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YEAH, THAT IS, WE[Arts & Cultural Advisory Commission on May 16, 2024.]
SHOULD BE.UH, IT IS 4 36 AND WE HAVE A QUORUM AT THIS MOMENT.
SO I CALLED TO ORDER THE, UH, MEETING THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ARTS AND CULTURE, UH, AT 4 36.
AND, UH, WE WILL, UH, PROCEED NOW, UH, FOR VERIFICATION, UH, AND REFER TO THE STAFF.
AND WE HAVE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS THAT HAVE, UH, CHECKED IN.
UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, UH, CAN WE SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COMMISSIONER WEINSTEIN? KRISTA, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
UH, WE'LL START WITH OUR VOTING AGENDA ITEMS, APPROVAL OF THE APRIL 18TH, 2024, UH, MINUTES.
HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THOSE? ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? CAN WE GET A MOTION? I MOVE.
ALL IN FAVOR,
UH, ANY OPPOSITION? ALL OPPOSED? NO ONE OPPOSED? SO THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 18TH, 2024, UH, COMMISSION MEETING HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
UM, WE WILL NOW LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NEW PANELISTS FOR THE, UH, OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURES FUNDING PROGRAMS REVIEW PANEL.
HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS? THEY HAVE BEEN VETTED.
IS THAT CORRECT, DIRECTOR? YES, SIR.
UH, CAN WE GET A MOTION? I SO MOVE.
UH, SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
UH, FOR SOME REASON ON OUR SCREEN, IT JUST WENT TO, UH, IT GOT RID OF ALL THE FACES OF OUR COMMISSIONERS AND THE DOCUMENT POPPED UP.
SO, MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS OF 31 NEW PANELISTS TO THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURES FUNDING PROGRAMS REVIEW PANEL.
ALL IN FAVOR? UH, SIGNIFY HAND RAISE, OR AYE.
UH, SO THAT, UH, HAS BEEN PASSED, SO WE NOW HAVE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
UH, THE NEXT THING ON THE VOTING AGENDA ITEM, RECOMMENDATION OF SU JEAN LEE AS THE PUBLIC ART PROJECT FINALIST FOR THE PUBLIC ART PROJECT TO BE LOCATED AT CROCKETT DOG PARK.
UM, AS THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, I MOVE TO TABLE THIS DISCUSSION TO A FUTURE TIME, PLEASE.
SO, UH, SINCE IT WAS ON THE AGENDA, WE'RE TABLING IT IS, UH, ALL CAN WE GET A, IF THAT'S YOUR MOTION, CAN WE GET A SECOND? I THINK, YEAH.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS TO A FURTHER MEETING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO TABLE, UH, THE THIRD VOTING AGENDA ITEM.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND OR SAYING, AYE.
ANY OPPOSITION? ALL OPPOSED, NO OPPOSITION.
UH, SO WE ARE TABLING, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION OF SUZANNE, LIAM AS PUBLIC ART PROJECT FINALIST FOR THE PUBLIC ART PROJECT TO BE LOCATED AT CROCKETT DOG PARK.
UH, NEXT ON THE VOTING AGENDA ITEMS, UH, IS A RECOMMENDATION OF EIGHT NEW PUBLIC ART SELECTION PANEL NOMINEES BEGINNING MAY 17TH, 2024, UH, AS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, CAN WE GET A MOTION? SO, MOVE.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND, SAYING AYE.
UM, ALL OPPOSED WITH NO OPPOSITION, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE EIGHT NEW PUBLIC ART SELECTION PANEL NOMINEES FOR THE TERM BEGINNING MAY 17TH, 2024 HAS PASSED.
UH, THE LAST ITEM ON OUR VOTING AGENDAS, WE'RE MOVING SWIFTLY DOWN THIS AGENDA.
UH, NUMBER FIVE IS RECOMMENDATION OF THE RELOCATION OF FOUR CHROMATIC GATES FROM STORAGE TO GLENCO PARK AND DISTRICT 14.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT BEFORE WE TAKE A MOTION? IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, CAN WE GET A MOTION? NO.
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ALRIGHT.UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFIED BY, UH, RAISING YOUR HAND OR SAYING, AYE.
ALL OPPOSED, IT IS PASSED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE RELOCATION OF FOUR PROMATIC GATES FROM STORAGE TO GLENCOE PARK AND DISTRICT 14.
UM, WE, UH, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR BRIEFING.
I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT AGAIN, AS CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, THIS IS A REALLY FABULOUS, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITY AND FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO MOVE THIS, UM, THESE FOUR CHROMATIC GATES AS THEY'RE CALLED TO GLENCO PARK, UM, AT NO EXPENSE TO THE CITY BECAUSE THE, THE ORGANIZATION THAT WANTS THEM THERE IS PAYING TO RESTORE THEM.
SO, UM, THIS IS A, A GREAT THING, AND WE WILL THEN REDEDICATE, WE CAN ALL BE PART OF THAT.
UM, AND IT WILL BE A VERY ACTIVE SPACE.
SO IT'S JUST AN IMPORTANT PIECE AND JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
IT, AND IT COULD BE FOR OUR CHAIR SMALL OR FOR, UH, CHAIR KRISTA, BUT THAT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO READ ABOUT HOW THEY WERE GONNA PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION.
DO WE HAVE TIME TO JUST KIND OF HAVE SOMEBODY SHARE HOW THAT COMES TO BE, BECAUSE THAT THAT REALLY WAS IMPRESSIVE.
IF LYNN, UM, I THINK LYNN IS EITHER IN PERSON OR ONLINE.
IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR HER TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THIS.
AND SHE WAS PRETTY INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS.
SO, UM, FOR GATE, WHICH NAME ROLE FOR THE, HI, I AM LYNN.
YOU'RE TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE MIC OR SOMETHING REAL RIGHT.
JUST ALL, WE'RE GONNA TRY THAT AGAIN.
I'M LYNN, I WORK IN THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, AND I'M
SO, UM, THIS PIECE, THE, UM, HERBERT BYER, UM, UH, IS A, YOU KNOW, HE IS A NATIONALLY KNOWN ARTIST FROM KIND OF MID-CENTURY, IS PART OF THE ARCO COLLECTION AND HAS BEEN ON MY LIST FOR CONSERVATION FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
SO, UM, WHEN THE UNIVERSITY CROSSING PIT, WHICH IS A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UM, ASKED IF WE HAD SOME KEYS, SOME GEESE, OR COULD RECOMMEND THESE THAT WOULD GO INTO GLENFIELD PARK, A PARK THAT HAS NO ARTWORK, APPROXIMATE TO THE, UM, YOU KNOW, APPROXIMATE TO, I'M GONNA CALL IT THE KATY TRAIL, WHICH IT HAS A DIFFERENT NAME IN THAT PLACE.
UM, THEY OFFERED TO NOT ONLY MOVE IT AND PAY FOR THE CONSERVATION OF IT, BUT ALSO MONITOR IT SO THAT IT, UM, WE WERE, IS ANY, UM, GRAFFITI OR ANYTHING THAT WILL ALSO TAKE CARE OF THAT BECAUSE THAT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BELIEVES THAT PUBLIC ART IS PART OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT.
SO WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? NO, I'M SORRY.
I JUST THINK THAT THAT WAS GREAT, UM, TO, TO READ ABOUT HOW THEY OFFERED TO PAY FOR IT.
I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, LYNN, IF IT'S OKAY FOR YOU? YES.
WILL THERE BE, UH, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT TIMELINE IN THE COMMITTEE, BUT AS, AS THE, UM, AS THE, UH, UNVEIL GOES, WILL THERE BE ANY, UH, PRESS SPECIFICALLY IN AND AROUND THIS STORY AND MODEL JUST TO SORT OF PUT THAT OUT THERE, UM, ACROSS THE CITY FOR, FOR, UM, WE FEEL LIKE OUR WORK WITH THE UNIVERSITY CROSSING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IS A MODEL TO USE ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE, WE HAVE JUST TALKED TO SEVERAL OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN, UH, HAVING ARTWORK IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOW WE WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS TO DO THAT BY ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION Y YES.
SO PERHAPS A RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNICATIONS, UM, TEAM TO SEND OUT A PRESS RELEASE OR SOMETHING QUOTING YOU AND THE STORY OF HOW THIS IS AN EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP AND SOMETHING LOOKING TO DO MORE OF.
YES, WE'LL TALK TO MARK ABOUT THAT.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH, LYNN.I HAD A QUESTION FOLLOW UP I DIDN'T SEE.
SO, MR. PIGGYBACK ON COMMISSIONER, UH, VALENTINE'S, UH, COMMENT IF THERE'S OTHER ARTWORK IN THE COLLECTION THAT NEEDS A HOME, RIGHT? THIS COULD BE, UH, THIS COULD SPUR THAT, THAT SORT OF, UM, COMMUNICATION, THAT DIALOGUE ABOUT OTHER ENTITIES WHO MIGHT WANNA TAKE ON, UM, THE, THE, THE CHORE OF, OF MOVING IT, INSTALLING IT, AND MAINTAINING IT.
UM, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO ANY COMMUNICATION PIECE THAT YOU USE ON THIS TOO, ALSO INCLUDE THAT.
UM, IF, IF THAT'S AVAILABLE, GREAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GRACE, GRACE.
COMMISSIONER GLOVER, I THINK YOU'RE ON MUTE, BUT YOU'RE TALKING TO US.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WE CAN, YES.
UM, YEAH, IF, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SORT OF DEDICATION, UH, YOU'RE PLANNING, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE A PRESS RELEASE OR ANYTHING COMING OUT, I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE, UH, PAUL RIDLEY OUR, UH, COUNCILMAN FOR DISTRICT 14, THAT HE'S ALWAYS UP FOR ANY SORT OF DEDICATION CEREMONIES OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF IMPROVEMENT OR ANYTHING IF I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD MENTION THAT.
WE HAVE A PRACTICE OF, UM, INVITING WHEN WE DO HOLD THE DEDICATION OR SHARE PRESS RELEASE FROM THE OFFICE THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE, GIVE A QUOTE.
UM, AND LIKEWISE WITH YOU AS THE COMMISSIONER, UH, IN PERSON, IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE ON THE, UH, PROGRAM TO GIVE REMARKS, UH, YOU'D BE INVITED TO DO SO.
I DON'T NEED TO BE, I DON'T TO NEED TO DO ANY REMARKS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO BE THERE.
I MEAN,
ALRIGHT, UH, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE THE AGENDA HERE.
UH, WE WILL MOVE ALONG TO THE BRIEFINGS, UH, CHAIR'S REPORT.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA WELCOME, UH, COMMISSIONER NUGENT JUST TO HERE, SWAM IN
UH, BUT, UH, MOVING ON TO THE REPORT.
UM, I WANT ADDRESS THE, UH, LIAISON REPORTS, UH, THANK COMMISSIONER GLOVER, OR LIAISON REPORT COMMISSIONER GLAZE, BOTH OF HER REPORTS HERE.
THE TON OF INFORMATION WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CONTINUE WITH THE LIAISON, UH, REPORTS, UH, IS THAT IS ACTUALLY, UH, PART OF OUR, OUR DUTY HERE.
SO LET'S PLEASE, UH, TRY TO GET THOSE IN.
IN TERMS OF LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS.
UH, WE'VE GONE A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW AWAITING, UH, YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS, UH, TO STAFF.
IF, UH, ANY COMMISSIONER HAD A REQUEST TO BE MOVED TO A NEW ORGANIZATION, UH, TAKE ON, UH, ANYTHING MORE.
SO, UH, IN LIGHT OF THAT, UH, I GOT WITH JULIA, AND YOU WILL BE RECEIVING THE, UH, THE LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS.
UH, IT'S PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY THE SAME.
UH, HOWEVER, COMMISSIONER, UH, VALENTINE AND COMMISSIONER BEST YOU JUST CAME ON, YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR, UH, THOSE LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS, UH, REALLY SOON HERE.
UH, MOVING ON WITH THE BRIEFINGS IN TERMS OF THE CULTURAL SPOTLIGHT AND IN LIGHT OF WEATHER.
I JUST WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE LIAISON REPORTS.
UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING MINE IN.
I THINK I MAY BE CURSED BECAUSE BOTH OF MY ORGANIZATIONS NOW HAVE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR, WELL, ONE WILL HAVE A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ONE DOES HAVE A NEW ONE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT ME TO STAY WITH THEM.
I I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO STAY WITH THEM, UH, UNLESS MR. DALLAS WINS.
UH, KIM CAMPBELL RE UH, RETIRED AFTER 31 YEARS, AND THEN OF COURSE, EVERYONE'S HEARD ABOUT THE DALLAS SYMPHONY.
UH, EVERYBODY'S HEARD THAT SHE MOVED ON TO THE LOS ANGELES PHIL HARMONIC.
SO WHAT A GREAT DEAL FOR HER, A LOSS FOR THE CITY, BUT, UH, A GREAT DEAL FOR HER.
UH, LET ME ASK YOU, UH, I DON'T, UH, IF YOU WANNA RESERVE YOUR COMMENT ON THIS, PLEASE DO SO.
BUT ARE YOU, UH, ARE YOU AVAILABLE AND, UH, WILLING TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR SAME ORGANIZATIONS AS THE OH, OF COURSE.
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THAT AS INES.I MAYBE CURSE, SO I DON'T KNOW.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS OR REPORTS? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS UP.
UH, SO MOVING ON, IN TERMS OF OUR CULTURAL SPOTLIGHT, I GOT WITH COMMISSIONER BLAZE, WHO, UH, HAD A RINGS FOR THEATER THREE TO BE HERE TODAY.
UH, SINCE, UH, THE WEATHER ALERTS HAVE, UH, KIND OF KEPT EVERYONE IN.
I THINK IT WAS THEIR PREFERENCE.
THEY WANTED TO BE IN THE ROOM WITH US COMMISSIONERS SO THEY COULD BE HERE FACE TO FACE AS THEY PRESENTED.
SO WE ARE MOVING THEM TO NEXT MONTH IN JUNE.
AND, UH, WE ARE MOVING SHAKESPEARE DALLAS FROM JUNE TO JULY, UH, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT FYI.
UH, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UH, BRIEFING, WHICH IS OUR DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR, UH, CHAIR.
UH, ARE WE, WE'RE HAVING A JULY MEETING.
THANK YOU VICKI, FOR SAYING THAT.
SO I GUESS IT WOULD BE, WE NEED TO LET SHAKESPEARE DALLAS KNOW THAT.
BUT GLEN IS HANDLING THAT AND, UH, SO
UH, COMMISSIONER OMO, UH, OMO, UM, UM,
SO, ANY THOUGHT TO HAVING MORE THAN JUST ONE PRESENT AT OUR SPOTLIGHT? 'CAUSE WE'VE ONLY 11 MEETINGS.
UM, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE IT'D BE GREAT TO HEAR FROM AN INDIVIDUAL ARTIST AND AN ARTS ORGANIZATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD COACH THEM.
WE COULD KIND OF REALLY SET UP SOME PARAMETERS AND SOME EXPECTATIONS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT GO FAST, QUICK.
BUT, UM, I JUST FEEL LIKE ONE, A MEETING IS NOT ENOUGH.
YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY I AGREE WITH THAT.
UH, THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IT IS UPON RECOMMENDATION OF A COMMISSIONER, UH, TO THE CHAIRS, TO WHO THEY WOULD LIKE IN THEIR DISTRICT TO COME AND PRESENT A COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT.
AND OFTENTIMES, UH, WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND START LOOKING 'CAUSE WE DON'T GET THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE'LL JUST START THERE.
IF YOU COMMISSIONERS HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO WHO THEY WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT FROM THEIR DISTRICT FOR COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT OR THEIR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT, UH, YEAH, JUST LET US KNOW AND, UH, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? WELL, COMMISSIONER SP COMMISSIONER SP JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT, WHAT COMMISSIONER OMO SAID, I, I, UM, I WONDER IF MAYBE WE COULD JUST PUT A BLURB IN THE GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR ARTISTS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PRESENTING TO THE COMMISSION.
YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHO TO CONTACT ABOUT IT.
'CAUSE I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO GET A FEW, YOU KNOW, ARTISTS THAT ARE DOING ARTS ACTIVATE GRANTS TO COME TALK ABOUT THAT.
MAYBE SOME CAP ARTISTS, LIKE YOU SAID, MAYBE SOME ARTISTS IN ADDITION TO THE, UM, ORGANIZATION.
SO, BUT IF WE HAD KIND OF A BLURB IN THE, IN THE GRANT APPLICATION THAT MIGHT, INSTEAD OF US HAVING TO, TO RECOMMEND THEM ALL, THAT MIGHT, UH, ALLOW THEM TO, UH, KIND OF SAY, I'M INTERESTED IN DOING THIS.
I, I THINK THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A, A GREAT SUGGESTION.
HOWEVER, THE APPLICATION PROCESS, TYPICALLY WE HAVE COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHTS ON PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FUNDED AND THAT WE ARE FUNDING.
UH, BUT YEAH, I DO THINK GIVING, UH, THE ORGANIZATIONS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PROACTIVE WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF THERE BEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE THE AGENDA.
OH, I, SO PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT COMMISSIONER ALMO AND COMMISSIONER PEL SAID, THE QUESTION MIGHT BE, DO WE WANT TO DO BOTH TWO THREE AND SHAKESPEARE DALLAS NEXT MONTH? YES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHY NOT? THAT'S A GLENN QUESTION.
ACTUALLY, I'M REALLY GLAD TO MENTION THAT.
UH, YES, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT.
MOSTLY BECAUSE, UM, I THOUGHT THAT SHAKESPEARE DALLAS, HAVING 'EM NEXT MONTH WOULD BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM THIS MONTH BECAUSE OF THEIR SUMMER SEASON COMING UP.
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I WAS GONNA CHECK AND SEE IF CHAIR SMALL WAS FINE, IF WE DID BOTH THEATER THREE AND SHAKESPEARE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO Y'ALL BEFORE THE END OF THEIR SUMMER SEASON.SO IF THAT IS THE WILL OF MONEY, I WILL HAVE TO, THAT'S FINE.
IS EVERY, IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? I'M GLENN, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE
UM, IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? ARE THE COMMISSIONERS OKAY WITH THAT? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OPPOSITION? OKAY, THANKS.
CHINO, ANY OTHER? I SEE YOUR HAND UP.
UM, SO AGAIN, JUST TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE VERY TIGHTENED UP PRESENTATIONS AND, AND WE LEAVE ROOM FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM A, A A TIME LIMIT AND, UH, MAKE SURE IT JUST KIND OF SPEEDS UP BECAUSE THIS COULD BE A GOOD TEST, RIGHT? OR HOW WE SET THE TONE MOVING FORWARD.
I, I WILL SAY THIS, UH, I'M IN FAVOR OF HEARING FROM AS MANY AS POSSIBLE, BUT, UH, PLEASE BEAR WITH ME IF IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING A LITTLE PROTRACTED AND A LITTLE LENGTHY, UH, THAT WE WILL ENFORCE SOME SORT OF REASONABLE TIME LIMITS SO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR MEETINGS ARE NOT OVERLY EXTENDED, UH, WITH COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT.
WE STILL HAVE TO CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS, IF THAT'S OKAY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD TO THE DIRECTOR'S BRIEFING? NO QUESTIONS.
UM, SINCE THEY, SINCE THEY ALL HAVE BEEN ACCLIMATED NOW TO DOING THESE 10 MINUTE PRESENTATIONS FOR THE COP KIND OF A DEAL, THEN MAYBE THAT'S THE LIMIT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S LIKE THE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN PRIMED TO DO THESE 10 MINUTE PRESENTATIONS FOR THEIR GRANTS, THE BIG, BIG ONES.
SO MAYBE 10 MINUTES IS A, IS A GOOD ENOUGH LIMIT FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S PRESENTING TO US.
SO IF THERE WERE TWO OF THEM, IT WOULD BE 20 MINUTES OF OUR TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, DIRECTOR? OKAY.
I HAVE A FEW BRIEF UPDATES TO SHARE, UM, BEFORE WE ADJOURN.
AS IT RELATES TO THE STAFFING UPDATE, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE HIRED A NEW COMMISSION AND BOARD COORDINATOR, UM, AN INTERNAL CANDIDATE WHOSE START DATE IS MAY 29TH.
AND SO WE'LL ALL BE HERE TOGETHER FOR OUR JUNE MEETING WITH OUR NEW BOARD AND OR COMMISSION AND BOARD COORDINATOR.
UM, OUR NEW CANDIDATE STAFF, HIS NAME IS EMMANUEL CASTANO, AND WE'RE REALLY THRILLED, UM, TO HAVE HIM JOIN OUR TEAM.
UH, SECONDLY, YOU'LL SEE, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT, BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK, OUR OFFICE WILL BE POSTING FOR A NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AS WE HAVE A VACANCY.
UM, UH, WE'RE SHIFTING, UH, A BIT OF, UH, THE WAY WE CONDUCT BUSINESS AS IT RELATES TO THAT, UH, PARTICULAR ROLE PRIOR TO THE ROLE BEING VACANT, UH, THAT, UH, EMPLOYEE HAD OVERSIGHT OF PUBLIC ART AND WRR.
AND WE ARE GOING TO TRANSITION, UH, TO LOOK FOR AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WHO WILL BE, UM, HAVE MORE OVERSIGHT OF OUR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, BUSINESS OPERATIONS, DATA ANALY ANALYTICS, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE DO NEED YOUR SUPPORT WHEN THE POST IS OPEN, WHEN, WHEN THE JOB, UH, REQUISITION GOES OPEN, THAT YOU SHARE THAT FORWARD, UM, TO CANDIDATES WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED.
UH, WE INTEND, UH, TO EMBARK ON THAT SELECTION PROCESS EARLY SUMMER, UH, SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY LAND AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BEFORE THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, OF COURSE, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER ALREADY.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE TWO STAFFING UPDATES I HAVE, UH,
UM, OR I CAN MOVE ON THERE BEING NO QUE I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, JUST WANTED TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS WEEKEND.
WE HAVE TWO REALLY SPECIAL, SIGNIFICANT EVENTS HAPPENING, AND I INVITE YOU IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE, I KNOW WE'RE COMPETING WITH SOME GRADUATION CEREMONIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
HOWEVER, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ONE ON SATURDAY.
UM, WE HAVE A PUBLIC ART UNVEILING.
UH, THE SAVE THE DATE HAS BEEN EMAILED AND WE HOPE THAT
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YOU'LL MAKE IT TO SEE THE DEDICATION CEREMONY FOR LAURA ABRAMS WALTERS HARMONY ART PIECE AT EVERGLADE.BUT IT'S A BUTTERFLY ART DEDICATION.
THE KNOW BEFORE YOU GO HAS, UM, BEEN SHARED AS WELL.
IF YOU ARE NOT IN RECEIPT OF THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO ENSURE YOU CAN ATTEND, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND LYNN WILL FOLLOW UP DIRECTLY WITH YOU.
UM, AND THEN ON SUNDAY, UH, WE HAVE OUR ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER FESTIVAL HAPPENING AT THE BATHHOUSE CULTURAL CENTER.
AND OUR STAFF ACROSS DIVISIONS, CULTURAL CENTER STAFF, RHONDA'S COMMUNITY ARTS, UH, PROGRAMMING STAFF, GLEN'S EVENTS, SUPERVISION STAFF, HAVE ALL PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO COLLABORATING TO PLAN THIS SPECIAL EVENT WITH SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY ART STAKEHOLDERS.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH A FULL DAY EVENT, SO YOU CAN POP IN, UM, AS YOU, AS YOU'RE AVAILABLE.
UM, LIZ AND I, CITY MANAGER LIZ, AND OUR, UH, CLOSING, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THE CLOSING OF THAT PROGRAM.
BUT AGAIN, THIS INFORMATION, UM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE, BE SURE TO SEND FORWARD, UH, TODAY SO THAT YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT EVENT.
THOSE ARE NOTED IN UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS ON THE AGENDA, BUT I REALLY DID WANNA, UH, TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE KEY EVENTS THIS WEEKEND FOR YOU.
THOSE ARE MY SHORT AND SWEET UPDATES FOR TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS OF OUR DIRECTOR? WELL, THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. AND I WOULD SAY THIS, I, UH, IN THE PAST MONTH, I HAVE BEEN, UH, MADE AWARE OF JUST HOW MANY ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS, UH, OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE, ARE INVOLVED IN.
SO IF YOU HAVE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS KNOW IN TERMS OF YOUR, THE PERSONAL EVENTS THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED IN, UH, PLEASE LET US KNOW BECAUSE, UH, I'M SURE THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND ATTEND THOSE EVENTS.
UM, THERE'S, UH, I SEE, UH, COMMISSIONER BLAZE HAS A QUESTION.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO TO THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER TO SEE THE PHOTO EXHIBIT BY OUR OWN COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
UH, UH, COMMISSIONER VALENTINE, HAND RAISED THUMBS UP.
AND, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER FIRST, I JUST, UH, WANNA KNOW HOW DO WE DO THAT? LIKE, THERE, THERE WAS, LIKE, PRI WAS PERFORMING LAST WEEK AND I KNOW SHE'S NOT ON THE COMMISSION, BUT Y'ALL ARE, MANY OF Y'ALL WERE FRIENDS WITH HER AND I WANTED TO TELL Y'ALL, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE I INVITED YOU ON FACEBOOK OR WHATEVER.
BUT DO WE SEND AN EMAIL JUST TO GLEN OR DO WE, HOW DO WE LET YOU KNOW IF SOMETHING'S HAPPENING? YES, MA'AM.
PLEASE DO SEND ANY INFORMATION.
YOU WANNA DISSEMINATE IT OUT TO GLEN.
UM, SO THIS HAS KIND OF, UH, JUST SPRUNG UP RECENTLY.
UM, THERESA COLEMAN WASH WHO, UH, RUNS SPECIAL ARTS THEATER, UH, CENTER, HAS REQUESTED A MEETING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WEST AND MYSELF.
UM, I THINK IT'S TO TALK ABOUT PROPOSITION E AND BOND MONEY AND HOW WE CAN HELP, UM, THOSE, UM, NON-CITY OWNED ENTITIES.
AND VICKY, RICHARD, VICKY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT THIS IS REGARDING, UH, AN OLD PROGRAM THAT EXISTED WITH OAC ABOUT PROVIDING FUNDS, UH, FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PRIVATELY OWNED TO, UM, WHO HOST I, I, I GUESS I'M, I'M NOT REALLY FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROGRAM AS IT WAS, BUT, SO THE MEETING'S BEEN SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW AT 4:00 PM AND I'VE INVITED STAKEHOLDERS FROM DISTRICT ONE.
UH, I KNOW COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE WILL BE THERE.
UM, SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO BE THERE, IT'S GONNA BE A BISHOP ARTS THEATER.
AND THAT IS, I BELIEVE IS THE TOPIC, UH, AT HAND FOR DISCUSSION.
UH, COMMISSIONER, YEAH, THAT, THAT GETTING INTO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THAT, THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS OUTSIDE OF THE MISSION, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR, I SEE, UH, COMMISSIONER GLAZE, YOUR HAND IS UP, BUT YOUR, YOU JUST SAID THAT WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS, SO I TOOK MY HAND DOWN.
UM, WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, IS THERE ANOTHER COMMENTS? CAN WE GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.
COMMISSIONER CAN GET A SECOND SINCE I GOT HERE LATE.
CAN'T GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
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OKAY.ALRIGHT, WE GOT IT MOVED AND SECONDED.
UH, ANY OPPOSITION PENDING? THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 5 0 6.