[A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER]
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THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AT 415 DIAMOND STREET, REDONDO BEACH.
AT CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER AT SEVEN. CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? SURE. GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONER GOULD HERE. COMMISSIONER LAWRENCE.
COMMISSIONER PETZEL HERE. DID I PRONOUNCE THAT PROPERLY? IT'S MRS. PIXLEY. PIXLEY. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONER TANNER HERE. VICE CHAIR O'BRIEN.
HERRERA HERE. CHAIR. CHRISTIAN KELLY HERE. OKAY, I JUST WANT TO NOTE THE ABSENCE OF COMMISSIONER MELENDEZ, AND WE HAVE A QUORUM. YAY! OKAY. CAN I HAVE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS DO A SALUTE TO THE FLAG? ALL RIGHT. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALL RIGHT. LILY TOMLIN. CHEERS. THEY'RE SO BIG.
OKAY. OKAY. APPROVE. ORDER OF AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION?
[D. APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA]
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER OF AGENDA AS IS? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS IS. SECOND. I SECOND.I'M SORRY. WHO WAS THE SECOND? OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.
MICHELLE AND MICHELLE. MICHELLE AND MICHELLE.
OKAY. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS. I'M SORRY. CHAIR. WE DO NEED TO DO A VOTE FOR THAT.
OH, I'M SO SORRY. THAT'S CORRECT. I TRULY APOLOGIZE.
SO ALL IN FAVOR? SO WE JUST VOTED. ALL IN FAVOR? RIGHT. SO THAT WAS MICHELLE AND MICHELLE AND ANY OPPOSED? NO. AND MOTION CARRIES. CORRECT. THANK YOU. OKAY.
YOU GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. NOW I CAN GO ON TO BLUE.
[E. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS - ADDITIONAL BACK UP MATERIALS]
BLUE FOLDER ITEMS. IS THERE? ARE THERE ANY BLUE FOLDER? THERE ARE NONE THIS EVENING. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE BLUE FOLDER ITEMS? WE DON'T HAVE ANY THIS EVENING. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY. ALL IN, ALL IN.[F. CONSENT CALENDAR]
EXCEPT THOSE FORMALLY NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING OR DISCUSSION ARE ASSIGNED TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.THE COMMISSION MEMBERS MAY REQUEST THAT ANY CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS BE REMOVED, DISCUSSED, AND ACTED UPON SEPARATELY. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE TAKEN UP UNDER THE EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR SECTION BELOW, THOSE ITEMS REMAINING ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION FOLLOWING ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
OKAY. AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING. WELL, WE COULD SEE IF ANYONE WANTS TO PULL EITHER OF THE ITEMS, THE AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING, OR THE JOHN PARSONS PUBLIC ART FUND.
OKAY. ARE THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR? THEY ARE NOT. WE JUST RECEIVED SEVERAL BACKTRACKED MEETING MINUTES.
SO THOSE WILL BE ON THE UPCOMING AGENDA. WE JUST RECEIVED THOSE TODAY, SO WE WILL, THOSE WILL BE ON THE FORTHCOMING AGENDA ARE THE MINUTES OF TODAY'S MEETING WILL BE IN NEXT MEETING. CONSENT CALENDAR I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY THOSE CAN BE TURNED AROUND.
IS THERE A PARTICULAR REASON WHY THERE IS A DELAY? I CAN'T SPEAK EXACTLY TO WHAT THAT IS. THE CITY DOES HAVE AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT THAT DOES ALL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FOR THE CITY, AND SO I'M ASSUMING IT HAS TO DO WITH THEIR PROJECTS AND OTHER ITEMS THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY ON THEIR BOOKS.
THOSE HAVE ALSO BEEN A LITTLE BIT BACKTRACKED.
THERE HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF CATCH UP WITH THE NEW CONSULTANT BEING BROUGHT ON BOARD MAYBE A MONTH OR TWO AGO, SO IT'S FAIRLY RECENT WITH THAT TRANSITION. SO I KNOW THAT THERE IS A REALLY A STRONG DESIRE TO GET ALL OF THE COMMISSIONS UPDATED SO THAT THERE WON'T BE MONTHS AND MONTHS OF NO MINUTES. SO, I THINK THIS IS AN ANOMALY WITH THE TIMING.
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THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. SO, IF YOU COULD RELAY THAT TO THE CITY MANAGEMENT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME HERE, YOU KNOW, DOING OUR WORK.AND I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF WE CAN SEE THE MEETING MINUTES.
AND IT'S TO ME, IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE TO YOU KNOW, THAT.
IT JUST IS. SOMETIMES IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
AND SO, WE WILL PATIENTLY WAIT AND HOPE THAT IT'LL GET THERE.
AND I'M SURE IT WILL SOON. OKAY. SO, WITH THAT, SHALL I MAKE A.
UNLESS THERE'S ANY ITEMS TO PULL, WE CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
CAN I? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS IS? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S VICTORIA AND MICHELLE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. WE'LL GO TO THEN. NOW, IT'S OKAY TO GO. THE AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING.
NO, WE JUST APPROVED THAT SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THE JOHN PARSONS.
OKAY. GOTCHA. GOTCHA, GOTCHA. OKAY.
[H. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]
THIS SECTION IS LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE AFFORDED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ONLY ONCE.
WRITTEN REQUESTS, IF ANY, WILL BE CONSIDERED FIRST UNDER THIS SECTION.
ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT TO WISH TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY.
HI, EVERYBODY. NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I WAS HERE IN JANUARY.
I DIDN'T KNOW MR. MEYER. SO NICE TO SEE YOU. I'M RICK MCQUILLAN.
I'M WORKING WITH JIM MUELLER AND SANDY ARNOUX ON OUR ARTESIA COMMUNITY PROJECT.
LAST TIME IN JANUARY, I SHARED A QUOTE FROM PABLO PICASSO.
WHEN ARTISTS GET TOGETHER, THEY TALK ABOUT WHERE YOU CAN BUY CHEAP TURPENTINE.
ONE GOAL OF THE APP IS TO BRING AN ADVANTAGE BACK TO LOCAL RETAILERS FROM ONLINE.
SO IT'LL BRING RESIDENTS AND MERCHANTS CLOSER TOGETHER AND DRAW VISITORS.
WE ALL NEED THAT FOR OUR HEALTH, FOR OUR SOCIAL LIVES, AND FOR OUR CITY, FOR THE LIFE OF OUR CITY.
SANDY AND JIM ARE MAKING FANTASTIC PROGRESS WITH MURALS.
MY GOAL IS TO COMBINE SEVERAL ELEMENTS FOR A UNIQUE, MAGICAL EXPERIENCE WITH PUBLIC ART BEAUTIFUL STOREFRONTS, CREATIVE MERCHANDIZING VACANCIES, FILLED WITH A DESIRABLE MIX OF BUSINESSES AND THE TECHNOLOGY TO TRANSFORM EACH VISIT INTO A JOYFUL OCCASION AND ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND I'M WORKING ON THREE TECH MODULES TO SUPPORT THIS THE DESIGN ARTESIA FOR RESIDENTS TO TELL US WHAT THEY WANT FROM THE BOULEVARD, THEN ACTIVATE ARTESIA SO THEY'LL KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND C ARTESIA TO VISIT AND FULFILL THEIR NEEDS.
OUR TEAMS WORKING WITH THE MAYOR, THE CITY CITIZEN GROUPS, CITY COUNCIL, PLANNING COMMISSION, YOUTH COMMISSION, AND YOU. TOMORROW I'M MEETING WITH SEVERAL REDONDO UNION STUDENTS TO DISCUSS HOW THEY CAN HELP WITH OUR PROJECTS.
SO WE'RE BRINGING IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M JUST GOING TO FINISH WITH ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES I LOVE QUOTING BRILLIANT PEOPLE.
THIS IS FROM CLAUDE MONET. HE SAID COLORS PURSUE ME LIKE A CONSTANT WORRY.
THEY EVEN WORRY ME IN MY SLEEP. AND I'M A TECH GUY AND I'M NOT VERY ARTISTIC.
BUT SOMETIMES WHEN I WAKE UP AT 4 A.M. WONDERING HOW TO DESIGN SOMETHING, TO PICK AN ALTERNATIVE, SOLVE A PROBLEM. WHAT TO NAME SOME PROCESS OR BUTTON WHICH I'M DOING.
KIND OF DOING THESE PROBLEMS ALL THE TIME. SOMETIMES I HONESTLY, I THINK ABOUT MONET WAKING UP TORTURED ABOUT WHAT OCEAN SHADES TO USE IN IMPRESSION SUNRISE. AND I THINK I BET THIS IS HOW MONET FELT.
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SO, CALL ME CRAZY, BUT LET'S HAVE FUN WITH A MERGER OF ART, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCE.THAT'S IT. THANKS FOR LISTENING. WE HAD A DELIGHTFUL CARD EXCHANGE LAST TIME.
I THINK I'VE EXCHANGED CARDS WITH EVERYONE EXCEPT FOR MR. MEYER. MAY I GIVE YOU MY CARD? PLEASE, JUST GIVE YOU MY CARD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE SOME? SOME? YES.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JIM MUELLER. I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
RECENTLY, I DROVE EASTBOUND ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD AND THEN TURNED AROUND AND DROVE WESTBOUND.
I COUNTED MORE THAN 20 BLANK WALLS VISIBLE FROM THE STREET AND LARGE ENOUGH TO BE A CANVAS, SO TO SPEAK, FOR A MURAL BIG ENOUGH TO BE SEEN NOT ONLY BY PEDESTRIANS BUT BY PASSING MOTORISTS.
HERMOSA BEACH HAS SEVERAL MURALS THAT HAVE THOSE QUALITIES.
THE AMAZING MURAL ON THE BIG BANK BUILDING ALSO PRETTY MUCH HIDDEN.
IF MURALS AS GOOD AS THOSE WERE PAINTED ON SOME OF THOSE BLANK WALLS ALONG ARTESIA BOULEVARD, THEY WOULDN'T BE HIDDEN. THEY'D BE VISIBLE TO BOTH MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS, AND CREATE AN ARTISTIC PRESENCE AND ATMOSPHERE SO STRONG THAT PEOPLE WOULD COME TO THE BOULEVARD JUST TO SEE THEM AND BE PRESENT. AND OF COURSE, THEY MIGHT SEE AN ITEM OR TWO TO BUY THERE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
HELLO. MY NAME IS SANDY, AND I LIVE AT 2100 AVIATION WAY.
I'VE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE POWER OF A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUSINESS AND THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL EXCHANGE THAT UPLIFTS BOTH PARTIES.
THE RESIDENTS NEAR ARTESIA BOULEVARD DESERVE MORE THAN JUST A PLACE TO PASS THROUGH.
THEY DESERVE A VIBRANT, WELCOMING SPACE TO ENJOY THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES.
EQUALLY, OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES THRIVE WHEN WE SHOW THEM THE SUPPORT THEY DESERVE.
BY BEAUTIFYING THE ARTESIA CORRIDOR WITH ART, WE CAN CREATE A SENSE OF PRIDE, ELEVATE PROPERTY VALUES, AND PAVE THE WAY FOR OTHER EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESSES TO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES HERE.
TOGETHER, WE CAN TRANSFORM ARTESIA INTO A FLOURISHING HUB FOR BOTH COMMUNITY AND COMMERCE.
I'VE BROUGHT I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH AN AMAZING ARTIST.
AND HE HAS SOME AMAZING FRIENDS WHO ARE ARTISTS AS WELL.
THEY DID A RENDERING OF 2505 ARTESIA. THE FIRST ONE IS FROM RYAN BASILIO.
AND I CAN. HIS RESUME IS HERE. I CAN GIVE YOU THE.
OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. I SECOND THE MOTION.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE SECOND ONE IS ALEX WEINSTEIN.
AND THEY'VE PLACED BIDS ON THE APPROXIMATE VALUE.
AND MY FAVORITE IS KEN PAGLIARO. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
HI. MY NAME IS GEORGETTE GANTNER. I USED TO BE ON THE PUBLIC ART COMMISSION FOR TEN YEARS.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WILL BE AN ACCOUNTING OR SOMEONE'S KEEPING TRACK.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T PROBABLY ANSWER, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
BECAUSE WE HAVE 450,000 THERE TO INVEST, AND I KNOW IT'S FOR BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ART, BUT I WAS WONDERING WHEN THAT WHEN THAT PROCESS BEGINS.
IS SOMEONE KEEPING TRACK OF THE FACT THAT SO MUCH OF IT NEEDS TO GO TO PUBLIC ART, AND I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED, BUT I'M HOPING THAT SOMEONE WILL DO THAT, BECAUSE BEAUTIFICATION MEANS MANY THINGS, AND IT PROBABLY MEANS, YOU KNOW, LIKE MAYBE PAVERS OR WHATEVER, SOMETHING TO CLEAN THE PLACE UP OR TO, TO BEAUTIFY.
BUT JUST YEAH, IF SOMEONE CAN KEEP TRACK OF WHAT? PUBLIC ART, MAYBE PUBLIC ART SHOULD BE VETTED BEFORE THE BEAUTIFICATION SO THAT THINGS ARE IN PLACE,
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A BUDGET IS MADE AND THAT PUBLIC ART DEFINITELY IS KEPT TRACK OF AND MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES GET INSTALLED.SO THANK YOU. AND THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO MENTION TOO, IS I DON'T KNOW, WITH THIS ONGOING PROJECT THAT'S HAPPENING, MAYBE THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION SHOULD MEET ONCE A MONTH INSTEAD OF EVERY TWO MONTHS.
I KNOW THAT'S HOW IT WAS ALWAYS EVERY OTHER MONTH, BUT MAYBE IT NEEDS TO BE MORE OFTEN.
I DON'T KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO LOOK. OKAY, I'LL TAKE A LOOK. I'LL LOOK AT THAT.
I WANT TO LOOK AT THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY ONLINE COMMENTS? NO ONLINE COMMENTS. MADAM CHAIR, CAN WE COMMENT ON ANY OF THE STUFF THAT YOU WANT TO DO? ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO A BRIEF, A LITTLE BRIEF ABOUT IT, OR WE CAN BRIEFLY JUST DISCUSS.
OKAY. SO WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. WE'LL TAKE CLOSED PUBLIC.
I ALSO HAPPEN TO LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE AND VERY CLOSE TO ARTESIA BOULEVARD, AND I CANNOT AGREE WITH YOU ALL MORE THAT WE NEED SOME MAJOR MURALS FOR ALL THE BENEFITS THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED HERE WITH REGARDS TO HERMOSA.
THE MODEL AT HERMOSA BEACH DESERVES TO BE STUDIED BECAUSE IT'S A PRIVATE GROUP, NOT THE CITY ITSELF, WHICH DOES THOSE MURALS. OBVIOUSLY WITH THE INCORPORATION AND WITH THE CONSENT OF THE CITY, MAYBE THAT'S A MODEL THAT WE CAN DEVELOP HERE AT REDONDO BEACH AS WELL, BECAUSE THINGS CAN MOVE VERY SLOWLY HERE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE VERY MUCH WILLING TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THAT PROJECT, BUT IF THERE IS A WAY THAT WE CAN ALSO FORM A NOT FOR PROFIT PRIVATE ENTERPRISE TO TAKE THE SONG EITHER LIMITED TO THE ARTESIA BOULEVARD, AND I ALWAYS USE THE TERM ARTESIA DISTRICT RATHER THAN ARTESIA CORRIDOR.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROBABLY DISCUSS IN IN OUR FUTURE MEETINGS.
AS FOR THE FREQUENCY OF MEETING ONCE A MONTH, I'M ALL FOR IT.
AND THOSE ARE MY ONLY COMMENTS. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO ADD? THANK YOU. I COULD, LIKE, BE BEHIND THAT, TOO.
MAYBE MEETING MORE FREQUENTLY. I KNOW, LIKE IS THIS TOO SOON FOR ME TO DISCUSS? BUT I FEEL LIKE THE OLYMPICS ARE COMING, RIGHT? AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING TO LOS ANGELES AND THAT THERE MIGHT BE A DRAW TO BRING PEOPLE TO REDONDO.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE WOULD HAVE TO START DOING THINGS NOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN ARTISTS AND MAKE MURALS AND BEAUTIFY AND LIKE WE ALREADY HAVE THE SKATE PARK. THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG DRAW FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
SO THE PIER AREA AND THEN GETTING PEOPLE THROUGH FROM IF THEY'RE COMING IN FROM LOS ANGELES, THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH ARTESIA. SO, I JUST FEEL LIKE MEETING MORE OFTEN WOULD MAKE THINGS HAPPEN A LITTLE SMOOTHER.
IS THIS SOMETHING WHERE WE COULD. LIKE, HAVE A FULL.
CERTAINLY. YEAH. IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO. AND THEN ALSO MAYBE IS THAT WE'RE ALSO FUTURE SUBCOMMITTEES CAN BE MAYBE FORMED BECAUSE THAT REALLY HELPS A LOT WITH CERTAIN PROJECTS. I KNOW IN THE PAST THAT WE'VE DONE AND WELL, THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN GO ABOUT DOING THIS.
I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU EITHER BRING IT UP UNDER ITEM K, AND WE CAN AGENDIZE IT FOR A FUTURE DISCUSSION TO KIND OF REALLY GET A PULSE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMISSION. OR IF YOU ALL ARE IN AGREEANCE, IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ADDED TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL FOR STAFF TO EXPLORE MEETING MORE FREQUENTLY FOR THIS COMMISSION AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN, AND THE COUNCIL CAN THEN TAKE ACTION ON IT THEN.
SO I GUESS IT'S MORE OF A QUESTION OF IF YOU BRING IT UP DURING STRATEGIC PLAN, IF YOU GUYS ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, WE CAN MOVE THAT FORWARD TO COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY, OR WE CAN AGENDIZE IT FOR A FUTURE DISCUSSION UNDER ITEM K FUTURE DISCUSSION PLEASE.
CONSIDERING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS HERE.
YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE UNDER ITEM K IF YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO BE A FUTURE DISCUSSION.
YES. YEAH. WHY DON'T WE WAIT UNTIL WE HEAR THE STRATEGIC PLAN DISCUSSION?
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MAYBE THERE IS AN AREA THAT WE CAN PLUG THIS IN.WE CAN CERTAINLY. YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY CONSIDER IT.
SO, ON YOU'RE ON J.1. GREAT. YES. YES. OKAY. WE CAN.
WE CAN PUT IT THERE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO ALMOST BE THERE.
YES. IT'S THE NEXT ITEM. OKAY. SO, OKAY. CAN WE MOVE FORWARD THEN? SURE. OKAY. SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM J.1, THEN.
GOOD TIME. GOOD SEGUE. SO I'LL JUST PROVIDE A.
I'M SORRY. DID WE SKIP ITEM I. WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS.
[I. ITEMS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS AGENDAS]
WE DON'T HAVE ANY ITEM AGENDAS FOR PREVIOUS AGENDAS.SO WE'RE GOING TO ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION.
AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE GO TO J.1. SO, YOU CAN ADD WHAT YOU JUST WERE ASKING ABOUT IN THERE.
WHERE WOULD THAT BE TO DISCUSS IT? OH, IS THAT THE BYLAWS? THE BYLAWS? SO, I, FORGIVE ME, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE INTRODUCED JACK TO YOU ALL.
THIS IS JACK MEYER. HE'S THE NEW CULTURE ARTS MANAGER.
SO JACK IS TAKING THE REINS WITH THAT. AND SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CATCH UP THAT JACK AND I ARE GOING TO BE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE WHAT YOU NEED AND THAT THE AGENDA IS MOVED FORWARD. BUT FOR THIS MONTH, JUST BECAUSE OF THE TRANSITION, THERE PROBABLY ARE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT THAT WE MISSED. SO I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BETWEEN THIS MEETING AND THE NEXT ONE, WE WILL GET OURSELVES FULLY UPDATED ON ANYTHING THAT WAS PENDING AND MAKE SURE THAT THE AGENDAS HAVE THE ITEMS THAT YOU WERE EXPECTING TO HAVE ON IT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. OF COURSE. JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY THE ITEM AGENDA IS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, OUR NAME HAS CHANGED FROM PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION TO CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.
BUT I THINK WE ALL BELIEVE THAT THIS IS NOT A COSMETIC CHANGE, JUST A NAME CHANGE.
I THINK THE EXPECTATION FROM THIS COMMISSION, BY THE COUNCIL AND BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS DOING THINGS BEYOND PUBLIC ART, INCLUDING OTHER FORMS OF ART, AS THE NAME CULTURAL ART IMPLIES, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, PERFORMANCE ART, MUSIC OTHER ANY KIND OF ARTS, MAYBE EVEN LITERATURE.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A, WE DEVELOP A TEXT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT FORMING A COMMITTEE TO WORK ON THIS TEXT TO BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL. SO I THINK THIS IS A PRETTY IMPORTANT AGENDA ITEM.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT LET'S NOT DELAY IT TOO MUCH, BECAUSE IF THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE COMMISSION MEMBERS, WHAT THEIR ROLES ARE AND THE COUNCIL OR ANYBODY ELSE, OR THE STAFF.
THAT WON'T BE VERY FRUITFUL. YES. AND IF I CAN JUST SAY I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO READ THE BYLAWS, THE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE JOHN PARSONS PUBLIC ART FUND AND ALL OF THAT, JUST TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH HOW THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT. SO, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THAT? IF I CAN'T SAY THAT. OKAY. CAN WE NOW GO TO. SURE.
[J. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION]
J.1 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION INPUT FOR THE CITY'S FORTHCOMING STRATEGIC PLAN.SO PERIODICALLY, THE CITY COUNCIL DOES HOLD A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION WHERE THEY MAP OUT THEIR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, REALLY TO CREATE A GUIDEBOOK FOR STAFF SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE, WHAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON WITHIN THE TIME FRAME THAT THEY SET FOR THAT STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO THE COUNCIL WILL BE DOING ANOTHER STRATEGIC PLAN PLANNING SESSION AT THE END OF APRIL.
AND SO, WE ARE GOING TO ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO PROVIDE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, PROJECT IDEAS, PIE IN THE SKY THOUGHTS ON WHAT CAN BE POTENTIALLY ADDED TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE WILL SHARE THE INPUT FROM THE COMMISSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE DRAFTING THEIR UPDATED STRATEGIC PLAN, THEY WILL HAVE YOUR INPUT AND FOR CONSIDERATION.
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AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU ALL TO REALLY JUST HAVE A VERY A DETAILED CONVERSATION ON WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO FOR FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL. BEFORE I DO THAT, I JUST DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE DO RECOMMEND, THOUGH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION'S INTENT IS FULLY CAPTURED APPROPRIATELY, THAT YOU ALL SELECT SOMEONE TO WORK WITH STAFF TO DRAFT THAT LETTER.SO WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT YOU ALL SELECT SOMEONE TO WORK WITH STAFF, AND WE TOGETHER WILL DRAFT THAT LETTER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HEARD THE INFORMATION CORRECTLY AND THAT THE COMMISSIONER AGREES WITH EVERYTHING.
AND THEN THAT LETTER WILL BE WHAT IS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THIS IS TWO PARTS. IF YOU CAN SELECT SOMEONE TO WORK WITH STAFF.
AND THEN THE SECOND PART WOULD BE WHAT INPUT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN IT KIND OF MAKES IT LIKE. IS THAT OKAY? YEAH. OF COURSE. AND THEN I JUST DO WANT TO REMIND WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AS WELL.
SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE THAT AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT. CAN WE BEGIN THEN. SURE. OH YES. OF COURSE.
YOU WANT TO START WITH COMMISSIONER GOULD. MEANING IF I WANT TO BE THE PERSON TO WORK WITH THE STAFF, OR IF THERE'S ANY IDEAS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO THROW OUT, IT'S HOWEVER YOU GUYS WANT TO HOLD THE DISCUSSION.
IF YOU WANT TO SELECT SOMEONE FIRST, THAT'S FINE. OR IF YOU WANT TO KIND OF YOU ALL WANT TO SELECT SOMEONE FIRST AND THEN DO A DISCUSSION. OR HOW WOULD HOW DOES EVERYBODY FEEL? I CAN START. YEAH, I CAME WITH SOME IDEAS TOO, BUT I'M WILLING TO WAIT.
YEAH, I THINK I CAN WAIT. OKAY. OKAY. WHY DON'T WE? IT'S KIND OF EASIER, I THINK, IF IT GOES, YOU KNOW, ONE BY ONE, YOU KNOW.
SO GO AHEAD. THANK YOU AGAIN. WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS FROM THE ARTS AND CULTURE POINT OF VIEW, WE DON'T LOOK AT OUR ACTIVITIES AS A LINE ITEM AS THIS.
THIS CURRENT PLAN IS, IS STRUCTURED. AND I THINK ANY STRATEGIC PLAN SHOULD BE STRUCTURED LIKE THAT.
SO BUT THE WAY THAT OUR SCOPE BASICALLY INTERSECTS WITH ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ITEM, ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ITEM ON THIS, ON THIS PLAN. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, ATTRACTING BUSINESS TO THE CITY, THERE'S THE ARTS AND CULTURE ELEMENT TO IT. IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ARTESIA BOULEVARD IMPROVEMENT.
THERE'S AN ARTS AND CULTURE ELEMENT TO IT. SO WHATEVER WE DO, RATHER THAN MAKING THIS A LINE ITEM IN THE OR IN ADDITION TO MAKING IT A LINE ITEM OR A GOAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE BASICALLY SHOULD GIVE THE COUNCIL THE IMPRESSION THAT ARTS AND CULTURE ARE A VERY IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN ACHIEVING ALL OF THESE GOALS.
AND YOU KNOW THAT I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE MESSAGE.
THE SECOND MESSAGE THAT I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE REPEATED MANY TIMES.
WITH THE OLYMPICS COMING TO OUR AREA IN LESS THAN FOUR YEARS.
MOST OF THE VENUES ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT AROUND US, ALL THE WAY FROM CARSON TO TORRANCE TO LONG BEACH TO SOFI STADIUM AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE INTERACTION OF OLYMPICS AND THE REDONDO BEACH, THE INITIAL THOUGHT WAS SHOULD WE HOST BEACH VOLLEYBALL AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO WE SHOULDN'T REALLY CONCENTRATE ON THAT.
THAT'S NOT OUR THING, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GET PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD INTO OUR REGION.
AND STARTING WITH ALMOST LIKE TWO YEARS AND LASTING FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
SO TODAY, SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT, ARTS AND CULTURE ARE CONVERGING.
AND I THINK THAT'S A TREND THAT THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE.
SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT IN ANY KIND OF STRATEGIC EXERCISE, HOW WE WANT TO INCORPORATE ARTS AND CULTURE WITH REDONDO BEACH OR OUR REGION IN GENERAL, GETTING A GLOBAL RECOGNITION.
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SO THAT WOULD BE MY SECOND IMPORTANT POINT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A STRATEGIC PLAN.THE THIRD ONE IS I PERSONALLY THINK THERE ARE TWO MAJOR REAL ESTATE RELATED DEVELOPMENTS WHICH ARE GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE IN REDONDO BEACH.
ONE OF THEM IS IN DISTRICT FIVE. OR IS IT FOUR, I DON'T KNOW, NORTH REDONDO? IT'S THE GALLERIA PROJECT. SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE GALLERIA.
THE SECOND ONE IS THE POWER PLANT. I AM NOT REALLY FAMILIAR WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CURRENT CITY COUNCILS AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S IDEAS ARE, BUT A VERY STRONG ARTS AND CULTURE ELEMENT IN EITHER OR BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE, AND I THINK IT CAN SERVE MOST OF THE GOALS THAT ARE MENTIONED HERE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESSES, MAKING THE CITY MORE ATTRACTIVE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO DETAILS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE POWER PLANT.
I HAVE MENTIONED TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THIS COMMISSION IN, IN PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, SEVERAL TIMES THAT THE CONVERSION OF THE POWER PLANT IN LONDON INTO TATE MODERN, CELEBRATING ONLY ITS, I BELIEVE, 25TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, MAYBE 30. I CAN BE WRONG, BUT IN A VERY, VERY SHORT TIME SPAN HAS ATTRACTED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE INTO THAT FACILITY. AND WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE MUSEUMS HERE IN LOS ANGELES, WHICH I BELIEVE, WHO WOULD DIE TO HAVE A SATELLITE LOCATION IN THE AS PART OF THE POWER PLANT DEVELOPMENT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE ENTIRE THING, BUT WITH THE STACKS, THE EXISTING BUILDINGS AND SO FORTH, I THINK IT MAKES AN IDEAL VENUE FOR A POTENTIAL CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM, WHICH, AS WE ALL KNOW, ATTRACTS A VERY HIGH QUALITY CLIENTELE OR VISITORS TO ANY CITY.
AND IT'S YEAR ROUND. SO FOR OUR BUSINESSES WHO ARE SUFFERING DURING THE WINTERTIME, IT WOULD BE AN IDEAL ATTRACTION FOR OUR STUDENTS AT REDONDO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL OR EVEN AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
IT WOULD BE A FANTASTIC VENUE TO SPEND THEIR TIME, ELEVATE THEIR CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ART IS ALL ABOUT, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO IN A SENSE I UNDERSTAND THAT BOTH OF THE VENUES ARE PRIVATELY OWNED.
FOR EXAMPLE, INCORPORATING AN ARTS ELEMENT INTO GALLERIA WILL CHANGE THAT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WILL ELEVATE THE BUSINESSES, THE UNDERSTANDING, THE, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
LASTLY, ON THAT FRONT MAYBE THIS IS NOT PART OF THE STRATEGIC DOCUMENT, BUT SINCE I MENTIONED THIS SO FAR, LET ME JUST ADD THIS. THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE, BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC FUNDS, WHICH CAN BE INJECTED INTO PROJECTS LIKE THAT.
LA COUNTY IS CRAZY ABOUT ARTS. THEY HAVE INVESTED MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO SIMILAR PROJECTS. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, LIKEWISE, AND ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY, THERE ARE A LOT OF PRIVATE FUNDS WHICH CAN BE ATTRACTED IF THE PROPER OR AN ATTRACTIVE IDEA IS PUT IN FRONT OF THESE CORPORATIONS OR FOUNDATIONS.
SO LET ME CONCLUDE BY SAYING THAT I THINK THESE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO INCORPORATE INTO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FROM ARTS AND CULTURE, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT WHAT IS WITHIN OUR SCOPE BASICALLY GOES TO ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ITEM ON THIS PLAN.
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THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. VICTORIA. I'LL ABSTAIN.OKAY. COMMENT JUST YET? OKAY. OKAY. IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.
I JUST THINK WHAT A WONDERFUL USE FOR THAT SPACE.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE GREAT IDEAS. I JUST LOOKING AT THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THERE'S SOME AREAS WHERE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT ART IS INCORPORATED. ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT I SEE IS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RIVIERA VILLAGE OUTDOOR DINING PARKETTES AND VILLAGE PARKING IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE ART SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A PART OF THAT.
THIS IS A CHANCE THAT WE HAVE IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE THINGS, TO JUST KEEP MAKING THAT AREA BEAUTIFUL. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF TALK ABOUT ARTESIA AND WE REALLY SHOULD, BUT WE ALSO CAN'T TAKE OUR EYE OFF OF OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY THAT HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE THINGS SO BEAUTIFUL.
SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ART INCORPORATED INTO ALL OUTDOOR DINING PLANS.
ALSO, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOME THINGS TO SEASIDE LAGOON.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S TOO LATE TO INCORPORATE PLANS FOR SOME ART THERE AS WELL.
AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR US TODAY.
THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU GOT IT. I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU GO AND THEN I'LL COME BACK.
SO THAT WAY YOU ALL CAN GO. GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU.
YEAH. OKAY. SO. YEAH. I HAVE TO AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT COMMISSIONER TANNER IS SAYING, AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY HERE, AND WE'RE KIND OF AT A GOOD TIME THAT, IF WE, LIKE, MOVE NOW ON SOME IDEAS, WE CAN GET THEM MOVING IN TIME TO REALLY ATTRACT SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN THE OLYMPICS COME.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S LIKE, INVALUABLE FOR A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS.
SO I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT IT. AND I SINCE MEETING LAST, I WENT DOWN TO LAGUNA TO KIND OF CHECK OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THEIR ART SCENE, LIKE WITH THE PERSPECTIVE OF SITTING IN THIS CHAIR AND BEING HERE.
SO I WENT DOWN TO LAGUNA AND EVEN IN LONG BEACH AND WENT DOWN TO SOME MUSEUMS THERE, JUST TO KIND OF SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AND SEE WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT WE'RE NOT DOING. AND WHAT I NOTICED IS THAT THEY ALL HAVE A LITTLE LIKE HUB.
THERE IS A GALLERY THAT'S CALLED LIKE THE LONG BEACH ART GALLERY.
LIKE THERE'S A LAGUNA GALLERY, AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A CENTER FOR IT.
AND WHEN YOU TRY TO SEARCH THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST ON GOOGLE OR WHATEVER, HERE, WE DON'T HAVE IT.
AND I KNOW THAT WE DID THE SKATE PARK THING, AND ALREADY THE PIER IS A CENTER PLACE.
AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE COMING HERE, ORIGINALLY REDONDO BEACH WAS SET UP AS A DESTINATION CITY AND IT WAS A POSTCARD CITY, AND PEOPLE WOULD COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BUY A POSTCARD TO MAIL THE POSTCARD.
AND THIS WAS LIKE THE ORIGINS OF REDONDO BEACH.
THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED. SO BEFORE, LIKE, THE FIRES ON THE PIER AND ALL THAT.
SO I THINK THAT WE COULD PLAY ON THAT AND, LIKE, SAY, WE'RE LIKE THE POSTCARD CITY.
AND WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO COME HERE WHEN YOU'VE BEEN SEEING SPORTS ALL DAY? WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO COME AND, YOU KNOW, GO TO A GALLERY AT NIGHT OR GO OUT TO EAT IN ONE OF OUR RESTAURANTS IN THE RIVIERA? AND I THINK THAT, LIKE, WE CAN PLAY ON THAT AND PULL FROM THAT.
AND WE HAVE THE SETUP ALREADY. THERE'S PARKING ALREADY.
ALL OF THAT. AND IF THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THE ARTESIA AREA AND THERE'S MODERN MURALS, AND IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GALLERIA, LIKE THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD PLACE TO KIND OF CATCH PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY. THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE THERE, PLENTY OF PARKING.
LIKE, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT HUB TO HAVE SOMETHING THERE.
SO LIKE MY STRATEGIC LIKE HOW I THINK ABOUT IT IS OKAY, IF WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING BIG AND WE I THINK WE ALL WANT THAT FOR OUR CITY, I THINK THAT WE COULD HAVE THE GALLERIA AS A REALLY GREAT PLACE TO CATCH PEOPLE, AND IT WOULD BE COOL IF WE COULD KIND OF DO A BIT OF BOTH, AND THEN IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING ALONG THE WAY, GETTING ALL THE WAY TO THE POWER PLANT NOW, WE COULD HAVE LIKE A PULL FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR CITY AND A REASON FOR THEM TO BE HERE.
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AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEACH VOLLEYBALL. I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S IN SANTA MONICA. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE UP THERE, YOU KNOW. BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER REASONS FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR CITY. AND SO I THINK THE STRATEGY WOULD BE, HOW CAN WE ALLOCATE OUR FUNDS AND SPREAD THAT OUT? AND THEN ALSO LIKE THE MAIN THING IS BRINGING THE PEOPLE TOGETHER, LIKE WHO IS WHO? AND THAT'S WHY I WAS TALKING ABOUT HAVING SOME SORT OF HUB, LIKE SOME SORT OF CENTER.AND AT THIS POINT I THINK IT'S THIS ROOM. BUT WHY CAN'T IT BE LIKE SOMETHING ON THE PIER? AND CAN WE ALLOCATE, LIKE, FUNDS FOR A RENTAL SPACE THAT AND MAYBE LIKE A SOMEONE THAT CAN SIT THERE AND KEEP THE DOORS OPEN TO SIGN IN AND SEE WHAT KIND OF ARTISTS COME THROUGH, AND THEN WE CAN JUST BUILD OFF OF A NETWORK OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, LIKE, THAT'S THE MAIN FOCUS, RIGHT? TO HAVE THE NETWORK OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE SOME FUNDS THAT'S ALREADY, YOU KNOW, BUT MAYBE THAT WON'T BE ENOUGH FOR THESE GRAND GIANT IDEAS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING PRIVATE ENTITIES IN AS WELL, LIKE, THAT'S JUST A NETWORK AND A WEB OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE ON BOARD WITH THESE GRAND IDEAS THAT WE ALREADY SORT OF HAVE IN PLACE. SO SO AS FAR AS STRATEGY GOES, TO BE CLEAR, I THINK THAT WE NEED A HUB FOR A NETWORK OF PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COME THROUGH.
THAT'S OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND HOW TO DO THAT WOULD BE MAYBE A RENTAL SPACE.
AND MAYBE HIRING A PERSON THAT COULD BE THERE TO, LIKE YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE WE COULD DO PART TIME OR SPLIT SHIFTS, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. AND THE ONLY PLACE THAT I CAN THINK OF THERE IS I THINK IT'S ON HERNANDO, LIKE, OFF OF HERNANDO. THERE IS LIKE AN ART STUDIO THERE, AND THAT ONE'S A FAIRLY LIKE SUSTAINED PLACE.
THAT'S NOT LIKE JUST A GALLERY SPACE. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF THOUGHTS THAT I HAVE.
AND AS FAR AS LIKE NOW CONNECTING ALL THOSE PEOPLE AND BUILDING ON THEM AND SEEING WHO'S, YOU KNOW, WILLING TO WORK TOWARDS THIS, THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP.
GOING TO THAT AND WITH A HUB IS GOLD'S GYM. AS WE KNOW, GOLD'S GYM HAS BEEN EMPTY FOR A LONG TIME AND WE ARE IN DIRE NEED. I THINK A LOT OF OTHER OF OUR FELLOW CITIES HAVE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER.
SO, IF SOMEHOW THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED EVEN A LITTLE BIT ALONG WITH DOING ART CENTER THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR ALSO A POP UP, LIKE IN SAN PEDRO OR, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE AN ARTIST HUB.
SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO ADDRESS THAT LEASE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
WE COULD BE LOOKING AT OUR OWN COMMUNITY, FULL OF ARTISTS THAT ARE NEEDING A PLACE LIKE THAT, AND THAT COULD BE A BIG TICKET. COULD WE ALSO SORRY.
THE LAST THING THAT I REALIZED I THOUGHT ABOUT, BUT I DIDN'T SAY IS, CAN WE SEND, LIKE, INVITATIONS TO OUR GALLERIES TO COME INTO THIS SPACE, LIKE TO THE GALLERY OWNERS IN REDONDO AND TO THE YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD TRY TO MAKE UP A LIST OF AND JUST INVITE THEM HERE.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE MEET COMING TO THE MEETINGS? YEAH. THAT'S WHERE YOU WORK AS A COMMISSIONER, I FIND.
OH, YOU WOULD APPROACH IT IN THAT MANNER. AM I CORRECT BY THINKING THAT THAT WAY? POSSIBLY. YEAH. ANYONE IS WELCOME TO COME TO THE MEETINGS.
AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW AND, AND THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK, TO BRING MORE IDEAS FOR ALL OF US TO HELP OUT OUR COMMUNITY WITH THAT, RIGHT.
SO GOING BACK TO THAT AS A THANK, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS THEIR SAY.
I ALSO WANT TO MENTION ABOUT AN ART MAP. AGAIN ALSO, I WILL JOIN YOU WITH LAGUNA HAS, AS WE ALL KNOW, WHO VISITED SUCH AN AMAZING ARRAY OF ART AND ARTISTS AND JUST THE PUSH FOR THE CITY
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TO APPRECIATE ALL THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN ART MAP.AND I THINK THAT A FEW MEETINGS AGO, WE ALL HAD THE CITY, A LITTLE CITY MAP TO, TO DO HOMEWORK ABOUT PLUGGING IN ALL OF THE ARTWORK THAT WE HAVE.
I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER BIG THING I'D LIKE TO SAY FOR THE CITY TO DO IS HAVE US MANHATTAN BEACH HAS IT IF YOU IF YOU GO ONLINE I'M AGREEMENT WITH ORHAN TO LIKE LET'S GET IT LIKE IN THE SYSTEM MORE SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FOR VISITORS AND OUR OWN COMMUNITY HAVE ACCESS TO THE ARTWORK THAT'S AROUND SO THAT AN ART MAP WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY GREAT. AND ALSO, WITH OUR ENDING BALANCE WITH THE JOHN PARSONS PUBLIC ART FUND, I DEFINITELY WANT TO MENTION LILIENTHAL PARK TO THAT WAS ALREADY IN, IN, IN THE MIDST, BUT NOTHING WAS DESIGNATED THERE.
SO OUR WHOLE GOAL IS TO SHARE OUR IDEAS AND EXPAND IT ALL AROUND OUR LOVELY REDONDO BEACH.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S AS WE KNOW, THAT WAS IN THE APPROVED FUNDING AND IT DIDN'T GET THERE, BUT IT COULD REALLY USE SOME IN THAT PART OF THE REDONDO BEACH AREA.
SO I WANT TO BRING THAT THERE. AND THEN ALSO GOING BACK TO GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE STARTED WITH ALONG THE ESPLANADE THAT WE HAD MIKE SEIJO, THE LOVELY ARTIST THAT THAT CAME BY AND DID AN AMAZING, AMAZING PROPOSAL. I'D LIKE TO REALLY DIRECT THAT BECAUSE THAT ALSO BEAUTIFICATION IS A BIG PART OF OUR CITY TO COME BY HERE, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT'S ENCOURAGING TO SEE AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, JUST PUTTING IT ON THE MAP AND MAKING IT LIKE ORHAN, LIKE YOU SAID, GLOBAL. A LOT OF THAT IS, IS WITH ARTWORK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MAKING A STATEMENT ON THE MAP, ESPECIALLY AS A BEACH CITY. THAT WOULD BE REALLY JUST VITAL TO HAVE, TOO.
SO YEAH, I'M SURE THAT THERE'S A THOUSAND OTHER THINGS WHEN WE ALL LEAVE, AND IT JUST HITS US.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. MYSELF IS SHALL WE MAKE A MOTION TO FILE AND THEN SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC, OR WOULD YOU. OH, YES. OH, I'M SO SORRY. THAT'S OKAY.
ABSOLUTELY. PLEASE, DO I HAVE A QUESTION? WHEN ARE WE GOING TO MEET THE CONSULTANT? I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T HAVE I, DON'T I THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO EDUCATE OURSELVES ON WHERE THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY.
SO WE CAN, WE WILL HAVE A BETTER UPDATE FOR YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE THAT, FOR ME, COMES INTO PLAY WITH WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH CERTAIN ASPECTS OF, OF AREAS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CREATE THIS ART IN OUR CITY.
AND KELLY, WE CAN ADD THAT TO ITEM K, CORRECT WHEN WE GET THERE AND PUT THAT IN THERE AS WELL, TO MOVE IT FORWARD, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ON OUR NEXT.
ISN'T THAT SOMETHING. YES. OKAY. YES. FOR THE CONSULTANT.
YES. YES. I LOVE ALL YOUR IDEAS. I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT IDEAS OUT THERE.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THEM BE LOCAL TO OUR SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST ARTISTS FROM ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT IS PART OF WHAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE LIKE IN BEVERLY HILLS OR LAGUNA, THEY HAVE LIKE THESE ART FAIRS WHERE ALL THE LOCAL ARTISTS COME OUT AND IT'S LIKE ONE WEEKEND AND IT'S A BIG DEAL. AND HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME OUTSIDE US FESTIVAL.
WELL, BUT AND SO I WAS BORN AND RAISED ON THE WEST SIDE.
SO IN BEVERLY HILLS THEY HAVE LIKE THIS SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD WHICH HAS A LOT OF LIKE GRASSY AREA.
IT'S LIKE ONE LONG BIG PARK. AND EVERY YEAR AT A CERTAIN FOR A CERTAIN WEEKEND, ALL THESE LOCAL ARTISTS COME OUT, THEY PUT UP ALL THEIR WARES AND THEIR WHATEVER THEY'VE CREATED, AND THEY HAVE FOOD VENDORS AND IT'S A HUGE, HUGE GATHERING AND SIMILAR TO LIKE LAGUNA BEACH HAS THEIR THING AND THEY HAVE PAGEANT OF THE MASTERS.
AND I WOULD LOVE US TO HAVE SOMETHING. BUT MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS HOW DO WE BRING ALL THIS TO FRUITION IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME? BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE OLYMPICS ARE A FEW YEARS AWAY, I MEAN, THE GALLERY HAS BEEN WORKED ON FOR LIKE IT'S BEEN TEN PLUS YEARS AND IT'S STILL THEY HAVEN'T BROKEN GROUND, LIKE THEY HAVEN'T MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS ON THEIR UPDATING OR THEIR RECREATING OF THE BUILDING.
SO THAT'S MY CONCERN. IS THAT SOMETHING WHERE WE COULD ASK JACK?
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AS FAR AS RENTAL GOES FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND COLLABORATION THEN WITH THE COMMUNITY, IT'S A CERTAIN SET OF DATES, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE SPACE IN ORDER TO DO IT.CORRECT. IF YOU WERE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND SO MAYBE THAT'S AGAIN SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE WHERE IF IT, IF WE GET THERE THEN IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE AN AD HOC, RIGHT. THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE THAT HELPS KIND OF GO GUIDE ALONG WITH THAT SPECIFIC DEDICATION TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE ALL AGREE LOOKING FOR AS PART OF THE COMMISSION TWO DOES THAT.
YEAH, THAT IS A STRATEGY. THE SUBCOMMITTEES ARE NOT ALSO NOT REQUIRED.
IT COULD BE STAFF DRIVEN, BUT COMMISSION'S INPUT.
AND IF IT'S HELPFUL TO THE WAY THAT THIS STRATEGIC PLAN IS, IS GENERATED BY COUNCIL IS, LET'S SAY YOUR ART HUB, EXCUSE ME, YOUR ART HUB. ITEM. IF COUNCIL WANTED THAT TO BE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THEY WOULD CAREFULLY WORD IT SO THAT WE AS STAFF KNEW WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO GET AT. SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION COULD BE FOR STAFF TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES OF AN ART HUB IN THE CITY WITH CONSIDERATION OF THESE SELECT LOCATIONS. FROM THAT, THEN COUNCIL WILL DECIDE WHEN THE TARGET DATE THAT THEY WANT STAFF TO RETURN TO BACK TO THEM.
WITH THAT INFORMATION, IT COULD BE THREE MONTHS, IT COULD BE SIX MONTHS, WHATEVER THAT TIME SPAN IS.
AND SO THEN WE AS STAFF ARE THEN TASKED WITH RETURNING TO COUNCIL WITH THAT INFORMATION SO THAT THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO DETERMINE, IS THIS SOMETHING WE WANT TO PURSUE? IS THERE ANYTHING MORE WE NEED? OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY FOR? LET'S JUST HIT GO ON. SO, IF THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HELPFUL OR NOT, YOU'RE KIND OF GENERATING THIS IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE TURNING THIS AROUND AND SAYING COUNCIL HERE'S EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR THESE ITEMS. WE'RE JUST SAYING THESE ARE THE THOUGHTS OF THE COMMISSION.
AND IF COUNCIL LIKES THEM AND WANTS TO INCORPORATE THEM, THEY WILL THEN DETERMINE HOW QUICKLY AND REALISTIC IT IS FOR STAFF TO TURN AROUND WITH SOME INFORMATION SO THAT THEY CAN THEN MAKE THAT DECISION ON WHAT THEY WANT US TO DO WITH IT.
CAN I MAKE. WERE YOU DONE? THAT'S FINE. ARE YOU SURE YOU GOT EVERYTHING OUT? YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M OKAY. OKAY. YOU GOT IT.
THANK YOU. BUT I JUST WANTED TO ACTUALLY REPLY TO YOUR COMMENT, COMMISSIONER GOLD.
YES. I THINK URGENCY IS AN ISSUE HERE OR TIMING.
YOU KNOW, THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING VERY SLOW IN THIS TOWN.
SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, AND THE ONLY REASON I MENTIONED THE OLYMPICS, IT'S A DEFINITE TIME THING.
IT'S THREE YEARS. BUT I THINK OBVIOUSLY IDEALLY, WE NEED TO DO ALL THESE THINGS MUCH SOONER THAN THAT RATHER THAN A, YOU KNOW, PEGGING IT TO THE, TO THE GAMES. IT WOULD IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO PUT INTO A STRATEGIC PLAN OR A DOCUMENT OR EVEN IN ITS INTRODUCTION THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO TAKE ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AS A PRIORITY.
OKAY. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, LOOK, WE ARE FALLING BEHIND.
THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. NOW, YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH MANHATTAN BEACH.
MANHATTAN BEACH IS ITS OWN GALLERY OF ART FAIRS HAVE BEEN MENTIONED IN.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY BEVERLY HILLS IS BEAUTIFUL.
I GO THERE EVERY YEAR. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN ART FAIR IN HERMOSA.
THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MURAL PROGRAM RIGHT NEXT TO US.
TORRANCE HAS ITS OWN ART MUSEUM. A VERY GOOD ONE, TOO.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
EL SEGUNDO HAS A FANTASTIC ART WALK TWICE A YEAR.
WE ARE A 75,000 MEMBER COMMUNITY, AND WE DON'T HAVE ALMOST ANY OF THESE.
I THINK WE HAVE 1 OR 2 ART GALLERIES IN THE ENTIRE CITY.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, MAYBE. MAYBE I MISSED SOME.
BUT SO FOR REASONS WHICH WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO GET INTO, ART HAS BEEN NEGLECTED AS A AS A PUBLIC PRIORITY, PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITY IN THIS TOWN.
BUT FOR AGAIN, IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE. WE ARE GOING TO FALL BEHIND.
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO TIE THIS INTO IT IS SOMETHING IT HAS TO HAVE EFFECT ON REPUTATION. AND REPUTATION IS IMPORTANT IN TODAY'S DAY AND AGE.
HOW DO PEOPLE YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THE POSTCARD CITY FROM THE, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS DECADES.
HOW DO PEOPLE LOOK AT REDONDO BEACH? WHEN OUR KIDS FROM OUR BEAUTIFUL STUDENTS FROM REDONDO BEACH
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UNION HIGH SCHOOL APPLIED TO COLLEGES WHEN THEY SEE THE WORD THE.CITY OF REDONDO BEACH. WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK OF REDONDO BEACH? WHAT KIND OF A PLACE IS REDONDO BEACH? WHEN I CARRY MY BUSINESS CARD SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, REDONDO BEACH CULTURE LARGE COMMISSIONER. WHEN I PRESENT MY CARD, WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK OF IT? I THINK TO ME IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND ONE CONCRETE SUGGESTION, AND THEN I STOP.
I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF WE CAN DO A STUDY OF WHAT OTHER CITIES AROUND US ARE DOING OR SIMILAR CITIES BOTH IN SIZE AND AFFLUENCE AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN, IN OUR STATE, IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS WHICH ARE NOT THAT COSTLY, WHICH WILL NOT PUT A BURDEN ON THE CITY'S OVERALL BUDGET. AND MOST OF THEM ARE SELF-FINANCING, SUCH AS THE ART FAIR, BECAUSE YOU CHARGE PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, SET UP THEIR TENTS. AND I KNOW IT'S WE HAVE A ONE PERSON CULTURAL ARTS STAFF. AND CONGRATULATIONS, BY THE WAY, ON YOUR APPOINTMENT.
WHEN I HAD SUGGESTED PREVIOUSLY WAS SUMMER IS COMING.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM REDONDO BEACH STUDYING ARTS, ARTS MANAGEMENT AND OTHER RELATED FIELDS WHO ARE DYING FOR AN INTERNSHIP. EITHER PAID OR UNPAID.
WE CAN CERTAINLY HIRE SOME INTERNS TO WORK WITH OUR CULTURAL ARTS MANAGER TO DO THIS KIND OF RESEARCH BECAUSE I THINK I THINK IT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD DATA FOR US AS WELL AS THE COMMISSION.
SO HERE I STOP AND THEN I JUST WAS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT VICTORIA I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
YES. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, IN ORDER FOR US TO GET ALL OF THESE IDEAS OR AT LEAST SOME OF THE MAIN POINTS IN FRONT OF COUNCIL, YOU RECOMMEND THAT A LETTER BE DRAFTED? YES. THAT'S CORRECT.
COULD WE PUT AS MANY OF THE IDEAS IN IT AS POSSIBLE OR.
WELL, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.
GO AHEAD. OR FOCUS ON A FEW THAT NEED ATTENTION NOW.
WELL, AS SOON AS WE FINISH UP THE ITEM, AFTER WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN YOU GUYS WRAP UP YOUR ANY FINAL COMMENTS, I WILL ASK YOU TO CRAFT A MOTION. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WORD FOR WORD, BUT AT LEAST A BULLET LIST OF THE MAIN TOPICS YOU WANT IN THE LETTER.
THAT WAY, WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE IN AGREEANCE OF WHAT TOPICS ARE INCLUDED IN THE LETTER, AND THEN FROM THERE, WHOEVER IS SELECTED TO DROP THAT WITH STAFF, WE WILL WORK COLLECTIVELY TO EXPAND ON THOSE IN IN THE SPIRIT OF THE DISCUSSION AND TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION. SO WHEN YOU SAY WITH STAFF, DO YOU MEAN LIKE ONE OF YOU GUYS? YES. OKAY. YES. SO, WE'LL MAKE BULLET POINTS THAT THEY DRAFT, AND THEN DO WE LIKE REVIEW THAT IT WOULD BE BACK AND FORTH BACK AND FORTH OPPORTUNITY FOR. YEAH. BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD START MAKING THAT LETTER NOW.
THAT'S WHAT. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING. YEAH.
SO THEY'RE ASKING TO OUR IDEAS FOR IT AND THEN PICK ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO LEAD.
RIGHT. KELLY TO LEAD. YEAH. SO. YEAH. AND SO THEN ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LEAD.
SO SORRY FOR CLARIFICATION. NO. ABSOLUTELY. SO, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LEAD THE DISCUSSION WITH THE IDEAS IS THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS. WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDRESSED FOR THAT.
OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE I'M TAKING NOTES DURING THE MEETING.
SO I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT ALL IN ONE SPACE, SORT OF.
SO I HAVE SOME OF OUR DISCUSSION ALREADY WRITTEN DOWN, BUT IT'S ALSO I HAVEN'T BEEN DOING IT AS LIKE A, YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST BEEN KIND OF, BUT I CAN BE A LITTLE AND ALWAYS WE'RE ALWAYS RECORDED SO WE CAN ALWAYS LIKE, LOOK AT OURSELVES AND GO BACK AND GO BACK AND GO BACK.
YEAH. OKAY. SO YEAH. SO SHOULD WE DO SEE WHO WOULD LIKE TO.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL RIGHT. OH, OH, GEORGE GANTNER.
CONGRATULATIONS, JACK. YES. WONDERFUL. WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU.
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REDONDO BEACH HAS NO ART GALLERIES. REDONDO BEACH NEEDS ART GALLERIES.01,000%. YOU'RE RIGHT. ART? YES. ART CENTER. IT HAS BEEN PROPOSED, AS PLANNED TO BE THE ART CENTER.
WONDERFUL IDEA. MANY POWER PLANTS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO ART CENTERS LIKE THE TATE.
THE TATE LOOKS LIKE WHAT WE WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE CLEANED IT UP.
I WOULD EMPHASIZE, JUST AS A SIDE POINT, TO GO TO AS MANY COUNCIL MEETINGS AS YOU CAN AND SAY, WE NEED MORE ART. LET'S DO ART. LET'S DO ART.
PUSH IT, PUSH IT, PUSH IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE PAST WE HAVE NOT BEEN AN ART RELATED CITY.
AND THAT'S WHY THE REDONDO BEACH ART GROUP STARTED IN 2003, BECAUSE NINA ZAGLADIN HAD HER VISION AND SHE SAID, WE NEED TO HAVE AN ART CENTER, AND WE NEED TO PUSH ART, AND WE NEED TO HAVE ART GALLERIES.
AND WE HAD AND THAT WAS A SUCCESSFUL GROUP, AND WE HAD ART SHOWS, BUT WE STILL DON'T HAVE A CENTER BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE CITY TO COME FORWARD AND HELP US. YES. OF COURSE. AS YOU KNOW, IS IN LITIGATION, I WOULD LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN TO HAVE THAT BE RESOLVED.
AND THAT CAN HAPPEN. I HOPE IT HAPPENS SOON. I JUST WONDER, HAVE THE CONSULTANTS BEEN HIRED? YOU HAVE TO. SORRY. ARE THEY. ARE THEY HIRED? DO WE HAVE THEM? THEY'RE THERE. I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON YEAH, THE GO AHEAD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG. SO, ANYWAY, YEAH, WE PROBABLY SHOULD JUST KEEP ON.
YES. ALL RIGHT. THE MORE. AND ALSO, THE IDEA OF HAVING LOCAL ARTISTS IS GOOD, EXCEPT WE'VE HAD A WHOLE LOT OF LOCAL ARTISTS WORK ON THE PROJECT SO FAR. I THINK THE MORE FAR REACHING YOU GO WILL BRING IN A LOT OF SOPHISTICATED ARTISTS.
AS FAR AS THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION'S PURVIEW IS THERE.
AND ALSO, I'M JUST, I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER ME.
IS THERE A COMMITTEE NOW THAT'S WORKING ON EVENTS IN REDONDO BEACH FOR THE OLYMPICS? I WONDERED IF THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE HAPPENING.
SO AND I WONDER, ALSO, ARE WE TAKING MINUTES YET FOR THIS? ARE WE TAKING. HOPEFULLY MINUTES ARE BEING TAKEN. LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FOR A LONG TIME. IS THERE ANY ONLINE COMMENT? NO. OKAY. THEN WE CAN MAKE A. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? PLEASE DO. PLEASE DO. PLEASE DO.
HELLO. MY NAME IS SANDY, AND AGAIN, I'M I THANK YOU FOR, THE PIE IN THE SKY THOUGHTS? I READ THROUGH THE WHAT'S IT CALLED? THE ARTESIA BOULEVARD PUBLIC ART PROJECT, AND I NOTICED A DUE DATE OF MARCH 25TH, I GUESS. EXISTING CONDITIONS. ASSESSMENT.
IS THIS THE PROPER COMMISSION THAT REVIEWS THIS PROJECT? I DON'T KNOW, BUT. AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS THE PHASE ONE OF JOHN PARSONS PUBLIC ART.
BUT I AGREE WITH, WITH ALL MOST OF YOU AS FAR AS THE OLYMPICS.
AS WELL AS IN ARTESIA, TOO. WE JUST. THE OLYMPIC.
WE NEED TO. WE NEED TO GET ON SOMETHING. AND TO ME, MURALS WOULD BE THE QUICKEST.
BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT. THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THE GALLERY IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE.
I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT YOUR COMMISSION CAN PRIORITIZE SOME SOME SIMPLE LOCAL, LOCAL ENHANCEMENTS THAT COULD JUST GIVE US A LITTLE SHINE.
I MEAN, THE RIVIERA. BEAUTIFUL. I BUT THEY'VE GOT THE BEACH.
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. IT'S ALREADY BEAUTIFUL. I BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SPEAK ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT THIS IF THIS IS STILL IN PLAY. IT'S AN RFQ. IT SAID. AND PARDON ME, I'M IGNORANT ON ALL OF THIS POLITICS, BUT I IT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE VISION OF REDUCING VEHICLE TRAFFIC ON ARTESIA.
BUT I DON'T SEE THAT AS FEASIBLE. WHAT I DO SEE IS FEASIBLE IS PLANTERS WITH ART ON ON ADORNED ON IT TO KIND OF MAKE A SPACE FOR RESTAURANTS TO HAVE OUTSIDE SEATING.
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I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE SUMMER, SO CAN WE EAT OUTSIDE? A LOT OF THOSE LITTLE RESTAURANTS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE. AND I WOULD STRONGLY ADVISE AGAINST PARKLETS WITH BENCHES BECAUSE ALREADY THE BUS STATION BUSSES, BENCHES ARE NOT BEING USED FOR SITTING.AND THEY'RE JUST INVITING CHALLENGES ALONG ARTESIA.
AND I TOO, I LOVE THE IDEA OF A FESTIVAL. I WAS PART OF THE HERMOSA BEACH FESTIVAL.
I WOULD WONDER IF WE HAVE A PERMISSION TO DO ONE ON THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THE WALKWAY, THE PATHWAY, OR EVEN SOME PARKING LOTS.
SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN I JUST MAKE IT? OH, HOW DO I? OH, WAIT. I WANT TO ASK SOMETHING.
ABSOLUTELY. HI. RICK MCQUILLAN AGAIN. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE SANDY FOR THE CONSULTANT'S POSITION.
IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH THAT DEAL THAT YOU GOT GOING RIGHT NOW.
SHE'S LOCAL. SHE'S RIGHT OFF THE BOULEVARD. SHE'S REALLY INVOLVED AND INVESTED.
AND JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER QUICK THINGS I LOVE.
WHAT MR. TANNER IS TALKING ABOUT INTEGRATING ART INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SURE. WHY WOULDN'T IT BE INTEGRATED AS OPPOSED TO BE SOME OVERLAY OR AN AFTERTHOUGHT? I MEAN, WE SHOULD GO FOR IT. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY. AND ONE OF THE REASONS, ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT ARTESIA, IT'S GOT SO MUCH POTENTIAL. IT'S ABOUT A FOUR. WE SHOULD BE TAKING IT TO AN EIGHT OR A NINE. SO, WHEN THOSE OLYMPIC VISITORS COME IN, THEY'RE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET GOING, WOW, THIS IS THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE. THIS IS THE PLACE TO VISIT, POSSIBLY LIVE.
AND I'LL JUST MENTION A COUPLE OF OTHER LITTLE THINGS. I READ THE LA TIMES EVERY MORNING.
THERE'S SOME INTERESTING THINGS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE BEEN OBVIOUSLY REDESIGNATED AS A LOW FIRE RISK ZONE.
HOWEVER, THE GETTY HAS JUST BEEN DISCUSSED THAT THEY MAY NEED TO MOVE.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY HANDLED THEY HANDLED THE FIRE VERY WELL.
I THINK THEY HAD A VERY THEY HAD A VERY POWERFUL FIRE PERIMETER THAT THEY SURVIVED.
IT'S NICE. IT'S SAFE AT 100FT ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
IT'S IN A NO FIRE ZONE. IT'S A NICE LOCATION.
IT MIGHT HAVE TO BE HARDENED OR SOMETHING. BUT, YOU KNOW, AND FOR THAT MATTER, TO THE NORTON.
SIMON IS IN PASADENA. I HAVEN'T HEARD THEM TALKING ABOUT HAVING A RISK YET, BUT IS THERE MAYBE SOME OF THESE SOME OF THESE MUSEUMS MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER A ROTATION PLAN. SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ANY. NOBODY ON ANYHOW. OKAY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID IT'S A PRETTY BIG YOU KNOW, TO, TO SHALL WE THEN MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? I WOULD RECOMMEND WELL, WE'LL NEED TWO MOTIONS.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE, IF AGAIN IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE SUPER DEEP DIVE.
BUT JUST SO WE CAN AS OR YOU CAN ALL AS A COMMISSION AFFIRM THE MAIN POINTS IN THE LETTER.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO IT WOULD NEED TO BE MORE THAN JUST A RECEIVE AND FILE.
YEAH. BUT ALONG WITH THAT, AFTER WE I MEAN, AFTER WE DO THAT IS THERE A WAY ALSO IN ADDITION TO THAT? I KNOW WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST, TOO, WHERE EACH COMMISSIONER WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE DO A WRITTEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, FOR THINGS THAT MAYBE IS MISSED WHEN THEY DO A COLLABORATION WITH THE LETTER OR LIKE WHAT WE HAVE, OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE IN TONIGHT'S, YOU KNOW, MEETING? IT WOULD NEED TO BE IN TONIGHT'S MEETING. TONIGHT'S MEETING. OKAY. BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THERE'S SO MUCH THAT, YOU KNOW COULD BE. SO MAYBE WE SHOULD GO ALL THROUGH THEN AND EVERYBODY DO A LITTLE BRIEFING OF WHAT THEY HAVE SO WE CAN. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? HAVE IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
WOULD THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH. WOULD THAT MAKE SENSE FOR YOU ALL? DO YOU WANT TO FIRST NOMINATE OUR PERSON TO TAKE NOTES? YEAH. LET'S, SHALL WE NOT GO AHEAD AND NOMINATE AND THEN GO BACK TO THAT? SURE. I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. SO WHY DOESN'T EVERYBODY CAN WE GO LEFT OR RIGHT OR RIGHT TO LEFT? WHATEVER ANYBODY WANTS TO DO AND CHOOSE WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE YOU.
THANK YOU. I SECOND. I SECOND. I AGREE. OKAY.
I'D LOVE TO. IT'S WONDERFUL. OKAY. SO, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT THEN TOO, RIGHT? YES, YES, YES. SO, HOW SHALL WE DO THAT? JUST A MOTION TO.
YEAH, I HAVE COMMISSIONER GOULD AND THEN COMMISSIONER TANNER MADE THE MOTION.
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AND SECOND, TO SELECT COMMISSIONER LAWRENCE TO DO THE LETTER WITH STAFF.OKAY. SO YOU COULD JUST SAY. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? RIGHT. OKAY. NOBODY OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. WONDERFUL.
OKAY, SO NOW IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO GO THROUGH, I THINK, WITH EVERYBODY.
SO THAT WAY IT'LL BE EASIER FOR YOU. YEAH. YEAH.
OKAY. CAN WE START WITH YOU, MICHELLE, TO GO THROUGH.
THERE WAS THE IDEA OF, LIKE, AN ART FESTIVAL OR AN ART FAIR JUST FOR REDONDO BEACH AND THEN, LIKE, HAVE OUR OWN GALLERY NIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE IT, BUT I ASKED ABOUT THE CONSULTANT.
AND THEN I LOVE, LIKE, ALL THE IDEAS THAT EVERYONE HAS SHARED, SO.
BUT I'LL LET THEM SHARE THEIR OWN IDEAS IF IT'S EASIER.
AND YOU ALREADY KNOW YOUR IDEAS. YEAH, BUT I'LL JUST SAY THAT I AM MORE PUSHING FOR.
WELL, ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T SAY THAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST MEETING IS WE HAD SOMEONE COME UP AND SAY THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF ARCHWAY, AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL IDEA.
AND IT'S, LIKE, REALLY SIMPLE, BUT IT'S LIKE ROMANESQUE AND ALL THAT.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SO GREAT. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I JUST WANT TO INTERJECT WITH THAT.
SO, FOR WHAT I'VE, YOU KNOW, SEEN AND WITH WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE JOHN PARSONS ART FUND, IT'S FOR PUBLIC ART. SO THAT BEING SAID ALONG THAT CORRIDOR, THERE'S EXPENSES THAT GO WITH ENGINEERING AND ALL OF THAT. THAT'S A PRETTY, PRETTY BIG PROJECT.
SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN THINKING UPON THINGS LIKE THAT, WHEN IT COMES TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND WHAT WE CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND, WHAT COULD BE PRODUCTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL AND WHAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE OVERLY GRANDIOSE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. SO THEN LIKE JUST BULLET POINTS FROM TODAY.
YEAH. I MEAN, JUST EVERYBODY, IF EVERYBODY GOES THROUGH WHAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WHAT WE FEEL FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHAT WE FEEL THAT WOULD BE.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YEAH. YEAH. DO WE ARE WE ALSO DOES MUSIC AND DANCE AND THEATER AND ALL THAT? DOES THAT FALL UNDER PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION AS WELL? YES, IT SHOULD. OKAY. BECAUSE THEN I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT MOST CITIES HAVE LIKE CHOIR LIKE FOR KIDS, THEY HAVE A CHOIR, THEY HAVE SOME TYPE OF GROUP FOR STUDENTS I THINK WOULD BE AWESOME IF WE HAD SOMETHING FOR REDONDO BEACH, LIKE A LOCAL CHOIR OR EVEN SOMETHING BIGGER WHERE THEY PERFORM AND LIKE THERE'S LIKE THEY COULD DO REGIONAL AND NATIONAL TYPE OF SINGING OPPORTUNITIES AND COMPETITIONS. OKAY, WRITE IT DOWN.
OKAY. SO AND THEN I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN THAT WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR THE OLYMPICS. HAVING AN ART HUB.
POSSIBLY A RENTAL SPACE USING THE GALLERIA. THIS IS FROM COMMISSIONER TANNER.
I'M JUST SAYING WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN. USING THE GALLERIA AS A POSSIBLE ART SPACE.
JOINING THAT WITH THE ARTESIA DISTRICT AND THEN POSSIBLY HAVING THE POWER PLANT AS A AS A MUSEUM SPACE. GREAT. AND I HAVE JUST DOUBLE CHECKING MY NOTES HERE, BECAUSE WHEN I SAY THAT, OH MICHELLE, YOU HAD SAID THAT THE SEASIDE LAGOON POSSIBLY BEING PART OF THAT AND GETTING PUBLIC ART IN THAT SPACE AND HAVING ART IN OUTDOOR SPACES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE LOCAL SOUTH BAY ARTISTS INVOLVED IN THESE PROJECTS.
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THEY HAVE SOMETHING NEW, COME ACROSS THEIR, THEIR DESK.YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT ARTESIA, WE TALKED ABOUT RIVIERA VILLAGE, WE TALKED ABOUT SEASIDE LAGOON, GALLERIA, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. ART SHOULD BE A PART OF ALL OF THAT. SO WE JUST STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT WHEREVER THEY HAVE A PLACE, PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT ART CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO IT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT REALLY HELP US KEEP THINGS BEAUTIFUL, KEEP THINGS IMPROVING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST MAYBE PLANTERS THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT, BUT CAN WE MAKE THOSE PLANTERS MORE BEAUTIFUL AND INVITING IN OUR CITY? SO JUST STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO THINK ABOUT ART EVERYWHERE THAT WE CAN.
WITH THAT SAID, TOO, THOUGH, REMINDER THAT IT HAS TO BE ART FOR THE JOHN PARSONS.
IT CAN'T JUST BE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS PRETTY, THAT DOES NOT QUALIFY NECESSARILY AS ART.
THAT'S MORE BEAUTIFICATION SO THAT THAT DOESN'T COME OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
SO I DON'T WANT TO DIGRESS TOO FAR, BUT OUR WHOLE THING IS PUBLIC ART.
SO BRANDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO I WANT TO I WANT TO DIGRESS TOO MUCH ON THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY TOO. SO, CULTURAL ARTS CENTER BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO GET.
AND ART FAIR. GREAT. AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY NOT THAT I AM GOING BACK TO LAGUNA, BUT, YOU KNOW, SUMMERTIME IS A AS A HOT, HOT TICKET AND IT CAN BE AND THAT CAN ALSO BE INCLUDED WITH THE OLYMPICS.
THEY DO HAVE THE TROLLEYS. SO, YOU KNOW, IF BE IT ARTWORK PUTTING ON ON THE TROLLEYS OR EVEN DOING SOMETHING THAT THAT'S PAINTED LIKE THE RED CAR. BUT TROLLEYS FROM NORTH REDONDO TO GO DOWN TO THE SEASIDE LAGOON AND THEN GO TO RIVIERA TO, TO CONNECT US. ALL RIGHT. NORTH AND SOUTH. THAT'S BEEN LIKE LONG OVERDUE.
SO WE WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY FOR REVENUES ALL AROUND, I THINK WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS FOR, FOR ONGOING EVENTS THAT MIGHT BE WITH ALL THE CITIES, SO ALSO FOR VISITORS AND THE COMMUNITY.
LILIENTHAL STREET. ABOUT THAT. AND THEN ALSO THAT PAST ART PROPOSAL THAT WAS WITH MIKE SEIJO, BUT ALSO, AS FAR AS THAT GOES, THE STAFF TO CHECK ON ART FOCUSED GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO, TO HAVE. AND I THINK THAT WAS ALL.
AND THE ART MAP. YOU GOT THE ART MAP, RIGHT? YEAH.
OH, SORRY. I HAVE THAT, TOO. OKAY, GOOD.
THANK CULTURAL ART CENTERS. OKAY. AND ANYONE HAVE SOME MORE TO ADD? JUST TOO MANY OF THE THINGS I SAID HAVE ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED.
AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER LAWRENCE. I THINK YOU'LL DO A FANTASTIC JOB.
MAYBE AT THE BEGINNING. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A STATEMENT AS TO WHAT I SUGGESTED ABOUT THE CITY TRYING TO MAKE ARTS AND CULTURE A PRIORITY BECAUSE OF SEVERAL REASONS. BUT MAYBE YOU CAN MENTION SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT.
LOOK, I MEAN, WE ARE WE ARE FALLING BEHIND. I MEAN, OUR NEIGHBORS ARE GETTING BETTER.
THEY ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS. AND WE ARE A BIG CITY.
WE ARE AN OLD CITY, BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE MUCH, EVEN THOUGH THAT WE HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, WHICH NONE OF THEM HAVE. SO WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING ON THE PERFORMING ARTS SIDE, BUT IN TERMS OF OTHER FORMS OF ART, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW PAINTING, SCULPTURE, OUTDOOR PUBLIC ART, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WE ARE GALLERIES, ART FAIRS. WE ARE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND.
SO LIKE THIS, THIS WHOLE NOTION ABOUT PRIORITIZING ARTS AND CULTURE IN EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY DOES OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT THIS WILL BENEFIT EVERYBODY.
THIS WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. IT WILL BENEFIT THE CHILDREN.
IT WILL BENEFIT THE BUSINESSES SUBSTANTIALLY BECAUSE ARTS AND CULTURE ARE YEAR ROUND ACTIVITIES.
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IT'S A GREAT COMPLEMENT TO OUR BEACH ACTIVITIES OR FOR THE WINTER.SO MAYBE WE CAN JUST PLUG INTO A SENTENCE LIKE THAT.
AND FINALLY, SPECIFICALLY TO THE COUPLE PROJECTS THAT WE MENTIONED WITH THE GALLERIA AND I'M SORRY THAT THE POWER PLANT, THE POWER PLANT. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST EVALUATING THE POSSIBILITY AND TRYING TO INTEGRATE SOMETHING INTO THOSE PROJECTS WILL MAKE THE GOALS OF THE CITY MUCH MORE EASIER TO ATTAIN. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN WITH THAT.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO ARE OPPOSED TO HAVING A, A HUGE RESIDENTIAL PROJECT IN EITHER OF THESE LOCATIONS, ESPECIALLY AT THE ESE LOCATION, THE POWER PLANT.
IF YOU INTEGRATE A LARGE PORTION OF ARTS INTO THAT PROPERTY, THEN YOU CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENCES, AND THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WILL SUPPORT THAT.
AT THE STATE LEVEL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LET ME BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
I WAS TRYING TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT BUT LET ME JUST BE VERY BLUNT ABOUT IT.
SELLING A MUSEUM IS MUCH EASIER THAN SELLING A SHOPPING CENTER OR EVEN A THING.
OKAY. SO WHEN YOU GO TO THE STATE AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, YOU WANT ME TO BUILD 4000 UNITS HERE, BUT I ONLY WANT TO BUILD 1000 BECAUSE I WANT TO USE THE REST OF THE AREA FOR A MUSEUM.
THAT'S THE EASY SELL. YEAH. AND CAN I JUST ECHO YOU A LITTLE BIT? I FEEL LIKE THERE'S ALSO A PRESERVATION IN WHAT THE COMMUNITY OF REDONDO IS.
AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT BEING A, LIKE A SLOWER BEACH COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT THAT'S THE LOVELY PART ABOUT IT. I THINK THAT IT'S WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF LOS ANGELES, AND YOU CAN ESCAPE TO IT, AND IT'S QUIET, AND YOU CAN WALK ALONG THE ESPLANADE AND WATCH THE DOLPHINS SWIM IN THE OCEAN.
AND THAT'S LIKE A GUARANTEE DOWN HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, WITH LIKE A POPULATION BOOMS. WOULDN'T YOU HAVE LESS OF THAT? AND IF WE CAN INTEGRATE ART INTO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE THIS BE A PLACE AS A DESTINATION FOR PEOPLE TO COME, IT'S STILL LIVELY, BUT WE JUST AND IT ALREADY HAS LIKE THE STRUCTURE FOR IT, BECAUSE FROM ITS ORIGIN, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF WHAT REDONDO BEACH IS, IT WAS A DESTINATION TOWN.
SO, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO, THANK YOU TO CHAIR.
JUST TO MAKE IT EASY, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS TO ANYTHING THAT WAS SAID, WE CAN WE AS STAFF CAN WORK WITH COMMISSIONER LAWRENCE TO DRAFT THIS LETTER. I DON'T THINK WE NEED A SUPER FORMAL MOTION.
I THINK IF EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE, I THINK WE HEARD ENOUGH ON THIS AND WE CAN.
YES, PLEASE. THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DOES THAT SOUND GOOD WITH EVERYBODY? YES, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. BUT IT NEEDS TO GO UNDER YOUR SIGNATURE.
WELL, I THINK WE MAKE A MOTION. WELL, IT WILL BE ADDRESSED FROM THE COMMISSION.
YEAH, BUT DRAFTED SIGNATURE? NO, IT'LL BE. IT'LL JUST BE THE COMMISSION.
HAVE A VOTE IN THAT? ABSOLUTELY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD WITH IT.
DOES THAT DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? PERFECT. PERFECT.
YEAH. AND WE WILL SHARE THE LETTER WITH YOU AFTER IT'S BEEN DRAFTED AND SENT TO THE COMMISSION.
COUNCIL. SO YOU'LL KNOW WHAT WAS IN IT. BUT YEAH, IF THAT HELPS.
SO, I WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. YES. OKAY.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS WE'RE GOING TO GO TO J2, RIGHT.
YES. CONSIDERING THE DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE INPUT ON THE CITY'S 2025-26 BUDGET.
YES. SO THIS IS ANOTHER ITEM WHERE WE'RE ASKING FOR INPUT FOR YOU ALL TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL.
SO EVERY YEAR WELL, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS WORKS OFF OF A FISCAL BUDGET.
THE CITY'S BUDGET STARTS JULY 1ST AND ENDS JUNE 30TH OF EVERY YEAR.
SO EVERY MAY AND JUNE, THE CITY COUNCIL REVIEWS BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, LOOKS AT FUTURE PROJECTS, LOOKS AT FUNDING ALLOCATIONS, AND BY THE END OF JUNE, THEY ADOPT A BUDGET FOR THE FORTHCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
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AND SO WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONS.IF THERE ARE ANY RECOMMENDED PROJECTS OR THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF COUNCIL SO THAT AS THEY'RE DRAFTING AND APPROVING THEIR THEIR BUDGET, THEY CAN CONSIDER THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TOWARDS WHATEVER IT IS YOU GUYS WOULD DESIRE.
THIS COULD BE GENERAL FUNDS, OR IT COULD BE JOHN PARSONS PUBLIC ART FUNDS.
I KNOW LAST YEAR, THE YEAR PRIOR, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
THEY DID KIND OF EARMARK CERTAIN PROJECTS WITH CERTAIN TOTALS WITH THOSE.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY I GUESS MAYBE JUST A LITTLE CLARIFICATION.
SO WOULD THIS BE THINGS THAT WE ARE HOPING TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR AND BE FUNDED FROM JOHN PARSONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO EARMARK FROM THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE, IF YOU KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT, BUT IT DOESN'T. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EITHER. IT COULD, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THE RECENT DISCUSSION, LET'S SAY DOING THE ART MAP IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS WANT THE COUNCIL TO ALLOCATE FUNDING TOWARDS.
I MEAN, A MAP WOULD BE NICE, RIGHT? GETTING SOMEONE TO MAKE A MAP WOULD BE PRETTY NICE.
AND I MEAN OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH. DOES AND THIS I SHOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, BUT I DON'T. SO, ARE THE FUNDS ROLLING OVER YEAR TO YEAR, RIGHT? OR IS IT LIKE, DOES IT DISAPPEAR? YOU KNOW, THE JOHN PARSONS PUBLIC ART FUND? YEAH. THOSE ROLL OVER EVERY YEAR. SO, WHATEVER'S UNUSED WILL CARRY OVER.
SO THEN I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PROPOSE ANYTHING AT THIS JUNCTURE.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE SHOULD COME UP WITH, LIKE, A MORE ROUNDED PLAN OF.
AND THERE IS A. WELL, I'M GOING TO THERE IS A BALANCE.
YEAH. SO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE. RIGHT.
BECAUSE DID EVERYBODY GO TO THIS PART OF THE.
YEAH. WHAT'S THE BALANCE? IT'S 62,379. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT MONEY IS ALLOCATED FOR MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF.
NO, THAT'S. GO AHEAD. NO, YOUR HONOR. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN CONSIDERED. SO THAT. SO, IT'S LIKE THAT MONEY REALLY DOESN'T.
SO, THAT'S THE CURRENT AVAILABLE BALANCE. OKAY.
AND THEN JUST A LITTLE. SO THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET THAT HAVE OBVIOUSLY NOT COME TO FRUITION YET, DO WE REQUEST THAT THAT BE ROLLED OVER AGAIN TO NEXT YEAR'S.
OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ITEMS IN THE QUEUE.
IT WOULDN'T HURT TO SAY, PLEASE KEEP THESE AS PLANNED.
SO, IF THAT IS YOUR DESIRE, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU DO THAT.
OKAY. IS IT POSSIBLE TO SAY KEEP THESE AS PLANNED.
BUT IN ADDITION TO. SURE. YEAH, YEAH. SO ESPECIALLY WITH AGAIN, LILIENTHAL STREET.
IS THAT SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN. SURE. IF YOU WANT TO ALLOCATE OR REQUEST ALLOCATION.
YES. YEAH. SO AND THEN MAYBE ALSO ADD THAT INTO K FOR FUTURE AGENDA.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN DISCUSS IT. IS THAT ALSO POSSIBLE? WE COULD I THINK WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE TOUCHY IS THE TIMING OF IT.
OKAY. SO I JUST, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THINGS TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M LIKE, YEAH, I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO, TO FALL AGAIN.
AND THEN SO JUST GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING THAT WAY, TOO.
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BUDGET? IT'S ROLLING. SO ANYTIME THERE'S NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY AND MONEY IS DEPOSITED INTO THAT ACCOUNT.SO IT'S CONTINGENT ON NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY.
SO IT'S UNKNOWN WHEN MONEY WILL BE PUT IN. IT COULD BE REGULARLY, OR IT COULD BE ONCE A YEAR.
IT JUST IS DEPENDING ON WHEN THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING INTO THE CITY.
WERE THOSE ALREADY INCORPORATED INTO THIS REMAINING 63 PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR WAS THAT ALREADY PRE ALLOCATED AND ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE. DO THOSE HAVE TO COME OUT OF WHAT'S LEFT RIGHT NOW.
OR IS THAT ARE THOSE FUNDS ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR.
BECAUSE AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AND PROPOSE LIKE NEW PROJECTS, I FEEL LIKE IF THERE'S SO MANY PROJECTS IN THE QUEUE, I'D LIKE TO GET THEM OUT AND TO FRUITION AND BE DONE AND JUST MOVE FORWARD.
YEAH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS ALL OF THE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED FUNDING.
THE ONLY ONE THAT I'M UNSURE OF IS THE UTILITY BOX.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR IN THIS.
AND JACK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE, SO WE WILL HAVE TO.
SO I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THOSE.
YEAH. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THERE'S A THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF UTILITY BOXES THAT WE COULD DO IN THE FUTURE, TOO. YEAH. SO IS THAT ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT ON K, TO MAKE SURE IT'S ON THE NEXT AGENDA TO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA TO UPDATE WITH THAT.
YEAH. AND I MEAN YOU CERTAINLY CAN. WE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BRING IT BACK TO YOU WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO, BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY AN EXISTING IN THE QUEUE PROJECT, SO WE WON'T LET IT FALL.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF JACK AND I GOING BACK, TRACKING THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND MAKING SURE WE DON'T MISS ANYTHING, AND THEN WE'LL START AGENDIZING ITEMS AS WE CAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE GENERAL BUDGET? MAYBE WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. MR. MEYER, LIKE, IS THERE A WAY OF, LIKE, CALCULATING HOW MUCH THE CITY SPENDS ON ARTS AND CULTURE, ON VARIOUS OR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES? NOT EASILY AND NOT QUICKLY? NO. I MEAN, TO BE HONEST, I THINK EVENTUALLY IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO FIGURE THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WE ARE SPENDING ON LIKE SO WITHOUT MAKING IT TOO LONG.
THERE'S THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, I ASSUME.
DOES THAT MAKE ANY MONEY? NO, NO, NO, NO. NONE OF THESE THEATERS ARE.
THEY'RE ALL SUBSIDIZED TO SOME DEGREE. RIGHT. SO THE CITY SUBSIDIZES THAT? THAT'S CORRECT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY SUBSIDIZES? LIKE, DO WE HAVE CERAMICS CLASSES? THINGS LIKE THAT? NO. WELL, WE DO HAVE WE DO HAVE CONTRACTED CLASSES WHERE IT'S A REVENUE SHARE BETWEEN THE CITY AND INSTRUCTORS SUCH AS KARATE, CERAMICS, YOU KNOW, COOKING CLASSES. WE HAVE THOSE.
WE DON'T HAVE A CERAMIC STUDIO LIKE MANHATTAN BEACH.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED A CULTURAL ARTS CENTER. RIGHT.
I KNOW, BUT I MEAN, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT ALL OUR WONDERFUL IDEAS, I THINK EVENTUALLY IT WILL HELP THAT TO COME UP WITH THE FIGURE THAT HOW MUCH THE CITY ACTUALLY SPENDS ON ARTS AND CULTURE ON UNDER VARIOUS LINE ITEMS FROM ALL OVER THE SPENDING BUDGET.
SO MAYBE WE CAN GET A GENERAL IDEA ON ARTS AND CULTURE AT THAT POINT.
I MEAN, I WOULD LEAVE THAT TO YOU TO GIVE IT A FIRST TRY.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY STREET PAVING IS NOT ARTS AND CULTURE.
CERTAINLY. IF I MAY ALSO ASK, HOW MANY STAFF DOES THE CITY EMPLOY SPECIFICALLY ON ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING YOU THROUGH THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION OR OUTSIDE OF IT, THROUGH THESE CONTRACTS AND OTHER. NO. ARTS AND CULTURE DIVISION IS FROM OUR DIVISION.
WE HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE. THERE ARE NORMALLY FOUR FULL TIME POSITIONS, ONE OF WHICH IS NOT CURRENTLY FILLED, BUT WILL BE SHORTLY. AND THEN THE REST IS PART TIMERS AND JUST THE THEATER STAFF ALONE IS A REVOLVING POOL OF OF 42 PEOPLE, BUT THOSE ARE AS NEEDED DEPENDING ON THEIR SPECIFIC SKILL SETS.
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WHAT SHOW REQUIRES THEIR NEEDS? WE HAVE THREE DOCENTS FOR THE MUSEUM, AND THAT'S OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S A MAINTENANCE STAFF. AND IN TERMS OF I MEAN, YOU ARE NEW AT THIS ROLE, BUT IF YOU NEED OUR SUPPORT TO INCREASE YOUR STAFF TO, YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH ALL THIS STUFF WITH WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HELP YOU WITH TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU SHOULD PROBABLY MAYBE, LIKE GET AN ASSISTANT OR ANOTHER PERSON, OR MAYBE I TALKED ABOUT INTERNS.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE POSSIBLE. BUT FIRST WE ARE NEXT WEEK PRESENTING A STATUS REPORT ON THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, FOR INSTANCE, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND BASED ON THAT, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO OPERATIONS, IN WHICH CASE THAT WOULD AFFECT SUCH A DECISION.
OKAY, BUT ALL I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH IS IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU NEED ADDITIONAL STAFF TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THEN I THINK WE WOULD BE, I THINK AT LEAST I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF, BE HAPPY TO, TO SUPPORT IT AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT IT'S UNDER STAFFED AND AT MANHATTAN BEACH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE ARTS AND CULTURE DIVISION ROUGHLY? DO WE KNOW? I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. MY GUESS IS ABOUT LIKE 12, MAYBE.
YEAH. SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT.
SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER TO OR GUIDANCE TO GIVE AT THIS POINT.
YEAH, THE CONCEPT IS VALID, BUT WE CAN'T NARROW IT DOWN QUITE YET.
OKAY. DOES THAT HELP? WE ARE HERE TO HELP. YEAH.
BACK TO THE BUDGET AND PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE SLATED.
CAN WE GET AN UPDATE ON GATEWAVE? HAVE WE MADE ANY PROGRESS ON THAT ONE? YEAH. GOOD. JUST HEARD BACK FROM THE ARTIST TODAY.
DAY. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
WITH THE REVISED LOCATION, THE FACT THERE WERE A LOT OF ENTITLEMENTS AND ENCUMBRANCES AND EASEMENTS IN THAT PROPERTY, WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR HIM TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO PUT THE PIECE THERE OR REDESIGN IT TO FIT.
HE CONTACTED US TODAY AND SAID HE BELIEVES THAT BASED ON THE UNDERGROUND IMAGING THAT THEY'VE DONE, THAT HE CAN INDEED GO FORWARD WITH HIS PROJECT AS DESIGNED IN THAT LOCATION.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED TO A CONTRACT. GREAT.
THAT GOES BACK AND FORTH WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AND AS OUR LAST CITY ATTORNEY LIKED TO SAY, THEY MOVE AT THE SPEED OF DEMOCRACY.
YEAH. THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TO ASK THAT IT BE RELAYED TO CITY COUNCIL THAT ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR IN THIS YEAR, THAT WE ROLL THAT BUDGET OVER TOWARDS NEXT YEAR, PLEASE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE MAKE IT IN THERE AS WELL.
I KNOW WE HAVE UTILITY BOXES. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE EXPLORING THE LGBTQ ARTWORK.
IT IS. BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADDING TO THE BUDGET, THEY WILL NEED TO KNOW A GENERAL NUMBER.
SO UNLESS THERE'S I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT PROJECT IS, BUT THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY.
BUT THAT'S WHERE WE CAN ALSO ADD IT TO THE AGENDA, IN CASE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
TO THE BUDGET WILL GO TO WELL, THE BUDGET WILL BE THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE EXCESS BUDGET IN THE, IN IN THE EXTRA BUDGET. I MEAN THAT YOU KNOW THAT; RIGHT? SO THERE'S EXTRA MONEY WE CAN DELEGATE THEN TOWARDS THAT, THERE'S NOTHING.
YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT'LL ALWAYS BE EXPANDING.
SO. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANKS. YES. OKAY.
ANYONE AND I THINK THE LAST WE HAVE. AND SO WE'RE STILL ON TRACK WITH C CHATTER TO HAPPEN THIS JULY.
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EVERYTHING WITH THAT IS STILL THE PUBLIC WORKS BUREAU.YES. THAT'S ON TRACK. YES. CHAIR DID YOU WANT TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT OR DID WE.
YES PLEASE. OKAY. IS THERE ANY NO COMMENTS AND NO MORE.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT. NO GEORGIA OKAY. OKAY.
JUST MAKING SURE. OKAY. SO THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND.
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT BUT MAKE A MOTION. RIGHT.
WE DO. I DO NEED A MOTION FOR THIS. SO WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
I FOR MY OWN. BECAUSE WE WILL NEED TO GIVE THE UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL.
SO I WOULD PREFER IF YOU CAN TRY TO CRAFT A MOTION THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE INPUT.
OKAY. SO I MIGHT NEED A LITTLE BIT OF. THAT'S A LONG ONE.
I'M JUST SAYING LIKE IT IS. SO CAN WE CRAFT A MOTION TO CREATE A LETTER THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF THE IDEAS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT TODAY? YES. THIS IS JUST FOR THE BUDGET. IT'S JUST FOR THE BUDGET.
SO YES, AGAIN, I GUESS WE COULD FOLLOW BACK ON THE LAST AND FOURTH AND THEN FOR THE BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AN ADDITION FOR THE UTILITY BOXES, THAT THERE IS A CONSIDERATION FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE LGBTQ.
THAT. WELL, OKAY, THIS IS LIKE, KIND OF ON THE FENCE, RIGHT? TO, LIKE, MOVE FORWARD WITH A CONTRACT FOR THE GATEWAY PROJECT.
SO THAT WAY WE COULD GET FUNDS TO THE ARTIST.
WE CAN JUST LISTEN FOR THAT ONE. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT, SO.
OH, AND TO ALLOCATE FOR THE WITHNAIL STREET. SO IT'S, SO IT'S REALLY THREE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OF THEN.
SO ALLOCATE MONEY TOWARDS ETHANOL STREET. THE ADDITION FOR THE UTILITY BOXES AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE LGBTQ. WELL, THAT WASN'T ABOUT THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
IT'S THAT WAS ABOUT HAVING FUNDS. DELEGATING FUNDS FOR THAT.
WHEN IT'S CHOSEN. YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMMISSION.
OKAY. CHAIR, IF IT'S EASIER, WE COULD BREAK THIS UP INTO MULTIPLE MOTIONS.
YES. AND THAT WAY, BECAUSE I HAVE SOME CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
SO WE IF WE WANT TO GO THROUGH, I HAVE FOUR ITEMS THAT WERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED.
IF THAT'S IF IT'S HELPFUL, I CAN DO IT THAT WAY.
SO IS THERE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION? SO MOVED. I SECOND ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS FOR THE LGBTQ PROJECT.
IF YOU'RE NOT, I'M JUST NOT SURE HOW WE WOULD INCLUDE THAT IN A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL.
I GUESS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE FUNDING FOR THAT, WHICH THE PAST SUBCOMMITTEE WE HAD AS A COMMISSION AGREED TO POSSIBILITY IN FRONT OF THE NORTH REDONDO LIBRARY HAVING A SCULPTURE.
AND SO IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS FUNDS FOR THAT.
BUT THERE'S NO SPECIFIC BECAUSE ALSO, AT THE TIME WE WERE WAITING FOR THE CONSULTANT AND ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, SO I GUESS THAT WAS WITH YOUR QUESTION WITH THAT.
BUT I, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SURE MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.
SO. YEAH. WELL, MAYBE I CAN RECOMMEND THEN FOR THAT ITEM IS WE CAN ASK THE COUNCIL NOT TO UTILIZE THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THE JOHN PARSONS PUBLIC ART FUND IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS FUTURE PROJECT, AND THAT WAY YOU AT LEAST KNOW THAT MONEY HOPEFULLY WON'T BE REALLOCATED TO SOMETHING ELSE. AND THAT WAY WE CAN REFINE WHAT THAT PROJECT LOOKS LIKE.
I MEAN, THERE WERE TWO THERE WERE TWO PAST PROJECTS. THERE WAS LILIENTHAL AND BIG LOTS. REMEMBER, THERE WAS AS FAR AS AND THEN THE FUNDING WAS NOT APPROPRIATED FOR THAT FOR EITHER ONE OF THOSE.
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AND SO THOSE WERE, WERE PRIOR TO THIS. BUT I THINK IN COLLABORATION WITH THAT LILIENTHAL AND THEN THE HAVING A SCULPTURE FOR THE LGBTQ I WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD, I THINK, COLLABORATION WITH THE REMAINING FUNDS.SO IF WE COULD FIGURE THAT OUT. SO THEN, CHAIR.
YEAH, THAT I THINK. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. ABSOLUTELY. SO MAYBE THEY ASK THEN.
COULD BE FOR COUNCIL TO NOT ALLOCATE THE REMAINING BALANCE.
YES. IN ANTICIPATION OF THE LGBTQ PROJECT AND THE HOPEFUL REINVIGORATION OF THE LILIENTHAL.
YES. OKAY. DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION? YES. I MAKE A MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? NO. MOTION CARRIES. WHO WAS THE SECOND? I WAS. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS FOR THE UTILITY BOXES.
WE WOULD NEED TO CIRCLE BACK AND SEE IF THOSE WERE ACCOUNTED FOR.
I DON'T SEE THEM LISTED IN OUR IN THE JOHN PARSONS PUBLIC ART FUND.
SO, MY GUT SAYING THAT THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS.
SO, IF IT'S HELPFUL, THOSE ARE TYPICALLY DEPENDING ON THE CONDITION OF THE BOXES.
THOSE ARE ABOUT $2,000 APIECE, MAYBE CLOSE TO 2500.
IN MY HEAD, IT'S A LITTLE LATE TODAY. 12,500.
YEAH. I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY IT. I DON'T WANT TO BE WRONG. SO, IF YOU WANT TO KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND WITH THE REMAINING FUND BALANCE, WE COULD ALSO INCLUDE THAT IN THE LAST MOTION OR NOT.
THE LAST MOTION. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK, THOUGH, AREN'T WE. ARE WE GOING TO. BECAUSE THAT SHOULD HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN INCLUDED WITH THE LILIENTHAL. IT CAN BE OKAY. OKAY. IT COULD BE PART OF THE ASK FOR COUNCIL TO LEAVE THAT BECAUSE WE STILL NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT.
OKAY. YEAH. IS THERE IS THERE A MOTION? I MOTION.
OKAY, I SECOND THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. COMMISSIONER BRIAN HERRERA.
DID YOU MOTION? I DID. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.
OKAY. WAS THAT I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING. THAT'S ALL FOR.
OKAY. NOW WE CAN GO TO K. YES, YES. COMMISSION MEMBER ITEMS AND FUTURE MISSION.
[K. COMMISSION MEMBER ITEMS AND FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA TOPICS]
COMMISSION MISSION. OUR MISSION COMMISSION. AGENDA TOPICS.OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ON THE COMMISSION THAT WOULD HAVE LIKE TO MAKE ANY REFERRALS? I THINK WE JUST COVERED SOME OF THE. WELL, I WANT TO DO IT AGAIN.
SO THAT WAY IT GOES ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC. AND THAT'S WHY.
OKAY. RIGHT. SO, I WOULD LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE LGBTQ AD HOC COMMITTEE TO BE AGENDIZED ON THE NEXT MEETING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
AND ALSO UPDATE WITH A CONSULTANT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE.
YEAH, WITH THE CONSULTANT. AND IF WE CAN ALSO KEEP DEFINITELY A REPORT EVERY TIME ON WHAT'S STILL GOING ON, WHAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THIS ONE JUST TO MAKE SURE AND A BALANCE, YOU KNOW, TO SEE OKAY. YEAH. SO, YEAH. SO, LIKE I THINK IMPORTANTLY, ON THE NEXT AGENDA, I'M JUST GOING TO ECHO YOU IS, FIRST OF ALL, GETTING A REPORT ON ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE BUDGETARILY BROKEN OUT RIGHT NOW, LIKE THEY'RE ALL WRITTEN DOWN. THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.
LIKE, FIRST THING IS WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE ARTIST IS UP TO.
FOR ALL OF THESE POINTS. LIKE WHAT WE. BECAUSE LIKE SO WE WANT THAT WE WANT AN UPDATE ON THE CONSULTANT, AND WE WANT THE BALANCE THE CURRENT BUDGETARY BALANCE.
THIS WE DON'T MAKE A MOTION. THIS IS JUST WHAT WE DO FOR TO AGENDIZE SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE.
WE DO NEED TO DO A MOTION. OKAY. WE CAN STILL AGENDIZE IT.
AND WE COULD DO SINGLE MOTIONS ON EACH ITEM IF IT'S EASIER TO DO IT THAT WAY.
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OKAY. DO WE WANT TO GO THROUGH SINGLE. GO AHEAD.WELL, WE HAVE WE HAVE THE UTILITY BOXES. YES.
LGBTQ PROJECT. LILIENTHAL PROJECT. AND THEN YOU MENTIONED ANOTHER PROJECT, MICHELLE. I DON'T REMEMBER OUR PENDING PROJECTS.
WERE WE TALKING ABOUT. SO CAN I JUST MAKE A MOTION TO ADD THE LGBTQ SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT TO OUR NEXT MEETING? THAT'S WHAT I SAID. I MADE THE MOTION.
OH. OH, I THOUGHT WE WERE STILL ADDING TO IT.
SORRY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. OKAY.
I DID WANT TO MAKE IS CAN WE JUST VOTE ON THIS OR IS THERE A DISCUSSION? WELL, YEAH. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? CAN I JUST MENTION SOMETHING TOO, THOUGH? BECAUSE IT'S ALSO FOR TOPICS THAT REDONDO BEACH IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR 133RD BIRTHDAY AND IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE DOMINGUEZ PARK, WHICH THEY OPENED UP A NEW LOVELY COMMUNITY PARK FOR THE KIDDOS.
IT'S BY THE BASEBALL FIELDS AND IT'S GOING TO BE 11 TO 3 SATURDAY.
AND IT'S EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, ABLE TO COME.
THERE'S GOING TO BE POPCORN. THERE'S GOING TO BE ACTIVITIES, ENTERTAINMENT. THIS SATURDAY, IT'S GOING TO BE THE 26TH OF APRIL. AND SO IT'S OPEN.
FOR THE COMMUNITY, PLEASE COME ON BY SO YOU CAN LEARN A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY AND JOY AND THEY'LL BE, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY SOME, I'M SURE ARTISTS THERE AS WELL AND IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND ENTERTAINMENT.
SO I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT IN THERE AND CAKE AND CAKE, BIRTHDAY CAKE AND POPCORN.
SO IS THERE A MOTION? WE HAD A MOTION. SOMETHING TO ADD.
OH, CAN HE STILL ADD? YEAH, WE CAN. IS IT ON THE LGBTQ ITEM OR IS IT.
OH. SO, LET'S MOTION THIS ONE AND THEN ADD ANOTHER ONE.
YEAH. WE CAN ADD SOME MORE AFTER THAT. YEAH. NO THAT'S OKAY.
SO IF WE CAN VOTE ON THIS ITEM. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. YEAH. NO. THE STUFF THAT WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE DEFINING THE SCOPE AND MISSION OF THIS COMMISSION AND FORMING A SUBCOMMITTEE, IF NECESSARY, TO COME UP WITH A PROPOSAL TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION SHOULD BE ALL ABOUT.
I THINK WE CANNOT DELAY THIS ANY FURTHER. WE SHOULD DEFINITELY DISCUSS AND COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, A METHODOLOGY OF HOW WE WANT TO APPROACH THE COUNCIL ON ABOUT WHAT WE BELIEVE THAT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE NEED, WHAT WE WANT TO DO, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO.
LET'S SAY I PROPOSE THIS AS AN AGENDA ITEM. COMMISSIONER, IS THAT SPECIFIC TO THE BYLAW DISCUSSION? IS THAT THE SAME ITEM OR IS IT? YES. BUT THE BYLAWS DISCUSSION IS NOT AN AGENDA ITEM OR CURRENTLY, OR IS IT? IT'S NOT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO.
YES, BUT BYLAWS IS A VERY, VERY MECHANICAL TERM.
YES. VERY ADMINISTRATIVE. I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TALKED IN THE PAST IN THIS COMMISSION IS A MORE PHILOSOPHICAL DOCUMENT, WHICH WILL TRANSLATE INTO BYLAWS BY THE STAFF.
I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A POSITION TO WRITE BYLAWS.
I CANNOT WRITE BYLAWS. THAT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUE WITH STARTING WITH THE BYLAWS.
HELP GET US ACROSS THAT FINISH LINE TO WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO WHAT I THINK, WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO DO IS COME UP WITH A DOCUMENT TO BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION SHOULD BE ALL ABOUT.
AND FROM THERE WE CAN DEDUCT A SHORTER BYLAWS FOR THIS COMMISSION OR LET'S SAY JUST WE JUST IT'S THE BYLAWS DISCUSSION. YES. OKAY. OKAY. DID WE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE, OR WE WERE ALREADY GOING TO BRING THAT FORWARD? CORRECT. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE WORKING ON WHEN GARY WAS HERE, CORRECT? YEAH. YES. OKAY. SO, THAT WILL BE ON OUR WHEEL.
THAT'S ALREADY AN EXISTING PROJECT THAT WE'LL BRING FORWARD. YES.
OKAY. BUT WE HAVE ONE, ONE FINAL THING TO ADD TO THE, I WOULD LOVE TO INITIATE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT
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PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR ARTS AND CULTURE FOR THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, WHETHER IT'S OUTSIDE SPONSORSHIPS, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, NAMING RIGHTS FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.YEAH. MAYBE GETTING GRANTS FROM FOUNDATIONS AS WELL AS GRANTS FOR FROM STATE AND COUNTY FUNDS OR EVEN NATIONAL FUNDS.
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. EXACTLY RIGHT.
I THINK WE DID THAT IN J.1. DIDN'T I MENTION THAT IN J1? CORRECT. IT WAS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. YES.
SO, I MENTIONED THAT. OKAY. NO, I'M AGREEING.
I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL. YEAH, I LIKE THAT. RIGHT. NO. BUT I THINK JUST TO EXPAND IT INTO THIS, I THINK MOST OF THE I MEAN, SINCE YOU MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PAYING FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, I WOULD THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME CORPORATIONS LOCATED RIGHT VERY CLOSE TO THE OUR PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS, WHO WE PROVIDE FIRE AND SECURITY SERVICES TO MAYBE DONATE SOME MONEY TO OUR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
IS THAT SOMETHING? WHERE ON THE NEXT AGENDA WE CAN GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT GRANTS OR HOW TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NEVER REALLY BEEN QUITE PRESENTED.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME VENDORS THAT DO THAT FOR THE CITY.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF HOW BEST TO PROVIDE A REPORT ON THIS IS WHERE I'M STRUGGLING.
MAYBE THAT'S JUST ON OUR OWN, OUR OWN PART. I WOULD FIGURE AS COMMISSIONERS TO, TO RESEARCH A LITTLE BIT AND THEN PRESENT IT AND TO SEE IF THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT REDONDO THEN HAS, IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, TOO.
I MEAN, THAT WOULD SEEM LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH. AND THEN TO PRESENT THAT WAY AND SO JUST WOULD IT BE, WOULD IT BE SOMETHING WHERE IF WE RESEARCH OURSELVES AND PUT IT IN THE AGENDA? SO THAT WAY IT'S IN THERE.
AND IF WE COME UP WITH SOMETHING, AT LEAST WE KNOW, LIKE IF THERE ARE CERTAIN GRANTS TO HAVE, THEN THE GRANT PERSON FOR REDONDO CHECK IN ON THAT.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YEAH. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO BE AGENDIZED.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO WAIT FOR THE MEETING. WE CAN ACT ON THAT A LOT QUICKER.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT BRIDGE HAS BEEN BUILT YET BETWEEN THE TWO, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S NECESSARY.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF GOING ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE HUGE TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
AND SINCE IT'S NOW THE CULTURAL ARTS, YOU KNOW, COMMISSION AND NOT JUST PUBLIC ARTS, I THAT BECOME OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND OUT HOW BEACH LIFE YOU KNOW, WITH THE REVENUE CAN INCORPORATE SOMETHING FOR THE ARTS AND THE CITY. I THINK THAT I DON'T KNOW, HOW DO WE KNOW HOW THAT'S SOMETHING MAYBE WE'RE GETTING OFF TOPIC, BUT WHAT THEY MAKE. I THINK WE KIND OF. DOES THE CITY BREAK EVEN WITH THAT? I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING LIKE LAST YEAR AT BEACH LIFE, THEY HAD WYLAND, WHO IS THE ? HE'S A MURALIST WHO DID THE MURAL THAT'S ON THE POWER PLANT, AND HE'S LIKE AN INTERNATIONALLYRECOGNIZED MURALIST.
AND WE HAVE ONE OF HIS MURALS HERE IN OUR TOWN ALREADY.
AND THEN HE CREATED ANOTHER ONE DURING BEACH LIFE, WHICH IS A PUBLIC ARTS PROJECT.
SO, YEAH. HOW WOULD WE PUT THAT IN? I DON'T KNOW, I, I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ALREADY A DISCUSSION GOING ON BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE, THE ORGANIZERS OF THAT FESTIVAL REGARDING TICKET REVENUES.
I HUMBLY SUGGEST THAT WE SORT OF WAIT UNTIL THEY SETTLE THEIR ISSUES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, TAKING SIDES ON THESE ISSUES. SO THERE IS A MECHANICAL ISSUE GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT I'M AWARE OF HOW TO THE CITY SHOULD GENERATE A REVENUE FROM THE TICKET SALES OF THE FESTIVALS.
IT HASN'T BEEN SETTLED YET, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
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I THINK IT'S A IT'S A GOOD IDEA, JUST LIKE ANY KIND OF PRIVATE YOU KNOW, PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP THAT I JUST MENTIONED.BUT BECAUSE OF THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT I WOULD JUST WAIT ON THAT FOR ONE MORE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE ASKING IS SOME OF THAT REVENUE GOING INTO THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TAKING IT FROM. SO, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY HARM WITH ASKING ABOUT THAT.
IS THERE. I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT. OKAY, MAYBE THAT'S A FUTURE TOPIC TO DISCUSS.
THIS WILL BE JACK'S ROLE. SUCH AS WHAT IT WAS FOR GARY.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF SET EXPECTATIONS, TOO, THAT WHILE JACK IS GOING TO BE OUR OR HE IS OUR CULTURAL ARTS MANAGER, HE'S ALSO OVERSEEING THE BPAC, WHICH THAT SHOULD BE A JOB IN AND OF ITSELF.
AND SO THESE ARE ALL WONDERFUL IDEAS, BUT I ALSO WANT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE MOST LIKELY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THESE AGENDAS ON THE NEXT MEETING, AND SO WE WILL CERTAINLY TRY AND GET THEM ON THE AGENDA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
BUT THE MORE IDEAS AND ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL THOUGHTS ARE GREAT, BUT IT IS REALLY ONLY JACK AND THEN A FEW MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM THAT CAN HELP PITCH IN WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE. SO, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT WE'RE NOT RESPONDING.
IT'S JUST A RESOURCE CONSIDERATION. SO YEAH. YES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO, IS THAT GOOD? YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT'S THAT GOOD.
SURE. OKAY. THAT'S NOT A NO. WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST.
YES. SO THEN WE CAN GO TO ALFRED GERMAN. YES.
OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOVE TO ADJOURN.
ANYBODY WANT TO? SECOND. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYBODY WHO WAS THE SECOND?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.