[1. Call to Order]
[00:00:10]
WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023 AT 6:00 THE ORDER. PLEASE RIDES -- RISE FOR THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER BRIER .
[4.A. Broward County Cultural Division Public Art & Design]
>> COMMISSIONER CUTLER. >> COMMISSINER ISROW.
>> COMMISSIONER ISROW. >> HERE.
>> LESLIE. >> HELLO, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME, I AM LESLIE FORDHAM, I HAVE BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, PREVIOUS TO THAT I WAS IN PENNSYLVANIA WHERE I SPENT ABOUT A YEAR SETTING UP A NEW PUBLIC ART PROGRAM IN VAIL, COLORADO, A SKI RESORT WHICH SOME OF YOU MAY HAD -- MAY HAVE VISITED. I HAVE SOME WONDERFUL SLIDES HERE TELLING YOU WHAT THIS IS, WHAT IT CAN DO FOR THE CITY AND HOW IT IS ORGANIZED. I INVITE YOU TO LOOK AT THE SCREENS AND WE WILL SHOW YOU WOULD LOTS OF IMAGES OF PUBLIC ART. FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW THE CITY IS CLOSE TO 60 YEARS OR HAS JUST CELEBRATED 60 YEARS, WE ARE ABOUT TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS IN 2026. THE PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1976. SO, STARTING OFF, WHAT IS PUBLIC ART, THE DEFINITION. FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT IS WERE CREATED BY AN ARTIST , IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE CONTEXT, SO IT IS NOT JUST PLACED ON A WALL, USUALLY, VERY SITE SPECIFIC , IT SERVES A DIVERSE COMMUNITY . THERE ARE VERY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PUBLIC ART THAT YOU MIGHT FIND A DIFFERENT IT IS AND LOCATIONS , I WILL SHOW YOU EXAMPLES SUCH AS PLACE MAKING PUBLIC ART, THIS IS AT THE COUNTIES COURTHOUSE, BETWEEN THE COURTHOUSE AND PLANTATION AND THE LIBRARY AND -- PLANTATION, THERE ARE BENCHES, ONE CAN EITHER WAIT FOR A BUS OR CONTEMPLATE OR READ IN THE SPACE. SOME OF YOU WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH THE BEING IN CHICAGO, THESE ARE CALLED SIGNATURE SCULPTURES, ON THE LEFT IS OURS, AT THE BOROUGH COUNTY ARENA , IT IS ALSO A FUNCTIONAL PIECE OF PUBLIC ART.
PUBLIC ART CAN HAVE SOUNDS , THE EXAMPLE ON THE LEFT IS AT THE AIRPORT, IT IS CALLED MUSICAL WARNING BEACONS, IF YOU HAVE BEEN IN THIS TERMINAL, JUST BEFORE THE CONVEYOR BELT STARTS, YOU WILL HEAR SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE A FOG HORN, IT CAN BE KIND OF SCARY. ON THE RIGHT, THE ARTIST WAS TO -- INFLUENCED BY WEST AFRICAN PIECES FOR INSTRUMENTS, THESE CAN ACTUALLY BE PLAYED. AGAIN, ON THE LEFT, THE AIRPORT, THIS IS AN ENTIRE PLAY AREA, CHILDREN, WE HAVE KNOWN ADULTS TO PLAY ON THESE PIECES AS WELL, BUT IT SERVES AS A CLIMBING TYPE GYM. ON THE RIGHT, THIS IS THAT EVERGLADES HOLIDAY PARK, THEY REPRESENT ACTUAL BIRDS, THERE IS A PLAQUE CLOSE BY AND ONE IS INVITED TO IDENTIFY THE BIRDS AND YOU CAN FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE BY CONSULTING THAT PLAQUE. AND THEN COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC ART, WE OFTEN ASK OUR ARTISTS TO GO AND GET TO KNOW A COMMUNITY BEFORE THEY EVEN COME UP WITH THE DESIGN. ON THE LEFT YOU SEE A PIECE THAT IS IN THE BROWARD MUNICIPAL SERVICES DISTRICT. THE ARTIST MET WITH THE COMMUNITY MANY DIFFERENT TIMES TO FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM, SHE WENT TO
[00:05:03]
DILLARD HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, SHE HAD EVENT AT THE LIBRARY AND THE ART WORK REFLECTS THAT , FOR EXAMPLE, THE PIECE UP ON THE LEFT, YOU WILL SEE A CYCLIST, ONE OF THE FELLOWS WHO CAME TO HER LIBRARY EVENT SAID, I CYCLE EVERYWHERE, I KNOW HOW TO FIX BIKES I WOULD EVEN LIKE TO START A NONPROFIT. THEY ARE IN THE CENTER, JUST OFF TO THE LEFT , ON THE TOP OF ONE OF THE STAFFS IS THE PANTHER, THE FLORIDA PANTHER, ALSO THE DILLARD HIGH SCHOOL MASCOT. ON THE RIGHT, THIS PIECES AT THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. A SIMILAR STORY. A PUBLIC ART PROGRAM MIGHT INVITE AN ARTIST TO BE IN RESIDENCE, THAT IS A SITUATION WHERE THEY WOULD BE GETTING TO KNOW THE CITY IF THEY DO NOT ALREADY , OR BE INVITED TO EXPLORE THE CITY MORE DEEPLY AND THE PEOPLE MORE DEEPLY, CREATING ARTWORK THAT MIGHT BE PART OF AN EXHIBITION OR LATER INCORPORATED INTO A PUBLIC ART PROGRAM. ANOTHER TYPE OF ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM IS ONE WHERE AN ARTIST IS INVITED TO BE A CREATIVE STRATEGIST. IN THOSE SITUATIONS THEY MIGHT DEPARTMENT AND HELP COME UP WITH SOME CREATIVE STRATEGIES OR SOLUTIONS TO STRUGGLES OR PROBLEMS, OR JUST ITEMS THAT A CITY AGENCY MIGHT BE TACKLING , SUCH AS A LIBRARY OR AN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OR EVEN A RUNNING DEPARTMENT. FUNCTIONAL PUBLIC ART . THESE ARE ALL SAMPLES FROM OUR AIRPORT, ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY THAT GOES BETWEEN THE TERMINAL AND THE PARKING GARAGE, THE OTHER TWO EXAMPLES OF TERRAZZO FLOORS, THE ARTIST DESIGNED THESE, THE COST RESULTED IN THIS LIGHT UP GRADE AND WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL FLOORS HERE. ONCE AGAIN, IN ADDITION TO ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, PUBLIC ART PROGRAM CAN HOST EXHIBITIONS LIKE AN EMPLOYEE EXHIBITION , REALLY GREAT FOR BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. EXHIBITIONS CAN BE ROTATING, CELEBRATING THE TALENT IN THE COMMUNITY. MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OR VISITED THE COUNTIES IGNITE PUBLIC ART GRAHAM , IT IS A NIGHTTIME EVENT, IT IS TEMPORARY, INTERACTIVE PUBLIC ARTWORK, WE HAVE PROJECTION MAPPING ON BUILDINGS AND WE ALSO HAVE INTERACTIVE PIECES PROJECTED ONTO WALLS. SO , THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF PUBLIC ART, I TOLD YOU WHAT OUR PROGRAM DOES ALONG THE WAY, HOWEVER, TO GET MORE FORMAL, HERE WE CAN SEE THAT A PUBLIC ART PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY CHARGED WITH ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM, PLANNING FOR THE PROGRAM, DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR WHAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE DOING EACH YEAR, COME UP WITH BUDGETS , COMING UP WITH OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON WITH THE CITY IS ALL ABOUT AND WITH THE CITY VALUES. REASONS FOR ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC ART PROGRAM , WE ALL TRAVEL, WE HEAR PEOPLE COME BACK FROM THEIR TRAVELS , USUALLY THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT GREAT OUTDOOR SPACES AND'S -- AND PUBLIC ART THAT THEY HAVE SEEN, AS WELL AS RESTAURANTS AND FOODS AND SO ON. THIS CAN HELP CELEBRATE A CITY. IT CAN ALSO IMPROVE OUR URBAN ENVIRONMENT. THE MORE REASONS HERE ABOUT WHY TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC ART PROGRAM . SO HOW DO YOU MAKE IT MORE FORMAL? I WOULD RECOMMEND STARTING WITH AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM AND CREATING A FUNDING SOURCE, PUTTING SOME IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET TO RUN THE PROGRAM. THEN THE PROGRAM WOULD NEED GUIDELINES , HOW IS ART SELECTED WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE GUIDELINES , HOW IS IT THE A SESSION AND, IF FOR SOME REASON IT WAS NOT REQUIRED ANYMORE, OR IT NEEDED TO BE RESTORED , WE NEED INFORMATION HERE ABOUT CONSERVATION AND HOW THAT WORKS . OF COURSE YOU WOULD WANT TO[00:10:10]
PUT TOGETHER A CITIZEN ADVISORY PANEL, BOARD, OR A COMMITTEE.THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT STEPS FOR ROLLING OUT THE PROGRAM , WHAT YOU DO NEXT, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACTS IF YOU ARE GOING TO COMMISSION AN ARTIST. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS TO ASK , WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAN PUBLIC ART , IS IT GOING TO BE ONE FACILITY, ONE CERTAIN LABOR HIT -- NEIGHBORHOOD OR DISTRICT, OR ALL CROSSED THE CITY? I MENTIONED GUIDELINES, WE CALL IT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE WITH THE COUNTY. WE START BY EXPLAINING THAT THERE WILL BE AN ANNUAL PLANNING PROCESS WITH BUDGETS LINKED TO THAT . WE DISCUSS HOW WE WILL ACCEPT DONATIONS , GIFTS, LOANS, WITH THE SELECTION PROCESS IS GOING TO ENTAIL, DIRECT SELECTION, RFP OR RFQ PROGRAM . WHAT ABOUT PRIVATE DEVELOPERS? AND CONSERVATION OF PUBLIC ART. SO, POTENTIAL ROADBLOCKS , AND ORDINANCE MIGHT BE ESTABLISHED , HOWEVER, THERE COULD BE THOSE IN THE CITY OR TOWN WHO , PERHAPS THEY ARE ON STAFF, OR EVEN ON THE COMMISSION, WHO STILL HAVE THEIR FAVORITE ARTIST OR ARTWORK, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SELECT THOSE PIECES DIRECTLY RATHER THAN USING THE ESTABLISHED SELECTION PROCESS.
OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE DIVERSE OPINIONS ABOUT ANY PUBLIC ARTWORK. THAT HAS TO BE EXPECTED. THE KEY IS GOOD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW THAT ARTWORK IS COMING, KEEP THEM INVOLVED ALONG THE WAY, HELP THEM BE INVOLVED IN THE SELECTION PROCESS, AND MEETING THE ARTIST. AND THEN STAFFING IS ALWAYS KEY , HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET IT DONE? ALSO GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY KNOW THERE IS A PUBLIC ART PROGRAM, THIS IS HOW IT WORKS, THIS IS WHO TO CONTACT, WHAT IS COMING NEXT. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PUBLIC ART, WE WANT TO KEEP IT LOOKING GREAT, SO THERE NEEDS TO BE FUNDING FOR FUTURE MAINTENANCE AS WELL. IT MY NEED TO BE SOME TYPE OF ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, ONE CAN KEEP TRACK OF THE PUBLIC ARTIST THAT ARE ON A SPREADSHEET, WHEN YOU GET TO MANY PIECES, SUCH AS, WE HAVE ALMOST 300 PIECES, WE HAVE A DATABASE TO MANAGE OUR COLLECTION. THE PIECES ARE INSURED , FOR THE COUNTY, EVERY FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE AN APPRAISAL FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES. THAT IS MY PRESENTATION.
>> GREAT, LESLIE, THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT HESITATION. JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, LESLIE HAS BEEN A HUGE HELP WITH THE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE, HELPING US GARNER ARTISTS TO COME UP WITH DIFFERENT STYLES, PUTTING ALL OF THE INFORMATION TOGETHER AS THE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE LOOKS THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DESIGNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SHE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS HELP , YOU KNOW, FOR US THUS FAR. WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
FOR THAT, I ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS, ANYTHING? >> IN QUEUE VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I AM WONDERING, IS BROWARD COMING WITH THIS IDEA BECAUSE THEY WANT TO FUND AND HELP US FUND PUBLIC ART?
>> WE WERE INVITED TO COME THIS EVENING.
>> PER THE REQUEST OF SEVERAL COMMISSIONERS, THEIR INTEREST IN EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL FOR PUBLIC ART. OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW THAT LESLIE IS PART OF THE PROGRAM, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNDAMENTALS BEFORE WE CAN EVEN CREATE ANYTHING. THAT IS WHY LESLIE IS HERE THIS EVENING, TO DO THE WORKSHOP, THEN WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION ON DECEMBER 6TH AT 5:00, ONE OF THE ITEMS WILL BE PUBLIC ART . WHAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS, DO WE WANT PUBLIC ART? SHE HAS SET UP, A SOLID CRITERIA TO FOLLOW. WE
[00:15:09]
WILL HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, I THINK IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU ALL ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS, REALLY KIND OF UNDERSTAND, WHAT IS PUBLIC ART MEAN FOR MUNICIPALITY THAT IS 35,000 WITH LIMITED COMMERCIAL, LOTS OF PARKS.>> WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC ART. I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF PUBLIC ART, BUT HOW YOU GET THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A CONCERN. FOR EXAMPLE, WE TRY TO DO A LOGO A YEAR AGO, WE HAD A PROCESS THAT DID NOT QUITE WORK OUT, SOME OF THE RESIDENCE.
>> POINT BEING . >> WE DO HAVE PUBLIC ART.
>> MY POINT IS , I CAN IMAGINE THE OUTCRY OF PUBLIC ART WHEN SOMEBODY DOES NOT LIKE SOMETHING BECAUSE IT DOES NOT, WHATEVER IT DOES NOT DO. HOW DO WE GO ABOUT , YOU KNOW.
>> THE PURPOSE OF ME ASKING THE QUESTION, I JUST WONDERED WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ANY KIND OF GRANT AVAILABILITY THROUGH THE COUNTY OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES TO ASSIST IN THE PROCESS. YOU KNOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG, I LOVE PUBLIC ART, I WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT YOU SEE OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY, THE BENCH THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT ART WAS IN UKRAINE , THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I SPEARHEADED IN THE STATUES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY, AND THE LAST WINDOW THAT IS INSIDE THE LIBRARY , THESE ARE ALL THINGS I WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH. I LOVE THE IDEA AND CONCEPT OF HAVING PUBLIC ART, OF COURSE THERE IS FUNDING. A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, WHETHER IT IS THE CONSERVATION OF THAT ART OR OTHERWISE, MAINTENANCE, UP HEAT, PAYING ARTISTS FOR THEIR TIME AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER KINDS OF THINGS, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER AS A COMMISSION , THAT IS WHY WAS ASKING THE QUESTION.
>> MORE SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR QUESTION, THIS YEAR THE COUNTY IS ATTEMPTING TO PILOT A CITY PARTNERSHIP GRAHAM. WE ARE GOING TO BE TARGETING WITH DANIA BEACH IF EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN. WE HAVE WORKED OUT A WHOLE PROCESS AS TO HOW WE WOULD SELECT THE ARTIST. THE COUNTY DOES HAVE A VERY ROBUST GRANT PROGRAM , SO PERHAPS THERE WOULD BE AN ARTIST WHO COULD FIND A PARTNERSHIP HERE IN THE CITY AND THEY COULD THEN, USE A CITY LOCATION TO HOST THE PUBLIC ART EVENT, OR PROGRAM. THOSE ARE TYPICALLY ARTIST DRIVEN RATHER THAN CITY
DRIVEN. >> LESLIE COME I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING, I HAVE BEEN ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAS BEEN HOUNDING NANCY, PROBABLY TO A FAULT, THAT PUBLIC ART IS SO CRITICAL FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. I GET WHAT ALL OF YOUR RESERVATIONS MIGHT ABOUT, NOT HAVING A LOT OF COMMERCIAL SPACE, IT MIGHT NOT BE LOVED BY EVERYONE BUT I DO NOT THINK THAT ART HAS TO BE LOVED BY EVERYONE TO HAVE AN IMPACT, I THINK IT HAS TO BE THE FACT THAT SOME ART EXISTS AND IT ADDS AN ELEMENT OF CULTURE, AS YOU SAID, SOMETHING MORE , I THINK WE DO NOT NEED ANY THAT NEEDS TO BE EXTRAORDINARILY COMPLEX OR EXPENSIVE, SOMETIMES IT IS EVEN COMMISSIONING STUDENTS FROM OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING. WAS IT A PERFECT EXAMPLE, THE GARDEN, TURNING IN A TABLE. I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE A STRANGE COMPARISON WITH THOSE TYPE OF THINGS ADD CHARACTER TO A PLACE. I THINK FOR SOMETHING LIKE OUR CITY THAT HAS BEEN SO WELL MAINTAINED AND GROOMED, THE GREEN SPACE AND OTHERWISE RESIDENTIAL , IT HAS THE ABILITY TO ADD ANOTHER LAYER OF YOU KNOW, COLOR, FEEL, WHAT HAVE YOU. I THINK THAT THAT IS A PERFECT SAMPLE, THE STATUE ON HOME BERG OR EVEN RIGHT OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY , I COULD EVEN SEE IT BEING SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T DIFFERENT PARKS , PLACE MAKING. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FUNCTIONAL, SOMETHING MORE OF A PLAYGROUND, SOMETHING FOR KIDS TO JUMP ANDPLAY ON. I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVEN LIBERTY PARK, THAT WAS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN FUND RAISE. I THINK I COULD SEE PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME TYPE OF COMING TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY IF THE ART THAT HAS SOMETHING, A TIE TO THE CITY , SOMETHING MORE SYMBOLIC OF THE CITY. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT PERSONALLY, I GET IT, FUNDING, MAINTENANCE WILL ALWAYS BE A CONCERN , I DO NOT THINK WE NEED TO HAVE, ONE OF THOSE MASSIVE STATUES OR EVEN A MURAL THAT WILL TAKE AN ARTIST EVERY FIVE YEARS TO GO REPAINT AND WHATEVER. I WOULD NOT, NECESSARILY, THE FINANCIAL ASPECT TO BE THE SOLE DRIVING FACTOR, ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE WAYS TO COME UP WITH ART THAT, EVEN OVERTIME, SOME PART OF THE ART ITSELF, IT DECAYS OVER
[00:20:04]
TIME. EVEN IF WE HAD A NATURAL ART PIECE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT .I REALLY AM ALL FOR IT. I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE GRANT PROGRAM, I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY IN THE PILOT STAGE BUT
I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE. >> WE KIND OF DID HAVE A PUBLIC ART PROGRAM WHEN THE BIRD PHILANTHROPIES OR THE BLOOMBERG FOUNDATION, PICTURES HANGING UP, IT WAS A COMMUNITY ACTIVITY.
WE ALL GOT TOGETHER, WE ROLLED UP WHATEVER IT WAS PUT IT IN THERE, TOOK A PICTURE. THAT TYPE OF STUFF, TO ME, CREATES THE BALANCE OF PUBLIC ART , YET BEING INTERACTIVE. PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN PARTICIPATE AS, I WILL CALL IT A STEPPINGSTONE TO MAY BE SOME LARGER THINGS. I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE INTERACTIVE THING WHERE YOU WEAR A T-SHIRT. THOSE ARE THINGS, TO ME, THAT OUR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY, AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS NOT A MATTER OF WHETHER SOMEBODY LIKES OR DOES NOT, IT IS PART OF THE COMMUNITY. I WOULD SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS AN INITIAL STEPPINGSTONE. I DON'T KNOW, AGAIN, WORKING WITH BROWARD COUNTY TO SEE IF WE COULD GET THERE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH A GRANT PROGRAM , WHETHER THE STATE HAS GRANT, THE FED HAS GRANT, THE COUNTY HAS GRANTS, THERE ARE
DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITIES. >> WE ALSO HAVE ARTIST EVERY SO OFTEN. WE DO HAVE, AGAIN, I AM ALL FOR IT. WE DO HAVE, IT IS JUST AT WHAT SCALE. WHAT SCALE ARE WE LOOKING TO DO , TO SAY A PUBLIC ARTS, YOU KNOW, OUR ROUNDABOUTS, WE HAVE STATUES OF THE ROUNDABOUTS, WE DO HAVE ONE. IT IS WHAT SCALE DO WE WANT TO GROW IT, MAYBE WE JUST WANT TO STEP BACK AND KIND OF PROMOTE WE HAVE THEM SLOWLY DO STUFF. MY POINT, HOW MUCH EFFORT AND HOW MUCH WORK DO WE WANT TO PUT ON AND ACTUALLY MAKING A PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAM MAYBE WE JUST DECIDE WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING AT, HERON BAY IS A NEW PLACE, WHATEVER. MAYBE THE PROGRAM IS AT EACH NEW THING. MAYBE WE DO A STATUE THERE, WE COULD BUILD ON THAT AS TIME GOES ON, YOU KNOW, THIS WAY WE ARE NOT DOING A GRANDIOSE PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAM
>> I THINK, ALSO, WHAT IS NICE. MAYBE IF YOU GO BACK TO ONE'S WIDE, THEY DO NOT ALL HAVE TO BE A STATUE. EVEN THE IDEA OF THE FLOORING, IF AT SOME POINT WE DID THE RUBBER IS ASIAN OF A PLAYGROUND, THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT EASY TO DO, IF YOU WILL, THAT DO NOT REQUIRE AN ARTIST TO COME AND CAST METAL
INTO A MASSIVE BIRD. >> WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I THINK IF MEMORY SERVES YOU GUYS WERE INVOLVED, THEY STARTED DOING THIS VERY THING, THE MUSEUM HAD SOMEWHAT OF A COLLECTION BUT THEY STARTED GOING OUT AND PUTTING ART PIECES AROUND THE CITY TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY. IT WAS EVEN, AND IT HAS BEEN DONE IN OTHER CITIES, EVEN TO THE EXTENT OF TAKING AN ELECTRICAL BOX COVER AND PAINTING IT, EVERYTHING DOES NOT HAVE TO BE , CORRECT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PIECES, GOOD AND BAD, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO LIKE IT AND WHO DO NOT, SOME HAVE BEEN WELL RECEIVED AND SOME NOT SO MUCH. I THINK THAT WE HAVE SOME OF THAT ALREADY IN PLACE, WE HAVE STATUES, ROUNDABOUTS. WE WILL HAVE, IN THE ROUNDABOUTS THAT ARE COMING , WE WILL HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME ARTISTIC PIECES AND SOME OF THE PARKS IF WE DO THE PROJECT AT HERON BAY, THERE WILL BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. I THINK INTEGRATING THAT IN COMING UP WITH THE FUNDING SOURCE, BECAUSE I LOVE THE IDEA OF THAT, WHEN WE DID IT IN CORAL SPRINGS, AND THE -- THE MUSEUM PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS, COMING UP WITH FUNDING AND COMING UP WITH THE PROGRAM. RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS BEFORE MY TIME BUT I IMAGINE THE ART PIECES THAT WE HAVE PICKED , FOR THOSE ROUNDABOUTS, THEY MIGHT'VE BEEN AD HOC AS OPPOSED TO SOME SORT OF UNIFIED PROGRAM.
>> THE OTHER THING, AND AGAIN. BEFORE COVID WE WERE DOING IT.
THE SCHOOLS WOULD COME AND DISPLAY ART PROJECTS, WHATEVER THEY DID ALL OVER CITY HALL. I'M NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT KIDS
[00:25:05]
ARE COMING HERE TO VISIT CITY HALL, MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.SOMEPLACE. I THINK THAT KIDS WOULD COME IN, THEY WOULD SAY, OH, THAT IS MY PICTURE THAT I DREW. AGAIN , I WILL CALL IT TAKING THOSE BABY STEPS TO INCORPORATE WHAT WE WANT TO DO, AS WE MOVE FORWARD YOU WILL GET A SURVEY OR RESPONSE. LET'S
ELEVATED. >> TO BOB'S POINT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS MORE, I WOULD SUGGEST AT THIS POINT, LET'S MAKE AN EXTRA CONSCIOUS EFFORT , A REFINISH OF FLOORING, BUILDING A NEW PARK, WHATEVER IT IS WE DO, AND WE SHOULD ALL DO THAT, KEEP IT IN MIND TO TRY TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT , AGAIN WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT MORE IN DECEMBER. I THINK AT THIS POINT, TO HAVE A PROGRAM, PER SE, MIGHT BE MORE THAN WE ARE NECESSARILY READY FOR , WE COULD KEEP IN MIND, WE SHOULD START COMING UP WITH SOMETHING WHEN WE TALK, WE COULD ADD THAT TO THE LIST OF THINGS THAT WE WANT, WHETHER IT IS AND INTERACTIVE DISPLAY, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, WHAT EVER IT IS. LET'S USE THAT AS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO START HAVING THAT DISCUSSION, WE COULD KIND OF SEE WHERE IT GOES, IF IT LEADS TO MORE STUFF, NEXT TIME, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOME NINES-- NICE STUFF THERE. AGAIN, WHENEVER ANYTHING ELSE COMES UP . WE CAN DO IT
HERE, THE LIBRARY, WHATEVER. >> ONE INTERMEDIATE IDEA, YOU COULD GET A RESIDENT COMMITTEE TOGETHER. WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENTED ARTISTS THAT HAVE A LOT OF SKILL SETS AND FAMILIARITY WITH THIS, GETTING THEM TO BE, WE ARE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO GET MORE RESIDENTS ENGAGED, MAYBE GETTING THEM TO
GIVE THOUGHT TO THAT. >> I THINK THAT THAT IS GREAT.
ONE THING WE ALWAYS NEED TO CONCERN OURSELVES WITH, HOW MUCH EXTRA EFFORT ARE WE GIVING TO STAFF TO PUT TOGETHER. WHILE THE CHARTER REVIEW IS ALL RESIDENTS, THERE HAS TO BE SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY HALL ATTACHED THAT PERSON HELPING DO THE PROCESS, THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN AS FAR AS
LABOR, >> I THINK THAT THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE LOOKING FOR THINGS TO TASK THEM WITH. NO REASON WHY THEY COULD NOT LOOK ON THAT.
>> I THINK A PUBLIC PROGRAM IS IT. WE COULD START SMALL. I E- COULD BE A SPEARHEAD, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. AT THIS POINT I'M
BASICALLY AN ARTIST. >> THERE IS NO REASON THEY CANNOT REACH OUT AND INCORPORATE THEM.
>> THAT WAS THE OTHER THING. I'M HAPPY TO COMMIT TIME TO HELPING.
TRUTHFULLY, I WOULD LOVE THE IDEA WITH THE STUFF IN THE LIBRARY AND ALL OF THAT. TO ME, PUBLIC ART IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT IT BE OUTSIDE IN THE PUBLIC. THAT IS WHAT GIVES THE FEEL TO MORE OF THE EXTERNAL SURROUNDING, NOT TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE STUFF IN THE LIBRARY IF WE ARE GOING TO END UP GOING FORWARD WITH THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, WHATEVER A 10 FOOT, 15 FOOT BIG, EVEN IF YOU HAD SOMETHING PAINTED ON , THAT WILL BE VERY FACING, IF NOT SOMEWHERE ABUTTING THE STREET.
THOSE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES. >> I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE, WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF AND JUST SAY , WHEN WE START DOING NEW THINGS LET'S BE MINDFUL OF THAT ASPECT. A LOT OF TIMES WE JUST GET CAUGHT UP , EVEN IN THE PARK THERE ARE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO DO STUFF. LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES. WE JUST NEED TO BE MORE MINDFUL OF THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE STRESSING THAT WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. RATHER THAN, AT THIS POINT, HAVING A FORMAL PROCESS, MORE OF LET'S DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING AND
FIGURE IT OUT. >> LOOK, WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT, A FORMER-- FORMAL PROGRAM , WE START BUILDING
[00:30:04]
TOWARDS SOMETHING, EVEN NOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FUNDING, NOW THE TIME , I'M SURE THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF DEVELOPERS WHO WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM SUSSED THAT I THINK WERE PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO ADD , ALMOST AN ATTRACTION TO THEIR SITE , IF AT SOME POINT WE NEGOTIATE WHETHER THEY WERE-- THERE WILL BE MAINTENANCE, I THINK THAT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO FIND WAYS TO FUND IT RATHER THAN JUST US, OUT OF OUR POCKET.>> I THINK THAT LESLIE GAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION. IT IS A GREAT ADDITION TO WHAT WE DO HERE. IT'S IT'S JUST HOW YOU GET THERE, I THINK, NANCY DO YOU FEEL GOOD?
>> WE ARE STILL GOING TO PREPARE SOME STUFF FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING BUT NOT LOOKING TO CREATE A FORMAL PROGRAM AT THIS
TIME IS WHAT I'M HEARING. >> I WILL AGREE TO DISAGREE.
>> IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU DEFINE IT. I THINK, IN THE SENSE OF AN ART PROGRAM, AT LEAST PUTTING SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT HAS A PROCESS, WHETHER IT IS THE CAB, SUBCOMMITTEE, WHATEVER, AT LEAST GET THAT GOING , OTHERWISE IT BECOMES LET'S HAVE A PLAN TO TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING, THEN THE PLAN IS TO TALK ABOUT IT MORE. FROM TWO YEARS FROM NOW WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> WE ARE THING WE WANT TO ADD PIECES WHEREVER. WE ARE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT, YOU'RE GOING TO SAY.
>> AT LEAST CONTEMPLATE THIS >> HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE SOME
ARTISTIC ELEMENTS. >> I WOULD CONTEMPLATE THIS ON A
TIERED BASIS. >> THIS TIME I AGREE WITH YOU.
ELSE? >> SO, YOU DECIDED THIS YEAR TO PARTNER , CONTEMPLATING IN THE FUTURE, ARE YOU LOOKING TO CONTEMPLATE WITH OTHER CITIES OVER THIS IS JUST , THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR YOU WILL SEE HOW IT GOES AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.
>> EXACTLY. WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.
>> HOW MUCH ARE YOU INVESTING IN DANIA BEACH?
>> 60,000 AND THEN THE CITY IS MATCHING 40,000, SO IT WILL BE
A 6040 SPLIT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING, THIS WAS GREAT. THIS WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION. I THINK WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE.
>> THAT WAS REALLY IT, JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> LET'S
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.