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Nice work, mr. Williams. Its still 1,000. Thank you, doctor. You should hire mr. Williams as council next time. The next card i have is mr. Watson. Good afternoon. My name is watson, executive director of public glass. I got one of the grants, my organization got one of the grants in question. I just want to come and say that we from the bayview found out about it we had somebody from all organizations, i met people at the library and we sent a representative to the process. We are a very, we are a small organization, but we do a lot of work. There are about three or four of us on staff that h...

Something about bridges. Has to know something about the safety of that bridge and the components that make it safe for the public. In this instance we have people who are nonartist. Whether they are from bayview or not, this is in subsequently. This fundamental importance is they have to have knowledge and background in the area of the selection. That has been the custom and practice for selection since time in memorial. In this instance, they werent singers and performers and they were paid 1,000 to make a selection that most people would do for free. 1,000. And let me make one final point. ...

Good afternoon commissioners, my name is larry ware. Im the founder of the Poetry Program i started 35 years ago at the Bayview Library and started the African American History Program 40 years ago. I was the last unsung hero at the program and honored laureate for my work and i was honored for the city and the mayor elected someone else. Now you know who i am. I have known this gentleman for the last 50 years. I have the video of his mother and ed rub ins who was nominated for the pulitzer prize. And i have known her. Anyway, i think this gentleman deserves considerations for one of these gra...

200 a day which they receive for their time. There is a policy that artist should be paid. I believe commissioners should be paid too. [ laughter ] we need a raise. Just to clarify, we have 5 panelist who if they so choose can accept 200. It was correct that it was 1,000 for all the panel. Nice work, mr. Williams. Its still 1,000. Thank you, doctor. You should hire mr. Williams as council next time. The next card i have is mr. Watson. Good afternoon. My name is watson, executive director of public glass. I got one of the grants, my organization got one of the grants in question. I just want to...

I dont know. Do we have any idea . 2 percent. It will be a chunk . Yeah. In some ways this is a really good time to get the process issued rolled out and solved so when the substantial funding comes forward that process is something we all understand and agree to. Yes, again, i just want to emphasize that the two 2 percent we have to give to the arts. And we are leveraging that and having that spent be spent into community. Commissioner . It sounds like the process was a good process. It was an open process and some variety of applicants that came forward and its an open process. Anyone can ap...