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Fine Arts and Culture Commission Meeting 102121
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Whether
in
november,
the
laurel
center
for
the
arts
is
bringing
a
native
laurel
cesar
martinez,
who
is
an
internationally
known
artist,
he's
a
chicano
artist
and
he's
been
brought
to
laredo
to
show
to
have
a
show
of
his
work
that
will
be
on
november
15th,
and
I
urge
everybody
to
make
it
over
there.
This
will
be
a
very,
very
interesting
and
important
show
yeah.
H
H
International
he
graduated
from
martin
high
school
and
he's
been
stationed
in
different
places.
Right
now
he
is
stationary
or
lives
in
austin
and
from
there
he
goes
to
different
places.
Matter
of
fact,
he
just
finished
coming
back
from
from
europe
not
too
long
ago,
several
of
his
pieces
of
work
are
with
the
chicano
museum
of
art,
in
los
angeles,
which
is
headed
by
cheese
marine.
He
has
traveled
with
chief
marine
prior
on
several
occasions,
not
only
in
the
united
states
but
outside
of
the
united
states.
H
He
is
a
very
important
artist
in
the
chicano
move,
financially,
probably
among
the
first
to
to
be
into
that.
Most
of
his
work
is
done
for
what
I've
read
before
is
done
based
on
his
childhood
memories
of
memoirs.
So
he
does
a
lot
of
images,
and
most
of
them
are
just
boss,
like
of
different
people
that
he
actually
met
or
saw
on
the
street
that
actually
impressed
him
or
whatever.
So
it's
going
to
be
a
very,
very
fun
show
what.
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B
E
So
this
is
a
presentation
that
we
are
potentially
showing
to
counsel.
We
didn't
have
a
chance
to
show
it
on
last
monday.
We
ran
out
of
time,
but
it
will
give
everybody
an
idea
of
where
we
are
in
terms
of
the
public
art
semester
plan.
So
here
you
can
see
after
what
was
discussed.
The
mission
statement,
which
is
loretta,
will
become
a
more
attractive
place
to
live,
work,
do
business
and
recreate
through
its
public
art
program.
The
city
will
build
a
high
quality
public
art
collection
that
improves
and
enlivens
meaningful
places.
E
Those
two
art
will
add
vibrancy
to
our
major
travel
corridor
set
to
destinations
where
people
gather
especially
downtown
the
cultural
arts
district
and
the
neighborhood
centers
and
falun
guard
will
contribute
to
loretta's
special
character
and
more
community
pride.
It
will
celebrate
and
reflect
our
history
and
future
potential,
our
unique
culture
and
our
cultural
environment,
and
then
the
mission
is
for
the
city
of
florida
public,
our
program
to
enhance
our
community's
attractiveness,
grow
and
capitalize
on
our
arts
and
culture
sector
and
build
a
collection
of
high
quality
public
art.
E
E
E
With
seed
staff
to
to
get
some
more
responses
from
there
interviews
with
key
cultural
stakeholders,
including
commissioners,
non-profits,
visual
arts
groups,
partner
organizations,
tamiu
colorado,
college,
both
school
districts,
artists,
etc.
Right
now,
they're
meeting
with
city
council
offices,
they
have
met
for
the
most
part.
I
think
they're
missing
a
couple,
but
they've
met
with
the
different
council
members
to
make
sure
we
are
considering
all
the
different
needs
of
the
different
districts,
we're
reviewing
the
recommendation
and
the
analysis
and
research
of
the
funding,
including
the
percent
of
our
ordnance.
E
Our
studio
has
been
working
and
helping
us
in
finding
ways
in
which
we
can
make
this
sustainable,
which
is
key
for
us,
and
there's
been
several
meetings
with
all
the
different
people
in
the
city
that
are
involved
with
cap
projects
to
better
understand
where
the
funds
are
coming.
What
type
of
projects
are
the
ones
that
are
going
to
bring
us
those
monies?
What
monies
we
can
count
on?
E
We're
looking
at
different
options-
and
I
know
we
presented
some
of
those
options
last
a
couple
of
minutes
ago,
from
extending
a
contract
with
the
the
consultants
for
a
little
while
until
we
figure
out
if
we
either
create
an
organization
or
we
contract
somebody.
We
want
to
make
sure
this
continuity
in
this
program
and
we
can
implement
something
right
away
and
not
wait
until
we
have
a
person
that
kind
of
starts
dying.
We
want
to
avoid
that
public
art
program
administration.
E
E
There's
been
different
meetings,
as
I
mentioned,
with
cd
staff,
obviously
with
library,
with
cdb
and
other
key
departments
with
management,
and
all
this
with
the
apf
understanding.
What
how
this
program
will
fit
in
all
the
different
projects,
all
the
different
cip
projects
that
the
city
has
for
the
next
five
years
and
of
course,
we
already
saw
the
division.
The
mission
they're
developing
that
master
plan
document
that
it's
going
to
have
all
that
that
information
with
it
so
looking
ahead,
they're
the
the
final
phase
of
the
work
and
october.
E
C
E
E
Will
present
the
report
to
city
council?
This
is
potentially
going
to
happen
the
first
meeting
in
january,
so
this
is
going
to
be
right
here.
We
have
it
as
december,
but
in
conversations
this
morning
with
the
consultant
they
requested,
if
we
could
move
it
to
january,
which
we
believe
overall
is
going
to
help
us
all
figure
this
out
really
well,
so
that
we
can.
E
E
E
Comments
that
people
have
or
what
their
vision
was.
This
was
an
open
question
in
the
survey,
and
so
these
are
some
of
the
comments
that
people
have
in
regards
to
what
division.
What's
their
vision
for
republican
art
in
loreto,
and
so
we
have
different
different
comments,
but
overall
people
want
to
get
involved.
People
want
it
to
be
something
that
will
attract
people
to
our
community.
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D
Yeah,
usually
for
online
service
you'll
have
like
an
authentication
like
I'll
authenticate,
your
facebook,
your
gmail
or
something
so,
I
think
like
if
we
were
to
do
another
survey
like
in
the
future.
That's
very
important,
I
think,
checking
ip
addresses
is
very
important.
Just
to
make
sure
you
didn't
have
any
duplicates
just
for
checks
and
balances.
D
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G
Interviews,
we've
had
some
really
good
interviews.
I
think
we
think
the
cross
section
of
people
and
I
feel
like
I
feel,
like
I've-
learned
a
lot
and
you've
learned
a
lot
about
the
liberal
community
and
what's
important
to
people-
and
you
know
what's
important
for
for
the
future
and
the
so
I'm
really
I'm
really
happy
with
the
way
that
turned
out.
I
had
a
really
good
discussion
with
councilmember
perez.
Today.
G
We've
got
two
more
council
members
scheduled
next
week
and
we
still
have
a
couple
more
that
we're
still
trying
to
schedule,
but
I'm
really
happy
that
those
are
those
complications
with
the
council
members
and
I
feel,
like
I've,
gotten
a
good
discussion.
I've
got
one
with
with
council
member
perez,
I
think
lasted
like
an
hour
and
15
minutes,
so
she
did
have
a
lot
to
say
and
I
think
I
thought
of
thinking
about
a
lot
of
things
because
you
know
she
was
like.
G
For
public
art,
you
know
dog
parks,
a
lot
of
times
will
have
sculptures
of
dogs
or
something
related
and
state
parks.
A
lot
of
times
are
dated
as
well,
so
she
got
really
excited
hearing
that
you
know
there
are
options
for
her,
and
so
I
I
hope
that
I
have
continued
to
have
those
types
of
conversations
with
the
council
members
in
terms
of
the
presentation
and
if
you
go
to
the
next
page,.
F
Of
our
studio
has
done
in
houston,
and
so
that's
one
of
the
programs
on
the
table
for
the
public
program
in
laredo,
and
so
I
think,
elliot
just
pulled
some
that
might
be.
You
know
particularly
interesting
relevant
to
the
right
now,
but
it's
just
kind
of
a
fun
thing
to
again
see
and
get
your
juices
flowing
about
what
pump
garden
looks
like
on
the
street,
but
those
are
very
kind
of
low
cost,
quick
implementation
projects
that
kind
of
be
good
to
start
out
all
right.
Thank
you.
G
F
F
G
And
this
this
year
is
talking
about
how
each
commissioner
is
appointed
by
an
official,
and
you
know
you're
expected
to
keep.
I
think
this
is
important
that
you
know
you're
expected
to
keep
the
elected
officials
informed
and
appraised
of
the
topics
addressed
by
the
commission.
So
you
know
in
in
a
perfect
world
you'd
be
meeting
with
your
council
member
or
in
jessie's
case
the
mayor.
G
So
the
two
types
of
roles
are,
you
know
district
focused,
but
it's
also
to
be
more
applied.
So
you
are
all
looking
at
both
projects,
not
just
within
your
business,
but
also
you
know
projects
and
why,
in
advance
the
interest
of
the
citizen
as
a
whole
next
stage,
this
picture
of
a
mini
mural
here
this
one's.
Actually
in
my
neighborhood,
I
live
in
a
neighborhood,
that's
predominantly
latino
hispanics.
So
a
lot
of
the
indians.
In
my
neighborhood
reflect
the
mexican
culture,
the
next
slide,
please.
G
G
F
F
And
one
of
our
key
recommendations,
just
in
speaking
with
everyone-
is
that
there's
just
a
lot
of
blurriness
about
the
goal
of
the
commission,
so
we
thought
it
might
be
really
helpful,
as
the
master
plan
is
getting
passed
to
perhaps
have
a
commission
retreat.
That's
something.
Boards
of
commissions
often
do
just
to
review
and
update
the
vision,
statement
and
kind
of
come
up
with
your
own
work
plan
for
the
role
that
you
want
to
play
and
implement
this,
and
so
that
way,
you're
seeing
the
rest
of
this
presentation
is
to.
G
And
I
think
one
question
that
came
up
or
one
discussion
point
was:
you
know,
should
that
vision
statement
reflect
more
than
just
the
public
art
master
plan.
You
know
there
are
other
elements
other
than
public
art
that
the
commission
is
in
charge
of.
So
I
think
that
that
that
vision
should
definitely
be
encouraging
from
one
country,
but
I
think
it's
include
all
of
the
arts,
not
just
public
art
right.
G
It's
another
part
of
the
state
code
said
that
as
an
official
city
body,
the
study
of
the
radio,
finance
and
culture
commission
is
intended
to
have
impact
and
authority.
So
the
overall
charge
of
the
commission
is
to
connect
citizens,
staff
and
elected
officials
and
to
ensure
that
the
public's
voice
is
heard
on
important
civic
issues.
So,
with
respect
to
the
public
art
program,
you
know
the
duties
and
towers
were
established
by
the
city
ordinance
and
the
summary
that
follows
derives
from
that
document.
G
F
And
the
current
ethnic
presentation
kind
of
covers
the
points
that
could
be
in
a
standing
agenda.
So
our
thought
was
that
for
each
specific
duty
or
power
that
you
have
related
to
it
yeah
you
could
just
kind
of
have
a
laundry
list
each
month
and
then
look
at
it
hardly
as
a
reminder,
but
partly
as
a
you
know,
kind
of
stimulus.
G
And
so
the
next
slide
about
the
annual
report,
which
you
all
have
already
and
summarizes
the
activities
and
projects
expenditures.
It's
recommended
that
it
be
presented
to
see
by
city
staff
to
the
commission.
Shortly
after
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year,
the
commission
who's.
The
powers
is
related
to
the
annual
report
is
to
review
it
and
ask
questions
of
the
staff.
G
G
They
said
that
she
was
going
to
look
at
it
so
that
she
could
think
about
what
to
do
with
what's
remaining
in
her
budget.
She
paid
for,
or
the
council
number
before,
her
actually
use
his
funds
for
the
transfer
plan.
So
anyway,
that's
just
the
site
next
next
and
then
there's
an
annual
plan,
which
you
also
give
review
as
well
and
and
the
staff
will
do
the
foundational
work
to
develop
a
plan.
G
G
It
will
receive
a
staff
briefing
on
the
draft
annual
plan,
which
includes
an
annual
budget
for
the
public
art
program.
The
commission
will
discuss
and
vote
on
endorsement
of
the
annual
plan,
which
did,
of
course,
the
one
producer
I
don't
think
had
detailed
project
information,
but
for
future
years
it
will.
G
G
So
your
music
powers
are
to
assist
in
assembling
the
artifice
selection
panel.
So
if
you
have
ideas,
I
should
serve
on
a
particular
panel.
Then
speak
with
staff
about
that.
So,
for
example,
you
may
recommend
individuals
to
service
representatives
of
the
district
neighborhood
in
which
the
artwork
will
be
cited.
G
You
have
the
duty
to
provide
oversight
and
ensure
that
the
process
is
fair,
transparent,
reflects
community
values
and
is
conducted
using
standard
evaluation
criteria,
and
then
the
selection
panel
will
recommend
armies
and
you
will
review
the
recommendations
and
you'll
vote
on
endorsing
the
you
know
the
selected
artists.
This
will
occur
for
each
major
public
art.
Commission.
I
think
it's
every
equation
over
ten
thousand
dollars
and
the
commission's
recommendation
goes
then
goes
to
the
city
manager
and
it
goes
to
city
council
for
final
action
if
it's
over
15.
G
You
can
see
some
of
those
cards
if
you're
familiar
with
the
game
are
not
standard,
like
you
see
one
of
them
behind
the
eclipse,
but
there's
others
on
the
other
sides
that
have
icons
of
the
community
like
the
church-
and
you
know
tacos
and
other
things
like
that
for
the
reflection
of
the
community
that
it's
used.
This
is
this
trippy
container
in
the
esplanade
is
used
as
a
public
bathroom
of
aggression.
G
F
You
know
all
kinds
of
creative
processes
and
typically
like
in
the
city
of
austin
city
of
houston,
once
a
year,
it's
posted
that
it's
now
the
application
period.
It's
up
to
the
submissions
for
cultural
arts
grants
it's
promoted
to
the
whole
community.
Everybody
knows
about
it.
They
know
how
much
money
is
available.
F
All
the
grant
applications
come
in
during
the
same
period
it
closes,
and
then
a
selection
and
evaluation
panel
goes
through
all
the
grant
applications
determines
who
the
recipients
are
going
to
be
and
then
announces
it.
So
that
hasn't
been
something
that's
very
rare,
but
it
is
a
discussion
and
it's
a
much
more
flexible
form
of
funding
as
we've
discussed,
then
that
money
that's
tied
to
the
cities
on
capital
improvement
projects,
so
this
plan
would
just
actually.
F
C
F
F
F
G
And
I
just
want
to
add
that,
typically
into
these
cultural
arts
brands,
it's
both
artists
and
cultural
arts
non-profits
that
are
typically
like
they'll,
be
grants
for
artists,
and
they
will
also
be
grants
for
non-profits
or
in
some
cases,
fiscally
sponsored
presidents.
So
those
are
projects
that
may
not
have
that
non-profit
status,
but
the
programming
needs
the
non-profit
sort
of
criteria,
and
so
those
organizations
are
allowed
to
apply
for
grads
as
well
with
the
nonprofit
department.
F
F
F
F
So,
as
relates
to
this
art
process,
you
would
make
recommendations
on
the
process
of
convening
the
selection
panels.
There
will
be
recommendations
on
our
master
plan,
but
ultimately
you
all
can
review
and
make
your
own
recommendations
for
that,
and
so
this
will
apply
to
all
open,
copper
artist
applications
and
also
to
the
applications
to
receive
cultural
arts
grants
with
high
funding
effects,
initiatives.
F
F
F
F
C
F
C
F
F
And
then,
finally
is
making
the
recommendations
to
city
council
for
the
awards
expenditure
locations.
So
the
word
way
that
they're
that
we're
kind
of
recommending
that
this
work
is
again.
It
comes
through
the
your
review
monthly
of
the
plan
itself
and
then
the
process
for
each
project
and
will
be
your
quality
towards
the
recommendation
of
the
artist
selection
panel.
F
F
F
E
E
Yes,
yeah.
Currently
the
hot
there's
restrictions
for
the
hot
on
how
there's
restrictions
for
both
so
they're
helping
us
figure
out
what?
How
can
we
use
the
two
percent
and
how
can
we
use
the
hot
because
there's
a
cap
for
the
hot
there's
restrictions,
but
there's
also
on
both
so
they're
helping
us
figure
out
the
best
way
of
using
each
fund.
E
E
A
A
E
So
the
idea
of
a
master
plan
is
to
meet
that
those
specifics,
so
that
when
we
presented
to
council
and
it
gets
adopted
by
council
now
we
have
a
guideline
so
that
it
doesn't
change
depending
on
how
somebody
wants
to
use
the
monies
or
how
what
projects
are
here.
Then
it's
going
to
become
a
guideline
where
we
can
go
back
and
say:
wait
no.
H
H
E
E
E
E
F
Is
that
an
arts
commissioner
sit
on
each
selection
panel?
So
if
the
artwork
is
say
in
district
7,
then
the
arts,
commissioner
from
district
7,
would
be
on
that
selection
panel,
and
it
would
be
the
duty
of
the
commissioner
as
well
as
city
staff,
to
make
sure
the
council
office
is
aware,
what's
going
on
in
their
district.
E
E
You
mean
the
council
member
yeah,
as
I
mentioned,
the
idea
is
to
present
this
this
master
plan
and
for
it
to
be
adopted
by
council,
and
that
gives
us
a
guideline.
So
now
we
have
to
follow
this
master
plan
now,
there's
there's
a
process,
so
this
will
ensure
that
every
process
that
is
follow
is
consistent.
H
C
E
E
E
B
H
B
B
B
But
but
they
do
reserve,
I
mean
if
I
know
the
law
correctly,
they
do
reserve
the
right
at
some
point
to
override
the
community,
just
like
the
overwrite
planning
and
zoning.
They
will
like.
You
know
this
committee
and
anybody
else,
but
the
specific
question
was:
can
they
go
around
it
through
using
monies
from
their
discretionary.
B
E
And
one
of
the
things
that
catherine
and
elia
mentioned
that
is
very
important-
is
that
each
commissioner
keeps
that
communication,
also
with
the
city
council
member
of
that
district
and
when
the
committee
that's
going
to
make
a
selection
that
that
commissioner
of
that
district
is
having
involved
in
that
committee
and
that
keeps
the
council
member
or
the
mayor
involved
and
that
obviously
we
can
share
that
information
with
them.
But,
coming
from
from
you
all,
has
a
different.
B
G
F
F
You
know
as
understanding
across
the
different
bodies
of
because
it's
difficult,
because
council
has
one
conversation.
The
commission
has
not
a
conversation.
Staff
has
another
conversation,
so
as
consultants,
you
know
we're
talking
about
everyone
and
we're
just
really
encouraging
everyone
to
talk
to
each
other.
F
Is
a
very
common
understanding
of
how
this
is
going
to
get
done
and
you
you
have
those
problems
right
now
I
mean
you
can
put
it
as
a
standing
item
on
your
agenda
to
review
the
fiscal
year,
2020
monies
that
were
directly
allocated
to
council
offices
and
we
asked
for
a
reporter.
We
were
finding
the
status
of
those
projects.