2026-10-19 - Culture and Arts Advisory Board

00:26And I said, "Oh, I should Maybe I should

00:27still have my phone. That's why I'll

00:28have a meeting on Wednesday. Stay with

00:30Sonia and Jerry and

00:31um

01:59Mhm.

05:49>> Mhm.

07:44>> Mhm.

09:17>> Hey.

09:18The culture Apex Culture and Arts

09:20Advisory Board meeting for Monday,

09:23October the 19th, will come to order.

09:27All right. First item, approval of the

09:31minutes for September 26th.

09:35Uh two No,

09:362026.

09:38And do we have a motion to approve the

09:42minutes?

09:43I'm going to just check for a minute.

09:44Okay.

09:45Bethany

09:47makes a motion. Do I have a second?

09:49>> I know we have one fix for or of the

09:51minutes, sorry.

09:53Um, so it sounds like Juliana was not at

09:56the September meeting. So

09:58I will adjust the number of votes and

10:01her um

10:04absentee on there as well. So can we

10:08approve the minutes with those

10:10contingencies?

10:11>> Okay.

10:12>> I'll make a new motion to approve with

10:13the adjustments to the minutes uh for

10:16the September 2016.

10:19>> Second.

10:21>> Okay. All in favor?

10:23>> Aye.

10:23>> Aye.

10:24Okay. Motion passes to approve the

10:26minutes

10:28with the contingency of fixing that.

10:31Okay.

10:34Okay. Next is the town liaison reports.

10:39>> All right. Well, thank you so much,

10:40Susan. Thank you for acting as chair in

10:43Tom Caldwell's absence.

10:45Um, I'd like to introduce Christie to

10:48you. She is our newest board member.

10:52Today she is a non-voting member, but by

10:55our next meeting she'll most likely have

10:58had her oath of office,

11:00um, if not right before that meeting.

11:02And so today she's non-voting, but once

11:04she has her oath she'll be able to vote.

11:07So welcome, Christie. We're very excited

11:09to have you on the board. Um, in

11:11addition to um Christie, we will have

11:15one new person starting. Um

11:19I don't have the information as to who

11:21that is yet. Um, council's working on

11:24this. I know they just did a vote.

11:27I believe at their last council meeting,

11:29so I'm sure we'll hear very quickly who

11:31that new person will be. They'll most

11:33likely be starting in the November

11:35meeting.

11:36Let's see here. Oh, and some marketing

11:39updates. We do have some new followers

11:42on Instagram, which is great.

11:44Um we are also over 2,200 views both

11:47across Excuse me, this past month across

11:50both Facebook and Instagram. So, that is

11:53good. Um those posts are primarily for

11:57the open call for artists for the

11:59sculpture art walk, as well as um

12:04the uh public review of the murals ended

12:08about halfway through the month review.

12:11So, that is

12:12pretty quick. Yes.

12:13>> Question. For the like call for artists,

12:15I know we post that on our website.

12:17>> Yep.

12:17>> Do we also post that to like the town

12:20Facebook group or our Facebook page? We

12:23do?

12:24>> Yes. Yes, so the town Facebook team also

12:27picks up that posting as well. Same with

12:30the Halie Cultural Arts Center. They

12:31pick those up as well.

12:32>> Okay. Yeah, cuz I was I can share those

12:34in the There's like some of the town

12:36unaffiliated town Facebook pages and a

12:38lot of things get shared there. So, we

12:40can probably share it there and get a

12:41broader reach.

12:42>> Yeah, absolutely.

12:44>> Thank you.

12:46>> Okay.

12:48All right. Next is chairperson's report.

12:50Tom is not here this evening, so um

12:55we don't have anything at this time. Uh

12:59I don't

13:01think there are any public con- comments

13:03tonight. I don't see anybody joining us.

13:07That's the next item.

13:08Uh So, the next item would be old

13:11business.

13:13And Taylor, you're going to let us know

13:16about the public art master plan.

13:20>> Absolutely. I have to get official and

13:22go in front of the screen.

13:25>> Don't close it down.

13:25>> I know, right?

13:28That's my luck.

13:30All righty. So, we're going to talk

13:32about the public art master plan

13:35progress, where we're at right now.

13:39Let me get my notes.

13:47Printouts in front of you as well.

13:50You'll see in front of you the

13:52printouts, as well as the screens in

13:54front of you the plan as well.

13:56So, um I asked our contractors for the

14:00public art master plan to give us a

14:03quick summary of where they're at, and

14:04here is what they came with.

14:06Um engagement ran from May through

14:09mid-July, 316 survey responses and 11

14:13stakeholder interviews and working

14:16sessions. The August funding and code

14:19memo set the framework.

14:21The full draft was written in September

14:24and revised through October 13th with

14:27population, peer city, and legal

14:30references against uh all checked

14:33against sources.

14:35The draft is named

14:37a lead and timeframe.

14:41Excuse [clears throat] me. The draft is

14:42also organized around six different

14:44goals, each with strategies and an

14:46action table.

14:48The remaining step before CAB review is

14:51confirming funding options with our

14:53budget staff.

14:58The plan is built around six goals,

15:01grounded in what residents and town

15:03leaders told CPG, art in the places

15:07people use every day,

15:10art that reaches every part of the

15:11growing town, and a program built to

15:14last.

15:15Goal number four, funding, is

15:18highlighted because confirming the

15:20funding options is the last step before

15:22CAB reviews the full draft of the master

15:25plan.

15:26Murals, which were 61%

15:29and functional art, which was 47%

15:33were residents top art types and, quote,

15:37keep it local,

15:39end quote, regarding talent was one of

15:42the most consistent survey requests.

15:48And lastly is our final step here.

15:51Four funding areas need confirmation

15:54before the draft goes to CAB.

15:57Number one,

15:58percent for art,

16:001% of construction costs on town capital

16:03projects of 500,000

16:06or more.

16:08Exclusions may be such as public safety

16:12apparatus and water, sewer, and storm

16:15water elements.

16:17And whether to adopt it as an ordinance,

16:20policy, or UDO amendment.

16:22Those conversations are also including

16:24our town attorney's office.

16:27Number two,

16:29a named public art fund with the grant

16:32and special revenues fund

16:34with a 10% maintenance and conservation

16:37set aside in every project budget.

16:42Number three,

16:44private development.

16:45North Carolina law does not allow a

16:49mandatory in lieu fee.

16:51So, the plan uses an incentive menu

16:54under UDO 8.4.

16:57And the town attorney needs to review

17:00any voluntary contribution options that

17:03we may propose.

17:05And number four here,

17:07grants and philanthropy, including

17:11United Arts Council for towns,

17:14capped at $5,000,

17:17NEA, and a donor program with the town

17:21match.

17:22Finances calculating what 1% would yield

17:26from the adopted fiscal year 2026

17:30to fiscal year 2030 CIP, capital

17:33improvement project.

17:35So, I know that was a lot of information

17:37all at once.

17:39Whittling it down, we had two full

17:42months, two and a half months of public

17:45survey. What What do you want to see?

17:48Um uh when it comes to public art. We're

17:50specifically talking about public art,

17:52not other forms of art that we oversee.

17:56We gathered that information with our

17:59contractors.

18:01And they reviewed that information with

18:04town staff, 11 different people, I

18:07believe I read.

18:09And so, those were individual

18:10one-on-ones. And then, they also had the

18:13opportunity to meet with some of you as

18:15well.

18:16To get your feedback and your opinions

18:19as well on what you'd like to see moving

18:20forward, what you've seen over time as

18:23well, history.

18:25So, they drafted up a funding document

18:29that assists in the creation of the

18:32public art master plan document.

18:35And so, that specific funding document

18:37is what's being reviewed with the

18:41working draft of the master plan.

18:44Once town staff is comfortable with

18:47where the funding document has left the

18:49master plan,

18:51then CAB will see the master plan draft

18:54for review and then, obviously, will go

18:56through um items. At that time, we will

18:59live stream the contractors in if you

19:02have any questions,

19:04um concerns, things like that. Um

19:08and then, we will bring that to a vote

19:10at that specific meeting.

19:12We're looking at November right now for

19:15that meeting.

19:16Obviously contingent on

19:18many different factors, whether or not

19:21town staff is comfortable with where

19:22we're going

19:24as a master plan.

19:26Um or if we need to bring it back for

19:28some more studies.

19:30As well as um if we meet a quorum for

19:34the November meeting and um just overall

19:37timelines of our contracts right now.

19:41I know that's a lot of information.

19:43Do you have any questions right now?

19:47>> So after we review it, assuming it gets

19:49to us um

19:52the

19:53is is this be Are we recommending it to

19:56town council to vote on it at that

19:57point?

19:58>> That is correct, yes.

19:59>> I just wanted to verify.

20:00>> Mhm. Absolutely.

20:03>> And then the when we when we recommend

20:05it for

20:06town council, you're saying that the

20:07town staff has already viewed it. Have

20:09they already They've already put it up

20:10against the budget aspects of that as

20:12well?

20:13>> That's correct. So we kind of have to we

20:16have to work from staff first, then goes

20:19to CAB, then to council. So that when

20:22I'm presenting to council, I'm saying

20:25this draft in front of you has been

20:27approved by the staff behind me as well

20:30as CAB is recommending us putting this

20:34forth. And that would include the plan,

20:37the actual master plan, as well as any

20:40UDO policy ordinance changes that may be

20:44required to come with that draft plan.

20:51All right, any questions?

20:54All right, are we comfortable with me

20:55moving on to the next topic?

20:57I see heads nodding. Okay, great.

21:01Obviously, if you have any further

21:02questions for the um consultation team,

21:05just let me know and I can always relay

21:07those to them.

21:09Okay.

21:11Let me get my paperwork here.

21:14So, the next thing we have on the agenda

21:17is our

21:19sculpture walk.

21:21I'm going to go like this for a

21:22second.

21:25Next one on the agenda is the sculpture

21:26walk. Um so,

21:29we will

21:31do do do do do we will slightly need to

21:35adjust the location for where we are

21:37recommending

21:39the butterfly enchanter piece that we

21:41have recommended for purchase. Okay? So,

21:44at the September meeting, it was

21:46proposed that um butterfly enchanter, if

21:50approved by council, would be moved to

21:53the nature park on the Seymour side near

21:56the playground.

21:58That specific location, when we were

22:01doing the um required planning board

22:04location underneath the ground, that's

22:07actually being pre-planned for a

22:08communications board.

22:10So, I'm proposing, and I talked to our

22:14staff, they're going to be doing some

22:15more locating underneath the ground,

22:17make sure that we're not um hitting any

22:20wires, any water lines, and whatnot. Um

22:22still within the same vicinity, just

22:25probably about 10 ft, 20 ft one way or

22:28another. So, we'll still be at the

22:30nature park on the Seymour side near the

22:32playground, um but it will not be in

22:34that one specific location right as you

22:37walk up to the playground.

22:40All right.

22:42Um and that will obviously still have to

22:44go to council once we get the final word

22:47as to what's under ground.

22:49All right.

22:50And as you know, and as we've talked

22:52about in our marketing section, the

22:55sculpture walk applications are still

22:57open. They will remain open um until

23:00November 8th.

23:02So, spread the word to all of our

23:04sculpture friends. Um I know that we

23:07have a long-running list of sculpture

23:09friends as well um that has got have

23:12gotten uh the word. So, that's exciting.

23:15Um so, we'll start seeing those come in

23:16in the coming weeks. Um as Tom and I

23:20lovingly joke, we always see them right

23:22at the last minute. So, it's always

23:24always coming through here.

23:27All right. Any questions about sculpture

23:28walk?

23:29>> I know we usually see a big influx at

23:31the end. Have you gotten

23:33a decent amount or

23:34>> We have two right now.

23:36>> Okay, yeah.

23:36>> We have two right now. Um we still have

23:39a few weeks left. Um but that is not

23:42abnormal.

23:43>> [laughter]

23:45>> I will say we uh

23:47there will be probably like the last 3

23:49days or so, I'll get about 30

23:51>> [laughter]

23:52>> all in my inbox.

23:54So, that's exciting. Yes, please.

23:56>> And where can you find this application?

23:58Where can I get information? I have

24:00people I can send it to.

24:01>> Absolutely. So, the application is

24:04primarily on the CAB website. It can

24:06also be uh found at all of our um social

24:10medias as well as flyers around town.

24:13So, we have a red and white flyer about

24:16the

24:17application process.

24:18>> Okay.

24:19>> Absolutely.

24:21All right. Any questions before we move

24:22on to murals?

24:25All right. Moving on.

24:31All right. Now, you will see you'll see

24:34a new presentation in front of you about

24:36the 2026 murals.

24:38As a refresher,

24:40we are going through the process of

24:42putting up a mural over at the Apex

24:45Nature Park Amphitheater, the base

24:47structure, as well as the Saunders

24:50Street retaining wall part one.

24:55So, a refresher about the location over

24:58at the Nature Park Amphitheater.

25:00You'll see in your presentation

25:02a red outlined

25:04um base structure for the amphitheater.

25:09Um the

25:10picture on the left is what we are

25:14calling the front side, and the picture

25:17on the right is what we're calling the

25:19back side.

25:22This structure, as you can see in the

25:24picture on the left, also has side

25:26panels as well. That will come into play

25:28as we talk about the mural.

25:31So,

25:32what has happened from now from the

25:36start of our mural process until now.

25:39We've hired an artist, started the

25:42design process,

25:44the subcommittee was comfortable moving

25:46the mural to public review. The town

25:50requires a 30-day public review for the

25:53draft um design for the mural,

25:57and then we collect all of that

25:58information, feedback from the public.

26:02We typically narrow it down to

26:05somewhere between two to six of the

26:08biggest points that come up. Sometimes

26:11it's like, "We love the mural." That's

26:13great. We We love that. Or, "We don't

26:15like the mural." Okay, well, that

26:17doesn't help me, you know? So, we

26:19whittle it down that way, and here's

26:22what we came up with.

26:24So,

26:25the Nature Park Amphitheater mural draft

26:28is such you see in front of you. The

26:31image on the left side is the front.

26:35This is the front that will face the

26:37audience in the amphitheater.

26:41The image on the right side is what will

26:44face um the back side of the

26:48amphitheater, which backs up to the

26:51trail, the pond, as well as the disc

26:53golf.

26:55Okay?

26:57Any questions? It has gone through many

27:00iterations.

27:01Um we have had

27:04windowpanes, we have had enormous bees,

27:08we've had little bees, we've had hidden

27:10birds.

27:11Um we've had just life-size

27:16flowers.

27:17Um the artist did a wonderful job of

27:19being able to incorporate

27:22the public's request. The public wanted

27:25to keep the whimsy of this design, but

27:28wanted a little bit more realism. They

27:31wanted to see the the pond in the

27:33background. So, this piece is kind of

27:37like a portal through the amphitheater.

27:41So, it looks towards the path or it

27:43looks towards the pond. Um so, this

27:46piece itself has has changed quite a bit

27:50um based on the public feedback. But,

27:53we're pretty confident that this

27:56reflects what the public was wanting as

27:59well.

28:01Do you have any questions about this

28:03piece itself?

28:04>> Assuming we approve, when when would we

28:07start or approximately?

28:08>> Absolutely. So, the timeline for both of

28:11the murals that we're talking about, if

28:13both of them are approved today, I will

28:15be going to council on November 10th and

28:19doing a very similar presentation. I

28:21will show them the location, I will show

28:24them the original design that went to

28:27the public, and I'll show them this

28:29after public review design.

28:32Um so, ideally,

28:34on November 10th, if the council

28:37approves the design, the artist can

28:40start as soon as that next Monday.

28:42And this artist had stated it would take

28:45about two, and a half weeks to finish.

28:48Mhm.

28:51Any questions? Any feedback?

28:56>> So, Taylor, would you talk a little bit

28:57about the side? So, I'm I'm seeing um

29:00>> Absolutely.

29:01>> the side as well.

29:03>> Absolutely. So, this next slide here is

29:05the the sides that you will see. These

29:09colors and gestures

29:12mix the two sides together. So, that's

29:14the idea. We didn't want it to be too

29:16much of a focal point, more of a

29:18pass-through between the two sides.

29:26All right. If we do not have any

29:28questions or any further feedback, I

29:30would like to raise this for a motion

29:32for approval to recommend to council.

29:37Do we have an open

29:38>> to approve with

29:39a side note that I liked the original

29:41before the bubble.

29:42>> [laughter]

29:45>> But, if this is what the public wanted,

29:47I will motion to approve.

29:48>> [laughter]

29:50>> Thank you, Aspen.

29:51>> I'll second.

29:53>> Okay.

29:54All in favor?

29:55>> Aye.

29:56>> Aye.

29:57Any opposed?

29:59Okay.

30:01Okay, wonderful. Thank you so much.

30:03Moving on to our next mural.

30:07Saunar Street retaining wall. So, I

30:09mentioned in the beginning of this

30:10presentation that this is part one. As

30:14y'all are familiar, the Saunar Street

30:16retaining wall is a relatively new

30:18structure. Um and it has, I believe,

30:21seven different sides. The idea is this

30:25mural will be the very start to a

30:29several-part series that we will do over

30:32the next several years. Um it will not

30:34always be with the same artist, so I

30:37will keep that caveat. The idea is that

30:40we will spread the wealth along with all

30:42of the artists will get a different

30:43image on each side, okay?

30:46So,

30:47what we're proposing today is this

30:50front-facing, the largest side. It is

30:52207 ft long and goes from about 6 ft on

30:57its furthest right side

31:00to about 10-12 ft on the left side.

31:06Same idea as the previous

31:09mural. We went through a process where

31:11we worked with a subcommittee that was

31:14contained business owners from downtown

31:16as well as economic development

31:19and worked with the artists to come up

31:21with some themes.

31:23That design went to public review for 30

31:25days. We received the public review.

31:28There was an outstanding amount of

31:29public review because this is a very

31:31prominent location, so we were excited

31:34to see that.

31:35Obviously, very highly successful with

31:38that public review. And here is the

31:42design.

31:43This is the design called the song

31:45beneath the town. This is by Britney

31:47Flood.

31:49This piece has fully incorporated all of

31:53the public feedback.

31:56So, the original design was quite dark.

31:59It had one very bright butterfly

32:04similarly in location that we have the

32:06butterfly on the right here,

32:09but the contrast levels were very off.

32:11And so, a lot of the public feedback was

32:14this this feels very dark. There is very

32:17very dark. We don't understand why it is

32:19so dark and this butterfly is so bright.

32:22So,

32:23that was one of the things that we came

32:25back with

32:26to our artist was

32:28number one, people want to see the North

32:30Carolina butterfly.

32:32North Carolina state butterfly, so we

32:34made the North Carolina state butterfly.

32:37We also wanted to see an adjustment in

32:38contrast to this mural, and that's

32:41exactly what Britney did.

32:43So, you'll see

32:46um many different representations of

32:48Apex in this space.

32:50Um most obvious, the train tracks as

32:53well as much local foliage

32:56um and obviously our state butterfly.

32:59Do we have any questions for this draft?

33:05It's very hard to get all of the detail

33:08in this small piece in what will be 207

33:11ft. It's incredible.

33:13>> It's a really big space. So, here they

33:15look small images, but really when

33:17they're on the wall, they're going to be

33:18pretty large. So, part of me thinks like

33:20it's it's too small, but I know that

33:22when it gets on the wall, it will not be

33:23That'll be a really big butterfly.

33:25>> Yes, [laughter] it will.

33:28At at least 7 ft tall.

33:31>> [laughter]

33:31>> At at least 7 ft tall. Um probably about

33:357 to 12 ft wide as well at this point.

33:38>> So, Taylor, so the way you described it

33:41on the if we're looking at the the red

33:43outline of the the retaining wall from

33:46the previous picture,

33:48on the right side, it's

33:506 ft high, and then on the left side,

33:53it's about 10 12.

33:56>> ft.

33:56>> Okay. Okay.

33:57>> Yes. So, it it very gradually gets

34:00larger as it goes towards the left.

34:02>> Okay.

34:03>> Yes.

34:04>> But left to right, it gets smaller.

34:05>> That's correct.

34:06>> So, so does that mean that the butterfly

34:08will be on the pan- the far right panel,

34:10which would be about 6 ft?

34:12>> That's correct.

34:13>> Okay.

34:14Okay.

34:17And it looks to be about seven

34:20ish

34:21panels.

34:23Maybe maybe more.

34:28Yep.

34:30Yeah, and one of the items that we had

34:33heard was not to make it so angular. One

34:36of the drafts had um

34:41a lot

34:43a lot of

34:45um big triangles with just open color,

34:49no imagery in it. Um and we went more

34:53towards a more organic feel while still

34:56allowing for these different images to

34:59have a very clean transition between.

35:06All right, any questions at this time?

35:10All right. I'm going to open it for a

35:12vote. The vote is to bring this design

35:16to council for further recommendation to

35:19put on the Saunders Street retaining

35:21wall.

35:22Do I have a first motion?

35:26>> I'll make a motion.

35:27>> All right, Susan.

35:28>> I'll second.

35:30>> All right, all in favor?

35:31>> Aye.

35:33>> All opposed?

35:35All right, passed. Wonderful. Both the

35:38Nature Park mural vote and the Saunders

35:41Street mural vote prove as you see it in

35:44your slides.

35:47Thank you so much.

35:49And let's see, Susan, you want to start

35:52us off on the next item here?

35:53>> Okay. Can I ask a question before you

35:55get out, Susan? Is that okay?

35:56>> Sure.

35:56>> Um for our like mural and sculpture

35:59applications, do we have like a checkbox

36:02in there that says like um

36:05do you want us to let you know when the

36:06next application period opens?

36:09Or anything like that?

36:10>> We do not have a checkbox, but we do

36:12typically take the email information

36:16from the previous year's mural call and

36:19send the new mural calls to them. Same

36:21with the sculpture art this as well.

36:24>> Okay. Thank you.

36:25>> Absolutely.

36:27>> Okay. Thank you.

36:28>> All right. Under old business, downtown

36:32window painting. That's a name.

36:34>> Uh yeah. We um are scheduled for

36:36November 30th, which is a Monday, from

36:393:00 to 5:00 p.m. I have heard back from

36:41three of the schools, so I'm going to

36:42touch base with there's one that I

36:43haven't heard back from. But um the

36:45three schools have said yes, and they're

36:47very enthusiastic about coming. Um we

36:49have a rain date of the following day,

36:51which I believe is the 1st of December.

36:54Um

36:55hopefully the weather will hold out. Um

36:57Taylor, I do have a list of a few things

36:59that I will need replenished. I don't

37:01think we've got anything for a while. Um

37:04and I'm hoping we can still have some

37:06snacks and things for the kids. Um I

37:08haven't promised that, but I I think

37:10that's a nice thing to be able to do. Um

37:13and um

37:15I think Brad has said he would and

37:17anybody's welcome to come and help out

37:18during that. Basically, it's just fun to

37:20be there and support the kids and take

37:22pictures. So, I can I think last year I

37:24forgot to take very many pictures. So, I

37:25do think we had the town staff came and

37:28took some pictures, too. So, um Taylor,

37:30are you going to reach out to um

37:32the fire station? Do I I think that last

37:35time you did that. Okay.

37:35>> I already have.

37:36>> done that in a while. Okay. And in the

37:39beginning days, like I had to do that,

37:40but yeah, it's really nice that that is

37:43already done. So, um

37:44but we will be there. I'll probably be

37:46setting up around 2:30, 2:35.

37:48>> Okay.

37:48>> Um cuz sometimes some kids get here a

37:50little bit earlier.

37:51>> And then it goes 3:00 to Is it 3:00 to

37:535:00?

37:53>> Okay.

37:54>> Do you need to do any initial setup the

37:56day before any organization?

37:58>> Um no, I mean basically, it's pretty

37:59straightforward.

38:00>> Okay.

38:01>> But yeah, I would usually start around

38:022:30 just to get the tables out and

38:05and set up and hopefully weather won't

38:08be a problem.

38:09>> Um I'm going to let you know about that

38:11date. I'm not sure right now, but um in

38:13years past, I I think we brought

38:15speakers and did like

38:16>> Yeah. The teachers bring their own

38:17speakers.

38:18>> Yeah.

38:18Okay. That was fun. Okay.

38:23>> And that's all have? Would you still

38:24want a table in front of the hallway as

38:27well in addition to the snack table?

38:29>> be great um because um

38:31I don't have a snack table so if you

38:32guys have

38:33>> [laughter]

38:34>> They have been um absorbed by

38:35businesses.

38:38>> No problem. We'll make sure that

38:39happens.

38:42Do you need volunteers for that other

38:44than us?

38:46>> No. No, the kids pretty much do

38:47everything. We just stand there to

38:49>> Okay.

38:50>> answer any questions usually, making

38:52sure they're safe, and teachers are

38:53there to but mainly to make sure that

38:55they're not running across the school.

38:57Yeah, things like that. The teachers

38:58too. Yeah.

39:03>> Okay.

39:04All right. Next is augmented reality

39:07with Brad.

39:08>> I need two more weeks to finish the

39:10model.

39:11It got a little more complicated than I

39:13expected. I started building it back

39:15last week and

39:18>> Okay. Just

39:19>> taking a little more time than I had the

39:21past the past week but

39:24um yeah, I'll I'll be sending that out.

39:27About two weeks.

39:28>> In two weeks. Okay.

39:29>> Sounds good.

39:29>> Briefly explain to me what that is.

39:31>> Um it's just as it's a

39:34digital documentation of cultural

39:36heritage. So, um making

39:40in this case three-dimensional model of

39:42something that will eventually have to

39:43come down. This is the in Kidstown.

39:45There's a um the community

39:48architectural piece that has the

39:49handprints of everybody that helped

39:51build it up. I just made a quick 3D

39:53model and I'm making a

39:55online

39:57uh web presentation of the 3D model and

39:59and the four panels of handprints.

40:01>> That's fine.

40:02Okay.

40:04>> Mhm.

40:06>> All right.

40:07Next is new business and bus stops.

40:11>> Okay. Your ball. Yes, thank you so much.

40:14So,

40:15um

40:15I put two items on new business with the

40:18intention that they will become old

40:20business with the next meeting so that

40:22we have some presentations. So, the bus

40:25stops, the planning department um wanted

40:28me to say this. Planning department will

40:30be coming in November to present about

40:33the bus stops. They would like to see if

40:35CAV would be interested {slash} willing

40:38to lead the artist selection and

40:41installation process for two bus stops.

40:44Um, two Excuse me, bus stop art

40:47installations this this fiscal year. So,

40:51before

40:52June 30th.

40:54Um, so planning will prepare a

40:57presentation at the November meeting and

41:00we will have the opportunity to discuss

41:03and ask them questions and get a lot

41:06more information, but they wanted to

41:07give you the heads-up that they are

41:09coming in November.

41:10>> Have the bus stops been chosen?

41:13>> I am not sure. I can get more

41:15information.

41:16>> I'm sorry.

41:17>> Absolutely.

41:18>> Thank you.

41:18>> We'll find [laughter] out in November.

41:19>> Yeah.

41:21>> Do we know if it's the Is it the bus

41:23stop structures, like the shelters

41:25themselves, or

41:27We don't We'll know. We'll find out next

41:29month.

41:30Or

41:30>> In in their email, they had mentioned

41:32that the medium had not been chosen yet.

41:36>> Okay.

41:36>> So, it

41:39I am not 100% sure how to answer that at

41:42this time.

41:43>> Okay.

41:43>> Um, it's possible that it could be some

41:46of the glass structures and or

41:50um similar to the current ground mural

41:55bus stop murals that we have right now.

41:58>> I would even when they come, I would

42:00probably propose that we leave it open

42:02to what medium and the artist can

42:05give some ideas.

42:07Cuz they're more creative than I am.

42:08>> [laughter]

42:09>> Absolutely. That's no problem.

42:12I think that's a great thing to bring

42:14up.

42:16All right.

42:17Okay.

42:18Great. Moving on to um the coming

42:21together piece. So, if you're familiar,

42:24I will refresh your memory. If not, um

42:27we have a stone sculpture that was um

42:33donated to us 2 years ago. This piece is

42:36called coming together. It was a part of

42:40our

42:4124 25 sculpture walk. It sat in front of

42:47the um the depot.

42:50And that piece was donated to us and

42:53moved over to the nature park um in the

42:56Excuse me, not the nature park, the

42:57Pleasant Park nature play area. Um a

43:01different part of nature. Um and this

43:04piece, like I mentioned, was donated to

43:06us 2 years ago. The piece is weathering

43:10some cracks and damage from use and

43:12time. Um this is pretty normal for this

43:16type of medium. Um and we have been

43:20granted funds from our insurer to

43:25um repair most of the issues with the

43:27piece. Not all of the issues with

43:31Um so, I'm working with the artists

43:34right now based on the allotment that we

43:37were given by our insurer to see what

43:39can be done about facilitating a fix for

43:43this piece.

43:44Um

43:45I know the artists was were unsure as

43:48two artists who created this piece.

43:51Um they were unsure if the cracks and

43:55the weathering was vandalism or if it

43:58was just from use and time. And we do

44:04not know. Um this The piece itself

44:07does not lend to one way or another. The

44:11insurer did not have any feedback on

44:14that. Um, but the intention is to get

44:17that piece repaired

44:19um, up to a certain level of function.

44:23Okay?

44:25Any questions about coming together?

44:27>> Is it still in it's still in the same

44:29location? It hasn't been moved.

44:30>> That is correct. It has not been

44:32decommissioned, it does not have it has

44:34not been removed.

44:36>> Do you anticipate if it that would need

44:38to be removed for the repairs or not?

44:40>> It's possible that it would need to be

44:42removed for the repairs.

44:43>> It's huge, as what I remember. Yeah.

44:44>> It's it's very large and so the piece

44:48itself it looks like a bench and it

44:50could functionally

44:52be used as a bench, but

44:56for the sake of art

44:59um, and the for the sake of how the

45:02artists represent it, it is a sculpture.

45:05Um, it's about

45:085

45:09ft long, maybe 6 ft long.

45:12Um,

45:13kind of organic looking, but it is it's

45:16like concrete stone and it's about 6 in

45:21maybe 8 in deep. Um, and that's just the

45:23top layer, not even the stand. It's

45:25extremely heavy.

45:27Um,

45:28it requires much of our equipment um,

45:31our

45:32parks operations equipment to be able to

45:34move it,

45:35um, but it's not impossible.

45:37We've done it before, we can do it

45:39again.

45:39>> Absolutely.

45:40>> But I wanted to give you guys the heads

45:42up because number one, it may it will

45:45need to be repaired, it may need to be

45:47removed and brought back and um, it will

45:50not affect our funding for any of our

45:53projects because insurance is should be

45:55able to cover most of the repairs.

45:59>> If we move it to to it, is it worth

46:02looking into moving it to a different

46:04location so that it's not potentially

46:06used as a play structure because that is

46:09>> Mhm.

46:10>> a very high traffic children area.

46:12>> Sure. It's possible. We will we can

46:15definitely review a new location for it.

46:19Um the biggest the biggest

46:24question is is is the

46:28repair needed because of use or is it

46:33because of vandalism or, you know,

46:36what will be the effect if we move it

46:38somewhere else um and where where will

46:40we move it?

46:41Um so there's definitely lots of

46:44unknowns in the air right now

46:47um but it's something that we're looking

46:48into as we move forward to see what we

46:51can do to repair it.

46:57Any questions?

47:00Okay.

47:03Okay, next uh announcements and

47:06petitions by board members. Any new

47:09announcements anybody has?

47:12We do have a new board member.

47:14>> We do?

47:15>> Yes, this is Christie Famolare, right?

47:17The Italian

47:18pronunciation. Welcome.

47:21>> Thank you.

47:24>> All right, anything else?

47:26Nope. Anybody? Okay.

47:29All right, I

47:31move that we adjourn the meeting

47:34for tonight. Do I have a

47:37motion to adjourn?

47:38>> Motion to adjourn.

47:39>> Okay.

47:39>> I'll second.

47:40>> All right.

47:42Meeting is adjourned.

47:45Thanks.

49:09>> Yeah.