Chair staff is ready when you are.

Good afternoon.

Welcome to our Monday, March 9th, uh 2026 meeting.

It is 103 p.m.

And we're meeting for the meeting of the Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy Commission.

The meeting is now called to order.

Will the clerk please call the role to establish a quorum?

Thank you, Chair.

Commissioners, please unmute for roll call.

Commissioner Carter.

Present.

Commissioner Eisenberg.

Present.

Commissioner Gutierrez.

Absent.

Commissioner Hershey.

Here.

Commissioner O Habu.

Here.

Commissioner Orozco.

Absent.

Commissioner Smith.

Absent.

Commissioner Wallace.

Here.

Commissioner Winlock.

Here.

And Chair Lavulo.

Here.

Thank you.

We have quorum.

Thank you.

I'd like to remind members in the public or of the public in chambers that if you would like to speak on an agenda item, please turn in a speaker slip before the item begins.

After the item is called, uh, we will no longer accept speaker slips.

You will have two minutes to speak once you are called on.

We will now proceed with today's agenda.

Please rise if you're able for the opening and acknowledgments and order or in honor of Sacramento's Indigenous People and Tribal Lands.

To the original people of this land, the Niseinan people, the Southern May Do Valley, and Plains Miwok, Potwan Wintoon peoples and the people of the Wilton Rancheria, Sacramento's only federally recognized tribe.

May we acknowledge and honor the Native people who came before us and still walk beside us today on those ancestral lands by choosing to gather today in the active practice of acknowledgement and appreciation for the Sacramento's Indigenous People's History Contribution and Lives.

Thank you.

Pledge of allegiance.

One nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Next is approval of the consent calendar.

Clerk, are there any members of the public who would like to speak on the consent calendar?

Thank you, Chair.

We have no speakers for this item.

Thank you.

Are there any commissioners who would like to speak on this item?

Commissioner Wallace.

Motion to approve.

Can we get a second?

Second.

Second, Commissioner Carter.

Thank you.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed.

Any abstain.

The motion passes with opposition from zero commissioners and abstention or abstention from Commissioner Zero.

And the motion passes.

We'll now proceed to the discussion calendar.

Is there is a staff presentation today?

We'll look at item number three.

Presented by Melissa Cerone and April Bryce.

Hi, everybody.

You don't really need me here today, but I just wanted to be the one to present April to you all, our fantastic program coordinator who really ran with this program.

And we're really proud of being able to offer this small organizational sustainability fund.

So I just want to congratulate April and Yacaline Ruiz, who's also here today.

Another staff member for all the fantastic work they did to get this out the door.

So here's April All right.

Thank you, Chair Lavulo, and good afternoon, members of the commission and members of the public, both in the audience and watching online.

My name is April Bryce.

I'm an arts program coordinator with the city's Office of Arts and Culture.

I'm very excited to be here today to provide information and invite discussion around a new grant program known as the Small Organization Sustainability Fund.

I'll start by providing a little bit of background information about the grant opportunity and our journey towards implementation.

The program is grounded in the belief that small arts and cultural organizations are essential are an essential part of a vibrant and dynamic arts ecosystem.

Our office recognizes that local funding opportunities for these entities has been limited, and many organizations have faced barriers accessing flexible operating funds.

Our office, this opportunity was designed to address these gaps and access to general operating funding to ensure the stability and vitality of these crucial community assets.

The program is made possible by the Sacramento County Office of Economic Development, who generously provided administrative funding.

Additionally, more than 64% of funding came from the state and local partners or SLP program provided by the California Arts Council.

The Office of Arts and Culture allocated 100,000 to the Small Organization Sustainability Fund.

This strategic investment in Sacramento's small arts and cultural organizations will help to strengthen long-term organizational sustainability and sustain community-based programming throughout Sacramento County.

Each of the program's six goals align with the Creative Edge plan and exemplify the OEC's mission to advance community through arts and culture.

This is a one-year program providing awards up to $5,000, but no more than 50% of the organization's total adjusted revenue, and that's defined as revenue minus city and county grant funding.

The small organization sustainability fund provides a pathway to crucial funding for both California 501c3 nonprofit tax exempt organizations as well as fiscally sponsored entities such as arts collectives and independent performance ensembles.

Grant funds may be used for a range of general operating expenses such as staffing, rent, artist fees, and administrative and programming costs.

To be eligible for funding, organizations must have had a one-year history of operations and public programming and demonstrate that their mission or primary purpose and programs center arts and culture.

Through a strategic partnership with Sacramento County Office of Art Office of Economic Development, we were able to offer this opportunity to arts and cultural organizations throughout Sacramento County and not just the city, which was really exciting.

And we're and only organizations with primary addresses and programming locations within Sacramento County were eligible.

Our office defines small organizations as those with fiscal year revenue under $25,000, and we allowed organizations the flexibility to select between fiscal year 2023 or 2024 revenue.

Eligible organizations must also be in compliance with previous and or ongoing city-funded activities and demonstrate that the organization or fiscal sponsor is current with the California Attorney General's Registry of Charities and Fundraisers and active within California Secretary of State per city requirements.

Fiscally sponsored entities were obligated to have an eligible fiscal sponsor demonstrated with a satisfactory fiscal sponsor agreement provided at time of application.

And then ineligible organizations included for-profit entities, individual artists, schools such as university-funded programs, schools of the arts, or programs embedded in public and private schools.

Ineligible organizations also included those who had previously been funded under the OEC's Cultural Arts Awards, as we really wanted to ensure that funding sort of reached those who had not yet had the opportunity to access OAC grants.

For more information about the eligibility and the goals of the program, you can find a copy of the small organization sustainability fund guidelines in both English and Spanish within your packet.

And then we'll go to outreach.

We collaborated with the city's language access coordinator to provide guidelines and marketing materials in both English and Spanish.

We also partnered with the city's community ambassador program to help raise awareness for those of you who are not aware.

The Neighborhood Development Action Team City Community Ambassador Program is a language justice program created to facilitate multicultural multicultural bridge to create and maintain relationships with community partners, businesses, and residents who represent linguistically diverse populations or historically underrepresented communities.

These individuals helped to educate the community and offer translation services during information sessions, which was really helpful and much appreciated.

We also collaborated with both the city and county public information officers to create Sydney and County press releases and publications.

Printing materials were literally hand delivered all throughout the county to community hubs like PIDs and community centers, and postcards were made available at multiple events across the city.

Digital marketing materials were shared through newsletters, email campaigns, and across our social media accounts, including Facebook, Instagram, Blue Sky, and our LinkedIn channel.

Our office also hosted an information session, which was recorded and shared both on our website and YouTube channel.

Additionally, we hosted open office hour sessions with which provided focused one-on-one support to potential applicants.

We also fielded calls and emails and assembled a frequently asked questions webpage, which was regularly updated to reflect the community's inquiries.

So we were really you know excited for the the amount of response that we got.

The guidelines were made available to the public on October 27th, and the application open on November 3rd, 2025.

Once the application closed, staff received applications for or staff reviewed applications for basic eligibility before assigning applications to a diverse five-member panel made up of arts and cultural experts from a range of disciplines and backgrounds.

For more information about our esteemed panelists, you can find their biographies within your packet there.

Panelists were provided training and resources and were required to sign disclosure agreements to prevent any bias or conflict of interests.

Panelists were also held to a strict code of conduct outlined within the panelist guidelines available on our website.

All panelists assess applications based on a rubric outlining four criteria areas, including organizational planning, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, artistic cultural impact, and artistic or cultural impact, and community impact.

Panelists were given a full month to re carefully review and assess applications and assign scores from one to 100 based on the applicant's adherence to the panelist scoring rubric provided.

You can also find a copy of the panelists' scoring rubric within your packet.

It's on page 10 of the small organization sustainability fund guidelines.

So we received 41 applications by the deadline of December 5th, and 25 of these applications were deemed eligible.

All applications, applicants who were deemed ineligible received communication and follow-up from our office and detailed information about the decision.

We found that one of the biggest barriers to eligibility was the city requirement around current registration with the attorney general's registry of charities and fundraisers for all 501c3 grantees and fiscal sponsors.

So obtaining current status within the system can take some time, and unfortunately, it did pose a little bit of a barrier for some of those applicants that tried to apply.

So each of the 25 organizations who applied were awarded using an award formula, which we hoped would provide a meaningful award based on the organization's revenue and panel scores.

The maximum award per the per the small organization's sustainability fund guidelines was 50% of the organization's total adjusted revenue or up to $5,000.

Applicants scoring in the top 10% of award were awarded 100% of their maximum allowable award.

Organizations scoring between 70 and 80% were received 95% of their maximum allowable award, and applicants scoring below 70% received 90% of their maximum allowable award.

Here you can see a list of awardees and their award amounts.

So thank you, Commissioners, for allowing me to speak about the essential grants program, the small organization sustainability fund, and I welcome any questions if you have them.

Thank you.

Are there any speakers on this from the public?

Thank you, Chair.

Yes, we do have one speaker for this item.

Justina.

Hello, commissioners.

My name is Justina Martino.

Apologies, I had oral surgery six weeks ago, so my voice is a little slurred.

I live in D6, and my business and art practice is in D4 at Prism Art Space.

I'm an artist and the owner of Art Tonic, a Sacramento-based business with community and a business with a fiscal sponsor that provides community-engaged project management and artist professional development support.

I am grateful that the small organization sustainability fund was established, and I think that the OAC did great job at outreach.

Many folks came to Art Tonic and said we should have applied, but we were not eligible to apply.

So I just want to share my experience in the case that it could inform future rounds if this is offered again.

Okay, let's see.

So we are a small arts business LLC that primarily does community-based work and artist professional development.

We are fiscally sponsored by Friends of Sacramento Arts.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comment.

Sure, there are no other speakers for this item.

Thank you.

It looks like we have Commissioner Wallace.

How many people were actually eligible?

I mean, we really did extensive outreach to try to reach those folks, but you know, I think there's always more work to be done in that range.

So it's it's hard to know.

I mean, some of these organizations that are this small, you know, they don't have a website, maybe they're just um uh you know uh advertising on Facebook and and Instagram and stuff.

So there were some challenges trying to identify some of these organizations, but um I think that we did you know as much outreach as we possibly could to really reach uh the groups that we that we could.

Um, and yeah.

Um I was gonna ask something similar to what Justina just brought up, which was um sort of did we do any analysis of like who might fall into that gap between the limit uh for CAA grants and the sustainability, a small organization sustainability.

Yeah, so that 25,000 dollar cap really um we we chose that as that is the um funding the the revenue minimum uh to be able to apply for the cultural arts awards.

Um so that's why we chose that amount.

So it was really um aimed at at getting those folks who couldn't be eligible for the cultural arts awards for you know whatever reason that was.

Um so yeah, that's why we we chose that 25,000 um gap or amount, and we really hoped that that would sort of bridge the the small little gap that we have left behind by the cultural arts awards.

All right.

Yeah, I think it's really good work, and um we'll just encourage the community, especially our community ambassadors, um, to try to encourage folks to pay attention to availability like this because they're gonna have an understanding of what's happening on the ground that we might not otherwise have.

Absolutely.

Yeah, yeah.

Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner Winlock.

April, this is fantastic.

I want to just commend you on your work and how you brought, you know, our small organizations are the foundation for our community and culture.

And one of the questions I have is is looking at who these small organizations are, and how do we connect them to some of our larger organizations?

Because in some ways it they they're doing the same word.

I was just thinking about the issue about when you look at uh poetry out loud or the the poetry group, you know, uh the poetry tree.

Do they know about 916 Inc.

in that connection and so that they know that they're here's another resource that's a part.

I was thinking about uh Sacramento Flute Club.

Do you know how difficult it is in our schools and our bands to have those trainers that are involved with our kids that play the flute?

Here's another resource that could be used in those areas.

But I I just uh really applaud you and of course the city and all that were involved in it.

And and we should continue to make sure that we're taking it further so those organizations can be continued to be nurtured by you know some of our bigger organizations, some of our ones that are a part of that.

But uh again, this is just outstanding.

Yeah, thank you for that, Commissioner Winlock.

Um I I think that's a great idea.

We do have a uh this is a one-year grant, so we have one year to really um find some creative ways to connect these organizations with some you know broader resources.

So certainly we'll take that under advisement.

I appreciate that.

Thank you.

Any other comments from commissioners?

Thank you so much.

If I could just comment briefly, I I first wanted to congratulate all of the recipients uh of this inaugural award.

Um, and also thank all of the applicants.

It can be a challenge if you're not you know used to applying, but I just want to encourage folks who um maybe beginning their grant making or grant writing journey to uh to seek out help um where available.

I I want to thank the California Arts Council and Sacramento County.

Absolutely, without their support and additional funding, um this program would not be possible.

We are a proud designated uh uh county arts organization through the state and local partner program, um, and that couldn't happen without our partnership with Sacramento County.

Um I also want to thank all of the panelists who are also um sort of the unsung heroes of the process, and they really um spend a lot of time and care in learning our process, but also contributing their um feedback, which is uh important and integral to the process.

I think that overall uh the level of human touch and support that is exemplified by our program staff.

Um I just want to acknowledge that once again under the direction of Melissa Saron, grants and programs manager, and just the amazing uh work of April Bryce and Yacaline Ruiz.

Um I am exceptionally happy that we were able to launch this program to really reach those um, you know, um micro organizations, those very far below the radar organizations, groups that are making things happen out of someone's you know garage or living room table, and this is really bringing um community together.

So I just want to acknowledge all the partners and especially our staff.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Our next item um is phase one review artists and location temporary public art application program.

Uh actually I'm sorry, um public places, art and public places with uh presenter of Donald Gensler.

It's not that one.

Should be another presentation.

A temporary public art program.

Oh, that's right there.

Item item six.

Guys, I didn't make the agenda.

So item six, it's not the NRA report.

And then it's if I I saw it there, it's the application, temporary public art application.

If you yeah, if you pull up the icons again, that one right there.

Yeah, that's it.

Perfect.

Thank you so much.

Welcome everybody.

Thank you for having me today.

Um my name's Donald Gensler, I'm the art and public places manager here with the Office of Arts and Culture.

I uh really thrilled, I I'm gonna be presenting twice, so you know dig in.

Uh but first I'm here to present uh phase one for uh temporary public art uh application proposal.

And last time I was here, I uh shared with you all uh some phase two um applicants, and so it's it's really my pleasure to share with you an applicant who has actually been um uh talking with us for quite some time and finally turned in uh their application uh for a new mural at Lawrence Park uh in uh in Sacramento.

Um to remind you our temporary public art uh policy has two phases.

Uh so the first phase uh we review location and the artist who's interested in uh in uh presenting this particular project.

Uh both phases do require uh community engagement and they require evidence uh that uh this artist uh or applicant has support.

So you'll notice in the application here from uh Brenyan uh uh Gallman.

Uh she goes by Art by Bray is her company.

Um this is her application.

The date uh for the work to be installed is is actually gonna be a little later.

They're looking now in August.

Uh but uh Brenjana uh is proposing to do a project on an existing restroom facility uh there at Lawrence Park.

Um and uh I'll show you some examples of her work.

Uh her project both involves community and is really rooted in her kind of dialogue with her neighbors and her community in and around this Lawrence Park area.

Um this is her uh current budget.

She is still at a little bit of a budget shortfall, but I went to their neighborhood association meeting, and they feel confident they're continuing to raise funds for her proposed project.

Um so you can see uh Brenyanna's uh background here.

Uh she continues to work as a visual artist.

We reviewed as uh art in public places program.

We feel confident in Brenana's ability to do this particular project.

And we also spoke with the parks department who oversees this particular this particular facility, they feel comfortable with a project happening at that location and and Brenana specifically doing that project.

These are some examples of her past work.

Uh this is a piece she did in also in Sacramento.

Uh this was a piece at an elementary school.

Um she's showing all examples of past mural pieces.

Uh looks like a slide maybe wrong direction there.

And uh just another view of that same uh mural image.

And then another uh one here, I believe, at an elementary uh yeah, middle school.

Yeah, Rosa Parks Middle School, also in Sacramento.

Uh also Brenana was part of a cohort of artists who did projects um as part of um the uh Clean California project uh in um actually in Commissioner Eisenberg's uh district, and uh this was a um an alleyways uh cleanup project, and a number of artists, including Brenana did designs that were done in pavers uh in the different alleyways along Dixie and uh Avenue.

And uh also at that same time, these projects from that same area were these ballards uh that were then painted as well for that alleyway project.

And that alleyway project was really quite wonderful, and Brenana um participated fully as an artist in that program.

While we did not manage that program, I was aware of her work there and uh the uh work of the other artists and city staff.

And then this these are images of the bathroom facility.

Uh again, apologies for some reason they seem to be not quite uh organized we had planned.

Uh, but you can see the restroom facility here.

Uh we have been told by the parks department that this restroom is slated in the next two or ten years to be demolished, and um and uh and a new restroom facility put in.

So the neighborhood association is aware, and Bren Yana is aware um that um that that may happen, and they would still like to proceed forward.

Uh, and we're happy that they are uh deciding to do so.

So uh and this just gives you a little idea.

Brannana has kind of gone over and above in the sense that um she really anticipates the and and has taken time when I say over and above, she's really taken time to think about um read the policy and understands our relationship to Creative Edge.

So this is uh entirely her uh looking at her creative edge plan and thinking about her particular how her particular project will um uh um uh meet some of the goals of our uh creative edge plan.

So I encourage you to look at that.

And I really applauded Brenana at the uh neighborhood association meeting and personally um in her work and her preparation of her application.

Um and she also is planning to do a community paint day event, and when I was there with the neighborhood association, everybody was really excited to participate.

A little bit of extra information I just found out they have been slated to um uh be one of the projects for habitat for humanity.

So habitat and humanity for humanity in the next couple months will be out there, they'll do a big cleanup day.

Uh they're gonna help her prime that restroom facility uh and uh and and do a number of other improvements there at the park.

So it's really exciting, and it's an exciting way to see art kind of driving, helping to drive a community forward in a number of aspects of improvement.

Uh exactly the type of thing that we like to see from a temporary public art uh project application.

And as you can see also here, some of the letters of support that she's received here from uh Councilmember Guerra's office and uh other community members from the Lawrence Park uh committee and uh and then individual residents as well.

So, with that, I will say that um she does have the support staff support uh to proceed with this project in phase one, and uh she does have parks and facilities support to proceed with her project um at the uh at the bathroom facility there, and and so now uh we are opening up the discussion as is part of each phase of this.

And I'll tell you real quick the reason that we do this phases is because we don't want somebody to take the time to necessarily go through all the design process if it's not feasible for them to go at that location.

So we've broken it down into these phases and making sure that each step of the way it's it's it's possible.

Um so again, she does have uh staff support, and I'd like to open it up for any discussion, thoughts, comments from you all uh before we um recommend that she uh uh move forward uh for um uh phase two.

That's great.

Are there any public comments?

Thank you, Chair.

Yes, we do have one speaker for this item, Lambert.

Uh I just got off a flight last night, and uh I thought I was finished, and the family and the millennials told me to come down here, and usually when they ask me to do something, I do it for them because they uh have taken our family uh global.

That's why I was out of town.

Now, as I listened to this, the first one I missed it, which was number three, it was so small that I couldn't see it.

I'll have to study it when I get home.

But I'm wondering is uh well while I hear all of these things about great uh events.

Uh I wanted to make sure that, and I know uh Megan will make sure that, and also Melissa.

I'm big fans of them because they have helped the Grant Drumline.

I'm not sure if Melissa's been on the campus, but I know Megan has.

Megan is well received at Grant High School, and I'm a grand high school alumni, and I know that they were supposed to go to Ireland last year, and I'm not sure if they went because I've been in and out of town, but I'll find out because I know their parents and grandparents.

And I'm not sure if they went because I've been in and out of town, but I'll find out because I know their parents and grandparents.

And uh hopefully in this budget, uh, you will have money for them because every time they go somewhere, it turns out to be a very good experience, no scandals, and uh I'm very proud of them.

Mr.

Grant Drumline.

I don't know if I saw them up there, it was awful small, but they could use 25,000 when you're traveling and lodging and food, every penny counts.

So uh that's what I have to say on that issue.

Thank you for your comments, Chair.

There are no other speakers for this item.

Thank you, and thank you for the presentation as well.

I don't think I said that, Donald.

Um, thanks for the presentation.

And uh it looks like Steve, did you have something?

I did, it kept coming on and off, and I've got it.

Um Dunn, I'm very impressed that the um community is so heavily involved in making this decision, making this uh mural happen.

One of the questions I have is the is the artist planning of using the community in any way to actually put the art up or any of that kind of stuff.

Is there any of that?

Yeah, she's she is going to have a community paint day, uh, most likely in August when they're they have a regularly scheduled kind of back to school, back to community event where they um uh invite uh folks to come out.

So she's gonna utilize that pre-existing event to uh do a paint by numbers type of community paint day.

But I will say also she has and I and I think murals can follow many different formats, but Braignana has decided that for this particular project, she really wanted to solicit responses from her community.

So you all actually I can tell you, I mean, if if you were all recommend approval, we're probably ready to come back for phase two as quickly as next month.

Um so she's really quite far along uh in the process, but she worked really hard uh with a number of community members to think about what might be best and most appropriate for that uh location.

So, yes, uh very much involved.

Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner Carter.

Okay, David.

So good to see you again, sir.

Donald.

Uh Donald, sorry.

No worries.

David's good to see you too, because we didn't see you coming out to our event last week.

Absolutely, and you put on a fantastic event, but I do have a couple of questions.

Um, I know that she um the artist was able to raise a couple thousand dollars so far.

What's that amount that she's looking to receive?

So or what would be necessary?

Yeah, Commissioner Carter, thank you for that.

Yeah, giving me this opportunity.

Um, temporary public art program is not a um a city funded program in the sense that our staff time we're we're spending our staff time to review these applications because uh applications do come in for projects on city property, uh, but we don't have any funds allocated or a process allocated in in order to um uh provide uh funding for these types of projects.

They come in at many different times, they're they're unsolicited.

Um so she's raising that money on her own, as as are all the when I present a project that's uh under the temporary public art application process, generally is not city funded.

Um so in this case, Brenana has been raising the money both uh on her own and also uh with the help of her neighborhood association as well.

And and she will be out um assuming you all recommend approval that she proceeds to the next phase, she'll come out and uh for for phase two when when when we present her design.

Okay, cool.

All right, I think she still has about a two thousand dollar plus deficit in terms of her budget.

Okay, so about two thousand more until she's researched the mounts that she's looking for.

Yeah, and they're looking at some different fundraising opportunities over the next few months.

And then my second question would be is once she receives the the amount that's needed, how soon until she's like starts, like she's able to paint.

I mean, I think she's moving on with a process at this at this stage.

Um my sense is that they really want to move forward with the process, and so they would start in August.

The plan is to begin in August for the actual painting of the mural, and then um, and then I believe it would be maybe June when Habitat for Humanity is supposed to come out and and help them with the preparation of the wall and the priming of the wall uh to be ready to accept her design.

Thanks, Commissioner.

Thank you.

Commissioner Wallace.

Chair.

Great job, Donald.

I had some questions.

Her application was amazing.

And super well structured.

And I was wondering if there were two things that happened.

Did we by any chance create like a template based on the community mural program that you oversaw as something for folks who are doing this to follow?

Because I know she had like community paint day and like you know, really good organization and collaboration with the community.

And then if not, could would we be willing to ask her if she could share that with others or if we could take hers and share it with uh future applicants?

Yeah, I uh so we didn't create a template per se, uh like a document, but um the community murals Sacramento uh still has a website, and um I can let you all know that our intention is to announce a second round of that uh at the end of this year that would probably start next year.

Uh but I think that's a great idea.

Um to my knowledge, uh Brenana just clearly did her homework.

Um she understood Creative Edge, she read through the goals.

But I did speak with her a little bit, but she came in uh to staff at a couple different events and just asked us kind of preliminary questions in preparing her application, and that was really helpful in moving it along quickly.

Uh, but I think that's a great idea.

Um, use utilizing her application as a as a you know, as an example.

Um, but I'll I'll talk to her about that, and um, and we could yeah, maybe think about creating like uh an FAQ sheet.

Um maybe it doesn't name Brenana specifically, but it says successful applications have done the following things.

Um, and I think that it would be good to uh you know to highlight that because I think that that really it follows uh what we were hoping could come out of of this type of program.

Great.

Yeah, thanks for that.

Yeah, thank you.

I was gonna ask something along the similar lines of uh Commissioner Wallace.

I was gonna say, can you remind us what the process to be granted a project like this is?

So it sounds like she did her homework.

She identified a space that she wanted to actually put a mural on, and then she had to go about to find her funding because it is something that she has to fund herself and raise those funds, right?

Is this she also has to maintain it as well if anything happens to it, correct?

Yeah, and it's not and it's not just for murals, it could be for any project.

Uh oftentimes murals do end up being the projects that come in through our uh our temporary public art program, but we've done a type of uh a few other sculptural projects.

Um, yes, you are correct.

So she found the location, she did a little bit of preliminary work.

We always ask for people to come in and do a kind of a 30-minute consultation with us.

Um she had done that over a couple different sessions, just met us at some different events as well, asked us about it, um, and and told us about her intention of applying.

Um so yeah, uh, she will be responsible for the maintenance.

Uh we are working with uh with her, and we work with everybody in terms of what we think are best practices in terms of putting a sealer on there that will be make it easier to clean off uh graffiti.

Um a lot of times the graffiti might just be a simple Sharpie marker or something that could be easily cleaned off, but you want to get a hand ahead of it before it goes too far.

Um so yeah, we we work with them.

The parks department works with it's uh it's a little bit of a nuanced process in that it is technically the licensee's responsibility.

The city does not then take on that responsibility to maintain the art, which I think is the crux of your question.

Um yeah, so we don't do that.

Uh but uh but we do work with them, and sometimes parks will alert us when there's an issue, or if it's a small issue, sometimes they'll take care of it.

But it technically it is the licensee's responsibility, and also it gives me an opportunity also, Commissioner, to mention this type of license can also be revoked at any time.

So if if the parks department, Yipsey um youth parks and community enrichment says we need to tear down that facility and put up a new facility, they are not going to provide the funds to uh reinstall the mural.

Um and Brenana and the neighborhood association do understand that.

Yeah.

So I do also think that these are you know, template, like use to use that word template that Commissioner Wallace uh mentioned.

I mean, I think these are good opportunities for us also to think about, you know, potential future projects.

If there's enough interest, maybe murals on restroom facilities may be uh an opportunity for our for our office to look at uh uh you know, if we can identify funding.

But for these projects that come to us unsolicited, when a community member just has the idea, um, it'll be their responsibility moving forward to maintain it.

Yeah, I'm I I think the um idea behind my questioning is just because if anybody wanted to just if they saw some place where they thought it could be beautified, yeah, and they didn't know what the pro you know what the process of it was, that they didn't know that they could just bring it to you guys and say, hey, I have an idea.

I see this that I think could be beautified, and uh here's my idea.

Can we talk about it?

And then you let them know, like, here's A B and C it is on you to get the funding, but it can be done.

Do they have to be like a nonprofit or anything, or it can be an individual artist?

They don't have to be a nonprofit.

We do have the policy on our uh resources page on our APP link on our page, uh on the the city page.

So they can read through the whole policy and it explains that.

Um, but they don't have to be a nonprofit, they do have to have commercial general liability insurance, which oftentimes is a bit of a barrier for folks, and they do need to fund it on their own.

Um, and so we're gonna look at their budget and say, hey, does that seem reasonable for what you are planning to do?

Um and so, and then I might come back to the applicant and say, hey, you've only allocated this.

In my experience, that doesn't seem like it's gonna be a reasonable amount for what you plan to do on this city facility.

Why don't you rethink that and come bring that back to us?

Sometimes that does happen, and sometimes unfortunately that means that the application doesn't move forward.

But we do have some of those preliminary conversations.

We also don't want somebody to spin their wheels and spend their time on something that's not going to be possible.

Sometimes the other department, you know, we don't run our Office of Arts and Culture doesn't run any facilities currently.

So if if uh if another department like the parks department or you know, uh utilities department says, hey, no, we're gonna be doing this to that.

We you know, you can't do that now.

Um, then we let them know that information as well.

Right.

Thank you.

Uh Commissioner Carter.

Donald, thank you so much for that.

And you actually touched on it a little bit when it came to the mural on the on the uh restrooms.

I note that they're going to be talking about tearing it down between two to ten years.

Has any discussion been had about the next step when they do tear it down?

Like, is she going to be able to does she have to go through the same process for the new restrooms?

I mean, most likely it would be the same process.

It's possible that um, let's say just hypothetically they were to do it, and it was the mural's been very well received.

Um, you know, we could we'll we'll talk with the parks department and say, hey, do you think that this would be something that you all would want to see?

So as a city initiated process.

So since she's already gone through if she's going to be painting essentially the same design, the parks department is behind it, then it might be more of a city initiated process, um, which is a little faster generally, and it's not really a two-phase process.

It's uh it's where another city department has said we want this to happen on our facility.

It's not an art in public places program project, but but we'll we'll help guide that through.

So it is possible.

I will say the last thing, the reason that they said two or ten years, and always gets a little bit of a chuckle, is that you know, we don't we don't know from year to year, other departments don't always know what is gonna be allowed in the budget.

The restroom does need to be updated.

I mean, I that was one of the things that came out at the community association meeting was hey, when are you got you guys are gonna update this because this has been here a long time, it's not in the greatest um condition.

But of course, as I'm sure you all know, we are in a current budget deficit here in the city, and so there's some there's some hard choices that have to be made, and so right this year funding wasn't available, and so they're just looking towards future funding.

This is not the only restroom facility that has a similar designation to say in two or ten years, um, they plan to update it.

It's just whenever they can find the appropriate funds to put towards that.

Right.

And and the reason for for my question was is the you know, I just don't want this mural to go up some beautiful painting uh or beautiful mural.

Yeah, and then you know, a couple years it'll just be tear down because of city.

Totally get it.

Yeah, and I and I think that um I uh and one of the things that came up uh at the community meeting, and I always find this really interesting is how you know there were some issues about that, there were some other issues in the park, and um, you know, the the council members' staff was there, you know, there were other folks from the city there, and you know, as I told them in an art project like this shows you know, city folks that you guys are engaged and you want to make things happen and and and and and uh and improve in your neighborhood, and so I think that that's um yeah, I've seen it through the years be a real lightning rod for positive changes.

Um so I I would think certainly I'm happy to be involved as a city, another city division to encourage the you know to find some way to have it have it reinstalled, but I just can't promise that right off the bat.

And so she does realize that if she paints it and they they do, you know, they do put in a new facility, it's gonna um uh we're gonna have to kind of re-evaluate that situation.

It's it's reasonable though to uh but we but we didn't make sure to discuss it with her.

Thanks again.

Thank you, Commissioner Eisenberg.

Oh, sorry.

Mike Hey, um hi Donald.

Um I get a question.

Um are there I kind of gotta talk my way to my question, I guess.

Are there city properties that the program doesn't cover?

Or is you know, like for example, um someone came up to me recently and wanted to do things with utility boxes, and I said, well, there's already a program for that, and then but not all utility boxes necessarily are are painted or wrapped or whatever.

And so, and then there are buildings that the city owns that people don't necessarily even know the city owns, like for example, along the Del Paso Boulevard, there's a few buildings that I don't think everybody knows are necessarily are city owned, and I don't know if those get covered by this program.

And is there a way to differentiate or let people know?

Um more so that they can kind of be more uh I guess um targeted in who they would approach.

Yeah, so I I'll unpack that a little bit for you.

Um as far as the utility boxes go, there's a lot of different issues there.

One, not every utility box is a city utility box.

Um, there's also differentiations.

The utility boxes that we're generally talking about when we talk about wrapping are traffic signal boxes, they're often at intersections or intersections.

Okay, those are city-owned if they're within the city limits.

So there could be very similar looking boxes, but in the county of Sacramento, which is not part of our jurisdiction.

Right.

Um, so that's the first thing.

Second thing, there's also smud boxes that look different, but they're still a utility box, and they have a whole different program.

We're always happy to help guide people, and I do actually quite often guide people on things just like that.

Okay.

Um, and how do you determine which box is which and this and that?

We don't have like a list of everything.

Equally, we don't really, I mean, technically we could have a list of properties, but we don't have you know the staff power to kind of go through and determine whether those properties might be good for public art or not.

I will say that we um we are looking towards a public art master plan, and that should be something that we look into.

Are there city properties that we pre-identified that could be really great for some public art?

Yeah, so that's something that we would definitely discuss once we bring a consultant in and work towards that master plan, which I it it we do hope that that will happen within the next year or so.

So that's a that's a big important step.

And then the last thing I will say is um the temporary public art program was really created for kind of unsolicited um uh proposals.

So we don't want to necessarily, we don't necessarily want to incentivize um uh projects that we're not necessarily prepared for or don't even have funding for.

So somebody comes to us and says, hey, I really always want to do this project on this city facility, then we can look into the specifics of that facility, but without having funding outlook funding allocated for these other facilities, it might it might it might the optics of it might be difficult because people might go, well, hold on, you told me that facility's available, but now you don't have any funds for me to do anything.

So I'm not sure that we're gonna spend our time doing that for the temporary public art program, but I think that it's something certainly to think about, and you're right, there are city buildings.

Um and and the city buildings may be places where we look at spaces for artists.

I know that Melissa in our office is starting to look at that with organizations, um, spaces that artists might rent or utilize in some way.

So I think that is a larger discussion that love to have with you at some other.

Yeah, that'd be great.

Okay, thank you.

This thank you.

That's helpful.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Is there a motion recommending the temporary public art application for a mural at the Lawrence Park Restroom facilities to pass?

Make the motion.

Yes, Commissioner O'Habu.

Is there a okay?

Commissioner Wallace seconds.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any posed?

Any abstain.

Okay, the motion passes with serial uh commissioners abstaining and zero commissioners in opposition.

Our next item is going to be presented again by Donald.

And this one is for art and public places overview and updates presentation.

And just a quick moment of clarification.

Thank you for passing the motion for approval, recommending approval of phase one for that at that application at Lawrence Park.

You will likely see us then as soon as next month when Brenana will be here and we present phase two.

Great, thank you so much.

So I'm here for this second presentation.

One to give you an update.

I did an update about this time last year, that's crazy how fast it's moved.

And I may actually come back, try to come back in October of this year because some of the things that I'm gonna share with you here may be an appropriate time to give you a little bit more of an update.

We are combining this as an as a kind of program level update, along with sharing with you some projects, which I would love for you to discuss if you have some questions on.

It's your opportunity, and it's a kind of a public forum for us to share some upcoming projects and projects that are currently underway.

So please uh feel free to comment on those.

As we go through some of the photos you'll have seen before, but there'll also be a few new ones.

For example, I don't know that I'd shared this previously, but this Troy Corless uh Poet Laureate Park in South Nathomas.

Uh we are planning on potentially even updating that in the future with new uh poet lawyers as new poet laureates uh come into the program.

So stay tuned for that.

So I'm gonna very quickly just because some of the commissioners here have been around for a little while, and uh some and some are newer and some are coming back.

And um, so everybody's at some different spots.

And so I thought I would just do a really super quick overview.

Uh some of you may have seen some of this before last year.

Uh then I'll just update you a little bit on SB 456.

It's a new bill that's important that you know is now law as of January 1st.

Um, and uh talk a little bit about our historic public art collection, and then lastly, recent and upcoming public art projects.

Um I did want to say when I bring up the historic and uh public art collection, I'm joined today uh by my colleague and uh fellow staff member Amy uh Takahama Chapman, uh who's been uh working really uh quite hard on uh on our management of the collection and appreciate all Amy's work and dedication on that, along with the day to day and all the other project management work that she uh um works with us on.

So um uh the the program was established in 1977, uh and at that point was actually when the first commission, then named SMAC was created in order to um help manage this uh 2% for public art program.

Uh municipal program started in 1954.

Uh the city of Philadelphia was the first municipal public art program in the country.

Uh we now own 450 uh city-owned works.

We did separate from the county when the program was created.

We were a dual agency, city and county.

We are now just a city agency as of 2019, uh, and then became the Office of Arts and Culture.

And uh it is nice to note that 60% of our works are by local and regional artists.

Uh I will say though, that uh we try to find a nice balance between making sure that we support a local art community and our regional art community, but also bring in ideas and and and creative thoughts from outside of this area as well.

Uh you notice uh here is a uh piece by an artist, uh Larry Meeks, who recently you'll see again a little bit uh talk about is one of our mentors after doing a number of projects with the city.

Uh uh Larry Meeks is uh also one of our mentors on our Birds and Benches project.

This is one of his projects in North Natomas.

Uh SB456 uh was a bill really put together through a coalition of conversations across the entire state of California that uh realization that in 1974, the California State Licensing Board uh defined the definition of contractor, and it was their interpretation that muralists should after that point have had a C 33 or D64 license in order to paint any mural uh over 500 in value.

Um, as many of you will know, there's been many murals painted in the state of California since 1974, and I will tell you that the vast majority of those were not painted by licensed contractors.

So in fact, the law was not being followed, and there was a coalition of folks, myself included, who felt one that the interpretation was not following really what everybody understood that muralists are making fine art on the walls.

And so we worked with Senator Ashby, who authored the bill, former council member Ashby and the California Arts Advocates and the League of California Cities.

And I'm happy to say that we received zero opposition in either the Senate or the Assembly or in any of the committees.

Everything passed with an entirely always yes vote.

We did have some conversations from some contractors and the licensing board and some specific groups, but in the end, uh the bill did pass, and the governor signed it into law on October 2nd or on October 3rd, and so January 1st, it went into law.

So just so you know, muralists now can paint on a wall without having a contractor's license.

They can also prep the wall with primer as they need to to prepare for a fine art mural on the wall.

That's not a sign.

That's not a decorative painting in uh on or in a wall.

It is a fine art mural on the wall, and um, and it's really been quite an important event for the state of California.

Uh they also need to follow any and all safety guidelines as a as uh laid out by Cal OSHA when uh muralists are doing their work.

Um so um there's nothing that uh that would uh change uh as long as those things are concerned.

Um just a couple quick images.

I did show this last time.

I show these two one the first Gerald Wahlberg was the first large scale sculpture done as a percent for art program project.

And then I show you the the images on the right, just to reiterate that this is the airport, which I'm sure everybody here is familiar with.

This is no longer part of the city collection.

So this is a county collection and uh is owned and maintained by the county of Sacramento now.

Uh but we do have many pieces, a newer piece from Vicky Scurry in the river district, and then uh, for example, a piece that many of you may be familiar with with, the large number of darts uh around uh the uh DOCO area of the new uh stadium uh called Missing the Mark by Gail Hart.

Uh if you're interested, take a picture.

This is how you can go onto our GIS mapping.

Again, um Amy and our folks from uh IT department were instrumental in that.

I did share that with you all last time as well, but we are continuing to update that.

We have a couple really excellent interns from Sacramento State this year, and they've been doing a great job helping us with that as well.

So that collection and that GIS mapping continues to grow, and we even have some pre-planned tours that are being added to that GIS mapping.

So you can go on there uh when you have a moment.

So I'm gonna update you about some recent and upcoming public art projects.

This is really the crux of why I made sure to be here uh uh uh this month.

Um so we're gonna talk briefly about the Living Balance, Birds and Benches, North Sacramento Library, and MLK Library.

Before I do that though, I do want to say that there's one more project that I will come back in October and share with you, October or November and share with you all.

It's a creative crosswalks project.

It's been talked about for a while, but we are in process right now at Garden Valley Elementary and at Smythe Academy, and I wanted to kind of formally announce the two artists at Garden Valley Elementary.

We have Jolene Russell, who's the design artist, and uh Christina Stevenson, who's the teaching artist at Garden Valley Elementary, and then at Smythe Academy, we have Yuli Smith, who's the design artist, and Emma Monteplano, uh, who's the teaching artist at uh Smythe Academy.

So we're really excited to be working with the Twin Rivers School District with the teachers of both of those schools, with the principals of those schools, and the communities in and around those schools.

And I look forward to giving you all some more updates.

We're just getting started actually next week.

We hope to have those teeth those artists in the school working with students on a creative crosswalk project, which I will update you all on uh next time I'm here.

For right now, I wanted to share with you the Living Balance, which was a project that I shared with the Commission a couple years back that is now complete.

This is by Liv Unger.

This is the completed mural.

It is actually a vinyl mural.

It is a 25 foot by 200 foot long uh mural uh at the Baylor building at the Sutter's Landing Regional Park.

And if you have any reason to go out there for no other reason than to see this mural, I encourage you to do that.

It is really quite stunning.

It is also a wonderful teaching tool for children and adults alike.

There are over 70 different plant and animal types from the American River.

The artist Liv Unger worked with the Wilton Rancheria and also identified a number of kind of Native American stories and myths.

And so the animals and the plants are organized within those kind of creation myth stories.

And even there are some artifacts kind of kind of snuck in here and there in different places that show some of the background of the indigenous communities.

And it was really also quite wonderful.

We worked with a third grade class from a local Washington Washington elementary in the area that got to participate as well in some of the early discussions.

And a paint day event inside this Baylor building, which also, yes, is the skate park.

So we have the uh we have the nature outside and the skaters inside, and they can mix quite well.

So this was our dedication event.

Um also wanted to share with you uh this wonderful teaching tool that Liv Unger put together.

Um, when we talked about a teaching tool, I never thought of we would have something quite this magnificent, but I encourage you to take a picture.

You can download it from this uh this uh QR code uh or on our directly on our website and uh you print it out, share it with your kids, share it with uh fellow uh uh nature enthusiastic enthusiasts in your family or friends, and uh learn about all the different plant and animal types in the river.

The names are in three different languages, both you know, English, Latin, and uh the Nissanon uh uh language as well.

So it's really quite comprehensive and lovely teaching tool addition to that project.

Birds and Benches has launched.

Um appreciated uh seeing Commissioner Carter out joining us for one of our birds and benches event when Ronnie Frostat uh uh presented just last week.

Um so it is a 212-acre uh uh park, and we're gonna be installing 10 benches in and around the park in the area, uh designed by artists.

But phase one is happening this year, and uh, and then there's a number, there's five phase one artists working with a number of careholder groups.

These are our careholder partners, and uh those partners are made up by the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, the Wilton Rancheria, the Audubon Society, the Natomas Basin Conservancy, and the Natomas Charter School.

And this Wednesday, uh, hopefully we'll get it on our website soon, and you'll see a little bit.

It's all happened a little bit quickly.

But Shingle Springs has uh uh found that that they really want to do their presentation this Wednesday.

So there'll be a lunchtime presentation this Wednesday from 12 to 1.

You can tune in on Zoom.

They're gonna be talking about the land and um and their time uh uh in uh uh uh being uh here in the land uh uh of Sacramento.

So we're thrilled uh to be able to uh host them for that lunchtime Zoom meeting.

We'll get you some information on that.

I'm gonna go rather quickly here.

This gives you just some examples of the kind of artistic benches that we might be looking at and some of the incredible bird life uh in and around uh the Nathomas basin.

Uh we do have a website up that we continue to update.

So again, another QR code and a calendar, which should be coming out this week.

We've just it's been tough to try to make some final changes to the calendar.

We have a calendar coming out this week, hopefully, uh with all the events through the year of 2026.

These are all engagement events that are helping the phase two artists develop their ideas for the benches.

So it's an entire year of engagement events that uh really help uh in that process and really break down the process for those artists that were awarded commissions but don't have as much experience.

That was a big part of what uh we're doing with this project as well.

I'd heard many, many years people say, Well, I haven't done as many projects.

How do I get one?

And how do I start?

And so this is really an opportunity uh uh for especially for some artists uh to have their first really public art project uh sculpture project, especially.

All right, so with that, the final two uh projects that I want to share with you.

One, the RFQ is out currently, so if you have artists or uh folks that know artists, please uh go to our submittable website um for the North Sacramento Hagenwood Library.

It is a new public art request for qualifications.

We will be selecting up to five finalists to propose a new artwork for the new library there on Del Paso Boulevard.

These are some images of the library, and you can find out more about the RFQ on our submittable our Office of Arts and Culture submittable site.

And these just give you some images of what the new facade look like.

Yes, and this is the old news and Sacramento News and Review Building if it looks kind of familiar.

So that's uh where that was from.

Uh this gives you a little bit of idea of the timeline, the deadline to submit for the RFQ is March 23rd, and we do hope to allow uh stakeholders uh to meet with um the um with the finalists uh prior to them then presenting uh in June.

Uh and then uh we hope to have this dedicated at least by June of 2027, although I do know that the council member uh and many folks would like to see this happen even sooner, so we'll just see what's possible there.

So, really exciting project at the North Sacramento Library.

And then the last one, just a couple slides here.

This one has not gone out yet, but this is the Martin Luther King Library on 24th Street.

This is really particularly exciting uh in that uh this is the first library in the United States of America to be named after Dr.

Martin Luther King.

And in fact, the uh the council named it uh the day of Dr.

King's assassination.

So they were have as the story goes, they were having a council meeting here on the day that he was assassinated, and they they changed the name or they decided then as a council they voted to name that library after Dr.

Martin Luther King.

So um feel very proud to have an opportunity to um uh expand the public art.

There's already some wonderful public art at this library.

We will we are specifically looking at this entrance area.

Um in the future, I'm working with our public works team to try to bring us in much earlier.

Um the library itself is gonna be reopening in uh in the next month if it if it's not already well, I think April is their plan.

Um and uh in the future, we would have loved to have started earlier, but we didn't find out about the opportunity till a little later.

So we'll this is the main entrance, even though from the outside um it doesn't quite look like it.

This is the main entrance of the library, and this is where the public art will be.

Probably not murals, we're looking for something kind of sculptural elements, but mainly on the walls uh as you enter into the library.

So take a look for that RFQ to come out as well.

Um hopefully you'll be looking at that coming out in April and 150,000 uh budget for an artist.

Uh we probably for this one we won't select finalists, we'll just select an artist from their past work, and then that artist will really be able to dig in with the community to determine um their final design.

All right, that gives you a little sense of uh what that timeline looks like.

Again, the RFQ should go out in April with a hopeful dedication event for September of 2027.

I um thrilled to be able to share these updates with you all.

I'm particularly interested in any questions that you have.

Well, on anything that I've presented, but also specifically about these two library projects, either the one that's out right now or uh this MLK library, um, because this is the first time I'm presenting both of you, both of these to the commission.

All right.

Thank you.

Um Donald, do we have any public speakers?

Thank you, Chair.

Yes, we have one speaker for this item, Lambert.

Uh I'm gonna really make some statements here now, based upon what I just heard.

I would suggest that the city attorney you pay attention instead of looking at computers, make sure you pay attention because I'm directing this to you and the rest of this.

Now, this Brianna, this this disturbs me because here's a person with talent, they want her to go into debt and then tear the building down that she went into debt for, versus the last time I was here, and I just heard the former uh vice chair of this commission say, well, we would like to have more money than 25,000.

We'd like to have a hundred thousand before food and and uh basic necessities.

Now, here's they're wanting 25 to 100,000 more, and they can't find any money for the underdog.

I have a problem with that.

I truly do.

And I have issues with those two as well, because they both uh denied that wide open walls and uh the other part of that group uh did not receive funding, and we did a lot of homework to find out that they did.

As a matter of fact, uh I think her last name is Ulich of the She's the director, the the uh auditor found out that it was true.

So here we are crushing uh person for five thousand dollars, and you got people getting unwritten uh agreements, and we still haven't found out if they had to pay that money back, but we're gonna find that out.

That's one thing I'm gonna do as a native.

I want to find out where that money went.

Thank you for your comments, chair.

There are no other speakers.

Thank you.

Uh Commissioner Eisenberg.

Hey, Donald, uh, just for clarification, um, what is the prow on the Hagenwood Library?

Um says possible sculpture in prior parking lot.

What what is the prowl?

Oh, public right of way.

Oh, okay.

I'm sorry, I didn't know that.

Trying to keep things.

Uh it is spelled out in the request for qualifications document.

And uh so those are where some of the opportunity zones are uh in and around.

Uh there's also a document on the information packet.

Um I I didn't put it all on here for you all, but um if you go on the RFQ, you can see where that information is.

Okay.

Um when the artists apply, um, they won't be presenting any proposals at this stage, just a very kind of general statement of interest of what they might work towards.

Um, but if they are selected as a finalist, we'll pull them together, we'll bring in you and a number of other folks from the from the area um to uh to answer questions for them, and so they can really dive deep and figure out where what they would like to uh propose and in what area.

Um and I'll say one last thing if I if I could, Commissioner.

Um, we weren't really sure.

There was some debate back and forth about again.

This was one where I feel like we were brought in a little on the late side.

Yeah, and so there's been some question about where to put the art.

And so I thought rather than us sitting back and trying to make that decision, you know, from a chair, like let's let the artists decide what they think they could do.

Yeah, that's a reasonable way to do it.

Yeah, sure.

And so sometimes we do it that way, and in this case, that's the way we're gonna proceed.

We'll have these five artists, um, up to five artists make presentations about what they think they could do if they were awarded the funds, and then we'll work with them to uh to try to make that happen.

Thanks for the clarification.

Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner Carter.

Thank you for this, Donald.

I greatly appreciate appreciate the uh presentation that you put on for uh some of the new projects.

Uh a couple of questions I do have for the I'm guessing for the uh requirements for the Hagenwood and MLK, uh they have to live within the city limits, correct?

No, they don't, so they can live in.

No, in fact, um most of our projects because they are publicly funded, um, we actually we actually can't limit um, I mean, we'd have to we have to have a very specific purpose um uh to to limit who can apply.

Um, but uh, but I will say the focus for those two projects um is gonna be largely in this kind of region because the budgets are not as large as maybe some other budgets, so it it it probably financially is not as possible for somebody, let's say, way out of state.

Right.

Um, so we are we are and and I will say also in the rubric for which artists and it's published ahead of time, the rubric by which artists will be evaluated.

There are two questions in which you get additional points for being or having a relationship to this local area.

Okay.

They do get some more points for that.

And then for my second question, just clarification for the MLK.

Uh, it's no mural that's going to be on the building, it's gonna be like a hanging sculpture, or how does it?

I mean, that's the thought.

I I'd say once we see the artists apply, certainly muralists should apply, um, and anybody working in different mediums should apply.

I think that this particular site lends itself really well, potentially for sculptural elements.

I'm gonna show some images when the thing goes up of like relief sculptures and things like that.

Um, we would like to see uh maybe a relationship to a theme.

Um and uh and and the theme may be civil rights in in Sacramento.

Um and so that I think again, that's something where we'd like to bring the artists on board and then really dive deep with the community members.

But yes, the thought was that it would be kind of sculptural sculptural elements on the walls as you enter.

Um but I think there's probably a lot of leeway there.

Thank you, Commissioner Winlock.

Donald, I I love our art in public places.

Um, you know, that we have the butt the question that triggers for me is that I I'm could you review the ongoing maintenance?

Um how maintenance is you know kept on the murals that we've had for or the art and public places.

What structure have we set in to make sure?

Because I I I I want to say that one of the worst things I see when I go to cities that um have not kept them up.

Um the murals, the the statutes, it it's an eyesore to the city.

What what do we do in in this about our art in public places?

Yeah, thanks for giving me a chance to uh uh talk a little bit about that.

I I hadn't added so much into that.

I really could uh do uh a full uh commission update just on our maintenance program.

Um but I'll I'll take a moment just to share with you.

So maintenance is is an ongoing issue.

Unfortunately, vandalism does happen.

Um we don't feel as a as a supporter of the arts and as an advocate for artists, I don't feel like the answer is just not to do art.

I feel like we should be doing those things that satisfy us both personally and culturally and really mean a lot to the people in the city.

Um that said, uh we we've tried to get a real grip on our maintenance projects.

We are undertaking about five to six large-scale maintenance projects a year.

Um, and um, and what we're trying to do is really calendar those projects.

Now, occasionally, and I'll bring up an example, a project is so egregious, like in terms of how it was uh desecrated uh or vandalized that it jumped to the top of the pile.

And one of those, unfortunately, is um on Del Paso Boulevard.

We recently had a sculpture that was literally ripped out of the ground.

Uh it was not located.

Uh we have been a little frustrated by our um uh work with our police department um in and able to try to locate or even get a police report on that sculpture.

Um, and but that that particular project has risen to the top of the pile because it literally is missing uh an essential piece of the sculpture.

Uh but besides that, uh Commissioner Winlock, we're we're working on that, and we have like I said, five other ones lined up that are being finished.

We finished about five last year.

Um we also are doing a concerted effort to make sure that every piece in the city that is owned by the city has a plaque.

And sometimes those plaques are stolen uh or taken off for the metal um or just vandalized for one reason or another, and then we have to go back and fix that.

But we are currently reinstalling or installing for the first time over a hundred plaques.

We've uh just installed five in the last week, and we have five more coming hopefully this next week.

And so we're on a pretty good schedule.

Um, but these plaques have been missing for a number of years, uh, sometimes as much as 20 or 30 years, and so we're trying to correct that because I also, when I go to cities, I'm frustrated when I see artwork that doesn't acknowledge the artist's name or the title or any of that information.

So that's a big part of our our collection management as well.

So it is an ongoing um part of what our APP program does, and it's a reason why we do hold a separate fund uh specifically for maintenance.

Um we do have a last thing I'll mention for our murals, our community mural Sacramento and some of the other mural projects, we have hired contractors to go out.

So if I get notified by somebody that there's graffiti, we'll send out a specific person that we've identified that goes out and either cleans off that graffiti or in some cases has to retouch the mural.

So we are trying to get a handle on some of that.

Um, but we've got a we've got a few really big projects coming up for 2026 that we're um we're excited about, and um I think maintenance is a big part of anybody's public art program, and it's certainly a big part of ours.

And I want to say that the way that you have outlined it gives me very confidence that we're gonna we're working on it.

I think in the sense about that you know maintenance is not something you do when there's uh right away, you've got to have a plan, you gotta look at it, you gotta look at it throughout the um, you know, through the years.

I just love that.

So thank you.

Thank you.

And and that that that actually was something that occurred to me a couple years ago was we're just being reactionary.

Right.

And I said this program needs to start to put things on a schedule and have a plan for these pieces.

And so we know now what we're gonna do in 2026, and we have a goal for what needs to get done 2026, and those things that can't get done 26 are now into 27.

I don't think we have anything identified right now for 28, but we are that is that is our plan so that we can tell people, hey, we're we are working on it, um, and here's when we plan to get to it.

So thanks for that opportunity, Commissioner.

Thank you.

Um can you tell us the difference between these um public spaces and the funding on it?

I know that that's city funded for these specific ones and the present last presentation that's not funded, just so that way, because it seems like there might be a little bit of uh miscommunication on what's what's gonna be funded, what's not taken care of by the city.

Sure, yeah.

So our program runs entirely through the funds that we bring in through our um our public art two percent for public art program, or the grants that we write that allow us to do projects, or sometimes the earned income when we manage projects for other people.

Um projects like the temporary public art projects like the one I was showing you for Lawrence Park, they come in unsolicited.

So we they just come in at any random moment, and somebody says, I want to do this project on a city property.

There has not been any selection process, there's not been any call to artists, there's not been any kind of process there.

Um and so what we've said is okay, we create a policy for that.

So since there's no process in place, like for these other projects, like I explained to you for the libraries, for example, this is out in public for about two months.

I I share it with you all.

We we have information sessions for artists, we do all that work, we we form a panel to make selections.

Um so we've we find that that process is fair, we try to be as fair and equitable as possible and transparent as possible in our process and as objective as possible.

But if somebody comes to us and just says, hey, I want to see a piece of art there on a city building or on something that's city owned or manage, this is the temporary public art policy that we've created for that.

Um and so we bring it to you all.

We don't then work through a panel.

Um we used to have a really uh wonderful public art panel, uh, but uh so there's been some policy changes at the clerk's office, and so we don't we don't do that anymore.

Um, but we uh we then instead we bring it through this two-phase process to you all, and we share the project with you in phase one, and then if everybody feels that we can move forward to recommend approval, we then go to phase two.

Uh we don't have funds for those projects, and in a way you can understand if if I fund those projects that just somebody just brings in on their own, then there's where's the where's the accountability, where's the transparency in that, right?

So then it could just be, you know, I just fund whatever, oh, I want to fund this or fund that.

So instead, we do try to have a very specific procedure in place so that when we do see funding that's available, we can uh and funds are normally tied to a specific area.

So you notice that library, the project that's gonna happen at the library.

Sometimes there's a little bit of leeway, but um, but we do generally do the project in or around the same area where that funding is coming from.

So if somebody comes to us with another project that's unsolicited, we have a process by which we can review it and then make a determination if the city thinks it's appropriate to move forward.

Okay, so the distinction between the two is that one is unsolicited, that's something that somebody thinks that they could possibly beautify.

Still have to bring it to the city to have it worked upon with you guys and then have it reviewed.

Yes.

Two phases.

The second one is this is a city sought out uh art project that they are actually looking for someone to put in place in a specific site.

Yes, and then we go through a very formal process to let everybody know about it, let people apply.

We have a panel that gets selected to review them, they have a rubric they have to follow.

So all that process happens when we we are soliciting other other folks.

Um and and I will say something about the temporary process.

We are starting, we are gonna add um some fees as well.

We've based this on other cities just because we are spending staff time now reviewing and taking those unsolicited projects through and there's no funding allocated for those.

So the fees are are fairly nominal but at least they were trying to establish something.

I will say we're probably the only program in Sacramento that doesn't charge any fees but uh but we will need to start doing that at the beginning of the next fiscal year.

Thank you.

Dr.

Thank you Chair and thank you Donald for your presentation and looking forward to your future presentation on the uh creative cross lot uh just a quick um question regarding the um regarding the poet laureate park uh what is your timeline for that or when is the um estimating timeline when you just reminded me of something else so um on our website right now for birds and benches you can see the list of all the artists on the website so that was one thing when you go to that QR code I don't think I mentioned it you could see the list of all the artists that were selected for birds and benches.

Okay sorry about that the the the poet laureate park we don't have a timeline set for that but it was brought to our attention that um there were only a select number of poet laureates that had a sculpture made with their poetry and uh we were having some conversations about the poet laureate program and the the conversation came up that it would be a really a nice gesture if we could moving forward have sculptures by future poet laureates now I don't know how far that extends how far but um it is something we're looking into and that's why I I put it on the front just because it's something that we're thinking about we don't have any funding allocated for it but it's something that we we value our poet poet laureate program and we'd like to find a way if it's possible to add to that series of sculptures but again just really something we're thinking about certainly we'll bring it to you all if we uh do find uh funding in order to add additional poets uh to that park but thank you for that thanks so much Tom and I don't know is there a motion on that item no okay not on that one just repeating for a motion to it was just the motion on the last one and this one is just review and comment.

Review and comment perfect thank you so much.

If I could jump in and close and now we're running a little ton on time but I just wanted to take another moment to acknowledge the the work of Donald Gensler and Amy Tokohama Chapman on our hardworking Art and Public Places staff just likewise at every opportunity keeping community engagement in mind I'm thinking of our numerous partners that we really lean on Shingle Springs Band of Mi Walk Indians Wilton Rancheria obviously a county arts agencies or county agencies that that we partner with on all of these on some of these opportunities and as you can tell there's always so much going on and so much that is really below um below the the surface so I just wanted to give a shout out to our staff on that thank you chair thank you our next um and final item is the 2025 Sacramento Arts Culture and Creative Economy Commission annual report done by Jason Thank you Chair well this is really an opportunity for me to share a document that many members on this body have been working on for a long time and in fact um uh member in the audience uh former chair of the commission justina martino also worked uh diligently on some of the foundational aspects of what you are seeing of what you have in front of you um the all boards and commissions are required as we've noted in the past to submit an annual report um and this is the outcome of that work uh you've seen the work plan for 2026 numerous um occasions and iterations uh I just wanted to call out all of the members of the current body who supported a lot of this language um really um pleased to see how this came uh together and I also just want to acknowledge the front page um is highlighting a work that Donald was just sharing about this is um the Baylor building the living balance by live or Lou um Lilosi Ungar of Orloo Arts uh and this is uh just an amazing uh educational opportunity combination of environmental um stewardship as well as um visual art and community engagement and arts education um I wanted to pass it off to the chair who could share if you if you would like to share your your summary thoughts on the past year uh I do want to note that um that there is a statement that that you had prepared as um as uh control

And this is just an amazing educational opportunity combination of environmental stewardship as well as visual art and community engagement and arts education.

It would have been great to have known about this prior to right now.

It would have been doing this.

But I think that in the past year, this body has done great to uphold to uphold the work plan that's thus far.

And what we're doing right now with Jason is just kind of sprucing it up a bit because you know, as when we sit behind this desk, and when we sit up here, oftentimes we find ourselves not really knowing what we're doing, and I'll speak for myself.

And uh Justina did a really great job of putting together what we have here, but we needed to also put in find a little bit more how it connects to us individually as commissioners.

And so when we were going over it, we were hoping that there was a portion of it where we could actually implement like an actual action item so that way we're not just bodies behind the seat, we're actually have um a task to go out and take out and go handle and then bring back and report back to the commission board.

And so I didn't have anything else um prepared, but thank you.

I'll give it back to Jason.

Okay, I'll take it back.

So I just want to acknowledge your chair Lovulo for um for your continuing work.

And you know, this is a relatively new configuration.

Uh a lot of new members on the commission, but I think I just wanted to call out your fearlessness and your authentic authenticity and your humility and what you bring to this body.

Uh what I also uplift our vice chair, Dr.

Ohebu.

Um, the if you you do get a chance, folks.

If you do get a chance to read the message from the chair, um you'll see what I mean.

I think that you know, we're trying to um move in ways and to guide the commission to move in ways that is meaningful and is impactful, and I think that um I just wanted to acknowledge that and commend all members of the commission, but especially our chair and our co-chair for the past year and this upcoming year.

Um so the uh the the key accomplishments section does a review, it's a recap of all of the significant items that this body had seen over the past year.

Um they're categorized into four areas grants and programs, updates and reviews, art in public places matters, um, special projects and initiatives, uh, uh, and the policy review and recommendations that were fielded by this body, and the same thing is what you will see, or something similar to this is what you will see towards the end of 2026.

Um you can see a section that identifies expenditures, and then the real meat of this uh of this annual report is the work plan for the upcoming year.

Um there were a number of goals identified for this current year, not too far off from what was identified in the past year, and we went through these over a number of meetings.

So I'm just sharing again what the commission had decided on, had discussed, and had uh had gone over to come to these conclusions.

I'm just gonna share the goals real briefly, but I do want to add that um a couple of things that have been modified from the past and a report, uh, just articulating a little bit clearer, hopefully, what action steps would need to happen in order to get this body to the outcomes, the intended outcomes that you have.

So there's a little bit of um uh hopefully more clarity and structure if you're going through these five goals, which are uh goal one, achieve greater clarity around ACCEC's purpose and role within the City of Sacramento government.

Goal two, enhance community awareness and understanding of ACC as a supportive accessible resource dedicated to arts and culture.

Goal three, advocate for City of Sacramento policies and initiatives that value support and build the arts and cultural community and ecosystem.

Goal four, collaborate with the Office of Arts and Culture to address a variety of infrastructure needs required to sustain a thriving and sustainable arts ecosystem.

And goal five, work with the office to review the impact of the creative edge plan and development plans for next stage planning.

This is ongoing work.

Um so um this here, what you have in front of you.

Um I'm gonna I'm going to pass it back to the body just to kind of add any additional thoughts, um, any suggestions or requests for modifications before this version, which is the draft for uh the next body that would review this, the personnel and public employees committee.

Um they would be reviewing this next.

Uh that is uh a presentation that the chair would be invited to to present to that body, and after they pass uh that version, then it will go to the city council for final approval.

Any commissioners have anything that they would like to um add on, and uh but first before we do that, we'll go to our public speaker.

Thank you, Chair.

We have one speaker for this item, Lambert.

And this hopefully really to shock the whole rostrum, and that's my intention.

Um you have a problem down here.

Okay, I'm a native.

I left here, went away to school, came back after I finished everything, and family and friends were coming up to me telling me things that I couldn't believe.

And I said, Well, let me go down the city hall and see what's going on down there.

Being a business owner, that got me in the door, and I applied for a lot of things at this city, and I encountered a lot of peculiar behavior by a lot of staff members.

I personally believe that it's not all, but a lot of the staff members are the reason why the city's in a deficit.

You cannot give money away with no written agreement saying you can't monitor it.

What happened to going to their banks?

If the IRS uh audits me, they're gonna go say, hey, bring your bank statements in here.

I've heard nobody talk about that.

That was a hundred and sixty thousand dollars that they said they can't, they don't know what happened.

Um I told my family and the millennials I'm not coming back here anymore.

Not that I don't care about the rostrum, I've seen enough.

I know exactly what I see here, and uh we we uh have a million cheesecakes and a million carrot cakes to go sell now, and that's my job.

And I guarantee you you will not hear a scandal on us.

I won't tolerate that, and the better business bureau won't tolerate it either.

You don't become accredited as a business with scandals around you.

You must have integrity and stay alert, those of you who are on this rostrum.

When you hear that people don't have money, they have money.

Thank you for your comments, Chair.

There's no other speaker on this item.

Thank you, Commissioner O'Habe.

Thank you, Chair.

I just want to thank um the commissioners for all their work on this work plan.

Thank you, Jason.

Also, um, and as was mentioned, this is uh iterative roadmap for the next two years, so we can make adjustments.

But um, I really want to thank everyone for the input and um you know we can definitely make adjustments as needed.

That's it.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

Anyone else?

I believe there's a motion to pass, unless you have anything else to say.

Can we get a motion to pass?

A motion.

Okay.

First by Wellington.

Yes.

Commissioner Smith, second by uh Commissioner Wilcox.

Thank you.

And uh all in favor say aye.

Aye.

All in opposition say.

Any opposed.

Any abstain?

Motion passes with opposition from Commissioners Zero and Zero Abstention.

Looks like we're moving next to our director's report.

Thank you, Chair.

I'll try to be brief.

I know Clark is winding down.

Um if we want to keep this sub three o'clock.

Um I first wanted to address a follow-up item.

This is number four on the current follow-up log.

There was a public comment, I think it was in November, and at the last commission meeting, Commissioner Wallace had requested an update on the comment around workforce class classifications and positions within convention and cultural services.

Um I just wanted to share that while this is a matter for our sibling division, um, safe credit union and convention center.

Uh, that I can share that um leadership is aware of this issue and is um is investigating further and looking into the nature of the inquiry.

This was an inquiry around um anticipated results from a class and comp study and a question around or a concern around um around workforce development.

So I just wanted to note that for the record.

And and when there are further updates, then I can certainly share them back here with this body.

Um I wanted to uh to share some exciting news that uh Beza Getahoon, who is a student at CK McClatchy, uh, is not only the county poetry out loud poetry recitation competition uh champion for Sacramento County, but just this morning was recognized at the state capitol as the winner of the statewide poetry ourselves poetry um thread of the poetry out loud competition.

So I'll give a shout out to Beta Getahun, who's a student at CK McClashy.

Um and we'll see if we can connect with her and um her family to see if maybe uh they can make an appearance at an upcoming commission meeting.

So really this is like phenomenal for um for Sacramento to continually have a strong showing of this program and again Poetry All Loud if you are not aware, it is uh a program that that comes out of the Poetry Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

All of the uh county arts agencies across the state are encouraged to participate.

A number of school districts in our region participate, and we have a statewide um winner of the creative poetry thread of Poetry Unloud.

So congrats to Beza and her family.

Um you may have seen uh hopefully folks are subscribed to our newsletter list.

Uh the Arts and Culture Summit, as we've shared, and you've heard from presenters here at this body.

Uh the fourth annual California Arts and Culture Summit returns to Sacramento.

Um the primary day is Monday, April 20th at the Memorial Auditorium and Safe Credit Union Convention Center.

Um the main point that I want to express is that scholarships are now available to Sacramento residents to attend.

These are limited scholarships.

Um they're focused on artists, um, cultural workers, and students.

So you can uh find more information about this opportunity and the summit overall at ca for the arts.org and look for California Arts and Culture Summit.

Um I also wanted to share that tomorrow.

Uh you uh are aware that uh that budget conversations are happening uh throughout the city.

Uh at tomorrow's 2 p.m.

city council meeting will be an early budget work session, a discussion addressing the early budget work session, representatives from uh the city manager's office will be speaking.

Our director Megan Van Boris of Convention and Cultural Services Director will be speaking.

Department of Community Response, Fire Department, and Police Department will all be uh sharing information.

And for those who are interested, I absolutely encourage you to tune in.

Um you can view online if you're unable to come to City Hall in person.

You can find out more at City of Sacramento.gov.

Last reminder that there is still there is still one opening on this body.

This is for the district seven representative.

And you can find out more about this at arts.city of sacramento.gov.

Folks out there can apply.

You do not need to be a member of the district that you are representing, or you do not need to be a resident of the district that you might be selected to represent.

Um that's all I have.

Um I'll pass it over to you.

Thank you.

Any commissioners with uh comments and ideas, questions?

Steve, did you have anything?

Do you want me to do that?

You can do that in your commission updates.

Okay.

So we'll move to commissioner updates.

Go ahead, Del.

Artistic director for our Sacramento Ballet for over 30 years, along with his wife, Corinne.

And um, we extend our condolences to the Sacramento Ballet community and the Cunningham family on the passing of longtime Sacramento Ballet Artistic Director uh Ron Cunningham this past weekend.

Ron, along with his wife and co-artistic director, Corinne Beanett, uh helped the Sacramento Ballet transform into a professional regional company.

Before joining the Sacramento Ballet, Ron danced with several companies, including the the Boston Ballet.

Arriving in Sacramento in 1988, Ron was known for his choreography in Bolero, Cormina Barana, and the great Gadsby.

Ron was a fixture in the region in no small part because of the ballet's nutcracker program.

Participating in the annual event has been a rite of passage for hundreds of local dancers over the years.

So many local dancers that benefit from Ron's teaching and mentorship.

It has created a real sense of family in our region.

We're proud to honor Ron Cunnings, Ron Cunningham's life and work.

His contribution to our city and region has been invaluable.

His passion, commitment, congeniality will be deeply missed.

Thank you.

And so is it a vote?

Yeah, it's a motion to extend past two hours.

We'll have a motion to extend past two hours.

Can I get a motion?

And this is because we still have motion to extend.

Thank you.

This is because we just have business, just the public comments that's gonna pass.

I've got uh Commissioner Eisenberg who's passed.

Can I get a second?

Second.

Thank you.

Commissioner Carter.

Okay, all in favor, please say, or all in favor, say yay.

Yay.

Any opposed?

Okay.

And any abstain?

One, two, three, four, five, six.

So I've got one in opposition, one commissioner in opposition, zero abstention.

I think that means that we would have to stop.

Would we?

One, two, three, four, five, six.

Okay.

Okay, thank you.

So motion passes.

We keep going.

Short.

So there are just um, if you have any commissioner updates that you want that you wish to say, now's your time.

Commissioner updates.

Okay.

Uh so the D5 Beautified D5 R Summit is still happening at Aggy Square, uh, April 11th from 4 p.m.

to 6 p.m.

We encourage all artists within the district five area to show up and uh give some support, some insight about uh how to work with the city as well as um how to grow your uh artistic background in your business.

So that's April 11th, 4 to 6 p.m.

Uh at Aggie Square Thank you.

Anyone else?

All right.

I believe we can move to public comments.

Thank you, Chair.

We have four speakers for not on the agenda.

Our first speaker is Lambert.

And it looks like he has left.

So our sec next speaker is Richard.

Good afternoon, commissioners.

My name is Richard Falcon.

I am the founder and executive director of Teatro Nahual.

Teatro Nahual is a Latino-based theater company here in town, expanding into so many different areas, and we are proud recipients of the CAA Award and carrying that out and looking forward to year two.

If that were to get funded, we'll see how that goes on the budget there as well.

But I I come here really to let you know we are celebrating our 20th anniversary.

20 years since 2006, when we first started and incorporated in 2009.

And we were under Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission back in the day when they were our fiscal sponsors.

So this body, the Office of SMAC, the Office of Arts and Culture is vital, vital, vital to everything and to the successes that we have had over the 20 years.

And some of those successes include, and I want to let you know about this now as well, is we have been selected through the California Arts Council to be the administering organization of the individual artist fund, artist fellowship.

And that application we've been working with are colleagues throughout the state of California, but it's gonna open up in May.

You'll start seeing me around town, and I'm letting you all know for the artists that you have in your communities to keep an eye out for the announcements that we coming out because we will be re-granting 240,000 to individual artists throughout Tolonado, Yolo, Sacramento, El Dorado, and Alpine County.

And we're really super excited to be doing that.

Uh, we also, as our 20th anniversary, have uh many shows that are gonna be coming up, many stage readings that are gonna be coming up.

We invite you to follow us on Teatro Nahual on Facebook, Teatro Nawal on Instagram, our website is Teatro Nahual.com.

All of that is growing and changing so much.

I don't know how we're gonna do it, but we're gonna do it.

And the last thing I'm gonna say to you is you will start seeing me around too because I will be starting an artist union with the idea of organizing our artists.

So thank you very much for the time.

Thank you for your comments.

Our next speaker is Shira.

Hi, my name is Sheera Lane.

I'm with HM916, we're a Creative Innovation Center for Sustainability, and I want to say thank you all to the commission.

I also want to say thank you to D5.

We are located in D4.

I live in D6, and I'm working with D5 on that summit, so I'm looking forward to it.

Um I'm here to say that on Friday at Aggie Square, um, we're gonna be hosting a premiere, a red carpet premiere of a TV series that we produced called Citizens of Planet Earth.

It is a six-episode TV series that we produced.

Um it has been years in the making.

We hired over a hundred and four local sacramental creatives.

This was filmed all over Sacramento.

Um I'm very excited.

It's all about waste reduction, and I'm very excited to tell more about this project at the Premier.

Uh the premiere is free.

There will be drinks, there'll be food.

Um, and um it is pretty packed.

So if you are please do reserve a seat.

I recommend you reserve a seat.

Um and I'm excited to have anybody, all of you come, and if you have any questions, again, this was an economic development program.

It started back in COVID.

It was an idea from uh Eric Guiera and um then mayor Darrell Steinberg to pay artists during COVID, and um we converted this project into something that was more elevated that could be exported.

Um, and this project now will be going um is planned to go into schools all over the state of California to educate on waste reduction.

So please come and thank you.

Oh, wait, I got 27 seconds.

Um, it is Friday, this Friday, 6 p.m.

at Aggie Square.

And it's a six episode TV series on electronic waste, food waste, fashion, cosmetics, tires, and paint, hazardous materials.

A lot of us artists who work with paint don't really understand that working with hazardous materials and how to deal with it.

So thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

And our last speaker will be Justine.

Okay, I know it's past three, so I'll try to be fast.

Um just want to uplift some things coming up.

A couple of things from my business partner, Julie Crumb.

She curated a show at East Street Gallery called Beneath the Current.

That's opening this Saturday, second Saturday, 6 to 8 p.m.

And it's featuring a lot of artists that have never exhibited before.

And then also Bernie or Julie Crumb is involved in the Weave fundraiser exhibit called Resilience.

I think that's um curated by some cultural alums, and that's at 2401 Art and Way this Saturday, 11 a.m.

to 4 p.m.

And then this Saturday at Prism Arts Space, we're having an opening for an exhibit curated by Heather Hogan that features Gregory Shillen and Sandra Capoletti and Heather this Saturday, 5 to 8 p.m.

And then next week, I personally am hosting a free uh collage making meetup at Prism uh Friday, March 20th, 5 30 to 7 30 p.m.

I just asking for donations that will benefit NorCal resist and all supplies will be provided.

Thank you.

Chair is okay if I say something.

Yeah.

Okay, I just want to give a special uh thanks to the entire district five uh team.

Uh Katie May Bousseam, writer uh about the R Summit event they have been helping me through, and uh I just want to make everybody aware of the event.

So if you're an artist or know any artists uh in the district five area uh that would like to give more information, uh feel free to come by, but thank you to the district five uh team.

I'm done.

Thank you.

This concludes today's agenda.

Thank you, everyone for your participation and for the meeting is adjourned.