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[CALL TO ORDER]
MEETING AND TALK ABOUT OUR MUSIC COMMISSION.UH, ONLINE, STILL ONLINE, ONLINE.
I HEAR, UH, THE AUSTIN MUSIC COMMISSION TODAY IS MAY.
WHAT IS IT? THE FOUR FIFTH, FOURTH, THIRD.
UH, THANKS EVERYBODY FOR TUNING IN.
WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH A CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S GOING TO SPEAK, UH, DUSTY SACHS TEXTING.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE MUSIC FIRST ON THE AGENDA.
[MUSICAL PERFORMANCE]
THE MUSIC.WE HAVE A MUSICAL GUESTS HERE.
WHAT? THAT'S FUNKY MONKEY MONKEYS.
ARE WE GOOD TO START? YES, I'M SO EXCITED TO, HERE WE GO.
FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS JUST LOPEZ AND UH, WELL GAME.
WE ARE THOSE FUCKING MONKEYS IN THAT.
AND UH, WHEN I INTRODUCED THE GUYS REAL QUICK ON GUITAR, WHEN WE HAVE MR. FRANK GOMEZ OVER HERE ON ACCORDION, MR. JJ, OR THE WRITER AND ON BASE, MR. CLARK, ALLISON.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING US AND B FOR BEING PART OF THIS.
YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT OF CELEBRATION PART OF YOUR MEETING AND, UH, HERE WE GO.
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I'VE BEEN THINKING MY MOM WAS Y'ALL NICE.
I CAN FEEL THE SPIRIT OF THE CONNECTION.
BUT, UH, I COULD DEFINITELY FEEL THE ENERGY, MAN.
THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR MUSIC WITH US.
WHERE ARE YOU GUYS PLAYING NEXT? NEXT, THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE IN, UM, INCLUDE A MEAL AT A PLACE CALLED
IT'LL BE IT'S A RESTAURANT AND CANTINA AND ON SATURDAY WE'RE GOING TO BE AT BOTH MARRIES BOTH OF 'EM AND THE ONE ON SATURDAY IS THE NORTH AUSTIN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR BEING AN ADMIN.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CHECKING Y'ALL OUT SOON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
HAS ANY OF, Y'ALL HEARD THEM BEFORE? AWESOME RECOMMENDATION FROM COMMISSIONER JAY AND I KNOW FRANK FROM LIKE MY TEJANO, YOURS IS, OH, YOU'D SAY HUNTER YEARS, LIKE IT MID EIGHTIES, TWO OR THREE YEARS.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY COOL.
I'M REALLY, I'M GLAD WE, WE BROUGHT THAT INTO THE MIX INTO THE MIX.
WELL, UH, WE CAN ADD SOME LINKS FOR THE MUSICIANS, FOR EVERYONE THAT'S PLAYING FOR THE MUSIC COMMISSION MEETINGS SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS.
THEY CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM, GET ALL THEIR LINKS, SO TO SPEAK AND WE'LL WORK WITH ATX IN, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF BRINGING THESE MEETINGS TO WEBEX, IT'S JUST A WORK IN PROGRESS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THEM SO MUCH, BUT, UH, WE'LL LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHEN THOSE LINKS ARE LIVE AND WHERE THANKS.
I LIKE, I LIKE THE, UH, ASPECT OF US BEING ABLE TO TALK WITH THEM, BUT MAYBE UNTIL WE GET THE AUDIO THING FIGURED OUT WE COULD DO A PRERECORDING.
UH, THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER, THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER THING, BUT I DEFINITELY ENJOY THE VIBE.
YEAH, WE CAN EXPLORE FOR SURE.
SO NOW WE ARE ALL CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
WE HAVE A DUST, THE FACTS THEN IF I, UM, IF I REMEMBER THAT CORRECTLY, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER TODAY.
DUSTY IS THAT I KNOW KIM IS NO.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
OF THE MINUTES.UH, YOU GUYS HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS, UH, LET ME KNOW.
OTHERWISE WE'LL HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, A MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH.
CAN WE DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME? YEAH.
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ALL RIGHT.AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO, UH, TO OLD BUSINESS HERE.
[2a. Discussion and Possible Action on a submission process for live performances at Music Commission meetings.]
POST-ELECTION ON A SUBMISSION PROCESS FOR LIVE PERFORMANCES, BUT THE MUSIC COMMISSION.SO, YEAH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT HOW TO HAVE MUSICIANS, LET US KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED TO HAVE A SELECTION PROCESS FOR THAT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS, ANY IDEAS FROM, FROM FOLKS LAUREN COMMISSIONER GOOSE.
UM, ARE WE CURRENTLY JUST, UH, PEOPLE ARE NOMINATING, UH, FOLKS TO COME IN.
IS THAT HOW IT'S WORKING AT PRESENT? YEAH, WE'RE ACTUALLY FIGURING THAT OUT.
WE WANT TO HAVE EVERYONE NOMINATE SOMEONE TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, THIS IS OPEN TO DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.
PROBABLY WE WANT TO ACTUALLY HAVE GUESTS.
SO DO YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION? UM, WELL, I MEAN, GETTING, WE JUST NEEDED, I GUESS, GET THE WORD OUT AND SEE WHO IS INTERESTED, BUT, UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
DO THAT MEANS THAT SOMEBODY HAS TO, UH, REVIEW APPLICANTS AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, I GUESS.
SO, SO THE WAY THAT IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS IS, UM, WE'VE HAD A COMMISSIONER GIVE US THE NAME OF A MUSICIAN AND THE CITY WILL CONTACT THEM AND GET THEM.
UM, THAT, THAT, YEAH, THAT'S BEEN BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS CONVERSATION YET.
SO LIKE, I THINK WE WANT TO MAYBE OPEN IT UP TO PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T.
SOME PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW, TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN DISCUSSION ABOUT A, A UNIVERSAL INTAKE FORM FOR ANY MUSICIAN THAT WOULD PLAY FOR CITY EVENTS, INCLUDING THE MUSIC COMMISSION MEETINGS, AS WELL AS CITY HALL MEET, YOU KNOW, SET THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SO I'M WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW WITH OUR DATA PERSON AND AS SOON.
AND SO I CAN REPORT BACK TO YOU GUYS NEXT, NEXT TIME.
YOU MAY WANT TO LIKE DESIGNATE SOMEBODY AGAIN, JUST A DISTRICT EACH MONTH, EACH COMMISSIONER, SOMEONE FROM YOUR DISTRICT, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON A FORMAL PROCESS.
UM, SO WHO, WHO WOULD LIKE TO, I GUESS, NOMINATE SOMEONE FOR THAT AS WELL? I THINK WE LIKE ERICA, I THINK MAYBE THIS IS WHAT ERICA WAS SAYING, AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND MAYBE YOU'RE GOING DISTRICT BY DISTRICT.
SO EACH COMMISSIONER TEXTS THAT RESPONSIBILITY EACH MONTH.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IDEALLY WE COULD HAVE A MUSICIAN, YOU KNOW, SHE USES A MUSICIAN FROM THEIR DISTRICT.
UM, SO I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THAT, THAT WAY WE CAN SHOWCASE, UM, MUSICIANS FROM ALL OVER TOWN.
UM, YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE WE JUST WENT IN NUMERICAL ORDER STARTING WITH ONE, TWO, THREE, AND ROUTE EITHER.
AND THEN START AGAIN THE NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE A, DO WE HAVE SOMEONE ALREADY CHOSEN FOR JUNE? WE DID NOT.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, BOTH THIS MONTH, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE CELEBRATING TODAY, UM, CINCO DE MAYO THIS MONTH IS ASIAN AND IRELAND HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, RELAX.
UM, MY BRAIN IS NOT WORKING VERY WELL, ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH.
AND ALSO NEXT MONTH OF COURSE, IS, UH, YOU KNOW, JUNETEENTH IS HAPPENING.
AND I WONDER IF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FOR ONE MONTH, SINCE WE'RE NOT IN THE PROCESS YET OF THIS HAVING DECIDED MAYBE WE COULD HAVE TWO ARTISTS AND IT COULD BE LIKE HONORING, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR, UM, ONE OF OUR SOLO ARTIST OR BAND FROM EACH COMMUNITY.
AND WE COULD, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR ONE MONTH UNTIL WE GET THIS THING GOING WHERE WE KIND OF HAVE THIS DECIDED THAT'D BE A COOL WAY TO CONNECT WITH A LOT OF THE CONTENT AND THE, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND ABOUT SUPPORTING DIFFERENT, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES WITHIN OUR GREATER COMMUNITY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE BEING PAID, BUT THAT WOULDN'T DOUBLE THE COST FOR THAT MONTH.
THEY'RE BEING PAID THIS, THE CITY STANDARD RATE, UM, WHICH IS THE ONE 50 PER MUSICIAN PER HOUR.
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APPROVE TWO FOR NEXT MONTH.IT'D BE LIKE SWEET TO, UH, TO MUSIC TO PERFORMANCE.
WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS ON THE CITY END OF OUT, LIKE JUST HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS MORE STREAMLINED AND MAYBE A PRE-RECORDING IS WHERE IT'S AT.
UM, BUT WE CAN COORDINATE WITH WHOEVER WANTS TO TAKE THE LEAD ON COORDINATING THOSE TWO MUSICIANS AND MAYBE GET, GET SOMETHING PRE RECORDED FOR THEM FOR NEXT MONTH.
YEAH, I THINK, BUT ALSO INVITING THEM MAYBE TO AT LEAST BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE TO SAY SOMETHING OR, YOU KNOW, SHARE WHERE THEY'RE PERFORMING.
AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT TOO.
THEY CAN JOIN JUST LIKE WE'RE JOINING FOR THE CONVERSATION.
AND SO THAT'S LIVE, BUT THE ACTUAL ART TO THE QUALITY IS PRERECORDED.
UM, SO, UM, I HEARD GOING, GOING BY DISTRICT AND I HEARD, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE MONTHLY CULTURAL THINGS WHERE Y'ALL AT, WHERE Y'ALL THINKING, I LIKE, I'M SORRY.
I LIKE JUST GOING THROUGH THE DISTRICTS, THAT SOUNDS REAL SMOOTH.
AND EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IN WELL IN ADVANCE.
CAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOUR NUMBER'S COMING UP, THAT MIGHT BE A REAL, REAL EASY OF THE OTHER CHOICES.
IT SEEMS QUITE SIMPLE AND SIMPLE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ELEGANT FUNCTION.
THERE'S ALSO NO REASON WHY YOU COULDN'T COMBINE THOSE TWO.
I MEAN, YOU, I MEAN THE PERSON WHO'S DOING DISTRICT TWO, IF IT'S SPECIFIC CULTURAL, UH, MONTH COULD, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM AND NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT I DON'T SEE, THEY DON'T SEEM MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE TO ME.
UM, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? LIKE, DO PEOPLE HAVE A SENSE OF THE CALENDAR RIGHT NOW? LIKE WHAT I KNOW LIKE THIS MONTH IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, SIBLING MONTH SIBLING DAY OR WHATEVER, LIKE WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON.
THERE'S ANY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT JUNE LIKE JUNE TEAM, BUT THERE'S ALSO BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS THE AAPI THERE'S WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
SO, UM, THOUGHTS ON THAT MONTH IS ALSO PRIDE.
SO ANOTHER CONSIDERATION, SO YEAH, EXACTLY.
SO YEAH, MY THOUGHT WOULD BE TO, UH, ENCOURAGE THE CURATOR TO THINK THOSE THINGS.
AND MAYBE THERE'S A MONTHLY EMAIL TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, HEY, ANY, UM, HOLIDAYS OR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS YOU WANT TO MAKE, PLEASE FEED THOSE IDEAS TO WHOEVER THE CURATOR IS AND TO SIMPLIFY IT AT SINGLE CURATOR EVERY MONTH TAKES ALL THAT INFORMATION AND CHOOSE IT SOMEWHERE.
SO YEAH, WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND START WITH DISTRICT Y.
AND IS THAT PATRICE OR YOUR DISTRICT ONE? SORRY, I CAN'T KEEP TRACK.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY THAT'S EASY.
LET'S JUST GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS AND ASK EACH COMMISSIONER TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, LIKE MONTH AND WE CAN GIVE THEM SUGGESTIONS AND THEN ALSO TAKE INTAKE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE SUBMISSIONS, THE CITY CAN LET US KNOW, UH, WHO'S EXPRESSED INTEREST.
SO, UH, DISTRICT TWO, CAN WE JUST, UH, CAN WE KIND OF WRITE THIS DOWN REAL QUICK? OR CAN WE TAKE NOTES? SO WE'RE JUNE WE'RE UM, THAT'S ME.
UM, DISTRICT TWO WOULD BE JULY THAT'S COMMISSIONER GOULD.
UH, AUGUST WOULD BE WHO? DISTRICT THREE WAS THAT? OH, THAT'S AL I THINK, YEAH.
SO THIS, UH, JULY IS OUR COMMISSIONER DUARTE.
AUGUST IS FOR COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SEPTEMBER IT'S DISTRICT FIVE.
WHO'S THAT? UM, DISTRICT STUART SULLIVAN SEPTEMBER, UM, OCTOBER DISTRICT SIX AND CHARLOTTE, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WRITE THAT DOWN, GETTING AHEAD OF YOUR GAME.
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CAN YOU GOTTA STEP IT UP AFTER DISTRICT ONE GOES, I'M JUST LETTING Y'ALL KNOW RIGHT NOW.IT'S GOING TO BE LASER LIGHTS AND FIREWORKS.
YEAH, BALI IS SIX AND I'M SEVEN.
DECEMBER IS A DISTRICT AIDE WHO WAS, UH, WAS THAT DOUG? OKAY.
UM, DISTRICT NINE IS, WOULD BE THEN JANUARY TREES.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT FEBRUARY
AND THEN THAT'S EVERYTHING, THAT'S IT RIGHT.
THAT'S TELLING US YOU GOT THE MIRROR.
IF WE WANT TO KEEP TO THE DISTRICT FORMULA, WE CAN START AGAIN AND SKIP ME OR I'M HAPPY TO DO IT.
AND, UH, IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS FEBRUARY.
OR WAS IT MARCH? I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT WAS THE CAMP? WHAT WAS THAT? WHO WAS WRITING IT DOWN? WHAT WAS IT? YEAH.
Y'ALL ANY OTHER, UM, COMMENTS ON THAT OR IDEAS? THOUGHTS? I THINK WE'RE ONE MONTH OFF.
UH, YOU'RE JUNE AND THEN I WILL BE JULY AND THEN I'LL WOULD BE AUGUST.
AND THEN WE GO AND THEN I THINK GRAHAM, OUR COMMISSIONER REYNOLDS WOULD BE APRIL ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT.
SO KIM IS THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? UM, UH, I KNOW THE ARTS COMMISSION IS MUCH MORE FORMAL THAN US AND USES THE TITLE AND LAST NAME.
I'M PERFECTLY FINE WITH KEEPING OUR IN FORMALITY OF FIRST NAMES.
I THINK, I THINK IT CONTRIBUTES TO ACCESSIBILITY IN A WAY, BUT I, BUT FORMALITY MAKES IT SOUND LIKE WE'RE TAKING OUR, OUR WORK MORE SERIOUSLY.
I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY EXPECTATION.
ANYBODY ELSE HAS TO DO IT, BUT I KIND OF LIKE SOMETIMES I LIKE TUITION NEW.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY? THAT WAS BETTER.
I'M JUST SAYING NO APOLOGIES NEEDED FOR FIRST NAME.
[2b. Discussion and Possible Action following a presentation by Molly Alexander from the Downtown Austin Alliance.]
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION BY MOLLY ALEXANDER FROM DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE.
THIS IS CAM, SORRY TO BREAK IN A DUSTY.
HE WAS OUR SPEAKER AND HE WASN'T ABLE TO DIAL IN, BUT HE IS ON THE PHONE NOW, UH, FOR A CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
SO IF YOU MIGHT FIND A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN, UH, LET HIM SPEAK.
SO WE ONLY GOT ONE SPEAKER, SO THAT WAS COOL.
YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY.
UM, GREAT TO TALK TO YOU GUYS.
UM, I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE QUICK ON THIS.
SO, UM, I, MYSELF, I'M A LIFELONG AUSTIN MUSICIAN.
UM, I, MY, UH, I MEAN, I'VE, I MOVED TO AUSTIN TO PURSUE BEING A PROFESSIONAL DRUMMER AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS ABLE TO DO.
UM, THROUGHOUT MY, UM, MY LIFE.
I, YOU KNOW, I NEVER, UH, REALLY THOUGHT THAT I WOULD CONTINUE PLAYING DRUMS FOR A LIVING ALL THE WAY UNTIL MY THIRTIES.
AND, UM, WHEN 2020 HITS AND, YOU KNOW, THE MUSIC INDUSTRY ENDED, I, UH, ENDED UP IN THE WORLD OF LIFE INSURANCE AND I REACHED OUT TO, UH, PAT FROM, UM, ACX MUSICIANS AND IT AS A WAY TO TRY AND, UM, REACH OUT TO MORE, FOR MORE, UH, MUSICIANS TO, TO INSURE THEM WITH LIFE INSURANCE.
AND PART OF MY LIFE INSURANCE LICENSE ENABLES ME TO DO THINGS, LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES THAT WORK TOWARDS PEOPLE'S RETIREMENT AND THE BAND THAT I PLAYED FOR FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, ABOUT FOUR YEARS INTO BEING IN THE BAND, WE WERE ABLE TO GET, UH, A 401K AND A RETIREMENT PLAN.
AND IT WAS REALLY AWESOME AND IT KIND
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OF REALLY, UH, SHOWED ME LIKE, WOW, THESE MUSICIANS NEVER GET THIS TYPE OF STUFF.UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST ONE OF THE LOOKING ONES.
AND THEN THROUGHOUT BECOMING A LIFE INSURANCE AGENT, I SAW HOW PEOPLE CAN HAVE THEIR OWN LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES THAT WILL ACT AS RETIREMENT.
UM, IT'S LIKE A LIFE INSURANCE AND RETIREMENT ALL WRAPPED IN TOGETHER.
UM, SO I CONTACTED PAT ABOUT TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO JUST REACH OUT TO MORE MUSICIANS AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS KIND OF THING.
AND MAYBE FOR ME TO JUST START KIND OF TALKING TO INDIVIDUAL MUSICIANS AND ENROLLING THEM, BUT PAT HAD A BIGGER IDEA AND PAT KIND OF, IT KIND OF INVITED ME TO, UH, WRAP MY HEAD AROUND A BIGGER SCOPE, A BIGGER IDEA.
AND SO I RESEARCHED SOME THINGS THAT OTHER STATES DO, UM, ABOUT TRYING TO ENSURE A, A GROUP OF PEOPLE, UH, KIND OF IT ALTOGETHER AS A GROUP.
UM, AND IN MY RESEARCH I DISCOVERED SOMETHING SURE IT'S TRUST AND A LIFE INSURANCE TRUST IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, ACCUMULATE A LARGE FUND OF MONEY IN THIS, INTO THIS TRUST.
AND A TRUST CAN BE THE PAYER OF A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY AND ALSO THE BENEFICIARY BENEFICIARY OF A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY.
UM, SO TRYING TO KIND OF WRAP THIS UP QUICKLY, I, I KIND OF CAME UP WITH THIS THING CALLED AMPS.
THEY AUSTIN MUSICIANS, PENSION AND EQUITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST.
IT'S A LOFTY IDEA, KIND OF LIKE HAM AND SIMS, YOU KNOW, HAM TAKES CARE OF TAKES CARE OF HEALTH INSURANCE SINCE TAKES CARE OF MENTAL HEALTH THINGS THAT MUSICIANS NEED AMPS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD, UH, HELP OR HOPEFULLY JUST PAY OUTRIGHT.
UM, THE LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES FOR MUSICIANS THAT MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE HAS TO BE A FULL-TIME MUSICIAN.
I MEAN, IT WOULD HAVE ELIGIBILITY SIMILAR TO HIM.
I MEAN, WHEN I BECAME A HAM MEMBER, YOU HAD TO LIVE IN TRAVIS COUNTY AND YOU HAD TO MAKE, UM, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN BULK OF YOUR INCOME FROM PLAYING MUSIC.
UM, I SEE THIS AS CREATING A LIFE INSURANCE TRUST THAT WOULD BE FUNDED MAYBE.
I MEAN, PAT HAD DIFFERENT IDEAS.
MAYBE IT'S PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE CITY.
MAYBE IT'S PARTIALLY FUNDED FROM DONATIONS, BUT THIS TRUST WOULD BUILD UP AND IT WOULD PAY THE PAY, THE PREMIUMS, MONTHLY PAYMENTS ONTO, UM, LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES FOR MUSICIANS AND THESE PREMIUMS STORE UP AND ACCUMULATE VALUE.
AND THAT'S VALUE EARNS INTEREST BASED ON THE STOCK MARKET.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A 401K, BUT 401KS ARE RISKY.
THEY CAN ACTUALLY LOSE MONEY IF THE MARKET DIES AND IUL, WHICH IS AN INDEXED UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE POLICY.
UM, IT DOESN'T EVER LOSE MONEY IN BAD YEARS.
SO IT'S BASICALLY KIND OF, THAT'S WHY I CALL IT THE AUSTIN MUSIC, AUSTIN MUSICIANS, PENSION, AND EQUITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST.
THE, THE W UM, THE MONEY IN THIS TRUST WOULD PAY THE PREMIUMS ON A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY THAT WOULD GROW ITSELF.
AND THEN AT, AT A CERTAIN AGE AT AGE 65 OR WHATEVER, ACTUALLY, UM, A MUSICIAN OR THE POLICY HOLDER CAN WITHDRAW FROM THEIR ACCUMULATED VALUE, LIKE A 401K, THEY CAN PAY THEMSELVES A RETIREMENT INCOME OUT OF IT.
UM, AND BECAUSE IT'S LIKE ASSURANCE, IF THE MUSICIAN, OR IF THE POLICY HOLDER PASSES AWAY AT ANY POINT DURING THE LIFE OF THE POLICY, IT PAYS A LUMP SUM BACK INTO THE TRUST, BUT THE TRUST WOULD BE IN CHARGE BASICALLY OF DISTRIBUTING THE FUNDS TO THE BENEFICIARIES, THE MUSICIANS, FAMILY, OR WHATEVER.
UM, IT, I MEAN, TRYING TO SUM THIS ALL UP IN THREE MINUTES, IT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT, BUT I MEAN, I FORESEE A WAY THAT THIS TRUST ONCE IT'S UP AND RUNNING COULD ACTUALLY BE SELF-SUFFICIENT BECAUSE THE, THE, THE LIFE INSURANCE PAYOUTS, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS, IT'S KIND OF MORBID TO SAY, BUT ONCE THE, ONCE THE POLICY HOLDERS PASS AWAY, THESE PAYOUTS FROM THE LIFE INSURANCE ARE PRETTY LOFTY.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES THEY END UP BEING 200,000, $300,000 OR MORE ON THE LIFE OF A MUSICIAN.
UM, IF, IF NEEDED TO BE THE LAW, THE TRUST COULD ACTUALLY RECOUP A PORTION OF THAT, UM, PAYOUT TO KIND OF SELF SUSTAIN ITSELF.
AND THESE MUSICIANS WOULD, THEIR LIVES WOULD STILL BE INSURED.
THEIR FAMILIES WOULD BE PROTECTED IF THEY PASS AWAY.
AND IF THE MUSICIAN LIVES FOR A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, MEANING, UH, INTO THE AGES WHERE IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO KEEP GIGGING, UM, THEN YOU BE ABLE TO, UH, PAY YOURSELF AN INCOME OUT OF THIS POLICY
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THAT'S BEEN PAID INTO OVER, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS, 30 YEARS.UM, SO MY KIND OF HOPES AND DREAMS FOR THIS IS THAT IT WOULD EVOLVE INTO KIND OF A LARGE, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE A HAM OR LIKE A SIMS. UM, BUT THIS WOULD BE FOCUSED AROUND LIFE INSURANCE AND RETIREMENT FOR MUSICIANS.
UM, SO I'M SURE MY THREE MINUTES IS UP.
UH, BUT THAT'S, UM, KIND OF A, I MEAN, I, I THINK THERE'S A PROPOSAL THAT I PUT TOGETHER THAT I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE, UM, THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS MORE IN DEPTH OF WHAT, UH, WHAT THIS IS, WHY I FEEL THERE'S A NEED FOR IT.
UM, AND KIND OF HOW I BELIEVE IT COULD BE EXECUTED AND HOW IT COULD EXIST.
UM, I, UH, I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU SENT THAT INTO THE, TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
UM, WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE TIME, BUT, UH, IF YOU, IF THAT, IF YOU'RE DONE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION, WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT, UH, YOUR WORK.
SO WE'RE ON THE, TO BE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FARM PRESENTATION BY MOLLY ALEXANDER FROM THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE AS MOLLY DID.
UM, I'M TRYING TO SHARE MY SCREEN.
IT SAID THAT I COULD PRESENT, OH, HERE WE GO.
UM, THE FILE WAS QUITE LARGE, SO KIMBERLY AND I STRUGGLED WITH IT.
WELL, I'M, I'M, UH, MOLLY ALEXANDER AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION.
SO THE FOUNDATION IS THE FIVE OH ONE C3 ARM OF THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE.
AND WE LAUNCHED, UH, JUST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR, A YEAR AGO.
AND, UM, WHEN TALKING WITH SHAKA, I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE FOUNDATION, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN KIND OF THE MUSIC AND MUSICIAN WORLD, UM, AND THEN KIND OF THE ROADMAP TO RECOVERY, UH, FOR DOWNTOWN THAT WE LAUNCHED AS AN ORGANIZATION LAST WEEK.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LEVEL SET.
SO THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION ARE, WE, WE LAUNCHED IN 20, ACTUALLY MARCH 20, 20, RIGHT AS, UH, COVID HIT.
UM, AND OUR MISSION IS TO IGNITE THE POTENTIAL OF DOWNTOWN THROUGH ART AND CREATIVE SPACES THAT CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF AUSTIN BY AND FOR EVERYONE.
UH, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROJECTS IS REPUBLIC SQUARE.
SO WE, UH, OPERATE MANAGE PROGRAM AND RAISE ABOUT $350,000 A YEAR, UH, TO MAINTAIN THIS PUBLIC PARK IN DOWNTOWN AND DURING COVID.
WE HAD A LOT OF PARTNERS AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WAYS IN WHICH WE COULD KEEP PEOPLE ENGAGED AND ACTIVE.
UH, THIS WAS PARKED SPACE THAT WE PARTNERED WITH, UM, AIA AUSTIN, AND WE PROVIDED YOGA SOCIALLY DISTANCE, SAFE, YOGA TO THE COMMUNITY FOR FREE.
WE ALSO OPENED SALTON TIME CAFE.
OUR VENDOR IN THE PARK ACTUALLY OPENED IN AUGUST BEN RUNKLE AND HIS WIFE HAVE A GREAT PRODUCT, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THEM IN THE PARK.
YOU CAN GET BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER, AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO GET BEER AND WINE.
SO FIRST TIME THAT'S OCCURRED IN A PUBLIC PARK IN AUSTIN.
UH, THIS YEAR WE ALSO WORKED AROUND THE AUCTION OAK, SO 850 YEAR OLD TREES.
IT'S THE FOUNDING OF AUSTIN HAPPENED UNDER THESE TREES.
AND WE RECEIVED A GRANT THIS YEAR AND WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE WILDFLOWER CENTER, UH, TO REALLY REVIVE THE AUCTION OAKS.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE.
THESE WERE THE DESIGN CONCEPTS.
THIS WAS THE WORK, UH, REMOVING SOME OF THE, THERE WERE BARRIERS IN THE PARK AND WE JUST IT'S A PUBLIC PARK AND WE REALLY DIDN'T.
SO WE WANTED TO REMOVE SOME OF THE BARRIERS, ESPECIALLY THAT OVER THE ROOT ZONES.
UM, AND THEN, UM, WE REALLY OPENED IT UP, REINVIGORATED IT AND PLANTED, UM, UNDERNEATH THE TREES YOU CAN SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT IS THE AFTER.
AND THE OTHER TWO PICTURES ARE THE BEFORE.
UH, THERE'S A SECOND PHASE OF THIS PROJECT.
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WORKING ON NEXT AND IT'S CREATING KIND OF MORE OF A WILDFLOWER GROVE, UM, IN THE PARK NEAR THE, UM, FEDERAL COURTHOUSE.
UH, WE ALSO RECEIVED A DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVE GRANT TO REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR PROGRAMMING AND OUR WORK AROUND THE PARK OF BEING MORE INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE.
SO WE RECEIVED THAT FROM CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY, UH, IN THE FALL OF 2019, UM, AND FINISH THAT WORKOUT JUST, UH, THIS
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LAST YEAR.UH, OUR BIGGEST PROJECT BEYOND REPUBLIC SQUARE IS A PROJECT CALLED WRITING ON THE WALLS.
WE LAUNCHED THIS, UH, RIGHT BEFORE COVID, UM, WHERE WE CURATED THE WALL AT THE LINE HOTEL WITH INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS CENTER, CVA AND SHEPHERD FERRY TO COMMEMORATE THE 19TH AMENDMENT, THE PASSAGE OF A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO VOTE.
BUT OF COURSE NOT ALL WOMEN GOT THE RIGHT.
AND WE CREATED A SERIES OF 26 DIFFERENT PUBLIC FREE EVENTS FROM FILM SCREENINGS, CONVERSATIONS, AND WORKSHOPS, UH, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY AND ARTISTS, UH, THAT REALLY TALKED ABOUT THE NUANCES OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT AND THAT ASPECT OF WHO WAS NOT INCLUDED.
WHY NOT? AND WHERE ARE WE NOW? AND HOW DO WE MOVE THAT FORWARD? WE ALSO LAUNCHED SHADAE LAWSON'S MURAL HERE AT LAMAR.
IT WAS A WALL THAT THE CITY REALLY WANTED TO GET PAINTED.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE THE RIGHTS TO THAT AND HIRE SHOT A AND HAVE HER ON THE SAME BILLING WITH TWO INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS.
SHE IN FACT BOOKED HER FIRST INTERNATIONAL SHOW BECAUSE OF THIS WORK, UM, TOGETHER WITH SANDRA AND SHEPHERD, UH, THIS FALL, WE WORKED WITH, UM, PRIVATE, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS AND HIRED FOR LOCAL ARTISTS TO INSTALL, UH, NEURALS ON A PROJECTS JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN ON OLTORF AND SOUTH LAMAR.
UH, WE WORKED WITH TYLER HOBBS, JANICE WACK, SOPHIE ROACH SINCE ONLY DAD FERNANDEZ WHITE CHURCH ON THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN MOST RECENTLY UNDER WRITING ON THE WALLS, WE PARTNERED WITH THE ANNE RICHARD'S LEGACY PROJECT AND HUNG ART BANNERS REALLY COMMEMORATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INAUGURATION OF, UH, GOVERNOR RICHARDS, UM, IN COMMEMORATION WITH WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN MARCH, WE ALSO HAVE A THIRD LEG OF THE FOUNDATIONS.
WE HAVE THE SQUARE REPUBLIC SQUARE, WE HAVE THE MURALS, AND THEN WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED PLACE.
AND THIS IS REALLY HOW DO WE ACTIVATE DOWNTOWN SPACES AND BRING CREATIVES TO THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY OPEN UP DOWNTOWN TO EVERYONE.
WE LAUNCHED THE BLUE STARLITE DRIVE IN, UH, AT THE ROOFTOP OF THE STATE PARKING GARAGE.
WE COULDN'T FIND THE CITY COULDN'T PERMIT THIS.
SO WE HAD TO GO TO THE STATE AND THAT'S BEEN UP AND RUNNING SINCE AUGUST.
UM, WE WORKED WITH THIS MERCHANTS IN THE 600 BLOCK OF CONGRESS AVENUE TO REALLY ACTIVATE THEIR BLOCK.
AND SO WE HELPED THEM DESIGN A SERIES OF ACTIVATIONS AND INSTALLATIONS, UM, WHERE IT COULD BE A COVID SAFE, FRIENDLY WAY OF THE WHOLE BLOCK WORKING TOGETHER TO ACTIVATE THEIR SPACE.
AND, UM, THEY HAVE MUSICIANS, WE HIRE MUSICIANS ON THE WEEKENDS AND THEN, UM, MARKETS AND OTHER THINGS JUST TO BRING FOOT TRAFFIC TO THIS PART OF DOWNTOWN ROYAL BLUE REOPENED AT THIS LOCATION.
UM, AND THEN WILD ABOUT MUSIC IS ANOTHER PARTNER HERE.
THEY HAVE FOUR STORES, DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ROCKS, WILD ABOUT MUSIC, YUMMY JOIN, TOY JOY.
UM, AND IN SPEAKING WITH THEM LAST WEEK, THINGS HAVE REALLY HELPED THE WORK THAT WE'RE ALL DOING TOGETHER TO, TO BRING PEOPLE TO DOWNTOWN, UM, AND SHOP AND EAT A HOLIDAY STROLL.
WE PRODUCED THE TWO IT'S A TWO HOUR EVENT USED TO BE, AND NOW IT WAS A MONTH.
WE CREATED A MONTH LONG SERIES OF EVENTS AND ACTIVATIONS, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY, WE DIDN'T WANT TO CANCEL THE HOLIDAYS.
SO WE WANTED PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COME DOWNTOWN, UH, PRINT OUT A PASS BOOK.
UM, WE INCLUDED RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, UM, UM, RETAILERS, SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD GO AROUND THE GRAND PRIZE, THE W HOTEL SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD SHOW UP AND COME INTO BUSINESSES.
AND WE ALSO STARTED OUR MUSIC BUSKING PROGRAM ON SECOND STREET.
UM, AND, UH, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE, KIND OF HOW THAT'S MORPHED, BUT WE HIRED MUSICIANS.
MANY OF WHOM TOLD US IT WAS THE ONLY GIG THEY HAD GOTTEN ALL YEAR THAT HELPED PAY THE RENT.
UM, WE PARTNERED WITH HAM, WE FUND IT, UH, RAISE THE MONEY TO FUND IT.
HAM HELPS US BOOK THE MUSICIANS.
IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO HAVE LIVE MUSIC BACK DOWN TOWN AND OPEN AND FREE TO EVERYONE.
UH, WE'VE NOW RAISED ADDITIONAL MONIES WE'VE SPENT ABOUT, UM, WE PUT $30,000 IN THE POCKETS OF MUSICIANS SINCE, UH, FEBRUARY, UH, HIRING MUSICIANS, BOTH ON CONGRESS, AND THEN ON SECOND STREET, UH, BUSKING, UM, ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.
AND NOW THAT THREE 10 HAS BROUGHT BACK LIVE MUSIC, UM, AT THEIR ESTABLISHMENT FREE WE'RE BEGINNING TO COORDINATE IT.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO OUT FOR THE WEEKEND, CATCH A SHOW, HERE'S SOME LIVE MUSIC ON THE SIDEWALK, EAT OR SHOP.
UH, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC PLAZAS.
THIS IS A PRIVATELY ON PLAZA THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE INTO MORE OF A PUBLIC SPACE.
SO REALLY THINKING ABOUT ENGAGEMENT AND ACTIVATIONS MUSIC, FOOD, WHAT CAN WE DO IN THESE PLACES THAT ARE REALLY DEAD RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING ON A MINI MURAL ART PROJECT.
WE HAVE 800, UM, ART, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOXES DOWNTOWN.
AND SO WE'RE ENGAGING LOCAL ARTISTS IN, IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO REALLY BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND SHOWCASE THAT.
AND I FINALLY, UM, OH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, WORKED WITH RAISIN AND THE SUN RISE AND MACINTOSH, UM, WHERE WE CREATED AN OUTSIDE IN GALLERY, UH, AT NINE 14 CONGRESS AVENUE FEATURED EIGHT ARTISTS OPENING NIGHT WAS INSANE,
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UM, WITH, UH, JAZZ ON THE SIDEWALK.AND WE HAD A COVID SAFE 20 PEOPLE AT A TIME FOR 12 MINUTES IN THE, IN THE GALLERY.
AND THEN IT LASTED FOR EIGHT WEEKS AND THE SPACE NOW HAS ACTUALLY BEEN LEASED.
UH, BUT THE GALLERY AND THE ARTISTS THAT CAME TOGETHER WERE PHENOMENAL, UM, TO PUT THIS ON, WE'RE NOW WORKING ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ACTIVATE MORE VACANT STOREFRONTS AND DO THIS.
LONG-TERM NOT ONLY DURING A PANDEMIC, BUT WE KNOW THAT WHEN PROPERTY OWNERS ARE LEASING UP SPACES, THERE'S A VACANCY TENDS TO BE A VACANCY FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS.
UM, AND SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT PROGRAMS AROUND THE COUNTRY OF HOW CAN WE HELP CURATE VACANT SPACES WITH MUSIC AND MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS.
AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS, UM, SHAKA, EXCUSE ME, SHAKA INVITED ME HERE IS WE'RE WORKING WITH SHAKA AND AMALIE, UH, TO BE, TO BEGIN TO SEE AS A PILOT PROJECT, IF WE CAN, THE FOUNDATION WOULD TAKE THE LEASE AT NO COST, UM, PASS THAT ON TO AN ART ARTIST, ART GROUP, A MUSICIAN AS A GALLERY OR A STUDIO SPACE.
UM, AND THEN THE ART ART GROUP WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE RENT AND NOT THE RENT, EXCUSE ME, THE UTILITIES, UM, BUT NO OTHER COSTS.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A PILOT PROJECT NOW FOR SIX MONTHS, HOPING TO LAUNCH THAT SOMETIME THIS SUMMER, IF WE CAN GET THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS, YOU KNOW, INSURANCE IS ALWAYS A DETAIL.
THE LEASE AGREEMENT THAT'S 23 PAGES IS THE DETAILS, BUT I THINK WE'RE CLOSE AND WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE A POTENTIAL PILOT.
AND IF THIS WORKS, WE WOULD LIKE TO THEN LOOK AT CREATING A REPOSITORY OF INVENTORY AND SPACE AND MATCH THAT WITH THEATER GROUPS, ARTISTS, STUDIOS, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT IT MAY MAKE SENSE THAT THAT LEASE IS SIGNED LONGER TERM.
SO THOSE ARE THAT'S THE WORK OF THE FOUNDATION AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON DOWNTOWN.
AND I'M ALSO GOING TO JUST KIND OF PIVOT A LITTLE BIT TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK OF THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE IN, INTO RECOVERY.
SO WE'VE SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS, UM, OUR MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT FOR DOWNTOWN.
AND SO OUR ROADMAP TO RECOVERY IS, UH, FOUR PRIMARY AREAS.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN, UM, THE QUESTION AND THE SOLUTIONS AROUND HOMELESSNESS, AND AS WE ALL KNOW, UM, IT'S HARDER THAN ANYBODY CAN IMAGINE, BUT OUR GOAL, UH, IN WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS SUMMIT IS TO REALLY SPEED UP GETTING THE UNSHELTERED HOMELESS INTO HOUSING.
AND SO I THINK WITH WHAT HAPPENED WITH PROP B OVER THE WEEKEND, IT'S MORE IMMEDIATE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN SAFELY MOVE INTO A SHELTERED SAFE, SHELTERED AND HOME EXPERIENCES.
SO THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF THE ORGANIZATION AND OUR WORK WE'VE, UM, WORKED WITH COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO, BUT THAT REALLY IS OUR GOAL IS TO REDUCE THAT NUMBER.
UH, COMMUNITY-WIDE UM, THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, WE'VE BEGUN TO VALUE OUR PUBLIC SPACES IN THE COMMUNITY, EVEN GREATER, AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW WE ACTIVATE THESE MORE INTENTIONALLY, UM, AND INCLUDING MORE OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW WE BRING PEOPLE BACK DOWNTOWN.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT WORKING DOWNTOWN IN YOUR OFFICE AND YOU'RE NOT TRAVELING TO DOWNTOWN, THERE'S ABOUT 20,000 RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN DOWNTOWN.
AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT LIVE MUSIC VENUES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE LIFEBLOOD OF A LIVE MUSIC VENUE.
NOT ONLY IS THE TOURING SHOWS AND SELLING A LOT OF ALCOHOL IT'S PEOPLE.
AND SO HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE BACK IN? SO WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS LIVE MUSIC VENUE, SOME HAVE STAYED OPEN, SOME ARE REOPENING, SOME WON'T REOPEN.
UM, WE'RE REALLY BEGINNING TO SEE THAT THE SUMMER SEASON IS REALLY GOING TO BE MORE LOCALLY HYPER-LOCAL AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW OUR PUBLIC SPACES OR LIVE MUSIC VENUES AND OUR RETAILERS AND RESTAURANTS CAN BEGIN TO WORK MORE COHESIVELY TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THAT.
AS I'VE SAID, WE'VE BEEN CONTINUING TO HIRE MUSICIANS.
OUR FUNDING RUNS OUT IN MAY FOR OUR BUSKING PROGRAM, AND WE'RE WORKING TO RAISE MORE MONEY TO CONTINUE TO HIRE MUSICIANS, UM, AND FOSTER AROUND DOWNTOWN, UH, REALLY SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND LIVE MUSIC.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT WITH THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT, UM, WITH OTHER LIVE MUSIC VENUES, UM, TO REALLY FIGURE OUT NOW THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT STAGE THREE AND THINGS HAVE OPEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN SURVIVE AND THRIVE? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF OUR ROLE AS WELL, AND SAME WITH SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND THEN OUR ORGANIZATION PREDOMINANTLY HAS BEEN MORE AROUND THE ADVOCACY OF DOWNTOWN AND IT WILL SHIFT THROUGH RECOVERY REALLY MORE OF THE PROMOTING OF DOWNTOWN.
SO VISIT AUSTIN PROMOTES TO EVERYONE OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN, AND WE'LL BEGIN PROMOTING MORE, UM, STRATEGICALLY WITH THOSE IN AUSTIN.
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AND THAT REALLY IS IT.AND I'M HAPPY WANT TO STOP SHARING.
I CAN, I DON'T USE WEBEX VERY OFTEN, SO I APOLOGIZE.
I RAN THROUGH IT QUITE QUICKLY.
CHAKA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR YOU WANTED TO BRING ANYTHING UP.
FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR HAVE ANY THOUGHTS TO DOWNTOWN AUSTIN LIFE FOUNDATION.
UH, WELL, THAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
UM, THAT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT SO MUCH IS GOING ON.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT DEFINITELY TIES IN WITH DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD ABOUT HOW TO BRING MUSIC DOWNTOWN.
UM, AND I GUESS I JUST A QUESTION I WOULD HAVE FOR YOU IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT SUPPORT DO YOU NEED FROM THE CITY GOING FORWARD? YOU MENTIONED THE BUSKING PROGRAM AS THE FUNDING'S RUNNING OUT THERE.
ARE THERE OTHER THINGS WHERE YOU COULD SEE THE CITY PARTNERING? I MEAN, I THINK THESE ARE A NUMBER OF THOUGHTS.
UM, I'VE WORKED WITH DAVID MURRAY, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO HAVE AMPLIFIED BUSKING NOW, HONESTLY, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT, UM, AND HIS COMPLAINT DRIVEN, AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET MUSICIANS IN TROUBLE, BUT I THINK THAT AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO MAKE THAT BUY, RIGHT.
UM, AND NOT, YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK.
I KNOW IT'S MORE COMPLICATED THAN JUST SAYING IT, BUT, UM, QUITE HONESTLY, YOU CAN'T BE DOWNTOWN ON THE STREET CORNER.
YOU CAN'T HAVE, COVID SAFE, DISTANCING AND NOT BE AMPLIFIED.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THAT FOR YEARS.
AND, UM, CLEARLY WE, WE COULD BE THE PILOT PROJECT.
SO IF THERE'S A WAY WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE HAVING A SOUND METER OUT THERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT SOUND COULD BE WITHIN LIMITS, AND OF COURSE WE'RE DOING IT DURING THE DAY AND NOT AT NIGHT.
AND SO TYPICALLY THE COMPLAINTS, UM, FOR SOUND ARE DRIVEN BY, UH, RESIDENTS LATE AT NIGHT, UH, AND SINCE SOUND TRAVELS, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THERE'S WAYS TO MAKE THIS WORK AND MAYBE DURING THE DAY IT'S SOMETHING AND IN THE EVENING IT'S SOMETHING, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE IT SO THAT NOBODY HAS TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING A TICKET AND, UM, AND, AND BE COMPLIANT.
SO THAT WOULD BE ONE THING WE DID.
UM, W THERE'S A LOT OF NEED OUT THERE AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE CAN'T GO TO THE CITY EVERY TIME THERE'S A BIG NEED, BUT CLEARLY, IF ARE COMPANIES OR OTHERS YOU THINK MIGHT BE WILLING TO WRITE CHECKS, UM, WANTING TO SUPPORT MUSICIANS, UM, WE ARE A FIVE OH ONE C3.
AND, UM, THE NICE THING ABOUT OUR NONPROFIT IS MY SALARY.
MY SALARY COMES OUT OF THE ALLIANCE.
SO ALL A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE MONEY WE RAISE GOES INTO THE PROGRAMMING THAT WE DO.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
OR IF YOU'RE STARTING A BUSKING PROGRAM OR IF THERE'S A COMBINATION OR WAY TO PARTNER, THAT WOULD BE MY OTHER SUGGESTION.
I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE LEASE PROGRAM.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT USING A, TO THAT IN BETWEEN THE 18 MONTH PERIOD AND FIGURING OUT ALTERNATIVES TO ABUSES.
IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE AT THE COMMISSION.
SO THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT IT'S HAPPENING.
UH, AND I'M MORE OF A BROADER QUESTION AND I KNOW YOU DO THE FOUNDATION, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FOUNDATION IS TO THE FULL ALLIANCE.
AND THEN WHAT THE, WHAT IS THE TOTAL BUDGET OF THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN LINES AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT GOES TOWARDS, UH, MUSIC? HMM, GREAT QUESTION.
SO THE RELATIONSHIP IS SEPARATE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS, UM, AND WE HAVE A STRATEGIC ALLIANCE AGREEMENT.
SO, UM, THINGS LIKE THE FOUNDATION CAN USE THE NAME OF THE ALLIANCE.
UM, THE BOARD OF THE ALLIANCE MAY HAVE TO APPROVE SOME SIGNATURE EVENTS OR EXPENDITURES OVER A CERTAIN THRESHOLD OF THE FOUNDATION.
UM, WE BOTH HAVE TO AGREE TO EACH OTHER'S GOALS, UM, BUT THEY'RE INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THE OVERALL BUDGET OF THE ALLIANCE.
SO THE FUNDING FOR THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE IS PAID BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AGREE TO ASSESS THEMSELVES A RATE, UM, THAT ESSENTIALLY IS COLLECTED THROUGH PAYING PROPERTY TAXES.
AND THIS IS STATE LAW STATE STATUTE ALLOWS ORGANIZATIONS ALL OVER THE WELL ALL OVER THE STATE TO HAVE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS.
SO THAT $10 MILLION IT'S IS THE ANNUAL BUDGET IS ABOUT LITTLE LESS THAN 10, ABOUT NINE AND A HALF.
SO THERE'S VERY LITTLE PROGRAMMING MONEY THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO MUSIC.
UM, SO, AND THE LITTLE PROGRAMMING MONEY THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE ARTS, UM, MOST OF THE MONEY THAT WE SPEND, UM, WE HAVE A STAFF OF 23.
WE DO A LOT OF WORK IN, UM, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING, BUT
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THE MAJORITY OF OUR MONEY GOES TO CLEAN AND SAFE.SO THE AMBASSADORS ON THE STREET, IT'S ABOUT A FIVE AND A HALF MILLION OR $6 MILLION BUDGET TO HAVE 56 MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE ON OUR, UM, AMBASSADOR TEAM WHO NOT ONLY HELPED CLEAN UP THE STREETS, REMOVE GRAFFITI, PICK UP HUMAN WASTE.
WE SUPPLEMENT ALL CITY SERVICES, PICKING UP TRASH.
THEY MANAGE THE PARK, UH, PIECES FOR US.
WE HAVE A HOST TEAM, PART OF A HOMELESSNESS CONNECTIVE TEAM.
UM, SO A LOT OF OUR BULK OF OUR MONEY OVER HALF OF OUR MONEY GOES INTO THAT BUCKET.
ALSO SUPPORTING COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE AND HOMELESS SERVICES.
SO ABOUT 60 SOME ODD PERCENT GOES INTO THAT, INTO THAT BUCKET.
UM, REMAINING MONIES GO INTO PROGRAM AREAS.
SO WE HAVE A PLANNING TEAM WE'RE WORKING ON THE
SO BURYING
SO JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, VERY LITTLE THAT GOES DIRECTLY THIS LAST YEAR.
I THINK IT WAS, UM, ABOUT 40,000, WENT INTO HIRING MUSICIANS THROUGH HOLIDAY STROLL.
THEY DID GRANT FUND THE PART OF THE SHOP, THE BLOCK PROGRAM FOR US, FOR THE FOUNDATION AND, UH, MATCH FUNDED, UM, THE BUSKING PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED.
THAT'S OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD GRAHAM.
I COULD BE WRONG, BUT THAT'S KIND OF CLOSE.
AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, PROGRAMMING, YOU'RE DOING A MO A MONTH WITH FOUNDATION, A FAIR AMOUNT WITH THE, THE FULL LINE.
IT'S A VERY MODEST AMOUNT IN PAYING DIRECT PAYMENTS TO CREATIVES, MUSICIANS, ARTISTS, AND SUCH THE, THE OTHER FOLKS.
SO WE TALK TO A LOT OR THE VENUE OWNERS AND, UH, WHICH IS WHICH YOU HAVEN'T MENTIONED, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT MONTHLY HAVE TO PAY TO STAY DOWNTOWN AND ARE HIGHLY THREATENED.
IT'S THE MUSICIANS GO DOWN, DOWN FOR THE GIG AND THEN GO HOME.
UH, AND SO I'M WONDERING WHAT DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE IS DOING TO SUPPORT THE VENUES AND WHAT PERCENTAGE, IF ANY OF THAT 10 MILLION IS, OR KIND OF HALF IS GOING TOWARDS VENUE SUPPORT.
SO IT WOULD BE THROUGH STAFFING COMPANIES.
THERE'S UM, SO A LOT OF OUR WORK IS, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET THE $3 MILLION UNLOCKED AND LET'S START GETTING THE MONEY OUT TO THE VENUES.
SO WORKING A LOT WITH CODY AND RYAN, PARTICULARLY BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THEM, THEM TAKING THE LEAD AND US BEING SUPPORTIVE.
UM, WE JUST MET WITH THEM LAST WEEK, SO THAT'S NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE.
SO I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT PERCENTAGE, BUT NOTHING GOES BACK DIRECTLY TO A VENUE FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT, BUT TO THE DISTRICT AND HELPING THE DISTRICT HOLISTICALLY.
A LOT OF THAT IS STAFF TIME, PHONE, CALL, TIME, MEETING TIME, TRYING TO GET THEM TO WHAT WE NEED TO GET TO PARTICULARLY AROUND LEGISLATION.
I MEAN, JUST RECENTLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE FINALLY, FINALLY, THE CITY'S GOING TO BE BUILDING THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND RED RIVER.
I MEAN, SO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WE HAD TO SEEN IT TAKES 10 OR 12 YEARS, UNFORTUNATELY, TO GET PAST.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE MORE DIRECT SUPPORT AND WORK WITH THE VENUES.
I THINK THEY'RE HIGHLY THREATENED DOWNTOWN, AND IF THERE AREN'T VENUES, THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THE MUSICIANS TO PLAY OTHER THAN THE BUS GAME AND THE OUTDOOR THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE OBVIOUSLY APPRECIATE ALL THE, ALL THE WORK THE FOUNDATION IS DOING, BUT I THINK, UH, THE VENUES ARE A CRITICAL POINT RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY FOR THE DOWNTOWN.
AND I WILL DEFINITELY PASS THAT ON.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS? I JUST LIKE TO SAY MOLLY, IT'S REALLY GOOD TO HEAR ABOUT ALL THE DEVELOPMENT AND ACTUALLY SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND, AND KIND OF EXPERIENCED VICARIOUS OR JUST VIRTUALLY THIS SINCE WE CAN'T BE TOGETHER.
UM, AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE WORKING SO MUCH TO ACTUALLY SOME, SOME, MANY OF US TO BE ABLE TO GO AND HAVE THE TIME TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND TO, TO TRY TO PARTICIPATE OR BE AUDIENCE MEMBERS.
UM, IT HELPS US TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AND MAYBE HELPS US BE MOTIVATED TO GO AND CHECK IT OUT.
BUT ALSO, I, YOU KNOW, HADN'T KNOWN EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE FUTURE OF DOWNTOWN SINCE I WAS LAST SPEAKING THERE.
AND IT JUST, IT JUST FELT REALLY GOOD TO REMEMBER THE CONTENT OF THAT MEETING AND HOW HARD YOU ARE ALL WORKING TO FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT AND REAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF ALL DIFFERENT KINDS, ALL DIFFERENT SECTORS
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OF TECHNOLOGY AND ART AND EVERYTHING.SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR COMING TO TALK WITH US THIS EVENING.
I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT'S THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU, PATRICE, I THINK WAS SPEAKING IN OUR VISITS IT'S YEAH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR YOU'RE ALL DOING ANYONE ELSE? NOBODY.
WELL, UM, THANKS MOLLY FOR JOINING US.
OH, GRAHAM, ARE YOU JUST WAITING WHERE YOU SAYING GOODBYE AND THANK YOU.
YOU GUYS, SOMETIMES YOU, AFTER THE MEETING, YOU THINK OF SOMETHING, UM, SHOTGUN IS HOW TO GET AHOLD OF ME.
AND SO IS THE CITY STAFF, SO FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION OR TAKE SOME IDEAS OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I WILL, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE BUSKING AND THE TYPES OF SUPPORT AND THIS WHOLE SOUND THING.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME OF OUR MEETING SINCE WE HAVE AN AGENDA, BUT I DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS ABOUT IT.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE SOLUTIONS YOU'RE COMING UP WITH AND WOULD LOVE TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD PULL DAVID MURRAY AND A COUPLE OF OTHER CITY STAFF WHO KNOW EVEN BETTER THAN I DO.
YOU HAVE A NICE EVENING GUYS AND THANK YOU.
[2c. Discussion and Possible Action after update from Systemic Racism Working Group.]
TO SEE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AFTER UPDATE FROM SYSTEMIC RACISM WORKING GROUP, UM, WE ARE STILL, UM, KIND OF IN A SIMILAR POSITION TO LAST MONTH DISCUSSING WE'VE BROKEN UP INTO OUR GROUPS, UH, AS Y'ALL KNOW, UM, WE WERE MEETING UP UNTIL THIS PAST MONTH, TWICE A MONTH.UM, AND WE'VE GOT BASICALLY KIND OF LIKE POLITICAL ACTION GROUPS OR, UM, POLICY ACTION GROUPS.
UM, AND THEY'RE DEALING WITH HOUSING AND, AND, AND, UM, WAGES.
AND, UH, I DON'T HAVE THE LIST IN FRONT OF ME, BUT MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, UM, ALL WITHIN THE EQUITY AREA.
AND WE'RE MEETING NOW ONCE A MONTH AS, AS A GROUP IN TOTAL, BUT IN BETWEEN GROUPS, WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS, UH, OR IN BETWEEN MEETINGS, WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS IN OUR SPECIFIC POLICY GROUPS.
UM, SO WE'RE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
AND CHARLOTTE, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? NO, I UNFORTUNATELY COULDN'T ATTEND THE LAST MEETING.
SO I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE PROBABLY MORE UP TO DATE THAN I AM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER SPECIFICS THAT YOU WANTED TO GIVE.
I MEAN, WE'VE ALSO FELT, YOU KNOW, A MARKETING PROGRAM.
UH, I SAW IN THE NOTES WORKING POSSIBLY WITH VISIT AUSTIN ON THAT, UM, MUSIC MARKETING PROGRAM THAT WAS, UM, TIED IN TO SOME, UH, EQUITY EFFORTS.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, BUT YEAH, AND SO I THINK NEXT MEETING, UH, NEXT TUESDAY, I WAS TRYING TO PULL UP THE, UM, THE GROUPS.
UH, CAN YOU PULL IT UP IN CHARLOTTE? UM, PAUL SENT OVER DEBBIE, HAVE YOU ALL LOOKED AT THAT ALREADY? HAVE YOU SEEN THOSE? THE, WHAT? THE GROUPS, THE SPECIFIC, UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN SHARED WITH THE MUSIC COMMISSIONERS, BUT I CAN SHARE THAT WITH KEVIN.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ON THAT WE CAN SEND OUT TO.
Y'ALL JUST LIKE THE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO, UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
CAN YOU PULL THAT UP REAL QUICK? AND THE TECHNICIAN IS GIVING AND CHARLOTTE PERMISSION SO THAT SHE CAN SHARE HER SCREEN.
SO WHILE SHE'S PULLING THAT UP, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MAKE A SUGGESTION, UM, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UH, WE CAN VOTE ON THIS.
UM, SO THE, UH, THE VENUES, UH, ARE GOING THROUGH, UH, EQUITY TRAINING AND PROCESS RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S, IT'S MANDATORY FOR THEM TO RECEIVE, UH, THE FUNDS, UH, FROM THE CITY.
THEY ALREADY RECEIVED 20,000 AND NOW THEY HAVE TO KIND OF COME UP WITH PLANS FOR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO IMPROVE, UM, DIVERSITY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, TALENT, BUYING EVERYTHING WITH, WITH IN TERMS OF EQUITY.
AND, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UH, I'M SORRY, I NEED SOME COFFEE OR MY BRAIN IS JUST LIKE NOT CONNECTING, BUT THEY'RE GOING
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TO BE, UH, DELIVERING A, UH, A DRAFT, A PROPOSAL, UM, TO THE, UH, EDD.AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND AS, AS A PART OF THEIR PROCESS, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT, UM, THE SYSTEMIC RACISM WORKING GROUP, UM, CREATE A SUBGROUP OF MUSICIANS THAT CAN LOOK AT, LOOK AT THOSE PROPOSALS, LOOK AT THOSE IDEAS AND GET FEEDBACK TO THE VENUES, UM, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY HAND THOSE PROPOSALS IN, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AND GET SOME THOUGHTS ON THAT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE REASON I'M BRINGING THAT UP IS BECAUSE MUSICIANS HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN IN THE ROOM.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN THE VENUES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO VENUES TO GET SOME FEEDBACK SPECIFICALLY FROM, UM, MUSICIANS OF COLOR IN PARTICULAR, BUT MUSICIANS IN GENERAL.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A, A SUBGROUP WITHIN THE SYSTEMIC RACISM WORKING GROUP THAT COULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT THOSE PROPOSALS AND GIVE FEEDBACK TO THE VENUES.
SO, ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? THESE, THESE ARE, UM, THE, UM, THE AREAS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS SEVENTH GRADES AND WORKING GROUP.
SO GROUP ONE IS TALKING ABOUT LABOR PROTECTIONS, HOUSING AND ARTIST DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN GROUP TWO IS TALKING ABOUT, UM, POSSIBLE EQUITY INITIATIVES, UH, CITY FUNDING, MARKETING CAMPAIGN, AND IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE THE COA GRANT AWARDS MORE EQUITABLE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE DIFFERENT GROUPS ARE WORKING ON SEPARATELY.
AND THEN WE COME TOGETHER AND WE TALK ABOUT WHATEVER WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN OUR INDIVIDUAL GROUPS, UM, QUESTIONS, WHAT IS THE CURRENT PROCESS, BUT, OKAY, SO THESE APPLICATIONS OR THESE PROPOSALS ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN, IS THERE, UH, AN ESTABLISHED PROCESS YET OF HOW THEY WILL BE FILTERED? IS IT STAFF THAT'S GOING THROUGH THEM AND THEN RESPONDING, OR IS THERE A GRADING SYSTEM OR WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THE CURRENT SYSTEM JUST TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW YOUR SUBGROUP WILL PLUG INTO THE SYSTEM THAT EXISTS, OR IF YOU'RE CREATING THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW, AND MAYBE ERICA HAS AN ANSWER.
SO NOW I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY HAND THIS OFF TO YOU SINCE WE'RE DOING THIS ACROSS MANY PROGRAMS. OKAY.
SO AT THIS PRESENT TIME, OUR CONSULTANT, JOYCE JAMES CONSULTING ACTUALLY IS WORKING WITH THE VENUE OWNERS ON DEVELOPING THE PLAN.
AND SO WHAT SHOCK IS SUGGESTING IS THAT BEFORE SHE SIGNS OFF ON THE FINAL PLAN, THAT THIS WORKING GROUP TAKE A LOOK, AND WE WOULD NEED TO WORK WITH LAW, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE, WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO READ THAT NAMES, ET CETERA.
AND SO YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE PURE PLANS.
AND WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHO WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE VENUE IS, BUT WE GET JUST A CHANCE TO READ AS MUSICIAN IS READ WHAT THEIR PROPOSALS ARE, WHAT THEIR IDEAS ARE AND GIVE THEM FEEDBACK SO THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE STRONGER PROPOSALS THAT THEY WOULD BE DELIVERING SHOCKING TO YOU.
IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU WANT A SUB GROUP AS OPPOSED TO THE ACTUAL FULL GROUP? UM, YES, FOR ME PERSONALLY, BECAUSE, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE MUSICIANS.
AND SO WE, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO, SO WE HAVE A MORAL SOUL MOBILY, PATRICE, UH, MYSELF, I'M FORGETTING SOMEBODY, PAUL, UM, ARE THE MUSICIANS POPPING ON A FORMER COMMISSIONER, UM, ARE MUSICIANS IN THE GROUP, SO IT COULD BE US, BUT, UM, ALSO, I MEAN, THIS IS JUST UP FOR DISCUSSION.
I'M ALSO LIKE INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY HAVING OTHER PEOPLE THAT AREN'T A PART OF THE SYSTEMIC RACISM WORKING GROUP WE BROUGHT IN, SO THAT WE JUST HAVE JUST MORE, MORE VOICES, MORE OPINIONS, MORE THOUGHT IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THE, IS THE, UH, THE APPLICATIONS OR THE PROPOSALS COME IN, THEY'RE GIVEN TO YOU.
UH, NO, THEY'RE NOT ERICA SHAKING HER HEAD.
I MEAN, WE CAN DO LIKE AN INFORMAL PROCESS.
THIS ISN'T A FINAL, THIS IS JUST FEEDBACK, JUST LIKE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, SO THAT, IT'S JUST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT OUR CONSULTANT AND THE VENUES HAVE TOGETHER TO CREATE THEIR FINAL PLANS.
IT WAS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE, UM, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE VOICE OF THE MUSICIAN IS LEFT OUT OF THIS CONVERSATION.
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JUST WANT TO INSERT IT.WE WANT TO GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM MUSICIANS ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THEIR IDEAS, UM, TO, TO IMPROVE THINGS, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE PERFORMING IN THESE VENUES.
SO WE CAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF INSIGHTS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE THAT NECESSARILY HASN'T BEEN IN THE, AND SO THIS IS A WAY TO KIND OF GET, YOU KNOW, INSERT OUR VOICES AND OUR EXPERIENCE INTO THAT, INTO THAT, INTO THAT, UH, PROCESS, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER METTA, CHARLA QUESTION.
UM, IT WAS, UM, I DON'T PROBABLY HAVE A QUESTION, BUT FIRST OF ALL, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, SINCE I'M THE NEWBIE, UH, ONE OF THE NEW ONES HERE, I THINK, UM, IT'S, IT'S, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, MAKING THIS GROUP HAPPEN.
UH, IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT, UH, TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS AND, UH, AND YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE SO FAR.
SO, UH, LET ME, LET'S STATE THAT UNEQUIVOCALLY, UH, RIGHT AWAY.
UM, I REQUESTED, UM, THE COMPOSITION OF THIS GROUP LAST TIME.
UH, THIS WAS, THIS CAME UP AND I THINK WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE, I, WE NEED TO BE MORE AS A REPRESENTATIVE BODY BE MORE, UH, INCLUSIVE WITHIN THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN HOPE CONSTITUTES, UH, THE GROUP.
SO ON THE PARTICIPATION OF THE GROUP, GET MORE VOICES IN, IN THE BEST PLACE.
UM, LIKE, AND THEN BEING THE ONLY ASIAN AMERICAN, WHICH AGAIN IS A VERY VAST AS FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, SO, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYBODY FROM THAT COMMUNITY.
THERE IS A MIDDLE AND COMMUNITY, SO THE IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO GET A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M EVEN SUGGESTING, BUT JUST FOR REQUESTING TO PERHAPS EXPAND THAT GROUP TO BE JUST A LITTLE MORE BROADLY INCLUSIVE, UM, SO THAT THEY FINDINGS, YOU KNOW, JUST FEEL MORE, UH, ACCEPTABLE AND MORE, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO, THEY'RE JUST BETTER BUY IN AND, AND, AND INTEREST IN, IN THAT.
AND I THINK THERE IS INTEREST FROM THE OTHER COMMUNITIES, LIKE I SAID, UH, AND, UH, I JUST FEEL RESPONSIBLE TO SPEAK FOR, UH, THE API COMMUNITY HERE.
UM, BUT BEYOND THAT, THERE IS A VIBRANT MUSIC COMMUNITY IN THIS TOWN.
AND SOME OF THESE GROUPS COVER THAT HAVE NOT NECESSARILY THE BROAD SPECTRUM THAT WE HAVE.
SO THAT'S ONE THING I WOULD REQUEST.
UH, SO I THINK THEN WHEN THAT GROUP GOES AND HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE VENUES, I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE INCLUSIVE AS WELL.
THE SECOND POINT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS ONE, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT ARTISTS NEED TO HAVE A VOICE IN, IN, UH, SETTING THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THIS GOES SUDDENLY.
UH, I THINK THERE'S ALSO VALUE IN ENGAGING EITHER ARTISTS THAT HAVE THE INFLUENCE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES OR BROADER, UH, YOU KNOW, BRING FOLKS IN FROM THE BROADER COMMUNITIES BECAUSE, UM, IT, BECAUSE THERE'S VALUE AND THERE'S ECONOMICS IN GETTING THE COMMUNITIES TO COME TO THESE VENUES, BUT DON'T NECESSARILY COME ALL THE WAY TO DOWNTOWN AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS MUSIC EVENT, UH, WIDELY.
RIGHT? SO, SO I THINK THERE'S VALUE IN NOT JUST ENGAGING, YOU KNOW, ARTISTS OF COLOR IN THESE, UH, EVENTS, BUT ALSO HELP WHAT CAN BE DONE TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITIES TO COME IN AND, UH, ENGAGE IN THESE EVENTS.
AND IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S UH, THEN, THEN FROM A QUALITY OF LIFE PERSPECTIVE FOR EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S A WIN-WIN IN THAT, IN THAT EVERYBODY'S GIVING AND TAKING IN THAT, IN THAT INTERACTION.
SO I THINK THERE IS A NEED TO BRING IN THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES TO THE VENUES, WHETHER IT IS COUNTDOWN OR EXPAND OF INDIA'S MORE BROADLY, UH, THROUGH AUSTIN AND GREATER AUSTIN.
BUT SO I THINK THERE ARE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE, UH, I WOULD REALLY REQUEST THAT WE TAKE, UH, SOME BROADER ASPECTS OF JUST THESE INTO THE CONSIDERATION, UH, STARTING WITH ALSO PERHAPS BROADENING THE GROUP ITSELF.
UH, DEFINITELY I CAN EXTEND AN INVITATION TO YOURSELF.
UM, IF YOU'RE NOT AVAILABLE, THEN, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT YOU RECOMMEND FOR SURE.
UM, WE DEFINITELY REP WE DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO A FEW FOLKS FROM API COMMUNITY.
THEY WEREN'T, THEY WEREN'T AVAILABLE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OPEN, IT'S REALLY JUST PEOPLE THAT WANT TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS, PLEASE, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
AND WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN AS WELL.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO MESS UP, UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE WE CAN HAVE THOUGH, BUT SINCE PAUL LEFT,
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WE DEFINITELY HAVE, HAVE A SEAT, HAVE A SEAT.AND I JUST DID MENTION AVO SPECIFICALLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, MY, MY COMMENT WAS, UH, DEFINITELY A MINUTE BEYOND JUST THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, IF THERE ARE OTHERS INTERESTED.
JUST WANTED TO ALSO MENTION, UM, I DO REMEMBER THAT ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT WAS IN OUR MATRIX OF FOLKS THAT WE REACHED OUT TO WAS, UH, BETTY SUE, AND SHE WAS JUST TOO OVERWHELMED.
SHE ENGAGED US IN THAT CONVERSATION AND HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WAS HIGHLY INTERESTED AND WE'D, WE HAD TROUBLE FINDING FOLKS THAT WEREN'T OVERWHELMED, ESPECIALLY MUSICIANS DURING A TIME OF PANDEMIC WORKING EXTRA JOBS AND SO FORTH.
AND THEN I CAN ALSO ADD FOR ME SOME REALLY ROUGH STUFF HAPPENED AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND I HAD TO PULL BACK FROM THE SYSTEMIC WORKING GROUP AS WELL AS COMMISSION.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT LEAVES SPACE IN SOME WAY.
UM, I FELT LIKE I MISSED TOO MUCH CONTENT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
AND, UH, DIDN'T KNOW, I FELT LIKE I MIGHT BE A BURDEN ACTUALLY TO MISS SO MUCH CONTACT CONTENT, BUT MY POINT IS JUST THAT WE DID VERY MUCH TRY AND IT WAS A TIME WHERE SO MANY MUSICIANS WERE OVERWHELMED.
AND, AND THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I STAYED AT WHAT I SAID UNEQUIVOCALLY BEFORE.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S VERY COMMENDABLE, THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE SO FAR, AND I'M ABSOLUTELY NOT POINTING FINGERS AT NOT WANTING TO ENGAGE OR NOT TRYING TO ENGAGE.
IT IS IN THE COMPOSITION OF THE GROUP RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THERE IS THERE'S VOLUME AND EXPANDING DONE, UH, BECAUSE THESE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU DO WANT TO COME AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE IN, IN, IN DIRECTIONS THAT IS CULTURE AND MUSIC.
SO, UM, SO I WOULD, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST, YOU KNOW, LET'S, CAN WE TRY MORE? OKAY.
I MEAN, WE DEFINITELY, WE'VE TALKED, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN TO THAT.
I THINK, UH, YEAH, IT'S JUST, THINGS ARE MOVING IN AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO DO YOUR BEST, LIKE NOT ANY RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE GETTING PAID TO DO ANY OF THIS.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST KINDA LIKE TRYING TO KEEP IT PUSHING US, EVERYTHING IS GOING ON.
SO LIKE, DEFINITELY THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO OPEN THAT CONVERSATION BACK UP.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I REACHED OUT TO YOU AND COMMISSIONER GOULD ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF CATCHING YOU UP ON STUFF SO THAT IF YOU HAVE NAMES, WHEN WE DO GET TOGETHER, LIKE, LET'S, UH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S OPEN, LIKE THERE ARE ALSO A FEW MUSICIANS THAT WANT TO JOIN THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE CAUGHT UP, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING THEM IN.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE MORE THE MERRIER HONESTLY.
UM, BUT WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE TOO BIG WHERE WE DON'T GET THINGS DONE.
UM, ANY, ANYBODY, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR MR. GOO? YEAH.
AND WE CAN, WE CAN DISCUSS THIS MORE.
I HAVE SO MUCH TO CATCH UP ON AND LEARN AND, UH, STUDY.
UM, BUT I AM, UH, I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN ONE OF THE POINTS THAT, UM, THAT VOLLEY BROUGHT UP.
IF WE DON'T MIND USING THE INFORMAL FIRST NAMES, I DEFINITELY DON'T MIND.
UM, AND THAT'S, UH, AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT.
AND I'M CURIOUS, UH, WHAT, UM, SORT OF A CONVERSATION YOU GUYS HAVE HAD AROUND THAT AND THE SYSTEMIC RACISM GROUP, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE FROM THE PERSPECT PERSPECTIVE OF BEING ONSTAGE.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A LOT MORE DIVERSITY IN OUR AUDIENCES AND JUST TRYING TO, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY COME UP IN SOME OF OUR SISTERHOOD MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, JUST, UM, WIDE VARIETY OF, OF WOMEN IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, HAVING, HAVING CONVERSATIONS, UM, ABOUT JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE VENUES MORE WELCOMING FOR A MORE DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
AND, UM, JUST WHAT ARE SOME OF THE, THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO, TO FACILITATE THAT? SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE ON THAT SUBJECT.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP.
I, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS IT'S MY OWN BIAS.
IT'S LIKE BEING A WORKING MUSICIAN AND THINKING ABOUT HOW MUSICIANS ARE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, SURVIVE.
UM, I THINK THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY OUR, OUR BIGGEST FOCUS IS JUST OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUSICIANS.
UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING THIS PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MUSIC INDUSTRY WAS FALLING APART BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND IT WAS VERY PROBLEMATIC BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
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SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT RE-IMAGINING IT, BUT RE-IMAGINING IT IN A WAY WHERE THE PLAYING FIELD GETS A LEVEL A LITTLE BIT MORE AND, YOU KNOW, MUSICIANS ARE, YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF WAYS EXPLOITED, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BLACK AND BROWN AND COLOR WOMEN, QUEER FOLKS, EVEN MORE SO, YOU KNOW, SO DEALING WITH THOSE REALITIES, IT'S KIND OF BEEN OUR FOCUS, UM, NOT SO MUCH AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY BRING TO THE TABLE.UH, I W I WOULD SAY WHAT COMES TO MIND, UM, TOO, IS LIKE, I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT GLASS CEILINGS AND STUFF.
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A GLASS WALL.
I THINK THAT A LOT OF VENUES, THEY HAVE TRADITIONALLY OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, AN, AN UN, UH, CULTURE, WHICH MAY, IT JUST KIND OF STICK FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
AND THERE'S JUST A MIDDLE REPUTATION PERHAPS THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, ONLY FOR THIS AGE GROUP OR ONLY FOR THIS RACE GROUP, OR ONLY FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, SEXUAL ORIENTATION GROUP AND THOSE, THOSE REPUTATIONS, OR THAT UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEIR CULTURE IS, CAN DRAW CERTAIN PEOPLE INTO THAT SPACE AS FAR AS AN AUDIENCE AND, AND PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, PATRONS OF THE BUSINESS, BUT IT CAN ALSO PUSH AWAY.
AND IT'S A GREAT CONVERSATION TO HAVE, I KNOW, FOR ME, AS A VERY, UH, ENGAGED AND OUT PERSON IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS, THAT WAS REALLY TRICKY.
AND IT'S ALSO BEEN FOR BANDS LIKE A LOT OF THE BANDS I'VE HELPED TO BUILD AND WORKED WITH, UM, WERE MULTI-RACIAL BAND MEMBERSHIP, UM, AND ALSO DIFFERENT SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS, MEN AND WOMEN.
AND THERE WAS ALWAYS THIS FEELING LIKE HERE WE ARE THIS REALLY DIVERSE GROUP, AND THEN THERE'S THIS GLASS WALL, AND THEN THERE'S THE CULTURE OF THE CLUB.
AND WE HAD A HARD TIME WHEN YOU HAVE A BASE BRINGING IN PEOPLE AND HELPING THEM TO FEEL SAFE IN AN ENVIRONMENT OR WELCOME, OR JUST HAPPY TO BE THERE.
SO I WONDER WHAT THAT CONVERSATION IS AND HOW WE CAN ENGAGE DIFFERENT VENUES AND ALSO JUST COMMUNITIES, LIKE WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE SOME IDEAS THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH IN HONOR OF THAT, TO BREAK THIS GLASS, THESE GLASS WALLS, TO HELP IT GET RID OF OLD REPUTATIONS OR RENEW SOME PLACES THAT MAYBE EVEN WANT TO BE RENEWED IN TERMS OF THEIR REPUTATION OR THEIR, THEIR PAST CULTURE, APPRECIATE THE TREES.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? UM, I DEFINITELY WANTED TO GET BACK TO THAT QUESTION ABOUT VOTING ON, UH, CREATING THAT SUBGROUPS.
I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT, BUT LIKE ANY, ANY FURTHER, UH, WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY AS, AS THIS, UH, MUSICIAN SUBGROUP, BUT THE SYSTEMIC RACISM WORKING GROUP IS LOOKING AT APPLICATIONS.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THERE CAN BE AN EYE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN USED HAVE INDICATED A WAY THAT THEY MIGHT DO OUTREACH TO, YOU KNOW, TARGETED OUTREACH TO DIFFERENT GROUPS IN AUSTIN SO THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, FEEL, FEEL WELCOME IN THAT VENUE.
I MEAN, THAT MAY BE MARKETING OR OTHER KINDS OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, BUT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT SUBSET, UH, COULD THINK ABOUT.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN EVEN BE INCLUDED ON THAT, THE APPLICATION, OR IF IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT, THAT THE VENUES ARE DOING, BUT, UM, YEAH, I DO THINK THAT THAT'S A PLACE, A PLACE TO START FOR, TO HELP AND USE, TO START THINKING ABOUT THAT.
UM, BUT YEAH, PAST THAT, I GUESS I WOULD GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT, UM, MUSICIANS, SUBGROUP OF THE SYSTEMIC RACISM WORKING GROUP, UH, BE INCLUDED IN THE REVIEW PROCESS FOR OPINION APPLICATIONS.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.
BUT, UH, I THINK IT PASSED, I DON'T KNOW, DID IT, I DIDN'T SEE EVERYBODY.
MY THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT YOU INSIDE THE GROUP, UH, CREATE THE SUBGROUP SUBGROUP, CHOOSE THE LEADER, THE LEADER ENGAGES WITH ERICA AND OR SYNOVIA ABOUT WHAT THE PROCESS MIGHT BE, CAUSE THE REDACTIONS HAVE TO HAPPEN AND WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS AND ALL THAT RATHER THAN US TRYING TO DECIDE, I THINK IT MIGHT BE BEST FOR THE ACTUAL DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE SUBGROUP AND STAFF.
[2d. Discussion and Possible Action on Live Music Fund.]
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A POSSIBLE ACTION ON LOUD MUSIC AND FUN.I THINK THIS IS, YOU KNOW, MOST OF US WERE AT THE JOINT MEETING, SO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.
ANY THOUGHTS? DISCUSSION ON THE, ON THE, UH, MY MUSIC PHONE? YEAH.
DID STAFF HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, UM, THIS WEEK ON THAT? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME.
UM, I SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO SEND, WE ARE STILL, UH, WORKING TO PRESENT A FILE, AN UPDATED PROPOSAL TO COUNCIL AROUND THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS.
SO AT THIS TIME, UH, FOR AUTO HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDS, IT IS WHAT WAS PRESENTED.
SO YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THE, THE QUESTION THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS BASICALLY IS, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW MUCH MONEY WILL THERE BE TO SPEND THIS FISCAL YEAR AND NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UM, AND YOU KNOW, HOW WILL IT BE SPENT? SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK WITH, UH, UM, WITH UPDATED GUIDELINES, UH, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, UM, ABOUT HOW WE WILL PROCEED WITH, UM, SPENDING THOSE FUNDS.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS PROPOSED AS I, UM, PARTICULARLY LAST WEEK, A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A VOLATILE SOURCE.
WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND ALL OF IT.
AND THEN NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THE BUDGETS ARE BASED ON AN ESTIMATE.
SO AGAIN, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE HIT A DIP AGAIN, YOU JUST ALWAYS SHOULD HAVE SOME RESERVES.
UM, AND WE'VE TRADITIONALLY DONE THAT IN OTHER HOT FUNDED PROGRAMS TO KEEP A RESERVE IN CASE OF A DOWNTURN, AS YOU SAW LAST WEEK, TOO, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO BUILD BACK UP, BUT IT JUST IS.
AND WHAT'S THE, AND SO WHAT WOULD THE RESERVE AMOUNT DON'T, I'M SORRY.
SO, YEAH, I KNOW YOU SENT THAT PRESENTATION TO ME EARLIER AND I HAD IT UP EARLIER AND NOW I CAN'T FIND IT ON ALL MY TABS.
WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE RESERVE AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE, I GUESS, AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 22.
UH, TOO MANY TABS OPEN RIGHT NOW.
THE SILENCE IS DEFINITE UNTIL YOU FEEL LIKE EVERY SECOND, LIKE A YEAR, I WANT TO SAY, WELL DONE, I'M GETTING TO IT.
I WANT TO SAY IT WAS ABOUT 1.7, I BELIEVE AT THE END OF, YEAH.
I THINK WE'RE ENDING RIGHT NOW WITH 1.7 AROUND THAT.
AND THEN THERE'S A SLIGHT ESTIMATE UPWARDS FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO AGAIN, A MILLION DOLLARS NOW, A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BASELINE.
I FOUND IT, UH, I'LL PULL IT UP THERE.
SO, BUT I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED.
I, I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT THE AMENDED AND AGAIN, FORGIVE ME FOR NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY ARE AMENDED COLUMN IS.
UM, SO TYPICALLY, UM, THE AMENDED COLUMN NEVER CHANGES FROM WHEN COUNCIL PASSES THE BUDGET.
AND SO YOU ALWAYS GO TO THE ESTIMATE TO GET REAL, A REAL UPDATE IT NUMBER.
AND SO THE AMENDED COLUMN STAYS STAGNANT UNTIL, UM, UNTIL THE ESTIMATE IS UPDATED AND IT'S JUST A SNAP IN TIME.
SO AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, UM, IT'S AN ESTIMATED 2.8, BUT REMEMBER THAT IS CONTINGENT UPON US EARNING THE 1.1.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT THERE AND THAT NUMBER WON'T BE AUDITED UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND SO WE'RE CARRYING THE ESTIMATE FORWARD, BUT AGAIN, IT'S ALWAYS TRICKY BECAUSE IT'S AN ESTIMATE AND WE KNOW WE'RE SEEING MORE PEOPLE COME, BUT, UM, I JUST WOULD NOT COUNT ON THAT NUMBER UNTIL OUR BOOKS CLOSED FOR THE YEAR.
AND SO IF YOU TAKE THAT BALANCE FORWARD, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A MILLION DOLLARS SPAN, WHICH WOULD LEAVE YOU APPROXIMATE 3.3.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW HOW I'M VERY CONSERVATIVE IN TERMS OF WHAT I TALK ABOUT THESE
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ESTIMATES COMING IN.UM, UH, AND THIS IS THE BALANCE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021 22.
AND REMEMBER THAT'S, IF WE BRING IN THE 1.5, OKAY.
IT'S CONTINGENT UPON PEOPLE COME IN, WE EARN IN THAT REVENUE.
UM, AND SO, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T KNOW WE'RE STILL IN A PANDEMIC.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE TYPICALLY LEISURE TRAVELERS PICKING IT UP, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN AN UPTAKE ON BUSINESS TRAVEL IN THE CONVENTIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MAJOR.
AND SO I'M JUST VERY CAUTIOUS.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY IF WE'RE SAYING WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS TO SPEND BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 30TH OF NEXT YEAR, UM, WE'D BE LOOKING AT, I MEAN, WE HAD INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT WE MIGHT HAVE LIKE 3 MILLION A YEAR AND THEN A MILLION AND HALF A YEAR, BUT SO WOULD WE BE ABLE TO, UM, SOME FUNDING AND THE LIVE MUSIC FUND WITH THE ARP.
SO SINCE YOU HAVE THIS APP, IF YOU GO TO THE SECOND TO THE LAST SLIDE AND CHARLOTTE, UH, IT IS OUR HOPE THAT COUNCIL WILL APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN RIGHT HERE, THIS SLIDE.
AND SO, UM, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEND 1.1 THIS YEAR AND 1.1 NEXT YEAR, BUT AGAIN, COUNCIL HAS NOT APPROVED OUR SPENDING FRAMEWORK AT THIS TIME.
WE, I, I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THIS IS RECOMMENDATIONS, NO PROMISES BEING MADE.
SO, BUT YEAH, THIS IS, IT'S REALLY HELPFUL, I THINK FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE, UH, THE POSSIBLE ROAD FOR, SO, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
AND IT IS OUR HOPE THAT, UM, UH, THEY WILL, UH, APPROVE SOME FORM OF FUNDING FOR THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY BECAUSE EDD, AGAIN, AS I SAID, WE RECOGNIZE THAT VALUE AND IMPORTANCE, AND WE KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN HURTING.
SO AGAIN, IT'S OUR HOPE THAT THEY DO THAT.
AND SO AS ALL OF THAT, I GUESS FOR NEXT YEAR, AS WE SEE THINGS COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN, LIKE IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR, LIKE I WAS ALL OF THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS OR THINGS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, NO, ONCE WE BRING THOSE FORTH AND YOU A PINE ON THEM AND WE TAKE THE NEW COUNCIL, UH, IT WILL BE FOR THAT YEAR.
NOW, IF YOU SEE, OR WE SEE THAT THINGS SHOULD BE TWEAKED, WE CAN ALWAYS BRING THOSE BACK FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
UM, AND THEN THE, ANYTHING THAT, SO, AND I'M THIS, MY LAST QUESTION, I'M SORRY.
AND THIS IS LIKE SO MUCH MATH FOR ME.
I'M GOING TO BE REALLY TIRED AFTER THIS, BUT, UM, AFTER, SO FUNDS HAVE BEEN, HAVE THE FUNDS BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER INTO CITY BUDGET AND OR ARE THEY, IS THAT JUST A PROPOSAL THAT THEY WOULD BE TRANSFERRED IN THOSE AMOUNTS? SO IN THE FYI 22, THAT LAST COLUMN IS A PROPOSAL.
SO THE WAY IT WORKS IS V UM, HOTELS HAVE 30 DAYS AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE MONTH TO TRANSFER THE FUNDS.
AND THEN WHEN THEY COME INTO THE CITY, THE CITY DIDN'T DISPERSES THOSE, UH, AMOUNTS.
NOT SAYING EVERYBODY FOLLOWS THAT TIMELINE.
SOMETIMES WE GET TWO OR THREE TRANSFERS IN PER MONTH, BUT THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE IS VERY TIMELY IN TERMS OF, UH, DISPERSING THOSE FUNDS TO THE VARIOUS FUNDS.
IF THAT MAKES SENSE, THAT'S WHERE IT COMES INTO ONE POT.
AND THEN THE CONTROLLER WILL SAY, OKAY, I'M GONNA SEND SOME TO LIVE MUSIC.
SO TO, SO TO HEAR IT IS SOMETHING TO CULTURE SUBS, A CONVENTION CENTER, BUT IT IS THE CONTROLLER'S JOB THEY COLLECT AND THEN THEY DISPERSE.
THANK YOU FOR WALKING ME THROUGH ALL OF THAT.
I HOPE THAT WAS HELPFUL TO THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS TOO.
UM, AND WHAT I CAN DO IS WHAT I DO FOR THE OTHER COMMISSIONS.
I USUALLY BRIEF, UM, BRING IN EACH MONTH, I GET A REPORT THAT SAYS, THIS IS WHAT WE COLLECTED THIS MONTH, AND I CAN START HAVING THAT ON A STANDARD, UH, ITEM, UH, FOR THIS COMMISSION, IF YOU'D LIKE, AND I DO IT FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION SHOW YOU THE ACTUAL FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, TALKING ABOUT DISPERSING THAT MONEY SOMEWHERE HERE, PEOPLE HUNGRY PEOPLE THIRSTY, BUT, UH,
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YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S COMING, I KNOW Y'ALL WORKING ON IT, SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY.IT'S JUST ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS RIGHT NOW.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THAT QUESTIONS WE MOVE IN ON THREE A ACTUALLY, CAN I START THAT QUESTION? OH, SORRY.
UM, I, AGAIN, I'M GETTING CAUGHT UP ON SO MUCH.
UH, SO THANKS AGAIN, SYNOVIA FOR THAT.
UH, I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME YOU PRESENTED, I UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, BUT I STILL, I STILL AM A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
SO WE HAVE THE, THE, THE LIVE MUSIC FUND, WE HAVE THE ACTUAL AMOUNT, RIGHT.
WE HAVE THE AMOUNT THAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE, AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN SPENT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A PORTION OF THAT, THAT WE'RE HOLDING IN RESERVE, UM, AS LIKE A, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR SECURITY, JUST FOR, BECAUSE OF THE, THE FUTURE BEING UNCERTAIN.
UM, IS THAT THE KENNEDY'S? I THINK IT WAS 1.7.
SO AT THE END OF LAST FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WAS SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2000.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT CERTIFIED NUMBER IS ACTUALLY 1.7.
IT IS STILL NOW THAT'S CASH IN THE BANK, FOR SURE.
THAT'S THE PART OF THE CURIOUS ABOUT AS WE'VE BEEN SPINNING, WE'RE THE, THE, THE, UM, WHY CAN'T I NOT THINK OF A WORD THAT'S NOT THE HITCH AND THE GET ALONG? UM, SO THE HITCH, UH, IN SPENDING THAT MONEY, UM, IS THAT'S WHERE I'M, THAT'S WHERE I'M CONFUSED.
SO WE'RE WAITING ON, WE'RE WAITING ON APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL TO SPEND, OR WE'LL WAIT ON ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE'RE, WE ARE, AS WE STARTED READING IMAGINING, UM, THE SPENDING OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDS IN THE CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAM, WE TOOK A PAUSE TO SAY, WE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME FOUNDATION PILLARS.
AND ONE OF THOSE IS LEADING WITH EQUITY.
THE MUSIC CONDITION ACTUALLY APPROVED THEIR RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES INSTEAD OF OVER TO STAFF, WHICH WE HAVE, THOSE GUIDELINES WERE UPLOADED TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION AND SENT TO COUNCIL.
SO THE COUNCIL HAS YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE IS OUR FINAL SUGGESTED GUIDELINES.
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE WHAT YOU SAID INTO CONSIDERATION, AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE COMMISSION BEFORE WE EVEN TAKE IT TO COUNCIL.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO MANAGE ACROSS THREE FUNDS BECAUSE, UM, I KNOW YOU, AND I DEFINITELY HEAR AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE MUSIC HAS BEEN WAITING, BUT TRYING TO BALANCE THAT AGAINST WHAT ARE WE DISPERSING IN THE OTHER FUNDS? SO WE DON'T CAN CREATE, WELL, THEY HAVE A MILLION AND THOSE OTHER FUNDS ARE NEGATIVE.
IT'S SORT OF TRYING TO MAKE ALL THAT BALANCE AS WELL AS WHICH PROGRAMS TOGETHER WE WOULD LAUNCH, BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER.
UM, AND SO WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU.
I PROMISE I WILL NOT TAKE ANYTHING TO COUNCIL UNTIL I GET YOUR BLESSING ON AREA.
AND SO THAT MONEY IS IN THE BANK.
I COULD TELL YOU AS OF LAST MONTH, WHAT WE COLLECTED FOR THE YEAR, IT'S JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING IN IN THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
AND SO THAT'S THAT UNKNOWN, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ONLY PROPOSING THE MILLION NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF THAT UNKNOWN.
I WANT TO SAY AN ERICA CAN CORRECT ME.
I THINK THE LAST REPORT THAT I CAN REMEMBER OF THE ONE POINT SET 1.1 FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, WE HAD ONLY COLLECTED LIKE 700,000.
AND SO I JUST, WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'LL COLLECT BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR.
THAT'S WHY I'M COMFORTABLE WITH LIKE A MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET LEAVING A MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S ALMOST THERE AND WE FOR SURE WILL GET IT WITH THE MOST CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES FOR THE PROJECTIONS COMING IN FOR THE FINAL MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE MILLION MILLION, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN THAT GIVES US A WHOLE YEAR AND A HALF TO COLLECT MORE FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM IN 2023.
AND YOU'RE NOT SPENDING, NOT CURRENTLY IN THE BANK, NOT YET.
YOU'RE WANT, YOU'RE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT AGREES WITH THE OTHER PROGRAMS. YEAH.
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ACROSS THE BOARD, UH, GUIDELINES THAT ARE JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE DON'T WANT TO DO LIKE THREE DIFFERENT SILOED PROGRAMS FOR THE SAME TYPES OF USES IT.SO WE REALLY NEED TO DO THIS AS ONE GROUP.
UM, AND THAT WILL BE DETERMINED, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, ONCE WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE BUDGET.
AND THEN THE, THE AMERICAN RESCUE AMERICAN RESCUE PROGRAM IS A SEPARATE, COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THAT 1.7 THAT YOU MENTIONED.
SO THAT'S HOTEL OCCUPANCY, RIGHT? THAT'S HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, AND THEN WE HAVE THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
AND FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
I KIND OF NUMBERS ARE MY THING, AND I KNOW I GEEK OUT AND I KIND OF UNDERSTAND IT, BUT TELL ME IT'S NO BE OKAY, SLOW DOWN.
I DON'T MIND CAUSE I WANT YOU TO, WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND IT, THEN YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO, UH, YOU CAN BE A VOICE FOR US.
AND WE JUST WANT TO BE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WE CAN'T TRANSFER MONEY BETWEEN THE FUNDS BETWEEN THE DIVISIONS, THAT THAT MUSIC MONEY IS ALWAYS THE MUSIC MONEY FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND.
SO IT'S JUST SITTING THERE AND COLLECTING GOOD POINT.
ERICA, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME THAT IF YOU GO BACK TO THE ORDINANCE, IS CRYSTAL CLEAR? NO COMMINGLING.
SO NO, CO-MINGLING I DID HAVE ONE MORE THING TOO, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO GO, I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK AND TOUCH ON SOMETHING THAT, UH, GRAHAM BROUGHT UP IN THE JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSION.
AND THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE TIME TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP, UH, JUST EXPLORING THE IDEA OF, UH, LOOKING AT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, NOT GIVING UP THIS FUNDING SOURCE BECAUSE WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
BUT JUST, UM, EXPLORING SINCE THIS IS SINCE YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY OF BUSINESS TRAVEL AND CONVENTIONS IS SUPER UNCERTAIN WITH THINGS EVERYBODY'S DISCOVERED THAT WE CAN DO THIS VIRTUALLY NOW.
SO WHY DO WE NEED TO SPEND THIS MONEY TRAVELING? UM, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR US TO DO THAT EXPLORATION, OR IF IT'S JUST ASKING, UM, YOU GUYS, IF I DON'T KNOW, ASK PEOPLE WHERE'S THE MONEY AT, EH, NO, NO, THIS, THIS IS ALL GOOD.
UM, UM, THE JOINT, UH, UH, REALLY PURSUE THAT AND PURSUE THAT MY ECHOING, UM, THE CREATION OF THAT JOINT MUSIC AND ARTS GROUP IS THAT'S THE KIND OF PURPOSE OF THAT.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S A BIG ASK AND IT'S A BIG, IT'S GOING TO TAKE REAL CONCENTRATION AND REAL THOUGHT AND THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER, A WHOLE OTHER THING.
SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST HOLD ON AND, AND, UH, PLEASE JOIN THAT, JOIN THAT GROUP WHEN THE TIME COMES, UH, LIKE ABOUT IT.
I WAS, UH, I WAS THINKING, I ASKED MY QUESTIONS LAST TIME AND WAS REALLY TRYING NOT TO BOTHER YOU THIS TIME AROUND, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
I JUST GOT ERICA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THE DOCUMENTS.
UM, SO WHEN YOU MENTIONED GUIDELINES FOR, UH, THE, HOW THE FUNDS WILL GET, UH, HOW THE GUIDELINES WILL BE SET FOR THE ATTACKS AND HOW IT WILL GET DUMPED OUT, UM, ARE YOU LOOKING AT RECOMMENDATIONS BOTH FROM THE LIGHT MUSIC FUND, AS WELL AS THE SYSTEMIC RACE RACISM GROUP? BECAUSE I SAW BOTH OF THEM UNDERNEATH THIS.
AND THEN SINCE THE SYSTEMIC SYSTEMIC RECENT GROUP IS ACTUALLY IN PROGRESS, ARE THERE UPDATES THAT STILL COME IN OR OF WHAT I SEE FROM OCTOBER IS THAT THE, UH, A GOOD FINAL DRAFT OF THE GUIDELINES THAT WAS PROVIDED.
AND, UH, OF COURSE I THINK THE LIVE NEWS FUN GROUP IS CLOSED OUT.
SO I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT THAT, BUT ARE THOSE DRAFT GUIDELINES, ARE THOSE FINAL GUIDELINES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FROM THE MUSIC COMMISSION AT THIS POINT? STAY FROM OCTOBER? YEAH.
UM, THAT'S WHAT THE, UH, EDD IS HAVING FUN GOING THROUGH AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE GUIDELINES WILL BE BASED ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO, SO, SO MY QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY, LET ME REPHRASE IT ARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE MUSIC COMMISSION, UH, DRAFT OR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDED TOWARDS THAT PERSON IS BOZEMAN.
THOSE WERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN OCTOBER THAT WE GAVE TO THE COUNCIL, UM, REGARDING THE LIVE, UH, MUSIC FUND.
AND SO THERE WAS A WORKING GROUP THAT HAS BEEN DISBANDED, THE SYSTEMIC RACISM WORKING
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GROUP ALSO ADDED ON TO THAT.UM, SO, YOU KNOW, ERICA CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THOSE POSSIBLY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THOSE THINGS ARE BEING WEIGHED AND WHERE THAT'S AT, BUT WE'RE JUST, WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK ABOUT THOSE GUIDELINES AND HOW RIGHT.
SO THOSE, UH, BOTH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BOTH WORKING GROUPS SERVE AS A FOUNDATION FOR WHAT STAFF IS CREATING AS FAR AS GUIDELINES, BUT AGAIN, IS STILL NOVIA SAID, WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO THE MUSIC COMMISSION AND TO YOU BEFORE IT GOES AND GETS FINALIZED AND GOES TO COUNCIL AS OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATION.
AND JUST WONDERING, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR HIGH WIND FROM PLANNING TO DELIVERY LIKE THE GALLERY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE GUIDELINES ARE GUIDELINES IS WHAT I HEARD WAS WHEN WHAT'S THE, ON THE BID TRACKING TO GET TO THE END POINT TO WHERE THE FUNDS WILL ACTUALLY GET DISPERSED.
WE, WHEN WE COME BACK WITH THE GUIDELINES, WE'LL HAVE THAT TIMELINE FOR YOU.
I WILL TELL YOU TYPICALLY WE TYPICALLY LAUNCH IN MARCH, BUT BECAUSE OF ALL THE UNCERTAINTY GOING ON, WANT IT TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE FINAL FORECAST NUMBER, AND NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT WE ARE QUICKLY PIVOTING TO GET INFORMATION IN FRONT OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION ARTS COMMISSION, AS WELL AS, UH, PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION, HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.
ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO HEAR ME ANYMORE? THOUGHTS AND DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SORRY.
[3a. Discussion and Possible Action following presentation on fair pay technology solution by Holly Hagerman, CEO of AmptUp.]
AND THEN I MOVE ON TO THREE, A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.FOLLOWING A PRESENTATION ON FAIR PAY TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS BY HOLLY HAGMAN, CEO OF AMPED UP.
HOLLY, ARE YOU THERE? HERE? I, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT.
UM, HOW SHOULD I, UM, HOW SHOULD I SHARE THE PRESENTATION? UM, KIM HAD SAID THAT IT WAS LOADED, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHARE MY SCREEN, BUT IF YOU WANT TO ADVANCE THE SLIDES, I CAN JUST TELL YOU WHEN THERE IT IS.
UH, SO IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND START IT.
YOU CAN GO BACK TO, YEAH, THAT'S PERFECT.
MY NAME IS HOLLY AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK WITH ME.
I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU HOW AMPED UP CAN SERVE EQUITY AND BOOKING, AND CAN ALSO CREATE A MORE STREAMLINED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR VENUES MUSICIANS, AND COULD ALSO SERVE AS A TECHNOLOGY PARTNER FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND.
WHAT'S YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE, HAS BEEN BUILT BY THE VOICES OF MUSICIANS AND VENUES LIKE YOU THROUGH HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS.
IN FACT, I EVEN INTERVIEWED SOME OF YOU.
UH, OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR MUSICIANS TO MAKE A LIVING WITH THEIR WORK, TO IMPROVE EQUALITY FOR WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR AND LGBT COMMUNITIES IN MUSIC, AND TO MAKE ANY CITY IN MUSIC CITY.
WE ALSO GIVE A PORTION OF EACH BOOKING FEE TO CREATE A STEADY STREAM OF GRANTS THAT GO DIRECTLY TO ARTISTS AND VENUES.
ALSO, BY THE WAY, REAL QUICK, I'M NOT SURE IF I HAVE THE ABILITY TO TURN ON A CAMERA, BUT I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT IF IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS YOU DON'T HAVE IT.
SO GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO EVERYONE HAS HEARD SOME VERSION OF THE STRUGGLING MUSICIAN STEREOTYPE, BUT IT GOES BEYOND THAT MUSICIANS STRUGGLED TO FIND THE RIGHT PAYING GIGS.
FIRST IT'S EXTREMELY TIME INTENSIVE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, I HAVE IT, UM, IT MIGHT HAVE TO CLICK A COUPLE OF TIMES HERE, UM, TO GET THROUGH TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, BUT FIRST IT'S EXTREMELY TIME INTENSIVE.
SO YOU SESSIONS ESTIMATE THAT THEY SPEND 60% OF THEIR TIME COLD CALLING VENUES INSTEAD OF BUILDING A FAN BASE OR CREATING NEW MUSIC.
ALSO MUSICIANS HAVE LITTLE TO NO NEGOTIATING POWER OR THEY END UP PLAYING FOR EXPOSURE.
AND WHEN THEY DO GET TO A GIG, THEY MAY BE LEFT CHASING CRITICAL PRE-SHOW DETAILS RIGHT UP TILL SHOWTIME.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE LEFT SEARCHING FOR MONEY AT 2:00 AM IN THE BACK ROOM OF AN EMPTY BAR.
IT'S NOT ONLY SAFE, IT'S EXHAUSTING AND FULL OF OTHER OWN NOUNS.
LIKE HOW'S THE CROWD, WHAT EQUIPMENT IS AVAILABLE,
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WHAT FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL A WOMAN OR A TRANS PERSON HAVE A PRIVATE DRESSING ROOM, NEXT SLIDE.SO VENUES ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS. IT TAKES A REAL INDUSTRY EXPERT TO KNOW WHO WILL SELL TICKETS AND WHO WILL HAVE CRICKETS BECAUSE THERE'S CURRENTLY NO SYSTEM ANYWHERE THAT DELIVERS ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED.
JUST CONFIRMING A DATE IS A MESS OF BACK AND FORTH EMAILS.
AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF 30 DETAILS THAT NEED TO BE COMMUNICATED AND CONFIRMED.
SO NOW RECOVERING FROM TOTAL SHUTDOWN, EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS STATES ARE REOPENING WITHOUT WARNING AND VENUES ARE SCRAMBLING TO MAKE SURE THAT GUESTS AND MUSICIANS ARE SAFE IN TIGHT SPACES.
THEY'RE WORKING WITH REDUCED STAFF AND THEY'RE SCHEDULING AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF SHOWS.
NEXT SLIDE THAT AFFECTS EVERYBODY ACROSS EVERY INDUSTRY IS DIVERSITY.
BUT CURRENTLY THE ONLY TOOLS WE HAVE ARE RAISING AWARENESS OR OFFERING INCENTIVES.
BUT WHAT IF WE COULD GET TANGIBLE RESULTS IN ANOTHER WAY, THE AMPED UP MARKETPLACE DOES A FEW THINGS THAT NO ONE ELSE DOES USING TECHNOLOGY.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO COMPILE DATA LIKE NEVER BEFORE AND HELP PEOPLE SEE THEIR OWN PATTERNS ON THE HOME SEARCH VENUES CAN SEARCH FOR HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.
SEE, SEE THEIR OWN BOOKING PRACTICES OVER TIME ON THE BACKEND TO SEE IF THEY'RE HIRING OR PAYING DISPROPORTIONATELY AND RECEIVE GENTLE AND PRIVATE ALERTS WHEN THEY DO, THEY CAN ALSO SEE HOW THEY COMPARE TO THEIR PEERS, WHICH STUDIES SHOW HAVE THE GREATEST EFFECT ON BEHAVIOR CHANGE.
AND IF THEY ACHIEVE CERTAIN STANDARDS OF BADGE ON THEIR PROFILE WILL SHOW THAT THEY'RE DIVERSE.
SO IT HAS BEEN A ROUGH YEAR FOR LIVE MUSIC, BUT THE SOUL FUELING PEOPLE, CONNECTING POWER OF LIVE SOUND CAN THRIVE, NOT JUST SURVIVE POST PANDEMIC SIDE.
WE ARE STARING HEADLONG INTO THE WORLD'S MOST OPEN CALENDAR.
EVERYONE IS BOOKING RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS TRULY AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE CHANGE.
THERE ARE MORE REASONS THAT JUSTIN OPEN CALENDAR THAT MAKE THIS THE PERFECT TIME.
AFTER A YEAR OF SHUTDOWN, TECHNOLOGY HAS TAKEN A NEW ROLE IN EVERYONE'S LIFE AND OLD HABITS ARE BEING RESHAPED.
ALSO THE POWER DYNAMICS HAVE SHIFTED AS VENUES AND MUSICIANS HAVE COME TOGETHER LIKE NEVER BEFORE TO SURVIVE.
WE CAN'T MISS THIS TIMING TO RECONSTRUCT AND DEMOCRATIZE LED MUSIC.
TALK ABOUT HOW THIS WORKS FROM THE BEGINNING.
IT HAS BEEN A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO ACCESS IT'S COMPLETELY FREE FOR EVERYONE TO USE AND TO USE THE TOOLS.
WE CAN ONLY GET PAID A 10% BOOKING FEE.
IF THE MUSICIAN GETS PAID FOR AGENTS, WE HAVE A LICENSING FEE.
AND THERE'S ALSO THE POSSIBILITY THAT CITY GOVERNMENTS WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR MUSIC COMMUNITY BY COVERING SOME OF THESE COSTS MAKES SENSE.
WHEN WE STARTED A YEAR AGO, WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE WERE BUILDING SOMETHING THAT SEEMS ALMOST CUSTOM MADE FOR A PROGRAM LIKE THE LIVE MUSIC FUND.
AND CURRENTLY THERE'S NO OTHER SOFTWARE THAT HAS ALL OF THESE FEATURES IN ONE PLACE.
WE'D LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE TECHNOLOGY PARTNER, TO THE GRANT MANAGER FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND.
AND HERE'S WHY FIRST WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO NOT ONLY TRACK PAYMENTS ACROSS ALL THESE JEW, ALL MUSICIANS, BUT WE CAN ACTUALLY SET THE STANDARD BY CREATING MINIMUMS. AND IF YOU NEED FAST, RELIABLE FUND DISTRIBUTIONS TO VENUES OR MUSICIANS, WE CAN BUILD THAT IN USING THE WORLD'S MOST TRUSTED AND SEAMLESS PAYMENT PROCESSOR, STRIPE ALSO DIVERSITY.
ISN'T JUST A NICE IDEA FOR US.
IT WAS BAKED INTO OUR CORE TEAM FROM DAY ONE, WITH OUR FIRST HIRE, THEN WE BAKED IT INTO THE TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE A TANGIBLE DIFFERENCE.
YOU CAN CALCULATE AND QUANTIFY.
LASTLY, OUR SYSTEMS LEVELED THE PLAYING FIELD AND ALLOWS EVERY MUSICIAN AND VENUE TO INCREASE THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND CLARITY WITH A CONTRACT EVERY TIME AND SEAMLESS TAX REPORTING.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WANT TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.
SO WE ENSURE THAT ALL THE LITTLE DETAILS THAT CAN TEAR DOWN RELATIONSHIPS LIKE SENDING OVER W NINE IS GETTING A SOUNDCHECK TIMES ARE ALL AUTOMATED AND HASSLE-FREE.
SO THE LAUNCH IS UNDERWAY AND I WANT TO GET, GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
I'M A NATIVE TEXAN, SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE LAUNCHING THIS AND OUR VERY OWN MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
WE'VE ALREADY LAUNCHED AN INVITATION ONLY BETA SITE THAT WILL HELP US MANAGE AND EXPERIENCE, UH, MANAGE THE EXPERIENCE AND BUILD DIVERSITY IN JULY.
WE HOPE TO LAUNCH OUR MUCH ANTICIPATED TOUR ROUTING TOOL AND IN AUGUST OUR SEARCH BY LISTENING TOOL, A SITUATE LISTENING CUSTOM PLAYLIST NEXT YEAR, WE'LL EXPAND LAUNCH THE MOBILE APP.
SO YOU CAN CLICK A COUPLE OF TIMES TO ADVANCE THAT OUR GOAL IS TO INVITE VENUES WHEN WE HAVE 100 EXCITED MUSICIANS ON THE PLATFORM, AS WELL AS TWO TO THREE AGENTS.
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AND THE NEXT SLIDE LIKE YOU TO MEET OUR TEAM.AS I MENTIONED, FLIPPING THE TRADITIONAL TEAM, DEMOGRAPHIC RATIOS WAS A PRIORITY FROM DAY ONE.
MY BACKGROUND IS IN DIGITAL MARKETING FOR GLOBAL FORTUNE 100 COMPANY.
AND THIS IS THE SECOND COMPANY I'VE BUILT.
MANY OF, YOU KNOW, SCOTT STRICKLAND HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL AND ENERGETIC COMMUNITY BUILDER, BRANDON TYREE AND OTHER LOCAL AUSTINITE IS OUR LEAD DEVELOPER.
AND AS A TWO-TIME TECH FOUNDER, RASHAAN HAS WORKED FOR SOME OF THE NATION'S BEST CREATIVE AGENCIES OUT OF NEW YORK.
AND TRISH BRINGS MANY YEARS OF TALENT BY AN EXPERIENCE AT EUROPE.
CHARLIE'S IN SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, AND SHE'S HELPING US BUILD THE VENUE COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE ALSO HELPING, UH, GETTING SOME HELP FROM PAT OVER AT THE AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS, UM, DOING SOME STRATEGIC, UH, UH, CONSULTING ON HOW WE CAN BUILD THAT MUSICIAN COMMUNITY IN THE BEST WAY NEXT SLIDE.
SO THERE'S NEVER BEEN A MORE EXPLOSIVE TIME FOR LIVE MUSIC.
OUR TIMING IS CRITICAL AS THE WORLD REOPENS, SO, UH, YOU CAN STOP THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO JUMP OVER TO A QUICK TOUR OF THE PLATFORM, UM, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE ME TO, UH, SHARE MY SCREEN IF THAT'S, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT YOU WERE LOGGED IN, I AM UNABLE TO GIVE YOU THAT ABILITY.
UH, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO LOG OUT AND LOG BACK IN? YES.
I HAD THE WEBEX APP TO DO THAT.
JUST MAKE SURE TO CLICK THE FINE PRINT THAT SAYS RUN TEMPORARY APPLICATION.
UH, SHOULD I, IS IT OKAY IF I LOG OUT AND LOG BACK IN SO I CAN TAKE CONTROL? UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S FINE.
OR, UH, ALTERNATIVELY HOLLY, IS THERE A WAY, LIKE ONE OF US THAT'S ALREADY LOGGED IN, CAN WE, CAN YOU SHARE THERE, IT'S UP TO YOU, UH, YOU CAN EITHER SHARE THOSE LOGGING CREDENTIALS AND I CAN TRY TO DO IT.
I THINK YOU HAVE MY EMAIL, UM, OR IF YOU WANT TO LOG OUT AND LOG BACK IN.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S FINE TOO.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD, LET ME TRY TO LOG OUT AND LOG BACK IN.
UM, CAUSE I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO CONTROL IT CAUSE IT'S A SPECIAL DESIGN, UH, DESIGN APP.
UM, SO LET ME DO THAT AND IF I CAN'T GET IT, UH, LOG BACK IN RIGHT AWAY AND WE'LL FIND ANOTHER SOLUTION.
UH, LET'S JUST ADD IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET'S GET THOSE READY SO WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, MOVE ON.
WE GOT A COUPLE MORE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AS WELL.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE THREE C IS A PRETTY QUICK, ONE MINUTE YOU WANT TO JUST LET'S DO THAT.
I WAS JUST THINKING THAT, UH, DISCUSS THE IMPOSSIBLE ACTION ON APPOINTING A MUSIC COMMISSIONER TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION INTAKE WHO WANTS TO JOIN DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.
I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT, THIS ARE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WOULD WORK, BUT IS THIS SOMETHING WHERE I KNOW EVERYBODY IS FEELING SPREAD THIN AND IT'S A BIG COMMITMENT? I DON'T THINK PART IS PART OF LIKE DOUG WAS FEELING A LITTLE OVERWHELMED IF ANYBODY'S WONDERING DOUG WAS OUR DOWNTOWN CONDITIONERS AND HE'S HE'S, UH, LEFT THE MUSIC COMMISSION.
HE HAS GOT A LITTLE ONE AT HOME.
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY SORRY TO LOSE HIM, BUT TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE.
UM, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IF NOBODY
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IS WILLING TO KIND OF MAKE THAT COMMITMENT TONIGHT, UH, WE COULD HAVE, WE COULD TAKE TURNS ON THIS A LITTLE BIT.I MEAN, I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE HAVE A MUSIC COMMISSIONER AT EACH MEETING.
THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION IS WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THESE, UH, THESE ISSUES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH MOLLY ALEXANDER EARLIER.
SO, UM, I'M WILLING TO TAKE THE NEXT MEETING OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, IF Y'ALL THINK THAT'S A OKAY.
AND, UM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY CAN GIVE US SOME MORE CONSIDERATION.
I NOTICED THIS SORT OF SUDDEN FOR SOMEBODY TO JUST JUMP IN AND RAISE THEIR HAND AND TAKE ON THIS ADDITIONAL COMMISSION.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT? OH, THIS IS KIM.
IF I COULD, IN THE, IN THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS, UM, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS MAYBE MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO, BUT THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION HAD PREFERRED THERE TO BE ONE CANDIDATE INSTEAD OF SHARING THE ROLE.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME NOW? YES.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MIGHT BE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING.
DO YOU, DO YOU WANT TO FINISH THAT OR DO YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK AND SHOW YOU, UH, THE PLATFORM NOW? YOU CAN GO BACK TO IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE DURING THAT, THAT THREE MINUTE LOG OUT AND LOG BACK IN.
UM, SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN HERE IF I AM ALLOWED.
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS THERE'S NOW A LOUD, OKAY.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE AFTER THAT, I STILL AM NOT ABLE TO, UH, TO SHARE MY SCREEN.
SO, UM, AND CHARLOTTE, IF I CAN GIVE YOU, UM, ONE OTHER OPTION HERE, IF YOU CAN GO TO AMPED UP.COM, THAT'S A M P T U P.COM AND CLICK ON FOUR MUSICIANS.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A VIDEO THERE, IF YOU CAN SHARE THAT.
AND, UH, IT WON'T, IT WON'T SHOW YOU EVERYTHING, BUT IT'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE MUSICIAN TOOLS AND I CAN RUN THROUGH A FEW OF THE OTHER ONES VERBALLY, UM, SORT OF DEALING WITH TECHNOLOGY HERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE I NO LONGER HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHARE MY SCREEN.
SO IF IT'S CITY HALL, AP TECH CAN HELP WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT GOING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM, UH, THE SIDES THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU? THE PROPOSED PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU MENTIONED, HOW DO YOU PICTURE THAT WORKING? UH, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE, UM, REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE US IN THE TECHNOLOGY ROLE IN TERMS OF, UH, IN TERMS OF US BEING ABLE TO TRACK DIVERSITY.
SO ONE THING THAT YOU ACTUALLY WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE ON THIS VIDEO THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SHOW, UH, IS THE ADVANCED SEARCH AND HOW WE CAN, UM, VINNIES CAN ACTUALLY SEARCH BY DIVERSITY, HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED GROUPS.
UM, AND SO WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THIS DATA, IS THAT IN THE BACKEND, UM, AS I MENTIONED, THERE'LL BE A PERFORMANCE TRACKING DASHBOARD SO THAT THEN YOU CAN SEE THEIR, THEIR HIRING PRACTICES OVER TIME.
SO I KNOW THAT THOSE, UM, UH, DIVERSITY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ARE PART OF THAT LIVE MUSIC FUND.
UM, AND SO THIS WOULD ACTUALLY GIVE VENUES THE ABILITY TO TRACK THAT IN A CONSISTENT WAY AND EASILY AND SEAMLESSLY DELIVER THAT OVER TO THE CITY.
SO WE CAN BUILD INTO OUR SYSTEM A WAY FOR THEM TO EASILY JUST SEND THOSE RESULTS OVER.
UM, AND THEY WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED BY US AS WELL.
SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE WAYS, UM, ANOTHER WAY THAT IT COULD BE USEFUL IS IN ANY FUNDS DISTRIBUTION IN TERMS OF DELIVERING FUNDS TO THE VENUES OR TO THE MUSICIANS, BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE WILL BE ON OUR PLATFORM BECAUSE IT'S FREE FOR THEM TO, UH, TO BE ON THE PLATFORM.
THE ONLY TIME THERE IS, UH, IS A FEE IS WHEN, UH, WHEN THEY HAVE A BOOKING, THEN THERE'S NO BARRIER FOR ACCESS TO THEM.
SO YOU COULD ESSENTIALLY, UM, BE CONNECTED TO THEM EASILY.
THEY WILL HAVE LOGGED IN AND PUT IN ALL OF THEIR ACCOUNT INFORMATION.
AND SO WE COULD EASILY TRANSFER FUNDS BACK AND
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FORTH TO THEM AS WELL.SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER, UM, SEAMLESS DISTRIBUTION VEHICLE FOR YOU AS WELL.
UM, THE FINAL WAY IS THAT IF YOU END YOUR FAIR PAY COMMITTEES, DO SET, UH, STANDARDS AND MINIMUMS FOR HOW MUSICIANS ARE GOING TO GET PAID IN THE CITY.
THEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY MAKE MINIMUMS AND SET, SET THOSE STANDARDS.
SO, UM, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THIS VIDEO IS THAT WHEN YOU GO TO A MUSICIAN PROFILE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY BOOK THEM ON THE SITE.
UM, IT'S ONE OF THE VERY FEW WEBSITES OUT THERE THAT CAN DO THIS.
AND OURS IS SPECIALIZED IN THAT OUR, UM, OUR BOOKING TOOL IS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING TO GET A PATENT ON IT RIGHT NOW.
IT ALLOWS YOU TO PAY MUSICIANS BASED ON FLAT FEE AND SPLIT SALES, UH, FOR BAR SALES AND TICKET SALES.
UM, SO, AND YOU CAN ALSO PUT IN MUSICIAN MINIMUMS AND, UH, MUSICIAN GUARANTEES AND VENUE MINIMUMS. SO WE COULD ACTUALLY SET MUSICIAN GUARANTEES AT A CERTAIN RATE OR A CERTAIN MINIMUM FOR MUSICIANS IN THE AUSTIN AREA.
SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF WAYS THAT WE COULD BE USEFUL AS A TECHNOLOGY PARTNER, TO THE GRANT MANAGER THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REGULATORY SIDE OF THE, OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE GRANTS.
SO, UH, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
AND, UM, ALSO WE CAN START THE VIDEO AS WELL, AND I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR SOMETHING FINE BOOK AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS? I WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PATIENTS TO MAKE A LIVING, TO ENSURE WOMEN AND LGBT COMMUNITIES HAVE A FAIR SHOT AND TO MAKE ANY CITY A MUSIC CITY.
THERE ARE NO SUBSCRIPTIONS, JUST A SMALL FEE ON EACH BOOK PERFORMANCE PART OF WHICH GOES DIRECTLY INTO MUSICIAN GRANTS.
WE DON'T WANT TO JUST REOPEN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
WE WANT TO RECONSTRUCT AND DEMOCRATIZE IT.
LET'S TAKE A TOUR RIGHT FROM THE START.
AND EVERY STEP OF THE WAY EVENT HOSTS AND VENUES ARE ENCOURAGED TO FIND A BOOK.
YOU, THEY CAN EVEN SEARCH FOR DIVERSE MUSICIANS ON YOUR EPK.
VENUES CAN SEE WHEN YOU'LL BE NEARBY YOUR FULL TOUR SCHEDULE AND AVAILABILITY, AND THEN BOOK YOU BASED ON A FLAT FEE OR TICKET SALES, BECAUSE SHOWS ARE BOOKED THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
EVERYTHING IS AUTOMATICALLY ADDED AND BLOCKED OFF YOUR CALENDAR.
MUSICIANS CAN SAVE DAYS OF PLANNING WITH OUR TOUR ROUTING TOOL TO FIND THE BEST FIT VENUES LOCALLY OR ON THE ROAD.
YOU CAN NOT AS MANY LOCATIONS AS YOU WANT, EVEN SPECIFY DATES AND FLEXIBILITY AND CREATE A PITCH LIST OF VENUES TO COME BACK TO AT ANY TIME YOU CAN PITCH BEEN USE FROM OUR DATABASE OR HERE ON THEIR PROFILE.
IF THEY HAVE ONE, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THEIR EQUIPMENT CAPACITY BY STAGE.
AND EVEN CURRENT HOLDS MESSAGING IS WHERE YOU BUILD A RELATIONSHIP.
AND THE PITCH STARTS HERE TO BE PRIVATE NOTES OR SEND OVER THE CONTRACT.
ANYTIME WE BELIEVE THAT A MUSICIAN CAN ONLY BUILD THEIR CAREER, IF THEY KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'LL GET PAID.
SO WHEN BOOKING ON AMPED UP, YOU'LL HAVE A CLEAR AND SIMPLE CONTRACT.
EVERY TIME PAYMENT COMES IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SHOW.
SO YOU CAN STOP CHASING MONEY AT 2:00 AM.
AFTER BOOKING ALL OF YOUR MARKETING ASSETS LIKE LOGOS AND PHOTOS ARE AUTOMATICALLY SENT OVER TO THE VENUE AND THEIR ADVANCED DETAILS ARE RECEIVED LIKE AN AIRBNB.
CHECK-IN, EVERYTHING YOU NEED IS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, INCLUDING PRODUCTION CONTEXT.
EVERY FEATURE WAS THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED BASED ON THE VOICES OF MUSICIANS.
LIKE YOU SIGN UP TODAY TO GET EARLY ACCESS WHEN THE SITE GOES LIVE.
SO, UH, SO THAT DIDN'T HAVE EVERYTHING THAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU, BUT IT GAVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW.
UM, AND SINCE THEN, UH, SINCE THAT WAS EVEN POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN UPDATED AND DESIGNED.
UM, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE MISSED ON THAT IS, UH, SO ONE IS THAT ON THE MUSICIAN AND THE VENUE PROFILE FOR ALL OF THE RECENT AND PAST SHOWS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE TICKET SALES.
NOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT WHOLE STAR, THAT ABSURDIST MAY HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, SO, UH, THE ONLY CURRENT RESOURCE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS PULSAR, WHICH VENUES TELL US IS INCONSISTENT AND UNRELIABLE.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE BOOKING IS INTEGRATED INTO OUR SYSTEM, IT HAPPENS AUTOMATICALLY HERE.
SO, UH, IT WILL ACTUALLY TELL THE VIEWER HOW MANY TICKETS HAVE BEEN SOLD AT THOSE PAST SHOWS.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT, UH, WAS NOT SHOWN ON THERE.
UM, AND I THINK IT DID TOUCH ON THE TOUR ROUTING TOOL, BUT I WANTED TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT IS.
UM, THAT'S A PATENT SEEKING TOOL THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, AND IT HAS FOUR EASY STEPS AND TWO MAIN GOALS.
THE FIRST IS THAT IT ALLOWS MUSICIANS TO FIND THE RIGHT FITTING VENUES FOR THEIR AUDIENCE IN NEW AND UNFAMILIAR LOCATIONS.
AND SECOND, IT HELPS VENDORS KNOW WHAT TALENT, UH, WHAT NEW TALENT WILL BE TOURING NEARBY SO THEY
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CAN BOOK THEM AND FILL SOME GAPS.UM, SO I THINK THAT, UH, I THINK THAT THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.
UH, ONE OTHER THING IS THAT AFTER THE, UH, CONTRACT IS BOOKED AND FINALIZE, OF COURSE, ALL THE FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED AUTOMATICALLY AFTER THE SHOW.
UM, NOW IF THAT'S A FLAT FEE AND IF IT'S A BASED ON, ON SALES, THEN BOTH PARTIES WILL BE PROMPTED TO COME TOGETHER AGAIN TO BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP AND CONFIRM AND SOLIDIFY THOSE, THOSE TICKET SALES.
UM, AND THEN A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS HAPPEN AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTRACT IS A PLACE THAT IS AGAIN, HELPING TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
UM, AND SO THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THOSE DETAILS THAT TEND TO TEAR APART RELATIONSHIPS.
UM, SO THINGS LIKE, UH, TAKING CARE OF W NINES IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO, UM, ALSO, UM, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE MARKETING ASSETS FROM THE MUSICIAN, THEIR LOGOS, THEIR PHOTOS, THEIR STAGE PLOTS, THAT THAT IS ALL SENT OVER TO THE VENUE AUTOMATICALLY.
AND THE VENUES INFORMATION AND FILES AND ADVANCED DETAILS, PARKING MAPS, THOSE ARE ALL SENT AUTOMATICALLY OVER TO THE MUSICIAN.
UH, SO, UM, I THINK THAT THAT COVERS MOST OF THE POINTS THAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU IN THIS VIDEO, THERE IS ONE MORE VIDEO THERE THAT DOES, UM, SHOWCASE IT FROM THE VENUES PERSPECTIVE.
AND THERE ARE ONE OR TWO OTHER SCREENS THAT ARE SHOWN THERE.
UH, PRIMARILY THE ABILITY TO REARRANGE HOLDS AND ADD HOLDS FOR MUSICIANS THAT ARE TOURING THROUGH.
UH, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT VENUES HAVE, UM, EXPRESSED WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THEM, UM, THAT THEY CAN JUST EASILY ADJUST AND REARRANGE HOLDS, UM, JUST WITH A CLICK OF A BUTTON ON ONE SCREEN.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND HOW THIS COULD INTEGRATE, UH, FURTHER WITH THE LIVE MUSIC FUND AND HELP MUSICIANS IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY FAIR PAY, UM, AND JUST SORT OF UPPING THE GAME AND LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD.
ANY QUESTIONS? THOUGHTS? THANK YOU, HOLLY, FOR SHARING MY PLEASURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
THAT WAS REALLY COMPREHENSIVE.
YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS.
I THINK WE ALL JUST HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD INTEGRATE INTO THE LIVE MUSIC FUND IS BECAUSE AS YOU PROBABLY HEARD THAT, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, BUT, UM, YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE DEVELOPED A REALLY IMPRESSIVE PLATFORM.
SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT WITH US.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, TIMELINES AROUND WHEN YOU'LL BE SOLIDIFYING THOSE GRANT MANAGERS OR MAKING THOSE DECISIONS? UH, WE DON'T ACTUALLY MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
YOU WOULD NEED TO TALK WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ABOUT THAT, THOSE TIMELINES.
BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU SHARING.
THIS LOOKS LIKE A GREAT PLATFORM.
WE'LL SAY YOU GUYS DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK, SO GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING.
THANKS FOR BRINGING ALL THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.
THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
IT WAS GREAT TO, TO SEE YOU ALL AND, UM, AND TO HEAR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.
THANKS AND HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR NIGHT.
[3b. Discussion and Possible Action regarding Officer Elections.]
SO WE'RE ON THREE B NOW, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING OFFICER ELECTIONS.DO YOU ALL WANT TO, I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL FEELING IN TERMS OF YOUR ENERGY.
I KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TAKE A BREAK, BUT YEAH.
DO YOU GUYS WANT TO TABLE THIS? YOU GUYS WANT TO DO THESE LAST TWO? UM, THANKS TONIGHT.
IT IS, UH, ORIN, OUR CURRENT SECRETARY IS NOT HERE AND SO I'M NOT SURE IF HE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE IN THAT ROLE OR NOT.
UH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT DYNAMICALLY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS LAST MONTH AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FINE FOR US TO PUSH IT DOWN THE ROAD.
I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A PROCESS QUESTION FOR OUR S OUR STAFF TO STEP DOWN FROM CURRENT POSITIONS.
I WOULD MOTION THAT WE KEEP EVERYONE WHERE THEY ARE.
IS THERE ANYBODY WANT TO SAY, WAS THAT, YEAH, SO, SO THAT WOULD NOMINATE SHAKA, JONATHAN MOUND FOR CHAIR AND NOMINATE AND CHARLOTTE ANDERSON FOR VICE CHAIR.
DO WE, DO WE HAVE TO DO THEM SEPARATELY THOUGH? I MEAN, KIM FRESH IS ON THE PROCESS HERE.
WE HAVE TO DO EACH ONE SEPARATELY,
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OR CAN WE DO A MONICA? THIS IS KIM.SO TO ANSWER THE FIRST QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU COULD POSTPONE IT, UM, YOU CAN, UM, THE ELECTIONS WERE TECHNICALLY SUPPOSED TO BE LAST MONTH, BUT YOU CAN POSTPONE THEM IF YOU WANT TO.
UM, AND THE SECOND QUESTION I THINK YOU HAD WAS, UM, IF YOU COULD JUST NOMINATE ALL AT ONCE.
SO, UM, IF, IF GAVIN IS NOMINATING ALL THREE, THEN YOU KNOW, THEN SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO SECOND ALL THREE, OR YOU CAN DO THEM SEPARATELY, YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO YOU.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO RUN FOR A POSITION, RIGHT? WE SHOULD AT LEAST LEAVE THAT OPEN AS WELL.
IT'S ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO, UM, POSSIBLY TAKE A POSITION AS CHAIR, VICE CHAIR OR SECRETARY.
I GOT THE IMP I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT IF YOU GUYS, SINCE THE, WE HAD TO CHANGE, I JUST DON'T WANT TO JUMP.
YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST GOING TO, I WAS JUST GOING TO JUMP IN AND SAY, I GOT THE IMPRESSION BECAUSE WE CHANGED SO RECENTLY, AND NOW THERE'S ELECTIONS THAT IN CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OTHER, I'VE, I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION, WE'RE ALL HAPPY IF YOU GUYS ARE STILL WILLING TO SERVE.
SO THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT'S HOW EVERYONE.
SO NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO, UH, THANK YOU.
UH, WE'LL GO BACK TO, UH, GAVIN'S UH, MOTION.
YOU WANT TO KIM TO COMPLETE IT, UH, TO NOMINATE ORIN ROSENTHAL AT SECRETARY.
THOSE ARE THE THREE NOMINATIONS.
SO THE SECOND, SECOND, UH, OKAY.
UM, HOW SHOULD WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT ORIN IS GOOD WITH THAT? I MEAN, UM, LAUREN, ISN'T GOOD WITH IT.
I WAS, I WAS WONDERING IF IT COULD WORK THAT WAY, SO GREAT.
YOU ALSO HAVE A PARLIAMENTARIAN POSITION IN THE BYLAWS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IF YOU WANT TO, UH, HAVE SOMEBODY DO THAT ONE, IF YOU DON'T WANT THAT POSITION ANY LONGER, YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A, A RECOMMENDATION.
IT WOULD NEED TO GO TO COUNCIL AND IT WOULD BE, NEED TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL BECAUSE IT'S IN YOUR BYLAWS.
UH, YEAH, WE DECIDED NOT TO BOTHER WITH THAT.
AND, UM, BUT WE SHOULD MAKE A DECISION ON THAT.
THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP NOW AGAIN.
UM, DO WE WANT TO VOTE ON A PARLIAMENTARIAN? SO, UM, YEAH.
SO WHAT THE PARLIAMENTARIAN DOES, IF ANYBODY'S WONDERING, IS, UH, HELPS US IS KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
SO SOME OF THESE PROCESS QUESTIONS THEY WOULD, THAT PERSON WOULD STUDY UP ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER A QUESTION THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WILL ALL BE MAD AT YOU.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT POSITION DOES.
UM, SO WE COULD, WE CAN ALWAYS LEAVE THAT POSITION OPEN AND TAKE IT UP LATER.
IF ANYBODY ON, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ON THE COMMISSION, UH, WOULD LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, UM, YEAH, THE, THE PART WHERE WE SEND IT UP TO COUNCIL SEEMS COMPLICATED.
I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE THAT I FEEL LIKE THAT'S, WE SHOULD ELIMINATE THE POSITION.
I MEAN, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO DO IT AT SOME POINT, RIGHT.
SO KIM, DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE TO NAME, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? IF WE DON'T NAME ONE, THEN WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT, AND WE'VE GOT TO SEND SOME OF THE COUNSELORS.
I WOULD JUST SAY, WELL, YOU DO HAVE AN, AN OPEN OFFICER POSITION AND THE PARLIAMENTARIAN IS IN YOUR BYLAWS.
SO, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO CONFER WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO SEE IF YOU CAN JUST LEAVE IT OPEN AND DEFINITELY, BUT IT IS IN YOUR BYLAWS.
AND IF YOU DON'T WANT IT ANYMORE, UM, IN, AND YOU DON'T WANT IT IN YOUR BYLAWS, THEN YOU WOULD NEED TO DO THE FORMAL, YOU KNOW, THE FORMALITY OF, OF MAKING THAT A RECOMMENDATION, SENDING IT TO THE COUNCIL AND IT GETTING APPROVED TO BE TAKEN OUT.
UM, THOUGHT THOUGHTS, THOUGHTS, ANYBODY, ANYBODY LIKE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER AND JUST LIKE, FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, LESS THE JAM? NO.
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YEAH, NOT IT RIGHT.THE BAR IS SET REALLY LOW FOR THIS POSITION BECAUSE WE'VE IGNORED IT.
UM, I FEEL LIKE WE CAN TO STEP UP AND TAKE IT FOR NOW, AT LEAST DOWNLOAD RUBBER'S RULES OF ORDERS AND BE ABLE TO FLIP THROUGH THEM WHEN WE NEED IT.
WHEN THE QUESTION COMES UP, NOMINATE GRAHAM REYNOLDS PROPOSED.
ANYBODY OPPOSED? ALL OPPOSED? ANYBODY NOW? BUELLER.
ALL RIGHT, GRAHAM, CONGRATULATIONS, MAN.
FINALLY, YOU CAN CALL LIKE, LET YOU LET YOUR FAMILY KNOW, MAN.
YOU MADE IT THE WAY THAT THE WAITING TO DECIDE WAS TOO PAINFUL AND I DECIDED TO END COMPLETELY.
AND THEN THE, YOU KNOW, KIM DISLIKE, UH, WE WENT INTO ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, KAREN.
AND YOU KEEP, WE JUST, UH, WE'RE JUST JOKING AROUND HERE.
[3c. Discussion and Possible Action on appointing a Music Commissioner to the Downtown Commission.]
A DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPOINTING A MUSIC TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER.
UM, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN'T JUST HAVE ONE PERSON.
WE COULD TABLE THIS FOR NEXT, THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, GIVE YOU ALL A CHANCE MAYBE, UH, SOME OF THE NEWER MEMBERS TO GET FAMILIAR WITH DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, MAYBE SOME Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED IN THIS HAS BEEN ON THE TABLE, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, SINCE DOUG IS NO LONGER WITH US.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF NOBODY'S JUMPING AT IT, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST TABLE IT AND PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMITMENT, WHAT THE THINGS ARE YOU DOING, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF HAVE A JOB DESCRIPTION.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN BRING THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING.
UH, SO WE CAN, UH, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT NEXT MEETING.
UM, HOW DO Y'ALL FEEL ABOUT ADDING THAT TO THE AGENDA? YES, I WOULD SECOND THAT.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY.THE ONLY ONE I HAVE IS WHO WOULD BE GREAT TO GET AN EXPLANATION MAYBE FROM SYNOVIA OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW TO ENGAGE IN THAT.
AND, UH, UH, ONE-ON-ONE UH, OF THE CALENDAR AND STEPS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE TO BE IN THOSE.
THE BUDGET AND FUNDING PROCESS.
CAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS LIKE, UH, SO BEHIND ON THAT, WE'RE ALWAYS, YEAH.
I THINK FOR THE SIX YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMISSION, WE'VE BEEN, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT FARTHER BEHIND THE MAT.
YOUR RECOMMENDATION FROM TWO MONTHS AGO AND HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY THE BUDGET OFFICE.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU'VE PASSED ON WHAT WE RECOMMEND.
WE JUST DIDN'T EVER KNOW AT WHAT POINT IN THE BUDGET CALENDAR WE ARE, HOW TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND EXACTLY THE IDEAL PROCESS, UH, FOR, FOR MOVING THINGS FORWARD.
WELL, WE'RE, I CAN EXPLAIN, BUT I'LL JUST TELL YOU WE'VE ALREADY STARTED IT, BUT I'LL EXPLAIN NEXT MONTH WHERE WE APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK THAT, UM, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE, CAUSE I KNOW IT'S A PROCESS THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO AUGUST AND YEAH.
IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT I GOT A BRIEF OVERVIEW FROM MY COUNCIL MEMBER THE OTHER DAY AND I'M ALREADY FEEL LIKE I NEED A, I NEED A REFRESHER ON IT.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO IMPLY SOME NUMBER THAT YOU WERE SIX YEARS BEHIND.
I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN HOW THIS WORKS, SORRY.
ANY OTHER, UM, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO YEAH, WE HAVE SYSTEMIC RACISM.
WE'LL BRING THAT UPDATE FORWARD AGAIN.
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IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD KEEP PUTTING LINE MUSIC FUN ON THAT CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED, KEEP HAVING THOSE UPDATES.ANYTHING ELSE? IS THIS WHERE WE MIGHT, UH, TALK ABOUT FORMING THAT, UM, UH, ARTS AND MUSIC, UH, WORKING GROUP? UH, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WOULD BE DISCUSSED, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM WE MADE ONE ABOUT LAND USE.
AND THEN, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO EXPAND THAT TO BUDGET ITEMS GENERALLY AS WELL.
UH, I MEAN HAVING A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE TWO COMMISSIONS IS GOOD AND, BUT HAVING A FOCUS IS GOOD TOO.
SO, UH, I MEAN, THERE'S, WE CAN, UH, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO CROSS COMMISSION GROUPS IF THAT'S TOO MANY.
UM, I THINK WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT IT AT THE LAST JOINT MEETING, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FORMAN, A GROUP THAT'S SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT FINDING MONEY, UM, FROM OTHER SOURCES, LIKE BASICALLY TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, BRING, UH, JUST FIND MONEY AND CREATE, UH, YOU KNOW, DIA JUST FIND MONEY FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, FIREARM.
I SECOND PUTTING THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH AND I NOMINATE LAUREN TO REACH OUT TO THE ARTS COMMISSION ABOUT THE NEXT STEP FORWARD WITH THEM ON THAT PROCESS.
UM, DO WE NEED A SECOND THEN SECOND? UM, ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.
UM, WELL, UM, A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
UM, WELL WE'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT MONTH.