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JLT?�t`E 4, ?�'_5. VERSATIM iVIE�TING MI'�i 1LTTES
TDWN OF FOL?:�iT�L'�i HILLS
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JL1NE 4, �a�5
A Regular Histary and Culture Advisory �ommissivn meetin� was can� ened at 16705 E. A�enue of the
Fauntains at 4:a4 p.m. in an apen and public session.
Members Present: Chair Tun Yoder; Vice-Chair Susan Dbst-Dwarkis; C�uunissioner Bot� Burns;
Commissivner Bannie Kline: Commissiflner Tvni LePoer; Vacant Seat
Absent: Cainmissianer Peter Gallagher
Staff Present: Recreatian Manager Ryan Preston; Exe�uti�re Assistant Patti Lopuszanski
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YDDER: Thank you. I would like to call the 7une 4. �02�, meeting ❑f the History and Culture Ad�isQry
Con�mission to �rder at 4 pm. May I ha�•e a Roll Call, please?
LaPL?SZ�'�iSKI: Chair Yader?
Y�DER: Here.
LaPL?SZ:�.'VSKI: Vice Chair Dbst-D��rorkis?
flBST'-DVV�RKIS: Here.
L�PL SZ:��TSKI: Connrnissioner Burns?
S[?R1�S: Here.
LOP[-SZ:��TSKI: Commissioner Kline'?
KI..I�i E : Here.
L�PtTSZA.�TSKI: Coi7unissioner LePaer?
LEPQER: Here.
LUPC-SZ�.�SkI: Coinmissioner Gallagher is a�sent today.
Y�DER: �kay, thank you. The next item an the agenda is Call ta the Pu�lic. Patti. Da we ha��e any
requests t� speak?
L�PL-SZA.'�SKI: We ha�e no Call ro the Publi�. VL� e will be addressing an agenc�a item change. So if I
may go into that explanation: The commissian by three quarters �ote of all inemhers present may
s�spend stri�t flbservance of the Commission rules or other palicies and pracedures far t1�e timely anc�
orderly prQgressifln af t�e meeting, pra��ided, howe�rer, that a simpie majority of the Commissian may
cause a change in the ❑rder flf items an the a�enda, what �i e are asking is far item t� tv be presented by
the International Dark Sky Disca�ery Center. They will be pra�iding infonnation on their nvv public art
applications.
YaDER: Is that very good:' Thank you. l�ia_y I get a motion to mo�e the agenda? Item 10,
�ans�dera#ion and Passihle Action: Public Art Applications befvre Reports by Cnnuntssioners on the
a�enda?
�BSr-DVV'DRKIS: I'il make the motion.
secand.
Y�DER: AIl those in fa�or.
AL.L: Aye.
Y�DER: Any oppased?
LOPUSZA.�iSKI: Vlotion passes 5-� ta change the agenda item order from Item Number 1�, moving up
before Reparts by C�mmissianer.
YQDER: So, I'd like to welcome ]oe Biil tv answer questions on the International Dark Sky Public Art
Application.
BILI.: Thank you. I am happy ta be l�ere. and I should introduce you. We ha�e some people here. You
may ha�re met, but Jerry Butler is on our board, and he's our constructian liaison, so he's been v�°orking
hard on trying ta meet aur requiretnents. And Jahn Craft is a �i�� president on our board, and we ha�e a
brand-ne« exe�uti�e director wno started with us on May 1. So, it's our first employee. �h, that's right,
uiy ���ife. �Tancy, is the treasurer. aaps, naw i'm in trouhle. I in#roduced grad. Srad Feldman, I get
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maybe I didn't gi�e his name. Srad Feldman, sorry, happy to answer questions ifyou hare an�. ❑r how
wauld y�u like me ta proceed?
PREST�:V: Yeah, I think if yau're able to take us through the presentatian that we got up there, I think
that's the application yQu guys had,
BILL: I think that it's 13ere some��here. Is it this one? All rig�t. Very gaod. Thank yQu. �kay, let n�e nu�
through this. �kay, we're presenting three art pieces that will hapefu[ly fulfill the �ublic art
requirements. The Cow�oy Artist sculpture we're calling is called Brush With the West, and that is a
sculpture that was done by Doug Katanak, and some af you may knaw him. He's got a lot of histvry in
Fountain Hilis, and sa he is donating that pieee to us, and he's � ery ex�ited about ha�ing it in a
proininent place where people can see it. Sa, he's a fine older gentleman, that's for sure. And then the
second piece is a�acklit, seini-precious gein art piece that �vas donated by someone in Fountain Hills
wt�o is kind of into GEMS a lat. And this is going ta be a �ery special piece that will be �isible 24�'7 by
our front door, it is gaing to be hacklit, and we'll ha�e infarmatiQn in there abaut the different kinds ❑f
gems from around the war�d that were used tQ create something that looks like Saturn. It's quite an art
piece. And then we're gaing t❑ be resetting the ancient man, whi�h «�e ma� ed to accommadate
constructian. We're going to put it back pretty much ta �°here it was to begin �°ith. S� that's the vther
part of the plan. So, mo�ing �n, you can see here the proposed placement, tl�e cowbay artist is gving t❑
be kind af in an area on the way to the Disco�-ery Center. As yau ga from the drap-off area and �valk
along that sidewalk toward the Disca�°ery Center, �ve're going ta haG�e a place w°here it will be
pasitianed. And the course tl�is. Saturn art pie�e, the gem Saturn, that's going tv be in o�ar entryway by
the frant door of the Disca�ery Center. Sa, let's cantinue, if we can. �kay, s❑ here's tl�e Brush With the
West sculpture, and years ago, it was an the A� enue af the Fountains, and t�en it was mo�ed be�ause af
things that �;rere being de�eloped there. And so, the fact that this migh# be reappearing, as I mentioned,
that cvuld tanic is ecstatic abaut that, and it's we're gaing to have to kind of wark on building a pedestal
far it, kind af like the one yvu see in the second phota there. It's a triangular one with a nice plaque
talking abvut Doug Katanik, the artist, etc. So that's the plan for that. And see it here. Dkay, well, this is,
I wvn't go thrvugh this, but there's quite a bia abaut Doug Katanik, and he has quite a history. Again, as
I mentivned ��•ith Fauntain Hitls, he's done a lat for the couu�luniry, and I think it ��asn't too long a�v he
was at a tawn cauncil meeting �w�here he was rec�gnized for what ��as it? Any«-ay? You remember he
would I know I can't ren�emher what it was, but he's just a ni�e older gentleman, that is. It's just that he's
so pleased that we're working �n this fnr him on his behalf and the Gem Saturn art piece. this gi�es you
an idea of what it ��=ill look like. And so, you can see, I did a little Photoshap because this isn't huilt yet,
by the front doar, but fortunately, I knvw a little Pl�otosl�op, sv you can see what it «ill laok like hy the
front entran�e. It's gaing Eo be �acklit, as I mentianed. And we're alsa gving to try tv create a separate
plaque. See that upper right phota, and there's that, plus a little additional infamiation that we'd like ta
har�°e next to it or E�elaw it, for people who are interested in kno��ing. �=elf, what kind of gem is that, and
where did it come fram? So, kind af a supporting smaller plaque that explains ��°hat's in that piece. And
let's see now we'��e got an okay, so this artist. I won't go through this, buE if you read that, this person, in
fact, we had the opportuniry ta see a number of his art pieces, and it is an amazing tlung that he's daing
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with all these pre�ious gems to creaEe �arious kinds of art pieces. And this is Ancient l��Ian. and I think
many of you are farrziliar wit� that, because it's been there f�r quite a G��hile, near the musei�m. And as I
menrioned, we had to inove it, whi�h �ve did, and we will ma�e it ba�k. So that's tt�e plan far #he ancient
man. And let's see here. �h, that's the end. I didn't realize I should ha�e had anoth�r slide says the end.
So, are there any questions that maybe I can answer for anyhody?
LflPLTSZA;VSKI: If I may, let the commissioners know you do ha�e a packet that does ha�-e same af
the appraisal documentation that we received today. Sa, if yau ha�e any questians re�arding that as well,
I'd want you to know they're there for yau.
YUDER: Dl�ay, thank you. I don't suppase I ha�e a question, hut more of a camment. This looks like
this is a great additi�n ta the culture nere in Fountain Hi�ls, yes, along with, af course, prunarily the
«i�ale planetarium.
BILL: We're excited about that. Yeah, great work. �kay, thank yau. Any other questivns?
ILLI�iE: I was just wondering, is there any expense tQ tl�e ta��n af Fauntain Hills far doing any af this?
BILL: I don't believe so at all. No, be�ause w°e inust pay fflr the installation as it is our praperry, right?
Yeah. I just want #o make sure with the treasurer, the answer is no.
IiLI:VE: �kay, weli, I'm all in fa�or. I think tiiey're wonderful works af art, fram what I can tell. Thank
yau.
PREST+D�i: Yeah. I kno�� this is the first one ��e'�e had on this cammissivn. And one of the things
we're laoking at is placement. the art piece itseif: the art pieces themsel�es, and whether it is go�d to
gi�e our recorrunendatian to the Tawn Caun�il to mave fonvard witl� the pub�ic art cantribution.
Y�DER: I agree that this is a nice tking. And it's especially poi�nant #l�at a piece from Doug Katonak,
who's been �ut here sin�e I ���as a cl�ild. is included.
BILL: Thank you. He still has l�is littie workshap at his house, and he showed us a lat vf ather stuff.
He's sa proud af wl�at he's dane, and he sh4uld be.
OBST-Dw DRHIS: I just ha�e a quiek questian from Ehe picture, I was trying to 4ri and myself, hut I
can't quite see where the Ancient Man is going to be reinstalled. Is that where it was?
BILL: Yeah. So, because there's no marker there exactiy where it was, but we kna�y wi�ere it was, it'll
be put there. Yeah, ri�ht.
YUDER: Anybady e�se?
P1tE5?D�I: The only thing then yau guys can do, if y�u guys are done with questions. I think Boh
n�ight ha�e a �omment, but then yau �vould j�st rnation in far a vote to ap�ro�e tl�e a�apiica#ian.
BLTR'.VS: I would mo�•e that we recammend that we appro�e the public art applicatxan f�r the Town
Coun�il to appro� e the application.
�'DDER: I'll second. All those in fa�or?
�1LL: Ave.
Y��ER: An}- oppflsed?
BILL: Awesflme. Thank you.
�UpL1SZAI�i5KI: Motion passes 5-0 for the Consideratian of the Public Art Application tQ mo�re
for�'ard, for yaur recouunendatian to the Tawn Council.
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Y �DER: Thank you � ery mu�h for �oming in, takin� a little time. Ail right, mo�ing on to the agenda,
Item numher faur. Reports by Commissianers. D� we have any reports? All right, �� e'il sa�e all aur
talking for a little bit tater. Let's move on to the agenda. Item number fi�e, Consideration and Possi�le
Action Appro�ing the Minutes from the last meeting. May 7, Zfl25. Does anybody ha�e any changes to
the minutes? Can I get a mation?
KLINE: I'll �ake a motian to appro�e the minutes.
LEPaER: I' 11 se�and it.
Y�DER: All those in fa�or?
ALL: Aye.
Y�DER: Any opposed:'
LOPLT5Z�r5Iii: Motion passes 5-D.
YDDER: �kay. Next up. LTpdate an the Histarical Registr�° Fur the Fnuntain �Vorkgt•oup. Bay.
we'�-e had a lat of ma�ernent on that.
PREST��I: I can juinp in, or if yau guys �•ant ta say what you guys h��e cantributed so far, then I can
update where we are with that since the last meeting.
Y�DER: Why dan't yau just go ahead, you kno�y`? Perfect.
PREST���I: Na problem. Sa, since �°e «�ere last year, «•e'��e made a lat ❑f l�eadway an it. I know we'�e
gat the camplete narrati�e, no�� «�e'�e got the list of dates that we were able tQ attaclt ta that. 50, Bob.
thanks for pro�iding the narrati�e as well as the bibliog�-aphy. And Tim, we'�e gat your dates as well as
you answered a few of those otker questians. You're ahle to help us get those areas of historical
significance. And then what r�°e'�re �een dain� on our end is �ompiling all that inta the form itself,
ma�ing a few things around, using your areas of historical signifi�an�e. Basically, we had to tie those
ba�k into the narrati�e so that �ze had a narrati�e tt�at fits v�-ith basically the wording that they are
lavking for within hoth SHIP� and the national registry for historical pfaces. Sv, «re'�e put all that
tagether right naw. We're kind of working with one of our staff on the maps, on the bvundary Iocations,
and things like that. So, once we finalize the maps and put e�erything together, we wi11 �o ahead and
submit straight to �vhat tl�e ��ray it ��-orks is, we push this thraugh the state. We still need the state to
appro�e «hether we can then push it to the national they ha�e already appro�ed vur initial application
on the state side. No��•, basically. ��rhat they need ta do is make sure aur natiQnal applicaiian is up to the
standards they think it needs to he to succeed on the national le�el. So that's �vhere �ve're at this pvint,
and soon, probably early next week, is, my guess is G�hen we will be putting vur first draft of the
��mplete application to Dr CoZlins, who's the one who's re��iewing it. We're expecting it to get it back a
�auple of times and then e�entua�iy get it appro�ed. Push onta national. I belie�e t�ere is. The �� ay the
natianal laoks at these is so in DC, they do it quarterly. They iaak at a11 these applications. I belie� e#he
next one's in July. We're trying to squeeze it in for that .Tuly. �then�'ise, it's pushed in No�ember. Once a
natiQnai gets it, it's about a six-month turnaround befare we know vne way or the other. It's about a six-
month pracess. So again, at the suggestion of this eomnnissian, we were ��antin� to get it, ta put it as part
of that 25ath celebratian. So that's why we kind of upped the tin�eline a little bit, and why we're pushing
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a little harder, �Qnsidering you guys are on hxeak until September after this. So. so that's kin� of ��here
�-e're sitting n�w. A�ain, yau probably wan't see it came ba�k to this can�nission before ��•e submit it.
but all the «ork has been pushed you. Tiin and Bub ha� e been working hard at �vork, getting us ati that
iilfarmation. Sa, thanks. We really appreciate that.
YflDER: Thank you. I was curious. I mean, I was just reading ben�veen the lines. I was wonderiug
why, you kn���. ��e received that natice fram you. Like, akay. «e're ready for you ta get this all done,
bu# that makes sense, and that's great. It was a lot of unl:nou=n ta us, but this «hole July date makes
sense. Then now you know, right`?
PREST�� : An�E it's something we discovered abau# a day hefore I sent you the email. So, yeah,
B[?A_`S: Ryan, sa t�at would seem tl�at, �y�ell. eti'en a number in No�ember, cansideration by them,
might sti11 get us in ahead of July 4?
PRESTU�: No, No�ember should he fine. We prefer n�t to operate on the should be �ine. S❑ o��iausly
getting in earlier wauld be better. And I tl�ink, I think r��e can't hit that date. So, I think,
SLTRi� S: Yeah, but I'm just thinking, you knaw, let's make sure the applicatian in the format needs ta
be, rather than trying to rush if we ha�e, you know, but I'm sure yau're doing a gQad job, and we'll have
it the way it needs to be. But, yeal�, tl�at's,
PREST��T: What I've been working on the past cauple of weeks. And iYs also being passed arou��d ttie
staff thraughout as well. Get different eyes an it, making sure it's where we want ta be befare �ve sen� it
off.
YODER: This is like when we submitted it to the state. I remember we did same wark an the form. I
wrote, I think I wr4te that narrati��e, and then latei-, you showed us, I think, literal capies af the actttal
submissian, and it was completely different a.nd ��ery- professionalized. And so tl�at's what you're c�oing
naw, ar the staff is going ta make sure it happens carrectly.
PREST��i: and plugging in all you knaw, the langitude, the latitude, the acreage, the specifi�s on the
park where, you kno�v, the harsepawer of pumps when they're origFnally baots, things like that. So,
YDDER: Very good. I'm hopefui for that. If'll be a �ovl feather in, ah, people like, right off tlie top of
my head, I'm thinking ahout Kevin Snipes and ho�� happy he'd be to have that fountain registered there,
yau know, on the Nationai Register. That'd be cavl.
PRESTU�T: I think Susan's trying to jump in.
oBST-nwox�s: Yeah, I just ��anted to make sure I understood. Sa, the staff is taking �are of the
completion af the application, so that yau can submit it befare the July deadline, so we don't need to gv
o�er any of it and won't see it until we came back. corre�t?
PREST�N: There's a chance I rnay reach out Eo the work group again, but as an ageizda item, yvu
prohably wi�i not see it again before it gets sent out. Tl�at's corre�t.
oBST-nwox�s: And it's not necessary fvr us, too, right?
PREsrfl'Y: That's carrect.
Y�DER: So, can we ha�e this as an agenda itern then, just automati�ally when we get back in Ehe
subsequenE months, just sa «e can kind vf keep track �f it?
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PREST4:�1: Yeah, there'1� be an update. There probably won't be ar�y a�tion items for that, but �y e will
ha�'e an updat� an the agenda for sure. And I think I ha�e a note that one ❑f the questions at the last
meeting was, will this affect what we can do with the park, what can we do with the fountain? Will this
mean �ve can't develop on it? It doesn't. This is a, this is a, whaYs the word I'm lvoking far? Right? Yes.
it's exactly. This won't affect anytlung af that.
YUDER: �kay, let's mo�e on to item number se�en, updating the 250th anniversary of the USA, Juiy 4,
7.dsb, acti�'ities,
LUPUSZA�'�iSKI: If yau all turn to Page 27, and scroll down, it daes ha�e the informatian I recei�ed
froin Bob, from this work group, with same great details.
SLTRNS: And I'll just jump in here and say that these were all ideas that came to mind afier. After I
talked to Bonnie and Susan in our meeting, I was kind of expecting or thinking that one of them was
gaing to put tagether their notes from what w°e discussed in the meeting. And I tttink Bortnie got it out
this mvrning. But yeah, this, I think e�erything here just kind af loaks like, you know, some stuff that
wvuldn't be taa difficult to inapiement or terribly expensive. S�, you knaw, I don't knaw w�at anyhody
�ISe T�11F1�5, vr whether staff think they are r�°orkable flr any of them aren't, but so that's, that's my
thaughts on this list. And you knaw, if Bonnie ��ants to contribute what she put out.
KI,I�iE: I am sorry I didn't get that to Patti sooner. So, same af the ather things �ve talked abaut, or
mayhe a pragram for President's Day, rededication af the president statues, maybe �vith a color guard
flag raising by maybe the VFW, or Sons of America, or anQther group like that. We also talked about
maybe, maybe the Fvuntain Hi[ls Theater might be interested in doing a show, or maybe the children's
thea#er ��ith a patriatic theme. The idea being that these are e�rents put tagether by other gxoups, but
maybe they cauid be kind of coardinated and publicized and hy the town of Fountain Hills. So, it's more
iike a �oai�plete parkage. We talked abo�t the Rotary's flags and the park for Memvrial Day. Maybe a
conununity band ar canvnunity course would like ta do something patriati�, and �heck with the ri� er
time museum to see if they ha�e any suggestians. �1�, yeah, and we talked about it, time capsule, time
�apsule to be 6uried on July 4, maybe coo�rdinated by Parks and Rec, or maybe a scout #ravp, ar
something like that. We also talked about a patriotic tl�eme for the pump house wall art, and maybe
something with the Thanksgi�ing parade and speakers at the Community Center. Sa, they're all things
that were just kind of brainstorming. IVeed to talk with other �xoups to see wha# their plans are and see if
�ve can pull it together as a rnvre conlplete package.
Y�DER: That is a great list of items, and I honed in. A year ar n�o ago, I sang r�vitlz the Comm�nity
Chorus, and I just happened to see in the paper this week that tl�ey're doing, � think, n�Q free cancerts
here shQrtly; they are �ery re�epti�-e to tl�ese kinds of things. Sa, yeah, anyhady else?
�BST-DVL'ORKIS: Yeah, I just wanted to add as far as the Fvuntain Hills Theater, I they've been
approached and whetl�er it's g�ing to be with the yQuth theater or main stage production, and then
possibly doin� 177d again, or mayhe George M but they ha��e to bring it before their laoard, hecause they
pretry n�uch ha��e their 2a26 2427 shaws already scheduled. I just n�ust get wi#h them again.
P�ESTU�i: Perf�ct, and kind of, I knaiv ��e'�e got this wark grQup going, and Ehe idea is ta get all these
ideas right. So, you guys are cvnapiling these ideas. If you'd like them, you can discuss th�m. Yau can
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elabarate on them. u'e take notes. We're keeping a runnin� list ❑f these ideas. I r€�ean, I'm not gving ta
go through each one, and, yes, no, it's like here in tlie meetin�. But just know it's being passed atang.
You kno�-, e�Tery-thing's kind of being considered. I kn�w the Time Capsules were mentioned a cauple
of times. I belieti°e v�re just did a time capsule fi�e years aga. S❑ that"s probably one ��e probabt� �von't do
again sa svvn, considering we just did one for the was it the 50th, I belie�e, just a fe�� years aga. But all
these, y�u knaw, they're, #hey're all basically going in a list. It's kind af shocking. Going to apprvach
right now and then. VG'ith your help, we narraw dvwn soine of [hese, anything that needs to be set up a
year at a head a�ead af a year in advance, that stuff ��e �an start working tawards. And I'll kind af get
more infarmati�n for you on those as we're able to kind of react to wl�at comes in with these wark group
updates.
kLIVE: Sounds goad to me.
YDDER: Very good. Qkay, anybody else vn that? Let's mo�e on. Then the next item on the agenda is
the historical art and essay contest update, and I ha�e a �ery short update fln that. Peter and I will 6e
Peter's gat a nice presentation put together. We'r� going tv be on the agenda for the school board
meeting. I beiie�e it's June 18, sa it'll he another couple af months before I get the afficial ���ard to
e�°erybody here, I guess, �n l�ow that meeting goes, but I expect it to be simple and straightforward and
recei�ed pasiti�el�. I did ha�e a question ar a con�rnent far your townies, and that is regarding this.
When we prapose this idea, we ha�e the understanding that these flyers ��ill be aF�le, we will he able to
hand flyers ta teachers, this brochure, thing that'11 he ready in the fa11 by the staff will da tl�a#. Is tl�at
ri�ht?
PRE5I�Q�: Yeah, we can put sometl�ing iike that tagether. That's not a prflbiem. it's coiavincin� the
school district ta hand out tlyers at this point. It's somethin� they stopped a little white a�v. Eut if yau're
able tu get it to the board, and the board agrees, atxd we can use it as part of the curricul�m, I'�t7 sure that
makes that a lflt easier.
YUDER: Yes, tl�at'Il be for sure hoG�� it goes, because it'll fit in with the curriculum. And r��hen I say
flyers, I mean, ygu kno�°, it'll ga ta eaCh �f #he respe�tive teachers, the history teachers, for example,
and or English writing teachers, art teachers, and they'll use them in their classroam and perhaps offer
them ta shzdents interested in and then related to that? Is ti�ere a possibility that that cauld be a link to
tha# brvchure and cfluld be put an the towra �vehsi#e?
PRESTflY: Yeah, and ��e'll run it. I don't knaw if you'�e seen the poetry �ontest for MLIC i]ay. It'il be
�ery similar ta that, so we'll ha�e a dedicated page for it, so tha#'s «-here people can go fvr information
and hv�� tn submit as well, because it'll mostly be anline submittals as well.
'�`�DER: I just didn't want to assume that's a11.
PRESr��i: and kind of: I know we spake about tying this intv tke 25QtYc celebratian as well, if we get it
in this year, s�mething that maybe I don't knvw if we've looked a# t�at as far as the prvmpts. I don't
kno�� if that �-as in�iuded at all, or if that's svmething tkat this Comnussian decided not ta in�lude.
Y�DER: Actualty, that ��asn't anything included in any of the prompts, right?
PRES-T�N: And it inakes sense, becattse T think we decided to keep it lacal. So right, yeah, so that's
perfect.
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HIsroR� Arrn cuLr�rx� An�soRY covin�issioN
JUl�`E 4, 20?5, VERBATIM VIEETLNG ML'VL'TES
� ODER: There ���ill he, you k,now, there e��erybady's going ta be hyper. All tl�e teachers and students, I
r�°autd think, w ill be hypersensiti�e to historical focus as the schovl y�ar progresses this next year.
�kay? Anybody else? Okay. Next Item: Pablit Art Identi�eation L?pdate.
LEP�ER: I brvught Patti the boak today, from tl�e beginning of 2�24, of all the pu�lic art that was
gi�en co me by Jenny Willigrod and Dori. Sa, it listed all the art as vf the start of Z�Z4, as well as a
thumb dri�e full af informativn from the gentleman who did #he original round of QR �ades. There are
�ideos that he has. There are links to �idevs an it, all kinds of other information that I just handed tQ
Patti, sa I dumped a whole lo# on her plate, whi�h Patti. I'll help you sart throu�h happily. And I ha�e
more than I'm going to dor�vnload vnto a thumh dri� e, too, a lot of other stuff from public art, sa as we
kind of start to sQrt through it and stuff. Eut I kn�w that «re need to get a count for getting the QR code
plaques, whi�h is r�°hy I brought that bQak in to make it hopefully a Iittle hit easier.
PRESTU�i: So perfe�t. And da we notice any we talked a bit abaut last time, anything that didn't reakly
ha�e a wh�le lot of informatian about it? Because I pointed out we've got some similar stuff an our The
Fountain Hills public art website. There's that PDF you can downioad there, which is probably famiiiar
tfl yau. You and I did natice a few of those are lacking any kind ❑f detail. I don't kn4w if we were able
ta, ��ith the wark group, look thrQt�gh thase and pro�•ide any additianal affers tha# are included.
LEP�ER: It is nat, but if you ha�e �ne in mind t�at I can certainly, tike I said, i'll ga dig through aIl the
public art infflrmation that Dory has an her Dropbox, and I �an dawnivad all that as well and pu# that on
a th�arnb dri�e. But if there are spe�ific ones that you knQw are lacking informatian, then � can pull t�at
out and be like, here's where you feei like there's a shortfall. But I'II dor�vnlaad it and start loaicing, and
maybe I'il just sort thraugh it myself so tt�at yau're not bathered, hecause I ha�e access to tl�at Drapbox
of Dori's that I can just go in and grab anything that r��e need.
h�I,INE: Sn, if you ha�e a list af ones that ha�e, you knc�w particulariy law atnount of infarmatian, but
yau ha�e conta�t for the artist. I lo�e interviewing arti5ts and doing that kind of thing. So as lang as it's
not too tight of a timeline, I'd be glad to do that.
PREST��1i: As far as the contact far the artists, I'm not sure that we ha�e any database vf contacts far
the artists for it. I just knowr that �°e have an artist in ti�e art piece. And if you faak again vn the public
art �vebsite, you could see pretty qui�kly which ones «e don't ha�e a whole lot of info for, but we'li see
if maybe that's a project for the suminer, because we will talk ahout summer projects here that we can
look at, identify, and then maybe see what we �an da as far as contact.
LEP�ER: No prohiem, � ha��e a lot of infarmation at my fingertips, so I'll kind ❑f dig into that o�er the
sunuller.
�'ODER: :�s we discussed, Item 10 earlier. Let's mn�e on to Item 11: Re�iew and Discussion ❑f
Future Agenda Items and Presentatians. I'll do one when we get back and talk about the schflol
presentation.
LOPUSZ�'VSKi: If you want to send that infvrma#ivn sa we can update all the cammissianers o��er the
sumrner, I cauld t�v that. We �an always failvw up on what that's gaing to loak like for their curriculum
and ha��e this item remain an the agenda.
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HISTaRY A.�'D CLTLTURE ADVIS�RY C��ViMISSI�N
.TCT?v'E 4, 2�25, VERBATIM VIEETING MLytiTES
YUDER: All right, either Peter vr I, or batl� af us, will get in �ontact with yflu late in June, Iate this
month, after the main meeting. Qur next Histt�r,y and Cuiture Ad�isory Cnmmission meeting wi1Z be
September 4�h, 2025, and the year will be mare than half over.
�I.T:1iE: So, I know, I s�bmitted the motion to appro�e tl�e Fninutes, hut sitting here laoking at it, I see a
typo, and it should be �, R, M, E, not Qrin Dam.
Y�llER: I belie��e they ha�e addressed this �efore, that this is a transcriptiQn problem. It's nat okay.
They Ina� e the data, is that right?
L�PUSZAVSKI: That would t�e correct. Yes, this is a transcripti4n thing. Sometimes it daesn't pick up
spelling, but the content is there.
I�LIti E : �kay.
Y�DER: Dkay, well, if that's all, then let's a�ijourn this nieeting. Can I get a Nlatian to Adjaurn the
meeting`?
�BST-DVL'flRIiiS: I make a Motion ta Adjaurn.
BL R.�TS: I'il secand
YDDER: All those in fa�or`?
AI.L: Aye.
Y�DER: Any opposed?
LflP�TS�A�iSI�: MQtion passes 5-D for ti�e Adjournment of the rVleeting.
YaDER: All rigtit. The meeting is adjaurned ac 4:34 pm.
Ha��ing no fi.�rther business, Chair Ypder adjaurned the Regutar Meeting of the History and Culture
Ad�isory Conuliission on �une 4, 2025, at �:48 p,m.
HIST'URY �l�D CUL�Ii"RE AD�'ISUR�' C�:�i'�IISSIDN
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Tim Yad , Ci�air
:�TTES-TED AtiD PREPARED BY:
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xisroR� ArrD cG�.Tv� An�rso�Y couivrlssto�
JUNE 4, 2d?5, VE1�8ATIM MEETING ML�ItiTES
cER-rrFic�rio�r
I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and �arrect �opy of the ���rbatim minutes of
the Histoiy and Cuiture Ad�isory Commissian he�d in the Ta4�n Hall Council Chambers on June
4, 2��5. I certi#y tiiat the meeting was duly �alled, and a q�anim was present.
Dated this 4th day vf September 2�25
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Patti Lopuszanski, xe�u e Assistant
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