IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT QUORUM
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ON BOTH BOTH BODIES.[CALL TO ORDER]
SO, UH, CHUCK, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO CALL THE ARTS COMMISSIONS HALF OF THIS JOINT MEETING TO ORDER, UH, MONDAY, APRIL 27TH, 3:03 PM.I'M GONNA DO A QUICK ROLL CALL.
UH, I SEE COMMISSIONER MOCK COMMISSIONER RESISTANT.
VICE-CHAIR POLGAR COMMISSIONER FLORES, UH, COMMISSIONER VANDYKE, UH, COMMISSIONER KEON AND MYSELF CHACO LET'S CALL A STAIN OR A HAIL.
I THINK I SEE A COMMISSIONER IN CHARLOTTE PATTERSON.
I SEE GAVIN GARCIA AND THE HOUSE GUYS, A COMMISSIONER, MANY CHILD, AND, UH, WE GOT A NATIONAL PIKE AND THE HOUSE MISSIONER REYNOLDS.
UM, AND THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS IT WELCOME.
[CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
TO, BEFORE WE START, I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE'RE LIMITED ON TIME TODAY.WE'VE GOT A DEFINITE CUTOFF AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
SO WE'VE GOT A TIGHT AGENDA TODAY.
UH, WE DO WANT OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMISSIONERS SHOULD DISCUSS PRESENTATIONS AS WELL.
THIS IS JUST A REMINDER FOR THOSE, UH, SPEAKING OF CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
YOU HAVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
UH WE'RE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE ARE ON A, ON A SCHEDULE TODAY.
UM, SO EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK HAS THREE MINUTES AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO START IT OFF WITH, UH
I'M A COMMODE CHAIR OF THE ASIAN COURTEOUS FOR GREATER AUSTIN.
ALSO REFERRED TO AS ACG ACG, ITS MISSION IS TO ELEVATE ADVOCATE FOR, AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PATIENT AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER CREATIVE COMMUNITY IN THE AUSTIN AREA TO EDUCATION, RESOURCES, COLLABORATION, AND CELEBRATION OF MULTICULTURALISM, THE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY HERE FORWARD REFERRED TO AS AAPI IN AUSTIN IS COMPANIES PEOPLE FROM 25 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES REPRESENTING MORE THAN 40 DIFFERENT ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS.
WE BRING A VERY DIVERSIFIED CULTURE TOO OFTEN.
THE ADA COMMUNITY OWNS MORE THAN 60% OF THE HOTELS IN AUSTIN AND ARE DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE MAJOR PORTION OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
THE API COMMUNITY MAKES UP AROUND 8% OF CDF AUSTIN'S POPULATION IS INCREASING AT A VERY RAPID PACE, ALMOST DOUBLING EVERY 12 YEARS WITH ALSO THE FASTEST GROWING DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE NATION.
FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, AP ARTISTS HAVE BEEN PERFORMING AT PROMINENT CULTURAL EVENTS WHILE IT IS TRUE THAT THE GRANTS HAVE SUPPORTED TRADITIONAL CULTURAL ARTS IN THE PAST, BUT API MUSICIANS ARE STILL NOT SEEN AS PART OF THE COMMERCIAL AND MAINSTREAM MUSIC LANDSCAPE.
PCG HAS APPLIED TO SECURE FUNDS TO CREATE MUSIC HUB AS PROVIDED FOR, BUT OFTEN MUSIC AND CREATIVE BECAUSE SYSTEM RESOLUTION, WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM CITY OF AUSTIN AND UPDATE FROM THE SAME.
THE API COMMUNITY TAKES PRIDE IN CELEBRATING DIVERSITY.
ECG IS FOCUSED ON WORKING WITH AND BUILDING NEW RELATIONSHIPS WITH ARTISTS FROM ALL OF AUSTIN'S MUSIC COMMUNITIES.
WE BELIEVE IN A UNITED APPROACH OF SUPPORTING AREAS OF MUTUAL INTEREST FOR ALL MUSIC COMMUNITIES THAT WILL ENABLE US TO COME UP WITH THE TANGIBLE OUTCOMES AND CULTIVATE A MORE DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE ECOSYSTEM IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AND NOW I WELCOME LAURA PRICE FROM APGA GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME THIS AFTERNOON.
46 YEARS AGO, THIS MONTH, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BROUGHT 3000 KIDS ORPHANED BY THE VIETNAM WAR TO AMERICA FOR A BETTER LIFE.
I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE ONE OF THOSE ORPHANS ON OPERATION, BABY LIFT.
THE BLUES FOUND ME GROWING UP IN A MILITARY FAMILY AND BEING RAISED BY TRADITIONAL WHITE PARENTS.
I TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD, EVEN ALASKA, IDAHO, SEVERAL MORE STATES.
I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH IF ANY RESOURCES TO FIND MUSIC AS MY TRUE CALLING AND IT DIDN'T HELP HIM.
ONE OF THE ONLY ASIANS, MY EVER CHANGING LOCATION, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ROLE MODELS OR MUSIC RESOURCES, BUT THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF MY ADOPTIVE
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PARENTS, I WAS ABLE TO DEVELOP MY SINGING THROUGH OPERATIC VOICE LESSONS FROM A YOUNG AGE IN 2016, THE BLUES FOUNDATION RECOGNIZED NOMINATED ME FOR BEST FEMALES, FULL BLUE SINGER OF THE YEAR ALONGSIDE BETTY LAVETTE AND MADE THE STAPLED SINCE MOVING TO AUSTIN FIVE YEARS AGO, I'VE EMPLOYED OVER A HUNDRED MUSICIANS OF ALL ETHNICITIES PLAYING ANTON FACTORY POP SIXTH STREET LANE STREET, CORPORATE GIG.AND I'M ABOUT TO RELEASE MY SEVENTH SOUL BLUES RECORD.
IN ADDITION, I ALSO GIVE BACK TO BACK BY MENTORING THROUGH MUSIC WITH KIDS, AND THEN IN GROOVE, THIS MENTORSHIP PROVIDES WEEKLY MUSIC LESSONS TO FOSTER KIDS AND ADOPTEES.
ONCE A WEEK, BEING PART OF ACG HAS GIVEN ME THE CONFIDENCE TO FINALLY FEEL AT HOME HERE IN AUSTIN AS A VIETNAMESE AMERICAN WOMAN, SINGING BLACK AMERICAN MUSIC.
I NEVER SAW ASIAN ARTISTS ON TV AS A CHILD, ONLY CONNIE CHUNG ON THE NEWS OR A VIETNAMESE PROSTITUTE CAME IN 1847 IN A VIETNAM WAR MOVIE IT'S.
SO FOR CHILDREN TO SEE SOMEONE IN THE ARTS THAT LOOKED LIKE THAT TO DEVELOP THE COMPETENCE, TO GRADUATE FROM KARAOKE, MIKE TO THE STAGE MIC AT, UP IN THE CITY LIMITS, FOR EXAMPLE, CITY FUNDS HAVE DIRECTLY HELPED PROVIDE THE NECESSARY AAPI MUSIC NEEDED FOR MUSIC PROGRAMS AND SPACES FOR CHILDREN TO INTERACT WITH THEIR OWN CULTURE, AS WELL AS THE AUSTIN CULTURE AND FOR THE ARTISTS LIKE ME TO BE MENTORS TO THE, TO THE YOUNGER AAPI GENERATION, MANY ARTISTS LIKE ME HAVE LOST TENS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REVENUE COUNTS FROM COUNCIL, LOCAL SHOWS AND INTERNATIONAL TOURS.
THESE FUNDS WOULD HELP THEM MANY AAPI MUSICIANS FLY UNDER THE RADAR, LIKE MYSELF TO GET BACK TO WHAT WE DO BEST PLAYING MUSIC.
I'M SO THANKFUL THAT I'VE CONNECTED WITH THE AAPI COMMUNITY THROUGH APGA AND TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO FURTHER CONNECT TO MY CULTURE TO MUSIC WHILE ASIAN ARTISTS ALWAYS DESERVED A SPOTLIGHT.
NOW MORE THAN EVER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO SHOWCASE THE DIVERSE AND RICH CONTRIBUTION THAT ASIA HAS MADE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TO THE AUSTIN MUSIC SCENE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.
CAN, CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR NAME? LAURA L A R A PRICE P R I C E.
SO, UH, NEXT ON THE LIST IS DAVID GOODMAN? YES.
I AM THE CURRENT CHAIR OF THE MS.
I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME SPEAK TO EVERYBODY.
I, I AM SPEAKING, UH, IN SUPPORT OF, UH, THE, UH, MUSIC HUB, UM, BEING CREATED AT THE MS BOTANICALS MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER, UH, OUR BOARD, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE CREATIVE SPACES BOND SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2018.
AND WE ARE CERTAINLY IN SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, REQUEST TO CREATE A MUSIC ADDRESS AT A LATINO CENTER, SUCH AS THE, UM, MEXICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER MAC.
UM, THIS IS A VERY MUCH NEEDED RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT OUR ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS OF VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS.
UM, WE ARE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN HEARING THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY AND HOPE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE MONEY FROM THE CREATIVE SPACES BOND IN THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE.
UM, WE DO NOT FEEL THAT THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CREATIVE SPACES, LANGUAGE, AND INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND AS A FATHER, PERSONALLY, OF, UH, UH, OF, OF CHILDREN THAT ARE OF MEXICAN AND SOUTH ASIAN DESCENT, I CERTAINLY SUPPORT ANY REQUESTS FROM, FOR A MUSIC HUB AT OUR FELLOW CULTURAL CENTERS, SUCH AS THE CARVER, THE ASIAN-AMERICAN CENTER AS WELL.
UH, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION.
UH, NEXT UP WE HAVE OLIVER ROGER MONEY.
MY NAME IS OLIVER RAJ MONEY, UH, AT LEAST JEMAN AND, UH, I'VE BEEN A CITY FUNDED CULTURAL OUTREACH ARTISTS FOR MANY YEARS.
AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS REALLY FAMILIAR WITH MY WORK BOTH AS AN ARTIST, AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL PROVIDER.
SO I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE FUNDING OF THE ASIAN CULTURAL HUB, WHICH I TRULY BELIEVE IT WILL BRING A RECOGNITION TO THE ASIAN DIASPORA AND THE PRESERVING OF ITS CULTURE.
AND IT'S GOING TO CREATE STRONG EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH CENTER FOR MANY IN ALL STUDENTS TO GAIN FROM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.
I'VE, UH, I'M AT RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY FOR MY UNIQUE CULTURAL LIFE AND MUSICAL SOUND THAT IS PURELY AUSTIN, WHICH BRINGS TEXAS INDIA AND RURAL MANY CULTURES TOGETHER.
I HAVE TOURED INTERNATIONALLY AND I'VE COLLABORATED WITH ARTISTS WHERE I ENJOY RANGING AND STYLE FROM WILLIE NELSON, GYPSY KINGS TO L SHANKAR.
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ARTIST ON THE NPR BBC RADIO KILL R U PBS AMONGST NUMEROUS OTHER, UH, TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMS, INCLUDING TEDX PLATFORM AND A WHILE, UH, WINNING AWARDS AND RECOGNITION INTERNATIONALLY.MY WORK AS AN INTERNATIONAL ARTIST HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF FOCUS TO AUSTIN CITY AS A CENTER FOR CULTURAL EDUCATION AND AN IMPORTANT TOURIST DESTINATION.
I'M INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN FROM EDUCATIONAL WORK IN PRESERVING THE FOLK CULTURES OF INDIA AND BRINGING RECOGNITION TO THE DEEPLY MISUNDERSTOOD HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE ROOM.
THE DIASPORA I WORKED FOR FOUR YEARS IN THE ROMANY CONGRESS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF ROMANIAN BEST DOCTOR IN HANCOCK.
NOW, IF YOU MAY NOT KNOW, RUMMY CONGRESS REPRESENTS IT IN RUMINY.
DIASPORA HAS A SOUTH ASIAN ETHNIC GROUP WITH ORIGINS IN INDIA WITH BONDS THAT RUNS STRONG TO THIS PRESENT DAY.
AND ALSO, IF YOU DO NOT KNOW, ROMANY IS COMMONLY KNOWN MISTAKENLY AS GYPSY IN THIS WORLD.
ALSO IN CASE YOU MAY NOT KNOW, UH, ALTON I SUPPOSE, IS THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF ROMAN HISTORICAL ARCHIVES AND EDUCATIONAL CENTERS SINCE THE 1970S.
AND THIS HAS GONE UNRECOGNIZED BY THE TEXAS STATE GOVERNMENT.
AND IN MY EDUCATIONAL WORK HAVE COLLABORATED WITH VARIOUS LEADING ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING LAFFER EXPECTS THIS NETWORK OF YOUTH SERVICES, GARDENER BEDS, AUSTIN STATE HOSPITAL, IN ORDER TO BRING CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL EDUCATION, MENTAL HEALTH AND LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS.
AND, UH, THIS HAS HAPPENED THROUGH US THROUGHOUT AUSTIN, AS WELL AS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO THE ASIAN COMMUNITY IS A HIGH INCOME ETHNIC GROUP, BUT, UH, THE ASIAN ARTISTS AND NOT, UH, CANNOT BE NECESSARILY EQUATED TO THAT STATUS.
AND I SPEAK FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE.
AND SO THEY NEEDED CONTINUED ASSISTANCE AND THE LARGER ASIAN AUSTIN, UM, AUSTIN ASIAN COMMUNITY GIVES A LOT OF THE, UH, AUSTIN COMMUNITY, UH, QUITE A BIT IN ARTS AND OTHER AREAS.
BUT TO THIS DAY, THAT COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SEEN AS A SEPARATE ALIEN GROUP WHOSE MUSIC AND CULTURE FALL UNDER WORLD MUSIC OR OTHER.
AND AUSTIN AS KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES AND REPRESENT THE TRUE COLORS OF ITS VIBRANT COMMUNITY AND EVERY SITUATION.
SO THAT'S WHY I STRONGLY SHARE MY VOICE IN A SUPPORTIVE AUSTIN CITY TO BRING THE ASIAN COMMUNITY INTO ITS WINGS AND TO MAKE IT ANOTHER, UH, REPRESENTATIVE IN IT FOR PRESIDENT IT'S PART OF ITS FAMILY.
I JUST WANT TO CHECK IN Y'ALL HAVE A TIMER GOING FOR SPEAKERS, OR IS THAT SOMETHING I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF ON MY END? OR ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR THE TIMER JUST NOW? YEAH, THERE WAS NO TIMER.
THEN IT MIGHT BE BEST FOR Y'ALL TO DO IT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LAURA MONEY.
UH, WELL, CHIN YOU ARE UP NEXT.
THREE MINUTES HERE, AUSTIN ARTS.
AUSTIN ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSIONERS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
I'M KEVIN SHIN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ACJ.
IT WAS JUST OVER SIX MONTHS AGO THAT ACG PRESENTED OUR MISSION STATEMENT TO YOU FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THE WORLD IN PAST SIX MONTHS.
AND WHILE I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO ANY SPECIFICS, I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE MAKABALI ON BEING APPOINTED.
THE VERY FIRST AAPI MUSIC COMMISSIONER IN THE HISTORY OF THE AUSTIN MUSIC COMMISSION.
THIS IS A TRULY MOMENTOUS STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THE AAPI COMMUNITY.
AND WE HOPE TO BETTER INTEGRATE AND ALIGN OUR MISSION WITH THE CITY'S RECENT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION INITIATIVES AND BEST SERVE AUSTIN'S RAPIDLY GROWING API POPULATION AS FUEL THROUGH OUR CITIES TECH SECTOR.
WE ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE ARTS COMMISSIONER, ANY LONG MOCKS AND VALUABLE EFFORTS THAT SHE HAS PROVIDED TO THE AAPI ARTS COMMUNITY AS WELL.
IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHOWCASE MANY NEW AS WELL AS ESTABLISHED AAPI MUSIC ARTISTS, SOME WHO HAVE TOURED INTERNATIONALLY FOR YEARS, BUT HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO GRACE THE STAGE OF ANY MAINSTREAM FESTIVALS LOCALLY.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO OFFER FREE ONLINE WORKSHOPS THAT FEATURE UNIQUE CENTURIES, OLD ETHNIC INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE RARELY SEEN OR HEARD OF AN AUSTIN, BUT YET DRL SOLD OUT SHOWS AND MAJOR VENUES OF OTHER CITIES.
WE WILL SOON BE OFFERING FILM SCORING AND THESE A COMPOSITION WORKSHOPS WITH RENOWNED TAIWANESE AMERICAN COMPOSER ARRANGER WITH OVER 100 FILM CREDITS TO HIS NAME WHO OFTEN INCORPORATES TRADITIONAL ASIAN MUSIC INFLUENCES INTO MANY OF HIS, OF HIS AWARD-WINNING NOMINATED, UH, AWARD WINNING WORKS.
FINALLY, THE WANTS TO PLAN AND ORGANIZE AN ANNUAL AUSTIN ASIAN-AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL AT WATERLOO GREENWAY BEGINNING IN MAY, 2022 TO HELP CELEBRATE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC HERITAGE MONTH
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EACH AND EVERY YEAR, AS YOU PROBABLY CAN TELL EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE ARE SOME OF THE VITAL CORE VALUES OF ACG.AND WE HOPE TO PROVIDE THESE ESSENTIAL RESOURCES TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AT THE ASIAN-AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH CURRENTLY LACKS ANY FORM OF A PERFORMANCE VENUE OR A THEATER RECORDING STUDIO OR MUSIC REHEARSAL SPACE.
IN ADDITION, AAPI CHILDREN ARE OVERWHELMINGLY INTRODUCED TO MUSIC LESSONS AT AN EARLY AGE, BUT TYPICALLY DON'T KNOW HOW OR WHERE TO DEVELOP THAT SKILL AND COMPETENCE INTO A REWARDING LIFELONG CAREER.
SO THEY TYPICALLY QUIT MUSIC LESSONS ALTOGETHER.
OUR MUSICAL IDENTITY IS THAT HERITAGE AGAIN, REPRESENTING OVER 40 DIFFERENT UNIQUE ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS REQUIRE A CENTRALIZED AND STRATEGIC HOME TO THRIVE, WHETHER IT'S TO SERVE THE CHILDREN OF, OF THE TECH TRANSPLANTS, THAT WE WELCOME TO OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY EACH AND EVERY DAY, OR TO HELP LAUNCH THE CAREER OF AN ARTIST ON TOUR OR ON THE BIG SCREEN.
OFTEN IT'S CHANGING AT AN INCREDIBLE RATE AND IN DOING SO, THE LANDSCAPE OF OUR BELOVED MUSIC SCENE WILL NEED TO CHANGE EQUALLY TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW FACES OF AUSTIN'S DIVERSE AND GROWING AAPI COMMUNITY.
IT IS INTEGRAL TO AUSTIN'S SUCCESS AS A GLOBALLY DRIVEN METROPOLITAN TO SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE AND EQUALLY INTEGRAL THAT WE, AND, UH, WE WORK TOGETHER WITH OTHER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO CREATE A TANGIBLE ENTITY TO BEST SERVE OUR OVERALL MISSION.
WE HOPE AND WISH THAT POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES AFFORDED THROUGH THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND AND THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES CAN ALLOW THE AAPI MUSIC COMMUNITY TO TRULY TAKE A STEP FORWARD WITH OUR COLLECTIVE AND UNIFIED MUSIC ECOSYSTEM TO BE REPRESENTED AND COMMERCIALIZED ON THE GLOBAL STAGE.
CAN, CAN I GET A THUMBS UP IF YOU HEARD THE ALARM NOW? NOPE.
UH, I'LL I'LL JUST HAVE TO INTERRUPT INTERRUPT THEN.
UH, NEXT UP WE HAVE SONIA DRAVET HERE.
ALL RIGHT, SONYA, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I AM HERE TODAY AS ONE OF THE APX AND BOARD MEMBERS.
AND AS A MEMBER OF THE ATX M REACH TEAM, ATX M REACH TEAM HAS ACTIVELY WORKED FOR WELL OVER A YEAR TO BRING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND BUILD A ROBUST MUSIC HUB THAT SERVES THE EAST AUSTIN MUSIC COMMUNITY.
EXCUSE ME, THE EAST AUSTIN COMMUNITY BUILT IN 1929, THE DOORS AND MILLER AUDITORIUM SITUATED IN THE ROSE WOOD PARK CAMPUS HAS HOSTED A RICH HISTORY OF MUSICAL PERFORMERS FOR DECADES FROM IKE AND TINA TURNER TO FITZGERALD THE NINETIES, AUSTIN HIP HOP SPACE NOW PLAYS HOME TO THE NOTES FOR NOTES ORGANIZATION, WHICH PROVIDES MUSIC, INDUSTRY TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO UNDERS UNDER SERVED YOUTH, BRINGING A PORTION OF THE 12 MILLION CREATIVE SPACES.
BOND IS THE RIGHT MOVE IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTS AND CULTURE IN AUSTIN, AS THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY OWNED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, ANY FUNDING WILL GO A LONG WAY IN IMPROVING A SPACE THAT HAS SERVED OUR COMMUNITY FOR ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS.
AND IN SHOWING THE WORLD THAT AUSTIN CARES ABOUT EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL ARTISTS, RATHER THAN BUILDING SOMETHING NEW REINVEST IN A CITY OWNED PROPERTY AND HAS BEEN BELOVED BY OUR COMMUNITY FOR A HUNDRED YEARS AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS A MUSIC HUB, THE BOND MONEY WILL GO MUCH FURTHER IN SIMPLY SUPPORTING EXISTING STRUCTURES.
ATN M REACH TEAM LOOKS FORWARD TO PRESENTING OUR PROPOSAL CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS, NONPROFIT.
THOSE WOULD PARK NOTES FOR NOTES WHEN THE RFP PORTION OPENS.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
UH, NEXT UP WE HAVE, UH, CHRISTOPHER LEE MON.
I'D LIKE TO THANK BOTH THE AUSTIN MUSIC COMMISSION AND THE AUSTIN ARTS COMMISSION FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TO THEM AGENDAS TWO 82 B.
SO FOR THAT, I THINK TO ALL COMMISSIONERS, I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN REDISTRIBUTION MODEL.
NOW I SUPPORT THE CITY'S REDISTRIBUTION MODEL ON PROPORTIONALITY AND ON DEMOGRAPHICS.
I ALSO THINK IT'S FAIR TO LOOK AT THE COMPENSATORY JUSTICE MODEL WHEN IT COMES TO THIS LOW.
NOW I KNOW OUR BLACK PREVIOUS TRULY FACED DISCRIMINATION AND I MEAN, ON A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL, WE ALL KNOW, BUT I'M FOCUSING ON DEMOGRAPHICS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR LATINO COMMUNITY, JUST STRAIGHT FACTS.
AND DURING A TIME WHEN WE ALL NEED, AND I MEAN, YOU MUST STAND UP TO THE TRADITIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL INJUSTICES THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON JUST ABOUT MAN, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO BE A COMMISSIONERS.
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YOU ALL TO STAND WITH ME AND SOLIDARITY FOR AUSTIN'S A LATINO COMMUNITY, PLEASE.SO WHEN IT COMES TO DISTRIBUTING THIS MONEY, YOU KNOW, FROM THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, THERE'S BASICALLY TWO WAYS TO DISTRIBUTE THESE PHONES, TO REPRESENT EQUITY THAT'S PROPORTIONAL BASIS AND COMPENSATORY THE LATINO COMMUNITY.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A COMBINATION OF BOTH PROPORTIONATELY, LETTING THOSE OUTNUMBER EVERYONE IN GREATER AUSTIN, ETHNIC COMMUNITIES.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE NEED OUR CITY SUPPORT NOW MORE THAN EVER SINCE THEN, OUR PEOPLE COMMUNITY IN GREATER AUSTIN COMPRISE OVER WE'RE OVER 600,000 LATINO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AT LEAST.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST ABOUT 40%, JUST ABOUT 40% OF AUSTIN'S ENTIRE POPULATION.
NOW, FOR THAT, AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO SHIFT OUR ATTENTION OVER TO THE HUB, YOU KNOW, THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND.
NOW THE LATINO COMMUNITY PUT IN A PROPOSAL ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO FOR A MUSICAL OVER AT THE MAC THAT WAS DONE BY YOU TO AUSTIN, WHICH HAS SINCE THEN IS ONLY GAINED MORE POSITIVE TRACTION AND BACKING FROM OUR ENTIRE LATINO COMMUNITY.
AND WITH A VISION OF TAKING A UNIFIED APPROACH WITH AREAS OF MUTUAL INTEREST, BRINGING THEM TOGETHER, BRINGING TOGETHER ALL OF OUR, ALL LATINOS, MEXICANS, CUBANS, DOMINICANS,
I MEAN, I JUST KNOW THIS IS GOING TO PRODUCE HUGE, TANGIBLE OUTCOMES FOR US.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HIGH UTILIZATION HUB COMMISSIONERS, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE LATINO MUSIC HUB REPRESENTS.
THE HUB ITSELF IS GOING TO BE ALL ABOUT PROGRAMMING.
WHAT A MAC WOULD BE FOR CREATING, YOU KNOW, MARKETING FOR LATIN MUSIC, THROUGH RECORDING AND PERFORMING AND PERFORMING SERVICES.
WHILE ALONG ALONGSIDE BUSINESS AND OUT OF FISH, WE'RE AN INDUSTRY TO HELP OUR PEOPLE WITH THE GREATEST CITY OF AUSTIN AND LARGE BEING MAJORITY LATINO.
I AM ASKING FOR OUR CITY'S BACKING NOW MORE THAN EVER WITH EQUITY TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT, IT'S A LATINO COMMUNITY OF OVER 600,000 MEMBERS WITH A LATIN MUSIC HUB AT THE MAP.
PLEASE, THANK YOU AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS FOR ALL TIME.
AND FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF OUR GREATER AUSTIN LATINO COMMUNITY.
ON OUR LAST SPEAKER ON THE LIST IS SCOTT STRICKLAND.
HI SCOTT STRICKLAND HERE, UH, PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS.
AND I'M ALSO ON THE REACH COMMITTEE.
UM, WHEN I FIRST CAME TO AUSTIN IN 2013, I REALLY WANTED ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH MUSIC.
AND IT WAS ONE OF THEM LIKE IN 2014, THAT CHANGED THAT FOR ME.
AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE POWER OF MUSIC AND THE POWER OF HOW, UM, THOSE, UH, THE, THE SONGS AND THE, AND THE, UH, LIVE MUSIC THAT EVERYONE WAS PUTTING OUT.
SO IT'S INFLUENCING OUR ENTIRE CULTURE.
OBVIOUSLY COVID-19 HAS CHANGED A LOT, BUT ALSO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY PROGRESSIVE AND A VERY EVER-CHANGING CITY.
AND IT HAS ALSO CHANGED MY LIFE.
MUSIC HAS CHANGED MY LIFE, AND THIS ALLOWS ME TO DEFINE MYSELF AND CALL MYSELF A MUSICIAN, A BLACK MUSICIAN AND AUSTIN, THE CREATIVE SPACES BOND.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF TALK RIGHT NOW ABOUT, UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, ALL OF, ALL OF THE ASIAN COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, FUNDS IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY NEEDING FUNDS.
I WANT TO SAY THAT I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH YOU.
I WANT YOU TO SAY THAT I, UH, I, I AM SO WITH THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS, UM, COMING TOGETHER ON THIS AND HAVING A, UM, A COALESCENCE OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY, FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, FROM THE MUSIC COMMISSION, THE DORIS MILLER AUDITORIUM ALSO, UM, IS, IS, IS A HUGE PART OF THAT DORIS MILLER AUDITORIUM LOCATED IN ROSEWOOD PARK IN THE HEART OF EAST AUSTIN, WHERE, WHERE SO MANY, UM, AFRICAN-AMERICANS LIVED FOR SO LONG AND CONTINUE TO DO SO.
THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE CULTURE IN AUSTIN STARTED ALMOST A CENTURY AGO.
THIS PLACE WAS BUILT PART OF THE CHITLIN CIRCUIT WHEN BLACK ARTISTS WERE COMING IN, TOURING AROUND THE COUNTRY, STOPPING AND STOPPING IN AUSTIN AND, AND STOPPING AT THE ROSEWOOD PARK AND STOPPING AT THE DOOR MILL AUDITORIUM TODAY, THAT PLACE SERVES AS A HUB FOR ENRICHMENT AMONGST CHILDREN.
IT SERVES AS AN EDUCATIONAL FRONT FOR NOTES FOR NOTES, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A MUSIC STUDIO, AND WE JUST WANT TO HELP TURN THIS PLACE INTO SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY PRETTY MAGNIFICENT.
IT'S A VERY MAGNIFICENT CAMPUS, VERY MAGNIFICENT SPACE, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO SEE THAT GROW.
AND WE WANT TO REVITALIZE THE HISTORY OF THE DOORBELL OF AUDITORIUM
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AND THE CREATIVE SPACES BOND IS GOING TO DO JUST THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY WITH CITY COUNCIL, WITH THE, UM, TO, TO, UM, HELP, UH, UM, PUT TOGETHER AN RFQ FOR THAT.UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW, AND WE JUST WANT TO SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION DURING OUR RFP PROCESS AND AS A BLACK ARTIST, STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE LATINO COMMUNITY AND THE ASIAN COMMUNITY.
AND I DO AGREE WITH KEVIN CHIN AND HE SAID THAT WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER.
ALL THE MINORITY GROUPS NEED TO COME TOGETHER.
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY ALSO AM ASKING FOR, UM, THE AUSTIN MUSIC COMMISSION TO PLEASE, UM, STAND IN SOLIDARITY AND STAND IN SUPPORT OF THE DRAWING OF THE AUDITORIUM AND THE FUNDING THAT, UM, THAT IT NEEDS WHEN RETURN RFQ PROCESS IN ORDER TO MAKE, UM, THAT SPACE, UM, BECOME WHAT IT NEEDS TO BECOME.
I WILL ALSO SAY THANK YOU WITH THAT.
UH, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SIGNING UP TO SPEAK.
UH, WE HEAR YOU AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS, UH, LIKE TO HAND IT
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OVER TO COMMISSIONER MAHONEY TO INTRODUCE HIS CHAIR'S REPORT.I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, GLAD ALL THESE VOICES ARE REPRESENTING, UM, AND ADD INTO THIS DIALOGUE ABOUT HOW TO MOVE ON TO MUSIC FORWARD.
UM, NOT JUST AUSTIN MUSIC, BUT JUST AUSTIN FORWARD AS A CITY.
UM, GLAD TO BE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF A LOT OF THIS CHANGE FOR YEARS, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S NEW TO ME PERSONALLY.
UM, AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE, UH, THE GROWING VOICES THAT ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, CALLING FOR, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATION, BUT BEYOND REPRESENTATION, FUNDING AND ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.
UH, SO I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE IT AT THAT AND PASS IT ON TO A TIMER.
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EVERYONE.UH, I DID WANT TO, I WANT TO KEEP IT BRIEF AS WELL.
I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THREE O'CLOCK ON A TUESDAY AFTERNOON IS NOT EXACTLY THE MOST ACCESSIBLE TIME FOR US TO BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WHEN WE DO WANT AND ARE INTERESTED IN INPUT AND FEEDBACK FROM THE, FROM OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT UPFRONT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MISSING SOME COMMISSIONERS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET AWAY FROM WORK.
SO, UM, I, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE HAVE A HARD STOP AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR TODAY ARE, UH, REPEAT PRESENTATIONS.
SO IF YOU WANT THE FULL PRESENTATION, YOU CAN, UH, CHECK OUT OF THE ARTS COMMISSIONS MEETING FROM APRIL 19TH AND, UH, THE MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING, I'M FORGETTING THE EXACT DATE OF IF Y'ALL WANT TO CHIME IN AND LET ME KNOW, BUT THE APRIL MEETING FOR, FOR MUSIC COMMITTED AND THEY BOTH, WE BOTH HAD VERSIONS LONGER VERSIONS OF THESE PRESENTATIONS.
SO THERE'S PLENTY, PLENTY OF INFORMATION OUT THERE.
TODAY'S RECAP AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH OF OUR COMMISSIONS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION REGARDING THIS INFORMATION.
THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED WITH THAT A HUNDRED BACK TO COMMISSIONER MAHONEY.
HI, MAY COMMISSIONER CASTILLO, UM, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING FIRST, UH, TO A, UH, AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
[2a.Austin Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) Update - David Colligan,Acting Chief Operations Officer, AEDC]
CORPORATION UPDATE DAVID COLLAGEN, ACTING CHIEF OPERATIONS, OFFICER DAVID, ARE YOU THERE? YES, I'M HERE.GREAT, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS AND CHAIRS FOR, FOR HAVING US AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH EACH OF YOUR COMMISSIONS INDIVIDUALLY OR SEPARATELY, AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH EDD STAFF TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE THE SPEAK UP OFTEN PAGE WITH THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
SO ANYONE LOOKING FOR THE ADDITIONAL DATA POINTS, UH, OR TO CONNECT, TO PASS INFORMATION AND COMPLETE ACCESS IT THROUGH, SPEAK UP OFTEN FOR, FOR THE CREATIVE BOND.
I'VE GOT MATTHEW CONTINENCE, WHO IS OUR CONSULTANT WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND SUPPORTING US THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CULTURAL TRUST UNDERNEATH AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HERE TO TAKE US THROUGH SOME SLIDES.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH, UH, A PRESENTATION, UM, THAT WE'VE SHARED AS MENTIONED BEFORE.
UM, WE'LL ALSO MAKE IT AVAILABLE.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF EXTRA SLIDES ON HERE.
UM, JUST TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE BACKGROUND THAT WAS IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS, I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT SHORT FOR AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE,
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BUT ALSO WE'RE VERY ANXIOUS TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU AND SHARE THIS INFORMATION.SO SOME OF IT I'LL GO THROUGH QUICKLY KNOWING THAT IT'LL BE IN THE RECORD AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS ON IT, UH, IF DESIRED.
SO JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND, UM, THE EDC, THE AUSTIN EDC IS THE RESULT OF ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OF WORK, UM, DIRECTLY.
UM, ACTUALLY THE WORK STARTED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THAT, UM, BACK IN 2010, UM, AND IT WAS VIEWED AS A WAY TO SUPPORT A LOT OF THE IDEAS IN THE MUSIC, CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM, UM, OMNIBUS RESOLUTION, UM, AND THEN CONTINUALLY THE IDEA EVOLVED AS THERE WAS WORK DONE, LOOKING AROUND THE COUNTRY, UM, AT DIFFERENT THINGS IN PARTICULAR STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON IN SEATTLE, UM, WITH WHAT WAS FIRST IN OVERLAY, DISTRICT SCHEME FOR CULTURE, AND THEN BECAME, UM, A CULTURAL TRUST SCHEME AND ENTITY LIKE THIS, UM, JUST RECENTLY AND ALSO A SIMILAR THING THAT HAD HAPPENED IN NEW YORK AND A SIMILAR THING THAT HAD HAPPENED IN, UM, SAN FRANCISCO, UM, AMONGST OTHERS.
SO IN 2017, UM, CITY MANAGER WAS DIRECTED TO BRING FORTH THE EDC IN 2018.
IT WAS MADE VERY CLEAR THAT THE TOP PRIORITY WAS THE CULTURAL TRUST.
UM, AND THEN THAT CONTINUED TO HAPPEN THROUGH 19 AND 20, UM, IN 20 SPECIFICALLY IN AUGUST OF 2020 COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO CREATE THE EDC AND SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT, UM, THE DESIRE, UH, FOR IT TO SUPPORT A CULTURAL TRUST AND ALSO PULL IN FUNDING, UM, FROM OTHER PROJECTS THAT PARTICULARLY WOULD NORMALLY JUST GO INTO THE GENERAL TAX ROLLS THAT COULD THEN BE TARGETED AT SPECIFIC POLICY OUTCOMES, LIKE SUPPORTING MUSIC AND ARTS, AND ALSO GENERAL AFFORDABILITY.
UM, DURING THE PROCESS OF THE EDC GETTING STARTED, UM, WE DID, UH, MAYBE 200 OR SO STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS, UM, TO PULL THIS TOGETHER AS WELL AS BENCHMARKING FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, IN THE CITIES.
I MENTIONED AS WELL AS OTHERS AND IN PARTICULAR, UM, IN THE SOUTHEAST AND IN TEXAS.
AND DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THE COUNCIL CONTINUE TO PASS FURTHER LEGISLATION, UM, KIND OF POINTING US IN THE DIRECTION OF WHAT THEY WANTED TO HAPPEN, UM, INCLUDING REITERATING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CULTURAL TRUST IN AUGUST.
UM, AND THEN, UM, REITERATING THE IMPACT OF COVID AND THE IDEA THAT THE EDC MIGHT HELP WITH THAT, UM, ACCELERATING THE HELP OF THE EDC TO ASSIST LIVE MUSIC, UM, ACCELERATING, LOOKING AT CITY PIPELINE, MEANING SITES THAT WERE OWNED IN THE PUBLIC PIPELINE TO TRY TO COORDINATE THOSE, UM, ACCELERATING, HELPING RED RIVER DISTRICT, LOOKING AT PROGRAMS SUCH AS TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND REGULATORY CHANGES.
UM, AND THEN THE ACTUAL CREATION OF THE EDC IN OCTOBER, AND THEN THE RE-PURPOSING, UM, OF SOME HOT FUNDS TO CREATE THE ICONIC VENUE FUND, UM, IN DECEMBER AND A REDEFINITION OF WHAT HOT FUNDS COULD BE USED ON TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE TREASURES, UM, IN AUSTIN THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY PREVIOUSLY QUALIFY, UM, FOR THAT.
SO THE INITIAL GOAL WAS TO SUPPORT A COMMUNITY ARTS STABILIZATION TRUST, UM, THAT CREATES THROUGH PURCHASE AND LONGTERM LEASE AFFORDABLE SPACES, INCLUDING ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION.
I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, UM, OR STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY CITIZENS.
THIS DOES NOT PRECLUDE, UM, IMPROVING EXISTING ASSETS OR CREATING HUBS INSIDE OF EXISTING ASSETS.
THAT'S TOTALLY SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN AS A PART OF THIS.
UM, THE IDEA, UH, OR HEADLINE OF ACQUISITION IS THAT THERE ARE SOME CASES IN WHICH, UM, SOME SPACES MIGHT BE LOST AND IT WOULD BE GOOD TO ACQUIRE THEM, OR SOME SPACES DON'T EXIST.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO CREATE THEM TO HELP SUPPORT.
UM, THE CULTURAL TRUST HAS MANY INITIATIVES OF WHICH WE'RE TALKING HERE ABOUT THE FIRST INITIATIVE, UM, WHICH IS AN INITIAL RFP TO FOLLOW UP ON THE RFI.
THE RFI WAS EXTENSIVELY REVIEWED AND, UM, LEARNED FROM, UM, TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW TO MAKE A REALITY, THE PROPOSALS THAT CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY, SOME OF WHICH WERE REFERENCED, UM, UM, TODAY.
UM, THE IDEA IS THAT FOR SPACES THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY IN OWNERSHIP, THEY'D BE OWNED BY THE CITY, UM, AS PERMANENT CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT MADE AVAILABLE FOR USE TO ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT THERE WOULD BE A HUGE PRIORITY ON D AND I PRINCIPLES.
UM, ALL OF THIS WAS TAKEN FROM WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS REPEATEDLY REFERENCED IN CITIZEN REMARKS.
THAT'S HOW THE RFP HAS BEEN DESIGNED.
THERE'S NO OTHER, UM, UH, GOAL HERE OTHER THAN TO ACHIEVE YEAH.
HAS COME OUT OF THE COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR.
UM, THE RFI WAS ISSUED AND CLOSED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020.
UM, WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN DOING MARKET RESEARCH AND UNDERSTANDING THE REAL ESTATE AND THEN DOING A REVIEW OF PREVIOUS CULTURAL WORK, UM, GOING BACK TO CULTURAL ASSET MAPPING, BECAUSE THAT WAS A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT EXIST IN THE CITY AND THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT HAS BEEN UPDATED MANY, MANY TIMES, BUT THAT WAS A GOOD STARTING PLACE, UM, TO DO THAT RESEARCH AND THEN REVIEWING THE PAST RFI AND THE RESPONSES AND CONVENING AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND CONDUCTING OUTREACH AND DISCUSSIONS, UM, WITH FOLKS, UM, AND THE PLAN
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TO ISSUE AN RFI OR AN RFP FOLLOW ON, UM, SHORTLY, UM, IN PARTICULAR, THE RFP WILL BOTH ALLOW FOR THE ACQUIRING WHOLE VENUES THAT ALREADY EXIST IN OUR OPERATING TODAY AND ALSO ACQUIRING OR CREATING MULTI-USE SPACES, INCLUDING SPACE, CREATING SPACES INSIDE EXISTING SPACES.THERE'S TWO CURRENT DIFFERENT MAIN SOURCES OF MONEY.
ONE IS THE CREATIVE FACILITIES BOND, AND THE OTHER IS THE ICONIC VENUE FUND.
IN ADDITION, THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES OF MONEY FROM PRIVATE AND PHILANTHROPY THAT WE BELIEVE WILL COME IN AND HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH THOSE SOURCES TO MAKE IT GO FURTHER IN GENERAL.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WAITING TO GET ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA TO AUTHORIZE OUR INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO IMMEDIATELY KICK OFF.
UM, AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE'VE BEEN HAVING, UM, REVIEWS AND WE PLAN TO DO BOTH PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSIONS, AS WELL AS AT LEAST THREE TARGETED INFORMATION AND WORK SESSIONS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP ANYONE THAT WANTS TO APPLY, UNDERSTAND HOW TO FILL IT OUT, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO PARTNER WITH PEOPLE, JOINING THEM TOGETHER, GIVING THEM ASSISTANCE OF REAL ESTATE, GIVING THEM ASSISTANCE OF PROCESSES SURROUNDING, UM, RUNNING VENUES, WHETHER THAT'S HELP THROUGH, UM, TICKETING OR LEGAL OR ADMIN, OR IT'S JUST HELP WITH PURCHASING OR HELP, UM, WITH, UH, COMBINING WITH OTHER GROUPS.
UM, ONCE WE ABLE ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ISSUE THE RFP, WE ANTICIPATE THERE BEING, UM, SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS FOR RESPONSES DURING WHICH TIME WE'LL BE HOSTING THOSE WORKSHOPS AND HELPING PEOPLE FILL OUT.
UM, THE IDEA IS THAT FOR SOME OF THOSE STRUCTURES THAT ARE REQUIRING FULL VENUES, WE WOULD SEE, UM, THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF ORGANIZATIONAL EQUITY COMPONENT.
IT MIGHT BE FROM ZERO TO SOME PERCENT WHERE THERE IS CAPACITY TO DO THAT.
IT'LL HELP US EXTEND THE AVAILABILITY OF THE MONEY TO MORE THAN JUST ONE HUB, BUT TO MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
UM, AND THEN THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC MATCH AS WELL AS SOME POTENTIAL DEBT THAT HELPS IT GO FURTHER.
IF THERE IS A CASHFLOW STREAM IN ORDER TO SIZE THOSE, WE DID PRETTY EXTENSIVE RESEARCH IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS, DIFFERENT SUB MARKETS, REAL ESTATE OF THE CITY.
UM, I CAN GO THROUGH THAT IN QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO KIND OF WRAP UP AND SAY THAT, UM, WE HAVE A CURRENT CULTURAL TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR SEA-TAC, WE ARE REALLY MAKING A LOUD CALL TO TRY TO GET MORE PEOPLE, UM, INTO THAT GROUP.
UM, THAT GROUP IS FROM THAT GROUP AND ADC STAFF WILL BE THE SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR THIS RFI, OR SORRY, THIS RFP.
UM, AND WE REALLY WANT THAT TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DIVERSITY OF VIEWS THAT WE'VE HEARD HERE AND IN OTHER MEETINGS, UM, IT'S AN OPEN, UH, APPLICATION PROCESS.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED AS MANY APPLICATIONS AS WE WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE.
UM, AND WE REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CLICK ON THIS LINK, UM, AND APPLY.
THE ONLY COMMENT IS THAT IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR MONEY, YOU CAN'T ALSO BE ONE OF THE PEOPLE DECIDING ON THE MONEY, BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOMEONE IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU TRUST THAT YOU'D THINK WOULD BE A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE OF, UM, THE GROUPS, UM, THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE SERVED BY THIS.
SO ULTIMATELY WE'RE JUST CONFIRMING THE AVAILABLE CAPITAL SOURCES.
WE'RE COORDINATING WITH ALL THE EXISTING EFFORTS.
WE'RE TALKING TO DIFFERENT FOLKS, SUCH AS YOURSELF AND DESIGNING AN OUTREACH CAMPAIGN THAT INCLUDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
AFTER THIS RFP, WE'VE BEEN MAKING REQUESTS TO TRY TO GET A HOLD OF, UM, CITY OWNED SITES FOR A SECOND RFP.
SOME OF THOSE SITES WERE MENTIONED IN RESOLUTIONS AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY TO TRY TO UNLOCK THOSE AND RELOCATE FACILITIES THAT ARE THERE IN ORDER TO CREATE MORE SPACES.
UM, THAT WOULD BE VERY EFFECTIVE WAY, UM, TO MAKE DOLLARS GO FURTHER.
AND THEN AS WE'RE WORKING IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS, UM, THIS IS LONGER TERM TO CREATE NEW VENUES.
UM, THAT WOULD BE MUCH CHEAPER TO CREATE WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION.
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE BUYING WHOLESALE INSTEAD OF BUYING RETAIL.
SO THOSE ARE TWO INITIATIVES THAT FOLLOW ON.
UM, WE'RE ABOUT 30 SECONDS OVER HERE, SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? WHAT'S YOUR POLAR, CAN YOU GUYS MAKE SURE THAT THAT DECK IS AVAILABLE TO BOTH COMMISSIONS? PRETTY PLEASED.
SO THERE WAS ONE THING I WANTED TO MAKE, MAKE CLEAR, AND, AND I SAID THIS AT, UH, AT THE ART COMMISSION PRESENTATION THAT YOU PROVIDED, BUT, UM, WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND, UH, MOSTLY IN CONVERSATION WITH CHRISTINE MAGUIRE, UH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IDENTIFYING, UH, WELL, FIRST THAT IT IS NOT A GRANTING PROGRAM, RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST APPLY FOR THIS MONEY AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BUILD, BUILD WHAT YOU WILL LIKE.
SO WE HAD TO STRUCTURE IT IN A WAY THAT, THAT WE COULD MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AROUND
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THE BOND, UM, AND IN DOING SO WE IDENTIFIED THAT WE WOULD NEED TO FIGURE OUT THREE PLAYERS, RIGHT? THREE, UM, COMPONENTS, THE, THE FACILITIES MANAGER, THE, THE CONTRACTOR TO, TO ACTUALLY BUILD IT.AND THEN, UM, I ALWAYS FORGET THAT THERE ARE ONE DONE OPERATIONS.
UM, I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, RIGHT.
AND SO THAT WAS BEFORE THE AEDC AND NOW THAT THE AEDC IS INVOLVED, THE ADC IS TAKING THE ROLE OF FACILITY MANAGER AND, AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR COST SAVINGS OR SHARED COSTS.
AND THE CREATIVE SPACE ONE HAS BECOME A SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THE AEDC TO DO THE WORK OF, OF WHAT THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND IS INTENDED TO DO, BUT ALSO THE WORK OF THE CULTURAL TRUST.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IS THAT CORRECT? I, WHAT YOU SAID IS CORRECT COMMISSIONER.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS TO MAKE SURE IT'S REALLY CLEAR ONE.
UM, IS THAT THE, UM, WAY THAT CAPITAL IS DEPLOYED, OFTEN THESE BONDS ARE DEPLOYED.
UM, IN OTHER PLACES, HAVING AN ADC IS A HUGE COST SAVING MEASURE.
AND AS YOU START ADDING MORE AND MORE FACILITIES, IT GETS MORE AND MORE OF A COST SAVING.
UM, ALSO IN, UM, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THERE WAS AN IDEA TO GET AN ADDITIONAL OUTSIDE CONSULTANT AND ALSO A BROKER.
YOU WON'T NEED THOSE THINGS WITH THE ADC WILL FUNCTION IN ALL THOSE ROLES.
WE CALCULATE, IT COULD SAVE A MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE.
UM, IT'S NOT IN FUNCTIONING THOSE ROLES.
IT DOESN'T GET PAID THE SAME WAY AS THOSE OTHER OUTSIDE GROUPS WOULD.
SO, UM, IT GETS PAID THE SAME AMOUNT, NO MATTER WHAT.
SO IT'S A MUCH CHEAPER, UM, ALTERNATIVE, AND WE THINK IT'S EFFECTIVE.
I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THE CULTURAL TRUST IS A BROADER THING THAN THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND.
THE CULTURAL TRUST IS A LOT OF INITIATIVES OF WHICH ONE OF THEM IS THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND AND PICKING UP WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED ALREADY BY THE CREATIVE, UM, COMMUNITIES, UM, TO HELP IMPLEMENT THAT IN A WAY THAT MIGHT BE MORE EFFICIENT, MEANING SAVE MONEY.
AND IN ADDITION, THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES OF MONEY THAT ARE GOING TO COME IN AND OTHER LOCATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO COME IN, THIS IS NOT ONE AND DONE.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN ONGOING CAMPAIGN TO BUILD PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE CITY OVER THE TERM, LIKE A LAND TRUST.
SO IT'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT THERE'S SOME EFFICIENCY GAINED IN DOING IT IN AN RFP COMMISSIONER FLORES.
AND THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, MATTHEW, UH, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT, I GUESS, THAT I HAD ASKED AT THE ARTS COMMISSION MEETING AS WELL, UH, IN TERMS OF THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND FUNDS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE BY THE JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSION.
UM, THE RFQ IS GOING TO, UH, REFLECT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE BY OUR WORKING GROUP IN TERMS OF THE EQUITY FEATURES THAT WE, UH, PRIORITIZE AS WELL AS THE AMENITIES FEATURES AND LOCATIONS THAT WE ALSO PRIORITIZE.
SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ROLLED INTO THE RFQ SO THAT WE ENSURE THAT THE $12 MILLION BOND THAT WE AS TO GROW AS THIS JOINT GROUP MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TYPES OF FACILITIES, UH, THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, WE SAT THROUGH HOURS AND MEETINGS OF INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRES, EVERYTHING, AND WE TOOK A LOT OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION OVER LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
CHUCK, I WAS ON THAT WORKING GROUP AND AS WAS I AND, AND OTHERS, AND, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THOSE IN FACT WILL BE, UH, UTILIZE AND ARE BEING UTILIZED TO HELP SHAPE A PART AT LEAST OF THE RFQ THAT WILL DEAL WITH THE $12 MILLION BOND FOR THESE FACILITIES.
I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THAT QUESTION AGAIN.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY AGAIN THAT THERE'S ALSO ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT MIGHT NOT BE UNDER THAT SAME CRITERIA, BUT FOR THAT MONEY, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE CASE.
AND, UH, UH, THE CRITERIA WILL BE IN THERE AND THERE ALSO WILL BE A SELECTION COMMITTEE OF WHICH I AM NOT ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE.
UM, WE REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO APPLY TO THE SELECTION COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY WILL BE THE INTERPRETERS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE CRITERIA ARE MET.
SO THE CRITERIA WILL BE SET OUT AS YOU DESCRIBED, AND THEN THERE'LL BE A COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE THAT RANK THEIR PROPOSALS BASED ON THAT CRITERIA.
YOU KNOW, THERE NEVER IS ENOUGH MONEY INITIALLY.
SO SOME THINGS WON'T GET FUNDED AND PEOPLE WILL BE UPSET.
I THINK THAT, UH, THERE WILL BE MORE FUNDING AFTER THAT.
I HOPE AND MORE FACILITIES, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET
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A GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROCESS FOR YEARS TO BE ON THAT SELECTION COMMITTEE.THAT WOULD BE REALLY IDEAL BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT IT AND IT WON'T BE ME OR CONSULTANTS, BUT YOU WANT IT TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS AND THE PEOPLE SO THAT, UM, YOU GET THE GOOD OUTCOMES THAT YOU WANT.
IF I MAY, JUST IN TERMS OF THE DRAFTING OF THE RFQ, UM, THOSE THINGS ARE BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S MORE THAN ONE, UH, BUCKET OF MONEY FOR SIMPLIFICATION THAT ARE AVAILABLE, BUT FOR THESE PARTICULAR TWO, THEY EACH HAVE INDIVIDUALIZED CRITERIA THAT WERE SET AND IT'S GOING TO BE SORT OF MERGED INTO ONE BIG ONE.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SPENDING THE 12 MILLION, UH, BOND MONEY, CERTAIN CRITERIA WILL APPLY.
AND THEN THE OTHER ICONIC VENUE, MANY OTHER CRITERIA WILL BE AT, OR PLUS, OR MINUS OR WHATEVER.
UH, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'LL BE, I GUESS, CLOSE TO THE SAME, UH, MORE OR LESS QUALIFICATIONS.
I THINK, I, I THINK I FORGOT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY AFTER THAT.
LET ME JUST, LET ME JUST COMMENT THAT WHAT YOU SAID IS CORRECT, AND JUST TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR.
THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND CRITERIA WERE CREATED FROM THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DID.
THERE WAS NOT LIKE A DIFFERENT SET OF CRITERIA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IN ADDITION, THE ICONIC VENUE FUND, THE COUNCIL GAVE SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR THAT.
SO THERE'S A CHANCE THAT SOMEONE COULD MEET BOTH CRITERIA IN WHICH CASE THEY COULD GET ACCESS TO BOTH MONEY.
AND THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THEY MIGHT ONLY MEET ONE OF THE CRITERIA, WHICH THEY ONLY GET ACCESS TO THAT MONEY.
IN ADDITION, THERE'S PUBLIC, WE OWN SPACES THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE, WHICH THE USE OF THOSE IS ESSENTIALLY JUST LIKE MONEY BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY THEM NECESSARILY.
UM, AND THERE'S A CHANCE FOR SUBSIDIZED, UM, FUNDING FROM THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY AND OTHERS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE AS WELL AS SERVICES, UM, THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE.
AND WE'LL WALK EVERYONE THROUGH THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE ME, BUT AEDC STAFF WILL WALK THROUGH PEOPLE IN THOSE SESSIONS THAT I SAID WE WOULD HAVE.
WE'LL TAKE EACH PERSON THAT WANTS TO APPLY, OR EACH ORGANIZATION WILL SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND EXPLAIN TO THEM WHETHER THEY QUALIFY FOR ONE OR THE OTHER, IF THEY NEED TO PARTNER WITH SOMEONE, WE'LL HAVE A MEETING WHERE THEY CAN MEET OTHER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PARTNER.
WE'RE GOING TO HOLD EVERYONE'S HAND ALL THE WAY THROUGH, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND IT'S COMPLICATED, BUT IT'S A WAY TO GET PEOPLE ALL WORKING TOGETHER AND GET THE BEST OUTCOME THAT WE THINK WE CAN GET LIKE COMMISSIONER MA.
SO, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, A COMMITTEE, UH, SET UP TO ADDRESS THE PURPOSE AND THE NEEDS OF THAT 12 MILLION BOND MONEY.
AND SO I AM WONDERING, UH, WHEN YOU SEND OUT THE I'LL F Q THE LANGUAGE THAT IS ON THE APP QUEUE, UM, COULD IT BE, UM, MAYBE, UH, OUR PREVIOUS COMMITTEE MEMBERS CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UH, THE INTENT OF THE BOND WAS INCLUDED IN THE RFQ.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT, THAT THE, THE, THE, THE LANGUAGE IN THE IFQ, SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
WE HAVEN'T SHARED THE LANGUAGE FOR THE RFI RFP, I'M CALLING IT.
RFQ IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, BUT THIS WE'RE CURRENTLY PLANNING ON FOR THIS TO BE AN RFP.
IT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR WITH THE LANGUAGE, SO NO ONE COULD BE CONFUSED IF THEY'RE GEARING LATER.
UM, AND, UH, WHAT WE HAVE TO NAVIGATE IN DOING THAT IS, FIRST OF ALL, WE WOULD NEED THE APPROVAL OF OUR BOARD TO DO THAT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC, BUT ANYONE THAT REVIEWS THE LANGUAGE OF QUALIFICATIONS OF AN RFP OR PROCUREMENT CAN'T APPLY FOR THE MONEY.
SO, UM, THAT'S INDEED WHY WE CREATED THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND I AM SAYING AGAIN, WE REALLY HOPE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THAT JUST JOIN THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THEN YES, THEY'RE REVIEWING THE WHOLE RFP.
UM, WE'RE USING THAT HELP AND WE WOULD LOVE MORE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
I THINK WE CAN TAKE BACK TO OUR BOARD IF THEY WANT TO DO A SHARING WITH THAT OTHER GROUP.
I DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT COULDN'T HAPPEN.
I JUST AM NOT AUTHORIZED TO COMMIT TO THAT.
NO, I I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, TO, UM, BEFORE THAT, BECAUSE SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE A COMMITTEE, I THINK IT'S THREE, FOUR PEOPLE, UH, WHO HAS SAT ON THE COMMITTEE AND HAVE WORKED VERY HARD, YOU KNOW, UH, TO COME UP WITH, WITH
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LIVE THE PURPOSE AND THE GOALS, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR THE 12 MILLION BOND.SO I WAS WONDERING, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE INTERESTED TO APPLY, UH, BUT IF THEY ARE NOT, WOULD IT BE OKAY OR APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT BEFORE WE SEND OUT AN RFP, RFP, THAT THE INTENT IS INCLUDED IN THE LANGUAGE, I'M JUST TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE.
SO I THINK LULU AND, UM, I MEAN, THE COMMISSION OF FOREST AND COMMISSIONABLE GUARD, BOTH OF YOU WERE, AND MAYBE COMMISSION A BOND TO, UH, ON THAT COMMITTEE.
YOU GIVE, YOU, YOU HAVE, YOU MIGHT APPLY FOR, FOR THE RFP THAT IT MIGHT HAVE CONFLICT, IF NOT, THEN I THINK, UM, JUST, JUST TO AVOID, UM, TO AVOID, YOU KNOW, UH, WE PAIRING, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE ROAD THAT MAYBE TO HAVE THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT FIRST, MAYBE
UH, BEFORE ANYONE SAYS ANYTHING ELSE? UH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
LET'S DISCUSS THAT IN NEW BUSINESS.
UM, AND, UH, SHAKA THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU IS LIKE, CAN LET'S LET'S MOVE ON.
WE'LL WE'LL, LET'S ASK EVERYBODY TO WRITE DOWN THEIR QUESTIONS.
IF THEY STILL HAVE LINGERING QUESTIONS, LET'S ASK STAFF TO HANG ON TO THE COO ON THE CALL, BUT LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.
I MEAN, THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.
THANKS EVERYBODY FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
UM, HOPE EVERYBODY LISTENING IS LEARNING MORE TODAY ABOUT ALL THIS GREAT WORK THAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN IN AUSTIN NEED MUCH, MUCH NEEDED.
OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO BE,
[2b.Hotel Occupancy Tax Update – Sylnovia Holt-Rabb, Acting Director of theEconomic Development Department]
UM, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX UPDATE.SO NOVIA HOLT, ROB ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU COULD BRING UP MY PRESENTATION, I WILL TRY TO GO SLOW YET QUICK THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING TO BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FOR ALL THREE DIVISIONS MUSIC DIVISION, WHICH OVERSEES THE LIVE MUSIC, FUN HERITAGE TOURISM AND THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION FUND.
JUST WANT TO REMIND THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE PUBLIC THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S FISCAL YEAR BEGINS OCTOBER ONE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THE NEXT YEAR.
ALL OF THESE FUNDS ARE APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
WHEN THE FUNDS ARE PRESENTED, THE REVENUE SIDE IS AN ESTIMATE.
AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN THESE FUNDS ARE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, THEY ARE ESTIMATING THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT MAY COME IN IN A PARTICULAR YEAR.
SO LET'S START WITH THE LAG MUSIC FUND.
IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2019, THE ACTUALLY THAT HAVE BEEN COLLECTED, AND THIS IS AN AUDITED NUMBER AND CAN BE FOUND IN OUR CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS ACTUALLY 1.7.
THE ESTIMATE THAT WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH BEGAN OCTOBER 1ST, 2020, AND IT ENDS SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021 IS APPROXIMATELY $1.1 MILLION.
AND THAT IS IN COLUMN NUMBER THREE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.
THIS SAYS ESTIMATED COLUMN NUMBER FOUR THAT SAYS AMENDED IS WHAT COUNCIL APPROVED AT THE TIME OF BUDGET APPROVAL IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
SO COUNCIL APPROVED AN ESTIMATE OF 2.2, BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN IN A PANDEMIC AND OLYMPIC TRAVEL.
SO IT'S ESTIMATED THAT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021, WE WILL HAVE COLLECTED $1.1 MILLION.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE PUBLIC HAVE NOT PRESENTED ANY GUIDELINES FOR THIS FUND.
WE HAVE NOT SPENT ANY MONEY FROM THIS FUND.
YOU WILL BE BRINGING GUIDELINES BACK BEFORE THE WORKING GROUP AND THE MUSIC COMMISSION PRIOR TO TAKING THEM TO COUNCIL.
AND THE DIVISION MANAGERS WILL SPEAK TO ALL THREE.
BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE REVENUES FOR ALL OF THESE FUNDS
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ARE ALWAYS ACCRUED AS AN ESTIMATE.NEXT YEAR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING A SPENDING FRAMEWORK OUT OF THIS BUN OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THAT IS IN THE FOURTH COLUMN, MINE CALLED PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
IT HAS ESTIMATED AGAIN, THE REVENUE FOR NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS THEN THE LAST COLUMN WE'RE ESTIMATING AT 1.5.
BUT AGAIN, YOU'RE STILL IN A PANDEMIC OR STILL TRYING TO GET THE NUMBERS UNDER CONTROL SO THAT PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH TRAVEL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AGAIN, I WANT TO REPEAT THIS FUN.
YOU HAVE NOT SPENT ANY MONEY OUT OF IT.
WE ARE WORKING ON THE GUIDELINES AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE BACK.
COMMISSIONER FLORES HAS HER HAND UP JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
SO THE, SO THE LIVE MUSIC FUND FUNDS COME FROM WHEN THEY APPROVE THE, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CONVENTION CENTER.
THIS IS WHY THE GUIDELINES THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AND IT'S MONEY IT'S TO BE USED PROSPECTIVELY BECAUSE THOSE, UH, THAT'S MONEY THAT'S COMING IN THROUGH THAT, UH, THAT IS CORRECT.
THE, UM, AS PART OF THE EXPANSION, THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL 2 CENTS ADDED TO THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
15% OF THAT GOES ON AND 15% GOES INTO HERITAGE.
AND, AND, UH, JUST TO ADD ON COMMISSIONER FLORES THAT LIKE WE HAD A WHOLE WORKING GROUP THAT CAME UP WITH, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW TO, TO ADMINISTER THAT MONEY AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND ALSO TALK FOR MONTHS ABOUT EQUITY, UM, NOT IN AN OVERLAY, BUT A DIRECT EQUITY INPUT, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW TO, UM, DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS.
AND ALL OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
THIS IS OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND.
AND THIS FUND, ALTHOUGH YOU SEE ACTUALS FROM 2018 THROUGH 19, THIS IS STILL A RELATIVELY NEW FUND.
AND AGAIN, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS ALLOCATED THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT TO HERITAGE TOURISM.
THIS FUN, UM, HAS, UM, ENGAGED, UM, CONTRACTED FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS IN F Y 19 AND 20, WHICH IS THE FIRST COLUMN FROM THE LEFT.
AND THE SECOND COLUMN FROM THE LEFT.
NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE THIRD COLUMN, WHICH IS THE ESTIMATE, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC.
AND SO THE REVENUE THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL WAS AN ESTIMATE, AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO REALIZE THAT THE ESTIMATE IS REFLECTING A 5.9 REVENUE, UH, ACHIEVEMENT, HOPEFULLY BY SEPTEMBER 30TH.
BUT IF YOU LOOK IN THE FOURTH COLUMN, YOU HAD APPROVE A $10 MILLION BUDGET.
SO YOU CAN SEE JUST LIKE THE LIVE MUSIC FUND ABOUT HALF OF THAT IS COMING IN.
WE HAVE COMMITTED TO HOLDING ALL THE CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN EXECUTED AND THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION, OH, THERE IS A LINE ITEM OR A PROPERTY ACQUISITION THAT FOLLOWS THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION GUIDELINES.
IF THAT OCCURS, THIS FUND COULD GO NEGATIVE TO THE TUNE OF $2.3 MILLION.
AGAIN, THE THIRD COLUMN FROM THE LEFT, IF WE HOLD, UM, COMMIT TO ALL CONTRACTS AND ACQUISITION, THIS FUND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GO NEGATIVE 2.3.
IF THAT OCCURS THAT NEGATIVE WILL BE CARRIED FORWARD TO NEXT FISCAL YEAR, IT IS ESTIMATED AGAIN, REVENUES ARE AN ESTIMATE BASED ON TRAVEL.
PEOPLE STAYED IN A HOTEL, STAYED IN A HOTEL ONLY ABOUT $8 MILLION.
SO WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A VERY ROBUST PROGRAM.
WE'RE ONLY SHOWING AN EXPENDITURE OF ABOUT 4.1 MILLION.
AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE, ALWAYS WORK ON THE REVENUES BASED ON AN ESTIMATE, BE COMMITTED TO KEEP ALL CONTRACTS WHOLE FOR HERITAGE AND CULTURAL ARTS THIS YEAR.
SO IF WE FULFILL ALL OBLIGATIONS, IT'S FUN.
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PLEASE.ART SPEND SAME CONCEPT, SAME PRINCIPLES.
YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL STARTING LEFT TO RIGHT OR F Y 1908 F Y 20.
NOW WE COME TO THE CURRENT YEAR AGAIN, COVID WE THOUGHT BASED ON PRETTY COBIT THAT WE WOULD BRING IN ABOUT 7.7 MILLION.
WE'RE ACTUALLY, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BRING IN 3.8.
WE COMMITTED AGAIN TO HOLDING ALL CONTRACTS, MAKING THEM WHOLE, IF YOU FILED ALL YOUR PAPERWORK, EVERYTHING YOU WILL GET PAID, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THIS FUND WILL END THE FISCAL YEAR OR A MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.
THE FOLLOWING YEAR IS ESTIMATED AGAIN, REVENUES.
OUR ESTIMATE THAT WE WILL ONLY BRING IN 5.4 MILLION, WHICH WILL ONLY LEAVE ABOUT A MILLION TO DISPERSE AND LEAVING US WITH A SMALL BALANCE.
AGAIN, I WANT TO RE ITERATE AGAIN.
REVENUES ARE AN ESTIMATE, BUT WE DID COMMIT TO KEEPING ALL THE CONTRACTS HOLD.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW WE WENT OVER THIS THOROUGHLY LAST MONTH WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION.
THIS IS A VISUAL OF ACTUAL RE UH, BOTH TO OCCUPANCY TAX RECEIPTS FOR ALL OF THE BUTTONS.
UM, CULTURE ARTS IS REFLECTED IN BLUE HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
THE MAIN HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS ORANGE AND THEN FUNDS FOR THE LAG MUSIC FUND OR IN GRAY FROM THE 2% AND FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UH, YELLOW.
AND THIS IS JUST A VISUAL FOR YOU TO SEE.
AND THE REASON WHY I WANTED YOU TO SEE THIS IS IF YOU LOOK AT F Y 22 PROJECTED OUT, WE STILL WOULD NOT HAVE TO F Y 16.
ACTUALLY, I JUST WANT YOU TO VISUALLY SEE THIS PICTURE, THAT 15, WE GO UP TO 19 AND WE DROP 2021.
AND THEN FOR THE PROJECTIONS VRS, IT IS PROJECTED THAT WE WILL COME BACK, BUT EVEN BY F Y 26, WE MAY NOT BE AT THE F Y 16 LEVEL.
I JUST WANT TO ALSO CAUTION EVERY YEAR.
WE REALLY LOOK AT ALL THE EVENTS, THINGS THAT MAY BE OCCURRING, AND WE ADJUST THIS.
SO IT IS OUR HOPE THAT FYI 23, WHEN I COME BACK NEXT YEAR TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT FIVE-YEAR PLAN, THAT, THAT BOT THAT, UM, OUR TRY WILL BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT AGAIN, THIS VISUAL NOW, AND EVEN BY 2016, WE WILL NOT BE BACK TO THE 2015, 16 LEVELS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID ON MARCH 23RD, OUR CHIEF ECONOMIC RECOVERY OFFICER, VERONICA PRESIDIO PRESENTED A SPENDING FRAMEWORK OR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
AND THIS FRAMEWORK, WE PRESENTED FUNDS TO CLOSE THE GAP IN CULTURAL ARTS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN LIVE MUSIC FUND, AS WELL AS THE CONVENTION CENTER.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CREATIVES.
UM, BUT THIS HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL, BUT WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, THIS SLIDE ONLY HAS TO DO WITH CLOSING THE GAP AND THE FUNDS NEXT LIE.
IN ADDITION TO CLOSING THE GAP, WE ALSO PRESENTED AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION AROUND, UM, OTHER CREATIVE RELATED PROGRAMS. UM, AND SO WE, UM, POSITION, UH, ANOTHER CREATIVE WORKER RELIEF GRANT, BUT AGAIN, OUTSOLE APPRECIATED OUR WORK, BUT WE WERE DIRECTED TO GO BACK TO FOCUS ON TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECTS, AND WE HOPE TO BE BRINGING BACK A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT AGAIN, JUST WANT TO REITERATE THESE FUNDS REVENUE ARE BASED ON AN ESTIMATE AND SINCE THE IMPACT OF COVID,
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WE JUST HAVE NOT REALIZED THOSE REVENUES, BUT, UM, THINGS SEEM TO BE ON THE REBOUND IN TERMS OF INDIVIDUALS TRAVELING.AND AGAIN, WE HOPE THAT WE CAN GET BACK TO THOSE PRE PEGGED LEVELS.
AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUSINESS.
I'LL JUST SAY, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO GET THE CULTURAL FUNDING AND THEN WE'LL TAKE HER QUESTIONS AND NEW BUSINESS.
I LIKED THE IDEA OF THE ARTISTS MUSIC OR MUSIC REGISTRY.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT STEP FORWARD.
SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL COME ON FORWARD WITH THAT.
UH, CAN YOU JUST READ IT FOR ME? HOW MANY I'M SORRY.
[2c.Cultural Funding Review Process Update – Meghan Wells, Cultural Arts DivisionManager and Erica Shamaly, Music and Entertainment Division Manager i.Current Year ii.Review Process update]
SEE IS THE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS UPDATE WITH MEGAN WELLS AND ERIC.I WILL JUST DO A BRIEF RECAP OF THE REPORT THAT I GAVE TO THE ARTS COMMISSION LAST AT THEIR LAST MEETING.
AND AS WE SHARED THEM, THE THREE DIVISIONS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL ARTS, MUSIC, AND ENTERTAINMENT, HERITAGE TOURISM HAVE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED OUR WORK ON THE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS AND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPOSED FUNDING PROGRAM OF THESE PROPOSED FUNDING PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN AWAITING MORE FINAL BUDGET ESTIMATES ON THE HOT FUND FOR NEXT YEAR, WHICH AS YOU'VE JUST HEARD FROM SYLVIA, WE HAVE RECEIVED DURING THIS PAUSE IN OUR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT PROCESS STAFF AND THE CULTURAL FUNDING AND THE HERITAGE TOURISM PROGRAMS FOCUSED FULLY ON CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION TO CLEAR THE BACKLOG OF PENDING CONTRACT ITEMS FROM OUR CONTRACTORS, ENSURING THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD PAYMENTS THROUGH OUR FINANCE TEAM AND THE PURCHASING OFFICE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY CORRECTIONS OR MISSING ITEMS ARE ADDRESSED BY OUR CONTRACTOR SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED WITH PAYMENTS.
IN ADDITION TO THE CONTRACT PROCESSING THAT THE CULTURAL FUNDING TEAM HAS BEEN DOING, WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO CONFIRM THE AVAILABILITY OF CONTRACT AMENDMENT OPTIONS FOR CONTRACTORS, WISHING TO EXTEND THE USE OF THEIR AWARDS INTO NEXT YEAR SHIFT THEIR ACTIVITIES OR EVENTS OR PIVOT TO VIRTUAL.
IF CONTRACTORS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE AMENDMENT OPTIONS, THE CULTURAL FUNDING STAFF AND THE HERITAGE TOURISM STAFF ARE AVAILABLE BY EMAIL, PHONE ZOOM, OR OUR VIRTUAL OPEN OFFICE HOURS.
AND THAT'S MY REPORT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, FYI 21 CONTRACTS, I WILL NOW, UH, PRESENT A LITTLE BIT INFORMATION ABOUT OUR CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PAST FOUR TO SIX WEEKS.
THE CITY'S BUDGET OFFICE JUST ISSUED THIS MORNING FINANCIAL FORECAST TO CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK.
AND IT CAN BE FOUND ONLINE UNDER THE CITY MEMOS.
SO NOVIA WHOLE RAB HAS JUST SHARED INFORMATION WITH YOU ABOUT THIS FORECAST AND HOW IT AFFECTS OUR CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS.
HOWEVER, AT THIS POINT WE DO NOT YET HAVE A PROPOSED TIMELINE OR CONFIRMED PROGRAM INFORMATION TO WITH YOU OR THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE ARE NOW WORKING THROUGH WHAT OUR BUDGET ESTIMATE MIGHT FEASIBLY ALLOW US TO SHARE BACK OUT FOR DISCUSSION WITH YOU AS COMMISSIONERS AND THE COMMUNITY.
SOON, WE WILL NOT BE OPENING UP APPLICATIONS UNTIL WE ARE READY TO PROCEED WITH PROGRAMS. AND THAT MEANS THAT OUR TIMELINE WILL NOT LOOK LIKE IT HAS IN PAST YEARS AS PART OF OUR RE-IMAGINING OF A MORE EQUITABLE FUNDING SYSTEM.
WE ARE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS PRESENTS TO US, NOT LIMITATIONS THAT SAID WE ARE TRYING TO FIND EVERY AVAILABLE DOLLAR AND RESOURCE.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR CAPACITY BUILDING TO KEEP ARTS AND CULTURE BUSINESSES VIABLE.
NOTHING HAS BEEN DECIDED AT THIS POINT.
AND WE VALUE THE CONVERSATION WE PLAN TO HAVE WITH YOU AS A COMMISSION AND OUR CULTURAL COMMUNITY.
AS PARTNERS IN THIS WORK, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO OUR EQUITY LENS AND HOW WE MIGHT BUILD ON THE PROGRESS WE'VE ACHIEVED TOGETHER IN THE PAST TWO YEARS OF THIS PROCESS, AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, MARGIE REESE ASKED US IN A PREVIOUS COMMUNITY MEETING TO GIVE VOICE TO WHAT A THRIVING CULTURAL SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE.
AS WE TRY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION IN THE MIDST OF AN UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL PANDEMIC, WE WANT TO HEAR ALL VOICES, THANK YOU FOR A MEANING VESTED IN THIS SHARED WORK.
AND WE WILL POST AGENDAS FOR ANY FUTURE MEETINGS WITH ITEMS ON THIS, AS IT BECOMES CLEAR AS TO OUR TIMELINE, YOU TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR, UH, ALLOW ERICA TO CHIME IN TO SHARE ANYTHING SHE'D LIKE, HELLO EVERYBODY.
UH, ERIC IS FAMILY, UH, DIVISION MANAGER FOR MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.
WE WILL BE IN TANDEM WITH THE REST OF THE DIVISIONS ON THIS TIMELINE.
SO PLEASE STAY, JUST KNOW THAT NO MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT FROM THE LIVE MUSIC FUNDS SINCE
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IT WAS DESIGNATED IN SEPTEMBER, 2019.SO, UH, WE'RE IN BETTER SHAPE AND THAT WE WON'T BE GOING NEGATIVE SINCE WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY EXPENDITURES YET.
SO, UM, AGAIN, AS MEGAN SAID, JUST BEAR WITH US THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WE WILL BE BACK IN TOUCH AS SOON AS WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE BUDGET.
AND WE JUST THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND ALSO YOUR WORK, UH, THAT WORK WILL BE REPRESENTED IN A LOT OF MUSIC FUND GUIDELINES, BOTH FROM THE LIVE MUSIC FUND WORKING GROUP AND THE SYSTEMIC RACISM WORKING GROUP.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, UH, AND MORE TO COME.
A QUICK QUESTION FOR MEGAN, UM, ON THE CONTRACT EXTENSION, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THAT JUST MEANS THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SPEND THEIR FYE 21 MONEY THROUGH FYI 22, IF THEY SHOW CHOOSE TO DO PROGRAMMING IN THAT YEAR.
SO THEY GIVES THEM BASICALLY MORE TIME IN CASE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR PROGRAMS DONE.
UM, UH, YOU WANT TO TAKE US INTO THE NEXT, ALL RIGHT.
SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
[3a.i.Austin Economic Development Corporation (AEDC)]
THREE 81 IS A DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE AEDC.UH, AND AS YOU MAY RECALL, COMMISSIONER MACH WAS ASKING A QUESTION REGARDING MEMBERS, UH, OF THE JOINT CREATIVE SPACE BOND WORKING GROUP TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW, UM, THE RFP.
UH, AND SO, YEAH, LET'S, LET'S PICK UP WHERE, WHERE YOU LEFT OFF COMMISSIONER MACH.
UH, I THINK, UH, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, UH, MATTHEW QUIETNESS TO SAY THE CO, UH, WAS THAT THOSE MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP ARE WELCOME TO JOIN THE, THE, UM, THE SEA-TAC THE CULTURAL TRUST COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THERE IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE GUIDELINES BEFOREHAND BECAUSE THAT COMMITTEE IS GOING TO HELP DRAFT THEM.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT THEN JOIN THAT COMMITTEE, SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY HELP DRAFT THEM AND, AND CONFIRM THAT THAT THE, THE WORK THAT WE DID IS INCLUDED.
THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
STAFF HAD WANT TO CONFIRM THAT, UH, CHAIR, THIS IS DAVID COLLAGEN.
WHAT I'LL DO IS REACH OUT TO THE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO JOIN THIS ADVISORY BOARD.
UH, SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN THAT FASHION, IF THEY WOULD LIKE, SO I'LL BE DOING THAT.
I'LL WORK WITH STAFF, UH, TOMORROW TO GET THAT DONE QUESTION.
QUESTION JUST THE TIME COMMISSIONER FLORES, HOLD ON, COMMISSIONER MOCK.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK DAVID, THEN REACH OUT TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FLORES.
REGARDING THE TIME COMMITMENT.
SO I THINK, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER MARK'S QUESTION WAS, WOULD THE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OR COULD THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE RFP PRIOR TO IT BEING RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC? UH, SO THAT TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS, UM, THE THINGS THAT WERE WORKED ON BY THE WORKING GROUP WOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE RFP WITH, UH, I JUST HAVE A CONCERN, I WAS READING WHAT THE QUALIFICATIONS WERE OR THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SERVING ON THE SEA-TAC AND IT SAYS IT MEETS EVERY TWO WEEKS, OR IS IT EVERY OTHER MONTH OR Y YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN, AND WHAT IS THE TIME REQUIREMENT? AND IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT TO COMMIT TO WHEN YOU'RE OUT, WE'RE ALREADY ON, UH, A BUNCH OF WORKING GROUPS ON THE ARTS COMMISSION AND ON THE ARTS COMMISSION AND I'M, UH, OTHER DAY JOBS.
SO, UM, THAT'S THE CLARIFICATION THAT I NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT THE TIME COMMITMENT WAS.
AND IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE INPUT WITHOUT HAVING TO FULLY COMMIT? UM, AGAIN, DAVID COLLAGEN, OUR ADVISORY BOARD IS MEETING ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW INFORMATION AND ALSO TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK OR GUIDANCE FOR THE CRAFTING OF THE RFP.
I WOULD IMAGINE THOSE MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE RFP IS ISSUED.
UH, AND TYPICALLY THOSE MEETINGS RUN ABOUT ONE HOUR INLAND.
UM, SOMETIMES LESS, UH, WE WILL DISCUSS HOW IT IS.
WE WILL LOOK TO INTEGRATE ADDITIONAL BOARD MEMBERS, UH, AND I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE, THE JOINT COMMITTEE, UM, THAT HAS WORKED ON THIS OR THE JOINT WORKING GROUP APOLOGIES, UH, TO SEE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO, TO INTERACT OR TO JOIN.
UH, AND THEN WE WILL BE DISCUSSING HOW IT IS THOSE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE REVIEWING THE RFP.
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DAVID.UM, CAN YOU TELL ME AND THE FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING, UM, PARTICIPATING REMOTELY ON THIS CALL WHEN THAT TECH, UH, COMMITTEE MEETS, I KNOW IT'S EVERY TWO WEEKS, BUT WHAT, WHAT DAY AND TIME, ONE SECOND, I'LL HAVE TO PULL UP MY CALENDAR TO SEE THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN I HAVE ONE FOLLOW-UP TO THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO ASK YOUR FOLLOW-UP QUESTION IN MY LIFE, THERE ARE SEVERAL MEMBERS, FOLKS WHO WERE MEMBERS OF THE JOINT ARTS MUSIC WORKING GROUP ON THE BOND LANGUAGE, WHO ARE NO LONGER COMMISSIONERS, BUT WHO I WOULD LOVE US TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT, TO, TO INVITE THEM TO PARTICIPATE.
CAN WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN TO YOU? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
IF I CAN GET A LIST OF, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS FROM YOU, OR I CAN WORK WITH STAFF TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT THAT INFORMATION, AND WE'LL BE SURE TO DISTRIBUTE THE INFORMATION, UH, OUR GROUP WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET THIS THURSDAY, BUT SINCE WE ARE STILL RECEIVING FEEDBACK, WE ARE LOOKING TO RESCHEDULE THAT MEETING.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE THE WORKING GROUP OR THE ADVISORY BOARD OR RECONVENE EITHER ON THE SIXTH OR THE 13TH OF MAY, WHAT TIME OF DAY? UH, WE'VE A MEETING IN THE AFTERNOONS.
UH, I THINK AROUND ONE OR 2:00 PM.
THE, MY ONLY NOTE WOULD BE TO FOR INCLUSION PURPOSES BECAUSE LOTS OF FOLKS HAVE DAY JOBS, BUT WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE IF THERE'S ANY ABILITY TO SLIDE THOSE MEETINGS LATER IN THE DAY.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO.
AND TH THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE OVERALL H E D C KIND OF OVERSIGHT GROUP.
AM I CORRECT? WE ARE GOING TO BE CONNECTING WITH AEDC BOARD MEMBERS NOW THAT WE'VE JUST ONBOARDED OUR NEW REPRESENTATION, AS YOU'RE AWARE, UH, BOTH COMMISSIONS HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO REPRESENTS, UH, THEIR COMMUNITIES ON THE BOARD.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS, FROM THE BOARD TO BE CO-CHAIRS OF THIS CULTURAL TRUST BOARD AS IT MOVES FORWARD, UH, BUT WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THOSE, UH, THOSE BOARD MEMBERS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING INFORMATION BACK TO THE FULL BOARD, TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM OF WORK IN THE FUTURE.
AND WHAT I'M SAYING, I MIGHT BE MISUNDERSTANDING, BUT I THINK, UM, A FEW MEETINGS AGO, OR MAYBE IT'S THE LAST MEETING, GIVE US, UH, SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE COULD BE INVITED TO, TO KIND OF BE AT THOSE MEETINGS.
AND I WAS LIKE A SEPARATE APPLICATION, OR AM I CONFUSING, CONFUSING THOSE THINGS? UH, PEOPLE CAN BE INVITED TO ALL OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE OPEN MEETINGS.
UH, THE ONLY MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY HAVE HAD CLOSED SESSIONS HAVE BEEN WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE RFP.
IF I COULD JUMP IN JUST FOR ONE SECOND, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER, YOU WERE ALSO ASKING SOMETHING WE REFER TO IN THE LAST BOARD MEETING IS THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS OF AGC CAN AUTOMATICALLY BE ON THE SEA-TAC.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO APPLY AGAIN.
IT'S JUST IF AN OUTSIDE PERSON THAT ISN'T ON THE BOARD AND IT HASN'T APPLIED, THEY HAVE TO APPLY TO BE ON THE SEATAC.
BUT THE CTECH, I'M SORRY, I WAS TAKING SOME TIME, BUT THIS SCITECH IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS, UH, CREATIVE SPACE OR IS IT, IS IT JUST OVERALL ADC BUSINESS? THAT'S IT'S FOR THE CULTURAL TRUST.
IT INCLUDES THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND, BUT NOT JUST THE GREATEST BASEBALL.
UM, THE OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, ABOUT THE, THE APP, THE PEOPLE THAT APPLIED FOR THE RFI, UM, IS, IS THERE A LIST OF THOSE PEOPLE, UM, OF THE APPLICANTS OF THE PLACES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED, UH, FOR THE RFP? ARE THOSE PEOPLE AT ANYBODY ELSE GO TO JUST RESUBMIT AGAIN OR NOT QUITE SURE HOW THAT WORKS OR THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND? YEAH.
IN A PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, WE DID SHOW SOME OF THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT WERE PITCHED THROUGH THE RFI.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONNECTING WITH EACH ONE OF THOSE RESPONDENTS, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO REFINE THE, THE RFP THAT THAT WILL BE SOLICITED.
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UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WITHIN SPACE, OR IF WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH MORE INFORMATION, UM, WHO WOULD BE A CONTACT PERSON THEN, WHICH I GUESS WHICH ONE OF YOU, OR TO FIND OUT, UH, YOU CAN CONTACT ME DIRECTLY.AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
AND THESE, I JUST HAVE A REQUEST, UH, DID THE CHAIRPERSON, UH, WOULD YOU MIND SHARING THE PATIENTS THAT WENT FROM, UH, THE PERMISSIONS FOR BOTH SPACE POINT AS WELL FOR THE MARTECH? SO 2% JUST TO BE MORE, WE DO.
HI, VOLLEY, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? YOUR AUDIO IS A LITTLE BIT SOFT.
UM, UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER? YES, YES.
UM, I WAS JUST REQUESTING IF THE CHAIRPERSONS FOR THE COMMISSION SPLIT, UH, JUST, UH, HELP ME OR ACCESS THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY PROVIDED BY THE WORKING GROUPS, UH, BOTH IN THIS, UH, FOR THE CREATIVE SPACE, AS WELL AS, UH, FOR THE ATTACKS THAT WILL ALSO BE USED TO PROVIDE FOR THE GUIDELINES.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UH, JUST REVIEW THEM AND LEARN WHAT WAS PROVIDED.
I HAVE THE ONES FOR THE LIVE MUSIC, WORKING FUN, UH, THE LIVE MUSIC, FUN WORKING GROUP.
AND I CAN SHOW THAT SHARE THOSE.
I'M SURE I'VE GOT THE ONES FOR THE CREATIVE SPACE FORMS, UM, FILED AWAY AS WELL.
THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON SPEAKUP AUSTIN.ORG.
IF YOU SEARCH FOR CREATIVE, IT'LL, IT'LL PULL UP THE PAGE AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTS AND THERE'LL BE THERE.
OR WE CAN HAVE STAFF FORWARD YOU THAT INFO DIRECTLY LIKE THAT.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE AEDC SEEING NONE.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON DISCUSSION AND AN ACTION ON THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX UPDATE.
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ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE INFORMATION WE'VE WE'VE SEEN? VICE-CHAIR POLGAR THEN JASMINE, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL AND COMPLETE PRESENTATIONS.THERE'S A QUESTION I HAVE GOTTEN FROM A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN, UM, BROUGHT FORWARD IN CITIZENS' COMMUNICATION, LOOKING AT THE EARLY STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BACKFILL MONEY AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YEAR ONE AND YEAR TWO OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN BACKFILL FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE TWO YEAR NUMBERS TO COULD JUST, JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES, UM, CAUSE ONE YEARS, 21 POINT THE SECOND YEAR IS 21.9, RIGHT? BUT THAT INCLUDES ALL, ALL OF THE HOT FUNDS AS WELL AS THE CONVENTION CENTERS, SO THAT WE RECOMMENDED FOR FYI 21 WOULD BACKFILL THE GAPS THAT NEGATIVE OR, AND THEN THE, OR THE CULTURAL ARTS FUNDED AS WELL AS THE NEGATIVE TWO OR THE HERITAGE.
BUT IN ADDITION, YOU CAN USE THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FOR REVENUES NOT EARNED.
SO THE LAB MUSIC FUND, WE ESTIMATED THAT WE WOULD EARN 2.2.
WE'RE ONLY BRINGING IN ONE POINT.
AND SO THAT'S HOW THE FLOW OF FUNDS WOULD OCCUR.
THEY HAD AN F 22 B WHAT USED THOSE, UM, RECOMMENDED FUNDS FOR PROGRAMMING.
IT WOULDN'T BACKFILL ANYTHING BECAUSE WE WOULD CLOSED THE GAME.
THERE WERE JUST SOME PEOPLE WONDERING SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE 21.9 CONVENTION CENTER SECOND YEAR WAS.
THAT'S ALL I CAN'T, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE CONVINCING.
I'M JUST HOPING TO GET, UH, EITHER THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU SHARED WITH US TODAY, BUT PARTICULARLY THAT FINAL SLIDE, UM, I THOUGHT WAS A REALLY GOOD ONE.
WE'LL GET THOSE AND IT SHOULD BE UPLOADED BY TOMORROW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU, BUT I'LL SEND IT DIRECTLY TO ALL OF YOU.
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LAURA'S IN REYNOLDS.UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES.
MY THING IS TELLING ME YOU CAN'T SO, OKAY, GREAT.
UM, JUST TO ASK AGAIN, I KNOW I ASKED YOU THIS OR MENTIONED IT AT THE LAST MEETING, AND SO IT'S STILL, I KNOW THOSE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT, BUT THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT PERHAPS, UH, FORGIVING, FORGIVING THE 4 MILLION AND STARTING FRESH AND GETTING THAT 3.9, UH, PER ANNUM, UH, PROSPECTIVELY, AS OPPOSED TO FILLING THE GAP IF, SINCE THE CONTRACTS WERE, UH, GOING TO BE, UM, HONORED BY COUNCIL, IF THERE IS ANY OTHER WAY, I'M NOT SAYING HOW, BUT FINDING OTHER DOLLARS TO BACKFILL, UH, THAT THOSE OTHER MONIES COULD BE USED PROSPECTIVELY.
THAT'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND OR COMMISSIONERS TO GO OVER AND SPEAK TO THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT, UH, OUT TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY OTHER WAYS TO DO THAT.
AND, AND SEPARATELY, SOMALIA I'LL HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT I DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE EVERYBODY BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH THAT EXTRA 2%, THE 2% FROM THE NEW CONVENTION FUNDS AND HOW THAT GOT ALLOCATED.
IF I MAY CALL YOU LATER JUST TO, TO CLARIFY SOMETHING IN MY HEAD, CAUSE I WAS ON THAT VISITOR'S IMPACT TASK FORCE WHEN WE WORKED ON THAT, BUT MY MEMORY IS NOT AS GOOD AS I, I HOPED IT WOULD BE.
SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE EVERYBODY CAUSE I KNOW IT'S RATHER CONFUSING.
SO I WILL I'M TATTOOING TOMORROW ABOUT THAT SEPARATELY.
AND AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS ARE FREE TO, UH, THAT'S WHY YOU WERE POINTED TO BRING BACK CONCERNS FROM YOUR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES TO YOUR COUNCIL PERSONS.
UM, SO REYNOLDS' DENMARK IS ACTUALLY MORE OF A, I THINK IT'S PART OF A QUESTION FOR THE FULL GROUP, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR, WITH, BETWEEN THE PANDEMIC AND THE, AND THE GUTTING OF THE HOT FLUNG OR THE DROPPING OFF OF THE HOT BONDS AND THEN OUR BROADENED SCOPE ON SERVING MORE INCLUSIVELY AND, AND EQUITABLY.
AND I AM WORRIED THAT NOT THAT WE'RE IN THIS CRISIS MODE AND THE HOT FUNDS AND EVEN THE FEDERAL FUNDS COMING IN FOR PANDEMIC RELIEF ARE NOT GOING TO BE CLOSE TO ENOUGH TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS WE'VE SET OUT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE MUSIC AND ARTS COMMUNITIES AS THEY HAVE BEEN.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE, I WORRY THAT WE'RE IN WAY OVER PROMISING IN, IN OUR EQUITY COMMITMENTS, BECAUSE WITH SO LITTLE MONEY RELATIVELY AND SUCH, UH, AN IMPORTANT AND WIDE RANGING SCOPE SERVICES, IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL CHALLENGE.
AND SO THE QUESTION FOR THE GROUP IS NOT TO ABANDON OUR CURRENT SORTS OF FUNDING IN ANY HURRIED WAY, BUT TO AT LEAST OPEN THE CONVERSATION OF HIS DEPENDENCE ON THE HOT FUND AND THE UNRELIABILITY OF THAT AND THE VOLATILITY OF THAT, SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD RECONSIDER AND SHOULD WE, NOW THEN WE FALL PREY TO POLITICAL WINS AND IT'S GOT A WHOLE DIFFERENT KIND OF VOLATILITY.
UM, AND THAT I THINK IS, UH, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE HOT TAX HAS BEEN DEPENDED ON AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE ARRESTING NON AUSTINITES TO PAY FOR AUSTIN MUSIC AND ARTS.
AND SO IT'S A LITTLE EASIER ASK FOR A VOTERS, BUT NONETHELESS, WE'RE TRYING TO DO A LOT WITH VERY LITTLE AND IN FACT, MUCH LESS THAN WE ANTICIPATED WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS.
AND I THINK IN SOME COORDINATED THE DISCUSSION.
AND SO NOW WE ARE PART OF THE QUESTION IS WHAT, WHAT WOULD OUR PROCESS LOOK LIKE TO START LOOKING FOR OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING AND ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF PLANNING, WHETHER IT'S A HYBRID OR WHETHER IT'S A FULLY, UH, ALTERNATIVE, UH, WAY TO DO THIS, BUT THESE ARE DISTRESSING NUMBERS IN, IN WHAT WAS ALREADY A CRISIS TIME PER BOOK, BOTH THE MUSIC AND THE ARTS COMMUNITY, UH, COMMISSIONER RENTALS, YOU ARE CORRECT.
UM, STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO RUN VARIOUS SCENARIOS, UM, AND THE COMMISSION COULD MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO EXPLORE OTHER SOURCES, UH, NOT TO SAY THAT, UH, AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW I'M NOT BEGGING THEM ANYTHING, BUT THE COMMISSION COULD ALWAYS ASK TO EXPLORE OTHER FUNDING MODELS.
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IT'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.SO NOW WHETHER WE HAVE SOME NOT MAYBE FULL CONSENSUS, BUT SOME AGREEMENT THAT WE WANT TO AT LEAST DISCUSS THESE THINGS AND EXPLORE OTHER, UH, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK, UH, OKAY.
WE DO HAVE SOME IDEAS AND WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE COMMISSIONER MOCKS QUESTION.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE GETS TO ASK HERS.
I DEFINITELY INTEND TO COME BACK TO, TO WHAT YOU JUST ASKED COMMISSIONER MOCK.
I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE, AND ALSO IT'S THE QUESTION TOO, UM, THAT, UM, THAT I HAVE MENTIONED AT THE, AT OUR LAST COMMISSION MEETING THAT I KNOW THE COUNCIL HAS, UH, IDENTIFIED FOUR DIFFERENT AREA.
UM, THEY GAVE, YOU KNOW, THE DIRECTIVE TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF TO IDENTIFY THOSE FOUR AREAS.
AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE AMERICAN RECOVERY PLAN, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY THAT JUST PASSED THE, TO TREAT IN DOLLARS, THOSE ARE THE FUNDS BASICALLY COMING DOWN, YOU KNOW, LOCALLY TO, UM, TO FEEL SOME OF THOSE HOT FUNDS.
SO, SO I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY, UM, BE MORE PROACTIVE AND GOING TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, UM, IN THOSE FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS, AT LEAST I CAN IDENTIFY TWO AREAS THAT CAN, CAN ALLOW SOME FUNDING FOR OUR GREATER COMMUNITY.
ONE, WHICH ONE OF WHICH IS THE WORKFORCE.
THE OTHER ONE IS THE, UM, THE BASIC NEEDS, THE EMERGENCY, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT TWO AREAS I'M GOING TO MEET WITH MY COUNCIL MEMBER THIS FRIDAY I'M ON, ON HER, UH, KAISER MEMBER, ALTAR, YOU KNOW, I'M ON HER WORKING GROUP.
AND, UH, I'M GOING TO BRING THIS UP TO HER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UM, DID ALP, UM, WILL, WILL YOU, IN THOSE TWO OFF THOSE FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS THAT, UH, SOME OF THOSE FUNDINGS SHOULD BE DESIGNATED, UH, TO THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY BECAUSE, UM, THIS IS WHAT AUSTIN IS ABOUT.
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EVEN KNOW THAT WE NEED TO DO THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THAT.UM, I WANT TO OPEN UP OUR CONVERSATION TO NOT JUST THREE 82, BUT ALSO THREE 83, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I INTEND TO ADDRESS COMMISSIONER REYNOLD'S QUESTION.
UH, SO I SAW FLORES AND THEN I'M SORRY, UH, METTA CHARLA.
I CAN'T, MY THING WAS COVERING MY MUTE BUTTON.
UM, YES, I WAS GOING TO ADDRESS, UH, GRANT, UH, COMMISSIONER RENTALS BY STAN AND STATEMENT IN THE SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, HOT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH A STATE LAW AND THERE ARE AVAILABLE OUT THERE.
I W I WOULD HATE TO LIKE, LET GO OF THAT BURNING HAND AT THE SAME TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US OPEN IT UP TO OTHER GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS.
IN ADDITION TO US, YOU KNOW, ASKING FOR OUTSIDE, UH, COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO CREATE A FUND THAT WOULD GO INTO THE CULTURAL TRUST TRUST.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE BIG COMPANIES LIKE TESLA COMING INTO TOWN, AND THEY'RE RECEIVING A LOT FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY LOVE AUSTIN BECAUSE IT'S AUSTIN.
AND WHAT MAKES AUSTIN, AUSTIN IS THE MUSIC AND THE ARTS.
SO THEREFORE HAVE OUR, UH, COUNCIL AND, AND, AND, AND ACTUALLY JOIN US IN HELP ASKING THESE, UH, NEW BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING IN TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES TO WHAT MAKES AUSTIN AUSTIN.
UH, SO IN ADDITION TO HOT, I WOULDN'T WANT TO LET GO OF THAT, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY LOOK TO OTHER SOURCES, GENERAL REVENUE FUND SOURCES, WHEREVER I KNOW WE'D HAVE TO COMPETE WITH A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE POLITICAL WINDS COME IN, AS WE SAID, HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME RE ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURING OF FUNDING FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY.
SO PERHAPS, UH, THE, SOME OF THOSE FUNDS CAN BE OPENED UP FOR, UH, IN CREATIVE WAYS FOR, UM, ARTS AND MUSIC.
UM, SO YEAH, I'M ALL FOR DOING THAT AND LOOKING, BUT I'M NOT WILLING TO SACRIFICE A LOT BECAUSE IT'S A BURDEN HAND AND IT'S PROVIDED FOR BY UNDER STATE LAW AND, UH, AND A PERCENTAGE THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE ACCESS TO SO
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LONG AS THE CITY DOESN'T CUT IT, THE PERCENTAGES, UH, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF A DEDICATED FUND.UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S WHERE I AM.
AND THEN AS FAR AS AMY, UH, I MEAN, COMMISSIONER MOCKS A STATEMENT.
I AGREE THAT THOSE OTHER CATEGORIES, THERE SHOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ARTS, UH, CREATIVE SECTOR TO APPLY IN THOSE PARTICULAR, UH, AREAS AND MAKE THEM AS BROAD AND OPEN AS POSSIBLE AND AS INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE.
SO THAT MEMBERS OF THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY CAN ACCESS THOSE, YOU KNOW, WORKING DOLL, YOU KNOW, WORKING DOLLARS.
AND THE OTHER ONE THAT WAS MENTIONED, UH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE COMING FOR COVID RELIEF.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO FUND OTHER, UH, OTHER PRIORITIES THAT THEY'VE HAD, AND THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THEY'RE OBLIGATED TO DEAL WITH AS A CITY.
BUT THESE FUNDS ARE ALSO THERE FOR RELIEF.
AND TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE SHOULD BE USED FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES AND, UH, UH, SECTORS THAT ARE REALLY SUFFERING.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE, THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY IS REALLY BEING HIT HARD, HAS BEEN HIT HARD AS BEING INCREASINGLY HIT HARD AND SHOULD EVEN COME UNDER THE HOMELESSNESS.
WELL, THIRD ONE, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS BECAUSE OF WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEIR FUNDING AND THEIR, UH, ABILITY TO MAKE FUNDS, UM, SALARIES AND ET CETERA, AND SUPPORT THEMSELVES.
SO THAT COULD BE CREATIVE USE AS WELL.
I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION WAS ABLE TO FORM A WORKING GROUP AT THE END OF OUR LAST MEETING.
AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED Y'ALL TO DISCUSS THAT WE CAN'T, WE'RE GOING TO THANK YOU MUSIC COMMISSION FOR PUTTING, FOR SHARING YOUR BUDGET PROPOSAL WITH US, BECAUSE WE WANT TO FOLLOW THAT A SIMILAR STRUCTURE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUDED IN THOSE PRIORITIES THAT COUNCIL, UH, IDENTIFIED, UM, COMMISSIONER MEDI CHARLA, AND THEN VICE CHAIR POLGAR AND I WILL GET BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER REYNOLDS.
AND MY APOLOGIES RIGHT AWAY TO COMMISSIONER ADAMS, BECAUSE I MIGHT BE GOING OFF TOPIC HERE A BIT.
THANK YOU, MS.
UM, I WAS, UM, AND I MIGHT BE ASKING A QUESTION ABOUT MECHANISMS. SO IF YOU WOULD BE TO LOOK AT A WEBSITE WHERE I COULD EASILY LEARN IT, PLEASE DO THAT.
BUT, UM, I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PARAMETERS INPUTS THAT GO INTO PROVIDING THE GUIDELINES, UM, FOR HOW THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE DISPERSED.
AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION IS THEN WHO ADMINISTERS, WHO IS THE DECISION MAKER, MOST OF THAT.
SO I WILL, UM, LET ME DEFER TO SHOTGUN AND CHARLOTTE TOO.
SO WE'VE RECEIVED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE MUSIC COMMISSION THAT WE WILL, UM, INCORPORATE IN OUR GUIDELINES.
AND WHEN WE BRING THOSE GUIDELINES BACK TO THE COMMISSION, IT WILL HAVE THOSE MECHANISMS. UM, AND I DON'T WANT TO SIT HIGH HYPOTHETICALLY WHEN YOU SAY HIGH, BUT THAT UGLY.
SO WE HAVE A MATRIX, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE BRINGING THIS BACK.
ARE WE GOING TO DO PEER PANELS, THOSE IN TYPES OF INPUTS, WE WOULD BRING BACK ONCE WE COME BACK WITH THE GUIDELINES, SO YOU WOULD HAVE INPUT ON THOSE.
AND THEN WE WOULD DECIDE, UM, IF IT'S IN-HOUSE ET CETERA, ALL OF THAT.
SO WE DON'T DO IT IN A VACUUM.
WE AGE WITH THE MUSIC COMMISSION, UH, ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED AS WELL AS WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS, UH, TEAM, UH, HEARING HAS DONE THE OTHER HAND.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER FACTORS IN THAT HERITAGE COMPONENT, UM, BASED ON HOW IT WAS ESTABLISHED.
WE TYPICALLY TAKE THOSE, UH, CATEGORIES BACK TO COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY HAVE SPECIFIC CATEGORIES FOR HERITAGE.
BUT AGAIN, WE WILL COME BACK TO THE MUSIC COMMISSION AS WELL AS ARTS COMMISSION WITH, UH, THE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT'S NOT DONE IN A VACUUM, YOU WILL HAVE IT.
AND THEN MUSIC IS THAT MUSIC LIVE MUSIC FUND IS IN MUCH BETTER POSITION THAN THE OTHERS BECAUSE YOU'VE COLLECTED FUNDS.
AND NOW YOU GIVE AN ESTABLISH HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS FIRST, EVEN THOUGH IT'S AN ESTIMATE YOU'VE ALREADY COLLECTED, UM, SINCE, SO THE SECOND PART, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
AND THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION WAS ONCE, UH, ONCE THE GUIDELINES ARE ESTABLISHED, WHO IS THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE SPARTANS WHO WOULD ADMINISTER THOSE FUNDS AND WHAT IS THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS ON HOW THOSE FUNDS GET ALLOCATED? ALSO, THE GUY BRIGHT LINES WILL BE VERY SPECIFIC ON HOW, UH, THOSE FUNDS ARE DISPERSED.
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UH, I, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR THIRD PARTY, BUT ALL OF THAT WILL BE EVALUATED ONCE WE GET TO THAT FINAL STEP.SO IT'S MORE, IT'S NOT SET AS YET.
MUSIC COMMISSION STILL HAS AMPLE TIME TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE INPUT AND COMMITTED TO THAT, AND IT WON'T GO TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE SHE REVIEWS IT.
UM, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION, UM, UH, ABOUT THE FOUR AREAS OF FOCUS, UM, FOR THE ARP THAT, UH, COMMISSIONERS MOC AND FLORES WERE REFERENCING.
UM, I'M, I'M KIND OF COMING IN AND LEARNING A BUNCH OF THINGS ALL AT ONCE RIGHT NOW.
SO I WONDERED IF YOU COULD CATCH ME UP ON WHAT THOSE FOUR AREAS OF FOCUS WERE, PLEASE.
SO AGAIN, ON MARCH 23RD, WE PRESENTED OUR SPINNING FRAMEWORK AND THEN COUNCIL DIRECTED US TO GO BACK TO FOCUS ON HOMELESSNESS CHILDCARE, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, FOOD INSECURITIES IN HOUSING, THOSE BASIC NEEDS.
ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER REYNOLDS, HERE'S AT THE MOMENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
UM, SO AS I MENTIONED, ARTS COMMISSION WAS ABLE TO FORM A WORKING GROUP AT THE END OF OUR MEETING, UH, AND W AND THAT WORKING GROUP WILL BE LOOKING AT, UM, HOW WE'RE HANDLING EMERGENCY FUNDING AND HOW WE CAN BE, HOW WE CAN HAVE PROACTIVE, STRATEGIC, UH, FUNDING MOVING FORWARD, RIGHT.
HAVING, HAVING SEEN THE, THE, THE DROP-OFF AND, AND NOT, NOT HAVING, YOU KNOW, MATCHING RECOVERY, EVEN AT, IN 2026, IT'S NOT GONNA MATCH 20 WHAT WE HAD IN 2016.
SO WE FORMED THAT WORKING GROUP SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
UM, AND, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOT FUNDS, AND, UM, I FEEL LIKE I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER.
LIKE WE HAVEN'T WORKED TOGETHER BEFORE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THE, THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER.
THE OMNIBUS, I THINK NOW IS AN EVEN GREATER TIME FOR WHERE WE CAN FIND SPACES, OPPORTUNITIES, WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY SHARE THE RESOURCES, SHARE THE INFRASTRUCTURE A LOT, LIKE HOW THE AEDC IS STEPPING IN AND HELPING BRIDGE THOSE GAPS AND, AND, AND DO A LOT OF CAUTIONARY.
I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT HERE.
YOU KNOW, LIKE ARTISTS, WE TALK ABOUT ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS, BUT THEY'RE THE SAME THING.
AND WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. THERE'S NOT REAL ESTATE IS UNAFFORDABLE.
WE'RE DEALING WITH HISTORIC INEQUITIES.
WE'RE, UM, WE'RE DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, LACK OF HEALTHCARE OR OF HEALTH INSURANCE.
LIKE THOSE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, KIND OF START SHARING THOSE, THOSE COSTS.
AND THEN LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ELSE DO PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE, TO BE ABLE TO THRIVE IN AUSTIN? I MEAN, I WAS REALLY, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED, INSPIRED, AND THEN I HAD SOME EDUCATION IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE HAD THE STORMS AND MUTUAL AID CAME UP AND I'M LIKE, WAIT, WHAT IS MUTUAL AID? AND I'M LOOKING AT HOW THEY'RE DOING THINGS.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW FOR OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITIES IS HOW DO WE PROVIDE THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED, UM, WHERE THEY NEED IT.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IF, IF SOMEONE HAS SPACE, MAYBE THEY'RE DONATING THAT SPACE.
IF, IF SOMEONE HAS, YOU KNOW, EQUIPMENT, MAYBE THEY'RE SHARING THAT EQUIPMENT, BUT FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER, I THINK THAT'S, WHAT'S EXCITING FOR ME ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I, I, I REALIZED THE REALITY OF OUR LANDSCAPE, BUT FOR ME, THAT'S WHERE OUR WORK REALLY IS.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, THAT WORKING GROUP THAT WE FORMED, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M ASKING THOSE COMMISSIONERS TO LOOK AT, AT THINGS, TO LOOK AT, UM, THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE REPORT THAT, THAT EDD PUT OUT, UH, TO LOOK AT STRATEGIC DIRECTION, 20, 23, UM, EVEN TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE GOOD STUFF THAT CAME OUT OF THE OMNIBUS, THAT WE'VE, THAT WE WORKED ON TO HELP GUIDE THEM INTO, INTO THINKING OF NEW THINGS.
AND, AND, AND THE NEW THINGS ARE RIGHT.
SOMETHING LIKE MUTUAL AID, SOMETHING LIKE, I KNOW IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TERM, BUT THE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME THAT, THAT SAN FRANCISCO AND, AND ST PAUL, MINNESOTA ARE, ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO HERE FOR, FOR MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WANT THAT, THAT WORKING GROUP TO LOOK INTO THAT.
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AND SO I WANT, I WANT PEOPLE TO, TO, TO GIVE US IDEAS TO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A TIGHT TURNAROUND.I, THAT WAS A QUESTION I WAS GOING TO HAVE FOR STAFF.
LIKE MY UNDERSTANDING WAS STAFF NEEDED TO TURN IN RECOMMENDATIONS ON MAY 7TH.
LIKE, WHAT IS THE REALITY OF, OF WHAT WE CAN DO.
UM, BUT BESIDES THE DEADLINE THAT WORKING GROUP HAS WORKED TO DO, SEND YOUR, SEND YOUR IDEAS, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR FUNDING PROGRAM, YOUR JUST WELL EMERGENCY THINGS THAT WE CAN MAYBE IMPLEMENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE SEND THAT TO VICE CHAIR, GAR AT HER ARTS COMMISSION EMAIL, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
I'M BASICALLY, IT'S A GIANT GOOGLE DOCUMENT DUMP.
UM, BUT ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RESOURCES, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT COLD, HARD CASH AND THESE CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE ARE A RICH, DIVERSE COMMUNITY WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT SKILLS AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS AT OUR BECK AND CALL, UM, INCLUDING SOME OF THE BEST BRAINS THAT I KNOW ON THE PLANET.
SO IF WE COMBINE THAT BRAIN TRUST AND THINK ABOUT WHAT IS IT, THIS CITY IS UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY NOT BE ABOUT MONEY.
UM, IT MAY NOT BE ABOUT SPACE NECESSARILY, ALTHOUGH FOR ALL OF US, VENUES ARE A REAL ISSUE.
LIKE THINK ABOUT THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
WE CAN'T GO BACK TO WHAT WE WERE.
YOU SAW US WILL NOT BE AS PROJECTIONS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE BACK TO 2016 NUMBERS.
WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO BE BACK TO 2018, 2019 NUMBERS.
ARTS HAS GONE FROM $13 MILLION IN CULTURAL ARTS MONEY.
WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT A MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S DEVASTATING TO A COMMUNITY THAT WE ALREADY COULDN'T SUPPORT, AND DOESN'T COUNT ON ALL THE NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE INCREASED COST OF LIVING HERE.
WE'VE GOT TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY.
LET'S LOOK AT ALL THE POSSIBILITIES.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR JOB CREATION? WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE CITY ACTUALLY REACHING OUT AND CONTRACTING, UM, ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS TO PLAY AND TO SHARE THEIR WORK? WHAT KIND OF LANDSCAPE THOUGH? CAN WE CREATE THAT AS UNIQUELY AUSTIN? UM, AND I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY MUSIC AND ARTS AND THE CITY WRIT LARGE TO FIGURE THIS OUT REYNOLDS FINDING COMMON GROUND AND WHERE WE CAN SHARE RESOURCES.
IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME.
I DO THINK WE, WE ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL MUSIC, WHICH HAS ITS OWN NEEDS AND NON-PROFIT ARTS, WHICH WE HAVE LIKE FINDING WHERE WE OVERLAP AND WORKING TOGETHER ON THOSE, MAKE A LOT OF THINGS TO ME.
AND I'M ALL FOR THINKING OF OTHER KINDS OF RESOURCES, BUT, UH, UH, 90% DROP-OFF IN FUNDING IS CAN'T BE REPLACED BY NON-HARD DASH, UH, RESOURCES.
I THINK THE MORE WE CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER UNSERIOUS ASS FOR SERIOUS MONEY TO FUND THIS WORK, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THE KOHL'S CARD CASH IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALWAYS BEHIND ON THE BUDGETING PROCESS.
WE'RE ALWAYS BEHIND ON UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE CAN POSSIBLY GET MONEY.
PEOPLE WITH MORE RESOURCES, HAVE A WAY OF UNDERSTANDING HOW THE SYSTEM IS GOING TO WORK AND GETTING AHEAD OF US IN LINE.
AND, UH, AND SO THE MORE WE CAN COMBINE THOSE EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND MAKE EACH OTHER AWARE OF OUR ASKS AND DO, UH, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP BECAUSE WE'RE, I MEAN, WE WERE AT A CRISIS POINT IN 2016 WHEN $13 MILLION DID NOT SEEM LIKE CLOSE TO ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN WHAT IS AN EVERMORE EXPENSIVE TO THE BEAT.
SO PEOPLE WANT MUSIC AND ARTS TO THRIVE IN AUSTIN.
THEN, UH, WE NEED TO ASK THE COMMUNITY TO COME BEHIND IT IN A SERIOUS WAY.
YEAH, THAT REMINDS ME THE POINT THAT I FORGOT TO MAKE WAS THAT IN, IN THE, IN CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THAT WAS ONE OF OUR TOP.
ONE OF OUR DISCUSSION POINTS IS LIKE, WE CANNOT RELY ON HOT.
WE CANNOT TRUST THAT IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY TIME HAS REVEALED THAT, THAT STATEMENT TO BE TRUE.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE'VE TRIED TO BRING TO THE FRONT, UM, AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
UM, AND, AND YES, TO HAVING, HAVING THAT, THAT ASSISTANCE OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMISSIONS, IT'S TO BE ABLE TO, TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS OTHER ORGANIZATION, TO BE ABLE TO, TO SPEAK WITH THE CHAMBERS AND, AND SPEAK WITH COMPANIES COMING IN AND SAY, HEY, YOU MOVED HERE BECAUSE OF THE CULTURE, YOU SHOULD BE RE INVESTING IN OUR CULTURE.
UM, AND THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON TOGETHER.
UM, FLORIDA DOES A TIME CHECK COMMENT.
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I AGREE.AND, UH, GRAHAM IT'S IT'S ADVOCACY AND I MEAN, FORMING AN OUTSIDE GROUP THAT CAN MONITOR AND REALLY WORK, YOU KNOW, JOINTLY WITH, UH, MUSIC AND ARTS AND COMBINING OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CALLED THE CREATIVE, UH, UH, SECTOR OF THIS CITY IS PROPERLY FUNDED IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO IT'S ABOUT SQUEAKY WHEELS.
IT'S ABOUT ADVOCATING, IT'S ABOUT PUSHING, UH, AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE ORGANIZED AND, AND, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS ACTUALLY BRINGING THEM TO THAT PLACE.
I MEAN, THE FACT THAT SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED UNDER WITH THE DECIMATION OF THE HOT FUND.
UH, I, I, YOU KNOW, UM, THIS ISN'T A PANDEMIC AND THIS IS, I HOPE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME, AT LEAST IN MY LIFETIME EXPERIENCE IN THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE REPEATED ANYTIME SOON, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HOT CAN BE A STEADY SOURCE OF INCOME, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE THE ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME BECAUSE IT'S NOT, AS YOU SAID, IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
SO WE REALLY HAVE TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT FIGURING OUT WAYS TO GET INTO THE CITY BUDGET.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING THIS FOR AWHILE.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO LET GOOD GO NECESSARILY OF THE GOLDEN GOOSE, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE AN AND MORE SO I'M ALL THERE AND DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO, UH, YOU KNOW, CREATE SOME MOMENTUM TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN BE HEARD AND, AND, AND, AND ARE PROVIDED FOR AS WE SHOULD BE FOR ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE BRING TO THE CITY, ALL OF THE INCOME AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I THINK THEY NEED TO BE MORE APPRECIATED.
WE'LL KEEP TALKING ABOUT THESE COMPANIES, BUT WE NEVER TALK ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
I DON'T KNOW, UH, UM, BIG COMPANY, UM, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OF ITS OWN.
UH, SO YEAH, BUT, UH, YEAH, I THINK WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE.
UH, SO WE NEED TO WRAP THIS UP.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK MUSIC COMMISSIONERS.
IF YOU DON'T HEAR FROM YOUR COUNTERPART ON THE ARTS COMMISSION, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THEM.
AND, UH, LET'S, UH, CONTINUOUS CONVERSATION.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF WORKING GROUP THAT'S COMBINED MUSIC AND ARTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF US ARE IN TOO MANY WORKING GROUPS.
I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF, BUT HOPEFULLY SOME OF THE NEW, UH, NEW BLOOD WHEN THE MUSIC COMMISSION WANTS TO STEP INTO THAT.
WELL, JUST, JUST BRIEFLY ON THIS SUBJECT, AND IT'S REALLY A QUESTION FOR STILL NOVIA, IS THIS SOMETHING LIKE, IN TERMS OF MANAGING, UH, PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY OR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, IS THAT SOMETHING WHERE, UM, I MEAN, THIS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSION, I MEAN, IN THE COMMUNITIES, WOULD THEY BE GOING IT ALONE TO TRY TO FIND THOSE DONORS, OR IS THAT SOMETHING WHERE THE CITY CAN STEP IN AND ASSIST? UM, OR HOW, HOW COULD THAT, HOW COULD THAT WORK SO THAT WE HAVE OFFICIAL SUPPORT TO GO OUT AND, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO THESE COMPANIES? SO LET ME CONFIRM, BUT TYPICALLY, AND, UM, I'LL ASK MORONIC THAT HELPED ME OUT.
UM, TYPICALLY IT'S LED BY A STRONG, UM, ADVOCATE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, BUT THE, UM, THE ABC, I BELIEVE INCLUDES A COMPONENT THAT CAN HELP LEAD THE, UH, THE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS ABOUT I'M ALMOST CERTAIN, IT'S A COMPONENT OF THAT.
SO THAT COULD BE A LEAD AGENCY.
AGAIN, IT HAS ITS OWN SEPARATE BOARDS, NOT CITY COUNCIL.
AND AGAIN, JUST TO CONNECT WITH THAT PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY, VERONICA WOULD ADD
UH, YOUR AND THE INTERIM PRESIDENT OF THE ADC.
I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE AN ARM AND BDC IS REALLY A PARTNER TO THE CITY.
SO THEY WOULD BE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY IT REALLY WORKED TO, TO SERVE AS A, AS A WAY TO ORGANIZE MULTIPLE EFFORTS TOWARDS A, A WAY THAT WE CAN AMPLIFY OUR, OUR RESULTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING UPDATES FROM OUR LIAISON TO THE, OR OUR MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY BOARD.
AND, UM, I KNOW BOTH THAT PERSON AND, UM, THEY, UH, HIS COUNTERPART
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FOR ARTS, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT MATTER TO THEM IS HOW TO SEEK OUT THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, JUST CONTINUE TO GROW THOSE AND NOT BE DEPENDENT ON SORT OF THE FATE OF WHAT CONVENTIONS ARE COMING THROUGH TOWN ESSENTIALLY.SORRY, COMMISSIONER IS HIS NAME.
WE'RE AT TIME THAT THEY'RE LITERALLY GONNA STOP US AT FIVE.
SO I'D RATHER US STOP HERE AND IT'S JUST SEND YOUR QUESTION TO WHOEVER YOU NEEDED TO ASK.
UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERYONE.
UH, ARTS COMMISSION MEETING IS ADJOURNED.