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The Mesquite Public Arts Commission convened on October 19, 2026, at Mesquite City Hall. The meeting covered updates on several public art projects, including the Next Generation statue for Fire Station No. 2, the status of bulldog statues, poet laureate appointments, and grant-funded initiatives. The commission also discussed the Second Saturday event and reviewed financial standings of various grants.
Okay. Welcome to the November. No, it's not November. It's still October, isn't it? I want it to be November. No, I don't. Welcome to the October meeting of the Mesquite Public Arts Commission. So we'll start off with uh public comment. And we have some public, but they're not part of the public comment portion. So we'll go to the consent agenda, and that's consideration of approval of the Monday, September 21st public arts commission meeting minutes, and the agenda for today. Do I hear a motion? The motion to approve. Okay, Karen makes a motion. Bonnie seconds. All in favor? Aye. Aye. They're approved. Um administrative items. Uh we'll we'll jump right to um update on the next generation statue for fire station number two, three dot two. And we have Jason and Mary Ann. Our great fire rescue folks. Thank you. Good morning. Thanks for uh having us. We are excited about this project. Started about a month ago, or just after Labor Day, excuse me. Working on a fundraiser for this statue. This is a lifestyle life size firefighter going at the new fire station at Station Two on Horizon Boulevard. Uh the the we want to thank Impact for their donation. Uh my understanding is you've donated 540, 540 uh to buy an eight by eight brick, as you can see. And so we just want to say thank you. Um the cost of the statue is 77,000. And that is uh for the firefighter, the the little girl, and the dog. As of this morning, we have raised 24,415, and we hope to continue this uh fundraiser. Uh so this is the brick. Uh, this is a four by eight for 250 dollars. You've bought the the five the 500 eight by eight brick, it'll be double this size, but all of these bricks will be laid at the around the foundation of the statue. Uh very similar what we did at Fire Station One with the never forgotten statue uh on the boulevard. And so we just wanted to present, make sure the MPAC was aware of this. Uh obviously you are, you've donated, and again say thank you. Uh, but see if you have any questions, comments, concerns, recommendations on this project and any feedback for us. We do have uh, I'm gonna say approximately seven to eight community members uh that have been sitting on a board helped us with the design and help roll this out uh before we before we uh began this uh fundraiser. Just want to answer any questions or see if you have any feedback for us. Um, what other fundraising activities do you have or the brick sales? You think going to be enough?