* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. LET'S CALL THIS MEETING THE [00:00:01] ORDER. GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD OR ROAD. SHOW ON THE ROAD. ROAD. ROAD ON THE SHOW. YEAH. . UH, FIRST OFF, WE WILL CONSIDER THEIR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR JANUARY 20TH MEETING, WHICH YOU HAD THEM ATTACHED PER PRETTY SHORT AND SWEET, EVERYBODY'S NAME SPELLED RIGHT. THAT'S USUALLY YOU WANT A MOTION TO, OR ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS, SUB CORRECTIONS, ANYTHING? IF NOT, DOES THE CHAIR HEAR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THEM AS WRITTEN? SO MOVE. AND A SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AND OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY. SO I GUESS ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION ARE OUR MONTHLY REPORTS, WHICH ARE ATTACHED. TERESA. UM, I'M, I'M NOT QUITE SURE THAT I NEED TO KEEP, UH, SAYING IT. UH, I THINK YOU GUYS KNOW THE WAY THAT IT, UH, IS LAID OUT, YOU HAVE A MINUTE TO KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY PLACE, I DON'T KNOW WHY LING ALWAYS SURPRISES ME HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY HAVE COME. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A LOT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE DAYCARES. YEAH. YEAH. BUT, AND THE DOUBLE CASTING. WELL, AND THEN ALSO CONSIDER THAT THIS ATTENDANCE INCLUDES THEIR, THEIR PERFORMERS AND ANY REHEARSALS THAT THEY HAVE. PERFORMERS AND, AND THEN THE AUDIENCE AND ALL THAT STUFF. YES. YEAH. OKAY. SO IT'S ALL THE ABOVE. YEAH. WE DID GET 606 FOR BATTLE GROUNDS, WHICH WAS COOL. MM-HMM . YEAH. THAT'S GOOD. EVERYBODY REALLY ENJOYS IT. THAT WAS, WAS THAT THE UH, BREAK DANCING? YEAH. YEAH. BREAK DANCING. YES. THAT'S COOL. SAW A LOT OF PICTURES OF THAT. IT'S STAYING BUSY. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . AND IT'S GOOD THOUGH THAT DURING OUR RECONSTRUCTION THOUGH, THAT THE ATRIUM WILL WON'T BE AFFECTED, SO MM-HMM . THAT'LL STAY. YEAH. KEEP GOING. BUT ONE CONSISTENT PART. COOL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR, UH, WHAT, WHEN IS MOSES SUPPOSED TO BE HERE? SO HE'S NOT ABLE TO JOIN US? OH. SO I'LL TALK WITH THE ABOUT IT IN THE, UM, IN THE, IN MEETING. OKAY. YEAH. ALRIGHT. UM, ALL RIGHT. AND THEN AMY. SURE. SO, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, LOTS GOING ON. LOTS OF REALLY GOOD STUFF. UM, I THINK THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COMMISSIONERS WERE AWARE OF, ON MARCH 2ND, WE WENT TO COUNCIL TO GIVE AN UPDATE ABOUT, UH, THE, THE ART CENTER, THE RENOVATION, THE FACILITY RENOVATION. SO THIS LAST, OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED A LITTLE EARLY AND THEN WE WENT OVER AND WE TALKED TO THE ARCHITECTS. THEY TOOK BACK THE INFORMATION AND THEY'RE STILL KIND OF SYNTHESIZING THE INFORMATION, BUT WE'VE HAD ALL OF THESE AMAZING, LIKE 3D SCANS OF THE BUILDING. SO YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE PLAZA, THE OR NOT, WHERE THE PLAZA, WHERE THE SMALL THEATER IS AND THE BROWNLEE AND THE OFFICES. AND THEY'VE DONE ALL KINDS OF EVALUATIONS ABOUT THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, AND THEY ARE HOPING IN MAY TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW COUNSEL IN TERMS OF DRAWINGS, KIND OF THEIR FIRST, YOU KNOW, SHOT DRAWING. THIS IS AS IS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS AS IS IS NOW, RIGHT NOW. YEAH. SO, SO NO ADDITIONS OR ANY NO. YEAH. SO WHAT THEY HAVE AS IS, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS THEY HAVE DONE, I MEAN, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF, THERE'S A REALLY ANOTHER COOL PICTURE WHERE YOU'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT THE SLICE OF A BUILDING, LIKE, LIKE MRI SCHEMES, RIGHT? RIGHT, RIGHT. I MEAN, IT'S REALLY, UH, PRETTY, PRETTY COOL TO SEE IT ALL. UM, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE AIR CONDITIONERS ARE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHERE WE ARE. AND WE, WE HAD THAT INITIAL FACILITY REPORT THAT TALKED ABOUT END OF LIFE, AND THEY'RE, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF DOUBLE CHECKING ALL OF THE SYSTEMS. SO IN MAY IS WHEN THERE SHOULD BE A PRESENTATION THAT KIND OF SHOW THAT SHOWS WHAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT. AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE THAT. SO, SO THAT'S THE UPDATE ON, UH, THE ART CENTER. THE OTHER, UH, UPDATE I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THEY ARE ABOUT TO LAUNCH, UM, THE SECOND, IT'S PHASE TWO. I THINK THEY'RE ALSO CALLING IT CYCLE, CYCLE TWO, CYCLE TWO, UH, FOR THE TRAFFIC, UH, TRAFFIC BOX ART PROGRAM. UM, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE HAD 31 APPLICANTS SO FAR. I THINK THIS ONE, THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO COMMISSION SIX ARTISTS, AND THE DEADLINE IS MARCH 22ND. [00:05:01] UM, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF OUR PUBLIC ART PROCESS, WE PUT TOGETHER A PANEL FOR FOLKS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, BE A PART OF. SO IT'S NOT JUST STEVE PICKING HIS FAVORITE ARTIST. WHAT'S THAT ONE? YES. SO, SO BASICALLY TOWERS. YEAH. IT JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE, THE PANEL, THE POINT OF THE PANEL IS TO JUST GIVE A VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES AND THEN IT'S NOT JUST ONE PERSON. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I WILL SAY WE DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHY SOME OF THE ART WAS PUT ON. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF, UH, BOXES THAT, UM, WERE BY A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER IN SOUTH GARLAND THAT WAS REFLECTING KIND OF AN AZTEC OR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A MYTHOLOGY TYPE OF, UM, IMAGERY. AND THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THAT ARTWORK WAS SELECTED. AND SO FROM, FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WE WERE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T ONE PERSON'S DECISION. THERE WERE A VARIETY OF PEOPLE THAT MADE THE DECISION TO SELECT THIS ARTIST. AND SO IT JUST, IT JUST HELPS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE PUBLIC DOLLARS INVOLVED. UM, SO WE NEED A VOLUNTEER. WE NEED SOMEBODY TO SERVE ON THIS NEXT PANEL. SO, AND WHEN WOULD THAT BE? UM, SO THIS, THIS PANEL WILL PROBABLY BE KIND OF A SELF, UM, OR THEY'LL SEND IT TO YOU OR SOMETHING. YEAH. WELL, SO IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD OPPORTUNITIES. YOU'VE GOTTEN TO BE ON A PANEL BEFORE AND SEVERAL LOTS OF FOLKS HAVE MM-HMM. WHERE IT'S A ZOOM BASED KIND OF THING FOR THIS ONE, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE PROBABLY, I, I ANTICIPATE WE'LL HAVE CLOSE TO 50 SUBMISSIONS BY THE TIME PEOPLE WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE. AND THE ARTISTS ESPECIALLY USE EVERY MINUTE THAT THEY HAVE, UM, TO SEND IN THEIR APPLICATION. I SUSPECT WE'RE GONNA HAVE AROUND A 50. AND SO THE WAY WE WORKED THROUGH IT THE LAST TIME WE PUT IT INTO A SURVEYMONKEY AND IT WAS KIND OF A SELF, WOULD YOU SAY SELF-GUIDED KIND OF SELECTION. MM-HMM . SO YOU WOULD REVIEW THE SUBMISSIONS ON YOUR OWN TIME AND UM, YOU KNOW, SCORE THEM. AND THEN WE TAKE THE SCORES, MERGE 'EM TOGETHER, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE SCORES, UM, WE MIGHT GET THE GROUP TOGETHER TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE ARTISTS THAT KIND OF ROSE TO THE TOP. IS EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT? YEAH. IS EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT? SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING, I KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE DOWNTOWN GARLAND ALREADY, YOU KNOW, DONE OR WHATEVER, BUT I THOUGHT AFTER I SAW THAT MUSICAL ONE, I THOUGHT, MAN, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE FOR THE GAR DOWNTOWN ONES TO ALL HAVE DANCE AND INSTRUMENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD'VE BEEN NEAT TO EVEN, NOT THAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT AT LEAST THE DOWN, AT LEAST THE DOWN. BUT I LOVE SEEING 'EM ALL OVER THE CITY. YEAH. IT'S NICE. I ALWAYS JUST GO, OH, LOOK, OH, WE, WE, IT'S NICE. I THINK THIS PROGRAM HAS GOTTEN THE MOST COMMENTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN. YEAH. LIKE, I MEAN, A POST ON NEXTDOOR LAST YEAR AND I A POST WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND'S ACCOUNT AND IT BASICALLY WAS LIKE THE MOST COMMENTED ON AND LIKE POST OF THAT YEAR, BASICALLY. PEOPLE LIKE IT. YEAH. THERE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY'RE LIKE, AND THE MAJORITY WAS POSITIVE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE LIKE, I LOVE SEEING ART ON MY DRIVE TO WORK AND ALL THIS STUFF. AND I POSTED LIKE, THE CALL ON FACEBOOK AND PEOPLE WERE LIKE, OH, I WISH RA DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO PRETTY POSITIVE. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY COMMENT ON THE OKAY, ON MILLER, MS. MILLER, MAYBE COUNTRY CLUB? THAT REAL BRIGHT? THEY PAINTED THE, UH, OH, THE WALL. THE WALL, YES. UHHUH. THAT WAS NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY. YEAH. NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD COME THROUGH THEM THEN. OKAY. I WAS WONDERING WHAT, I MEAN, I LIKE IT. I DON'T LOVE IT. OH, OKAY. IT'S PRETTY BRIGHT. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT COMMENTS YOU GOT OUT. OH YEAH. I'M LIKE, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING ABOUT A WALL. I'M LIKE, SOMEONE DID MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT A DIFFERENT WALL THEY WANTED PAINTED, AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T, I'M LIKE, I'LL LOOK INTO THAT. SO I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT LATER. BUT YEAH, SO MANY WALLS. YEAH, SO MANY CANVASES. RIGHT. I NEED MY HOUSE PAINTED . OKAY. CHASE. ALRIGHT. BUT THAT'LL BE FUN TO, YEAH. I REMEMBER WHEN WE DID THE, UH, THE VAN YES. FOR GARLAND'S VAN WHERE WE HAD THAT WAS FUN TO PICK OUT AN ARTIST THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, REPRESENT GARLAND BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE DRIVING ALL OVER THE PLACE. YOU KNOW, YOU WANT IT TO REPRESENT GARLAND. SO THAT WAS KIND OF COOL. YEAH. WELL THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. NO, WE DO SURE DO APPRECIATE IT. IT IS FUN TO BE ON THE PANEL AND THAT'S THE NICE THING THAT EVERYBODY CAN TAKE A CHANCE OR TAKE A TURN DOING IT, SO THAT'S GOOD. EXACTLY. YEAH. THAT DAN ONE WOULDN'T HAVE MADE THE PASS OH, BANG. IN MY EXISTENCE. SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE REALLY MY CITY UPDATES. WE HAVE LOTS TO COVER IN OUR NONPROFIT MEETING IN OUR INC MEETING, BUT, UM, FROM A CITY STANDPOINT, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL, THAT'S [00:10:01] ALL YOU HAVE? UH, YES MA'AM. ALRIGHT. WELL, UM, AND THEN ANY OTHER, I GUESS FUTURE AGENDAS FOR THIS KIND OF BE THE SAME THING WE TAKE, WE TAKE MORE CARE IN THE, IN MEETINGS. SO, UM, AT THIS POINT, IF THERE'S NO OTHER THINGS TO COVER, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? YES, I HAVE A MOTION AURN. AND THEN A SECOND. I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AND OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.