Sep 13, 2022 Public Arts Commission

>>: GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]

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>>: COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ.

>> PRESENT.

>>: COMMISSIONER BECERRA.

>>: PRESENT. >>: COMMISSIONER CRUZ-ZENDEJAS.

>>: PRESENT. >>: VICE CHAIR NEUMEYER.

>>: PRESENT. >>: VICE CHAIR SCHINSKY.

>>: PRESENT. >>: A PLEDGE OF 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.

>>: THANK YOU.

THREE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?

>>: GOOD EVENING MR. CHAIRPERSON, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

>>: ITEM FOR PRESENTATIONS BY LOCAL ARTIST AND/OR ART ORGANIZATIONS.

[4. PRESENTATION BY LOCAL ARTISTS AND/OR ART ORGANIZATIONS ]

>>: YES WE DO WE HAVE MS. BRITNEY DELANEY AND MR. PETER GENARO THAT WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO THE COMMISSION NAMED FREE BY BODY.

THEY ARE ATTENDING THE MEETING VIA ZOOM.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO ATTEND VIA ZOOM.

THEY WILL PRESENT AT THE ZOOM AND WE CAN HEAR THEIR PRESENTATION.

>>: VERY GOOD.

>>: ARE THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN ZOOM TO PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION?

>>: HI THIS IS PETER.

I AM HERE. BRITNEY [INAUDIBLE] I JUST TEXTED HER AND SHE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT THIS GATHERING.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR AVAILING THE TIME AND SPACE.

>>: PETER, YOU KIND OF BROKE UP, DID YOU SAY BRITNEY IS NOT WOULD BE PARTICIPATING?

>>: BRITNEY WAS ABSOLUTELY PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE.

WE SPOKE LAST NIGHT, HERE SHE IS.

SHE IS HERE. SHE JUST SIGNED IN.

>>: I DON'T SEE ANYONE.

>>: SHE JUST CAME IN.

THERE SHE IS. >>: HELLO, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

>>: GOOD EVENING. THE FLOOR IS YOURS BRITNEY AND PETER.

>>: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF, MY NAME IS BRITNEY DELANEY I AM A KARATE FOR INDIANS AND WRITER EVENT PRODUCER AND CODIRECTOR OF GROUND SERIES DANCE AND SOCIAL DIRECTOR.

BASED IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AND AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE VIRTUALLY IN INDIO CALIFORNIA.

I ALSO SERVE AS A SECRETARY FOR THE ARTS AND PLANNING DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION.

I HAVE A LOT OF EXCITEMENT TO BE IN SPACES OF IMAGINATION AND BUILDING COMMUNITY.

I'M EXCITED TO BRING THIS PROJECT TO THE INDIO PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION BECAUSE HER PROJECT IS CALLED FREE THE BODY AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE AT COACHELLA VALLEY ARTS CENTER IN JANUARY 2023.

SO WHAT IS FREE THE BODY? FREE THE BODY IS AN DISCIPLINARY INSTALLATION AND RESEARCH PROJECT AND ASKED THE QUESTION OF WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE FREE IN YOUR BODY.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RELATIONSHIPS OR SENSATIONS OF THAT AND WHAT IS IT MEAN FOR PEOPLE PERSONALLY, CULTURALLY, POLITICALLY, SOCIALLY.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BRING THIS PROJECT TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY ARTS CENTER.

AND THE COACHELLA VALLEY MEANS A LOT TO ME.

I WORKED AND LIVED THERE FROM 2015 TO 2019 AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BRING THIS PROJECT BACK TO THE DESERT.

I HAVE MY COLLEAGUE PETER HERE AND I'LL PASS IT TO HIM.

HE CAN INTRODUCE HIMSELF IN A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT'S COMING UP.

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>>: THANKS BRITNEY.

HI EVERYONE, MY NAME IS PETER.

IN MY SIGNAL BREAKS UP, PLEASE DO LET ME KNOW.

I'M BROADCASTING FROM WATERBURY [INAUDIBLE] TO COME OUT TO YOUR HOME.

I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED TO MEET THE AREA, THE PEOPLE, THE CULTURE.

I'VE KNOWN BRITNEY SINCE SHE WAS A STUDENT AT WESLEY UNIVERSITY.

WE STAYED IN TOUCH ON AND OFF AND AUSPICIOUS BECAME TOGETHER ABOUT FIVE MONTHS AGO, AGAIN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, ET CETERA.

I'M A COMPOSER, WRITER AND HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATOR.

NOW ONTO MY MASTERS RESEARCH AND POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH IS FROM NYU ARTS POLITIC PROGRAM WHERE MY FOCUS IS ON HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND POWER IDENTITY IN DIFFERENT VIOLENCES.

IN THIS PROJECT TO FREE THE BODY, WE'RE LOOKING AT VERY MUCH, AS BRITNEY SAID WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL FREE, WORRIED WE ACCESS FREEDOM IN THIS WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN WITH ALL HER RESPONSIBILITIES.

THE ARTISTIC PROJECT ITSELF, INTERDISCIPLINARY, AND IMMERSIVE ART INSTALLATION PRODUCING MULTIMEDIA, VISUAL ART, SOUND, INSTALLATION, DANCE.

BUT ALSO IS PARTICIPATORY AND A NUMBER OF WAYS WHICH WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

WE CERTAINLY OPEN THE SPACES TO CELEBRATE INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND THE RIGHTS OF YOUTH WHICH WILL BE CELEBRATING DIRECTLY AT A KIDS WORKSHOP THIS SATURDAY AT THE COACHELLA VALLEY ARTS CENTER.

AND PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD OF THE INSTALLATION BUT ALSO OF THE WILD WOMEN WORKSHOP THAT BRITNEY IS SPEARHEADING TO GIVE AUDIO TESTIMONY.

OF COURSE IT WILL BE AN OMINOUS BUT WITHOUT A RESPECT FOR THE PARTICIPANTS BUT IT'LL BE EMBEDDED INTO THE SOUND SCORE OF THE INSTALLATION ART PIECE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY ARTS CENTER.

LASTLY ALSO THE ART PIECE IS MEANT AS ART DOES TO COMMUNICATE AND A SHARED EXPERIENCE AND TO OPEN UP AN ARCHITECTURE OF INVITATION FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE A SHARED EXPERIENCE ACROSS THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES.

WE ARE USING THE PRACTICE AND THEORY OF ABOLITION, NOMINALISM THAT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO CHAMPION BY ANGELA DAVIS, GINA DENT AND OTHERS.

ONE OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT WE LOVE ABOUT IT, I'LL WRAP UP HERE.

YOU ASKED TO PUT SOMETHING DOWN AND CREATE SOMETHING THAT HASN'T EXISTED BEFORE AND LOOK AT BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER DRAWING ON THE BEST OF BOTH, RATHER THAN SEEING THEM AS EXCLUSIVE OPPOSITE.

THERE IS TOO MUCH DIVISION IN THE WORLD AND TOO MUCH NOT SHARING AND LEARNING FROM ONE ANOTHER.

THIS PROJECT IS A DIRECT CHALLENGE BY CELEBRATING THE INVITATION AND PARTICIPATION OF ART FORMS, PEOPLE, CULTURES ET CETERA. I'M SUPER EXCITED TO COME OUT TOMORROW.

>>: LET ME JUST ADD IN THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS I'M IN TOUCH WITH THE GROUP THAT HAS BEEN IN THE ARTS COMMISSION A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO FEELING RHYTHMS WITH LACEY SO WERE PLANNING TO DO SOMETHING LATER IN THE FALL WHEN THE MASTER DRUMMER COMES BACK AND THEN AZTECA WHO WILL BE PART OF THE WORKSHOP ON THE 24TH TO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES IN RELATIONSHIP ON THE DESERT AND THEN WILD WOMEN WHICH IS COACHELLA VALLEY FEMINIST COLLECTIVE AS WELL AS THE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR GROUNDED SERIES IN ADDITION TO SHARING POWERFUL ART THAT WE REALLY THINK ABOUT RESOURCES AND EDUCATION AND CONNECTING TO SHARE SOME OF THE RESOURCES AS WELL AND TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND A GOOD VISITOR I WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO WHAT THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION HAS COMING UP FOR THIS FALL AND WINTER AND OTHER INDIO INITIATIVES.

I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE SO MANY AMAZING EVENTS AND FESTIVALS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO AMPLIFY THAT AND BUILD SOME OF OUR TIMING AND WORKSHOP AROUND WAS GOING ON THERE.

I'M EXCITED TO SHARE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME.

>> TAKING FOR THE PRESENTATION.

WE ALL LOOK FORWARD.

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THANK YOU PETER, THANK YOU BRITNEY.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> ALL RIGHT ITEM FIVE, ACTION ITEMS, 5.1 THE INDIO MURAL NUMBER 12 PROJECT.

[5.1. Indio Mural # 12 Project Selection: To select one (1) artist from the ...]

>> GOOD EVENING MR. CHAIRPERSONS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARTS COMMISSION.

TONIGHT BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE ITEM 5.1 WHICH IS INDIO MURAL NUMBER 12 PROJECT SELECTION.

WE NAMED THE MURAL NUMBER 12 BECAUSE WE WANTED THE ARTIST TO GETS PICKED NAMED ARTWORK HIMSELF OR HERSELF.

THAT IS WHY THE ART PIECE GOES OUT IT'S ONLY DEFIED BY NUMBER.

THE RELEASE OF ART WAS JULY 1ST AND THE DEADLINE WAS AUGUST 12 -- I'M SORRY AUGUST 22.

WE RECEIVED 12 PROPOSALS FROM TALENTED ARTIST AND ALL OF THEM MET THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.

STAFF REVIEWED THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY MEET THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 3 STAFF ON THE COMMITTEE MET AND SELECTED TO NARROW DOWN FROM 12 TO THREE PROPOSALS WERE ARTIST.

YOU SEE THE MURALS SUPPOSED TO BE PLACED ON THE WALL BEHIND THE ARTWORK COLOSSAL CACTI.

THE NUMBER ONE, I WAS CHOSEN BY THE COMMITTEE, THE IMAGE THAT YOU SEE FROM ZACH FLEMING.

NUMBER TWO THE IMAGE IS FROM JESSICA MACIAS AND NUMBER THREE IS FROM PATRICK BARWINSKI. THE COMMUNITY CHOSE THESE THREE MURALS OR ARTWORKS BASED ON THE VISUAL, VALUES ONLY, THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE ARTIST, WHO IS THE ARTIST OR THE NAMES.

IT WAS A BLIND SELECTION TO BE FAIR TO ALL THE ARTIST.

ALL THREE OF THE ARTIST ARE HERE AND THEY WILL PRESENT.

THEY EACH HAVE A FIVE MINUTE PRESENTATION AND THEY WILL PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION IN THE COMMISSION AT THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION HAS TIMES TO ASK QUESTIONS.

WE GO FIRST WITH ZACH, SECOND JESSICA AND THIRD WILL BE PATRICK.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ZACH TO THE PODIUM.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

ALL RIGHT LOOKS LIKE I'M READY TO GO.

HI MY NAME IS ZACH FLEMING BOYLES.

I'M AN ARTIST AND ART EDUCATOR POINTED RAISED IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.

IT'S A BIT IN HONOR TO PRESENT NERO DESIGN TO THE COMMISSION.

I GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA BERKELEY WITH 2009 AND A DEGREE IN OUR PRACTICE AND WORK IT CREATE CENTER FOR ARTS AND PALM CENTER PRINTMAKING CLASSES AND MANAGING ORGANIZATION YOUTH PROGRAMS. PRIOR TO THAT I WORKED AT THE PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM FOR EIGHT YEARS AS MANAGER OF SCHOOL PROGRAMS OVERSEEING CLASS FIELD TRIPS, YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS. UPON LEARNING ABOUT THIS PROJECT I WAS INSTANTLY INTRIGUED BY THE PROSPECT OF DESIGNING A MURAL FOR SITE NUMBER 12 BECAUSE OF THE COLOSSAL CACTI INSTALLATION. FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS THE CACTUS HAS BEEN A PRIMARY SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR MY ART THAT RESULTS UNDERREPRESENTED RESILIENCE OF LIGHT.

TO COLLABORATE WITH THE COLOSSAL CACTI INSTALLATION IS WHAT EXCITED ME THE MOST ABOUT THIS PROJECT AS A RELATES CLOSELY TO MY EXISTING BODY OF WORK.

YOU MAY NOTICE THAT THE DESIGN I HAVE PROPOSED IS SOMEWHAT A DEPARTURE FROM THE PSEUDO- REALISTIC STYLE THAT I CURRENTLY WORK IN.

I WANTED MY DESIGN TO COMPLEMENT THE STRUCTURE OF THE EXISTING SCULPTURAL WORKS TO CREATE A MORE VISUAL EXPERIENCE.

>> BY VERO IS BASED ON PAINTINGS THAT STARTED IN 2011 AFTER RETURNING TO THE DESERT FROM RETURNING FROM COLLEGE.

I MUST ADMIT GROWN UP IN THE DESERT I TOOK THE NATURAL BEAUTY THAT SURROUNDS THE COACHELLA VALLEY FOR GRANTED.

AFTER MOVING BACK AGAIN TO DO APPRECIATION FOR THE UNIQUE FEATURES FOUND A LOCAL LANDSCAPE WITH THE FASCINATION OF THE SANTA ROSA MOUNTAINS IN THE WAY LIGHT AND SHADOW DANCE ACROSS THE SURFACE AS IT CHANGES COLOR THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

AS A KID THE MOUNTAINS WERE NOT SO MUCH AN OBJECT OF AESTHETIC FASCINATION BUT A PLAYGROUND WHERE MY IMAGINATION CAN FLOURISH.

AS AN ONLY CHILD IN A SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLD MUCH OF MY YOUTH WAS SPENT ALONE SCRIBBLING UP AND DOWN THE BOULDERS OF THE FOOTHILLS AND AFTER SCHOOL WATCHING THE SUNSET OVER THE

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THE WORD SOLITUDE CARRIES WITH IT NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS BUT MY EXPERIENCE THERE IS A CERTAIN SERENITY TO BEING ALONE IN NATURE THAT CAN'T BE FOUND ELSEWHERE.

WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A WORD FOR IT IN ENGLISH BUT IN GERMAN THIS FEELING IS BALD IN SOME KIND, SOLITUDE OF THE FORCE.

IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY BEADED IS DESERT SURROUNDED BY MOUNTAINS I SUPPOSE SOLITUDE OF THE MOUNTAINS.

AS FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD I MAGICAL FEELING IN ONE CREDIT TOWARDS MY DEVELOPMENT AS AN ARTIST.

WHEN I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THE MURAL PROJECT.

I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO, I WASN'T SURE HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

I GOT TO MY CAR, DROVE TO THE SITE AND STARTED SNAPPING PHOTOS IN SPACE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET A FEEL FOR THE SIZE AND SCALE AND THE WALL UPON WHICH THE MURAL IS TO BE PAINTED AS WELL AS THE COLOSSAL CACTI INSTALLATION TO MAKE SURE MY DESIGN DID NOT CLASH OR ATTRACT FROM THE EXISTING WORK.

IT WAS ALSO AT THIS TIME I CONTEMPLATED WAYS TO GO ABOUT ACTUALLY PAINTED THE INSTALLATION SUCH AS TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT I WOULD NEED IN ORDER TO FOR MY BUDGET AND TIMELINE. WHEN I GOT HOME I PRINTED OUT ONE OF THE PHOTOS AND PLACED TRACING PAPER AND STARTED OUTLINING THE COMPOSITION AND PENCIL.

IT WAS DIGITALLY SCANNED AND OVERLAID ONTO THE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS IN COLOR ADDED USING PHOTOSHOP.

THE ACTUAL MURAL ITSELF WOULD FOLLOW A SIMILAR PROGRESSION.

ONCE THE SURFACE HAS BEEN CLEANED AND PRIMED I WOULD PROJECT THE OUTLINE OF THE MOUNTAINS ONTO THE WALL AND TRACE OVER THE LINES WITH PAINT.

WHEN THE OUTLINE IS COMPLETED I WOULD FILL IN THE SPACE AND COLOR BASED ON THE EXISTING COLOR CHART.

WITH REGARDS TO THE TIME I DEFINED IS SELECTED I WILL DEVOTE THE REMAINDER OF SEPTEMBER TOWARDS PROCURING THE MATERIALS I WOULD NEED TO PICK THE MURAL.

FORTUNATELY WORKING AT THE ART EDUCATION CENTER I HAVE ACCESS TO MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT I WOULD NEED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW SPECIALIZED TOOLS.

ALSO IN SEPTEMBER I WOULD START CLEANING AND PREPARING THE SURFACE FOR THE PAINT.

THE ACTUAL PAINTING WOULD OCCUR THROUGHOUT OCTOBER WITH THE BULK OF THE WORK OCCURRING ON WEEKENDS.

IT'S HARD FOR ME TO ESTIMATE THE EXACT TIMELINE BUT ONCE THE INITIAL DESIGN IS OUTLINE I IMAGINE THE MURAL WILL GO PRETTY QUICKLY WITH HAVING EVERYTHING DONE BY THE END OF OCTOBER. THE FINAL UV RESISTANT VARNISH AND ANTI-GRAFFITI PROTECTION IS INTENDED TO BE ADDED THE FIRST PART OF NOVEMBER.

AS AN ART EDUCATOR I ALSO SAW THIS PROJECT AS A TEACHING OPPORTUNITY AND CREATED A PAINT BY NUMBER SYSTEM THAT WOULD ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MURALS CREATION, MY INITIAL IDEA WAS TO REACH OUT TO ART TEACHER IN INDIO, SHADOW HILLS AND I SCHOOLS AND OFFER AN INVITATION TO THEIR STUDENTS TO INSIST ON PAINTING THE LOWER PORTION OF THE MURAL AS A FIELD TRIP EXPERIENCE.

THE BUDGET I SET ASIDE A PORTION OF THE FUNDING TO COVER THE COST OF TRANSPORTATION TO THE SITE IF I'M ABLE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS POSSIBLE.

IF NOT THAT FUNDING WOULD GO TOWARDS HIRING LOCAL ARTIST TO ASSIST ME IN PAINTING THE MURAL.

IT WOULD MEAN A LOT FOR ME PERSONALLY AT MY DESIGN WERE CHOSEN FOR SITE 12.

INDIO IS WHERE I SPENT THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS OF MY LIFE IN THE FIRST PLACE I EVER CALLED HOME.

I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY TO HELP ME DEVELOP INTO THE ARTIST I AM TODAY AND HOPEFULLY INSPIRE OTHERS TO SEE THE MOUNTED A DIFFERENT LIGHT AND PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE NATURAL BEAUTY WE ARE SURROUNDED BY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY WORK WITH YOU AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THIS TIME.

>> THANK YOU ZACH.

ANY QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU. >> I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE JESSICA TO COME HERE AND GIVE US A

PRESENTATION. >> HELLO.

MY NAME IS JESSICA MACIAS, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.

I WENT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED AND WENT TO COD FOR MY AA.

I'VE BEEN A PASSION OF COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC ARTS EVER SINCE I BECAME AN ART EDUCATOR THREE YEARS AGO THE PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM.

MY GOAL FROM THERE WAS ALWAYS TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT AND BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF IT IN A WAY.

I HAVE THREE YEARS WITH THAT IN THE PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM.

I ALSO HAVE BEEN FREELANCED ARTIST FOR TEN YEARS.

MY GOAL WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS PROJECT, I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A LANDMARK FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO FEEL A PART OF IT AND TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING IN MY COMMUNITY WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED.

>> LET ME SEE THIS IS A LITTLE VIDEO CLIP I HAVE.

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I KNOW WE WERE LOOKING AT THE COLOSSAL CACTUS ARTWORK, IT IS ALSO VERY MODERN, VERY NEW AND I WANTED THAT TO REFLECT WITH THESE COLORS AS WELL.

NOT NECESSARILY HAVING SOMETHING HYPER REALISTIC AND COLOR WISE BUT WITHOUT MODERN COLOR.

WHEN I START I LIKE TO DEVELOP MY COLOR PALETTE AND I DECIDED TO DO IT WITH THE DATE PALM.

I DID THE DATE PALM JUST BECAUSE I DID WANT TO DO SOMETHING MODERN BUT I ALSO WANTED TO KEEP SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE IN OUR HISTORY IS ALSO ROOTED IN WHICH IS THE DATE PALM.

ALSO HOW I CAME UP WITH MY COLOR PALETTE WAS THINKING ABOUT, KIND OF WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING WITH HEAT SENSORS, USING THE WARMTH IN SOMETHING, YOU SEA LIFE AND I KINDA WANTED THAT TO REFLECT IN THE DATE PALM WITH THE RED AND ORANGE FOR THE LEAVES GIVING THAT THAT IS SOMETHING GROWING AND LIVING IN THE DATES THAT ARE GOING ON AS WELL.

YOU SEE IT STARTED OFF WITH A COOL BLUE AND SLOWLY GROWING INTO THE YELLOW WHICH IS ALSO LIFE COMING THROUGH AND A LOT OF LIFE INTO THIS VALLEY AS WELL.

THIS WAS MY FINISHED PRODUCT, HIGHLIGHTING INDIO WITH THE NAME ON IT AND HAVING NOT BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN INTERACT WITH AS WELL AND BE A LANDMARK FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

FOR MY TIMELINE, I WOULD START OFF WITH THE WELL PREP AND INSPECTION TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO CRACKS THAT NEED TO BE FILLED, KIND OF JUST MAKING SURE WE HAVE A SMOOTH KIND OF CANVAS FOR THE PAINTING.

I WOULD GO IN WITH POWER WASHING AND PREPPING THE WALLS AS WELL.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS PAIN IS GOING TO STICK AND LAST FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

FOR THEN PROGRESSING I WOULD GO IN WITH THE BASE COLOR, THE FILL WITH THE DARK BLUE AND MOVE ON TO OUTLINE THE GRID, MY METHOD I DON'T REALLY LIKE TO DO THE SQUARE FOOT GRID I DO THE DOODLE METHOD WHICH IS MAKING A WHOLE BUNCH OF LITTLE DRAWINGS TO FIT TO SCALE AND THEN YOU FILL IT IN.

GOING ON THE DETAIL AND COLOR AND TOUCHING UP THE FINISHED PIECE AND WAITING FOR IT TO DRY AND FINISHING OFF WITH THE UV VARNISH/GRAFFITI SEALANT.

FOR THE TIMELINE IT WOULD PROBABLY BE NEAR TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER, GOING INTO OCTOBER AS WELL JUST DEPENDING ON WHETHER WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE VALLEY AT THE TIME.

I CAN'T GIVE AN EXACT TIMELINE BUT I WOULD SAY ANYWHERE FROM A MONTH TO TWO WEEKS.

TWO WEEKS TO A MONTH TO GET THIS DONE.

JUST FROM EXPERIENCE THAT I HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY ARTS, I DID CITY OF INDIO PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION SIGNAL BOX, THIS WAS MY DESIGN FOR THAT AND LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 48 THE MONROE STREET.

IN 2020 I DID A PUBLIC ART BENCH PROJECT DESIGNING AND PAINTING EVENT IN DOWNTOWN PALM SPRINGS AND THIS IS LOCATED ON INDIO CANYON.

I'VE ALSO PARTICIPATED WITH SYNERGY FEST COLLABORATING AND LIVE ART IN WORKING WITH MURALS FOR THEM.

THIS IS A COLLABORATION WORK WITH THE KNOWN ARTIST CALLED CREEPY LITTLE THING IN THE VALLEY.

HERE IS SOME OF MY GENERAL ARTWORK, THIS WAS FROM A RECENT ART SHOW THAT I DID AT THE ARTISTIC HEALING CENTER.

THE PICTURE IN THE CORNER IS OF A GIRL, THAT IS A PASS PAINTING AS WELL.

AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

WHAT IT MEANS TO ME TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK VERY SPECIAL, SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO DO FOR MY COMMUNITY THAT I'VE GROWN UP IN TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK, TO BE ABLE TO JUST BE A PART OF THAT HISTORY IN OUR COMMUNITY I THINK WOULD

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AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> QUESTIONS ANYONE?

>> I HAVE ONE. >> WHY DO YOU FEEL COMPELLED TO HAVE THE NAME THE CITY ON YOUR MURAL?

>> SO WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS, I WANTED THE CITY'S NAME TO BE UP IN FRONT JUST BECAUSE WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY IS SNAPPING PICTURES NOW, EVERYTHING'S GOING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE AND I WANT THAT TO BE KIND OF A LANDMARK PEOPLE CAN USED TO ALSO BE ABLE TO SHOW THE CITY AND SHOW WHERE YOU'RE AT KIND OF LIKE A SIGN FOR THE CITY OF INDIO.

YOU HAVE ASSIGNED FOR PALM SPRINGS OF WHERE YOU'RE AT, YOU HAVE ASSIGNED FOR COACHELLA AND OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY.

THAT WAS MY THINKING AROUND THAT.

>> WHEN YOU SAY SIGN, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A LITERAL SIGN THAT YOU SEE AT THE ENTRANCE TO A CITY.

>> THE LITERAL SIGN TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE CITY AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS AN ARTISTIC FORM OF ASSIGNED IN THE MURAL FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO AND NOWHERE THEREAT AND REPRESENT THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU.

>> OUR LAST PRESENTER IS PATRICK.

[INAUDIBLE] >> HI EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS PATRICK BARWINSKI.

CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME REALLY GOOD, I'M A FULL-TIME ARTIST AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

IT'S A GREAT HONOR BEING YOU CONSIDERED ONE OF THE CHOSEN ARTIST FOR SUCH IMPORT PROJECT WITHOUT BEING SAID I WOULD LIKE TO START THIS PRESENTATION OFF WITH GIVING YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT MYSELF.

AS A YOUNG KID, I ALWAYS HAD A HUGE PASSION FOR ART, EXPERIMENTED WITH EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING I COULD GET MY HANDS ON GROWING UP.

I'M SURE THEY ASKED MY PARENTS TODAY ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD, THEY COULD TELL YOU REAL HORROR STORIES.

FUNNY THING IS ACTUALLY GIVING PERMISSION ONE TIME TO PAINT THE ENTIRE GARAGE TO ANYTHING I WANTED.

MAYBE BECAUSE THEY GOT ME TIRED PAINTING ON ALL THE WALLS.

GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY I DECIDED TO PAINT MY ENTIRE GARAGE APPLY UNDER BRIGHT BLUE SKY AND WHITES WOULD BE CLOUDS.

LITTLE DID I KNOW THIS IS MY HAPPY PLACE WHERE HE SPENT MOST OF MY TIME DAYDREAMING ABOUT BECOMING A GREAT ARTIST.

I KNEW THIS WAS A FAR-FETCHED DREAM THERE WAS NO WAY I WAS ONLY ONE WITH THE SAME DREAM.

FAST-FORWARD TO THE YEAR 2008.

I DECIDED TO PURSUE MY DREAM OF BECOMING AN ARTIST AND MOVED TO LIMA PERU WHERE I RECEIVED MY HIRED EDUCATION AND GRAPHIC DESIGN.

SPENT MY BEST EIGHT YEARS OF STUDYING ENRICHING IN THE CULTURE.

I LATER TRAVELED TO SOUTH AMERICA WHEN I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AND LIVE IN BRAZIL FOR THREE YEARS.

IF YOU LOVE SUNNY WEATHER, BEACHES AND BEATABLE PEOPLE I HIGHLY RECOMMEND VISITING FOR REAL GOOD TIME.

THESE LIFE EXPERIENCES HAVE SHAPED ME INTO ARTIST I AM TODAY.

HEAVILY INFLUENCE OF THE FLAVORS OF LATINO CULTURE DEEPLY INSPIRED BY THE GREAT ARTIST I AS PART OF THE PATHWAY OF MY OWN PERSONAL HAPPINESS.

SUCH AS ELLIOT TUPAC, PROVING SCREENPRINTING AND LOVING ARTIST OF TEACHER ART AND AESTHETIC OF A RICH SOCIAL HISTORY.

THROUGH MY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING AS AN ARTIST AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER I PROVIDED ARTISTIC CREATIVITY FOR SOME OF THE TOP DESIGN STUDIOS, ADVERTISING AGENCIES AND STARTUPS AROUND THE WORLD. RECOVERY IS IDENTITY BRANDING, DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION OF MURAL PAINTING.

HOWEVER, I PREFER TO SPECIALIZE MURAL PAINTING AS IF HE'S MY ARTISTIC SOUL.

I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT ANY ARTIST SHOULD HAVE AS MUCH KNOWLEDGE AS POSSIBLE ABOUT EVERY TYPE OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND TO THIS END I HAVE MADE IT MY MISSION TO FURTHER MY PERSONAL EDUCATION IN MANY DIRECTIONS AS THEY CAN GETTING HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT MY MOST RECENT RATE IS THE COMPLIMENTS.

CAN WE PLAY THE VIDEO PLEASE.

>> HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING ABLE TO PAY A MASSIVE 2500 SQUARE-FOOT MURAL AT THE ALLY LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN RIVERSIDE TELLING A STORY ABOUT A BUTTERFLY ENCOUNTERS ON A TRANSFORMATIONAL BECOMING FREE AND BEAUTIFUL, THIS MURAL IS TITLED HOW TO FLY.

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TO PAINT A BEAUTIFUL MURAL IN THE CITY OF INDIO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS TO CREATE A CONCEPT THAT IS AESTHETICALLY AND TECHNICALLY COMPELLING OR REFLECTING THE PROGRESSIVE VALUES BRINGING POSITIVITY AND LOVE AMONG THE COMMUNITY.

WITH UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE YOU DOWN A DEEP EXPIRATION DIVE AS I DID WITH EVERY PROJECT I APPROACH.

BEFORE PUTTING INTO PAPER AS A GOOD ART IS SHOULD I BEGIN TO ASK MY FRIENDS, FAMILY AND SELF THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECTS.

WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF INDIO? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE AND VALUES OF THE CITY OF INDIO? WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE CITY OF INDIO, WHY SHOULD WE PAINT A MURAL IN THE CITY OF INDIO? HERE'S A FEW ANSWERS IN WORDS WHEN INSPIRED WE WOULD ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

CULTURE, HISTORY, AGRICULTURE, COMMUNITY, SPIRITUAL, ARTS, NATURE, MODERN, MUSIC, FRIENDLY, FESTIVAL, POSITIVE, CELEBRATION, AND PROGRESS.

THE WORDS THAT MEANT THE MOST TO ME WERE THESE THREE WORDS COMMUNITY, ARTS AND PROGRESS.

AS I GO THROUGH MY EXPLORATION PROCESS I USUALLY LIKE TO LISTEN TO MUSIC AS IT HELPS ME FREE MY MIND FROM CLUTTER AND FOCUS ON THE CREATIVITY OF THE MEETING OF THE PROJECT.

EVERY NOW AND THEN A SONG WILL CATCH MY SOUL DESIGNATED WITH A PURPOSE AND MEETING OF WHAT I'M CREATING.

I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE MAGICAL EARACHES THAT GAVE ME THE CHILLS AND TOUCH MY SOUL DURING THIS PROCESS.

IMAGINE BY JOHN LENNON.

YOU MAY SAY I'M A DREAMER BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.

I HOPE SOMEDAY YOU'LL JOIN US IN THE WORLD WILL LIVE AS ONE.

WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD AND THE PURPOSE OF THE MURAL, I KNEW THIS QUOTE WAS GOING TO HELP FUEL MY INSPIRATION AND CREATIVE MY NEWEST MASTERPIECE.

WITH MY PERSONAL RESEARCH ABOUT THE CITY OF INDIO AND INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE IT BECAME VERY CLEAR AS TO WHAT INDIO IS AND WILL HIDE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE GATHER TOGETHER EVERY YEAR TIME AFTER TIME TO CELEBRATE AND BECOME ONE IS A COMMUNITY.

INDIO IS HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, AND SPIRITUAL.

A MAGICAL PLACE SURROUNDED A BEAUTIFUL NATURE WHERE YOU COULD BE ONE OF THE COMMUNITY OF DIVERSE CULTURES.

A COMMUNITY OF LOVING PEOPLE CELEBRATING LIFE TO THE FULLEST HOSTING THE BIGGEST ART MUSIC FESTIVALS IN THE WORLD IT ONLY MAKES SENSE TO CALL INDIO THE CITY OF FESTIVALS.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DEDICATE THIS MURAL TO THOSE WHO WERE ON THE PATH TO FINDING A PLACE IN THIS WORLD.

I WANT THIS MURAL TO EXPRESS, EVOKED AND CAPTURED UNITY, FAMILY, PEACE AND LOVE THAT WE ALL SEE FROM TIME TO TIME WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD. A PLACE WHERE ALL OF THE DREAMS CAN COME TRUE [INAUDIBLE].

I SPEAK FROM THE HEART AND SPIRIT OF EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS MERE PROPOSAL HAS BEEN THOUGHT OUT, NOT JUST TO LOOK GOOD BUT CONVEY A MEANING AND MESSAGE BEYOND THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT. ALL THE WAY FROM THE COLORS, CHOSEN OBJECTS AND PLACEMENT OF EACH ITEM YOU SEE TODAY.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO I PRESENT TO YOU MY INDIO MURAL DREAMER SALLY.

NOW SINCE THE SCREEN SIZE DOES NOT GIVE THE DETAIL OF JUSTICE ALSO YOU CLOSE-UPS OF THE MURAL PROPOSAL IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.

AS I SAID BEFORE, EVERY SINGLE DETAIL THIS MURAL WAS SPECIFICALLY CURATED FOR THIS PROPOSAL.

FROM THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS THAT YOU SEE THE CITY SURROUNDED THE MAJESTIC SPIRITUAL LANDSCAPE REPRESENTING THE PATHWAYS AND JOURNEYS IN LIFE.

THE SUN INJURING CAPTURE REPRESENTING THE HISTORY AND THE WARMTH OF THE WELCOMING COMMUNITY AND THE SYMBOL REPRESENTING AND SPEAKING IN THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF LOVE THAT ANYONE COULD RELATE TO NO MATTER WHAT LANGUAGE YOU SPEAK OR WHERE YOU ARE FROM.

THE BUTTERFLY FLIGHT OF THE VALLEY TOWARD THE SUN REPRESENTING LIBERTY, BEAUTY, CHANGE, COMFORT AND HOPE FOR THE PEOPLE.

TO THE PINK COTTON CANDY SKY MIXED WITH FEATHERS FROM THE DREAM CATCHER MAKING SURE TO CATCH A LEAVE NO DREAM LEFT BEHIND AMONG THE WISHING OF THE STARS IN THE UNIVERSE. I FEEL CERTAIN THAT MY PROVEN ABILITY TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST STANDARDS AS ARTIST WITH THE GREATEST BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF INDIO.

I HAVE CONFIDENCE I CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO PASS BY IT.

WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT MATTERS MOST IN LIFE IS FEELING LOVED, BEING HAPPY AND PUTTING A SMILE ON ANOTHER PERSON'S FACE.

I SEEK TO FEEL THIS DESIRE WITH MY MURAL PROPOSAL.

SO REMEMBER, WE MUST ALWAYS REMIND HERSELF, NOTHING HAPPENS UNLESS FIRST WE DREAM.

SO DARE TO DREAM BECAUSE IF YOU CAN DREAM IT, YOU CAN ACHIEVE IT.

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I ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF PRINTOUTS I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE WITH EACH ONE OF YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> QUESTIONS?

>> PATRICK, WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

>> RIVERSIDE. >> CURRENTLY?

>> YES. >> RIVERSIDE BUT MY PARENTS ARE FROM PERU.

THAT'S HOW I GOT THE STUDY TO LIVE OVER THERE.

>> LUCKIEST BACK INTO BEATABLE PLACE HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE BEFORE?

>> NOT YET. >> YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY GO, IF YOU LIKE FISH TRY CEVICHE.

YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

SOME OF THE BEST CEVICHE IN THE WORLD.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU GUYS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR NO? >> I GUESS NOT.

>> THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

IT IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE NOW.

I THINK WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR CANDIDATES LEAVE THE ROOM.

>> SURE. >> YOU CAN COME BACK WHEN WERE DONE.

>> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE THE THREE PROPOSALS.

WILL GO ONE BY ONE.

DOES ANY PARTICULAR ONE THAT YOU THINK OUTSHINES THE OTHER TWO?

>> WELL I LET YOU GUYS KNOW UP FRONT WHICH ONES I CHOSE AN ORDER, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD HELP TO KINDA SEE WHERE I STAND AS FAR AS HOW THAT WAS.

FOR ME NUMBER ONE THAT STOOD OUT WAS ZACK WITH THE MOUNTAIN.

NUMBER TWO WAS PATRICK'S.

AND NUMBER THREE WAS JUST BECAUSE.

>> WERE YOU ON THAT COMMITTEE?

>> NO. >> WAS IN NOE? YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT NOE?

>> THIS IS PROBABLY THE TOUGHEST DECISION SO FAR WITH MY TIME ON THE COMMISSION WITH HAVING SO MANY ENTRIES IN SO MANY GREAT WORKS.

CECE AND I HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.

WE WERE PRETTY SIMILAR AND HOW WE APPROACH THINGS IN MY THREE CHOICES WERE SIMILAR TO HERS.

WE ALSO KINDA HAD AN OPEN ENDED OPTION BECAUSE THE THOUGHT OF HOW GREAT THESE PIECES ARE THAT THEY MIGHT BE SERVED BETTER IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL.

MY FIRST CHOICE WAS THE FIRST PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

BUT WE ALSO WANT TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THE OTHER ARTIST AND MAYBE THIS IS NOT THE LOCATION THAT BEST SERVES THOSE PIECES.

BUT YEAH IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME AT LEAST BUT DEFINITELY THE FIRST PRESENTATION IS MY CHOICE.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> VANESSA? >> YEAH THIS IS TOUGH.

I DO HEAR YOU ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROBABLY SEE THESE MURALS IN ANOTHER SPACE.

IF IT'S NOT AN OUR REGULAR MURAL PROGRAM THAT MAY BE THE MANY MURALS PROGRAM THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS WELL.

I HONESTLY REALLY LIKE THE DATES, JESSICA'S PEACE.

I FEEL LIKE THAT PIECE COULD REALLY POP ON THAT WALL.

JUST SEEING HOW TEXTURED IT IS.

I THINK THE SIMPLICITY OF IT, YOU CAN REALLY MAKE IT OUT ON THAT KIND OF A WALL.

OUR REALLY LIKE THE MOUNTAIN PIECE BEING SO CONNECTED TO THE MOUNTAINS AROUND HERE AS WELL.

THAT'S REALLY HARD. THE COACHELLA VALLEY LOVE PEACE OR THE INDIO VALLEY LOVE PEACE AT THE END OF THE LAST PRESENTATION.

I APPRECIATE THAT PIECE AS WELL.

TO ME IT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT DETAILED FOR THAT TEXTURE TWO.

THAT'S WHAT I CAN KINDA SEE THAT ELSEWHERE AND NOT ON THAT PARTICULAR WALL.

BUT THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS RIGHT NOW ON ALL OF HER PRESENTATIONS.

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>> E.J.

I THINK I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH NUMBER ONE BE MY FIRST CHOICE ESPECIALLY WITH THAT WALL AND THAT PARTICULAR CONTEXT.

I'VE SEEN THE BUTTERFLY MURAL, I REALLY LIKE IT AND I WISH HE HAD PUT A LITTLE MORE OF THAT KIND OF DETAIL IN FIELD WITH HIS LINE WORK AND DO HIS PROPOSAL WERE TALKING ABOUT PATRICK'S PIECE.

BUT AS FAR AS MY OVERALL PICK IT WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE, ZACK'S PIECE.

>> OKAY, WHAT CAN I SAY.

>> THEY'RE ALL COMPETENT.

I THINK ZACK'S PIECE, THE GEOMETRIC QUALITIES TO ZACK'S PIECE ARE TOO SIMILAR TO MY EYE TO THE CACTUS.

I THINK THEY MELT INTO EACH OTHER TO TOO MUCH.

JESSICA'S PIECE, I LIKE THE DATES, I LIKE THE FRANZ, I DO NOT LIKE THE NAME OF INDIO TAKING COMMAND OF THE WALL.

IT'S AN ADVERTISEMENT, IS NO LONGER MURAL.

UNFORTUNATELY WE DO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SURFACE OF THE WALL THAT WERE DEALING WITH, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT PATRICK'S PIECE HAS A MYSTICAL QUALITY TO IT INEQUALITY THAT MAKES YOU THINK, WHICH THE OTHERS TO DID NOT FOR ME.

AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE GATHERING IN THE DOWNTOWN.

IF THE SURFACE OF THE WALL IS GOING TO PRECLUDE PATRICK'S PIECE FROM HAPPENING, I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD.

I THINK SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THAT.

BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS A VERY STRONG IMAGINATIVE AND VISUALLY CHALLENGING PIECE.

SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THE WALL.

I GUESS, WHAT WE NEED IS SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CHOOSE ONE OF THESE THREE.

>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CHOOSE ONE OF THE THREE PROJECT SELECTIONS FOR MURAL NUMBER 12.

>> WHICH ONE? >> NUMBER ONE.

>> ZACH FLEMING BOYLES? IS THAT THE PIECE?

>> I WILL SECOND.

>> CAN WE GO VOTE.

>> COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ.

>> NUMBER ONE.

>> COMMISSIONER BECERRA?

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER CRUZ-ZENDEJAS.

>> YES. >> VICE CHAIR NEUMAYER.

>> YES. >> CHAIRPERSON SCHINSKY.

>> NO. >> MOTION CARRIED?

>> AND IS THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS FOR THE EITHER TWO?

>> FOR ME, I'VE A QUESTION CAN WE ADD, I DON'T KNOW A CONDITION TO THE MOTION TO SEE HOW WE CAN FIT THE PIECES INTO THE MURAL PROGRAM?

>> I THINK THAT STAFF AND I ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER RFP COMING OUT.

I THINK WE WILL HEAVILY, STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO RESUBMIT THESE PROPOSALS.

YEAH, THEY WOULD WORK WELL.

>> WE HAVE AN RFP FOR THE BRIDGE AND A SECOND BRIDGE.

>> YES WE HAVE AN RFP FOR THE SMALL BRIDGE AND THE OTHER RFP HAS BEEN CLOSED BUT AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WORK PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR WHICH WILL INCLUDE SEVERAL MURALS.

SO WE ALSO STILL HAVE OUR SMALL MURAL PROGRAM SO THAT COULD ALSO BE USED.

DEFINITELY STAFF AND CURRENTLY WHOEVER IS THE CHAIR, WE WILL WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ARTIST CAN RESUBMIT AND ALSO ONLINE TO RECEIVE ANY MURAL OR PAINTING OR DIGITAL RFPS THAT WE HAVE IN THE FUTURE.

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>> I THINK SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT AND TALK ABOUT NEXT MEETING IS AT JACKSON STREET BRIDGE MURAL PROJECT.

AS YOU DECIDE IS, I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT ONE ARTIST TO THE ENTIRE THING.

THE TWO REMAINING MURALS FROM TODAY'S SUBMISSIONS WOULD BE PROOF WITHOUT LOCATION BECAUSE THERE'S HOW MANY AREAS DO WE HAVE TO

PAINT ON THAT? >> I BELIEVE WE HAVE 12 COLUMNS, TEN OF THEM ARE LARGE-SIZE, 12 OF THEM ARE SMALL AND THREE WALLS.

>> I THINK IF WE CONSIDER IT IN IF WE CAN AGREE OPEN ON THE JACKSON STREET BRIDGE RFP TO INCORPORATE ADDITIONAL ARTIST, I THINK THAT EVERYONE WILL BE MADE HAPPY.

WE KNOW WERE GOING TO GET GOOD WORK.

>> JUST TO ADD ON THAT THAT RFP HAS BEEN CLOSED AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE FIVE SUBMITTALS.

IT WILL COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE 26.

WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH THE COMMITTEE.

SO IF THE COMMITTEE SELECTS OR NARROWS DOWN TO ONE, TWO OR THREE, COMES BACK TO THE COMMISSION AT NEXT

MEETING. >> THEY CAN REOPEN.

>> CORRECT. >> BUT WE STILL HAVE TO GO TO THE PROCESS TO SELECT THIS FIVE.

>> UNDERSTAND. >> AS MUCH AS I DON'T WANT TO, I UNDERSTAND.

>> EXACTLY, YOU KNOW ABOUT IT ALREADY.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY FOR THE RECORD.

ALRIGHT I GUESS WE MADE OUR CHOICE.

>> I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION REALLY QUICKLY.

>> FOR THE FIRST PROPOSAL THAT WERE MAKING A MOTION ON, WE ARE INCLUDING THE EDUCATION ASPECT IN IT, WHILE ALSO INCLUDING YOUTH TO

PARTICIPATE. >> OF THINGS WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE RAN INTO WITH THE OTHER PROJECTS.

>> WE NEED TO CHECK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, WE HAVE A NEW LEGAL TEAM NOW.

WE NEED TO CHECK WITH THEM TO SEE HOW THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED.

HE ALSO NEEDS TO GIVE US SOME DETAILED PROPOSAL OF HOW THAT WORKS SO WE CAN READ ABOUT THE CITY LEGAL TEAM.

YES YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

>> SO WE WOULD NOT KNOW UNTIL THAT GOES THROUGH?

>> I SAID TALK TO AN ARTS ORGANIZATION, HE CAN HAVE AN ADULT PARTICIPATION.

HE CAN ABOUT THE PEOPLE WORKING WITH THEM, DEFINITELY IT WOULD BE WHETHER OR NOT HE CAN OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

>> THE OTHER THING, THE SAME WAY AS THE MURAL THAT WE WANTED TO DO FOR THE PARK ON THE BASKETBALL COURT.

ALL THE LIABILITIES WERE ON THEM.

THAT'S THE OTHER WAY BUT I CAN'T BE 100% SURE UNTIL WE SEE THE ADVICE FROM THE CITY'S LEGAL TEAM.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, VANESSA.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT SHOULD WE INVITE OUR ARTISTS BACK IN? AND GET ON WITH THE REST OF OUR MEETING? AFTER WE MAKE OUR ANNOUNCEMENT?

>> MR. CHAIRPERSON WOULD YOU LIKE TO LET THE ARTIST KNOW WHO WAS SELECTED AND WHAT IS OUR PLAN FOR THE OTHERS.

BOY DO WE HAVE PLANS FOR YOU.

>> NO, BEFORE I NAME WHO RECEIVED THE MOST VOTES, I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THOSE TWO THAT WERE NOT SELECTED, WE WANT YOUR WORK IN THE CITY OF INDIO.

WE HAVE OTHER MURALS COMING UP, PLEASE DO NOT GO AWAY.

STICK WITH US, CORRESPOND WITH US, RESUBMIT BECAUSE WE LIKE WHAT WE SAW ACROSS THE BOARD.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY WITH ALL THINGS THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON THAT GETS THE PROJECT.

AND THAT INDIVIDUAL ZACH FLEMING BOYLE.

>> BUT JESSICA AND PATRICK, DON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.

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>> IF I MAY, WE ALSO HAVE AN RF INCLUDED IN TONIGHT'S MEETING WITH TWO PICKETS APPROVED IN FINALIZE ALL SEND IT TO ALL OF YOU AND PLEASE REAPPLY.

>> YOU CAN REAPPLY WITH THE SAME PROJECTS.

WITH A FEW TWEAKS THAT YOU CAN HEAR FROM YOU LATER.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> YOU CAN STAY IF YOU WANT, YOU HAVE TO STAY IF YOU DON'T

WANT. >> ALL RIGHT WERE DOING ACTION ITEMS NOW.

5.2 TEEN CENTER TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX.

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>> AT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE CHAIRPERSON.

WHEN THE AGENDA WENT OUT WE ONLY ANTICIPATED TO SEE THE IMAGES FROM TEAM MEMBERS, TEEN CENTER MEMBERS. BUT SENSE WE TOOK THE RFP AND OPENED IT TO ALL AGES, THE HOC COMMUNITY AND STAFF MET LAST SUNDAY AND CHOOSE ADDITIONAL THREE IMAGES SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CHAIR TO ADD IT TO THE AGENDA.

I BELIEVE TO DO SO AND THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO WORK TO ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA SO WE CAN DISCUSS TONIGHT FIVE IMAGES.

>> MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADD THIS ITEM TO THE AGENDA PLEASE?

>> ALL MOVED TO DO SO. >> DO HAVE A SECOND?

>> ALL SECOND THE MOTION.

>> THANK YOU. >> VANESSA BECERRA SECONDED THE MOTION.

ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER BECERRA.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER CRUZ-ZENDEJAS.

>> YES. >> VICE CHAIR NEUMAYER.

>> YES. >> VICE CHAIR SCHINSKY.

>> YES.

>> ALL RIGHT, WE HAD AN RSP GO OUT FOR THE CITIES TRAFFIC SIGNAL BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM ONLY 14 CENTERS, IT WAS FROM APRIL TO JUNE AND WE RECEIVED SEVERAL IMAGES IN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE SELECTED TO WHICH I WILL SHOW TO YOU.

THEN WE TWEAKED RRSP AND OPENED IT TO ALL AGES AND ALSO OPENED IT TO EVERYBODY IN THE GALAXY SO THERE'S NO LIMITATION ON BE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY SO EVERYBODY CAN NOW PARTICIPATE, THESE TWO ARE THE ONES THAT WERE SELECTED BY THE AD HOC COMMUNITY FROM THE TEEN CENTER ARTWORK THAT THEY SUBMITTED TO US.

AND THEN THIS IS FOR THE OPEN RFP TO ALL AGES AS A NUMBER ONE WHICH IS KIND OF ABSTRACT.

IT COULD BE REPEATED ON THE BOX, SO WE WILL COVER ALL FOUR SIDES.

THIS ONE IS GLASSWORK THAT WAS AGAIN TRANSFERRED TO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX, WE.

THEM AND THE CITY WILL PAY FOR THE PRINTING IN THE WRAPPING.

AND THEN THIS ONE IS COLORFUL ROSES, THESE ARE THE FIVE IMAGES THAT A BEEN SELECTED.

THE RFP IS STILL OPEN UNTIL FILLED.

SO ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY CAN APPLY FOR.

WE PROVIDE A STIPEND TO THE ARTIST FOR $750 IN THE ONLY CAVEAT, NEEDS TO BE ORIGINAL ART, AND NEEDS TO BE HIGH RESOLUTION SO IT CAN BE PRINTED.

SO WITH THAT I'LL BE HAPPY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, OTHERWISE THESE ARE FIVE IMAGES IN FRONT OF YOU TO BE SELECTED, WE CAN STILL WRAP UP BETWEEN 20, 30 ADDITIONAL BOXES IN ADDITION TO 27 PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.

>> WOULD YOU GO BACK TO IMAGE ONE.

>> DID YOU MEAN THIS ONE?

>> YES DID IS ANYONE HAVE AN INCLINATION WHAT 504 MEANS.

>> IS AREA CODE FOR HONDURAS.

>> INTERNATIONAL AREA CODE OR PHONE.

>> I'M ASKING, WHEN I USED TO TEACH A JUVENILE HALL, NUMBERS HAD VERY DIFFERENT MEANINGS THAN AREA CODES.

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>> THIS WAS SPIRE BY HONDURAS, EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS A PLACE WHERE FOOD OR SOMETHING, IT IS FROM THERE.

>> ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.

WE HAVE FIVE IMAGES.

WE WANT TO VOTE IMAGE BY IMAGE OR WILL BE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT ALL FIVE?

>> I SUGGEST WE MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT ALL FIVE IF THAT'S INDEED WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

>> IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION ON MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ALL FIVE IMAGES.

>> WE HAVE A SECOND? >> ALL SECOND.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER BECERRA.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER CRUZ-ZENDEJAS.

>> YES. >> VICE CHAIR NEUMAYER.

>> YES. >> CHAIRPERSON SCHINSKY.

>> MOTION CARRIED.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE COMMISSION AD HOC COMMITTEE.

>> WHILE WE ARE ON THIS ITEM I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WE HAVE AN ONLINE SUBMISSION FORM THROUGH AIR TABLE.

DOES THAT AUTOMATICALLY CONTACT YOU OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO GET LOGGED INTO?

>> SO I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THAT'S ONLINE AND THEN I WAS NOTIFIED BY THE PREVIOUS PERSON THAT WAS GETTING AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION THAT WE RECEIVED ONE SUBMITTAL.

SINCE THEN WHICH WAS MONDAY, I CONTACTED IT.

IF ANYBODY SUBMITS THAT THROUGH THE PORTAL, I RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION.

WHEN I WENT BACK IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE RECEIVED PROPOSAL FROM THREE DIFFERENT ARTIST SO THEN WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AS WELL AND CLOSE FUTURE.

NOW THAT PROBLEM HAS BEEN RESOLVED.

>> I WAS HOPING WE DIDN'T HAVE 100 MISSED E-MAILS WITH SUBMISSIONS.

WE'RE GOING ONLINE AND USING THE FORM.

>> NO, IT'S JUST THREE.

THE THING IS FOR SOME REASON I WASN'T AWARE THAT THERE AND SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH ORIENTATION.

>> NOW THEY GO DIRECTLY TO YOU?

>> IF YOU GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE YOU CAN APPLY FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOXES, THE DIGITAL SUBMISSION, FILL OUT THE FORM AND UPLOAD YOUR ARTWORK.

IT WAS GOING TO AN UNREADABLE E-MAIL ADDRESS.

NOW WE KNOW THANKFULLY THERE'S ONLY THREE.

>> IT WOULD ACTUALLY GO TO A PERSON STILL AT THE CITY.

SO IT WAS NOT MISSING, IT WAS GOING THERE.

THAT PERSON NOTIFIED ME AND WE ALREADY FIX THAT PROBLEM, WHETHER IT COMES THROUGH ALL RECEIVE A WARNING.

>> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SUBMISSIONS THAT ARE DONE THIS WAY ONLINE OR JUST THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX.

>> THAT'S JUST THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX, THAT'S ONLY PROJECT THE AIR TABLE WAS USED FOR.

>> IS AN ONGOING RFP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> ITEM 5.3 BRIDGE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.

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>> THIS WILL BE IN DEAL MURAL 14.

14 IS A JACKSON BRIDGE.

WHICH WILL COME BEFORE YOU NEXT MEETING SO AS YOU KNOW ON APRIL 6, 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED YEARLY WORK PLAN FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION WHICH THE ARTS COMMISSION ALREADY APPROVED BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, THEY APPROVE THE PROJECTS AND ALSO THE APPROPRIATED THE MONEY, THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS, IT'S A MURAL PROJECT FOR THE FRED WARRING BRIDGE.

THE BRIDGE CONNECTS TO THE FUTURE LINK, THE LINK ROUTE WOULD HAVE A CONNECTION THAT PEOPLE CAN COME OUT FROM THE ROUTE INTO THE CITY STREETS OR INTO THE CITY SIDEWALK.

SO THIS ART AGAIN SEEKS PROPOSAL FROM ARTIST, THE PROJECT BUDGET IS CAPPED NOT TO EXCEED $30000 WERE PEOPLE WILL BE RELEASED TODAY SEPTEMBER 15, 2022, THE DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 24, 2022 BY 5:00 P.M. THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON OCTOBER 2020.

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AND BECOME THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND COMPLETION IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE END OF EVERY 2023.

THIS IS THE BRIDGE, THERE IS NO NEED FOR ARTIST TO RENT ANY EQUIPMENT.

THE WALL IS 3 FEET BY 600 FEET LONG AND ALSO THE RAILING ON TOP NEEDS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE MURAL. PART OF THE SIDEWALKS AS WELL COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE MURAL BASED ON THE ARTIST CHOICE.

IT WILL BE THE THEME FOR THIS MURAL IS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE IT LINKS TO THE CV LINK OR CONNECTS TO THE CV LINK.

THAT'S THE ORDER BEFORE YOU.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER, OTHERWISE THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ACCEPT THE RFP AND ALSO APPOINT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE IN ACCORDANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE WORK PLAN.

>> WHEN WE SAY ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, THAT WILL BE UP TO THE ARTIST TO INTERPRET, WILL IT NOT?

>> CORRECT.

IN THE RFP THERE ARE LINKS WITH THE CV LINK IN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.

MOSTLY IF YOU'RE USING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION, A MOTORCAR OR MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH USES FOSSIL FUEL, IT COULD BE BIKE, COULD BE WALKING, COULD BE JOGGING, IT COULD BE A SKATEBOARD, IT COULD BE ANYTHING, A SCOOTER, FOSSIL FUEL SCOOTER, ALL THOSE.

IT IS OPEN TO THE TRANSLATION AS WELL, WE DIDN'T WANT TO REALLY PUT ARTIST IN THE QUARTER IN A PLACE FOR IMAGINATION.

>> BASICALLY NO TRACKS OR ANYTHING, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT BUT MAY BE 70 COMES WITH AN EVOLUTION.

>> OKAY. >> I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS ACTUALLY.

WHERE DOES THE CV LINK ROUTE TIE INTO THIS LOCATION? IS ACTUALLY GOING UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE?

>> IT GOES UNDERNEATH AND THEN COMES UP ON THE NORTH SIDE.

SO THE NORTH SIDE PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE THEIR ROUTE OR COME INTO THE CITY'S, THE CITY STREET OR SIDEWALK.

SORRY. >> ON THAT TOP IMAGE ON THE CORNER AND RIGHT CORNER THAT'S AREA THAT COMES UP.

>> SOMEONE TRAVELING ON CV LINK IS GOING TO BE MORE OR LESS UPGRADE AND TRAVEL BELOW THE BRIDGE AND POP UP ON THE OTHER SIDE.

>> CORRECT.

>> IS THE INTENTION TO HAVE ADJUST THE 3-FOOT SECTIONS, I KNOW YOU DID TALK ABOUT INCORPORATING THE SIDEWALK, ALL THE QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

IS IT JUST THE INSIDE OF THE CONCRETE BARRICADE OR IS THERE A SUGGESTION OR DISCUSSION ABOUT DOING OUTSIDE OF THE BRIDGE AS FROM THE LINK ITSELF.

>> IS JUST THE INSIDE OF THE BRIDGE.

>> I HAD A CONCERN, IF YOU TALK ABOUT INCORPORATING PAINT OVER SIDEWALK, WHAT THAT DOES FOR CITIES ADA ACCESS FIRST SLIP AND FALL, THAT SORT OF THING.

>> I HAVE TALKED TO THE CITY ENGINEER AND THERE'S NO ISSUE SUCH AS THAT BROUGHT UP BUT I CAN'T ASK AGAIN TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF PAINT THEY WANT US TO USE TO MAKE IT NOT SLIPPERY SO THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN'T ASK.

IF THEY SAY NO SO WE CAN JUST LIMIT TO THE WALLS OF THE BRIDGE.

>> BECAUSE I WORRY ABOUT VOTE TRAFFIC AND STANDING AND DRAGGING PAINT IF SOMEONE WERE TO COME BY ON A SKATEBOARDER HIT A ROCK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL EXECUTION OF THE WORK, WITH THE CITY BE PUTTING UP, CLOSING TRAFFIC LANES WERE PUTTING UP A BARRICADE, I KNOW WE HAVE THE ISSUE WILL WORK ON THE ROADSIDE THAT TRAFFIC WILL AUDIT BE CLOSED DOWN AND WILL HAVE TO BE EITHER THE CITY OR BARRICADED OR WHOEVER DOES A BLOCK.

>> GREAT QUESTION THAT WAS ONE OF MY ITEMS ON MY STAFF QUESTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSION THAT THE STAFF TAKES CARE OF THE TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN, WHOEVER'S SUPPOSED TO

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PIECE OF MIND BECAUSE WE CAN WORK WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEER, WE CAN GET BARRICADE WHOEVER CAN DO IT, BRING IT INSIDE AND REMOVE IT.

THE SECOND REASON, THE BUDGET ARE LIMITED SO THAT WILL BE SOME ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE ARTIST AS WELL SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THAT, THEY JUST WORRIED ABOUT THEIR ART PIECE AND THEIR EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED TO GET TO DO THAT.

THAT WAS MY SUGGESTION TO GO FORWARD SHOULD THE COMMISSION AGREE WE CAN'T INCLUDE THAT IN RFPS AS THE SECTION THAT THE CITY WILL TAKE CARE OF TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THE ENCROACHMENT PERMIT.

>> WITH THE ARTIST BE PRECLUDED FROM DOING THE OUTSIDE OF THE WALL?

>> THE OUTSIDE, YOU MEAN FACING THE WALSH.

>> YES THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE RFP ON PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMISSION.

>> IS JUST THE INSIDE.

>> HOW DO CV LINK PARTICIPANTS NO THAT IS THERE.

>> THE CV LINK ALSO HAS ART PIECES AND ALSO THEY HAVE SOME SIGNAGE THAT SAYS YOU CAN GET OUT OF HERE. THIS IS BASICALLY SAID WERE NOT TRYING TO SAY THIS IS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE AWARENESS TO THE CV LINK USER, WERE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE AWARENESS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THE STREET ON THE BRIDGE, THERE'S SOMETHING HERE THAT POINTED TO THE CV LINK. THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

BUT IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT ON THE BACK THEN WE NEED TO GO BACK AND AMEND THE RFP BECAUSE NOW IT CHANGES BECAUSE THAT BRIDGE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TALL IT IS AND WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT NEEDS TO BE USED TO GET ON THE TOP AND PAINTED BECAUSE NOBODY CAN PAY TO UPSIDE DOWN.

SO WILL BE TRIPLE THE PRICE WHICH WAS NOT ANTICIPATED.

BUT IF THE COMMISSION CHOOSES TO DO THAT, THE STAFF WILL FOLLOW YOUR DIRECTION.

>> WHERE EXACTLY THIS TO BE APPLIED, SOUND LIKE IT'S THE INSIDE.

>> OKAY, REALLY GOOD.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

>> MAYBE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RFP AS THIS?

>> A MOTION TO ACCEPT RFP AS IT IS.

>> ALL SECOND.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ.

>> COMMISSIONER BECERRA.

>> AYE. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ-ZENDEJAS.

>> VICE CHAIR NEUMAYER.

>> YES. >> SCHINSKY.

>> MOTION CARRIED. >> NOW WE NEED AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THIS.

I'M GOING TO TAKE ONE OF THE SPOTS, WHO ELSE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME?

>> I'LL JOIN YOU. AD HOC COMMITTEE WILL BE COMMISSIONER CRUZ-ZENDEJAS AND COMMISSIONER SCHINSKY.

>> SO IS THERE A MOTION?

>> EXCUSE ME.

WE NEED A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE EXCEPT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

>> MAY HAVE A SECOND.

>> I'LL SECOND. >> SHE'S FURIOUSLY TAKING NOTES, THE POOR THING.

>> I'M NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT AT ALL.

I APOLOGIZE. >> COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER BECERRA.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER CRUZ-ZENDEJAS.

>> YES. >> VICE CHAIR NEUMAYER.

>> YES. >> CHAIRPERSON SCHINSKY.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> SECTION SIX, PROJECT UPDATES.

[6.1. Acrisure Arena Mural Project: An informational report on the Acrisure ...]

6.1. >> SO THIS IS THE ARENA MURAL PROJECT THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY BUT WE ASK THE CHAIRPERSON VICE CHAIR TO REVIEW THE FOUR ARTIST THAT THEY WERE PART OF THE SELECTION AND THEN IT WAS ASSIGNED TO THE CURATOR AND THEN WHAT WAS CHOSEN IS GUSTAVO RAMIREZ AND THE THEME OF THAT

[01:10:07]

AND ALL OF THAT WILL BE ON THIS MURAL WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE 2010, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHICH INCLUDES ALL NINE DESERT CITIES.

THAT'S AN UPDATE FOR YOU TO KNOW THIS IS WHAT WILL GO ON INSIDE OF THAT ARENA.

>> PLEASE FOR CARE UNDER CLIFF ACACIA, WHO IS PAYING FOR THIS.

>> I BELIEVE THE CURATOR ASKED FOR $10000 AND IS GOING TO BE PAID NOT BY ART FUND.

THE CITY WILL FIND ANOTHER SOURCE TO PAY FOR IT.

>> BECAUSE IT'S NOT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF INDIO.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT SIR.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. 6.2 MURAL RESTORATION PROGRAM UPDATE.

>> I'M SORRY, THESE ARE THE SAMPLE ARTWORK FROM THE ARTIST, I'M SORRY, THIS IS THE SAMPLE ARTWORK FROM THE ARTIST, HE IS WELL TALENTED AND CAN DO THAT AND PERFORM THAT MURAL EASILY.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO ITEM NUMBER 6.2 IS THERE MURAL RESTORATION PROGRAM.

[6.2. Mural Restoration Program Update: An update regarding the condition of...]

IT INDIO MURAL, OLD INDIO WHICH IS BY THE ART CENTER. THAT WAS PAINTED IN 2014 BY BIJAN MASOUMPANAH.

IT'S PEELING, IT LOOKS LIKE THE PAIN IS THE ATTACHING FROM THE WALL.

SO WE ASKED THE ARTIST TO VISIT US AND SEE THE MURAL AND GIVE US A COST ESTIMATE ON HOW TO RESTORE IT OR HOW MUCH IT'LL TAKE TO RESTORE IT. IT'LL BE $6000 TO DO SO.

SINCE OUR LAST REPAIR THE NATIVE AMERICAN MURAL WAS 2500 INCLUDING EVERYTHING.

SO WERE ALSO SEEKING AN ESTIMATE FROM A CONSERVATOR TO SEE WHICH ONE IS MORE COST-EFFECTIVE AND THEN WE NEED TO TALK TO HER LEGAL TO SEE HOW WE CAN APPROACH THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THE FIRST REVIEWS ON THIS NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TO THE MAIN ARTIST.

SO WE BRING THAT BACK WHEN THE STAFF IS MORE INFORMATION.

HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION AND ANNA'S BAKERY BY CLARK TRAVEL CENTER, BOTH WERE PAINTED IN 1997 BY DUANE FLATMO.

STAFF HAS E-MAILED ARTIST REGARDING HIS APPROVAL TO REMOVE BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET HIS REPLY BACK.

STAFF HAS TALKED TO THE ARTIST, HE SUPPOSED TO BE IN MEXICO FOR THREE OR FOUR MONTHS ON THE PROJECT.

THAT MAY BE THE REASON WE WERE NOT ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.

THESE ARE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE OLD INDIO MURAL.

THERE ARE SOME TYPE OF PAINTING THAT SEEMS LIKE SOMEBODY PAINTED OVER THE PEOPLE, THERE IS SOME PEELING AND APPEALING IF YOU PULL IT, IT COMES OFF.

IT DOESN'T STOP. IT LOOKS LIKE IS DETACHING.

IT'S ANNA'S BAKERY THAT THERE'S GRAFFITI ON IT, IT IS PEELING AND THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT IS REALLY IN BAD SHAPE. AGAIN THE MORE INFORMATION STAFF WILL BRING BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR DETERMINATION BECAUSE NONE OF THEM WERE IN THE WORK PLAN AND WE NEED TO GO BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE APPROVAL AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDING TO DO THE WORK.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? >> NO.

>> 6.3 COACHELLA ARTWORK.

[6.3. Coachella Artwork: An update on the potential art pieces that City Cou...]

>> STAFF BROUGHT THAT BEFORE YOU LAST MEETING WITH THE MEDIA BEFORE.

THIS ART PIECE IS STILL AVAILABLE.

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PREVIOUSLY WE HAD RECEIVED THE OTHER DOG METALWORK [INAUDIBLE].

AND WE HAVE RECEIVED COLOSSAL CACTI RIGHT ON DOWNTOWN. A LOT OF THEM ARE LONG-TERM LOANS AND WE PAID SOME TYPE OF MONEY, IT WAS STIPEND OR TRANSPORTATION FEE AND PREPARATION FEE, INSTALLATION FEE AND SOME TYPE OF ARTIST AS A STIPEND, AT LEAST I KNOW ONE OF THE ARTIST OF ONE OF THE PIECES.

AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE COMMISSION IF WE GET THEM, WHAT KIND OF CONDITION OR RESTRICTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET.

AND IF WE SHOULD GET THEM.

COMMISSIONERS, ANYONE HAVE ANY CONDITIONS, SUGGESTIONS, COMMENTS?

>> I MOST CONCERNED WITH MATERIALS, AT LEAST WHEN THE LEASE IS MADE OUT OF PLYWOOD, TO HAVE PLYWOOD ON THEM.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH SOME OF THE PLYWOOD PANELS COMING OFF WITH FASTENERS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MAKE THE TRIP AND THEY WOULD NOT FALL APART AND WHETHER MY OTHER THING IS SCALABILITY, IF THEY ARE ABLE TO BE CLIMBED.

>> THAT WAS MY CONCERN.

>> I KNOW IT WAS MADE LARGE ENOUGH AND SCALED IT WOULD BE EASILY CLIMBED.

AS A BRIDGES, POWERLINES, TOWERS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY MAIN CONCERN, BOTTOM LEFT ESPECIALLY.

>> BESIDES CLIMB ABILITY WHICH IS A MAJOR ISSUE IN MATERIALS WHICH IS A MAJOR ISSUE ESPECIALLY IN THE DESERT, I KNOW WERE GOING TO BE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY REPAIRING SOME POLY K EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THIS PLYWOOD.

I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING MORE PUBLIC ART FUND MONEY ON COACHELLA ART PROJECTS.

I DO UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE COULD GIVE ONE OF THE MOST FINANCIALLY SUCCESSFUL CORPORATIONS IN THIS VALLEY, PUBLIC ART FUND MONEY IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM HAPPY.

>> IS UNETHICAL, IT'S IMMORAL AND BY DOING SO, WE ARE TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM LOCAL ARTIST AND THE OPPORTUNITY OF POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO DO PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF INDIO.

I MEAN EVERYONE KNOWS THE GOLDEN VOICE HAS A VERY BIG SAY IN THIS TOWN BUT THERE'S NO REASON WHY PUBLIC ART MONEY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO GOLDEN VOICE TO KEEP THEM HAPPY.

I WAS IN ANOTHER CITY LAST WEEK AND WAS ASKED WHY A CITY COUNCIL PERSON THERE, WHEN IS INDIO CHANGED HIS NAME TO GOLDEN BOYS.

>> THAT'S HOW MUCH POWER THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE HAVE.

I DON'T LIKE IT. AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE CHEATING ARTIST, LOCAL ARTIST BECAUSE GOLDEN BOYS WANT OTHER PIECES PURCHASED BY THE CITY OF INDIO.

IF THE CITY OF INDIO, THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS THESE PIECES, LET THEM COME UP WITH MONEY FROM OTHER SOURCES.

PUBLIC ART FUND MONEY SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR THIS.

I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF CHEATING LOCAL ARTIST OUT OF OPPORTUNITY AND POTENTIAL INCOME.

>> JUST TO CLARIFY ONE OF THE ARTIST, OUR LOCAL ARTIST IN THE OTHER THING IS, LET'S SAY FOR THE SAKE OF CONVERSATION WE GET WATER TO PIECES TO BE DONATED TO US, IS THAT SOMETHING

[01:20:10]

>> IF THEY WANT TO DONATE MAKE SURE THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE IS TAKING CARE OF, FINE BUT I DON'T THINK ANOTHER PENNY FROM THE PUBLIC ART FUND SHOULD BE SPENT ON ANYTHING FROM COACHELLA EVENT.

>> OKAY.

I'LL REPORT THAT BACK TO MY BOSS AND BOSSES AND THEN WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO BRING THIS BACK WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE INSTALLATION FEES, THINGS LIKE THAT TO THE COMMISSION? BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE PIECES BECAUSE THEY BECOME DURING THE YEAR OF THE FESTIVAL AND IT'S FUN TO HAVE THEM IN THE CITY.

>> THEY'RE NOT ICONIC.

>> THEY BECOME ICONIC.

>> NO THEY DON'T. >> THEY ARE MADE TO BE TEMPORARY PIECES FOR A MONTH-LONG FESTIVAL.

>> SOMETHING THAT IS TEMPORARY NEVER BECOMES ICONIC.

>> THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE TEMPORARY PIECE BUT THEY BUILD IN A WAY THAT IS LONGER THAN A MONTH.

NOT HERE, NOT THERE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMISSION IN THE CHAIR WOULD LIKE ME TO BRING OUT MORE INFORMATION FOR YOUR RECONSIDERATION IN CONSIDERATION AS FAR AS WHAT PIECES ARE AVAILABLE, WHAT MATERIAL THEY ARE, HOW BIG THEY ARE, CLIMB ABILITY AND ALL THOSE THINGS BACK TO THE COMMISSION.

>> IF OTHER COMMISSIONERS WANT TO DO THAT, FINE, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED I DON'T EVER WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER THING ABOUT THIS TYPE OF PROJECT.

>> IF I MAY ADD SOMETHING.

I THINK IT'S ON US AS A COMMISSION TO DECIDE WHETHER THIS IS APPROPRIATE WORTHWHILE PROJECT AS ADVISORS TO CITY COUNCIL, THAT'S WHAT OUR POSITION IS HERE SO POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, WE DEFINITELY OUT OF SHARER OPINIONS WITH COUNSEL AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

ANYONE ELSE WITH SIMILAR VIEWS OR THE CONTRARY WE NEED TO MAKE THAT KNOWN AS OPPOSED TO JUST RUBBERSTAMPING AND PLACING GOLDEN VOICES PIECES HERE.

I THINK WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THEM TO BRING OUTSIDE ARTIST, INTERNATIONAL ARTIST, TO BRING PIECES OF SOME SORT OF RENOWNED STATUS BUT I DO ALSO SEE IT IS KEEPING US BASICALLY SERVING AS A MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WHICH I DO UNDERSTAND AND AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.

FOR TAKING A PIECE AND BASICALLY SPENDING TO DO UPKEEP AGAIN IT IS FOR US TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT WE FEEL IT IS APPROPRIATE INTO SURE THAT WITH COUNSEL.

>> I WOULD FEEL DIFFERENTLY IF THIS COMMISSION HAD ANY OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SAY AND WHO WAS CHOSEN TO BE GIVEN COMMISSIONS FOR THE COACHELLA FEST.

WE ARE NOT. THE ARTIST THAT DO PIECES FOR COACHELLA ARE PAID FOR THEIR WORK, PAID FOR THOSE PIECES BY US GIVING THEM A STIPEND ANOTHER STIPEND IS DOUBLE DIPPING ON THEIR PART.

THEY VERY GOT THEIR MONEY, WHY SHOULD WE PAY THEM AGAIN WITHOUT HAVING ANY INITIAL SAY AT ALL.

>> SURE, THE COMMUNITY HEARD YOUR OPINION.

AND AS I SAID I'LL REPORT BACK SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT ROLL CALL.

>> 6.4 RCOE MURAL PROJECT.

[6.4. Raices- RCOE Mural Project: An update on the mural project to paint a ...]

>> I SENT ON SEPTEMBER 82 THEM TO REMIND THEM ABOUT THE SEPTEMBER 13 MEETING THAT WE HAVE THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE US WITH THE DESIGN AND A TIMELINE.

TODAY I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING FORWARD DUE TO THE FUNDING AVAILABILITY FOR THIS PROJECT AT THEIR END.

SO STAFF RESPOND OR REPLY, WHEN THE FIND IS AVAILABLE AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS COLLABORATION, LET US KNOW AND ALSO IF THERE IS A VALID PROJECT WITH THE CLEAR GOALS AND TIMELINES YOU ALWAYS CAN COME BEFORE THE ARTS COMMISSION AND SEE IF THERE'S FUNDS AVAILABLE.

BUT UNDER THOSE THREE CAVEATS.

[01:25:01]

>> SO ESSENTIALLY THE PROJECT IS DEAD IN THE MONEY THAT WAS APPROPRIATED FROM THIS COMMISSION I THINK IS TOTALED $4000?

>> IT WAS $2000, WAS $4000 EXACTLY.

>> SO THAT'S $4000 THAT WILL GO BACK INTO THE FUND THAT WE HAVE ABILITY TO USE FOR OTHER PROJECTS?

>> CORRECT. >> VERY GOOD.

>> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

>> STAFF ITEMS. >> STAFF ITEMS ARE ALREADY BROUGHT UP TO YOU WITH THE PREVIOUS ITEMS.

[7. STAFF ITEMS]

SO WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE RFPS INCLUDING RFP FOR TONIGHT.

I GOT CREATIVE AND PUT MY CONTACT INFORMATION AFTER SO PEOPLE AT HOME OR ON FACEBOOK THEY SEE US AND THEY CAN ALWAYS CONTACT ME AS THE STAFF OR THE PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAM OF THE CD AND ALSO IF THERE IS ANY COMMUNICATION THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THE COMMISSION I MEET IN THE CENTER.

AGAIN TO TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN AND IF WE COULD TAKE CARE OF AND PAY FOR IT WITH THE ART FUND WHICH WE CAN BECAUSE THE ART FUND CAN PREP THE SITE OR BE USED FOR TEAMS RELEVANT FOR THE ART PIECE, FOR EXAMPLE INSTALLING A CONCRETE PAD OR RENTING CRANES OR TRAFFIC CONTROL OR ENCROACHMENT PERMIT.

USUALLY SOMETHING AS BIG AS A PROJECT WHICH REQUIRES ONE LANE TO BE CLOSED WHEN THERE IS PARKING ON EACH SIDE PROBABLY WILL COST US UP TO $2000.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE COMPANY WHO DOES THE TRAFFIC CONTROL FOR US TO DELIVER ALL THE PIECES AND REMOVE THEM WHICH COULD INCLUDE CONES, BARRICADES AND DIGITAL IMAGING BOARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WHICH STAFF CANNOT DO THAT ON THEIR OWN AND MAYBE THE ARTIST ALSO WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT ON THEIR OWN.

AND THAT WILL HELP US TO THE ARTIST.

>> WHEN AD HOC NEEDS TO DISCUSS THE RFP SPECIFICALLY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE SCHEDULE WITH ARTIST, WE HAD ARTIST, AND A KNOCKOUT OF MURAL, GREAT, WE'VE ALSO HAD ARTIST STRUGGLE TO GET ANYTHING DONE WITHIN MONTHS AND YOU CAN'T LEAVE THAT ROAD CLOSED FOR MONTHS.

THAT IS TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION WITH ARTIST.

>> AND THAT'LL BE IN THE CONTRACT WITH ARTIST.

EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE INCLUDING THE TRAFFIC CONTROL AND EVERYTHING ELSE BEFORE THEY START.

>> TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE PROJECT.

>> COMMISSIONER COMMENTS?

[8. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]

>> ANYONE?

>> ANY NEWS, UPDATES?

>> NOT YET.

>> I DO HAVE ONE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, OCTOBER 8 ACTUALLY WILL BE EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY PRIDE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA.

IT'LL BE FROM I BELIEVE FOR - 8:00 P.M.

IT'LL BE BEHIND THE COACHELLA LIBRARY WITHIN THAT GARDEN GAZEBO AREA SO IF YOU ALL WANT TO PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR, THERE WILL BE MUSIC AND ART COMMUNITY SO HOPE TO SEE SOME FOLKS OUT THERE.

>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

>> ARE THERE OTHER HAPPENINGS? NO ALL RIGHT.

WELL THEN AT 6:59 P.M.

I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE. >> THANK YOU.

>> GOOD NIGHT

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