Aug 07, 2023 Arts and Culture Nassau

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

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[1. CALL TO ORDER]

JASON, IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE CONFIRM THAT SIX MEMBERS MAKES A QUORUM, SO WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.

IF WE COULD ALL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.

OKAY. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME SANDRA NOW IN HER.

SHE IS A VISITOR HERE LAST MONTH.

AND NOW YOU'RE OFFICIAL. SO WE EXPECT YOU TO DO SOME WORK.

NICE TO BE OFFICIAL.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH.

YEAH. IT'S ALL CONTIGUOUS.

YOU'RE WILLING. THAT'S GREAT.

OKAY. YOU ALL RECEIVED THE PACKET, AND THE MINUTES FOR THE JULY MEETING ARE INCLUDED.

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

OKAY. DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, IT SAYS MAGNET DECAL.

BOARD COMMENTS, RIGHT? YES.

BOARD COMMENTS. MEMBER ROBINSON RECOMMENDED THAT THE COMMITTEE CONSIDER SELLING MAGNET DECALS FOR DONATION REVENUE IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

OKAY. MAGNET DECALS IS GREAT, BUT ALSO I'M THINKING ABOUT THE LITTLE ONES THAT COULD STICK ON, THOSE LIKE YOU PUT ON THE BACK OF THE WINDOW.

SO YOU ARE WE I GUESS WE ASSUME THAT IF IT'S MAGNETIC, IT STICKS TO THE CAR.

THE CAR. BUT I WAS SPEAKING ALSO OF THE THE WINDOW THAT YOU PUT ON THE WINDOW OR THE WINDSHIELD.

OKAY. SO CAN WE CAN WE CLEAN THAT UP A LITTLE BY CALLING IT EITHER METAL MAGNETIC OR JUST CUT OFF THE CUT OFF THE MAGNET? JUST TAKE THE MAGNET WORD OUT.

JUST PUT DECAL.

OKAY. WE ALL GOOD WITH THAT? YOU UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE THAT HE'S HE'S ASKING.

SO IT'S A DECAL OR IT COULD BE A MAGNET OR IT COULD BE ANY VERSION.

RIGHT. OKAY, FINE.

IS THAT. IS THAT GOOD? EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT CHANGE? SURE. OKAY SO.

WHAT WAS THAT UNDER? THAT WAS UNDER EIGHT BOARD COMMENTS.

OKAY. SECOND TO THE LEFT.

OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THE WORD DECAL.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE MINUTES THAT ANYBODY HAS A COMMENT ON? IF NOT DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT AS CORRECTION? WITH CORRECTION. THANK YOU.

SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.

AND THANK YOU.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? APPROVED WITH CORRECTIONS.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS THIS AGENDA AND WE HAVE OUR FIRST DISCUSSION ITEM THAT I'D LIKE TO COVER TODAY AND THAT'S THE FINALIZE THE

[6.1 Final Approval Of Temporary And Permanent Art Application]

WE HAD SOME CHANGES IN THE LAST REVIEW IN JULY.

I THINK THIS IS BEING PROPOSED AS A FINAL VERSION.

IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING IT OVER, I'LL START WITH ONE ON THE ARTIST APPLICATION UNDER PUBLIC ART CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH PUBLIC ART APPLICATION.

WHEN YOU GET TO THE ACTUAL ARTIST APPLICANT NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE, EMAIL, THERE'S STILL A PIECE IN THERE IN THE PARAGRAPH UNDERNEATH THAT.

I UNDERSTAND IF THE ARTWORK IS A SECOND LINE, I UNDERSTAND IF THE ARTWORK IS ACCEPTED FOR TEMPORARY DISPLAY AND COST, THAT TERMINOLOGY DOESN'T SEEM TO FIT THERE.

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I AM SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ACQUIRING ALL NECESSARY PERMITS AND OVERSEEING THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ART.

I AGREE THAT THE APPLICANT MUST ASSUME THE COST.

I JUST THINK THAT WORDING IS NOT IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.

IT'S JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE WHERE IT IS.

YOU GOT THAT, SCOTT? YOU SAW IT? I'M JUST.

I'M JUST READING OVER THAT PART QUICKLY.

IS IT THE THIRD LINE? IT IS, YES. BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE WERE AT THE LAST MONTHS MEETING IS WE WERE ADDING COST IN THERE.

OH, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.

I THINK IT NEEDS TO FOLLOW I'M SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL COSTS AND ACQUIRING ALL NECESSARY PERMITS.

OR YOU COULD PUT COSTS.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT'S A SIMPLE PLACEMENT ISSUE.

IT'S JUST WHERE IT IS FOR COST AND SEPARATE DISPLAY, THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE.

SO COST IN ACQUIRING ALL PERMITS SHOULD BE TOGETHER.

OKAY. AND THE ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO ADD QUICKLY IS, IS THERE WHEN WE PRINTED THIS, THERE ARE A COUPLE SPACE SPACE ISSUES, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT THOSE.

THOSE WILL BE ADDRESSED.

OKAY. I WON'T TALK ABOUT THEM.

I SEE THEM. YEAH. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE SPACES.

IT'S JUST THE WHEN IT PRINTED.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. I HAVE ONE OTHER THING THAT I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT RESOLVED.

AND IF YOU COULD HELP ME WITH THAT, IT IS WE DID TALK ABOUT THE CREDITING OF ARTS AND CULTURE ON THE PLAQUE.

SO I MAY HAVE MISSED IT IN THE WORDING OR WE MAY HAVE AGREED THAT WE DIDN'T NEED TO PUT IT IN THERE, BUT I KNOW WE SPOKE ABOUT IT.

I THINK IN THAT CASE THAT CAME UP, I'M JUST REMEMBERING I THINK WE DECIDED NOT TO PUT IT IN THERE.

YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED TO BE A REAL BONE OF CONTENTION IN THE LAST GO ROUND.

RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT THIS IS COMING BACK AROUND AGAIN IN THE FALL, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WHEN YOU WHEN YOU PUT A PIECE OF PUBLIC ART UP AND THEN YOU HAVE WHO THE ARTIST IS AND EVERYTHING WE WANTED TO SAY, SUPPORTED BY ARTS AND CULTURE [INAUDIBLE].

YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

WELL, IF THEY'RE PAYING FOR THE PLAQUE, THEN IF WE NEED TO, WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR OUR ART.

WE TALKED ABOUT MAKING A SEPARATE ONE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY THAT JUST KEPT MOVING AROUND.

THERE IS REFERENCE ON THE LAST PAGE.

ARTIST RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TEMPORARY ART, ARTS AND CULTURE IN NASSAU PLAQUE ATTACHED TO THE ARTWORK PAID FOR BY ARTS AND CULTURE NASSAU.

EXCELLENT. THAT'S WHAT I COULDN'T FIND IT.

YOU FOUND IT ON THE GO.

OKAY, SO IT'S IN THERE.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, PENNY.

I DON'T. [INAUDIBLE].

WHAT'S THE TITLE OF THAT PAGE? THIS IS THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART ACQUISITION PROCESS.

OKAY. THIS IS THE FINAL.

IT'S THE LAST. KEEP GOING BEFORE WE GO TO MISSION.

KEEP GOING. OH, OKAY.

WHERE'S IT AT, PENNY? OH, ON THE END HERE.

UNDER ARTIST'S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TEMPORARY ART.

OH, OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S IT.

GREAT. GOT IT.

VERY GOOD. GOOD.

EXCELLENT. OTHER THAN THAT, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THIS? WE'D LIKE TO APPROVE THIS TODAY WITH THAT ONE CHANGE OF PLACEMENT AND JUST I'LL POST IT ON THE WEBSITE.

I THINK. YEAH.

I'M WILLING TO ACCEPT WITH CHANGING THE WORDING ABOUT COSTS.

OKAY. I HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND [INAUDIBLE].

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE NEW REVISED APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC ART TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED? NO.

SO APPROVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS, SCOTT, FOR GETTING US TOGETHER.

OKAY, LET'S TAKE THAT OUT OF THE WAY.

I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEES

[6.2 Presentation By The Strategic Planning Committee]

IT WAS A LITTLE CONVOLUTED IN THE FIRST VERSION YOU GOT, SO WE GAVE YOU A NEW ONE.

AND THIS IS NOT FOR AN APPROVAL TODAY.

IT'S MORE FOR LETTING YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.

THIS IS PROCESS ONE.

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PART TWO YOU WILL SEE AGAIN IN THE FALL, WHICH IS THE OBJECTIVES AND THE STRATEGY TO FULFILL THESE PURPOSES. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE AS WE WERE HALFWAY THROUGH, YOU KNEW WHERE WE WERE.

SO BECAUSE THE NOTES WERE NOT QUITE IN THE RIGHT WAY FOR YOU TO REALIZE IT, THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE WE LEFT OFF.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS THE MISSION STATEMENT, A VISION STATEMENT IN WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE AND THE THINGS THAT WE VALUE AS AN ORGANIZATION. JUST ONE COMMENT I'D LIKE TO HAVE IS UNDER MISSION.

WE PROBABLY PUT THE ORIGINAL.

WHAT THE MISSION STATEMENT STATES AT PRESENT IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU HAVE? IT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. THE ONLY PIECE THAT'S MISSING IS THE SHARING, THE COORDINATION OF THE SPEAKING TOGETHER OF THE ORGANIZATIONS.

BUT THAT YOU'LL FIND THAT IN THE VISION STATEMENT.

THAT'S THE ONLY PIECE THAT'S MISSING THE.

YEAH. AND I NOTICED YOU LEFT OUT RECOGNIZED AS THE RECOGNIZED CITY SHOULD BE ON THE CITY COUNTY BASED AGENCY . WHERE? CITY SHOULD BE ADDED IN THERE.

IN WHERE? IN THE VISION.

YES. OH IN THE VISION WE'VE GOT NOW SO CITIES AND TOWNS.

THERE'S MORE THAN ONE CITY.

AND WE ARE COUNTY BASED.

WE ARE WE ARE THE JUST ORGANIZATION FOR THE COUNTY.

IT'S THE WAY WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

SO BASED ON THE BASED ON THE FACT THAT IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING IN THE NOTES WE SENT OUT, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR AN APPROVAL.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD WHY WE GAVE YOU THIS.

WE WANT YOU TO LOOK AT IT AND THEN WE WANT TO BRING IT BACK IN SEPTEMBER.

YEAH, I SEE THE WORD CITIES UP THERE UNDER NASSAU CITIES, BUT I STILL THINK WE ARE A CITY COUNTY BASED AGENCY.

WELL, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT'S THAT'S MY FEELING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO I THINK IF YOU DON'T MIND ME SPEAKING ON YOUR BEHALF FOR A SECOND, CLARIFY, PLEASE, IF I'M WRONG.

BUT I THINK WHAT FRAN IS SAYING IS ULTIMATELY THIS IS A CITY CURRENTLY IS A CITY BOARD.

CORRECT. HOWEVER, WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, CONFUSING OF SUCH IS, IS THAT NASSAU COUNTY HAS LABELED THIS ARTS AND CULTURE NASSAU CITY BOARD AS A DESIGNATED LAA LOCAL ART AGENCY.

RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CITY COUNTY TERMINOLOGY AND THIS BOARD IS DESIGNATED AS THE LOCAL LAA, WHICH THERE IS ONE ART ORGANIZATION WITHIN EACH COUNTY THAT CAN BE DESIGNATED AS THE LOCAL ART AGENCY. AND IN TURN, THAT AGENCY IS ALLOWED TO USE THE LICENSE PLATE MONEY FOR THE COUNTY.

SO I THINK THAT'S STATED.

YEAH, THAT SHOULD BE STATED HERE.

YEAH, THAT'S FOR YOU GUYS TO DISCUSS.

BUT WOULD IT MAKE MORE SENSE THEN IF WE INSTEAD OF SAYING COUNTY BASED AGENCY WE USE AS THE RECOGNIZED RIGHT LAA FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WOULD THAT MAKE MORE SENSE? HANG ON ONE SEC.

WELL SO THE WAY IT STATED IT DOES SAY ARTS AND CULTURE NASSAU, WHICH IS THIS BOARD ACTIVELY WORKS WITH ALL THE NASSAU CITIES AND TOWNS AS THE RECOGNIZED COUNTY BASED AGENCY.

SO. SO TECHNICALLY THAT IS CORRECT.

RIGHT. BUT I'M WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE LESS CONFUSING IF WE USED THE TERM LOCAL ARTS AGENCY THAT WE ACTUALLY SPELL THAT OUT IN THIS WITH CAPITAL LETTERS BECAUSE IT'S AN OFFICIAL.

YEAH. AND TECHNICALLY IT WOULD STATE THE SAME THING IN MY MIND IT'S JUST DESCRIBING IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

YEAH. AND WE'RE ALSO DESIGNATED BY THE STATE OF FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

THAT'S HOW WE GOT THE DESIGNATION RIGHT.

WELL IT DESIGNATE. YEAH.

YOU'RE DESIGNATED BY THE COUNTY.

THE MONEY IS FUNNELED THROUGH THE COUNTY COMES HERE SO BUT YEAH I THINK IT ORIGINATES IN THE STATE, GOES TO THE COUNTY.

THE COUNTY HAS DESIGNATED THIS BOARD.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE LICENSE PLATE MONEY COMES OR YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THAT MONEY.

OKAY. I THINK THAT FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER.

IN MY MIND IT STATES THE SAME.

I THINK SHE'S JUST CLARIFYING IT A LITTLE BIT OR IT'S THE SAME SAME THING.

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BUT THEN WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO HAVE THAT THE CITY HAS THAT DESIGNATED AUTHORITY, SO TO SPEAK.

SO I WOULD THIS BOARD IS THE DESIGNATED LOCAL ART.

SO I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE LINE OUT COUNTY BASED AGENCY AND JUST SAY AS THE RECOGNIZED LOCAL ARTS AGENCY FOR NASSAU COUNTY.

SO HERE'S HERE'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THIS, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE INPUT FROM THE OTHER 3 OR 4 MEMBERS.

JASON WILL REISSUE THIS WITH WITH THE CHANGES.

I ALSO WANT TO COVER THE VALUE THING BEFORE WE LEAVE.

SO SO THAT'S A THANK YOU, FRAN, FOR THAT.

WE WILL INCORPORATE THAT.

I'D LIKE YOU TO LOOK AT THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE PUT THERE JUST SO WE HAVE A MEETING ON THE 28TH AGAIN FOR THE COMMITTEE WE COULD INCORPORATE THIS.

AND THE SUGGESTIONS AS WE MOVE ALONG.

SO, I MEAN, I COULD YOU COULD SEE IT ON THE BOARD.

I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH THIS THING VIBRANT, HEALTHY, DIRECT COMMUNICATION AMONG THE COUNTYWIDE ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE SUPPORTING AGENCIES AND TOWNS AND CITIES. WE VALUE THAT RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATION.

WE VALUE A HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE TO ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

WE VALUE THE COLLABORATION WITH THE ARTS AND CULTURE LEADERS, LEADERSHIP AND COUNTY CITY'S MAIN STREET, CVB, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

WE VALUE TRUST, TRANSPARENCY AND RESPECT AMONG OUR MEMBERS AND RELATED AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY.

WE VALUE GRANTS SUPPORTING SENIOR AND YOUTH FOCUSED PROGRAMS. WE VALUE THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC ART IN THE COUNTY.

WE VALUE THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION THAT ADVANCES THE ARTS IN THE COUNTY TO ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS.

WE VALUE ARTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE VALUE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS AND AMONG OUR ORGANIZATION.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE WANTED TO STATE AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

YOU CAN MULL THIS OVER AND GET BACK TO US.

HERE'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IF IT'S ALL POSSIBLE THAT THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS BE GIVEN THIS NEW VERSION.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE WHOLE BOARD MEETING MINUTES SO THAT THEY CAN ANSWER TO JASON BEFORE THE 28TH.

SO WE HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK ON.

OTHERWISE WE WE HAVE A WHOLE NOTHER SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING THAT DOESN'T DEAL WITH SUGGESTIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE AND WE MIGHT GET SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS IF WE COULD GET THIS DONE IN THE NEXT 2 OR 3 WEEKS.

IS THAT IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON WHAT WE VALUE? SO JUST TO CLARIFY, CHAIR, IS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT MAKING THAT ONE LITTLE CHANGE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEND THIS OUT TO THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE.

THE BOARD. THE BOARD. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

I'M SORRY, THE BOARD.

AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO ASK IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMMENTS CHANGES, AND THEN WE CAN PROVIDE THAT AT THE AUGUST 28TH SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING. THOSE WILL COME BACK TO.

YES. AND THEN HE COULD SHARE THEM AT THE MEETING.

AND ON OUR 28TH MEETING.

WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO DIGEST.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA.

WE SHOULD DEFINITELY PUT A TIME DATE WHEN PEOPLE SHOULD RESPOND BY SO THEY CAN BE LOOKED AT AND REVIEWED.

SO WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE JUST BRINGING THEM IN ON THE 28TH.

AGREED. AND I DON'T WANT IT LOST IN THE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU POST IT ON THE CITY SITE YOU'VE GOT TO GO FIND IT.

THIS WOULD BE A SEPARATE EMAIL COMING FROM JASON IT SAYS, HERE'S ONE SPECIFIC ITEM WE WANT YOU TO DEAL WITH.

PERFECT. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT YOU CAN SIT DOWN TO SAY TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE MISSION.

IT WAS AN INTERESTING PROCESS.

WE WORDSMITH AND WORDSMITH AND WORDSMITH, A THREE SENTENCE MISSION STATEMENT.

AND THEN BRAD, BLESS HIS HEART, SAID WHAT IS IT WE REALLY WANT TO DO? AND THIS IS WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH.

SHORT AND SIMPLE AND EASY TO REMEMBER AND EASY TO PUT ON POSTERS AND EASY TO FOR MEMBERS TO SAY THIS IS WHAT THIS GROUP DOES OR ASPIRES TO DO.

AND IT WAS GREAT.

EXCELLENT. YEAH, IT WAS.

IT'S AMAZING THAT IT TOOK THREE MONTHS TO GET TO ONE LINE.

YEAH. YEAH. AND I'LL TELL YOU, PROBABLY THE CONVERSATION BEFORE THIS HAPPENED WAS PROBABLY 45 MINUTES, OF WHICH WERE, DO WE WANT

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SO WE DID. I LOOKED AT THE I LOOKED AT THE MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE JACKSONVILLE CULTURAL COUNCIL, AND IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO A FEW WORDS, ONE LINE KIND OF THING.

SO I THOUGHT WE DIDN'T WE HAD NOT SEEN THAT AHEAD OF TIME AND WE CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION THEY DID.

SO REGARDING THE CULTURAL COUNCIL, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CULTURAL JACKSONVILLE CULTURAL COUNCIL IS THE LAA FOR DUVAL COUNTY, CORRECT? AND IT'S HUGE AND IT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.

AND SO I TRIED TO FIND ON THE [INAUDIBLE] WEBSITE THEIR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.

AND UNFORTUNATELY THE STATE WEBSITE ONLY GOES BACK TO LIKE 94 OR 95.

AND THEY ARE THEY WERE INCORPORATED IN LIKE 1988.

SO THE ONLY WAY TO GET THOSE ARTICLES IS TO ACTUALLY REQUEST THEM AND PAY FOR THEM.

AND I WASN'T INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, BUT I STILL JUST REALLY LOVE TO KNOW HOW THEY BECAME A 501C3 AS A COUNTY ORGANIZATION.

AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD DO THE RESEARCH ON THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING TO FIND OUT, I THINK.

YEAH. COULD YOU NOT ASK ASK THEM, CALL THEM AND ASK THEM AND ASK THEM TO SEND A COPY.

SEND YOU A COPY.

WELL, IT WOULD BE NICE JUST TO TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT IT.

YEAH, I HAVE A REQUEST TO THEM TO GET THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME SO WHEN I WHEN THEY DO RESPOND, I WILL ASK THEM ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST INDICATED.

AND THEY COULD PROBABLY HELP US AS WELL WITH THE OTHER STATEMENT IN HERE ABOUT WHERE THEY HAVE IF THEY HAVE FUNDING SOURCES AND WHERE THEY COME FROM.

OH, THEY HAVE FUNDING SOURCES.

IF THEY CAN ACCEPT GRANTS.

THEY GET MONEY FROM OTHER GRANTS.

THEY GET MONEY FROM THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE.

IT'S HOW THEY'RE STRUCTURED.

THERE'S A 501C3 THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS.

SO IT'S JUST A WHOLE DIFFERENT STRUCTURE.

THEY'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME AND WORKED AT IT.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE VALUES? OKAY. JASON, YOU'RE GOOD WITH THE [INAUDIBLE].

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JUST TO RECAP THAT ONE PIECE FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE, WE'LL BE BACK TO WORK AGAIN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.

AND THEN BY OCTOBER, YOU'LL SEE THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU MAKE AS WE MOVE ALONG ON THIS PART.

AND THEN YOU ALSO SEE THE VERSION OF A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER BY OCTOBER.

SO THAT'S THAT'S THE PLAN AND WE'LL KEEP WORKING TOWARD IT.

OKAY. NEXT ON OUR DISCUSSION LIST IS THE NEW COMMITTEE STRUCTURE THAT THE STAFF WANTS TO TALK

[6.3 New Committee Structure (Staff Will Present Recommended New Committee Structure For Discussion)]

[INAUDIBLE] WHO MADE THIS SUGGESTION? WE DID. SO. GOOD AFTERNOON.

CATHERINE VORRASI PARKS RECREATION DIRECTOR.

FOR THE RECORD, I WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH THIS.

SO SCOTT AND I MET WITH THE COUNTY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THEIR THOUGHTS ON THIS BOARD AND ARTS AND CULTURE IN THE COUNTY.

THE FACT THAT THEY ARE THEY DID DESIGNATE YOU ALL THIS BOARD AS THE LA AND IN THE LANGUAGE FOR THAT IT'S TO HAVE A MORE COUNTY WIDE APPROACH.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO GET WITH THEM AND FIND OUT THEIR THOUGHTS.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMMITTEE AND IN PARTICULAR THE MEMBERS.

THIS IS JUST PROPOSED.

IF YOU ALL DON'T LIKE IT, YOU WANT TO MAKE CHANGES TO IT.

THAT'S TOTALLY FINE. WE'RE JUST PRESENTING IT TO YOU BECAUSE OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD.

SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS SO 11 MEMBERS, WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO MEMBERS DESIGNATED BY NASSAU COUNTY, WHICH IS UNINCORPORATED, TWO MEMBERS FROM THE CITY, ONE MEMBER FROM THE TOWN OF HILLIARD, ONE FROM TOWN OF CALLAHAN, AND THEN THE OTHER FIVE THAT MAKE UP THE 11 REPRESENTING MUSIC, ARTS, CULTURAL HISTORY, WRITING, PERFORMING ARTS, THEATER, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A.

THERE'S A GOOD MIXTURE.

SO WE'RE REPRESENTING ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART AND TYPES OF CULTURE RELATED EVENTS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

WE SAW THIS AS A MORE COLLECTIVE APPROACH TO HAVE REPRESENTATION COUNTYWIDE.

NOW, HERE'S YOU KNOW, I WANT TO IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, ASK WE CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE THIS IRONCLAD.

THIS IS JUST SEEING WHAT YOU ALL THINK.

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IF YOU ALL SUPPORT THIS CONCEPT, THEN SCOTT AND I ARE GOING TO APPROACH THE TOWN OF HILLIARD.

WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH THE TOWN OF TOWN OF CALLAHAN.

SO WE NEED TO HAVE THEIR BUY IN ALSO.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A MEMBER ON THIS BOARD? BECAUSE IT'S COUNTYWIDE ARTS AND CULTURE, YOU KNOW, REACHING THE WHOLE ENTIRE COUNTY.

IF THEY DO AND YOU APPROVE, WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE'LL GO TO THE COMMISSION AND HAVE IT CHANGED THROUGH RESOLUTION AND SAY WE'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO HAVE MORE DEFINED REPRESENTATION IN THIS STRUCTURE.

IT WOULD BE A GRADUAL YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THERE TOMORROW.

IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON THE TERM OF THE MEMBERS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN ONE PERSON TERMS OUT, THEN IT COULD BE OKAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE NEED TO PUT THAT PERSON IN FROM HILLIARD.

OKAY. ARE THEY AVAILABLE? AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DO IT THAT WAY.

SO IT MIGHT TAKE A YEAR OR TWO THREE TO GET TO IT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

WE WANT TO WE THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT COUNTY CITY.

SO THIS WAS OUR TAKING A STAB AT TRYING TO FIX THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND MAKE IT MAKE IT MORE FAR REACHING THAN JUST EVERYTHING IS IN THE CITY. SO OPEN IT UP TO YOU ALL.

THIS IS DISCUSSION ITEM.

IF YOU WOULD RATHER EVERYTHING STAY THE SAME, THEN IT STOPS HERE.

IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU. I HAVE ONE LOGISTICAL QUESTION, WHICH IS THE COUNTY PEOPLE AND THE INCLUDING THE HILLIARD AND CALLAHAN PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE 45 MINUTES TO GET HERE.

SO IT'S AN HOUR AND A HALF COMMUTE, BASICALLY.

WAS THERE ANY CONVERSATION OR ANY THOUGHT GIVEN TO A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR MOVING THE MEETING TO HILLIARD AND CALLAHAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO THAT THE THE ONUS OF TRAVEL IS MORE EQUITABLY BORNE, IN WHICH CASE BECAUSE WE'RE A CITY COMMISSION, COUNCIL, WHATEVER WE ARE.

SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO DRIVE 45 MINUTES, AN HOUR AND A HALF.

AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

YEAH, I'D HAVE TO BE HERE.

I'D THAT WASN'T DISCUSSED BECAUSE THIS IS A CITY BOARD AND WE'RE ON SWAGIT AND RECORDED.

AND YES, YOU HAVE CITY SUPPORT, SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A DRIVE TO BE A PART OF IT.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO ASK.

AND IF AND IF THEY SAY NO, THEN WE CAN LOOK AT A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE OR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST THIS IS REALLY GRASS ROOTS AT THIS POINT.

FIRST CONVERSATIONS.

OKAY. WELL, I DO I DO KNOW, YOU KNOW, COUNTY REPRESENTATION.

WE DEFINITELY TRIED TO GET WEST NASSAU INVOLVED EVERY YEAR.

AND WE DID HAVE THAT ON THE BOARD FOR ALL THE YEARS EXCEPT FOR RIGHT NOW.

I BELIEVE WE'VE ALWAYS HAD SOMEBODY FROM WEST NASSAU.

BUT THEN THEY GOT. THEY DID GET TIRED OF DRIVING.

YEAH. AND I AND ALSO FOR A LOT OF YEARS WE DIDN'T HAVE A GRANTS TO BE TO SERVE THE COUNTY AND CITY LIKE WE DO NOW.

AND SO THAT WAS SO IT GOT FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY CAME AND THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT FOR THEM TO DO.

BUT I THINK IT'S TOTALLY CHANGED.

AND SO MAYBE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY REPS OR THEY THEY'RE GOING TO BE FROM ELLIOTT OR FROM.

WE'LL BE UNINCORPORATED NASSAU COUNTY.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S HOW WE DISCUSSED IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S UP FOR DISCUSSION.

OKAY. YEAH. SO HOW COMMITTED ARE WE TO MANAGING 11 PEOPLE? IT SEEMS LIKE AN UNWIELDY NUMBER OF BODIES.

I MEAN, YOU COULD DO THIS WITH 7.

I MEAN, IS 11 SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED SOLUTION? I MEAN, LOOK AT THE ABSENTEE RATE OF SOME PEOPLE THAT JUST DON'T SEEM TO MAKE IT.

LOOK AT THE IDEA THAT THEY'RE APPOINTED BY AN ORGANIZATION.

THEY DON'T PERSONALLY RAISE THEIR HAND AND SAY, I'D LOVE TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE.

HOW CAN I GET ON IT? THERE'S SORT OF LIKE CHOSEN, HEY, IT'S YOUR TURN TO SERVE ON THIS THING.

SO I THINK SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THEIR ENERGY LEVEL AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO KIND OF REALLY WANT TO DO SOMETHING.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS AS WHY 11 IS IMPORTANT NUMBER? THIS THAT WAS, I THINK THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS WAS CHANGED.

YOU CHANGED THINGS. YOU CAN CHANGE THE NUMBERS.

WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF SEATS.

YES. SO IN THAT IN THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATION, I WOULD HUMBLY SUGGEST TO GET THE COUNTY MORE COMMITTED TO THE OPERATION AND END RESULT OF WHAT WE DO.

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YOU KNOW, IN MY DEALINGS WITH HILLIARD AND CALLAHAN, THEY ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO SCRAPE THE BARREL TO FIND SOMEBODY WITHIN THEIR OWN ORGANIZATION.

BUT LETTING THE COMMISSIONER DO IT GIVES YOU TWO BENEFITS, I THINK.

ONE, IT CLEARLY STATES THAT THE COUNTY IS AT LEAST HALF OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WHO SITS ON THE BOARD, AND THEN IT DIRECTLY MAKES THE COMMISSIONER PART OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY PROCESS, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THERE RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE VERY WILLING, WHEN I CALL THEM TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, THEY CALL ME AND, HEY, I NEED YOU TO GO TALK TO THIS PERSON OVER HERE.

YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY TIGHTEN THIS UP, HAVING AT LEAST THEM AS THE FIVE DISTRICTS AND EACH ONE HAS THE SAY IN NOMINATES PEOPLE AND I GOT THAT FROM HUFFMAN.

I GOT THAT FROM GRAY AND I GOT THAT FROM FARMER AND JOHN MARTIN EXCEPT JOHN MARTIN REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE ALREADY.

SO THEY ALL HAVE AN INTEREST IN SPEAKING TO THE PEOPLE.

PEOPLE COME TO THEM AND THEY'VE GIVEN ME NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN TOO LATE TO THE PROCESS.

BUT AND THEN I'M NOT SAYING EXCLUDE THE THE CULTURAL GROUP, BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT, YOU REALLY DON'T NEED 5 MORE PEOPLE, 2 OR 3 OF OF THE ARTS COMMUNITY WOULD BE FINE.

I MEAN THAT'S I JUST THINK THE NUMBER IS EASIER TO MANAGE.

SIMPLE. I HAVE A COMMENT THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE POLITICAL WHEN YOU START ASKING EACH COMMISSIONER TO FIND SOMEBODY FROM THEIR DISTRICT OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THIS COMMITTEE.

I THINK THAT SPEAKS A LITTLE BIT POLITICAL.

THEY TALK TO THEM ALL THE TIME IN THEIR MEETINGS.

I MEAN, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO'VE GIVEN ME COMBER, BRAD'S NAME.

THEY GO OUT AND TALK TO THEIR PEOPLE.

ONCE YOU ASK THEM, HEY, WE HAVE SEATS ON THE BOARD.

THE COUNTY LADY UP THERE, SABRINA, MAYBE ROBINSON WOULD PUT OUT THE OPENING BOARD SEAT AND GIVE IT TO THE COMMISSIONERS.

AND THEY WELL BEFORE WE.

THEY HAVE BEEN PUTTING AN AD IN THE PAPER FOR THIS BOARD.

IF ANYONE HAS ANY INTEREST TO CONTACT THE REC PARK AND REC ORGANIZATION.

AND SO THAT'S ADVERTISING OUR WANT THAT WE HAVE A POSITION OPEN THAT COVERS NASSAU COUNTY I MEAN ALL THE COUNTIES EVERYWHERE, ALL THE PUBLICATIONS AND I APPRECIATE THAT BUT WHAT I'M WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF EACH COMMISSIONER TO SAY, I PUT THIS PERSON ON THE BOARD.

I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

PLEASE TALK TO ME THE NEXT TIME I SEE YOU ENGAGES THEM IN WHO WE ARE AS OPPOSED TO THIS KIND OF AMBIVALENT RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH SOME OF THESE FOLKS.

THAT'S THE ONLY PIECE I'M SEEING.

SO WOULD YOU DO THAT SAME WITH THE CITY? I THINK YOU HAVE A PROCESS FOR THE CITY.

JOHN MARTIN WOULD BE THE COMMISSIONER THAT REPRESENTS THE CITY.

YEAH, BUT THEN YOU COULD STILL OPEN IT UP TO THE MUSIC ARTS CULTURE AND HAVE SOME.

SO WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING? THE CHANGE IS INSTEAD OF SAYING HILLIARD CALLAHAN IS ONE BOARD MEMBER FROM EACH OF THE 5 COUNTY DISTRICTS.

RIGHT. THAT GOES. SO INSTEAD OF 2 FOR UNINCORPORATED, 2 FOR FERNANDINA, 1 FOR HILLIARD, 1 FOR CALLAHAN, YOU'RE SAYING MAKE THAT 5 AND HAVE EACH OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SELECT ONE, CORRECT, FROM THEIR 5 DIFFERENT DISTRICTS [INAUDIBLE].

OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER AND THEN SO WITH THAT, YOU HAVE 5.

WHERE DOES THE OTHER ARE YOU GOING TO 7, 9, 11? HOW MANY ARE YOU GOING TO. I THINK THE NUMBER SHOULD BE A LITTLE LESS.

BUT I MEAN, IF YOU REALLY WANT 11, YOU JUST HAVE TO FILL IT UP.

WE DON'T REALLY WANT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU'RE SO I'M JUST TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER YOUR RECOMMENDATION SO WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION.

MY NUMBER IS 7. OKAY.

SO YOU WOULD SAY 5, 1 FROM EACH DISTRICT AND 2 OTHERS MAKING UP AN ARTS AND CULTURE.

OKAY. SPECIFICALLY SO 5, 5 AND 2.

SO THAT. SO THAT'S THIS DISCUSSION IS GREAT.

SO IF WE CAN COME TO SOME TYPE OF CONSENSUS TODAY, THEN THAT'S GREAT.

IF IT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, THAT'S FINE.

WHAT SCOTT AND I WILL DO IS WE'LL GO BACK.

IF THERE'S CONSENSUS WITH SOMETHING ELSE, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE COUNTY AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT THE BOARD'S THINKING.

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SO THERE'S THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.

THERE'S THE ONE FROM EACH OF THE 5 DISTRICTS WITH TWO OTHERS FOR ARTS AND CULTURE RELATED ORGANIZATIONS, OR I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT 7 MEMBERS.

SO WHAT'S THE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A CONSENSUS OR DO WE WANT TO TABLE IT AND WAIT TILL NEXT MONTH AND BRING IT BACK UP TO THINK ABOUT IT? I'D SAY AT LEAST 11.

I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT AT THAT NUMBER.

OKAY. YES.

I JUST HAVE A THOUGHT OR A QUESTION.

I'M JUST PRESENTING ARTS AND CULTURE PEOPLE ARE OFTEN VERY DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS IN TERMS OF THEIR INTEREST AND FOCUS.

AND IF WE TAKE THE ARTS CULTURE PERFORMING ALL OF THOSE AT THE END AND MAKE IT ONLY 2, DOES THE ORGANIZATION BECOME SOMETHING ELSE RATHER THAN FOCUS ON THE ARTS? I THINK THAT ONE OF THE BENEFITS IS THAT MOST THAT EVERYONE HERE IS ART CULTURE AFFILIATED BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE MOST INVESTED IN LOOKING, PURSUING, PUSHING, MAKING IT HAPPEN.

WHEREAS IF YOU AND I DON'T KNOW THE OTHERS, BUT SO MUCH OF A FOCUS ELSEWHERE, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THE SAME INTEREST.

SO. SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE MEMBERS? WELL, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE NUMBERS, BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE PROPORTION.

SO I JUST THINK IT'S A POINT TO CONSIDER THAT IT'S ARTS AND CULTURE.

IT NEEDS TO HAVE THAT VOICE.

OKAY [INAUDIBLE] AT THE VERY LEAST, I THINK WE NEED 9 MEMBERS RATHER THAN AND WHO MAKES THE DETERMINATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED ON THIS? I THINK YOU'D HAVE TO ROTATE THROUGH ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS EACH TERM.

[INAUDIBLE] WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS NOT BASED ON ORGANIZATION.

IT'S BASED ON WHAT ARE THEY REPRESENTING? WHAT MEDIA IS IT ART? IS IT MUSIC? IS IT HISTORY? YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GIVING THE BOARD THE LEEWAY TO MAKE THAT DECISION, NOT NECESSARILY THIS ORGANIZATION OR THAT.

SO THAT'S IT'S UP TO YOU ALL AS A COLLECTIVE.

THAT'S A GREAT CLARIFICATION THAT THEY'RE IN THE ARTS NOT TIED TO AN ORGANIZATION.

RIGHT? BECAUSE THEN WE WE HAVE WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND WITNESSED IS IS JUST THAT LIKE SOMEONE LEAVES AND THEN THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO WANTS TO DO IT WHEN THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE ELSE WHO'S BRINGING A DIFFERENT PART OF THE COMMUNITY TO LIGHT.

THAT HAS TO BE CLEAR.

YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD THAT'S A GREAT PIECE OF THAT.

SO IT SAYS ORGANIZATIONS MUST REPRESENT ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING, BUT IT'S REALLY SO THE LAST SENTENCE IS CONSIDERATION SHALL BE GIVEN TO ALLOW FOR VARIETY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS.

YEAH, THAT'S HOW THE COUNTY AND I BRAINSTORMING AND IT'S GOT NICE BRAINSTORMING SESSION CAME UP WITH THAT SENTENCE TO DO JUST WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AS OPPOSED TO HAVING A PHONE CALL THAT SAYS, OKAY, WE NEED ONE MORE PERSON FROM THE HISTORY MUSEUM.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY.

WE'LL JUST GET ME RIGHT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 11 MEMBERS, 7 MEMBERS, 9 MEMBERS, MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, NOT SO LOPSIDED.

LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION, WANTING TO SEE IF THERE IS GOING TO BE CONSENSUS TODAY SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

IF NOT, AGAIN, WE CAN PUT IT TO NEXT MEETING AGENDA.

WE WANT OTHER FOLKS.

YEAH. WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS BECAUSE THEN SOMEONE COULD MAKE A MOTION, SOMEONE COULD AMEND THE MOTION, JUST KIND OF LOOKING FOR SOME CLARITY SO WE CAN GET TO WORK FOR YOU ON THIS. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE POSTPONE IT TILL THE NEXT MEETING SO WE HAVE MORE MEMBERS PRESENT.

OKAY. DO THAT TOO.

GOOD. A GOOD A GOOD ARGUMENT FOR LESS THAN 11.

AGAIN, THE SAME THING FOR JASON.

HE COULD ALSO PUT THIS OUT HERE AND ASK PEOPLE TO RESPOND BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE ON THIS PROPOSAL.

YEAH, WELL, IT WILL. SO WE WANT TO HAVE THE OPEN DISCUSSION FOR FOR PUBLIC RECORD AND TO HEAR EVERYONE.

SO WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT DISCUSSION.

YOU CAN CERTAINLY EMAIL US, BUT INSTEAD OF PUTTING UP EVERYONE'S IDEA, THEN IT'S GOING TO GET CONFUSING.

I'D RATHER THINK ABOUT WHERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE 11 DIFFERENT PROPOSED STRUCTURES, THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY HARD TO MANAGE.

BUT MAYBE NOT EVERYONE WILL RESPOND.

JUST TO JUST TO YOUR COMMENT, I DID GET FOUR NAMES FROM COMMISSIONERS OF ARTS BACKGROUND PEOPLE WHO IN OTHER COMMUNITIES MOVED HERE BUT DIDN'T BELONG TO AN ORGANIZATION.

BUT THEY WERE THEY WERE TOO LATE.

SO ROBIN [INAUDIBLE], FOR INSTANCE, TOOK A JOB WITH STAR AND SONG AS THEIR FOUNDATION DIRECTOR.

SO THERE ARE PLENTY OF ARTS BASED MUSICIANS LIKE BRAD NOT TIED TO AN ORGANIZATION.

THEY'RE OUT THERE. SO I THINK OPENING IT UP TO THE ARTS IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO TIE TO AN ORGANIZATION.

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ALL THIS NOTES WILL BE NOTES IN THE MINUTES THAT ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS COULD READ.

SO MINUTES AREN'T AREN'T THAT DETAILED.

AND IT'S BASICALLY SAY LIKE, THIS IS WHAT THE MOTION WAS.

THIS IS WHAT CARRIED, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.

I WOULD JUST SUGGEST YOU TAKE THIS DISCUSSION WITH YOU.

THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS THAT YOU'D LIKE.

THINK ABOUT DO YOU WANT REPRESENTATION FROM EACH JURISDICTION OR, YOU KNOW, THE TOWNS AND THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, HOW YOU KIND OF WANT THAT TO LOOK? AND THEN FROM THE ARTS AND CULTURE SCENE, HOW MANY ARE YOU THINKING IN TERMS OF THAT? AND JUST BRING YOUR THOUGHTS WITH YOU AND I'LL LEAD YOU THROUGH THE DISCUSSION NEXT MONTH AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

THIS ISN'T ANYTHING THAT'S PRESSING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS JUST TRYING TO KEEP US ALIGNED AND FOCUSED.

SO THE OTHER THING I WOULD MENTION IS WE THINK ABOUT PEOPLE FROM THE ARTS.

THERE IS NO REASON WHY THE FERNANDINA APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVE WOULDN'T BE SOMEBODY WHO'S REALLY INVOLVED IN THE ARTS. I MEAN, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT THEY WOULD BE.

I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING NOT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? EXACTLY.

AND SO, YEAH, THE WAY WE PROPOSE IT IS YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN UNINCORPORATED NASSAU.

YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN HILLIARD, LIVE IN CALLAHAN, LIVE IN THE CITY.

THE OTHERS DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, BECAUSE YOU'RE AN IRONWORKER AND YOU DO SCULPTURES WITH IRON.

YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE.

SO IT COULD BE HEAVY ON ONE.

YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE THAT ALL THE ARTISTS LIVE IN CALLAHAN.

YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GIVING YOU AN EXAMPLE.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE. BUT SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL TABLE THIS.

WE'LL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

JUST BRING YOUR THOUGHTS.

I'LL LEAD YOU THROUGH THE DISCUSSION.

AND IF WE REACH CONSENSUS, THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AND GO BACK TO THE COUNTY WITH SOMETHING ELSE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

I'M NEXT. OKAY.

WHILE YOU'RE THERE, YOU HAVE STAFF COMMENTS.

JUST JUST ONE THING ABOUT THE MEETING NEXT MONTH.

[7. STAFF COMMENTS]

AND SO WHAT WE NORMALLY DO, SCOTT GAVE ME THE HISTORY IS WE DO HAVE THE MEETING ON TUESDAY.

SO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH, IF THAT IF I CAN GET A NOD FROM AT LEAST ALL OF YOU THAT ARE HERE, IF THAT'S OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE MEETING TO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH.

SO, OKAY, ANYONE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT OR NEED TO MOVE IT A LITTLE FURTHER? NO. OKAY.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND POST IT FOR THE 5TH THEN TUESDAY, THE 5TH.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

APPRECIATE IT. NEXT MEETING IS SEPTEMBER.

DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY BECAUSE OF ONE OF THE MEMBERS WHO SEEMS TO HAVE A WORK SCHEDULE THAT ALWAYS HITS ON A FIRST MONDAY TO SEND OUT THE REST OF THE YEAR? KIND OF TENTATIVELY LIKE IT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST.

I KNOW WE SAY IT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST MONDAY, BUT WHENEVER I TALK TO SOMEBODY, THEY GO, WELL, IF I KNEW WHAT THE DATE WAS, I'D CHANGE MY WORK HOURS.

SERIOUSLY, IT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST MONDAY.

OCTOBER. LESS HALLOWEEN SCREWS YOU UP.

I DON'T KNOW HALLOWEEN HOLIDAYS SHOULD SCREW YOU UP.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO WE'RE OPEN NOW TO SOME BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS, IF THERE ARE ANY.

[8. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]

UM, I GUESS ALL I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT I'VE ATTENDED SINCE WE MET LAST AND IT DOESN'T GO TO SPEAK, BUT I'LL MAKE IT TWO SECONDS.

OKAY. FERNANDINA 200 STEERING COMMITTEE.

SO INTERESTING MEETINGS, VERY FOCUSED PEOPLE WASN'T REALLY INTRODUCED.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW POLITICALLY SITUATED EVERYBODY IS, BUT THEY REALLY SEEM TO HAVE IT VERY.

AND THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT.

YOU'RE LOOKING CURIOUS.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING.

[INAUDIBLE] I'M SORRY.

SORRY, SORRY. OKAY.

THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR STEERING, THEORY.

STEERING S T E E R STEERING COMMITTEE.

STEERING COMMITTEE. STEERING FOR FERNANDINA 200, WHICH IS THE 200TH CELEBRATION OF FERNANDINA BEACH HISTORICALLY.

OKAY. IT'S SET FOR THE YEAR OF 2024 AND BUT THEY ARE STARTING TO WORK ON IT NOW.

THE FINAL, I GUESS, HUGE CELEBRATION WILL BE ON JANUARY 1ST, 2025.

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IF THE LIBRARY IS DOING A SPECIFIC ACTIVITY RELATIVE TO THE 200TH OR THE MUSEUM, DOES A HISTORY PRESENTATION ABOUT THE HISTORICAL FACTS OR STREET NAMES OR ANYTHING ELSE, THAT THEY INCLUDE SOMETHING THAT RELATES TO THIS ORGANIZATION. IT IS JUST AN ORGANIZING.

IT IS THEY'RE NOT TAKING ON ANY PROJECT SPECIFICALLY.

THEY ALSO ARE THINKING ABOUT PARADE AND A BIG, HUGE OPEN STREET OF CENTER STREET ON THE 1ST DAY IN JANUARY.

AND IT'S UNCLEAR EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING TO TO INCLUDE MURALS ON 11TH AND 8TH STREET, AND THEY HAVE HIGHLIGHTED 11 PLACES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE THINKING, BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF.

SO THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU NOW.

I DON'T GET MUCH OF AN INFORMATION.

I HAVE ALL THE NOTES.

THEIR WEBSITE IS REALLY VERY GOOD AND IT'S VERY EASY FOR ANYONE TO ACCESS AND LOOK UP AND, LET ME SEE. I SHOULD GIVE YOU THE WEBSITE JUST SO YOU CAN JUST PUT THIS IN THE MEETING IF I CAN FIND IT.

I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU.

ANYWAY, SO IT'S HIGHLIGHTED AROUND FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET AND BUT IT'S THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE ON SOME LEVEL, WHICH INCLUDES US, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S A GREAT ADVANTAGE IF WE WORK WITH THEM AND THEN THAT HELPS THEM WORK WITH US.

OKAY. I'D LIKE TO ASK THE PARKS AND REC, ARE YOU ALL INVOLVED IN THIS ORGANIZATION FOR FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET ? YEAH. MAIN STREET IN THE CITY OF LONG PARTNERSHIP.

SO WE ARE INVOLVED IN THE 200 CELEBRATION.

YEAH. WE HAVE CITY REPRESENTATION INVOLVED.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT BEEN TO A MEETING YET, BUT YES, IT'S IN OUR FUTURE.

SO YOU COULD SUGGEST AT YOUR MEETING ABOUT INCLUDING THE ARTS AND CULTURE.

OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WELL, AND NOW THAT SHE'S THERE AND WE ARE, WE ARE MORE.

YEAH, WE SUPPORT EVERYTHING.

WE, WE'RE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THE EVENTS.

WE JUST ARE. WE ALWAYS ARE.

SO WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE A PART OF IT ANYWAY.

BUT YES, SCOTT AND I WILL BE A PART OF THAT PLANNING PROCESS VERY SOON.

AND SO WE HAVE THE OPTION TO DO SOMETHING AS AN ORGANIZATION, SHOULD WE WANT TO DO THAT, OR WE CAN JUST SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE.

SO WE HAVE SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE ACTUAL DATE IS JANUARY 2025, JANUARY 1ST, RIGHT? CELEBRATIONS THE WHOLE YEAR.

IT'S JUST GOING TO WORK UP TO THAT ONE DATE.

OKAY. SO YOU'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME TO KIND OF THINK.

THEY DID ASK ABOUT OUR APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING.

SO THAT'S A WAY THAT WE MIGHT WE MIGHT HELP FUND A SMALL PROJECT.

AND IF THEY FIND SOMEBODY THAT IS WILLING TO WRITE THE APPLICATION, THAT MIGHT BE ONE INTERESTING WAY AMONGST MANY OTHERS.

BUT THEY'RE STILL AT THE BEGINNING STAGES.

SURE, IF THEY HAVE AN ARTIST THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN FILLING OUT AN APPLICATION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

WELL, I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THE YOUTH AND SENIOR GRANTS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE YOUTH AND SENIOR GRANTS.

BUT MAYBE THERE'S A WAY WE COULD APPROPRIATE ONE OF, YOU KNOW, TO SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE DOING IF THEY HAVE A GROUP THAT NEEDS A LITTLE SUPPORT FOR AN ACTIVITY. SO THEY COULD INCLUDE US IF IT MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR OUR APPLICATION, THEN OBVIOUSLY YEAH, YEAH. ANY IF IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE MURALS PAINTED WILL THIS GROUP, WHOEVER DOES IT, WILL THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE TEMPORARY ART APPLICATION PROCESS? PUBLIC ART SEPARATE? IT'S TOTALLY A SEPARATE ORGANIZATION.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH US AT ALL.

WHY NOT? THEY HAVE TO. IT'S PUBLIC ART.

IT'S PUBLIC ART.

THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

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OH, SO SHE KNOWS.

SHE KNOWS. SO I DON'T SEE I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.

I THINK I MEAN, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME, BUT I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY.

YEAH. SO THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD FOLLOW UP ON.

WE'RE NOT 100% SURE YET.

YEAH, I BROUGHT HER THE MURAL ARTIST, ACTUALLY.

ALREADY SHE KNOWS ONE.

OKAY, SO. SO WHATEVER.

WHATEVER SHE WANTS, WE'LL FOLLOW.

YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A HUGE, BIG DEAL, BUT I THINK WE PROBABLY HAVE TO.

YEAH, IT'S NOT A HUGE DEAL.

I COULD. IT POSSIBLY COULD BE OUTSIDE THE REALM.

I DON'T KNOW. BUT THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT WE SHOULD FOLLOW UP.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, RIGHT? IT'S A 200 YEAR CELEBRATION, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN BEING SPONSORED BY ANOTHER.

YES. SO THAT'S WHY I'M NOT SURE.

YEAH, IT'S NOT AN INDIVIDUAL ARTIST WANTING TO [INAUDIBLE].

YEAH. SO ANYWAY, SANDRA, THIS IS KIND OF AN ASIDE, BUT IT'S ALSO THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISLAND ART ASSOCIATION.

SO WE'RE PLANNING AND WE HAVE OUR FIRST STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING ON FRIDAY, A YEAR LONG CELEBRATION ALSO.

SO COOL.

YEAH, GOOD. I'M NOT SURE IF IT STARTS IN 24, BUT I KNOW IT'S GOING THROUGH THE 1ST, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE MAYBE AN OVERLAP OR COULD BE ENHANCED OR WHATEVER.

THAT'S GREAT. I'LL KNOW MORE AFTER FRIDAY.

OKAY, LET US KNOW.

YOU GOT ANY WORDS ON THE PIRATE? THEY'RE LOOKING TO WORK ON THE BASE.

I TALKED TO SAL RECENTLY.

IS THIS THE SAME PIRATE THAT'S IN FRONT OF THE SALOON OR IN FRONT OF THE DEPOT? THE DEPOT. THE DEPOT.

THE DEPOT. OKAY. YEAH.

IT'S IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

THAT'S WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

[INAUDIBLE] THE GUY FROM THE PIRATES ORGANIZATION, JOE BROWN.

YEAH. WE EMAILED HIM LAST WEEK.

SO GOING ON. YEP.

VERY GOOD. HOPEFULLY HE WILL RESPOND TO HIS EMAIL.

YEAH, WE'RE JUST. YEAH, IT'S IN THE CITY MANAGER'S HANDS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING PROBABLY THIS WEEK OR NEXT.

YEAH, IT'D BE GREAT TO GET IT UP BY I PEG-LEG PETE.

YEAH. PEG-LEG PETE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME ONE.

YES, I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN UP THERE FOR A WHILE.

SO WAS IT THERE BEFORE OUR ORGANIZATION WAS ORGANIZED? THAT I DON'T KNOW.

I'M NOT SURE. YES, I THINK SO.

SCOTT'S PROBABLY BEEN HERE LONGER THAN THAT.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.

SO MAYBE IT DOESN'T FALL WITHIN OUR RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT. CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO.

GREAT. OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE BOARD? I HAVE A FEW THINGS BEFORE WE CLOSE.

GOOD, JOHNNY. OKAY.

PENNY'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

ARE WE GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT GETTING MORE REC CARDS? DO I HAVE TO HAVE TO ASK FOR THE MONEY, OR WHAT DO YOU NEED? BECAUSE I GAVE THEM OUT TO THE FIVE LIBRARIES I TRAVELED ALL AROUND, SO THAT'LL LAST A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

I GAVE IT TO STARRING SONG.

I GAVE IT TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

I MEAN, YOU GOT X AMOUNT, AND APPARENTLY THERE'S NO MORE LEFT, RIGHT? YEAH. IF THERE ARE NO MORE LEFT, THEN LET'S LOOK AT IT.

YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] SO WE CAN LOOK AT PURCHASING MORE.

YES. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO DO? WELL, COULD I ASK ONE QUESTION? HAVE YOU ALL DONE ANYTHING WITH THE ONES THAT YOU'VE TAKEN? HAS ANYBODY PUT THEM ANYWHERE[INAUDIBLE]? EXCELLENT. THERE YOU GO.

OKAY. AND I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION I WORK AS A GREETER AT THE MUSEUM.

THIS IS A TOTALLY ASIDE.

OKAY. AND THERE'S A WALL OF CARDS, RIGHT? YEP. AND THEY'RE ALL COLORED.

PRETTY CONFUSING. NO.

AND BUT THE THE ARTS AND CULTURE ONE, BECAUSE IT'S WHITE, IT JUST STANDS OUT.

IT'S REALLY COOL, ACTUALLY.

AND I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT AS A BENEFIT.

BUT ALL THE OTHERS JUST SORT OF FADE INTO THE BACKGROUND AND HERE'S THIS WHITE REC CARD.

IT'S REALLY COOL.

SO YEAH, AND SCOTT, TO THAT POINT, I THINK THE BOARD SHOULD LOOK NEXT YEAR AT MINIMIZING THE EXPENSE ON ADVERTISING, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM TO BE MAKING A HECK OF A DIFFERENCE AND UTILIZING THE THINGS THAT WE STARTED TO DO NOW, GETTING THE ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP US PUT SIGNS UP, HAND OUT THE CARDS. IT'S CHEAPER TO GO THIS ROUTE THAN TO SPEND THE MONEY.

YEAH. AND I AND I THINK SPENDING THE MONEY ON ADVERTISING, ADVERTISING, NOT A BAD IDEA TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT IT SEE WHAT IT DID PRODUCE.

AND I THINK AND I THINK WE GOT THE RESULTS.

SO YEAH, AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE YEAR IN THE FALL.

BUT, BUT YEAH, I THINK THIS IS ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE HANDS ON IN MOVING, MOVING THE MESSAGE, WELL THEN THE PEOPLE THAT ATTEND OR GO TO

[00:55:02]

AND WE'RE REACHING THAT CLIENTELE PERFECTLY.

RIGHT. GREAT.

SO THE NEXT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING IS ON THE 28TH AND YOU'RE ALL INVITED BY THE WAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE IF YOU JUST WANT TO SIT THROUGH IT.

IT'S HERE AT THE CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM UPSTAIRS.

ANYBODY'S INTERESTED JUST LET SCOTT KNOW AND HE'LL MAKE SURE YOU FIND OUT ABOUT IT.

OKAY. JASON, COULD WE PUT UP THE ARTS ALLIANCE WEBSITE? OKAY. IN MY CONVERSATIONS IN THIS LAST YEAR OR SO, I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND THEY SAY, WITH ALL DUE LOGIC AND RESPECT, WELL, WHAT IS THE OTHER COUNTIES DOING? SO I FOUND THIS ORGANIZATION WHICH IS FUNDED BY THE ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, AND THEY ARE AN ADVOCACY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR EVERY COUNTY LL.

WHAT IS IT? LAA.

YEAH, EVERY ONE OF THEM IS IS A MEMBER HERE.

AND SO YOU COULD GO ON TO THE WEBSITE AND LIKE I PLEASE ASK YOU ALL TO DO THAT FLCA.NET, AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE WAY WE CAN GET INFORMATION, WE CAN SHARE INFORMATION.

YOU CAN ALL LISTEN TO THEIR BOARD MEMBERS MEETINGS ONLINE AND IT SHOWS YOU WHAT THE OTHER COUNTIES ARE DOING, HOW THEY'RE MOVING THEIR MONEY, WHERE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR MONEY. AND THE REASON I SHOW YOU THIS IS BECAUSE I WANT TO JOIN THIS.

I WANT US, NOT ME, US TO JOIN THIS ORGANIZATION.

IT'S $100 A YEAR AND WE WOULD ALL BE ALLOWED TO THEN ACCESS ALL THEIR RESOURCES, THEIR OPPORTUNITIES, THEIR EMAIL BLASTS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING AROUND THE STATE THROUGH THROUGH THE COUNTY ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS.

SO DO I HAVE TO TO GET THEM TO APPROVE THIS $100? DO I NEED TO PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA? WELL, YOU CAN MAKE SOMEBODY CAN MAKE A MOTION TODAY AND HAVE IT APPROVED.

I GUESS IT WAS AN ADVERTISED.

SO I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO PUT IT ON.

IT'S DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ADVERTISED? YEAH. SO I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS TO MOVE IT TO NEXT MONTH AND THEN WE'LL JUST DO I DON'T THINK WE CAN MAKE A MOTION DURING BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.

VERY GOOD SO GREAT IDEA.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE WITH IT.

NO, I WANTED YOU TO SEE WE COULD PRESENT IT AS A DISCUSSION ITEM AT THE NEXT MEETING AND THEN SOMEONE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD.

ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ANY NUMBER OF TIMES.

GO ASK THEM WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL BRING IT UP ON THE NEXT AGENDA.

ALSO, FINAL STATEMENT I HAVE HERE, THE ART LEADERS ORGANIZATION MEETING.

THE SECOND ONE FOR THE YEAR IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 25TH.

YOU ALL ATTENDED THE ONE IN FEBRUARY, I BELIEVE.

SO, JASON WE'LL NEED TO WE'LL NEED A PLACE TO MEET TO MORNING MEETING.

IT USUALLY RUNS 10 TO 12.

AND I THINK WE MET IN YOUR BUILDING.

OH, SORRY. NO, NO, WE MET.

SO THE FIRST ONE WAS AT STORY AND SONG, AND THEN I BELIEVE THE SECOND ONE WAS AT THE MLK AUDITORIUM.

OH, THERE YOU GO. VERY GOOD.

DO YOU HAVE A DATE FOR THAT, RICHARD? YES. SORRY.

SEPTEMBER 25TH.

AND WHO'S IT? ARE WE THE SPONSOR OF IT? YES. YEAH.

AND WHEN IS IT? WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE? WE WILL CHECK OUR CALENDAR.

BUT LAST THE LAST THE LAST ONE WAS AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING RECREATION CENTER AUDITORIUM, RIGHT OFF OF ELM STREET OFF OF ELM STREET.

OKAY. WE'LL HAVE INFORMATION.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP.

WHAT IS THE TITLE OF THAT MEETING? IT'S THE ART LEADERS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.

SO WHAT WE DO IS WE GET WE INVITE ALL THE 25 OF ABBOTT AND THOSE CHARACTERS AND MAIN STREET COMES AND TOURISTS USUALLY SHOWS UP.

SO IT'S A GOOD WAY FOR ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS TO SHARE SOME IDEAS, TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES THEY'RE HAVING, CELEBRATE THEIR ANNIVERSARY AND ANYTHING THAT'S RELEVANT THAT WE WE COULD EITHER HELP THEM AS A RESOURCE OR PUT SOME PEOPLE TOGETHER TO WORK ON A PROJECT AND IT GIVES THE BOARD MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEIR PAIN IS COMING FROM.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY ALL HAD COVID ISSUES, RIGHT? I THINK WE'VE RECOVERED FROM THAT RATHER NICELY, BUT THEY MAY HAVE NEW IDEAS AND NEW ISSUES.

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AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE IT IN OUR VISION STATEMENT.

IF YOU EVER WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT SOMETIME IN THE NEXT FUTURE.

FOSTER THE COLLABORATION OF IDEAS NEW.

PROGRAMS, INFRASTRUCTURE EVENTS AND PROVIDE GRANTS TO 501C3.

IT'S ALL PART OF WHAT WE DO TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

OKAY. THAT WAS MY LAST, LAST ITEM.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER THINGS TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NONE HEARING.

DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SECOND. SECOND.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.