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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
GENTLEMEN, IT IS 5 31.I AM CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COMMISSION PRESENT.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE.
[4. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES]
FROM THE MARCH 24TH, 2026 MEETINGS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO YOU.WE HAVE A QUORUM HERE TONIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? IF NOT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BARSKY AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONERS, UM, HANNAH AND JANA, THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN FROM THE MARCH 26TH, 26, 20 26 CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION MEETING.
[5. NEW BUSINESS]
A LOT OF GORGEOUS ART TO DISCUSS.IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE, SO HAPPY SUMMER.
UM, WE, UH, I'M GONNA KINDA GET THIS STARTED.
WE DO THIS PROJECT EVERY TWO YEARS AND I WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW AND THEN I'LL LET NANCY MURPHY WITH ART ALFRED, I'LL LET HER STEP UP AND WALK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
THE, UM, THIS PARTICULAR EXHIBIT WILL LAST THROUGH 2028.
WE WILL BE PRESENTING 10 SCULPTURES THIS EVENING.
EIGHT PIECES ARE IN EXISTING LOCATIONS FROM OUR PREVI PREVIOUS EXHIBIT FROM 2024 TO 26, AND WE HAVE TWO FOR, UH, TWO NEW LOCATIONS.
WE ARE REQUESTING THAT YOU REVIEW EACH SCULPTURE INDIVIDUALLY, CONSIDERING ARTISTIC MERIT LOCATION TO DETERMINE WHICH WORKS WILL ADVANCE FOR RECOMMENDATION TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO THIS EVENING, UH, NANCY WILL KIND OF GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'LL START FROM THE BEGINNING AGAIN AND THEN VOTE AND GO THROUGH EACH ONE AND TAKE A VOTE.
WE WANT YOU TO SEE THE FULL EXHIBIT AND GET A OVERVIEW.
YOU CAN RECOMMEND ONE SCULPTURE TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, OR YOU MAY RECOMMEND 10, ALL 10 SCULPTURES.
SO IT ISN'T A A PROJECT RECOMMENDATION, IT'S EACH INDIVIDUAL SCULPTURE WOULD BE VOTED ON PROPOSED SCULPTURE INSTALLATIONS.
THEY'RE SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER.
THEY'LL ALL BECA STAGGERED AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHEN THE PREVIOUS SCULPTURE'S LEAVING.
THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT ART ALFRED WORKS THROUGH.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR HOW MANY MONTHS DO YOU THINK? JANUARY.
SO, AND IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE.
SO IT'S, IT'S ALMOST, YOU KNOW, I'D SAY TWO THIRDS OF THE YEAR.
UM, ANY CHANGES TO THE SCULPTURES THIS EVENING, WE, THEY MAY NEED TO START A NEW CALL TO ARTIST IF WE WANT TO DO ADDITIONAL SCULPTURES.
IF YOU DO NOT, THEN WE CAN JUST STICK WITH EIGHT SCULPTURES.
WE DO NOT HAVE TO GET AN ADDITIONAL TWO.
ART ALPHARETTA, THEY PROVIDE ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT.
THE CITY HIRES THEM TO, UH, FIND THE ARTIST.
UH, THEY DO ALL THE RENTAL AGREEMENTS AND PAYMENTS WITH THE ARTIST.
THEY DO THE CURATION, THE, HER WHOLE BOARD, THEY WORK ON THE PROJECT AS A TEAM.
THEY DO PROJECT BUDGET MANAGEMENT, INSTALLATION DE-INSTALL, AND MARKETING.
THEY VOLUNTEER ALL OF THEIR TIME.
THEY'RE NOT PAID ANYTHING FOR THIS TIME AS AN ORGANIZATION.
UH, THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA, ARTS ALPHARETTA AND THE ALFREDA CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU ALSO PARTNER TO PROVE TO PRODUCE A PUBLIC ART WALK BROCHURE IN THE CITY STAFF.
WE POST THIS ON OUR GIS SYSTEM, THAT WE DO AN ONLINE ART WALK IN ADDITION.
SO WE'LL UPDATE BOTH OF THOSE BASED ON YOUR DECISIONS AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S APPROVAL LATER.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA INVITE NANCY UP AND LET HER KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
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TO THE SIDE.THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE FOUND FOR DAZZLED AND DISCORD.
THAT'S 'CAUSE WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT VIDEO.
OH, YEAH, THAT'S WHERE IT WAS.
YOU CAN SEE THE, THE HISTORY THERE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN, UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE, WHAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE.
SOME OF YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS.
FOR SOME OF YOU THIS IS NEW, BUT IN THIS FIFTH ROUND, WE ARE CELEBRATING DAZZLE AND DISCORD, AND WE'VE CHOSEN THIS TITLE BASED ON THAT ELEMENT OF SURPRISE.
UM, THE THING THAT'S EXCITING IS WHEN YOU COME AROUND THE CORNER AND YOU SEE SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE, AND THAT, THAT VISUAL DELIGHT, BUT DISCORD IS, CAN SOMETIMES BE VIEWED AS A NEGATIVE, BUT WE ARE SEEING IT IN THE MOST POSITIVE INTERPRETATION OF THAT, WHERE YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A TENSION OF TENSION AND SURPRISE.
UM, AND SO WE DON'T THINK IT'S A NEGATIVE THING, BUT DISCORD IS A, IS A, THESE ARE ALL TERMS WE, WE, OUR THEME HAS BEEN TO CHOOSE TERMS THAT ARE RELATIVE TO MUSIC THAT WILL, UM, KIND OF HELP PEOPLE REMEMBER THAT WE ARE A MUSIC CITY HERE IN ALPHARETTA.
BUT DISCORD IS A, IS A FAVORABLE THING IN A LOT OF PIECES.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE SCULPTURE TITLE THIS COLLECTION COMES FROM.
NOPE, LET'S STILL DO THAT SAME THING AGAIN.
SORRY IF I CAN REMEMBER HOW TO USE THE TOOL HERE.
SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THESE SCULPTURES.
THESE ARE THE TITLES OF THE 10 SCULPTURES WE HOPE TO BRING.
UM, I WON'T GO THROUGH AND READ EVERY PIECE ON THE SLIDE, BUT I WILL GO THROUGH EACH AS WE ENTER, AS WE LOOK AT EACH PIECE.
UM, NEVO CRANE BY LEE BELLS AND ARTIST WE'VE HAD BEFORE.
UM, THIS IS THE PICTURE THAT SHE HAS SENT FROM HER SCULPTURE.
IT'S NOT WHAT WE SEE IN THE CITY, BUT THESE ARE JUST CLOSEUP VIEWS OF THAT SCULPTURE.
AND THERE IT IS PROPOSED TO GO BETWEEN CITY HALL AND THE LIBRARY.
THE NEXT ONE IS A CRACK IN THE PAST.
THIS IS A SCULPTURE THAT DOES COME IN TWO PARTS.
AM I GOING TOO FAST OR DO I NO, YOU'RE DOING GREAT.
NO, NO, YOU GO TO THE FIRST GO TO CRACK IN THE PAST.
I'M JUST STEPPING UP AND I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTION.
BUT, UH, WE ACTUALLY, THIS PRESENTATION IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS IN OUR PACKET.
WE HAD SOME FEEDBACK FROM SOME COMMISSIONERS TODAY ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT THE LOCATION.
SO WE LEFT THE LOCATION THAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE PACKET ORIGINALLY, AND WE ADDED TWO ADDITIONAL OPTIONS.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW IT WAS DIFFERENT THAN THE PACKET THAT YOU WERE, WERE EMAILED.
SO THESE ARE JUST CLOSEUPS OF THAT SCULPTURE.
AND THEN THIS IS A PROPOSED LOCATION OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING GARAGE.
THIS IS THE REVERSE VIEW OF WHAT YOU JUST SAW.
STILL THE ORIGINAL LOCATION THAT WE HAD PROPOSED.
UM, BUT THIS IS SLIGHTLY MOVED FURTHER AWAY FROM THE PARKING GARAGE ENTRANCE AND AT A GREATER DISTANCE APART.
BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY WALK THROUGH THE TWO HALVES OF THIS SCULPTURE.
AND THIS IS A THIRD LOCATION EVEN FURTHER AWAY FROM THE PARKING GARAGE AND INTO THAT GREEN SPACE THAT'S KIND OF GOING AROUND THE SIDEWALK.
YOU WOULD SEE ALL THE ELECTION SIGNS HERE.
SO THOSE ARE, THESE ARE ALTERNATE POSITIONS BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK THAT KIM JUST DESCRIBED.
WONDER IS A LINEAR SCULPTURE PROPOSED TO GO INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE LIBRARY IN BROOK STREET PARK.
THE SLIDESHOW HAS ALSO A REFERENCE FOR YOUR RECOLLECTION OF WHAT'S THERE NOW.
SO WE HOPE THAT THAT WILL HELP PLACE THESE IN CONTEXT.
AND WE ADDED INTO THIS SLIDE COLLECTION SOME DISTANCE VIEWS AGAIN.
SO TO HELP PEOPLE KNOW SORT OF WHERE THIS IS IN THE CITY OF ALFREDA, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHERE TANGENT CIRCLES WAS, UH, FOR THIS NEXT LOCATION CENTURY BY BEN STOVER, THIS WOULD BE GOING IN BROOK STREET PARK, CLOSE TO THE LITTLE LAZY RIVER.
AND THERE IT IS IN ITS LOCATION WITH SOME DISTANCE.
AND THESE ARE ACTUAL ALPHA RED HEIGHTS HERE.
WE'RE LOOKING, BUT THAT SCULPTURE'S NOT REALLY THERE.
GREG JOHNSON IS A LOCAL SCULPTOR.
WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE PIECES IN TOWN, BUT HE, WE HAVE BROUGHT IN JUST ONE LOOK, WHICH IS STEEL AND FIBERGLASS, SOME CLOSEUP VIEWS.
IT'S GOING WHERE YELLOWBIRD IS NOW.
AND THAT'S AT THE CORNER OF, UH, HAYNES BRIDGE AND ACADEMY.
AND FROM A DISTANCE, DIFFICULT TO SEE.
AND THIS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHILE PHOTO EDITING IS A GREAT TOY, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS DO EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO, BUT THAT'S ROUGHLY WHERE THE SCULPTURES AND, UM, THE LABORER
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IS UP THE SIDEWALK THIS WAY.THESE ARE PIECES FROM THE VIEWS FROM THE ARTIST WE'RE PROPOSING.
THIS IS THE HAMILTON INN HERE.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS PIECE DOES LIGHT UP AT NIGHT AND WE DO HAVE A POWER SOURCE AT THAT LOCATION FROM A DISTANCE VERTEX VORTEX.
I THINK WE LOST OUR PICTURE THERE, BUT THIS IS THE SCULPTURE HERE.
IT'S GOING IN THOMPSON STREET PARK.
THIS PARTICULAR SCULPTURE IS ETHEREAL TRIPTIC IS THERE NOW.
HIS PIECES ARE THE WAY THAT THEY'RE CONSTRUCTED AND THE LOCATION THAT THIS IS FIT REALLY WELL IN THAT SPACE.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE CHOSEN TO PUT THE SAME SCULPTURE IN THAT SPOT.
DO YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU SHOW THE VIDEO OF THAT? SURE.
IS THIS THE TOWN? SO THAT ONE DOES MOVE WITH AIR CURRENTS AND IT HAS A SOLAR POWERED LIGHT.
AND THAT LIGHT ROTATES IN THAT COLOR SPECTRUM.
IT IS NOT A BRIGHT SHINING HEADLIGHT THAT SHINES IN SOMEBODY'S WINDOW.
IT'S A VERY SUBTLE LIGHT, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL BE TOO.
AND THERE IT IS FROM A DISTANCE.
KING OF THE PRAIRIE IS A STAINED GLASS PIECE REFLECTIVE OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S WORK, HIS ARCHITECTURAL WORK.
THIS PARTICULAR SCULPTURE IS STAINED GLASS AND STEEL, BUT EACH SIDE HAS DIFFERENT PANELS OF GLASS.
SO I THINK WE NOTICED IN THE PUBLIC ART REVIEW THAT THERE'S A YELLOW PIECE HERE IN THE CENTER, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT COLOR.
THEY ARE NOT THE SAME ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SCULPTURE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST, IT'S NOT JUST LIGHT SHINING THROUGH ONE PANEL OF GLASS.
THERE'S, THERE'S TWO, TWO PANELS OF MOSAIC ON EITHER SIDE.
AND THIS IS GOING UP THOMPSON STREET.
THIS IS AVALON IN THE BACKGROUND, AND IT'S A PRETTY TALL PIECE.
IT'S 11 FEET TALL, RISING SPIRITS.
IT'S A SHINY BUT TEXTURED ALUMINUM SCULPTURE HERE.
AND WE ARE PROPOSING A NEW LOCATION AT THE ENTRANCE OF WEBB BRIDGE PARK.
WHEN YOU COME INTO WEBB BRIDGE PARK AND YOU DRIVE IN, THERE'S A CROSSWALK OFF TO THE SIDE THAT WE JUST HAD REPAINTED CALLED WALL FLOWERS.
AND THIS IS GOING IN THIS GRASS AREA ACROSS THE WAY.
AND THAT'S A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT YOU DRIVE THROUGH.
UM, AND ACCORDING TO THE PARK MANAGER OUT THERE, IT'S THE DEER'S FAVORITE HANGOUT.
SO WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING INTERESTING TO LOOK AT WHEN THEY GET THERE.
RED GREEN CONSTRUCTION IS A PIECE BY RAY KATZ.
THIS PIECE WAS ACTUALLY INSTALLED IN THE ROSWELL SANDY SPRINGS AREA SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
BUT RAY KATZ IS A, A FAIRLY POPULAR SCULPTURE AROUND THE SOUTHEAST, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THAT PIECE TO A NEW LOCATION AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE GREENWAY ACROSS FROM UNION HILL PARK.
AND THEN OUR ALTERNATE PIECE IS VIRGIN COLUMN FLOWERS FOR RICHARD FOR THE LOVE OF STEEL.
THAT'S A LONG TITLE FOR ONE SCULPTOR, BUT WE BROUGHT IN AN ALTERNATE JUST IN CASE ONE OF THESE OTHERS DID NOT PASS.
I WILL GO BACK THROUGH HERE AND WE'LL START ONE AT A TIME.
SO WITH, UH, NOVO CRANE IS A PART OF A BIRD SERIES THAT THIS ARTIST DID, BUT IT IS THE ONLY CRANE.
ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT CAN I ANSWER FOR YOU ABOUT THIS PIECE? I DUNNO IF YOU CAN, IF YOU GO TO, LET'S GO BACKWARDS TO THE SCREEN SO THEY CAN SEE WHERE THE CRANE ACTUALLY IS.
YOU CAN SEE THE BIRD'S HEAD HERE.
HE'S, THE BIRD IS KIND OF TWISTING AROUND IRISES AS IF HE'S IN THE REEDS.
AND WE'VE HAD PIECES BY LEE BE BEFORE AND OTHER SERIES OF SCULPTURES.
SO SHE'S HAS ALWAYS PRESENTED VERY POSITIVELY IN OUR TOWN.
AND SHE'S COLORFUL, BUT SUBTLE.
WE HAVE DID YOU WANT TO MOVE TO THE
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YES.UM, I THINK WE'RE TAKING THESE ONE AT A TIME.
SO THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR NEVO CRANE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? A MOTION TO RECOMMEND NEW
THE MOTION IS NOW ON THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS? I WILL SAY, JUST AS AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THIS, I THINK IT'S FABULOUS COLLECTION.
I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE THINKS, BUT IT'S GOT SOME EARTHY ONES AND SO MUCH COLOR.
YOU KNOW, SINCE I DIRECTED JOSEPH THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAM CODE, I'M ALL ABOUT TECHNICOLOR, INCLUDING MY READING GLASSES.
SO I LOVE THE POPS OF COLOR THAT WE'RE GONNA GET TO SEE.
AND, AND THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONES.
YOU KNOW, YOU'LL NOTICE AT THE EARLY SLIDES FOR EACH PIECE WE TALK ABOUT THE SIZE OF THEM.
SO WE HAVE THINGS, I THINK THAT THE SMALLEST WE HAVE ARE SEVEN FEET.
SO THAT MATTERS IN YOUR, IN THE SETTING, BUT ALSO THAT THE DYNAMIC VALUE OF COLOR IN, IN A VERY LARGE PIECE CAN BE A CHALLENGE IN LOCATION.
SO WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY WITH WHAT THAT LAID OUT.
I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW THAT UP WITH, UH, KUDOS TO THE WHOLE TEAM.
UM, I, I AM, I'M JUST IN AWE HOW YOU GUYS EVERY TWO YEARS COME UP WITH A COLLECTION THAT'S FILLED WITH VERY, VERY DIFFERENT PIECES, UM, AND FIND LOCATIONS WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY BE SHOWCASED AND THEY PLAY OFF OF THE LOCA THE LOCATION PLAYS OFF OF THE ART AND VICE VERSA.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WENT IN THAT.
AND THEN KNOWING THAT, THAT THIS ENTIRE COLLECTION IS PART OF THE PUBLIC ART WALK.
SO IT TRULY IS, UH, A LITTLE TREASURE HUNT.
UM, GET, UM, DAZZLED
SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU, UM, FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
I WILL NOW CALL FOR THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
WAIT, THIS IS REALLY, IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BARSKY AND SECONDED BY, UM, COMMISSIONER HANNAH.
THE MOTION, UH, ON THE FLOOR IS TO RECOMMEND THE DAZZLE AND DISCORD VO CRANE WITH, UM, AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
IN THE PAST, THE ARTIST HAS GIVEN US FLEXIBILITY TO PLACE THESE TWO HALVES.
AND HER INITIAL RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT WHATEVER DISTANCE THAT WE WANTED, SO THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY WALK INTO THE CRACK OF A PASS TO THE PORTAL ON THE OTHER SIDE.
UM, BUT I HAD EXPLAINED TO HER THAT WE WERE CONSIDERING DOING A STAGGERED SORT OF PLACEMENT SO THAT YOU ALMOST CREATE A BIT OF A MAZE EFFECT.
SO THEY WOULDN'T BE IN THE SAME PARALLEL PLANE, THEY MIGHT BE PLACED A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE THAT.
AND SHE WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
VERY POSITIVE, VERY OPEN TO IT.
THIS IS A STYLE OF WORK THAT SHE DOES, LIKE THIS IS A HER, SOME OF HER WORK DOES LOOK KIND OF LIKE THIS, BUT NOTHING IS LIKE THIS PIECE.
IF WE ARE VOTING TO RECOMMEND, WHAT IS THE INITIAL LOCATION IN CASE WE WANT TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THE LOCATION.
THE INITIAL LOCATION IS BY THE PARKING DECK HERE, AND THEY ARE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER, THE PLACEMENT OF THE SCULPTURE.
THE SECOND OPTION IS HAVING THE SCULPTURE STILL BY THE PARKING DECK, BUT STAGGERED.
OR THE THIRD OPTION IS HAVING THEM PLACED ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER, BUT AT THE MAIN ENTRYWAY, THE MAIN ROADWAY TO THE PARKING DECK.
SO THIS IS THE CORNER OF PARK PLACE AND I GUESS HAINES BRIDGE ROUGHLY.
COMMISSIONERS, KEEP IN MIND THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION WILL ALSO STIPULATE THE LOCATION.
SO IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING CRACK IN THE PAST? MOTION TO APPROVE RECOMMEND? IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT MOTION APPROVE
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AS, UM, PROPOSED IN THE ORIGINAL LOCATION.IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BARSKY AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JANAE THAT WE RECOMMEND THE DAZZLE AND DISCORD A CRACK IN THE PAST.
UH, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PIECES.
'CAUSE YEAH, SO YOU HAVE MY BLESSING.
I WAS FORTUNATE TO ATTEND THE WORKSHOP WITH THESE GUYS AND WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF, UM, LET'S CALL IT GYRATIONS.
WE HAD DISCORD AS TO, UM, PIECE IS SELECTED IN THE LOCATIONS.
UM, AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A VERY, IT WAS A VERY GOOD MEANING BECAUSE WE GOT TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THE ART.
UM, AND I AGREE SOME OF THESE PIECES ARE A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STYLES, COLORS, TEXTURES.
UM, THE, THE ONE THING THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME IS JUST SCALE.
SOME OF THESE PIECES YOU WANNA WALK THROUGH, YOU WANNA TOUCH.
UM, SO A LOT OF THEM, THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ON WALKWAYS AND SOME OF THE OTHER PIECES ARE LARGER, LIKE THE PIECE WE'RE GONNA SEE IN WEB BRIDGE WHERE IT'S JUST MORE OF A, A DRIVE BY PIECE.
UM, BUT I APPLAUD EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS.
THANKS AND THANKS FOR LETTING ME, UH, HANG OUT WITH YOU GUYS.
I LIKE THE TEXTURE, THE DESIGN ESPECIALLY, UM, UH, ALL THE DETAIL ON IT.
I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SPOT AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S A VERY CONGESTED SPOT.
UM, UH, SINCE THIS, UH, SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE PLACEMENT IS.
I DO FEEL LIKE THE WAY YOU STAGGERED IT IN THE SECOND ONE MIGHT HELP WITH THAT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S CONGESTED THERE WITH CARS GETTING IN AND OUTTA THAT LITTLE TINY, UH, DRIVE THERE.
UM, ALTHOUGH IF, IF IT'S SEPARATED THIS MUCH, DOES IT, DOES IT, UM, AFFECT THE OVERALL IMPACT OF THE TWO PIECES TOGETHER? DO YOU STILL STILL SEE THEM AS ONE PIECE OR WHATEVER? BUT I, I MEAN, ARE WE, ANYWAY, THAT'S MY CONCERN ABOUT JUST THE PLACEMENT.
I DO FEEL LIKE IF YOU PUT IT IN THE FIELD, YOU LOSE THE WHOLE IDEA OF WALKING THROUGH IT.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL THERE, BUT IT, IT DOES BELONG ON A SIDEWALK.
ONE ASPECT OF THIS I WANTED TO SHARE IS THEY WILL BE LIGHTED AT NIGHT, BOTH PIECES.
SO THAT IS THE PLAN TO, TO UPLIGHT THOSE, TO SHOW THOSE SWIRLS MORE DAZZLE,
SO I KIND OF LIKE THE ORIGINAL PLACEMENT.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHY, WHY WAS THERE A CONVERSATION SPLITTING IT UP AND MOVING IT ALL TOGETHER? WHAT WERE THE CONCERNS PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING DECK? UM, THIS, IF YOU'RE HERE, IMAGINE IF YOU'RE, YOU CAN SEE THE EDGE OF THE PARKING DECK HERE ON THE FAR, UM, RIGHT, SO IMAGINE YOUR CAR COMING OUT THE LINE OF SIGHT WITH THIS.
THERE'S TWO TREES RIGHT HERE, SO THERE'S ALREADY A LITTLE BIT OF LINE OF SIGHT, BUT THERE WAS A CONCERN EXPRESSED THAT, THAT THAT MAY BLOCK SOME, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR, A CAR MIGHT BE RIGHT BEHIND THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE FURTHER DOWN.
SO NOW THIS PIECE IS ACTUALLY ON THE OTHER CONCRETE PAD BACK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TREE, WHICH I THINK BOTH WORK IS JUST A MATTER OF WHAT WE THINK WOULD BE BEST FOR THE LOCATION.
THE QUESTION I, I GUESS JUST STATING IT FOR THE RECORD, I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY THAT, UM, IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO PULL IT APART, YOU KNOW, FOR THE ART TO BE MORE NOTICEABLE AND, AND MORE IMPACTFUL WHEN IT IS ACTUALLY SEEN AS ONE PIECE.
BUT IF THERE'S PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE STAGGER THEM.
ALTHOUGH IT'S SEE THROUGH
ARE WE READY TO TAKE A VOTE? IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BARSKY AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HAJA THAT WE RECOMMEND THE DAZZLING DISCORD CRACK IN THE PAST.
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THIS LOCATION, AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY TWO DOWN.WONDER THE ABIGAIL LAW? UM, THIS HAS BEEN A FUN CONVER I'VE HAD CON MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS ARTIST, THIS PARTICULAR COLLECTION.
UM, SHE'S A, SHE'S A METAL ARTIST, BUT THESE ARE SCRAP METAL AND SHE HAS THIS COLLECTION OF FLOWERS HAVE SORT OF EVOLVED OVER TIME.
THIS PARTICULAR COLLECTION, THIS SCULPTURE, THAT WONDER HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES SINCE ITS INCEPTION, BUT SHE KEEPS ADDING TO IT AND MODIFYING IT.
IT IS, WHILE IT IS NOT A PART OF A SERIES, SHE SAID, I'M, I'M FASCINATED WITH THIS NOTION OF RECYCLING SCRAP METAL.
AND SO SHE WANTS TO DO MORE WITH IT, BUT IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND AND THERE WON'T BE ANYTHING LIKE IT BECAUSE SHE'S DEALING WITH FOUND LEFTOVER, SO TO SPEAK.
UM, BUT SHE'S GOT A CUTE LITTLE VIDEO.
I DID NOT BRING THAT CLIP, BUT SHE'S GOT A CUTE LITTLE VIDEO ONLINE ABOUT IT.
HER FIRST INSTALLATION IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE WAY THAT SHE DESCRIBED HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT THE SCULPTURE IS VERY MUCH HOW EVERYBODY DISCUSSED IT IN THE PUBLIC ART REVIEW EVERY, THE, OUR TEAM.
IT'S JUST FUN, IT'S JOYFUL, IT'S HAPPY.
AND FOR ME, I THOUGHT ABOUT BEHIND THE LIBRARY WITH THE, THE KIDS PRETTY MUCH TAKE OVER BROOK STREET PARK FROM THAT WHOLE PATH AS THEY'RE TRYING TO GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE LAZY RIVER AND PLAY IN THE WATER.
THAT'S WHERE I SEE SO MUCH ACTIVITY WITH CHILDREN.
IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A GREAT PLACE TO GO BEHIND LIBRARY.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO RECOMMEND THE DAZZLE DISCORD, OUR PIECE NAMED WONDER? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
THE MOTION IS NOW ON THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS? I LOVE IT AS IT IS.
AND I, I LOVE THE THOUGHT OF KEEPING CHILDREN IN MIND FOR THAT PLACEMENT.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT JUST ADDS TO THE FESTIVENESS AND IT'S, IT'S IN PROXIMITY TO THE BEAR.
THE FLOOR IS NOW CLOSED FOR DEBATE.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER JENAE AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER, UM, BARSKY THAT WE RECOMMEND THE DAZZLE AND DISCORD WONDER.
I WILL NOW CALL FOR A VOTE, A RECOMMENDATION, AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
BEN STOVER IS AN ARTIST THAT WE HAD FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR.
CAME ALL THE WAY FROM, UM, ACROSS THE NATION FROM OREGON.
UM, HE HAS, HE IS THE ARTIST THAT BELONGS WITH BEAST MANIFEST THAT IS CURRENTLY ON MAIN STREET, BUT THIS IS HIS PIECE CALLED CENTURY.
AND WE'RE PROPOSING THIS IN THAT AREA, JUST UP THE LITTLE LAZY RIVER, JUST BEYOND THAT, BEHIND CITY HALL AND BROOK STREET PARK.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? IT'S ALSO NOT A PART OF A SERIES OR LIMITED EDITION, BUT, UM, HIS WORDS TO ME WERE, HE'S, HE'S VERY INTERESTED IN THIS WHOLE NOTION OF GEOMETRIC FORM WITH CONTRACT CONTRASTING SURFACES.
UM, SO HE SAID THAT IT'S BASICALLY THE FIRST OF WHAT HE HOPES ARE ARE OTHERS IN A SIMILAR STYLE, BUT HE SAID THERE WON'T BE ANYTHING MADE LIKE IT, SO HE'LL CHOOSE A DIFFERENT GEOMETRIC SHAPE TO KIND OF FOCUS ON AS HE MOVES FORWARD.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO RECOMMEND CENTURY? I SECOND.
THE MOTION IS NOW ON THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I'LL PERSONALLY COMMENT, I, IT HAS SUCH A FEELING OF MOVEMENT UPWARD.
THE FLOOR IS NOW CLOSED FOR DEBATE.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BARSKY AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HANNA THAT WE RECOMMEND THE DAZZLE AND DISCORD SENT.
I WILL NOW CALL FOR RECOMMENDATION AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND MOVING ON TO JUST ONE LOOK.
GREG JOHNSON HAS, UM, IS A COMING ARTIST.
WE HAVE SEVERAL HIS PIECES ALREADY INSTALLED IN TOWN, BUT, UM, THIS PIECE WAS, WAS AGAIN, JUST ONE OF THOSE DELIGHTFUL, JOYFUL PIECES.
IF YOU'LL GO BACK A COUPLE OF SIDES, KIM, TO THE SCALE OF THIS.
IT'S BASICALLY FROM THE TIP OF THAT BIRD TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLOWERS.
IT'S A SEAL CONSTRUCTION AND PLEXIGLASS.
WHILE HE HAS OTHER SCULPTURES IN HIS COLLECTION
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THAT ARE STILL IN PLEXIGLASS, THERE IS NO OTHER THAT IS A HUMMINGBIRD, UH, GOING IN FOR THE, FOR THE JOY OF THE FLOWERS.SO HE SAID THERE'S NOT AN THERE'S, IT'S ONE OF A KIND.
AND I THINK THAT ONE OF THE, HIS SAMPLE PICTURES IS FROM HIS BACKYARD
HE'S PRETTY HAPPY IT'S GONNA GET TO LIVE SOMEPLACE ELSE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO RECOMMEND THE DLAN DISCORD PIECE? JUST ONE LOOK.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
ALRIGHT, THE MOTION IS NOW ON THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
I HAVE COMMENTS, THOUGHTS? QUESTIONS.
I HAVE SIX HUMMINGBIRD FEEDERS IN MY YARD RIGHT NOW.
WELL, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, THE FLOOR IS NOW CLOSED FOR DEBATE.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER JENA AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BARSKY THAT WE RECOMMEND THE DAZZLE AND DISCORD.
I WILL NOW CALL FOR A RECOMMENDATION.
THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
URBAN FLOW, UM, IS A PART OF A CONCEPTUAL SERIES, BUT THERE IS NO OTHER THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN BY THAT I THINK HE WAS RICK MAKING REFERENCE TO, UM, THE SURFACE TREATMENT.
UM, BECAUSE HE'S USING, UH, THESE, YOU KNOW, CUT PANELS WITH SOME SORT OF A, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT LACY PATTERN WILL BE DIFFERENT ON EACH PIECE.
AND ALSO THE ORIENTATION AND SHAPE OF THAT FINISHED SCULPTURE WILL BE DIFFERENT.
BUT THE NOTION OF OPEN PANELS WITH LIGHT INSIDE, I THINK IS WHERE THAT REPETITION WILL COME FROM.
UH, THIS, THESE ARE PICTURES FROM THE ARTIST.
UM, SO ONE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE SCALE I THINK IS IT, IT FEELS TO ME LIKE BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE SCULPTURE'S SEVEN FEET TALL, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE ARTIST WAS CONSIDERING THAT ONE.
HE PUT THOSE TWO FIGURES IN THIS PARTICULAR, UM, THIS PURE IMAGE.
SO WE'VE TRIED TO KIND OF INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE FIGURE.
'CAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE JUST ONE FOOT TALLER THAN A SIX FOOT PERSON.
BUT THIS PIECE IS, THE LUMIN AREA IS ABOUT, IS A LITTLE OVER SEVEN FEET IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION, SO IT SHOULD BE COMPARABLE IN SIZE.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION I RECOMMEND TO THE DAZZLE AND DISCORD URBAN FLOW.
MOTION IS NOW ON THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION, COMMENTS, THOUGHTS.
THIS IS A GREAT PIECE, ESPECIALLY THE PLACE THAT YOU'VE CHOSEN TO PUT IN.
IT'S GONNA BE, UM, IT'LL BE SEEN BY MANY.
IT GOES WELL WITH THE HAMILTON.
AND I, I LOVE LOOT SCULPTURES.
THIS IS RIGHT IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN.
THE FLOOR IS NOW CLOSED FOR DEBATE.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BARSKY AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JENA THAT WE RECOMMEND THE DAZZLE AND DISCORD URBAN FLOW.
I WILL NOW CALL FOR RECOMMENDATION.
ALRIGHT, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE MIGHT GET OUTTA HERE BEFORE NINE O'CLOCK.
UH, IT'S ROUGHLY THE SAME SIZE AS THE SCULPTURE THAT'S INSTALLED THERE NOW.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST DOES HAVE A FASCINATION WITH WIND CURRENT AND MOVEMENT IN HIS PIECES.
SO IN THAT REGARD, IT'S, IT'S, IT IS UNIQUE.
IT IS NOT A PART OF A SERIES, BUT, BUT THAT'S WHAT HE DOES IS HE BASICALLY PUTS TOGETHER STUFF THAT MOVES BASED ON AIR CURRENTS AND THEN NOW HE'S ADDED THIS COMPONENT OF LIGHT.
UH, AND WHAT I REALLY LOVED ABOUT IT WAS THAT IT'S SOLAR POWERED, SO IT DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT WE INSTALL A LIGHT SOURCE, IT'S READY TO GO.
OF COURSE THAT LIGHT SOURCE WILL EBB AND FLOW AS DOES OUR SUNLIGHT DURING, BASED ON WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SO SOME DAYS WE'LL GET A LOT OF LIGHT AND SOME DAYS WE WON'T GET SO MUCH.
IT MAY NOT GET RECHARGED, BUT, UM, HE SAID IT IS A PRETTY SUBTLE, UM, SUBTLE LIGHTING, BUT THAT'S, THAT GRADUAL CHANGE I THINK WILL BE KIND OF FUN AND EXCITING.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? AND, AND I'LL, LET ME GO BACKWARDS.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS ETHEREAL TRIP TRIPTYCH THAT WAS INSTALLED THE LAST ROUND, WITHIN DAYS OF THE INSTALLATION, WE HAD A, A THREAT OF A MAJOR HURRICANE COMING THROUGH OUR AREA.
AND LUCKILY IT MISSED, DOESN'T HIT GREENVILLE PRETTY HARD.
HOWEVER, WE DID HAVE THE EFFECT OF HIT HIGH WINDS AND THE FIRST CALL THAT WE GOT THE DAY AFTER FROM THE PARKS MANAGER IS THAT SCULPTURE SURVIVED
BUT HE'S, THAT WAS THE FIRST THING WE HEARD AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING WHEN HE WAS OUT, YOU KNOW, SURVEYING THE DAMAGE.
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HAVE GOT GREAT CONFIDENCE IN, UH, LAWRENCE'S WORK THAT IT'S WEATHER TIGHT.OKAY, ONCE AGAIN, DO WE HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO RECOMMEND THE DAZZLE DISCORD VORTEX FOR VORTEX A SECOND.
MOTION IS NOW ON THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
ONE QUESTION I HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, IT FEELINGS, IS THE SOLAR BATTERY GOING TO LAST FOR THE LIFE OF THIS INSTALLATION? WELL, GREAT QUESTION.
HE IS, HAS WE HAVE ASKED ABOUT THAT AND HE IS SENDING A SPARE SET OF BEARINGS IN CASE THERE'S A PROBLEM AND A BACKUP PANEL SHOULD THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.
SO WE, HE'S, HE'S BRINGING US WHAT WE NEED IF SOMETHING DOES GO AWRY.
AND HE'S USUALLY PRETTY GOOD ABOUT, I, I BASICALLY DESCRIBE HIS SCULPTURES AS ERECTOR SETS BECAUSE THERE'S A VERY SPECIFIC, THIS PART GOES HERE AND HE COMES IN AND HE PUTS THOSE TOGETHER.
THIS LOCATION, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT, IS DOWN A PRETTY STEEP HILL AS IT GOES TOWARD THE POND.
SO IN INSTALLATIONS HERE IS, IS TRICKY FOR OUR INSTALLER, BUT BECAUSE THESE PIECES ARE, THEY GO IN AS PARTS AND WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIFTS AND WHATEVER WE NEED TO GET TO THE TOP, IT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE TO WATCH THESE THINGS GO UP SO EASILY.
SO HE'S REALLY BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT SHOWING US EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW SHOULD SOMETHING NEED TO BE ADJUSTED.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PLAN FOR NOW.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT HAD BEEN ADDRESSED.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT.
THE FLOOR IS NOW CLOSED FOR DEBATE.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BARSKY AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HANNAH THAT WE RECOMMEND THE DAZZLE AND DISCORD VERTEX VORTEX.
I WILL NOW CALL FOR RECOMMENDATION.
KING OF THE PRAIRIE OF THE PRAIRIE STAIN GLASS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A GREAT, WE HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB IN ALPHARETTA OF CREATING NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS ALL AROUND.
IT DOES NOT FEEL LIKE WE, WE STILL FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A PARK PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE YOU GO IN ALPHARETTA, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT TECHNICALLY IN A PARK.
SO SOMETIMES PLACING OUR SCULPTURES IS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF TREE LIMBS OR LIGHT EXPOSURE.
AND WITH THE STAINED GLASS PIECE LIKE THAT, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO, TO US, TO THE TEAM THAT WE FIND A PLACE WHERE IT WAS GONNA GET ENOUGH SUNLIGHT TO DO THIS PIECE JUSTICE.
UM, THAT HILL LEADING UP TO, IF YOU'VE WALKED THAT HILL, YOU EXPERIENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING UP TO THE STOP, YOU'RE, YOU'RE KIND OF WALKING UP THE HILL TO THE SUNLIGHT.
THERE IS, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF EXPOSURE.
THERE ARE SOME TREES, BUT THEY'RE NOT OVERWHELMING, SUPER OVERGROWN.
YOU GET A LOT OF SUNLIGHT EXPOSURE TO PRETTY MUCH ANY TIME OF THE DAY.
SO THIS FELT LIKE A GREAT LOCATION BECAUSE AS YOU WALK UP THAT HILL, YOU'LL GET ALL THAT REFLECTIVE LIGHT UP THERE.
UM, UNUSUAL LOCATION BECAUSE TO THE RIGHT OF THIS PARTICULAR IMAGE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S HOUSES RIGHT THERE.
AND AS KIM REMINDS ME EVERY DAY THEY BOUGHT THOSE HOUSES KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A SCULPTURE PAD,
SO, AND WE HAVE REALLY NOT HAD ANY PUSHBACK AT ALL.
BUT THIS WAS A, A KIND OF A STATELY PIECE.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS DIFFERENT, UNUSUAL, HAD COLOR, GOT THE SUNLIGHT IT NEEDED, BUT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, WASN'T A GONNA BE DIFFICULT COLOR TO KIND OF WORK WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AS IT BACKS UP AGAINST THAT VERY LIGHT BACKGROUND OF THE SKY AND, AND AON.
IT HAS, IT IS, WHILE IT IS NOT A PART OF A SERIES, BUT THIS IS THE KING OF THE PRAIRIE.
SO AS I WAS TALKING WITH THIS ARTIST ABOUT THIS, SHE SAID THERE IS A COMPLIMENTARY PIECE THAT'S THE FEMALE VERSION OF THIS.
UM, AND WHEN YOU AND I HAD, I DIDN'T ADD A PICTURE OF THAT STRUCTURALLY, THERE'S SOME, SOME, THE BASIC FRAME OF IT IS VERY MUCH THE SAME, BUT THE LANTERNS AREN'T THERE.
THE SHAPE OF THE MOSAICS ARE VERY DIFFERENT.
SO IT IS NOT EXACTLY THE SAME, BUT IT HAS, IT DOES MAKE REFERENCE TO THE OTHER PIECES A COMPLIMENTARY PIECE.
BUT SHE SAID, I'M NOT DOING IT EVER AGAIN,
DO WE HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO RECOMMEND THE DAZZLE AND DISCARD KING OF THE I SECOND THAT.
THE MOTION IS NOW ON THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION ONCE AGAIN COLOR.
AND I HAVE TO COMMENT AGAIN ON THE SITE SELECTION.
UM, I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE, UH, WATER SIGNS WHERE THAT WAS GOING BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT, UM, ON THE WINGS OF THE, UM, DRAGONFLY.
SO THIS ONE I THINK WILL BE STUNNING.
ALRIGHT, IF NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THE FLOOR IS NOW CLOSED FOR DEBATE.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BARSKY AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JENAE THAT WE RECOMMEND THE DAZZLE AND DISCORD, KING OF THE PRAIRIE.
I'LL NOW CALL FOR RECOMMENDATION
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AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.I DID NOT GET DIRECT FEEDBACK FROM THE ARTIST ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS A PART OF A SERIES, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT, UM, HIS WEBSITE, I DO SEE THAT THERE ARE, THIS IS THE STYLE OF HIS WORK.
IT IS, YOU KNOW, HIGHLY POLISHED ALUMINUM PIECES, SOME TEXTURE AND PATTERNING ON THAT, BUT THE SHAPES ARE VERY DIFFERENT ON THE, ON THERE.
SO IT DOES LOOK LIKE HIS WORK, BUT I DON'T SEE EVIDENCE THAT IT'S AS PART OF A LIMITED SERIES OR A REPRODUCTION OR A MASS PRODUCED KIND OF A THING.
ALL THOSE THREE PIECES ARE ON ONE BASE, SO THEY'RE NOT INSTALLED SEPARATELY.
THEY ARE ONE PIECE, ONE SCULPTURE, AND IT'S FAIRLY TALL.
AND THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION WILL GET LOTS OF SUN AND, AND DEER
DO WE HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO RECOMMEND THE DAZZLE SCORED PEACE RISING SPIRITS.
THE MOTION IS NOW ON THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UH, EVERYONE FOR SELECTING SITES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 400 FOR PUBLIC ART
NOT JUST ONCE, FOR TWICE IN THIS SERIES.
UH, WE PARK ENTRANCE AND YOU KNOW, WE, THE PARK MANAGER SAID THE SAME THING, SO EXCITED TO HAVE MORE ART.
HE'S VERY EXCITED TO HAVE MORE ART THERE.
IF NOT, THE FLOOR HAS OH, DID YOU? READY
THE FLOOR IS NOW CLOSED FOR DEBATE.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER JENA AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HANNAH THAT WE RECOMMEND THE DAZZLE AND DISCORD RISING SPIRITS.
I WILL NOW CALL FOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, I, AGAIN WITH RAY KATZ, I DIDN'T GET IT IS, IT IS A, IT IS NOT A PART OF A LIMITED SERIES OR, BUT, BUT THIS IS WHAT A LOT OF HIS WORK LOOKS LIKE.
SO YOU MAY SEE COMPONENTS OF THIS IN OTHER SCULPTURES.
UM, AND MY RESEARCH AND LOOKING AT HIS COLLECTION, THERE ARE SOME PIECES THAT LOOK SIMILAR BUT NOT LIKE IT.
THAT'S, THEY'RE, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT, EITHER DIFFERENT COLOR, DIFFERENT SHAPES.
THEY'RE NOT ALL THE EXACT SAME SQUARE.
UM, BUT THIS PIECE IS, IS VERY TALL AT 16 FEET AT THAT ENTRANCE TO THE GREENWOOD ACROSS UNION HILL PARK.
AND IT'S BECAUSE OF ITS VERY NARROW BASE, IT DOES FIT IN A VERY SMALL FOOTPRINT.
SO IT STARTS OUT THERE AT THE BOTTOM AND THEN BRANCHES OUT AT THE TOP.
HAVE WE VOTED ON ALL OF THE REQUIRED? AND THESE ARE OPTIONAL.
INSTANT, NO, I THINK THIS IS THE LAST ONE.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO RECOMMEND THE DAZZLE DISCORD PIECE? UH, RED QUEEN'S CONSTRUCTION.
SORRY, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
ALRIGHT, THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? I REALLY LIKE WHERE YOU PLACED THIS ONE.
IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT SPOT RIGHT THERE.
AS SOMEBODY WHO WALKS OUT FREQUENTLY, I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVEN THE FLASHING PEDESTRIAN LIGHTS SOMETIMES DOESN'T ATTRACT ATTENTION BY DRIVERS THAT WILL
THEY WILL NOW KNOW THERE'S AN ENTRANCE TO A PARK OPEN THE RIGHT WAY.
WILL THAT ONE BE LIT AT ALL? WILL THEY, WOULD IT BE LIT? YEAH, IT'S NOT PROPOSED PERHAPS TO HAVE LIGHTING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
THE FLOOR IS NOW CLOSED FOR DEBATE.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BARSKY AND SECONDED BY CON, UH, NO, I'M SORRY, JANA AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BARSKY, THAT WE RECOMMEND THE DAZZLE AND DISCORD RED GREEN CONSTRUCTION.
I'LL NOW CALL FOR RECOMMENDATION AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
APPROVE YOUR OBJECT TO AN ALTERNATE OPTION ION COLUMN I JUST IN CASE.
AND IF THEY, IF THEY DON'T, THAT'S OKAY TOO.
UH, WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE HERE AND SHE'S ASKING IF, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT DOWN FOR VOTE.
JUST OCCASIONALLY AN ARTIST WILL APPLY TO A COUPLE OF CITIES AND THEY WILL ACCEPT ANOTHER CITY BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY GO THROUGH OUR APPROVAL PROCESS.
SO OCCASIONALLY WE'LL LOSE A SCULPTURE BASED ON THAT TIMEFRAME.
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THIS GIVES US AN OPTION TO HAVE ANOTHER PLACEMENT.WE WOULD OF COURSE KIND OF DROP IT INTO THE LOCATION AND RUN THAT BY YOU.
BUT JUST IS THE SCULPTURE APPROVED AS AN ALTERNATE AT ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED TO YOU THIS EVENING? THAT IS NOT ALPHARETTA, BY THE WAY.
THESE TWO PICTURES ARE, IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE ALPHARETTA IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT THAT'S NOT US.
IS THERE A MOTION MOVE TO RECOMMEND DAZZLE DISCARD ALTERNATE OPTION VIRGIN COLUMN? DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
IT'S NOT THAT MANY OF US HERE.
THE MOTION IS NOW ON THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
I WILL SAY IT WAS MY LEAST FAVORITE OF ALL OF THEM.
I WILL SAY THAT THE TEAM LIKED IT FOR ITS SCALE AND ITS VOLUME.
IT IS A LARGE PIECE AND LOOKS, IT'S IMPRESSIVE WHEN IT'S A FIVE FEET, YOU KNOW, FIVE BY FIVE BY NINE AND THAT'S, IT'S GOT A PRESENCE.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE, UM, THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SOME OF THE TEAM MEMBERS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SORT OF SENSE OF WHICH ONES WE MIGHT LOSE OUT ON? I DO NOT.
SO THE OTHER VARIABLE THAT IS, IT'S RARE, BUT SOMETIMES AN ARTIST WILL HAVE A SALE AND THE REALITY IS A, A SOUL SCULPTURE IS WAY BETTER THAN A TWO YEAR LEASE.
AND I, I HAVE A, YOU KNOW, I, I'M, I'M CURRENTLY NOT BOUND TO THEM BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'VE NOT BEEN ACCEPTED.
I CAN'T EVEN ACCEPT 'EM IN THROUGH THE PLATFORM.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SITTING WAITING KIND OF IN PURGATORY UNTIL WE GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS.
UM, SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY, I'VE EXPLAINED TO THEM, I COMMUNICATE WITH THEM OFTEN.
I'VE TOLD 'EM THIS IS A TIMELINE.
I SAY, WE'RE STILL ON TRACK, DON'T, DON'T STAY WITH ME.
BUT WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS, I'VE GOT $50,000 IN CASH AND I WANNA BUY THIS, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW I HAVE A LEG TO STAND ON TO SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T SELL IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN CONTRACT WITH THEM YET.
IT'S HAPPENED A TIME OR TWO, BUT, UM, THAT'S, IT'S MY HOPE THAT IT WON'T BE AN ISSUE, BUT IT'S KIND OF NICE TO HAVE A PIECE READY NOW WE'RE JUST APPROVING THE SCULPTURE.
WOULD WE BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND BASED ON LOCATION, SO Y'ALL FORGET YOUR MICROPHONES TOO.
IF ONE'S NOT AVAILABLE, WE WOULD PROBABLY GO TO THAT LOCATION FIRST, BUT WE WOULD GET APPROVAL FROM YOU GUYS.
BEFORE WE PUT IT ON JUST ANY LOCATION.
BUT WE WOULD WANT TO STAY WITHIN THE LOCATIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUT THERE.
WE DON'T WANNA LIKE PUT IT ON A, JUST A RANDOM LOCATION.
SO WE WOULD STILL HAVE SOME DEGREE OF CONTROL OVER WHERE IT ENDS UP.
AND AT THIS TIME ALSO, WE HAVE IT ON MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON THE AGENDA FOR JULY 14TH FOR THEIR FINAL APPROVAL.
SO WE STILL HAVE A, A TWO WEEK WINDOW, A LITTLE OVER A TWO WEEK WINDOW TO WAIT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CONCERNS A COMMENT? MORE OF A COMMENT MAYBE, UM, SINCE WE'RE SORT OF ON THE FENCE ABOUT THIS ONE MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA NEXT TIME TO HAVE TWO OR THREE ALTERNATES.
UM, SO WE CAN MAYBE PICK OUR FAVORITES,
AND, AND YOU KNOW, IF IT, IF IT DOESN'T, IF IT'S NOT APPROVED AS AN ALTERNATE, WILL WE JUST HAVE NO ALTERNATE? IF SO, IF ONE OF THOSE THINGS WERE TO HAPPEN AND WE, WE WOULD KIND HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND SEE WHAT PIECES WE WOULD BRING TO THE TABLE TO PRESENT FOR AN ALTERNATE LOCATION.
SO WE, THERE'S POTENTIAL, IF THIS IS DECLINED, GO BACK TO THE ARTIST AND SEE IF THERE'S A WHOLE, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE OF THESE PROCESSES FOR ONE PIECE.
UM, I THINK THAT DID HAPPEN TO US LA THE LAST TIME AROUND.
WE HAD AN ARTIST WHO PROMISED HIS PIECE TO EUROPE AND FORGOT ABOUT IT AND SO WE HAD TO START OVER AND BRING A NEW PIECE IN PLACE.
OR WE WOULD JUST HAVE A COLLECTION OF NINE FOR OUR EXHIBIT THIS YEAR.
THE FLOOR IS NOW CLOSED FOR DEBATE.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BARSKY AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JENAY THAT WE RECOMMEND THE DAZZLE AND DISCORD ALTERNATE OPTION BERGERON COLUMN.
I'LL NOW CALL FOR RECOMMENDATION.
THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF Y'ALL'S WORK WITH THIS.
THERE'S SOME REALLY THANK YOU.
GOOD LOOKING STUFF FOR, GOOD TO GO TO THE NEXT STEP.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE WITH STAFF PRESENTATIONS.
[6. STAFF PRESENTATIONS]
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I NEEDED A SIP OF WATER FOR A SEC.SO, WELL WE'VE HAD A LOT GOING ON.
I WANTED TO SHARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS AND UM, PLEASE PAUSE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, ONE THING WE HAVEN'T REALLY CHATTED ABOUT IS OUR LIVE MUSIC MATCH.
IT'S VERY LIVE, IT'S VERY ACTIVE, SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE SOME OF THE PERFORMANCES WE HAVE IN MAY AND JUNE.
COUPLE OF JUNE PERFORMANCES IN HERE.
PEOPLE LIKE IT, THEY CALL, WE BOOK 'EM, IT'S, WE MAKE IT VERY EASY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SUMMER CAMPS.
OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT IS VERY BUSY.
OUR AGRICULTURE PROGRAM, WE HAVE THREE DROP-OFFS IN THE MORNING, JUST THE ARTS AND CULTURE TEAM.
SO WE'LL HAVE A LOG CABIN DROP OFF AND PICK UP.
WE HAVE A SPOTLIGHT DROP OFF AND PICK UP AND WE HAVE AN ART CENTER DROP OFF AND PICK UP.
SO IF YOU'RE PARENT, YOU'RE PULLING IN, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT ROUTES.
THE MALL'S NOT EVEN OPEN WHEN WE DROP OFF AND PICK UP.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A STAND STAND IN PERSON AT THE DOOR THAT GREETS THEM AND TAKES THEM OVER TO THE MALL ENTRY AT THE SPOTLIGHT.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THAT ZEAL AND MEGAN AND DANIEL, KIRSTEN, ALL OF OUR TEAM ARE WORKING ON.
SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THIS IS LIKE, WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF KIDS, A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT EXPERIENCE WHAT WE OFFER.
SO IT'S, IT'S A VERY ACTIVE AND EXCITING TIME.
JUNETEENTH, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH ALPHA, UH, THE AKAS FOR FIVE YEARS IN A ROW.
THEY HAD THEIR JUNETEENTH EVENT.
WE ARE PARTNERED WITH THEM AT THE ART CENTER AND IT, IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL, UM, TEAM.
THEY HAVE, THEY COME, THEY HAVE MUSIC GATHERING, THEY DECORATE.
IT WAS LAST FRIDAY, SO I WANTED TO MENTION THEM.
I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO PUT PHOTOS HERE, BUT, UM, THEY USUALLY PUT THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
BUT IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE, THEY'RE VERY STRONG CHAPTER AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR PARTNERSHIP.
IF THEY'RE WATCHING, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH FARMHOUSE OVERLOOKED PARK THAT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM AVALON ON MONT PARKWAY AND IT'S THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF ALPHARETTA.
AND WITH THE BOND PROJECT THAT MORGAN ROGERS OUR DIRECTOR'S BEEN WORKING ON, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO HISTORY PANELS AND ON THIS OVERLOOKED PARK THEY WILL BE WALKING OUT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH A DEVELOPER THAT HAS CREATED, IT'S THE PATHWAY IS A DA COMPLIANCE.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE WAY DOWN INTO THE PARK AND YOU WILL SEE THESE HISTORIC SITES AND WE WILL HAVE PANELS ALONG THE WAY, FOUR TO FIVE PANELS THAT WILL EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HISTORY.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WRITING THOSE WITH THE ALFREDA, HIS, EXCUSE ME, WITH THE ALFREDA, OLD MILTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
THEY VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND WE WORK WITH THE ARCHIVES AND WE ARE WRITING THE HISTORY PANELS AND WE'LL BE SUBMITTING TO THEM FOR THAT HISTORIC PARK.
AND I CAN SHOW YOU THOSE AT A FUTURE DATE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, WANTED YOU TO KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING.
IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD THE ARTS ALFRED LAMPPOST BANNER GALLERY, THIS PROJECT THAT WAS, I GUESS THIS WAS IN MARCH, IS THAT CORRECT? WHEN THAT WAS PRESENTED? YEAH.
OH, I THINK IT WAS, WAS THAT RIGHT? OKAY.
UH, OUR LEADERSHIP HERE TOOK A LOOK AT THIS AND BANNERS KIND OF CROSS OVER IN AN AREA THAT IS REGULATED IN THE CITY AS FAR AS THE TIMEFRAMES THEY CAN STAY OUT.
AND THIS IS A PRETTY BIG PROJECT TO HAVE A BANNER PROJECT FOR A FULL YEAR IN 48 BANNERS.
SO WE REQUESTED TO KIND OF DO A BETA TEST.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE REDUCED TO 24 BANNERS.
WE APPROACHED ARTS ALPHARETTA TOOK THE BANNERS THAT OUR COMMISSIONERS THAT YOU APPROVED, WE TOOK THOSE TO ARTS ALPHARETTA AND SAID, CAN YOU REDUCE THIS OUTDOOR EXHIBIT TO, TO HALF THE SIZE, LET'S DO A BETA TEST AND FOR SIX MONTHS.
AND IT WAS ALSO REQUESTED THAT WE NEED A THEME MOVING FORWARD JUST TO HAVE A THEME SO THAT THERE'S SORT OF CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE OUTDOOR EXHIBIT.
AND SO THEY NAMED THIS ONE AND I THINK ALL THE FUTURE ONES, ARE THEY GOING TO BE NAMED ARTS SCAPES? IS THAT HOW ARTS SCAPES IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA CALL A
THIS WILL ALSO BE ON MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGENDA FOR FINAL APPROVAL ON JULY 14TH, ALONG WITH THE DAZZLE
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AND DISCORD EXHIBIT R EXHIBIT.WE HAVE LOTS OF EXHIBITS GOING ON.
WE ARE DISCUSSING AND REVIEWING POTENTIAL PURCHASES.
UM, I WILL BRING THIS AT A LATER DATE.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL OF THESE FOUR SCULPTURES STAYING IN ALPHARETTA AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS FROM THE ALPHA LOOP FOUNDATION TO THE MAXWELL.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT PARTNERS THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO TO ENSURE THAT THESE CAN STAY HERE AND LIVE HERE AS, AS A PART OF OUR PERMANENT COLLECTION, LIFE, LIBERTY, AND HAPPINESS.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A, UH, THEMED EXHIBIT AND OUR THEME IS TO MATCH OUR 250TH.
AND WE HAD THE RECEPTION, IT WAS LAST FRIDAY OR FRIDAY BEFORE LAST FRIDAY, THE 12TH.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, PLEASE COME OUT AND VISIT IN THE BACK OF THE ART CENTER.
I WANTED TO SHARE AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS EXHIBIT, WE HAVE AN ART GARDEN EXHIBIT THAT ZEAL OUR, UH, COORDINATOR.
SHE ACTUALLY PUTS OUT A CALL TO ARTIST.
IT'S ON A COMMUNITY LEVEL AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT APPLY TO THIS EXHIBIT THAT DON'T EVEN FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ARTIST AND THEY, IT'S, IT'S IN A COMFORT LEVEL.
SO THEY APPLY, THEY BECOME A PART OF THIS EXHIBIT AND THAT SHE PROMOTES IT ON INSTAGRAM.
SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT'S, THAT HAPPENS ABOUT EVERY SIX WEEKS IS ANOTHER EXHIBIT SPACE.
UPCOMING SHOWS AT THE SPOTLIGHT, IN ADDITION TO OUR THEATER SHOWS, WE HAVE A LIVE PODCAST.
WE HAVE THE RED HAT SOCIETY THAT'S DOING A A SHOW.
BAD CHOICES, MAKE GOOD STORIES.
AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME CULTURAL INSTRUMENTS HERE.
BY ON JUNE 12TH, WE HAD A ACTUAL SHOW ON WERE YOU THERE, LAURA FOR THAT ONE? I WAS THERE
OKAY, I WAS GONNA GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT.
SO, BUT WE, I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW BUSY THE SPOTLIGHT IS.
I MEAN DANIEL AND KIRSTEN AND LAURA, THE WHOLE TEAM, EVEN NICOLE, THEY'RE EVERY, JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY THERE'S A TOUR OVER THERE.
YOU HAVE, I LAID THIS IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE HAVE A VERY UNIQUE ART MEETS HISTORY SHOWCASE.
THIS'LL BE IN THE CITY HALL ROTUNDA.
OUR INSTALLATION STARTS THIS THURSDAY.
WE'VE NEVER HAD AN EXHIBIT IN CITY HALL IN THE ROTUNDA.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE BACK HERE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE ON FRIDAY DURING THE DRONE SHOW FOR TWO HOURS TO LET PEOPLE WALK THROUGH THE SHOW.
AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE IT AVAILABLE ON SATURDAY DURING JULY 4TH FOR TWO HOURS LEADING UP TO NEXT WEEK LEADING UP TO THE HOLIDAY.
WE WILL HAVE, UM, IT'LL BE AVAILABLE DURING, DURING CITY HALL HOURS, THE EIGHT 30 TO FOUR 30 EVERY DAY.
TWO OF THE ITEMS, AND I'LL LET YOU KIND OF READ ABOUT IT HERE, BUT PETER MAX, I DON'T WANNA TELL YOU THE WHOLE HISTORY.
I FEEL LIKE I'M TELLING YOU WHAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING IN THE ROTUNDA.
WE HAVE A TWO ORIGINAL PIECES AND THEY HAVE BEEN THE DONOR, THE DONORS HAVE HAD THEM IN CRATES FOR 40 YEARS IN COMING.
AND OUR ART CENTER COORDINATOR NEW SOMEONE WHO KNEW SOMEONE AND THEY WERE READY TO OPEN UP THE CRATES.
IT'S JUST LIKE RAIDERS OF THE LOST A AND THEY'RE PULLING THEM OUT AND THEY'RE LOANING THEM TO US FOR THIS ONE TIME EXHIBIT FOR OUR CELEBRATION.
SO PLEASE COME OUT, IF YOU CAN PASS THE WORD AROUND, PAINT THE TOWN.
I DIDN'T, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WAS LIKE, WHERE'S PAINT THE TOWN THIS YEAR IT'S MOVED TO FALL AND ART ALFRED DECIDED TO MOVE IT TO FALL TO, TO GET SOME DIFFERENT COLORS JUST TO GET A DIFFERENT FEEL FOR THE PAINTINGS.
MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME OF THE FALL FOLIAGE AND GET A LITTLE DIFFERENT PAINTINGS AND THINGS.
MATILDA'S MUSIC AT THE SPOTLIGHT, WE HAVE ACTUALLY, UM, PARTNERED WITH THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU AND MATILDAS AND WE'LL BE HAVING IT AGAIN THE SERIES AGAIN IN 2027.
WE DO IT DURING THE WINTER MONTHS 'CAUSE WE THINK THAT'S A GREAT TIME THAT MARY JANE, SHE'S OUR, UM, PRODUCER FOR THE EVENT WITH MATILDAS.
THEY KIND OF CLOSE DOWN WHEN IT'S COLD OUTSIDE, SO SHE'LL BRING THE SHOW INSIDE TO THE SPOTLIGHT.
AND THAT'S MY REPORT QUESTIONS.
UH, ANYONE LIKE TO COME FORWARD WITH ANY
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COMMENTS? OKAY, I HAVE, I HAVE A COMMENT AND A QUESTION.WHAT A GREAT VARIETY OF ART AND CULTURE AND ALPHARETTA, THANKS TO YOU AND THE TEAM FOR ORGANIZING ALL THAT.
AND THEN ONE OF MY FAVORITES IS THE ECLECTIC LAWN CONCERT AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT ON HERE.
ANY UPDATE ON THAT TONIGHT? I WAS GONNA DO, SORRY I TURNED IT OFF 'CAUSE I THOUGHT, BUT YES, THAT WILL, WE DO HAVE THAT SERIES THIS FALL AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT.
[8. ITEMS FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS]
UH, COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY ITEMS TO REPORT? I'LL DO A LITTLE BIT OF BRAGGING.I WAS IN THE UK, UM, WATCHING MY SON IN THE SOFT OPENING OF GREATEST SHOWMAN, THE MUSICAL IN BRISTOL, IN THE HIPPODROME.
AND HE JUST GOT OFFERED A YEAR AND A HALF CONTRACT WITH HIS KNEE TO TAKE IT TO LONDON WEST END WHENEVER IT HITS THE U UNITED STATES OR IF YOU'RE TRAVELING OVER THERE, I MEAN IT OUT SHOWN THE MOVIE AND THAT'S HARD TO SAY.
AND, UH, IN ACT ONE THEATER I SAID IS STILL AROUND.
WE'VE GOT AUDITIONS COMING UP FOR COTTON PATCH GOSPEL IN, UM, JULY.
IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER KY AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JENAY THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING.
THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE MEETING HAS BEEN ADJOURNED AT 6:33 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE.