[Public Arts Advisory Board on March 21, 2024.]
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I AM CALLING THE PUBLIC ARTS BOARD MEETING TO ORDER AT 607. MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU TAKE ROLE YES, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANITA. PRESENT. CASSIE. HERE. ESTHER. HERE. STEVE HERE. AND THE OTHER THREE MEMBERS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT ATTEND TONIGHT, BUT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THERE'S NO ONE HERE WISHING TO ADDRESS US SO WE WILL GO ON TO THE DISCUSSION ITEMS. OUR FIRST ITEM OF DISCUSSION IS THE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE 2425 WALKING TRAILS. PHASE THREE. UM I KNOW AT THE LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE PROPOSALS THAT, UH, SUNNY B HAD MADE AND, UM, BECAUSE ALL THE MEMBERS WEREN'T HERE. I PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT SO THAT WE COULD GET INPUT FROM EVERYONE. SO IN YOUR PACKET ARE THE DESIGNS AND I THINK ESTHER WAS HERE. CASSIE WAS HERE. ANITA WERE YOU HERE? OK SO IT'S ANITA AND STEVE THAT MISSED THE LAST MEETING. SO UM, I WOULD TAKE ANY INPUT FROM EITHER OF THEM. AND WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DESIGNS, UM, A FEW QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP AT OUR LAST MEETING. UM, WERE, UH, HOUSED HOW HEAVY WOULD THESE PIECES BE? SINCE UM THEY ARE MORE OF A BRONZE RELIEF THAN THEY ARE A FULL BRONZE. AND UM, WHAT WOULD THE SCULPTURES LOOK LIKE FROM THE BACK THE BACKSIDE? UM THE NATIVE AMERICANS STARTED HUNTING BISON ONCE THEY WERE ON HORSEBACK. SO UM, WOULD IT COST A LOT MORE TO PUT THAT, UM UH, THAT HUNTER ON A HORSE. AND IS THE BRONZE AND PATINA 40% OR 60% BECAUSE THE PROPOSAL, SAID 40 TO 60% SO I WANTED TO KIND OF CLARIFY THAT, AND I'VE SENT ALL THESE TO TESS, WHO IS, UM SONY'S A PARTNER AND ALSO FIANCE SLASH WIFE. AND I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM HER YET. BUT THAT WAS JUST ABOUT A WEEK AGO. SO I'M GONNA GIVE HER A LITTLE MORE TIME. BUT UM, WHAT WE WERE THINKING OF DOING IS RATHER THAN HAVING A CALL FOR ARTISTS THIS YEAR THAT WE WOULD DO AN INDIVIDUAL SELECTION. IF EVERYONE LIKE THESE SCULPTURES, AND WE CAN GO EITHER WAY, WE CAN GO WITH A CALL FOR ARTISTS. WE CAN SEE IF HE CAN DO THESE THIS YEAR. UM IT'S WHATEVER THE BOARD WANTS TO DO. I'M ALL ABOUT THESE. I THINK THESE ARE GORGEOUS. UH, OBVIOUSLY, THE QUESTIONS AT HAND NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, AND, UH, INTERESTED TO SEE THE ANSWERS FOR THOSE, BUT UM BEING FROM OKLAHOMA. UH THIS REALLY, REALLY , REALLY, REALLY, REALLY APPEALS TO ME. I LOVE THE LOOK AND I'M EXCITED. I'VE BEEN WANTING TO HAVE HIM DO A PROJECT FOR US FOR A LONG TIME, AND I'M GLAD WE'RE FINALLY GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY. UH I WOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS DOING THE SINGLE ARTIST. I TOO LIKE THE LOOK, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA LOOK LIKE FROM THE OTHER SIDE. ARE THEY SINGLES SIDED OR ARE THEY GOING TO BE THREE DIMENSIONAL? YEAH. WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE FROM THE BACKSIDE. YES, THAT'S THAT'S MY QUESTION, TOO. BECAUSE IF THEY'RE SINGLE SIDED, I PROBABLY NOT BE A BIG FAN. OK SO, UM, I WILL GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND BRING IT BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN. WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME BECAUSE, UM, THEY WOULDN'T BE INSTALLED UNTIL 2025. SO WE'VE GOT TIME. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. IS THERE LIKE IF IT COSTS MORE TO HAVE THEM MORE FULL LIKE IS THERE A BUDGET TO ADD TO THAT, OR ARE WE LIMITED BY WHAT WE LOOKED AT BEFORE? WHEN I HEAR BACK FROM HER, I WILL ASK THAT QUESTION AS WELL TO GO 60% RATHER THAN 40. IF THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID. THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. YEAH, I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, LIKE, ESPECIALLY IF, LIKE WE WERE GONNA ADD THE HORSE. I WOULD JUST IMAGINE THE HORSE IS JUST A WHOLE NO. STATUTE THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THAT IMAGE, SO IT'S GONNA PROBABLY DOUBLE THE PRICE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. OUR SECOND DISCUSSION ITEM IS
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DISCUSSION REGARDING THE 20 PAGE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE WALKING TRAILS FACED TWO BY ARTIST YOSHI WRIGHT. OK SO I SPOKE TO YOSHI AND HE IS WORKING WITH A TEXAS CERTIFIED ENGINEER. I BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME ONE THAT REVERIE USED. AND UM, WHAT THE ENGINEER IS TELLING HIM THAT HE CERTAINLY CAN DO MOUNDS AND MAKE THAT HIS BASE FOR EACH OF THE SCULPTURES. UM I'M SURE IT WILL ENTAIL KICHI AND SAND AND LAYERS, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UM, SUPPORTED WELL, AND I WILL GET OUR, UM HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT THAT TAKES CARE OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT WHEN THEY'RE DOING IT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE USING THE RIGHT LEVELER, AND EVERYTHING IS DONE, ACCORDING TO THE ENGINEERING PLAN. UM HE WAS ASKING ABOUT, UM HAVING THE I THINK I ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT HE WANTED TO PUT THE ANCESTOR ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE TRAILS AS IT CURVES AROUND. AND THEN HE WANTED TO PUT THE FIRE ON THE INSIDE. WHERE THE NEXT CURVE IS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, SO THAT THEY'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT EACH OTHER. HE WANTS THE ANCESTOR TO BE A 5 FT BERM, SO THAT'S GONNA BE QUITE TALL. AND SO HE CHECKED WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT SAID THAT WAS NO PROBLEM. THE GROUND COULD BE LEVELED ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF A BUSH HAD TO COME OUT. THAT WAS FINE. SO UM, I THINK HIS HIS PROPOSALS ARE FOR A 5 FT FOR THE ANCESTOR AND A 4 FT FOR THE FIRE. IT SEEMS LIKE I REMEMBER THE FIRE WAS GONNA BE SOMETHING LIKE 13 FT. TALL TALL BY THE TIME IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE ANCESTOR WILL PROBABLY BE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 89 UM IT IT IT ISN'T AS AS TALL. SO IT YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE SOMEWHERE AROUND SEVEN. I'M THINKING 3 FT FOR THE SCULPTURE AND THEN THE 5 FT BERM. UM SO HE'S WORKING ON THE ENGINEERING PLANS. HE'S RECEIVED HIS FIRST PAYMENT, BUT HE WON'T RECEIVE A SECOND PAYMENT UNTIL WE GET THE CERTIFIED PLANS BACK FROM HIM. OUR THIRD DISCUSSION ITEM IS DISCUSSION REGARDING PROMOTIONAL ITEMS FOR EVENTS. UM AT A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO. UH WE LOOKED AT THE DESIGNS WHICH STEVE DID FOR US IN THE PACKET, AND WE WERE ALL UM, LIKING THE, UH, PLANS AND STEVE ASKED ME TO CHECK WITH CRAIG AND MAKE SURE THAT UM, HE WAS OK WITH THEM SINCE YOU KNOW, HE'S KIND OF OVER ALL OF THE INTERNET STUFF, AND, UM AND HE DID TELL ME THAT THE ONLY THING HE HAD A CONCERN ABOUT WAS THE WILY LOGO. BECAUSE IT'S COPYRIGHTED, AND SO IT NEEDS TO APPEAR ON THE ON ON THE TABLE AND ON THE DIFFERENT, UM FLAGS. UM, EXACTLY THE WAY IT IS. ON OUR LOGO, WHICH WOULD HAVE CITY OF WYLIE UNDERNEATH THE W. BUT HE SAID UNDERNEATH THAT YOU COULD PUT PUBLIC ART ADVISORY BOARD, UM, SUPPORT THE ARTS OF WILEY, UM ANYTHING THAT WE WANTED TO DO, AND SINCE WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY THAT MADE SENSE TO ME, TOO, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD. WELL, ACTUALLY. NOW I JUST THINK ABOUT IT IS THAT IN SOME OF THE, UH, DESIGNS THAT I HAD I UTILIZED THE GREEN AND THE BLUE FROM THE LOGO, BUT I HAD THE LOGO ITSELF. THE LOCKUP IS WHITE. UH SOME BRAND STANDARDS ALLOW THAT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE TREATMENT. IN THIS CASE. I THINK WE HAVE TO STICK TO THE COLORS, BUT I WILL ASK HIM. SO UM, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE DESIGNS AND THE COST? I HAVE QUESTION. ON THE COLORFUL ONE, THE FIRST RENDERING I REALLY LIKE THAT ONE CAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT, AND IT'S ARTSY, AND IT'S PAIN AND YOU KNOW, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THE BLACK COULD BE REPLACED WITH THE BLUE OF THE WILEY KIND OF BLUE COLOR. JUST TO KEEP THAT. THOSE COLORS CONSISTENT, BUT THEN ADDING THE OTHER, MORE FUN COLORS TO IT. I MEAN, I CAN LAY IT OUT. UM I THINK CRAIG'S ACTUAL REQUEST WAS THAT I STICK[00:10:06]
WITH THE GREEN AND THE BLUE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. UM, I'LL LAY IT OUT. JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE WORST HE CAN DO IS I KNOW UM SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT ON PAPER AND SEE WHERE WE CAN GO WITH THAT. ARE WE VOTING ON A DESIGN OR NOW, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT WAS JUST AN UPDATE ON THE FEEDBACK FROM CRAIG AND THEN I'LL CARRY FORWARD WITH THAT FEEDBACK TO HAVE A PRESENTATION PREP FOR THE NEXT MEETING. UM ONCE IT'S REDESIGNED, THEN WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD, AND THEN I'LL RUN IT BY CRAIG AS WELL PRIOR TO THE MEETING. BUT I GUESS THAT'S THE ONLY REAL QUESTION I HAD WAS WHETHER THE, UH, THE COLOR TREATMENT OF THE LOGO ITSELF. BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON UH, I MEAN, IF IT'S GONNA BE THE BLUE AND THE GREEN, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE A WHITE BACKGROUND SO THAT THOSE COLORS STICK OUT OR BLACK BACKGROUND TO MAKE THOSE COLORS STICK OUT. SO IF WE CAN CHANGE THE COLOR IF WE CAN CHANGE THE COLOR OF THE LOGO TO ALL WHITE, WHICH TYPICALLY IS ACCEPTABLE MAY NOT BE IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE. I JUST NEED CLARIFICATION ON THAT, THEN THAT WOULD HELP EXTEND THE AMOUNT OF COLOR THAT YOU CAN HAVE ON THE FLAGS OK? I CAN CHECK THAT. WELL, I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME LOGO STUFF FOR BLUEGRASS. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I THINK THAT WILL JUST HELP US STAND OUT AND HELP PEOPLE BE ABLE TO COME UP AND ASK QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE QUESTIONS. AND JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S JUST TO FIND OUT WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DO YOU DO? I THINK SO, TOO. YEAH, IT'LL BE GOOD TO HAVE A PRESENCE. AND I THINK, UH, ONCE WE GET THE DESIGN NAILED DOWN IF WE CAN GET IT DONE DONE RELATIVELY QUICK. MAYBE YOU SAY BY THE NEXT MEETING, OR EVEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THAT STUFF CAN BE TURNED PRETTY QUICKLY. I THINK, UM THAT I THINK I SOURCED IT FROM VISTA PRINT, AND THEY THEIR TURNS WERE VERY REASONABLE. AWESOME WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO PURCHASE? ARE WE GETTING THE TENT AND TWO BANNERS AND THE TABLE CLOTH IS THAT KIND OF THE VISION? ALL RIGHT. NEXT DISCUSSION ITEM DISCUSSION REGARDING THE 2024 BLUEGRASS ON BALLARD EVENT AND WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT. SO THE BLUEGRASS WILL BE THE LAST SATURDAY IN JUNE. UM WE HAVE QUIT CHASING THE JULY 4TH DATE. SO WE'VE JUST SETTLED WITH THE LAST SATURDAY IN JUNE. UM WE HAVE 58 APPLICANTS THAT HAVE PAID AND WE HAVE SEVEN FOOD VENDORS. UM, WE DON'T HAVE A KETTLE CORN. AND I CONTACTED SHUCKERS AND THEY SAID THAT IT JUST WASN'T PROFITABLE FOR THEM. YOU KNOW ALL THEIR STUFF IS HOT, AND IT'S PRETTY HOT IN JUNE, SO I GET IT. THEY SAID THEY ONLY MADE ABOUT $43 OVER COST, SO YEAH. I HATE THAT, BUT, UM, BUT THEY WEREN'T HERE LAST YEAR. I DON'T THINK EITHER. I THINK IT WAS A YEAR BEFORE IT WAS THE LAST YEAR THEY CAME. SO I'M STILL ON THE HUNT FOR A KETTLE CORN, BUT WE HAVE THE PINK AND, UM AND THERE'S ONE APPLICANT THAT HASN'T PAID, BUT, UM, IT'S ALL LOBSTER. LOBSTER ROLLS LOBSTER SANDWICHES. HUH? IS A COUSINS. NO WELL, I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THEIR LAST NAME WAS. BUT IT'S LOBSTERS AWAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. MHM. SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL COME THROUGH AND THEN WE'LL HAVE EIGHT VENDORS, BUT IT'S UM IT'S A VARIETY THEY'VE GOT, UM UH, THE GREEK UM WITH, UH C, CHRISTIE AND ALLY. AND THEY'VE GOT FAIR FOOD AND, UM UH, THE COFFEE, THE TRAVELING TOM'S COFFEE AND, UM ON ICE. TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT ELSE? I DON'T KNOW. I JUST DREW A BLANK. BUT LOTS OF FOOD. AND I'M SORRY. DID YOU SAY YOU HAD A AN INITIAL VENDOR COUNT? A WHAT? AN INITIAL VENDOR. UH, VENDOR COUNT? UH, 58 THAT ARE PAID. I'VE GOT ANOTHER PROBABLY 10[00:15:06]
THAT HAVE EITHER BEEN APPROVED OR LAST CHANCE TO PAY. AND I CAN I CAN SEND OUT ANOTHER EMAIL.SLAM AND SEE IF I CAN GET SOME MORE FOLKS TO APPLY, BUT WE USUALLY END UP WITH ABOUT 100 AND 10 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 100 AND 12 SO WE SHOULD GET THAT MANY AS WELL THIS YEAR. IS IT HARDER TO GET PEOPLE WITH IT BEING OUTDOORS AND NOT HAVING AN INDOOR SPACE AND STUFF LIKE THAT? DOES THAT MATTER? VERY MUCH. THE WHAT? CAUSE FOR BLUEGRASS. IT'S STILL VENDORS THAT ARE COMING AND IT'S NOT JUST FOOD VENDORS ARE STILL ART, RIGHT AND LIKE, IS IT? I'M JUST WONDERING. IS IT HARDER TO GET PEOPLE WHEN IT'S JUST OUTDOORS THAN IT IS IN THE WINTER? WHEN WE HAVE IT INDOORS? IT'S A COMBINATION. IT'S NOT JUST THE OUTDOORS PART. I DON'T THINK I THINK IT'S THE HEAT. IT'S IN SUCH A HOT TIME OF THE YEAR THAT , UM, A LOT OF THE VENDORS JUST CHOOSE NOT TO DO IT, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE OLDER. UM IT'S HARDER FOR THEM TO DO I KNOW THAT, UM ONE VENDOR THAT COMES HE'S BEEN COMING FOR 10 YEARS WITH HIS WIFE. UM, THREE YEARS AGO, HE CAME, AND HE ALMOST SAID HE STROKE SO HE JUST SAID, LIKE, I JUST CAN'T DO THAT ONE. BUT HE ALWAYS COMES FOR THE ART FESTIVAL, SO I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH OF THOSE THINGS. I DID HAVE SOME COMPLAINTS LAST YEAR, ASKING TO CHANGE THE TIME THAT WE DO THE BLUEGRASS, BUT THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS WERE NOT INTERESTED IN DOING THAT. SO AND IT'S THERE.
IT IT REALLY IS THEIR EVENT. SO WHAT DID THE VENDORS WANT TO CHANGE THE TIME TOO? PARDON? WHAT DID THE VENDORS WANT TO CHANGE THE TIME TOO? THEY WANTED , NOT THE TIME THE DATE THEY WANTED IT IN A COOLER PART OF THE AIR. YEAH. AND I'M NOT GONNA BE ASHAMED TO SAY THAT I WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE THAT SUGGESTED THAT, BUT YEAH. BUT IF IT WASN'T AGREEABLE, SO, UM THAT'S OK. WE'LL JUST, UM WE ALWAYS HAVE PROBABLY 20 SPONSORS THAT THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS COLLECT AND THEN WE GET THE $100 FOR THEIR BOOTH. SO THOSE WILL BE COMING IN TOO. SO UM, I THINK WE'LL END UP WITH A LOT OF BOOTHS. UM I HAVE NOTICED SOMETHING IRONIC, UM EVER SINCE THAT FREEZE DRIED CANDY CAME INTO BEING NOW I HAD SIX SPENDERS THAT WANTED TO SELL.
FREEZE DRY CANDY THAT SEEMS TO BE THE UP AND COMING THING. IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAD A LOT OF APPLICANTS FOR THE ARTS FESTIVAL THAT HAD THE THAT HAD THE, UH, FREE DRY CANDY AS WELL. JENNIFER SORRELL FOR HIS DRIED CAND THE BEST THIS MESSAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BY. YEAH SO ANYWAY, I'VE APPROVED THREE. I THINK MAYBE FOUR I CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE. SPREADING THEM OUT. YES. ALL RIGHT. WELL, NOW WE WILL GO INTO BUSINESS ITEMS. THE ONLY ITEM ON THE BUSINESS AGENDA IS CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES OF 2 22 24. I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION ON THE MINUTES. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES OF 2 22 24 I SECOND THE MOTION.
THE MOTION PASSES FOR TO ZERO, I GUESS PASSES EVERYBODY ON BOARD. SO UM, THEY WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I WILL. SECOND THE MOTION.
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THE MOTION PASSES WITH ALL IN AGREEMENT. WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. THE TIME IS 627.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.