[Public Arts Advisory Board on February 22, 2024.]
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I GUESS. GOOD EVENING. I'M CALLING THE PUBLIC ARTS BOARD MEETING TO ORDER AT 609. MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLE? ESTHER. PRESENT, GLORIA. PRESIDENT HERE IN JOSEPH. HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM. UM I BELIEVE, UM, BOARD MEMBER, UH, JONES IS STILL ILL. UM BOARD MEMBER SHANK IS ILL. AND I BELIEVE THAT, UM, BOARD MEMBER DYSON HAD, UM, A SCHOOL TONIGHT. THERE'S NO ONE HERE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC. UM OR ADDRESS THE BOARD SO WE WILL GO ON TO THE DISCUSSION ITEMS. THE FIRST DISCUSSION ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND FINAL REPORT REGARDING REVERIE BY ARTIST KATIE ANTEL. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE, UM ELECTRICAL AND THE LIGHTING GOT REPAIRED ON THE ART PIECE. IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. AND UM, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO WILL BE BRINGING IN FILTERED TO FILL IN WHERE THE BASE OF THE, UM SCULPTURE IS AND THEN THEY WILL BE PUTTING THE STAMPED CONCRETE WALKING PATH AROUND IT. THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO PLANT ANY GRASSES OR ANY TYPE OF VEGETATION. STILL AROUND APRIL. SO ONCE THEY'VE, UM, PLANNED A DAY FOR THAT, AND ALL THE IRRIGATION IS IN, UM I FIGURE BY THE END OF APRIL. WE CAN HAVE THE DEDICATION, SO I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THE SECOND DISCUSSION ITEM IS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE 2024 225 MUNICIPAL TRAILS, ART SITE AND ART PROPOSAL. OK UM, I THINK I MENTIONED BACK LAST YEAR WE HAD FOUR SEMIFINALISTS THAT WERE , UM, APPROVED TO DO PROPOSALS FOR, UH, PHASE TWO OF THE MUNICIPAL TRAILS, AND ONE OF THOSE ARTISTS HAD TO BACK OUT BECAUSE HE HAD TOO MANY PROJECTS GOING LAST YEAR AND WAS UNABLE TO PROPOSE. HOWEVER HE DID SEND A PROPOSAL TO ME. I PROMISED HIM THAT. I WOULD, UM, GIVE IT TO THE BOARD AND LET THEM TAKE A LOOK AT IT. UM IF YOU OPEN UP YOUR AGENDAS, UM YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE, WHICH IS AT THE UNITED NATIONS.
UM HE'S A WELL KNOWN ARTIST. UM, THE. PROJECT THAT WE HAVE WOULD BE THE SAME AT 85,000. AND SO IN ORDER FOR HIM WITH BRONZE TO STAY WITHIN THAT, UM THAT PRICE RANGE. HE IS PROPOSING MORE OF A BRONZE RELIEF. WHICH UM, GIVES YOU THE ILLUSION OF THE, UM. THE SUBJECTS IN A RUNNING SPACE. UM IT IT PUTS THEM IN ACTION, AND WHAT HE'S PROPOSING IS TO DO BOTH PROJECTS FOR THE BUDGET WE HAD FOR LAST YEAR. UM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BACK SIDE OF THOSE WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT THEY WOULD BE IN THE INTERIOR OF THE WALKING TRAILS. SO FROM A DISTANCE ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU REALLY WOULDN'T NOTICE THE OTHER SIDE THAT MUCH UNLESS YOU WERE WALKING AROUND IT, AND HIS PROPOSAL IS TO LEAVE THEM, AS IS AS IF THEY'RE RUNNING THROUGH THE PRAIRIE. UM, WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF, UM BASE CONSTRUCTION. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. TAKE ANY COMMENTS? THERE'S WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE OR DO ANYTHING TONIGHT. I JUST WANT TO GET SOME FEEDBACK. I REALLY LIKE THESE. THE ONE THESE THAT ARE HERE AND WHAT'S REALLY NEAT. THEY'RE ALWAYS IS. YOU HAD TO FIND BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT SOMETIMES WE WANT. THAT'S ABSTRACT AND WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL LIKES BECAUSE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS LIKE THE ABSTRACT STUFF. UM AND I THINK THIS REALLY KIND OF HAS A REALLY GOOD MIX WHERE THERE'S A TRADITIONAL LOOK THAT NOBODY'S GONNA BUCK OR PUSH BACK ON. BUT UH YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD REALLY LIKE THIS. AND I. I THINK IT WOULD GO WELL, SO YEAH, I'M I'M A HUGE FAN. IF HE IS PROPOSING NO BASE. SO THEY WOULD
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HAVE PYLONS OR SOMETHING. SOMETHING ATTACHED TO THEM. THAT WOULD KEEP UNDER THE GROUND SO IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THEY WERE KIND OF RUNNING ON TOP OF THE SORT OF A SPIKE THAT YES, CORRECT. SO I ALSO PUT. UM IF YOU LOOK UNDER THE CONCEPTUAL IDEAS FOR THE WILY SCULPTURES, WHICH IS THE FIRST PAGE OF THE THREE PAGE PROPOSAL. UM, WE DID HAVE A COMMENT FROM ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. UM WHERE JEREMY IS EMPLOYED THAT, UM, SHE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE, UM NATIVE AMERICAN LOOKED KO. FACIALLY. UM BUT I DID FIND AN ARTICLE ON THE BLACK LAND PRAIRIE AND IF YOU NOTICE TO THE RIGHT ALONG THE PATHWAY THESE HUNTER GATHERERS, INCLUDING THE WICHITA, COMANCHE AND CATO TRIBES MAINTAIN THE PRAIRIES BY USING CONTROL BURNS TO MAKE THE LAND SUITABLE FOR HUNTING, BISON AND OTHER GAME, WHICH ENCOURAGED OVER 30 MILLION BISON TO TAKE UP RESIDENCE AND THRIVE. AND SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE ANY PARTICULAR NATIVE AMERICAN THAT IS HUNTING. IT COULD GENERALLY BE ANY OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES THAT LIVED HERE DURING THAT TIME. IT'S EASY. I. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS NUMBER ONE. JUST GETTING BACK TO THIS IS THE 2425. ARE WE NOT GONNA GO THROUGH AND PROCESS OR THIS? THIS GENTLEMAN IS BY DEFAULT GOING TO BE THE 2020 2425 TO EXPLAIN, UM THE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. THE ART GUIDELINES. UM ALLOWS US TO DO A CALL FOR ARTISTS. DO A SELECTIVE, UM. CHOICE OF OUR OF THE BOARDS. UM. FOR INSTANCE, SID HENDERSON, UM, THE HEROES OF WILEY, THAT WAS A SELECTIVE HE HAD PROPOSED FOR ANOTHER PROJECT , AND WE DIDN'T ACCEPT HIM AS THE WINNER OF THAT PROJECT, BUT WE WENT BACK TO HIM AT A LATER DATE AND ASKED HIM TO DO A PIECE FOR US, AND THIS WOULD BE THE SAME THING. YOU WOULD YOU WOULD CHOOSE THIS ARTIST OVER DOING A CALL FOR ARTISTS OR YOU COULD CHOOSE THIS ARTIST AND DO A CALL FOR ARTISTS AND MAKE IT ONE OF THE, UH, PROPOSALS THAT IS ENTIRELY UP TO THE BOARD. CAN I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES. OK, SO THE BOARD COULD COULD DECIDE.YES. WE GONNA GO WITH THIS GENTLEMAN OR WE WANT TO DO ANOTHER CALL, ALL RIGHT, OR BOTH , AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN ANOTHER MEETING, OK, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A CONCEPT OF WHAT HE WAS LOOKING AT. AND JUST GET COMMENTS FROM EACH OF YOU REGARDING WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AND UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THAT ARTIST, OR YOU KNOW, YEAH. SO I'LL GET BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL STATEMENT THAT KIND OF HARD TO CONCEPTUALIZE. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? AND YOU'RE THINKING THAT IT WILL BE FLAT ON ONE SIDE. YES, DIMENSIONAL SIDE. I'M GONNA ASK IT BECAUSE IT'S A RELIEF. SO THE BACKSIDE WOULD BE EXCUSE ME? WELL I MEAN, WELL, THE EXAMPLES THAT HE HAS HERE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH IT. SO BECAUSE IT'S THE WAY HE'S GOT IT DONE. IS IT SECTION. FIRE. IT JUST WON'T BE DETAILED. IF YOU'RE STANDING BEHIND IT, AND THE FRONT OF IT WILL LOOK JUST LIKE YOU SEE. SO IT'LL BE LIKE SOME KIND OF CLEAR. NO, IT'LL BE. IT'LL BE OPEN. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO STICK YOUR HAND THROUGH THERE, SO THEY'RE CONNECTED BY THE BASE SO WE CAN KIND OF TELL ME AND THE CLINIC WELL, AND I CAN SEE, UH MORE THAN I. I CAN SEE WITH THE WITH THE GENTLEMAN HERE. WHERE THE ARROWS? UH AND THE HUNT. THE HUNTER IS YEAH, HE LOOK. YEAH, LOOKS MORE. UM OK? I DO HAVE A QUESTION JUST LOOKING AT THIS KIND OF THROUGH THE LENS OF WORKING WITH CHILDREN. UM HOW FRAGILE IS THAT BISON GONNA BE IN LIKE IF KIDS START CLIMBING IT, WILL IT BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THAT KIDS DO THINGS WHEN THERE IS NOBODY AROUND AND YOU KNOW IT. JUST UM I'M JUST WONDERING YOU KNOW, JUST THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THAT. UM WITH
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IT BEING SO HOLLOW AND YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE I LOVE THE PIECE LIKE JUST FOR THE RECORD. I LOVE THE PIECE AND I LOVE THIS IDEA. I LOVE THIS LOOK OF IT'S LIKE ACTION HAPPENING ACROSS AN OPEN SCENE, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT I AM JUST WORRIED ABOUT, UM, BECAUSE I COULD SEE KIDS WANTING TO CLIMB THE BISON AND THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANYONE AROUND TO STOP THEM AND A SIGN ON THE GROUND IS NOT GOING TO STOP HIM EITHER. MM-HMM I THINK IT IS. THIS IS THAT THE SAFETY OF THAT BOW AND ARROW? UH I. IN THE TAIL ON THE ON THE BUFFALO. I HAVE SOME CONCERNS. I'M HAVING ONE OF MY COUGHING FITS. SO UH, AGAIN, I. I WOULD ASK CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY THE DURABILITY OF THOSE PIECES. THANK YOU. MY GUARD ON THE ON THE DURABILITY OF IT, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD DEFINITELY GET THE ARTIST TO SPEAK TO, BECAUSE I THINK HE CAN, BUT IT'S HARD FOR ME TO THINK THAT HE WOULD PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER WITHOUT TAKEN IN THE CONCEPT THAT KIDS ARE GONNA PLAY ON AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S NO BASE, AND THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY BARRIERS TO KEEP ANYBODY AWAY, SO I'M I'M ASSUMING THAT HE'S TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT THAT THAT I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED THAT FEEDBACK PRIORITIZING SAFETY, IT IS CRUCIAL TO DESIGN THE STRUCTURES WITH SAFETY IN MIND, AVOIDING SHARP EDGES OR PROTRUDING PIECES THAT COULD POSE A RISK TO VIEWERS, MAINTENANCE OR PERSONNEL. SO HE'S GOT. HE'S GOT SOMETHING GOING ON IN THERE. GOOD DEAL. MOST TIME I SAY 10. I'M NOT TOTALLY. WELL, THAT SPEAKS TO THEM NOT GETTING HURT BY THE PIECE, BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT THEM HURTING THE PIECE. I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THEM GETTING HURT AT THIS POINT. WE'RE TALKING BRONZE IN SO IT'S A SUPER DURABLE. UM MATERIAL, SO I DON'T I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE. IT WILL BE HURT BY ANYBODY.I MEAN, YOU'D HAVE TO TAKE A SLEDGEHAMMER TO BRONZE TO HURT BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE LIKE, IF SOMEONE'S HANGING OFF IT, I KNOW BUT BRON BRONZE. YOU GOTTA REMEMBER BRONZE WAS USED AS EARLY WEAPONS. I MEAN, SOME OF THE EARLY WEAPONS OF AND I DON'T I DON'T KNOW MY MEDALS, SO IT'S PRETTY. IT'S PRETTY DURABLE. IT'S A WHICH IS WHY IT CHOOSES SO MUCH OF LIKE OUTS OUTSIDE ART. THAT'S OK. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ARTIST. JUST YOU KNOW, THE RE THE REPUTATION HE HAS, AND THE OTHER PIECES THAT HE'S DONE. AND YOU KNOW, TO HAVE SOMETHING OF THAT CALIBER HERE IS LIKE REALLY EXCITING. MHM. PART OF IT ALMOST THE WAY THAT THERE IS I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF HE INTENDED I'M NOT AN ART. I DON'T LIKE IT. DESIGNER. AND LIKE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. PUSH THE BUTTON SO I DON'T GET IN TROUBLE, AND I AGREE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET FEEDBACK FROM THE ARTIST AT THIS STAGE. I GIVE HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
THAT'LL BE DURABLE THAT HE'S THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT WE NEED HIM TO SPEAK TO IT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND I THINK THAT'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AS WELL, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT HE SPEAKS TO THE AT SOME POINT BEFORE WE DO ANY FINAL VOTES OR JUMP THE GUN. I'VE JUST SPENT LOTS OF TIME WITH LITTLE KIDS. AND I KNOW HOW THEY THINK YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED WHENEVER HE SENT THIS OVER BECAUSE THAT WAS MY CONCERN AS WELL. BUT THEY SAID THAT IF THE PIECES ARE ROUNDED OFF, IT SHOULDN'T CAUSE ANY ISSUES AT ALL. B. YEAH.
CAROL WHAT I WAS EXPLAINING WAS I WASN'T WORRIED ABOUT KIDS GETTING HURT. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT KIDS HURTING THE STATUE. BY HANGING ON IT OR CLIMBING ON IT, LIKE, WOULD IT BEND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? BUT I'VE BEEN CLARIFIED THAT BRONZE IS VERY STRONG, SO THAT'S GOOD. AND I MEAN, I'VE BEEN A KID FOR 42 YEARS, SO I KNOW THAT I IF I GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE TO BUFFALO I KNOW I SHOULDN'T JUST SAYING YEAH, AND I WOULD HAVE WHEN I WAS 380, SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER LARGE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT CAN BE DETERMINED. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THEY'RE GONNA DECIDE TO WALK THE TRAIL. YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT'S IT. THE NEXT DISCUSSION ITEM IS P. AND YOU SAY YOUR LAST NAME? CAROL CAROL IT PAC EHRLICH WILL GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE ART PIECES BY YOSHI WRIGHT FOR THE WALKING TRAILS. OK UM, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN
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THE ENGINEERING PLANS BACK YET, BUT I EXPECT THEM. I'M JUST HAVING A FIT OVER HERE. I'M EXPECTING HIM ANY TIME. THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER ONE. THAT'S EXCITING TO SEE. PARDON THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER ONE. THAT'S EXCITING TO SEE. YOU KNOW, EXCITED ABOUT THE STUFF THAT'S COMING UP. ALRIGHT AND THEN ARE WE GOING INTO THE FOURTH DISCUSSION ITEM WITH STEVE NOT BEING HERE? YOU WANNA TABLE IT? WHAT DO WE WANNA DO? IT'S GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOME REDESIGN BECAUSE THE LOGO THE W WITH CITY OF WILEY, YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT. THAT'S UM COPYRIGHT. AND I THINK STEVE KNEW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME. HE KNEW THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE CASE.SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S REAL REDESIGN, BUT JUST FIXING IT, SO I'LL PUT THAT BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH. OK? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL SAVE THAT FOR NEXT MONTH. WELL NOW WE WILL GO INTO THE BUSINESS ITEMS. THE ONLY ITEM ON THE BUSINESS AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE JANUARY 18TH 2024 PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES. I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION ON THE MINUTES. I'D TAKE THEM. I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS THEY ARE. AND SECOND, THE MOTION. A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. PLEASE VOTE. HM? AH, OK. THE MEDICO. THE VOTE PASSES, ALL MEMBERS PRESENT BABIES AND, UH, THREE MEMBERS WERE ABSENT. AND SO WE ARE DONE WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD WE ARE ADJOURNING AT 6:26 P.M. OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT. WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION TO ADJOURN SECOND. OK? THEY. DID EVERYBODY VOTE. THERE GOES THE MOTION PASSES. WE ARE ADJOURNED. IT'S 627.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.