[Public Arts Advisory Board on August 17, 2023.]
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          ALL LET'S START YOU READY? OKAY? I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE WILY PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING TODAY IS AUGUST 16TH. I JUST 17 2023, AND THE TIME IS 603. CAROL, WILL YOU TAKE ROLL? YES I'LL BE HAPPY TO CASSIE. HERE. STEVE HERE, ESTHER HERE. JOHN PRESIDENT GLORIA. I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANITA AND JOSEPH, I THINK IS JUST RUNNING LATE, BUT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP. WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM FOR DISCUSSION IS DISCUSSION INPUT REGARDING THE 2023 WILEY ARTS FESTIVAL. OKAY. WE HAVE. 100 AND 60 CRAFT VENDORS SO FAR. 
          THAT'S NOT EVEN COUNTING THE FOOD. IT GOES UP TO LIKE 175 WITH THE FOOD. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY LATE, SO, UM THE PANEL IS GOING TO MEET TONIGHT AND REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS SO WE WILL BE HERE A WHILE. AH! AND, UH AND THEN. AH! I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OVER ABUNDANCE OF THOSE THAT WANT INSIDE. I MEAN, WE ALWAYS DO, BUT I THINK THIS TIME WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE AN OVER ABUNDANCE. SO I'VE JUST BEEN TELLING VENDORS THAT IF THEY APPLIED FOR AN OUTSIDE BOOTH, THEY WILL GET APPROVED. PROBABLY A LOT QUICKER. THEN THE ONES FOR INSIDE BECAUSE THOSE ARE LIMITED. DO WE HAVE AN EXACT COUNT OF AVAILABLE SIZES FOR THE INSIDE? I DON'T. BUT I CAN COUNT THEM UP RIGHT QUICK, BECAUSE I'VE GOT THE I'VE GOT THIS SITE PLAN TO MAKE IT EASIER TO KEEP TRACKING. FOR SURE. WILL THERE BE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO KEEP THE SAME BOOTH AS LAST YEAR. OR THAT ALWAYS SEEMS TO COME UP. YES THIS YEAR. 
          WHAT I DID IS ON THE POWER POINT THAT YOU REVIEW. IF THEY WERE HERE LAST YEAR, I ACTUALLY PUT THE NUMBER OF THE BOOTH IF THEY HAD LAST YEAR. SO THAT WAY IT WILL MAKE IT MUCH EASIER FOR YOU TO GO IN AND SAY, OH, OKAY, BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE A FEW THAT, UM LIKE THE MAX THAT HAD ONE BOOTH LAST YEAR, AND SHE WANTS TO THIS YEAR. SO THERE WILL BE KIND OF THINGS LIKE THAT . WON'T YOU ALSO HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT THE BOOTH AS THEY HAD THIS CLASSROOM? UM IF THEY PUT IT IN THEIR COMMENTS YEAH. THAT'S IT, ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION. ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE BOARD WILL BE GIVEN AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS AND INSTALLATION OF REVERIE BY KATIE ANTAL THE FRAME AND MOSAIC PIECES AND VISIT TO THE SITE. UM I HAVE RECEIVED SOME PHOTOS OF THE, UM, METAL STRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO HOUSE ALL OF THE MOSAICS, AND IT LOOKS GORGEOUS. 
          THEY DID A GREAT JOB ON IT. AND SHE SENT ME ONE MOSAIC OF A BUTTERFLY. SO THEY'RE OVER HALFWAY DONE. HE'S SUPPOSED TO COME OUT, MEANING HER HUSBAND WHO DOES THE ENGINEERING PART OF IT IS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT IN EARLY OCTOBER AND MEET WITH THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S GOING TO BUILD THEIR BASIS FOR THOSE TO LOCK INTO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF LEGS. ACTUALLY THEY'RE NOT JUST A FLAT BASE, BUT THEY'LL BE BASIS TO HOLD THOSE METAL LEGS. AND THEN SHE PLANS TO INSTALL AN OCTOBER. WILL THERE BE, UH, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE INSTALLATION BECAUSE SHE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT DURING HER PRESENTATION WILL AND WE'LL PUT IT ON FACEBOOK AND KIND OF ADVERTISE IT. MHM. WHEN YOU SAY INSTALL. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE HER ONE DAY TO INSTALL SO SHE'LL BE OUT HERE SEVERAL DAYS. SO WHEN WILL THE COMMUNITY BE ABLE TO SIT ANY TIME THEY WANT TO GO OUT THERE. OH, OKAY. AND THEN ONCE SHE'S COMPLETED, IT TOTALLY COMPLETED IT. THEN, UM AT THAT NEXT MEETING. YOU WILL GO BACK AND VIEW IT OR YOU CAN VIEW IT AHEAD OF TIME, OF COURSE, AND THEN YOU'LL APPROVE HER FINAL PAYMENT OF 15% BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T THAT DOESN'T GET PAID UNTIL IT'S COMPLETELY DONE AND APPROVED. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE SO PRETTY. OKAY, SO ONCE IT'S COMPLETED THEN YOU GOT 
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I GUESS GOING TO THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE, LIKE A GRAND OPENING THEIR GRAND. WHATEVER YES, YES, WE'LL HAVE A DEDICATION AND OUR DEDICATION FOR IT. AND YOU'LL WANT TO COME TO THE DEDICATION. WE GOT TO GO TO THE DEDICATION FOR THE WORLD TRADE CENTER INSTALLATION, AND THAT'S JUST REALLY NEAT LIKE THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE AND, UM THE ARTIST IS THERE AND TALKS ABOUT IT, AND IT'S JUST PRETTY NEAT. IT'S PRETTY COOL. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER THREE. AND OPEN COMMUNITY AND PUT MEETING WAS HELD ON AUGUST 10TH 2023 TO GIVE INPUT TO FOUR SEMIFINAL ARTISTS IN THE TENANTS DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE REGARDING COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC TO THE SEMIFINAL ARTIST FOR PHASE TWO OF THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX WALKING TRAILS. UM, SINCE SINCE THIS IS WAS A PUBLIC MEETING, AND WE HAD SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS THERE. 
          UM I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO JOSEPH AND GLORIA AND LET THEM TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM WHAT THEY GOT OUT OF THE INPUT MEETING. UM ESPECIALLY JOSEPH SINCE HE SERVES ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE. HMM SO WE HAD THE MEETING, AND, UH OBVIOUSLY GOT TO TALK TO THEM AND ASK THEM QUESTIONS. ABOUT KIND OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT, UH AND WE DID HAVE ONE OF OUR PANEL MEMBERS THERE, JOSH. WHO JUST KIND OF LAID IT OUT FROM THE ACCOUNT WHAT WE EXPECT AND WHAT WE'D LIKE. UM, FELT LIKE GOT A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE ARTIST. AH, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT MAKE SURE THE SITE WAS YOU KNOW? SHOWS THE ART OF THE COTTO, UM AND REALLY HAS THE SPIRIT OF THE CATTLE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND I THINK THEY TOOK ALL THAT TO HEART. BUT LIFE. YOU KNOW, THEIR COMMENTS BACK TO US SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEXT PROCESS. UM, I DO THINK IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT. JUST LOOKING AT THE ART THAT THEY'VE ALREADY PRODUCED. UM BUT I DO THINK IT WAS A GREAT MEETING AT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SOME INPUT. GORGEOUS YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL THEIR YOU KNOW, COUPLES WERE THERE SO BUT WHAT'S TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE? UM BUT, YEAH, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE GREAT. SO CAN'T ADD MUCH TO THAT. BECAUSE I'M NOT AN ARTIST , SO, BUT I THINK. IT WAS GOOD FOR THOSE OF US WHO DID SPEAK TO THE ARTISTS. ON THE EXPECTATION. 
          BECAUSE I THINK THE GENTLEMAN WAS SITTING WHERE WE'RE HERE. I THINK IT'S MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT. LITTLE FURTHER OUT IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL IS EXPECTING. AND I GUESS ONE OF THE COMMENTS I MADE TO THEM AND I KNOW I'M SURE THERE'S CAROL BEFORE. UM YOU KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL LEAST A YEAR AGO. AND NOW WE'RE GONNA MENTION NAMES, BUT THEIR INTEREST WAS THAT WOULD BE A B. THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED. ANYONE CAN GO UP AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANT. NOT LIKE HMM. IT'S A SON SUPPOSED TO COME OUT THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, SO AND I DID POINT THAT OUT TO THEM. AND SO I KIND OF THINK I'M FORGET HIS NAME. I THINK HE WAS A LITTLE BIT. UH HE HAD TO LOOK AT IT WAS LIKE, MM, YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAUGHT THAT WHEN, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE AND, UH AND AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ARTISTS, THE NATIVE TURKEY CHEROKEE NATION, AND HE WAS VERY WELL SPOKEN. ABOUT THE ART BUT ART IN GENERAL, AND I THINK THE BOTTLE WORKED FOR MINISTER SPELLED ALL DONE WORK FOR MR TRAFFIC, SO THEY HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS OF THANKS LIKE THAT, SO, YEAH, I THINK THAT IT WAS VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS WITH YOU, HE REALLY HE DID. PRETTY MUCH TELL THEM AND JOSEPH IT TOO. I WAS JUST MORE LIKE THE PR PERSON . I'M NOT AN ARTIST. AND SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WEREN'T THERE. UH I DIDN'T MENTION THIS TO THEM . HADN'T MENTIONED IT, 12. UNTIL THAT TIME, UM I PLAYED GOLF WITH THE LADY WHO WAS VERY ACTIVE WITH THE THOUSANDS MUSEUM COMMUNITY. THAT PRIOR MONDAY, I FORGOT WITH HIM AND I WAS TELLING HER ABOUT THE MEETING THAT WE HAD. AND SHE WAS VERY IMPRESSED. AND I DID MENTION SOME DOLLAR AMOUNTS, AND SHE'S REALLY AND I SAID YES, AND YOU KNOW, AND SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. SO UH, SO WITH THE ARTIST I MENTIONED THAT ALSO THE THAT THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, WHY DO I QUIETLY? YOU KNOW WE'RE HERE IN THE CITY SUPPORTS THIS KIND OF ARTWORK. SO ACCEPTS KIND OF THE PR PERSON FOR THE ACTIVITIES AND FOR CAROLINE ALL THE WORDS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THEM IN THE PAST. AND IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A HISTORY PROJECT, IT NEEDS TO BE AUTHENTIC AND REALLY, UM. PICTURE WHAT ACTUALLY WAS IN EXISTENCE BACK MANY MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. AND UM, THE ARTIST THAT GLORIA WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT WAS ON THE END HERE IS, UM 
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SONNY, BEING AND HE WAS THE ONE THAT HAD THE BRONZE ANIMALS THAT WERE VERY REALISTIC. BUT THEN HE HAD A CONTEMPORARY COLOR IN WITH IT. UM AND I THINK THAT COULD BE DONE IN A DIFFERENT WAY. THE ONLY THING THAT CONCERNS ME, OF COURSE, IS THE COST BECAUSE BRONZE IS NOT AN EXPENSIVE I THINK IT WOULD I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT MAKING THAT MEETING. THAT'S OKAY. BUT, UM MHM, ADDING ON TO WHAT YOU SAID, AND I HAVE NO IDEA. I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF HE IF HE NEEDED TO ADD SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU COULD ALMOST TRANSITION FROM THE ANIMAL INTO SOMETHING NATIVE RELATED. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING TOGETHER PIECE OR ANYTHING THAT WAS REALLY RIGHT. 
          AND BECAUSE THE THAT'S WHAT HUGE PART OF THE NATIVE CULTURE WAS THE RIGHT THEMSELVES SO YOU COULD INTERTWINE THEIR SPIRITS GET A LITTLE BIT OF ABSTRACT MAY BE SATISFIED AS ARTISTIC STUFF BUT STILL MAINTAIN A HISTORICAL EDUCATIONAL MAYBE HOPEFULLY. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE AND JOSH WHO WAS ON THE PANEL, YOU KNOW, REALLY TOLD THEM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SEE YOU IN THE ART LIKE AS AN ARTIST. WE WANT TO SEE YOU IN THE ART. BUT HOWEVER, WE NEED TO STAY REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, AND WE BOTH HE AND I BOTH STATED IT NEEDS TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CATTO. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY HAD? WHAT? THEY YOU KNOW? THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD. TOOLS ALL OF THE STUFF THAT WE HAD HAD GIVEN THEM AND I DO THINK THAT SOME OF THEM GOT THAT, I THINK AND UNDERSTAND IT. UM AND I THINK YOU KNOW, WE GOT PEOPLE WHO CAN DO MULTIPLE THINGS. BUT WHEN WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO JUST DOES STONE I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT UM AND HE JUST CALLED BY HAND WHICH IS COOL. BUT DO WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WHO DO IT IN OTHER WAYS, TOO, SO IT'S TO ME. WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA GET SOME REALLY GOOD ART FROM ALL OF THEM. I THINK IT'S JUST GONNA BE A MATTER OF WHAT IS REALLY REPRESENTATIVE OF WILEY AND THE CATTO AND WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO PUT OUT THERE. BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHERE IT'S THE FINAL DECISION AS WE LOOK AT IT ALL, BUT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE SO IT'LL BE FUN. AND WITH THE, UM THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TWO PIECES TO INSTALL HAVING THE DIFFERENT MATERIALS THAT THE ARTIST USES DIVERSIFIES THAT A LITTLE BIT SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE TO STONE PIECES OR TWO BRONZE PIECES OR WHATEVER WE CAN UM YOU ALL CAN PICK AND CHOOSE WHO YOU LIKE AND GO FROM THERE. IT MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA TO CONSIDER JUST AS KIND OF A PRECEDENTS TO PICK TWO DIFFERENT MATERIALS BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DIVERSITY AS WE GO AROUND, AND IF YOU PICK TWO OF THE SAME MATERIALS THAT COULD SET YOURSELF UP FOR REQUEST OF UNIFORMITY. IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO IT MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA TO START OUT THAT WAY, WITH SOME VARIETY. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE JUST THE QUALITY OF OUR SELECTION COMMITTEE. I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY JUST THE DISCUSSION THAT THEY HAD WITH THE ARTIST AND WHAT THEY BROUGHT TO THE TABLE LIKE IT WAS JUST REALLY NEAT. AND THE I JUST FELT LIKE WE WERE AT A COLLEGE LECTURE. IT WAS REALLY KIND OF NICE AND JUST LIKE IT, JUST IT WAS SUCH A HIGHER LEVEL CONVERSATION. IT WAS REALLY NEAT AND, UM, GETTING TO LISTEN TO THE ARTISTS TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ASKING THE QUESTIONS LIKE THEY ASKED REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS. IT FELT LIKE THIS WAS A VERY DIFFERENT MEETING FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING WHERE WE HAD WHERE WE WERE TELLING THE ARTIST KIND OF WHAT WE WHAT OUR OPINIONS WERE AND STUFF, AND IT JUST IT WAS JUST REALLY NEAT TO SEE IT AT THIS LEVEL. YES I AGREE WITH THAT, LIKE I DID HAVE A QUESTION. WILL EACH ARTIST BE BRINGING TO PIECES OR WILL THEY JUST DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO DO ONE? OR HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? THEY EACH GET A HONORARIUM OR STIPE IN A $500. THEY CAN CHOOSE TO DO TWO MODELS OR THEY CAN CHOOSE TO DO ONE. MODEL. IF THEY WANT TO PROPOSE FOR BOTH SIDES THEY CAN DO SO, BUT THEY ARE AWARE THAT BOTH OF THEIR SITES MAY OR MAY NOT BE CHOSEN. SO IT'S TOTALLY UP TO THEM. YES, THEY KNOW THAT. MOVING ON. WE ARE GOING TO PASS ON DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER FOUR. UM STEVE HAS ADVISED THAT IT WILL BE NEXT TIME CAROL, LIKE A SAID EARLIER . THE WORK IS DONE. I JUST DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET HOME BEFORE THIS. MEETING IN ORDER TO RETRIEVE IT, SO I'M GOING TO SEND YOU A PDF UM, OF ALL THE WORK SO THAT YOU HAVE IT ON HAND. SHOULD I NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE NEXT MEETING? PERFECT. WE'LL TEXT YOU TO CONFIRM THAT YOU RECEIVED IT BECAUSE I FINALLY CAN. HE GOT UNBLOCKED. YEAH. OH NO, I WON'T DO THAT AGAIN LATER. NO UM I HAD HIS NUMBER LOCKED ME 33 
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DIFFERENT TIMES. AND INSTEAD OF DELETING IT, I BLOCKED IT. AND THAT TOOK CARE OF ALL OF THEM. 
          SO HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME FOR SOME TIME. WE HAVE MESSAGE THROUGH JOHN. ON THAT CHEERFUL NOTE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES OF JULY. 20TH 2023 DOES ANYBODY HAVE EMOTION? LIKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM JULY. 20TH 2023 SECONDED. 
          WHERE'S THE VOTING? AH! DO YOU MIND RAISING YOUR HANDS? THANK YOU UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS WE ARE READY TO ADJOURN. DOES ANYONE HAVE EMOTION? I THOUGHT WE ALREADY MADE THAT MUCH. OH, I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND JOHN. WE ARE ADJOURNED. YEAH. 
          THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. THE TIME IS NOW 6 21.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.