Apr 03, 2023 Arts and Culture Nassau

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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WE CAN HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

. WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE QUORUM, RIGHT? CORRECT. YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, GOOD.

ALL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT. GETTING OUT OF CHAIRS.

HAVE TO.

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ALL RIGHT. SO FOR OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO WELCOME THE LONG AWAITED MR. BRAD WELLS.

WELCOME TO THE WELCOME TO THE BOARD.

I WANT TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO YOU ARE JUST AS A QUICK BACKGROUND.

SURE. YEAH. AND A REAL QUICK NANOSECOND HERE.

I'VE BEEN IN FLORIDA FOR JUST OVER A YEAR NOW.

I'M A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN, SO I GET ANYWHERE FROM LIKE 3 TO 5 NIGHTS A WEEK, WHICH TO ME IS SEMI-RETIRED BECAUSE I USED TO PLAY SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK, WIFE, DOG AND SOON TO BE IN-GROUND POOL ANY DAY NOW.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO MEET NEXT.

YEAH. REALLY? THANK YOU.

WELCOME. AND ALEXIA.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THE MINUTES THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED FROM THE THE MARCH MEETING.

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

ANYBODY ON THE BOARD? NOTHING. KATIE, I HAVE.

I HAVE ONE THING ON 6.1.

SAID RESTIANO AS CITY STAFF TO SEND A NOTICE OF COMMUNICATION TO CITY COMMISSIONERS.

I HAD I SAID I SENT A COMMUNICATION TO THEM.

THEY WERE HOLDING THEIR STRATEGIC MEETING, SO I DIDN'T EXPECT THE CITY TO DO IT.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY I ALREADY DID IT.

OKAY. SO I SENT THEM BOTH THE A NOTE ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN THEY WERE HAVING, AS WELL AS THE THE NOTES FROM THE FORUM.

OKAY. THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE I HAVE THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES WITH THE CHANGE.

ANYBODY ELSE MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT? A SECOND. OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANYBODY? NOT IN FAVOR. OKAY.

AND THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED.

WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE AGENDA? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE.

I DON'T SEE ANY INVISIBLE.

YEAH, I.

HOWEVER, I.

OKAY. WE'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM WE HAVE UP FOR CONSIDERATION IS AT THE LAST MEETING, WE WENT OVER THE IDEA OF TAKING THE

[6.1 Approval of Rack Card Artwork and Purchase]

AND SO I CREATED ONE THAT WAS AND I CREATED IT THROUGH THE PEOPLE AT THE NEWSPAPER.

SO IT WOULDN'T SAY USUALLY IT WOULD SAY YOU'RE SUPPORTING ALL THE ARTS.

SO THAT'S JUST WHAT I HAD.

MY EYE COULD GET TO KATIE ON TIME.

SO IT'S A FRONT AND A BACK.

THE FRONT SIDE SAYS THAT INFORMATION, THE BACK SIDE WOULD HAVE ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS WE REPRESENT TALKS ABOUT THE GRANT PROGRAM AND TALKS ABOUT PUBLIC ART. AND SO ALL THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN DISTILLED DOWN TO THIS ONE PIECE WHERE YOU CAN FIND US ON FACEBOOK, FACEBOOK, FACEBOOK, YOU CAN FIND US ON THE WEBSITE, YOU UNDERSTAND WHO WE SUPPORT.

AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAVE THEIR WEBSITES ADDRESSES FOR ALL THOSE ARTS.

COINCIDENTALLY, THE STARS MUST HAVE LINED UP BECAUSE SUMMER, IN HER OWN INIMITABLE WAY, WENT UP TO

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SO SHE CAME ALONG WITH THE SAME THE SAME THOUGHT PROCESS.

AND SO SHE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO OFFER HER VERSION OF THAT.

THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR.

AND AGAIN, THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE LISTED THERE.

I THINK WE WE LOOKED AT DISTILLING IT DOWN.

I THINK EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE WITH THE IDEA OF A REC CARD AS OPPOSED TO A BROCHURE.

AND THE INFORMATION IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.

MINE HAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT TAKE ON SOME THINGS, BUT IT'S THE WORDING THAT YOU ALL APPROVED AT THE LAST TIME THAT WE WE LOOKED AT THIS.

SO JUST A DIFFERENT LAYOUT AND DESIGN.

YOU SAID YOU MADE ONE UP TO THE ONE BEFORE THIS.

I HAD I WAS CREATING ADS FOR THE NEWSPAPER AND THAT'S WHAT.

RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE GOING TO USE.

IS THAT. THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

THAT'S IT. SO IT WON'T SAY YOU LEAVE? NO, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

IT WON'T SAY. HOW ELSE WOULD IT LOOK? NO, NO. IT'LL JUST SAY YOU.

CAN YOU SUPPORT THE ARTS? YEAH, YOU CAN SUPPORT THE ARTS.

YEAH. I'M SORRY.

OKAY. I JUST.

I HAD THE ART ALREADY DONE.

OKAY? AND THERE IT IS.

IT'S GONE. OKAY, SO YOU NO LONGER EXISTS.

ANYBODY WHO LIVES THERE? YEAH. I HAVE NO HOME.

I GUESS I LIVE HERE. NOW. TAKE YOUR.

TAKE YOUR PULL WITH IT. YEAH.

SO? SO THOSE ARE THE TWO PIECES.

I THOUGHT THIS LAID OUT PRETTY WELL.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA THE SUMMER YOU WERE GOING TO POP UP AN IDEA.

SO THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS I GOT TWO THINGS WE HAVE TO DECIDE ON WHICH ONE TO GO WITH.

AND THEN I GOT A PRICE OF $440 FOR 500 CARDS FOR BY NINE.

SO WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH CAITLIN BEFORE AND WITH CATHERINE THAT PERHAPS THERE'S A SOURCE INSIDE THE CITY THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO BETTER.

SO I THINK YOU ALL WOULD TAKE THE DESIGN WE AGREE ON AND YOU WOULD PRICE IT OUT.

I MEAN, IS THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO STEAL OUR GRANT MONEY TO DO THIS? NO, YOU'RE GOING TO USE YOUR MONEY.

SO WE'RE NOT DOING THIS ONE.

WELL, IT'S UP TO YOU ALL.

IT'S UP TO YOU BECAUSE I LIKE THIS ONE.

WHAT? WHAT HAPPENED? WELL.

THAT ONE HAS A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION.

FACEBOOK AND GET THEM TO COMPLICATED.

NO, IT'S NOT THE SAME WORD.

IT'S JUST DIFFERENT LAYOUT.

CAN YOU BRING YOUR MICS CLOSER TO YOUR FACES? THANK YOU. THEY'RE A LITTLE HIGH.

JUST PULL THEM. YEAH.

YEAH, AS LONG AS THE MICS ARE HIGH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THAT'S GOING TO BE BETTER.

YES. GREAT.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. SO THE TWO QUESTIONS I THINK YOU HAVE TO DECIDE ON IS ARE WHICH ONE? AND ALSO SO APPROVAL ON MOVING FORWARD WITH ONE OR THE OTHER OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH AND APPROVAL TO GO AHEAD AND WE CAN GO GET SOME QUOTES AND MOVE ON AND AND PURCHASE THIS ITEM.

GREAT. SO BASICALLY TWO APPROVALS.

EXACTLY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

OF COURSE. GOOD.

I LIKE SUMMERS.

I LIKE THAT IT'S SIMPLER.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD SUGGEST BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING WHERE IT SAYS AVAILABLE YEAR ROUND AT YOUR LOCAL DMV OFFICE.

LIKE IT COULD IT SHOULD SAY LICENSE PLATES ARE AVAILABLE YEAR ROUND.

I THINK IT JUST I'M LIKE, OKAY, SO WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR ARTS AND CULTURE? SO BUT ANYWAY, JUST THOSE TWO THINGS.

HOW ABOUT UPGRADE? UPGRADE YEAR ROUND AT YOUR LOCAL DMV? THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT PLATES ARE AVAILABLE YEAR ROUND.

MAKES MORE SENSE. WELL I THE REASON SIMPLY IS IN THERE IS YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY AS MUCH OF THE EFFORT TO NOT DO THIS AS POSSIBLE BY IMPLANTING THE WORD SIMPLY KIND OF SAYS THIS IS REALLY EASY.

IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT WORDS IN THERE.

I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE JUST GOING TO SAY SUPPORT THE ARTS.

NO, IT SAYS INSTEAD OF YOU CAN SUPPORT THE ARTS.

I JUST THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO SAY SUPPORT THE ARTS.

SIMPLER. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S OKAY.

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SO IT'S KIND OF REALLY POINTED TO YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

WE NEED YOU TO DO IT.

THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY PIECE.

I DO LIKE THE WORD SUPPORT BETTER THAN HELP.

TRUE. YEAH.

OKAY. ARE YOU SAYING INSTEAD OF UPGRADE, YOU'RE GOING TO SAY SUPPORT THE ARTS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BIG THE BIG RATHER THAN HELPS YOU ON.

OKAY. I PERSONALLY THINK THE COLOR IS A LITTLE TOO HARSH ON THIS PIECE.

YEAH. AND ESPECIALLY PRINTED IT.

YEAH. THIS LOOKS BETTER ON THE COMPUTER AND EVEN LIKE IT LOOKED A LOT BETTER ON MY DESKTOP THAN IT DID THERE.

SO IT'S JUST KIND OF A WEIRD COLOR.

AND DO YOU HAVE FACEBOOK ON YOUR PIECE ANYWHERE UNDER THE UNDER THE BOTTOM? YEAH, THIS ONE KIND OF STANDS OUT A LITTLE BETTER, BUT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THE BACKSIDE OF WE SEE THE BACKSIDE OF THIS ONE, WHICH I LIKE A LOT.

I LIKE IT. OKAY. AND THE BACKSIDE OF THE OTHER ONE WAS JUST THE SAME THING, BUT JUST IN A DIFFERENT LAYOUT.

AND THE OTHER PART IS IN THE BACK OF THE OTHER ONE.

WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO, THE GRANTS AND PROGRAMS FOR SENIORS AND YOUTH SEE THAT PARAGRAPH DOWN THERE.

SO I THOUGHT THAT HELPED.

AND IT ALSO HAD THE MISSION STATEMENT.

SO I THOUGHT THOSE TWO PIECES WERE IMPORTANT TO HAVE ON THE ON THE.

WELL, IF I THINK IF THAT ONE WERE LAID OUT IN THE ACTUAL DIMENSIONS, IT WOULD BE LIKE REALLY, REALLY TINY.

YEAH. IT'S GOT THE SAME ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU HAVE, RIGHT? YEAH. BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU WANT THE ADDITIONAL.

OH YEAH, BECAUSE I WANTED THE MISSION STATEMENT AND WHAT WE DO.

ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT SUMMER'S RENDITION IS HOW SIMPLE IT IS AND JUST OKAY, BUT AND I GUESS CONVERSELY, IT'S WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. SO WE KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE, BUT SOMETIMES YOU WANT TO HELP EVERYBODY ELSE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

SO AS SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT WE DO YET, YEAH, YEAH.

I THINK THAT THIS ONE IS GOOD FOR THE FRONT, BUT THEN THE BACK OF HERS.

SO IF YOU ACTUALLY COMBINE THEM BECAUSE I THINK THE FRONT OF THIS LAYS OUT A LOT BETTER AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO TARGET TO ACTION.

AND IT'S NOT AS I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST IT FLOWS BETTER.

SO CAN WE ASK A QUESTION WHETHER WE NEED THE MISSION STATEMENT OR WHAT WE DO? ADD IT TO THE TO THIS? NO, I THINK IF IT'S ONLY LIKE IF WE ONLY WANT THIS TO BE ABOUT THE LICENSE PLATES, IT SHOULD JUST BE FOCUSED ON THAT.

OKAY. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO GETTING SOMEWHERE, I THINK.

LET'S. COULD WE DO A SHOW OF HANDS? CAITLIN, PICK THE FRONT DESIGN THAT YOU LIKE BY SHOW OF HANDS.

SO THIS IS THE SUMMER VERSION.

SUMMER, THIS IS THE OTHER VERSION.

ALL RIGHT, SO HOW MANY LIKE THIS ONE? OKAY. AND THEN ON THE FRONT OF THE OTHER ONE, I GUESS THE OTHER ONES.

ALL RIGHT. SO IS IT IS IT THE SAME? NO, IT CAN'T BE. IT'S 4 OR 5.

4 OR 5. GOOD HEAVENS.

OKAY, SO WE'LL WE'LL DO THIS VERSION WITH A LITTLE LIGHTER TONE TO IT, RIGHT? YEAH. I THINK YOU COULD EVEN MAKE IT WHITE, RIGHT? THE WHOLE BACKGROUND. WHITE WITH BLACK TEXT.

AND LEAVE THE COLORS UP ON THE LICENSE PLATE, BUT THEN MAKE THE.

YEAH. OR LIKE THAT MIGHT ALSO BE CHEAPER TOO.

YES IT WOULD.

OH I CAN MAKE SEVERAL DIFFERENT VERSIONS IF IF WE'RE OKAY.

EXTENDING IT YOU KNOW TO A DECISION NEXT MEETING.

YEAH. I MEAN FINE.

OKAY. YEAH.

SO YOU'LL YOU'LL TAKE IT AND EITHER THAT OR GET IT TO CAITLIN.

SHE COULD SEND IT TO US, AND THEN YOU COULD ALL TAKE IT OUT TO BID IF YOU WANTED.

IF WE'RE ALL OKAY WITH IT.

SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY'S VOICED AN OPINION ABOUT THE CHANGES THEY WANTED, RIGHT? WOULD IT WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO HAVE A MOTION TO LET CRYSTAL SUMMER CRYSTAL OR SOMEBODY ELSE LET SUMMER DO THE CHANGES? LET THE CITY LET LET SCOTT OR CAITLIN OR WHATEVER APPROVE IT AND JUST GO AHEAD AND SEND IT OFF, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO WAIT A WHOLE NOTHER MONTH.

YES. SO WE CAN DO THAT.

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I'M SORRY. WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE THE COST.

THE COST I GOT WAS 440.

SO AS LONG AS YOURS IS BETTER THEN FOR 500.

SO IT'S A SLIGHTLY GLOSSY STOCK.

SO WE COULD YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION TO FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE HOW WE WANT TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.

AND THEN IN ADDITION IN THE SAME MOTION, WE COULD JUST GIVE US THE AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

WE WOULD, WE WOULD GET QUOTES.

YEAH, WE, WE WOULD REACH OUT TO GET A FEW MORE QUOTES.

SO I JUST MOVED.

SHE MAKES SHE MAKES A MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. TO GIVE THE STAFF AUTHORITY TO MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT DESIGN AND MOVE FORWARD.

OTHERWISE WE'LL COME BACK HERE NEXT MONTH AND THEN THERE'LL BE SOME MORE TWEAKS.

AND THEN IT'LL BE A MONTH LATER.

SECOND, SECOND, THIRD.

OKAY. SO HAVE YOU MADE THE MOTION? IT NEEDS TO. OKAY.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOVING, LETTING THE STAFF PICK IT UP FROM HERE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED? NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. OKAY, RICHARD, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

SURE. AND THE BOARD ON THE BACK.

DID YOU.

I KNOW, I KNOW. WE TALKED ABOUT THE FRONT.

WAS THERE A DECISION ABOUT THE BACK ON WHICH ONE WE WERE USING? WELL, SHE'S GOING TO LAY IT OUT AGAIN.

I THINK SOME FELT THAT SHE COULDN'T FIT THE MISSION STATEMENT OR ANYTHING ELSE.

YEAH. SO IT WON'T BE THERE.

UM, AND A QUESTION ABOUT THE AL LEWIS MUSEUM.

IS IT ON HERE, RICHARD? ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BE THERE'S ONLY FRIENDS OF AMERICAN BEACH.

HERE'S, HERE'S ALL OF THEM, JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK.

AND IT MAY NOT HAVE GONE ON.

THE FRIENDS OF AMERICAN BEACH.

THAT'S WHO'S ON IT. BUT THAT'S NOT THE MUSEUM.

THE AL LEWIS MUSEUM IS SEPARATE.

IT IS. BUT THAT THAT WAS WHERE THEY WANTED ME TO.

SO THEY ONLY THEY WANTED THE THAT ORGANIZATION TO BE NOTIFIED ABOUT STUFF.

BUT YOU CAN PUT THE MUSEUM DOWN AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE WEB ADDRESS.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU DO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, FINE.

AS LONG AS THEY'RE THERE.

OKAY. WHAT DO YOU HAVE ON THEM? YOU HAVE THAT THERE NOW, I DIDN'T INCLUDE THEM BECAUSE I WAS JUST PULLING FROM THE LIST THAT AND YOU'VE GOT THE HISTORIC SOCIETY.

TAKE THIS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE LAST TWO CAME ON AT THE END.

YEAH. SO SUMMER HAS BOTH OF THOSE FRIENDS OF AMERICAN BEACH AND THE YULEE HISTORIC COUNCIL.

I DIDN'T INCLUDE THE WEB ADDRESS FOR YULEE HISTORIC SOCIETY BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAVE A FACEBOOK GROUP.

THAT'S TRUE. AND WHEN I PULLED THE ACTUAL WEB ADDRESS, IT WAS JUST LIKE, CRAZY GARBLED.

SO I DON'T EVEN THINK I DID.

I EVEN PUT IT ON THERE. IT JUST SAYS FACEBOOK.COM SLASH GROUPS.

YEAH. SO, SUMMER, THEN WE'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU LATER THIS WEEK THEN.

OKAY. OR YOU'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH US, I SHOULD SAY.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

PERFECT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THE ALSO IN OUR PACKET TODAY, THERE IS THE SAMPLES OF THE

[6.2 Approval of Updated Senior and Youth Grant Applications]

LOOKING, LOOKING TO ADD THE ABILITY OF FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE GRANT PROGRAM AS AS WELL AS WHEN THE GRANTS ARE ISSUED TO CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCLAIMER THAT SAYS THEY HAVE TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR SPACE EITHER IN THE PROGRAM OR WEBSITE, WITH ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE, NASA.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S IN BOTH OF THESE.

RICHARD, IF I MAY. YES, PLEASE.

KATHERINE VORRASI, PARKS REC, DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.

AND I WASN'T AT THE LAST MEETING, SO HI TO THE NEW PEOPLE.

I HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T MET YET.

I JUST WANTED TO TO LET YOU KNOW I AM I WANT TO MAKE SOME MORE CHANGES TO BOTH OF THESE APPLICATIONS.

THERE IS SOME PRETTY UNIQUE FORMATTING IN A LOT OF IT AND I'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH IT.

I WORKED A LITTLE BIT THIS MORNING ON IT, SO THERE ARE SOME GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN HERE.

THERE ARE SOME SPACING THINGS.

IF YOU CARE ABOUT THOSE THINGS, IT'S GOING TO DRIVE YOU INSANE.

IT'S DRIVING ME INSANE.

SO I STILL WANT TO TWEAK THEM AND BRING THEM BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING.

BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST WANTED TO ASK.

THERE ARE, OF COURSE, WHAT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE RELATES TO THE LANGUAGE ABOUT THE FACILITY ENHANCEMENTS.

IF THOSE LOOK OKAY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW YOUR FEEDBACK THERE.

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IF THAT IS OKAY WITH YOU, THAT FEEDBACK WOULD BE GREAT AS WELL.

AND THEN TWO QUESTIONS.

THE WHAT I'M NOTICING IS, IS THAT THE SENIOR GRANT, THERE'S A LANGUAGE ABOUT IF THEY WANT TO EXPAND A CURRENT PROGRAM THAT IS NOT AN OPTION IN THE YOUTH GRANT APPLICATION, THAT LANGUAGE DOESN'T EXIST.

DO WE WANT THEM BOTH TO BE THE SAME? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SOME DIRECTION ON THAT BECAUSE I WILL MIRROR THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

THEY'RE THEY'RE DIFFERENT IN STRANGE WAYS.

SO. SO FORMATTING, GRAMMATICAL, THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE FIXED NEXT TIME.

BUT THOSE THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR YOU TODAY.

JUST THE THREE LANGUAGE ON THE FACILITIES, LANGUAGE ON THE LOGO USE.

AND THEN DO WE WANT TO HAVE EXPANDED CURRENT PROGRAMING LANGUAGE IN THE YOUTH APPLICATION? WHERE IS THAT LANGUAGE? IF YOU COULD HELP ME.

SURE. IT'S SCATTERED AROUND.

LET ME SEE HERE.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE OKAY.

SO ON PAGE FOUR OF THE OF THE SENIOR APPLICATION, IT SAYS, PLEASE DESCRIBE THE INTENDED PROJECT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. IF THE GRANT WILL EXPAND OR ENHANCE A EXISTING AND EXISTING PROGRAM, PLEASE EXPLAIN.

SO THAT IS NOT THAT LANGUAGE OR THAT REFERENCE TO CURRENT PROGRAMING ISN'T IN THE OTHER ONE.

SO I DON'T SEE WHY IT WOULDN'T BE SOUNDED LIKE A GOOD I THINK JUST YOU.

I'M PROBABLY JUST GOING TO USE THE SAME QUESTIONS, BUT CHANGE IT FROM SENIOR SENIOR TO YOUTH AND HAVE THEM BOTH BE VERY SIMILAR.

WE COULD ACTUALLY KATIE HAD A GREAT A GREAT RECOMMENDATION, HAVE ONE APPLICATION AND CHECK SENIOR OR YOUTH.

YOU COULD DO THAT TOO.

SO WE'RE NOT GETTING WE LIKE THAT.

I DO LIKE THAT. OKAY.

I HAVE I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION I'M GOING TO ASK THE OTHER GROUP THAT FOLKS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER.

EVERY TIME I LOOK AT THIS THING, I THINK WE'RE GIVING THE GRANT TO SOME OLD PERSON OR SOME YOUNG PERSON.

ISN'T IT REALLY A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GIVING THE MONEY TO? WE'RE NOT GIVING IT TO A SENIOR.

SO IF YOU'RE A SENIOR, YOU THINK YOU CAN APPLY FOR A GRANT TO TAKE THE $500 AND GO BUY SOME MORE KNITTING NEEDLES? THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO WHAT I THINK THIS THING NEEDS TO SAY IS SENIOR PROGRAMING AND YOUTH PROGRAMS. I MEAN, AM I NOT RIGHT? YES. SO THEY DID USE TO SAY THAT, BUT BECAUSE WE CHANGED IT TO ALSO, WITH YOUR APPROVAL, CHANGING IT TO INCLUDE ENHANCEMENTS TO FACILITIES, IT BECAME CONFUSING.

WELL, I CERTAINLY WANT THE FACILITY PIECE THERE, BUT I STILL FEEL LIKE THIS THIS IS REALLY NOT WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO ORGANIZATIONAL GRANTS FOR SENIORS AND ORGANIZATIONAL GRANTS FOR YOUTH.

YEAH. OR PROGRAMS PROGRAM GRANTS FOR SENIORS.

I MEAN IT'S GOT TO WHERE ARE WE GIVING THE MONEY TO THE ORGANIZATION.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, YOU THINK THE KIDS CAN APPLY FOR THIS? HEY, DOES YOUR KID APPLY FOR THIS GRANT? NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS.

WELL, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AS THEY GO THROUGH THE GRANT APPLICATION.

WHEN YOU GO OUT AND TALK ABOUT THIS TO THE PUBLIC, I SAY, HEY, WE HAVE GRANTS FOR YOUTH AND GRANTS FOR SENIORS.

WELL, YEAH, BUT THAT'S THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO I WANTED TO TO GET THAT TO BE A LITTLE CLEANER IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE A SHOT AT THAT.

BUT BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IT'S NOT JUST PROGRAMS, SO ORGANIZATIONAL MIGHT WORK.

YEAH. I MEAN, THAT WAS JUST A THOUGHT.

AND WHILE WE WERE DISCUSSING IT, I SEE SOME HANDS UP.

WELL, I JUST WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST SAY GRANTS FOR ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS? AND THEN THE PARAGRAPH BELOW WOULD EXPLAIN THAT IT'S FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND THEY CAN USE IT FOR PROGRAMING AND FACILITIES.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS WHEN YOU READ THE PURPOSE STATEMENT.

AND YOUR FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE LIKE, IS THIS A YOUTH PROGRAM OR IS THIS.

SENIOR PROGRAM, RIGHT? YEAH, WE COULD DO THAT IN ALL IN ONE APPLICATION.

I THINK ALL IN ONE APPLICATION WAY EASIER, WAY MORE STREAMLINED FOR OUR ORGANIZATIONS, STREAMLINED FOR YOU ALL, NOT HAVING TO UPDATE THESE IN TANDEM EVERY TIME.

AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED LANGUAGE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE INTENDING ON TALKING ABOUT THAT OR THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW TO JUST WE'RE RECOMMENDING JUST REMOVING IT.

OKAY. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

I THINK THAT SHOULD JUST BE REMOVED BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.

YEAH. NO LONGER.

YEAH. OKAY. AND THAT'S OTHER THAN THAT.

I AGREE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.

SO LAST, LAST, LAST QUESTION.

DOES EVERYBODY FEEL THAT WHEN BLUE FIRE THEATER COMES HERE NEXT YEAR AND SHE NEEDS TO PUT UP

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THERE'S A PLACE FOR HER TO ASK FOR THAT $150.

ARE WE ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT? BECAUSE THAT WAS MY ISSUE ALL ALONG, HELPING THE ORGANIZATION OR EXCUSE ME, OR IF A THEATER NEEDED TO FIX A SPOTLIGHT AND A THEY WANTED $100 FOR THE SPECIAL BULB THAT COMES FROM BELGIUM THAT THEY COULD APPLY FOR IT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS THAT THIS THING WORKS.

THAT'S IT. OTHER THAN THAT, YOU YOU FIGURED IT OUT.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE IDEAS.

OKAY. I THINK YOU GOT IT.

CAN WE PUT THIS ON THE NEXT AGENDA? WE'LL HAVE ONE ONE APPLICATION FOR REVIEW.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.

APPRECIATE IT. GREAT.

OKAY, SO THAT'S THE WORDING.

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT. THEN I THINK WE WE WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BEGINNING PROCESS WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING

[6.3 Update From Strategic Planning Committee]

AND PENNY IS GOING TO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON WHERE WE ARE, HOW WE STARTED AND WHERE WE ARE.

SO WE STARTED MEETING IN MARCH, MARCH 6TH, AND THE GOAL IS TO COMPLETE THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND GET BOARD APPROVAL BY OCTOBER IN OCTOBER OR PRESENT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL IN NOVEMBER.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS TO HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN IS BECAUSE THEY'RE HELPFUL OR HELPFUL ROADMAP, OR AT LEAST THEY HELP YOU TO ORGANIZE YOUR THINKING.

THE OTHER, OF COURSE, IS IT MAY HELP US BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS.

IS A POSSIBILITY.

AND ALSO THERE ARE SOME.

THERE. THERE ARE SOME CHANGES HAPPENING IN THE COUNTY, AS WE KNOW, WITH THE POPULATION AND AND INCREASES, ESPECIALLY WITH WILD LIGHT.

AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN TO HELP DEAL WITH SOME OF THOSE CHANGES AND ENHANCE OUR OWN PROGRAM.

SO WE WE KNOW WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND PRETTY MUCH.

WE WANT TO CREATE GOALS FOR THE FUTURE AND CREATE THE PLAN AND THEN PUT THE PLAN INTO ACTION.

AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU REVIEW THE PLAN ANNUALLY OR HOWEVER OFTEN THAT SEEMS TO BE APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TO SEE WHAT WHAT PROGRESS YOU'RE MAKING.

SO THIS TODAY WE MET AND WE REVIEWED A SWOT ANALYSIS, STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS. AND I DON'T THINK THAT WAS SHARED WITH THE BOARD, BUT WE CERTAINLY COULD.

BUT NEXT MONTH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL COME BACK TO TOGETHER AND DETERMINE WHAT THE SORT OF THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT AREAS IN EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES IS, AND THOSE WOULD BE THE FOCUS FOR THE UPCOMING STRATEGIC PLAN.

THE OTHER THING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING IS IS DOING SOME STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWING PEOPLE, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE SERVE AND WHAT KIND OF WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT US, WHAT THEIR ISSUES ARE, WHAT THEY NEED HELP WITH, HOW WE CAN HELP THEM, WHERE THEY SEE THEMSELVES IN 3 TO 5 YEARS, THAT KIND OF THING. AND IT LOOKS LIKE BASED ON SOME INPUT THAT THAT RICHARD HAD HAS THAT WE'LL START WITH PROBABLY AN EMAIL, ALMOST LIKE A SURVEY.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION.

HOW BIG ARE YOU? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN EXISTENCE? WHAT IS WHAT IS YOUR APPROXIMATE ANNUAL BUDGET? A FEW THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE PRETTY EASY TO ANSWER IN AN EMAIL FORMAT.

AND THEN OUT OF THOSE, WE'LL PROBABLY CHOOSE 5 OR 6 ORGANIZATIONS TO INTERVIEW PERSONALLY AND MORE IN DEPTH AND TRY AND GET A BETTER SENSE OF OF WHERE THEY SEE THE ARTS COMMUNITY IN NASSAU COUNTY.

AND SO IT WON'T JUST BE CITYWIDE, IT WILL BE IN THE CITY.

IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE PEOPLE FROM THE COUNTY.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT.

AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON LOOKING AT OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND MAKING POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW THAT MIGHT BE CHANGED OR NOT, AND THEN DEVELOP A VISION STATEMENT.

SO A MISSION STATEMENT TALKS ABOUT WHAT YOUR PURPOSE IS, WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE, AND SO WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AND THEN DEVELOP SOME GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS FOR THIS ORGANIZATION.

OKAY, GREAT. PERFECT.

JUST WANTED TO KEEP YOU ALL UP ON THAT.

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YEAH. SO WE HAVE MINUTES.

YEAH, THEY GOT THEM. WE NEED TO CONFIRM THAT.

YEAH, WE HAVE TO CONFIRM.

OKAY. I MEAN, IT MIGHT BE AS LONG AS WE KEEP YOU ALL IN THE LOOP.

WE DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE A LOT OF SURPRISES AT THE END.

THEY WENT OUT WITH THE PACKET.

EVERY TIME THERE IS A MEETING, A COMMITTEE MEETING, THERE CAN BE AN UPDATE DURING THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING LIKE WE JUST DID.

TERRIFIC. OKAY.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

THANKS, PENNY. OKAY.

LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THE ADVERTISING BUDGET.

[6.4 Social Media Advertising Proposal]

SO. BUT THEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP BY OUR GOOD FRIEND HERE ABOUT.

ABOUT ADVERTISING AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

RIGHT. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

YES. YEAH. VERY GOOD FOR YOU.

SO I TOOK A LOOK AT THAT.

AND IT'S A FACEBOOK HAS A VERY SIMPLE WAY, ACTUALLY TO DO THIS.

AND THEY CALL IT BOOSTING AN AD.

SO YOU WOULD TAKE THAT BROCHURE PIECE THAT THAT MESSAGING.

AND IF IT'S ON FACEBOOK, YOU CAN FOR, LET'S SAY, $5 A DAY, $3 A DAY, I THINK $1 IS THE MINIMUM.

THEY WILL BOOST THAT TO A DEMOGRAPHIC.

SO YOU CAN GET NASSAU COUNTY AND YOU CAN GET AN AGE BRACKET AND YOU CAN GET A LIFESTYLE, YOU CAN HONE IT DOWN AND THEY'LL SEND IT OUT AND THEY'LL SEND IT OUT FOR AS MANY DAYS AS YOU WANT TO INVEST IN IT.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN EASY WAY TO GET INTO THIS PROJECT WITHOUT HIRING AN AD AGENCY AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, SINCE FACEBOOK SEEMS TO BE AMENABLE TO A LOW COST SOLUTION.

IT'S AMENABLE TO THE OLDER POPULATION, TOO.

YEAH. FAIR ENOUGH.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE AN AUDIENCE AND AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL PICK THE SEGMENT WE WANT.

WE DON'T WANT 18 TO 25.

WE'LL PICK 35 TO 65 OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS, AND WE'LL TRY A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO WE HAVE THIS IS A NEW ITEM, SO WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY YET FROM YOU ALL TO GO AHEAD AND SPEND $100 IN THE NEXT MONTH OR WHATEVER YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS.

WE'LL RUN IT.

IT'LL STOP.

YOU'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE LICENSE PLATE SALES AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING.

YOU'LL LOOK AT ANY UPTICKS ON THE LIKES ON FACEBOOK.

YOU'LL SEE IF IT DROVE ANY KIND OF REACTION FROM NOT SO MUCH THE PEOPLE THAT ALREADY LIKE US, BUT A NEW AUDIENCE THAT WOULD THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FIND. SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AND ANY THOUGHTS ON WANTING TO TRY THIS OUT? I WOULD I WOULD JUST MENTION, AS YOU THINK ABOUT DEMOGRAPHIC OK, AMELIA, LIFELONG LEARNING DID PAID ADS ON FACEBOOK.

AND I THINK WE GOT A FAIR NUMBER OF CLICKS ON THEM.

BUT WHEN WE DID, WE ALWAYS DO EVALUATE CLASS EVALUATIONS WHEN COURSES ARE OVER AND OUT.

OF ABOUT 190 PEOPLE, THREE PEOPLE SAW THE FACEBOOK AD FOR HOW MANY? 193 PEOPLE.

THREE PEOPLE. SO OR AT LEAST SAID THEY DID SO, WHICH LEADS ME, I MEAN, OUR DEMOGRAPHIC IS OLDER BECAUSE WE BASICALLY ARE ADVERTISING TO THE RETIREES OF THE WORLD.

AND WHO WERE YOU ADVERTISING TO? AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE ADVERTISING TO THE OLDER.

TO THE OLDER. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT DEMOGRAPHIC, I THINK I WOULD GO YOUNGER.

SO I WAS THINKING 35 TO 70 5 OR 65.

THAT'S A HUGE DEMOGRAPHIC.

BUT I MEAN, IT'S SO CHEAP THAT THEY DON'T CHARGE YOU.

THEY ONLY CHARGE YOU BY THE HIT, NOT SO MUCH BY THE NUMBER.

IT'S CHARGED BY THE NUMBER, BUT $5 A DAY IS WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

BUT I'LL FIND THAT OUT.

OKAY. I JUST MAKE A COMMENT.

IF YOU DO 35 TO 65, I WON'T SEE IT.

SO I THINK I WOULD GO YOUNGER, TO BE FRANK.

OKAY. I JUST THINK THAT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S AN OLDER DEMOGRAPHIC, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THERE'S FAMILIES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, THEIR KIDS ARE INVOLVED IN ART.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AT THE AGE OF 30, YOU CAN HAVE A TEN YEAR OLD.

RIGHT? SO I JUST THINK THAT I THINK I WOULD I WOULD I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH GOING DOWN TO 25 OR WHATNOT, BUT I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF, AGAIN, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, CHAIR, THAT IT IS IT'S FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IN MY OPINION, WORTH THE TRY.

AND IF WE HAVE THE BUDGET AVAILABLE, THAT'S A QUESTION THAT I GUESS I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE ANSWER TO IS WHAT IS THE BUDGET, WHAT'S AVAILABLE?

[00:35:05]

SO I THINK. I APOLOGIZE.

GO AHEAD. OKAY. IS THERE OBVIOUSLY THE LICENSE PLATE TO GET THROUGH THE DMV? IS THERE ANY KIND OF A LINK? SO WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING THIS AD, IS THERE ANY KIND OF A LINK THAT THEY CAN BE DIRECTED TO AND KIND OF CALL TO ACTION BESIDES LIKING? NO, THAT THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY THE PROBLEM.

THERE WAS A PLACE ONLINE THAT'S NOT PART OF THE COUNTY'S ORGANIZATION.

IT'S A STAND ALONE BUSINESS THAT WILL MARK IT UP AGAIN AND SELL IT TO YOU ONLINE AND YOU COULD ORDER IT ONLINE.

THAT'S THAT'S CONVENIENT.

BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WE WOULD GO THERE BECAUSE I CAN'T GET A SENSE THAT THERE'S ANY ACCOUNTABILITY THERE.

SO WE'RE LEFT WITH A REPORT THAT I GET ONCE A MONTH THAT SAYS, HERE'S HOW MANY LICENSES YOU SOLD.

SO IN MARCH WE SELL SIX RENEWALS AND THREE NEW ONES.

SO WE MADE $180.

IT'S THAT KIND OF TRICKLE.

BUT WE WANT TO SEE IF THIS JUMPS THAT IN ANY WAY.

BUT YOU COULD I JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE WITH FACEBOOK ADS, JUST HAVING PAPER LIKE IS NOWHERE NEAR AS EFFECTIVE AS HAVING IT PAID FOR FOR SOME KIND OF A REACTION AS FAR AS CLICKING AND A LINK, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'LL HAVE PEOPLE THAT PROBABLY EVERYBODY HERE WILL SEE AT ALL, LIKE NOT REALIZING THAT IT JUST COST US MONEY OR PEOPLE JUST RANDOMLY HIT LIKE SO IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF A CALL TO ACTION THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFECTIVE IF POSSIBLE.

I TOTALLY AGREE. YOU COULD PUT IN A LINK TO OUR WEBSITE.

RIGHT, RIGHT. WELL THAT'S YEAH.

ON ON THE IN THE IN THE AD IS, IS ALL THAT INFORMATION.

RIGHT. THE WEBSITE.

OKAY. AND THE ADDRESS.

BUT IF YOU COULD DO LIKE A LEARN MORE AND THEN TAKE IT TO THE WEBSITE THAT HAS MORE DETAILS AND THEN THAT AND WE CAN DO THAT.

OKAY. THAT WOULD BE MORE WORTHWHILE.

SO YOU CAN JUST HEADLINE IT AND THEN LEARN MORE.

OKAY. SO MOVING IT TO THE WEBSITE AND THEN THAT DRAWS UP VISITS TO THE WEBSITE.

OKAY. SO THERE'S TWO THINGS THEN I WANT TO GET SETTLED.

ONE IS HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU WANT TO TRY FOR? SCOTT YOU CAN HANDLE THAT.

AND THE OTHER ONE IS.

HOW DO WE.

I GUESS I CAN LOOK AT THE MEASUREMENTS.

THE MEASUREMENT PART IS THE HARDEST PART OF THIS THING.

BUT. BUT WE CAN.

I THINK WE CAN SEE WHERE THEY GO TO.

I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE REFINEMENT OF THAT WITHOUT WITHOUT ACTUALLY COLLECTING MONEY OR BUYING SOMETHING.

SEEING WHAT WHAT THEIR PATH IS, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT, FROM THAT BOOST.

I HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

OKAY. SO AND REALLY CHECK ON THE ON THE PRICING BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD DEPEND ON HOW ON HOW MANY NUMBERS NUMBERS. LIKE IF YOU'RE GOING TO SEND IT OUT TO 4000 PEOPLE OR 10,000 PEOPLE OR.

I THINK I THINK IT GOES UP THE MORE PEOPLE YOU REACH OUT.

SO. SO BECAUSE OF THAT AND THAT'S THE MONEY, I THINK I THINK WE NEED TO HANG ON A SECOND TILL I GET ALL THIS INFORMATION RIGHT.

OR I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE A TON OF MONEY.

AND I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THE BOOSTING TOTALLY WORKS, BUT I THOUGHT YOU JUST PAID FOR.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO BOOST THIS AD, I'M NOT A HUGE FACEBOOK GUY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BOOST THIS AD, AND IT'S JUST THAT FLAT FEE FOR BOOSTING IT FOR A DAY OR TWO DAYS.

SO I THINK WHAT WE COULD DO IS RIGHT NOW, WE COULD APPROVE A, YOU KNOW, NOT TO EXCEED $200 OR $300, NOT THAT THAT'S IT'S NOT A TON OF MONEY. SO WE COULD DO THAT.

AND THEN I WOULD I LIKE THE IDEA OF MEMBER BEAN SAYING IS LIKE IF IT'S NOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, WHY WOULDN'T WE ADD THOSE YOUNGER GROUPS? I AGREE GROUPS IN THERE.

SO WE'RE HITTING EACH AGE SEGMENT.

SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WELL.

OKAY. SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE WEBSITE.

SO I KNOW THAT IT'S JUST A A ONE LINK WEBSITE WHERE YOU HAVE TO SCROLL DOWN TO SEE EVERYTHING.

BUT IF YOU IF YOU DO LIKE ARTS AND CULTURE, NASSAU SLASH LICENSE PLATE, LIKE IS THAT THE WAY THE WEBSITE IS STRUCTURED OR IS IT ALL JUST ONE URL? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING ARE THEY'RE ALL LINKS TO ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS.

OKAY. SO YOU COULD YOU COULD YOU COULD DO A MORE DIRECT LINK TO THE WEBSITE TO WHERE SOMEBODY WOULDN'T HAVE TO SCROLL DOWN ALL THE WAY.

THAT'S RIGHT. THEY COULD GO RIGHT TO THE LICENSE.

YEAH. SO WHAT WE COULD DO IS MAKE THIS BOOST, ADD A DIRECT LINK TO ARTS AND CULTURE NASSAU'S PAGE FOR THE LICENSE PLATE, WHICH WOULD THEN GIVE THEM MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT, AS THEY GAIN THIS INFORMATION.

[00:40:02]

SO IT'S RIGHT THERE.

BUT I'M SAYING THAT SOMEBODY IF YOU JUST LINK ARTS AND CULTURE NASSAU.COM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO SCROLL DOWN.

YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM THAT PAGE.

YOU CAN'T GO DIRECTLY TO THE LINK OF THE OF THE LICENSE PLATE.

YOU CAN HOW I PROBABLY HAVE TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE FACEBOOK WHEN YOU CLICK ON IT RIGHT IT'S GOT TO BE A LINK TO THAT PAGE.

SO I THINK YOU COULD GO DIRECTLY TO THAT THE LICENSE PLATE AND NOT GO TO ARTS AND CULTURE NASSAU, I BELIEVE.

SURE. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THINGS.

SO SO BUT THE MESSAGE IS I HAVE TO GET I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.

YEAH, IT SOUNDS JUST JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH MEMBERS BIAS IS TALKING ABOUT, ALL RIGHT, IF WE PUT THIS AD OUT ON FACEBOOK AND THEY CLICK ON SOMETHING, SHE WOULD LIKE THAT TO DIRECTLY GO TO THE INFORMATION, NOT THE ARTS AND CULTURE WEBSITE PAGE, BUT THE LINK OFF THIS PAGE TO THE LICENSE PLATE INFORMATION.

AM I CORRECT? YEAH.

OKAY. BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S HOW THE WEBSITE IS STRUCTURED.

SO WE CAN WE CAN ACTUALLY FIGURE THAT WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.

I FIND THAT BECAUSE I THINK WHAT ULTIMATELY YOU'RE SAYING IS NOW NOW THAT'S TWO CLICKS IS PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO GO THAT DIVE THAT DEEP INTO IT? YEAH. BRAD THIS IS A GODADDY THING, OKAY? AND USE A TEMPLATED GODADDY AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A MENU, CREATE A MENU BAR AND CREATE THE SEPARATE THINGS TO WHERE EACH INDIVIDUAL THING.

SO ON THE MENU BAR, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR VARIOUS CLICK ONS, BUT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT TYPING THE EXACT DIRECT LINK AND THAT'S AN EASIER SET.

ALSO, MY UNDERSTANDING WITH FACEBOOK, THEY CHANGE ALL THE TIME.

THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS BETWEEN TARGETED AND BOOSTED.

SO BOOSTED IS WHEN YOU POST SOMETHING AND THEN YOU PAY TO HAVE THAT REACH MORE.

THEN THERE'S THE TARGETED ADS WHERE YOU'RE ACTUALLY CREATING AN AD CAMPAIGN, TRYING TO REACH A CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.

SO THAT MAY BE THE ONE THAT'S MORE EXPENSIVE, TARGETED.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BOOSTING ONE, WHICH IS WHICH IS TO NOT GET CAUGHT UP WITH THE TO JUST DOING THE ONE TRYING IT OUT.

ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK IF THERE'S AN APPROVAL OF A SET AMOUNT OF MONEY NOT TO.

NOT TO EXCEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT, THEN THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

OKAY. SO I'M THINKING IF YOU CAN DO THIS FOR A DOLLAR A DAY UP TO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SPEND.

SO IF WE DID IT FOR 5 OR 6 DAYS AT $5, YOU'RE AT $30.

SO. YEAH.

I MEAN, $100 SHOULD BE A GOOD TEST, I WOULD THINK.

YEAH, WE CAN SEE IF THERE'S A DIRECT LINK ON THESE DATES OF WHEN IT WAS COMPARED TO GO BACK AND SEE IF THE REPORT THAT WE RECEIVE, IF WE, IF WE GAINED ANY MORE, IT'S GOING TO BE BASED A LITTLE BIT ON WHEN ALL THESE WHEN PEOPLE'S LICENSE PLATE EXPIRES A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE PEOPLE YOU CAN GET AT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR.

YEAH I KNOW BUT MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET IT WHEN THEIR LICENSE PLATE IS UP FOR IS UP FOR RENEWAL.

THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. THE LEG IS UNFORTUNATE.

YEAH. BUT I THINK I THINK THIS WILL SHOW.

IT'LL SHOW. YEAH.

OKAY. BECAUSE LAST TIME WHEN WE SPENT THE MONEY ON NEWSPAPER ADS THERE, THERE WAS NO CORRELATION TO THOSE ADS IN INCREASING THE MONEY. THAT WAS A ONE TIME THAT WAS A ONE TIME THING.

SO I DON'T THINK IT GIVES US THE FULL ANSWER.

BUT IT DOES GIVE GIVE US SOME INFORMATION TO GO OFF OF.

YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, SO TO YOUR POINT, WE HAD 199 SOCIAL VIEWS ON FACEBOOK.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE ACTUALLY GOT A MORE ACTIVE FACEBOOK SITE.

SO WE DID SOME TWEAKING.

I'M SEEING A LOT MORE ACTIVITY.

YEAH. AND SO IT'S GETTING BETTER.

BUT BUT TO SEE THE LICENSE PLATE SALES, THERE'S A WHOLE LAG THERE BASED ON WHEN THE ACTUAL.

CORRECT. NOTHING ELSE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK HOW MANY ACTUALLY CLICKED.

AND THEN YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GOOGLE ANALYTICS, SEE WHERE PEOPLE WENT AND HOW LONG THEY STAY.

DID THEY JUST VISIT THAT FOR 30 SECONDS AND GO? DO THEY REID THAT FOR A MINUTE OR TWO? AND THEN THEY WENT AND LOOKED AT GRANTS AND SOME OTHER COMMISSION AND.

FAIR ENOUGH. WHICH IS ALL A WIN.

YEAH, IT'S ALL GOOD.

WE'RE TRYING EVERY. EVERYTHING WE CAN DO.

OKAY. SO WE COULD GET SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SET A LIMIT FOR A TEST.

DOLLARS $200.

LET'S MAKE $200 GOING ONCE.

ALL RIGHT. WHO WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION? A MOTION TO RUN FACEBOOK ADS.

LIMITED 200. OKAY.

SECOND. OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANYBODY OPPOSED? NO. $200.

SO, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S EDIFICATION, AGAIN, TONY D'AMICO FROM BLUE FIRE IS VOLUNTEERING TO DO THIS WORK FOR US.

SO I WILL CONTACT HER.

SHE WILL RUN THE BOOSTED THROUGH HER COMPANY, AND THEN SHE'LL SEND US A BILL THAT SAYS, YOU OWE ME $50 AS OPPOSED TO THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO DO IT OTHER THAN YOU SETTING UP A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT FOR A TEST.

[00:45:05]

IF EVERYONE'S COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE THE THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT SHE'S POSTING TO SEE IF IT DOES ANYTHING.

SO, RICHARD, I THINK STAFF WILL, IF IF YOU DON'T MIND, STAFF WILL ACTUALLY, ONCE WE DISCUSS THIS, STAFF WILL REACH OUT TO HER.

SO IT'S COMING FROM US.

FINE. GOT TO MAKE SURE SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE NEED.

WE NEED THE LINK TO THAT AD.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO WHILE YOU'RE THERE, SCOTT, NEXT UP IS ANY STAFF COMMENTS.

[7. STAFF COMMENTS]

WELCOME, MR. WELLS. THANKS FOR VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME.

WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

I THINK YOU'LL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE TO THE BOARD.

SO THANK YOU. TOMORROW NIGHT IS COMMISSION MEETING AND LAURA TEMPLETON WILL BE PUT.

SHE'S ON THE COMMISSION MEETING OR FOR THE NEW BOARD ELECT AND THAT IS FOR THE CHAMBER OR IT'S FOR MARCIA'S POSITION. SO MARCIA WILL BE STEPPING DOWN.

AND LAURA TEMPLETON IS ON THE COMMISSION FOR TOMORROW NIGHT FOR APPROVAL.

SO THAT CHANGE SHOULD HAPPEN TOMORROW.

AND THEN LAURA TEMPLETON WILL BE ON THE BOARD FOR THE MAY MEETING.

SO THAT'S IT. THAT'S GREAT.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS POINT? MR. WELLS WILL ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO YOU THIS MONTH TO PROVIDE YOU SOME INFORMATION TO TO KIND OF GET YOU STARTED IN ALL THE PROCESS.

PERFECT? YES, SIR.

WHILE I HAVE YOU, I HAVE ONE THING THAT MIGHT FIT INTO THEIR THE AND FREEMAN HAD INDICATED THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE AT THE LIBRARY ON THE SCULPTURE PIECE.

RIGHT. AND WE SHARED IT'S RIGHT YOU SHARED AN EMAIL.

I SENT IT TO CAITLIN.

YEAH. SO I'M NOT TOO VERSED ON IT.

I DID HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.

I THINK IT'S AT IT'S NOT A CRITICAL RIGHT NOW.

BUT THE ACTING LIBRARIAN HEAD SHE THEY'RE GOING TO WITH A GROUNDS COMMITTEE THEY'RE GOING TO REDO THE FRONT OF THE LIBRARY.

AND IF THEY NEED TO, WHO DO THEY CONTACT IN ORDER TO MOVE THE SCULPTURE THAT'S THERE NOW? AND SO THEN I WROTE TO RICH AND SAID, CAITLIN, SHE SAID, WE DIDN'T NEED TO BRING IT UP.

NOW, IT'S NOT IMMINENT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S DEFINITELY A THERE'S NO PROCEDURE TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET THIS GUY TO MOVE IT OR THE OKAY TO MOVE IT.

AND SO THE INDIVIDUAL WOULD GO THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF AND WE WOULD BE THE ONES.

I THINK IT'S I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP IT IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS.

IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE DEPENDING ON WHAT THE LIBRARY WANTS TO DO.

IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF A PROCESS WITH INVOLVING THE STREETS DEPARTMENT LINES OF SIGHT IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A HUGE CHANGE, TOO, BECAUSE I HEARD THERE WAS SOME POSSIBLE LARGE CHANGES.

SO IF ALL THAT'S GOING TO BE INVOLVED, STAFF WOULD IT WOULD INVOLVE THE STREETS DEPARTMENT, FACILITY, MAINTENANCE, FACILITY MAINTENANCE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO SO EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE GOOD AT THIS POINT.

JUST A HEADS UP. IT WAS JUST A HEADS UP.

YEAH. AND HE'S ON. HE'S A TEMP.

WE HAVE TWO KINDS OF PUBLIC ART, PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY.

HE NOT HIM.

HE'S DONE A TEMPORARY ONE, WHICH MEANS HE HAD ONE YEAR AND I THINK WE PUT HIM IN NOVEMBER.

SO HE MAY.

HE MAY THEY MAY HAVE NO CHANGES.

RIGHT. IN SIX MONTHS ANYWAY.

AND THAT'S AND THAT'S A POSSIBILITY WHEN WE COME UP TO THAT YEAR LONG HE'S HE'S GRANTED A YEAR IT WHEN THESE CHANGES COME HAPPEN AT THE LIBRARY IT'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT THAT YEAR WOULD BE DONE.

OKAY VERY GOOD BUT THANKS AND YES STAFF WOULD STAFF WOULD TAKE IT FROM THAT POINT.

OKAY. YEAH. I'LL PASS IT FORWARD.

VERY GOOD. THANKS.

AND WHILE WE'RE SHOOTING THE BULL, SO TO SPEAK, HOW'S THE BULL PROJECT COMING ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC ART PIECE THAT YOU ALL WANTED US TO THINK ABOUT? SO JUST ONE.

DID YOU HAVE SAY, WHOSE PLACE IS LAURA GOING TO BE TAKEN? MARSHA JOYNER AND MARCIA JOYNER IS WHAT? I APOLOGIZE. I CAN'T.

CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL.

CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL.

YES, SIR. AND THAT WILL BE LAURA TEMPLETON.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO THE QUESTION WAS ON THE BULL, WE HAVE A TEN FOOT BY SIX FOOT BULL COMING DOWNTOWN.

AND I REACHED OUT TO THEM JUST LAST WEEK.

THEY'RE NEEDING TO UNINSTALL IT WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY, SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THE LOGISTICS.

[00:50:03]

BUT WHEN WE DO HAVE A DATE, I'M SURE IT'LL GO OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED A LITTLE CRANE TO PUT IT WHERE IT GOES.

WHERE'S IT GOING? DID YOU FIGURE THAT OUT? FIFTH AND CENTER.

IS THAT THEIR STORE OR RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR OFFICE SPACE? YES. OKAY. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF LET'S CHECK THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.

[8. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]

SOMETIMES THE COMMENTS LEAD TO A DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR A VOTE OR SOMETHING.

SO IT STARTS AT THIS TIME AND PLACE.

IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO BRING UP, PLEASE.

I JUST HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE BOARD AND FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHOEVER'S WATCHING AT HOME, IF ANYONE'S WATCHING AT HOME.

SO WE HAVE THE FIRST SONGWRITER FESTIVAL HAPPENING, I THINK NEXT WEEKEND, THE 14TH THROUGH THE 16TH, I GUESS NOT THIS WEEKEND, BUT THE ONE AFTER.

YES. SO JUST AN FYI, PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR.

IT'S THE FIRST ONE. THEY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD LINEUP, SHOULD BE AROUND DOWNTOWN.

AND THEN ALSO THE SUGAR POINT MUSIC FESTIVAL THAT'S PUT ON TO SUPPORT THE FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL'S MUSIC PROGRAM.

THAT'LL BE APRIL 29TH.

SO BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING.

BUT JUST ANOTHER GREAT EVENT THAT IF YOU ALL HAVE NOT BEEN TO OR INTERESTED IN OR WANT TO TAKE YOUR FAMILIES TO JUST GREAT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE IT'S AT SUGAR POINT STATE IT'S OFF THE ISLAND.

TO BE HONEST, I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHERE, BUT IT'S PROBABLY 15, 20 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD OF BARNHILL.

I'M. I'M SORRY. IT'S CHESTER.

OH, OKAY. YEAH. YOU JUST KEEP ON GOING DOWN THAT ROAD.

YEAH, IT'S GREAT. AND THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF RAISING MONEY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM.

SO IT'S YOU CAN FIND IT ON FACEBOOK.

YOU CAN FIND BOTH OF THEM ON FACEBOOK.

SO YEAH, THERE YOU GO.

CAN I COMMENT ON IT? NICE.

IT'S A VERY, VERY GOOD THING TO GO TO.

YOU HAVE MANY BANDS, A LOT OF BLUES BANDS.

AND THE THING ABOUT IT IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF LOCAL TALENT AT THIS THING, SO IT'S GOOD AND IT'S SURROUNDING IS BEAUTIFUL, IT'S SUGAR STRIKE ONE TIME.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL VENUE TOO.

I MEAN, THE VENUE IS BEAUTIFUL VENUE.

YEAH. EXCELLENT. SO JUST HIGHLY RECOMMEND TAKE YOUR FAMILIES, TELL PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO TO CHECK OUT BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS.

AND THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENTS I HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.

ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

I'D LIKE JUST TO TELL YOU ALL THAT THROUGH THE WORK OF THE CITY STAFF, CATHERINE, SCOTT AND KATIE, I THINK WE'RE MAKING SOME TRACTION ON DONATIONS. DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? SCOTT? IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION TO GET THIS.

SO THE LAST UPDATE I GOT IS THAT, YES, THE CITY CAN ACCEPT DONATIONS AND WE ARE GOING TO PUT A LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET, JUST LIKE THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SO BASICALLY THERE'LL BE A LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET WHERE WE CAN RECEIVE DONATIONS.

SO HE MEANS THIS BOARD.

NORMALLY WE WERE JUST RELEGATED TO THE LICENSE PLATE.

NOW WE KIND OF HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN THAT DOOR UP A LITTLE BIT AND ACCEPT DONATIONS AND WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE MECHANISM, THE MECHANISM ON THE WEBSITE TO DO THAT AND ALL THE LEGALITY.

BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY IN 15 YEARS TO KIND OF LIKE GET SOMEWHERE.

SO SO WE WILL OCTOBER 1ST OF 2023, THERE WILL BE A LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET TO ACCEPT DONATIONS, WHICH MEANS WE COULD START IN NOVEMBER, I WOULD ASSUME ONCE.

YEP, YEP. RIGHT.

OKAY. SO RICHARD SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO DONATE.

ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

I'VE SAVED THAT $5.

IT'S RIGHT HERE. OKAY.

NEXT THING I WANTED TO I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TODAY WAS I ATTENDED A THE THE LIVE PRINT, A LIBRARY'S BOOK SALE THAT WENT ON FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND AND FREEMAN IN AN INIMITABLE WAY AND SO NECESSARY FOR US TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD.

LET US HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT FLIERS UP IN THAT AUDITORIUM FOR THOSE THREE DAYS.

AND THAT'S ABOUT THE THINGS WE'VE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT, HAVING THE ORGANIZATIONS RECOGNIZE US AS A PARTNER, AND WHENEVER THEY DO AN EVENT, SOMEHOW GET US THERE. SO AND THROUGH HER FRIENDS OF THE FRIENDS WAS ABLE TO PUT POSTERS.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WENT TO THAT BOOK SALE, BUT WE HAD STUFF ON THE WINDOWS BY THE RESTROOMS. WATER FOUNTAINS HAD A HANDOUT AT THE FRONT DESK.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A.

VERY INEXPENSIVE.

IT WAS FREE, ACTUALLY. I JUST RAN OFF ON A COLOR COPIER.

SO THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET MOBILIZED TO DO.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE HAD SENT OUT A LETTER ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, I THINK THE STAFF CITY DID, REGARDING, HEY, WE'RE ALL IN THIS

[00:55:10]

IT'S IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THE GRANT APPLICATION.

THAT'S SORT OF LIKE YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO DO THIS.

WE WERE ASKING THEM TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY.

SO WHEN I WENT TO A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THIS WEEKEND, I DIDN'T I SAW OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAD OTHER PEOPLES CREDIT, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS BEING CREDITED, BUT BUT NOT OURS, EVEN THOUGH WE JUST WROTE THEM A GRANT.

SO THE GRANT WORDING WILL HELP THAT.

BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO STEP UP, ESPECIALLY IN THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE REPRESENT, AND MAKE SURE, LIKE AT THE THEATER, YOU SEE IF YOU CAN FIND AN OPPORTUNITY, EVEN IF IT'S AN EIGHT BY TEN THAT YOU PUT UP WHERE THEY SERVE THE DRINKS AT INTERMISSION, EVERY LITTLE EXPOSURE THAT COSTS NOTHING IS IS WORTH FOR US A SIGNIFICANT IMPRESSION AND IMPRESSIONS ARE KIND OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

SO I REMIND YOU AGAIN TO PLEASE TRY TO TALK TO YOUR ORGANIZATION WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

AND I ALSO WOULD THINK THAT IF THAT IF ALLIED ARTS SAID SHE DIDN'T EVER SEE RECEIVE, REMEMBER SEEING A LETTER WE SENT THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD CONSIDER SENDING IT AGAIN.

I MEAN, YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IT CREATED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE THOUGHT IS, BUT I JUST THINK THAT SOMEHOW WE NEED TO JUST KEEP KEEP THE PRESSURE ON.

IT MAY TAKE US A YEAR AND A HALF TO FINALLY GET INTO SOMEBODY'S PROGRAM.

YOU KNOW, AT THE BACK OF IT, IT SAYS, HEY, THANKS TO ALL OUR SPONSORS AND WE HAVE OUR LOGO THERE.

I MEAN, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A LOT.

EITHER THAT OR ON THE WEBSITE THAT WE COULD GET.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT UNLESS IT COMES INTERNALLY FROM THE MEMBERS HERE THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION LIKE LIKE ANNE WAS ABLE TO DO. SO PLEASE KEEP THAT.

PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND.

BUT I ALSO THINK SINCE IT'S NOT MANY OF US HERE THAT REPRESENT AN ORGANIZATION, WE PROBABLY MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT DOING THAT LETTER AGAIN.

COULD COULD COULD YOU COULD YOU JUST CHECK WHEN WE SENT IT? YES. AND AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST SEND ME A COPY SO I COULD SEE IF IT WAS SPECIFIC TO JUST GETTING MORE ATTENTION FROM THEM.

MAYBE WE CAN TWEAK IT NEXT TIME YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I MET WITH THE HISTORIC THE HISTORIC COUNCIL.

I GOT A CALL FROM JEFF GRAY, WHO'S A COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

HE SAID, HEY, THESE GUYS HAVE A TRACK OF LAND UP AT ONE UP AT THE PARKS AREA, UP IN YULEE.

AND THEY HAVE THE OLD TRAIN DEPOT, THEY HAVE AN OLD CHURCH AND THEY HAVE THE GENERAL STORE, THE FLOOD STORE.

SHE'S THIS LADY WHO'S THE PRESIDENT WAS WANTING TO TAKE THOSE THREE PROPERTIES AND PUT THEM ON THE LAND THAT THEY THAT THEY GOT FROM THE COUNTY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

IT SOUNDED LIKE A WORTHWHILE PROJECT.

SO I WANTED TO JUST TELL YOU THAT I WAS HELPING HER AS A RESOURCE.

ON NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO MUCH ELSE, AND I WILL HAVE HER COME HERE AS SOON AS SHE GETS MORE POSITIVE, GO FORWARD POSITION.

BUT SHE DOES HAVE A HELPED TO CREATE A SLIDE SHOW THAT SHE CAN TAKE AROUND AND TALK ABOUT WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO WITH THAT MUSEUM, HOW SHE WANTS TO CREATE. YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE IN YULEE AND WHERE THE ROOTS CAME FROM.

AND IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE TRAIN LINE.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILIES THAT HAD THE FARMS ON PAGE'S DAIRY, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A PAGE'S DAIRY.

SO THERE'S LOTS THAT SHE WANTED TO BRING BACK.

SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

SHE WILL COME TO A MEETING IN THE FUTURE.

WE TALKED LAST TIME ABOUT THE DESIRE TO HAVE THE BOARD HERE DISCUSS AND PERHAPS WE COULD BRING IT UP AT THE NEXT MEETING.

THE IDEA OF CONVERTING THE FOLKS THAT ARE WIDE REPS TO COUNTY WIDE REPS.

AND THE REASON IS I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT NINE PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT THE CITY OR CITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND WE ONLY HAVE TWO THAT REPRESENT THE COUNTY.

AND AS I MOVE AROUND FROM CALLAHAN TO HILLIARD TO YULEE, WE COULD USE A LITTLE MORE PRESENCE.

AND I WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD MAKE THAT CHANGE, AND I WANTED TO HAVE THAT PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH.

WE NEED A MOTION TO DO THAT.

NO, WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE WE'LL ADD THE GRANTS, THE GRANT REVIEW, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO ADD THIS ITEM.

NOW, THAT WILL THE PLAN WOULD BE TO THEN HAVE A DISCUSSION, MAKE A MOTION, AND THAT WOULD BE VOTED ON.

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SO WE WOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION NEXT MEETING.

NOT NOW, BUT I'D LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CITY REPS, IF THAT'S AN IMPACT TO HOW THEY SEE THEIR POSITION.

AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHY I THINK THIS IS A POSITIVE MOVE.

AND THEN YOU COULD HAVE THE REVERSE CONVERSATION.

AND THERE'S TWO CITY AT LARGE MEMBERS CURRENTLY AND THERE'S TWO COUNTY MEMBERS AT LARGE.

SO IF IT WERE TO, I THINK WE'D GO OVER, GO FOR A VOTE AND THEN THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION FURTHER UP THE LINE, MEETING WITH THE COMMISSIONERS, THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER.

REMEMBER, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THIS IS A CITY BOARD.

SO EVEN IF IT WERE TO GO AND MOVE FORWARD, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY WOULD THEY WOULD AGREE TO IT AT THAT POINT.

SO. SO YOU'RE SAYING SORRY, IF WE WERE TO VOTE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE AS A BOARD, THE CITY COMMISSION WOULD THEN HAVE TO VOTE TO APPROVE THAT CHANGE? I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS CORRECT, BECAUSE CURRENTLY IT IS A IT'S BASED ON RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE.

IT'S IT'S ONE IT'S ONE OF THE TWO.

SO IT IS IT IS SET WHERE IT DOES SAY TWO CITY AND TWO NON CITY.

SO, YES, THEY WOULD HAVE TO VOTE TO APPROVE THAT CHANGE.

SO EVEN IF IT DOES, IT WOULD GO TO THEM.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BUT AT LEAST THEY WOULD HAVE THE BOARD'S OPINION.

THEY WOULD HAVE THE BOARD'S OPINION.

YES. WHAT I THINK WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH NEXT NEXT MONTH, IF IT WOULD BE VOTED DOWN NEXT MONTH, THEN IT WOULD JUST STOP THERE.

RIGHT. OKAY.

AND THE LAST THING I HAD WAS I NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU WANTED TO GET AT THE PUBLIC ART ARTIST AGREEMENT THING.

I THINK WE DID A NICE JOB ON GRANTS, BUT THE NEXT THING IS WE HAD SOME DIFFICULTY IN DEFINING SPECIFIC KIND OF GUIDELINES. SO YOU'RE THE ARTIST AND YOU'VE CREATED THE PIECE, AND THEN YOU EXPECT ME TO PAY YOU TO PUT IT IN A CERTAIN PLACE.

AND IT DOESN'T SAY THAT.

IT SAYS WE'LL PUT IT UP, BUT THEN YOU WANT TO PUT IT UP.

SO WE HAD A LOT OF KIND OF NEBULOUS AREAS THAT WE NEEDED TO CLEAN UP.

IT'S NOT AN URGENT THING.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO, BUT I THINK WE'RE HAVING A GREAT YEAR SO FAR AND MOVING MOVING THE AGENDA.

AND I THINK WHAT THAT REQUIRES IS SOMEBODY TO KIND OF READ THROUGH IT.

AND SO I WOULD ASK EVEN NOW, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO VOLUNTEER TO KIND OF READ THROUGH THE AGREEMENT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY PARTS OF IT THAT THEY FELT LIKE WE COULD TALK ABOUT NEXT MONTH OR GIVE TO THE STAFF AND SAY THIS NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT IT NEXT MONTH ALTOGETHER? CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, SCOTT.

I THOUGHT THE THE ARTIST AGREEMENT WAS CREATED BY THE CITY.

LEGAL PEOPLE ARE NOT FULLY WE DID HAVE OUR HAND IN IT.

I DO I DO THINK IT SHOULD BE RELOOKED AT BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME LITTLE ITEMS IN THERE THAT DID COME UP WITH OUR FIRST TEMPORARY ART INSTALLATION.

SO I THINK THOSE SHOULD BE MORE DIRECT ON THE PROCESS OF ONCE IT IS ONCE IT IS APPROVED, THE INSTALLATION PART OF IT, WHO'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS WHAT EXACTLY ITEMS ARE USED.

NOW, IT COULD CHANGE A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE, BUT THAT PART OF IT SHOULD BE CLEANED UP.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE LOCATIONS SHOULD BE RELOOKED AT.

THE ONES THE ONLY LOCATIONS WHERE I THINK WERE FOR DOWNTOWN.

AND SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS ARE A LITTLE QUESTIONABLE.

THE POCKET PARK ONE JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

I BELIEVE THE CITY IS CURRENTLY IN A IN A ONE YEAR LEASE GOING BACK A FEW MONTHS.

SO WE SHOULD WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE LOCATIONS FOR FOR TEMPORARY.

YOU GUYS CAN APPROVE THE TEMPORARY LOCATIONS.

THE CITY COMMISSION WOULD APPROVE PERMANENT.

AND WE SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT WHERE WOULD PERMANENT ART BE IN THE CITY.

SO I THINK THOSE TWO THINGS, ALONG WITH DETAILING SOME FINE ITEMS IN.

THAT IN THAT AGREEMENT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.

I AGREE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING I MAY TAKE A LITTLE TIME, BUT FOR INSTANCE, THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THE LAST ARTIST WAS, WELL, WE WANT TO HAVE SUPPORTED BY ARTS AND

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I GO, OKAY, SO SO I SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE LEAST YOU COULD DO.

HE GOES, WELL, YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

YOU DIDN'T PAY ME. SO WE HAD THIS WHOLE DEAL.

HE PAID FOR THE WHOLE INSTALLATION HIMSELF.

WELL, HE DID IT AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING.

THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO DO THE INSTALLATION.

I MEAN, THERE WAS. THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS, RIGHT? WE JUST WANT TO CLEAN IT UP. WE JUST.

AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

KIND OF BEHIND IT IS ONCE APPROVED, WHAT IS THE PROCESS? WE IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP.

SO SO WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THE ARTIST? WHAT IS EXPECTED OF US, DO YOU THINK THE YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO PUSH THIS TO THE CITY LEGAL AND SAY, HEY, CLEAN THIS UP.

WE SHOULD MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND GIVE IT TO YOU AND YOU TAKE IT TO THEM, RIGHT? BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW WHAT TO CLEAN UP, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. WE WOULD WORK WE WOULD WORK WITH OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE CERTAIN LEGALLY PHRASES ARE PUT IN THERE AND TAKEN OUT OR. YEAH, OKAY.

THAT WAS THE POINT THAT I HAD.

I JUST FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, CAITLIN AND I JUST COULDN'T GET THIS THING STRAIGHT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER SHE WAS DEALING WITH.

AND THEN HE GOT MAD.

DEAL WITH ME. THEN HE GOT MAD AND WE JUST COULDN'T JUST COULDN'T GET IT COPACETIC, SO TO SPEAK.

SO, YEAH, SO MAYBE WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO, TO THE BOARD.

SO HERE IT IS AND WE CAN THEN MAKE A DETERMINATION IF WE WANT TO ADD IT TO THE NEXT, THE NEXT MEETING.

PERFECT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MOST CITIES PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION FOR FOR PUBLIC WORK.

PUBLIC ART. YEAH.

AND AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED.

WE SHOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IS IT ARE WE PAYING FOR THAT OUT OF THE LICENSE PLATE FUND? I MEAN, THAT'S THE ONLY FUND THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

SO ARE WE ARE WE GOING TO EXPECT THE THE ARTIST TO INSTALL.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THAT'S THAT'S THE CLEANING UP PROCESS SO THAT WHEN YOU SEND IT OUT, JUST SEND OUT THE TEMPORARY ONE.

OKAY. BECAUSE WE DO ONE OF THE OTHER ONES WILL GET TOO MUCH PAPER.

YEAH. SO THE TEMPORARY ONE IS THE ONE THAT MORE THAN LIKELY WILL HAPPEN.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

VERY GOOD. OKAY.

THAT'S. THAT'S ALL I HAD.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADJOURN? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN.

SECOND IT. SECOND.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. MEETING ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.