[Public Arts Advisory Board on November 20, 2025.]
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ALL RIGHT? CALLING TO ORDER THE NOVEMBER 20TH MEETING OF THE WILEY PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD. IT IS NOW 604. CAN WE TAKE ROLL, PLEASE? SURE. ACTION. HERE, STEVE. PRESENT. BOBBY.
HERE. AND BOBBY, TURN. THERE YOU GO. MINAJ. PRESENT. OKAY. AND WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE DO HAVE ELIZA, GLORIA AND CHANTEL OUT THIS EVENING. NOTED. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR NON-AGENDA ITEMS. I DON'T SEE ANY MEMBER OF OUR PUBLIC UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. NO.
OKAY, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST DISCUSSION ITEM, THE WALKING TRAILS. PHASE TWO YOSHI WRIGHT UPDATE. YES. SO I SPOKE TO YOSHI THIS WEEK AND LAST WEEK AND HE OR HE LET US KNOW LAST TIME WE MET, WHICH WAS IN SEPTEMBER THAT HE WAS HAD STARTED THE. ANCESTORS VOICE SCULPTURE, AND HE WAS HOPING TO BE DONE WITH IT AT THE END OF THE MONTH. HE CHECKED BACK WITH ME. AGAIN THIS WEEK AND LAST WEEK AND SAID IT WAS. IT'S BEEN MORE THAN HE HAD ANTICIPATED.
SO HE STILL HE'S STILL WORKING ON THE SCULPTURE. AND HE SAID IN OUR LATEST CORRESPONDENCE THAT HE'S NOW FINISHED CARVING THE SCULPTURE, AND HE'S IN THE PROCESS OF SANDING IT. AND THEN ONCE THAT IS DONE, HE'S GOING TO ETCH, ETCH IT WITH THE DESIGN OF THE TATTOO. AND SO THE IMAGE THAT YOU SEE OF THE CADDO EFFIGY VESSEL, THAT IS WHAT HE'S REPLICATING ON, ON THE STONE. AND THEN HE ALSO. SAID HE THINKS HE'LL BE READY TO INSTALL BOTH PIECES AROUND MID-MARCH. SO IN THE SPRING. ANY QUESTIONS? SO WHEN EXACTLY HE IS GOING TO DELIVER. SO HE'LL HAVE TO SHIP BOTH BOTH PIECES HERE. HE'S IN CALIFORNIA AND HE'LL SHIP BOTH PIECES AROUND MID-MARCH. HE WILL BE HAVING HE'S MAKING A MOUNDS FOR EACH OF THEM TO BE PLACED ON, AND HE'LL HAVE A CONTRACTOR COME OUT AND PREPARE THOSE MOUNDS PRIOR TO HIM SHIPPING BOTH PIECES. TO. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY THING ON DISCUSSION ITEM ONE? NO. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION ITEM TWO, THE WALKING TRAILS. PHASE THREE SUNNY BEN UPDATE.
YES. SO SPEAKING WITH SUNNY THEY'RE MOLDING PROCESS IS NOW COMPLETE IN THE FOUNDRY IS GOING TO BEGIN TO BRONZE THE PIECE. THAT WAS WHEN I TALKED TO HIM RIGHT AFTER OUR LAST MEETING. SO THIS WAS LIKE WELL THIS WAS ACTUALLY MORE LIKE MID-OCTOBER. I SPOKE TO HIM AND HE LET ME KNOW. THEY RECEIVED ANOTHER MILESTONE CHECK IN THE MAIL FROM US, AND HE DID LET US KNOW THAT THE FOUNDRY, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF I TOLD YOU GUYS LAST TIME, THE FOUNDRY WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS, SO MOVE THE TIMELINE FORWARD UNTIL PROBABLY MID-JANUARY. SO HE HE JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THE FOUNDRY IS GOING TO BE CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS, AND THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO FULLY COMPLETE THE PIECE UNTIL AFTER THE NEW YEAR. AND THEN HE'S HOPING THAT IT'LL BE READY TO SHIP FROM SOUTH AFRICA, AFRICA BEGINNING IN IN FEBRUARY SOMETIME. QUESTIONS? SO THAT WILL BE SHIPPED FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO HERE. YES, IT WILL BE SHIPPED FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO WILEY AND THE SEA FREIGHT WILL TAKE ABOUT SIX WEEKS TO GET HERE. OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR INSTALLING BOTH OF THEM AND INAUGURATION? YES. SO THE PLAN IS ALSO MID-MARCH FOR HIS. AND HE'LL COME OUT AND AND INSTALL THAT ONE AS WELL. SO
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REALLY REALISTICALLY, ALL FOUR PIECES COULD BE INSTALLED AROUND THE SAME TIME IN MID-MARCH. DO WE HAVE A PLAN TO ACTUALLY OPENING THAT TO PUBLIC BY A CERTAIN DATE? WE DON'T HAVE A DATE SET OUT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WILL HAVE LIKE A CELEBRATION ONCE THEY'RE ALL INSTALLED, LIKE A DEDICATION. I THINK WE DISCUSSED DOING IT ALL IN LIKE SEVERAL PIECES AT ONCE, CORRECT? YEAH, YES, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING THE REVERIE PIECE SEPARATE, BUT THEN SHE SHE ACTUALLY CAME BACK AND SAID SHE WANTS TO WAIT AND DO THEM ALL AT ONCE. SO WE'LL BE DOING ALL FIVE PIECES ALL AT ONCE, WHICH IS GREAT. BUT THE IDEA IS RIGHT. THE ARTIST ALSO SHOULD BE PRESENT WHENEVER WE ARE DOING RIGHT AND WHOEVER IS COMING FROM SOUTH AFRICA, HE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STAY LONGER, RIGHT? NO, HE'LL IT'LL BE A SHORT VISIT FOR HIM. BUT HE DOES HAVE A RESIDENCE IN, I BELIEVE, FLORIDA. BUT HE JUST WANTED TO GO TO SOUTH AFRICA TO USE THE FOUNDRY THERE. BUT WE'LL FLY THEM ALL OUT AND HAVE THEM STAY FOR THE DEDICATION.VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON DISCUSSION ITEM TWO? NOPE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION ITEM THREE THE WALKING TRAILS. PHASE THREE PART TWO SETH VANDERBILT UPDATE.
YES. SO IN YOUR PACKET THERE WERE PHOTOS ATTACHED OF HIS ALMOST COMPLETE LIFE SIZE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN. AND THEN HE SENT ME, I THINK, FIVE MORE PHOTOS THIS AFTERNOON AND I PRINTED THOSE OFF FOR YOU GUYS. IT JUST SHOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL WHERE HE'S REFINED IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT HE LET ME KNOW THAT HE'S PRETTY MUCH FINISHED. HE'S JUST AGAIN REFINING DETAILS. AND AGAIN, FOUNDRIES GOING ON HOLIDAY. SO. PROBABLY WON'T GO TO GET BRONZED UNTIL AFTER THE NEW YEAR. AND HE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO SEE ADJUSTED ANYTHING LIKE THAT, NOW IS THE TIME TO LET HIM KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS IT. I BELIEVE THERE IS ONE MORE THING. DEER OR SOME ANIMAL IN THERE, RIGHT TO OPPOSITE TO THIS ONE. YES.
SO THIS PIECE IS GOING TO FACE THE DEER THAT SONNY IS CREATING RIGHT NOW IN SOUTH AFRICA. OKAY.
BRILLIANT. ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON DISCUSSION ITEM THREE? YEAH. NO. OKAY THEN I'M SORRY. SO EVERYONE IS VERY HAPPY OVERJOYED WITH THE WORK. I THINK IT LOOKS INCREDIBLE. I THINK SETH'S PIECE IS AMAZING. I MEAN, WE ALWAYS KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE, BUT SEE IT TO SEE IT THAT FAR ALONG AND FULL SIZE. IT'S RIDICULOUS. WHAT ARE THE IMPRESSIVE THE BACK OF THIS ONE? THE WAY THESE BONES. RIGHT. YEAH. THAT'S. YEAH. THOSE ARE BONES. YEAH. IT'S VERY REALISTIC. IT'S WONDERFUL. OKAY. PERFECT. THANKS, EVERYONE. MAUREEN THINKS THIS IS A REAL PERSON. I MEAN, IT LOOKS SO GOOD. TELL HIM THAT. OH MY GOD. UNREAL. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THAT WILL BRING OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS TO A CLOSE. AND WE WILL BRING ON TO OUR OUR MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM ONE TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2025. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOTION TO APPROVE? YES. YES.
YEAH. OKAY. I. KNOW I GOT YOURS. OKAY. I ASSUME IT FAST. YEAH, YEAH. MOTION PASSES. NOW WE WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. NO. MOTION TO CLOSE. TURN YOUR MIC OFF. TURN YOUR OFF. I MOTION TO ADJOURN. I SECOND THAT. MOTION PASSES. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THE TIME
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.