[A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER]
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WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.
07:00 P.M. I'D LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL. JACK? YES.
COMMISSIONER GOLD . HERE. COMMISSIONER LAWRENCE.
HERE. MR. MELENDEZ? NOT HERE AT THE MOMENT. COMMISSIONER PITZELE.
HERE. COMMISSIONER OR VICE CHAIR O'BRIEN-HERRERA HERE.
AND CHAIR CHRISTIAN-KELLY HERE. WE HAVE A QUORUM.
ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL. I WOULD LIKE US ALL TO STAND AS WE CAN SALUTE TO OUR FLAG.
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.
OKAY. SO NEXT WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA.
[D. APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA]
YOU GOT IT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER OF AGENDA AS IS? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA AS IS.OKAY, A SECOND. I SECOND. OKAY. MICHELLE [INAUDIBLE] GOLD AND LAWRENCE.
ANY OPPOSED? EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES.
ALL RIGHT, WE GO TO BLUE FOLDER ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS? THERE ARE NONE. OKAY. WONDERFUL. LET'S GO ON.
[F. CONSENT CALENDAR]
MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. BUSINESS ITEMS, EXCEPT THOSE FORMALLY NOTICED 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 ACT UPON SEPARATELY. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE TAKEN UP UNDER THE EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR SECTION BELOW.
OKAY. DOES ANY [INAUDIBLE] COMMUNICATIONS? SO SORRY, DOES ANYBODY WISH TO PULL AN ITEM? YEAH. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO PULL AN ITEM? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC? OKAY. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CONSENT CALENDAR AS IS? [INAUDIBLE] MAKE A MOTION. OKAY A SECOND. I'LL SECOND.
OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES.
NOW WE GO TO H CORRECT. BECAUSE THERE'S NO, RIGHT.
OKAY. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OF NON-AGENDA ITEMS.
[H. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]
THIS SECTION IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON ANY SUBJECT THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THIS AGENDA FOR ACTION.EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ONLY ONCE.
WRITTEN REQUESTS, IF ANY, WILL BE CONSIDERED FIRST UNDER THIS SECTION.
AND I BELIEVE THERE IS ONE ITEM. YES, AS A LETTER FROM GEORGETTE GANTNER, RESIDENT.
OKAY. NEED TO RECEIVE AND FILE. YES. MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
I MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. I'M SORRY, WHO WAS THE SECOND, PLEASE? THANK YOU. ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK? YEAH.
GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONERS. GEORGETTE GANTNER, DISTRICT TWO. I SPENT THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, SINCE THE LAST MEETING DOING RESEARCH ON CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSIONS, AND I VISITED A FEW CITIES, AND I WAS JUST THINKING SINCE WE'VE CHANGED FROM A PUBLIC ART TO CULTURAL ARTS, AS YOU GUYS WERE DISCUSSING OUR LAST MEETING.
TORRANCE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION IS UNDERGOING HUGE CHANGES AND UPGRADING THEIR CLASSES.
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DANCE ONE IS A BALLET COMPANY THAT'S, ACCORDING TO THE OWNER, THE ONLY NONPROFIT.AND I'M HAVING A BOARD MEETING WITH THEM. I WANTED THEM TO SUBMIT A LIST OF A WISH LIST, BUT SHE SAID SHE WASN'T READY SO SHE'S BEING NICE ENOUGH TO ALLOW ME TO COME TO THE BOARD MEETING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEN I CAN REPORT ON THAT THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DISTRIBUTE THESE TO YOU AS A RESULT OF WHAT I'VE DONE.
IF I CAN GET A MOTION, DO I DO MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? WHOEVER DOES IT? DO I GIVE IT TO YOU, JACK? CAN SHE.
IS IT OKAY? I'M SORRY. SHE WAS JUST ASKING. OH.
THEY'VE ALREADY RECEIVED IT. OH, BUT IT'S ALL UPDATED.
I ADDED A MILLION THINGS TO IT. THEN YOU WOULD NEED ANOTHER MOTION TO RECEIVE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO ANOTHER MOTION TO. SO CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO A NEW MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE LATEST OF GEORGETTE GANTNER'S? MY MOTION. SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS SUBMITTED.
SECOND, I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU.
YEAH. WHO DO I? I GIVE IT TO YOU? YEAH. THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANKS. SO THERE'S JUST SOME SUGGESTIONS.
I EVEN INCLUDED A COPY OF TORRANCE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER'S GOALS AND MISSIONS AND SO FORTH ON THERE.
I DON'T WANT TO BE, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WON'T BE INSULTED IN ANY WAY.
I'M ONLY JUST, I'M GIVING WHAT I KNOW JUST TO HELP IN ANY WAY I CAN.
AND I'M NOBODY. SO YOU CAN TAKE IT AND USE IT OR WHATEVER, BUT AT LEAST IT'S SOMETHING TO START IF YOU HAVEN'T STARTED ALREADY WORKING ON THE CULMINATION OF THE FORMATION OF THIS. YEAH. IT'S BEEN A REALLY INTERESTING JOURNEY INTERVIEWING WITH PEOPLE.
THEY DIDN'T GET ANY HELP FROM THE CITY. SO IT'S NOT EXACTLY ANALOGOUS TO OUR PUBLIC ART SITUATION, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW THEIR STORY AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING, SO I PUT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IN THERE TOO.
SO GREAT. ENJOY IT. AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, CALL ME.
THEY'VE GOT BUDGETED AT 185,000 FOR LAYING THE NEW CEMENT AND FOR IRRIGATION.
SO AND THE LAST THING IS THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 31ST, THERE'S AN ART RECEPTION AT HOT OYSTER.
SO YOU MAY WANT TO ATTEND. WHAT DAY WAS THAT AGAIN? THAT'S SATURDAY, THE 31ST. THANK YOU, THANK YOU .
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK? YES THERE IS. OKAY. WONDERFUL. NICE. HI, EVERYBODY.
I'M GOING TO DIGRESS FOR A MINUTE. JUST KIND OF SILLY, BUT FOR ANOTHER ONE OF MY QUOTES FROM THE ART WORLD, JUST FOR FUN, YOU PROBABLY HEARD THAT GUSTAVE FLAUBERT FAMOUSLY SAID, BE REGULAR AND ORDINARY IN YOUR LIFE SO THAT YOU CAN BE VIOLENT AND ORIGINAL IN YOUR WORK.
NOW, I KNOW ALL ARTISTS DON'T LIVE THAT WAY, BUT IT WORKED FOR GUSTAVE AND IT WORKS FOR ME AS A BORING, TORTURED SOFTWARE ARTIST, OR SO I LIKE TO THINK.
SO I'VE BEEN SLAVING AWAY IN MY GARRET FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, AND I'LL HAVE A FIRST WORKING BETA VERSION OF THIS SEE ARTESIA AND SOUTH BAY STREETS APPS ONLINE LATER THIS WEEK. THE FIRST VERSION PROVIDES A STOREFRONT MAP OF ARTESIA AND AVIATION, AND SOON THE GALLERIA AND OTHER CITY STREETS AND CENTERS.
WHAT'S NEW IS THE APP'S GOING TO ALLOW BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN CREATING, EVOLVING, AND SUSTAINING THESE MAPS. SOON, THE WHOLE THING BECOMES A WHAT I CALL A COMMUNITY COMMERCE NETWORK, WHICH IS SORT OF A SOCIAL NETWORK BETWEEN CUSTOMERS AND BUSINESSES.
BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT POSTING AND CHATTING, IT'S ABOUT GETTING YOUR NEEDS MET.
SO YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT FROM ME IN THE FUTURE.
BUT ANYWAY, I'VE HEARD THAT THE ARTESIA ART PROJECT NEEDS A MAP OF THE PUBLIC ART, AND SOME OF MY FRIENDS HAVE TOLD ME, WHY DON'T YOU HELP ON THAT? SO I'D LIKE TO OFFER TO PROVIDE THAT MAP.
IN A WAY, I GUESS THE WAY I'D SEE IT NOW IS IT WOULD BE OVERLAID AND INTEGRATED WITH OUR STOREFRONT MAPS SO THAT VISITORS COMING TO APPRECIATE ART CAN ALSO KNOW WHAT BUSINESSES ARE NEARBY AND VICE VERSA. I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHICH WOULD COME FIRST.
THE ART BUSINESS. THE BUSINESS, THE ART, I'M NOT SURE. AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO MORE WITH IT.
SO I'LL BE TALKING WITH YOU SEPARATELY AND ASKING YOU WHAT YOUR OBJECTIVES ARE FOR YOUR MAPS, SO THAT I COULD DESIGN THOSE INTO OUR APP, IF YOU LIKE.
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AND IF WE PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER NICELY, WE CAN DELIGHT OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, AND WE JUST MAY HAVE A SHOT AT SOMETHING THAT COULD MAKE NEWS AND DRAW TOURISTS TO REDONDO FROM OUR UPCOMING MAJOR SPORTS EVENTS DOWN HERE IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.SO THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ON THAT. AND ALSO, THERE ARE TWO VERY QUALIFIED WOMEN I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ON YOUR ART BOARD. I FORGET THE EXACT NAME OF IT, BUT SANDY LUCIER, GEORGETTE GANTNER IS HERE.
IT'S A TOUGH CHOICE BECAUSE GEORGETTE'S GOT ALL THIS DEPTH AND EXPERIENCE IN REDONDO.
SHE'LL BE THERE FOR OUR EMERGENCIES, IF NECESSARY.
SO TOUGH CHOICE, I'D SAY JUST BRING THEM BOTH ON IF YOU CAN.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR TOUGH DECISION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. WILL YOU TELL US WHAT IS THE NAME OF YOUR APP? IT'S CALLED. YOU'LL SEE IT AT SEE ARTESIA. YOU CAN REACH IT ON SOUTH BAY STREETS AND SEE ARTESIA.
I CAN GIVE YOU A CARD IF YOU LIKE. I'VE GIVEN YOU IT BEFORE, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
I'LL TAKE ANOTHER. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE.
THANK YOU. YOU STILL HAVE YOUR INFORMATION? THANK YOU.
SURE. WE'LL PASS IT TO JACK. THANK YOU. I THINK I'VE GOT THIS ONE, BUT DO YOU HAVE THIS ONE? OH, WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER. OH, WONDERFUL.
I'M A LOCAL ARTIST, AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PUBLIC ART FOR ARTESIA.
I ALSO LIVE JUST A BLOCK OFF OF STATE YOUR NAME? OH, I'M SORRY. KEN. PAGLIARO. I LIVE A BLOCK OFF OF ARTESIA, AND I JUST SEE THE POTENTIAL IN THAT STRETCH OF WITH THE BUSINESSES, AND I'M DRIVING UP AND DOWN THAT AREA CONSTANTLY, AND I JUST SEE ALL THESE EMPTY WALLS AND JUST THESE SPACES THAT COULD BE JUST JUST HAVE YOU KNOW, ART THERE TO, TO MAKE THE EXPERIENCE MORE KIND OF PULL PEDESTRIANS IN AND, AND THEREFORE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT ARE VISITING THE BUSINESSES.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO READ YOU MY RESUME AND INTRODUCE MYSELF.
AND SO I'VE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE SOUTH BAY FOR 18 YEARS, AND I'VE WORKED WITH THE MANHATTAN BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE FRIENDSHIP FOUNDATION, HEAL THE BAY, GRADES OF G REEN, THE MB EDUCATION FOUNDATION, SOUTH BAY MAGAZINE, EASY READER. AND I'VE ALSO WORKED WITH TARGET, NIKON, CHEVROLET, COORS LIGHT EBAY, VANS.
I'VE BEEN SHOOTING FOR A LONG TIME, AND I HAVE A BODY OF WORK THAT I WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY PROUD TO TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY, BEING A REDONDO BEACH RESIDENT CURRENTLY.
SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A WEBSITE? A WEBSITE THAT WE CAN SEE? I DO, IT'S MY NAME.
I UNFORTUNATELY, I FORGOT TO BRING CARDS WITH ME, BUT IT'S MY NAME.
IT'S .COM. DOT COM. CORRECT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANKS.
THANKS, JACK. I HAVE RIGHT HERE. JESSICA. NOW WE HAVE IT TWICE.
THAT'S GOOD. WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER. WONDERFUL.
HI. MY NAME IS SANDY ANLEU. AND I'M HERE FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
FIRST OF ALL, HE'S MY PARTNER, SO HE'S MADE ME MORE EXPERIENCED IN ART.
I COME TO YOU WITH 11 YEARS IN RETAIL BUSINESS IN HERMOSA BEACH, AND I ALSO DID THE MEMORIAL DAY FIESTAS, LABOR DAYS FOR 11 YEARS. I'VE SEEN AS A BUSINESS OWNER, FROM THE BUSINESS ASPECT, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ART BACKGROUND, BUT NOW I HAVE A NEW STAFF CONNECTION. I REALLY THINK THAT ARTESIA, IF IT CAN FOCUS ON ART, WE CAN BASICALLY GET OUR BUSINESSES A LITTLE MORE HIGH QUALITY AND MORE BALANCED, MORE FAMILY AND A PLACE TO GO AND WALK. AND THEN THAT WILL HELP OUR BUSINESSES BECAUSE I DON'T THINK, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT THIS PAST WEEKEND. WE BASICALLY AS RETAIL STORES, WE HAD TO DEPEND ON THE WEATHER AND THE THE
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EVENTS AND THE ART AND THE MURALS AND SUCH THINGS LIKE THAT.SO I REALLY THINK IF WE CAN HELP THE BUSINESSES OUT AND KIND OF DO A DUAL PURPOSE WHERE A MURAL GOES ON A BUSINESS THAT NEEDS A LITTLE HELP. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
I'D BE A PROUD VOLUNTEER TO BE PART OF THE, WHAT IS THAT, THE RFQ OR THE AACAP, WHAT HAVE YOU, AND YEAH. SO I DO HAVE SOME OTHER IDEAS, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE WE COULD DISCUSS WITH THE CONSULTANT IF, HOPEFULLY IF THAT'S OPEN FOR THE COMMUNITY. I DO LIVE A BLOCK AWAY FROM ARTESIA AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU. DID I SAY MY NAME? I THINK I DID SAY MY NAME.
DO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A BUSINESS ON ARTESIA? I DON'T, BUT I'VE CONTEMPLATED IT BECAUSE I WOULD THINK I COULDN'T AFFORD THE RENT ANYMORE IN DOWNTOWN HERMOSA, AND I'M THINKING IF MORE ATTENTION GETS PUT TO ARTESIA, IT'S A GREAT CORRIDOR.
THERE'S PARKING. THERE'S A LOT OF LOCAL ARTISTS THAT COULD BE FEATURED IN A.
MY DREAM IS TO SEE A GIFT SHOP THERE THAT FEATURES ALL THE LOCAL ARTISTS.
THAT'S ATTAINABLE TOO. I DON'T WANT A GALLERY.
I WANT A GIFT SHOP. SO THANK YOU. YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE MY EXPERIENCE AND OPEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I DO THINK IT NEEDS HELP. CAN YOU PLEASE RECITE, REPEAT YOUR NAME AGAIN.
SANDY ANLEU . THANK YOU. AND DO YOU HAVE, LIKE, A CONTACT NUMBER OR SOMETHING THAT YOU'D BE WILLING TO SHARE? YEAH. YEAH. DO YOU WANT TO PUT IT ON YOUR DESK? YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] OKAY. WE CAN ALSO GET IT LATER. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANOTHER SPEAKER? YES, THERE IS ONE MORE SPEAKER. OKAY. WONDERFUL.
MISS MICKEY? YES. I THINK WE SUBMITTED OUR NAMES TOGETHER.
RIGHT? TECHNICALLY, EACH PERSON I THINK IS ONLY SUPPOSED TO SPEAK ONE TIME, RIGHT? WELL, SHE WAS SPEAKING ON AN AGENDA ITEM AND WE'RE SPEAKING ON A NON AGENDA ITEM NOW.
THIS IS ALL NON AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY. MY NAME IS MICKEY JOHNSON, I'M A 30 YEAR RESIDENT OF REDONDO BEACH AND A PROUD VOLUNTEER SERVING ON THE NORTH REDONDO BEACH BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AS THE PRESIDENT AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS NRBBA, AND I'M HERE TODAY WITH SANDY ANLEU, WHO IS OUR NRBBA'S ART CURATOR.
AND WE'RE HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT A NEW TWIST ON A PROGRAM WE'RE HAVING CALLED DINE AROUND ARTESIA.
LAST YEAR, THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT WE HAD ABOUT DINE AROUND ARTESIA WAS THERE WAS TOO MUCH FOOD.
SO ON AUGUST, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 13TH WILL BE EAST ARTESIA AND WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH WE'LL HAVE WEST ARTESIA, SPLITTING IT RIGHT AT MACKAY, AND THAT'LL BE FROM 5 TO 8:30.
AND WE'LL BE EXPANDING THE EVENT THIS YEAR TO INCLUDE NON-FOOD BUSINESSES WHO ARE ALSO HOSTING ARTISTS, AND THAT'S WHERE SANDY COMES IN, BECAUSE SHE WILL BE CURATING OUR ARTISTS.
AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE FREE TO ARTISTS AND FREE TO BUSINESSES.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. IS THERE ANYBODY ONLINE? NO COMMENTS. OKAY. OH NO COMMENTS.
ALRIGHT. NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO. OKAY. ITEMS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS AGENDAS. RIGHT. THERE ARE NONE.
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OKAY. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION. ALL RIGHT.[J. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION]
SO J.1 STATUS UPDATE AND INTRODUCTION OF NEW CITY PUBLIC ART CONSULTANT FOR ARTESIA PUBLIC ART PROJECT.IT'S, ON THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY 13TH, THEY DID AWARD THE CONTRACT TO LEBASSE PROJECTS, AND A COUPLE REPRESENTATIVES OF THEM ARE HERE TO MEET YOU TODAY, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT.
SO THE ARTESIA PUBLIC ART PROJECT BEGAN AS THE ARTESIA AVIATION CORRIDOR AREA PLAN, WHICH WAS SUBMITTED AND PASSED BY THE CITY IN DECEMBER OF 2020. THIS WAS A PLAN FOR UPGRADING THE ENTIRE CORRIDORS OF AVIATION BOULEVARD AND ARTESIA BOULEVARD. ALTHOUGH WE'LL ONLY BE ADDRESSING ARTESIA CORRIDOR IN THIS PARTICULAR PLAN.
THE OH, CAN YOU SWITCH OVER? THERE WE GO. THAT'S THE SECTION WE'LL BE ADDRESSING.
AND THE LITTLE YELLOW STARS AT EITHER END OF THEM REPRESENT THE GATEWAYS, SO THE PROGRAM WILL ADDRESS ARTESIA BOULEVARD FROM THE RAILROAD CROSSING JUST EAST OF INGLEWOOD AVENUE TO WEST TO THE BORDER AT MANHATTAN BEACH BOULEVARD.
THAT WILL BE THE PORTIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE ARTESIA PUBLIC ART PROJECT.
THE PLAN HAS SEVERAL SECTIONS THAT EMPHASIZE HEAVILY THE VALUE AND NECESSITY OF ART IN THE ARTESIA PLAN. THEY DESCRIBE WHAT THEY CALL PLACEMAKING, THE IDEA OF MAKING THE AREA MORE THAN JUST AN ARTERY OR PASS THROUGH, BUT A DESTINATION WITH ACTIVITY NODES AS PLACES TO ENCOURAGE AND AN ATTRACTANT BRANDING, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT OF YOUR CAR IS THE IDEA.
SO THIS WOULD BE JUST, YOU KNOW, THE CLASSIC RISING TIDE RAISES ALL SHIPS.
THE EMPHASIS ON IT INCLUDED, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL COHESION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THERE'S A LOT IN THAT PLAN THAT'S WORTH LOOKING AT, AND IT WAS ATTACHED TO YOUR TO YOUR AGENDA, OR ACTUALLY, IT WAS A LINK ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA BECAUSE IT'S GIGANTIC.
IN JULY, ON JANUARY 2024 THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO THE PROJECT, WHICH WAS INITIALLY $400,000 AND SUBSEQUENTLY WAS UPPED BY ANOTHER $50,000 TO ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OR ACTUALLY THE PREFERENCE FOR A CONSULTANT TO HELP GUIDE THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
THAT WAS AT A LEVEL NOT TO EXCEED 10% OF THE TOTAL FUND, SO $45,000 LEAVING $405,000 FOR THE ACTUAL ART ACQUISITION AND THE ENTIRE PROCESS. THEN WE WENT TO A RFQ, A REQUEST FOR QUOTE ,TO SEEK OUT APPROPRIATE AND QUALIFIED CONSULTANTS. THE PUBLIC ART COMMISSION REVIEWED IT IN APRIL AND THEN AGAIN IN MAY OF 2024, EACH TIME CRAFTING YOU KNOW, HONING IN ON WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE.
THE RFQ WAS FINALLY PUBLISHED IN JULY THROUGH AUGUST 31ST OF 2024.
AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMISSION IN 2024, SEPTEMBER 2024.
AT THAT POINT IT WAS DISCUSSED, EVERYBODY COMMENTED ON THE QUALITY AND THE DEPTH OF THE THE NINE SUBMISSIONS, BUT THEY HAD TO BRING IT DOWN TO A SOME FINALISTS.
AND THAT WAS DONE, ESSENTIALLY, WE LEFT TO THE CITY STAFF, IT WAS DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD BE WORKING MOST DIRECTLY WITH THEM, IT WOULD BE THE BEST, ALTHOUGH CERTAIN PREFERENCES WERE WERE ACTUALLY NOTED.
THEN IT WENT TO STAFF REVIEW AND THAT INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES OF HARBOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC WORKS WAS INVOLVED AS WAS COMMUNITY SERVICES AND CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION.
THE FINAL SELECTION WAS WELL, NEXT WE WENT TO INTERVIEW.
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PROJECT, AND THAT WAS BASED ON THEIR PORTFOLIO THEIR EXPRESSED LOCAL CONTEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND THEIR COLLABORATIVE APPROACH IN THEIR PROPOSAL. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT, IT'S NO LONGER A PROPOSED CONTRACT, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTING THAT THEY ADOPT IT, BUT THEY DID. SO THE CONTRACT ELEMENTS HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOUR MAJOR AREAS OF OF THE PROCEDURE.AND IT'LL START WITH, YOU KNOW, AN EXISTING CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE INVENTORYING THE EXISTING PUBLIC ART THAT IS THERE AND SEEING HOW THAT WOULD BEST BE INTEGRATED INTO WHATEVER DESIGN OR THEME OR GENERAL PLAN THAT COMES OUT OF IT.
THAT WOULD FOLLOW WITH VISIONING AND ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS WHERE WE GET INTO THE WORKING WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AND THEN PUBLIC WORKSHOP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE LOCAL VOICES THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
IT'LL BE BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES, RETAILERS, THE RESIDENTS, ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS WILL HAVE A VOICE IN THIS AND HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO IT. THEN ALSO, THE APPOINTED BOARDS, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND THEN FINALLY, WE GAVE A RECOMMENDATION, AND THE CITY COUNCIL AGREED THAT THIS WOULD BE A THREE YEAR CONTRACT THAT IT WOULD GENERATE AT THE END, A MINIMUM OF THREE MAJOR ART INSTALLATIONS, WHICH THEY WOULD SEE THROUGH TO ARTIST SELECTION THROUGH AND INCLUDING INSTALLATION.
SO THEY WOULD BE THERE TO MANAGE AND GUIDE THE ACTUAL INSTALLATION OF THE SELECTED PIECES.
THE COMPENSATION IS $45,000, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT AT THIS POINT.
I'M GOING TO GET THIS RIGHT. KIM LUANGRAJ. CLOSE.
AND CATHERINE FORSYTH FROM LEBASSE PROJECTS. HELLO, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS KIMBERLY LUANGRAJ, AND THIS IS MY COLLEAGUE CATHERINE FORSYTH.
WE JUST WANTED TO KIND OF INTRODUCE OURSELVES WE'RE LEBASSE PROJECTS BASED OUT OF LOS ANGELES, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOUR CITY AND EXCITED TO KIND OF WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT YOUR NEEDS AND YOUR VISION OF WHAT YOU WANT FOR THIS COMMUNITY. WE CAN GO THROUGH OUR SORT OF PREVIOUS WORK AND KIND OF SHARE, LIKE, OUR HISTORY AND WHAT WE DO. NEXT SLIDE.
OH LET'S SEE. YOU CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO IN THIS PROJECT, WE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF GLENDALE, WHERE WE WERE CREATING STRATEGIC PLANS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FINDING AREAS IN ART THAT, SORT OF REALLY SPECIFIC FOR THE COMMUNITY.
HERE ARE SOME RENDERINGS THAT WE'VE HAD. NEXT SLIDE.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE WORKS WERE FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA IN GLENDALE.
AND FOR RIGHT NOW, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS ON HOLD.
RIGHT. ACTUALLY, THIS ONE IS THE RENDERING THAT IS THE COMMUNITY WENT WITH.
AND WE TYPICALLY GET SOMETIMES AROUND LIKE 200 APPLICATIONS FROM ARTISTS.
SO WE WILL THEN GO THROUGH THE LIST, CONDENSE IT DOWN TO MAYBE AROUND 15 ARTISTS, AND THEN WE CAN SHARE THEIR WORK AND FURTHER CONDENSE THE LIST TO AROUND 3 OR 4 ARTISTS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO CITE SPECIFIC PROPOSALS.
KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE, WHERE WE WERE WORKING WITH THIS MEDIAN THAT'S LOCATED IN GLENDALE, AND FROM THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF LIKE THE THREE OPTIONS THAT WE HAD AND FROM THERE THE ARTWORK BY FORMA STUDIO WAS THE ONE THAT WAS SELECTED. BUT THAT'S KIND OF OUR PROCESS OF HOW WE LAND ON A LANDMARK ARTWORK LIKE THAT.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PROJECT WE HAVE GOING, IT'S IN SAUDI ARABIA.
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THEY ARE REDOING THEIR WHOLE CITY OF ABHA, AND WE'RE KIND OF DOING A SIMILAR PLACEMAKING PROJECT THERE.AND THEN SOME MORE OF OUR CIVIC WORK. THIS IS FOR THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, WHERE METRO WAS CLOSING DOWN CERTAIN AREAS AND INSTEAD OF HAVING JUST LIKE AN UGLY BLANK WALL, THEY WANTED SOMETHING STILL TO KIND OF ACTIVATE THE SPACE AND SO WE SELECTED AN ARTIST AND SORT OF EVERYBODY WAS REALLY THRILLED ABOUT THE ARTIST THAT WE HAD HERE. AND BASED ON SORT OF ITS APPLICATION HERE, IT KIND OF REJUVENATED THE AREA AND NOW THERE'S LIKE TABLES WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE COFFEE BREAKS THERE'S PERFORMANCES OUT THERE.
SO IT WAS LIKE A NICE SORT OF WHAT PUBLIC ART CAN REALLY ENRICH A COMMUNITY, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S SUPPOSEDLY, IN THEORY, THERE'S THERE'S NOTHING INTERESTING THERE. BUT BECAUSE OF ART, IT'S REALLY SORT OF BEEN ABLE TO REALLY ACTIVATE THE SPACE.
THAT COULD BE SORT OF THEY HAD DONE THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF REDOING THE PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS.
AND SO THEY WANTED SOME PUBLIC ART. SO WE HAD A CHOICE BETWEEN EITHER TRASH RECEPTACLES, BENCHES, SHADE STRUCTURES. AND AT THE END WE ENDED UP LANDING WITH THESE LIKE REALLY FUN STRUCTURES.
CAN I ASK YOU, WERE THOSE BY INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS OR THOSE MASS PRODUCED? THEY WERE BY INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, AND IT WAS THE SAME SELECTION PROCESS WHERE WE DID AN RFQ, AND THEN WE DID AN RFP AND SORT OF REALLY TAPERED IT DOWN TO FIND SORT OF THE BEST ARTISTS FOR THE PARTICULAR PROJECT.
SO THE ARTISTS DID A REALLY GREAT JOB IN SORT OF.
AND THEY WERE INDIVIDUAL ART PIECES. THEY WEREN'T MASS PRODUCED ART PIECES BY THE ARTIST.
THEY WERE PRODUCED, BUT THEY WERE IN SMALL SORT OF GROUPS.
SO WE DID ABOUT 8 OR 4 PAIRS OF THE LARGE, LIKE A SCULPTURE, THE CURSIVE LA.
AND THEN WE DID ABOUT 16 OF THE FOLDED LA BENCHES.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION, PLEASE? SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I KNOW FOR ME IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO INCLUDE OR ALLOW LOCAL ARTISTS TO PARTICIPATE IN APPLYING.
YES. AND I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND IF YOU WILL HAVE IF YOU WILL LIKE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TARGET THEM. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE OPEN IT UP TO PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH BAY OR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHO COULD ACTUALLY WHO ACTUALLY LIVE NOT FAR FROM WHERE THESE ART PIECES MIGHT BE. YEAH. WE ESPECIALLY FOR CITY PROJECTS AND COUNTY PROJECTS, WE TRY TO SORT OF PROMOTE LOCAL ARTISTS. THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST GROUP IS FROM LONG BEACH, SO THEY'RE AWARE AND THEY KIND OF ARE, THEY HAVE KIDS.
AND SO THEY ARE AWARE OF LIKE THE PUBLIC PARKS.
SO A LOT OF OUR. YEAH, WE GOT A DECENT AMOUNT OF LOCAL ARTISTS, I WOULD SAY THAT APPLY.
A LOT OF THE PLATFORMS WE HAVE ARE CALIFORNIA BASED, BUT YEAH, I WOULD SAY IT'S REALLY MIXED.
WE DO GET A LOT OF LOCAL ARTISTS AND WE WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO JUST THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND STAKEHOLDERS HERE TO KIND OF LET EVERYONE HERE KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING THIS, SO THEN WE CAN GET MORE LOCAL ARTISTS TO APPLY.
YEAH. AND OUR PERSONAL ETHOS IS LIKE, WE LIKE TO COLLABORATE INSTEAD OF TELLING, YOU KNOW, OUR CLIENTS LIKE, THIS IS JUST WHAT YOU NEED INSTEAD OF LIKE, WE WANT TO WORK WITH EVERYONE TO BE LIKE, TO MAKE PUBLIC ART REALLY STAND OUT AND USEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S WHY FOR US, IT'S IMPORTANT TO COLLABORATE.
SO WE LIKE TO ADD A LOT OF MORE LOCAL ARTISTS, A DIVERSE ARTIST ROSTER AS WELL.
SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US. YEAH.
THE NORTH REDONDO BEACH BUSINESS GROUP AND YEAH, WE WOULD LOVE TO, ORGANIZATIONS AND YEAH, HEAR MORE FROM THEM. THIS IS A PROJECT WE DID AT ALSO CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD.
THIS IS PART OF A FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE THAT TAKES FOLKS AROUND THE AREA AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE SOME LOCAL ARTISTS, SOME A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE AS WELL, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE SORT OF MIX OF COLOR AND DIFFERENT SORT OF VISIONS OF WHAT AN INTERESTING BUS WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO THIS WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL STILL GOING ON.
IT'S LIKE REALLY EYE CATCHING. SO PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHAT'S THAT? AND SO THEY KIND OF LEARN ABOUT SORT OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE FREE SHUTTLES.
THIS IS ALSO FOR THE ACLU PROJECT THAT WE DID, WHERE WE ALSO DID LIKE AN RFQ TO FIND LOCAL ARTISTS.
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AND YEAH, THIS IS PART OF LIKE A, THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL PROJECT THAT WE DID IN MANILA IN THE PHILIPPINES, WHERE THIS WAS A, LIKE A DIRT SORT OF SPACE WHERE THIS IS A RETAINING WALLS THAT ARE LIKE UP TO 10 OR 15 STORIES.AND BECAUSE OF THE ACTIVATION IT CREATED A WHOLE SORT OF COMMUNITY OF LIKE THERE'S A WEEKEND NIGHT MARKET. SO IT REALLY BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY OUT.
AND FOR THIS COMMUNITY, THEY REALLY NEEDED MORE PEOPLE TO KIND OF ACTIVATE THE SPACE.
SO IT WAS REALLY A GREAT PROGRAM. AND THIS PROJECT ALSO, WE WORKED WITH INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY, WHERE WE DID A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM WITH SOME OF THE SEASONED ARTISTS THAT SORT OF TRAINED AND TAUGHT SORT OF THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE, ESPECIALLY WITH LARGE SCALE MURALS WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR I KNOW THAT THIS WAS NOT A PLANNED PRESENTATION OF THEIRS.
AND. SORRY, WE'RE TALKING TOO LONG. THIS WAS OUR PRESENTATION FROM CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT THANK YOU. YEAH.
AND YEAH, JUST REALLY HAPPY TO FINALLY MEET YOU ALL.
THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. SURE. IS IT JUST THE TWO OF YOU WHO ARE GOING TO BE INVOLVED WITH OUR PROJECT, OR ARE THERE MORE OF YOU, AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING WITH THIS ORGANIZATION? I'VE BEEN WITH THE PROJECTS FOR OVER TEN YEARS.
WE HAD A GALLERY AND I'M THE VP OF OPERATIONS.
YEAH, I'M A PROJECTS MANAGER. I'VE BEEN AT LEBASSE PROJECTS ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
YES. THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK I CAN'T REMEMBER.
IS THAT THE LAST ONE? DO WE WANT TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PRESENTATION, OR.
DID YOU WANT TO LOOK IT ANYMORE?. IT'S UP TO YOU TO I THINK WE CAN. SO THIS IS ANOTHER SORT OF AREA WHERE, LIKE I WAS SAYING, FOR THE NIGHT MARKET, WHERE IT STARTED TO KIND OF LIKE ACTIVATE THE SPACE.
THIS IS TO ACTIVATE THIRD STREET PROMENADE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY WERE HAVING SORT OF STRUGGLING WITH FOLKS COMING THROUGH, AND SO THIS WAS A WAY TO KIND OF ACTIVATE THE SPACE.
THIS IS ANOTHER SORT OF SECTION OF TRIANGLE SQUARE.
YEAH. AND THESE WERE A TEMPORARY INSTALLATION.
THIS IS ALSO FOR THIRD STREET PROMENADE DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR.
YEAH, I GUESS I KIND OF HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT LIKE OUR PROJECT, RIGHT? SO YOU JUST SIGNED UP TO TAKE ON THE ARTESIA DISTRICT, RIGHT? AND I'M WONDERING HOW YOU BEGIN AND HOW YOU START.
DO YOU JUST KIND OF DO YOU GO TO THE LOCATION AND DECIDE HOW TO ACTIVATE THE SPACE OR WHAT IS IT THAT LIKE, HOW DO YOU BEGIN? IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW. FOR RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SORT OF IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN WHERE WE ARE, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET LIKE GEORGETTE AND MICKEY LAST TIME FROM OUR MEETING.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SORT OF TALK IN CANVAS AND SORT OF WORK WITH CULTURAL ARTS AND EVERYBODY IN THE CITY TO KIND OF, SORT OF SEE WHAT YOU GUYS ENVISION FOR THE SPACE AND WHAT WE SORT OF SEE AS POSSIBLE AREAS AND LOCATIONS WHERE IT COULD BE A GREAT COLLABORATION OF, LIKE WHERE ART CAN BE.
AND YEAH. YEAH, WE WOULD DEFINITELY MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS, BECAUSE SINCE YOU ARE ALL LOCAL, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE BEST SPOTS, OH, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT AREA TO ACTIVATE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK THE NEXT STEP WOULD JUST BE DRIVING DOWN AND FLAGGING POSSIBLE ART LOCATIONS.
KIND OF LIKE THE ACTIVATION SPACES THAT WERE IN THE ORIGINAL RFQ FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN ONCE WE KIND OF PIN DOWN WHERE WE'D LIKE ART, THEN WE WOULD MOVE ON TO THE RFQ PROCESS.
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AND ALL THAT PROCESS AS WELL. SO I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
AND THEN WHEN DO YOU BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSIONERS? BECAUSE, I MEAN, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WHILE YOU'RE IT'S FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY THE ULTIMATE DECISION MAKERS FOR WHAT GETS MOVED FORWARD.
I BELIEVE THERE'S GOING TO BE A ANOTHER SORT OF GROUP OF FOLKS, RIGHT? FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S TO BE A COMMUNITY PANEL THAT WILL BE CONVENED THAT WILL BE PEOPLE SELECTED BY THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AND LEBASSE TOGETHER. AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE A GREAT DEAL TO SAY ABOUT IT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO WE'LL PROBABLY BE TAKING EVERYONE'S OPINIONS, AND WE DO TYPICALLY GO TO THE ARTS COMMISSION ONCE WE HAVE A LIST OF LOCATIONS TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK. THANK YOU. YEAH.
YEAH, I THINK WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, RIGHT, SO YOU GUYS COMING BACK AND SAYING LIKE, THIS IS WHERE WE THINK ART COULD BE MADE, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING. BIG PART OF IT IS THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESSES, AS A COMMISSION TO HEAR THEIR VOICES AND HOW IT'S GOING TO HOPEFULLY IMPACT THAT AREA FOR THE BETTER, IT'S BEEN LONG OVERDUE. SO BUT THE COMMUNITY IS VITAL, I THINK, TO MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, AT PEACE WITH WHATEVER IT MAY BE. SO DEFINITELY, YEAH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S VOICES ARE HEARD AND THAT THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY HAPPY WITH THE OUTPUT. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO GET STARTED.
THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN FOR ME BECAUSE THERE ARE DEFINITELY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE LOUDER VOICES, AND THEN A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO DON'T, OR DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THEY CAN BE HEARD.
AND THEN WE HAVE OTHERS AND THEY HAVE GREAT IDEAS AND THEIR VOICES ARE USUALLY HEARD SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S THAT IT'S PRETTY LEVEL OR EQUAL FOR EVERYBODY. THAT'S A GREAT POINT ACTUALLY SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
YEAH, I THINK WE'LL DEFINITELY GO TO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES.
THAT'S, I'M KIND OF COMPARING THIS TO A PREVIOUS PROJECT WE HAD IN MONTROSE IN GLENDALE.
AND I THINK JUST WALKING AROUND THE AREA, WE WERE ABLE TO GET KIND OF MORE OF A COMMUNITY, THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS NOT JUST THE ONES WITH THE LOUDER VOICES WHO COME TO MORE OF THE MEETINGS BECAUSE THEY KNOW ABOUT THEM, KIND OF BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY CAN HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.
OR THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO PARTICIPATE. AND SO IF WE CAN GO TO THEM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT YEAH, IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF SUGGESTIONS OF LIKE PEOPLE THAT WE COULD CONNECT WITH, WELL, HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND HAVE THOSE MEETINGS WITH.
THANK YOU. IF I MAY, I THINK EVEN JUST JUST THE AREA AROUND ARTESIA AND I KNOW YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR, THERE'S A LOT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THERE'S A LOT OF SCHOOLS IN GENERAL RIGHT THERE. AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCITED TO WALK ARTESIA ARE EXCITED TO GET OUT, ARE EXCITED TO EXPERIENCE THE ARTS ARE A LOT OF THOSE FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL VERY LOCAL.
THEY ALL CAN WALK TO THEIR SCHOOLS AND THEY CAN ALL WALK TO ARTESIA.
SO MAYBE A GREAT PLACE FOR YOU TO START, I KNOW SOME ARE STARTING SOON, BUT WOULD EVEN BE TALKING TO THOSE SCHOOLS AND REACHING OUT TO THOSE PARENTS AND SAYING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? HOW WOULD YOU GET HERE WITH YOUR KIDS? WHAT WOULD BRING YOU HERE? . YEAH WE HAD EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH SCHOOLS WHERE WE WORKED ON A PROJECT IN IRVINE, WHERE WE CONNECTED WITH THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL THERE, WHERE WE GOT THEM INVOLVED AS WELL AS PART OF THE PUBLIC ART, SO IN THAT AREA THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE ART WALK THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO DO, AND SO WE HAD A WHOLE SORT OF END OF THE YEAR SORT OF PROJECT WITH THEM WHERE THEY GOT TO DESIGN PUBLIC ART. AND SO WE HELPED THEM AND HELPED FABRICATE.
SO IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM HERE.
SO TO FOCUS ON LIKE, ESPECIALLY FAMILIES, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO BE OUT AND ABOUT, THAT WOULD BE A LOVELY IDEA. AND MAYBE IF YOU NEED HELP CONNECTING WITH THE PTA OR SUCH, TO MAYBE HAVE LIKE A COMMUNITY FORUM DAY WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS, THAT WOULD BE I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
I WILL DEFINITELY ADD THAT TO LIKE AN AGENDA, LIKE PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR FOR THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU. AND, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR YOU, BUT, I MEAN, I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE AND EVEN INVITE OTHER PEOPLE TO SHARE WITH YOU. YEAH. PERFECT. THAT'S GREAT.
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GREAT. YEAH. MIGHT BE GOOD TO HAVE ONE MEETING SOURCE LIKE A PLACE, THOUGH, STILL TO HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND AND EVERYBODY TO KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT OF AN OPINION AND HAVE THEIR VOICE, YOU KNOW, LIKE AS IN THE LIBRARY SOMETIMES OR A DESIGNATED SPOT, A TIME FRAME AND TO GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE TIME FRAME TO DO THAT.THAT'S GREAT. TO BE CONTINUED. LIBRARY.
YEAH. THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
YOU DO A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. I MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
SECOND. OH. I'M SORRY. WE DIDN'T ASK IF THERE WERE ANY COMMENTS.
OH, YEAH. FIRST. ABSOLUTELY. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? WE DO ACTUALLY. WONDERFUL. WE DO. WE DID HAVE A WRITTEN REQUEST.
OKAY. HELLO, I'M MICKEY JOHNSON, 30 YEAR RESIDENT AND PROUD RESIDENT OF NORTH REDONDO BEACH, AND WE ARE SUPER EXCITED AS RESIDENTS AND NRBBA TO HAVE THIS ART PROJECT COMING UP. WE TOTALLY SUPPORT EVERYTHING IN THE AACAP, AND WE LOVE THE IDEA OF REALLY BUILDING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE AREA.
AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE'S 10,000 PEOPLE RIGHT AROUND ARTESIA BOULEVARD.
IT'S A GREAT WALKING AREA. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE ART ACTIVATED AND USED FOR PLACEMAKING, LIKE THOSE GREAT BENCHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WOULD BE SUPER FUN AND WE WILL TOTALLY HELP YOU WITH OUTREACH.
WE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PTAS AND ALL THE BUSINESSES.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ART WALK COMING UP AUGUST 13TH AND SEPTEMBER 10TH.
SO NRBBA IS BEHIND THE PROJECT 100%. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST TO YOU THAT PROBABLY EACH COUNCILPERSON SHOULD START ADVERTISING THIS SO THAT WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR COMMUNITY MEETINGS, LIKE TOMORROW NIGHT, CHADWICK CASTLE IS HAVING HIS FOR DISTRICT TWO UPSTAIRS AT THE LIBRARY WITH PAIGE KALUDEROVIC, SHE'S THE OTHER COUNCILPERSON. SO MAYBE ON A REGULAR BASIS THEY CAN BE KEPT APPRIZED AND THEN WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THEY CAN CONTINUE TO PUBLICIZE THIS INFORMATION AND THEN ALL THE SCHOOLS CAN BE, YEAH, LIKE MICKEY HAS CONNECTIONS WITH PTA.
ALL THE ALL THE SCHOOLS IN REDONDO BEACH SHOULD BE NOTIFIED, EVERYBODY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.
NO ONLINE COMMENTS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? I MOVE, I MAKE A MOTION AND MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
IS THERE A SECOND. I SECOND. OKAY. ANY OPPOSED? ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. NOW WE CAN GO ON TO J.2.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. RIGHT, J.2. WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON EFFORTS TO DATE OF THE LGBTQIA+ PRIDE PERMANENT ART INSTALLATION SUBCOMMITTEE. THAT'S US. ALL RIGHT. WE SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE LGBTQIA SOUTH BAY CENTER IN TORRANCE, BETTY LEINEN, WHO HAS BEEN EAGER AND IS VERY PLEASED TO HEAR ABOUT A POSSIBLE PLACEMENT OF SCULPTURE IN FRONT OF THE NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY.
THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT JUMP START WITH ALL OF THIS TO GET GOING.
BUT AS OF NOW WE'D LIKE TO HOPEFULLY WITH THE RESIDUALS OF THE LEFTOVER MONIES, HOPEFULLY TO MAYBE COME INTO CONSIDERATION WITH FELLOW C OMMISSIONERS TO DESIGNATE FUNDS FOR THAT FROM THAT.
SO WE CAN GO INTO THAT IN ITEM K. BUT WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH PICTURES AND WE HAVE THE SITE AND THE IDEAS FOR THE SCULPTURE.
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NOW IT'S JUST PART OF HAVING THE FUNDING THERE, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE.SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. THEN AGAIN IN ITEM K TO HOPEFULLY DESIGNATE AND GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. DO YOU HAVE A WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THERE'S, WELL IT'D BE LIKE A 5 TO 6 FOOT SCULPTURE POSSIBLY BIGGER, BUT IT'LL BE GOING IN FRONT OF THE NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY, BUT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW A DESIGNATED UNTIL WE CAN HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO A CALL OUT FOR ARTISTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO GET IS THE FUNDING TO HAVE FOR THAT.
AND WHAT'S KEEPING US BACK NOW IS THE FUNDING, BASICALLY TO START HAVING IT COME TO FRUITION THAT WAY, TOO. SO BUT YEAH. SO WE CAN DO THAT. AND I'M HOPING IN ITEM K IF WE CAN AND YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK IN THE PAST MEETINGS TO SEE.
I THINK IT'S ENCOURAGING FOR YOU NEW COMMISSIONERS TO SEE SOME OF THAT.
BECAUSE THE PAST COMMISSIONER ASHISH SHARMA AND I HAVE DONE THAT.
SO IT'S NOW JUST KIND OF TAKING ALL OF THOSE IDEAS AND BRINGING THEM FORWARD TO AN ARTIST. BUT AGAIN, IN ORDER FOR US TO EVEN HAVE AN ARTIST, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE FUNDING TO HAVE IT JUMPSTARTED.
SO YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S WONDERFUL. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO ADD TO THAT? JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE CONTEXT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MANY OF US ARE ALL OF US THAN YOU ARE NEWER TO THE BOARD.
SO THE AREA IN FRONT OF NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY WE THOUGHT WAS A REALLY GREAT SPOT.
THERE'S AN EMPTY SPACE IN THE FRONT WHERE WE THOUGHT A SCULPTURE COULD GO.
WE FOUND IT TO BE AN ENGAGING PLACE. REMIND ME THE HISTORY THERE.
ACROSS THE WAY IS A LGBTQ+ BAR THAT HAS BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL AND WANTING TO ENCOURAGE THAT TOO, THERE'S A HISTORY THERE ON ARTESIA CORRIDOR AS WELL AS IT'S THE BEGINNING, I KNOW WITH THE CONSULTANTS TOO, THERE'S A LOT OF IDEAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE EMBRACING FOR TRAFFIC FLOW AND ATTENTION GETTERS. THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THEM.
I THINK DEFINITELY. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST HAVE THAT WILL JUST KIND OF EMBRACE ALL OF THE COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN LONG OVERDUE. SO IT'S ALSO A PLACE THAT'S DESIGNATED THAT WON'T BE TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO DOING CERTAIN ARTWORKS, AS WE KNOW, CAN TAKE AWAY FROM CITY WORKERS AND OUR POLICE AND HAVE TO BE STAFFED.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WON'T HAVE TO BE, WHEREAS A CROSSWALK, WHICH I LOVE THEM ALL, YOU KNOW, ALL, BUT THEY WON'T HAVE TO USE THE MAN HOURS THERE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE A FASTER PACE AS FAR AS HAVING SOMETHING INSTALLED THERE VERSUS HAVING SOMETHING WHERE THE SIDEWALKS CAN BE BLOCKED AND, AND ALL OF THAT. SO ALL OF THOSE COME ALONG WITH COSTS.
AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULDN'T BE AS EXPENSIVE AS SOME OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD.
SO. YEAH. AND CAN WE TALK NOW ABOUT WHAT BUDGET ITEMS WE WOULD LIKE? I BELIEVE THAT IF WE GO ON TO K, WE COULD MAKE A REQUEST.
IS THAT CORRECT? IF IT'S NOT PART OF YOUR REPORT, IF IT'S A DISCUSSION ITEM, THEN YEAH, YOU WOULD GO INTO K, YOU WOULD. BECAUSE YOU WANT TO PRESENT IT FOR THE NEXT AGENDA, AND I WANT THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA TO TALK.
DISCUSSION ITEMS NEED TO BE AGENDIZED. YEAH, YEAH.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE LITTLE INTERJECTION.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE REMNANTS OF THE REMAINING FUNDS IN THE JOHN PARSONS PUBLIC ART FUND, NOTE THAT THERE'S A LITTLE NOTE NEAR THE BOTTOM THAT REMINDS YOU THAT THE UTILITY BOXES HAVE NOT YET BEEN BUDGETED.
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THE REMAINING BALANCE. MAY I ASK, THEN, ARE THOSE UTILITY BOXES THE ONES THAT WE ALREADY APPROVED? CORRECT. OKAY. SO THERE WERE FIVE THAT WE APPROVED.THERE ARE FIVE THAT YOU APPROVED AND THOSE WERE IN CONTRACT NOW WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHEN THEY RETURN IT TO US IS APPROVED AS TO FORM, WE TAKE IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDS.
THANK YOU. SO THE ADJUSTED BALANCE OF THAT AGAIN WOULD BE.
SO YOU SEE THAT THERE'S ABOUT 74,000 SHOWING.
THERE'S ANOTHER AS I SAID BETWEEN 10,500 AND 12,500.
THEY HAVE TO DO CHECK AND SEE THE CONDITION OF THE BOXES TO SEE IF THEY REQUIRE ANY REHAB.
BASICALLY LIKE 60, $60,000 WOULD BE LEFT IN THAT.
RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT MONEY WILL COME OFF THE TOP WHEN THE COUNCIL ALLOCATES IT.
OKAY. AND THEN IN ITEM K THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE REST OF THAT TOO.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? I JUST WANT IT TO BE NOTED THAT WE'VE FOUND A SPACE AT THE NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE A SCULPTURE.
WE HAVE SLIDES THAT WE COULD PRESENT, THAT ASSOCIATION I PRESENTED.
SO I THINK THAT GIVES IT PROBABLY A MORE REALISTIC, LIKE WHAT IS IT GOING TO END UP LOOKING LIKE? WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE MADE OF? THINGS LIKE THAT? IF YOU HAVE FUNDING SET ASIDE FOR IT, YOU CAN PLACE A PIECE OF ARTWORK WITHIN THAT FUNDING IS WHAT I'M HEARING? RIGHT? SO YEAH. SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
ALL RIGHT. SO CAN I MAKE THE MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT INFORMATION? ABSOLUTELY. I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. SECOND.
I SECOND [INAUDIBLE] MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. YEAH.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO MEMBER ITEMS AND REFERRALS TO STAFF.
[K. COMMISSION MEMBER ITEMS AND FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA TOPICS]
ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY, DOES THE COMMISSION HAVE ANY REFERRALS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, ANYONE WANT TO START ? NOBODY? OKAY. I WILL START. I WOULD LIKE TO AGENDIZE REALLOCATING LEFTOVER MONEY FROM THE BOXES AND FOR THE LGBTQIA+ FUTURE SCULPTURE AT NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY.I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HOPEFULLY HAVE FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON BOARD WITH REALLOCATING THE MONEY THAT WAS FOR THE TRANSIT CENTER AND HOLDING OFF ON THAT AND PUTTING IT TOWARDS LILIENTHAL PARK.
BECAUSE IF ANYBODY'S GONE THERE, IT'S A LOVELY LITTLE PARK AND THE COMMUNITY THERE JUST REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE TO HAVE SOME PUBLIC ART THERE. SO WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME WITH FIGURING OUT MURALS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS WITH THAT TRANSIT CENTER, AND I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S BEEN JUST AT A STANDSTILL.
SO THE ENTHUSIASM FROM WHAT I'M GETTING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS THEY'D LIKE TO SEE THAT FUNDING GO TOWARDS THERE. SO I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY AND THEN ALSO DISCUSS GROUNDS FOR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AS A COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER, A HUB, A LITTLE HUB, MAYBE FOR ART CLASSES, AND LOCATED BESIDE THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IS SOME LAND THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO, IF WE CAN ESTABLISH A DESIGNATED BUILDING.
MAYBE WE COULD HAVE SOME SORT OF LIKE MOBILE BUILDINGS THAT WOULD BE AT LEAST A TEMPORARY UNTIL SOMETHING, SOME SORT OF FUNDING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD COME FOR C OMMUNITY ART CENTER BECAUSE WE DESPERATELY NEED THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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AND THEN ALSO, I LOVE THE COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT CAME OUT FOR TALKING ABOUT THE VIRTUAL MAP.I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS SEEN, BUT THERE'S A WONDERFUL PUBLIC ART MAP THAT PHILADELPHIA HAS, AND IT'S THE PUBLIC ART AT THEIR PUBLIC ART WEBSITE.
PUBLIC ART IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE CONTESTED TERRITORY BECAUSE IT REFLECTS THE REAL TENSIONS EMBEDDED IN OUR CIVIC LIFE, WHICH MAY EXPLAIN WHY EVEN OLD FASHIONED MONUMENTS HAVE BEEN AND BECOME PROBLEMATIC.
PUBLIC ART IS NOT A SINGULAR ART FORM. ITS SIZE CAN BE HUGE OR SMALL.
IT CAN TOWER 50FT HIGH OR CALL ATTENTION TO THE PAVING BENEATH YOUR FEET.
ITS SHAPE CAN BE ABSTRACT, REALISTIC, OR BOTH, AND IT MAY BE CAST, CARVED, BUILT, ASSEMBLED, OR PAINTED. IT CAN BE SITE SPECIFIC OR STAND IN CONTRAST TO ITS SURROUNDINGS.
PUBLIC ART IS A REFLECTION OF HOW WE SEE THE WORLD.
THE ARTIST'S RESPONSE TO OUR TIME AND PLACE. IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY ALL ART CANNOT APPEAL TO ALL PEOPLE, NOR SHOULD IT BE EXPECTED TO DO SO. TO SOME DEGREE, EVERY PUBLIC ART PROJECT IS AN INTERACTIVE PROCESS INVOLVING ARTISTS, ARCHITECTS, DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, CIVIC LEADERS, POLITICIANS, APPROVAL AGENCIES, FUNDING AGENCIES AND CONSTRUCTION TEAMS. AS OUR SOCIETY AND ITS MODES OF EXPRESSION EVOLVE, SO WILL OUR DEFINITIONS OF PUBLIC ART MATERIALS AND METHODS CHANGE TO REFLECT OUR CONTEMPORARY CULTURE.
PUBLIC ART IS A PART OF OUR PUBLIC HISTORY, PART OF OUR EVOLVING CULTURE AND OUR COLLECTIVE MEMORY.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS LOVELY, SO . THAT IS LOVELY.
THANK YOU. S O TO AGENDIZE THESE, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE YOU HAVE FOUR THINGS, TWO OF WHICH ARE TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN. YOU HAVE THE LGBTQIA FUNDING THAT YOU WANT TO SEE FROM THE ART FUND, AND YOU ALSO WOULD LIKE TO REALLOCATE SOME OF THE FUNDS FROM THAT FROM THE TRANSIT CENTER TO THE PROJECT. YOU CAN PUT THAT INTO ONE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK BACK AT THE MONEY AND REALLOCATE IT.
SO PART OF THAT, IT'D BE EASIER FOR YOU JUST TO PUT IT ALL INTO ONE, WE SHOULD BE REALLOCATING THAT MONEY AND THEN HOPEFULLY DESIGNATE IT TO WHAT WE NEED FOR THE LGBTQIA+ SCULPTURE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE ONE MOTION.
YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE ONE AGENDA TOPIC. YEAH.
SO SOMEBODY WANTED TO TRY CRAFTING A MOTION TO DO THAT? YES. JUST GENERAL QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATION SO THAT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
SO FOR LIKE THE SKATE WAVES ONE, WE'VE SPENT WHAT, 05, SORRY, $51,981 ON SKATE WAVES.
AND ISN'T THAT PROJECT COMPLETED NOW? IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? IT IS COMPLETED. THERE IS A FINAL PAYMENT TO BE MADE THAT WAS BEING HELD UP BY SOME DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED TO A DRINKING FOUNTAIN, AND THAT THERE WAS A PAYOUT FROM THE INSURANCE.
AND THAT'S ABOUT CONCLUDED. AND HE WILL GET HIS FINAL PAYMENT SHORTLY.
OKAY. SOOKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE'RE UNDER BUDGET ON THAT PROJECT. IT SHOULD MEAN THAT WE COULD ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS UNTIL THE 17TH WE'RE NOT GOING TO REALLY BE SURE WITH ALL OF IT, RIGHT? WITH, WELL, AT LEAST THE 17TH AT LEAST.
SO WE'LL HAVE BOTH OF THOSE BEFORE YOUR NEXT MEETING.
ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE THAT COULD EASILY BE LIKE LIQUIDATED OR WHATEVER.
INTO WHAT? THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. BEFORE WE DIVE INTO, LIKE, OPEN IDEAS WITH LIKE, THE TRANSIT CENTER.
I'D LIKE TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, BECAUSE THEN ANOTHER MONTH GOES PAST AND ANOTHER MONTH GOES PAST,
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SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT GO ON THE AGENDA AND BE UP FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR ALL THESE PROCESSES TO GO RIGHT. I'M WONDERING, THOUGH, IF WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA IN A MORE LIKE IN A VAGUER AND SPECIFIC WAY? JUST TO REALLOCATE, WE SHOULD REALLOCATE THE MONIES AND DISCUSS THE THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING THAT.SO . I SUGGEST YOU WORD IN THE TERMS OF REALLOCATE SOME OR ALL OF THE TRANSIT CENTER MONEY, LEAVING YOU SOME FLEXIBILITY. YES. YEAH. I WAS JUST THINKING FLEXIBILITY IN THAT STATEMENT.
ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. SOMEBODY WANT TO TRY THAT MOTION? I MOTION. YOU WANT TO DO IT? YEAH, I'LL DO IT.
ALLOCATION. SORRY. TWO. YEAH. I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
TO REALLOCATE THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE EARMARKED FOR THE TRANSIT CENTER TO THE LGBTQ.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS FOR THE LILIENTHAL PROJECT.
LILIENTHAL. THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S A PROJECT. I'M VERY SORRY.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SAY ALL THAT AGAIN, OR DO WE GET THAT? I THINK WE GOT IT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I SECOND THAT. OKAY, GO TO SECOND.
WELL, CAN I JUST PAUSE FOR A SECOND BECAUSE IF SKATE WAVES WILL BE DONE BY THEN, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT ALSO REALLOCATING THAT MONEY AND WHERE THAT MONEY WILL GO TO.
AND SAME THING WITH SEA CHARTER LIKE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ON THAT. BUT ISN'T THAT STILL IN PROGRESS? SO. BUT WE CAN ALWAYS ADD TO THAT OR NOT, DEPENDING ON IF THAT'LL BE READY TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDUAL OF THE FUNDS THAT WAY. BUT AT LEAST THIS IS THERE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE AT LEAST THIS PUTS US WITH FUNDING RIGHT.YEAH I'M JUST. YEAH. BUT I'M NOT AGAINST IT. I KNOW I'M MAKING IT A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT, BUT I'M JUST LIKE, MAKING SURE WE MAXIMIZE. YEAH.
LIKE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE RIGHT INTO WHATEVER, BECAUSE THE ONLY REASON THAT I DO THIS IS LIKE THE TRANSIT CENTER, GOING BACK TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LAST TIME WITH, LIKE, THE OLYMPICS AND PEOPLE COMING INTO TOWN AND ALL OF THAT. IF IT'S BEAUTIFIED, THEN THAT WOULD BE NICE, RIGHT? BUT ALSO, I THINK A LOT OF WHAT WE PUSH FOR HERE IS COMMUNITY AND WHAT IS AROUND THE COMMUNITY, AND WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO THINK LIKE THAT. BUT JUST THOUGHTS, THROWING THEM OUT THERE.
THAT WAS MUCH EASIER TO SAY AT THAT TIME. BUT HAVE WE DISCUSSED FUNDS BEING ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE LGBTQ? MAY I SUGGEST A COMBINED ALONG THE LINES OF DISCUSSION TO AGENDIZE A DISCUSSION OF REALLOCATING SOME OR ALL OF THE TRANSIT ALLOCATION FUNDS TO LILIENTHAL STREET PROJECT AND ALLOCATE FUNDS FROM JOHN PARSONS PUBLIC ART FUND TO THE LGBTQIA+ ART PROJECT. PERFECT, JACK. THANK YOU. IS EVERYBODY HAPPY WITH THAT? THANK YOU. OKAY. CHELSEA, ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THAT? AND QUESTION. SORRY. SO WHAT ABOUT THE UTILITY BOXES THOUGH? BECAUSE THERE'S NO FUNDS ALLOCATED YET, WE STILL HAVE A COST UNTIL WE BRING THOSE CONTRACTS TO COUNCIL, AND WE'RE GETTING THE FINAL COST OF HOW MUCH THEY'RE GOING TO COST, THAT'S, THE ONLY VARIABLE IS SOMETIMES THE BOXES NEED SANDING OR CLEANING UP FIRST AND THAT'S AN EXTRA FEE.
SO RIGHT NOW IF THERE'S NO EXTRA WORK NEEDED, IT'LL COST 10,500.
IT COULD COST AS MUCH AS 12,500 AT ITS MAXIMUM.
SO FROM THE 74,000, YOU WOULD HAVE TO DEDUCT THAT.
WE SHOULDN'T WORRY THEN ABOUT THAT. AT THE MOMENT.
NO. BUT BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THIS DISCUSSION, WE'LL ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER.
YEAH. YEAH. YOU'LL HAVE AN UPDATED JOHN PARSONS ART FUND PROJECT.
RIGHT. BY THE TIME WE GET THERE. YEAH. OKAY. BECAUSE THE MEETING NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN JULY.
SO. OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT. THAT MOTION.
SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN YOU HAVE A SECOND AND THIRD TOPIC.
ONE WAS TO A POSSIBLE ART CENTER AT THE AVIATION PARK, AND THE OTHER WAS THE ART MAP.
YES. AND I GOTTA POINT OUT, SAME THING KELLY DID LAST TIME.
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THAT'S OKAY. WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO GET THEM ON THERE, BUT AT LEAST THEY WILL HAPPEN.YEAH. THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN EVEN PUT THE MAP BEFORE THE, I MEAN, REALISTICALLY, THE MAP BEFORE THE THE CENTER. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST WISHFUL THINKING.
BUT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT YOU COULD PUT THE MAP BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE OBVIOUSLY HEARD COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WOULD BE ENGAGED WITH IT, TOO. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING I FEEL LIKE HAS BEEN LONG OVERDUE ON THE AGENDA FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO SEE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.
[INAUDIBLE] STAFF WILL ASSUME THAT THE FUNDING IS THE TOP ITEM AND THEN THE SECONDARILY THE ART MAP, AND THEN THE THIRD WOULD BE THE ART CENTER AT AVIATION AS A POSSIBILITY.
THANK YOU. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. SO WE WOULD NEED A MOTION ON THE ART MAP NEXT.
I DEFINITELY CAN MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO CREATE A DIGITAL PUBLIC ARTS MAP?. AGENDIZING THE DISCUSSION. TO AGENDIZE THE DISCUSSION OF MAKING A DIGITAL PUBLIC ARTS MAP. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE THE THE POSSIBLE ART CENTER, AN ART CENTER, POSSIBLY AT AVIATION PARK. AND SO I GUESS THAT WOULD BE TO AGENDIZE THE DISCUSSION OF A POSSIBLE ART CENTER AT AVIATION PARK. WELL, POSSIBLY AT AVIATION PARK.
I AGENDIZE THE POSSIBILITY OF A REDONDO BEACH COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER AT [INAUDIBLE] . DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. OKAY. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES. AND I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE THING THAT WE REALLY SHOULD GET ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR THE LAST FEW MEETINGS NOW, AND THAT'S REALLY JUST DEFINING WHAT THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION ENCOMPASSES.
GOING BACK TO THE MINUTES, AND I WAS AT THAT MEETING. COMMISSIONER TANNER DECIDED IN HIS OPINION THAT THAT FELL UNDER THE BYLAWS [INAUDIBLE] WANTED TO AGENDIZE A DISCUSSION OF THE BYLAWS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THAT ELEMENT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO? DO YOU WANT TO GO OVER THE BYLAWS? NO. OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO GO OVER THE BYLAWS IN THEIR ENTIRETY.
I THINK THAT WE'VE ALL HAD A COPY OF THAT AND SIGNED OFF THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT WE DO NEED TO REALLY DISCUSS, THOUGH, IS WHAT IN THE PAST, WE WERE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION.
RIGHT. AND SO WE JUST REALLY TALKED ABOUT VISUAL ARTS.
AND NOW WE ENCOMPASS SO MUCH MORE. SO I THINK THAT WE REALLY OWE IT TO THE CITY FOR US TO DO OUR RESEARCH AND SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN DO TO ENCOMPASS ALL OF THE ARTS THAT ARE UNDER OUR UMBRELLA NOW.
SO I AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE KIND OF GOT HIT WITH THIS, BUT WE WEREN'T GIVEN ANY NEW DIRECTION FROM GOING FROM PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION TO CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.
SO I THINK THAT'S ONLY FAIR TO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION TO GIVE THEIR 100% AND AN IDEA OF OF WHAT THAT IS. THEN PERHAPS A DISCUSSION, AGENDIZE A DISCUSSION OF REQUESTING FURTHER CLARITY FROM THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE SCOPE OF THE OF THE COMMISSION.
YES. OKAY. SO WE IS THAT GOING TO RESULT IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT? YEAH I WOULD HOPE SO. THAT'D BE GREAT. I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH. IT'S. I JUST GOT HERE. THAT. YEAH. LIKE HERE FOR THE TORRANCE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, RIGHT, THEY HAVE A MISSION, VISION AND GOALS, AND THEY HAVE A PAGE DEDICATED TO THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, WE HAVE THAT, BUT NOW IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'RE THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION SO IS THERE MORE WHICH I WOULD ASSUME TO BE ADDED WITHIN THAT REALM? WHICH WOULD ONLY MAKE SENSE.
SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AND PRESENTED TO US ALSO.
WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE OF, AS YOU KNOW, PUBLIC ART COMMISSION, CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSIONERS.
SO LIKE THE REVIEW OF AND DISCUSSION OF CHANGES TO OUR MISSION AND GOALS AS A COMMISSION AND OR ADDING TO
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RIGHT. I THINK JUST IF WE COULD GET SOME VISION AND THE MISSION, VISIONS AND GOALS AND SCOPE OF CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION. I THINK WHAT'S MISSING HERE IS CLARITY ON WHAT THE COUNCIL APPOINTED YOU TO DO.AND I THINK THAT COMES BEFORE EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING IS YOU SEEM TO NEED IS THE CLARITY OF WHAT YOUR DIRECTION, WHAT YOU'RE THE BIGGER SCOPE WITH IT ALL. SO THERE WERE SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS.
YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION HAS A SPECIFIC SET OF DIRECTION OF PURVIEW FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
MAKE A MOTION THEN FOR THAT. SO WE. I THINK I HAVE IT.
OKAY. SO CAN I MAKE A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION, FOR CLARITY FROM CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE SCOPE OF OUR COMMISSION, INCLUDING THEIR VISION AND GOALS FOR WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING? OKAY. ANYBODY LIKE TO SECOND ? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. LET ME WRITE THAT DOWN CORRECTLY.
ASKING FOR CLARITY FROM COUNCIL REGARDING THE SCOPE OF OUR COMMISSION, WHICH SHOULD INCLUDE THEIR VISION AND GOALS FOR OUR COMMISSION. GOT IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
SO IT DIDN'T GET AGENDIZED. SO WE CAN GET IT ON THE NEXT.
THAT'S WONDERFUL. THAT'D BE GREAT. DO WE WANT TO MAKE THAT AN UPPER LEVEL PRIORITY? YES. YES. OKAY. THAT SHOULD BE LIKE, TOP OF THE .
SO WE'LL MAKE THAT ONE, WE WILL MAKE FUNDING TWO AND THEN ART MAP THREE AND THE HUB OR ART CENTER FOUR. THANK YOU. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE'RE ON TO IF NOBODY HAS ANYTHING FURTHER, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS? IS THERE ANY COMMENTS? THERE'S ALSO , I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE AN ART SHOW TAKING PLACE WITH THE FRIENDS OF REDONDO ARTS, AND THAT WILL BE, I HAVE THE TIMELINES HERE, SO SORRY, AS I'M LOOKING IT UP IT'S GOING TO BE REIMAGINED POETRY INVITATIONAL ART EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION JUNE 6TH, 2025 6 TO 9 PIER PLAZA, REDONDO BEACH.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE THROUGH JUNE 22ND AND SHOULD BE A REALLY AMAZING, FUN LONG EXHIBITION. AND IT'S LOCAL AND AGAIN FROM FRIENDS OF REDONDO BEACH ARTS.
WHEN IT WAS SUGGESTED LAST YEAR, IT WAS SUGGESTED BY THE MAYOR.
IT WAS BROUGHT TO HIS ATTENTION BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SAID, OH, YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT TO CULTURAL ARTS? I CAN HELP YOU. THAT WAS IT. HE GOES, YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
AND IT GOT, I WENT, WAIT A MINUTE, AND EVERYONE FROM THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION WAS GOING, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, ISN'T THERE A DISCUSSION? ISN'T THERE SOMETHING THAT IT SHOULD BE RUN BY YOU GUYS FIRST? PASSED. IT PASSED. SO I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A COMMITTEE OR WHATEVER.
JUST GET IN MIND, WHAT, MAYBE JUST FOR THE NEXT MEETING, WHAT YOU GUYS, WHAT YOU WANT BECAUSE THE MAYOR WANTS TO GET THINGS DONE AND I HOPE HE'S NOT GOING TO, I DON'T WANT HIM TO USURP ANY MORE POWER FROM YOU THEN HE ALLEGEDLY HAS.
LET'S JUST PUT IT THAT WAY. THE SECOND THING I WOULD SAY IS IF YOU GUYS HAD A TRAILER OR SOMETHING FOR LIKE AN ART CENTER NEXT TO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, WOULD THAT TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR BUDGET THAT YOU ASKED FOR THE AT THE COUNCIL FOR THE REVAMP OF THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, OR WOULD THEY? NO WAY TO KNOW. THE COUNCIL ALLOCATES MONEY AS THEY SEE FIT.
OKAY. I DON'T SEE THAT AS BEING A CONFLICT, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEIR FUNDING PRIORITIES ARE.
OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS WORRIED ABOUT. I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS THE COMMENTS.
NO. YEAH. BEG YOUR PARDON? I'M SORRY. BECAUSE I ASKED YOU.
SORRY. AND THE THIRD THING I JUST WANT TO MENTION REALLY QUICK IS, IF YOU GUYS NEED HELP IN FINDING LOCATIONS OF PUBLIC ART, I HAVE TAKEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALMOST EVERYTHING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOOD ENOUGH TO PUT ON A WEBSITE OR ANYTHING THAT YOU PROBABLY WANT TO TAKE THEM, BUT AT LEAST I KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. SO IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS LOCATING IF IT'S NOT BEEN RECORDED, JUST LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU .
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YOU HAVE A LIST? . HELLO AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S NICE TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE MAPPING ASPECT, AND THANKS FOR POINTING OUT THE PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC ART.I WILL LOOK INTO THAT, AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S NO OBLIGATION FOR ANYBODY AT ANYTHING AT THIS TIME, BUT I'LL CONTACT, I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN FIND IT ON MY OWN.
IF I CAN'T, I'LL CONTACT YOU AND I'LL PROBABLY JUST CONTACT YOU JACK, JUST TO INITIATE A CONVERSATION AND LET YOU KNOW THIS IS WHO I AM, THIS IS WHAT I'M WORKING ON. I'M DOING THE COMMERCE FOCUS, BUT I LIKE THE IDEA OF TRYING TO INTEGRATE THE PUBLIC ART IN.
AND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD NEED.
SOMEONE'S PINNING DOWN WHAT THEY LIKE AND WHAT THEY THINK A MAP SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
THAT GOES A LONG WAY. IF YOU'VE GOT AN EXEMPLAR TO LOOK AT, AND THEN POSSIBLY WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE CONVERSATION ON HOW THAT ONE'S WORKING FOR YOU, BUT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF IT DID THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS, THAT TYPE OF THING. SO THAT'S THAT'S HOW WE CAN PIN IT DOWN QUICKLY. AND WHEN I GET MORE EARLY ADVANCED NOTICE, IT CAN WE CAN ARCHITECT IT IN IF IT'S GOING TO FIT, WE CAN ARCHITECT IT IN, AND THEN IT HAPPENS MUCH MORE QUICKLY AND EASILY AND WE GET A BETTER JOB.
SO THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT THAT THING THAT YOU LIKE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FORWARD IT TO ME, AND I'LL JUST SEND A COMMUNICATION TO YOU AND JUST THAT YOU'LL KNOW WHO I AM AND THAT I'M READY TO TALK WHENEVER YOU'RE READY ON IT.
OKAY. THANK YOU . THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT WE'RE AT L. MAY I OFFER ONE THING BEFORE WE GO TO ADJOURNMENT? PLEASE DO. I ALMOST FORGOT TO MENTION THAT ON JUNE 3RD AT 5:30 P.M., THE CITY WILL BE MAKING HISTORY BY FLYING A PRIDE FLAG AND MAKING A PROCLAMATION AND ALL ARE INVITED.
NICE. WHERE? IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. JUNE 3RD, 5 P.M? JUNE 3RD, 5:30 P.M. JUST BEFORE THE MEETING. PERFECT.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I THINK WE'RE AT L.
WE'RE READY TO ADJOURN. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I WILL MOTION TO ADJOURN. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:22.
AND THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE REDONDO BEACH CULTURAL ART COMMISSION WILL BE, I BELIEVE IT'S JULY 23RD. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.
YES. JULY 23RD AT 7 P.M. OKAY. WE'RE DONE. THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.