[00:00:01] OKAY, SO LET US CALL TO ORDER THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2026, [1. Call to Order] AND WE WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL STARTING DOWN AT THE END THERE. ALL RIGHT. CHAMBLEE CITY COUNCIL. JAYDA HILL. BRITTANY HARPER ACTING AS SECRETARY TONIGHT. SHAN WILLOUGHBY. AND THAT'S OUR QUORUM. GREAT. SO FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS WE WILL, [2. Approval of Minutes] WE WILL, WE WILL APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE JULY 2026 AND THE AUGUST 2026 REGULAR MEETING. AND TANISHA SENT THOSE OUT TODAY AND HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THOSE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION NEEDED ON THOSE MINUTES? I'LL OFFER A MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH THE JULY 2026 AND AUGUST 2026 MEETING MINUTES AS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL. SECOND. THANK YOU, BRITTANY AND ELMER. OKAY, GREAT. I GUESS I SHOULD ACTUALLY VOTE. OH, YES. AND IF WE CAN. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? GREAT. THERE IT IS. THANK YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE DO WANT TO WELCOME. SORRY I HAD THIS EARLIER, BUT WE WANT TO WELCOME JADA HILL TO OUR COMMISSION. THIS IS HER FIRST MEETING WITH US. SO WE'RE SUPER HAPPY AND EXCITED TO HAVE YOU JOIN US. I KNOW YOU HAVE ALREADY STEPPED IN ALREADY AND TOOK OVER SOME STUFF, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION ALREADY. THANK YOU. OKAY, THE THE LIAISON REPORT FROM TANISHA. [3. Liaison Report] OKAY. HELLO, EVERYBODY. LIAISON REPORT THIS MONTH. CHALK WALK. SOME OF YOU WERE HERE. IT WAS RAINED OUT. THE THE ARTIST MARKET WAS CANCELED, WHICH WAS VERY UNFORTUNATE. BUT I WALKED AWAY TRYING TO REMEMBER THAT IT'S ONE OUT OF FIVE TIMES, WHICH MEANS WE'VE HAD A 80% SUCCESS RATE. THAT'S. I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY NOT BAD. SO IT WAS, IT WAS A REAL BUMMER. A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PREPARATION AND, AND WORK WENT INTO IT. SO IT WAS A HARD CALL TO MAKE THAT DAY. BUT OVERALL, I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION. YOU KNOW, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAD PUT OUT A COUPLE OF ALERTS. SO IT FELT LIKE THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT DECISION. LATER ON IN THE DAY THE PROFESSIONAL ARTIST DID STICK AROUND AND THEY DID THEY ALL KIND OF TOOK OVER JUST ONE PORTION INSTEAD OF BEING SPREAD OUT. SO WE HAD A LONG LINE OF CHALK ART HERE ON THE THIS SIDE OF CITY HALL. AND IT WAS, IT WAS FANTASTIC. IT ENDED UP BEING REALLY GREAT. ONCE THINGS CLEARED UP, PEOPLE STILL CAME OUT TO SEE THE ART. AND YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KIND OF STOPPED BY AND SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M, OH, I'M SO SORRY THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE REST OF IT WAS CANCELED. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A GREAT EVENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I THINK, I THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD AND THE DIEHARDS STILL CAME OUT TO SEE THE ART. SO IT WAS IT WAS GREAT. AND I THINK THE PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS WERE WERE VERY HAPPY TO STILL WORK. SO YOU KNOW, ON TO NEXT YEAR. I GUESS THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO. THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO. I WILL SAY, WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I STOPPED BY THAT AFTERNOON AND THE SUN WAS SHINING AND MOST EVERYTHING WAS DRIED UP. BUT IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE PEOPLE OUT AND ABOUT WALKING AROUND AND LOOKING AT THE ARTWORK. SO IT WAS NICE TO JUST SEE THAT PEOPLE STILL SHOWED UP FOR THE ARTISTS. YEAH. AND I WILL SAY, I DID GET A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING. SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS WERE SAYING HOW MUCH NICER IT WAS TO WORK IN THE AFTERNOON BECAUSE OF THE ANGLE OF THE SUN. AND YOU KNOW, AND I, I DID HAVE SOME, SOME SUGGESTIONS OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD THINK ABOUT HAVING AN AFTERNOON EVENT INSTEAD OF DOING IT SO EARLY IN THE MORNING AND ALL THAT. IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FOR NEXT YEAR. YEAH. THAT'S A REAL THAT'S REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK. YEAH. THAT JUST SEEMS COUNTERINTUITIVE TO WHAT YOU THINK BASED ON LIKE, WHETHER LIKE, IS IT USUALLY COOLER IN THE MORNING VERSUS AFTERNOON? SO THAT'S AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE FOR SURE. I THINK, I THINK THEY REALLY BATTLE THE SUN OUT THERE. AND WHEN THEY PUT UP SHADE, THEY GET THESE CRAZY ANGLES AND YOU KNOW. [00:05:02] OKAY, COOL. SO GOOD FEEDBACK. INTERESTING FEEDBACK. AND I THREW THIS IN HERE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT OFFICIALLY ON THE AGENDA. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THE, THE COWS IS STILL MOVING ALONG. THE COW HAS BEEN DELIVERED AND WERE FOR THE MOST PART ON TRACK TIME WISE, A LITTLE, LITTLE BIT BEHIND, BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO MEET THE TARGET. DO YOU WANT ME TO KEEP GOING, SHAN? YES, I DID HAVE A, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE COW. SO DID MOSAIC. I SAW THAT THEY HAVE BASICALLY THEY, THEY DID HAVE BASICALLY SIX WEEKS. SO DID THEY SAY THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO FINISH BEFORE THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT TODAY. HOPEFULLY HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING JUST KIND OF WORKS. OKAY. I DID LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM IN THE END AROUND INSTALLATION. SO IF WE HAD A SOLID INSTALLATION PLAN, WE COULD PROBABLY SHAVE OFF SOME OF THAT TIMELINE. SO A LITTLE BIT OF SCOPE CREEP THAT MAYBE WE CAN CLAW BACK. WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK TO THAT TIMELINE? SURE. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO OUR INSTALLATION IS THAT LAST PART OF OCTOBER, EARLY NOVEMBER. SO YEAH. AND DEKALB GAVE US BASICALLY WHAT LOOKS LIKE TEN DAYS. YEAH. FOR INSTALLATION AND I IMAGINE REALLY, I MEAN, AT MOST I WOULD THINK TWO. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY I'LL BE HANDLING YOU KNOW, BASE AND ALL THAT STUFF BEFOREHAND. SO. AND DID YOU GUYS SAY PREVIOUSLY THAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO HANDLE LIKE RIBBON CUTTINGS, OR ARE THEY EXPECTING EACH CITY TO KIND OF COORDINATE THAT INDIVIDUALLY? DO YOU REMEMBER? I, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A JOINT EFFORT, BUT THE TIMING IS MOSTLY ON THEIR END BECAUSE THE WHOLE THING KIND OF WORKED BACKWARDS FROM THE RIBBON CUTTING. OKAY, SO IT'S AFTER THE SIXTH THAT THEY WANT TO DO THE. CORRECT. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. I BELIEVE ON A DIFFERENT TABLE. IT SHOWS SHOWS A DATE RANGE FOR THAT. OKAY. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. OKAY. ARTS MASTER PLAN. WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS RIGHT BEFORE CHALK WALK. WHILE THE GROUP DESIGNING LOCAL WAS HERE IN PERSON AND THEY DID TWO IN-PERSON FOCUS GROUPS WHICH WERE ACTIVE AND FANTASTIC. GOT GOT SOME GOOD. ACTUALLY, JADA WAS IN ONE ON ONE ONE OF THEM. YEAH. SO IT WAS, I THINK THEY GOT A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION OUT OF THOSE. WE WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO PUSH FOCUS GROUPS, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE, POSSIBLY DOING SOME ONLINE ONES, MAYBE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES. SO, SO WE'LL SEE ON THAT. WE NEED TO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF MORE BRAIN POWER BEHIND IT TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT WOULD LIKE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND NOW REALLY, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PUSH THE SURVEY. THE SURVEY IS, IS A HUGELY IMPORTANT PART OF THE ARTS MASTER PLAN. AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE DO HAVE NOT TRAGICALLY LOW NUMBERS, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO PUSH IT A LITTLE HARDER. AND WE'VE DONE, WE'VE ALREADY DONE ALL THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD IT IN THE, IN THE SIGNAL AND CHAMBLEE LIFESTYLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK, I DON'T KNOW, PEOPLE MIGHT JUST BE A LITTLE TURNED OFF BY QR CODES THESE DAYS. I'M NOT SURE. SO ONE IDEA THAT THAT WE HAD WAS TO TABLE AT TASTE OF CHAMBLEE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF CHAMBLEE BIGGEST EVENTS. SO I THINK YOU KNOW, IF ANYONE WANTS TO VOLUNTEER DURING THAT, I WILL BE PUTTING UP THE PAC TENT AND DESIGNING LOCAL ACTUALLY LEFT THE THE STUFF WITH ME THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TABLE WITH AT CHALK WALK. SO THEY HAVE LIKE A, A REALLY NICE MAP THAT YOU CAN PUT STICKERS ON OF WHERE YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ART. THEY HAVE YOU KNOW, SOME GIVEAWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO GETTING PEOPLE TO THE TABLE, IF THEY CAN SHOW US THAT THEY DID THE SURVEY, THEY CAN HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A T SHIRT OR WHAT HAVE YOU. SO I DO THINK IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A FUN DAY. IT'S A LITTLE BIT LONG. I WANT TO SAY IT'S TWO, THREE, 2 TO 8 MAYBE. SO THE TASTE OF CHAMBLEE IS 2 TO 8. YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE DATE FOR THAT IS. [00:10:01] YEAH. WHAT IS THAT DATE? I SWEAR I. IT'S THE 17TH OF. OCTOBER. OCTOBER 17TH. OCTOBER 17TH. TASTE OF CHAMBLEE STARTS AT 1:00. RIGHT NOW, THE CITY MY CITY CALENDARS IS AT 1 TO 5:30. BUT I THINK IT RUNS LONGER THAN THAT. YEAH, I BELIEVE IT ENDS AT EIGHT. OKAY, SO ROUGHLY 1 TO 8 IF. OKAY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD THINK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. WHOEVER YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO VOLUNTEER WITH ME, WE COULD THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AFTER DARK, IT'S A LITTLE SILLY TO. I'M JUST NOT SURE. RIGHT. I SEE YOUR POINT. YEAH. BREAK IT UP. AND MAYBE IT'S LIKE TWO SHIFTS OR SOMETHING. YEAH. SO YOU CAN. YEAH, A LITTLE BREAK SET UP TIME AND A LITTLE BREAK DOWN. YEAH. YEAH. SO WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT. OKAY. YEAH. OFFLINE. THAT COULD BE A TASK. ONE OF OUR TASKS. I BELIEVE IT'S ON THE TASK LIST, ACTUALLY. OKAY, GOOD. THE FREE LITTLE ART GALLERY I HAD PUT ON HERE FOR SOMEONE WAS GOING TO GIVE US [4. Old Business] A LITTLE UPDATE. ANGELA. ANGELA. BUT SHE'S NOT HERE. NO. SO I GUESS WE'LL JUST SKIP OVER THAT. I THINK SHE SHE DID GO OUT AND TOOK SOME VIDEO AND SUCH. I DID ALSO. ON TOP OF THAT, I GOT THE THE FILM THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON TOP TO MAKE THE MORE SHADED. I CAN PROBABLY DO THAT TOMORROW OR THIS COMING WEEK. YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH. AND IS IT, DID IT COME LIKE IN A ROLL. IT'S A ROLL RIGHT. YEAH. IT WAS A LOT. I COULDN'T FIND LIKE A SHEET. YEAH. THAT WAS THE SIZE. BUT YEAH THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. BUT YES I THINK ANGELA. SO SHE HAD SEPTEMBER AND SHE SAID SHE HAD PUT SOME THINGS IN. GOOD. CHRIS AND I HAD STOPPED BY AND NOTICED THE DOOR HAD BEEN FIXED, WHICH WAS GREAT. AND AND THEN JEREMY HAS OCTOBER AND THEN JADA IS TAKING NOVEMBER. RIGHT. JADA. YES, I HAVE NOVEMBER. OKAY, EXCITING. I WAS GOING TO DO NOVEMBER, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT. SO YES. AND THEN BECAUSE SHE VOLUNTEERED, SHE'S ON IT ALREADY. AND THEN BRITTANY'S GOT DECEMBER. BUT I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON HOW. SO I KNOW ANGELA MENTIONED SHE HAD SOME VIDEO AND SHE HAD SOME PHOTOS UP AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT DO WE DO WE ADD THE PAC CHANNEL AS A COLLABORATOR IF WE POST THINGS? OR DO YOU WANT US TO SEND THOSE THINGS TO YOU AND THEN YOU CAN ROLL THEM OUT AS IT MAKES SENSE. I THINK YOU COULD PROBABLY DO EITHER. I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE INVITED THAT ACCOUNT AS A COLLABORATOR AND IT'S WORKED. YEAH. SO I THINK THAT'S FINE. I THINK THE, THE ACCOUNT DOES MAYBE NEED TO BE FOLLOWING THE PERSON. LIKE I WOULD LIKE, IT WOULD NEED TO BE FOLLOWING YOU IN ORDER TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU. I THINK. YEAH, I DON'T, BUT THAT'S A, THAT'S AN EASY FIX. IF THEY'VE CHANGED THINGS SO MUCH, THEY HAVE SO AND IT CHANGES EVERY DAY. SO I MEAN, MAYBE MAYBE WE JUST SEND IT. WE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH CONTENT FOR CHALK WALK, WHERE WE PROVIDED COPY IN AN EASY COPY PASTE FORMAT, AND THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, GET THOSE UP AND RUNNING IN THE SUGGESTED TIMELINE THAT WE HAD HAD PROVIDED. SO I THINK THAT WE COULD FOLLOW THE SUCCESS OF THAT. AND SO IF, IF ANGELA HAS ANYTHING FROM SEPTEMBER THAT WE WANT TO POST, I THINK IF WE JUST PROVIDE THE PHOTO OR VIDEO AND SOME COPY, THEN THEY CAN THEY THE TEAM CAN POST IT ON OUR BEHALF. I LIKE THAT IDEA OF JUST BECAUSE I KNOW, LIKE FOR MY INSTAGRAM, IT'S PRETTY PRIVATE, LIKE IT'S LOCKED DOWN. SO I I LIKE THE IDEA OF JUST SENDING, YOU KNOW, WE COULD JUST SEND IT TO YOU WITH, BUT GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE SOME CAPTION INFORMATION SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORK THAT HARD TO FIGURE IT TO WRITE THE CAPTIONS. WE'LL DO THAT FOR YOU. YEAH. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A PERFECTLY FINE IDEA. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ALSO, IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT ON YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT, YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY WELCOME TO DO THAT. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WAS ALSO IN THE STEWARDSHIP GUIDELINES THAT WE DRAFTED WAS POTENTIALLY HAVING THEMES UP EITHER MONTHLY OR WHENEVER WE FELT LIKE IT. SO I THINK THAT COULD BE SOMETHING IF JEREMY WANTS TO SUGGEST A THEME FOR OCTOBER, I'M SURE IT'LL BE HALLOWEEN RELATED. AND MAYBE WE CAN PUT A LITTLE SOCIAL GRAPHIC TOGETHER THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TOP OF THE MONTH THAT WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO MAYBE DO SOME WHATEVER THE THEME MIGHT BE INSPIRED ART AND DROP IT IN THE THING. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. YEAH, I LOVE THAT IDEA. GREAT. OKAY. AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT UNDER PAC TASKS, I JUST PUT LOOKING FOR ONE OR MORE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP ME HOST THE PAC TENT AT THE TASTE OF CHAMBLEE. [00:15:02] AND THERE'S THE INFORMATION. OCTOBER 17TH, 3 TO 8, I BELIEVE THAT'S A SATURDAY. AND THERE WOULD LIKELY BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE BRITTANY SAID, KIND OF A TWO SHIFT SITUATION SET UP AND A BREAKDOWN. AND THEN YOU GUYS, THIS WAS A VERY QUICK MEETING. THAT'S IT. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING UNDER NEW BUSINESS. WHICH BRINGS US TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. I'M SO SORRY. I'M TRYING TO TAKE THESE NOTES. CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE? SURE. THIS ONE. THAT ONE. YEAH. OKAY. VOLUNTEERS FOR THE TASTE OF CHAMBLEE. YEAH. I WOULDN'T MIND HELPING OUT TO VOLUNTEER. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. JADA. YEAH, OF COURSE, I HAD A QUESTION FOR TASTE OF CHAMBLEE. I KNOW IT'S NOT Y'ALL'S EVENT, SO. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, DO WE KNOW IS THERE, ARE THEY ALLOWING LIKE NONPROFIT TABLES LIKE WE TRIED TO DO AT CHALK WALK? DOES ANYONE KNOW THEY DO THEY ALLOW A CERTAIN AMOUNT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS. IS THAT, IS THAT KATIE, THAT'S OVERSEEING THAT? NO, NO, IT'S GOING TO BE JOSH AND BRITTANY. ANYTHING FOR NON PROFITS WOULD BE THEY'D HAVE TO BE PART OF THE NPP. YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE JOSH. IN ORDER TO TO BE THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU ELMER. YEAH. KATIE'S ACTUALLY NO LONGER IN EVENTS. SHE'S OVER IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NOW. ALL RIGHT. WELL. OKAY. WELL THAT WAS A QUICK ONE. YAY. SO LET'S GET CAN SOMEONE GIVE US A MOTION? MOTION TO ADJOURN. ELMER'S ALREADY. HE'S ALWAYS ON IT. FAST. SECOND. SECOND. BRITTANY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR LITTLE HAND. OKAY. PERFECT. OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. 17 MINUTES. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.