March 27, 2024 — Boulder Arts Commission Regular Meeting

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Captions from City of Boulder YouTube recording.

[0:00] Can you do? Alright? We'll start with the land acknowledgement. The city boulder acknowledges the city is on the ancestral homelands and unseated territory of indigenous peoples we've traversed lived in and stewarded lands in the Boulder Valley from time editorial. Those indigenous nations include the Apache Arcafo Cheyenne Comanche Bonnie should show me, zoom and mute. The city of Boulder recognizes that those now living and working on these ancestral lands have a responsibility to acknowledge and address past, and must work to build a more just teacher. Alright. I'd like to approve our agenda for this meeting if anybody would take less than that to hmf. oh, yes, we have one. Sorry I wrote it and then forgot about it. I'd like to add under Section 5 under the Grants program Lauren has a short piece on the artist hiring and sending grants that she'd like to discuss. So I'd like to add that.

[1:19] So with that, if anybody hold off on that chat group. Awesome, great, all in favor hands. Great, unanimous. Thank you, everybody. And let's approve the February meeting minutes which were in your packets. Does anybody have any changes? If anybody would like to make. I'll second that. On favor. So I wasn't there. Okay? Great fourth one Maria tuna.

[2:01] Alright public participation. I see we have a couple of members from the public. Is there anybody to speak? Let me sign up this connected into the chat and of the meeting. Okay, well, welcome to those of you in the public who joined our meeting, and I know that people will be keeping an eye on the chat if there's alright matters from commissioners. This is a brief portion of our meeting where we have time to give updates on meetings with our liaison groups or just other general topics that you've been hearing that impact the arts. Well, you've been out in the community. I'll start sure. Yeah, Muller, fest if you all now have their big, the big Muller fest, and may their agenda is out, and it looks fantastic. They're recommended. Take a look at it and attend something, and I don't know if you talked about last time, but they would be of interest to.

[3:10] It's for your business. Yeah, okay. everybody else. Boulder chorale has 2 concerts coming up April 20, Seventh and 28 between the Utah Texas area. Really cool. Yeah, you're gonna go to that. Yeah. sound awesome. I did not get to go out and do anything this year, the this month. But I'm looking forward to first week for sure. So if anybody yeah, anybody's headed to interesting things, let me know anybody else want to do an update? Jordan. Hi! Everyone.

[4:00] Hello! Yeah, I just wanted to, just in case. And there was any confusion. Just be clear. Some clarity around. The conversation about the dairy. I wanted to let everyone know that I do have documentation of them. The first documentation that they had given to me that asked for the $1,500 donation and and and emails around that just in case anybody needed any clarity around that I have those available. Thank you. Nice to meet you. You need them. Anybody else. Oh, Jeffrey, go ahead. For a liaison report. modis theater has the very first theatrical pro theatrical production that's happening in the Capitol complex tomorrow down in Denver, and that's that transformative

[5:00] event that they've that they premiered in bold, and they've been taking around the State. So they are. they're doing some great work and expanding beyond city and even county of boulder by getting things that the ours commission has been able to help produced through grants really amplified across the State. Hello, Tim. I I love their stuff. That's great. Thank you. Alright. let's see, we can talk about that. Alright. Let's move into the Grants program. Lauren Grant reports. Thank you all for for your time. Reviewing some rep reports. We have a set of reports from Project Grants, and then a set of reports from our operating support, France. So first we'll discuss project grants. We have our education, grant, motor symphony, our education grant from

[6:06] community project grant from my closer collective and the community Project grant report from Hill Boulder per usual. You can approve them. You can prove individual ones. You can ask questions can postpone or you can decline the final 20%. I have motion language. Excellent. Let's first and just to note that I can't see everybody's faces online. So just vocalize. You'd like to respond. Oh, there we go now, I can see if there's any report that you wanna pull out for later discussion now will be a time to let me know. Covered. I don't see any response to that. So if someone would like to make a motion uses them. Yes, Dude.

[7:02] I'll move to approving the Grant reports from Boulder Symphony, Nunnicultura, art, science, and culture for thriving communities, and our Posta collective and available 1 s, all in favor and and can't see the online church. There's Georgia and I and see. Thank you alright. Any comments people wanna put on the record. I will say that I was impressed with the hill. First of all, their budget. I love people, write details and their budget, firstly, and second, just their admittance that they failed in their role to hire people of color for their artists. Kind of transparency. So appreciate that? Yeah. I noticed that it and I appreciated that Brother Button also.

[8:00] Why, I wonder why they were not able to hire a person of color. Yeah, I would like to more details as well. That would be great. So I know there are people like to say that there's no black, no people of color, and older, but there are. There's plenty. Yeah. Is that something? Boring that you can do? Just a follow up query. Sure, I'd be happy to do some more details. Yes. and and you know, there's anything that we can, a solution to that help. That process. I was. I know plenty of people in Boulder who like. There's plenty of communities in Boulder that are people of color. If anyone wants to be. If anyone is in need of hiring artists or just any

[9:03] trade in general. I'd be happy to put them in touch with groups that I am involved with. Yeah, correct. Thank you. Georgia. Jeffrey. I was happy with the takeaways from Boulder Symphony and their overall assessment of the community. Luna, I was wildly impressed with the amount of collaboration that they had with various other organizations across across the city. and Mariposa, just seeing the amount of people that they were able to to have actually experience the art by those 3 nearly sold out performances was really impressive. the the hill item, and the takeaway from there was it? It reached a hundred people. And I don't. Yeah. I was a little surprised at the the low level or the low amount of of participants that we're able to

[10:02] be engaged at the actual event. That was just my first takeaway from that. And I know that we've talked about that as a commission, and that we, you know, and especially now that we have some more support for the staff that we do have avenues to support people and getting the word out so great. So we move on to the lead certification. Thank you, I'll be sure to thank your comments, and we get a feedback from them at all. So we have 3 general operating support reports for recertification today. There's Aqua, Colorado, and Edwards connections. the same process for these. You can approve them for the individual ones, and then ask questions, postpone or cancel the final 24 payment and the motion languages here.

[11:03] I'd like to make a decision. Go ahead, go ahead, Jeffrey. Okay, I move that we approve the reports for the 2022 to 24 general operating support grants for the Colorado, Chautauqua, the Jaipur Literature, Festival, Colorado and Eco. Arts, Connections. I'll second this all in favor. and we can't see Georgia right now. Georgia. Hi, there you are! Thank you. And I did. Wanna note purple ego. Art is one of the top groups that I spoke to several months ago, and I never really gave an update on. But they're definitely very grateful for the general operating support and and very excited about some of the things that they're working on for the next year. Alright. Thanks. Artist hiring. Yeah. So.

[12:02] oj, you do need to recuse yourself or step away. Turn off everything, and I think we could. We'll send you a chat message whenever is that? Alright? Yeah. Chat. So do you just want me to mute the meeting and stop my video. Yes, and then we'll send you a chat whenever we're done discussing. Okay, thank you. Ellis. Sorry. So I brought this up because last Friday. Was the auto style decision on the artist hiring incentive grants. So we had 16 applicants. We're getting a lot more now, which is wonderful. And then we have 6 awards take away, and $3,000 awards. It is for an organization or business to hire a boulder based organization or business to hire people to based artists right? And dance with Georgia. The organization that's run by Georgia was 1 one of these lottery style

[13:03] awards. So since this is normally administrative approval, which means that at the beginning of it, or actually in like October, you all go to free. Lauren can decide, or you know if they're eligible. then Lauren can go ahead and process these under the purview of our submission. Right? You all essentially agreed to these already, but since she agreed to it already we need to recuse her, and then the remaining Commissioners vote. If she can receive this award. I'll say that it was absolutely eligible. She's funding a local building based artist to work on brown sugar nutcracker with her and the full application for interested. But she's eligible. She won the lottery. So I wouldn't recommend that this is. can you, just for public record, remind us how you do the lottery? Sure, it's on a website called Picker wheel is recorded and filmed on zoom. So if anybody wants to watch the recording, it's close to our website, it's like 3 min long. We put it into this randomized wheel, and it does little, you know. Lottery style.

[14:08] Yeah, thank you. Sure I have. Oh, sorry. Oh, there language! If you want to go forth. I move that we'd approve an artist having incentive Grant for a dance with Georgia. I'll send it all in favor. And again I keep. Oh, George isn't here so. Jeffrey, are you not voting? Or that's unanimous, and we can let Georgia back in unless anybody before we let her back in, as anybody have any other comments on that? Questions. Do we have a list of folks who have applied for this, who were not chosen by the lottery? Do we have a list for us to be able to look at.

[15:00] Sure. We have a list of the ones that not win the lottery, and I also advise them that if they're still eligible for round 3. It's open, and then it closes in May. So there's another round of this lottery style. Year 2. Okay. Thank you. Sure it's what George will background today. I sent a message. Thank you. Everyone know when she's back, please. So soon. She turned. And thank you for walking us through that Lauren, because. And it. Comfortable voting, otherwise. Sure it's profile. We have done it, and I'll pretend before, so it'll come up over. Like Matt. Great alrighty that's swiftly moving on to introduction to 2025 youth assessments. Sure, and I must stop sharing. Well, actually, maybe I will hold on a second. I'm taking this minute to give you some reminders about the Grant program. So

[16:03] community projects for individuals. Your first review is due next Wednesday, and then your final review for organizations is on the tenth. I'll send a couple of reminders out, and I know this. This is really tough. Since overlapping. This is the worst part of the year, I assure you. So. I would like to welcome our consultants. Kendall Peterson, their squared just so well with still well, cultural consorting, consulting, and Jamie Gillis with Central. I don't know if Jamie is able to join us this evening. Thank you. Hi! Welcome me. and so, Hi! Welcome. Hi, Do you want us to just get started? Shall I start sharing my. Well, I wanted to do a little introduction little background on how you were selected to So Caroline and I were part of the selection actually let me back up. So we did. A full call for is for a consultant to work on a needs assessment. So this is the first of kind of a 2 part work that we're working towards. Since we have the 2 a funding and the cultural plan. Sun setting right closing this year. We need to make recommendations to see council by June. So we did this first section, which we call a needs assessment

[17:23] to find out what kind of conditions we need to address in 2025 alone. So this one upcoming year we're calling it a bridge year or launch year. We have asked them for help in this short term to on some very specific things, as far as how they were selected. This is actually like a power team. The 3 of them are all consultants individually, and they came together to combine their powers. And I'm really, really excited that they did that I have no idea how to have selected between any of them. We put out a couple of kids. We we received 3, one from this, the power the power team, and a couple of other that are national and international consultants. We had a group of staff, and Caroline joined us.

[18:10] We had a big list. We kind of did it like panel style where we have big list of things that we looked at and we support them. Oh, brandy! Thank you And we went with with this crew. We're they're squared is sort of the primary contact for this group does before I pass it over to them to give their proper instructions and things. Does anybody have questions about how they were selected, or any questions about this whole process? They are actually gonna do the whole process stuff. But I'm happy to say, Oh, yes, yeah. Hold on 1 s Georgia. So they're working specifically towards a report in June of this year to address what we're gonna do in 2025. We need a bridge here. We need a launch year.

[19:00] We need time in between now and mid 2025 to do full community research right? Like to figure out the bigger, longer vision of what we wanna do with 2 way funding so this is really gonna help us in this like short term. What do we do next year? So our commute, like the grants program that it's still serving the community, that the the public art program is still continues to serve the community, that we grow and address any kind of new needs and opportunities within that one year, and then we'll have a full year to do like proper community engagement, Federal engagement. I would. This will be proper community engagement as well and just focus. Really, what's what this process is tied to is the 2,025 budget cycle. So we need to get recommendations put together so that we can assemble our 2025 budget with the new renewal Monday. So we'd want them to be responsive

[20:04] to community Great and Georgia. Yeah, Georgia. Yeah, no. I just wanted to say, I really appreciate the way that the city selected members by putting out a call for people. So everyone has the opportunity to apply. And putting together a panel of different minded people to do the selection. I just really. I really, really like, I really just feel so in alignment with that process of choosing PE people for positions. I feel like it. Just is equal opportunity and just is all around good practice so thumbs up. Thank you. Chris. Thank you very much. Well, without further ado, Kendall Jones. please. Great. I, Hi, Jill, do you wanna share your

[21:01] computer screen or So thank you so much, Lauren, for inviting us today? We just have a really short presentation and a lot of it. You've already actually talked about in your introduction, Lauren. But you can go to the next slide, Joe. So this is what we'll just be covering. First of all, if you all wouldn't mind, we would love, since this is our first time speaking with you. I would love it if we could just get introductions from the rest of the Commissioners, and just tell us basically how long you've been on the commission. What your, what, what you do in boulder and and then if you wanna add a little bit of flavor to it. What you're excited about? What we need to know about upcoming that I'm aside from. I know Boulder Arts week is coming up. But if there's anything else that you're excited about, that we should know about in our research.

[22:04] that or you know an event that you're excited about tells that. So I'm gonna start with Georgia, cause she's on my screen to my left, and then you can tag the next person. and it looks like you're in a very beautiful spot, and I'm really jealous. Yeah. I I will say that it was completely intentional that I started my video like. I think we're all really envious. So so you might have to explain to us where you actually are and how long you've been on the Commission. Okay, so I I'm Georgia. I am in. Where am I? Cabo? Send send Juan, not Cabo. Send Lucas like the more quiet part in Co. San Jose del Carba. Maybe. Thank you. San Jose del Cabo is where I am for my son's senior spring break.

[23:02] I've been on the commission for 3 years, I believe. I am a dance instructor, producer, choreographer, director. advocate. Fred. the arts will we know that cause I'm here? And yeah, I grew up in Boulder and moved away for 13 years. But was on Arts Commission in Encinitas, California. and I've now I'm back and working on leaving a legacy. Awesome. Is there something that you're looking forward to an arts event that's coming up? Maybe. that you want to share. Well. I've been going to a lot of plays lately which I normally don't do. I normally am going to dance

[24:00] the events. So really, looking forward to theater this summer, Shakespeare festival, I started. This will be my third year doing that for a. Very cool. Do you wanna pick the next person to introduce themselves? Just names. You will let you guys pick on each other. Okay. Well, I can't see anyone, but so I'll just choose Caroline. Okay. Thank you. Awesome. Hi, guys, thanks for being here. I'm Caroline hurt. I'm the chair and I'm going into since what? 3 years? 3 years I mean 3 years on And what else can I tell you? Sorry like to know? Then. And just to Older. Oh, I yeah, I live in Boulder. I do a lot of volunteer work in the arts community with a background in burning man community, and I am an arts attorney.

[25:05] Oh, cool! Just a few things awesome. Is there anything you're looking forward to coming up in ours event that you're excited about our tweak. I just made the decision to go to Colorado creative industries their annual conference. I'm super site for that. I haven't been for a couple of years and missed it. Yeah, it awesome. Yeah. Select someone else to introduce themselves. Oh, sure! Jeffrey. Well, Hi, there, folks my name is Jeffrey Cash. I am currently the Avp. Of community relations over Premier Members Credit Union overseeing our engagement with the communities and sponsorships and education, business development and all those lovely things. Personally, I sit on a Messa boards around town. My background is in musical theater. I grew up on a on a farm in very rural Pennsylvania, in a very poor family, and the performing arts

[26:02] I attribute to that to basically saving my life and getting me out there in many ways. things that I'm looking forward to. We're going to viva to for their newest production over at the dairy tomorrow summer makes me immediately like like George had mentioned Colorado, Shakespeare festival. I sit on that board as well, and have for many years. I've I help and curate and host a classic film series Monthly over at the Dairy Art Center. So our next offering, for that is on Tuesday. Lots of things going on all the time, and I'm looking forward to all of them. you know. NASA. Thank you. You gotta choose someone else to introduce themselves. Jeffrey. Sure I'm missing Maria, because she's actually at the meeting, and I'm not, and there she is. So. Hi, Sandra! Nice to see you, Dan. Nice to meet you. Wait! Maria Cole.

[27:00] Yes, in the blood. I'm good. To see it. Thank you. I that is so wonderful. I haven't seen you forever. It's fun to work with you a little bit exciting. No exciting. I'm so excited to see you. I'm I'm glad that you're on this board. Yeah, so happy to catch up. Okay? Oh, yeah. So I've been on the for 3 years came from Carolyn. I am I'm architected older. So things I'm excited about the mollifest. I mentioned this earlier at the beginning of meeting. I think this is just a spectacular event. But now, starting to get some international press that's coming up in May. So kind of a full week of concerts. I'm on the appointed to this Commission to the be Moca Board. They are working on their new building in North Boulder getting a tremendous lot of interest from architects nationally and internationally. So that's going to be very exciting. And I think that will really revitalize all of North Boulder and novo

[28:04] and just started with Brendan, the Alpine balsam public art, which is a million dollar call for public art, which is tremendous. I think so. I think that's really exciting, too, so that as well as northern side of Boulder. So, thanks for seeing it. lot of emphasis there as well. I've been taps to look at the east boulder planning through the kind of planning department, and I think as well starting to be progressive on that east side of what we're near the airport so kind of every. No, all cylinders around the entire city is really catalyzing. So. Awesome. Thank you. Would you pick the next. I'm Yale aid I've been on the board for 2 years. So yeah, 2 years. I'm a digital artist illustrator and also a drag performer. I work at a second hand clothing store here in Boulder

[29:06] and the next event I'm really excited about is empathy theater projects. We're still here in concert. So it wasn't musical. And then this is going to be a concert of all the songs in the music, and then also like talking about the making of the musical. That's April fourth, any town hall really excited? Yeah. Throw up at Etown, Paul. Yeah, Great awesome, could you? Would you want to pick the next person. I think that's it. Everyone. Very cleanly on my screen. So. I'm missing 2 tonight. Sorry about that. Oh, no worries, no worries. And then there's someone named Lisa on it. Did we already talk to Lisa Lisa W. She's our executive assistant same board, please.

[30:01] And we're watching your screen. And I'm like, okay, got it. So so to introduce ourselves. I kinda do love the idea that you think that we're a dream team. Lauren, I, this is what I love doing is assembling teams to work with communities, and we are, I think, think the reason why we assemble this team is because we've always wanted to work in Boulder. I know Jamie's done some work with you all before. but both Jill and I are kind of newbies, so we're excited to work with you on this. But again, my name is Kendall Peterson. My company name is their squared. I started their squared when I left the airport. When I was working with well, I started off working with Matt and Company on the public art program for the Hotel and Transit Center, which had around 6 million dollars worth of art for for that project. and that was incredibly wonderful. And I know Maria, from our other projects in Denver. Very, very involved on our board there, and we she was on our

[31:10] group of artists that were helping us with a lot of different, really big projects down in Denver. So that was a lot of fun, including the Art Museum and the justice center. So those were my that's where I gained my sort of experience in the arts in this region. And then I went also, and did about a half a degree in planning. I was really frustrated, by the way, that public art tends to be kind of an afterthought in a lot of programs. And so I'm really loving now doing, planning. So I I specialize in public art. But we do place making. And Jill and I teamed up a few years ago on a project for the Colorado Springs region, and we liked working together so much for that that we have continually

[32:01] teamed up on projects. And then Jamie who isn't here today? I think you know her work very well. She works in the Economic Development Realm and she will be helping us with this project when she is able. So Joel, go ahead and talk a little bit about your background. Sure. I'm just still well, and I have a company called Stillwell cultural consulting, I know. Not very creative. But so my, I'm up in Fort Collins, and I actually grew up in Niwat and did a couple of years at see you before trading, becoming a trader and coming up to Fort Collins and going becoming a RAM at Colorado State. So but I worked for I came up on the museum side of things. I was a curator and an executive director in the museum world. For about 10 to 12 years. And then I became the director of the Cultural Services department for the city of Fort Collins, and did that for about 13 years. And then in 2,015, I decided that I wanted to really focus on vision. Oriented planning. The things I loved most.

[33:07] As Kendall said, is is planning for the arts and culture industry. So we do a lot of cultural planning, we partner on public art planning. We love community engagement. It's one of the things that we really is the cornerstone to our our partnership together, and as Kendall said, we've partnered on about a half a dozen different projects over the last 5 years. I think so. We're super excited to be to be working with you all in both. Big question. And really just for the purpose of this of this project. Jill and I are co-leaders, and and we bring Jamie in for special projects. But Jill and I, we are equals in this, so we'll be handling. You know. We'll you'll see both of us at every single meeting, most likely, unless it's when one of us is on vacation. So if you have questions, if you you ask one of us, you ask both of us. So just so, you know.

[34:04] So I I Lauren, did a great job of letting you know what the what the project is all about so you can move forward so as we know. The 2 a. The passage of 2 a made sure that you have this 20 year tax renewal. And it's going to be increasing the art. Oh, my gosh, sorry! The the funding available for the arts, cultural and heritage. and if you hear my dog sparking in the background? There? What is a delivery that we're expecting? And I apologize for that, so I might have to pass it to you, Joe, all of a sudden, if it gets too loud. So. And as as Lauren mentioned, we're looking at just the fiscal year for 2025 right now. We call it the bridge year, and we've been using that language in our planning. So we're really we're running and getting to get a short term needs and funding assessment for Ju. June ready for June.

[35:01] For that 2025 bridge here, and then obviously, I think you'll go in. We'll hopefully be going deeper and more. Have extensive planning process. For the future. After 2025. Yeah, I think I think, as Lauren said, that there there will be a more extensive process after we do this bridge year, and but we want to make sure that anything that we do now is really laying the groundwork, and we're feeding into that other process, so shouldn't whatever we produce now should really help that that next phase. So part of this the process that we're talking about in the scope will be to do some research and analysis and 3 major areas. We're going to be looking at the existing and future general operating grants. So I think Lauren tell us, the full list is over 40 40 different groups that have earned these grants. But also we'll be looking at groups that either were denied or were or haven't applied. So and or they're looking to get grants through this

[36:11] through these funds. We'll also be working with Brendan and his team to look at the public arts. Maintenance funding and staffing needs which is, we've already talked to Brendan. And then it sounds like you also have a lot of really big projects coming up, too. So that will feed into that research. And then we'll be looking at the alignment of all the different planning and and work that's going on in the community and making sure that everything that we're recommending in these in this needs assessment will be in alignment with just sort of overall goals for the city. We will be hosting a series of listening sessions and and Lauren, you can. I don't know if you brought the list that we have, but we'll have different listening sessions, both both virtual and in person

[37:03] to gain input on the on the general operating grants. And so we'll be making sure that people nominate people to be part of those listening sessions. and then we'll also be talking to staff and and the city leadership to also do some groundwork on on needs and staffing and funding so then we will be going into sorry. We if you could just go back 1 s, so we'll be drafting this this document and coming back to you. I think we'll have a couple of different touch points with you all. So this one where we're introducing the project, and then we'll be probably coming back in March to kind of talk through some of the things that we've discovered and found, and then in June we'll be going in front of we'll we'll be asking for endorsement. So it's March. May I think you? Said March. We'll be coming back probably.

[38:02] Oh, yeah. Always. Fixing up my name. Sorry. I swear I think I'm I'm a little bit dyslexic that way. Sorry? Yeah. You get that march through June. It's this quick turnaround. So these are all the groups that we'll be talking to in the next couple of months. And I think what we would like to do is nomine. If have you all nominate or or volunteer? We would love to have 2 representatives from your group to help us and and do sort of a deeper dive with us if you are interested. And then we also wanted to ask you if there's any key stakeholders that you think we really need to make sure that we're reaching out to. Georgia. Very good. Okay. Challenging to participate.

[39:01] Move? Offered. Yeah. Yeah, let's do a round of who would be interested in volunteering. First of all, I would also. Caroline. Marie is interested, and Jeffrey is interested also. Well, so I might offer yeah, that if there's another stakeholder committee that you feel like you would fit in. If you haven't applied for a geos grant or been a great applicant. Another way in the past. Then your input is, is still very wrong, so we could pull in some commissioners that way. The key is, we can't have more than 2 commissioners in in a meeting at a time we wanna make. But we also wanna make sure that you all feel like you could. You know, if you have interest in this work, that your voice is a part of it. So

[40:02] we either need to have multiple meetings which adds the scope. Or there's other stakeholder groups that you actually could see yourself participating, and we could add you that way. I could add myself the list of the Grant applicants. But it's a project, grant that we received. Would that be that fit into that category is like it looks like, maybe you're looking for the Grant applicants who didn't get one thing. And for Lauren. Okay. So the the Grant applicant section. We aimed for this part of it, foraging our operating support trance. But we did include. I didn't include, I should say they've been told that we're including organizations that didn't necessarily exist when we did this round 3 years ago. So groups like reach music or the new local who would be eligible next year, but weren't included before. So there's about 14 to end groups that were denied groups that received only a 2 year award instead of a 3, so I think it would be totally valid to be speaking with that group of grantees, because some of them haven't even had a chance to apply yet.

[41:17] Move myself to that category. Perfect. Anybody else have someplace they could move themselves. I'm I'm good. I don't believe so. I'd like to nominate Jeffrey in Georgia to be our Arts Commission representatives approval. We don't need to take a vote on it. And 8. So yeah, so we'll we'll definitely reach out to both of you and through Lauren and and connect. And we're hoping that you can be a conduit conduit to the rest of the board as well. So hopefully we'll be able to. When we meet with you. We can document the conversation share minutes or notes. We can have some some ways for sharing the discussion with the broader, broader commission, as well.

[42:11] Me too. Did you raise your hand or anything? I thought I saw your finger go up. I was just giving a thumbs up that I I. Oh, thumbs up. Okay. Thank you so much. 2 things. We're very collaborative, and we don't want real. Awesome. Yeah. So is there. Anything you. Else that we wanted to cover. Joe. Question, related to key stakeholders. Does it make sense to invite free holder? Yes, we have booked a meeting with the folder and the today campaign committee. So it is people they're in. Some of their colleagues that worked on the State folders campaign with them. Okay, yes, we're afraid to be that. Mean yep. We'll see. Meet with them. And yes, so there's any other stakeholders that you can think of. Let us know. Let Lauren know, and we'll definitely add them to to the list.

[43:01] For this, this first, this first quick turnaround. Yep. Or things that we need to research as well. That's that's, you know, if there's other documents or things like that, just just apply us with all sorts of things, cause we love research. So this, we already kind of went through this. So we're in April and May, we're going to be doing our research and our outreach we'll be doing some analysis and synthesis starting in May and then we'll be providing some documents to Lauren. Sort of internally and then and and Matt as well, and we'll hopefully be able to do some synthesis so that you're not seeing any sausage being made, we'll we'll make sure that those Those things are really in tip top shape before they come to you. And then in June we'll be needing a an endorsement for some some of the final short term needs and funding recommendations that we have, and then we will be preparing a presentation to City Council for adoption. In June. I think it's June twenty-first is when we're expected to do a presentation. So that's our timeline.

[44:14] Any questions. We already did that great. Did this. So we're good. That is our short presentation. It's awesome. I see. Yeah. I can see everybody a little bit better now that we don't have a. Lauren. It seemed like you had a list of listening session. We have 4 listening sessions, one for that group that I mentioned, of organizations that lower funded exist yet, etc, and then the other 3 are for general operating support grantees, and one is in person to a virtual. So when I send up the is it appropriate? If I send out the dates for those, and then you can Rcp test for those that sound good? And is that something that people who don't fit in those categories are open to come in?

[45:08] What do you think, Dylan Kendall? Because I think there will be like pretty big groups on those like 1520 people on them. I'm estimating. Yeah, I I have a feeling they're gonna get pretty big, especially the virtual ones. You know, we could do lauren is talk about maybe having sort of a a more open session where it's like we'll see how many people come to the first couple of ones, and then haven't an open session or something like that. We have to kind of figure that out. Sometimes we need to have a catch up because people say they're gonna come, and then they aren't able to. So sometimes. W, we'll circle back at the end and have it like an open session. And maybe that's one that we could kind of catch everybody up who wanted to participate. Yeah. And then we just have to be sure that it's not a quorum, or it's not above the legal. you know, or maybe one recorded, or something. I I just think it will be for myself personally curious.

[46:04] And we will. And we definitely take notes, and we'll provide highlights of the conversation. We like to also keep those conversations confidential. Because we feel like people, will be more honest and open so that they won't be quoted, you know, so we will summarize comments for you all to see that, too. Perfect. Thank you. And Staff won't be joining any of those, either, because we want our grantees to be able to feel comfortable with that, and they're not recorded for the same reason. Right. Want people to feel very free to speak their minds without yeah, us attaching any anything to it. So, and and and people really do take advantage of that. So that's why you hire kids. They will thank you. Thank you all for hosting for having us tonight and letting us kind of share what's what we're up to. Yeah, excited to hear your no problem. Fantastic.

[47:01] Okay, thank you so much for having us. And please reach out to Lauren. If you have any more questions for us, and we'll be. We'll be staying in touch with you. All right. Hold on. Keep in touch in touch with with Georgia and Jeffrey. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks so much. Great Evening. Yeah. Have a great rest of your evening. So alright and matters from staff question for me or here. Does anybody have any questions about the managers now. seeing none? Lauren, did you have any comments or anything that you wanted to highlight? Yes, I do. Super subtle right for all we have this year. Okay, Cindy is totally correcting at. By the way, we have flyers, posters, signs coming up for boulder. Actually, there's there's third signs, and there's those metal, sticky things that we would like here.

[48:05] have, like over 100 events on the list. I do have something I call clicks picks. That is like my little narrow like of things that I go to. Yes, click, I do every year. So if you want a little help with it, because it's such a massive list, great taste. So I highly recommend that so, or if you want recommendations like family, friendly or wanna take, you know, just let me know there's so much fun stuff happening other than that. I think that's it. Great. Yeah, thank you. I'm so excited. Yeah, that'll be fun. Alright. We did have Bruce down as this thing his last meeting. We will be at the next meeting. So all of our tiers and can can wait. Yeah, save him in a jar. But I

[49:00] do. Can we make an announcement about who the new Commissioner? Great! Would you like to do that? Julie, cancel her from the social, the don't care, and social club is going to be joining us. So maybe. Do you know the timeline for how that all rolls out with us swearing in, and yes, so she's gonna come site. But she's gonna watch it. Hi, Joe! And she'll be at the next meeting. So if that means she'll have been sworn in, and then Bruce will be coming aside from receiving our tears. He'll come to help with the at that point, but I've asked him to come also to be a panelist on that one branch cycle. so he'll come in, hang out, be in the public receiver gifts and love but then Joe will be officially a member at the next meeting, and it just as an aside for the Grant program, we allow people to not have to score for their first year in the Grant program, so she'll just be hanging out

[50:15] alright. That brings us to the end of our agenda in under an hour. Everybody? Well, there are good. Yeah.