEEN COMMITTED TO KEEPING THIS CLEAN.
AND JOHNNY, IF ANYBODY KNOWS JOHNNY IS, UH, ALL HEART.
SO THE MINUTE IT HAPPENS, HE'S DOWN THERE AND TAKES A LOT OF PRIDE IN HIS WORK.
SO IF ANYBODY HEARS THIS THAT HAS BEEN TAGGING, LIKE PLEASE RESPECT JOHNNY.
'CAUSE HE IS, HE'S WAY MORE GENEROUS THAN HE NEEDS TO BE.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE OLEUM BOUQUET, WHAT WE DISCUSSED TONIGHT AND UM, SO GO ART, IT REALLY FEELS LIKE WE'RE HITTING A GOOD SPOT.
THE REMAINING MARY FULLER MCCHESNEY PIECES, JUST SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, ARE ONE OF THE COYOTE GODDESSES.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE A SMALLER SNAKE GODDESS THAT'S A ANOTHER CAST BRONZE PIECE THAT'S SMALLER THAT COULD SIT SOMEWHERE AT CITY HALL OR AT LUC CASEY OR WE CAN HAVE IT OUTSIDE AND JUST HAVE A BASE PLATE.
WE, THE KNOWN QUANTITIES FOR THE, UM, THE COYOTE GODDESS, WE WERE ABLE TO INSTALL IT LAST TIME FOR $3,200, WHICH CHERRY VALLEY FUNDED THROUGH THEIR PTA.
TODD SAYS THE COST HAS GONE UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE COST OF METALS.
AND SO IT'S ABOUT 3,400 TO INSTALL.
I'M REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED AND ROTARY HAS REQUESTED A PRESENTATION TO SEE HOW, IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER, OTHER OUTSTANDING THINGS THAT ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE THREE TOTEMS, THE TWO MALE AND FEMALE TOTEMS THAT WE'RE DISPLAYED AT THE ART CENTER.
AND SO, UH, LENA FURLAN, WHO'S BEEN THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THE ROTARY PROJECT FOR THE ROUNDABOUT SOUTH, UM, CREATED AN INTRODUCTION BETWEEN, UH, A GENTLEMAN WHO DOES A LOT OF LANDSCAPING AND HE HAS BIG GIANT SLABS OF WOOD, MUCH LIKE WHAT, UM, HERITAGE SALVAGE DID FOR THE INSTALLATION AT THE LIBRARY.
AND I'M LOOKING INTO MAYBE THAT'S AN OPTION FOR INSTALLING THOSE THREE PIECES IS THAT WE GET A LARGE PIECE OF WOOD THAT'S NOT ABLE TO BE MOVED AND WE DO LIKE EXTEND THE POLES THAT ARE IN THE EXISTING ROD OR THE EXISTING FOUNDATIONS AND SEE IF MAYBE THAT'S AND INSTALL, IF WE COULD FIND A PLACE INTERNALLY AROUND TOWN THAT COULD FACILITATE LIKE A FIVE FOOT BY TWO FOOT SCULPTURE TOGETHER, MAYBE AT LUCCHESE.
BUT I, I FEEL LIKE IT, IT'S SOMETHING TO MOTIVATE US TO LIKE, LOOK, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO PLACE THESE PIECES.
UM, ALSO, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THOUGH, UM, I FORGET HER NAME RIGHT NOW, THE WOMAN WHO PRESENTED TO US FOR HER MURAL ALON, UM, THE MCNAIR LANDING PROPERTY, SHE'S BEEN MOVING FORWARD TALKING TO PARTNERS.
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ARTISTS JUST TO GET A SENSE OF THAT.SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, SHE'S PERIODICALLY CHECKED IN WITH ME AND SHE WAS GETTING IN CONTACT WITH THE RIVER PARK AND JUST KIND OF BEGINNING WHERE SHE WANTED TO GO NEXT WITH HER FUNDRAISING.
AND I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE REACH OUT ABOUT PROJECTS.
UM, MICHAEL DARLINGTON IS WORKING ON A PIECE THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SELF-FUND THROUGH FUNDRAISING FOR AS A GIFT.
AND I'LL KEEP YOU GUYS IN THE KNOW AS THAT MOVES FORWARD.
BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INQUIRIES ABOUT ART AND I'VE KIND OF BEEN FILTERING IN LIKE, WHAT, WHAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY AND UM, I'LL KEEP YOU GUYS ALL IN THE KNOW.
BUT, UM, WE, THE ONE LAST THING IS THAT SINCE WE HAVE THESE THREE INSTALLATIONS ALL AT ONCE, WE WANNA DO SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE THAT.
WE USUALLY DO A RIBBON CUTTING.
UM, I'M, I'M NOT SURE, UM, HOW MUCH LONGER I'LL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROGRAM, BUT I KNOW AT LEAST THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST AND SO BEFORE THE END OF AUGUST, DEPENDING ON THE INSTALL AT THE ROUNDABOUT AT BAYWOOD AND MCDOWELL, WE WOULD DO A BIKE RIDE AND COORDINATE IT WITH PAC AND MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, BICYCLE PARTNERS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
BUT RIDE OR WALK IF YOU WANT TO FROM BAYWOOD TO THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL TO TAKE IN THE MURALS AND TAKE IN THE NEW INSTALLATION OF THE BENCHES AND FRAGMENTS AND THEN COME TO CITY HALL WHERE WE'LL HAVE A CELEBRATION AT THE MEDUSA AND JUST HAVE SOME SNACKS TOGETHER.
UM, I WAS THINKING I'LL SET UP A CANOPY AND A TABLE FOR A, UH, ART MATERIALS EXCHANGE.
I HAVE SOME SUPPLIES I CAN SHARE AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SHARE SUPPLIES WITH OTHER PEOPLE SO THEY CAN EXPERIENCE ART AND TRY THINGS OUT, I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO JUST CELEBRATE THIS WILD LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
LET ME FIRST BE THE FIRST SAY.
YOU'VE BEEN GETTING THESE THINGS DONE AND IT'S, IT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE OF YOU.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE SUPPORTING HIM, BUT YOU'RE BEHIND THE SCENES DOING THIS EVERY DAY.
SO FROM MY HEART, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND WE HOPE THIS ISN'T OUR LAST MEETING TOGETHER, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT, UM, ANY OTHER COMMENT OR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I WILL CLOSE ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 7 37.