[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
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>> WE'RE ON TO OUR STATEMENT FROM THE COMMISSION SECRETARY.
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DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA?
DO WE NOT HAVE MINUTES TO APPROVE, IS THAT CORRECT?
ITEM 6, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
>> YEAH, WE RECEIVED SOME MORE INFORMATION THAT WE'D LIKE TO INCLUDE.
AND SO WE DECIDED IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE CAN TABLE THIS ITEM FOR ANOTHER DAY SO
[7.1 Consideration of Funding Request for Desert X]
WE CAN PRESENT A MORE CONCLUSIVE PRESENTATION.>> SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO I'M SURE YOU GUYS READ THE STAFF REPORT.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE HAVE WORKED WITH DESERT X IN THE PAST, THEY WANTED TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE BEING ASKED TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS PROJECT.
AND SO OF COURSE WE WILL, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON THEIR PROPOSAL AND AFTER THAT, OF COURSE, WE CAN DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION.
EVELYN, I THINK AT SOME POINT JENNY WOULD NEED TO SHARE HER SCREEN.
SO IF YOU COULD KIND OF GIVE PERMISSION FOR HER TO DO THAT.
ALL SHE HAS DO IS SELECT SHARE SCREEN.
THANK YOU DEBRA FOR INVITING US TO THE ARTS COMMISSION TONIGHT.
CONSIDERING THIS ITEM IN YOUR AGENDA.
MY NAME IS JENNY GIL, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE OF DESERT X.
JASA MCKENZIE IS OUR COORDINATOR ALSO ON THE CALL.
AND OUR CURATOR THIS YEAR IS JUST RUNNING UP THE STAIRS TO JOIN THE MEETING.
HE WILL BE JOINING IN THE NEXT COMING MINUTES AND HE'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROJECTS.
I WANTED TO FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR THE ONGOING SUPPORT FROM THIS ARTS
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COMMISSION.SINCE OUR FIRST EXHIBITION IN 2017, WE'VE HAD VERY SUCCESSFUL ART INSTALLATIONS IN THE CITY OF INDIO.
AND ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN US.
DEBRA HAS BEEN AMAZING IN SHOWING US AND HELPING US THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SITES THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING IN TO FOR EXHIBITION.
WE ARE SLATED TO OPEN ON FEBRUARY 6TH THROUGH APRIL 11TH.
AND WE WILL THERE ARE EXHIBITION WILL LAST FOR 9 WEEKS.
WHAT IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR AT THE EXHIBITION IS THAT WE ARE TAKING EXCEPTIONAL MEASURES IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EXHIBITION WILL BE SAFE AND THAT ALL THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS WILL BE RESPECTED.
WE HAVE ONE GOOD THING GOING FOR US, MOST OF OUR EXHIBITIONS ARE OUTDOORS.
AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOME FOR MANY MONTHS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF US WHO HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH HEALTH ISSUES, WITH FINANCIAL IRKS.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO OFFER SOME RELIEF THROUGH THE ART INSTAGSS THAT WE ARE PREPARING TO SET UP FOR DIFFERENT SITES ACROSS THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON NINE ART INSTALLATIONS THAT WILL BE INSTALLED IN DIFFERENT CITIES FROM DESERT HOT SPRINGS TO PALM SPRINGS, RANCHO MIRAGE, INDIO.
ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE SITES RIGHT NOW ARE STILL KIND OF FLOATING AND DON'T HAVE THE FINAL LOCATION BUT WE'RE HOPING TO WORK ON THESE IN THE NEXT COMING WEEKS.
AND CESAR JUST TEXTED ME HE'S WAITING TO BE LET IN.
PERHAPS HIS USER NAME SAYS THE MISTAKE ROOM WHICH IS THE I SEE HE'S JOINING.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.
THIS YEAR WE'RE TAKING EXTRAORDINARY PRECAUTIONS TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A VERY SAFE AND HEALTHY EXPERIENCE OF THE DESERT X INSTALLATIONS.
THIS IS MY SON ALEX WHO IS ONE OF THE DESERT X AUDIENCE PEOPLE.
>> SO I SEE THAT CESAR HAS JOINED.
>> I KNOW YOU WERE RUNNING IN ORDER TO MAKE IT IN TIME FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I JUST THANKED THE COMMISSION FOR HAVING US AT THE MEETING.
AND THE GENERAL PARAMETERS OF THE EXHIBITION SUCH AS THE DATES AND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING WITH OUR TEAM IN ORDER TO ENSURE A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY COMING IN TO DESERT X.
I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN WITH THE PRESENTATION THAT JASA HAS PUT TOGETHER WITH THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH DEBRA AND THE CITY OF INDIO.
I'LL LET YOU, CESAR, GO ON WITH IF YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS IN GENERAL ABOUT YOUR OVERALL CUTERATORIAL VISION FOR DESERT X.
AND FOR LETTING US SHARE A BIT ABOUT OUR PROCESS.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS THIRD EDITION OF DESERT X.
IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING PROCESS THAT HAS HAD TO ADAPT TO THE CURRENT SITUATION FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR AUDIENCES.
AND WHEN I SORT OF TOOK ON THE ROLE OF CO CURATOR FOR THE EXHIBITION OF DESERT X, I KNEW WE WANTED PROJECTS THAT HAD A CONNECTION WITH LOCAL AUDIENCE.
THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS EDITION OF DESERT X.
WHILE I HOPED I WOULD HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FOLKS COME FROM DIFFERENT SITE VISITS AND ENGAGE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
WHAT I CAN SAY TO YOU IS WE'VE SORT OF REWORKED THE EXHIBITION THAT IS ANCHORED BY THESE PROJECTS THAT CAN BE EXPERIENCED SAFELY BY PEOPLE ON THEIR OWN AND THAT THERE WILL BE A ROBUST PUBLIC PROGRAM MOSTLY ONLINE AND HOPEFULLY IF CONDITIONS IMPROVE IN SORT OF HYBRID MODES TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE DIFFERENT AUDIENCES.
BUT THIS CONNECTION WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY IS SORT OF CONNECTING THREAD BETWEEN MULTIPLE PROJECTS.
AND FINDING AND DEVELOPING SORT OF WORKS THAT RESPONDED TO MULTIPLE PERHAPS LESSER
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KNOWN HISTORIES IN THE VALLEY WAS ALSO AN IMPORTANT PART.AND THE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR INDIO I THINK CLEARLY SPEAK TO SOME OF THESE CUTERATORIAL CONCEPTS AND EXHIBITION.
THE FIRST PROJECT IS BY OSCAR MURRILLO WHO IS A COLOMBIAN BORN ARTIST.
HE'S SOUGHT AFTER EMERGING PAINTER GLOBALLY.
HIS PRACTICE IS ALSO VERY MUCH ROOTED NOT JUST IN THE STUDIO BUT ALSO WORKING WITH PEOPLE.
A FEW YEARS AGO, OSACAR DEVELOPED A PROJECT CALLED FREQUENCIES WITH HIS FAMILY.
IT'S ORGANIZED BY HIS OR SORT OF RUN BY MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY AND CO PROJECT MANAGER.
AND THE IDEA WAS TO CREATE A COLLECTIVE ARCHIVE OR A BIG TIME CAPSULE OF SORTS THAT GAVE US INSIGHTS INTO HOW YOUNG PEOPLE OR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN LOOK AT THE WORLD.
SO HE BEGAN TO COLLABORATE WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN IN DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND THE GLOBE.
IT'S BEEN DONE IN OVER 40 COUNTRIES.
AND BEGAN TO COME IN TO SCHOOLS AND COVER THEIR DESKS WITH CANVASES.
AND PROVIDING SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR YOUTH TO INTERVENE IN THE CANVASES.
THERE'S NO GUIDANCE GICHB TO THEM IN AS MUCH AS THEY'RE ENCOURAGED.
OVER A DURATION OF PERIOD OF TIME, THE CANVASES ARE COLLECTED AND THEY'VE BEEN DIGITIZED INTO AN ARCHIVE.
AT TIMES THE PROJECT HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VENUES IN THE WORLD.
THIS IS IN MUNICH AND REPUTABLE VENUES AROUND THE GLOBE.
THERE'S HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CANVASES NOW.
AND IF WE CAN LEAVE IT AT THIS SLIDE, JENIE.
THERE'S AN ONGOING WEBSITE THAT DOCUMENTS AND INDEXES THEM.
FOR DESERT X WE THOUGHT THAT ONE OF THE INTERESTING EXPERIENCES IS THESE RADICAL TRANSFORMATION IN EDUCATION AND HOW CHILDREN ARE GOING TO SCHOOL NOW AT HOME.
AND WHAT THAT MAY SORT OF LOOK LIKE THROUGH THE EYES OF YOUTH.
WHAT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT IN THE PANDEMIC MAY LOOK LIKE THROUGH THE EYES OF
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CHILDREN.WORKING WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY TO DELIVER THESE CANVASES AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES THAT CHILDREN WILL HAVE TO WORK AT HOME.
IN MANY WAYS CREATING A TIME CAPSULE OF SORTS OF THIS PANDEMIC MOMENT THROUGHOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THIS PROJECT, WE WERE HOPING TLA IN ORDER TO CREATE A SAFE EXPERIENCE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO COME AND SEE THEM, THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO STAGE A PRESENTATION IN THE ARMORY.
THE ARMORY IS SORT OF A REMARKABLE BUILDING.
THE ARTIST FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.
HE THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING THAT THIS WAS A FORMER KIND OF MILITARY IT'S A PIECE OF MILITARY ARCHITECTURE IN MANY WAYS.
BUT IT'S ALSO LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO A SCHOOL.
AND SO THE IDEA OF KIND OF BEING ABLE TO USE THE SPACE AND COMPLETELY REPURPOSING IT FOR ANOTHER FUNCTION IS A SIDE OF PRESENTATION IS OF INTEREST TO HIM.
HE IS REALLY, REALLY SORT OF PASSIONATE ABOUT BEING ABLE TO BRING THIS PROJECT.
AND WE THINK THERE'S A REALLY FASCINATING OPPORTUNITY.
THIS BODY OF WORK BY THIS ARTIST HAS NOT HAD VISIBILITY IN THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES.
SO IT WOULD BE PREMIERE OF THIS WORK IN THE AMERICAN CONTEXT THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE ABLE TO STAGE IN THE CITY OF INDIO.
THE IDEA IS THAT THE CANVASES WILL BE AFFIXED TO LARGE PIECES OF WOOD.
SINCE WE DON'T KNOW IF EVERY STUDENT HAS A DESK AT HOME OR THEIR OWN SPACE IN WHICH TO WORK IN.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE WILL GET BACK ARE READY MADE STRETCHED CANVASES OF ALL THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED.
WE EXPECT TO DISTRIBUTE TO OVER A THOUSAND STUDENTS.
AND THE IDEA IS TO CREATE A FLOOR INSTALLATION OF THESE PANELS.
SORT OF LIKE VARIOUS PREVIOUS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT JUST FROM A VISUAL REFERENCE, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE AIDS QUILT THAT WAS KIND OF LAID FLAT ON THE NATIONAL MALL FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND.
THE IDEA IS WE WOULD HAVE CANVASES IN A FLOOR FORMATION HERE.
PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO COME IN AND SEE THE MANIFESTATION OF THE PROJECT.
WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT DIFFERENT SPACES.
I THINK HAVING A BACK UP PLAN IS SORT OF INTERESTING CONSIDERING SO MANY UNCERTAINTIES.
MANY OF THE STORE FRONTS IN DOWNTOWN INDIO THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN USE.
AND IF NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE A PHYSICAL LOCATION THAT PEOPLE CAN VISIT, THEN THE SECOND OPTION THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE CONSIDERED IS USING SOME OF THE STOREFRONTS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THE PROJECT WITHOUT NECESSARILY HAVING TO ENTER AN INDOOR SPACE.
IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE SECOND PROJECT.
>> WE'VE SENT THIS PRESENTATION TO DEBRA AND WE'RE HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO CIRCULATE THE BUDGET AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE COST ON HOW THESE ARE ALLOCATED FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS.
>> FELIPE BAEZA IDENTIFIES AS QUEER AND IS UNDOCUMENTED.
AND A LOT OF HIS WORK EXPLORERS SORT OF ISSUES OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND QUEER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
FELIPE IS AN EMERGING LATINX EMERGING ARTIST.
WHILE HIS WORK CAN TRAVEL AND CIRCULATE, HE CAN'T.
A LOT OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN FELIPE'S WORK IS REALLY SPEAKING TO LATINO COMMUNITIES, TO MIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
AND WHEN HE DID A SITE VISIT TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY, HE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN SEARCHING OR LOOKING FOR PLACES THAT HAD BEEN FORMER SITES OF GATHERING FOR MIGRANT COMMUNITIES OR QUEER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
AND THROUGH A RESEARCH PROCESS, WE LEARNED OF EL DASINO.
JENNY, IF WE CAN MOVE THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S A BUILDING THAT'S AT 83 IT'S ACTUALLY CATEGORY 5.
THIS IS THE BUILDING ADJACENT TO IT.
IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
THIS IS SORT OF AN ADJACENT BUILDING THAT'S OWNED BY THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER WHO WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH.
IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE PROJECT.
FELIPE HAS CREATED THIS WORK WHICH WILL BE A CERAMIC MURAL PIECE.
AND THE WORK IS SORT OF ENCOMPASSES TWO ARMS AND THIS KIND OF NETWORK OF BRANCHES.
AND FLOWERS THAT SORT OF IS MEANT TO BE A MEMORIAL IN MANY WAYS FOR BOTH QUEER PEOPLE OF COLOR AND MIGRANTS WHO ARE OFTEN LEFT OUT OF BROADER SORT OF HISTORIES.
FOR FELIPE WHO CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON KIND OF THE HISTORY OF THE LABOR MOVEMENT IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
HE WAS SORT OF INTRIGUED BY THE LACK OF REPRESENTATION OF QUEER FOLKS WITHIN THOSE NARRATIVES OF LABOR MOVEMENT.
AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY IN GENERAL AS SORT OF BEING CONSIDERED A COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN VERY OPEN FOR QUEER FOLKS, BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT WHAT SPACES WHAT SAFE SPACES EXIST FOR QUEER PEOPLE OF COLOR.
SO THERE'S NO FIGURE IN THE IMAGE AND WHERE HE WANTED TO KIND OF SPEAK TO WAS A LITTLE BIT OF THIS ERASE UR OR LOOK OF SAFE SPACES BUT SPEAK TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A SUBJECT IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING.
THE MURAL WE HOPE THIS IS BEING CREATED BY KIND OF ONE OF THE MASTER CERAMIC WORKSHOPS IN GAUDLAJARA, MEXICO.
THE BACKGROUND IS MEANT TO BE PAINTED.
AND THE VINES WILL BE THREE DIMENSIONAL FIXTURES ON THE WALL.
AND WE WOULD HOPE THAT THIS COULD BECOME A PERMANENT WORK IN THE CITY.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY.
WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO LOOKING FOR OTHER SITES AND WE WOULD LOVE SOME INPUT IF THERE'S ANY OTHER KIND OF LOCATIONS OF THIS SCALE AND SCOPE THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO USE OR CONSIDER.
BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE ARTIST CONSIDERING THE IMPORTANT ROLE, MURALS THEY HAD LOCALLY, AND ACKNOWLEDGING THESE HISTORIES IS THAT HIS PROJECT TAKE THE FORM OF A PERMANENT WORK THAT CAN STAY IN THE COMMUNITY.
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>> I'VE ALSO INCLUDED A BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT FOR THE COMMISSION TO EVALUATE AS WELL.
AND SOME INFORMATION, GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT DESERT X I HOPE YOU CAN CIRCULATE THE DOCUMENT, DEBRA.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SUPPOSED TO DO THE ASK, BUT I KNOW THAT THE ACTION ITEM TODAY IS TO ASK THE COMMISSION TO SUPPORT THE NEXT DESERT X EXHIBITION WITH A SPONSORSHIP OF $35,000, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO THE AMOUNTS THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED AND OBTAINED FROM THE CITY IN THE PAST EXHIBITIONS.
I BELIEVE THE ONE I SENT OUT HAD THREE.
IS THAT ONE NOT MOVING FORWARD?
>> THE VIVIAN PROJECT IS NOT A PROJECT THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TO BE SITED IN INDIO ANYMORE.
SO I GUESS WE CAN OPEN THE FLOOR.
AND IF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
>> I'VE GOT QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS BUT I WAS WAITING TO SEE IF ANYONE WANTED TO GO FIRST, ACTUALLY.
AND I REMEMBER WHEN THE FIRST DESERT X INSTALLATION IN 2017 CAME AROUND, IT WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE.
LIKE MY STUDENTS WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT THESE HUGE INTERACTIVE ART PIECES THAT WERE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
LIKE I HAVEN'T SEEN TEENAGERS EXCITED ABOUT ART LIKE THAT PRETTY MUCH EVER.
IN 2019, I WILL BE VERY HONEST, AT LEAST IN THE CITY OF INDIO, THE INSTALLATIONS I FELT WERE VERY UNDERWHELMING.
NOT ONLY IN COMPARISON TO 2017, BUT IN COMPARISON TO SOME OF THE BIGGER THINGS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE VALLEY.
I FELT INDIO GOT THE LESSER EXHIBITS.
AND SO MY OPINION IS THAT $35,000 IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF OUR BUDGET.
AND I HAVE QUITE A FEW RESERVATIONS ABOUT ALLOCATING IT.
WITHOUT HAVING A FEW MORE QUESTIONS BEING ASKED.
SO IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO FOR THE NINE WEEKS, IT'S ALMOST $4,000 A WEEK THAT WE'RE CONTRIBUTING.
MY FIRST QUESTION IS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT INDIO HAS PROVIDED $35,000 IN THE PAST.
AND YOU'VE GOTTEN OTHER CITIES ON BOARD FOR SPONSORSHIPS.
ARE OTHER CITIES PROVIDING THE SAME AMOUNT, MORE, ARE THEY PROVIDING LESS? DO WE HAVE LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED FOR THIS ROUND? ARE YOU ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION EVEN AT ALL?
SO WE ARE SPEAKING RIGHT NOW TO I BELIEVE SEVEN OF THE NINE CITIES IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO SITE SOME OF THE WORKS.
AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS WITH THEIR DIFFERENT ARTS COMMISSIONS AND CITY COUNCILS.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE VERBAL COMMITMENTS FROM THE CITY OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS.
WE HAVE THE ARTS COMMISSION IN PALM DESERT WHO APPROVED A SPONSORSHIP OF $20,000.
AND IT'S GOING TO GO IN AN ACTION ITEM AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE'VE MADE A REQUEST TO THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS THROUGH PS RESORTS.
WHICH IS USUALLY HOW IT WORKS.
AND THE ARTS COMMISSION IN PALM SPRINGS HAS ALREADY CONFIRMED THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTING OUR PERMIT COSTS BEFORE CONSIDERATION OF THE SPONSORSHIP.
THE CITY OF COACHELLA HAS MADE A VERBAL COMMITMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE SPONSORSHIP SUPPORT.
AND RANCHO MIRAGE IS SUPPORTING US WITH $10,000 WHICH IS WHAT THEY SUPPORT US WITH EVERY YEAR.
SO THE AMOUNTS VARY DEPENDING ON THE CITIES.
THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID AND BUDGETS HAVE BEEN AFFECT IN SOME CITIES MORE THAN OTHERS.
SOME OF THESE AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN CHANGING.
THAT KIND OF PAINTS A CLEAR PICTURE BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE WHERE INDIO STOOD IN REGARDS TO THE OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
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A FEW OTHER THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT, ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TWO PRESENTATIONS.OSCAR'S FREQUENCIES, I DON'T KNOW IF THE INSTALLATION HE'S PLANNING WOULD BE FREQUENCIES OR WOULD BE CALLED PARTS OF FREQUENCIES.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT THAT RIGHT.
AS A TEACHER, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, GIVING STUDENTS A VOICE, GIVING THEM EXPRESSION IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
I DID HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW ON EARTH WOULD THIS HAPPEN IF SCHOOLS AREN'T IN SESSION.
BUT YOU ANSWERED THAT IN THE PRESENTATION BY EXPLAINING THAT THE PLAN WAS TO PROVIDE UP TO A THOUSAND CANVASES TO STUDENTS AT HOME.
HOWEVER, HAVING TAUGHT ONLINE FOR THE PAST SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS, IT'S REALLY HARD TO ENGAGE STUDENTS WITH STUFF AT HOME.
EVEN STUFF THAT THEY THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE FUN AND INTERESTING.
THEY'RE REALLY DEALING WITH A LOT.
AND THIS COULD BE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT'S IN AND REALLY GET IT OUT AND EXPRESS.
BUT IT COULD ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THROW A BUNCH OF CANVASES IN HOUSES THAT JUST SIT IN THE CORNER AND NOTHING HAPPENS ON THEM.
BUT THAT'S, I GUESS THAT'S UP TO THE STUDENT ARTISTS.
BUT MY QUESTION ABOUT THAT WAS GETTING THE CANVASES TO THE STUDENTS.
IS THERE A PLAN ON HOW TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE? AND ONCE IT'S DONE AND THEY'RE COLLECTED, CANVAS IS A VERY POROUS MATERIAL ONCE IT'S BEEN LIVING IN SOMEONE'S SPACE FOR WEEKS OR HOWEVER LONG IT IS TO DO THEIR ART PIECES.
I WOULD HAVE CONCERNS IF IT'S CONTAMINATED IN SOME WAY.
IF IT'S CARRYING GERMS. AND THE PEOPLE WORKING WITH THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE EXPOSED.
DO YOU HAVE PLANS FOR OSCAR'S PROJECT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DISTRIBUTE AND SAFELY COLLECT IT ONCE IT'S BACK FROM THE STUDENTS?
>> THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE FREQUENCIES PROJECT,BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DONE IN MANY COUNTRIES AND MULTIPLE SCENARIOS.
INDIGENOUS VILLAGE SCHOOLS IN THE AMAZON TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE UPPER EAST SIDE.
SO THE RANGE OF THE PROJECT OF THAT SCOPE I THINK IS OVER 300,000 PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT.
SO THE STUDIO HAS GOTTEN VERY GOOD AT THIS.
THE CHALLENGE I THINK FOR THEM AND ALSO THE INTEREST IN TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT WAS THAT THAT NOTION OF A STUDENT TAKING THE CANVAS AND PUTTING IT IN THEIR CLOSET IS AS INTERESTING TO THE ARTIST AS THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO CREATE REMARKABLE MASTERPIECES.
BECAUSE THE PROJECT IS MEANT TO INDEX OR TO FUNCTION LIKE A TIME CAPSULE.
AND I THINK THAT ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING WHETHER THIS WOULD EVEN WORK WAS FIGURING OUT WHAT THEY MAY LOOK LIKE.
LIKE ARE WE GOING TO END UP WITH A WHOLE SERIES OF CANVASES THAT MAY NOT BE AS COLORFUL AS THE OTHER ONES.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO LEARN? WHAT IS THIS GOING TO TELL US ABOUT THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT, THEIR LEVEL OF INTEREST.
AND THE REASON, FOR EXAMPLE, OF HAVING THE CANVASES AROUND THE DESKS FOR USUALLY IT'S A SIX MONTH PERIOD.
IS THE ARTIST ALMOST WANTS THE STUDENT TO FORGET ABOUT IT.
IT BECOMES A PLACE FOR THEM TO WHEN THEY'RE MAD TO WRITE NOTES ABOUT THE TEACHER, OR TO REALLY KIND OF INDEX IN THAT WAY.
SO BY HAVING IT AT HOME IN MANY WAYS, THAT WAS SORT OF THE BARGAINING PROCESS WITH THE ARTIST IS HE FELT THAT MAYBE THAT PROCESS OF LIKE, I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK LIKE THIS OR THIS DOESN'T FEEL LIKE HOMEWORK OR MAYBE I MAY TOUCH IT.
HAVING IT BE THERE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WHERE STUDENTS JUST FORGET ABOUT IT.
THAT'S MORE OF THE ARTISTIC SIDE OF THE PROJECT.
JENNY HAS BEEN IN TOUCH IN TERMS OF COLLECTION, BECAUSE THE PROJECT HAS OCCURRED IN COLOMBIA AND KOREA IN THE EARLY PART OF THE PANDEMIC.
IS THAT OF COURSE THERE IS WAITING DAY PERIOD IN WHICH THE CANVASES AFTER SORT OF ENGAGING WITH THE CANVASES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM BE TOUCHED OR INSTALLATION TO DEAL WITH THE COVID LIABILITY.
YOU CAN ANSWER EVERY QUESTION I ASK.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT FELIPE BAEZA'S CERAMIC PIECE.
WHICH IS MAYBE MORE LIKE A PEDANTIC THING.
YOU KEPT MENTIONING QUEER PEOPLE, AND QUEER, QUEER, QUEER.
I'M WONDERING IF IT EXTENDS TO THE FULL LGBTQ COMMUNITY OR JUST THE QUEER COMMUNITY.
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IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY MEETINGS, ONE OF THE THINGS HE'S VERY INTERESTED IN IS THE KIND OF MYTHOLOGYIZING ASPECT IS MOST PARTICULARLY PALM SPRINGS BEING A SAFE SPACE FOR QUEER FOLKS.
I THINK HE WAS INTERESTED IN QUEER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
THERE'S AN EAST COACHELLA VALLEY PRIDE THAT IS USUALLY MORE SUPPORTED BY QUEER PEOPLE OF COLOR.
THE PROJECT IN MANY WAYS WANTS TO BOTH EMBRACE THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY BUT AT THE
THOSE ARE MY MAIN QUESTIONS RIGHT AWAY.
I JUST WANTED A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER.
>> WE WOULD LOVE TO COLLABORATE WITH YOUR STUDENTS ON THE PROJECT AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN BE PART OF FREQUENCIES PROJECT.
BUT I HAVE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR SCHOOL HAS A FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT AND MY STUDENTS LIKE THAT.
KIDS LOVE ART AND EXPRESSING THEMSELVES THROUGH ART.
WHICH IS WHY ESPECIALLY THE FIRST ROUND OF DESERT X WAS EXCITING TO ME BECAUSE I SAW THAT REACTION TO THEM FIRSTHAND.
I JUST HAD THOSE CLARIFICATIONS.
AND THE DOLLAR SIGN DOES MAKE ME A LITTLE HESITANT BECAUSE IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR BUDGET.
>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT TO ANOTHER A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER AROUND THE QUALITY OF THE WORK IN PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF DESERT X.
BECAUSE EVEN BEFORE MY APPOINTMENT WAS ANNOUNCED.
I WAS TRYING TO SNEAK IN AND HAVE MEETINGS WITH FOLKS BEFORE MY ANNOUNCEMENT WENT PUBLIC TO TRY TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT PEOPLE FELT OF PREVIOUS ITERATIONS.
I WILL SAY THAT THE ARTIST THAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE ARMORY IN THE LAST ITERATION.
GARY SIMMONS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST PIONEERING BLACK ARTISTS IN THIS COUNTRY.
I THINK WITH EXHIBITIONS LIKE THESE YOU'RE OFTEN AS A CURATOR, IT'S A BALANCING ACT.
AND YOU CAN DO SEVEN MIRRORED HOUSES.
AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR ARTIST LIST IS DIVERSE AND REPRESENTATIVE OF MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT I WAS AWARE OF THAT.
AND THAT IS WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE WERE THINKING ABOUT WHERE PROJECTS WOULD BE SITED, THAT WE WOULD ALSO THINK ABOUT THAT DISTRIBUTION.
AND WHO WOULD BE COMING TO SEE THOSE PROJECTS.
AND IF I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH BOTH OF THESE ARTISTS, DO A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH.
I HATE TO USE LIKE THESE WORDS, BUT THEY'RE VERY MUCH ROCK STARS IN THE ART WORLD.
AND IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME THAT OTHER CITIES BE ON THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD THESE KIND OF PROJECTS WITH THESE NAMES, THESE FIGURES THAT WOULD DRAW THAT KIND OF ATTENTION OR SUPPORT OR VISIBILITY THAT WE MADE SURE WE DID OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED AMONGST MULTIPLE CITIES IN THE DESERT.
THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THAT FIRST POINT I HAD MADE.
>> I KNOW EJ HAS HAD HIS HAND RAISE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE THE NEXT ONE UP FOR YOUR QUESTION, EJ.
SOME OF IT WAS COVERED BY TOM'S QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO SAY I THINK THESE TWO PROJECTS YOU PRESENTED ARE PRETTY GOOD.
I'M VERY CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THE STUDENT ONE GOES UP EITHER IN THE ARMORY OR STORE FRONT.
I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS TO BRING UP JUST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR SO LONG WITH THIS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE CITY OF INDIO ABOUT SPONSORSHIP BEYOND THE ART COMMISSION FUND? I KNOW KEVIN IS NOT AROUND TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
IN THE PAST, IN 2017 AND 2019'S EXHIBITIONS, I THINK THE CITY APPROVED UP TO $25,000.
AND WE STARTED OUT WITH $10,000 FROM THE ART FUND, AND $15,000 FROM THE ART FUNDS.
AND I BELIEVE THE REST OF THAT CAME FROM OTHER CITY FUNDING AND NOT FROM THE PUBLIC ARTS FUND.
I KNOW THAT IN THIS BODY WE ONLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH
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FUNDS THAT ARE OURS.SO WHEN JENNY PROPOSED A SPLIT, I RECOMMENDED THAT SHE ASKED THE ARTS COMMISSION WHAT SHE WANTS FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION.
AND ANY OTHER CITY BODY TO ASK THEM SEPARATELY.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T SAY YES OR NO TO WHAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR ANY OTHER FUND WOULD DECIDE TO GIVE.
I THINK THAT THERE ARE PLANS TO DO THAT.
BUT I JUST WANT THEM TO ASK WHAT THE COMMISSION HAS THE POWER TO RECOMMEND.
YEAH, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT HISTORICALLY IN 2017 DESERT X CAME TO US AND SAID THEY HAVE POTENTIALLY THREE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND THE ASK WAS I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
BUT I THINK THE CITY APPROVED UP TO $25,000.
AND NONE OF THE THREE LOCATIONS WERE USED.
ANOTHER ARTIST WAS SUBSTITUTED MORE OR LESS LAST MINUTE.
AND THEN SIMILAR THING HAPPENED FOR 2019 WAS DISCUSSIONS FOR MORE PLACES.
INSTEAD, WE GOT USE OF THE ARMORY AND IT WAS ONLY OPEN ON WEEKENDS.
AND FOR ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY.
SO I'M WONDERING NOW THAT WE'RE BEING ASKED FOR MORE MONEY FROM THE ART FUND, WHAT IS THE PLAN ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SOMETHING FOR LIKE THE ARMORY.
IS IT GOING TO BE OPEN ONLY ON WEEKENDS OR ACCESSED MORE? I KNOW THERE ARE SOME LOGISTICS TO GET WORKED OUT AS FAR AS SAFETY AND HYGIENE AND THAT SORT OF THING.
I WASN'T PART OF THE PROJECT IN 2017, BUT I KNOW THAT IN 2019 WE OBTAINED $35,000 FROM THE CITY OF INDIO.
I AM NOT I DO NOT REMEMBER HOW THE SPLIT WAS BETWEEN THE ARTS COMMISSION AND THE CITY.
PERHAPS YOU WOULD KNOW BETTER.
BUT I DO REMEMBER THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUPPORT WE GOT FROM THE CITY OF INDIO.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, LAST YEAR WE HAD THREE SITES IN THE CITY OF INDIO.
ONE OF THEM WAS OUR INDIO HUB, WHICH WAS MANNED FOUR DAYS A WEEK FROM 9:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 5:00 IN THE AFTERNOON WITH INFORMATION AND VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE THERE TO GIVE INFORMATION TO ANYONE ABOUT THE EXHIBITION.
AND WE ALSO MADE SPECIAL EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HUB WAS STAFFED WITH BILINGUAL VOLUNTEERS AND BILINGUAL DOCENTS.
THERE WAS ALSO BILINGUAL HUB MANAGER THAT WAS GIVEN OUT INFORMATION BOTH IN SPANISH AND IN ENGLISH.
I REALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR OUR EXHIBITION LAST YEAR.
WHICH WAS VERY EXTENDED GEOGRAPHICALLY.
WE ALSO HAD AN ART INSTALLATION BY SENTIA MARISELLI IN DOWNTOWN INDIO INSTALLATION WITH GARY SIMMONS.
SO THERE WERE THREE SITES IN 2019.
AND THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING IN TO TWO SITES.
WE DON'T YOU KNOW, I HATE TO THINK ABOUT IT IN A KWAENT TATIVE WAY.
WE LIKE TO INVOLVE AS MANY CITIES AS POSSIBLE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
AS CESAR SAID, WE LIKE TO DISTRIBUTE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITIES SO THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS ON THE WEST SIDE AND NOT ENOUGH ON THE EAST SIDE.
WE ARE, YOU KNOW, VERY AWARE OF THAT BALANCE AND THE NEED FOR THAT BALANCE.
SO WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
DEMANDS THAT COME FROM EACH ARTIST, AND EACH INSTALLATION ARE VERY DIFFERENT AND NEEDS ARE VERY DIFFERENT SITE AND VENUE TO TAKE PLACE.
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IS REALLY TO REACH AS MANY PEOPLE FROM THE CITY OF INDIO AND THE EAST VALLEY AS POSSIBLE.
SO NOT ONLY THROUGH THE ART INSTALLATIONS, BUT ALSO THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION AND WITH THE EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH THAT A PROJECT LIKE OSCAR MURRILLO WOULD HAVE.
THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE VALLEY WHERE AS MANY AS A THOUSAND KIDS COULD PARTICIPATE IN THE PROJECT.
>> YEAH, I KNOW YOU WEREN'T THERE IN 2017.
I DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH ANYTHING SINCE YOU'VE GOTTEN THERE.
EVEN THOUGH TWO OF THE ARTISTS GREW UP IN INDIO, WE COULD BARELY GET ONE PIECE HERE IN OUR CITY.
BUT THAT COVERS MOST OF WHAT I'M ASKING.
IF FOR SOME REASON THIS GETS SITED AT THE ARMORY, MY QUESTION IS WHAT KIND OF
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OPENING TIMES THEY WOULD BE.IF IT'S JUST WEEKENDS, DURING THE NINE WEEKS.
I HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH ONE OF THE DOCENTS THAT WAS THERE MOST OF THE TIME.
SHE SAID THE BIG RUSH WAS THAT PEOPLE WOULD GET THERE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE IT WAS OVER OR THEY WEREN'T THERE THE DAYS THE SPEAKERS WERE BEING USED FOR GARY SIMMONS WORK.
>> I JUST WANT TO RESPOND A LITTLE BIT ON ACCESSIBILITY.
RIGHT NOW YOU CAN'T YOU KNOW, USUALLY YOU KIND OF DELEGATE THIS OUT IN TERMS OF LOCATION.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE SPECIFICITY OF THE WORKS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT.
COMMERCIAL ART GALLERIES AND CERTAIN LOCATIONS ARE ALLOWED TO BE OPEN.
SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT CERTAIN MODELS OF HOW IT'S HANDLED RIGHT NOW AND PUTTING THINGS IN PLACE AS TO WHAT A VISITOR EXPERIENCE WOULD LOOK LIKE.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE MULTIPLE SCENARIOS IN PLACE THAT CAN BE EXECUTED WITHOUT COMPROMISE THE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD OR HAVING TO CHANGE THEM OR MOVE THEM OUT OF THE CITY.
IT WILL HAVE TO INEVITABLY BE AN APPOINTMENT BASED SYSTEM.
WHICH IS WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION CURRENTLY OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS. IT FOLLOWS THE STANDARDS OF BOTH CDC AND LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS.
THERE'S USUALLY A COVID 19 WAVER THAT A LOT OF THESE KIND OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SHARED WITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
I PRESUME AT SOME POINT WHEN THEY START OPENING UP IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY, IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE TO GO IN TO EFFECT AS REQUIREMENTS FOR REOPENING.
BUT THERE WILL BE ACCESS ON THE DESERT X WEBSITE AN APPOINTMENT SYSTEM THAT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE AN EVENT.
INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR TRAVEL.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY SYMPTOMS. IT ASKS THAT YOU SIGN A WAIVER FOR SAFETY.
UPON ENTRY, THERE'S PROCESSES.
USUALLY THERE'S A TEMPERATURE CHECK UPON ENTRY.
SO FOR AN INDOOR EXPERIENCE, WHICH WE HAVE TRIED TO DO OUR BEST TO LIMIT IN THIS EXHIBITION.
WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT RESEMBLES A PROPER SHOW.
AND BECAUSE IT'S STUDENTS, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO IN TERMS OF DAYS AND ACCESSIBILITY, IT IS DEFINITELY NOT A PROJECT THAT WOULD BE OPEN ALL 7 DAYS WITHOUT ANY SUPERVISION LIKE A PUBLIC SCULPTURE THAT YOU WOULD ENCOUNTER.
WE'RE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE SCENARIOS AND COST.
20 MINUTE VISITS, 10 MINUTE KIND OF GRACE PERIOD IN BETWEEN VISITS TO DEAL WITH SANITATION IF THERE'S A DOOR HANDLE OR ANYTHING AS SUCH.
BUT THE SPACE, ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS ATTRACTED FOR ME AS A SPACE IS BECAUSE IT IS SO BIG.
THE LIABILITIES AROUND SAFETY AND MAKING SURE AUDIENCES HAVE A SAFE VISITOR EXPERIENCE.
BECOME A LOT EASIER IF YOU LIMIT THE VISITS TO FOUR PEOPLE FROM THE SAME HOUSEHOLD, FOR EXAMPLE.
IN THAT KIND OF SQUARE FOOTAGE, IT SORT OF MEETS MOST OF WA WE'VE BEEN READING BASED ON GUIDANCES ON THESE BROADER NATIONAL STATIONS AND ALSO CDC GUIDELINES.
SO THAT IS WHAT THAT EXPERIENCE WOULD LOOK LIKE.
FOLKS WOULD HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT ON THE WEBSITE TO COME AND DO A VISIT.
>> I'D JUST LIKE TO BEFORE ANYBODY CONTINUES.
SO THESE ARE THE SPACES THAT THEY'D LIKE TO USE THAT ARE CURRENTLY BE GOOD.
BUT WE'D HAVE TO WE AGAIN DON'T HAVE THE APPROVAL TO SAY YES OR NO TO SPACE.
BUT IF THAT IS A SPACE THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED BASED ON WHOORNT WE RECOMMEND THIS PROJECT, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING APPROVALS AND PERMITS AND PERMISSION TO USE SPACES AND SECURE AVAILABILITY AND WHAT NOT.
MY ONLY OTHER THING IS I HOPE THAT YOU WOULD DO A VIDEO DOCUMENTARY PRESENTATION.
PUT THIS ONLINE FOR ANYONE THAT CAN'T VISIT.
>> A GOOD OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR.
ESPECIALLY SINCE WE WON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO AS MANY AS THE DOSENT LED TOURS THAT WOULD HAPPEN ON WEEKENDS.
WE HAVE PLANNED FOR A PRETTY ROBUST EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD INCLUDE VIDEO TOURS FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS WHO CAN'T TRAVEL.
I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS BECAUSE EVERYTHING SOUNDS
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GREAT.BUT JUST HOW THE PLAN OF ACTION WAS.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
AND JUST ONE QUESTION I HAD JUST TO KIND OF CLARIFY.
THE STUDENTS, DID YOU SAY THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE IN INDIO OR IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE COACHELLA VALLEY?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION FOR JENNY.
>> COACHELLA UNIFIED, DESSERT SPRINGS UNIFIED AND PALM SPRINGS UNIFIED.
I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH ALL THREE OF THEM.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS, IS IT DESERT X STAFF THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE WITH MATERIALS.
OR ARE THE MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOL SITE STAFF?
>> IDEALLY IT'S GOING TO BE SCHOOL STAFF.
AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITHIN THEIR ALREADY SET UP DISTRIBUTION DATES.
>> JUST TO KIND OF ECHO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID IS THAT IT IS KIND OF A LOT FROM OUR FUND FOR SOMETHING THAT IS KIND OF TEMPORARY.
WHAT I HAD HEARD IS THAT YOU'RE USING THE ARTS TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY.
I JUST AM WONDERING HOW OR IF THERE WAS ANY PLAN OR IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY INTERACTION WITH ARTISTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THOSE VOICES HAVE BEEN WITH THIS PROCESS.
AND IF THEY HAVE ANY INPUT OR IF THERE'S ANY PLAN IN WORKING WITH THAT LOCAL REPRESENTATION.
>> WE HAD A FEW IDEAS IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS.
THAT ACTUALLY HAD SPOKEN TO BILL VERY EARLY ON IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT FIGURING OUT HOW TO ORGANIZE AN EXHIBITION OF LOCAL ARTISTS.
I CAN SHARE THIS WITH THE GROUP, WE VERY ACTIVELY JUST AS A MATTER OF SAFETY HAVING CONVENTIONAL INDOOR EXHIBITIONS BECAME A DECISION WE DECIDED NOT TO DO.
ALL OF THE PROJECTS IN CONSIDERATION OF DESERT X, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OSCAR'S.
IT MAY HAVE TO BE SEEN VIA STORE FRONT WINDOW.
WHAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING NOW IS WE HAVE JUST BROUGHT SOMEBODY ON TO THE TEAM TO DEVELOP A PRETTY ROBUST PUBLIC PROGRAM.
IT WON'T JUST BE TALKING HEADS OR CONVENING.
BUT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO NOT HAVE PARALLEL PROGRAMS, BUT TO PARTNER WITH EXISTING ARTISTS, STUDIOS, PUBLIC PROGRAM AROUND DESERT X.
WHICH MAY MEAN NOT INCLUDING ONE OR TWO ARTISTS.
BECAUSE EXHIBITIONS LIKE THIS ALSO COULD NOT BE VERY LARGE.
BUT WHAT THE BEST WAY WOULD BE TO PROVIDE A RETURN.
WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH PROVIDING RESOURCES TO CO ORGANIZE AN EVENT.
OR WHETHER TO SEEK OUT AN ARTIST COLLECTIVE.
LIKE COACHELLA INCORPORATED, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO IS ALREADY DOING WORK AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN BRING THEM IN TO THE FOLD OF DESERT X.
NOW THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED THE FIRST PHASE OF THE BIG TERM PROJECTS, THAT IS NOT THE EXHIBITION PROPER THIS YEAR.
WHEN I CAME IN, ONE OF MY BIG PROPOSITIONS FOR JENNY WAS INSTEAD OF BUILDING ON THE PAST TWO SHOWS, WHICH IS JUST ABOUT THE BIG INSTALLATIONS OUTDOORS.
A EQUITABLE SECOND PART THAT WOULD ENTAIL A DIFFERENT HOST OF ACTIVITIES AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE LOCAL CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE WHETHER OR NOT DESERT X IS HAPPENING.
JENNY, CAN I SHARE WHO JOINED OUR TEAM? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PUBLIC.
BUT MAYOR GLADSTONE JOINED OUR TEAM.
EXHIBITIONS AT THE PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM IN PALM DESERT.
AND WHO HAS THE KIND OF VERY BIG EXPERIENCE DOING THIS KIND OF WORK.
SO THAT PART IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT ENGAGEMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'RE PLANNING.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE WITH DIRECT ARTISTS.
BECAUSE I THINK MAYBE WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY SUPPORTING ARTISTS LOCALLY.
WHO KNOW THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BETTER THAN WE DO.
AND GOING TO THEM AND SEEING HOW DESERT X CAN SUPPORT THE LOCAL ARTIST COMMUNITY IN THAT WAY.
AS OPPOSED TO JUST ADDING THEM TO A CALENDAR AND HIGHLIGHTING THEIR WORK, IF
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YOU WILL.CESAR DID AN AMAZING JOB NOT ONLY DOING INTERVIEWS AND STUDIO VISITS WITH MANY ARTISTS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
BUT ALSO ORGANIZED WHAT WE HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE.
A DAY AND A HALF MARATHON OF STUDIO VISITS.
WHICH OFFICIALLY WAS SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN AT BILL'S COACHELLA VALLEY ART CENTER IN MARCH.
AND WE HAD TO CANCEL VERY EARLY ON IN THE FIRST SHUTDOWN.
BUT EVENTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE MONTH OF MAY ON ZOOM ONLINE.
AND BOTH CESAR AND NEFILE, AND JASON, HELD ABOUT IS IT OVER 40 PORTFOLIO REVIEWS FROM ARTISTS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
>> PLANS FOR OTHER ENGAGEMENTS NOT JUST WITH CURATORS BUT ALSO SOME OF THE PARTICIPATING ARTISTS.
AND I HAVE A BIG INTEREST IN MOVING BEYOND JUST THE VISUAL ARTS.
WE HAD REMARKABLE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MUSIC IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
BUT THE CONCERTS IN PEOPLE'S BACK YARDS.
YOU'RE GOING TO ALSO LOOK AT PROGRAMS THAT GOES BEYOND THE VISUAL ARTS.
THE CHALLENGE FOR US IS WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE IF WE CAN'T GATHER PEOPLE.
FOR US TO INCLUDE A DANCER OR CHOREOGRAPHER.
IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY.
AND IT'S WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE MAY DO IT IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.
OVER THE DURATION OF THESE MONTHS, A PUBLIC PROGRAM DIRECTOR IN ADDITION TO OUR TEAM.
YEAH, THOSE ARE DEFINITELY SOME PROGRAMS I CAN SEE MYSELF SUPPORTING.
LOCAL ARTIISTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.
I JUST DID A LITTLE BIT OF MATH HERE.
BASED ON THE TWO PROJECTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PRESENTED, BASED ON THE BUDGET YOU PRESENTED WOULD BE $150,000 156,818 DOLLARS.
AND YOUR REQUEST OF US IS $35,000.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU GUYS ALL AWARE OF WHAT THE EXPENSE WOULD BE FOR DESERT X AND WHAT THEY'RE ASKING.
FOR ME, I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH JENNY SINCE THE FIRST DESERT X THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH OR TWO OF MY MOVING HERE.
WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT CESAR TOUCHED ON WHICH IS SORT OF CREATING A BIT MORE EQUITY, AND CONSIDERING LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND ARTIST SELECTION AND PROGRAMMING AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO IT'S VERY EXCITING FOR ME TO HEAR WHAT YOU WERE MENTIONING.
ESPECIALLY EXPANDING THE MEDIUM THAT DESERT X MIGHT DISPLAY IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK CONNECTING WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT AND WOULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY PROJECT THAT I'M A PART OF THAT ARTISTS ARE ADEQUATELY BEING PAID.
IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY WHAT THE PIECE IS WORTH, THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING VALUE OF THE WORK BUT THAT WE'RE CONTRIBUTING AND SUPPORTING WHATEVER WE'RE GIVING IS IN SUPPORT.
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE DO EDUCATION INTERNALLY AND COMMUNITY FACING.
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT ART COSTS TO MAKE.
AND I THINK SOMETIMES IT CAN BE EASY TO SAY, WHY ISN'T IT FREE? WHY ISN'T IT CHEAPER? MAILING A THOUSAND CANVASES TO KIDS AND COLLECTING THEM AND INSTALLING THEM.
AS WE AS A BODY, ME A STAFF PERSON, SORT OF REPRESENTS THE ARTS IN THE FORMS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IT IN, THAT WE ALSO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO ADVISE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPENSE IS AS IT RELATES TO CREATING ART.
AND WE TALK ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT, ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY.
WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE LONG TERM IMPACTS.
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ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED, TOM, WAS THAT YOUR STUDENTS WERE SO EXCITED BACK IN 2017 AND HOW IT MOTIVATED THEM TO, YOU KNOW, GET OUT AND SEE IT.AND PROBABLY IN THEIR OWN ART AND IN THEIR OWN PRACTICE.
YOU HAVE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S ALSO A PART OF WHAT WE'RE CONTRIBUTING TO.
THAT MAY NOT BE SEEN AND CAN BE DOCUMENTED, AND WE CAN'T MEASURE THAT.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE HARD THINGS ABOUT THE ARTS.
BUT THAT WE PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR CITY AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
AND WE AS A BODY DO OUR OWN WORK.
WE'RE DOING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN DO EVEN MORE.
AND THAT PART OF WHAT I HOPE WE WOULD DO IS SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR ENDEAVORS TO SORT OF INFUSE THE COMMUNITY WITH MORE ARTS, CULTURE AND SOCIAL CULTURAL VIBRANCY.
AND THAT WE SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS.
BUT THAT IT'S NOT I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY LIKE TOM AND VENESSA AND COMMISSIONER CRUZ MENTIONED.
THAT WE HAVE TO BE SORT OF FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, AND HOW MUCH AND HOW WE DISTRIBUTE THESE FUNDS.
BUT WE DON'T TRY TO TAKE ON THE WORK OF THE CURATOR.
THAT THEY HAVE CESAR WHO IS VERY ACCOMPLISHED.
AND HAS HIS OWN VISION AND DESERT X HAS THEIR OWN VISION AND AESTHETIC AND THEIR OWN PLANS.
WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR US IS FOR OUR SUPPORT FOR THEIR PLANS.
AND THAT WE DON'T JUST NECESSARILY PROJECT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO PERSONALLY OR AS A BODY ON TO THEIR ORGANIZATION.
SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF ALL THAT I HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT.
BUT I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.
AND YOU GUYS HAVE TO SORT OF BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AMONG YOURSELVES, OR IF YOU'RE IN A PLACE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
I DON'T KNOW, KEVIN, IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO SAY?
I THINK BAEZA MURAL WILL BE QUITE REMARKABLE.
ESPECIALLY IF IT'S CERAMIC LONG, YOU KNOW, BUILT IN LONGEVITY.
IT WILL BE A GREAT THING FOR INDIO TO HAVE.
UP UNTIL CESAR REALLY EXPLAINED THE REAL PROJECT A LITTLE MORE, I'LL BE HONEST, I THOUGHT IT'S A GOOD PROJECT.
BUT IT REALLY ISN'T A DESERT X PROJECT.
IT'S A PROJECT THAT SHOULD HAPPEN SOME OTHER TIME THAT I WOULD BE BEHIND 100% IF IT WAS HAPPENING IN A NON DESERT X YEAR.
BUT CESAR, WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT THE ARTIST IS REALLY MORE INTRIGUED AND INTERESTED IN WHAT THE STUDENTS DO OR DO NOT DO WITH THEIR CANVASES OR DRAWING SERVICES, THAT WAS THE KICKER FOR ME.
I MEAN, IT IS THE ULTIMATE CONCEPTUAL PIECE.
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH SAL AWIT, WHO IS MR. CONCEPT.
HE'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THIS.
AND I THINK FOR THE ARTIST, TOO, AS HE THINKS ABOUT WHERE THIS PROJECT IS GOING AFTER HAVING DONE IT FOR SO MANY YEARS.
IT'S SUCH A PROJECT THAT'S ROOTED IN THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE.
THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE FROM THE ONSET.
UNTIL WE GET BACK TO SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY ON THAT, I THINK THIS IS ALSO GOING TO MARK THE FIRST TIME THAT THE PROJECT GETS ADAPTED TO CONSIDER HOW STUDENTS MAY LEARN AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE WHILE UNTIL WE CAN RETURN TO A MORE CONVENTIONAL CLASSROOM.
>> IT REALLY IS A TEST OF THE INDIVIDUALS TO ALLOW IF THEY ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE THEMSELVES.
THERE'S A WEBSITE FOR IT, FREQUENCIES PROJECT.
THERE'S AN INDEX OF CANVASES THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO STEP AWAY, UNFORTUNATELY.
I DID JUST WANT TO MENTION AS WELL THAT I JUST WANTED TO THANK DEBRA BECAUSE SHE'S
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BEEN A REMARKABLE ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY OF INDIO.AND LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR US FOR KIND OF MAKING DECISIONS AROUND PROJECT DISTRIBUTION AND WHAT ARTISTS WOULD COME IN TO THE CITY.
IT'S A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR THE ARTS AND IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE TO WORK WITH DEBRA.
SO THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, VERY MUCH.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
HOPEFULLY I'LL HEAR SOME GOOD NEWS SOON.
THANK YOU, CESAR AND THANK YOU, DEBRA, AND BILL, AND COMMISSIONERS.
I WILL LOG OFF SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CONVERSATION.
BUT WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU MIGHT NEED.
>> WILL THERE BE ANY WAY TO I KNOW WE HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ON THE AMOUNT.
AND I REALLY SUPPORT ARTS AND EDUCATION.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO MAYBE SUPPORT AND SPONSORING THE ART SUPPLIES?
>> I'M GOING TO PULL UP REALLY QUICKLY.
>> JENNY MENTIONED THEY'RE ASKING THE COMMISSION MONEY THEY WANT TO USE FOR DOCENTS, CLEAN UP.
IT'S NECESSARY BUT IT'S NOT SEXY.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE THEIR FULL AMOUNTS RAISED YET.
I'VE HEARD RUMORS THAT THEY'RE DOING VERY POORLY ON RAISING MONEY.
>> AGAIN, IF YOU GUYS LOOKED AT THE ATTACHMENTS IN THE OF THE STAFF REPORT.
I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN AND SHOW YOU THE AMOUNTS.
THIS IS JUST FOR THE OSCAR MURRILLO PROJECT.
SO IT SAYS, SO THE ART SUPPLIES IS $15,000.
SHOULD I JUST SHARE MY SCREEN?
IF I REMEMBER IT'S $15,000 FOR SUPPLIES.
BUT THERE'S ANOTHER $13,500 FOR TAKING THE CANVASES APART.
I APPRECIATE EVELYN SO MUCH FOR PUTTING TOGETHER OUR AGENDA PACKETS NORMALLY.
I DID THIS ONE AND IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT WONKY.
THIS IS THE BUDGET PAGE FROM THE POWERPOINT THEY SHOWED.
IT'S $15,000 FOR ART SUPPLIES.
THEN THEY HAVE THE COST FOR THE SHIPPING, THE CLEANING, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THIS PROJECT IS $70,000.
I CAN SCROLL TO THE OTHER PROJECT.
THIS IS THE MURAL PROJECT THAT IF THEY DO IT WOULD BE CERAMIC, WHICH WOULD MEAN PERMANENT.
SO I MEAN SO I GUESS IF IT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS OF COURSE MAKE THE DECISION THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE.
YOU CAN MAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
I KNOW THAT LAST YEAR WE DID GET $35,000.
>> IT WAS $25,000 FROM THE COMMISSION.
AND $10,000 FROM THE CITY BUDGET.
>> THAT'S WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.
BUT THAT IS WHAT WE GAVE THEM.
>> IN TERMS OF FUNDING, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF NUMBERS THINGS.
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IT WOULD BE $45,000 TOTAL FROM INDIO.LOOKING AT THEIR FUNDING, THEY SAID JUST NOW DURING THE MEETING.
IT SOUNDED LIKE CITIES HAVE MADE VERBAL COMMITMENTS.
ON THE HOOK, PALM DESERT HAS COMMITTED $20,000.
AND THEY'RE ASKING FROM JUST THE ARTS COMMISSION MORE THAN THEY HAVE SECURED ALREADY, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL $10,000 FROM THE CITY.
TO ME, THAT'S SUCH A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT FOR A NINE WEEK PROJECT WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE BEST TRACK RECORD OF FOLLOW THROUGH.
AND DOES SEEM TO BE STRUGGLING PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE OPTION TO COMMIT LESS MONEY AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MATCH A $10,000 FROM RANCHO MIRRAJ OR SOMETHING.
OR IF IT'S AN ALL OR NOTHING SITUATION.
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ALL OR NOTHING.
THE RECOMMENDATION WILL COME FROM YOU WHAT IS THE AMOUNT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH.
IF YOU WANT TO MATCH THE LEVEL YOU DID LAST YEAR.
THE AMOUNT YOU COMMITTED TO LAST YEAR WAS $25,000.
OR IF YOU WANTED TO MATCH ANOTHER CITY.
IT'S UP TO YOU WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND.
BUT CONSIDERING THE COST OF THE PROJECTS AND THE ABILITY TO DO THEM.
>> THE COST OF THE PROJECTS, THOUGH, IS CONCERNING.
THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK HERE IN WHAT THEY'RE ASKING BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, THE MURRILLO PROJECT THEY SAY IT'S RELEGATED TO THE SCHOOL SITE.
WE'RE FUNDING DESERT X TO USE THE SCHOOL STAFF TO DISTRIBUTE THE MATERIALS.
IT KIND OF GOES IN THE SAME WAY OF UTILIZING OUR STORE FRONTS OR THE ARMORY WHERE WE'RE NOW PAYING AN ORGANIZATION TO USE OUR SPACE.
WHICH I KNOW THAT'S A VERY PROBABLY SIMPLISTIC WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.
I JUST DON'T SEE THE RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT FOR THE $35,000, TO BE HONEST.
THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M PUTTING OUT THERE.
>> YEAH, I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH TOM.
ESPECIALLY SINCE IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY GEARED TOWARDS TOURISTS.
IT'S NOT REALLY I APPRECIATE THE EDUCATION ASPECT OF IT.
BUT YEAH, IT'S A LOT THAT THEN WEIGHS ON THE CITY TO GET THESE SPACES READY AND THE SCHOOLS AS WELL.
I DON'T THINK I CAN SUPPORT THE FULL $35,000.
>> I'D BE COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING THEM WITH $25,000 BECAUSE IT WOULD BE $25,000 AS WE GAVE LAST YEAR.
AND THESE TWO PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING ARE FAR BETTER THAN THE ONES THAT WERE IN 2019.
THEY WERE BOTH TERRIBLE PROJECTS.
BUT YEAH, I'D BE COMFORTABLE WITH $25,000.
>> I THINK LAST YEAR WE ONLY APPROVED UP TO $15,000.
I'M READING THE ACTION ITEM THAT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT FOR THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 WITH UP TO $15,000 OF FUNDING PROVIDED FROM THE PUBLIC ART FUND.
SO WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE ASKING THE CITY MARKETING OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO PITCH IN MORE, THEN THE $15,000 THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
AS FAR AS THE ART COMMISSION IS CONCERNED.
>> NOW DEBRA, DO YOU KNOW, ARE THEY LOOKING AT THE $35,000 AS $45,000 AS A TOTAL FROM THE ENTIRE WHEN THEY SAY CITY OF INDIO, THEY'RE NOT CALLING OUT THE ART COMMISSION?
>> I THINK THERE'S AN INTENTION TO HAVE ANOTHER ASK FROM ANOTHER CITY DEPARTMENT.
BUT I ALSO THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID WAS KIND OF IMPORTANT THAT WITH COVID AND THE SIGNIFICANT DRAIN ON OTHER FUNDS COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUNDS FROM OTHER CITIES.
I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR FUNDS DON'T COME FROM GENERAL FUNDS.
WE'RE STILL IN THE SAME KIND OF POSITION WE WERE IN LAST YEAR WHERE OTHER CITIES FUNDS HAD BEEN DECIMATED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
SO THEIR ABILITY TO SUPPORT AT LEVELS, THE ABILITY TO PASS IS JUST NOT THERE.
SO THE REQUEST FROM US AS A COMMISSION IS $35,000.
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LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO GET IN TO IT.BUT THE AMOUNT THAT THEY WERE GIVEN FROM US LAST YEAR WAS $35,000.
AND SO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD RECEIVE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'D BE APPROVED FOR THOSE FUNDS FROM ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY THAT'S DRAWING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, I DON'T KNOW HOW POSSIBLE THAT WOULD BE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'D MADE THAT ASK YET.
JUST BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT OPTIMISTIC.
>> DEBRA, THE $35,000 FROM LAST YEAR, WAS THAT $35,000 WAS IT A PARTIAL FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION AND THE REMAINDER FROM THE CITY? OR DID THAT $35,000 COME FROM THE ARTS FUND PUBLIC ARTS FUND?
>> KEVIN, DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT?
>> I DO APOLOGIZE, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD I'M NOT SURE.
I'M NOT SURE I CAN BEST ANSWER THAT QUESTION AT THE MOMENT.
>> IF THE $35,000 CAME FROM THE PUBLIC ARTS FUND, THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION DID NOT APPROVE IT.
>> THERE'S >> IF I MAY, THIS IS EVELYN.
IT WAS $25,000 FROM PUBLIC ARTS AND $10,000 FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM THE MARKETING FUND.
>> ULTIMATELY, WE GAVE $35,000.
>> MY FINAL CONCERN TO BRING UP IS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING ATD THE COSTS OF THESE PROJECTS THAT THEY BUDGETED TOTALING $150,000.
EVEN IF WE GAVE THE FULL $35,000, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO FUND ONE OF THE PROJECTS MUCH LESS ANYTHING ELSE THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO.
MY CONCERN IS WHETHER THEY GAVE THE FULL AMOUNT OR LESSER AMOUNT, IF THEY DON'T MEET THEIR FUNDING NEEDS, DO WE JUST NOT HAVE THE PROJECTS.
OR DO WE GET LESSER INSTALLATIONS WHERE WE GO BACK TO 2019 WHERE THEY WERE RINKY DINK INSTALLATIONS.
IT DOESN'T REALLY SEEM LIKE WE'RE REALLY GUARANTEED TO GET THE WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET FOR THE CITY.
SO MY CONCERN IS WITH THE GRIM ECONOMIC OUTLOOK, THE LACK OF FUNDING THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE THAT I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF HOPE WE WOULD ACTUALLY GET THE THING THAT WE SEND THE MONEY FOR.
WHETHER IT'S THE FULL AMOUNT OR LESSER AMOUNT.
>> FROM MY UNDERSTANDING ABOUT DESERT X, THEY DO FUNDRAISE FROM CITIES.
GARY SIMMONS PROJECT FROM LAST YEAR WAS IN EXCESS OF 100 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS TO INSTALL.
SO WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THE WORK BECAUSE IF WE WERE, THIS IS THE AMOUNT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY.
WE'RE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION WITH THE FUNDING SO THAT THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY DO.
SO I THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE NEED TO WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND.
THE OTHER PART IS TOO THEY DON'T ONLY FUNDRAISE FROM CITIES.
IF YOU LOOK ON THEIR WEBSITE, YOU'D SEE THERE ARE LOTS OF ORGANIZATIONS AND I THINK THERE'S CROWD FUNDING.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WILL BE FAIR TO SAY BECAUSE OTHER CITIES, THAT THEY HAVE NO MONEY.
I THINK IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE CITIES WOULD ALSO BENEFIT FROM HAVING THE WORK INSTALLED THERE FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, YOU KNOW, BENEFITS, THE VISIT TO THE CITIES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THAT THEY ASK THE CITIES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROJECT.
BUT THE PROJECT ISN'T LIKE A MUNICIPAL ART PROJECT.
IT'S THEIR PROJECT THAT HAPPENED IN THESE CITIES.
>> AFTER THE SAUDI ARABIA DEBACLE, THEY'RE HAVING A TOUGH TIME RAISING MONEY.
VERY HEAVY WEIGHT PEOPLE LEFT THEIR BOARD BECAUSE OF THAT.
THIS IS A REAL CHALLENGE YEAR FOR DESERT X.
>> AND I THINK JUST THROWING OUT, I THINK WHAT THEY DESCRIBED I'M REALLY GLAD THAT OSCAR TALKED ABOUT THEIR PLANS FOR ONGOING I DON'T WANT TO SAY PROJECTS, BUT I GUESS PROGRAMMING.
INCLUDING LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE FACT THAT THEY DO THE PORTFOLIO REVIEW.
TRYING TO INCLUDE LOCAL ARTISTS AND KIND OF GET THEIR FIRNG ON THE PULSE OF
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WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL BE SUSTAINED.
IT'S IN THE WORKS BUT WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO FROM THERE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER IF WE WANT TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION OR NOT AND AT WHAT LEVELS YOU GUYS FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING SO.
I THINK YOU KNOW, IF SUPPORTING IN THE AMOUNT OF THE ART SUPPLIES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE MENTIONED A SPECIFIC NUMBER, TOM OR EJ, BUT >> I'D LIKE TO CHIME IN REAL QUICK.
I DIDN'T SEE YOU ON MY LIST THERE.
JUST BEING HERE NOW AND HEARING ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT PAST EXPERIENCES AND ALL THE STUFF YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT.
AND SEEING WHAT THE BUDGET AND EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE, I MEAN, IT DOES SEEM LIKE A LOT OF MONEY.
BUT I ALSO SEE THE POINT AS FAR AS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, DEBRA, POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE THINGS.
DID THEY SAY, I MUST HAVE MISSED IT.
SO THAT MIGHT BE PERMANENT, CORRECT? ARE THEY GOING TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY IF WE KEEP IT? OR IS THIS INCLUDED IN THIS?
>> I THINK THAT'S THE MEDIUM THAT THAT ARTIST WANTS TO USE.
SO ONCE IT'S UP, IT'S A MURAL.
IT'S NOT LIKE A PIECE OF ART THAT THEY CAN JUST TAKE WAY.
SO ONCE IT'S DONE, IT'S THERE.
SO THEN >> SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK.
LUCKILY, IT'S CONCLUDING NEXT FRIDAY WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH A MURAL CONSERVITOR WHO IS GOING TO CHECK THE MURALS WE HAVE.
BUT IF IT BECOMES A QUESTION OF HEY, HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF THIS THING.
WE'D HAVE ACCESS TO THAT KIND OF INFORMATION.
AND I WANT TO JUST PIGGY BACK OFF OF WHAT TOM WAS SAYING, TOO.
IF WE DO DECIDE AND END UP GIVING THEM LESS, ARE WE GOING TO RECEIVE A LOT LESS OR WHAT ARE THE I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY WHAT ARE THE GUARANTEES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WHAT WE ASK FOR.
IS THERE A WAY TO KIND OF HAVE THAT COMMUNICATED? LIKE ONCE ALL THEIR FUNDING IS THERE AND WE'RE NOT SURPRISED.
BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS A BIG SURPRISE LAST YEAR.
FROM WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WERE THESE THREE PIECES AND IT'S LIKE WAIT A MINUTE, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ASKED FOR.
ONCE WE DECIDE IF WE ARE GOING TO FUND THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE?
>> SO I WILL JUST SAY BECAUSE I WAS KIND OF ON THE TAIL END.
LIKE I SAID, I STARTED MY FIRST DAY IN THE CITY OF INDIO WAS JANUARY 22ND.
AND I BELIEVE I MET WITH THEM A WEEK LATER.
YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR USE OF SPACE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW IT WENT DOWN.
BUT I FEEL LIKE AND EVELYN, MAYBE YOU CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS.
IS THERE SOME SORT OF CONTRACTUAL THING THAT WE ENTER INTO WITH THEM? DO THEY HAVE TO SIGN THESE ARE THE PIECES THEY'RE GOING TO DELIVER OOR NOT? DO YOU KNOW?
>> THERE WAS A CONTRACT AND ONLY BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T SURE WHAT ITEMS THEY WERE GOING TO WHAT FINAL ITEMS OR WHAT FINAL LOCATIONS THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE.
I BELIEVE THE CONTRACT STATED AT LEAST TWO, OR YOU KNOW THE NUMBER, OF PIECES OR INSTALLATIONS.
I THINK THAT'S AS FAR AS WE WENT.
BUT FOR THE FUNDING AND AT LEAST THE NUMBER OF INSTALLATIONS WE WERE GOING TO GET.
I THINK THAT'S AS FAR AS IT WENT.
>> I JUST HAVE TWO POINTS TO FOLLOW UP ON ON QUESTIONS ASKED.
ONE OF THEM WAS GOING TO BE, NUMBER ONE, THEY'RE JUST ASKING FOR US CITY COUNCIL BASICALLY AT THIS POINT IS ASKING FOR OUR ADVICE ON WHETHER OR NOT WE'D WANT TO HAVE THEM TAKE MONEY FROM THE ART FUND.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF CONDITIONS WE CAN PUT ON THIS.
I KNOW IN THE PAST THAT THEY'VE COME THROUGH AND PROMISED THE MOON AND WE'VE NOT GOTTEN THAT.
AT LEAST EVEN FROM THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
I WOULD HOPE THAT SOME OF THIS WOULD HAPPEN.
I'M COMFORTABLE WITH A SMALLER NUMBER THAN WHAT THEY'VE ASKED.
AT LEAST TO DRAW DOWN FROM THE ART FUND.
KIND OF WHAT MY SECOND QUESTION AFTER THAT.
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BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN NECESSARILY SAY, OH, WE NEED TO HAVE X AMOUNT OF PIECES OR WE NEED TO ONLY PAY FOR THIS SORT OF THING.I THINK MORE YOU KNOW, IN OUR ROLE TO ADVISE ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS MONEY WELL SPENT FROM THE ART FUND.
AND THEN MY OTHER PART WAS GOING TO BE TO TALK ABOUT THE CERAMIC MURAL.
BECAUSE AT SOME POINT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PITCH WITH THE PRESENTATION FOR US TO APPROVE PUBLIC ART FOR A PERMANENT INSTALLATION, OR EVEN A TEMPORARY INSTALLATION, I WOULD THINK.
>> AS FAR AS THE SECOND PIECE, I DON'T HAVE THE NAME IN FRONT OF ME.
THE CERAMIC MURAL, OR THE POTENTIAL FOR A CERAMIC MURAL, AT SOME POINT THEY WOULD NEED TO AT LEAST PRESENT TO US THAT PIECE IF IT WAS INTENDED TO BE PART OF OUR COLLECTION, OR IF IT WAS EVEN A PRIVATE BUILDING OWNER WHICH IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE HAVING DISCUSSION WITH.
WE WOULD HAVE TO AS THIS BODY HAVE TO APPROVE THAT PIECE OF WORK, IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> SO THE BUILDING THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A PRIVATE BUILDING.
SO IT IS AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO PUT SOMETHING.
BUT NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO OUR GUIDELINES FOR I THINK BUILDING PURPOSES SAY YOU HAVE TO GET PUBLIC ART APPROVED ON THE SITE BY THE PUBLIC ART COMMISSION.
>> WELL THE DESERT LEGAL ACADEMY DIDN'T.
>> THEY DID GET APPROVED BY THE ART COMMISSION.
THEY HAVE A PLAN FOR SCULPTURE OVER AT THE LAW LIESH.
>> SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WOULD YOU NOT WITH THIS PRESENTATION AND THIS CONVERSATION NOT CONSTITUTE APPROVAL IN YOUR MIND?
>> WE DON'T KNOW THE PARTICULARS ABOUT THE BUILDING, THE LOCATION ON THE BUILDING.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SORT OF I MEAN, RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE TYPICALLY WE GET A PRESENTATION FROM THE BUILDING OWNER IF THEY WANT TO HAVE A PIECE ON THEIR PRIVATE BUILDING.
I THINK THIS IS THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
AT LEAST PUT IT IN WRITING AND SAY, OKAY, FOLKS, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THIS: YOU GUYS HAVE SEVERAL WELL SO YOU GUYS WANT TO HAVE A PROPOSAL ABOUT THE MORE PERMANENT PIECE.
>> IF INDEED THEY DETERMINE THEY WANT IT TO BE A PERMANENT PIECE, YEAH.
IT WILL FORCE THEIR HAND ON THAT.
AND SO FOR THAT YOU WOULD NEED SPECIFICS MEANING DIMENSIONS, MATERIALS, PROCESS, THAT KIND OF THING?
>> AND YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE BUSINESS SORRY, THE PROPERTY OWNER MAKING THE PRESENTATION.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WOULD WANT? SO NOT FOR DESERT X, BUT FROM THE PERSON WHO OWNS THE BUILDING?
>> NO, I WANT TO FOLLOW WHATEVER PROCEDURE WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR ANY PRIVATE BUILDING OWNER THAT WANTS TO HAVE A PIECE OF PUBLIC ART.
SO WHATEVER THAT NEEDS TO BE, WHETHER I MEAN, SIMILAR TO AN ARCHITECTURE REVIEW, SO LONG AS IT'S NOT AN OBJECTIONAL PIECE.
WE SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SAY YES OR NO BECAUSE SUPPOSEDLY IT WOULD BE PRIVATE FUNDING AT THIS POINT.
THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'RE BEING ASKED TO SPONSOR AN EVENT THAT WILL IN TURN GENERATE A PIECE OF ART.
BUT IT WON'T BE WILL IT NECESSARILY BE PART OF A PUBLIC ART COLLECTION OR WILL IT BELONG TO THE PRIVATE BUILDING OWNER?
AND THE SECOND PART IS I GUESS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IT SEEMED LIKE IF WE COMMITTED TO A LESSER AMOUNT, WHAT WOULD BE IF THEY WOULD STILL I GUESS
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IF IT COMMITTED TO A LESSER AMOUNT, WOULD WE STILL BE ABLE TO GET BOTH PIECES.OR WHICH PIECE I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD AFFECT THE ABILITY TO PUT ONE IN OR THE OTHER OR IF IT WOULD CHANGE THAT.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE ASKING? BY HALF, LET'S SAY, AS SORRY, VENESSA RECOMMENDED THE ART SUPPLIES, THAT'S $15,000.
WOULD THEY STILL BE ABLE TO DO BOTH? I GUESS WOULD BE THE QUESTION.
AND THEN IF THAT'S THE CASE, WHICH ONE WOULD THEY CHOOSE TO DO?
>> BUT IF THEY'RE NOT > I WOULD HOPE THAT IF WE GAVE THEM SAY $15,000 OR $20,000 THAT THEY WOULD STILL PUT BOTH PIECES IN INDIO.
I MEAN, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET $35,000.
LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER, WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THE PIECES.
WE'RE PAYING FOR VOLUNTEER TIME.
THEY'RE OUT THERE TRYING TO FIND THE MONEY FOR THE ACTUAL PIECES.
WE'RE PAYING FOR EXTRANEOUS EXPENDITURES.
>> I GUESS WHAT WOULD BE THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO PROVIDE.
I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER THING WE WOULD NEED TO KIND OF INCLUDE THEM IN ON.
LIKE WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
I'M SUPPORTIVE OF COVERING ART SUPPLIES TO THE $15,000.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT'S JUST KIND OF MY COMFORT LEVEL.
AND JUST FEEDBACK AS WELL FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE SUPPORT OR LACK OF SUPPORT THAT THEY HAVE WITH DESERT X.
I THINK HOW WE ALSO WANT TO SEE DESERT X GROW, RIGHT? IF WE WANTED TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEM, I THEY WE NEED TO SEE CHANGES.
>> I, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, BASED ON THEIR TRACK RECORD, BASED ON JUST THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS SHORT, AND BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE ECONOMY IS NOT LOOKING SO GREAT FOR A WHILE AND THERE'S SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY DUE TO COVID, I AM NOT COMFORTABLE REALLY COMMITTING ANYTHING TO DESERT X FOR NINE WEEKS OF QUESTIONABLE RESULTS, TO BE TOTALLY HONEST.
>> IF THAT'S THE CONSENSUS, I ALSO SUPPORT THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO ON MY MIND, TOO.
>> THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION, TOO.
COULDN'T CITY COUNCIL JUST DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO SUPPORT IT, THEY CAN JUST SUPPORT IT.
>> BASED ON THAT COMMENT, I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF.
I THINK IF WE ARE RECOMMENDING SOMETHING, WE NEED TO RECOMMEND IT.
AND HOPE THAT THEY WOULD TAKE YOUR PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS IN TO ACCOUNT WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR DECISION.
>> IF I MAY, I WOULD BE FINE CONTINUING ON WITH SAY $15,000.
IT SEEMS THEY'VE MADE AN EFFORT IN MAKING THEIR ACCESS, THEIR HUBS.
THEY'VE ALSO WORKED ON MAKING THEIR LITERATURE BILINGUAL.
THEY'RE MAKING CERTAIN STEPS, AT LEAST TO COME OUR DIRECTION IN THE VALLEY.
I'M SORRY, MY PHONE IS RINGING.
I HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED IN THE PAST, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST ONE, WHICH PRE DATES THE CURRENT DIRECTOR.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD DO THEIR BEST.
AND I KNOW THE STRUGGLES IT COMES ON WITH TRYING TO PROGRAM SUCH SORT OF THING.
I THINK $35,000 IS A BIT MUCH TO DRAW DOWN FROM THE ART FUND.
BUT I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF UP TO $15,000 DIRECTLY FROM THE ART FUND.
IF ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION, I WOULD SUGGEST.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE $15,000 FROM THE PUBLIC ART FUND FOR THE DESERT X PROJECT.
>> AND I THINK JUST WITH EVERYTHING THAT I'M HEARING CAN I.
>> YOU HAVE TO SECOND OR NOT SECOND.
I WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE AN EXPLANATION, A REASON WHY.
IN LISTENING TO JUST ALL THE INFORMATION, EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SHARED AND JUST EVEN LISTENING TO THEIR PRESENTATION, I DO FEEL THAT THEY ARE EVEN THOUGH I
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WASN'T HERE IN THE PAST.I DO FEEL THEY ARE MAKING SOME EFFORTS TO BE MORE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND HEARING THAT THEY ARE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PROJECT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I THINK REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WAY IS A BIG DEAL.
THOSE SMALL BABY STEPS THAT I FEEL THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE BIGGER IMPACTS.
I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE $15,000 IN HOPES THAT THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF A BIGGER EFFECT WITH MORE PROJECTS WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
SO I WILL ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND SHARE THAT FEEDBACK WITH YOU.
MOVING ON TO STAFF ITEMS. UPDATE ON THE POSITION OF ELATION.
[8.1 Update on the Deaccession of Elation]
>> THIS WEEKEND ELATION WOULD BE BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREW.
THEY'RE HOPING TRAFFIC WILL BE LIGHTER AND THEY WON'T HAVE TO DO AS MUCH TO BLOCK THE STREET AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THE BULK OF THE REASON I BROUGHT IT UP IS BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ESPECIALLY WITH BILL ABOUT PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO SALVAGE THE REMNANTS OF THE MATERIALS.
AND SO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO JUST SO THAT IT'S NOT CUMBERSOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET IS THEY'RE GOING TO DECONSTRUCT THE PIECE, PUT IT INTO THE CONTAINER OR SOMETHING, AND IT'S GOING TO BE HELD AT THE CORPORATE YARD.
SO ANY ARTISTS THAT WANTS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO KIND OF GO THROUGH WHAT THEY TAKE OUT AND RECLAIM ANY OF THOSE PIECES SHOULD CONTACT ME DALLEYNE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER MY PHONE NUMBER.
AND SCHEDULE WITH ME A TIME TO GO TO THE CORPORATE YARD AND GO THROUGH WHAT'S LEFT.
I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF MATERIAL.
YOU HAVE TO BRING YOUR OWN TRANSPORTATION TO TAKE IT AWAY.
IT'S AVAILABLE UNTIL, YOU KNOW, UNTIL IT'S NOT OR UNTIL WE DECIDE TO GET RID OF IT.
I CAN IMAGINE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO TAKE PIECES.
YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOUR NETWORKS.
AND SO YEAH, JUST CONTACT ME AND WE'LL SET UP A TIME.
>> DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE ON THIS, DEBRA?
>> LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE ACCESSIONING IT THIS SATURDAY.
I GUESS I DON'T WANT IT TO BE SITTING THERE CREATING, YOU KNOW, JUNK IN THEIR AREA.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT WE SHOULD KIND OF CONCLUDE IT BY TWO WEEKS.
IS THAT ENOUGH TIME? DO YOU THINK?
>> I'LL TELL THE PEOPLE I KNOW.
LET'S JUST SAY BY THE END OF THE MONTH, NOVEMBER 30TH.
THAT WE OH WAIT, THAT'S A HOLIDAY WEEK.
THAT'S KIND OF THE CUT OFF POINT.
SO THEY HAVE TO CALL AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO GO OVER THERE AND RETRIEVE THE MATERIALS.
AND AFTER THAT, I WILL LET PUBLIC WORKS KNOW THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND RECYCLE THE MATERIALS.
>> IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS.
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>> THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR ITEM 8.1 FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? THAT'S IT, DEBRA.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO DIRECTOR ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY DIRECTOR ITEMS?
BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> SO WE ARE MOVING ON TO COMMISSIONER ITEMS.
[10.1 Review, Discussion and Direction on the Strategic Plan Value Statements and Goals.]
ITEM 10.1, REVIEW DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION ON STRATEGIC PLAN VALUE STATEMENTS AND GOALS.SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET IN TO SHOULD WE PULL THIS UP ON YOUR SCREEN.
HAS EVERYBODY GOTTEN THE CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE REPORT, RIGHT? SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET INTO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON WHAT WE WORKED ON.
LET ME OPEN IT ON MY END, TOO.
SO THE PAST FEW WEEKS DEBRA, CC AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND IT WAS A LOT OF HOURS DEDICATED TO THIS.
BUT IT WAS REALLY I THINK IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
WE GOT THROUGH A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH DEBRA'S LEADERSHIP AND FACILITATION.
>> CC, YOU CAN JUMP IN WHENEVER.
WHERE WE LEFT OFF AS A COLLECTIVE COMMISSION WAS OUR VALUES.
SO THIS IS WHAT OUR AD HOCK COMMITTEE STARTED WORKING TOWARDS WAS OUR VALUES.
THIS CAME FROM ALL THE STATEMENTS WE MADE AND ALL THE WORK WE PUT BEFORE IN OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS.
AND CAME THROUGH THESE STATEMENTS.
SO DO YOU WANT ME TO >> YEAH, DO YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
IT'S KIND OF HARD WITH MY SO I THINK THE LAST TIME WE ENDED UP ON WAS ON THIS PAGE WHERE WE CODED THE STATEMENTS AND LANGUAGE FROM THE THOUGHT BUBBLE AND FROM ALL THESE SENTENCES WE GOT FROM THE WORKSHEET THAT WE DID.
AND THESE WERE THE WORDS THAT POPPED UP.
THE SECOND PART WE DID WAS SORT OF RECONSOLIDATED EXACTLY WHAT THOSE CODED WORDS MEANT IN TO THOSE FOUR DIFFERENT THOUGHT BUBBLES.
BECAUSE THEY KIND OF ASSOCIATED ONE WITH THE OTHER.
AND WE FELT IT KIND OF FELL UNDERNEATH DIFFERENT, THESE FOUR DIFFERENT MAIN IDEAS AND VALUES.
AND SO AS WE CONSOLIDATED IT, WE TRIED TO USE THE MOST POIGNANT WORD THAT WOULD DESCRIBE THE TOTALITY OF THE CONCEPT.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS BASICALLY THIS ACTIVITY WE CONSOLIDATED, LIKE UP HERE.
WE CONFINED WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US AS A COMMISSION AS WE DO OUR WORK.
AND IDENTIFIED ASSOCIATIVE BEHAVIORS.
LIKE WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE.
WHICH WAS BASICALLY THIS SHEET.
SO FROM THERE, JUST HOP IN ANYTIME.
WHY IS IT NOT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, CC AND VENESSA JUMP IN.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU READ, HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT.
YOU FELT THAT WE HAD ANY BLINDSPOTS.
ANYTHING THAT MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE AND YOU WANT TO TAKE WAY.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
WE MET NINE TIMES FOR A MINIMUM OF 2.5, 3 HOURS EACH TIME TO KIND OF GO THROUGH
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THIS PROCESS AND REALLY REFINE AND REDEFINE AND DRILL DOWN THE BASIS OF WHAT THESE THINGS MEANT.>> IF ANYBODY HAS ANY >> FILTERING PROCESS.
THE WHOLE PROCESS ITSELF WAS STEP BY STEP.
SO WE REALLY TOOK THIS VERY, VERY SERIOUS, VERY CAREFUL.
PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS.
>> IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU WANT US TO READ IT, I DON'T MIND READING IT.
CC HAS BEEN OUR DESIGNATED REVIEW READER.
YOU GUYS LET US KNOW WHAT MAKES YOU COMFORTABLE AND WE CAN REVIEW IT THAT WAY.
>> SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY SORT OF COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AS TO, LIKE, HOW WHAT THESE VALUES MEANS OR COMMISSION OR HOW WE CAME ABOUT IT OR ANYTHING YOU SEE MISSING?
>> WELL YOU USE THE INFORMATION AT HAND, DIDN'T YOU?
WE USED ALL OF THE >> YOU USED ALL THE INFORMATION THAT EXISTED.
>> IT WAS A DERIVATIVE PROCESS.
BUT THE INFORMATION THAT EXISTED CAME FROM THE COMMISSION, CORRECT?
>> WELL I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REASON TO RE DISCUSS GROUND ZERO UPWARDS.
WE ALL WENT THROUGH THE BASIC STEPS.
JUST GIVE US YOUR BOTTOM LINE.
>> YEAH, THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.
THIS IS OUR SO WE CAME UP WITH THE VALUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO EMBODY AS A COMMISSION AND THE GOALS ARE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE EXECUTING.
HOW DO WE MEET OUR VISION IS BY FOLLOWING THESE VALUES AND WHAT WE SET AS OUR GOALS.
SO IF I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ALL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REVIEW THIS, BUT WE CAN REVIEW IT HERE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED.
>> I HEARD SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING.
>> I ACTUALLY DID READ THE WHOLE THING.
I WANT TO APOLOGIZE WITH MY UNFAMILIARITY WITH THE PROCESS.
YOU'VE DONE MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN.
I HAD A FEW THINGS THAT I WAS GOING TO COMMENT ON.
BUT WHEN I READ THROUGH AGAIN, IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR.
I READ THROUGH THE WHOLE THING AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I SAID, USE THE INFORMATION THAT WAS THERE THAT EVERYONE PARTICIPATED IN AND THEN YOU JUST DISTILLED IT DOWN TO THE FINAL STEPS.
TOM, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD?
>> NO, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO DO EXACTLY WHAT BILL SAID AND DISTILL EVERYTHING DOWN IN TO A MORE CONCISE CLEAR VERSION OF WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY COME UP WITH AS A FULL COMMISSION.
>> ALSO, SO I GUESS THE IDEA IS THAT THESE VALUES AND THE GOALS WOULD BE SORT OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE USE MOVING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, TO COMMISSION WORK, TO ADVOCATE FOR PROGRAMMING AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND THAT WHEN WE DO SO, WE REFERENCE THESE VALUES AND WE REFERENCE THESE GOALS.
WHICH I THINK WOULD KIND OF HELP US MAKE OUR CASE BETTER FOR WHEN WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.
THAT IT'S KIND OF IT'S CONNECTED TO SOMETHING THAT'S DEEPLY ROOTED.
AND IT DOESN'T FEEL QUITE AS RANDOM.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GUIDING POINT FOR US AS WELL.
IF SOMEBODY COMES TO US WITH A PROPOSAL.
AND THE IDEA IS THIS WOULD BE MADE PUBLIC AS A DOCUMENT THAT WOULD LIVE ON THE CITY WEBSITE THAT PEOPLE CAN REFER TO.
SO IF SOMEONE IS COMING TO US WITH A PROPOSAL, I WOULD EXPECT THEM TO REFERENCE THESE THINGS AND SHOW HOW WHATEVER THEY'RE PROPOSING TO US OR ANY COMMISSIONER HAS SOMETHING THEY WANT TO PROPOSE TO US TO DO, I WOULD REFER TO THESE VALUES.
[01:45:01]
I KNOW WE'RE SCHEDULED TO HAVE A MEETING, A JOINT MEETING WITH COUNCIL I KEEP SAYING THE WRONG DATE.I KEPT SAYING THE 14TH TO SOMEONE ELSE AND THEY'RE LIKE, THAT'S A SATURDAY.
THE IDEA WOULD BE I MEAN, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHICH FORM THAT WOULD TAKE.
BUT WE WOULD SHARE THESE IDEAS THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH, WITH THEM.
AND HOPEFULLY GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
AND ONCE THEY'VE GIVEN US THEIR FEEDBACK AND BUY IN, THAT WE WOULD INSTITUTE THESE AS PART OF OUR OPERATING PROCEDURE.
AND WRITE POLICIES, GUIDELINES, FORMS, APPLICATIONS, PROPOSALS, WITH THESE VALUES AND GOALS IN MIND.
I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS WAS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY CLASSIFY THINGS THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.
MAYBE 5 YEARS, 10 YEARS, MAYBE HAVE TO REEVALUATE WHAT THESE GOALS ARE, WHAT THESE VALUES ARE.
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I HOPE WE DID A GOOD JOB OF COVERING ALL THE BASES.
WE JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO HAVE A LOOK AT IT TO SEE IF WE HAD ANY BLINDSPOTS THAT YOU GUYS FELT NEEDED PLUGGING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
>> MY ONLY SUGGESTION IS IF INDEED YOU WANT TO COVER THIS TO CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU SEND THEM THE DOCUMENT PRIOR TO OUR SESSION.
THE LAST TIME WE HAD A SESSION WITH THEM WAS A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME.
>> WELL I'M HOPING IT WILL BE FRUITFUL THIS TIME.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THEN NOW THAT I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, IS PUT THIS IN MORE OF A DOCUMENT FORMAT.
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE PRESUMP WUS.
I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE HOW THE WORMENT WOULD BE.
REVIEW THIS AND GIVE US FEEDBACK AT THAT TIME.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY IN ENACTING SOME OF THESE GOALS WOULD PROBABLY BE THE CREATION OF MORE POLICIES.
WE ALREADY ALREADY CREATED WORKS REALLY WELL.
IT'S KIND OF INSTITUTED TO USE MOVING FORWARD.
SOME OF THE THINGS MIGHT BE WITH RESOLUTIONS, MAYBE AMENDMENTS, CITY ORDINANCE.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS WE MAY HAVE TO RECOMMEND SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN ORDER TO MAKE THE GOALS HAPPEN.
BUT I THINK THAT WILL BE AS AN ONGOING BASIS AS WE CONTINUE DOING OUR WORK.
SO I'M FEELING PRETTY POSITIVE.
THAT WENT BETTER THAN I THOUGHT.
THIS IS THE COMMISSION, I'LL LET YOU KICK IT OFF, CLOSE IT OUT, WHATEVER, VENESSA.
>> IF EVERYBODY IS PRETTY MUCH IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS, I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING THIS TO THE COUNCIL NEXT WEEK.
IF NOBODY ELSE >> I GUESS I KNOW THE AD HOC, WHEN WE DISCUSS THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WITH ROXANNE, SHE SAID IT WOULD BE FOR A SINGULAR PURPOSE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE MOMENT OR IF ONCE IT GETS PASSED THROUGH THE COUNCIL, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYMORE EDITS, IF IT'S JUST ACCEPTED THEN THERE WOULD BE TO NEED FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO MEET ANYMORE.
SO I GUESS THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE LAST SESSIONS DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS ON THE 18TH.
WITH THE AD HOC, STRATEGIC PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE.
I FORGOT TO ASK EVELYN TO SHARE.
>> THIS PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM MR. JONATHAN BESERA.
MY COMMENT TODAY CONCERNS A STRATEGIC PLAN.
BY WHICH OUR LOCAL COMMISSIONS ARE MAKING OUR DECISIONS.
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I BELIEVE THE WORK BEING DONE BY THE ARTS COMMISSION IS VITALLY IMPORTANT AND THUS SUCH TRANSPARENCY NEEDS TO BE AND THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.SO WITH THAT, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN? IF NOT, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND WE'LL BE MOVING THIS FORWARD WITH THIS WILL JUST BE WITH OUR JOINT MEETING, RIGHT?
>> SOMEONE IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A MOTION.
>> I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE MOTION FOR?
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T AGENDIZE IT AS A MOTION.
BUT YOU CAN SAY THERE'S A CONSENSUS.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO AGENDIZE THE ITEM.
WELL I GUESS SEEING THAT IT'S JUST A DRAFT, WE WE'RE NOT VOTING ON IT.
WE JUST KIND OF HAVE A CONSENSUS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THIS WITH THE COMMISSION SORRY, AT THE JOINT MEETING ON THE 18TH.
YES? SO I GUESS THAT'S WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
>> SO WE HAVE CONSENSUS WE'LL BE SHARING THIS VERSION OF OUR DRAFT AT OUR JOINT MEETING WITH THE COUNCIL.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO PUT ON OUR AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING THAT ANYBODY HAS? ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER REPORTS OR ALL RIGHT.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN OUR MEETING.
AT 7:24 >> DON'T YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT?
>> CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 7:24.
>> I MOVE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 7:24.
>> I'LL SECOND TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 7:24.
>> DO YOU WANT A ROLL CALL VOTE?
>> THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.