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ALMOST BROUGHT TO[1. CALL TO ORDER]
SANTA.I'M CALLING OUR COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER.
UH, CAN WE TAKE THE ROLL, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU CAN JUST ANSWER I TO INDICATE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT.
VICE CHAIR CUSTODIAL IS CURRENTLY ABSENT AND CHAIR MILD HERE.
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED? NO.
PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED.
[4. CONSENT CALENDAR]
GONNA MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.UH, IS THERE A STAFF REPORT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? THERE'S NO STAFF REPORT.
SO, UH, AND ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THE MINUTES? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED.
THEN, UH, ANY COMMISSIONER UH, COMMENTS REGARDING THE MINUTES? UH, BREAK, TRIP? NO COMMENTS ON MINUTES, BUT WERE WE GONNA DO A PICTURE TODAY? UM, NEXT MEETING.
'CAUSE WE KNEW COMMISSIONER KLEI WOULD BE ABSENT.
YEAH, IT'LL GET GAR IF WE NEED TO.
COULD I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? SO WEIRD.
OKAY, KATHLEEN, AND A SECOND FOR BOB.
AND, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? WE'RE THERE? YES.
ANY OPPOSED TO APPROVING THE MINUTES? WE, I THINK WE JUST PASSED IT.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONER DIOR WAS ABSENT FOR THE LAST MEETING.
OH, YOU CAN'T, OH, CAN'T, WE'LL GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN.
LET'S GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN.
WE NEED A MOTION FROM SOMEBODY WHO WAS AT THE MEETING TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
SO THOMASON AND, AND BOB GETS THE SECOND.
AND LET'S TAKE THE VOTE AGAIN.
UM, OF THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
AND JUST ONE NOTE FOR THE FUTURE.
YOU MAY REMEMBER WE COVERED THIS IN THE UPDATED RULES OF PROCEDURE.
IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU, AFTER THE MEETING THAT YOU WERE ABSENT AT, HAD REVIEWED THE MEETING AND THE CONTENTS OF THE MEETING, YOU'D BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.
IN THAT CASE, THAT HASN'T TAKEN EFFECT YET.
ONCE ALL THE RULES OF PROCEDURE CHANGES HAPPEN, THAT'S WHEN THAT WILL BE AN OPTION.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IF YOU WERE ABSENT FROM THE MEETING, BUT YOU READ THE MINUTES, YOU COULD VOTE ON THE MINUTES.
UH, I BELIEVE YOU NEED TO LISTEN OR WATCH THE RECORDING.
OKAY, SO, HI, WE ARE, UM, MOVING ON.
[5. MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
UM, MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.UH, FIRST UP IS WE NEED TO APPOINT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO REVIEW HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR AND SENIOR ARTS AWARDS.
UM, FIRST IS THERE A STAFF REPORT? LIKE, UH, YEAH, JUST A BRIEF STAFF REPORT.
AS A REMINDER, EARLIER THIS YEAR THE COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS, UM, APPROVED EXPANDING THE FORMER SENIOR ARTS AWARDS TO INCLUDE JUNIORS AND SENIORS.
SO THE UPDATED PROGRAM NOW ALLOCATES 13,600 ANNUALLY, SUPPORTING EIGHT JUNIOR AWARDS AT $500 EACH, AND EIGHT SENIOR AWARDS AT $1,200 EACH.
UM, AND TONIGHT'S ACTION IS TO APPOINT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS, BRING BACK RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FULL COMMISSION, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS JUST TO APPOINT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UM, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, UM, MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND THEN DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM BEFORE WE MOVE TO A VOTE TO ESTABLISH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UM, WHAT'S INVOLVED IN THIS? LIKE, IS IT A SHOW? NO.
SO IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING THE APPLICATIONS AND REVIEWING THEM AND OH, IT'S BRINGING THAT RECOMMENDATION.
THEN TYPICALLY IT'S USUALLY IN MAY TIMEFRAME.
UM, AND SINCE WE'VE ONLY DONE IT AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS, THEY HAVE THEIR SENIOR RECOGNITION NIGHTS, THEN A COMMISSIONER GOES TO THE SENIOR RECOGNITION NIGHT
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AND HANDS IT OUT.I'M NOT SURE WITH THE JUNIOR HIGH.
THE, IT'S ONLY SENIORS AT THE SENIOR RECOGNITION NIGHT.
SO WHAT I WAS MEANING TO SAY WAS FOR THE JUNIORS, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY HAVE SOME TYPE OF EVENT THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND, AND
A REALLY QUICKLY THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
UM, THE ONE THING THAT WE CAN DO, WE'LL REACH OUT TO THE CONTACTS AT THE SCHOOL TO SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE A NIGHT OR SOME TYPE OF CEREMONY FOR JUNIORS WHO ARE GETTING AWARDS.
ONE OTHER THING THAT MAY BE A PART OF THIS, UH, SINCE WE ARE DOING THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY WITH THE COMMUNICATION TO THE SCHOOLS AND THE OUTREACH, WE MAY ALSO REACH OUT TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO GET THEIR TAKE ON JUST KIND OF LIKE, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO.
DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? THAT'S ONE THING THAT I'M, I DON'T BELIEVE WAS DONE IN THE PAST.
SO, UM, I, I, AS I RECALL LAST YEAR, WEREN'T THE SENIORS WHO RECEIVED AWARDS INVITED TO THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.
SO IT COULD BE THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE MIGHT NOT BE AN IN-SCHOOL RECOGNITION FOR JUNIORS, THAT THEY MIGHT BE INVITED TO THE CITY SAVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO RECEIVE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY, THEY GOT THEIR CHECK 'CAUSE WE GAVE THEM THE CERTIFICATE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN THE MAYOR GIVES THEM THE CHECK.
AND THEN THE MAYOR LIKE, HANDS 'EM THE CHECK AND THEY'LL GET A PICTURE WITH EITHER THE MAYOR OR THE WHOLE COUNCIL.
AND AT TIMES THE COMMISSIONER WILL ATTEND THAT ALSO.
THAT WILL BE PART OF IT AS WELL.
I THINK, UM, UH, YEAH, LAST YEAR, YEAH, I, BUT I WASN'T PART OF THIS PROCESS.
I WAS JUST THERE TO HAND OUT THE CHECKS.
CHECKS, YOU KNOW, I, FORGIVE ME, I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE JUST ENDED UP SAYING SEPARATELY AFTER ALL THE DECISIONS WERE MADE, WE NEEDED A REPRESENTATIVE.
BUT I WOULD SAY IT PROBABLY MAKES SENSE TO JUST MAKE THAT PART OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE UNLESS THERE'S A DIFFERENT FEELING FROM THE COMMISSION.
SO SINCE THAT'S THE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION, IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, KATHLEEN? SO THE QUESTION THAT I WAS GONNA ASK BEFORE I
I THINK IT'S TYPICALLY MAY FOR THE SCHOOL EVENTS.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL GET AN UPDATED LIKE SCHEDULE OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN EVERYTHING IS GOING OUT, UM, THE DEADLINES, AND THEN OF COURSE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY SHOULD BE EXPECTING TO PLAY THE INDIVIDUAL ROLES.
AND OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ITEM.
UM, SO LET'S MOVE TO A VOTE TO ESTABLISH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A, WE'RE GONNA SOLICIT VOLUNTEERS AND THEN VOTE THE VOLUNTEERS ONTO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE, TO ESTABLISH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO REVIEW HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR AND SENIOR, UH, ARTS AWARDS? SO KATHLEEN AND TAJI IS THE SECOND.
AND ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
UM, SO, UH, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE? SO KATHLEEN AND TRACY AND BOB, THAT MAKES IT REAL EASY.
THAT'S LIKE THE FASTEST VOLUNTEER
UM, AND WOULD ONE OF YOU VOLUNTEER TO CHAIR THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE? I'VE CHAIRED BEFORE.
I JUST WANNA ASK CHAIR BEFORE I HAVE, BUT TRACY, I, I, YOU TELL ME, UM, AS IT'S MY FIRST TIME, I THINK I PREFER NOT TO CHAIR.
AND, UM, I'D LIKE A, A MOTION TO APPOINT, UH, KATHLEEN, TRACY, AND BOB TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WITH KATHLEEN SERVING AS CHAIR.
UH, THANK YOU MANA AND A SECOND PLEASE.
THOMASON ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE SAY AYE.
AND I THINK THAT ACCOMPLISHES THAT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM FIVE TWO, UH, DISCUSSION OF MINI GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW, AD HOC COMMITTEE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, SO FIRST, IS THERE A STAFF REPORT ON THIS? IS IT ON? OKAY, THANK YOU CHAIR.
MILD, UH, THIS ITEM IS FOR THE COMMISSION TO REVIEW THE MINI GRANT AD HOC COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE TWO MINI GRANTS, UM, EACH AT THE AMOUNT OF $1,000.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE DECEMBER 1ST APPLICATION WINDOW, UH, STAFF RECEIVED TWO ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS,
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WHICH WERE FORWARDED TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.UH, AND THEY HAVE, UM, SUBMITTED THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE APPLICATIONS ARE IN THE PACKET FOR, UH, THE FULL COMMISSION REVIEW.
BOTH PROPOSALS MEET ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND THEY ALIGN WITH THE COMMISSION'S MISSION TO SUPPORT PUBLIC ARTS AND COMMUNITY BASED ART PROGRAMMING.
UM, THE RECOMMENDATION, THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO REVIEW THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVE THE TWO MINI GRANTS AS PRESENTED.
UH, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE CHAIR.
UH, CHAIR ELLI, I BELIEVE WAS, WE HAVE TO CHECK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN THIS CASE? ACTUALLY, SINCE THAT IS THE FORMAL REPORT, IF THEY HAVE ONE, WE CAN GO STRAIGHT TO THAT.
UM, SO YES, AS MENTIONED, WE RECEIVED TWO MINI GROUND APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PERIOD AND WE HAVE APPROVED BOW.
I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU REALLY HIGH LEVEL SINCE YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION IN A PACKET.
UM, FIRST FOR SUNFLOWER HILL, THEIR PROJECT IS A SOIL PLANT SCIENCE MURAL IN THE GARDEN.
UM, USING THE EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR THEIR APPLICATION, UH, WE EVALUATED THEM AT A 40 POINTS.
50 IS THE MAXIMUM, 25 IS IS THRESHOLD, UH, THAT YOU SEE CONSIDERED FOR FUNDING.
SO WE FELT, YOU KNOW, FROM A PROGRAM AND PROJECT EVALUATION, THEY WERE DEFINITELY A 20.
FUNDING AND BUDGET, DEFINITELY A 10.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION, DEFINITELY A 10.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE DID NOT RATE THEM HIGHLY ON WAS THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES REFLECTED, THOUGH GIVEN THIS IS A MINI GRANT, THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY THE SAME REQUIRED CRITERIA AND ALIGN SO NICELY HELPED CONFIRM THAT.
SO, UM, WE DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
UM, TRACY AND NATALIA, YOU HAVE, UM, LET'S DO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL AND THEN MOVE TO A VOTE ON THIS ONE.
BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS RECOMMENDATION? THAT AND NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED.
AND, UM, CAN I HAVE, WELL, I SUPPOSE THE, UM, YOU ARE MAKING THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO, UM, GRANT TO AWARD A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE, THE SUNFLOWER.
THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS BRINGING.
UM, WHY DON'T YOU JUST MAKE IT AS A MOTION THEN? UM, SO, OKAY.
UH, IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT PLEASE? AND GOT IT.
AND THEN ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? AND SO THAT'S GREAT.
LET'S DO THE SECOND ONE PLEASE.
UM, THE SECOND ONE, UH, THE PROJECT NAME IS THE SHARED SCALE, UH, BC UH, THE APPLICANT.
UM, WE DON'T, WE WANNA SEE, UH, I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PRONOUNCE THE NAME PROPERLY, AND SO I THANK YOU.
UM, SO WE REVIEWED THIS APPLICATION AND, UM, WE HAVE SCORED, UH, FOR 25 IN THE EVALUATION.
AGAIN, MAXIMUM IS 50 25 IS THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD TO BE CONSIDERED FOR FUNDING.
UM, ONE OF OUR CONCERNS WAS THERE WAS, AND WE, WE ASKED LYNN TO PLEASE PROVIDE THIS FEEDBACK BACK TO THE APPLICANT.
UM, THERE WAS DEFINITELY SOME, WE FELT MISSING INFORMATION, NOT TO THE POINT WHERE IT WOULD NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE APPLICATION OFF THE TABLE COMPLETELY, BUT LIMITED US IN OUR EVALUATION.
THINGS LIKE NOT SPECIFIC, UH, DID APPEAR THAT THE EVENT HAD SPECIFICALLY BEEN SCHEDULED YET.
SO NOT INFORMATION REGARDING DATES AND SPECIFIC LOCATION, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, SEVERAL OF US ON THIS COMMITTEE DID A BIT OF OUR OWN GOOGLING SO THAT WE COULD CONFIRM THAT THE APPLICANT HAS DONE THESE TYPES OF EVENTS AND THINGS BEFORE.
SO WE FELT, YOU KNOW, FROM A PROJECT OR PROGRAM EVALUATION, UM, THE APPLICANT DEFINITELY SEEMED QUALIFIED AND HAD THE CAPACITY TO PRODUCE THIS TYPE OF PROJECT AND ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE STATED GOALS AND OUTCOME.
UM, SO WE, WE, WE, RIGHT, UM, FROM THAT STANDPOINT ON THAT ONE, WE RANKED THE 10 OUT OF 20 FOR FUNDING AND BUDGET.
THE, THE COST, JUST IT, THEY SEEMED VERY HIGH TO US.
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THAT ONE, WE DID A FIVE OUT OF 10 ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES.THERE, THERE WAS DEFINITELY INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT IT WAS, UH, SOMEWHAT LIMITED.
AND WE HAD A, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL QUESTIONS LIKE HOW ARE THE TICKET PRICES DETERMINED? JUST DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO AGAIN, UM, GAVE A FIVE OUT OF 10 THERE.
AND THEN THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION JUST SEEMED A BIT UNCLEAR.
AND THAT WAS THE PIECE WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE A SPECIFIC THING.
SO WE GAVE A FIVE OUT OF 10 THERE, UH, BUT STILL MET THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD TO BE CONSIDERED FOR FUNDING.
AGAIN, THIS IS A MINI GRANT, A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
TRACY AND NATALIA, IF YOU WANNA, NO, UM, OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS CONSIDER GETTING THEM THE WHOLE THOUSAND.
UM, SO, UH, OH, ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, THIS IS NOT CONTINGENT ON THEIR ACTUALLY DOING A PUBLIC EVENT.
IS THAT RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU SAID THEY DON'T HAVE A, THEY DON'T HAVE A, THEY HAVE A DESIRE TO DO A PUBLIC EVENT, BUT THE AWARD IS INDEPENDENT OF THAT.
LIKE IF THEY DON'T DO, IF THEY WIND UP THAT FALLS THROUGH, WOULD THAT BE ANY ISSUE IN TERMS OF THE AWARD OR WOULD THE AWARD STAND ANYWAY SINCE THE, WHAT THEY'RE SPENDING THE MONEY ON IS THE, THE PRODUCTION OF THE EP? YEAH, I, I WOULD LET, YEAH, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE APPLICATION SHOULD STATE WHAT THE PLANS ARE WITH A MINI GRANT, WE DO WANNA KEEP IT LOW BARRIER.
UM, WE WANNA GIVE PEOPLE EASY ACCESS TO MONEY.
BUT HYPOTHETICALLY, IF THE, IF THERE WAS NO ELEMENT THAT THEY COULD SHOW TO US WHERE THEY'VE PROVIDED OR SHARED THIS WITH THE LIVERMORE COMMUNITY, THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN.
THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE WOULD FOLLOW UP ON.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT WE WOULD DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY FROM THIS? YEAH, OKAY.
YEAH, BECAUSE THEY SAY STATEMENT, IT SAYS THE PROJECT WILL CULMINATE IN A LIVE PERFORMANCE SCHEDULED FOR FALL 2026 AT A LIVERMORE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER.
AND, AND THEY EVEN INCLUDED VENUE RENTAL.
SO IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY DIDN'T SHORTCHANGE THE BUDGET FOR A VENUE.
SO IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO HAPPEN.
I ALSO, UH, I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS.
I'M, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THAT, UH, MIXING AND MASTERING AND IT'S ALL A FUNCTION OF HOW LONG AND HOW MANY INSTRUMENTS ARE ON THE RECORDING.
IF IT'S A LOT OF INSTRUMENTS, UM, MIXING WILL TAKE A VERY LONG TIME AND
THE MASTERING IS USUALLY LIKE PER SONG.
THIS SOUNDS LIKE MORE OF LIKE A, YOU KNOW, A AN EXTENDED PIECE AND THAT'S JUST A A, THAT'S NOT A HUGE EXPENSE.
BUT THE MIXING COULD TAKE YEAH.
HOURS AND IT'S A PER HOUR RATE.
AND THAT WAS 4,000 FOR THE MIXING AND MASTERING, YOU KNOW, 11,500 FOR THE COMPOSER, ARRANGER, INSTRUMENTALISTS, THOSE FEES, $2,500 FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
I MEAN, THERE, THERE WAS JUST A LOT.
IT'S ALL ON THE HIGH END, BUT IT'S NOT ENTIRELY UNREASONABLE.
AT LEAST THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE ON IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, BOB? I, I LOOKED AT THAT.
IT COULD BE PERFORMANCE WAS THE ONE THAT CONVINCED ME.
YEAH, JEFF, IF, IF LOOKS VERY SPECIFIC, THEY JUST HAVEN'T NAILED DOWN THE EXACT THING.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR AND IT'S THERE.
AND I, I, LARRY, I LOOKED UP SOME EXAMPLES OF THE CHROMATIC MUSIC AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INSTRUMENTS, SO I COULD SEE MASTERING COULD BE COULD THE, THE THE MIXING YEAH.
I ENJOYED, I ENJOYED DOING THE RESEARCH.
AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF HER MUSIC ON YOUTUBE.
I'M GLAD WE, I'M GLAD WE AS A COMMISSION RECEIVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I, I'M NOT INITIATING AN ITEM, BUT I WILL SAY THIS IS PART OF A BIGGER CONVERSATION THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE IN THE COMING YEAR ABOUT HOW THE FUNDS ARE USED, WHAT'S AN ACCEPTABLE COST.
I WOULD SAY FOR ME, FROM MY OWN PERSPECTIVE, IF THAT PERFORMANCE WAS NOT A PART OF THIS, THEN I THINK THERE WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, WE WOULD'VE REACHED OUT AND SAID, YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN FURTHER WHERE THE BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY IS BECAUSE WE'LL, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WORK WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU MONEY TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN AND YOU CAN BENEFIT FROM IT, BUT WE WANT THE COMMUNITY'S BENEFIT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GIVING THEM THE MONEY FOR.
SO WE WERE, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE HAD SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL ARE EXPRESSING HERE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR COMMENT ABOUT WE WANT MINI GRADS TO BE LOW BARRIER OPPORTUNITIES.
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THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL TO DO.OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT THE ARTS.
IT'S LIKE I, UH, I COULD STAND BEHIND THAT.
CAN, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, UH, AWARD MAKE THAT AWARD STILL MOVE? OKAY.
IS THERE A SECOND PLEASE? SECOND WHO YOU GOT? YOU GOT IT, BOB.
AND ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
OKAY, SO IT IS PASSED AND, UH, WE CAN NOW MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS CALENDAR OF RECURRING COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS TASKS AND EVENTS.
SO, UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US A STAFF REPORT? LANG? OKAY.
THIS ITEM IS INFORMATIONAL AND PROVIDES A CALENDAR OF RECURRING EVENTS, UM, FOR THE, UH, TASKS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN.
THIS CALENDAR CAME BEFORE YOU EARLIER THIS YEAR.
UM, IT SHOULD, SO IT SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR.
UM, IT'S, UH, USED INTENDED TO BE A REFERENCE TOOL FOR PLANNING.
IT DOESN'T CAPTURE ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE COMMISSION IS INVOLVED IN, BUT IT SHOULD BE A HELPFUL FRAMEWORK AS YOU TAKE ON, UM, YOUR, YOU LOOK AT YOUR WORKLOAD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE COMMISSION RECEIVE THE REPORT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT'S BEEN RECEIVED.
THE TYPE GETS SMALLER AND SMALLER AS WE DO MORE AND MORE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE TASK LIST? CALENDAR OF TASKS? GREAT.
OKAY, THEN, UH, WE'LL CLOSE THAT ITEM AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.4, UM, REPORT AND DISCUSSION TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS SHOULD RECOMMEND THE CITY ESTABLISH VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS LAUREATES.
UM, SO WE'LL START WITH YOUR REPORT, ALAN.
UM, AS IT WAS INITIATED AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING BY COMMISSIONER HURST, UM, SHE HAD THE IDEA OF ESTABLISHING A VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS OR, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY TWO SEPARATE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS LAUREATES.
UH, WHAT YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO DO IS, UH, RECEIVE THE ORAL REPORT FROM COMMISSIONER HURST.
IF YOU ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE IDEA NEEDS TO GO FORWARD, YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO ESTABLISH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THEN OF COURSE ADD PEOPLE TO THAT COMMITTEE TO KIND OF DRILL DOWN ON THE IDEA FURTHER, UM, GET IDEAS ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, UM, HOW IT WOULD COME TOGETHER, HOW IT WOULD FUNCTION.
UM, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS TO JUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IS THAT WHATEVER THE, IF YOU DO GO THAT ROUTE, WHATEVER THE ULTIMATE SUGGESTION IS THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO STAFF, WHO WILL THEN BRING IT TO CITI, UM, WHICH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW POSITION LIKE THIS, UM, WOULD REQUIRE, OBVIOUSLY THE, UH, CITY LEADERSHIP WOULD NEED TO BE ON BOARD WITH IT.
AND THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHIME IN THEIR THOUGHTS.
AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE THE ACTUAL ONES, JUST LIKE THEY FORMALLY ESTABLISH, YOU KNOW, THE POET LAUREATE OR THE FOLKS LIKE ON ADVISORY BODY.
SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE AND, UM, YEP.
WE'RE EXCITED TO KIND OF, UH, HEAR ALONG WITH THE REST OF YOU.
SO, UM, THOMASON, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE YOUR REPORT? UM, SURE.
IT'S, IT'S JUST, UM, A LITTLE OVERVIEW.
UM, I JUST, IN RECENT YEARS, I'VE BEEN, UH, CAN YOU, CAN YOU USE THE MIC JUST, JUST FOR RECORDING PURPOSES? SO, UM, YES.
RECENTLY, NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S ON.
UM, SO YES, RECENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CITIES, UM, IN, IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, BUT THERE ALSO QUITE A FEW IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AS, UH, AS WELL THAT HAVE MOVED FROM, UH, POET LAUREATE TO ARTIST LAUREATE.
UM, BECAUSE THE TRADITION OF JUST HAVING THE POET LAUREATE IS NOT QUITE SO RELEVANT THESE DAYS.
UM, AND SO I WAS THINKING OF, UH, MAYBE SUGGESTING TO THE CITY TO CHANGE IT TO AN ARTISTIC, UH, LAUREATE, WHICH HAPPENS.
I'VE, I'VE LISTED A FEW OVER HERE.
UM, WELL, THERE'S CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA, CITY OF COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, AND SILICONE VALLEY.
UM, AND THIS WOULD TAKE THE ROLE OF THE POET LAUREATE, WHICH IS TO, UM, IT COMMIT TO BE COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY TO CREATE A, A WORK OF ART THAT, UM, CELEBRATES THE CITY IN SOME WAY.
REACHES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO, UM, BRING THE ART, WELL, A POETRY IN THIS CASE TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IT, GET PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, JUST, UH, I THINK THAT'S BASICALLY IT.
IT'S JUST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND THEN COMMISSION OF A WORK OF ART.
AND I WAS THINKING THAT WE HAVE SUCH A VARIETY OF ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES IN THIS, UH, CITY THAT JUST LIMITING IT TO POETRY IS PROBABLY NOT AS BENEFICIAL AS IT COULD BE.
UM, AND I KNOW ONE YEAR, THE POET LAUREATE, UM, I FORGET WHO IT WAS,
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BUT SHE COLLABORATED WITH ANGIE AND KOHLER AT THE BANKHEAD.THEY DID AN ART AND POETRY COLLABORATION.
SO THAT WAS ANOTHER THING I WAS THINKING ABOUT.
IF YOU KNOW, IT, IT ALSO, IF PEOPLE ARE NOT THAT INTERESTED IN POETRY, BUT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN VISUAL OR PERFORMING ARTS OR, OR MUSIC INCLUDED, UM, THIS WAY THEY CAN GET TO KNOW OTHER DISCIPLINES AND PEOPLE THAT ARE IN INTERESTED IN THE LITERARY ARTS CAN GET TO KNOW THE OTHER DISCIPLINES AS WELL.
BUT JUST BASICALLY AT THE HEART OF IT IS JUST, WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT ARTS DISCIPLINES THAT I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE A SENSIBLE THING TO INCLUDE THEM IN THIS, UM, POSITION.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT BEEN RECEIVED.
SO LET'S OPEN THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION, KATHLEEN.
SO WOULD YOU SEE THIS AS REPLACING THE POET LAUREATE OR AS AN ADDITIONAL? UM, I, I WAS THINKING MAYBE WE COULD, UH, MAYBE AS AN ADDITIONAL, UH, POSITION, UM, BUT ALSO IT'S OPEN TO ALL ART, SO IT'S NOT JUST POETS CAN APPLY, SO YOU GET A POET LAUREATE, BUT IT, YOU COULD ALSO HAVE A LITERARY ART, YOU KNOW, LIKE SHAKESPEARE.
UM, YOU CAN HAVE LITERARY OR ARTISTIC OR PERFORMING ARTS.
SO I THINK THAT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION.
OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO POINT OUT IT, IT, THE ACTUAL RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO ESTABLISH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, AND MAYBE THAT WOULD BE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION IS WHETHER IT WAS SEPARATE OR COMBINED AS TWO ONE.
OTHER COMMENTS? ONE QUESTION, JUST BECAUSE I, I'M NOT FAMILIAR AND I, I KNOW WHAT A POET LORI IS.
JUST, JUST AGAIN, FOR THE RECORDING, I'M SORRY GUYS.
I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO KEEP PASSING BACK AND FORTH.
UM, FLIP THE SWITCH UP TOWARD YOU.
CAN YOU JUST THOMAS AND MAYBE TALK MORE ABOUT THE VISION OF WHAT THE PERSON WOULD DO.
I MEAN, A POET WOULD, I GUESS, PUBLISH POETRY, READ POETRY, AND IF IT WAS A DIFFERENT DISCIPLINE, HOW DO THEY, WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN IN OTHER PLACES? I'M JUST, JUST TO LEARN ABOUT IT.
WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE SAME RESPONSIBILITY.
SO, UM, IF THEIR COMMISSION, IF THE POET IS COMMISSIONED TO WRITE POETRY THROUGHOUT HER TERM OR HIS TERM, THEN UM, THE ARTIST, IF IT'S A VISUAL ART, WOULD CREATE PUBLIC ART OF SOME KIND.
AND PROBABLY I WOULD SAY A COMMUNITY INVOLVED PUBLIC ART, UM, WORKSHOP.
UM, YOU COULD HAVE A PERFORMANCE, YOU KNOW, THE, SOME PLAYWRIGHT COULD WRITE A PLAY THAT IS RELEVANT TO WHAT THE CITY IS.
WELL, THE CITY IS CONCERNED WITH THAT YEAR.
UM, SO YES, IT WOULD BE THE SAME THING.
AND THEN JUST WORKING, GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THAT FIELD.
UM, OTHER THOUGHTS, UH, DISCUSSION BEFORE WE, UM, DECIDE WHETHER TO APPOINT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE? UM, I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN, IN WHAT THE OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.
YOU MENTIONED THREE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DOING IT.
AND WHEN, I MEAN, NOT NOW NECESSARILY, I'D REALLY LOVE TO HEAR AS PART OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE'S REPORT, THIS IS WHAT THEY DO IN COLUMBIA, MISSOURI.
THIS IS WHAT THEY DO IN CULVER CITY.
IS IT ONE POSITION? IS IT MULTIPLE POSITIONS? AND, AND HOW IS IT PLAYED OUT? OH, NO PUN INTENDED.
UM,
I, I'M CERTAIN COULD SOMEONE BE BROUGHT INTO THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE TO, UH, TO WORK WITH THEM? I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY SHE, WALLER, A FORMER COMMISSIONER WAS A LAUREATE.
SHE'S GOT A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE WHOLE POET LAUREATE PROCESS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
SHE'D BE REALLY USEFUL FOR HER ADVICE AND, UH, INPUT ON THIS KIND OF THING.
ON THIS POINT, I HAVE TO DEFER TO WHAT IT'S, TO TELL ME WHAT THE LAW IS HERE.
THE
I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS SAID THAT THAT WAS OKAY.
BUT THAT WE'D WANT TO BE REALLY SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW THAT'S SET UP AND HOW THAT GOES.
ULTIMATELY, UM, THE DECISIONS STILL HAVE TO BE MADE
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BY THE COMMISSION OR THE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S GONNA BE MADE BACK TO THE FULL COMMISSION SHOULD BE DONE BY THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS SOUNDS GOOD.
I'M NOT THINKING OF, OF BEING A, A VOTING PERSON.
BUT A RESOURCE FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
'CAUSE UH, THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF MAYBE WE WOULDN'T HAVE.
THE THE BIG THING THAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IS THAT ANY OF THE INFORMATION THAT GOES TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, AT SOME POINT WE WANT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE IT'S A, UH, AVAILABLE TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS TO MAKE THEIR DECISION.
IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, UH, THE SITUATION WE HAD A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK WHERE, UM, IN REGARDS TO ONE OF THE GRANT APPLICATIONS, IT WAS LIKE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE HAD INFORMATION THAT EVERYBODY ELSE DIDN'T GET, SO WE BROUGHT IT BACK.
UM, THAT'S THE PART FOR ME THAT I'M ALWAYS KIND OF LIKE, HOW DO WE CORRAL THAT? HOW DO WE GET THAT? DOES IT MEAN THAT WE MAKE THAT PERSON AVAILABLE AT THE MEETING? WHEN THE FULL COMMISSION FURTHER DISCUSSES IT, IT IT, IF YOU GO FORWARD IN THIS MANNER, THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE MORE CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE.
AND I'M, I FORGOT, IS IT ZIMMERMAN IS OUR CURRENT PAUL LAUREATE? UH, SHIMEL MAN.
OH, SO THE SAME NUMBER OF SYLLABLES.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER ONE I'M THINKING OF AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT.
MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO, UH, AT LEAST WORK WITH THE, WITH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AND THANKS FOR THE EXPLANATION.
IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE SIMPLY FOR A MEMBER OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO SIMPLY TAKE NOTES OR TURN ON YOUR LAPTOP, TURN ON THAT AI THING AND HAVE IT SUMMARIZE WHATEVER GETS SAID SO THAT WE HAVE A REPORT BACK TO THE COMMISSION OF THE INPUT THAT YOU GET FROM WHOEVER YOU ASK TO, YOU KNOW, TO CONSULT WITH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
I SAY YOU, BUT I ACTUALLY, I MEAN ALL OF US.
AND I DO THINK I, UM, UH, COULD I MAKE A MOTION FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE NOW? YES.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? PLEASE GO AHEAD.
AND I JUST WANNA, I DON'T, WON'T PUT A CONDITION, BUT I'M THINKING I WOULD WANT THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE.
I MAKE A MOTION, WE HAVE THE ADDON COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE ARTISTIC ATE ART
UM, IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, KATHLEEN, AND I THINK THAT WE THEN MOVE RIGHT TO A VOTE ALL IN.
I JUST, JUST TO RECAP ONE PART EARLIER, FORGIVE ME, AS I BELIEVE IT WAS COMMISSIONER DI DR.
NOW HAS MENTIONED, UM, OR IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, UH, VICE CHAIR CUSTODIAL, WHAT THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS CALLING FOR IS THE POTENTIAL, OR IT'S AROUND THE POTENTIAL CREATION OF NEW LAUREATES.
SO, UM, IF YOU ESTABLISH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AND YOU COME BACK AND YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, HEY, UH, WE THINK THAT MAYBE WHAT SHOULD REALLY HAPPEN HERE IS THE ELIMINATION OR THE CONSOLIDATION OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT ROLES INTO ONE THING, THAT CAN BE PART OF WHAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE COMES BACK WITH.
BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, THERE'S NOTHING IS ON THE TABLE RELATED TO ELIMINATING, UM, OR CHANGING THE EXISTING POET LAUREATE POSITION.
IF I WAS BEING COMPLETELY FRANK, AND I DON'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL THE CITY'S LEADERS, I DO BELIEVE, UM, THEY'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH THAT POSITION IN THE WAY IT IS.
I KNOW PEGGY SHIMMEL IS, THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY, UH, PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
SO I, I THINK IT JUST EXPLORE ALL THE OPTIONS IF YOU REALLY THINK CHANGING IT MAKES SENSE, OF COURSE.
BUT, UM, ALSO CONSIDER JUST SOMETHING SEPARATE, SO, OKAY.
UM, SO, UH, I THINK WE COULD TAKE A VOTE ON ESTABLISHING THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AND THAT MEANS WE CAN, UH, LOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE.
DO I HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS? SO THOMASON AND NATALIA, YOU BETTER
SO, UM, UM, THOMASON AND NATALIA AND BOB, AND THANK, UM, WHICH OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHAIR THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE? OKAY, THANK YOU, THOMASON.
AND CAN I HAVE, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE THOMASON, NATALIA AND BOB TO SERVE ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, REGARDING ARTISTIC LAUREATES, UH, WITH THOMASON AS CHAIR? SO MOVED.
TA TDA AND ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE
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SAY AYE.AND HE OPPOSED? WE APPROVED IT.
UM, MOVING ALONG AT LIGHTNING SPEED.
UM, WE'RE
SO LET'S DO THE STAFF REPORT PLEASE.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR A WHILE, YOU, YOU KINDA KNOW THE DRILL WITH THIS ONE.
BASICALLY, EACH YEAR, EACH ADVISORY BODY IS TASKED WITH MAKING A FIVE MINUTE PRESENTATION, UM, COVERING THE WORK OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL ADVISORY BODY.
UM, I MENTION IN HERE ANYTHING THAT YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL TO BE AWARE OF.
THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO PUT IT INSIDE THE PRESENTATION.
UH, FOR THEM, CURRENTLY IT IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 13TH, 2026.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL MOVE.
IT'S ALWAYS POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, UM, WHAT YOU ARE BEING ASKED TODAY, AT LEAST TO START THE BRAINSTORMING PROCESS.
THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DEFINITIVE, BUT TO START THE BRAINSTORMING PROCESS OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU PARTICULARLY THINK, UH, SHOULD BE MENTIONED.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE PARTICULARLY PROUD OF.
UM, ANY OF THE IDEAS THAT YOU THINK, HEY, IF WE HAD ONE SHOT AT THE CITY COUNCIL AND WANTED TO KNOW THEM, WANTED THEM TO KNOW WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA PUT IN HERE.
SO WE GAVE KIND OF A STARTING LIST JUST AS AN IDEA, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE BREAKDOWN OF WHO THE COMMISSION IS.
WE DIDN'T LOSE ANY NEW, UH, SORRY, WE DIDN'T LOSE ANY COMMISSIONERS IN THE LAST YEAR.
UM, SOME OF THE IDEAS ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF GRANTS THAT WERE AWARDED IN THE LAST YEAR, WHICH I THINK IS A STRENGTH.
UH, LA 2025 HAS BEEN A GREAT, A GREAT YEAR WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND SOME OF THE DELAYS IN THE TRANSITION, AT LEAST OVERALL THE GRANTS WERE STRONG AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR THEM TO HEAR.
UM, ALL THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD ABOUT REMOVING BARRIERS FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS, WHETHER THAT WAS, UM, THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD ABOUT PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO GET MORE THAN ONE, UH, RECURRING GRANT APPLICATIONS, ANYTHING AT ALL.
EVEN IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY BORE FRUIT, LIKE WE CAN SAY THIS CHANGE HAS HAPPENED, IT IS GOOD FOR THEM TO KNOW WHERE YOUR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN AND WHERE THE CONVERSATIONS, UH, HAVE LED YOU.
UM, THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR AND SENIOR ARTS AWARDS.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD ONE BECAUSE WE'VE EXPANDED IT.
WE'VE MADE IT AVAILABLE TO MORE PEOPLE SUPPORT FOR THE LIBRARY ARTS EFFORTS, UM, THAT YOU DID THROUGH THE APPROVING THE PREVIOUS DRAFT BUDGET, UM, EFFORTS TOWARDS THE PARTNERSHIP MODEL.
AND THAT'LL COME BACK IN JANUARY.
SO BY THEN WE WILL ALREADY HAVE MORE MOVEMENT ON THAT.
MORE THINGS THAT WE CAN POINT TO AND SPEAK TO, UM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS, DEVELOPER INITIATED ARTS PROJECTS, THE ART SHOW JUDGING THAT WAS DONE.
BOTH, YOU KNOW, FOR LIKE THE LIBRARY AND THE, UH, LAA SPRING ART SHOW.
AND JUST ANY PROGRESS TOWARDS ANY OF THESE, UH, CITY STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES.
ANYTHING THAT AGAIN, THAT JUMPS OUT AT YOU, YOU THINK SHOULD BE CONSIDERED? LET'S DO IT.
UH, NORMALLY THE CHAIR WOULD GIVE THE PRESENTATION, THE VICE CHAIR OR ANOTHER COMMISSIONER, UM, CAN GIVE THE PRESENTATION IF THE CHAIR IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE SCHEDULED DATE.
AT LEAST FOR RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE HAVEN'T ELECTED A 2026 CHAIR, I WOULD PROBABLY START THOSE DISCUSSIONS IF WE HAVE ANY BETWEEN NOW AND THE JANUARY MEETING WITH CHAIR MILD.
AND THEN IF IT'S NOT CHAIR MILD AS THE CHAIR NEXT YEAR, UM, JUST BASED ON HOW YOU'VE DONE IT HISTORICALLY, I'M, I'M ASSUMING IT WON'T BE, UM, I'LL WORK WITH THAT PERSON IF THAT PERSON'S NOT AVAILABLE.
IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT, IT CAN GO TO SOMEONE ELSE.
SO THAT'S A FUTURE DECISION TO MAKE.
UM, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, AS I NOTED HERE, UH, THE WORK WOULD HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING, I'D LIKE TO BRING BACK THE DRAFT PRESENTATION THAT WILL GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO GIVE THE FULL COMMISSION A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, GIVE ANY OTHER FURTHER IDEAS, MAKE ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES, UH, IF ANY ARE NEEDED.
AND THEN, YEAH, HOPEFULLY AT THE JANUARY MEETING WE CAN DO THE, UH, PICTURE OF THE FULL COMMISSION BECAUSE I, I THINK THAT'S LIKE A REALLY GOOD HEADLINE FOR ONE OF THE EARLY SLIDES.
AND THANK YOU FOR THIS REALLY NICE LIST THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER TO START OUR BRAINSTORMING.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
HEY, UM, SO, UH, LET'S JUST OPEN UP FOR BRAINSTORMING NOW IN CASE THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIGHLIGHTED SO THAT, UH, ALAN LANG CAN TAKE THEM BACK
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AND WORK THEM INTO A DRAFT REPORT.ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE?
'CAUSE JUST LISTING IT IS ONE THING, BUT SHOWING ALL THESE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON REALLY SHOWS HOW LIVELY THE COMMUNITY IS.
SOME TYPE OF VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF HOW THE MONEY HELPED.
YEAH, KATHLEEN, IN THE PAST IT HAS BEEN A POWERPOINT AND THERE'S BEEN SOME OF THOSE.
SO I THINK, YEAH, THAT I, I LIKE THAT.
AND OTHER ITEMS? ANY EDITS? VERY GOOD.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THAT ITEM.
[6. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS]
THE LAST ITEM ON OUR MEETING, THIS MAY BE THE SHORTEST MEETING ON RECORD, UM, IS, UH, COMMITTEE REPORTS MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS.UM, I I THINK WE'VE COVERED ALL THE, THE TASK, THE AD HOC COMMITTEES, RIGHT? ARE THERE ANY OTHER AD HOC COMMITTEE COMMENTS? I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE OUTSTANDING.
UM, I'LL JUST NOTE THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER KLEI HAD SAID HE WAS GONNA BE OUTTA THE COUNTRY.
HE SAID I COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WORK WITH THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP, UM, MODEL.
UM, I HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEM, BUT I DO ANTICIPATE, UM, ONCE COMMISSIONER KLEI IS BACK, WE CAN ALL GET TOGETHER AND MEET AND HOPEFULLY HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE JANUARY MEETING.
AND ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE STAFF THAT YOU WANTED TO SHARE? UM, WE, UH, WE BEGAN, I THINK IT WAS AT THE LAST MEETING WITH SHARING EVENTS THAT WE'VE ATTENDED OR, OR KNOW ABOUT AND WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SO THAT THE REST OF THE COMMISSION IS AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, CAN WE START DOWN AT THAT END AND JUST SEE IF YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? GO AHEAD AND OTHERWISE JUST PASS IT DOWN THE LINE TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
I, UM, WENT AHEAD AND MET WITH CHRISTINE WATERS, WHO IS THE, I DON'T KNOW IF HER TITLE IS PRESIDENT OF THE LIVERMORE ARTS ASSOCIATION.
UM, I KNOW HER AND SO I OPENED UP A LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH HER JUST TO TELL HER TO PLEASE INFORM ME WHEN THEY HAVE THINGS COMING UP SO THAT I CAN TELL THE REST OF THE ARTS COMMISSION.
UM, THAT'S EVERYTHING I THINK I DID IN THE LAST MONTH.
BUT COMING UP, IF YOU ARE A DAVID SEDARIS FAN
I'VE SEEN OTHER PEOPLE READ HIS WORK, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN HE HIMSELF READ HIS WORK.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIM, BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT MANA.
THE AIRPORT MURAL IS NOW UP AT THE AIRPORT.
SO YEAH, FINALLY, WHERE IS IT? UM, CORNER OF DISCOVERY AND WEST JACK LONDON.
SO RIGHT AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
YEAH, YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE THE SUN IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, OTHERWISE IT'S JUST GLARE.
BUT IF YOU GET THAT, THEN YOU CAN SEE IT.
UM, AND THEN I SPOKE WITH JMC SELLERS.
THEY WANT TO GET A, UM, AN ARTS, UH, FAIR TOGETHER ONCE A YEAR IN THE SUMMER.
AND SO THEY WERE INTERESTED IN GRANTS, UM, HOW TO APPLY, WHAT TO APPLY FOR.
SO I SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER WERE ALSO INTERESTED IN THE GRANTS AND I JUST EXPLAINED THE PROCESS TO THEM.
SO IT WASN'T A SPECIFIC ART EVENT, BUT I DID ATTEND A FEW WINERIES AT THE HOLIDAY IN THE VINEYARDS EVENT,
AND THEY HAD A LOT OF LIVE MUSIC OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, BANDS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL.
THAT'S HOW WE CAN COMBINE, YOU KNOW, THE LIVERMORE WINE VALLEY WITH THE ARTS AND LOCAL BUSINESS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND THEN THIS WEEKEND, AGAIN, USUALLY MY LIFE.
IT'S NOT IN LIVERMORE AND I'M HEADED TO THE LUSHER CENTER IN WALNUT CREEK FOR A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
AND, UM, UH, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT AN ARTS EVENT, BUT IT, IT IS HANUKKAH.
AND SO I WANNA WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY HANUKAH.
HOW AM I GONNA SCAN THAT INTO THE RECORD?
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HANUKKAH, YOU TAKE A PHOTO GEL, WHICH ARE CHOCOLATE COINS AND ALE AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO PLAY DRA.SO YOU COULD DECIPHER THE, THAT SHOULD BE FUN.
SO I GET TO CONCLUDE THE MEETING.