Arts & Culture Commission - Aug 31st, 2026

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[0:03] So, is it 401?
[0:08] 401.
[0:11] We will call the,
[0:13] August 31st, 2026, Arts and Culture Commission meeting to, order, and our first item of business is Pledge of Allegiance.
[0:26] I pledge allegiance to the… United States of America.
[0:31] to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
[0:43] Will the Clerk please, call roll, Paul?
[0:47] Commissioner Erickson?
[0:51] If you can turn your microphone on, sir?
[0:56] One more time, it should stay red. Oh, it should stay… here.
[1:03] Commissioner Hopkins? Present.
[1:06] Commissioner Rooney?
[1:10] Vice Chair Busy?
[1:11] Present.
[1:12] Chair Pugh? Present. We have a quorum. Thank you.
[1:16] So, first item is we will approve the agenda, and I'll just go ahead and motion,
[1:23] To second the motion? I second. Second. Before you go through with approving the agenda, if… Oh, I need to change that. There was a, system error, though there is a duplicate item. The Commission can decide to amend and remove that duplicate item now. Alright, I'll take care of that. So…
[1:42] We do have a duplicate approval of minutes for the July 27th, 2026, so I would like to make a motion to reduce or strike one of those. We just have motion. We have just the 3A and not 3B.
[1:57] And so I'd like a second to that. Second. Perfect. Let's vote. Everyone in favor, I'll start. Yay.
[2:05] I… Yay. Yay.
[2:07] Paige Rooney: Yay.
[2:08] So, approved, we will strike the, 3B approval of minutes. And next, we'll do an approval of the agenda, now that we've made that correction, correct? Alright, perfect. I'll go ahead and motion that, too, so let's approve the agenda. Second, please. Second.
[2:24] Voting, I'll start the voting, yay.
[2:28] I… Yay.
[2:31] Paige Rooney: Yay.
[2:32] Perfect, so approved. The third item is the approval of minutes for
[2:39] July 27th, 2026, and it wasn't the test.
[2:45] No, I want someone else to do the motions, please. Move approval. Thank you. Second, please. Second. All right. And we'll vote. I'll start the voting. Yay.
[2:59] Yay. Yay. Okay, so approved. So the approval of minutes, done. So next, we have public comments. And we have a person in the audience, Ms. Lori Larson from Pillow Main Street Association, and she's going to give a brief, a little,
[3:16] not super long, but just a discussion about their mural project, so that maybe in the future, the Commission and PMSA may get together and do some mural work. And just for the Commission's, awareness, public comments are 3 minutes in total. I will give you a 30-second warning. That's perfect, that's okay, yeah.
[3:35] You'll just need to turn on your microphone, ma'am. There should be a little button on the… yes.
[3:41] Man, I have green light.
[3:44] Hi, I'm Lori Larson.
[3:45] I am a board member of the Puyallup Main Street Association.
[3:49] And I am chair of the design committee. I'm here today to talk about the mural program. We've been,
[3:58] financing murals painted downtown on buildings, and we have enough now that the committee has taken an inventory, gone out, taken photographs, identified the artist if we could, the condition of the painting, what year it was done, its title, and we'd like to create a brochure.
[4:17] like, the arts downtown is created for all the sculptural work downtown, similar to that. The one thing that we're lacking, and we're hoping there's a potential partnership, is someone to actually design the brochure. We don't have any of the software or tools.
[4:34] Or somebody with the skills, to put it together in a format that can actually be…
[4:39] Post it on the website, and then download it as people find interest. And this is something that the city can post, Puyallup Main Street can post, so that we have another draw to downtown besides the sculptures. And there's enough now that people are starting to ask questions.
[4:56] The other thing was I wanted to find out if the Commission, has any policies about restoring existing artwork on buildings, because there are some murals that have been on these buildings for a period of time, and they're starting to peel off, they're starting to fade, they're degrading.
[5:14] And we want to check with the city to find out if there are any restrictions or protocols that we need to follow to do any restoration of that work.
[5:26] I can answer any questions if you have any, otherwise I'm done. Unfortunately, when it comes to public comment, the Commission is not able to respond back and forth. You were able to make your comment as such. Thank you for your time. Thank you so much.
[5:43] Kate…
[5:45] Next is new business, and we have two new commission members. Eric, are you going to introduce them, or you want me to do that?
[5:53] Either or. I just wanted to bring that to your attention. We have two new Commission members, Commission Member John Hopkins and Commission Member Alden Erickson. So, I just want to welcome them to the Commission. Thank you so much for your service, and looking forward to working with you.
[6:06] We appreciate the two of you being here, you have no idea.
[6:13] Because up until now, it's been pretty much Paige, myself, and Commissioner Bussey here trying to hold the fort down, so to have two additional members is pretty awesome. And Mr. Hopkins is also part of PMSA and Arts Downtown, so we have some
[6:29] greater liaisons, which I think will really help us out in the long run. So, if you guys want to say a little bit at all, just…
[6:38] Say who you are, and what your background is, and why it brought you here.
[6:44] Thank you. Alden Erikson, I've been,
[6:48] resident of Puyallup for over 20 years. I've enjoyed
[6:53] the sculptures and the arts, in Puyallup, Kind of…
[6:59] from afar, and I'd like to get involved and give back. Perfect, thank you.
[7:04] Mr. Hopkins?
[7:05] Yeah, I wanted to get on the commission because I saw the need for that collaboration that Brad mentioned. There's been a bit of a disconnect, that's kind of obvious.
[7:19] And being on the design committee with Laurie, for Puyallup Main Street, I think should help a little bit. And being on Arch Downtown.
[7:33] On their board, hopefully we,
[7:37] avoid duplication, and can, play to all of our strengths. Perfect.
[7:44] Okay, welcome.
[7:47] Alright, next is a work plan update from… Mr. Johnson.
[7:53] Okay, yeah, thank you so much. You're welcome. Commission Pugh, Commission Chair Pugh. So one of the things that, was brought up at our last meeting was, hey, where are we with the work plan? You know, we've done some items, we've done some things, where are we with this? So, to back up a little bit, so the Commission, created.
[8:10] a work plan, back in 2024, and it was approved by this commission and also the City Council.
[8:18] And basically, in a nutshell, the work plan is a working document that has basically a list of different items that the Commission would like to see accomplished. And really, it starts out at a high level, there's some, you know, high-arching goals, and then there's also strategies that achieve those goals, and then below the strategies are a list of tactics, which are the items that I'll talk about with you a little bit more in detail.
[8:42] So, if you can see on your screen right here, so just a little bit of background. Like I mentioned, we held some study sessions in 2023, which we had Arts Downtown participate in that, and then we had initial approval of the work plan by the Commission in late 2023, and then in 2024, City Council adopted the work plan.
[9:02] So, at a high level, we had some goals here in the work plan. You can see these right before you. The first goal is to embrace Puyallup as a multicultural community composed of people from all parts of the world, from different backgrounds, ethnicities, and identities. Celebrating the people that make our community what it is today will help shape the Puyallup of tomorrow.
[9:20] Goal number two, expand beyond downtown and look for opportunities to include South Hill as an arts and culture area of interest. And number three, be your curator of different artistic mediums, and tell the world about Puyallup as an arts destination.
[9:32] We have a couple more, strengthen our relationships with existing organizations and champion their efforts to promote arts and culture, and then reimagine the Commission as a convener of ideas and a celebrator of all things arts and culture. So, we've put together a list of tactics that support those goals, and
[9:52] I just want to go through some of the items that we accomplished, because we accomplished quite a bit.
[9:57] So, first of all, work with the school district on a community mural project. So, if you remember, there is a mural on the backside of the school district building. That's something that the school district reached out to us about and collaborated on, so glad that they were able to get that accomplished.
[10:15] Create a public art gallery in the library. As you can see, that photo right there is the brand, brand new library display case that we finally got completed. We'll talk more about that in a moment.
[10:26] regular updates from Arts Downtown at meetings, getting more collaboration, with Arts Downtown, specifically Nicole Martineau.
[10:34] whether it's regular email updates from her, but also us going to their meetings, and vice versa. So really increasing that collaboration. We also approved a new mission and vision statement. That was one of the first items that we accomplished from the, work plan. I believe the previous vision and mission statement, helped me out here was quite long.
[10:55] And quite verbose, so we wanted to tighten that up a little bit more. Expand the signal cabinet program to the South Hill region of Puyallup, that's something that we continue to work on.
[11:06] a guest list for local area partners to provide updates. That's something that we started, but we want to obviously continue now that the Commission is having regular meetings again.
[11:16] and then creation of a commission position on the Arts Downtown Board to strengthen communication. I'm looking over here at Commission Member Hopkins. As soon as I saw your name get approved, I added that bullet point. Well, well done! Write it on your list and check it off.
[11:34] And then, of course, as you all probably remember, a new meeting date and time frequency. Previously, oh, help me out, I think… It's Friday. Fridays at 10? Yes. I think was the… Totally unworkable. Yeah, and it was, yeah, just not workable, so we did a doodle poll, and we found that this day and time worked the best for most everyone on the commission, and obviously the new commission members, so that's always great.
[12:00] Here's just a few items that are in progress. Partner with the Northwest Symphonetta to create music nature walks. I think the last we left this off, we were thinking about doing it at Bradley Lake Park. I can't… I'll have to go back through my notes. We were close. And, yeah. Having this on board. Yeah, I…
[12:19] I'm trying to remember, I think it was something to do with, oh, the playlists. We had to get the playlist put together with, with Karen. So that's one thing that we need to finish up.
[12:29] coordinate and install an art sculpture at Bradley Lake Park. I know that we talked quite a bit about that. I think at one point, I think Arts Downtown had an artist that they thought would be a good fit, but I need to follow up with them on that.
[12:45] And then, partner with the library to create musical story times. That was another item that the Commission, expressed a desire in moving forward. So those items are in progress.
[12:55] And then…
[12:56] Here's something that I'm looking for direction from you all. Here's a list of some items that we haven't begun, but are in the work plan that I just want to get your feedback on as far as, like, direction for which ones we want to prioritize over the next year. Partner with the Liberty theater to create free musical, dress rehearsals in Pioneer Park. That was one item.
[13:18] I work with the city's branding consultant to create a marketing campaign that promotes Puyallup arts and Culture. I heard something earlier about potentially a brochure being made. There could be some sort of tie-in to that.
[13:28] draft a community mural plan with PMSA.
[13:31] incentive program for downtown businesses to install murals on their property, some sort of graffiti art event at the skate park, as you all know. The new skate park is going to be getting installed in the next few months, so there could be a good opportunity there to incorporate some artwork in some sort of way.
[13:49] Whether it's graffiti art or some other medium. Artwork on downtown street furnishings, you can see this image right here, are some of our brand new, very expensive, street furnishings. So, some way that we can incorporate artwork with that.
[14:05] And then a public piano program in city parks and open spaces. I know, Commissioner Bonsai, you have championed that one specifically. So, really, for the, the direction that I'm seeking from you all today is direction from you all on which work plan items that I just discussed in the last slide that you would like.
[14:25] Me and this team all together to focus on over the next year.
[14:32] Well, I like your list there. I'm glad, it's…
[14:37] you know, right down to the strategies and some specific goals. Some of the stuff Arts Downtown has been talking about
[14:46] You know, we've come to the conclusion that we're pretty much full as far as the downtown core, as far as sculptures, so we had, started…
[14:59] thinking more about parks. What can we do to expand into parks? And there are a few opportunities, one of which we've been talking about, you know, like on the Riverwalk. Yeah. You know, arts for the viewing area.
[15:14] Where the flag is, and also where the Tacoma Trail ties in. We could be doing something there. And Bradley Lake is one of those parks where you think.
[15:26] You know, there's some opportunities there, you know, so…
[15:31] Arts downtown would 100% support going into parks. We just have to be super careful how we do it, so we're not throwing
[15:42] nice little bronze work in the middle of the forests, because they make great scrap metal, you know. Yeah, and obviously, you know, something to consider is that, you know, the parks get a lot more usage for patrons than, say, you know, a, you know.
[16:01] Exactly. So, with caution, I think it is absolutely something that we should be working on.
[16:13] figuring out the best locations? Well, you know, we could go the model of sculpture that's also play equipment.
[16:21] Because we did sort of do that at the, you know, where the community center is, out there.
[16:30] Where everybody's out in the hinterlands out there, that… the bench? Yes. Yes. And maybe that's the tack that we look at in those parks, so it becomes an active piece, and that's… it's totally doable.
[16:42] Which is now a permanent piece. Yes.
[16:47] So, yeah, that worked totally.
[16:50] And way back.
[16:51] In my old life, we used to design things like that, like tractors that were stripped down that became climbing gyms and things like that.
[17:00] Yeah, so… I think that'd be a good… a good thing that we could…
[17:05] And even play equipment can go in that direction. You take a look at Wenatchee's waterfront stuff, and it's like, is that artwork, or is that play equipment? Exactly. I'm confused.
[17:18] It's both! Oh, good! Yeah, and so perhaps a discussion could be had with our, you know, our Parks and Recreation director, and see, like, okay, like, you know.
[17:28] which parks would this make sense to do some sort of, like, art piece that's also climbable? Especially if they're looking at doing some upgrades to their existing equipment, so it's perfect. Yeah, so for instance, the skate park would be a great example, you know, since that's already underway. Yeah, and that one has huge visibility, so it's… you know, vandalism is less likely
[17:52] In that location. Yeah, and also being close to, the Riverwalk Trail. Yes. Yeah. Yeah, it's good. That would be a good location. Okay.
[18:02] Actually, Eric, I think that every one of these we want to work on. There's no question. And for sure, the last one. We've been talking about this for how long, Commissioner Busy? Three years? Two years? Okay. Yeah.
[18:16] I'd like to throw one other one out, if people have an interest.
[18:22] Our gallery program
[18:25] for Arts Downtown is rather weak, so for people to have a place to display flat work, you know, artwork, paintings, that kind of thing. We have the Senior Center, now we've got a nice little display case in the library, but
[18:44] what else is there? Somehow or another, that needs to get expanded, and I'm not sure the strategy for doing that. I know that there was one item mentioned, and this was more of a long-term item, was, leasing a space at the South Hill Mall, or working on some sort of, like.
[19:00] empty space at the South Hill Mall that perhaps the city could get, you know, leased to for…
[19:05] you know, free, or a dollar, you know, that's like a public space where, you know, artwork could be displayed. Just activate some of those orphan areas that are all too prevalent there at the mall.
[19:15] So… Well, and that ties in too, you know, we get so many… we'll… we'll see what we get this year, but…
[19:21] in the past, so many submissions for the signal wraps. That's a way to then bring those submissions that don't make the signal wraps out into the community. So if we have a space like that, they can actually show that static work for everyone to see. And, you know, that's a playbook from Tacoma. They… that's how they activated spaces, and we were involved in one of those even in Seattle one time, where we…
[19:43] put artwork in the old Bons Marcher building that had been discontinued. So, it's a well-used playbook, but it works, and it activates those
[19:53] you know, spaces that have just become sort of vacant. Yeah. And so that would be perfect. So perhaps I could reach out to David Montefideo over at South Hill Mall and begin a conversation with that.
[20:04] So, because I know that… that is in the work plan. Yeah, it is. And I think she's…
[20:09] the reach out, And then again, I think that's a great way we can
[20:14] bring the signal wrap work further out there. Yeah. Because there's so much work that doesn't get seen. Yeah. Yeah, there's a lot of,
[20:23] You know, especially in this last round, gosh, how many did we get? 300?
[20:27] Something like that? At least, I think it was more than that. Yeah, a lot of… a lot of great submissions. Yeah. That was a good problem to have. Had lots of good artwork, and so it would not… it would be nice to have another form for them to… Yes. …be daylighted. And then, the next one that relates back to that is, what are you thinking for artwork on the benches?
[20:48] Are you thinking about things that are attached to that that's a static piece, like a…
[20:53] Yeah, thinking more of, like, things that could be easily wrapped onto the existing, infrastructure, so, like, the, the garbage cans. I've seen other communities where there's, like, wraps that go around, the garbage receptacles. The city of Astoria, where I'm from originally, they're actual, like, you know, they're designed to look like old cannery cans. Oh, yeah. You know, things like that.
[21:13] That, that kind of, you know.
[21:16] make them stand out. Something you could actually go on the back, you could sit against it, that kind of stuff. It'd be like the panels that… was that PMSA? Sorry, but PMSA did some panels in the Diagon Alley. Yes. And so…
[21:29] there would be stuff like that. That's what I'm just trying to get my head around what it might be. Yeah, I know, the last time I was at the City of Palm Springs, they had actual benches that were wrapped in artwork, and then they had a really nice bronze plaque that had a QR code that it went to the city's website, and it was a biography on the artist that did the bench. So things like that. There's… there's… Because that could be part of the mural law.
[21:53] Yeah. So those pieces, they become the static pieces, but they're part of that whole program. Okay. Exactly.
[22:01] And places to, latch bicycles to, you know? Yeah. Those out there, like they have up in Seattle. Yeah, it'd be perfect. They're pretty cool, too. Street furnishing type stuff that's artistic at the same time. Yeah, unlike Spokane, where they just drop them.
[22:18] Well, and it's just… it's also… it's beautifying somewhat mundane things, like, you know, we… Yes. You go to every town, everywhere, there's benches, there's garbage receptacles, and then they kind of…
[22:29] they kind of disappear in with the noise, and so to beautify that, just like with the signal cabinets. Well, even, again, back to PMSA, they put stickers on the ends of the dumpsters.
[22:43] So, all of that. I know it's not part of the authorized work plan, and it's probably a discussion for future, but
[22:51] Dean Johnson had talked about a performing arts center paid for by LTAC. I know that's a bit optimistic and pie in the sky, but at some point, that might be… it might be a discussion. Well, we had a student that came and gave a presentation about
[23:08] A performing arts center at a very, very high level.
[23:12] conceptual… I don't think he even had cost estimates. I think it was just something that was, aspirational. It was part of his senior… it was either graduate or senior thesis. Yeah.
[23:24] Paige Rooney: Yeah, but it was his master's thesis for architecture at UW. Yep.
[23:28] Paige Rooney: Yeah, and he… I don't know too much about his final product, but, it sounded like it was pretty thorough, like, he had estimates of a lot of things, so if we want to take a look at it, we can definitely contact him. He's one of my friends, so I don't know if we want to…
[23:44] Paige Rooney: you know, contact him and see what ideas he had or anything like that, but… Okay.
[23:49] Well, Paige, what do you think? You know, I got an invite to his presentation, but there's no way I could make it.
[23:56] Do you think he'd be willing to come back and visit us?
[23:59] Paige Rooney: I can definitely ask, I know he'll still be around. I think he's actually gonna be moving temporarily to Europe for a year for an internship for architecture, so…
[24:09] Oh, cool.
[24:10] Paige Rooney: but I think that's not until January or February, so I think he'll be around for the next few months.
[24:14] Because he did come and present, which was cool, and so we knew about it, so if he'd be willing to come back, that would be awesome. Okay.
[24:21] So I can reach out to, I believe it's Nolan, correct?
[24:27] Yeah, okay. Yeah. Okay.
[24:29] You can have him come back, yeah.
[24:32] In the meantime, if anyone on the commission has a spare $100 million… Performing arts centres can be a notorious, you know, you know, hole for money pit, you might say.
[24:49] So… Yeah, the City Federal Way recently built one. Yeah. And I know Cody is our, you know, former parks manager over there, so we can talk with him and get some idea. They can be disastrous, so…
[25:05] You gotta watch out what you're doing. Now that Mr. Hopkins brought it up, if we have a…
[25:10] rattling around our agenda, that means it's rattling and we're thinking about it, and maybe we can start doing whatever we can to chip away at it.
[25:19] we can push some certain places to see if they're really serious about it. Yeah, and it wouldn't hurt to, survey the community. Not at all. There's, you know, a desire from the community to see something like that. Yes. It's… as far as I've been here, I don't think the question's ever been posed.
[25:37] So… Well, maybe it's time to pose it. Let's see, yeah. We could… that would be something that could come through your department and Arts Commission, with our blessing. Yeah. Yeah.
[25:47] Yeah, just put together a brief survey. What I'd like to do first is, get Nolan back here, get some more information from him, and then maybe work with him and you all on a quick survey to put out. It was interesting, because he… he put it in the library parking lot.
[26:01] He did what? He put the… his…
[26:04] building in the library parking lot. Oh, yeah, that's what we need. Less popping. Yeah, I thought it was brilliant, because that was kicked in the bubble, for sure. Yep.
[26:17] I think this plant actually has parking under it.
[26:19] Paige Rooney: underneath it or something. It was, like.
[26:21] Hell yeah.
[26:22] You can always make parking.
[26:24] Totally.
[26:27] Okay.
[26:28] Is that it? Okay, yep. Are you guys good? All right, thank you. Thank you.
[26:33] Thanks, Eric.
[26:35] Are you gonna just go ahead and run right into the library display case?
[26:39] Yeah, certainly. Yeah, go for it. Yeah.
[26:42] So, with your packet, there is a image, well, and you actually also saw it in the presentation, that is the library display case, that was recently installed, I think, a few weeks ago.
[26:57] The contractor that we have installed it, they did a great job, they came in, and I think they were done within, like, 5 or 6 hours. It was actually very interesting. I had my, city manager come with me to go take a look at it, and when he walked in, he walked right past it, because
[27:14] Because it looks so seamless. It seamlessly blended in. You can't even tell that that wasn't ever heard. And I believe that has happened with our library director, too. When she was walking, she just passed by, it didn't even… it just blended so well… That's awesome. …the other display cases, so…
[27:30] Yeah, so, the project has been completed. The next steps is we need to draft a, a contract. It's a memorandum of agreement, basically, between us and Arts Downtown for the management of the display case. So I'm working with our city attorney on that, and hopefully we'll be getting, Arts Downtown and signatures on that once that's finalized.
[27:53] then we want to schedule a ribbon-cutting ceremony, with you all and City Council to celebrate this. Right. So yeah, so, I will be sending out a doodle poll.
[28:02] To everyone, to find dates and times that works best for folks, and then get that scheduled, and yeah.
[28:08] Sweet. Yeah, that's great work. Yeah, that's awesome. Great.
[28:13] And then the last item was the, signal wraps, update.
[28:19] Yeah, so, just a brief update. So,
[28:23] essentially, I brought the, call to artists, document to you all at the last meeting, and you gave me some comments and thoughts on that. I've integrated those thoughts and comments into the call to artists, and we are getting ready to send that out. The one thing that I'm waiting on is the signal cabinet dimensions, so I'm getting those numbers from our Public Works crews, because, if you recall, the last time we did the call to artists, we got a lot of
[28:47] inquiries about the dimensions of the cabinets so that the artist could design it around the specific dimensions, and so…
[28:54] Being proactive, we want to include that in the call-out, so that way we're just, okay, here are the dimensions, and then that way.
[29:01] That way folks have that information. No, it's perfect. And actually, this is the evolution, because before, we just put it out there, and this stuff just got stretched over it. Exactly. And now people are actually thinking about, okay, how does this actually fit onto the wrap, or onto the…
[29:17] the cabinet itself. This is perfect. Another point, too, is that the cabinet is not just one cabinet. Right. It's multiple pieces, and so there's ours, they're like, okay, well, I'm gonna, you know, design this part of the artwork for this part, and then this part and this part, so it just looks more intentional.
[29:32] So it'll be really… it's gonna be really interesting to see what we get, because I think it's gonna be… it's gonna change the game for a lot of people. Exactly. And so, we had intentionally, put off sending the call out until the school year starts back up again, which I believe school is starting… Wednesday. Wednesday, so…
[29:49] Hopefully we can get that out, get those submissions in, and by the time we meet again.
[29:56] At our next meeting in… is it October? I can't remember when… when is our next meeting? The next scheduled meeting is October 22nd. Sorry, 26th. October 26th. Because we're still every other month. Correct. Okay. So by then, we should have a completed, call to artists
[30:11] process, and we should have some submissions for y'all to, that should be perfect. …decisions on, so… Because we could… they would be ready for a spring install. Yeah, that'd be great. Exactly. Okay. So yeah, that concludes my update. Yay. Thank you very much.
[30:26] Paige Rooney: And Eric also sent me, a flyer for the, the signal cabinet wraps, that I'll give out, so I… at the fair, I help oversee, the art departments and stuff, so I can definitely, when they come pick up their artwork at the end of the fair, at the end of September, they can pick up a flyer or scan the QR code.
[30:45] Perfect. That's a great idea. Thanks, Paige. That's awesome. Yep, and it's just a… it's a teaser flyer. Yeah. Coming soon, you know, more info on the city's website, so that way it gets… because I… I knew… I looked at the… the email that you sent, Paige, I was like, okay, I gotta get you that flyer right away, it's coming up.
[31:02] I was able to bang that one out.
[31:04] Paige Rooney: Yes, thank you, yep, we opened up… That's crazy. A little crazy.
[31:08] Thank you. Commissioner, I just have one last item, regarding the Nature's Throne artwork. As you all know, it was damaged recently. One of the wings was cut off. We had the artist, come this past Thursday and repair that, so…
[31:24] So the B is, is, back in business, or back in business. Thank you. That's a good one, because Arts Downtown has been discussing that. You know, we… we do the maintenance on just about every one of them, and
[31:37] It's nice to know that you were doing that one. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I think my… yeah, my city manager got an email with the photo, and I was calling Tomas that day, so when can we get you down here? Yeah, they were around on top. I do have a quick question on the signal wraps. I know that this
[31:55] process is down the road a fair bit, but looking at the future, I've had a discussion with the Conservation District, you know, specifically with Dana. They have a cabinet right on that very busy corner.
[32:14] Of Stewart and Fifth, and of course the Conservation District would be perfect for something like, an Orca whales.
[32:24] shooting out of the signal box or something. Yeah, that sort of a thing. So they're very much interested in that, and they even have people who can do preliminary designs on that kind of a thing.
[32:39] So, it would be nice to know the process if people can jump in and request to see if they can be
[32:49] Put on the list to see if it qualifies for, you know, all the different things, like.
[32:55] the district, you know, you know, and the busyness and all that kind of a thing. I know that, you know, we've done some one-offs before, like with the electrical box, over by the,
[33:08] the spray park. Yeah, the PSE box. …as a one-off. So yeah, so what I can do is reach out to Dana, and Brian is kind of my person that I talk to, and schedule a meeting. Oh, Brian, the consultant, Brian? Brian Mullman, I think that's his name? Oh, it's a different one, okay. Yeah, but Dana, yeah, I'm familiar with, so reach out to them and get a meeting going with them. I mean, it'd be a perfect fit there, but…
[33:32] You know, I'm not objective in the least. Well, you know, we do have to be careful, because we've sort of billed this as a public program, but we do have… we do have themes, and so the theme there for that signal wrap would be something that would be related to the Conservation District.
[33:50] And I, personally, I think that we should keep it the public.
[33:55] Program, and not have a consultant involved in it, but make sure that those people that they may have in mind do be… are part of that call.
[34:05] So they're in the pool as everyone else is. Yeah, and the easy solution to that is we can just add that signal cabinet to next year's list. Yes. And then I can send information out to Dana, say, hey, we've got this on the list, we'd love for you guys to submit, that way the process is and system is intact. Yep. Yeah, they'd love to participate in that. That'd be great.
[34:27] Yeah, absolutely. Because we do, we do select based on the themes that we're given and where they're at. So, that's why everything around the fairgrounds, it has a sort of fair-related program. Yeah, I see that. I look at the signal wrap, and I go, that's pretty cool. It fits in! And that's the, you know, the great thing about this commission is that we have gotten more intentional with the geographic placement.
[34:51] like, okay, like, this signal cabinet here needs to make sense for the geographic… Right. You know, if it's by Mika Mansion, maybe that's true, yes. Or if it's downtown, it needs to be something downtown-related, same thing with the fair up on the hill. Or, like, down at Shaw Robe, you did the… the containers of berries, because it was… used to be Berry Fields, there's a few still there, but yeah.
[35:15] People get that. Yeah, they do, yeah. Yeah, so that way, again, the word intentionality. Yeah.
[35:22] Perfect. Okay. Okay.
[35:24] Thank you. All right. All right. Premier, thank you. Oh, could you, send that information on the, slide, you know, with the goals and stuff? Email it out, maybe?
[35:35] Yeah, so I will send… yeah, I'll send that, and I'll also send the full work plan document. Perfect. That's what I was looking for. That way you can see the full list of everything. Yeah. Okay.
[35:46] Okay. Perfect. Great. That helps.
[35:49] Anyone have anything else?
[35:52] Yes, I would just like to acknowledge our community member who's come to observe second month in a row. You're coming a bit of a frequent flyer, so if you'd like to apply for the commission, we're always… You should join us. Yeah. But thank you for supporting.
[36:04] Thank you.
[36:07] Paige, anything? You're probably ramping up for the fair, right?
[36:10] Paige Rooney: Yep, it is crazy. I'll be here late every day this week, so…
[36:14] Thank you.
[36:18] Okay, with that, I think we can adjourn. It's, 433.
[36:24] 436. 436, sorry. And thank you, everybody. Thanks. Me too. You're welcome.
[36:30] Paige Rooney: Awesome!
[36:32] See you, Paige.