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From YouTube: Arts and History Commission Meeting
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Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 3:30 PM MDT
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B
B
B
G
C
C
So
so
welcome
to
everyone
who's
here
and
in
this
new
meeting.
So
before
we
do
anything
else,
I
just
want
to
do
our
land
acknowledgement
which
we
do
every
meeting.
So
I
would
like
to
acknowledge
the
ancestral
cultural,
traditional
and
unseated
territory
of
the
shoshone
hispanic
and
northern
paiute
people
on
which
we
are
meeting
today
we
have
in
your
packet.
We
have
quite
a
bit
of
information
today.
I
want
to
start
with
the
minutes
from
the
last
meeting
and
and
ask
for
review.
B
C
We
have
a
note
that
we're
going
to
do
introduction
of
doug,
but
we
thought
it
would
be
best
just
given
a
lot
of
new
faces
and
new
folks
in
new
relationships
that
we
would
just
go
around
and
introduce
ourselves
to
doug
and
to
others.
So
I'm
done.
Can
I
just
ask
you
to
maybe
introduce
we'll
start
with
you
and
then
I'll
move
around
the.
D
D
D
It's
been
really
awesome.
I've
gotten
to
know
many
of
the
team
members
they're
an
amazing
staff.
They've
made
it
very
easy
on
the
transition
from
from
the
previous
director
to
me,
and
you
know
I
think,
the
big
key
and
why
it
is
working
and
working
well.
We
have
a
very
strong
management
team
in
parks
and
recreation
and
he
also
have
a
very
strong
management
team
in
arts
and
history,
and
so
it
really
has
been
an
enjoyable
experience
to
this
point
I
think
I'm
two
or
three
weeks
something
like
that
into
it.
D
No
major
issues
and
that's
because
of
the
testament
to
the
team
that
you
have
in
place
here
and
so.
But
having
said
all
that
I
at
this
point,
the
position
has
not
been
posted.
Yet
it's
in
that
process,
and
so
I
anticipate
that
it'll
probably
be
you
know
six
week
to
two
month
process,
and
so
I'm
here
for
the
long
haul
and
if
it
takes
longer
than
that,
I'm
here
for
that,
if
it's
shorter
than
that,
I'm.
E
N
D
E
C
L
Yeah,
absolutely
I'm
gabby
thomason.
I
did
miss
the
last
one.
I
had
an
unplanned
surgery
back
in
I
can't
march
or
april.
I
can't
remember
what
no
april
or
may
it
doesn't
matter
anyways.
I'm
sorry
to
have
missed
you
all
that
time,
but
I'm
really
excited
to
see
you
all
here
and
looking
forward
to
meeting
you
guys
on
monday.
L
A
little
background
I
worked
with
my
education
is
in
history,
and
I
worked
for
a
couple
years
with
preservation,
idaho,
most
recently
and
then
about
a
year
ago,
I
moved
into
a
full-time
position
with
an
organization
called
one
refugee,
where
we
work
with
college
students
with
a
refugee
background
that
are
navigating
through
their
education
and
careers
and
just
kind
of
learning
how
to
prepare
for
that
and
what
different
cultural
elements
come
into
play.
So
I
I'm
really
excited
to
be
on
this
commission.
L
I
feel
like
I
still
even
this
this
morning,
preparing
I
still
get
a
little
anxiety
because
there's
so
much
to
learn,
but
I'm
just
amazed
at
how
complex
and
this
system
is
and
just
how
smoothly
it
all
runs
with
all
the
different
elements
and
it's
been
really
fun
to
get
involved
and
learn
a
lot
more.
So
thank
you
guys.
M
Hi,
I'm
melissa,
thom,
I'm
sorry!
I
couldn't
be
there
with
you
in
person.
I
think
no
a
minute.
I
sent
cat
a
note
at
the
last
minute
because
I
had
just
have
to
stay
at
work
and
I
have
to
leave
at
4
15
for
daycare
pickup,
I'm.
So
sorry,
it's
just
one
of
those
days.
I'm
in
my
second
year
at
the
commission.
M
I
work
in
marketing
at
idaho
power
brand
marketing,
employer
marketing,
that
kind
of
stuff,
and
then
I
also
have
a
background
in
english
literature.
I
have
a
master's
degree
from
boise
state
in
an
undergrad
from
u
of
I
so
I'm
thrilled
to
bring
me
back
to
my
art
roots
and
participate
in
all
the
things
that
we
do
at
the
commission
and
in
the
arts
and
history
department,
which
is
so
rad.
C
C
E
B
E
C
G
P
I'm
jj
saldana.
This
is
my
first
year
here
on
my
day
job.
I
work
for
the
idaho
commission
on
hispanic
affairs
and
I
do
all
the
communications
if
you
offer
that
agency
and
then
I'm
in
charge
of
kicking
off
hispanic
heritage
month
for
the
state
of
idaho
and
then
on
the
side.
I
host
a
show
called
the
latino
card
on
radio
bullseye.
A
I
am
tyler
powers
and
I'm
not
nearly
that
busy
or
awesome.
I
just
provide
legal
support
for
the
arts
and
history
commission
try
to
take
care
of
the
issues
you
guys
bring
forward
to
me,
which
can
be
you
know
times
easy
contracting
and
at
other
times
some
of
the
craziest
most
novel
things
that
I've
seen.
So
I
really
have
enjoyed
my
time.
I've
been
with
the
city
for
about
a
year
and
a
half
with
arts
and
history
for
most
of
us
and
I
brought
along
haley
barr
is
interning
in
our
office.
A
C
C
Just
to
get
everyone
on
the
same
page,
we
have
three
student
commissioners.
We
have
the
one
voting,
commissioner,
with
this,
who
was
a
senior
in
high
school,
and
then
we
have
a
there's
two
people,
one
in
junior
one,
a
sophomore
catherine,
is
our
sophomore
and
in
the
idea
is
that
they
join
and
by
the
time
they're
seniors,
then
they
become
voting
members
of
the
commission.
So
we
appreciate
it.
C
B
C
B
J
K
G
C
We
can
do
that,
but
I
think
we
need
to
get
in
the
agenda
and
I
just
want
to
say
melissa
when
you.
I
just
want
to
be
very
cognizant
of
your
schedule
here,
so
we'll
try
to
move
through
quickly,
and
so
you
can
participate
as
much
as
possible.
So
with
the
agenda
that
you
all
have
we
have
a
couple
of
big
items.
The
first
one
is
that,
as
a
follow-up
to
our
meeting
two
months
ago,
we
discussed
some
some
enhancements.
C
You
know
more
closely
together
the
commission
connect
more
value
and
be
you
know,
more
of
an
asset
to
the
team
without
creating
additional
work
for
the
staff.
So
we
have
gone
through
as
promised.
Two
months
ago,
jj
and
chris
and
myself,
we
have
been
meeting
with
the
staff
and
we're
gonna
dive
into
that
with
a
proposal
for
the
outcomes
of
those
those
meetings
and
then.
Secondly,
we
do
have
some
some
ground
cover
on
our
public
art
program.
So
stephanie
we'll
we'll
review
that
information.
Do
we
have
any
approvals?
C
I
A
A
First
of
all,
those
duties
and
responsibilities
of
the
commissioners
that
are
in
the
city
code,
I
have
brought
into
this
policies
and
procedures
so
that
it's
codified,
everyone
can
clearly
see
it
and
understand
what
they're
they're
doing
and
also
helps
frame
kind
of
what
we're
doing
for
the
rest
of
these
policies
and
procedures,
because
everything
is
aimed
at
improving
the
commission's
ability
to
do
justice.
These
four
things,
so
one
of
the
things
that
we
talked
about
specifically
last
time
around
is
the
need
for
a
chair.
A
We
do
operate
with
a
chair
sort
of
informally
at
this
point.
This
would
formalize
that
and
make
a
formal
chairperson
position
that
would
be
expected
to
preside
at
these
meetings,
be
physically
present,
ultimately
be
the
final
authority
on
what
gets
on
to
the
agenda
for
the
commission
and
then
direct
these
meetings.
A
A
A
We
talked
about
some
of
those
special
meetings
in
the
executive
meeting
where
the
agenda's
set
in
here.
What
establishes
a
quorum?
One
thing
that
is
fairly
big:
that
I'd
like
to
bring
everyone's
attention
to
is
that
it
does
make
these
regular
meetings
monthly
rather
than
every
two
months.
The
understanding
would
be
that
if
we
don't
have
enough
to
do
on
an
agenda,
we
don't
necessarily
have
to
have
a
meeting.
We
can
always
cancel,
but
we
would
be
set
up
for
regular
meetings
to
occur
monthly.
A
A
Those
four
functions
for
a
commissioner,
so
that's
kind
of
what
we're
looking
at
it
provides
a
policy
to
allow
for
amendments
of
these.
All
we're
doing
is
adopting
policies
and
procedures
for
the
commission's
own
operation.
If
it
ever
becomes
a
problem,
we
can
always
change
it.
So
that's
that's
what
we're
looking
at,
but
really
this
is
an
effort
to
formalize
those
lines
of
communication
so
that
everyone
knows
what
they
can
and
cannot
do,
and
we
can
all
improve
our
internal
communication
and
the
work
that
this
department
does.
P
Thank
you.
So
my
big
thought
we
were
talking
about
having
a
vice
chair
was
just
not
to
create
any
more
work
for
anybody,
but
to
be
a
relief
in
case.
The
chair
is
not
able
to
attend,
and
so
the
vice
chair
automatically
just
said:
there's
no
extra
work,
there's
no
extra
entitlement,
there's
nothing!
It's
just
somebody!
That's
going
to
be
able
to
step
in
when
the
chair
can't
attend
and
when
it
came
to
the
work,
the
liaison
piece.
P
P
H
H
Will
be
times
where
we
need
to
help
out
more,
and
there
are
times
we
can
step
back
being
as
involved
as
we
want
to
be
with
each
of
the
groups
that
we
want
to
be
involved
with
and
then
meeting
monthly.
I'm
a
big
supporter
of
that
we
have
so
many
new
staff
and
commissioners,
I
think
doing
it
every
other
month.
H
C
So
I
wanted
to
point
that
out
so
to
be
clear
about
the
what
chris
was
talking
about
there
in
the
notes
from
tyler,
but
those
disciplines,
as
referred
to
the
first
one,
is
funding
so
as
an
example
we're
in
our
grants
our
grant
review
cycle
ready
for
our
eyeballs
and
doing
our
arts
and
history
grants.
So
that
would
be
an
example.
A
K
K
Q
C
L
Yeah
I
had
just
had
a
question
about
the
liaison,
so
I
was
just
seeing
hear
about
the
limitations
of
having
no
more
than
three
at
a
time
and
then,
if
you
resign
as
a
liaison,
you
have
to
give
about
the
two
weeks
notice.
But
I
was
curious
about
opportunities
for
like
rotating
between
them,
as
a
liaison
so
like.
What?
If
I
mean,
is
there
an
opportunity
where
you
work
as
a
liaison
in
one
of
the
pillars
and
then
maybe
after
a
year,
you
can
transition
and
like
can
people
switch.
A
So,
as
far
as
what
the
policies
and
procedures
actually
say
right
now,
there
is
no
term
associated
with
the
liaison
duties,
so
it
wouldn't
necessarily
stick
you
in
any
one
role
for
longer
than
you
wanted.
You
would
simply
need
to
give
notice
and
then,
as
long
as
there
was
a
an
opening,
there
wasn't
already
three
liaisons
in
whatever
portion
that
you
wanted
to
switch
to
at
the
next
available
commission
meeting.
You
could
simply
volunteer,
we
take
a
vote
on
it
and
then
you
would.
A
C
C
K
I
think
I,
if
I
may
offer
an
opinion.
I
think
it
sounds
like
a
great
idea.
So
this
is
the
first
you
know.
Just
aside
from
the
meetings
and
hearing
it,
you
know,
allowed
articulated
five
pillars
by
disciplines
would
be
the
specific
kind
of
parameters
around
which
you
know
the
commissioners
would
would
operate,
and
I
think
that
that
makes
a
lot
of
sense.
K
Be
might
not
translate
to
a
good
idea,
even
if
I
have
the
best
intentions
of
the
community
at
heart.
Maybe
there's
somebody
who
takes
issue
with
that.
So
I
think
having
liaisons
you
know
and
sort
of
specifically
we
were
talking
about.
You
know
history,
program,
development
and
having
like
a
community
advisory
team
right-
and
I
wonder
maybe
tyler
can
weigh
in
if,
like
it's
possible,
to
have
commission
representation
on
this
would
probably
be
a
pretty
informal
community
advisory
team.
A
Probably,
but
it's
it's
difficult
for
me
to
speak
to
that.
Okay
off
the
cuff,
I
would
need
to
see
kind
of
more
parameters
of
what
was
envisioned
for,
but
I'm
happy
to
staff,
something
like
that
outside
of
the
setting
and
bring
it
back
to
the
commission.
If
that's
something
that
some
people
would
like
to
look
at,
and
I
don't
think
that's
necessarily
you
know
mutually
exclusive
from
what
we're
doing
today,
either.
K
Right
yeah,
because
I
was
just
thinking
about
like
the
opportunities
for
the
commission
to
be
more
involved,
and
also
you
know,
conversely,
for
staff
to
be
more
involved
with
the
commission.
I
think
this
would
be
a
potential
opportunity
and
I'd
be
interested
in
exploring
it
if
it
makes
sense
and
if
it
checks
out
weekly
yeah.
C
O
C
Thank
you,
so
the
arts
and
history
advisory
team-
that
is
what
ahab
stands
for
and
the
intent
of
ahab,
was
to
collect
a
group
of
people
that
was
like
a
12
to
15
person
that
are
not
part
of
the
commission,
but
they
were
identified
as
interested
citizens.
There
was
a
process
to
apply
for
that
role
and
those
members
would
get
together
on
a
less
regular
basis.
I
believe
it
was
three
times
a
year,
but
then
they
would
be
able
to
participate
volunteer
for
art
panels
as
an
example
or.
H
A
No,
I
mean
we
have
a
few
different
options.
We
can.
We
can
table
this
discussion
and
you
know
bring
it
back
with
edits
next
time.
We
can
move
to
approve
and
adopt
these
today
and
move
forward
with
chairperson
elections,
or
we
can
move
to
shoot
this
whole
idea
down
and
stop
talking
about
it.
So,
if
we're
ready
for
a
motion,
that's
that's
kind
of
the
three
options
that
we
have.
A
E
C
Thank
you
very
much,
and
I
just
want
to
call
out
echo
what
doug
was
saying
I
do
want
to
call
out.
Tyler
tyler
is
terrific
and
he
has
really
walked
us
through
the
process
in
a
in
a
great
way,
so
just
tyler
as
usual.
Thank
you
you're
great,
not
a
problem.
I
mean
your
background,
isn't
quite
as
cool
today.
C
C
A
I
C
That's
good,
okay,
so
then
we
want
to
go
to
the
vice
chair
and
again
just
to
cover
that
the
responsibilities
there's
no
incremental
responsibilities
to
your
role.
It's
just
that!
Hopefully
I
don't
go.
You
know
missing
a
meeting
again
like
I
did
a
few
months
ago,
but
in
case
of
absence
for
departure,
then
the
vice
chair
would
assume
the
roles
that
the
chair
has
until
the
chair
could
be
elected.
C
So
is
anyone?
Is
there
anyone
who
would
like
to
nominate
themselves
to
become
vice
chair?
The
the
one
incremental
responsibility
I
skipped
over
is
that
we
have
a
monthly
meeting
with
the
director
and
tyler
and
staff
as
needed
where
we
set
the
agenda
and
talk
about
issues
and
the
vice
chair
will
be
asked
to
attend
those
meetings
as
well
as
the
chair,
so
that
they
do
have
to
step
in
and
they
have
the
background
needed
to
do
that.
C
A
C
Been
according
to
your
interest
and
your
bandwidth
and
there
there's
no
specific
expectation
around
you
know
regular
meetings
or
whatever
it's
as
directed
by
staff
and
their
needs,
and
you
can
volunteer
for
as
tyler
said
it's
for
more
than
one.
You
know
how
much
pain
can
you
endure?
Basically,
so
any
questions
about
that
part
of
it.
How.
Q
A
C
Okay,
then
again
melissa.
I
know
you
have
to
leave
soon.
We
do
not
have
any.
We
still
have
a
forum
with
melissa's
impending
departure
here.
So
now
I'll
just
move
to
our
the
presentation
that
we
have
so
we
have
kristen
and
travis
here
to
talk
about
hayman
house,
and
then
we
have
stephanie
our
art
projects
and
updates.
M
E
B
K
K
And
join
forces,
so
I
think
that
jennifer's
gonna
try
to
share
the
presentation
because
we
can
drone
on
from
script.
However,
I
think
that
might
be
not
as
engaging
and
we
have
some
wonderful
images
from
voice
city
archives,
we'd
like
to
share
with
everyone
we're
gonna.
Try
that
I
don't
know
if
it's
also
possible
for
us
to
be
on
video
here.
That's
advisable.
G
G
G
I
just
will
not
share
so
I
think
for
the
benefit
of
folks
joining
us
online.
I
will
keep
sharing.
If
one
of
you
could
share
your
computer
screen,
I
know
that's
going
to
be
really
tiny
for
everyone
else.
I
apologize
for
the
inconvenience,
oh
no,
it's
fun
and
I
will
rotate
through
the
slides
as
you
go,
for
the
benefit
of
people
online.
G
N
Q
E
J
Q
C
J
Okay,
all
right,
so
I'm
I'm
just
gonna
give
a
couple
of
project
highlights.
I
don't
have
anything
for
approvals
and
I
don't
have
any
images
to
share
today,
but
I
will
for
july,
but
I
just
kind
of
wanted
to
get
you
all
familiar
with
the
projects
that
are
kind
of
going
and
will
need
approvals
in
the
next
few
months.
J
N
G
J
We
have
the
traffic
fox
art
program.
We
had
two
nip
grants:
two
neighborhood
associations
that
got
grants
this
year,
so
we've
got
a
total
of
six
boxes.
The
neighborhood
associations
had
originally
applied
for
many
more
boxes.
I
know
caulister
had
applied
for
somewhere
near
20.,
but
there's
construction
happening
on
state
street,
and
so
it
limited
which
boxes
were
going
to
be
available
and
not
de-installed
within
you
know
just
a
few
years
of
wrapping
those
boxes
so
we'll.
E
J
J
G
J
J
J
D
L
It
was
my
first
panel
involvement
and
I
my
comment
would
be
it's
so
hard
because
there's
so
many
amazing
submissions,
but
this
one.
What
was
really
neat
about
it
was
that
it's
tactile
and
textile
and
located
right
next
to
the
linen
building,
so
it
felt
like
a
really
cool
fit,
but
yeah
amazing
just
to
see
all
the
creativity
in
the
city.
G
All
right,
so
we
have
tried
sharing
from
multiple
panelists
and
hosts
and
unfortunately,
we're
still
not
getting
an
image.
So
I'm
going
to
share
the
presentation
from
my
computer
for
the
benefit
of
the
people
joining
us
online
and
if
someone
here
could
share
their
screen
and
again,
we
will
share
the
powerpoint
or
the
powerpoint
as
a
pdf
with
everyone.
Following
the
meeting.
I
apologize
for
this
inconvenience.
J
J
J
The
house
was
built
in
2000
or
in
in
1907.,
and
it
has
seen
very
little
architectural
alteration
over
the
115
year
lifespan
of
the
tab.
So
it
is
able
to
provide
some
really
great
insight
into
some
stylistic
and
construction
trends
at
the
time
and
how
those
intersect
with
different
demographic
groups.
J
Out
of
completely
outstanding
style,
which
was
a
material
that
was
seen
in
a
lot
of
other
major
building
projects
in
boise
at
the
time,
including
the
idaho
state,
capitol
building.
So
this
is
a
feature
that
makes
the
house
really
unique
to
its
location
as
well,
because
most
of
the
other
houses
in
the
neighborhood
were
built
out
of
wood.
So
this
is
kind
of
a
fun
special
thing.
So
I'm
just
going
to
move
forward
here.
J
So
in
2019,
the
arts
and
history
department
established
the
irma
human
house
task
force,
which
is
comprised
of
community
members
and
iranian
family
and
members
of
the
arts
and
history,
commission
and
the
arts
and
history
advisory
team.
And
this
is
a
group
that
has
been
providing
recommendations
for
programmatic
vision
and
outreach
tactics,
as
well
as
future
site
use
and
public
art
selection,
historical
context
for
the
space
and
other
community
engagement
strategies.
J
J
That's
you
know
a
much
developed
neighborhood,
as
we
all
know
so
far,
was
really
a
working-class
part
of
the
city,
and
it
was
home
to
a
lot
of
immigrants
from
the
basque
country,
bulgaria,
croatia,
greece,
japan,
russia
and
by
1940
housing.
Segregation
had
made
it
the
home
to
the
majority
of
boise's
african-american
residents,
so
irma
and
her
husband
lawrence
purchased,
the
property
in
1948
and
irma
lived
there
until
she
passed
away
in
2009.
J
K
O
K
That's
actually
irma
as
a
young
girl,
seated
at
the
piano
she's,
looking
back
addressing
the
camera
they're
playing
in
the
family
band,
so
she
had
many
siblings,
a
large
family,
and
this
on
the
right
here
is
another
city,
another
photograph
from
the
boise
city
archive.
So
thanks
to
danielle
our
archivist
who's,
not
here,
but
thanks
to
her
for
sharing
these
with
us
and
allowing
us
to
share
them
with
you
and
that's
on
the
right.
There
irma
as
an
older
adult,
so.
E
K
K
Widowed
in
1935
irma,
eventually
married
lawrence
heyman,
as
kristin
mentioned,
that
was
in
1943.,
and
it's
important
to
point
out
that
it
was
really
racial
discrimination
that
prevented
them
from
buying
a
home
elsewhere
throughout
boise.
So
that's
why
they
were
sort
of
forced
to
buy
a
home
in
the
river
street
neighborhood
and
that's
how
they
came
to
acquire
the
house
at
6
17
ash
tree.
K
The
photograph
on
the
right
is
of
irma
heyman
with
some
of
her
relatives
and
it's
super
teeny
tiny,
even
in
the
blown-up
image.
But
you
can
see
617
ash
on
the
door
jamb
there.
It
looks
a
little
bit
different
than
what
it
than
what
it
looks
like
today,
but
it
gives
you
a
sense
for
what
the
home
looked
like
around
a
couple
of
years,
probably
before
the
transfer
to
ccdc
a
little
bit
more
about
irma,
she
was,
by
all
accounts,
a
very,
very
hard
worker.
K
She
worked
for
20
years
at
learners,
which
was
a
women's
clothing
shop
on
idaho
street.
She
was
also
a
vital
advocate
kind
of
an
anchor
in
her
community
by
all
accounts
through
oral
histories.
Relatives
that
cultural
sites
have
spoken
with
oral
histories
that
we
have
in
the
archive
she
was
just
a
wonderful
person,
will
give
you
the
shirt
off
her
back
really
advocated
for
her
community.
She,
even
she
was
a
leader
in
her
community.
K
K
The
significance
of
the
river
street
neighborhood
first
kind
of
echoing
john
a
little
bit
I'd
like
to
acknowledge
that
the
history
of
the
river
street
neighborhood,
just
like
the
history
of
boise,
long
predates
european
settlement
right.
So
the
original
residents
of
the
boise
valley
included
the
shoshone
bannock
and
northern
paiute
peoples
and
they
considered
all
of
boise
surrounding
valley
and
also
river
street
neighborhood
when
it
became
their
ancestral
home.
K
So
as
boise
grew,
this
was
talking
like
the
late
1800s
early
19th
century
citizens
were
very
desirable,
building
a
railroad,
bringing
that
to
boise
to
connect
it
to
regional
national
transportation
networks.
So
in
the
early
1900s
there
were
several
housing
additions
that
were
platted
along
what
would
become
the
river
street
neighborhood
kind
of
in
anticipation
of
the
railroad
coming
right.
So
you
can
see
on
the
image
on
the
left.
That's
a
flat
of
the
lovers
lane
edition
that
comes
from
the
ada
county,
reporter's
office
and
then
on
the
right.
K
As
christian
excuse
me,
as
kristen
alluded
to
so
many
of
the
early
residents
were
immigrants
and
that
included
as
she
referenced.
You
know
it
was
basques
and
greeks
and
croatians,
some
japanese,
some
russians,
but
also
as
time
wore
on
african-americans
also
moved
in
during
a
population
search
that
took
place
between
about
1900,
1940
or.
K
In
the
early
1940s,
so
the
military
invested
in
the
development
of
a
large
air
base
in
boise,
it's
known
as
gown
field,
and
there
were
there
was
an
influx
of
servicemen
right
and
they
brought
their
families,
and
many
of
them
came
to
live
in
the
river
street
neighborhood
again.
That
was
largely
a
function
of
racial
discrimination.
There
wasn't
housing
elsewhere.
There
was
a
housing
shortage
in
boise
at
this
time
and
that
really
the
only
neighborhood
that
was
open
to
and
had
vacancies
was
in
the
river
street
neighborhood.
K
So
it
became
an
immigrant
community
became
an
african-american
community
as
the
city
entered
the
1970s.
This
is
another
part
of
the
legacy
of
the
river
street
neighborhood,
the
property
between
downtown
and
the
river
became
to
be
seen
through
the
eyes
of
most
boiseians,
as
quote
unquote,
more
valuable
and
also
what
the
properties
that
were
there
were
seem
to
be
blighted
right.
So
I'm
using
air
quotes
there,
because
that
was
the
language
that
basically
led
to
what
was
known
as
urban
renewal
right,
so
municipal,
state-level
policies
that
were
implemented
nationally.
K
Boise
itself,
so
as
a
part
of
urban
renewal
right,
it
was
sort
of
packaged
as
a
progressive
movement,
but
we
know
that
it
had
destructive
elements
to
it
too.
So
many
homes
were
raised.
There
was
a
lot
of
street
realignments.
There
was
a
lot
of
widening
of
streets
right,
so
we
know
that
river
street
itself
was
rerouted
and
it
was
widened
and
that
led
to
property
loss
in
the
river
street
neighborhood,
so
that
transformed
the
character
of
it
right
and
it's
a
very
different
place.
K
So
it
kind
of
was
more
of
a
quiet
neighborhood
down
by
the
river
right
and
now
it's
it's
more
reminiscent
of
the
busy
thoroughfare
that
we
know
river
street
to
be
today
with
a
lot
of
traffic
and
a
lot
of
commotion.
But
it
wasn't
always
that
way.
So,
that's
largely
owing
in
many
respects
to
urban
renewal
and
a
lot
of
the
changes
that
history's
brought
over
the
last
several
decades.
J
I
will
take
back
over
on
this,
so
I
would
just
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
now
about
what
is
coming
next,
so
the
irma
hayman
house
is
slated
to
open
in
september.
Is
that
a
good
angle?
Okay,
and
in
order
to
meet
this
goal,
we
have
a
whole
bunch
of
things
in
the
works
right
now
we
are
working
with
several
departments
in
the
city
according
to
our
161
team,
and
they
are
supporting
us.
J
We've
got
fso
supporting
us
on
all
things:
maintenance
and
operations,
we're
working
with
mark
cuna
and
his
team
on
security
matters.
Dfa
has
been
supporting
us
on
all
of
our
budget
issues.
We've
got
it
that
has
done
the
wiring
for
the
house,
the
phone,
the
internet
and
the
website
that
they're
currently
developing
and
then
we've
been
working
closely
with
public
works
on
all
of
our
construction
management.
So
that's
been
really
really
helpful.
J
We
are
slated
to
install
as
stephanie
mentioned
irma's
wall,
so
the
public
art
piece-
and
you
can
see
here
in
this
image
the
wall
that
this
will
be
installed
on
and
a
little
sketch
of
what
that
might
look
like,
so
that
will
be
installed
in
the
summer.
We
have
another
exhibition,
an
interior
exhibition
and
interpretive
weeks
by
stephanie
inman
that
is
going
to
be
finished
this
month.
J
So
that's
right
around
the
corner
and
then
we
are
planning
to
hire
and
train
additional
stack
members
just
to
be
dedicated
to
the
site,
and
then
we
are
also
working
on
communications,
education,
plan
programming
and
you
know
all
things
to
kind
of
get
this
into
a
holistic
place
to
open.
So
we've
you
know,
construction
preservation,
landscaping
pretty
much
completed.
We
are
now
working
to
brush
the
house
to
prepare
it
for
public
access.
J
So
we've
got
a
couple
of
images
here
that
you
can
see
this
really
lovely
outdoor
space
and
this
interior
shot
of
the
gallery.
So
this
is
really
a
space
that
is
acting
as
an
anchor
for
preserving
history
and
of
the
neighborhood
and
we're
going
to
approach
this
as
serving
as
a
facility
to
share
history,
art
and
artifacts
collections
and
stories
and
offer
public
opportunities
to
engage
with
the
site.
J
So
in
line
with
our
vision
to
create
a
city
for
everyone
and
with
guidance
and
feedback
from
the
irma
hayman
house
task
force,
we
intend
to
facilitate
community
initiated
mission-driven
events
and
programs
of
the
house.
The
city
of
boise
is
committed
to
offering
space
for
its
residents
to
tell
their
own
stories.
F
B
Q
I
don't
have
a
question
I
just
I
just
wanted
to
applaud
the
cultural
sites
team
and
anyone
that's
been
involved
with
this
deeply
important
project
that
I
think
really
speaks
to
the
ways
in
which
public
art
can
like
support,
community
development
and
recognizing
people
that
have
been
so
important
to
our
community.
That
normally
don't
get
recognized.
L
L
O
O
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
really
great
tour
travis
and
kristen
it
it
it's
a
very
powerful,
yet
humble
little
building
and-
and
I
think
that's
that's
where
the
power
lies
is
in
its
and
it's
it's
humility.
You
know
entering
that
space.
It
made
me
feel
like
I
was
in
my
grandmother's
house
and
I
really
appreciate
travis
not
shying
away
from
you
know
the
origin
story
of
how
river
street
came
to
be.
O
O
O
I'm
sure
nina
wherever
she
is
in
the
ether.
Probably
didn't.
Imagine
that
she
was
mentoring,
the
first
latina
to
be
on
the
boise
city
council.
So
for
me
I
was
very
pleased
to
be
able
to
be
in
the
in
the
david
bieter
administration
when
we
first
approved
moving
forward
with
with
making
the
irma
heyman
house
one
of
our
beautiful
pieces
of
of
public
art
where
we
would
educate
folks.
O
Q
K
K
Records
and
property
records
like
deeds
and
things
of
that
nature
and
everything
indicates
that
there
was
the
owners
and
the
com.
The
person
who
fabricated
this
particular
property.
His
name
escapes
me,
but
he
had
owned
and
managed
and
created
and
constructed
a
property
that
was
in
the
north
end
right.
K
Reminiscent
of
the
same
house
617
ash
tree
in
the
river
street
neighborhood,
and
so
he
was
a
builder
and
he
had
access.
We
know
that
he
had
access
to
sandstone
and
then
it's
all.
It's
long
been
sort
of
conjectured
that
the
sandstone
that
built
that
property
was
the
same
sandstone
right,
because
many
many
boise
buildings
are
of
sandstone,
including
the
state
capital,
but
it
was
long
chester
thompson.
That's
who
it
was
chester
thompson
was
the
the
architect
who
built
that
building,
and
we
know
that
he
was.
K
And
development
and
he
likely
had
access
to
sandstone
and
so
because
I
think
that
one
individual
constructed
that
house
that
home
it
stood
the
test
of
time
because
it
was
built
to
sandstone,
while
the
other
ones
were
made
of
wood,
and
you
could
see
in
some
of
the
it
sounds
like
you
were
able
to
see
the
images
that
were
in
the
presentation.
So
I
apologize,
but
I
kind
of
glossed
over
that
last
slide.
That's
an
important.
B
K
Because
it
shows
a
lot
of
river
street
neighborhood
homes
as
being
constructed
of
wooden
material
right,
and
I
think
that
that
deteriorates
over
time-
and
that
leads
folks
in
the
60s
and
70s
to
sort
of
label
this
area
as
blighted,
right
and
sort
of
run
down
and
in
need
of
of
renewal
right.
And
I
think
that
that's
a
big
part
of
the
reason
why
many
of
the
structures
no
longer
remain
and
irma's,
which
was
made
of
sandstone
because
of
chester
thompson
and
just
the
access
that
he
had
to
particularly
materials.
E
N
D
You
know,
keep
being
that
voice
because
it's
so
important,
but
I
see
and
recognize
how
important,
and
so
I
hope
she
never
gives
up
her
seat
as
a
liaison
in
this
department.
She
knows
I
want
her
in
parks
and
rec
forever,
but
if
I
had
my
choice,
this
is
a
great
place
for
me
to
meet
councilmember
sanchez
and
just
appreciate
your
your
voice
and
what
this
department
stands
for.
O
C
Or
questions
all
right,
I
think
we
are
through
our
agenda.
I
think
two
of
you
stephanie
for
your
presentations
today
very
helpful
tyler.
Thanks
for
all
of
your
efforts.
We
really
appreciate
it,
so
we
are
going
to
be
now
moving
to
back
to
the
future
to
our
monthly
meetings.
So
I
believe
that
july,
6th
wednesday
july
6th
will
be
our
next
meeting,
we're
going
to
continue
the
times
3
30
to
5..