Jun 30, 2021 Special Arts Commission

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP TALKING.

HEIDI SMALL BUCK.

UH, ANY MOCK? HELLO? ANY RICK VANDINE.

PHILIPPE'S GOT THE BEST LOCATION TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE STRAIGHT INTO CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.

AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO,

[CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]

WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS ON OUR LIST FOR THIS EVENING.

UM, AND WE IS SHARON BOWER.

ANDERSON.

SHARON, ARE YOU HERE? AND WITH US, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES STAFF.

CAN YOU TIME FOR US PLEASE? SURE THING.

DO WE HAVE SHARON ANN YET? SURE.

I DON'T SEE A SHARON ON THE LIST AND ALL THE COLORS ARE UN-MUTED SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE STATUS IS.

I'M GOING TO ROTATE YOU TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST AND COME BACK TO YOU AND SHIGELLA ARE YOU HERE? OKAY.

NOT YET.

TO SHUT HER FOR MORE THAN A YEAR OPEN FOR ARTISTS FROM THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

UM, BONNIE COLUMN, I DID HEAR YOU.

I'M HERE.

HI, BONNIE.

WELCOME.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES LEFT.

THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR, OUR COMMISSIONERS, AND DEDICATED CULTURAL CONTRACT STAFF.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE ARTS COMMUNITY DURING THIS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT YEAR I'M BONNIE COLUMN.

SHE, THEY PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE BORTEC'S AND WE ARE A 30 YEAR CULTURAL CONTRACTOR AND HAVE GROWN FROM A SEED IN 1988 TO A UNIQUE COMPANY, MAKING SCRAPPY ART IN THE NINETIES AND ODD TO A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CORE MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK AND A THRIVING REGIONAL CULTURAL HARBOR ON MANOR ROAD.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE VORTEX HAS BEEN BUSY, CREATING LIVE THEATER AGAIN ON OUR OUTDOOR GARDENS STAGE.

ANY JUMPS IN THE LIBRARY OF HEAVEN IS A PLAY FOR FAMILIES BY RAINA HARDY.

AND WE'RE FINISHING UP THE RUN AT THE VORTEX THIS WEEKEND, AND THEN PLAYING FOR THREE NIGHTS OUTDOORS AT THE CARVER, JULY 15TH THROUGH 17TH AND AUDIENCES REALLY LOVED THE PLAY AND THE PRODUCTION WAS FUNDED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS DISTRICT GRANT TO BRING TOURISTS TO SIX SQUARE AUSTIN'S BLACK CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT, WHICH WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY DONE.

AND WE ALSO RECEIVED AN NPN BRIDGE GRANT SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF TALES OF A BLURRED BALLYMENA BY VALIDATING SIA TOLBERT.

I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE ENDEAVORS OF THE CITY TOWARDS EQUITY IN THE ARTS.

WE SPENT DECADES STRIVING TO CREATE EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION, AND I KNOW THAT EXISTING STRUCTURES NEED TO CHANGE IN ORDER TO CREATE A CULTURE SHIFT.

I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ALSO GIVE CONSIDERATION AROUND EQUITY TO ARTS VENUES THAT ARE OPERATED BY OUR LOCAL NONPROFIT GROUPS.

THE VORTEX STARTED WITH NOTHING, AND WE BUILT OUR COMPANY AND OUR VENUE WITH LOVE AND SWEAT AND PERSEVERANCE, AND VERY SLOWLY WORKED OUR WAY UP THE CITY FUNDING LADDER TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL FUNDING LEVEL, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN ELIMINATED.

I ASKED YOU TO CONSIDER THE CHALLENGES FOR THE DIMINISHING NUMBER OF NONPROFITS WHO ARE DOING THE BIG WORK OF KEEPING ARTS VENUES THAT WERE FORCED

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AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE WERE ALL WORKING THROUGH THE DARKEST AND MOST DIFFICULT WINTER OF OUR LIFETIMES.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF NEEDS TIME TO SERIOUSLY EVALUATE EQUITY AND CULTURAL CONTRACTS.

PERHAPS WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO GIVE THIS PROCESS THE TIME AND SPACE TO EVOLVE INTO A FUNCTIONAL AND EQUITABLE FUTURE THAT CONNECTS OUR ARTISTIC COMMUNITIES.

I AM CONCERNED, HOWEVER THAT ALL OF OUR CULTURAL CONTRACT FUNDING WAS DELAYED FOR MONTHS THIS YEAR.

IN FACT, THE VORTEX DID NOT RECEIVE OUR CULTURAL CONTRACT FUNDS UNTIL NINE MONTHS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR.

WE GOT THE CHECK IN JUNE IN 30 YEARS.

IT'S NEVER BEEN ISSUED LATER THAN JANUARY.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE MANY COMPLICATING FACTORS, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THIS IS JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE SUPPORT OF OUR CULTURAL CONTRACTORS.

AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT CAUSED THE DELAYS IN CONTRACTS AND THIS YEAR, AND IN THE FUTURE, WHEN WE HAVE CULTURAL CONTRACTS, AGAIN, I HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENT WAYS TO HANDLE CONTRACTS AND PAYMENT.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR TIME, AND I'LL SEE YOU IN THE VORTEX.

CELIA HUGHES.

UH, AND CONGRATULATIONS MICHELLE ON YOUR FIRST MEETING AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE ARTS COMMISSIONERS AND TO THE STAFF FOR ALL OF YOUR HEAVY LIFTING AND HARD WORK OVER THE PAST YEAR, I'M HERE TO ADDRESS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF THE ADA QUIZ FROM A PRE-CONTRACT, UH, REQUIREMENTS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE QUIZ HAS, UH, PERHAPS NOT SERVED THE PURPOSE THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO, UH, INTENDED TO, UH, CREATE FOR THE CONTRACTORS, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT ELIMINATING IT AND NOT REPLACING IT WITH ANY OTHER EDUCATIONAL OR TRAINING COMPONENT AROUND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT REALLY SOLVES THE ISSUE.

UH, YEARS AND YEARS AGO, I WORKED WITH THE CULTURAL CONTRACTS OFFICE WHEN IT WAS STILL IN THE DOHERTY ARTS CENTER TO BRING THEM TO THE ATTENTION THAT THEY WERE REQUIRING CONTRACTORS TO INITIAL THREE DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE CONTRACT WHERE PEOPLE WERE INITIALING, THAT THEY WERE COMPLIANT WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THAT MEANT AND WHAT THE SERVICES WERE, AND THAT THEY WERE UPHOLDING THE CITY'S OBLIGATION UNDER THE 1973 REHABILITATION ACT, UH, TO HAVE A 5 0 4 COORDINATOR, AND TO ENSURE THAT ALL CITY, UH, FACILITIES AND CITY FUNCTIONS AND PROJECTS ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, UH, THEY REALIZED THAT, UH, HAVING PEOPLE INITIAL THINGS WITHOUT ANY KIND OF UNDERSTANDING WAS ACTUALLY OPENING THEM UP FOR A POTENTIALLY VERY, UH, NEGATIVE SITUATION, UH, WITHIN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY.

IF, UH, CONTRACTORS, UH, DID NOT FOLLOW THEIR OBLIGATIONS FOR THE ADA.

AND AT THAT TIME WE BEGAN TO OFFER TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS TO ALL OF THE CULTURAL CONTRACTORS TO BEGIN TO, UM, HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT CONTRACTORS CAN PROVIDE ACCESS, UH, THROUGH CAPTIONING, ASL INTERPRETATION, AUDIO DESCRIPTION.

AND THE INITIAL THING IS TO MAKING SURE THAT THEIR VENUES ARE ASSESSABLE.

UM, IT HAS OVER THE YEARS, THESE, UH, WE TRIED TO MAKE TRAININGS AND WE WORKED WITH THE CITY'S ADA COORDINATOR, UH, TO MAKE THESE TRAININGS AS ACCESSIBLE AND AS EASY AND AS PALATABLE TO THE CONTRACTORS AS POSSIBLE.

AND EVENTUALLY IT BECAME AN ONLINE CLASS THAT PEOPLE COULD JUST GO THROUGH AND TAKE THE, TAKE THE QUIZ.

AND AS IT IS, THE QUIZ, UH, ALLOWS YOU TO TAKE IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL YOU GET EVERYTHING RIGHT.

UM, SO I'M CONCERNED THAT, UM, JUST THE ATTENTION TO THE, YOU KNOW, OVER, YOU KNOW, 4.5 MILLION AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES AND IN TEXAS, THAT'S ABOUT 25% OF OUR FOLKS IN AUSTIN MATCH THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AS HAVING A DISABILITY.

I'M CONCERNED THAT THE, THAT THE CITY OFFICE HAS TURNED ITS BACK.

I'M SORRY.

WE'RE I BELIEVE WE'RE AT TIME STUFF.

ARE YOU TIMING THAT? YES, THAT WAS TIMESHARE.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE LIST IS ITEM ONE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

I'M GOING TO CIRCLE BACK.

IS SHARON BOWER ANDERSON HERE AND CHICKA LOLA, ARE YOU HERE? SURE.

ALL THE NUMBERS ARE MUTED RIGHT NOW, SO, OKAY.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE MISSING SOME FOLKS.

UM, AND I'M GOING TO MOVE ON

[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

DO WE HAVE A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER? I MAY SORT OF COMMISSIONER CASTILLO.

DO I HAVE A SECOND SALINAS THIS MAN TO GOD SECOND TO ANY, AND HE CHANGES AND NOTES.

W HEARING NONE, I'M GOING TO MOVE THIS ON CONSENT AND PASS IT ON AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING FOR THAT NEXT UP CHAIR'S

[2.a. Welcome Acia Gray]

REPORT.

SO HELLO.

HI.

UM, WE HAVE A LOT ON OUR DOCKET TODAY, SO I JUST, I WANT TO BE FAIRLY BRIEF, BUT THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SIT IN THIS SPACE.

UM, IT IS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE.

AND THE WORKING WITH YOU AS IT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK AND HONOR AND, UM, ACKNOWLEDGED THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO, WHO HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION AND THE LIGHT AND A LIGHTNING ROD AND ALL OF THE THINGS FOR ALL OF US FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

UM, WE'RE IN A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF HIS WORK.

AND, UM, AND I WANT TO EMPOWER HIM AND REMIND HIM THAT NOW THAT HE HAS A LITTLE LESS ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS TO DO THAT IS CHARGED WITH CONTINUING TO BUILD THE BRIDGES THAT HE'S BEEN BUILDING AND MAKE THE CONNECTION POINTS THAT HE'S BEEN MAKING AND KEEP US HONEST AND FOCUSED AND DRIVING FORWARD AND ON TASK.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK AND IT'S BEEN GREAT BEING YOUR PARTNER AS YOUR VICE CHAIR.

AND I CONTINUE TO, NO, I DON'T WANT TO UM, SOMEBODY IS NOT ON MUTE WHO NEEDS TO BE ON MUTE.

I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND WELCOME.

VICE-CHAIR SALINAS, THIS MAN WHO HAS ALREADY DONE YEOMAN'S WORK AND I'VE DOUBLED HER SALARY AT LEAST TWICE THIS WEEK.

SO, UM, THANK YOU, SELENA.

SHE'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK MOVING FORWARD.

SO THERE'S THAT, UM, THE NEXT PIECE ON MY, ON MY LIST THOUGH, IS TO SAY, I'M AWARE THAT I'M STEPPING INTO THIS AT A VERY CHALLENGING TIME FOR ALL OF US.

UM, WE HAVE JUST COME THROUGH 16 MONTHS OF, OF THE PANDEMIC.

WE ARE WRESTLING WITH EQUITY ISSUES.

WE ARE WRESTLING WITH LIMITED RESOURCES.

UM, IT'S A, IT'S A SCARY AND ROUGH TIME, BUT IT'S ALSO A TIME RIFE WITH POSSIBILITY FOR TRANSFORMATION AND GROWTH AND TO BUILD BACK IN A WAY THAT IS BETTER AND HEALTHIER AND STRONGER THAN WE'VE EVER BEEN BEFORE.

UM, I AM EXCITED AND ENCOURAGED AT THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'RE ALREADY MAKING.

UM, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PRESENTERS TONIGHT THAT I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESOURCES THAT ARE COMING ONLINE.

SO I JUST, I WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF ALL OF THE POSITIVE, ALL OF THE ABUNDANCE THAT WE HAVE.

I KNOW IT'S EASY TO GET STUCK IN THE SORT OF SCARCITY MINDSET, BUT I THINK WE WANT TO COME FROM A PLACE OF ABUNDANCE.

I AM A THEATER MAKER BY TRAINING.

I'M A HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE LADY.

SO, UM, I'M GOING TO CALL ON EVERYBODY TO STEP IN AND WEIGH IN AND ENGAGE IN WHATEVER WAY AND AT WHATEVER LEVEL MAKES SENSE FOR WHERE YOU ARE IN TIME AND SPACE.

UM, I ALSO SAY TAKE A DEEP BREATH, TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF.

WE'RE WE'RE COMING BACK AND IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE COMING BACK FULL TILT, BUT BE AWARE THAT EVERYBODY IS STILL WRESTLING AND IT'S BEEN A HARD, HARD RIDE.

SO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR FRIENDS.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY, IF YOU WERE GOING TO BE CHARGED WITH HAVING CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE DIFFICULT, RIGHT, AS A COMMUNITY, THERE ARE LIMITED RESOURCES.

THERE'S A LOT OF NEED.

UM, THIS IS AN ONGOING ITERATIVE PROCESS.

IF YOU HEAR SOMETHING THAT SCARES YOU, PICK UP THE PHONE, IF YOU HAVE A THOUGHT TO SHARE, SEND IT TO US, ALL OF US ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF YOU COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT OF THE CITY.

UM, WE'RE ALL HERE AND LISTENING AND WE'RE ALL ENGAGED AND PAYING ATTENTION AND WE'RE ELEVATING THE CONVERSATIONS ALL THE WAY UP THE CHAIN.

SO KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE AS YOUR ADVOCATES.

UM, TRUST US, LISTEN TO US, TALK TO US.

WE WILL DO OUR LEVEL BEST TO SHARE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE.

SOME THINGS MIGHT SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS, CALL US OUT ON THAT, LET US KNOW WE'LL CONTINUE THAT, THAT COMMUNICATION WORK.

UM, AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR NEWEST COMMISSION MEMBER, MS. ACO, GRACIE, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT, SAY SOMETHING WELL, THANK YOU.

AND SO WITH THAT AGAIN, THANK YOU.

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I'M HONORED TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION.

UM, I HAVE BEEN AN ARTIST IN AUSTIN FOR, UM, WELL, 38 YEARS ACTUALLY, BUT I AM THE CO-FOUNDER OF TAPESTRY DANCE COMPANY.

AND, UM, I HAVE, UM, BEEN A PART OF THIS INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY FOR DECADES, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PERHAPS HELPING THIS, UH, BOAT WE HAVE OF, UM, CULTURAL FUNDING, UM, BE STRONG AND, UM, NOT CONTINUE AS A BOAT THAT CAN, THAT IS REPAIRED OR PATCHED OR BANDAID, UH, ALONG THE WAY.

AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE JOURNEY OF EQUITY.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS IN THE CITY, UM, OF WORKING TOGETHER, SUPPORTING EACH OTHER, BEING TRANSPARENT.

UH, I HOPE TO BE A COMMISSIONER WHO IS HERE TO LISTEN, WHO IS ALSO HERE TO BE TRANSPARENT AND TO HELP US BE THE GREAT AND INCREDIBLE CITY OF ARTISTS THAT WE ARE.

AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WELCOMING.

UP ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, LIAISON REPORT DO NOT MAKE ME FOLLOW ACL.

UM, NEXT

[2.b. Art in Public Places liaison report]

OH MY GOD.

DID YOU JUST HEAR THAT? UM, UH, IT'S GREAT TO WELCOME THE NEW COMMISSIONERS AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS INSPIRATIONAL TO HEAR WHY PEOPLE GIVE UP THEIR TIME AND TALENTS.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.

UM, SO, UM, I MEAN, THE THINGS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU, UM, THAT WE WILL, UM, VOTE ON TONIGHT ARE, ARE THE THINGS THAT AIPP HAS BEEN DISCUSSING.

I THINK THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF, OF QUESTIONS AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, UM, OF, OF EQUITY AND, UM, LIMITED FUNDING AND ALL OF THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, THEY'RE PART OF THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY, SO THERE'S NOTHING NEW THERE.

SO, UM, JUST WE'RE CONTINUING TO, TO APPROVE PROJECTS THAT HAD THE FUNDING SECURED AND THAT ARE PART OF THE 2%.

UM, AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE ALL OF THAT CONTINUE TO GET MONEY INTO ARTISTS' HANDS.

SO, UM, YEAH.

UM, I DON'T THINK I'M FORGETTING ANYTHING.

SUE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING I'M MISSING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW OR ADD IN, BUT IT'S, UM, WORK AS USUAL.

THE LAST MEETING I DID, I THINK, AS FOR YOU ALL, TO LOOK AT YOUR CALENDARS, THE ART, THE AIPP PANEL MEETS THE VERY FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH.

AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR EACH OF YOU ALL TO ATTEND AT LEAST ONE MEETING BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

UM, AND WE CAN, UM, EITHER SEND AROUND A SIGN UP SHEET OR WE CAN DO SOMETHING SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT IN VIOLATION OF, OF, UM, OPEN MEETINGS.

YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S NOT A MAJORITY OF US THERE, BUT AGAIN, I THINK FOR NEWER MEMBERS AND FOR EVEN MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN ON FOR A WHILE, THAT MIGHT NOT BE AS FAMILIAR AS WITH THE MEETING PROCESS.

IT, IT IS GOOD FOR YOU ALL TO EXPERIENCE THAT AND TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING HAND IN HAND WITH AIPP.

SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE, UM, ENCOURAGING YOU ALL TO LOOK AT YOUR CALENDARS AND FIND THAT FIRST MONDAY NIGHT OF THE MONTH, IT'S TYPICALLY SIX TO 7 38 O'CLOCK.

SO, UM, PLEASE LOOK AT YOUR CALENDARS AND SEE IF THERE'S A TIME THAT YOU ALL CAN ATTEND WITH THAT.

AND I THINK, UM, SUE WILL BE SHARING SOME MORE INFORMATION AS WE GET TO, UM, TO STAFF UP, UM, UPDATES.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER, ASSESSMENT, WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE REACH OUT TO YOU DIRECTLY IF THEY'RE, UH, WITH THE DATE THAT THEY'D LIKE TO ATTEND? UM, I WOULD PROBABLY ASK THAT MAYBE SUE CAN, UM, STAFF MEMBERS COORDINATE THROUGH THROUGH YOU OR ONE OF YOUR TEAMMATES, JUST SO THAT WE MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE, UM, SIGNED UP TO, UH, ATTEND AND THAT WERE IN VIOLATION OF YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

THIS IS TO LAM ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, PROGRAM MANAGER.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE CAN COORDINATE WITH Y'ALL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, JUST ONE OR SO OF YOU, UM, EVERY TIME A MEETING HAPPENS.

SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT WITH Y'ALL.

UM, STAFF, CAN WE MOVE CARL SETTLES INTO PRESENTERS? YOU GOT IT.

AWESOME.

ITEM TWO C BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS LIAISON.

WE'RE MOVING INTO

[2.c. Boards & Commissions liaisons]

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE AEDC

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AND CULTURAL TRUST ADVISORY COUNCIL AND CARL SETTLES IS HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

THINK CARL, WELCOME.

I'M GLAD TO BE HERE.

UH, I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH TO REPORT IN TERMS OF NEW, UM, NEW INFORMATION.

THEY DID, UH, PASS THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WAS PASSED BY OR APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO WE DO HAVE A SIGNED CONTRACT AND WE'RE STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, AN EMAIL OUT, UH, TO, UH, UH, DAVID, UH, COLLAGEN, UH, ABOUT THE CULTURAL TRUST PROCESS.

UM, AND WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING TO BE THE TIMELINE? UM, I HAVE NOT HEARD, HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING, UM, ON THAT.

UM, I DID HEAR THAT, UH, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THIS RECOVERY ACT MONEY THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING ABOUT, UH, NO, THERE'S SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS, UH, THAT ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT MONEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE UNTIL, OR FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY TO, UM, UNTIL PROBABLY EARLY FALL, UH, IS, IS REALISTICALLY WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT THAT POSSIBLY ALSO IMPACTS THE, THE SHORTFALL THAT WE HAVE WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION FUNDING THAT SOME OF THAT MONEY COULD, COULD BE USED, UH, TO, UH, TO, UH, MAKE THAT HOLE AGAIN.

BUT WE DON'T KNOW, UM, W WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT.

AND, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER, OTHER MONEY AS WELL AND HAVE THESE SPECIFIC AMOUNTS, UH, QUESTIONS.

UM, I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK AND, AND, UH, FIND OUT THAT INFORMATION AND SHARE IT WITH Y'ALL VIA EMAIL.

I'M SORRY.

COMMISSIONER BARNS.

UM, WOULD IT BE HELPFUL OR DO, DO THE NEW MEMBERS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT CARL IS REPRESENTING FOR US, OR JUST A QUICK DEBRIEF ON THAT, OR I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT CONFUSED.

SO, UM, I'M NOT THE BEST PERSON TO SAY THAT, BUT, UH, I MEAN, I'LL GIVE YOU MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, IS THAT I WAS, UH, APPOINTED ON BEHALF OF THE ARTS COMMISSION, UH, TO REALLY BE THE REPRESENTATIVE AS A PART OF THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

AND I'M ESSENTIALLY HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUR INTERESTS, UM, WITHIN, WITHIN THAT FUNDING, UH, OR W WITHIN THAT PROCESS, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UH, AS FAR AS MY ROLE, UH, IT'S REALLY ABOUT LEVERAGING THESE PUBLIC LANDS, UM, THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, UH, THAT WE CAN, THAT THE THROUGH REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, UM, BE ABLE TO CREATE REVENUE, BUT ALSO TO LEVERAGE THOSE PUBLIC SPACES, UH, FOR CREATIVE ARTS, UM, UM, SPACES AND ALSO WITH A BIG FOCUS ON EQUITY.

AND SO I'M REALLY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ALL'S PRIORITIES ARE, AND THAT YOU ALL ARE PROPERLY REPRESENTED, UM, IN THAT DISCUSSION.

AND I REALLY WANT TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION, UM, UH, ABOUT, UH, THE PROCESS THAT'S GOING ON THERE AND HOW I CAN CONTINUE TO LEARN AND REPRESENT YOU ALL FULLY.

THANK YOU, CARL CASTILLO.

I'LL JUST POINT OUT.

SO YEAH, GO AHEAD.

YEAH, I COULD, UH, GOOD EVENING.

SO NOVI, HAUTE, RAB ACTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, IF I COULD ADD ON TO WHAT MR. SETTLES HAS ARTICULATED THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS A CORPORATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL FORM TO BE THEIR DEVELOPMENT ARM, BASICALLY FOR THE CITY TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY AND NIMBLY BY CONTRACT.

THEY HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH THREE, TWO PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY AT THIS TIME, WHICH IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, AS WELL AS, UH, THE CULTURAL TRUST ALONG WITH THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY OR PROPERTIES WITH THE $12 MILLION CREATIVE SPACE BOND.

THE CORPORATION HAS A BOARD OF 21 MEMBERS, UM, AND THE ARTS COMMISSION HAS A SEAT AS WELL AS THE MUSIC COMMISSION, HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION, AND OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST BY THE CITY.

AND SO, UH, MR. SETTLES IS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION AND THE MUSIC COMMISSION ALSO HAS A REPRESENTATIVE.

AND SO AGAIN, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT ARM FOR THE CITY AND MR. SETTLES, WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK, UH, REGULAR UPDATES BECAUSE THE CORPORATION MEETS ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

MISSIONARY LOPEZ.

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YES, I AM CARLIN SYNOVIA.

I JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

CAUSE I THINK THEY'VE TOLD US AT SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, SERVE ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS DEALING WITH SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, UH, IN TERMS OF, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IS THAT STILL AVAILABLE, UM, AND, UH, TERRIFYING.

UH, SO THERE IS GOING TO BE AN ADVISORY OR NEWLY FORMED OR REORGANIZED ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE CULTURAL TRUST.

AND, UM, I'M STILL WAITING TO HEAR THE TIMELINE ON WHEN THE APPLICATIONS ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE AND WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING TO BE THE PROCESS.

UM, AS SOON AS I KNOW, UH, THAT I WILL, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I SHARE THAT STUFF WITH YOU ALL VIA EMAIL.

UM, BUT, UH, I'M KIND OF ON A WAIT TO KNOW BASIS RIGHT NOW.

UNDERSTOOD.

THANK YOU, CARL, FOR YOUR SERVICE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

UH, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO HAS A QUESTION.

UM, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION OUT.

IT'S A CLARIFYING QUESTION.

YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A RECOVERY OF MONIES THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED.

I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT ALL, BUT THE WAY THAT THE ATDC IS TALKING ABOUT THAT MONEY IS NOT THE SAME ARPA MONEY THAT ART COMMISSIONS SPECIMEN.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AS FAR AS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT THINGS.

UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS IS REALLY, I, I WOULD SAY FEDERAL MONEY, UH, THAT'S BEING, THAT'S BEING PROVIDED, UH, TO THE CITY AND THE CITY HAS OUTLINED WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE.

UM, AS FAR AS SPENDING THAT MONEY.

UM, I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY.

I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME IN TERMS OF WHAT THE ALLOCATION LEVELS ARE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE PRIORITIES ARE REALLY AROUND, UM, HOUSING, UM, AND, AND HOMELESSNESS.

THAT'S, THAT'S A HUGE, HUGE ISSUE.

AND SYNOVIA MAY BE ABLE TO, UH, GIVE US ACTUAL, UH, THE, THE TRUE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A REPORT COMING FROM HER A LITTLE BIT LATER ON THE AGENDA.

SO THANK YOU.

THE QUESTIONS CAUSE FOR FLORES.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MOVE ON TO STAY WITH PEOPLE ON THE IS POINT TO COMMISSIONER CASTIEL'S POINT.

I, I MEAN THAT THE, UH, THAT THE MONEY THAT ARPA IS AT THAT IT'S BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY AND THE ALLOCATIONS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING THROUGH THE EIGHT DAY EDC AT ALL.

SO THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE CONFUSION THAT ANY OF THE MONEY THAT THE FEDERAL MONEY, THE ARPA AMERICAN RECOVERY, UH, PROGRAM, UH, FUNDS ARE BEING ALLOCATED TO THE CITY ARE NOT GOING THROUGH THE AEDC.

THESE ARE FUNDS THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS, OTHER AREAS, CORRECT? SLAVIA YES.

I'LL COVER THAT IN MY PRESENTATION.

AND I UNDERSTAND MY VOLUME IS LOW AND I'M WORKING ON IT.

SO I WILL COVER THAT IN MY PRESENTATION.

TERRIFIC.

SO KNOWING THAT THAT REPORT IS COMING DOWN THE LINE, I WANT TO MOVE TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.

DO WE HAVE A REPORT COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS MONTH? ARE YOU MUTED? ARE YOU JUST QUIET? OH, WE LOST YA.

WHAT ABOUT NOW? NOW I CAN HEAR YOU.

I THOUGHT, I REMEMBER COMMISSIONER KEATON STEPPING DOWN FROM THAT POSITION.

IS THAT, AM I REMEMBERING THAT CORRECTLY? NO.

SORRY.

SO I REALLY, UH, KIMBERLY MY MISTAKE.

NO, I DIDN'T KNOW.

BUT HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND? OH, YES.

YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US AT, WELL, JUST TELL ME IF I'M DOING THIS RIGHT OR WRONG.

JUST A QUICK UPDATE.

UH, BASICALLY THE UPDATE IS EVERYTHING THAT I TAKE NOTES ON IN THIS MEETING.

I JUST SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION.

SO I'M JUST TAKING NOTES AS YOU'RE TALKING NOW.

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SHARE WITH ME THAT I NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY, UM, PLEASE DO SO AT THIS TIME, THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START.

GOOD, MR. CASTILLO, IT'D BE HELPFUL IF THERE'S ANY INFORMATION THAT THE DOWNTOWN THAT'S RELEVANT.

OH, NO, NOT NO LAST NAME.

NO.

MOVING ON TO SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS STAFF.

BUT I WILL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.

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[3.a. Austin FC ATXFC Artist Initiative – Kaitlin Swarts, Vice President, Community Impact - Austin FC and James Ruth, Senior Vice President, Marketing - Austin FC]

IF YOU COULD BRING IN CAITLIN SCHWARTZ AND JAMES RUTH FROM AUSTIN FC, YOU GOT IT.

CAN YOU HEAR US? HELLO AND WELCOME.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.

THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION FOR HAVING US.

UM, WE HAD SENT OVER A PRESENTATION.

WE ALSO HAVE A POWERPOINT THAT MIGHT WORK BETTER IF WE'RE ABLE TO PRESENT.

I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE OUR SCREEN.

THIS IS, UH, THIS IS DAVID TECH.

WOULD YOU PREFER TO BE PRESENTED YOURSELF OR WOULD YOU LIKE THE FORAY OR FIVE BE PRESENTATION? I CAN.

UH, WHICH ONE WOULD YOU PREFER? I THINK IF WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WOULD BE OUR PREFERENCE.

I'LL GIVE YOU, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT MODE.

CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN? OKAY, GREAT.

WELL, I'M TO JUMP IN AND TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.

MY NAME IS CAITLIN SWARTZ AND I AM VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY IMPACT AT AUSTIN FC AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OUR NONPROFIT ARM FOR ATEX FOUNDATION.

UM, AND I'LL, I'LL LET MY COLLEAGUE INTRODUCE HIMSELF AS WELL.

MORE THING FOR AUSTIN AND SEE, AND SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR.

UM, IT IS CALLED THE ATX FC ARTISTS INITIATIVE.

UM, AND I BELIEVE WE PRESENTED ABOUT THIS AT ONE OF THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION MEETINGS, BUT WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLATFORM TODAY, UM, AND KIND OF GIVE YOU ALL A STATUS UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE.

UM, SO JAMES, DO YOU WANT TO JUST KICK IT OFF? YEAH, I, I THINK THE BIG THING FOR US, UH, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH IT THROUGHOUT THIS, AND IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING PROJECT, BUT IN A LOT OF WAYS WE FEEL LIKE THIS PROJECT IS A GREAT EMBODIMENT OF WHAT WE WANT TO BE AS A CLUB.

AND IT ALIGNS DIRECTLY WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS TO BECOME THE NEW FLAG BEAR FOR AUSTIN WHILE CREATING AMERICA'S NEXT GREAT SOCCER COMMUNITY.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THE SECOND PIECE IS A GIVEN, GIVEN THAT WE'RE A SOCCER ONE, BUT THE FIRST PIECE IS WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO US.

UM, WE THINK THERE'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A BLACK BEAR FOR AUSTIN.

AND FOR US, THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M TRYING TO BE THAT THE BIGGEST THING THAT ACTUALLY MEANS HOW DO WE BE A CATALYST FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE THIS CITY, YOU NEED TO GET THE CITY THAT WE LOVE.

AND SO, AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE WORK WITH THIS CLUB, AS WE THINK ABOUT THE PLATFORMS THAT WE BUILD, HOW WE ENGAGE OUR FANS AND USE A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE, THAT'S INTERESTED IN SOCCER AND INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING AUSTIN, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE ELEMENTS.

I THINK AUSTIN AMAZING, UNIQUE, DIFFERENT TO THE FRONT AND CENTER OF HOW WE PRESENT OURSELVES AS A SOCCER TEAM.

UH, AND THAT'S REALLY THE EMPHASIS OF THIS ATS I'VE SEEN OR ITS MISSION THAT CAITLIN'S KIND OF TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT.

A TEMPORARY PIECE THAT WILL LIVE IN THE SPACE WITH TONS OF FOOT TRAFFIC AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR 20,500 PERSON CAPACITY STADIUM, UM, ENTERS A STADIUM THROUGH THIS SPACE AND WE'LL GET TO WALK RIGHT PAST THIS BEAUTIFUL SPACE.

SO IN MY ROLE, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT WE CAN HAVE ON THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY, UM, WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT MAKE AUSTIN SPECIAL, UNIQUE, AND WITHOUT A DOUBT AT THE CORE OF THAT IS OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY AND OUR ARTIST COMMUNITY.

AND SO REALLY THE INTENTION OF THIS PLATFORM IS TO EMPOWER THE AUSTIN CREATIVE COMMUNITY, TO CONTINUE TO KEEP AUSTIN, UM, UNIQUE AND, AND FULL OF BEAUTIFUL ART AND, UM, HELP KEEP HELP SUPPORT THE ARTISTS THAT MAKE OUR CITY EQUITABLE, INCLUSIVE AND VIBRANT.

UM, ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY PILLARS IS ACTUALLY CONFIDENCE FOR CREATIVITY, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT EMPOWERING THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO CREATE AND KEEP AUSTIN UNIQUE.

UM, WE THINK ABOUT AUSTIN OF C AS POSITIONING THE CLUB AS A CATALYST FOR POSITIVE CHANGE.

AND WE SEE THIS PLATFORM AS, AS REALLY BEING A WAY TO REACH THE AUSTIN CREATIVE COMMUNITY.

UM, THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO THE, TO THE PROJECT.

UM, SO I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THOSE.

UM, THE MAIN COMPONENT IS A MURAL SERIES THAT IS AT THE AUSTIN.

SEE THE Q2 STADIUM.

UM, YOU CAN SEE IN THIS DIAGRAM, IT MAKES THE SPACE LOOK MUCH SMALLER THAN ACTUALLY IS, BUT IT'S UM, ABOUT A 40 FOOT MURAL, UM, SIZE AT THE ENTRANCE, THE ENTRANCE OF THE MAIN, UM, OR EXCUSE ME AT THE GATE OF THE ENTRANCE OF THE MAIN, UH, ENTRANCE TO THE STADIUM, WHICH IS CALLED THE ZEBRA GATE.

UM, AND IT'S, IT'S A ROTATIONAL MURAL SERIES WHERE WE WORK WITH, UM, TWO TO THREE ARTISTS EACH YEAR TO CREATE

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UM, AND THE IDEA IS AS BRINGING ART AND BRINGING THAT FLAVOR OF THE CITY, UM, WHO WE ARE, UM, AS A CITY INTO THE STADIUM, INTO WHO WE ARE AS A CLUB, UM, THERE ARE SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO WORK WITH ARTISTS.

UM, THE INTENTION HERE IS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO EMPOWER AS MANY ARTISTS AS POSSIBLE.

AND SO, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO WORK WITH A FEW ARTISTS ON THE MURAL COMPONENT OF THE, OF THIS SERIES, WE REALLY WANT TO GO TO CREATE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE ADDITIONAL ARTISTS, UM, AND THAT'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO EARN REVENUE THAT'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO SHOWCASE THEIR ART AND ON OUR PLATFORMS, UM, AND ACROSS, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE MARKETPLACE AS A CLUB.

UM, SO THE FIRST KIND OF ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY IS THROUGH CONSUMER PRODUCTS.

SO WE ARE ENGAGING A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL ARTISTS TO WORK WITH US, TO CREATE A NUMBER OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS RANGING FROM T-SHIRTS TO POSTERS, TO HATS, UM, THAT REALLY SHOWCASE THEIR BEAUTIFUL ART AND GETS IT OUT INTO THE MARKETPLACE.

UM, WE ALSO ARE ENGAGING ARTISTS TO CREATE NOTCH POSTERS.

SO FOR EVERY SINGLE MATCH, THE AUSTIN FC PLAYS, WE WORK WITH AN ARTIST, UM, TO CREATE A MATCH ANNOUNCEMENT POSTER THAT KIND OF TELLS THAT STORY OF, OF WHO WE'RE PLAYING, UM, THROUGH THE LENS OF THE ARTIST.

AND I THINK THROUGH ALL OF THESE THINGS, WHETHER IT'S THE, THE ROTATIONAL MURAL SERIES, WHETHER IT'S CONSUMER PRODUCTS, WHETHER IT'S MATCH POSTERS, UM, OUR INTENTION IS TO REALLY GIVE ARTISTS A SPACE TO, UM, KIND OF TELL THE AUSTIN STORY THROUGH THEIR LENS.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, SUPER, UM, PRESCRIPTIVE AND WHAT WE WANT THEM TO DO.

WE REALLY WANT THEM TO COME TO US AND CREATE ART AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TIED TO THE CLUB AS THEY SEE IT, UM, WHICH IS A PRETTY UNIQUE, I THINK, APPROACH TO THE WAY THAT A LOT OF CLUBS, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEIR BRANDS LIVING OUT IN THE WORLD.

UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION, WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL MURAL THAT'S AT THE CITY OF HIS PERFORMANCE CENTER, UM, WHICH IS THE TRAINING AREA WHERE OUR, UM, TEAM TRAINS WHEN THEY'RE NOT PLAYING IN THE STADIUM.

UM, THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL MURAL THAT'S ALREADY BEEN CREATED BY WILL.

HOTCH CROSBY THERE AS WELL.

UM, SO REALLY THE, THE KIND OF TWO HOMES OF OUR, OF WHERE OUR TEAM LIVES IN AUSTIN, UM, ART IS REALLY FRONT AND CENTRAL IN THOSE SPACES.

UM, OUR INTENTION.

IS THERE VOLUME WITH US? CAN YOU GUYS, CAN YOU NOT HEAR NOW? OKAY.

YOU KNOW, I HEARD THE WORD EQUITY EARLIER IN THE MEETING AND NOT SOMETHING THAT WE THINK AND TALK A LOT ABOUT AT AUSTIN MC.

UM, ONE OF OUR OTHER PILLARS IN THE COMMUNITY IS INCLUSIVITY THROUGH EQUITY.

UM, SO WE REALLY STRIVE TO BRING THAT LENS TO EVERYTHING WE DO ACROSS THE BOARD, THIS PROJECT, BUT REALLY EVERY PROJECT THAT WE WORK ON.

UM, SO I SHARE THAT BECAUSE THIS IS THE LIST OF THE ARTISTS THAT WE'RE ENGAGING IN THE FIRST YEAR, UM, ACROSS ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.

AND WE ARE REALLY SEEKING TO ENGAGE, UM, IT REALLY DIVERSE GROUP OF ARTISTS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT'S, UM, RACIAL DIVERSITY, DIVERSITY OF WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE CITY, DIFFERENT CITY, UM, DISTRICTS.

UM, AND SO THIS IS WHO WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH, AND WE'LL BE ADDING TO THIS LIST, UM, FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL.

WOW.

SHARE, THIS IS THE FIRST MURAL.

UM, THIS WAS, THIS, UM, WAS PAINTED BY CHRIS ROGERS.

IT WAS UNVEILED ON OUR VERY FIRST, UM, HOME MATCH ON JUNE 19TH.

AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE.

IT'S BEEN SO WELL RECEIVED EVERY TIME I'M THERE.

I SEE JUST PEOPLE STOPPING AND TAKING IT IN.

UM, AND WHAT'S INCREDIBLE IS PEOPLE CAN COME UP TO THIS SPACE BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE GATE.

THEY CAN COME AND VISIT THIS ANY TIME, UM, AND ENJOY THE ART WERE SUPER THRILLED.

IT WAS SO WONDERFUL GETTING TO WORK WITH CHRIS AND JUST REALLY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE HIS WORK.

SO IN SUCH A PROMINENT WAY, UM, AT Q2 STADIUM.

AND THEN FINALLY I WANTED TO SHARE JUST A RECAP VIDEO, KIND OF OUR PROCESS, WORKING WITH CHRIS AND, AND HIM, YOU KNOW, GIVE HIM THE CHANCE TO TELL THE STORY OF THE WORK IN HIS OWN WORDS.

FUCK.

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WE WENT FOR STYLE POINTS TRYING TO DO A VIDEO WITH THE PRESENTATION.

WE MIGHT'VE GONE A STEP TOO FAR, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL FLIP THIS AROUND SO I CAN GET YOU HERE.

BARELY HEAR THE SPEAKER.

WELL, WE'LL START YOU LIKE THIS.

SO YOU CAN HEAR YOUR CROSS TELL THE STORY OF HIS WORK IN HIS OWN WORDS.

IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL TO HEAR.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK A BIG PART OF THIS PLATFORM NOT ONLY SHOWCASING HIS WORK, BUT SHOWCASING HIM AND ALL OF THESE ARTISTS.

AND SO THIS IS A VIDEO THAT ACTUALLY, UM, WE SHOWED DURING OUR FIRST MATCH AND WE CONTINUED TO SHOW THROUGHOUT THE SEASON AS A WAY TO REALLY SPOTLIGHT CHRIS AND HIS WORK AND THE FUTURE ARTISTS THAT WILL BE A PART OF THIS PLATFORM AS WELL.

SO THAT'S REALLY AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO.

WE WILL BE ENGAGING WELL BRYANT TO CREATE THE SECOND MURAL, UM, LATER THIS YEAR.

AND THEN WE HAVE, WE'LL CREATE A THIRD MURAL, UM, EITHER AT THE END OF THIS YEAR OR LOOKING INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.

AND SO THE ROTATION WILL GO FOR THE NEXT DECADE AND BEYOND, AND WE'RE JUST SUPER THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH, UM, SO MANY OF THE INCREDIBLE ARTISTS THAT, THAT AUSTIN HAS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ADDING TO THAT LIST YEAR AFTER YEAR.

SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH US, APOLOGIES THAT THE SOUND AND THE VIDEO IS NOT WORKING.

NOW.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT WHEN YOU SHARE IT WITH US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, KAITLIN.

AND THANK YOU, JAMES.

GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US.

ONE QUESTION THOUGH, HOW, LIKE, IN WHAT WAY DID YOU GUYS ENGAGE WITH THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM AND HOW DID YOU IDENTIFY THE ARTISTS THAT YOU'VE PULLED FORWARD? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM TO REALLY DEVELOP KIND OF THE FRAMEWORK AND THE APPROACH FOR BUILDING OUT THIS PROJECT.

UM, WE WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF ITERATIONS OF WHAT THIS WOULD BE, WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND WE ULTIMATELY CAME UP WITH A POLICY, UM, THAT AIPP AND AUSTIN FC AGREED UPON THAT KIND OF OUTLINES ALL THINGS ABOUT THEIR APPROACH.

UM, WHAT'S ALLOWED ON IN THE SPACE.

WHAT'S NOT, WHAT'S CONSIDERED ART.

WHAT'S NOT WHAT THEMES WOULD BE CONSIDERED OFF, OFF LIMITS, HOW WE APPROACH, UM, SOURCING THE ARTISTS.

AND SO I'LL SAY FOR THIS LIST, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE DEFINITELY RECOMMENDATIONS.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED WITH AIPP IPP ABOUT THE MOST IS ENSURING, UM, YOU KNOW, AN EQUITABLE AND DIVERSE GROUP OF ARTISTS.

AND SO, UM, I KIND OF TOUCHED ON THAT, BUT WE WENT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, UM, WELCOMED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THEM.

WE REACHED OUT TO DIFFERENT PARTNERS, PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND, AND KIND OF WENT FROM THERE.

PERFECT.

COME, MR. CASTILLO.

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

CAITLIN, COULD YOU STOP SHARING YOUR SCREEN SO THAT WE CAN SEE EVERYBODY IN CASE SOMEONE ELSE HAS THEIR HAND UP? AND THEN SECONDLY, I'D LOVE IF JAMES COULD REPEAT OF THAT DEFINITION OF FLAG BEAR, BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY HARD TO HEAR HIM SPEAK.

SO IF YOU COULD JUST CLOSE YOUR COMPUTERS SPEAK LOUDER, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO REPEAT THAT, THAT, THAT DEFINITION OF WHAT FLAG BEAR IS.

SOME OTHER STADIUM, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

COOL.

UM, YEAH, SO GREAT QUESTION.

W W WHAT I WAS SAYING IS THAT WE HAVE TWO PARTS FOR OUR MISSION AS A CLUB, UM, AND OUR, OUR OVERARCHING MISSION IS, YOU KNOW, TO BECOME THE NEW FLAG, BEAR FOR AUSTIN WHILE CREATING AMERICA'S NEXT GRADE SOCCER COMMUNITY.

UM, THE SECOND PIECE IS A GIVEN WE'RE A SOCCER TEAM, AND WE ARE HERE TO CREATE A SOCCER COMMUNITY, RIGHT.

BUT THE FIRST PIECE IS FRANKLY, WHAT WE THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT AS A CLUB.

THE SECOND PIECE IS TABLE STAKES.

UH, AND FOR US, WE WANT TO BE A FLAG BEAR FOR AUSTIN, NOT IN A WAY THAT IS TO SAY, COME LOOK AT AUSTIN FC, BUT RATHER TO SAY, HOW CAN WE BE A CATALYST FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT MAKE AUSTIN GREAT.

AND HOW CAN WE USE OUR PLATFORM AND MEDIUM OF SOCCER AND SPORT AND COMMUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT MAKE THIS CITY UNIQUE? I MEAN, I THINK IF YOU, IF YOU GUYS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SPEND THE DAY WITH THE FRONT OFFICE HERE AT AUSTIN, FC WERE TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE WERE SOCCER, ZEALOTS, AND WE'RE AUSTIN ZEALOTS.

AND WE WANT TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL ABOUT HOW AMAZING THE CITY IS.

UM, AND TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS CLUB AS A MEDIUM, TO NOT JUST TALK ABOUT SOCCER, BUT TALK ABOUT THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE AND WHY THEY MAKE AUSTIN SO SPECIAL.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE THIS IDEA CAME FROM AND WORKING WITH THE IPP IS LET'S LITERALLY USE THE SIDE OF OUR STADIUM AS A MEDIUM TO PROMOTE LOCAL ARTISTS.

UM, AND I'M SURE IT'S BEEN DONE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN

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AND WE'RE SUPER PROUD TO AT LEAST IN OUR PURVIEW BE THE FIRST ONES TO DO IT.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY QUESTION THAT WE HAD IS HOW DO WE GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED? AND THAT'S WHERE THE CONSUMER PRODUCT PIECE CAME IN.

THE MATCH POSTER PIECE CAME AND GIVING FRANKLY ARTISTS ADDITIONAL UPSIDE ONE FROM EXPOSURE PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.

UM, AND SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT WAY FOR US TO TAKE WHAT SOMETIMES IS HIGH LEVEL ESOTERIC, MISSION BRANDY'S SORT OF STUFF, AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE REALLY ACTIONABLE.

AND WE FEEL LIKE IT'S ALIGNED WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

ABSOLUTELY.

FIRST OF ALL, TO, TO HAVE THE SOCCER, UM, PRESENCE HERE, UH, TO ME IS A CULTURE THAT DIVERSITY, BECAUSE I GREW UP IN HONG KONG, UM, FOOTBALL TO ME IS SOCCER.

YOU KNOW, AMERICAN FOOTBALL IS, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY EVEN CALLED IT FOOTBALL, YOU KNOW, THEY ONLY CAME ONCE.

SO, SO, SO TO, TO ME, THIS IS, UM, THIS IS REALLY WONDERFUL AND I THINK, UH, YOU HAVE TO CREATE AWESOME.

UM, AS LIKE A GLOBAL GLOBAL COMMUNITY, YOU HAVE THE GLOBAL, UH, PRESENCE.

AND I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT EVEN THOUGH I, I'M NOT SO SURE HOW WE ARE GOING TO SOLVE THAT TRAP RIGHT.

ONCE WE GET TO POPULAR.

UH, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PROBLEM AND THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

AND AS A MEMBER OF AUSTIN FOOTBALL CLUB, WE AGREE WITH YOU THAT A, IT SHOULD BE CALLED FOOTBALL, BUT, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL DEAL WITH SOCCER FOR NOW.

SO COMMISSIONER, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND, AND YEAH, IT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE HOW THE CITY HAS SORT OF EMBRACED THIS AND HOW YOU ALL ARE EMBRACING SO MANY DIFFERENT FACETS OF THIS CITY.

UH, I HAVE JUST TWO QUESTIONS.

ONE IS I, I LOVE THAT YOU HAVE EMBRACED THE VISUAL ARTS, BUT WHAT ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO DO TO HELP PERFORMING ARTS? SO YOU'VE GOT A GREAT VENUE, UM, WILL THERE BE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOWCASE, YOU KNOW, LIKE DANCE COMPANIES OR THEATER COMPANIES AND YOU KNOW, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION.

AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I THINK WAS WHEN YOU ALL PRESENTED BEFORE WAS JUST, UM, W WHAT, W WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS AROUND THE ARTISTS WHO CREATE THE MERCHANDISER THAT YOU PUT THEIR ARTWORK ON T-SHIRTS OR BILLBOARDS, OR WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING WITH THAT? DO YOU BUY IT OUTRIGHT FROM THEM, OR ARE THEY RECEIVING A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS IF IT'S ON A, A SHIRT OR, UM, OR, UH, SOMETHING SO JUST WANTED TO KNOW SORT OF HOW WERE THE ARTISTS PROTECTED IN THAT VEIN? UH, I GUESS I'LL JUMP IN, CAUSE I'M, I'M NOW THE ONE THAT'S OFF MUTE, SO I'LL JUMP IN, BUT, UM, YEAH, 100%.

I MEAN, LISTEN, THIS, THIS PROJECT, UH, ADDRESSES THE VISUAL ART COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE SUPER PROUD ABOUT THAT, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A WHOLE OTHER SPECTRUM OF THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT.

AND I THINK IT'S FRANKLY, JUST A FUNCTION OF, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE BRING NEW IDEAS TO THE MIX AND HOW DO WE PLAN AGAINST THOSE AND PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION TO EXECUTE IT? I THINK THE REASON THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING SOME GOOD TRACTION ON, UH, ATX FC ARTIST INITIATIVE IS THAT, UH, WORKING WITH AIPP, WE HAD A LONG RUNWAY TO PLAN FOR IT.

AND, AND NOW I THINK TO A LARGE EXTENT WE'RE REAPING, UM, SOME GREAT KIND OF BRAND LOVE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE ARTISTS, BUT WE'RE OPEN TO ANY AND ALL OTHER IDEAS.

I MEAN, WE, THE ARTISTS COMMUNITY DOES NOT STOP AT THE VISUAL ART COMMUNITY.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW WE THINK ABOUT NEW IDEAS AND PROGRAMMING FOR THE FUTURE.

SO WE'RE ALL EARS, UM, IS I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY ON THAT FRONT, AND WE'VE DONE STUFF HERE AND THERE, WE DID A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BLACK PUMAS TO DO A COLLABORATION FOR T-SHIRTS WITH ALL MERGED SALES, GOING TO SUPPORT RECORD, UH, SHOPS AND LOCAL MUSIC VENUES.

SO WE LOVE STUFF LIKE THAT.

WE WANT TO DOUBLE DOWN ON IT.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINDING THE RIGHT IDEA AND THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.

UM, ON THE SECOND PIECE, IN TERMS OF THE ARTISTS COMPENSATION, THEY RECEIVE A COMMISSION ON THE SALE OF ANY OF THAT, UH, WHETHER IT'S THE MATCH POSTER OR THE T-SHIRT.

WE FOUND THAT TO BE THE MOST FLEXIBLE OPPORTUNITY.

UM, OTHERWISE WE RUN INTO PRODUCT MINIMUMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE IS GETTING THE ART IN THE HANDS OF MORE PEOPLE, WHETHER THEY WANT TO WEAR ON A T-SHIRT OR A HAT, OR HANG IT UP.

AND LIKE WE SAID, JUST GET THEM SOME ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL UPSIDE OPPORTUNITY AS IT RELATES TO THE PRODUCT.

I APPRECIATE

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THAT.

AND WE DO HAVE SOME COMMISSIONERS THAT REPRESENT PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS, AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE JUST FLUSH WITH IDEAS ON PROBABLY HOW WE COULD DO THAT.

AND I'M ALSO CERTAINLY WILLING TO MEET AND DISCUSS SOME IDEAS.

LOVE IT.

IT'S YOUR VAN DYKE.

AND THEN, UM, JUST SO YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT, SUE LAMB WITH THE IPP, CAN WE PULL YOU INTO THIS CONVERSATION IN THE HOT SECOND AFTER RICK? WELL, THANK YOU.

I'M BLOWN AWAY BY THIS PRESENTATION AND WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.

UM, W I THINK THAT WE ALL THINK THAT THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN AUSTIN, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE WRONG.

IT COULD BE REALLY PLUMBERS OR ELECTRICIANS, OR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE, BUT THAT FROM THE SOCCER COMMUNITY IS JUST REALLY NEAT AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE, THEY AIPP, I THINK REALLY DID A GREAT JOB, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THEIR EXPERIENCE, UH, BRINGING THAT, UH, MY ONE QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU FIND THE ARTISTS? HOW TO, HOW DO YOU GUYS FIND EACH OTHER AND MOSTLY FOR FUTURE? HOW DOES SOMEBODY CONNECT WITH YOU? THANK YOU.

YEAH, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

I GUESS I'LL, I'LL KEEP GOING HERE, BUT, UM, YEAH, WE, WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF, UM, TRYING TO IDENTIFY A LONG LIST OF ARTISTS, UM, FROM THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY.

AND THEN REALLY CROSS-SECTION THAT TO KIND OF MAXIMIZE DIVERSITY, ONE FROM A DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE, ONE FROM AN ACTUAL ART AND VISUAL PERSPECTIVE, AND THEN ALSO FROM A GEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE.

AND I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT WE TAKE SOLACE IN FOR THIS IS, UM, IT'S A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT FROM THE CLUB.

SO THERE'S A LONG-TERM ABILITY TO INTEGRATE MORE AND MORE ARTISTS INTO THE MIX.

UM, BUT WE'VE ABSOLUTELY PUT A PREMIUM ON, ON THOSE ELEMENTS OF DIVERSITY, UM, IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO WE GET A FULL RANGE AND, AND AT LEAST FROM A VISUAL PERSPECTIVE, YOU'LL SEE THAT.

I MEAN, CHRIS HAS WORK IS OBVIOUSLY UNIQUE TO CHRIS.

NOBODY PAINTS DOES WORK LIKE HIM, AND TO BE ABLE TO FLIP TO SOMEBODY LIKE SLOPE ONE, WHO'S A GRAFFITI ARTIST TO, WELL, BRIAN, WHO'S DOING KIND OF LARGE FORMAT SHAPES.

IT'S, IT'S REALLY COOL.

AND AGAIN, LIKE WE WILL FEEL REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT, CAUSE IT CELEBRATES THE VISUAL DIVERSITY OF AUSTIN.

THERE'S NOT ONE STYLE WITH WHICH WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF PRESENT THIS STUFF.

AND THEN THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND THE, THE GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY IS PRESENT WITH WHICH YOU, THOSE WITH EACH OF THOSE AS WELL.

I THINK AS IT RELATES TO ADDITIONAL ARTISTS IN THE FUTURE, WE ARE ALL LEADERS IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL ARTISTS THAT WE CAN BRING INTO THE MIX AND ULTIMATELY GO FORWARD WITH.

SO THANKS JAMES.

SUE.

YOU WANT TO POP INTO THIS? I DID.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AROUND THIS ON ART AND PUBLIC PLACES INVOLVEMENT.

THIS, UM, POLICY THAT WAS DEVELOPED WITH, UH, AUSTIN FC WAS PART OF A, UM, AN AGREEMENT, A MASTER AGREEMENT FOR, UM, THE CITY PROPERTY THAT THE, UH, STADIUM SITS ON SO THAT, UM, THERE WAS AN AIP COMPONENT WRITTEN INTO THE MASTER AGREEMENT.

AND SO THIS IS THE WAY THAT THIS, UM, AIPP COMPONENT WAS, UM, MANIFESTED IS THROUGH THIS ART POLICY.

AND SO THE EXPECTATION IS, IS THAT, UM, AUSTIN FC WILL BE, UH, WORKING WITH MURALISTS, UM, A MINIMUM OF THREE TIMES A YEAR OR THE DURATION OF THEIR LEASE WITH THE CITY.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF FORMAL CONTEXT AROUND, UM, HOW THAT ALL TOOK PLACE.

AND, UH, I WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE CLUB TO, UM, WRITE THEIR POLICY AND TO BRETT'S POINT EARLIER, THERE IS, UM, SOME, UH, LANGUAGE IN THE POLICY THAT TALKS ABOUT IF, UH, SOME OF THE ARTWORK THAT ARTISTS CREATE AROUND THIS POLICY, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIS POLICY, UM, BECOME SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS COMMERCIALLY VIABLE, THAT THE AUSTIN FC WOULD WORK WITH THAT ARTIST TO, UM, REMUNERATE THEM FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR WORK AND TO CREATE THIS, WHATEVER THE PRODUCT MIGHT BE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT.

THANKS.

THAT'S TERRIFIC.

UM, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOOD.

I CANNOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU THE LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON ZOOM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S THIS ROOM AND IN SPACE, UM, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE REALLY INTERESTED SUE IN HOW THAT, THAT PERMUTATION OF THE AG CUPE ORDINANCE GOT FOLDED INTO THIS AGREEMENT.

UM, LOVING THE LEADERSHIP AS A CORPORATE PARTNER FOR THE CITY AND AS, UM, DEVELOPING SORT OF THE BRAND OF AUSTIN FC AND THE BRAND OF AUSTIN AT THE SAME TIME.

I'M REALLY SMART.

GOOD, INSPIRING WORK.

UM, ALSO MY HUSBAND'S A MUSICIAN AND A SOCCER PLAYER, SO HE'S VERY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS NEED FROM US ANY WAY THAT WE CAN, WE CAN HELP YOU OUT IN ADDITION TO BUYING TICKETS.

UM, WE'RE HERE.

SO THANKS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME.

JUST WANT TO DOUBLE, DOUBLE UNDERLINE THAT WE APPRECIATE

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IT.

WE'RE HONORED TO BE ON AND HONORED TO BE PARTNERS WITH Y'ALL SO EXCITED FOR MORE IN THE FUTURE.

YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IF WE CAN BRING IN THE VERY PATIENT AND LOVELY MELISSA, UH, YA'LL YALA AND HER COLLEAGUE, JOHN WYNDHAM FOR PRESENTATION ON WATERLOO.

SO STAFF,

[3.b. Mural by Arturo Herrera at Waterloo Park and Waterloo Park Update - Melissa Ayala, Waterloo Greenway]

YOU GOT IT.

UM, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

MY NAME IS MELISSA YALA WITH WATERLOO GREENWAY.

UM, I OVERSEE OUR CA OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE, JOHN WYNDHAM.

UM, AND I'LL LET JOHN INTRODUCE HIMSELF ALSO, HEY, Y'ALL I AM A CREATIVE LEAD AT WATERLOO GREENWAY, AND I'M KIND OF INVOLVED IN ALL THINGS, CREATIVE AND ART, UM, AT THE, AT THE, AT OUR ORGANIZATION.

THANKS FOR HAVING US.

WE'RE EXCITED TO JOIN YOU ALL THIS EVENING TO, UM, OUR MOST RECENT PROJECT, UM, RELATED TO AN ART MURAL THAT, UM, HAD JUST BEEN INSTALLED AT WATERLOO PARK.

AND WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR OPENING PLANS, UM, FOR THIS FALL.

UM, SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO OUR NEXT SLIDE.

UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH WATERLOO GREENWAY OR OUR PROJECT, UM, I WANTED TO SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT TO SET THE CONTEXT AND THE VISION FOR OUR SPACES.

UM, SO WE'RE A NONPROFIT AND WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON ON THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND PROGRAMMING OF, UM, THE SECTION OF WALNUT CREEK FROM 15TH STREET TO LADYBIRD LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES A COMPONENT OF CREEK RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND REALLY CREATING HABITATS TO SUPPORT OUR URBAN WILDLIFE, BUT ALSO CREATING, UM, A NEW TRAIL THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY STRETCH ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF THROUGH OUR PROJECT AREA AND FOUR NEW DISTINCT PARK SPACES.

UM, AND WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING THIS IN A SERIES OF PHASES.

UM, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT AT THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR FIRST PHASE, BUT WATERLOO PARK, UM, IS THE FIRST PART FULLY REVITALIZED, UM, THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO OPENING THIS AUGUST.

AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE YOU ALL THERE ON OUR OPENING DAY, UH, WHICH WE ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK, UM, WILL BE AUGUST 14TH.

WE'RE EXCITED TO HOST A COMMUNITY FESTIVAL WHERE WE'LL FEATURE LOCAL ARTISTS THROUGH VISUAL ART, THROUGH PERFORMANCE ART, AND REALLY INVITING OUR COMMUNITY.

AS WE REEMERGE BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO EXPERIENCE THE SPACE IN A NEW WAY.

UM, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE PART OF WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENTS, AND WE'RE REALLY THANKFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS PROJECT THAT WE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND I WILL PASS IT OVER TO JOHN TO BRIEF EVERYONE ON THE ART PIECE ITSELF.

THANKS, MELISSA.

UM, I'M EXCITED TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

UM, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO, UM, WE'RE HERE TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT, UM, UH, EPIC SIZE MURAL, UM, ON THE WALLER CREEK TUNNEL INLET FACILITY, WHICH IS, UH, SITUATED RIGHT INSIDE OF WA UH, UH, WATERLOO PARK.

UM, AND HERE YOU CAN SEE IT IN ALL OF ITS STOIC CONCRETE GLORY.

UM, AND THAT'S MY CAT, SORRY.

UM, SO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING THAT IS ACTUALLY REALLY QUITE, UH, INTERESTING, AND WE GET ASKED ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME, BUT THE, THE CONCRETE WALLS AROUND THE REST OF IT, UH, GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME MURAL WORK.

SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, HERE'S A MOCK UP OF, UM, THE ARTWORK IN PLACE ON THE MURAL.

UM, SO, AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE ACTUALLY NOW AND SEE SOME STUFF IN SCALE.

IT'S A MASSIVE, MASSIVE, UH, AMOUNT OF WALL.

UM, AND FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TO GET RIGHT UP TO IT ON THE EAST FACING WALL, WHICH IS IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER.

AND YOU CAN VIEW IT FROM ALL SIDES THROUGHOUT THE PARK.

UM, NEXT SLIDE, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

SO THE ARTWORK ITSELF IS INSPIRED BY THE FUNCTION OF, OF THE BUILDING ITSELF.

UM, IT MOVES A LOT OF WATER THROUGH

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THE INLET TUNNEL AND EVERYTHING.

AND, UH, THE ARTIST TOOK A LOT OF INSPIRATION FROM THE DYNAMICS AND THE, AND THE, AND THE VITALITY OF THE CREEK AND THE ENERGY OF THE PARK ITSELF.

AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE COLOR PALETTE IS WATER INSPIRED AND JUST THE KIND OF KINETIC AND FUN AND ENERGETIC STYLE IS ALSO INSPIRED BY, UM, THE MOVEMENT OF WATER AND WALNUT CREEK ITSELF.

NEXT SLIDE.

UH, HERE'S THE THAT'S IN BOLTS OF IT.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON INSTALLATION.

YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR TWO YEARS NOW.

UM, AND LIKE, UH, WE'RE, WE ARE INSTALLING NOW.

AND ACTUALLY AS OF THIS MORNING, I THINK WE'VE WRAPPED PAINTING, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING, UM, AFTER SUCH A LONG AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS JUST TAKE A LONG TIME AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN REALLY REWARDING.

SO YEAH.

UM, 6,587 SQUARE FEET OF WALL, UM, MEANT TO STAY IN THE PARK AND, AND LAST, AND, AND BE ENJOYED BY PEOPLE FOR THREE TO FIVE YEARS.

AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S PAINT ON CONCRETE WITH SOME, UH, ANTI-GRAFFITI COATING.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO THE ART, UM, THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH HIS NAME IS ARTURO HERRERA.

AND TWO YEARS AGO, WE ENGAGED, UM, WITH LOUIS GROUCHO'S, WHO WAS THEN THE CURATOR OF THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN KIND OF HOT ON THE HEELS OF THE SUCCESSFUL INSTALLATION OF IOA WAYS, FOREVER BICYCLES DOWN AT THE LAKE.

AND, UM, HE PRESENTED US WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME OPTIONS FOR, FOR ARTISTS TO DO THE MURAL, UH, ARTURO ASIDE FROM BEING JUST A WONDERFUL AND GENUINE HUMAN BEING.

HE'S, YOU KNOW, EXHIBITED ALL OVER THE WORLD, COLLECTED ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND IT HAS THAT KIND OF INTERNATIONAL RENOWN THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING TO AUSTIN FOR SURE.

UM, BORN IN VENEZUELA WORKS IN BERLIN NOW, AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

HERE'S SOME OF THE STUFF WE LOOKED AT THAT LED TO OUR SELECTION, UM, INCLUDING THE PIECE IN THE UPPER LEFT, WHICH IS DOWN IN SAN ANTONIO.

I'M JUST LOOKING FOR LIKE PLAYFUL, THOUGHTFUL, FUN, ENERGETIC WORK, UM, TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LOCK ONTO THAT MASSIVE BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR PARK.

UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO ALONG WITH WANTING TO EXHIBIT AND LIKE WORK WITH INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS LIKE ARTURO AND EVERYTHING, WE ALSO, UM, REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO WORK WITH LOCAL PEOPLE, UH, TO OF COURSE, SO TO EXECUTE THE WORK ARTURO'S IN BERLIN AND WASN'T ABLE TO COME.

SO, UM, PART OF THE PROCESS WAS FINDING LOCAL ARTISTS TO THINK THE THING ON THE WALLS AND ARTURO WAS, UH, WAS INTEGRAL TO THAT PROCESS.

HE WAS GIVEN A LIST AND PRESENTED WITH DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF DIFFERENT TEAMS TO WORK WITH, AND EVENTUALLY MET WITH A TEAM THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH NOW, UM, WHICH IS JASON ARCHER AND JOSH ROWE, A CHICAGO MURAL WORKS, JANICE WACK AND JOE SWAG.

AND THEY'D BEEN OUT THERE IN THE TEXAS HEAT PAINTING THIS THING ON THE WALLS.

AND THEY, YOU KNOW, LIKE THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THE AUSTIN ARTS COMMUNITY FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

I'M SURE MANY OF, YOU KNOW, JANA AND, YOU KNOW, SHE STARTED BIG, MEDIUM BACK IN THE DAY, AND IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY GREAT TO ENGAGE WITH A LOCAL TEAM THAT OUR TOUR MET WITH AND REALLY VIBED WITH, AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE HAD A RAPPORT WITH AND TRUSTED TO, UM, EXECUTE HIS WORK.

AND, UM, THEY'D REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB NEXT SLIDE.

THAT HELPS CONTROL THE FLOOD PLAIN AND THE EASTERN PORTION OF DOWNTOWN, BUT ALSO ALLOWS US TO WORK ON THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE PRAC SPACE.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY IT, I KIND OF WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE WATERSHED PROTECTION, PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THAT BUILDING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN INFLICTING ART, CHAOS, MAYHEM ON THEM FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS.

AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT THEIR LIVES ARE A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED USUALLY AND A LITTLE MORE ORDERED, BUT THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY ACCOMMODATING AND VERY, VERY PATIENT AS WE KIND OF LIKE ROLLED IN AND STARTED THROWING PAINT ON THEIR BUILDING.

UM, AND I HOPE THEY WERE EXCITED AS, AS WE ARE TO SEE IT, LIKE BRING, COME TO LIFE.

I THINK I'LL PASS IT OVER TO MELISSA NOW TO FINISH UP.

THANKS, JOHN.

UM, AND WE CAN GO TO OUR NEXT SLIDE.

SO THIS REALLY TIES INTO THE, OH, THE REOPENING OF WATERLOO PARK.

UM, YOU KNOW, WATERLOO PARK WAS A PARK FOR 30 YEARS, UM, UNTIL THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WALNUT CREEK TUNNEL AND THEN OUR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARK ITSELF.

UM, SO THIS MURAL REALLY HELPS TO BRING TOGETHER THE STORY OF THE TUNNEL

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UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED, UM, TO PRESENT THE PARK BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, ON OUR OPENING DAY ON AUGUST 14TH, AND THAT WILL REALLY OUR OPENING SEASON.

UM, SO FROM AUGUST TO DECEMBER, WE HAVE A FULL LINEUP OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT, UM, AND REALLY ENGAGED FOLKS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY BY WORKING THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP MODEL WHERE WE ELEVATE LOCAL NONPROFIT TALENT, LOCAL ARTISTS, AND PERFORMING TALENT, UM, AND REALLY GIVING FOLKS A NEW VENUE, UM, TO PERFORM AT.

UM, SO WE CAN GO TO OUR NEXT SLIDE.

SO, SO ONE OF THE FEATURES OF WATERLOO PARK IS THE NEW MOODY AMPHITHEATER.

UM, AND SO THAT'S THE FEATURE THAT YOU SEE IN THE CENTER OF THE PHOTO.

UM, IT'S A VENUE DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE UP TO 5,000 PEOPLE.

UM, AND WE HAVE AN UPPER LINE AND A LOWER LINE, UM, AND THE STAGE ITSELF, UM, HAS WEATHER PROTECTION.

SO IT OFFERS US A FLEXIBLE SPACE THAT WE CAN USE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

UM, ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE A SMALLER COMMUNITY PLAZA.

THAT'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE WANT TO BRING IN SMALLER SCALE PERFORMANCE ACTIVITY, OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, HEALTH AND FITNESS TYPE OF PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT TO OFFER FREE TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, SO WE'VE REALLY LOOKED AT THE PARK IN DIFFERENT WAYS WHERE WE CAN INCORPORATE ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE.

UM, I'VE MENTIONED AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE PARK AND THE AMPHITHEATER.

THESE ARE SOME OTHER PHOTOS JUST TO GET YOU EXCITED FOR THAT OPENING.

UM, WE REALLY ARE LOOKING TO ACTIVATE OUR SPACE THROUGH PARTNERS AND THROUGH WORKING WITH LOCAL GROUPS.

UM, SO WE'RE ABSOLUTELY OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.

WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT 2022 AND WHAT'S POSSIBLE IN A FULL YEAR OF PROGRAMMING AT THE PARK.

UM, SO THE OPPORTUNITY AND THESE ARE REALLY LIMITLESS.

UM, WE REALLY WANT TO ELEVATE LOCAL TALENT, UM, ARTISTS OF COLOR, PERFORMERS OF COLOR, AND REALLY FURTHERING, UM, DIVERSITY AND EQUITY OF OUR PERFORMANCE SPACES AND THERAPY.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

WE HAVE, WE HAD OUR INAUGURAL PROGRAMMING SEASON AT SYMPHONY SQUARE WHEN WE MOVED OUR HEADQUARTERS THERE.

UM, IN 2019, WE STARTED SMALLER SCALE PROGRAMS THERE IN THAT AMPHITHEATER IN THAT VENUE.

UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS OF SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED SUCCESSFULLY, UM, IN ARTS AND CULTURE IS REALLY A SPACE WHERE, UM, WE HAVE LAUNCHED SOME SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS LIKE CREEK SHOW THAT WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY AND BRING NEIGHBORS TOGETHER IN OUR SPACES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

I MENTIONED OUR OPENING SEASON, UM, THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THE FALL AND WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH C3 LIVE NATION, BRING LARGE SCALE CONCERTS TO THE PARK.

UM, BUT WE WERE ON A COMPLIMENT THAT WITH LARGE SCALE FREE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND WEEKLY PROGRAMS. UM, SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN IS AN OUTLINE OF THE FUN ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FALL.

UM, WE WANT TO TOUCH ON AS MANY DIFFERENT THINGS AS WE CAN, MUSIC DANCE, UM, BRING BRINGING IN LOCAL ARTISANS AND MAKERS.

AND THEN OF COURSE OUR SIGNATURE EVENT EVERY YEAR IS CREEK SHOW.

AND THIS YEAR WE LOOK FORWARD TO REALLY CELEBRATING WATERLOO PARK AND FEATURING CREEK SHOW IN THE PARK, UM, AND REALLY SHOWING OFF THE DIFFERENT SPACES OF THE PARK, UM, BY FEATURING INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE 11 ACRE SPACE.

UM, AND WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THOSE INSTALLATIONS VERY SOON AND WE'RE EXCITED TO COME BACK, UM, IN A FEW MONTHS AND UPDATE YOU ALL ON THAT AS WELL.

UM, WE'RE ALSO REALLY THANKFUL FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT, UM, SUPPORT.

UM, THEY HAVE SUPPORTED US IN OUR PROGRAMMING, UM, FOR MANY YEARS AND WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE ART MURAL OR OVERALL OPENING SEASON PLANNING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER.

UM, WELL THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, MELISSA.

UH, I, I HAVE TO SAY I'M NOT VERY COMMITTED WITH THE POP.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE MURAL, YOU KNOW, THIS BIG MIRO, HOW IS IT IN RELATION TO THE THEATER AND WOULD IT BE SERVING AS A BACKDROP? UM, I MEAN THAT WAR, WHAT, WHERE IS THE POOL OF THIS HUGE MURAL?

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I MEAN, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

I THOUGHT IT WILL SERVE TO BE A GREAT BACKDROP FOR ANY, UM, WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE.

THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

I'M LISTEN, I CAN, I CAN ANSWER THIS ONE.

THE MURAL IS SITUATED AT 12TH AND RED RIVER AND IS, YOU KNOW, AT A, AT A DIFFERENT ENTRY POINT INTO THE PARK THAN THE AMPHITHEATER IS.

AND I GET WHERE YOU'RE SAYING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO, TO THAT SPACE, BUT I ACTUALLY AM.

I LIKE THAT, IT'S KIND OF LIKE SEPARATE FROM THAT TO GIVE SOME ROOM BETWEEN THOSE TWO ENTITIES.

CAUSE THE, THE AMPHITHEATER ITSELF IS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND VERY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, THE CANOPY OVER IT IS, IS VERY, UM, IS LOVELY.

SO IT'S, IT'S OVER IN THE CORNER, BUT IT'S KIND OF COOL THAT IT'S OVER IN THE CORNER AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE IT FROM A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT.

SO COMING UP FROM RED RIVER AND THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT, LIKE YOU CAN SEE IT AS YOU COME IN FROM THAT ENTRANCE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE PARK HAS A LOT TO OFFER AND IT'S JUST AN, IT'S AN A, IT'S AN, UH, I LIKE THAT SPOT ACTUALLY, I'LL LEAVE THAT CORNER OF THE PARK MORE THAN ANY OTHER, CAUSE IT'S KIND OF QUIET DOWN THERE.

SO THAT'S WHERE IT IS.

THAT'S YOUR ASSESSMENT.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

IT'S SO EXCITING TO SEE A SPACE OF THIS CAPACITY.

UM, GET SO CLOSE TO BEING OPEN.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE EVENTS, CAN WE ASSUME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND FREE, OR IS IT GOING TO DEPEND ON WHO'S HOSTING, UM, A CONCERT OR A FESTIVAL THAT'S GOING TO DICTATE ACCESSIBILITY? YEAH.

GREAT QUESTION.

SO THE MAJORITY OF EVENTS WILL BE FREE.

UM, WE DO, WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RENTALS AND PRIVATE EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THERE'S THE EXCEPTION POTENTIALLY OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEING TICKETED.

UM, BUT AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THAT IS THAT ANY REVENUE GENERATED IS REINVESTED BACK INTO PROGRAMMING.

UM, BUT ALL WATERLOO GREENWAY EVENTS, UM, OUR GOAL IS FOR THEM TO BE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND FAMILY FRIENDLY.

IS THERE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE CALENDAR THAT'S RESERVED FOR WATERLOO GREENWAY PUBLIC ACCESS, FREE EVENTS SO THAT IT'S NOT DOMINATED BY PRIVATE EVENTS OR TICKETS? YES.

AND, UH, WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH C3 LIVE NATION, THEY HAVE UP TO 35 DAYS ON A NORMAL YEAR, NON COVID YEAR, UM, TO HAVE CONCERTS OUTSIDE OF THAT.

UM, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM TO REALLY EMPHASIZE OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING.

AND SO DOES C3 THEN, ARE THEY THE CONTRACTOR FOR ALL OF THE SOUND ENGINEER AND ANYTHING TECH RELATED LIGHTING THAT WILL BE HAPPENING? IS THAT WHERE THAT CONTRACT? WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP, I GUESS, CAN I GET A CLARIFICATION THERE? SURE.

SO THERE WILL BE SOME, SOME OVERLAP IN PRODUCTION AND LOGISTICS.

UM, SO WE'LL HAVE SOME PREFERRED VENDORS AND WE WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE ENVIRONMENT WITH SOUND AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE RESPECTFUL OF NEIGHBORS.

UM, SO WE WILL HAVE CONSISTENT VENDORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REALLY CAREFULLY MONITOR THAT EXPERIENCE, UM, AND CELEBRATE THE ARTS WITHOUT BEING DISRUPTIVE.

UM, SO THERE WILL BE SOME CONSISTENCY THERE.

UM, BUT REALLY WE, WATERLOO GREENWAY WILL BE, WILL BE THAT THE ENTRY POINT FOR ANY GROUPS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN UTILIZING THE SPACE.

VERY COOL.

BEING SENSITIVE OF OTHER EVENTS IN TOWN.

LAST QUESTION.

UM, I SAW ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR 2021 AT THE LITTLE SMART THOSE FESTIVAL, ARE YOU COLLABORATING WITH LATIN NEXT, UH, ORGANIZATIONS IN TOWN TO, UH, TO COLLABORATE ON, UH, EXISTING FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS THAT HAPPENING? I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHO'S HOSTING AN EVENT LIKE THAT, BEING SURE THEY'RE CULTURALLY SENSITIVE AND NOT SORT OF COMMERCIALIZING SOMETHING THAT IS PRETTY, UM, UH, UH, BEHOLDEN TO, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN CULTURES DO MOVING THROUGH THINGS WITH RESPECT AND NOT FOR THE SAKE OF, BECAUSE IT'S A POPULAR TOPIC.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS THERE, HOW YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE CULTURAL FESTIVALS.

ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.

AND, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHERE PARTNERSHIP IS REALLY FIRST.

UM, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THIS YEAR IS CONTINUE A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH, UM, FREE TO FRIDAY ATX, UM, THERE ARE LOCAL, UM, MADE OF, UH, WOMEN OF COLOR ARTISANS AND REALLY CELEBRATING LOCAL, THE LOCAL CREATIVE COMMUNITY, LOCAL MAKERS.

UM, SO WE STARTED THIS AT SYMPHONY SQUARE, UM, AND NOW WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO SCALE, UM, AND GIVE FREE TO FRIDAY TO ATX THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW INTO, UM, A LARGER SPACE.

UM, SO THIS WOULD BE A CONTINUATION OF THAT PARTNERSHIP, BUT ALSO, UM,

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AND WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT EVENTS AROUND THE COMMUNITY, AROUND THE OTHER LOWE'S MARTHA'S TO SEE HOW CAN WE AMPLIFY OPPORTUNITY AND NOT TAKE OPPORTUNITY AWAY.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.

WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU, MELISSA.

OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT.

YOU GUYS ARE JUST DOING THE EMMA'S WORK REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU, LAURA.

THANK YOU, MEGAN.

AND THANKS EVERYBODY ELSE.

WHO'S STILL GO ON MUTE AND LIKE GET BEHIND THE SCENES.

COMMISSIONER KOSTIA, UH, MOTION TWO FROM 5 81 AND 5 82 ON CONSENT.

[5.a. AIPP Discussion and Action Items]

I HAD A SECOND, AH, COMMISSIONER FLORES, ANY DISCUSSION.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FIVE, A ONE AND 5 82 ON CONSENT.

ANY DISCUSSION CONCERNS, ANYTHING ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR.

SO YOU PROBABLY SHOULD READ OUT WHAT THOSE ITEMS ARE.

UM, FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, WITHOUT THE DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, ITEM ONE, A, THESE ARE BOTH AIPP ITEMS, DISCUSSION, AND ACTION.

NUMBER ONE IS APPROVED THE FINAL DESIGN BY MARIAM LEVY FOR THE TEMPO 2021 ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, PROJECT AND ITEM TWO IS APPROVE THE FINAL DESIGN BY SUZANNE WEISE AND ELIYA PIPER FOR THE TEMPO 2021 ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROJECT.

BUSINESS, FIVE B MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS. FIRST ONE IS ARPA-E FRAMEWORK RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE STRATEGIES.

SO WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A VOTE IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS PHILIPPE SINCE I CAN'T SEE YOUR HAND COMMISSIONER GARZA, ARE WE IN? OKAY.

IT IS UNANIMOUS FROM THE DIOCESE.

WE HAVE APPROVED FIVE, A ONE AND TWO.

THANK YOU, MR. CASTILLO AND COMMISSIONER FLORES FOR MAKING THAT MOTION AND SECONDING IT, UM, ONTO NEW

[5.b. Misc. Discussion and Possible Action Items (Part 1 of 2)]

SO I ASKED YOU GUYS BY EMAIL, UM, I'LL ACTUALLY KNOW, SO THANK YOU.

SO NEOVIA FOR THE UPDATE FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

UM, AS YOU'LL SEE FROM THE FINAL BUCKETS THAT, UH, COUNCIL PUT FORWARD, THEY ARE NOT EXACTLY THE $10 MILLION EVERY YEAR FOR TWO YEARS THAT WE REQUESTED.

UM, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE.

UM, ONE OTHER THING TO NOTE SORT OF, AS WE GO INTO THIS CONVERSATION IS THAT THERE IS STILL AN IFC FROM COMMISSIONER FUENTES, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS AND FOR MUSIC IN THAT IFC.

UM, AND TO THAT END, WHEN WE GET TO THE SECOND ITEM HERE, PART OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AND MUSIC ABOUT LOOKING FOR OTHER SOURCES AND WANTS TO PUT A WORKING GROUP TOGETHER WITH THEM TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

UM, BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THE WORKING GROUP, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONVERSATIONS, CONCERNS, A REMINDER THAT WE DO HAVE A STANDING WORKING GROUP ON, UM, EMERGENCY FUNDING AND PROACTIVE STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE FUNDING WORK, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE.

AND WE'RE NOT AS ZEROED OUT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ADVOCACY.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTACTING YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

NOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES

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IF WE JUST MOVE UP, UH, OR NOT, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FEASIBLE JUST THE SIX AND ONE AND JUST SORT OF REAL QUICK RATTLE OFF WITH THE WORKING GROUP DID, UH, IN TERMS OF DISCUSSION, UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE THINK FOLKS ARE AWARE OF THE INFORMATION, SORRY, MOTION, SORRY, RUSSIAN BY FLORES AND SECONDED BY CASTILLO

[6.a. Working Group updates with discussion and possible action]

TO MOVE UP ON ITEM SIX, A ONE, WHICH IS THE EMERGENCY FUNDING AND PROACTIVE STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE FUNDING WORKING GROUP REPORT, COMMISSIONERS FLORES, PULL GAR VAN DYKE.

VICE-CHAIRS THIS MAN AND COMMISSIONER BARNS AND HE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED, ANY EXTENSIONS.

SO GREAT.

UM, LILY, DO YOU WANT TO, WOULD YOU MIND SORT OF DOING THAT REAL QUICK? UM, WELL, I'M, UH, UH, WE ALL, WE MET SEVERAL TIMES THE COMMITTEE, AS MICHELLE DOES MENTIONED WHO WAS ON THAT.

AND AS YOU SAW, YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED AT THE, AT THE MAY MEETING OUR IDEAS ABOUT WHAT WE WANTED TO ASK COUNCIL FOR IN TERMS OF RELIEF FOR THE ARTS.

AND WE PUT THAT FORWARD, AS MICHELLE MENTIONED, UH, YOU KNOW, THE END RESULT WAS WHAT COUNSEL DID OUT THERE.

I WAS DOING 20, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THE DATE, UM, BUT AT THEIR DECISION.

AND SO WE ENDED UP WHERE WE ENDED UP WITH ABOUT ALPS ALL TOTAL 12 MILLION FOR ARTS MUSIC CREATIVES, PLUS THE 1 MILLION UNDER THE CONSERVATION CORPS, I THINK IS THE WAY WE'RE ON TO, YES, I THINK THAT INCLUDES THE 2 MILLION FOR THE IMMEDIATE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE PUT OUT THE ADVOCACY PIECES AS WE WERE CHARGED TO DO, AND I THINK WE ENCOURAGED ALL OF YOU ALL.

AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY THAT, UH, CONTACTED THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE COULD PUSH IT AND GET AS MUCH MONEY FOR OUR CREATIVE, UH, COMMUNITIES, UH, FOR, UH, BOTH, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR RELIEF UNDER THE AIPA.

UH, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, GIVEN EVERYTHING AND THE, IN THE SERIOUSNESS OF AS HOMELESSNESS AND THE HIGH PRIORITY THAT WAS GIVEN BY THE COUNCIL, WE HAD A LOT TO COMPETE WITH, BUT I THINK OVERALL, I THINK WE WERE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR.

UH, THE COUNCIL SPOKE VERY CLEARLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE NEED AND SEVERAL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS DID.

AND I THINK MY COUNCIL MEMBER TOHO, CO-SPONSORED THE AMENDMENT WITH, UH, COUNCIL, WOMAN ALTER, UH, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK, UH, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF NEED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT THE ARTS COMMUNITY WAS LISTENED TO.

AND, UH, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU ALL WHO DID THAT.

I KNOW SELENA WAS GREAT AND PUTTING TOGETHER A VERY VISUAL THING BASED ON A VERY BAD CHART THAT I CREATED.

BUT, UH, ANYWAY, UH THAT'S I MEAN, MICHELLE, YOU ADD, YOU WERE THE CHAIR AND YOU KNOW, YOU PROBABLY, YOUR HEAD'S PROBABLY STILL SCREWED ON STRAIGHT.

MINE IS NOT REALLY, I TRAVELED YESTERDAYS.

SO, AND, AND I'M GOING TO PUT A PIN THERE'S ONE OTHER PIECE OF THIS, WHICH IS PART OF THE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH I WANT TO HOLD AND REPORT ON WHEN WE GET THERE.

IF THAT'S AMENABLE TO EVERYBODY, UM, COUNCILMAN MEMBER CASTILLO, SORRY.

COMMISSIONER COULD SAY, I JUST ELEVATED YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

I'M NOT ONLY DOUBLED YOUR SALARY, BUT I'VE RAISED YOUR JOB.

I BELIEVE BOTH.

MR. AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND I THINK YOU DEMOTED, UH, TRUE.

YOU CAN'T TRUST ME WITH ANYTHING.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DRIVE WITH NOT ENOUGH COFFEE.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IN PICKING THIS SPACE, BUT I JUST STARTED THE, THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ARBOR FRAMEWORK IS SAYING THAT EVEN WE SAW THE NUMBERS AND COUNCIL PASSED THE FORM NEW BIDDING FOR, AND I'LL ASK THIS 10 MINUTES, BUT IF YOU START ADDING UP OR 6 MILLION, RIGHT.

THEY PUT, IF YOU START ADDING UP, LIKE VIA THE MILLION FOR THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION AND WHAT WAS THE FOR, UM, THE TERM, BUT THE GENERAL BUILDING DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT.

TO GET CLOSER TO THAT 10.

SO IT'S NOT THAT IT'S NOT THAT THEY DIDN'T HEAR US, THAT THEY DIDN'T LOSE.

SO WHAT WE DID ON PERMISSION, WHAT WE HELP THE COMMUNITY DO, UM, THEY HEARD IT AND THEN THEY, THEY MADE IT WORK.

BECAUSE WE DID ASK FOR NOT JUST OUR BILL, BUT WHEREVER THAT MONEY COULD BE FOUND.

AND THEY ACCOMPLISHED THAT BY THE DIFFERENT BUCKETS THAT WERE THE SAME.

EXCELLENT.

ARTS COMMISSION OR STAFF CAN DO TO HELP YOU SORT OF BRAINSTORM OR THINK OF WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT TOO, THAT, UM, ARTISTS AND ARE NOT EXCLUDED FROM FIGURING OUT A, IN THE OTHER BUCKETS.

AND AGAIN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I GUESS

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I MEAN, THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE OF JUST WHAT IS CULTURALLY SPECIFIC THAT WE WANT THE ARTS COMMUNITY TO BE APPLYING FOR.

SO ANOTHER EXCELLENT POINT, COMMISSIONER GREG.

COMMISSIONER SNOWBALL, SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC.

I THINK THAT REALLY SHOWS IS THAT OUR NEED AND OUR WATT PROVE OUR ARTS TO BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THE CLOSER WE GET TO OUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY.

IT GOES BOTH WAYS.

I THINK IT'S, IT'S SO RIGHT.

UH, LET'S DO SO RIGHT.

BUT I, I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S A, UM, WITH THE NDAS NEW GUIDELINES ON ARPA REGRANTING, WHO IS THE, WHO IS THE, IS MY IGNORANCE ABOUT, ABOUT THE ECOSYSTEM, BUT IS THERE A REGRANTING ENTITY? IS IT THE CITY WHO CAN APPLY FOR THE NEA MUNICIPAL OR, YOU KNOW, ACE REGRANTING THAT'S UP TO, IT'S NOT IN FRONT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S LIKE HALF A MILLION.

IS THAT THROUGH THE CITY? OR IS THERE ANOTHER, IS THERE A NONPROFIT THAT'S ANOINTED TO DO THAT? MAYBE THE CITY IS THE LOCAL ARTS AGENCY THAT CAN APPLY FOR THAT.

NOW THE MONEY THAT FLOWS THROUGH THE NEA, TWO STATES GOES TO TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS, AND YOU CAN ONLY APPLY FOR THAT MONEY IF YOU'VE BEEN A REAL GRANTOR IN THE PAST, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, GUESS THAT'S HOW IT WAS FOR THE CARES ACT.

UM, AND WE ARE NOT A REBRAND FOR THROUGH TCA, BUT WE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE NDAS DIRECT APPLICATION FOR NON-PROFITS CAN DIRECTLY APPLY.

BUT FOR SPECIFICALLY, THERE'S TWO CATEGORIES NOW IN ARPA.

ONE IS FOR DIRECT SUPPORT FOR NONPROFITS AND THE OTHER IS FOR REGRANTING.

SO IT'S NOT.

AND STATE IS THAT THE CITY YOU CUT OUT THE STATE IS, IS WHAT THEIR STATE, THE STATE FUNDING BRIT THROUGH THE, WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THE MUNICIPAL FUNDS ARE ONLY FOR THE MUNICIPAL ARTS AGENCY OR THEIR NONPROFIT WHO IS ALLOWED TO DO REPRINTING UNDER THE NEW GUIDELINES.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE WOULD APPLY FOR THAT.

SO IS THAT THAT'S HAPPENING THEN? WELL, IT WILL, AS SOON AS WE CAN GET ON IT, LOTS TO DO, BUT YES, WE'RE, WE'RE PURSUING ANY AND ALL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MONEY.

WHICH IS A GOOD REMINDER THAT THERE'S ALSO AN NEA GRANT OUT THERE FOR EVERYONE WATCHING THAT'S AVAILABLE TO NONPROFITS FOR SUPPORT THAT'S ARPA, MONEY-RELATED, THAT'S BEING MANAGED BY THE NEA.

MR. CASTILLO, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ABOUT TO MOVE ON TO FIVE B2 IF WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS 5G ONE, UM, YEAH.

AND IT'S ALREADY OKAY,

[5.b. Misc. Discussion and Possible Action Items (Part 2 of 2)]

THEN, THEN MY RECOMMENDATION AND IS TO ADD OUR VOICE TO THE JOINT WORKING GROUP BETWEEN MUSIC AND ARTS, WHICH MEANS WE NEED TO ESTABLISH OUR END OF THAT WORKING GROUP.

AND WE NEED TO PUT SOME FOLKS ON IT.

SO DO I HEAR A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CASTILLO TO ESTABLISH THE WORKING GROUP FOR ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BARNES.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

WAS TO LOOK AT LONG-TERM STRATEGIES AS WELL.

MA'AM.

UM, BEFORE YOU VOTE, THIS WORKING GROUP IS BASICALLY WHAT OUR CURRENT WORKING GROUP.

SO LET ME CLARIFY.

SO BASICALLY, YEAH.

SO UNDER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR QUENTEZ IFC, UM, HER DIRECTIVE WAS ANY AND ALL POSSIBLE SOURCES FOR FUNDS TO ELEVATE ARTS AND MUSIC, RIGHT.

AND ASK AS WELL.

RIGHT? SO THIS IS OVER AND ABOVE, AND THAT WAS OUR US TO WRITE OVER AND ABOVE ARPA MONEY OR ANY HOT MONEY OR ANYTHING ELSE.

WE ARE AT THE CRITICAL JUNCTURE AS A COMMUNITY WHERE WE NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS TO SUSTAIN AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.

SO CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP, DO WE SET UP A NONPROFIT? ARE THERE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES? UM, THAT'S THE CONVERSATION THAT WE WANT TO BE HAVING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AND MUSIC, BECAUSE WE THINK TOGETHER WE CAN AMPLIFY VOICES AND RAISE EVERYBODY UP BECAUSE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME BOAT.

UM, SO CAN I FINISH MY QUESTION? BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT OUR WORKING GROUP WAS, IT WENT BEYOND JUST RELIEF RECOVERY.

AND I, WE WERE LOOKING AT LONG-TERM STRATEGIC FUNDING.

I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL IN ONE.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING PART OF THAT, OUR WORKING GROUP

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SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING WHAT YOU'RE REDOING A NEW, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M YES.

IT SOUNDS LIKE COMMISSIONER FLORES IS VOLUNTEERING THE EMERGENCY FUNDING AND PROACTIVE STRATEGIES TO BE THE MEMBERS OF THIS NEW WORK AND OF THIS WORK.

IT'S A CONTINUATION OF THAT CONVERSATION LIKE THAT, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH MUSIC.

SO IT GETS A CONTINUATION BUILDING, OR IT COULD BE A SUBSET OF OUR WORKING GROUP WITH SOME OF THE MUSIC FOLKS OR WHATEVER.

BUT YES, BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE CHARGED WITH THAT LONG-TERM PIECE AS WELL.

OUR CHARGE STARTED AS EMERGENCY FUNDING.

SO ARPA-E, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS INTERIM TIME PERIOD, AND THEN STARTING TO EXPAND, BUT THEN WE WANTED TO MOVE MUSIC INTO THE CONVERSATION AT THAT POINT.

SO I THINK IT'S, I THINK THE IDEA OF TAKING PART OF OUR GROUP AND FOLDING THAT IN, BUT I THINK WE ALSO WANT TO ADD A NEW MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY INTO THAT CONVERSATION.

THE CDL QUESTION.

OH, ACI THEN, BUT, UH, JUST A POINT.

I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO GO TOO FAR AWAY, BUT I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER FOR CITY STAFF TO START THE BALL ROLLING ON THE NDA FUNDS.

IF WE'RE OPEN TO IT, IF IT'S A POSSIBILITY, I HATE TO SEE IT SLIP THE CRACKS.

CAUSE THERE ARE VERY BUSY STAFF OVERWORKED ALL OF THE ABOVE.

AND IF IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, THEN THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A CONVERSATION WE CAN HAVE OFF LIMITS STAFF.

WELL THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT MY QUESTION.

WHY, WHY CAN YOU WAIT ONE SECOND? CAUSE MR. BARNES WAS NEXT AND THEN I'VE GOT YOU.

I JUST, I THINK IF WE'RE WE'RE SUPPLEMENTING OR WE'RE ADDING ON RESPONSIBILITIES OR DIFFERENT TASKS TO THAT ALREADY ESTABLISHED GROUP, UM, QUORUM FOR US IS SIX.

RIGHT? SO WE COULD ADD ANOTHER ARTS COMMISSIONER AND IT DOES SOUND LIKE THERE, THERE MIGHT BE FROM THE, THOSE TWO, THERE ARE TWO NEWEST, MAYBE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ANOTHER VOICE TO THAT GROUP THAT, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IN THE MIX.

SO I JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE, HEIDI, UM, GIVEN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING AROUND THE TABLE AND THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING, UM, I'M WONDERING IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO JOIN THAT WORKING GROUP CHECK.

AWESOME.

LOVE TO HAVE YOU, AND WE'LL LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND IF I NEED TO ROLL OFF OF THE SHORT TERM IN OUR GROUP, THEN I WILL DO THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT HEIDI'S GOT A SPACE IN THE ROOM.

YOU BEAT ME TO IT.

SHE'S ALWAYS AN, OH, SHE CAN'T BE AN AD HOC.

CAN SHE HAVE EVERY COMMITTEE HAVE EVERY WORKING GROUP? IT'S ONLY SO MUCH OF ME.

COMMISSIONER BARNS, COMMISSIONER FLORES.

UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE AND WE HAVE A SECOND AND WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DO HERE ANYMORE? OVER THE CONVERSATION? I'M GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION.

WHO IS, THIS IS MARIE.

THE ARTS COMMISSION.

STEPHANIE IS ON.

CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY ONE MORE TIME? WHO THE MEMBERS ARE OF THIS WORKING GROUP? SO I HAVE COMMISSIONER FLORES, COMMISSIONER, GREG COMMISSIONER, CHANEL, BUCK, COMMISSIONER POLL, GAR.

WHO ELSE AM I MISSING? THERE SHOULD BE TWO MORE BARNS SPEND THE DAY AND COMMISSIONER VANDYKE.

SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED ONE TO ROLL OFF RAY.

WASN'T ON, ON IT.

I THINK WE ASKED HEIDI.

WHO, WHO WASN'T ON IT? I'M SORRY.

ASIA.

ASIA IS NOT ON IT.

OH, OKAY.

COMMISSIONER IS THIS MEN COMMISSIONER VANDYKE AND I CAN ROLL OFF AT FIVE COMMISSIONER CASTILLO.

UH, MY EMOTION WAS JUST TO FORM THIS JOINT WORKING GROUP WITH MUSIC.

DO I NEED TO AMEND IT SO THAT WE IDENTIFY IS THE DO OR IS IT THE WHOLE EMERGENCY FUNDING AND PROACTIVE STRATEGIES ARE GOING TO COME FROM THE GYM? I THINK YOU AMENDED TO SAY THE PRACTICE STRATEGIES GROUP WILL TUCK IN WITH MUSIC ON THIS.

SO YOU SAY EVERY MEMBER OF THE PROACTIVE STRATEGIES WILL BE, TONY WILL BE ON WITH YOU MINUS COMMISSIONER, MINUS CHAIR.

UM, WHOLE GUARD.

WHO COULD ATTEND AS A, I GUESS? WELL, NO, SHE COULDN'T THAT WITH DOSA WANTED TO FIND OUT THAT OUR CONVERSATION WITH MUSIC WAS TOO LONG.

SO ON MY SUGGESTION, AS WE S WE HOP TWO PEOPLE UP FROM THE OTHER GROUP.

AND WE, AND, AND PUT, PUT HEIDI ON THE JOINT GROUP, IF YOU'RE STILL THERE.

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AND THEN SOMEBODY ELSE FROM THE SMALL GROUP COMES IN AND HEIDI CAN FLOW IN BETWEEN WITH NO PROBLEM.

SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT MOTION.

SO MY MOTION IS TO PERMEATE THE JOINT STRATEGIES, BE ON PAR WITH COMMISSIONERS FROM ALL BACK SMALL BOX AS THE NUMBER AND ONE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS GOING TO PROACTIVE STRATEGIES.

SO THAT'S THE AMENDED, THE SECOND AMENDMENT, LAURA SECONDS.

IT, SHOULD WE ADD UP THE PERSON NOW? OR WAIT, HOW ABOUT SELENA? ARE YOU TOO BUSY? AM I NOT ALREADY INCLUDED IN THIS GROUP NOW WE'RE RUNNING A LAUNDRY EXPERIENCE ON THE COMMISSION.

SO PHONES FOR BARNES.

YEAH, PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.

NOT IT.

I JUST, I CAN'T, I'M JUST WITH MY WORK RIGHT NOW.

COULDN'T DO THAT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE.

I'M HAPPY TO BE IT MICHELLE, IF SELENA DOES THAT OR, YOU KNOW, BUT I, I THINK, I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE LIKE YOUR BODY OF KNOWLEDGE, ESPECIALLY AROUND ALL THINGS RELATED TO HOT AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS WHEN YOU'D BE AN EXCELLENT ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION.

I'M THE ONE THAT STUCK MY FOOT IN IT.

AND YOU DID STEP INTO THAT.

SO ANN MARIE, DO YOU HAVE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO? WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A VOTE HERE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT TO ESTABLISH THE WORKING GROUP WITH MUSIC, WITH COMMISSIONER SMALL BACH AND MOVE THE FLORIDA'S, RIGHT? YES, I GOT IT.

UM, KAMISHA VANDYKE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE TIME.

WELL, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA OR FITTING WITH THE AGENDA, BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO THROW OUT THERE, WE WERE GOING TO INVITE, UM, MR. SCHWALBACH ON OUR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY ALSO.

SO WE BASICALLY JUST DID, I THINK WE ADDED HER BY EXTENSION.

MICHELLE WAS LIKE, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A VOTE, RIGHT? YEAH.

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

SO I HOLD THAT ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS MOTION PASSES? YAY.

GOT SOMETHING DONE.

IT IS 7 51 AND WE HAVE SOME MORE THINGS TO ROCK THROUGH.

LET'S SEE.

WHERE ARE WE? CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW UPDATE REGARDING INTERIM REPORT AND CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS.

SO, UM, AND I HAD ASKED YOU GUYS, IF YOU HAD SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT INTERIM REPORT TO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SEND THEM TO STAFF.

SO I'LL READ THROUGH THAT ONE MORE TIME.

UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMING IN ARE GREAT, THEY'RE CONSISTENT THAT ARE HELPFUL.

UM, AND STAFF CAN FORWARD THOSE ON TO MJR.

UM, AND WHILE WE'RE ON THIS, UM, KNOWING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH MJR ON THIS TOPIC.

AND AS SPECIFICALLY, NOW I CAN'T TALK, SORRY.

UM, THEN IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUT OF TOWN, CAUSE I KNOW A NUMBER OF FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE GONE FOR CHUNKS OF TIME IN JULY, PLEASE JUST EMAIL ME DIRECTLY AND LET ME KNOW, AND I WILL FORWARD THAT ON TO STAFF.

SO THAT'S JUST A SIDE NOTE AND DON'T COPY EVERYONE AND DON'T COPY EVERYONE.

COMMISSIONER CASTILLO, ALICE, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REVIEW UPDATE IN INSULIN REPORTING, I WANTED TO BRING BACK TO THE COMMENT THAT COMMISSIONER GRAY BROUGHT ON THE FOLLOWING MEETING REGARDING THE QUESTION ABOUT MOVING TOWARDS ACTIONS.

AND I SUPPORT THAT, THAT IDEA, WHICH WAS ALSO, I THINK SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING THROUGH DISCUSSING.

UM, BUT YEAH, I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT INTO THE MIX AND HOW THAT FITS IN WITH THE SUNDAY MOVIE YOU HAVE TO READ AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S IN DISCUSSION WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GUIDELINES, BEING PUSHED OUT TO AF BEING PRESENTED TO FEEDBACK SO THAT HOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T PUT INTO THAT DISCUSSION AND COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO LIKE ON STAFF.

WHICH IS THE LAST PIECE OF WHERE WE LANDED THE WORKING GROUP IN OUR LAST MEETING WAS WE ARE UNANIMOUS IN OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WANT TO WRITE THAT AND, AND WORK FROM ACTUALS AS OPPOSED TO PROJECTIONS MOVING FORWARD.

AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT BACK UP.

THAT'S THE PIN THAT I PUT IN THE WORKING GROUP REPORT,

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UM, WE DID NOT GIVE WE, WE DID NOT COME FORWARD WITH A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION OF HOW THAT WORKS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT STAFF AND WE DON'T KNOW YET WHAT THE BUDGET NUMBERS LOOK LIKE, BUT THEN IT IS CRITICAL OVER TIME FOR STABILITY AND LONG-TERM AND OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE WORKING WITH ACTUAL MONEY THAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE AS OPPOSED TO MONEY WE MIGHT GET.

CAUSE IT COULD BE ANOTHER WHATEVER SO NOTED.

UM, AND STAFF, THANK YOU.

YOU'VE GIVEN SO MUCH INFORMATION ON SORT OF THE PROCESS FOR THE CULTURAL FUNDING.

UM, REVIEW THAT, I GUESS MY NEXT PIECE HERE IN THIS CONVERSATION IS, UM, A REMINDER THAT STAFF HAS SAID THERE ARE DRAFT GUIDELINES COMING, THAT THERE WILL BE TIME TO ENGAGE WITH AND HAVE RESPONSES TO AND CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING.

AND THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS.

UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR AND CONCERN AND ANXIETY AROUND THINGS SHIFTING AND MOVING.

AND I KNOW TIMING IS CRAZY AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON, UM, BUT KNOW THAT THE CONVERSATION'S NOT DONE AND THE WORK IS HAPPENING, AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, COLLABORATIVELY AND ITERATIVELY TOGETHER.

SO STAY ENGAGED IN THAT AND PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.

THE OTHER NOTE IS, REMEMBER, THE INTERIM REPORT IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME THAT LOOKS AT WORK THAT WE DID IN 2019 AND 2020, WHICH WAS YESTERDAY AND 700 YEARS AGO.

SO IT DOES NOT AT THIS POINT, IT'S AN INTERNAL REPORT ABOUT THAT TIME.

IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED DURING COVID, IT DOESN'T ADDRESS THE, THE SIGNIFICANT WORK AND MOVING THE NEEDLE FORWARD ON EQUITY THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN DOING, THAT STAFF HAS BEEN DOING OVER TIME.

SO JUST KNOW LIKE YOU WANT ANSWERS TO EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S A BROADER PIECE OF A BIGGER CONVERSATION AND IT'S STILL MOVING FORWARD.

THE TWO PRESENTATIONS WITH WATERLOO AND THE FC.

COMMISSIONER, MY AUNT, LIKE I JUST LIKE TO PROJECT SOME POSITIVE THOUGHTS THAT IS, I THINK WE ARE ALL COOPED UP FOR 16, 18 MONTHS AND PEOPLE ARE READY TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, TALENTS, OTHERS AMONG US THAT WE, AS WELL AS CREATIVE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANTED TO CELEBRATE WANTING TO GO OUT, YOU KNOW, AND CELEBRATE.

SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO TOGETHER TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, TO COME TOGETHER AND REALLY DO SOME LITTLE CELEBRATION.

SO I'M VERY HOPEFUL, YOU KNOW, THE HUB FUN, I THINK PEOPLE ARE READY TO TRAVEL, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CAN TRAVEL TOMORROW, I THINK THEY ARE, THEY ARE READY, YOU KNOW? AND, UM, AND AUSTIN IS, IS, IS, YOU KNOW, IS A GOOD PLACE TO BE, YOU KNOW, SO, SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I, I MAY BE JUST A DIE HOP OPTIMIST, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO SERVE AT HOME ARE WILLING TO COME OVER HERE, HERE, REALLY READY TO TRAVEL.

SO, UM, I'M NOT AS THAT'S A MISTAKE, YOU KNOW, SO I WAS THROWING IT OUT THERE.

I'M VERY PUZZLED AS TO SOME OF THE RAIN ON YOUR PARADE.

FOR SURE, MARK.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD THAT IT'S NOT, PEOPLE ARE READY TO TRAVEL AND THEY'RE ALL TRAVELING, BUT IT'S THE, WE GET THE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BUSINESS TRAVEL THAT HASN'T PICKED UP AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT THAT GOING.

UM, BUT, AND I WAS HALF JOKING ABOUT RADIO AND LIKE IT, ARTISTS ARE READY TO CELEBRATE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING PAID.

SO DON'T JUST PICK A GATE BECAUSE IT'S GOOD EXPOSURE.

DON'T JUST GO OUT THERE AND DO SOMETHING BECAUSE GOING TO KEEP YOU UP TO MAKE SURE TO DO THE WORK WITH REAL COUNCIL MEMBER BARNS, I JUST UPDATED YOU TO COMMISSIONER BAR.

UM, THANK YOU.

UM, ACTUALLY THINKING, AND MAYBE JUST HEARING

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I WONDERING IF WE SHOULD FORM A WORKING GROUP.

AND AGAIN, I'M, I'M LOATHED TO SAY THIS, AS I JUST SAID, I DIDN'T HAVE TIME, BUT I ACTUALLY DO THINK THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAYBE FORM A GROUP OF US AND MORE BROADER COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE MAYBE ARE NEW, OR WE WANT TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX OR, YOU KNOW, AND KEEP THESE THINGS IN MIND.

I THINK THAT IS A VERY ACTIONABLE AND PROACTIVE THING THAT WE COULD BE DOING FOR OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY.

SO I KNOW WE CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE IT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA, BUT FOR THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO CONSIDER CREATING A WORKING GROUP TO EXPLORE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU COMMISSIONER BARS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAD SPOKE WITH MICHELLE ABOUT AS FAR AS, AS BEING ABLE TO MEET THE COMMUNITY FOR, I THINK THAT WILL BE A GREAT TIME WHAT YOU SUGGESTED SO THEY KNOW WHO REPRESENTS THEM.

GOOD.

GOOD, GOOD NET COUNCILMEMBER FORCE COMMISSIONER FLORES.

DON'T TELL THAT 10 PETTY.

IT'S FINE.

UH, SO BRETT, I AGREE IN THE SENSE OF PARSING OUT AND COMMUNICATING WITH THOSE ENTITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND FIGURING OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR ARTISTS AND WHAT THE KINDS OF THINGS IS THEY'RE LOOKING AT.

I KNOW THEY WORK WITH AIPP AND ALL THAT'S GREAT, BUT I THINK HAVING A BROADER CONVERSATION WITH THOSE GROUPS, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THERE'S SOME OVERLAP IN THIS, NOT THAT I WANT TO PILE ON OUR OTHER COMMITTEE, BUT THOSE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE WAYS OF, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, FUNDING FOR, UH, ART ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THOSE ARE WAYS TO EXPAND, UH, THE SOURCES OF INCOME FOR NOT JUST FOR CULTURAL LACKS FUNDING, BUT JUST FOR, IN GENERAL FUNDING FOR THE ARTS, THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY.

SO I, I BELIEVE THAT IN THE FUTURE, WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC THAT CAN TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT YOU JUST RAISED.

THOSE GROUPS ARE COGNIZANT AND ABOUT PAYING THE ARTISTS AND STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT THING AND OFFERING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

BUT I DEFINITELY THINK THAT, UH, UH, THESE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES ARE THE ONES THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, LIKE HITTING UP BIG BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING TO HONEST UNTIL I DUMP A BUNCH OF MONEY INTO AN ARTS FUND.

IF THEY, IF THEY LOVE OUR CITY SO MUCH TO BRING AND COME OVER HERE AND BRING TO THEIR WORKFORCE OR, YOU KNOW, OR CREATE A WORKFORCE HERE, I THINK THEY NEED TO BE CONTRIBUTING AND TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE FABRIC OF OUR CITY, WHICH IS THE ARTS AND MUSIC, UH, ECOSYSTEM.

LIKE WE KEEP ADDING MORE, WE LOSE FOCUS AS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE SET OUT TO DO BEFORE CREATING ANOTHER GROUP.

COMMISSIONER CASTILLO.

UH, I THINK I AGREE WITH CHAMBERS.

I THINK A LOT OF THAT CONVERSATION CAN HAPPEN IN THIS BUILDING, BUT ALSO I'LL OFFER UP THE ARTS COMMUNITY COMMISSION LEADER AS A WAY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU AS WE'RE GOING OUT AND HAVING MEETINGS, LIKE QUESTION, LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING AND ALL, HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS? AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT WE CAN DO.

AND WE GET TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO A COMMUNITY MEMBER FOR 40 MINUTES.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED THREE TO ME WORKING GROUPS.

I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC AND STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS.

I ACTUALLY WOULD PROBABLY JUST HAVE SOME FRIENDLY PUSHBACK TO THAT, BECAUSE AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING MAYBE PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED INVOLVED IN SERVING ON THIS.

AND I THINK IF ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO BE LOOKING AT CREATING THE NEXT GROUP OF LEADERS AGAIN, I'M OLD AND TIRED, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE NEED TO BE FINDING MECHANISMS TO BE BRINGING UP PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

AND I THINK HAVING BEING ABLE TO ASSIGN PEOPLE, TASKS OF, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WAIT, WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO GO WITH ACL TO SPEAK TO WATERLOO GREENWAY.

AND I COULD GO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I THINK WE, WE COULD HAVE VERY STRATEGIC, UM, CONVERSATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I JUST, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MAYBE A VERY SPECIFIC WORKING GROUP, JUST SET UP FOR THAT PURPOSE.

I APPRECIATE THAT PUSH PASS.

UM, BUT I'LL PUSH BACK AGAINST, UH, WE HAVE SIX RIGHT NOW WITH A SET OF NUMBER WE JUST SORT OF HAVE.

SO I FEEL

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IT'S JUST DISTRACTING FOR FUNDING PURPOSES, BUT I FOLLOW THE WILLOWBROOK.

AND I WOULD SAY, I THINK IF YOU ALWAYS WAIT TO WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT OR WHEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'VE CLEARED OUR PLATES, WE'RE GOING TO MISS OPPORTUNITIES.

SO YEAH, I SAID, LET'S ROLL IT INTO EXISTING.

I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT IT SORT OF A HYBRID OPTION HERE, WHICH IS LISTENING TO THIS.

I'M THINKING THAT PROBABLY SINCE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR CREATION RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT WE PULL IT INTO THE WORKING GROUP FOR THIS MONTH.

AND BECAUSE IT'S A SHORT TIMEFRAME BEFORE WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING, LET'S LOOK AT HOW STRATEGICALLY WE WANT TO PULL THAT OUT OF THIS WORKING GROUP AND CREATE ITS OWN.

UM, CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT LIKE THREE DIFFERENT FUNDING RELATED PIECES THAT ARE ALL SORT OF BEING FUNNELED THROUGH THE SAME WORKING GROUP.

OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO KEEP IT IN THE SMALLER SECTION SO WE CAN HAVE REAL LENGTHY, DEEP CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT.

CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THAT HERE.

BUT I THINK IF WE LOOK WITHIN THAT SMALLER BODY ON HOW WE PARCEL IT OUT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH CLEARER.

AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN DEVELOP WHAT THE SPECIFIC REQUEST IS AND WHAT THE FRAME IS FOR THAT WORKING GROUP AND BRING THAT FORWARD.

NEXT MEETING.

I AGREE, AND THAT NOT NECESSARILY EVEN THE NEXT MEETING, BUT EVENTUALLY THE CALL SPINOFFS THAT WE CAN HAVE ONCE WE COME UP WITH LIKE A, A PLAN, A STRATEGIC THEORY.

AND THEN YOU CAN SAY THIS PORTION NOW CAN GO OFF AND BE SPINOFF INTO THIS SMALLER WORKING GROUP THAT CAN GO OFF AND BE FOURTH AND BE MARRIED AND DO THE THINGS THAT NEED TO GET DONE TO MAKE THEM HAPPEN.

COMMISSIONER GRAY.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE US ONTO THE NEXT ITEM JUST REALLY QUICK.

I JUST, SINCE I'M NOT IN THAT WORKING GROUP, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THE DIFFERENCE, UH, AND YES, ARTISTS NEED TO BE PAID AND, AND NEEDS TO BE TOP PRIORITY.

BUT I THINK ALSO, AND COMMISSIONER BARNES IS POINT, UH, PERHAPS A SPIN OR IN THOUGHTS OF RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.

IT'S LIKE WHAT RELATIONSHIPS ARE DIFFERENT THAN FUNDING AND IN KIND SERVICE AND SUPPORT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE GOING TOWARD WHO HAS THE MONEY.

IT CAN BUILD TOGETHER FROM RESOURCES AND OTHER SOURCES.

EXCELLENT.

SO IF WE'RE OKAY TO LET THIS SIT AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, EVERYBODY GOOD? OKAY.

SO I WANT TO HIT ON FIVE B FOR COMMISSION INFORMATION AND ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES.

I KNOW THAT SEEMS LIKE AN AMORPHOUS TITLE, BUT WHEN I ADD, WE ADDED THAT TO THE AGENDA.

THE IDEA WAS INTERNAL, RIGHT FOR US.

WHAT KINDS OF RESOURCES DO WE NEED TO HAVE EASILY ACCESSIBLE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HUNT AND PACK.

AND I ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER AND ANN MARIE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO TAKE A BUNCH OF THE DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU GUYS, ESPECIALLY YOU FOLKS WHO ARE RECENTLY DONE YOUR ORIENTATION WITH STAFF ON COMING ON TO THE ARTS COMMISSION, THAT DOCUMENTATION IS NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH A LINK.

THANK YOU, STAFF THROUGH THE ONE DRIVE.

SO WE CAN HAVE THAT THERE IN A SINGLE CLICK FOR ANYBODY TO GO BACK AND GO, WHAT DO WE MEAN ABOUT WHAT'S THE, WHAT DOES THE AIPP SAY? WHERE IS, UM, AND I GUESS MY QUESTION, MY NEXT QUESTION FOR YOU IS WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO PUT IN THERE? AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE MORE WORK FOR STAFF THEY'RE DROWNING.

SO IF YOU WANT TO SEND A NOTE TO ME AND SELENA ABOUT WHAT OTHER INFORMATION YOU CONSTANTLY HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK FOR.

UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE OMNIBUS RESOLUTION AND THE STAFF RESPONSE TO OMNIBUS.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THINGS LIKE CREATE AUSTIN.

IMAGINE AUSTIN STREET, THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION, 2023, BUT ALSO VARIOUS RESOLUTIONS.

ALL OF THE BACKUP FOR MEETINGS WE'VE HAD FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW, IS POSTED BACK WITH THE AGENDAS FOR PRIOR MEETINGS.

BUT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO BACK AND DIG TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ONE PLACE WHERE WE CAN FIND IT, I THINK WOULD BE USEFUL.

WE THOUGHT WOULD BE USEFUL.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT US TO CONTINUE TO DO? YEAH, RICK, I WOULD LOVE THAT.

YES, PLEASE.

I CAN GET RID OF ALL MY BO I HAVE LIKE ABOUT FOUR BOXES OF ALL OF MY ARTS COMMISSION STUFF THAT I HAVE TO DIG THROUGH.

TO BE MORE ENGAGED IN STAYING IN CONTACT.

AND THIS IS NOT BECAUSE MY DESK IS A COMPLETE MESS.

SO WE WILL MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.

THE SECOND THING IS ALSO ALONG THOSE LINES, UM, YOU HEARD STAFF TALK EARLIER ABOUT THE BUDGET MEETING ON THE 9TH OF JULY.

UM, THERE ARE REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND THOSE? THERE ARE REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION.

WE WANT

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AND AS LONG AS THESE THINGS THAT ARE ONLINE, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY WATCH THEM LATER AND WATCH THEM IN REAL TIME.

ONCE WE GO BACK IN PERSON, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KNOW WHERE WE CAN FIND RECORDINGS.

AND SOMETIMES THAT'S EASIER AND SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT.

BUT KNOWING WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS, WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT MIGHT BE USEFUL.

SHALL WE GATHER THAT? OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANT, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW.

SEND US A NOTE TO LET US KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND WE'LL COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO EVERYBODY.

COMMISSIONER CASTILLO, UH, SELENA AND I ARE NOT STAFFED THAT WAY WE CAN CALL.

SO THEY'RE NOT 8 MILLION EMAILS GOING AND WE CAN JUST PROVIDE ONE, ONE BIG THING WITH ALL OF THAT STUFF IN ONE LOCATION.

UM, WHEN DOES A WEDNESDAY? THAT'S RIGHT, RIGHT.

WEDNESDAY.

IT'S ON A WEDNESDAY.

IT'S NOT, I'M USED TO THURSDAY WITH COUNSELING THURSDAYS.

I THOUGHT THAT THE NINTH, THE EIGHTH WAS THURSDAY.

I DUNNO.

I THOUGHT I LOOKED AT MY CALENDAR AND I SAW WHILE I WAS WRITING IT DOWN.

AND IT'S A WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY.

AND I WILL SEND A REMINDER ABOUT THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T NEED TO BE WATCHING THAT MEETING.

I'M SORRY.

I HEARD NINTH AND I WROTE SEVEN ON MY CALENDAR.

SORRY.

UM, AND THEN THAT'S THE NEXT THING IS REMINDERS.

AND YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU GUYS NEED FROM ME TO HELP YOU STAY, STAY ON STUFF OR TO HIGHLIGHT THINGS? I WILL DO WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WHICH IS PROVIDING ARTICLES THAT ARE INTERESTING AND PERTINENT REMINDING YOU ABOUT SPECIFIC STRATEGIES FOR GETTING THROUGH MEETINGS ON THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THAT YOU MIGHT'VE MISSED.

BUT IF THERE'S OTHER STUFF, JUST LET US KNOW.

UM, OTHER THOUGHTS IN THAT, AND THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION, RIGHT.

BUT JUST WANTED TO START THERE.

IS EVERYBODY, CAN I JUST ASK, IS EVERYBODY SIGNED UP FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION NEWSLETTER? YEAH.

ANYBODY WHO ISN'T JUST LET ME KNOW.

I CAN ADD YOU OR YOU CAN ADD YOURSELF ON OUR WEBPAGE, BUT THAT'S A, WE TEND TO PUT A LOT OF STUFF IN THOSE NEWSLETTERS, SO THEY'RE GOOD INFO.

THEY'RE GREAT.

ALSO SIGN UP FOR VIP AND ALSO SIGN UP FOR A SMALL BIZ.

YUP.

GREAT NOTE.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAYBE STAFF, UM, IF, IF THERE'S A CHANCE TO PROFILE MICHELLE AND SELENA AS THE NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR IN THE UPCOMING NEWSLETTER, JUST AGAIN, TO KEEP THE KEEP BEFORE PEOPLE.

I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A NICE OPPORTUNITY.

GOT IT.

SURE.

LIKE TO KEEP IT A MOVING TARGET BREATH.

WE WERE SILLY GLASSES AND A BIG NOSE AND BE GREAT AND QUIT GETTING BUGGED.

NOW, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS.

SO IF WE'RE GOOD HERE FOR

[6.a. Working Group updates with discussion and possible action (Part 1 of 2)]

WE'VE ALREADY DONE SIX, A ONE, THE EMERGENCY FUNDING, PRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES.

UM, NEXT REPORT IS FROM THE EQUITY RESOURCE WORKING GROUP WITH COMMISSIONER PAUL, GREG CASTILLO AND KEATON.

OUR LAST MEETING I MET WITH MICHELLE, UH, AND OUR OTHER COMMISSIONER.

BASICALLY WE, OUR SCHEDULES DID NOT MESH THIS PAST MONTH, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT WE DID COMMUNICATE A LITTLE BIT.

WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU NEXT MONTH.

I WANTED TO KNOW HOW TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE FOR NEXT MONTH SO WE COULD HAVE MOVED ON.

BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE, UM, FOR OUR NEW CHAIR CONTACTING ME.

UM, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ANYONE'S EVER DID THIS.

PROFESSIONALLY JUST CONTACTED ME TO SEE HOW I WAS DOING AND WANTED TO KNOW WHAT SHE COULD DO.

UM, AND HER NEW POSITION AND ROLE.

AND I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT IN WHAT WE DO AS COMMISSIONERS, EVEN THOUGH I'M NEW AND YES, I'M LEARNING EVERYTHING AND EVERY MEETING.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I THOUGHT THAT WAS, UM, VERY, VERY COOL BEANS.

AND I WOULD OFFER THAT TO ANY LEADER THAT YOU CONTACT PEOPLE AND JUST SAY HELLO AND THE QUESTIONS.

UM, AND JUST THE CONVERSATION.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

CAUSE FOR THE STUDY, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS OR DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT THAT? WE MET AND, UH, INTRODUCED MICHELLE FOR THE COMMISSIONER AS THE CHAIR COMMISSIONER AND GET THAT INTRODUCTION.

AND OF YOU WHO I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO YET, I'M GOING TO TRACK YOU DOWN AND JUST KNOW YOU'RE ON MY LIST.

UM, OKAY.

SO NOTHING, NO, NO.

MOVING ON THAT FOR RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS FINE.

UH, NEXT UP ITEM THREE, THE JOINT ART AND MUSIC LAND DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP WITH COMMISSIONERS POLGAR AND CASTILLO MUSIC, COMMISSIONER GRAHAM REYNOLDS, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, DAVID SULLIVAN AND ZACH TRAINER.

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WHEN WE ASKED YOU TO REASSESS THE CHEWS, UH, COMMISSIONER REYNOLDS SNAPPED UP WITH ZACH VICE CHAIR.

UM, AND, UH, IT'S GOT ANOTHER ROOMMATE INSTEAD OF, FOR NEXT WEEK, BUT WE MEAN TALKED ABOUT, UM, BRINGING BACK THE WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE ALREADY IN TERMS OF INSERTING LANGUAGE, REGARDING ART VISITING INTO SINFUL.

UM, SO WE'RE JUST BRINGING THAT BACK UP, MAKE BREEDING STRATEGY, MAKING SURE THAT THAT LANGUAGE CONTINUES IN CONVERSATIONS WITHIN CITY HAS ALREADY EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN BRINGING BACK.

AND ONE THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TOO ABOUT THIS GROUP IS THAT WE DO HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND, UM, UM, CULTURAL FLORES.

I SEE YOU AND I'LL GET YOU IN HOT SECOND.

UM, WE DO HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND, UM, OPERA POE, ALL THIS STUFF ON OUR PLATE AND APROPOS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THAT COLLABORATION THING I TALKED ABOUT, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN BRINGING MORE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO WORK WITH US ON WORKING GROUPS TO, TO CLARIFY THE KIND OF WORK WE'RE DOING TO ENGAGE, TO INVEST AND TO EMPOWER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO, SO LET'S LET THAT HAPPEN MORE AND BE REALLY MINDFUL ABOUT WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

COMMISSIONER FLORES.

YOU HAD A QUESTION.

I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION CAUSE LIKE I'VE BEEN SO OUT OF IT REGARDING AFTER THE CODE, NEXT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FELL OFF A CLIFF.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON CITY LAND ODE OR WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.

IS THERE SOMETHING FORTHCOMING, UH, YOU KNOW, IS IT JUST SOMETHING WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, PREEMPTIVELY TO TRY TO GET READY FOR THE NEXT BIG GREAT WHATEVER IS COMING DOWN THE PIKE 30 THING IN OTHER WORDS, RIGHT? WE DID NOT MISS ANYTHING.

NO, IT'S JUST MORE OF A PREEMPTIVE APPROACH.

UH, WE, WE KNOW THAT AFTER CODE NEXT FAIL THAT THE CITY DID SORT OF THROUGH AND IDENTIFY STAFF TO, TO CONTINUE WORKING ON UPDATE DEPENDING ON PAUL'S 2020.

UM, AND THEN RECENTLY THE MAYOR HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN REVISITING THIS MOVE.

SO YEAH, WE JUST WANT TO GET AHEAD OF IT DUE TO OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH THE EIGHT MEETING C AND OPENING BACK UP AND STILL NEEDING TO SUPPORT VENUES THAT WE JUST WANTED GETTING SOME, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FLOW WORKING.

GOOD.

ANY OPPOSED EXTENSIONS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, MR. CASTILLO, NEXT UP ITEM FOUR, QUARTERLY ARTS COMMUNITY COMMISSION MEETUPS WORKING GROUP.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD ADD SOMEBODY TO THIS MIX THAT WE GONNA SAY NO REAL UPDATE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO.

AND THEN IT'S INTERESTING.

AND ALSO THIS IS THE POSSIBLE ACTION.

SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO, TO ADD, PUSHING TO ADD COMMISSIONER GRAY TO THIS WORKING GROUP SECOND MADE BY KOSTIA SECONDED BY MARK ALL IN FAVOR.

NO, I WILL TRY TO ORGANIZE SOMETHING THAT IS, WE KNEW THAT WERE BAD IN OTHER SPECIAL MEETINGS.

ONLY SO MANY HOURS IN THE DAY.

UM, TODAY, UH, WHEN WE MET, WE CAME UP WITH I THINK, THREE, UH, COMPONENTS TO THIS.

GOOD.

NEXT UP.

ITEM FIVE ART NEIGHBORHOODS WORKING GROUP WITH COMMISSIONERS MOCK BUSTERS, THIS MAN AND VAN DYKE.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK, SEE IF YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS MIX TOO.

UM, KNOW, UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'M, I'M GLAD TO NOT BE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THIS GROUP.

I FELT LIKE WHEN I FINALLY COULD REMEMBER WHAT AN RFI WAS, I ARRIVED, BUT I FEEL LIKE ANOTHER LEVEL HERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOU.

DO PEOPLE WELCOME.

UM, SO, UM, THIS IS, UH, THE WORKING GROUP IS, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT CREATING A DESIGNATION OF WHAT WE'RE CALLED AN ART NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, IT, UH, UH, WHEN A NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A SIGNIFICANT ARTIST PRESENCE, UM, WE'RE KIND OF TEASING OUT THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THIS.

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UM, UH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, WORKING STUDIOS, BEING A MAJOR COMPONENT.

THE OTHER IS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR ORGANIZATION.

UM, AND THEN A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT SUPPORT GROUPS, UH, GALLERIES, RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE ART SPACES, LIBRARIES THAT HAVE MEETING SPACES AND ART SPACES, UH, THE, UH, SELENA CALLED IT THE ORIGIN STORY.

I LOVE IT.

UM, JUST REAL BRIEFLY.

UM, I'M PART OF A STUDIO COMPLEX CALLED THORTE ROAD STUDIOS, AND WE'D WATCHED SO MANY, UH, STUDIOS GET BULLDOZED AND TURNED INTO CONDOS AND OURS WAS UP NEXT AND, UH, THE BULLDOZERS WERE AT THE DOOR AND, UM, UH, WE WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND WITHIN KITCHEN, UM, AND WE'RE ABLE TO STOP IT.

WE'RE STILL THERE.

UM, AND THE LANDLORD'S GOING AHEAD WITH DIFFERENT PLANS, WHICH WE WERE TOLD WHEN WE WERE, I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT TODAY.

WE WERE TOLD YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANCE.

YOU CAN'T CHANGE THIS.

THERE'S TOO MUCH POWER.

UM, AND SO TO HAVE A GOOD STORY IS REALLY NICE, UM, IN THIS, YOU KNOW, WATCHING THE DOMINOES FALL OVER.

SO, UH, USING THAT IDEA OF, UH, WORKING TOGETHER WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UM, WE CAME UP WITH, UM, AMY CAME UP WITH A GOOD IDEA.

I THINK THE CHARACTER OF THIS IDEA, UM, DEFINITELY CREATING AN IDEA OF ADVOCACY, MUTUAL ADVOCACY, UH, COMMUNITY CULTURE, COLLABORATION, SUPPORT, SYNERGY, KINDNESS, ENRICHING, GRASSROOTS THAT KIND OF GET, UH, SELENA BROUGHT UP ABOUT, UH, THERE'S A FEELING TO THIS IDEA.

AND I THINK THAT KIND OF ADDRESSES THAT, UH, THE ANALOGY OR COMPARISON, UH, COMES FROM ARCHITECTURE.

UH, THE KEYSTONE OR CAPSTONE IS THE HALLMARK OF STRENGTH THAT ALL THE OTHER STONES IN AN ARCH DEPEND ON.

AND THEN THAT IDEA IS TAKEN INTO BIOLOGY.

THE KEYSTONE SPACES ARE ORGANISMS IN AN ECOSYSTEM THAT ALL THE OTHER SPACES VOLLAND WITHOUT THEM, THE WHOLE ECOSYSTEM WOULD BE DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT OR CEASE TO EXIST ALL TOGETHER.

AND IN AUSTIN, IT'S ELEVATING THAT IDEA OF THE CREATIVE MEMBERS OF THE KEYSTONE SPECIES.

UM, AND THEN WE STARTED WORKING ON BENEFITS, LOOKING AT BENEFITS FOR THE ARTISTS AND BENEFITS FOR THE NEIGHBORS AND, UH, A COUPLE THINGS.

SO WE REALLY JUST STARTED ON THAT MUTUAL ADVOCACY BUILDING COMMUNITIES, THE PORT FOR EVENTS, A CITYWIDE DIRECTORY OF RESOURCES, AND THEN, UH, SELENA, I LOVE WHAT SHE CAME UP WITH TODAY.

THIS SOUNDS LIKE A SUPERHERO, UH, OR FOR VIDEO GAME TOOL OR WEAPON, SOMETHING THAT YOU GET IS THE VEIL OF PROTECTION.

I JUST LOVED THAT.

UH, SO MAYBE WHAT WE COULD CREATE AS AVAIL PROTECTION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR THE, UH, UH, OUR ORGANIZATION ALSO, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT WAS FAST.

ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR RICK OR FOR OR FOR AMY? I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHERE YOU GUYS ARE AND WHAT YOU'RE UNCOVERING.

UM, WOULD YOU LIKE SOME ASSISTANCE AND NEW NEW PEOPLE TO JOIN YOUR WELL, I HEARD THAT PERFECT FOR THIS GROUP.

YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T WANT TO SHOOT THE OVERLOADED YET OR NOT, OR, UM, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE OPEN ALSO, UH, ASIA, UM, I, I JUST DON'T KNOW.

UM, I'M STILL PLATING NEW KID, SO I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT, UM, THESE TWO COMMISSIONERS ARE VERY HARDWORKING AND, UH, WE HAD HOMEWORKS AND WE MEET EVERY TWO WEEKS, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, WE WELCOME FRESH IDEAS, BUT WE HAD A SERIES ABOUT, I THINK, WHAT WE ARE DOING.

I THINK WE, UH, WE ARE ONTO SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT, THAT REALLY TRUE TO THE CHARACTER OF AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, THE GRADED ENERGY AND, AND, UM, THOSE SYNERGIES SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE EXPERIENCED AND FEEL IN, IN EVERY CORNER OF OUR CITY.

SO, SO I, WE WELCOME, ESPECIALLY THE NEW MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, TO COME JOIN US.

UM, LET ME SAY THIS.

UM, I, I HATE HAVING PEOPLE IN, OR I HATE TO ARM TWIST TO HAVE PEOPLE IN GROUPS THAT THEY REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE THERE.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LOVE TO BE IN

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A GROUP LIKE THAT.

HEY, CEO WAS THAT YOU VOLUNTEERING, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU ACO SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED A MOTION MOTION, MOTION BY MR. JOHN CASTILLO, SECONDED BY FLORES TO ADD ISSUE GRAY TO THIS WORKING GROUP.

THAT IS THE ART NEIGHBORHOOD WORKING GROUP.

ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? SORRY.

I JUST SAID THANK YOU.

ANY ABSTENTIONS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANKS GUYS.

YAY.

I AM GOING TO MAKE EVERYBODY SAY MY NAME CORRECTLY THOUGH.

MY FRIENDS CALL ME ACE.

I HAVE A COMMENT REAL QUICK.

AND THEN WE GOT TO GET TO THE LAST THING CAUSE I'VE SIX MINUTES.

JUST REMEMBER THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ARTS, IS IT VISIT AUSTIN OR THE, WHATEVER IT IS, AND THEY HAVE ALL THE DISTRICTS AND ALL THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT THAT WOULD BE SOME GOOD PRIME, UM, COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP MEMBERS TO MAYBE ADD TO THE MIX BECAUSE THEY DO THOSE DIRECTORIES AND ALL THAT, AND THEY KNOW WHO ALL THEIR MEMBERS ARE.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE A REAL GOOD PLUGIN.

SO SMART, SMART, SMART, SMART.

FINDING THAT MUSIC IDENTIFIED MUSIC COMMISSIONERS.

UM, MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX UNDER OLD BUSINESS, A JOINT WORKING GROUP FOR JOINT CULTURAL COMMITTEE AND CO WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO AND I , YEAH, WE CONTINUE TO MEET, UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, NUMBERS IDENTIFIED FROM ASIAN, PROBABLY LIFE RESOURCE ADVISORY, LATINO, HISPANIC, ONLY BLINDS MATH.

THEY THEN, UH, SO WE MET AND WE, UH, STARTED TO DRAFT OUR RECOMMENDATION TO FORM JOINT COMMITTEES MEET AGAIN.

YEAH, THAT'S THE UPDATE.

WE WERE STILL MEETING, HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND THAT THE TRANSPARENCY QUESTION, CORRECT.

[7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS I HAVE ON MY LIST RIGHT NOW, A POTENTIAL WORK GROUP TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS AS WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT OTHER FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM DIRECTLY.

WELL, WE'LL PUT THAT BACK ON THE LIST.

AND AS YOU GUYS IN THE WORKING GROUP, OR, UM, HAVING THAT CONVERSATION, WE WANT TO REFINE THAT LANGUAGE, JUST LET ME KNOW, AND WE WILL DO SO.

I HAVE AMY'S DILLA CONVERSATION STILL ON THE LIST.

SO THAT'S STILL HERE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOCK FOR LETTING US SLIDE THAT SINCE WE HAD SOME STUFF THAT WAS SORT OF A TOASTY, I HAVE INVITED THE VISIT AUSTIN FOUNDATION TO COME AND SPEAK WITH US NEXT MONTH.

THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

UM, JUST AS WELL, CAUSE IT'S 8 26.

UM, BUT THEY'RE DOING SOME REALLY INTERESTING AND FUN STUFF TOO.

ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANT TO ADD TO THE LIST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE NEXT MEETING? OBVIOUSLY, IF SOMETHING COMES UP, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO, IT NEEDS TWO PEOPLE TO GET ON IT.

SEND ME AN EMAIL.

I WILL BE YOUR SECOND AND WE'LL POP STUFF ON THE AGENDA.

COOL.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, ARE WE NOT GOING TO HAVE OUR JULY 4TH CONCERT AT LONG CENTER? I HAVE NO IDEA.

I THOUGHT THEY HAD GOTTEN TO HAVE A CONCEPT.

I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY INVITATION.

JUST WONDERING, OKAY.

I I'VE SEEN A PRESS RELEASE, SO THAT'S ALL ANIMAL.

I CAN'T, I CAN'T ADDRESS THAT.

I HAVE NO IDEA TRULY.

UM, I JUST WANT TO REMIND OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO SEND, UM, YOUR AVAILABILITY TO ATTEND AN AIPP MEETING AND THE MONTH THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, LIKE I SAID, IT'S THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH.

UM, AND YEAH.

UM, FOR JULY, IS THAT MEETING HAPPENING ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH OR IS IT HAPPENING AT ANOTHER TIME OF THE FOURTH? THIS IS I'M IT'S HAPPENING ON THE 12TH.

SO THAT'S CONFLICTING WITH THE MUSIC.

THAT CONFLICTS WITH THE MUSIC MEETING ON THE 12TH THAT WE HAVE TO WATCH THE PRESENTATION.

UM, THERE IS AVAILABILITY, SO YOU'RE SENDING IT TO SUE.

AND A REMINDER, IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUT OF TOWN IN JULY, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH MJR.

PLEASE

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SEND THAT NOTE TO ME.

AND YOU ARE SPEAKING OF JULY AFTER JULY 4TH, RIGHT? CORRECT.

CAUSE TODAY'S THE 30TH.

THAT WOULD BE WAY TOO FAST FOR US TO GET IT TOGETHER.

COMMISSIONER FLORES, UH, WHEN OUR NEXT ART COMMISSION MEETING, ARE WE ON THE 19TH? THIS IS, I MEAN, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH ANY CHANGES IN OUR ONLINE OR IN-PERSON MEETINGS, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE SCHEDULED ANNE-MARIE.

IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, IT WOULD BE ON THE 19TH.

UM, TYPICALLY, UM, AGAIN, THE CLERK'S OFFICE USUALLY SCHEDULES ABOUT A WEEK OUT.

UM, SO I'LL KNOW FOR SURE.

UM, AROUND THE 12TH.

SO IF MATH NINE DID NOT, THAT DAY WOULD BE THE WEEK AFTER FRAUGHT MAY AS POSSIBLE IF IT'S NOT THE DAY.

UM, IT'LL PROBABLY BE SOMETIME THAT WEEK, UNLESS THERE'S SOME OTHER WEIRD SCHEDULING THING THAT HAPPENS.

BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN PIVOT LAND.

SO THE WEEK OF THE 19TH, THE COOL, OKAY.

YEAH, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT.

THERE'S NO BLOOD, NO FOUL.

ALL GOOD.

SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION TONIGHT.

UM, I KNOW THAT THINGS ARE TIGHT, BUT I'M ALSO REALLY INSPIRED ABOUT ALL THE COOL THINGS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIKE, UM, AND LOVE WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

IF I CAN SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY AT ANY TIME, YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME, IT GOES WITH THE COMMUNITY TOO.

UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? HAPPY JULY 4TH, JULY 4TH.

I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN AND I HAVE A SECOND AND BY ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.