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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
THE JUNE 23RD COMMISSION, UH, FOR THE ARTS MEETING.TO ORDER, ALAN, CAN YOU TAKE THE ROLL CALL? YES.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU CAN JUST ANSWER I TO INDICATE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER BABAR IS ABSENT FOR THE RECORD.
COMMISSIONER DIOR IS ABSENT FOR THE RECORD.
COMMISSIONER LANE IS ABSENT FOR THE RECORD.
AND CHAIR CUSTODIAL IS ABSENT FOR THE RECORD.
[3.OPEN FORUM ]
MOVE TO THE OPEN FORUM.ELLEN, HAS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT BEEN RECEIVED? YES.
ONE PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED FOR THE OPEN FORUM FOR BEL PALMER.
OH, OH, WE'LL GO UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
SO IT SEEMS THAT I HAVE ONLY THREE MINUTES, SO I I CAN BE REALLY BRIEF.
I'M HERE TO, UH, LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS AN BEAUTIFUL EXHIBIT AT THE INDEPENDENT BUILDING.
REALLY BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, AND THAT HAS BEEN ON FOR TWO MONTHS NOW.
AND THEN LAST WEEKEND IS THIS ONE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE? UH, SO THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT,
SO, UH, AND THE REASON I SAY THIS IS BECAUSE, UM, IT'S BEEN A, A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR US.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, UM, TRAFFIC COMING IN BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE TO COME IN, BUT IT'S, IT'S STILL VERY, UH, CHALLENGING FOR VISUAL ART ARTISTS TO GET THE ATTENTION THAT THEY, UM, THAT THEY DESERVE.
UH, I MEAN, SALES IS ALWAYS A PROBLEM, BUT AT A MINIMUM, JUST HAVING THE, THE ATTENDANCE TO A FREE EVENT IS WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO PROMOTE THERE.
AND, AND I, I ASK FOR A, A HAND TO BE RAISED BECAUSE I, WE ARE THERE, UM, THE PAINTER AND I AM THE WIFE EVERY, EVERY DAY.
AND I, AND I'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED NOT TO SEE PEOPLE FROM THE CITY, INCLUDING THE MAYOR, LIKE TO WHICH WE SENT AN EMAIL AND, AND A LETTER TO VISIT, TO COME AND HONOR WITH US WITH THEIR VISA.
AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN PEOPLE FROM THE CITY TO COME IN.
AND, UM, AND IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE WHAT I, WHAT I TELL PEOPLE IS THAT IT'S NOT FOR US, IT DO IT FOR YOU BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE.
THE BUILDING IS WONDERFUL, THE STAFF IS AMAZING.
THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE OF MIXING ART WITH HISTORY, IT COULDN'T BE NICER FOR AN OUTING ON, ON A, UM, WEEKEND, UH, DAY.
SO PLEASE COME AND SEE THE EXHIBIT.
WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO, UH, LIVERMORE VALLEY ARTS AND TO THE INDEPENDENT STAFF FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
IT HAS BEEN REALLY A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO WITH MY WEEKENDS
I'M GOING TO BE SO SAD AND I'M GOING TO PASS THESE.
IS IT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE? YES.
AND STROLLERS AND EVERYBODY LIKE YOU CAN COME IN WITH FOOD.
UH, IT'S REALLY A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT.
ARE WE ALLOWED TO COMMENT? OH, YEAH, YOU CAN COMMENT.
WE DON'T TAKE ANY ACTION ON THE OPEN.
I'LL ADD, UH, I JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT THE ARTWORK THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT IS SOME OF THE BEST ARTWORK I'VE EVER SEEN.
MY MOM WAS HERE AND SHE BOUGHT, SHE BOUGHT ONE OF HIS POSTERS.
ARE THERE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS? THERE ARE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, WITH THAT, I, I'LL CLOSE THE OPEN FORUM.
UM, WE WILL NOW MOVE ONTO THE CONSENT
[4.CONSENT CALENDAR ]
CALENDAR.WE HAVE ONE ITEM, THIS MEETING, MEETING THE APPROVAL OF APRIL'S MINUTES.
IS THERE A STAFF REPORT? THERE IS NO STAFF REPORT.
UM, AND IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AND NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED? WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? UM, DO DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? IS THERE A SECOND? UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? AYE.
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MOTION PASSES.WE WILL CLOSE THIS ITEM AND MOVE FORWARD TO THE MA MATTERS
[5.MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION ]
FOR CONSIDERATION.UM, TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO REORDER THE AGENDA AND HERE, AND FIRST HERE, ITEM 5.5, THE REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED GREAT ELEPHANT ELEPHANT MIGRATION EXHIBIT.
FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THIS ITEM, WE WILL REVIEW ITEMS 5.1 THROUGH 5.4 IN ORDER.
UM, ITEM 5.5 REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED GREAT ELEPHANT ELEPHANT MIGRATION EXHIBIT.
IS THERE A STAFF REPORT? YES, VICE CHAIR DU HURST.
UM, ALAN MCFARLAND, UH, MANAGEMENT ANALYST IN THE LIBRARY.
EXCITED TO, UH, BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
AND WE HAVE SOME, UH, SPECIAL GUESTS AS WELL WHO WILL BE SPEAKING AS WELL IN JUST A MOMENT.
UH, WE WERE APPROACHED, UM, BY LIVERMORE VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS AND 3, 3, 3 ARTS ON A PROPOSAL TO BRING A REALLY UNIQUE EXHIBIT TO THE CITY.
UM, THIS WOULD BE HAPPENING IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER OF 2026.
IT WOULD CONSIST OF LARGE HERDS OF ELEPHANTS.
THERE'S A TOTAL OF 30 ELEPHANTS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY, UM, BE BROUGHT INTO THE CITY.
UM, THEY'D BE DISPLAYED IN VARIOUS REGIONS OF LIVERMORE.
WE THINK THAT IT'LL ALLOW FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO VIEW AND ENJOY THEM.
WE THINK IT WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON NOT JUST THE ARTS, WHICH IS YOUR GENERAL FOCUS, BUT ALSO ON BUSINESS AND TOURISM IN THE CITY AS WELL.
SO WE THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY, VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY JUST REALLY COOL.
I THINK FOR, FOR THE AREA AS WELL.
UM, THE PROJECT REQUIRES A TOTAL BUDGET OF $120,000.
UPON RECEIVING THE PROPOSAL FROM THE ORGANIZERS, THE CITY PROPOSED THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING $30,000 FROM THE PUBLIC ART FUND IN FISCAL YEARS, 26, 27.
UM, THERE'LL BE MATCHING FUNDS.
IT'LL BE CONTINGENT AGAINST, UM, THE ORGANIZERS BEING ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE OTHER REQUIRED FUNDS TO MAKE THE EVENT HAPPEN.
SO AS LONG AS THEY'RE ABLE TO SECURE THE OTHER $90,000, THE CITY, UM, WILL CONSIDER OBVIOUSLY FUNDING THE $30,000 THAT'S BEEN PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.
UM, SO FAR UP TILL NOW, UH, THEY'VE RAISED $40,500 OF THE 90 THAT THEY NEED TO RAISE.
SO, UH, THEY'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR, UM, WHERE THEY'RE AT AND, AND GOING WITH THAT.
THE MIGRATION HAS BEEN EXHIBITED ACROSS THE COUNTRY SINCE 2024, BUT THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT IF LIVERMORE IS ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF AND THIS IS ABLE TO HAPPEN IN OUR TOWN, THAT THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WEST COAST, UH, STOP IN 2026.
OBVIOUSLY IF IT WAS IN A REGIONAL CITY, UM, WE'D GET LESS RETURN ON HAVING IT HERE IN LIVERMORE.
SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO BE THE ONLY WEST COAST STOP, UM, I THINK AGAIN, THERE'S THOSE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO DRAWING PEOPLE IN TO COME SEE IT HERE.
AND IT'S JUST GREAT FOR, UH, LOCAL RESIDENTS AS WELL.
UM, WITH THAT, THAT ENDS MY STAFF REPORT, BUT WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM, AGAIN, MEMBERS OF 3 3 3 ARTS AND, UH, THE LIVERMORE VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
UH, RATHER THAN INTRODUCE YOU, WHOEVER GOES UP TO SPEAK, I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WE CAN GO UP NOW.
I'M FROM LIVERMORE VALLEY ARTS AND I AM PARTNERING WITH 3, 3 3 ARTS FOR THIS AMAZING PROJECT.
I SAW THESE ELEPHANTS IN RHODE ISLAND TWO YEARS AGO.
I WAS WITH MY FAMILY AND WE JUST DECIDED TO GO OUT FOR THIS DAY TRIP AND THEY WERE AMAZING.
LIKE I WAS ASTOUNDED AT HOW GREAT IT WAS TO SEE THEM.
THERE'S LITTLE ONES AND MAMAS AND JUVENILES AND BIG ONES WITH THE TUSKS AND SUPER FAMILY FRIENDLY.
LIKE, THERE WAS SO MANY PEOPLE WALKING AROUND AND YOU COULD JUST GO UP TO 'EM AND TOUCH 'EM AND TAKE PICTURES AND THERE WAS JUST PEOPLE MILLING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND THIS WAS IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND.
AND THE HERD WAS SPLIT UP A LITTLE BIT SO YOU COULD GO HERE AND WALK AND GO SEE 'EM IN ANOTHER LOCATION.
AND THE, AND THEN OF COURSE YOU NEED SOME COFFEE AND LUNCH AFTERWARDS.
SO WE WENT OUT TO LUNCH IN THE DOWNTOWN.
SO IT WAS JUST ASTOUNDING HOW AMAZING IT WAS TO SEE THESE ELEPHANTS.
AND SO FOR TWO YEARS I WAS TRYING TO CONTACT THE ORGANIZERS LIKE, WE'RE THE BAY AREA, YOU COULD COME HERE.
AND UM, SO I FINALLY GOT, GOT THEIR ATTENTION AND THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, YEAH, WE KNOW SEF, WE KNOW LIVERMORE, WHERE LIVERMORE IS IN THE BAY AREA.
SO, AND SO I CONVINCED THEM THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM FOR TWO YEARS.
WE CAN GET THEM BEFORE SAN FRANCISCO 'CAUSE SAN FRANCISCO IS MAKING NOISES ABOUT
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GETTING 'EM, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE HEMMING AND HAWING.LIKE ONCE THEY GET 'EM, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE AN IMPACT.
PEOPLE WILL COME FROM ALL OVER TO SEE THESE THINGS AND THEY'RE SUPER FAMILY FRIENDLY AND HAVE THIS WONDERFUL EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT BECAUSE THEIR WHOLE STORY IS COEXISTENCE.
THESE GUYS WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THAT.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE COME HERE AND THEY, THEY HAVE THIS WONDERFUL STORY OF ENVIRONMENT AND ELEPHANTS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
AND COEXISTENCE IS THEIR BIG STORY BEHIND THIS.
SO, UM, THERE'S THIS HUGE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TO THIS THAT WILL RESONATE WITH THE SCHOOLS AND WITH FAMILIES.
SO THESE GUYS ARE GONNA HELP STEP US THROUGH.
I'M SAGE LOING WITH 3 33 ARTS.
UH, MY WIFE AND I RUN TWO ART ORGANIZATIONS, 3 33 ARTS, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT AND LOCAL EDITION CREATIVE.
BETWEEN THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS, THE LAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE PROBABLY PUT TOGETHER A HUNDRED PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS.
TH THIS COLLECTIVELY, THIS IS MURALS, THIS IS, UM, SCULPTURAL DISPLAYS EVENTS.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME, UH, AWARD-WINNING, UM, KUDOS BEHIND US.
WE WOULDN'T BE INVOLVED IF WE DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS SPECTACULAR.
AND AS ANNE SAID, LIVERMORE OR A CITY OUTSIDE OF SAN FRANCISCO, GETTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS RARE.
THESE ARE THE KIND OF EXHIBITS, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, MIAMI, HOUSTON, BEVERLY HILLS, THESE ARE IN PLACES WHERE THE OBVIOUS PLACES FOR THE COMMITMENT FOR THE ORGANIZER TO SAY, YOU GUYS, IF YOU CAN PULL IT OFF, YOU GET IT.
AND NOT SAN FRANCISCO, THAT'S A GIANT.
AND SO FOR US, A BIG MISSION IS TO BRING THESE THINGS MORE OUTSIDE THE CITY INTO WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIVING AS WELL.
AND THIS IS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER.
IT'S ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, THE ARTS ARE PART OF A FABRIC OF SOCIETY.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP THEM BOLSTERED AND THEY'RE VERY, UM, INSPIRATIONAL TO THE YOUTH AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
THIS COM, THIS ACTUAL PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION HAS A STRONG CULTURAL BACKSTORY, WHICH IS REALLY INTERESTING.
ALSO HAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENT, WHICH IS SUPER INTERESTING AND IT'S JUST REALLY WELL DONE.
YOU DON'T GET INSTALLATIONS LIKE THIS.
SO FOR US TO BE BEHIND THIS, WE'RE, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED.
AND THIS IS ALSO, WE LIVE OUT IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, FOR US TO HAVE PEOPLE COME TO SAN FRANCISCO TO LIVERMORE, THAT'S A BIG WIN.
USUALLY IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
AND, UM, THIS, UH, PARTICULAR EVENT IS GOING TO BE, I THINK AS, UM, ALAN MENTIONED, IT'S GOING TO, OKAY.
IT'S GONNA MENTION, IT'S GONNA BRING A LOT OF INTEREST AS FAR AS MARKETING GENERATING PEOPLE TO COME VISIT.
BUT AGAIN, IT ALSO SUPPORTS THE CREATIVES IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'LL WALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AND, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WANNA ANSWER THAT AT THE END, YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THAT? SURE, SURE.
WE'VE ALL BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THE GREAT ELEPHANT MIGRATION POD BLOG IS PROBABLY ONLINE RIGHT NOW WATCHING.
UM, SHE'S ON THE EAST COAST, SO SHE COULDN'T BE HERE IN PERSON.
BUT, UM, THROUGH, TOGETHER WITH ALL OF US INVOLVED, UM, IT'S BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN THIS AND WE BELIEVE IN IT THAT MUCH.
AND, UM, JUST TO BE HERE TODAY WITH ALL OF YOU IN CONSIDERATION, WE APPRECIATE IT.
UM, AND SO YOU'VE READ THROUGH, I THINK WE'VE SHARED A LOT OF THIS AS, AS ALAN MENTIONED, THERE'LL BE 30 ELEPHANTS FROM THE HERD COMING TO LIVERMORE.
WE REALLY WANNA FOCUS ON DOWNTOWN, UM, AS BEING THE, THE EXHIBITIONS PLACE FOR IT.
UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS WE'LL SHOW YOU OUTLINE THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING FOR DISPLAY OF THE ELEPHANTS.
UM, WE HAVE A TWO MONTH WINDOW OF, OF EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.
UM, AND WE'VE ALREADY SHARED ABOUT US.
SO JUST GO INTO SUPPORTERS OF THE EXHIBIT THAT WE HAVE SO FAR.
WE HAVE A TON OF SUPPORT BEHIND THIS IN THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY, STAKEHOLDERS, UM, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UH, THIS IS THROUGHOUT THE TRI-VALLEY AND THE MORE PEOPLE THAT FIND OUT ABOUT IT, THE MORE THEY WANNA BE INVOLVED AND, UM, HAVE A CONNECTION TO MAKING THIS HAPPEN HERE IN LIVERMORE.
SO, UM, IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO HAVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ACTUALLY INVOLVED AND, UH, TOGETHER WITH US ON THIS MISSION BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO OUR PREFERRED EXHIBIT DISPLAY AREA, AND ANNE MAYBE YOU WANNA SPEAK TO, TO THESE LOCATIONS.
UM, SO THIS IS OUR PRIMARY IDEA OF WHERE WE WOULD LIKE THE 30 ELEPHANTS TO GO IS, IS TO PLACE THEM.
THERE'S BARK MULCH BEHIND THE BANQUET THEATER THAT IS RIGHT ACROSS, IT'S ON RAILROAD AVENUE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE PARKING GARAGE.
SO TON OF TRAFFIC PEOPLE WILL SEE THEM AND WE CAN GET A NUMBER OF ELEPHANTS THERE.
THEY'RE THEN GONNA LOOK LIKE THEY'RE WALKING.
'CAUSE THE IDEA IS THAT THIS IS A HERD THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING.
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BE LOOKING LIKE THEY'RE WALKING AND KIND OF FOLLOWING ALONG AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL GO ACROSS THE BANK HEAD PLAZA OVER TO LIVERMORE AND END UP AT STOCKMAN'S.IT'S A BEAUTIFUL USE OF THE GREEN SPACES IN LIVERMORE AND WE'LL SPREAD THEM OUT DOWNTOWN.
WE'LL GIVE PEOPLE, THERE'S TWO LOVELY PARKING GARAGES NOW.
AND SO WE'LL GIVE PLENTY OF PARKING TO PEOPLE TO COME AND SEE THESE, THE, THE ELEPHANTS LIKE, AND, AND BRING BUSINESSES.
WERE SOME LUNCH BUSINESS AND DINNER BUSINESS AND, AND THE WALKABLE TO A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS.
AND SO WE FEEL LIKE THAT WAS A REALLY PRIME SPOT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
OUR SECOND ALTERNATIVE, IF THE CITY FELT LIKE, OH NO, WE CAN'T HAVE HIM DOWNTOWN WAS TO DO CARNEGIE PARK, BUT WE FELT LIKE BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE THE PARKING AROUND IT AND IT HAS THE SPACE FOR IT, UM, AND IT'S STILL DOWNTOWN SO PEOPLE COULD COME AND STILL BE WITHIN DOWNTOWN AND THAT THE ECONOMIC BUSINESSES AREA.
SO THIS WAS OUR SECOND CHOICE, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GAVE AN TER ALTERNATE.
DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD TALK TO THAT? OKAY.
UM, SO ALAN ALSO MENTIONED WHERE WE'RE AT WITH RAISING FUNDS.
AND SO WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT OF OUTREACH, UM, AS I MENTIONED ALREADY.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CITY SUPPORT AND THE COMMISSION SUPPORT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD NOW WITH SECURING MORE DONATIONS AND SPONSORS.
WE HAVE SPONSOR FORM READY TO GO AND, UM, WE'LL BE RAISING SOME FUNDING THROUGH GIVE BUTTER.
SO ALL OF THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED, IT'S JUST NOW AT THIS POINT GETTING TO THE APPROVAL PROCESS.
UM, BUT WE, AS I MENTIONED, ARE COMMITTED TO THIS AND WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY IF WE DIDN'T FEEL CONFIDENT IN THE ABILITY TO RAISE THE FULL AMOUNT OF FUNDS FOR THIS EXHIBIT.
UM, AND SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR, UH, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'LL HAVE A TIERED SPONSOR PACKAGE.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A TITLE SPONSOR OF $50,000, SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY, PLEASE HAVE THEM REACH OUT.
UM, WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECOGNITION AND UM, AS I MENTIONED TO THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO MAKE HAPPEN.
SO WE'LL HAVE ONSITE SIGNAGE THAT WILL HAVE SPONSOR LOGOS.
WE PLAN TO HAVE A LANDING PAGE THAT WILL ALSO MENTION OUR PARTNERS, UM, MARKETING MATERIALS VISIT.
TRI-VALLEY IS VERY INVESTED IN HELPING TO PROMOTE THIS ON A MUCH BIGGER LEVEL.
UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT ANY OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE EXHIBITED, UM, IN THE PAST, THEY HAVE MAGAZINES LIKE VOGUE AND OUTSIDER AND SOME PRETTY BIG PUBLICATIONS THAT ARE LOOKING TO SHARE THE STORY BECAUSE IT'S BEYOND JUST A PUBLIC ART EXHIBIT.
IT IS A CULTURAL AND, UM, EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT.
UM, AND I THINK EAST BAY PARKS AND SOME OF THE REGIONAL PARK ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN LIVERMORE VALLEY HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT BECAUSE THEY TOO WANNA BE CLOSELY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
SO IT'S BEEN A LITTLE OVER 30 DAYS SINCE WE STARTED THE OUTREACH PROCESS AND IN THAT TIME WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GATHER $40,000 IN COMMITMENTS OTHER THAN THE CITY'S POTENTIAL COMMITMENT OF 30,000.
UM, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE INVOLVED AND AGAIN, WE'VE JUST BEEN WAITING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT UNTIL THIS EVENING.
UM, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE TO SHARE ON THIS ONE.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE ORGANIZATION AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, GREAT ELEPHANT MIGRATION, HAS BEEN REALLY WORKING TOGETHER WITH US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AS WELL.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS WITH THEM AND WORK THROUGH THOSE STEPS AS FAR AS PAYMENTS GO.
SO, UM, REALLY IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF THE MONEY TONIGHT UPFRONT.
THIS IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WORK OUT BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE EXHIBIT HAPPENING.
UM, SO MANY PEOPLE ALREADY, INCLUDING, I THINK MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION HERE HAVE SEEN THIS EXHIBIT IN PERSON, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT TWO, UM, REPRESENTATIVE MICHELLE HENRY, AND SHE SAW THE EXHIBIT IN BEVERLY HILLS.
SO I THINK THE ONES THAT HAVE SEEN IT IN PERSON, AND I THINK WE'VE SHARED A LOT TONIGHT ABOUT HOW IMPACTFUL THIS EXHIBIT IS, BUT WHEN YOU'VE SEEN IT IN PERSON, I THINK EVEN MORE SO THOSE TESTIMONIALS REALLY SPEAK TO THE POWER OF THIS, UM, FOR A COMMUNITY.
UM, AND, AND THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF CELEBRITY, UM, AWARENESS OF THIS EXHIBIT.
AND SO THIS IS GONNA REALLY OPEN UP THE AREA TO A LOT OF, UM, RECOGNITION LOCALLY, NATIONALLY, THROUGH THE, THE GREAT ELEPHANT MIGRATIONS NETWORK AS WELL.
UM, AND WE DO EXPECT THERE TO BE QUITE A BIT OF TOURISM, UM, AND, AND PEOPLE COMING TO VISIT DURING THE TIME.
SO, AND I GUESS LAST BUT NOT LEAST MIGHT BE PRETTY OBVIOUS.
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EXHIBIT IS FREE FOR EVERYBODY AND ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.THIS WILL BE OUT IN THE PUBLIC, THERE'S NO NOTHING HOLDING ANYBODY BACK FROM BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THE EXHIBIT.
UM, AND IN LIVERMORE VALLEY ARTS ARE GOING TO BE WORKING TO ORGANIZE VOLUNTEERS THAT WILL BE EDUCATED ON THE EXHIBIT.
SO THEY'LL BE DOCENTS THAT WILL SHARE MORE ABOUT IT.
WE HOPE TO HAVE, UH, COLLABORATIONS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS.
'CAUSE THIS IS HAPPENING IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER.
SO, UM, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR FIELD TRIPS, UH, EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS.
UM, AND THERE'S A LOT WE REALLY WANNA DO TO AMPLIFY THE EXPERIENCE BEYOND JUST THE ELEPHANTS ON DISPLAY IN THESE LOCATIONS.
SO THERE'LL BE CEREMONIES AND CELEBRATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS INTEGRATED INTO THE WHOLE THING AS WELL.
SO ANYTHING ELSE TO SHARE? NO, I, I I THINK THAT'S ABOUT COVERS IT AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE.
SO THIS IS JUST A TIME FOR ASKING QUESTIONS.
UM, ARE THE ELEPHANTS LIFE SIZE THE SAME THAT THEY WOULD BE? OH, OKAY.
SECONDLY, UM,
HOW OF BASICS? UM, THEY ARE LIFE SIZE ELEPHANTS.
LIKE, IT'S ASTOUNDING HOW, HOW REALISTIC THEY ARE.
THEY ARE MADE FROM A, AN INVASIVE WEED IN INDIA.
SO THEY ARE PULLING THIS WEED OUT OF AREAS THAT THEN OPEN UP WILD WILDLANDS FOR WILDLIFE AND COEXISTENCE AND FARMLAND.
SO IT'S THAT, THAT'S GOT THIS VERY COOL STORY BEHIND IT.
AND THEN THEY HAVE A TEAM OF ARTISANS THAT THEY PAY TO CREATE THESE ELEPHANTS.
AND IT'S, I LIKEN IT TO RETAIN FURNITURE.
SO IT'S LIKE THEY, IT'S LIKE TWIGS ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND LIKE IN LITTLE NAILS AND IT'S LIKE ROTAN FURNITURE.
THEY'RE, AND SO REALISTIC, EACH ELEPHANT IS NAMED, THEY, THEIR EARS ARE GOING DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND THEY'RE WALKING DIFFERENTLY IN THE MAMAS OR WITH THEIR LITTLE BABIES.
UM, ONE MORE, UM, WILL, WILL, WILL IT BE HERE FOR EIGHT FULL WEEKS? YES.
WE WOULD HAVE THE WINDOW OF, UM, WELL, WE'RE LOOKING LIKE WE'RE AIMING FOR SEPTEMBER 10 JUST BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY.
BUT YEAH, BASICALLY THE REST OF SEPTEMBER AND ALL OF OCTOBER.
UM, SO IN SOME OF THE MEDIA I READ THAT PART OF THE FUNDS IS GOING TOWARDS WILDLIFE PRESERVATION.
UM, HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK AT THIS 10,000, UH, 200, UM, 120,000, HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING TOWARDS WILDLIFE? WHAT PERCENTAGE? YES.
AND WHAT, HOW THAT WORKS IS THAT THE 120,000 IS TO BRING THE EXHIBIT TO LIVERMORE AND THE ORGANIZATION, THE GREAT ELEPHANT MIGRATION ORGANIZATION.
THEY RAISE FUNDS BY SELLING THE ELEPHANTS.
SO THE ELEPHANTS WILL BE FOR SALE, YOU CAN BUY ONE.
SO THAT IS HOW THEY RAISE THEIR MONEY.
AND REMEMBER THEY'VE BEEN TOURING FOR TWO YEARS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO MAJOR CITIES, AND THEN THEY STOPPED THE, THAT MODEL AND NOW THEY'RE DOING THIS TEMPORARY PUBLIC MODEL.
AND, UM, SO THEY, THE ELEPHANTS ARE FOR SALE AND THAT IS HOW THEY RAISE A LOT OF MONEY TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS AND, AND FOR, UM, UH, COEXISTENCE AND, UH, WILDLIFE PRESERVATIONS, UH, COMMISSIONER KIG.
UH, SO I, I HAD THE LUCK OF, UH, SEEING THEM IN MIAMI BEACH AND OUT OF THE BLUE I WAS GOING FOR A WALK AT 6:00 AM AND I SAW THESE ELEPHANTS IN ON THE BEACH, I THOUGHT FOR A SECOND, WHAT THE HECK? YOU KNOW,
YOU KNOW, I, I I THINK IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE AMAZING TO GET THEM IN HERE AND PEOPLE CAN TOUCH IT, SEE IT, TAKE PICTURES, ALL KIND OF STUFF.
OTHER THAN THAT YOU CAN DO, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD BUY THEM.
SO THAT'S TO INTERRUPTS COMMISSIONER KIG.
IT'S JUST QUESTION TIME, DISCUSSION TIME WILL IS COMING UP.
CAN I ASK THE QUESTION? YES, COMMISSIONER.
SO, SO WHO WILL, WHO WILL INSTALL AND MANAGE THAT IS PART OF THE, THE, THE FEE OF, UH, THE GREAT ELEPHANT MIGRATION CHARGES
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US THE, THE FEE TO, AND THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL THE INSTALLATION, THE PERMITTING.THEY WILL WORK WITH THE CITY TO GET PERMITTING, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED FOR INSTALLATION.
THEY HAVE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS, SO THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT.
YES, I, NOPE, BETTER TURN THAT ONE OFF.
UM, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR ALL THE INFORMATION.
UM, TELL US ABOUT THE GREAT ELEPHANT MIGRATION ORGANIZATION ITSELF.
ARE THEY A 5 0 1 C3? AND WHO DO THEY GIVE THEIR MONEY TO THAT THEY RAISE? THEY ARE A 5 0 1 C3.
UM, I BELIEVE ALL THE MONEY THAT THEY RAISE GOES DIRECTLY TO THEIR ORGANIZATION TO CONTINUE, UM, THIS EXHIBIT.
UM, SO THEY TRY TO, YOU KNOW, THEY KEEP IT VERY LOW COST.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE COST OF PUBLIC ART EXHIBITS, THIS IS BEYOND, UH, AFFORDABLE FOR WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING OUT HERE.
UM, SO ASKING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO INSTALL 30 ELEPHANTS IS PRETTY MUCH UNHEARD OF.
SO THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY MONEY OFF OF THIS, I CAN GUARANTEE THAT.
UM, SO THE, THOSE FUNDS THAT THEY RAISE REALLY HELP THEIR ORGANIZATION.
ALSO, THE ELEPHANTS WERE CRAFTED BY, UM, PEOPLE IN INDIA.
SO THEY, THEY, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAKING MORE OR THEY CONTRIBUTE BACK TO THOSE COMMUNITIES, THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
BUT IT STAYS WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATION AS FAR AS WE KNOW.
AND, AND THE ORGANIZERS COULD PROBABLY ANSWER THAT BETTER THAN WE CAN.
THAT, THAT EXPLAINS THAT PIECE.
IT'S NOT REALLY, UH, AN ORGANIZATION FUNDING, UH, OTHER, UH, PROJECTS OR INSTITUTIONS.
IT'S FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND FOR ARTISTIC PURPOSES.
UH, HOW WILL THE EDUCATION BE DONE HERE? YOU MENTIONED DOCENTS.
UH, HOW WILL PEOPLE LEARN? WHAT'S THE MECHANISM BY WHICH PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LEARN, UH, AS THEY VISIT THE ELEPHANTS? YES.
UM, THEY, THE PART OF THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FEED, I ALSO INCLUDE SIGNAGE.
SO THEY HAVE EXTENSIVE SIGNAGE.
WHEN I WAS THERE IN RHODE ISLAND, I, I HAD NO PROBLEM FI FIGURING OUT THE STORY.
IT WAS, THEY HAVE SIGNS RIGHT AT EACH ELEPHANT AND THEY HAVE THE BIG SIGNS.
SO IT WAS VERY EASY TO READ THE STORY ABOUT.
I, I KNEW, I KNEW IMMEDIATELY.
AND THEY, THEY HAD VOLUNTEERS.
BUT, UM, THIS, WE FULLY EXPECT TO GET DOCENTS WHO WILL, WILL, WILL TRAIN, AND TO TELL THEM ANSWER QUESTIONS AND TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THE ELEPHANTS.
AND, UM, WE, THE EDUCATION COMPONENT WILL BE THAT.
AND I'M HOPING BUSINESSES WILL TAKE PART AND WE'LL HAVE COLORING SHEETS AND WE'LL HAVE ACTIVITIES AROUND THE ELEPHANTS.
SO, 'CAUSE WE, WE'LL BE AT THE BANK HEAD, WE CAN HAVE THE BANK HEAD OPEN AT CERTAIN TIMES THAT WE CAN HAVE, UM, MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ELEPHANTS AND COLORING AND, AND, UH, WE HAVEN'T EVEN REALLY TACKLED ALL THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE COOKING THAT WILL HELP INVOLVE THE BUSINESSES AROUND.
WE HOPE THERE COULD BE, YOU COULD GO TO A BAR AND HAVE A DRINK AROUND AN ELEPHANT.
SO ANYWAY, WE HAVE, THERE'LL BE A VERY LARGE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT.
THERE'S A PRETTY BIG, UM, ONSITE SIGNAGE THAT GOES WITH THIS WORK.
I, I BELIEVE IT'S FOUR FEET WIDE, UM, FOUR FEET TALL ON STANDS.
SO IT'S, UM, TRIPLE SIDED AND IT'LL HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXHIBIT, AND IT'LL SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT TOO.
SO IF YOU JUST WANDER ONTO THE EXPERIENCE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LEARN MORE.
UM, AND WITHIN THAT, THERE'LL BE A QR CODE THAT WE CAN HAVE TO OUR LANDING PAGE, OR IT CAN GO DIRECTLY TO THE GREAT ELEPHANT MIGRATION PAGE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE, THE WHOLE EXHIBIT IN THE ORGANIZATION.
BUT IDEALLY, WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING GO TO A LOCAL LANDING PAGE THAT SHARES MORE, AND THEN YOU CAN ASK, YOU KNOW, GET IN TOUCH WITH SOMEONE LIKE ANNE, UM, TO ORGANIZE OR, OR ASK QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, I'M ELAINE TROTH AND I'M WITH, UH, PARTNERS IN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS WITH 3 33 ARTS.
AND I DID, UM, TAKE A LOOK, ANOTHER LOOK AT, UH, ONE OF THE VIDEOS FROM THIS MORNING THAT WAS FROM 2024 WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED ON THE EAST COAST.
AND AGAIN, THEIR MAIN THING IS THE COEXISTENCE STORY.
SO, AND THAT IS ACTUALLY THE NAME OF THEIR 5 0 1 C3 IS THE COEXISTENCE STORY INC.
BECAUSE THE, UH, THE INDIAN ARTISTS THAT ARE DOING THE WORK SAID THAT THEY LIVE AMONGST THE, THE ELEPHANTS AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND THEY'RE VERY SPECIAL AND THEY WANTED TO SHARE THE ENTIRE STORY AS WELL AS THE LAND PLANT, WHICH IS WHAT THE TOXIC PLAN IS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE OUT, BUT UTILIZE AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, REGROWTH IN THE FOREST.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM TO SHARE THE SPACE, AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT.
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QUESTION.FIRST OF ALL, UM, IS THERE A FILM THAT COULD BE, UH, ABOUT THE ARTISTS AND ABOUT THE WILDLIFE THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING THAT COULD BE SHOWN AT THE BANKHEAD THEATER? HELP US RAISE THE MONEY? EVERYBODY.
WE DO A LOT OF FILM PRODUCTION ACTUALLY SEPARATELY FOR A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL, BUT THAT'S NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE.
WE WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THE BASES ARE COVERED.
IF WE RE FUNDRAISE BEYOND THAT, ABSOLUTELY.
WE CAN DO A TWO AND A HALF MINUTE, THREE MINUTE SHORT.
UM, MY SECOND QUESTION WAS IF THESE, UH, ELEPHANTS ARE SELLABLE, THEY'RE ALSO STEALABLE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE LARGE, SOMEBODY GOT THEM IN AND I WONDERED HOW YOU'RE GOING TO SECURE THEM AND ALSO GRAFFITI.
OH, THAT'S, I WOULD SAY THAT'S A NON-STARTER.
I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS AN ISSUE OF THAT, BUT THERE'S HASN'T BEEN ANY VANDALISM IN ANY OTHER CITY.
LIVERMORE IS ALSO A CITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF VANDALISM.
NO ONE'S GONNA PICK 'EM UP AND TAKE 'EM AWAY.
THEY'RE STAKED DOWN ON THE GROUND.
UM, GRAFFITI AGAIN, I HAVE SEEN VERY FEW, UH, SCULPTURES GRAFFITIED IN PUBLIC IN AREAS LIKE THIS SUBURBS.
UM, AGAIN, THEY CAN BE CLEANED AND IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IF SOMETHING HAPPENS.
SO WE WILL OBVIOUSLY MITIGATE ANYTHING IF THAT ARISES.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? VICE CHAIR, DO YOU DO MIND IF I ASK? OH, YEAH.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY.
UH, MY ONLY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE LOCATION THAT THE SECONDARY LOCATION OF CARNEGIE PARK IS ALSO WHERE OUR THURSDAY FARMER'S MARKET TAKES PLACE.
AND YOU'D HAVE OVERLAP IN THOSE TIMES.
SO HAS THERE BEEN A DISCUSSION WITH THE FARMER'S MARKET OPERATOR ON HOW THAT COULD WORK IF THAT BECAME THE PREFERRED LOCATION? NO, WE HAVEN'T TACKLED THAT FAR BECAUSE OUR FIRST LOCATION IS DEFINITELY OUR PRIMARY.
BUT I, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT A LITTLE BIT WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT USE THE PLAZA AND I, IT, THEY WON'T TAKE UP THE WHOLE PLAZA.
SO GROUPS THAT ARE, ARE BOOKED FOR USE OF THE PLAZA.
THEY CAN, THEY'LL EASILY BE ABLE TO HAVE OTHER ROOM.
THE ELEPHANTS WILL GO KIND OF ACROSS ONE PART OF IT.
OH, LET ME, UH, ANSWER THOMASON'S, UM, MS. HURST'S QUESTION ABOUT THE VIDEO IS THERE IS THIS REALLY FUN SHORT CLIP FROM CBS SUNDAY MORNING THAT, UM, TALKS ABOUT THE ELEPHANTS BECAUSE AS SAGE MENTIONED, THEY, THEY'VE GOTTEN HUGE PUBLICITY WHEREVER THEY GO.
AND SO THIS WAS JUST ONE A REALLY FUN, UH, CBS SUNDAY MORNING.
YOU GUYS EVER SEE THAT? SO, UH, THAT KIND OF TELLS THE STORY, SO WE COULD, I'M SURE WE COULD SHARE THAT.
OH, OH, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WAIT, YES.
NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED WITH THAT, I CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OH, COMMISSIONER GOSMAN, I, I THINK IT'S, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT OPTION.
IT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LIVERMORE HAS WANTED FOR MANY YEARS IS TO BRING MORE, UH, TOURISTS AND VISITORS, NOT JUST IN LIVERMORE AREA, BUT THE WHOLE BAY AREA.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTS WITH THE WINE COUNTRY AS WELL.
AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COULD DO THAT.
UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE A WELL DESIGNED AND WELL PLANNED THING.
I WAS IN CHICAGO WHERE I SAW THE COW EXHIBITS, BUT THIS IS EVEN BETTER WITH THE, WITH THE HERD IDEA.
AND I THINK IT, I THINK IT WOULD GO OVER REALLY BIG.
I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF MEDIA COVERAGE, SHOULD BRING LOTS OF VISITORS TO THE CITY COMMISSIONER S WHOEVER THERE PULL UP.
I'M LOVING THIS FILM IDEA AS WELL.
UM, NOT THAT IT'S, I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE, BUT YOU COULD SHOW FILMS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY DIRECTLY RELATE TO THESE ELEPHANTS.
YOU COULD SHOW THERE ARE SO MANY FILMS THAT TALK ABOUT WILDLIFE IN AFRICA, WHETHER IT BE LIKE, WHAT'S THAT? OH, UM, ANYWAY, I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY FUN.
YOU KNOW, UM, I I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, A UH, ANNE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL ASPECT OF THIS, AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT ABOUT THE ELEPHANTS AND HOW IT'S GONNA BENEFIT LIVERMORE, BUT THERE'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE ARTISTS THAT MADE IT AND LIFE IN INDIA, AND THE WEEDS THAT ARE BEING, UH, PULLED OUT TO MAKE THE ELEPHANTS AND THE WILDLIFE THAT SUPPOSEDLY FROM THE MEDIA THAT I'VE READ, BEING SAVED AND, UM, YOU
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KNOW, PROTECTED BECAUSE OF THIS MISSION.AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THESE ELEPHANTS.
AND I THINK IT DEFINITELY SHOULD BE PART OF THE EXHIBIT, NOT JUST BENEFIT OF DOWNTOWN, UH, COMMISSIONER KLEI.
I THINK THESE ARE THE OUTPUTS OF THEIR EFFORTS, RIGHT? I THINK, UH, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE HOW IT STARTED BIG MARSH WITH ALL EVERYTHING COVERED, NOTHING NB SEEN AND THEY PICKED UP, AND THEN HOW THEY MADE IT, AND THEN WHO MADE IT.
AND, UH, HOW THE FUND THAT WE GIVE TO THEM WILL GO BACK TO THE SAME PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT STORY SHOULD BE PART OF THE EXHIBIT, UH, PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED IN ADDITION TO JUST THE ELEPHANTS.
BECAUSE THE ELEPHANTS, I AM SURE PEOPLE WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT.
YOU KNOW, I, I, I SAW THEM AS I SAID BEFORE, THAT THEY, THEY'RE INCREDIBLE.
I MEAN, THE, IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T GO TOUCH THEM, YOU THINK THEY'RE JUST WALKING ALONG, RIGHT? I THINK THEY, THEY'RE AMAZING HOW THEY MADE IT.
AND THEN THEY, THEY HAVE THEIR WEBSITE AND THEN THEY HAVE SOME PICTURES OF HOW THEY PEEL OFF AND TAKE EACH, EACH STRAND AND THEN PUT 'EM TOGETHER WITH GLUE AND EVERYTHING.
THEY SHOULD DISPLAY ALL OF THAT.
I THINK THAT IF SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DISPLAYED AT THE SAME TIME, HOW DO THEY MAKE IT? I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE CONNECTION OF, UH, SUSTAINABILITY, RIGHT? COEXISTENCE.
IF YOU SAY, IF YOU SHOW WHERE THIS CAME FROM, RIGHT? THAT LITTLE TREE OR THE PLANT OR INVASIVE SPECIES CONVERTED INTO THIS AMAZING DISPLAY, YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT AND WHO DID THAT, AND THEN HOW THE MONEY WE GIVE GO BACK TO THEM.
RIGHT? I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE CIRCLE.
WE SHOULD SHOW ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, ALL RIGHT.
UM, DO I BASICALLY CONTINUE WITH THE PROPOSAL, BASICALLY? SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL, UM, OF THIS, AND THEN A SECOND, AND THEN A, UH, HOPEFULLY A UNANIMOUS VOTE, UH, FOR IT.
ALL DO I HAVE, CAN WE DISCUSS, THIS IS THE DISCUSSION? YES.
IS THERE SOME SPECIFIC PART OF THIS THAT YOU NEED INFORMATION ON? SO JUST, JUST TO RE-SCOPE IT ONE MORE TIME.
SO WHAT THE COMMISSION'S BEING ASKED TO DO AFTER HAVING RECEIVED THE INFORMATION.
AND YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO SHARE SOME FEEDBACK WITH THE ORGANIZERS AS WELL.
BUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO DO IS TO, UH, RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY APPROVE THIS.
THAT INFORMATION WILL GO TO THE CITY AGAIN.
UH, IF YOU APPROVE IT, WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT STEPS WITH THE ORGANIZERS.
FROM THERE, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FUNDING OF $30,000 FOR THE ELEPHANT EXHIBIT.
IS THERE A SECOND? GOOD QUESTION.
THAT ITEM 5.5, I I, I DIDN'T GET THAT FAR IN THE MINUTE.
SO THIS PRESENTATION IS THE ITEM FIVE? YES.
SO THE FUNDING OF THIS 30,000, IT'S GONNA COME FROM THE, UH, PUBLIC ART FUNDS, FISCAL YEAR 26, 27 BUDGET.
THAT, WELL, IT'S THE CITY'S FUNDING, BUT IT'S THE ONE THAT YOU GUYS PROVIDE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AND OVERSIGHT FOR.
SO THAT, THAT IT CUTS 30,000 FROM, WELL, IT, IT WILL TAKE $30,000, UM, FROM THE BUDGET, AGAIN, IF EVERYTHING ULTIMATELY GOES FORWARD.
UM, GIVEN HOW MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET, WHETHER THIS ENDS UP COMING FROM, UM, SOME OF THOSE CONTINGENCY FEES THAT WE HAVE IN THERE ARE CONTINGENCY AMOUNTS OR THE PUBLIC ART ACQUISITION.
UH, WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH BEING ABLE TO LOCATE $30,000 THAT WE CAN USE WITHOUT IMPACTING PROJECT AND PROGRAM GRANTS, FOR EXAMPLE.
I, I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE GOING WITH THAT.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? UM, THE MOTION TO ESTABLISH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE? OH, SORRY.
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AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.DISCUSSION OF THE YOUNG ARTIST AWARD AND SUPPORT FOR THE YOUNG ARTISTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, I GOTTA GET READY FOR THE REORDER.
SO I ONLY HAVE A VERY SHORT STAFF REPORT ON THIS ONE SINCE PRIMARILY THIS IS GOING TO BE, UM, COMMISSIONER HURST ITEM.
BUT, UH, DURING THE MAY 26TH, 2026 COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS REGULAR MEETING, UH, VICE CHAIR HURST INITIATED A DISCUSSION AROUND SUPPORT FOR YOUNG ARTISTS.
AND A REVIEW OF THE YOUNG ARTIST AWARD, THE COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS COLLECTIVELY SUPPORTED BRINGING THIS ITEM TO A FUTURE MEETING AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, DURING THE TWO FISCAL YEARS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET CYCLE, THAT'S 25 26, WHICH WE'RE ABOUT TO END ON JUNE 30TH.
AND THEN THE NEXT 1, 26 27, UM, THE COMMISSION BUDGETED $10,000 FOR A YOUNG ARTIST AWARD.
UM, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, BASED ON WHAT OUR UNDERSTANDING IS, THE COMMISSION, UH, NORTH STAFF HAS TAKEN ANY A ACTION YET FORMALLY TO ESTABLISH RULES, GUIDELINES, OR PROCEDURES ON HOW THE AWARD WOULD BE STRUCTURED OR AWARDED.
AGAIN, VICE CHAIR HURST INDICATED A DESIRE TO ESTABLISH THE NECESSARY, UH, STRUCTURE TO BEGIN MAKING THIS AWARD AVAILABLE.
UM, SHE ALSO BELIEVES THAT THERE'S A NEED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO YOUNG ARTISTS WHO ARE NOT SELECTED FOR GRANTS AND AWARDS, TO KEEP THEM MOTIVATED IN THEIR PURSUIT OF ARTS AND TO HELP THEM PREPARE FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES.
IF ULTIMATELY, AFTER HEARING MY BRIEF STAFF REPORT AND VICE CHAIR HURST THOUGHTS, UH, YOU BELIEVE THAT IT'S NECESSARY, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE CAN BE ESTABLISHED TO WORK ON THIS MATTER, CONSIDER IT FURTHER, AND BRING IDEAS TO THE COMMISSION FOR THE FUTURE.
AND THAT IS THE END OF MY STAFF REPORT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SO ACTUALLY YOUR WOULD GO FIRST.
UM, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PULL IT UP A CON? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
BY THE TIME, UH, THE CHAIR FIGURES OUT HOW THINGS WORK, THAT TERM IS DONE
UM, I'M JUST GONNA READ THROUGH IT AND EXPLAIN IF I NEED TO.
SO JUST, UM, HAVING EXPERIENCE WITH THE TWO ARTISTS THAT APPLIED FOR A GRANT AND WERE REJECTED, UM, I WAS JUST THINKING THAT MAYBE THEM BEING SO INEXPERIENCED THAT THE PROCESS, UM, WE SHOULD BRING FORWARD THE YOUNG ARTISTS AWARDS AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
NOT, NOT TO COMPENSATE FOR THOSE THAT GOT REJECTED, BUT JUST GIVE THEM AN EASIER WAY IN AND GIVING THEM A, A START TO EDUCATE THEM ON HOW TO APPLY FOR GRANTS.
SO MY FIRST ONE WAS TO ASSIST YOUNG ARTISTS WITH LITTLE OR NO EXPERIENCE OF APPLYING FOR GRANTS IN ACQUIRING FUNDING FOR THEIR ART PROJECTS AND CAREERS.
AND TO OFFER THEM A SIMPLER GRANT APPLICATION FORM, SIMILAR TO THOSE THAT WE GIVE TO THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL ARTS AWARDS WITH A, WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE ADVANCED THAN THAT, BUT THAT KIND OF SIMPLICITY.
AND THEN HAVING LETTERS OF REFERENCE FROM THEIR TEACHERS OR ANY PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS THAT THEY WORKED WITH, ANYBODY JUST TO SUPPORT THEIR APPLICATION RATHER THAN HAVING THEM, UM, DESCRIBE THINGS, WHICH I'M SURE WILL HAVE LOTS OF GAPS IN.
AND ALSO, IT DOES MAKE THEM, I MEAN, FROM READING THROUGH THE GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR NOTES, THOSE TWO ARTISTS, IT MADE THEM LOOK A LITTLE BIT WEAK WHEN THEY WEREN'T.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE IN WORDING THEIR, THEM THEIR CAREER OR THEIR PROJECTS IN, IN A, IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
SO I THINK LETTERS OF APPLICATION, UH, OR REFERENCE WOULD BE A GOOD ADDITION.
UM, AND THEN I WAS THINKING AGES 18 TO 30 YEARS.
SO 30 YEARS MAY SEEM A LITTLE BIT OLD FOR A YOUNG ARTIST, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A UNIVERSITY CAREER, YOU TAKE A YEAR OFF, YOU'D GO THROUGH YOUR MASTERS, UM, AND THEN YOU NEED A FEW YEARS TO START YOUR CAREER.
UM, I WAS THINKING 30 YEARS IS PROBABLY, UM, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, A GOOD CUTOFF POINT RATHER THAN 25.
'CAUSE PEOPLE AT 25, THEY'RE STILL AT UNIVERSITY AND SO THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT LAUNCHING THEIR CAREER.
NOT ALL OF THEM ARE LAUNCHING THEIR CAREER AT THAT TIME.
UM, AND THEN A STRONG CONSIDERATION FOR LIVERMORE SCHOOL GRADUATES AND LESS PRESTIGIOUS COLLEGE, COLLEGE GRADUATES.
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I WOULD SAY THEY WILL GET PREFERENCE, BUT NOT TO EXCLUDE ANYBODY FROM OUTSIDE LIVERMORE SO LONG AS THEIR PROJECT OR EVENT OR WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING BENEFITS THE LIVERMORE COMMUNITY IN SOME WAY, OR IS LOCATED IN LIVERMORE.SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE, THIS IS DEDICATED TO LIVERMORE.
UM, AND THEN THE AWARD CRITERIA FOR THESE GRANTS WOULD BE TO SUPPORT THE YOUNG ARTISTS THEMSELVES AND THEIR ART CAREER, RATHER THAN THEM HAVING TO APPLY FOR AN EVENT OR SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, THEY CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT, BUT THEY'RE LAUNCHING THEIR CAREER JUST LIKE WITH THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL GRANTS OR AWARDS.
WE'RE JUST GIVING THEM MONEY TO SUPPORT THEIR EDUCATION.
THIS COULD SUPPORT A PROJECT THAT THEY HAVE, SUCH AS, UM, AN ART EXHIBITION THEY WANT TO HAVE, IF THEY WANT TO WRITE A PLAY OR IF THEY WANT TO LAUNCH A PLAY, MAKE A FILM, WHATEVER THEIR PROJECT IS.
UM, IT, IT'S, I WANT, I WOULD SUGGEST IT, IT WOULD BE AN OPEN-ENDED APPLICATION IN, IN THAT RESPECT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID IN THE NEXT ONE.
YEAH, THE OPEN, OPEN-MINDED AND BROAD, UH, AWARD CRITERIA.
AND THEN, UM, IN ORDER THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST TAKING THE MONEY AND THEN SPENDING IT ON PIZZA
YOU KNOW, AND IT DOESN'T, SO WITH CREATIVE PEOPLE, LIKE WITH MYSELF, MY INITIAL IDEAS OFTEN CHANGE WHEN I'M CREATING.
AND SO TO GIVE THEM A BIT OF FLEXIBILITY THAT THEY HAVE OUTLINES, THEY COULD DIVERGE A LITTLE BIT FROM THOSE OUTLINES, BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING CONCRETE.
LIKE, I'VE GOT 80% OF THE PAINTINGS.
I'VE GOT A, A LETTER FROM THIS GALLERY SAYING WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN EXHIBITION, OR I'VE WRITTEN SO MANY CHAPTERS OF THIS BOOK, AND THEN THEY, THEY OFFER THAT, OR WE'VE DONE THIS MUCH, YOU KNOW, SO YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF CONCRETE OUTCOME AFTER A YEAR.
AND THEN I WOULD SAY 75% OF GRANT MONEY AT THE START TO GIVE THEM MONEY TO START OFF WITH.
AND THEN 25% AT THE END OF ONE YEAR.
BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE, MAYBE THEY NEED THE MONEY TO BUY SUPPLIES OR WE COULD, MAYBE WE COULD JUST DO IT IN FOUR QUARTERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING IN THE BEGINNING TO START OFF THEIR PROJECT, BUT NOT GIVING IT ALL IN THE BEGINNING.
'CAUSE THEN THEY'VE GOTTA WORK HARD, UH, REACH THEIR GOAL.
AND, UM, THEN THEY GET THE REST OF THE MONEY.
AND THEN I WOULD SAY UP TO $5,000 RATHER THAN $1,000.
'CAUSE IF YOU'RE, IT, I MEAN, MY EXPERIENCE AS A VISUAL ARTIST, IF I'M, UH, TRYING TO CREATE AN EXHIBITION, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF EXPENSES.
YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'VE GOT, UH, SUPPLY EXPENSES, BUT THEN THERE'S RESEARCH EXPENSES.
YOU'RE GOING OFF TO DIFFERENT PLACES TO LOOK AT OTHER ARTISTS WORK.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT GET INVOLVED WITH THIS THING.
SO I THINK 1000 IS PROBABLY TOO LITTLE AND UP TO FIVE DOES NOT NECESSARILY GIVE EVERYBODY 5,000.
BUT I WOULD SAY MAYBE UP TO 5,000 AS A, AS A CUTOFF POINT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, COMMISSIONER MILDER, DO YOU WANNA GO? NO, UH, NOT.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ARE WE READY FOR COMMENTS? UM, IF THERE'S NO, OH, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY.
YEAH, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STAFF REPORTS, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
UH, VICE CHAIR DOERS AND OKAY.
YOU CAN MOVE TO THE DISCUSSION.
UM, SO IT'S NOT A GRANT, IT'S AN AWARD, I WOULD SAY, YEAH, I WOULD SAY TREATING IT AS AN AWARD MIGHT BE A BETTER, IT'S AN AWARD FOR PAST WORK OR IT'S AN AWARD.
IT'S AN FUTURE AWARD, AN AWARD FOR A FUTURE PROJECT.
SO IT'S TO LAUNCH THEIR CAREER.
UM, I WOULD SAY, UM, AND THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF GOAL, YOU KNOW, SO YOU, YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, OH, I'M JUST GONNA PAINTER AND DO THE, YOU.
THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF GOAL THAT THEY'RE GONNA MEET IN 12 MONTHS TIME OR, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T, THEY DON'T HAVE TO REALIZE A THING.
IF THEY'RE WRITING A BOOK AND THEY DON'T FINISH IN A YEAR, THAT'S FINE.
BUT THEY SHOULD SAY, THIS IS WHAT I INTEND TO ACHIEVE AFTER A YEAR.
AND THEN IT'S UP TO US TO DECIDE WHETHER THAT'S A WORTHWHILE GOAL OR NOT.
THAT'S WHY THE LETTERS OF REFERENCE ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO SHOW POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, HARD WORK, UH, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO WE KNOW WE'RE GIVING THEM MONEY TO A GOOD, GOOD APPLICANT.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S NOT JUST AN AWARD.
IT'S AN AWARD FOR THEM TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEIR CAREER.
IS THERE A PUBLIC BENEFIT COMPONENT SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT GRANTS? I WOULD SAY NOT SO MUCH.
I MEAN, I, I WOULD SAY IT SHOULD BENEFIT LIVERMORE AND EVEN IF IT'S JUST FOSTERING THE CAREER OF THE YOUNG ARTISTS, THAT IN ITSELF IS BENEFITING LIVERMORE BECAUSE THEY'RE CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE MY PRIORITY WOULD BE CHILDREN THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SCHOOL AND PROBABLY LESS POCIUS COLLEGE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY A MORE PROFESSIONAL
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AWARD, LIKE THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS WITH THE INTENTION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING WITHIN 12 MONTHS.SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, UM, A GRANT THAT'S GONNA BENEFIT LIVERMORE COMMUNITY.
UM, ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL COMPETE FOR IT AND THEN WE PICK A WINNER OR, YES.
LIKE, LIKE JUST LIKE THE OTHER AWARDS, THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS.
AND YOU SAID UP TO TWO WINNERS OR WELL, I'D SAY UP TO $5,000, AND I THINK THE LIMIT FOR THE GRANT, SO THE BUDGET IS $10,000.
SO IF WE'VE GOT TWO EXCEPTIONAL CANDIDATES AND THEY DESERVE THE $5,000, THAT'S FINE.
IF WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, GOOD BUT NOT EXCEPTIONAL, MAYBE 2000 EACH.
SO I THINK IT'S, I WOULD FLEXIBLE.
ARE ARE YOU MODELING THIS AFTER SOMETHING YOU'VE SEEN SOMEWHERE ELSE OR AT YEAH, SO, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF AWARDS LIKE THIS FOR ARTISTS OUT THERE TO SIMPLY TO LAUNCH THEIR CAREER.
AND SOME OF THEM DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY CRITERIA, NO GOALS.
THEY'RE JUST SAYING, SHOW ME YOUR RESUME, GET SOME LETTERS OF REFERENCE, AND YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'VE GOT A GREAT FUTURE AHEAD OF YOU.
I'M JUST GIVING YOU MONEY TO SUPPORT IT.
SO IT'S LIKE THAT, EXCEPT I THINK IT'S, IT'S GOOD FOR THE YOUNG APPLICANT TO HAVE A GOAL, TO REALIZE A GOAL, TO BE PROFESSIONAL ABOUT IT, AND HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE MONEY.
UM, WHAT'S INTERESTING, I THOUGHT ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS, UM, WHEN BOB AND I LOOKED THROUGH THOSE IS THAT WE DIDN'T EVER SEE THEIR ART.
WE JUST READ THEIR LETTER AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
WOULD THIS HAVE A COMPONENT WHERE WE WOULD SEE THE ART? I WOULD SAY SO, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHERE IF THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EX EXHIBITION, I, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I'M NOT QUITE THINK ABOUT THAT.
IF THEY'VE ALREADY GOT A GALLERY SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AGREEABLE TO HAVE AN EXHIBITION.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT, IT'S NOT PUBLIC ART.
SO WE PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO SEE, I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WOULD SEE LIKE THEIR PAST ART, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IF THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE APPLICATION OR I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, ARE WE QUALIFIED TO JUDGE THAT? I MEAN, I MEAN, FOR ME, I KNOW ABOUT ART, BUT IF IT'S WRITING, I CAN'T SAY WHAT, WHAT'S, THAT'S WHY I THINK THE LETTERS OF REFERENCE IS GOOD AND MAYBE NOT, MAYBE NOT EVEN SHOWING THE ART.
SO I, I, I UNDERSTAND THE IDEA.
I I THINK THAT THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, IF THEY APPLIED AND THEY DIDN'T GET IT.
SO IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IT'S LIKE A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR AWARD? SAME CONCEPT? YES.
I, I, I GUESS THEN STILL, STILL, IT'LL BE 10 PEOPLE APPLIED.
THE OTHER NINE PEOPLE WILL BE DISAPPOINTED.
SO I THINK, I THINK IT, IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD DEFINITELY SEE WHAT THEY WILL DO, RIGHT? WE, WE, WE, WE, I MEAN IF, EVEN IF IT'S NOT, IF THEY'RE WRITING A PODCAST OR IF THEY'RE CREATING SOME, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD SEE WHAT IS IT THEY'RE GOING TO DO? IT'S NOT OPEN-ENDED.
DO WHATEVER YOU WANT AND THEN, UH, WE'LL GIVE YOU, RIGHT.
I THINK THE, THERE SHOULD BE DEFINITELY SOME CRITERIA AND THEN, AND IT SHOULD BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
IT'S NOT FOR THEIR PERSONAL GROWTH.
WELL, THE OTHER TWO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS ACTUALLY ARE, AREN'T THEY? YEAH.
BUT I THINK HIGH SCHOOL, THAT'S, THAT'S A DIFFERENT, RIGHT.
THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
UH, WELL, THERE ARE THEIR PAST.
THIS IS IN THEIR WORKING ENVIRONMENT.
SO THEY NEED SOME SEED MONEY TO START.
WELL, IT'S, IT'S A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN, IN YOUNG ARTISTS THAT I'VE SHOWN, YOU KNOW, EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY.
AND THERE ARE, THERE ARE QUITE A NUMBER OF AWARDS LIKE THIS OFFERED BY ALL KINDS OF ORGANIZATIONS.
AND IT IS, I MEAN, IT WAS A YOUNG, IT WAS NAMED THE YOUNG ARTIST AWARD.
I MEAN, MAYBE HAVING SOME SAMPLES OF THEIR WORK WOULD BE GOOD, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT ALL, I MEAN YEAH.
I'M QUALIFIED TO JUDGE ONE THING, AND THAT'S ALL
NO, I, I, I REALLY THINK THAT IT, IT SHOULD BE, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME CRITERIA THAT THIS PARTICULAR PERSON DESERVES MORE THAN THE OTHER FIVE PEOPLE.
THE, THE, SO WE, WE OUGHT TO SEE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GONNA SHOW THEIR POTENTIAL.
IT'S NOT LIKE I WILL SEE MY POTENTIAL LATER, BUT NOT RIGHT NOW.
BUT I, I WANNA SEE SOMETHING NOW.
DELIVER IT SOMETHING, RIGHT? COMMISSIONER MIL.
WHEN, UH, COMMISSIONER MILLER'S DONE, I JUST WANNA PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL
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PERSPECTIVE AND CLARIFICATION.THE FIRST IS, UM, WE, WE AS A COMMISSION, I DON'T BELIEVE ARE, UM, WE GIVE OUT GRANTS.
UH, THE AWARDS THAT WE GIVE OUT ARE NOT JUDGED BY US.
THE AWARDS FOR SCHOOL, FOR STUDENTS WHO WE'RE NOT DOING THE JUDGING, WE'RE JUST ALLOCATING THE MONEY.
SO THIS WOULD BE DOING SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE.
UM, I, I DON'T WANNA GET HUNG UP ON THE NOMENCLATURE.
I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS A GRANT, THAT'S ALL.
UM, BUT THAT'S NOT THE IMPORTANT THING.
UM,
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ANY OF US ON THE COMMISSION COULD DO.
WE CAN HELP ARTISTS PERSONALLY FILL OUT THEIR APPLICATION.
WHAT'S MORE IS, UM, THE, UH, CREATIVE LIVERMORE PLAN SPECIFICALLY RECOMMENDS THAT STAFF CONDUCT WORKSHOPS TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO FILL OUT GRANT APPLICATIONS.
I THINK THIS IS THE HEART OF THE, UH, COMPLAINT THAT YOU RAISED.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION SO THEY COULD GET THEIR GRANT.
THE ANSWER TO THAT, IT SEEMS TO ME, IS HELP PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION, HELP PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO CREATE A PROPOSAL THAT WILL GET THEM THE GRANT.
UM, IF SECOND, OR NOW THIS IS NOW THE THIRD POINT.
IF THE ISSUE IS THAT OUR APPLICATIONS ARE TOO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, THAT'S ON US TO FIX, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO, THAT'S FINE.
WE CAN REVISE OUR APPLICATIONS.
BUT, UH, I DON'T SEE, UM, THAT THIS DOES, THAT, IT JUST MOVES AWAY FROM THE CHALLENGE OF FIXING AN APPLICATION THAT MIGHT BE TOO DIFFICULT TO FILL OUT.
BUT FINALLY, UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMENT I HAVE TO MAKE IS I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THAT BUDGET LINE.
UM, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THIS MATERIAL ONLINE IF YOU CAN ACCESS IT, BUT THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT PAGES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION.
ARE YOU ABLE TO PULL UP THE BUDGET? UM, I CAN CHECK IN THE PACKET FOR, UH, THE LAST BUDGET THAT WE HAD.
'CAUSE I WOULD WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING GENERALLY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
IS THERE INFORMATION I CAN GIVE OR YOU WANT? IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
THE BUDGET IS, UH, NOT FOR A, A YOUNG ARTIST GRANT.
IS THAT WHAT IT IS? THAT THE WORDING? THAT'S IT.
IT'S NOT A YOUNG ARTIST GRANT.
IT IS NOT A YOUNG ARTIST AWARD.
IT IS A YOUTH ARTS GRANT NOW, WHAT IS THAT? IF YOU GO BACK TO THE, UM, CREATIVE LIVERMORE TOOLKIT, YOU'LL SEE THAT UNDER, UH, THE GOAL OF SUPPORT PARTICIPATORY ARTS AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES.
ONE OF THE POTENTIAL TOOLS IS IMPLEMENT THE YOUTH ARTS GRANT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE GRANT SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS, RESIDENCIES AND CLASSES IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS.
AND THEN IT REFERENCES PARENT PARENTHETICALLY, SEE POTENTIAL GRANTS PROGRAMS IN APPENDIX SEVEN OF CREATIVE LIVERMORE.
AND THEY'RE IN THE CREATIVE LIVERMORE PLAN UNDER GRANTS PROGRAMS. UM, ONE IS CALLED YOUTH ARTS GRANTS.
I'M GONNA READ THE DESCRIPTION SINCE IT'S NOT, SINCE ALAN DOESN'T, UNLESS YOU HAVE IT AVAILABLE TO RE PUT UP ON THE SCREEN.
I HAVE IT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE.
ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES ARTICULATED BY LIVERMORE RESIDENTS DURING THE CULTURAL PLANNING PROCESS WAS TO PROVIDE INCREASED
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ACCESS TO THE ARTS FOR ALL AND TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE ARTS.BY ESTABLISHING A YOUTH ARTS GRANTS PROGRAM TO SUPPORT OUT OF SCHOOL PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, THE CITY CAN HELP ENSURE BOTH INCREASED EQUITY IN REGARD TO ACCESS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH TO EXPERIENCE THE BENEFITS OF ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
IT GOES ON, THERE'S A WHOLE NOTHER PARAGRAPH OF THIS, AND IT RECOMMENDS MENTIONED SCHOOLS, AND IT RECOMMENDS PROJECT GRANTS COULD RANGE FROM 5,000 TO $7,500.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED.
THE PURPOSE OF THAT LINE IN THE BUDGET IS TO BROADEN ACCESS TO THE ARTS FOR YOUTH, PARTICULARLY THROUGH EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOOLS.
SO WE WOULD BE TAKING MONEY FROM SOMETHING THAT THE OUR VISION, OUR CREATIVE LIVERMORE PLAN HAS, DESIGNATE, HAS OUTLINED, AND THAT THIS COMMISSION AGREED TO DO FOR ONE PURPOSE AND MOVING IT TO A DIFFERENT PURPOSE.
WE JUST DID THAT WITH THE ELEPHANTS.
THE, ACTUALLY, WHAT THAT STRIKES ME AS, AS THE, UM, WHAT WAS IT CALLED? UNSOLICITED.
BUT IT'S WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IS TO CHANGE THE PURPOSE OF THAT BUDGET LINE.
THERE WAS, UH, THERE WAS A YOUNG ARTIST AWARD.
AM I RIGHT IN THE NEW, SO THAT WAS THE CLARIFICATION, UM, THAT I WAS GONNA GIVE.
SO I SEE YOUNG ARTIST AWARD, THAT'S HOW WE TITLE IT.
I BELIEVE WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT LAST MONTH, WE MIGHT HAVE DISCUSSED IT AS THAT.
BUT THE LINE ITEM THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER MILDER IS CORRECT.
IT IS THE YOUNG, UM, I THINK IT IS THE, SORRY, I JUST HAD IT UP HERE.
UM, YOUTH GRANT, YOUTH ARTS GRANT, AND THERE'S ALSO AN EMERGING ARTIST GRANT.
UM, SO MAYBE IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSION WITH THE, WITH THE WORDING ON IT, BUT I THINK WE WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT THE, THE SAME LINE ITEM AND, AND PURPOSING THAT.
UM, THE PERSPECTIVE THAT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, AND I'LL JUST GIVE IT NOW.
UM, WE WANT TO BE VERY SPECIFIC, EVEN IF IT'S BUDGETED ITEMS, UM, JUST JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT, EVEN IF IT'S BUDGETED ITEMS. WE WANNA BE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW MUCH FUNDING OR AWARDING WE'RE GIVING TO SPECIFIC THINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE COMPARE IT TO WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS ARE.
SO IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GIVING $10,000 AS AN AWARD OR AS A GRANT, UM, FOR THAT MATTER, THAT'S A LARGE AMOUNT, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE.
I MEAN, THAT'S HALF OF THE MAXIMUM THAT PROJECT AND PROGRAM GRANT RECIPIENTS CAN GET AND, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY FIVE TIMES AS MUCH AS A, UM, MINI GRANT RECIPIENT WOULD GET.
SO I WOULD SAY, UM, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU GO WITH THIS DISCUSSION, HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE PURPOSED, UM, I WOULD DEFINITELY KEEP THAT IN MIND.
I, I IMAGINE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD STUDY DEEPLY.
UM, THE SECOND THING I WOULD SAY IS EVEN, UH, JUST BASED ON COMMISSIONER MILD'S POINTS THAT HE MADE FOR HIS 0.4, WHICH, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON BOARD WITH.
EVEN IF WE'RE SAYING THAT THIS NEW PURPOSE IS NOT THE RIGHT ONE, MAYBE STILL HAVING AN AD HOC COMMISSION, UH, ESTABLISHED TO STUDY WHAT EXACTLY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT THAT WAS INTENDED TO BE, MAYBE THAT'S STILL A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE IF IT WAS PUT IN WITH THE CREATIVE LIVERMORE FRAMEWORK AND IT HASN'T MOVED IN THE LAST, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE FISCAL YEARS FROM WHENEVER IT FIRST BECAME PART OF THE BUDGET, I WOULD SAY THIS IS AS GOOD AS TIME AS ANY TO START TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE IT, WHERE IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO USE IT.
SO THAT JUST MY THOUGHT AND PERSPECTIVE ON THAT.
UM, YEAH, SO, UH, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND, UM, I WAS JUST, UH, THINKING THAT THIS, I MEAN, FOR ME, THIS IS JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE, WHAT IS BENEFICIAL TO YOUNG ARTISTS THAT ARE NO LONGER YOUTH, BUT ARE NOW YOUNG ADULTS WITHOUT EXPERIENCE, JUST TO GIVE THEM A, A LITTLE BIT OF EN ENCOURAGEMENT AND HELP ON THEIR WAY.
AND IF THE BUDGET DOESN'T ALLOW IT, THEN THAT IS FINE.
AND $5,000 WAS JUST A, JUST BECAUSE IT, IT HAD YOU ON THE, ON THE OUTLINE OF THE GRANTS, IT HAD SAID $10,000.
SO I JUST THOUGHT, UM, I JUST HAVE IT 5,000 EACH.
BUT, BUT WHAT I'VE WRITTEN HERE IS AN IDEAL THING FOR A YOUNG ARTIST.
I MEAN, AS IN AN IDEAL AWARD, BUT IT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A CONCRETE THING.
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I JUST FEEL LIKE SUPPORTING ARTISTS THROUGH THEIR SCHOOL CAREER AND THEN SUDDENLY NOT SUPPORTING THEM AFTERWARDS WHEN, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY COULD BE EDUCATED TO APPLY FOR THE GRANTS, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.AND MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD GO RATHER THAN, UM, GIVING THEM A SPECIAL GRANT, ESPECIALLY IF THE BUDGET IS LIMITED.
UM, BUT YEAH, I JUST FEEL, THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE I HAVE WORKED WITH EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG ARTISTS THAT ARE OVER 18 AND I JUST FEEL A LITTLE BIT OF SUPPORT TO LAUNCH THEIR CAREERS WOULD DO THEM A WORLD OF GOOD.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THIS COMES FROM.
UH, COMMISSIONER KLEI? NO, I, I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF, UH, HAVING A AD HOC COMMITTEE DISCUSS AND TRY TO COME UP WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I THINK THE FEEDBACK FROM, UH, CHAIR MILDER IS, UH, COMMISSIONER MILDER IS, IS FAIR BECAUSE YOU, YOU WANNA, IF YOU WANNA REPURPOSE, THEN WE SHOULD CHANGE THE, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE, ONCE WE CHANGE, CREATE THIS, THIS GRANT OR WHATEVER, IT'LL BECOME A ROLLING EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? SO IT'LL BE PERMANENTLY SHIFTED.
FUNDS WILL BE PERMANENTLY SHIFTED.
SO WE, WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT WITH SOME PROPER CONSIDERATION AND THEN, UH, UH, UNDERSTANDING THE PROS AND CONS OF WHAT THE, WHAT THE MANUALS OR THE POLICIES INTENDED.
RIGHT? AND IT'S NOT CODIFIED ANYWHERE.
IT'S NOT LIKE, UM, IF WE SAY WE HAVE AN IDEA TO CHANGE IT IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, OR REPURPOSE IS PROBABLY STRONGLY WE SAY WE JUST APPROACH IT IN A DIFFERENT MANNER.
UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S WITHIN THE COMMISSION'S ABILITY TO DO.
UM, IF IT BECAME A PERMANENT ONE, IT BECAME SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THE ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL
THIS IS MORE, TO ME IN ALIGNMENT WITH LIKE THE, UM, THE MONEY YOU GIVE TO LAA FOR THEIR ARTS AWARDS.
THERE'S AN EXPECTATION AROUND IT.
WE BUDGET FOR IT, BUT IT'S NOT CODIFIED AS SOMETHING THAT IS MANDATED, UH, ANYWHERE BY POLICY AND PROCEDURE CODE OR ANYTHING.
I MEAN, THE, THE ONLY REASON I SAID THAT WAS IF WE CREATE THIS GRANT OR AWARD, WHATEVER THAT IS, WE WOULD ADVERTISE GOING NEXT YEAR FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR THAT.
SO WE SHOULD BE ON RECORD SAYING THAT, HEY, FOR UH, THAT PARTICULAR BUDGET ITEM WE'RE GONNA REDIRECT TO SUPPORT THIS AWARD GOING FORWARD.
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THE, THE, THAT SAY IT SHOULD REFLECT IN OUR MINUTES THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
AND THEN WHEN THE NEXT BUDGETING CYCLE COMES, UH, ACCORDINGLY ADJUST THAT, I CREATE A LINE ITEM FOR THAT NEW AWARD TO GO.
SO THE, THAT WAY IN THE FUTURE PEOPLE MIGHT THINK, HEY, HOW DID THIS SUDDENLY COME ABOUT? YOU KNOW? SO ONE LAST COMMENT.
I I KNOW SOMEBODY ASKED THAT, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING WHERE WILL THE MONEY COME FOR THE, THE ELEPHANT EXHIBIT, RIGHT? I THINK 30,000.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE, WHICH LINE IT'LL COME.
WE'LL HAVE TO PROBABLY STEAL FROM MULTIPLE LINES AND STEAL UP THE RIGHT.
I, I, AT FIRST I WAS WORRIED, I THOUGHT MAYBE THE CITY COUNCIL WAS GONNA FIND MONEY FOR THAT, BUT, UH, IT'S GONNA COME IN OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
I WAS A LITTLE, LITTLE FU HESITANT TO THAT.
UH, OH, COMMISSIONER GMAN, UH, WHAT WAS THE UPPER AGE FOR THE, UH, AWARD? UM, I WAS SAYING 30, UH, IT WAS JUST A SUGGESTION.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ON, UM, WE CALL IT EMERGING YOUNG ARTISTS, BUT, UM, I'M WONDERING WHY WE NEED TO PUT A, AN AGE CAP 'CAUSE PEOPLE CAN BECOME ARTISTS AT ANY AGE.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, IS THERE A, DO WE WANNA HAVE A HEAVIER FOCUS ON YOUNGER PEOPLE? IS THAT THE IDEA? OR, UH, WOULD WE MAKE THIS AVAILABLE TO ALL AGES? I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING ANY ARTIST WHO HAS HAD NO EXPERIENCE AND WANTS TO START APPLYING FOR MONEY.
THAT WILL, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA ACTUALLY.
I, I GO TO THE LIVERMORE ART ASSOCIATION SHOW AND THERE'S DOZENS AND DOZENS OF ARTISTS ALL AGES, AND I THINK, AND SOME OF 'EM I'VE TALKED TO SOME, SOME DON'T START TILL MUCH LATER IN LIFE AND I DON'T KNOW.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS MIGHT BE, WE WANNA CONSIDER NOT HAVING AN AGE LIMIT.
OF COURSE, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CALL IT YOUNG THEN.
KEEP IT WITH, I DON'T WANNA CALL IT MIDDLE AGE ARTISTS,
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AGE.AT THIS POINT, I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, WE SHOULD MAYBE MOVE FORWARD WITH EITHER, UM, LETTING THE DISCUSSION IN THERE OR AGAIN, POTENTIALLY ESTABLISHING AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THIS, UH, CONSIDER IT FURTHER.
I DID JUST HAVE ONE MORE THING TO MENTION ABOUT THE PREVIOUS ITEM.
I'M SORRY, IT JUST CAME TO MIND.
WE ARE WORKING ON, UM, GRANT INFORMATION, NIGHT GRANT INFORMATION TOOLS TO MAKE AVAILABLE.
UH, I AGAIN AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER MILDREN SAYING THAT THAT'S A STAFF RESPONSIBILITY, OR EVEN IF IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH STAFF AND THE COMMISSION TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING INTO DIFFICULTIES.
UM, WE WANT TO DO IT LIKE IN, IN THE SITUATION OF THE PEOPLE YOU MENTIONED.
WE WANT TO DO IT BEFORE THE DEADLINES, OF COURSE, AND TRY TO SUPPORT THOSE PEOPLE.
WE CAN, I DON'T EVEN THINK NECESSARILY THAT HAS TO TIE INTO ANYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT SHOULD JUST BE AN EFFORT, UM, OF THE COMMISSION OF STAFF AS A WHOLE.
BUT, UH, GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL POINT FOR TODAY, WE JUST NEED TO CONFIRM WHAT DIRECTION, IF ANY, IS THERE FROM THE COMMISSION.
UM, DO YOU WANNA STUDY THIS FURTHER OR HOW YOU'D LIKE TO PROCEED? UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR, UM, I WOULD SAY NOW EMERGING ARTIST AWARD AS AN ADDITIONAL AWARD.
IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE PLACE YOU'RE AT, SO IF THERE IS A MOTION TO ESTABLISH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT HAPPENS, WE GET A SECOND AND WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
AND THEN WE WOULD ESTABLISH MEMBERS TO THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE SEPARATELY.
IF THERE'S NOT A MOTION, UM, IF YOU WANT TO INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDER THIS FURTHER AND PERHAPS BRING THIS UP AGAIN IN THE FUTURE, THAT'S AN OPTION AS WELL.
THERE IS NO MOTION, THEREFORE WE'LL CLOSE THE ITEM.
SO ITEM 5.2, UH, DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION REGARDING THE MINI GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW, AD HOC COMMITTEES, FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS, AND APPROVAL OF THE TWO MINI GRANTS IN THE AMOUNT OF UP TO $1,000, $1,000 EACH.
IS THERE A STAFF REPORT? THANK YOU.
VICE CHAIR D HERER AS A STAFF REPORT.
UM, THIS ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE IS FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE MINI-GRANT FUNDING.
UM, FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE'S REVIEW, UH, FOR THE JUNE 1ST, 2026 MINI-GRANT CYCLE STAFF RECEIVED TWO, UH, APPLICATIONS THAT WERE ELIGIBLE REQUESTING A TOTAL OF $2,000 IN FUNDING.
UH, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE REVIEWED BOTH APPLICATIONS AND, UM, EVALUATED AGAINST THE CRITERIA SET FORTH, UH, IN THE, UH, FOR MINI GRANTS AND IS RECOMMENDING FUNDING BOTH PROJECTS AT THE FULL, UH, REQUESTED AMOUNT.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT, 1000 TO THE HINDU COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER YOUTH AND EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR ITS KNITTING BABY BLANKETS FOR LOCAL HOSPITALS AND SHELTERS IN LIVERMORE PROJECT AND 1000 TO LIVERMORE PRIDE FOR THE LIVERMORE PRIDE FESTIVAL.
BOTH APPLICATIONS WERE DETERMINED TO BE ELIGIBLE, UH, AND ALIGNED WITH THE GOALS OF THE MINI GRANT.
BEFORE WE OPENED IT UP FOR, UH, COMMISSION DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE CHAIR TO SHARE ANY INFORMATION THAT, UM, UH, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE.
OTHERWISE, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, WHY DON'T WE TAKE 'EM ONE AT A TIME AND VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY IF WE CAN.
THE, UH, FIRST ONE UP IS AN APPLICATION FROM LIVERMORE PRIDE TO SUPPORT THE LIVERMORE PRIDE EVENT IN, UH, OCTOBER.
UM, THEY DO, UNLIKE EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE BAY AREA, THEY DO THEIR EVENT IN OCTOBER, UH, TO COORDINATE WITH LGBTQ PLUS HISTORY MONTH.
UM, THEY'VE DONE THE EVENT BEFORE, UH, THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS TO COVER EXPENSES IN RUNNING THE EVENT, AND IT SEEMED REASONABLE TO US.
UM, SO LET ME JUST, LET ME STOP THERE BEFORE I GO ON.
IT'S NOT, THERE'S NOT A LOT I NEED TO FILL YOU IN ABOUT, ABOUT THIS.
AND, AND I HOPE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEIR APPLICATION.
SO I WANNA RECOMMEND, UH, UM, APPROVING THE MINI GRANT OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS
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TO DELIVER MORE PRIDE.OH, DID, WAS THERE SUPPOSED TO BE DISCUSSION FIRST BEFORE THAT? SORRY, I THINK I JUMPED, I JUMPED RIGHT TO THE MOTION.
I DID, I TRIED TO PUSH IT, I TRIED TO PUSH IT ALONG.
DISCUSSION, JUST LIKE A CHAIR.
NO, I KNOW I'M MR. P AFTERWARDS, BUT WE DID THAT.
SO, IF THE REPORT FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES IS DONE, UH, WE'LL ASK FOR QUESTIONS.
IF, UH, THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT THAT'S BEEN RECEIVED, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT STEP.
SO, SO SHOULD I, DO I NEED TO DO BOTH OF THEM AT WHAT? OR CAN WE TREAT, CAN WE TREAT THEM SEPARATELY? UH, THE, THE TWO APPLICATIONS, IF, IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A SEPARATE MOTION, WE COULD, OR WE CAN DO IT ALL WITH ONE MOTION.
LET ME, LET ME THEN FILL YOU IN.
THE SECOND IS, UH, UM, FROM THE, UH, UM, HINDU COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER, UM, THEY'RE ASKING FOR SUPPORT FOR, UH, MATERIALS FOR KNITTING BABY BLANKETS FOR LOCAL HOSPITALS AND SHELTERS.
SO THE GRANT OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS WOULD GO TO PAY FOR MATERIALS.
UM, UH, WHILE EACH OF THESE APPLICATIONS HAD STUFF WHERE, OH, I WISH THEY HAD TOLD US THIS.
NEITHER OF THOSE, UH, UH, OBSERVATIONS THAT I HAD ABOUT THE APPLICATIONS, UM, UH, PRECLUDE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATING THE GIST OF WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR AND THE REASONABLENESS OF WHAT THEY'RE ASKING.
AND AS A CONSEQUENCE, WE, ON THE, UM, ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, FELT THAT WE SHOULD APPROVE BOTH GRANTS, UH, HINDU COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER AND LIVERMORE PRIDE.
SO THAT'S THE SUBCOMMITTEE, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH THE MINI GRANT APPLICATIONS? YEAH, I'LL MOVE THAT.
UH, DO I SECOND COMMISSIONER KALE? UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? UH, THE MOTION TO ESTABLISH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE PASSES? WE'LL CLOSE THIS ITEM AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UH, ITEM 5.3, UM, DISCUSSION ON ESTABLISHING MINI GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR THE FULL CALENDAR YEAR.
IS THERE A STAFF REPORT? YES, THERE IS.
AND, UH, GIVEN THE TIME, I'LL MAKE SURE I KEEP IT TIGHT HERE.
UH, DURING OUR LAST MEETING IN MAY 26TH, UH, STAFF MYSELF, I INITIATED A MATTER TO DISCUSS ESTABLISHING A MINI-GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE FULL CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, YOU ALL COLLECTIVELY SUPPORTED BRINGING THIS BACK.
UH, MANY GRANTS ARE LIMITED TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND HAVE LESS STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT MUST BE PRESENT IN THE APPLICATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THERE'S NO MATCHING FUND REQUIREMENTS.
UH, WHILE THEY ARE ESSENTIAL AND VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, AGAIN, THE BARRIERS ARE INTENTIONALLY LOW TO MAKE THESE A LITTLE EASIER TO CONSIDER AND A LITTLE EASIER FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ACCESS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE ESTABLISHING FOUR INDIVIDUAL AD HOC COMMITTEES A YEAR.
UH, ONE AT EACH DEADLINE CYCLE, MARCH, JUNE, SEPTEMBER, AND DECEMBER THE FIRST OR THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, BASICALLY.
UM, WE THINK IT WOULD BE A BETTER USE OF COMMISSION TIME, A BETTER USE OF STAFF TIME TO ESTABLISH ONE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, PER CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, EVEN I'M NOT SO CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN WE START IT FROM, WE CAN START IT WITH THE NEXT AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WE ESTABLISH.
WE CAN DO IT BEFORE THE, UH, SEPTEMBER DEADLINE COMES.
BUT AGAIN, THE, THE TIME COMMITMENT IS A LOT LESS.
I THINK WE'LL BE SPECIFIC AND BE CAREFUL IN TERMS OF WHO WE ESTABLISH.
IF WE KNOW THERE'S SOMEBODY'S LIKE, HEY, I'M NOT GONNA BE AVAILABLE AT THESE SPECIFIC TIMES.
OR IF SOMEBODY, FOR EXAMPLE, IS, UH, TERMING OUT OF THE COMMISSION, IT MAKES SENSE TO MAYBE CONSIDER SOMEBODY ELSE.
BUT I JUST DON'T SEE A LOT OF OBSTACLES OR PROBLEMS. WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSION THAT HAVING ONE SET OF FOLKS DO IT FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR WOULD BE A PROBLEM.
THE PROJECT AND PROGRAM GRANTS, JUST IN COMPARISON IN CONTRASTING THEM, UH, THEY'RE MORE INVOLVED.
WE TYPICALLY GET MORE OF THEM.
UM, I'M GUESSING HOPEFULLY THE COMMISSION WOULD AGREE THERE'S MORE TIME THAT NEEDS TO BE DEDICATED, MAYBE MORE THINGS THAT STAFF HAVE TO GO BACK AND ASK FOR.
THEY ONLY COME UP TWICE A YEAR.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ISSUE, UM, AT LEAST FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE AND STILL CONTINUING TO DO THAT AS TWO SEPARATE, UM, AD HOC COMMITTEES.
BUT WE WOULD, UH, WE DON'T NEED A FORMAL VOTE.
UM, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING, AGAIN, THAT'S CODIFIED OR SET IN THE POLICY MANUAL.
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UM, WE CAN HAVE A AD HOC COMMITTEE STAY ESTABLISHED FOR UP TO, YOU KNOW, KNOW ONE CALENDAR YEAR.SO WE WOULD JUST NEED THE GENERAL BLESSING COLLECTIVELY OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS AND WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH IT.
UM, DO WE HAVE A CONSENSUS FROM THE COMMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ANNUAL AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR MANY GRANTS? OKAY.
AND NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED AND THERE'S NO QUESTIONS.
WE WILL CLOSE THIS ITEM AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UH, 5.4, UH, DISCUSSION AND FEEDBACK RELATED TO THE COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS DISPLAY BOARD AS PART OF THE LIVERMORE CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL GALLERY DISPLAY SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER, 2026.
UH, SO THIS ITEM IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, REVIEW AND PREP, UH, FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS, UH, DISPLAY BOARD THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE SEPTEMBER LIVERMORE CULTURAL ARTS GALLERY DISPLAY.
UM, HISTORICALLY THE COMMISSION HAS MAINTAINED A, UH, DISPLAY BOARD.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF IT WAS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE COMMISSION'S ROLE MEMBERSHIP AND, UM, BEFORE IT WAS AN INDEX OF THE PUBLIC ART IN, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, SO IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE A, THAT UPDATED DRAFT AND WE DO HAVE THE, UM, A LARGER VERSION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE VERSION THAT WILL, UM, UH, THE SIZE OF THE VERSION THAT WILL BE DISPLAYED.
UM, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT THE DRAFT BOARD HIGHLIGHTS SEVERAL AREAS THAT THE COMMISSION'S WORKING ON, INCLUDING LIKE YOUR ROLE IN THE ARTS ECOSYSTEM OVERALL, BECAUSE THAT DISPLAY DOES INCLUDE A LOT OF OTHER OR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN, IN SERVING LIVERMORE.
UM, IT DOES HIGHLIGHT THE, UH, GRANTS PROGRAMS THAT IS SUPPORTED BY THE COMMISSION, UH, YOUR ROLE TO AS ADVISORY TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, WONDERFUL PICTURE OF THE COMMISSION AND YOUR COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP.
UM, SO WE, I, I DO HAVE THE LIFE SIZE.
SO STAFF TONIGHT IS ASKING FOR FEEDBACK ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE INFORMATION.
ANY PHOTOS THAT YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD, UH, INCLUDE ANY INFORMATION THAT WE'RE MISSING, ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE, UH, FOR STAFF TO CONSIDER.
WE'LL TAKE THAT FEEDBACK BACK AND THEN WE'LL INCORPORATE THAT, UM, INTO A, UH, REVISED DRAFT.
SO THIS IS THE, OH, WHERE, SO WHERE WILL THIS BE UP? UH, SO THE LIBRARY GALLERY.
UM, AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT'LL BE UP ARE OTHER OR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE LIKE, UH, THE LITTLE BANNER, THE BIG SIZE BANNERS THAT ARE IS IS THIS LIKE THAT THAT TRIFOLD THE BOARD? NO, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD.
SO THE BOARD THAT WE'RE UPDATING IS A BOARD LIKE THIS.
SO IT'S, THAT'S THE ACTUAL SIZE OF IT.
THE PREVIOUS BOARD WAS LIKE THIS AND IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER UHHUH, BUT BASED ON THE LAYOUT, BASED ON THE INFORMATION, HOW WE LAID IT OUT, WE, AGAIN, WE HAVE YOUR THE COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP, UM, IMPACT.
SO THESE, UH, THE, THE ROW OF PICTURES ON THE BOTTOM IS, UM, FROM PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED BY YEAH, I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
YEAH, I WAS GOOD TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
THOSE PICTURES, ARE THEY FROM PROJECTS THAT YES.
DID YOU DO THIS LINE MIDDLE ONE? THE IT YES.
IT WAS THAT WAS THE, THAT THE SECOND TO LAST PICTURE.
SO LET ME, YEAH, I CAN GO THROUGH EACH ONE.
THE FIRST ONE IF WE'RE LOOKING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IS FROM THE, UH, BORIO FESTIVAL.
AND THEN THIS IS FROM THE TRI-VALLEY ARTIST STUDIO.
AND THEN, UH, THE LAS POSITAS LITERARY FESTIVAL, THE SYMPHONY, UH, SHAKESPEARE IN THE VINEYARD, AND THEN THE, UM, LAA ART SHOW.
THE GOAL, ONE THING THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE, UM, IT'S DESIGNED SO THAT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS COLUMN STANDS OUT AND IT'S MEANT TO BE UPDATED.
SO WE'LL REFRESH THIS EVERY YEAR WITH YOUR HIGHLIGHTS SO THAT IT BECOMES A DOCUMENT THAT REFLECTS THAT IS REALLY,
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UH, CURRENT REFLECTS YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITHIN THE LAST, UM, CALENDAR YEAR, OR I'M SORRY, FISCAL YEAR.OH, COMMISSIONER G REALLY NICELY DESIGNED.
I LOVE THAT ACT ON TEXT STREET.
YOU DID
ONLY SUGGESTION MIGHT BE, UM, PERHAPS A QR CODE AND A WEB BIT LINK YEAH.
SHORT SO PEOPLE CAN GO SLACK THEIR PHONES AND GO FIND MORE INFORMATION AND ONCE IT'S ON THEIR PHONE, THEY CAN TEND TO KEEP IT.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, OKAY.
UM, JUST, JUST TO CLOSE ON THIS ONE, SO IF YOU DO HAVE ANY FURTHER, UH, THOUGHTS OR FEEDBACK, PLEASE DO LET US KNOW.
WE HAVE, UM, STILL A FEW MONTHS TO, OR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GET THIS TOGETHER.
SO IF YOU LIKE IT THE WAY IT IS NOW, UM, WE'LL KEEP THE FINAL PRODUCT AS CLOSE TO THIS AS POSSIBLE IF YOU ALREADY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT.
WE'LL CLOSE THIS ITEM AND MOVE ON TO THE COMMITTEE REPORTS
[6.COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS]
AND MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF.UM, ITEM SIX, COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED, INITIATED BY STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS.
IS THERE ANY REPORT FROM STAFF? WE HAVE NO MATTERS TO INITIATE AT THIS TIME.
UH, COMMISSIONER S SAYIN, IS THIS WHEN WE DO OUR ROUND TABLE? I THINK IT IS.
DO YOU WANNA START WITH ME? UM, YES.
I WAS JUST GOING TO REPORT, UM, I, I COULDN'T REMEMBER IF WE FUNDED THIS, BUT I WENT TO THE PHIL AM FILM FESTIVAL LAST MONTH.
DOES ANYBODY REMEM ANYWAY, IT WAS GREAT.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BLEW ME AWAY.
I WENT TO THE FIRST SESSION OF IT.
THEY HAD TWO PIXAR FILMS. THEY HAD, UH, THE DIRECTORS WERE THERE AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM PIXAR.
AND IT WAS VERY, VERY WELL DONE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL DO IT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE, BUT I FELT LIKE IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT.
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF IT? SORRY? THE PHIL LAMB.
OH, PHIL FILIPINO AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL.
AND I JUST COULDN'T RECALL OFFHAND IF THEY HAD ASKED FOR A GRANT, BUT IF THEY DID, IT WAS MONEY WELL SPENT.
I WILL, I THINK IT WAS ANOTHER AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM WORKSHOP.
UM, I ALSO HAPPENED TO SEE THE, UM, ART THROUGH TIME PROJECTED.
BUT ANYWAY, BUT THE PHIL AM FILM FESTIVAL IS GREAT.
AND, UM, THAT'S ALL I WAS GOING TO POINT OUT.
UM, THE QUE THE ART THROUGH TIME, WAS THAT ON PETE'S? WAS THAT YES.
WELL, I, I, I WALKED BY AND I SAID, OH, OH, THAT'S THE THING THAT WE
UM, WONDERFUL CLOSING CONCERT OF THE SYMPHONY SEASON.
UM, THE, UH, UM, I'M GONNA GO FROM HERE TO TUESDAY TUNES ON THE BANKHEAD PLAZA.
WHAT A FABULOUS COMMUNITY EVENT IT IS.
I WAS THERE LAST WEEK AND THE, UH, JUST FABULOUS MUSIC AND PEOPLE HANGING OUT ON THE LAWN AND JUST REAL, UH, BEAUTIFUL, UM, DOWNTOWN, UH, FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT THAT, UM, I, I PRESUME THE DOWNTOWN LIVERMORE ASSOCIATION IS BEHIND TUESDAY TUNES.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE THE ONES BANKROLLING IT.
UH, BUT IT, UH, IT, IT'S, UM, IT'S A VERY POSITIVE EVENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK I, I I WAS, I WAS AT THE, THE DOWNTOWN STREET FESTIVAL END OF MAY.
UM, AND I, I, I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT MANY PEOPLE.
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YOU KNOW, SO, UH, AND THAT'S WHEN I WALKED THROUGH THAT INDEPENDENT BUILDING AND SAW THAT, UH, EXHIBIT, UH, IT WAS, UH, VERY INTERESTING, YOU KNOW? NO.AND, UM, AND I ALSO ATTENDED THE, THE LIGHT BULB CENTENNIAL.
I WENT, UH, I MEAN, I I HADN'T SEEN THAT BEFORE.
I WENT AND SAW, IS THAT IT? YEAH, THAT TINY LITTLE THING.
OH MY GOD, IT'S SO MUCH PUBLICITY FOR THAT LITTLE THING.
YOU KNOW,
THAT'S A 60 WATT BULB THAT BURNS AT FOUR WATTS RIGHT NOW.
AND THE ARTS COMMISSION'S INVOLVED IN TUESDAY TUNES.
'CAUSE I'M THE WEBMASTER FOR LCAC AND I PUT UP ALL THE, THE, ALL THE BANDS ON THERE WITH LINKS TO ALL OF THEM.
IT'S ONE OF THE PREMIER EVENTS THAT LIBERAL CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL LIKES TO DO.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SUGGEST, UM, WITH THE, THE WORKSHOPS FOR GRANTS, YOU KNOW, SO EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, COULD WE GET A STAFF REPORT IN THE NEXT MEETING ON WHERE THIS IS AT? SO WE WERE TENTATIVELY PLANNING A GRANTS INFORMATION NIGHT LATE IN JULY.
UM, IF WE BROUGHT IT TO THE JULY MEETING, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH TIME TO IMPLEMENT EVERYTHING.
I THINK THE LIKELIHOOD IS PROBABLY THAT THE EVENT WILL MOVE TO AUGUST ANYWAY.
BUT, UM, WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING MORE CONCRETE, UM, THAT WE CAN BRING TO YOU IN ADVANCE, WE WILL, UM, IT, THERE'S A POTENTIAL, IT MAY STILL HAPPEN IN JULY, BUT EVEN IF WE AREN'T ABLE TO TELL YOU BEFOREHAND, WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF TELL YOU WHAT OUR PLANS ARE AND THEN, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO RECAP AT THE NEXT EVENT, OR SORRY, AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL COME UP WITH A LONGER TERM PLAN FOR LIKE HOW FREQUENTLY THESE EVENTS SHOULD HAPPEN, HOW OFTEN IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY COME IN, LEARN ABOUT ARTS, TALK TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SUCCESSFUL ARTISTS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTTEN GRANTS BEFORE AND GET INFORMATION FROM THEM.
AND THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT COMPONENTS WE HAVE WORKING AT THE MOMENT, SO.
UM, SHOULD I ADJOURN? THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS.