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I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PUT MY HAND DOWN.
[CALL TO ORDER]
LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, UH, ARTS COMMISSION MONDAY, DECEMBER 14TH.I'LL TAKE QUICK, A QUICK ROLL CALL HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER BARNES HERE, COMMISSIONER FONTY HERE.
SHE RAISED HER HAND VICE CHAIR.
POLGAR YEAH, COMMISSIONER GARZA THERE.
UH, YOUR VIDEO'S OFF AND MAYBE YOU'RE STILL MUTED.
I'VE BEEN TEXTING AND EVERYBODY, AND I CANNOT GET IN YOU'RE IN NOW WHAT? WE CAN'T SEE MYSELF OR ANYBODY ELSE.
WELL, JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN, WHEN YOU WANT TO SPEAK, UH, AND COMMISSIONER VAN VANDYKE.
CAN YOU SEE ME JUST SAY YOUR NAME? IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN DO? I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SAY, IF YOU DON'T DON'T TELL ME A LOADED QUESTION BEYOND TRYING TO GET THE CAMERA OFF ON YOUR END.
DON'T NEED TO HAVE YOUR CAMERA ON, UM, JUST A REMINDER FOR EVERYBODY TO STAY MUTED, UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK.
AND, UH, SO WITH ROLE BEING, HAVING BEEN CALLED, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
UH, I DIDN'T SEE THAT ANYONE HAD SIGNED UP AS HE WAS.
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.UH, WE RECEIVED BOTH THE MEETING MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 19TH MEETING, AS WELL AS THE NOVEMBER 16TH MEETING.
UH, I TRUST THAT EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW.
AND, UH, IS THAT YOUR HAND RAISE COMMERCIAL FORESTS? I'M SORRY.
I THINK I FINALLY GOT A HOLD OF MY COMPUTER.
AND UH, YOU SAID NOVEMBER MINUTES.
UH, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE, UH, THE NOVEMBER NOW I HAVE AMENDMENTS TO THE OCTOBER.
SO THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE NOVEMBER MINUTES, SECONDED BY FULL PULL GUARD ALL IN FAVOR, OR ACTUALLY JUST MAKE SURE NO QUESTIONS, BUT ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSITION OR ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT, RICK, I TAKE YOUR HAND RAISE AS A, AN APPROVAL.
UH, AND SO NOW WITH THE OCTOBER MEETING MINUTES, COMMISSIONER, FLORIDA, YOU SAID TRYING TO GET A WORD IN.
UM, WELL, I, I GUESS I MISSED IT.
I DIDN'T FIND IT THE PREVIOUS MINUTES, BUT SO I GUESS I NEED TO ABSTAIN OR YOU DON'T NEED TO, BUT IF, IF YOU'RE MORE COMFORTABLE AT SUSTAINING, THAT'S THE PERFECTLY FINE OPTION.
SO LET THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT.
UH, OCTOBER MEETING MINUTES, COMMISSIONER FLORES HAD, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE MUTED.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A CORRECTION ON FIVE OLD BUSINESS, FIVE B, ONE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.
IT SHOULD READ, MOVE TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION THREE.
AND I PAID AIPP DEFINITION DEFINITION OF AIPP PANEL, UH, BY LEAVING THE WORDS, ADVISING THE COMMISSION ON MATTERS, RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AIPP ORDINANCE AND REMOVING THE WORD OVERSIGHT.
AND THEN AS WELL AS, YES, MOVE TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION THREE DEFINITION OF AIPP PANEL, LEAVING IN THE WORDS, ADVISING THE COMMISSION ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AIPP ORDINANCE OVERSIGHT.
I'M SORRY, KEEPING IN THE WORDS, LEAVING IN THE WORDS, ADVISING THE COMMISSION ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AIPP ORDINANCE AND REMOVING THE WORD OVERSIGHT AND THAT ITEM C BE MOVED TO FIRST AND THEN
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ITEMS A AND B BE MOVED AFTER I GOT OUT AND KICKED ME OUT.THEY WOULD MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS.
IT'S ALL THOSE EDITS SOUNDED FINE TO ME.
I WOULD JUST ASK, UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES THAT IF YOU COULD JUST TYPE THAT UP AND SEND THAT TO HIS SUES THAT WAY.
I'M PANICKING, BUT I COULDN'T SEE OR HEAR ANYTHING.
SO AS LONG AS YOU GOT THAT GLASSES, I'LL SEND THAT TO YOU.
UH, UH, VICE CHAIR, POLAR, DID YOU HAVE COMMENTS FOR NOW THAT WE'RE MEETING TO APPROVE AS AMENDED? ALL RIGHT.
MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED, SECONDED BY FLORES.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS SEEING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED ABSTENTIONS, UH, COMMISSIONER VANDYKE, ABSTAINS, UH, COMMISSIONER GUARDS.
I DIDN'T SEE A VIDEO OR HEAR YOU.
MOVING ON APPROVAL OF MINUTES CHAIR'S REPORT.
UH, UH, COMMISSIONER CISMEN AMY JUST EMAILED THE GROUP.
UM, AND SHE'S HAVING SOME TROUBLE LOGGING IN.
I SENT HER THE DIAL-IN NUMBER JUST TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP.
I'M I KNOW THAT I, I HAD SOME ISSUES LOGGING IN AS WELL.
UM, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHY SECOND AND THEN DISAPPEARED AGAIN.
UH, I, I, I ENJOY THAT Y'ALL ARE LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER, SO I APPRECIATE THAT, UM, MENTAL
[2.a. Mental Health Check]
HEALTH CHECK, SPEAKING OF LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER, UM, I WAS THIS CLOSE TO CANCELING THIS MEETING.I FELT REALLY OVERWHELMED THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS YEAR.
AND I, YEAH, I, I JUST FELT OVERWHELMED AND I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO CONDUCT THIS MEETING.
UM, AND THEN I CONSIDERED ABOUT IF, IF I WAS FEELING LIKE THIS AS A COMMISSIONER, YOU KNOW, DEDICATING TWO HOURS A MONTH, HOW STAFF MIGHT FEEL WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN GOING NONSTOP, UM, AND GOING 150% SINCE, SINCE THE PANDEMIC HIT.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PAUSE AND REFLECT ON THAT.
UM, WE'VE MENTIONED IT PREVIOUSLY IN THE YEAR ABOUT, I WANTED TO, TO, TO RECOGNIZE IT AGAIN, THAT THESE ARE, UH, IT'S ALMOST CLICHE TO SAY, BUT THESE ARE EXTRAORDINARY TIMES AND, UH, YEAH, WE JUST NEED TO CHECK IN WITH EACH OTHER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OKAY.
AND THAT WE'RE GIVING EACH OTHER THE SPACE TO, TO, TO DEAL WITH IT, TO PROCESS W WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, IT'S A LOT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I, I THINK OF IT ALSO IS LIKE, I DON'T RUN AN ARTS ORGANIZATION.
I DON'T HAVE RENT TO WORRY ABOUT, I DON'T HAVE EMPLOYEES TO WORRY ABOUT IN TERMS OF, AS AN ARTS ORGANIZATION.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT, SO THAT'S WHY I DECIDED NOT TO CANCEL, NOT TO LIKE, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT, UM, ON THE LINE FOR US TO HAVE THIS MEETING AND TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS.
SO, UH, I DO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT I DO ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THAT STAFF HAS BEEN DOING BEHIND THE SCENES AND, AND, AND THE HARD WORK THAT, THAT OUR ARTS COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN DOING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR YOU, WE SEE YOU AND, AND YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE IN IT, IN THIS TOGETHER.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE FOR THAT AND THAT, UH, WE HAVE AN AIPP LIAISON
[2.b. Art in Public Places liaison report]
REPORT.UM, NO, I MEAN, THE PROJECTS JUST COMING FORWARD, I APPRECIATED YOUR COMMENTS THAT YOU JUST MADE BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING MORE THAN TWO HOURS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THOSE OF US THAT SAT ON TWO HOURS ON SATURDAY AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT STUFF.
SO IT, IT IS, I GUESS AT TIMES, FEELING A LITTLE OVERWHELMING.
UM, BUT, UM, NO, JUST REGULAR AIPP STUFF.
THERE'S NOTHING, I THINK, UM, SUE WAS GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PRESENTATION, SO, YEAH.
[2.c. Boards & Commissions liaisons]
AD BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS LIAISONS, UH, JUST SO THAT WE ARE SO THAT I'M ABLE TO ADDRESS IT.UH, WE DID HAVE A VACANCY ON, ON THE, UH, DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.
UH, HONESTLY, I, I DON'T SEE IT AS A PRIORITY RIGHT NOW, OR, YOU KNOW, IN THESE PAST MONTHS.
UM, BUT I DID WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO TALK ABOUT, UM, COMMUNICATING WITH OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
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UM, THE PRESENTATION ON SATURDAY, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THAT THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS A DEPARTMENT IS REACHING ACROSS THREE DIVISIONS.THOSE THREE DIVISIONS ARE WORKING WITH DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND I, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE US AS ARTS COMMISSIONERS TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME ONE FROM DISTRICT TWO, OR THERE WAS SOMEONE FROM DISTRICT TWO ON THE MUSIC COMMISSION, THEN THERE'S SOMEONE FROM DISTRICT TO, UH, THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.
SO LIKE, I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD REACH OUT TO THEM AND, AND COMMUNICATE.
AND, UM, AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO REACH OUT TO OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AREN'T, YOU KNOW, ALL THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
THEY, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, EACH ONE OF THEM PRETTY MUCH HAS A, AN ARTS AND CULTURE, UH, WORKING GROUP.
AND, UH, I THINK WE WOULD BE IDEAL TO, TO BE COMMUNICATING WITH THAT WORKING GROUP FROM EACH OF THOSE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSIONS.
UM, JUST TO KEEP, KEEP THEM INFORMED IF, IF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH OUR MEETINGS OR TO REVIEW OUR MEETING MINUTES, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S KEEP THAT COMMUNICATION LINE OPEN SO THAT, UH, SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE AS A CITY ARE DOING, UM, COMMISSIONED WARRANTS.
UM, I DID HAVE A QUESTION AND MAYBE THIS IS FOR STAFF MORE SO ON THAT PRESENTATION.
I HEARD A COUPLE OF TIMES ABOUT THE TOURISM BOARD.
UM, BUT WHAT IS THEIR FUNCTION CURRENTLY? UM, CAUSE I MEAN, I THOUGHT ORIGINALLY IT WAS SET UP TO SORT OF MAKE A, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AROUND HOC FUNDING, UM, WHICH I KNOW, I GUESS IS EVER EVOLVING.
SO MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY STILL EXIST, BUT I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IS THEIR STATED PURPOSE, UM, CURRENTLY, UM, I WONDER IF THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE DISCUSSION OF, OF THE, UM, FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY CHAIR'S REPORT AND THOSE ITEMS UNDER THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH STAFF BRIEFINGS.
[3.a. Hotel Occupancy Tax update – Sylnovia Holt-Rabb, Acting Economic Development Department Director]
TAX UPDATE.I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S CURRENT OR OLD, I'M SEEING IT ON THE, NO.
REACHING OUT, TRY OUT THE NEW FUNCTIONS HERE.
CASTIEL UM, HASIS CAN YOU BRING UP THE POWERPOINT? UM, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
I'M HERE TO UPDATE YOU, UM, ON THE NOVEMBER HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTION.
UH, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, RIGHT.
ALWAYS WRESTLE WITH THE BEST FORMAT, UM, TO PRESENT THIS DATA.
AND SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE WILL START WORKING ON THE C Y E AND GIVEN OUR CURRENT, UM, CONDITION, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDST OF DEALING WITH A PANDEMIC.
SO TOURISM ISN'T AS ROBUST AS IT HAS BEEN.
SO WHAT I WANTED TO ACTUALLY SHOW YOU TODAY ON THIS CHART IS JUST A COMPARISON OF OCTOBER OF 20 2019 AS COMPARED TO OCTOBER, 2020, AS WELL AS NOVEMBER, 2019 TO 2020.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COMPARISON IS WAY DOWN.
UM, BUT AS A REMINDER, WE DID A CONSERVATIVE BUDGET AND SO EACH MONTH I WILL CONTINUE TO REPEAT AND BRINGING YOU THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION.
AND THE CLOSER WE GET TO THAT MID POINT, UH, WE WILL THEN START TALKING ABOUT, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE SEE THE FUTURE HOLDING AS FAR AS COLLECTIONS AND HOW WE MAY ADDRESS CONTRACTS AT THAT TIME.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, ALL CONTRACTS ARE WHOLE, THERE IS NOTHING CHANGING OUT, ANTICIPATE ANYTHING CHANGING.
SO AGAIN, THIS JUST SHOWS YOU JUST THE TREMENDOUS DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR AS COMPARED TO THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'VE COLLECTED ABOUT $793,000.
UM, THROUGH NOVEMBER, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND THIS IS JUST THE TRADITIONAL FORMAT THAT I'VE TYPICALLY COME WITH.
AND SO IN THE LAST COLUMN YOU SEE, I'VE JUST REFLECTED NOVEMBER.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE IN CONSTANT CONTACT
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WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER WHO WORKS ON THE PROJECTIONS, AND I WILL BRING YOU UPDATES MONTHLY AS PROMISED DURING THE LAST FISCAL YEAR.UM, FOR A SECOND THERE, I HADN'T SCROLLED ALL THE WAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO CONFIRM THAT THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS.
UH, I DON'T SEE ANY, OKAY, THANKS.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON, UH, CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW
[3.b. Cultural Funding Review Process update – Meghan Wells, Cultural Arts Division Manager]
PROCESS UPDATE WITH MEGAN.HELLO, COMMISSIONERS, MEGAN WELLS, CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER.
UM, BEFORE I START WITH THE UPDATE, I DID WANT TO ASK, UM, I GOT AN EMAIL FROM AMY.
I MEAN, I WAS HAVING TROUBLE CONNECTING CITY HALL, IVY.
WERE YOU SEEING ANYONE TRYING TO COME ON? SHE SAYS SHE WAS RESTRICTED BY THE HOSTS.
WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN ADD HER IN.
SO LET ME, UH, BRING EVERYONE UP TO DATE ABOUT THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVIEW PROCESS.
UH, MANY OF YOU WERE ON THE CALL SATURDAY WHEN WE SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY, OUR LATEST PROGRAM DRAFTS.
UH, THESE WERE AREAS THAT, UH, WE AS STAFF, UH, LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE COMMUNITY THUS FAR, AND THE WORK THAT WE WERE DOING TO ALIGN THAT FEEDBACK WITH OUR OVERARCHING GOALS OF COMPLYING WITH THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX STATUTE, OUR CITY, UH, SD 23 GOALS AND OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY.
AND SO WHAT WE RELEASED ON SATURDAY, UH, WAS OUR, UH, DRAFT PROGRAM AREAS AS THEY PERTAIN TO MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURAL ARTS, AND HIS, UH, HERITAGE TOURISM.
UH, WE DO REALIZE THAT WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO TO GET TO THE DETAILED PROGRAM GUIDELINE STAGE, AND WE HOPE BE CONTINUING THAT WORK SO THAT WE CAN SHARE OUT, UH, THE BULK OF WHAT THOSE PROGRAM GUIDELINES LOOK AT.
LOOK LIKE BY THE END OF JANUARY, IT'S NOT AN AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE BECAUSE WE KNOW IF WE WANT TO, UH, BE ABLE TO LAUNCH, UH, AT LEAST MOST OF THESE PROGRAMS BY OUR MARCH 1ST, UH, DATE, WHICH IS TYPICAL OF ANY OF OUR CULTURAL PLANNING PROGRAMS TODAY, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO SHARE OUT SOME DETAILS WITH COMMUNITY, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
UH, I WILL SAY THAT ANYONE WHO WASN'T ABLE TO JOIN US FOR THE MEETING ON SATURDAY, IT WAS RECORDED.
WE DO HAVE, UM, THE ZOOM RECORDING THAT WILL BE UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE.
I THINK IT'S GOING UP THERE TODAY.
UH, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT LINK WITH ANYONE WHO REACHES OUT TO US BY EMAIL.
WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO NOTIFY PEOPLE WHO REGISTERED VIA EVENTBRITE.
IT WILL BE LINKED ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO THERE'LL BE LOTS OF WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO, UH, VIEW AND LISTEN TO THE RECORDING WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO JOIN IN PERSON AS WELL AS CONTINUE TO GIVE US FEEDBACK.
WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED AND SOME WERE ANSWERED IN THE MEETING, BUT WE KNOW WE COULDN'T GET ALL OF THEM HEARING A, UH, UH, Q AND A, UH, WITH MANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WERE POSED IN THE MEETING, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL ONES THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, INTO A DOCUMENT THAT WE WILL THEN SHARE PUBLICLY AND TO GET THAT UP AT THE END OF THE WEEK, OR AT LEAST MAKE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT, UH, THIS WEEK IS OUR WEEK TO JUST FOLLOW UP IN THE MEETING.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT, THEY CAN VISIT WITH, WITH US, UH, THROUGH VIRTUAL OPEN OFFICE HOURS, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO TALK TO STAFF OR, UH, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT IN ANY OTHER WAY THAT IS CONVENIENT FOR THEM.
AND WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THOSE QUESTIONS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THE STATUS OF THE REVIEW PROCESS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAD, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT BRETT RAISED EARLIER, WHICH WAS TO, I THINK, CLARIFY THE ROLE THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR TOURISM COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL OF THE GROUPS THAT WE'RE CHECKING WITH TO VET OUR PROPOSED PROGRAM AREAS, WHICH INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, GLAAD DEPARTMENT, THE EQUITY OFFICE, OUR INTERNAL PARTNERS IN RISK MANAGEMENT AND, UH, IN PURCHASING AS WELL AS OUR INTERNAL FINANCE TEAM, AS WELL AS THE TOURISM, UH, COMMUNITY.
AND BY THAT, I, I MEAN, KIND OF OUR PARTNERS WHO TYPICALLY, UH, WANT TO KNOW HOW WE'RE ADMINISTERING OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, UM, AUSTIN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION, THE CONCIERGE GROUP, UH, WE JUST WANT THEM TO BE AWARE OF WHAT, HOW WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE THE FUNDS IN CASE THEY HAVE QUESTIONS AS WELL.
SO I D I DIDN'T MEAN TO IMPLY OR, OR STATE THAT WE WOULD BE GOING TO THE
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TOURISM COMMISSION.I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS YOUR QUESTION, BUT WE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT PLAN RIGHT NOW.
SHOULD I JUST CALL ON FOLKS OR HOW MANY DO YOU WANT TO CALL ON THEM? JUST GOING TO CONFIRM THAT THAT ANSWERED BREAD'S QUESTION.
UM, IT DOESN'T, I HAD ACTUALLY WRITTEN, UM, A QUESTION IN THE CHAT.
SO IF, IF MAYBE YOU'RE DOING A Q AND A, FROM QUESTIONS THAT WERE IN THE CHAT, IT'LL GET PICKED UP THEN.
YEAH, WE JUST HAVEN'T FINISHED GOING THROUGH THOSE.
SO IF YOU PUT A QUESTION IN, WE HAVE THOSE THAT WE'VE PUT THAT WE'VE CAPTURED ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PUT IN THE CHAT, AND WE'RE PUTTING INTO ANOTHER DOCUMENT.
WE JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN THROUGH THOSE YET.
IT WAS, IT WAS REGARDS TO SOMETHING THAT THE, UM, THAT THE HERITAGE, UM, WOMAN, UM, MELISSA ALVAREZ.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT SHE SAID.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, JUST A QUESTION THAT SHE HAD SAID THAT THE FUNDING FOR THE THROUGH THEIR PROGRAM HAD TO BE, UM, CLOSE TO THE CONVENTION CENTER.
AND I THINK THAT THERE WERE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS CLOSE MEAN AND WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS TO BE FURTHER RESTRICTING DOLLARS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, MIGHT NOT, UM, BE THE BEST IDEA, BUT AGAIN, THOSE WERE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PUT INTO THE CHAT.
SO I'LL JUST WAIT TO READ THAT.
UH, YEAH, REST ASSURED WE'RE GOING TO GET TO ALL OF THOSE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT GOOD ANSWERS.
SO THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE WORK THROUGH THEM.
MY COMPUTER'S FREEZING OFF AND ON.
SO, UM, AND I'M SORRY, I, I MISSED SATURDAY, BUT I WILL LISTEN TO THE RECORDING, BUT SO MAYBE BY DOING THAT, I CAN GET AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION, BUT VERY QUICKLY, UM, YOU SAID, GET THE GUIDELINES OUT BY MARCH.
DOES, UH, ARE, ARE THE ARTS AND THE HERITAGE AND THE MUSIC GOING TO HAVE THEIR SEPARATE GUIDELINES AND FUNDING MECHANISMS AND PILES OF MONEY.
AND ALSO ARE THESE THE COMMISSION GOING OUT OF ROLE AND WORKING ON THE GUIDELINES THIS YEAR AS IT HAS IN THE PAST, OR IS THAT NO LONGER GOING TO BE THE CASE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE MECHANICS OF THAT PROCESS? UH, WE DO HAVE SEPARATE POTS OF FUNDING FOR ARTS AND FOR HERITAGE.
SO THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT, UM, ALIGNED BETWEEN THE THREE DIVISIONS THAT ARE ADMINISTERING THE TWO FUNDS, UH, AND THERE WILL BE PLACES WHERE THEY DIVERGED DEPENDING ON THE PROGRAM GOALS AND THE AUDIENCES AND, AND THE, UH, CONSTITUENCIES FOR SERVING.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WHAT THOSE SHARED, UM, ELEMENTS OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE AND WHAT ARE DIFFERENT.
UH, AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT QUITE NAILED DOWN JUST YET.
UM, WE ALSO DON'T HAVE THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSION NAILED DOWN JUST YET.
UH, I WILL TELL YOU, IT WILL LIKELY BE A LITTLE LESS HANDS-ON THAN IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST.
UH, BUT WE'RE STILL FIGURING OUT HOW THE COMMISSION CAN BE, UM, INSTRUMENTALLY HELPFUL IN THE FUNDING PROCESS GOING FORWARD.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT ANSWER FOR THAT YET, BUT THAT'S PART OF OUR DISCUSSION GOING FORWARD.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT YOU ONLY IDENTIFIED ART AND HERITAGE, BUT MUSIC ALSO HAS THERE IT'S THREE SEPARATE THINGS.
MUSIC COMES FROM THE WELL MUSIC IS TECHNICALLY PART OF THE 15% FOR ARTS.
UM, IT'S YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING.
SORRY IF I'M MUDDYING THE WATERS.
SO YES, THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE FUNDS, UH, THE 15% FOR CULTURAL ARTS AND THE 15% FROM MUSIC WHICH CAME ABOUT AS PART OF THE INCREASE OF THE 2 CENTS ON THE HOTEL TAX.
SO ON THE ACCOUNTING SIDE, THE FUNDS GO THROUGH THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THEN THE 15% IS TRANSFERRED TO THE LIVE MUSIC FUND VERSUS THE CULTURAL ARTS AND STRAIGHT FROM THE HOTEL.
I DIDN'T SEE TEXTBOOKS STRAIGHT, THE CULTURAL ARTS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION THE 2% THAT CAME FROM, IF IT APPROVED THE, GET THE CONVENTION THAT THEY GO AHEAD AND APPROVE? I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE WATERFALL FUNDS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PROVE THE EXPANSION.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM.
DID THEY APPROVE THE EXPANSION OF THE CONVENTION CENTER ALREADY? DID I SLEEP? THE BRAIN IS NOT WORKING, SO THAT DID IN FACT TRANSPIRE.
SO THE 15% IS COMING FROM THE WATERFALL, WHAT WE CALL THE WATERFALL FUNDS DURING THE HOT.
SO THEN JUST FOR MY LITTLE BRAIN, UH, SO NOW THE FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE UNDER ARTS, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT ARTS FUNDING, UH, CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING, UM, ARE NO LONGER GOING TO BE
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THE CATEGORIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, OR THE FUNDING PROGRAMS, WHICH AS CORE AND OTHER SUB PROGRAMS, THERE'LL BE, THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE REVAMPED AND REDONE AND IT'S GOING TO LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.AND SO, AND YOU'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ROLE YOU COMMISSION HAS TO PLAY.
UH VIS-A-VIS WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, OUR, YOU KNOW, I GUESS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE, UH, PURSUANT TO OUR MISSION STATEMENT, ET CETERA, I GUESS.
WAS THERE SOMETHING SHARED IN THIS MEETING ON SATURDAY PAPERWORK OR PRESENTATION THAT CAN JUST BE SENT TO US? WE HAVE A PRESENT, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO THE WHOLE ZOOM MEETING, WHICH I DON'T REALLY HAVE TIME FOR, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO LOOK AT WHAT WAS SHOWING TO THE PUBLIC SO I COULD READ.
WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THE PRESENTATION.
WE PLAN TO UPLOAD THAT TO THE WEBSITE AS WELL AS HAVE THE RECORDING.
SO WHATEVER YOUR PREFERENCE IS, I WILL SAY IT WAS ABOUT AN HOUR.
UM, AND THE PRESENTATION ITSELF, UM, GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE TEXT THAT WAS ON THE SCREEN.
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING IN THE ZOOM FORMAT, YOU CAN GET, YOU KNOW, 90% OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S THROUGH THE POWERPOINT.
UM, SO YEAH, WE CAN SEND THAT OUT.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FINALIZE EVERYTHING THIS WEEK, AS WELL AS DO A SPANISH TRANSLATION THAT WE WANT TO HAVE AVAILABLE.
SO THERE'S JUST SOME ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW-UP THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CONFIRM BEFORE WE SEND IT ALL OUT, BUT WE HOPE TO GET THAT DONE.
UM, CLEARLY, CLEARLY YOU, YOU HAD IT LAST, LAST TWO DAYS AGO, SO YEAH, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH WHO GETS IT AND WHEN, SO THAT NOBODY FEELS LIKE THEY WERE POSITIONED HIGHER THAN ANYONE ELSE.
UM, SO LET ME CHECK WITH THE STAFF AND SEE IF WE CAN, UM, SEE, SEE HOW SOON WE CAN GET THAT OUT TO Y'ALL AND EVERYONE IT IS READY.
I JUST FIGURED IT WOULD BE OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR BACKUP DOCUMENTS THIS WEEK.
SO THANK YOU A LITTLE TIP FOR EVERYBODY.
IF YOU'RE REVIEWING A MEETING, YOU CAN, WHETHER IT'S YOUTUBE OR SOME OTHER, UH, APP APP SOFTWARE APP, LIKE YOU CAN WATCH IT IN TWO TIMES AS FAST.
SO IT JUST, IT SEEMS IT'S AN HOUR MEETINGS, ONLY 30 MINUTES.
THAT'S HOW I REVIEW MY MEETINGS.
THE OTHER QUESTIONS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO STAFF BRIEFING C
[3.c. Update on Creative Space Bond – Meghan Wells, Cultural Arts Division]
UPDATE ON CREATIVE SPACE, BOND, HAGEN.SO NOVA, DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES ON THIS THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE OUT AT THIS TIME, WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH PURCHASING TO MOVE IT FORWARD THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
AND SO AS MORE INFORMATION IS READY, WE WON'T LOSE.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT THE LAST TIME WE GOT A PRESENTATION FROM CHRISTINE MAGUIRE, THE NEXT STEP WAS TO DEVELOP THAT, UM, ALRIGHT.
YEAH, THE RI THE RIP OR RIP, OH MY GOD.
UM, THAT WOULD HELP IDENTIFY POTENTIAL CANDIDATES.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT STUCK IN PROCUREMENT IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE DETAILS OF THAT.
WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH, UM, THAT PROCESS AND, UH, JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE CROSS-FUNCTIONAL DEPARTMENTS.
SO WE'VE HAD SOME HEAVY LIFTS AND EVEN CHRISTINA'S, THAT'D BE HELPING US ON THAT HEAVY LIFT.
UH, COMMISSIONER BANDAG DID ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FOR NOW.
WELL, THERE WAS NOT AN ANSWER I GUESS IS, UM, AND THE ANSWER.
UH, SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO AN UPDATE WHERE IT'S AT, UM, MARK, I'M JUST CHECKING TO SEE IT, UH, THAT IT KEEPS MOVING ALONG, UH, AND WE'RE TEND JUST TO KNOW WHERE IT'S AT, THAT'S OUR ROLE.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON A NEW BUSINESS DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS.
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UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF AIPP PROJECTS.WELL, FIRST UP IS THE APPROVAL OF FINAL DESIGN OF DAMON MOSELEY FOR ST.
JOHN POCKET PARK, POCKET PARK ART, NO POCKET PARK, SORRY.
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ST.I AM WITH THE, UM, I'M NOT ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, PROGRAM MANAGER FOR CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION AND, UM, PRESENTING THE FINAL DESIGN FOR DAMON MOSLEY FOR ST.
UH, MARJORIE FLANAGAN IS HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE LOCATED IN DISTRICT FOUR ST.
JOHN POCKET PARK IS BORDERED, UM, SITUATED IN A NEIGHBORHOODS SET OFF OF WILKS AVENUE NEAR
JOHN AVENUE, BLACKS AND AVENUE, AND THE ABANDONED HOME DEPOT.
JOHN NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A LENGTHY HISTORY DATING BACK TO THE 1860S WHEN, UM, FOUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN BAPTIST MINISTERS MET UNDER LIVE OAK TO ESTABLISH THE ST JOHN REGULAR BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, AND LATER PURCHASED 2000 ACRES OF LAND, UH, WHICH WAS SUBDIVIDED INTO SEVERAL COLONIES, INCLUDING ST.
JOHN, UM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT FUNDED THIS PROJECT IS NOW COMPLETE.
AND YOU SEE SOME IMAGES THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOVES THIS SPACE AND USES IT FREQUENTLY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE HERE, YOU'LL SEE THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT THAT WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH INTERACTION WITH THE ST.
JOHN NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP AND WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE AIPP PANEL AND THE ARTS COMMISSION.
UH, DAYMOND'S A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENT HELD IN EARLY MARCH JUST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC PROTOCOLS WERE IN PLACE.
UM, ART IN THE PARK ATTENDEES PAINTED SCULPTED COLORED AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY USE THE PARK AND HOW THEY SEE THE ST JOHN NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THE MESSAGE OF LOVE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY WERE CALLED OUT AS IMPORTANT PILLARS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.
AND HE USED THAT FEEDBACK AS INSPIRATION FOR HIS SCULPTURE.
HERE'S A DESIGN RENDERING FOR THE PIECE TO BE PLACED IN A VISIBLE GREEN SPACE NEAR THE PICNIC PAVILION IN THE SMALL PARK.
THE DIMENSIONS FOR THE SCULPTURE ARE TWO FEET BY TWO FEET BY 14 FEET TALL TITLED ST.
IT'S A STORYTELLING MONUMENT THAT CAN BE VIEWED FROM THROUGHOUT THE PARK, WHICH WILL ILLUSTRATE THE ORIGINS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE EVOLUTION TO MODERN DAY.
SAINT JOHN CUSTOMIZED CONCRETE BLOCKS WILL HIGHLIGHT HISTORICAL MILESTONES WITH COLORFUL FINISHES TO SYMBOLIZE THE DIVERSITY OF THE COMMUNITY.
HERE ARE THE DESIGNS FOR EACH SIDE OF THE SQUARE PILLAR.
YOU SEE THAT IN THE CENTER OF THE SLIDE, THE GRAPHIC IMAGERY WAS INSPIRED DIRECTLY BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TELLS THE STORY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE THE MOCK-UP OF THE PIECE MAINTENANCE FOR THE ARTWORK INCLUDES ANNUAL WASHINGTON AND INSPECTIONS FOR ANY CRACKS AS NEEDED.
THE ARTIST IS WITHIN BUDGET FOR HIS $30,000 BUDGET.
HE HOPES TO HAVE THAT PIECE INSTALLED BY MARCH OF 2021.
THE AIPP PANEL VOTED FOR, UM, THE, TO APPROVE THIS FINAL DESIGN ON DECEMBER 7TH WITH A VOTE OF, UM, UH, SEVEN TO ZERO IN APPROVAL.
AND THIS ITEM IS UP FOR APPROVAL WITH YOU ALL TODAY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I MOVE UP SECOND QUESTION SECOND.
A MOTION BY BARNES TO APPROVE SECONDED BY FLORES COMMISSIONER.
SYSMON DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH.
AND LOOKING AT, UM, THE CONSERVATION REVIEW, FRANK, UH, EXPRESSED A HANDFUL OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE, UM, ARE THOSE TO BE ADDRESSED AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS? UM, NO NEED TO INHIBIT THE APPROVAL.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THE ARTIST HAS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THESE ISSUES, UM, OR IF THEY'RE BEING RESOLVED IN SOME WAY, UM, MIDORI FLANAGAN IS ON THE LINE AND I'LL HAVE I'LL TURN THAT QUESTION OVER TO HIM.
I THINK SHE'S GIVING THE BEST EXPLANATION.
ALL OF THE, UM, CONCERNS WERE DISCUSSED BETWEEN, UH, THE ARTIST, THE CONSERVATIVE, UH, FRANK IN THIS CASE, AND, UH, ME AND WE'VE ADDRESSED ALL OF THEM.
UM, DAMON MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO HIS, HIS MATERIALS AND MADE SURE THAT ALL OF THE ITEMS WERE ADDRESSED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS,
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COMMISSIONER FANTE.I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.
I JUST THINK HIS ART IS SO FANTASTIC AND I LOVE HOW REPRESENTATIVE IT IS OF THE COMMUNITY AND HOW THE ARTISTS WORK WITH EVERYBODY.
BUT ALSO IT JUST FEELS LIKE THE RIGHT ARTIST AND PIECE OF ART FOR THE SPACE, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE IT GOING.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY BARNS AND SECOND BY FLORES TO APPROVE, UM, THE SELECTION IS SELECTED THIS, UH, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED ABSTENTIONS, UH, BRETT, YOU WERE NOT ON VIDEO AND I DID NOT CAPTURE AUDIO VOTING FOR YOU'RE MUTED.
STILL, UH, COMMISSIONER, SORRY, COMMISSIONER BARNS, COMMISSIONER GARZA.
DID I SEE YOU? OKAY, THERE YOU GO.
SO THAT'S THE UNANIMOUS VOTE, UH, AND THAT PASSES.
UH, THANK YOU, MARJORIE AND SUE.
SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO, UH, EIGHT TO APPROVE THE SELECTION PROCESS RECOMMENDATION FOR GEORGIAN ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDES.
SO I'M PRESENTING THE SELECTION PROCESS RECOMMENDATION FOR GEORGE SNEAKERS NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
I HAVE, UM, PROJECT MANAGER, ALEX HERRERA HERE WITH ME FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
JUST AS A REMINDER, GEORGIAN ACRES IS LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL AUSTIN AND DISTRICT FOUR.
THE AREA WAS LARGELY UNPLANNED BY THE CITY UNTIL ABOUT 2006 AND HAS BEEN TRADITIONALLY A PARK DEFICIENT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UM, THERE WAS A NEED FOR A NEW PARK TO ADDRESS THIS.
AND, UH, JORDAN ACRES HAS HIGH DIVERSITY AND A HIGH IMMIGRANT POPULATION.
ABOUT 70% OF RESIDENTS IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC OR LATINO AND ALMOST 60% SPEAK SPANISH.
UM, ACCORDING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE AREA IS ALSO THE HIGHEST HAS THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF CHILDREN IN AUSTIN.
SO YOU SEE HERE, THE GOALS FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH WERE CRAFTED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE GEORGIAN ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THEY WERE APPROVED BY THE AIP PANEL IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR AND THE ARTS COMMISSION ON APRIL.
THE FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT ARE GENERATED FROM THE 2018 CITY OF AUSTIN PARKLAND ACQUISITION FUND.
THE TOTAL AWARD FOR THE ART ARTISTS CONTRACT IS $34,000.
THE CALL TO ARTISTS WAS OPEN TO, UM, LOCAL VISUAL ARTS PROFESSIONALS.
UM, AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE, UH, 35 APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED AND A SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATION DEMOGRAPHICS AS LISTED HERE ON THIS SLIDE AND OCTOBER, UH, JURY AND ADVISERS REVIEWED QUALIFICATIONS AND SELECTED THREE FINALISTS FOR INTERVIEWS, INCLUDING, UM, ADRIAN AGUILERA AND THAT'LL HAN MAKONNEN.
UH, THE ARTIST'S TEAM OF, UH, MICHAEL MENDOZA, JEFF BROWSER, AND COURTNEY B PETERSON AND KIMBA OPO, UM, THE ARTIST'S TEAM OF ADRIAN AGULAR AND THAT'LL HAND MCKOWN AND DECLINE THE INVITATION TO INTERVIEW.
AND SO THE, UH, JUROR AND ADVISORS NEXT CHOICE WILL HATCH.
CROSBY WAS INVITED TO INTERVIEW AFTER INTERVIEWING THE FINALISTS AND NOVEMBER 15TH JURY SELECTED, UH, KIMBO OPO AS THE RECOMMENDED ARTIST.
AND WE'LL HAVE CROSBY AS THE RECOMMENDED ALTERNATE, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE SELECTION TEAM PARTICULARLY LIKED KIMBO OPS ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH ENGAGE AND REPRESENT COMMUNITY.
THEY FELT SHE WAS CAPABLE OF TELLING A STORY ABOUT A NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN THIS WAY WOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS GEORGIAN ACRES, DIVERSE AND IMMIGRANT POPULATION.
IN ADDITION, JURORS AND ADVISERS ALSO LIKED HER LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE WITH PERMANENT EXTERIOR, PUBLIC ART PROJECTS AND BUDGETS AND THE JURORS.
AND THE JURORS AND ADVISORS FELT THAT WILL HATCH CROSBY'S IMAGINATIVE STYLE WOULD DO WELL WITH MANY CHILDREN IN THE AREA.
IF HE WERE CALLED UPON TO JOIN AS THE, UM, OR TO JUMP IN AS THE ALTERNATE AND COULD CONNECT ACROSS DIVERSE CULTURES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY LIKED HIS LEVEL OF EXPERTISE WITH PUBLIC ART PROJECTS AS WELL.
YOU CAN SEE THE TENTATIVE SCHEDULE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AS SOON AS THE, UM, PENDING APPROVALS, UH, GO THROUGH THE AIPP PANEL, APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON DECEMBER 7TH WITH THE VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS.
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MOTION BY BARNS TO APPROVE SECONDED BY POLGAR.UM, NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED ABSTENTIONS? UM, SO THIS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY IT CITY HALL STAFF, IT LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER MOCK IS, IS ON THAT PHONE LINE AND THE ATTENDEES.
CAN WE MOVE THAT PHONE CALL INTO PANELIST OR IS THAT NOT? OKAY, CHAIR UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, AMY AND SHE CAN, UH, RESPOND IS CALLED UNDER FIVE ONE, TWO, FOUR SIX, EIGHT.
I CAN UNMUTE HER AND MUTE HER AS A PHONE CALL.
SO COMMISSIONER MOCK, I WANTED TO, I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU WERE THERE.
I WANTED TO INCLUDE YOU IN THE VOTE, UH, APPROVE OR NOT.
I CAN HEAR YOU PERFECTLY, BUT YOU CANNOT HEAR, I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO MYSELF.
WELL, ANYWAY, I CANNOT SEE ANY OF ME, I SUPPOSE.
ONE REASON I WAS RESTRICTED FROM MY AUDIO EQUIPMENT SO I CAN HEAR EVERYTHING.
YES, I, UM, YEAH, YOU JUST VOTED ON THE ARTWORK, SO IT'S OKAY.
SO YOU PREFER NOT TO BE INCLUDED.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA PUT YOU BACK FROM, BUT WE'LL, I'LL CALL ON YOU TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.
UH, NEXT ITEM IS APPROVED THE SELECTION PROCESS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FAR TENNIS CENTER.
UM, AGAIN, THIS PROJECT IS A PROJECT WITH PROJECT MANAGER, ALEX HERRERA, AND SHE'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
AND THEN THE SIDE AFTER THAT, PLEASE.
UM, AS A REMINDER, THE FAR TENNIS CENTER IS PART OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S DISTRICT NINE, RIGHT? ADJACENT TO DISTRICT FOUR, AND IS IN THE CHERRYWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IN ADJACENT TO MILLER DEVELOPMENT, FAR AS ONE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S FOUR MUNICIPAL TENNIS CENTERS.
IT OFFERS A YEAR ROUND TENNIS PLAY AND COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES.
IT WAS BUILT IN THE SEVENTIES AND THE COURTS ARE AT THE END OF THEIR LIFESPAN.
AND SO ARE NOW BEING RENOVATED BY THE CITY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE FARCE FACILITY IS USED BY THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO BY TENNIS PLAYERS FROM ALL OVER AUSTIN HERE, YOU SEE THE GOALS FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH WERE CRAFTED WITH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, THEY WERE APPROVED BY THE AIPP PANEL IN THE ARTS COMMISSION IN AUGUST.
THE FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT WERE GENERATED BY A 2018 BOND THAT PAID FOR THE TENNIS CENTER RENOVATIONS.
THE TOTAL AWARD FOR THE ARTISTS CONTRACT IS $30,000.
THE CALL WAS OPEN TO LOCAL, UM, PROFESSIONAL VISUAL ARTISTS OR TEAMS AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE, WHO LIVE IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES.
UM, 23 APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED AND SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATION DEMOGRAPHICS ARE HERE ON THIS SLIDE.
THE JURY MET ON NOVEMBER 10TH TO REVIEW QUALIFICATIONS AND SELECTED FIVE FINALISTS FOR INTERVIEWS, THE ARTIST'S TEAM OF RYAN CHRISTIANSEN AND SONOMA HOGAN, SAM GADDES, AND, UH, OPERATING UNDER OFFICIAL SCIENCE ARTISTS, TEAM OF ROCKY JANE AND MELISSA KNIGHT CRYSTAL BACK IN MY GUTIERREZ, AFTER INTERVIEWING THE FINALISTS ON DECEMBER 1ST, THE JURY SELECTED ROCKY JANE AND MELISSA KNIGHT.
THE TEAM OF AS THE SELECTED ARTIST AND RYAN CHRISTIANSEN ENSEMBLE COLGAN AS THE ALTERNATE, THE JURY, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE JURY APPRECIATED THE COLOR AND VIBRANCY OF ROCKY JANE AND MELISSA NIGHT'S WORK AND THOUGHT IT WOULD DO WELL TO REPRESENT THE ENERGY OF TENNIS AND THE HISTORY OF THE SITE.
SO THE SELECTION TEAM WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN THE DUO'S PERSONAL CONNECTIONS TO THE SITE AND THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN GENERAL, JURORS AND ADVISERS SAW BENEFIT TO PROVIDING A PERMANENT COMMISSION OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS EMERGING PAIR OF LOCAL PUBLIC ARTISTS.
NEXT SLIDE, VARIET, UH, CHRISTIANSON AND WILL COLGAN JURORS AND ADVISORS WERE IMPRESSED BY THEIR EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN CREATING DURABLE, OUTDOOR PUBLIC ARTWORKS AND IMAGINED BUDGETS.
THEY FELT, THEY ALSO FELT THAT THIS THE WORK OF THIS TEAM COULD EVOKE THE ENERGY AND VIBRANCY OF TENNIS IN RECOGNIZED CHRISTIAN CINEMA COLGAN'S TIES TO THIS SITE AND COMMUNITY.
NEXT SLIDE HERE, YOU CAN SEE OUR TENTATIVE SCHEDULE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PENDING APPROVALS THE PANEL, THE ARTS AIPP PANEL APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON DECEMBER 7TH WITH A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
AND THIS ITEM IS UP FOR YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME,
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COMMISSIONER FODDER, I'M HEARING THAT THE VA FELT LIKE THE ARTISTS WOULD BE ABLE TO REFLECT TENNIS, BUT I WASN'T HEARING THAT.IS THAT THE PLAN THAT TENNIS BE INCLUDED SOMEWHERE IN THE DESIGN AND THE ART INSTALLATION? YES.
UM, IN THE, IN THE GOALS, IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE OF THE GOALS, UM, ONE OF THE GOALS SAYS REPRESENT THE ENERGY ACTIVITY AND COMRADERY OF TENNIS DURING INSPIRING OR VIBRANT DESIGN, BUT NOT NECESSARILY SHOWING ANYTHING TO DO WITH TENNIS, JUST REPRESENTING VIBRANCY.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A, UM, A FIGURATIVE OR LIKE A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO TENNIS.
LIKE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY SHOW A TENNIS RACKET, BUT THE INTENT WAS TO SHOW THE VIBRANCY OF THE EXPERIENCE OF PLAYING TENNIS, COMMISSIONER FLORES, UH, MOVE APPROVAL, SECOND FORESTS, SECONDARY BY BARNES.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND UNMUTE COMMISSIONER MOCK TO MAKE SURE SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
UH, SO, UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VANDYKE.
UM, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT PICTURES ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF EXAMPLES OF ART, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? WE'RE LOOKING AT THEIR PORTFOLIO PIECES FOR EACH OF THESE, FROM THE ARTISTS THAT IT IS BEEN RECOMMENDED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SEEING NONE? UH, 1200 FOREST.
OH, ALL IN FAVOR, READING MY MIND.
ANY OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS AND COMMISSIONER MOCK, IF WE CAN RECORD YOUR VOTE.
MOVING ON TO APPROVING THE SELECTION PROCESS RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SIX AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT POLICE IN TRAVIS COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
UM, SO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENTING THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR SIX ARTWORK OPPORTUNITIES AND BOTH MARJORIE FLANAGAN AND ANNA BRADLEY ARE HERE.
UM, THEY EACH HAVE A PORTION OF THESE SELECTIONS IN THEIR BASKET OF WORK.
SO HERE'S A LIST OF THE STATIONS ON THE RIGHT THAT ARE RECEIVING UPDATES AND RENOVATIONS THAT ARE, UM, CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC ART.
THE CIP PROJECTS INCLUDE CREATION OF EQUITABLE LOCKER AND BATHROOM FACILITIES, ADDITIONAL AMBULANCE AREAS, AS BEST AS ABATEMENT FIXING BASE STATIONS, ADA UPGRADE GRADES, ET CETERA.
SO THAT'S, WHAT'S UM, CREATING THE FUNDING FOR THESE ARTWORK OPPORTUNITIES.
NEXT SLIDE, OUR WORK GOALS FOR THESE PROJECTS, UM, INCLUDING INTEGRATING WITH THE SITE OR STRUCTURE RELEVANCE TO AFD AND EMS HIS ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND BEING CONCEPTUALLY ACCESSIBLE.
THE RFQ IS OPEN FOR EIGHT WEEKS AND RE WE RECEIVED 53 APPLICATIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THE DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF APPLICATIONS HERE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, NEXT SLIDE, OR THE SIX RECOMMENDED ARTIST.
COULD YOU GO BACK ONE? YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE.
UM, THE SIX RECOMMENDED ARTISTS.
SO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE OUT OF SEVEN PEOPLE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DEMO, YOU CAN SEE THE DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN IN THESE GRAPHS.
SO YOU SEE RAPING RACE AND ETHNICITY, GENDER BREAKDOWN, AND, UM, COMMUNITIES.
NEXT SLIDE, A DIVERSE AND RELEVANT JURY INCLUDED THE FOLKS THAT YOU SEE HERE.
AND THE JURY WAS ADVISED BY PROJECT AND CITY STAFF FROM THE SPONSOR DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU SEE LISTED AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE, THE JURY AND ADVISERS MET AND SELECTED SIX AND SELECTED SIX ARTISTS TO RECOMMEND FOR THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
THE FIRST OF THE RECOMMENDED ARTISTS IS SHAWN SMITH.
THE JURY FELT, UH, SEAN'S WORK, HAD GREAT VARIATION IN FORM COLOR AND MATERIALS.
THE ARTIST HAS NATIONAL STANDING AND THE TRACK RECORD FOR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND TO COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE'S QUESTION, ALL OF THESE IMAGES ARE PORTFOLIO
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IMAGES, UM, THAT YOU SEE ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF EACH SLIDE.THE SECOND ARTIST THAT WAS RECOMMENDED, SORRY.
THE SECOND ARTIST THAT WAS RECOMMENDED, NEXT SLIDE WAS UNHEALTHY.
ONCOLOGISTS ON HELL IS A TEMPLE ALUMNUS, AND THE JURY FELT THE SIMPLE, BOLD AND ICONIC FORMS IN HIS SCULPTURES WERE A GOOD FIT FOR THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT AND COULD CREATE A POSSIBLE BRIDGE BETWEEN STATIONS AND COMMUNITY.
ARTIST LEWIS ANJULA IS ALSO A TEMPLE ALUMNUS.
THE JURY FELT HIS TECHNICAL SKILLS ARE IMPECCABLE AND THE BOLD COLORS AND THEMES WILL BE A WELCOME ADDITION FOR STAFF AND COMMUNITY ALIKE.
UM, THIS ARTIST'S EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SPACES, UM, WAS WELL-REGARDED BY THE JURY.
THE JURY APPRECIATED JAPANESE ARTWORK, VERY SHARING THEMES OF INCLUSIVITY, AND THAT THE ARTIST'S WORK SHOWS A GREAT USE OF COLOR.
EMILY WEISKOPF WAS ALSO SELECTED FOR HER ABILITY TO CREATE ABSTRACT, SIMPLE FORMS AND TO TURN THEM INTO LANDMARKS.
THE JURY FELT THAT SHE HAS GREAT POTENTIAL FOR EMS AND AFD PROJECTS.
NEXT SLIDE, AND THE TEAM OF MARY DENIA COLETTE AND LUIS GUTIERREZ WAS ALSO SELECTED.
THE JURY FELT THEY HAVE STRONG WORK IN THEIR PORTFOLIO OF CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURES, AS WELL AS THE USE OF DIVERSE MATERIALS MAKES THEM A REALLY GOOD FIT FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY HERE, YOU SEE THE RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVES THEY INCLUDE WILL HATCH CROSBY RONNIE'S YAMBA BILL TEVEZ, EMILY EISENHART, ALISON LIPKIN, AND STEVE PARKER.
HERE'S A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR THE PROJECT DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE CONTRACTS.
THESE WILL GO TO A CITY COUNCIL IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY FOR APPROVAL FEBRUARY.
HOPEFULLY INSTALLATION WILL OCCUR AT THE END OF 2021.
THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PANEL APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON DECEMBER 7TH WITH A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE TEMPO ARTISTS ELEVATED THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY GREAT TO SEE.
AND I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A SPONGY THEN.
IT'S NICE TO SEE IT'S ABOUT ARTISTS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO CHECK ON SOME NUMBERS.
I SAW THAT 51% OF THE, UM, APPLICATIONS WERE FROM, UH, AIPAC REPRESENTATIVES.
AND WHAT PERCENTAGE ENDED UP A BIPAP THAT WAS SELECTED MORE, MORE THAN 50% CORRECT.
COULD WE GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE PIE CHART? OKAY.
AND DO WE KNOW HOW MANY, UM, APPLICANTS WERE BLACK BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY BLACK, UH, SLEIGH SELECTED ARTISTS.
UM, I'M GONNA ASK ANNA AND MARJORIE TO SHARE THE STATS FROM THIS SLIDE.
HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? HI, THIS IS ANNA BRADLEY.
DO YOU NEED THE QUESTION REPEATED ANNA? KIND OF SURE.
I WAS, I WAS JUST ASKING, UM, IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE 51% OF THE APPLICANTS WERE BIPAP AND I WAS JUST WANTING TO CONFIRM THAT MORE THAN 50% OF THE SELECTED ARTISTS WERE BIPAP.
AND THEN I'M JUST ALSO WONDERING IF WE HAVE ANY NUMBERS ON THE NUMBER OF BLACK APPLICANTS SINCE THERE WERE NO BLACK ARTISTS.
UH, WE DO HAVE THE DETAIL OF THAT IN OUR SPREADSHEET, BUT WE
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HAVE THE BIPAP COMMUNITY.UM, AND I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER FOR YOU IN FRONT OF ME.
UM, CAN YOU GO OUT ONE SLIDE PLEASE? I THINK IT'S INCLUDED IN THE BIPAP.
THE PERCENTAGE OF BLACK IS INCLUDED IN THE BIPAP CAUSE THE OTHER DIRECTIONS, PLEASE.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IN THIS SLIDE, THE PERCENTAGES OF THE RECOMMENDED ARTISTS, UM, AND THE MAJORITY WERE LATIN NETS.
AND THEN CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? OH, THAT'S THE RECOMMENDED THIS PREVIOUS SLIDE CAN MEET THE PREVIEW.
IS THAT THE OVERALL, BUT WE DID NOT, UH, DISTILL OUT THE NUMBER OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN APPLICANTS FROM THE BIPAP.
SO WE ARE FOLLOWING THIS PARTICULAR FORMAT.
I MEAN, I THINK THIS, THIS FORMAT IS IT'S CONVENIENT.
I JUST, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ANY BLACK MEMBERS OF BLACK ARTISTS WHOSE APPLICATIONS ARE APPROVED, THEN I GET CONCERNED BECAUSE, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY OVERLOOKED IN AUSTIN, UH, IN THE ARTS FOR A LONG TIME.
AND, UH, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S A RED FLAG TO ME WITH THIS NUMBER OF THIS NUMBER OF PROJECTS TO NOT HAVE ANY OF THEM IT'S PROBLEMATIC.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW PROBLEMATIC IT IS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF, I MEAN, IF NOBODY BLACK ACTUALLY APPLIED, THEN I CAN'T REALLY COMPLAIN.
BUT IF HALF OF THE PEOPLE WHO SUBMITTED FROM THE BIPAP WERE BLACK, THEN IT'S PRETTY PROBLEMATIC.
SO I THINK THAT BECOMES THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT INFORMATION OF SELF-IDENTIFIED ARTISTS AS BLACK OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN? UM, WE CAN, WE CAN BRING YOU THAT INFORMATION AND, UM, IN FUTURE SELECTION PROCESSES WITH THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CALLED OUT, UM, FROM THAT BIPAP COLLECTION.
AND IF YOU CAN GIVE ME SOMEONE STARTED SAYING SOMETHING, IF YOU CAN GIVE ME IF YOU CAN GIVE ME JUST ONE MINUTE, UH, COMMISSIONER FRONT-END AND I'LL BRING YOU THE NUMBER OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHO APPLIED FOR THIS CALL.
LET'S TALK THE SQUIRREL THROUGH THE, UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON THE QUESTION.
I WAS, I THOUGHT I HAD HEARD, UH, MICHELLE MOVED AND I WAS DOING TO SECONDARY MOTION.
I DIDN'T DID I NOT CAPTURE THAT? LET ME DO THAT OFFICIALLY THEN A MOTION BY POLGAR TO APPROVE SECONDED BY FLORES, UH, COMMISSIONER VANDYKE.
DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP PUSHED AND ANSWERED? THANK YOU.
UM, SO JUST SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE GO BACK, IF IT'S NOT TOO MUCH IN THE ISSUE, CAN WE'LL WE'LL VOTE ON THIS.
AND THEN IF STAFF CAN JUST EMAIL THAT INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSIONERS, THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT MY VOTE THREE OUT OF 51 52 52.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? CONCERNS SEEING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED COMMISSIONER GARZA LOOKED LIKE YOUR VIDEO FROZE? I CAN'T TELL, UH, LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE LOST HIM.
UH, CAN WE UNMUTE COMMISSIONER MOCKS? I COULD SEE, UH, HOW SHE, YES.
AND COMMISSIONER GARZA, YOUR, YOUR, WE LOST YOUR VIDEO FEED.
SO I COULDN'T TELL IF YOU VOTED I RNA.
SO AGAIN, WE HAVE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF THAT.
UH, ANNA MARJORIE, SUE, ALEX, AND PP.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
A NEW BUSINESS, FIVE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS UPDATE.
UH, HAD A PRESENTATION EARLIER.
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I, WHEN I ADDED THIS TO THE AGENDA, I ASSUMED THE PRESENTATION ON SATURDAY WAS GOING TO BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT.UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION.
UM, SO I, I THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DISCUSS TODAY.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION SATURDAY SEEING NONE? UM, AMY, DO YOU WANT TO REPEAT, UH, WHAT YOU, UH, WHAT YOU SAID IN YOUR EMAIL WITH SOME SATURDAY ON SATURDAY? YES, I, I, I, THE, THE SATURDAY WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.
I THINK I, I LIKED THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE, UH, CREATED DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE, UM, THE EQUITY ISSUE.
UM, JUST MANY OF MY FOLKS, I COULD NOT ATTEND A SATURDAY ONE, AND THEY WANT ME TO SEND THEM THE, THE, UH, RECORDED LINK WHEN IT IS READY.
SO AS SOON AS IT'S READY, MEGAN, IF YOU CAN SEND IT TO ME, I'LL FORWARD THE LINK TO THEM.
YES, AMY, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.
I THINK I SPOKE EARLIER TO THIS AND YOU MAYBE WEREN'T ON YET, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT THIS WEEK AND I SHOULD HAVE IT AS EARLY AS TOMORROW TO FORWARD.
IS THERE A WAY MAYBE TO BE MORE PROACTIVE THAN REACTIVE AND SEND IT TO PEOPLE WHO REQUEST IT? I MEAN, CAN WE DO JUST AN EMAIL TO ALL CULTURAL CONTRACTORS AND JUST SAY, IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO JOIN US AND YOU WANT TO, I JUST, I HATE, AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE INTENT.
I WANT TO TALK TO MY TWO OTHER DIVISION MANAGERS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING IT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY THE SAME WAY.
UH, ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS NOW BEING DISPERSED IN THREE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
SO, UH, MAKE AN INEQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S THE IDEA IS THAT WE WOULD SEND IT OUT TO EVERYONE WHO REGISTERED FOR THE EVENT THROUGH EVENT BRIGHT.
WE'D SEND IT THROUGH THE CONTRACTORS.
WE'D, WE'D PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S, THAT PLAN IS, IS CONSISTENT, BUT YES, IT WOULDN'T JUST BE PEOPLE WHO REQUESTED IT WOULD BE MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE.
UH, AND I'LL JUST REPEAT, LIKE INTERDIVISIONAL COOPERATION COMMUNICATION.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO START REACHING OUT TO THOSE OTHER COMMISSIONS AND OUR COUNTERPARTS AND, AND MAKING SURE THOSE LINES OF COMMUNICATION ARE OPEN SO THAT WE ARE, THAT WE ALL HAVE THE SAME BASE KNOWLEDGE AND ARE ABLE TO SHARE THAT TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ADDRESS ON THIS WAS THE, UM, THE INPUT PROCESS, RIGHT? SO IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO BE AT THE PRESENTATION ON SATURDAY, UM, OR IF YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND, YOU COULD ASK QUESTIONS IN THE CHAT.
SOME OF THEM WERE ANSWERED, OTHERS WERE BEING COLLECTED.
UH, YOU CAN STILL SEND AN EMAIL, UH, TO STAFF.
MEGAN, CAN YOU IDENTIFY WHAT'S THE PREFERRED EMAIL OR IS, IS IT ANYBODY SURE WE'VE IDENTIFIED HIS SEUSS PENTEL AS THE PRIMARY, UM, STAFF PERSON TO REACH OUT TO.
AND HIS EMAIL IS HIS SEUSS DOT PANTEL THAT'S J E S U S P A N T E L AT AUSTIN, TEXAS, ALL SPELLED OUT.GOV.GOV.
I MEAN, YOU CAN EMAIL ANY OF THE CONTACTS WITHIN THE STAFF, BUT HIS SEUSS IS, UH, IDENTIFIED AS OUR SPOCK, OUR SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT.
AND THEN YOU ALSO MENTIONED, UH, VIRTUAL OFFICE HOURS WHEN YOU SAID THIS WEEK, I BELIEVE THERE THIS WEEK HAS SEUSS, NOT THIS WEEK.
UH, THEY ARE THE SECOND AND FOURTH, TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON.
SO WHATEVER THE SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY IS, IS WHEN WE HAVE, UM, AND I'M REMEMBERING, I DON'T REMEMBER THE LINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I THINK I DO, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE FALSE INFORMATION.
SO AGAIN, YOU CAN JUST EMAIL ME OR, UM, ANY STAFF MEMBER AND WE CAN LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE OPEN OFFICE HOURS, BUT 10:00 AM TO NOON SECOND AND FOURTH, TUESDAYS OF EACH MONTH.
I JUST WANTED TO UNDERLINE THAT THE INPUT PORTION OF IT, THE FEEDBACK THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN GIVE TO STAFF IS, WAS NOT LIMITED TO THE EVENT ON SATURDAY.
THE EVENT ON SATURDAY WAS JUST THE BEGINNING INTRODUCTION OF THE PROGRAMS, EMAIL ATTEND OFFICE HOURS, UM, THAT START ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS.
LIKE THAT'S NOT BEING LIMITED.
AND I WILL JUST ADD THAT WHEN THAT POWERPOINT AND THE RECORDING GOES OUT TO EVERYONE, THE VERY LAST SLIDE HAS THOSE OPTIONS FOR HOW TO BETTER CONNECT WITH US AND STAY INFORMED.
AND IT INCLUDES THE VIRTUAL OFFICE HOURS LINK, UH, AND HIS, HIS EMAIL AND, UM,
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YOU KNOW, OTHER WAYS THAT THEY CAN JUST REACH OUT TO STAFF AND STAY CONNECTED.SO WE'LL, THAT'LL BE IN THE PRESENTATION ITSELF.
AND I WILL SAY THAT WE, UH, WE MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE NOT, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT TOTALLY DONE WITH OUR, WITH OUR WORK TO CREATE THE GUIDELINES.
SO A LOT OF THE DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT WE MIGHT BE GETTING, OR THAT PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS ABOUT, WE, WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THOSE.
SO WE ARE HOPING TO GET A LOT OF THOSE GRANULAR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AT THE END OF JANUARY.
I WAS ON MUTED AND THEN I RENEWED IT.
UM, YEAH, NO, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE MY, UH, I I'M ANGRY TO SEE WHAT ROLE THE COMMISSION HAS TO PLAY AND ALL OF THIS, UH, BECAUSE, UM, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, BUT, UM, I'LL, I'LL REVIEW IT AND I'LL LOOK AT THE, UH, THE PROPOSALS THUS FAR.
I JUST, I WAS, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND AND IT FELT LIKE THE MEETING WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND, UM, WELL PACED.
SO I JUST APPRECIATE STAFF PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND REVIEW IT, UM, AND USE IT FOR, FOR INFORMING THEMSELVES MOVING FORWARD.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX, UH, ARTS COMMISSION RETREAT IN EARLY 2021.
UH, BROUGHT UP THE IDEA THAT THE LAW AT THE END OF LAST MEETING, UM, I KNOW WE HAVE BUSY SCHEDULES AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
UM, BUT I THINK WE'RE KIND OF DUE FOR, FOR A FOCUSED CONVERSATION AMONG US.
UM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT IDEA OUT.
SEE, SEE WHAT, IF ANYONE HAS STRONG OBJECTIONS TO HAVING THE RETREAT IN JANUARY, OR IF WE CAN JUST SEND OUT A DOODLE POLL AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS, ANY SPECIFIC TOPICS THAT, THAT YOU WANT TO ADD TO THE POTENTIAL AGENDA COMMISSIONER BARNES AND FOR FANTA FANTA WAS FIRST.
GIVEN THE FACT THAT SOME OF US MIGHT NOT BE ON THE COMMISSION.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD WAIT UNTIL WE KNOW AT LEAST WHO WINS TOMORROW.
SO, SO SHOULD, SHOULD THE, UH, SHOULD THERE BE NO CHANGES REQUIRED THEN? I THINK IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE FOR US TO DO IT IN JANUARY, BUT, BUT IF, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WERE TO LOSE AND I WOULD BE, BE REPLACED.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEW APPOINTEE.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY I WOULD GET REAPPOINTED, BUT IF NOT, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR TIMELINE IS FOR THEM NOTIFYING US.
AND I, I HAVE A SIMILAR SITUATION.
I HAVEN'T TOTALLY NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO I WOULD, WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE HERE PAST THE END OF FEBRUARY, BUT, UM, ANYWAYS, COMMISSIONER OVER, I WAS GOING TO SAY, YEAH, I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF WE DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STUFF WE DIDN'T KNOW ALL YEAR LONG.
SO I, MY IMPULSE WOULD BE TO SAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE PLAN.
AND THEN IF THINGS HAVE TO SHUFFLE THINGS HAVE TO SHUFFLE, BUT DON'T LET THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE KEEP US FROM MOVING THINGS FORWARD.
BEFORE US, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, SEND OUT A DOODLE POLL.
I KNOW I HAVE TO HAVE TO MEETINGS IN EARLY JANUARY WITH THE WORKING GROUP REGARDING THE AEDC.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST SEND OUT A DOODLE POLL TO SEE WHAT THE AVAILABILITY IS.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE, THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
UH, THE OTHER CONSIDERATION IS, IS OUR JANUARY MEETING.
UH, WE TYPICALLY MEET ON THE THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A HOLIDAY.
AND, UH, I'VE, I'VE ASKED STAFF FOR PRIORITY OF THE TUESDAY, THE 19TH.
YES, WE HAVEN'T HAD CONFIRMATION FROM CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, BUT THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS MY PRIORITY TO GIVE US TO S TO STAY AS CLOSE TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE AS POSSIBLE, AND TO GIVE THE WORKING GROUP ENOUGH TIME TO COME UP WITH NOMINATIONS, FOR US TO PASS ON TO, TO STAFF AND COUNCIL.
UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT TUESDAY, THE 19 FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING? WE'RE ALL GOOD.
UM, I, I, I FEEL LIKE I, I AGREE WITH, UH, MR. POLGAR THAT WE SHOULD WRITE A PLAN FOR
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THE COMMISSION OR FOR THE RETREAT AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE NEED AS, AS NEEDS ARISE.UM, I KNOW THAT, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DISCUSS OUR RELATIONSHIP TO AIPP, UM, MAYBE SOME IDEAS OF HOW TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY BETTER, UH, AS WE'RE DOING THESE VIRTUAL MEETINGS, UM, PREVIOUSLY WE WOULD INVITE MEMBERS FROM OUR DISTRICTS TO PRESENT.
THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A CHALLENGE HERE WITH THE, WITH OUR VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
UM, SO W W WOULD I STILL WOULD LIKE TO STRENGTHEN THAT CONNECTION? SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND IDEAS FOR HOW TO DO THAT.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE MAYBE NEED TO ADDRESS AT THE RETREAT GIVEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UM, BIG CHANGES WITH THE, THE PROGRAMS AND ALSO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AS MUCH KIND OF HANDS IN THE, IN THE POT TO STIR.
UM, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IS MESSAGING AND SUPPORTING, UH, STAFF AND HOW TO BEST DO IT BECAUSE, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON THE FRONT LINES.
AND, UM, AND WE'RE THERE, WE ARE THEIR REPRESENTATIVE.
WE ARE THE ARTISTS OF WHERE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT KIND OF HOW THE, HOW TO BEST GET THE WORD OUT, AND ALSO HOW TO LIKE, TELL PEOPLE LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, TRUST US FOR THE FUTURE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A LONG KIND OF CONVERSATION THAT I THINK IS VERY MUCH IN A STRATEGIC PLANNING AND THINKING AND BRAINSTORMING.
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THING WE NEVER HAVE TIME TO DO DURING MEETINGS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BARNS.
I WOULD JUST HAVING DONE MANY OF THESE AS MANY OF YOU HAVE.
UM, I WOULD JUST SAY, WE ALWAYS FEEL LIKE WE RUN OUT OF TIME AND WE BRUSHED UP.
SO I WOULD RATHER US KEEP IT LIMITED TO MAYBE WHETHER THE HIGHEST LEVEL TO THREE THINGS AND TO HAVE REALLY GOOD DEEP DISCUSSIONS, AS OPPOSED TO CRAMMING SEVEN THINGS ON THERE AND US RUSHING THROUGH STUFF.
SO JUST, WHOEVER'S GOING TO BE PLANNING THE AGENDA, PLEASE.
BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICE IS NOT BEING HEARD.
SO IF STAFF WOULD UNMUTE COMMISSIONER MOCK SO WE COULD SEE WHAT HER THOUGHTS WERE ON THE RETREAT.
I HAVE, I HAVE SEVERAL THOUGHTS, UH, BUT THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW THAT I'M DISTRICT 10 AND WE HAVE A RUNOFF, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW.
SO, UM, MY STATUS IS UNCERTAIN.
UM, BUT I HAVE UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY, I WAS TOLD.
UM, SO IF THAT IS THE CASE, UM, THEN, UH, I, I SHOULD ATTEND THE JANUARY RETREAT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, DISCUSS ONE OF THE AGENDA THAT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.
THAT IS WHEN WE ARE ROLLING OUT THIS, UM, FOCUSED ON EQUITY, ON, UM, DIFFERENT FUNDING PROGRAMS. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS TO HAVE A CONSISTENT MASS STAGE, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY AT ALL LEVELS, UH, FROM THE STAFF LEVEL AND THE COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE, UH, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, MEMBERS LEVEL, SO THAT IT IS CONSISTENT, UM, BECAUSE CBO TEND TO GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES TO ASK FOR ANSWERS.
SO I THINK A MESSAGE, UM, NEEDS TO BE CONSISTENT.
AND ANOTHER THING IS, UM, WE MAY NEED TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LIVE UP THE PANDEMIC, HOW WOULD THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY, UM, LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT MAY BE A REAL LONG DISCUSSION, BUT AT SOME POINT, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT THE CREATIVE, UH, UH, PRESENTATION, UM, MAY BE DIFFERENT, UH, BECAUSE, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE VACCINE AND ALL THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW COMFORTABLE PEOPLE ARE STILL IN A BIG CROWD.
SO I THINK 20, 21, EVEN 20, 22, YOU KNOW, UM, MAY LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT I THINK IT NEEDS TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
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SYSMON.I AGREE WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER MOCK.
I THINK SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE USEFUL AT THE RETREAT, UM, WOULD FOR US TO KIND OF COLLECTIVELY SHARE REALLY SUCCESSFUL ONLINE EVENTS THAT WE EACH EXPERIENCE AND MAYBE COME PONANT OF THOSE EVENTS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE, UM, COMPELLING OR ENGAGING, OR WERE PARTICULARLY SUCCESSFUL, UM, FOR ALL OF US THAT ARE I'M SURE EXPERIENCING MAJOR ZOOM FATIGUE, LIKE OF THE EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE ATTENDED ARE ATTENDING.
WHAT ARE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY WORKING WELL? WHAT ARE THINGS THAT ARE PUTTING YOU TO SLEEP OR TURNING YOU OFF? UH, WE'VE HAD AT THIS POINT, UM, MULTITUDE OF ANNUAL EVENTS, UM, GO COMPLETELY DIGITAL.
WE HAD THE AUSTIN STUDIO TOUR.
UM, MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TAKEN ALL OF THEIR PROGRAMMING ONLINE.
SO WHAT CAN WE LEARN AFTER THIS, YOU KNOW, ALMOST FULL YEAR OF BEING TOTALLY DIGITAL.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POTENTIALLY THROW OUT THERE SINCE WE DO HAVE A HANDFUL OF SEATS THAT ARE SORT OF, UM, IN JEOPARDY AT THIS POINT ARE, OR MIGHT BE TRANSITIONING AS SOMEBODY WHO CAME IN, UM, RIGHT IN TIME FOR THE RETREAT.
I WILL SAY THAT IT WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR ME TO EXPERIENCE AS SOMEBODY WHO HAD VERY LITTLE TO NO, UM, EXPERIENCE WITH BEING ON THE COMMISSION.
I HAD MET VERY FEW OF YOU BEFORE.
SO IF WE ARE TO TAKE ON NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS, I CAN SEE THE, UM, THE RETREAT BEING A GREAT WAY FOR US TO REALLY GEL, UM, WITH NEW MEMBERS, JUST AN IDEA IF WE WANT TO HOLD OUT UNTIL FEBRUARY TO DO THAT, UM, EVENT.
CAUSE, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'RE ALL STILL TOGETHER.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE'LL KNOW THAT SOONER THAN LATER, BUT IF NOT, UM, I, AND YOU KNOW, LIKE I THINK RICK AND KIMBERLY WILL, UH, BOTH REALLY ENJOY THAT BECAUSE IT, FOR ME, IT WAS A REALLY GREAT WAY TO SORT OF GEL AND MEET THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS IN A WAY THAT I DON'T THINK I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH SINCE THEN.
SO IT IS A GREAT THING FOR NEW COMMISSIONERS TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FLORES.
UM, I AGREE WITH THAT LAST THING YOU SAID ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE COMPOSITION AND WHO'S TO BE ON THE COMMISSION.
UM, MAYBE HOLDING OUT A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD HELP TWOFOLD.
WE'D HAVE MORE INPUT ON WHAT THE PROCESS IS GOING TO BE FOR THE NEW CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING PROGRAMMING.
AND ALSO WE'D HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE NEW MEMBERS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
AND I THINK THAT COULD BE A TWOFER BECAUSE WE WOULD BE LEARNING OUR NEWER HOLES BECAUSE THAT COULD CHANGE, UM, AS IS GOING TO CHANGE AND ALSO PLAYERS ARE, MIGHT CHANGE.
AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK MAYBE, UM, MAYBE JANUARY TO EARLY FEBRUARY MIGHT BE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL HAVE ANY INDICATION BY THEN.
UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY 2 CENTS.
UM, I, I GUESS I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I, THAT I AM CONSIDERING THAT, UM, AND I WILL, I WILL SAVE IT.
PART OF THE REASON I WAS FEELING OVERWHELMED WAS BECAUSE YEAH, THIS, THE FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS, ISN'T GOING TO WAIT FOR US TO HAVE OUR RETREAT.
AND IF, IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A COORDINATED COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, WE CAN'T REALLY WAIT TILL FEBRUARY OR, AND MAYBE EVEN MARCH, CAUSE THAT'S REALLY, UM, WHEN I EXPECT TO HAVE FINAL DECISION ON, ON WHETHER I'M CONTINUING OR NOT, CAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT WHETHER OR NOT MY CONSUL NUMBER WINS AN ELECTION, LIKE IT'S A TOTALLY NEW COUNCIL MEMBER AND I JUST GOTTA MAKE SURE I GET, YOU KNOW, GET NOTICED BY THEIR OFFICE.
I DON'T SEE THOSE DECISIONS BEING MADE UNTIL MARCH.
UM, BUT I, I, I AM TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION THAT IT, IT WILL BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BODY, UM, MEMBERS TO, TO GEL AND TO, TO BE MORE COMFORTABLE AND TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSION.
UM, I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT.
UM, SO YEAH, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMISSION FLORES.
UM, SECOND THOUGHT MAYBE IF YOU JUST HAD, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED CERTAIN SPECIAL CALLS PER QUARTERS THAT PERHAPS WE HAVE A RETREAT NOW TO DISCUSS THINGS THAT ARE PENDING AND NECESSARY AND THEN PLAN FOR A FOLLOW-UP, UH, MEETING SPECIAL CALL MEETING AND, UH, WHATEVER QUARTER THAT IS WHAT WOULD BE IN MARCH, UH, TO HAVE A MORE IN DEPTH, UH,
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ORIENTATION TYPE OF A MEETING WITH, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT OUR ROLES AND ABOUT FUNDING PROGRAMS AND ET CETERA.AND SO THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER DEEPER DIVE MEETING AT THAT POINT.
ONCE WE HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION FOR THE NEW COMMISSIONERS, IF THAT, YEAH.
AND ANOTHER TO RE ANOTHER LITTLE WRINKLE I'D LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER IS THAT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH AIPP, DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE INVITING THE APB PANEL TO OUR RETREAT AND HAVING TO COORDINATE WITH THEM? WE DID THAT LAST TIME AS WELL FOR A DAY OF IT OR THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY.
YEAH, THEY, THEY HAD A RETREAT IN THE MORNING.
WE MET FOR LUNCH FOR A COMBINED MEETING, AND THEN WE HAD THE AFTERNOON COMMISSIONER OF EPIC.
UH, CAN YOU TELL ME IN A NUTSHELL WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS RETREAT IS? IS IT PERSONAL TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER? IS IT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? UH, I THINK COMMISSIONER FANTE IDENTIFIED BEST IT'S IT'S STRATEGY.
IT'S, UM, BIG PICTURE THINKING, UH, THINGS THAT WE CAN'T REALLY GET TO AT OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS.
UM, BUT IT HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF GETTING, UH, IMPROVED INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMISSION MEMBERS.
UM, SO I GUESS I'LL, I'LL, WE'LL THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UH, I THINK IT WILL TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHEN WE CAN SEND A DOODLE POLL OUT TO IDENTIFY A DATE.
AND I GUESS, LET ME, LET ME BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH INVITING AIPP TO THE RETREAT NOW? OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE, THE INTERACTION WE WANT TO, WE BOTH WANT TO HAVE THEM AND ALSO HAVE TIME WITHOUT THEM.
SO I, I THINK IT'S, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE THERE AT LEAST FOR PART OF IT.
SO I THINK THEIR, THEIR NEXT MEETING IS THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY.
SO TO GIVE THEM ENOUGH TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS RETREAT, I FEEL LIKE REALISTICALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, MAYBE LATE JANUARY, BUT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY AS A RETREAT TIME, JUST TO BE A LITTLE MORE REALISTIC.
UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK, I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD POTENTIAL AGENDA ITEMS, UH, A GENERIC IDEA OF WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON UNLESS SOMEONE HAS ANY OTHER CONCERNS, DON'T SEE ANY WE'LL MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS, UH, DISCUSSION AND ACTION,
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AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, NOMINATION PROCESS.UH, I DID SEPARATE THE SELF FROM THE WORKING GROUP UPDATE, BUT WE CAN TACKLE BOTH IF YOU'D LIKE COMMISSIONER FLORES.
THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY RECOMMENDED SUGGESTION THAT YOU JUST MERGE A ONE AND FOUR SO THAT WE CAN JUST TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING.
MOTION TO TAKE UP FIVE, A ONE WITH FIVE B FOR BI-POLAR, UM, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED ABSTENTIONS, UH, COMMISSIONER MARK.
AND I ASSUME THAT YOU'RE FOR COMBINING THEM.
SO THAT WAS A UNANIMOUS, THANK YOU.
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UM, WORKING GROUP, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES FOR US? YEAH, I WAS, UM, I'VE VOLUNTEERED TO CHAIR SINCE WE HADN'T DESIGNATED ANYBODY.AND SINCE EVERYBODY IS, UH, MY OTHER, UH, UH, COLLEAGUES ARE VERY BUSIER THAN I AM, I GUESS.
AND SO ANYWAY, UH, WE HAVE SUBMITTED A DOODLE POLL AND WE ARE SETTLED FOR AT LEAST OUR FIRST MEETING WILL BE EITHER DECEMBER 21 OR 22.
UH, I KNOW THAT
AND I'VE, I'VE TAKEN HER UP ON THAT AND FORWARDED IT TO AT LEAST ONE PERSPECTIVE PERSON THAT I'M THINKING OF, UH, AS W AS FIND THE COMMISSIONERS THAT IF THEY COULD PLEASE, YOU KNOW, SUBMIT ANY, UH, RESUMES OR THE FORMS THAT ARE FILLED OUT BY FOLKS THAT YOU'VE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO WHO YOU THINK WOULD BE GOOD, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS, OR TO BE CONSIDERED AS A RECOMMENDATION BY THE ARTS COMMISSION TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD.
UM, SO I, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE
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MEET THAT MONDAY OR TUESDAY, UH, ON THE 21ST, 22ND, AND WE'LL REVIEW WHAT WE HAVE.AND THEN WE'RE HOLDING ANOTHER MEETING IN EARLY JANUARY PRIOR TO OUR ARTS COMMISSION MEETING TO GATHER UP ANY SUBSEQUENT APPLICATIONS THAT WE MIGHT, THAT MIGHT STRAGGLE IN AFTER THE, WE HAVE THE FIRST WORKING GROUP MEETING AND THEN, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE MEETING.
IF IT'S ON THE 19TH, THEN I WILL HAVE THOSE FOR YOU.
I DON'T KNOW IF MICHELLE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD.
SO A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.
SO ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORT OF THE POSITION AND THE TIMEFRAME FOR US.
LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S MAKING US A LITTLE SQUIDGY AS A WORKING GROUP IS HOW FAST WE NEED TO TURN THIS AROUND AND HOW IMPORTANT THIS BODY IS AND HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO GET AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENTITY IN AUSTIN.
UM, AND HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE FOR HAVING A SEAT AT A LITERAL SEAT AT THAT TABLE.
BUT I, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, FROM THE FULL COMMISSION, LIKE THERE'S A LONG LIST OF SKILLS AND QUALITIES AND EXPERIENCE THAT WE WANT TO INCLUDE IN OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS BODY.
AND SO I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW FROM YOU GUYS, WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S, IT'S MANY THINGS, BUT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, THAT WILL BE HELPFUL.
I THINK, TO THE WORKING GROUP TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION, UM, WHAT IT WILL, I THINK HELP US SLOT AND HELP US IN PRESENTATION.
UM, AND THEN ONE OF THE OTHER CONCERNS THAT I SORT OF HAD PERSONALLY, WHEN THIS WAS FIRST PRESENTED AND I, IT MAY NOT BE THE ONLY PERSON.
SO, WHICH IS WHY I THREW THIS OUT IS THE SORT OF, WHERE DO I START WORKING FOR THIS MAGICAL UNICORN? UM, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT SKILLSETS, BUT HOW DO I HELP LIKE NARROW DOWN TO ONE OR TO FIND CANDIDATES? UM, AND AS LULU AND I WERE TALKING OR A LAYER, ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND OURSELVES DOING PRETTY QUICKLY WAS THINKING ABOUT WHAT OUR NETWORKS WERE, BUT ALSO WHO IN OUR NETWORKS KNEW PEOPLE WITH OTHER NETWORKS AND SORT OF SPREADING THE NET THAT WAY, LIKE, WHO DO WE KNOW? WHO DO WE KNOW, AND HOW DO WE EXPAND BEYOND ONE OR TWO PEOPLE INTO HOW DOES ONE PERSON BECOME 10 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE BECOME 15 TO HELP US SORT OF STRIPE THAT LIST? I WOULD LIKE TO PUMP PIGGYBACK, NOT PONIED UP, PIGGYBACK ON THAT IS, UM, JUST TO SAY THAT OBVIOUSLY I WOULD THINK THAT, UH, A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ARTS COMMUNITY AND, OR I'D BE, YOU KNOW, UH, VERY INVOLVED IN THAT, BUT ALSO SOMEONE THAT HAS, UH, EXPERIENCE AND, OR, UH, KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SAY DEVELOPMENT, THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
UH, TO ME, AT LEAST THAT HELPED ME SORT OF GEL THE PERSON THAT I THOUGHT OF.
AND I'M THINKING OF OTHERS ALONG THOSE LINES, BUT YEAH, MICHELLE'S RIGHT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD YOUR PRIORITY, UM, I GUESS, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT A STRENGTHS OR A SKILL SET THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN AN APPOINTEE FROM THIS COMMISSION TO THAT BOARD COMMISSIONER BARNES, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME CALLING ON YOU, I KNOW YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS AT OUR LAST MEETING ABOUT THIS POSITION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PRIORITY VALUES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THIS CANDIDATE? NO.
I MEAN, LIKE MICHELLE SAID, I MEAN, IT IS SUCH A UNICORN.
UM, SO I THINK JUST, WE ALL SHOULD SUBMIT WHAT WE THINK OUR, OUR PRIORITIES ARE AND THEN SEE SORT OF ARE THE TOP THREE.
AND THEN HOW DO WE MATCH THOSE TO THE CANDIDATES THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, BEEN SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION? I MEAN, IT'S HOW I WOULD DO IT, BUT, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, YEAH, REAL ESTATE FUNDRAISING, KNOWLEDGE OF THE ARTS COMMUNITY, UM, BE ABLE TO PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS IN THE SANDBOX.
I MEAN, THERE'S, I MEAN, SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THIS ONE PERSON IDEALLY WOULD HAVE.
SO WHAT IS, WHAT ARE THOSE REALLY THINGS THAT WE SEE MOST IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY? HERE'S OUR STAMP OF OUR CANDIDATE, COMMISSIONER MOCK.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PRIORITY VALUES OR SKILLSETS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN OUR CANDIDATE? YES, I HAVE.
I, I, AGAIN, I, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT, UM, TO
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HOW BUILD, UH, EMPOWER, UH, WOMEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR IN, UH, IN THE ECONOMIC, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT IS SO IMPORTANT.AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT, UM, EMPOWERING WOMEN, WOMEN OF COLOR CAN BE AN EYE SELLERATOR, UM, FOR OUR, UH, ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, MORE WOMEN OF COLOR BEING NOMINATED, UH, FOR THIS SHOW, YOU CAN ONLY GET A HOME AND ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, BUILDING WEALTH, I THINK BUILDING WEALTH OFF OF, OFF OF A KNOWLEDGE, SKILL EXPERIENCE AND, UH, FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE, BUT WOMEN ARE SO IMPORTANT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AS A, AS A FOCUS IN, IN, IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AFTER THE OPENING, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO, UH, WE RECOVER, I TAKE BETTER CONTROL OF THIS EPIDEMIC, SO THAT WILL BE MY, MY RECOMMENDATION.
UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, DO YOU, WHAT ARE YOUR PRIMARY VALUES OR SKILLSETS FOR THIS CANDIDATE? WELL, I AGREE WITH AMY AND BRETT, WE DO DEFINITELY DO NEED TO EXPAND OR REACH OUT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE WHO ISN'T, UH, TOO ENTRENCHED IN OUR ARTS COMMUNITY, BUT IS INVOLVED IN THE ARTS COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN GET A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
I DEFINITELY LIKED THE IDEA OF HAVING A WOMAN OF COLOR IN THERE.
UH, WE CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THOSE AND OUR ARTS ADMINISTRATIVE AND WHATNOT STUFF.
SO YEAH, THAT, AND THEN OF COURSE, EVERYONE SUBMITS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY THINK THEIR TOP PRIORITIES ARE AND LET'S PULL AND SEE WHAT THAT COMES OUT AND AIM THAT WAY.
DO YOU HAVE PRIORITY VALUES, YOUR SKILLS? UM, I'M, UH, WITH A LOT OF WHAT, UH, HAS ALREADY BEEN EXPRESSED, I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE A WOMAN I WANT TO SEE ARE WOMEN NOMINATED WOMEN OF COLOR, UM, VARIETY OF BACKGROUND, IDEALLY SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT INTIMIDATED BY SORT OF THE BUREAUCRACY AND THE TIME COMMITMENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REALLY BIG ASK.
UM, AND I THINK THAT SEEMS TO BE THE MO AN OBSTACLE THAT I'M HITTING, UH, WHEN I'M THINKING OF OTHER PEOPLE, BECAUSE, UH, MANY OF PEOPLE THAT I WOULD LOOK TO ALREADY HAVE COMMITMENTS AND ARE ALREADY REALLY IN, UM, INVOLVED AND ENTRENCHED IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR IN THE WORK THAT THEY ALREADY DO.
SO I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING EXISTING SCHEDULES AND, AND COMMITMENTS, UM, OF WHOEVER'S NOMINATED IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
CAUSE WE, WE PERSON NEEDS TO BE AS PRESENT AS POSSIBLE.
PEOPLE NEED TO BE AS PRESENT AS POSSIBLE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PRIORITY VALUES OR SKILLSETS THAT THIS CANDIDATE SHOULD HAVE? NOPE, NOT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FANTE ANY PRIORITY VALUES OR SKILLSETS THAT YOU THINK, OR DID I CALL ON YOU ALREADY? NO, YOU DIDN'T.
UH, I WANT A FEMALE BIPAP, LGBTQ MEMBER OF THE DISABLED COMMUNITY WHO IS ALSO, UM, WORK AT A WORKING ARTIST OR RUNNING AN ARTS ORGANIZATION OR ON THE BOARD OF AN ARTS ORGANIZATION, FIND THAT PERSON.
AND I DON'T CARE WHAT SKILL SETS THEY HAVE BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT THROUGH THE WORLD.
UH, I'M NOT SURE IF I SAID THIS AT OUR LAST MEETING, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE I COULD COMMUNICATED THIS TO A MEETING IN A MEETING WITH, UM, DAVID COLLAGEN, AS THAT I'M LESS CONCERNED WITH FINDING SOMEONE WHO HAS THE, UM, THE SKILL SETS THAT COULD BE COVERED BY THE OTHER SEATS ON THE BOARD, RIGHT THERE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE NOMINATIONS COMING FROM, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, RIGHT? THE, THE ARCHITECTURALS I'M FORGETTING EXACTLY WHAT THAT SEAT IS CALLED, BUT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN MUSIC COMMISSION AND EDUCATION IS GOING TO HAVE A SEAT.
AND SO WHAT I'M MORE INTERESTED WITH MY PRIORITY IS, IS, IS TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S INNOVATIVE WHO HAS THAT VISION TO, WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO LOOK INTO THE FUTURE AND START DEFINING WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW THE WORK THAT THIS BOARD IS ABLE TO START ACHIEVING THAT VISION.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I THROW OUT THERE, COMMISSIONER PULLER.
SO YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY MY, MY BIG THINGS IN ADDITION TO OUR AWARENESS, BUT A VISIONARY, RIGHT.
SOMEONE WITH A BIG, BROAD VISION AND A BIG HEART, UM,
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WHO IS INCLUSIVE AND ENGAGED AND WILLING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING ANYWHERE, ANYTIME.AND SO JUST AS A REMINDER, UM, I AM THE INTERIM APPOINTMENT.
I HAVE A MEETING AT FIVE O'CLOCK TONIGHT IS OUR FIRST, UH, AEDC BOARD MEETING.
UM, SO WHEN WE DO IDENTIFY A CANDIDATE OR AS A NOMINEE THAT WE, THAT WE WANT TO SEND TO COUNCIL, WHEN THEY GET APPOINTED, IT WILL BE FOR A ONE-YEAR TERM.
UM, AND THAT'S SO THAT THE AEDC BOARD HAS STAGGERING TERMS. UM, SO ART AND MUSIC, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER SEAT WILL HAVE OTHER ONE YEAR APPOINTMENTS, BUT EVERYONE ELSE AFTER THAT WE'LL HAVE THREE-YEAR APPOINTMENTS.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE CYCLES EVERY THREE YEARS.
UM, THE TERMS WE'LL CYCLE IT AT THAT, AT THAT INTERVAL.
UM, SO WE, WE ARE KIND OF LOOKING FOR, IT'S NOT REALLY AN INTERIM POSITION, BUT IT, I MEAN, IT KINDA IS IT'S ONLY A ONE YEAR.
SO EVEN IF OUR, IF OUR UNIQUE UNICORN WITH THE RAINBOW MAIN CAN'T BE FOUND, WE CAN STILL USE THE, THE, THE, THE PLAIN HAIR UNICORN.
UH, ANY OTHER UNICORN HAS PLAIN HAIR.
UH, WORKING GROUP, IS THAT ENOUGH DIRECTION FOR Y'ALL TO GO WITH? YEAH.
I WAS GOING TO SAY IF THIS IS COOL WITH YOU, IF YOU GUYS HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT COME TO MIND, RIGHT.
YOU'VE GOT RIGHT NOW, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF STUFF GOING AROUND IN YOUR HEAD, BUT IF YOU GO HOME LATER AND GO, OH, I FORGOT ABOUT JUST SHOOT AN EMAIL AND WE'LL INCLUDE THAT IN THE LIST.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON, UH, OLD BUSINESS, BE WORKING GROUP UPDATES, UH, CREATE A SPACE ASSISTANT PROGRAM, JOINT WORKING GROUP.
I THINK GIVEN WHERE WE ARE WITH THE RESTRUCTURE OF ALL THE FUNDING PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON, IT'S TIME TO SUNSET THAT WORD.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I TRIED LAST TIME AND HE SAID, NO, NO, I KNOW, BUT A LOT OF STUFF HAS HAPPENED BETWEEN THEN AND NOW.
SO WE'RE OFFICIALLY SUNSETTING, THE SISEP JOINT WORKING GROUP.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO, UH, EQUITY RESOURCE WORKING GROUP.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS BEING CHAIRED BY COMMISSIONER KEATON.
UH, I, I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE COMMISSIONER.
UH, THE IMAGINE AUSTIN TOWN CENTER WORKING GROUP, UH, WITH ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND MUSIC, UH, HAVEN'T REALLY IDENTIFIED A CHAIR FOR THAT CAUSE THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE, THE CONDUIT, UM, COMMUNICATION HAS NOT BEEN, UH, FLOWING BETWEEN COMMISSIONS, BUT I'LL TRY TO SCHEDULE SOMETHING, UM, MAKE A DECISION ON HOW THIS WORKING GROUP MOVES FORWARD.
UH, AND THEN WE, WE ALREADY TOOK CARE OF THE AEDC WORKING GROUP.
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FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, UH, JANUARY COMMISSIONER BARNS, YOU AND HEY SEUSS HAD PUT OUT A CALL TO SEE IF ANYBODY COULD ATTEND THIS RESILIENCES COMMUNITY, UM, UH, PRESENTATION ON WEDNESDAY.AND I KNOW MOCK PULL GARA AND I RESPONDED, AND I THINK THAT WAS OUR THREE SPOTS FOR ARTS COMMISSION.
BUT THEN WHEN I GOT AN EMAIL, IT SAID, WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PRESENTATION ON WEDNESDAY.
AND MARK, ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION, WHICH I'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT? SO I CAN CLARIFY FOR Y'ALL, UM, OR, I MEAN, I'LL RESPOND TO, TO THAT EMAIL AND CLARIFY.
I KNOW THAT DOESN'T NEED TO TAKE UP EVERYBODY'S TIME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT FORWARD.
AND I DID WANT TO MENTION THIS EARLIER THAT THAT THOSE THREE HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED IN CASE ANYONE ELSE WAS SORT OF THINKING ABOUT IT.
UM, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO TAKE A SEAT, IF NOT, IT'S GOING TO BE THOSE THREE MOVING FORWARD.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING RELATED TO THAT, UM, THE DOHERTY ARTS CENTER IS DOING THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND THEY'VE GOT SOME SMALL FOCUS GROUP HAPPENING, I THINK NEXT
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MONTH.I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYONE RECEIVED THE EMAIL OR IF IT WAS JUST ME AS THE CHAIR, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE YOU HAVEN'T.
SO I'LL FORWARD THAT SO THAT Y'ALL ARE AWARE MAYBE, UM, AGAIN WITH SCHEDULES, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT OVEREXTENDING AND OVER-COMMITTING AND JUST, AND, AND DIVIDING AND CONQUERING WHERE WE CAN.
UM, AND ALSO WITH VICE CHAIR PULLED GUARD AND COMMISSIONER MOCKED.
UM, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO REGISTER FOR THAT EVENT BY FIVE O'CLOCK TODAY.
OH, WHAT YOU WAS THAT THE RESILIENCY CONVERSATION? UH, YOU EMAIL.
HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OH, OKAY.
WELL, I, I DID SAY THAT, UH, I WILL BE HAPPY TO DO IT, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.
SO AM I SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE SOMETHING FROM THEM? DID YOU REGISTER, THERE WAS A LINK IN THAT ORIGINAL EMAIL THAT I FORWARDED.
UM, WELL, NOT THE, NOT THE TWO DAY ONE.
I CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE TUESDAY EVENING IF IT IS A WEDNESDAY EVENING, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THEN I GOT AN EMAIL FROM HIS SCHOOL THAT, UH, YOU, YOU ARE TRYING TO DRIVE SO MUCH HELP.
AND I SAID, I'LL BE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE ON THE A COUPLE OF HOURS.
BUT TWO DAYS THAT'S ANOTHER TRAINING FOR TWO DAYS.
I THINK YOU'RE THINKING OF THE ANTI-RACISM WORKSHOP.
WELL, SO, SO I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING, UM, ABOUT REGISTER I'LL I'LL, UH, SEND THE EMAIL AGAIN AND, AND, OR WE CAN EVEN TALK ON THE PHONE, TALK THROUGH IT, BUT I'LL, I'LL SEND THAT EMAIL AGAIN.
MAKE SURE YOU GET REGISTERED TODAY.
AND I'LL, AND I'LL INCLUDE IT IN WITH YOUR, UM, PERSONAL EMAIL.
DID YOU SAY MARK POLGAR AND BARNS.
UH, I THINK THAT'S IT WE'LL, UH, I'LL TAKE CARE OF SOME BUSINESS ON THE BACK END IN TERMS OF DUE TO POLLS AND STUFF.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS OR STAFF DID Y'ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
UM, I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP REALLY QUICKLY ON THE UNDOING RACISM TRAINING.
UM, I DID RESPOND BACK TO THE EQUITY OFFICE THAT, UM, THE TIMING WAS JUST NOT DOABLE FOR PEOPLE THIS TIME AROUND.
AND THEY WANTED TO ASK IF, IF, UH, THEY WERE TO RESCHEDULE IT FOR PART OF A FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OR SUNDAY, WOULD WEEKENDS WORK BETTER FOR, FOR EVERYBODY? I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THAT WOULD HELP.
I'LL, I'LL SHARE THAT BACK WITH THEM.
UM, I KNOW THEY WERE LOOKING AT HOW TO STRUCTURE A FUTURE TRAINING STRATEGY.
I'LL SHARE THAT FEEDBACK BACK WITH THEM.
SO, UH, LIKE I SAID, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE SOME TIME OFF, AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER.
UM, SUE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE STILL ON.
WAS DIDN'T ANYTHING GET PUT TOGETHER FOR THE MURALS ON LAMAR? YES.
UM, I'M GOING TO SEND YOU ALL A LINK SO THAT YOU CAN SORT OF DO THE SAME DRIVE BY THE BRENT AND I DID THE OTHER DAY.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE BE WELL MURALS.
UM, IT'S ABOUT A THREE MINUTE VIDEO, SO IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE APPROPRIATE TO SHOW IT DURING THIS MEETING, BUT I WILL SEND A LINK OUT TO Y'ALL SO YOU CAN SEE IT.
THE PICTURES I'VE SEEN LOOK GREAT.
SO IF Y'ALL GET A CHANCE TO DRIVE UNDER THE LAMAR UNDER PATHS, DO YOU, SO THANK YOU EVERYONE.
FOR REAL THIS TIME, THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.