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SO I LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER
[CALL TO ORDER]
THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE AUSTIN MUSIC COMMISSION.WE ARE ONLINE LIKE TO, UH, START OUR MEETING, UH, WITH THE NEW,
[MUSICAL PERFORMANCE]
UM, TRADITION THAT WE STARTED HERE AT THE MUSIC COMMISSION.I'M VERY PROUD OF, UM, SHARING SOME OF THE BEAUTY AND MAGIC THAT EXISTS IN OUR CITY.
UM, AND THE, THE MUSICIANS THAT, YOU KNOW, PUT IT ON AND MAKE IT HAPPEN THAT FULFILL, FILL OUR LIVES WITH SO MUCH JOY AND CREATE SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXPLORE OURSELVES, REFLECT ON OUR OWN, OUR OWN SITUATIONS.
UH, IS IT EILEEN, EILEEN? I LIVE MY APOLOGIES AND, UH, BE BEATRICE SANTA ANA.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A LIEN.
IS THAT OKAY? SO THEN COULD YOU, OH, I CAN.
I CAN'T SEE MYSELF OR HEAR MYSELF AT ALL.
I MEAN, AM I THERE? WHO'S THAT SPEAKING B YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON TO ME.
I GOT IT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT TURNING OFF MY ANDY, MY CALL BEFORE GETTING AUDIO.
IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S ALWAYS AN ADVENTURE, UH, IN THIS WORLD.
I CAN'T REALLY CAN'T WAIT FOR US.
I CAN SEE MYSELF, BUT IT SAYS ONLY, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE SEEING YOU, BUT, UM, LET'S START WITH ELAINE AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN MAYBE FIGURE YOU OUT AFTERWARDS.
UH, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF? UM, YOU KNOW, JUST WHERE WE CAN WAIT, WHERE YOU CAN FIND YOUR STUFF OR WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO SHARE THESE, FEEL FREE TO DO THAT.
WELL, I'VE BEEN IN AUSTIN SINCE 92 AND, UH, PLAYING THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, THE THEREMIN FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS AND YOU DON'T PLAY IT, YOU PLAY IT WITHOUT VISIBLY TOUCHING IT.
IT RADIATES ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS THAT YOU PLACE YOUR HANDS WITHIN A CONTROL PITCH AND VOLUME.
YOU HAVE A FOUR AND A HALF OCTAVE RANGE.
UM, I COULD GO INTO SO MUCH ABOUT THE HISTORY AND THE INSTRUMENTS, REALLY AMAZING.
I SUGGEST THAT IN YOUR SPARE TIME, GO AHEAD AND DO A LITTLE RESEARCH.
IT'S A HUNDRED YEAR OLD INSTRUMENT.
ITS ANNIVERSARY WAS LAST YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, UM, MY LAST PERFORMANCE LAB PERFORMANCE WAS WITH THE AUSTIN CINEMATIC SYMPHONY WITH, UH, PETER BAY CONDUCTING RIGHT BEFORE LOCKDOWN.
SO THAT WAS A REALLY, IT WAS GOING TO BE A LAST PERFORMANCE BEFORE LOCKDOWN.
THAT WAS, UH, PRETTY FORTUNATE.
AND I WAS ALSO ABLE TO DO SOME STUDIO WORK WHILE, UH, IN QUARANTINE.
BUT SINCE WE'RE LIMITED ON TIME, I'LL JUST GET A LITTLE PAPER HERE.
INVISIBLE APE, INVISIBLE EIGHT, AN ALIEN ADLER, NO RELATION TO THE MAYOR, AS FAR AS I KNOW ON THE INSTAGRAMS. AND, UM, UH, I'M JUST KINDA CRAWLING OUT, YOU KNOW, FROM A LITTLE, WHOLE CREATIVE HOLE AND STARTING TO WORK ON WRITING SOME MUSIC TO SING IN PERFORMANCE, SING AND PLAY THURMAN AT THE SAME TIME AND HOPEFULLY GET BACK INTO HAVING A FULL BAND.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING ME HERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE TO TALK.
SO I'LL PUT A PERIOD THERE UNLESS I GOT MORE TIME OR IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS.
WE'LL FOLLOW YOU AFTER THE MEETING.
DO YOU HAVE A WEBSITE? UH, IT'S A LITTLE OUTDATED.
I'M A LUDDITE TRYING TO CATCH UP INTO THE DIGITAL WORLD.
IT'S A THURMAN FOR THE MASSES.COM.
THAT WAS BASED OFF A PROJECT THAT I PUT UP A LONG TIME AGO, WHICH IS A COMPILATION OF MYSELF PLAYING WITH ABOUT 10 DIFFERENT MUSICAL GENRES AND JOURNEYS THAT I HAVE WITH THE THERAPY AND TO SHOW THE THURMAN AS A DIVERSE, UH, VIABLE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
SO LITTLE OUTDATED, SOON TO BE UPDATED.
I'VE MOVED TO THE INSTAGRAMS AND THE FACE THING.
HEY, WE'RE HERE FOR ALL THIS SHOCKER REALIGNING.
I DO WANT TO SAY, UH, THE VIDEO THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO SHOW.
UH, I DID IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, UH, WHEN, UM, WE WERE, UH, HAVING A HUNDRED DEGREES WEATHER ALL THE WAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
SO IT'S MY HEAT MADNESS VERSION OF SUMMERTIME COMMISSIONERS.
REMEMBER TO MUTE AND YOU CAN WATCH THE PERFORMANCE ON ATX 10, BUT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE IT ON THE WEBEX
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ON MY END.IS THAT IT? OKAY, THERE WE GO.
IT WAS JUST A QUICK COMING AT YOU THERE.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY, YEAH, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
NINA SIMONE WAS IN INCREDIBLE ARTISTS THAT HAD INCREDIBLE IMPACT ON THE ENTIRE PLANET.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR SHARING THAT.
UM, SO I, I WAS WATCHING, UH, SOME, UH, THINGS ABOUT YOU THAT ARE ON, UH, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET.
AND ONE THING THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO ME IS HOW FLEXIBLE REALLY WITH FAIRMAN IS A GENRE WISE.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? UH, I DO AGREE.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE PLAYER BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THE THURMAN WAS DEVELOPED AS A CLASSICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND THEN IN THE FORTIES AND FIFTIES, IT BECAME LIKE HORROR MOVIE MUSIC, LIKE UFO'S AND GO SOUNDS WOO.
AND I REALLY THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE PLAYER.
LIKE FOR ME, I LOVE ALL MUSIC AND I'D LIKE THE CHALLENGE OF, YOU KNOW, UH, AS A SINGER, I COULDN'T ALWAYS GET INTO ALL GENRES AND PERFORM, BUT EVERYBODY'S WILLING TO LET IT THERE AND PLAY PLAYER COME IN AT LEAST ONCE.
SO LIKE I TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND TRIED ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC FROM TOHONO TO JAZZ, TO BLUES, TO ROCK AND ROLL.
LIKE I LOVE MUSIC AND I LOVE TRYING TO ADAPT THE THURMAN INCORPORATED INTO IT AS ALMOST, UM, A PART OF THE BAND TO SHOW THAT IT'S A VIABLE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.
SO I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE PLAYER.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO FOCUS CLASSICALLY OR MORE PSYCHEDELIC OR JUST PREFERS IT DEPENDS ON THE PLAYER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT WITH US TONIGHT.
THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING.
I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE A VOCALIST ALSO, SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THAT THE THURMAN'S LIKE MY SECOND VOICE, SO.
I THINK YOU REPRESENT DISTRICT TWO.
DISTRICT TO DISTRICT TUBE IS OVER THERE ABOUT 15 YEARS.
YEAH, BUT THAT'S WHAT SCOTT THAT'S WHAT'S UP.
UH, LAUREN GOLD FOR BRINGING AN ALIEN ADELAIDE TO US.
WE'RE GONNA, WE GOT A LOT GOING ON TONIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SAY PEACE TO YOU, EILEEN AND HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD EVENING, YOU KNOW, STAY UNTIL THEN.
WE'VE GOT LOTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT YOU CAN LEARN A LOT
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TONIGHT, SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN'T STAY TO THEM, UH, AND THANKS AGAIN.WE, UH, NEXT UP WE HAVE, UH, VIA TERES SANTA ANA, IF YOU COULD, UH, IF YOU COULD.
YES, WE COULD SEE, BUT YOU CAN'T SEE ME.
NEED A PERSON JUST SENT, BUT I DON'T TELL ME GET SET UP AND EVERYTHING.
HEY, JUST GIVE ME THE MIC AND I CAN SING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT'S UP.
THAT'S WHAT'S SO WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, YOURSELF, UM, QUICKLY, WHAT DISTRICT YOU REPRESENT? SO I DON'T HAVE TO GO LOOK ON MINE OR ANYTHING.
IT JUST TELLS WHAT DOES SHE GET FROM AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU, UM, OH, DISTRICT, I THINK THEY WERE LOOKING FOR, UM, BOTH OF THEM ARE FOR TWO.
TO DO, UM, I'M FROM BORN AND RAISED HERE, AUSTIN, TEXAS, BORN AND RAISED.
I'M GLAD TO SAY THAT I'M HAPPY.
UM, LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE AND, UM, I REPRESENT WHAT'S MOST DEEP IN MY HEART IS THE HAHN OAKLAND SONG.
CAUSE I GREW UP WITH THAT WITH MY PARENTS, MY FAMILY, WE ALL LISTENED TO ALL THAT.
MY, MY DAD'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY AND MUSICIANS.
UM, I DID COUNTRY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, MARIACHI IS PART OF, YOU KNOW, MORE MEXICAN, TRADITIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC.
I DO THE BLUES, I'VE WRITTEN SONGS.
I'M WORKING ON MORE, BUT, UM, I DO BLUES COUNTRY.
HAHNEL THAT AND HIP HOP A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING THAT I'VE WRITTEN MY OWN SONGS.
WHAT A DIVERSITY OF SOUNDS THERE, BUT THEY ALL CONNECTED.
UM, DO YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN FIND YOU OR YOU WANT TO SHARE IT AFTER YOU'RE SAYING, UH, RIGHT NOW? WELL YOU MEAN PHYSICALLY OR WHAT DO YOU MEAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA? OR WHAT DO YOU MEAN? LIKE, JUST EITHER, EITHER WAY, EITHER WAY.
IT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE CAN CHECK YOU OUT ONLINE OR, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I'M ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I GO BY B IS THE LETTER B SANTA ANA, MY LAST NAME, SANTA ANA, TWO WORDS, AND ALSO LIKE LIE BEFORE HIS LIFE THINGS I'M WORKING ON GETTING BACK INTO THE MUSIC SCENE.
I WAS DOING FANFARE FANFARE THE LAST THREE YEARS, EXCEPT LAST YEAR WHEN THE PANDEMIC KATE OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A BIG LOSS FOR EVERYBODY IN THE INDUSTRY.
SO THEY'RE DOING IT LATER THIS YEAR THAN USUAL NEXT WEEKEND, BUT I WON'T BE IN TOWN FOR THAT.
BUT I MEAN, UM, IF YOU LOOK FROM MY PAGE, I USUALLY PUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT RIGHT NOW I'M JUST STARTING TO GET BACK INTO IT AGAIN, AFTER EVERYTHING KIND OF STOPPED.
AND I WAS AT THE STUDIO LAST NIGHT WITH MY MUSIC PRODUCER, GOOGLE GOOD AT ALL, NIGHTMARE, AUDIO PRODUCTION.
AND I JUST WORKED ON A SONG THAT WE'VE FINISHED.
WE PRETTY MUCH GOT IT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO RELEASE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO RELEASE IT AS A SINGLE.
AND THEN I'VE GOT ANOTHER SONG I'M WRITING FOR MY PARENTS, THE COUNTRY SOCCER.
MY FATHER PASSED AWAY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND I WROTE THAT FOR HIM.
BUT, UM, I'M WORKING ON JUST DIFFERENT PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, BUT MOSTLY FOCUSING ONE SONG AT A TIME AND THE SINGLE IS GOING TO BE COMING OUT SOON.
I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT'S A SINATRA FAMILY SONG, BUT IT'S NOT THE MALE.
IT'S A FEMALE AND SINATRA THAT I DID AS SONG THAT SHE HAD DONE BACK IN THE DAY.
BUT REBOOT OF IT, OR I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, HOW HAVE YOU SAY THAT SOUNDS AMAZING.
LET'S UH, LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT.
IS IT A VIDEO? ARE YOU GOING TO PERFORM LIVE? IT'S A VIDEO THAT I TURNED IN AND THIS IS WHEN I PERFORMED WITH, UH, SANTIAGO HUMANA'S UH, LUCKILY MAN, THIS WAS THERE THAT NIGHT.
I WAS INVITED TO PERFORM WITH SOME OF THE, I WAS IN HIS BAND OR, UM, HERE AT THE COLISEUM HERE IN AUSTIN.
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THANK YOU.YEAH, THAT'S SOME SERIOUS CRAB PERFORMING WITH SANTIAGO JIMENEZ, SO INCREDIBLE BOYS.
UH, SO FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SURE WHERE DISTRICT TEAM IS AT SOUTHEAST AUSTIN, SO THAT IT'S MOSTLY SOUTH IS 71, MOSTLY EAST OF I 35.
SO WHAT, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD ARE YOU FROM? AND DISTRICT TWO INDIAN HILLS IS THEIR RELIGION ORIGINAL NAME.
UM, I GREW UP HERE, UM, IT'S LIKE EAST OF WILLIAM CANNON.
THEY DON'T REALLY CALL IT THAT AS MUCH ANYMORE, BUT I LIKE GOING TO BED.
UM, LET'S UM, MY FRIEND CASEY RAMOS CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES SAID DISTRICT TWO IS WORK PEOPLE THAT LOVE AUSTIN.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ALSO A WEALTH OF MUSICAL TALENT THERE.
WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HAD ALIEN AND, UH, BE SENT TO ANNA AND HER TONIGHT, UH, BE A TOURIST.
IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GO, IT WASN'T THE TEJADA MUSIC.
WHAT ARE SOME GREAT VENUES HERE IN TOWN THAT YOU COULD POINT THEM TO, TO GO LISTEN TO MUSIC, TEJANO MUSIC ERA? UM, UNFORTUNATELY NOT AS MUCH AS BEFORE.
THEY'D KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW, DIED DOWN MOSTLY HERE IN AUSTIN.
I WOULD SAY IF THEY HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT THE GOLDEN SEASONAL IS THE STAGE THAT I WAS AT ON THAT VIDEO, THE COLISEUM ON H 12.
AND THAT ONE HAS THEY BRING IN THE BIGGER, LIKE, UM, INTERNATIONAL
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BANDS, LIKE FROM A LOT OF THEM FROM MEXICO OR, OR, UM, SOUTH AMERICA.UM, THAT'S A BIG PLACE NOWADAYS.
THAT IS A GREAT VENUE, LIKE AT THIS GREAT STAGE, LIKE TWO, THREE AS LONG AS TWO OR THREE FLOORS.
UM, THAT'S THE COLISEUM, THE COLISEUM ON EIGHT, 12.
THAT'S ONE PLACE THERE'S UM, OKAY.
CORRAL, IF YOU WANT TO GO, THEY HAVE OKAY.
CORRAL SOUTH BOSTON AND SIMEX WHEREAS, OKAY.
THE IMEX ALSO, THERE ARE DIFFERENT PLACES.
THEY JUST BRING IN DIFFERENT SHOWS.
UM, DEPENDING, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST LIKE I SAID, I WISH WE HAD MORE LIKE PECAN STREET FESTIVAL.
SOMETIMES THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, MUSIC THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT COMES AROUND TWICE A YEAR, FIESTA GARDENS LEAGUE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING MORE THAN YOU GOING TO FEEL THE GARDENS.
AND THEN THE MACK CENTER IS ONE PLAYGROUND.
THOSE ARE ALL GREAT SUGGESTIONS.
I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY LISTENING, GET OUT, DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND GET OUT AND LISTEN TO DIVERSE FORMS OF MUSIC.
UM, WE HAVE TWO AMAZING ARTISTS HERE TONIGHT, BUT MIGHT NOT ALWAYS POP UP ON YOUR RADAR LAST YEAR.
UM, LAST MONTH FROM DISTRICT ONE, WE HAD A CP LOONEY AND SHARMEEN SHARMAN GREEN.
ALSO LOOK, THOSE, THOSE GUYS UP TOO.
WE WERE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE THEM SPEND SOME TIME WITH US.
I ALSO JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU LADIES, LIKE EVERYTHING SOUNDS GREAT ON THE LIVE STREAM, LIKE THE TECH HERE IN WEBEX, LIKE THE SOUND'S NOT THERE AT ALL, REALLY IN THE VIDEO, IT LOOKS WEIRD.
IT LOOKS EXCELLENT ON THE LIVE STREAM.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT GOES INTO THE RECORDING.
NEXT, UH, NEXT MONTH WE'LL HAVE DISTRICT THREE.
I BELIEVE THAT'S, UH, COMMISSIONER LIMO.
I GUESS WE FIGURED THAT OUT LAST TIME, BUT IT'S JUST GOING IN AN ORDER, HUH? 1, 2, 3.
I'M LIKE SITTING THERE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OH, THERE IT IS.
SOMETIMES IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
UH, BEATRICE IN A LANE, UH, I NEED TO SEE A MASHUP BETWEEN, UH, MAYBE WE CAN DO A MASS SHIP.
THERE'S SOME TYPE OF COLLABORATION.
Y'ALL DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY MADE MY DAY.
I GUESS SOMEBODY AT HIP HOP, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONNECT.
Y'ALL SO NOW WE INTO THAT SECTION OF THE MEETING WHERE WE HAVE
[CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
CITIZENS COMMUNICATION AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON ON THE LIST OF MY, IS THAT CORRECT? KIM? YES.WE HAVE ANA MASEO, UH, GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS.
IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE SHE DIDN'T CALL IN.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
MINUTES.EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE PART OF THE MEETING.
UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE EDITS, HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK OUT THE, UH, THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING? THE ONLY THING I SEE IS SHARMANE GREEN.
IT LOOKS LIKE THREE WORDS INSTEAD OF ONE.
AND THE OTHER IS, I THINK THERE'S A SPACE BETWEEN THE OLD EAGLE EYE OVER THERE, MAN.
ANYBODY ELSE? NOTICE ANYTHING? OKAY.
ANYBODY WANT A SECOND MOTION? CHRIS EMO COMMISSIONER LAMAR.
THAT MOTION IS GOING TO CARRY ON OUT.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET IT TO THE SECTION OF THE MEETING FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE THEIR FIRST MEETING, WHERE WE HAVE JUST J CHAIR'S REPORT.
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UH, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, MY NAME IS SHAKA.I AM THE CHAIR OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION LAST, UH, LAST MONTH I WAS TALKING ABOUT SEXUAL FREEDOM AND JUNETEENTH, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS JUNE, UM, THIS MONTH AS WE'RE GETTING READY TO DISCUSS, UM, A LOT OF INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND GOING THROUGH AND HASHING OUT, UM, OVER THE LAST YEAR PLUS AND THE MUSIC COMMISSION, I WANTED TO JUST TOUCH ON THE CONCEPT OF EQUITY, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF
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A LOT OF DISCUSSION THAT, AND THE CONVERSATION I'VE BEEN PUSHING, NOT ONLY IN THE MUSIC COMMISSION, BUT OUTSIDE OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION AND ALSO IN, FOR OVER 11 YEARS.UM, I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME GREAT GROUND BREAKING THINGS HAPPENING AND SOME GREAT GROUNDWORK HAS BEEN LAID, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO, UM, DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OR APPRECIATION OF WHAT EQUITY CAN, CAN BRING TO A SCENE AND TO A, TO A CITY LIKE AUSTIN.
SO I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THREE SPECIFIC, UM, DEFINITIONS THAT WE HEAR A LOT.
WE HEAR THE WORDS, DIVERSITY, WE HEAR THE WORDS EQUITY, AND WE HEAR THE WORDS INCLUSION.
SO I JUST WANT TO TALK, TOUCH ON THAT REAL QUICK AS WE MOVE INTO, UM, UM, OUR, OUR AGENDA AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA PRESENT IN THAT.
UH, SO DIVERSITY, WHAT DOES DIVERSITY MEANS? IT MEANS MULTIPLE IDENTITIES, RACIAL CLASS, GENDER, ET CETERA, REPRESENTED IN A COMMUNITY, A GROUP AT NETWORK OR COMMISSION.
THAT'S WHERE WE ALL WERE COMMISSIONED.
UM, WE HAVE TWO MORE WOMEN THAT HAVE JOINED THE MUSIC COMMISSION SINCE I'VE, SINCE I'VE BEEN A PART OF IT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER MEMBER FROM THE LATIN X COMMUNITY.
DIVERSITY, AS YOU SEE IS INCREASING WITHIN THIS GROUP.
UM, WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS A MORE REPRESENTATIONAL BODY THAT REPRESENTS A MORE, A GREATER, A GREATER SENSE OF WHAT OSS DAWSON MUSIC COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE.
THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME CHALLENGES HERE, UM, STILL WITHIN THIS GROUP IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY, BUT WE CAN AT LEAST VISUALLY SEE THAT THIS BODY IS BECOMING MORE REPRESENTATIVE AND WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY.
UM, ALL THAT MAKES FOR, UM, JUST A GREATER, IF YOU WANT TO USE THE METAPHOR, STU YOU KNOW, A GREATER, MORE FLAVORFUL STU, UM, IT MAKES FOR A MORE INCLUSIVE CONVERSATION, CONVERSATIONS, EQUITY CONSTANTLY AND CONSISTENTLY RECOGNIZING AND REDISTRIBUTING POWER.
I'M GOING TO SAY THAT AGAIN, EQUITY CONSTANTLY AND CONSISTENTLY RECOGNIZING AND REDISTRIBUTING POWER.
SO WHERE HAS THE POWER EXISTED? UM, IN THE PAST AND AUSTIN MUSIC WHO HAS RECEIVED THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH BY AND LARGE, SINCE THIS, SINCE 1991, WE CAN GO BACK THERE.
WHEN THE CITY TOOK ON THE MONIKER OF THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL, WHO HAS BEEN LEFT ON THE SIDELINE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO ACTIVELY DO TO CHANGE THAT THROUGH POLICY? THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A DISCUSSION OFF ONLINE ACTUALLY, UM, WHERE SOMEBODY DESCRIBED SOME OF THIS DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE HAVING AS GRANDSTANDING OR THAT IT WAS AN IMPEDIMENT TO PROGRESS, BUT I DISAGREE WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL AND SAY THAT THIS CONVERSATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CONVERSATION, THE EQUITY CONVERSATION, NOT JUST IN MUSIC, BUT IN ALL SPACES IN AUSTIN, AS A GOVERNMENT AND JUST AUSTIN AS A COMMUNITY.
UM, WE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY IN OCTOBER, UH, TO MOVE TOWARDS A M 50% OF THE FUNDING OF THE LIVE MUSIC FUNDING, GOING TO A BIPAP COMMITTEE FOR THOSE THAT DONORS KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
IT'S THE BLACK INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR.
THAT'S, THAT'S A COMMUNITY THAT HASN'T BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY NEGLECTED AND MARGINALIZED IN AUSTIN.
WE VOTED ON IT UNANIMOUSLY HERE.
UM, SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO CONSISTENTLY AND CONSTANTLY RECOGNIZE, RECOGNIZE, AND REDISTRIBUTE POWER THROUGH THE DECISIONS WE MAKE IN THE MUSIC COMMISSION AND OTHER COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT AUSTIN TO SOLVE THIS INCREDIBLE OVERSIGHT, UM, THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING OVER GENERATIONS, INCLUSION, THOUGHTS.
HE IS, AND PERSPECTIVES OF ALL INDIVIDUALS MATTER WHEN DECISIONS ARE MADE ALL PERSPECTIVES MATTER, THOUGHTS, IDEAS, AND PERSPECTIVES, ALL INDIVIDUALS MATTER WHEN DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE.
BUT WHEN EQUITY IS PRIORITIZED, THE VOICE AND PERSPECTIVE OF THOSE MOST HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED MATTERS MOST WHEN EQUITY IS PRIORITIZED, THE VOICE AND PERSPECTIVE OF THOSE MOST HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED MATTER.
THEY ARE BROUGHT TO THE FRONT AND GIVEN THE NECESSARY SPACE TO BE FULLY REALIZED AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.
THEY ARE ELEVATED AND BROUGHT TO THE FRONT AND GIVEN THE NECESSARY SPACE TO BE FULLY REALIZED AND TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR DISCUSSION THIS EVENING.
UM, WE, UH, WE MOVED, UH, USUALLY WE DO AN OLD BUSINESS FIRST, BUT WE MOVED THE NEW BUSINESS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT TO DISCUSS TONIGHT.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE NEW BUSINESS AND INTO THE OLD BUSINESS, IF NOT, THEN WE WILL TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THAT OLD BUSINESS DISCUSSION IN THE NEXT MEETING.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT.
[3a. Discussion and Possible Action following presentation on Austin Creative Nonprofit Relief Grant by Laura Odegaard, Cultural Arts Division and Sehila Casper, Program Compliance Coordinator, Heritage Tourism Division.]
THREE, A DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION FOLLOWING PRESENTATION ON AUSTIN CREATIVE NON-PROFIT RELIEF GRANT BY LAURA ODEGAARD CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION AND SHEILA CASPER PROGRAM COMPLIANCE[00:30:01]
COORDINATOR, HERITAGE TOURISM DIVISION.UH, THANK YOU, CITY HALL STAFF.
UM, SO GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS LAURA ODEGAARD AND I AM WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS.
AND I AM ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS, UM, THAT IS MANAGING THE LATEST AND GREATEST, UH, RELIEF GRANT FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND THIS ONE IS THE ARTS AND CULTURE NON-PROFIT RELIEF GRANT, UM, AND IT JUST LAUNCHED TODAY, THE PRESS RELEASE AND THE WEBSITE JUST WENT LIVE TODAY.
SO I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT, UH, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, SO YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW THIS, BUT, UM, JUST TO RECAP, THIS IS A $2 MILLION POT OF MONEY, AND THIS CAME FROM A RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL VOTED ON ON JUNE 10TH.
UM, AND IT WAS FUNDED BY PART OF THE CITY'S AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN OR ARPA, UM, ALLOCATION.
SO THIS IS JUST A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE TIMELINE FOR THIS GRANT PROGRAM.
UM, AS I SAID TODAY, THE PRESS RELEASE AND THE WEBSITE WENT LIVE.
THE APPLICATION PORTAL ITSELF IS GOING TO OPEN ON WEDNESDAY AT 10:00 AM.
AND THEN THIS THURSDAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO WEBINARS.
THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ENGLISH WEBINAR AT 11:00 AM AND THEN A SPANISH WEBINAR AT 1:00 PM.
UM, THE APPLICATION PORTAL IS NOT FIRST COME FIRST SERVE IT'S OPEN FOR THREE WEEKS AND IT WILL CLOSE ON AUGUST 10TH OR AUGUST 2ND, SORRY.
UM, AND THEN APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THEIR DECISION, WHETHER THEY'RE APPROVED OR DECLINED WITHIN 10 DAYS, AND FUNDING WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THESE NONPROFITS BY THE END OF AUGUST.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PREVIOUS ROUNDS OF NON-PROFIT FUNDING AND WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS, UM, IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR ARTS AND CULTURE, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, IT'S KIND OF THE BIGGEST ONE.
UM, ALSO IT'S A ONE-TIME FLAT UNRESTRICTED GRANT OF $20,000.
SO PAST RECEIPTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR, FOR THIS GRANT WHEN YOU APPLY FOR IT.
UM, IT'S SCORED APPLICATION IS SCORED AGAINST AN UPDATED MATRIX THAT WAS VETTED BY THE EQUITY DEPARTMENT OR THE EQUITY OFFICE AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND IF A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION RECEIVED FUNDING FROM ANY OF THE PREVIOUS ROUNDS OF GRANTS, THEY'RE STILL ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT.
SO THESE ARE KIND OF THE THREE BIG CHANGES.
UM, IT'S NOT REIMBURSEMENT DRIVEN.
SO, LIKE I SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE RECEIPTS WHEN YOU FILL OUT THE APPLICATION.
UM, THIS IS GOING TO MAKE IT A LOT EASIER FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO APPLY FASTER TO REVIEW SCORE.
UM, AND IT ALSO TAKES AWAY THAT BARRIER THAT THAT KIND OF KEPT, UM, THAT KEPT THE REIMBURSEMENT OF SALES AND REVENUE AND DONATIONS, UM, WHICH EVERYONE WAS SUFFERING FROM LAST YEAR.
SO IT TAKES THAT BARRIER OUT OF THE EQUATION COMPLETELY.
UM, THE SECOND BIG THING TO NOTE IS THAT THIS GRANT PROGRAM, UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE AWARDS ARE GOING TO BE BASED ON AN ORGANIZATION SCORE.
UM, AND SO THERE IS NOT A LOTTERY.
THIS IS, UM, ALLOWS US TO HAVE MORE TRANSPARENCY, SUPPORTS THOSE WITH MOST URGENT NEED.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, UM, ESPECIALLY TO THE CHAIR'S POINT, IT ALLOWS US TO LEAD WITH EQUITY FIRST.
UM, THERE IS NOT A CAP ON THE ORGANIZATION'S STAFF SIZE TO BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS.
I THINK LAST TIME WE HAD A STAFF SIZE CAP, UM, AND THEN FINALLY, IT'S, UH, IT'S A PRETTY SIMPLE APPLICATION ITSELF, UM, ORGANIZATIONS, THEY ONLY HAVE TO UPLOAD THREE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTATIONS, UM, MOST RECENT NINE NINETIES CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION AND THIRD DETERMINATION LETTER.
UM, SO, AND THE WHOLE THING COULD THEORETICALLY JUST BE FILLED OUT ON YOUR PHONE.
I'M SO HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS GRANT PROGRAM, BUT JUST WANTED TO, TO SHARE SOME HIGH LEVEL INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT.
UH, IT SEEMS, SEEMS VERY SIMPLE AND EASY TO APPLY.
I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, FOR THOSE ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A FISCAL AGENT, THAT'S NOT AN ARTS AND CULTURE NONPROFIT, UM, HOW DOES THAT, HOW DID THEY FIT INTO THAT PICTURE OR DO THAT? THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
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SO FOR THIS GRANT PROGRAM, IT IS ONLY FOR 5 0 1 C3 ORGANIZATIONS AND 5 0 9 A ORGANIZATIONS.SO YOU HAVE TO BE A NONPROFIT IN ARTS AND CULTURE, NONPROFIT, YOURSELF TO RECEIVE THESE FUNDS.
AND I GUESS IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUICK, I WAS CURIOUS IF WITH, DID THAT COME UP IN CONVERSATION? DID YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY AT ALL, AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME VERY POTENT ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT NON-PROFIT.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS DISCUSSED.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS PART OF, PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS WE DEVELOPED THIS PROGRAM.
UM, I THINK ULTIMATELY BASED ON COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, UM, YOU KNOW, BRANCHING OFF FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO ROUNDS OF NON-PROFIT FUNDING, THIS ONE THEY WANTED TO BE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE NON-PROFIT, UM, DESIGNATIONS.
I THINK ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, $2 MILLION IS A GOOD, IS A GOOD CHUNK, UM, CHUNK OF MONEY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS A LIMITED POT OF MONEY.
UM, AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT A HUNDRED ARTS AND CULTURE NONPROFITS WITH THIS.
UM, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU ALLOW FOR EVERYONE THAT'S, UM, FISCALLY SPONSORED BY, UH, IN ARTS AND CULTURE NONPROFIT, THEN, UM, WE KIND OF, WE, WE GET, WE GET A REALLY BIG POOL, SO HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE OTHER, UM, AREAS THAT, THAT THOSE GROUPS WILL BE ABLE TO TAP INTO, UH, FUNDING FUNDING WISE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION CHAKA.
UM, I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, I ADMITTEDLY DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, UH, DESIGNATED NON-PROFITS FOR ARTS AND CULTURE.
THERE ARE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN CURRENTLY, BUT I JUST WONDER IF THERE ARE 125 NONPROFITS AND THERE ARE A HUNDRED OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, HOW CAN PEOPLE FOLLOW THE TRANSPARENCY IN REGARD TO THE DETERMINING FACTORS FOR CHOOSING THOSE NONPROFITS? SURE.
I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION COMMISSIONER.
UM, SO ON THE WEBSITE, IT ACTUALLY HAS A BREAKDOWN OF, UM, OF THE SCORING MATRIX ITSELF.
AND SO THERE ARE THREE KIND OF HIGH-LEVEL CATEGORIES FOR IT.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS EQUITY AND THAT IS BROKEN DOWN BY THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE BOARD, AS WELL AS THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR PERSON IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION.
UM, THE SECOND IS THE ORGANIZATION ITSELF.
SO NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, UM, THEIR ANNUAL REVENUE POPULATION SERVED, UM, AND IF THEY OPERATE A VENUE OR CREATIVE SPACE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL HAD WANTED TO INCLUDE.
SO IF I'M IN ARTS AND CULTURE, NONPROFIT HAS A VENUE THEY'LL RECEIVE MORE POINTS.
UM, THEN THE THIRD CATEGORY IS URGENCY.
AND SO, UM, THERE ARE POINTS ASSOCIATED WITH HOW THE ANSWER QUESTIONS AROUND WHAT THE EFFECTS WERE ON THEIR ORGANIZATION OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
UM, IF THEY'VE RECEIVED OR HAVEN'T RECEIVED FUNDING BEFORE.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED FUNDING BEFORE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET MORE POINTS FOR THAT QUESTION.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST PART OF URGENCY IS IF THEY'VE RECEIVED THE SHUTTERED VENUE, UM, THE FEDERAL GRANTS, UM, MONEY.
SO BASICALLY ALL OF, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS, UM, ADD UP TO A HUNDRED POINTS.
UM, AND, AND THEN WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING FROM THE TOP.
AND SO THE ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE HIGHEST POINTS ARE GOING TO BE THE FIRST TO BE AWARDED.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LIST LIKE THAT.
AND ARE THEY THIS FUNDING AND I'M SORRY IF YOU SAID THIS AT THE BEGINNING AND I MISSED IT, BUT IS THIS COMING FROM AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS? OKAY.
UH, AND HOW, UM, LIKE HOW BROADLY WOULD AN ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATION BE DEFINED, LIKE IF IT WAS AT AN ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES ARTISTS OR MUSICIANS IN SOME WAY, UM, WOULD THAT BE AN ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION? SO, SO WE HAVE A BROAD DEFINITION, UM, ON THE WEBSITE AND IT'S BASICALLY, BASICALLY THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING IN THEIR MISSION STATEMENT ABOUT ARTS AND CULTURE, BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS REALLY, REALLY BROAD, HOW WE'RE DEFINING IT.
SO, UM, IT CAN BE AN ORGANIZATION WITH PROGRAMMING THAT PROMOTES OR DEVELOPS ART IN ANY MEDIUM.
SO WHETHER THAT'S VISUAL ARTS, MUSIC, UM, PERFORMING ARTS, LIKE DANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, IT CAN INCLUDE, UH, PRESERVATION.
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, SO WHEN YOU THINK OF LIKE MUSEUMS OR THEATERS, EVEN LOCAL ACCESS RADIO STATIONS OR TV STATIONS, ALL OF, ALL OF THAT COUNTS AS AN ARTS OR CULTURAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, AS LONG AS THEY HAVE THAT IRS, UM, DESIGNATION OF THE 5 0 1 C3 OR 509 A, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I WOULD SAY IF WE CAN JUST GET, UM, AGAIN, LIKE HOW PEOPLE, IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS OR WANT TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT IT, WHAT'S THE BEST PLACE FOR THEM TO GO FOR THAT? SURE.SO, UM, I'M SURE, UH, KIM AND ERICA WILL PROBABLY FORWARD YOU THE PRESS RELEASE THAT HAS ALL THE LINKS TO ALL OF THE THINGS.
UM, BUT FOR ANYONE LISTENING TONIGHT, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO ATX RECOVERS.COM.
UM, AND THEN THERE'LL BE, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST LINKS FOR THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE NON-PROFIT RELIEF GRANT PAGE, AND THEN THERE'S THE FAQ'S AND YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR, UM, AND STARTING ON WEDNESDAY, THERE'LL BE THE LINK TO APPLY.
I, UH, I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THIS.
SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR PRIORITIZING ARTS AND CULTURE NONPROFITS IS HUGE, REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, OKAY, SO NOW THAT WAS ACTUALLY A PRETTY QUICK, THANK YOU LO UM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
[3b. Discussion and Possible Action following presentation on Creative Space Assistance Program FY21-22 by Kim McCarson, Economic and Business Liaison, Music &]
THREE B UM, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOLLOWING PRESENTATION ON CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.HELLO, I AM KIM MCCARSON AND, UH, ECONOMIC, UH, BUSINESS AND, UM, UH, LIAISON, UM, FOR THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION.
SO I'M ABOUT TO GIVE YOU THE PRESENTATION WHERE THE CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND THESE ARE UPDATED GUIDELINES.
SO THESE ARE PROPOSED GUIDELINES, UM, AND, UH, WE ARE USING THIS PRESENTATION AS AN EXERCISE TO COLLECT FEEDBACK.
SO THE PURPOSE, UM, OF THE, UH, OF THE C-SAT PROGRAM IS TO, UH, HELP ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FACING TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT, OR ARE PERMANENTLY OR PREVIOUSLY DISPLACED.
SO THE PURPOSE HASN'T CHANGED, THIS IS THE SAME AS WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
AND THE, UM, THE PROGRAM IS FOR $1 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, AND THAT STARTS OCTOBER AND GOES THROUGH SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER 21, TALK TO A SEPTEMBER 22.
SO THE AWARDS WILL BE FROM 5,000 TO $50,000 AND, UM, PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY, UH, FUEL REMEMBER LAST ROUND, WE ADDED, UM, THE INDEPENDENT ARTISTS SEEKING SUPPORT FOR SHORT TERM AND A MONTH TO MONTH COMMERCIAL LEASES.
SO IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND, UH, WE HAVE THE ARTS FOCUSED NONPROFITS, WHICH IS THE SAME AS BEFORE AND, UH, SELECT FOR-PROFIT CREATIVE BUSINESSES.
AND THESE OF COURSE ARE ACCORDING TO THE DEFINITIONS IN THE GUIDELINES, WHICH WILL, UH, PUT THOSE UP IN JUST A MINUTE AND THEN THE PROPERTY, UH, THAT'S UH, IN QUESTION THAT'S BEING APPLIED FOR, HAS TO BE IN THE AUSTIN CITY LIMITS OR ETJ, EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, NEXT SLIDE.
SO YOU'VE, UH, FAMILIAR PROBABLY WITH THESE DEFINITIONS, THE LIVE MUSIC VENUE.
SO IF YOU QUALIFY AS A LIVE MUSIC VENUE FOR THIS PROGRAM, THEN YOU'RE AN ESTABLISHMENT WHERE LIVE MUSIC PROGRAMMING IS THE PRINCIPAL FUNCTION OF THE BUSINESS, AND YOU WOULD HAVE FIVE OF THE EIGHT FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS.
UM, YOU HAVE DEFINED PERFORMANCE AND AUDIENCE SPACE.
YOU WOULD HAVE A MIXING DESK, PA SYSTEM LIGHTING RIG A BACK LINE, AT LEAST TWO OF THE FOLLOWING, A SOUND ENGINEER, A BOOKER, A PROMOTER STAGE MANAGER PERSONNEL.
UM, HE CHARGED A COVER CHARGE, UH, TO MUSIC PERFORMANCES, EITHER TICKETING OR AT THE FRONT DOOR.
UM, YOU MARKET EVENTS THROUGH SHOW LISTINGS, UM, OR ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS OR PRINTED, UH, YOUR HOURS OF OPERATION WOULD CON COINCIDE WITH PERFORMANCE TIMES, AND YOU HAVE, UH, LIVE MUSIC PROGRAMMING AT LEAST FIVE NIGHTS A WEEK.
IF YOU'RE A PERFORMANCE VENUE OR THEATER, THEN YOU'RE AN ESTABLISHMENT WHOSE PRINCIPAL FUNCTION AND MISSION IS TO PRESENT LIVE
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PERFORMANCES, PLAYS, LIVE MUSIC, FILM SCREENINGS, ET CETERA.AND IF YOU ARE A MUSEUM OR ART GALLERY, YOU'RE A FACILITY WHOSE PRINCIPAL FUNCTION AND MISSION IS TO EXHIBIT, UM, UH, PRESENT AND SELL OR SO ARTISTIC WORK, UM, A VARIETY OF MEDIA.
OTHER THREE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE MONEY CAN BE USED, UM, EITHER RENT, STIPEND, UH, GAP FINANCING FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
SO OF PORTION OF THE COST OF PROPERTY THAT YOU MIGHT BUY COULD BE PAID UP TO $50,000 OR OTHER SPACE-RELATED NEEDS LIKE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD BE ADDING BATHROOMS. IT COULD BE, UH, REBUILDING A STAGE OR DISPLACEMENT RELATED EXPENDITURES, LIKE, UM, MOVING COSTS, FOR EXAMPLE, OR EVEN A PRE-DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR AN ARCHITECTURAL PLAN, OR SAY, YOU'RE GOING TO BRING THE ELECTRICAL UP TO CODE IN YOUR THEATER, AND YOU NEED AN ELECTRICAL PLAN FOR THAT.
THAT WOULD BE THE KIND OF THING THIS CAN PAY FOR NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO I'M GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S NEW.
SO, UH, HERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR THE NEXT ROUND.
UM, IN THE PAST, YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT THIS GRANT HAS BEEN A REIMBURSABLE GRANT, WHICH MEANS THAT IF YOU HAVE RENT STIPEND, THEN, UH, THE AWARD YOU WOULD SEND IN, UM, UH, A RECEIPT SAYING THAT THEY HAD PAID THE RENT FOR THAT MONTH, AND THEN THEY COULD GET REIMBURSED.
SAME THING FOR LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS.
IF YOU DID SOME PROJECT WORK, YOU WOULD SEND IN YOUR RECEIPTS AND YOU COULD GET REIMBURSED FOR THAT.
UM, THIS TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, COMING OUT OF A PANDEMIC OF A VERY DIFFICULT TIME, UM, OF GIVING SOME MONEY UP FRONT, INSTEAD OF DOING A REIMBURSABLE AND THEN HAVING A SCHEDULE LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE UP FRONT, AND THEN A FEW MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD, ANOTHER PERCENTAGE OF YOUR WARD, FEW MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD, ANOTHER PERCENTAGE, ET CETERA, UNTIL, UM, THE FINAL REPORT IS DUE.
AND TYPICALLY, UH, WE WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE 10%, UM, PAID UPON RECEIPT OF THAT FINAL REPORT.
UM, THE RENT STIPEND CALCULATION IN THE PAST IS, HAS TYPICALLY BEEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN OLD LEASE AND THE NEW LEASE.
UM, AND THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT BASING IT ON A PERCENTAGE OF THE CONTRACTED BASED RENT.
UM, WE ARE ESTABLISHING A, AN AWARD OF $5,000.
UM, WE FOUND IN THAT THAT, UH, A $1,200 AWARD, IF THERE'S NO WARD FLOOR MIGHT NOT BE VERY IMPACTFUL.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE A LOT OF PAPERWORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR SOMETHING OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR THAT MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IMPACT.
SO, UH, THE NEW RECIPIENT BONUS IS SOMETHING WE'VE ALWAYS HAD.
AND BASICALLY IF YOU HAD RECEIVED A CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FUNDS IN THE PAST, THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULDN'T GET THE NEW BONUS POINTS, BUT BONUS POINTS WOULD BE GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO HAD NEVER WON THIS AWARD BEFORE.
SO WE'RE EXTENDING THAT TO, IF YOU HAD ONE, UM, ANY OF THE LEAF PROGRAMS LIKE THE LIVE MUSIC VENUE PRESERVATION FUND, OR THE LEGACY BUSINESS RELIEF GRANT, THE SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF GRANT, THE NONPROFIT CREATIVE RELIEF GRANT THAT LAURA WAS JUST INTRODUCING TO YOU.
SO BASICALLY IF YOU RECEIVED ANY OF THOSE AND YOU, YOU MIGHT NOT GET THE 10 POINTS, THE 10 BONUS POINTS, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO A FEW MORE THINGS CHANGES, UM, SOME NEW SCORING CRITERIA FOR EQUITY.
UM, SO WE'VE ADDED, UH, IF YOU'RE AN APPLICANT, IF APPLICANT REPRESENTATION OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, SO THE APPLICANT OR A MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE APPLICANT, UM, IF THE APPLICANT IS A BUSINESS WOULD BELONG TO A SEGMENT OF AUSTIN'S HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATION THAT WOULD INCLUDE BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICAN, NATIVE AMERICAN, ASIAN, HISPANIC, LATINO, MIDDLE EASTERN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER.
UM, ANOTHER CHANGE WOULD BE A, WE USED TO HAVE PROJECT READINESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STABILITY AS A SELECTION CRITERIA.
AND, UH, WE WERE TAKING THAT ONE OUT AND PUTTING IN COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
AND THE REASON IS THAT WE FOUND THAT PROJECT READINESS WHEN IT'S TIED TO, UM, ECONOMIC THINGS.
LIKE, I MEAN, HOW MANY LOANS YOU GOT TO MAKE YOU READY FOR THIS PROJECT OR FUNDING THAT YOU RECEIVED, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, COULD BE A BARRIER TO UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES WHO MAY HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF, UH, FUNDING SOURCES LIKE THAT.
UM, SO WE DECIDED TO PUT IN A COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND AS A SELECTION CRITERIA INSTEAD, UM, AND THEN FINALLY THE PROCESS FOR SCORING AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.
AND THAT WOULD BE, WHO'S DOING THE SCORING.
WHO'S REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS, WHO'S IMPLEMENTING
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THE PROGRAM, GETTING THE CHECKS OUT.SO THESE THINGS ARE STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION AS WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM, UH, FROM THE VARIOUS GROUPS AND, UM, DETERMINING WHAT OUR STAFF CAPACITY IS.
AND SO HERE'S MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
UH, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTACT ME, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE QUESTIONS NOW, SINCE WE'RE AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO THAT AND ERICA WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN SYNOVIA IS ALSO HERE.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, AND SHE'S ALSO HERE.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY BEFORE I OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS THAT, UM, THIS IS VERY MINDFUL, VERY THOUGHTFUL.
I CAN REALLY TELL THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING.
UM, AND I'M IMPRESSED BY, UM, THE CHANGES AND THE, UM, WHERE THE DIRECTION OF, OF, OF THIS GRANT AND THE, IN THE PAST WILL.
NO, SHE JUST, UH, DISCUSS, SO ANY QUESTIONS, ANY THOUGHTS I JUST HAD TO ONE, CAN YOU, YOU MAY HAVE SAID IT, BUT CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF THE TIMELINE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT SINCE SOME OF THE, UH, LIKE THE SCORING, ET CETERA, ARE STILL IN PROCESS? AND THEN SECOND, IS THERE A, UH, UH, WHEN YOU SAY PREVIOUSLY DISPLACED, IS THERE THAT DEFINED IN ANY WAY? WHAT, UH, HOW FAR BACK THIS PREVIOUS GOAT? YEP.
YOU WANT ME TO TAKE THAT ONE? ALL RIGHT.
SO, UM, LET ME, UH, TAKE HOW FAR BACK PREVIOUS GOES.
SO, SO THIS, UH, PROGRAM STARTED UP, UM, IN, IS ALWAYS KIND OF LOOKED BACK AT 2016 AS ITS BENCHMARK.
UM, WHEN THIS INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE STRUGGLES WERE AND THE, UM, OMNIBUS, UH, STAFF REPORT.
SO THE, UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING BACK STILL UNTIL, UH, 2016.
SO IF SOMEONE WAS DISPLACED TO THAT FAR BACK, THEY CAN STILL APPLY FOR THIS MONEY, UM, UNDER C-SAT.
AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER QUESTION? OH, THE SCHEDULE TIMELINE.
SO THE TIMELINE IN TERMS OF, UM, COLLECTING FEEDBACK OR, UM, YEAH, SO WHAT WE'RE THINKING IS JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT WE HEAR FROM YOU GUYS, UH, WE HOPE TO GET THIS LAUNCHED IN THE FALL IN NOVEMBER.
AND SO THE NEXT PRESENTATION YOU'LL BE HEARING IS FOR THE LIVE MUSIC EVENT PROGRAM, SO THAT OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO GO WITH THAT FIRST AND THEN FOLLOW UP WITH SISEP.
AND THEN, SO NOVIA WILL GO INTO OTHER PROGRAMS TO KIND OF CONSTANTLY ON AN, ALMOST LIKE A MONTHLY BASIS, HAVE NEW PROGRAMS LAUNCHING TO HELP SUPPORT THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY HOPING FOR AROUND NOVEMBER TO LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM.
UM, SO THERE'LL BE A WHOLE REV, UH, ACTING DIRECTOR AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND ONE THING THAT WE HEARD LAST TIME IS COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO ACTUALLY PRESENT TO ALL THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSIONS, UH, IN AUGUST TO HEAR FEEDBACK FROM THEM, AS WELL AS I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO UPLOAD THIS ON ONE OF OUR PAGES TO GET FEEDBACK, BUT WE HEARD THAT BEFORE THAT, UH, PEOPLE WEREN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO, UH, PRESENT TO ALL THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSIONS ARTS COMPONENT WITHIN THEIR COMMISSION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
THIS IS REALLY MOVING FASTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD.
UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, UM, PROF, I SEE SOME REAL REAL THOUGHT AND SOME CLEAR APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT HAVE COME IN THROUGH THE YEARS.
AND, UM, THIS IS ENCOURAGING TO ME AS A CREATIVE PERSON OF COLOR IN THIS CITY.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES ME HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY, UH, FOR, FOR PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, COME FROM THE BACKPACK COMMUNITIES, DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
UM, LET'S, UH, LET'S LOOK AT THIS NEXT AGENDA
[3c. Discussion and Possible Action following presentation on the Live Music Fund Program by Erica Shamaly, Music & Entertainment Division Manager. ]
ITEM THREE C DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOLLOWING PRESENTATION ON THE LIVE MUSIC FUND PROGRAM BY ERICA SHAMLEY MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION MANAGEMENT.SO THIS IS KIM AGAIN, AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION TOO, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AT THE END WITH ERICA AND SYNOVIA AND MYSELF.
UH, SO THIS PRESENTATION IS ON LIVE MUSIC FUND EVENT PROGRAM, AND THESE ARE PROPOSED GUIDELINES.
SO AGAIN, OUR PURPOSE IS TO COLLECT FEEDBACK,
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UM, ON THESE IDEAS ON NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.SO, UH, MOST OF YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT, UH, THE LIVE MUSIC FUND WAS ESTABLISHED BY CITY ORDINANCE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019, AND IS BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE VISITOR TASKFORCE BACK IN 2017.
UH, THE MONEY COMES FROM THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AND THE LIVE MUSIC PROGRAM INTENDS TO SUPPORT LIVE AND VIRTUAL MUSIC SHOWS AND SPECIAL EVENTS THAT CAN BE MARKETED TO LOCAL AUDIENCE OF VISITING TOURISTS AND CONVENTION DELEGATES.
SO THE PURPOSE IS TO ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE, IMPROVE, AND SHOWCASE AUSTIN'S DIVERSE LIVE MUSIC INDUSTRY THROUGH SUPPORTING LIVE AND VIRTUAL MUSIC EVENTS AND, UM, THE INDEPENDENT PROMOTERS, PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS AND BANDS THAT PRODUCE AND PROMOTE LIVE VIRTUAL SHOWS, UM, MARKETING TO LOCAL AUDIENCES ARE, UH, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM.
SO THE FUNDS, UM, ARE FROM 5,000 TO $10,000.
SO THERE'S A FLOOR OF 5,000 ON THIS, UH, GRANT AS WELL.
THE CONTRACT PERIOD IS FOR ONE YEAR, UH, AWARDS WILL BE PAID OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD WITH 20% OF THE MONEY BEING DISTRIBUTED UPFRONT, AND THEN DRAWN DOWN MONTHLY BASED ON ELIGIBLE REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES LIKE RECEIPTS WITH THE FINAL 10% UPON RECEIPT OF THE FINAL REPORT.
AND, UM, YOU ALL WILL RECOGNIZE THIS.
UM, SO THE KEY ELEMENTS AND IN THIS PROGRAM ARE, UH, PRESERVATION ENRICHING THE PAST INNOVATION ENVISIONING THE FUTURE ELEVATION AND COLLABORATION, EMPOWERING THE PRESENT.
AND THESE ALL CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE MUSIC COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THE ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES UNDER THE GRANT ARE LIVE AND VIRTUAL EVENTS BY LOCAL MUSICIANS, DISTRICT-BASED MUSICALS, BESSEL EVENTS, AND PAID MARKETING PLANS TO PROMOTE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES.
AND AUSTIN HAS A LIVE MUSIC EXPERIENCE, ALLOWABLE EXPENSES OR THINGS LIKE PERFORMANCE GUARANTEES, UM, VENUE RENTAL, OFFICE, RENTAL INSURANCE, UH, SALARIES, CONTRACTOR PAY, MARKETING, COLLATERAL, ADVERTISING PLACEMENT, AND SOME SUPPLIES.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE PRIORITY IS BEING GIVEN TO INDEPENDENT LIVE MUSIC PROMOTERS.
AND THAT WOULD BE WHO HAVE STAFF OF THREE OR LESS.
UM, ALSO PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO PROFESSIONAL AUSTIN MUSICIANS WHO PERFORMED SOLO OR AS PART OF A LOCAL AUSTIN BAND.
ONLY ONE APPLICATION PER BAND WILL BE ACCEPTED AND PRIORITY IS ALSO GIVEN TO BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICAN NATIVE AMERICAN, ASIAN, HISPANIC, LATINO, MIDDLE EASTERN PACIFIC ISLANDER, LGBTQ PLUS FEMALE, IDENTIFYING DISABILITY COMMUNITIES AND OTHER HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.
NOW WE HAVE SOME DEFINITIONS FOR INDEPENDENT PROMOTERS MUSICIANS AND BANDS.
SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO A PROFESSIONAL AUSTIN MUSICIAN, AND I THINK, UH, MANY OF YOU COMMISSIONERS HAVE SEEN THESE DEFINITIONS BEFORE AS WELL.
UM, SO TO, TO BE, UH, TO QUALIFY AS A PROFESSIONAL AUSTIN MUSICIAN, YOU WOULD NEED AT LEAST WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS, UM, AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THE APPLICANT IS REGULARLY PERFORMED AS A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN, SIX RELEASED RECORDINGS AND SIX PROMOTIONALLY RELEASED MUSIC VIDEOS, AND TO QUALIFY AS AN INDEPENDENT PROMOTER, YOU NEED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING.
YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN THREE STAFF.
AT LEAST TWO YEARS DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THE APPLICANT IS CURATED AND PROMOTED SHOWS AND AUSTIN FEATURING LOCAL MUSICIANS.
AND YOU MUST NOT BE CONTRACTUALLY TIED TO A SINGLE VENUE TO ONE VENUE.
SO WE HAVE SEVERAL PROPOSED, UH, SCORING CRITERIA, UM, AND YOU'VE SEEN THIS ONE APPLICANT REPRESENTATION OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
SO THIS IS AN APPLICANT WHO BELONGS TO A SEGMENT OF AUSTIN DIVERSE POPULATION THAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDER REPRESENTED.
AND IF YOU ARE A BAND OR AN INDEPENDENT PROMOTION COMPANY, THAT WOULD BE 51% OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND OR THE, UH, INDEPENDENT PROMOTION COMPANY.
UM, THERE WILL BE A SCORING CRITERIA TIED TO EACH OF THESE BULLETS HERE.
SO PRESERVATION IS NEXT ACTIVITIES THAT ENRICH THE PAST AND UNDER OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, INNOVATION, ELEVATION, AND COLLABORATION, COMPELLING
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PROJECT PURPOSE, WHICH IS TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE FUNDS? UH, WHAT WILL YOU ACCOMPLISH WITH THESE FUNDS? UM, HOW WILL YOU FURTHER PROGRAM GOALS OF MORE RACIALLY EQUITABLE LIVE SHOWS AND AUDIENCES? UM, SO THAT WOULD BE YOUR COMPELLING PROJECT PURPOSE.UH, THERE WILL BE SCORING, UH, TIED TO LGBTQ FEMALE IDENTIFYING OR DISABILITY COMMUNITIES.
AND AGAIN, THE 51% RULE AS ABOVE.
UM, DO YOU COMPENSATE PERFORMERS AND EVENT CONTRACTORS, UM, HAVING A MARKETING PLAN, HOW ARE YOU REACHING OUT TO NEW AUDIENCES AND A MARKETING PLAN FOR CULTURAL TOURISM? HOW ARE YOU REACHING OUT TO POTENTIAL VISITORS AND A PROJECT PLAN WITH PROPOSED BUDGET? NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO, UM, AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME AREAS WHERE WE'RE, UM, SOLICITING FEEDBACK AND WE'RE, UM, DECIDING, UH, BASED OFF STAFF CAPACITY AND THOSE ARE THE PRELIMINARY ELIGIBILITY EVALUATION.
WHO'S GOING TO DO THAT PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF WHETHER YOU'RE ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE, UM, THIRD-PARTY PANELS.
UH, WHO'S GOING TO BE REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS AND THIRD-PARTY PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM AND GETTING THE MONEY DISTRIBUTED.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS ALL ABOUT THE LIVE MUSIC FUND BUDGET, AND I'LL LET SYNOVIA, UM, EXPLAIN THIS LINE TO YOU.
UM, BEFORE YOU IS THE LIVE MUSIC FUND PROPOSED BUDGET, THAT WAS PART OF THE CITY MANAGERS PRESENTATION ON LAST FRIDAY, BASED ON, UM, HISTORICAL TRENDS, UM, COLLECTIONS TO DATE, WE'RE PROPOSING A $2.5 MILLION, UH, FUND WILL BE DISTRIBUTED DIRECT TO, UH, UH, APPLICANTS NEXT YEAR, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY IF THE COLLECTIONS COME IN AND AGAIN, THE TRANSFER IN IS BASED ON AN ESTIMATE.
AND SO WE WANT TO TRY TO KEEP SOME LEVEL OF FUNDING AVAILABLE IN THIS FUND.
AND SO THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO START OUT, UH, AT LEAST PROPOSED FOR NEXT YEAR AT 2.5, DEPENDING ON HOW, UM, THE TOURIST ECONOMY HAS PICKED BACK UP, THAT FUTURE NUMBER COULD CHANGE.
BUT AGAIN, TO BE CONSISTENT, NOT ONLY IN THE LIVE MUSIC FUND, BUT THE OTHER TWO FUNDS, WE ARE PROPOSING A $2.5 MILLION SPAN AND F 22, WHICH WOULD THEN LEAVE.
HOPEFULLY IF ALL THE FUNDS ARE COLLECTED A $2.3 MILLION BALANCE, WHICH YOU WOULD THEN USE IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN FYI 22, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE PROPOSED FUNDS.
SO THIS WAY YOU'RE ALWAYS SPENDING ACTUALLY NOT AN ESTIMATE, WHICH IS THE PREFERRED METHOD.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO NOVIA, UH, SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS INVOLVED HERE.
I HAVE A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A COMMENT BOX THAT YOU CAN, UH, YOU CAN LINK INTO TO LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS.
SO FEEDBACK FROM THIS MEETING IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED AND PUT INTO, YOU KNOW, GUIDELINES AND THE, UH, THE STAFF WAS GOING TO ALSO TALK TO A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT, UM, TO COLLECT FEEDBACK, TO GO INTO THE GUIDELINES AND THE DRAFT GUIDELINES WILL BE POSTED FOR PUBLIC INPUT A LITTLE LATER ON SAID, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME KIMBERLY DOT MCCARSON AND AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV.
IT'S THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? SO AT THIS POINT, WE'LL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS OR ERICA SYNOVIA AND MYSELF AGAIN, I, I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M IMPRESSED BY THESE GUIDELINES AND THE PRIORITIZATION, NOT ONLY OF EQUITY, BUT ALSO OF MUSICIANS.
I THINK THAT'S A CLEAR STATEMENT WITH THIS, UH, WITH THESE GUIDELINES, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE PUSHED FORWARD PROPOSALS TO, TO HELP WITH VENUES.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY ABOUT NON-PROFITS, UM, BUT PRIORITIZING, UM, ARTISTS AND PROMOTERS, UM, WITH IDEAS, PARTICULARLY FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IS, IS, IS A GREAT, GREAT DECISION THERE.
UM, ERICA OR KIM, WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO GIVE SOME EXAMPLES
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OF HOW, YOU KNOW, A POSSIBLE APPLICANT AND HOW THEY CAN USE THE? SURE, SURE.SO THE HOPE IS, IS THAT BY PUTTING THE GRANTS IN THE HANDS OF THE MUSICIANS, THEY CAN GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND START COLLABORATING AND CURATING NEW AND INTERESTING EVENTS.
THIS COULD BE AT ANY ONE OF OUR PLA YOU KNOW, PLENTY OF VENUES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN AUSTIN.
IT COULD BE AT A PUBLIC PARK, A NEIGHBORHOOD IT'S TO GIVE THE FUNDS THAT THEY PROBABLY HAVE ALWAYS DREAMED OF TO BE ABLE TO GO AND BOOK THAT RESIDENCY AT THAT ONE VENUE, OR TO, UH, DO THAT FESTIVAL THAT WEEKEND FESTIVAL THEY'VE ALWAYS FANTASIZED ABOUT, UH, IN ORDER TO BRING ALTOGETHER THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR OTHER LOCAL MUSICIANS TO HIGHLIGHT A CERTAIN COMPONENT OF AUSTIN MUSIC.
AND SO ALONG WITH THIS, THERE WILL BE SUPPORT THAT WE WILL, YOU KNOW, CONNECT THE MUSICIANS WITH, UH, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP IF THEY NEED, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT ON HOW DO YOU BOOK SHOWS.
UM, IF THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT BEFORE WE ALREADY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH OUR WORKFORCE TRAINING, UM, PARTNERSHIPS AND THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HELP PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT TO MUSICIANS THAT MAY NOT HAVE AS MUCH EXPERIENCE OR THEY COULD BE WORKING WITH VERY EXPERIENCED MUSICIANS IN THE CITY TO COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER, TO BRING A NEW TYPE OF EVENT TO A VENUE OR TO A PARK OR TO A PUBLIC FACILITY LIBRARY, YOU NAME IT AND WE'LL HAVE SUPPORT THROUGH THE AUSTIN CENTER FOR EVENTS AND, UH, DIFFERENT CITY ENTITIES TO HELP, BUT ALSO WITH OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS.
SO THE GOAL IS TO HAVE IT BE A CAPACITY BUILDING, ORGAN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A EXERCISE FOR MUSICIANS, BUT ALSO, UM, FOR THE MORE ESTABLISHED MUSICIANS THAT, UM, KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO GO BOOK.
THOSE SHOWS THAT THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN DREAMING ABOUT TO GIVE THEM THE CAPITAL THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE TO GO AND GET SOME SHOWS ON THE BOOKS, A RESIDENCY OR WHATEVER THEY'VE BEEN THINKING SO THAT THEY HAVE THE POWER TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND BOOK THOSE SHOWS.
AND YOU MENTIONED THE DISTRICT BASED MUSIC EVENTS.
WHAT, CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT YOU'RE ENVISIONING? I WANT TO GO, OH YEAH.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE WANT THESE SHOWS TO HAPPEN ALL OVER AUSTIN AT EVERY DISTRICT.
AND SO IT COULD BE THAT YOU'RE ACTIVATING VENUES THAT NORMALLY DON'T PLAY THAT KIND OF MUSIC.
AND YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE REACHING NEW NEIGHBORHOODS, NEW AUDIENCE, NEW FANS.
SO IT'S NOT ONLY MAYBE GOING TO YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND ACTIVATING A VENUE OR A PARK IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU MAY DECIDE TO COLLABORATE WITH SOMEONE, GO ACROSS TOWN AND BRING A SHOW TO AN AUDIENCE YOU'VE NEVER PERFORMED IN FRONT OF BEFORE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANT TO GET TO THE SENSE OF BREAKING OUT OF JUST ONE OR TWO VENUES THAT ARTISTS TYPICALLY PLAY SO THAT THEY'RE PLAYING LOTS OF VENUES ALL OVER THE CITY TO HELP DIVERSIFY THEIR REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALSO, UH, TO EXPAND THEIR AUDIENCE, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER THE CITY.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO, UM, SORT OF THE LOGISTICS FROM THE VENUE? SO WHEN YOU'VE BEEN USE, BE SELLING TICKETS ALSO, OR ARE PAYING THE ARTISTS ALSO LIKE HOW, HOW CAN YOU, YEAH, CAN YOU LAY THAT ALL OUT FROM, CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE QUESTIONS.
SO TYPICALLY THIS WOULD BE A VENUE RENTAL.
SO VENUES HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF SELLING THEIR, THEIR VENUE FOR THE NIGHT.
IT EITHER COULD BE THAT THEY ARE PROMOTING THEIR OWN SHOWS.
THEY WORK WITH A PARTICULAR PROMOTER, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY NIGHTS OF THE YEAR, AS YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO BRING PEOPLE TO YOUR VENUE.
A LOT OF TIMES THE VENUE RENTAL WAS JUST AS LIKE A STRAIGHT, UH, COSTS FOR YOU TO RENT THE VENUE.
YOU BOOKED THE SHOW, YOU DO ALL THE MARKETING, THEY DON'T TAKE TICKETS OR TICKET SALES BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR SERVICES THROUGH THE RENTAL.
AND SO IT'S UP TO THE ARTIST TO DECIDE IF THEY'D LIKE TO SELL TICKETS, WHICH THEY CAN, UH, THIS IS JUST TO HELP PAY THE COST OF THAT EVENT TOO, THAT WE CAN BE SURE THAT VENUES ARE GETTING PAID.
THAT THE TALENT THAT IS PLAYING IS GETTING PAID AND ALL THE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE HELPING TO MAKE THE SHOW HAPPEN, GET PAID.
AND SO IT'S JUST TO HELP PROVIDE THAT, THAT SUPPORT TO THE ARTISTS TO GO AND WORK WITH NEW VENUES THAT MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T WORKED FOR.
AND IT TAKES A LOT OF THE RISK OUT OF THE EQUATION.
SO THAT VENUES CAN BE LIKE, OH WOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEVER WOULD HAVE DONE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE WERE UNSURE.
AND SO IT'S A GREAT WAY TO CREATE NEW COLLABORATIONS.
UH, I, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE CAN MEASURE THE BENEFIT, WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING GENERATES SO MUCH BENEFIT, ADDITIONAL SHOWS, PEOPLE GETTING AN ENTERTAINED ARTISTS, GETTING MORE FINANCIAL SECURITY, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT DRIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT.
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FROM THE HOT TAX.AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TELL ANYBODY WHO IS, UH, SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE BENEFIT OF THIS.
HAVE WE PUT ANY THOUGHT INTO ASKING FOR SOME TYPE OF REPORTING AT THE END AND YOU KNOW, ON THE DOWNSIDE, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT TOO BUREAUCRATIC, BUT THE RECIPIENTS OF THESE GRANTS, IF WE COULD ASK THEM TO JUST TELL THE CITY WHAT THAT BENEFIT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I BET WE COULD RUN IT THROUGH SOME KIND OF BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND SAY X NUMBER OF JOBS, X NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S JUST MY, MY THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW WE CAN JUSTIFY THIS AND LET THE TAXPAYERS OF AUSTIN AS WELL AS THE VISITORS TO AUSTIN, KNOW WHAT THEIR MONEY'S GOING TOWARDS.
WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE SOME REPORTING MECHANISMS IN PLACE ABOUT HOW MANY JOBS CREATED, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE PAID THAT NIGHT, BUT ALSO WITH JUST AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF TRAINING FOR APPLICANTS AROUND CULTURAL TOURISM AND JUST GENERAL MARKETING BEST PRACTICES AROUND DIGITAL MARKETING, MARKETING, TO RESIDENTS, MARKETING TO A LOCAL AUDIENCE, BUT ALSO MARKETING OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN, OUTSIDE OF TEXAS, EVEN.
UH, SO THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, WE WON'T BE HANGING PEOPLE OUT THERE TO TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT THEMSELVES.
WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS LIKE VISIT AUSTIN.
WE'LL BE PROVIDING THOSE CLASSES TO HELP WITH ANY KIND OF MARKETING, UM, TECHNIQUES THAT THEY MAY NOT KNOW.
UH, EVEN JUST SOME GOOGLE ANALYTICS AND SOME GENERAL MARKETING REPORTS THAT THEY CAN GENERATE THAT THEY CAN SUBMIT WITH THEIR FINAL REPORT.
SO NOT ONLY IS THIS GOOD FOR US TO SEE HOW THE T HOW THE SHOW DID, HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME, BUT, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL DIRECT TICKET SALES, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE REACHED, HOW MANY PEOPLE MAY HAVE CLICKED ON THAT WEBSITE, THAT TICKET LINK, OR THAT ARTIST WEBSITE, THERE ARE WAYS TO TRACK THAT TYPE OF AUDIENCE BUILDING AND THAT KIND OF DATA.
AND IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR US TO NOT ONLY SEE HOW THE CITY IS INVESTING IN OUR MUSICIANS, BUT FOR THE MUSICIANS THEMSELVES, TO LEARN HOW TO REACH MORE AUDIENCES AND TRACK THAT FOR THEMSELVES BASED ON WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY AND HOW IT RELATES BACK FROM A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE.
SO IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION, NOT ONLY TO KIND OF GET IN AND TAKE THAT RISK AWAY, PROVIDE TRAINING SUPPORT TO THE MUSICIANS, TO BRING MORE AUDIENCES TO THEIR MUSIC, BUT IT'S ALSO CAREER BUILDING AND A TRUE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT KIND OF EXERCISE TO BUILD THE INDUSTRY HERE IN AUSTIN, BUT BUILD IT IN A MORE EQUITABLE, YOU MAY NOT FIND IT WORKS.
THAT'S PART OF THE THAT'S PART OF THE GRANT COOLS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST RELEASING THESE FUNDS, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING, I MEAN, UM, ABOUT EQUITY IS SO IMPORTANT AND JUST EMPOWERING THE MUSICIAN WHO IS THE WORKER IN THIS ECONOMY, YOU KNOW, THE VENUES HOLD A LOT OF POWER, AND WE'VE BEEN OBVIOUSLY WORKING WITH THE VENUES AND SUPPORTING THE VENUES.
BUT IN THIS MUSIC INDUSTRY IS THE ARTISTS THAT OFTENTIMES HAS DIFFICULTY GENERATE OR FINDING ACCESS TO RESOURCES.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS GIVING AN ARTIST AN OPPORTUNITY, AND IT'S ALSO PRIORITIZING AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED.
THIS IS A POWERFUL, UM, TH THESE ARE POWERFUL CHANGES AND REFORM, UM, THAT I FELT LIKE ARE GOING TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD AS THERE IS OBVIOUSLY MORE AND MORE ATTENTION AND AWARENESS OF THE POWERFUL, UM, ENERGY THAT'S COMING FROM THESE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
SO I THINK IT'S REALLY GOING TO CREATE, UM, A TRUE, UH, NEW, NEW ENERGY ON THEIR CITY.
AND IT'S, AND IT'S EXCITING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STEPS WERE TAKEN FROM OCTOBER WHEN, YOU KNOW, I PRESENTED THE PIE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY, UM, ON BEHALF OF THAT.
SO, UM, UM, I LIKE, UM, I'M LIKING THE PROGRESS AND WHAT I'M SEEING HERE.
I HAVE A QUESTION I WANTED TO, UM, AS A MUSICIAN WHO HAS BEEN, UM, HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCES WITH, UH, JUST BEING GENDER NONCONFORMING AND A LGBTQ IDENTIFIED ARTISTS SINCE MY TWENTIES, I KNOW THE IMPACT OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO COME OUT IN MY EARLY TWENTIES AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT HAD IN REGARD TO, UM, MY WORK AND MY BAND MATES AND THE IMPACT ON THEM ALSO, UH, THAT OUR BAND WAS A MULTI-RACIAL BAND.
AND I WANT TO KNOW WHO WILL PROVIDE THE GUIDANCE AND ADVISEMENT FOR WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF EQUITY WITHIN
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THE MATRIX OF THIS AND DECIDING WHO WILL RECEIVE GRANTS.SO THERE IS SEPARATE SCORING POTENTIAL FOR ALL OF THOSE GROUPS THAT WE LISTED OUT IN THE BULLET AROUND LBGTQ I, A FEMININE IDENTIFYING, I MEAN, A FEMALE IDENTIFYING AND DISA DISABILITY COMMUNITIES.
SO IT WILL STACK POINTS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE, AS WELL AS FOR THE CATEGORY AT TOP AROUND BIPAP COMMUNITIES.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE A ACTUAL SCORING MECHANISM TO SCORE THOSE APPLICATIONS HIGHER SO THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING THE COMMUNITIES.
WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE FROM A RACIAL PERSPECTIVE AND FROM A DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUAL SUPPORT, AFTER THE APPLICATIONS ARE DONE AND THEY'VE BEEN SCORED, AND WE'VE GOT A ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, AWARDEES, UH, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU AND GET FEEDBACK ABOUT THE BEST COMMUNITY GROUPS TO HELP SUPPORT THESE MUSICIANS, TO REALIZE THEIR SHOWS SO THAT THEY'RE MOST SUCCESSFUL AS THEY POSSIBLY COULD BE.
AND THAT THEY'RE PROMOTED TO AS WIDE OF AN AUDIENCE AS POSSIBLE.
AND IF I COULD ALSO JUMP IN ERICA, AGAIN, THIS IS TIME FOR YOU TO GIVE US THE FEEDBACK.
UM, WE HAVE USED A, WHAT WE CALL A COMMUNITY CHAMPION MODEL.
SO THOSE WHO MAY BE APPREHENSIVE ABOUT ENGAGING US, THEY HAVE COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS THAT THEY MAY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH.
AND SO WE WOULD ENLIST THEM TO ASSIST WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND, UH, GO FROM THERE.
BUT, AND WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHO THOSE CHAMPIONS COULD BE.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS TIME FOR DEFINITELY DEFINITELY FEEDBACK, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SUPPORT, JUST DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE AND HOW MANY NETWORKS YOU HAVE ALREADY IN THE CITY.
AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO PRIORITIZE FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, KNOW ALREADY HOW TO PUT ON SHOWS AND HOW TO SELL A SHOW.
IT MAY BE THAT YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING A COUPLE OF YEARS AND YOU'VE NEVER ACTUALLY BOOKED YOUR OWN SHOW BEFORE.
AND SO THERE WILL BE A EDUCATION COMPONENT FOR ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS OF WHAT IS NEEDED, NOT ONLY JUST SUPPORT OF, UH, BASED ON EXPERIENCE LIKE YOU JUST MENTIONED, BUT ALSO JUST EXPERIENCE OF LEARNING, HOW TO, YOU KNOW, DO THIS WORK AND, AND HAVE OUR INDUSTRY BE FULLER AND RICHER BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCED IN THE BEST PRACTICES OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
AND A LOT OF THESE THINGS WE'RE SETTING NEW BEST PRACTICES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
AND, AND OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, SEPARATE AUSTIN AGAIN, AS GLIDE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, BECAUSE IT'S A MORE DIVERSE, OPEN AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR MUSICIANS.
I HAVE A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, MOSTLY ABOUT THE SOLO VERSUS BAND DESIGNATIONS.
YOU HAD A DEFINITION FOR A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN AND A DEFINITION FOR PROMOTER.
IS THERE A DEFINITION OF WHAT A BAND IS, WHICH IS, TO ME, SOUNDS LIKE A CHALLENGING THING TO DEFINE, BUT I'M CURIOUS IF THERE IS ONE IN THERE.
CAM, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS? YES.
UM, SO, WELL, LET'S SEE, I HAVE, UH, DEFINITIONS FOR ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.
I DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T PUT THE BAND ON THE SLIDE.
WE DIDN'T, WE PUT THE, THE MUSICIAN, THANK YOU, GRAHAM.
WE PUT THE MUSICIANS ON THE SLIDE AND WE PUT THE INDEPENDENT PROMOTER ON THIS LINE.
SO, BUT, UM, YEAH, A BAND, UH, BASICALLY IT'S, UH, IT'S A, I THINK IT'S THE SAME REQUIREMENT THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE TWO YEARS OF DOCUMENTATION SHOWING YOU'RE REGULARLY PERFORMING IN AUSTIN AND SIX RELATED RE RELEASED RECORDINGS AND SIX PROMOTIONALLY RELEASED MUSIC VIDEOS.
UM, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE THREE THINGS.
ERICA, LET ME KNOW IF I GOT THAT WRONG, BUT THAT'S CORRECT.
AND SO, I MEAN, YOU COULD BE A SINGER SONGWRITER UP THERE BY YOURSELF, AND THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN BY SOLO, OR IF YOU HAVE, IT'S JUST THAT WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT EVEN IF YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN YOUR BAND OR THREE PEOPLE IN YOUR BAND, THAT YOU WERE PAYING EVERYBODY EQUITABLY WITHIN THAT BAND, PERFORMING AS THAT BAND IN THE ACTIVITIES OUTLINED IN THE GRANT.
UM, AND SO WE DO WANT TO JUST HAVE ONE APPLICATION PER YOU KNOW, MUSICIANS.
SO IF YOU'RE IN ONE BAND, YOU GOT, MAYBE YOU'RE IN THREE BANDS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT BAND YOU WANT TO APPLY WITH, UH, IN ORDER, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST A, AGAIN, ONLY $2.5 MILLION FOR THIS FIRST YEAR.
AND WE JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING AS MANY BANDS AND MUSICIANS AS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE STATE, RIGHT? IT'S THAT CONFLICT BETWEEN, SO A SOLO MEMBER AND THE FULL BAND THAT I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE GRAM IF YOU WANTED TO APPLY AS GRAND REYNOLDS OR AS SAY GOLDEN ARM TRIO.
SO SENSE, BUT SAY YOU'RE LIKE, I THINK OF LIKE THE GROUP OF FANTASMA FAMILY OF BANDS, AND THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM.
AND IF YOU'RE THE BAND LEADER OF
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ONE AND ONE OF YOUR MEMBERS IS APPLYING AS A MEMBER OF ANOTHER BAND, OR AS AN, CAN YOU AS A BAND LEADER NOT APPLY, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.AND SOMETHING WE NEED TO ACTUALLY LIKE GET INTO THE CALCULUS OF, AND, AND FIGURE OUT SOME RULES FOR THAT.
BECAUSE AGAIN, THE BAND LEADER IS THE LEAD APPLICANT FOR THE APPLICATION AND WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE EVERYBODY'S PAID AND, YOU KNOW, EQUITABLY ACROSS THE BAND.
AND SO IF YOU'RE GETTING PAID THROUGH THREE GRANTS, UM, AS A BAND MEMBER, THAT COULD BE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY MAY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE NEED TO PROBABLY JUST FIGURE OUT A GOOD CALCULUS FOR THAT.
AND WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK IS FAIR.
I WAS GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING.
WE, WE WOULD DEFINITELY WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK FROM GRANDPA AND THE WHOLE, THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE.
WE WANT TO TRY TO CHECK CROSS-CHECK EVERYTHING.
SO THE CONFUSING THING, THE BAND WORLD, AND SINCE A LOT OF BANDS DON'T EVEN HAVE A DEFINED LEADER, THERE ARE SOME WITH VERY CLEAR LEADERSHIP, SOME WITHOUT CLEAR LEADERSHIP, SOME THAT WORK ON CONSENSUS, SOME THAT DON'T.
AND SO HOW YOU GO THROUGH THOSE VERY MUDDY WATERS.
I'M HAPPY TO THINK ABOUT IT MORE, BUT I CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER TONIGHT.
UM, YOU SAID THREE STAFF MEMBERS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL OR INDEPENDENT PROMOTER IS THAT INCLUDE THE BUSINESS OWNER THEMSELVES.
AND THEN LAST WAS ABOUT THE REPORTING THAT, UH, YOU SHOTGUN OR, AND YOU ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CHA UH, I THINK THE REPORTING IS IMPORTANT.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE MORE GRASSROOTS, THE MORE ORGANIC IN A WAY, THE MORE AUSTIN EITHER SHOW IS THE MORE CHALLENGING THE REPORTING IS.
IF YOU'RE COLLECTING, YOU KNOW, MONEY AT THE DOOR AND, YOU KNOW, IN A MORE CASUAL VENUE WITHOUT ASKING EACH PERSON AT THE DOOR, ARE YOU A TOURIST? DO YOU IDENTIFY AS A BUYER POCKET, INDIVIDUAL? HOW DO YOU FEEL LIKE WITHOUT DOING THIS? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW A VENUE, UH, GATHERS THAT INFORMATION, WHEREAS A MORE ESTABLISHED OR LARGER INSTITUTION THAT'S DOING TICKET SALES ONLINE IS GOING TO CAPTURE EMAILS, CAN SEND OUT AN EMAIL SURVEY.
UH, THE SYMPHONY PROBABLY HAS ALL SORTS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, INTERACTIONS WITH ITS PARTICIPANTS, ET CETERA.
SO YOU SEE WHAT I'M GETTING ANYWHERE, LIKE THE MORE RESOURCES, A PERSON THAT HAS IN A WAY, THE EASIER IT IS FOR THEM TO DO THE REPORTING AND THUS GAIN MORE THE HIGHER SCORE, UH, NOT NECESSARILY CAUSE THE SCORING WON'T BE DIRECTLY TIED TO THE TYPE OF REPORTING YOU ARE DELIVERING AT THE END OF THE REPORT.
SO LIKE IF IT'S JUST A SHOW AND YOU'RE TAKING FIVE BUCKS AT THE DOOR, I WOULD JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY SHOWED UP THAT NIGHT IN TERMS OF, AND HOW YOU TRY TO REACH NEW AUDIENCES.
YOU CAN FIGURE THAT OUT IN THE TYPES OF MARKETING THAT YOU DO PREVIOUSLY.
SO THERE'S DIGITAL MARKETING TOOLS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TARGET CERTAIN AUDIENCES.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS JUST TRYING TO REACH NEW AUDIENCES.
WE DON'T HAVE TO SEE WHO ACTUALLY SHOWED UP BECAUSE OF COURSE, NONE OF US CAN CONTROL THAT OR, YOU KNOW, BUT WE CAN CONTROL HOW WE MARKET IT, WHO WE MARKET IT TO.
AND SO WE WOULD WANT TO, AND WE WILL GIVE SOME TRAINING AND SOME RESOURCES TO HELP SHOW US, HEY, GIVE US A REPORT OF HOW YOU PROMOTED THE SHOW DIGITALLY THROUGH FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM OR WHATEVER IT IS PRIOR TO THE SHOW.
AND SO THEY WON'T AGAIN BE LIKE EXPECTED JUST TO FIGURE IT OUT.
WE WILL PROVIDE SOME TOOLS OF HOW TO NOT ONLY REACH NEW TYPES OF AUDIENCES FROM A DIGITAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT HOW TO REPORT BACK ON THAT.
NOW, IN TERMS OF TICKET SALES, YOU CAN DIG INTO MORE DATA.
IT'S STILL ALL VOLUNTARY FROM THE TICKET HOLDER PERSPECTIVE.
UH, SO WE JUST WANT TO SEE NUMBERS LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY SHOWED UP, YOU KNOW, HOW HAS THAT COMPARED TO OTHER NIGHTS OF THE WEEK AT THAT VENUE, WE WANT TO JUST SEE MORE PEOPLE GOING TO SHOWS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DAY OF SHOW, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO SEE BEFORE THE SHOW, DID YOU MARKET TO A WIDE AUDIENCE, UM, YOU KNOW, ACROSS AUSTIN, ACROSS ALL DIFFERENT, UH, ECONOMIC, YOU KNOW, JUST WHOEVER IT IS, YOU KNOW, TO REACH NEW PEOPLE.
AND IF I COULD TO CLARIFY THAT THAT INFORMATION COMES ON THE BACK END OF THIS GRANT, THAT'S COLLECTED IN THE FINAL REPORT.
SO IT'S NOT INFORMATION THAT'S GOING TO BE SCORED, UM, IN DETERMINING WHO WINS THE WAR.
AND ALSO MORE SMALL BUSINESS EDUCATION COURSES, UH, AS AN OFFERING, UM, THROUGHOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST NOT ABOUT THE CASH, BUT WE WANT TO TRAIN YOU HOW TO BE A BETTER BUSINESS PERSON.
SO EVEN IF THAT MEANS TRAINING YOU ON EVENTBRITE AND HOW YOU CAN TRACK THE METRICS ON
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THE BACK IN PROMOTING YOUR OWN EVENT.AND SO IT'S, WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS PROGRAM AS A VERY ROBUST, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT GETTING CASH AND EVENT, BUT IT'S ABOUT MAKING YOU A BETTER BUSINESS PERSON TOO.
SO JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER OFFERINGS THAT WILL GO ALONG.
WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO KNOW, LIKE HOW MUCH MONEY DID YOU MAKE.
IT'S LIKE, DID YOU HAVE A FULL ROOM? YOU KNOW, COULD YOU, WHAT COULD YOU HAVE DONE BETTER? AND, AND THAT WON'T HURT YOU EITHER.
IT'S REFLECTIVE AND LESS THAN LEARNING BECAUSE ALL OF US WHO HAVE BOOKSHELVES KNOW THAT YOU ALWAYS WANT TO DO BETTER AND LEARN MORE SO THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL COME TO YOUR SHOW.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE GOAL IS, IS TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT AND THE COLLABORATION AND THE ADDITIONAL NETWORKING TO REACH THOSE NEW AUDIENCES THAT YOU TYPICALLY DON'T PLAY TO.
SO, SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S NEXT POINT.
IF WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DISTRIBUTE THE GRANT MONEY USING THE, USING THE P I E FRAMEWORK, THE PEOPLE WHO GO TO SEE MUSIC, UH, HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A DIVERSE CROWD, BUT SINCE WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT, IT'S GOOD TO GET WHATEVER REPORTS WE CAN, BUT THAT WILL NOT, THAT THAT SHOULD NOT IMPACT THE, UH, THE, THE S THE SUCCESS, OR, UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LOOK WHERE WE CAN, WE CAN CONTROL THE PIE UP, UP AT THE FRONT, BUT AT THE, AT THE BACK END, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT HARDER.
I THINK IT'S AN EVOLUTION THAT WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH AS A CITY, AS A MUSIC INDUSTRY, AS A MUSIC CITY.
UM, AND SO OUR GOAL IS IN 10 YEARS, LIKE, THAT'S, MY QUESTION IS LIKE IN 10 YEARS, WHAT DO YOU SEE THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IN AUSTIN COMPARED TO TODAY? AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE A PROCESS THAT WE'RE ALL ON, UM, TO TEACH HOW WE CAN BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND MORE EQUITABLE AND MARKET TO WIDE AUDIENCES, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO BUILD THAT TRUST AROUND, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY PART OF AUSTIN.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL.
GREAT FEEDBACK, GREAT FEEDBACK.
AGAIN, I WANT TO BRING UP THAT CONSTANT AND CONSISTENT RECOGNIZING OF THE DISTRIBUTING OF OUR CONSTANT AND CONSISTENT.
YOU BROUGHT UP 10 YEARS, CAUSE THAT IS A MINIMUM.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO CREATE IDEAS FROM, FROM THIS PHASE MOVING FORWARD ARE GOING TO BE THE FUTURE OF AUSTIN MUSIC LONG AFTER, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR INVOLVEMENT IN IT, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT ARE THE, YOU KNOW, ARE THE LEADERS AND ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE A NAME FOR THE CITY, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT FOUNDATION AND A GREAT STEP FORWARD, A PROGRESSIVE STEP FORWARD, UM, TO PUTTING POWER IN THEIR HANDS, REDISTRIBUTING THE POWER, PUTTING IT IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS AND, AND SPECIFICALLY ARTISTS OF COLOR AS WELL, AND PRIORITIZING THAT AND THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND ALL THE OTHER, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT WERE MENTIONED.
SO, UM, THIS IS VERY EXCITING.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTING VENUES AND THE PLACES WHERE YOU SEE MUSIC, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL WORKED IN VENUES.
YOU WANT MORE NIGHTS OF SUCCESSFUL SHOWS.
AND SO THIS WILL HELP THE VENUES TO, WITH THIS CASH COMING IN THROUGH THE MUSICIANS, TO BOOK MORE SHOWS AND HAVE ALL OF THE ELEMENTS IN PLACE TO HAVE SUCCESSFUL SHOW.
AND, YOU KNOW, VENUES WILL STILL BE BOOKING THEIR SAME SHOWS THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST THAT THEY KNOW CAN SELL VERY GREAT FOR THEIR PARTICULAR GENRE.
BUT TH THESE ARE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE NIGHTS, A SUCCESSFUL SHOWS AND TO EXPAND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE REPERTOIRE ACROSS ALL OF AUSTIN.
AND SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MUSICIANS FOR THE PROMOTERS, BUT ALSO FOR THE VENUES AND FOR THE PARKS AND THE DIFFERENT PLACES THAT WE CAN ACTIVATE MUSICIANS IN OUR CITY.
SO HOW LONG ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK? LIKE HOW, HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE FOR FEEDBACK? I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
WE WANT TO SEE HOW IT GOES GOAT, PLEASE GO TO THE COMMENT BOX.
UM, THE PRESENTATION WILL BE UPLOADED TO THE CULTURAL, UM, REVIEW PROCESS PAGE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, WEBPAGE.
SO WE WILL SEND THAT TO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS SO THAT YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT ALSO IT WILL BE ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
WE WILL POST THAT ON SOCIAL NETWORKS SO THAT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY CAN GO CLICK TO IT.
THERE WILL BE A COMIC BOOK, A COMMENT BOX FOR YOU TO ADD IN YOUR FEEDBACK.
AND SO WE WILL REPORT BACK TO YOU GUYS AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING OF HOW IT'S GOING IN TERMS OF FEEDBACK.
AND WE'LL DETERMINE IF WE NEED MORE TIME OR THAT, HEY, WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET THIS DONE BY THIS,
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THIS DATE.AND SO WE WANT TO, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT OUR TIMELINE GOING TO LOOK LIKE, UH, AT THE AUGUST MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING.
AND AGAIN, WE WILL BE MAKING ROUNDS TO ALL THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION THAT HAS, THAT'S A MUST.
AND I WANT TO, IF I COULD JUST THANK THE MUSIC COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF YOUR, UM, UH, PARAMETERS.
AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT AREA.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
UH, YEAH, I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION JUST ABOUT THE FUNDING MONEY ITSELF.
SO, UM, IF IT GOES THROUGH, YOU MENTIONED IT MIGHT GO THROUGH A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR THAT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR.
UM, SO PROGRAM COST IS ONE ASPECT OF DETERMINING THAT AND YOU'VE ALL.
AND I REALLY LIKED THE FACT THAT THIS INCLUDES A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND SUPPORT FOR THE MUSICIAN IS MARKETING SUPPORT.
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE RIGHT NOW OF WHAT THE, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE PROGRAM IS PROGRAM COST? SO AGAIN, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU, UM, OUR COVID RELIEF PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE BEEN, UH, DEPLOYING THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE HAS RUN FROM 4.5% ALL THE WAY UP TILL I SAY 8% OF BUDGET.
AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER CONSIDERATION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE, UM, TO CONSIDER THAT IF IT'S A THIRD PARTY IT'S GOING TO COST AND IT WOULD COME FROM 2.5.
SO, UM, SO IF THERE A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR, WOULD THE CITY STILL BE PROVIDING LIKE SOME OF THE PROGRAM COSTS THOUGH WOULD STILL BE ON THE CITY SIDE, CORRECT.
LIKE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO THERE WOULD BE THAT SLICE OF IT.
AND THEN, SO SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON ARE FROM OTHER FUNDING SOURCES IN TERMS OF, UM, PROFESSIONAL AND CAPACITY BUILDING.
SO ARE COSTS OUT OF THE 2.5 IS DIRECT SPEND ON THE PROGRAM.
SO THAT INCLUDES ADMINISTRATION AND A LITTLE BIT OF MARKETING.
I THINK WE HAVE 50,000 BUILT IN FOR MARKETING TO WORK WITH, UM, OUR PARTNERS TO ALSO HELP MARKET THIS, UH, THE MUSICIANS, BUT THE MAJOR CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAINING WOULD NOT COME FROM THE 2.5, JUST THE ADMIN FEE AND THE PURE DEPLOYMENT OF FUNDS TO THE MUSICIANS.
UM, WELL, GIVING THAT ADDITIONAL COST FOR A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR.
I W I WOULD JUST SAY THAT PERSONALLY, MY PERSONAL FEEDBACK ON THAT WOULD BE THAT, UM, IF, IF WE WERE TO USE, UH, OR IF THE CITY WERE TO USE A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR THIS, UM, BASED ON A POSSIBLE BENEFIT THAT A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR KID, UH, RACE FRIENDS, POSSIBLY LIKE THROUGH PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY, LIKE THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED IS ONE POSSIBLE BENEFIT OF THAT MODEL.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT THAT'S THE ROUTE WE'RE GOING TO GO, OR THE CITY IS GOING TO GO, UM, THAT, THAT THOSE ADMINISTRATORS WOULD HAVE TO DID DEMONSTRATE THAT ABILITY TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
I MEAN, THAT WOULD MAKE IT VERY ATTRACTIVE, BUT I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE ALMOST, YOU KNOW, A REQUIREMENT, IF THEY COULD COVER THEIR COSTS AND RAISE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, THEN YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S AN EXCITING POSSIBILITY, BUT THEY WOULD JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO SH YOU KNOW, PR YOU KNOW, SHOW THAT THEY HAVE CAPABILITY TO DO THAT.
AND THEN A TRACK RECORD FOR THAT.
UM, ALSO OUR, SO THIS IS ALL RIGHT, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST TALKING ONLY ABOUT HOT FUNDS.
AND I THINK AT ONE POINT OTHERS, THERE WAS ONE PRESENTATION WE LOOKED AT WHERE THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF ARP FUNDS FOLDING IN TO, TO THIS PROGRAM.
IS THAT STILL ON THE TABLE? SO WE ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING THE USE OF THE ARPA FUNDS THAT, UH, COUNCIL APPROVED.
UM, AND WE WILL COME BACK WITH, UH, THAT INFORMATION AUGUST.
WE'RE STILL DETERMINING THE BEST USE AND DEPLOYMENT BECAUSE WE HEARD FROM THE COMMISSION, I BELIEVE LAST MONTH OF THE URGENCY OF JUST CASH, YOU KNOW, MUSICIANS ARE HURTING AND OPERA IS THE MOST FLEXIBLE,
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UH, SOURCE, UH, AS OPPOSED TO HOT.AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO WEIGH THE BENEFITS OF THE USE, UH, AROUND PROGRAMMING, BECAUSE AS ERIC HAD MENTIONED, WE'RE TRYING TO DO PHASES OF PROGRAMMING.
SO THIS IS JUST NOT A ONE AND DONE.
SO SAY IF YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY FUNDS FROM LIVE MUSIC, THERE'S ANOTHER PROGRAM COMING.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY HAVE ACCESS TO SISEP AND THEN ACCESS TO THE CREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR PROGRAM, WHICH IS ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING.
AND SO, UM, WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE MORE DEFINITIVE INFORMATION IN AUGUST, RIGHT? AND, AND KEEP IN MIND TOO, THAT, UM, IF WHEN WE CONTRACT WITH A THIRD PARTY, WE WILL BE PROVIDING THE GUIDELINES AND THE SCORING RUBRICS LIKE WE DID WITH THE LIVE MUSIC PRESERVATION FUND.
AND SO TYPICALLY THOSE THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTS WOULD BE FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS HOT, ACCORDING TO THESE GUIDELINES AND ANYTHING THEY DO ADDITIONAL TO THAT.
IF THEY'RE RAISING ADDITIONAL MONIES, THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE PART OF THIS CONTRACT, JUST THE WAY THAT THESE CONTRACTS WORK, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER BENEFITS OBVIOUSLY THROUGH, UH, JUST THE IMPLEMENTATION AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS MAY GO QUICKER THROUGH THAT, BUT IT WILL COST US SOMETHING FROM AN ADMIN PERSPECTIVE TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A WORKING GROUP TO THINK ABOUT OTHER TYPES OF FUNDING SOURCES AND HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN RAISE THESE FUNDS.
AND I KNOW THE ARTS COMMISSION IS THINKING ABOUT THESE THINGS TOO.
UH, BUT THIS CONTRACT WOULD BE SPECIFIC TO THESE HOT FUNDS WITH THESE GUIDELINES AND THE SCORING METRICS.
AND IS THAT WHAT THE APPLICATIONS BE ON A ROLLING BASIS OR WHOLE DEGREE, LIKE A SPECIFIC TIMELINE, LIKE NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER? YEAH, THERE'LL BE A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT.
AND SO, UH, WE CAN JUST, ONCE IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW FAST THE PROCESS GOES, BUT ONE YEAR FROM EXECUTION AND, UH, TO GET THOSE ACTIVITIES DONE AND THE GOAL WITH THE UPFRONT COSTS AND THEN DRAWING DOWN WAS THAT AS WE KNOW, SHOWS CHANGE ALL THE TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE THAT THERE'S A CANCELLATION, OR WE NEED TO MOVE THIS OUT SIX MONTHS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD A DRAW DOWN DATE TO PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY, UH, FOR WINDOWS AS THOSE SHOWS FORM.
UM, BUT WE WOULD LOVE FEEDBACK ON THAT.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY SEEMS HELPFUL OR DO THEY WANT TO SEE KIND OF THIS TRAUNCH SYSTEM? UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'VE JUST HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD PREFER THAT UPFRONT TO GET THOSE DEPOSITS DOWN AND GET THOSE HOLDS DOWN AND THEN DRAW DOWN AS THINGS ARE DEVELOPING AND IT'S TICKET SALE SELL.
UH, BUT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS ON THAT AS WELL, BUT THERE WILL BE A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT PERIOD TO GET THE, THE SCOPE OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WERE PROPOSED DONE.
UM, AND IS THERE, UM, IN THE SCORING PROCESS, IS THERE LIKE A MINIMUM SCORE OR ARE THERE, OR APPLICANTS KIND OF COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER OR IS THERE LIKE, UM, YOU HAVE TO MEET THIS THRESHOLD? NO THRESHOLD THERE'LL JUST BE SCORING AND WE PUT THEM IN A QUEUE BASIS FROM HIGHEST TO LOWEST, LIKE WITH THE NONPROFIT CREATIVE GRANTS.
UM, I HAD ONE OTHER PIECE OF FEEDBACK ABOUT THIRD PARTY STUFF.
CAUSE I SAW IN YOUR SIDE, YOU MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF A THIRD PARTY PANEL OR ADDITIONAL OUTSIDE PANEL REVIEW.
I WOULD SAY, I MEAN, I'M JUST TALKING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD NOW.
I HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, JUST ABSORBING ALL THIS, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT PROBABLY AT THE END OF A YEAR TO HAVE MAYBE A, AN OUTSIDE GROUP THAT'S APPOINTED BY THE MUSIC COMMISSION ARE MADE UP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HELP THE CITY, UM, TALK ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, HOW EFFECTIVE THE PROGRAM IS, WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T WORK.
AND THAT'S JUST AN IMPROVEMENT MECHANISM.
UH, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A, I COULD THINK TO GO AHEAD AND KIND OF BAKE INTO THIS.
UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS I DON'T MEAN TO MONOPOLIZE IT.
UM, YEAH, THERE ARE NO, YOU CAN ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START MAKING OUR ROUNDS AND THEN COLLECT ALL THAT FEEDBACK AND COME BACK AND SAY, DID WE GET IT RIGHT? DID WE HEAR YOU? THERE ARE, THERE ARE COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVEN'T SHARED ANYTHING TONIGHT.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE, UM, YOUR THOUGHTS ON ANY OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN IT.
NO, I WOULD JUST GO TO THE COMMENT BOX OR EMAIL
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KIM, UM, AGAIN, UH, WE WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE MONTH, UH, AND COME BACK.AND IF IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE'VE GOTTEN ROBUST FEEDBACK, NEED TO GO BACK OUT AGAIN, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY FROM ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I GUESS I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND I'M SORRY.
I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I'M THE REASON OUR MEETINGS ARE LIKE NINE HOURS LONG, BUT, UM, AND I, AND I'M NOT A MUSICIAN.
SO THE MUSICIANS IN THIS GROUP SHOULD PROBABLY CHIME IN ON THIS COMMENT, BUT, UM, I'M SEEING A LOT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE SYSTEMIC RACISM WORKING GROUP IS WORKING ON THIS A LOT.
GENDER EQUITY GROUP HAS WORKED ON THIS A LOT, BUT ABOUT FAIR PAY FOR MUSICIANS.
I THINK THIS IS A LOT OF WHAT Y'ALL ARE PLANNING AND HAVE TAKEN FEEDBACK ABOUT IS, IS TO ADDRESS THAT.
BUT DO YOU FEEL LIKE, UM, LIKE I'M WONDERING IF ANYBODY IS GOING TO COME TO ME AND SAY, WELL, IN CHARLOTTE, DOESN'T THIS JUST KIND OF STILL LIKE, LET, WHAT THE VENUES AT THE HOOK FOR PAYING MUSICIANS, LIKE, I'M SORRY IF THAT'S A TERRIBLE QUESTION.
SO I'M JUST ASKING AGAIN, AS AN OUTSIDER, I'M ASKING MAYBE LIKE PATRICE IN GRAHAM AND CHAKA, UM, AND, UH, NAGA BALI, LIKE WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THAT.
WELL, BEFORE THEY CHIME IN, LET ME JUST SAY THAT WE DO HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT EVERY MUSICIAN GETS PAID 150 AN HOUR, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE BAND.
AND THAT GETS BUILT INTO THE BUDGET, UH, IN TERMS OF FAIR COMPENSATION.
SO NOW JUST FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE, BUT NOW, UH, HAND IT OVER TO THE MUSICIANS IN THE GROUP TO SEE WHAT THEY THINK OF VAN CHARLOTTE'S QUESTION.
CAN YOU CLARIFY? I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY MUSICIAN COME ON NOW.
UM, WELL, I MEAN, MAYBE I'M JUST NOT ASKING THIS IN A VERY CLEAR WAY, BUT IF YOU'RE, IF THE CITY IS PAYING MUSICIANS TO PLAY AT VENUES, WHAT IS THE VENUES FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ALL OF THIS, THIS EAT, THIS ECONOMIC ECOSYSTEM, IS THAT, UM, IS IT, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY, ARE THEY GETTING A PASS OR IS THIS A GREAT THING FOR THE, I MEAN, IS IT GOOD FOR EVERYBODY OR IS THERE SOMETHING, SOME PIECE OF THIS THAT'S GETTING LOCKED OUT? UM, I'M NOT SAYING THERE IS I'M, I'M TRYING TO LIKE GET AHEAD OF ANY QUESTIONS THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT ASK ME LATER AND ALL ARE LIKE, NO, NOBODY'S GOING TO ASK YOU THAT IN CHARLOTTE TO MY MIND, NO ONE OPENS A VENUE, AN ORIGINAL MUSIC VENUE TO GET RICH AND, UH, AND PROVIDING A VENUE, PROVIDING A STAGE, PROVIDING THE SOUND SYSTEM, PROVIDING THE ENGINEER IS ALREADY A BIG ASK WHEN YOU CAN SELL LIQUOR AND MAKE MORE MONEY.
YOU'RE NOT PAYING MUSICIANS AT ALL, OR HAVE ANY OF THAT OTHER GEAR MAINTAIN A LIGHTING SYSTEM OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT BEING SAID, UH, PAYING MUSICIANS, UH, UH, OF COURSE IS IMPORTANT AS WELL.
SO THIS IS A, TO ME IT'S A SUPPLEMENTAL ELEMENT OF MAKING IT MORE VIABLE TO MAINTAIN MUSIC VENUES IN A CHALLENGING ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S NOT LETTING VENUES OFF THE HOOK.
IT'S KEEPING VENUES FROM TURNING INTO SHOP BARS OR THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE QUICKER, FASTER RATS TO MONEY.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY ALSO THAT IT'S ADDING THIS ELEMENT OF ENGAGING VENUES IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT EQUITY, WHICH THE VALUE TO THE MUSICIANS IS HUGE.
AND SO AS WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, WE'RE ENGAGING IN, IN A CONVERSATION WITH VENUES, THEY'RE GETTING AID, THEY'RE GETTING SUPPORT FROM THE CITY WITHIN A CONVERSATION OF EQUITY AND WHAT THEIR HIRING PRACTICES ARE, WHICH PROBABLY FEELS A LOT BETTER THAN JUST BEING TOLD WHAT TO DO.
I HOPE THAT WOULD BE THE RESULT.
AND I AGREE WITH YOU GRAHAM, ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT SOME, ESPECIALLY MAYBE LESSER, UH, LESS EXPERIENCED MUSICIANS MAY NOT REALIZE THE, THE ONUS ON THEM, THE VENUE OF THE COST OF ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY PROVIDE.
AND I THINK IT ALSO PUTS THE ONUS ON VENUES TO FEEL SUPPORTED AND UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S KIND OF EXPECTED FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM TO MAINTAIN THEIR PA SYSTEMS AND TO DO THE THINGS THAT CREATE A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.
I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF PERSONALLY, UM, AS SOMEONE THAT'S
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THROWN A FESTIVAL HERE, UM, THAT WE STOPPED DOING IT IN 2019, BUT, UH, WE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY, BUT WE STARTED THAT FESTIVAL WITH $400 IN OUR POCKETS.AND IN OUR FIRST, YOU KNOW, YEAR, UH, EVERYONE CAME OUT AND BASICALLY JUST PITCHED IN.
AND, UM, IT GREW INTO SOMETHING THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, OVER 800 PEOPLE PER YEAR THAT CAME OUT AND THROUGH THAT, WE PAID HUNDREDS OF MUSICIANS MORE THAN ANY OTHER FESTIVAL, YOU KNOW, OFFERED THEM AC FROM ACL ON DOWN AND DESIGNERS, VIDEOGRAPHERS, UM, YOU NAME IT, UM, OVER 200 PEOPLE, UH, ULTIMATELY THROUGH THAT ECONOMIC INVESTMENT OF THE CITY, UH, THROUGH THE, UH, CULTURAL HERITAGE FESTIVAL GRANT.
UM, SO THESE TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES, UM, CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO W WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO ON OUR OWN, WHICH HAS CREATED A SPACE FOR, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY WOMEN OF COLOR.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN WE WENT OUT TO SHOWS, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF WOMEN OF COLOR ARE BEING HEADLINERS AND BEING IN A POSITION OF BEING IN FOURTH AT THE FOREFRONT.
SO WE SENT IT OUR FESTIVAL AROUND THAT AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT.
AND WITHOUT THE CITY'S SUPPORT, AND THAT THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT, UM, ON OUR OWN AT THE, AT THE, AT THE CAPACITY THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THE CAPACITY THAT WE DID AGAIN, WE STARTED WITH $400 THE NEXT YEAR, WE GOT $15,000, UM, AND THAT MONEY WENT TOWARDS BRINGING IN A HEADLINER, UM, WHICH ALLOWED US TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THE VENUE.
UM, IT ALLOWED US TO ALSO OFFER THE ACTS THAT WE BROUGHT ON MORE MONEY, BECAUSE WE COULD EXPECT MORE PEOPLE TO COME TO THE SHOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T EXPRESS ENOUGH HOW, HOW IMPORTANT A STEP LIKE THIS IS FOR, UM, ARTISTS THAT HAVE VISION, UM, BUT MAYBE NOT THE RESOURCES TO TAKE A RISK AND TO, TO, TO DEVELOP A FOUNDATION FOR NOT JUST THEMSELVES, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY REPRESENT.
I MEAN, I'M DEFINITELY, I'M REALLY EXCITED BY THE POSSIBILITIES HERE.
I'M JUST ASKING QUESTIONS, TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT MY BE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, TRYING TO COVER ALL THOSE BASES, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF THIS, UM, IS EXCITING TO ME.
AND I'M HOPING THAT IT BRINGS, YOU KNOW, MORE, YOU KNOW, MORE OPPORTUNITY.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TEJANO EARLIER WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A DESIGNATED EASY GO-TO VENUE FOR THAT.
LIKE, I WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE AND FOR MORE AUDIENCES, UH, TO SEE THEMSELVES AS A TAHONA AUDIENCE MEMBER.
SO, UM, AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE, UM, OR A THEOREM AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE HAD TO REALLY POOL, UM, ARTISTS TONIGHT THAT PEOPLE MIGHT NOT USUALLY THINK ABOUT GOING TO SEE.
SO I LOVE THE IDEA OF, UM, EMPOWERING THOSE TWO MUSICIANS TO, UH, THINK OF THEMSELVES AS CHANGE MAKERS, UM, IN THE AUSTIN MUSIC SCENE.
UH, MAN, UH, I THINK, UM, UH, THERE IS, IT HAPPENS ON THE CULTURAL ARTS FUND SIDE AS WELL, WHERE, UM, THERE IS MONEY THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO ARTISTS TO PUT UP PRODUCTIONS AT LARGE THEATERS, ET CETERA, LIKE A DISSOC AND OTHER PLACES IN TOWN.
AND THEY'RE THAT KIND OF FUNDING MECHANISM GOING TO ARTISTS TO PUT OUT SHOWS AND WHEN YEARS, UM, MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, BECAUSE IT'S A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PRODUCTION THAT YOU CAN DO THERE.
THAT'S NOT ALWAYS FEASIBLE EVERYWHERE ELSE.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, I THINK THE FUNDING MECHANISMS, IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE A MULTITUDE OF FUNDING, UH, MECHANISMS IN THAT, UH, WHERE AN ARTISTS AND EVEN PRODUCERS, ET CETERA, COULD LEVERAGE THE FUNDING THROUGH DIFFERENT CHANNELS.
SO I THINK THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD TO SEE AS WELL AS THE DIVERSITY ASPECTS THAT WERE ADDED.
UM, WITH, WITH VENUES, I THINK WITH LOCAL VENUES, I THINK IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE, UM, A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, UH, TO BRING THEM INTO THE MIX AS TO HOW THE AUDITS, UH, AND INCLUDING ARTISTS OF COLOR CAN BE BETTER SUPPORTED.
I REALLY DON'T THINK JUST THE MODEL OF DISBURSING MONEY TO GO BOOK A RENTAL, UH, VENUE AS A RENTAL AND PUT UP SHOWS IS NECESSARILY GOING TO CUT IT BECAUSE OF THE VENUE SPECIFICALLY IS NOT BUILT FOR A CERTAIN JOHN ROUTE, A CERTAIN TYPE OF ARTIST IT'S NOT GOING TO BRING IN THE AUDIENCE, RIGHT.
SO I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE VENUES TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO YOU SUPPORT THE CAREERS OF ARTISTS IN A MORE CONSISTENT MANNER.
IT'S NOT ABOUT TAKING MONEY, DOING A RENTAL ONE TIME, YOU KNOW, UH, TRYING TO PUT UP A SHOW AND BEING DONE WITH IT.
UM, TO ME, I THINK IT'S, IT'S REALLY MORE IMPORTANT THAT THERE IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT
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TO CONSISTENTLY SUPPORT THE CAREERS OF ARTISTS.AND HOW DO WE ENGAGE WITH THE VENUES AND IN THAT KIND OF A SCENARIO, I THINK THIS MECHANISM OF, YOU KNOW, UH, DISBURSING MONEY IN THIS MANNER WHERE THE VENUES CAN SUPPORT THE ARTISTS MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE, BUT THERE HAS GOTTA BE A MORE CONSISTENT DIALOGUE AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ON THAT FRONT TO BROADLY SUPPORT THE CAREERS OF ARTISTS AND VARIOUS GENRES.
UH, SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
WELL, NAGA VALLEY, THAT IS AN EXCELLENT POINT.
AND WE DO BECAUSE OF OUR LIVE MUSIC VENUE, PRESERVATION FUND, UH, STRATEGIC PLANS, THE EQUITY STRATEGIC PLANS THAT WE HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF VENUES HAVE TURNED IN THEIR DRAFTS.
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT WAY FOR THEM TO HELP IMPLEMENT THEIR STRATEGIC PLANS.
AND SO YOU MADE AN EXCELLENT POINT.
AND SO IT'S JUST ROLLING OUT IN THE TIMING THAT IS JUST PERFECT TO SHOW THE VENUES, HEY, YOU'VE BEEN DOING THESE STRATEGIC PLANS, YOU'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THIS TRAINING.
WE HAVE A COHORT COMING UP THROUGH THE LIVE MUSIC FUND EVENT PROGRAM THAT YOU CAN WORK WITH TO HELP REALIZE YOUR PLANS.
AND SO THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT AND A GREAT WAY FOR THE VENUES TO ACTUALIZE THE PLANS THAT THEY'RE CREATING RIGHT NOW.
JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON, UH, SHOCK AS POINT, UH, SOMETHING I WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $150 PER HOUR.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT A $400 FESTIVAL, THAT'S NOT THREE MUSICIANS, AND SO THAT'S NOT MUCH OF A FESTIVAL.
AND SO WE WANT, W I THINK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT KIND OF GRASSROOTS PRODUCTION OR ARTISTS TEAM UP POTENTIALLY WITH VENUE OWNERS, AND IT'S DONE IN A SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION THAT THAT IS NOT DISCOURAGED OR BARRED FROM THE CITY'S SUPPORT.
THAT THERE'S A WAY TO FIGURE OUT, OH, THIS IS THE MUSICIANS AREN'T GETTING PAID, WHAT WE CONSIDER A LIVING WAGE, BUT, BUT THIS ISN'T A COLLABORATIVE, EQUITABLE PRODUCTION THAT IS DISTRIBUTING THE POWER AND THE FINANCES IN A FAIR WAY.
UH, SO JUST BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T SHUT OUT THAT KIND OF EFFORT WOULD BE ONE THOUGHT AND THEN, UH, DOUBLING UP A NAGA.
BALI'S WHERE I THINK IT'S, I THINK BOTH ARE IMPORTANT.
I, YOU KNOW, I WAS, I'VE DONE A LOT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF SHOWS, AND SOMETIMES THERE WERE VENUES THAT WERE BUILT FOR THAT KIND OF SHOW.
AND OTHER TIMES I WANT TO MAKE MUSIC THAT HAD NO ROOM THAT EXISTED THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR THAT KIND OF MUSIC AND THEN A VENUE RENTAL KIND OF SITUATION, A LOT OF SENSE, CAUSE WE COULD ADAPT THE ROOM TO OUR OWN PURPOSES.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
I THINK YOU WANT THEM PARALLEL.
WELL, I WOULD JUST STRONGLY, STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY.
ANYBODY THAT WATCHED IT IS WATCHING NOW OR WATCHES THIS RECORDING, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE YOUR FEEDBACK, TALK TO YOUR COMMUNITIES, UM, POSTED ON FACEBOOK AND SAY MUSICIAN, FRIENDS.
AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? UM, THAT IS SO WE, WE WANT TO, WE REALLY WANT TO FAST TRACK COMMUNICATION, BUT WE WANT IT TO BE EFFECTIVE.
SO DON'T, DON'T WAIT THREE WEEKS FROM NOW, LIKE TONIGHT, TOMORROW, AS SOON AS YOU FINISH WATCHING THIS VIDEO, LIKE THINK ABOUT ALL YOUR QUESTIONS, ALL YOUR FEEDBACK, YOU CAN EMAIL MUSIC COMMISSIONERS.
UM, YOU CAN, THERE'S A FEEDBACK MECHANISM ON THE EDD WEBPAGE, THE CULTURAL ARTS REVIEWS.
UM, ERICA STATED, SO DON'T SLEEP ON THIS BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS EXCITING AND WE WANT TO GET THIS MONEY OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AS QUICKLY AND AS EFFECTIVELY AND AS EQUITABLY AS POSSIBLE.
UH, THANK YOU, ERICA SYNOVIA CAM.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE ON THIS, STEPHANIE.
I'M SURE SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT I'M SURE SHE'S DONE A LOT OF WORK ALSO AND SOME OTHER FOLKS I'M NOT AWARE OF.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE MUSIC COMMISSION FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING BEHIND THIS.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS DIALOGUE REALLY STARTED IN JUNE WHEN I TALKED ABOUT A BLACK LIVE MUSIC FUND AND THE NEED FOR THE CITY TO ADDRESS HISTORIC RACIAL, UM, UH, DISCREPANCIES AND ISSUES AND LED TO US MEETING TWICE A MONTH TO REALLY TALK ABOUT EQUITY.
AND IT'S GOT US TO THIS POINT WHERE I FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY HIGHLY ENCOURAGED BY THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE CREATED FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
AND WHAT'S GOING TO COME OF THAT.
I REALLY, I REALLY DO DEEPLY BELIEVE THAT,
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UM, THE BENEFICIARIES OF THIS MOVING FORWARD ARE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT, UM, MAKE AUSTIN WHAT IT IS IN THE FUTURE.SO CONGRATS, CONGRATS, UH, TO EVERYONE THAT WORKED SO HARD TO, YOU KNOW, PUSH FOR THIS HISTORIC CHANGE IN AUSTIN.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE? I'M LIKE, I'M JUST EXCITED.
I DON'T, I JUST, THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS GOOD NEWS.
THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR, FOR, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE, HAVEN'T BEEN AT THE TABLE, UH, FOR A LONG TIME.
I DON'T WANNA, YOU KNOW, KEEP SAYING THAT'S HOW I FEEL.
HOW ARE Y'ALL FEELING? UM, ABOUT THE OLD, OLD BUSINESS? WE WE'VE GOT SOME TIME FOR OLD BUSINESS, SO LET'S, LET'S DO IT.
SO WE'VE GOT, ARE WE GOING TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO STOP AT NINE OR, OH, WE DIDN'T KNOW.
WE, UH, WE DID SPEND JUST GO THROUGH IT AND WE'RE DONE.
HOW ARE Y'ALL FEELING? JUST CHECKING IN.
I JUST WANT TO SAY SHAKA THAT IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE YOU HAPPY AND EXCITED.
I MEAN THAT MAN, IT REALLY, I GOT TO TELL YOU, THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS HAS BEEN A JOURNEY AND YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, AND IT HASN'T BEEN AN EASY ROLE FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF.
UM, AND IT HASN'T BEEN A HAPPY ROAD THAT'S FOR SURE.
UM, IT'S BEEN VERY CHALLENGING, BUT UM, THIS SEEING THIS HAPPEN AGAIN, THIS IS A STORY, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS GROUNDBREAKING.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE OF COLOR TO THIS CITY.
AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE OVERALL DYNAMIC THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, NEEDED TO BE DISRUPTED FOR A LONG TIME.
AND SO I'M JUST VERY EXCITED FOR ALL THE INCREDIBLE, INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING OUT OF THE CITY.
UM, WITH THIS, WITH THIS BEING, UH, A LAUNCHING PATH THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DEALING WITH A SMALL AMOUNT.
I MEAN, IMAGINE WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY INCREASES AND PEOPLE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW.
I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF AGAIN PERSONALLY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, GRAHAM, YOU KNOW, WE, I STARTED, WE STARTED AT ROSS DAY FESTIVAL WITH $400.
WE HAD GINA CHAVEZ, JACKIE VINSON, YOU KNOW, EARLY JACKIE HAS AN EARLY THING.
THE CHILD IT'S LIKE, OH, THESE PEOPLE COME AND JUST PLAY.
AND IT GREW INTO SOMETHING WHERE WE HAD OVER 800 PEOPLE AND WE WERE SUPPORTING AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN VARIOUS WAYS.
UM, SO LIKE THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING THAT THIS CAN CREATE FOR, FOR A CITY, UM, BRINGING INTERNATIONAL TALENT, UH, TO THE CITY AND CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR TOURISM.
SO THAT'S WHAT I SEE HERE, UM, WITH THIS.
SO LET'S GO TO, LET'S GET TO THE, LET'S GET TO THE OLD BUSINESS.
[4a. Discussion and Possible Action following update from Joint Arts and Music Commission Land Use Group]
FOR A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOLLOWING UPDATE FROM JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSION LAND USE GROUP.SO I'M GOING TO BE SUPER QUICK, CAUSE I THINK I WANT THIS TO BE A MORE ROBUST ACTION ITEM, A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
UH, BUT I WANT TO GET INTO TIMELINE, HOPEFULLY RECRUIT A SECOND MUSIC COMMISSION MEMBER FOR THE GROUP AND JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO.
SO THE CITY, THE COUNCIL'S WORKING TO MY UNDERSTANDING WITH A SORT OF A FALL GOAL TOWARDS A NEW LAND USE CODE AND ANYTHING WE WANT INCLUDED ON THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE THOROUGHLY VETTED, READY TO GO THAT OBVIOUSLY.
UM, AND SO THAT GIVES US A ROUGH TIMELINE, WHICH IS FEELS ACCELERATED, BUT GIVEN THE CODE NEXT, AND IMAGINE AUSTIN, THIS HAS BEEN YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS OF DISCUSSIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T NEED FURTHER BEDDING, BUT, UH, IT HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND A LONG DISCUSSION, EVEN IF IT FEELS LIKE A RACE TOWARDS THE END, WOULD THAT MIND, UH, WE HAD, THERE ARE TWO ARTS COMMISSIONERS ON THE WORKING GROUP, THERE'S MYSELF FROM OUR GROUP AND THERE ARE TWO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WE, WE COULD REALLY USE ONE MORE MUSIC COMMISSIONER ON THE WORKING GROUP, KNOW THAT WORKING GROUPS, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE DONE WORK, WE'RE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW.
UH, UH, AND CHARLOTTE AND SHOCK AND KIM AND I ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ALL THESE WORKING GROUPS THAT WE HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY DISSOLVED.
BUT IN THEORY, WHEN YOU JOIN A WORKING GROUP, IT HAS A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
AND ONCE THAT PURPOSE IS FULFILLED, IT WILL, WILL IT DISSOLVES.
AND SO THIS IS TO MAKE A NEW LAND USE CODE, WHICH SHOULD HAVE A VERY, IT'S NOT SYSTEMIC RACISM, WHICH IS A MULTI-DECADE LIFELONG PROCESS.
THIS IS, UH, ONCE THE LAND USE CODE IS DONE, IT'S DONE,
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UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DO NEED A NEW MEMBER AND THERE IS LIMITED DIVERSITY ON THE, THE, UM, IN THE GROUP.SO I W I, MY HOPE ALSO IS THAT, UM, WE CAN ADD TO THAT DIVERSITY THAT I DON'T ADD TO, UH, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE LAND USE WORKING GROUP WITH THAT MIND, I WAS GOING TO SEE, I WAS GOING TO, I WAS LOOKING AT OUR LITTLE CHART OF WHO'S ON HOW MANY WORKING GROUPS, AND I WAS GOING TO START, UH, WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE FEWEST AND NAGA BALI.
I WAS GOING TO SEE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE EXTREMELY, UM, UH, WELL, IT'S, IT'S KIDS LAND USE CODE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S NOT THE MOST EXCITING READING, BUT, UM, W WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE YOUR VOICE IN THAT ROOM.
WE'RE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY AT FIVE IS OUR NEXT MEETING.
UM, YOU ALLOW ME TO SLEEP OVER IT AND GET BACK TO YOU.
YES, I DO DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE INVITE.
UH, I DO DO A LOT OF READINGS SUCH AS THIS, FOR MY OWN WORKPLACE, SO I MIGHT BE INTO IT, BUT YEAH, I WILL GET BACK TO YOU IN THE DAYTIME.
AND THEN CAN WE, CAN WE LOOK FOR A BACKUP EITHER PATRICE FOR CHRISTOPHER, IF YOU ARE.
UH, IF I KNOW PATRICE YOU'RE ALREADY ON SEVERAL WORKING GROUPS, SO THAT'S, UH, I KNOW CHRISTOPHER YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE ON THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, WHICH ISN'T, THAT ISN'T A CELL PHONE OBLIGATION.
SO ANYWAY, COULD YOU BE BACKUPS TO ONE OF YOU, IF NOT, KABALI, CAN'T COMMIT TO BE UPFRONT.
I'M ACTUALLY ACTIVELY ONLY WORKING ON ONE WORKING GROUP, BUT I CAN'T BE ON ANY MORE THINGS UNTIL AFTER THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER.
AND AFTER THAT, I'D BE OPEN TO DOING MORE.
CHRISTOPHER, I GO, YEAH, I DON'T MIND BEING A BACKUP.
WELL NOW KABBALAH, JUST EMAIL ME TOMORROW.
UH, WHATEVER YOU DECIDE, AND THEN CHRISTOPHER, IF YOU DON'T HEAR FROM ME, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS, UH, READING.
SO THERE WAS ONE WHEN WE, UH, WE, WE DID A MILLION MEETINGS AND PUBLIC, UH, ENGAGEMENTS.
UM, UH, DAVE SULLIVAN HAS A MUSIC FAN BACKGROUND.
HE'S ALSO A SCIENTIST, UH, WHO HAS A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF LAND CODE IN AUSTIN AND WORKED QUITE A BIT ON GETTING LANGUAGE IN THERE TO PROTECT, UH, LIVE MUSIC VENUES IN THE LAND USE CODE, AS WELL AS ARTS BEEN USED THEN, UH, REBECCA REYNOLDS AND THE VENUE ALLIANCE ALSO DID QUITE A BIT OF WORK IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON DEFINING WHAT A MUSIC VENUE IS, SO THAT IF WE DO ANY, IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET ANY PROTECTIONS OR ANY BENEFITS FOR CREATING LIVE MUSIC VENUE, SOMEONE CAN'T JUST PUT A, YOU KNOW, ACOUSTIC GUITARIST IN THE CORNER AND SAY, AH, OKAY, NOW GIVE US THE BENEFITS.
SO THERE ARE THOSE, AND YOU SAW THAT LANGUAGE IN KIM'S PRESENTATION EARLIER, TOO.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH OF THE PROGRAM, UM, WE'RE TAKING THAT LANGUAGE FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
AND ON WEDNESDAY, WE'RE TRYING TO COME TO CONSENSUS ON AN UPDATED VERSION OF THAT LANGUAGE TO THEN PRESENT TO, UH, THIS COMMISSION, TO THE COMMUNITY, TO COMMUNITIES, UH, IN AUSTIN, TO GET FEEDBACK AS WELL AS THE ARTS CONVENTION.
AND THROUGH THAT FEEDBACK, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND INCORPORATE THAT AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE MUSIC COMMISSION AND ARTS COMMISSION FOR ENDORSEMENT, AND THEN SEND IT ON TO COUNCIL FOR, UH, HOPEFUL INCLUSION IN THE NEXT LAND USE CODE.
SO THAT'S THE BASIC TIMELINE AND UPDATE.
AND MY MAIN PURPOSE WAS TO GIVE YOU THAT AFTER WEDNESDAY'S MEETING, I'M HOPING TO SEND YOU ALL THIS UPDATED LANGUAGE.
SO I'LL MAKE YOU READ A THREE-YEAR-OLD VERSION WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW YEAR NEW VERSION SOON, BUT THE HOPE IS THAT NEXT MEETING, YOU ALL HAVE READ THAT.
I OF COURSE CAN TAKE QUESTIONS, ALSO, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC AND MY, UH, MY EMAIL IS ON THE MUSIC COMMISSION WEBSITE.
SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR WANT TO ENGAGE ON THIS, UH, OR WANT ME TO FORWARD YOU THE CURRENT DRAFTS, JUST PLEASE EMAIL ME AND LET ME KNOW THAT SAID, IF ARE ALREADY MORE IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
UH, I HAVE A COMMENT AND REQUEST.
I WAS GOING TO ASK IF DAVE SULLIVAN WAS INVOLVED IN THIS, THE REASON WHY AS DAVE SULLIVAN HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS, HE KNOWS MORE ABOUT, MORE ABOUT LAND CODE THAN ANYBODY ESPECIALLY AFFECTING MUSIC.
I REQUEST THAT WHEN YOU DO YOUR PRESENTATION
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TO THE MUSIC COMMISSION, IF GAVE SULLIVAN COULD BE HERE TO PRESENT IT WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I TRUST HIM, HIS KNOWLEDGE IS SO GREAT.AND I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE MUSIC COMMISSION SHOULD HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY IF POSSIBLE THAT'S A REQUEST.
HE WILL CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO ANSWER WITH A DEEPER, UH, CONTEXT THAN I WOULD BE ABLE TO ON ANY OF THE FINER POINTS.
SO, UH, YES, I MEAN, I WILL INVITE HIM.
I CAN SPEAK FOR HIM AS TO WHETHER THEY CAN COME, BUT I WILL CERTAINLY INVITE ANYTHING ELSE.
UH, ANY OTHER IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS, OTHERWISE I'LL, UH, NAGALASE TOMORROW AND I WILL SEND EVERYONE HOPEFULLY LATER THIS WEEK, UPDATED LANGUAGE.
MY TEST, I GOT A MILLION TABS OPEN.
I APOLOGIZE, UH, FOR B DISCUSSION
[4b. Discussion and Possible Action after update from Systemic Racism Working Group.]
AND POSSIBLE ACTION AFTER UPDATE FROM SYSTEMIC RACISM WORKING GROUP, UM, QUICKLY, UM, WE ARE MEETING NEXT TUESDAY AND WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO WRAP UP OUR RECOMMENDATIONS BY SEPTEMBER.UM, IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A PROCESS, BUT I THINK WE HAVE SOME, UM, GOOD IDEAS ON THE HORIZON.
ONE OF WHICH, UM, IS TALKING ABOUT CREATING A PLACE WHERE ANY VENUE, UH, COMPLAINTS OR VIOLATIONS CAN BE FILED, WHETHER IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, DIVERSITY ISSUES OR MIS, UH, UH, ANY TYPE OF SALT OR, OR LACK OF MINDFULNESS IN ANY WAY TOWARDS, TOWARDS ARTISTS OR, OR STAFF, UM, A PLACE WHERE COMPLAINTS CAN BE FILED AND, AND, AND, AND DEALT WITH IN SOME CAPACITY.
UH, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT STANDARDIZING AN UPFRONT CONTRACT, UH, DEALING WITH TERMS AND CONDITIONS, UM, THAT HAS AN ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LENS.
SO LIKE A TEMPLATED UPFRONT CONTRACT THAT WE WILL ENCOURAGE VENUES TO USE WHEN I'M IN RELATIONSHIP WITH, UM, WITH ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT CREATING A DATABASE OF BACKPACK MUSICIANS.
AGAIN, THAT'S BLACK INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR MUSICIANS THAT CAN BE USED IN SEARCHES BY VENUES.
UM, TALKING ABOUT, UH, MONTHLY SHOWCASES, UM, THAT ARE PULLING ARTISTS FROM THIS LIST.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, CULTIVATING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN AUSTIN MUSIC MAKERS IN THE BUSINESSES THAT NEED MUSIC.
SO, UM, TRYING TO CREATE SOME TYPE OF BRIDGE BETWEEN, UM, FILM AND, UM, ALSO, UM, VIDEO GAME INDUSTRIES OR OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT NEED MUSIC AND ALSO INCENTIVES TO BUSINESSES FOR USING AUSTIN MUSICIANS FOR LICENSING THE, THE LIVE PERFORMANCE COMPOSITION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THESE LAST FEW ARE KIND OF LIKE REALLY KIND OF OUTER FOCUSES.
BUT, UM, THOSE FIRST THREE THAT I MENTIONED ARE MORE CENTRAL TO WHAT WE WERE PROBABLY GOING TO BE PRESENTING IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF AS CHARLOTTE HAS ANYTHING MORE TO ADD OR, UM, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, AGAIN, AGAIN, WE HOPE TO HAVE THIS ALL WRAPPED UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, BY SEPTEMBER THAT'S A GOAL THAT WE'RE ALL STRIVING TOWARDS, UM, WITHIN THE SYSTEMIC RACISM WORKING GROUPS.
SO WE CAN WRAP THAT GROUP UP AS GRANDMA'S TALKING ABOUT, WE HAVE A MILLION WORKING GROUPS GOING ON, BUT THIS ONE I THINK, HAS BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE AND, UH, WILL LEAD TO SOME POSITIVE CHANGE FOR SURE.
AND CHARLOTTE, DO YOU HAVE ANY, NO.
[4c. Discussion and Possible Action after update from Joint Arts and Music Working Group]
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AFTER UPDATE FROM JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC WORKING GROUP.I THINK LA, UH, LAUREN GOULD, UH, THAT'S SHE IS HANDLING THAT, BUT SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE MEETING SCHEDULE GOT FLIPPED OR WE'RE ON A DIFFERENT MONDAY THAN USUAL, AND SHE HAS A STANDING GIG ON SECOND MONDAY, SO SHE'LL GET INDEPENDENCE.
[4d. Discussion and Possible Action after update on Austin Economic Development Corporation (AEDC). ]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION AFTER UPDATE ON AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UM, YEAH.SO DO WE HAVE STAFF, DO YOU HAVE, DOES ANYBODY ON STAFF HAVE ANY UPDATES ON ADC OR SHOULD WE ASK, UH, OR, AND, OR SHOULD WE ASK HIM THAT BELOVO ARE, UM, APPOINTEE TO THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR THAT GROUP? I'D LOVE TO HAVE HIM HERE NEXT MONTH TO TALK TO US, BUT IF THERE'S ANY, ANYTHING IN THAT INTERIM THAT'S NEW, UH, WITH ADC WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT, NOT AT THIS TIME.
UM, I BELIEVE YOU ALL KNOW THAT COUNCIL APPROVED THE ANALYTICAL
[02:10:01]
AND SO THEY ARE FINALIZING THE PRIORITY PRIORITIES FOR THE AEDC, BUT, UH, C TECH, THE, UH, CREATIVE, UH, ADVISORY GROUP IS STILL OPEN IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOUR APPOINTEE PROBABLY HAS A STANDING PLACE ON YOUR AGENDA, UH, JUST TO PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES.WE'LL PLAN ON THAT GOING FORWARD.
ONE, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO ADD, THERE'S ALSO A FINANCE WORKING GROUP AND I'VE BEEN AWAY, BUT WE ARE GETTING MOVING.
UH, WE'VE SET UP SOME TIME WITH SYNOVIA ON FRIDAY.
AND IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FINANCE WORKING GROUP, UH, THE, THE INTENTION IS FIRST OFF, YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT SOURCES OF MONEY THERE ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, RECOVERY ACT, HOT TAX, ET CETERA, START DOCUMENTING IT, CATALOGING IT, TRACKING IT, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE INTENTION OF THE MEETING.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE FRIDAY.
UH, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO JOIN THE FINANCE WORKING GROUP, NOW'S THE TIME.
I'LL, I'LL, UH, I'LL ADD MYSELF TO THAT.
I'LL ANYONE WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR THEM? DOES IT, DO THESE DO APPOINTING PEOPLE ON COMMISSIONS REQUIRE MOTIONS? NO, IT'S A WORKING GROUP, SO YOU CAN VOLUNTEER, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO OKAY.
AND I HAVE BEEN MEETING ON THIS, THIS TOPIC, SO I'LL OFFICIALLY JOIN THAT COMMITTEE.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
AGENDA ITEMS WE'D LIKE TO ADD FOR OUR NEXT MEETING? I'VE BEEN TAKING NOTES, BUT IN CHARLOTTE, I THINK YOU HAVE BEEN TO, UH, SO, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR WORKING GROUPS, UH, BUT THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOLLOWING UPDATES FROM JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC, UH, COMMISSION LAND USE GROUP, UH, THEN I I'M THINKING SINCE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT WORK ON THAT EMAIL THREAD ABOUT ALL THE VARIOUS WORKING GROUPS THAT WE'VE HAD, SOME OF WHICH ARE BY YEARS IN DIFFERENT STATE THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO JUST HAVE A BRIEF DISCUSSION AS TO WHICH ONE WE CONSIDER ACTIVE, OFFICIALLY DISSOLVE THE ONES THAT WE DON'T, UH, CONSIDER ACTIVE AND CLARIFY WHO'S ON BOARD.SO DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING WORKING GROUPS.
WE NEED SECONDS FOR ALL THESE DOMAINS.
DID WE GET A SECOND ON THE FIRST, UM, RECOMMENDATION, CHRIS AND A SECOND ON THE LAST ONE, CHRIS AS WELL.
OKAY, THEN, UH, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION, UH, UH, AFTER AN UPDATE ON THAT AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UM, OR ARE YOU GOING TO WANT TO REPORT NEXT MONTH? YES.
I'M GUESSING THAT ARE ACTIVE WORKING GROUPS.
IF THEY'RE TRULY ACTIVE, WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO AT LEAST GET THEM ON THERE AND WE CAN ALWAYS DECIDE NOT TO DO IT.
AND I'D LIKE THIS OLD BUSINESS, SO WE CAN DO THE NEW BUSINESS FIRST AND THEN IF WE CAN PRIORITIZE AND DEPRIORITIZE AS WE GO.
SO DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION AFTER UPDATE FROM FINANCE WORKING GROUP, THAT REQUIRES A SECOND TO A SECOND.
AND THEN FINALLY DO A SYSTEMIC RACISM.
DO YOU WANT TO DO AN UPDATE ON THAT NEXT MONTH OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER? NO, ABSOLUTELY.
WE'LL GET YOU INTO DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AND FOR AN UPDATE FROM SYSTEMIC RACISM WORKING GROUP, I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO ADD TO THE AGENDA, UM, FEEDBACK AND DISCUSSION OF FEEDBACK ON THE PRESENTATIONS, UH, WITH SPECIFICALLY LOUD MUSIC FUND.
UM, SO I WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE FEEDBACK FROM YOUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO IT DIRECTLY ONLINE OR, AND, OR TO GET THEM TO SEND YOU AN EMAIL OR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN USE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THIS AS, AS TIGHT AS IT CAN, AND ALSO ROBUST, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE.
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APPRECIATE THAT.I THINK NOT EVERYBODY HAS GREAT, UM, GREAT FEEDBACK.
EVERYONE HAS SOME GREAT FEEDBACK TONIGHT, SO LIKE LET'S, UH, CONTINUE TO PROCESS AND, UM, BRING THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING.
I, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR, UH, WHAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSIONS HAVE TO SAY.
SO, SO CAN YOU GIVE US A OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU HEAR AND WHAT YOU GATHER FROM LA? UM, THIS, THE CITY WEBSITE.
SO YEAH, IF WE CAN REACT TO THAT FEEDBACK, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S PERFECT.
SO DOES ANYONE WANT TO SECOND THAT THE, UH, FEEDBACK OKAY.
GRAHAM BRINGING FEEDBACK AND IT'S POSSIBLE TO GET THOSE PRESENTATIONS IN PDF FORM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO WE CAN SHARE THOSE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WHO ELSE FOR NEXT MEETING AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING? NO.
WELL, YOU KNOW, UH, AS ALWAYS YOU CAN ADD, BUT SHE WAS MUTED.
OH, NOW THAT'S A CANVAS TALKING ACROSS THE ROOM TO ERICA ABOUT A POTENTIAL, UH, UH, UH, CONSULTANT GIVING A PRESENTATION, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN WORK WITH THE CHAIRS TO ADD THAT WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T MAKE MOTIONS DURING YOUR MEETINGS.
WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW Y'ALL IN THE SAME ROOM TOGETHER.
WELL THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THAT'LL BE IT FOR TONIGHT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I WANTED TO ADD REAL QUICK.
THIS IS AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT, UM, WE HAD BEEN INVITED TO TOUR, UH, DORIS MILLER AUDITORIUM AND POSSIBLY COMBINE THAT WITH A TOUR OF, UM, CAN AMERICAN PARK.
SO, UM, I'LL GET WITH CAM ABOUT SOME POSSIBLE DATES FOR THAT, BUT, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH DORIS MILLER AUDITORIUM REACHED OUT TO ME WITH A COUPLE OF DATES.
SO GO THROUGH CAMP AND JUST DO ALL THAT BY EMAIL.
OH, I'D LOVE TO JOIN THAT IF, UH, IF THE DATES DON'T DON'T SCHEDULE AROUND ME, BUT IF THE DATES WORK OUT, I'D LOVE TO GO.
I GREW UP IN BOTH OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS PARK.
SO IF I, IF I, UH, TIP IT OVER THE, THE FORUM BALANCE, TAKE ME OFF.
IF WE, IF WE ANNOUNCED IT THOUGH, LIKE IT'S A PUBLIC THING, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO JOIN, THEN DOES IT MATTER IF WE HAVE TO HAVE QUORUM? IT'S A IT'S OKAY.
WE WOULD JUST, UM, WE WOULD JUST DIDN'T MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE, UM, YOU KNOW, POST ANNOUNCEMENT TO YOUR WEBSITE THAT STATES THAT THIS IS A, THIS IS AN EVENT THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND LET PEOPLE KNOW POSSIBLE QUORUM.
I'LL, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK WITH CLERK'S OFFICE ON IT, BUT THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING YOU CAN, YEAH, I'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH ABOUT THAT.