WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.720 We'll go ahead and open up the June 22nd meeting at 3 or 4 pm. 00:00:06.720 --> 00:00:07.720 Let's do roll call. 00:00:07.720 --> 00:00:08.720 Michelle in. 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:09.720 Present. 00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:10.720 Miss Franklin. 00:00:10.720 --> 00:00:11.720 Nick Baggampore. 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:12.720 Here. 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:13.720 Meredith Buie. 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:14.720 Here. 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:15.720 Alicia Eggert. 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:16.720 Here. 00:00:16.720 --> 00:00:17.720 Jody Ismert. 00:00:17.720 --> 00:00:18.720 Here. 00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:19.720 Fred Nicholson. 00:00:19.720 --> 00:00:20.720 Here. 00:00:20.720 --> 00:00:21.720 Terry Nobles. 00:00:21.720 --> 00:00:22.720 Absent. 00:00:22.720 --> 00:00:30.620 Ed Steele. 00:00:30.620 --> 00:00:32.640 Absent. 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:34.760 Georgina Ngozi. 00:00:34.760 --> 00:00:35.760 Here. 00:00:35.760 --> 00:00:39.760 The ones accounted for. 00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:48.640 First item on the list is to consider approval of minutes from the March 5th and June 4th 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:50.640 meeting. 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:59.600 You have the draft minutes for both of those meetings available so we'll take any amendments 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:05.800 or changes if you have any. 00:01:05.800 --> 00:01:25.880 I'll make a motion to approve the minutes of March 5th and June 4th. 00:01:25.880 --> 00:01:28.920 Second. 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:29.920 All in favor. 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:30.920 Aye. 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:31.920 Aye. 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:32.920 Aye. 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:42.640 Yeah, can you, sorry, again I'm saying, I'm going to go through and I can you call. 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:45.080 Oh, the names, sorry, yeah. 00:01:45.080 --> 00:01:46.080 Michelle in. 00:01:46.080 --> 00:01:47.080 Aye. 00:01:47.080 --> 00:01:48.080 Nick Baggampore. 00:01:48.080 --> 00:01:49.080 Aye. 00:01:49.080 --> 00:01:50.080 Meredith Buie. 00:01:50.080 --> 00:01:51.080 Aye. 00:01:51.080 --> 00:01:52.080 Alicia Eggert. 00:01:52.080 --> 00:01:53.080 Aye. 00:01:53.080 --> 00:01:54.080 Jody Ismert. 00:01:54.080 --> 00:01:55.080 Aye. 00:01:55.080 --> 00:01:56.080 Fred Nicholson. 00:01:56.080 --> 00:01:57.080 Aye. 00:01:57.080 --> 00:01:58.080 That's it. 00:01:58.080 --> 00:02:07.720 That's everyone. 00:02:07.720 --> 00:02:11.560 Item B. Receive report and hold discussion and give staff direction regarding the Public 00:02:11.560 --> 00:02:20.360 Art Committee application for physical year 2020 and 2021 hotel occupancy tax hot bones. 00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:30.160 All right, so I provided in your packet a breakdown of the current year hot funds allocation 00:02:30.160 --> 00:02:38.680 and the committee received $81,000 and that's based on the 2.4% of hot funds that are dedicated 00:02:38.680 --> 00:02:46.800 to public art based on the estimate for the impacts of COVID will have a greatly reduced 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:52.600 amount of hot funds for the next year and so working with our Treasury Department we 00:02:52.600 --> 00:03:00.680 estimate that 2.4% of the next year's hot funds allocation will be around $30,000 and 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:07.560 so the budget that I provided for you for for your consideration for next year and shows 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:12.760 that $30,000 and sort of broken down in about the same categories as the committee has had 00:03:12.760 --> 00:03:20.720 before so that included $1,000 for the promotions of an art reveal, $18,000 for the commissioning 00:03:20.720 --> 00:03:27.000 of projects, $1,000 for any soil testing or analysis that would be needed for a project 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:32.960 and $10,000 for the maintenance of art inventory and now keep in mind that the committee does 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:40.840 have a number of projects that are bond funded and so those projects can continue regardless 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:48.720 of this reduced amount because they have a different funding source and so any any questions 00:03:48.720 --> 00:03:53.760 or ideas or changes based on that? 00:03:53.760 --> 00:03:58.280 Can you hear me? 00:03:58.280 --> 00:03:59.280 Yes. 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:00.280 Okay. 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:10.720 My question is so in the '20 budget we had the $55,000 for the three small art projects 00:04:10.720 --> 00:04:16.760 to my knowledge that hasn't been allocated to any specific project yet right so is that 00:04:16.760 --> 00:04:18.360 going to be rolled over? 00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:24.000 No that was allocated the committee made took action at the last meeting to allocate that 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:32.160 to the women's interracial fellowship project and so we just haven't made that formal change 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:37.360 yet on our request for the hot funds but we will I just have to submit that change in 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:38.360 the line item. 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:45.880 Okay great. 00:04:45.880 --> 00:04:50.760 I think it looks like a pretty good budget I think you know things are probably going 00:04:50.760 --> 00:04:55.360 to stay pretty much the same with what our needs are I think it's okay do we does anyone 00:04:55.360 --> 00:05:03.040 else want to make a comment or do we need to approve it? 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:08.320 You can't approve it I would submit the application again we might refine this number going forward 00:05:08.320 --> 00:05:13.080 but if the committee is okay with this general breakdown and kind of these categories then 00:05:13.080 --> 00:05:21.560 I would draft the application and submit it and I believe Monet signs it as the committee 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:31.320 chair and we'd submit it because it would be due prior to your next meeting I believe. 00:05:31.320 --> 00:05:56.240 Okay do you need to make a motion for this? 00:05:56.240 --> 00:05:57.240 Yes. 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:06.280 All right I'll make a motion to put the 30,000 for next year's budget. 00:06:06.280 --> 00:06:11.600 Yes for the hot application thread 30,000 for the hot application for next year. 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:21.800 Okay for 30,000 for the hot application for next year okay and I'll go down the list 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:35.840 Michelle Lin approved yes aye take back and forth aye Mayor DeFeeley aye Alicia Egert 00:06:35.840 --> 00:06:47.440 aye Cody Ismert aye Fred Nicholson aye and that's it. 00:06:47.440 --> 00:07:03.080 You have Terry's there now oh Terry's here yes aye now everyone's accountable okay. 00:07:03.080 --> 00:07:07.680 Item C hold discussion and give staff direction regarding original districts application for 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:16.880 the fiscal year 2021 hot funds. 00:07:16.880 --> 00:07:22.200 Okay the second application for hot funds that the committee can make is under the original 00:07:22.200 --> 00:07:29.120 Denton district in the backup I provided you the budget allocation again from the public 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:34.840 art committee for this current year if you'll remember $5,000 of your application from this 00:07:34.840 --> 00:07:40.960 current year was dedicated towards the cultural arts district because the district now has 00:07:40.960 --> 00:07:46.920 its own designation it's eligible to submit its own hot fund request separate from the 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:52.840 public art piece and so based on the application that we had approved and the budget that we 00:07:52.840 --> 00:07:57.880 had put forward for year one of the cultural district they would be on schedule to make 00:07:57.880 --> 00:08:06.480 a request of $5,000 in hot funds for promotion and event costs. 00:08:06.480 --> 00:08:13.120 We're not really sure you know what what the realistic chances are that events happen in 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:18.000 the near future but certainly you know promotions is something we would be able to continue 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:28.200 if those events do happen so we can make that request an application now. 00:08:28.200 --> 00:08:41.680 Are there any questions on the cultural districts application draft application or draft budget? 00:08:41.680 --> 00:08:49.640 Can I ask a question about what we did like how was that $5,000 used from last year like 00:08:49.640 --> 00:08:54.040 what kinds of things did it pay for? 00:08:54.040 --> 00:09:00.200 Currently it hasn't to date it has not been used we've been about January and February 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:05.560 we started drafting a marketing plan and a marketing campaign that we were going to implement 00:09:05.560 --> 00:09:11.240 with the spring events and the summer events that were upcoming and unfortunately the vast 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:18.120 majority of those events were cancelled or rescheduled and so we are regrouping right 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:27.040 now to figure out a way in a post-Covid world to most effectively promote the cultural district 00:09:27.040 --> 00:09:33.560 and use those dollars so we're we're still evaluating that. 00:09:33.560 --> 00:09:40.760 Is that something we will discuss like in a future meeting potentially like ideas for 00:09:40.760 --> 00:09:45.960 how that money can be best utilized? 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:53.400 We can it's something that in the last I believe it was kind of decided in the last Hot Funds 00:09:53.400 --> 00:09:59.600 application which was even prior to me coming on board and that it was kind of for the promotion 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:04.600 of existing events so someone on the board might might know better than than me what 00:10:04.600 --> 00:10:10.360 the discussion was for that but we certainly can have that discussion we just have to have 00:10:10.360 --> 00:10:18.240 those funds expended pretty quickly so we're we're regrouping as fast as we can. 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:23.680 Would it be possible Jessica to spend sorry it's Michelle would it be possible to spend 00:10:23.680 --> 00:10:28.480 it on something that could sit in a closet until we are through the COVID times because 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:33.280 I mean I think we're looking at this for for the foreseeable future could we get a bunch 00:10:33.280 --> 00:10:38.120 of really cool original Denton District t-shirts and stuff to pass out at Jazz Fest in the 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:43.920 future? I can ask it's possible I can make that make 00:10:43.920 --> 00:10:50.020 that ask of the Treasury Department and see just the just an idea on how to spend it if 00:10:50.020 --> 00:10:54.240 we have to spend it soon because um yeah because it doesn't look like we're going to have any 00:10:54.240 --> 00:11:18.800 events for a while sad as that is. Another idea is like since we do you know 00:11:18.800 --> 00:11:26.080 the public art project this committee I'm not sure if this is something we already have 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:32.040 so I'm sorry if we do and I'm reiterating something that was already done but um I know 00:11:32.040 --> 00:11:39.240 a lot of cities now have like interesting audio guide types of tours for their public 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:49.440 art collection um so I wonder if that would something like that would fall under original 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:53.400 Denton budget? It would so long as all of the the art itself 00:11:53.400 --> 00:12:00.040 would have to be within the district that's a pretty a pretty expansive district so it 00:12:00.040 --> 00:12:09.460 includes all of downtown and and southeast Denton so there's quite a bit of art. 00:12:09.460 --> 00:12:22.400 Do you want us to vote on this for the item C? Yeah I'll just make a motion for the $5,000 00:12:22.400 --> 00:12:32.180 for next year's hot funds for 20 and 2021. Michelle Lynn? I I'll move that we or did 00:12:32.180 --> 00:12:40.400 you move and I'm seconding or am I moving? You're seconding. Okay um aye. Nick Baganpour? 00:12:40.400 --> 00:12:51.600 Aye. Meredith Ewing? Aye. Alicia Egbert? Aye. Jodi Ismert? Aye. Fred Nicholson? Aye. 00:12:51.600 --> 00:13:09.000 Terry Nobles? Aye. That's everyone. Yes. Sorry. Item oh sorry go ahead. For item D receive 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:12.400 report and hold discussion and give staff direction regarding the selection of members 00:13:12.400 --> 00:13:18.880 from the subcommittee for the Denton women's interracial fellowship project. Yes so when 00:13:18.880 --> 00:13:25.440 we approved this project I believe back in early March long before the grant application 00:13:25.440 --> 00:13:30.680 was reviewed we talked about coming back to choose a subcommittee like our other projects 00:13:30.680 --> 00:13:37.200 and so we wanted to try and get back on schedule and we did have our first virtual subcommittee 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:42.480 meeting last week so the members of that subcommittee can say we we met and we've moved forward 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:50.240 so we're trying to get projects going again. I included a list of members who are on subcommittees 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:56.160 in your backup if you wanted to see kind of who's already working where and in what area 00:13:56.160 --> 00:14:05.040 so you guys didn't want to overburden anyone but certainly allow the committee to appoint 00:14:05.040 --> 00:14:12.360 three members for the subcommittee. Who's currently on the virtual subcommittee that 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:19.560 you had a meeting with last week? Last week we met with the it was the Vela project that 00:14:19.560 --> 00:14:28.320 met last week and that was Alicia, Ed, and Nick. Okay well I'm nominating myself for 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:35.760 that committee since I'm hoping that GDAC will have a deep bond with it so I don't know 00:14:35.760 --> 00:14:45.680 if my name is on that list I'd like to throw it in. I would very much like to be on it 00:14:45.680 --> 00:14:51.280 if there's room for me Monet and I know that I'm on a couple other ones but this has been 00:14:51.280 --> 00:14:56.880 one of the things that started with my very first meeting on public art and it's very 00:14:56.880 --> 00:15:02.360 close to my soul many of those women are friends of mine and so if someone would let me serve 00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:13.760 on it I'd be very happy. One more person. I'll throw my name in the hat. Who says it? 00:15:13.760 --> 00:15:30.840 Alicia. Okay. We have Alicia, Regina. I can step aside but. That'll work. We'll see three 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:37.800 right? We have three serving on all of the other subcommittees so that we don't have 00:15:37.800 --> 00:15:46.280 a quorum of the group. That should work. I move to approve Alicia, Georgina, and Michelle 00:15:46.280 --> 00:16:01.920 for the interracial women's project. Second. Michelle. Aye. Nick. Aye. Meredith. Aye. Alicia. 00:16:01.920 --> 00:16:18.680 Aye. Jody. Aye. Fred. Aye. Harry. Aye. Favor. Item B. Receive a report and hold discussion 00:16:18.680 --> 00:16:23.920 and give staff direction regarding the status of the following public art committee projects. 00:16:23.920 --> 00:16:30.320 North Lakes Dog Park, the Villa Athletic Complex, the Tennis Center, Fire Station #3, the foundations 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:36.840 of our history mural and MLK project. All right. This is the one we actually will switch 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:45.920 over to a presentation. So give me one second and I'll share my screen. So can everyone 00:16:45.920 --> 00:16:57.080 see the PowerPoint now? Yes. Okay. So wanted to quickly go through kind of process so keep 00:16:57.080 --> 00:17:05.120 these in mind as we go through each of these projects. So if we're using the pre-qualified 00:17:05.120 --> 00:17:12.200 artist list, we kind of go through these steps. So we've already approved the artists. We've 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:18.520 created subcommittees. Subcommittee is maybe now working on ideas or themes. We're drafting 00:17:18.520 --> 00:17:22.560 what we're calling the proposal briefs. These are the documents that will go to the artists. 00:17:22.560 --> 00:17:27.160 And then if we choose to use an artist on the pre-qualified list, this is the process 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:32.360 we follow. So the subcommittee will select an artist, will request a proposal from that 00:17:32.360 --> 00:17:39.560 artist. The subcommittee will review the proposal and then forward it to the committee for consideration. 00:17:39.560 --> 00:17:44.560 At that point, we would negotiate the contract and then council would consider the contract. 00:17:44.560 --> 00:17:50.400 If for some reason at any step in this, if the subcommittee did not approve of the proposal, 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:57.480 we could either request an amendment to the proposal or seek a new proposal from a different 00:17:57.480 --> 00:18:02.960 artist. So we would kind of then circle back through that process. If we choose to not 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:08.360 use an artist on the pre-qualified list, which we're under no obligation to do so. So if 00:18:08.360 --> 00:18:15.680 there's not an artist that works in the medium that we're seeking or an artist doesn't demonstrate 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:22.200 that they could perform under the project that we're seeking, we could say that no pre-qualified 00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:27.920 artist meets the project needs. So instead we would issue a full RFP and that RFP would 00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:33.240 go out on CAFE and any artist would be eligible to submit. The subcommittee would then be 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:40.200 able to review all of the proposals and recommend a proposal from the, from the pool of proposals 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:44.480 to the full committee. The full committee would review those proposals and then again, 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:48.520 we would negotiate the final contract and submit that final contract to city council 00:18:48.520 --> 00:18:57.400 for approval. So those are the sort of two pathways that we can go on projects. So with 00:18:57.400 --> 00:19:01.840 that, we'll kind of jump into where we are on projects. So the first project is the North 00:19:01.840 --> 00:19:07.320 Lakes Dog Park project. Michelle and I got a chance to talk about this. We had tried 00:19:07.320 --> 00:19:11.280 to schedule a subcommittee meeting and unfortunately we had some conflicts come up at the last 00:19:11.280 --> 00:19:17.240 minute for our members. And so Michelle and I had, and Gary Pack and Director of Parks 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:22.240 and Rec is here with us today, got a chance to discuss this project. So at this point 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:26.760 we're still in the concept stage that you saw in the timeline. At this point we'll need 00:19:26.760 --> 00:19:33.280 to set another subcommittee meeting to finalize the themes and concepts and then have the 00:19:33.280 --> 00:19:38.240 subcommittee recommended artists from the pre-qualified list and finalize the project 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:44.200 brief, and then send that for a proposal to an artist if we choose an artist from the 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:49.600 pre-qualified list. Now again, because this project is so early on in the steps, if we 00:19:49.600 --> 00:19:56.760 needed to take an alternate path we could. But we're kind of following that, the pre-qualified 00:19:56.760 --> 00:20:05.320 artists steps for this project. So are there any questions on this project? 00:20:05.320 --> 00:20:12.000 I did want to say something. Can I, Jessica? Sure. Can I say something? Okay. I just wanted 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:17.840 to say that we've had a little bit of casual conversation and we do have some really exciting 00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:27.240 concepts for it. So I can't wait to have a meeting. Okay. I promise I will work on scheduling 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:32.280 subcommittee meetings as quickly as possible. I know everyone's very busy and I'm trying 00:20:32.280 --> 00:20:42.620 to get them on the books as fast as I can. Okay. So any other questions on the dog park 00:20:42.620 --> 00:21:00.600 project? Okay. The next project is the G. Rowland-Vela Athletic Complex. The subcommittee 00:21:00.600 --> 00:21:07.400 was the first subcommittee that was able to meet. They met last week. We are planning 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:12.600 to meet actually later today. We have again had some conflicts come up. So we'll see if 00:21:12.600 --> 00:21:17.460 we can get the full committee together or majority of the committee together. But we 00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:23.120 are in the subcommittee review portion. So the subcommittee members are reviewing artists 00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:28.760 based on ideas and concepts that they came up with. We also had discussed with the committee 00:21:28.760 --> 00:21:37.000 ideas in which we spoke with Dr. Vela's family, ideas and themes that they wanted represented 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:44.640 at the dog park. And we facilitated those discussions with the subcommittee. If any 00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:50.000 of the subcommittee members also want to jump in, but the subcommittee is seeking artists 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:59.240 that work in kinetic or anamorphic art, so looking for movement. Some of the ideas that 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:04.320 the committee had included representing science and microbiology, as that was the area that 00:22:04.320 --> 00:22:13.120 Dr. Vela worked in, as well as soccer and a love of community. And so that's sort of 00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:21.520 where we are in hopes we'll have maybe some short list artists after our next meeting. 00:22:21.520 --> 00:22:26.760 And then let me look and see if Gary had any. Did you have any other updates on the Vela 00:22:26.760 --> 00:22:43.040 one? Yeah. You're muted. Okay. We're going to unmute Gary and then sorry. The the one 00:22:43.040 --> 00:22:49.720 item that was discussed with the Vela family and a few members of LULAC that were on the 00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:55.000 group call that we had was timing. They'd like to see it happen sooner than later just 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:59.280 because of some family health concerns. So that's just something that they wanted to 00:22:59.280 --> 00:23:07.880 see if we can't make sure that we keep moving forward. I'm sorry. I was trying to mute as 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:17.000 quickly as possible. Could everyone hear Gary? Okay. I'm here. I'm seeing head nods. Okay. 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:30.400 So are there any questions about that project and where we are? Jump to the next one then. 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:35.760 So the next project that I have listed is fire station number three. I've had ongoing 00:23:35.760 --> 00:23:42.680 discussions with some of the fire department representatives about what they need as they're 00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:47.800 nearing completion of the fire station and getting some specific dimensions. And so at 00:23:47.800 --> 00:23:52.680 this point we're ready to host the first subcommittee meeting. We've got the final dimensions from 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:58.400 the fire department as well as got some very specific needs. If you'll remember this is 00:23:58.400 --> 00:24:05.540 for either a decorative fence or some sort of art in relation to a fence. The fence does 00:24:05.540 --> 00:24:14.160 have to serve some primary security functions. And so with this one we may or may not be 00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:18.600 able to find someone on the pre-qualified artist list that meets this. And if that's 00:24:18.600 --> 00:24:22.800 the case then I've already talked with the fire department regarding timing and the need 00:24:22.800 --> 00:24:29.040 to possibly go for a full proposal. But again we want to get the subcommittee meeting together 00:24:29.040 --> 00:24:38.240 and see what our options are. So we'll be looking for an invite for that one very soon. 00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:52.400 So are there any questions on the fire station number three project? Okay. Jump to the next 00:24:52.400 --> 00:25:00.400 one. The next project is the MLK Jr. Rec Center sculpture. If you'll remember Madeline Wiener 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:05.840 came and presented her concept. We were about to hold a public meeting when everything shut 00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:12.600 down for COVID. And so we have been kind of holding on that project because we still want 00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:19.600 to hold the community meeting. And so we're weighing options and seeing if there's a way 00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:25.640 to have a virtual meeting and get community input on that project before finalizing the 00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:34.160 design with city council. We're working with the artist. We're in communication with Madeline. 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:41.400 We also want to be sensitive to her and her needs to not travel during this time. And 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:48.400 so we want to make sure that we're being respectful of her needs as well. So we are kind of in 00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:53.720 a holding pattern, but we're, we're doing what we can to, to try and move this project 00:25:53.720 --> 00:26:02.640 at least forward as much as possible at this point. So are there any questions about this 00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:13.600 project? Jessica, what was our original timeline for this project? I do not know Georgina, 00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:18.800 but I believe when what the original timeline was, but back in early March, the last time 00:26:18.800 --> 00:26:25.040 we were talking about this project, we were aiming for a November completion date. Madeline 00:26:25.040 --> 00:26:31.640 was ordering the stone at that point. And so we were hoping to have the design finalized 00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:37.900 in an early spring. And unfortunately that's, that's not going to be possible at this point. 00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:48.080 So as I given them everything with COVID up in the air and at a stillness, do you think 00:26:48.080 --> 00:27:15.080 it would be wise to maybe do a projection of a date? From what it was originally to 00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:25.220 a next kind of deadline, just a suggestion. I think that'll depend on how quickly we can, 00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:33.080 how quickly she would be able to start back up again. And certainly how would be something 00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:39.940 that would be a consideration. We kind of have a general timeline that we can keep pushing 00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:45.980 back and back, but certainly it'll all depend on when that go date actually, it becomes 00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:57.280 feasible. Okay. Thank you. Sure. Oops. And I'm out of there. Oh, I skipped over one. 00:27:57.280 --> 00:28:03.060 I was like, I thought I missed one. So we're going to go back. The other project that PAC 00:28:03.060 --> 00:28:07.740 had approved previously was the foundations of our history mural. This is the recreation 00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:12.820 of the fence that was on Willie Hedspeth's property on Bonnie Bray. And unfortunately 00:28:12.820 --> 00:28:17.620 the fence couldn't be preserved. So originally the committee had approved funding for the 00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:25.180 removal of the fence. We couldn't save the fence. We did document it. So we do have very 00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:33.820 high quality photos of the fence. If you'll remember subsequently the artists, Dan Black 00:28:33.820 --> 00:28:39.940 offered to recreate the fence. And so a joint project between Keep Dutton Beautiful and 00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:45.100 the Public Art Committee was created and the Public Art Committee added additional funding 00:28:45.100 --> 00:28:52.780 to help support the project. We did hear from Keep Dutton Beautiful that about $1,500 worth 00:28:52.780 --> 00:28:58.660 of donations that they expected to receive, they're not going to receive. And so they 00:28:58.660 --> 00:29:04.780 asked if the PAC would consider funding an additional $1,500. The Public Art Committee 00:29:04.780 --> 00:29:10.940 does have funding available to support that project. We were funding this out of some 00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:19.260 of the last chunk of funds that was available from the previous year's hot funds. So we 00:29:19.260 --> 00:29:24.260 do have that available. That would be the last use of that fund. If we didn't use it 00:29:24.260 --> 00:29:30.820 for this project, it would be absorbed and swept back up into the hot funds general fund 00:29:30.820 --> 00:29:36.300 balance. So this is sort of the PAC could elect to use it or those funds would go back 00:29:36.300 --> 00:29:40.620 and have to be returned. So this is not from the budget that you looked at previously. 00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:44.820 This is actually from the previous year. Those funds have been reserved in a project account 00:29:44.820 --> 00:29:51.940 for this particular project. So if the PAC wants to consider an additional funding, it 00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:59.220 would be $1,500 more than the $7,650 that you've already approved. 00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:05.580 >> I move that we approve the $1,500 additional funding. 00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:10.500 >> I second that. >> Michelle Lynde. 00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:14.380 >> Aye. >> Nick. 00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:22.460 >> Aye. >> Meredith. 00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:26.700 >> Aye. >> Alicia. 00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:29.140 >> Aye. >> Jody. 00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:31.260 >> Aye. >> Fred. 00:30:31.260 --> 00:30:33.300 >> Aye. >> Terry. 00:30:33.300 --> 00:30:35.980 >> Aye. >> All those in favor. 00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:38.340 >> Okay. And I will say that we are working right now, and Gary's here, and he might have 00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:43.620 an update on that project that he can share with us. But I know that the KDB staff has 00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:51.100 been working with the railroad to get approval to start, and we're still working to get in 00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:55.420 touch with the railroad to start. That's a difficult process, but I don't know, Gary, 00:30:55.420 --> 00:31:01.860 if you had anything else to share on that one. >> Yeah, so Carly Weld is -- 00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:08.980 >> You're muted. >> Sorry. Carly Weld has reached out to Union 00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:14.340 Pacific, and she's trying to get that coordinated so we can move forward on that. And then we 00:31:14.340 --> 00:31:18.900 also would like to have a community meeting as well. That was going to be held at the 00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:24.660 same time with the MLK sculpture, but obviously that was canceled. So we're trying to figure 00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:29.500 out when we could have an in-person meeting down the road. So we're kind of waiting to 00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:35.180 see when that will be freed up and we're allowed to do that. So that's the only thing that's 00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:46.980 really holding us back at this point in time. >> Are there any questions on that mural? 00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:54.140 And I can send back out the design if anyone wants a refresher. It was a pretty straightforward 00:31:54.140 --> 00:32:01.380 recreation of the fence just on the railroad bridge, the Robertson railroad bridge. And 00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:06.700 Dan is actually, the artist Dan Black is actually working to update the rendering right now. 00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:11.060 He wanted to make sure that the faces of the women were in a location that was going to 00:32:11.060 --> 00:32:15.860 be highly visible on the bridge and not -- there's a little bit of rust on the bridge, and so 00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:24.820 that none of the faces were in those damaged areas. 00:32:24.820 --> 00:32:33.820 >> And Jessica, is this bridge is in the original Denton district or not? 00:32:33.820 --> 00:32:36.900 >> I believe it is. >> I think it is, too. I'm just wondering 00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:42.860 if we could spend some of our marketing money on marketing that. 00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:46.940 >> Let me double-check that and I will let everyone know. 00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:49.900 >> Because that's -- >> I don't want to take them without looking 00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:53.180 at the map, so let me double-check and I'll let you know. 00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:58.220 >> People could safely drive past and like what Alicia said, have an audio guide that 00:32:58.220 --> 00:33:03.260 they can listen to on their phone that might talk about it, but I think that that's one 00:33:03.260 --> 00:33:08.380 of the few things that might actually be promotable art at this point in the game, something you 00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:14.580 can drive through. >> I think that's a great idea. Let me look 00:33:14.580 --> 00:33:25.900 and make sure, double-check and I will let you know. 00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:30.500 >> Item F, receive report and hold discussion and give staff direction regarding canceling 00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:37.300 the regularly scheduled July 2nd meeting. >> I'm going to switch off the presentation. 00:33:37.300 --> 00:33:46.680 All right. Is everyone back to seeing everyone now? Okay. Guys, I'm still getting used to 00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:55.060 the technology. Forgive me. So I love seeing everyone's faces, but I thought since we were 00:33:55.060 --> 00:34:00.260 meeting this week, if you guys wanted to postpone the meeting to maybe the next -- the second 00:34:00.260 --> 00:34:05.460 week in July or the third week in July, give a little bit more time for the subcommittees 00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:13.620 to meet, get some work done before coming back. It might be hard to do that in just 00:34:13.620 --> 00:34:21.700 a week's time. So maybe pushing it back from July 2nd to July 9th was kind of our thought, 00:34:21.700 --> 00:34:27.140 just to give the subcommittees a little bit of time to get some work done and then possibly, 00:34:27.140 --> 00:34:33.100 hopefully everyone enjoy a safe holiday, maybe a safe holiday long weekend even if you can't 00:34:33.100 --> 00:34:40.180 travel anywhere. >> I would be in favor of that, of scheduling 00:34:40.180 --> 00:34:43.980 to July 9th to give people more time to work on items. 00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:49.780 >> So long as we're still virtual, yeah, that's awesome. 00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:52.340 >> It will be virtual. >> Yeah. 00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:59.380 >> Yes. Gary says we are inside of the -- he just gave me the map. We're inside of the 00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:09.140 cultural district, not in Alaska. >> Excellent, excellent. 00:35:09.140 --> 00:35:12.260 >> So Michelle in? >> No, I'm sorry, I'm wrong. We're not inside 00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:15.620 the cultural district. >> Oh, okay. 00:35:15.620 --> 00:35:19.220 >> It's just south because it's Prairie Street is the line. 00:35:19.220 --> 00:35:41.860 >> Okay. Yes, Monet, aye. >> Mitch? Aye. >> Meredith? Aye. >> Alicia? Aye. >> Cody? Aye. >> Fred? Aye. >> Terry? Aye. >> Move the meeting to July 9th. 00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:47.100 >> All right. We will reschedule that and it will be remote. And then going back to 00:35:47.100 --> 00:35:56.380 that, since it is Prairie Street that is the line, we will look for another -- we do have 00:35:56.380 --> 00:36:00.500 general promotion dollars within the regular PAC budget that we could use. 00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:13.100 >> I think it would be great to interview some of those women, yeah. >> We'll explore 00:36:13.100 --> 00:36:19.620 that and we'll put that maybe on the July 9th if we can make any progress on that one. 00:36:19.620 --> 00:36:25.740 It will be remote. So look for another Zoom call and everyone can hopefully be as comfortable 00:36:25.740 --> 00:36:38.500 as Nick. Okay. >> I don't have a stand for my phone, I apologize. >> Just to add to what 00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:42.820 Alicia commented on, it would be neat if we put a sign on there or even if you painted 00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:48.940 a QR code on there that you could scan with your phone if you're walking and it would 00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:54.500 take you right to those interviews. That would be a neat way to connect technology with that 00:36:54.500 --> 00:37:01.020 mural. >> I think someone had that idea maybe at 00:37:01.020 --> 00:37:04.740 the last meeting when we talked about that. I just can't remember who it was that we talked 00:37:04.740 --> 00:37:12.220 about a QR code that could be scanned. >> And the city will provide labor if we give 00:37:12.220 --> 00:37:18.580 them words and pictures. They can get a website and link it to a QR code for us if I'm not 00:37:18.580 --> 00:37:23.380 mistaken. They've done that for historic landmark in the past. Make it part of the city website. 00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:31.980 It just takes a couple months. >> Yeah, I think we can work on that. >> There's a UNT 00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:42.480 legislature, Carla Carter, who did a whole -- she's in the RTVF department, but she did 00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:49.700 a whole project that was visually based on just putting your phone up to an image and 00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:55.540 instead of a QR code, it was just an image. And if you placed your phone or iPad up to 00:37:55.540 --> 00:38:02.660 the image or artwork, photograph or whatnot, it would link up to the interview and video 00:38:02.660 --> 00:38:08.300 or whatnot. So I don't know if you could do that with that painting, but it was really 00:38:08.300 --> 00:38:16.660 neat. It was about four years ago. Nick, do you remember that? >> Yeah, I do, yeah. Yeah. 00:38:16.660 --> 00:38:23.220 >> It was some sort of software, but it wouldn't just link up to that. It would link up to 00:38:23.220 --> 00:38:34.660 other works. >> She did it for the DBFF conference. I think it was two years ago. >> I've seen 00:38:34.660 --> 00:38:40.380 it in museums. It's really cool in a museum setting. So if that's possible, yeah. >> You 00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:52.820 can look into it. Let's see. >> All right. Item G, receive, report and hold discussion 00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:58.180 against staff direction regarding application made by the Ditton Festival Foundation and 00:38:58.180 --> 00:39:03.120 the Ditton Commission of the Arts respond to the cultural district project grant in 00:39:03.120 --> 00:39:09.740 ratifying the letter of support. >> Yeah, so on June 15th, which was the day that cultural 00:39:09.740 --> 00:39:15.420 district grant applications were due, the Ditton Festival Foundation, which is the arts 00:39:15.420 --> 00:39:22.220 and jazz festivals sort of parent company, if you will, the name of the actual nonprofit, 00:39:22.220 --> 00:39:29.060 reached out asking for a letter of support. This was a little bit outside of our typical 00:39:29.060 --> 00:39:36.820 process, but we were able to, I spoke with Monet and reviewed the application and made 00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:43.780 sure that it was consistent with really items that the committee had discussed with before, 00:39:43.780 --> 00:39:51.740 and it was for a grant of $8,000, so it wasn't a major request, and so we worked with Monet 00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:55.740 and we were able to draft a letter, and so at this point we're seeking the committee's 00:39:55.740 --> 00:40:01.540 ratification of the letter as well as we'll seek city council's ratification of the letter 00:40:01.540 --> 00:40:07.220 at the city council meeting tomorrow. And the grant, I'm sorry, the grant application 00:40:07.220 --> 00:40:16.260 was, the $8,000 was for supporting the 2021 arts and jazz festival. Obviously, with 2020 00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:22.620 not occurring, the festival will, of course, it will be much more difficult in the next 00:40:22.620 --> 00:40:27.460 year to get the festival up and going again, so they were seeking, you know, every possible 00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:34.980 bit of support that they could to continue really a signature event in Denton, so certainly 00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:41.460 something that I think that the committee has offered its support for in the past, so, 00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:46.940 and Terry, I know that you were involved in that as well, so you're involved in that organization 00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:52.700 and maybe many of you are involved in that organization in that event, so. 00:40:52.700 --> 00:41:02.220 I'll make a motion to approve the application made regarding to the Denton Festival Foundation 00:41:02.220 --> 00:41:09.460 and the Denton, well, the Texas Commission of the Arts letter. 00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:11.580 I'll second that. 00:41:11.580 --> 00:41:14.860 All right. So, Michelle? 00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:15.860 Aye. 00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:16.860 Nick? 00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:17.860 Aye. 00:41:17.860 --> 00:41:18.860 Meredith? 00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:19.860 Aye. 00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:20.860 Alicia? 00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:22.860 Aye. 00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:23.860 Jody? 00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:24.860 Aye. 00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:25.860 Fred? 00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:26.860 Aye. 00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:27.860 Terry? 00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:28.860 Recused. 00:41:28.860 --> 00:41:29.860 No, that's right. 00:41:29.860 --> 00:41:30.860 I am on the board. 00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:43.420 If one's in favor, except Terry, he's recused. 00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:46.440 Item H, staff reports. 00:41:46.440 --> 00:41:52.380 Since we cover just about every project today and its status, we don't have a very long 00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:58.740 staff report, just an update for the July 2nd meeting, and at this point, I have in 00:41:58.740 --> 00:42:05.980 my notes to review, we can give an update on any of the hot funds applications and submissions 00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:14.940 if we will get those done before the July 9th meeting and then let me get my notes up. 00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:20.100 The other projects that we could consider would be if any of the subcommittees make 00:42:20.100 --> 00:42:25.500 progress, we can bring those back on July 9th and then we still have those transportation 00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:32.700 art projects, which are the bond-funded projects, that we may want to look at maybe a project 00:42:32.700 --> 00:42:37.820 plan for those or it may be we have a lot going on right now and maybe we need to focus 00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:44.420 on the projects that we have and maybe figure out timelines for taking those back up going 00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:45.420 forward. 00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:53.900 But those are all the projects I have sort of in the timeline as well as if we make progress 00:42:53.900 --> 00:43:00.460 on any of our existing projects, get those back in front of the committee. 00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:01.460 Any questions? 00:43:01.460 --> 00:43:05.620 I have a question. 00:43:05.620 --> 00:43:14.100 So when our VILA subcommittee met, we briefly discussed adding to a future committee agenda 00:43:14.100 --> 00:43:24.580 meeting agenda the way that we do our process now with asking an artist for the proposal 00:43:24.580 --> 00:43:35.260 and then the potential to pay the artist whether or not the project goes forward or that proposal 00:43:35.260 --> 00:43:36.260 goes forward. 00:43:36.260 --> 00:43:41.100 Yes, and unfortunately I wasn't able to get an answer before this meeting and so I still 00:43:41.100 --> 00:43:46.060 have an email out that I want to make sure that it's within our purchasing guidelines 00:43:46.060 --> 00:43:47.060 and processes. 00:43:47.060 --> 00:43:57.180 So if we get an answer for that, we will absolutely put that on the July meeting. 00:43:57.180 --> 00:43:59.860 Any concluding items? 00:43:59.860 --> 00:44:08.420 Can I have something on next month's agenda? 00:44:08.420 --> 00:44:13.460 I have something for next month's agenda. 00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:18.660 We talked at the GDAC about possibly helping with the funding of the women's interracial 00:44:18.660 --> 00:44:27.860 fellowship statue and at the time, I guess GDAC was of the thought that it would interfere 00:44:27.860 --> 00:44:33.140 with their own fundraising ability and that we would be taking money from their potential 00:44:33.140 --> 00:44:34.940 sponsors to build this. 00:44:34.940 --> 00:44:41.260 I would like to propose that we could either have Keep Debtin' Beautiful hold the money 00:44:41.260 --> 00:44:46.060 for this project because we are going to have to be looking most likely at private and corporate 00:44:46.060 --> 00:44:47.540 funds. 00:44:47.540 --> 00:44:53.620 If they are, they'll probably do it, but if not, I'd like to suggest the Debtin ISD Foundation 00:44:53.620 --> 00:45:01.660 or I am under the, I've been given information that to start our own 501(c)(3) foundation 00:45:01.660 --> 00:45:06.940 to fund this statue is relatively easy and once you get the paperwork done, you can immediately 00:45:06.940 --> 00:45:09.220 start collecting money. 00:45:09.220 --> 00:45:13.680 I know that if we get this other grant that we're going to be kind of under a time crunch 00:45:13.680 --> 00:45:15.060 for that project. 00:45:15.060 --> 00:45:22.560 So can we discuss private and corporate funding options for the statue at our next meeting? 00:45:22.560 --> 00:45:25.540 We will do our best to have options. 00:45:25.540 --> 00:45:31.340 It's a lot of work in a short amount of time, but we'll see what we can do together. 00:45:31.340 --> 00:45:36.780 Just to know so that we can start collecting money for it and start working on marketing 00:45:36.780 --> 00:45:40.420 it. 00:45:40.420 --> 00:45:46.860 I'd be interested what the other committee people, what road we should take? 00:45:46.860 --> 00:45:47.860 What's the best path? 00:45:47.860 --> 00:45:51.680 Well, Michelle, I'm going to respond to you. 00:45:51.680 --> 00:45:59.260 What you presented is true of GDAC's thinking at the same time we have at least one member 00:45:59.260 --> 00:46:06.820 in addition to Michelle who has an interest in working with a project to generate private 00:46:06.820 --> 00:46:07.820 revenues. 00:46:07.820 --> 00:46:12.780 However, what I think I'm concerned about mostly at this point is the process. 00:46:12.780 --> 00:46:23.180 There should be a process by which Jessica's office and she has the director for economic 00:46:23.180 --> 00:46:28.620 development overseer for the public art committee would reach out to the greater dead and arts 00:46:28.620 --> 00:46:32.140 council to explore the possibilities. 00:46:32.140 --> 00:46:36.260 And I shared that in our last GDAC board meeting. 00:46:36.260 --> 00:46:45.180 I mentioned it to Jessica today that I thought a next meeting to discuss this private support 00:46:45.180 --> 00:46:50.740 would be necessary based on the comments that Michelle made in our last couple of meetings. 00:46:50.740 --> 00:46:52.580 So I am still open to that. 00:46:52.580 --> 00:46:58.900 However, if there are other mechanisms for generating revenue, I certainly would not 00:46:58.900 --> 00:47:00.460 want to stand in the way. 00:47:00.460 --> 00:47:06.900 I think it's a very solid project that has many veins that could reach out into the city 00:47:06.900 --> 00:47:15.420 and GDAC certainly intends to be a part of it as it's written in that application. 00:47:15.420 --> 00:47:23.980 So what I am just seeking in general is a process by which the office of economic development 00:47:23.980 --> 00:47:31.340 works with the greater dead and arts council leadership to discuss the possibilities. 00:47:31.340 --> 00:47:37.300 And we're not posted to discuss this or anything, so at this point I'm not going to respond 00:47:37.300 --> 00:47:42.980 or give any details on what work that we've done or what we're researching or looking 00:47:42.980 --> 00:47:43.980 into or possibilities. 00:47:43.980 --> 00:47:53.420 We'll have to post this and discuss it at the meeting. 00:47:53.420 --> 00:48:01.260 I also was wondering if we could put something on a future agenda, whether or not it's July. 00:48:01.260 --> 00:48:07.300 I know in the past there have been several times where we have talked about discussing 00:48:07.300 --> 00:48:18.020 in the future some sort of a plan for temporary public art and seeing as next year's hot funds 00:48:18.020 --> 00:48:23.020 are going to be a lot significantly smaller. 00:48:23.020 --> 00:48:29.380 It seems like a good opportunity to discuss what a temporary public art program would 00:48:29.380 --> 00:48:48.900 look like and how we could implement it. 00:48:48.900 --> 00:49:04.700 Anything else? 00:49:04.700 --> 00:49:05.700 Thanks everyone. 00:49:05.700 --> 00:49:06.700 Thank you, Jessica. 00:49:06.700 --> 00:49:07.700 Thank you, Monet. 00:49:07.700 --> 00:49:07.700 Thank you.