[Public Arts Advisory Board on January 16, 2025.]
[00:00:08]
I'M CALLING THE PUBLIC ARTS BEATING BOARD MEETING TO ORDER AT 607. MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU TAKE THE ROLL? IS THAT UPDATED NOW? I SAID, MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU TAKE THE ROLL? ESTHER. PRESENT. CASSIE. HERE. STEVE. PRESENT. NASH. PRESENT. AND WE HAVE. CHANTELLE.
AND GLORIA. AND AFSHON ABSENT TODAY. HERE WE GO. SINCE THERE'S NO ONE HERE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. OH, WE'VE GOT HIM HERE. FIRST THING TO DISCUSS THE OVERVIEW OF THE 2024 WILEY ARTS FESTIVAL. I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT ACCORDING TO THE PERSONNEL ATTACHED TO YOUR AGENDA, OUR TOTAL WAS $33,795, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST THAT WE'VE HAD THUS FAR. AND THAT WAS DUE TO SPONSORS RATHER THAN FOOD VENDORS. AND IF YOU READ SOME OF THE COMMENTS IN THE SURVEY, THEY REALLY DID WANT MORE FOOD VENDORS. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT CRAIG'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ABOUT THAT. BUT FOR VENDORS THAT HAVE TO BE AT THEIR BOOTH AND CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, SCOOT AWAY FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEY CAN'T GO TO A RESTAURANT AND GET FOOD. THEY HAVE TO HAVE HAVE THE FOOD VENDORS THERE. SO THE COMMENTS WERE ALL VERY GOOD. LIGHTING, I THINK, WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES INSIDE. AND THEN LOADING BACK OUT AT NIGHT. THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT. PEOPLE INSIDE MOVING OUT WHEN PEOPLE OUTSIDE WERE MOVING OUT. AND IT KIND OF BECAME A CLUSTER. SO THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO WORK ON THAT NEXT YEAR TOO, BECAUSE WE GOT JUST MAYBE 1 OR 2 COMMENTS ABOUT TOO MANY VENDORS. MOST OF THE PEOPLE REALLY LIKED HOW MANY VENDORS WERE THERE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD MULTIPLE OF EACH TYPE.
BUT I THINK THE VENDORS THAT MAYBE DIDN'T DO SO WELL IS BECAUSE MAYBE THE QUALITY OF THEIR MERCHANDISE WASN'T QUITE AS GOOD AS SOMEBODY ELSE'S, AND WE REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. WE HAD GREAT CROWDS. YEAH. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT DISCUSSION TOPIC? THAT'S IT. GREAT. MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER TWO REGARDING THE 2025 PUBLIC ARTS BOARD MEETING DATES. YEAH. SO I ATTACHED THE 2025 MEETING CALENDAR. I DID HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS REGARDING SOME DATES ON HERE. THE FIRST ONE. SO JUNE 19TH IS GOING TO BE A CITY HOLIDAY THIS YEAR. SO DO WE WANT TO FIND AN ALTERNATE MEETING DATE FOR JUNE. AND THEN WHAT DATE WOULD WOULD WORK FOR EVERYONE? I MEAN, WOULD WE WANT TO MOVE IT AHEAD TO MAYBE THAT TUESDAY THE 17TH? I CAN CHECK AND SEE IF IT'S AVAILABLE. USUALLY TUESDAYS ARE EITHER CITY COUNCIL PLANNING AND ZONING. VERY TRUE. WOULD IT WOULD IT HELP IF I GAVE SOME OPTIONS? NEXT MEETING. YEAH. OKAY. AND WE CAN DO THAT FOR JUST ME PERSONALLY THAT THIS DAY IS BEST. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN CONTINUE OR. I MEAN, WE CAN WE CAN MOVE THE SECOND THURSDAY.
YEAH. IF THE THURSDAY BEFORE THE THURSDAY AFTER. YEAH. IT'S AN OPTION. OKAY. SO THURSDAYS WORK BEST. BUT IF NOT, WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT OTHER DATES. I CAN'T DO WEDNESDAYS JUST BECAUSE CHURCH IN GENERAL. OKAY. SO I'LL JUST COME BACK NEXT MONTH WITH A FEW DATES AND WE CAN ALL DECIDE. AND
[00:05:05]
THEN DECEMBER. I DIDN'T MARK A DATE FOR DECEMBER. TYPICALLY YOU GUYS SKIP DECEMBER IN LIEU OF ARTS FESTIVAL. IS THAT CORRECT? WE USUALLY DON'T HAVE A MEETING. SO IS THAT Y'ALL WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT? YEAH. OKAY, GREAT. YEAH I AGREE. OKAY. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS IT. SO I'LL JUST COME BACK WITH AN ALTERNATE DATE FOR JUNE. GET WITH EVERYONE. THANK YOU. IT'S JUST A QUESTION. IS THE ARTS FESTIVAL FOR NEXT YEAR ALREADY DECIDED THE DATE FOR THAT OR. NO, NOT YET. I BELIEVE IT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST SATURDAY OF DECEMBER. OF DECEMBER? OKAY. VERY GOOD. THAT MAKES ME THINK OF IN JULY. WE OR SOMEWHERE THERE. WE HAVE THAT THAT BLUEGRASS ON BALLARD. LIKE JUST THE MEETING DATE. PROBABLY NEEDS TO GIVE US TIME TO PLAN FOR THAT. ARE WE GOING TO UPDATE ON THE DATE CHANGE FOR BLUEGRASS? TONIGHT? YEAH WE CAN. SO IF ANYONE DOESN'T KNOW, BLUEGRASS ON BALLARD HAS MOVED TO MAY 31ST OF THIS YEAR, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP WITH THE SCORCHING HEAT. I LOVE THAT PLAN. THERE WERE PERIODS AFTER EVERY WORD THERE. YEAH, RIGHT.SO I WAS JUST TALKING TO CAROL BEFORE THIS AND WE'LL OPEN THOSE VENDOR APPLICATIONS ASAP AND START GETTING THOSE IN. VERY GOOD. AND PRAY FOR NO RAIN. THAT KIND OF MAKES SENSE TO BECAUSE DON'T WE LEAVE OFFICE BY MAY, DON'T WE? WHAT? THIS LIKE LIKE THIS BOARD ENDS LIKE I DO. IT ENDS IN MAY FOR ME, RIGHT? JUNE. JUNE. OH, OKAY. BUT YEAH, THIS WILL BE. YEAH. BECAUSE USUALLY IT'S IN JULY, SO. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S NICE. YEAH. YES. IF THIS. ELECT ME. FOR A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MEETING DATES? GREAT. MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION. ITEM NUMBER THREE REGARDING PHASE TWO. WALKING TRAILS. YOSHI. RIGHT. UPDATE. AND IF ANYBODY DOESN'T KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA. AND YOSHI STUDIO IS IN ALTADENA. OH, HE HAS NOT EVEN BEEN ABLE TO GET IN TO SEE WHAT THE STUDIO LOOKS LIKE. SO WE WILL HAVE UPDATES AS WE GET THEM. HIS HOUSE WAS SPARED. HE LIVES BEHIND THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS SIGN. OH, REALLY? AND IT WAS COMING. HE THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO EVACUATE, BUT THEN IT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE PLANES IN THERE AND STOP IT. BUT HIS HIS STUDIO AND I DON'T KNOW HOW STONE AND GRANITE HOLD UP TO FIRE. SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HE SAYS. OH, THAT'S A LOT. IT'S HEAVY. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR DISCUSSION REGARDING PHASE THREE. DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER FOUR WALKING TRAILS. ART WITH SONNY. B HAHN. AM I SAYING IT RIGHT BEHIND? SO WE'RE ON BEHIND.
OKAY. SO THERE'S A LITTLE DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE ON SONNY'S. SITE. WE HAD SOME CONTROVERSY BACK AND FORTH REGARDING. SETH AND SONNY, AND SO I HAD EMAILED TESS AND SONNY TO ASK IF WE COULD REMOVE THE ARROWS AND JUST MAYBE LEAVE ONE. AND HER RESPONSE WAS THAT, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I ASKED HER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I ASKED HER WHAT THE PIECES WERE GOING TO BE INSTALLED ON, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WITH THE DEER ONLY HAVING ONE FOOT ON THE GROUND, THAT IT'S STABLE. SO SHE WROTE BACK AND SAID THE DEER WILL BE MOUNTED ONTO A PLINTH BASE PLATE MADE OF ANGLE IRON, CLAD IN STAINLESS STEEL. THE FRACTURE GROUND PIECES AND ARROWS WILL BE
[00:10:03]
WELDED TO THE. AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? PLINTH. WHILE THE DEER ITSELF WILL BE TRANSPORTED SEPARATELY AND MOUNTED ON SITE. THE ARMATURE INSIDE THE DEER WILL ENSURE STABILITY WITH ENGINEER. SIGN OFF TO CONFIRM THIS. WE'VE EVALUATED THE SCULPTURE TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE, AND WE'VE ELEVATED THE SCULPTURE TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM CLIMBING OR STEPPING ONTO IT, NOT FOR STABILITY PURPOSES. OKAY. THE FOUR ARROWS ARE INCLUDED TO ADD A DRAMATIC ELEMENT, SUGGESTING THAT THE DEER HAS NARROWLY ESCAPED BEING CAUGHT IN THE HEAT OF THE HUNT WITH THE TENSION OF NOT KNOWING WHERE THE NEXT ARROW MAY LAND. ADDITIONALLY, THE ARROWS CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL ESTHETIC BY CREATING LINEAR ANGLES. HOWEVER, IF YOU FEEL THAT THE SINGLE ARROW WOULD BE A BETTER OPTION, SONNY CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW.AND THEN SHE SAID THAT THE NATIVE AMERICAN HUNTER LOOKED GREAT BECAUSE I SENT HER A PICTURE OF THAT. SINCE THEY'RE GOING TO GO TOGETHER, REMIND ME OF THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE MULTIPLE ARROWS. YES, IT HAS THREE IF YOU LOOK. YEAH, I JUST WHAT WAS THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THOSE? OKAY. WELL, I'M GOING TO READ THAT TO YOU NOW. OKAY, GOOD. FAIR ENOUGH. SO OF COURSE, SETH HAS SEEN THE OTHER ACCOMPANYING PIECE. AND WHEN WE MET WITH HIM, THE ONLY THING THAT HE SAID WAS, I REALLY DON'T LIKE THE ARROWS BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE MY HUNTER HAS MISSED THEIR SHOT. SO I DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT THAT. BUT THEN HE WROTE AND SAID, THE MORE I READ ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN HUNTERS, IT WOULD BE UNTHINKABLE TO TAKE A SHOT ON AN ANIMAL IF THEY WEREN'T ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN IT WOULD BE A CLEAN KILL SHOT. HAVING EVEN ONE COMPLETE MISS STUCK IN THE GROUND NEXT TO THE DEER WOULD BE CONSIDERED INHUMANE AND HUMILIATING TO BOTH THE HUNTER AND THE DEER. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS SOMETHING FOR THE CITY TO DECIDE HOW IMPORTANT NATIVE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY IS IN CREATING THESE WORKS. BUT IF ACCURACY IS THE PRIMARY GOAL HERE, I'D LIKE IT TO BE DISCUSSED. AND I'VE SENT YOU AN ARTICLE THAT HAS. IT'S FROM A DIFFERENT NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE, DAUGHTER. BUT WHEN SHE WAS WELL, I'LL JUST READ A PIECE OF THE ARTICLE. SANDRA CARRIES HER FATHER'S LESSONS FROM THEIR ANCESTRAL TEACHINGS WITH HER TO THIS DAY. SHE SAYS THAT MANY OF THE CORE ETHICS HER PEOPLE HAVE HELD FOR MILLENNIA ARE SHARED BY HUNTERS FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS, FROM THE OVERALL RESPECT FOR NATURE AND WILDLIFE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF A CLEAN KILL. MY DAD WAS STERN ABOUT US NOT SHOOTING IF WE COULD NOT MAKE A GOOD SHOT. WE DIDN'T WANT THE ANIMAL TO SUFFER AFTER THE HUNT. THEY WOULD PRAY OR SING A SONG TO THANK THE ANIMAL FOR GIVING ITS LIFE FOR THEM. THEY WERE ALSO. THEY WOULD ALSO USE EVERY PART OF THE ANIMAL, PARTLY OUT OF UTILITY, BUT MOSTLY OUT OF RESPECT. SO THERE YOU HAVE IT. I REALLY LIKE THIS POINT THAT THAT'S BEING MADE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE RESPECT FOR THE ANIMAL AND STUFF. I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, SINCE HE'S WORRIED ABOUT THE VISUAL LINES AND THE ESTHETICS OF THE DEER THAT HE HAS, COULD IT BE LIKE GRASSES COMING OUT INSTEAD OF IT BEING ARROWS, YOU KNOW, OR LIKE SOME LITTLE BUSHES OR SOMETHING, JUST SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT KEEPS IT GOING. BUT THAT WAS KIND OF MY THOUGHT TOO. IF THEY WERE KIND OF BENT, LIKE IN MOVEMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD GIVE MOVEMENT TO THE, TO THE DEER. FOUR ARROWS ACTUALLY LOOKS GOOD. SO WE SHOULD KEEP FOUR OR COULD MISS. RIGHT. SO IF THE THING THAT THE HUNTER IS SHOOTING FROM FAR AWAY AND A DEER IS RUNNING VERY FAST, SO IT COULD BE SOME MISSING SHOTS.
MISSING ARROWS. YEAH. BUT IT'S IT SAYS IN THE ARTICLE THAT THEY WERE TAUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD A VITAL ORGAN IN THEIR SHOT BEFORE THEY SHOT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KILLED THE ANIMAL AND DIDN'T INJURE IT. YEAH. OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN THE SHOT IF THEY WEREN'T 100% SURE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO KILL THAT ANIMAL, THEY WOULD NOT TAKE THE SHOT. SO WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT WITH THE BECOME A. SO I TOLD TESS THAT I WOULD
[00:15:07]
EMAIL HER TOMORROW AND LET HER KNOW WHAT THE DECISION WAS FROM THE BOARD, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD HAD TO DECIDE AS A UNIT. BUT ONE ARROW DOES NOT LOOK NICE AT ALL. I MEAN, YEAH, MAYBE NONE. MAYBE NONE WITH. YEAH, I LIKE THE IDEA OF JUST REMOVING THE ARROWS ALTOGETHER AND REPLACING THEM WITH, LIKE, A WILD GRASS OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. YES, I AGREE. I. I AGREE TOO. SO CONSENSUS IS TO GO BACK TO THE ARTIST AND SEE IF THEY CAN REMOVE THE ARROWS AND YES, YEAH, I LIKE THE IDEA, WHAT ESTHER SAID AND WHAT YOU WERE THINKING CAROL LIKE HAVE GRASS OR SOMETHING COMING OUT. SO THAT WAY IT DOESN'T LOOK VACANT AT THE BOTTOM, BUT IT STILL LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, HE WAS GOING THROUGH SOMETHING INSTEAD OF JUST PLAIN LAND. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH. SO JUST COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE. YEAH. INSTEAD OF ARROWS. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I DON'T KNOW HOW COME NONE OF US THOUGHT OF IT. YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT? BUT THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. AND I HAVE COMPLETED THE CONTRACTS AND SENT THEM TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR BOTH SETH PEACE AND SONNY'S PIECE. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS IF THEY COME BACK WITH ANOTHER DESIGN, I'LL JUST ATTACH IT AT THE LAST MINUTE TO THE CONTRACT ITSELF, IF THAT'S OKAY. SO I GUESS I DIDN'T GET TO SEE SETH'S PIECE BECAUSE I HAD TO MISS THAT MEETING. BUT IT'S A NATIVE AMERICAN THAT'S HUNTING IS THE OTHER PIECE. YES, WE'LL. I'LL TAKE A PICTURE. YES. AND SETH BELIEVED THAT THE THAT THE NATIVE AMERICAN NEEDED TO BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE DEER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT SHOT. AND HE'S CORRECT THERE. SO THEY WON'T BE SPACED FAR, FAR APART WHERE WE WERE THINKING ABOUT PUTTING IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WALK DOWN THE TRAILS AND YOU GO AROUND THE CIRCLE AND YOU COME UP THE OTHER WAY JUST BEFORE YOU GET TO ALL THE TREES THAT COVER THAT SMALL AREA THERE, THERE'S A LITTLE ISLAND ON THE RIGHT THAT'S JUST GRASS. AND MAYBE EITHER THE HUNTER OR THE DEER COULD GO THERE, MAYBE THE DEER, SINCE IT COULD BE HEADING FOR THE TREES TO GET OUT OF RANGE. AND THEN THE HUNTER ON THE OTHER SIDE. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I'VE WALKED THE TRAILS TWICE RECENTLY WITH MY MOM, AND IT'S JUST SO DELIGHTFUL TO BE OUT THERE AND SEE THE STUFF. AND I HAD NOT BEEN TO SEE. IT'S REVEILLE, RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT IT WAS CALLED? I HAD NOT BEEN TO SEE IT, AND SO I GOT TO SEE IT AND I WAS SO EXCITED. I WAS LIKE SHOWING MY MOM. I WAS LIKE, LOOK, LOOK, WE DID THIS. WE PICKED THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST SHE WAS JUST TAKEN WITH IT. AND IT'S JUST SO PEACEFUL OUT THERE. I'M LIKE SUPER EXCITED THAT WE'RE DOING ALL THIS STUFF TO MAKE TO MAKE IT JUST MORE ALIVE AS YOU'RE WALKING, RIGHT? HOW DID YOU STAY TUNED IN? I THINK THAT. HE MUST HAVE PUT SOME GRASSES IN THERE.DO WE? MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER FIVE WITH THE WALKING TRAILS WITH SETH. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER UPDATES FOR HIM? WHAT WAS THE TITLE OF THE DEER? THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
YES. IT'S IN THE CONTRACT. DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE CONTRACT? IN YOUR EMAILS? MAYBE. WITH THE IDEA OF DOING AWAY WITH THE ARROWS THAT WERE THERE? YEAH, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HE'S GOT, LIKE, A FULL QUIVER. YEAH. FOR SURE. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW, THOUGH. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE.
THAT YOU HAVE TO DO WITH THAT ARTIST. WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE A CAT TO THE PICTURE. OH, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE FINALISTS. YES. I'VE FORGOTTEN GILLIE AND MARC. OH, THERE YOU GO. YEAH, THERE WAS ME. AND SO ONE OF THE SOME OF THE ARTISTS THAT HE'S WORKING ON. I'M SO GLAD THAT WE HAVE SUCH A GOOD COMMITTEE. YES. GREAT. YES. WE'RE JUST LIKE THIS CLOSE. BUT WE WERE ACTUALLY ON A FISHING TRIP. OH, MY GOSH. AND I THOUGHT WHEN YOU SAW IT WAS ALREADY BRONZED, YOU WOULD THINK, WHY ISN'T IT CLAY? YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS PHOTOSHOPPED OR SOMETHING. YOU KNOW HOW THINGS
[00:20:03]
ARE SO EASY NOW TO DO ANYTHING. YEAH. I THOUGHT MAYBE HE JUST PICKED UP, YOU KNOW, PLAYED WITH IT. AND THAT WAS LIKE A COMFORT TO KNOW THAT YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS. AND SHE RESPONDED BY SAYING THAT IT HAD BEEN TWEAKED AND THERE WERE SEVERAL DIFFERENCES. SO SHE DID SHE DID NOT OR THEY DID NOT RECEIVE MARQUETTE FUNDING. OKAY. SO SETH, SETH. ROSENBERG.CHRISTOPHER. NO, IT'S LOOK AT THE TOP, THE VERY TOP OF THE CONTRACT. SMES AND BOTH OF THEM.
BUT THIS THIS ONE IS WHAT'S IT CALLED? A PRAIRIE HUNTER. OKAY. NOW THE OTHER ONE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT'S CALLED. SONNY'S. THAT'S THE PRAIRIE AS SONNY'S. AND TITLE IS ECHOES OF THE PRAIRIE. THAT'S THE NAME OF HIS SCULPTURE. FOR SIMON PETER. SONNY.
OKAY, PERFECT. YEAH. SO WHAT IT IS, IT'S MADE. OKAY. NO OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS WITH. SETH.
OKAY. SO SETH'S TITLE IS PRAIRIE HUNTER. OKAY. AND HE HAS PROPOSED A SQUARE BASE RATHER THAN THE ROUND BASE TO CONFORM MORE WITH THE DEER. DOES THAT SOUND OKAY TO EVERYONE? YEAH.
OKAY. EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE SAME. I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE BOW. YOU KNOW, THE THINNESS OF THE BOW, BUT HE SAID IT'S NOT ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. BUT HE DID RECOMMEND PUTTING SOME KIND OF PLANTS AROUND THE SCULPTURE THAT WOULD DETER KIDS FROM CLIMBING ON THEM. THE CACTUS. WELL, I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, BLACKLAND PRAIRIE LIKE A TALL GRASS SO THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE HE'S DOWN IN THE GRASS. YEAH, ONE OF THOSE GRASSES THAT'S KIND OF SORE ISH ON THE ENDS. LIKE IT SCRATCHES YOU. THERE'S A GRASS. THERE'S ONE OF THOSE GRASSES THAT THAT KIND OF FEELS LIKE A LITTLE SAW BLADE THAT COULD. YEAH. ONE OF THOSE. AND THEN THAT WAY IT'S NOT CACTUS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD LIKE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO GET IN IT. THAT GETS TOO TALL THOUGH. WE'D HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAS THAT SAME KIND OF KIND OF NEEDLE GRASS ON IT. I HAD A QUESTION. SO WHEN YOU'RE INSTALLING THIS, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE LIKE AN INFORMATION FOR IT FOR THE HUNTER AND THE DEER? AND IS IT GOING TO BE COVERED AS WELL WITH THE PLANTS, OR IS IT GOING TO BE AWAY FROM IT LIKE. NO, THE HUNTER WILL BE BRONZE. IT WON'T BE PATINAED IN WHITE. I MEANT LIKE, WHAT? WHAT IS THE SCULPTURE ABOUT? LIKE WILL YOU HAVE. YEAH, YEAH, THEY'LL BE, AS TO MY UNDERSTANDING. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THERE WILL BE PLACARD STANDS OR SOMETHING TO ARTIST NAME TITLE OF THE PIECE.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PIECE. ET CETERA, ET CETERA. AND IT WILL ALSO HAVE A LARGER PLAQUE. THE BRONZE PLAQUE WILL BE SMALL AND IT WILL SAY WILEY PUBLIC ART PROGRAM AND THE YEAR. AND THEN IT'LL HAVE THE ARTIST'S NAME AND THE NAME OF THE PIECE. AND EACH PIECE WILL HAVE THAT. AND THEN THERE WILL BE A LARGER PLAQUE THAT WILL TALK ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICAN CADDO HUNTER. I'D LIKE TO PUT SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT HE TOOK AS HE WAS DESIGNING IT, THAT WERE AUTHENTIC TO THE CADDO TRIBES ON THE PLAQUE, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT WHAT HE REPLICATED WAS EXACTLY WHAT WHAT THEIR ITEMS LOOK LIKE. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. AND I WILL PUT SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT THE KILL, TOO, BECAUSE I THINK HAVING THAT HUMANE PIECE IN THERE IS PROBABLY GOOD. YEAH. IS THAT ALL GREAT? MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA, WE
[00:25:09]
WILL CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES FROM 1211 2024. I MOVE TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES FROM 12 1124. I SECOND.OKAY, WHERE'S THE THING THAT YOU PUSH? START? BUT WHY ISN'T IT DOING IT? OH MY GOSH, HOLD ON.
THE PENCIL. WOW. COOL. NAIL BITER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT MOVING ON. WE WILL CONSIDER AND ACT UPON. THE WILEY PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD BYLAWS. OKAY I CONSIDER AND I MOVE TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE CHANGES TO THE WILEY PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD BYLAWS. ONE ONE. ONE ONE SECOND I SECOND IT. I CAN SECOND IT. RIGHT. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. AM I THE ONLY ONE? YES. AND JULIE THAT NUMBER I FIXED IT IN THE MAIN DOC. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR FINDING THAT.
ESTHER DIDN'T VOTE. SHE WAS. ESTHER IS BEING ESTHER. IT'S OVER. ESTHER. IT'S OVER. IT'S DONE. OH, COULD YOU GO OVER THE DIFFERENCE FROM LAST TIME? HOLD ON. RESTART. OH, REVOTE. OKAY.
REVOTE. I'M NOT SURE WE CHANGED THINGS. THERE YOU GO. PERFECT. THAT WAS SUPERB. WE DO NOT REALIZE. OUTSTANDING RECOGNITION. OUTSTANDING. I WASN'T HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
WHEN THE BYLAWS WERE CHANGED. BUT I READ THROUGH THEM ALL. TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU. SURE.
ACTUALLY, WE NEED TO ADJOURN FIRST. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE BEFORE WE CLOSE, THAT THE 28TH OF THIS MONTH IS WHEN THESE TWO PIECES WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL. SO WE NEED FOR YOU TO ATTEND THAT MEETING AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR BOTH OF THE ARTISTS. SONNY WILL BE DOING HIS VIA POWERPOINT WITH AUDIO, AND SETH WILL BE HERE TO DO HIS. PRESENTATION. 28TH OF 28TH OF THIS MONTH. YES, THIS MONTH. THIS MONTH SIX. HERE ON HERE ONLY WILL BE IN HERE. OKAY.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN, CAN I JUST MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT OF ABSOLUTE, UTTER AND TOTAL? THANK YOU, CAROL, FOR YOUR EFFORT AND THE TIME THAT YOU DO THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS BOARD AND ALL OF US AND THE EVENTS, IT'S SPECTACULAR. WE HAVE NEVER HAD A BETTER LEADER AND I APPRECIATE IT TO THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GOING TO MISS YOU A LOT. I KNOW, AND I LOVE YOUR FASHION SENSE. WE FOUND YOUR RING AND I WAS LIKE OBSESSED WITH IT. I WAS LIKE, IF YOU DON'T FIND THE OWNER, I'LL TAKE IT. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME. SORRY. AND WELCOME. JULIE. YES. AND SHE'S GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS. YES. WITH YOU ALL. WE AGREE SHE'S GOT A GREAT TEAM. YEAH. AND WITHOUT. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO. MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, I SECOND THAT. OH AT
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.