2026-09-29 - Public Art Commission

15:27Quorum. Uh, we were supposed to and

15:29we're short one member still. So I

15:33>> can you call him or have him send it to

15:35me? Thank you, Anukica.

15:41fun.

15:44Um, in the case that we don't have

15:46quorum, I do apologize, but

15:47unfortunately, we cannot do official

15:49business. So, we cannot approve things.

15:51What I will do is, um, I will work with

15:54parks to figure out a time in which we

15:56can plan a follow-up meeting so that we

15:58can actually just vote on stuff. Um,

16:01additionally too, um, I will reach out

16:04to common counselors, Mayor Oven's

16:06office. Um, we are officially down two

16:08positions and I have been waiting since

16:10January of last year. So, um, I do

16:14apologize for the inconvenience that

16:15this causes for you all. Um, this is not

16:18what we want. We want to be able to

16:20produce and put out public art. Um, and

16:22we want to make sure it's done in the

16:23right way. So, I do apologize. Um, give

16:26me five minutes and I will make some

16:28calls and see what we can do. Thank you

16:29folks.

16:39did confirm earlier. So, he did confirm.

16:44>> She's running into traffic. What's going

16:46on?

16:46>> Yeah, everyone's just in traffic today

16:49simultaneously.

16:53>> So true.

16:55So true.

17:04So, how's your month going? [laughter]

17:07>> I'm the wrong person to ask.

17:09>> Oh, you had a bad month. I'm sorry.

17:11[laughter]

17:11>> It's okay. How's yours?

17:14>> Crazy as ever, but fun.

17:15>> Nice.

17:17>> Enjoying the ride. How's that sound?

17:19>> Yeah.

17:19>> Yes.

17:20>> Yeah. September is always crazy busy.

17:23>> It's crazy busy with school and

17:24everything. It's crazy busy. But we've

17:26had we did started planning our seventh

17:30grade

17:31expedition stuff like in July.

17:35>> So, we've been able to take the kids on

17:37field work already, which is nice

17:40>> for our school. But yeah, I did you know

17:44what I did is we did we call it field

17:46work instead of field trips because

17:48they're going for a purpose

17:50>> and it's really kind of cool because

17:53>> field it's it's it means that they're

17:55actually

17:56>> and then whatever that we do out

17:58>> we bring back into our classrooms. So we

18:00took them we took them on Anadaga Lake

18:04book tour

18:06>> and got to take them boating around the

18:07lake and learn the history of the lake

18:09>> which is very important

18:10>> which is very important and see and our

18:12kids were like I had a girl that said

18:15Miss Lambert I would never have taken a

18:18boat unless it was with you guys. She I

18:21goes yeah but now if someone asked you

18:22to go on a boat she goes I'm going. It

18:25was funny. So they and we got to do

18:28print making. Nice.

18:30>> I did the, you know, the fish painting

18:33>> with them

18:34>> and we did that when we were like when

18:37half the kids were on the boat. The

18:39other half was doing other activities on

18:41shore and I was doing fish printing with

18:43them

18:44>> like with a fish.

18:45>> With a rubber fish.

18:46>> Oh, I was going to say

18:48>> yes, with a rubber fish. No, I wasn't

18:50going to try the dead fish thing or the

18:51life fish thing, but we talked about the

18:54history of recording and the idea of the

18:56fish stories. I caught a big fish this

18:59big before photography that this is a

19:01way that they could actually measure

19:03their catch and show it off by inking it

19:08and stuff. And then we we did uh I went

19:11planting over by the science stuff over

19:15on Anadaga Lake and we did bird watching

19:18with them.

19:19>> Nice.

19:20>> Which was a nice day of doing both that

19:23>> and then today I didn't go when I was I

19:26wish I did in some Because I had a

19:28couple of students that they were

19:30behaving because

19:32I could give them a look and they would

19:33stop. [laughter]

19:35>> That's great.

19:36>> The power of the gaze.

19:38>> Power of the look. That mom look, you

19:39know that you [laughter] know security.

19:43>> We shall see.

19:44>> He's here.

19:45>> Yes.

19:45>> All right.

19:46>> Just running. He's going through

19:48security.

19:49>> Gotcha.

19:53>> It's been fun.

19:54>> Yeah.

19:55Thank you both for your patience and for

19:57being here. By the way,

19:59>> you have one.

20:01>> Yes,

20:04>> that was pretty cool. We're doing a

20:06trunk or treat.

20:11>> We do not because I don't think we've

20:13sent it. What we'll do is we'll get to

20:15yours because yours is not on the agenda

20:17for some reason, but I know we have it.

20:20>> So, we'll start with that. Um, yeah. Hi.

20:24Oh, you want some advice?

20:28[sighs]

20:31Alrighty. So, hi folks. Um, again, my

20:35name is Benny Guzman. I am the chair of

20:37the public arts commission. Um, uh, I

20:41will officially call this meeting to

20:42order. And actually, I will do this as

20:45well, just in case for meeting minutes.

20:49Um, yes. So, I will officially call this

20:50meeting to order at 5:40. Um what I will

20:53have uh I will have all our

20:55commissioners uh just introduce

20:56themselves and a representative from

20:58parks. Ava, right? Yes. Um so yeah, but

21:00we'll start. Yes.

21:01>> Eliasw,

21:02>> Emma Garcia,

21:04>> Lisa Lambert,

21:06>> Sophia Gutierrez,

21:08>> Emanuel Carter,

21:10>> and Eva Brown from Parks.

21:12>> Very [clears throat] nice. Um so yeah.

21:14Um

21:16yes. So, uh with that, um we are really

21:18just going to go into some of our main

21:20motions for consideration. Um, I know

21:22that we officially have the one. I have

21:27a second application. I just don't think

21:29it made it to the meeting minutes. Um,

21:33so uh what we will do um is because this

21:37is a mot uh a motion that we've already

21:39kind of uh seen spack 2612 uh which is

21:43the Whitlock mural by Ali Walker. Um,

21:48I think because we have already

21:50discussed it, we've seen it over the

21:51past two weeks. Um, I am going to just

21:56see if we'd be willing to motion to pass

21:59or to vote on this. So, do I Yes, Ally.

22:04>> Oh, is there if there's updates. Yes,

22:06please. Sorry. I I wasn't aware that

22:08there was updates.

22:08>> I just wasn't sure if we were all in, so

22:10I probably would.

22:11>> Yes.

22:12>> Um, so to make a long story short, we've

22:14been working The building is connected

22:17to the city market.

22:19>> You talking to the mic?

22:22>> The building is connected to city

22:26market.

22:26>> Yes.

22:27>> We've been working with city market. CJ

22:29was our contact. CJ [clears throat] has

22:31left the company unfortunately. Okay.

22:33And surprise to Martin. Um he knew about

22:36this but didn't know about the final

22:38resolution. So uh we've been working

22:41with Martin in a very quick manner to

22:44make sure that

22:46city is exceptionally happy. Yes

22:50and city

22:53resolution we've been working with

22:55Jeremy so all correspondence has

22:57basically Jeremy.

23:00>> Yes.

23:02Um as of today uh our resolution for

23:06this is originally

23:11These are the two designs, the heart

23:17[clears throat]

23:19design behind it. Um, so there was a few

23:23issues and a few called the questions.

23:25Uh, they really

23:28wanted to have

23:31substitution for the wing that would

23:34design.

23:41So after going back and forth,

24:01>> they all seem very happy

24:05to substitution.

24:13Yes.

24:15>> The only other uh update to this is they

24:18requested that we instead of the rainbow

24:31color.

24:37So we've taken out

24:52>> Gotcha.

25:01>> Yes. No, and I appreciate your patience,

25:03Ally. I know that there have been issues

25:05a lot on our part as well. Um and again

25:08if you need anything from us in terms of

25:10like you know even just a plea to like

25:13please give her an extension this was

25:15externary circumstances in terms of the

25:17judiciary things that needed to happen

25:19in order to approve this mural. Um I

25:21will do that for you. I can do that.

25:23>> I didn't

25:25say you should look at

25:28>> yes I will write a letter basically

25:30asking for that. Yes. because I do

25:31realize that that a lot of that is not

25:33on you. You had everything to go and

25:35we've been kind of unable to approve it.

25:40>> Yep. All right. Um, yeah. Any questions,

25:43comments, concerns regarding any of the

25:46updates? I know that we've discussed

25:47this before. So,

25:52>> is this I guess maybe just more

25:54curiosity question. Um you are receiving

25:58input from Salt City Market just because

26:00they kind of face that space.

26:04>> Yes.

26:04>> Okay.

26:05>> Um

26:07neighborsbody

26:09[clears throat]

26:14at least we asked the department

26:21of arts and

26:24Perfect.

26:32>> I do like the harvest.

26:33>> Yeah, I was that is a really nice

26:35addition.

26:37>> They're happy. We're just trying to

26:40>> And remind me because I know you are

26:41still planning to do some community

26:43engagement events involved in that. Um

26:45do you have dates for that? I know that

26:47>> uh working with Lisa over there. Um as

26:50far as what we can do, we're looking at

26:52October 16th.

26:54falls in line with 11.

27:20Oh,

27:24>> just trying to get through the rest of

27:25it.

27:33>> Gotcha. Okay. Gotcha. Thank you.

27:38>> Do I hear a motion?

27:40>> Motion that we approve it.

27:42>> All right. So, Lisa motions. Do I have

27:43her second? Oh, Emma seconds. All in

27:47favor?

27:49Motion grant approved. Uh, thank you,

27:51Ally. And yes, I will be emailing you

27:54hopefully tonight. Um, if not by just

27:57keep bugging me. I will

27:59>> give you an update on the resolution of

28:01what Jeremy had.

28:03>> Yes.

28:05>> Yes, for sure. Of course. Thank you,

28:08Ally.

28:09All right. Um, and yes, we do have a

28:13second application. And I know that this

28:15was kind of a last minute application

28:17that came to us. So I think um just

28:20because of the timing, not on your

28:21fault, just like on our end of things,

28:23um it got lost cuz I do see the email

28:26from Shaisha being like it's going to go

28:27on the agenda. So, um, but yes, uh, we

28:30have, um, I'm going to confirm the

28:32because this would be SPACK 2613,

28:36uh, necessary, uh, fictions, uh, a film,

28:40the films of Tamika Gallons, and I'll

28:42turn it over to Anukica to talk a little

28:44bit about that.

28:45>> Yes. Hi. Uh, my name is Anukica her. I'm

28:47the program director for, uh, Light

28:49Works Urban Video Project, which are the

28:51architectural projections on the facade

28:53of the Everson Museum of Art. Um, quick

28:56note, we did end up changing the

28:58exhibition title. The primary title is

29:01now Dream Deep Enough to Remember the

29:03Films of Tamika Galanis. Um, so his

29:07application is for a temporary video

29:11architectural production um from October

29:1415th through the 19th of December onto

29:17the Everson Museum of Art at 401

29:19Harrison Street as part of our ongoing

29:22um and longunning exhibition programs.

29:26And

29:27see here, Dream Deep Enough to Remember

29:30is a survey of moving image works by

29:32filmmaker and multimedia artist Tika

29:34Galanis. The exhibition will include

29:36three short films uh by Galadis.

29:38Catching shadow from 2021, Returning the

29:41Gaze from 2018, and when the lion fish

29:44came from 2015. I think there is a

29:47fourth film in the original application,

29:49A Thousand Points of Light. We've

29:51decided that we'll just be exerting that

29:53at um the screening event. There are two

29:57related events to this exhibition

29:59program. One is a filmmaking workshop

30:01with Tama that is going to be in the SU

30:04Special Collections Research Center in

30:06Bird Library on October 14th. And then

30:09the following day on October 15th, we're

30:12going to be doing an indoor screening of

30:15um this program including

30:18additional works and also a a preview of

30:21her latest piece, which I can talk a

30:23little bit about. Um but that was the

30:25commissioned work that we we ended up

30:28pivoting with this exhibition. The plan

30:30had originally been to exhibit the

30:32commissioned work. But due to a lot of

30:34extenduating circumstances that have

30:36kind of beset the production, we decided

30:38to do a survey of existing works. And

30:40then we're going to be including um a

30:43preview of this piece that was shot

30:45locally and funded by Niska through a

30:48support for artists grant um as a

30:51preview at this event on Thursday,

30:53October 15th at Lightwork in Watson

30:55Theater.

30:56Um, okay. So, just to give a little bit

30:59of background on Tama and what her work

31:01is about, and then I'll screen um some

31:04selections from the films that we'll

31:05actually be showing.

31:07>> Galanis uses her films to mend the holes

31:09in the historical record through

31:10reenactment, reclamation, and

31:12speculative narrative grounded in

31:14research, giving life to stories and

31:15experiences that have been

31:17systematically erased. Galanis'

31:19filmmaking practice is rooted in

31:21research, bringing a critical eye to the

31:23way that power relations inform the

31:24official historical record. For example,

31:27the film Returning the Gaze juxtaposes

31:29selections from the Thomas Edison paper

31:31film collection at the Library of

31:32Congress um where Tamika was a fellow uh

31:35with footage of contemporary Bohemian

31:37women reenacting on their own terms the

31:40activities documented by white

31:41researchers in the earliest days of

31:43filmmaking. Catching Shadow, her

31:45evocative recreation of a ritual

31:47practice recorded in the writings of an

31:49American ethnographer who visited the

31:50Bahamas in the 1920s reimagines the

31:53spirits to be set free by the ritual as

31:55the Bohemian subjects of archival

31:57photographs taken by anthropologists.

31:59So, a lot of um work that is very

32:02grounded in deep historical research and

32:05engagement with archives, but also an an

32:08acknowledgement of the ways in which

32:09those archives are distorted or

32:12inadequate because of the extractive

32:14ways in which those archives were

32:16created. Um, okay. So, I'm going to

32:19screen some work uh like some selections

32:22from her work. This first piece is

32:24catching shadow.

32:54We are bound by

32:57blood and star.

33:00She calls it for me and I receive it.

33:05To those who were born of these lands,

33:08we give thanks and offer water.

33:13I offer you liation, keeper of the in

33:17between.

33:19I am the ocean's daughter.

33:22Boundless and sil we travel.

33:27Let the sun dry. Rum cover it limestone.

33:33[music]

33:36Dear grandmothers and nameless ones

33:40who accompany me [music] every waking,

33:46I thank you for the breath. [music] The

33:49gift that is called and has made me both

33:53breath [music] and the stone.

33:57The truth is in every song and song.

34:04There are words you can't hear in ways

34:09nor

34:11are you to make your way. Many women in

34:14families of love and vengeance have

34:17claimed you in your dreaming visions of

34:22char and aries come call [music] you

34:25tethered. A multitude of corset

34:32could

34:34be small. Could you tell other people's

34:36secret?

34:37>> She did not know where you came from.

34:40>> I can kind of fast forward

34:45>> concludes with this

34:48>> passage in which you actually see these

34:50archival photographs that I mentioned.

34:55fear.

34:57Smile dark.

35:00>> And then um we see the figure running

35:04out to the sea um and she's surrounded

35:08by these photos um archival photos. And

35:13this was

35:17>> this was actually recorded in uh a book

35:20called by Martha Beckwith who was um who

35:23was an American ethnographer who visited

35:26um actually Jamaica and it was on

35:28Jamaican folkways from in like the years

35:311919 to 1924 and recorded this this

35:36ritual that Jamaica is recreating here.

35:47I can move forward to the next one.

35:55And this is returning the gaze.

36:02So this is the one that is this

36:05juxtaposition between um

36:08holdings of the Thomas Edison paper film

36:10collection at the Library of Congress

36:12and then contemporary footage where the

36:14artist worked with contemporary uh

36:17Caribbean women to recreate some of

36:20these scenes that were filmed like

36:22really in the earliest days like

36:24ethnographic film making is very um

36:28present and important as like a kind of

36:30early stage of cinematography. graphy.

36:32Um, and so this is a kind of like

36:35reclamation of that, like reiterating

36:38some of these gestures that the women

36:40were asked to or were recorded or

36:42documented performing. So cleaning,

36:45laundrying, cleaning children. Um

36:49and then it kind of culminates dancing

36:56and then it culminates in

36:59this um

37:02this ritual that takes place at this

37:05like colonial site. Um and that being

37:08contrasted with

37:10the coal like the coal being like

37:15carried onto the ship to power which is

37:17like you know steam ships or like really

37:19the engines of colonialism in many ways

37:21and of extraction. And so a kind of

37:24reclamation or like a freeing ritual to

37:27contrast or juxtapose that

37:49And the next one

37:53this piece is when the lion fish came.

38:06And the artist uses a mix of found and

38:09original shot footage of her own

38:12documenting

38:14um

38:16different elements of Bahamian culture

38:18that are disappearing. junkano reef

38:20imagery and then overlays them with

38:24footage like underwater footage of the

38:26lion fish which is actually an invasive

38:29species which I didn't realize but it's

38:31a very invasive species in the Caribbean

39:02So, I can also tell you a little bit

39:04about this work in progress. It's not

39:06going to be included in the exhibition.

39:09Um, but I feel like it's kind of it is

39:13kind of relevant. It it is a piece that

39:15is um exploring the story of Harriet

39:18Powell, who was a woman who escaped from

39:21enslavement here in Syracuse in 1839.

39:25Um, and

39:27one of the reasons that Tamika became

39:28very interested in this historical

39:30figure is because her presence in the

39:32archive is so slender compared to like

39:36the Jerry Rescue, which we're all

39:38familiar with because we've got this big

39:39monument downtown and it's really,

39:41really well documented. Harriet Powell's

39:43escape was kind of similar, has a lot of

39:45really interesting details, but it's

39:48literally like a newspaper clipping and

39:50like a letter that like that's like it.

39:52there's very very little like archival

39:55presence of the story. Um and so she was

39:57interested in trying to find ways of um

40:01reimagining that and um giving life to

40:05that story um using this process that

40:09that she does in her practice when she's

40:12working with archives where you know

40:14there is a kind of an element of eraser

40:17that is operating and I do have I do

40:20have some BTS from the production that

40:22finally did happen this uh last weekend

40:25uh in Thornton park actually. Um, just

40:27to like give you guys a reference. Um,

40:56And remind me Anukica. So this was so

40:58this is in the because I remember we

41:00talked about so actually so for full

41:02transparency um because I work at SU I

41:05did hear about some of these projects

41:06and that's why I encourage Anukica to

41:08send stuff that was not cuz I know and

41:11the application which I have emailed all

41:13of you it was like impartial and that

41:16there was stuff that was not completed.

41:18Um, but I knew that for the timing we

41:21had to get it kind of in rather than not

41:23at all. Um, but this is not

41:26>> there's a I mean there is a possibility

41:28but I think it's unlikely but

41:31>> and if that's important um for the

41:33purposes of Spack that we we're also

41:35very flexible on that because we realize

41:37that you know things have also on our

41:39end not not gone according to the

41:42schedule that we had set out. So,

41:44>> well, I guess so. Then I'm wondering

41:46like where are we in terms of this final

41:50production?

41:51>> Yeah.

41:51>> I I would say what we're going to have

41:53is we're going to have a kind of preview

41:56screening indoors.

41:58>> That is the that is the most likely

42:00scenario. I mean,

42:02>> yeah.

42:03>> Okay. because I I think if that is the

42:06case

42:08>> for the purpose of the application,

42:10we'll focus on the three because again

42:12even and then

42:14>> again I as much as I hate to say this

42:17like if this does get to a point where

42:19it is going to be up in public,

42:21>> you would probably have to reapply with

42:24just this one. Um, and we'll kind of

42:27again when we get to the the motions,

42:30the kind of commentary, we'll make a

42:31note of like

42:32>> the we're approving this in partial. The

42:35project is being approved impartial

42:36because part of it is approved. There's

42:39the last part that is not going to be up

42:41for the purpose of that kind of thing.

42:43Does that sound fair to you? Does that

42:45sound good? Okay.

42:45>> Whatever makes sense for you guys.

42:46>> Cool. Yeah. Any other comments,

42:49questions, concern?

42:53>> They're very beautiful. Yeah,

42:56>> cool.

42:57>> I was going to say, is there going to

42:59Sorry. Is there going to be any other

43:00information that just provides context?

43:02Because the the view the visuals are

43:04beautiful, but I'm wonder I I feel like

43:07without knowing the context that would

43:08get lost. I'm wondering what um

43:12what if anything are you doing in terms

43:14of providing context for the films? And

43:15yeah,

43:16>> we always we always have a QR code

43:17that's included with our um you know, we

43:21have a a title screen and also a QR code

43:25um that then will take viewers to the

43:27web page which has all of this

43:29information.

43:32This is not so much u any it's not a big

43:35deal but uh considering that it's going

43:37to be uh on the wall outside the text

43:40might want to be a little bit bigger

43:41just for

43:42>> yeah I can I mean we haven't had a

43:45chance to test that it is it is quite

43:47large there though so I mean I have been

43:49surprised in the past by how legible

43:52relatively small text is um I think

43:56we're okay with these sizes we will also

43:58be adding captions to um the films that

44:02are not captioned. Um but yeah, we will

44:05we'll discuss with the artist if like it

44:07feels like the text is a little bit

44:09small. Like I said, I I think that we're

44:11okay with the um returning the gaze is

44:14kind of the piece. I think maybe that

44:15you're in particular because that's the

44:17only one that has um

44:21purely text. Um and we can certainly

44:23discuss that with the artist. Yeah.

44:32I have a motion.

44:35>> All right. Elias motions a manual

44:37second. All in favor? Oh, wait.

44:41Actually, and all um approval for

44:44partial approval of the three films that

44:46are completed. So, yes, that's what

44:48we're motioning. So, all in favor?

44:51I Okay, thank you, Anukica. Yeah,

44:54approved. Uh, and yes, um, for that

44:58fourth film, just let us know if

44:59anything comes up and we'll touch base.

45:01Okay, sounds good.

45:02>> Yeah, thank you, Anukica. And yes, I

45:03will also be sending you something with

45:05all this written up.

45:06>> Will, um,

45:08>> is the, um, is the October meeting

45:11October 22nd, the

45:14>> 7th?

45:15>> Yes.

45:15>> 27th. Yes. Okay, got it. Okay. So, um, I

45:19will let you know uh, if it looks like

45:22we might be coming back for that.

45:23>> Yeah, for sure. Yeah.

45:24>> Awesome. Thank you, Anukica.

45:26>> Will you also send us info about like

45:28the events and the dates and everything

45:29in the US?

45:30>> That's in the um the supporting

45:31materials document. The the dates are in

45:34there. Um but if you go to our website,

45:36it's all up there.

45:38>> Thank you.

45:39>> When that films get

45:40>> the one about here.

45:41>> Yeah.

45:41>> Let let us know.

45:43>> Yeah. I would definitely

45:44>> my students would they they do the Jerry

45:47rescue trail, but they would love to

45:49>> Oh, yeah.

45:49>> Our social studies department would love

45:51to

45:52>> Yeah.

45:52>> hear about that school district. Yeah,

45:55I'll I'll let I'll let the filmmaker

45:57know and see if she would like to do

45:58like a you know maybe a a class a school

46:01visit maybe.

46:02>> Yeah, they would love it.

46:03>> Yeah, that'd be great.

46:04>> Stuff. So, please let me know.

46:06>> Very cool.

46:06>> Thank you, Anukica.

46:08All right, we're going to keep moving

46:10on. Um I know that there's nothing on

46:13the discussion here. Um it's kind of a

46:15light meeting. I know uh Shaiisha's out

46:18u um and so there was one thing. Oh. Um,

46:23so I know that in terms of the meeting

46:24minutes because I know last meeting we

46:26couldn't approve the minutes. Um, we

46:28will focus on that for the next time

46:29because I know that there's a set of

46:31different minutes that we have to

46:32approve from previous meetings. Um,

46:36uh, other discussion items. Um, I am

46:39still waiting to hear on the approval of

46:42the other um, commissioners that we have

46:44lined up. Um, I know we have three. I

46:47have not heard anything. Um, I know

46:49Shaiisha hasn't heard anything either.

46:52Um, so at this point, um, I think it

46:55realistically is just going to take us

46:57all emailing Mayor Owen and I I say that

47:01jokingly.

47:02>> Yeah.

47:02>> But also just like at this point we have

47:04gone um

47:06>> and she'll be out of town for two two

47:08weeks.

47:10>> Yeah. So, we need to try to get this

47:13done realistically because if not, um I

47:17mean

47:18>> our applicants are getting

47:19>> well and Ally basically had to wait a

47:21whole month in which she could have

47:22completed her project waiting on

47:24approval. Um and it's something that

47:26again we're doing our best. Um it's just

47:29um and I also want to acknowledge that

47:32um I was running late because I had work

47:34commitments. I know you almost weren't

47:36able to come because other stuff going

47:38on and uh we all have busy lives and it

47:42shouldn't be a requirement that we have

47:43to all be here every single meeting to

47:45make these things happen. Um this is a

47:48volunteer opportunity and we are public

47:50citizens and yes we're engaged and we're

47:51interested but we also have lives and

47:53boundaries. So these are things that um

47:56again I encourage you email them be like

47:58let's try to push this through. Um, I do

48:02need to check also on the common

48:04council's position cuz I know that

48:06position we kind of did kind of push it

48:10through and I don't know what has

48:12happened in terms of like the clerk's

48:13office or any paperwork that needed to

48:15happen in terms of that to make sure

48:17that was fully processed. Um, so those

48:20are kind of some of the main things. Um,

48:22I know that to Shaisha said that the

48:25public art coordinator position is going

48:26to be posted by Friday. Um, been

48:30approved.

48:31>> I think it's been approved um by um the

48:35county's budget. Yeah, because I think

48:37that was the one thing that they were um

48:39waiting on. They're waiting for the

48:40county budget to be confirmed. Um so

48:43yeah, but that from what it sounds like

48:45it's going to be up. Yeah. Um Ava, is

48:48there anything else that we need to know

48:50from parks and wreck or nope? I see you

48:54got the the build full uh the the board

48:59in the valley finally working.

49:01>> Oh, the um the electronic

49:04>> Yes.

49:05>> Uh I forget what they call

49:06>> the digital. Yes.

49:08>> Oh, I didn't even realize that. That's

49:10good.

49:12>> But we need to know who to contact with

49:14all the stuff. I know that the valley

49:16was concerned about that.

49:17>> I think it's um it's the IT office here

49:20who deals with that.

49:22>> That's okay. because it used to be the

49:23parks.

49:24>> They Yeah, they moved our IT guy over

49:27here, so we don't have it at parks

49:28anymore.

49:29>> Oh, okay.

49:30>> That's fine. [laughter]

49:32All the fun. Sorry. Does live on that

49:36board?

49:37>> Oh, no. I get it. That's why. [laughter]

49:39Um I also do realize we have people with

49:42us. Um if um you have any concerns you

49:45would like to bring up, I open the floor

49:47to you all. No. All right, cool. Um,

49:50anything else from commissioners that we

49:52want to discuss before we head out? Um,

49:55again, I would just encourage like I

49:57think we're at a point where we just

49:58need to,

50:00for lack of a term, yell, kick, and

50:01scream until someone listens to us and

50:03finally like gets things moving in the

50:05right direction. Um,

50:06>> should we um copy anybody?

50:10>> Copy everybody.

50:11>> Um, comment your comment counselors. Um,

50:14I know um, Mayor Owens. Um because again

50:17there is one uh appointed position uh

50:20that I've talked to uh the chair

50:24president of common council Rita

50:25Paneiagua um who again this is a

50:27conversation we had in early spring and

50:30we thought everything was kind of set

50:32and it kind of fizzled out and so I

50:35don't know what actually happened there

50:37in terms of the paperwork stuff. Um

50:39similar thing happened with um two

50:42applica or actually from what I

50:44understand more than two applications

50:46cuz we recommended two people but then

50:48there was an application portal that was

50:50open for anybody to apply to the public

50:54arts commission. Um I don't know if

50:57people actually applied. Um and again

50:59those are appointed by Mayor Owen so it

51:02could be something that it just kind of

51:04went under the radar. Um, I'm assuming

51:07also Mayor Owens appoints a few

51:10different positions. So, I don't know

51:12what is happening there. Um, again,

51:15that's why I'm going to reach out. Um,

51:17do my best to kind of push that forward,

51:19but again, I think it also would be

51:20helpful to like let's really push things

51:23through. Um, yeah. And again, copy

51:26Shaiisha so she's aware like, hey, we're

51:28trying to really get this just through.

51:30Um, yeah, but anything else? Sorry, I

51:33don't want to take up the whole meeting.

51:38Um there's been the question of the vice

51:40chair, but that's a similar issue.

51:41>> I was [clears throat] say that's a

51:42similar issue. Um

51:45we have quorum here.

51:49Does anyone want to make a nomination?

51:56Okay. Not everybody. Um I would

51:59potentially like to nominate Sophia. I

52:01know this is something that we've kind

52:03of talked about. um for this position.

52:06Um do you accept this nomination?

52:10>> Yeah, I accept.

52:11>> Okay. So I think in that case um I can I

52:15hear a motion to vote on the appointment

52:18of Sophia Gutierrez as the vice chair?

52:20>> I'll motion.

52:21>> Okay. So Emma motion Emanuel seconds. Um

52:25all in favor?

52:28>> Okay. Unanimous approve. No, I think I

52:30think you [laughter] can't cuz

52:32>> All right. So the record show

52:33>> so Sophia Guuti is the official vice

52:35chair. Yay. Congratulations.

52:38>> Um,

52:42additionally,

52:43um, well, the P do I want to hear a

52:46nomination for an additional secretary

52:50position? Um, this would be a position

52:51in which someone just helps take notes,

52:53meetings, um, and agendas. [laughter]

52:56>> Nominate. I think I have to use your

52:57words, Lisa. So I Sophia nominates um

53:01Emma and I have a second from Lisa.

53:04>> Yes.

53:04>> All right. Uh so um

53:06>> do I need to accept that?

53:08>> Oh yeah. Do you accept this nomination?

53:09>> Yes.

53:10>> Okay. So um a motion to wait. Oh wait.

53:15So we hear two nominations. Um a motion

53:18to vote on Emma's appointment as a

53:21secretary position. Do I hear a motion?

53:23>> Elias motion. Second. Emanuel. All

53:26right. All in favor of appointing Emma

53:29Raider. Read Raider. Reader Garcia.

53:31>> Garcia. Now come on. She got married.

53:34>> Emma Garcia as our secretary.

53:37>> All right. All in favor?

53:39>> Approved. Congrats. So you are now

53:42secretary. I'll make sure that Shaiisha

53:44has that information as well. Um and

53:46essentially that role will help with

53:48meeting and agenda minutes.

53:50>> All right.

53:50>> All right. I'm going to have to start

53:51taking really good notes.

53:53>> Taking really good notes. [laughter] I

53:55would write way more than this though if

53:57I was like, "Oh, I'm doing the minute.

53:58I'm going to bring

53:59>> you for."

54:01>> All right. Um, if there's nothing else,

54:05>> do I hear a motion to adjurnn?

54:08>> Emanuel motions. Lisa seconds. All in

54:11favor? We're out. So, officially

54:14adjourned at 6:14. Thank you.

54:16>> Great job, guys. This is so quick.

54:19>> Yeah, for real.

54:20>> All right.

54:21>> It'll be the three G's.

54:23>> The three G's.

54:25Let's go.

54:26>> And I'll I'll give all this new

54:28information.

54:30>> Thank you. [laughter] Appreciate you.

54:32I'm just safe.