>> WELL. OKAY, THEN WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER TODAY.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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AND IF YOU KATIE WOULDN'T MIND GIVING US THE ROLL CALL.>> MEMBER ROBINSON. MEMBER WELLS.
>> VERY GOOD. WE'LL ALL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
SO WE HAVE A LIMITED AGENDA TODAY, BUT LET'S DO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WE'VE ALL GOT THEM. I THINK SCOTT SENT THEM OUT AS AN E-MAIL PACKET.ANY COMMENTS, CHANGES, QUESTIONS, DELETIONS ON THE MINUTES? NO. HEARING NONE, I NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES.
>> OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> ANYBODY OPPOSE? NO. OKAY. APPROVED. VERY GOOD. IT'S CHRISTINE.
I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT PEOPLE HERE.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS AS WE WORK TO UNWIND THINGS HERE.
[6.1 Three-Year Strategic Plan]
AND ONE OF THEM WAS THE THREE YEAR PLAN THAT WE WROTE.IT'S INCLUDED IN THE PACKET THAT YOU HAVE OR IF YOU DIDN'T GET IT, YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU.
LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT THIS WAS IN NOVEMBER, WHICH WAS THE PLAN THAT WE HAD ALL ALONG, WAS TO CREATE THE PLAN BY COMMITTEE AND THEN BRING IT TO THE BOARD IN NOVEMBER FOR SOME COMMENTS AND APPROVAL.
AND AT THAT POINT, IT SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAD A LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON AT THE TIME, BUT ALSO SOME FOLKS DID LOOK AT IT.
AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ALL THESE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS WERE AREAS THAT THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT.
SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT MADE THESE QUESTIONS OR BROUGHT UP THINGS, THEY'RE NOT HERE.
AND IN ALL FAIRNESS TO YOUR TIME AND TALENT, THE NEW ORGANIZATION, SHOULD THEY MOVE FORWARD, WOULD PROBABLY TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS, BEING A MUCH DIFFERENT MISSION THAN THE CURRENT BOARD MISSION.
BUT BECAUSE YOU SPENT THE TIME AND EFFORT AND BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING TO HAND OFF FOR THE RECORD TO THE THEORETICALLY NEW ORGANIZATION, I'D LIKE US TO WALK THROUGH THIS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT CHRISTINE EVER COMMENTED ON THIS, AND MAYBE LAUREN HADN'T EITHER.
I KNOW THAT BRAD AND KIM WORKED ON IT.
THEY SHOULD CERTAINLY HAVE SOME INPUT.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S THE AGENDA FOR TODAY, AND WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER BUSINESS AND NEWS TO TALK ABOUT.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND WALKING THROUGH THIS.
LET'S SEE HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT ANYTHING.
IF THERE'S REALLY NOTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO IT, THAT'S FINE.
I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE A CASE FOR EDITING THIS WHOLE THING, BUT THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE PART OF THE COMMITTEE DID APPROVE IT AS YOU SEE IT WITHOUT THE HIGHLIGHTS.
FIRST HIGHLIGHT THAT I SEE IS LOOKING THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SHEET.
AND AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE SUBMITTED THIS, KATHERINE HAD WORKED SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY IN TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE PLANS THAT I CERTAINLY FELT AND I THINK THE COMMITTEE FELT WAS THAT, COME UP HERE.
YEAH, COME ON UP. THE WATER IS FINE.
>> HE CAN SIT HERE ON THE CORNER.
>> YEAH. THERE'S PAPERS HERE TOO.
>> HE CAN SIT RIGHT NEXT TO RUSSO TOO.
>> OKAY. RIGHT HERE. I'M SORRY.
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>> YOU'RE WELCOME. AND YOU ARE?
>> I'M JARED HILL WITH THE AMELIA ISLAND MUSEUM OF HISTORY.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. WE'VE MET MANY NUMBER OF TIMES.
>> THE NAMES NEVER STICK FOR A WHILE.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, WHICH SHOULD BE.
>> YEAH, I CAN GET THEM IF THEY'RE NOT IN FRONT OF HIM.
>> YEAH, THERE IT IS. HE'S GOT IT.
>> MR. HILL JUST SO YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS RECORDED AND LIVE ON VIDEO.
>> THAT IS WHAT THIS MICROPHONE IS. SO JUST SPEAK CLEARLY INTO IT.
>> OKAY. SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT THIS DOCUMENT WHICH ACCORDING TO THE PLANS OF THE COMMITTEE, WAS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN NOVEMBER, WHICH IT WAS AND FINALIZED, SO THAT MOVING INTO THE NEW YEAR WE WOULD HAVE THE THREE YEAR PLAN.
BUT KATHERINE AND THE COUNTY FOLKS, BRANDY PERHAPS, HAD A MEETING THAT ALSO TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOARD SO THAT IT WAS AN ALL COMING FROM THE CITY AND CITY AGENCIES.
IT WAS TO REPRESENT THE OTHER TOWNS OF CALLAHAN, HILLIARD, BRYCEVILLE, THE YULEE AREA, AS WELL AS FERNANDINA.
THAT FIRST ITEM THAT PROBABLY GOT HIGHLIGHTED PROBABLY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT, I'M SORRY, HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT.
THE NEW PLAN GOING FORWARD WOULD PROBABLY PICK UP THAT SAME THEME.
SO, IT SAYS HERE, ONE OF THE WEAKNESSES WAS THAT IT WAS LIMITED COUNTY WIDE AWARENESS AND THAT SEVEN OF THE NINE BOARD MEMBERS ARE REPRESENTING ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME FROM THE CITY.
WE HIGHLIGHTED THAT AS A WEAKNESS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER REASON THAT SOMEBODY BROUGHT THAT TO ANYBODY'S ATTENTION AS A PROBLEM, BUT THE COMMITTEE FELT THAT WAS AN ISSUE.
ANYTHING RING A BELL TO YOU AND WHY THAT?
>> THE ONLY THING I THINK THAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE FELT OFFENDED AS IF THEY WERE A WEAKNESS, IF THEY REPRESENTED AN ORGANIZATION.
BUT LOOKING AT THE GRAND SCHEME, I THINK EVERYBODY REALIZES THAT IT CAN BE A WEAKNESS.
I JUST DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTED TO BE REFERRED TO AS WEAKNESS.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT AND THEY'RE REPRESENTING, ACTUALLY THEY SAID, I'M DOING A GREAT JOB.
THE PROBLEM IS, THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED, IT IS A WEAKNESS FOR THE OVERALL PICTURE.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE ISSUE WAS.
>> ARE WE OKAY TO LEAVE IT THERE OR DO YOU WANT TO MAKE SOME CHANGES? BECAUSE AFTER I LEAVE TODAY, I WILL REDO THIS AGAIN AND SEND IT TO SCOTT SO IT BECOMES PART OF THE, COME ON, I'M REALLY SORRY. GOOD GRIEF.
THIS NEVER HAPPENED IN TWO YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.
[LAUGHTER] NEVER HAS EVER HAPPENED.
YOU GOT TO GO OUT WITH A BANG.
WELL, I GUESS IS ANYBODY I DON'T REPRESENT AN ORGANIZATION, I'M INDEPENDENT AND JUST HERE, ANYBODY THAT IS WITH AN ORGANIZATION, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT IS OFFENSIVE TO YOU OR MAKES YOU FEEL WORTHLESS? OR DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE WAY IT TO BE WRITTEN AS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? I GUESS THAT WOULD BE IS ANYBODY HERE WITH A GROUP FEEL LIKE THAT MAKES THEM FEEL WORTHLESS INSTEAD OF WHAT THEY'RE MEANING BY THE OVERALL?
>> THE ONLY THING IS POSSIBLY THAT YOU MIGHT NEED TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS.
I KNOW AT THE PORT, WE JUST DID THAT AFTER MANY, MANY YEARS OF BEING 12, WE INCREASED IT TO 14 TO INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE OF INTERESTED GROUPS.
>> SURE, AND THERE ARE NINE ACTUAL BOARD MEMBERS.
NOT JUST SEVEN, BUT SEVEN OUT OF THE NINE ARE KIND OF CITY BASED.
WE CERTAINLY FELT LIKE THAT DIDN'T AND IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE A WHILE, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT DIDN'T GIVE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE AS A THEORETICALLY COUNTY RESPONSIBLE BOARD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT WASN'T SHARED BY MANY OF THE FOLKS.
THEY WERE FOCUSED ON BEING HERE FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION.
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THEY WERE MORE INTERESTED IN THE CITY WIDE THINGS THAT AFFECTED WHAT THEY DID, AND EVERY CONVERSATION THAT LED US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE COUNTY WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN YULEE AND HOW WE'RE MISSING THE EXPANSION OPPORTUNITIES.IT JUST THAT CONVERSATION NEVER GOT OFF THE GROUND. FAIR ENOUGH.
IT WAS 15 YEARS OR 16 YEARS OF THE SAME STRUCTURE.
I'M SURE THERE WAS SOME RESISTANCE WITH THE FACT THAT THERE WERE NO TERM LIMITS.
SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WERE ON THIS BOARD FOR MANY YEARS, AND SO THEY CARRIED FORWARD A LOT OF THAT IDEA OF WHO THEY WERE.
AS I LAID THIS OUT, I CERTAINLY FELT LIKE AS A COUNTY WIDE BOARD, IT SHOULD'VE HAD A BROADER PURVIEW, SO I'M OKAY WITH LEAVING IT UNLESS ANYBODY WANTS TO CHANGE.
>> IT JUST FEELS A SENTENCE FEELS A LITTLE AWKWARD, LIKE A LITTLE VAGUE.
I WOULD ALMOST EVEN SAY SEVEN OF NINE BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTATIVE WERE TRYING TO SAY LIKE, YOU KNOW, MORE LOCALIZED ARTS ORGANIZATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT VERSUS COUNTY WIDE.
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOLD ONE SENTENCE LIMITED COUNTY WIDE AWARENESS.
I UNDERSTAND BULLET POINTS AND ALL THAT.
>> YOU WANT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR US?
>> I THINK MAY SAY SEVEN OF NINE BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENT LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS VERSUS COUNTY WIDE. GOOD. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
>> WHICH IS EXACTLY THE SPIRIT OF THIS THING. YEAH.
>> JUST ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND, A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS YES.
BASED IN TOWN, THEY COMPRISE OF STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY, AND EVEN DANCE FESTIVAL, FOR EXAMPLE, BASED ON ISLAND.
BUT THEY HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH BUSINESSES VENUES OFF ISLAND BLUE FIRE.
THEY HAVE A PARTNERSHIP RIGHT NOW WITH THE FUNDRAISER EVENT HAPPENING IN LATE MARCH AT DISCO, WHICH SO THERE'S A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LOCALIZED THING, IT'S YEAH.
REACH IS AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, BUT I'M GOOD WITH THIS.
>> THANK YOU, AND THE ISSUE IS YOU'RE VOTING ON STUFF THAT AFFECTS HOW THE BOARD WORKS AND THAT'S WHY IT'S TRUE, THE REACH IS LARGER.
IN FACT, WE HAVE BLUE FIRE THEATER ON 17 YULEE.
WE HAVE CALLAHAN REPRESENTING THE HISTORIC SOCIETY.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE.
BUT I THINK THE WEAKNESS PART BECOMES, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DECISIONS AND VOTES, THEY'RE BEING DRIVEN BY THE MAJORITY OF CITY PEOPLE.
I'D LIKE TO CHANGE SEVEN OF NINE BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENT CITY AS OPPOSED TO COUNTY WIDE ORGANIZATIONS.
>> APOLOGIES. I WOULD PROBABLY PUT 11, SEVEN OF THE 11 BOARD MEMBERS. YEAH.
>> I LIKE TO KEEP TRACK. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU, SCOTT. SEVEN OF THE 11 BOARD MEMBERS. YEAH, GO AHEAD.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT REPRESENT AMELIA COMMUNITY THEATER, BUT I CERTAINLY EMBRACE ALL OF THE OTHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
EVEN IF I'M REPRESENTING THEM, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I DON'T CHERISH WHAT, YOU KNOW, ISLAND DANCE FESTIVAL DOES AND OTHER YEAH. OTHER ARTS.
>> NO. AGREED I DON'T THINK THIS THIS REALLY IS MEANT TO BE POINTED AT THE BOARD MEMBERS.
OKAY. I THINK WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS WHAT? WERE WE TO ACCEPT THIS CHANGE? WE WOULD AS KATHERINE AND THE COUNTY PEOPLE HAD STARTED TALKING ABOUT, TALK ABOUT BRINGING THE FIVE DIFFERENT VOTING DISTRICTS TO HAVE A PERSON FROM ALL FIVE ADDED TO THE OTHER FOUR OR SIX THAT ARE ALREADY HERE.
SO WE WEREN'T GOING TO ELIMINATE ANY OF THE CITY PEOPLE.
WE WERE JUST GOING TO ADD TO THEM AS ATTRITION CAME INTO PLAY.
THAT COUNTY GOT A FEW MORE PEOPLE SITTING THERE WITH THEIR INTERESTS.
>> I THINK THAT WAS THE AH, I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THE BOARD HAS ALWAYS LOOKED OUT FOR THE COUNTY.
OUR FORMER CHAIR, MARCH POWELL, SHE WAS A COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE AND SHE WAS THE CHAIR FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AND LED THE MOST OF THE CONVERSATION.
SO IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN THOUGHT OF AND I'M SURE THE COUNTY THEY DIDN'T
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IF THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES DIDN'T FEEL AS THOUGH WE WERE LOOKING OUT TO THE COUNTY, THEY COULD HAVE VERY WELL PULLED THE, YOU KNOW, THE LAA DESIGNATION.SO AND AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE POINT THE BOARD HAS ALWAYS LOOKED OUT FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY.
>> IT DOESN'T SAY HERE THAT THE COUNTY FELT COLLECTED OR WRITING LIKE THAT.
YEAH. IT WAS JUST A VOTING THING. VERY GOOD.
THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS THE OTHER WEAKNESS WAS OBVIOUSLY THE LACK OF FUNDING.
WHAT WHAT I'M GOING TO DO WHEN WE'RE DONE HERE TODAY IS I WILL SEND YOU THIS DOCUMENT AGAIN TO MATCH IT TO YOUR NOTES, AND THEN IT WILL BE THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THIS PLAN FOR THE FOR THE CITY.
THE SECOND ONE WAS IN OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS WAS MARKED AS AN OPPORTUNITY WE WANTED TO ALIGN ARTS AND CULTURE NASSAU GOALS WITH THE NASSAU COUNTY STREET OF FIVE YEAR PLAN TO MEET THE MID COUNTY GROWTH.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE RUB CAME IN ON THAT ONE.
AGAIN, IT'S ADDING A PART OF WHAT THE MISSION SHOULD LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD TO REALIZE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE LEE AREA AND BEYOND.
HOW IS ARTS AND CULTURE GOING TO PUT THAT IN TO THEIR VISION AND/OR THEIR MISSION STATEMENT TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE THINK, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GROW.
ANYBODY REALLY WANT TO CHANGE THAT IN ANY WAY OR FIGURE IT OUT?
>> YEAH. IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS SINCE WE LOOKED AT THIS, SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.
OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE'LL LEAVE THAT.
THIS OTHER PART SAYS GAIN ABILITY TO OBTAIN GRANTS AND DONATIONS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND COLLABORATION WITH THE 20 PLUS COUNTY ART LEADERS AT SUCCESSFUL BUY END REFORMS. AGAIN, I THINK THAT MAYBE IT'S JUST THE WORDING, BUT WE HAD WE HAD NO INTENTION OF CHANGING THAT FORM.
IT WAS CONTINUES TO BE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
WE INVOLVED MORE PEOPLE, MORE ORGANIZATIONS, SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE THEY SAY WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE THAT OR WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE THE WORD CONTINUE.
>> ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE, I FEEL STRONGLY THAT THE FORUM IS A VERY POWERFUL THING FOR THE ARTS COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO GIVE RICHARD CREDIT FOR CREATING THIS OPPORTUNITY, ASSEMBLING ALL THE DIVERSE LEADERS, GETTING ALL OF THIS GROUP UNDER ONE ROOF FOR THE TWO HOUR MEETING, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE.
I'VE HAD A LOT OF VERY STRONG FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW POSITIVE.
I DID HAVE SOME FEEDBACK THAT CAME FROM VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS DESIRING EITHER SOME EMBEDDED NETWORKING BREAK IN THE MEETING, LIKE A BREAKOUT OH.
WHERE THEY COULD HAVE THOSE FINE TUNING CONVERSATIONS AND FOLLOW UP ON PARTNERSHIP TYPE OF THING.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A MISSTEP TO DISSOLVE THAT DISCONTINUE IN A TIME WHERE ZOOM AND E MAIL AND DIGITAL, LIKE IT REALLY SAYS A LOT, WHEN THE ARTISTS, THE CREATIVES IN TOWN ARE TOGETHER IN ONE SPACE IN PERSON.
HAVING THE CONNECTION, I THINK IS VERY NECESSARY.
I THINK IT'S HUGE POTENTIAL THAT I MEAN, I KNOW OPERA FESTIVAL AND DANCE FESTIVAL, THEY CONNECTED FEBRUARY OF 23 AND THAT MEETING AT THE FORUM SPAWNED THEIR COLLABORATION THAT TOOK PLACE AT ACT.
GREAT. THE FORUM I THINK SHOULD STAY.
>> OKAY, SO I DON'T SEE ANY WORDING CHANGE HERE,
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SO WE WOULD JUST CONTINUE AND EXPAND COLLABORATION WITH THE 20 PLUS COUNTY ART LEADERS AT THE BIANNUAL FORM.WERE GOOD. YEAH, JUST KEEP IT IN THERE. YOU WERE THERE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU, LAUREN, FOR THOSE KIND WORDS.
THREATS, INADEQUATE LONG TERM FUNDING, THAT'S A THREAT.
THAT'S WHY WE DID IT. LIMITED RESOURCES, WORK TIME, AND COMMITTEES.
THAT REFLECTS THE SUNSHINE LAW AND THE ABILITY TO GET FOLKS TO WORK ON A COMMITTEE AND THE CONSTRAINT OF HAVING A COMMITTEE THAT REQUIRES CITY TO BE A CITY PERSON.
ALL THAT WAS WHAT IS LISTED AND I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THOSE ARE THREATS TO EXPANDING THE OPPORTUNITIES.
DON'T LIKE THE WORDING ANYTHING. WE WANT TO CHANGE.
LIMITED RESOURCES, WORK TIME, AND COMMITTEES.
I KNOW THESE AREN'T REALLY NICE SENTENCES. IS IT CHRISTINE?
>> THAT IS OKAY. IT'S CLEAR, I THINK ENOUGH.
>> I THINK WE WANTED TO BUILD THIS PIECE, THIS PLAN ON THE SWOT ASSESSMENT.
THAT'S WHAT DRIVES THE RESULTS.
THE NEXT ONE BEING RESPONSIBLE, BOTH CITY AND THE COUNTY.
THAT'S REALLY LIKE YOU BOTH PARTIES ARE WEIGHING IN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BOARD.
SOMETIMES THE CITY LIKE SOMETHING BUT THE COUNTY DOESN'T.
SOMETIMES THE COUNTY SAID, WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO BE THE LAWMAKERS WHEN YOU HAVE TO APPEAL TO BOTH GROUPS THAT REALLY HAVE DIFFERENT AGENDAS.
BUT THE OTHER ONE THAT SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED WAS JURISDICTIONS, RULES, GOALS, AND NEW COUNTY RESIDENTS NEEDS.
JUST STATING THE OBVIOUS AGAIN ABOUT WHY THERE'S BASICALLY TWO GROUPS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK FOR.
WHAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, WHAT THEIR RULES ARE ON, HOW TO GET THINGS DONE, THE GOALS OF EACH ORGANIZATION, AND WHAT WE SAW AS THE COUNTY'S GROWTH NEEDS, WHICH DON'T CALL FOR ANY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ARTS AND CULTURE THAT I COULD FIND IN WILD LIFE PLANS, IN THE TOURIST BOARD'S PLANS, IN ANYBODY'S PLANS FOR THAT EXPECTED EXPANSION IN THE NEXT THREE OR FIVE YEARS.
>> MR. RICHARD, IS THAT IMPORTANT ENOUGH THAT IT NEEDS TO BE PULLED OUT INTO ITS OWN SPOTLIGHT? BECAUSE WHEN THEY LOOK AT THAT NEW COUNTY RESIDENTS NEEDS, I WAS WONDERING, IS IT A COMPETING NEED? IS IT JUST BUT NOW YOU EXPLAIN IT. IS THE GROWTH.
>> IS IT'S THE GROWTH AND THERE'S NOTHING PLANNED?
>> YEAH. TO ME, I RECOMMEND ALMOST PULLING THAT OUT AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LACK INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXPLOSIVE GROWTH TO MEET THE NEW KIND OF RESIDENTS NEEDS.
>> OR TO GET RID OF THE OTHER.
>> WELL, I JUST FEEL THAT THAT IN PARTICULAR THAT SEEMS AS I'VE BEEN SITTING IN, I'M PARTICIPATING, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A VERY BIG ISSUE.
SHOULD I ELIMINATE JURISDICTIONS RULES, GOALS BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY STATED IN BEING RESPONSIBLE TO BOTH.
>> OF NEW COUNTY RESIDENTS NEEDS WITHOUT THE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> MAYBE WITHOUT THE LACK OF PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE.
YOU CAN'T FIND A PLAN ANYWHERE FOR WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOR THESE PEOPLE.
LACK OF PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE. ALL RIGHT.
THEN THE MISSION STATEMENT, WE KIND OF SKINNY THIS DOWN AFTER TWO OR THREE MONTHS OF BEATING IT UP.
WE HAD ALL KINDS OF THINGS LISTED THERE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC.
BUT I THINK THE ARGUMENT WAS IF YOU'VE GOT A VISION THAT PRETTY MUCH COVERS ALL THAT, THE MISSION STATEMENT THEN SAYS YOU'RE THERE TO SUPPORT, ENHANCE, AND PROMOTE THE ARTS THROUGHOUT NASSAU COUNTY.
THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT WE GOT FROM THE COUNTY WHEN THEY EMPOWERED IN 2007 OR '10.
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THE ARTS ALLIANCE GROUP THAT WAS ALREADY HERE ON THE ISLAND.AND THE COUNTY EMPOWERED THAT GROUP TO BECOME THE BOARD FOR ARTS AND CULTURE, NASSAU, WITH THE EXPLICIT UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, A COUNTY WIDE ARTS BOARD.
THAT STILL REMAINS, EVEN IF WE WEREN'T MOVING AHEAD IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, IT STILL REMAINS AS THE MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE CURRENT BOARD, AND WE SAW NO CHANGES WITH THAT.
THEN THE ONLY CHANGE I HAD AT THE VERY BOTTOM WAS ARTS AND CULTURE WILL EXPAND NEW FUNDING SOURCES TO INCREASE ART SUPPORT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS.
IS IT TO BENEFIT SOMEBODY A PROBLEM WITH, MUST HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE WORD BENEFIT.
WE EXPAND. WHEN WE GO AND TALK TO THE CITY PEOPLE ABOUT WHY WE'RE CHANGING IT.
>> I THINK WE CHANGED IT FROM ENJOYMENT TO BENEFIT.
>> DO YOU THINK WE DID? THAT WAS THE CHANGE WE MADE?
>> WE REPLACED ENJOYMENT WITH BENEFIT.
>> SO THAT'S THE CHANGE YOU LIKE?
>> I THINK I CAN SECOND THAT RECOLLECTION THAT'S MADE BACK THERE.
>> LET'S LEAVE THE FIGURE THIS STUFF.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE. EXCELLENT. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT BENEFITS THERE. VERY GOOD.
WHAT WE VALUE, WE LISTED ALL THE THINGS WE STAND FOR, AND THE ONE MARKINGS WE HAD.
IT'S BEEN SO LONG THAT WE LOOKED AT THIS.
IT MAY BE THAT THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE THEY ARE THE CHANGE.
>> THANK YOU FOR OPENING PANDORA'S BOND.
HOW WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
>> ON PAGE 4, WE FIGURED IT OUT.
>> YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. BUT I STILL LIKE THE CHANGE THAT CHRISTINE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE MADE IN THE BEGINNING PROVES OKAY.
SO I LIKE EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE SO FAR.
ON THIS ONE, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY CHANGED GRANTS SUPPORTING SENIOR RESIDENTS AND YOUTH FOCUSED PROGRAMS. ANY CHANGES WITH THAT? ANYTHING? ANYBODY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? GOOD. THEN I KNOW WE KICKED THE DEI THING AROUND ALL OVER THE PLACE.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION WHERE EVERYONE ENJOYS THE BENEFITS, ACTIVE AND THRIVING ARTS AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES WHERE VENUES ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.
I THINK THAT'S THE CHANGE WE CAME IN WITH.
UNLESS ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH DEI AT ALL, WE FELT LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAD TO BE THERE.
WE MOST SAW THAT AT PLAY WHEN WE MOVED THE FORUM MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME DOWN TO AMERICAN BEACH AND HAD MANY OF THOSE FOLKS JOIN IN THE MEETING.
THAT WAS TOTALLY TERRIFIC. ANY CHANGES ON THAT? NO. GOOD. OBJECTIVES. PART OF THAT WAS EXPLORE THE PROCESS TO ESTABLISH AN ARTS AND CULTURE BOARDS OF 501(C)(3).
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE.
WE'VE ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED THIS.
I THINK WE SHOULD LEAVE IT IN JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS DOCUMENT SAYS, WHY DID YOU BECOME THE COMMITTEE TOOK IT TO THE BOARD.
THE BOARD ANALYZED IT, VOTED ON IT, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE THERE TO EXPLORE.
NOW WE COULD CHANGE TO EXPLORE BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON IT.
SCOTT, DO I THINK WE SHOULD JUST CHANGE THE WORDING BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THAT THE BOARD MOVED TO CHANGE IT.
>> I THINK WE'RE PAST THE EXPLORATION PHASE.
>> I WOULD ADJUST IT. I WOULD CHANGE THE WORDING.
>> OKAY, GOOD. LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH.
WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF EXPLORE.
WE COULD SAY IN 2024, THE BOARD WILL ESTABLISH 501(C)(3). IT'S KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED.
>> SINCE IT'S A GOAL, YOU COULD SAY IT THAT WAY.
>> IS THAT SINCE IT'S A GOAL, I THINK YOU CAN STATE IT THAT WAY.
>> IT'S UNDER THE GOAL SECTION.
>> IN 2024, MARCH AND CULTURE BOARD WILL CHANGE
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TO 501(C)(3).THAT SHOULD BE IN THE OFFICIAL RECORD AS AN OBJECTIVE AND A GOAL.
ESTABLISH FUNDING COMMITTEE. CREATE, IMPLEMENT COMPREHENSIVE FUNDING PLAN.
IN 2024, ARTS AND CULTURE NASSAU WILL CHANGE TO A 501C3.
INCREASED FUNDING GOALS FOR GRANTS SUBSCRIBED.
EXPLORE NEW COUNTY AND CITY FUNDING OPTIONS.
THE LAST ONE EXPLORE NEW COUNTY FUNDING CAN HAPPEN NOW BECAUSE OF A CHANGE TO A 501C3.
EVERYBODY GOOD? ANY CHANGES? ANY TWEAKS? OKAY. THANK YOU.
GREAT. LAST ONE ON THE BOTTOM THERE IS IN THE IMPACT OBJECTIVES, EXPLORE NEW MID-COUNTY PERFORMANCE VENUE WITH WIDLIGHT AND THE COUNTY.
APPARENTLY, THAT'S A CHANGE WE ADDED AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO SEE THAT AS THE OPPORTUNITY AND A GOAL FOR IMPACT.
ANYBODY DISAGREE? CONDUCT YEARLY AREA FOCUS GROUPS, FIVE DISTRICTS.
ADD A WIDLIGHT ADVISOR TO THE BOARD.
CONTINUE BIANNUAL ART LEADERS FORM.
HOST YEARLY COUNTY-WIDE EVENT.
ESTABLISH WORKSHOPS FOR BOARD TRAINING, VOLUNTEERS, GRANT WRITING.
EXPLORE NEW MID-COUNTY PERFORMANCE VENUE.
>> WE DID KICK THAT AROUND AT THAT LAST MEETING.
>> YEAH. YOU'VE ALL GOT THE NOTES FROM THAT MEETING, RIGHT? YOU GOT THEM. SCOTT, YOU GOT IT, RIGHT?
>> BUT YOU GOT IT, RIGHT? I THINK I COPIED THEM.
>> I DIDN'T GET THEM. DID YOU MAIL THEM OUT?
>> I DID TO EVERYBODY WHO ATTENDED THAT MEETING.
BUT I DIDN'T HAVE ANNE MARIE'S EMAIL, BUT I THOUGHT I COPIED.
I WILL SEND THEM OUT TO YOU ALL.
YOU ALL GOT THEM ON THE BOARD, BUT I'LL SEND THEM OUT TO SCOTT.
KATE, DO YOU WANT ME TO SEND IT TO YOU?
>> WELL, I WASN'T SURE IF YOU'RE LIKE NOW MANAGING THE OTHER HALF OF THE WORLD HERE.
[LAUGHTER] I WASN'T SURE SHOULD BE BOTHERING YOU WITH THIS STUFF.
>> SHOULD THOSE BE COMMAS AFTER BOARD TRAINING AND VOLUNTEERS? IT'S A SEMICOLON.
ESTABLISH WORKSHOP FOR BOARD TRAINING.
>> VOLUNTEERS, VENUE OPTIONS, AND GRANT WRITING.
GREAT. THEN EXPLORE NEW MID-COUNTY PERFORMANCE VENUE.
TO YOUR POINT, SANDRA, WE TALKED ABOUT TWO THINGS WE NEEDED.
WE ACTUALLY WANTED AN ARTS ACADEMY.
WE WANTED TO FIND A BUILDING THAT ENABLED ARTISTS TO HAVE STUDIO SPACE AND TO BE ABLE TO TEACH IF THEY WANTED TO.
WITH THE CLOSING OF FOUR GALLERIES THAT SOMETIMES WORK AS TEACHING STUDIOS, WE SAW THAT, AND JOHN ABBOTT FROM ISLAND ART CONCURRED THAT THAT BECAME SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP IN THE FOCUS FOR THE FORUM.
>> IT'S NOW FIVE BECAUSE CLAY TIMES IS SOLD.
>> IS THAT RIGHT? WOW. SO THERE'S FIVE.
WE SAW THAT AS A BIG OPPORTUNITY AND OKAY, GREAT.
THOSE FEW TWEAKS, FIVE GALLERIES THERE. [NOISE] THANK YOU.
LAST PAGE WAS RESTRUCTURE THE BOARD TO REPRESENT FIVE COUNTY DISTRICTS, NOT SEVEN ORGANIZATIONS.
THAT WAS THE CHANGE I WAS PUSHING FOR AND I GUESS WE PUT IT IN.
ANYBODY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE WORDING OF THAT? WHICH IS WHERE THE NEW ORGANIZATION WILL STILL BE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION MAKING SURE THE FIVE DISTRICTS ARE REPRESENTED AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS HERE AND THE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS HERE ON THE ISLAND.
IT'S NOT TO DIMINISH WHAT WE WERE, IT'S JUST TO CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOARD, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN THE MEETING
[00:35:01]
NOTES THROUGH KATHERINE AND THE COUNTY EARLY ON IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.>> MAYBE YOU NEED TO CHANGE HOW THAT SOUNDS.
>> IT SAYS THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE SEVEN ORGANIZATIONS.
>> SO TO REPRESENT FIVE COUNTY DISTRICTS, IT WOULD BE FIVE AND SIX, ALONG WITH SIX ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, OR SHOULD IT BE CITY-WIDE? BECAUSE IN THE FIVE COUNTY DISTRICTS, FERNANDINA BEACH IS ONE OF THEM.
NOW YOU'VE GOT A CITY PERSON REPRESENTING THAT.
NOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP SOME OF THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
WE CAN SAY THIS HERE BECAUSE WHEN THE NEW ORGANIZATION SETS UP, THEY'LL READ THIS, BUT THEY MAY CHANGE IT TO FOUR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
WE CAN PUT IN THE SIX; ALONG WITH SIX ART AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS.
>> DOES IT HAVE TO BE SIX OR COULD THERE END UP BEING SOME MORE AT LARGE OR VARIOUS THINGS? INSTEAD OF [OVERLAPPING] COULD WE SAY [OVERLAPPING]?
>> I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT TO THE 11 IT WAS.
>> RESTRUCTURE BOARD TO REPRESENT FIVE COUNTY DISTRICTS IN ADDITION TO ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
THE ONLY QUALIFICATION YOU'RE PUTTING IS FIVE TO BE COUNTY-WIDE.
MAYBE THERE AREN'T SIX ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
MAYBE THERE'S AN OUTSTANDING PERSON.
INSTEAD OF PIGEONHOLING IT, JUST SAY IN ADDITION TO ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
>> OKAY. EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT?
>> ADDITION TO? IS IT TO CITY?
>> I'D SAY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE THEN IT CAN BE ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY.
>> DO YOU NEED THE WORD CULTURE IN THERE FOR THE MUSEUM?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD SAY IF WE CAN THROW THAT IN THERE [OVERLAPPING] ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS.
>> ALONG WITH ADDITION TO ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS.
ALL THAT THAT WAS IT BASED ON THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT.
>> WHEN I TALKED ABOUT EXPLORING WITH WIDLIGHT AND COUNTY IN THAT DISCUSSION, MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT PLACE TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THAT WE HAD AT THE FORUM WHERE THERE WAS THE GENTLEMAN WHO REPRESENTED THE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
>> IS THAT CONSIDERED A COUNTY THING OR IS THAT MORE OF A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION [OVERLAPPING]?
>> HE'S SEPARATE. [OVERLAPPING] EVEN THOUGH HE GETS LOTS OF MONEY FROM THE COUNTY, HE STILL FUNCTIONS FOR US AS A 5013.
HIS VENUES AND ALL THE THINGS HE'S GOING TO DO BECOME FAIR GAME FOR SOLVING THE VENUE SOLUTION.
SCOTT, WHEN I GET THIS BACK TO YOU, ARE YOU GOING TO PUSH IT BACK TO THE BOARD IN THIS MONTH SO THEY CAN SAY, DO YOU NEED THEM TO APPROVE IT AGAIN? SO SHOULD THERE NOT BE A MEETING IN APRIL, I JUST WANTED TO BECOME PART OF THE FINAL DOCUMENTS YOU HAVE FOR THIS VERSION OF THE BOARD.
>> I THINK LET'S JUST MAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS WITH THOSE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE DONE, AND THEN THAT WILL BE PART OF THE RECORD FOR THIS ARTS AND CULTURE BOARD.
AFTER WE GET THOSE CHANGES, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD GETS THE EDITED DOC.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE NEED A MOTION THEN.
>> NOW, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE THREE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN WITH THE EDITS MADE TODAY.
>> SECOND. WHO WAS THAT? KIM. SECOND, KIM.
I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A VOTE ON THAT.
>> ANYBODY NOT IN FAVOR? ANYBODY WANT TO HAVE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? SO WE LEAVE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT.
BASED ON WHAT SCOTT HAD PUT FORTH, I WILL GET BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK TO SCOTT AND CAITLIN ANY CHANGES WE MADE THAT I HAND-WROTE TO CORROBORATE WHAT CAITLIN HAD HEARD TODAY AND ANY NOTES SHE MADE, IT'LL COME BACK TO YOU ALL AND WITH THE EXTRA.
ARE YOU GOING TO ASK THEM TO EMAIL YOU BACK A VOTE OR ARE YOU JUST GOING TO ASSUME?
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>> UNLESS YOU DISAGREE WITH THE CHANGES THAT I SENT YOU THAT I MISSED SOMETHING,.
>> BASICALLY, YOU JUST APPROVED IT WITH THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE.
THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE TAPE IF WE NEEDED TO.
>> PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE DID SOMETHING. [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND] NICE WORK.
I AGAIN THANK BRAD AND KIM AND PENNY, WHO WORKED FOR 6, 8 MONTHS ON THIS THING.
I'M SORRY IT GOT WAYLAID IN THE FALL, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE IT COMPLETED.
AS I SAID BEFORE, THE NEW ORGANIZATION WILL PICK UP THIS DOCUMENT AND MOVE FORWARD.
I SUSPECT THAT JUST FOR YOUR EDIFICATION, THE MISSION STATEMENT MAY CHANGE A LITTLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, JUST TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU WHILE I HAVE YOU IN FRONT OF ME IF I CAN FIND IT, IS THAT THE GOALS ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAT AFFECT THE MISSION STATEMENT.
WE FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO SUPPORT AND BE AN ADVOCACY FOR FUNDING FROM THE STATE AND THE COUNTY.
ADVOCACY IS SOMETHING WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET TO IT.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADVOCATE FOR GRANTS.
ORGANIZATIONAL EDUCATION THAT WE DO TO THE FORUM, WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE FOUND OUT WAS REALLY NEEDED.
THAT WOULD BE PART OF WHAT WE WANT [NOISE] TO DO.
INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BE THE OTHER THING WE'D FOCUS ON.
SO TO SUPPORT, ENHANCE, AND PROMOTE ARTS IN NASSAU COUNTY, FOCUSING ON ORGANIZATIONAL EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
YOU MAY LOOK AND SEE THAT THAT ITERATION IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE NEW ORGANIZATION.
JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG, WE HAVE STAFF COMMENTS IF SCOTT HAS ANYTHING HE WANTS TO SHARE.
[7. STAFF COMMENTS]
>> YEAH. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS IS GRANTS, WE HAVE THE SENIOR AND THE YOUTH GRANTS THAT ARE STILL OUT THERE.
I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE WILL BE TAKING CARE OF THAT INTERNALLY.
THE PLAN WAS TO HANDLE THAT IN HOUSE, KNOWING THAT THIS COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN [NOISE] WHERE THIS BOARD WOULD BE SUNSETTED.
BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THOSE FINAL GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND WHEN THEY TURN IN THEIR MONEY, I CAN'T THINK OF THE TERM RIGHT NOW, BUT THEIR CLOTHES OUT FROM IT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT.
WE WILL MAKE SURE WE GET AN EMAIL OUT TO YOU THIS WEEK REGARDING THE 3-5 YEAR PLAN WHICH WE JUST TALKED ABOUT AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S PART OF THE RECORD THAT WAS APPROVED TODAY.
AND THEN FINALLY, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE RESOLUTION TO SUNSET THE BOARD WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW NIGHT.
I MIGHT HAVE MISSPOKE OR MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT DUE TO TIMING THAT HAS BEEN PUSHED TO THE 19TH.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MONTH, WHICH IS THE THIRD TUESDAY, THE 19TH, SO NOT TOMORROW.
BUT ON THE 19TH, AND I KNOW RICHARD WILL BE AT THAT MEETING, OR I'M ASSUMING RICHARD WILL BE AT AT THAT MEETING, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR YOU TO BE THERE.
>> IF ANYONE ELSE PLANS ON BEING THERE, [NOISE] I CAN SEND OUT A REMINDER.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, AND I DON'T SEE IT CHANGING ON MARCH 19, IT WILL GO BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION AND THERE PROBABLY WILL BE SOME QUESTIONS.
I'LL PROBABLY PRESENT THE ITEM UNLESS MR. GEORGE, OUR CITY MANAGER, PRESENTS IT.
BUT IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR YOU TO BE THERE, AND I KNOW RICHARD WILL BE THERE, AND HE'LL PROBABLY MORE THAN LIKELY BE THE ONE SPEAKING.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT IS HOW THE RESOLUTION IS WRITTEN.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK I'M GOING TO DO? YES, YOU WILL GET IT.
THERE MIGHT BE A FEW EDITS TO IT, SO I'M JUST GOING TO WAIT.
I'LL PROBABLY WAIT UNTIL MAYBE IT'S POSTED AND THEN I'LL MAKE SURE YOU CAN GET IT TO READ OVER IT.
>> THAT'S ALL I HAD. I DON'T BELIEVE WE WOULD NEED TO MEET AGAIN.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY FURTHER BUSINESS, OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE WE ARE.
WE WILL WAIT AND SEE HOW THE MARCH 19TH MEETING GOES.
[00:45:02]
AND THEN FOR SOME CRAZY REASON, IF WE DO HAVE TO MEET IN APRIL, THEN WE WILL.BUT WE WOULD MAKE SURE WE GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU.
BUT MARCH 19TH IS THE NEXT BIG MEETING.
>> THIS RESOLUTION CALLS FOR THE CITY RECOGNIZING THE SUNSET OF THE BOARD.
>> YEAH, AND I SHOULD HAVE EXPLAINED THAT.
YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS.
THE BOARD OBVIOUSLY CAN'T SUNSET ITSELF.
LIKE WE SPOKE AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU GUYS ARE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION TO SUNSET THE ARTS AND CULTURE NASSAU BOARD.
>> HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY PUSHBACK?
>> NO, I HAVE NOT AT THIS TIME.
>> OKAY. I SPOKE TO THE MAYOR PERSONALLY AND AND HE SAID THIS WAS ALL IN PLACE AND HE UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON.
I SPOKE TO SOME OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY THING AND THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT.
MARCH POWELL, MY PREDECESSOR FOR FIVE YEARS IN HER LETTERS EVERY YEAR TO THE MANAGER THERE AT THE COUNTY ALWAYS CLOSED WITH THIS NEEDS TO HAVE A COUNTY WIDE FOCUS AND IT'S LIMITED TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE CITY MANAGING THE THINGS, AND THE COUNTY DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO TAKE IT ON, WHICH IS WHY THEY SET IT UP YEARS AGO THROUGH THE CITY, WHICH MADE SENSE EARLY ON.
BUT I THINK GOING FORWARD ENOUGH PEOPLE REALLY GET THE IDEA THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AS AN ARTS AND CULTURE BOARD REPRESENTING THE COUNTY, WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE SUCCESSES WE'VE HAD HERE AND HOW TO MOVE THE ARTS AND CULTURE AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE MID COUNTY AND FURTHER AS THINGS GET DEVELOPED.
AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE ACT THEATER GROUP IS GOING TO PICK UP AND MOVE.
BUT IF YOU'VE GOT 20 OR 30,000 PEOPLE MOVING IN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THEY ALL WANT TO COME TO THE ISLAND TO SEE A PLAY, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING.
THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE PARTNERS WITH THE COUNTY TO SAY, EVERYBODY APPRECIATES THE ARTS.
WE JUST WANT TO PUSH THE CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY.
ALL THE WAY OUT TO CALLAHAN, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FORT CLINCH, FROM THE HILLIARD, ALL THE WAY BACK TO YULEE.
THAT'S THE MISSION OF THE NEW GROUP AND TO DO THAT YOU NEED MONEY, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE CHANGED THE STRUCTURE TO THE 501C. THANK YOU.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF THIS IS APPROVED ON MARCH 19TH, THIS HERE IS THE FINAL MEETING OF ARTS AND CULTURE IN NASA.
BUT IF IT IS NOT APPROVED, THEN WE WOULD MEET IN APRIL, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> IT WOULD BE THIS APRIL 1ST ON MONDAY.
>> WE COULD SEND AN EMAIL THOUGH IF THERE WAS A MEETING.
I DON'T SEE THERE BEING ANY ISSUES.
IF THERE ARE ISSUES, THEN YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IS WE MEET THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH, SO IT WOULD BE THE MONDAY AFTER EASTER.
>> IF THINGS GO ACCORDINGLY, THEN RICHARD WOULD TAKE UP COMMUNICATION?
>> I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.
IF THINGS GO ACCORDINGLY, I THINK WHAT I WOULD DO IS WE WOULD SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO THE BOARD SAYING WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MARCH 19TH MEETING AND WE WOULD ACTUALLY DO THAT ON MARCH 20TH, THE DAY AFTER THAT.
>> YES. YOU WILL HAVE COMMUNICATION FROM STAFF THAT WEEK PROBABLY AT MARCH 20TH, LETTING YOU KNOW IF IT WAS APPROVED OR NOT.
>> SCOTT, WHAT TIME IS THAT COMMISSION MEETING.
>> IT WILL PROBABLY BE AT THE END OF THE AGENDA, I WOULD THINK.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT EXACTLY IS PLACED RIGHT NOW. SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
>> COULD I ASK YOU WHY WE'RE TOGETHER HERE? YOU AND KATHERINE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS EARLY ON AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE 501 AND THEN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS? IT WAS A STRATEGIC PLAN SOMETHING PEOPLE FELT INVESTED IN?
[00:50:04]
FROM EVERYONE THAT WE SPOKE TO IS BASICALLY, THERE WAS A RESOUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE FACT THAT IT IS HARD TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN THIS SETTING.
EVERYONE PRETTY MUCH THEY AGREED LIKE THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT THEY WANTED TO GO.
ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS THAT WHEN THIS BOARD WAS INITIALLY SET UP AND EVERYTHING CHANGES, IS THIS CURRENT BOARD SEES A MUCH LARGER FUTURE IN BEING MUCH MORE INVOLVED THAN WHAT ITS ORIGINAL INTENT WAS.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
BUT THE WAY THE BOARD SEES THE GROWTH AND THE NEW INTENT IS IT REALLY CAN'T OPERATE EFFICIENTLY IN THIS SETTING AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS COMES DOWN TO.
>> I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE THAT WAS SHARED WITH YOU ALL.
>> YEAH. JUST AS EVERYONE IS SPEAKING HERE IN THE SAME ROOM, THERE WERE A FEW CONCERNS.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, EVERYONE AS YOU'RE HEARING HERE, IS THE SAME THING AS THEY TOLD US IN IN THOSE MEETINGS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. JUST FOR YOUR EDIFICATION, I AM GOING TO KEEP THE WEBSITE UP THAT THAT WE USE UNTIL WE MAKE THE TRANSITION SO THE INFORMATION WILL STILL BE THERE.
EVERYBODY WHO IS REAL HERE IS REAL THERE. I'M LEAVING IT THERE.
SO PEOPLE MAY STILL COME TO YOU AND SAY, WELL, WHAT'S GOING ON? THEN EVENTUALLY, ONCE I GET THE PAPERWORK DONE ON THE NEW ORGANIZATION, WE'LL REACH OUT TO PEOPLE TO WORK ON THE BOARD OR NOT.
I DON'T EXPECT TO JUST PICK UP THIS BOARD AND PLACE IT OVER THERE.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE WITH HOW THAT BOARD OPERATES AND THE NEEDS IT'S GOING TO HAVE.
IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF A WORKING BOARD, A FUND RAISING BOARD.
THAT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
SOME PEOPLE ARE OKAY WITH THAT, SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH NO.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WE'LL REACH OUT TO EACH OF YOU AS WE MOVE ALONG WITH THE PROCESS.
[8. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH THAT?>> WE HAVEN'T MET IN A WHILE. IT'S STILL ON.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME PRETTY SOON.
>> WELL, OURS STARTS AT THE END OF THE CITIES, I BELIEVE CONCLUDES THIS YEAR AND THEN OURS STARTS THE 2025.
YOU DON'T GO FORWARD AT THAT POINT, SO YOU STOP BEFORE.
>> OKAY. YOU'RE PLANNING SOMETHING THIS YEAR, BUT LATER IN THE YEAR?
>> OKAY. GOOD. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
>> THE ARTS ASSOCIATION, IT'S THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
WE'VE GOT LOTS OF STUFF PLANNED AND ONE IS A BIG BOARD THAT ANYONE OF YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN DOING A PIECE OF ART TO PUT ON THE BOARD, AND IT'LL ALL BE OUT IN THE COURTYARD AND IT WILL FORM THE LETTERS OR THE NUMBERS 50 AND BE DISPLAYED ON THAT BOARD, AND EVERYBODY CAN PICK UP PIECES AND DO SOMETHING FOR IT.
>> COOL. NICE WORK. THE FORWARD TURN.
>> JUST ON THAT NOTE, I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME BUT AT THE [INAUDIBLE] FESTIVAL THERE WAS A PASSPORT THAT THEY WERE GIVING OUT.
DID ANYBODY SEE THOSE PASSPORTS? YEAH, AND THEY DID HAVE THE WEBSITE ON THERE, IT SOUNDED LIKE FOR THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY.
I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY ELSE HERE, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THAT WAS TRYING TO BE A CENTER HUB FOR LOCATION ABOUT ACTIVITIES AND CELEBRATIONS.
>> YEAH. AT THE COUNTY HAS THEIR OWN VERSION OF THAT.
>> I'M TRYING TO PULL IT UP IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT.
>> YEAH. BETWEEN TO BRING IT UP THE CITY, WHY?
>> IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITH THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TO CHANGE THEIR FOCUS A LITTLE BIT TOWARD THE ARTS INSTEAD OF IT JUST BEING?
[00:55:07]
>> ACTUALLY TO YOUR POINT, I DID SEND HILL AN EMAIL TWO WEEKS AGO.
HE SHARED WITH ME A BEAUTIFUL PIECE THAT HE DID, THEY DID FOR THEIR MARKETING AND FOR THE FUTURE.
AND THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE TOURIST PEOPLE HAVE SHARED THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REFERENDUM POTENTIALLY COMING OUT IN THE FALL I BELIEVE, THAT WOULD ASK THROUGH THE COUNTY RESIDENTS TO APPROVE A BED TAX FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY RATHER THAN JUST HERE ON THE ISLAND.
THE MONEY THEY COLLECT HERE FROM THE BED TAX, WHICH IS HOW THE TOURISM BOARD WORKS, GOES TO SUPPORT THE ARTS AND OR EVENTS ON AMELIA ISLAND.
WHEN I GOT HIS MARKETING PLAN, I ASKED HIM IN ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WAS THERE, TALKED ABOUT SPORTS AND REASONS PEOPLE COME TO FERNANDINA BEACH AND THE EXPANDED PLAN FOR THE COUNTIES DOING A AMPHITHEATER OUT IN CALLAHAN.
THE FAIRGROUNDS ARE EXPANDING THEIR PERFORMANCE VENUES.
EVERYTHING IS MOVING, BUT NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT THE ARTS.
WHILE I HAD NO PLANS FOR A THEATER THAT I KNEW OF AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, THERE WAS NOTHING MENTIONED IN THE TOURIST PIECE FOR MARKETING AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
I WAS GETTING ON THE CASE THAT THE NUMBER 1 SELLING LICENSE PLATE IS ENDLESS SUMMER.
IF YOU LOOK AT MOST OF THE CARS, THEY DON'T HAVE TORTOISES AND WHALES AND MANATEES AND ALL THAT STUFF. IT'S ENDLESS SUMMER.
MY ARGUMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IT'S PRETTY BORING TO HAVE AN ENDLESS SUMMER WITHOUT ARTS AND CULTURE.
WHY? THE TOURISTS HAVE A SENSE OF SATISFACTION.
THE OLD TOWN, THE OLD ARCHITECTURE, THE BOOKSTORES, THE RESTAURANTS, THE ARTS EVENTS, THE MUSEUMS EVENTS, THE CULTURAL EVENTS, ALL OF THAT IS THE FABRIC THAT MAKES UP A SUCCESSFUL TOURIST VISIT.
YET, I FELT LIKE THE ARTS AND CULTURE PIECE OF WHERE TOURISM GOES GOT SHORT SHRIFT.
ANYWAY, I SENT THEM AN EMAIL FOR WHAT IT WAS WORTH, BUT I FELT LIKE WE ALL NEED TO OUR OWN HORNS EVEN MORE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE FOUND OUT IN A VISIONING STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE ON JANUARY 13 AT WHILE, THE COUNTY HAD A VISIONING TENT PUT UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY SAW THAT OR WENT TO THAT.
THEY INVITED ALL THE RESIDENTS FROM THE WHOLE COUNTY TO COME AND WALK THROUGH IT, UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY WERE GOING.
THEY HAD 12 POTS FOR THE RESIDENTS TO GIVE THEIR OPINION ABOUT, WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR YOU IN LIVING IN NASSAU COUNTY? BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE COUNTY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN 20, OR 30 YEARS, OR 50 YEARS, OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS.
AND SO THE FIRST POT WAS TRANSPORTATION.
SECOND THING WAS SAVED THE TREES, AND CONSERVATION.
NEXT THING WAS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
NEXT THING WAS ARTS AND CULTURE.
NEXT THING WAS ACTIVITIES AND SPORTS AND IT WENT ON TO 12 DIFFERENT POTS.
ARTS AND CULTURE GOT THE FOURTH LARGEST AMOUNT OF VOTES.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE UNDER THE RUG BEHIND THE CLOSET DOOR EVENT PEOPLE, EVERYBODY GETS THE ARTS AND CULTURE THING, EVERYBODY NEEDS IT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE FORUM.
PEOPLE COMMUNICATE THEIR EXPERIENCES, THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY ARE THROUGH THE ARTS.
IT KEEPS TRACK OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
THERE ISN'T ANYBODY I'VE EVER SPOKEN TO THAT DOESN'T GET THE ARTS, NO MATTER HOW THEY EXPERIENCE IT, WHETHER THEY'RE MUSICIANS, WHETHER THEY'RE STORYTELLERS, WHETHER THEY'RE WRITERS, WHETHER IT'S SCULPTURES, ETC, SO IT'S ALL IMPORTANT.
IT'S A BIG DEAL TO ANSWER THE QUESTION WHERE IT CAME FROM.
ON THE TOURISM SIDE WAS THAT WAS MY SOAPBOX SPEECH FOR THIS MORNING.
I'LL LEAVE YOU ALL ALONE WITH THAT.
>> WELL, SADLY, I THINK THEY'VE DONE AWAY WITH ARTISTS PASSPORT.
CAN YOU CONFIRM SANDRA, THE ART WALK.
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>> THEY'VE BEEN RE-INVENTED AND IT'S RE-BRANDED AS ARTISTS PASSPORT, BUT MY STUDIO, I PARTICIPATED QUARTERLY BUT I DON'T KNOW THE FUTURE OF.
>> I THOUGHT THEY CHANGED IT TO SATURDAY ART 1.
>> IT WAS SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH.
>> SOME OF US WHO STILL WERE DOING THAT LIKE ALL IN ARTS ASSOCIATION WHO IS CONTINUING TO DO THAT.
>> BUT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE AMELIAISLAND.COM BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY.
>> IT WAS FROM THE MAIN STREET GROUP.
>> THEY'RE THE ONES DOING THE OTHER PROGRAM.
>> BUT AMELIAISLAND.COM WOULD PROMOTE IT AND I'M LOOKING ON THEIR WEBSITE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE ARTISTS PASSPORT IMAGERY IS ALL REMOVED AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CONNECTED WITH THE FIVE CLOSURES THAT YOU CONFIRM THAT DOES STATISTICALLY CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE.
>> I HAD ONE PERSON WHO CONTACT ME WHO HAD A PASSPORT AND OUR PLACE LISTED ON IT.
>> YET WE WERE NEVER OPEN EXCEPT BY APPOINTMENT.
HE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT.
I CAN LET YOU BUT THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL.
>> HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO KEEP IT COLD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? YOU HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
>> SECOND OF THE MOTION.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.