[Public Arts Advisory Board on July 16, 2026.]
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THIS TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE. JULY 16TH, 2026 WILEY PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING TO ORDER IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE TIME IS 604. WE ASK EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES AND REMEMBER THAT THIS MEETING IS RECORDED. LIVE STREAM BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE WAIT FOR THE BOARD CHAIR TO CALL ON YOU BEFORE SPEAKING, AND ONLY ITEMS ON DISCUSSION LISTED ON THE MEETING AGENDA MAY BE DISCUSSED. WE HAVE A QUORUM TONIGHT, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ROLL. ELIZA HERE. MISS GLORIA HERE. JAMES HERE. BOBBY HERE AND MARY HERE.
WE HAVE A QUORUM. OKAY, LET ME REPEAT THAT. THERE'S NO ONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC. SO WE HAVE NO COMMENTS FOR THE NON AGENDA ITEMS. MOVING TO DISCUSSION ITEMS. FIRST IS THE BOARD INTRODUCTIONS. YES. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE 2627 PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD. WE DO HAVE TWO NEW MEMBERS WITH US TONIGHT, JAMES BELL AND MARY NISKI.
AWESOME. IF WE WANT TO START DOWN AT THE END WITH YOU, ELIZA, AND JUST DO A BRIEF INTRODUCTION. SO THAT WE CAN ALL GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. HI Y'ALL. I'M ELIZA CLEMENT AND BEEN IN WILEY FOR OVER TEN YEARS NOW. I WORK FOR DALLAS ISD AND I. THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR ON THE BOARD. I'M GLORIA SUAREZ. I'M ACTUALLY AN ORIGINAL DALLAS FROM OAK CLIFF AND I NOW LIVE IN WILEY. AND I RETIRED ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO. AND SINCE THAT TIME I WAS ON THE PARKS AND REC BOARD AND I WAS BEEN ON THE CEMETERY BOARD AND, AND THIS BOARD, THE PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD. SO, YOU KNOW, WELCOME TO EVERYBODY. JAMES BELL. I'VE BEEN LIVING IN WILEY FOR JUST OVER A YEAR. I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS. I WORK FOR THE CITY OF CARROLLTON.
MY NAME IS ROBERT HEATH. I'VE BEEN IN WILEY 25 YEARS OR MORE. MY FAMILY'S BEEN HERE LONGER. I ALSO AM A MEMBER OF THE WILEY DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION, SO I'M VERY ACTIVE IN THAT, AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO SERVE HERE. I'M MARY NICHE. I'VE LIVED HERE IN WILEY FOR SEVEN PLUS YEARS.
I WORK FOR A SOFTWARE COMPANY CALLED PUBLIC GRID. I WORK FROM HOME, SO I WORK IN WILEY, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY, JULIE, YOU DIDN'T INTRODUCE YOURSELF. YOU'RE RIGHT, I DIDN'T. I'M JULIE PARNELL AND I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE CITY FOR 17 YEARS. I'M WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. AND THEN I ALSO TOOK OVER PUBLIC ARTS LIAISON IN 20 AT THE BEGINNING OF 2025, I STUDIED UNDER CAROL ERLICK, WHO RAN THE PROGRAM FOR TEN PLUS YEARS, FOR ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE SHE OFFICIALLY RETIRED.
AND I HAVE A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE, AND I LOVE ART, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD FIT FOR ME TO TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD AS WELL. SO NICE TO MEET EVERYBODY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE SECOND DISCUSSION ITEMS, WALKING TRAILS, PHASE TWO. THIS IS A YOSHI, RIGHT.
WHO'S THE ARTIST. AND JULIE'S GOING TO DO THE UPDATE. YES. SO USUALLY AT THIS POINT IN THE MEETING, WE JUST GO OVER THE OPEN PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FOUR PUBLIC ART PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WRAPPING UP. WELL, YEAH, THEY'RE ALL PRETTY MUCH AT THE END OF AT THE END STAGES RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL SAW
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THE LINKS THAT I HAD SENT OUT WITH SOME IMAGES AND THEN THE OPEN PROJECTS THAT WE HAD. SO JUST JUMP IN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THE PREVIOUS BOARD WILL, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL MAKE MORE SENSE TO THEM. SO STARTING WITH THE YOSHI RIGHT? UPDATE LAST TIME WE MET, WE WERE DISCUSSING THAT YOSHI WAS HAVING SOME CONCERNS OVER THE MOUNDS THAT HE'S WANTING TO PUT THE SCULPTURES ON. AND SO THE MOUNDS REPRESENT THE CATTLE BURIAL MOUNDS. AND SO THEY'RE REALLY ESSENTIAL TO, TO HAVE THE PIECES PLACED ON TOP OF THOSE MOUNDS. RATHER THAN JUST LIKE BUILDING A CONCRETE SLAB AND, YOU KNOW, BEING DONE WITH IT. SO WHAT, WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS THE MATERIALS TO CREATE A STRUCTURALLY SOUND MOUND WAS FAR MORE THAN WHAT ANY OF US HAD ANTICIPATED. SO HE WAS LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO TRY TO GET THOSE COSTS LOWERED.AND JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS MORE REASONABLE IN THE LONG RUN WITH MAINTENANCE AND, AND WASN'T GOING TO, YOU KNOW, BREAK HIS POCKETBOOK. SO WHERE, WHERE WE STAND ON THAT IS WHAT WE ARE POSSIBLY THROWING AROUND IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO. OFFER HIM SOME ASSISTANCE WITH GETTING THOSE MOUNDS CREATED BECAUSE HIS CONTRACT DEADLINE IS THE END OF JULY. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST A FEW WEEKS AWAY. AND HE'S HE'S HASN'T REALLY GOTTEN ANY PLANS BACK THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH MONEY IT'S GOING TO COST TO, TO BUILD THESE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO WITHSTAND AND NOT HAVE TO BE REDONE IN A FEW YEARS. SO WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, A YEAR OR TWO DOWN THE LINE, HAVE TO TAKE THE ARTWORK UP AND REDO THE MOUND, ETC. SO I'M IN THE PROCESS OF MEETING WITH THE PARKS AND RECS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND OUR PURCHASING MANAGER TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF ASSISTANCE WE WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER HIM. WE DO HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE IN OUR PUBLIC ARTS FUNDS THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, OFFSET SOME OF THAT COST FOR HIM. BUT SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY WE WANT TO GET THOSE PROJECTS WRAPPED UP. AND HE CAN'T HE CAN'T GET THOSE PIECES SENT OUT TO US BEFORE THOSE MOUNDS ARE COMPLETE. AND THE OTHER TWO ARTISTS THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WEEKS AWAY FROM BEING COMPLETED. AND I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO GET THEM ALL WRAPPED UP AT THE SAME TIME.
JULIE, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL NEW PEOPLE. DO YOU WANT TO JUST GIVE US A FEW MINUTES ON, ON WHAT THE CITY AND THE PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD, WHAT OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON THE ARTS WORKS THAT'S BEING PRESENTED. AND THEN ALSO JUST A FINAL POINT ON YOSHI'S ART, HIS HIS ART STUDIO WAS IN CALIFORNIA, IS IN CALIFORNIA. AND SO ONE OF HIS DELAYS HAS BEEN THAT WITH THE FIRE THAT HAD LAST YEAR, HIS ONE OF HIS THE BASE OF HIS ARTWORK GOT SINGED AND HE HAD TO REPAIR IT AND REDO IT. SO. SO THAT ADDED TO THE DELAY. AND NOW HE'S FACING THE JULY 30TH DEADLINE, BUT JUST A FEW MINUTES ABOUT WHERE THE PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD HAS BEEN IN THE ARTS WORK. SO WITH THIS PHASE OF THE WALKING TRAIL, THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON THE THE NATIVE AMERICANS THAT WERE HERE LONG BEFORE US. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THEIR HOME. AND WHEN THEY STARTED GETTING READY TO BUILD THIS MUNICIPAL COMPLEX, THEY HAD AN ARCHITECT COME OUT AND DO YOU KNOW, LIKE A GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE LAND. AND THEY FOUND LOTS OF CADDO REMAINS LIKE THE POTTERY, ARROWHEADS, YOU KNOW, THINGS THEY USED FOR HUNTING VESSELS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO THE PUBLIC ARTS BOARD DECIDED FOR THAT, THAT PHASE OF THE WALKING TRAIL, THAT THEY WANTED IT TO BE FOCUSED ON THE CADDO INDIANS. AND SO YOSHI WAS HE WAS THE FIRST ARTIST THAT WE PICKED TO CREATE TWO ARTWORKS. SO HIS FIRST ONE IS CALLED SACRED FIRE, AND IT REPRESENTS THE FIRE THAT THE PEOPLE USED FOR EVERYTHING FOR LIVING, YOU KNOW, MAKING THEIR FOOD, CLEANING THEIR WATER, THEIR BURIAL TRADITIONS, ETCETERA. AND THEN THE SECOND
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ONE IS ANCESTOR'S VOICE, WHICH IS, REPRESENTS LIKE AN URN FROM ONE OF THE PIECES THAT THEY FOUND ON THE PROPERTY. AND SO THE TWO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE KIND OF DIAGONALLY LOOKING ACROSS EACH OTHER. SO IT'S LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRE, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ANCESTOR'S VOICE COMING OUT OF OUT OF THE POT, THE POTTERY. SO HE WAS, HE WAS THE FIRST ARTIST THAT WE HAD CHOSEN. AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER ARTIST THAT WAS IN THAT GROUP. THAT WE WAS LIKE A SEMIFINALIST. AND THE BOARD REALLY, REALLY LIKED HIS WORK. BUT HE HAD HE HAD TO BACK OUT OF THE RUNNING BECAUSE HE WAS HE WASN'T ABLE TO DO THE ARTWORK AT THAT TIME. SO THE BOARD, I THINK LIKE A YEAR LATER DECIDED THEY WANTED TO PROPOSE TO HAVE HIM DO A PROPOSAL TO CREATE A PIECE BASED ON AN ANIMAL THAT THE WHAT THE CADDOS USED TO LIVE OFF OF. SO LIKE HIS ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS LIKE THE, THE BISON. AND THEN THE BOARD LANDED ON THE DEER, THE WHITETAIL DEER THAT HE, HE CREATED FOR US AND IS FINALLY FINISHED WITH IT. AND HE SPECIALIZES IN ANIMAL SCULPTURES AND MURALS. SO IT WAS A PERFECT PROJECT FOR HIM. AND THEN THE FOURTH PIECE IS THE NATIVE AMERICAN HUNTER. AND SO IT'S A LIFE SIZE BRONZE STATUE OF A NATIVE AMERICAN AMERICAN HUNTING THE WHITETAIL DEER. AND SO THOSE TWO PIECES GO WILL GO TOGETHER ON THE OPPOSITE END OF, OF THE TRAIL IN THAT PHASE. THANK YOU. JULIE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE THIRD DISCUSSION POINT. AND THIS IS SONNY'S. AND AND JULIE JUST ALLUDED TO THAT. GO AHEAD JULIE. YEP. SO SO THE ARTIST SONNY BAND, LIKE I SAID, HE'S SPECIALIZES IN ENDANGERED ANIMALS. AND HE'S, HE'S FROM SOUTH AFRICA. HE HAS A RESIDENCE IN FLORIDA. BUT HE, HE TRAVELS ALL OVER THE WORLD DOING THESE MURALS OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS. AND HE WAS THE ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, CAME UP WITH THE, THE WHITETAIL DEER FOR US. AND HE ENDED UP TRAVELING TO SOUTH AFRICA TO THE FOUNTAIN TO USE THE FOUNDRY THERE. AND THE FOUNDRY IS WHERE THEY DO ALL THE BRONZING AND PUT THE PIECE TOGETHER. SO IT OUR PIECE IS IN SOUTH AFRICA RIGHT NOW. AND SO IT'S GOT TO SHIP. IT'S PREPARING TO SHIP RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE CREATING LIKE A CUSTOM CRATE. AND THEN ONCE THAT ONCE HE HAS IT ALL PREPARED TO SHIP, THEN IT'LL GET ON A BOAT AND COME OVER TO WILEY AND IT'LL TAKE ABOUT EIGHT, 6 TO 8 WEEKS. AND RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, THEY'RE THEY'RE IN THE FINAL PHASES OF THAT. SO ANY DAY NOW THEY'RE GOING TO SEND, YOU KNOW, THE CONFIRMATION THAT IT'S ON THE BOAT AND IT'S COMING TO WILEY. SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING. AND THEN SO SUNNY SUNNY WILL BE HERE TO INSTALL IT WHEN IT ARRIVES. AND THEN SETH, WHO HAS THE NATIVE AMERICAN HUNTER, HE'S GOING TO HE HE LIVES IN HE'S CLOSE. HE'S IN TEXAS. HE'S GOING TO WAIT FOR HIM TO INSTALL THE NATIVE AMERICAN SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALIGNED CORRECTLY TOGETHER. SO IT'S ALL IT'S ALL HAPPENING. OKAY. AND THE LAST PART OF THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION, FOURTH POINT, THE DISCUSSION ON SETH. SETH. YEAH. SO SETH IS COMPLETED, HIS NATIVE AMERICAN HUNTER. AND I SENT YOU GUYS SOME OF THE PHOTOS OF HIS BRONZING. AND YOU'LL NOTICE ON THERE BECAUSE SONNY'S DEER IS, IS A WHITE PAINT. AND SO SETH, THE WAY THAT HE DID THE PATINA IS THE, THE HAND IN THE ARROW. HE DID THAT PATINA IN WHITE. SO IT KIND OF LIKE CONNECTS TO THE DEER. SO IT'S REALLY COOL. I URGE YOU TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE PHOTOS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THEM ALREADY. BUT HE'S, HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH SONNY ON HELPING HIM FIGURE OUT THE LOCATION AND ALL THIS. SINCE SONNY IS IN SOUTH AFRICA. BUT YEAH, SO HE'S HE'S READY TO GO. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE DEER TO GET HERE. AND THEN THEY WILL[00:15:05]
BOTH THEY WILL BOTH GO UP. AND AM I CORRECT, ONCE THEY'RE FINISHED, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THIS SECTION OF THE PARK, OR ARE THEY GOING TO ALSO BE OVER BY THE SPLASH PAD? NO, THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE ALL FOUR GOING TO BE DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS COMPLEX. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR JULIE ON IT? OKAY. THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. SO THE FIRST ITEM IS CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A PUBLIC ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR TO SERVE THE 2020 627 YEAR. SO DO I HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE CHAIR? NOMINATE YOU? YEP. BOBBY, IF YOU WANT TO PUT IN NOMINATION AND THEN SOMEONE WILL NEED TO SECOND THE NOMINATION AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON THE NOMINATION. TURN YOUR MIC ON. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE GLORIA. FOR THE CHAIR. I NEED YOUR LAST NAME. SUAREZ. AND DO I HEAR A SECOND? I SECOND THAT NOMINATION. CAN WE VOTE? MISS JULIE? YOU HAVE THAT UP YET? YES. ONE SECOND. LET ME GET TO THAT SCREEN, AND IT SHOULD POP UP ON YOUR DEVICES AND YOU'LL JUST SAY YES OR NO.
GLORIA, DO YOU KNOW HASN'T POPPED UP? NO. YOU'RE ABSTAINING. NO. OKAY. SO THAT YOU CAN JUST DO A HAND VOTE. NO. IT WORKED, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT ON HERE. I DON'T KNOW. WELL, WE DIDN'T, YOURS DIDN'T, BUT I DIDN'T VOTE. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD DO THAT. WELL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO A HAND VOTE, GLORIA. I CAN'T VOTE BECAUSE IT'S I HAVEN'T VOTED. OH, GO AHEAD AND VOTE THEN. IT'S NOT DOING ANYTHING. OKAY, I GOT IT. CAN I? IS IT NOT WORKING? YEAH, I THINK I LOCKED IT. WE CAN JUST KEEP GOING. SHOULD WE JUST TAKE A HAND VOTE THEN LET ME SEE IF I CAN RESTART IT. OKAY. OKAY, I BELIEVE IT. RESET. DOES EVERYONE WANT TO CAST THEIR VOTE AGAIN? OKAY, EVERYBODY VOTE AGAIN, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO. THE MOTION PASSES.
TOTAL VOTED FIVE. NOT VOTED TWO. MEANS WE PASSED THE VOTE WITH FIVE. NEXT ITEM, CONSIDER AN ACT UPON A PUBLIC ADVISORY BOARD VICE CHAIR TO SERVE THE 2020 627 YEAR UNLIMITED BOBBY HEATH. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? DO I HEAR A SECOND? DO I HEAR A SECOND FOR BOBBY HEATH AS VICE CHAIR? I SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE. FIVE FOR TWO. DIDN'T VOTE. MOTION PASSES.
THE LAST ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA IS CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE PUBLIC ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES FROM MAY 21ST, 2026. IN LIGHT OF. THERE'S JUST TWO MEMBERS HERE THAT I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM MAY 21ST. DO I HEAR A SECOND, BOBBY? I SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? THE MOTION PASSES WITH FIVE TWO NON-VOTING TOTAL OF SEVEN VOTES.
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THAT CONCLUDES OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS AND REGULAR AGENDA. WE HAVE NO OTHER BUSINESS AS PER THE AGENDA. DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO I HEAR A SECOND? I SECOND THAT JOE SECOND. ELIZA SECOND VOTE. WE ARE ADJOURNED. OKAY, FIVE. 4429 VOTES. MOTION PASSES.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.