[0:12] Okay. I call to order the the art
[0:15] commission regular meeting for August
[0:18] 13th
[0:21] at 50128.
[0:24] Um
[0:26] he heavens know.
[0:30] I want to call roll call see who is here
[0:33] who is
[0:35] um online. So position one Joseph
[0:41] » present.
[0:42] >> Wonderful. GR Russell
[0:46] absent.
[0:47] >> Absent Robert Sanders
[0:52] >> present.
[0:53] >> Wonderful. Valerie Steelely,
[0:59] » Cynthia Mason here,
[1:02] Tracy Davidson here,
[1:06] Holly Mudka
[1:11] and Reese Winger
[1:16] » and our council member Sandy Peterson
[1:21] >> present.
[1:23] Thank you all for joining us. Take a
[1:26] look at the agenda please
[1:31] and to see if this is um
[1:35] something we can approve for today.
[1:42] Tracy, I'd like to add a discussion
[1:45] item, even if it's a no report today,
[1:48] just so we can get it back on the
[1:51] in our view, and that would be to add a
[1:54] development/implementation
[1:55] of a maintenance plan, please.
[2:05] I think that is fair to add. Anybody
[2:07] else have a comment?
[2:11] I make a motion to approve
[2:16] » as amended.
[2:17] >> Has changed.
[2:18] >> As changed. Sorry. Thank you, Cynthia.
[2:21] I'll second that.
[2:24] And all in favor?
[2:27] guys? Down the
[2:30] >> You're having your own meeting.
[2:32] >> All
[2:33] >> Yeah. You're having your own meeting,
[2:36] >> Joseph? Yeah. Um all in favor of the
[2:39] agenda with the addition of development
[2:42] and maintenance plan
[2:45] >> here. Yes.
[2:46] >> I captain.
[2:48] >> Wonderful. Thanks, Robert.
[2:51] Okay. The next is approval of the
[2:53] minutes from July 9th of our regular
[2:56] meeting which were attached.
[3:00] >> On these fancy pads we have now.
[3:02] >> I know.
[3:05] >> Thank you, Kim. Yes.
[3:08] I will make a motion to accept and
[3:10] approve the minutes as presented.
[3:15] Anybody second? I'll second that.
[3:20] And I'll approve.
[3:25] » All right.
[3:30] » Oh,
[3:33] yeah.
[3:38] » [laughter]
[3:46] » So an all in favor
[3:49] I
[3:52] >> and I think I already heard you Robert
[3:54] correct.
[3:55] >> Wonderful.
[3:56] >> Yes ma'am.
[3:58] >> Thank you. At this time we would like to
[4:01] entertain any public comments.
[4:04] And we do have somebody in the room.
[4:06] Please help yourself to the mic and
[4:09] introduce yourself. Let us know why
[4:11] you're here.
[4:12] >> So, my name is Adam Connley. I am the
[4:14] worker supervisor for Island County
[4:16] Juveninal Court Services. Yep. Someone's
[4:18] already got my card out there. I was
[4:19] going to hand hand out some more. So, um
[4:23] I am here tonight to actually discuss a
[4:25] project that the youth uh from the
[4:27] Juvenile Detention Center had uh
[4:29] completed and they're hoping to get
[4:31] installed at the skate park. So, they
[4:33] designed and handbuilt a bench out of
[4:36] old skateboard decks um completely by
[4:39] themselves. Um and they are extremely
[4:42] proud of it. We've been uh my
[4:44] predecessor uh kind of um had been
[4:47] working on trying to get it out to the
[4:48] skate park including a complete redesign
[4:50] cuz it used to be an old anorand style.
[4:52] They had the legs kick out in the back
[4:54] so it was more of like a lounge chair
[4:56] kind of a thing. They said it was a
[4:58] tripping hazard. So the youth then did a
[5:00] complete redesign. So it was more of a
[5:01] upright bench um and kind of hit all the
[5:05] check marks for the safety that they
[5:07] were given at the time. Um and now we're
[5:10] told um it just basically needs a coat
[5:12] of uh clear coat to protect it from the
[5:15] weather. Um and it's ready to go um and
[5:18] be installed outside. And then we
[5:20] started asking around for um how we go
[5:22] about getting this bench put down at the
[5:25] skate park for the youth. So they have
[5:27] uh you know their little thing down
[5:29] there that they're proud of and um
[5:30] they're already designing future
[5:32] projects to go down there if we can get
[5:34] um this installed. And so we took the
[5:38] bench to national night out where um the
[5:40] public loved it. They fell in love with
[5:42] it. They were amazed that the kids uh
[5:44] built that with no power tools, anything
[5:46] like that. Um, so I was told to go
[5:48] online, fill out the application for the
[5:50] art commission, which I did. Um, I don't
[5:52] know if you guys have seen that yet, and
[5:54] then uh come to the uh meeting here to
[5:57] potentially uh discuss that. And then if
[6:00] uh the art commission uh approves it,
[6:03] then it will go up to the city council
[6:05] to get approved for final installation.
[6:10] >> Well, thank you. Um, were there any
[6:12] pictures included in your
[6:16] >> online? Oh,
[6:19] >> no. I
[6:27] » the back and the bottoms of like
[6:28] skateboards and they built it and they
[6:30] put it on like STE is it steel rebarb?
[6:33] >> Uh, no. It's a 2x4s. They cut. I didn't
[6:36] know if the bottom was steel of what they put it on, but it's it's
[6:40] beautiful like and you were just talking
[6:43] about how like everybody was raving
[6:45] about it at night out and I was so glad
[6:47] that you know we connected there. So,
[6:49] I'm glad you did what you did and
[6:51] hopefully we can figure out things and
[6:54] get things taken care of.
[6:56] >> Absolutely.
[6:57] >> Um I'll ask Craig then. Have you seen
[7:00] this submission yet?
[7:02] >> Uh yeah. Yeah. So, at this point, it
[7:03] doesn't necessarily need to be a normal
[7:04] project if the art commission wants to
[7:06] talk about it. What we were going to do
[7:08] is get all the background details and
[7:10] present it at the next meeting and we'll
[7:13] have basically the cost of installation,
[7:15] just everything that we would know on
[7:16] our end of it just to make sure that we
[7:18] have that final detail for you. Uh, you
[7:21] would then be able to approve that
[7:23] recommendation and we would then bring
[7:24] the recommendation to the council.
[7:27] >> Perfect. And then I'll just add Brandon,
[7:30] maybe if you could maybe not write this
[7:32] on the on your on the spot, but you
[7:34] know, address the issue of maintenance
[7:37] since that's part of our conversation.
[7:40] Um to look at how it's being um coded
[7:44] and all of that and if there's going to
[7:47] be any um recommendations from your side
[7:49] of things. But um would like to open it
[7:52] up if any of the commissioners or
[7:54] >> We could even like rotate boards out
[7:57] like for skaters that if they become
[8:00] like not like usable to sit on or
[8:03] whatever like
[8:04] >> absolutely that would be kind of cool
[8:06] actually. And then some for that put a
[8:09] new one in and they're already um the
[8:12] youth have already designed uh hangers
[8:14] to potentially go around where they can
[8:15] hang their skateboards off of old
[8:17] skateboard decks so they have a safe
[8:19] place to put them. Um they have designed
[8:22] a table. I mean we don't want to see the
[8:25] youth in the detention center but
[8:26] they're you know they're very excited
[8:29] about uh this project and uh you know
[8:31] trying to get it out there and there was
[8:34] one youth who actually worked on the
[8:36] project who was at national night out
[8:38] and I saw him walk by about four or five
[8:40] times and he wouldn't come up and talk
[8:42] to us but he always had somebody else
[8:44] with him and he's like look at what I
[8:45] did. [laughter]
[8:47] Valerie and then the just the upkeep of
[8:51] the park. We haven't really done
[8:52] anything since we did the one initial
[8:54] thing of the painting and like pulling
[8:57] the weeds and all that. Maybe that's
[8:59] something we can get on the agenda and
[9:01] then correlate with them. Absolutely
[9:04] hours so that way they can write that
[9:06] off, you know,
[9:08] >> they want to be done and [laughter] I
[9:09] would love to have another work party
[9:11] out there.
[9:11] >> Yeah.
[9:13] >> And the pool too. The pool is right
[9:15] there. So, and the uh tea park uh the uh
[9:21] >> ballpark is right there as well. So,
[9:23] there's all these things that we can
[9:24] like get them into. So,
[9:27] >> Joseph,
[9:28] >> you're lucky Craig didn't tell you
[9:30] there's a process.
[9:32] [laughter] Um
[9:34] but, um I love the idea of this and
[9:37] especially love the idea that the
[9:39] maintenance would be done by the kids,
[9:41] that they could be responsible for
[9:42] keeping it right. that's been part of
[9:45] the creation of something. So, I think
[9:47] that should be considered in the
[9:48] maintenance plan.
[9:50] >> Cynthia,
[9:51] so I am very excited about this idea.
[9:55] One, uh, just to remind commissioners,
[9:57] the skate park um, program that we
[9:59] started a year ago is still on our list
[10:01] of ideas and it's ranked in there so we
[10:04] won't lose sight of that. Valerie, um,
[10:07] this could test our fasttrack
[10:10] procedure because there is a process.
[10:12] It's opened on Sabrina's table reviewing
[10:15] what Tracy and I had um submitted as a
[10:17] draft. So, we could just maybe pair the
[10:20] document with the idea and get get you'd
[10:23] be the first one fasttracked through up
[10:26] to council. So, I I'm excited about it.
[10:28] Thank you very much for being here
[10:29] tonight.
[10:30] >> Absolutely. Thank you so much. And you
[10:32] guys have my card, so um you can reach
[10:34] out to me through email and we can um
[10:37] set up additional meetings as needed.
[10:40] Sandy, did were you wanting to make a
[10:43] comment, please?
[10:44] >> Yes. Thank you. Could I get one of your
[10:46] cards, too?
[10:47] >> Absolutely.
[10:47] >> Thank you. And I'm excited to see I'm
[10:49] excited, you guys, to see this. No, I'm
[10:51] not sharing yours. I'm
[10:55] >> Thank you.
[10:56] >> You're welcome.
[10:57] >> I'm excited to see this come up through
[10:59] uh commission to council. I It I've been
[11:01] grinning ever since he started talking.
[11:04] My one of my
[11:04] >> I'll just say I was with my family at
[11:06] night out and my husband walked away.
[11:09] >> [laughter]
[11:09] >> It's like, "Okay, Valerie, you're doing
[11:11] your thing. We'll see you later."
[11:13] >> Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, I I'll be excited
[11:16] to see this get fasttracked if we can do
[11:18] it. Thank you.
[11:20] >> Any other comments or anything that you
[11:23] want to add?
[11:24] >> No, I don't have anything else. Do we
[11:27] want to use Carllin uh Carla as a
[11:30] Freedelland as a contact because she
[11:31] kind of spearheaded that to begin with
[11:34] or now
[11:36] just to help or like to spread the word?
[11:39] >> We can always um reach out to Carla and
[11:42] see if she would be
[11:43] >> I just know that she kind of initially
[11:45] started it and she was
[11:47] >> she'd probably at least want to with the
[11:49] landscaping maybe.
[11:53] » Okay.
[11:54] >> Yeah. Thank you so much
[11:59] » in person as well as submitting it
[12:01] formally. We appreciate that.
[12:05] >> Okay. [laughter]
[12:07] Thank you.
[12:12] » Were there any um other public comments?
[12:16] >> I did not receive any online public
[12:18] comments.
[12:20] >> All right. Um let's move forward to our
[12:23] discussion action items.
[12:26] A wouldbe weekly would be weekly times
[12:30] article
[12:31] for the art commission. What is our
[12:34] status update please?
[12:39] Who had that?
[12:42] >> I was going to say was that um Joe and
[12:44] Robert? Did you guys have a chance to
[12:45] meet with Maggie?
[12:47] >> Robert's going to address this. He's
[12:49] been the in communication and
[12:50] communication has been sparse.
[12:52] Everyone's been busy. But we did receive
[12:54] something and I went to an event today.
[12:57] Um I forget Robert was his name Craig.
[13:01] They were speaking to us from the
[13:02] wouldbe Times or the WHB Weekly.
[13:08] » Yeah. I met with Sam at the WHB Weekly a
[13:11] couple weeks back. Uh she was supposed
[13:13] to give us some numbers um to what it
[13:17] would cost for us to get ads in. Um but
[13:21] I have yet to hear back from her. She
[13:23] was supposed to make a proposal and
[13:25] everything and I haven't heard anything.
[13:26] I was really wanting to form a
[13:28] partnership and not necessarily pay her.
[13:30] Um but yeah, that was something we were
[13:32] supposed to be discussing and I've yet
[13:33] to hear back from.
[13:39] » I want to reiterate something I said at
[13:40] the last meeting. A press release is a
[13:42] newsworthy thing that should be
[13:44] submitted to the media and they should
[13:46] be thrilled to run it because they're
[13:48] getting content. It shouldn't a press
[13:50] release isn't something one should pay
[13:52] to have produced. If they're running a
[13:55] series on you and it's an advertorial
[13:57] and where they're running advertising
[13:59] for us, that's a little different story.
[14:01] And a lot of times having owned some
[14:03] newspapers, it'll go hand in hand. You
[14:05] do an ad, they'll run a story. But I
[14:07] don't believe a press release is
[14:09] something we should be paying for flat
[14:10] out.
[14:12] So,
[14:13] >> and Robert, yeah, you're you're correct
[14:16] on that um definition. Um Robert, did you get a time frame um on when
[14:23] you'd have those costs back?
[14:29] » No, ma'am. Actually, uh she said she was
[14:32] going to get back to me by the end of
[14:33] the week, but that was like three weeks
[14:35] ago. and I've reached out to her since
[14:37] and haven't heard back. So,
[14:40] >> I'm actually gonna shoot her a text
[14:41] message right now as well.
[14:44] >> So, I don't want to jump ahead on our
[14:46] agenda too much, but um I attended in
[14:52] Robert's place today that um
[14:55] presentation done by the Whidby News
[14:57] Times and I think it was called sound
[14:59] source help me. Is that what it's
[15:01] called? Source sound or sound edge
[15:03] source. and it was um it was them
[15:06] introducing packages for digital
[15:10] advertising and what that those levels
[15:12] look like. So, um, I was there as part
[15:15] of the arts commission along with Craig
[15:17] at the and Maggie for the city with
[15:20] mayor and as part of my discussions with
[15:24] Robert going forward with our next step
[15:26] of ideas which include outreaches um,
[15:30] priorities.
[15:32] Um, we've begun putting some budgeting
[15:35] numbers together. So, Robert, not to
[15:38] overstep anything, but we did get a
[15:40] package there at the event today that
[15:43] will um Maggie and you and Joe can
[15:45] review.
[15:49] » Beautiful. And that's with Whidby News
[15:50] Time. Should I still try to continue
[15:52] with Whidby Weekly as well?
[15:54] >> I think that would be wise. Yeah.
[16:00] » Thank you. And I just want to add that
[16:02] uh I think we we just need to look at it
[16:05] at two separate ways going about it.
[16:07] There's the advertising side and the
[16:08] press release side. If we do want to do
[16:10] a press release side, it's that's
[16:12] something that we just need to meet with
[16:14] Maggie, our communications officer. Uh
[16:16] she handles that and she puts those
[16:18] together and takes care of it with the
[16:19] press. So um on that end
[16:23] just consider it a separate avenue.
[16:29] » Thank you. Any other discussion on this
[16:31] topic or questions?
[16:38] Okay, let's Oh, Valerie, please. No,
[16:41] >> no. Um, my business just revamped their
[16:45] website and with that, we've gotten
[16:49] probably 90% more email submissions with
[16:52] inquiries.
[16:54] And so, I'm wondering if that might be
[16:56] something. I know we just kind of did
[16:59] this, but um you know, I just feel like
[17:03] people don't know just like when Adam
[17:06] was here when I saw him at night out, I
[17:08] basically was like he was like, "What do
[17:10] I have to do to get this bench here?"
[17:12] And I was like, "Go online." He's like,
[17:14] "Well, I had no idea."
[17:16] So, I don't know if there's a way to
[17:19] send out some kind of like mass in I
[17:23] know uh Liz just put out her or not Liz,
[17:27] sorry, you the new activity guide. Um,
[17:31] but that was kind of like our avenue to
[17:34] kind of reach people. But I don't know
[17:35] if like an online thing. Um, Facebook
[17:40] sadly is prominent here in O Carver. So
[17:44] that might be another way to like send
[17:46] out information so people know cuz I
[17:49] just feel like a lot of like I see 100
[17:52] plus patients a week nobody knows.
[17:56] [laughter]
[17:56] So the more we know the better. Like
[17:59] even like volunteering for the music
[18:01] festival or night out like nobody knew
[18:04] to do that. So I mean do you guys
[18:07] remember pickfest?
[18:10] Pigfest.
[18:13] Who? Raise raise your hand. Yeah. Right
[18:17] before COVID no more. It was such a
[18:21] wonderful thing to like come to this
[18:23] community and like experience that and I
[18:26] just feel like we're kind of
[18:30] missing
[18:31] since co something's happened
[18:36] of like connecting.
[18:38] So I'm not sure. Robert or Joseph. Yeah,
[18:48] » there I think Maggie's probably really
[18:50] overwhelmed with just marketing the
[18:52] events for the city. I actually think it
[18:56] might be great for all of us in our
[18:59] workshop format to come up with some of
[19:02] those things that we want to do and
[19:04] create a marketing campaign or a
[19:06] outreach campaign if you call it. and we
[19:09] need to it's so much easier if we said
[19:12] here are the things we want to promote
[19:13] and market and then all they have to do
[19:15] is put it together or even just put it
[19:17] out there. So I feel like we need um
[19:21] maybe we [clears throat] need to have
[19:23] call it an outreach committee. I don't
[19:24] want to call it a marketing committee
[19:26] but maybe have a few people get together
[19:28] and develop some content that can then
[19:30] be pushed out.
[19:32] Um, my understanding is that is the
[19:35] committee that you and Robert make up at
[19:37] this point.
[19:47] So, in this
[19:50] committee that you're just speaking
[19:51] about, Joseph,
[19:54] because Maggie is overwhelmed, uh, can
[19:57] you put together, and I don't know if it
[19:58] would be do that way, but can you not
[20:01] just give her art ready stuff so she
[20:03] doesn't have to do anything more than
[20:04] bless it and release it?
[20:08] >> I mean,
[20:09] >> okay. Okay.
[20:11] >> I I would definitely say that let's meet
[20:13] with Maggie and find out what's easiest
[20:15] for her. Um I we work with her all the
[20:18] time through the department and I she's
[20:21] extremely helpful and extremely
[20:23] responsive as well. We just need to get
[20:25] her involved. she'll tell us exactly
[20:27] what we need and then uh as the
[20:30] committee the outreach committee is then
[20:32] a good idea to then just exactly what
[20:35] you're saying but then provide the
[20:36] things that would be easier for her to
[20:38] provide cuz I know she is overwhelmed
[20:40] but she's definitely going to need to be
[20:41] involved in the process.
[20:43] >> Oh, and I didn't mean she didn't. I was
[20:45] trying to think of ways that would be
[20:47] the easiest for her to go, yeah, we can
[20:49] do this or no, we can and not really add
[20:51] to her plate if we're going to if this
[20:53] commission is going to do a lot more
[20:56] advertising or something.
[20:57] >> Sure.
[20:58] >> Yeah.
[20:58] >> So,
[20:59] >> thank you guys. Yeah.
[21:01] >> So, there's only so much bandwidth and
[21:04] by having a collab like some of the con
[21:06] uh comments that Valerie just made, I
[21:09] wouldn't have thought of because I
[21:10] wouldn't have known some of those past
[21:12] things you did there. In other words, I
[21:13] think collaboratively,
[21:15] not just Robert and I, with our brain
[21:17] power, whatever our ideas, we've already
[21:19] got a couple projects going that are not
[21:21] moving forward because of a lack of
[21:23] communication, frankly, lack of
[21:24] response, and the time just goes on by.
[21:28] So, we're trying to manage if we were to
[21:30] add this to the agenda. I think that we
[21:34] should have a cohesive agenda that we
[21:36] all agree on about what we want to
[21:37] market, how we want to do it, and not
[21:40] just because we could go willy-nilly.
[21:42] But
[21:43] >> Joseph, actually, I'm kind of confused
[21:44] about what you're asking for here.
[21:46] >> My suggestion is that we actually
[21:48] collaborate and come up with a series of
[21:50] things that we feel like together. We
[21:53] all have different ideas about what
[21:55] should be promoted, how to get it out
[21:57] there, etc. Like we have an editorial
[21:59] calendar and we create some content. You
[22:02] just said that's what you thought Robert
[22:03] and I were doing, but we
[22:05] >> that's you're on that committee, the
[22:07] outreach committee.
[22:08] >> Yeah. And we're focused on a couple
[22:10] different projects with that. For
[22:11] example, the idea of a press release and
[22:13] getting some advertising. That's one way
[22:15] to do this. And then we're working. We
[22:17] want to talk to the parks department on
[22:19] signage, the whole video thing that
[22:21] seems to be very difficult to get a
[22:23] meeting. So, we've already got a couple
[22:25] things in the works. So, there's only so
[22:26] much bandwidth for he and I. And at the
[22:29] same time, you guys have ideas about
[22:31] things that we can talk about and
[22:32] promote. And I just think it would be
[22:34] great to have a brainstorm about what
[22:36] things would be um great to put on the
[22:38] agenda. Then we need to figure out how
[22:40] to implement them, to write them, to get
[22:42] the content together, etc. So, you know,
[22:47] >> it sounds like first of all, we need to
[22:50] break through and actually have a
[22:51] meeting with Maggie because as Craig
[22:54] rightly has stated, she does need to be
[22:58] involved.
[23:00] >> Okay, Craig, do you have advice on how
[23:03] we can make that happen? I I think at
[23:05] this point I will set up a meeting, just
[23:09] get some detail behind the scenes with
[23:11] her and then we'll bring her out to the
[23:12] next meeting um and she'll advise us the
[23:14] next way to do this uh uh the right way
[23:16] to do this. I think really what we're
[23:19] going to want to do um is kind of a
[23:21] combination of what you're talking
[23:22] about. I think it would be better if the
[23:24] committee and and I I agree
[23:28] might be a good idea to not that two
[23:30] people on a committee seems like a small
[23:31] committee. might be a good idea to, you
[23:33] know, someone can can jump in and help
[23:34] and assist, but you know, be able to
[23:38] come up with at least a general scope.
[23:41] Um, because really we don't have that
[23:44] much time at these meetings to go over a
[23:46] whole marketing plan like that. But if
[23:48] we we had a scope and ideas and and and
[23:51] a guided conversation, I think that's
[23:52] something a little bit more appropriate
[23:54] to get the ball moving a little bit
[23:56] quicker.
[23:57] >> Right. And I do know that we have a
[23:58] limit on how many people how many
[24:01] commissioners can meet in a meeting
[24:03] before we're um over our limit. So we
[24:07] can only have three. [laughter]
[24:10] Um and then maybe so maybe Robert if you
[24:13] weren't aware of that. This is maybe
[24:15] something that we could save for our
[24:17] planning committee.
[24:21] Cynthia please.
[24:24] I'm going to try not to sound really
[24:26] frustrated right now. [laughter]
[24:28] [gasps]
[24:29] Um, we have a subcommittee for outreach
[24:33] and out of last year there was a list
[24:35] that the commission collaborated on with
[24:40] Maggie as a workshop and came up with
[24:43] priorities
[24:44] and that list was passed over to you and
[24:47] I met with you and Robert before you met
[24:49] with Maggie. So obviously a meeting with
[24:52] Maggie is in order, but might I ask out
[24:56] of that meeting that there is when it's
[24:59] time for a subcommittee's report that
[25:02] the commission is reminded of all of
[25:04] those items that are on the agenda so
[25:07] Valerie doesn't forget that we've
[25:09] already talked about that. [laughter]
[25:11] So my point is everything you just
[25:14] talked about is on the open items for
[25:18] outreach. So how does No, it's it's it's
[25:21] not a gap, it's a process.
[25:23] >> Please, let's try to stay with one at a
[25:25] time.
[25:26] >> So anyway, I I just would maybe my
[25:29] suggestion would be for outreach to do a
[25:31] formal submission with our agenda on
[25:34] just every every month we get to see
[25:37] what you're working on and where it is
[25:38] in the in the priority list. And then if
[25:41] somebody wants to help because we have
[25:43] those resources on a specific item, we
[25:45] can raise our hand to do that. Thank
[25:48] you. Any
[25:52] other comments on this topic?
[25:57] Thanks everyone. Let's move on to to the
[26:00] Kinnbrew.
[26:03] So Kinnbrew installation gate of
[26:05] inspiration action items. So I'm um
[26:10] probably looking to either what Craig or
[26:12] Brandon is going to share um more on
[26:15] this topic, please.
[26:17] >> Yes. So, uh, with the gate of
[26:20] inspiration, um, as we, as I was looking
[26:23] at it, uh, we met, uh, I think it was
[26:25] two years ago, maybe. Um, I was
[26:28] concerned about the anchoring points is
[26:30] what I called them for the gate of
[26:32] inspiration. Um, there is one built into
[26:36] the the statue right now, and there's
[26:39] three feet on the statue. Uh, I would
[26:41] have liked to see three three anchor
[26:44] points on each uh, one on each foot. Um
[26:47] and after
[26:49] the Valdez construction went through did
[26:52] their structural integrity and
[26:54] everything they have decided that they
[26:56] would like to put uh steel plates on the
[26:58] bottom of both of those other feet as
[27:00] well. So that is coming in as a change
[27:04] order to add two additional feet to the
[27:08] bottom of the gate of inspiration for
[27:11] stability in order to anchor it to the concrete pad that we're installing.
[27:17] Um the bid originally came in at $2500
[27:21] from SWAT Welding and I've since uh
[27:24] received an email that has reduced that
[27:27] down to $1,500
[27:29] uh per my email. So, I believe the ask
[27:32] now is whether you would like to approve
[27:36] $1,500 over um the already approved I
[27:39] think it was $30,600
[27:42] uh to install the K or the Kennrew the
[27:46] last two Kenbru collections, the gate of
[27:47] inspiration and three totems.
[27:50] >> Okay, thanks. Um,
[27:53] first I believe that we have to set up a
[27:58] certain structure to actually vote on
[28:01] anything. That was my understanding in our on our regular meetings.
[28:08] >> Well, this has been submitted as an
[28:09] action item.
[28:10] >> Is it okay?
[28:11] >> Yeah.
[28:11] >> Okay, great.
[28:12] >> Able to vote on this.
[28:13] >> Okay, perfect. That's that I just wanted
[28:15] to check on that because I know we ran
[28:17] into a snag the last time we tried to
[28:19] vote on something. Yeah.
[28:21] >> Um, any comments, questions?
[28:28] » I make a motion to approve.
[28:33] » What was the dollar amount again,
[28:34] Brandon? An additional 1,500.
[28:37] >> Uh, that's that's what my email has is
[28:38] 1,500 is the quote.
[28:40] >> Okay,
[28:43] » Valerie.
[28:44] >> Mhm.
[28:45] >> Sorry, guys. I have to call you. No, no,
[28:47] it's fine. Um, I make a motion to
[28:49] approve as it's 3500 is what the amount
[28:51] is. I'm trying to figure out cuz I have
[28:54] one amount here and I'm trying to figure
[28:57] out what the
[29:00] value go ahead and ask Craig.
[29:02] >> Oh, Craig.
[29:03] >> Yeah, we're recommending the 2500
[29:07] additional to that. So, just to make
[29:09] sure that does cover um you know,
[29:12] >> you're just approving the amount of the
[29:14] actual
[29:14] >> So, I make a motion to approve the 25 uh
[29:17] $2,500.
[29:21] » I'm going to ask please that you make a
[29:24] full motion for what it's for so that
[29:28] everybody knows what they're voting on.
[29:30] That's just my parliamentarian thing in
[29:32] me. Thank you.
[29:33] >> Okay. So, I make a motion to approve the
[29:37] Kennrew installation
[29:39] and exceed the and do the $2,500,000.
[29:44] Is that correct?
[29:46] Or should I say something else
[29:49] not to exceed the 25,000 $2,500? I'm
[29:54] sorry. I'm learning.
[29:56] Thank you for teaching.
[29:58] >> Do I have a second?
[30:01] >> Go for it.
[30:03] [laughter] I'll second that.
[30:07] And do we have a vote then of from
[30:10] everybody?
[30:11] >> Yay.
[30:13] Robert. [clears throat]
[30:21] [laughter]
[30:27] So what do we do when
[30:29] is that one abstained
[30:31] vote then in that situation?
[30:34] Yes. Here it comes.
[30:38] But
[30:39] you
[30:49] » Robert, do we have you back?
[30:53] >> Yes, I'm back.
[30:55] >> [laughter]
[30:56] >> Hey, sorry about that.
[30:57] >> And
[30:58] >> technical difficulty, but yes.
[31:00] >> Did you hear the motion?
[31:01] >> Okay, wonderful. Okay,
[31:03] >> unanimous. Wonderful.
[31:07] >> Thank you everybody.
[31:11] Any other comments?
[31:15] And Brandon, is there any other things
[31:16] that you need next steps on that
[31:18] project?
[31:21] >> Uh, not to my knowledge right now.
[31:25] Okay, let's move on to Flynn Stone car
[31:28] update.
[31:31] >> Yeah, I'm going to take this one. We
[31:32] actually don't really have much of an
[31:34] update for that. Um, it is something uh
[31:36] Brandon and I have been talking about
[31:38] and we just want to make sure we have a
[31:40] full scope of what we need for that
[31:42] project. Um,
[31:44] it's a little bit of just making sure we
[31:47] have the right information. Um, is there
[31:49] anything specific that
[31:53] you wanted us to look for in the update
[31:55] other than just what needs to be done
[31:57] maintenance-wise?
[31:59] >> Um, Cynthia, I know that you had
[32:02] participated in some of the
[32:03] conversations.
[32:05] >> I think what I Thank you. Um, Tracy,
[32:08] what I brought forward was there is a
[32:10] community member that is trying to get
[32:13] the car on
[32:16] a historical
[32:18] registry
[32:20] and so maybe just keeping in tandem of
[32:23] that activity because it certainly would
[32:25] affect what action is taken on the
[32:28] piece.
[32:30] >> Do we know that num members that
[32:33] commission
[32:33] >> I'm going to stop everybody right now.
[32:35] Um we're we have a lot of people just
[32:38] talking out of turn and and having cross
[32:40] conversations. So let's maybe get back
[32:42] to just you know single conversations
[32:44] and having me call on you please.
[32:50] Mallerie,
[32:52] do we know that community member's name
[32:54] or is that someone that we can like
[32:56] maybe send them the link for our thing
[32:58] for the to submit? Cynthia,
[33:03] >> we do know his name and he Mr. Reninger
[33:07] did submit the package and it was what
[33:10] two months ago, Kim? I mean, I don't it
[33:12] was in a previous packet. So, you have
[33:14] all the details of his activity. Yeah,
[33:16] he also spoke at the Historic
[33:18] Preservation Commission.
[33:21] >> So,
[33:23] >> I know who he is, so we're good to go.
[33:30] » Craig, did that answer your question?
[33:32] >> Yeah. Well, I was just going to say I
[33:33] heard that um he did have a presentation
[33:35] for the historical uh preservation
[33:37] commission. So that's something that
[33:38] maybe I can talk to them about and we
[33:40] can get an update from them for the next
[33:43] that that sounds like a a the most
[33:46] direct route to get the answers I think
[33:47] you're looking for.
[33:50] >> And I I guess we can close this with
[33:52] just a reminder again that this item is
[33:55] in our art inventory. So as the
[33:59] maintenance plan is discussed and and
[34:02] developed to implementation, it would be
[34:04] considered. So, um, just the additive of
[34:07] his efforts in trying to put this on a
[34:10] historical registry should be considered
[34:12] and all of that.
[34:15] Any other comments, questions?
[34:27] Okay, let's move on.
[34:31] So, we're going to actually um talk
[34:33] about the suggested
[34:36] uh 2027
[34:38] regular meeting workshop schedule, which
[34:40] is an extra addendum
[34:45] to our agenda.
[34:48] Has everybody had a chance to look at
[34:50] that? the proposals of our regular
[34:53] meeting dates for each month and when it
[34:58] would be suggested to have a twohour
[35:01] workshop.
[35:06] Oh yes, please Cynthia. So again, Craig,
[35:09] you can speak to this, but um Craig and
[35:12] I reviewed this as we were going into
[35:15] budgeting process and with Kim's help,
[35:18] the two suggested workshops, which is um
[35:23] in a in our plan that we meet that way
[35:25] twice a year is timed with budgeting
[35:29] considerations. So that's how those
[35:31] dates were identified. And then Kim very
[35:34] kindly reminded us the 11th of November
[35:36] is a holiday. So we could either if we
[35:40] pushed I think there was a meeting the
[35:42] following week as a workshop or
[35:44] something with the city is why we
[35:46] suggested the fourth.
[35:48] >> Yeah, we we were looking at the
[35:49] availability of this room.
[35:52] >> And Craig, are you looking for a a vote
[35:55] on this from the commission today?
[35:58] Um, we don't necessarily need to prove
[36:00] it today, but just want to make sure
[36:02] that this does work with everybody's
[36:03] schedule so we can get it into our
[36:06] schedule for next year and we can
[36:08] officially go by this.
[36:10] >> Any comments, Valerie? The only thing is that may be gone in July, but next
[36:15] year, but other than that, I should be
[36:17] good.
[36:20] » Anybody else?
[36:23] >> Cynthia, please. I I would like to make
[36:26] a motion that we we accept the proposed
[36:29] 2027 Arts Commission regular meeting
[36:33] calendar which includes two scheduled
[36:36] workshops, one in January, one in June
[36:40] and moving our regular session on
[36:42] November 11th to the new date of
[36:45] November 4th.
[36:49] Valerie, I second that.
[36:53] Do we have a vote from everybody then?
[36:57] >> Yes.
[36:58] >> I agree,
[37:00] >> Robert. Yep.
[37:02] >> Okay.
[37:03] >> Yep.
[37:04] >> Thanks, guys. So, Craig, you have your
[37:06] schedule.
[37:07] >> Thank you.
[37:09] And
[37:14] we did add
[37:17] before we get to subcommittee updates
[37:20] to talk about the development and
[37:23] maintenance plan for our existing
[37:26] sculptures and artwork that we have in
[37:29] our inventory.
[37:31] Um and just we you know to have this I
[37:33] think we had wanted um in previous
[37:37] meetings we also asked to have this just
[37:39] as a regular item on the agenda so we
[37:43] could just have as a as an update. Um
[37:46] and wanted to see where you were with
[37:49] this Brandon because I know you were
[37:51] taking lead on this project.
[37:54] >> Yeah. Um, so I uh have been a little
[37:58] later than I wanted to, but uh this
[38:00] afternoon I was able to send out uh
[38:02] emails to everybody on the list with I
[38:06] think it was five I think it was six
[38:08] proposed uh dates and times uh based off
[38:11] of the survey monkey and I will just
[38:14] wait to hear back from you guys as
[38:15] stated in that email. I will choose the the most uh recent or the the
[38:24] how do I want to say this? What did I
[38:26] say in the email? Uh I will choose the
[38:27] most recent or the most the closest date
[38:30] that that works for everybody uh
[38:33] whenever I hear your guys's uh responses
[38:36] back. It'll be uh the closest date and
[38:38] then I'll send out another email
[38:40] verifying with everybody the the date
[38:42] that was chosen. Um and then we'll get
[38:44] that on the books.
[38:46] >> Yay. Thank you. Um, yes, Craig.
[38:50] >> Yeah, and I do also want to mention when
[38:53] we're coming up with the maintenance
[38:54] plan, um, that we're really taking a
[38:57] thought in mind to, uh, I mean, exactly
[39:00] as Brandon said, uh, it's been hard to
[39:02] get to things. Uh, as a department,
[39:04] especially in the course of certain
[39:06] seasons,
[39:08] it does get extremely busy. So uh in
[39:11] coming up with a maintenance plan there
[39:13] has to be a thought to making sure that
[39:14] there is either resources towards
[39:18] uh
[39:20] some sort of whether it's getting a
[39:22] contract to to with someone to do it or
[39:24] just resources for our department to
[39:26] make sure we are able to do that. Um
[39:28] that is definitely something that needs
[39:30] to be talked about. Another thought and
[39:32] it was mentioned earlier with the
[39:33] volunteers is um we are looking at
[39:37] bringing a good solid volunteer program
[39:40] into the our city and our department. So
[39:43] when we have that that's something that
[39:44] we're working with HR to develop when we
[39:47] have that with the clear rules because
[39:49] there are specific rules on what can be
[39:51] done especially when it comes to our
[39:52] park grounds. So, uh, when we do have
[39:55] that, I think there could be very
[39:57] creative ideas on how we can get maybe
[40:00] some volunteers to assist in in this and
[40:02] really make sure that these
[40:06] really all of our art pieces can get
[40:08] well maintained the way they deserve.
[40:11] >> Thank you. Yeah, that's very good news.
[40:13] I think that's one of the key things
[40:15] that's going to make this work as a
[40:17] plan. Any comments, questions?
[40:24] Valerie then getting with Adam for that
[40:28] kind of situation. That would be good.
[40:30] So
[40:32] >> perfect. Thank you.
[40:34] So let's go ahead and move on then to
[40:37] subcommittee updates. I know we actually
[40:39] did talk a lot about the outreach, but
[40:41] is there anything else that can be added
[40:44] at this point? And Robert, I expect you
[40:47] to kick in too because you've had more
[40:48] direct com uh conversations than I have.
[40:52] Several of the things we talked about
[40:53] doing was creating video and getting an
[40:57] online library that's more extensive
[40:59] driven by QR codes. Originally, I was
[41:02] under the impression that we would be
[41:04] doing or possibly connecting with the
[41:06] parks department because you were all
[41:08] involved in some signage and I thought
[41:10] we could collaborate on those signs and
[41:13] maybe do the same thing for the art as
[41:15] we do for the park and Rex. And then I
[41:18] think it came up that you weren't
[41:20] looking at that at all. And so that
[41:22] brought me up to a kind of a dead end
[41:23] about how we can produce QR codes at the
[41:26] art like what kinds of what what
[41:28] investment can we make to put a QR code
[41:31] there, description of the art, drive
[41:33] people to the website. Maggie got
[41:35] together with the person who does the
[41:37] GIS map on the current art inventory for
[41:41] the site and apparently we are able to
[41:43] interact with the the the map that's on
[41:46] our current website. So, what um Robert
[41:49] and I have been focused on has been
[41:51] trying to um figure out how to get some
[41:53] men in the street interviews, which
[41:55] Robert's done a couple of those, and we
[41:57] need to actually get out and get video
[41:58] of in of each of the um installations
[42:03] and start to build the content for the
[42:05] website. But that'll be kind of useless
[42:08] unless we have a way to build put the QR
[42:10] codes on a sign or on the art or
[42:13] someplace effective. It could be as
[42:15] simple as I've mentioned in the past as
[42:17] the kind of um QR code and maybe a a
[42:21] little plaque that goes on top of a 4x4
[42:24] that's cut at an angle the way on like
[42:26] on trails and things buried there or you
[42:28] know erected there be very inexpensive
[42:31] and then use stickers for the QR code
[42:33] cuz those addresses that they'd link to
[42:35] could change. So, we have yet to have a
[42:38] salient conversation about what that
[42:40] would cost and I think we can't have
[42:42] that conversation without you guys at
[42:44] the parks department. So, we're looking
[42:46] for a meeting with you. I believe
[42:49] Robert's reached out on that one, but
[42:50] Robert, you got to refresh my memory.
[42:52] So, that that was a big part of what we
[42:55] wanted to do in terms of the outreach
[42:56] and on our agenda that we talked about
[42:59] last time. I hope that helps a little
[43:01] bit. Um, and then we've did have a
[43:03] meeting with Maggie. Um my earlier
[43:06] comments were less about the process of um you so you all made a comment like
[43:12] how are we going to get the word out.
[43:15] There's lots and lots of ways to do
[43:16] that. I don't believe in our out in our
[43:19] meeting we sat down and said let's do
[43:21] Facebook let's do we talked about
[43:23] advertising. We talked about a press
[43:24] release. We have yet to put those tools
[43:27] in place. Once we know they're in place
[43:29] now we can do the the work to create the
[43:31] content. So I don't think we're really
[43:33] behind the eightball on that. But we
[43:34] still it makes no point to create
[43:36] content until we know we can get it out
[43:38] there. So that was sort of what I was
[43:40] talking about further brainstorming
[43:42] around ways that we could do this. Um we
[43:46] can table that. Robert, you've had some
[43:50] uh outreach as far as uh trying to get
[43:52] together with some people. What was the
[43:54] result that you had?
[43:57] >> Are you there?
[43:57] >> Yeah, I started a group thread. Yeah,
[43:58] I'm here. I'm always here for you, my
[44:00] friend. Yeah, I started a group thread
[44:02] with Joe, I think Craig and Maggie and
[44:05] myself um for us all to sit down and
[44:08] meet. I don't think we've ever been able
[44:09] to get a time where we're all available.
[44:13] So, definitely want to do that. Like Joe
[44:16] said, I actually uh interviewed myself
[44:19] kind of in front of the angel statue and
[44:22] I also have a uh interview I did down
[44:25] there of what Oak Harbor means uh with a
[44:28] buddy of mine. Um, yeah, I was going to
[44:31] post both of those on our uh Facebook
[44:35] page and whatnot, but I'm still looking
[44:37] on some direction for that. So,
[44:42] » yeah.
[44:45] » Now, is that something that we can do
[44:49] without
[44:52] » without running through Maggie? I I
[44:54] think Maggie's definitely gonna be
[44:56] involved at some point, but I think um
[45:00] >> just we are interested in the QR code
[45:04] project. That was something I don't know
[45:05] who you talked to, but that is still a
[45:07] project that we as a park department are
[45:10] looking at doing and getting information
[45:12] out. So, I think the right thing to do
[45:14] would be um let's let's all meet um
[45:17] before we get Maggie involved, give her
[45:21] the option uh to be involved in the
[45:23] meeting. But let's let's get a clear
[45:25] idea of what we want to do first and and
[45:27] get us all on the same page. Uh I've
[45:30] been looking into a few options on that
[45:31] as well. I know we have a little bit of
[45:33] detail. I think us getting together
[45:35] collaborating we can come up with some
[45:37] uh good answers. So I I will reach out
[45:39] to you guys uh Joe and Robert and we
[45:41] will uh the four of us uh Brandon and
[45:44] myself and then you [snorts] two will
[45:45] meet and we'll come up with some answers
[45:47] and and like I said I'll send the invite
[45:49] to Maggie as well so she'll have the
[45:51] option to to be a part of the meeting.
[45:54] Thank you all. Any other comments on
[46:00] Okay, thank you. Um, any other
[46:03] subcommittee updates?
[46:06] >> Yes, Cynthia. See, I don't know what I'm
[46:08] called. [laughter]
[46:12] I don't know what this is called, but
[46:14] >> the the process committee,
[46:16] >> the processor. I don't know. [laughter]
[46:18] The cleaner. I know that's No. So I
[46:22] actually had the pleasure of meeting
[46:24] with Craig in his new role twice and and
[46:27] those were two long meetings. So we've
[46:29] probably spent almost 10 hours together
[46:32] collectively in a few days and that
[46:35] included going over our ideas and how
[46:39] they were ranked and where we were at on
[46:42] our checklist. We met with Sandra from
[46:45] procurement and she spent a good hour, and a half with us um and spoke to
[46:51] each one of the top tiered ideas and
[46:53] where we were going to go with that. And
[46:56] out of the very first meeting, we went,
[46:58] you know, it really makes sense that
[46:59] this is happening now because it is
[47:01] budgeting season and the budgeting
[47:04] process and approval for our ideas are
[47:06] going to drive them forward. So,
[47:09] we're backing into the presentation or a
[47:12] fuller report to all of you and
[47:15] hopefully to council at a workshop to
[47:18] bring them forward on how much progress
[47:20] we've made collectively as the arts
[47:23] commission and where we're going with
[47:25] the next step on bringing these ideas to
[47:30] council for consideration.
[47:32] But I think the first step is to get
[47:34] these budgeting numbers in order for
[47:37] this next round of consideration because
[47:39] then we won't be um chipping away one at
[47:43] a time to council. We'll have a more
[47:45] blanketed budget approved for each of
[47:48] these top tier items which includes QR
[47:51] codes or some form of identification on
[47:55] our our inventory. So, I would like to
[47:58] be included in that meeting um because
[48:01] I'm excited to hear about the idea that
[48:04] you have to spark about about signage or
[48:09] information. Um let's see. I was curious
[48:14] to see if you had any other com
[48:16] communication with our Phil group um to
[48:19] move that project forward and maybe you
[48:21] can shoot me an email if there was some
[48:24] more conversation had on developing
[48:26] their idea.
[48:28] I mentioned earlier that Sabrina has two
[48:32] open items in the development out of all
[48:35] this. One is what we're calling the
[48:36] fasttrack procedure and the gentleman
[48:39] earlier about our bench at skate park is
[48:41] a perfect um
[48:44] process or perfect presentation to grab
[48:47] on to. And out of the top five
[48:52] ideas,
[48:53] um, Robert [clears throat] confirmed
[48:55] that the Whidby has talent and I think
[48:59] they were on our second tier, but that's
[49:02] being done by a local business here in
[49:04] town. Um, Lava Louise and Robert, you
[49:07] were involved with that, correct?
[49:11] » Yes, I'm one of the judges and I'm
[49:13] helping them promote it. So that's being
[49:16] done within our community. So that's
[49:18] kind of being pushed over to the side
[49:21] off of our list. Um and the other thing
[49:25] was a letter um a draft of a letter for
[49:28] Sabrina's approval to go back to that
[49:31] second tier of ideas. Um I'm waiting for
[49:35] so we can reach back to those community
[49:36] members as we talked about. Um and then
[49:40] how would we get scheduled on a
[49:43] workshop? So we have a a stop dead date
[49:46] of when a presentation should be done
[49:48] for council.
[49:51] >> Um for that that would be something that
[49:53] I would just take care of. So we just as
[49:55] we get to the process
[49:58] uh when it's ready to go to council I
[50:00] would just make sure that it gets in the
[50:02] next council workshop agenda. And Craig,
[50:05] would I be off in saying that possibly
[50:08] next month you and I could have a
[50:11] presentation back to commission in
[50:14] September about the work that we've done
[50:17] on tagging um dollar amounts to these
[50:20] ideas moving forward?
[50:22] >> Yeah, we can definitely do that.
[50:23] >> Okay. And then the last question I have
[50:27] um about budgeting is we have a
[50:31] community group in town. The Rotary
[50:34] group is working on the windmill project
[50:38] and it's over the course of the last few
[50:41] years there has been funds allocated to
[50:44] the windmill out of our creative arts
[50:46] fund. Is it 102? I can't remember the
[50:49] number now. But I would like to ask um
[50:54] Craig one, could we get the balance of
[50:57] our fund? I know through our budgeting
[51:00] um education process with CHAZ, we were
[51:03] giving that we were out of budget on a
[51:05] few items, but we never saw our fund
[51:08] balance. And then the other would be
[51:11] could we see what the windmill group has
[51:14] been given? And I understand that
[51:15] there's processes going on right now
[51:18] with studies and permits and everything.
[51:23] And I'm curious to know if we're going
[51:26] we collectively if the commission is
[51:28] going to get um charged for those fees
[51:33] because as we get more sophisticated in
[51:36] our budgeting for all of these wonderful
[51:38] ideas from our community, it would be a
[51:41] nice courtesy for this group to know if
[51:44] the council has approved funds
[51:48] without us knowing it.
[51:52] Yeah, I I can definitely look into that
[51:54] and have that information at the next
[51:56] meeting.
[51:58] >> Valerie, and is as this is for that
[52:02] entity like do they give you public
[52:04] knowledge of where their funds come
[52:06] from? Do you happen to know or anybody
[52:10] for like the one mill situation?
[52:14] >> Um, Cynthia, please. So, I I have I'm
[52:18] not involved with the group, but I know
[52:20] that they've come a few times to give
[52:22] city council an update on the progress
[52:25] of the group. I don't know when the last
[52:27] time that was, Sandy. Um, but I would
[52:30] hope like in an ELTAC application or
[52:34] grant situation that if they're given
[52:36] funds that they need to report on how
[52:38] those are spent. It's usually a
[52:40] reimbursement, Valerie. Like for Eltech,
[52:43] the music festival has to spend the
[52:45] money and then send receipts in to get
[52:47] reimbursed for it. So, I would I would I
[52:51] don't want to make an assumption, but I
[52:52] would that would be my best guess.
[52:54] [laughter]
[52:55] Thank you for the clarification.
[52:58] Yes, Craig, just to piggyback on on the
[53:02] budgeting, that was going to be one of
[53:03] my questions to you, too, because the
[53:07] last time we saw our budget, we didn't
[53:10] have any funds available to spend. So,
[53:15] wanted to see it um where that was now.
[53:21] >> Yeah, I'll I'll look into that. Um I
[53:23] don't think it's a matter of not having
[53:25] funds to spend. And I think it's not
[53:26] having funds budgeted to spend. I I I'm
[53:30] I just want to make sure that I I I do I
[53:34] will get an answer though by the next
[53:36] meeting. We'll I'll have all the details
[53:37] that I can.
[53:38] >> Valerie, and is that also a historical
[53:42] thing too? Like are they coming to the
[53:44] historical like society city meetings
[53:47] trying to get that because I know at one
[53:49] point I know they were trying to get the
[53:50] windmill back down to the water.
[53:53] >> The windmill. the windmill like if the
[53:56] historical society was like if they met
[53:59] with the committee for that. Um and I
[54:02] know I saw online that they were trying
[54:05] to move the windmill at some point like
[54:07] back to down by the water if that's
[54:10] still a thing or if that was just
[54:12] gossip.
[54:15] >> Yeah, I'll try to get that information
[54:16] as well. I I'll find out as much as I
[54:19] can and and like I said, I'll have a
[54:21] presentation next.
[54:23] >> This was like months ago. It was
[54:25] Facebook, you know, Facebook and Okarbor
[54:28] is, you know, Facebook and Oar. So, any other subcommittee
[54:40] updates,
[54:43] >> Cynthia? Just for the record, I just
[54:44] tapped Tracy to see if she met with Main
[54:46] Street.
[54:47] >> So, no report. [laughter]
[54:51] And um I'll just add it's not
[54:54] necessarily a subcommittee but you know
[54:58] we had um in our last uh regular meeting
[55:01] we had voted on um
[55:05] giving some of our giving some money to
[55:08] the um for the um lion head statue to
[55:14] the theater and um that did go to
[55:17] council. Jr. and I were in attendance.
[55:21] Um Craig did a beautiful job of
[55:24] presenting and there were actually some
[55:27] nice discussions about it. Um Sandy was
[55:31] right there um supporting it as well and
[55:34] it did pass. So now um you we had our
[55:38] first our first fora in our art plan
[55:43] process that we developed and I think
[55:46] the last thing we're waiting for is the
[55:49] process of actually how that goes
[55:51] through accounting and gets done. I
[55:53] think
[55:54] >> yeah exactly um we're going to work with
[55:57] uh Holly is the yeah um the member who
[56:02] is dealing with that project. Just want
[56:04] to make sure that we get an invoice from
[56:06] them and at that point we can go ahead
[56:08] and give them a payment. That's all we
[56:12] need.
[56:14] >> Thanks.
[56:17] >> Any other comments
[56:20] about um projects or committees?
[56:26] And we'll move on to member comments.
[56:31] Start with Valerie.
[56:34] I'm good. Thank you guys for being here.
[56:37] Cynthia, my voice, I got a list. Okay,
[56:42] go for it.
[56:44] It's a short list. So, I'm really happy
[56:48] to um report that the Sounds of Summer
[56:50] Concert Series that the Oak Harbor Music
[56:52] Festival um is presenting this year um
[56:56] it they've just been wonderful. We've
[56:58] had such a great turnout of our
[57:00] community members enjoying our beautiful
[57:03] central park of Oak Harbor or of Woodby
[57:05] Island at Wind Jammer. We have two more
[57:08] left. Um Joel Gibson Jr. is coming in
[57:11] and then we'll end with one of our local
[57:13] favorites, Dana Osborne. So come down
[57:16] and enjoy those um Wednesday evening
[57:18] concerts. Our Oak Harbor Music Festival
[57:21] volunteer drive has kicked off. So see
[57:24] the website if you want to sign up for
[57:26] that. And we have scheduled our meet and
[57:28] greet on Monday the 24th of August at
[57:31] the Elks Lodge for our volunteers to
[57:33] come in and um grab their t-shirts and
[57:36] say hello to their their leads. And then
[57:39] lastly, the Oak Harbor Creative Arts
[57:41] Foundation is still very quietly but
[57:44] slowly and deliberately working through
[57:47] our phase one feasibility study for the
[57:49] initiatives of seeing a performing arts
[57:52] center built here and a maker space
[57:54] opened. and we are really wanting your
[57:58] signatures. That's all. Right now, we
[58:00] have a goal of g getting 5,000 community
[58:02] members signatures. It's big for Oak
[58:04] Harbor, I know, but please visit us at
[58:08] ocaf.org
[58:10] to let us know that you're behind our our thoughts and our initiatives.
[58:15] Thank you.
[58:18] >> Oh, Valerie,
[58:20] >> um, is there an age range for the music
[58:22] festival? cuz I have a lot of high
[58:24] schoolers and I'm not sure if Yeah. for
[58:28] volunteers cuz there's volunteer hours
[58:30] for high school. So that's throw that
[58:32] out there. We love our young volunteers.
[58:36] Yes. Operations likes having them and
[58:39] they'll get signed off on their
[58:40] community hours. Thank you.
[58:41] >> Yeah,
[58:44] >> Robert
[58:49] No comment. Let go.
[58:54] Joseph,
[58:56] >> will there please be more crab in the
[58:58] water before the end of the season? No,
[59:00] it's good
[59:16] there. You know what? There's nothing on
[59:18] here for your update, Craig. So, you're
[59:21] just going to be in member comments.
[59:24] That's where you're at. Okay.
[59:27] >> Well, uh, the only thing I really have
[59:30] that I want to say is I had put a
[59:32] activity guide in front of each and
[59:34] every one of you. In that activity
[59:36] guide, there is a section that has
[59:40] information on the arts and just
[59:44] Yeah.
[59:46] page number eight and that is
[59:48] going to be mailed out to everybody in
[59:51] the 98277
[59:53] zip code. So that's going to be hitting
[59:55] soon. So we are getting some outreach
[59:57] happening and I just wanted to make you
[59:59] guys aware of that.
[1:00:02] >> Thank you
[1:00:04] Sandy.
[1:00:07] » I'm sorry.
[1:00:09] >> Did you produce that yourself or did
[1:00:12] Maggie put it together? How did that
[1:00:13] happen? Uh the the activity guide is
[1:00:15] something that's produced by the
[1:00:16] recreation department actually.
[1:00:18] >> Got it.
[1:00:18] >> Yeah.
[1:00:19] >> I want to help.
[1:00:20] >> Okay.
[1:00:22] >> Sandy,
[1:00:24] >> thank you. I was delighted to be able to
[1:00:26] make the motion to get the money for the
[1:00:29] um lion's head for the playhouse. It was
[1:00:31] the funnest motion all year. Um and and
[1:00:35] just so you know, I will not be here
[1:00:36] next month, but I'll be thinking about
[1:00:38] it. Okay.
[1:00:41] No, I don't do Maui. I do Kona.
[1:00:44] [laughter]
[1:00:48] Any other member comments before we move
[1:00:50] on to future agenda items?
[1:00:55] No. So, determination of future agenda
[1:00:58] items. I have a couple. Um I believe
[1:01:02] Reese um Losinger is her term is up.
[1:01:07] Craig, is that correct? and maybe it's
[1:01:09] time to start posting some interest of
[1:01:13] who would be her successor.
[1:01:17] >> Yeah, we were talking about that. That's
[1:01:18] something we're going to look into and
[1:01:20] uh make sure we are prepared to uh that term either is ended or ending very
[1:01:25] soon and we do want to make sure we get
[1:01:27] the next student representative um in
[1:01:31] here. So, we we will be talking about
[1:01:33] that. Yes, absolutely.
[1:01:34] >> Okay, Valerie. Um, what are the
[1:01:37] requirements for that? Is it like an
[1:01:39] age? They just have to be in high school
[1:01:42] at Okar High School or do they have to
[1:01:45] be involved in some sort of, you know, I
[1:01:48] actually not 100% on the requirements
[1:01:50] there, but that I will have we'll make
[1:01:53] sure that we get that information again
[1:01:55] for the next uh
[1:01:56] >> as I have a new high schooler coming in.
[1:01:59] So, I'm just I'm I'm going to
[1:02:01] [clears throat] be at Okar High School
[1:02:02] all the time.
[1:02:03] >> I believe policy says they have to
[1:02:07] attend school in Oak Harbor and have to
[1:02:10] live in Oak Harbor.
[1:02:14] It's it's in our ordinance and bylaws.
[1:02:18] >> Thank you.
[1:02:20] >> And then the other um I already
[1:02:23] mentioned, but just you know maybe um
[1:02:26] have that as an added agenda item is our
[1:02:29] updated financial status.
[1:02:32] Any
[1:02:33] other agenda item suggestions?
[1:02:37] >> Yes.
[1:02:38] >> I want to review whatever the results
[1:02:39] are of our meeting next week so we can
[1:02:42] make some decisions about how to move
[1:02:43] forward.
[1:02:46] » We're going to Craig and we're all going
[1:02:48] to have a meeting on the signs and QR
[1:02:50] codes, etc. And I think we should
[1:02:52] absolutely um make that a priority to
[1:02:56] move forward on next on the next meeting
[1:02:58] so we can review the results of it.
[1:03:00] >> Right. So would so please clarify for
[1:03:03] me. Would that be a subcommittee update
[1:03:05] or would are you calling out for
[1:03:08] something separate?
[1:03:08] >> I can put together a presentation on
[1:03:10] what's discussed.
[1:03:11] >> Okay, great.
[1:03:11] >> Yeah,
[1:03:12] >> perfect.
[1:03:13] >> And now I'm sorry. I'm just learning how
[1:03:16] all this works. So I don't really know.
[1:03:18] All I know is I want to talk about that
[1:03:20] at the next meeting. You make a
[1:03:21] decision. Okay. Thank you.
[1:03:22] >> And we are. We're going to talk about
[1:03:24] it. Thank you. And I was just going to
[1:03:26] throw out that school starts next month.
[1:03:28] So it might be a good idea to throw that
[1:03:30] out to the high school because school's
[1:03:32] starting. So because everyone's looking
[1:03:34] to do things to get their volunteer
[1:03:36] hours and whatnot. So sooner rather than
[1:03:38] later for that possibly.
[1:03:43] Any other agenda items?
[1:03:51] And then maybe at that point um Brandon,
[1:03:54] we could have um maintenance as an
[1:03:58] update on the agenda as well. That would
[1:04:01] be fabulous.
[1:04:03] >> Uh that'll depend on whenever we
[1:04:05] schedule the the meeting. Yeah.
[1:04:12] » Okay. So, our next meeting is September
[1:04:16] 10th from 5 to 6 here in the city hall.
[1:04:22] Is there any other comments before we
[1:04:25] adjourn?
[1:04:27] >> Cynthia, I'd like to make a motion we
[1:04:29] adjourn at 6:05.
[1:04:33] I will second that
[1:04:35] and call for a vote.
[1:04:38] >> I agree.
[1:04:39] >> All thanks.
[1:04:40] >> In favor? Yep. Thanks. Okay. I I
[1:04:43] >> wonderful 60552.
[1:04:47] We did good. Thanks, guys.
[1:04:50] >> Bye, everybody. on whatever makes sense
[1:04:53] for whatever's going to