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Meeting Minutes - Final  
Cultural Council  
Tuesday, September 16, 2025  
6:00 PM  
Commerce City Civic Center - Room 3108, 7887 E. 60th Ave.,  
Commerce City, CO 80022  
Call To Order/Roll Call  
1.  
A regular meeting of the Cultural Council was called to order by Chair Martin on  
September 16, 2025, at 6:18 PM.  
6 -  
Present  
Council Member Kristi Douglas, Board Member Nick Gonzalez, Board  
Member Jennifer Martin, Board Member Jade Humphries-Graves, Board  
Member Jackie Riggs-Gonzalez, and Augusta Jonhart  
4 -  
3 -  
Excused  
Absent  
Board Member Kelly Reyos, Board Member Ronna Sanchez, Board  
Member Emily Perez, and Deana Hall  
Mayor Pro Tem Susan Noble, Board Member Omar Lozano, and Board  
Member Tyler Vitello  
Community Time  
2.  
3.  
Guest Andrew La Crue, Athletic Director at Adams City High School, asked Cultural  
Council to sponsor their homecoming event with $3,750 for stage and sound needs.  
Approval of Minutes  
Min 25-192 August Meeting Minutes  
Board Member Riggs-Gonzalez made a motion to approve the minutes of the  
August meeting, with correction to Nick Gonzalez's title. Board Member  
Gonzalez seconded the motion.  
6 -  
Ayes:  
Council Member Douglas, Board Member Gonzalez, Board Member Martin,  
Board Member Humphries-Graves, Board Member Riggs-Gonzalez and  
Jonhart  
4 -  
Excused:  
Board Member Reyos, Board Member Sanchez, Board Member Perez and  
Hall  
Grants & Finance Monthly Update  
4.  
Current balance is $6,034.67.  
The Hispanic Heritage event will cost $4,563. The funds for the wood carver will be  
$600. Remainder meeting food for 2025 will be approximately $400. This leaves  
$471.67 for upcoming celebrations for public art installs.  
This conversation led to the group deciding that they did not have funds to contribute  
towards Adams City homecoming this year, but would like to consider sponsoring in  
future years.  
Grant opportunities and fundraising efforts will be discussed at the retreat in more  
depth.  
Subcommittee Reports  
5.  
a. Public Art  
i. Install Updates & Celebrations  
Staff shared update on projects.  
ii. Master Plan Updates  
Project timeline was shared with the board.  
Min 25-193  
Public Art Subcommittee Minutes - 9.8.25  
b. Community Engagement & Partnerships  
i. Hispanic Heritage Final Details  
The board signed up for time slots at the Hispanic Heritage event.  
The board discussed placement for their booth, and ultimately decided to have it over  
by the family fun area with the bounce house and face painter. The group also decided  
to pursue sponsoring the face painter and bounce house with remaining Hispanic  
Heritage grant funds to sponsor entire family area.  
Other Business  
6.  
The board decided to add the request of funds for Music in the Park to an upcoming  
agenda for City Council.  
a. Retreat - October 25  
The board discussed possible locations for the retreat. Staff will research the different  
options and let Cultural Council know where that meeting will take place.  
The regular meeting originally scheduled for October 21 is canceled, as a reminder.  
Adjourn  
7.  
Meeting was adjourned at 7:31pm.  
**Subcommittee Meetings will take place immediately following the meeting.**  
Meetings did not take place due to lack of members in each subcommittee present.