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SO JUST A QUICK, LAST MINUTE NOTE FOR ALL OF THESE CITIZENS THAT ARE IN THE LIST.
UM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START THE MEETING HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR PHONE ON MUTE AND, UM, WAIT TO BE CALLED TO SPEAK.
AND AT THAT POINT YOU CAN UNMUTE AND GIVE YOUR SPEECH.
[CALL TO ORDER]
FIVE 36.I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER A GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
THIS IS THE ARTS COMMISSION, MARCH 15TH, MEETING FIVE 36, UH, WE'RE MEETING VIA VIDEO CONFERENCING AND I'M HEARING AN ECHO.
SO JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS MUTED.
UH, ONCE YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK AND I'M GOING TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH THROUGH ROLL, JUST TO MAKE CONFIRM.
WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE HERE AND I SEE COMMISSIONER MOCK COMMISSIONER FANTE COMMISSIONER CISMEN COMMISSIONER FLORES.
VICE-CHAIR POLGAR COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE.
UH, AND ON THE PHONE WE HAVE COMMISSIONER KEATON AND MYSELF, OF COURSE.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'VE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON, UH, CULTURAL FUNDING, WHICH IS AN AGENDA ITEM.
SO I'M JUST, UH, ASKING THAT THEY HOLD OFF UNTIL WE GET TO THAT POINT ON THE AGENDA.
UM, OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON AND UH,
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WE'LL DO THE PRO OR ACTUALLY CON BY SHAREHOLDER.I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR ARTS COMMISSION MEETING ON DECEMBER 14TH, 2020 UNDER ITEM ONE, A ONE, ACCORDING TO THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY, IT SAID WE APPROVED THEM IN DECEMBER.
THAT'S WHAT I JUST READ ON THE, ON THE MINUTE.
SO I THINK WE DIDN'T, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM.
WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE, SO THEN THAT'S AN EDIT FOR THE JANUARY MINUTES.
UM, SO LET ME MAKE SURE THAT COMMISSIONER OR VICE-CHAIR POLGAR YOUR MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER MEETING, CORRECT? SO NOT ALL THREE OF THEM, CORRECT.
SO MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER MEETING, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FLORES, UH, HEARING.
NO OBJECTION THAT PASSES ON CONSENT.
NO OBJECTIONS HEARD IT'S PASSED, RIGHT? I'VE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY 21ST, 2021 WITH THE, UH, ADDENDUM THAT WE HAD ACTUALLY NOT APPROVED THE DECEMBER MINUTES IN JANUARY.
IF WE CAN MAKE THAT CORRECTION MOTION TO APPROVE THE JANUARY MINUTES WITH AMENDMENT SEC, UH, BI-POLAR SECONDED BY FLORES.
ANY OTHER EDITS, AH, HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.
NO OBJECTIONS PAST THE JANUARY MINUTES.
AND IF I SHOULD POLDARK, CAN I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION PLEASE? TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 7TH SPECIAL CALLED ARTS COMMISSION MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETINGS OF OUR FEBRUARY MEETING.
I THOUGHT WE CANCELED OUR FEBRUARY MEETING.
OH, THAT WAS A RETREAT MINUTES FOR OUR MEETING RETREAT.
SECONDED BY POLGAR ARMEEN SECONDED BY FLORES.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, UH, UH, HEARING NO OBJECTIONS THAT PASSES ON CONSENT.
UH, WE HAVE APPROVED THE MEETING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 7TH ARTS COMMISSION RETREAT WITH AIPP.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ALONG TO, UH, THE CHAIR'S REPORT.
UM, I'LL, I'LL GET THROUGH THIS QUICKLY, BUT I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO, TO NOTE.
I WANTED TO START WITH OUR FOUR PILLARS
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OF CULTIVATING LEADERSHIP DEVELOP CURRENT AND EMERGING LEADERS ARE NUMBER TWOS TO ENSURE AND ENCOURAGE EQUITY REFLECT THE GROWING DIVERSE POPULATION OF AUSTIN.NUMBER THREE, FOSTER COLLABORATION CONTRIBUTE TO AUSTIN'S ROBUST ARTS ECOSYSTEM.
AND NUMBER FOUR IS INSPIRE EVOLUTION TO ACHIEVE ADVANCEMENT THROUGH INNOVATION AND RESILIENCY.
UM, I BRING, I BRING UP OUR FOUR PILLARS AGAIN, CAUSE I'M REMINDED OF, OF WHAT I WITNESSED, UM, DURING THE STORMS LAST MONTH WHERE, UH, BLACK LEADERS COLLECTIVE WAS THE FIRST GROUP THAT I HEARD OF THAT WERE PROVIDING THE EMERGENCY SERVICES, THE EMERGENCY NEEDS, UM, THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDED.
UM, AND I SURPRISED MYSELF BY NOT FULLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT MUTUAL AID GROUPS ARE AND WHAT THEY DO.
UM, AND IT, IT, IT OPENED MY EYES AND THEN I'VE LEARNED SOME THINGS AND, BUT IT ALSO ECHOED WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING ON THE ARTS COMMISSION THAT, UH, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT REGARDING THE CULTURAL FUNDING AND EQUITY, UM, THE BIG CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING, IT, IT REALLY IS GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US.
WE NEED TO BE HELPING EACH OTHER.
WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO LOOK AS A COMMUNITY AS AN ARTS COMMUNITY, CONTINUE LOOKING AT THE CITY AS THE SOLE PROVIDER.
WE, WE DO NEED TO BE REACHING OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND HELPING EACH OTHER, UM, WITH THE EMERGENCIES, UH, ITEMS THAT, THAT, THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT.
AFFORDABLE CREATIVE SPACE, UM, JUST HAVING A, A ROBUST AND RESILIENT ECOSYSTEM.
UM, I, YEAH, SO I JUST WANT TO START OUT WITH THOSE OBSERVATIONS.
[2.a. Arts Commission/Art in Public Places Retreat]
WE DID HAVE OUR RETREAT WITH AIPP IN, IN EARLY FEBRUARY.UH, AGAIN, I THINK IT WAS, IT WAS A, AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR US TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
I DID, WE DID START THAT MEETING BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS AND IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME IN THE TWO OR THREE HOURS TO JUST TO GO OVER EVERYTHING.
WE'RE JUST THE BEGINNING, ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, WITH THE PANEL, WITH, UH, OUR, OUR FRIENDS AND OUR COLLEAGUES OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IT REALLY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF COMMUNICATION, UM, TO GET TO THAT, TO THAT BETTER PLACE.
UM, YEAH, THAT, THAT COVERS THE AIPP OR THE ARTS COMMISSION AIPP RETREAT, JUST GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND AN UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT, THAT WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER.
[2.b. Art in Public Places liaison report]
AGENDA IS THE AIP LIAISON REPORT.UH, OUR, OUR LIAISON IS NOT HERE AND AS I UNDERSTAND, AIPP CANCELED THEIR, THEIR LAST MEETING BECAUSE OF THE STORMS, UH, SAME AS WE DID.
[2.c. Boards & Commissions liaisons]
ON TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS LIAISONS, UH, I DID WANT TO KEEP YOU ALL INFORMED THAT I HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE THREE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSIONS THAT THAT'S THE ASIAN-AMERICAN AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANIC, LATINO, AS WELL AS, UH, THE MAC ADVISORY BOARD, UH, AND TRY AND KEEP IN TOUCH WITH, WITH MUSIC AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AS WELL.UH, WE'RE INTERESTED IN, IN THAT GROUP CONVERSATION, WE'RE INTERESTED IN ACTIVATING THE JOINT CULTURAL COMMITTEE THAT WAS, UH, ADDED TO CITY CODE A FEW YEARS AGO, UH, WAS NEVER ACTUALLY ACTIVATED.
UM, BUT WE FEEL THAT, THAT WE HAVE A DISCUSSION POINTS THAT, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AND, AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OF THAT COMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO, TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UM, SO I WILL BE, IT DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THIS AGENDA.
SO NEXT MONTH WE WILL BE ADDING AN AGENDA ITEM TO, TO CREATE A WORKING GROUP TO ADDRESS THAT CONVERSATION.
[2.d. Austin Economic Development Corporation update]
AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION UPDATE, UH, AS YOU KNOW, I AM, I WAS, UH, IDENTIFIED AS THE INTERIM APPOINTMENT TO THE ARTS COMMISSION SEAT.UH, WE TOOK ACTION AT THE JANUARY MEETING TO NOMINATE MYSELF AND TWO ALTERNATES, UH, TO THE YEAR APPOINTMENT ON THE AEDC BOARD AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING OF THE ADC.
UH, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, THE REPRESENTATION
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OR THE VOICES REPRESENTED, UH, BY THE NOMINEES.UH, AND SO IN, IN FULL DISCLOSURE, I MADE A MOTION TO, TO, UM, POSTPONE THE PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL AND TO GIVE STAFF TIME TO GO BACK TO THE NOMINATING BOARDS, UH, TO GIVE THEM TIME TO COME UP WITH, UH, ALTERNATE NAMES TO THEIR NOMINEES.
UH, CAUSE IT TURNS OUT AS, AS, AS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION WAS THE ONLY BOARD THAT PROVIDED A NOMINEE AND ALTERNATES, UM, IN LIGHT OF THAT, UH, CONVERSATION, I DECIDED TO DECLINE THE NOMINEE, THE NOMINATION.
AND SO OUR ALTERNATE IS THE, UH, NOMINEE THAT GOT PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, UH, CARL SETTLES, JR.
UM, AND I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THAT PART OF MY, UM, DELIBERATION ON THAT DECISION WAS, WAS OUR FIRST PILLAR OF CULTIVATING LEAGUE LEADERSHIP.
WE HAVE, WE HAD TWO, UM, QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WHO STEPPED UP AND VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE ON THE AEDC BOARD FOR US POTENTIALLY.
UM, AND IT JUST SEEMED RIGHT THAT I, I WOULD ALLOW THEM THAT, THAT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, SO JUST TO KEEP YOU ALL INFORMED THAT THAT'S HAPPENED.
UM, THE OTHER POINT FROM THE AEDC I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS, UH, THE CULTURAL TRUST COMMITTEE FROM THE AEDC BOARD.
UH, THEY, THE AEDC IS HAVING, UM, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH WHAT THEY'RE CALLING CULTURAL TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, AND SO I'VE ADDED, OR I'VE ASKED TO ADD THOSE ARTS COMMISSIONERS AND MUSIC COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE ON THE, UM, THE WORD, THE JOINT WORKING GROUP THAT, UH, THE JOINT WORKING GROUP FOR THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND.
I, HER, THOSE MEN I'D ASKED FOR THOSE MEMBERS TO BE ADDED TO THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WITH THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE AEDC BOARD, THEY WOULD BE GENERATING NOMINEES TO SERVE ON THE CULTURAL TRUST COMMITTEE OR SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE MOVING QUICKLY.
AND SO I, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IF WE WANTED TO FORM A WORKING GROUP, OR IF WE WANTED TO JUST START COLLECTING NAMES AND START SENDING THEM TO THE ADC FOR CONSIDERATION THAT WE DO THAT TONIGHT.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IT IS ON THE AGENDA LATER, UM, TO, TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
UH, AND NOW I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AT THAT TIME.
QUESTION, UM, WHAT THE ADC WHO'S ON THAT, WORKING ON THAT ADVISORY.
I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHO THAT WAS THAT OKAY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE, WHEN WE COME ON THE AGENDA, UM, AND THAT AGENDA ITEM.
UH, AND SO THAT WRAPS UP MY CHAIR'S REPORT.
ALL THE ITEMS UNDER THAT COME OF, I SHARED FOLDER IN THE INTEREST OF TRYING TO CONTAIN THE CONVERSATION TOGETHER WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING ON THE LINE, WHO HAVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS AND THE CULTURAL FUNDING UPDATE THAT'S COMING ON, STAFF BRIEFINGS THREE A, CAN WE MOVE US THREE B AND THREE C ABOVE THREE A, SO WE CAN KEEP THAT CULTURAL FUNDING CONVERSATION, ALL OF A PIECE.
PRETTY PLEASED MOTION TO MOVE THREE B AND THREE C IN FRONT OF ITEM THREE, A S UH, BY, BY SHARP POVERA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FANTE R YES.
[3.b. Dougherty Arts Center Redevelopment update]
ON TO ITEM THREE, B DOHERTY ART CENTER, RE REDEVELOPMENT UPDATE.UH, KEVIN, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? I'M HERE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU.
I THINK THERE'S A PRESENTATION AT EMORY SHOULD HAVE, AND I IMAGINE AS BEING BLOATED, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WITH CITY HALL STAFF, THE PRESENTATION IS BEING LOADED.
AND WE SHOULD HAVE A ROBERT BURNS ON THE CALL AS WELL.
HE'S A PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT OF THE STUDIO EIGHT.
UM, BUT WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN PHASE OF THE DOHERTY ARTS CENTER PROJECT.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU MAY RECALL THAT, UH, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, NOW WE CAME TO PRESENT TO YOUR COMMISSION AS WE WERE APPROVAL TO REDEVELOP THE DECK AT BUTLER SHORES PARK.
AND THAT IS A PROCESS THAT WE TOOK TO CITY COUNCIL.
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TO, UH, GIVE THE DAC A NEW HOME BUTLER SHORES AND EXCUSE ME, AND, AND SO DOING THE, UM, THEY ALSO PASSED A FEW AMENDMENTS THAT THEY WANTED TO LOOK AT.THEY WANTED US TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY AS WE CONTINUED PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
WE'VE ASSEMBLED A TEAM AND PUT TOGETHER MULTIPLE DESIGN SCENARIOS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL TRY TO WALK THROUGH QUICKLY TONIGHT.
I DID JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WE, WE SENT OUT THIS PRESENTATION IN ADVANCE AS THE PANEL HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT ALREADY.
YES, IT WAS, IT WAS HOUR OUR GROUP TOO, TO READ AHEAD OF TIME.
WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO MOVE THROUGH PRETTY QUICKLY CAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF MATERIAL HERE.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH, UH, WITH THE DAC SITE AND OTHER PROPOSED SITE OF OTHER SHORES IS RIGHT HERE ON THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN AT THE SITE OF BLO ASTERISKS, RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF BUTLER SHORES PARK.
ALSO ON THAT SITE ARE THREE LITTLE LEAGUE BALL FIELDS ON THE WESTERN MOST CORNER OF BUTLER SHORES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND LITTLE LEAGUE.
UH, THE LIMITS OF CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS SIDE ARE REALLY RIGHT SMACK IN THE CENTER ON THE TO AISD PROGRAM, SOFTBALL FIELDS THAT ARE ORIENTED TO THE NORTHEAST, UM, ALSO ON THE SITE AS THE PART MAIN OFFICE AND THE ZACK THEATER.
SO WE'RE NATURALLY REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDEVELOP THE ART CENTER HERE.
UM, UH, NEIGHBOR WITH ANOTHER CULTURAL ARTS INSTITUTION IS THAT THEATER.
UM, THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL DIRECTION THAT I WAS SPEAKING TO.
SO, AND THE IMAGE THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THIS SLIDE IS THE PLANNING GRAPHIC THAT ACCOMPANIED THAT PART OF THE PROCESS.
BUT, UM, COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THE RELOCATION OF THE DECK AT BUTLER SHORES AND IN, SO DOING, THEY ASKED US TO LOOK AT THESE ALTERNATIVES SHOWN ON THE SCREEN HERE AND THERE, THEY'RE LISTED WITH THESE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH THREE, BUT THERE ARE ACTUALLY FOUR SCENARIOS THAT WE'LL SHOW YOU THIS EVENING.
UM, AND THEY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THESE DIFFERENT CRITERIA.
SO THE FIRST IS THAT THE NEW DOOR ARTS CENTER AND THE EXISTING PART MAIN OFFICE WOULD REMAIN ONSITE.
AND THAT'S KIND OF, AS YOU'RE SEEING HERE IN THIS FEASIBILITY GRAPHIC, WE HAVE TWO SCENARIOS THAT FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY.
WE HAVE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE SHOWN ON NUMBER TWO IN WHICH THE NEW DOOR YARD CENTER AND A NEW PART MAIN OFFICE, UM, WOULD BE REBUILT ON THE SITE TOGETHER AS PART OF THE SAME PROJECT.
AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THE PARTS NOT FUNDED TO REBUILD, UH, THEIR OFFICE CURRENTLY, BUT THAT IS A SCENARIO THAT WE LOOKED INTO.
UH, AND THE THIRD IS ONE IN WHICH THE NEW DOOR TO CENTER WOULD BE REBUILT ON THIS SITE.
AND THE EXISTING PART MAIN OFFICE WOULD BE REMOVED TO ANOTHER SITE.
AND SIMILARLY, THAT'S AN UNFUNDED, UH, SCENARIO.
THERE'S, THERE'S NOT ANOTHER SITE THAT PART IS CURRENTLY LOOKING AT FOR THE MAIN OFFICE, BUT, UM, IT IS AN OPTION THAT WE LOOKED INTO.
UM, WE WERE ALSO ASKED TO LOOK AT A CONSOLIDATED PARKING SOLUTION AT THIS SITE.
SO ONE THAT MIGHT SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF THE ENTIRE ARTS DISTRICT INSTEAD OF JUST THE DIRTY ART CENTER.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE DIFFERENT PARKING SOLUTIONS WITH ALL THE FOUR SCHEMES THAT WERE, THAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU TONIGHT.
AND WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT, UH, ALTERNATIVE FINANCING MECHANISMS FOR THE DECK, AS WELL AS AN INTEREST IN PHILANTHROPY FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO LOOKING AT A FEW SCENARIOS THAT TAKE THE EXISTING PART MAIN INTO ACCOUNT, WE JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE HISTORIC CONTEXT OF THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1959, AND IT'S ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, SO THAT IT'S NOT THE ONLY, UM, OF CRITERIA THAT WENT INTO ACCOUNT IN LOOKING AT THESE OPTIONS, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY ONE THAT WE WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO BE AWARE OF.
UM, AND IT INFORMS OUR PREFERRED SCENARIO.
YOU'LL SEE HERE IN A BIT, UH, THIS SLIDE CAPTURES THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE DONE AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS.
WE'VE HELD QUITE A FEW FORUMS, UM, BOTH OPEN HOUSES TO THE ENTIRE CITY, AS WELL AS SOME MORE TARGETED SMALL GROUP MEETINGS WITH THIS SPECIFIC USER GROUPS THAT THE DOOR TO YARD CENTER.
UH, WE DID WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE WERE CAPTURING THE NUANCES OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT USER GROUPS.
SO OUR PROJECT TEAM HAD A REAL FIRM UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE SPACES WITHIN THE BUILDING NEEDED TO BE USED.
ALSO JUST MAKING SURE THAT IT WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY AND THE ARTS COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO BE IN THIS SPACE AND FEELING WELCOME IN THIS SPACE.
UM, WE HAVE MANY OTHER PARTNERS WITH THIS PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH, INCLUDING THE ADJACENT SEC THEATER, THE TRAIL FOUNDATION, AND, UM, MANY DEPARTMENTS
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WITHIN THE CITY WITH ALL THE INTEREST IN A PARKING AND TRAFFIC COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT.THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAS A LARGE ROLE ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
UH, THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, WE, UH, DEVELOPED A MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE PROJECT AND IT REALLY INTENDS TO MERGE THE MISSION OF THE DOOR OF THE ART CENTER, WHICH IS TO SUPPORT ARTS ACCESS FOR ALL, WITH THE MISSION OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS TO CREATE COMMUNITY.
AND WITH THIS PROJECT, THERE'S A NATURAL OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT THROUGH THE ARTS.
AND YOU'RE ALSO SEEING A FEW TENANTS OF THE PROJECT THAT WE WILL BE CHECKING IN ON AT DESIGN MILESTONES.
UH, ONE OF THOSE THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS SUSTAINABLE.
WE DO HAVE SOME AMBITIOUS SUSTAINABILITY GOALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT, UM, BOTH TO BE LEED GOLD CERTIFIED, BUT ALSO WELL CERTIFIED, WHICH IS MORE ORIENTED TOWARDS THE, UH, HEALTH OF THE OCCUPANTS OF THE BUILDING.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ROBERT AT THIS POINT TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE SITE CONSTRAINTS AND THE FOUR OPTIONS.
THANK YOU, KEVIN AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
UH, BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE VARIOUS LAYOUTS, UH, DID WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONSTRAINTS THAT THE DESIGN TEAM IS HAVING TO WORK AROUND ON THIS SITE.
SO IN THIS DIAGRAM, JUST TO ORIENT YOU, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE ZACH SCOTT THEATER COMPLEX AND THE EXISTING PART MAIN OFFICE BUILDING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE AND IN THE GRAY BOXES, UM, YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, HEAVY PINK LINES THAT RUN ALONG TEENY ROAD.
THESE ARE UTILITY EASEMENTS THAT EXTEND THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF TIMI ROAD.
THERE IS ALSO A UTILITY EASEMENT THAT YOU CAN SEE THE CUTS ACROSS THE SITE, UH, DIAGONALLY AND ACTUALLY GOES UNDERNEATH THE LAKE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY DOWN THE MIDDLE IN THE PURPLE LINE IS A, UM, TWO, UH, DRAINAGE CULVERTS.
AGAIN, THAT, THAT SPLIT THE SITE IN HALF, UH, THE LARGE, UH, SHADED IN GREEN CIRCLES ON THE SITE ARE, UH, HERITAGE TREES.
THESE ARE BIG, BEAUTIFUL OAK TREES.
THEY ARE PROTECTED ON THE SITE AND, UM, WE, UH, WE'LL BE WORKING AROUND THEM TO PRESERVE THEM.
YOU'LL SEE A NUMBER OF LIGHTER, UH, GREEN CIRCLES ON THE SITE.
SO THESE ARE PREDOMINANTLY LARGE COTTONWOOD TREES THAT EXIST ON THE SITE.
UM, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT PROTECTED TREES, UH, AGAIN, WE WANT TO DO OUR BEST TO PRESERVE, UH, AS MANY TREES ON THE SITE AS WE CAN.
UH, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE, UM, ZACH SCOTT, UH, LEASE AGREEMENT.
THAT'S A, THAT, UH, ORANGE DASH LINE THAT IN CIRCLES, UH, SEVERAL OF THE GRAY, GRAY BUILDINGS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SITE.
SO, AS KEVIN MENTIONED, UM, THERE WERE THREE SCENARIOS THAT WE WERE DIRECTED TO STUDY.
WE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED FOUR OPTIONS.
UM, THIS PAGE RELIGIOUS SHOWS THEM ALL TOGETHER.
SO IT HELPS YOU ORIENT YOURSELF TO THESE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME KEY CRITERIA THAT ARE COMMON, UH, THAT WE TRIED TO STUDY THROUGHOUT ALL OF THESE SCHEMES.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHEN I MENTIONED HERITAGE TREES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRESERVING HERITAGE TREES ON THE SITE.
UM, WOULD YOU WANT THE NEW DARDY ARTS CENTER TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP TO THE ZACK, BUT HAVE ITS OWN IDENTITY AS WELL? UH, WITHIN THIS SITE AREA, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT DISTRICT PARKING SOLUTIONS.
UH, THESE WILL BE IN THE FORM OF UNDERGROUND PARKING STRUCTURES, UM, ON ALL OF THE SCHEME.
ROBERT, CAN I INTERRUPT YOU REALLY SHORTLY? I'M SORRY.
CAN, CAN WE GET, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FOR AUSTERITY SAKE, WE COULD SEE THAT LAST OPTION CONTINUE ROBERT.
UM, WITH ALL OF THESE SCHEMES, WE HAVE STUDIED, UH, HOW TO TRY AND BALANCE, UH, TRAFFIC ON THE SIDE FROM RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND FROM TUMI ROAD.
UM, SOME OF THESE ALSO, UH, CONTEMPLATE PRESERVING THE PARDON MAIN OFFICE BUILDING, UH, AS WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.
AND, UH, WE'VE ON ALL OF THESE.
WE HAVE MADE ALLOWANCES FOR POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF THIS FACILITY, UM, YOU KNOW, SHOULD ADDITIONAL FUNDING BECOME AVAILABLE.
UM, THERE MAY BE THE POTENTIAL TO EXPAND THE PROGRAMS, UM, WITHIN THIS FACILITY, UH, AND ALSO
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WITH ALL OF THEIR BACK OF HOUSE ELEMENTS, UM, SERVICE AREAS, KILLING YARDS, UH, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE CAN INCORPORATE, UH, IN, INTO THE PLANNING.SO IF YOU GO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, SO I'LL WALK THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE, UH, THIS IS OPTION ONE.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE PARRED MAIN OFFICE BUILDING REMAINS ONSITE, UH, AND IT MAY BE RENOVATED AND COULD HAVE AN ADDITION, UH, ADDED ONTO THAT.
UM, IN MOST OF THESE SCHEMES, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING A CIVIC ARTS PLAZA, UH, ESSENTIALLY ON THE SURFACE LOT, UM, THAT YOU SEE THERE BETWEEN THE ZACH SCOTT THEATER AND THE PARD MAIN OFFICE BUILDING.
UH, WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A POSSIBILITY YET, WE'RE JUST EXPLORING OPPORTUNITY THERE.
SO IN THIS CASE, WE'VE LOCATED THE NEW DIRTY ART CENTER, UH, JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE EXISTING PARDON MAIN OFFICE BUILDING IT'S PRIMARY ENTRY WOULD BE FROM RIVERSIDE DRIVE AROUND THE CIVIC PLAZA LOOP.
AND THEN, UH, PATRONS WERE PERCEIVED DOWN WHAT WE'RE INDICATING AS AN ARTS PROMENADE THAT WOULD TAKE YOU TO THE MAIN ENTRY, UH, OF THE DIRTY ARTS CENTER.
THEY CAN SEE THE MAJOR BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE DIRTY ARTS CENTER.
THERE'S THE GALLERY, THE ADULT STUDIOS, UH, THE YOUTH PROGRAM AND THE THEATER SPACES.
UM, IN THIS CASE WE HAVE A SERVICE AND A SCHOOL PICKUP, AND DROP-OFF PRIMARILY FROM TEENY ROAD, THE EXISTING PARKING LOTS ALONG TIMI ROAD WOULD REMAIN, REMAIN, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE AREAS THAT WOULD BE, UH, IN FRONT OF THE DIRTY YARD CENTER IN THIS CASE.
UM, AND THIS WILL SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PRODUCT PARKING SCENARIOS, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE, WE'RE INDICATING THE POSSIBILITY OF AN UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE UNDER THE DISTRICT ARTS PLAZA OFF OF RIVERSIDE, GO TO THE NEXT LINE, UH, OPTION B AGAIN, THE ARD MAIN OFFICE BUILDING REMAINS A TENANTS LOCATION, AND HERE WE'VE LOCATED THE NEW DARDY ARTS CENTER ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SITE, UH, AS ESSENTIALLY A TERMINUS TO RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
AGAIN, WE HAVE A CIVIC ARTS PLAZA, UM, POTENTIALLY BETWEEN PART AND THE ZACH SCOTT.
AND THEN, UH, THAT DRIVEWAY WOULD PROCEED DOWN, UH, TO THE NEW DRD ART CENTER, WHERE THERE WOULD BE, UH, DROP-OFF OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN ACCESS DIRECTLY INTO AN UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE, UM, THAT WILL HAVE, UH, PARK SPACE, UH, OVER TOP OF IT.
UH, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE MAJOR BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE DIRTY WITH THE GALLERY, THE STUDIOS, THE THEATER, AND THE SCHOOLS.
IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE A SERVICE AREA AND A DROP-OFF AREA THAT RUNS UP ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE PROPERTY, UH, ESSENTIALLY TO THE RIVER ON THAT SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
UM, AGAIN, WE'VE PRESERVED, UH, ALL OF THE HERITAGE OAK TREES IN THE SCHEME.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE A SECONDARY ACCESS TO THE PARKING GARAGE IN THIS CASE OFF OF TIMMY ROAD.
UM, ONE THING I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT IS COMMON TO ALL THESE SCHEMES AS WELL IS, UH, CONNECTIVITY OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM, UM, THROUGH THIS SITE TO THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY AN EXTENSION OF THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL THAT RUNS TO THE SOUTH ALL THE WAY TO BARTON SPRINGS ROAD, UH, ADJACENT TO, UM, THE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
SO THE PARK AREAS ARE LOOKING AT THOSE BEING PREDOMINANTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, OPEN AND PASSIVE SPACES.
UH, THERE MAY BE SOME PROGRAM AREAS WITHIN HERE AS WELL.
UH, WE SEE THIS, UH, ENTRY DRIVE AREA AS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO DO SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL IN THAT CIRCLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS AGAIN COULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR DISPLAY OF PUBLIC ARTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITIES WITH, AND AROUND, UH, THE DIRTY, UH, ITSELF FOR, UH, OUTDOOR ART AREAS.
UM, THERE WOULD BE A NEW PART OFFICE CONSTRUCTED ON THE SITE, AND YOU CAN SEE IT THERE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE DIRTY, UH, ART CENTER IN THIS DIAGRAM.
UH, THE NEW DIRTY WOULD, UM, KIND OF WORK ITS WAY AROUND THE HERITAGE OAK TREES AND
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CREATE SOME WHAT COULD BE REALLY WONDERFUL COURTYARDS.AGAIN, THE PRIMARY ACCESS, UH, IN THIS SCENARIO IS, ARE FOR RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND THE CIVIC, UH, PLAZA LOOP, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR SCHEME, UM, WE'RE MAKING AN INDICATION OF WHAT COULD BE AN UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE, UH, BELOW THE DOUGHERTY ARTS CENTER THAT WOULD BE ACCESSED OFF OF KIMMIE ROAD AND SCHOOL PICKUP AND DROP OFF.
AND, UH, THEATER LOADING WOULD BE OFF OF THE TUMI ROADSIDE.
UH, AGAIN, THE REMAINDER OF THE SITE IS A OPEN PARKLAND.
AGAIN, WE HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUTDOOR SPACES AND PLACES FOR OUTDOOR ART.
AND OPTION THREE, UH, THE LAST SCENARIO IN THIS CASE, UM, WE WERE CONTEMPLATING THAT, UH, THE 1970S ADDITION ON THE EXISTING PART OFFICE BUILDING WOULD BE DEMOLISHED AND WE WOULD REPURPOSE THE ORIGINAL 1959 PART OFFICE AS PART OF THE DIRTY ART CENTER.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT THERE IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE DIRTY, UM, DIAGRAM AGAIN, OPERATES PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS OPTION IN THAT IT HAS A MAIN, UH, ENTRY OFF OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE, UH, THAT WILL, EXCUSE ME, TAKE YOU TO THE LOBBY.
AND THEN AGAIN, IT WORKS AROUND THE OAK TREES CREATING THESE WONDERFUL COURTYARDS SCHOOL PICKUP AND DROP OFF AND THEATER LOADING AGAIN, WOULD BE AWFUL TO ME.
I SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, PARKING SCENARIOS.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE IN OPTION ONE B WE'RE INDICATING THE PARKING GARAGE BEING UNDER THE DISTRICT ARTS PLAZA, I'M SORRY, UNDER ONE NAME UNDER ONE B IT WOULD BE A, UM, SEPARATE GARAGE, UH, LOCATED WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE BIG BLUE SQUARE ON THE PARK.
AGAIN, THERE WOULD BE PARK OVER TOP OF IT OPTIONS TWO AND THREE, WE'RE SHOWING TWO DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES.
IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER, EITHER UNDER THE DISTRICT CARDS PLAZA OR UNDERNEATH THE DIRTY ART CENTER ITSELF.
SO I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO KEVIN.
SO WHEN CONSIDERING THE OPERATOR OPERATIONAL NEEDS OF THE FACILITY AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DAC, AND ALSO WHEN WEIGHING POTENTIAL RISKS TO THE PROJECT OPTION ONE B IS THE PREFERRED OPTION OF THE PROJECT TEAM AND THE DOOR TO YARD CENTER STAFF, UH, AS ROBERT WAS DESCRIBING, IT'S A UNIQUE SCENARIO AND THAT IT'S THE ONE THAT POSITIONS THE BUILDING TO THE WEST OF MANY OF THOSE SITE CONSTRAINTS THAT YOU POINTED OUT.
UM, BUT IT ALSO HAS A STRONG RELATIONSHIP TO THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
WE FEEL THERE'S A NATURAL OPPORTUNITY THERE, AND IT HAS A PROMINENT SIDING THAT OUR TEAM REALLY THINKS IS WORTHY OF, UH, THE, THE DOOR TO YARD CENTER'S PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY AS, AS A REAL VITAL, UH, CULTURAL ARTS ORGANIZATION AND A PART OF AUSTIN'S CREATIVE CULTURE.
UM, AND THEN JUST FROM A RISK PERSPECTIVE, IT'S ALSO ONE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PROPOSES A UNDERGROUND PARKING SOLUTION THAT COULD BECOME A REALLY MAGNIFICENT, MAGNIFICENT PARK SPACE.
THAT'S NOT WITHIN THE ZACK THEATERS LEASE BOUNDARY, UH, AND IT'S ONE THAT MEETS COUNCIL'S DIRECTION TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE FACILITY AND TO THAT GARAGE, BOTH FROM RIVERSIDE DRIVE INTO ME ROAD.
SO IF THE COMMISSION WAS IN AGREEMENT, UM, WITH THE MERITS OF THE SCHEME, WE PRESENTED TO OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND WE'RE PREPARING TO GO TO COUNCIL IN APRIL.
UM, IF THE COMMISSION FELT THAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OR, OR MAYBE JUST POINT OUT A FEW ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AS THEY'RE MAKING THEIR SELECTION FOR A SCHEME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WE'D DEFINITELY BE OPEN TO YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT.
UH, DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE SLIDES HERE.
THIS IS A SITE SECTION THAT'S CUT THROUGH BUTLER SHORES PARK AND LOOKING EAST BACK TOWARDS DOWNTOWN.
UM, I'LL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THIS, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE BUILDING TO THE TRAIL HERE AS THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN AS, AS WE BEGAN MAKING THESE PRESENTATIONS, UH, YOU SEE A SNAPSHOT OF THE TRAIL, UH, UP IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER OF THIS IMAGE.
IT SHOWS WHAT'S A REAL VEGETATED BUFFER, AND ALSO, UH, A SIGNIFICANT, UH, GREAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HEIGHT OF THE TRAIL AND THE HEIGHT OF THE PROJECT SITE OF ABOUT 25 FEET.
UM, YOU ALSO GET A SENSE OF THE VERTICAL SCALE OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE AREA.
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UM, THE, THE TALLEST WHITE BUILDING INDICATED THERE IS A PUD THAT WAS JUST APPROVED TO BE DEVELOPED AT THE SITE OF THE SCHLOTZKY'S, UM, TOWARD THE BACK OF THE IMAGE.YOU'RE SEEING SOME OF THE CONDOMINIUM BUILDINGS ALONG TO ME ROAD.
UH, THIS IS JUST THE EXISTING SITE SURVEY, WHICH IS TO INDICATE THAT THE LOCATION OF THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE AND OPTION ONE B IS WHERE THE EXISTING PARKING LOT SITS THAT SUPPORTS THE PARDON MAIN OFFICE AND, AND EXACT THEATER IN THE OFF BUSINESS HOURS.
AND AS ROBERT WAS MENTIONING, HERE'S A VIEW OF THE PROPOSED FACILITY AND IN OPTION ONE B THAT GIVES AN INDICATION OF THE RIVERSIDE DRIVE EXTENSION AND THAT, THAT TRAFFIC CIRCLE THAT COULD BECOME A REALLY GREAT SPACE FOR PUBLIC ART.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT HAS THAT CIVIC PROMINENCE TO IT THAT, UH, ROBERT WAS SPEAKING TO X SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THESE POINTS HERE, BUT THIS IS SOME OF THE JUSTIFICATION FOR WHY OUR TEAM FELT OPTION ONE B BEST MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE DECK, UM, FACILITY AND STAFF IT'S WESTERN LOCATION CREATES THAT CIVIC PRESENCE.
IT GIVES THE DOOR YARD CENTER AND IDENTITY AND A TRAIL ADJACENCY.
UM, IT MAINTAINS THE HISTORIC PART MAIN REDUCES RISKS TO HERITAGE TREES, UM, AND REALLY MINIMIZES THE IMPACT IS ZACH'S ONGOING OPERATIONS THINKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL PROCESSES OF CONSTRUCTION AND SHARING THAT SPACE TOGETHER.
UM, IT ALSO, DECOUPLES THE PARKING GARAGE CONSTRUCTION FROM THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, AND THERE'S SOME EFFICIENCY AND SOME ECONOMY THERE BECAUSE IT, IT WOULD REDUCE THE OVERALL PROJECT DURATION AND THAT HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE PROJECT COST.
UM, AND I WON'T READ EVERYTHING HERE TO YOU, BUT ONE THAT'S LIKELY OF INTEREST TO THE COMMISSION.
WE HAVE STARTED TO WORK WITH THE AIPP PROGRAM ALREADY.
WE FEEL THAT OPTION ONE B GIVES A REAL STRONG PARTNERING OPPORTUNITY TO THE AIPP PROGRAM.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT THAT PROJECT MANAGER LOOKS FORWARD TO BRINGING THEIR PERSPECTIVES TO THE PANEL, UH, IN SHORT ORDER.
WE CAN, WE HAVE SOME CONTACT INFORMATION ON THE FINAL SLIDE, BUT, UM, WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR, UH, I SEE COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE.
UM, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION IS ON PARKING.
UM, THE NUMBER OF SPACES AVAILABLE IS IT INCREASE, DECREASE, STAY THE SAME.
WHAT, WHAT I'M FINDING IS, UH, IF PARKING IS DIFFICULT, I DON'T GO.
UM, AND I'M ALREADY, UH, I'VE GONE TO IS, UM, DEC, UH, ART OPENINGS AND COMPETING WITH THE TRAIL JOGGERS AND THE OTHER STUFF GOING AROUND THERE.
I WOULD HATE TO COMPETE WITH THEM.
I DO A ARMADILLO CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AND A LOVE AND NUTCRACKER, BUT ONE OF THE NUTCRACKERS GO ON OUR SALES DROP PRECIPITOUSLY.
SO CAN YOU COMPARE THE PARKING SPACES? SURE.
YEAH, WE KNOW THAT PARKING IS A TOPIC OF MUCH INTEREST AT THIS SITE.
WE HAVE, UM, A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, A TRAFFIC CONSULTANT WHO'S WORKING WITH, UH, UH, AN ADDITIONAL PARKING ENGINEER.
THE STRATEGY IS TO, UM, PROVIDE 220 SPACES IN THE STRUCTURED GARAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT.
AND WE CAME ABOUT THAT CALCULATION THROUGH A REAL COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF ALL OF THE EXISTING PARKING AVAILABLE AT THIS AT THE DISTRICT TODAY.
UM, AND ANALYSIS OF HOW MUCH WOULD REMAIN UNDER EACH DEVELOPMENT SCENARIO, AND THEN, UM, UNDERSTANDING THE USE OF THE ZACK THEATER AND THE DECK TOGETHER TO REALLY DESIGN FOR THE IDEAL SCENARIO.
SO WE'RE NOT OVERBUILDING PARKING AND WE'RE NOT WORKING.
WE'RE NOT UNDERBUILDING IT EITHER.
SO THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION AND SEE A 220 SPACES, WHICH IS BASED ON, UM, PROVIDING ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT EXISTS TODAY.
UM, BUT IT'S KIND OF OPTIMIZED FOR USES BECAUSE THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PEAK PERIODS ACROSS THESE FACILITIES.
AND SO WE'VE ALSO BEEN DIRECTED NOT TO OVERBUILD PARKING AT THIS SITE.
I DON'T WANT TO A BLACK TOP, THE WHOLE WORLD ALSO ON THE OTHER SIDE, MY SHIRT POLE.
HI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, SOME PERFORMANCE STOKES ARE LISTENING AND WATCHING TODAY IN TERMS OF THE THEATER SIZE AND CONFIGURATION.
CAN YOU JUST TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT THAT IS AND SEATING CAPACITY, THAT KIND OF THING? SURE.
SO THERE ARE TWO THEATER SPACES IN THE PROGRAM FOR THE NEW
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DECK.ONE IS THE TRADITIONAL PERCENTAGE IN THEATER THAT WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 200 PEOPLE.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A MULTI-PURPOSE BLACK BOX THEATER.
THAT'S DESIGNED FOR ABOUT 100 TO 125 PEOPLE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? UH, CITY HALL CITIES WITH THE HALF I SAW IN REGARDS TO JOIN UNDER THE ATTENDANCE LIST.
IF YOU CAN BE MOVED OVER KIMBERLY, ANY QUESTION OR COMMISSIONER KEATON, CAN'T SEE YOU.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM YOU AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS RIGHT NOW.
COMMISSIONER GARDNER JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM BEFORE, UH, I LET KEVIN AND ROBERT GO.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? HERE WE GO.
UH, KEVIN, ROBERT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
[3.c. Cultural Centers Audit update]
SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE STAFF BRIEFINGS, CULTURAL CENTERS, AUDIT UPDATE.UH, LAURA, DID YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE IT OR SHOULD WE JUST JUMP INTO QUESTIONS, UM, WHERE, UM, I CAN JUST BRIEFLY INTRODUCE IT.
THIS, UH, WAS A, UH, AN AUDIT THAT WAS PERFORMED ON, UH, THREE CONTROL CENTERS, UM, AND OTHER FACILITIES, UM, THAT I HAVE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT, INCLUDING MICHIGAN KIND OF THE, AND THE MILLENNIUM YOUTH COMPLEX.
UM, BUT, UH, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS REPORT, WE'RE FOCUSED ON, UH, THE CULTURAL CENTERS.
UM, WE, UH, HAVE BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE REPORT ON ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS, UM, WITH THE HELP OF THE DEPARTMENT, THE DEPARTMENT, UM, REALLY TAKES A RESPONSIBILITY, UH, FOR MANY OF THESE SITUATIONS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN LONGSTANDING ISSUES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND SO, UM, THEY SHARE A RESPONSIBILITY WITH US FOR THIS.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION REGARDING THE AUDIT ON THE SUMMER? DON'T SEE ANY, ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION.
[3.a. Cultural Funding Update – Meghan Wells]
ALONG, GOING BACK TO THREE A AND CULTURAL FUNDING UPDATE.MEGAN, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE I STARTED? YEAH.
UH I'M DO YOU NEED TO MOVE ME OVER OR CAN I JUST SPEAK FROM, FROM HERE? WE CAN HEAR YOU.
HELLO COMMISSIONERS, MEGAN WELLS, CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER, UH, FOR THIS UPDATE, UH, I ASKED TO SEUSS PANTO, WHO IS THE CULTURAL FUNDING SUPERVISOR TO PUT TOGETHER A BIT OF A PRESENTATION AS AN UPDATE FOR YOU WITH THREE DISTINCT SECTIONS.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE FOR HIM TO TAKE THE LEAD ON SHARING THIS INFORMATION OUT, UH, WITH YOU, UH, AND FOR YOU.
AND THEN, UH, HE, AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS.
SO HIS SUICIDE WE'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
UM, AS MEGAN SAID, I AM HIS HE'S PENTO, THE CULTURAL FUNDING SUPERVISOR.
UM, SO THIS UPDATE IS GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT, UM, A MEMO THAT WENT OUT TO CITY COUNCIL AND AN EMAIL WE SENT OUT TO CULTURAL CONTRACTORS AND TO ARTS COMMISSION MEMBERS.
SO I'M PROBABLY GOING TO BE ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTES.
WE'RE SHARING THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM CONTRACTORS AND TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT PROCESSING ON OUR SIDE.
UM, AND SO I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THREE THINGS LIKE MEGAN SAID, THERE WERE BASICALLY THREE AREAS IN THE MEMO AND THE EMAIL THAT WENT OUT, UH, THE CURRENT CONTRACT CYCLE, IMPORTANT BUDGET INFORMATION AND THE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW, UH, AND THE CURRENT CONTRACT CYCLE.
I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE CONTRACT PROCESSING STATUS, WHERE STAFF IS AND WHERE WE PLAN TO BE, UM, IN WAYS TO PREVENT DELAYS, UM, FOR THE IMPORTANT BUDGET INFORMATION SECTION, I'LL TALK ABOUT HOT UPDATES, HOTEL, OCCUPANCY, TAX UPDATES, AND A BUDGET IMPACT
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ONAND THEN FOR THE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW, I'LL TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE ON THE PROCESS AND HOW WE PLAN ON MOVING FORWARD.
SO FOR THE CURRENT CONTRACT CYCLE, UH, THE CULTURAL FLOODING TEAM HAS HEARD AND SHARES YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 21 CONTRACT PROCESSING.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO WORK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO REVIEW FINAL REPORTS FROM 2020 AND ISSUE CONTRACTS FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
ADDITIONAL TEAM SUPPORT IS BEING USED WHENEVER POSSIBLE TO HELP EXPEDITE THE PROCESS.
AND WE ANTICIPATE ENTERING INTO ALL CONTRACTS BY THE END OF MARCH FOR THOSE MATERIALS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN TURNED IN.
UM, SO HERE YOU CAN SEE, UM, AS OF, UH, LAST WEEK WHEN I KIND OF STARTED, UH, ANALYZING THIS DATA AND PUT IT TOGETHER, UH, WE HAD 176, UH, CONTRACTS THAT HAD BEEN, UH, COMPLETED AND SENT TO, UH, BACK TO THE CONTRACTORS FOR SIGNATURE.
SO ANOTHER INCREASE OF 27 CONTRACTS REVIEWED AND FORWARDED FOR PROCESSING, UM, IN A WEEK.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS CHART IS SHOWING IS, UH, THE, UH, PROGRESS WE'VE MADE, UM, EACH WEEK.
SO THAT'S WHY WE THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO BE DONE, UH, BY THE END OF MARCH.
SO NEXT SLIDE WE'LL SHOW 'EM JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A, WHERE ARE WE WHERE WE'RE AT? AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A REVIEWED 200 AND 203 OF THE 386 CORE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FESTIVALS CONTRACTS.
SO THAT MEANS WE'VE EITHER SENT THEM OUT TO CULTURAL CONTRACTORS FOR SIGNATURE AND OR WE RECEIVED THE SIGNED CONTRACTS BACK AND HAVE SENT THEM OFF, UM, TO PURCHASING.
UM, SO WE'RE PROCESSING THOSE CONTRACTS.
SO THAT'S, UM, JUST OVER HALF OF OUR, UM, CONTRACTS, UM, 106 OR ABOUT 27% HAVE NOT SUBMITTED PRE-CONTRACT MATERIALS.
SO WE ARE STILL WAITING ON SOME, UH, PRE-CONTRACT MATERIALS.
UM, SO AGAIN, THIS BEING DONE BY THE END OF MARCH IS, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING WE GET, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE, UH, PRE-CONTRACT MATERIALS INTO REVIEW AND THEN 77 TOTAL ARE EITHER A WAITING REVIEW.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE RECEIVED THE PRE-CONTRACT MATERIALS AND WE NEED TO REVIEW THEM, OR WE HAVE DONE A PRELIMINARY REVIEW AND WE FOUND A MISTAKE.
UH, SO NEXT, UM, SO AGAIN, WE THINK WE'LL BE DONE, UH, BY THE END OF MARCH.
UM, WE THINK WE CAN REVIEW, UH, 15, UH, CONTRACTS PER DAY OR 75 A WEEK WITH A TEAM OF FIVE THAT'S, THREE CONTRACTS ON AVERAGE, UM, EACH DAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UH, SO THAT SHOULD TAKE, UM, 12 BUSINESS DAYS TO REVIEW THE REMAINING 183, UM, THAT STARTING AS OF MARCH 15TH, UM, AND ENDING MARCH 30TH.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON THE MATERIALS, BOTH BEING RECEIVED AND ALSO BEING SUBMITTED CORRECTLY.
SO NEXT SLIDE, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY HAS IT TAKEN SO LONG TO REVIEW MATERIAL? UM, HERE YOU CAN SEE THE STEP THAT ARE INVOLVED FROM THE SUBMITTAL OF A PRE-CONTRACT MATERIALS UNTIL THE CHECK IS ACTUALLY SENT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU SEND IN THE MATERIALS AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SEND YOU A PAYMENT.
UH, THE FIRST STEP, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, SUBMIT THE PRE-CONTRACT MATERIALS IN THE SECOND STEP.
CULTURAL FUNDING STAFF WILL ACTUALLY REVIEW, UM, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.
UM, ASSUMING IT IS GOOD, THEN WE COMPILE THE CONTRACT AND SEND IT TO THE CONTRACTOR FOR SIGNATURE.
UM, THERE'S KIND OF A TWO AND A STEP TWO AND A HALF BECAUSE IF THE MATERIALS ARE NOT CORRECT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT SOME, UH, COMMON, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, MISTAKES THAT ARE MADE ARE, UM, BUT IF, IF THEY'RE NOT CORRECT, THEN YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET THOSE REVISIONS BACK BEFORE WE CAN MOVE ON TO STEP THREE, TO ACTUALLY SEND THE CONTRACT BACK TO THE CONTRACTOR FOR SIGNATURE AND STEP FOUR, WE RECEIVE THE SIGNED CONTRACT BACK.
UM, AND THEN WE REVIEW THAT BEFORE GOING TO STEP FIVE ON THE BOTTOM THERE.
UM, THE APPROVED CONTRACT GETS SENT TO PURCHASING FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
UM, AND THAT IS TAKING ON AVERAGE ABOUT 35 DAYS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO KEEP IN MIND.
UM, UM, YES, UH, CULTURAL FUNDING STAFF IS STILL LOOKING AT SOME MATERIALS THAT WERE TURNED IN, UM, IN A TIMELY MANNER BY THE CULTURAL CONTRACTORS.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST ONE STEP IN THERE.
THAT'S WHY I'M, YOU KNOW, LAYING OUT ALL OF THIS.
SO IT DOES TAKE 35 DAYS ON AVERAGE FOR PURCHASING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, REVIEW THE CONTRACTS ONCE WE SEND, UH, THE SIGN ONES OFF TO THEM.
UM, STEP NUMBER SIX, UH, ONCE, UM, PURCHASING HAS, UM, UH, GIVEN FINAL APPROVAL, UM, THE, UH, UH, PAYMENT CODE, UM, IS, OR A CONTRACT CODE, EXCUSE ME, IS GENERATED AND SENT TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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DEPARTMENT FINANCE TEAM.UM, THEN IN STEP SEVEN, THE FINANCE TEAM CREATES A PAYMENT CODE.
UM, SO MOST COMMONLY A DEAL NUMBER WHEN THE CULTURAL CONTRACTORS, SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE HEARD US TALK ABOUT DEO NUMBERS.
THAT'S WHAT THE STEP SEVEN IS.
AND THAT TAKES ON AVERAGE ABOUT A WEEK OR SO, UH, TO BE CREATED.
UM, ONCE WE GET THE DEO NUMBER, WE GO ON TO STEP EIGHT.
UH, WE ADD THAT PAYMENT INTO ZOOM GRANTS.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN GO TO STEP NINE AND LET YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ACTUALLY INVOICE US NOW BECAUSE ONCE THE DEAL NUMBER IS IN ZOOM GRANTS, UM, IT'LL AUTOMATICALLY GO INTO YOUR INVOICE.
SO THEN YOU CAN INVOICE US, UH, ONCE WE RECEIVED THE INVOICE FROM YOU THAT STEP 10, WE REVIEW IT, UM, AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD, FORWARDED ON TO EDD FINANCE FOR PROCESSING AND STEP 11.
AND THEN SO FINALLY IN 12 THAT EDD, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, FINANCE, UH, REVIEWS, THE INVOICE NUMBER, SENDS IT TO PURCHASING FOR FINAL REVIEW AND PAYMENT, WHICH, UM, THEY CAN DO IN ABOUT A WEEK TO TWO, BUT THEY DO TECHNICALLY HAVE UP TO 30 DAYS TO, UH, REVIEW AND PAY OUT, UH, THE, UH, INVOICE ONCE IT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE POTENTIALLY MANY AREAS WHERE DELAYS COULD ARISE.
UH, CULTURAL FUNDING STAFF TRIES TO CATCH MISTAKES BECAUSE IF WE MISS SOMETHING THAT FINANCE ALSO MISSES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BACK IN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE EARLY STEPS WE'RE SENDING THE CONTRACT OVER THERE, UH, FINANCES, DOUBLE CHECKING OUR WORK, BUT IF WE MISS IT AND FINANCE MISSES IT, THEN IT GOES TO PURCHASING OR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE.
UM, THAT'S WHY WE LOOK SO HARD, YOU KNOW, AT THE MATERIALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CORRECT, SO WE CAN MINIMIZE ANY DELAYS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UM, CAUSE IF IT GOES DOWN THE PIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A WEEK OR TWO OR LONGER THAT ENDS UP BEING LOST.
UM, SO NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE, I'D MENTIONED EARLIER SOME OF THE COMMON CAUSES OF DELAYS.
UM, SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT YET SUBMITTED PRE-CONTRACT MATERIALS, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE FROM YOUR ORGANIZATION, REVIEW THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE CORRECT.
AND THEN AGAIN, SOME OF THE MOST COMMON, UM, UM, REASONS FOR DELAY THAT WE SEE IS THE DATES ARE NOT WITHIN THE CONTRACT PERIOD.
SO FROM OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, SO OCTOBER 1ST, 2020 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021, UM, ANOTHER ONE IS THE BUDGET DOES IMBALANCE.
SO THIS IS A PROJECTED BUDGET, UM, IN KIND NEEDS TO THE, IN KIND ON THE INCOME SIDE.
IT NEEDS TO BALANCE OUT THE IN-KIND ON THE EXPENSE SIDE AND THE OVERALL BUDGET ALSO NEEDS TO BALANCE, UM, THE FORM 1295 HAS BEEN REQUIRED FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S NEW THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S REQUIRED FOR AWARDS OVER $61,000.
UM, AND NEW THIS YEAR, THAT INCLUDES, UM, A FISCAL SPONSOR AND ALL OF THEIR SPONSORED PROJECTS.
IF THEY'RE COMBINED AWARDS ARE OVER ONCE OR OVER $61,000, EVEN IF NO INDIVIDUAL AWARD IS SO YOU AND ALL YOUR SPONSORED PROJECTS COULD ALL HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAXIMUM AWARD OF SAY $30,000.
BUT IF ALL OF YOUR AWARDS TOGETHER ARE OVER 61,000, THEN WE NEED THAT FORM 1295.
SO, UM, YOU MAY NOT HAVE PROVIDED IT IN THE PAST.
YOU DO NEED TO DO SO NOW, UM, CHANGING THE NAME, UM, ON THE CONTRACT OR NOT WHO OUR CONTACT PERSON IS, BUT THE ACTUAL CONTRACTOR NAME, UH, CHANGING THAT, UM, CAN CAUSE DELAYS.
AND THEN, AND ALSO WITH COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS BEING LOOSENED, UM, YOU WILL NEED TO GET AN INSURANCE CERTIFICATE IF YOU ARE MOVING YOUR EVENTS FROM BEING ALL ONLINE, TO HAVING ANY ACTIVITY, EVEN JUST ONE OUT OF SAY 10, IF ONE OF THEM IS, UM, IN PERSON, UH, YOU WILL NEED TO, UM, UPDATE YOUR INSURANCE CERTIFICATE, REDO YOUR, UM, UH, POSSIBLY REDO YOUR INSURANCE ASSESSMENT FORM TO DETERMINE THE TYPE OF INSURANCE THAT IS NEEDED.
UM, ALSO IF THE DATE IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF YOUR ACCORD FORM IS OVER SIX MONTHS OLD, UH, YOU WILL NEED A MORE CURRENT CERTIFICATE.
SO THOSE ARE ALL, UM, THINGS THAT CAN LEAD TO DELAY OF PROCESSING YOUR CLAIM CONTRACT.
UM, UM, SO BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS, BECAUSE OF THE DELAY IN PROCESSING CONTRACTS AND BECAUSE OF THE REDUCTION IN HOT FUNDS, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN MORE DEPTH LATER, WE ARE OFFERING AN OPTIONAL CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR
SO EXTENDED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.
UM, YOUR PAYMENTS SCHEDULE, UH, REMAINS THE SAME.
SO, UH, THERE'S NO CHANGES TO THE PAYMENT SCHEDULE, UH, FOR SPONSORED PROJECTS.
UH, JUST NOTE THAT THE FISCAL SPONSOR MUST ALSO, UM, APPROVE THE AMENDMENT, UM, CONTRACT EXTENSION.
UM, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE FISCAL SPONSORS OR, YOU KNOW, ARE A SPONSORED PROJECT AND HAVE OTHER FISCAL SPONSORS,
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UM, TRADITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT YEAR'S CONTRACT CANNOT BE ENTERED INTO UNTIL ALL THE FINAL REPORTS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FISCAL SPONSOR.UM, THE FINAL REPORTS ARE CLOSED OUT.
UH, WE WILL NOT, UM, LET THAT IMPACT IN TRADING, ENTERING INTO ANY FUTURE CONTRACTS.
WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A HINDRANCE OR A BURDEN.
SO IF ONE OF YOUR SPONSORED PROJECTS DOES CHOOSE TO TAKE THE CONTRACT EXTENSION, IT'S NOT GOING TO, UM, KEEP YOU FROM BEING ABLE TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, JUST TO REACH OUT TO YOUR CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, THE OPTION TO EXTEND YOUR CONTRACT.
SO MOVING ON TO THE BUDGET INFORMATION, UM, OUR BUDGET IS FULLY FUNDED BY THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE, UM, AT THE JANUARY, 2021 ARTS COMMISSION MEETING, ACTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, DIRECTOR SYNOVIA HOLD RAB, UPDATED THE COMMUNITY ON THE HOT FUNDING RECEIVED COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT PROJECTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, UM, AT THAT TIME.
AND THIS IS THE MOST RECENT DATA THAT I HAVE SEEN A RECEIPT SHOWED THAT THE CITY HAD RECEIVED 11% OF THE PROJECTED AMOUNT FOR THIS.
SO, AND THEN HERE'S ALSO SOME STATISTICS, THE COUNCIL MEMO, UM, JUST SHOWING THE ECONOMIC HIT TO TOURISM AND LODGING, UH, JUST TO SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, 11% AS OF, UM, UM, IN DECEMBER HAD BEEN RECEIVED.
SO, UM, WITH THAT BUDGETARY INFORMATION, UM, UH, SOME THINGS TO NOTE WE ARE, UM, COMMITTED TO, UH, KEEPING YOUR FYI 21 AWARDS WHOLE, UM, AND PART OF THE WAY, UM, IN ORDER TO DO THAT IS NO FOURTH QUARTER COMMUNITY INITIATIVES APPLICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED.
SO THIRD QUARTER, BECAUSE ALREADY I'M ACTUALLY, I THINK THEY'RE UP FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT.
SO WE WILL BE APPROVING, UM, WHICHEVER, UM, COMMUNITY INITIATIVES, UM, UM, CONTRACTS OR APPLICATIONS GET APPROVED.
WE WILL ENTER INTO CONTRACTS FOR THOSE ONES.
THOSE WILL BE FUNDED AND ADMINISTERED, BUT WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING ANY NEW APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER.
UM, SO THAT WAS THE F 21 BUDGET IMPACT FOR THE FY 22 BUDGET IMPACT.
UM, THE BUDGET FORECAST IS DUE ON APRIL 16TH, SO WE ARE WAITING THAT'S WHEN THE BUDGET OFFICE WILL PRESENT, UM, UM, THE FORECASTED BUDGET TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, IN MID APRIL.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS GOING TO BE.
UH, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN WAS, UM, JUST PASSED.
THERE IS A FUNDING FOR CITIES IN THERE, UM, BUT IT WILL BE UP TO CITY COUNCIL TO TURN, TO DETERMINE HOW THOSE FUNDS, UM, ARE GET USED.
SO WHAT EFFECT IMPACT, IF ANY, UH, WILL THAT HAVE ON THERE? WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
UM, AND SO WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WILL BE DOING WITH OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT UNTIL WE HAVE A FULLER PICTURE OF WHAT OUR BUDGET LOOKS.
UM, SO THAT LEADS US FINALLY TO THE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW.
AGAIN, WE WILL BE ASSESSING OUR FUNDING OPTIONS IN APRIL, UM, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE UNPRECEDENTED REDUCTION IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDS, UH, NO PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE MADE AGAIN UNTIL AFTER THE APRIL, UH, BUDGET PRESENTATION IN FORECAST, UM, REGARDLESS OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, THE FUNDING PLANS, RACIAL EQUITY WILL BE INTEGRAL TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, IT IS A FOCUS OF STRATEGIC DIRECTION, 2023, WHICH IS, UM, THE FIVE-YEAR CHUNK OF THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO IT'S LIKE A LONG RANGE, 30 YEAR PLAN THAT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO FIVE-YEAR CHUNKS.
SO RACIAL EQUITY IS A FOCUS OF THAT, UM, STRATEGIC DIRECTION, 2023.
UM, OUR PROGRAMS WILL ALSO BUILD ON THE EQUITY RESILIENCY FRAMEWORK THAT WAS UTILIZED FOR FY 21 AWARDS.
UM, AND SO ONCE WE AGAIN GET THOSE, UH, THE BUDGET UPDATE IN APRIL, UM, WE'LL DETERMINE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, AND THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AND INPUT AND TO HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO MOVE FORWARD RIGHT AWAY.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE AND SEE WHAT THE BEST PATH FORWARD IS FOR THAT.
AND THEN NEXT AND FINAL SLIDE, I WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
I SEE COMMISSIONER MOCK, THEN COMMISSIONER FLORES MYSELF.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, HAZEL.
I WILL TELL YOU EACH OF THOSE SEVERAL DAYS IMPACT, UH, THE STAFF AND ALSO THE CONTRACTORS,
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YOU KNOW, IN THE PROCESS.UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED ON THE SLIDE WHERE I SHOWED HOW MANY CONTRACTS WERE REVIEWED PER WEEK DURING THAT WEEK ZERO, UM, GOT FORWARDED.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE WERE ON AN UPWARD TREND, AT LEAST WITH THE CULTURAL FUNDING STAFF, UM, NO CONTRACTS WERE REVIEWED AND FORWARDED OUT, UH, DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
UM, UM, I'M SURE THAT'S IMPACTING, UH, FINANCE STAFF AS WELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WAITING ON THOSE, UH, DEAL NUMBERS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CONTRACT APPROVAL.
SO IT HAS TAKEN, YOU KNOW, IF NOTHING ELSE, AT LEAST A WEEK, UM, YOU KNOW, CAUSE THE CITY WAS SHUT DOWN.
UM, AND MOST PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WERE NOT WORKING DURING THAT TIME.
I, I JUST THINK THAT IT WILL BE NICE JUST TO LET THE CONTRACTOR KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME DELAYS, SO THEY ARE NOT GETTING NERVOUS.
SO THAT, THAT IS THE SECOND QUESTION IS NOW THAT WE HAVE PASSED THIS $1.9 TRILLION OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE, YOU KNOW, UM, FUNDING, I'M WONDERING WITH ALL THE SHORT FALL, FROM THE, UH, HOT FUND, CAN, CAN SOME OF THOSE MONEY COMING THROUGH THE CITY, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE UP, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THOSE HOT FUN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A DISCUSSION, UH, BUT I THINK IT MAKES SENSE, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT IT SHOULD BE IN THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE I, I REALLY, UM, AND, AND THE REASON WHY I'M, I'M, UM, ASKING FOR THAT TO MAKE, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE BETTER FUNDING, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THIS CULTURAL, YOU KNOW, FUNDING IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UM, STUDY HAS SHOWN THAT DURING THIS EPIDEMIC, YOU KNOW, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOSTLY AFFECTED, UH, WOMEN, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, WE WENT OFF COLOR AND I KNOW YOU NOW FEEL, YOU KNOW, IN THE CULTURAL OX FIELD, A LOT OF THE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THIS FIELD ARE WOMEN, YOU KNOW, UM, SO THEY, UH, AFFECTED, YOU KNOW, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THEY ARE NOT MAKING A LOT OF MONEY.
AND SO IF YOU, IF THERE'S ANY SHORT FALL ON THIS, UH, FUNDING, UH, GRANT, THEN IT WILL IMPACT A LOT OF THE WOMEN.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE OUT THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST TO BE MINDFUL ABOUT THE NEXT CYCLE OF FUNDING, UH, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE UP FOR THIS FUNNY, UM, WITH LYFT, THE MONEY THAT'S COMING THROUGH THE CITY.
IF I MAY JUMP IN ON THAT ONE, UH, COMMISSIONER MOCK THAT, UH, THANK YOU CHAIR.
UH, THERE, THERE WAS, THAT'S A VERY PRESSURED QUESTION.
THERE WAS A MEMO THAT WAS SENT OUT THE, JUST THIS MORNING, UH, TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT, UH, IT SORT OF RECAPPED THE CITY'S, UH, COVID-19 RELIEF EFFORTS UP TO THIS POINT AND WHAT MIGHT CONSTITUTE A PROPOSED SPENDING PLAN FOR THOSE FUTURE RELIEF, UM, DOLLARS THAT'LL COME FROM THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO THE CITIES, UH, AND IT WAS FORWARDED TO THE COMMISSION AND IT IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S, UH, YOU KNOW, CITY, GOVERNMENT WEBPAGE.
I'M HAPPY TO SEND IT ON TO ANYONE, UH, SPECIFICALLY AGAIN, OR TO, UH, WE CAN SHARE IT WITH THE CONTRACTORS AS WELL.
UM, HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THAT IT IS A PROPOSED SPENDING FRAMEWORK AND IT, THE ULTIMATE DECISION-MAKING, UH, ON THAT FRAMEWORK, AS FAR AS THE DETAILS OF HOW PROGRAMS WILL BE CREATED, FLESHED OUT ADMINISTERED WILL BE UP TO COUNCIL TO GET BACK, YOU KNOW, GIVE US THE GUIDANCE THAT WE NEED AS STAFF.
UM, BUT WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP YOU ALL INFORMED AS, AS THAT DIALOGUE CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION AT NEXT TUESDAY'S WORK SESSION FROM COUNCIL, AT COUNCIL, FROM VERONICA ROSANO, WHO IS OUR ECONOMIC, UH, RESILIENCY RECOVERY OFFICER.
UM, AND SHE WILL BE PRESENTING, UM, SOME INFORMATION ON THE RESILIENCY PLAN.
SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL PROBABLY FOR Y'ALL AND FOR HER COMMUNITY TO TUNE INTO AS WELL.
UM, BUT I, I JUST LIKE TO KNOW THE THINKING OF THE STAFF.
UM, SO YOU, IF I NEED TO GO TO MY COUNCIL MEMBER A TWO PART PROCESS THAT WITH HER, I WILL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT BECAUSE I JUST THINK THAT IT IS SO IMPORTANT NOT, NOT TO AFFECT, UH, TOO MUCH OF THE WOMEN OF COLOR.
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WE JUST, WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT DISCUSSION AS A STAFF YET.UM, WELL, I'LL JUST PIGGYBACK ON THAT, ON THAT LAST COMMENT, NOT MEGAN'S, BUT AMY'S, UH, REGARDING, UM, YES, UH, ABOUT THE PROPOSALS THAT ARE IN THAT MEMO THAT WE RECEIVED.
UH, AND YES, I BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY ARTS COMMUNITY IS ALSO DISCUSSING OPTIONS REGARDING THAT, THAT THEY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DISCUSS AND SUPPORT.
MY QUESTION WAS, HAS THIS ON THAT LAST SLIDE, IN TERMS OF THE CULTURALLY VIEW PROCESS, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET PROJECTIONS ARE COMING IN AND ACTUALLY THE WHOLE HOT THING, IT WENT BY REALLY FAST, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT'S VERY LOW.
UM, SO REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THE NUMBERS, BUT, UH, MY QUESTION IS ON THAT WHOLE CULTURAL REVIEW PROCESS.
I MEAN, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE ARE GOING TO PICK UP ON THE DISCUSSION OF THOSE PROPOSED GUIDELINES OR NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE TALKING, OR IS THAT PUT ON HOLD OR WHAT, WHERE ARE WE IN THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE PROCESS? YEAH, SO WE'RE BASICALLY ON HOLD UNTIL APRIL.
SO AGAIN, WE'LL BE CONCENTRATING ON CLOSING OUT FINAL REPORTS AND ENTERING INTO FY 21 CONTRACTS.
UM, JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR ENOUGH PICTURE ON, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE GOING TO HAVE AVAILABLE TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, SO THEN WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM CAN WE DO? ONE PROGRAM, TWO PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, SO IT'S NOT ON, YOU KNOW, HOLD INDEFINITELY.
IT'S JUST, WE'RE WAITING UNTIL WE HAVE ENOUGH DATA TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION, UM, IN MID APRIL ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
BUT DOES THAT MEAN THAT THOSE THREE PROGRAMS REVISIONS ARE STILL ON THE TABLE, UH, AS A POSSIBILITY FOR US TO APPROVE THOSE UPCOMING, UH, TO HAVE, UH, AN ACTUAL, UH, CONTRACTS FOR 22, I MEAN, TO HAVE APPLICATIONS BASED ON, ON THESE NEW PROGRAMS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME? POSSIBILITY? YES.
EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW.
WELL, I, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE PROCESSING ON THOSE THREE, UH, ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS IN MY OPINION.
UM, BUT YES, WHICH IS ALSO WHY, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE IN APRIL.
AND THEN FROM THAT WE'LL, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION TO SEE WHAT THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD IS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY EVERYTHING'S ON THE TABLE.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT WE WILL, YOU KNOW, BE ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT MOVING FORWARD LOOKS LIKE.
WHAT WOULD THE, WHAT WOULD THE TIMETABLE LOOK LIKE? WOULD WE NEED TO APPROVE THOSE? UH, WHEN WOULD THE APPLICATION PROCESS BEGIN, UH, WOULD THAT BE MAY, JUNE? WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? AND WE WOULD HAVE TO LIKE REVIEW THOSE PROGRAMS AND HOW THEY WORK.
I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE COMPLETE INFORMATION AS TO WHAT THOSE NEW PROPOSED PROGRAMS, UH, INTEND TO FIX AND WHERE THE CONNECTION IS WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COMMUNITY, UH, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION WAS THAT THAT CREATED THESE, UH, POTENTIAL NEW PROGRAMS. UH, I STILL HAVEN'T CONNECTED THOSE DOTS.
AND, UH, SO WHAT IS THE PROPOSED TIMETABLE FOR NEW APPLICATIONS TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, SUBMITTED OR PROGRAM? WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION JUST YET.
WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE BUDGET WILL GIVE US TO WORK WITH.
UH, WE DON'T WANT TO RAISE EXPECTATIONS UNREALISTICALLY, UH, AT THIS POINT.
SO WE'RE NOT PUTTING FORWARD ANY TIMELINE.
WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT THAT IN APRIL.
I ALSO DON'T WANT TO BE RUSHED IN TERMS OF APPROVING SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET THOSE BUDGET NUMBERS, THAT WE HAVEN'T ADJUSTED ALL OF THOSE NEW PROPOSALS, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE PUSHED INTO, YOU KNOW, APPROVING SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, RUSHED, FAIR POINTS, COMMISSIONER FLORES.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM TO DISCUSS THE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW LIT.
SO LET'S ASK QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE PRESENTATION BY SHERIFF PULLER.
HI, UH, HEY SAYS THANK YOU SO MUCH AND STAFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
UM, I HAVE, AND HE SAYS, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS AND STUFF.
YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF WE HAVE HANDY THE FUNDING LEVEL INFORMATION FOR CURRENT YEAR AND PREVIOUS YEAR.
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DISTRIBUTION FUNDING WAS, THIS PROJECTIONS OVER THOSE TWO YEARS, I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE, WHAT THE DROP HAS BEEN, AND THEN LOOKING AT IF WE'RE, WE WERE 11% AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER SORT OF ESTIMATING WHAT THAT FALL OFF IS IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, TRYING TO REFILL OR BACKFILL POTENTIALLY HOW MUCH ARE WE LOOKING FOR? YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFICALLY IN FRONT OF ME, BUT, UM, WE HAD BEEN AROUND $12 MILLION, UH, THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.AND THEN IN
UM, THOSE ARE ROUGH NUMBERS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE FOR LIKE 1920 AND 21.
AND THEN, UM, ON TIMELINE, JUST TO TAG ON TO THAT QUESTION ARE WHEN IS THE FINAL REPORT DUE FROM MJR? OKAY.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE A DATE THAT IT'S DUE RIGHT NOW.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S A FINAL DELIVERABLE, SO WE'RE, WE'RE AMENDING HER CONTRACT LIKELY.
UH, BUT I, I DON'T HAVE THAT DATE.
YOU'RE AMENDING THAT CONTRACT TO GET THE REPORT SOONER OR WHAT NO, WE'RE LOOKING AT AMENDING THE CONTRACT BECAUSE IT'S SET TO EXPIRE IN AT THE END OF APRIL.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL BE DONE WITH OUR WORK IN CONSULTATION WITH MJR PARTNERS BY THAT TIME.
SO WE WILL LIKELY LOOK AT EXTENDING IT TIME-WISE AND PERHAPS AMENDING THE SCOPE.
UM, LIKE I SAID, EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW IS DEPENDENT ON WHAT THE BUDGET FORECAST LOOKS LIKE.
SO I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS ON, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTS OR, OR MOVING FORWARD UNTIL WE GET THAT INFORMATION.
AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS NOW, JUST SO THAT I DON'T FORGET LATER WHEN WE GET TO THE D UH, BUT WE NEED SOME TYPE OF REPORT THAT CONNECTS WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY TO HOW THESE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN, HOW THESE POTENTIAL PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN DRAFTED.
UM, SO AGAIN, ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PRESENTATION THAT HAS SUZ JUST DID, UM, COMMISSIONER KEATON.
JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, NOT HEARING ANYTHING.
DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED? NO.
UM, UH, I THOUGHT I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION.
UM, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR US TO MOVE, UH, THE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW UPDATE TO NOW SO THAT WE CAN TAKE A CALLERS BY SHOULDER.
I WAS GOING TO ASK IF WE WANT TO HAVE THE SPEAKERS NOW IN BETWEEN, OR YOU JUST MOVE IT UP.
DO YOU WANT ME TO MOVE? LET ME BACK UP FIRST, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY, I'M TRYING TO FIND IT.
I'M STILL RECOVERING FROM THE TIME CHANGE.
IT'LL TAKE ME A WEEK TO KNOW EVEN LIKE WHERE WE ARE A ONE I'D LIKE TO MOVE, UH, ITEM FIVE, A ABOVE FOR NEW BUSINESS MOTION BY VICE-CHAIR POLE GUARD TO MOVE FIVE A, UH, TO NOW ABOVE NEW BUSINESS, SECONDED BY FLORES OR HENSMAN, BUT THAT'S ALL FLORIDA FIRST, UM, HEARING NO OBJECTIONS AS PASSES ON CONSENT.
SO WE'VE MOVED FIVE, A WE'RE DOING FIVE 81 NOW, WHICH MEANS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
I REALLY THOUGHT WE WOULD GET TO THIS POINT A LITTLE BIT SOONER.
UM, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND I'M JUST PULLING UP THE LIST RIGHT NOW.
SO FIRST UP WE SHOULD HAVE AC GRAY.
I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO BE FIRST DO YOUR NUMBER ONE.
UH, COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU.
AND I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
IT'S SO EXCITING TO SEE THE DOWDY ART CENTER REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
HOWEVER, IT'S DIFFICULT TO FOCUS WHEN YOU'VE LAID OFF YOUR STAFF.
YOUR ARTISTS ARE LIMITED TO ZOOM.
YOUR EARNED INCOME HAS DISAPPEARED, AND YOU MAY LOSE YOUR OWN ARTS FACILITY AS WELL AS YOUR ORGANIZATION THAT HAS FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED HUNDREDS OF ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, AND TECHNICIANS FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
AND I KNOW I'M SPEAKING TO THE CHOIR, BUT I FEEL SHORT OF BREATH.
UM, I FEEL THIS IS ACTUALLY A MESSAGE TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND I, I FEEL THIS BUBBLING WITHIN YOU GUYS AS WELL.
AND YES, I'M A GAY WOMAN PRESERVING A BLACK AMERICAN ART FORM WITH A DIVERSE BOARD AND COMPANY.
AND MY FOUNDATION IS SLIPPING AWAY.
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THIS IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CULTURAL OF PROCESS PROBLEMS AND ISSUE AT HAND, WHICH IS SUCH A DIFFICULT THING.I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE HANDLING TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I HOPE THROUGH YOU GUYS.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS WE'RE NOT A HOBBY.
WE'RE NOT AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY.
WE ARE REVENUE AND JOBS FOR AUSTIN RIGHT NOW, A LOSS OF JOBS AND REVENUE LOST REVENUE AND JOBS OF CURRENTLY FUNDED CONTRACTORS.
THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO DECIDE WHETHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS ARE A PART OF OUR VITAL CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, HOTBED TAXES THAT HAVE FUNDED CULTURAL CONTRACTS FOR DECADES ARE STATE REGULATED AND FUNDED BY TOURISTS.
NOW THEY ARE A SMALL, AS I HEAR PERCENTAGE OF PRESENT A PROJECTED FUNDS, ARE WE NOT WORTH LOCAL CITY INVESTMENT? IN MY OPINION, THEY ARE.
AND YES, WE NEED TO REACH INTO THE COMMUNITY BEYOND CITY FUNDS AND YES, A CULTURAL TRUST.
BUT ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S COVID-19 FISCAL DASHBOARD, THERE'S $84 MILLION OF UNSPENT MONIES FROM INITIAL RECOVERY ALLOCATIONS JUST REDIRECTING 10 MILLION OF THESE RESOURCES TO NONPROFITS.
WE'LL SAY HUNDREDS OF JOBS FOR ARTISTS AND KEEP MANY ORGANIZATIONS ALIVE.
AND IN ADDITION, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ALLOCATIONS TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN CAN UTILIZE FOR THE PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT RESOURCES OR SERVICES, TO THE EXTENT OF THE REDUCTION IN REVENUE RELATIVE TO REVENUES COLLECTED IN THE MOST RECENT FULL FISCAL YEAR PRIOR TO THE EMERGENCY.
THIS MEANS THE CITY COULD USE THIS NEW ARP MONEY TO BACKFILL.
THESE LOST HOT REVENUES, USUALLY ALLOCATED TO THE ARTS.
CURRENT CONTRACTORS ARE PERHAPS WEARING OUR MASKS FOR SAFETY AND TO SURVIVE AS HUMANS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT WE AS ART VENUES AND PRODUCERS CAN'T WEAR MASKS, WE ARE LITERALLY TRYING TO SURVIVE WITH LITTLE OR NO, NO OXYGEN.
AND ON A REALLY BIG SIDE NOTE, THERE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF OXYGEN IN THE CENTER.
YET WE ARE STILL TRYING TO YET, WE ARE STILL TRYING TO RECOVER OXYGEN FOR MAJOR CITY OF FUNDING CUTS FROM YEARS BEFORE THIS COVID DISASTER.
AND AGAIN, NOW WE CAN'T BREATHE.
THE CITY NEEDS TO DECIDE TO INVEST YOUR AUSTIN ARTISTS NEED A LOCAL VACCINE, AND IT IS THERE.
AND YES, NOT UNLIKE THE REPUBLICANS AND THE DEMOCRATS RESPONSES TO COVID.
THERE NEEDS TO BE AN AUSTIN ARTS RESCUE PLAN.
NOW AUSTIN'S EXISTING NONPROFIT VENUES AND PRODUCERS ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE AND BREATHE.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THE LEGACY BUSINESS GRANT IS NOT AVAILABLE TO NONPROFITS.
WE NEED TO SURVIVE THEN, AND ONLY THEN CAN WE BEGIN TO LIVE WITHIN THOSE FOUR PILLARS AND GUIDELINES THAT SET OUR STAGES FOR THE AUSTIN ARTS COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
WELL I'M YEAH, I'M ON THE LINE.
I'M GOING TO, YEAH, THANKS FOR YOUR TIMES.
UM, I ECHO ALL THE ACSS AND I'M GONNA, UH, READ WHAT I'M WANTING TO SAY.
I I'M, I'M SURE YOU RECEIVED MY EMAIL THAT I SENT TO MICHELLE.
SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY.
SO THE DECISION THAT DIVERSITY IS BASED ON AN ORGANIZATION BEING 50%, ONE ETHNICITY, SINCE THE LOGICAL, WHAT MAKES AN ORGANIZATION OF 50%, ONE ETHNIC GROUP AND 50% OF ANOTHER ETHNIC GROUP, MORE DIVERSE THAN AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS 25% FOR ETHNIC GROUPS.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT BEST SERVED BY HAVING ONE ETHNIC GROUP, MAJORITY IN ANY ORGANIZATION.
AND I SAY THAT THE COLOR NOT INCLUDED IN THE CULTURAL APPLICATION IS THE OUTREACH CREATIVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED BY MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND PRIMARILY TO DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, EEG, SAFE PLACE, FOSTER YOUTH AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WOMEN THAT ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND AS A WOMAN OF COLOR, I AM ONE OF THEM IN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, WOMEN ARE NOT REPRESENTED AS A GROUP IN THE CITY DIVERSITY PLAN.
THE DIVERSITY PLAN ONLY ADDRESSES LGBTQ PLUS ETHNICITY LEAVING ONE OF THE LARGEST SINGLE GROUPS OF MARGINALIZED INDIVIDUALS OUT OF THE FUNDING NATURE.
IT IS VITAL TO HONOR THE HISTORY OF LONGSTANDING
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ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF BUILDING THIS THRIVING ARTS COMMUNITY.FOR MANY, MANY, WE ARE PART OF THE CULTURAL LEGACY OF THIS DISEASE AND HAVE NOT BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR OUR CONTRIBUTION.
ALL CONSIDERING THIS NEW FUNDING STRUCTURE, IT IS IMPERATIVE TO PUT INTO PLACE AN EQUITABLE MODEL THAT WILL NOT DISENFRANCHISE AND ESTABLISH COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS, ORGANIZATION, POSITIVE COLOR, POSITIVE LONGEVITY, AND ARTIST.
THE PERSON, THE ARTS COMMUNITY IS THE FIRST TO UNDERSTAND HOW CRUCIAL IT IS TO HAVE AN EQUITABLE MODEL IN PLACE AND DESERVES TO BE A PART OF THAT DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
WHEN IT COMES TIMES FOR IMPLEMENTATION, WE SHOULD ASPIRE TO CREATE A MODEL THAT IS BASED IN COMMUNITY BUILDING AND NOT ONE THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE DIVISION.
AND, AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
I'VE SENT YOU AN EMAIL WITH MY OTHER COMMENT, UM, ABOUT THE FUNDING MATRIX AND I, I SINCERELY HOPE THAT IS GIVEN GREAT ATTENTION BY THIS COMMITTEE AND TO THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL WITH THANK YOU.
SO WHAT YOU DO, I KNOW IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB, BUT YOU'RE OUR ADVOCATE AND WE ALL, DEPENDING ON YOU TO REALLY, REALLY FIGHT FOR US.
UM, NEXT UP WE HAVE JOHN READING.
ARE YOU THERE? SO JOHN EMAILED ME AND SAID THAT HE HAD ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
ANOTHER REPRESENTATIVE FROM ACA COLIN.
HE DIDN'T TELL ME WHO THAT PERSON WAS OR IF THEY CALLED IT IN YET.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PERSON.
AND THEN WE'LL CHECK IN WITH ACA IF THEY ARE HERE AFTER THE LAST SPEAKER.
SO THE NEXT PERSON ON THE LIST IS SYLVIA.
ROSCOE, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? HELLO? HEY, SYLVIA.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF MEXICO AT THE MUSEUM.
I'M HERE TO REQUEST THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION MAKE A FORMAL REQUEST LETTER AND OUR RESOLUTION TO THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO REQUEST FUNDS FROM SOURCES TO INCLUDE THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UNSPENT CARES DOLLARS, GENERAL FUND, AND ANY OTHER SOURCE TO ASSIST THE NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
WE ARE IN A DIRE SITUATION AND EMERGENCY CRISIS.
COVID PANDEMIC HAS DEVASTATED THE HOT FUNDS FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.
LAST YEAR, MOST ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED MORE THAN A 50% CUT IN FUNDING.
THEN THIS YEAR WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT THERE MAY NOT BE A PROGRAM.
IN ADDITION, OUR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, REVENUES HAVE PLUNDERED IN ADMISSION STORE SALES EVENTS AND EARNED REVENUES.
WE HAVE HAD TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND EVERYTHING WE DO IN OPERATIONS PRODUCTION OF PROGRAMS, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY COSTLY.
AUSTIN IS RECEIVING $195 MILLION FROM THE RECOVERY FROM THE RESCUE PLAN THAT THE RESCUE PLAN AND STAFF ARE FROM ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE MAKING REQUESTS FOR THEIR DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS WE'VE HAD TO, TO THE ARTS COMMISSION RESOLUTION OR LETTER TO CITY COUNCIL.
WE REQUEST THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT MAKE THE ARTS A PRIORITY AND REQUESTS FOR THE ARTS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS MAKE A REQUEST TO CITY COUNCIL JUST LIKE THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE.
THIS MUST BE NOW AND NOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED.
THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WILL ALSO REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM CITY COUNCIL ON THEIR OWN, BUT WE NEED THE ARTS COMMISSION AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO ALSO MAKE THE CASE FOR THE AUSTIN ARTS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE ARE IN AN URGENT SITUATION.
THERE IS ALMOST ZERO FUNDING FOR THE NEXT COMING YEAR.
THIS WILL MEAN THE LOSS OF HUNDREDS OF JOBS, THE LOSS OF ABILITY TO PAY RENT, THE POSSIBILITY OF MANY OF OUR ARTS ORGANIZATION THAT CEASING TO EXIST.
SO WE MUST ASK, NOW YOU ARE REPRESENTATIVES.
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT MORE THAN EVER, AND WE NEED THESE LETTERS, THESE RESOLUTIONS, BOTH FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION.
AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS WITH AN EQUITY LENS.
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MARK.UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TONIGHT AND THROUGH THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.
AS MENTIONED BEFORE I HAVE SERVED AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR AUSTIN SHAKESPEARE FOR SEVEN YEARS AND A BOARD VICE PRESIDENT FOR FOUR YEARS.
I'VE ALSO WORKED AS AN ACTOR'S EQUITY UNION PROFESSIONAL ACTOR WITH AUSTIN SHAKESPEARE AND SEVERAL OTHER THEATERS WHO WERE COMFORTABLE CONTRACTORS, SUCH AS AUSTIN PLAYHOUSE, ZACK THEATER AND SPECTRUM.
ALL OF THESE THEATERS ARE FOR EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION.
IN ADDITION TO DESIGNERS AND VIEW, THE TECHNICIANS WERE ALL DETERMINED TO DO BETTER FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR AND LONGSTANDING ORGANIZATIONS KEEP THE ARTS ECONOMY THRIVING, AND NOW WE ALL NEED YOUR HELP.
WE NEED YOU THE ARTS COMMISSION TO STAND UP FOR ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO REPLACE THE HOT TAX FUNDS THAT WE KNOW WILL BE DESPERATELY LOW.
THESE FUNDS CAN BE REPLACED EITHER FROM EITHER FROM UNSPENT RECOVERY FUNDS, WITH $5 MILLION AND THE ECONOMIC INJURY BRIDGE LOAN FUND, AND $16 MILLION IN THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE FUND.
REDIRECTING $10 MILLION OF THESE RESOURCES TO ARTS NONPROFITS WILL SAVE HUNDREDS OF JOBS FOR ARTISTS AND KEEP MANY ORGANIZATIONS ALIVE.
UM, THE FACT THAT'S BEEN UTTERED BY SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO SPOKEN BEFORE ME AND ALSO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN SAYS THE CITY COULD USE THE NEW ARP MONEY TO BACKFILL.
THE LAST HOT REVENUES USUALLY ALLOCATED TO THE ARTS ARTS GROUPS NEED TO BE ASSURED THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ASKED TO PULL A RABBIT OUT OF A HAT.
I'M BEING ASKED TO SUBMIT A CULTURAL CONTRACT APPLICATION FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE ARE ALL WORKING TO EXPAND THE IDEA OF EQUITY TO INCLUDE ARTISTS, BOARD MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS.
THIS IS NOT A PROCESS THAT CAN TAKE PLACE OVER NIGHT.
IT REQUIRES MONTHS AND EVEN YEARS TO CREATE OF CHANGE.
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I KNOW WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME SIDE.
SO LET US WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS THAT WILL MAKE THE AUSTIN ARTS SURVIVE AND THRIVE.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY AGAIN FOR JOHN REEDY OR REPRESENTATIVE FROM ACA, FROM AUSTIN CREATIVE LINES, ANYONE ON THE LINE, JOHN REEDY, OR AN ACA REPRESENTATIVE.
WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON.
UH, SO WE ARE CURRENTLY ON, WE
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MOVED UP FIVE 81 DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON THE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS UPDATE.UM, SO NOW WE, THIS LET'S GET INTO THE CONVERSATION.
COULD YOU OR CTM MAYBE SEE IF YOU CAN MOVE BRETT LAWRENCE INTO THE MEETING.
THANKS FOR JOINING US COMMISSIONER BARNES.
UM, AND THANK YOU TO THE SPEAKERS AND I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T THANK STAFF WE FOR THE, ALL THEIR WORK.
UM, BUT THANK YOU TO THE SPEAKERS FOR, UM, THEIR COMMENTS.
I, FOR ONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ARTS COMMISSION, UH, ON RECORD SUPPORTING A UTILIZATION OF ALL FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND, OR USABLE AND, YOU KNOW, LEGALLY AND OTHERWISE TO BE PUT, UH, TO HELP BACKFILL THE LOSS OF HOT REVENUES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE FUNDING FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
I'M NOT SURE I AM KEEN AND READY TO SUPPORT THE NEW PROGRAMS AS THERE HAVE CURRENTLY, UH, OR IN PREVIOUSLY BEEN PRESENTED.
HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR FYI 22, THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT YES ARE GUIDED BY EQUITY PRINCIPLES, BUT, UH, BUT YET TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS HAVE DONE AND, UH, AND, AND HELP THEM IN THEIR SURVIVAL.
UM, THE OTHER, UM, WELL, THAT'S, I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD FOR THAT, BE IT IN A RESOLUTION THAT WE CRAFT AFTER THE FACT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, AT THE PROPER TIME MAKE A MOTION AFTER WE HEAR SOME MORE DISCUSSION FROM OUR FELLOW ARTS COMMISSIONERS, MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, TO DO THAT.
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YOU WOULD RECOGNIZE ME, UH, TO, TO DO THAT, I WILL HAVE TO LEAVE, UH, MOVED, UH, AND I WILL LIKE TO LIVE HERE WHEN MY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO STAY.UH, SO I JUST WANT, YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE FOR THE MOTION NOW WE'RE TO LOOK YOU RECOGNIZE ME ONCE WE'VE HEARD FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED TO MAKE A MOTION.
UH, BY SHAREHOLDER POLGAR THEN COMMISSIONER MARK.
I THINK ACTUALLY COMMISSIONER MARK'S HAND WAS UP RIGHT BEFORE MINE, SO, OKAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT, UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, BORIS AND I MENTIONED IT BEFORE, BECAUSE THE HOT FUND IS GOING TO HAVE STOCK FOR, AND I THINK WE USUALLY USE THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, ALP, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST, UM, ARE LOCATED AT $10 MILLION, YOU KNOW, FROM THE, FROM THE MONEY THAT'S COMING FROM THE, UH, AMERICAN, UH, YOU KNOW, ALP TO, TO THOSE MONEY, UM, FOR, FOR OUR ARTS CREATIVE ARTS COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, YEAH, IF, UH, WE CAN FINISH THIS, THIS DISCUSSING FIRST, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THAT, AND THEN MAYBE TO VOLUNTEER COMMISSIONER FOREST TO DRIVE THAT RESOLUTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE, UH, THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION SUPPORT A RESOLUTION, UH, THAT, THAT ASKS FOR UTILIZATION OF ALL FUNDS AVAILABLE.
AND IF AMY WANTS TO PUT A $10 MILLION PRICE TAG ON IT, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ACCEPT THAT AND MAKE THAT PART OF THE MOTION AS WELL.
MOTION BY FLORES TO, UH, DRAFT A RESOLUTION USING ALL AVAILABLE FUNDS.
UH, I SECOND THAT THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION AND, UH, IDENTIFYING 10 MILLION FROM ARP, UH, OTHER SOURCES.
I MEAN, THE RESOLUTION IS TO USE AT IDENTIFY SOURCES, BUT SPECIFICALLY CALLING OUT ARP REQUESTING 10 MILLION.
AND COMMISSIONER MOCK SECONDED DISCUSSION.
I SEE COMMISSIONER FANTE AND THEN PULL HER, OR SORRY, PULLED HER AND THEN FANTE THANKS.
SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO SPEAK WITH US.
UM, I KNOW THAT TIMES ARE CHALLENGING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN SORT OF MOST FRUSTRATING ABOUT THIS ENTIRE PERIOD IS THAT WE CANNOT, WE CANNOT EVEN BE IN THE SAME ROOM TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AND THAT HURTS, AND IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR YOU GUYS TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WE FEEL AND WE APPRECIATE, AND WE, WE GET WHERE YOU ARE AND HOW MUCH WE'RE BEHIND ALL OF THE ASK.
WE KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY IS IN NEED.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, THE SECOND THING IS YES, LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, I'M VERY MUCH FOR A REAL SOLID ASK TO THE COUNCIL FROM US FOR ANY AND ALL SUPPORT THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I THINK THERE ARE, THERE ARE LIKE, THERE'S A SHORT TERM EMERGENCY PIECE, WHICH IS THIS, I HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IT'S FOR AND BACKFILL AND HOW THAT WORKS.
LIKE I HAVE ALL OF THAT SORT OF MECHANICS QUESTION LIST GOING ON FOR MYSELF, BUT ALSO LOOKING FORWARD.
I'M THINKING ABOUT NOT JUST HOW WE RECOVER RIGHT NOW, BUT HOW WE SURVIVE LONGTERM.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
AND SO I WANT TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE HOW WE, HOW WE FIND OTHER SOURCES LONG-TERM.
SO WHEN THE, THE EMERGENCY MONEY IS GONE, WHAT ELSE ARE WE DOING? AND ARE WE NOT JUST DEPENDENT ON HOT? I WANT TO LOOK FOR HOW WE AS A COMMUNITY WE'RE TOGETHER, NOT JUST THE ARTS COMMISSION AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND DOLLARS, BUT ALSO WHAT IS, WHERE DOES THE AEDC FIT IN? WHERE DOES THE CULTURAL TRUST FIT IN? HOW DOES, WHAT OTHER PARTNERSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE? WHAT ARE THE FOUNDATIONS ARE AVAILABLE? LIKE WE NEED TO BE DOING REAL WORK ON HOW WE COME TO GET BETTER, TO EXPAND THE RESOURCES.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, I ALSO WANT, WELL, I'M GONNA LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW, CAUSE I COULD GO ON FOR LIKE A WEEK.
SO I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE IT THERE.
AND HUSH, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FANTA.
AND THEN BARNES LOOK, UM, WE CAN RIGHT THIS PROPOSAL AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO GET ANYBODY ON THE ARTS COMMISSION SAYING, NO, I DON'T THINK THE ARTS SHOULD RECEIVE $10 MILLION, BUT THE REALITY IS NOBODY CARES.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO WRITE THIS PROPOSAL, WE NEED TO WRITE IT INCLUDING A VAST AMOUNT OF PUBLIC SHAMING BECAUSE MUSIC GOT THEIR LITTLE SPECIAL INTEREST, UH, PRESERVATION DEAL.
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UH, MOVIE THEATERS ARE GETTING A NATIONAL PRESERVATION BAILOUT WITH THE COVERED SHUTTERED VENUES THING.NOBODY CARES ABOUT THE PERFORMING ARTS AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A VERY ARTS FRIENDLY TOWN AND PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PROCLAIM TO BE ARTS FRIENDLY OR ARTS SUPPORTIVE.
AND SO IF THIS IS GOING TO BE WRITTEN, I REALLY THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO INCLUDE A LITTLE BIT OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT NOTHING IS, HAS BEEN DONE FOR A YEAR SPECIFICALLY FOR ARTISTS.
AND THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR ART GROUPS WERE NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE PPP LOANS OR, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS, VARIOUS OTHER LOANS THAT WERE AVAILABLE ONLINE.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO KIND OF COUCH THE, THE TONE OF THIS PIECE.
IF WE ARE WRITING IT, IF YOU WANT IT TO BE EFFECTIVE, IF YOU JUST WANT TO WRITE IT AND SEND IT OFF AND SAY, YES, WE DID THIS FOR THE CITY.
WE DID THIS FOR, UH, OUR ARTS GROUPS TO SHOW THAT WE SUPPORT THEM THAN JUST WRITE IT.
BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY WANT IT TO BE EFFECTIVE, I MEAN, THIS NEEDS, THIS NEEDS TO BE VERY PUBLIC.
IT NEEDS TO HAVE, UM, IT NEEDS TO HAVE PRESS ELEMENTS IN IT.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT PROBABLY COULD USE A PR CAMPAIGN AND IT NEEDS TO HAVE PUBLIC ART GROUPS AND THE ARTS COMMISSION WORKING TOGETHER AT THIS FOR THE SAME PURPOSES, AS OPPOSED TO WORKING AGAINST EACH OTHER, WHICH IS WHAT I'VE SEEN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
THIS IS MY LAST MEETING, BUT I'M GOING TO HOLD OFF ON THAT.
I AM HEAVILY IN FAVOR OF GETTING SOME OF THIS MONEY, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S $82 MILLION, THAT'S SITTING THERE UNSPENT.
IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT PEOPLE HAVE LOST JOBS AND THERE'S MONEY THAT IS BEING SITTING THAT HAS BEEN SITTING UNSPENT AND NOT GIVEN TO LOCAL ARTS GROUPS BARNES.
DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP THEN UNMUTE AND THEN PULL GUARD? UM, I HATE THAT I WAS THE PERSON THAT HAD TO HAVE THAT SAID TO ME, UM, I AGREE WITH, UM, BEAR'S ROOM BACK, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SHAMING.
I DON'T THINK SHAMING EVER DOES A GOOD THING.
I THINK FACS DO A GREAT THING AND BEING ABLE TO PRESENT THAT, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT OTHER GROUPS HAVE RECEIVED HERE AS WELL.
THERE IS MONEY SITTING THERE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND AND, UM, AND DOING IT THAT WAY.
UM, JUST, UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN I GUESS TOO IS, UM, IS 10 MILLION, WHERE IS THAT FIGURE COMING FROM? IS THAT THE MONEY THAT'S NEEDED TO BACKFILL THE LOSS REVENUE OF HOT? OR IS THAT JUST A ARBITRARY ROUND DOLLAR FIGURE THAT PEOPLE, UM, THINK IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE MAYBE IT SHOULD BE MORE OR MAYBE IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT WE'VE FIGURED WE NEED NOW, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ASK FOR SOME CUSHION MOVING FORWARD.
LIKE I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE FIGURE OF 10 MILLION COMES FROM.
I BELIEVE THAT'S TO REPLACE THE HOT FUNDS THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING PRETTY MUCH.
DID YOU BARNES, DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND FROM COMMISSIONER MOCK OR CAN I MOVE TO PULL GUARD? UM, I, I THINK JUST, AND I APOLOGIZE IF THIS WAS SAID, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT IT WAS 10 MILLION, THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW.
UM, BUT I JUST WANTED, AGAIN, I, I WANT THE RIGHT FIGURE.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE A MINIMUM OF 10 MILLION BECAUSE I MEAN, IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE CAN ACCESS, WE DON'T KNOW YET WHAT THE BACKFILL AMOUNT IS.
UH, I KNOW THAT THE MEMO FROM THE CITY IS SUPPOSE 7.8 OVER TWO YEARS, IT'S 3.9, UH, PER YEAR.
BUT I THINK WE WANT TO AT LEAST BE MADE WHOLE TO PRE TO PRE COVID YEARS.
UH, SO I THINK AMY OFFERED THE 10 MILLION, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE A MINIMUM OF $10 MILLION FROM WHATEVER SOURCES ARE AVAILABLE LEGALLY AND OTHER TO US WHAT YOU HAVE.
I MEAN, MISSIONER MOC AND EVERYONE ELSE PLEASE MUTE.
I, WELL, TH THE REASON WHY I, OH, TAMMY AND ANDY IS TO BACKFILL.
I MEAN, FOR, FOR THE, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH COLLUSION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I, I THINK WE ALLOCATED
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11, IS IT 11 MILLION ANNUALLY? UM, SO I'M TAKING AS A MINIMUM OF 10 MILLION AND I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER FLORES THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT IS THE MINIMUM.SO YOU'RE BEST MORE THERE THAN WE SHOULD.
UM, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD, PEOPLE SHOULD BE MORE MINDFUL ABOUT CREATIVE COMMUNITY OUT ARTISTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THEY ASKED FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE CULTURAL, UM, APPLICATION, BUT THESE, THAT THAT IS NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR TOTAL BUDGET.
SO WE HAD JUST GIVING THEM A PORTION OF, OF THAT BUDGET.
SO, SO ALL THOSE MONEY THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE FROM THEIR PERFORMANCE, THEY'RE NOT GENERATING ANY INCOME, SO THEY NEED TO HAVE SOME OXYGEN, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP THEM GOING.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THAT 11 MILLION AND I'M ASKING FOR 10 MINUTES, YOU'LL GET THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, SO THE RECOVERY MONEY IS A TWO YEAR IS TWO YEARS, RIGHT? WE GET FIRST HAPPENED IN THE SECOND HALF.
SO I AM AN AGREEMENT WITH COMMISSIONER FLORES AND I THINK IT'S, IT NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST 10 MILLION AND I WOULD STIPULATE FOR TWO YEARS.
UM, SO I WOULD ADD THAT, BUT, UH, CAN STAFF ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF MONEY BEING LEFT OVER FROM THE CARES ACT? BECAUSE THAT IS NOT MY UNDERSTANDING.
SO CAN SOMEBODY SPEAK TO THAT? THIS IS MEGAN WELLS, CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER.
UM, TO, IN MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I LAST CHECKED ON THIS, WHICH WAS LATE LAST WEEK, UH, THE INFORMATION I GOT BACK WAS THAT ALL OF THE, UH, FEDERAL AND CITY MONEY THAT WE HAD RECEIVED FOR RELIEF HAD BEEN ALLOCATED, WHICH JUST MEANS BASICALLY IT'S EARMARKED.
AND IF IT'S BEEN SPENT OUT, THE DASHBOARDS WILL REFLECT THAT.
HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE STILL SOME PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN OPERATION THAT HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED ON THE PUBLIC DASHBOARDS.
UM, I KNOW SPECIFICALLY FOR A COUPLE OF THE PROGRAMS, UH, THAT ROLLED OUT KIND OF LATE IN THE GAME, I THINK THE LEGACY BUSINESS AND PERHAPS THE MUSIC VENUE, UM, SUPPORT PROGRAM HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY PAID OUT.
SO IT PROBABLY DOESN'T REFLECT THAT.
AND I THINK PROBABLY THOSE DASHBOARDS THAT ARE ON THE CITY SITE ARE GETTING UPDATED REGULARLY, BUT THERE MAY, THEY MAY NOT BE TOTALLY UP TO DATE RIGHT NOW.
I'M NOT, I'M AN EXPERT ON THAT.
I'M NOT MAKING ANY EXCUSES FOR WHY THOSE AREN'T UPDATED OR CURRENT.
UM, BUT I'M GOING TO BE CHECKING INTO IT FURTHER BECAUSE LIKE, LIKE WHAT I'VE HEARD AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING AND WHAT Y'ALL ARE AGREEING TO, WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GIVING EVERY CENT OF THOSE PUBLIC MONIES AWAY AND ANYTHING THAT IS NOT BEING SPENT.
WE NEED TO GET OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S A HUGE DEFICIT WITH OUR CURRENT FUNDING PROGRAM.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M FURTHER CHECKING INTO IT.
BUT WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SPOKEN FOR BARNES AND FLORES.
SO, UM, I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IF, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS BEING EXPENDITURES OVER TWO YEARS, WHAT THAT, TO ME, IF WE SAID 10 MILLION, AND AGAIN, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO WITH JUST IN MY EXPERIENCE ARE GONNA GO WITH THE FIGURE YOU ASK FOR, YOU COULD SAY A MINIMUM OF 10 AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO WITH 10.
SO THAT REALLY MEANS FIVE A YEAR FOR TWO YEARS, THAT DOESN'T GET US TO THE PRE COVID HOT LEVELS.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING, DO WE NOT SAY WHAT WE WANT YOU TO, WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING OR STRONGLY REQUESTING IS 20 MILLION, WHICH WOULD BE EXPENDED OVER TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE US WHOLE AND TO PROVIDE A CUSHION OF RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, JUST, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SHORT CHEATING OURSELVES.
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, THANK YOU, BRETT, FOR COMMISSIONER BINDS FOR BRINGING THAT UP, BECAUSE MICHELLE, YOU SAID OVER TWO YEARS AND I'M LIKE, NO, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T EVEN GET TO THE 11 MILLION THAT WE QUOTE UNQUOTE NORMALLY GET THROUGH HOT.
UH, SO, AND, AND ALSO REMEMBER OUR 21 FISCAL YEAR, WE WERE AT 6 MILLION, SO THEY'RE ALREADY, WE ALREADY HAD LOST 5 MILLION AND WE'RE STARTING OUT A $4 MILLION DEFICIT THIS YEAR.
SO 10 MILLION HAS GOT TO BE SURE ONE YEAR AND THEN LET'S TALK.
I MEAN, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH BLOOD WE CAN SQUEEZE OUT OF THEIR RP IT, BUT, YOU
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KNOW, WE GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT THEN THERE'S GOTTA BE OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS.I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY, I UNDERSTAND HAVING THOSE DOC DOLLARS, 84 MILLION ALREADY EARMARKED AND ALREADY ALLOCATED.
AND SO THOSE ARE NOT, MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IF THERE IS ANY, THEN ADD THAT TO THE BUCKET.
ARE THERE ANY GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS ADD THAT TO THE BUCKET? WE NEED ALL AVAILABLE SOURCES TO GIVE THIS MONEY BECAUSE, AND WE ASKED FOR 5 MILLION LAST TIME TO ALLOW FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO LOOK FOR SOME FUNDS AND THAT WENT ON DEAF THEATER.
SO I AGREE, UH, COMMISSIONER FANTE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ASK, BUT WE GET SWEPT ASIDE VERY EASILY.
UH, AND I, YOU KNOW, THAT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO BE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING OUT, YOU KNOW, SOUNDING THE ALARMS AND ASKING FOR HELP, AND THEN JUST BEING BRUSHED ASIDE AND WHEN OTHER MONIES ARE THEN CONVENIENTLY FOUND FOR OTHER REASONS.
AND SO I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DO NEED TO PUT THE PRESSURE ON, BUT I I'M LIVING BREATH AND AMY NODDING YOUR HEAD AND SELENA AND MICHELLE, EVERYBODY'S SAYING, YOU KNOW, 10 MILLION WOULD MAKE US WHOLE FOR POSSIBLY HOLD FOR A YEAR.
AND SO THAT IS A MINIMUM YEARLY IN 20 MINUTES WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD, UH, CONCEIVABLY WANT TO ASK FOR.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD ASK FOR AN ANNUAL, I MEAN, IT IS FOR TWO YEAR, YOUR T IS $10 MILLION.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO LET THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE ARE IN SUPPORT.
WE HEAR THEM, WE HEAR THEIR HOUSE.
SHOULD WE HEAR THE CHALLENGE? AND WE GOING TO ASK, AND WE WANT THEM TO CONTACT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY ARE THE CONSTITUENTS FROM, YOU KNOW, ALL PENN DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE HAVE SUBMITTED THE RESOLUTION, UH, WE WILL LET THE CRAZY COMMUNITY KNOW AND THEN THEY SHOULD STOP, YOU KNOW, OR MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF A PRESS RELEASE IS, UM, PRESS RELEASE IS, IS, IS EQUITABLE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE I, I JUST DO NOTHING THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO BE NOT AS ASSERTIVE AS WE POSSIBLY COULD.
YOU KNOW? UM, I, I, I THINK THAT THE REVENUE, WE DRIVE THE RESOLUTION WITH THE STRONGEST, UH, LANGUAGE THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY PUT IT DOWN THERE.
AND THEN WE JUST SUBMITTED IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND ALSO SUBMITTED TO THE MEDIA, YOU KNOW, A HALF LIKE A PRESS RELEASE TO SUBMIT TO THE MEDIA AND THEN LET OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY, UM, FOLKS KNOW ABOUT WHICH WE ARE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE STRONG SUPPORT.
AND WE HEAR THE, HOW SHOULD WE HEAR THE CHALLENGE? AND WE WANT TO KEEP THEM AS WHOLE AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE, JUST A SMALL NOTE, LIKE THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN PROGRAMS PUT FORWARD THAT WERE EMERGENCY PROGRAMS FOR THE CREATIVE CLASS.
WE KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH MONEY TO MEET THE NEED THAT NEEDED.
THE FUNDS ARE LIMITED, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK HERE ABOUT THE CITY NOT SUPPORTING THE CITY IS SUPPORTING.
AND I THINK THAT WE WANT TO GO IN WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN SUPPORTING AND NEEDS TO DO MORE BECAUSE THE HURT IS MORE.
AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT.
THERE WERE SOME FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED YOU'RE CORRECT FROM THE CARES ACT, UH, THAT WENT TO, UH, ASSIST, BUT IT WAS, UM, RELATIVELY SMALL IN COMPARISON, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT HEALTH AND OTHER ISSUES WERE AT STAKE AS WELL, LIKE THE ORIGINAL CARES ACT FUNDS.
UM, THE LEGACY BUSINESS, UM, NON-PROFIT AND ELIGIBILITY, IS THERE ANY WAY TO ADDRESS THAT? IS THAT TRUE? CAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THAT RESTRICTION WENT AWAY, BUT I MAY BE MISREMEMBERING.
DOES ANYBODY ON THE STAFF LEVEL HAVE ANY IDEA, MICHELLE? I'M SORRY.
SAY, DON'T SAY YOUR QUESTION ONE MORE TIME.
UH, UM, THE LEGACY BUSINESS SUPPORT, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALKS TONIGHT IN COMMUNITY, UH, SPEECHES, UM, COMMUNITY CONVERSATION, WORDS, I'M SORRY ABOUT NON-PROFITS BEING INELIGIBLE FOR LEGACY BUSINESS FUNDS.
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THAT, THAT WAS THE DIRECTION THAT STAFF RECEIVED FROM CITY COUNCIL WHEN THE PROGRAMS WERE SENT TO US, UM, WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT COUNCIL PASSED.SO, UH, THAT CAME FROM COUNCIL DIRECTIVE.
SO WHEN WE COME BACK AROUND, I WANNA, I WANNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CIRCLE BACK ON THAT TOO.
LISMEN UM, JUST PULLING IN SORT OF WHAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS DONE FOR MUSIC.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WE, THERE HAVE BEEN INDIVIDUAL WORKER FUNDS FOR THE MUSIC COMMUNITY AND THE, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT EQUIVALENT TO, FOR THE ARTIST COMMUNITY, BUT THEY ARE THAT, UH, USIC VENUE PRESERVATION FUND IS A $5 MILLION PROGRAM.
AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE, OUR ART SPACES CANNOT BE CONSIDERED AS VALUABLE CULTURAL CONTRIBUTORS AS THESE MUSIC VENUES, BECAUSE THIS IS AGAIN A TWO-PRONG THREE-PRONG FOUR PRONG IN TERMS OF A CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM THAT AUSTIN PROVIDES.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE MUSIC THAT DRAWS IN HOT TAGS, IT'S THE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM OF US BEING A CREATIVE CULTURE HUB.
UM, SO, SO USING THAT DATA AND THOSE THAT THOSE NUMBERS TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE NEED EQUAL, IF NOT MORE ATTENTION, BECAUSE WHILE MUSIC GETS A LOT OF THE SPOTLIGHT, THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING A LOT OF THE WORK AND IS A LARGER UMBRELLA BECAUSE WE HAVE THEATER, WE'VE GOT, UH, VISUAL ARTS AND DANCE, UM, AND SO ON AND SO ON AND SO ON SO THAT OUR INDUSTRY IS A MUCH LARGER UMBRELLA THAN SAY THE MUSIC, UH, FACET OF OUR CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM, UH, COMMISSIONER SAYS TO YOU, ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE DASHBOARD OR ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL, UH, PROGRAM DESCRIPTION, LOOKING AT THE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ON THE AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV THAT THIS IS THE RELEASE A PRESS RELEASE, I'M SORRY THAT IT WAS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 10TH OF 2020.
SO JUST LIKE LAST YEAR, UM, I THINK THEY ARE IN PHASE ONE, WHICH IS THE $20,000 GRANTS, UM, TO A TOTAL OF, AND HERE'S, I THINK WHERE WE DIFFER A BIT IS THAT THE AUSTIN VENUE ALLIANCE IS A PRE-QUALIFIED POOL OF 50 VENUES.
SO YOU HAVE TO HIT, I THINK, SIX OR SEVEN OF 10 REQUIREMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED A AUSTIN VENUE.
UM, SO OF THOSE PRE-QUALIFIED VENUES, I THINK THERE ARE 50 TOTAL THAT HAD, UM, APPLIED FOR THIS FUNDING.
THE PHASE ONE IS THIS $20,000 UPFRONT TO SORT OF RECOUP LIKE SUNK COSTS AND LOSS INCOME, UM, UP UNTIL THIS POINT, BUT PHASE TWO IS WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT.
AND THESE ARE THE LARGER BUDGET DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING INTO THIS REOPENING PHASE, UM, HIRING.
UM, THERE IS A, UH, COMMITMENT TO EQUITY IN REGARD TO THE MUSICIANS AND THE TALENT THAT ARE BEING HIRED AS LONG WITH STAFF.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THE, THE CHECKS AND BALANCES ON THAT END HAVE NOT BEEN IRONED OUT YET.
SO THERE'S NOT A SORT OF A, UH, HONOR ON OUR POLICY OR, UM, IN GOOD FAITH THAT THE, THE VENUES THAT ARE RECEIVING THE SECOND AND THIRD TIER FUNDING ARE, UH, ARE ABIDING BY THOSE EQUITY GUIDELINES.
THANK YOU FOR THAT DESCRIPTION.
I WAS ACTUALLY ASKING, BECAUSE I COULD HAVE SWORE I READ THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION THAT DID INCLUDE CULTURAL CREATIVE SPACE.
AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING IF YOU WERE READING THE DESCRIPTION.
CAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, I WISH I HAD FINISHED MY HOMEWORK SO THAT I COULD SAY THIS, BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS LANGUAGE INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION FOR CULTURAL SPACES.
UM, BUT OF COURSE THE HEADLINE IS LIVE MUSIC.
UM, SO LIKE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR WHEN WE'RE PRESENTING INFORMATION, THAT, THAT WHAT IT IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, SO LIKE I GOT TO DO MORE HOMEWORK, BUT TO THE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC VENUE PRESERVATION FUND.
SO THIS IS SPECIFIC TO MUSIC VENUES AND SPACES.
I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY SOMETHING TO YOU MACH AND THEN FLORES.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WITH EVERYBODY GETTING OUR VACCINE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF MAY, SO WHICH MEANS THAT BUSINESS IS GOING TO OPEN.
BUT FOR THE PAST TALK 13, 14, 15 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, OUR CREATIVE ARTISTS ARE BASICALLY NOT HAVING ANY AIR TO BREATHE.
SO TO PREPARE THEM TO BE OPEN, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR MAINTENANCE.
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KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE REBUILT, UM, TO, TO, TO BE READY TO REOPEN.SO THIS IS NOT JUST LIKE GIVING THEM MINIMUM.
THIS IS ABOUT REBUILDING THEM, UH, TO THE STAGE OF BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
YOU KNOW? SO I THINK THAT IS, THAT IS IMPORTANT TO, TO STRESS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ON OUR RESOLUTION, BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT INVESTMENT, WHEN YOU INVEST, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE I, WHEN REALLY OPEN, YOU ARE READY TO REOPEN IN FORCE, YOU KNOW? SO THAT MEANS THAT THEY HAVE TO REBUILD AND THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY HAVE BEEN NOT, NOT HAVING ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY CANNOT PERFORM, THEY CANNOT GET, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU COME AND CHECK.
AND I DON'T KNOW, SOME OF THEM MAY EVEN HAVE TO SELL THE EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, I TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.
SO I, AGAIN, I MEAN, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE TO KEEP THE MAINTENANCE HOME, TO KEEP THEIR, YOU KNOW, TO BUILD BACK THAT STRENGTH SO THAT WHEN IT IS READY TO BE OPEN, THEY'RE READY AND THEY'RE READY.
AND FOOD FALLS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY.
BECAUSE LIKE, AFTER ALL THESE MONTHS, WE ARE ALREADY TO GO OUT AFTER WE HAVE OUR DESTINATION, RIGHT.
SO WE ARE ALL READY TO GO OUT.
WE ARE READY TO TRAVEL, WE'RE READY TO, TO GO TO, UH, DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES.
AND THEN THE ARTISTS HAVE TO BE READY, YOU KNOW, TO, TO PUT ON THE CREATIVE ARTS.
SO I THINK, I THINK THAT 10 MILLION, YOU KNOW, IS, IS, IS, IS JUST THE MINIMUM.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR POINTING OUT THE TIMELINE CAUSE I NEED, I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND AND REMEMBER THE TIMELINE, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VACCINE ROLL OUT.
HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY IN MAY, IN JUNE, THIS MONEY FROM, UM, THE ARP THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FUNNEL TOWARDS THE ARTS.
IF WE GET, IF WE, IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL AND WE GET IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE UNTIL FISCAL YEAR 22, WHICH STARTS IN OCTOBER.
SO WE'RE ALREADY TALKING WHAT SEVEN MONTHS FROM NOW.
SO LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND, LIKE WHAT THAT MONEY IS GOING TO ACTUALLY BE USED FOR RIGHT NOW.
YES, WE DO NEED TO REBUILD AND, AND INVEST, BUT THAT MONEY'S NOT GOING TO TAKE INTO EFFECT UNTIL OCTOBER, UH, FLORES.
I WAS JUST LIKE GOING THROUGH THAT CITY MEMO AND SEEING, YOU KNOW, AND THEY HAD SUGGESTED A STAFF SUGGESTED AMOUNTS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, AND THEY'RE CREATIVE, THERE'S THE CREATIVE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT WERE FUNDED THROUGH THE CARES ACT.
BUT YET, THEN THERE'S A DIFFERENT CATEGORY FOR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDED SERVICES.
AND, UH, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I THINK WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE DOLLARS WILL COME FROM AND WHAT WOULD NEED TO BE SHUFFLED, BUT THE CREATIVE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SHOULD STAY UNDER THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY, UH, RESOURCE RESOURCES PORTION.
AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS UNDER THE WHOLE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDED SERVICES, UH, UNDER THE CULTURAL ARTS FUND, THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHERE WE, WE FEEL THAT MORE DOLLARS, UH, NEED TO BE ALLOCATED.
UM, MAYBE NOT COMPLETELY FROM THE AIP.
I DON'T KNOW THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE, BUT WE'D HAVE TO, FROM OTHER SOURCES, WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET A MINIMUM OF 10 MILLION A YEAR, BUT I DON'T WANT THAT TO HIM TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE CULTURAL RECOVERY FUNDS UNDER THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY FUNDS FROM THE ARP I WANTED IN ADDITION TO RIGHT.
IS THAT THE UNDERSTANDING? CORRECT.
I MEAN, THERE'S CERTAIN AMOUNTS ALLOCATED FOR THAT.
AND THEN WE WOULD TALK ABOUT THE CULTURAL LIVES FUND BEING MADE WHOLE THROUGH NOT ONLY ARP, BUT WHAT OTHER, UH, OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
SO I GUESS, YES, IN ADDITION, THERE'S FINITE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
WE GOT OVER IT, $6 MILLION FROM FRANCE UNDER THE ARP AND HOW THE STAFF HAS PROPOSED THE BREAKDOWN.
CURRENTLY, THERE'S ONLY IT'S 3.9 A YEAR FOR CULTURAL ARTS FUND.
UH, WE'RE AT, WE'RE ACTUALLY ARGUING THAT THAT SHOULD BE HIGHER.
UH, AND THAT OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS BE FOUND TO BACKFILL IT'S A MORE THE, THE ACTUAL HOT FUND DEFICIT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S WHERE THAT COMES FROM
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CONVENTIONS, WHO IT GETS PULLED FROM, BUT, UH, BUT WE DO WANT THE CREATIVE ASSISTANCE FUNDING TO STILL REMAINS THERE WITH STAFF IS RECOMMENDING FOR THAT, UH, AS WELL CAUSED BY COVID AND ALL THAT.SO YOU BRING, YOU BRING AN ISSUE TO MY ATTENTION.
SO LIKE, UM, I WANT THIS CONVERSATION TO BE TRANSPARENT.
I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO FEEL ASSURED AS WE HEARD ALREADY, THEY WANT ASSURANCE, I WANT THEM TO FEEL ASSURED THAT WE ARE, OR BE ASSURED THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IT AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO PUT FORWARD A REQUEST RESOLUTION TO GET MONIES.
UM, BUT I ALSO AM NOT SURE THAT IT'S CONDUCIVE TO DO SO AT THE MEETING RIGHT NOW.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHERE, WHERE THE CUTOFF POINT IS, AND JUST SAY, MAYBE WE FORM A WORKING GROUP THAT LIKE HAS A TIGHT DEADLINE OF DEVELOPING THE DRAFT.
AND ALSO THAT PART OF THAT WORKING GROUP IS TO DEVELOP A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE WHAT WE, THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND, AND CO DISTRIBUTED BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, PROPOSE THAT, UM, THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A WORKING GROUP, UH, INCLUDING THE STAFF AND THE COMMISSIONER AND TO, TO DRIVE A REQUEST RESOLUTION AND BRING IT TO OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, FOR APPROVAL.
AND, UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE THIS WORKING GROUP TO HAVE A PLAN AND ACTION PLAN, AS FAR AS HOW WE ROLL OUT, ROLL OUT THIS RESOLUTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ENTIRE CITY OF AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO.
IF I COULD JUST INTERRUPT REALLY QUICKLY.
LIKE WE'RE, WHAT, WHAT I HEARD WAS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR ALREADY, SO YOU CAN'T BE MAKING ANOTHER MOTION AT THIS POINT.
THE OTHER CHAIR THAT WE WANT TO, I THINK WE HEARD FROM EVERY COMMISSIONER THAT WE WERE IN AGREEMENT, I THINK THE DRAFTING HAS TO COME AFTER THE FACT BASED ON WHAT WE'RE HEARING TONIGHT.
UH, AND AS WE'VE DONE OTHER TIMES, BUT I THINK THAT THE GIST OF IT WAS AT THE MOTION THAT YOU PROPOSED WITH.
I THINK WE SLIGHTLY AMENDED IT TO SAY A MINIMUM OF 10 MILLION PER YEAR, AS OPPOSED TO JUST A FLAT 10 MILLION AND FROM ALL POSSIBLE SOURCES, INCLUDING THE ARP, ANY ADDITIONAL CARES FUNDS THAT THOSE LEFTOVER GENERAL REVENUES, WHATEVER FUNDS AVAILABLE.
AND THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MOTION ADDRESS, AND I WOULD THINK WE SHOULD PASS THAT SO THAT WE ARE ON RECORD, THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS AND THAT WE WILL, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT THE DETAILS WITH A GROUP.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS TO BE AN OFFICIAL WORKING GROUP, BUT THAT'S FINE TOO, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
ONE QUICK THING TO ADD TO THAT MIX FOR MR. FLORES AND WHAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER IS SOMETHING COMMISSIONER FLORES JUST SAID THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS, IS, UH, IDENTIFYING VIEWS AS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SPECIFICALLY WANT TO SUPPORT THAT AGAIN, IDENTIFYING WHAT VENUES.
SO BACKFILL THEN USE AND THEN, AND THEN OTHER, UM, NO, YOU'RE CONFUSING ME NOW BECAUSE THAT WASN'T BUSY 10 MILLION A YEAR.
AND I SAID, LIKE, IF I'M LOOKING AT THE FUNNEL, LOOKING AT THE SPREADSHEET THAT ONE OF THOSE LINES IS CREATIVE VENUES, I THINK THE MOTION WAS TO BACKFILL THE DEFICIT AND HOT FUNDS, UH, FOR THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING IN NOW, BECAUSE I THINK TO CREATE VALUE, WE NEED MORE THAN THAT.
SO THE 10 MILLION IS JEFF'S FAULT.
I THINK WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS.
AND, AND, AND JUST VOTE ON THIS FIRST.
I AGREE THAT WASN'T PART OF IT.
I THINK IT'S A BACKFILL CONFERENCE, BUT OKAY.
FULL HOT FUNDS, UH, COMMISSIONER VANDYKE, AND EVERYBODY ELSE MUTE, PLEASE, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS MONEY, THE MONEY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IF IT'S NOT AVAILABLE, TALK TILL OCTOBER, THAT'S A REAL CONCERN.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE HEARING NOW IS WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE GONE,
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THEY'RE IN DANGER OF SLIPPING AWAY.UM, AND I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP WITH THE WORKING GROUP, ABLE TO WORK OUT ALL THIS DETAILS FOR THE MONEY AVAILABLE IN OCTOBER.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT DO WE DO NOW? UM, I KNOW THAT EACH OF THE GROUPS ARE LOBBYING THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT SHOULDN'T SAY THE COUNCIL HEAR FROM US AS, UH, AS ONE VOICE THAT BOY PEOPLE ARE REALLY DOING SOMETHING RIGHT NOW, YESTERDAY IS SO, UH, TWO, TWO PARTS TO THAT OF, OF RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO, EVEN THOUGH THE MONEY WON'T TAKE INTO EFFECT AND WON'T BE AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER, WE NEED TO PUT FORWARD THAT, THAT PRIORITY.
NOW THAT CONVERSATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW, UM, IN TERMS OF HELPING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, CULTURAL CONTRACTORS NOW, UH, STAFF HAS ALREADY PUT FORWARD THAT THAT RECOMMENDATION OF, OF EXTENDING CONTRACT, THE OPTION TO EXTEND CONTRACTS FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
UM, SO IT WAS THAT MIDDLE SECTION OF HIS SUSAN'S PRESENTATION, UM, STAFF, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD TO ADDRESSING THINGS NOW, OR COMMISSIONERS THAT HELP STRENGTHEN SUPPORT THAT MISSION BARNES? UM, I THINK TO, TO WHAT MAYBE COMMISSIONER OR VICE CHAIR GAR WAS SAYING WAS THAT OFTENTIMES WE'VE RESTRICTED THE USE OF FUNDS TO BE ARTISTIC, YOU KNOW, PAYING ARTISTIC SALARIES, PAYING FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS.
AND I THINK SHE'S JUST SUGGESTING THAT WE OPEN IT UP TO NOT PUT RESTRICTIONS ON HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE USED, SO THEY COULD BE USED FOR RENT ASSISTANCE AND VENUES.
THEY COULD BE USED FOR WHATEVER.
UM, THAT'S WHAT I INTERPRETED AS NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW, FOR CONVOLUTING CREATING NEW VENUES, BUT IT'S, HOW DO WE HELP HELP, UM, WITH THAT, IF THAT'S ONE OF THEIR GREATEST NEEDS, I GET THAT CLARIFICATION BECAUSE YEAH, I'VE BEEN SAYING FROM THE BEGINNING, LIKE RENT AND FOOD ARE THE TWO THINGS EVERYBODY'S WORRYING ABOUT.
SO ARE YOU SAYING, SO IN ADDITION TO THINGS THAT ARE NORMALLY FUNDED THROUGH OUR USUAL CULTURAL CONTRACTS, YOU'RE SAYING YOU WANT TO EXPAND OR DO WE KEEP, WELL, I THINK IF WE WERE ASKING FOR 10 MILLION AND SORT OF THE BACKFILL WAS SIX OR SEVEN, THERE MIGHT BE A CUSHION MONEY THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS, I JUST THINK WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, AND AGAIN, TALK FUNDS, I'M ASSUMING DIDN'T REDUCE THEIR RESTRICTIONS ON HOW THOSE FUNDS COULD BE USED.
SO WE NEED TO BE AS FLEXIBLE WITH ANY MONIES THAT WE'RE MAKING AVAILABLE, UM, TO ARTISTS AND ARTS GROUPS AND CREATIVES.
UM, SO THAT THEY'RE NOT LOCKED INTO SOMETHING AS AMY HAD SAID EARLIER, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED SOME MAYBE BLOCK TIME, BUT RAMP UP TIME MEANS I STILL HAVE TO PAY MY ARTISTIC STAFF.
I STILL HAVE TO, UM, BE BUILDING SETS FOR WHEN WE ARE GOING TO GO.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING AN UNDUE BURDEN OF RESTRICTIONS ON THOSE FUNDS.
I THINK THERE'S THE CREATIVE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT, THAT HAVE ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT NEEDS TO STAY THE SAME, OR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BACK-FILLING HOT.
AND I MAYBE I'M ON TO COMPLETELY LOST NOW IN TERMS OF WHAT'S THE, I THOUGHT WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO FIND OUR, UH, CULTURAL CONTRACTORS IN THE WAYS THAT WE WERE, WE WERE DOING IT IN THE PAST, BUT YOU'RE SAYING IT SHOULD BE CHANGED.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF I AM FOLLOWING NO, I'M AT THAT.
CAN I ADDRESS THAT OVER? OKAY.
UM, SO, SO NO COMMISSIONER FLORES, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE C-SAT PROGRAM.
I'M SAYING EXACTLY WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER BARNES JUST SUGGESTED, WHICH IS A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HOW THOSE FUNDS CAN BE USED, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE EXPANDING IT BEYOND A 100% BACKFILL.
WELL, I'M COMPLETELY CONFUSED, BUT WHATEVER COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE, WAS YOUR QUESTION APPROPRIATELY ADDRESSED, OR DO YOU, DO YOU THINK YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM STAFF A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WHAT'S BEING DONE NOW OR WHAT CAN BE DONE NOW? YOU'RE MUTED.
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THANK YOU.UM, I FEEL LIKE IT WAS HEARD ANYWAY.
I'M NOT SURE SOMETIMES WHERE IT FITS, BUT, UM, AS LONG AS IT'S HEARD.
SO WE'VE HAD SOME ROBUST DISCUSSIONS.
THERE WAS A POINT THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE, UH, HASHED OUT.
DO WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER FOR DRAFTING OF THIS RESOLUTION? WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS MOTION.
I JUST I'M VOLUNTEER MYSELF BECAUSE I'M COMPLETELY CONFUSED BY WHAT MICHELLE AND EVERYBODY ELSE DISCUSSED THAT I'M NOT GOING TO BE PART OF IT.
CAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYMORE, UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE GROUP THAT CLARIFIES WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE MOTION IS AGAIN, BECAUSE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT THE WAY YOU SAID IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WROTE IT DOWN, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE GONE ALL OVER THE MAP AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE VOTING ON IT.
EMOTION IS TO, UH, DRAFT A RESOLUTION THAT REQUESTS, UH, ALL AVAILABLE ANY AND ANY AVAILABLE FUNDS FROM, UH, ANY SOURCE TO SOURCES, POSSIBLE SOURCES TO SUPPORT CULTURAL ARTS, UH, AND IDENTIFYING, UH, 10 MILLION PER YEAR FROM THE ARP, UH, MINIMUM, RIGHT.
A MINIMUM OF 10 MILLION A YEAR FROM THE ARP, OTHER SOURCES OF CULTURAL, CULTURAL ARTS.
THAT WAS THE BEGINNING PART OF IT.
YEAH, BUT YOU'RE JUST SAYING 10 MILLION FROM THE ARP AND ISN'T IT ALL, ALL SOURCES AVAILABLE.
UM, ANN MARIE, DID YOU POSSIBLY HAPPEN TO WRITE THAT DOWN? I I'VE JUST BEEN TAKING NOTES SO THAT I'VE GOT ONLY PIECES OF IT, BUT YEAH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT I HAVE, UH, UM, AS I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG.
SO I HAVE MOTION TO DRAFT A RECOMMENDATION THAT REQUESTS CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOCATE ALL AVAILABLE SOURCES OF FUNDS, INCLUDING A MINIMUM OF 10 MILLION PER YEAR FROM ARP TO, UH, I HAVE TO BACKFILL THE DEFICIT FOR THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDS.
YOU WERE SAYING FOR CULTURAL FUNDING.
UM, I, I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU GUYS WANT TO LAND, UM, ON SORT OF THE ENDING OF THAT.
SO IT'S ALL POSSIBLE SOURCES, INCLUDING THE ARP REQUESTING A MINIMUM OF 10 MILLION PER YEAR, RIGHT? YES.
CAUSE IT WAS SAYING IT WAS YES.
AND THEN FOR BACKFILLING, THE REDUCTION IN THE HOT FUNDS FOR CULTURAL FUNDING PURPOSES, IS THAT NOT CORRECT? WELL, THAT'S, THAT WAS THE QUESTION I WAS ASKING IS LIKE, WHAT IS, IS IT, IS IT JUST FOR CULTURAL FUNDING OR IS IT FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMUNITY? WELL, IF WE'RE BACKFILLING THE HOT FUNDS, IT'S FOR CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE PAY FOR WITH THE HOT FUNDS.
I MEAN, WE DON'T PAY FOR VENUE.
I MEAN, THERE'S THE OTHER BAT IN THE ARP AND THE END THAT WAS IN CARES THAT GOES FOR VENUES AND IT'S A CREATIVE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
THERE'S THERE, THEY'RE RECOMMENDING ANOTHER $10 MILLION, I THINK IN THAT BUCKET THREE AND SEVEN.
SO OPT IS QUESTIONING BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE TRYING TO BACKFILL THE LOSS OF HOT FUNDS SO THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, MAKE GOOD ON THE CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING.
UH, AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS VENUE CONVERSATION IS CONFUSING ME.
AND WE PLEA, CAN WE PLEASE JUST MAKE IT USEFUL FOR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO USE IT FOR RENT, SALARY VENUE, CULTURAL PROGRAMMING, PEOPLE JUST NEED MONEY.
LIKE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S NECESSARY.
WE'RE NOT TAKING THE MONEY FROM HOT FUNDING, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE RESTRICTIONS.
WE'RE JUST GETTING MONEY AND THEN WE'RE GIVING IT TO PEOPLE.
OH, POLAR, CAN WE SAY FOR, UH, SURVIVAL AND SUSTAINABILITY,
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WOULD IT BE FAIR TO JUST SAY A PORT? WE CAN DO SURVIVALS, UH, OR WHAT COMMISSIONER POLAR JUST SAID, BUT THEN ONCE WE VOTE ON THIS WHO WHOEVER'S DRAFTING CAN, CAN DO GET OUT AND USE THE WORD, THE YELL, OR IS THAT NOT IS, WELL, WE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW.I KNOW WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, BUT I THINK WE'RE CLOSE AND I WILL HAPPILY HELP DRAFT WHATEVER I WILL.
IF WE'RE NOT JUST DOING CULTURAL FUNDING, YOU'RE JUST SAYING, ASK THEM FOR A MINIMUM $10 MILLION.
NOT NECESSARILY TO BACKFILL THE HOT, EVEN THOUGH BECAUSE HOD HAS TOO MANY CULTURAL FUNDING HAS TOO MANY RESTRICTIONS.
SO YOU JUST WANT TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A WHOLE NEW PROGRAM FOR NOT DO CULTURAL LINES FUNDING THIS COMING YEAR, YOU KNOW, COVID RELIEF.
IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH COVID RELIEF.
I THOUGHT WE WERE TRYING TO GET MONEY SO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE MONEY TO CULTURAL CONTRACTORS IN 2022.
WE'RE GETTING MONEY TO GIVE THEM TO CULTURAL CONTEXTS AS CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING PROGRAMS. I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU CAN'T PAY SOMEONE'S SALARY OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE A, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SPACE ANYMORE, THEN YOU CAN'T REALLY DO CULTURAL PROGRAMMING.
I HAD CALLED YOU EARLIER AND THEY, I THINK IT, IT DOES HAVE TO PASS THE SMELL TEST OF, OF WHAT HOT FUNDS, IF THERE IS GOING TO BE FOUR, THREE, WHATEVER MILLION IN HOT FUNDING, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT HAS TO PASS THE STATUTE THAT THE STATE HAS UNLESS THE STATE DECIDES TO EASE UP THAT REQUIREMENT.
I THINK THEN WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THESE OTHER MONIES WOULD BE AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, AGAIN, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
UM, I THINK COMMISSIONER FLORIDA IS, UH, UH, INITIALLY YOUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO BACK FILL THE HOT SO THAT WE COULD SUSTAIN THE CULTURAL CONTRACTS AS IS, BUT I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH PARIS OR COMMISSIONER FUND TAKE IN THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THIS MONEY AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE.
BUT I KNOW THAT THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE TO MEET UP THE STATE WHENEVER WE START TALKING ABOUT IT.
SO, SO HERE'S, HERE'S THE WORD I UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW IS WE CAN VOTE ON THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER FLORES FOR THE MONEY TO GO TO TOWARDS HOT FUNDS, TO CULTURAL FUNDING.
IF, IF THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT AND THAT'S NOT, UH, FLEXIBLE ENOUGH, WE CAN VOTE IT DOWN AND WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER MOTION THAT IS TALKING ABOUT MONEY.
THAT'S MORE FLEXIBLE AND, UM, OR WE CAN, UH, WHAT'S THE TERM WORDSMITH THE MOTION UNTIL WE CAN GET, UH, EXCEPT AN AMENDMENT TO SAY THAT IT WOULD RATHER THAN SAY, BACKFILL HOP FUNDS, JUST REQUEST FUNDS, UH, TO, UM, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, MICHELLE SAID.
UH, AND THEN I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WORK OUT THE DETAILS ABOUT THE CULTURAL FUNDING.
CAUSE THERE WERE ONLY GOING TO HAVE $4 MILLION IN HOT FUNDS FOR NEXT CYCLE.
THEN WE WILL DEAL WITH THAT LATER AND USE THE OTHER MONIES AS REBECCA HAD SUGGESTED FOR, YOU KNOW, COVID RELIEF AND OTHER, OTHER ASSISTANCE AND COME UP WITH WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, CRITERIA OR SUGGESTIONS FOR THAT.
UM, ANYWAY, UM, UM, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING YOU COULD DO TO AMEND THE MOTION TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT LAST WELL BEFORE I PICK UP THAT AMENDMENT DIZMAN AND PULLED OUR CONFUSED, THE, THE, THE LAST LETTER THAT WENT UP TO CANCEL REQUESTING $5 MILLION, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN USE AS A FOUNDATION FOR THIS? I MEAN, IS IT SO DIFFERENT? AND I MEAN, JUST TRYING TO, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR WHERE WE'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, MAYDAY, MAYDAY, WE NEED AS MUCH MONEY AS WE CAN FROM WHEREVER WE CAN FIND IT.
AND THAT WAS A DESPERATE PLEA FROM THE COMMUNITY COMING THROUGH US UP TO COUNCIL.
SO DO WE NOT HAVE SOME SORT OF FOUNDATION THAT WE CAN BE JUMPING ON? SO WE'RE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL HERE.
I WOULD EXPECT THAT THERE'S A DIRECT REFERENCE IN THIS RECOMMENDATION TO THAT LETTER.
AND THEN I WAS GOING TO SAY, CAN WE NOT DO BOTH? CAN WE BACKFILL HOT IF THEY ASK
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US FOR AT LEAST 10 MILLION AND TO BACKFILL HOT TO IT'S PRE-CUT LEVELS WOULD BE SAY SIX BETWEEN SIX AND SEVEN, THEN ANYTHING IN ADDITION BECOMES SOMETHING THAT'S EMERGENCY FUNDING THAT CAN BE USED IN ANY NUMBER OF WAYS THAT WE GET TO DECIDE.CAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY NOT DEFACTO HOT MONEY.
AND THAT YOU'RE SAYING NOT TO 20, UH, 20 LEVELS, BUT AT LEAST TO 2021 LEVELS OF THE SIX TO 7 MILLION THAT WE HAD, AND THAT WOULD BE PASTORALLY HOT TO THAT EXTENT AND ANYTHING OVER AND ABOVE WOULD BE FOR JUST RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, UH, COVID RELIEF EFFORTS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY, EXCEPT THAT WHEN I ASKED, UM, HEY, SUZ ABOUT WHAT OUR LEVELS WERE, HE SAID ROUGHLY 12, AND THEN IT GOT CUT IN HALF TO SIX AND I'M SUGGESTING WE TAKE 6 MILLION OF OUR ASK REFILL HOT BACK TO THE 12TH, MILLION DOLLAR MARK, ANYTHING THAT'S LEFT FROM OUR ALLOCATION.
AND HOPEFULLY WE GET MORE THAN 10.
YOU'RE ASSUMING THERE'S, THERE'S ALL THE, THERE'LL BE SIX THERE.
AND WE BACKFILL SIX TO GET TO THE 12 FROM 2020.
UH, CTM STAFF, CAN WE TRY TO GET, UH, COMMISSIONER KEATON HAVING SOME TROUBLE UNMUTING HER LINE SHE'S ON THE PHONE? SO THEN THE MOTION WOULD BE TO OPT TO, UH, UH, LESS THAN 10 MILLION PER YEAR, UH, TO, TO BOTH BACKFILL LOSS OF HOT FUNDS AND, UH, AND, AND, AND PROVIDE, UH, COVID, UH, RELIEF, UH, FOR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, IT USES FOR WHATEVER YOU KNOW IS NECESSARY.
SO THAT THOSE DOLLARS THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO CULTURAL FUNDING WILL BE USED FOR THAT.
AND, UH, THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT CAN BE USED A BROADER, IN A BROADER SENSE.
I HOPE THAT MADE SENSE TO Y'ALL CAUSE I DIDN'T CATCH THAT.
MARIE, DID YOU CATCH THAT? SO YOU CAN DOCUMENT THE AMENDMENT.
IT'S BACKFILL HOT WITH AN ADDITIONAL, UH, COVID RELIEF FUNDS AND THEN THE MINIMUM, IT'S A, STILL A MINIMUM 10 MILLION, UH, FOR, UH, FROM ANY AND ALL SOURCES, INCLUDING THE ARP, UH, AND ALSO TO DO NOT ONLY BACKFILL THE HOT, BUT TO ALSO USE THE COVID RELIEF.
GIVE ME A SECOND COMMISSIONER.
UH, VICE-CHAIR POLAR COMMISSIONER KEATON.
YEAH, YOU'RE A LITTLE LOW, BUT WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UH, FIRST I LIKE TO APOLOGIZE, UM, UM, FOR I'VE BEEN IN THE MEETING THE WHOLE TIME, BUT I HAD TO ATTEND A MEMORIAL.
UM, A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE DIED OF COVID 19 FRIDAY.
SO I WAS IN TWO THINGS AT THE SAME TIME, BUT I HAD TO ATTEND HIS MEMORIAL, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE, UH, TO WORK WITH, UM, CLINICIAN, UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES, UM, AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO PROVE THE DOCUMENT.
UM, SINCE I WORKED WITH YOU GUYS ON THE LAST COMMITTEE AND I THINK WE GOT IT DONE IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, SO THIS, YOU NEED ME I'M HERE.
UM, YOU, I MEAN WITH THAT SITUATION, YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T EVEN BE AT THE MEETING.
UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, UH, COMMISSIONER OR VICE-CHAIR POLAR MR. KEATON.
UM, SO CAN WE JUST, CAN WE PUT THE WORD SURVIVAL AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THERE, SOMEWHERE IN THE MOTION OR THE RESOLUTION? DO YOU WANT TO PUT IT IN, IN THE RESOLUTION ITSELF OR JUST PUT, FOLD IT INTO THE MOTION AND FOR COVERT RELIEF PURPOSES IS BROAD OFF AND FOR SURE, I MEAN, I THINK THAT, UM,
I NEED TO, Y'ALL NEED TO WAIT UNTIL YOUR CALL.
SO WE DON'T HAVE, UH, LAYERED VOICES, UH, COMMISSIONER KEY AND THEN COMMISSIONER BARNS.
UH, I WAS GOING TO SAY DEAF PRACTICES SOMEHOW COULD GO IN THERE JUST TO BE A LITTLE BIT LIKE, UH, HOW CAN I PUT IT EVERYTHING'S GUYS BEST PRACTICES SOUNDS GOOD.
AS A PART OF THAT WHOLE TERMINOLOGY, THAT'S GOING TO COME TOGETHER IN THE RECOMMENDATION ITSELF.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BARNES.
IT WAS JUST ASKING SOMEBODY, I HEAR ANOTHER MEETING GOING ON.
SO IF SOMEBODY COULD MUTE OR YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER.
EVERYONE SHOULD BE MUTED UNLESS YOU'RE SPEAKING AND VICE-CHAIR POLGAR YOU WERE SPEAKING.
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OKAY.ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS I CALL THE, I CALL THE QUESTION.
WELL, SHE'S ACTUALLY ABOVE YOU OR I'M ON MINE.
BUT HOW THE CALL THE QUESTION YET? DID SHE STILL ABOVE Y'ALL TO, UH, CALL THE QUESTION? UH, THE MOTION WAS TO A DRAFT RECOMMENDATION ASKING FOR ANY AND ALL AVAILABLE FUNDS WITH MINIMUM REQUEST OF $10 MILLION PER YEAR, UH, WITH A PORTION GOING TO, UH, HOT FUNDS AND, AND REMAINDER GOING TO, UM, I'M FORGETTING THE WORDS NOW, BUT, UH, THE BAJA FUNDS AND THEN THE REST OF THE REMAINDER FOR COVID RELIEF PURPOSES FOR SURVIVAL AND MAINTENANCE.
HOLD ON A MOTION TO DRAFT A RECOMMENDATION THAT REQUESTS CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOCATE A MINIMUM OF 10 MILLION, UH, DOLLARS FROM ALL AVAILABLE SOURCES OF FUNDS, INCLUDING FROM ARP TO BOTH BACKFILL, THE DEFICIT AND HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDS FOR CULTURAL FUNDING TO 2020 LEVELS AND ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BE USED FOR COVID RELIEF PURPOSES TO ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY AND SURVIVAL OF ARTISTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS IN AUSTIN.
I HAVE HER AND I THINK I DELETED THE YEAR AT SOME POINT.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, CHIEF ECONOMIC RECOVERY OFFICER VERONICA, PRETTY SENIOR JUST JOINED US.
I KNOW YOU CALLED THE QUESTION COMMISSIONER FANTA, BUT CAN WE ADD HER CTM? CAN WE ADD HER INTO THE MEETING? UM, UH, COMMISSIONER.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, ARE WE GOING TO VOTE OR, YEAH, I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF, IF, UH, VERONICA WAS GOING TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT, UH, OVER YET, HI COMMISSIONERS.
I JUST WANTED TO OFFER UP A CHANCE TO TALK WITH A DIRECTOR PRESENT.
IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEMO THAT WENT OUT OR, YOU KNOW, THE UNDERSTANDING THAT MIGHT LEND ITSELF TO YOUR DISCUSSION OF THIS PARTICULAR MOTION, YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY GO AHEAD AND VOTE IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT I WANTED TO OFFER UP, YOU KNOW, HER INSIGHT AND HER EXPERIENCE WITH, UM, LEADING OUR RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR THE CITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SPENDING PLAN THAT'S ON THE TABLE.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE IT WILL CHANGE OUR MOTION OR WHAT WE PLAN.
I'D LIKE TO STILL CALL THE QUESTION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT VOTE ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
COMMISSIONER MOK, COMMISSIONER FANTE COMMISSIONER FLORES, COMMISSIONER BARNS, COMMISSIONER CISMEN COMMISSIONER GARZA, COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE VICE-CHAIR POLGAR UH, AND COMMISSIONER KEON, IF YOU CAN GIVE US A VERBAL YES.
SO THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, UH, QUESTION FROM ZISMAN AND BARNS.
UM, CAN I, UM, SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHO, UM, WAS, UM, VOLUNTEERED TO DRAFT THIS AND I'M ALSO HAPPY TO HELP.
UM, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A FOLLOWUP PLAN, SO THAT AS SOON AS THIS IS SENT OFF, EVERY COMMISSIONER KNOWS THAT THEY NEED TO CONTACT THEIR APPOINTOR THAT WE NEED, YOU KNOW, SO THAT AGAIN, IT'S, IT DOESN'T JUST GET SENT OFF AND THEN THEY NEVER HEAR FROM ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, OR, BUT IT HAS TO BE A VERY COORDINATED EFFORT.
LIKE AGAIN, EVERYBODY WAS SAYING FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, UH, IS THAT EMOTION TO FORM A WORKING GROUP, TO HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATION.
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HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION.I THINK IT WAS JUST A RECOMMENDATION THAT THAT'D BE THE PLAN THAT EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, THAT ALL, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD GO FORWARD AND CONTACT THERE.
UM, THE CHAIR COULD PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE HOW'S THAT? THAT IS AN OPTION.
UM, BUT I WOULD PREFER THAT, THAT DAD, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WORKING GROUP, CAUSE IT'S NOT JUST, IT'S NOT JUST TO THE COUNCIL, IT'S ALSO THE COMMUNITY.
WE WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT THE LETTER HAS BEEN SENT AND WHAT, UH, WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THEM AS FOLLOW UP.
UM, SO THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BARNES WAS TO FORM A QUICK WORKING GROUP, UH, FOR A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.
IS THAT IN ADDITION TO THE ACTUAL WORK, IT'S NOT A WORKING GROUP, IT'S JUST AN AD HOC GROUP.
THAT'S GOING TO BE DRAFTING, CORRECT.
THEY'RE THE GROUP TO DRAFT THE RESOLUTION IS, IS, OR THE RECOMMENDATION IS ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A GROUP, UH, HANDLING THE COMMUNICATION PLAN.
BUT IN COORDINATION, SECONDED BY POLGAR ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS OR VOLUNTEERS FOR COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.
I THINK WE SHOULD, UM, COMMISSIONER'S HAS BEEN TO LEAD IT AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SERVE ON IT.
I WAS JUST GOING TO RAISE MY HAND, BRETT.
SO BRETT, YOU'RE HELPING IN THE DRAFTING AS WELL.
AND MICHELLE AND ME, I THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT.
REBECCA, IF YOU WANNA HELP NOW I'M OFF, I'M OFF THE COMMISSION AFTER SHE'S DONE, BUT YOU STILL HAVE AN INPUT.
UM, SO I, I ACTUALLY, I DID HEAR, UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES.
VICE-CHAIR PAUL GAR COMMISSIONER BARNS AND COMMISSIONER KEATON TO WORK ON THE DRAFTING OF THE RECOMMENDATION.
AND I HEARD COMMISSIONER BARNS AND COMMISSIONERS IS BEEN WORKING ON THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AND COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER, MEN BEING THE CHAIR OF THAT.
JUST VOLUNTEERING HER FOR EVERYTHING WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT SHE WAS RAISING HER HAND.
SO DID YOU HEAR ME, AM I HEARING YOU NOW? I'M SORRY.
UH, I STATED THAT I WOULD PROVE I WILL LET THOSE WRITERS WHO CAN WRITE AND I WILL READ UNDERSTOOD.
THAT'S THAT'S STILL PART OF THE TEAM.
YOU'RE STILL, YOU'RE STILL, YOU'RE STILL THERE.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON.
WE'RE GONNA SEE IF WE CAN GET, GET THIS DONE IN, IN THE TIME AVAILABLE.
DON'T WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT MOTION TO CREATE YES.
AS A REMINDER, YOU, AS A COMMISSIONER NEED TO KEEP ME IN CHECK A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THAT WORKING GROUP.
I SEE MOCK FONTES HAS BEEN BARNES SCARS, UH, FLORES, GAR VAN DYKE AND T.
AND IF YOU CAN GIVE US A VERBAL YES.
I THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER FOR THE VOTE, BECAUSE THAT WAS IMPORTANT.
[4.a. AIPP Discussion and Action Items]
UH, WE'RE MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS, THE IPP DISCUSSION IN ITEM OR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. I DID HAVE PUT A REQUEST OUT FOR CONSENT AGENDA, COMMISSIONER FANTINI.I MOTION THAT WE TAKE ALL AIPP ITEMS, CONSENT SECONDARY BY GARZA.
WE'RE TAKING A CONSENT AGENDA.
YOU NEED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
I'M JUST MAKING SURE RECOMMENDATIONS SECTION.
UM, JUST ON NUMBER FIVE OF THOSE THAT IT IS THE LAST DRAFT THAT WAS SENT TO EVERYBODY SET UP UNDER SEPARATE COVER, WHICH WOULD HAVE CORRECTION IN IT.
SO I'M FINE WITH VOTING ON WHOEVER SECONDED THAT MOTION.
SO I'M JUST CHECKING THAT'S FOR A CORRECT.
WE ARE, UH, PUTTING FOR A ONE FOUR EIGHT TWO, FOUR, A THREE OR A FOUR AND FOUR, A FIVE ON CONSENT.
SO IT'D BEEN PUT ON CONSENT, UH, AND, UH, IT IT'S APPROVED, RIGHT.
[4.b. Misc. Discussion and Possible Action Items]
SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO FIVE B UH, FIVE B ONE APPROVING RECOMMENDED QUARTER THREE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES APPLICATIONS.IS THERE A QUESTIONS HERE? COMMISSIONER? FONTY I
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MOVE APPROVAL MOTION TO APPROVE BY FANTE SECONDED BY POLGAR.ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR COMMUNITY INITIATIVES OR WHAT ARE YOU CORRECT? COMMUNITY INITIATIVES.
SO WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT FOR B ONE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THIS IS ONE, TWO, NO OBJECTIONS.
OUR DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CITY OF AUSTIN BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, I ADDED THIS ONTO THE AGENDA.
WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION.
THIS WAS SPECIFIC TO, UM, IN THE BACKUP, YOU GOT INFORMATION REGARDING THE DEPARTMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS, TIMELINE FOR GETTING BUDGET, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, I ATTENDED A TOWN HALL WAS THE LAST WEEK, MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO.
UM, BUT THAT WAS REGARDING RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FROM BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, THAT TIMELINE, OR THAT WAS ORGANIZED BY THE JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THAT TIMELINE, THEY HAVE A DEADLINE OF APRIL 9TH, UH, AT THAT TOWN HALL.
I REALLY WASN'T PREPARED TO SPEAK, BUT I DID ADVOCATE FOR, UH, STAFFING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I THOUGHT THEY COULD USE ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH, UH, STAFF.
UM, AND SO I'M BRINGING THAT UP AS AN OPTION FOR US TONIGHT TO, TO MAKE THAT, UH, AN OFFICIAL REQUEST, IF, IF Y'ALL FEEL SO OR ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE MAY NEED TO DISCUSS COMMISSIONER OR VICE CHAIR PULVER.
UM, IN ADDITION, I KNOW WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION THAT WE'RE DRAFTING, BUT I ALSO THINK BRINGING BACK AT THE BUDGET CONVERSATION LEVEL, THE UNASKED FOR THE CITY TO LOOK, START LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF SUPPORT FOR CULTURAL, IN ADDITION TO HOT.
SO THAT WOULD BE AS, AS A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BUDGET, BUT WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS BUDGET CYCLE? I MEAN, ISN'T THIS ON A SPECIFIC FOR THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET.
SO ARE YOU ASKING FOR THAT AS WELL FOR THIS BUDGET? OR ARE YOU TALKING TO THAT AS A FUTURE ITEM TOO, FOR CONSIDERATION? JUST TO START ASKING THE QUESTION, CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO ASK IT A FEW TIMES BEFORE WE GO.
WELL, UM, SO I MEAN TO, TO CLARIFY IF I MAY, MAY I CLARIFY? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SO TO CLARIFY IS, IS BASICALLY A REINFORCEMENT OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD THAT'S SO, AND I'M SORRY, I MISSED THE RECOMMENDATION IN MY BACKUP MATERIALS.
NO, THERE WAS NO RECOMMENDATION.
ALL YOU RECEIVED IN THE BACKUP WAS A TIMELINE FOR DEPARTMENTAL, FOR D FOR BUDGET RECOMMENDATION THAT, THAT WHOLE CALENDAR, UM, I JUST BROUGHT IT UP.
I PUT IT ON THE AGENDA SO WE COULD DISCUSS TONIGHT.
SO IF WE WANT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, SO SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, THAT'S SUBMITTED MR. MARK, AND YOU'RE PUTTING, YES, I LIKE TO HAVE THE STAFF, UM, UM, I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOUR THOUGHTS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CULTURAL US DIVISION STAFF, THE CAT STAFF.
SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT NOT THE BUDGET ITEMS THAT, UH, YOU WANT TO GIVE INPUT TO THE COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF YOUR DIVISION? WHAT ARE YOU ASKING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IT, MEGAN? SURE.
IT'S MEGAN WELLS, UH, EDD HAS NOT PUT FORWARD ITS DRAFT BUDGET YET.
WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF FORMULATING WHAT THAT DRAFT BUDGET IS.
UM, I CAN CERTAINLY SEE IF AT THE NEXT MEETING, IF THE TIMING IS, IS CONDUCIVE, WE COULD BRING IT TO Y'ALL OR, YOU KNOW, IN A FUTURE MEETING, I NEED TO CHECK, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR BUDGET AND FINANCE TEAM TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, FINALIZING IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I JUST KNOW IT'S NOT QUITE READY AT THIS TIME FOR ME TO SPEAK TO ANY SPECIFIC ITEMS. SO YES.
I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP THAT.
SO I THINK IF YOU, YOU WILL, UM, LET US KNOW,
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UH, YOUR THOUGHTS, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT IT AND I'LL DISCUSSION AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU.I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE HOLD OFF ON, OBVIOUSLY ON ANYTHING UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING AND INCLUDE YOUR REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF AND MAKE SURE THEY PUT THAT IN TO THEIR DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FLORES.
I APPRECIATE A FEW WAY TO, WE CALLED ON YOU.
BUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IN RESPONSE WAS THAT AGAIN, STAFF'S DEADLINE IS, WAS DELINEATED IN THAT DOCUMENT, IN THE BACKUP, WHICH IS LATER THAN THE DEADLINE FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR, LIKE, YES, WE CAN SUPPORT STAFF.
WE CAN TELL COUNCIL TO SUPPORT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, BUT FOR US TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION COMING FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION THAT'S DUE ON THE NINTH.
SO IF WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING WE GOT TO AGREE TO WITH TONIGHT, SO WE CAN HAVE IT DRAFTED UP AND SEND IT WELL, THEN I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE TO PUT FORWARD YOUR, UH, RECOMMENDATION THAT WE REQUEST THAT ADDITIONAL STAFF, WE DON'T HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC.
DO WE, OR DO WE HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC? I WAS BEING SPECIFIC BECAUSE I THINK COMMUNICATION.
SO LIKE I WANTED A HALF FTES OR WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR TWO FTES? UM, I WOULD SAY TOO, UM, ASK HIGH AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU LESS, SO, OKAY.
AND AN, ARE WE GOING TO CONSIDER COMMISSIONER POLGAR OR VICE-CHAIR POLE GARNERS, UH, ADDITION, OR IS THAT SEPARATE? WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS BUDGET, SO I LEAVE IT TO FRED.
I WOULD JUST MOVE TO ADD AS OUR ASK FOR CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION TO REQUEST TWO FTES OR COMMUNICATIONS AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU SAID IN THAT CASE, UH, MOTION BY FLORISTS TO, UM, DRAFT A RECOMMENDATION, A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION FOR TWO FTES, UH, COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH, A SECOND SECONDED BY MOCK COMMU, UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER BARNS.
SO DOES THIS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AIPP STAFFING NEEDS? I HAD THAT IN THE BACK OF MY MIND AND SINCE AIPP DIDN'T MEET BEFORE WE DID, I, I WAS HOPING THAT IT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO ADDRESS API'S NEEDS.
BUT YEAH, I HAVE NO FEES CHOC FOR, UH, AIPP THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST SORT OF LIKE THE DIRTY HAS, OR, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE AN ASSET.
I DON'T KNOW IF SUE IS ON THE LINE.
UM, BUT I KNOW THAT SHE HAD REACHED OUT TO TAMMY AND, UM, AND JACOB AND I ASKING FOR FEEDBACK WITH, BECAUSE WE MISSED, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR LAST MEETING.
SO SUE, IS THERE ANYTHING CTM STAFF? CAN YOU MOVE OVER, SUE? THANK YOU.
HI, THIS IS SUE LAM WITH ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, PROGRAM MANAGER.
UM, YES, I DID REACH OUT TO BRETT AND TO TAMMY AND TO JACOB.
UM, THE CONVERSATION WAS PRETTY MUCH BETWEEN BRETT AND I THOUGH.
UM, AND I WILL SAY THAT, UM, WE WOULD SUPPORT A, UH, COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST FOR AIPP.
UM, I ALSO KNOW I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT, UM, THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION COULD MAKE USE OF A COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST AS WELL, OR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST.
SO THEN IS THAT THREE FTES? I'M NOT, I'M NOT MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT HOW MANY I'M SORRY.
WE CAN, WE CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC AND BE, AND SAY TO A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST WOULD BE ONE FOR CAD AND ONE FOR AIPP.
I'LL ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION IF YOU WANT YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AMENDMENT BY FLORES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, CONCERNS.
UH, ALL IN ALL ACTUALLY HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.
I'M WE'LL TAKE THIS ONE ON CONSENT AS WELL.
[02:45:01]
UH, NO OBJECTIONS.SO WE'LL THAT MOTION PASSES TO DRAFT THAT A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION.
UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT WE HAVE NEXT IS FOUR B THREE DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ART NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE.
YOU WANT TO DO A QUICK INTRO? ANYBODY ELSE EXHAUSTED THE GOOD OLD DAYS? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THOSE.
UM, SO, UM, MY PROPOSAL GOT SENT OUT BEFORE THE MEETING THAT, UH, NOT, NOT WITH A WHOLE LOT OF TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
UM, ONE TO INTRODUCE IT, THE IDEA, UH IT'S AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT IT'S, UH, CAME FROM ME AND, UH, ANDREA FREE BURGER WHO'S THE SOUTH LEMOORE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, UH, IS PROPOSING CREATING A DESIGNATION OF ART NEIGHBORHOOD TO AREAS OF THAT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ARTIST PRESENCE TO RECOGNIZE AND HELP FOCUS THE IDEA THAT THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY IS ESSENTIAL TO THE CHARACTER OF AUSTIN.
UM, I, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT I DON'T, I'M AMAZED AT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE AND AUSTIN DOES FOR ARTISTS, AND YET I'M ALSO AMAZED AT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, STILL ARE LEFT OUT.
SO I'M LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, UM, COULD HELP FILL IN HOLES.
UM, SO IF, IF YOU'LL LOOK WHAT I'M LOOKING AT FOR TONIGHT, I THINK TALK WITH JAIME IS, UM, TO START A WORKING GROUP ON THIS FOR ANYBODY THAT'S MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THIS.
UM, DO I HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES OR WHAT YEAH.
EXPLAIN TO, UM, SO, UH, IT'S TWO PARTS, THE ART PART AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD PART, UM, THE OTHER ADVOCATES FOR EACH OTHER, UM, I FEEL LIKE EXPLAINING THE ART CART IS PREACHING TO THE CHOIR HERE.
UM, SO I WAS THINKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PART, UM, TODAY.
UM, UH, THE, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE POLAR VORTEX STORM THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH A FEW WEEKS AGO.
UM, A LOT OF HORRIBLE THINGS HAPPENED, A LOT OF PEOPLE AND LOOK, PEOPLE ARE STILL DEALING WITH IT, BUT I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SOME REALLY GOOD, SWEET THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF IT.
ALSO, AT LEAST FOR ME AND, UH, PEOPLE THAT I INTERACT WITH.
AND A LOT OF IT WAS NEIGHBORS.
UH, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT I BARELY KNEW OR NEVER MET, WHO JUST LIVED WITHIN A FEW HOUSES OF ME.
UM, I WOKE UP BORN IN ABOUT 4:00 AM IN THE DARK AND QUIET REALIZED ALL THE KID, UH, THAT THE LIGHTS WERE OUT.
I WOKE UP MY WIFE, WE FOUND LIT CANDLES.
WE LIT TWO BURNERS ON THE GAS STOVE, WENT BACK TO BED TO SLEEP EARLY IN THE MORNING.
THERE WAS A KNOCK ON HER DOOR.
IT WAS THE NEIGHBOR THAT LIVES RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
HE HAD, THEY'VE LIVED THERE FOR A YEAR OVER A YEAR.
I WILL ONLY TALKED TO HIM ONE TIME AND HE WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF WE WERE OKAY.
HE TOLD US HE HAD A GENERATOR RUNNING IF WE NEEDED TO CHARGE ANYTHING.
AND HE CHECKED ON A SEVERAL MORE TIMES DURING THE SHUTDOWN A WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, THE SNOW HAD MELTED ON THE STREETS, BUT THERE WERE STILL PATCHES OF ICE.
AND I WAS WORRIED ABOUT MY STUDIO.
IT'S ONLY ABOUT 10 MINUTES AWAY.
I DECIDED THE STREETS WERE OKAY ENOUGH FOR ME TO DRIVE IN.
AND I BEGAN BACKING OUT OF MY HIGHWAY WHEN I DRIVE AWAY.
AND BEFORE I COULD EVEN HIT THE STREETS TO YOUNG NEIGHBORS FROM DIFFERENT HOUSES, CAME RUNNING OUT, CONCERNED FOR ME AND TALKED ME OUT OF GOING.
UH, AND THEN AFTER THE STORM, UH, MY NEIGHBOR THAT LIVES BEHIND ME FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS, WHO I'VE NEVER MET, CAME AROUND TO MY HOUSE, KNOCK ON THE DOOR WITH HIS WIFE AND SON AND DAUGHTER TOLD ME THAT, UH, THIS GIANT, ENORMOUS OLD HACKBERRY TREE, THAT'S BEEN LEANING GROWING ON HIS SIDE, BUT LEANING OVER MY WIFE'S STUDIO, HE WAS GOING TO CUT IT DOWN AND, UH, WANTED TO LET ME KNOW.
AND WE SPENT THE NEXT TWO DAYS TALKING OVER THE FENCE, WATCHING THE WORKERS, CUT IT DOWN.
I'M, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS STORM, THAT IT OPENED MY EYES TO THINGS AND PEOPLE THAT I HAD NOT SEEN OR WAS IGNORING AND NEGLECTING BEFORE.
UM, THE, THE OTHER THING TOO IS WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE COMMISSION, I KEPT LOOKING AT SELENA AND KEPT THINKING THAT SHE LOOKED FAMILIAR AND I COULDN'T PLACE HER.
AND I, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T UNTIL A COUPLE OF MEETINGS.
I REALIZED I ALREADY KNEW HER.
WE KNEW EACH OTHER, UH, THAT SHE WAS A NEIGHBOR IN A WAY OF, UH, SHE'S BEEN HELPING OUT, UM,
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SOMEBODY IN THE STUDIO NEXT TO ME FOR YEARS.AND SHE AND I HAVE TALKED BEFORE.
UH, BUT THAT RECOGNITION, UH, WAS IMPORTANT.
UM, WHAT I SEE IS THAT AUSTIN IS FULL OF NEIGHBORHOODS, NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UM, ARE ALREADY ORGANIZED AND FULL OF GOOD IDEAS.
UM, THE, UH, I RENT A STUDIO SPACE AT THORNTON ROAD FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
AND A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, IT WAS OUR TURN TO GET BULLDOZED AND TURNED INTO CONDOS.
AND WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WE COULD DO ABOUT IT, BUT WE WORKED WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE AND KITCHEN AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND THEY THOUGHT THERE WERE ENOUGH CONDOS ALREADY ON THEIR STREET, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE WORKED TOGETHER AND, UH, SO FAR WE'RE STILL THERE.
WE SAVED OUR STUDIOS AND OUR LANDLORD EVEN DECIDED TO BUILD MORE SPACES ON THE LOT BEHIND US.
SO KIND OF ALL THAT TO SAY IS, UM, I, I, I SEE SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
UH, THAT'S KIND OF OBVIOUS ONCE I SAW IT, UH, THAT IF WE WORK TOGETHER, UH, UH, MIGHT HELP.
UM, SO I GUESS I, FOR TONIGHT, UM, A COUPLE QUESTIONS, IS THIS A GOOD DATA? DOES IT, HOW DOES IT FIT WITH PREVIOUS WORK? UM, CAN, IS, ARE THERE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE IN HER? AND I WORKED A LOT ON THIS DOCUMENT, BUT I KNOW IT'S REALLY, IT STILL FALLS SHORT.
IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF CONCRETE THINGS.
UM, I HAD TALKED WITH JAIME AND WITH SELENA AND THEY WERE BOTH, UH, SELENA WAS REAL EXCITED.
SHE MAY JUST BE EXCITABLE PERSON.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT SHE, SHE WAS GREAT.
UM, SO, UH, I GUESS MY IDEAS, UH, I DON'T WANNA SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS.
SO IT'S THE APPROPRIATE THING IN THE FORM OF WORKING GROUP PEOPLE THAT WANT TO WORK WITH ME ON THIS.
YEAH, LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FIRST KARA, AND YOUR FOLLOW QUESTIONS TO COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE, MR. GUZMAN.
I'LL JUST SAY THAT I APPRECIATED THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU SHARED AND THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, AND TO ME THAT REALLY TRANSLATES THE ETHOS BEHIND THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD A SMALL GROUP, A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, AND I THINK THAT WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY BROUGHT UP A LOT OF REALLY INTERESTING THINGS TO TALKING TO TALK ABOUT, UM, LIKE SORT OF THE FUNCTION AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THESE DESIGNATIONS, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS ONE LARGE CULTURAL HUB.
AND SO HOW DO WE, UH, BE AS INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE? AND SO THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AREN'T COMPETING FOR ATTENTION, BUT I'M, I'M HAPPY TO JOIN THIS WORKING GROUP AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS COME ALONG AND TO GET, AS I SAID, SOME REALLY SWEET SIGNAGE, UM, UP IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF TOWN TO REINFORCE TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT THIS IS A CULTURAL CITY AND, UH, ONE THAT VALUES ITS ITS ARTS COMMUNITIES.
UM, LET'S SEE, SHE JUST MUTED YOURSELF, RICK OR COMMISSIONER VANDYKE.
WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS RESULTS OUT OF, UH, IN, UH, WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THE NEIGHBORS THAT A LOT OF LIVED THERE FOR YEARS TOO.
THEY SAID THEY DROVE BY FOR YEARS AND NEVER NOTICED WE WERE EVEN THERE.
UM, AND NOW THEY COME WALKING DOWN OUR WAY PUTS IN BUGGIES, WALKING DOGS, AND LOT OF TIMES POKE THEIR HEADS IN TOO.
SO IT REALLY, IT WAS THE DIFFERENCES BEEN REALLY GOOD.
WELL, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL IN THIS, IN THIS IDEA.
AND SO I THINK, YEAH, FORMING A WORKING GROUP WOULD BE THE NEXT LOGICAL NEXT STEP.
SO IF THERE'S A MOTION CHAIR, CAN I JUMP IN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT FROM STAFF SIDE? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO OFFER UP THAT AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN THE CITY AND NOW IN COUNCIL AND IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT DISTRICTS FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW.
AND IN FACT, YOU KNOW, OUR OWN THRIVING AND DISTRICTS FRAMEWORK THAT CAME OUT OF OUR, OUR CULTURAL ASSET MAPPING PROJECT, UH, TOOK THAT THEME AND RAN WITH IT.
AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A REALLY GREAT STARTING POINT FOR THAT, BUT WITH A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND THE FIFTH STREET, MEXICAN AMERICAN CORRIDOR AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY THAT HAVE A POTENTIAL TO BE DISTRICTS.
UM, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S SOME FOUNDATIONAL WORK THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ALREADY DOING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO WITH PARTNERS ACROSS THE CITY.
SO, UH, AS THAT WORK DEVELOPED, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT WILL BE KEY IN LEADING THOSE INITIATIVES AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO LOOP YOU INTO SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF, OF PROCESSES THAT WE ARE WORKING ON AND GET, YOU KNOW, INCORPORATE YOUR THOUGHTS FROM THE WORKING GROUP INTO THOSE.
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THAT UP.ARE YOU SAYING YOU WOULD BE PART OF THE WORKING GROUP OR WE SHOULD CONSULT YOU ON THE SIDE OR I SHOULD CONSULT ON THE SIDE.
UH, I, I AM HAPPY TO, TO BE A PART OF IT.
UH, STAFF, UH, TYPICALLY DOESN'T LEAD THE WORK OF A WORKING GROUP, BUT WE'RE TYPICALLY ENGAGED WITH THE TOPICS THAT Y'ALL ARE.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL FORM A PARTNERSHIP.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS COMMISSIONERS.
JASMINE, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP, IF NOT, I'M GOING TO MOCK I DID JUST QUICKLY TO CLARIFY THAT THE WORK THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING DONE, THAT THERE'S NO SORT OF ZONING ISSUE, NOT IN REGARD TO LIKE COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL, BUT MORE THAT IF, IF THERE'S AN AREA OF 10, THAT'S ALREADY BEING DESIGNATED AS A CERTAIN CULTURAL DISTRICT THAT, IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE COULDN'T HAVE TWO DESIGNATIONS AND IN AREAS OF TOWN, LIKE THIS IS THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO AN ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT'S A QUESTION FOR STAFF OR TINY ONES.
SO I, I DIDN'T, I I'M NOT RULING OUT ANYTHING AT THIS POINT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, AS STAFF DON'T REALLY HAVE A FRAMEWORK TO WORK FROM JUST YET.
SO, UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY CONSTRAINTS OR ANYTHING THAT WE, THAT WE WOULD DEEM, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD RESTRICT YOUR WORK AS A WORKING GROUP NOR, YOU KNOW, WOULD RESTRICT OUR WORK AS ON THE STAFF SIDE.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO NOODLE ON THIS.
I'M, YOU KNOW, GLAD TO KEEP Y'ALL IN OUR LOOP AND WE CAN JUST KIND OF WORK ON IT TOGETHER.
I THINK WE NEED TO THINK BIGGER.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SEE THAT OFTEN ARE LOCATED, YOU KNOW, UM, AREAS JUST TO, FOR AUTISM DOES, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR ARTISTS TO BE THERE AND GIVE THEM ALL THE BENEFIT OF LOWER PROPERTY RATE AND ALL THAT.
AND TESTERS, YOU KNOW, AT, AT THE BIGGER SCHEME OF THING AND TO SHOW HOW THE CITY SUPPORT, UH, ARTISTS, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, I, I LIKE TO SEE THE CITY COUNCIL WALK THE WALK, YOU KNOW, AND IT IS JUST, HE'S NOT JUST TALKING, YOU KNOW, I WANT THEM TO DESIGNATE IT 10 ACRES OR 20 ACRES, YOU KNOW, WELL, THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AND TO HAVE, UM, MAYBE TO HAVE INVESTORS TO COME IN AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, HOW THINGS DO TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF CREEPY US.
OF COURSE THE RESTAURANTS IS GOOD, YOU KNOW, FOOD IS ALWAYS GOOD.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD EXPLORE, YOU KNOW, EXPLORE THE, A BIGGER IDEA, YOU KNOW? AND, UM, I AGREE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH, UM, I THINK, UM, TECH SHELTER TO ALL THOSE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY THAT I'M MOVING INTO TOWN, YOU KNOW, BUT I DON'T THINK WE, UH, GIVING ENOUGH ENOUGH ATTENTION TO OUR LOCAL ARTISTS, YOU KNOW? UM, I LIKE TO, FOR US TO THINK BIGGER, YOU KNOW, TO ASK FOR MORE, I AGREE.
I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION TO BE HAD AT THE WORKING GROUP.
SO WE JUST NEED TO FORM THE WORKING GROUP, THEIR EMOTION COMMISSIONERS THAT HAS BEEN NICE.
DID YOU FORM A WORKING GROUP AROUND THE ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD MOTION PERFORMED MOTION TO FORM THE ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD WORKING GROUP SECONDED BY POLGAR, UH, HEARING NO OBJECTIONS WE'LL GO ON CONSENT OR BE APPROVED ON CONSENT.
WE HAVE ARTS NEIGHBORHOODS WORKING GROUP.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE ON THIS WORKING GROUP? I WILL BE HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER.
I THINK SALLY, SALLY IS A CHAIR AND I WILL SUPPORT COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE'S BABY.
HE'S THE CHAIR, UH, COMMISSIONER VANDYKE, COMMISSIONER MOC, AND COMMISSIONERS IS MIN.
UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO THROW IN MY 2 CENTS IF YOU EVER THINK YOU NEED IT.
I DOUBT YOU WILL, BUT, UM, KNOW YOU WANT TO BE ON THIS WORKING GROUP TOO.
UM, BUT FOR THE THREE OF Y'ALL FOR NOW, THANK YOU.
SO WE LET'S TRY TO ZOOM THROUGH THESE LAST COUPLE OF ITEMS, OUR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING QUARTERLY ARTS COMMUNITY COMMISSION MEETUPS.
UH, AS WE DISCUSSED AT OUR RETREAT, WE NEED, OR WE WOULD LIKE TO
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CONDUCT QUARTERLY MEETUPS, UH, RIGHT NOW, VIRTUALLY, BUT EVENTUALLY WHEN IT'S SAFE TO DO SO, WE WOULD HAVE THEM IN PERSON SO THAT, UH, ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN SEE US AND GET TO KNOW US.AND WE CAN HAVE, UH, COMMUNICATION POINTS, UH, I'M WILLING AS LONG AS WE'RE, AS LONG AS WE FORM A WORKING GROUP TO HELP, UM, PROVIDE A CONSISTENT FRAMEWORK FOR THESE QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
I AM WILLING TO GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE THE FIRST ONE, UH, IN THIS, IN THIS QUARTER.
UM, JUST SO WE GET THE BALL ROLLING AND GET THIS HAPPENING, MAKE THIS REAL, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.
UH, AND WE JUST NEED TO BITE THE BULLET AND DO IT.
CAN I ASK, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? LIKE WHERE WE'RE GIVING, UM, AN HOUR OF OUR TIME TO COME ON ZOOM AND JUST, BUT CAN WE DO THAT AS A COMMISSION OR THEN WE A MEETINGS ACT AND WE HAVE TO POST THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
I KNOW THAT OUR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THESE QUARTERLY MEETINGS HAS BEEN, OR THESE MEETUPS HAVE BEEN TO LIMIT IT TO BE LOW QUORUM SO THAT THERE'S NO ISSUE ABOUT POSTING.
SO THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME COORDINATION.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M SUGGESTING THAT THERE'S A WORKING GROUP FORMED TO PROVIDE THAT STRUCTURE OF COORDINATING.
UH, IN THIS QUARTER, THESE TWO OR THREE COMMISSIONERS WILL BE THERE, UH, IN THE NEXT QUARTER, THERE'LL BE THESE TWO OR THREE.
AND SO THAT, THAT WAY WE NEVER RUN INTO QUORUM ISSUES, BUT WE HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION POINT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS.
IS THERE A MOTION I'LL MOVE TO CREATE A WORKING GROUP? YOU ADD STRUCTURED TO THE ARTS MEETUP MOTION BY BOTH CREATE A QUARTERLY ARTS, UH, MEETUP WORKING GROUP SECONDED BY ZISMAN.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS, UH, HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.
THIS WILL BE APPROVED ON CONSENT AND IT'S APPROVED.
UH, MOVING ON TO FOUR B FIVE DISCUSSION GROUP SAYS ANOTHER WORKING GROUP.
YES, TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT OF WORKING GROUPS.
EVERYBODY WILL BE ON ONE BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE.
UH, THERE'S GOTTA BE A POSSIBLE DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING, UH, RECOVERY ASSISTANCE.
UM, BUT DID ANYONE VOLUNTEER TO BE ON THAT WORKING GROUP FREE QUESTION? AND ACTUALLY OUR VOLUNTEERS CAN SERVE ON A WORKING GROUP WITHOUT BEING ON THE COMMISSION.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO, YOU COULD, YOU WOULD BE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SERVE.
I SAID, I VOLUNTEERED FOR LEAPING.
UH, WHAT WAS THAT? YOU SAID EMERY.
NO, I JUST SAID THAT, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A COMMISSIONER TO SERVE ON OUR WORKING GROUP, BUT COMMUNITY MEMBER COULD BE INVITED.
SO COMMISSIONER FANTE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO SERVE ON A WORKING DAY.
THANK YOU, REBECCA, WHICH IS NOT, I'M HAPPY TO IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, ASKED ME IN A COUPLE MONTHS.
UH, I'M WILLING TO, TO, TO, UH, VOLUNTEER FOR THIS WORKING GROUP TO CREATE SOME STRUCTURE, BUT I WOULD LIKE SOME ASSISTANCE ANY, AND ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE WELCOME.
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT SHOULD TAKE THAT MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT FOUR TIMES A YEAR AND WHETHER IT'S DESIGNED BY DISTRICTS OR WHATEVER, AND THEN YOU'RE.
SO, I MEAN, IF WE'RE TALKING ONE MEETING OR POSSIBLY TWO, I'M HAPPY TO HELP PUT SOME STRUCTURE UNDERNEATH IT.
I SAW BOTH GARZA AND BARNES RAISED HER HAND.
SO THE THREE OF US WE'LL FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER NEXT WEEK WHEN YOU'RE DRAFTED.
WE'RE STILL SOCIALLY DISTANCED.
SO YOU GOTTA TAKE CARE OF DRINKS ON YOUR END.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON, UH, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RECOVERY ASSISTANCE.
UH, WE ALREADY DISCUSSED BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND, UM, OTHER OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE'RE GONNA, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S NOTHING TO BE SAID HERE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE AEDC
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UPDATE.UH, AS I MENTIONED, THE AEDC BOARD HAS A CULTURAL TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEY HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS.
UH, AT THE LAST AEDC MEETING, I ASKED FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE MUSIC AND ARTS JOINT WORKING GROUP ON CREATIVE SPACE BOND TO BE ADDED AS MEMBERS OF THAT, OF THAT ADVISORY GROUP.
SO THERE THE, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED, UH, AN INVITATION FOR, I BELIEVE WEDNESDAY, THERE'S A STAKEHOLDER MEETING FOR THE CULTURAL TRUST, THE CULTURAL TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, SO IF YOU WERE ON THAT WORKING GROUP, PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK YOUR EMAILS.
IF NOT, UH, LET ME KNOW IF I CAN FORWARD THAT TO YOU.
WAS THAT WASN'T THERE ANOTHER MEETING ON WEDNESDAY THAT DELL DAVID, OR WAS THAT THE DAVID COLLAGEN MEETING? I GOT AN INVITATION, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS ON THAT WORKING DRINK, BUT I SAID MAYBE I GUESS, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S INFORMATIONAL SO THAT, SO THAT WE HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF THE ARTS COMMISSION ON THE CULTURAL TRUST.
SO THE SECOND PART TO THAT WAS THAT THAT MEETING MEMBERS OF THAT MEETING WILL HELP THE AEDC BRING FORTH NOMINATIONS FOR THE CULTURAL TRUST SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND SO THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE VOICES BY SHIRT POLGAR WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY WE HAD A THIRD RECOMMENDED MEMBER, POTENTIAL AEDC BOARD MEMBER.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT NAME NEEDS TO GO FORWARD AS A POTENTIAL CULTURAL TRUST PERSON.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE OTHER POINT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE REGARDING THE CULTURAL TRUST NOMINATION IS THAT THE AEDC STAFF AND BOARD FEEL LIKE THEY'RE TAKING THAT UP IN APRIL.
UM, THEY MAY SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS IF THEY RECEIVE A LOT OF NOMINEES THAT THEY HAVE TO, UH, I GUESS VET.
UM, SO IF, YEAH, WE DON'T SEND NAMES NOW, LIKE THERE, WE MAY NOT, WE MAY MISS THE CHANCE TO SEND NAMES, UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES.
I HAD SPOKEN BRIEFLY ABOUT THIS AND WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF, UM, UH, UH, OH MY GOD, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THERE CAN'T BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT EXACTLY THE, THE ACTUAL CRITERIA FOR SERVING ON THIS IS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS OF NAMES.
SO CAN THEY GET AS THOSE QUALIFICATIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED OR WHATEVER, SO THAT WE COULD SEE THAT AND, OR MAYBE WE'RE GETTING THAT WINS, THEY WOULD GET, GIVE THAT OUT ON RENT TODAY, OR, YEAH, I'LL, I'LL NEED TO CONFIRM I'LL, I'LL PUT A RE REQUEST IN FOR THAT.
UM, WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE THAT SENT TO THOSE ARTS COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR WEDNESDAY'S MEETING OR, OR WE CAN SEND IT TO EVERYONE.
UM, I GUESS IT WOULD BE, EVERYONE WOULD BE PREFERRED.
UH, EVERYBODY MAY HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IN MIND THAT THEY COULD RECOMMEND OR THIS, OR LOOK AT LEAST LOOK INTO, AND I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE NOMINEE THAT I HAD MADE FOR THE AEDC TO SEE HIM.
IN FACT, THEY WANT TO BE, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN BEING CONSIDERED FOR THIS OTHER GROUP.
SO YEAH, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S, WE NEED TO GET A JOB DESCRIPTIONS FIRST AND THEN A COMMISSIONERS HAS BEEN, WAS THAT A HAND RAISE? NO.
UM, YEAH, SO THAT'S THE NEXT STEPS.
WE'LL GET THE DESCRIPTIONS CRITERIA FOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN GET THAT SHARED WITH EVERYONE.
SO WE CAN TRY TO GET SOME, SOMEONE, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND BEFORE, UH, THE AEDC IS NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS HONESTLY THE SECOND MONDAY IN APRIL.
UM, BUT YEAH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE STAYED INFORMED ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU NEED A WORKING GROUP OR IS IT FIN AND VIA COMPILATION OF THAT OTHER GROUP AND MAYBE THE AEDC NOMINATING GROUP.
I DUNNO IF THAT'S EVEN APPROPRIATE, BUT MAYBE, UM, YEAH, I GUESS THAT'S THE QUESTION IS, DO WE NEED TO WORK IN GROUP OR DO WE JUST WANT TO SEND EMAILS, EMAILS, EMAILS.
WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT WAY THEN.
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I'M GONNA ON TO FIVE B WORKING GROUP UPDATE, UH, EQUITY RESOURCE WORKING GROUP, UH, COMMISSIONER KEATON.[03:10:01]
BUT WE HAVEN'T MET.SO, WHICH IS POSTPONED UPDATE UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
WE CAN MEET ON FRIDAY IF YOU'RE OPEN, SO I'LL WAIT FOR YOUR RESPONSE.
UH, FOR CALENDAR, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
UH, JUST A REMINDER THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UH, GAGING AVAILABILITY OF COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE A JOINT MUSIC AND ARTS COMMISSION MEETING AT THE END OF APRIL.
WE'RE GOING TO GAUGE THAT INTEREST RATE NOW AND RE CAN YOU GIVE US SOME, SOME BACKGROUND INFO ON THAT? YEAH, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP SO THAT IF YOU NEED STAFF TO SEND OUT A DOODLE POLL TO, TO GET AVAILABLE TIMES THAT IT WAS, THERE WAS SOME UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT WAS.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A LOT ABOUT THE ABC AND THAT'S MOVING VERY QUICKLY, BUT THERE HASN'T REALLY BEEN A CHANCE TO INFORM BOTH OF THE COMMISSIONS AT THE SAME TIME, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY ABOUT KIND OF WHERE THAT, WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS AND YOU KNOW, HOW FAR IT'S COMING AND WHERE IT'S GOING.
UH, IT, YOU KNOW, IT IS DESIGNED TO MOVE AT A DIFFERENT PACE THAN THE, THAN THE PACE OF CITY, UH, AND THAT'S TO ITS CREDIT AND BENEFIT, BUT WE STILL WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT AND REALLY CLEAR WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO WE THOUGHT THAT AFTER THE BUDGET FORECAST IS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL IN MID APRIL, WE WOULD THEN HAVE SOME BUDGET NUMBERS TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOT, UH, AS WELL AS MAYBE TALK ABOUT THE ABC.
AND WE THOUGHT A JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING MIGHT BE THE RIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, PLATFORM TO DO THAT.
UH, WE WANT, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD DO IT SORT OF TOWARDS THE END OF APRIL, ONCE STAFF HAS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET NUMBERS RELEASED TO COUNCIL.
AND ONCE WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TRAJECTORY OF THE ABC, UM, SO THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT WE WERE SORT OF LOOKING AT THOSE LAST TWO WEEKS IN APRIL.
AND WE WERE GOING TO SEE IF Y'ALL WOULD HAVE AVAILABILITY TO MEET DURING THAT TIME.
I THINK MAYBE I WOULD EXTEND DOES END OF APRIL, BEGINNING OF MAY JUST TO BE SAFE COMMERCIAL FOREST.
CAUSE LIKE WHEN IS OUR NEXT ARTS COMMISSION MEETING AND APRIL, UH, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT THAT'S THE 19TH I BELIEVE, BUT LET ME JUST DOUBLE CHECK THAT I JUST GOT THE OKAY.
CLERK'S SUPPOSED TO STILL CONFIRM THAT SOUNDS RIGHT.
AND THEY CONFIRM TODAY, THEY ACTUALLY JUST SENT ME THE BREATHING ROOM.
YOU CAN'T SEE ME CAUSE MY VIDEO, A ROOM RESERVATION.
UM, YEAH, THE EVENING OF THE 19TH.
SO YEAH, SO THAT WOULD BE A LOT.
SO WE'LL GET A DOODLE POLL STAFF, PLEASE SEND US A DOODLE POLL OR THE END OF APRIL, BEGINNING OF MAY.
UH, WE REACHED THE END OF THE AGENDA THEN.
UH, JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER QUANTITY.
UH, DO YOU RAISE YOUR HAND?
THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY BIG HONOR FOR ME TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE ALL DONE TOGETHER.
ESPECIALLY THE FOUR PILLARS, WHICH I FEEL LIKE HAS REALLY BEEN, UH, A GREAT GUIDANCE.
AND I'M ALSO REALLY PROUD OF THE STATEMENT ON EQUITY WE PUT TOGETHER FOR AIPP.
I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS WITH THOSE ARE TWO OF THE THINGS THAT I GOTTEN TO BE A PART OF THAT I FEEL THE MOST PROUD OF.
UM, SO I'VE REALLY GOTTEN TO ENJOY WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
AND I THINK THERE'S SO MANY GREAT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN THIS CITY.
AND I REALLY JUST WISH THAT PEOPLE WOULD WORK TOGETHER.
I MEAN, I HAVE A MUCH, MUCH LONGER THOUGHTS ON THIS, BUT SINCE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE IN A HOLDING PATTERN ON HOW FUNDING HAPPENS, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THEM TOO MUCH, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, UM, THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WE'VE HAD THE SITUATION WHERE WE'VE HAD ARTS GROUPS KIND OF ACTIVELY TRYING TO PASS AROUND INCORRECT INFORMATION.
LIKE WE'RE LIVING IN SOME SORT OF CAPITAL RIOTS, JANUARY 20, JANUARY 6TH, POST-MOMENT WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT IT WAS ANTIFA WHO TOOK OVER THE CAPITOL.
UM, IT'S SILLY TO TURN PEOPLE AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THE ARTS COMMISSION IS, AND
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ALWAYS WILL BE ON THE SIDE OF THE ARTISTS.AND IF THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN'T GET DONE, IT'S USUALLY BECAUSE OUR HANDS ARE TIED.
AS YOU COULD SEE MY FRUSTRATION DURING THIS MEETING TODAY ABOUT THE IDEA OF JUST ASKING THE CITY FOR MONEY AS IF THEY CARE SINCE THEY COMPLETELY IGNORED OUR LAST REQUEST, BUT IT DOESN'T HURT TO TRY.
AND, UH, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY, UM, FOR WELCOMING ME ONTO THE COMMITTEE AND WORKING WITH ME AND PUTTING UP WITH MY, UH, SHIT STIRRING, UH, WHICH YOU KNOW, I, I DO ENJOY IT.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE 12 MILLION ALSO BOND.
FANTE WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION ON THE COMMISSION.
UH, COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE YOU A WORD JUST AS A NEW THE NEWBIE I W WANT TO THANK YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE WHO YOU ARE.
YOU'RE YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU SAY YOU'RE BURN THE HOUSE DOWN KIND OF PERSON.
I REALLY FELT CARED FOR BY YOU AS A NEW PERSON, YOU KNOW, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL.
UH, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.