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UH,[CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
UH, IT'S MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH AT 5:37 PM.
MEETING VIRTUALLY FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION, UH, NOVEMBER MEETING.
UH, I'M GOING TO TAKE A QUICK ROLL CALL JUST TO CONFIRM THAT YOU'RE HERE.
I SEE COMMISSIONER BARNES, COMMISSIONER FLORES, COMMISSIONER CISMEN VICE CHAIR, POLGAR COMMISSIONER KEATON AND MYSELF MAKE SIX.
UH, WE ON MOVING ON THE AGENDA.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION TONIGHT.
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WITH THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.UH, THERE WAS A TECHNICAL ISSUE, SO WE DON'T HAVE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING.
UH, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE RESOLVED BY NEXT MONTH AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, APPROVE MINUTES FROM BOTH BOTH MONTH'S MEETINGS.
UH, SO THIS BRINGS US TO CHAIR'S REPORT.
[2. CHAIR’S REPORT]
UH, DID HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SAY TONIGHT, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE MADE SOME TIME FOR IT.UH, WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED AS CHAIR, UH, SOMEONE HAD ASKED ME WHAT MY GOALS OR VISIONS WERE FOR THE COMMISSION, UH, AND I TOLD THEM THAT I JUST WANTED TO HELP PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH, WITH WHAT THEY SAY THEY NEEDED.
UM, AND NOW, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS LATER, I STILL WANT THAT.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANT THE COMMISSION WITH, OR WITHOUT ME, UM, TO CONTINUE THE WORK AND FULFILLING THE GOALS, UH, AS REPRESENTED BY OUR FOUR PILLARS.
AND AS A REMINDER, THEY ARE CULTIVATE LEADERSHIP, DEVELOP CURRENT AND EMERGING LEADERS ENSURE AND ENCOURAGE EQUITY REFLECT THE GROWING DIVERSE POPULATION OF AUSTIN FOSTER COLLABORATION CONTRIBUTE TO AUSTIN'S ROBUST ARTS ECOSYSTEM AND INSPIRE EVOLUTION, ACHIEVE ADVANCEMENT THROUGH INNOVATION AND RESILIENCY.
UM, SO IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, I DO A LOT OF THINKING, UM, AND I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I SAID AT THE LAST MEETING I SAID REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S AN IMPORTANT THOUGHT AND THAT'S THAT YOU AS AN ARTS COMMISSIONER ARE AN ARTS LEADER AND I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN ARTS LEADER AND WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE TO OTHERS.
UM, SO AS YOU MAY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG THE RECENT COUNCIL ELECTIONS, UM, THEY'RE STILL NOT CLEAR WHAT EFFECTS THEY WILL HAVE ON THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ARTS COMMISSION COUNCIL MEMBER.
PAUL DID SUCCEED IN, IN HER, UH, ELECTION BID.
AND SO SHE IS REMAINING IN HER COUNCIL SEAT.
UM SHE'S AND SHE STILL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE A COMMISSIONER.
UM, BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALTAR AND FLANAGAN ARE IN RUNOFF ELECTIONS.
UH, WE EXPECT TO KNOW, UH, THE OUTCOME IN, IN JANUARY, A MAYOR PRO TEM GARZA DID NOT RUN FOR REELECTION, UH, AS SHE RAN FOR TRAVIS COUNTY ATTORNEY, UM, THAT IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT APPOINTED OR NOMINATED ME.
UM, SO I WILL BE CONTACTING COUNCIL MEMBER, ELECTRON QANTAS, BUT OF COURSE SHE MAY OPT TO NOMINATE SOMEONE ELSE IN MY PLACE BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL, UM, ALL DISSOLVED TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD KNOW WHERE WE STAND BY OUR MARCH MEETING.
UM, BUT LOOKING AHEAD, I DID WANT TO ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU TO CONSIDER MAKING A BID AS THE CHAIR OR THE VICE CHAIR AS ARTS LEADERS, YOU ARE CAPABLE OF ACTING AS OFFICERS OF THIS COMMISSION.
AND I HAVE FULL FAITH IN EACH OF YOU.
UM, DURING THE CONVERSATIONS OF THE CREATIVE SPACE SPAWN WORKING GROUP, SOMEONE ELSE HAD MENTIONED THAT, UM, HAD TO HAVE AN INNOVATIVE AND I'M PARAPHRASING HERE, BUT TO HAVE AN INNOVATIVE SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY MEANT THAT WE HAD TO HAVE, WE HAD TO CONSIDER ACCESS TO, TO YOUNGER ARTISTS THAT ARE IN THEIR TEENS AND PRETEENS.
UM, WE COULDN'T JUST BE THINKING ABOUT EMERGING ARTISTS WHO, WHO HAVE SOME TRAINING IN WHATEVER DISCIPLINE THEY HAVE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THOSE NASCENT AND DEVELOPING ARTISTS, UM, TO GIVE THEM THAT ENTRYWAY IN, INTO, INTO WHATEVER FIELD THEY MAY BE INTERESTED IN.
UM, SO I'VE SERIOUSLY REFLECTED ON THIS AND, AND I'VE COME TO, TO AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT WE REALLY DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT NOT THE, JUST THE YOUNG ARTISTS, BUT THE ARTISTS FOR BEING, UM, AND I THINK NOT JUST FOR THE BOND AND NOT JUST FOR HAVING SPACE, BUT I THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE, AS OUR COMMISSIONERS TO DO, YOU KNOW, WE SUPPORT THEM, WE ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES THAT AFFECT THE FUTURE.
I MEAN, W WHEN WE REVIEW GUIDELINES, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEXT YEARS OR THE NEXT CYCLES AND, AND THOSE FUNDS DON'T GET RELEASED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
AND THOSE ARTWORKS DON'T CREATE, GET CREATED UNTIL THEN.
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SO WE'RE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE ALREADY.UM, SO IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT WE SHOULD, UH, NOT REALLY SEE OURSELVES AND OUR IMMEDIATE PEERS BENEFITING FROM THE WORK THAT WE DO AS ART LEADERS, OUR DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS SHOULD SINCERELY HOLD THAT FUTURE ARTIST IN MIND AS THE BENEFICIARIES OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, SO FOR A HEALTHIER, EQUITABLE, AND MORE RESILIENT ART ECOSYSTEM, WE REALLY SHOULD BE IMAGINING A DIFFERENT TOMORROW FROM WHAT TODAY IS, AND FROM WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
MY FINAL THOUGHT ON ARTS LEADERS FOR TONIGHT, UM, IS THAT, THAT I HOPE THAT WE ARE ENCOURAGED AND EMPOWERED TO SHIFT FROM A MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE AND SIT MORE COMFORTABLY WITH, AND IN A LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE, UM, IN MY DAY JOB, I DO PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
SO I'VE COME ACROSS ARTICLES THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, MANAGERS ARE, THE BUSINESS LEADERS ARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE MANAGERS OVERSEE WHILE LEADERS GUIDE MANAGERS CONTROL PEOPLE AND OUTCOMES WHILE LEADERS MOTIVATE AND INSPIRE.
UM, AND I THINK OUR LIMITED TIME TOGETHER AT OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS REALLY RESTRICT OUR ABILITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO PROPERLY MANAGE THE WORK THAT THAT'S BEING DONE BY CAD STAFF OR BY ANYONE ELSE.
UM, AND AS A REMINDER, WE ARE ADVISORS, SO LET'S NOT FIGHT THAT AND LET'S LEAN INTO THE LEADERSHIP ROLE.
UM, AND AGAIN, THOSE FOUR PILLARS, CULTIVATE LEADERSHIP ENSURE AND ENCOURAGE EQUITY, FOSTER COLLABORATION INSPIRE EVOLUTION.
UM, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T QUITE DEFINE IT IN THE AGENDA, BUT IS THERE AN MPP LIAISON REPORT? UM, SO I, I TOOK BACK SORT OF SOME OF THE, UM, COMMENTS MADE, UM, AT OUR LAST MEETING.
AND I THINK WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH THE GUIDELINES IN ORDER TO GET THEM FINISHED AND APPROVED.
AND I JUST THINK OVERALL TO WHAT YOU WERE JUST, UM, JUST SAYING, I MEAN, I THINK AGAIN, IN THEIR LEADERSHIP ROLES, THERE CERTAINLY IS THE DESIRE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FORWARD WITH AIPP AND THE ARTS COMMISSION, SO THAT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE, UM, IT'S, IT'S TWO SILOS OPERATING SORT OF ON THE SAME, UM, LAND, BUT REALLY AN INTEGRATED ENTITY TO BETTER THE, UM, ARTISTIC LANDSCAPE FOR EVERYONE.
SO I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GOT TO KEEP IN MIND AND CONTINUALLY WORK ON, ON HOW ARE WE, UM, HOW ARE WE VIEWING THEIR WORK? HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO BUILD TRUST AND HOW ARE THEY CONTINUING TO BUILD TRUST AND, UM, EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
UM, AND, UM, THE, WE HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION ON DX SESSION AND, UM, JUST A LOT GOING ON.
UM, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UH, AAV STAFF, IF WE COULD MOVE OVER BEARS, REBECCA, AND AS A PANELIST, ALL RIGHT.
DAVY, TICK, UH, BEARS ARE BACK AND FANTA IS ON THE LINE.
I CANNOT MAKE HER A PANELISTS, BUT SHE SHOULD BE UN-MUTED AND, AND BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU AT THIS POINT, IF BEARS REBECCA FANTASIA, IF YOU CAN HEAR US, I CAN HEAR YOU.
[3a. Austin Economic Development Corporation (AECD) and $12 million Creative Bond updates – David Colligan, AECD Acting Chief Operating Officer]
WE'RE MOVING ON TO STAFF BRIEFINGS.UM, FIRST UP IS AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE 12 MILLION CREATIVE BOND UPDATES WITH DAVID COLLAGEN.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE MUTED.
IF YOU'RE SPEAKING, DAVID, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WE CAN, YES.
UH, THANK YOU, BOARD AND CHAIR FOR, FOR MAKING A TIME FOR US TO PRESENT THIS EVENING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'LL KNOW, THE WHOLE GRAB IS ALSO ON THE LINE OR IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT WE MAY NEED
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TO BRING HER OVER AS SHE WOULD REPRESENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR ANY UPDATES THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE, THE $12 MILLION BOND.MY PRESENTATION IS TO TYPICALLY TAKE YOU THROUGH, TO BE THE UPDATE THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CREATION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UM, WHICH WAS RECENTLY APPROVED FOR THE CREATION BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR AN EMAIL FORMATTING ISSUES.
YOU CAN CERTAINLY SEND YOU ALL A COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE THAT MAY BE MISSING AND JUST THE FORMATTING OF THE SLIDE.
UH, BUT WITH THAT, UH, THIS, THIS SLIDE IS JUST AN IMAGE TO SHOW YOU ABOUT THE CREATION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND EXTENDS BACK FOR MANY YEARS.
FOR ME, UH, AT FIRST IN 2014, WE WERE ASKED TO BRING FORWARD A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF AVOID AN ENTITY WOULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE, AND OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL COUNCIL ACTIONS TAKEN, UH, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AS TO WHAT IT IS COUNCIL IMAGINED AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENTITY AND WHAT IT IS.
THEY WERE LOOKING TO SUPPORT SUCH A LINE OF WORK, BUT HAVING THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF BODY BUILT UP, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, BUT BY THE CITY BOARD SERVICES.
AND SO WHAT WE ESSENTIALLY RECOMMENDED AND CREATED ON OCTOBER 1ST WAS A PUBLIC REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER.
SO COUNSELEE INITIALLY REQUESTED, UM, HE USABILITY STUDY AROUND THE CREATION OF MORE OF A HOLISTIC AND COLLABORATIVE ENTITY.
AND THAT WAS NOTABLY, UH, FOUND WHENEVER WE STARTED SPEAKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS AFTER GIVEN MORE FORMAL ACTIONS, IT'S MOVED FORWARD WITH BRINGING RECOMMENDATIONS TO OWN COUNCIL, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO LACE TOGETHER DIFFERENT OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FOR SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS OR SOME OF THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS DOING SUCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY.
SO COUNCIL WAS LOOKING FOR AN ENTITY THAT WOULD BE SERVING AS THEIR PARTNER, UH, AN ENTITY THAT COULD WORK NIMBLY QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY WITHIN THE CITY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE MORE OF THOSE COLLABORATIVE OUTCOMES FOR HIGHER DEGREES OF SOCIAL IMPACT, BUT ALSO INCLUSION WITH WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY SEE OCCURRING.
NOW, THIS ISN'T A NEW CONCEPT BY ANY STRETCH.
WE LOOK AT 17 DIFFERENT HERE IN ASPIRATIONAL CITIES AND FOUND DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARTNERS THAT EXIST DOING THIS TYPE OF WORK TO SUPPORT CITIES OR REGIONS ACROSS AMERICA.
WELL, WE ENDED UP CREATING THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS A FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS, AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BOTH NOW AND IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO CREATE NEW ENTITIES THAT ARE UNDERNEATH OR SUPPORTED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
AND SO WE LOOK AT HOW IT IS OR WHAT YOU SEE IN SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS REQUESTED BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL WAS AN INVENTORY OF THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT ALREADY EXISTED WITHIN THE CITY.
AND OUR INVENTORY SHOWED THAT A NUMBER OF LOCAL OPERATIONS OR ENTITIES EXISTED THAT HAD A SINGLE PURPOSE OR A SPECIAL PROJECT IN MIND.
SO WHEN COUNCIL ASKED FOR US TO CREATE SOMETHING MORE HOLISTIC AND COLLABORATIVE, WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO CREATE MORE OF AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION UNDER WHICH WE COULD POTENTIALLY PARK CERTAIN ENTITIES THAT ALREADY EXIST MIGHT BE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHICH HAS MORE BONDING AUTHORITY AND CAPABILITY, UM, AS, AS JUST ONE FACET OR TOOL OF THIS ENTITY.
SO WHEN WE SAY IT'S A FAMILY OF ENTITIES WHERE YOU CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE THAT ALREADY EXIST, THAT ARE NOW UNDERNEATH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OR FUTURE ENTITIES, LIKE THE CULTURAL TRUST BETWEEN TALK ABOUT, UH, WITH THIS LAND AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE GROUP TO FURTHER DEFINE THAT SCOPE.
SO THIS JUST HELPS TO DRAW OUT MORE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OR THE RELATIONSHIP THAT THIS ENTITY WILL HAVE AS THAT UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION BEING A FIVE OH ONE C3 BEING A BOARD APPOINTED ENTITY THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY STRUCTURE ITSELF.
IT'S STILL HAVING SOME INTERACTION WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THAT CONDUIT THAT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, HAVING VERY SPECIFIC OR OUR UNIQUE PRIVILEGES AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE A PART OF, OR I'M DOING THE, THE AUTHORITY OF THIS ENTITY AND THEN THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT STILL BEING AN INCREDIBLY STRONG PARTNER, ACTUALLY CONTINUING TO BE, BE THE KIND OF READ BETWEEN THE CITY, UH, AND PARTICULAR PROJECTS THAT ARE BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE ENTITY OR VICE VERSA, UH, BUT CONTINUING TO, TO HAVE MANAGEMENT OR OVERSIGHT OF THE RELATIONSHIP
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AS IT EXISTS BETWEEN THE CITY, UH, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHICH WILL BE STATED IN A FUTURE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT OR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THAT'S FINE, THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE PROPOSE AMERICAN COUNCIL RELATIVELY LEAN FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS.BUT WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THERE STILL A DEGREE OF COUNCIL OVERSIGHT, DOES THAT NEED TO EARLIER WE WILL BE FORMULATING AN AGREEMENT.
UM, AND, AND THAT AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT THE, THE CVO AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD WILL BE REPORTING BACK TO AND COUNCIL ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
UH, THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THAT IS TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE VALUE SETS OF THE CITY AND TO UPDATE ANY OF THE VALUES THAT WE NEED TO BE ENCOURAGING THE WORK BEING DONE WITHIN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
AND TO ALSO LOOK A LITTLE MORE DEEPLY AT THE FORTHCOMING PROGRAM OF WORK, UH, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAMS OR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THEM FOR COMING HERE, ALIGN WITH NON COUNCIL'S OBJECTIVES FROM ONE PIECE OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY.
SO THE PRESIDENT AND CEO IS CURRENTLY A POSITION BEING PULLED BY VERONICA PERSONNEL IS WEARING A VARIETY OF HATS, BUT THEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
BUT IT IS A PRIORITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PLAY AS THAT PRESIDENT AND CEO IN THE NEAR FUTURE, AT LEAST WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO MOVE ON PROJECTS VERY QUICKLY, BECAUSE THIS ENTITY WILL BE SELF-SUSTAINING OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.
AND ONCE YOU SEE JUST UNDER THAT PRESIDENT AND THE CEO ARE A NUMBER OF EXPERTS AND EXPERTISE THAT COME FORWARD, THAT, UM, IF THEY AREN'T ALREADY WITH THEM, THE COMMUNITY, THEY CERTAINLY AREN'T WORKING IN THIS CAPACITY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OR OTHER AGENCIES AROUND THE COMMUNITY WHO COULD POTENTIALLY LEVERAGE THIS TYPE OF, UH, EXPERTISE OR SKILLSETS BEING WITHIN ONE CENTRALIZED LOCATION, UH, OF PRIORITY.
THERE WOULD BE OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER POSITION AND SEE, UH, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THAT POSITION IN LINE WITH, UH, THE, THE STAFF SUPPORTING, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE WORKING TO ONBOARD AND WORKING ON PROJECTS.
THE BOARD ITSELF IS PRETTY UNIQUELY STRUCTURED, AND I APOLOGIZE WE'RE MISSING PLACE 20, WHICH IS THE CTO, UH, OUR EX-OFFICIO POSITION.
UM, BUT WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THAT WE HAVE A BLUE RIBBON BOARD THAT MARION COUNCIL IS ASKING FOR NOMINATED BODIES FROM AROUND THE COMMUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE A NOMINATION TO THE BOARD.
NOW PLACES ONE THROUGH SIX, WHICH ARE IN RED FINES OR THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SEATED.
AND IN OUR INTERIM, EH, VIA THE BYLAWS THAT WERE APPROVED BY AND COUNCIL, YOU CAN SEE HERE PLACE FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING, UM, FILLED BY YOUR CHAIR IN THE FUTURE.
WE WILL HAVE THE, THE ART COMMISSION WHO'S GOING TO BE BRINGING THE FLOOR FORWARD, THEIR NOMINATION.
NOW WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR, UM, NOMINATIONS, AS YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING FOR A NUMBER OF, UM, LENS FOR YOU TO, TO LOOK THROUGH, AS YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE NOMINATIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD ON BEHALF OF THE ARTS COMMISSION.
THE FIRST IS WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WITH CBE, INCREDIBLY UNDERSTANDING A STRONG AWARENESS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU SERVE, THE AUDIENCE THAT YOU CONNECT WITH IN PARTICULAR, UM, AND THE SERVICES AND DIFFERENT FACETS OF THAT, THAT, THAT AUDIENCE AND THAT COMMUNITY HERE WITHIN AN AUSTIN, BUT FURTHER, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL TO POSSESS SKILL SETS AND WORKING KNOWLEDGE, UM, UH, BEING WITHIN AN EITHER REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE, ANY OF THESE, THESE DIFFERENT, UH, WORKING SPACES THAT YOU SEE LISTED HERE ON THE SLIDE.
SO A NUMBER OF DEGREES OF QUALIFICATIONS AND WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR.
AND I HAVE A SUMMARY OF THAT LATER ON, BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS ARE REFLECTED WITHIN THE BOARD STRUCTURE.
SOME ARE PRETTY WELL-DEFINED BY, BY THIS LANGUAGE.
UH, I, I USUALLY GO WITH THE EXAMPLE OF, UH, THE LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, VICE 12.
THAT'S PRETTY WELL DEFINED BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S ONLY ONE INSTITUTION THAT SERVES THAT ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT SOME OF THESE OTHER PLACES WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH, UM, WHAT INSTITUTION OR WHAT ENTITY WILL BE WITHIN THAT NOMINATING CAPACITY FROM MARIN COUNCIL.
AND WE'LL BE GETTING INFORMATION TO THEM.
JUST A LITTLE FURTHER FOR HER ANOTHER LENS TO, TO BE THINKING THROUGH, AS YOU LOOK AT DEFINITELY NOMINEES, UM, THE, THE THREE PRIMARY
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AREAS THAT YOU'LL SEE THIS ENTITY WORKING THERE, AND ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE NEAR FUTURE, ARE PRETTY STRONGLY DEFINED HERE IF YOUR LEASE ADMINISTRATION TRANSACTION SUPPORT AND PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT.SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE THREE KEY ACTIVITIES AND HOW WE CURRENTLY SEE THEM, BUT I'LL ALSO SAY THAT THE PROGRAM OF WORK WILL BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY WITH MAN COUNCIL.
YOU WILL TYPICALLY DEFINE, THESE ARE FINE, BUT THESE ARE THE THREE KEY, UH, ACTIVITIES, BUT THERE MAY BE OTHERS WITHIN THE FUTURE, JUST DEPENDING ON THE SPILL, BUT ALSO THE, THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE INSTITUTE.
NICE MORNING, WE WENT THROUGH A LIST OF PROPOSED PROJECTS WITH MARIN COUNCIL, UM, AND, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO THEN SOME OF THE WORK OF THE ENTITY, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE LIMITED NUMBER OF RESOURCES OF THE TIME THAT WERE AVAILABLE FOR GOING INTO THIS ENTITY, UH, AND, AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO GENERATE WORK.
WELL, THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WAS PRETTY OUTDATED, UH, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT WAS COLLECTED AROUND LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, AND I'M SURE WE CAN ALL THINK OF A NUMBER OF OTHER DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT COULD EXIST, UH, WHAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FROM ERIN COUNCIL OR A, NOT A FEW SMALL NUMBER OF THESE PROJECTS AND HOW IT IS THEY INTERACT WITH THE ENTITY, BUT ALSO INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
SO SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT BEING OUR PRIMARY EXAMPLE OR THE CATALYTIC PROJECT THAT COULD SUPPORT THE ENTITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO COME.
WE SEE THIS AS A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY, UH, AND SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS NOT NECESSARILY WORKED WITH IN THE PAST, BECAUSE IT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS, A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS, AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NEEDS FOR THE STUDENT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT.
AND ALSO, SO THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF RESOURCES OR ASSETS THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY HOLDS WITHIN THAT DEVELOPMENT.
AND BY HAVING THIS PARTNER IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE CITY, UH, WE CAN REALIZE MORE OF THE VALUES THAT WE CAN ULTIMATE ENHANCE AND BRING FORWARD FOR THE CITY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, TO CONNECT WITH AND A PART OF THAT, UM, TRANSFERABLE, UM, RESOURCE OR ASSET, OH, WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW MAYOR AND COUNCIL HOW IT IS HOUSTON TILLOTSON, POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT, UM, BEING ABLE TO BUILD OUT A MASTER PLAN FOR, FOR THEIR CAMPUS BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES LIKE COULD EXIST.
UM, BUT THE UNIVERSITY NEEDING OUR BENCHES FUEL SETS AND EXPERTISE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW YOU THROUGH THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF THE ENTITY.
UM, WE SEE THIS AS MORE, ALL SUBSIDIZATION OF PROJECTS WHERE WE CAN TAKE RESOURCES FROM THE ENTITY TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP ADDITIONAL PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
CERTAINLY THE CULTURAL CROSS IS A NUN.
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE CROSS SUBSIDIZED SPACES WHERE WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THE ABILITY TO LEVERAGE FUNDS, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A CULTURAL TRUST BUILT BUILT-OUT THAT IS FINALLY FOCUSED ON THE AFFORDABILITY IMPACTS THAT OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY WAS EXPERIENCING WHILE BEFORE COVID.
AND CERTAINLY NOW, AND COVID, UM, ENVIRONMENT.
SO YOU ARE OR AWARE OF THE CULTURAL TRUST.
SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS HAD A, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE PRIORITY POINTS FOR MARIN COUNCIL AND ONE THAT WE'RE TAKING UP IMMEDIATELY IN THE CREATION OF THE MTT FURTHER, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION AROUND EARLY CHILDHOOD AND DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS THE NEED FOR THAT ADDITIONAL CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ADDRESSED, ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF THE CITY THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE ANY OF THAT AVAILABLE.
SO WITH ALL OF THAT IN MIND, AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE FORMATTING PROBLEMS HERE.
THIS IS A TIMELINE FOR HOW IT IS WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE'VE BEEN CONDUCTING THESE TYPES OF MEETINGS WITH DIFFERENT NOMINATING BODIES TO TAKE THEM THROUGH WHAT IT IS THAT WAS CREATED BY A MAYOR AND COUNCIL WITH THEIR APPROVAL ON OCTOBER 1ST.
UM, AND WE'RE JUST CONNECTING WITH POTENTIAL NOMINATING BODIES, UH, TO SEE IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN BEING A NOMINATING BODY OR MARIN COUNCIL'S APPROVAL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AND WITH THAT APPROVAL, WHICH WE ARE LOOKING TO GET ON DECEMBER IT'S DECEMBER 3RD, REQUEST FOR COUNCIL OPEN HALL.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO STEP BACK AND SUPPORT MORE OF THESE NOMINATING BODIES THROUGH THEIR PROCESS TO LAND ON A NOMINATION.
UM, BY THE END OF JANUARY OF THIS NEXT YEAR, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PACKAGE ALL OF THE INFORMATION FOR NOMINATIONS TO BRING BACK TO MARIN COUNCIL FOR GOOGLE ON FEBRUARY 18TH.
SO WE WOULD HAVE OUR FIRST BOARD, UM, IF NOT BEFORE, AND SOMETIME IN MARCH OF 2021, WHERE IT IS, UM,
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PROJECTED THAT ONE OF THE FIRST ACTIVITIES THAT WE WILL TAKE UP AS A HIRING OF A CVO.SO WE'LL JUST START THAT PROCESS PRETTY QUICKLY, UH, AS WE START ONBOARDING THOSE BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL.
SO THE REQUEST HERE TODAY, NEXT SLIDE WAS TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMISSION AROUND A PROCESS FOR NOMINATING OR BRINGING FORWARD YOUR NOMINATION.
AND I JUST WANTED TO DRAW UP MORE OF THE INFORMATION AS TO THE DIFFERENT LENS THAT WE SPOKE OF EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION FOR HER BRINGING FORWARD A NOMINATION, OR AT LEAST FOR YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS AND POTENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
NOW, WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT THE, THE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS, UM, ARE ALL ALIGNED FOR A ONE YEAR PROCESS.
SO BECAUSE WE HAD TO STAGGER THE TERMS OF DIFFERENT BOARD SEATS, UH, YOU ALL ARE DUE FOR A RENEWAL AFTER THE FIRST YEAR.
SO THE PERSON THAT YOU BRING FORWARD AS A NOMINATION AND WILL SERVE FOR ONE YEAR IN THE WORLD, BEGAN WORKING WITH YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD A NEW NOMINEE OR TO NOMINATE THE INDIVIDUAL YOU SELECTED PREVIOUSLY.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL TO HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING AND THE KNOWLEDGE BASE WE SPOKE OF EARLIER.
AND PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, WE ARE HOPING THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL IS UNDERSTANDING, AND THAT WILL BE ON A WORKING BOARD INSTEAD OF ONE THAT IS MORE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED OR POLITICALLY AGILE, UH, TO WORK IN THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF FASHION.
WE WOULD IMAGINE THIS PERSON WOULD BE ATTENDING ONE BOARD MEETING AT A MINIMUM PER MONTH.
AND OF COURSE YOUR NOMINATION WILL PROBABLY BE HEAVILY ENGAGED WITHIN THE CULTURAL TRUST.
SO WE CAN IMAGINE THAT PERSON WORKING EXTRA HOURS, IF THEY NEED TO MIND, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE CULTURAL CLASS AND THE DEVELOPMENT IT'S SUCH, THERE WILL ALSO BE ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE.
REASON OF COURSE, IS ANY BOARD WHO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
SO IF, IF THAT INDIVIDUAL IS SO INCLINED TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OTHER SPACES, UM, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL HOURS OF WORK WOULD BE, UH, EXPECTED IN THOSE SPACES AS WELL.
SO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, I ASKED IF SOME NOVIA WAS AVAILABLE BECAUSE I BELIEVE SHE HAD, UH, SOME PROCESS THAT SHE WAS WORKING THROUGH WITH THE MUSIC COMMISSION AND ALSO WITH THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.
WE WERE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO STREAMLINE ALL THREE PROCESSES ACROSS THE COMMISSIONS, UM, HOPING TO THEIR DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATION.
I BELIEVE WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH YOU ALL BEFORE THE PROCESS OF THE ARTS, EACH COMMISSIONER BRINGING FORTH ONE OR TWO RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, THE ARTS COMMISSION WOULD FUND A FUND THAT WILL FORM A WORKING GROUP TO EVALUATE THE RESUMES BASED ON A ONE PAGER QUALIFICATION, AS YOU'VE DONE WITH THE AIPP PANEL IN THE PAST, THE WORKING GROUP WOULD THAT, UM, THE NAMES THAT ARE BROUGHT FORTH AND THEN BRING BACK BACK A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AND THEN FORWARDED ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO WE'VE ALREADY WALKED THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE MUSIC COMMISSION AND WHAT LIKED TO HAVE THE SAME PROCESS, CONSISTENT PROCESS WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION AND THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.
UM, BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM UNDER NEW BUSINESS TO, TO FORM THE WORKING GROUP THAT WILL REVIEW THE, UM, APPLICANTS ARE OR SUGGESTED NOMINATED.
UM, BUT THE OTHER ASK THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT IS THAT EACH COMMISSIONER WOULD PUT FORWARD ONE OR TWO NAMES, APPLICANTS, DAVID, YOU MIND MEETING.
SO LISTEN, CAN YOU CONFIRM WHAT I SAID IS, IS THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT, RIGHT? WE'RE FORMING THE WORKING GROUP, AND WE'RE ALSO ASKING EACH COMMISSIONER TO BRING FORTH A COUPLE OF NAMES OR THE WORKING GROUP TO REVIEW.
UM, NOW LET'S OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.
WOULD YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND SPEAK UP? I, I GUESS THAT MEANS I HAVE TO ASK THE FIRST QUESTION.
UM, I GUESS I'M JUST GOING TO,
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I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE NEEDS OF LIKE THEY HAVE TO FULFILL THIS, THIS AND THIS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THESE AREAS BEING LIMITING IN TERMS OF THE SORT OF PEOPLE THAT WE CAN HAVE ON THIS COMMISSION SO THAT IT MIGHT BE, UM, PREVENTING SOME STRONG VOICES WHO ARE ACTUALLY CONNECTED INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT COULD SPEAK TO WHAT IS NEEDED, AS OPPOSED TO HOW TO, HOW TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD A PROPERTY.AND, AND THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT OTHERWISE THE ARTS COMMISSION CAN HAVE WHEN THEY BRING, THEY, I HAVE A ONE PAGE SAID JUST IT QUALIFICATIONS THAT YOU LOOK FOR.
AND THEN, UM, THE WORKING GROUP CAN BRING FORTH THE RESPECTED NAME OR NAMES.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS, THERE WILL BE STAGGERED TERMS. SO THIS FIRST APPOINTMENT WILL BE FOR NEW YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TIME WITHIN THE YEAR TO GO MORE IN DEPTH.
IF YOU WANTED TO ADJUST THE PROCESS, WE'RE GOING TO BE STAGGERED AND DAVID CAN CORRECT THAT STATUS.
THE, THE TERMS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE BYLAWS ARE A THREE-YEAR TERM FOR EACH OF THE SEATS.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF STAGGERING, THE FIRST TERM FOR, FOR SEVERAL THAT THE SEATS JUST HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSTANT ROTATION AND WHAT I'LL ALSO SAY, SORRY, I KEEP GOING FROM UN-MUTED COMMUTED.
UH, WHAT I'LL ALSO SAY JUST TO, TO SUPPORT STILL NOVIAS, UH, EXPLANATION IS THAT THIS, THIS COMMISSION HAVE OTHER EXPERTS WHO WILL BE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS AS WELL.
AND SO PER STATION, AND THAT SPECIFIC POINT WAS MADE WITH THE MUSIC COMMISSION AS WELL.
UM, THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY COULD IDENTIFY ONE PERSON TO BRIDGE ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT, UH, EXPERTISE WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE SPACE.
AND WE TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BRINGING FORWARD SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN, UM, LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE AND WHAT YOU FEEL IS STRONGLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE NEED FOR SPACE.
UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO, TO LOOK AT THE, THE CULTURAL TRUST AND THE COMMITTEE THAT THERE, UH, FOR POTENTIALLY HAVING THOSE REPRESENTATIVES ENGAGED AS WELL.
COMMISSION BARNS, DON'T FORGET TO UNMUTE.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT OTHER SEATS OR POSITIONS ARE STAGGERED TO ONE YEAR? YEAH, HE CAN GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
I'LL DRAW OUT THAT INFORMATION STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, UM, THE ONE-YEAR TERM AS FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION, THE MUSIC COMMISSION, THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION, AND THEN THE LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE ORGANIZATION THAT WILL BE REPRESENTED TO FOCUS ON HOMELESSNESS.
AND, AND MAYBE CAN YOU, IN HOW THOSE, THESE WATER COLLECTED FOR THE ROTATION AS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, WE WERE HOPEFUL THAT WE COULD WORK WITH THE COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH A STREAMLINED PROCESS, UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ALL HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT YOU YOU WORK THROUGH.
UM, BUT WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH A NOMINATION PROCESS, BUT THEN A NUMBER A COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, WITH THE HOLIDAYS KIND OF THROWN INTO THAT MIX AS WELL.
AND SO WE UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO COME BACK AND BETTER DEFINE THE PROCESS, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOUR INTERIM OR YOUR INITIAL NOMINEE THAT'S WITHIN THE POSITION TO, TO DEFINE THE PROCESS AND REALLY HAVE THAT PERSON HELP YOU ARTICULATE AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OR FOR YOUR NEXT SEED PLACEMENT.
SO WE WERE HOPEFUL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LONGER PROCESSING PLACE, UH, AND, AND WORK WITH YOU ALL OVER THE COURSE OF THE FIRST YEAR TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A STANDING PROCESS FOR THE FUTURE COMMISSIONER FLORES, COUPLE OF THINGS.
UH, FIRST I'LL START WITH THE FIRST AND SENT REGARDING ASSUMING WE HAVE TO FIND JUST A DEAD RINGER, UH, JUST AROUND, UM, AND THEY CAN
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ONLY SERVE ONE YEAR AND THEN HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN, IDENTIFYING ANOTHER PERSON, UH, WOULD THAT PERSON, IF THEY DID A GOOD JOB, UH, WOULD THEY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE THREE-YEAR APPOINTMENT, UH, IN THE FUTURE OR NOT, OR BE DISQUALIFIED BECAUSE THEY ALREADY STARTED THAT ONE YEAR TERM? NO, THEY WOULD STILL BE AVAILABLE, UH, FOR FUTURE TIME.WELL, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW, BUT THEN I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND NECESSARILY WHAT YOU SAID BEFORE THAT I'M WORKING WITH A COMFORTABLE TRUST.
NOT BECAUSE I AGREE WITH WHAT REBECCA SAID ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE CRITERIA THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND, UH, AND ALSO HAVING A GREAT WORKING KNOWLEDGE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ARTS COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, WE, I MEAN, THAT PERSON PROBABLY DOES EXIST, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE OTHER, YOU KNOW, VERY SPECIFIC TYPES OF, UH, WORK EXPERIENCE OR KNOWLEDGE THAT IS, IS BEING LAID OUT.
SO I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEANT ABOUT WORKING WITH THE FOLKS ON THE CULTURAL TRUST.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? YEAH, IF YOU FIND SPECIALTIES ARE MORE LIKE SEGMENTED KNOWLEDGE BASIS WITHIN SOME OF THE APPLICANTS THAT YOU ALL SEE THAT YOU STILL FEEL AS SOMEONE WHO IS STRONG OR REPRESENTING A PARTICULAR NEED, BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE X NUMBER OF YEARS OF MANAGING A SPACE.
SO THEY'VE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES, BUT HELPING TO, UM, TO, TO GET MORE AWARE, RAISE MORE AWARENESS AROUND AFFORDABILITY ISSUES AND HOW THAT IMPACTS THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE FULL BREADTH OR DEPTH OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE WERE ASKING FOR, FOR A BOARD MEMBER, BUT WE CERTAINLY STILL SEE A NEED TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS BRING FORWARD THEIR EXPERTISE AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR THE CULTURAL TRUST.
SO AS YOU GO THROUGH THAT, THE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS FOR POTENTIAL NOMINEES, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALSO LOOK TO, TO SET PEOPLE ASIDE TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY.
OH, I SEE IN THE BETTY PROCESS HAVE A SUBSET THAT MIGHT, WHILE THEY WON'T BE THAT REPRESENTATIVE THEY COULD POSSIBLY SERVE ON THE TRUST.
AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE, THERE'S GOING TO NEED TO BE SOME FORMAL, YOU KNOW, WORK OR APPROVALS DONE BY THE BOARD AS WE GET MORE INTO THE CREATION OF COMMITTEES.
UM, BUT WE WILL BE TURNING BACK TO YOU FOR MORE OF THAT INFORMATION INPUT.
SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, WAIT THING, NO OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON.
I ACTUALLY, WITH DAVID OR SYNOVIA, ONE OF Y'ALL GONNA, UH, ADDRESS THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND MORE DISTINCTLY, OR WAS THAT JUST PART OF THE PRESENTATION? UM, EDD IS STILL WORKING ON A PROCUREMENT PATH FORWARD, AND AS SOON AS I HAVE THAT INFORMATION, WE WILL GET IT DISPERSED.
UM, AND THANK YOU AGAIN, DAVID, FOR THAT UPDATE ON THE A E D C.
SO WE'RE MOVING ON STAFF BRIEFINGS
[3b. Museums and Cultural Programs Division update – Laura Esparza, Division Manager]
B UH, MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS DIVISION UPDATE WITH LAURA SPARSER.AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT TO YOU.
MY NAME IS LAURA ASPIRE AS A DIVISION MANAGER OF MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS, UM, OR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO REACH OUT BRIEFLY, UH, TO, UH, PROVIDE TO YOU AN UPDATE, UH, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT THE LINK, UH, THAT I BELIEVE WAS PROVIDED TO YOU.
UM, AND BECAUSE I WANT TO KEEP IT BRIEF, UH, I'LL JUST FOCUS ON, UH, THREE ACTION ITEMS, UH, THAT I'M BRINGING TO YOU TODAY.
UH, ONE IS AT THE ARTIST ACCESS PROGRAM, UH, WHICH HAS COMPLETED ITS FIRST, UH, FULL YEAR, UM, HAS OPENED UP APPLICATIONS ONCE AGAIN, OR THE 20, 22 CLASS OF ARTISTS ACCESS PROGRAM ARTS GROUPS.
UH, AS YOU RECALL, THERE WERE 17, UM, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM.
UH, LAST FISCAL YEAR, UM, 45% OF THOSE WERE A BIPAP.
UM, AND, UM, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO PIVOT, UM, MANY OF OUR SPACES TO SOUND STAGES SO
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THAT, UM, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS COULD USE OUR STAGES FOR RECORDING ONLINE PROGRAMMING.SO WE CONTINUED, UM, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE ARTISTS, UH, USING, UH, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT PLATFORM.
UM, THEN THE SECOND ITEM THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, UH, WAS THAT THE DARITY ART CENTER IS MOVING FORWARD WITH ITS CAPITAL PLANNING, UH, PROCESSES.
WE'RE NOW IN, UM, UH, WELL INTO OUR BUILDING PROGRAM, UM, PLANNING, AND, UM, THIS INCLUDES A COMMUNITY SURVEY.
I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO, UH, ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COMPLETE, UH, IT'S AVAILABLE, UM, AT THE DARITY ART CENTER'S WEBSITE.
UH, IF YOU LOOK FOR DOWDY ART CENTER REPLACEMENT, UM, THERE IS A LINK ON THE WEBSITE THAT I PROVIDED TO YOU THERE AS WELL.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO GET OUR COMMUNITY SURVEYS CONCLUDED BY DECEMBER THE NINTH.
WE, UM, HAVE COMPLETED A COMMUNITY MEETING TO GATHER INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE, UM, THE BUILDING, WHICH WILL BE CITED, UM, UH, WEST OF THE, UH, ZACK THEATER AND PARDON ME, UH, SO IT'S IN THE BALL FIELD, UM, BEHIND, UM, PART MAINE.
UM, AND, UM, SO WE, WE GATHERED SOME INPUT THERE AND BEN ALSO FROM, UH, FOCUS GROUPS THAT WE ARE HAVING WITH ARTISTS AND, UH, STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, UM, BEFORE MID DECEMBER.
THE THIRD, UM, ASK THAT I HAVE OF YOU TODAY IS, UH, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FINAL COMMUNITY MEETING, UH, FOR THE CARVER FACILITY EXPANSION PLAN.
UH, WE EMBARKED ON THIS PLAN, UH, LAST MARCH.
UH, IT'S BEEN ENTIRELY ONLINE.
UM, WE, UH, RECEIVED, UM, INPUT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS OVER THREE, UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, HA UH, UH, ABOUT 10, UH, FOCUS GROUPS.
UH, THE FINAL MEETING, UH, IS SATURDAY THE SATURDAY ON THE 21ST AT 1:00 PM.
IT IS ONLINE AND YOU CAN FIND INFER INFORMATION ABOUT THAT ON SPEAK UP AUSTIN, UH, TO LOOK AT THE, UH, FINAL DESIGN, UM, FOR AN EXPANSION OF THE CARVER MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER, UH, DRAWN FROM SUGGESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
UH, SO I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO, UH, LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION THAT I PROVIDED, UM, THE WEBSITE, UM, AND I WILL CONCLUDE MY REMARKS.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION SEEING NONE.
THANK YOU, LAURA, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
[3c. Grant for Technology Opportunities Program (GTOPs) Update]
STAFF BRIEFINGS FOR SEED GRANT FOR TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM, UH, WITH JESSE AND JOHN, OR JUST ONE OF Y'ALL.HELLO, THIS IS JESSE RODRIGUEZ WITH TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND REGULATORY FORS.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT TO BE POPPED UP ON THE SCREEN.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LET THE DOG OUT MICHELLE YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
IS THIS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR?
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THAT'S THE ONE, SORRY.I SHOULD KNOW BETTER BY NOW TO NOT SEND GOOGLE SLIDES.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
UH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE GRANT FOR TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM 2021 CYCLE, WHICH IS ABOUT TO GET STARTED AGAIN, I'M JESSE RODRIGUEZ AND I'M WITH THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS DIVISION, THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY DIVISION.
WHAT I'LL BE GOING OVER TODAY IS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT G TOPS IS.
AND, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF PATHWAYS WITHIN THAT AS SPECIFICALLY G TOPS CORE AND G TOPS CAPACITY, TWO DIFFERENT GRANT PATHWAYS.
UM, AND I'LL GO OVER EACH OF THOSE AND CLOSE WITH ANY, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESOURCES THAT I'VE DISCUSSED AT ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE.
AND GO AHEAD AND KEEP ON GOING.
SO THE W IN ORDER, UH, DIGITAL OR G TOPS IS A DIGITAL INCLUSION DIGITAL EQUITY GRANT.
UM, IT'S DESIGNED TO BUILD A BRIDGE, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN AUSTIN.
AND, AND IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THAT I'LL GIVE A BRIEF DEFINITION OF WHAT IS DIGITAL INCLUSION AND DIGITAL EQUITY.
ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL DIGITAL INCLUSION ALLIANCE, DIGITAL INCLUSION IS A CONDITION IN WHICH ALL INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES HAVE.
THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAPACITY NEEDED FOR FULL PARTICIPATION IN OUR SOCIETY, DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMY, DIGITAL INCLUSION IS NECESSARY FOR CIVIC AND CULTURAL PARTICIPATION, EMPLOYMENT, LIFELONG LEARNING, AND ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
UM, SO SINCE THE ONSET OF, SINCE THE INTERNET WAS CREATED, IT'S BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART IN HOW WE, UH, GO ABOUT OUR LIVES.
UM, BUT IN THE PAST YEAR, IT'S BECOME EVEN MORE CLEAR AND EVEN MORE POIGNANT WHAT, UH, WHAT WE NEED THE INTERNET AND DEVICES FOR.
UM, WE'RE HEARING STORIES IN OUR PROGRAM OF FAMILIES WHO, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE MAYBE ATTENDING AISD AND THEY HAVE THREE KIDS.
AND EACH OF THOSE KIDS HAS TO BE CONNECTING, UH, TO, TO DIGITAL CLASSROOMS IN THE MORNING AT THE SAME TIME.
AND BOTH PARENTS MIGHT ALSO BE, UH, REMOTE WORKING OR TELEWORKING, UH, TRYING TO USE, UH, DEVICES AND BANDWIDTH AS WELL.
AND, AND THAT FAMILY MAY NOT HAVE HAD, UH, SUFFICIENT INTERNET EVEN BEFORE THIS COVID SITUATION HIT.
AND NOW YOU CAN IMAGINE THE DEMAND OF ALL OF THIS BANDWIDTH OF SIMULTANEOUS LEARNING AND WORKING ON THE SAME CONNECTION ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
SO THAT I THINK THAT ENCAPSULATES THE CHALLENGE OF, UH, BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND THE CHALLENGES THAT OUR NEW, UH, COVID ENVIRONMENT HAS PLACED ON US AT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, UH, I'M GOING TO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT THE GRANT OPPORTUNITY ITSELF, THE VISION AND MISSION, OR THE VISION OF OUR GRANT IS A COMMUNITY WHERE ALL CITIZENS HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET DEVICES AND KNOWLEDGE NEEDED TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN DIGITAL SOCIETY.
AND OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE MATCHING GRANT FUNDS TO AUSTIN ORGANIZATIONS FOR PROJECTS THAT CREATE DIGITAL OPPORTUNITIES AND PROMOTE DIGITAL EQUITY IN INNOVATIVE WAYS.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH IT, UM, BUT IT'S THERE.
IF ANYBODY WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK, UM, THE GOALS ARE IMPORTANT FOR, UH, ANYBODY INTERESTED IN APPLYING.
SO I'M GOING TO READ THROUGH THOSE.
OUR FIRST GOAL IS TO INCREASE THE USE OF DIGITAL AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY DEVICES.
OUR SECOND GOAL IS TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF DIGITAL AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY.
AND OUR THIRD GOAL IS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO AND USAGE OF THE INTERNET.
UM, THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED IN THE PAST BY G TOPS AND PROGRAMS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN FUNDED BY G TOPS WITHIN EACH OF OUR GOAL AREAS INDICATED AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN THERE.
UM, UH, BUT I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY RIFF OFF OF SOME MORE, UH, RELEVANT PROGRAMS THAT WE FUND FUNDED IN THE PAST THAT HAVE AN ARTS COMPONENT TO THEM.
UH, SO WE FUNDED ARC OF THE CAPITAL AREA IN YEARS PAST TO CREATE A COMPUTER LAB WHERE THEY TAUGHT, UM, UH, UH, WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY USE THE LAB FOR CREATIVE PURPOSES TO CREATE ART AND, UH, THOSE ART PIECES WHERE THEN, UH, THEY TRIED TO CONNECT THOSE WITH, UH, COMMISSIONS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
UM, WE'VE ALSO FUNDED CREATIVE ACTION, WHO IS A NONPROFIT THAT PUT ON INTEGRATED ARTS PROGRAMMING IN SOME OF OUR LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
UM, THEY, THEY, UH, TAUGHT, UH, UH, MATH
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AND SCIENCE AND THE LIKE WITH IN, IN COMBINATION WITH ARTS.UM, SO IMAGINE STOP MOTION, UH, UH, ARTWORK TO LEARN MATH OR STORYTELLING TO LEARN SCIENCE, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, WE ALSO FUNDED LATINITAS FOR A PROGRAM WHERE THEY EXPOSED, UH, THEIR, UH, THEIR KIDS TO VR, AND THEY LEARNED HOW USE 360 DEGREE CAMERAS AND, AND TAKE VR VIDEOS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND THE LAST EXAMPLE I'LL GIVE IS WE ALSO FUNDED TEXAS FOLK LIFE.
UH, AND, UH, IN THAT PROGRAM, THEY TAUGHT THEIR KIDS HOW TO CREATE PODCASTS.
AND, UH, EVERYBODY IN THE CLASS ENDED UP CREATING ONE, AND THOSE WERE SHARED, UM, UH, THROUGH SOUNDCLOUD.
UM, SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW TECHNOLOGY AND ART CAN INTERSECT.
AND, UH, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN, IN ENCOURAGING AND SEEING MORE OF A NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS IS A D DETAILED VIEW OF OUR FULL GRANT AND THE THREE DIFFERENT BRANCHES WITHIN, UH, G TOPS.
THE FIRST ONE IS OUR TRADITIONAL GRANT PATHWAY AND THE LARGEST IT'S CALLED
AND THE AWARD RANGES ARE FROM 10 TO $35,000 FOR THE FULL PROJECT.
AND THE TOTAL FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THAT POOL IS $300,000 TO TUFTS CAPACITY IS A CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT.
IT IS NOT A DIRECT SERVICE GRANT, BUT IT'S DESIGNED TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF NONPROFITS TO DO DIGITAL INCLUSION WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AWARD RANGES FOR THAT GRANT ARE $150 TO $2,500 WITH A TOTAL FUNDING OF $50,000 FOR THE YEAR.
THE THIRD PATHWAY IS G TOPS MINI, WHICH IS A MINI GRANT, UM, THAT IS SERVICE DELIVERY.
AND THE AWARD RANGES ARE FROM 5,000 TO $10,000.
AGAIN, 50,000 TOTAL AVAILABLE.
I DON'T HAVE A FULL UPDATE FOR YOU ALL ON G TOPS MINI BECAUSE IT'S BRAND NEW THIS YEAR AND WE'RE LIKELY TARGETING JULY FOR THE TIMEFRAME TO LAUNCH IT.
SO STILL WORKING OUT SOME FINAL DETAILS THERE, BUT I'LL UPDATE ON G TOP SCORE AND SHE TOPS CAPACITY NEXT, PLEASE.
UH, YEAH, THESE ARE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR G TOPS CORE.
UM, THIS, UH, GRANT IS DESIGNED FOR NONPROFITS THAT ARE SERVING THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY.
UH, IF AN ORGANIZATION IS NOT AN AUSTIN BASED, NON-PROFIT, YOU CAN PARTNER WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS, AND HAVE THAT ORGANIZATION ACT AS YOUR FISCAL AGENT.
UM, THEY WOULD, THE FISCAL AGENT WOULD THEN BE THE ONE APPLYING FOR THE GRANT, UM, TO, UH, TO DO THE SERVICE DELIVERY.
UM, THE PROGRAM HAS TO ALIGN WITH ONE OF THE G TOP SCHOOLS THAT I MENTIONED ON SLIDE SIX.
SO THE THREE PILLARS OF DEVICES, INTERNET, AND, UH, KNOWLEDGE AND THE ORGANIZATION DOES HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO AGREE WITH THE STANDARDS YOU TOPS TERMS AND CONDITIONS, UH, WITH NO EXCEPTIONS.
SO, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD, UH, AN ORGANIZATION DROPOUT IN THE PAST BECAUSE THEY JUST DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SIGNING, UH, THE BOILER PLATE CONTRACT.
UM, WE DO ENCOURAGE ALL INTERESTED APPLICANTS TO TAKE LOOK AT THE BOILER PLATE AGREEMENT, WHICH IS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, BUT IT IT'S VERY STANDARD.
IT'S A VERY STANDARD CITY CONTRACT, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO STICK TO.
THE RE THE OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT ORGANIZATIONS CAN SUBMIT UP TO THREE LETTERS OF INTEREST FOR G TOPS GRANT CYCLE, BUT THEY CAN ONLY SUBMIT ONE G TOP SCORE APPLICATION.
AND, UH, THIS IS A ONE-TO-ONE MATCH FUNDING GRANT.
SO, UH, FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE PROVIDE IN CYNDI FUNDING, IT'S EXPECTED THAT $1 WILL BE MATCHED IN, UH, SOME TYPE OF MATCH, BE IT IN KIND CASH OR VOLUNTEER HOUR DONATIONS.
UH, LASTLY, AN ORGANIZATION IS ONLY ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE G TUFTS FUNDING THREE TIMES IN A ROLLING FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
AND THIS IS SO THAT WE ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT FUNDING THE SAME NINE ORGANIZATIONS EVERY YEAR FOREVER.
WE WANT SOME TURNOVER TO OCCUR IN THE POOL OF APPLICANTS.
IT JUST BREAKS OUT WHAT THAT THREE OR FIVE YEARS REQUIREMENT LOOKS LIKE, UM, FOR ANY OF THE VIEWERS WHO ARE INTERESTED.
UM, ESSENTIALLY IT MEANS THAT IF YOU RECEIVE FUNDING THREE YEARS IN A ROW, YOU HAVE TO TAKE TWO YEARS OFF.
UM, THE CURRENT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD IS 2017 TO 2021.
SO IF AN ORGANIZATION HAS RECEIVED FUNDING IN THREE OF THOSE YEARS ALREADY, THEN THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE 2021 CYCLE.
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TO APPLY.UH, WE USE THE PARTNER GRANT SYSTEM IN, UH, CONJUNCTION WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH FOR ALL OF OUR GRANT SUBMISSIONS.
SO, UM, YOU WOULD NEED TO SUBMIT YOUR LETTER OF INTEREST IN THE PARTNER GRANT SYSTEM.
AND THERE ARE GUIDE VIDEOS THAT YOU CAN CHECK OUT FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DO THAT.
UM, THESE LINKS THAT YOU SEE HERE, UH, WILL, UH, SHOULD BE IN THE VERSION THAT IS POSTED ON BCIC, UH, ON THE COMMISSION WEBSITE IN THE FUTURE.
SO, UM, FOR ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED, THERE'LL BE ABLE TO CLICK ON THOSE LINKS AND, AND GET TO THESE RESOURCES.
UM, W YOU WILL NEED TO SUBMIT YOUR, A LETTER OF INTEREST IS YOUR ORGANIZATION'S LEGAL NAME, YOUR CITY OF AUSTIN VENDOR CODE.
IF YOU'RE UNSURE OF, IF YOU HAVE ONE, YOU CAN GO TO G TOPS.ORG AND, UH, CHECK YOUR, UH, IF YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS ONE OR SIGN UP FOR A NEW ONE, UM, YOU NEED TO HAVE RELEVANT CONTACT INFORMATION, AND SPECIFICALLY THE BULK OF WHAT YOU WOULD BE SUBMITTING.
IS IT BRIEF SUBMISSION OR A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF YOUR ORGANIZATION AND ITS ACTIVITIES, AND THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM FOR WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR FUNDING THE WINDOW OF SUBMISSION FOR THE LENDER, OR THAT THE LETTER OF INTEREST BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 1ST.
SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH, BUT IT'S A WIDE WINDOW IT'S OPEN UNTIL JANUARY 8TH.
THE SECOND STEP, THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS AFTER YOU SUBMIT YOUR LOI AND IT'S APPROVED, YOU COULD THEN SUBMIT YOUR FULL APPLICATION AND YOU WOULD USE AGAIN, THE PARTNER GRANT SYSTEM TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION THERE'S GUIDE VIDEOS TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND THE WINDOW OF SUBMISSION FOR THE APPLICATION WOULD BE JANUARY 18TH TO FEBRUARY 12TH.
UH, I DO, UH, REMIND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SYSTEM THAT WE USE IS VERY RIGID.
WE CAN'T ACCEPT ANY LATE SUBMISSIONS.
UH, SO, UH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GET YOUR APPLICATIONS IN PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE.
SO HOW ARE THESE TWO STAGES OF APPLICATION REVIEWED? THE LETTER OF INTEREST IS REVIEWED BY STAFF, JUST FOR A HIGH LEVEL ALIGNMENT WITH G TOPS.
IT'S NOT AN ELIMINATION ROUND.
WE JUST GIVE FEEDBACK, UH, TO ANYBODY THAT APPLIES.
SO IF WE THINK THAT, UH, AN APPLICATION IS NOT REALLY WELL WITHIN THE RANGE OF G TOPS, WE'LL CALL THEM OR EMAIL THEM AND LET THEM KNOW AND LET THEM KNOW WHY.
UH, WE THINK THAT, UM, WE WOULDN'T PRECLUDE PRECLUDE ANYBODY FROM SUBMITTING A FULL APPLICATION, BUT WE'RE JUST THERE TO GIVE ADVICE.
AND, UH, IF THERE IS THE ABILITY TO TWEAK THE LETTER OF INTEREST TO, UH, MOVE IT TO MORE INTO THE LINE OF G TOPS, THEN YOU KNOW, THAT'S A FEEDBACK THAT WE CAN OFFER.
THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS ELIMINATION ROUND, AND IT, UH, IT IS ALL APPLICATIONS ARE SCORED BY AN INDEPENDENT VOLUNTEER GRANT REVIEW PANEL.
UM, THE, UH, REVIEW PANEL HAS TWO ROUNDS OF SCORING.
THE FIRST ROUND, UH, IS HALF OF THE REVIEWERS SCORING HALF OF THE APPLICATIONS AND THOSE KNOW SCORES ARE PULLED TOGETHER.
UM, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY WE WE RECEIVE WILL BE DROPPED OFF THE BOTTOM.
UM, FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONTINUE ON TO THE NEXT ROUND OF SCORING, THE FULL PANEL WILL REVIEW ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS, GENERATE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANTS, FOR, UH, ANY, UH, RESPONSES THAT THAT MIGHT GENERATE, AND THEN THE WHOLE PANEL CODES OR, UH, SCORES ALL OF THE, UH, THE REMAINING APPLICATIONS AND THAT RESULTS IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, TO, UH, TO FUND THE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THESE ARE THE SCORING CRITERIA.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH, UH, ALL OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY, BUT I WANTED TO INCLUDE THEM IN THE PRESENTATION FOR ANYBODY THAT'S USING THIS PRESENTATION AS A RESOURCE, UM, THAT BROAD CATEGORIES ARE ALIGNMENT WITH THE G TOP SCHOOLS AND IMPACT.
AND IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THERE'S ANOTHER TO SUCCESS AND FEASIBILITY AND BUDGET AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
EACH OF THOSE QUESTIONS IN THERE ARE ATTACHED TO SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE APPLICATION.
UM, SO, UM, UH, THAT'S THAT, UM, GO ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE BONUS POINTS, UH, THAT WE CAN GRANT ON THE APPLICATIONS FOR, UH, FOCUS AREAS ON, ON THIS SLIDE IN THE NEXT, YOU'LL SEE ALL OF OUR SPECIFIC FOCUS AREAS.
UM, IF AN ORGANIZATION CHECKS THE BOX ON ANYONE THAT'S WORTH FIVE BONUS POINTS ON THEIR APPLICATION AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE ONLY ELIGIBLE FOR FIVE POINTS WITHIN ANY FOCUS AREAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE, UH, THE DEMOGRAPHICS.
UM, SO I WOULD, SO WE, WE WOULDN'T AWARD FIVE BONUS POINTS FOR EACH DEMOGRAPHIC CATEGORY.
UM, SO JUST RUNNING THROUGH THESE REALLY QUICK, UM, WE LIKE TO PRIORITIZE SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE ORGANIZATIONS.
SO IF AN ORGANIZATION IS SMALLER THAN A MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR IN REVENUES, THEN THEY GET BONUS POINTS IN THEIR APPLICATION.
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UH, WE LIKE A DIVERSE SET OF, UH, PROJECTS.SO, UM, IN THE APPLICATION, EACH ORGANIZATION HAS TO CHECK, UH, WHICH G TOP SCHOOL AREA IS THEIR MAIN FOCUS.
AND THE TOP SCORING FOR EACH OF THE THREE GETS AN EXTRA SET OF BONUS POINTS TO ENSURE SOME DIVERSITY THERE.
UM, AND THE PRI WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PRIORITY POPULATIONS HERE THAT YOU CAN SEE, UH, THAT WE, UH, WE ENCOURAGE ORGANIZATIONS TO SERVE SPECIFICALLY.
AND AN IMPORTANT NOTE ON THIS ONE IS THAT AN ORGANIZATION WON'T NECESSARILY GET A BONUS POINTS, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST BECAUSE THEY SERVE OLDER ADULTS, 65 AND UP, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THAT DEMOGRAPHIC, AND THEN THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE BONUS POINTS.
AND THAT APPLIES ACROSS ALL OF OUR DEMOGRAPHIC CATEGORIES HERE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS, SO YOU HAVE A LOT MORE TO COVER.
UH, YEAH, I'LL, I'LL MOVE REAL QUICK THROUGH THE REST OF THEM.
UM, WE HAVE FOCUS AREAS FOR COLLABORATION AND FOR IT MIDDLE-SKILL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH IS PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT CODING AND, UH, UH, HARD SKILLS OF THAT NATURE.
ONE THAT'S INTERESTING TO YOU ALL MIGHT BE OUR FOCUS ON CREATIVE MEDIA TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT.
UM, UH, SO THAT INTERSECTION OF ARTS AND, UH, TECHNOLOGY IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AT HERE.
AND THEY JUST, THE ORGANIZATION WOULD JUST HAVE TO RESPOND TO THESE TWO PROMPTER QUESTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THOSE BONUS POINTS.
WE'RE GOING INTO OUR SECOND OPPORTUNITY, DETOX CAPACITY VERY QUICKLY.
UM, THIS IS A, UM, A CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT.
AGAIN, IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE DIRECT SERVICE DELIVERY.
IT'S DESIGNED TO BUILD EACH ORGANIZATION'S CAPACITY TO DELIVER DIGITAL INCLUSION PROGRAMMING.
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? UH, WE HAVE TWO FOCUS AREAS OF TECHNOLOGY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND STAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT.
SO FUNDS CAN BE APPLIED FOR, TO COVER THE COSTS OF PCS, LAPTOPS, TABLETS, UM, SOFTWARE SUPPORTING PROGRAM OBJECTIVES, STEM EQUIPMENT MAKER, EQUIPMENT, ROBOTICS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
ALSO ON THE STAFF SIDE FUNDING TO SUPPORT TRAINING ON CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT KNOWLEDGE AND DIGITAL INCLUSION AND AWARENESS OF DIGITAL INCLUSION ISSUES.
UM, THERE'S A LINK HERE, UM, ON HOW TO APPLY APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED YEAR ROUND.
WE TARGET TWO COHORTS OF FUNDING DISTRIBUTION PER YEAR.
THE VERY NEXT ONE IS DUE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, NOVEMBER 30TH.
UM, WE MAY EXTEND THAT DEADLINE.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY SUBMISSIONS WE'RE GETTING IN.
UM, AND, UH, THE SECOND COHORT WOULD BE JUNE 30TH AWARDS BEING ANNOUNCED USUALLY A MONTH AFTER THE, UH, APPLICATION WINDOW CLOSES FOR EACH COHORT.
UM, JUST REAL QUICK ON SCORING AND EVALUATION.
IT'S USUALLY COA STAFF WITH A COMMISSION MEMBER FROM THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, PLUS ONE OR TWO INDEPENDENT, UH, OR OTHER REVIEWERS PER, PER COHORT.
UM, UH, AND THEY ANALYZE THE APPLICATIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY AND G TOPS FIT, UM, SCORE, UH, ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS AND, UH, THAT RESULTS IN, UH, UH, AN AWARD RECOMMENDATION.
AND SO THIS WOULD BE TO WRAP UP, UH, IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS, THESE ARE ALL OF THE DATES, THE IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE G TOP SCORE.
I HAVE THEM LAID OUT FOR ANYBODY THAT IS INTERESTED IN THE SPECIFIC DATES.
UM, WE HAVE LINKS TO THE PARTNER GRANTS SYSTEM, DETOX CAPACITY APPLICATION LINK, AND ALL OF OUR GUIDE VIDEOS, UM, FOR ANYBODY THAT IS INTERESTED.
AND I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO QUESTIONS.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND OKAY.
SO YEAH, ALL OF OUR CONSCIOUS STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION, IF ANYBODY EVER NEEDS ASSISTANCE IN, UH, UH, HOW TO APPLY OR WHERE TO APPLY OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE ALL AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, AND THAT IS IT FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY HAS AS WELL.
KIMBERLY KEATON, I REPRESENT DISTRICT ONE.
UM, AND I'M JUST ASKING ABOUT A SLIDE THAT WENT BY A LITTLE BIT QUICK.
I JUST WANT TO GET A GENERAL PREMISE ABOUT THE POINT SYSTEM.
AGAIN, YOU STATED THAT, UM, IF THEY CHECK ONE OFF SUCH AS, UM, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, AND IF YOU'RE 65,
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PLUS YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO COUNT ONE OF THOSE, RIGHT? YES.AND THEN FOR THE, THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE AT THE TOP WHERE IT'S, IT SPEAKS TO THE ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHIC.
I THINK IT WAS LIKE 500,000 TO A MILLION OR LIKE THAT YOU ONLY GET FIVE, YOU GET FIVE POINTS FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ORGANIZATIONS, IF THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S APPLYING MAKES UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR, THEN THEY WOULD BE QUALIFIED FOR FIVE BONUS POINTS.
AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED, UH, FOR THE DEMOGRAPHIC CATEGORIES, UM, IF AN ORGANIZATION SERVES ANY OF OUR PRIMARY, PRIMARY, UH, FOCUS POPULATIONS, UM, THEY WOULD GET THE, UH, THE FIVE BONUS POINTS IF THEIR PROGRAM WAS SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TO SERVE THAT COMMUNITY.
NOW WITH COVID-19 HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, IS THERE ANY TYPE OF LANGUAGE THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THAT GRANT APPLICATION AS TO HOW A PROGRAM WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN A CASE SUCH AS THIS? WELL, IT, IT VARIES WILDLY WE'VE, WE'VE DEFINITELY SEEN THAT IN THE PAST COHORT OF, UH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPLIED FOR A PROGRAM BEFORE COVID HIT AND THEN HAD TO ADAPT AFTER COVID HIT.
UM, CERTAINLY WE, AS STAFF ARE HAPPY TO TALK THROUGH, UM, ANYTHING THAT, THAT AN ORGANIZATION MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS OR NEED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR.
UM, BUT THE, THE WIDE VARIETY OF TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT WE FUND, UH, IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO KIND OF, UH, SAY HOW ORGANIZATIONS COULD ADAPT.
UM, SO I MEAN, WE, WE SERVE PROGRAMS THAT CREATE, UH, COMPUTER LABS ON ONE HAND OR ONE END OF THE SPECTRUM TO, UH, UH, TRAINING PROGRAMS, TO PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE DEVICES TO PEOPLE LIKE ACTUALLY, UH, PAY FOR DEVICES AND, UM, UH, UH, DATA SERVICES.
SO IT'S A VERY WIDE RANGE OF TYPES OF THINGS, BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY AVAILABLE AS STAFF TO TALK THROUGH ANY, UM, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS THAT ORGANIZATIONS MIGHT HAVE OR IDEAS THAT THEY MIGHT NEED TO GENERATE ON HOW A PROGRAM COULD BE SUCCESSFUL WITH.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO RECAP QUICKLY, UM, IF, IF WE, IF WE GOOGLE G TOPS, AUSTIN, AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET TO THE G TOPS WEBSITE AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND LINKS THERE.
UM, THE CORE PROGRAM HAS, UH, IS COMING UP.
THE LETTER OF INTEREST WINDOW IS, UH, NOVEMBER TO JANUARY.
BUT THE CAPACITY, THE DEADLINE'S COMING UP QUICK WITH NOVEMBER 30TH FOR THIS COHORT.
UM, SO IF FOLKS ARE INTERESTING, UH, GET ON TOP OF THOSE DEADLINES, UM, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I RECAP THAT.
[3d. Cultural Funding Review Process update – Meghan Wells, Cultural Arts Division Manager]
FOR THE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS UPDATE, HELLO, COMMISSIONERS, MEGAN WELLS, CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER.GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL, UM, A CITY HALL AAV.
I'VE GOT AN ATTENDEE WHO I'D LIKE TO SWITCH TO PANELISTS SO SHE CAN SPEAK.
IS THAT OKAY? IT'S MARGIE REESE, UH, WHILE THAT'S HAPPENING, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TELL YOU THAT, UH, MARGIE AND I ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU JUST A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE HOT FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHILE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN STANDING UP RELIEF PROGRAMS, UH, OPERATING ARE, YOU KNOW, TYPICAL, UH, CULTURAL FUNDING PROGRAM, COMMISSIONING PUBLIC ART, UH, ASSISTING, UH, WITH ANY VARIETY OF CAPACITY BUILDING FOR FOLKS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH, UM, WITH KEEPING THEIR, THEIR BOAT AFLOAT.
UH, WE'VE ALSO BEEN, UH, DILIGENTLY WORKING ON THE HOT REFUNDING REVIEW PROCESS WITH OUR PARTNERS, THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION AND, UH, THE HERITAGE TOURISM DIVISION.
SO, UH, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D LOVE MARGIE TO JUST REMIND US KIND OF WHERE OUR, UH, HIGH LEVEL WORK IS LEADING US.
AND THEN, UH, I WILL KIND OF FINISH UP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF NEXT STEPS TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ABOUT WHAT'S COMING BEFORE THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
SO MARGIE, ARE YOU ABLE TO SPEAK? I AM GREAT.
UM, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE SEEN EACH OTHER AS A GROUP, I'VE SEEN A FEW OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, BUT, UM, AS MEGAN SAID, WE'VE BEEN VERY BUSY CONTINUING TO LISTEN,
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UH, TO THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION TO, UH, NEW CONSTITUENTS THAT WE'RE LEARNING IN THE LIVE MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION AND IN THE HERITAGE CULTURAL TOURISM DIVISION.AND OVERALL THAT WORK, WE'RE LOOKING TO FIND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE THREE DIVISIONS THAT CAN HELP SIMPLIFY THE APPLICATION PROCESS, UH, FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE SECTOR AND FOR ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT PROVIDE CULTURAL ARTS MUSIC INHERITED PROGRAMS. UM, AS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE EXISTING, UH, CULTURAL GRANT PROGRAM, ALLOCATIONS AND DOLLARS, HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS, HOW MANY DOLLARS, ET CETERA, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE APPLICATION PROCESS ITSELF AGAINST THE IDEA THAT WE'RE WORKING TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S MISSION TO ACHIEVING RACIAL EQUITY ACROSS ALL OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO OUR FIRST STOP, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WAS WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE TO GET A CLEAR PICTURE AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE CITY'S FOCUS IS.
UM, AND IN THAT PROCESS, APPLYING SOME QUESTIONS AND LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE SUCCESS RATES OR APPLICANTS OF COLOR OR LOOKING AT ACROSS THE BOARD, HOW ORGANIZATIONS WHITE LED ORGANIZATIONS CAN PROVIDE MORE INCLUSIVE PROGRAMMING.
AND THEN AT THE, IN THE MEANTIME, BALANCING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AROUND RACIAL EQUITY WITH, UH, ALIGNMENT WITH THIS TAX CODE, TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MAKE CAN PASS, UH, THE CITY'S LEGAL MUSTER, UM, AND WITH THEIR ADVICE, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THAT ARE ALLOWABLE, UM, EXPENDITURES OF THE HOT CHECKS BOND.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IN A NUTSHELL IS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT REBUILDING AND STRENGTHENING THE CULTURAL SYSTEM IN AUSTIN.
AND SO WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO HEAR FROM OUR WORK WITH STAFF AND WITH CONSTITUENTS, IT'S ALMOST A DISRUPTIVE STANCE.
UH, THAT'S SHIFTING CAT'S FOCUS AND THE FOCUS OF THE OTHER TWO DIVISIONS UNDER EDD TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE OF PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE TO THE ORGANIZATIONS AND TO CONTRACTORS NUMBER ONE, SO THAT THEY CAN BE, UM, VERY ACTIVE IN SEEKING MORE, UH, SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR THEIR WORK AND BEING LESS RELIANT ON, ON ONLY FUNDING THAT COMES FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN THROUGH YOUR GUIDANCE AND THE OTHER TWO COMMISSIONERS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
SO PUSHING AND ENCOURAGING THE CAD STAFF IN PARTICULAR, UH, TO BE MORE OF AN ACTIVATOR IN THE FIELD, LOOKING TO IDENTIFY THE NEEDS OF THEIR BROADER COMMUNITY AND AT THE SAME TIME NURTURING A DIVERSE RANGE OF PROGRAMS, UM, SO THAT TOURISTS AND THE PUBLIC CAN REALLY SEE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RICH CULTURAL DEPTH IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
YOU COULD ALSO EXPECT, UH, THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DISMANTLE SOME ASSUMPTIONS AND PRACTICES THAT HAVE FAVORED, UM, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY, UH, THE IDEA OF ENTITLEMENT FUNDING FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL CONTRACTORS OVER THE LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
WE MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE.
UM, PARTICULARLY AS SOMEBODY MENTIONED EARLIER DURING THIS TIME OF THE PANDEMIC AND LIMITED RESOURCES, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO PULL THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER ANYBODY, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN SIT AROUND THE TABLE AND BE SUCCESSFUL ABOUT APPLYING FOR CITY FUNDING.
YOU CAN EXPECT TO HEAR, UM, MORE CONSIDERATIONS FOR, UH, DIFFERENT MODELS OF OPERATING, PARTICULARLY IN THE MUSIC DIVISION ARE LOOKING AT FOR-PROFIT MODELS OF FUNDING.
IN ADDITION TO NOT FOR PROFIT MODELS, YOU CAN EXPECT TO HEAR THE STAFF AND OUR TEAM COME BACK TO YOU AND TALK ABOUT THE KINDS OF HELP THAT GRANTEES WILL NEED, PARTICULARLY, UH, GRANTEES IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN LATINO, UH, NATIVE COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE'RE NOT EXCLUDING ANYONE, BUT WE'RE FOCUSING IN ON RACIAL EQUITY AS OUR BIG UMBRELLA.
AND SO SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES WILL FOCUS ON MAKING AN INVESTMENT, A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT, UM, IN ORGANIZATIONS THAT GO THROUGH
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A CALLING PROCESS.UM, AND WITH YOUR HELP IDENTIFYING ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN LEGACY ORGANIZATIONS EXISTING IN THE CITY FOR SOME TIME, AS WELL AS NEW, UH, CULTURALLY SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS, BUT TO HELP US LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD, UM, TAKING A FEW OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND REALLY INVESTING LONG-TERM IN THEIR GROWTH AND ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITIES IN THE PROCESS.
YOU'VE ALSO HEARD US TALK ABOUT THE ROLE OF COMMISSIONERS.
AND SO WE REALLY HAVE APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE, UM, EQUITY, DIVERSITY CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE WITH COMMISSION MEMBERS ACROSS THE THREE DIVISIONS.
UM, AND I THINK ALSO THE LANDMARK COMMISSION, OTHER ADVISORY GROUPS TO THE THREE DIVISIONS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND EQUITY, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSIONER, UH, IN SEEKING THIS JOURNEY TOWARD EQUITY, LOOKING FOR A COMMISSIONER IS TO, UM, BE, UH, MORE ADVOCATES FOR THESE NEW DIRECTIONS THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK TO YOU.
WE'LL BE LOOKING TO COMMISSION TO HELP REPOSITION THE FOCUS OF THE ADVISORY GROUPS, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE REPOSITIONING YOUR FOCUS TO BE MORE, UM, UM, HEAVY HANDED IN THE POLICY IMPLEMENTATION STAGES.
AND BY THAT, I MEAN, UM, RATHER THAN BEING, UM, SEEN AS THE ARBITERS OF THE GRANT PROCESS, REALLY HELPING TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOKING AT WHO, WHO ARE, WHO IS CONSTITUTING, THE GRANT PANELS, ARE THEY DIVERSE? ARE THEY PREPARED TO BE GOOD PANELISTS? UM, LOOKING AT THE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE CITY CAN MAKE, UM, IN BUILDING MORE ORGANIZATIONS OF COLOR LED BY, UH, AFRICAN-AMERICAN LATINO, NATIVE, UH, UH, PEOPLE WE WILL ALSO BE LOOKING TO THE COMMISSIONER IS TO CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE THE STAFF THAT IDENTIFYING NEW USERS OF YOUR PROGRAMS, NOT SO MUCH LOOKING AT WHO'S COMING TO THE TABLE, BUT BEING AN ACTIVIST IN FINDING OUT WHO'S NOT REPRESENTED, WHO'S NOT PARTICIPATING AND WHO'S NOT APPLYING FOR FUNDING.
AND HOW DO WE BRING MORE OF THOSE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS OF MANY DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTS TO THE PROCESS AND IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL THIS WHOLE PHASE AND UP TO THE POINT THAT WE'RE GIVING YOU THIS UPDATE NOW, AS YOU KNOW, HAS INCLUDED A LOT OF LISTENING, UM, WORKING WORKSHOPPING WITH STAFF, UM, TAKING A HARD LOOK AT PROCESSES WITH OTHER CITY DIVISIONS DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE AUTHORITY OVER, UM, HOW THE CITY DOLLARS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR RISK MANAGEMENT, LEGAL, ET CETERA, AND DOING SOME CROSS POLLINATION DISCOVERY WITH NON-ARTS DEPARTMENTS, PARKS, FOR EXAMPLE, OR A SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, BUT UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE FIND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR KNOWLEDGE BUILDING AND GROWTH.
SO THIS PROCESS IS ALMOST, UM, I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT REVOLUTIONARY, BUT THERE ARE PROBABLY A HALF DOZEN TO 15 MAJOR CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, THAT IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS I'VE BEEN REALLY LOOKING HARD AT HOW THEY CAN SHIFT AND OPEN THE PROCESSES FOR FUNDING, UM, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES THAT ARE SUPPORTING THE CULTURAL SECTOR.
AND SO WHAT I SEE AHEAD FOR AUSTIN, UM, IS NOT GOING TO BE A, UH, UH, A DIFFICULT ROAD.
I THINK, UH, AS COMMISSIONERS, YOU WILL BEGIN TO SEE AND HAVE A CHANCE TO QUESTION SOME OF THE RATIONALE AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, BUT I THINK THE DIFFICULT ROLE FOR THE COMMISSIONER IS IT'S GONNA LIE IN MAINTAINING INTEGRITY, UH, FOR THE CITY'S MISSION, UH, TO MOVE MORE TOWARD RACIAL EQUITY AND HELPING THE STAFF RESPOND TO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BOTH POSITIVELY.
AND IN SOME CASES WILL BE IMPACTED WITH A CHALLENGE TO GROW AND EXPAND THEIR WORK.
WE'VE GOT, UM, WE'VE HAD ONE PUBLIC HEARING, ONE PUBLIC MEETING THAT GAVE US SOME GOOD INPUT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PARTNERS TO HELP US THINK ABOUT HOW TO LOOK OUTSIDE OF THE CITY TO HELP COMMUNICATE SOME OF THE POTENTIAL SHIFTS WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT.
UM, BUT IT'S BEEN A VERY RIGOROUS, UM, SIX DAY A WEEK, UH, SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THE STAFF
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HAS BEEN AMAZINGLY TERRIFIC AND RESOURCEFUL AT DOING RESEARCH AND LOOKING AT OTHER MODELS WE'VE MADE SUGGESTIONS.UM, SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO MEGAN.
IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT NEXT STEPS THAT SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER.
AND OF COURSE, I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE SPECIFIC CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS IDEA OF CREATING A SHIFT IN THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC AND SERVICES TO THE TOURISM INDUSTRY, BY BROADENING AND DEEPENING THE IMPACT THAT WE MAKE, PARTICULARLY INTO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
UH, I JUST WANT TO BUILD ON THAT REALLY QUICKLY TO SAY THAT, UH, THE STAFF OF THE THREE DIVISIONS HAVE BEEN WORKING COLLECTIVELY TO CONCEPTUALIZE DRAFT PROGRAM IDEAS THAT SUPPORT THE FEEDBACK AND THE GOALS WE'VE IDENTIFIED THIS FAR IN THE REVIEW PROCESS.
WE NOW HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAM CONCEPTS THAT WE'RE ENTIRELY VETTING WITH OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM, THE LAW DEPARTMENT AND THE EQUITY OFFICE.
AND WE PLAN TO RELEASE THESE CONCEPTS PUBLICLY THROUGH OUR WEBSITE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, SO THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TIME TO REVIEW THEM, THINK ABOUT THEM AND FORMULATE FEEDBACK FOR US.
THE NEXT COMMUNITY CONVERSATION THAT WE PLAN TO HOLD IS GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE TOTALLY ON DECEMBER 12TH.
AND WE'RE, UH, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE THAT AS A RECORDED CONVERSATION, SO IT CAN BE VIEWED ON DEMAND A BIT, BUT AT THAT MEETING, WE'LL TALK MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT THESE MID-LEVEL KIND OF PROGRAM CONCEPTS.
SO WE WON'T HAVE GUIDELINES AND ALL THOSE, ALL THE MINUTIA AT THIS POINT JUST YET, UH, THAT'LL BE NEXT, BUT THE DECEMBER 12TH SESSION WILL BE RECORDED.
UH, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU HELP US GET THE WORD OUT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING TO PROMOTE THAT MEETING, UH, THIS, THIS WEEK, UM, THIS, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE ON THESE PROGRAM CONCEPTS WILL HELP US TO FURTHER REFINE THEM AND SHAPE PROGRAM GUIDELINES, WHICH WE PLAN TO RELEASE TENTATIVELY.
BY THE END OF JANUARY, WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITIES AT THAT POINT FROM THE, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ALSO WEIGH IN AS WELL.
UM, AND SO WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON PROGRAM CONCEPTS, MJR PARTNERS HAS BECOME TO BEGUN TO PROVIDE WORKSHOPS, BOTH TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF AND TO THE COMMISSIONS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, INCLUDING ARTS MUSIC, THE AIPP PANEL AND THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSIONS IN ORDER TO BETTER EQUIP ALL OF US WITH A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE LANGUAGE AND CONCEPTS THAT INFORMED OUR SHARED JOURNEY TOWARDS RACIAL EQUITY.
WE KNOW THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING OF OUR WORK TOGETHER, AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO CONTINUE OFFERING THE SUPPORT AND BROADENING THESE RESOURCES, THE CULTURAL COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU COMMISSION FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTICIPATION AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO PARTNER WITH US IN THIS REVIEW PROCESS.
AND I'LL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS, NO QUESTIONS.
UH, MY SHIRT POKER, YOUR NAME IS IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE CLOCK AND I SEE WHAT WE HAVE LEFT ON OUR AGENDA.
CAN I MAKE A MOTION PLEASE? TO MOVE THE OLD BUSINESS, THE ART AND PUBLIC INTO THREE, FOUR AND FIVE AHEAD OF NEW BUSINESS.
MOTION BY VICE-CHAIR POLAR TO MOVE OLD BUSINESS, UM, IN FRONT OF NEW BUSINESS, SECONDED BY FANTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[Items 4A (Part 1 of 2) & 5A]
UH, BY SHAREHOLDER, I HAVE ANOTHER IDEA.CAN WE TAKE, UM, ITEM FIVE, A ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE, AND COMBINE IT WITH NEW BUSINESS, A ONE, UM, ALL THE AIPP STUFF AND PASS IT ON CONSENT MOTION TO PASS AS WELL.
MOTION TO PASS AIPP ITEMS ON CONSENT BY VICE-CHAIR POLGAR SECONDED BY FANTE.
ANY CONCERNS, ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ITEMS THAT YOU WANT TO PULL COMMISSIONER FLORES? THIS IS WHY TO CLARIFY THAT IT WAS JUST ALL THE IPP.
SO FIVE 81 AND THEN SIX, A ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR FIVE ONE FIVE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M VOTING.
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ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED AND COMMISSIONER FANTE I ASSUME THAT YOU WERE IN FAVOR.SO THAT PASSES, WE, WE HAVE, UH, FIVE 81 AS WELL AS SIX A HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
AND SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH, LET'S SEE, WHAT'S NEXT NEW BUSINESS, FIVE 82
[4a. Discussion and Action Items (Part 2 of 2)]
TO APPROVE THE SECOND QUARTER COMMUNITY INITIATIVES, FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.DO COMMISSIONERS, DO WE NEED THE FULL PRESENTATION OR ARE WE READY WITH QUESTIONS LOOKING AT THE TIME? I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO IS THAT NO, TO THE FULL PRESENTATION? NOT FOR ME, BUT FOR THE WILL OF THE BUDDY.
I, I WANNA, I WANT A BRIEF PRESENTATION IN TERMS OF, UH, I MEAN, IT'S NOT A VERY LONG, UH, SLIDE, BUT, UM, I MEAN, PROGRAM, I READ IT, BUT I JUST WANT A QUICK, UM, SUMMARY OF WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
AND THEN I TOO HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING HOW THEY GOT THERE.
CAN WE GO, CAN WE GET A QUICK OVERVIEW? THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
UM, MY ABLE TO CONTROL THESE SLIDES, I CAN ADVANCE THEM FOR YOU.
SO WE HAVE FOR THIS YEAR, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO AWARD ABOUT FOUR ADA AWARDS PER QUARTER AND 16, $3,000 AWARDS PER QUARTER.
UM, THIS ROUND WE HAD 28 APPLICANTS REQUESTING A TOTAL OF $89,100.
UM, AND HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN OF THE DISTRICTS, BUT WE CAN SKIP THIS ONE AND HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN OF THE DISCIPLINES.
SO THIS TIME WE GOT MORE PEOPLE FROM DANCE, BILL AND LITERATURE BACKGROUNDS.
UM, HERE IS THE BREAKDOWN OF APPLICANT, DEMOGRAPHIC, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS.
SO, UM, I'LL JUST KEEP US GOING AND FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF DEMOGRAPHICS, UM, LGBTQ AND DISABILITY COMMUNITIES.
SO THIS QUARTER WE ARE ABLE TO AWARD 18 OF THE 28 APPLICATIONS.
UM, TWO ARE DENIED BECAUSE THEY WERE EITHER INCOMPLETE OR INELIGIBLE SIX THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED ARE FIRST TIME APPLICANTS AND ALL 18 ARE FROM UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.
SO HERE ARE, HERE'S THE LIST OF ALL OF THE RECOMMENDED APPLICATIONS.
THE ONES IN RED ARE ALTERNATIVES.
SO THE TOP TWO THAT ARE RED LIVE IN THE LIFE AND BLACK FASHION EXTRA, UM, THOSE I'VE INCLUDED THEIR TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT OR, UM, WHICHEVER IS DECIDED TO GET THAT ADA AWARD.
UM, THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE THE TWO NUMBERS THAT THERE.
AND THEN THE BOTTOM TWO, THE ARE IN RED ARE THE ALTERNATIVE WE CAN FUND ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS.
ONE IS EAST SIDE, EAST SIDE TEENS TURNT SPONSORED BY CAPITAL OF U ARTS.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS BY APPLICANT, EMILY KAHILL.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE.
SO THERE ARE QUESTIONS AND THEN COMMISSIONER FLORES.
CAMIKA UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS JUST FOR SORT OF TRANSPARENCY AND CLARITY.
I WAS LOOKING BACK OVER THE SCORE SHEETS AND, UM, AND I'M NOTICING THAT THERE ARE SOME RECOMMENDED APPLICANTS WHO SCORES ARE LOWER THAN OTHER APPLICANTS WHO SCORES ARE HIGHER ON THE RAW SCORE SHEET.
CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT AT ALL? UM, SPECIFICALLY I WAS LOOKING AT THE MOHONK IMPROV GROUP, WHICH HAD A COMBINED SCORE OF 18.
UM, THERE WERE FIVE, UH, THE BSO EM RESIDENCY AT MOHAI, WHICH HAD A SCORE OF 15 COLAB WAS 15, UM, OR DAZ WAS 18 AND RUDY
THERE ARE SOME THIRTEENS AND FOURTEENS IN THIS MIX.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.
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UM, I'M CONFUSED.YOU SAID THAT SOME THAT ARE HIGHER WERE, SORRY.
SOME THAT WERE LOWER ARE ON THE RECOMMENDED LIST AND THERE ARE APPLICANTS THAT SCORED HIGHER AND THEIR RAW SCORES THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED.
SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE WERE, IF THERE WAS SOMEBODY THAT SOME REASON THEY WERE NOT ELIGIBLE OR INFORMATION THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IN OUR BACKUP THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE THAT ENDED UP BEING INELIGIBLE, UM, THAT HAD A HIGHER SCORE.
UM, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THAT PERSON WAS ACTUALLY PRESENTING A PROJECT THAT THEY WERE A PART OF AND NOT THEIR OWN PROJECT.
SO THAT WAS SCORE TO 17, BUT I WAS SCORING SOMEBODY ELSE'S WORK.
WAS THAT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION COMMISSIONER FLORES? I HAVE THE SAME, UH, I DID THE SAME SCORING AND I HAVE THE SAME TIME THAT SCORED A 15 OR OVER, INCLUDING THREE, THAT TWO THAT, UH, SCORED 18, UH, AND NOT INCLUDING THE ONE THAT WAS IN ELIGIBLE, WHICH IS, I THINK CLAIRE, I
SO I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION FIRST, ALSO AS A CORRECTION, THERE WERE 38 APPLICANTS, NOT 28.
AND, UH, ALSO, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE, I DON'T THINK I UNDERSTOOD YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT.
AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION AS FAR AS THE ALTERNATE, BECAUSE, UM, TWO OF THE ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED ARE SCORED VERY LEVEL.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE TO PICK ONE OF THE OTHER, I THOUGHT I WASN'T SURE OF HOW YOU WERE DOING THAT.
I THOUGHT THAT THE PHILLIPS TWO OR ANYWAY, I'LL LET YOU EXPLAIN THAT ONE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO CONSIDER THE OTHER QUESTION.
I'M, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING, OR I'M NOT CATCHING WHAT NAME THAT YOU'RE SAYING WAS SCORED HIGHER AND NOT BEING RECOMMENDED, WHICH, UM, OKAY.
THOSE TWO SCORED 18 POINTS, MOHAN ARTIST'S RESIDENCE OR 15 CO-LAB SCORED 15 MOHAN RIVA, OR NOISE SCORED 15 HIGHER SCORES THAN FOLKS THAT YOU RECOMMENDED, INCLUDING A COUPLE OF THE ALTERNATE, BUT LIKE, UH, THE MOHAWK PROGRAM, DEVIN ALEJANDRO WILDAIR SCORED 13, A REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY SCORED 13, ANDREW BROWN SCORED 14, UH, AUSTIN PERFORMING ARTS GROUP SCORED 14 AND AUSTIN CREATIVE ALLIANCE.
THOSE WERE ALL RECOMMENDED, BUT THE OTHER WORD NOT.
AND SO I'M HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING.
I THOUGHT THE SCORES HELP DECIDE WHO GETS THE FUNDING, UNLESS THERE'S
SO I'M NOT SURE IF THEY ENDED UP IN THE PDF OF THE APPLICATION SCORES.
I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
I THOUGHT LUIS OR DAS WAS A LITTLE NOT, I MEAN, IT WAS, DAN WAS ONE OF THOSE.
I HAD A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHY HE WAS APPLYING THIS QUARTER.
SO THEN THERE WASN'T, THERE WERE INCLUDED IN THE SCORES CAUSE I WENT THROUGH THEM.
THE ONLY ONE I DIDN'T FIND A SCORE FOR WAS THE, ADDRESSING THE BLACKOUT, THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
UH, AND THAT ONE DIDN'T HAVE A SCORE, BUT I'M TAKING YOUR WORD FOR IT.
WHEN I HAVE MY SPREADSHEET OPEN AND I SEE THAT THAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED.
SO ALL THOSE OTHER FIVE THAT WE WERE CONFUSED ABOUT WERE FROM QUARTER ONE.
FROM QUARTER ONE, I SEE AUSTIN FOUNDATION FOR ARCHITECTURE, COLAB PROJECTS, UNIVERSE WAY.
I CLOSE A COLLECTIVE AND FOUR FROM MUSEUM OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT, MOHAWK, UM, INCLUDING THE BSOF ARTISTS RESIDENCY IMPROV ON AND OFF THE STAGE REVIVE AND THRIVE AND READER NOISE.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS JUST UPLOADED TWICE.
I FIGURED IT WAS AN EASY, YEAH.
AND I THINK THERE WAS A SECOND QUESTION THAT I DIDN'T ANSWER YET.
WHAT WAS IT? UH, I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION REGARDING HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO ALTERNATES? THE ALTERNATES? YEAH, BECAUSE THERE'S FOUR.
AND I S I THOUGHT THAT THE FIRST TWO, YOU'RE JUST ASKING US TO DECIDE ABOUT WHO GETS THE ADA, OR DO WE, ARE WE TRYING TO DECIDE,
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GET PICKED TWO OUT OF THE FOUR AUTHORS TOO, THAT WE CAN FUND BOTH OF THEIR PROJECTS, BUT ONLY ONE OF THEM CAN GET THAT ADA.AND THAT IS, UM, LIVING THE LIFE AND BLACK FASHION EXTRA.
AND THEN THE OTHER TWO, WE CAN ONLY FIND ONE OF THOSE TWO PROJECTS AND NEITHER WILL GET THE IDEA.
ALTERNATELY, IF WE DIDN'T, I'M SORRY, THIS IS BEARS.
UH, IF WE DIDN'T FUND AN ALTERNATE, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO GIVE THE ADA TO, TO BOTH? SO I'D RATHER GIVE THE MONEY TO THE PEOPLE WHO SCORED THE HIGHEST AND GIVE THE ADA.
CAUSE THAT WAS THE INTENTION OF THE ADA FUNDING WAS THAT WE USE IT.
UH, I'LL, I'LL DEFER TO HIS, YOU I'M JUST FILLING IN.
I, I JUST, I, I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT AS AN ORGANIZATION, AS A BODY, WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO DO ADA WORK, YOU KNOW, AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR PROGRAMS ARE MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, ABLE TO BE VIEWED BY THE MOST NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
SO I I'M, I WANT TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO USE THAT ADA MONEY AND GET IT OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, IF I HAD, IF I HAD MY WAY, YOU'D HAVE TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON ADA.
WE'RE SAYING THAT WE MAY MOVE THAT WAY, BUT COMMISSIONER.
UH, WELL, THE OTHER QUESTION WAS, OKAY, THAT'S ONLY $800 IN THE ADA.
I AGREE THAT THOSE TWO SHOULD BE FUNDED.
DID YOU SAY WE HAD ENOUGH MONEY FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE AS A $3,000 PROJECTS OR NOT? THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY.
WHAT WAS THERE, WHAT WAS THE TOTAL OF THE AWARDS? THAT IS GOOD BECAUSE WE CAN FIND 16, RIGHT.
AND THAT INCLUDES THE FRIEND WE CAN FUND 18.
SO WE CAN FUND THOSE PROJECTS, BUT, UH, AND ALSO GIVE THE $800 TO THE TWO THAT, THAT OUR REQUEST TO THE ADA.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? OR NO? UM, THE WAY THAT I WAS CURRENTLY PRESENTING, UM, IF WE DON'T SWITCH, THEN WE COULD FUND TWO, THE FOUR PROJECTS PLUS, UM, SORRY.
THREE OF THOSE FOUR PROJECTS, PLUS ONE 88 OF THOSE FOUR PROJECTS.
ACTUALLY THERE WAS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE REQUESTED A HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ADA, OH, THAT'S TOO LITTLE.
THEY CAN'T GET JUST A HUNDRED.
YOU HAVE TO EITHER BE 300 OR 500.
WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO REQUEST UP TO 500 FOR THE ADA, BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS ONE PROJECT THAT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING, BUT THEY HAD ASKED FOR A HUNDRED DOLLARS, THE FIRST ONE, THE ADDRESSING THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, I THOUGHT THEIR APPLICATION SAID THEY WANTED A HUNDRED DOLLARS AND THE ADA FOR A TRANSLATOR, OR DID THEY NOT ASK FOR IT IN THE BUDGET? LET ME SEE.
THEY ASKED FOR IT IN THE NARRATIVE, BUT THEN I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE I DIDN'T SEE THE BUDGET.
I AGREE WITH THERE THAT WE OUGHT TO BE BEARS THAT WE OUGHT TO BE DOING THE ADA.
UH, YEAH, THEY DID NOT FOR ADDRESSING THE ELEPHANTS.
THEY DID NOT, BUT ADA EXPENSES, UM, AND THE BUDGET.
YOU MENTIONED IT IN THEIR QUESTIONS OR IN THE NARRATIVE.
LIVING THE LIFE REQUESTED ONLY 300 INSTEAD OF 500 HAVE THAT
SO THE QUESTION IS WHICH THREE GET FUNDED OF THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES, WHICH THREE GET FUNDED.
AND THEN WHICH ONE OF THE TWO THAT HAD ADA REQUESTS GET THE ADA FUNDING? WELL, OF THE ONES THAT ARE I MARKED AS ADA ALTERNATES, BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS CAN BE FUNDED.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE ADA, THE OTHER TWO, SO THOSE, THOSE ARE TOP SCORING ONES THAT ALSO HAD ADA.
I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE THAT MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO, WELL, IF WE'RE GOING ON POINTS AS WELL, ALTERNATIVE TO HAVE TO SCORE AT 11 ONLY.
AND, UM, ALTHOUGH IT READ PRETTY WELL, BUT ALTHOUGH I
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GUESS THEY BOTH SCORED 11.I HAVE TO FLIP A COIN ON THE, I MEAN, I, I, AS FAR AS THE ALTERNATES, UM, THE VOICES MATTER, EMILY HILLS PROJECT, AND TO ME, THAT SEEMED LIKE A MORE CONCRETE PLAN.
SO IF I WAS TO RECOMMEND ONE OF THOSE, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION, MR. POLAR, THAT COMMENT I WAS GOING TO SAY IN TERMS OF THE ADA I'VE I, I RECALL THAT WE HAD A SET BUDGET FOR ADA AND WE HAD A SET BUDGET FOR THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES.
IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE UNDER THE ADA.
UM, ALTERNATE ONE OF TWO TO ALTERNATE TO HAVE TWO WHOSE APPLICATION CAME IN FIRST MAKES IT SIMPLE.
UM, I LET'S SEE, I THINK ALL THAT UP, I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THIS CAME IN FIRST.
I ONLY SAW TWO OTHER ADA BEING FUNDED AND CAN'T WE FUND FOUR OF THE $500.
WE HAVE, AND WE'RE ONLY HAVE, UM, THREE AT 501 TO 300.
WHY CAN'T WE FUND ALL THE ADA FUNDING AND THEN WE'LL JUST CHOOSE THOSE TWO TOP ALTERNATIVES TO BE FUNDED AS PART OF THE 18 THAT WE'RE FUNDING AND MAYBE THE EMILY K. HILL AS THE OTHER ALT ALTERNATE, UM, ONE TO ANOTHER 500 ANYWHERE.
OH NO, YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, THERE WAS, UM, ONE ELIGIBILITY QUESTION THAT WE GOT IN THE ANSWER TOO LATE YESTERDAY.
SO THAT IS MUSICS, WHICH AT THE BOTTOM AND THAT, SO THAT THAT'S WHERE THAT IS MISSING.
UM, JONATHAN MUSICS SHOULD BE 3,500.
YOU HAD A QUESTION OR COMMENT.
UM, JUST, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT PENALIZING, THE PERSON WHO SUBMITTED THEIR SECOND AS IF THEY GOT IT IN WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD OF THE GRANT BEING DUE.
UM, I JUST, UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO, TO SORT OF MAKE THAT I, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, IF WE PUT THAT INTO THE INSTRUCTIONS, YOU KNOW, COULD THERE BE A TIE, WHOEVER GETS THERE SUBMITTED FIRST? I THINK THEN IT'S FINE, BUT US NOT BEING CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND JUST CAUSE I GET KNOWING MOST PEOPLE DO THEIR GRANTS RIGHT WHEN THEY'RE DUE.
SO THAT'S JUST THE ONLY COMMENT I WOULD MAKE.
I SUPPORT THEM IF I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, WHAT BOTH OF THOSE APPLICATIONS, UM, HAVE FOR THEIR AGE AREAS, PLAN ONE AT A MORE CONCRETE PLAN.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND, UM, UH, WORDING THAT TO LIVE IN THE LIFE.
SO THEY WOULD BE DOING AN INSTAGRAM EVENT.
AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, UM, BE A PART OF THAT, UH, BLACK FASHION, EXTRA.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE ASL INTERPRETERS AVAILABLE AT THEIR EVENT, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM AS CONCRETE OF A PLAN FOR THAT FUND.
SO, UM, BASED ON THOSE RESPONSES, I WOULD RECOMMEND LIVING A LIFE FOR THAT COMMISSIONER KEATON.
DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I WAS JUST TRYING TO THINK OF A WAY TO HELP MR. BARNES OUT.
UM, I WAS THINKING, UM, MAYBE POSSIBLY WE COULD LOOK AT SOMETHING AND WE COULD JUDGE IT THAT WAY.
WE ALL WOULD LIKE, I KNOW SOME AT ONE, TWO OR THREE, BUT IF YOU'VE ALREADY MADE THE DECISION AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CONTENT RIGHT NOW, THEN I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE TOO.
BUT WHEN YOU SAY CONCRETE, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE INSTAGRAM EVENT, WHEN YOU SAY CONCRETE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY CONCRETE? IS THAT YOUR JUDGMENT OR IS THAT WHAT THEY STATED? THAT NOT THAT OUR PROMISE, BUT SOMEHOW IN SOME WAY, THE WORDING YOU CAME WITH, THE DETERMINATION THAT THAT GROUP WAS CONCRETE VERSUS THE OTHER GROUP.
SO BLACK FASHION EXTRA SAID ASL INTERPRETERS TO BE AVAILABLE.
UM, AND THAT VERBATIM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
NO, BUT I DO HAVE LIVE IN THE LIFE VERBATIM
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READY.UM, LIVING THE LIFE SAID WE WILL BE ENGAGING WITH THE SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER TO CREATE ACCESS FOR THE HARD OF HEARING OR DEAF COMMUNITY AND WATCHING LVU ON INSTAGRAM AND POSTED FROM JANUARY 23RD, SORRY, JANUARY 31ST TO MAY 23RD, 2021.
UM, AND I CAN FULL UP BLACK FASHION EXTRA.
SO I CAN READ YOU THERE AS IF THAT HELPS.
YOU WANT TO SAY IT WAS SO CAN, CAN I GET A RECAP WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE, THE HIGHEST SCORES GET THE FUNDING, THE REGULAR FUNDING.
SO THAT MEANS WE'RE LOOKING AT LIVING THE LIFE, BLACK FASHION, EXTRA AND EAST SIDE TEENS TURN.
SO IT WAS THAT QUESTION AT ME AT WHOEVER COULD ANSWER IT.
THEY, THEY TIE THE TWO ALTERNATE, ONE OF TWO AND TWO OF TWO BOTH HAVE THE SAME SCORE.
AND SO WE HAVE TO DECIDE, CAUSE ONLY ONE OF THOSE TWO CAN GET FUNDED BECAUSE UNLESS WE GO 3000 OVER AND FUND ALL OF THE ALTERNATES AND ALL OF THE RECOMMENDED, UM, OTHERWISE WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THE SECOND ALTERNATE GROUPS WITH THE LOWER SCORES.
UM, AND WE HAVE TO PICK ONE OVER THE OTHER.
UH, AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT UNLESS WE GO OVER, I WOULD PROBABLY LEAN TOWARDS THE EMILY KA, UH, PRO PROJECT, UH, OVER DOESN'T MEAN THIS IS PERSONAL.
I MEAN, THAT'S, IN MY OPINION, I READ THE APPLICATIONS AND, BUT YOU KNOW, WE COULD GO 3000 OVER, RIGHT.
IS THERE LIKE, IS THERE ANYONE OPPOSED GOING OVER? ALTERNATIVELY, WE COULD GO 3000 UNDER AND HAVE MORE NEXT TIME AND HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, JUMPS OUT.
I DON'T, IF THINGS ARE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME EXACT SCORE, I'M NOT NECESSARILY COMFORTABLE PICKING ONE OR THE OTHER, IT'S EITHER ALL IN OR NOT.
I'M SAYING EITHER ALL IN, OR THEN WE COULD GO YOUR WAY, BUT THEN YOU MIGHT HURT A PROJECT.
WELL, YOU'RE SAYING HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME THERE'LL BE PROJECTS THAT SCORE MORE THAN 11 POINTS.
WELL, OR AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE A DISTINCTION AS TO WHICH ONES ARE ABOVE THE OTHER ONES.
CAUSE YOU WON'T HAVE TO WITH THE EXACT SAME AND WE'LL HAVE AN EXTRA $3,000 THAT WE CAN PLAY WITH.
WIGGLE ROOM IS, IS LEFT IN THE FUND.
UM, I'D HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE, BUT, UM, WE HAVE HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE DECLINED FUNDING, BUT WE DO GIVE, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S A 60 DAY WINDOW FOR THAT TO BE FINALIZED.
SO POTENTIALLY WE DO HAVE ROOM WHERE WE COULD GO OVER.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT FINALIZED SINCE THEY DO HAVE TIME TO, UH, BASICALLY RESCINDED THEIR DECLINING OF THE AWARD.
UM, EITHER IN POOR OR CULTURAL HERITAGE FESTIVALS, UH, HAS SU UH, IT'S 200,000 IN COMMUNITY INITIATIVES.
AND I KNOW WHEN YOU ADD THE QUARTERS, IT COMES OUT TO 194,000 INSTEAD.
SO THERE IS A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY IN THERE BECAUSE WE DON'T QUITE GET TO THE 200, IF WE DO 18 A QUARTER, I DID THE MATH AND I THINK IT ADDED TO THE ADA, UH, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT I, MY MATH CAME OUT WITH TWO 196 OR A HUNDRED AND I LOST THE PAPER WHERE I WAS DOING THAT.
COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONERS, AGAIN, I'LL ASK, IS ANYONE AGAINST GOING OVER? NO ONE IS AGAINST GOING OVER.
I'M SORT OF AGAINST IT, BUT I'M WILLING TO NOT BE THE ONLY VOTER OR, OR VOTE.
WE APPROVE ALL OF THOSE, INCLUDING ALL THE ALTERNATIVES WITH THE ADA'S AS, UH, AS OUTLINED, UH, FOR THIS, UH, QUARTER I'LL SECOND MOTION BY FLORES TO APPROVE, INCLUDING ALL THE ALTERNATE SECONDED BY BARNES FOLDER.
DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION QUICK NOTE FOR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WORKS FOR THEM? I DON'T WANT TO PUT THEM IN A PICKLE BECAUSE OKAY.
CAN I GET THE CONFIRMATION THEN THAT EVERYBODY THAT
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ASKS FOR THE ADA FUNDING, WE ARE FULLY FUNDING.THE ADA ASKS AND WE'RE NOT LEAVING ADA MONEY ON STAFF FROM, SORRY.
THINK IF HE HAS ANY OBJECTIONS.
NO, I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING OVER AND WE POTENTIALLY HAVE MONEY FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE DECLINED IN OTHER PROGRAMS, THEN I WOULD SAY YES.
UM, IT'S FOR THE MAIN AWARD AND FOR THE ADA, A BONUS AS WELL.
IN OTHER WORDS, I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.
SO THE MOTION TO APPROVE WITH ALL THE ALTERNATE INCLUDES FUNDING, BOTH ADA REQUESTS, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED COMMISSIONER FANTE I ASSUME YOUR SILENCE WAS AS A YAY.
UM, I DID WANT TO NOTE, I THINK THE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ALTERNATES WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE TONIGHT, BUT I THINK THAT QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE FIRST QUESTIONS THAT VICE-CHAIR POLGAR AND COMMISSIONER FLORES RAISED.
I THINK THAT COULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED VIA EMAIL.
SO I, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO, TO, TO SHOOT THOSE EMAILS AT STAFF SO WE CAN TRY TO GET SOME, SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS AN EASY ANSWER WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH THAT A LITTLE QUICKER.
I DID SHOOT AN EMAIL I WANTED TO FOR THE THIRD QUARTER, AND I CAN MENTION THAT FOR NEXT QUARTER.
I WOULD LIKE A LIST RANK IN ORDER OF SCORES SO THAT WE CAN SEE CAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THE TOP SCORES AND WHO THE, YOU KNOW, IN DESCENDING ORDER AND THEN HAVE THE ALTERNATE AFTER THAT.
SO THAT THEN WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, SORTED OUT BECAUSE I WAS HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE GOING OVER THERE AND HAVING TO SCORE EACH INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION.
SO I COULD KNOW WHAT ALL THE SCORE YOU WERE OUT OF.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE SCORES ALREADY THERE FOR US FOR INFORMATION.
AND THERE WAS ONE BACK AND FORTH.
THE RECOMMENDATION STAFF, PLEASE TAKE NOTE, UH, CITY HALL, AVI STAFF.
WE'RE GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT OVER, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH US.
UM, NEXT UP WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS, FIVE 83, CREATING A WORKING GROUP TO RECOMMEND NOMINEES TO THE AEDC BOARD.
UM, AS, AS YOU RECALL FROM DAVID'S PRESENTATION, WE WANT TO WORK IN GROUP THAT WILL REVIEW THE APPLICANTS SIMILAR TO THE AIPP PANEL NOMINATIONS.
UM, AND IN ORDER FOR THE WORKING GROUP TO HAVE NOMINEES TO REVIEW, EACH OF US AS ARTS COMMISSIONERS SHOULD, UH, RECOMMEND ONE OR TWO NAMES AS POTENTIAL CANDIDATES.
UM, BUT HERE WE, UH, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT CREATING THIS WORKING GROUP.
IF IT IS HELPFUL, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE MUSIC COMMISSION FORMED THEIR WORKING GROUP BASED ON WHO SERVED ON THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND WORKING GROUP.
WELL, THAT MEANS I'M, UM, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP.
IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR Y'ALL TO FOLLOW THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO OFFER IT UP.
UM, THE TIMELINE IS PRETTY TIGHT IT'S FROM NOW.
UM, I GUESS THROUGH JANUARY, RIGHT? OUR RECOMMENDATION NEEDS TO BE READY FOR THE JANUARY MEETING.
SO CAN I HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION TOO? UM, JAIME, WHEN YOU'RE SAYING EACH COMMISSIONER NEEDS TO PUT FORTH NAMES, WE, WE'RE NOT JUST THROWING OUT NAMES.
I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING THAT WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE AND TELLING THEM WHAT THEY'RE SAYING YES TO, AND THAT THEY NEED TO AGREE TO BE NOMINATED SO THAT WE DON'T GET HUNG UP ON HERE'S OUR PRIORITIZED LIST AND LET'S GO BACK AND LET'S DOWNLOAD LIKE THESE NEED TO BE VETTED OUT BEFORE BEING SUBMITTED.
I THINK, YEAH, THERE MIGHT BE SOME NAMES THAT WE SHOULD THROW IN THE RING AND USE THE BODY TO CONVINCE THEM TO MEGAN.
I WILL SAY THAT, UH, STAFF IS WORKING ON PROVIDING YOU LIKE A ONE, ONE PAGE, LIKE CHEAT SHEET TO HELP YOU, UM, DETERMINE WHO, WHO YOU'RE SELECTING.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE MINI APPLICATION.
UM, SO IT WILL GIVE YOU A FRAMEWORK TO HELP MAKE YOUR, YOUR DECISION-MAKING FOR A LITTLE CONSISTENT AMONG, AMONG YOUR MEMBERS.
WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT OUT TO YOU BY FRIDAY.
I, I WON'T PROMISE IT, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT OUT TO YOU VERY SOON.
EQUALLY IMPORTANT, UM, IS HAVING, UH,
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A ONE PAGER ON THAT DECK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING SOMEBODY TO REVIEW A, UH, 16 SLIDE DECK, BUT WHAT ARE THE, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING, YOU KNOW, ONE FOR SURE.ONE MEETING A MONTH, POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, THREE, UM, WE'RE LOOKING THAT YOU HAVE SKILLS IN THIS AREA, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
DO YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED OR IS THAT FROM EARLIER THAT'S FROM EARLIER? ALTHOUGH I WILL POINT OUT, I, I SHOULDN'T BE SIGNING UP TO BE ON ANY WORKING AT THIS POINT IN TIME BECAUSE, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL HAVE A COMMISSIONER.
WELL, Y YOUR, YOUR TERM DOESN'T END UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY.
SO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TIME TO SERVE ON THIS WORKING GROUP.
DANNY ANTHONY NUDGE COMMISSIONER.
UM, COMMISSIONER LEVITAN IS ON THIS WORKING GROUP.
SO IF WORKING GROUP MEETINGS ARE HAPPENING DURING THE DAY, THAT PUTS US IN A CHILDCARE BIND.
SO NOT TO CALL IT BABY EXCUSE, BUT IT'S A PRETTY LEGITIMATE WOMAN AT THIS POINT.
COMMISSIONER FLORES AND KEATON, UH, I GUESS I CAN VOLUNTEER TO SERVE.
UH THERE'S UM, DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ALL, A LOT OF TAKERS AND, UM, LOOKING FOR SOME COMPANY BREATH, MICHELLE, UH, KIMBERLY, I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR MEETINGS IN THE MORNINGS IF POSSIBLE.
WELL, WASN'T A DOCTORATE PROGRAM.
UH, SO COMMISSIONER FLORES, COMMISSIONER POLO, GAR, UH, HOW MANY WHAT'S INAPPROPRIATE NUMBER FOR THIS WORKING GROUP THREE, I GUESS FOR A TIEBREAKER, WE CAN DO THEM IN THE MORNING.
IF IT'S A TUESDAY, THURSDAY MORNINGS.
I'M VERY, AND THAT'S A BETTER DAY FOR ME TOO.
YEAH, IT WAS JUST SHAKING YOUR HEAD.
NOW THERE IT'LL BE BACK TO BACK, BUT IT'LL BE OKAY.
AND THEY'LL ONLY BE AN HOUR, RIGHT? YEAH.
THREE, ONE HOUR MEETINGS BACK TO BACK.
SO COMMISSIONER KEITH, WAS THAT COMMISSIONER KEY IN YOUR VOLUNTEERING FOR THIS WORKING? OKAY.
SO, UH, WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO MAKE AN OFFICIAL YEAH.
COMMISSIONER SYSMON MOTIONS, THE FORMATION OF THE WORKING GROUP CONSISTING OF COMMISSIONER FLORES, COMMISSIONER KEATON.
AND VICE-CHAIR POLGAR IS THERE A SECOND? MY BARN I CAN HEAR BY BARNS ALL IN FAVOR.
UM, QUARTERLY REVIEW OF ARTS COMMISSION GOALS.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME TO, TO REALLY DO OUR ACTIVITY, UM, OR OUR DISCUSSION.
UM, BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IN THE BACKUP WAS PROVIDED, UM, THE I'M FORGETTING WHAT'S CALLED NOW.
I KNOW IT'S FROM UNICODE, BUT THE, NOT THE BYLAWS, BUT A DESCRIPTION OF THE ARTS COMMISSION DESCRIPTION OF AIPP.
UM, AND THE GOALS THAT WE WE APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR, I DID WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO LOOK AT THE GOALS.
UM, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO OUR RELATIONSHIP TO AIPP AND OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, OUR GOALS WERE TO INVITE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS BY, UH, ARTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, FROM OUR DISTRICTS BECAUSE OF COVID.
WE HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEM DURING OUR MEETINGS.
AND SO I WANT US TO GENERATE NEW IDEAS OF HOW WE CAN ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE THEM HAVE, HOW DO WE JUST STRENGTHEN THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ARTS COMMISSION AND THE ARTS COMMUNITY, UM, AND ALSO WANTED TO RAISE THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A RETREAT, UH, AT BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, EARLY, PROBABLY JANUARY.
UM, MAYBE WE CAN DISCUSS THIS FURTHER AT THE NEXT MONTH, OR IF, IF MAYBE WE'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL, A DOODLE POLL TO SEE IF, UH, THERE'S A GOOD DATE, BUT I DID WANT TO BRING THOSE THREE POINTS UP AS PART OF THIS, UH, QUARTERLY REVIEW IS THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH AIPP RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMUNITY AND RETREAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, UM, THE REST OF OLD BUSINESS I WANT TO PUT, PUT OFF TILL NEXT MONTH, UH, SUE STILL ON IN TERMS OF, UH, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OR CONFIRM WITH SUE.
WE HAVE THE PRE-CALL POOL IS OPEN RIGHT NOW.
SO WE WANT TO INVITE ARTISTS TO THAT.
AND THEN I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT
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TEMPO, IS THAT YES, YES, YES.THIS IS SUE LAMB, UH, ART, HOPEFULLY PROGRAM MANAGER.
UM, THE, UM, THE PREQUEL POOL IS OPEN NOW AND, UM, TEMPO IS GOING TO BE OPEN SHORTLY AND I DON'T HAVE THE DATE IT'S GOING TO BE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK, I THINK.
AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSING THAT IN JANUARY, BOTH OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A VERY LONG LEAD TIME FOR EVERYONE, EVERYONE.
I THINK, I THINK TEMPO CLOSES JANUARY 26TH AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN THE PREQUEL POOL CLOSES, BUT IT MIGHT BE MID JANUARY, BUT YES, PLEASE.
UM, LET YOUR NETWORKS KNOW THAT THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE OUT THERE.
WE DEFINITELY WANT HIM TO GET PEOPLE SIGNED UP, UM, AND APPLYING.
UH, AS AN COMMISSIONER, UH, VICE CHAIR POKER, ONE SMALL ITEM FOR INFORMATION.
SO WITH ALL OF THE AMAZING SUPPORT THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS PUT FORWARD DURING COVID FOR ARTISTS AND FOR MUSICIANS AND EVERYBODY ALONG WITH THAT, I CONTINUE ON ONE PIECE THAT HASN'T BEEN SORT OF PREVALENT IN THE PUBLIC EYE, BUT SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING UP SO THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE AWARE IS THAT EVICTIONS HAVE BEEN HALTED THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER AND THAT APPLIES TO BUSINESSES, BUT IT APPLIES TO EVERYBODY.
JUST A QUICK BIT OF INFORMATION.
UM, I JUST, AS A REMINDER, IF THERE'S A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED, ALL, YOU NEED A SECOND COMMISSIONER TO SUPPORT IT.
USUALLY IF YOU JUST SHOOT ME AN EMAIL, I'LL BE THAT SECOND COMMISSIONER.
SO COMMISSIONER FLORES, UH, SO THE WORKING GROUP THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, THAT YOU JUST, UH, THE REPORT IS DUE JUNE, CORRECT? OUR RECOMMENDATION.
SO WE'VE GOT CAUSE THERE'S HOLIDAYS TOO.
SO I AIN'T GOT DONE TO GO OVER AND WE'RE BETTING SORT OF RESUMES AND EVERYBODY'S RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE BEING SENT TO US, CORRECT.
THAT ARE GETTING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE SENT TO US FROM EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
SO I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE A TIME GIVEN LIKE YOUR OFFENDED APPLICANTS OR YOUR VETTED SUGGESTIONS NEED TO BE TO THIS WORKING GROUP BY DECEMBER 10TH IN ORDER FOR THEM TO FULLY DO IT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, BETWEEN THE THREE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS SELECT THE CHAIR FOR THE GROUP AND HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH MEGAN WHO SAID WE WOULD PROVIDE THE ONE-PAGER BY FRIDAY, I THINK THAT'S CONVERSATION THEY CAN HAVE, AND THEY CAN LET STAFF KNOW TO SEND OUT TO THE COMMISSION.
SO, UH, WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS JUST, UM, I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE DONE IT, BUT SIGNING UP FOR THAT MJ CAR EQUITY, UM, EVERYONE SHOULD BE SIGNED UP.
THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER, MEGAN.
UM, YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO JUMP IN TO SAY THAT, UM, IT IS LIKELY THAT EDD WOULD WANT TO PUT THE SAME SORT OF TIMELINE TOGETHER FOR ALL OF THE COMMISSIONS THAT ARE MAKING APPOINTMENTS.
UM, SO WHY DON'T I HAVE A LITTLE INTERNAL DISCUSSION WITH MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES IN EDD, UM, AND THEN I CAN BE IN TOUCH WITH THE WORKING GROUP AND THE FULL COMMISSION.
UM, WHEN I SEND OUT THAT ONE PAGER, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU, GIVE YOU AS A SAMPLE TIMELINE TO FOLLOW, AND OF COURSE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, MANIPULATE AS NEEDED.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS I JUST WANTED TO, UH, BEFORE WE WRAP UP, REMIND EVERYONE THAT OUR DECEMBER ARTS COMMISSION MEETING IS A WEEK EARLIER DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT'S SCHEDULED FOR THE 14TH FROM TWO 30 TO FOUR 30, IS THAT CORRECT? AND I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ALL BY EMAIL TO GIVE YOU, UM, A WRITTEN REMINDER, BUT I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE KIND OF COGNIZANT THAT THAT'S THAT'S HAPPENING SO THAT WE CAN AVOID THE HOLIDAY CRUSH.
UH, AND WITH THAT, I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU ALL AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, UM, STAFF, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.