Mar 25, 2026 Cultural Arts

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THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION ON MARCH 25, 2026 AT 7 P.M..

[A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER]

I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. ALL RIGHT.

MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL? WE KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MICHELLE GOLD WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.

SHE'S ILL. CHELSEA LAWRENCE. I DO NOT SEE. HAVE WE HEARD FROM HER? I HAVE NOT. DECLARE HER ABSENT. JUAN MELENDEZ.

HERE. VICTORIA PITZELE ALSO SAID THAT SHE WAS ILL AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT.

ORHAN TANER. HERE. KRISTINA CHRISTIAN-KELLY. HERE.

AND MICHELLE O'BRIEN-HERRERA. HERE. DO YOU HAVE A QUORUM? THANK YOU. NOW I'D LIKE US TO SALUTE THE 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. NEXT, I HAVE A SUGGESTION TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF AGENDA.

I'D LIKE TO CHANGE IT WHERE WE START WITH ITEM J.1.

I'M SORRY, ITEM J.2. THEN WE MOVE TO ITEM J.1, J.3, AND THEN I.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? AS I'VE MENTIONED TO CHANGE, I MAKE A MOTION.

[D. APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ARE THERE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING?

[E. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS - ADDITIONAL BACK UP MATERIALS]

ONE OF THEM IS AN EMAIL WITH INFORMATION ON A CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT HE WANTED EVERYBODY TO SEE.

THE DEADLINE IS SOMEWHAT SHORT, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE.

SO IT IS WORTH REVIEWING. THEN THERE ARE TWO OTHER ITEMS. ONE IS DOCUMENTATION ON A I'M SORRY ACTUALLY, THE, SOME DRAFT EXAMPLES OF WHAT HE SPOKE ABOUT LAST TIME, MISSION STATEMENTS AND VISION STATEMENTS THAT CAN BE ATTACHED TO ITEM J.3 BECAUSE HE FEELS THAT IT IS SIGNIFICANT. AND AT THE HEART OF THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION THAT WE TAKE THIS THIS COMMISSION PRESUMING I GOT THAT CORRECT. AND THEN THE, THE LAST ONE WAS PAST INFORMATION, PAST VERSIONS OF BYLAWS, BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.

AND THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD PERHAPS BE AGENDIZED FOR THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE AND FILE THESE.

VERY GOOD. IS THERE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO PULL.

UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS FIRST BEFORE THE MOTION MAY I SAY A FEW WORDS ON THE THE THREE ITEMS? VERY BRIEFLY. THE FIRST ONE IS A GRANT OPPORTUNITY BY THE STATE, CALIFORNIA ART COUNCIL.

IT'S A SIMPLE PROCESS COMPARED TO OTHER ART GRANTS.

SO I THINK THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE SLOWLY START LOOKING INTO IT BECAUSE IT'S IN A SENSE, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T PUT ANY PRESSURE ON THE CITY'S BUDGET.

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS AS WELL AS NONPROFIT ART ORGANIZATIONS.

I THINK WE HAVE SOME OF THEM HERE TODAY ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS.

THERE HAVE BEEN MEETINGS IN EVERY GRANT PERIOD THERE ARE MEETINGS OF INFORMATION WHERE THEY SHARE INFORMATION.

AND ONE OF THEM IS COMING UP. ACTUALLY, IT'S THIS FRIDAY.

IT'S CLOSE TO US. IT'S IN CARSON. SO IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, INCLUDING THE CITY, YOU MAY WANT TO JUST LOOK INTO IT.

EITHER, YOU KNOW, ATTEND IT OR MAYBE SEND SOMEBODY.

AND IN TERMS OF THE GRANT WRITING PROCESS, WHICH I THINK IT CAN BE SOMETIMES PAINFUL DOESN'T PUT PRESSURE ON THE STAFF, WHICH IS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, OVERWORKED. I WANT TO REPEAT MY EARLIER SUGGESTION FROM THE PAST YEAR AND AGAIN FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS THAT WE SHOULD LOOK INTO HIRING SOME INTERNS WHO CAN BASICALLY HELP US WITH NOT ONLY FILLING UP THE APPLICATION,

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ALSO, LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND ARTS HAS A VERY, VERY GENEROUS GRANT PROGRAM. SO ANYWAY, I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS YET AS OF BOTH PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION IN THE PAST AND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION NOW THERE ARE, THERE IS MONEY NOT ONLY FOR VISUAL ARTS, BUT PERFORMING ARTS, MUSIC, DANCE.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THIS.

AND IF YOU OR SOMEBODY CAN ATTEND THAT MEETING ON FRIDAY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT THAT'S ALL.

ON THE TWO OTHER ITEMS. I WILL LATER ON MAKE A MOTION TO AS TO MAKE IT AN AGENDA ITEM.

AS YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF HAS MENTIONED THE OUR BYLAWS, WHICH IS STILL IN DRAFT FORM.

SO WE DON'T, WE CANNOT ACTUALLY DISCUSS IT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE CAN JUST RECEIVE AND FILE IT RIGHT NOW, BUT. LET'S RECEIVE AND FILE NOW. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO BRING THAT UP UNDER K AND WE CAN TRY AND GET AGENDIZED.

EXACTLY. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. BUT THE ONLY REASON I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, PUT BOTH OF THEM IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, BECAUSE SOME OF THE INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE PREVIOUS ONE ABOUT OUR MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AGAIN SINCE JANUARY OF LAST YEAR, COULD BE VALUABLE TO OUR DISCUSSION ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? I MAKE A MOTION. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CHRISTIAN-KELLY FOR MOTIONING.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MELENDEZ.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

WE NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. BUSINESS ITEMS, EXCEPT THOSE FORMALLY NOTICED FOR PUBLIC HEARING OR DISCUSSION ARE ASSIGNED TO THE CONSENT

[F. CONSENT CALENDAR]

ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE TAKEN UP UNDER THE CONSENT CALENDAR SECTION BELOW.

THOSE ITEMS REMAINING ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION FOLLOWING ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.

ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION OR PUBLIC THAT WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, WE WILL APPROVE ALL CONSENT ITEMS IN ONE MOTION.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS IS? I MAKE THE MOTION. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER TANER, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CHRISTIAN-KELLY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

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 THE

[H. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE AFFORDED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ONLY ONCE.

IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.

HI JOAN IRVINE DISTRICT ONE. AND OF COURSE I CAN'T FIND THE INFORMATION I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

BUT YOU TALK ABOUT ART. THE THE MOSAIC ART ARTIST IN OUR CITY HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DOING A WORKSHOP.

SO THEN ON APRIL 18TH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING A WORKSHOP.

AND I DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS HERE, BUT ABOUT IT'S FROM LIKE 9:30 TO 3:30.

AND I THINK IT'S GREAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST IS OR ANYTHING, BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SEEING THEIR MOSAIC ART ALL OVER THE CITY, INCLUDING THE ESPLANADE AND HAVE BEEN ASKING IF THEY COULD BE DOING SOME CLASSES.

SO THEY'RE FINALLY DOING SOME CLASSES AND YOU'LL FIND IT ON, IT'LL BE ON FACEBOOK.

SO I JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY WANT TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO DO MOSAIC ART.

THEY CAN LEARN FROM THE EXPERTS IN OUR TOWN. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS? ANY WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS? THERE ARE NO ATTENDEES ON ZOOM AND NO ECOMMENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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GIVE ME A SECOND. OKAY, SO NOW I WILL GO INTO THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING A PROPOSAL OF SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP CONSIDERATIONS FROM THE REDONDO BALLET COMPANY.

[J. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION]

OH. OH. DO WE NEED. YES. OUR FIRST. THANK YOU.

OH, THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS FRANCESCA STERN, AND I FOUNDED REDONDO BALLET IN 2014 WITH A VISION OF CREATING A HOME FOR THE ART OF DANCE IN THE SOUTH BAY. I'M A CLASSICALLY TRAINED BALLET DANCER, AND I WAS AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS FELLOWSHIP FROM THE IMPERIAL SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF DANCING IN LONDON, ENGLAND. AND I AM THE CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF REDONDO BALLET.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DONNA PERKINS, AND I'VE BEEN IN THE FILM AND TELEVISION BUSINESS AS A MULTIPLE AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, CHOREOGRAPHER AND EXECUTIVE INNOVATOR FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND I AM THE CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WITH FRANCESCA OF REDONDO BALLET.

AND NEXT PANEL, PLEASE. YES. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, I'M ANNE JACOBI.

I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF REDONDO BALLET AND I HAVE A PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND IN THE PERFORMING ARTS.

I WAS A GRADUATE OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, AND I HAVE AN MBA FROM NYU STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.

HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND I'M A PROUD REDONDO BEACH RESIDENT.

SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE HAVE AN AGENDA TODAY OVER THE NEXT TEN MINUTES OR SO.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THERE WE GO. WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHO WE ARE, OUR MISSION AND OUR VISION.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR CURRENT IMPACT, REALLY THE IMPACT ON THE REDONDO BEACH COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS TO THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH.

AND FINALLY A FEW SPECIFIC REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIP.

AND WE'LL END WITH A Q AND A, AND IT SHOULD TAKE US AROUND 15 MINUTES.

SO HERE WE ARE. REDONDO BALLETS MISSION IS TO CHANGE LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF DANCE.

WE DELIVER ORIGINAL WORKS OF DANCE TO BALLET ENTHUSIASTS, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO HAVE YET TO DISCOVER THIS CENTURIES OLD ART FORM.

REDONDO BEACH BALLETS MISSION IS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND NURTURE COMPANY DANCERS TO BECOME COMPASSIONATE CITIZENS OF THE WORLD.

THE COMPANY IS HEADQUARTERED IN REDONDO BEACH WITH FACILITIES ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD.

WE BUILD A FOUNDATIONAL WORK OF ART THAT'S ROOTED IN CLASSICAL BALLET, BUT YOU'LL ALSO BE ENTHRALLED BY THE GENRES SUCH AS JAZZ, TAP, AND CONTEMPORARY THAT WE COMBINE WITH MODERN DAY INNOVATION, WHICH MAKES IT ALL QUITE ENTERTAINING.

FABULOUS. IT IS ABSOLUTELY ENTERTAINING. AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

YES. AND AS YOU WILL SEE RBCS SEASON CONSISTS OF TWO VERY LARGE SCALE ORIGINAL PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS SNOW QUEEN AND THROUGH THE PAGES BOTH AT THE REDONDO BEACH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

AND I'D LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT WONDERFUL QUOTE OPULENT, STUNNING AND INTENSELY ENTERTAINING.

AND THAT WAS SUCCINTLY AND BEAUTIFULLY STATED BY OVATION TV.

NOW THEY ARE AN ARTS TELEVISION BROADCASTER AND THEY AIR OUR PRODUCTIONS.

THEY USED TO AIR OUR PRODUCTIONS. AND WHY, YOU ASK, WOULD AN INTERNATIONAL, WELL RESPECTED ARTS BROADCASTER THAT AIRS CONTENT FROM THE HIGHEST CALIBER OF BALLET COMPANIES WANT TO PARTNER WITH REDONDO BALLET? WELL, BECAUSE OF I SHOULD NOT BE ASHAMED TO SAY OUR GRANDEUR, OUR INNOVATION IN UTILIZING MULTIMEDIA TO ENHANCE THE VISUAL EXPERIENCE, OUR INCLUSION OF PROFESSIONAL DANCERS TO WORK ALONGSIDE OUR VERY TALENTED COMPANY DANCERS AND OUR SHEER CREATIVITY, ALL RESULTING IN HIGH QUALITY, DISTINCTIVE STORYTELLING FOR ALL AGES.

AND IT REALLY IS FOR ALL AGES, ISN'T IT? YES IT IS.

IN ADDITION TO ITS COMMITMENT TO HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTIONS, REDONDO BALLET COMPANY IS DEDICATED TO PHILANTHROPIC OUTREACH TO INSTILL THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE IN EACH OF OUR REDONDO BALLET COMPANY MEMBERS.

OH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I'M NOT READING MY SCRIPT PROPERLY.

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OUR COMPANY MEMBERS BUDDY UP WITH THESE DANCERS, AND WE HOPE THAT THEY'RE HELPING TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND LEARNING TO BECOME ACTIVELY COMPASSIONATE CITIZENS. ABSOLUTELY YES.

RBC ALSO GIVES HUNDREDS OF TICKETS TO THE REDONDO BEACH SENIORS SO THEY CAN COME AND SEE THESE FABULOUS PERFORMANCES.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THE PHILANTHROPIC AND OUTREACH WORK IS SO FULFILLING AND IMPORTANT TO OUR DANCERS, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT RECEIVE IT.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND FEEL THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF REDONDO BALLET.

NOW ECONOMIC STUDIES HAVE REVEALED THE BENEFITS AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF A CITY'S INVESTMENT IN CULTURAL ARTS.

NOW LET'S USE TULSA AS AN EXAMPLE. THE NONPROFIT ARTS AND CULTURE SECTOR GENERATED OVER $200 MILLION.

AND LET'S QUICKLY BREAK THIS DOWN BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY FABULOUS NUMBER FOR A CITY.

YES, 137 MILLION SPENT BY ARTS AUDIENCES, 21.8 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE, $7,876 FOR FULL TIME EQUIVALENT JOBS SUPPORTED AND 47.6 MILLION SPENT BY NONRESIDENTS IN MEALS, LODGING, TRANSPORTATION AND MERCHANDISE. THOSE ARE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS, AND ALTHOUGH REDONDO BEACH IS NOT THE SIZE OF TULSA, THIS GIVES US A SNAPSHOT IN HOW REDONDO BEACH CAN AID THE CITY IN REACHING NEW HEIGHTS IN THE CITY'S ARTS PROFILE.

HELPING TO BRING IN NEW ARTS DOLLARS AND GROW THE CITY IN EACH ECONOMIC SECTOR, ALL RESULTING IN STRONGER SOCIAL COHESION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. YES, AND WITH A MORE FORMALIZED PARTNERSHIP WITH REDONDO BALLET COMPANY, THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH MAY BENEFIT FROM THINGS SUCH AS POSITIVE PR ASSOCIATED FROM A PARTNERSHIP DUE TO RBC'S REACH TO THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE SOUTH BAY. POSITIVE MARKETING SUPPORT OF THE ARTESIA PROJECT RIGHT FROM A PREMIER ART INSTITUTION WHICH IS LOCATED ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD. SUPPORT OF SPONSORED INITIATIVES FROM THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT AND POSITIVE PR FROM THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH WITH SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

ABSOLUTELY. YES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO I INVITE YOU TO IMAGINE IMAGINE COMING TO REDONDO BEACH.

YOU'RE A NEW RESIDENT AND YOU DISCOVER THAT REDONDO BEACH HAS A BALLET COMPANY.

I MEAN, HOW INCREDIBLE WOULD THAT BE TO FEEL LIKE THE CITY IS INVESTED AND INVESTED PARTNER IN AN ARTS INSTITUTION? I THINK THAT'S EXCITING TO ME. BUT TO MAKE THIS A REALITY, WE REALLY DO NEED YOUR SUPPORT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS AN AI GENERATED IMAGE THAT I CREATED JUST TO GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE INTO WHAT MORE MARKETING COULD LOOK LIKE ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD TO DEMONSTRATE THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO AN ART INSTITUTE LIKE REDONDO BALLET COMPANY.

SO AGAIN, JUST BANNERS ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD. WE CARE ABOUT THE ARTS.

IT'S HERE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WE DO HAVE A FEW SPECIFIC REQUESTS.

THE FIRST WOULD BE AN OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT FROM THE MAYOR SAYING YES, REDONDO BALLET COMPANY IS THE OFFICIAL BALLET COMPANY OF REDONDO BEACH.

THAT WOULD BE MEANINGFUL FOR US IN OUR MARKETING AND OUR PROMOTIONS.

JUST TO HAVE THAT STAMP OF APPROVAL. TWO, WE KNOW THAT THE EXPENSES OF THEATER RENTAL FACILITIES CAN CAN BE HARD ON A NONPROFIT INSTITUTION. SO REDUCING THOSE FACILITIES FEES, ELIMINATING MAINTENANCE SURCHARGES, THINGS THAT CAN BE REDUCED.

WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT FLEXIBILITY.

SOME PERMISSION TO CREATE MULTIMEDIA PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS.

SO WHETHER THAT'S WAIVING COST OF CITY PERMITS, ALLOWING US ACCESS.

OBVIOUSLY WE COULD BE REALLY GOOD PARTNERS WITH BUSINESSES TO CO-PROMOTE.

SO WE'RE VERY OPEN AND HAVE A LOT OF, CREATIVE IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO BRING THAT TO LIFE.

WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR CITY SUPPORT AND COMPLIMENTARY MARKETING, SO THINGS LIKE E-Z READER SHOW ADVERTISEMENTS OR INCLUSION IN LOCAL NEWSLETTERS THAT WOULD BE REALLY MEANINGFUL TO PROMOTE THE GREAT PRODUCTIONS THAT REDONDO BALLET IS CONTRIBUTING.

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JUST THAT GREATER, STRONGER PARTNERSHIP SO THAT WE CAN BE PRESENT AND SHARE THIS AMAZING ART WOULD BE REALLY MEANINGFUL FOR THIS COMPANY.

NEXT SLIDE. AND SO WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE LAST MOMENTS HERE TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT REDONDO BEACH. AND WE ARE.

I'M A RESIDENT OF REDONDO BALLET. REDONDO. WELL, I ACTUALLY AM A RESIDENT.

YES, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THERE. YES, WE DO LIVE THERE.

YES. PRACTICALLY LIVE THERE. BUT ALSO REDONDO BEACH.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING THIS EVENING. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO ALL OF YOU.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, AND WE WELCOME ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU. CAN WE ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS? I BELIEVE THIS IS TIME FOR US TO OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.

YES YOU CAN. OKAY, MAY I START? YES YOU CAN. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS A FANTASTIC PRESENTATION. AND AS A NEIGHBOR, I LIVE OFF ARTESIA AS WELL.

BUT ALSO A FELLOW REDONDO BEACH RESIDENT, I CONGRATULATE YOU.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST PRESENTATIONS, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF THE PRESENTATION ITSELF, BUT IN ITS CONTENT THAT I HEARD IN A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. OKAY. REDONDO BEACH DEFINITELY NEEDS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOU.

IT'S A DIFFERENT FORM OF ART THAN WHAT WE ARE USED TO, BECAUSE AGAIN, OUR USED TO BE MORE PUBLIC ART ORIENTED COMMISSION, MAINLY INVOLVED IN VISUAL ARTS. AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING INTO MUSIC AS WELL AS PERFORMING ARTS.

SO I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED. AND THE OTHER GOOD THING IS I CAN TELL YOU, YOU HAVE AN MBA IN YOUR GROUP.

YOU HAVEN'T ASKED FOR MONEY, WHICH IS GREAT. WHICH IS A PERFECT START.

YOU ASK FOR YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF IN-KIND THINGS.

I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO APPROVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I WILL WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT IT.

IN TERMS OF ONE FINAL COMMENT HELPING TO THE REPUTATION OF OR THE IMAGE OF REDONDO BEACH ELSEWHERE.

I THINK IT WILL TREMENDOUSLY CONTRIBUTE TO IT.

YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OF OUR SIMILAR CITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, LET'S SAY LAGUNA BEACH, THEY HAVE A REPUTATION WITH VISUAL ARTS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE AT SAN PEDRO HAS DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, THEATER COMPANY AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO IT WOULD BE A FANTASTIC THING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I MAY JUST HUMBLY SUGGEST IS IF WE, YOU KNOW, GO ALONG, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER IS ORGANIZING A BALLET FESTIVAL, INVITING OTHER TROUPES, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ORGANIZE IT. WE CAN'T ORGANIZE THIS.

WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER BALLET COMPANIES OR SO. SO THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

IT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS THING FOR THE YOUTH.

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED IN OUR CITY TO INSPIRE YOUTH ABOUT THESE THINGS.

AND LASTLY, ON THAT LAST POINT THAT YOU MADE ABOUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE ASKED FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, GETTING INVOLVED IN THE IS IT CALLED MUSIC BY THE SEA OUR PROGRAM? JACK, CAN WE GO BACK ONE SLIDE? IS THAT POSSIBLE? THANK YOU. OH THANK YOU. NUMBER FIVE, MUSIC IN THE PARK.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A MUSIC IN THE PARK. I THINK WE HAVE MUSIC BY THE BEACH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND I GOT THE PROGRAM TODAY, WHICH I WILL TALK ABOUT IT LATER ON.

BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT MUSIC AND IT'S ALL ABOUT BASICALLY LEGACY BANDS AND ROCK AND ROLL.

SO I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY SUGGEST THAT WE INCLUDE MAYBE A TUESDAYS OF JAZZ, CLASSICAL MUSIC, AND MAYBE BALLET. BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE BALLET AND PUT IT INTO A VERY VISIBLE SPACE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO, SUCH AS THE BEACH, IT WILL HELP YOU TREMENDOUSLY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I HAVE MADE A LOT OF COMMENTS, BUT THANKS AGAIN.

VERY GOOD. WE WELCOME THEM. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH THAT'S GREAT. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER TANER. WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. A FEW QUESTIONS. YOU TALK ABOUT THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT I THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO GET SOME CLARITY ON OUR PART.

AND LUCKILY WE HAVE JACK THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH THIS AT A LATER TIME, BUT I'M WONDERING, DO WE NEED TO FORM A SUBCOMMITTEE OR ANYTHING TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE CURRENT FEES THAT THEY'RE PAYING OR THE COST OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR? NO, THIS IS INFORMATION I CAN. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THEY'RE ASKING FOR SPECIFICALLY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THEY'VE BEEN PAYING AT THE THEATER IN A DETAILED BREAKDOWN BECAUSE THAT IS PUBLIC DOCUMENTATION ANYWAY.

OKAY. SO I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. VERY GOOD. I'D LIKE TO JUST SEE THAT.

AND THEN MY QUESTION TO YOU, I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO US.

I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER TANER. I THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WAYS WE'RE A CULTURAL ARTS COMMITTEE NOW, NOT JUST PUBLIC ART.

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MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, ALONG WITH THESE. IF WE DO, DISCOUNTED FEES ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU SUGGEST.

WHAT MORE WOULD YOU BRING TO THE CITY THEN? WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO BRING MORE PRODUCTIONS? WOULD YOU? YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT HOW WE BRING MORE PEOPLE IN TO SPEND MONEY WITHIN THE CITY, RIGHT? WOULD WE LOOK AT ANOTHER PRODUCTION OR MORE THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT DO MAYBE OUTSIDE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS AND BRING THINGS DOWN TO THE BEACH, SOMETHING THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO LOOK AT. SURE.

AND ONE THING WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO DO IS BE ABLE TO INVITE THE SCHOOLS.

DURING, YOU KNOW, DURING THE DAY FIELD TRIPS TO COME AND, YOU KNOW, EITHER SEE A SHOW OR WHAT ELSE IS REALLY INTERESTING IS TO WATCH A DRESS REHEARSAL AND SEE THE ACTUAL, WHAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, WHY DO YOU STOP WHAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE MUSIC'S WEIRD, YOU KNOW, SO, SO WE CAN DO ALL DIFFERENT SORTS OF OPPORTUNITIES DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SCHOOLS ARE WORKING ON. WE'VE BEEN INTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND DONE ASSEMBLIES AND MADE THEM HISTORY ASSEMBLIES.

THE HISTORY OF DANCE OR CULTURAL. ALL SORTS. WE HAVE A WHOLE SCHOOL COMPONENT.

WE HAD OVER 200 STUDENTS WHO CAME TO SEE SNOW QUEEN, RIGHT? AND WHAT WE DO IS A WHOLE SEPARATE PROGRAM. THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS, THAT WORKS ALONG WITH THE CURRICULUM IN THEIR SCHOOL.

SO IT BECOMES A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO REALLY IT WAS MOSTLY LAUSD.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THAT FOR THE SCHOOLS HERE IN REDONDO BEACH AS WELL, WHERE IF THAT'S A FRIDAY SHOW WHERE BRING IN ALL THE SCHOOLS FOR THAT FRIDAY SHOW.

FILL UP THE THEATER. BUT IT ALSO BECOMES A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM FOR THE ARTS.

WHAT IS THIS STORY ABOUT? FIND SOMETHING. THEY HAVE A WHOLE LITTLE WORK PAGE.

IT'S A REALLY LOVELY PROGRAM THAT WE DO FOR OUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS AS WELL.

THANK YOU. I'VE GOT LIKE I GOT SOME QUESTIONS.

WHEN YOU GUYS PERFORM AT ART, THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, HOW MANY SHOWS ARE YOU PUTTING ON OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR? WE DO THREE. WE DO TWO SHOWS. WE DO A SATURDAY NIGHT AND A SUNDAY OF SNOW QUEEN AND A SATURDAY NIGHT AND A SUNDAY MATINEE OF THROUGH THE PAGES AS WELL.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO DO FOUR PRODUCTIONS IN OUR SEASON, AND OUR SEASON IS THE FALL TO THE NEXT SPRING.

OKAY, SO HOW LONG HAS IT TAKEN? LIKE IF WE, LET'S SAY WE DO GET THE FEES DOWN AND YOU GUYS, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO FIT? I WOULD IMAGINE THE IDEA WOULD BE TO FIT ANOTHER PRODUCTION OR ANOTHER ONE.

RIGHT. SO WITH THE REDUCTION IN FEES AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET COMMENT ONLINE. WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT.

RIGHT? CARE FOR THAT SORT OF THING, RIGHT? YES.

BUT THEY'RE HERE RIGHT NOW. AND THESE, ARE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO COME UP WITH DIFFERENT AVENUES TO APPEAL TO THEM? SURE. FOR INSTANCE, I MEAN, A LOT OF THESE GUYS, THEY GOT TO TAKE A GIRL OUT.

GIRL'S GOT TO TAKE WHOEVER OUT. HAVING STUDENT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, DATE NIGHT, WHATEVER THAT IS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. I'M JUST BRINGING UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE GUYS.

YOU KNOW? THEY ALWAYS GO TO A MOVIE AND THAT'S ABOUT IT OR WHATEVER.

THEY'RE TAKING A GIRL OUT. SO THAT AS AN IDEA.

I GUESS THE OTHER THING IS, IS BRINGING IN, I MEAN, I'M EVENT ORIENTED.

I DID A LOT OF EVENTS BACK IN MY DAY AND LIKE TICKET PRICES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

HAVE YOU GUYS DONE DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR, YOU'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST TOO FOR OKAY.

WE HAVE DISCOUNT FOR SENIORS FOR STUDENTS. YES.

THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. LIKE A DATE NIGHT OR SOMETHING. SO THESE GUYS WILL GET. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE BEHIND THE SCENES, THE REHEARSALS, HAVING WORKED IN ENTERTAINMENT AND STUFF TOO.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALLY GET HOW MUCH STUFF'S GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND WITH THE LIGHTS AND CUES AND MUSICAL CUES, LIGHTING CUES AND ALL THAT STUFF. RIGHT YES. SO YOU CAN DEFINITELY, I THINK IT'S GREAT.

YEAH. THANK YOU. SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THEY WILL CREATE WHOLE WEEKENDS, ART WEEKENDS WHERE THE ART GALLERY IS DOING SOMETHING.

YEAH. THE RESTAURANTS ARE DOING SOMETHING. IT ALL LEADS TO THE PRODUCTION.

HOTELS ARE INVOLVED. THERE'S A WHOLE WEEKEND.

THERE'S A LOT OF REVENUE TO BE MADE WITH A COIN IT WHATEVER THE REDONDO BEACH ARTS FESTIVAL, RIGHT? AND THEN HOP AROUND. AND YOU'VE GOT RESTAURANTS INVOLVED, GALLERIES INVOLVED, HOTELS INVOLVED.

AND THEN THEY ALL CULMINATE IN COMING TO WATCH THE REDONDO BEACH BALLET COMPANY.

YEAH. SO IF WE COULD REALLY GET TOGETHER AND HAVE THAT SYNERGY OF LET'S CREATE SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL FOR THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH,

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I LIKE THAT IDEA A LOT. I WOULD LIKE FOR MAYBE SOMEONE TO REACH OUT TO THE NORTH REDONDO BEACH BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AND SEE IF WE CAN MAYBE DO SOMETHING WHERE WE.

YEAH, MAKE THAT A I LIKE THAT IDEA A LOT. AS FAR AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE BANNERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU DO HAVE FELLOW BUSINESSES THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING HARD ON THEIR BUSINESSES TOO.

SO THAT WILL HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S UP TO, OF COURSE, THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL TO, TO FIGURE OUT WHEN THAT GOES, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK THE THING THAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SORT OF FOCUS ON IS THAT REDONDO BALLET IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

SO IT REALLY ISN'T IN COMPETITION WITH A FOR PROFIT BUSINESS, A FOR PROFIT BUSINESS, RIGHT? BUT I THINK FOR THE ARTESIA CORRIDOR. THEY'RE WORKING SO HARD FOR EVERYBODY THERE.

AND SO WHEN THEY UPON WHEN THEY'RE READY TO DO THAT, I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE JUST SOME, COMPATIBILITY AND UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH THE NONPROFIT, YOU'RE HAVING BUSINESSES THAT ARE PAYING THEIR TAXES, THEY'RE DOING ALL THE, YOU KNOW, SO, SO THEY'RE STILL CONTRIBUTORS AND NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR PUBLICITY TOO.

IF THE CITY IS GOING TO BE DOING IT. SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING IN THE PROCESS WITH THE DESIGN, WITH THE, YOU KNOW, CITY WHEN IT COMES UPON THAT WITH THE CONSULTANT AND ALL OF THAT.

BUT I DO LIKE SEEING THAT TOO. IS THIS SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN ALL MAYBE AGENDIZE THIS AND GET SOME MORE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS WITH JACK TOO.

AND SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, TO PUT ON THE AGENDA AGAIN, SO WE CAN GET SOME, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO CONTINUE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING, ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU ASKED ABOUT COSTS AND SO FORTH.

I CAN HAVE ALL HAVE THAT DATA FOR YOU. YEAH. AND YOU CAN ALSO SEND ME REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION.

IF I HAVE TIME, I WILL PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR YOU. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. IT'S LONG OVERDUE AND APPRECIATE ALL OF ALL OF THAT.

I MEAN, AS I STILL HAVE MY BALLET SHOES AS A LITTLE GIRL.

JUST SAYING I MIGHT BE A LITTLE FULLER FIGURED BALLET GIRL, BUT I STILL HAVE THEM AND, AND LOVE ALL THAT YOU DO.

AND I THINK REDONDO WOULD BE SO, SO LUCKY TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THIS SUCCEED.

SO IF WE COULD DO THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT, JACK, IF WE COULD GET SOME.

SO CAN WE DO THAT. THE PURPOSE OF THE AGENDIZING IT WOULD BE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

TO GET CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. AND THEN I THINK WE COULD DO A VOTE THEN.

AND THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL THAT WE ARE IN FULL SUPPORT OR, YOU KNOW, PARTIAL SUPPORT OF THIS THING.

YEAH, YEAH. THIS WOULD END UP HAVING TO GO TO THE COUNCIL DIRECTLY AS A PROPOSAL BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING FOR THINGS THAT HAVE MONETARY VALUE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY.

THAT'S WHY YOU WANT TO AGENDIZE. OKAY. YOU CAN OFFER OR NOT YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE IDEA.

YEAH, THAT'S THE IDEA IS THAT THEY'RE NOT WE DON'T HAVE THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR MONEY.

SO IT SHOULD BE THEY'RE ASKING FOR SOME COST REDUCTIONS.

CORRECT. SO THAT IS DEFINITELY A REDUCTION IN REVENUE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BECAUSE OUR REVENUE IS SET BY CITY COUNCIL MASTER FEE SCHEDULE.

YEAH. THE IDEA WOULD BE. THEY CAN MAKE ANY RULE THEY WANT.

YEAH. RIGHT. BUT WE WOULD BE. THE IDEA IS THAT IT'S OFFSETTING FOR MARKETING, LIKE THEY'RE HELPING US OUT.

JUST SO EVERYBODY IN THE CROWD, THESE KIDS, EVERYBODY. THE IDEA IS THAT WE GET AN ARMY OF BALLET TO UTILIZE THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR.

WELL, I'M NOT ARGUING. I'M NOT ARGUING HOW IT'S PRESENTED OR HOW IT'S BENEFITING.

I'M JUST SAYING YEAH, YEAH. NO, NO, NO, WE DON'T GET TO GIVE THE AUTHORITY TO WAIVE FEES.

THE COUNCIL DOES. YEAH. YOU CAN OFFER THE COMMISSION'S SUPPORT FOR THAT IDEA AND PROPOSAL.

YEAH. I'M SPINNING IT ON THE IF YOU SUPPORT IT.

GLASS SUPER HALF FULL? YES. JACK, CAN WE RECOMMEND THAT WE PUT IT ONTO AN AGENDA NOW, OR SHOULD WE WAIT FOR THAT FOR K EITHER? OKAY. THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN ACTION.

OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A VOTE TO PUT THIS ON AN AGENDA.

WE NEED TO VOTE FOR THAT. OKAY. SO I'D LIKE TO PUT TO VOTE THAT WE PLAY THIS PLACE THIS ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA.

FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION INCLUDING LOOKING INTO THE FEES AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD TO A VOTE ON PASSING THIS ON TO CITY COUNCIL. IS THERE I GUESS I MOTIONED, IS THERE A SECOND.

I SECOND? THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHRISTINE-KELLY ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

WE APPRECIATE IT. THAT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU. NOW WE'D LIKE TO OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.

WE SHOULD ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. YEAH. WE SHOULD.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON REDONDO BEACH BALLET COMPANY? I SEE A LOT OF THOSE WONDERFUL. ARE THERE ANY ONLINE COMMENTS?

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THANK YOU. AND OKAY, NOW WE'D LIKE TO TURN OVER FOR OUR LIAISON REPORT.

AND WE ARE AT J.2. MY REPORT. THE REPORT IS A LITTLE SPARSE THIS TIME AROUND.

THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WAS HEAVILY KNEES DEEP, NECK DEEP IN THE MID-YEAR BUDGET, AND SO THEY HAVE NOT UPDATED MY DOLLAR FIGURES.

SO IT IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS LAST MONTH'S REPORT ON THE JOHN PARSONS PUBLIC ART FUND.

I DID ADD A COUPLE OF ITEMS AND REMOVE SOME EXPIRED ONES TO THE LIST OF THINGS GOING ON AROUND THE LARGE NORTH REDONDO BUSINESS ASSOCIATION'S SPRINGFEST, WHICH SHOWS UP EVERY YEAR HAS A PUBLIC STAGE AND THERE WILL BE LIVE PERFORMANCES OF VARIOUS KINDS, DANCE MUSIC THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND FREE TO SEE.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, I PUT DOWN THIS WEEKEND, WE HAVE A PRODUCTION OF SOMETHING CALLED THE LIVING ART EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS SORT OF A LOCAL VERSION OF THE PAGEANT OF THE MASTERS WHERE THEY TAKE MODELS AND PAINT THEM AND CREATE A REALISTIC SCENERY AND RECREATE FAMOUS ARTWORKS. IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED TOWARDS EASTER.

SO THESE ARE ALL LARGELY RELIGIOUS ARTWORKS, BUT WHAT THEY DO IS QUITE STUNNING.

SO EMINENTLY WORTH THE VISIT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THIS PARTICULAR REPORT AT THE MOMENT.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THE STAFF REPORT, PLEASE? ARE YOU LIKE, ARE WE IN CHARGE OF THE PROGRAMING OF THE REDONDO BEACH ART CENTER? WE DON'T REALLY PROGRAM PER SE AS WE RENT OUT.

SO I AM THE ONE WHO RENTS THE THEATER OUT? YES.

ARE YOU ALSO IN CHARGE OF THE SELECTION OF THE MUSIC BY THE BEACH? NO, THAT'S THE MUSIC ON THE PIER IS PART OF THE REDONDO PIER ASSOCIATION, AND THAT'S HANDLED THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WATERFRONT.

AND IT DOESN'T TAP INTO THE CITY'S BUDGET. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT OPERATES, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST.

WOULD IT BE? CAN YOU CHECK ON THAT JUST FOR US? SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT.

THEY JUST LOST THEIR DIRECTOR. HE MOVED ON TO ANOTHER POSITION, AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SCRAMBLING GOING ON RIGHT NOW, SO. OKAY. I'LL GET THE ANSWER AS QUICKLY AS I CAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. BECAUSE I'M SORRY IF THERE IS A CITY CONTRIBUTION TO THAT PROGRAM THAT MAY ALSO BE RELEVANT TO OUR DISCUSSION WITH THE REDONDO BALLET COMPANY.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW. THANK YOU.

DO I ASK FOR. YEAH THEY ARE THE SAME ONES BY THE WAY, WHO DID THE FORMER NO LONGER RUNNING CHALK ART FESTIVAL ON THE PIER.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR SUBCOMMITTEE ON THAT IS LOOKING TO REPLICATE AND RESTORE, BUT THAT ALSO CAME OUT OF THE PIER ASSOCIATION.

THEY MAY BE A SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON HOW THAT WAS STRUCTURED.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JACK. IS THERE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE LIAISON REPORT? I MAKE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CHRISTIAN-KELLY.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER TANER FOR SECONDING. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE NOW MOVE ON TO STRATEGIC THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING INPUT AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION DURING THE FORTHCOMING STRATEGIC PLAN SESSION.

SO I'D NOW LIKE TO OPEN THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION.

JACK, DO YOU WANT TO LEAD US IN THIS DISCUSSION? BRIEFLY A BRIEF INTRO IS THAT EVERY YEAR THE CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HOLD A SESSION OF STRATEGIC PLANNING. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO DEVELOP THE NEXT 6 TO 12 MONTHS.

THEY DO IT IN THREE MONTH, THREE YEAR INCREMENTS, BUT 6 TO 12 MONTHS DIRECTIVES THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL GIVE THE STAFF THAT THEY HOPE AND WISH. EXCUSE ME. DEMAND TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

THERE'S A VARIETY OF CATEGORIES OF IT AS TO WHAT THE PURPOSES ARE.

WHETHER IT'S IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE OR IMPROVING SAFETY, IMPROVING REVENUES, THERE'S VARIOUS CATEGORIES IN WHICH THEY WILL CREATE A VARIETY OF OF DIRECTIVES. AND THIS STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION IS WHERE THAT LARGELY COMES TOGETHER.

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THE WAY IT'S NORMALLY DONE IS YOU LOOK AT THE EXISTING STRATEGIC MATRIX SHOWS WHAT THEY AGREED TO LAST YEAR THAT THEY WANT DONE AND SEE IF THERE ARE HOLES THAT YOU BELIEVE SHOULD BE FILLED OR THINGS YOU BELIEVE SHOULD BE DONE OR CREATED YOUR INPUT, BASICALLY. AND THEY SHOULD RELATE TO THE CATEGORY HEADINGS OF THIS STUFF.

THESE ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY BUDGET ITEMS THAT WILL COME SEPARATELY, PROBABLY NEXT MONTH, BUT THESE ARE GENERAL GOALS.

AND THERE WERE A NUMBER THAT WERE OFFERED LAST YEAR.

YOU SELECTED COMMISSIONER LAWRENCE TO WRITE UP YOUR IDEAS ONCE THEY HAD BEEN DECIDED.

AND I ASSISTED WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT. AND THAT WAS SUBMITTED.

AND YOU CAN SEE IN THEIR THEIR PLANNING SESSION AGENDA, I ATTACHED SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT THEY DID LAST TIME.

AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONS, THEIR INPUTS ALONG WITH YOUR LETTER AS WELL OF INPUTS YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOU HAD IN THERE.

AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE SAME. IS THIS SOMETHING WHERE BECAUSE IT'S ON A TIME CRUNCH A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME.

WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS VERY TIME CRUNCH.

NORMALLY THEY GIVE THIS INFORMATION A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.

THIS MEETING IS GOING TO BE ON MARCH 31ST. AND THAT MEANS THEY'VE ALREADY PUBLISHED THEIR AGENDA.

SO WE HAVE PRECIOUS LITTLE TIME TO GET IT IN AS A BLUE FOLDER ITEM.

LAST TIME WE TOOK THREE, FOUR WEEKS TO PUT IT TOGETHER.

THIS TIME WE HAVE MAYBE TWO DAYS. SO WE NEED TO DECIDE CLEARLY WHAT WE WANT.

ASSIGN SOMEBODY TO BASICALLY WRITE IT UP AS YOU SEE.

MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT EVERYBODY'S CAPTURED, EVERYBODY'S IDEAS.

IT CAN'T BE MORE THAN A SUBCOMMITTEE BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU'D BE BREAKING THE BROWN ACT.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU DISCUSS NOW. MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AS TO WHAT YOU WANT TO PROMOTE, AND THEN WE'LL PUT IT TOGETHER. AND IF I CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE, LIKE I WAS LAST TIME IN FINALIZING THE LETTER.

I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. AND THEN I TRANSPORT IT TO THE ASSISTANT, TO THE CITY MANAGER WHO WILL GET IT INTO THE BLUE FOLDER.

SO IT WILL BE ON THEIR AGENDA FOR MARCH 31ST.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. WOULD WE LIKE TO START OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS? YES. DO YOU WANT TO START COMMISSIONER TANER. SURE.

QUICK QUESTION THOUGH. THE MARCH 30TH, IS THAT THE ONE IN THE REDONDO BEACH LIBRARY? CORRECT. OKAY. SO AND THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

IT'S OPEN TO PUBLIC. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG MEETING, I ASSUME.

BECAUSE THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE SHORTER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN.

THEY NORMALLY WENT 2 TO 8, BUT THEY HAD A MEETING PROBLEM.

THEY HAD TO RESCHEDULE. THAT MEANS THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO GO TO TWO TILL SIX.

AND AT 6:30 THEY'RE GOING TO START UP THE MEETING THAT THEY HAD TO CANCEL.

SO THERE'LL BE IT'LL BE A FOUR HOUR OPPORTUNITY.

YOU CAN BE THERE DIRECTLY IN THE LIBRARY. IF IT FILLS UP, THEY WILL BE ALSO SHOWING IT ON THE SCREEN IN HERE.

LIVE STREAMING IT FOR ADDITIONAL SEATING. OKAY.

IN TERMS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. I THINK THE LETTER THAT WE WROTE LAST YEAR, WHICH I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, WAS AN EXCELLENT LETTER APRIL 23RD, 2025. BECAUSE IT'S A STRATEGIC PLAN WE TALKED ABOUT BIG IDEAS.

NONE OF THEM MADE IT INTO THE MATRIX. RIGHT. SO TWO THINGS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.

I KNOW, BUT ONE THING WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THIS TIME IS TRY TO INCREASE THE, I MEAN, THE EFFECT OF OUR LETTER TO THEM EITHER BY WRITING A, SHORTER LETTER OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, PICKING UP SOME OF THESE IDEAS THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.

ALSO, EVEN MENTIONING THE FACT THAT NONE OF THEM ACTUALLY MADE IT INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

I READ ALSO THE YOUTH COMMISSION'S LETTER. I ALSO READ THE OTHER ONES.

I MEAN, THEY ARE VERY GOOD TOO, BUT IN TERMS OF THE DISCUSSION ITSELF, I CAN CONTINUE LIKE ONE MINUTE RIGHT NOW.

I THINK THE POINT THAT WE MADE ABOUT LIKE TWO THINGS ABOUT THE OLYMPICS AND THE INCORPORATING ART INTO THE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE CITY IS DOING WITH THE OLYMPICS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF IS CRUCIAL AS A STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS OUR JUST BIG IDEA ABOUT YOU KNOW, STARTING A REDONDO BEACH ART MUSEUM.

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THE REST OF IT DEVELOPING A ART HUB AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

I DON'T KNOW, THE, ONLY OTHER THING, I'M SORRY, LET ME JUST ADD THIS ONE TOO.

THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BUILDING A NEW POLICE FACILITY AS FAR AS YOU KNOW HAS THAT BEEN RESOLVED? I'VE NOT HEARD ANY RESULTS FROM THAT. I THINK MADAM CHAIR, THE IDEA WAS TO COMBINE BOTH THE ANNEX BUILDING, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE REDONDO BEACH UNION HIGH SCHOOL ON RIGHT ON PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY.

I THINK THEY KNOW THE BUILDING THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

AND THEN THE EXISTING POLICE FACILITY, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE INTO ONE BIG BUILDING, WHICH WILL MAKE THAT BUILDING BY REDONDO BEACH UNION HIGH SCHOOL OBSOLETE. SO IF WE CAN BASICALLY TELL THEM THAT WE WANT TO GRAB IT, WE WANT TO TURN IT INTO AN ART CENTER AND PUT THAT INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED BEFORE.

AND THE MAIN ADVANTAGES OF THAT IS LIKE THREEFOLD.

IT'S AN EXISTING BUILDING. IT'S AN ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT BUILDING.

IT IS A VERY VISIBLE BUILDING. IT'S RIGHT ON THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, AND ITS PROXIMITY TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL MAKES IT VERY APPEALING, BOTH IN TERMS OF PARKING, IN TERMS OF THE STUDENTS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE MUSEUM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY ADDITIONAL ITEM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL, A STRATEGIC PLAN. AND THEN IN GENERAL, I WANT TO TAKE EVERYTHING OUT AND JUST CONCENTRATE ON THE OLYMPICS AND AN ART MUSEUM.

THANK YOU. THE POLICE ANNEX ALTERATIONS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU SAID ART CENTER.

ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE ART MUSEUM OR IS THERE MORE? BASICALLY AN ART CENTER, WHICH CAN ALSO YOU KNOW, HAVE LIKE STUDIOS THAT'S SOME OF OUR DISCUSSIONS AND ALSO OBVIOUSLY EXHIBITION SPACE, A MUSEUM IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WHICH BASICALLY HAS A PERMANENT COLLECTION AND ALSO EXHIBITION SPACE, WE NEED THAT TOO. BUT THAT'S ON A MUCH, MUCH.

SO THE POLICE ANNEX IS MORE OF A COMMUNITY PROJECT.

AND THEN THE MUSEUM IDEA IS MORE OF A GRAND SCALE LIKE INTERNATIONAL MAGNET.

THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. FOR ME, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMISSION MY MAIN THING IS GETTING A MAP OF ALL THE EXISTING ARTWORK IN THE CITY THAT WE HAVE.

WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG THAT THE ARTIST AND EVERYTHING.

ARE YOU TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT PUBLIC ART? PUBLIC ART, LIKE EVERYWHERE. WE SHOULD HAVE A MAP OF EVERYTHING AND ALL THE DETAILS.

NOW BEAR WITH ME. ANOTHER MAP OF ALL POSSIBLE PERFORMING ARTS SPACES THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO SAFETY WISE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

LIKE BECAUSE EVENTUALLY, ONCE WE START PERFORMING OUT IN PUBLIC, WE'RE GOING TO NEED SPEAKERS, ELECTRICITY THAT. SO WE NEED THAT THOSE SCOUTING THINGS TOO.

ON A GRANDER, MORE FUTURE PROOFING OURSELVES.

I THINK WE NEED SOME KIND OF COOL MAP. SOME KIND OF INTERACTIVE MAP THAT WE CAN BUILD TO SO WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP DOING THIS WHERE WE GO INTO FILES AND PAPER AND EVERYTHING.

WE NEED SOME KIND OF UPDATED SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN MAKE IT LOOK COOL.

SPIN IT AROUND AND FIND ALL THIS STUFF, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING THIS. IS THIS FOR USE BY THE THE CULTURAL COMMISSION OR IS THIS ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE AS A LOCATOR? FOR SURE. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GRAND SCHEMES OF HAVING LIKE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT INCORPORATING THE REDONDO BEACH BALLET. WE'VE GOT THE OLYMPICS COMING UP.

IF WE DO SOMETHING TO THE THE SIZE OF HAVING SOME KIND OF EVENT WHERE WE'RE MOVING PEOPLE FROM THE PROMENADE TO, YOU KNOW, ARTESIA BOULEVARD TO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, TO THE WHATEVER THIS POPULATION IS SITTING OUT IN THE CROWD, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT PAPER FLIERS AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A MAP. THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SCHEDULE THEIR TICKETS AND ALL THAT STUFF, AND SPIN A MAP AROUND AND LOOK COOL. LIKE I WANT SOMETHING LIKE BATMAN, LIKE WHERE WE SPIN IT AROUND, I TYPE IN MY TICKET AND THEN I'M LIKE, OKAY, I GOT TO BE HERE BY 12.

I GOT TO GO HERE, THAT KIND OF THING. SO WE NEED TO START THINKING, I SAY THIS A LOT, BUT LIKE REDONDO BEACH IS NOT A SLEEPY TOWN ANYMORE.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIGH ART AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF. LIKE WE GOT TO FUTURE PROOF THIS, SO WE NEED SOME KIND OF INTERACTIVE MAP TO THAT WE CAN USE TOO.

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LIKE, I MEAN, IT'S NOT EVEN THAT HARD TO INCORPORATE GOOGLE MAPS OR SOMETHING. BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO SHOW PERFORMANCE SPACES. IT SHOULD BE OVERLAYS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE IF YOU HAVE A MAP, I SHOULD BE IN 3D WHERE IT OVERLAYS LIKE WHERE ALL THE SCULPTURAL SCULPTURAL, THE SCULPTURAL ARTS THAT WE HAVE IN REDONDO BEACH, THAT SHOULD BE ONE MAP.

WHERE ARE ALL, THE MURALS? THAT SHOULD BE ANOTHER MAP.

CAN I JUST SAY, REMEMBER WE GOT FROM THE ONE OF THE CITY WORKERS, I GOT DISTRICT MAPS TO GIVE EVERYBODY AS HOMEWORK AND TO MARK IT OFF. SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN HAVE THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM DO. AND IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE ASKED IN THE PAST AND IT'S TO MAP ALL OF THE ARTWORK LIKE THE BOLLARDS, YOU KNOW ERNESTO MARANJE 'S MURAL AND HAVE A MAP, BUT IN COLLABORATION WITH THAT, I AGREE.

THEN, YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS COULD BE ADDED THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT, THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE AND INTERACT WITH. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SEE.

DID YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE PERFORMANCE SPACES? SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE UNDER YOUR PURVIEW? YEAH. I MEAN. THAT'S OUR PURVIEW. SO I MEAN, THAT'S. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE NEED TO BUILD A CULTURAL MAP.

YEAH. LIKE SOME KIND OF DIGITAL AND, YOU KNOW, MORE TO BUILD UP AN APP.

ACTUALLY AN APP, RIGHT? YEAH. WELL, WE GOT A GUY THAT COMES IN HERE EVERY SO OFTEN AND HE TALKS ABOUT THAT, THAT HE'S GOT AN APP AND EVERYTHING, BUT I MEAN, THERE'S STUFF OUT THERE WE DON'T HAVE TO PROGRAMING OURSELVES.

LIKE THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVE MAPS. WE JUST GOT TO PUT THE OVERLAYS.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LIKE BUILDING THAT OUT.

IF WE'RE TALKING BIG STUFF HERE, LIKE THE OLYMPICS DOING IT PRIVATELY, THEN YOU DON'T NEED THE COUNCIL. SO WHAT ARE YOU ASKING THE COUNCIL TO DO.

TO APPROVE? START THINKING BIG LIKE THIS, LIKE THINKING ABOUT THESE MAPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING IN REVENUE FROM THE OLYMPICS, LIKE WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME KIND OF PLATFORM, SOMETHING TO PLUG INTO AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC.

FOR NOT JUST HERE, THOUGH, WORLDWIDE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM BELGIUM OR WHEREVER THEY COME.

YEAH, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO SEE A MAP. SO STUFF LIKE THAT.

THAT'S MY PIECE ABOUT FUTURE PROOFING REDONDO BEACH AND HAVING THE CULTURAL ARTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO HAVE THAT THAT SYSTEM BE BUILT OR TAKE SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BUILT AND PUT OUR STUFF ON TOP OF IT.

UNDERSTOOD. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MELENDEZ.

COMMISSIONER. OKAY. I HAVE TWO IDEAS FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

THE FIRST ONE, I THINK, MIRRORS WHAT COMMISSIONER TANER SAID.

I THINK THAT WE DO HAVE A REALLY STRONG NEED FOR OUR CULTURAL ARTS CENTER.

MANHATTAN BEACH HAS A GREAT ONE. PALOS VERDES HAS A GREAT ONE.

I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO THAT. WE'VE MENTIONED THE ANNEX BUILDING, IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, BUT WHAT THEY BOTH HAVE IS THAT WONDERFUL THIRD SPACE THAT YOU KEEP HEARING THAT WE REALLY NEED. IT'S A PLACE FOR US TO GO AND MAYBE HAVE A TEEN ART LESSONS, ADULT ART LESSONS, CHILDREN'S ART LESSONS. IT'S ALSO A PLACE FOR A COMMUNITY TO MAYBE SHOWCASE ARTWORK THAT'S DONE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL OR FROM OUR LOCAL ARTISTS.

IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST GO AND HANG OUT AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SPEND SOME POTTERY OR TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO DO SOME WATERCOLORING ON THEIR OWN.

IT WOULD BE A NICE COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE, BUT ALSO A SHOWCASE FOR THE ART WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

I THINK THAT IF WE COULD FIND AN EXISTING SPACE AND LOOKING OVER THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE, IT LOOKS LIKE PART OF, I THINK IT WAS THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I COULD BE WRONG WAS LOOKING AT EXISTING SPACES WITHIN REDONDO BEACH THAT ARE OPEN.

AND YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE A LOT.

EVEN THE TEENS ARE ASKING FOR AREAS WHERE THEY CAN GO AND HANG OUT.

I THINK EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR THE SAME THING AND IT HOPEFULLY CAN FALL ON US TO FIND THAT SPACE FOR OUR CULTURAL ARTS CENTER WHERE WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER.

MY SECOND THING IS SOMEHOW FIGURING OUT HOW TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY.

I NOTICED THAT AGAIN WHAT, THE TEEN COMMISSION ASKED FOR LAST YEAR.

AND THEN THE, THE PARKS COMMISSION IS TALKING OR THE PARKS PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS HOW TO MAKE THINGS MORE INVITING AND FRIENDLY TO THE PEOPLE, NOT ONLY WITHIN OUR CITY, BUT TO VISITORS. AND I THINK THAT MIGHT GO BACK TO THE OLYMPICS COMING UP TOO.

IS IT MAYBE LIKE AN ART PIECE THAT'S ALSO A CHESS TABLE WHERE PEOPLE CAN WANT TO GO OUT ON THE PIER AND SIT AND HANG OUT AND SPEND TIME? IS IT A REALLY INTERESTING BENCH? THEY MENTIONED SOME DEVELOPMENTS TO FRANKLIN PARK, MAYBE IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING BENCH AT FRANKLIN PARK THAT PEOPLE WANT TO GO AND IT'S REALLY COOL. AND WE WANT TO TAKE PICTURES ON THIS BENCH.

YOU KNOW, I WANT US TO LOOK AT THE CITY, I DON'T KNOW, LOOKING AT GIVING US MONEY OR IDEAS TOWARDS GOING TOWARDS CREATING INVITING PLACES WITHIN OUR CITY THAT AREN'T JUST.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY BUSINESSES, BUT AREN'T JUST ESTABLISHED THINGS ALREADY THAT MAKE OUR CITY MORE INTERESTING THROUGH ART. YOU'RE LOOKING AT MORE INTERACTIVE PIECES.

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WE TALK ABOUT WANTING TO GET PEOPLE TO THE PIER OR TO THE ESPLANADE OR TO ARTESIA, AND HOW CAN WE DO THAT? MAYBE THROUGH SOME INTERESTING ART PIECES. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING FOR THEM IS MAYBE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WORD THIS ONE, YOU GUYS, BUT BUDGET TOWARDS SOME INTERESTING INTERACTIVE ART PLACED STRATEGICALLY THROUGHOUT PARKS AND AREAS OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SEEING IT MAYBE AS AN ART, AS A FAMILY ATTRACTANT MAYBE.

NOT QUITE SURE HOW. I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO PUT A LABEL ON IT.

MAYBE INCORPORATING ART INTO THEIR PLAN OF BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE ON HERE.

I NOTICED IT WAS FRANKLIN PARK AND PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT MAKING LIKE, I KNOW THE TEEN ONE ALSO SAID MAKING PLACES FOR THEM TO HANG OUT.

SO HOW CAN WE ALL COME TOGETHER AND FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT MORE INVITING IN OUR CITY? I MEAN, FOR ME, I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT ARE MUSICIANS AND A LOT OF I DON'T KNOW IF THESE GUYS PLAY, BUT LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST WANT SPACES TO PLAY WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR, YOU KNOW, RENTING A SPACE TO PLAY THEIR GUITARS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT YEAH, INTERACTIVE SPACES, I AGREE. THEY'RE PLACES WHERE YOU CAN GO FOR FREE.

AND ALSO LIKE ARTIST WORKSHOPS. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO, DO THAT TOO.

AND, YOU KNOW, DO A FORUM ARTIST FORUM, YOU KNOW, WITH CERTAIN SUBJECTS.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ALSO, YOU KNOW, CAN BE COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOLS TOO FOR THE ART DEPARTMENT THERE AND YOU KNOW, MORE, MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT'S OPEN FOR OUR COMMUNITY REGARDING THE ARTS, RIGHT? SO UNDER THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THEY HAVE EXPANDED ENHANCED PUBLIC SPACES, AMENITIES AND PROGRAMS. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M THINKING IS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF THAT CATEGORY.

I WOULD LIKE US TO MAYBE LOOK AT EXPLORING OPTIONS TO ADD.

HOW WOULD WE WORD THIS TO ADD INTERACTIVE ART PIECES.

INTERACTIVE AND VISIBLE. YEAH. INTERACTIVE AND.

INSTAGRAMMABLE. I MEAN, DON'T PUT IT IN THERE. REALLY, BUT THAT'S WHAT GETS PEOPLE OUT.

INSTAGRAMMABLE. YEAH. WE WERE, I THINK WE WERE TRYING TO STAY AWAY FROM IT, BUT IT IS THAT'S WHAT. CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? PLEASE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE ARE TALKING NOW ABOUT TWO IDEAS HERE.

AND THEN MAYBE A THIRD ONE WOULD BE THE ART MUSEUM.

BUT IF YOU BASICALLY, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS YEAR'S STRATEGIC THING, NOT TO MENTION THE LOCAL CHOIR AND ALSO LIKE INCLUDING ARTS IN THE BUSSES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, THAT THESE ARE LIKE SMALL THINGS, BEAUTIFUL THINGS, BUT LITTLE DISTRACTIONS.

SO ONE OF THEM IS THE FIRST TOPIC IS UNDER THE THE OLYMPICS, THE VISIBILITY OF THE CITY, THE VISITORS, WHICH INCLUDES THE ART MAP, THE ART APP YOU KNOW, INSTAGRAMMABLE ARTWORK, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO THAT WOULD BE ONE ITEM I SUGGEST. THE SECOND ONE IS DEFINITELY THE ART CENTER.

THE ART CENTER, NOT ONLY FOR, YOU KNOW, EXHIBITION SPACE, BUT AS A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ART INSTRUCTIONS, YOU KNOW, CLASSES FOR EVEN IF IT IS A COFFEE SHOP IN IT THAT ARTISTS CAN COME AND HANG OUT AND EXCHANGE IDEAS.

I THINK WE HAVE DISCUSSED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN IF I WOULD STILL PUT THE AS THE THIRD ITEM, THE ART MUSEUM BECAUSE SPECIFICALLY, WE ACTUALLY POINTED OUT TO TWO LOCATIONS.

ONE OF THEM IS THE POWER PLANT, AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL ALL THE TIME, HAS A GREAT POTENTIAL. AND THE ALTERNATIVE IS BASICALLY TO INCORPORATE SOMETHING INTO THE PLANS FOR THE GALLERIA.

I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP THEM IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL ALL THE TIME WHENEVER WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY ARE BASICALLY TURNED INTO A PROJECT WITHOUT HAVING AN ART ELEMENT IN IT, WHETHER IT'S A MUSEUM OR EXHIBITION SPACE OR PUBLIC ART OUTDOORS, IT WILL BE TOO LATE.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT ONE OLYMPICS, THAT KIND OF STUFF, SECOND ART CENTER, THIRD POTENTIAL ART MUSEUM, THAT THAT THOSE WOULD BE MY THREE SUGGESTIONS.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CHRISTIAN-KELLY, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? NO, JUST I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY LONG OVERDUE HAVING SOME SORT OF WEBSITE OR SOCIAL

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IT'S, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THAT.

AND THEN ALSO TO SHOW WHAT WE'VE DONE AS A CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AND HAVE THE MAP OF THE ART PIECES THAT ARE THERE.

YEAH. FOR SURE. THIS MAP THING TOO IS LIKE FOR ME IS, I DON'T KNOW, I GO LOOKING FOR STUFF TO DO ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, RIGHT? LIKE YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO HOWEVER MANY THINGS AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO.

IT'D BE REALLY COOL TO HAVE SOME KIND OF JUST TO HAVE THAT MAP.

LIKE THESE GUYS WOULD BE ABLE TO LIKE, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR STUFF TO DO ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AND JUST HAVE FOOD TRUCKS DANCING AROUND TOWN THAT THEY COULD FOLLOW AND JUST TURN IT INTO A SCAVENGER HUNT. ALL KINDS OF NUTTY STUFF THAT YOU CAN DO WITH A MAP.

COOL. ALSO, DIDN'T YOU TALK ABOUT GRANT APPLICATIONS TO HAVE THEM BE ACTIVE MORE WITH THE GRANT APPLICATIONS? DID THE CITY? YEAH, I WOULDN'T PUT IT INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I THINK WE HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

DO WE OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THIS, JACK? YOU CERTAINLY CAN. AT THIS TIME WE'D LIKE TO OPEN FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION.

IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? SPEAK ON INPUT OF WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

ANYTHING YOU GUYS WANT TO HAPPEN IN YOUR CITY IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? YOU ARE OUR FUTURE. COME ON, COME ON UP. YEAH.

THIS IS HAPPENING MAY 31ST, SO SAY WHATEVER. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT.

TELL US YOUR NAME. ONE SECOND TELL US YOUR NAME. ONE SECOND. TELL US YOUR NAME FIRST, PLEASE. NAOMI KAPLAN. THANK YOU, NAOMI. I WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK A THIRD SPACE IS REALLY NEEDED. AND I APPRECIATE THAT A SPACE WHERE STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY TEENAGERS, COULD GO TO MAKE ART AND PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY MORE WOULD BE A GREAT THING TO HAVE, AND I PERSONALLY WOULD LOVE TO BE IN A SPACE SHOULD THAT EXIST.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S NOT SO SCARY.

DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO COME UP? COME ON UP.

THINK ALSO MUSIC, GUYS. MUSIC. CONCERTS. ROCK.

DANCE PARTIES. THERE'S A LITTLE FORM ON THE TABLE THERE.

WOULD YOU PUT YOUR NAME DOWN ON IT, PLEASE? OH, HELLO.

COMMISSION COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS ANTONIO DE FIESTA.

AND I CAN ALSO ATTEST THE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF A THIRD SPACE IN ORDER TO PRACTICE THE ARTS BOTH VISUAL AND ACOUSTIC. YEAH. IF I COULD PUT IN A LITTLE INPUT MYSELF. I HELPED RUN A WORKSHOP IN MY LOCAL COMMUNITY IN HAWAII.

AND I CAN SAY THAT IT'S VERY NICE TO GET TO KNOW A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE.

IT'S ALSO A GREAT WAY TO SPREAD A LOT OF THE CULTURAL TRADITIONS THAT USUALLY WOULD BE MISSED IN SCHOOLS.

LIKE YOU USUALLY WOULDN'T HAVE TIME FOR IT IN SCHOOLS.

SO YEAH, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU. CAN YOU SIGN RIGHT HERE? SIGN THE LITTLE. OH, DON'T YOU NEED A. THANK YOU.

JUST FILL OUT THAT LITTLE FORM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO COME UP? COME ON UP.

HI, MY NAME IS ISLA. AND I WAS JUST THINKING BECAUSE YOU GUYS WANT TO INTRODUCE, LIKE, A MUSEUM OF ANY SORT.

FOR MANHATTAN BEACH PIER, THEY HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, A AQUARIUM BASICALLY ON THE PIER.

AND THAT ATTRACTS LOTS OF VISITORS. I KNOW MANY TOURISTS GO THERE.

MY FRIEND IS LIKE, SHE'S A WHAT'S THE WORD VOLUNTEER THERE? SO SHE, SHE'S ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE MANY PEOPLE THAT COME AROUND THE WORLD.

AND I THINK FOR REDONDO BEACH PIER OR JUST ANY LIKE SORT OF AREA AROUND THE BEACH TO INTRODUCE SORT OF LIKE A MUSEUM.

SO INSTEAD OF HAVING ART WOULD LIKE BE A GOOD IDEA FOR LIKE, ESPECIALLY THE OLYMPICS WITH MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE COMING AROUND THE WORLD.

SO YEAH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GREAT.

IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY ONLINE COMMENTS? WILSON ANY ONLINE COMMENTS? THERE ARE NO ECOMMENTS AND NO ATTENDEES ON ZOOM.

GREAT. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE CLOSE, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO DRAFT UP THIS LETTER TO SEND OVER TO COUNCIL.

WILL YOU BE WORKING WITH WHOEVER. RIGHT. JACK WILL BE WORKING.

AS MUCH TIME AS I HAVE WILL GO TO HELPING THIS.

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OKAY. THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ADDRESS, NOT AS A COMMISSION.

WOULD IT HELP IF ONE OF US. I'M PLANNING TO. I CAN'T PROMISE THAT I'M GONNA.

BUT I'M JUST. I CAN'T SEE THE HARM IN IT. BUT I DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS.

I'VE NEVER ATTENDED ONE. OKAY. OKAY, I WILL DO IS I WILL ASK MY BOSS TOMORROW MORNING AND I'LL SHOOT YOU OUT A MESSAGE AS WELL.

IF SHE SAYS THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING.

SIMILAR FORMAT. THEY PROBABLY GOT TO ASK THE PUBLIC. OH, I.

NO, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. DON'T KNOW.

OKAY. YOUR BOSS WILL BE SPEAKING AT A CONFERENCE TOMORROW WHICH IS ALSO RELEVANT.

SO LET ME MENTION. TO DOING THAT FIRST, THEN RUNNING OVER TO THE OTHER ONE, WHICH IS ABOUT THE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE BEACH CITIES IN TERMS OF THE OLYMPICS GETTING READY FOR THE OLYMPICS. IT'S BEING HELD AT THE, WEST DRIFT IN MANHATTAN BEACH.

THERE WILL BE REPRESENTATIVES FROM REDONDO BEACH.

OUR MAYOR WILL BE THERE AS WELL. AND ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DISCUSS IS ACTUALLY ARTS, CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT. IN TERMS OF THIS. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE IF WE JUST REITERATE THAT I WILL BE THERE, I WILL LISTEN TO HER AND I WILL LISTEN. I'M GOING TO GET US BACK ON TRACK. THE SOUTH BAY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

DOES ANYONE ON OUR COMMISSION WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO DRAFT UP OUR LETTER TO COUNCIL.

I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO DO THAT. JACK WILL DO IT ALONG WITH OUR. WE WILL DO IT ALONG WITH JACK'S HELP.

IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO WRITE THE LETTER AND THEN JACK IS HERE TO SUPPORT US.

I DON'T WANT TO PRESUME TO WRITE YOUR MINDS. I'LL VOLUNTEER. OKAY.

THANK YOU AND WE HAVE NOTES FOR YOU. LET'S HAVE YOU PUT DOWN WHAT YOU WANT AND I'LL HELP POLISH IT. YES. OKAY, GREAT. BY FRIDAY, THOUGH, BECAUSE I WANT TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING TOMORROW. SO YOU'LL DO IT ON FRIDAY? I'LL DO IT.

I'LL DO IT THURSDAY NIGHT. I'LL DO IT TOMORROW.

ACTUALLY, I HAVE TO DO IT BY THURSDAY BECAUSE I'S FRIDAY, FLEX FRIDAY.

OKAY, THEN WE HAVE FRIDAY. FRIDAY IS AVAILABLE.

OKAY. I'LL DO IT AFTER I ATTEND THIS MEETING.

THAT'S GREAT. BY THE WAY, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. YOU GUYS MAY WANT TO LOOK INTO THAT. IS THIS. WHAT TIME IS IT AND WHERE? IT STARTS AT 8:00.

OKAY. AT THE WEST DRIFT, IT'S DONE BY THE BEACH CITIES GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION, WHATEVER THAT TORRANCE MANHATTAN BEACH, REDONDO BEACH, HERMOSA BEACH. OKAY. OKAY.

SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE OLYMPICS.

THE OLYMPICS. OKAY. SO COMMISSIONER TANER, THANK YOU FOR OFFERING TO DRAFT THE LETTER FOR US TO COUNCIL.

CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? I MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHRISTIAN-KELLY, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TANER. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. WE ARE NOW ON TO

[I. ITEMS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS AGENDAS]

SHOULD I TURN IT OVER TO YOU, JACK, FOR THIS? THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF LAST WEEK'S. WE TABLED IT AND CONTINUED IT TO THIS WEEK.

SO WE'RE STILL WHERE WE WERE LEFT OFF. RIGHT.

AND WE DID GET A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT CORRECT.

I'M SORRY. WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT FROM.

YES, WE GOT SOME INFORMATION. WE SPOKE TO THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS OF THE BOLLARDS.

THAT WAS DEBBIE COLLETTE AND PATTY LYNETTE. AND THEY WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH THOSE.

THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF FUNDS THAT PREVENTED IT THE FIRST TIME.

THEY GOT A LOT. IT WAS A LOT OF IT WAS FUNDED WITH DONATIONS LAST TIME.

SO IT WILL CERTAINLY BE MORE EXPENSIVE THIS TIME AROUND.

THERE ARE 22 OF THEM. THE CITY ONLY PARTICIPATED IN TEN.

AND BUT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN. THEY ARE INTERESTED IN FINISHING IT OFF.

STRUCTURALLY, THE BOLLARDS AREN'T STRUCTURALLY POSSIBLY SOUND FOR ADDING ANYTHING ON TOP.

SO IT WOULD BE EXCLUSIVELY FOR THEM. BUT I WOULD STILL LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE PUTTING IT OUT THERE FOR RFQ FOR SCULPTURES LIKE WE HAD MENTIONED THEN.

SO WE CAN GET THAT PROCESS POSSIBLY GOING TO GET ARTISTS INTERESTED.

SO WE CAN GET SOME. FOR THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE. THE JUST ALL OF IT.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S JUST BASICALLY IT'S, WE NEED SCULPTURES THAT CAN DO ARTWORK FOR THE ESPLANADE THAT ARE UP TO PAR WITH,

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YEAH. HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO SPEND ON THIS? HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO SPEND ON THAT? I THOUGHT THAT THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE.

OKAY. AND ALSO IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE A FEW. SO IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE ARTISTS THAT ARE THAT PLAY INTEREST, JACK. CORRECT. ULTIMATELY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ASK FOR PROPOSALS WHEN THE TIME COMES, THE MOMENT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR QUALIFIED PEOPLE AND YOU WANT TO SPECIFY WHAT CONSTITUTES A QUALIFIED. THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO PUT OUR RFQ SO WE CAN HAVE IT OUT THERE, RIGHT? YEAH. YOU WANT TO KNOW THINGS LIKE SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS HOW TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT WILL LAST IN A MARINE ENVIRONMENT, FOR INSTANCE. RIGHT? THAT'S NOT A PLACE FOR BEGINNERS UNLESS YOU'RE LOOKING TO JUST DO LOCAL.

LOCAL ARTISTS MAKE PRETTY THINGS THAT MAYBE THEY LAST, MAYBE THEY DON'T.

I WOULD THINK YOU'D WANT SOMETHING MORE PERMANENT. WELL, CAN WE AT LEAST GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY WITH PATTY? DEBBIE COLLETTE AND PATTY LYNETTE, SINCE THEY'RE ON BOARD FROM THE CITY.

AND BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO GET IS THE ANSWER FINDING OUT WHETHER THEY CAN JUST BE CONTINUED AS OPPOSED TO GOING OUT AND LOOKING FOR MORE.

IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WERE INTERESTED IN, I WILL GET THAT ANSWER.

YES, I WOULD DEFINITELY. I THOUGHT WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST TIME.

WE DID SOME. SOME WERE OF THE IDEA THAT HAVING SOMETHING ELSE ON THE OTHER SIDES MIGHT BE ALSO OF BENEFIT.

SO I MEAN, HOW DO YOU WISH TO PROCEED? DO YOU WANT TO CHARGE THIS DIRECTION TOWARDS LETTING THEM FINISH THEIR WORK? I KNOW AS PART OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE WHAT WE WANT.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, PUT A VOTE IN TO DO? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I NEED, A LITTLE DIRECTION.

YEAH. WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO FINISH HAVE COMPLETION OF THE BOLLARDS THAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN WAITING FOR.

THAT'S I FEEL LIKE THAT'S IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, THAT LET'S DO IT.

YEAH. LIKE DON'T. YEAH. ONE THING AT A TIME. WE CAN COME UP WITH OTHER THINGS LIKE GO THAT WAY, GET THE BOLLARDS FINISHED. YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S I MEAN I'M ALL FOR THAT LIKE GET THAT KNOCKED OUT AND THEN THEY CAN COME UP WITH THE REST.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH THE BOLLARDS ARE GOING TO COST, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE ONCE WE KNOW THAT NUMBER.

YOU HAVE TO KNOW OUR BUDGET OF $100,000. WE ARE WE'RE GETTING NUMBERS FROM DEBBIE AND PATTY NOW.

I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON THAT PART, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO COST US.

I DON'T KNOW, $50,000. WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER 50,000 FOR YOU GUYS TO COME UP WITH AN IDEA TO BRING TO US.

RIGHT? AND THEN WE CAN GET JOB ONE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO THIS WITHOUT GOING TO SOME SORT OF COMPETITIVE PROCESS THAT WE CAN JUST NAME AN ARTIST.

AND WE PROBABLY HAVE PRECEDENT BECAUSE WE HAVE ARTISTS WHO'VE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND THEY DIDN'T COMPLETE THE LAST WORK.

SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE.

I WILL CHECK ON THAT AND GET PERMISSION. AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, WE WOULD WE WOULD ASK FOR A PROPOSAL.

SO WE DID GET INFORMATION AND IT WAS THAT ORIGINALLY THEY WERE THE TWO PANELS WERE $600.

AND SO NOW. BUT THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE THE BOLLARDS.

OKAY. BUT THE BOTTLES WERE DONATED. BUT DIDN'T THEY ALSO GIVE AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THE TWO PANELS, THE EXTRA TWO PANELS WOULD, WOULD BE. I THINK THEY, I THINK THEY DID.

I DON'T HAVE THAT. SO IT'D BE $700 EACH. 700 FOR TWO PANELS.

IS THAT WHAT THEY SAID? 700 FOR TWO PANELS. AND THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT WOULD BE $15,400 FOR 22 BOLLARDS.

OKAY. SO THAT'S WELL WITHIN THE BUDGET. YEAH, YEAH.

SO LET'S I JUST WOULD LIKE TO BECAUSE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME, IF WE COULD MAYBE MOVE THIS FORWARD SO WE CAN START GETTING SOME OF THIS, THIS WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO DO. OKAY. SO DO WE JUST VOTE? CAN WE DO IT ANYWAY? SO HOW DO WE WHICH WOULD BE 44 PANELS.

NEXT UP IS MAKING SURE WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY.

OKAY. IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE US GO OUT AND ASK FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR COMPETITORS, CAN WE DO A VOTE THAT PREEMPTED THAT THEN IF THE COMMISSIONER FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ARE ALL IN UNISON, THAT WE HAVE THE VOTE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND THEN PRESENT IT TO COUNCIL.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE, I MEAN, WHETHER YOU CAN VOTE NOW.

YEAH. WITHOUT THE INFORMATION, I GUESS THE INFORMATION, I GUESS YOU COULD YOU COULD DO IT WITH THE PROVISO THAT IT'S THAT IT'S PERMISSIBLE.

PERFECT. OKAY. YES. SO CAN GO AHEAD. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING COMMISSIONER.

PROVIDED THIS IS AN ACCEPTABLE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

YEAH. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING. YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH AGREEING BEFORE.

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YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE WHAT ART THEY WANT TO DO.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO APPROVE IT. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS A PROPOSAL.

I DON'T I THINK YOU CAN ALWAYS ASK FOR A PROPOSAL.

OKAY. RIGHT. SO WE COULD EVEN WE COULD EVEN IF IT WAS.

MAYBE NOT TO EXCEED DOLLAR FIGURE THAT MATCHES THEIR'S. EXCEED IT.

THAT'S THE WAY TO MAKE IT A MOTION TO DO IS TO HAVE IT.

PROVIDED, THAT IT DOESN'T EXCEED WHATEVER WE ALL WE ALL IN AGREEMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

I GUESS WE CAN SAY THAT. AND THEN IF WE GET BONKED, THEN WE GET BONKED.

VOTING QUORUM APPROVES AND IT'LL BE JUST UP UP TO THE CITY TO DECIDE IF WE CAN GO FORWARD.

SO WITH THAT, WITH THE PART OF THE POINT THAT THEY DID.

DO YOU WANT TO CAP IT OUT AT A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT YOU ALL.

WELL, YOU HAD A FIGURE THERE. YEAH. IT WAS $15,400.

SO DO YOU WANT TO DO. $20,000. 20? YEAH 20 IS SOME CONTINGENCY IN THERE.

YEAH. YEAH. PERFECT. AND NOW IF THEY HURT US, THEN.

I JUST ONE THING I WANT TO ALSO MENTION. I DON'T WANT TO PUT THIS INTO THIS THING, BUT I JUST PARKED MY CAR IN FRONT OF THE POLICE BUILDING.

THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MURAL OUT THERE TOO, RIGHT? BUT ALL THE CARS ARE PARKED IN FRONT OF IT, SO NOBODY SEES THE MURAL. AND THE MURAL IS I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU GUYS ARE SURFERS OR NOT.

ACTUALLY TWO SURFERS ON THE BEACH. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MURAL, BUT IN MY OPINION, IT'S AT THE WRONG PLACE.

THOSE ARE THE SAME ARTISTS AS WE WANT TO DO THE BOLLARDS.

RIGHT? SAME ARTIST. RIGHT. SO LET'S. SO. BUT IT'S RELATED TO THAT.

IF THEY ARE ESPECIALLY GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE POLICE BUILDING, THERE'S WE CAN ASK THEM IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN MOVING THAT ENTIRE MURAL TO THE BEACH WHERE THE SURFERS ARE. YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE TO CONTEND WITH WHAT THE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER SORRY, COMMISSION MEMBER PAUL MOSES POINTED OUT IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT BLOCKED VIEWS.

SO WHERE YOU PUT SOMETHING THAT LARGE WILL BE A LITTLE TRICKY DOWN THERE.

ON THE SIDE OF A BUILDING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MAP.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE NOT TO EXCEED $20,000 FOR THE FINISH MOSAICS ON THE BOLLARDS ON THE ESPLANADE WITH ARTIST PATTY LYNETTE, AND DEBBIE COLLETTE.

YOU ARE MAKING A MOTION TO. ASK FOR PROPOSALS FOR PROPOSAL DP MOSAICS WITH A NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER OF $20,000 TO COMPLETE THE EXISTING 22 BOLLARDS THAT ALL HAVE TWO EMPTY SIDES PER.

YES. YES. GOT IT. YES. AND IT WAS. YEAH. IT'S.

I SECOND. 22 BOLLARDS. 44 PANELS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CHRISTIAN-KELLY FOR THE MOTION.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TANER, FOR SECONDING.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OH I'M SORRY.

WILL WE SHOULD WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST? I'M SORRY.

SHOULD WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE? WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY DO PUBLIC COMMENTS. I APOLOGIZE. SEEM TO GET THAT OUT OF ORDER.

A MOTION DID NOT PASS YET. IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS DISCUSSION WE GOT AHEAD OF OURSELVES? I APOLOGIZE, WE GOT EXCITED. JOAN IRVINE I'LL SAY AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF KEEP THE ESPLANADE BEAUTIFUL.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE LA 28 AND ALL THAT, AND WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE THE ESPLANADE BE AS BEAUTIFUL AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE COMING IN.

WE WANT THEM. WE WANT THERE TO BE A MAP THAT PEOPLE CAN COME AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHERE THEY'RE GOING. WE'VE ALSO KIND OF OFFERED TO THE TOURISM COMMITTEE.

MAYBE WE DO SOME TOURS DOWN THERE DURING THIS TIME.

THAT SO PEOPLE CAN GO AND SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY IT'S ON THE MAP.

AND THAT'S WHAT RICH MCQUILLIN WAS TALKING ABOUT IS HAVING THAT THAT WOULD HAVE THE HISTORY, IT WOULD HAVE ALL THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S JUST VERY IMPORTANT.

AND I LIKE THE FACT OF AT LEAST MOVING FORWARD ON A PIECE OF THAT SINCE WE HAVE THE MONEY.

AND THEN I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE SCULPTURE, BUT I ALSO, AND I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MY VISION IS I ALSO SEE BEING ABLE TO HAVE MOSAICS ALONG THE FRONT PART OF THE SITTING WALL.

AND I KNOW THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE COMING OUT OF THE $100,000 BECAUSE OF SCULPTURE.

IF WE SPEND 20 HERE IN THE SCULPTURE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE HAVE THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CONSIDER.

BUT I SEE THAT AS LIKE A DECADE LONG PROJECT.

BUT IF YOU START AT LIKE THE ENTRY POINTS TO THE BEACH, LIKE AVENUE I AND AVENUE C AND AVENUE A, WHENEVER THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S LA COUNTY.

SO I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE CONSIDERED, BUT AT LEAST YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE A STEP THAT'S DOABLE, THAT'S FUNDED. YOU HAVE THE ARTIST WHO ARE WONDERFUL ARTISTS.

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SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? AWESOME. HI, MY NAME IS EVELYN LACKEY. I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE REDONDO UNION ART PROGRAM, ACTUALLY, FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND I THOUGHT THAT WHAT YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH ART MURALS COULD ACTUALLY BE A REALLY INTERESTING, MAYBE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE REDONDO UNION ART PROGRAM AT RUHS, BECAUSE, I MEAN, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, ART DOWN BY THE BEACH IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY MURALS DOWN BY THE BEACH.

AND EVEN THOUGH YOUNG ARTISTS WHO GO TO REDONDO UNION MIGHT NOT BE AS SKILLED AS MAYBE THE USUAL PEOPLE WHO PAINT THE MURALS DOWN THERE, I THINK IT COULD BE MAYBE AN INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH MORE PROFESSIONAL PAINTERS AND MAYBE HAVE A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE PROFESSIONAL PAINTERS THAT IS USUALLY USED FOR MURALS DOWN THERE, AND ALSO LIKE THE REDONDO UNION STUDENTS ART PROGRAM.

SO. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? DO WE HAVE ANY ONLINE COMMENTS? THERE ARE NO COMMENTS AND NO ATTENDEES ON ZOOM.

THANK YOU. WOULD WE LIKE TO MOTION? YES. CAN WE GO BACK TO WHAT WE HAD ALREADY SAID? THE PREVIOUS MOTION? YES. DITTO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT MEETING? BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT FINISHED THE REST OF THE $100,000? YES. YES. YES. YOU MIGHT WANT TO VOTE TO CONTINUE.

CONTINUE TO PUT AN AGENDIZE FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

WE WANT TO AGENDIZE IT FOR THE NEXT MEETING. YEAH.

WE CALL CONTINUATION WILL GO INTO ITEM I. ITEMS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS.

SO YOU WANT US TO VOTE ON THAT. CLOSING IT. YOU'RE CONTINUING.

CONTINUING. YEAH. IT'S ALREADY ON THE THE AGENDA.

OKAY. YOU HAVE TO VOTE TO MOVE AND MOVE. SORRY.

NO. IT'S OKAY. WOULD WE LIKE TO MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM ON OUR NEXT AGENDA? I MAKE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CHRISTIAN-KELLY FOR MOTIONING.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER TANER, FOR SECONDING. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

NOW YOU'RE JUST DOWN TO THE MEMBERS THE COMMISSIONERS ITEMS AND THINGS THAT WERE SPOKEN OF AGENDIZING NEXT

[K. COMMISSION MEMBER ITEMS AND FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA TOPICS]

AND ONE OF THEM IS SOME SAMPLE VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS FOR THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED THAT WE NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO I WROTE A SAMPLE AND THEN I USED CHATGPT TO HELP ME COMING UP WITH SOME ALTERNATIVES USING KEYWORDS LIKE THE YOUTH, THE STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.

SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU FOR NEXT NEXT TIME IS SIX DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS.

FEEL FREE TO MIX THEM UP, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR MINDS.

AND THEN IF WE, IN OUR, OUR MEETING NEXT TIME, IF WE CAN COME UP WITH A FINALIZED VERSION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS AS PART OF OUR BYLAWS, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, WE DO, BUT IT'S IN DRAFT FORMAT FROM JANUARY OF 2025 WHEN, OUR NAME AND SCOPE WAS CHANGED FROM PUBLIC ART COMMISSION INTO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.

AND IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, WE NEED TO FINALIZE THAT AS SOON AS PRACTICALLY POSSIBLE TOO.

IT HAS A THIS WAS DISTRIBUTED TO US ON JANUARY 22, 2025.

THE DRAFT WE HAVEN'T ACTED ON IT. TWO SPECIFIC ITEMS ON THAT IS THAT WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE

[01:25:03]

WHAT OUR DUTIES ARE. I THINK THE MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS SHOULD ALSO BE PART OF THIS ARTICLE TWO AND THEN ALSO SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES LIKE THIS ONE STILL SAYS THAT WE MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH.

WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT TO EVERY MONTH. BUT IF YOU HAVE SOME TIME, PLEASE GO THROUGH IT.

IT'S IN YOUR PACKET, I BELIEVE, THE DRAFT? YES.

WHAT YOU HAVE THERE IS THE ORIGINAL 2010 PUBLIC ART COMMISSION BYLAWS.

AND THEN YOU HAVE A DRAFT SET. OF THAT. THAT WAS MADE FROM THAT WITH ADDITIONS THAT MY PREDECESSOR THOUGHT WERE SIGNIFICANT TO INCLUDE.

YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR YOURSELVES IF YOU AGREE.

OKAY. AND THEN FINALLY OBVIOUSLY THE WHOLE, OUR GOALS ARE BASED ON THIS CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS PASSED IN OCTOBER OF 2024, I BELIEVE.

I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT. IT WAS ALSO AN UPDATE.

YEAH. WHERE THEY CHANGED US INTO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION THAT WOULD BE OUR OUR GUIDELINE.

BUT I JUST HAPPEN TO RUN INTO THIS OTHER THING, WHICH IS CALLED THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS DATED 2015. YEAH. SO I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE SHOULD AGENDIZE THIS AS WELL, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT ALSO IN THE FUTURE THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE REVISITED.

SURE. YEAH. IT WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLIC ART ORDINANCE SPECIFIED THAT THE PUBLIC ART SHOULD BE DONE IN COMPLIANCE WITH A CREATED PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED.

IT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. SO TO CHANGE IT, WE WOULD HAVE TO RESUBMIT TO THE COUNCIL, BUT IT IS QUITE DATED THAT ARE STRATEGIC. SO IT MIGHT MIGHT MERIT A REVISITING BECAUSE IT'S AGED.

THAT'S SOMETHING TO INCORPORATE IN A STRATEGIC LIST THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THERE'S STUFF IN THERE, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS. THERE'S A LIST OF THE UTILITY BOXES THAT COULD BE DONE.

SO MANY HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE. IT'S JUST IT'S PRETTY DATED.

OKAY. RIGHT. SO IT'S WORTH A LOOK TO SEE IF IT'S WORTH YOU DECIDE IF IT'S WORTH YOUR TIME TO UPDATE.

COMMISSIONER TANER, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO PUT ON. FOR THE AGENDA NEXT TIME? MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT AND BASICALLY FINALIZING THE BYLAWS.

BYLAWS. I GOT A QUESTION WITH THAT. WHAT ARE YOU DIFFERENTIATING HERE AS FAR AS WHAT YOU'RE CALLING, WHAT YOU THINK OF VISION STATEMENT IS AND A MISSION STATEMENT TO ME, THE KIND OF THE SAME THING. AND IF WE'RE PUTTING SOMETHING ON PAPER OR ANYTHING, IT'S MORE OF A MISSION STATEMENT.

BUT YOU WROTE BOTH. AND I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION OF HOW DO YOU SEE THOSE TWO DIFFERENTIATION IS.

MAYBE MORE PRACTICAL, MORE PRAGMATIC THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF MORE, YOU KNOW.

AND VISION IS MORE STRATEGIC, MORE STRATEGIC, MORE GLOBAL IDEAS.

I GOT YOU. IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT ART IS ALL ABOUT FOR REDONDO BEACH AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

AND MISSION IS HOW WE SHOULD GO ABOUT IT, HOW WE SHOULD ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS OR THAT VISION.

ALL RIGHT. BUT AGAIN, A VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL STATEMENT.

NO, NO, NO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN SYNC ABOUT WHAT WE'RE HOW WE'RE DIFFERENTIATING THE VISION BETWEEN.

RIGHT. AND THEN FINALLY, I KNOW THAT I ALREADY MADE THE MOTION AND I'M GOING TO.

THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL DISCUSSION MAYBE TOWARDS THE SUMMER IS TO LOOK INTO THE JOHN PARSONS FUND.

THE BYLAWS OF THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S VERY LIMITED, VERY LIMITING US.

WE CAN ONLY USE IT FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC FUNDS. I'M SORRY.

MAYBE THERE IS A CHANCE OF, WITH THIS NEW VISION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO INCORPORATE OTHER ART ELEMENTS INTO LIKE DANCE OR MUSIC AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND USE THE FUNDS AS LONG AS THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE TO THE PUBLIC RATHER THAN JUST, JUST PAINTINGS. YOU CAN MAKE THAT PROPOSAL TO THE COUNCIL.

THAT'S UP TO YOU. RIGHT? BUT I'M JUST BASICALLY GIVING MY EXPANDING, THE PURPOSES OF IT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO THIS, BUT LET'S START WITH THAT.

YEAH, IT'S CURRENTLY TIED TO AN ORDINANCE. SO YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO DO THIS THROUGH THE COUNCIL.

YEAH. THAT'S YEAH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THE AGENDA.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT OUR BUDGET ON THE NEXT AGENDA.

[01:30:04]

SO I WOULD BE THINKING ABOUT BUDGETARY ITEMS. YOU'D WANT TO DO SOMETHING I NEGLECTED TO MENTION DURING MY LIAISON REPORT, THE $75,000 OR 74 OF IT REMAINING, THAT'S STILL SITTING AT THE TRANSIT CENTER IS NOT JOHN PARSONS PUBLIC ART FUND'S MONEY.

IT WAS PROPOSITION C TRANSPORTATION FUNDS. IT CANNOT BE RELOCATED.

IT CANNOT BE USED FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE. IT'S STUCK THERE.

IF WE CAN THINK OF SOME ART THAT WE CAN DO THERE, WE CAN DO IT.

SO WE HAVE $74,000 SPEND. TAKE THAT MONEY AS WE ORIGINALLY INTENDED.

MOVE IT TO LILIENTHAL. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SPEND IT.

CAN WE PUT IT ONTO THE BUSSES? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I CAN ASK THAT QUESTION.

LET'S DO THAT. OUR NEXT MANAGER MEETING. I WILL HAVE A LITTLE CHAT WITH THE STUFF ON THE TRANSIT DIRECTOR AND SEE IF THAT'S ALLOWABLE.

YEAH. IT'S JUST FOR THAT TRANSIT CENTER SPECIFICALLY.

IS THAT RIGHT? JUST THAT IT WAS $75,000 WHEN THEY BUILT THE TRANSIT CENTER.

THEY GOT SOME PROP C TRANSPORTATION FUNDS ADDED TO THE PROJECT FOR ART.

AND BUT IT HAS TO BE RELATED TO TRANSIT SPECIFICALLY.

AND I BELIEVE IT IS SPECIFICALLY TIED TO THAT LOCATION.

SO FOR THOSE MATTERS THAT. PARSONS PUBLIC ART FUNDS, THEY REPLACED THAT MONEY WHEN THEY MOVED GATEWAY TO THE OTHER LOCATION.

OKAY. SORRY. SO WE KIND OF GOT FREE MONEY. BUT THAT'S OKAY.

START THINKING ABOUT COOL ART YOU COULD DO WITH THE TRANSIT CENTER, BUT IT HAS TO BE VISIBLE.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. OKAY, GOOD. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ON A FUTURE AGENDA? OKAY.

I THINK THAT'S SHOULD WE PUT THAT ON THERE? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE TRANSIT CENTER IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT AN AGENDA ITEM? YEAH, THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA. I GUESS IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO HOW QUICKLY ARE YOU GOING TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET SECTION, JUST LIKE WE JUST DID STRATEGIC. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE ACTUAL BUDGET.

RIGHT? AND SO IF THERE'S THINGS YOU WANT TO DO AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME.

ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TIME TO GO INTO THAT? OR DO YOU WANT TO PUSH IT DOWN, KICK IT DOWN THE ROAD? IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE TIME, I'LL MAKE THE TIME. I MEAN, TALK ABOUT I MEAN, ALL WE GOT TO DO, IT'S NOT BAD TO JUST GET IT ON THERE AND GET IDEAS ROLLING.

WE JUST KNOCKED OUT THE BOLLARDS PRETTY QUICK, SO WE JUST MAKE UP STUFF.

LET'S GET THAT ON THERE. SO INITIAL BRAINSTORM OF IDEAS, BRIEF BRAINSTORM OF IDEAS.

WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION? I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE CAN WE MOTION TO INCLUDE A BRIEF DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLE ARTWORK AT THE REDONDO BEACH TRANSIT CENTER? THERE IS CURRENTLY $74,000 TO $75,000 REMAINING.

THERE WAS A $1,000 STIPEND FOR THE ARTIST TO DO A PROPOSAL FOR THE MURALS.

AND THOSE WERE NOT VALID BECAUSE THE NOT VALID.

THEY WERE JUST NOT VIABLE BECAUSE APPARENTLY THE WALLS ARE PERMEABLE AND WATER LEAKS THROUGH THEM.

AND SO WE CANNOT PAINT THOSE WALLS AND EXPECT THE ART TO LAST.

AND BE SOMETHING ELSE. I'LL FINISH THE MOTION FIRST.

SO CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE A BRIEF DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLE ARTWORK UP TO $74,000 WORTH AT THE REDONDO BEACH TRANSIT CENTER. I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MELENDEZ, FOR A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. AND IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO WHETHER WE CAN USE THAT MONEY ON THE BUSSES OR THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC INFORMATION. I'LL GET THAT. I WILL GET THAT INFORMATION. ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE COULD OR SHOULD DEFINITELY STAY AWAY FROM IF THERE'S SOMETHING.

ARE WE THINKING SCULPTURAL ART? ARE WE THINKING, YOU KNOW, IS THERE SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY CANNOT DO THERE? IF. MY UNDERSTANDING WAS JUST THE MURALS WAS A PROBLEM AND GATEWAY WAS SO LARGE THAT THEY ENDED UP MOVING INTO THE BACK, AND THEN IT WAS OUT OF VIEW WHEN THE COUNCIL DIDN'T LIKE THAT.

I DON'T THINK THEY RULED YOU COULD NEVER DO A PIECE OF SCULPTURE AGAIN.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE MAYBE GET A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT FROM PUBLIC WORKS JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WITH JUST TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE THING.

WELL, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION.

THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC PEOPLE. AS FAR AS WHAT CAN GO THERE? BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S KIND OF PAINTING WALLS OUT.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS STILL ON THE TABLE. BUT, BUT IT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM ARTWORK ON BUSSES TO, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE PAINTING THE BUILDING ITSELF IS A POSSIBILITY.

MAYBE I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE SO WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING COMING BACK TO US.

LIKE, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. SO MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT, I GUESS.

OKAY, WE'LL ASK THEM IF THERE'S ANY NO NO'S THAT WE SHOULD JUST STAY AWAY FROM.

YEAH. AND THEN MAYBE IN THE NEXT MONTH, EVERYONE JUST TAKES A LITTLE FIELD TRIP TO CHECK AROUND THE AREA AND SEE WHAT MIGHT FIT NICELY.

ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR AGENDA. OKAY, SO NOW WE ARE AT RECEIVE AND FILE REPORTS FROM ACTIVE SUBCOMMITTEES.

DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTS FROM ANY ACTIVE SUBCOMMITTEES RIGHT NOW? JUST WHAT?

[01:35:02]

VERY GOOD. ARE TWO PEOPLE ON CHALK ART AREN'T HERE TONIGHT? AND WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE ESPLANADE. YEAH.

VERY GOOD. IS OUR CONSULTANT GOING TO BE ATTENDING NEXT MONTH'S MEETING? I DON'T KNOW. WE GOT KIND OF PAUSED ON THE LGBTQ SCULPTURE OUTREACH, WHICH SLOWED THINGS DOWN BECAUSE SOMEBODY HACKED IT AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOMEBODY MALICIOUS DECIDED TO REPRODUCE TONS OF MESSAGES AND WE HAD TO THROW IT AWAY. AND THEY ARE PURSUING A MORE SECURE PLATFORM TO REDO IT.

THE RFQS, ON THE OTHER HAND, SHOULD BE DONE SOON, AND WE SHOULD BE PROCEEDING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PANEL ON LOOKING AT THOSE.

NOT AS AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT I FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN GET LIKE REGULAR UPDATES FROM OUR CONSULTANTS ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

MAYBE IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING HAPPENING AND THERE'S NOTHING AT THE MOMENT.

THE RFQS ARE STILL OPEN. THEY HAVEN'T CLOSED THEM.

AND SO WE'RE WAITING ON THAT AND THEN WE'RE DOING THE OUTREACH, BUT WE HAD TO START OVER.

SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING TO REPORT AT THIS POINT. THAT'S SOMETHING FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED IS.

ACCEPT IT FROM ME I'LL BE HAPPY TO. YEAH, I HAVE AN EVERY TWO WEEK CHECK IN WITH THEM.

I'D BE HAPPY TO RELAY THAT KIND OF STUFF. WE CAN ALWAYS ASK DURING THE LIAISON PART.

YEAH, I CAN MAKE THAT A REGULAR THING. I STILL FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE PAYING LIKE $80,000 TO SOMEBODY, THAT THEY SHOULD BE AVAILABLE DURING OUR MEETINGS.

IF I SEE THEM AGAIN, IT'S 45. BUT YES. I THINK WE'LL SEE THEM AGAIN WHEN THE RFP.

I'M SURE THEY WOULD LOVE TO DOUBLE IT. BUT EVEN IF WE GET AN EMAIL FROM THEM.

BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I JUST WANTED TO ONE THING, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.

I WANTED TO ASK WHEN THE SURVEY WILL BE BACK AVAILABLE, SO I'M SURE YOU'LL KEEP US POSTED.

AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION. AND I'M SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A WONDERFUL PLAY THAT HAS ITS SECOND WEEK THIS WEEKEND AT REDONDO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT'S CALLED SOMETHING ROTTEN. AND THERE'S PERFORMANCES.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. ANYONE? PLEASE. FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN.

AND I BELIEVE IT'S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT 2 P.M..

SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET OUT AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL THEATER.

AFTER WHAT I SAW THEM DO WITH HADESTOWN, I'D BE REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT. FANTASTIC.

SO YEAH, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THAT. AND WITH THAT, THE NEXT MEETING OF THE REDONDO BEACH CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION WILL BE A REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD AT 7 P.M. ON APRIL 22ND, 2026, IN THE REDONDO BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 415 DIAMOND STREET, REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MAKE A MOTION. I SECOND. AT 8:38. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.