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OKAY, IT'S 6:00 AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
JUST A REMINDER, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING TO PLEASE.
TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE AND SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO YOUR MICROPHONE.
SO THAT THOSE AT HOME CAN HEAR US. SO WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 26TH, 2026. OUR FIRST FIRST BUSINESS IS ROLL CALL. SO WE'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE. BRITTANY HARPER.
SHAUN WILLOUGHBY. ANGELA ZAGOURA. THANK YOU. OKAY.
[2. Approval of Minutes]
THE FIRST THING WE'VE GOT TO DO IS APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS IN FEBRUARY.HOPEFULLY EVERYONE GOT A CHANCE TO JUST PERUSE THOSE THROUGH THE EMAIL THAT TENEISHA SENT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PREPARED.
THANK YOU ELMER. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. THANK YOU.
BRITTANY. ALSO, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY DISCUSSION OF THE OF THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY? NOPE. OKAY, SO THEN WE HAVE TO OFFICIALLY VOTE.
OH, RIGHT. OKAY. SO NOW WE WILL VOTE ON APPROVING THE MINUTES.
EVERYONE IN FAVOR, RAISE THEIR RIGHT HAND AND IT'S UNANIMOUS.
[3. Liaison Report]
OKAY. MOVING ON TO THE LIAISON REPORT. TURNING IT OVER TO TENEISHA.ALL RIGHT. HELLO, EVERYBODY. I WAS ABLE TO DO TWO WONDERFUL THINGS SINCE YOU LAST SAW ME AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ABOUT THAT AND AND LET YOU KNOW SOME UPDATES.
SO THE DEKALB COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS HAD A RELAUNCH PARTY.
THE DEKALB ARTS HAS BEEN OUT OF COMMISSION FOR 20 YEARS AND THEY ARE BRINGING IT BACK TO LIFE IN A MANY, MANY GREAT WAYS. THE CEO, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF SIX POINT SOMETHING MILLION.
FOR THE BUDGET FOR DEKALB ARTS. SO ONE OF THEIR FIRST PROJECTS THAT THEY ANNOUNCED AT THIS EVENT, WHICH WAS A LOVELY EVENT IS THE PICTURE THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN.
EACH CITY IN DEKALB IS GOING TO GET A GIANT CERAMIC COW.
AND WE WILL BE YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING SOME KIND OF CALL FOR ART AND, AND HAVE SOMEONE HAVE SOMEONE WORK ON THAT AND, AND, AND FIND A PLACE FOR IT.
I HAVE NOT PUT TOO, TOO MUCH THOUGHT INTO A PLACE YET BECAUSE I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY KIND OF TIMELINE.
SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE. AND THEN LAST WEEK, I HAD THE CHANCE TO GO TO THE NATIONAL COVENANT ON ART AND SOCIAL CONNECTION, WHICH WAS A MOUTHFUL TO SAY QUITE A FEW TIMES.
AND IT WAS AGAIN, A REALLY, REALLY GREAT EVENT.
THIS WAS PUT ON BY THE HIGH, THEY HAD AMAZING KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, REALLY GREAT BREAKOUT SESSIONS.
I MADE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT CONNECTIONS. AND AS I WAS SAYING EARLIER TO BRITTANY.
SURPRISINGLY, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO THIS WERE NOT IN ATLANTA.
THERE WAS PEOPLE FROM AS FAR AWAY AS HAWAII. SO IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
AND THE CONNECTIONS MADE WERE WERE FANTASTIC.
SO I'M HOPING TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE INTO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FUTURE PLANNING FOR WHAT THE PACK CAN DO.
THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT WORKING WITH THE SENIOR CENTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE IT, I DID BRING THE THE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS CALLED, THE LITTLE PAMPHLET THING FROM THE EVENT, IF ANYONE WANTED TO LOOK THROUGH IT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY LIKE GREAT NOTES OR IDEAS AND STUFF YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US OFFLINE? YEAH. PLEASE FEEL FREE. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND I DID, I DID KEEP SOME NOTES AND SOME IDEAS AND YOU KNOW,
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MADE SOME PLANS FOR LUNCHES AND STUFF. SO I'LL DEFINITELY KEEP MOVING ON ALL THAT.[4. Old Business]
ALL RIGHT. I'LL JUST KEEP GOING. SO IN OLD BUSINESS, WE'VE GOT CHALK WALK.SO THIS IS OFFICIALLY STARTING TO BE PLANNED.
I ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH ZACH, WHO WAS OUR LOVELY PROFESSIONAL CHALK ART MANAGER.
HE AND I HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT YOU KNOW, IF WE WANTED TO CHANGE ANYTHING THIS YEAR AND WE WERE REALLY THINKING ABOUT PUTTING A LITTLE MORE OF THE BUDGET INTO THE PROFESSIONAL CHALK ARTISTS SIDE SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE CHALK ARTISTS. WE. NOW, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN DISCUSS THIS AND I'LL LIKELY JUST KEEP, CONTINUE DISCUSSING IT IN MY SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS, BUT IN ORDER TO BRING IN MORE OF THE PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, WE NEED MORE USABLE GROUND. AND SO SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER LAST YEAR IT WAS PLANNED TO SHUT DOWN THIS PART OF PEACH TREE. AND FOR SOME REASON, THE POLICE ENDED UP NOT SHUTTING IT DOWN.
AND THEN BASICALLY WE'LL HAVE A CIRCLE SO PEOPLE WILL COME IN AND OUT AROUND IN THAT WAY.
AND THEN I ALSO HAD SOME MEETINGS WITH A COUPLE OF HYPER LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED IN THE CHALK WALK, WHICH IS GREAT. SO THERE WERE SOME IDEAS ABOUT THAT BACK PARKING LOT OF THE HARVEY RAVI, WHICH THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS DURING THE CHALK WALK.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF IDEAS FLOATING AROUND RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE SEEM EXCITED THIS YEAR.
SO I'M, I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT WE'RE STARTING THESE DISCUSSIONS AS EARLY AS WE ARE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS THINKING ABOUT IN REGARDS TO CHALK WALK IS BECAUSE THE ART IS SO EPHEMERAL, RIGHT? IT GETS WASHED AWAY PRETTY QUICKLY ONCE THE EVENT IS OVER.
MAYBE HE'S SEEN SOMETHING THAT WORKS WELL AT ANOTHER EVENT.
IS THERE ANY SORT OF WAY THAT WE CAN CAPTURE WHAT HAPPENS TO HELP IT KIND OF LIVE BEYOND THE DAY, OR FOR FOLKS MAYBE WHO AREN'T HERE THE WHOLE DAY, IF YOU ONLY COME OUT IN THE MORNING AND THEN YOU DON'T EVER REALLY SEE THE FINISHED PRODUCTS, AND MAYBE THERE COULD BE SOME SORT OF LIVE STREAMING OR TIME LAPSE VIDEO OF THE ART FROM START TO FINISH THAT THAT WE COULD SHARE ON OUR SOCIALS AND WEBSITE AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
AND I'M SURE THAT THERE'S A COST INVOLVED WITH, WITH THAT, BUT MAYBE EITHER ZACK OR EVEN LIKE THE AV TEAM HERE MIGHT HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS ON WAYS THAT WE COULD, WE COULD ACHIEVE THAT.
I LOVE THE LIKE STOP MOTION IDEA OR, YOU KNOW, TIME, TIME, TIME LAPSE.
SO WE LAST YEAR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THIS, BUT WE ACTUALLY HIRED A SECONDARY PHOTOGRAPHER WHO CAME IN AND GOT SOME LIKE DRONE SHOTS FOR US AND STUFF, WHICH WAS REALLY GREAT. HE MAY BE A GOOD RESOURCE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
MAYBE. YOU KNOW, FOR THE, LET'S SAY, TOP THREE ARTISTS OR SOMETHING.
MAYBE HE COULD HAVE A STATIONARY TIME LAPSE KIND OF SET UP.
WE COULD DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT THAT. AND I THINK WE PROBABLY HAVE ENOUGH WIGGLE ROOM IN THAT PARTICULAR BUDGET AS WELL BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE WRAP IN OUR MARKETING BUDGET INTO THAT AND OFTEN DISCOVER DEKALB ACTUALLY ENDS UP PAYING FOR OUR MARKETING FOR CHALK WALK.
SO WE END UP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA THERE.
AND THEN MAYBE THERE'S A WAY OF IF THERE'S ANY LIKE DIGITAL ART OPPORTUNITIES WHERE PHOTOS OF THE FINISHED PIECES COULD BE JUST LIKE I'M THINKING OF LIKE THESE SCREENS THAT ARE HERE AND MAYBE THEY CAN BE USED AS SCREEN SAVERS IN ANY SCREENS THAT ARE IN LIKE PUBLIC BUILDINGS OR ON ANY SORT OF STREAMED CONTENT ON OUR WEBSITE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WHEREVER WE CAN FIND WAYS TO THAT THE FINAL PRODUCT CAN LIVE BEYOND. I THINK WOULD BE JUST A NICE TOUCH.
YEAH, I LIKE THAT. I LOVE THAT IDEA. TENEISHA, I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE IT KIND OF KIND OF IT KIND OF PARALLELS WITH WHAT BRITNEY WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH IT JUST KIND OF GOING AWAY VERY EASILY.
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BUT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT CLOSING DOWN PEACHTREE, PART OF PEACHTREE, ARE YOU LOOKING AT, IS THE ARTWORK GOING WOULD BE ON THE STREET OR ON LIKE THE SIDEWALK? SO ZACH WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE STREET.THAT'S RIGHT OUT HERE. LIKE PART OF THE PARKING LOT JUST PAST THE PARKING LOT OR PAST THE SIDEWALK.
I GUESS IT'S KIND OF TAKING THAT SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE SO THE ACTUAL ROAD, THE ACTUAL ROAD.
YEAH. THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHUNKS THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ART, RIGHT? SO WHEN THE STREET OPENS, PEOPLE ARE DRIVING OVER THE ART.
YEAH. RIGHT. OKAY. IS THERE WOULD YOU WOULD YOU CONSIDER JUST USING THE SIDEWALK INSTEAD? I CAN'T, WE COULD DO THAT. YEAH. I THINK YOU WOULD JUST HAVE TO BE AWARE OF BECAUSE THAT IS OUR WHEELCHAIR PATH.
OH, YES. OKAY. SO ACCESSIBILITY, WHICH IS WHICH IS A DIFFICULT TOPIC ANYWAY FOR THIS RIGHT HERE BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY NO RAMP DOWN. YOU REALLY DO HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND TO GET RIGHT BACK OVER THERE.
WHAT ABOUT OVER HERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OLD CITY HALL? LIKE WHERE? THAT GAZEBO. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S IS THAT SIDEWALK ISN'T BIG ENOUGH? YOU MAY REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE DID A LOT OF THE THE YOUNGER KIDS STUFF UP HERE, AND WE DID LIKE THE HIGH SCHOOL ART TEAM, DID THE FREE ART AREA. AND IT WAS REALLY POPULAR UP HERE BECAUSE IT'S SHADED AND IT'S NICE.
SO I HAVE NO PROBLEMS BRINGING THAT AROUND MORE KIND OF THAT WAY.
YEAH. I THINK ZACH DOESN'T LOVE THE IDEA BECAUSE IT'S SORT OF SEPARATING SOME ARTISTS.
THAT'S WHAT HE. RIGHT. YEAH, I GET I GET THAT.
YEAH. BUT WE COULD YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A EVERY YEAR OUR COMPETITION GROWS AND GROWS AND GROWS.
PEOPLE LOVE DOING THAT. SO WE COULD PUSH THE COMPETITION OUT THAT WAY.
YEAH. THAT'S TRUE. YEAH. OKAY. AND ALSO, COULD YOU CLARIFY WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT? ARTISTS DO NOT WANT TO WORK ALONE. YEAH. SO SO THAT WAS ZACH DOESN'T WANT LIKE, IF WE DO PUSH OUT TO ANY NEW SPOTS, HE DOESN'T WANT IT TO BE ONE, LIKE ONE ARTIST OVER IN A CORNER.
WE NEED, LIKE, AT LEAST THREE SQUARES. YEAH. OKAY.
YEAH. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. YEAH. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD, I WOULD SAY IS JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE LOGISTICAL CHALLENGE OF SET UP FOR THE VENDOR MARKET. YES. IF WE DO USE THAT STREET, BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER, I'M SURE YOU DO REMEMBER BECAUSE YOU ORGANIZED IT ALL, BUT THE JUST THE PATH OF THE VENDORS COMING IN FOR SET UP AND EXITING AND THEN COMING BACK FOR BREAKDOWN.
AND SO WHAT, WHAT MIGHT BE THE ALTERNATIVE FOR THE SETUP FOR THE MARKET? I MEAN, ALTERNATIVELY, WE COULD HAVE MORE CHALK DOWN HERE AND VENDORS IN THE STREET LIKE WE DO WITH TASTE OF CHAMBLEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, IT IS, IT DOES MAKE THINGS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT.
SO IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF THINKING, BUT IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
YEAH. THAT STREET IDEA MIGHT WORK NICELY FOR THE VENDORS BECAUSE IF WE MAKE IT LIKE JUST A ONE WAY PATH, LIKE OVER HERE, IT BECAME A LITTLE BIT OF A YES LOGJAM AS PEOPLE ARE TRYING, YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE LOOP AND THE CARS ARE TRYING TO GET THROUGH, WHILE THEY'RE ALSO TENSE ON BOTH SIDES. BUT THE STREET MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEX OR A LITTLE BIT MORE BREATHING ROOM TO ALLOW THAT.
AND IF IT'S ONLY A ONE WAY PATH AND THEY HAVE TO GO DOWN TO SAY BROAD AND THEN TURN IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT BE THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD SOLUTION. YEAH.
AND WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT PUTTING VENDORS ON BROAD ON BROAD, WHICH WE USUALLY DO LIKE THE FOOD TRUCKS AND STUFF THERE, BUT THERE'S NO REASON YOU COULDN'T ALSO DO TENTS, RIGHT? THAT'S TRUE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANKS, TENEISHA.
YOU ARE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN ART DROP.
I'VE GOT SOME EXCITING UPDATES FOR ART DROP. SO PLAID CRAFTS, WHICH IS OVER IN PEACHTREE CORNERS.
THEY HAVE, COMMITTED TO DONATING 100 ART KITS.
THAT'S FANTASTIC. THANK YOU PLAID. YES. WHICH IS SO AMAZING.
AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOR US IS THEY HAVE IN THEIR OFFICES, THEY HAVE A, I THINK THEY CALL IT THE CRAFT BAR. AND SO WHENEVER PEOPLE GO AND HAVE LUNCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY CAN MAKE A LITTLE CRAFT OF THE WEEK WHILE SITTING THERE.
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AND SO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AROUND ART DROP IS THEY'RE GOING TO SAY THEY'RE GOING TO PUT OUT THE SUPPLIES FOR TINY ART AND THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR FREE LITTLE ART MUSEUM AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MAKE TINY.IT'S EXCITING. VERY, VERY COOL. SO VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT I HAD A CALL WITH THEM.
IT WAS EXCELLENT. AND THEN SEFAA, WHICH WE KNOW IS HERE IN CHAMBLEE, THEY ARE GOING TO DONATE TO THE ART SUPPLY SWAP. AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO COLLECT ALL, YOU KNOW, YARNS AND FIBERS AND ANY KIND OF TOOLS THAT THEY'RE NOT USING AND THAT KIND OF THING AND DONATE THAT TO US. SO THAT'S GREAT.
SO THE ART SUPPLY SHOP. OH, I MEANT TO PUT THE DATE IN THERE IS I DON'T HAVE IT ON ME.
IT'S THAT SUNDAY THAT ART DROP BEGINS.
I, I AM, IF ANYONE KNOWS ANY SPANISH SPEAKING VOLUNTEERS WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUT THAT DAY, THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE. AND THEN FOR SKILLSHARE, I HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE.
I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYONE YET. BUT I DEFINITELY KNOW ENOUGH CREATIVE PEOPLE.
FOR THE, FOR OUR DROP. I KNOW WE HAD PREVIOUSLY IN OUR LAST MEETING BROUGHT UP SCRAPLANTA.
THEY DO A LOT OF WORKSHOPS, COMMUNITY BASED WORKSHOPS AND STUFF.
AND I THINK THERE'S ALSO, THERE'S A METALWORKING GUILD.
THAT WAS RIGHT OVER THE CHAMBLEE LINE IN DORAVILLE.
I DO BELIEVE THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MOVE, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED, BUT THAT MIGHT BE KIND OF FUN TOO. AND THEN YOU GUYS HAD A MEETING.
IF YOU KIND OF WANT TO, THIS IS JUST YOUR NOTES FROM THAT MARKETING MEETING.
IF YOU JUST WANT TO TELL THE PUBLIC KIND OF WHAT YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT.
SURE. YEAH. DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO TAKE THAT? I CAN TAKE IT OR ANYBODY. OKAY. SO YES, ANGELA AND BRITTANY AND I HAD A OFFLINE AND I KNOW THAT SORRY, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THESE NOTES IN A WHILE, SO I'M SKIMMING THEM AS I'M TALKING, BUT I KNOW THAT, TENEISHA, YOU HAD SOME CONCERN ABOUT JUST KEEPING UP WITH THE ART DROP ITSELF AND WE WERE USING A HASHTAG IN THE PAST PRIMARILY JUST A HASHTAG. SO WE CAME UP WITH AN IDEA THAT THEY WOULD IN YOU, THEY COULD USE THE HASHTAG, BUT THEY ALSO WOULD MENTION CHAMBLEE PUBLIC ARTS THE INSTAGRAM PAGE.
AND THEN THIS WILL ALLOW THAT COLLECTION TO HAPPEN EASIER UNDER THE MENTIONS ON, ON INSTAGRAM.
AND THEN YOU COULD, AT THE END OF THE DAY, JUST PUT THOSE INTO STORIES OR THROUGHOUT THE DAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE CONSTANTLY TRACKING ON INSTAGRAM WITH THE HASHTAG AND AND THEN WE ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT CONSIDERING IF ONE OF US COULD BE ADDED AS AN ADMIN DURING THAT WEEK TO KIND OF HELP YOU WITH THAT TASK.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S POSSIBLE OR WHAT'S ALLOWED, BUT WE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO HELP YOU WITH THE TASK OF MOVING IMAGERY TO THE STORIES. NOW THAT MIGHT TAKE IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE LONGER FOR PEOPLE TO FIND THINGS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE DOING IT, YOU KNOW, IN REAL TIME. SO IF WE ALSO USE A HASHTAG, THEN IT COULD BE DONE EITHER WAY.
LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE SOME TIME, YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, SEND IT OFF.
AND OF COURSE, PEOPLE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THAT HASHTAG, HASHTAG AS WELL.
SO BUT WE THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE EASIER AND MAYBE MORE EFFICIENT FOR YOU.
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THAT YOU COULD BE A PART OF. A LOT OF TIMES IF THERE'S SPACE FOR ANOTHER USER, YOU COULD BE ADDED TO THAT THE CHAMBLEE PUBLIC ARTS INSTAGRAM COULD BE ADDED.AND THAT MIGHT HELP TOO WITH JUST SCHEDULING THINGS.
AND THEN THEY'LL GO OFF AT A CERTAIN TIME. AND THEN BRITTANY HAD SUGGESTED TO REACH OUT TO I GUESS IT WAS A FORMER ARTIST THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH CATLANTA, RORY IS HER NAME, TO SEE HOW HER NAME, HIS NAME TO SEE HOW HE MANAGES HIS DROPS BECAUSE HE DOES THIS APPARENTLY ON A REGULAR BASIS.
BRITTANY KNOWS MORE ABOUT THAT THAN I DO, SO FEEL FREE TO HAVE A CHAT.
AND THEN, AND THEN FOR OUR SKILL SHARE THOUGHTS.
BRITTANY MENTIONED THIS EARLIER. WE DID SUGGEST PARTNERING WITH SCRAPLANTA.
WE DID FEEL LIKE PARTNERING WITH SOMEONE LIKE SCRAPTLANTA AND SEFAA, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH, BUT WOULD HELP BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP FOR ANY KIND OF FUTURE EVENTS THAT WE MIGHT PLAN.
AND YOU MENTIONED THIS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SPANISH SPEAKING VOLUNTEER ON HAND THAT DAY, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. SO WE WANT TO DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FIND SOMEBODY TO DO THAT.
AND ALSO FOR THAT, THAT SKILL SHARE DAY AND THE SWAP, WE WANTED TO, TO STRESS THAT IT IS FOR ALL AGES BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT JUST ASSUME THAT IT'S FOR, FOR CHILDREN.
AND I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND HAVING MAYBE A SEPARATE LIKE ADULT SWIM AREA.
YEAH. YEAH. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS CRAFTED WITH SMALL CHILDREN AND ALSO ALONE, IT'S NOT, IT'S TWO DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN DECIDE WHICH ONE YOU WANT. YEAH.
YEAH. WE DON'T KNOW HOW FEASIBLE THAT IS, BUT AND I THINK ESPECIALLY IF IT'S AT THE PARK, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY THINK KIDS. SO BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ADULTS WHO WANT TO BE CREATIVE THAT DAY ARE WELCOME TO COME.
AND THEN WE ALSO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THEY KNOW THAT THESE, THESE ITEMS THAT THEY MAKE ARE NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE ART DROP.
THEY CAN FEEL FREE TO GO DROP IT SOMEWHERE. BUT THEY'RE, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARY.
SO THAT WAS A LITTLE SUMMARY OF OUR MEETING. DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DID FORGET TO MENTION, AND YOU REMINDED ME SOMEONE THAT I RAN INTO AT THIS HIGH EVENT IS THE, THE TEAM AT DART IN DORAVILLE AND THEY ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUT WITH THE SKILL SHARE PIECE OF IT.
AND I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW I FORGOT THAT, BUT YEAH, SO THAT'LL BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL.
AND WE'RE SO CLOSE. AND THERE ARE. OUR TWO TOWNS ARE SO SMALL.
YOU JUST. YOU'RE IN DORAVILLE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, AND YOU'RE BACK IN CHAMBLEE BEFORE YOU REALIZE IT.
ESPECIALLY AT DRESDEN. IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE TO, TO, TO PARTNER TOGETHER AND SHARE RESOURCES AND, AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF. SO THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AND, AND WE HAD A COUPLE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ABOUT HOW IT WOULD WORK.
SO, SO YEAH, I'LL MAKE SURE TO REACH OUT TO THEM AGAIN SOMETIME SOON.
DO WE KNOW IF BROOKHAVEN HAS A SIMILAR BODY OF? THEY DON'T. THEY, THEY HAVE A, A COMMISSION. BUT IT'S NOT AS A FRUITFUL AS OURS.
I THINK EVEN IF IT'S JUST LIKE, KNOCK, KNOCK.
HOWDY, NEIGHBOR. LET'S GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THEY JUST UNVEILED A SCULPTURE, RIGHT.
OR SOMETHING IN FRONT OF THEIR NEW CITY HALL.
OH, OKAY. A FEW WEEKS AGO. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. SO JUST KEEP US POSTED IF YOU KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP WITH THE, WITH THE ART DROP WEEK ESPECIALLY. THANK YOU.
YEAH. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU GUYS THE THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN USING FOR MARKETING.
SO THE ART DROP ACTUALLY STARTS ON THE 18TH, SATURDAY THE 18TH.
YEAH, I THINK IN YEARS PAST I THINK WE'VE GONE SUNDAY TO SATURDAY, BUT IT SEEMS, I DON'T KNOW.
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I WAS LIKE, WHY, WHY NOT JUST SATURDAY? YEAH, SURE.GIVE PEOPLE ANOTHER DAY. DO IT. IT'S FINE. ESPECIALLY SATURDAY PEOPLE.
IT'S EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET THINGS. YEAH. ON WEEKENDS.
[5. New Business]
DIFFERENT PIECES OF PAC AND HOW IT WORKS AND WHAT'S EXPECTED AND ALL THAT.YES. AND I KNOW WE'RE MISSING SOME KEY PEOPLE TONIGHT, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
AND SO OUR BUDGET COMES FROM THE HOTEL MOTEL FEES, WHICH THE TOURISM TAX THAT WE COLLECT THROUGH THE CITY. AND THEN THIS IS, MIGHT NOT BE SOMETHING I, I KNEW, BUT IS FILTERED THROUGH DISCOVER DEKALB, WHICH I THINK NOW THAT I SAY THAT OUT LOUD, I THINK I DID KNOW THAT AND SO THEN IT'S.
YES. AND THEN IT'S PROVIDED TO DEKALB CITIES FOR TOURISM OR TO, IT'S PULLED FOR DEKALB CITIES AND THEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITIES TO USE FOR THEIR PUBLIC ART. SO IT IS NOT FUNDED THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL TAX ROUTES.
IT'S NOT TAXPAYER FUNDS THAT WE'RE USING. WE ARE ACTUALLY USING THESE HOTEL MOTEL TOURISM TAXES THAT ARE COLLECTED THROUGH THE COUNTY. IS THAT CORRECT? DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL. OKAY. I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE PUBLIC ART BUDGET IS ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF HOTEL MOTEL TAX FEES THAT WE RECEIVE. AND OTHER, THE OTHER REMAINING FEES ARE SPENT ON BRINGING IN TOURISM.
CORRECT? YEAH. THE HOTEL MOTEL FEE IS THE DOLLARS HAVE TO BE USED FOR PROMOTION OF THE AREA.
SO CHAMBLEE IS TRADITIONALLY USED A PORTION OF THAT FOR THEIR EVENTS PROGRAMING.
SO THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, THE FIREWORKS SOME OF IT GOES TO FUNDING THE ADVERTISING FOR TASTE OF CHAMBLEE AND JUST THE OVERALL, JUST THE MARKETING OF THE CITY. SO WHEN YOU SEE ADS IN LOCAL PALETTE MAGAZINE OR THINGS LIKE THAT, OR HEAR RADIO ADS FOR THINGS, THOSE FUNDS, A LOT OF THOSE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM THAT HOTEL MOTEL FEE AS WELL.
I THINK WE I THINK IT'S 10% OF HOTEL MOTEL IS TYPICALLY EARMARKED FOR THE ARTS HERE.
GREAT. THANKS, ELMER. AND THAT'S THAT'S 10% OF CHAMBLEE PORTION.
SO OVERALL, IT'S, IT'S MORE LIKELY LIKE 1% OR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING OUT OF THAT TOTAL BUDGET, RIGHT? OKAY, SO HERE IS OUR BUDGET FOR 2026. AND TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE DO COLLECT IDEAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THROUGH THE YEAR BECAUSE OUR BUDGETING PROCESS STARTS AROUND, I WANT TO SAY AUGUST. IS THAT RIGHT? JAN, I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO SWITCH SLIDES BECAUSE YOU.
OH, HERE WE GO. SORRY. NO, IT'S PERFECT DOING THIS.
I WAS SETTING UP FOR THE BUDGET. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
YEAH. WE START DISCUSSING AND BRAINSTORMING AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF IN AUGUST BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER THE SPREADSHEET TO PROVIDE THAT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND THEN THE COUNCIL APPROVES THAT IN DECEMBER.
AND THEN OUR, SO OUR BUDGET YEAR IS THE CALENDAR YEAR.
SO IT DOES RUN JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER. THANK YOU TENEISHA.
DID YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK TO THE BUDGET? YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
SO I DID I DID WANT TO JUST CALL OUT THAT WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IS WE HAVE ADDED SOME EVENTS TO OUR PROJECT PLAN THAT HAVE BECOME ANNUAL EVENTS.
SO THOSE WILL THOSE GET EARMARKED WITH, YOU KNOW, QUITE A BIG CHUNK OF THAT MONEY UP FRONT.
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ARTS MASTER PLAN AND TENEISHA, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN THIS BACK OVER TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHY THAT'S POPPED UP THIS YEAR AND WHAT THAT MEANS EXACTLY. SO THE ARTS MASTER PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT'S YOU KNOW, DONE.I WANT TO SAY OUR LAST TIME WAS MAYBE SEVEN YEARS AGO, EIGHT YEARS AGO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF CYCLICAL, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER KIND OF MASTER PLAN.
SO WE ARE READY FOR A NEW ONE. AND WE HAD GOTTEN THAT QUOTE AT LEAST A YEAR AGO, I BELIEVE, AND HAVE, HAVE KIND OF WAITED IT OUT UNTIL 2026 TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
AND SO THE ARTS MASTER PLAN WILL BASICALLY GIVE US A A FUTURE LOOK AT THE NEXT YOU KNOW, 5 TO 10 TEN YEARS OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON, WHERE WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THE THE COMMUNITY WANTS, WHICH IS WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THESE THINGS.
THEY REALLY GET INTO THE COMMUNITY AND DO THE RESEARCH AND ASK THE GOOD QUESTIONS. SO, SO WE'LL HAVE A, A KIND OF A DIRECTION TO GO IN ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, WHICH IS GREAT.
THANK YOU. SO YES, SO THAT'S OUR BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.
AND IF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER I DID THE CALENDAR THAT I PROVIDED IN ONE OF OUR FIRST MEETINGS THIS YEAR, I THINK THE JANUARY MEETING, I DID ADD THE BUDGET TO THAT SHEET.
OKAY. AND THEN THE WORLD BLEW UP, RIGHT? RIGHT.
WE GOT A BIT OF A FRAMEWORK IN PLACE LATE IN 20 TO 21.
BUT IT WAS STILL NOT A WHOLLY ORGANIZED THING REALLY UNTIL ABOUT 2022.
RIGHT. SO AND WITH ALL THE CHANGES THAT CAME ALONG WITH THE WORLD BLOWING UP IN THE SPRING OF 2020, SOME OF THE THINGS LAID OUT IN THAT MASTER PLAN NO LONGER MADE SENSE FROM THE JUMP.
SO YEAH, THAT MAKES THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
THANKS, ELMER. SO HERE ARE THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS.
SO WHEN WE DO HAVE AN ART EVENT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND AND VOLUNTEER IF YOU CAN.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THE PAC MEMBERS THERE.
AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE SOME FANCY NEW T SHIRTS AND SWEATSHIRTS THAT WE CAN ALL WEAR NOW.
AND AND THEN ALSO WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO USE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT OUR EVENTS AND EVEN OUR, THE MEETINGS ANY KIND OF PROGRAMING.
THE STORY MAP WHICH MANY OF YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT, BUT IT'S ON THE CHAMBLEE WEBSITE UNDER THE IT'S UNDER PARKS AND REC AND THEN PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION. AND THEN, SO THE STORY MAP IS AMAZING AND IT IS A LIKE A, THINK OF IT LIKE A GOOGLE MAP.
I GUESS IT IS GOOGLE MAP, MAYBE. TENEISHA I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S A MAP FROM GOOGLE.
YEAH, YEAH. AND THEN IT WILL SHOW YOU WHERE ALL OF THE PUBLIC ARTS ART LIVES IN CHAMBLEE.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF FUN. IF YOU WANT TO CREATE A LITTLE ART WALK FOR YOURSELF, EVEN TO START HERE AT CITY HALL AND GO DOWN THE RAIL TRAIL AND LOOK AT ALL OF OUR, THE SCULPTURES AND THE MURALS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH THE YEARS.
SO THAT'S A AND THAT'S SOMETHING REALLY FUN. I SHARE THAT PRETTY REGULARLY.
I, I LOVE TO SHARE THE STORY MAP. AND THEN WE DO EXPECT THAT YOU ATTEND THE, ALL OF THE MEETINGS, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO TWO ABSENCES THROUGH THE YEAR.
AND THEN OF COURSE, BECAUSE WE NEED A QUORUM OF FOUR.
WE DO ASK THAT YOU LET TENEISHA KNOW AHEAD OF TIME IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ATTENDING THE MEETING.
SHE DOES HAVE TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW IF SOMETHING HAS CHANGED WITH THE MEETING.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT SHE KIND OF UNDERSTANDS WHAT OUR PLANS ARE FOR THE UPCOMING MEETING.
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YEAH. AND THAT'S THAT'S REALLY THE IMPORTANT PART. THAT'S WHY IT MATTERS IS BECAUSE IF WE IF WE HAVE TO CANCEL YOU'RE REALLY SUPPOSED TO DO THAT 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE. BECAUSE IT HAD ALREADY BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND THAT KIND OF THING.SO THERE IS A LEGAL OFFICIAL WAY THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IT.
SO IT MAKES, IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER IF WE KNOW AHEAD OF TIME.
YEAH. OKAY. IS THAT THE LAST SLIDE OR. THAT'S IT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. TENEISHA. THANK YOU SHAN, FOR DOING ALL OF THAT.
I THINK IT'S HELPFUL FOR, AS A REFRESHER FOR EVERYONE AND ALSO FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IF THEY HAPPEN TO WATCH TO SEE WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR US. COULD WE GO BACK TO THE BUDGET SLIDE? I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND HOPEFULLY THIS DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT'S PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT.
BUT I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF WE HAD ANY THOUGHTS OF A TIMELINE FOR THE CHAMBLEE GATEWAY MURAL AND WHEN WE WOULD, AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT THAT.
ARE WE GOING TO DO AN RFP AND RFQ? YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN ARE WE GOING TO START ON THAT? AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALREADY APRIL, BASICALLY IT'S THE END OF MARCH.
AND IF WE WANT TO GET THAT DONE WITHIN THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU'VE HAD ANY CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT THAT YET.
WELL. IT'S JUST THE STARTING PROJECT AND SO ON.
[INAUDIBLE] ON MONDAY. OKAY. AND THE MATCHING MURAL GRANT.
WE KNOW, WE, WE, WE LAUNCHED IT LAST YEAR. WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A FIRST YEAR ROUGH START, WHICH IS TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE WITH A BRAND NEW PROJECT THAT WE BIRTHED OUT INTO THE WORLD.
IT'S GOT TO GET ITS LITTLE LEGS UNDER IT. RIGHT? SO I WOULD JUST ALSO MAYBE LIKE US TO THINK ABOUT WITH THIS YEAR, IT'S STILL, IT'S STILL BRAND NEW, RIGHT? WE HAVEN'T ACCOMPLISHED OUR FIRST PIECE YET FROM THAT PROGRAM.
SO I THINK THAT AS A GROUP, WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT MIGHT WE POSSIBLY DO WITH THOSE FUNDS IF THEY DO NOT GET SPENT? BECAUSE WE KNOW BASICALLY THE LAST TWO MONTHS OF THE YEAR ARE NON-EXISTENT WHEN IT COMES TO TO LIKE TRYING TO DO A NEW PROJECT.
SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD MAYBE JULY, JUNE, JULY, IF, IF THERE'S BEEN NO EXPENDITURE FROM THAT LINE ITEM, THEN WE MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT, IS THERE A PROJECT THAT WE CAN ADD FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MONEY GETS SPENT.
[INAUDIBLE] A SMALL WHICH IS CITY COUNCIL. [INAUDIBLE] AND THE ONLY OTHER CONTACT WOULD BE TO [INAUDIBLE] OKAY.
OKAY. [INAUDIBLE] SO THAT'S A BIT LONGER. [INAUDIBLE] BUT IF YOU HAVE THINGS THAT [INAUDIBLE] OKAY. AND IF THERE'S ANY THOUGHTS ON HOW WE CAN PROMOTE THAT PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO, TO HELP BRAINSTORM OR, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE EVERYBODY'S GOT PLENTY TO DO, BUT IF THERE'S ANY, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN GIVE TO ANY OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT EVEN IF IT'S JUST LIKE AN EXCEL SHEET, LIKE HERE'S THE PROGRAM IN, IN A NUTSHELL TO JUST TRY TO GARNER MORE INTEREST IN IT OR TARGETED COMMUNICATIONS TO CERTAIN BUSINESSES THAT I KNOW, I DRIVE UP AND DOWN BUFORD HIGHWAY ALL THE TIME AND I'M LIKE, I'D LOVE A MURAL THERE. THERE WOULD BE GREAT THERE TOO.
AND SO MAYBE, MAYBE IT'S LIKE TARGETED MESSAGES OR DROPPING BY AND HANDING OUT FLIERS.
SO OPEN TO ANY AND ALL WAYS THAT WE CAN ASSIST TO PROMOTE THAT PROJECT.
BECAUSE I THINK ONCE IT GETS OFF THE GROUND AND PEOPLE REALIZE HOW EASY IT'S GOING TO BE TO TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, I THINK IT'S GOING TO GO LIKE GANGBUSTERS. SO SINCE I'M A LITTLE BIT NEWER, CAN YOU GUYS EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS?
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THE MATCHING MURAL GRANT. OKAY, SO WE JUST LAUNCHED IT LATE LAST YEAR, SO WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A FULLY REALIZED PROJECT OUT OF IT YET.BUT BASICALLY WE HAVE THIS POOL OF FUNDS, THE $50,000 YOU SEE HERE.
AND BUSINESSES CAN APPLY FOR SOME OF THESE GRANT FUNDS IN ORDER TO PAINT A MURAL ON THEIR LIKE PUBLIC FACING LIKE A SIDE OF THEIR BUILDING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND SO THEY AND IT'S A MATCHING GRANT IN THAT WE WILL MATCH TO WHAT THEY GIVE.
SO IF THEY SAY WE HAVE $5,000 THAT WE CAN PUT TOWARDS THIS GRANT, WE WILL MATCH THAT.
SO THEY HAVE A TOTAL OF $10,000 IF THEY'RE IN THE CENSUS AREA WHICH I FORTUNATELY, I'M IGNORANT OF LIKE WHERE THOSE AREAS ARE, BUT IF THEY WERE IN A CERTAIN AREA, THEN THEY CAN APPLY FOR FUNDS UP TO $10,000 WITHOUT A MATCH.
SO LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE THE CHINATOWN ONE, IT'S IN THAT CENSUS AREA, RIGHT? SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET FUNDS WITHOUT THE ARE THEY NOT.
AM I SPEAKING OUT OF TURN? IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY WEIRD RIGHT THERE.
OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S GONE OUT TO THESE BUSINESSES OR ON SOCIAL TO LET THEM KNOW? SURE. TENEISHA. SO OUR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TEAM HERE AT CITY HALL THEY PUT IT IN THEIR LIKE BUSINESS TO BUSINESS NEWSLETTER KIND OF THINGS THAT THEY DO. AND I HAVE GOTTEN A GOOD AMOUNT OF TRACTION FROM THAT.
PEOPLE HAVE CONTACTED ME ABOUT THAT. AND THEN THE PLAN AT THE END OF LAST YEAR WAS THAT WE WOULD DO SOME KIND OF FLIER IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. AND MY ORIGINAL THOUGHT WAS THAT I WOULD HAVE SOMEONE WITH ME WHO SPOKE THAT LANGUAGE TO GO INTO THESE BUSINESSES SO THAT WE COULD SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE OWNERS.
YOU KNOW, IF NEEDED, BUT WE JUST HAVEN'T GOT THAT, GOTTEN THAT OFF THE GROUND YET.
OKAY. THANK YOU. BUT WE HAVE PUT IT IN, I THINK IN THE SIGNAL AND THEN A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
OH, I WAS GOING TO ASK. I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN IT IN THE SIGNAL.
WE HAD ONE LAST YEAR, AND THEN WE JUST NEVER REALLY USED IT.
RIGHT. YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE A STACK.
AND IF I'M OUT AND ABOUT JUST DROPPING SOME OFF AT SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES.
YEAH. AND IF YOU GUYS NEED A RESOURCE FOR TRANSLATING, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMPANY THAT'S BEEN TRANSLATING SOME THINGS INTO ASIAN LANGUAGES FOR US AND THEY'RE VERY REASONABLY PRICED.
SO THAT COULD BE AN ADDITIONAL WAY TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE, OR AT LEAST BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO US FOR PRINTING AND, AND POSTING ONLINE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN I'M SURE THERE'S OTHER.
I WONDER, COULD THE I KNOW WE HAVE A COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT THAT IS ENCOMPASSING OF DORAVILLE AND CHAMBLEE, AND IF IT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN SHARED WITH THEM, THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THEY SPECIFICALLY ARE WORKING WITH BUSINESS OWNERS WITHIN THE AREA. SO THAT MIGHT BE. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
YEAH. AVENUE TO REACH OUT TO IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY GOING.
BUT GOING BACK TO THE BUDGET BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE WE'RE, WE'VE, WE'RE AT THE END OF Q1.
SO SO, AND I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT UNUSED FUNDS BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY THAT'S IN OUR BUDGET THAT ARE IN THESE KIND OF WAFFLY WAFFLY PROJECTS.
SO YOU SAID YOU MENTIONED JUNE WOULD BE GOOD TO SORT OF REVISIT.
DO YOU, DO YOU THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE TRUE FOR THE I KNOW YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE YEAR IN GENERAL, IS JUNE A GOOD TIME FOR US TO LIKE REVISIT? I THINK SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING IS THAT JUNE IS YEAH, A GOOD TIME TO TALK BUDGET. YEAH. OKAY. BECAUSE JUST TO BE CLEAR, THESE, THESE DOLLARS DON'T NECESSARILY ROLL OVER TO NEXT YEAR. CORRECT? LIKE WHAT WE DON'T USE, WE LOSE.
CORRECT. SO WE JUST WANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, EVEN IF IT'S SOME LITTLE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET THAT ON THE SCHEDULE IF WE NEED IT, IF WE, IF NEEDED.
THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS WHEN WE SET THE BUDGET THAT'S BASED ON PROJECTED INCOME,
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RIGHT? WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S STAFF LOOKING BACK AT WHAT THE HISTORICAL PATTERN HAS BEEN, RIGHT? THE CITY WILL BE DOING A COMPLETE BUDGET CHECKUP MID-YEAR.OKAY. BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
WE'RE PROJECTING, RIGHT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 170,000.
THE REALITY IS, IS THAT IF PEOPLE AREN'T BOOKING HOTELS, IF HOTEL STAYS ARE DOWN AND THOSE FUNDS AREN'T THERE, RIGHT, THAT BUDGET'S GOING TO BE TIGHTER. YEAH.
AND THAT GOES FOR THE ENTIRE BUDGET IN THE CITY.
IF THE TAX DIGEST IN WE AT THE END OF MAY, BEGINNING OF JUNE.
FINALLY, GET FROM DEKALB COUNTY WITH THE PROJECTED TAX DIGEST IS FOR THE CITY.
RIGHT? THAT WAS BASED ON OUR BEST ASSUMPTIONS.
HOPEFULLY THE WORLD CUP WILL BRING IN SOME. BUT NO, YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT.
ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT NOW. YEAH. AND THAT'S TRUE.
THAT'S TRUE WITH MOST COMPANIES. THEY, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO A SIX PLUS SIX AND THEN YOU'RE RELOOK, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR, WHAT YOU'VE PROJECTED, WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FOR THE NEXT SIX. SO THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
SO THANKS FOR THAT REMINDER, ELMER. OKAY. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS, I THINK.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR MEETING.
ANYONE? ANYONE OUT THERE? COME ON, COME AND SEE US, PEOPLE.
COME SEE US AND TALK TO US. YOU WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU.
WE'RE NICE, I SWEAR WE ARE. WE'RE VERY NICE. OKAY, WELL, THEN IT LOOKS LIKE WE CAN ADJOURN.
MOTION TO ADJOURN. OH, ELMER. AND SECONDED. COME ON.
MOTION TO ADJOURN, ELMER. THANK YOU. SECONDED BY BRITTANY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A VOTE FOR EVERYONE TO ADJOURN.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. UNANIMOUS. AND THIS PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION HAS COME TO A CLOSE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.