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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE MEETING OF
[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
FEBRUARY EIGHTH, 2022.AT 5:32 P.M.. CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
>> COMMISSIONER VENESSA BECERRA? COMMISSIONER E.
NEUMEYER IS ABSENT AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER THOMAS BUCK.
VICE CHAIR CECELIA CRUZ-ZENDEJAS?
I WILL GO AHEAD AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>>> I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ITEM 4 ACTION ITEMS 4.1 THE PUBLIC ARTS STRATEGIC PLAN AND WORK PLAND.
[4.1 Public Arts Strategic Plan and Work Plan]
>> GOOD EVENING MR. CHAIRPERSON AND OUR GREAT PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS LAYLA AND I'M A PUBLIC ARTS PLANNER.
I WILL GO THROUGH THE RECITATION TONIGHT AND WE HAVE A RESEARCHER HERE AND IF I NEED HELP I WILL ASK HIM THE FIRST THING IS OUR PUBLIC ARTS STRATEGIC PLAN.
WHICH AS YOU RECALL WE, WE SENT YOU THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND ALSO THE WORK PLAN FOR YOUR REVIEW.
WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR INPUT AND ALSO THE STAFF HAS SOME INPUT, TOO.
WE THINK WE SHOULD SIMPLIFY OUR WORK PLAN TO CURRENT PLANS AND CURRENT PROJECTS AND NEW PROJECTS.
AND THEN PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET AND A TIMELINE AND DATA APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION AND TAKE YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROPRIATION.
AT THIS POINT THE STAFF WOULD LIKE TO HEAR COMMISSIONS INPUT AND IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE STAFF INPUT FIRST WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY AS WELL.
>> LET'S START WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AND SEE WHAT THE COMMISSION HAS TO SAY.
>> YES, AS FAR AS THE WORK PLAN GOES, LET ME GO BACK TO MY NOTES REALLY QUICK.
THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC PARTS IN IT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SAY WITH IT.
LIKE THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS PART OF OUR WORK PLAN INTEGRATING CULTURAL AFFAIRS INTO OUR CULTURAL ARTWORK PLAN SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO HAVE OTHER MEDIUMS OF PUBLIC ART LIKE PERFORMING ARTS WHICH I KNOW WAS AN ISSUE.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO EXPAND WHAT BODIES OF WORK WE WANTED TO DO.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE.
THE DOCUMENTS AND THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION VALUE NUMBER 4 UNDER BEST PRACTICES AND I THINK ALL OF THAT IS PRETTY RELEVANT.
FOSTERING THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL INDIO AND I FEEL LIKE GOAL NUMBER 1 IS ALSO RELEVANT.
IT'S JUST HOW CAN THE STAFF NOW IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE AN ART MIXER OR SOMETHING THAT RINGS IN THE COMMUNITY AND ARTISTS TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO ONE ANOTHER AND NETWORK.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED WITH LOCAL ARTISTS ABOUT WHEN THERE IS A LOCAL ARTS COLLECTIVE.
WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD EXPRESSED INTEREST IN AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO BUILD THEIR SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED AND HOW TO BUILD THEIR BUSINESS AS AN ARTIST.
SO, JUST TO ADD TO YOUR COMMENT, SOME OF THEM REQUIRE THE CITY TO CHANGE
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THE ORGANIZED PART FOR PUBLIC ARTS.WHICH, THAT SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT MORE LEGWORK AND A LITTLE BIT MORE CALCULATION TO GO FORWARD HERE FOR EXAMPLE THE CULTURAL OFFER AND EVEN ALSO A MIXER BUT STAFF CLEARLY HEARS YOU COMMISSIONER THAT THOSE ARE POINTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CARRY OVER.
>> I THINK THAT BUILDS INTO GOAL NUMBER 2 WORKING ON FUND ALLOCATION OPTION SO THE COMMUNITY PROJECTS CAN BE FUNDED AND THEN HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING WITH OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE NEED FOR LOCAL ARTISTS OR CULTURAL RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED.
THAT - >> VICE CHAIR CECELIA CRUZ-ZENDEJAS?
I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WILL NUMBER 5 MAKE THE ARTS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INDO COMMUNITY AND THEN GOAL SIX PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO ART RESOURCES AND PROGRAMMING.
I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS PACIFICALLY I THINK WHEN WE WERE DOING THE AD HOC FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOXES, HAVING THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ARTISTS THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OR ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS LIKE A JPEG OR HAVING TO DOWNLOAD THEIR ART IN A SPECIFIC WAY.
HAVING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SO WE CAN PROVIDE MORE ACCESSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL ARTISTS.
THAT WAS SOMETHING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WAS HIGHLIGHTED.
THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THE COMMISSION CAME UP WITH, AT THE TIME I DON'T THINK ANY OF US TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT SHOULD HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF INDIO WOULD REQUIRE CHANGING THE ORDINANCE WHICH COMPLICATES OUR DECISION.
YOU KNOW? THEY ARE STILL GOOD DECISIONS.
WE NEED TO START THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE ORDINANCE CHANGED.
IN THE MEANTIME, I AM TENDING TO AGREE WITH THE STAFF THOUGHT THAT WE MAKE THE WORK PLAN MUCH MORE SUSTAINED, PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THAT DEALS WITH EXISTING OR CURRENT PROJECTS AND PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF CURRENT PROJECTS THAT WE MUST GET FINISHED AND THEN GO ON TO THOSE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO START IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE OUR BEST APPROACH TO PUT TOGETHER THOSE CURRENT PROJECTS, THE AMOUNT THAT IS GOING TO COST TO DO THEM, HAVE THOSE FUNDS ALLOCATED FORMALLY BY CITY COUNCIL AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME WE CAN BE WORKING TO HAVE THE ORDINANCE CHANGED.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE EVERYTHING STOP ONLY TO WORK ON HAVING AN ORDINANCE CHANGE.
I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO WORK ON OUR CURRENT PROJECTS SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE OTHER CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE OUR MURAL PROGRAM THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH, THE CONSERVATION OF MURALS AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX PROGRAM.
WE HAVE THE CONTINUATION OR FINISHING OF THE 9/11 MONUMENT AND THE MILES AVENUE BRIDGE PROGRAM TO FINISH.
THE INSTALLATION EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T WARRANTED THE CONTRACT TO ANY ONE PARTICULAR FABRICATOR IT'S STILL NOT DONE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME WE CAN START REACHING OUT TO ARTISTS TO DO NEW PROJECTS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE CURRENT EXISTING PROJECTS AREN'T NEAR THE FINISHING POINT BUT
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WE CAN BACK THEM UP WITH NEW PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO DO.I AM WILLING TO SIT DOWN THE STAFF AND PUT IN A MUCH MORE CONCISE FORMAT, A WORKPLAN PROJECT TIMELINE BUDGET.
IF THAT IS AMENABLE THAT THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS I AM WILLING TO DO THAT.
>> I FEEL LIKE THAT IS SMART TO GET WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE ON HER PLATE AND HER WORK PLAN AS FOR WHAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SWITCHES GETTING AN ORDINANCE SO WE ARE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PROGRAMS WHICH ARE MORE REACHING TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT I THINK LOCAL ARTISTS WANT TO SEE IN THE CITY OF INDIO AS FAR AS PUBLIC ART.
WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF PUBLIC ART BY LOCAL ARTISTS.
>> WITHOUT A CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE WE CAN ONLY DO CERTAIN THINGS.
>> THAT'S BEEN THE LIMITATIONS IN EVERYTHING.
>> IT IS CONSIDERING THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO FOR ARTISTS IN THE COMMUNITY WE CANNOT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE OF THE ORDINANCE.
SO, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME CHANGING AND ORDINANCE AND FINISHING A PROJECT THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED OURSELVES TO DO.
WE AGREE WITH COLLECTIVELY WHAT THE COMMISSION AGREES WITH.
THESE ARE THE ONGOING PROJECTS IN THE TIMELINE AND HOW MUCH WE ARE GOING TO SPEND TO FINISH THEM AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE NEW PROJECTS.
NEW PROJECTS COULD BE MURAL, A SMALL MURAL, WE HAVE CITY LINK WHICH IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT CAME TO THE CITY.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE NEED LIKE ARTIST CROSSWALK, PARKS, GIVING A UNIQUE IDENTITY TO PARKS WITH COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE WORK PLAN WE CAN GO BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS THE PREVIOUS WORK THAT WAS DONE BY JULY FIRST AND THESE ARE THE NEW PROJECTS THAT WE WILL DO FROM JULY FIRST 2022 TO 2023.
WE GET THE JET ALLOCATION FOR THAT AMOUNTS TO NOT EXCEED IT'S A ONE TIME GOING FOR THE COUNCIL AND THAT WAY EVERY TIME WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE COUNCIL AS WELL.
SO, THOSE ARE THE GOOD POINTS OR POSITIVES ABOUT HAVING THE WORK PLAN.
STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO WORK WITH THE COMMISSION, WITH THE CHAIR AND HOWEVER THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE.
TO GET TOGETHER AND PUT TOGETHER A WORKPLAN AND I AM CONFIDENT WE CAN BRING BACK SOMETHING FOR MARCH EIGHT FOR THE COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION.
IS THAT WHAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO DO?
I AM SURE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US? I'M WILLING TO SPEND THE TIME AND ENERGY TO WORK WITH STAFF IN PUTTING THAT TOGETHER BECAUSE THE IDEA UP TO THIS POINT WE BEEN GOING TO COUNCIL FOR APPROPRIATION PROJECT BY PROJECT WHICH IS TIME-CONSUMING AND DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
IF WE CAN GO WITH THE GROUP OF PROJECTS CURRENT, FUTURE, GET APPROPRIATIONS IN ONE FELL SWOOP, WE WON'T HAVE TO WASTE OUR TIME GOING TO COUNCIL ALL THE TIME OR THE STAFF DOESN'T HAVE WASTE THEIR TIME GOING TO COUNCIL ALL THE TIME.
I THINK THAT IS A FINE SUGGESTION.
>> AND, THE STOCK IS AVAILABLE HERE SO AS THE COMMISSIONER WISHES SO I WILL BE THERE.
>> YEAH, I THINK IT SOUNDS GREAT! I THINK WE NEED THIS FORWARD MOMENTUM.
>> CAN I HAVE A MOTION THAT COMMISSION MEMBER AND STAFF WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A
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SUSTAINED AND VIABLE WORK PLAN TO PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL?>> I HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS AND CITY STAFF WORK TOGETHER TO PULL TOGETHER A WORKPLAN.
>> COMMISSIONER VENESSA BECERRA?
>> VICE CHAIR CECELIA CRUZ-ZENDEJAS?
[4.2. Traffic Signal Box Image Selection]
ACTION ITEM 4.2 TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX IMAGE SELECTION.ON FEBRUARY SECOND THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX AD HOC COMMITTEE WHICH INCLUDES COMMISSIONER VENESSA BECERRA AND VICE CHAIR CECELIA CRUZ-ZENDEJAS MET VIA ZOOM WITH STAFF AND WE CHOSE MORE, THE SUBCOMMITTEE CHOSE MORE IMAGES.
HOWEVER, THREE OF THEM ARE NOT REPEAT ARTISTS FROM PREVIOUS SELECTIONS.
WE HAVE THOSE THREE IMAGES HERE OR THOSE THREE ARTISTS AND ONE IMAGE IS THIS ONE THAT IS ON THE SCREEN.
THE SECOND IMAGE IS THIS ONE AND THIS IS THE THIRD IMAGE.
THIS ONE, THEY ARE THE SAME ARTIST, SO THE COMMISSION CAN CHOOSE ONE OF THE OTHER.
I WILL GO BACK AGAIN SO THESE TWO, AS YOU SEE ON THE TREE THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE HUGGING EACH OTHER AND THAT DOESN'T COME TO MIND FIRST.
YOU WILL SEE IT AFTER YOU PAY ATTENTION TO A MORE AND AGAIN, THIS ONE THIS ONE AND THIS ONE.
IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO SELECT ALL OF THEM OR SOME OF THEM THE STAFF IS HERE TO GET YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE AD HOC COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION.
>> THE IMAGES THAT WE JUST SAW THOSE WERE SELECTED BY THE AD HOC COMMITTEE?
THEY DID THE JOB THAT THEY WERE ASKED TO DO.
>> WHICH ONE FROM THESE TWO? WE NEED TO CHOOSE ONE OF THEM.
>> BASED ON OUR CONCERNS THE ONE WITH THE TREE WITH BLANK SPACES WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN A CONCERN.
>> MAY BE GOING WITH THE OTHER PIECE?
>> THE ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE WITH AN ARMOR?
>> THAT IS A TAKEOFF OF ONE OF THE TEMPLES IN MEXICO.
OKAY, SO WE GO WITH FOUR IMAGES BASICALLY ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND THAT IS GREAT.
THE OTHER PART, IF THE CHAIR WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON THAT THAT'S FINE THAT THE OTHER PART IS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX TO GIVE YOU AN UP DATE AND THE ESTIMATES THAT WE RECEIVED ALSO GOING FORWARD, THE CHANGES THAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND STAFF WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TO THE APPLICATIONS.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE OTHER PARTS I CAN DO THAT OR I CAN PAUSE HERE WITH THE SELECTION.
>> I WANT TO INDULGE AND SELECT THE IMAGES THAT THE AD HOC SELECTED.
>> VICE CHAIR CECELIA CRUZ-ZENDEJAS?
AS YOU CAN SEE THE PRICES ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
THERE IS ONE THAT DID ONE SINGULAR ONE FOR US IN THE CORNER.
THE STAFF THINKS TO GO WITH THE $15,000 BID FROM SINO RAMAH.
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WITH THESE THREE IMAGES WE ARE ANTICIPATING $10,000 STIPEND FOR THE ARTIST SO THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE 15,000 AS IT BECOMES $26,000 TO GET ALL OF THE 26 BOXES.AND THAT IS INFORMATIONAL ITEMS FOR THE COMMISSION AND IF YOU HAVE ANY HESITATION TO GO WITH SIGN-O-RAMA.
>> I THINK THAT SIGN-O-RAMA CAN GIVE US THAT GOOD PRICE.
THEY ARE A LARGE COMPANY AND THETHEY ARE NOT THINKING OF ONE COMPANY FOR THAT TYPE OF INCOME.
>> THE OTHER PART OF THE UPDATE OR THIS ITEM WAS MAYBE FOR THE NEXT APPLICATION THESE ARE WHAT THE AD HOC STOCK CAME UP WITH THESE ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION FOR THE COMMISSION WHICH IS, DO WE WANT THE PARTICIPANT TO SUBMIT INSTANCES IN THIS SPECIFIC RESOLUTION? DO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THESE IMAGES AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY NEGATIVE OR BLANK AREA THAT COULD CAUSE A PLACE FOR GRAFFITI.
DO WE WANT THIS TO BE SUPERIMPOSED ONTO THE LEAD BOX SHAPE? DO WE WANT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR THE APPLICANTS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE MEANS TO DO THE DIGITAL GRAPHIC WORKS? IF WE WANT TO SAY IF WE DON'T DO ABCD WE ARE OUT OF COMPETITION OR DOES THE COMMISSION, WHAT THEY LIKE TO REDUCE THE STIPEND FROM 750 TO ANOTHER NUMBER OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO KEEP IT AT EIGHT? THOSE ARE FOOD FOR THOUGHT AND FOR THE DISCUSSION TO SEE IF WE WOULD LIKE TO LIMIT AND HAVE SPECIFIC APPLICATION AND AUTOMATICALLY PUT THE REQUIREMENT OUT OF THE COMPETITION WHICH THAT COULD BE DONE BY STAFF BECAUSE WE SAY ABCD IS NOT MET IN THAT OTHER COMPETITION AND A POOL OF PROPER APPLICATIONS COMES TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AGAIN, WE CAN ALSO PUT A DISCLAIMER AND SAY IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MEANS LET US KNOW AND MAYBE WE CAN HELP.
AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL HERE FOR YOU TO DISCUSS AND TO LET STAFF KNOW WHICH WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO.
>> TO THE TWO AD HOC COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DO THEY HAVE ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO SAY?
I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE ANY SORT OF OPTION OR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS WHO DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW TO SUBMIT A DIGITAL COPY OF THEIR ARTWORK.
OR, JUST EVEN HOW TO SUBMIT AN ART PIECE FOR PROGRAM.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD INCLUDE.
I THINK IF YOU ALL WANT TO GO AHEAD AND QUALIFY SOME ART PIECES IF THERE ARE SOME COPYRIGHT IMAGES.
I THINK WE HAVE ONES WITH PATCHES IN THEIR AND THEN ALSO IF THERE'S LOGOS OR WORDS OR NUMBERS THAT CONSTITUTE A SIGN THINK WE HAVE ON THERE, ANY PROMOTIONAL OR ADVERTISING AS WELL OR ANYTHING THAT DEPICTS VIOLENCE OR EXPLICIT MATERIAL OR POLITICAL MESSAGING THINK THOSE ALSO SHOULD BE WEEDED OUT.
>> THE SPECIFICS, TOO, WERE ABOUT THE ACTUAL IMAGE? I THINK WHEN THE ARTIST IS SUBMITTING THESE IMAGES THEY ARE NOT, IF IT'S NOT SPECIFIED ABOUT THE BLANK SPACE OR OPEN SPACE THEN THEY WILL SUBMIT WHAT THEY HAVE CREATED ALREADY.
TO BE MORE SPECIFIC SAYING THIS IS WHY WE NEED YOUR PIECE TO FILL THE SPACE I THINK IT WOULD BE EASIER TO GO IN AND SAY THIS ONE IS GOOD TO GO.
IT WAS REALLY HARD BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF GOOD ONES BUT BECAUSE OF THAT
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LINK SPACE IT MADE IT HARD TO MOVE US FORWARD.I THINK BEING MORE SPECIFIC TO WHAT WE NEED IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
THE EXPLANATION OF WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR THIS FORMAT IT MAKES SENSE.
IT MAKES SENSE TO AN ARTIST OF WHY THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE OPEN SPACE BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE OPEN SPACE IT IS AN INVITATION TO GRAFFITI.
ALL OF THE POINTS ON THE SLIDE, THESE ARE VERY THOUGHTFUL.
I THINK THEY ARE GREAT GUIDELINES AND ESPECIALLY THE HELPFUL ONE IF SOMEONE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO SUPERIMPOSED THEN WE GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND WE HELP THEM OUT.
THAT IS A GREAT SERVICE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT WOULD BE TO ME, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS AND WE MIGHT BE LOSING OUT ON APPLICATIONS OR SUBMISSIONS BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO OUR TECHNICAL THINGS.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS HOW DO WE BUILD THAT FOUNDATION FOR LOCAL ARTISTS AND SUBMITTING ARTWORK VIA TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE I DON'T DO THAT.
I WORK WITH PIECES OF CERAMICS.
AND, IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I KNOW HOW TO DO SO THIS IS A PROGRAM WE CAN USE TO LIFT THAT ABILITY WITH LOCAL ARTISTS AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD FOUNDATION THAT WE CAN BUILD.
MY BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW, THAT'S ALL THEY DO IS DIGITAL STUFF AND PHOTOS.
IT IS EASY BUT NOT EVERYBODY HAS THAT RESOURCE AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT STUFF MEANS.
I THINK THAT IT IS DEFINITELY A GOOD IDEA.
>> THINK, ALSO, WE CAN PUT TOGETHER GUIDELINES AND IF YOU OPEN IT FOR EXAMPLE THE WORD DOCUMENT IF YOU COPY THAT NEXT TO THE APPLICATION ONLINE SO EVERYONE CAN ACCESS IT AND IF SOMEONE SAYS HE OR SHE DOES NOT KNOW SO WE CAN REFER THEM TO THAT WE CAN SAY IT WILL BE FAIR.
EVERYBODY HAS AN ACCESS TO THE DOCUMENT AND WALK THEM THROUGH IT ON HOW TO SUPERIMPOSE WITH TWO OR THREE PROGRAMS THAT EVERYBODY CAN ACCESS.
AND MAYBE ALSO, IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A DIGITAL WRAP, SOME ARTISTS THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE SUBMITTING AN EXAMPLE OF THEIR ARTWORK BECAUSE THEY WERE THINKING THAT THEY WOULD BE PAINTING ON THE BOXES SO LETTING ARTISTS KNOW THAT IT IS A DIGITAL PIECE DO NOT GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE BOX.
>> CLARIFICATION OF THE PROCESS.
I TOTALLY AGREE IF IT'S AN INCOMPLETE APPLICATION IT IS TOSSED.
THERE IS NO REASON WHY SOMEONE SHOULDN'T COMPLETE AN APPLICATION.
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN.
WERE GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND GET HELP TO FINISH THE APPLICATION.
IF THEY STILL DON'T FINISH IT THEN NO.
>> WHAT ABOUT A CHECK BOX LIKE DID YOU DO THIS AND THEN ONCE EVERYTHING IS CHECKED OFF YOU CAN SAY NOW YOU ARE READY TO SUBMIT.
EVERY MAJOR GRANT HAS THAT AT THE END AND YOU HAVE TO CHECK EACH BOX.
DID THE SUBCOMMITTEE DISCUSS THE REDUCTION OF FEES? OR IS THIS JUST AN IDEA THAT CAME FROM THE STAFF?
>> IT BASICALLY CAME WITH US AND WE SAID LET'S GET BACK TO THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE AND AGAIN IT IS UP TO THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO REDUCE IT TO KEEP IT AS IS.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT TIME WE GO OUT SO THE ONES THAT WE CHOOSE, THEY GET THE SAME STIPENDS BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE GUIDELINES.
>> IF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE DISCUSSED IT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR REASONING BEHIND IT.
>> I DON'T DISCUSS IT THAT MUCH IT WAS JUST BROUGHT UP.
IT WAS FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION ON HOW MUCH IS BEING SPENT.
HOW MUCH OF THE ART EXPENSES BEING SPENT ON IT SO IT WAS TWICE AS MUCH IF NOT MORE PER BOX THEN SO, HOW LONG CAN WE KEEP OUR FUNDS GOING?
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THEN AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT EVERY FIVE YEARS THAT WE ARE THINKING THESE BOXES WILL LAST? I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD WANT TO SEE.HOW IT IS BROKEN DOWN IN FRONT OF ME WITH THE FUNDS AND THEN EVERY FIVE YEARS AT 750 VERSUS WHATEVER THE REDUCTION WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO WE HAVE THESE 26, 27 BOXES THAT HAVE BEEN PAINTED BEFORE OR WRAPPED SO WE NEED TO REWRAP.
THERE ARE NEWER BOXES OR LOCATIONS THAT COULD GET WRAPPED, TOO.
WE MAY GO WITH THIS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MORE THAN 16 IMAGES AND WHAT IF WE WRAPPED THE 16 WE STILL NEED TO GO OUT FOR THE REST OF THE 26.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL BOXES AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE LIKE, DO WE WANT TO KEEP IT AS IS? DO WE WANT TO GO LOWER? WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE RIGHT THIS SECOND.
THIS IS JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR THE NEXT ROUND THAT WE GO OUT.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT AND THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL OF THIS.
I THINK WE NEED TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT KNOWING THAT SOME PEOPLE DO ORIGINAL WORKS AND SELL THEM FOR LESS THAN $750.
AND THE WORK THAT THE ARTIST SUBMIT TO US THEY RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF THEM SO THEY CAN REUSE THEM FOR OTHER THINGS.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE SUBCOMMITTEE? THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD LIKE KEEP IT AS IS AND GO LOWER OR HIGHER.
>> I MEAN I HESITATE TO GO LOWER ONLY BECAUSE AGAIN THERE'S NOT MUCH FOR LOCAL ARTISTS WHO BRING THEIR WORK INTO THE CITY PUBLIC ARTS.
FOR ME, UNTIL WE HAVE BETTER PROGRAMMING FOR LOCAL ARTISTS, I DO WANT TO KEEP IT BUT AT 750? I KNOW WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HAVING ONE OF THE DRAFTS FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX.
WE HAVE ON HERE 500 FOR EACH IMAGE SELECTED AND WE SAID TO THREE IMAGES COULD BE AWARDED HER ARTIST? THAT IS JUST WHAT I HAVE HERE.
THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PROGRAM IN GENERAL.
I MEAN, IT IS A PROGRAM THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING LOCAL ARTISTS TO BE A PART OF.
AND, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
AND SO, WHEN WE START DOING OTHER PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL ARTISTS THAT WOULD BE THE TIME TO LOWER THE AMOUNT FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOXES.
UP UNTIL THEN IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO OFFER LOCAL ARTISTS ASSISTANCE WISE THEN KEEP IT AT 750.
WHEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO OTHER PROGRAMS ASSISTING ARTISTS THEN WE LOWER IT.
>> I THINK THAT IS A GOOD WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.
BUT, THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON THE APPLICATION AND SUBMITTAL AND THEN TO FIT ALL THE OTHER ITEMS ABOVE THE REDUCTION OF THE FEET ABOVE THE APPLICATION.
>> AND THEN WE WILL BRING BACK TO YOU THE COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR REVIEW AS WELL.
ITEM 4.3 AD HOC COMMITTEE SELECTION.
[4.3. Ad Hock Committee Selection]
PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION TO APPOINT TWO MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION TO FORM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE COMMITTEE SERVICES COMMISSIONS AD HOC COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF MERGING THE TWO COMMISSIONS.>> THIS ITEM WILL BE A THIRD ITEM AND I WANT HIM TO TAKE THAT THIRD ITEM.
>> AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING, THE POSSIBILITY OF COMBINING THE TWO COMMISSIONS IN ORDER TO FURTHER EXPLORE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO FORM AN AD HOC
COMMITTEE A 2 >> 2 BETWEEN THE TWO COMMISSIONS.
SO, BEFORE TONIGHT WE CAN HAVE YOU GUYS VOTE AND SELECT TWO OF YOUR MEMBERS TO BE A PART OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WHICH WOULD BE GREAT.
AND THEN WE WILL GO BEFORE THE COMMITTEE SERVICES COMMISSION TUESDAY WHEN THEY DO THE SAME THING AND SELECT THOSE TO ME HAVE FOUR WE WILL HAVE A MEETING FOR MYSELF AND LAYLA TO MEET WITH THE FOUR PARTIES.
WE BEGAN TO SEE THE VIABILITY OF THE IDEA AND SEE IF THERE'S RATIONALE TO
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SUPPORT IT OR IF IT'S JUST A PIPE DREAM AND WE MOVE ON TO THE STATUS QUO.IF WE CAN GET THE COMMITTEE TO SELECT TWO MEMBERS TONIGHT THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO DO THIS?
>> IF CC DOES NOT VOLUNTEER I WILL DO IT.
>> I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE VICE CHAIR TO THE SECOND PERSON.
>> ON THIS ONE YOU WOULD NEED TO VOTE.
ANITA MOTION THAT WE WOULD SELECT THE TWO VOLUNTEERS FOR THE AD HOC COMMUNITY JOINT COMMITTEE.
OUR COMMISSIONER VICE CHAIR CECELIA CRUZ-ZENDEJAS AND CHAIRPERSON BILL SCHINSKY.
>> A MOTION FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIR.
>> COMMISSIONER VENESSA BECERRA?
>> VICE CHAIR CECELIA CRUZ-ZENDEJAS?
[5.1. 2022 Coachella Music and Arts Festival Art Tour]
STAFF ITEMS. 5.1 THE 2022 COACHELLA MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL ART TOUR.>> THIS YEAR COACHELLA MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL THERE ARE TWO TOURS.
BOTH AT 10:00 AND WE WILL MEET AT THE PARKING LOT AND WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A MAP IN THE PARKING LOT.
IT'S ON MONROE STREET AVENUE 50.
AND THEN THE ARTIST WILL BE THERE AS WELL SO THE COMMISSION CAN SEE THE ART AND TALK TO THE ARTIST AND THE STAFF IS AVAILABLE IF YOU DECIDE TO GO ALL DAYS.
WILL BE THERE TO GO WITH YOU AND THEN ALSO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION AS WE GET CLOSER TO.
YOU CAN SEE THE ART PIECES AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO MEET A COMMISSION STANDARD THEN STAFF CAN PURSUE AND GO FORWARD WITH TALKING TO GOLDEN BOYS AND IF THERE'S NOTHING THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AT LEAST THIS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE STAFF AND GET TO KNOW THEM AND WE CAN HAVE THOSE ARTISTS ON OUR LIST OF ARTISTS INVENTORY AS WELL.
>> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I WOULD BE A LOT MORE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS IF, THIS COMMISSION, IF I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF THIS COMMISSION BECOMING THE OR THE CITY OF INDIO BECOMING THE STORAGE FACILITY FOR WORKS FROM COACHELLA FEST.
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE HAVING TO PAY FOR IT.
IF GOLDEN VOICE WANTS TO DO IT FOR FREE AND FINE.
AS LONG AS WE APPROVE THE PIECE.
I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF SPINNING AS MUCH MONEY AS WE HAVE ALREADY ON OTHER THINGS FROM GOLDEN VOICE.
THEY SHOULD BE DOING IT AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE.
AND UNLESS WE HAD BEEN PART OF THE SELECTION PROCESS OF THE ARTISTS THEN THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE WE HAD INPUT IN WHO THEY CHOSE OR WHO WE CHOSE AND WE KNEW GOING IN THAT WERE REALLY GOING TO LIKE THE PEACE AND WE HOPE IT CAN BECOME PART OF OUR COLLECTION.
OTHERWISE UNLESS WE ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PROCESS I DO NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF
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HANDING ANYMORE PUBLIC ARTS FUND MONEY TO GOLDEN VOICE AT ALL.>> CAN EVERYONE LET THE STAFF KNOW WHAT DATE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND? IS THAT HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT DONE?
>> IF YOU CAN LET ME KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL WHICH DAYS YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE TOO EARLY TO DECIDE BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE DATES WITH YOU EARLY ON SO LET US KNOW AND WE WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
>> ITEM 5.2 THE MURAL CONSERVATION UPDATE.
[5.2. Mural Conservation Update]
>> ON JANUARY 19 AS THE CHAIRPERSON RECALLS BECAUSE HE ATTENDED THE MEETING THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION DECOMMISSIONED RECOMMENDATION ON THE MURDER JULIE MURAL CONSERVATION.
COUNSEL APPROVED TO REMOVE THE TWO MURALS THE HISTORY OF DATE AND THE HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY AND REPAIR THE DESERT VILLAGE.
THE STAFF CONTACTED THE THREE ARTISTS AND WE HAVE SENT THE NOTICE TO THE ARTIST THAT WE NEED TO REMOVE THE WORK SO THEY CAN WAIVE THEIR RIGHTS AND ALSO WE HAVE CONTACTED DON GARY WHICH HE HAD PAINTED THE VILLAGE AND HE GAVE US AN ESTIMATE OF 2200 WHICH IS, AS YOU SEE HERE A BREAKDOWN FOR HIS TRAVEL AND LODGING AND TWO DAYS OF SCAFFOLDING AND MURAL RESTORATION.
HE ALSO SUGGESTED TO PUT IN ANTI- COAT, THE COMPANY THAT DOES ALL THE ANTI-GRAFFITI CODES IN LA WHICH THEY GET SUBSTANTIAL GRAFFITI THERE AND ON THEIR MURALS.
I CAN SHARE IT WITH THE COMMISSION NEXT MEETING HOW THAT ANTI-GRAFFITI AND ANTI-UV COAT BY SPRAYING OVER THE IMAGES AND IT MAKES IT BRIGHTER AND SHARPER BY ITSELF.
THAT COULD BE ANOTHER REMEDY GOING FORWARD FOR ALL OF OUR URALS TO LAST LONGER.
STAFF JUST WANTS TO PROVIDE AN UP DATE THAT 2200 IS THE PRICE TAG OR THE TICKET FOR THIS CONSERVATION.
AND WE ARE WORKING ON A CONTRACT TO GET THE ARTIST TO PERFORM THE RESTORATION.
AND, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
>> ANY QUESTIONS COMMISSIONERS? I MEAN, IF I REMEMBER CORRECT WAY, THE ITEM THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED WAS A LITTLE OVER $16,000 RESTORATION.
AS ALWAYS BEEN THE POLICY OF THIS COMMISSION AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER IS THE ORIGINAL ARTIST BE GIVEN FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ANY REPAIRS TO THE WORK.
DAMN EVEN IF YOU WENT OVER $2200 I THINK IT'S MORE THAN APPROPRIATE THAT WE ALLOW THE ARTIST TO DO THE WORK.
IT IS HIS PEACE AND EVEN WITH AN ANTI-GRAFFITI ENCODING I DON'T THINK WE COULD STILL REACH $16,000.
>> I AM IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING MR. CREIGHTON TO REPAIR HIS WORK.
>> YES, COMMISSIONER VENESSA BECERRA AGREES AND THEN KOVACS?
>> OKAY, WE DIDN'T NEED TO LOOK BUT I WANTED TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED.
I HAVE A QUESTION, THAT INCLUDES NEW GRAFFITI ON THE PIECE?
THE NEW IMAGES I SENT INCLUDED THOSE AND THERE'S SOME GRAFFITI FROM BEFORE WHERE THEY TRIED TO FIX IT THE PAINT DOESN'T MATCH.
WAX WHEN THIS DOES HAPPEN WHEN MR. GRAY COMES TO WORK ON THE PIECE I HAVE A SCAFFOLDING UNIT AT THE ARTS CENTER BUILDING THAT HE CAN USE.
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SARBALE KE INSTALLATION UPDATE.
[5.3. Sarbale Ke Installation Update]
>> AS YOU REMEMBER THE STAFF ASKED FOR IMAGES OF WHAT WAS INSTALLED AT THE FESTIVALS AND WHAT WAS TO BE INSTALLED FOR THE CITY.
THESE ARE THE DRAWINGS THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET WHICH I DON'T THINK WE GOT ALL OF THE PIECES.
I THINK WE WENT WITH NINE OF THEM.
SO, THE IMAGES ON THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN WOULD BE ACTUAL PIECES AT THE PARK.
THE IMAGES TO THE LEFT IS AT THE FESTIVAL.
AS YOU CAN SEE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HAVE IT ENCLOSED SO THIS PORTION HAS BEEN REMOVED.
THE COLORS I CAN'T SAY FOR THE EXACT COLOR THERE OR NOT BUT IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE SOME OF IT WAS REPAINTED.
AGAIN, THIS IS EXISTING AND THIS IS WHERE IT WAS AT THE FESTIVAL.
YOU CAN SEE THIS PIECE YOU CAN COMPARE IT TO THIS ONE AND OF COURSE THE LIGHT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT BUT IT'S HARD TO SAY FOR ME THE BEST IS WHAT IS HERE BECAUSE AS YOU SEE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER IN THIS HERE IS A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER BUT IF IF IT IS AN MATCH IT MIGHT BE OR IT MIGHT NOT BE.
THIS PIECE, THE BOTTOM PIECE WAS REMOVED SO THAT NO ONE GOES AND IT.
HOWEVER, WE HAD BEEN GETTING VANDALISM SO AS YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE REMOVED THEM AND GO INSIDE.
GOLDEN VOICE HAS INSTALLED A METAL WIRE MESH INSIDE THOSE PIECES AND SO THERE ARE SUGGESTIONS FROM GOLDEN VOICE TO REPAIR IT FOR FREE WHICH INCLUDES EITHER REMOVING THE PIECES SO PEOPLE CAN GO IN AND OUT AND THERE WAS ANOTHER OPTION TO DO A HINGE BUT THE HINGE LOOKS LIKE A DOOR.
BUT, YOU DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO BE IN SOMEWHERE AND SO, IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE US TO GO AND TALK TO THE CONTRACTOR, THE FABRICATOR TO SEE WHICH WAY IS THE BEST WAY WE CAN DO THAT BUT WE WANTED TO LET THE COMMISSION KNOW THAT THIS IS THE ISSUE CURRENTLY WITH THE PIECES.
>> I HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE COMPLETELY ENCLOSED LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING THEM OPEN SO THEY CAN BE WHAT THEY WERE INTENDED TO BE WHERE FOLKS CAN BE WITHIN WHAT IS THE TREE.
THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION AS OPENING A BACKUP.
>> THE ORIGINAL PIECES WERE OPEN AND THAT WAY NO ONE COULD HIDE IN IT BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE AND VAGRANTS, ANY SPACE THAT IS SOMEWHAT PROTECTED YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HOMELESS PERSON IN THEIR MATTER WHAT.
IF IT'S ENCLOSED ARE GOING TO FIND A WAY TO GET IN.
THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN VANDALIZED THAT TELLS US A LOT.
WHEN I WENT OVER TO SEE THE OBJECTS, THEY ARE A LOT DIFFERENT IN COLOR THAN WHAT THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE SHOWING THEY ARE MUCH GRAYER AND VERY MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE ORIGINAL PIECES.
IN MY ESTIMATION EVEN THOUGH THE BASIC SHAPE IS THE SAME THE PIECES THEMSELVES ARE VERY DIFFERENT HERE THEY ARE NOT PIECES THAT WERE AGREED TO BY THE COMMISSIONERS THAT VOTED TO TAKE THESE.
I MEAN, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN A DISAPPOINTMENT TO ME FROM THE BEGINNING AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT.
BUT NUMBER 1 PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE ISSUE.
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I HAVE A REAL CONCERN WITH THEIR LONGEVITY.I ACTUALLY HAD A BUILDER FROM LOS ANGELES ASKED ME BECAUSE HE WENT OVER, HE JUST HAPPENED UPON THEM AND I RAN INTO HIM ON SUNDAY AND HE GOES WHY IN THE WORLD DID THEY MAKE THESE THINGS OUT OF PLYWOOD? NOT GOING TO LAST IN THE DESERT.
YOU ARE PREACHING TO THE CHOIR.
THIS DESERT WHETHER AN WOODEN PAINT NOT A GOOD COMBINATION.
BUT UNTIL THEY START DISINTEGRATING BEFORE OUR VERY EYES WHICH THEY WILL THINK WE SHOULD MAKE THEM SAFE.
>> IF THAT'S THE MATERIAL THEY ARE THE NO WONDER IS NOT THE SAME COLOR IF IT'S THE SAME PIECE.
YOU KNOW? SAFETY IS THE NUMBER 1 PRIORITY AND I DO AGREE.
>> DOES THE COMMISSION, WHAT THEY LIKE FOR EXAMPLE RIGHT IN THIS PIECE, ALL OF THE ORANGE PORTIONS CAN COME OUT SO THEY WOULD BE OPEN AND AGAIN THESE ORANGE PIECES COME OUT TO BE OPEN IS THAT WHAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO SEE? AND ALSO WOULD YOU LIKE US TO BRING IT BACK AS TO HOW THE OPENING WILL LOOK LIKE BEFORE WE TELL THE FABRICATOR? OR ARE YOU OKAY WITH US TELLING THEM TO TAKE THE ORANGE PIECES?
>> WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE BY THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ORIGINAL PIECES.
IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE THAT IS REALLY CONCERNING.
IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE OVERALL LOOK OF THE PIECE IT'S JUST THE BOTTOM.
>> IT MAY LOOK BETTER BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THIS ORANGE PIECE AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALREADY BEEN AFFECTED IN THE BLUE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE YOU GOT AFFECTED SO IT COULD LOOK BETTER BUT, OKAY.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I HATE TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND BRING IT BACK FOR FURTHER REVIEW BUT LET'S REMOVE THE BOTTOM PIECES AS YOU INDICATED TELL THE FABRICATOR TO MOVE FORWARD AND THAT WAY EVEN IPD WILL BE HAPPIER THAT THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE ONGOING.
IF WE KNOW THAT DIRECTION LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND CLOSE THIS OUT AND NO REASON TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU FOR FURTHER REVIEW.
>> WE AGREE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS A MAJOR ISSUE.
WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO TO GET IT SAFE THEN DO IT.
SO, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.
[5.4. Colossal Cacti Art Piece Installation Update]
COLOSSAL CACTI ART EAST UP DATE.
>> AS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A CEREMONY FOR THE UNVEILING OF THE PIECE WHICH THE CHAIRPERSON ATTENDED AND APPARENTLY I ATTENDED, TO.
[LAUGHTER] YEAH, I'M RIGHT THERE.
>> I WAS SO CONFUSED WHEN I SAW THAT.[LAUGHTER] >> THERE WAS A SPACE OPEN SO I SLID MYSELF THERE.
BUT, THE OTHER PORTION OF THE UPDATE IS WE HAVE THE PIECES INSTALLED BY THE CHAIRPERSON THE ARTIST WAS THERE THE MAYOR WAS THERE IN THE CITY MANAGER WAS THERE.
THE ECONOMIC SERVICES DIRECTOR, THE MARKETING DIRECTOR, THE HR DIRECTOR, ONE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
A COUNCILMEMBER AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS REALLY FUN AND I MISSED IT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER PIECE TO TALK ABOUT WHICH, AS YOU SEE THERE'S GRASS HERE AND IN ORDER TO AVOID GETTING WATER SPRAY ON THE PIECE WE WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THE GRASS AND PROBABLY REROUTE THE PIPES TO WATER THE GRASS AND ADD SOME LIGHTING AS WELL.
THAT WILL COST ABOUT $5000 AND IT IS GETTING DONE AND INSTALLED BY HERMAN DESIGN.
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WE WANTED TO BRING IT UP TO YOU THAT TO FINISH THE PROJECT WE NEED TO SPEND THAT $5000.WHICH WAS NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.
I WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AS THE STAFF DID NOT THINK ABOUT IT AND AS WE GO FORWARD WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S PART OF THE ESTIMATE COST AS WELL.
THIS HELPS THE LONGEVITY OF THE PIECE AS WELL.
WE APOLOGIZE BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT NEXT TIME IT IS PART OF THE BUDGET.
[LAUGHTER] >> WELL LIGHTING USUALLY IS.
>> THIS IS A UNIQUE PIECE AS YOU KNOW AND HOW IT CAME ABOUT THIS WAS NOT SANCTIONED BY THE COMMISSION NOR THE STAFF WERE ASSIGNED TO THE COMMISSION.
YOU KNOW, WE COMMEND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY BEING PROACTIVE IN GETTING THIS DONE SO NOW WE ARE FINDING A COUPLE OF THESE ITEMS IN WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO CLOSE OUT AND I THINK IT IS COMING TOGETHER NOW AT THIS POINT IT'S PROMISING MOVING FORWARD.
THE GOOD NEWS IS I HAVE BEEN ASSURED BY DEVELOPMENT THAT THIS IS A ONE AND DONE DEAL AND ARE NOT GOING TO DROP ANY NEW ART PIECES ON US AFTER THE FACT.
MOVING FORWARD ANY ART THAT COMES TO THE CITY WILL COME THROUGH THE COMMISSION.
>> CAN I HAVE THAT IN WRITING?
[LAUGHTER] >> IN A WORK PLAN WITH A BUDGET?
IT IS LONELY AT NIGHT OUT THERE AND THIS IS REFERENCING THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
I MENTIONED THIS TO THE CROWD AT THE OPENING.
THESE PIECES WERE MADE FOR PUBLIC THEATER.
WHEN THEY WERE TAKEN FROM THAT PUBLIC THEATER ENVIRONMENT AND PLOPPED DOWN ON A GRASSY AREA THEY LOST A LOT OF THEIR ENERGY.
I THINK ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT THEY WILL NEED LIGHTING AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ITEM 6.1 I WILL FINISH MY CONVERSATION ON THAT.
>> IS THAT COMING OUT OF PUBLIC ARTS OR PUBLIC WORKS?
>> THE EXPECTATION IS IT WILL COME OUT OF PUBLIC ARTS FUND.
NEW PROJECTS AND ITEMS FOR THE NEXT AGENDA.
>> AS YOU RECALL, WE BROUGHT THIS ITEM TO THE AGENDA SINCE LAST TIME AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE COMMISSION WHAT KIND OF NEW PROJECTS THE COMMISSION
[6. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
WOULD LIKE THE STAFF TO PURSUE.WHAT KIND OF POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE COMMISSION SEES IN THE CITY THAT COULD BE AN ASSET FOR ART, PUBLIC ART.
AND ALSO IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION OR INPUT REGARDING OUR CURRENT PROCESS GRADE SO, AGAIN, THIS IS TIME SET ASIDE TO HEAR FROM THE COMMISSION AND WE WANTED TO MAKE THE LAST ITEM LIKE BRAINSTORMING AND BRING SOME ENERGY TO THE COMMISSION.
SO, WE ARE HERE, THE STAFF IS HERE TO HEAR THE COMMISSION'S IDEAS ON ANY OF THESE THREE BULLET POINTS OR ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU WISH TO DISCUSS WITH STAFF.
>> I THINK OF THE LAST MEETING WE MENTIONED THAT IF EVERYONE WENT OUT AND THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE, THE TYPES OF PROJECTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO.
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BESIDES YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ARTIST ADVOCACY THAT IS ALWAYS ON OUR MINDS BUT AS FAR AS THE TRADITIONAL TYPES OF PROJECTS WE BEEN DOING ANY THOUGHTS ON WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN?>> I THINK WE NEED TO REVITALIZE OUR OUTDOOR SPACES LIKE OUR PARKS SO IF WE CAN BRING IN SOME SORT OF INSTALLATIONS USING OUR LOCAL ARTISTS, AGAIN, TO BE ABLE TO BRING SOME SORT OF LIFE TO THOSE SPACES, IT IS A PRIORITY FOR MYSELF.
I SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE PARKS AND THERE'S NOT A LOT SEE OR TO DO.
I THINK IT WILL BRING A LOT MORE COMMUNITY INTO THOSE SPACES SO IF WE CAN SEE HOW WE CAN GET SOME INSULATION IN THERE? IN OUR LOCAL PARKS?
THE PARKS CAN BE A LOT MORE INTERESTING THAN THEY ARE.
I'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON THEM AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE EIGHT THAT HAVE SHADE STRUCTURES THAT COULD STRUCTURE COULD BE GIVEN TO AN ARTIST TO DO SOMETHING CREATIVE WITH.
IN COLLABORATION OF THEIR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
GET NEIGHBORHOOD AND, MEET THE ARTIST AND WHAT IMAGERY WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK ON THE SHADE STRUCTURE? AND THEN ANOTHER THING I THOUGHT ABOUT WAS SOME OF THE LARGER PARKS IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO PUT A WALKING LABYRINTH IN THEM PAY THEY ARE ANCIENT THINGS AND ARE USED BY MANY PEOPLE FOR MEDITATION.
IF YOU GET TO THE CENTER YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR JOURNEY AND THEY COULD BE IN ALL SORTS OF MATERIAL.
THEY ARE QUITE LOVELY SO - ANOTHER THING I THOUGHT ABOUT IS WITH CB LINK COMING IN I THINK THERE WILL BE I BELIEVE AN EXIT FROM THE LINK INTO INDIO PROPER ON THE BRIDGE AT FRED WARING.
THAT COULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR A PUBLIC PEACE.
GOING THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE BRIDGE AND THEN SOMETHING GOING OVER THE EXIT OR ENTRANCE TO THE LINK.
IT'S ANOTHER PIECE OF SCULPTURE WE CAN THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE.
>> WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE SOME MORE INSTALLATIONS THAT WERE DIFFERENT, THAT USE DIFFERENT THAN SAID LIKE ECONOMIC EQUITY HOW DO WE APPROPRIATE TO FOLKS THAT DON'T SEE ARE THE WAY THE OTHER FOLKS DO.
MAYBE A CONNECTICUT ART INSTALLATION OR DIFFERENT SENSORY INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
>> THERE ARE SOME SOUND ARTISTS THAT DO REMARKABLE WORK.
BASED ON MOVEMENT AND THOSE VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE TO VERY MUCH ENJOY.
FOR ME WOULD LOVE TO HIGHLIGHT MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL ARTISTS PAID WE HAVE LOCAL URALS AND THE BOX IN THE TRAFFIC BOX SIGNALS EVEN SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HIGHLIGHTING AN ARTIST OF THE MONTH.
SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES AND FOR EXAMPLE COACHELLA COMES EVERY YEAR AND LOCAL ARTISTS AND TWO YEARS AGO A LOT OF LOCAL ARTISTS WERE NOT FEATURED AND PERHAPS THE ARTISTS COULD PRODUCE SOMETHING IN HONOR OF THAT AND HIGHLY INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUNCTIONS LIKE THAT.
SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN HIGHLIGHT ARTISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO DON'T HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO IN OUR SHOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> AGAIN THAT HIGHLIGHTING AN ARTIST THROUGH AN ART SHOW MAY NOT FIT INTO THE ORDINANCE.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE AN ARTIST PRESENTATION, WE CAN HAVE ARTIST PRESENTATION WHERE ARTISTS ARE AT THE COMMISSION HERE THEY CAN COME HERE AND HAVE A PRESENTATION AND EXPLAIN THEIR WORK EXPLAIN ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THAT WOULD
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USE LOCAL ARTISTS.THAT WOULD BE THE TIME SET ASIDE FOR LOCAL ARTISTS.
WE COULD DO THAT AND WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO DO AN ART SHOW OR EVEN LOOK AT ARTISTS RETREATS OR ARTISTS GATHERINGS WITH THE CURRENT ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE.
BUT, I MADE A NOTE OF IT SO WE CAN THINK ABOUT IT TO WHERE WE ARE DOING MORE CHANGES.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, HOW ABOUT IF THEY WERE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE WEBSITE?
>> THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.
>> SO, THE OTHER TASK THAT THE STAFF IS WORKING ON WHICH IS NOT PART OF THIS I JUST WANT TO MENTION IT QUICKLY IS WE ARE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER AN ARTIST INVENTORY SO WE HAVE THE ARTIST INVENTORY AND MAYBE WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME WE WANT TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY.
WE DON'T WANT TO SAY WE FOUND THIS ARTIST LET'S PUT HIM ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SIMILAR ACCESS TO WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.
WE CAN DO IT AT THAT TIME AS WELL.
>> COULD WE START AN ARTIST OF INDIO FACEBOOK PAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WOULD THAT MAKE SENSE WITH A LOCAL ORDINANCE?
LET US THINK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AND GO RUN IT BY OTHER STAFF PERSONNEL TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DO IT.
>> THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN POST THEIR IMAGERY, ARTIST OF INDIO FACEBOOK PAGE.
I'M SURE WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SCREENING PROCESS BUT IT IS AN EASY THING TO DO.
>> I WILL PUT ENGAGE LOCAL ARTISTS.
>> SOCIAL MEDIA, EVERYONE LIVES BY SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> OKAY A STOFFEL WORK ON THAT AND BRING BACK JUST TO THE COMMISSION ON MARCH EIGHTH TO SEE IF THERE'S AVENUES TO USE THAT.
>> ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER IDEAS FROM COMMISSIONERS?
>> IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO, WE HEARD LAST TIME THERE WAS A SURVEY FOR MURALS AND PEOPLE LIKE TO SEE MURALS AND WITH THE COMMISSION LIKE THAT?
>> I DIDN'T FINISH MY STORY ABOUT THE CACTI.
THOSE CACTI ARE SITTING THERE IN THAT OPEN SPACE TOTALLY ALONE AND THERE'S THAT LINK WALL BEHIND THEM.
>> THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING.
>> ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS WALL? THAT WALL.
AND IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE AND INTEGRATE WITH THE CACTI THAT WALL IS A PERFECT PLACE FOR A MURAL TO MAKE THAT SPACE LIKE A THEATRICAL SPACE THAT THE CACTI CAN THRIVE IN.
>> I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY WANTING TO SEE MORE MURALS AND BE A PART OF EARNING MORE MURALS IN HERE AND WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE WON'T LAST FOREVER I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE MURAL PROGRAM IS THAT THEY WILL BE CHANGING THEM THAT IS PART OF ARTWORK.
IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE PERMANENT.
AND IT CAN SET THE TONE FOR THE ENTIRE AREA.
RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS WHERE THERE WILL BE ROOM SPACE.
>> IT COULD CREATE A WHOLE EXPERIENCE.
YOU GO OVER THERE AND YOU SEE THE CACTUS IN THE MURAL AND THEN THE CACTUS WITH LIGHTING WOULD BE A WHOLE EXPERIENCE.
IT COULD ACTUALLY BE, THE CACTUS COULD BE PRONOUNCED EVEN MORE WITH WHAT IS BEHIND IT.
WE NEED TO CONTACT THE PROPERTY OWNER TO SEE IF THEY ARE WILLING TO DO SO AND IF THAT'S WHAT THE COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I CAN CONTACT THE PROPERTY OWNER AND BRING SOME IN BACK TO YOU FOR MARCH EIGHTH.
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>> I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN CONTACTED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THEY MIGHT HAVE CHANGE THEIR MINDS.
I KEEP BUGGING MR. TRUJILLO BUT IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE STAFF HAS, WE CAN BRING YOU BACK TO MARCH EIGHTH AT THE STAFF PRESENTATION SO THE COMMISSION CAN SEE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE SIMILARLY.
WE JUST WANTED TO GET PERMISSION.
YOU FOLKS HAVE LENNY OF IDEAS AND EXPERTISE.
>> OKAY WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING?
>> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ALL CONSISTENT WITH THE WORK PLAN.
FOR GOING TO TALK TEACHER PLAN AND WORK PLAN AND THEN WE START TO GO ROGUE AND GET OFF ON SEVERAL IDEAS AND PROJECTS THEN WHAT IS THE POINT OF WORK PLAN? WE HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSION IN STAFF.
LET ME STAY INTENTIONAL AND FOCUS WITH OUR EFFORTS.
AND NOT GET SO WATERED DOWN WITH THAT BECAUSE IF NOT WERE GOING TO END UP IN THE SAME PLACE AT THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN FOR YEARS WITH NOTHING ACTUALLY GETTING DONE AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THE CASE.
LET THIS BE INTENTIONAL AND NOT GET SIDETRACKED WITH -IF IT'S PART OF THE WORK PLAN AND LET'S DO IT.
>> I THINK I AGREE WITH ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT WAS MENTIONED.
I THINK THE THINGS THAT WERE IN LINE WITH THE WORK PLAN ARE THINGS WE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST.
>> AND IN LINE WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
THAT'S MY OTHER QUESTION, TOO.
TRYING TO ALIGN OUR PROGRAMS WITH THIS CHEATED LAND WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT COMMISSION HAS NEVER HAD.
AND WE SELL HAVE TO HAVE IT GO THROUGH THE COUNCIL IS NOT GOING TO BE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL SO WE CAN HAVE IT SET IN STONE SO TO SPEAK?
>> THE WORK LIEN BASICALLY COMES BEFORE THE COMMISSION FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL BUT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO APPROVE IT SO THE COUNCIL CAN APPROVE OR DENY IT WITH AN AMENDMENT.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT APPROVES THE BUDGET AND THE MONEY TO GO TOWARDS THAT.
AGAIN, AS MR. TRUJILLO SAID, IF THE WORK PLAN MEETS THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED TO GET THINGS DONE IN A PROC GOAL TIMEFRAME WITH THE PRACTICAL BUDGET THEN THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE.
BUT I CAN'T TALK ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL.
THE COUNCIL WILL NEED TO SEE THAT THEY BASICALLY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DENY IT OR NOT WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY ON THAT ON A PROJECT.
>> THE WORK PLAN IS A PRACTICAL OFFSHOOT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
THE WORK PLAN IS TO SINK CLARIFICATION OF THE THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN ACCORDING TO WHAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN HAS PUT FORTH.
>> COMMISSIONER VENESSA BECERRA ARE YOU ASKING US TO TAKE THIS TO APPROVAL TO THE COUNCIL AS WELL?
IT HAS BEEN TO COUNSEL AND FROM MY MEMORY WHEN THE COUNCILMEMBER WAS MAYOR SHE REQUESTED A WORK PLAN B WITH IT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO APPROVE IT AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS NEVER APPROVED.
THERE WAS NO WORK LAND WITH IT AND IT GOT INTO IT AND WE ARE STILL SITTING AT BOTH WITHOUT IT BEING APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
>> IF I FOLLOW THIS THEN WHAT WE WILL BRING BACK TO YOU ON MARCH EIGHTH IS THE WORK PLAN AND THEN WE CAN PROCEED AFTER THAT WITH COUNSEL TO THE WORK PLAN WHICH IS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN WITH APPROVAL BY COUNSEL.
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WE COULD PROBABLY LOOK AT THE SECOND MEETING IN MARCH FOR ADOPTION BY THE COUNCIL IF THE DATE ALIGN AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING, LET'S GET IT DONE AND THAT'S GOOD FOR ME TO HAVE THAT HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE TO SEE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THE WORK PLAN AND THEN WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THE WORK PLAN AND WE CAN DO THAT.>> THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO GET THE WORK PLAN CLEAR AND CONCISE AND TO THE POINT.
>> THE STRATEGIC PLAN HAS SOME AREAS THAT DON'T MATCH THE AREA.
IF YOU THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE MAYBE WE CAN HIGHLIGHT SECTION FOR THE NEXT TIME THE COMMISSION SO THE CULTURAL THINGS DO NOT FOLLOW THE CURRENT ORDINANCE.
>> THAT IS A GOOD WAY AND LET'S BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION ON THE EIGHTH AND DISCUSS THAT FURTHER.
THERE MAY BE ELEMENTS THAT WE DON'T TAKE WORTH OR TO THE COUNCIL OR WITH THE CAVEAT THAT SAYS IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO IMPLEMENT XYZ IT WILL REQUIRE AN UPDATE TO THE ORDINANCE.
BUT NOT ELIMINATE THE LANGUAGE BUT QUALIFY THE LANGUAGE.
>> THAT IS A GOOD FIRST STEP IN GETTING THE ORDINANCE CHANGED.
ANYTHING ELSE COMMISSIONERS? STAFF? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR THE ABILITY TO SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU! THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US IN LINE.
ALL RIGHT IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THAN WE CAN ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 6:49.
>> THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.