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their collaborative groups would ensure a level playing field and transparency at the time of bid entry. Please review 412 Miguel Ochoa. After further research, this appears to be the new Arts and Culture Commissioner who was appointed and sworn in recently on February 18th, 2025, representing Ward 5. Why didn't this entry withdraw knowing he was pursuing a position on the committee? Lastly, I would like to again call attention to the agenda of the last Arts & Culture Meeting dated February 20, 2025. There seems to be some visual issues, and I was not able to confirm if a city attorney representative was present. I am disturbed by the fact that City Manager Nunez who was present, allowed for this process to prevail knowing that Peterson and Lujan have a proven history of dominating community development projects. It appears Peterson is given preferential treatment when it comes to large scale murals in our city. What opportunities are resident artists left with? What does this say to emerging artists who want to thrive and compete against the same winners? What does this say to the constituents who see the same style of art everywhere to the point it begins to look commercialized? Muralists Peterson and Lujan will always have the advantage when competing for future proposals because the city contracts with them frequently more so than any art team thus building their portfolio so that anyone else who competes would be unmatched due to the lack of opportunity to showcase their work at a municipal level. In conclusion, as one can see this process can be highly criticized by the public as it appears to potentially allow biasness due to others wards unrepresented on the committee, preferential treatment due to lack of governance and denies equal protections due to an obscure vetting and quantitative scoring system for each of the three listed criteria not being disclosed beforehand. As a constituent, one must question if this type of favoritism or neglect were to exist in the Arts & Culture Committee, what other commissions in our city have similar questionable practices? Please reconsider your committee's choice and process as the city is not obligated to commit to the selections as stated on the city's website. Thank you.