♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Order for the Lexington Public Arts Commission. We have enough to do business. And if you've looked over the minutes, if there are any additions or corrections, I would take those and ask for a motion to approve. Make the motion to approve. Thank you, ma'am. Second. Second, thank you. Any questions, any comments? All those in favor? Aye. Opposed, like signed, thank you. All right. Heather, you've given us things to consider, but we're going to review the revisions first, it looks like. Please. Yeah. So from our last meeting, we had had the discussion about the memorial art projects, and I looked up a number of others, and this is actually very standard, and they had varying lengths anywhere from one year to ten years. So we fell right in the middle with our five-year recommendation. And so where I found where I thought it worked best within the master plan was to put it on page 27 in the overall master plan, the project evaluation criteria. And I added to the bottom the memorial art project language, and then also I put it into the guidelines under the eligibility, and it's in red on both of those pages so you can see. And on the guidelines, it's a slightly abbreviated description from what I included in the master plan. All right. Those are outlined nicely. I think we need to take a motion on these together, do you think? Yeah, it's the same thing. It's just located in two places, so it's just to approve. Because they both have the same effect. Yeah, the policy, new policy that aligns with other policies. It's well-suited. All right. Unless there's any additions or corrections on this or thoughts, I'd ask for a motion to approve this change to the public art master plan. I motion. Thank you, ma'am. I have one thought. Yes, sir. And this goes to memorials to people. So if we are asking that there not be a duplicate of an existing one, what if there is a mural of an individual that may not be long-lasting, but we want to create like an actual physical long-lasting monument to that person? Would that be a, and I'm thinking of like, I know there's been talk of maybe doing something for sweet Lou Johnson. And he, there is a mural in town that depicts sweet Lou, but, you know, that those murals generally are, have a life lifespan and sometimes larger sculptural monuments take longer to develop. So it might be years in the making, but, you know, there might be a want for us to leave a clause that we can create a permanent piece that may replace a temporary point piece, or we just don't, I'm just wondering in those cases, preference. Okay. So I think the commission could decide at any time to move ahead. It just says preference will be given that are not currently represented. So yeah, the commission would be free to make their own decision. His examples of a different style of conveyance too, which I guess could be taken into consideration also. Okay. Thank you. I think that leaves the door open. Good comment. We're still in need of a second to the motion to accept these changes. Second. Thank you very much. Any other commentary? All those in favor. Aye. Thank you very much. Heather, you're batting strong today here. Tell us about the utility box color. Yeah, I wanted to just kind of give you an update since we're beginning a new round. And just to show you the two rounds that we've done in the past about year, and these are, you know, these are just documents I put together really for myself and when I submit to the state. It shows you the location and then the artwork and the artist name. So in the first round, which was June of last year, we had six. It also shows you the district and that we're, you know, trying to move these around in different districts and to include different districts as we will with this next upcoming round. We've gotten some great response to them and really great feedback. So that's been very nice. We do have a call out now. The deadline is September 15th. We have about 24, I think, applications in at this point. The majority of them will come in at September 14th and 15th. So anyway, I don't have any concerns about the number of applications we'll get. Last time I think we had 80-something. Wow. Yeah, so it was a good response. I'm sure this one will be as well. Channel 18 did a story, and so I'm actually getting a lot of feedback from the community, Suggestions of utility boxes that they would like to see done. And it prompted some artists. And so I'm still putting together the list of the utility boxes. But, again, we'll be trying to sort of sprinkle them around in a wide variety of locations and hopefully to get them up this fall. That's great. That's really great. Yes, ma'am. Is there any kind of electronic flyer? I would love to share this in my newsletter and on my social media. Is there any electronic flyer, or is it just like a press release or something? It was a press about the deadline itself. Yeah, I have an e-mail. Okay. Yes, that I can send you. Okay. That we sent out to artists and things. So I'm happy to send that to you. Okay. No flyer or anything like that, because, you know, people don't like to read. Yes. Flyers are great. It's an e-mailable flyer. Okay. Yeah, it's not. I didn't print anything to, like, distribute in paper. Okay. All right. Thank you. I'm a visual learner myself. All right. Oh, and then the next thing I was going to share with you is just an update on the sculpture that's going in on Main Street. You know, you can't really hide it. So people have started seeing the upper level of it. And this is a blurry representation. But it is the drawing of it. And then on the back is sort of the most recent rendering, which isn't exactly accurate. There have been revisions from this. But in the sort of big picture of things, it is what it will be. As you look at the drawing, the three circular, those are planting beds where there will be plants. What you can't really make out here is that we worked with local writers and commissioned writing that will be etched into limestone on the ground. And we reached out first to our Poets Laureate, who are based here in Lexington. So it's going to include Silas House, Frank X. Walker, Jeff Worley, Georgiella Lyon, and our Youth Poet Laureate, Eva Alcarez-Monje. And so I'm really excited to include all of them in this. And so those etchings will be on the ground. And then, of course, you can already see the large spheres up in the air. The dedication of this piece is going to be October 22nd at 10 o'clock. And so I hope you all will be there. I hope you will be enthusiastic about it and the time leading up to that. And let people know that it's an exciting new thing for Main Street. It's a big installation. It is large. And it is, for Lexington, the single largest commission that they have ever undertaken as a city. So I think, you know, for Lexington moving forward with a public art collection, it's important to be able to represent a lot of different kinds of art, a lot of different kinds of artists, and to always remember that our effort is to recognize and support local artists, regional artists, national artists, international artists. We want it all in Lexington. And different projects will provide different opportunities for all of them. I have a question. Please. Heather, what has become or what will become of the fountain? Well, it had stopped working. That fountain where this was, well, it had stopped working a couple of years ago, and they had already determined it was too expensive, too. So there's no water feature here. There is no water included at all. And, unfortunately, that is also the case with the fountain at the other end. That was a fun fountain. Evidently, the price tag is like $250,000, and so they have not moved forward on replacing it, which that one I thought is worthy. I didn't think this one was. The other one has been an engaging fountain. So that's too bad. But they could change their mind. It's not removed, but they just haven't moved forward to replace it or repair it. So who is they? Well, the city, the big city. All right, fine. Thank you. All of those city people. I'm not sure if we've moved on to other business, but to that end, what ever happened to the dandelion sculpture across from the Kentucky Theater? I do not know. Do you know the one I'm talking about? The fountain? There's one in Columbus Circle in New York, too, the same thing. It's like a big stem and the dandelion. Is it not there anymore? It hasn't been there for a while. Right, it was right in the center of the fountain. I remember it. You know what I'm talking about? I remember it. It was 360. That was their private property. No, it had to be their private property. I mean, there's a fountain there now. It's just not the dandelion. It was a nice piece. I forgot. I'm glad you remember it. Ed, do you remember it? I do not. People ask me all the time. Of my generation. So on this piece we're considering now, will it take much maintenance and will that be performed by the city, too? It will be performed by the city. So is this something meant to last five years or longer? Oh, no. It should last, you know, 100. Wow. If it's maintained, of course. If that's my question. All right. It's going to have to be taken care of. So is that the woven path part? We're done? We're down to new business? We're down to, I think, new business. Your name appears there. And that's me, too. So my new business is that this is my last public art commission meeting. I'm going to be leaving the city. And so my position that I hold here is as a staff member in the mayor's office. And so I will be leaving. And just I want to thank you all. You've been such a wonderful commission. And I've really enjoyed the projects that we've been able to do and, of course, the whole creation of the master plan, which enabled us to do these projects. So thank you all very, very much for your work. And Faith is going to continue handling the minutes and the agenda and will be conferring with Bill on those agendas until any other announcements or changes are made with the mayor's office. So that's my new business. You've been a great house mother for this whole thing. We met during COVID to write this master plan via Zoom calls, which was just amazing to do that then, and then to perfect it and then begin to curate it and have you there for all those things has been very meaningful. So we will miss your presence. We will miss your thought processes and hope only the best for you in every capacity. Thank you. You're welcome. I didn't realize you'd come in. Other comments, anyone? Any other items of business, anyone? I just want to say thank you for your service. You've been seeing this through a lot of projects and a lot of success. So thank you. Thank you. You can still come to meetings as a member of the public, can't you? Heckle you. Yes. Okay, now I like it. So, Heather, when is your last day? The end of September, maybe October 2nd or 3rd, but, yeah, right in there. So I'm trying to get as much finished up as I can in this next month. Yeah, and hopefully we'll leave it in shape for a next person to be able to pick it up. It will definitely be in better shape than when I arrived, I can tell you that. I mean, there were no records whatsoever, so it was just a totally clean slate. At least there's some records now. Thank you. Other comments, anyone? We've reached the end of our agenda. We've reached the end of our agenda. Silence represents the end of the meeting, I believe. Unless there's any, I don't believe there's any public comment. But, Heather, thank you again for all your work. Thank you. And do come heckle. That would be fun. There's not been nearly enough heckling from the audience, honestly. We've drawn a couple of planks in the audience. I had hoped for more. Take some time and drum us up an audience. Well, you've been so instrumental in so many ways. Thank you. Thank you. Unless there's other comments or areas of interest, I would ask for a motion to adjourn. So moved. All right. All those in favor? All right. Heather, I'm going to give you S. There we go. That's it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. That was a devoted prayer. Thank you.