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What is the proposed redesign for the Arts and Cultural District banners?
Anyway, um uh welcome everyone. Um we're here tonight at uh Idle Eve. They are doing work on the um dais and the um in the room, the chamber. So we're down here tonight. I wanna before we say or do anything else, I wanna commend staff for what an amazing job you've done. This is this is uh This is pretty impressive. So thank you very much for all your hard work to get us down here. Our first uh presentation for tonight is two thousand twenty five Arts and Cultural District Banner Design.
Good evening, Council, Madam Mayor, I'm Leah Cozen, Assistant Public Information Officer and Staff Liaison to the Commission on Public Art, here to talk to you tonight about the banners located within the Arts and Cultural District. As you can see here on the map, that district is identified in the light yellow color. In 2021, the Commission on Public Art had requested that banners be installed within the district to help identify it. The blue dots identify poles that were approved that are owned by Dominion. The green dots were approved town poles, and the orange dots were approved for future installations. Yeah. The banners that were installed included this logo that you see here, created by Stilson Green.
It was presented to the council in February of 2020. And as you can see, this is what it looked like when they were first put in place, and this is what they look like today. So they went from a bright yellowish-orange to a pale white, where the logo is also starting to fade. So they're definitely in need of replacement. In front of you uh are at least three of the that should say twelve or I'm sorry, it should say fourteen, but it says twelve, but there are fourteen approved images by the Commission on Public Art. They decided that they were gonna issue a call to artists last February or last month. Um asking for new artwork that would help depict different areas of the town, be a little bit more relevant than the logo.
We received 52 submissions, and again, COPA selected 14. They will replace the 24 by 12 portrait-oriented banners that are currently in place. So the motion before you is to either uh approve the 14 new designs that you have inside of your packets. Of course, you can always deny the resolution. solution or offer an alternate motion. I'm available to answer any questions you may have, as well as the uh Copa chair Jeanette Ward.
Uh thank you. Um the uh could you go back to the map? Yes. You said the blue were
The blue dot signifies the approved poles that are owned by Dominion Power.
Dominion and then Correct. What are the green?
And then the green and the orange are town owned poles. Um the three were identified after the banners had been installed as additional locations.
Okay, and then the purple is
The purple is private property.
Oh private property.
Yes. And then the red, those were not approved. They're owned by Dominion.
Okay. Um the private property people didn't want to participate?
I don't quite remember how that works. I think we would have to go through another process of asking for that permission.
Um The uh Leah came and showed me the all the fourteen pieces of artwork and I think this is a really great idea. It's very nice and it'll be a great addition to the town. Does anybody else have any questions on this? Yes, sir.
Uh I wonder if we can uh just move this to the consent agenda tomorrow evening.
Are there four people that would be okay with this being moved to the consent agenda? Okay. All right.
All right. Thank you everyone.
Okay, our next item is our proposed budget for fiscal year twenty twenty-six budget work session and initial markup.
You know, we can't see everybody very well, so it's funny when you stand up, it's like, Oh, there they are.
Mayor Burke, Council, uh appreciate the opportunity to speak to you tonight, give you an update on the budget, kind of where we're at, talk about next steps and uh kind of go into initial initially. High level overview of the town. I think a lot of us. know this already, but we thought it was important just to kind of reset, let you know, remind you of a few things.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What is the proposed redesign for the Arts and Cultural District banners?
0:03–14:15
2
How are the different pole ownerships identified on the Arts District map?
14:15–27:07
3
How does Leesburg maintain its AAA credit rating and strong financial position?
27:07–38:55
4
What assumptions are built into the long‑term sustainability plan for future budgets?
38:55–50:24
5
How is the Parks and Recreation department addressing budget shortfalls and staffing needs?
50:24–1:00:58
6
Why is the town considering a cybersecurity officer and what challenges does it face?
1:00:58–1:11:29
7
What are the arguments for and against reducing the town’s police lieutenant positions?
1:11:29–1:23:00
8
How does the council set and manage its agenda and item additions?
1:23:00–1:33:54
Speakers
6 identified
Kelly Burk 10 min
Zach Cummings 9 min
Todd Cimino-Johnson 3 min
Nicholas Krukowski 3 min
Kari Nacy 2 min
Neil Steinberg
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