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Well, I have I know how that can like it got >> Oh, yeah. >> stuck and twist your hold. Yeah. >> Just Yeah. All the North St. Paul Arts and Culture Commission meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. here on July 1st, 2026.

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Oh, here comes another with audience members as well. >> Just in time. I just called the meeting to order. Um, so Jordan, if you could take role for us, please. >> Yes, I can. Um, Tom Sonic >> here.

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>> Carrie Neto >> here. >> Ashley Perfect >> here. Sharon Clark Williams >> here. >> Raquel stood is absent. Uh Laura String >> here. >> Uh Eliza Verma >> here. >> Urosco Garcia is absent. And Troy Woods >> here.

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>> And our uh staff leazison Jordan Layman is here. Thank you Jordan. Okay. Uh moving on to section three adopting the agenda. Did everyone get a chance? Anything else you want to add or change? >> There was one typo. >> Are you talking about the minutes? >> Oh the minutes. I am sorry not the

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agenda. The agenda is pretty slight today. So, so we can >> Perfect. I'm sorry, everyone. >> No worries. I misspoke. >> All good with the agenda. Anyone want to make a motion to approve? >> I'll make a motion to approve it since I was out of >> second by Laura. All in favor say I. I

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oppose. Agenda is adopted. Okay. Now, the minutes. You have a change for us, Sharon. >> Yeah. I just It's not a major change. It's the It says the next meeting. It has the wrong date. It doesn't really matter.

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I'm on page four, I think. Where is Oh, yeah. Uh, page six. >> Six of 10. Next meeting is Wednesday, June 3rd at 6:30, but it's probably June 1st since the meeting minutes were from June 3rd.

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>> Yeah, July 1st. And it only matters for people who are going to go back and research history >> in case it was out of context. >> Yeah. Yeah, I can definitely change that. >> Okay. >> I also forgot to grab a copy of my

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agenda. I'm so sorry, Jordan. I say I read it in the email, but I was like, cool. Thank you. Um, any other recommendations for the minutes or concerns? >> Uh, if not, we'll look for a motion to approve the minutes from June 3rd.

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>> So moved. Move >> by Carrie. >> Second. >> Second by Eliza. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. >> Minutes are approved. Meeting open to public. Would you like to add anything tonight? >> Rowan. >> Rowan. >> Anything for you? >> No. Okay. All good. Okay. I have no

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public hearings, commission, business, action items, recommendations. So, we will go to subcommittee updates. All right. So, public art. Um, so Laura or Carrie, any updates here? >> Um,

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I don't think do we have any updates? >> I do have a question. >> Yes. >> So, it felt like we had spent more than we had budgeted to spend in this department. So, I didn't move forward with the stamping because I thought we blew our budget.

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>> Um, but the stamping is not a lot of money. So, if I can move forward, I'll submit that request. I just wasn't sure. >> Yeah. And then we can move from another line item yet. >> Okay. Okay. I just wasn't sure. And it wasn't in our aotment. So, >> yeah. >> Okay. Great. >> That's okay.

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>> Do we know when the penny press will be here? >> Um, I had called them maybe about a month ago or maybe right after last meeting. I don't know. Um, they said some parts were on back order, so be like a few months before it's shipped. I emailed them again this past week and I

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haven't heard back yet, but it's a work in progress so far still. >> Thanks, Jordan. >> All right. Uh, mural team, Carrie, myself, Sharon. Carrie or Sharon, do you have anything? >> I don't uh if Jordan has anything in

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regards to the >> Yes. So, um, where we were last with the 45th parallel monument, um, last meeting was we were, uh, going to have that proposal looked at by the parks and reccks commission, um, to see what their

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thoughts and opinions were. Um, so Sarah presented that to them and gave me their feedback. Um, so overall, they're very supportive of the idea. They think it's a great opportunity to bring uh, people to North St. Paul. Um, one of the things

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they had two main points that I think of uh, feedback was that they are not super enthusiastic with the obelisk style of the monument. They are recommending more of a natural style um, like a boulder or wood sign kind of something like that to

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blend into the natural setting given that >> um, in a nature preserve. Um, I believe Southwood Nature Preserve. Yeah. Um, let's see. And then the other big uh point that they or feedback that they

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had was they would like for the Arts and Culture Commission to connect with the volunteers of Southwood to obtain their feedback and would recommend contacting the neighbors of Southwood if the monument is visible from homes. I don't believe it would be um but not 100%

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confident with that. And Sarah is also happy to connect um the relevant members um with the parks and rec commissioner Lloyd Graychek who lives next to Southwood and that is also he's the uh that park's official representative. So

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if um that move for moving forward with speaking with uh the Southwood volunteers, he would probably be a good resource to uh contact. >> Okay. Um you'll have to email me your name and contact information

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>> for sure. Um, it is not visible from the street or a home. You have to walk into the park to access the 45th parallel. >> Okay, perfect. >> Lloyd's a really good guy, too. Is he

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still chair of the parks commission or is >> um I believe Laura Greenley Karp is the chair. Yeah. >> And is Lloyd still on the commission, though? >> Yes, I believe so. >> Okay. Um, I was reaching out to different businesses on uh signage. FTCC Graphics,

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who is the utility box wrap group, said that they could add stickers to our existing utility boxes. Um, it's b it would basically be a decal that they put on top. And he estimated $10 per sticker, but it would be more if

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variables change, like they need to help us with the art design or whatever. Um, and if the size is bigger than he's thinking, Screen Tech um was not able to help with the um mural mural signage that we were talking about. So,

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I did reach out to Awards by Hammond, which is a group that the parks commission has used in the past. Um, and she needed me to send her more info. So, that's in progress. >> North St. Paul. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> So, that was too bad, but because I like to support local, but those are my

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updates. So, I guess I'll talk to the utility box committee about what would look good for a decal addition on the utility boxes we already have. >> Okay, cool. >> Um, couple updates from me for murals.

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Um, one is so the VFW does not seem to be in a any big rush to do a mural on side of their building. I've had uh uh several outreach attempts to them and I'm not hearing anything back. So, I'm not sure where they want to go with that yet or if they've been had a chance to

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discuss it with their um committee also. So, um looking into um upgrading or uh refreshing our downtown uh light pole banners that we have. So, they're they're hanging on the light poles, I

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think, on just on 7th Avenue in Margaret. I'm not sure if they're anywhere else in town, but um these are the ones that there's there's probably six to eight different designs of those. Um and I know back when I was on council, this was something that came up

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back at that time and we kind of forgot about it and then it came up again. So, we thought uh this is an opportunity to do that. And I did I did connect with the city manager about that and he thought that that would be a good idea for the arts commission to pick that one up because I wasn't sure Troy if

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anything else had been uh come up in council about that. Um >> you did okay good. Um so looking into that just trying to understand uh the total volume of banners that we have locations. Um, I

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sent some pictures to Screen Tech also, um, asking for some estimates from them. And then I'll get some basic information together and then get, uh, get the proposal filled out for that once I have a little bit more information. But right now, I'm uh, still gathering information

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at this point. Um, so yes, waiting on information. I felt like there was one other thing about those banners that I had to say, but but maybe not. But I think what we'll do is uh I think we'll maybe our subcommittee can

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talk about that a little bit more because we can decide if we want to do a call for artists or if we want to do something simpler or how we want to approach that because I think uh um my desire with this project is to uh keep

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it artistically very simple. >> Um you know >> sounds good. Once we know what's the concept, then we can >> Yeah. >> move on to how will we proceed with getting >> Yeah. >> sounds good. >> So, looking to add a little pop of color

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on those light posts. >> Well, we've had these for a good spell. They've served us well. So, it's not foriveness or negativity towards existing. It's just they need to be refreshed. >> Yeah. Some of them you can see are pretty faded. You can't you can't read

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everything. Yeah. Um, okay. So, that's it on murals. Um, utility boxes. The new one looks great. >> So, the picture, it looks fantastic. >> Mhm. >> I got to go look at it in real life.

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>> So amazing. >> I would challenge everyone to go and find their hands. >> Yeah. >> It's just so exciting to see up and vibrant and beautiful. Yeah, great job. >> Looks really good. The colors and

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everything, the whole design worked really well. >> Nice work. >> Um, anything else on utility boxes. Okay. Um, art cart. There's a We have a a music in the art

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cart at music in the parks this week, right? Or next week, I mean, >> I think it is. Yeah, I have a because I I have it on my calendar that I'm uh volunteering at that one. >> Yeah, there's a music in the park on July 9th.

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>> Music in the parks. Yeah. Art cart music in the parks from 5 to 6:30. That's what I have to >> Okay. So, it'll be there. And um is anyone leading this or am I leading it? There's a person. >> Okay. >> You should have told them I was

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>> sorry. You have an >> All right, kids. >> You're bringing the craft. >> Walk in. Do whatever you want. >> Some rules. Teach them how to >> knock yourself out. >> I know it's >> I just wanted to give an update since I wasn't at the last commission meeting. So, I did the the music in the park kids at um House Park. Excuse me if I

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mispronounced that. Um so, a couple things. I got feedback from Ava that one, she didn't know the cart was coming. Um, so we need to kind of talk to her about like the best way to communicate and then also kind of the layout of it was because where we were

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set up, where the art cart was and that it was a covered pavilion which was really nice. >> Um, but even with the park and the kids coming and going, like they were all inside and that's how Ava designed it. >> So it kind of didn't promote a flow of having the art cart, especially hiring

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an artist. So, >> um, definitely something we can try again, but I think we need to connect with Ava to she wasn't able to promote it, so I think that was part of the lack of participation, too. >> Um, the craft itself was pretty neat. The the guy that came was nice and, you know, helped the kid. We did slime

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snowman, melted snowmen. >> Oh, fun. >> Fun. >> Um, you know, and I found found the signs in the cart and like tried to put them out to like get the people from the playground, but they were just kind of the attention was diverted elsewhere. Um, so a was just like if we can give

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her a heads up, um, and or kind of get her feedback on like layout of things of when we should bring it and like when it probably would logistically not be, you know, like it'd be cool if we had just gone, but like maybe not invite the artist there for the ones that are like inside

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>> was the feedback that she gave while I was there. that. >> So, the music in the park uh this or next week is at Casey and so we're >> Can I interrupt? >> Yeah, please. >> A question about that. Is it really going to be at Casey Lake? Because that's also the same night as the Silver

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Lake Beach party. >> Is it? >> Yeah. >> Yep. >> Maybe that is the music in the park. >> I think this party because I went last year. >> I think the Silver Lake Beach party may be the music in the park. >> So then that won't be at Casey. That'll be it. So, we should talk to Ava before.

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>> Yeah, I would say confirm that with Ava to make sure. >> Oh, okay. >> I can I can talk to her tomorrow and send you an email. >> Yeah, please let us know. >> It says Casey on the >> Yeah, >> maybe it was originally planned to be at Casey, but I know that's also the same night as the the beach party with the

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steel drum band. >> Yeah. Okay. >> And the art in the park was there last year. >> Okay. >> So, they were on the far side of the park. And then Ashley, do we are we using the new uh trailer now? >> It's my first time doing it. It was blue instead city in North St. Paul. So is

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that the new trailer? >> The new one. Okay. >> Um and I was very excited to see cuz the trailer looks in good condition and I was excited that we're talking about potentially wrapping it cuz I saw it. I was like that would be fun and you guys were already on it so that was great. >> Yeah. >> Um but no, they the art guy was great to

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work with. Showed up all the time. Very friendly. >> Um very good with the kids that >> That's great to hear. Good. So, do I just need to be there at 5 or what what's the program? What's the expectation with the artists? >> So, I asked the same question and that's kind of the other thing I think we um

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should cuz um I don't know the best way to communicate that if we should reach out to you based on the contract because I had the same question um when I went um so I didn't know like when we should expect the artists and we uh thought the feedback was it was in the contract so I don't know if that's covered in the

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contract or not. >> Sorry, it's not the what was >> start time. Oh, gotcha. Yes. So, yeah, I can start up like Yeah, since we're doing the contracting, it's all a little bit new, but I can Yeah, maybe send like a summary detail. >> That would be so like Yeah, like what the contract specifications are.

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>> Um, >> cuz Ashley texted me and I'm like, I don't know. We've never done it before. It's brand new. So, that would be helpful. >> I I work in supply chain and logistics. >> Yeah, you know how that goes. >> Is he supposed to be there? But he was pretty prompt. I got there about 30

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minutes before start time and I think he showed up like 20 minutes before. >> Oh, that's great. >> And I don't think they use the same person every time. I think it's a bunch of different teachers that work there. >> Um, so contact information for the artist would probably be good too in

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case they're late. That would really help. >> Excuse me. And then is the event actually it is the event is 5 to 6:30. So I I assume then the art cart expectation is the same time as well. Yeah, I believe that's >> We should probably confirm that because

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Right. Didn't we only have a >> I think we had an hour >> an hour with that one. >> Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I because I had thought in the past that >> the art cart wasn't always the full time of the >> time. Yeah. >> So, what I'm hearing you say, Ashley, um if I can test my understanding is that

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the artist was great. The company was great. We love that. We need some more communication among ourselves and with the city staff >> moving forward. I think we would have had a better turnout if we had been able to leverage Ava and her social media and that kind of stuff. >> Well, and it's so funny because I was looking at all her posts and I'm like,

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she didn't mention the art card. That's kind of sad. >> Yeah. Well, it's because I I do have a picture of the one kid that that was it. So, um there wasn't unfortunately much to promote for that one, but it was a learning experience. So, um I think indoor ones that are indoors we just

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need to think about like strategically a little bit more. Um but great I enjoyed working with the company and he was you know >> um you know we we talked about you know what how long he was going to stay because it was kind of windy and cold and um at the point you know I did >> I think we cut it like 10 minutes early

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because I was like there's no really reason like people aren't coming so then we helped Ava out and stuff like that. So >> cool >> good learning experience. I definitely look forward to what they're going to do the next time we do things with them. So, we'll get a little routine next week because we have Thursday and then Friday

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at the uh car show, big truck night, right? >> I was going to ask, we don't have anyone hired for that big truck night. Is there a plan for the crafts or just knowing if I'm >> kind of short on time to get anything, but if we do need to get anything or >> Yeah, I think that was one we were just

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going to do on our own like painting rocks or something. >> We We got tons of stuff. >> We got so much crap in there, you know, come up with an art project for that night. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Or we just let kids draw. I mean, >> Troy, we can uh tap into our scouting

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background and maybe teach kids how to use knives and >> tons of you can bring and tie all kinds of knots. >> Tie knots. >> Yeah. >> I think knives require a liability waiver. >> Okay. So, big big truck night 4:30 to 8.

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So, so um do we have folks here that will be able to be there big truck night? >> Yeah. I don't know that I can be there exactly at 4:30. I'm going in a lot more often. So, >> yeah, I'll try and be there as soon as I can. >> Coming back and forth between there in

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the city tent. >> Oh, you're at the city tent, too. Okay. >> At our usual spot. >> Yeah. Are we at our usual spot? I assume, >> I believe. So, I'm not sure what the usual spot is. Normally, I just >> probably at the usual spot. >> It's right there by the where the trucks >> by all the trucks. Okay. Yeah, probably

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there. >> You all coming? that I could probably do like the first part of it. >> Oh, the first part. Oh, that would be great to know that we got early coverage. >> I think I can get the back 30. >> Okay. Yeah. >> Do we need to be more

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>> I'll find the street name. >> Specific about what we're going to do. Do you care? >> I think we can figure something out. And then I don't know that we need to be there till 8 >> cuz kids aren't going to be there that late. Do we want >> I feel like we cut early. >> Do we want to call it at like 6:30 or something? What do you think? I don't

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know. I think that's good. >> Like the it's 4:30 to 8 is the whole evening. I don't know that we need >> I don't think we've ever stayed through the whole thing. >> I thought the actual night starts at 5 and we are going to be there at 4:30 to get >> to get set up.

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And what I've noticed is that people don't really get there except for old people before like six because frequently like the people with kids, they want to feed them first or they got to pick them up from daycare and >> get home, get changed.

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>> Yeah. The kids don't really start showing up until 6. >> So, do we want to shift our coverage a little later? >> I think we're there at 4:30 to make sure we're set up. >> Yeah. and to make sure that there's people there and that sort of thing. So,

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so the city drops off the art cart and the art cart's just sitting there >> and somebody's got to get there. Somebody has to be there. >> Well, would you rather have us go from like like we show up at 5:30 to set up and so we go from like 5:30 to 8

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>> rather than 4? So, we're kind of open for business from 6:00 to 8 or >> or do we all have to be there at the same time? cuz like I could like I could be there at like 4:30, my work will allow for it. So like if someone else can be there with me and stuff and then

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like we could like >> we certainly don't all have to be there at the same time. And so I think if we can get a little bit of that work, >> we just stagger the time. I I don't think I have anything going on that afternoon. I have to double check >> and I would be able to be there so Eliza and I can walk down there and

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>> Okay. You too. Well, do you want to wait till at least till 5 and if if you think there's going to be nobody there, you start setting up at five. >> I'm not worried if nobody's there or not. >> Okay. >> Mhm. >> Talk to each other.

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>> That's when we do our own artistic like examples and we're like, look, >> that'll give us time to figure out what we're making. >> So, Sharon and Liza start setting up at 4:30 >> and then we'll just see how it goes. And then >> how do we have a key? I know the old one had like a padlock. Do we have to pick

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something up from you, Jordan? >> Um, yes. It'll be the same key. So, um, Tom's going to need it the night before, >> so I don't know. >> Do you want Do you want me to take it tonight? >> Yeah, that that would work. >> So, then I've got it for next Thursday. >> Yeah. And then you'll have to figure out

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with whoever is going to be there first to get it open on um >> for the next Yeah. Okay. >> And I'm I'm so close, too. I mean, and I'm I'll be home on Friday. I can run down there. >> Yeah, >> I don't have anything on my calendar, so

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I can be there. Oh, let me just put it on my calendar. >> Look at this. Look at this teamwork happening here. >> Do you need any of us to help with the what Troy's doing or are you covered with council members? I know AA sent out that email and I wasn't

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>> I can ask Ava to double check, but I don't think so. But she's it's kind of more her her wheelhouse, so I can ask her. um and let you guys know. >> And then um to the point of um you know tightening up that communication with

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Ava, is there a better way for should we include her in um our emails about setting up the art cart for music in the park nights or what do you recommend for that, Jordan? >> Um I I'm will touch base with her with kind of like what we talked about tonight. um and see kind of what works

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with her or what works best and communicate that and then kind of bring it back to you guys probably in an email since it'll >> be a little bit too long to wait um for the next time. But yeah, I will I will touch base with her and then let you guys know. >> Okay, great. Thanks.

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Because you're right, it is a learning opportunity. So, let's learn from it. >> She was definitely excited to like hear from us and get our stuff out there and that stuff. So, which was good. >> Nice. Okay, where were we? >> She's got the baby with it. Oh, somehow

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I thought the baby was parked next to you. I'm like, >> what is going on over there? >> How do you like that little baby, Rowan? >> He's good answer. >> Could be worse.

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>> Perfect. Okay. Uh I'm sorry. I got to find my spot here. Okay. Um we are on next up. So, um we had Art Cart and then Art Night. Uh any updates here? >> I don't think so. I think we're on hiatus until summer's over. So,

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>> all right. And then Autumn Arts Festival. Anything from you, Jordan, on that? I know that uh Ava just put out an all hands- on deck call for that, but uh >> um I think I thought I had something written down. Um I think really it's

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just contracting with Art Start um to do the uh community craft project um pretty much have that we're just working through it. It's going smoothly. So that's about that's about it. >> Cool. >> And then Okay. And then we have the community project. any that subgroup any

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updates there? Eliza, Laura, Sharon, >> nothing there. >> I we've we've met, we've discussed um but nothing concrete. >> No, because um that's going to be put off the community project which was the spoken word, right? Yeah.

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>> So, that was like the last big event of the season which was the fall. So, we don't have like a new one. >> Yeah. Okay. I Yeah, I got a note there still for the spoken word event. I >> mean, we can try to think of something new, but

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>> it's all good. >> All right. So, where does that bring us on our agenda here? We are then we've had uh our updates. Any old business, Jordan, for us to cover? >> No, nothing that I know of. So, >> okay, then reports from >> Can I ask a question?

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>> Sorry, Troy. >> Sorry. No, I don't want to interrupt, but um just going through the city calendar and things like that. National Night Out is August 4th. Is there any plans for any I know last year we had the snow the >> paint your own >> the paint your own snowies.

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>> Um and so that worked out really well and we there isn't anything like that this year, but is there any plans to do anything for National Night Out? >> I don't think so. Did anyone was anyone planning to do anything? >> It's August 4th, right? >> Yes. And so that that would be the day

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before our next is that's a Tuesday always, isn't it? Or >> Y Tuesday. >> So that would be the day before our next meeting. >> So >> So next year we'll have to >> I guess we have no plans for that. >> Okay. >> In advance.

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>> Um >> yeah, nothing in the hopper for for this year, >> but we can always come and visit. >> I'll eat a hot dog. I'll be there. >> All right. >> I think they ran out of hot dogs last year, right? >> They did. I was starving. >> Yeah.

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>> Yeah. >> That's all right. >> Um, >> how dare you? >> I do have a quick question. Back to the utility boxes. Um, Jordan, did we have to make a formal >> I'm looking back at our um emails. Um, a

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formal motion to include applicant number seven in future calls. Um >> trying to remember >> it was said to do that in the July meeting. >> Yes. I think you're right. Yeah. So if >> we could Yeah. Let's make Yeah. motion.

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So I guess context around it. Um the Silver Lake utility box project the um subcommittee put forward two applications for the entire commission to review. um mission found both of the applicants

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or applications to be um very artistic and very very good um and ultimately decided on one but it was uh brought up if we could save the other one for later. I'd said I'd come back. Um now um I think gosh I

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can't remember quite exactly what my email said but essentially yes we can the next time we do a call we can include applicant number seven. So, I was directed to have the commission make a motion to um >> allow that.

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>> Yeah. To to keep to >> Yeah. Allow that. >> I can read the sentence because I had to clarify what I said. I asked I said, for example, in March 2027, we make a call for artists for a utility box where the photographs would be suitable. At that

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time, we reach out to applicant number seven and say and we inform them they can submit a new or resubmit their 2026 submissions for considerations for a utility box. But then I also added if this is the case in future calls for artists, can we just say if you've

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applied to a previous call for artists, you're welcome to resubmit your earlier materials for consideration. We receive many strong submissions and we value the time and care that goes into each one. not being selected previously does not affect your work being considered in the present opportunity.

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>> I like that. >> So we just put that in every call. >> Do we really need a motion for that though? I mean we I mean that seems >> for the second part. We don't need a motion. That's a rewarding >> the language. We don't need a motion. >> But yeah, but even for the first part cuz the intention though that the next

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time uh we have one of these that you will reach out to applicant 7 and say, "Hey, we we're doing another one. Do we want Do you want to just have yours included in that? >> Yes. >> Right. >> So, >> so they wouldn't resubmit because we already have have it. >> Yeah.

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>> Can we just skip that part and decide that we have another utility box that is the same exact size as the one that we're wrapping right now and say we enjoyed this art so much that we want to also use it here and get permission from that artist to do so. I realize that it's not an open call for artists, but

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we don't always do open calls for artists. So if we choose to do a utility wrap that's just this art, wouldn't that >> So that but that seems to be the opposite of what we heard. >> I guess that's why I was when I was talking to Ken, I essentially described

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that and it was des I was told that we will need to have like that call um to give everyone the opportunity. That's essentially how I'm recalling this conversation, >> which is totally totally makes sense if it were an open call and if I would agree if we were having an open call and

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we're like, >> "Yeah, but we got this artist that we like really a lot, so we're going to pull that, right?" That would be absolutely reprehensible because that would not be ethical. But now that we have identified this art that we do enjoy and appreciate, I would be amazed

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if we couldn't find a utility box that was the same size that would work. Um, I just I know that we've done I mean we decided to do the heart hands. That wasn't a call for artists. That was just people doing their hands. I guess I'm trying to understand that point. >> It seems to me that we can just wait

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until we have the next um planned utility box and determine what we want to do and we just know that we have this other submission that is available and we can always reach out to that person if it is an open call and say, "Hey, we can resubmit yours for this one if you'd

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like." Um or if we if we don't want to have an open call, we can say, "Hey, we want to just do this one. Are you okay with that and go that direction at that time?" But I it seems unnecessary for us to have to make a decision on that right now when we're

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>> That's a good point, Tom. Thanks. >> And in the future, we'll just add those couple of sentences I wrote to every single call for artists, right? That hey, >> you don't have to draw something new. Just send it back because we might have actually liked it. Look at us getting better every time. >> Just so we don't miss this part, since

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we were told to do it in the email, should we um make the formal motion to allow the opportunity for applicate applicant number seven to be in a future utility box? As Jordan said, >> do we need to make a motion for

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>> I think it's fine to hold off for right now. Um, I don't see like any official action being h happening with like there's a project, there's money being spent. Um, again, I'll I'll touch base again with Ken um just to clarify, but I

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think for now, from my understanding, we wouldn't need it. Um, and when we would it >> kind of in the future, so it's not like it's a done deal. We don't do it >> because it seems like we would be making a a motion for a hypothetical situation at this point. I don't know any way to make this pop up

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again right now. I will put it in a meeting. I'll put it in save it to a meeting for next year >> and then the email will show up again for me. >> Okay. But, uh, thanks for bringing that up, Laura. Good memory. >> Good catch. >> Um, so reports from staff, Jordan.

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Anything on the budget and events that we haven't covered? >> Um, no. I think we're good. I submitted the budget proposal that we had discussed I believe last meeting and haven't heard anything back which is probably good news. Um >> okay >> but yeah that's that's about it. Nothing

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for me. >> All right we'll move on to reports from commissioners. I'll start down here with you Ashley. Anything you want to let everybody know about? >> Nope. Nothing for me. >> Okay Sharon? >> Nope. I have nothing to add. >> Carrie >> nothing.

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>> Nothing. >> Nothing. Laura, anything else? Okay. I don't have anything. So, we'll uh look for uh UED's not here. Uh reports from council leaison. Troy. >> Um not really much going on. I know budgeting is happening with all the um

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departments. Um I just spoke to city manager and it sounds like they've met with all the departments and have budgets. We're going to have our first discussion about the budgeting um on the second meeting this month, the 27th.

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Is that right? Sorry, 21st. Yeah. So, the 21st. Um so, we will have our first kind of fora into the budgeting process. Then, um elections are coming up. So, if you want to run,

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um there will be two council spots up for um election as well as the mayor spot is open. Um they're up for election this year. Uh uh you can nominate or not nominations uh >> file

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>> file. Yes. Um starting the 14th. >> Do you know the deadline? >> July 14th. >> Uh July 14th to the 28th, I So, it's just a twoe window where you would get in there to apply. Okay, that's interesting. >> All right. >> Um

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>> I know it starts the 14th. Don't quote me on that date. Um but yeah, so if you're interested, uh please file starting the 14th. Um and then other than that, um the um time capsule opening party was last Friday.

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>> Yeah. >> Um or sorry, last Thursday. Was a lot of fun. >> Yay. for anybody that was able to go. Um hopefully you had fun, but it was >> I was there and it was a lot of fun. >> I had a whole crew that showed up as a 70s wedding party.

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>> I saw your >> I was not able to be there, but they they had a blast. >> Um yeah, so Oh, thanks for letting us know about the elections. I was curious at what was going on there. Um, also

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interesting just to tax-wise when you think about our tax base and with the big story in Richfield right now with Best Buy. >> Yes. >> Because they're hoping to get their building uh assessed at half of the value that it was last year, which would have a big impact on that city's tax

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base. So, >> yes. Um because I I think their tiff is over and so the city's been, you know, relying on some of that money. >> Yeah. >> Um anyway. Okay. Anything for Troy?

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Okay. If nothing else, then I will adjourn the meeting at 7:06 p.m. Thanks everyone. >> Thank you. >> World Cup time.