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[0:44] Oh, perfect timing.
[0:46] Hey.
[0:47] Good afternoon, evening.
[0:48] Welcome to this evening's Windsor Public Art Advocacy
[0:58] Commission meeting.
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[1:05] Oh, it's fine.
[1:06] And I'm going to.
[1:07] I actually turned it off and it's still ringing
[1:10] because it's [AUDIO OUT] off.
[1:24] I turn it off and it still pushes it through.
[1:26] I don't know how it does that.
[1:27] I'm going to actually, physically [AUDIO OUT].
[1:37] Welcome to the Windsor Public Art Advisory Commission meeting
[1:43] for Wednesday, July 22.
[1:47] We are convening at 5:00 PM at the Windsor Civic Center Council
[1:54] Chambers, located at 9291 Old Redwood Highway, Building 400,
[1:59] in Windsor.
[2:02] I'm going to officially call the meeting to order.
[2:06] Commission roll call, please.
[2:10] Commissioner Pollard is absent.
[2:12] Commissioner Ratliff is absent.
[2:13] Commissioner Tacconi?
[2:15] Present.
[2:17] Commissioner Wall is absent.
[2:20] Commissioner Reynoza?
[2:21] Present.
[2:23] Commissioner Rosales is absent.
[2:25] Youth Commissioner Fuentes is absent.
[2:27] Youth Commissioner Thompson?
[2:29] Present.
[2:30] Vice Chair Zaleski?
[2:32] Here.
[2:33] And Chair Robertson?
[2:34] Present.
[2:35] We have a quorum.
[2:38] Now we'll do the Pledge of Allegiance.
[2:41] Vice Chair Reynoza-- not Vice Chair.
[2:42] Commissioner Reynoza, will you please lead
[2:44] in the Pledge of Allegiance?
[2:45] Please stand.
[2:46] Begin.
[2:47] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
[2:52] and to the Republic for which it stands.
[2:54] One nation under God, indivisible,
[2:57] with liberty and justice for all.
[2:59] Please be seated.
[3:01] Do you have any changes to the agenda?
[3:03] There are no changes this evening, Chair.
[3:07] And starting with presentations, we
[3:09] do have outgoing youth commissioners.
[3:14] We do.
[3:14] Thank you, Chair.
[3:15] Nelle Herman, Recreation Division Manager.
[3:18] And thank you so much for joining us, Youth Commissioner
[3:23] Thompson.
[3:24] I have a couple certificates.
[3:26] We don't have Commissioner Fuentes here this evening,
[3:30] but I did just want to recognize the both of you
[3:32] for joining us this year on the commission
[3:36] and providing feedback and insightful thoughts
[3:39] and opinions on all of the things
[3:40] that we did see come before us on the commission.
[3:43] So we have a certificate here for you.
[3:45] And also, if you know of any other youth in this community
[3:49] who you think might be a good fit moving forward
[3:52] on this commission, in future years,
[3:53] please recommend them and/or tell them to check our website,
[3:58] because we do often have opportunities for high school
[4:01] students in our community.
[4:03] Thank you so much.
[4:04] [APPLAUSE]
[4:08] Thank you.
[4:10] Thank you so much for your service.
[4:12] We really do appreciate the youth
[4:14] in our community, especially their insight
[4:16] about what the arts means to them and to their peers.
[4:20] Because as adults, we sometimes think
[4:24] we know what our youth need and we can often offer suggestions,
[4:28] but often they surprise us.
[4:30] You folks surprise us because you really have the pulse,
[4:33] and you know about what's up and coming and exciting and changing
[4:38] in the world of the arts, for our community and beyond.
[4:41] So thank you so much.
[4:42] And one other thing I wanted to add too.
[4:44] I think that you mentioned that you did get the opportunity
[4:46] to participate in the artwork for the youth banners, which
[4:50] is very cool.
[4:51] So yeah, I'm very happy that you were able to do that.
[4:54] And then you'll get to see some of the workup.
[4:56] Those will be going up soon.
[4:58] I want toi also thank Fionah.
[4:59] She came out and helped us out a little bit at Cali Calmecac--
[5:01] Oh, good.
[5:02] --with our design project.
[5:03] And that was really fun to see her interacting with our younger
[5:06] students as well.
[5:07] Wow.
[5:07] That's great.
[5:09] And now we have our announcements.
[5:13] We're going to just do a around the table.
[5:16] Let's start with Commissioner Tacconi.
[5:18] We have a lot of them this evening.
[5:23] Summer Nights on the Green Concert series
[5:26] continues with Thursday Night, July 23 at the Town Green.
[5:31] The band is Sacred Fire.
[5:33] I think they're a Santana tribute band.
[5:36] They're very good.
[5:38] Farmers Market starts at 5:00.
[5:39] Concert begins at 6:00.
[5:43] Volunteer Day, Saturday, July 25 from 9:00 to 11:00.
[5:49] [INAUDIBLE] Join your neighbors and help unify our community.
[5:53] For details and RSVP, contact Parks and Rec, 707-838-1267.
[6:08] The family movies.
[6:10] On Tuesday, July 28, there's going
[6:12] to be family movies on the Green.
[6:14] The movie is The Goonies.
[6:16] It's just PG.
[6:18] It's a new LED screen and it begins at 7:00 PM.
[6:22] Movies continue on Tuesday nights on the Town Green
[6:24] through August 4.
[6:28] Garden tours and small tool swap--
[6:31] Saturday, August 1, 2026 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM,
[6:36] Windsor Community Garden, 9291 Old Redwood Highway at Joe
[6:40] Rodota Drive at Windsor Road, led by nonprofit Windsor Garden
[6:45] Club.
[6:46] This tour will showcase different gardening options
[6:49] available to the community members, natural pest
[6:52] control in the best hope of pollinator garden.
[6:55] Garden tour snacks and non-motorized garden tool swap.
[7:01] Tuesday, August 4, 2026, we have National Night Out from 6:00
[7:06] to 8:00 PM on the Town Green Market Street,
[7:09] presented by the Windsor Police Department.
[7:11] This free, family friendly event features emergency vehicles--
[7:15] get to touch that truck--
[7:18] games and safety information from first responders
[7:22] and local resources.
[7:27] Native plant seed propagation is Saturday,
[7:30] September 19 from 10:30 to noon at the Windsor Regional Library.
[7:36] In this workshop, participants will learn from Habitat Corridor
[7:41] Project many different strategies and techniques
[7:43] for propagating native plants so that they may
[7:46] start their own home nurseries.
[7:49] Windsor Day Parade is on Saturday, September 26.
[7:53] The theme of the parade is Fly Me to the Moon.
[7:56] The parade begins at 10:00 AM.
[7:58] The entries are due by [AUDIO OUT].
[8:02] For entry into the parade and parade details,
[8:04] please visit kiwaniswindsor.org.
[8:09] Sunday, Farmers Market.
[8:10] Every Sunday through December 6 from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM,
[8:13] there's going to be a Farmers Market on the Town Green.
[8:21] Thank you.
[8:23] Do we have any conflict of interest this evening?
[8:29] No.
[8:31] At this time, any members of the public
[8:33] wishing to address the Commission on any item not
[8:36] listed on the agenda may do so.
[8:38] Pursuant to the Brown Act, the Commission
[8:40] is not allowed to consider issues or take action
[8:42] on any item not listed on the agenda during this period.
[8:45] Each public comment is normally restricted
[8:47] to three minutes in length.
[8:50] And we do not have any members of the public here this evening.
[8:56] Regular calendar items.
[8:58] Those matters requiring discussion and/or action
[9:01] by the Commission will be heard at this time.
[9:03] Regular calendar items will be taken up
[9:05] and acted upon separately.
[9:08] First one we have is our approval of minutes.
[9:12] By motion, we're going to approve
[9:13] the minutes of April 22, 2026.
[9:17] And we've all received a draft of those minutes in our packets
[9:20] this evening.
[9:22] So do I have a motion for the approval of the April 22, 2026?
[9:28] Sure.
[9:28] I have a motion to approve the minutes.
[9:30] Do I have a second?
[9:31] I second that motion.
[9:34] All in favor.
[9:34] Aye.
[9:35] Aye.
[9:37] Any not in favor?
[9:39] Motion carries.
[9:42] And item 9.2, Commission work plan and meeting schedule.
[9:56] Thank you, Chair, Nelle Herman, Recreation Division Manager.
[10:00] I am here this evening to share with the Commission
[10:04] the work plan and a proposed meeting schedule
[10:07] for the next six months.
[10:10] You have seen this before.
[10:11] We did go through this practice in January,
[10:13] but I wanted to revisit with you.
[10:14] And so we could review what we've got coming up.
[10:20] I'm sorry.
[10:21] It's a little bit blurry, folks.
[10:23] I'm sorry about that.
[10:25] So to give everybody a little bit
[10:26] of background, the Public Art Advisory Commission,
[10:30] or as what I'll call it this evening,
[10:32] the Commission uses a work plan as a working document
[10:35] to help track projects and create your budget.
[10:39] All of these funds used for public art
[10:41] are held in a public art special revenue fund.
[10:44] These funds are dedicated to the acquisition, installation,
[10:48] lease, and maintenance of public art through the commission.
[10:52] There's not a specific stream of public art funding.
[10:55] All of the budget is supported by the town's general fund,
[10:59] unless a specific grant is sought after and awarded.
[11:03] The town budget was adopted on June 16, 2025.
[11:09] And due to budget cuts in every town department,
[11:13] not every item submitted through the Public Art Advisory
[11:16] Commission budget was funded.
[11:18] We've updated this work plan to show our actual expenses
[11:22] for the '25/'26 fiscal year.
[11:26] You can see here there's three columns on the left-hand side.
[11:29] The first green one is the budget that was approved
[11:32] for '25/'26, which we just finished out that year in June.
[11:37] But right next to that was what was proposed by the Commission.
[11:40] So you can see that we really did have to make some cuts.
[11:44] And what you see on the actual expenses is what we spent.
[11:48] Now if the Commission remembers, at the top there,
[11:52] you can see you have $5,000 for the Annual Mural Program.
[11:55] But the Commission did decide that our utility boxes were
[11:59] in really good shape, and we were still waiting
[12:01] for the Caltrans box approval.
[12:05] And so we didn't move forward with that $5,000 in this last
[12:08] fiscal year.
[12:09] The next item there on the actual expenses is the $2,133
[12:14] spent.
[12:15] That SMART Station installation is our photo contest.
[12:18] So that was the printing of the photos
[12:20] that the commission recommended to council.
[12:23] Council actually approved that.
[12:25] We printed those photos and we hung those
[12:27] along the SMART Station fence.
[12:29] And then the next item you see is the $2,500 that was spent.
[12:36] This was for the Bruce Johnson sculpture lease payment.
[12:40] And then right above that, you can
[12:43] see the youth banners is crossed out.
[12:46] We rolled that forward into this year.
[12:49] We're actually still waiting for our third quote
[12:52] on printing of those banners.
[12:53] We have to collect three quotes.
[12:56] So we've rolled that forward into this current fiscal year
[12:58] that we're in, and we're going to have
[13:00] that project done this year.
[13:02] And let's see.
[13:03] Down below, you can see annual project total-- so the total,
[13:06] $4,633.
[13:09] And then you see $3,689.
[13:12] That was site improvements.
[13:13] So that was site improvements to Big Joe.
[13:16] We actually had to install some lights there, according
[13:19] to that contract that we have.
[13:23] And then the $4,947, that was other expenses.
[13:28] We had some legal fees associated with the contract
[13:33] that we did for the Bruce Johnson sculpture
[13:35] and also the contract or agreement
[13:37] that we did with LBC for that sculpture that just went up.
[13:44] And you can see there, the $13,268 is the total
[13:48] of the $30,000.
[13:50] So during these hard times, it really is nice to keep it tight
[13:54] and show some savings.
[13:56] And I can see that we did that here.
[13:58] And those are the dollars we closed in June fiscal year.
[14:01] Yeah.
[14:01] OK.
[14:02] Great.
[14:03] And then moving forward to this fiscal year,
[14:05] you can see that we do have the $5,000 for the murals
[14:11] and utility boxes.
[14:12] And that would be for a new project.
[14:14] And then we have the $8,000, like I mentioned,
[14:17] for the youth banners and then the $3,500 for the lease
[14:21] payment.
[14:22] Sorry, moving back up.
[14:23] I missed something too, the SMART Station.
[14:25] We have $2,500 for more photo contests.
[14:28] And so you'll see on this next page, this tentative plan.
[14:35] So for this plan, staff is suggesting-- of course,
[14:39] we have our meeting today, August's
[14:42] proposing to be canceled.
[14:44] And then September 23rd, we will be bringing an update
[14:49] on the financial sustainability work that this Commission was
[14:53] invited to, a workshop back in May.
[14:57] And so we'll have an update in the form of a report
[15:00] out to the Commission, as well as
[15:02] a report to the Commission to plan for utility box painting
[15:07] or Connex box murals, which I know
[15:09] has been a topic of discussion.
[15:11] So staff's going to pull together
[15:13] some ideas for the Commission and some timelines,
[15:15] and present it in September.
[15:18] And then staff's proposing that October be canceled,
[15:21] and then a special meeting be called in November.
[15:25] That normal day and time for November
[15:28] is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
[15:30] We weren't sure about the availability,
[15:33] so we do have a couple meeting dates to propose
[15:37] to the Commission this evening, and then the December meeting
[15:41] canceled.
[15:41] If the Commission recalls, we would usually
[15:43] cancel December and reschedule November,
[15:46] and do a special meeting and combine those.
[15:50] I think our regular meeting day in December falls right after
[15:55] Christmas or right around there, in between Christmas and New
[15:57] Year's.
[15:59] So the special meeting dates that we do have--
[16:05] so there won't be any motion or anything on this.
[16:09] We just want to present this to you.
[16:12] We're not canceling these meetings right now
[16:14] as we approach this date.
[16:16] We will reach out to the Commission
[16:18] and confirm the meeting, whether it's officially canceled.
[16:24] But because these meetings are set by resolution,
[16:27] we can't change the schedule completely.
[16:32] But we do have two dates for the Commission
[16:34] to consider and let us know what works
[16:36] best for the special November meeting.
[16:40] And that is Monday, November 9 at 5:00 PM or Thursday the 12th
[16:46] at 5:00 PM.
[16:48] And I'm sorry.
[16:49] If the Commission has any questions for me,
[16:51] that is the end of this report.
[16:55] And then you can discuss that.
[16:56] The 12th is a Saturday.
[16:59] By looking at the calendar--
[17:00] Thursday the 12th.
[17:01] --I see--
[17:01] That's September.
[17:02] Look at November.
[17:03] Oh, November.
[17:04] Excuse me.
[17:05] I do have a question.
[17:07] Can you go back to the--
[17:08] Yeah, I sure can.
[17:13] Is this the sculptor loan payment?
[17:16] Who's that to?
[17:17] That one, it's the big brown one over here.
[17:23] That is the Bruce Johnson sculpture.
[17:27] It's called the offering.
[17:29] It's right at the Oliver's roundabout.
[17:32] Does that have an end date?
[17:37] Are they going to take it back or are they
[17:39] going to loan it to us permanently after this?
[17:43] Did we make any agreement with them?
[17:44] I don't think we have.
[17:45] I don't think.
[17:46] He died.
[17:48] I know.
[17:50] We do have an agreement.
[17:52] The de-installation fees for that sculpture
[17:55] are higher than the annual lease fees.
[18:00] So it is something to consider, but let
[18:02] me pull up that agreement.
[18:05] A moment.
[18:06] As she's doing that, can I ask a quick question?
[18:09] I noticed by the freeway entrance
[18:13] at the Downtown freeway entrance,
[18:15] there's someone painting a mural on one of the boxes.
[18:19] They were painting?
[18:20] Yes.
[18:21] That's in my updates tonight.
[18:22] Oh, boy.
[18:23] Good.
[18:23] OK.
[18:24] Hopeful we got approval.
[18:26] That's why I was like, oh, they got the approval?
[18:28] For a year ago.
[18:29] [LAUGHTER]
[18:31] I was like, I didn't know if that was one of the Connex.
[18:33] But with a recent we got, like, oh, did the Caltrans go through?
[18:39] Are there any other questions while Katie's pulling up
[18:41] that lease agreement?
[18:48] What's one of the agreements?
[18:50] They had to redo the agreement because he passed away.
[18:52] And then it went into a trust.
[18:54] And so they had to go and negotiate that one.
[18:58] So over the last couple of years,
[19:00] the entity has changed from the artist Bruce Johnson,
[19:03] after his passing, to the Bruce Johnson Family Trust.
[19:06] And then they have since also now established
[19:08] Bruce Johnson sculpture.
[19:10] So our current agreement is with Bruce Johnson sculpture.
[19:13] And the new end date is June of 2030.
[19:16] Oh.
[19:17] But we still have to pay the annual fee, right?
[19:22] Yeah.
[19:22] OK.
[19:24] Or not.
[19:25] Does it say the fee in there, Katie?
[19:29] There is a $2,500 a year.
[19:44] And if there is a year where there is cleaning,
[19:49] because occasionally the sculpture does have
[19:50] to be cleaned, then the artist can invoice us up
[19:54] to $500 per year.
[20:00] Any other questions?
[20:02] And then I guess if I could get some input
[20:05] on the special meeting date, if that works for the Commission
[20:09] or which one works better.
[20:14] This point earlier in the month would be better than later
[20:17] in the month.
[20:17] November 12?
[20:19] November 9 would be better.
[20:21] Either for me.
[20:22] I can do either, but I would prefer the 9th.
[20:25] I'm fine with a Monday, so, OK.
[20:29] Well, thank you so much.
[20:34] We don't need to vote on that?
[20:36] It's OK.
[20:40] At this point, we have 10.1.
[20:44] We have individual commissioner reports and comments.
[20:49] Does anybody have any comments or reports at this point?
[20:55] I do.
[20:55] Tacconi.
[20:56] Yeah.
[20:56] I handed out earlier at the beginning of the meeting.
[21:00] Last June, we had Art at the Source.
[21:03] Two artists in Windsor were participants,
[21:06] and they were in the catalog.
[21:07] There were signs up around town, not very many of them,
[21:11] so people couldn't really find anybody.
[21:14] But it was a much smaller turnout
[21:16] than it has been in years past for the town of Windsor.
[21:19] There's more artists than actually showed,
[21:22] or they joined with other galleries that were more popular
[21:25] in other locations.
[21:27] So that was the only thing that I wanted to point out
[21:30] was a bummer for the people that participated.
[21:34] Because they really want the community
[21:35] to come to see real professional art in their studios.
[21:41] And it's really thrilling for the artists and the community
[21:45] to participate.
[21:47] The next one of these is going to be art trails.
[21:50] It's in October, the first two weekends in October.
[21:54] I will be participating, but because of the lack of turnout
[21:58] and I had it in my backyard, I'm moving mine
[22:01] to a gallery in Petaluma.
[22:03] Mhm.
[22:04] I know.
[22:05] And I can't risk the rain either,
[22:08] because I don't have a space inside to do it.
[22:10] Oh.
[22:12] But we're at a disadvantage up here in Windsor.
[22:14] Nobody really comes.
[22:16] And I don't know what Tara's doing.
[22:19] Tara has a little gallery in her, kind of, backoff room.
[22:24] What about the space in [? Railey's? ?] Is that
[22:28] currently in use?
[22:29] No.
[22:30] They moved out.
[22:31] I wonder if that would be a space for our Windsor art trail
[22:37] space.
[22:38] That would be really nice if we had a space.
[22:40] That was just a thought.
[22:41] I mean, I wonder if that's somewhere that could--
[22:43] Even the gym here.
[22:44] No, but I'm wondering if that particular space
[22:46] could be used for multiple artists at art trails.
[22:49] That would be worth looking into.
[22:50] This sounds like a future.
[22:52] Yeah.
[22:55] Our Commission would be the one that would help promote that.
[22:58] Yeah, I'm wondering.
[23:00] Because I just noticed that once people found me and got there,
[23:05] they really enjoyed the art and the being in a part of it.
[23:10] But it was difficult to find me.
[23:13] And it was also--
[23:16] Tara and I were the only ones here.
[23:19] Well, I think also, if there was a dedicated Windsor space,
[23:23] it might get more artists.
[23:24] What are the dates for the October [INAUDIBLE]?
[23:27] It's the first two weekends in October.
[23:30] Let me look.
[23:32] It would be the 3rd and 4th, and 10th and 11th.
[23:41] Right now I'm set up to be in Petaluma
[23:43] because I'll be in a real gallery,
[23:46] but that all can be changed.
[23:49] That's definitely worth having the Commission look into.
[23:52] And then other than that, is anything coming up
[23:55] that might be interesting to you?
[23:57] There's a really cool metal art show in Petaluma that's opening
[24:03] on the 23rd, which is tomorrow night.
[24:08] And it's through the whole month.
[24:09] And there's some local artists, some friends of mine
[24:12] that are in that show.
[24:13] And it's worth going to.
[24:15] It's going to be cool.
[24:18] That's all I got.
[24:22] I applied for an arts apprenticeship for the summer
[24:25] and I was accepted into it.
[24:29] I've done various things.
[24:30] I've made stepping stones for people to buy.
[24:34] I recently finished a mural of a design of a building
[24:38] on their backyard, which is 6 feet tall by three feet, which
[24:42] is one of the biggest ones I've done personally.
[24:45] And then everyone in the apprenticeship
[24:47] is working on roses, to put on the fence facing the police
[24:52] station for the roses.
[24:53] Oh, really.
[24:55] I forget how many roses there are total,
[24:57] but the smallest ones are 3 by 3 feet,
[24:59] and the biggest ones are 5 by 5 feet.
[25:01] And it's going to go all along the fence there.
[25:04] So we've been painting roses every day for the past three
[25:09] weeks now.
[25:09] Which police station, in Santa Rosa?
[25:11] In Santa Rosa Police Station.
[25:12] Oh, that's fantastic.
[25:14] Congratulations.
[25:14] Thank you.
[25:17] This is a good time for a personal update that will affect
[25:19] my seat on the Commission.
[25:21] Yes.
[25:22] OK, this will be my last day.
[25:25] Not because I don't want to be here, but I am moving to Mexico.
[25:29] Wow.
[25:31] August 11, I will be starting my trip down there
[25:35] to start the move and finish it by August 22.
[25:38] I'll be making two trips back and forth.
[25:40] I'm in talks with Angela [? Blum ?]
[25:45] down there, who is the owner of the Palomas Art Gallery.
[25:48] And we're in talks of doing an artist residency
[25:51] and how that would work out for me down there.
[25:53] So it's really exciting.
[25:55] It was a choice that my husband and I
[25:56] decided to make after my son decided to join the Marines.
[25:59] Oh, wow.
[26:00] I needed a life change so that I could live with that decision.
[26:05] But anyways, it's happening really fast.
[26:07] Wow.
[26:07] Our condo has been sold.
[26:09] What city?
[26:09] Just 40 minutes south of Guadalajara.
[26:11] It's called Ajijic.
[26:12] It's on the Lake Chapala.
[26:15] A-J-I-J-I-C.
[26:19] A-J-I-J-I-C. So we're going to have to come a long way
[26:23] for your gallery show.
[26:25] Yes.
[26:25] I mean, it's something I'm really looking forward to,
[26:30] a new adventure in life at this point in my life.
[26:33] So I can't wait.
[26:33] Wow.
[26:34] That's an adventure.
[26:35] That's really cool.
[26:36] Wonderful.
[26:37] It's really, really cool.
[26:38] Thank you.
[26:39] I'm really excited.
[26:40] I will miss you all, though.
[26:41] And I'm going to be coming back to Santa Rosa area
[26:44] probably once every two to three months for a few days.
[26:48] So I will be back.
[26:49] And if there's a meeting at that time,
[26:51] I'll be peeping and just join the--
[26:53] Public comment.
[26:54] Yeah, the public comment section.
[26:57] Let us know if there's a way for us to follow your adventures.
[27:01] Absolutely.
[27:02] Certainly.
[27:03] Instagram or any kind of blog or whatever.
[27:05] I am on Instagram.
[27:06] I pretty much just post my work on there.
[27:08] But since I'm going to be putting that aside
[27:12] for at least the next three months
[27:14] before I set up my new studio--
[27:16] I'm not much to post a lot of personal information
[27:19] on social media.
[27:20] But I may just do a little bit just to--
[27:25] To tell people where you're at.
[27:27] Exactly.
[27:29] Show off the new place.
[27:32] I'll have to find a new vice chair.
[27:34] [LAUGHTER]
[27:34] Good luck.
[27:36] There's lots of wonderful people on this Commission, so yeah.
[27:39] We have a very active local community.
[27:41] For sure, definitely.
[27:43] I know that Vice Chair Zaleski has been a wonderful addition.
[27:45] So thank you so much.
[27:46] I appreciate that so much.
[27:48] I've enjoyed it immensely, honestly.
[27:50] And we also had--
[27:53] your son was on our Commission for a time.
[27:56] So we'll be thinking wonderful things about him as well.
[27:59] Thank you.
[27:59] As he becomes a Marine.
[28:02] And we're hoping for his safety as a Marine.
[28:03] Thank you.
[28:04] Yes, thank you for saying that because also, I'm
[28:06] doing that same thing.
[28:08] Tell him we wish him well, OK?
[28:10] I will.
[28:11] We do.
[28:12] We really liked him.
[28:14] So much.
[28:15] So summer is the quiet time as an art educator.
[28:22] Busy for me personally, but it's when
[28:25] I practice everything and see what I want to do for next year
[28:29] and build my own skills.
[28:32] But since the last meeting, we finished up our pilot
[28:39] of our Cali design challenge.
[28:45] We went through the entire cycle of starting out from iteration
[28:52] and thinking about, what could we
[28:55] do to improve our Cali campus?
[28:57] Students went through the empathy phase
[29:00] of interviewing people and finding out the best
[29:04] way to make Cali art and community more
[29:09] visible on campus.
[29:11] Students designed prototypes both through measurement,
[29:17] photography, sketching, and then digital prototypes
[29:24] as well using concept art, using AI.
[29:27] They created proposals that they then presented
[29:32] to a panel of community members and got feedback.
[29:38] And then they worked with the Caleb McPhail
[29:45] from the high school, who is the construction
[29:50] teacher at the high school.
[29:51] And students work, both students who are
[29:53] in the program or designers.
[29:54] But we also had students who just
[29:56] came on for the construction phase, who
[29:57] helped build the students' projects that they had imagined.
[30:02] And so each of the projects was built. One of them
[30:09] has been installed in the upper campus.
[30:11] Students built a trellis and bench,
[30:14] and then they painted a mural.
[30:18] Most of the mural is complete.
[30:19] There's a little detail to be added in.
[30:24] One of our students, they did a mural.
[30:27] Unfortunately, the mural, for whatever reason,
[30:30] in that same conditions, that particular mural
[30:35] decided to warp.
[30:36] Oh.
[30:37] And so we are going to start over in the fall,
[30:41] but not as a mural.
[30:42] We realized what we actually want
[30:45] is vinyl to be placed onto a whiteboard,
[30:50] because the student's vision is actually something that
[30:54] can have magnets placed on it.
[30:57] So we had a whiteboard donated, and we have in our budget
[31:01] to have the student's artwork printed onto vinyl.
[31:05] So we're going to have that done,
[31:07] and that's going to be then mounted in the preschool and TK
[31:12] yard.
[31:16] And another one was students created a rainbow mural
[31:20] and they built a bench.
[31:21] And so those two things are going
[31:22] to be installed in the fall.
[31:25] But what was so exciting was every single part of it,
[31:30] we as adults got to be the guides on the side.
[31:33] We were the thinking partners.
[31:35] We were not the lead designers.
[31:37] We were not the lead of any part of it.
[31:41] Everything came from the students.
[31:43] When the students wanted to create,
[31:45] we'd say, OK, well, what's your thought here?
[31:50] Or we'd ask questions like, OK, well, how big is that?
[31:53] Well, let's go look at that.
[31:55] Is that really how tall you think it is.
[31:56] I'm this tall.
[31:58] How tall do you think that actually is?
[32:01] A student said, well, I think I want this to be 13 feet tall.
[32:05] And I said, well, how tall are you?
[32:07] Let's think about how tall is the preschooler.
[32:10] Let's talk about that.
[32:12] It was really good.
[32:12] It was good, actual design thinking,
[32:15] that really good critical thinking.
[32:17] We also brought in high schoolers
[32:19] to work with students as well, side by side.
[32:22] I think probably for me, the most exciting thing
[32:24] was we became what was called cool detention.
[32:30] Was we brought in students who, when they finished
[32:35] the first hour of their school detention
[32:39] for whatever they had done that they had earned detention,
[32:42] they could come over and help with the design projects
[32:46] as construction people.
[32:49] Students, after that, were asking to come.
[32:51] They said, well, I finished detention,
[32:52] but can I stay for two more hours?
[32:54] I love this.
[32:55] And I had kids running up to me all week long asking,
[32:59] when is that next building thing?
[33:00] It is so cool.
[33:02] Where is that cool guy who builds stuff?
[33:04] Can I build with him?
[33:05] And we got kids who felt disenfranchised,
[33:10] who, because of this project, felt excited.
[33:15] We put every single kid who participated,
[33:16] even if they participated for 20 minutes on this project--
[33:19] we put their names at open house.
[33:22] And they were running up to it and showing their parents
[33:24] that there's my name.
[33:25] I did something with this.
[33:27] So as a result, the program is going
[33:31] to be not in this exact iteration,
[33:34] but it's going to be expanded into a full-time class
[33:37] for sixth graders in the fall.
[33:39] Fun.
[33:40] It's really, really exciting.
[33:41] Go ahead, Fionah.
[33:43] I also forgot to mention that I'm
[33:44] going to be the president of my art club at the high school
[33:47] next year.
[33:47] Oh, that's great.
[33:48] So if you ever need help getting more volunteers
[33:51] or you just want to see what I'm up to, you can email me,
[33:54] and I can send some people your way and come help--
[33:56] Are you senior next year?
[33:58] I'm going to be a senior next year.
[33:59] You do senior project?
[34:01] I am going to do one, but I'm not sure what it is yet.
[34:03] OK.
[34:04] I was the judge or one of the consultants for the last two
[34:09] years, so if you need me again.
[34:11] Actually, we're going to need you.
[34:13] Sure, we can get art club in at Cali.
[34:15] Oh, yeah.
[34:17] There's tons of stuff going on at all times.
[34:20] But no, it was just-- to me, the reason
[34:22] why I talked about it so much at this
[34:24] is because it was really exactly what this Commission is about.
[34:28] It's combining our community, industry, and education.
[34:33] And it was just a beautiful thing
[34:35] that we're looking to continue at Cali
[34:37] and really make a big part of our mission.
[34:40] And just onward is what this is all about.
[34:46] And then at this point, we have our--
[34:50] do we have any requests for future agenda items?
[34:54] I think we had one.
[34:58] Oh, we did have one.
[34:59] I'd like to put on agenda discussing
[35:02] the idea of having the rally space or another space here
[35:10] in Windsor for our art trails or art source.
[35:14] Yeah.
[35:16] I think it's really good to bring art to the town
[35:19] when we can and if we have a space.
[35:22] Yeah, having a centralized space because sometimes people
[35:25] don't get up here.
[35:25] They don't know where to look.
[35:27] There's a woman that does looming, you know,
[35:32] and beautiful work.
[35:34] She's showing someplace else too.
[35:35] She lives across the highway.
[35:37] And she just didn't have the room to show, so yeah.
[35:41] [INAUDIBLE]
[35:42] And we have lots of artists that maybe aren't
[35:45] showing because of limitations.
[35:47] There's a place that is welcoming.
[35:50] Maybe they'll be.
[35:50] We also have empty.
[35:53] Yeah.
[35:56] There's lots of ideas that we can bring to the table.
[36:00] And the only bad thing is we have
[36:04] to get a space agreed upon and loaned to the art trails
[36:09] participants six months in advance,
[36:14] because they have to print the catalogs with an address.
[36:17] So that's the only weird thing.
[36:19] If not this one, then the next.
[36:21] Exactly.
[36:22] We shoot for June.
[36:23] I think it may be too late for October, actually,
[36:27] because we already had to get our stuff in.
[36:29] I had to make a quick decision on my space.
[36:33] And so I think it's too late for October,
[36:37] but I think it would be great for June next year.
[36:40] It's a really good thing to look towards.
[36:42] I think that's great.
[36:43] I think it's great.
[36:44] I think more artists would participate,
[36:46] I really do, in town.
[36:48] We got the word out.
[36:50] Any others?
[36:52] Go ahead and take advantage of me being here.
[36:54] Can you hear me?
[36:55] There we go.
[36:56] So I love the murals.
[36:59] I love all the murals.
[37:00] I just would really like to see something dedicated
[37:04] to the Chicanos in Windsor.
[37:07] We have a very large population, especially
[37:08] with our lowrider community.
[37:10] I think it would be [AUDIO OUT].
[37:16] Next few meetings, I'll get a location and start brainstorming
[37:21] [AUDIO OUT].
[37:25] I will say on that vein, it's really exciting
[37:28] to see that that is definitely represented
[37:30] in the photo contest, which is really cool.
[37:33] I love that you brought that up, though, with the murals.
[37:35] That's wonderful.
[37:43] And at this point, we have a recreation division staff
[37:47] report.
[37:48] Thank you, Chair.
[37:49] I do have a few updates for the Commission.
[37:52] As you asked earlier, we have started.
[37:55] We have one finished, actually.
[37:58] And so there's a social media post going up
[38:01] about our first Caltrans utility box that has been completed.
[38:07] This project has been, I think, at least two years
[38:10] in the making--
[38:10] at least two years.
[38:12] After the Commission recommended to council and council approved
[38:15] it, we did the contest.
[38:18] We brought in-- I can't remember how many artists, eight.
[38:23] At least.
[38:24] And they did all of their art.
[38:27] You guys recommended council.
[38:29] Council approved the art.
[38:30] And then staff took on the challenge
[38:34] of filling out and working with Caltrans,
[38:37] filling out the application to get the permits.
[38:39] That was what took the longest.
[38:42] We really had to jump through so many hoops
[38:44] and meet all of the requirements.
[38:46] And then on top of that, because time passed,
[38:49] we had to make sure all of our internal artist agreements
[38:51] were staying valid.
[38:52] We had to make sure that that budget kept rolling over
[38:55] to stick with those agreements.
[38:57] And the artists were still here.
[38:58] And that the artists still were staying,
[38:59] keeping in touch with them.
[39:01] So Katie is going to send all of the Commission
[39:04] the link to the video of that first utility box.
[39:08] It looks really good.
[39:09] It's very bright.
[39:10] It's very, very colorful.
[39:12] It'll definitely catch your eye as you're driving past.
[39:14] It's up by the freeway.
[39:16] Yes, it was at the--
[39:19] The entrance, right, the on ramp?
[39:21] Oh, really.
[39:21] Oh, wow.
[39:22] Yes.
[39:23] And it's very modern.
[39:27] It's the dancing one.
[39:28] Yeah, graphic.
[39:29] And I loved it because it's very youthful.
[39:35] So that's the update on that and that they're
[39:38] because the timeline got so messed up.
[39:40] We're just letting the artists come to us
[39:42] or we're keeping in touch with them,
[39:43] but planning a time that works best for them.
[39:46] Good.
[39:46] Not keeping them restricted to just a month time frame.
[39:50] So we're trying to be very flexible with that
[39:52] so we can get as many done as we can.
[39:55] Youth banners, I did already mention in the last report.
[39:59] We are waiting for or searching actually
[40:02] for another quote for those banners
[40:04] so that we can pick one of those quotes
[40:07] and move forward for printing.
[40:09] And then we will do printing and then install them,
[40:12] which I'm very excited.
[40:13] Those are going to be a nice refresh to our banners
[40:16] that hang from our light poles.
[40:18] Are they all going to get replaced?
[40:20] All of the section, so around the Town Green
[40:24] and then down from the roundabout down
[40:26] to the high school.
[40:29] So that's all of them.
[40:30] Right?
[40:31] Mm-hmm.
[40:31] Oh, that's great.
[40:33] Is there a time frame that you expect
[40:35] them to be done by, roughly?
[40:38] I know how this stuff is.
[40:40] It's hard to say because it depends
[40:42] on if we go with-- depending on the quote that we go with
[40:45] and if that's a local printer or not local,
[40:48] and then if they have to be shipped.
[40:50] And so there's so many different factors.
[40:51] But as soon as we get them, I think that we'll get them up
[40:54] pretty quickly.
[40:55] We'll just have to schedule it with our parks crew, and yeah.
[41:01] But we had a timeline.
[41:02] But the timeline was June, and that passed really quickly.
[41:06] Getting back to the utility boxes for a second,
[41:08] how many do we have, eight total that are going to go in?
[41:12] That's what I was saying.
[41:13] I thought we had eight, but I think
[41:14] it might be more artists than that.
[41:16] It's been so long.
[41:17] It's been a long time.
[41:18] And we've done all of the other projects.
[41:19] It's all the numbers melted together.
[41:22] And there's a couple that aren't available anymore.
[41:27] We went to college.
[41:28] [LAUGHTER]
[41:29] They went away.
[41:30] To get that full update, staff can update the Commission too
[41:33] on that.
[41:35] And then one other update, I'm not sure
[41:38] if the commission recalls, but in May, you
[41:40] were invited to participate in a workshop
[41:43] with the recreation staff regarding our parks, programs,
[41:47] and events.
[41:48] In this workshop, we reviewed the topic
[41:51] of financial sustainability through the lens of recreation.
[41:56] And each individual participating
[41:59] was asked to rank recreation service categories
[42:04] and their level of benefit.
[42:05] I think Carol participated--
[42:08] on a community benefit level versus an individual benefit
[42:11] level.
[42:12] So we've been working on this over the last few months,
[42:16] and we have tentatively scheduled to bring forward
[42:18] a report to the Commission and then
[42:20] on to council for this fall.
[42:22] And so we'll have that ready for the Commission in September.
[42:27] And it's interesting and informative.
[42:30] It's very interesting.
[42:31] And that is all my updates.
[42:33] Cool.
[42:34] Thank you very much.
[42:35] Well, I know Carol and I have been here, Carol longer than me.
[42:40] You've been here for the entire process of the Caltrans boxes.
[42:44] I've been here for quite a bit of that process.
[42:46] I mean, I almost pulled my car over.
[42:49] I was so excited to see that Caltrans box.
[42:52] I forgot that we were even waiting anymore.
[42:54] But then I was like--
[42:55] Oh, it's never going to happen.
[42:56] It was with my 15 and 1/2 year old on the car.
[42:58] I'm like, look, they're painting on the Caltrans box.
[43:01] They're painting.
[43:01] He's like, what?
[43:02] So what?
[43:03] Like, no, you don't see how exciting this is.
[43:06] Oh my gosh, the regulation you have to jump through.
[43:08] Oh my gosh.
[43:09] I'm like, oh, it's a cool one.
[43:10] Look.
[43:12] No, very exciting.
[43:13] Yay.
[43:13] So for those of you--
[43:15] if you're listening, my friends that painted the Caltrans box,
[43:19] right on.
[43:20] It's really exciting.
[43:21] That's great.
[43:22] So at this point, we're going to adjourn.
[43:26] The next meeting of the Public Art Advisory Commission is
[43:29] scheduled for August 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM in the Civic Center
[43:34] Council Chambers, located at 9291 Old Redwood Highway
[43:39] Building 400 in Windsor.
[43:42] We adjourn.
[43:43] Have a nice evening.
[43:43] Thank you.
[43:44] Thank you.
[43:45] Thank you.
[43:45] Thank you.
[43:46] Nice to see you.
[43:47] Thank you.
[43:48] This space over here in the lobby,
[43:51] I work with a lot of the art teachers.
[43:53] I got to come see you.