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[00:00:01]

ALL RIGHT.

I WOULD

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA TO ORDER AT 5:31 PM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COMMISSION PRESENT TODAY.

UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN JOHN, HES FOR BEING HERE TO SUPPORT AND FIND OUT WHAT ALL'S GOING ON.

'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ATTEND EVERYTHING AS YOU ALWAYS DO.

.

ALRIGHT.

WELL FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE ELECTION OF THE 2026 CHAIR.

I OPEN THE FLOOR TO NOMINATIONS NATIONS.

I NOMINATE YOU.

MELODY .

I SECOND THE NOMINATION.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS YOU'D JUST LOVE TO THROW ME UNDER BUSES HERE.

ALRIGHT.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS, I WILL CLOSE THE FLOOR.

I WILL NOW CALL FOR A VOTE FOR THE REELECTION OF COMMISSIONER MELODY COOKS AND AS CHAIR, PLEASE VOTE.

ALL RIGHT.

THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION VOTED IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER MELODY COOKS AND AS CHAIR FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2026.

THE CHAIR WILL ASSUME THE ROLE AT THE NEXT MEETING OR THIS MEETING OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE ELECTION OF THE 2026 VICE CHAIR.

I NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS OF THE VICE CHAIR OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.

WHAT IS IT NOT WORKING? I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER BARSKY FOR THE ROYAL VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION.

I'D LIKE TO SECOND THE NOMINATION.

ALL RIGHT.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS, I NOW CALL FOR A VOTE FOR COMMISSIONER MICHAEL BARSKY FOR VICE CHAIR.

OKAY, WELL WE HAVE A GOOD TEAM.

WELCOME BACK, .

I NOW, UM, THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION IS VOTED IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER MICHAEL BARSKY AS THE VICE CHAIR FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026.

THE VICE CHAIR WILL ASSUME THE ROLE AT THIS MEETING OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.

SO, THELMA AND LOUISE WRITE AGAIN.

A BAD ANALOGY.

OFF THE CLIFF.

YEAH, .

ALRIGHT.

NEXT.

I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME SUSAN HANNA TO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, UH, POINTY OF JOHN HYPES.

SUSAN, CAN YOU JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF IN RELATION TO THE ARTS COMMUNITY? UH, THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING.

I FEEL VERY, Y'ALL HAVE BEEN VERY KIND AND WARM.

ACTUALLY, I WAS, UH, APPOINTED BY MARKLE.

OH, OKAY.

MARKLE, THANK YOU.

BY DON.

THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT CORRECTION, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT, WELL WELCOME.

WELL, PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG.

I PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC STANCE ONE NATION IN THIS LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

OKAY.

THE MINUTES

[4. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES]

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2025 MEETING HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED.

WE HAVE A QUORUM HERE TONIGHT.

ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? IF NOT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? MOTION TO APPROVE.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BARSKY AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER PATEL THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN FROM THE SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2025 CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION MEETING.

I WILL NOW CALL FOR A VOTE.

PLEASE VOTE ON YOUR GREENS.

LUIS, IF YOU GONNA VOTE ON YOUR MICROPHONE STATE.

I DID.

OH.

SIGN AT THAT MEETING I WAS OKAY.

SORRY.

ALL RIGHT.

I KNEW I MISSED ONE.

THANK YOU.

IT THAT CHELSEA ON YOUR LITTLE, HE'S TOUCHING THIS SCREEN.

THERE YOU GO, .

OKAY.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[00:05:01]

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT.

WE HAD A WORK SESSION ON DECEMBER 2ND, 2025.

THE MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 2ND, 2025 MEETING HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO YOU.

WE HAVE A QUORUM HERE TONIGHT.

ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.

I SECOND.

OKAY.

IT HAS BEEN APPROVED, MOVED BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BARSKY THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN FROM THE DECEMBER 2ND, 2025 CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION WORK SESSION.

UH, AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OH, I'M SORRY.

PLEASE VOTE.

.

DIANA.

I WASN'T HERE.

I GUESS I ABSTAINED.

YOU STILL VOTE? OKAY.

OKAY.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SO MOVING A LOT

[5. STAFF PRESENTATIONS]

STAFF PRESENTATIONS AND WORK SESSION DISCUSSION.

WELCOME, KIM.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

GOOD TO SEE.

I THOUGHT I DID THAT.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

AND WELCOME SUSAN.

NICE TO SEE YOU.

UM, I WANTED TO GIVE A, A KIND OF A, KIND OF GO INTO DECEMBER A LITTLE BIT AND GET YOU UP TO JANUARY.

SOME FORWARD MOVING THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, STARTING WITH THE MURALS ALONG THE GREENWAY, UH, NORTH FULTON ROTARY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, BUT WE HAD 15 MURALS THAT THEY PAINTED WITH LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

AND I JUST HAD TO START HERE BECAUSE I, THEY DO, THEY TAKE CARE OF SO MUCH OF THIS.

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.

I MEAN, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL, BUT THERE WAS ONE MURAL THAT HAD TO BE REPAIRED BECAUSE THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE MANHOLE AND IT GOT PAINTED OVER.

AND SO, AND BEFORE WE WERE EVEN MADE AWARE OF IT, NORTH FULTON ROTARY WAS MADE AWARE OF IT.

AND THEY WENT OUT AND HAD THE MURALIST COME OUT AND PAINT IT.

SO, BUT THIS IS A SAMPLING.

IF YOU CAN GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK.

I THINK THIS TOTAL'S ALMOST 25 MURALS ALONG THE GREENWAY.

AND THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.

AND I EXPECT, AND I HOPE TO SEE THEM MAKE A PRESENTATION THIS YEAR.

THIS IS THE SPOTLIGHT EVENTS.

NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 2025.

IT'S, UM, IT WAS BUSY.

WE'VE BEEN VERY BUSY AT THE SPOTLIGHT.

LOTS OF BOOKINGS, LOTS OF INQUIRIES.

PEOPLE WALKING IN.

WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOME NUMBERS HERE.

FROM MAY TO DECEMBER.

THEY'VE HAD A TOTAL OF, UH, 30 PERFORMANCES AND BOOKINGS.

FOUR OF THOSE WERE CITY PERFORMANCES, 26 RENTAL PERFORMANCES, 33 REHEARSAL DAYS.

NOW, REHEARSAL DAYS ISN'T NECESSARILY LIKE RENTALS, BUT IT'S PREPARING FOR A PLAY.

AND THEY ARE RENTING THE FACILITY AND IT'S IN USE.

3,417 PEOPLE AND ATTENDEES ON SITE FOR RENTALS, REHEARSALS, AND PERFORMANCES.

11,000 IN REVENUE AND 187 TOURS DURING OFFICE HOURS.

SO I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS ENJOYING IT.

IT'S GOOD.

THAT'S AMAZING, KIM.

SO IT'S LIKE REVENUE NEUTRAL, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

THAT'S GOOD.

MATILDA'S MUSIC AT THE SPOTLIGHT, WE HAVE A NEW MUSIC LISTENING ROOM SERIES THAT HAS STARTED.

THAT'LL START THIS SATURDAY.

WE HAVE THREE SERIES.

IT'S LOCAL TALENT.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN A LISTENING ROOM SERIES, THERE'LL BE THREE ARTISTS THIS WEEKEND.

AND WE HAVE AMERICANA ROOTS.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO A LISTENING SESSION THAT'S A JAZZ LEGACY KIND OF PROJECT WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT JAZZ, TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY, AND KIND OF GO IN AND OUT.

IT'S A LISTENING ROOM SERIES ALSO.

AND THEN WE HAVE A KIND OF MORE OF A COUNTRY, NASHVILLE CIRCLE NIGHT ON MARCH 7TH WITH THE CITY AND DEPARTMENT WIDE.

WE'VE ADAPTED, EXCUSE ME, ADOPTED A NEW VOLUNTEER, UH, PROCESS CALLED POINT.

IT'S AN APP.

SO I KNOW MICHAEL, I KNOW YOU VOLUNTEER A LOT AT THE ART CENTER FOR THE GALLERY SHOWS.

YOU'LL, YOU'LL START TO SEE THIS COME OUT INSTEAD OF, UH, SIGNUP GENIUS.

WE'RE GONNA START SENDING THIS APP OUT.

WHAT'S WONDERFUL ABOUT IT, YOU CAN SAY, HEY, I'M INTERESTED IN CULTURAL AND ARTS EVENTS.

I'M INTERESTED IN BEING AT THE FARM.

AND THEN WHEN YOU GO IN, YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, AND THEN IT'LL ACTUALLY TOTAL ALL THE NUMBERS FOR THE YEAR THAT THE CITY CAN KEEP UP WITH INFORMATION ABOUT VOLUNTEERS.

AND WE CAN SEND OUT EMAILS.

SO THIS IS BRAND NEW, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED

[00:10:01]

ABOUT THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

WE HAVE ALL THE EVENTS YOU CAN SEE LISTED HERE, AND IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE NEW ART AND CULTURE GUIDE THAT'S, UM, THAT I PUT ON YOUR, ON YOUR DESK HERE.

WE ARE DOING A PARTNERSHIP WITH ROSWELL.

WE'RE SHOWING BAILEY JOHNSON JOHNSON SCHOOL AND DOCUMENTARY AT THEIR CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, PART OF THEIR ROOTS FESTIVAL.

AND THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY SHOWING IT AGAIN AS A MATINEE DURING THE DAY, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT, BUT WE'RE DOING THAT AT THE ART CENTER ON A SATURDAY.

OCEANA WAS ON, UM, THE VOICE, AND THAT IS A CELEBRATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH THAT WE'RE HOSTING AT THE SPOTLIGHT.

HER VOICE IS AMAZING.

IF YOU WANT TO GO IN AND SEARCH THE VOICE, SEARCH HER NAME, YOU'LL SEE THE PERFORMANCE WITH SNOOP DOGG.

AND HE REPRESENTED HER, OR HOWEVER THAT WORKS ON THE SHOW.

I'M NOT, YEAH, SHE IS FABULOUS.

YEAH.

UH, WE HAVE FAMILY FUN ART TIME, AND OF COURSE ART CLASSES WITH BLACK HISTORY PRINTMAKING.

OUR MUSIC MATCH SERIES WILL BE DOING THIS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AT THE HILTON AND BOARDING HAS COFFEE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CITY.

AND THIS IS WHERE OUR MUSIC MATCH PROGRAM JUST, IT JUST KEEPS GOING.

PEOPLE LOVE THAT PROGRAM AND IT, IT PUTS MUSIC ALL OVER ALFREDA.

WE HAVE A NEW ARTS AND CULTURE GUIDE, VERY PROUD OF THIS.

OUR STAFF WORKS VERY HARD ON THIS.

UM, ZEAL, MEGAN PROGRAMMERS, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, WE'VE GOT A WHOLE AREA FOR PERFORMING ART CAMPS.

WE'LL HAVE FIVE CAMPS AT THE SPOTLIGHT THIS SUMMER.

CITY OF ALFREDO, THE ARTS AND CULTURE MASTER PLAN.

I WANTED TO TELL YOU, OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS TO CREATE AN INITIAL SCHEDULE FOR ART AND CULTURE CONVENINGS.

SO WE'RE LIKE, WHAT DO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT? YOU KNOW, WHAT A CONVENING, WHAT WOULD OUR ART LEADER GROUPS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT? AND THE WAY WE APPROACHED IT, WE WORKED WITH THE, UM, CONSULTANT A LITTLE BIT AND GOT FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY.

WE DECIDED TO DO A THREE SERIES WORKSHOP, A LUNCH AND LEARN THAT WILL BE BEGINNING.

AND WE'VE HAD TO CHANGE THESE DATES AS OF YESTERDAY.

SO I'LL SEND OUT A NEW, A NEW DATE, BUT THE FIRST ONE WILL BE ON FEBRUARY 19TH AND IT'LL BE PARTICIPATING IN A BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THE SECOND LUNCH AND LEARN SERIES WILL BE FUTURE, FUTURE, EXCUSE ME, FUTURE PROOFING YOUR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

BASICALLY FUNDRAISING AND WORKING WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR BOARD.

AND THEN THE THIRD WAS MORE OF AN IT ANGLE, LEVERAGING AI AS A TOOL FOR NONPROFITS.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS FOR OUR ART LEADER GROUPS, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA OPEN IT UP TO OTHER ALFREDA NONPROFITS TOO.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

THAT'S OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM.

WE JUST JUMPED RIGHT IN IT AND WE THOUGHT, HEY, PEOPLE WOULD DO THIS DURING, YOU KNOW, THE COLDER MONTHS AND THAT WOULD BE A GOOD LUNCH.

AND WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE CHICK-FIL-A, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH CHICK-FIL-A ACROSS THE MALL, AND THEY'LL BE PROVIDING MUCH LUNCHES.

WACKY WORLD PLAYGROUND.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE ART, IF YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS, UH, MURAL.

IT'S KIND OF A SNAKE-LIKE WALL ON THE RIGHT.

WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING A MURAL ON THIS WALL.

WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT A COMMUNITY MURAL.

WE'RE TRYING TO MIMIC THE WAY THAT THEY'RE BUILDING WACKY WORLD WITH THE COMMUNITY.

I DON'T WANNA GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS.

MORGAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING HERE, BUT I CAN SAY THEY'RE BUILDING IT OVER TWO WEEKS.

CORRECT ME IF I SAY SOMETHING WRONG.

AND THEY'LL HAVE ABOUT 80 VOLUNTEERS PER SHIFT WITH THREE SHIFTS A DAY, CORRECT? YEAH.

NINE DAYS.

OKAY.

SO HE'S GONNA COME UP.

I SAID WRONG , RATHER THAN ME GIVING YOU SAME LANGUAGE REAL QUICK.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

UH, SO THE WACKY WORLD, THE WACKY WORLD, NEXT GENERATION, UH, WE'RE DOING THIS, WE'RE DOING IT LIKE WE DID IN 1997.

UM, HAVING A COMMUNITY BILL, THERE ARE GONNA BE NINE DAYS OF BILL.

THERE WILL BE FIVE DAYS, NO SIX DAYS, THE FIRST FULL WEEK IN MARCH.

THEN WE TAKE A WEEK OFF AND LET EVERYTHING SET BECAUSE EVERY, WE'RE GONNA, THERE'S 214 HOLES THAT WE HAVE TO PUT POST AND CONCRETE IN.

ALL THAT HAS TO SET UP.

AND THEN WE COME BACK AND ACTUALLY BUILD THE, UM, THE PLAYGROUND IN FOUR DAYS IN MARCH.

THERE ARE THREE SHIFTS PER DAY.

SO IF YOU HAVE NINE DAYS, TIMES THREE, THAT'S 27 SHIFTS.

AND WE HAVE TO HAVE, WE NEED 80 VOLUNTEERS FOR EACH OF THOSE SHIFTS.

80 PER SHIFT.

SO WE GOT, UH, YOU CAN GO ONLINE.

WE'D LOVE FOR, WE'D LOVE TO SEE SOME COMMISSION REPRESENTATION, UM, IN THIS.

IT'S GONNA BE A TRUE COMMUNITY EVENT.

UM, WE HAVE AS OF RIGHT NOW, 40 DAYS BEFORE WE START BUILDING WACKY WORLD.

SO IT IS NOW THE, THE, THE RUNWAYS.

AND

[00:15:01]

WE WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE IN A PLANE.

WE SEE THE RUNWAY, WE'VE TURNED OFF THE NAVIGATION AND WE'VE GOT LAND PLANE NOW.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'D LOVE TO SEE Y'ALL, UH, COME OUT.

UH, WE ALSO, IF ANYBODY HAS CONTACTS, WE NEED ANYBODY THAT WANT TO DONATE SOME FOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE GONNA FEED THIS, WE'RE GONNA FEED THESE GROUPS THREE MEALS, BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER.

SO WE NEED ALL OF THOSE MEALS FOR THOSE.

UH, WE'RE REALLY HAVING SOME COMMUNITY PEOPLE STEPPED UP.

FUEL COFFEE IS PROVIDING ALL THE COFFEE FOR THAT WEEK.

JIMMY JOHN'S PIZZA HAS PICKED THREE OF THOSE DATES AND IS BRINGING, UH, UH, JIMMY JOHN'S.

WE HAVE CHICK-FIL-A INVOLVED.

MARLO TAVERN HAS PROMISED A NIGHT.

SO, UH, THE TWO BIGGEST THINGS WE NEED RIGHT NOW ARE VOLUNTEERS AND FOOD.

SO, UH, WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU IN THAT BILL DATE.

IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, I'D BE GLAD TO GIVE IT TO YOU.

WHERE DO YOU SIGN UP? YOU SIGN UP? UM, ON THE, UM, ON THE WEBSITE.

YOU CAN TELL 'EM HOW TO GET TO THE WEBSITE, VOLUNTEER WEBSITE.

I THINK THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE USING THE SITE.

THE POINTS, EVAN, WE'LL BE USING THE POINT VOLUNTEER SYSTEM THAT, UM, SHE INTRODUCED EARLIER.

AND WE WILL BE SENDING OUT A LINK TO ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY.

'CAUSE WE NEED AS MANY BODIES AS WE CAN GET.

SO TOMORROW MORNING YOU GET A LINK THAT YOU CAN SIGN UP AND GO AND SIGN UP AND WE'LL KNOW IF YOU SIGNED UP OR NOT.

SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, YOU CAN, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE A LIFT AND WE'RE GONNA CHECK IT TWICE, RIGHT? SO, UH, AND IT, AND BE SURE TO SHARE THAT LI THAT LINK WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN THAT WANNA BE PART OF THIS.

I THINK IT'S, IT, IT IS JUST ONE OF THOSE.

THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO HELP BUILD WHAT'S GONNA BE A PLACE FOR KIDS IN ALFRED TO PLAY FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS.

THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

THANK YOU.

SO MY, UH, OUR FAMILY DID THE ORIGINAL ONE.

OKAY.

SO PRICE, AND THEY TOOK PRIDE IN SEEING THEIR STAKE THERE.

IN FACT, IT IS NOW AT THEIR HOUSE AND THEY CAN'T, I'M SURE THEY CAN'T WAIT TO COME OUT AND HELP AGAIN WITH THE NEXT GENERATION.

MAKE SURE YOU SEND A LINK TO THEM, OKAY? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

I WAS GONNA SAY, I WOULD CHALLENGE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.

IF YOU HAVE A HOUSE OF WORSHIP, GET IT IN YOUR NEWSLETTER OR, UM, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS. AND IF YOU'RE IN A COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATION, CERTAINLY, I'M SURE Y'ALL WILL REACH OUT TO ROTARY, UH, GROUPS LIKE THAT.

AND THERE'S ALSO HIGH SCHOOL SERVICE ORGANIZATION I WANNA MAKE SURE THEY HAVE, RIGHT? SO MIMICKING THAT IN THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT OF THINGS.

WE'RE GONNA APPROACH THE MURAL IN THE SAME FORMAT.

WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING TO TWO LEAD ARTISTS, THE ARTISTS THAT DID THE MURALS, THE BRIDGE MURALS ALONG THE ALPHA LOOP, AND ALSO THE ARTISTS THAT WORKED WITH NORTH FULTON ROTARY LEADING THE STUDENTS.

THEY'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER AND WE'RE GOING TO CREATE SOME IMAGES TO BRING TO YOU FOR REVIEW, SOME CHOICES.

AND THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA LAY IT OUT ON THE WALL AND LET THE COMMUNITY PAINT.

ONCE THEY PAINT, THEN WE'LL GO IN AND KIND OF CLEAN UP SOME AREAS THAT NEED TO BE CLEANED UP.

BUT THAT'LL BE PROGRESSING ONCE THEY GET THE BUILD OUT DONE.

WE'LL START, START THE MURAL.

WE'VE GOT A KIND OF A FAST PACE, BUT WE'RE GONNA APPROACH IT THE SAME WAY.

THEY'RE APPROACHING THE BUILD OUT.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

SO UPDATE FOR CIRCLE OF FRIENDS.

SO CIRCLE OF FRIENDS WAS, UM, IT'S BEEN HERE A VERY LONG TIME AND WE'RE UPDATING THIS TOO.

WE'VE HAD SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT THE HANDS, SOME OF THE FACES.

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE MET WITH THE ARTIST ON SITE AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LOGISTICS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH, BUT WE'RE ONLY UPDATING THE FACES.

WE'RE NOT GONNA REMOVE ANYTHING FROM THE NECK DOWN BECAUSE IT'S BEEN THERE FOR 25 YEARS, I THINK.

25 YEARS.

AND WE DON'T WANNA TOUCH ANYTHING UNDER, UNDER THE TREE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME, THERE'S SOME AREAS LIKE A, SOME FINGERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT WE'RE GONNA BE IMPROVING THIS SCULPTURE, AND WE'LL DO THIS.

THE MOLDS WILL BE MADE OFFSITE.

THE ARTIS WILL HAVE EVERYTHING CAST.

WE'LL BRING IT UP TO THE TREE.

WE'LL JUST PUT SOME QUICK COVER AROUND THAT AND EXCHANGE THEIR HEADS AND PUT THE NEW HEADS ON.

AND THE SCULPTURE WILL BE GOOD TO GO WITH THE RENOVATION OF WILLS PARK AND THAT NEW PATHWAY COMING THROUGH.

SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT WAS COMING UP AND IT'LL, IT'LL KIND OF SPRUCE IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND ADD SOME DIVERSITY IN THERE.

AND IT WILL ADD SOME, UM, NEW CHILDREN.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE ABOUT THE SAME FOOTPRINT.

WE MAY ADD ONE OR TWO MORE CHILDREN IN THERE, UM, JUST WITH THEIR FACES AND ALL THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ON THAT, DID YOU? OKAY.

AND THAT WAS MY END OF MY REPORT.

OH, AND I WANTED TO SHARE, I FORGOT TO SHARE THIS ONE THING.

EXCUSE ME.

THE ORIGINAL SCULPTURE COST 75,000.

AND SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP THAT DOWN BY ABOUT A THIRD OF THE PRICE HERE.

SO I'LL BE BRINGING SOME OF THAT UP

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AND KEEPING THE COST DOWN BY THE WAY WE'RE APPROACHING IT.

ANYTHING ELSE? YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

NO.

THANK YOU, KIM.

EXCITING STUFF.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY ITEMS TO REPORT? I HAVE A QUESTION, KIM.

I'M SORRY.

.

UH, AND, UH, THE PREVIOUS AGENDA, YOU, UH, STATED THAT YOU WERE HAVING SOME ISSUES.

THESE, UH, ITEMS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, UM, ARE PART OF THE NEW TAKE ON, ON, ON THE MASTER PLAN.

THE, UH, THE CLASSES, THE LUNCH AND LEARN, THAT'S ONE OF OUR ACTION ITEMS TO WORK WITH.

UM, TO BRING THE ART LEADER GROUPS TOGETHER.

YES.

AND TO START INTER, YOU KNOW, GET THEM TO INTER INTERACT.

SO WE THOUGHT THAT COULD BE DONE IN A, IN A WAY, LIKE A LUNCH AND LEARN FORMAT.

THANK YOU, KIM.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? IF NOT, IS THERE ANYONE ? MR. HYPES? ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO, OKAY.

MY, NOPE.

OKAY, THEN.

MY GOODNESS.

UM, I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

UH, COMMISSIONER, I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

DO YOU A SECOND? I SECOND.

OKAY.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SMEAL AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER PATEL THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING.

I WILL NOW CALL FOR A VOTE.

PLEASE VOTE ON YOUR, OKAY.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THE MEETING HAS BEEN ADJOURNED AT 5:53 PM THAT'S A RECORD.