[Public Arts Advisory Board on July 18, 2024.]
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GOOD EVENING. TODAY IS JULY 18TH, 2024. THE TIME IS 602. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE WHILEY PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD. REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL? CASSIE HERE. CHANTELLE. HERE. ESTHER. HERE. STEVE AFSHAN. PRESENT WE HAVE A QUORUM. AND GLORIA WAS OUT OF TOWN, AND, MINAJ COULDN'T COME TONIGHT. SINCE THERE'S NO ONE HERE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO INTO THE DISCUSSION ITEMS. THE FIRST DISCUSSION ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND OVERVIEW OF THE 2024 BLUEGRASS ON BALLARD, INCLUDING THE REVENUE IF I MAY, COULD COULD WE GO AROUND THE ROOM STARTING WITH CASSIE AND JUST TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OURSELVES? SO THAT THE NEW MEMBERS CAN KNOW US AND WE CAN KNOW THEM? ON. CAN YOU TURN YOURSELF? I'M CASSIE, AND I, JOINED THE PUBLIC ARTS BOARD LAST YEAR. AND I TEACH DANCE HERE IN WILEY. I TEACH AT THE REC CENTER AND AT A STUDIO LOCALLY. AND, WE LOVE MY HUSBAND. AND I LOVE LIVING IN WILEY. WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS. SO, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS CHANTELLE MCMURRAY, AND I MOVED IN. I MOVED TO WILEY IN 2014. I'M A MOTHER OF FIVE. I AM AN RN. I HAVE A BUSINESS DOWNTOWN CALLED MANEUVER THERAPY, I'M NEW TO THE BOARD AND JUST EXCITED TO GET TO LEARN EVERYTHING ABOUT ARTS HERE IN WILEY. HI, I'M MASTER BELLA. IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU TOO. GLAD THAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE, I AM AN EDUCATOR. I WORK FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT NEARBY, AND I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT EDUCATION AND BRINGING THE ARTS TO THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I HAVE FOUR KIDDOS. I LIVE HERE IN WILEY, OBVIOUSLY, AND, I JUST LOVE BEING PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. HELLO, I AM STEVE SCHENK. I'VE BEEN A BOARD MEMBER OF THE BOARD SINCE 2021. I BELIEVE, I THINK, BELIEVE 2021. I'M IN ADVERTISING. I'M A GRAPHIC DESIGNER, BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR ABOUT 35 YEARS NOW, I HAVE MY OWN BUSINESS. 918 DESIGN WORKS HERE IN TOWN. IF ANYBODY NEEDS ANY WORK, I'M AVAILABLE.
PAST THAT, I'M JUST REALLY, REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS BOARD. I ENJOY IT THOROUGHLY, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT, THAT YOU ALL CAME TO JOIN US. HI. I'M AFSHAN, AND THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR, WE MOVED FROM OKLAHOMA, AND THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR IN WILEY. WE LOVE IT. WE WERE GOING TO GO TO ALLEN OR FRISCO, AND ONCE WE STARTED STAYING HERE, WE WERE LIKE, NOPE, THIS IS THE PLACE. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT WILEY, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE LIVING HERE AND THE PEOPLE HERE ARE WONDERFUL, I'M JUST A HOUSEWIFE. I DON'T HAVE A AMAZING BACKGROUND LIKE YOU GUYS, BUT I'M SO. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ON THE BOARD, AND I THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME ON HERE.
HELLO. MY NAME IS JULIE PINNELL, AND I'M PARKS AND RECREATION SUPERVISOR, I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 15 YEARS, AND I HAVE BEEN SHADOWING MISS CAROL, I WILL BE TAKING OVER THE PUBLIC ART BOARD MEETINGS STARTING IN JANUARY, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO LEARN EVERYTHING I CAN SO THAT I CAN SERVE YOU GUYS BETTER. AND I'M CAROL EHRLICH. I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY 21 YEARS, AND I'M GETTING READY TO LEAVE FOR THE SECOND TIME. BUT I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU BOTH ON BOARD, AND YOU'LL REALLY ENJOY THIS BOARD. IT'S EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE DISCUSSION ITEMS. DISCUSSION AND OVERVIEW OF THE 2024 BLUEGRASS ON BALLARD, INCLUDING THE REVENUE. AND IF I MAY ADD, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. IF YOU'LL CHECK IN THE ATTACHMENTS THAT
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ARE WITH YOUR AGENDA, I'VE INCLUDED THE REVENUE FROM THE BLUEGRASS ON BALLARD FOR THE NEW MEMBERS. I THINK AFSHAN CAME, SO SHE SAW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AND, ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE ASKED TO WORK ON THAT DAY. IT'S VERY BUSY AND WE GET THERE ABOUT 6:00 IN THE MORNING, AND THEN MOST OF THE MEMBERS LEAVE AROUND 1030, 11:00. THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAY.I STAY DOWNTOWN MOST OF THE DAY TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS IN CASE THERE'S A PROBLEM. BUT IT'S A VERY GOOD EVENT. ALL THE MONEY THAT'S RAISED FROM VENDOR FEES. GOES TO THE PUBLIC ART BOARD FUND TO BUY OUR PURCHASE. PUBLIC ART. SO IT'S A BENEFICIAL, REVENUE FOR US, WE HAD $3,450 FROM FOOD VENDORS BRINGING A TOTAL THIS YEAR OF $15,035. 1200 WAS FROM SPONSORSHIPS THAT WE WILL GET AT A LATER DATE FROM THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS. THEY GIVE US $100 FOR EVERY BOOTH WE GIVE TO ONE OF THEIR SPONSORS. AND UNLESS SOMEONE HAS COMMENTS ABOUT THE EVENT, WE DID HAVE A SURVEY THAT WENT OUT THE DAY AFTER THE EVENT, EXCUSE ME. AND THERE WERE THREE THINGS THAT THAT STUCK OUT. ONE WAS THAT, VENDORS WERE NEXT TO VENDORS THAT WERE ALIKE. THE PROBLEM WE HAD AT THIS EVENT IS WE HAD TONS OF JEWELERS BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR REGULAR VENDORS JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BEAR THE HEAT. SO IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET VENDORS VERY FAR AWAY FROM OTHER VENDORS THAT MIGHT HAVE MAYBE NOT THE SAME MERCHANDISE, BUT SIMILAR, THE OTHER TWO WERE THE HEAT, THEY JUST SAID THE HEAT WAS INTOLERABLE. AND AGAIN, SOME PEOPLE HAD TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND THE LENGTH OF THE EVENT, I'M HOPING THAT NEXT YEAR MAYBE THEY CAN MOVE THAT STAGE IN A WAY THAT VENDORS CAN LEAVE ABOUT 5:00 BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DOING ANY MORE BUSINESS AFTER THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST SITTING OUT IN THE HEAT WAITING TO BE ABLE TO GO HOME. AND 6:00 IN THE MORNING TO 930 AT NIGHT. I MEAN, SOME OF THOSE VENDORS, THE LAST VENDOR DIDN'T GET OUT UNTIL 1030. SO THAT'S A VERY, VERY LONG DAY. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. WELL ALONG THOSE LINES, HAS THERE BEEN ANY MORE DISCUSSION ALONG THE LINES OF ACTUALLY MOVING THE DATE OF SAID FESTIVAL IN FALL? SPRING, PROBABLY PREFERABLY THE FALL, BECAUSE SPRING WEATHER IS SO UNPREDICTABLE. BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANY MORE DISCUSSION ALONG THOSE LINES.
YEAH. AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT THEY WERE INSIDE THE CHURCH. THEY'RE NOT IN THE CHURCH OR THE ARTS AND CRAFTS ARE IN THE CHURCH. SHE SAID SHE THOUGHT THEY WERE INSIDE FOR THE OH, NO, THE ONE THAT WE HAVE IN THE SUMMER IS IN THE PARK. OKAY, OKAY. THE ONE THAT WE'LL HAVE IN DECEMBER. PART OF IT'S INSIDE AND PART OF IT'S OUTSIDE. I HAVE A HARD TIME HEARING ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE. OKAY, OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO WOULD THEY CONSIDER MOVING IT HALF IN AND HALF OUT LIKE THEY DO IN THE FALL, WE REALLY HAVEN'T EVER DISCUSSED THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD DISCUSS. BUT WE DO. WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING TO HAVE IT IN THE PARK WHEN WE HAVE THE CHRISTMAS EVENT, WE PAY $5,000 TO THE CHURCH TO HAVE THE EVENT. OKAY.
SO THAT THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING THAT MIGHT DELEGATE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'D THEY'D MOVE IT INSIDE. YEAH, BUT IF THEY MOVE IT TO A DIFFERENT TIME OF THE YEAR, LIKE WHEN WE HAVE OURS IN DECEMBER, WE HAVE MAYBE 120 VENDORS THAT ARE OUTSIDE AND 99% OF THE TIME IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
I MEAN, ONCE IN A WHILE WE WENT INTO A LOT OF WIND OR WE HAD AN ICE STORM. ONE YEAR. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, ESPECIALLY WITH EVERYTHING GETTING WARMER, IT SEEMS TO WORK VERY WELL. SO I THINK IF IT'S MOVED, IT'LL DO MUCH BETTER. YEAH. AND REMIND ME, CAROL, THIS IS UP TO THE DOWNTOWN VENDORS OF WHEN IT'S HOSTED. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. IT'S UP TO THE DOWNTOWN VENDORS AND STAFF. BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY'RE OVER THIS
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EVENT, IT USED TO BE A KIND OF A COUNTRY DANCE THAT THEY HAD YEARS AGO, AND NOW IT'S EVOLVED INTO SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER WITH THE BLUEGRASS, BUT THEY'RE STILL THEY'RE STILL THEIR MONEYMAKER.SO, YEAH, WE HAVE TO GET THEIR PERMISSION. SO IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO PARTNER WITH COLLIN COUNTY, THE COLLEGE TO MOVE IT. BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, MOST OF THE REVENUE IS FOR THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS. YES. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY YEAH. WE GET THE REVENUE FROM THE VENDORS, BUT THEY MAKE MONEY OFF OF THE ANTIQUE CAR SHOW, AND, SPONSORSHIPS, AND THEY GET TONS OF SPONSORS. SO, YEAH.
MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION, ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSSION REGARDING THE MUNICIPAL WALKING TRAILS PHASE TWO UPDATE. SO I SPOKE TO YOSHI A FEW DAYS AGO, AND, HE IS STILL WAITING ON THE STONE FOR SACRED FIRE, HE SAID HE'S STILL TRYING FOR DECEMBER TO INSTALL THE PIECES, BUT HE IS NOT 100% CONFIDENT THAT HE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT BY THEN. THE PERMITTING TOOK QUITE A BIT OF TIME, AND, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT TOOK SOME TIME. OH, IT WAS THE ENGINEERING, BECAUSE OF THAT MOUND, IT TOOK A WHILE FOR EVERYONE TO APPROVE THE ENGINEERING CERTIFIED PLANS. SO JUST TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE, LAST YEAR WE DID A CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR TWO PIECES OF ART, AND THE ARTISTS THAT RECEIVED THE COMMISSION IS DOING ONE PIECE IN GRANITE, AND, THE WHOLE THEME BEHIND THE COMPLEX IS THE BLACKLAND PRAIRIES, BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF THE BLACKLAND PRAIRIE, PART OF THEIR PROPERTY. AND SO WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD DO THE HISTORY OF THE BLACKLAND PRAIRIE, WHICH WE'VE PRETTY MUCH SPELLED OUT. IF YOU'VE BEEN BACK THERE WITH THE MOSAIC, THAT REALLY KIND OF TELLS WHAT THIS AREA WAS LIKE. WHAT KIND OF VEGETATION, WHAT KIND OF ANIMALS. AND THAT. AND THEN THERE WAS WHEN WE BUILT THE BUILDINGS, WE WERE STOPPED FOR A WHILE BECAUSE THEY DID A DIG AND THEY FOUND ARTIFACTS FROM THE CADDO TRIBE AS WELL AS SOME BISON BONES AND, AND POTTERY AND SUCH. AND SO WE'VE KIND OF FOCUSED IN OR THE BOARD HAS KIND OF FOCUSED IN ON, KIND OF A HISTORY OF THE CADDO TRIBES. AND SO THESE TWO PIECES OF ART, ONE BEING, STONE AND ONE BEING GRANITE, IS GOING TO BE AN ANCESTOR COMING BACK BECAUSE THEY BUILD THEIR MOUNDS AND THEY USE THEM FOR BURIAL SITES. THEY USE THEM FOR CEREMONIES. SO IT WILL BE ON A FIVE FOOT MOUND, AND THEN THE PIECE WILL SIT ON TOP OF THAT. AND IT WILL IT WILL GO IN THE DIRECTION OF SACRED FIRE. AND SACRED FIRE WILL BE ON A FOUR FOOT MOUND AND IT IS ACTUALLY, A REPLICA OF WHAT THEY USED BECAUSE FIRE WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM. IT WAS VERY SACRED. AND SO THIS DEPICTS THAT FIRE AND THE, AND THE, THE UNIT THAT THEY USED TO HAVE THEIR CEREMONIAL FIRES. AND THEN WE'LL OF COURSE HAVE, INFORMATION AT BOTH AREAS ON WHAT THESE REPRESENT. AND HOW THEY GO BACK IN THE HISTORY OF THE CADDO TRIBES. SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT PHASE THREE. SO THE NEXT COUPLE OF AGENDA ITEMS WILL HAVE TO DO WITH THE NEXT, CALL FOR ARTISTS AND THE NEXT PROJECTS THAT WE'LL DO THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN 2025. SO 2024 HAS THE TWO PIECES THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT. AND THEN 2025 WILL HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL PIECES. MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION. ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION REGARDING THE WALKING TRAILS ART PHASE THREE. IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR PACKET, THERE IS A PICTURE OF A DEER. ONE OF THE ARTISTS THAT PROPOSED LAST YEAR AND COULD NOT PROVIDE THE ART LAST YEAR, THE PANEL REALLY LIKED HE WAS ONE OF
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THE SEMIFINALISTS AND HE CAME UP WITH THIS DESIGN. THE IDEA BEHIND THE DESIGN IS THE WHITETAIL DEER, WAS VERY PREVALENT IN THIS AREA, AND IT WAS THE MAIN SOURCE OF FOOD FOR THE CADDOS. THEY USED THE SKIN. THEY USED EVERY PART OF THE DEER FOR, FOR SOMETHING EITHER CEREMONIAL DRESS OR, HIDES FOR CLOTHING AND TENTS. BUT EVERY PIECE OF IT WAS USED. AND SO HE IS DEPICTING A WHITETAIL DEER AND THE ARROWS BENEATH ARE, ARE JUST TO SHOW THAT THIS THIS WAS WHAT THE, THE CADDOS HUNTED, SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AT THE LAST MEETING. THE BUDGET IS 44,000 AND SOME, SOME CHANGE. AND, HE WAS NOT SURE THE ARTIST WAS NOT SURE IF HE COULD GET THE BRONZE, FABRICATED WITHIN THAT AMOUNT. SO THE FIRST PART OF HIS BUDGET, IF YOU LOOK ON THE OTHER PAGE, IS, THE ACTUAL COST OF DOING A MAQUETTE OR DOING A MODEL, AND IT'S THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR $3,500. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT HE COULD GET A TRUE PRICE AND COULD COULD GUARANTEE THAT PRICE WAS IF HE DID THE MAQUETTE AND SENT IT TO THE FOUNDRY, WHICH IS IN SOUTH AFRICA. AND HAD THEM GIVE HIM AN ABSOLUTE PRICE ON WHAT IT WOULD COST TO BRONZE IT, SO WE HAVE GOTTEN PERMISSION FROM MANAGEMENT TO GO AHEAD WITH THAT PROCESS AND GET THE MAQUETTE. SO I HAVE CONTACTED, MR. BEAN AND RIGHT NOW HE IS WORKING ON MURALS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. THE SUMMER TIME IS WHEN HE LIKES TO DO MURALS. SO HE SAID IT WAS PROBABLY GOING TO BE IN AUGUST BEFORE HE COULD START THE MAQUETTE, I REMINDED HIM THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GO TO COUNCIL. IN NOVEMBER WITH THE FINISHED PRODUCT, AND HE DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. SO AS SOON AS HE GETS THOSE COSTS, HE WILL SEND THEM BACK AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE WITHIN A BUDGET THAT WE CAN, LIVE WITH. I BELIEVE WE PUT, 134,000 IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. NOW, THAT WOULD INCLUDE CONTINGENCIES AND MAINTENANCE AS WELL FOR TWO ITEMS, BUT IT WOULD LEAVE 60 TO 65 FOR MR. BEAN'S PIECE. AND THEN A CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR ABOUT THE SAME. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION. HAVING MISSED THE LAST MEETING AND THAT DISCUSSION DID WE? IT SEEMS LIKE I REMEMBER THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS IN TWO PARTS. THERE WAS A THE FIGURE INVOLVED AS WELL. YES, WHEN HE CAME BACK TO US, HE SAID HE COULD NOT DO THE BISON NOR THE, NATIVE AMERICAN, BUT HE WOULD DO THE DEER WITHIN THE PROJECT. HE SAID THERE JUST WASN'T ENOUGH FUNDING FOR HIM TO DO TWO PROJECTS AT THAT COST. OKAY, SO WE'VE DONE AWAY WITH THE NATIVE AMERICAN ALTOGETHER. SO. SO WE DO NOT HAVE A NATIVE AMERICAN.OKAY. AND AT THE LAST MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANTED A FULL BRONZE, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE EXPENSIVE, OR IF WE WANTED THE BRONZE RELIEF, LIKE THE PICTURE.
AND, MOST OF THE MEMBERS THAT WERE PRESENT WANTED THE BRONZE RELIEF. THEY THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS THE BEST OPTION. AND SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. OH, AND THE OTHER THING THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS KIDS CLIMBING ON IT. AND WE HAD SONNY ON THE PHONE AND HE SAID THEY THEY WON'T HURT IT UNLESS THEY START, YOU KNOW, LIKE KICKING AT THE ARROWS. AND THEN IT CAN DAMAGE IT. SO THE BOARD FELT MAYBE PUTTING IT ON A HIGHER PEDESTAL WHERE THEY COULDN'T REACH UP THERE AND DO IT, IT WOULD, WOULD PROBABLY SUFFICE. SO THERE WILL BE SOME EXTRA COSTS FOR THAT AS WELL. THE OTHER THING THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS THAT SONNY IS DOING THIS AT
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A AT COST FOR US, OR PRETTY CLOSE TO IT, AND THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HIS WORK HERE IN WYLIE BECAUSE, FOR THE NEW FOLKS, HIS ART IS DISPLAYED AT THE UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER PLACES. AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM. BUT HE IS DOING IT SPECIAL PRICING FOR US.HE'S FROM SOUTH AFRICA. AND, THAT'S WHY HIS FOUNDRY IS OVER THERE AND HE CAN GET IT DONE.
LESS EXPENSIVE THAN ANY OF THE FOUNDRIES OVER HERE. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SHIPPING. AND NOT IN THE COST, BECAUSE IT'LL HAVE TO BE SHIPPED BACK OVER HERE. WHERE SPECIFICALLY IS THIS GOING? WHERE WHERE IS IT SPECIFICALLY GOING? IT'S GOING TO GO IN THE BACK, AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE OTHER TWO. OKAY. YEAH. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO GO I'M GOING TO PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE.
SINCE WE HAVE DELETED THE IDEA OF THE FIGURE, THE WARRIOR ARE WE CONCERNED AT ALL NOW THAT THE ARROWS IN THE SCULPTURE HAVE MAKE NO SENSE? WE DON'T HAVE ANY SOURCE FOR THOSE. WELL, THEY WILL MAKE SENSE WHEN THEY SEE THE SIGN THAT'S IN FRONT OF IT, BECAUSE WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW THIS WAS THE, THE MAIN HUNTING ANIMAL AND SO ON. I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE THE LAST TIME, YEAH, WE HAD THE FIGURE IN HE WAS SHOOTING ARROWS. RIGHT. AND THERE WAS CONTEXT. WELL NOW SINCE IT'S JUST THE DEER. AND SO I WAS WORRIED ABOUT CONTEXT. OKAY. BUT THAT MAKES SENSE. I MAY BE JUMPING AHEAD, BUT I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE IT SAYS NEW CALL FOR ARTISTS. WOULD THAT POSSIBLY INCLUDE MAYBE ADDING, YES, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NEXT. OKAY. THANKS ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? YES. WE'LL MOVE ON. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T I DIDN'T MEAN IT RUDELY. MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION. ITEM NUMBER FOUR DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION REGARDING WALKING TRAILS ART PHASE THREE NEW CALL FOR ARTISTS. I'M SORRY, BUT I WAS CURIOUS. I MEAN, I'M CURIOUS IF WE COULD STILL DO THAT WITH THE NEW ART. I THINK IT'S GREAT. YES, YES. SO IN YOUR IN YOUR EXTRA ITEMS, YOU HAVE A TIMELINE FOR A CALL FOR ARTISTS. THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THIS, ONE IS, MANAGEMENT KIND OF WANTED JULIE TO GO THROUGH A CALL BEFORE SHE TOOK OVER SO SHE'D KNOW THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE DO IT ONLINE, AND, WE USE CAFE, AND WE PUT THE CALL FOR ARTISTS ON THERE, AND THEN IT GOES OUT NATIONALLY TO ANY ARTIST THAT'S IN THE UNITED STATES. AND ALL OF THE PROPOSALS COME BACK THROUGH CAFE. SO WHEN WE SELECT JURORS TO JURY THE SELECTIONS, THEY CAN JUST GO ONLINE. THEY CAN'T SEE EACH OTHER'S WORK OR WHAT THEY'RE RANKING THEM AND THEN WE NARROW IT DOWN THAT WAY, AND THEN THEY COME IN AND MEET AND THEY MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE PUBLIC ART BOARD, AND THEN THE PUBLIC ART BOARD MAKES THAT RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL HAS FINAL SAY. SO THIS CALL WILL START ON TODAY. AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH WE'RE GOING TO POST IT, BY AUGUST 18TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 16TH. THAT GIVES ALMOST A MONTH FOR ARTISTS TO SUBMIT. AND THEN THE JURORS WILL MEET ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, AND WE'LL GO OVER THE PROCESS. HOW THEY GO ONLINE, HOW THEY RANK AND GET THEM FAMILIAR WITH WITH THE PROCESS THAT THEY'LL BE DOING. AND THEN FROM SEPTEMBER 20TH THROUGH THE 27TH, THE JURORS WILL BEGIN TO REVIEW AND RANK THE ARTISTS SO THEY'LL HAVE ABOUT A WEEK TO SIT DOWN AT A COMPUTER AND GO THROUGH, BECAUSE IT TAKES SEVERAL TIMES TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU WANT TO START RANKING. SO IT GIVES THEM A WEEK TO DO THAT.
AND THEN ONCE THEY'VE ALL COMPLETED, IT'LL COME BACK TO ME, AND THEN I WILL NARROW IT.
LIKE IF, IF THE RANKING IS ONE THROUGH SEVEN, I MAY CUT OUT ANYBODY THAT RANKED UNDER A40.
SO ANYBODY THAT GOT A THREE IS OUT AND THEN THE SELECTION PANEL WILL MEET. AND THOSE TOP ARTISTS WILL BE REVIEWED IN PERSON, AND THEY'LL COME UP WITH 2 TO 3 FINAL ARTISTS. AND THEN WE'LL
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CALL THE ARTISTS, LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE ONE OF THE SEMIFINALISTS. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THEM COME IN TO TOWN AND WE'LL SHOW THEM THE ART SITE, BECAUSE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT EVERYTHING AROUND IT, YOU KNOW, TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE SITE LOOKS LIKE, WHAT WHAT ARE OTHER ART LOOKS LIKE THAT'S OUT THERE? BECAUSE THEY TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE THEY COME UP WITH A PROPOSAL. SO AFTER THEY GO BACK HOME AND WE WILL HAVE A, PUBLIC INPUT MEETING AS WELL, WHERE WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO COME TO A MEETING.THE ARTISTS WILL SIT UP HERE AND THEY WILL HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, FROM THE ART BOARD, AND FROM THE SELECTION PANEL ON WHAT THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT ART LOOK LIKE. AND IT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM SIZE TO DESIGN TO MATERIAL, WHATEVER. GOES ON THEIR MIND, THEY CAN COMMUTE THAT TO THE ARTISTS, AND THE ARTISTS WILL USE THOSE NOTES WHEN THEY GO BACK HOME. AND THEN THE ARTISTS WILL GO BACK HOME AND, THEY WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO JUST, MAKE THEIR MAQUETTE. SO IT'S JUST REALLY A MINIATURE OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, AND THEN THEY'LL COME BACK AND PRESENT THOSE TO THE, THAT'S SEPTEMBER 30TH. AND THEN THE SEMIFINAL ARTISTS ARE NOTIFIED.
LET'S SAY ARTISTS INPUT MEETING IS ON OCTOBER 14TH AND 15TH. AND THEN ARTISTS MEET WITH PANEL ON NOVEMBER 11TH. SO THAT'S WHEN THEY COME BACK WITH THEIR MAQUETTES, AND IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND THEN, A CONTRACT IS PREPARED BETWEEN NOVEMBER 12TH AND THE 30TH AND THEN DECEMBER 9TH, IT WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL ONCE THEY'VE SIGNED THE CONTRACT AND COUNCIL HAS APPROVED IT, THEN THEY CAN BEGIN FABRICATION OF THE ART. AND THEN WE'RE HOPING THAT THE ART WILL BE INSTALLED SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. BUT THAT'S ALWAYS KIND OF TO BE DETERMINED BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE. THE ARTIST, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF REASONS WHY IT MIGHT TAKE AN ARTIST LONGER. LIKE WITH THE TWO PIECES THAT WE HAVE AT EITHER END ENTWINE AND PRAIRIE CROSSING, THE ARTIST DIDN'T REALIZE BECAUSE HE HAD NEVER BENT STAINLESS STEEL THAT LARGE, WHAT IT WAS GOING TO ENTAIL. AND SO IT TOOK THEM A BIT LONGER THAN WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED.
BUT AS LONG AS WE GET A GOOD FINISHED PRODUCT. I'M OKAY WITH IT. SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY SO NOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT THE CALL FOR ARTISTS TO LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE I WILL BRING THAT BACK TO OUR NEXT MEETING TO GET APPROVAL BEFORE I POST IT ON CAFE. SO IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR THEME? CAN WE GET THE NATIVE GUY, NATIVE AMERICAN GUY, A NATIVE, NATIVE AMERICAN? YEAH OKAY. YEAH, I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO PUT THAT BACK ON THE OKAY. ON THE REQUEST LIST, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THAT WHOLE PIECE PUT TOGETHER WAS JUST FANTASTIC. WELL, HE'S BEEN ON SO MANY LISTS, I GUESS HAVING SUBMITTED SEVERAL TIMES FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT PIECES. AND NOW HE'S GOT HIS CHANCE. I WANT TO SEE HIM FULFILL IT FOR SURE. YEAH. THE ONLY THING THAT, THE ARTISTS REALLY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH IS THE, FACIAL FEATURES, BECAUSE, THE ARTISTS THAT DID THE NATIVE AMERICAN THAT SUNNY, THAT DECIDED NOT TO DO IT, ONE OF THE, BOARD MEMBERS FROM, THE NATIVE AMERICAN NATIONS INSURANCE COMMENTED THAT SHE DIDN'T THINK IT LOOKED LIKE A CATTLE. NOW, THERE WERE MANY, MANY OTHER, NATIVE AMERICANS THAT USED THIS LAND. IT WASN'T JUST THE CADDOS. SO MAYBE BEING NONSPECIFIC, BUT YOU ALL CAN TALK TO THE ARTISTS ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT. OKAY I WILL SAY I'M GOING TO MAKE A RANDOM POINT. IF THE SELECTION PANEL IS GENERALLY MADE UP OF CITY OR CITIZENS OF WILEY. RIGHT. VOLUNTEERS. YES WE NEED USUALLY IS REPRESENTED BY AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD ALSO. YES, IF YOU HAVE TO THE NEW MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT OR WANT TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE. VERY INTERESTING, FASCINATING ART PIECES THAT YOU WILL EVER SEE IN YOUR LIFE. THE CONCEPTS FROM SOME OF THESE ARTISTS ARE AMAZING. THEIR PAST WORKS ARE RIDICULOUSLY AMAZING. AND THE PROCESS WHEN YOU GO IN AND START
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SELECTING ARTISTS ON THE CAFE SITE IS SURPRISINGLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU GET SO INVOLVED IN HOW MANY PIECES THERE ARE AND STYLES AND ALL THAT THAT YOU GET. YOU ALMOST CONFUSE YOURSELF AS TO HOW GREAT IT IS, AND IT'S HARD TO MAKE A CHOICE, BUT I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND DOING THAT. WE ALSO NEED TO THINK ABOUT, CITIZENS OF WILEY THAT WE CAN RECOMMEND. WE NEED 2 TO 3 CITIZENS, TWO ARTISTS, IF YOU KNOW ANY ARTISTS THAT WOULD WANT TO SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE NEED A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PARKS BOARD AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM, OUR BOARD AND I JUST PUT IT ON THE AGENDA SO YOU COULD THINK ABOUT IT. BUT WE CAN DO THAT NEXT TIME, AND THAT WAY WE'LL GET THE CALL DONE AND WE'LL HAVE THE SELECTION PANEL. BUT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CALL THEM AHEAD OF TIME AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN MAKE SOME EVENING MEETINGS, AND I'LL TRY AND PUT, WELL, THIS SCHEDULE IS PRETTY CLOSE. I MEAN, IT'S NOT WRITTEN IN STONE. IT AT LEAST GIVES YOU A WEEK WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE RANKING. SO IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE THAT WEEK, IT SHOULD WORK OUT FINE. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION REGARDING THE 2024 WILEY ARTS FESTIVAL AND REVIEW PANEL. OKAY.THIS IS A BIGGIE, THURSDAY, LAST THURSDAY NIGHT, ABOUT 5:00 BEFORE I LEFT, I SENT, AN EMAIL TO ABOUT 250 VENDORS LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THE WILEY ART FESTIVAL WAS UP ONLINE AND THEY COULD APPLY BY MONDAY MORNING, I HAD 136 APPLICATIONS. SO SO, WHAT I'VE DONE, IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE BOARD, WE DO NEED A SELECTION PANEL MADE UP OF THREE MEMBERS. AND YOU CAN VOLUNTEER FOR THAT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A VOTE ON, BUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON IT, THEN, WE TRY AND MEET AFTER THE REGULAR MEETING, AND THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME IN A SECOND TIME. SO I CAN VOLUNTEER. OKAY. SAME HERE. AND I CAN VOLUNTEER. YEAH. CAN WE CAN WE DO A FOURTH? OKAY STEVE. SHANTEL AND AFSHAN. OKAY. FOR KATHY YOU'RE THE I KNOW DAWN. WE SHOULD HAVE ALL TURNED IT ON AT THE SAME. YEAH. I'LL BE HAPPY TO RELINQUISH MY POSITION. IF YOU WOULD CARE TO PARTICIPATE. I'VE DONE IT MULTIPLE TIMES. NO, IT'S OKAY. I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR ALL THE FOOD ANYWAY. JUST SO YOU KNOW, OKAY, SO WHAT I'VE DONE WITH THE APPLICATIONS IS I'VE PUT THEM INTO POWERPOINT AND I'VE GONE BACK ON THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THE ARTISTS, OR VENDORS THAT WE'VE HAD AND THEY'VE KIND OF HAD THEIR SAME PLACE AND THEY HAVE QUALITY STUFF. AND I PUT THEM ON AND APPROVE LIST, BUT I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE APPROVE LIST WITH YOU. AND IF YOU SEE ANY THAT YOU DON'T WANT ON THERE, I'LL MOVE THEM OVER TO THE REVIEW LIST. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS DO YOU WANT TO MEET AFTER THE MEETING, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO EMAIL THEM TO YOU BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE TO PUT THEM IN PDF BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY OF THEM, AFTER THE MEETING, I ALWAYS SEEM TO WORK OUT, SEEM TO WORK OUT BEST. I THINK THAT TIME SET ASIDE ANYWAY. SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S SEE. BEAR WITH ME A MINUTE. OKAY SO THE FIRST ONE IS A AND W DESIGNS. THEY WANT TO BE OUTSIDE WITH NO ELECTRICITY. EVERYONE OKAY WITH THAT? I'M OKAY IF THEY GIVE ME THE DOCTOR WHO BLANKET.
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ALL RIGHT. SECOND ONE IS ALL MINUS WATER. IT'S OUR FREEZE DRIED CANDY. AND SHE HAS A REALLY CUTE BOOTH. I GOT SOME OF THESE DURING BLUEGRASS, AND IT WAS OUTSTANDING. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, SHE HAS GOOD STUFF. AND THESE ARE, LIKE, SUPER POPULAR. YES, THE NEXT ONE IS ANTLERS.NOW THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME THING, FREEZE DRIED FRUIT AND CANDY. BUT SHE WANTS TO BE INSIDE AND THEY WANT TO BE OUTSIDE. SO THAT SHOULD BE OKAY. THIS IS OUR ARTIST THAT DESIGNS ON FEATHERS. THAT'S GORGEOUS. THIS IS ARROW GRACE DESIGNS OUTSIDE. NO ELECTRIC. EVERYBODY GOOD? THIS IS PHOEBE'S PASTRY. STEVE IS BIG ON FOOD. WELL, THIS IS ALSO ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS IN MY IN MY SUBDIVISION. SO I WILL ALWAYS SAY ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE SHE IS ONE OF THE NICEST PEOPLE EVER. OKAY BONNIE'S ART ORIGINALS IS A TEN BY TEN. THAT'S COOL. BUTTERY BAKES.
REALLY? HE MAKES A LIST AND THEN HE GOES TO EVERY ONE OF THEM ALL THE TIME. I MEAN, THEY HAD ME AT CROISSANT. EVERYTHING COBB'S CORNER OUTSIDE, NO ELECTRIC. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
BAKEHOUSE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WE SOMETIMES, I GUESS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT. WE DIDN'T HAVE A TON OF CHRISTMAS FOCUSED VENDORS. I WOULD THINK THAT THAT'S SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT. I THINK SO TOO. SO THE MORE WE CAN GET, THE BETTER.
AND WE WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW APPLY. SOME OF THEM ARE ON HERE, OTHERS WILL BE IN YOUR REVIEW.
COUNTRY STITCHIN. COVENTRY I'M SORRY. CAN YOU GO BACK ONE. GO BACK TO COVENTRY. OH OKAY. OKAY.
THANK YOU. SHE'S ADDED A FEW THINGS. CRAFTY CRAFTS BY DIANE OUTSIDE ELECTRIC. OUR BEAUTIFUL EGG LADY. I BOUGHT ONE LAST YEAR. I'M GOING TO BUY ANOTHER ONE I LOVE THEM. YEAH I PUT IT IN MY CHINA CABINET. CYPRESS LAKE RANCH. DESIGNER'S TOUCH. I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE THESE, STEV, BUT THEY ARE POPULAR. IT IS NOT JUST UP TO ME. I'M JUST SAYING IT WAS THE MANNEQUIN SHE DIDN'T LIKE. WELL, YEAH, THEY DID CREEP ME OUT A BIT. YES, BUT THAT'S OKAY. YEAH DONNA MONROE. SHE'S ADDED VANILLA EXTRACT TO HER PEANUT BRITTLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT WAS. PRETTY GOOD. OR, YOU KNOW, OR JUST OVERALL. DUVALL LEATHER. SHE'S FROM OUTSIDE. OUR EASY CORE GUY. HOW TO, CORE A JALAPENO WITH THAT LITTLE OPERATION RIGHT THERE. IT'S SO SIMPLE. IT WORKS SO WEL.
FANCY ADDITIONS. I DON'T KNOW WHY HE DIDN'T SEND ANY, PHOTOS OF HIS, OTHER STUFF. YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT THOSE GLASS SQUARES THAT HAVE THE LIGHTS IN THEM, AND THEY HAVE CROSSES ON FRONT.
THEY'RE REALLY PRETTY THAT, LIKE 1950S SQUARE GLASS. GIGI. SIDE HUSTLE. CHRISTMAS. THE GOURD
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LADY. THOSE ARE REALLY COOL. YEAH, I DON'T. THERE'S ONE. THERE'S A COUPLE OF RECORDS. SO GIGI ALSO HAS A PICTURE OF GOURDS. GIGI ALSO HAD A PICTURE OF A CARVED GOURD, WHICH I GUESS IF WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE BOTH OF THESE, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SEPARATED.YEAH GRANDPA'S WORKSHOP. THAT'S OUTSIDE AS WELL. THE INSIDE IS THE EXPENSIVE PROPERTY, AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF IT. SO WHEN THEY'RE OUTSIDE, IT'S NOT QUITE AS BIG A DECISION AS IF THEY'RE INSIDE. CAN YOU CLOSE THE LITTLE THINGS ON THE BOTTOM? WHAT LITTLE BOXES IN THE CENTER BOTTOM. WHAT HAPPENED? AT ONE I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WENT. THEY'RE GONE. THAT'S PERFECT.
OKAY. HODGEPODGE HUSTLE MAN GAN. THAT'S THAT'S MOSTLY ALL SPORTS. YEAH. THAT LOOKS FUN. WELL I WAS FRAMED. OH THAT'S ANGELA. YEAH OH YEAH. SHE COMES EVERY YEAR. REMEMBER HER NAME, SHE'S AN EMPLOYEE. OKAY. SHE WORKS AT THE WITH THE SENIORS LEATHER FEATHERS. LILO'S HOMEMADE SALSA.
I HAD THEM FROM THE BLUEGRASS. NO FROM THE. WE HAVE THAT FARMERS MARKET NOW, RIGHT. OH, AND HE GOES THERE? YES. OH, MY GOD, THERE'S SPICY. LUMINOUS IMPRESSIONS. MAKE ME PRETTY.
SHE'S THE ONE WITH THE LITTLE DISNEY COTTAGE THAT HAS ALL LITTLE GIRLS JEWELRY IN IT. YEA.
MARY MARKET. LOTS OF CHRISTMAS STUFF. GREAT METAL TREASURES. YEAH. LAST YEAR I BOUGHT SOMETHING FROM THEM LAST YEAR. AND, LIKE, AS THEY WERE SETTING UP, THEY DID A CUSTOM, GATE SIGN FOR US. IT WAS GORGEOUS. YEAH. MKV JEWELRY. MRS. J'S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS. MY COPPER LIFE, ALL DONE IN STAINLESS AND COPPER. PAPA PERRY'S PEPPER PRODUCTS. PEYTON GRACE CANDLES. PLAYFUL PATCHWORK. QUINTEL PRODUCTIONS. QUEENIE'S CREATIVE COOKIES. RISE UP! SOURDOUGH I CAN NEVER GET THIS. EVERY TIME I GO TO HER AT THE FARMERS MARKET. 2000. IN 20 MINUTES OR SO. YEAH. EVERY TIME. YEAH. THREE TIMES. BREAD IS REALLY GOOD. BREAD IS FUN. LIKE THERE'S A HUGE LINE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW. AND IT'S ALL NATURAL. MY FAVORITE FOOD IS BRUSCHETTA.
I LOVE IT. YEAH. GET GET THERE. WHEN SHE'S SETTING UP AND TAKING HER BREAD OUT OF THE TRUCK. NO, NO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT OPEN YET. I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT THAT BREAD THAT BADLY. YEAH. EVERYBODY HAS TO COME. YOU'LL BE HERE. OH, I MEANT LIKE I MEANT FOR A SATURDAY. OH YEAH. OH, BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT. YEAH SATURDAY. OH, YEAH. YEAH OKAY. RUSTY. LIGHTS AND THESE ARE REALLY COOL
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LIGHTS. SAY SO CREATIVE. I KNOW YOU DO. I LIKE THAT. SIMPLE CHAOS. SPIRIT SENSE. IT'S A SCRUB. SWEET DREAMS. MOSAICS CAN YOU GO BACK? DIDN'T WE HAVE A QUESTION ONCE UPON A TIME AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY ACTUALLY MAKE THEIR PRODUCT? OR WAS IT RETAIL. NO, I DON'T THINK SO.OKAY. GOOGLE THEM. I THINK I DID, BUT BECAUSE IF THEY IF THEY DON'T MAKE IT, I'LL TAKE THEM OFF. THEY WERE AT THE BLUEGRASS. BUT ALL THE VENDORS HAVE TO MAKE THEIR OWN PRODUCTS. THEY CAN'T.
AND NOTHING CAN BE STORE BOUGHT FOR THIS EVENT. OR THEY CAN BE UNIQUE, VERY UNIQUE.
OH OKAY. THE WREATH FAIRY. THREE STONE GEMS. AND WE HAVE A TON OF THESE TWISTED SISTERS BEEN HERE BEFORE, BUT, THERE'S IN IN THE REVIEW ONES. THERE'S PROBABLY ANOTHER 4 OR 5. DO WE LIMIT THE TYPE OF VENDORS LIKE, I KNOW YOU GUYS SAID YOU HAD QUITE A FEW JEWELRY VENDORS. DO YOU EVER LIMIT THEM AND SAY NO MORE THAN FIVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WELL, IF THEY'RE SELLING THE SAME EXACT THING, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, PERMANENT JEWELRY THAT'S BECOME REAL POPULAR NOW, THEN WE DON'T WANT A BUNCH OF THEM. OKAY, BUT IF THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF JEWELRY, THEN I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE SOME WILL BE LIKE LONGER PIECES AND SOME WILL BE, EARRINGS ONLY, AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE KIND OF PLAY IT BY EAR. THE BEST OF THE BEST, I GUESS. YOU COULD SAY. UNIQUELY STYLED. YAHYA'S COTTAGE KITCHEN. AND ZUKO'S WOODWORKS.
AND THAT'S IT. OKAY. SO IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THEM? OKAY IS THIS LINK FOR THE VENDORS ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE CITY? IS THAT WHERE YOU FIND IT? FOR THE APPLICATION OR WAS IT JUST IN AN EMAIL WHEN IT GETS CLOSER? OH YOU WHEN I SENT OUT THE NOTICE. YEAH. HE PUT IT ON THE, ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. OKAY. AND THEN I SENT IT TO ALL THE VENDORS THAT HAD BEEN HERE BEFORE. OKAY. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A DOUBLE WHAMMY. YEAH. YEAH. BECAUSE HE USUALLY DOESN'T POST THAT SOON.
SO THE FOOD VENDORS THAT WE HAVE SO FAR, THEY'RE NOT APPROVED IS SOFT SERVE SOCIAL. THE PINK COMPANY. OH I HAVE THAT TWICE. NO BTS ICE HOUSE. YEAH. THEY HAVE HOT DOGS OKAY. YEAH YEAH.
FROZEN LEMONADE. HOT CHOCOLATE, ICED COFFEE SLUSHIES. WE USUALLY HAVE A COUPLE THAT MR. TOMS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. HE COMES AND HE'S REAL GOOD TOO. SO, LILLIAN, USUALLY LILLIAN AND CRAIG USUALLY KIND OF DECIDE ON WHO THE FOOD VENDORS WILL BE. THEY LIKE A NICE VARIETY. SO, BUT I ALWAYS PUT THEM DOWN, JUST SO I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT THEM. THE VENDORS HAVE TO BE FROM WILEY, TOO, AND THE VENDORS FOR THE FOOD HAVE TO BE FROM WILEY AS WELL. NO, FOOD VENDORS DON'T HAVE TO BE FROM WILEY. THEY CAN BE FROM ANYWHERE. AND SO CAN THE REGULAR VENDORS. WE DON'T WE
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DON'T REQUIRE THEM TO BE FROM WILEY. THE REASON WE HAVE IT, DOWNTOWN IS SO THAT OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS WILL GET SOME BUSINESS AS WELL. SO, THEY DON'T LIKE TO COMPETE WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN, BUT, BUT THEY DO HAVE ICED COFFEE AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, EVEN THOUGH SHOEMAKER'S HAS IT. BUT BARBECUE AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS, THEY KIND OF LEAVE TO THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS. OKAY SO, THAT'S NOT IT. SO I'M JUST GOING TO RUN THROUGH THE REVIEW, AND THEN YOU CAN BE THINKING ABOUT IT FOR NEXT. NEXT MEETING. THERE'S SOME MORE OF OUR LITTLE GUYS. AND I'VE GOT ABOUT 15 MORE TO PUT ON HERE TO TELL ME TO SLOW DOWN. IF I, I KNOW I LIKE THE GREEN MAN IS. LOTS OF 3D2. QUITE A FEW VENDORS FOR 3D STUFF LIKE 3D PRINTING.YEAH, YEAH. BUT THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY SPECIALIZE IN. SO JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.
TO. AND THEY'VE BEEN HERE MULTIPLE TIMES AS WELL. BUT SINCE THEY WANTED IT INSIDE BOOTH, I THOUGHT I WOULD LEAVE IT UP TO THE PANEL. IS THERE A COST DIFFERENCE FOR THE VENDORS? YES, THE OUTSIDE BOOTHS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY ARE $100. THE INSIDE THE OUTSIDE BOOTHS WITH ELECTRICITY ARE 125. OH, I'VE GOT IT HERE SOMEWHERE.
DID YOU SEE AN ART FESTIVAL THING? NO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID WITH IT. I'M ALWAYS LOSING THINGS. IT'S 175 FOR A TEN BY TEN INSIDE FOR TWO, TEN BY TEN INSIDE. IT'S 450 BECAUSE THERE'S AN UPCHARGE. THE EIGHT BY EIGHTS ARE 125 OR 305 FOR TWO. THE WE CHANGED THE EIGHT BY TENS TO BE SEVEN BY NINE, BECAUSE IT KIND OF FITS THE SPACES BETTER. AND THOSE ARE 145. AND THEN THE LITTLE FIVE BY EIGHTS ARE, $100. I THINK. YEAH WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THE TIMINGS FOR THIS? OKAY.
WE LET THE VENDORS START SETTING UP AT, 6 A.M. IN THE MORNING. STEVE IS USUALLY THERE AT 530, AND ONE OF OUR PAST MEMBERS IS HELPING JOHN TREADWELL. HE'LL BE THERE AT 532, THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR WHERE IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE BLUEGRASS WHERE EVERYBODY COMES IN OFF OF, LET ME GET THIS RIGHT, FIRST STREET AND JACKSON, AND THEN THEY GET DISPERSED WHERE THEY GO THAT WAY THEY CAN WRITE, WITH GREASE PENCIL. THEY CAN WRITE THEIR BOOTH NUMBER ON THEIR VISOR, ON THEIR WINDSHIELD, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT THAT TRY AND CHEAT AND PARK WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO PARK. SO INSTEAD OF GREASE PENCIL, CAN WE DO THAT WINDOW MARKER THING THAT WE DID LAST NIGHT? BECAUSE THAT WORKED REALLY WELL. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S WHY THEY'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE ONE ENTRANCE AND THAT WAY THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT.
OKAY. SO THE PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY DON'T WANT ELECTRICITY SO IT WON'T RUN INTO LIKE PAST 5:00 BECAUSE IF IT'S DARK OUTSIDE BECAUSE WINTER. WELL WE HAVE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE
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CHURCH. SO ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WE ASK YOU ALL TO COME WHEN YOU GET OFF WORK, WE START ABOUT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, AND WE LET ANYONE THAT'S INSIDE THE BUILDING GO AHEAD AND SET UP, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE LOCKED. NO, NO DANGER OF LOSING ANYTHING. THE OUTSIDE VENDORS NOT SO MUCH. SO THEY HAVE TO COME IN THE MORNING AT 6:00. SO WE'RE THERE FRIDAY NIGHT FROM 2 TO 8 P.M, AND THEN WE'RE BACK AT 6 A.M. UNTIL ABOUT TEN, 1030. AND, WE HAVE ROTC STUDENTS FROM WYLIE EAST, AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM COME AND THEY REALLY HELP THE VENDORS GET ALL THEIR STUFF UNLOADED. AND, THEY JUST HELP WITH EVERYTHING. AND AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, THEY COME BACK AND THEY HELP THE VENDORS GET THEIR STUFF OUT, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME OLDER VENDORS AND IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO GET EVERYTHING THAT UNIQUELY TILED. SHE HAS 210 BY TEN BOOTHS THAT ARE PACKED WITH FRAMED, THINGS, AND IT TAKES FOREVER FOR HER TO REPACK THEM AND PUT THEM IN BOXES. SO THE GUYS KIND OF HELP HER WITH THAT. SHE'S USUALLY THE LAST ONE OUT. HOMEBAKED HAPPINESS. THOSE COOKIES ARE STUFFED. THAT'S IT. GOOD EIGHT. EIGHT DESIGNS. ANOTHER THREE D ARE REALLY POPULAR. THEY ARE. GYPSY. TULIP. MADISON CLARK. SMOOCHES. PERMANENT JEWELRY. IS THAT OKAY? PARDON? PERMANENT JEWELRY. SORRY GO BACK ONE. YEAH. WERE THEY AT. WERE THEY AT, BLUEGRASS? YES.THIS GIRL. YEAH. THEY WERE REALLY SWEET. YEAH, YEAH. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT HOMEMADE, BUT THEY HAVE LITTLE TRINKETS THAT THEY PUT ON IT. AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY WELD IT ON YOUR WRIST.
IT DOES NOT COME OFF. IT'S PERMANENT. THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT PERMANENT JEWELRY. SAINT JULIE'S GOT ONE ABOUT A YEAR GETTING A LITTLE GET A LITTLE, A WORN. YEAH YEAH. THEY'RE EXPENSIVE THOUGH. YEAH LIKE 60, 65. I MEAN, I LIKE TO CHANGE MY JEWELRY OUT, SO I DON'T THINK I'D BE TOO INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, BUT SASSY CHIC EMBROIDERY. SHE SAID THAT'S ALL SHE SENT.
AND SHE SAID, I'M JUST STARTING OUT. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I'LL HAVE MADE BY THEN, BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A FESTIVAL BEFORE. AND SHE WANTS TO TEN BY TEN. TEN TO WHAT? YEAH. IS SHE A LAWYER? SHE WANTS TO KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW. OH THAT'S COOL. I HAVE TO THIS IS MY FRIEND, AND SHE TAKES ADULT BALLET OVER AT THE REC CENTER. AND THESE ARE THE BEST LOTIONS I LIKE. I PROBABLY HAVE KEPT HER IN BUSINESS ANYWAY. THEY'RE GREAT. OH, MY GOSH, I NEED THAT SIGN. OH, IT'S MORE OF OUR LITTLE MUNCHKINS. YEAH, IT'S GOOD. YEAH. MORE LITTLE MUNCHKINS. WE GO BACK ONE. I'M SORRY. ONE MORE. YEAH. YEAH. USUALLY SHE WAS AT THE FESTIVAL LAST YEAR AT THE ARTS
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FESTIVAL LAST YEAR. WAS SHE. HER BOOTH WAS PACKED. REALLY. YES YES. DON'T ASK ME WHY. PACKED WITH PEOPLE. YES. CRYSTALS. THEY WERE ALL. THEY WERE ALL ON THE CRYSTALS SIDE. YEAH. OH YEAH.YEAH. SHE HAS A LOT OF CRYSTAL. YEAH. THEY WERE AT ARTS OR BLUEGRASS. HE DID? YEAH. HE WENT NUTS. KIDS LOVE THAT STUFF. HERE'S ANOTHER HOLIDAY. THOSE ARE BRANCHES AND ALL THOSE ARE SET ON TOP OF BRANCHES. SO, I GUESS IT'S MAYBE FOR A DINING ROOM TABLE. YEAH.
THESE ARE REALLY PRETTY. I SEE THIS LADY JUST SELLS EARRINGS, GEM EARRINGS. NOTHING ELSE.
THAT'S AN OWL. WHAT WHAT IS ALL OVER THE HAT? OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE LITTLE CLIPS OR SOMETHING. OKAY INTERESTING. THAT'S IT. BUT I'VE GOT ABOUT 15 MORE TO ADD TO IT, SO WE'LL DO THOSE AT THE NEXT MEETING. THAT'S FINE. I LOVE THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. ALL RIGHT. OH, STEVE KEEPS THE LIST. WHAT'S UP? I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S TALKING ABOUT. I'M FOLLOWING YOU. NOW WE WILL GO ON TO THE BUSINESS ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA IS. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE PUBLIC ART BOARD MINUTES FROM JUNE 20TH, 2024. DO I HAVE A MOTION? DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT? YOU VOTE ON THAT? YEAH. YEAH I, WILL PUT FORWARD A MOTION TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE PUBLIC ARTS BOARD'S MINUTES FROM JUNE 2024. SECOND, THAT. I GET WHERE I'M AT. OH IT'S ALREADY DONE. YOU GUYS ARE TOO QUICK ON THE DRAW. OH, I GOT THIS. IS. THIS IS WHAT'S WRONG NOW. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S NOT SHOWING ON THERE. ANYWAY, IT'S FIVE ZERO. THE MOTION PASSES. WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A CHAIR TO SERVE THE 2425 YEAR.
I NOMINATE CASSIE FOR CHAIR. I'LL SECOND THAT. FOR THE FUTUR. OKAY SO, THAT'S IT. LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
WE HAVE. WE HAVE. FIVE. OH CONGRATULATIONS, CASSIE. THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. MOVE ON
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TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE PUBLIC ART ADVISORY BOARD.VICE CHAIR, TO SERVE THE 2425 YEAR I NOMINATE ESTHER FOR VICE CHAIR. ESTHER ESTHER, I SECOND IT. WHO'S WHO? SECONDED. THAT MAY. CHANTELLE, ARE. I HAD ALREADY HEARD. I TAKE IT THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. OKAY NOW WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD. WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I'LL MOTION TO ADJOURN. I WILL SECOND. WE NEED THE VOTING THING. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS ISN'T GOING AWAY. I TRULY HATE THIS SYSTEM. HE'S. MAKING. DO YOU HAVE TO PUSH? STOP THAT WAS GREAT. I CAN TRY, I GUESS SO WE NEED IT TO VOTE. IT DIDN'T GIVE ME THE OPTION TO VOTE THIS TIME. THAT VOTE WAS FROM THE LAST ROUND. OH, SO IF YOU CAN RESET IT. YEAH, I CAN RESET IT. OKAY OKAY. YES. I LIKE THIS FIVE. OH OKAY. OKAY WE'LL DO THE NEXT ONE. BUT I DO LIKE IT I TAKE IT THE MOTION PASSES AGAIN FIVE ZERO WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS FOR THE BEFORE THE BOARD. WE ARE ADJOURNING. THE TIME IS 709.
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