Like I want those cards.

It was the best I've ever had.

And I'm like, I think the strategy is to get people hooked.

Yeah.

And then they'll like downgrade the plastic.

Um people will keep this coming outwards.

Okay, it looks like we are on the air.

Okay.

We are uh calling the meeting to order.

Welcome everybody.

Good morning.

Good morning.

I thought since we have some new faces on the committee, um, we would just go around and do some introductions and tell your name and who you're representing on this committee.

And you should go first.

I'll go first.

I'm Diane.

I am the special events coordinator for the city.

You all know that.

This is Diane's last meeting, and her last day is next week.

We are very thank you.

I'm very happy.

She's not sad.

I'm Meredith Ridge.

I'm the director of communications and community engagement, and I oversee special events.

Uh Kelsey Sansfield, Deputy Director of Land Management.

Um, I'm with the parks team.

Well, I'm Living the Clerk Report, so I'm representing the neighbors.

Terry Weber, I represent the downtown business case.

I'm Lynn Matheo.

I'm the newest guy, and I think I represent the Arts and Culture Commission as far as representing anybody, but I'm really happy to be here.

Oh gosh, I was not um representing myself.

Resident of Golden.

Um what neighborhood are you in?

Apex Heritage Deals.

Ross Fraser, and I represent the planning commission.

Good morning.

Uh Springer, and I'm one of the two park supervisors.

Good morning, I'm Claire Nowak.

I work in the city manager's office, and today I'm representing the Ready Committee, which is our race equity members the inclusion committee.

Um I'm Leah.

I own the kickboxing studio on South Golden Road, so I represent non-downtown businesses.

I'm Amanda Stecker, I'm a Vince Ambassador for the city.

Thank you, guys.

Thanks.

Welcome, Len and Leia and Beth.

And um the differences are we have neighborhood resident um representatives from inside the downtown area and then outside, as well as business representation from downtown and then from South Golden Road.

Thanks for joining us.

Appreciate you being on the committee.

There's lots of new faces.

So just so you all know, so you are this is your first meeting, this is Len's first meeting, this is Leah's first meeting too.

So lots of new faces, so we'll we'll try to like try to keep you abreast of what we're doing and please ask questions.

Don't feel like there's lots of new opportunity for new information gathering.

Um please help yourself to snacks, please, because I can't take them home.

So they need to be beginning.

So our meetings begin with public comment, which is an opportunity for either grantees, people who are requesting grants, or people who have new event applications that come to the committee to come up and speak to the committee.

So um do we have anybody here for public comment?

No sounder?

Okay, so no public comment.

So we can move right to grant applications.

I will um say we had a couple of other grant applications come in that were not quite ready to come to the committee, so these are three that were in um submitted with complete information and budget information.