Speaker 0: I feel fine. Council, our finance director. Okay. So, hey, counsel, I'm sure you have read the staff report. Does anyone have any specific questions or should we go straight to the motion? Maybe we go straight to the motion to have a motion to approve. Item five s move approval. Councilmember Knox witness approval. Councilmember de your seconding. All right, maybe we have a roll call vote, please.
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Speaker 2: I avella. All right, mayor. As the Ashcraft high that carries by five votes.
Speaker 0: Okay, perfect. Thank you so much, ma'am. Thank you. City staff and our outside advisers for doing that. And okay, we're getting ready to move in to our regular agenda. However, we've been at this. This is what we're going to do. I'm going to call we're closing the consent calendar. I'm going to call.
Speaker 1: The.
Speaker 0: Item six day, which is adoption of the resolution, appointing our three new members as the Public Art Commission so we can vote on them. They can be sworn in by the city clerk. Move by vice mayor, seconded by Councilmember Knox White. And so this is an adoption of a resolution appointing Robert Ferguson, Jennifer Halfaker and Peter Platts. Gummer As members of the Public Art Commission I role cover please.
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Speaker 0: Eyes. Thank you so much. And I as I understand it, we have two of our three commissioners. One of our commissioners is actually overseas and he wasn't able to join us. But I am delighted to introduce to you in person I, Jennifer Huffaker and Peter Platts. Gummer They're all working artists of various kinds and extremely talented, and I'm just so grateful for your willingness to serve your community in this regard. And do you want to really briefly just tell us a little like really briefly a little bit about yourself. Ms.. Huffaker Why don't we start with you? Hi.
Speaker 1: I'm from for healthcare. I will try to be really quick. I'm in London right now, so it's really early in the morning.
Speaker 2: Um, I've been an Alameda resident for six years.
Speaker 1: I just quickly run down some things. I was formerly an assistant professor of art at the University of Texas. I have a BFA and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts. I have opened and run.
Speaker 2: Contemporary galleries.
Speaker 1: In Dallas. I came to California and started working as an art director and creative director. I have just.
Speaker 2: Recently retired.
Speaker 1: And have gotten back into making art again, and I'm also on the board of directors at the Alameda Civic Ballet, and I'm just I love Alameda, this beautiful island, and I'm going to be very excited to help make it even more beautiful. So thank you very much, Mayor and City Council.
Speaker 0: Thank you. And Mr. Platts. Gummer, tell us a little about yourself.
Speaker 3: Good evening, Madam Mayor. Good evening. Members of the City Council. My name is Peter Platz. I'm originally Austrian, studied in Switzerland in APAC during public administration with a focus on on performance management and impact measurement. Moved to the U.S. because of a research stay at the Naval Postgraduate School left the Bay Area found my wife, stayed in the U.S., started working for an arts company for Engineered Artworks. We're located in West Oakland and building large scale art sculptures. I am responsible for budgeting, managing all the all the sculptures and all mobile sculptures. And at the same time, I started working for Burning Man in the complex art project, Miniature, which is the person who's responsible for everything that's big and complicated and usually blows up or.
Speaker 0: Is not going to blow up anything here, right?
Speaker 3: That's certainly not what I hoped for even. But I do hope that see to see even more art in this town that I totally fell in love with. And I'm looking forward to stay here for a while. And to this.
Speaker 0: Thank you so much. We're fortunate to have you. Both of you willing to serve. And Mr. Ferguson, you'll enjoy meeting him, too. So thank you very much. And stay right where you are. We'll get you to bed soon, Mr. Miss Huffaker. But the city clerk, La West Speaker, will now administer the oath of office to you.
Speaker 2: If you'll please raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear to uphold the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution, the state of California, that you won't faithfully discharge the duties upon which you're about to enter?
Speaker 1: I do.
Speaker 3: I do.
Speaker 2: I owe you a thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you so much. I was trying to keep you up so late, but we thank you so much for your service and enjoy your visits wherever you are. Ms.. Huffaker and Mr. Petschler, thank you so much. Okay, everybody. Now what we're going to do is we are going to take a break. It's 902. We're going to start back up at high def and we're going to start back up at 915. So everybody be back then. Members of the audience at the public, rest your eyes a little counsel, rest your eyes from the screen and we'll see you. 915 Thank you, everyone. All right, bye bye.
Speaker 2: Okay. Okay. So all the speakers will get 2 minutes. The first figure is Marilyn Rosman.
Speaker 0: All right. Good evening, Speaker Rothman.
Speaker 1: Hello? Yes, hello. I just wanted to say that I am outraged about the.
Speaker 4: Calculated targeting of the.
Speaker 1: Wellness project.
Speaker 4: I understand that there.
Speaker 1: Is going to be.
Speaker 4: Brought up a.
Speaker 1: Very small negative report about the Zoom meeting.
Speaker 4: That that.
Speaker 1: Was was used for this. Not only is this morally wrong, but it's going to cost the.
Speaker 0: City.
Speaker 1: Another $5,000 plus for this inane.
Adoption of Resolution Appointing Robert Ferguson, Jennifer Hoffecker and Peter Platzgummer as Members of the Public Art Commission.