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[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU CAN JUST ANSWER AYE, TO INDICATE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT.COMMISSIONER GOSMAN IS CURRENTLY ABSENT FOR THE RECORD.
COMMISSIONER LANE IS ABSENT FOR THE RECORD.
[3.OPEN FORUM ]
THE OPEN FORUM.ALAN, HAS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT BEEN RECEIVED? UH, SORRY.
TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
THE FIRST ONE IS FROM NANCY MULLIGAN.
MS. MULLIGAN, IF YOU WANNA STEP FORWARD, UH, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I DON'T NEED OH, YEAH, YOU NEED TO DO IT FROM THE MICROPHONE FOR YOU.
YEAH, BUT IT'S ABOUT GETTING IT ON THE RECORDING FOR PEOPLE THERE, SO, OKAY.
IT'S NICE TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE.
I I HAVE TALKED TO SOME OF YOU, BUT SOME OF YOU I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO BEFORE, BUT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CENTENNIAL SCULPTURE.
AT ONE TIME WE HAD A TOTEM POLE DOWN IN CENTENNIAL PARK, AND IN A MATTER OF TIME WE HAD TO TAKE IT DOWN.
AND IT TURNED OUT WE DON'T HAVE IT ANY LONGER, BUT WE WANT TO REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING AND WE WANNA REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING CALLED A CENTENNIAL SCULPTURE BECAUSE WE STILL WANNA HONOR THE HUNDRED YEARS OF LIVERMORE'S HISTORY, WHICH WAS IN THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
SO THE NEW ONE WE WANT TO MAKE LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT, AND YET A LOT THE SAME.
SO THE FIRST THING WE WANTED TO DO WAS NOT MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A TOTEM POLE, BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF NATIVE AMERICANS THAT DID NOT LIKE THAT.
AND SO INSTEAD OF MAKING A TOTEM POLE, WE'RE MAKING A SCULPTURE THAT WILL HAVE FOUR SIDES TO IT AND THE BACKSIDE WILL HAVE NOTHING, BUT THE FRONT SIDE WILL KIND OF HONOR THE, THE THING THAT WAS ALREADY THERE.
THERE WILL BE AN EAGLE ON THE TOP, BUT NOT A NATIVE AMERICAN EAGLE, BUT A REGULAR EAGLE.
THERE WILL BE ROBERT LIVERMORE WITH THE HOUSE, WHICH STANDS FOR ALL OF OUR HOMES HERE.
UNDERNEATH THAT IS A MAN HOLDING SOME GRAPES FOR OUR, UM, VINEYARDS AND ALL OF OUR WINE MAKING.
UH, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE A BEEHIVE BECAUSE WE HAD A BEAVER THERE BEFORE, WHICH IS ALSO A NATIVE AMERICAN, UH, ITEM.
SO WE TOOK THAT OFF AND REPLACED IT WITH THE BEEHIVE BECAUSE THAT STANDS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE IN LIVERMORE.
AND UNDERNEATH THAT, THE ATOMIC SYMBOL FOR THE LAB.
AND THEN THE 10 RINGS FOR THE A HUNDRED YEARS.
THEN ON ONE SIDE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR BIG FLAGPOLE, SOME ACORNS, UH, A GLASS OF WINE FOR OUR WINERIES, OUR A HUNDRED YEAR OLD LIGHT BULB AND A DRAWING OF OUR DEPOT.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE GIANT COWBOY THAT WE ALWAYS PUT OUT WHEN IT'S TIME FOR RODEO.
UM, THEN WE'LL HAVE A RODEO RIDER, THEN WE'LL HAVE A COW GETTING BRANDED, THE CARNEGIE BUILDING, AND A WOOLLY MAMMOTH THAT WE FOUND THE BONES OF WHEN THEY WERE WORKING AT THE LAB.
SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
I CAN WALK AROUND AND SHOW THE ONES WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE ALL GOT COPIES OF IT, BUT HAVE YOU SEEN IT? OKAY.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING ISN'T YOUR SUMMARY, YOU COULD APPROVE THIS SO THAT WE COULD START THE CARVING BECAUSE THE CAR'S GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME AND MAYBE I SHOULD SAVE THIS OVER HERE.
AND OUR CARVER IS GETTING OLDER, BUT HE IS WILLING TO DO THIS FOR NOTHING.
AND WE HAVE THE WOOD, WHICH WE ALWAYS ALREADY HAVE FOR NOTHING.
IT'S COSTING THE CITY NOTHING.
WE'RE TAKING CARE OF ALL THE PARTS OF IT.
ALL WE HAVE TO HAVE IS THE APPROVAL THAT WE CAN START CARVING IT.
OH, SORRY, MS. MULLIGAN, YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE DONE.
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AND THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BARBARA SOLES.UM, NANCY AND I ARE BOTH FROM THE LI UH, FROM THE, UM, HERITAGE GUILD, THE LIVERMORE HERITAGE GUILD, WHICH IS YOUR HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
AS MOST OF YOU ALREADY KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING TIRED OF SEEING US ON THESE MEETINGS EVERY, EVERY MONTH OR SO.
HOWEVER, WE ARE REALLY ADAMANT ABOUT GETTING THIS PROJECT DONE.
AND I GUESS I, UH, HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT NANCY WAS SAYING.
UM, THE ONLY COST TO THE CITY WILL BE INSTALLING IT AND GIVING US A CEMENT BASE.
AND WE WANNA PUT IT BACK IN CENTENNIAL PARK WHERE THE, OR THE TOTEM POOL WAS.
AND SO IF SINCE, AND WE HA AND AS SHE SAID, WE HAVE THE WOOD, THE THE TREE IS AN 18 FOOT REDWOOD TREE, AND IT'S SITTING AT HAMAN PARK, HAMAN, UH, RANCH, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE IT.
UH, IT'S JUST WAITING TO BE CARVED.
AND AS SHE SAID, KEN MORGAN ISN'T GETTING ANY YOUNGER AND THE WEATHER ISN'T GETTING MUCH BETTER.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A TIME TO CARVE IT.
HE WANT, HE HAS TO CARVE IT OUTSIDE.
SO, UM, IF, UH, AND I THINK THE IMPORTANT POINT HERE IS THAT THIS IS TO REPLACE SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY THERE.
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING NEW, UM, FOR THE CITY, IT'S, IT'S A REPLACEMENT FOR THE TOTEM POLE.
AND HOPE YOU CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MOVE THIS ALONG QUICKLY SO WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHO ASK WHERE, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TOTEM POLE? AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TELLING 'EM WHAT OUR PLAN IS, BUT WE SURE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE IT.
AND THAT COMPLETES THE, UH, OPEN FORUM SPEAKER CARDS THAT WE HAVE.
WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE THE OPEN FORUM AND WE ARE MOVING ALONG
[4.CONSENT CALENDAR ]
TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.UM, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ONE ITEM.
THIS MEETING, THE APPROVAL OF JUNE'S MINUTES.
IS THERE A STAFF REPORT? THERE IS NO STAFF REPORT FOR THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? DOES THAT GO? PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
SO IS, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION, COMMENTS ON LAST MEETING'S MINUTES? I MOVE TO APPROVE.
THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ON LAST MEETING'S MINUTES ARE COMMISSIONER HURST, UH, OR VICE CHAIR HURST, COMMISSIONER GUZMAN, COMMISSIONER KLE, COMMISSIONER MILDER, AND COMMISSIONER.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? AND WE HAVE THE ABSTENTIONS, THE MOTION PASSES.
WE'LL CLOSE THIS ITEM AND MOVE FORWARD TO THE MATTERS FOR
[5.MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION ]
CONSIDERATION.APPOINTMENT OF AD HOC COMMITTEE TO REVIEW MINI GRANT APPLICATIONS.
UM, SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD, UH, WITH ASKING YOU ALL TO APPOINT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER THE MINI GRANTS THAT WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026 DEADLINE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, MOVING TO HAVING ONE ANNUAL AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION OF, UM, MINI GRANT APPLICATIONS.
WE WERE THINKING THE BEST PART, BEST POINT TO DO THAT WOULD BE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR.
SO NOT QUITE IN JANUARY, BUT IN MARCH.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, NOTHING UNIQUE HERE.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY, UM, MINI GRANT APPLICATIONS AS OF THIS TIME.
UM, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED.
WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? GREAT.
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DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ESTABLISH THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE? COMMISSIONER KLEI? IS THERE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER SANE.ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION? ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION TO ESTABLISH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE PASSES? MOVING TO OUR FAVORITE PART, DO WE HAVE THREE COMMISSIONERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE MINI GRANT? AD HOC COMMITTEE COMMISSIONER SAYING, COMMISSIONER KELLY GEE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO SELECT THESE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE? MOVED COMMISSIONER DE ALICE.
IS THERE A SECOND? YOU WANNA DESIGNATE THE CHAIR FIRST? OH YEAH.
IS THERE A CHAIR WHO I CAN BE CHAIR COMMISSIONER SAIN.
SO WE HAD A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER DE ALICE.
IS THERE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER BABAR.
THE MOTION PASSES TO SELECT COMMISSIONER KLEI, VICE CHAIR, HURST AND COMMISSIONER SANE AS THE CHAIR FOR THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE.
WE WILL CLOSE THIS ITEM AND MOVE ALONG TO THE NEXT.
APPOINTMENT OF AD HOC COMMITTEE TO REVIEW PROJECT AND PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATIONS.
ALSO ANOTHER BRIEF STAFF REPORT.
UM, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD, UH, EXPERIENCE BEFORE.
UM, THIS'LL BE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT FOR THE PROJECT AND PROGRAM GRANTS THAT ARE RECEIVED BY THE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026 DEADLINE.
THESE WILL STAY, UM, ONE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR EACH, YOU KNOW, CYCLE.
THE CYCLES COME ACROSS, UH, TWO, TWO TIMES A YEAR.
UM, AGAIN, NOTHING UNIQUE RELATED TO THIS.
UH, YOU SHOULD ALL BE FAMILIAR WITH IT.
THE INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN THE PACKET.
SO THAT COMPLETES MY STAFF REPORT.
AND IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
WITH THAT, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ESTABLISH THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE? COMMISSIONER BABAR? DO I HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER MILDER.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION TO ESTABLISH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE HAS PASSED? MOVING ON TO ADDING MEMBERS TO THE COMMITTEE.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT IN PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATIONS? I WILL NOMINATE MYSELF.
SAYING TIMING WISE THOUGH, THAT'S, WE TALK ABOUT THE TIMING.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE IT DECIDED BY.
SO OUR MEETING DATE IN SEPTEMBER THE 22ND.
I WOULD SAY REALISTICALLY, IF WE HAD A RECOMMENDATION FROM YOU BY THE 11TH OF SEPTEMBER, THAT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONER MILDER.
AND WE NEED A THIRD
ANYONE WANT TO CHAIR? COMMISSIONER MILDER.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO SELECT COMMISSIONER OR VICE CHAIR? HURST? CHAIR CUSTODIAL AND COMMISSIONER MILDER AS THE CHAIR FOR THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE.
THAT WAS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER DARREN ELLI.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GUZMAN.
ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES.
WE'LL CLOSE THIS ITEM AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.
APPOINTMENT OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO REVIEW SUBMISSIONS FOR THE L STREET GARAGE MURAL.
IS THERE A STAFF REPORT? YES, THERE IS A STAFF REPORT.
SO I'M EXCITED TO BRING THIS ONE BACK.
THERE HAD BEEN A CONVERSATION.
UM, WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS OBVIOUSLY MULTIPLE TIMES.
THE COMMISSION HAD EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS FOR THE L STREET GARAGE ALONG WITH THE, UM, LIVERMORE AND PLAZA UTILITY BOX.
AS WE'VE, WE'VE STARTED TO WORK ON THAT AS WELL.
UM, CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS INTERNALLY, UM, WITH THE CITY.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED ALL
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OF THE RFPS BACK.UM, CITY STAFF HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM.
UM, OUR PARTNERS AT LAWRENCE LIVERMORE, UH, NATIONAL LABORATORY, UM, THEY'VE HAD A CHANCE TO, UH, GIVE AT LEAST THEIR INITIAL FEEDBACK AS WELL.
AND IT WAS DETERMINED, HEY, THE NEXT BEST STEP IS TO GO TO THE COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK AS WELL.
HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, I HOPE WE ALL LAND ON THE SAME
BUT, SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE COMMISSION TO DO TODAY IS TO APPOINT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, TO REVIEW, DO THE INITIAL REVIEW OF THE RFP PROPOSALS THAT WE RECEIVED.
EVERYBODY WHO QUALIFIED FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION MET THE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COMMISSION AT THE NEXT MEETING IN AUGUST.
AND THEN OF COURSE IN AUGUST WE'LL ASK THE FULL COMMISSION TO MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT THEY THINK ARE THE BEST ART CHOICES.
UM, SO THAT INFORMATION CAN BE SHARED WITH THE CITY.
AGAIN, PUT ALONG WITH THE INFORMATION FROM OUR OTHER PARTNERS LIKE THE LAB, THE ONES WHO HAVE THE EXPERTISE, YOU KNOW, AND SOME OF THE SPECIFICS WE ASKED FOR AND SUCH.
UM, I'LL JUST MENTION IT HERE BECAUSE IT STARTED TO COME UP EARLIER.
SO THERE'S TWO, TWO SPECIFIC THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, UH, LIVERMORE AND PLAZA.
WE ALREADY HAVE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THAT, THAT WORK WILL GO FORWARD IN AUGUST AS WELL.
SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT BOTH OF THESE, UH, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION AND THEN ASKING FOR YOU TO, YOU KNOW, REPORT OUT TO THE FULL COMMISSION.
THAT SHOULD ALL HAPPEN IN AUGUST.
AND THEN A QUESTION I GOT EARLIER FROM, UM, COMMISSIONER GUZMAN, UH, BECAUSE WE SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, YOU KNOW, WOULD LAST ALL THE WAY UP TILL POTENTIALLY JUNE 30TH OF NEXT YEAR.
THE REASON WE CALLED IT OUT THAT, THAT WAY WAS WHEN WE DID THE, LIKE THE LIVERMORE AND PLAZA UTILITY BOXES, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, WE DIDN'T GO FORWARD WITH ANYBODY WHO WAS SELECTED ON THAT FIRST RFP.
SO IT MADE IT WHERE WE HAD TO END UP, YOU KNOW, JUST GOING WITH ANOTHER AD HOC COMMITTEE WHEN WE GOT CLOSE TO IT.
WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD MUCH SOONER THAN JUNE OF NEXT YEAR.
BUT JUST IN CASE THERE IS ANY DELAYS OR THERE IS ANY REASON WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK OUT FOR PROPOSALS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE JUST SAID, LET'S JUST CALL IT OUT.
SPECIFICALLY THE QUESTION THAT CAME UP WAS FOR COMMISSIONERS WHOSE TERM IS ENDING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, WHETHER THEY'RE TERMING OUT COMPLETELY OR THEY JUST ARE AT A POINT WHERE THEY NEED TO APPLY REAPPLY, WOULD THEY BE ELIGIBLE? MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THAT YOU KNOW THAT FACTOR, BUT THERE'S NO REASON YOU WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE AT THIS TIME TO PARTICIPATE.
WORST CASE SCENARIO, IF WE ABSOLUTELY HAD TO, THEN WE WOULD LOOK TO REPLACE ANYBODY WHO, UM, LEFT THE COMMISSION.
IF THE WORK OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WAS STILL GOING AND BECAUSE IT'S ULTIMATELY A FULL COMMISSION DECISION, I THINK WE SHOULD BE OKAY.
SO, UM, THAT COMPLETES MY THOUGHTS.
I'M HAPPY TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YEAH, WE CAN DO QUESTIONS FIRST.
I, JUST TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR.
SO FOR THE UTILITY FACTS, YEAH, THAT'S ALSO GONNA BE HAPPENING THE SAME TIME IN AUGUST NEXT MONTH.
YEAH, APPROXIMATELY SAME TIMEFRAME.
WE, WE IMAGINE THESE WILL RUN PARALLEL.
CAN YOU GUYS JUST, I KNOW THE SCREECHING CAN BE DIFFICULT, BUT YEAH, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT ALL IN THE RECORDING FOR THE PUBLIC.
SO, 'CAUSE I, I, I WANNA BE ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT I ALSO HAVE A TRAVEL DATE FROM, UH, SIXTH THROUGH THE 11TH.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE IF I'M AVAILABLE.
SO THE APPROXIMATE PLAN IS THAT NEXT WEEK IS THE THIRD.
WE WILL SEND OUT THE PROPOSALS TO ALL COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UM, ONCE THAT GOES OUT, YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO INDEPENDENTLY REVIEW THEM.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, FORM ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, ANY DISCUSSION POINTS THAT WILL MAKE SENSE TO, UM, DISCUSS WITH THE FULL AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AND THEN THE WEEK OF THE 10TH WILL BE WHEN WE'LL NEED TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND HAVE A MEETING AND DISCUSS, UM, YOUR INDIVIDUAL FEELINGS AND THEN COME TO A, YOU KNOW, AN UNDERSTANDING ON WHAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WANTS TO RECOMMEND TO THE FULL COMMISSION.
WE'LL BE A PART OF THAT MEETING AS WELL.
SO IF, SO, SO IF I AM, UH, NIGHT
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HERE FROM SEVENTH THROUGH THE 10TH, IS THAT A I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE.I MEAN, IF YOU'RE THERE ON THE WEEK OF THE THIRD, UM, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO AT LEAST RECEIVE THE ITEMS AND DO YOUR INDIVIDUAL REVIEW IF YOU ARE BACK ON THE 11TH.
I MEAN, I'D SAY MOST LIKELY THE MEETING THAT WE HAVE WITH THE GROUP WILL PROBABLY BE, UM, LATER OF THE WEEK.
LET ME LOOK AT THE MEETING DATES.
I CAN GIVE YOU A MORE ACCURATE APPROXIMATION.
SO SINCE THE NEXT MEETING'S ON THE 25TH, IT WOULD MEAN THAT WE HAD TO HAVE, UH, EVERYTHING PRETTY WELL SET FOR THE NEXT AGENDA ON THE 18TH.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT MEETING PROBABLY SHOULD HAPPEN NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY.
SO THE 12TH OR THE 13TH OF AUGUST, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY APPROXIMATELY.
UM, I WOULD EITHER SAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS ARE EVEN, UM, A, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE NOT FIRM, MAYBE SIT THIS ONE OUT.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO BE ON IT AND YOU'RE SELECTED BY YOUR COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WORK WITH YOU WHEN WE CAN.
WE JUST CAN'T GO TO THE END OF THE WEEK.
WE'LL RUN OUTTA TIME TO GET EVERYTHING INTO THE PACKET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, HOW MANY APPLICATIONS OR RFPS DID YOU, UH, HOW MANY APPLICATIONS DID YOU RECEIVE FOR THE L STREET MURAL? SO THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT ARE TO BE CONSIDERED, OR 13? WE HAD MORE THAN THAT, BUT THERE WERE SOME THAT DID NOT, UM, EITHER CHOSE, THEY EXPRESSED INTEREST BUT DIDN'T SUBMIT ANY ARTS OR DRAWING OR CONCEPTS, OR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, THEY JUST COULDN'T MOVE FORWARD.
BUT THERE'S 13 ACTUAL PROPOSALS THAT WE'LL ASK TO HAVE REVIEWED.
IT'LL BE THE SAME 13 PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED, UM, WITH CITY STAFF AS WELL AS THE LAB.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT'S BEEN RECEIVED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SO I WILL BE BACK ON THE 11TH.
SO 12TH OR 13TH IS THE ONLY TIME I COULD MEET.
SO GUS THAT IN THE NEXT LITTLE VOTING ROUND.
UM, BUT DO I, IS THERE, ARE WE OKAY ON JUST DISCUSSING, CAN WE MOVE FORWARD TO ESTABLISH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE? DO I HAVE A MOTION? COMMISSIONER LANE? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION TO ESTABLISH THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE PASSES? NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE ADDING OF THE MEMBERS.
DOES THAT SOUND GREAT? ALL RIGHT.
DOES SOMEBODY WANT TO BE A CHAIR COMMISSIONER? GUZMAN.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO SELECT COMMISSIONER BABAR? COMMISSIONER DEIS AND COMMISSIONER GUZMAN AS THE CHAIR FOR THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE.
IS THERE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER LANE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
IS ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES TO SELECT THESE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
[6.COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS]
ITEM SIX COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS.IS THERE ANY REPORT FROM STAFF? THERE IS NO STAFF REPORT AT THIS TIME.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS WE'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT? COMMISSIONER DARREN ANALYSIS OFFERS.
CAN YOU REMIND, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHO IS ON THE UTILITY BOX COMMITTEE? THAT'S GOOD.
IF YOU GIVE ME JUST ONE MOMENT, I'LL PULL IT UP HERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE MEANTIME? COMMISSIONER ZAIN? UM, MY, UH, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, TELL ME IF THIS IS, I I, I'M STILL NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT OR NOT, BUT THE, THE TOTEM POLE.
CAN WE HELP THESE LADIES? LIKE WHAT'S THE PROCESS? WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO TO ACTUALLY LIKE, SORRY, I, I JUST, AND WHENEVER THEY'RE HERE, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED
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TO, I I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE, SHOULD SOMEBODY BE TELLING THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO DO? YES.YEAH, AND, UM, IT'S BEEN EXPLAINED TO THEM, UM, SEVERAL OCCASIONS WE'VE EXPLAINED TO THEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN.
UM, FIRST TO THEN GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN START CONSIDERING, UM, INDIVIDUAL ART IDEAS AND PROJECTS FOR SPACES AND PLACES IN THE CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE INDICATED THAT THEIR PLAN IS TO RETURN AND, AND SPEAK ON IT, BUT I'VE GIVEN THEM THE SAME ANSWER.
I SPOKE TO, UM, MS. MULLIGAN THIS, UH, AFTERNOON.
SHE ARRIVED EARLY AND HAD A CHANCE TO KIND OF REITERATE FOR HER, MAKE SURE SHE HAD AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS AND WHERE WE'RE AT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, SHE'S WANTING THINGS TO GO INTO IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN THEY'RE GOING TO.
SO, BUT WE'VE HEARD HER OUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE EXPLAINED TO HER TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES, KIND OF LIKE WHAT TO EXPECT GOING FORWARD.
AND SO, BUT EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO COME TO THE MEETINGS AND SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS, SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, I'VE ALSO LET HER KNOW SHE CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY.
SO BY NO MEANS, UM, ARE WE NOT COMMUNICATING WITH THEM OR NOT MEETING THEIR NEEDS.
WE, WE, WE HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH 'EM WELL WHAT IS THE PROCESS? SO, UM, HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE LAST TIME, UM, THAT WE DISCUSSED IT HERE.
AND THEN I'VE SPOKEN TO IT INDIVIDUALLY, I THINK WITH A COUPLE OF YOU AS WELL.
BUT, UM, FIRST THING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS, OF COURSE, IT'S PART OF THE WORK PLAN.
WE HAVE TO INVENTORY ALL OF THE ART IN THE CITY.
WE'VE ALREADY STARTED PUTTING TOGETHER THE PLANS FOR THAT, UM, FOR HOW WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THE EXISTING ART IN THE CITY.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING.
UM, WE'RE KIND OF DOING THIS SIM SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH TRYING TO GET OUR, UH, CITY GIS UPDATED WITH, YOU KNOW, A SPECIFIC ARTS LAYER TO IDENTIFY ART IN THE CITY.
SO THIS IS ACTIVELY HAPPENING, I IMAGINE.
AND AS I SHARED WITH, UM, MS. MULLIGAN EARLIER, I IMAGINE THAT THE FIRST, UM, ACTUAL WORK WITH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THAT WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN IN AUGUST.
UM, HOPEFULLY IF ALL GOES WELL, THE NEXT STEPS, WHICH ARE THEN IDENTIFYING ALL THE POTENTIAL SPACES AND PLACES THAT ART CAN BE ADDED TO HOPEFULLY SEPTEMBER.
UM, JUST DEPENDS ON HOW THINGS GO IN AUGUST, MAYBE OCTOBER.
UM, ONCE THOSE TWO STEPS HAVE BEEN DONE AND WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND WE'VE CATALOGED EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE, THAT'S WHEN WE CAN START CONSIDERING, UM, ART PROJECTS FOR INDIVIDUAL SPACES.
UM, THAT HAS NO, UM, THAT TIMELINE THAT, UM, PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING FROM IS, YOU KNOW, JUST OUR, OUR GUESTS AT THIS POINT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON WITH THE ARTS RIGHT NOW.
WE ALSO, OF COURSE HAVE LI DUTIES TO THE LIBRARY.
SO STAFF, UH, TIME IS IS A BIG PART OF IT.
WE DON'T WANT THE COMMUNITY TO WAIT JUST BECAUSE OF THAT.
UM, I, AGAIN, I, I UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE FEEL, BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE TO GO BY WHAT'S IN THE WORK PLAN THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW.
YEAH, BECAUSE, UM, AND, AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION, UM, IS ACTUALLY DIRECTED TOWARDS MANA.
I HAVE A LITTLE NOTE IN MY CALENDAR THAT ON AUGUST 14TH, IS THERE A SPEAKER OR SOMETHING? YES.
WHEN WE GET TO YOU, WILL YOU TELL US ABOUT? SURE.
UM, BEFORE WE GO TO COMMISSIONER LA, CAN I JUST ANSWER COMMISSIONER DIOR ANALYSIS QUESTION? OH, YEAH, YEAH.
UM, SO THE UTILITY BOX MURAL REVIEW, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEE IS COMMISSIONER DIOR AS THE CHAIR COMMISSIONER BABAR AND COMMISSIONER GUZMAN.
AND THEN JUST, AND THEN I JUST WANNA MENTION THIS AS WELL BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE HOPE TO HAVE GO FORWARD IN AUGUST.
THE GROUP THAT'S GONNA BE INVOLVED IN INVENTORYING THE PUBLIC ART AND RECOMMENDING ART SPACES, TYPES AND THEMES, UM, ARE GONNA BE COMMISSIONER KGI AS THE CHAIR, UM, CHAIR CUSTODIAL AND COMMISSIONER GUZMAN FOR THAT.
SO, I KNOW NOBODY ASKED, BUT JUST BECAUSE IT'S FRESH TOPIC, WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE ALL LOOPED IN THERE.
IT, IT FEELS LIKE THESE LADIES EXPECT US TO DO SOMETHING AND THEY'RE COMING HERE AND WE SIT HERE LIKE THIS AND IT'S LIKE, THEY'RE PROBABLY THINKING THEY'RE BEING STONEWALLED.
AND I KNOW SAN FRANCISCO'S FAMOUS FOR BUREAUCRACY, BUT I'M SURE THEY'RE THINKING
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THEY'RE RUNNING UP AGAINST A WALL.AND I FEEL BAD THAT THEY'RE EVEN COMING TO US BECAUSE RIGHT.
I DON'T, I DON'T SEE US IN A ROLE FOR THIS RIGHT NOW.
AND SO I, I REALLY FEEL BAD FOR THEM.
AND IT MAKES US LOOK BAD THAT THEY GET UP HERE AND TALK AND THEY'RE SO SINCERE AND VERY NICE AND THEY'RE SAYING IT'S A REPLACEMENT OF AN EXISTING ARTWORK.
WE HAVE THE MONEY, WE HAVE THE PERSON, SO WHY ARE WE WAITING MONTHS AND UPON MONTHS? AND THEN THEY, I DUNNO IF THEY WANT, EXPECT US TO VOTE SOMETHING OR, BUT I JUST FEEL REALLY BAD THAT THEY KEEP COMING BACK TO US AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF, WE HAVE TO JUST KIND OF SIT THERE AND LOOK AT 'EM.
WE DON'T HAVE AN AGENDIZED ITEM, SO OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T HOLD A FULL DISCUSSION.
MAY HAVE SAID TOO MUCH ALREADY, HONESTLY.
UM, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT THAT WAS EXPRESSED TO ME, UM, THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT THE COMMISSION COULD DO.
AND I EXPLAINED, UM, AS I HAVE IN THE PAST, THE COMMISSION IS GOING TO FOLLOW THE WORK PLAN.
IT'S NOT THAT THE COMMISSION DOESN'T, UM, CARE OR IS NOT WANTING OR WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD, THERE'S JUST A PROCESS THIS HAS TO GO THROUGH.
WE ESTABLISHED AND APPROVED THE WORK PLAN.
IT CALLS HOW, HOW SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE GONNA BE HANDLED.
SO, UM, I WOULD SAY I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOU FEELING THE WAY THAT YOU DO, BUT, UM, IN THIS CASE, AT THIS POINT, THERE IS NO ACTION THAT THE COMMISSION COULD TAKE.
OTHER THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN FIRST.
IT'S IN JUST NO PROBLEM GOING ON THE RECORD SAYING THAT THE COMMISSION IS NOT A CAUSE IN ANY WAY OF THE DELAY OF THE CONSIDERATION, UM, OF THE ART THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE GO FORWARD.
UH, AND ONE OTHER ITEM, I, UH, IT'S COME UP INFORM A FEW TIMES, UH, ABOUT THE L STREET GARAGE.
UH, AND I DUNNO IF WE NEED TO IZE IT, BUT WE HAD IDEAS ABOUT OTHER ART WITHIN THE GARAGE.
BUT ONE THING WAS, ESPECIALLY THERE'S A ABSOLUTE PREMIUM SPOT BY THE ELEVATORS FOR THE WALKWAY TO PUT SOMETHING IN THAT SPACE, EITHER ON AN INTERACTIVE SCREEN OR SOME WORKS OF ART.
AND I DON'T KNOW, WOULD WE PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA? IS THAT HOW WE'D GO ABOUT THAT? SO YOU CAN INITIATE A DISCUSSION ON IT.
YOU, THIS IS SOME ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU CAN REACH OUT AND JUST MAKE AN INQUIRY ON, AND I CAN ASK IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE IDEA GOING FORWARD AT ALL, THEN YES, AGENDA IS AN ITEM OR INITIATE AN ITEM.
IF IT'S COLLECTIVELY SUPPORTED BY THE COMMISSION, WE CAN BRING IT BACK.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCATION THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, I'D LIKE TO AGENDA IF, IF OTHER COMMISSIONERS ARE INTERESTED, I THINK IT'D BE A WORTHY ITEM TO PUT ON THE AGENDA.
AND WE COULD, WE COULD, I KNOW CAN PICTURES, A COUPLE OF US HAVE TAKEN PICTURES ALREADY AND KNOW THE AREA AND I THINK IT'D BE WORTH WORTHY OF THE COMMISSION'S, UH, TALK AT LEAST.
YEAH, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
BUT YEAH, IF YOU AGENDIZE IT, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY HAVE A DISCUSSION AND GET SOME DIRECTION AND GO BACK TO STAFF WITH WHAT YOU COLLECTIVELY, UH, DECIDE YOU'D LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN.
SO YOU HAVE TO FORMALLY INITIATE THAT, AND THEN, OH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, INITIATE A DISCUSSION REGARDING L STREET GARAGE.
UM, INSTALLATIONS OF ART SPECIFIC TO SOMETHING YOU SAID NEAR THE ELEVATOR.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE IT UP TO THE COMMISSION, BUT, OH, OKAY.
UH, A COUPLE OF US HAVE, UH, LOOKED AT SOME PRIME LOCATIONS, BUT I DON'T WANNA RESTRICT IT TO THAT.
SO I, I'D MAKE IT OPEN-ENDED AND MAYBE DURING THE, ONCE IT GETS AGENDIZED, OTHER COMMISSIONERS MIGHT WANNA VISIT THE GARAGE AND BRING YOUR OWN IDEAS.
SO ARE CONSIDERATIONS INSIDE THE GARAGE SEPARATE FROM THE EAST ELEVATION, WHICH YES.
I'M, I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT WITH YOU NOW.
DOES THAT HAVE TO BE A MOTION? NO, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A MOTION.
IT LOOKS LIKE, DAMN, MICROPHONE.
BASED ON, BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM THE, UH, COMMISSION, IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS COLLECTIVE SUPPORT TO BRING THAT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.
AND THEN WE HAD COMMISSIONER SSH.
I WAS GONNA RESPOND TO WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE TOTEM POLL.
UM, WELL, IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE WHAT YOU SAID.
I MEAN, IT'S A VERY PUBLIC SPOT THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE IT, IT DOES SEEM LIKE THE KIND OF THING THAT SHOULD GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS OF SEEING WHAT ALTERNATIVES THERE ARE AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE WOULD DO FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
SO I JUST WAS AGREEING THAT THAT MAKES SENSE, BUT I JUST DIDN'T THINK IT THROUGH.
UM, WE, IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL.
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IDEA AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T EVEN IDENTIFIED ALL THE PLACES FOR ART.UM, I HAVE NO IDEA IF THAT WILL BE THE BEST OPTION FOR THAT LOCATION OR IF WE OPEN IT UP BROAD FOR ALL I KNOW, ONE OF THE COMMISSION WILL GO OUT TO THAT SPACE AND THINK SOMETHING ELSE COULD BE RIGHT THERE.
OR YOU MAY SAY POLL'S, RIGHT? WE'RE JUST NOT AT THAT POINT YET.
BUT EVERYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN ART AT SOME POINT WILL GET A CHANCE TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
UM, HERE'S WHAT I'M PROPOSING.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST FOR THESE PUBLIC SPACES.
THAT'S EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ART ON, IN, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE BUILDINGS THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM PUBLIC SPACE AND THEN SUCH, UM, IT'S NOT GOING AS FAST AS THEY WOULD LIKE, BUT IT IS STILL IMPORTANT JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE'S PROJECT OR THINGS THAT THEY WANT CONSIDERED.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I WAS A JUDGE FOR THE CITY STAFF ART EXHIBITION AT THE LIBRARY, AND I WAS VERY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.
THERE IS SUCH A LOT OF TALENT IN THE CITY.
UM, IT WAS QUITE A SMALL SHOW.
I MEAN, PROBABLY 30 ARTWORKS ALTOGETHER, 25.
BUT THE QUALITY WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
AND ALSO THE DEPTH OF FE FEELING, THE ARTISTRY AND THE PASSION BEHIND IT.
IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY NICE TO SEE, UH, BEHIND THE WALLS, UM, OF THE CITY OFFICES IN THIS WAY.
AND IT WAS SUCH A WARM, UH, EXPERIENCE.
SO MY FELLOW JUDGES, MAGANA, WHOSE LAST NAME I FORGET, AND THEN AMANDA.
AND THEN AMANDA, WHOSE LAST NAME I FORGET.
AND AMMAN MAGANA IS AN ARTIST.
AND THEN AMANDA IS A, ALSO AN ARTIST, BUT ALSO C CITY STAFF.
AND JUST THE DISCUSSION WITH THEM WAS JUST VERY WARM AND, UH, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE ART.
AND THEN THE OPENING THAT WE HAD OR YOU HAD WAS JUST, IT WAS JUST A LOVELY WARM COMMUNITY, UM, EXPERIENCE.
SO YEAH, I WAS VERY PLEASED TO BE ON THIS.
SO I'VE SHARED A THANK YOU WITH YOU.
I'LL SHARE A THANK YOU, UM, OF YOU AND OF COURSE THE WHOLE COMMISSION.
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED TO YOU ALL ABOUT THIS.
AND, UM, VICE-CHAIR HURST WAS THE ONE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE.
SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB IN JUDGING WITH AMANDA AND MAGANA.
WE WERE JUST SO HAPPY HOW WELL THINGS, UM, WORKED OUT.
UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON KIND OF WRAPPING EVERYTHING UP AND, UH, WE'RE THINKING MAYBE A VIDEO OR A NICE CLOSEOUT MESSAGE KIND OF RECAPPING THE WHOLE THING.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND, UM, SEE THE EXHIBIT YET, IT'S UP, UH, THROUGH FRIDAY AT 2:45 PM I CAN GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC TIME.
WE DIDN'T WIN ANY PRIZES, BUT WE HAD, UM, ENTRIES AS WELL.
BUT THEN JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE COMMISSION'S GENERAL SUPPORT AND THANK YOU VICE CHAIR HURST, THE RECEPTION, AGAIN SMALL, BUT WENT FANTASTIC.
AND 2027 MAYBE, MAYBE 20, 28 FOR THE NEXT ONE.
WE, WE, WE DID GET A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK, BUT ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? IT'S ON.
UM, IT ON, WELL CLOSE
UH, RESPONDING TO COMMISSIONER SAINT'S QUESTION.
UH, ALL EXCEPT THESE MICROPHONES ARE
SO PART OF, UH, QUEST SCIENCE CENTER'S MISSION IS CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE SCIENCE THAT IS EVERYWHERE IN OUR LIVES.
AND, UH, NEW ASPECT OF OUR PORTFOLIO THAT WE'VE ADDED RECENTLY IS A SPEAKER SERIES.
UM, WE HAD THE FIRST ONE IN JUNE THAT WE HAD JUST THE PEOPLE, AUDIENCE AND THE SPEAKER ON STAGE.
SO QUEST ON STAGE IS THE TITLE OF THE NEW SPEAKER SERIES, AND THE FIRST ONE WAS ON BRAIN SCIENCE.
IT, UH, SOLD OUT PRETTY QUICKLY.
THE SECOND ONE, WE WANTED THE THEME OF AI, WHICH OF COURSE IS A TOPIC THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS.
AND SO WE FORTUNATELY HAD A RECOMMENDATION TO CONTACT, UH, TWO PEOPLE, UH, KEVIN CASEY, KEVIN, UH, RU AND CASEY NEWTON, WHO ARE A TEAM CALLED HARD FORK PODCASTERS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES, BUT THEY LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THE EAST BAY.
SO THEY WILL BE HERE ON AUGUST 14TH AT ALSO
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AT THE BANKHEAD THEATER WHERE, BUT WE'RE USING THE WHOLE THEATER FOR THIS ONE.AND THEY HAVE AN UNUSUAL ABILITY TO, LET'S SEE IF I CAN FIND A DESCRIPTION.
UM, THEY HAVE AN UNUSUAL ABILITY TO REALLY, UH, MAKE CHALLENGING TOPICS LIKE THIS, UM, REALLY ACCESSIBLE AND FUN AND ENGAGING.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO INTERVIEW, UH, BRIAN GUERRA, WHO IS, HAS ONE OF THE LEADERSHIP ROLES AT, AT LAWRENCE LIVERMORE IN THE AI AND MANUFACTURING AREA.
THEY, THEY, THEY TALK AMONG THEMSELVES.
THEY'VE INTERVIEWED SOME OF THE TOP EXECUTIVES OF AI COMPANIES IN THE BAY AREA, UM, WITH THEIR PODCASTS.
THEY'VE HAD TWO LIVE SHOWS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
SO THIS IS THEIR THIRD LIVE SHOW, WHICH IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, A COUP FOR LIVERMORE.
AND THEY, BUT BASICALLY IT'S REALLY MEANT FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND ASK YOUR QUESTIONS.
I MEAN, THAT, A THIRD OF THE TIME WILL BE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS.
AND WE DID THAT THE FIRST ONE ALSO.
AND WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE GONE AN HOUR INSTEAD OF A HALF HOUR WITH QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE.
SO, YOU KNOW, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.
UH, COME AND BRING YOUR HARD QUESTIONS AND EXPECT TO HAVE AN ENJOYABLE TIME, REALLY LEARNING, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S REAL, WHAT'S WHAT'S NOT REAL AND HOW THEY HAVE INTERVIEWED, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY AND WHAT'S PROJECTED, UH, TO COME IN IN OUR NEAR FUTURE.
ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONER GALLI
I WAS NOT ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT, UH, GOOD LUCK.
NO, SO NO, I, I, I I WANTED TO SHARE THAT I, I WAS IN EUROPE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND IN THINK ABOUT ART, I THINK THAT PARIS IS PROBABLY THE, THE PLACE TO BE IF YOU, IF YOU LOVE ART, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S TOO MANY PLACES AND, UH, IT FELT LIKE THERE, EVERYBODY JUST, EVEN IN THEIR FRONT YARD, THEY HAVE ART THAT ALL KIND.
IT'S TOO MUCH ART EVERYWHERE THERE, I THINK, YOU KNOW? SO MADE ME FEEL GOOD THAT I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME THING HERE SOMEWHERE IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? I THINK THERE, THERE'S SPECIFICALLY ONE TOWN WE VISITED CALLED BRUS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S IN NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM, ON THE WEST SIDE, AND IT'S A 300 PLUS YEAR OLD TOWN.
AND THE WHOLE CITY IS LIKE A ART, YOU KNOW, BUILDING.
THEY JUST MAINTAIN, THEY HAVE ALL THESE COBBLESTONE STREETS EVERYWHERE.
AND THEN, UH, IT'S, IT, IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
I MEAN, UH, JUST, UH, HISTORY THERE AND THEN ALL THE THINGS, UH, I I, WE REALLY ENJOYED IT THERE FOR SHARING.
ANYONE ELSE? VICE CHAIR HURST? UM, JUST, JUST QUICK, BUT I FEEL I OUGHT TO MENTION IT.
I, I WENT TO HAMLET SPARK, SO WE HAVE SUPPORTED THEM AND IT WAS AN EXCELLENT PRODUCTION.
THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE, THE BEST LIVELIEST, MOST PASSIONATE ACTORS IN THREE AND A HALF HOURS.
AND I LISTENED TO EVERY WORD UNDERSTOOD, ABOUT 70% OF IT,
JUST A LOVELY ATMOSPHERE, THE OUTDOOR THEATER.
SO YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SPREAD THE WORD
ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SHARE? WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S A VERY UNIQUELY CONSTRUCTED CITY.
IT'S, IT'S LIKE IN TEARS WHEN YOU GET OUT OF THE AIRPORT.
AND SECONDLY, THERE'S A LOT TO SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, ANCIENT CIVILIZATION IN THE BEGINNING OF THE, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND I VISITED HA, SOPHIA, THE MUSEUM, THE BLUE MOSQUE, AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE TWIRLING ISH, THE HAJA PCIA.
AND, AND I DID INDULGE IN A TURKISH PATH ALSO.
IT WAS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, LET'S SAY THAT
I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD VISIT AND I AM SURE I'M GOING TO GO ONE MORE TIME OVER THERE TO VISIT.
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THANK YOU FOR SHARING.ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONER MILDER.
UH, I'LL SECOND WHAT THOMASON SAID ABOUT SPARK'S PRODUCTION OF HAMLET, WHICH WAS JUST ONE OF THE MOST FABULOUS PRODUCTIONS THEY'VE DONE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
UH, THEY REALLY OUTDID THEMSELVES THIS TIME ALSO, UM, LIVERMORE VALLEY OPERA DOES A SUMMER EVENT CALLED OPERA IN THE VINEYARDS, AND BOY WAS THAT FUN BOY.
THEY, THEY DO A GREAT SHOW AND, UH, AGAIN, THESE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE SUPPORT AND, AND SPARK ACTUALLY GAVE US A SHOUT OUT, GAVE THE COMMISSIONER A SHOUT OUT.
UM, WELL, I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH COMMISSIONER BABAR AND I HAVE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ABSENT THE LAST TWO MEETINGS.
I WAS SICK IN MAY, BUT IN JUNE I WAS ON TRAVEL AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, I WAS ON THE EAST COAST FOR A VERY LONG TIME, UM, BUT I VISITED THE NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM, UH, IN THE BERKSHIRES IN MASSACHUSETTS.
VERY, VERY INTERESTING MUSEUM.
UM, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE INTO THAT KIND OF ART, UM, I HAD SOME DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND IT WAS VERY NICE TO, TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE.
AND I ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO SEE TANGLEWOOD, UM, THE BEAUTIFUL CONCERT GROUNDS UP THERE.
SO THOUGHT I'D CHEER ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT WITH THAT, IT IS FIVE 19, CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.