Jul 21, 2021 Special Arts Commission

AND THOSE ARE THE COMMISSIONERS WE HAVE ON DYESS.

AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE ARE ONTO CITIZENS

[CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]

COMMUNICATION.

WE HAVE TWO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.

THE FIRST IS SHARON BOWER ANDERSON.

DO WE HAVE SHARON ON THE LINE? NO.

LAST TIME SHARON WAS HERE.

SHE ALSO HAD A CONNECTIVITY ISSUE SO SHE COULD HEAR ME.

YES, I CAN.

AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE FROM YOU.

HI EVERYONE.

CHAIR PERSON, POLL GAR AND COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

UM, I'M REALLY HERE VERY QUICKLY JUST TO INTRODUCE YOU TO AIX ATX THEATRE, WHICH IS A NEW NONPROFIT HUB FOR THEATER GOERS.

AND FOR THEATER MAKERS, WE LAUNCHED OUR WEBSITE, ATX THEATER.ORG JUST EIGHT DAYS AGO.

AND UM, OUR PUBLIC FACE IS QUITE NEW AND THAT PUBLIC FACE WILL SERVE TO PROMOTE THEATER GROWING IN AUSTIN TO BENEFIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY, AS WELL AS THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ARTS LOVING CITIZENRY AND 85 THEATER COMPANIES.

IT'S ACTUALLY MORE THAN 85, UH, IN AUSTIN.

SO WE ARE UNITING ALL THE THEATER COMPANIES AND KIND OF SERVING AS A MARKETING MEGAPHONE FOR THEATER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU THAT LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS IF YOU HAVEN'T CHECKED OUT OUR WEBSITE YET, PLEASE DO SO.

AND, UM, SINCE WE'RE HEADING INTO STAGE FOUR AND PROBABLY BACK TO ZOOMING THEATER FOR A WHILE, UM, I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, WE ARE BEING PURPOSEFUL ABOUT, UH, TRYING TO MAKE THEATER MORE ACCESSIBLE AND MORE TRANSPARENT AND MORE EQUITABLE IN AUSTIN.

THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANDREW.

KANADA.

ANDREW, ARE YOU WITH US? DO WE HAVE A NUMBER FOR HIM? DO YOU NOT EMORY? DO YOU HAVE ONE? UM, LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN FIND.

OKAY, ANDREW KANADA CAN YOU HEAR US? AND WE SURVEY THE CALL ON USERS THAT WE DON'T HAVE NAMES FOR AND THE ATTENDEES LIST.

MR. CASTILLO.

I SEE COMMISSIONER GARZA'S IN THE PARTICIPANT LIST.

WE CAN MOVE THEM OVER.

OKAY, SO ANDREW'S WHEN YOU NEED THE LAST FOUR, A FIRST SIX NUMBERS ARE FOR ANDREW ANYTHING FIRST, UM, FIRST FOUR WOULD BE FINE.

UH, WOULD BE A 5, 6, 5, 4.

I'M NOT SHOWING THAT COLUMN USER YET.

I'M NOT EITHER.

ON TO ITEM ONE, A APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

WELL WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE

[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

DO YOU, I HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER FLORES, COMMISSIONER ASSESSMENT, UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES.

WHAT ARE YOU MOVING? BOTH ONE AND TWO, ONE COMMISSIONER FLORES IS MOVING, UM, MINUTES FOR JUNE 30TH, 2021 FOR APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONER ASSESSMENT IS SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION NOTES, ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED ANY ABSTENTIONS THAT PASSES.

ITEM A TO JULY 19TH, 2020 MINUTES.

UM,

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MOTION TO DO I HAVE A MOTION, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOCK TO PASS THAT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CASTILLO ON FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED EXTENSIONS THAT ALSO PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

UM, I'M GOING TO GO ON TO, WE HAVE AN ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, LIAISON REPORT, AND WHAT ARE WE MISSING? OUR AIP PAPERS.

CHAIRS

[2a. Check in]

REPORT.

WELL, HI, IF YOU WANT, IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE SEEN YOU.

I'VE MISSED YOU.

I HOPE YOU'VE HAD A LOVELY 36 HOURS OR SOMETHING.

NICE TO SEE YOU.

UM, I WANTED TO CHECK IN AND SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE HEAVY LIFT ON MONDAY.

I THINK THE CONVERSATION WAS REALLY EXCITING AND, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADING IN AND REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON THAT.

UM, I WANT TO SORT OF REMIND EVERYBODY THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, THERE WILL BE TIMES THAT THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE SORT OF BROAD IN.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRY TO STAY WITH SPECIFICITY, TRY TO, UM, AVOID AS MUCH AS WE CAN STRAW MAN ARGUMENTS, TRY TO GET REAL INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.

UM, AND ALSO I ALLUDED TO THIS ON MONDAY, UM, THE WHOLE IDEA OF, OF A TRANSLATION CHALLENGE, RIGHT? EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN FRAMEWORK AS WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CULTURAL FUNDING, ABOUT ARTS, ABOUT EQUITY, UM, AND HAS A SET OF ASSUMPTIONS IN THEIR HEAD THAT NOT EVERYBODY THEY'RE TALKING TO KNOWS ABOUT.

SO I WANT US TO MAKE A COMMITMENT, TO BE GENEROUS WITH EACH OTHER, TO TAKE, UM, TO MAKE THE POSITIVE ASSUMPTION ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TOGETHER AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE REALLY ARE DOING THE WORK TOGETHER, UM, AND TO REM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND I KNOW THIS IS CHALLENGING IN THE CURRENT TIMES, BUT TO TRY TO COME UP, UH, AT THE WORK WITH AN ABUNDANCE MINDSET, RIGHT, THAT WE'RE NOT LIVING IN A SCARCITY MENTALITY.

IT'S, IT'S THE ABUNDANCE, IT'S WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER.

UM, AND JUST TO SORT OF KEEP ALL THAT IN YOUR HEAD AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THESE CONVERSATIONS.

UM, AND WITH THAT,

[2b. Art in Public Places liaison report]

SO, UM, IN FACT, AS I LOOK AT MY LIST OF REPORTS, DO WE HAVE, IS CARL IN THE PRESENTATION ROOM? DO WE HAVE CROSS SETTLES IN THE ROOM AT ALL? I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM.

I DON'T HAVE A CURL YET.

THREE, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.

UM, AND KIMBERLY KEATON COMMISSIONER CADEN IS NOT IN, CORRECT? CORRECT.

WELL, THERE YOU GO.

1, 2, 3, MOVING ON TO NUMBER

[3a. Special presentation from the Visit Austin Foundation by Mary Kay Hackley, Visit Austin Foundation Executive Director]

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MARY KAY HACKLEY FROM THE VISIT AUSTIN FOUNDATIONS, SHE'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND SHE IS UNFORTUNATELY AND TECHNICAL PURGATORY A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT.

SO SHE'S SITTING IN OUR ATTENDEES ROOM.

WE CAN'T SEE HER BEAUTIFUL FACE, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR HER LOVELY VOICE AND SEE HER LOVELY PRESENTATION.

SO THANK YOU, MARY KAY FOR JOINING US.

AND AT THIS POINT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND ASK AVI TO HELP HER WITH THE PRESENTATION.

UM, IT'S A PLEASURE.

HI, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

MA'AM WONDERFUL.

WONDERFUL.

WELL, THANK YOU.

MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS ARE REALLY, I'M SO SORRY THAT YOU CAN'T SEE MY FACE, CAUSE I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH YOU, BUT I AM GLAD TO BE HERE.

I'M SO THRILLED TO BE INVITED AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE, UM, ABOUT THE VISIT AUSTIN FOUNDATION.

UM, I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE PRESENTATION PULLED UP, SO, UM, WE'LL HOPEFULLY GET THAT GOING HERE SHORTLY.

WHICH PRESENTATION IS THIS? IT'S CALLED VISIT ON, I JUST TITLED IT VISIT AUSTIN FOUNDATION.

STAND BY PLEASE.

I THINK WE STILL NEED TO RECEIVE IT THROUGH CITY HALL.

SO IT MIGHT TAKE HIM A MINUTE.

IF IT'S EASIER FOR YOU ALL.

I GUESS I CAN JUST TALK MY WAY THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN WE COULD SHARE IT WITH THE GROUP AFTERWARDS.

IF THAT'LL HELP.

I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A LONG AGENDA, SO WHATEVER YOU, THAT WOULD BE GREAT CITY HALL, DO YOU THINK YOU'LL HAVE IT IN THE NEXT LIKE 45 SECONDS OR IT'S GOING TO TAKE LIKE MINUTES THE NEXT 45 SECONDS SHOULD BE GOOD.

PERFECT.

LET'S MOVE THEN.

MARY KAY.

SINCE YOU WERE STUCK IN THE, IN THE BACKGROUND, LET'S LOOK AT YOUR LOVELY PRESENTATION.

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THAT WORKS FOR ME.

YOU GOT SOME GREMLINS IN THE SYSTEM TONIGHT.

I FEEL LIKE THAT OFTEN SOMEBODY FOR THAT TO DO THE ANTI GREMLIN DANCE, WORKING REMOTE, IT'S WONDERFUL FOR A LOT OF REASONS, BUT IT POSES CHALLENGES AS WELL.

ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER MINUTE OR SO.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IF YOU WANT.

I CAN GO AHEAD AND JUST START TALKING AND THEN WE CAN CATCH UP THE SLIDES.

UM, I WAS ABOUT TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.

WELL, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND FOR YOU ALL.

UM, THE FOUNDATION, UM, STARTED JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

SO WE STARTED NOTICING, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO THAT OUR INDUSTRY HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM AS A WHOLE WAS GROWING VERY RAPIDLY.

AND WE WERE STARTING TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE NEEDS, UM, AND REALIZED THAT WE REALLY HAD A NEED TO CREATE A MORE FOCUSED EFFORT AROUND, UM, CREATING A SUSTAINABLE PIPELINE OF EMPLOYEES FOR THE FUTURE.

AND WE HAD SOME PERCEPTION ISSUES.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE, THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE, THE CAREER TRAJECTORY OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH, THAT ALL ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY IN THAT WAY.

AND WE, UH, DECIDED TO FORM THE VISIT AUSTIN FOUNDATION.

UH, WE DEVELOPED A 5 0 1 C3.

SO, UM, WE RECEIVED OUR 5 0 1 C3 STATUS IN THE SPRING OF 19.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE A VERY NEW ORGANIZATION, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE PANDEMIC, BUT THE MISSION OF THE VISIT AUSTIN FOUNDATION IS TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE EDUCATION, JOB TRAINING, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM COMMUNITY IN THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA.

WE FOCUS PRIMARILY ON OBJECTIVES OF HELPING, WHETHER IT'S YOUNG PEOPLE OR LOCALS IN GENERAL, UH, BUILD A CAREER IN THE INDUSTRY THROUGH MENTORSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS, AND THEN REALLY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE FULL RANGE OF OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE INDUSTRY AND THE BENEFITS THAT LARGE.

SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, 5 0 1 C3 FUNDED PRIMARILY BY, UM, PRIVATE DONATIONS GRANTS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND WE HAVE VARIOUS INITIATIVES, UH, THE KEY INITIATIVES THAT WE WORK ON, ESPECIALLY AS A NEW ORGANIZATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, SCHOLARSHIPS, EDUCATION, JOB TRAINING, AND THEN COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

SO I'LL JUMP INTO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, WE, AS, AS I MENTIONED, WE STARTED, UM, AND INITIALLY JUST REALLY NEEDED TO GET OFF THE GROUND.

SO WE CREATED A FEW, UH, CAREER FAIRS TO GET US, TO GET US ROLLING.

UM, WE WANTED TO CONNECT PEOPLE, SEARCHING FOR JOBS WITH THOSE WHO HAD JOBS AVAILABLE.

AND SO, OH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING.

LOVELY, WONDERFUL.

I'M ON ABOUT SLIDE FIVE, IF YOU WANT TO JUST JUMP TO THAT AND WE'LL JUST ADVANCE AS WE GO.

DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE DEVELOPED A VIRTUAL MENTOR PROGRAM WITH TRAVIS EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.

THERE JUST SOME EXAMPLES FOR YOU, ALL OF, UH, SOME OF OUR CAREER FAIRS TO LET YOU SEE HOW THOSE, HOW THOSE WENT.

UM, AND THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD START.

AND OF COURSE THEN THE PANDEMIC HIT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR INDUSTRY WAS HIT VERY HARD.

A LOT OF THINGS WERE CLOSED DOWN.

PEOPLE LOST JOBS.

UM, AS THE INDUSTRY STARTED TO COME BACK AND THINGS STARTED REOPENING LIKE MANY INDUSTRIES IT'S WHERE ARE THE EMPLOYEES GOING TO COME FROM NOW? SO IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WE ACTUALLY CREATED, UM, THE AUSTIN HOSPITALITY'S HIRING PORTAL ON THE PHILOSOPHER FOUNDATION WEBSITE.

AND WE WORKED WITH OUR, UH, OUR COMMUNITY TO PUT THEIR HIRING SITES ON THIS PORTAL.

UM, WE BACKED THAT UP WITH SOME ADVERTISING, UM, VIA A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLATFORMS, TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT TO THIS ENTIRE REGION THAT HOSPITALITY IS HIRING, THAT THERE ARE JOBS IN MULTIPLE ASPECTS OF THE INDUSTRY, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, EVENT PLANNING, AND PRODUCTION COMPANIES, ET CETERA, AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO TO THIS SITE AND, AND CHECK OUT THE JOBS THAT WERE AVAILABLE.

AND IT'S BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL SO FAR.

ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY AGAIN, LIKE MOST INDUSTRY WE ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT.

TO, UH, TO FIND WORK, BUT WORKERS.

SO, YEAH.

UM, TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE TO AS MANY AS POSSIBLE NEXT, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE, UM, WE WORK WITH, UM, VARIOUS ENTITIES, UM, ON INTERNSHIPS IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM.

UM, IF YOU'LL CLICK TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE, WE, ALL OF OUR HOSPITALITY ENTITIES, HOTELS, NOT JUST HOTELS, BUT RESTAURANTS AND, AND AGAIN, PRODUCTION COMPANIES, UM, HAVE INTERNSHIPS REGULARLY

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THESE WERE SOME OF THE KIDS THAT WERE IN OUR MENTOR PROGRAM AND WE HAD, UH, THEY HAD ACCESS TO, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS VIRTUAL, THEY HAD ACCESS TO LEADERS WITHIN THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES.

UM, PEOPLE THAT THEY NORMALLY WOULDN'T GET TO WORK WITH.

THE GENERAL MANAGERS, THE HEAD OF SALES, THE HEAD OF HOUSEKEEPING, ALL THE DIFFERENT LEADERS WITH SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, UH, FOR THE SEMESTER.

AND, UH, WE WORKED ON NOT ONLY SOFT SKILLS, BUT SOME, SOME PRETTY INTERESTING HOSPITALITY, SPECIFIC SKILL SETS THAT THEY HAD TO WORK ON AND PRESENT ON WITH US.

SO THEY WERE ADORABLE AND WE LOVED THAT.

AND THEN LEADING TO THAT NEXT SLIDE, UM, TO GROW THAT EVEN FURTHER, WE HAVE BEEN, UM, WORKING CLOSELY.

WE PARTNERED WITH THE AUSTIN HOTEL LODGING ASSOCIATION AND AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SPECIFICALLY TRAVIS EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL TO DEVELOP A HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM, TOURISM MANAGEMENT P-TECH SCHOOL.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH P-TECH INDUSTRY CAN BASICALLY, UM, UH, ADOPT A, UH, AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND STUDENTS CAN SIGN UP FOR THE P-TECH PROGRAM IN THAT INDUSTRY.

THEY CAN, UH, THEY'LL COME OUT OF THIS WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, AND THEN ON THE JOB TRAINING AND IT'S AT NO COST TO THEM.

SO THAT FIRST P-TECH CLASS IS LAUNCHING THIS FALL.

THEY'RE TAKING APPLICATIONS RIGHT NOW, UH, AND PROMOTING THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO AGAIN, IF YOU KNOW, UH, YOUNG, UH, STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING INTO THIS INDUSTRY, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR THEM TO LEARN AND GET SOME, UM, ON THE JOB TRAINING AS WELL AS EDUCATION AT NO COST.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UM, THE, THE PROGRAM ITSELF WORKED TO CREATE SOME PROMOTION.

YOU SEE THE FLYER TO THE RIGHT ON THAT SLIDE, BUT THEY ALSO CREATED A VIDEO OF THE STUDENTS WANTING TO TELL OTHER STUDENTS WHY THEY THINK THIS IS SUCH A GREAT INDUSTRY TO COME INTO.

I DON'T KNOW, NOW THAT WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE LATE, IF WE HAVE TIME TO SHOW THAT VIDEO, BUT IF SO, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL.

YES, PLEASE.

AND THERE IS SOME VOLUMES, I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S NOT I'M SORRY.

YOU CAN'T HEAR IT.

YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH US AFTERWARDS.

YES, SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

I'LL MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO YOU IF WE WANT TO JUST WAIT AND CLICK THE NEXT FIVE.

THAT'S FINE.

NO, THIS LITTLE STORYTELLING, EVEN WITHIN THE VIDEO VISUALLY IS GREAT PROGRAM.

AND THEY HAVE EXPOSURE TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE BUSINESS, UM, UH, WANTING THEM TO LEARN ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.

SO IT IS REALLY GREAT IN THERE.

THEY'RE THEY'RE SO ENTHUSIASTIC AND EXCITED.

SO, UM, CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION? HOW LONG ARE THE, IS THE APPLICATION PROCESS OPEN FOR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I CAN GET IT FOR YOU.

UM, AND SHARING THE BOND RUNS THE HOSPITALITY PROGRAM AND SHE IS THE BEST CONTACT.

I BELIEVE HER CONTACT INFORMATION IS AT THE END OF THIS SLOT.

I'LL ALSO SEND IT OVER TO YOU ALL.

UM, I KNOW THAT THE CLASS LAUNCHES, OBVIOUSLY WHEN, WHEN THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS, SO THEY'RE TAKING THE APPLICATIONS NOW, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY CAN CONTINUE TO APPLY AND JOIN ONCE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS, BUT I CAN FIND THAT OUT AND GET BACK TO YOU.

SOMEONE IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, AND YOU WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU, YOU CAN NOMINATE THEM FOR A HEART OF HOSPITALITY SCHOLARSHIP.

OH, I THINK IT'S ALMOST OVER.

WE CAN JUST GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE NEXT WAY THAT WE SUPPORT, UM, THE INDUSTRY IS THAT WE WORK WITH THEM ON SCHOLARSHIPS.

AND I'LL ASK YOU TO JUST JUMP FORWARD TWO SLIDES WHEN THE TIME COMES.

SO WE ARE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY, RIGHT? AND SO WE WANTED TO COME UP WITH A WAY THAT WE COULD CELEBRATE THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

UM, A LOT OF THESE FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES MAKE THE, MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN GUEST EXPERIENCE AND WHETHER PEOPLE WANT TO RETURN TO AUSTIN.

SO WE REALLY WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING SO HARD TO CREATE AMAZING GUEST EXPERIENCE.

AND WE WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE NOT ONLY WORKING SO HARD ON BEHALF OF THE INDUSTRY, BUT WANT TO GROW THEIR CAREERS.

SO WE CREATED THE AUSTIN HEART OF HOSPITALITY SCHOLARSHIP.

SO YOU OR ANYONE, IF YOU EXPERIENCE AMAZING SERVICE, UM, FROM

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AND THEN WE HAVE A SCHOLARSHIP REVIEW PROCESS.

AND THE RECIPIENT OF THAT SCHOLARSHIP, UH, RECEIVES, UM, FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO PURSUE EITHER, UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSEWORK, UH, CERTIFICATION, UH, INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS.

IT HAS TO BE SPECIFIC TO HOSPITALITY.

UM, BUT THE RECIPIENT OF THAT AWARD WILL BE THE RECIPIENT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP MONEY AS WELL TO HELP THEM PURSUE THE NEXT LEVEL OF THEIR CAREER.

SO, UM, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE, UM, THE RECIPIENTS OF THAT SCHOLARSHIP, AND IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO WATCH THEM AND WATCH THEM GROW AND SEE WHAT THEY DO WITH THOSE DOLLARS.

AND WE'RE ANXIOUS TO SEE WHERE THEIR CAREERS WILL LEAD.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

NEXT SCHOLARSHIP.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO JUST KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR.

WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR MECCA CHAMBERS TO CREATE WHAT WE CALL RISE UP FOR HOSPITALITY.

UH, THE IDEA BEHIND THAT IS REPRESENT IMPACT, SERVE, AND EDUCATE.

AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE FINAL PARTICULAR GOAL.

WE LAUNCHING THAT SCHOLARSHIP, UH, PROGRAM, UH, SOMETIME THIS FALL.

SO I'LL BE SURE TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL AS SOON AS THAT'S FINALIZED, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE A NEW ORGANIZATION.

AND SO THINGS ARE GROWING HOPEFULLY, UH, MORE QUICKLY EVENTUALLY, BUT SLOWLY FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS.

UM, NEXT SLIDE EDUCATION.

YEAH, WE'VE HOSTED SEVERAL.

UM, OBVIOUSLY BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WE HOSTED SEVERAL EDUCATION, UM, OPPORTUNITIES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, FOR SOME, FOR STUDENTS, SOME FOR, UM, PEOPLE WORKING IN HOSPITALITY, WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM AGAIN, EXPOSURE TO PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS, THINGS, PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN LEARN FROM, WHETHER IT BE ON THE CULINARY SIDE WITH A CHEF OR THE OWNER OF A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKS IN HOSPITALITY.

WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM KEY LEARNINGS, GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS, UM, AND EDUCATE THEM ON, ON LOTS OF DIFFERENT HOSPITALITY RELATED, UM, ITEMS. UH, WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, WE HAD TO GO VIRTUAL.

SO IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HOSTED SEVERAL, UM, VIRTUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

SOME OF THOSE ARE ABOUT RESILIENCY AND, AND PREPARING FOR THE RE GRAND OPENING EMBRACING CHANGE.

OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING, SAME OUR STAGES.

THERE WERE SEVERAL, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, COURSES THAT WE OFFERED VIRTUALLY, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC AND THEN COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

WE, YOU KNOW, AS, AGAIN, AS THE PANDEMIC HIT IN SO MANY, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SO MANY PEOPLE WERE UNEMPLOYED.

UM, WE, WE WERE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO SAY, WHAT ARE THE NEEDS? UM, AND A LOT OF IT WAS, IF THEY'RE UNEMPLOYED, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED HEALTH INSURANCE POTENTIALLY.

SO, UH, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WE PARTNERED WITH, UM, A COMPANY, ONE MORE PLEASE TO PROVIDE A PORTAL FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS, WHETHER THEY NEEDED HEALTH INSURANCE, SUPPLEMENTAL INSURANCE, LIFE INSURANCE, SOMETIMES IT'S CHALLENGING NAVIGATING THAT PROCESS.

AND WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM A KIND OF A ONE-STOP SHOP WHERE THEY COULD GO AND LEARN ABOUT ALL THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM.

UM, SO THIS IS STILL AVAILABLE.

IT'S AVAILABLE VIA OUR WEBSITE.

IT'S A QUICK LINK, UM, TO, UH, TALK TO SOMEONE OR, OR ELECTRONICALLY COMMUNICATE TO GET, UM, YOU KNOW, OPTIONS AND, AND PRICING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IT'S ON AN OFF THE FEDERAL MARKETPLACE THAT OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE.

SO IT'S REALLY JUST KIND OF A ONE-STOP SHOP AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL FOLKS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

SO I'M THRILLED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HELP SOME FOLKS GET, UM, GET INSURANCE.

UM, OF COURSE, NONE OF THIS IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT FUNDRAISING WAS, AS I SAID, WE'RE A VERY NEW NONPROFIT.

SO, UH, WE'RE DOING THINGS LIKE PARTICIPATING IN AMPLIFY AUSTIN.

UH, WE WERE HOLDING SOME IN PERSON FUNDRAISING EVENTS.

UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT ON THE NEXT FEW SLIDES THAT WE ALSO HELD SOME VIRTUAL FUNDRAISING EVENTS DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND ANYONE CAN PARTICIPATE IN WHEN, WHEN WE GET THOSE, UH, UP AND ROLLING.

AND THEN NEXT SLIDE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS.

HOW DO YOU WITH, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW DO WE ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY, KEEP GOING, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST A COUPLE MORE SLIDES.

ONE MORE.

WE PARTNERED UP, UM, AS, AS THE INDUSTRY WAS COMING BACK, THINGS WERE REOPENING.

VISITORS WERE COMING BACK TO TOWN.

WE WANTED TO, AS WE SAY, IN THE HOTEL BUSINESS, WE WANTED TO GET OUR FRONT OF HOUSE REFRESHED AND, AND GUEST READY.

SO WE WORKED WITH THE, UM, DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE AND, UH, THE FOUNDATION TO, UH, CREATE WHAT WE CALL OUR ATX FRONT OF HOUSE CLEANUP DAY.

AND, UM, WE HAD HUNDREDS OF, OF THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, VOLUNTEERS THAT CAME TOGETHER TO SPEND THE MORNING OUTDOOR WITH BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS IN DOWNTOWN AND OTHER HOSPITALITY HUBS, UM, INCLUDING ART AND PUBLIC PLACES WAS A PART OF IT.

UM, AND I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO JUST SEE THE RECAP VIDEO FROM THAT IT'S BRIEF.

UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND TO CLICK ON THAT VIDEO, THIS IS HER SEUSS OVER TO THE HALL WHERE AT 10 MINUTES.

SO IF WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT JUST WRAP IT UP, PLEASE.

WELL, I'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU AFTERWARDS.

THIS IS THE LAST OF IT.

SO YEAH, I'M SORRY.

THAT'S WHERE THE LINK TAKES US.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BUT OKAY,

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IT'S A GREAT RECAP VIDEO, AND IT'LL JUST LET YOU SEE, I HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU CAN VOLUNTEER AND BE A PART OF THAT NEXT TIME NEXT AND LAST SLIDE.

UM, HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED AND REALLY IT'S, IF YOU, IF YOU CAN HELP GET THE WORD OUT, NOMINATE SOMEONE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT DOES A GREAT JOB AND WORKS IN HOSPITALITY, NOMINATE THEM FOR THAT HEART OF HOSPITALITY AWARD, GET INVOLVED, HELP VOLUNTEER ON OUR CLEANUP DAYS, UH, PARTICIPATE IN FUNDRAISING EVENTS, OF COURSE DONATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE AND SPREAD THE WORD, TELL KIDDOS ABOUT P-TECH AND, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND, UH, WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED AS WE GROW OUR EFFORTS.

MOVING FORWARD.

REALLY IT FOR ME LAST LOT.

IT'S JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT'S LOVELY.

VISIT AUSTIN FOUNDATION.ORG.

CHECK US OUT.

COOL.

HANG OUT FOR JUST A HOT SECOND, MARY KAY AND CITY HALL.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT VIDEO.

IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE, JUST TO THE ROOM, THAT WOULD BE SUPER COMMISSIONERS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR GUESTS THIS EVENING? UM, FISHER MOM.

HI, I'M.

WELL, THANK YOU, MARY KAY, FOR THE LOVELY PRESENTATION.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FOUNDATION AND THE VISIT AUSTIN, OR IS THERE ANY RELATIONSHIP THERE? THERE IS, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PART OF VISIT AUSTIN, BUT WE'RE SEPARATE.

IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING.

WE HAVE VISIT AUSTIN AS A SEPARATE ENTITY IN THE SENSE THAT VISIT AUSTIN IS A 5 0 1 C6.

UM, THEY RECEIVE HOT FUNDING, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE FOUNDATION IS A SEPARATE ENTITY.

WE HAVE A SEPARATE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND WE ARE A 5 0 1 C3.

SO IT'S FULLY FUNDED BY PRIVATE, AS I MENTIONED, PRIVATE DONATIONS AND GRANTS.

I THINK WE, WE SAW JANINE NEED SOME HOSPITALITY, MARKETING PROMOTION AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING STAFF.

UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THAT'S ALWAYS A QUESTION IS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVING, UM, ALL HOTEL HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, UH, CANNOT AFFORD, YOU KNOW, TO LIVE IN AUSTIN.

AND MANY OF THEM HAS TO DRIVE IN, UM, INTO THE CITY.

SO I THINK I YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE, UH, PROJECT CONNECT, UH, TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, STAFF WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE INSIDE THE CITY, HAVE THE, UM, ASSETS, THE ABILITY FOR THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, UH, TO BRING THEM IN.

BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS FELL FOR THEM THAT IT IS REALLY STRESSFUL TO HAVE TO TAKE ONE HOUR IN ONE HOUR HOUR, AND THOSE ARE THE TWO HOURS THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T GET PAID, YOU KNOW, AND THOSE ARE THE HOURS THAT THEY CAN CANNOT SPEND WITH THE FAMILY.

SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE, UM, YOU HAVE WORKED WITH THE HOTEL INDUSTRY TO SEE IF THEY CAN PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW, UM, SORT OF LIKE A TOP FOOD TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW, TO BRING PEOPLE IN TO THE CITY.

UM, THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.

I KNOW AS PARKING AS, AS SOMETIMES AT A PREMIUM AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU'RE RIGHT.

UH, JUST DEALING WITH, TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT WITH TRAFFIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.

SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SMALL BOOK.

HI, THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I WAS WONDERING IF, ARE YOU ALL RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER? NO, AS I SAID, WE DON'T RECEIVE ANY HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX DOLLARS, IT'S ALL PRIVATE DONATIONS.

SO PRIVATE DONATIONS, GRANTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, UH, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT, NOPE.

A POSSIBILITY TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

IT WAS GREAT.

UM, THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT, THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER FOR THE HEALTH INSURANCE, I'M, I'M CURIOUS.

UM, WELL, FIRST I APPLAUD THAT EFFORT THAT THAT'S AWESOME.

UM, AND I'M CURIOUS HOW, WHO, WHO WE CAN GET IN THE ROOM TO, TO, UH, DO SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND MAYBE EVEN AN WHO, WHO WOULD, WHO DO WE NEED TO BRING TO THE TABLE TO MAYBE PUSH IT EVEN FURTHER SO THAT IT'S MAYBE SOMETHING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF HAM? UM, CAUSE I FEEL LIKE MY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE HEALTH INSURANCE WORKS IS THE BIGGER POOL OF PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE PAIN IN, LIKE THE BETTER OPTIONS YOU HAVE.

SO I THINK WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS GREAT.

AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE WHO CAN, WHO CAN WE CONNECT TO, TO, TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND MAKE SURE THAT CREATIVE COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO RESOURCES LIKE THIS AND SEE IF, IF THERE IS

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THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.

YOU KNOW, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS REALLY, I MEAN, WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE TO HOSPITALITY, BUT REALLY ANYONE WHO IS LOOKING FOR HEALTH INSURANCE OR THESE TYPES OF INSURANCE CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE AND ACCESS THIS PORTAL.

SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY UNAVAILABLE TO ANYONE ELSE.

IT'S, IT'S REALLY THERE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO UTILIZE IT.

UM, UH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE DON'T ACTUALLY PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HEALTHCARE.

WE WERE JUST TRYING TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS IT.

UH, BUT YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE ALL OBVIOUSLY A NEW ORGANIZATION.

SO, UH, FINANCIALLY WEREN'T ABLE TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT YEAH, THOSE ARE GREAT IDEAS.

AND I THINK AS WE LOOK AT GROWING, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY, UH, TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AND, AND ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPTIONS TO TRY TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON SOME OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR SO MANY, SO HAPPY TO VISIT ABOUT THAT.

UM, AGAIN, OFFLINE, I KNOW YOU'RE MEETING SO CRAZY, BUT IN TERMS OF THE AGENDA, BUT HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT IF YOU'D LIKE TO.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I LOVE THESE, THESE THOUGHTS AND SUGGESTIONS.

YEAH, THE COMMISSION QUESTIONS.

MARY KAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I'M PARTICULARLY EXCITED, NOT ONLY FOR THE, THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE STUDENT MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS THAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING TOGETHER.

UM, BUT ALSO FOR YOUR LIKE SMART AND, AND RESOURCEFUL AND INEXPENSIVE MECHANISMS FOR HELPING AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

THE PORTALS, BOTH OF THEM, BOTH FOR THE HEALTH INSURANCE AND ALSO FOR JOB JOB LOCATIONS.

LIKE THOSE ARE GREAT, AND THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT HELP THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK AND, YOU KNOW, STAY IN TOUCH WITH US AND LET US KNOW HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO AMPLIFY THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE, UM, AND WHAT OTHER CONVERSATIONS WE MIGHT FIND TO HAVE TOGETHER MOVING FORWARD.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND I AM SO, SO SORRY ABOUT THE TECHNICAL MISERY THAT IS THIS EVENING, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSEVERANCE AND YOUR TENACITY FOR HELPING.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO HELPED WITH THE PRESENTATION.

I'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU ALL AND I'LL KEEP YOU ALL IN THE LOOP ON ANYTHING COMING, COMING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AND HELP TO SPREAD THE WORD.

I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS JUST GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN, ALL OF YOU SO MUCH AND, AND GOOD LUCK WITH THE REST OF YOUR MEETING.

I'M MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR STAFF BRIEFINGS.

YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL EVENING.

BYE BYE.

TAKE CARE.

BYE.

[4a. Hotel Occupancy Tax Update – Sylnovia Holt-Rabb, Economic Development Department]

WE HAVE FOUR EIGHT, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX UPDATE ON WITH SOME OF YOU HOPE RAB FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

YEAH, YOU GUYS CAN BRING UP MY PRESENTATION.

THAT'S VERY, SOME OTHER LITTLE QUIET, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA KNOW WHAT THAT IS LAST TIME.

AND I WAS AT A HUNDRED ON MY MIND AND SOMEONE ELSE SAID, SO NOW YOU WERE SHOUTING ON THE TV.

AND I WAS JUST LIKE, OKAY.

YEAH, IT'S JUST WEIRD CONNECTIVITY STUFF.

I'LL SHOUT AGAIN.

AND I EVEN BROUGHT HIM INTO THE EXHIBIT.

TODAY WE'VE COLLECTED 3 MILLION.

IT WOULD LOSE YOU SITTING HOME.

I'M STILL NOVIA HOLT REB DEPUTY DIRECTOR WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME TODAY.

I WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTION, THE FYI 22 PROPOSED BUDGET, AND JUST AN UPDATE ON THE ARCA FUNDING, WHICH HASN'T CHANGED SINCE LAST MONTH.

NEXT SLIDE, THE JUNE COLLECTIONS WERE QUITE LOW.

WE ONLY COLLECTED $15,217 DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE, BUT REMEMBER IT'S A LAG.

SO I AM STILL HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL MAKE OUR GO BACK.

I AM STILL HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL MAKE OUR YEAR IN ESTIMATE, WHICH IS COLUMN THE FIFTH COLUMN OF 4,296,000.

SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO PANIC YET.

IT WAS JUST A LOW MONTH,

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BUT WE'RE COMING INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS.

AND REMEMBER IT'S A 30 DAY LAG IN TERMS OF REPORTING ANY QUESTIONS.

NEXT SLIDE ON JULY 9TH, THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED HIS BUDGET AND I WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH CAREFULLY.

THE CULTURAL ARTS FUND, THE FIRST COLUMN REPRESENTS ACTUALS WERE OCTOBER 1ST, 2018 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2019.

AND IT SHOWS AN ACTUAL ENDING BALANCE OF $2.9 MILLION, 2019 THROUGH 20, WHICH FOLLOWS THE SAME PATTERN OCTOBER 1ST, 2019, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020.

IT ENDED WITH AN ACTUAL NEGATIVE BALANCE OF 649,000 COLUMN THREE IS THE ESTIMATED COLUMN.

THAT IS WHERE WE TRACK.

WHAT WE THINK IS COMING IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

DON'T YOU THE ACTUAL, WELL, THIS COLUMN SHOWS YOU THE ESTIMATE AND WE HOPE BY SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR TO COLLECT $4.2 MILLION.

BUT REMEMBER WE KIND OF HELD ALL CONTRACTS HOME.

WE WERE GOING TO COMPLETE ALL CONTRACTS.

IF ALL HOLDS WELL, WE WILL END THE YEAR AT A NEGATIVE 3.4.

AND AGAIN, THIS SHOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE.

I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE IN THE LAST COLUMN, WHICH IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, BEGINNING, OCTOBER 1ST, 2021 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022, WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED AGAIN, AN ESTIMATED REVENUE OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.

THAT IS THE W UNDER TRANSPORT.

AND IT'S CALLED OUR OTHER FUNDS.

WE ESTIMATE THAT WE WILL COLLECT $6.6 MILLION IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.

BUT AGAIN, THAT LINE IS AN ESTIMATE.

THE SECOND LINE IS SOMETHING THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION ASKS FOR.

WE WILL RECEIVE A ONE TIME TRANSFER AND FROM THE BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE FUND A $4.8 MILLION.

I'M GOING TO SAY THAT AGAIN, ONE TIME TRANSFER IN FROM THE BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND, A $4.8 MILLION.

AND THIS WAS PART OF YOUR REQUEST THAT YOU DID NOT WANT THE FUTURE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX TO COVER THE DEFICIT FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

I'M GOING TO SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.

THERE ARE TWO SOURCES OF FUNDS COMING INTO THIS FUND NEXT YEAR, THE FIRST LINE THAT SAYS OTHER FUNDS IS THE ESTIMATE.

AND THAT ESTIMATE IS BASED ON ACTIVITIES THAT ARE COMING UP.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE STILL IN A PANDEMIC.

THE SECOND LINE IS THAT ONE TIME, ONE TIME TRANSFER IN FROM THE BUDGET STABILIZATION BUTTON.

LET US MOVE ON DOWN TO THE SECTION CALLED PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS IN CONSULTATION WITH A STAFF AND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP, HE HAD DECIDED OR SUGGESTED THAT WE SPEND $3.6 MILLION TOWARDS CONTRACTS.

WHY DO YOU SAY SUCH A CONSERVATIVE NUMBER? SO NOVIA IS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVEN'T COMPLETED THIS YEAR.

WE HOPE TO MAKE THE ESTIMATE THIS YEAR.

WE KNOW WE HAVE A ONE-TIME COMING IN NEXT YEAR, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE IN THIS SPACE, A PANDEMIC BUSINESS TRAVEL IS NOT TRAVELING, AND WE WANT TO TURN THIS FUND WHERE WE'RE NOT SPENDING ESTIMATES, BUT WE'RE SPENDING ACTUAL, SO IT HERE NEXT YEAR WE DO COLLECT THE 6.6 MILLION WE WANT IN THE YEAR ON A POSITIVE NOTE OF 4.9.

HE DID NOT WANT TO ESTIMATE SPENDING ANYMORE BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A PENDANT.

WE SEE THE BARRIER COMING BACK COMING.

AND SO BASED ON OUR HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THIS FUND AND WHERE WE HAVE BEEN, WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD REMAIN CONSERVATIVE.

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THAT IS MY PRESENTATION FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS BUN.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER FLORES.

SO, YEAH.

AND THANK THE CITY COUNCIL OR WHOMEVER, THE TWO THAT ANSWERED OUR REQUEST FOR TAKING CARE OF THE DEFICIT, WHICH IS HUGE.

UH, OOPS.

THEY TOOK AWAY THE SLIDE THAT WAS ABOUT TO ASK A QUESTION NOW.

WELL, ASSUME ME, UH, UM, THE PROPOSED POLICY.

CAN WE GET THE COLLINS BACK? THANK YOU.

UM, ASSUMING, YOU KNOW, 6.6 COMES IN AND YOU KNOW, THE ONE TIME AMOUNT AND THE CONSERVATIVE AMOUNT, YOU'RE RECOMMENDING A 3.68.

UM, WE'RE SPENDING FOR CONTRACTS FOR NEXT YEAR.

UH, IT SHOWING THEM THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE A CARRY OVER BALANCE THEN FOR THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR OF 4.29.

UH, SO HOPEFULLY COLLECTIONS WILL BE ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE THIS YEAR, IF THEY COME IN AT THE 6.6.

SO THAT WOULD MEAN WE'D HAVE A BETTER NUMBER FOR THE, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS FROM NOW.

AND I GUESS THE TWO YEARS, I GET CONFUSED WITH MY FISCAL YEARS, BUT IN 22, 22, 23, WE MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, BE CLOSER TO WHERE WE HAD BEEN IN THE PAST IN TERMS OF AMOUNTS FOR POP CULTURAL CONTEXT.

IS THAT, AM I FOLLOWING YOU? IS THAT CORRECT? CONTINGENT UPON PEOPLE TRAVELING AGAIN, THAT ESTIMATE IS BASED ON INDIVIDUALS TRAVELING.

YEAH, WELL, ASSUMING WE HIT IT THIS YEAR AND IT HITS ABOUT MAYBE THE SAME NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE YOU'VE RESERVED FOR ONE, TWO, IT WOULD BE, THERE WOULD BE MORE AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR CONTRACTS IN THAT SUBSEQUENT YEAR, ET CETERA.

BUT I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANYTHING ABOVE WHAT'S IN LIKE CASH ONCE YOU HAVE CASH, BECAUSE THAT IS THE RIP TRYING TO PIVOT THAT WE'RE NOT WORKING WITH 100% ESTIMATE, BUT YOU'RE WORKING WITH CASH IN THE BANK AND THIS WOULD ALLOW YOU TO PIVOT, KEEP CONSISTENT, FUNNY, AT LEAST IN 23 AND IN 24, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT UP, YOU COULD, BUT THIS IS THE CRITICAL YEAR THAT WE CAN PIVOT.

SO IN FYI 23, WE CAN SPEND HASH NOT ESTIMATE.

SO BASICALLY THE 4.29 BALANCE, THAT WOULD BE WRONG THOUGH.

I ACTUALLY FOLLOWED IT THIS TIME, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I, I CHANNELED YOU, UH, CONDITIONAL FLORES.

I CHALLENGE YOU.

I KNEW I NEEDED TO TIP TOE ACROSS THE COLUMN.

ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.

THAT'S A REMINDER TO COMMISSIONERS THAT THE, UM, THE FUNDING WORKING GROUP ALSO RECOMMENDED AND THE COMMISSION SUPPORTED THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE SWITCHED TO ACTUALS AS FAST AS WE POSSIBLY COULD BECAUSE WE WERE LIVING IN SUCH SORT OF HARROWING TIMES ANYWAY.

SO THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR THIS AMAZING WORK.

AND I THINK IN THE LONG RUN, IT'S GOING TO BE A MUCH SORT OF HEALTHIER WAY TO MOVE FORWARD.

UM, AND I APPLAUD SYNOVIA YOUR, UM, YOUR CONSERVATISM IN THIS SMALL C AND THIS PROJECTION AND THE PLANNING, BECAUSE I THINK AT PRETTY MUCH EVERY TURN WE'VE THOUGHT THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC, THAT WE HAD AN IDEA OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHAT WE'VE DISCOVERED PRETTY QUICKLY IS WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, COMMISSIONER MOCK, AMY YOU'RE MUTED.

SORRY.

A VERY GOOD IDEA AND A HUGE DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR, FOR HELPING US NEGOTIATE THAT VERY BIG CHALLENGE COMMISSIONER FLORIDA'S.

SO, SO, UH, IT IS CERTAINLY GOOD NEWS, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, UH, PROPOSE A PROPOSAL FROM THE CITY MANAGER OF THIS, UM, $4.8 MILLION.

UM, DO YOU FIND IT BENEFICIAL FOR US TO TALK TO A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WE SUPPORT THIS? YES.

IF, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU SUPPORT, I DEFINITELY WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IF WE CAN HAVE A RESOLUTION, IS THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM THAT WE CAN HAVE A KIND OF A STATEMENT COLLECTIVELY AS OUR US COMMISSION TO SUPPORT THIS.

IT'S A STAFF BRIEFING COMMISSIONER MOCK.

SO IT'S NOT POSTED FOR ACTION, BUT I DO THINK HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER IS

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YEAH, THE, OKAY.

SO THE 4.8 4,000,800 THAT YOU SAID THAT COME FROM THE BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE, UH, WHICH YOU SIT AT WAS RESPONDING TO OUR ALREADY REQUEST TO RACE THE DEFICIT.

UH, AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER THAT STILL HAS TO BE APPROVED.

CORRECT.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

WE SHOULD SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE SOME MUCH YOU WIPING OUT THE DEFICIT AND EVERYTHING, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANOTHER RESOLUTION BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD ASKED, WE HAD ALREADY MADE THE REQUEST.

SO THEY RESPONDED AND WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY ALL FROM, AND PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THIS 4.8 FROM THE BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE GOES THROUGH, BECAUSE IT MEANS THE WORLD FOR US, FOR THAT DEFICIT TO GO AWAY AND WE CAN START ON A CLEAN SLATE.

SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE THE MESSAGE.

AND I KNOW SELENA'S GREAT AT FORGING, UH, COMMUNICATIONS, BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK WE NEED YET ANOTHER RESOLUTION OR ANOTHER BOAT.

THAT WAS WHAT WE ASKED FOR.

AND APPARENTLY THEY LISTEN AND ARE BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY OF THE ARTS COMMUNITY AND TO OUR REQUEST.

SO THAT'S ALL, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS COMMISSIONER CHRYSTIA.

I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE I SYNOVIA WAS SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF OUR WORK.

UM, BUT I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE ALL HAD A ROLE TO PLAY, RIGHT? WE, WE PUT FORWARD THAT RESOLUTION, THAT RECOMMENDATION, WE ASKED THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND ADVOCATE AND STAFF, YOU KNOW, PUT FORWARD.

THE RECOMMENDATIONS GAVE US NUMBERS TO WORK WITH.

AND THEN CITY COUNCIL DID THEIR PART OF PUTTING FORWARD AND NOT OUR CITY MANAGERS IT'S.

SO THIS IS GOING BACK TO OUR CONVERSATION ON MONDAY, RIGHT? IT'S A RELAY RACE.

WE ALL HAVE OUR PART TO PLAY, AND THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF IT.

AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS BECAUSE WE ALL WORKED IN CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER.

AND I JUST WANTED TO REMIND US ABOUT THAT.

AND THAT'S THE WAY WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

SO CONGRATS EVERYBODY.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS.

I WANT TO ECHO, UM, WHAT COMMISSIONER FLORES JUST SAID AND WHAT COMMISSIONER CASTILLO JUST SAID AND SAY AGAIN, FOR THOSE WATCHING AND THE PUBLIC, IN CASE YOU JUST MISSED WHAT HAPPENED, THE CITY HAS FOLDED IN $4.8 MILLION TOWARD TO TAKE CARE OF THE DEFICIT FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH ALLOWED YOUR CONTRACTS TO BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR BECAUSE HOT TAX REVENUES WERE NOT WHAT WE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO BE.

WHEN WE STARTED THE YEAR, THERE WAS THIS LITTLE PANDEMIC THAT AFFECTED THOSE DOLLARS.

SO YOUR CITY HAS MADE A COMMITMENT OF 4.8, SO THAT, THAT MONEY DOES NOT HAVE TO COME OUT OF HOT REVENUE.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY JUST MADE A COMMITMENT TO START TO SHIFT SO THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ACTUAL NUMBERS AND NOT PROJECTIONS.

SO THAT MOVING FORWARD, THERE WAS MORE STABILITY AND UNDERSTANDING AND S AND, UM, UH, AND, AND SUSTAINABILITY MOVING FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT AND VOTE THOUGH.

YEAH, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT DONE YET, BUT WE DO NEED TO SAY THANK YOU.

IF I COULD JUST ADD, THERE WAS NO CHANGE FROM THE ARPA FUNDING PRESENTATION FROM LAST MONTH.

UH, YOU WILL HEAR FROM LAURA ODOR GUARD LATER THIS EVENING ON THE NONPROFIT GRANT, AND WE ARE STILL, UM, DETERMINING THE PATH FORWARD FOR THE OTHER CULTURAL ARTS FUNDS, UM, FUNDS FOR THE CREATIVE SECTOR THAT WOULD PASS AS PART OF THE OPERA FUNDING.

MOVES US ONTO FOUR C, WHICH IS THE CULTURAL FUNDING UPDATE WITH MEGAN WELLS, CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER.

SO THAT

[4c. Cultural Funding Update – Meghan Wells, Cultural Arts Division Manager]

AGAIN, SYLVIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HELLO, COMMISSIONERS.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ABLE TO JOIN AND PARTICIPATE IN MONDAY'S WORKSHOP WITH MARGIE REESE AND HER TEAM.

IT WAS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO HAVE AND TO CONTINUE HAVING A, WE'RE NOT QUITE AT CSF CITY HALL, JUST TO, UM, SO I, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THE WORK THAT THE STAFF AND THE COMMISSION DO AS PARTNERS IS REALLY CRUCIAL TO SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING OUR CULTURAL PRODUCERS, BOTH CURRENT AND FUTURE, AS WELL AS BROADENING THE ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS VALUE TO THIS VALUABLE CREATIVE WORK.

I'M THANKFUL FOR YOUR VOICES AND IDEAS AS ALWAYS AND HOPE THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK SHORT TOWARD A SHARED VISION FOR AUSTIN'S FUTURE,

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THAT WE WILL REMAIN OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITIES THAT CHANGE AND NEW BEGINNINGS BRING TO US.

WE IN THE DIVISION HAVE BEEN WORKING ON BRINGING FORWARD THE NEXT LEVEL OF PROPOSED DETAILS IN OUR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT PHASE FOR CULTURAL FUNDING, WE PLAN TO RELEASE THOSE PROPOSED DETAILS FOR PUBLIC CONVERSATION ON OR AROUND AUGUST 9TH, WHICH IS A FEW WEEKS FROM NOW THE MUSIC DIVISION AND THE HERITAGE TOURISM DIVISIONS WILL ALSO BE RELEASING THEIR PROPOSED GUIDELINES AROUND THE SAME TIME.

WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT RELEASE SOON, INCLUDING THE OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK DIRECTLY WITH STAFF AND TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS APPLICATION LAUNCH DATES THAT SAID, WE ARE TENTATIVELY LOOKING AT A MID SEPTEMBER LAUNCH DATE FOR THE LIVE MUSIC EVENT FUND AND AN EARLY OCTOBER APPLICATION LAUNCH DATE FOR CULTURAL FUNDING PROGRAMS AND, AND HERITAGE PROGRAMS. WE ARE UTILIZING ALL OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND RESEARCH THAT MGR PARTNERS HAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE INTERIM REPORT, INCLUDING MANY CONCRETE DATA SOURCES AS A FOLLOWUP TO THAT CONVERSATION.

I FORWARDED YOU ALL EARLIER TODAY, THE EQUITABLE ECONOMIC RESILIENCY FRAMEWORK THAT GUIDED OUR WORK AND CULTURAL FUNDING FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AND CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE RACIAL EQUITY LENS THAT GUIDES OUR PROPOSED PROGRAMS IN THE FUTURE.

IT'S ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE@AUSTINCREATES.COM FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO REFERENCE IT AS STILL, YOU KNOW, WE HAD MENTIONED IN HER UPDATE, WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE RECEIVED THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVES AND THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET TO CLEAR HOT FUND DEFICIT.

THIS IS HOWEVER, AS YOU HEARD SUBJECT TO COUNCIL APPROVAL IN AUGUST, BUT IT ALLOWS US TO WORK WITH A LARGER POT OF HOT FUNDS FOR UPCOMING PROGRAM LAUNCHES.

GIVEN THAT INCREASE IN FUNDING, THE CULTURAL FUNDING TEAM IS PLANNING TO FOCUS ON LAUNCHING TWO OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE PROPOSED BACK IN DECEMBER THRIVE, WHICH SUPPORTS A COHORT OF SMALL, TO MEDIUM, SMALL, TO MIDSIZE ORGANIZATIONS OF COLOR AND NEXUS, WHICH TARGETS INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, COLLECTIVES AND COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN ARTISTS AND THE COMMUNITY.

WE DO NOT PLAN TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH ELEVATE OUR THIRD PROPOSED PROGRAM AT THIS TIME, ALONG WITH THESE HOT FUNDED PROGRAMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS TO OFFER ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS, TO SUPPORT THE CULTURAL COMMUNITY THROUGH THE CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR C-SAT WHICH WE DISCUSSED IN JUST A SECOND, A PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT TO HELP CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURS, TOURISM, MARKETING ASSISTANCE, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COURSES, AND OTHER SOURCES OF SUPPORT, NOT LEAST OF WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE FEDERALLY FUNDED ARPA RELIEF PROGRAMS ROLLING OUT NOW AND IN THE NEXT YEAR, I'D LIKE NOW TO TURN IT OVER TO KIM MCCARSON FROM THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ON THE C-SAT PROGRAM, THAT'S PLANNED TO OPEN SOON.

HELLO.

SO IF YOU CAN BRING UP THE PRESENTATION THAT SAYS CSUMB THANK YOU.

SO I'LL BE GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 AND 22, AND THESE ARE PROPOSED UPDATED GUIDELINES.

SO WE ARE IN THE FEEDBACK COLLECTION STAGE, UM, OF THESE GUIDELINES.

WE DON'T HAVE FINAL GUIDELINES JUST YET.

UH, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO COLLECT YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOU HEAR TONIGHT.

SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THE PURPOSE, UH, UH, HAS NOT CHANGED, UH, SOME OF YOU WHO ARE NEW, THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE DIRECT SUPPORT, TO QUALIFY AND CREATIVE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE FACING TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT OR TO THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY DISPLACED.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

A QUICK OVERVIEW.

SO THE PROGRAM BUDGET IS A MILLION DOLLARS.

UH, THE AWARDS, UH, WOULD BE 5,000 TO $50,000.

EACH A PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY WHO, WHO CAN APPLY FOR THIS GRANT WOULD BE ARTS FOCUSED NONPROFITS, UM, CREATIVE FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES AS ALLOWED BY OUR DEFINITIONS AND THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES WITH WHICH MANY OF YOU WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH, UM, INDEPENDENT ARTISTS SEEKING SUPPORT FOR SHORT TERM AND MONTH TO MONTH COMMERCIAL LEASES.

UM, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT WAS ADDED LAST GO ROUND.

AND, UM, ALL THE PROPERTIES MUST BE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN CITY LIMITS OR ETJ, EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.

OVER THOSE QUICKLY, UM, UH, DEFINED PERFORMANCE AND AUDIENCE SPACE AND MIXING DESK VA SYSTEM WRITING REC OR BACKLINE, AT LEAST TWO OF THESE AND ENGINEER SOUND ENGINEER, BOOKER PROMOTER, STAGE MANAGER, OR SECURITY PERSONNEL.

SO HERE ARE THE DEFINITIONS FOR A FOR-PROFIT CREATIVE BUSINESS, UH, FOR LIVE MUSIC VENUE.

UM, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE AN ESTABLISHMENT WHERE LIVE MUSIC PROGRAMMING IS THE PRINCIPAL FUNCTION OF THE BUSINESS.

AND THEN THERE ARE FIVE OUT OF EIGHT CHARACTERISTICS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE.

WE'LL GO

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YOU WOULD CHARGE A COVER CHARGE THROUGH TICKETING OR FRONT DOOR FEE.

UM, WHAT YOU'D MARKET SPECIFIC ACTS THROUGH PRINTED LISTINGS OR ELECTRONIC LISTINGS, THE HOURS OF OPERATION COINCIDE WITH PERFORMANCE TIMES AND PROGRAMS LIVE MUSIC AT LEAST FIVE NIGHTS A WEEK.

A PERFORMANCE VENUE OR THEATER WOULD BE A ESTABLISHMENT WHERE THE PRINCIPAL FUNCTION AND MISSION IS TO PROVIDE IS TO PRESENT LIVE PERFORMANCES, PLAYS, LIVE MUSIC, FILMS, SCREAMING, SCREENINGS, ET CETERA.

AND IN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY, AGAIN, A FACILITY WHERE THE PRINCIPAL FUNCTION AND MISSION IS TO EXHIBIT PRESENT AND OR SELL ARTISTIC WORK OF A VARIETY OF MEDIUM FORMS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WHAT CAN THE GRANT BE USED FOR, UM, RENT STIPEND? SO THAT MEANS THAT THE AWARD COULD GO TOWARDS PAYING RENT GAP FINANCING, WHICH IS IF YOU BUY A PROPERTY, UM, UP TO $50,000 COULD BE GRANTED TOWARDS THAT PURCHASE.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANTED TO, UH, UPDATE YOUR BATHROOMS OR ADD BATHROOMS SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN YOUR SPACE, OR MAYBE YOU WANTED TO REPLACE THE THEATER SEATS TO BRING THEM UP TO CODE AND YOUR THEATER THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A FACILITY IMPROVEMENT, UM, FUNDS COULD ALSO GO TOWARDS DISPLACEMENT RELATED EXPENDITURES, UM, LIKE MOVING COSTS, FOR EXAMPLE, OR PRE-DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, LET'S SAY YOU NEEDED TO BRING YOUR ELECTRICAL UP TO CODE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND YOU HAD TO PUT TOGETHER AN ELECTRICAL PLANT.

UM, SO FUNDS COULD GO TOWARDS THAT TOO.

SO HERE'S, WHAT'S DIFFERENT FOR 2122.

UM, IN THE PAST, WE'VE ALWAYS USED A REIMBURSABLE MODEL SO THAT THE AWARDEE WOULD PRESENT RECEIPTS AND THEN GET PAID UPON THE PRESENTING OF THE RECEIPTS.

UM, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

WE'RE THINKING THAT A BENCHMARK DRIVEN DISTRIBUTION SO THAT THERE WOULD BE A PORTION UPFRONT UPON EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT AND THEN ANOTHER PORTION, UH, DOWN THE ROAD AND THEN ANOTHER, AND THEN MAYBE THE LAST, UH, PERCENTAGE OR SO 10% OR SO WOULD BE UPON A RECEIPT OF A FINAL REPORT, UH, RENT, STIPEND, HACKY RELATION.

SO IN THE PAST, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR CURRENT RENT AND YOUR PREVIOUS ONE, AND THAT WOULD BE HOW WE WOULD BASE, UH, WHAT YOU'D BE ELIGIBLE FOR IN YOUR AWARD FOR RENT STIPEND.

THIS TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, A PERCENTAGE OF A CONTRACTED BASE AMOUNT, UM, NOT NECESSARILY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO, UH, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AWARD AND MINIMUM.

SO WE FOUND THAT AWARDS HAVE LESS THAN $5,000.

UH, WEREN'T VERY IMPACTFUL.

AND I THINK THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF PAPERWORK, A LOT OF, OF, UM, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS AND RECEIPTS FOR A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE YEAR, YOU KNOW, WITH $1,200 OR A $2,000 AMOUNT.

UM, DIDN'T GO VERY FAR.

SO WE PUT IN A, UH, WE'RE PUTTING IN, UH, AN AWARD MINIMUM OF 5,000, AND WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE ON THE NEW RECIPIENT BONUS.

SO IN THE PAST, YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN 10 BONUS POINTS FOR AN AWARD, UH, AN APPLICANT WHO HAD NEVER WON CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS BEFORE THIS TIME, WE'RE, WE'RE CONSIDERING, UM, TONED BONUS POINTS FOR AN APPLICANT WHO HAS NOT RECEIVED C-SAT MONEY BEFORE, BUT ALSO DIDN'T GET THE RELIEF MONEY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LIVE MUSIC VENUE PRESERVATION FUND, OR THE, OR THE LEGACY BUSINESS RELIEF GRANT, OR THE SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF GRANT, UH, THE NONPROFIT CREATIVE RELIEF GRANTS, ET CETERA.

TO UNDERREPRESENTED, UH, UH, COMMUNITIES AND, UM, HAVING MONEY IN THE BANK OR HAVING A LOAN HANDY TO GET YOU THROUGH THE PROJECT.

SO THERE'S ALSO SOME NEW SCORING CRITERIA FOR EQUITY, THE INTRODUCTION OF APPLICANT REPRESENTATION OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

SO THIS IS THE APPLICANT OR A MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE APPLICANT.

IF THE APPLICANT IS A BUSINESS BELONGS TO A SEGMENT OF AUSTIN'S HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATION IN CITY FUNDING, AND THAT INCLUDES BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICAN, NATIVE AMERICAN, ASIAN, HISPANIC, LATINO, MIDDLE EASTERN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER.

ALSO IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD PROJECT READINESS AS A SCORING CRITERIA, WHICH WE'RE PROPOSING REPLACING WITH COMMUNITY BENEFIT.

WE FOUND THAT PROJECT READINESS COULD BE A BARRIER, ESPECIALLY

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AND WE DECIDED THAT A COMMUNITY BENEFIT WOULD REALLY SHOW IMPACT.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO USE THAT ONE AS A SCORING CRITERIA INSTEAD.

UM, THE PROCESS FOR SCORING AND FOR PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION IS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION AS WE'RE RECEIVING FEEDBACK.

AND WE'RE DETERMINING, DETERMINING WHAT THE STAFF, UH, CAPACITY IS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THIS IS ME AND MY CONTACT INFORMATION.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING AND YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP, PLEASE DO, UM, KIMBERLY DOT MCCARSON AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

COMMISSIONER'S ASSESSMENT.

THANK YOU, KIM, FOR THAT PRESENTATION REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO PRESENT TO US TODAY.

UM, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE.

UM, THE FIRST BEING ON THE EQUITY STATEMENT THERE, UM, WE ARE VERY EXPLICITLY LISTING OUT, UM, NATIONALITIES AND CULTURES ETHNICITIES, BUT WE DON'T, WHAT I DON'T SEE IS, UM, SPECIFIC LANGUAGE REGARDING LGBTQ AND COMMUNITY, UH, THE DISABLED COMMUNITY, IS IT TO BE ASSUMED THAT THOUGH ARE ALSO BEING PRIORITIZED OR, OR ARE THOSE BEING SILOED OUT AS SEPARATE WHEN IT COMES TO THE EQUITY LENS HERE.

SO I'M HAVING DIFFICULTY THE UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE YOUR VOICE IS REALLY SOFT COMING ON MY END.

UM, BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME IS YOU DIDN'T NOTICE LGBTQ ON THE SLIDE OR DISABILITY COMMUNITIES AND YEAH.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT NOTE.

UM, THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING DEPARTMENT WIDE.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT.

WONDERFUL.

IS THIS, IS THIS A LITTLE BETTER? CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY.

I'LL, I'LL SPEAK LOUDLY.

UM, GREAT.

WELL, I DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR WHERE YOU GUYS LAND WITH THAT COMPONENT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S BEEN SORT OF, UH, THE CONSENSUS CITYWIDE IS THAT THOSE ARE INCLUDED AS A PART OF UNDER-REPRESENTED STARKLY, UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS WHO ARE FACING SIMILAR BARRIERS.

SO JUST TO UNDERSTAND, AND SO THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHO ALL IS BEING PRIORITIZED, UM, WITH THAT LENS.

MY OTHER QUESTION IS, UH, REGARDING THE BONUS POINTS, UH, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOT RECEIVED FUNDING, UH, UH, PREVIOUSLY, AND I'M, I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS BEHIND THAT ONLY BECAUSE WE ARE IN SUCH A DIRE SITUATION, THERE IT'S SHOULD BE ASSUMED THAT MANY ORGANIZATIONS, MANY OF THE PEOPLE, THE APPLICANTS THAT WOULD BE COMING TO SISEP WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED AND NEEDED AND RELIED ON THESE OTHER FUNDING BUCKETS.

SO WHY ARE WE PENALIZING THEM BY WITHHOLDING TED POINTS POTENTIALLY? UM, AND THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE THAT ARE, THIS IS RELIEF, RIGHT? UH, ALMOST IN THE SAME VEIN AS EMERGENCY FUNDING.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHY ARE WE CREATING THAT BARRIER FOR THEM WHEN WE KNOW AND CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS SUFFERING AND HURTING AND THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ALL NEEDING TO LEAN ON THESE RESOURCES.

SO, UM, WE ARE, WE ARE TRYING TO, UM, BE SURE THAT FOLKS WHO MAYBE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY RELIEF MONEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, NOT, UM, ELIMINATING ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE COMPETITION.

SO, UM, EVERYBODY ELSE STILL HAS A CHANCE TO COMPETE.

UM, IT'S JUST THAT THE FOLKS WHO MAYBE DIDN'T GET ANY RELIEF, MANY HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA POINTS THERE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, HELP THEM, UH, GO FORWARD.

BUT I'LL DEFINITELY MAKE NOTE OF YOUR CONCERN.

YEAH, I JUST WOULD WONDER, SORRY, LULU, JUST FOLLOW UP TO THAT.

YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, UH, HOW WIDE THAT POINT MATRIX IS PERCENTAGE IS THAT 10% AND DOES IT NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, THREE POINTS OR FIVE POINTS, BUT 10 POINTS JUST FEELS SIGNIFICANT.

AND IF SOMEBODY, IF AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE EFFORTS OF TRANSPARENCY AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS, THE MATRIX AND THEIR POSSIBLE SCORE BASED ON WHAT THEY CAN ASSESS THEIR APPLICATION WOULD RANK AT WE'RE GOING TO DETER A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM APPLYING BECAUSE THEY JUST, THEY, IF THAT 10 POINTS IS A MAKE OR BREAK, UM, I CAN SEE PEOPLE BEING DISCOURAGED FROM APPLYING AND I, TO ME, IT JUST COMES ACROSS AS WE'RE, WE'RE HURTING PEOPLE OR PENALIZING PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEEDED TO REACH OUT AND ASK AND APPLY FOR THAT HELP.

UM, AND, AND THAT'S OUR INTENTION HERE IT'S TO CONTINUE TO REACH AS MANY PEOPLE AND SUPPORT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE AND ORGANIZATION.

SO JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

UM, BUT I REALLY ENJOYED, UM, SOME OF THE SHIFTS THAT HAD BEEN MADE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHERE YOU GOING.

EXCELLENT.

YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE, THE, UH, THE WIDE, UM, THE POINTS AND HOW MANY POINTS DID YOU HAVE? DID YOU HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF POINTS? I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE, LIKE, WHAT PERCENTAGE IS THIS NEW APPLICANT? UH, HOW, HOW IMPACTFUL CAN THAT BE? UM, AND SO IF IT, IF IT'S 10% OF YOUR SCORE, MAYBE THE NUMBER OF POINTS THAT ARE AWARDED SHOULD BE MODIFIED.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I CAPTURED THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, I'M HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFICULTY HEARING, BUT DID

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THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION COMMISSIONER FLORES.

SO YOU'D BE IN FAVOR OF LESS THAN 10%.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A CONTEXT.

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING LIKE THEY'RE IN NEEDY AND HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING.

SO IT WASN'T LIKE WE WERE TRYING TO PENALIZE SOMEONE.

IT'S LIKE, YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE WHO HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT AT THE TOP, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO JUST MISSED EVERY BUCKET AND SBA LAB MUSIC FUND.

SO HOW DO WE LIFT THOSE INDIVIDUALS UP? SO DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS, BUT FROM WHERE WE WERE COMING, IT'S LIKE, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO JUST HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO JUST WANT TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT.

UM, THANK YOU.

UM, YEAH, AND I KIND OF AGREE BECAUSE MAYBE THEIR FIRST TIME SEES OUTBURSTS.

I COULD SEE THAT IF THEY'VE ALREADY GOTTEN C-SAT ONS, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT MY, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO HAVE NOT AT ALL EVER GOTTEN MET AND WE SEE THAT, BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE RELIEF FUNDS, YOU KNOW, THE CARES ACT AND, UH, ASSUMED TO BE THE AQUA FUNDS ARE FOR OTHER NEEDS AND OTHER THINGS.

IT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD, I THINK SALINAS RIDE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY SHOULDN'T COUNT AGAINST SOMEBODY.

THEY WERE DESPERATE TO LIKE PAY FOR THEIR STAFF OR SOMETHING CAUSE THEY SPENCER FOR DISLOCATION AND NOT NECESSARILY FOR ALL THE OTHER KINDS OF THINGS THAT THEY WERE DESPERATE AND I NEEDED MONEY DURING THE PANDEMIC WITH THESE RELIEF FUNDS.

SO THAT'S JUST ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER MAYBE THE SBA AND THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT SO NAVI MENTIONED, IT WOULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CHANCE FOR ANY KIND OF, UH, OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, BUT MAYBE THOSE RELIEF FUNDS MIGHT BE LOOKED AT IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY.

BUT WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO ASK IS BECAUSE MY MEMORY IS SHORT AND MORE SO EVERY DAY, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER HOW OR WHERE THE FILINGS FOR C-SAT CAME FROM.

I'VE DONE THIS, UH, DEDICATED CITY BUDGET FUNDS.

I CAN'T REMEMBER, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE FUNDS FOR, AND IF THOSE ARE GONNA ARE REPEATED AGAIN FOR, I, I, YOU SAID THIS WAS FOR OCTOBER ONE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 21, OCTOBER 21 THROUGH SEPTEMBER, UH, WHATEVER 22.

SO THIS NEXT COMING FISCAL YEAR, SO THAT WAS ALREADY BUDGETED OR IT'S IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

AND SO TELL ME THIS ONE.

YEAH, WE HAD A HALF A HALF, A MILLION DOLLARS IN OUR OPERATING FUND, WHICH IS SEPARATE FROM THE CULTURAL ARTS FUND, RIGHT.

SEPARATE FROM THE LAB MUSIC WHEN IT'S WITHIN OUR OPERATING.

AND BECAUSE WE JUST BEEN TRYING OUT NEW PROGRAMS AT THIS POINT, WE DECIDED TO COMBINE IT FOR A BIGGER APPLICATION IN THE FALL, AGAIN, TRYING TO LAYER ASSISTANCE OVER THIS YEAR.

UH, VARIOUS MEANS.

AND SO IT'S IN OPERATING BASE BUDGET.

GOT IT.

NOT NECESSARILY GUARANTEED FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR, BUT THAT'S THE SOURCE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER VANDYKE.

GOTCHA.

I MAY BE REMEMBERING A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION, BUT I THOUGHT WE RAISED THE CONCERN, UH, FOR PEOPLE THAT HADN'T GOT ANY FUNDING OUT OF THE LAST GROUND.

I SEEM TO REMEMBER A CONVERSATION THAT WE BROUGHT UP THAT CONCERN THAT MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T GET ANYTHING DID IN THIS NEXT ROUND, UNLESS THAT, LIKE I SAID, LESS, THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.

IT'S HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF THEM ALL.

I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE CONVERSATION WE HAD AROUND NON-PROFITS NON-PROFITS HAD BEEN UNFORTUNATELY GLAZED OVER.

AND SO THE NON-PROFIT RELIEF GRANT THAT'S COMING OUT NOW, I THINK WITH A DIRECT RESPONSE TO THAT, I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REMEMBERING.

AND IT WAS ALSO WITH REGARD TO WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING HOW TO DISTRIBUTE THE ARC OF FIREARMS RELIEF, FUNDS THAT FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING UNDER CARES, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WERE PRIORITIZED FOR, UH, SUBSEQUENT RELIEF FUNDS AS WELL.

I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION WE WERE HAVING IN OUR, IN OUR WORKING GROUP.

DO A QUICK SECOND ON THAT.

WELL THEN IF WE DIDN'T, IF WE DIDN'T BRING IT UP, UH, I WOULD DEFINITELY BRING UP, UH, CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HEAR A LOT FROM PEOPLE.

WELL, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY RAN OUT AND I DIDN'T GET ANY.

UM, SO THANKS.

THANK YOU, MR. CASTILLO, I'LL

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I DON'T, I DIDN'T VIEW THAT AS PENALIZING, THOSE THAT HAVEN'T, OR THAT HAVE RECEIVED ANY OF THOSE OTHER RELIEF GRANTS.

IT'S JUST, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S FOLKS OUT THERE THAT DIDN'T GET ANYTHING.

HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT? SO I UNDERSTOOD.

I UNDERSTOOD.

STAFF'S RECEPTIVE ON THAT.

UM, WELL, IF NOBODY'S GOT THEIR HAND UP, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU, KIM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN AND TALKING TO US.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, THAT THIS PROGRAM IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

SO, AND I APPRECIATE SO MUCH OF THE WORK THAT STAFF HAS DONE ON THIS FRONT, ITS INCEPTION AS ASAP THROUGH ITS EMERGENCY VERSION LAST YEAR, IT FEELS TO ME LIKE THIS COMING YEAR IS SORT OF A HYBRID OF THE EMERGENCY VERSION AND WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WITH IT INITIALLY, UM, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

UM, AND IN RESPONSE TO MEGAN'S PRESENTATION UNDER STAFF PRESENTATIONS, THAT ELEVATE PROBABLY IS NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS LAUNCHED THIS YEAR.

FOR ME LOOKING AT THE LANDSCAPE, UM, I WOULD LOVE US TO PRIORITIZE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE CO LOCATING THAT ARE PROVIDING SPACE FOR MULTIPLE, UM, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF EVERY, EVERY TINY DOLLAR WE HAVE.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY.

WE KNOW THE NEED IS SIGNIFICANT, BUT OH MY GOODNESS.

UM, THE ABILITY TO DO WORK IS PREDICATED ON A PLACE TO DO IT, ESPECIALLY FOR PERFORMING ARTS, ESPECIALLY FOR GALLERY SPACE THAT PEOPLE CAN'T SEE THE WORD THAT'S SO IMPORTANT AND FOR LIVE MUSIC AS WELL.

UM, SO I WOULD LOVE US AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, UM, TO THINK ABOUT THE CREATIVE SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND TRY TO, AND TRY TO DO WHAT THE INITIAL DESIGN WAY BACK WHEN FOR CSF WAS, WHICH WAS TO TRY TO MAINTAIN AND TRY TO SUSTAIN SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR FEET BACK UNDER US AND MOVE FORWARD AND BUILD.

THAT WOULD BE MY TOP PRIORITY, WHICH IS NOT TO SAY THAT THE OTHER STUFF IS NOT IMPORTANT.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT AT ALL, BUT THE HIGHEST INVESTIGATORS, THE MOST PEOPLE WE CAN HELP WITH THE PALTRY AMOUNT OF MONEY WE HAVE, UM, WOULD BE GREAT.

AND THANK YOU TO, TO STAFF FOR COMBINING RESOURCES.

SO THAT THAT POT IS SIGNIFICANT THIS YEAR.

UM, AND I WOULD ALSO PRIORITIZE THINGS THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO LOSE AND THINGS THAT ARE RIGHT READY TO, TO HAPPEN IN THE MOMENT.

UM, THAT'S A PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATION THAT'S ME, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S COMING FROM MY DESIRE TO KEEP US TOGETHER WHILE WE PUT THE WHOLE WORLD BACK TOGETHER.

UM, I, UM, I APPRECIATE THE NOTE ON THE NEW RECIPIENT BONUS.

I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT TOO, AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM.

UM, I WOULD JUST LOOK AT WHAT THOSE POINTS ARE BASED ON THE WHOLE MATRIX AND, UM, BEING MINDFUL THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT'VE GOTTEN AN OUTSIDE GRANT FOR $2,000 AND SOMEONE MIGHT'VE GOTTEN AN OUTSIDE GRANT FOR $60,000.

AND THAT'S A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR OUTLAY IS.

SO AGAIN, HOW DO WE TRY TO KEEP AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE LIVE IN AS MANY VENUES STILL FUNCTIONING DURING THE YEAR? UM, DO WE HAVE A DEFINITION OF, ARE YOU GUYS TO PUTTING TOGETHER DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT? BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND IF THAT'S ONE OF THE MATRIX REQUIREMENTS.

SO WE HAVE, UM, I WOULD SAY IT'S IT'S, UH, INSTEAD OF DEFINITION, IT'S MORE LIKE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW IMPACTFUL, UM, THAT YOU ARE.

SO THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS TOO, THAT GO WITH THAT SCORING THING THAT WOULD LEAD SOMEONE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT THEIR IMPACT.

I THINK THE MORE CLEAR WE CAN BE ABOUT WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE AND WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT, UM, THE MORE HELPFUL IT WILL BE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO HELP US HELP GUIDE US ON SOME OF OUR CONVERSATIONS TO COMMISSIONERS.

OTHER QUESTIONS AGAIN, CAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.

THIS PROGRAM IS IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY IS STRUGGLING.

PRICES ARE ONLY GOING UP, UM, HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ANOTHER THEATER IN TOWN WHOSE RENT HAS GONE UP AND THEY STILL HAVE A VENUE AND WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO THANKS FOR THIS WORK ON YOUR SUPPORT.

OKAY, MR. FLORES, YOU HAVE SOMETHING, OH, I CAN HEAR YOU.

NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION PROVIDED IT.

WOULDN'T BE OFFENSIVE TO AIPG STAFF.

AN ITEM FOUR D WHICH IS AN UPDATE ON THE ARPA NON-PROFIT RELIEF, BRENT WITH LAURA ODEGAARD AND CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION COMMISSIONER CACIA.

I'M GOING TO HOLD IT FOR A HOT SECOND BECAUSE WE HAD AN ADDENDUM TO THE AGENDA, WHICH SHE MAY NOT HAVE THE ADDENDUM COPY.

THAT'S A GREAT THOUGHT.

UM, BUT WE HAVE

[4b. American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Update - Sylnovia Holt-Rabb, Economic Development Department]

WAS THAT WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO POINT OUT?

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OKAY, COOL.

GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.

UM, I HAVE A PRESENTATION CITY HALL STAFF, IF YOU DON'T MIND PULLING UP.

PERFECT.

UM, SO I AM LAURA AUTOCARD.

I AM HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE ARTS AND CULTURE, NONPROFIT RELIEF GRANT.

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME INFORMATION THAT I SHARED WITH YOU LAST MONTH, BUT, UM, NOW WITH VISUALS, SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS RELIEF FUND IS $2 MILLION.

IT WAS APPROVED BY RESOLUTION, UM, THAT COUNCIL APPROVED ON JULY ON JUNE 10TH, UH, AND IS FUNDED BY PART OF THE CITY'S AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT ALLOCATION.

SO THE DATES, UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE WENT LIVE LAST WEEK, SO THE PRESS RELEASE AND THE WEBSITE WENT LIVE LAST MONDAY AND THE APPLICATION PORTAL OPENS LAST WEDNESDAY AT 10:00 AM.

WE HAD TWO WEBINARS ON THURSDAY, THERE WAS AN ENGLISH WEBINAR IN THE MORNING, AND THEN WE HAD A SPANISH WEBINAR IN THE AFTERNOON.

BOTH OF THOSE WEBINARS HAVE SINCE BEEN POSTED TO THE WEBSITE.

SO APPLICANTS AND INTERESTED PARTIES CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND WATCH THE WEBINAR AND HEAR QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED DURING THE WEBINAR, ET CETERA.

THE APPLICATION PORTAL WILL CLOSE ON AUGUST 2ND AT 5:00 PM.

SO IT'S OPEN FOR THREE WEEKS AND IT'S NOT FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.

AND THEN APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED 10 DAYS AFTER THE APPLICATION PORTAL CLOSES WHAT THEIR STATUS IS AND WE'RE EXPECTING FUNDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE END OF AUGUST.

SO THE, UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES IS THAT THIS IS A ONE TIME FLAT UNRESTRICTED GRANT OF $20,000.

SO WE'RE EXPECTING ONE ARTS AND CULTURE NONPROFITS TO BE AWARDED THROUGH THESE FUNDS.

ALL APPLICANTS ARE GOING TO BE SCORED AGAINST AN UPDATED MATRIX, BUT IT WAS VETTED WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENTS AND COMMENTS FROM YOU ALL AFTER THE PREVIOUS ROUNDS OF NONPROFIT FUNDING.

UH, AND ALSO JUST TO NOTE THAT IF AN ORGANIZATION RECEIVED PREVIOUS FUNDS, THEY ARE STILL ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT.

MIGHT NOT HAVE A LARGE OPERATING BUDGET THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE DEVELOPMENT STAFF TO BE LOOKING FOR OTHER GRANTS AND OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.

SO SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES, JUST TO KIND OF POINT OUT TO YOU ALL IS THAT THIS IS NOT REIMBURSEMENT DRIVEN.

SO RECEIPTS ARE NOT REQUIRED IN THE APPLICATIONS.

IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS TO APPLY AS WELL AS IT'S GOING TO BE FASTER FOR THE REVIEW AND THE SCORING OF EACH APPLICATION.

AND ADDITIONALLY, IT REMOVES THE BARRIER FROM PREVIOUS GRANTS THAT DID NOT ALLOW FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF SALES, LOST REVENUE, ET CETERA.

SO I THINK COMMISSIONER MOCK, YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT THIS AT THE LAST MEETING.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS NOT REIMBURSEMENT DRIVEN.

SO YOU CAN USE THIS $20,000 TO, UM, KIND OF BACKFILL ANY LOST REVENUE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

ADDITIONALLY, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE AWARDS ARE BASED ON THE ORGANIZATION SCORE.

SO THIS TAKES OUT THE LOTTERY AND ALLOWS US TO HAVE MORE TRANSPARENCY AND SUPPORT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE THE MOST URGENT NEED.

ADDITIONALLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS ALLOWS US TO LEAD WITH EQUITY AND THERE IS NOT A CAP ON ORGANIZATION STAFF SIZE TO BE ELIGIBLE.

I THINK THE LAST ROUND THERE WAS, UM, UH, A STAFF CAP FOR, FOR APPLICANTS.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY THE APPLICATION ITSELF IS, UM, SIMPLIFIED BY A LOT FROM THE LAST NONPROFIT ROUND.

THERE ARE ONLY THREE DOCUMENTS THAT AN ORGANIZATION HAS TO UPLOAD.

IT'S JUST THEIR NINE 90, THEIR MOST RECENT NINE 90 CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION AND THEIR DETERMINATION LETTER.

SO THE GOAL IS TO KIND OF STREAMLINE AND SMOOTH OUT THE PROCESS FOR THESE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.

UM, AND THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW YOU ALL WHAT IS ON THIS IS ON THE WEBSITE, UM, AS WELL, BUT THIS IS JUST THE PRIORITIES THAT WE IDENTIFIED FOR THE SCORING MATRIX ITSELF.

UM, YOU CAN SEE EQUITY AS THE HIGHEST PERCENTILE BREAKDOWN.

AND SO WITHIN THAT CATEGORY, THERE ARE QUESTIONS IN THE APPLICATION FOR THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE BOARD, WHETHER THAT'S RACE, RACE, AND ETHNICITY, GENDER LGBTQ, IAA STATUS, DISABILITY STATUS, AS WELL AS THAT SAME INFORMATION AROUND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR THE PERSON THAT'S SERVING IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE.

UM, THE NEXT CATEGORY IS ABOUT THE

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ORGANIZATION ITSELF.

SO THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, THE ANNUAL REVENUE POPULATION SERVED, AND IF THEY OPERATE A VENUE OR CREATIVE SPACE, UM, KIND OF TO COMMISSIONER PULLOVERS POINTS ABOUT WANTING TO GIVE POINTS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF COWORKING OR SOME KIND OF, UM, THEN YOU, THAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS CAN ALSO USE.

AND THEN FINALLY THE LAST CATEGORY IS URGENCY.

AND SO THIS INCLUDES THEIR EFFECTS, ANY EFFECTS FROM THE PANDEMIC, SUCH AS, UM, CANCELED EVENTS, STAFF, ET CETERA.

THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF THOSE ONES.

UM, IF THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OTHER CITY FUNDING AND IF THEY'VE NOT RECEIVED THE SHUTTERED VENUE, OPERATORS, GRANTS, THE FEDERAL GRANTS.

AND SO JUST TO CLARIFY AROUND THESE TWO, UM, THESE TWO BULLET POINTS, SINCE YOU ALL WERE JUST ASKING KIM ABOUT THAT IN REGARDS TO C-SAT, UM, THA HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OTHER CITY FUNDING FOR THIS ONE, WE'RE ASKING SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE A QUESTION ASKING FOR WHAT FUNDING HAVE YOU RECEIVED, BUT THAT'S NOT TIED TO THE SCORE.

WHAT IS TIED TO THE SCORE IS IF THEY RECEIVED NON-PROFIT RELIEF GRANT FUNDING IN THE PREVIOUS ROUNDS, THEY'RE STILL ELIGIBLE IF THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE FUNDING, BUT WE WANTED TO AGAIN, GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY IF AN ARTS, NONPROFIT HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY RELIEF FUNDING THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF POINTS FOR THAT QUESTION.

IF AN ORGANIZATION RECEIVED THE FULL $20,000, THEY WOULD RECEIVE THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF POINTS FOR THAT QUESTION.

AND IF AN ORGANIZATION RECEIVED, I THINK IT'S BETWEEN $1 AND $15,000, THEY WOULD KIND OF HAVE A MIDDLE SCORE FOR THAT QUESTION.

SO THE IDEA IS, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVING POINTS TO, UH, AN ORGANIZATION THAT RECEIVED THE FUNDS IS MAYBE NOT THE MOST EQUITABLE THINGS.

SINCE SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVED FUNDS MIGHT HAVE ONLY RECEIVED $500 IN THE LAST ROUND, AND THAT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE, UM, APPLES TO APPLES IN THIS CASE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE BROKE IT DOWN INTO CATEGORIES FOR THAT QUESTION IN THE SCORING.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, THE, THE SHUTTERED VENUE QUESTION, UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CITY COUNCIL HAD ASKED US TO INCLUDE IN THE SCORING TO, TO PRIORITIZE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DID NOT RECEIVE THIS FUNDING AT THE SAME TIME.

A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE RECEIVED THIS FUNDING OR NOT.

SO THE WAY THAT WE HAVE THE SCORING STRUCTURED FOR THIS QUESTION IS IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED FUNDING, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED FUNDING, YOU'RE GETTING THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF POINTS FOR THIS QUESTION.

IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING FOR SHUTTERED VENUE, YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF POINTS FOR THAT QUESTION.

AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW YET, IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN A RESPONSE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A BIG BACKLOG IN THE REVIEWING OF THIS GRANT, UM, THEN YOU RECEIVE THE MONEY, RECEIVE A MIDDLE AMOUNT.

SO WE DIDN'T WANT, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STILL UNSURE, UM, TO BE PENALIZED AROUND THAT QUESTION.

SO THAT'S ALL OF THE SLIDES, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE AROUND ANYTHING THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT SO FAR, WHAT'S YOUR SMALL BOAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I REALLY APPRECIATED WALKING US THROUGH NOT ONLY THE OVERALL MATRIX, BUT HOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT SCORING WITHIN EACH OF THOSE.

THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL.

COULD YOU, OTHER COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS MIGHT KNOW THIS FROM THE PREVIOUS ROUND, BUT COULD YOU DO THAT FOR A REVENUE AND A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND JUST SORT OF TALK ABOUT HOW SCORING WORKS WITH RESPECT TO BUDGET SIZE AND ORGANIZATIONAL SIZE? SURE.

I'D BE HAPPY TO.

SO THE WAY THAT THE, UM, THE SCORING MATRIX IS SET UP FOR THIS PROGRAM, UM, IF AN ORGANIZATION WILL DO BUDGET SIZE FIRST, SO ANY BUDGET, ANY SIZE BUDGET CAN APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM, BUT IF AN ORGANIZATION HAS A SMALLER BUDGET, THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE MORE POINTS.

IF AN ORGANIZATION HAS A BUDGET OF OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF POINTS FOR, UM, FOR THAT, FOR THAT QUESTION.

SO I THINK IT'S 50,000 AND BELOW GETS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF POINTS, A MILLION AND ABOVE GETS THE LOWEST NUMBER OF POINTS.

AND THEN THERE'S KIND OF, UM, I FORGET THE EXACT BREAKDOWN, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL CATEGORIES IN THE BUDGETS, UM, BREAKDOWN.

SO MAYBE IT'S LIKE 50,000 TO 120,000 OR SOMETHING GETS THE NEXT LEVEL, UM, LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S HOW THE BUDGET, WHEN IS BROKEN DOWN, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE PRIORITIZING GROUPS THAT ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT

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SO THAT'S HOW WE LANDED THERE.

UM, AND THEN FOR THE STAFF SIZE, SIMILARLY, WE WERE ASKING FOR THE NUMBER OF FTES.

SO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.

SO THE FIRST THING TO NOTE FOR THIS QUESTION, AND IT'S ONE OF THE FAQ'S THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE IS THAT CONTRACTORS DO NOT COUNT TOWARDS YOUR FTE NUMBER.

SO THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, MUSICIANS OR DANCERS OR ANYONE ELSE, THOSE ARE CONTRACT EMPLOYEES, NOT FTES.

SO WE ONLY WANT TO KNOW THE FTES THAT MIGHT BE ON YOUR SALARY.

AND SO, SO FROM THAT, WE ARE PRIORITIZING THE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS.

SO IF YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS FIVE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES OR LESS, YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF POINTS FOR THAT QUESTION.

UM, I FORGET THE BREAKDOWN, BUT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, SIX TO 15 OR I FORGET WHAT, WHAT IT WAS, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS FIVE AND BELOW THEN KIND OF THE NEXT CHUNK, THE NEXT CHUNK, IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 70 OR 75 EMPLOYEES, YOU RECEIVED THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF POINTS FOR THAT QUESTION.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO INVERSELY PRIORITIZE THE SMALLER GROUPS WITH A SMALLER BUDGET THAT MAYBE HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN, UM, LESS FUNDED MR. FLORES.

UM, JUST, I WAS JUST FOCUSED ON THE, THANK YOU FOR THAT, BUT ALSO ON THE, THE OTHER CITY FUNDING, YOU MENTIONED THAT MEANT THE NON-PROFIT RELIEF FUND THAT WAS AVAILABLE UNDER THE CHAIRS ACT THAT I THOUGHT THAT, UH, CREATIVE NON-PROFITS WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR, OR THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY EXCLUDED.

SO HOW WOULD ANYBODY WHO RECEIVED FUNDING THROUGH THAT SOURCE? SO THIS IS, THIS GIVES ME A GREAT THANK YOU FOR ASKING THIS QUESTION, COMMISSIONER FLORES, BECAUSE THIS GIVES ME A GREAT, UM, ENTRY POINT TO KIND OF CLARIFY, MAYBE PREVIOUS NON-PROFIT RELIEF RECIPIENTS.

SO THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NON-PROFIT RELIEF GRANTS, THERE WERE SEVERAL CATEGORIES.

THIS WAS CARES FUNDED.

THERE WERE SEVERAL CATEGORIES THAT COUNCIL HAD IDENTIFIED AS SAYING, OKAY, WE WANT X NUMBER OF DOLLARS IN THE HEALTHCARE NONPROFITS.

AND WE WANT X NUMBER OF DOLLARS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFITS.

AND THERE WAS ALSO A BUCKET FOR ARTS AND CULTURE NONPROFITS.

AND SO WE HAD A BUCKET SET ASIDE FOR ARTS AND CULTURE, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

SO THAT WAS THE FIRST ROUND.

WE NOT SURPRISINGLY TO ANY OF YOU, OBVIOUSLY WE USE THAT BUCKET UP PRETTY QUICKLY.

AND SO THEN THERE WERE A LOT OF ARTS AND CULTURE NONPROFITS THAT DIDN'T RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NON-PROFIT RELIEF.

THEN THERE WAS A SECOND ROUND.

WELL, I WILL SAY THAT KIND OF, AND THE NEXT PART OF THAT IS WE HAD OTHER MONEY FROM OTHER BUCKETS THAT WEREN'T USED AS MUCH, RIGHT? LIKE THERE WEREN'T AS MANY, I THINK MAYBE ANIMAL NON-PROFITS THAT HAD APPLIED AND MET ALL OF THE GUIDELINES TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE FUNDS.

SO WE HAD A RE WE HAD LEFTOVERS BASICALLY, AND THEN THERE WAS THE NEXT ROUND OF THE NON-PROFIT RELIEF.

SO THIS, THE ONE THAT WE'RE IN NOW IS TECHNICALLY THE THIRD ROUND OF NONPROFIT RELIEF FUNDING.

SO THE SECOND ROUND OF NONPROFIT RELIEF FUNDING, WE DID A WAY WITH ANY BUCKETS.

THERE WASN'T AN ARTS AND CULTURE BUCKET, BUT ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS WERE STILL ELIGIBLE.

AND WE WENT BACK TO EVERY ARTS AND CULTURE, NONPROFIT THAT HAD APPLIED AND THEY RECEIVED.

SO EVERY NONPROFIT THAT WAS AN ARTS AND CULTURE, NONPROFIT THAT APPLIED FOR RELIEF FUNDING RECEIVED FUNDS.

IF THEY MET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, THERE WERE 164 ARTS AND CULTURE, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPLIED FOR FUNDING AND OF THAT THERE WERE 18 ACTUAL DECLINES.

AND SO WE FUNDED 90% OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPLIED FOR FUNDING, THE 18 THAT WERE DECLINED.

THOSE WERE THE REASONS BEHIND THAT.

A LOT OF THEM DIDN'T PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION, WHICH WAS PART OF THE IMPETUS TO HAVE LESS DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR THIS ROUND.

UM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE TWO YEAR OPERATING HISTORY, WHICH SOME OF THEM WERE REALLY CLOSE.

AND SO IF THEY APPLIED NOW, THEY ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE THAT TWO YEAR HISTORY NOW, UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE 15 MONTHS INTO IT.

AND I THINK THE, THE DATE THAT WE WERE GIVING THEM WAS FROM WHEN THE PANDEMIC,

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UM, STARTED.

UM, AND SO, SO I THINK THAT HOPEFULLY THAT CLARIFIES THINGS A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU ALL, BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES THE, THE DASHBOARD THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE CITY WEBSITE THAT SAYS THIS MANY ORGANIZATIONS APPLIED, THIS MANY WERE DECLINED.

THIS MANY WERE NOT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DECEPTIVE BECAUSE IT'S COMBINING BOTH ROUNDS OF NON-PROFIT RELIEF FUNDING.

AND SO IF AN ORGANIZATION APPLIED FOR ROUND ONE AND WAS FUNDED AND THEN ALSO APPLIED FOR ROUND TWO, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN DECLINED BECAUSE YOU COULD ONLY RECEIVE IT ONCE.

SO THEY'RE BEING DOUBLE COUNTED IN THE DASHBOARD THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS.

SO I'M WORKING WITH OTHER STAFF MEMBERS TO KIND OF CLEAN THAT UP.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR.

AND SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE DUPLICATIONS.

UM, AND SO THERE WERE, THERE WERE INSTANCES LIKE THAT, OR INSTANCES WHERE MAYBE AN ORGANIZATION APPLIED IN ROUND ONE AS A HEALTHCARE NON-PROFIT AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, OH, I'LL APPLY AGAIN IN ROUND TWO AS AN ARTS NONPROFIT.

WELL, NO, SORRY.

YOUR EIN NUMBER IS STILL THE SAME.

WE STILL SEE THAT YOU DID NOT THAT YOU RECEIVED THE FUNDING, SO YOU AREN'T GOING TO GET THE FUNDING AGAIN.

UM, SO THAT, HOPEFULLY THAT, THAT CLARIFIES A LITTLE BIT COMMISSIONER FLORES.

I HAVE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS, LAURA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

SUPER THOROUGH, VERY CLEAR.

UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, CAN YOU REMIND EVERYONE WHO'S WATCHING WHERE THEY GO TO GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED OR GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION, AND YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER IS, UM, I'VE HEARD SOME CONFUSION ABOUT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ON THE APPLICATION SPECIFICALLY.

THIS WHOLE QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE AGE QUESTION AND I, AND SO CAN YOU IDENTIFY IN TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHICS, WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY GATHERING THAT THAT AFFECTS THEIR SCORE VERSUS WHAT WE'RE JUST GATHERING FOR TRACKING AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES? SURE.

UM, SO THE FIRST QUESTION, SO WE ARE PARTNERING WITH TWO COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS, UH, FOR THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.

SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN APPLYING AND NEEDS ASSISTANCE, UM, WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH AUSTIN REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY AND WITH MISSION CAPITAL.

AND SO BOTH GROUPS ARE ON HANDS TO PROVIDE OFFICE HOURS, ANSWER EMAILS, ANY, ANY HELP OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT HOW TO ASK BOARDS FOR DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OR HOW TO, YOU KNOW, FIND YOUR LETTER OF DETERMINATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO ANYTHING ABOUT THE APPLICATION ITSELF YOU'RE ENCOURAGED TO REACH OUT TO EITHER OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, MISSION CAPITAL SPECIFICALLY IS ALSO OFFERING ASSISTANCE IN SPANISH.

SO IF THERE ARE ANY SPANISH SPEAKING ARTS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, UM, I WOULD POINT THEM TO MISSION CAPITAL FIRST, THE CONTACT INFORMATION, THE EMAILS AND THE PHONE NUMBERS ARE ON THE WEBSITE.

SO IF ANYONE GOES TO ATX RECOVERS.COM, I THINK I'M, I'M HOPE I'M NOT BUTCHERING THAT, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S, ATX RECOVERS.COM.

I WILL DOUBLE CHECK IN A MOMENT.

UM, THEY CAN FIND THE CONTACT INFORMATION, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS THERE.

AND THEN YES, IT'S, ATX RECOVERS.COM.

AND, UM, AND THEN YOUR QUESTION, YOUR QUESTION AROUND WHAT DOES COUNT AND WHAT DOES NOT COUNT TOWARD THE SCORING.

SO EVERYTHING THAT I SHOWED ON THAT SLIDE, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT COUNT TOWARD THE SCORE ITSELF.

SO WHEN WE'RE ASKING FOR AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION PERSON IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE, THEIR AGE, THAT'S JUST FOR STATISTICAL DATA GATHERING ON THE CITY SIDE AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY KIND OF SCORING CRITERIA WHATSOEVER.

UM, I THINK THAT QUESTION, AND THEN THE QUESTION AROUND THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SCORING.

UM, AS ALWAYS INDIVIDUALS CAN ALWAYS SAY PREFER NOT TO ANSWER FOR ANY OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS, WHETHER THAT'S ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR ABOUT THE BOARD, YOU CAN ALWAYS CHOOSE TO SAY YOU PREFER NOT TO ANSWER.

UM, AND ADDITIONALLY, WHEN, WHEN SOMEONE IS FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION, EVERY QUESTION THAT IS TIED TO THE SCORE HAS LIKE THESE THREE LITTLE ASTERISKS NEXT TO THEM.

AND THERE'S A THING AT THE TOP THAT SAYS IF IT HAS THE THREE AT STREET, C S ASTERIXIS, UM, THEN, THEN IT'S RELATED TO THE SCORE.

SO AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE APPLICATION ITSELF, YOU'LL BE REMINDED, OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

I BETTER MAKE SURE THAT I ANSWER THIS WELL, OR, YOU KNOW, OR, OR JUST YOU'LL KNOW WHEN YOU'RE FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION THAT IT'S TIED TO, UH, UH, SCORING POINTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE INFORMATION AND, AND YOUR FABULOUS WORK.

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IF I CAN JUST ADD REALLY QUICKLY TO THAT, UH, THE MORE DATA THE CITY HAS, UH, EVEN IF WE'RE JUST COLLECTING IT AND IT'S NOT SCORED THE BETTER, BECAUSE IT HELPS TO SHOW WHO WE'RE SERVING AND WHO WE'RE NOT SERVING.

SO, UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR US TO, TO HAVE THAT DATA IN OUR SYSTEM TO SEE THE FULL PICTURE OF WHO'S IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO I'LL JUST PUT THAT PLUG BACK, BACK IN THE MIX.

SO IT HELPS US HELP THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE NEW BUSINESS, A AIPP DISCUSSION ACTION ITEMS. SO THE RISK OF, UH, SENDING STAFF AND, UH, NOT ALLOWING, BUT TO MOVE THINGS ALONG.

SO LOOKING AT THE CLOCK AND LOOKING AT THE LIST, UM, AND REMEMBERING WHAT COMMISSIONER FLORES WAS ABOUT TO DO, WE ARE

[5a. AIPP Discussion and Action Items]

I WAS GOING TO MOVE THAT.

WE ADOPT A ONE ON, SORRY, A 1, 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE AND SEVEN.

YEAH, I THINK HE PROJECTS YOU'RE MUTED CHAIR.

POLGAR.

OH, HELLO.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COMMISSIONER CASTILLO HAS SECONDED THAT MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO, UM, COMBINE FIVE, A 1, 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE ON CONSENT MOTION TO APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED ANYBODY HERE? OKAY, COOL.

UM, NO EXTENSIONS THAT PASSES ON CONSENT.

SO WE ARE NOW ON TO FIVE, A SIX APPROVED FINAL DESIGN FOR ANTHONY MOBILEY WATKINS, ADRIAN ARMSTRONG, DON OROCO FOR THE TEMPO 2021 ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, PROJECT MR. CASTILLO.

WELL, I WAS GOING TO ASK IF ANYONE HAS THINGS, QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT THEM.

CAUSE IF NOT, I'LL, I'LL PUT THOSE THREE ON CONSENT AS WELL, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE COMMISSIONER FLORES HAS QUESTIONS.

SO YEAH, LET'S, LET'S APPROVE.

UH, I MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE SINCE BOTH OF THOSE COMMISSIONERS THAT BROUGHT IT UP ARE NOT PRESENT.

AWESOME.

LET'S APPROVE FIVE, A SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT ON CONSENT PLEASE.

AND WE HAVE A MOTION FROM CASTILLO A SECOND FROM FLORES TO APPROVE FIVE, A SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT ON CONSENT.

ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? YOU'RE A COMMISSIONER, GREG, ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST WHAT'S YOUR VOTE FOR? OKAY.

I CAN TELL IT WAS LIKE MR. GARZA WHERE YOU FOUR.

IT'S LIKE WE PASS UNANIMOUSLY.

SO WE'RE MOVING ON.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

SO ALL OF AIPP HAS BEEN PASSED ON CONSENT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL WORK ON THIS QUESTION OF CASTILLO.

[5b. Misc. Discussion and Possible Action Items]

SO WE POSTPONED TO THE NEXT MONTH.

I HAVEN'T MENTIONED IN THE SECOND TO PROPOSE PHONE FIVE EIGHTY ONE TO NEXT MONTH, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED ANY ABSTENTIONS THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SO WE ARE NOW ON FIVE A TO ESTABLISH A WORKFORCE.

OOPS, SORRY, MR. FLORES, HOLD ON THAT ITEM.

I HAVE INFORMATION FOR THAT ITEM.

DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE, BUT IS IT A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY DEPARTMENT? I'M PATIENT ALREADY TO DO IT? SO LET ME SEE.

GREAT, GREAT, GREAT.

SO ON 5 8, 2, UM, MR. FLORES, WHAT DO YOU HAVE BURNING TO THIS IMPACT? THE AUSTIN DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE IS ALREADY RECOMMENDING THE RESURGENCE OF THE BELOW AND THEY'VE RECOMMENDED TWO ROUTES.

SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO CREATE A WORKING GROUP.

WE'RE ALREADY GOT A PLETHORA OF WORKING GROUPS, SO THEY'RE ON IT.

WE'RE ON IT.

WE CAN, YOU CAN MAKE COMMENTS TO OUR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE PERSON.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO IT IS.

SO I MOVED THAT.

WE JUST DON'T DO THAT ITEM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'M SO HAPPY.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, IS THAT, IS THAT, IS THAT A CITY THING OR CAUSE YOU, YOU MENTIONED THE DOWNTOWN A LOT, THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHO'S RUNNING THAT AND WHO, WHO, SO THAT WE CAN DO A QUICK GOOGLE AND FIND OUT WHO IT IS.

UM, HOLD ON.

RETURN TO THE DILLO.

UM, IT IS THERE IT'S THE DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE.

THEY DID A SURVEY.

THEY'D RESILIENT, RESILIENT THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BRINGING YOU BACK TO THE BUS.

THEY GOT THAT, WHICH THEY'RE NOT FUNDING, BUT THEY'RE DEFINITELY HAVE PROPOSED TWO ROUTES, ONE FROM SOUTH CONGRESS TO BLOCK AND THEN COMES UP LOTS OF STUFF.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS I FORGET WHERE THAT RAINEY TO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND SO, BUT, BUT IS IT, IT'S, IT'S A SURVEY BY THE

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I READ THAT ARTICLE.

I THINK IT IS THE, UH, THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE PROJECT.

SO I DON'T THINK, UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S COMING FROM THE CITY.

I THINK IT'S COMING FROM THAT NON-PROFIT SO, UM, THEY MAY GO ON CITY FOR FUNDING, BUT IT IS NOT COMING FROM THE CITY.

IT IS COMING FROM 10 ON TOP.

IT WILL COST 5.2, 6 MILLION ANNUALLY.

DOES IT DOESN'T IDENTIFY THE FUNDING SOURCE SPECIFICALLY, BUT IT PRESENTS A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL OPTIONS, INCLUDING CAPITAL METRO CITY OF ASTON'S HOTEL, OCCUPANCY TAX, OR MAJOR EMPLOYERS IN THE AREA.

SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS, WHO'S DOING IT THAT WAY.

I COULD SUGGEST MAYBE TO COMMISSIONER MOCKS WHO BROUGHT THIS UP, MAYBE JUST PLUG IN WITH THEM AND FIND OUT WHERE THEY'RE AT AND SEE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THAT CONVERSATION.

WE'LL DO A RAP ON THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE.

I THOUGHT WE DID IS THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION COMMISSION.

NEVERMIND.

BUT I STARTED PUTTING AMY ON THAT.

I AM IN, I AM TELLING ME, I DON'T THINK WE NEED A VOTE ON THAT.

I THINK IF SHE'S AGREED.

WE'RE GOOD.

SO MOVE THING ON, THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY.

AND, AND LOOK, YOU THINK IT, AND IT APPEARS IN THE WORLD.

THANK YOU, AMY, KEEP THINKING THINGS.

CAN YOU THINK A FEW MILLION DOLLARS TO THE ARTS COMMUNITY THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

UM, ONTO ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO 20 21, 20 22 CITY BUDGET REQUEST.

UM, MR. CASTILLO, CAN I THROW YOU INTO THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT JUST FOR THE BACKGROUND? SO WE, WE, WE PUT FORWARD A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.

I WANT TO SAY AROUND MARCH ASKING FOR TWO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES FOR, FOR CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION, UM, SPECIFICALLY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS, ONE FOR ONE FOR THE CULTURAL FUNDING, ONE FOR AIPP, UM, SO THAT THEY COULD GO OUT AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMMUNICATING, UH, PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

UH, IT, THAT REQUEST DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE CITY BUDGET.

UM, SO I WAS THINKING THAT MAYBE WE COULD, UM, I DUNNO, YOU GARNER SOME SUPPORT FOR THIS AGAIN AND, AND MAYBE START THE CONVERSATION WITH THE FUNDING THAT WAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED FOR, UM, COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS WITH THE ARPA FUNDS.

UM, AND SEE, YEAH.

SEE IF WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION THERE ABOUT PUSHING THIS, THIS NEED FORWARD.

UM, I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT AND SAY, LOOKING AT, UM, THE THREE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE IN PROCESS OF ROLLING OUT NEW PROGRAMS TO THE COMMUNITY AND OUR PUSH FOR EQUITY AND OUR NEED FOR ALLIANCE AND OUR DESPERATE NEED FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACROSS ALL OF THOSE THAT PERHAPS ARE, ARE MORE EFFICIENT AND, AND LIKE BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK ASK MIGHT BE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT POSITION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AS OPPOSED FOR CAD SPECIFICALLY.

SO I, I PUT THAT OUT FOR CONVERSATION WITH THE GROUP.

I SUPPORT THAT, UH, UM, A QUESTION.

SO, UH, THIS, THIS QUESTION, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS SUPPOSED TO AT 10, UH, DISTRICT 10, UH, CITY BUDGET DISCUSSION TONIGHT, BUT IT WAS A CONFLICT.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, FOR SYNOVIA, UM, I WAS, I GLANCE OVER THE BUDGET THAT WAS SENT, UM, TO ME FROM MY COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT THE, UM, PROPOSAL FROM THE CITY MANAGER.

UM, THERE IS SOME SPECIFIC, UH, ITEMS THERE, WELL THEN FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

UM, SO I REMEMBER I COULD BE WRONG THAT THERE IS SOME, UM, PROPOSED BUDGET TO HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF POSITION.

IS IT TRUE? SO NAVEA, I'M SORRY.

I WAS LOOKING FOR THE MUTE, BUT UNMUTE BUTTON, YOU ARE CORRECT.

UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE ONE NEW FTE THAT IS PROPOSED FOR THE CULTURAL HERITAGE FACILITY, AND THEN THERE ARE TWO FTES TRANSFERRING FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT INTO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT THOSE ARE FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS.

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SO, SO, UM, SO I, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, I'M GOING TO COMMUNICATE WITH MY COUNCIL MEMBER.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I SEND YOU MY SUPPORT, UM, TO, TO THIS PROPOSAL.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOCK.

UM, SO FOR THE GROUP, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, UM, ARE WE WILLING TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL? WE ALREADY PUT FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STAFF OR THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION.

UM, AND BUT TO SAY THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS VITAL GIVEN WHERE WE ARE AND THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT AN ADDITIONAL, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STAFF POSITION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE'D BE WILLING TO PUT FORWARD? IS THERE MAYBE A MOTION TO THAT GOOGLE GO THAT EFFECT? YES.

I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER GREY AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ZISMAN MR. CASTILLO, YOU HAVE THINKING FACE I I'M SORRY.

I WAS, UH, I GOT A TEXT FROM MY WIFE, SO I WAS READING THE TEXT.

I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH, I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH THE, THE, WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO, TO WRITE A NEW LETTER.

I THINK MAYBE WE CAN EITHER WRITE IT, BUT I, I SAID, REACH OUT TO YOUR, TO PUT FORWARD A, JUST, UH, JUST A REMINDER THAT WE, WE MADE THE ASK AND REACH OUT TO, WE CAN WRITE A LETTER.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

I MEAN, YEAH.

I FEEL LIKE THE LETTER WOULD BE MORE FORMAL, BUT I'M ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT THE TIMELINE, RIGHT.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WOULD REQUIRE ONE OR TWO OF US PUTTING OUR HEADS TOGETHER, DRAFTING THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMISSION SUPPORTS IT SO THAT WE CAN GET IT TO COUNCIL IN TIME.

BUT IF, IF SPEAKING TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS BETTER, THAT THAT'S FINE TOO.

I JUST, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO THINK ABOUT.

I'M AFRAID THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE EMOTION WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WE'RE PARSING RIGHT NOW IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WHAT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT USE OF OUR TIME GIVEN THE SCHEDULE AND GIVE THEM WHILE WE'RE ASKING THE QUESTION TO ADDITIONAL, RIGHT.

OUR RECOMMENDATION, OUR INITIAL RECOMMENDATION ASKED FOR TWO, THEY WERE BOTH WITHIN CULTURAL ARTS AND ONE FOR AIPP AND ONE FOR THE, THE CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING PROGRAM.

UM, WE'RE, I'M, I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE ALTER IT TO ASK FOR ONE, FOR EDD, FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACROSS ALL, ALL THE PROGRAMS. OH, I SEE.

SO THAT'S THE ASK.

AND THE QUESTION ON THE TABLE IS THE BEST USE OF OUR TIME AND APPROACH ON THAT.

WHETHER IT'S A LETTER, WHICH IF WE AGREE THAT THAT'S THE ASK, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, WHICH WE CAN ATTACH TO A LETTER SAYING, WE KNOW THIS DIDN'T GO FORWARD, AND THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR US.

PLEASE CONSIDER ONE FTE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT POSITION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND THAT, THAT GOES OUT WITH THE BLESSING OF THE COMMISSION AT THIS POINT.

BUT A COUPLE OF US CAN GET TOGETHER TO DRAFT IT.

IF STAFF COULD JUST REMIND US WHAT, WHEN COUNCIL'S TAKING THIS UP, WHICH DATE OR AUGUST ABSOLUTE, UM, DELIBERATE THE BUDGET AUGUST 11TH, 12TH, AND 13TH.

SO THAT'S BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING.

SO MICHELLE, YES.

MA'AM.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE RESOLUTION THAT IF WE VOTE ON THE MOTION, THE RECOMMENDATION CAN BE WRITTEN AND I WOULD SUGGEST THE RECOMMENDATION BE VERY SHORT AND SAY EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID IN THE MOTION TO THAT WEEK.

I MEAN, IF WE NEED BACKGROUND OR WHATEVER, I THINK THAT'S OBVIOUS, BUT THAT'S THE PURPOSE.

I THINK, AS LONG AS YOU RECOMMENDATION IS THE MOTION AND WE VOTE ON IT TONIGHT.

I THINK YOU AND I MADE OR HELP OR WHATEVER, TO JUST RIDE IT OUT AND FORWARD TO 10 GRAND FOR IT TO THE CO TO THE COUNCIL.

AND THEN I WOULD ASK EVERYBODY TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS REPORT.

SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE MOTION ON THE TABLE.

THAT WAS WHAT YOU SAID.

THAT'S SICK BECAUSE I HAD A PRETTY MEMBRANE.

EXACTLY.

BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO WRITE A SECOND FOR MRA.

WHY NOT? THAT ONE TOO? YEAH.

EMORY, ARE YOU WITH ME? DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT JUST HAPPENED? I, I THINK I HAVE IT, UM, TO DRIVE THE RECOMMENDATION AND SUPPORT OF A SINGLE FTE FOR EDD, UH, FOR YES.

I HAVE COMMISSIONER GRAY HAVING MOTIONED AND THEN I'VE MISSED THE SECOND CASTILLO.

UM, AND SO THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE TABLE? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? NO ABSTENTIONS.

IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND WE ARE MOVING ON.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

UM, WE'LL GET THAT DRAFTED.

DOESN'T EVEN WANT TO HELP JEFF THAT MICHELLE KOSTIA WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING.

UH, YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE, BUT YEAH, I DRAFTED THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.

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AND WHAT ELSE YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE? I WAS GOING TO CAN, SHOULD WE, MAYBE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE, UH, FIVE B FIVE BEFORE FIVE BEFORE.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE FIVE B FIVE ABOVE FOUR.

DO I HAVE A SECOND COMMISSIONER? IS THIS MINT IS SECOND TO THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LET'S TALK ABOUT, YEAH.

CAN YOU TELL ME, BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE A NEW AGENDA.

I PRINTED OUT WHAT WE ON THE DEAL AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT.

UM, SO ITEM ITEM, UH, FIVE UNDER BEING MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS, UH, IS APPROVE ARTS COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2020 AND GOALS FOR 2021.

THIS IS THE CONVERSATION WE STARTED ON MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE FOUR PILLARS AND THE GOALS CONVERSATION.

IT IS SEVEN 30.

SO I WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I HAD MADE THE SECOND ON THE MOTION.

CAUSE THAT WAS LISTED AS ONE UNDER FIVE FOR ME AND FIVE B ONE WAS THAT.

AND SO I WAS SUPPOSED TO FINDING THAT THAT'S UM, OH, I SHOULDN'T HAVE THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO POSTPONE.

AND IF WE DON'T HAVE SOME, I HAD A, I HAD AN AMENDMENT TO THE PILLAR, TO THE, I MENTIONED THEM FOR MEETING ON MONDAY AND IT'S VERY BRIEF, BUT I CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, I CAN, IF WE HAVE TIME AT THE NEXT MEETING TO ADOPT WHATEVER WAS WE'RE DOING, I WOULD MOVE TO POSTPONE.

OR IF WE DON'T, THEN WE CAN JUST DO IT NOW.

BUT MY IMPULSE IS TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HAVING THIS CONVERSATION TO REALLY LOOK AT THE FOUR PILLARS.

AND THEN IF WE'RE CLEAR ON THE FOUR PILLARS, I THINK THAT WILL HELP US WITH THE GOALS.

AND WE CAN DO A LITTLE DRAFTING IN BETWEEN IF WE NEED TO WORK IN GROUP.

WE'LL SEE.

WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH FEEDBACK WE HAVE HERE.

DOES IT, DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR MR. FLORES IS MOVED TO, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT POSTPONING IT BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A CONVERSATION I WAS ASKING.

THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT THEN I WON'T YEAH.

I JUST WANT TO ASK IF YOU WANTED A PRESENTATION TO BE SHOWN WITH THIS ITEM, OH, YOU WANT TO PUT IT UP SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT.

AND LET, LET'S DIVE IN AND SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE.

SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE LAST WERE HERE ON MONDAY, WE STARTED A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PRIORITIES FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION AND OUR NORTH STAR.

UM, AND WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION AS WE LOOKED AT THE ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH IF YOU'VE REVIEWED LISTS, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, BUT THEN HAS A SECTION AT THE END OF WHAT OUR GOALS ARE FOR THE COMING YEAR, RIGHT.

AND INCLUDED AT THE TOP OF THAT SECTION ARE THE FOUR PILLARS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED OVER TIME.

AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON MONDAY ABOUT HOW WE ORDER IT, HOW WE MIGHT WANT TO SHORE THAT PIECE UP.

AND SINCE THAT IS SUCH A TOUCHSTONE, SO MUCH OF THE OTHER WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE SHOULD START THIS CONVERSATION.

UM, AND, UM, UH, I GUESS I WANT TO SORT OF DIVE IN WHERE, WHEN WE WERE LAST HERE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FOCUS OF THE FOUR PILLARS OR THE FOCUS.

THE ONE PIECE FOR ME THAT SORT OF WAS MISSING AS THE FRAME FOR THE FOUR PILLARS, WHICH I'LL JUST THROW OUT IS IF, IF WE'RE INTERESTED IN, UM, INCLUDING ABOVE THE FOUR PILLARS LINE, THE, THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION WILL DRIVE THE DRIVE CHAIN DRIVES CHANGE TO ELEVATE, SUSTAIN, DIVERSIFY, AND GROW AUSTIN'S VITAL, VARIED AND VALUABLE CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THE GENERAL IDEA OF IS WE'RE DRIVING THE, THE LONGTERM SUCCESS, THE DIVERSITY, THE SUSTAINABILITY, UM, AND ELEVATING ARTS AND CULTURE ACROSS THE CITY.

THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL THROUGH THESE FOUR PILLARS.

AND THAT THESE ARE OUR, OUR TOUCHSTONES, AS WE'RE DOING THAT FOUR PILLARS OF THE IMAGE I HAD, UH, IT SOUNDED RIGHT.

IF YOU CAN REPEAT THAT, BECAUSE I ALSO THOUGHT THAT WE NEEDED TO SAY THAT THE FOUR PILLARS ARE THE ARTS, COMMISSION'S FOUR PILLARS OF, FOR OUR VALUES OR WHO HAVE WHAT? BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WHAT, BECAUSE THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, IT SAYS, AREN'T THE COMMISSION RESPONSIBLE, THE WORKING GROUPS WORK PILLAR, AND IT'S NOT AS THE ARTS COMMISSION AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT IS A WHAT, SO YOU'RE SAYING LIKE A LITTLE INTRODUCTION, CAUSE I FELT IT WAS MISSING THAT LIKE WHAT YOU'RE LAYING OUT AND THEN SAY, AND THESE ARE THE FOUR PILLARS THAT SHORE, BUT I'LL USE AND THEN MOVE ON IN THEN STADIUM.

CAN I SHOW I'M NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING AS A PREAMBLE, BUT I FEEL LIKE LESS TEXT IS BETTER.

SO I'M JUST, I THINK IT SHOULD JUST BE CHANGING, BUT CHANGING THE TERMS FROM FOUR PILLARS TO THE ARTS COMMISSIONS FOR VALUES.

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WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL? THE CHALLENGE FOR ME IS I WANT TO SEE WHO WANTS TO TALK AND AS SOON AS THE DOCUMENT GOES UP AND YOU GUYS GO, HALF OF YOU GO AWAY.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE, BUT YOU TELL ME, DO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT GUYS? I HAVE A LOT OF VISUAL FOLKS HERE.

TELL ME EVERYBODY'S NODDING.

YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU WANT TO SEE IT.

LET'S DO THAT.

BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, THANK YOU.

AND THANKS AMY FOR HAVING THAT IN YOUR BACK POCKET.

SO I WOULD AGREE WITH I, SO I WOULD SECOND THAT TO CHANGE THE PATH, UH, AND THEN ALSO TO MOVE THE BALL FORWARD, WE TALKED ABOUT MONDAY, IS THAT FLIPPING, PUTTING THE EQUITY PIECE FIRST AS THE LEADER, UH, WHICH IS I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

AS I SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO STRENGTHEN IT SOME BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS STRONG ENOUGH BECAUSE IT USES THE WORD ENCOURAGE.

I WOULD RATHER SAY, PROMOTE ADAM HAVE THAT STRONGER.

I HAD SAID THE MAN, BUT THAT'S A LITTLE TOO STRONG.

SO I WANT TO SAY, ENCOURAGE HIM PROMOTE EQUITY.

AND THAT, THAT REFLECTS THE GROWING DIVERSE POPULATION AS IT CURRENTLY SETTLES.

UH, BUT I WOULD RATHER SAY IT ALSO THAT PRESERVED THE HISTORIC CULTURAL HERITAGE AND REFLECTS THE GROWING DIVERSE POPULATION OF COST, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SAY THAT PART ABOUT RECOGNIZING THE, UH, HISTORIC CULTURAL HERITAGE OF AUSTIN AND AN ADDITION TO THE FUTURE OF PRESERVING, YOU KNOW, OF REFLECTING THE GROWING DIVERSITY OF OUR POPULATION AS WELL.

UH, COMMISSIONER ASSESSMENT AND THE COMMISSIONER CASTILLO.

IS THAT OKAY, GUYS? WHAT ABOUT TO GO ON THE SECOND ONE HAS HIS HAND UP.

OH, I DIDN'T SEE RICK I'M SO SORRY.

YOUR, YOUR HAND DISAPPEARED IN THE BEAUTIFUL POTS BEHIND YOU.

UM, SO I THINK TRYING TO SORT THROUGH THIS, UM, FOR PLACES ON THIS, BECAUSE THE TIMELINE WE'VE COME AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF TIME FOR ME, UM, THE FOUR PILLARS OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM.

UM, THEY NEED A CONTEXT.

I, UM, I LIKED WHAT YOU SAID, MICHELLE.

UM, I MEAN, I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.

I NEED TO SEE IT IN PRINT, BUT FOR ME THIS NEEDS A CONTEXT AND THE CONTEXT THAT, THAT I'M LOOKING AT, THE DOCUMENT THAT, UH, I DON'T KNOW NOW, I'M NOT SURE WHERE I GOT IT, UH, FROM MICHELLE OR WHATEVER.

THERE'S A, I THINK MICHELLE, YOU CALLED IT A COLLECTION OF THINGS.

SO I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

THERE'S THE MISSION AND GOALS.

IS THAT, IS THAT CONTEXT OR, I MEAN, IS THIS ALL PART OF THE SAME THING OR AS PART OF OUT, OR THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO BECAUSE OF THE, I'M SORT OF COMING IN THE BACK DOOR FOR A BIGGER CONVERSATION TO BE FAIR, UM, WHICH IS WE HAVE THIS DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE TO PUT FORWARD AND SUBMIT, RIGHT? IT'S DUE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THIS IS A REPORT OF WHAT WE DID, BUT IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO START THE CONVERSATION.

AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE, THAT ENTIRE PIECE, BUT TO START LOOKING AT WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE FOUR PILLARS.

I BELIEVE RICK'S LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR OUR MONDAY CONVERSATION.

UH, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE.

SO RICK AND OUR BACKUP, THERE WAS A DRAFT, A FISCAL YEAR, 2021 ARTS COMMISSION, ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEW.

AND ON PAGE EIGHT OF THAT DOCUMENT IS WHERE, WHERE WE HAVE THE FOUR PILLARS.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO EDIT.

UM, I'M LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT DOCUMENT, SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE'RE GOING.

IT'S GOT THREE PAGES TO IT.

THAT'S THE BACKUP ON MONDAY.

THAT'S THE COMPILATION, THAT'S A COMPILATION OF DIFFERENT THINGS, INCLUDING CHAD'S MISS YOUR REMARKS.

SO THERE'S AND MISSION AND GOALS, AS WELL AS THE ARTS COMMISSION FUNDING GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND AS WELL AS THE FOUR PILLARS.

SO IT WAS JUST KIND OF A, AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN EQUITY STATEMENT.

SO THAT WAS MORE OF A, UM, JUST A COLLECTIVE GALLERY OF THINGS.

BUT RIGHT NOW SIMON SAID, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FOUR PILLARS.

SO THE CONTEXT THAT I BROUGHT UP MONDAY NIGHT WAS HOW DOES THAT FIT IN WITH THIS BIGGER PICTURE OF BEING RESPONSIBLE TO ALL ARTISTS? UM, AND FOR ME, THAT'S A, I DON'T KNOW, A HELPFUL,

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HELPFUL PIECE OF THIS.

OTHERWISE IT'S JUST KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE CONTEXT.

IT'S KIND OF OUT OF THE BLUE FOR ME.

I UNDERSTAND.

UM, BUT THIS, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT VALUE SET OF THE PILLARS, WHICH HAS JUST AT THE TOP OF THAT SECTION, COMMISSIONER MARK, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR INTRODUCTION, WE HAVE LOVE, WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LAWS, THE LAWS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO MAKE, WE, UH, WE ARE CATCHING UP, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S SO MUCH, SO MUCH WAS LOST.

AND SO WE, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, THE LAWS IS ALREADY LOST.

SO WE HAVE TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE PRESERVE WHATEVER'S LEFT.

YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO I THINK THAT PIECE TO REMEDIATE KNOWLEDGE, THE LAWS IS IMPORTANT.

SO WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE LOSS AND THEN MAKE A COMMITMENT TO PRESERVE WHATEVER WE HAVE LEFT.

UM, AND THEN TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU, TO THE FUTURE, UH, WE ARE MINDFUL ABOUT NOT REPEATING THE SAME MISTAKE.

TERRIFIC.

THAT TO ME IS THREE THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE AS AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR THESE FOUR PILLARS.

I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S A, I HAVE A STRUCTURAL QUESTION ON THAT, BUT I'LL GO HAVE GONE COMMISSIONER GARZA.

I MEAN, I THANK YOU, AMY.

AND THANK YOU LULU FOR, FOR THOSE KINDS OF STATEMENTS.

WE NEED, I AGREE WITH HYMAN.

WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND CREATE A VERY STRONG STATEMENT.

UH, I KNOW WE KNOW OURSELVES OR WE'VE BEEN WORKING A COUPLE OF YEARS ALREADY ON, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN 145 YEARS SINCE THE TEXAS WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE AND, YOU KNOW, ANY SLAVES THERE WERE FREE THEN WERE REINSTATE IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER.

UH, IT'S BEEN 82 YEARS SINCE THE 1929, YOU KNOW, REDLINING.

SO YEAH, EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER YEARS BEFORE THAT AND WE NEED TO, LIKE THEY SAID, ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES UNDERSTOOD AND APPRECIATED.

UM, SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THERE'S A BIGGER CONVERSATION TO BE HAD ABOUT, UH, STATEMENT ON, ON WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM FOR THE YEAR AND, AND FOUNDATIONAL SORT OF STRUCTURE FOR THAT.

AND THAT ALL SOUNDS LIKE GOALS TO ME.

SO I WANT TO BACK US BACK UP TO THE FOUR PILLARS BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE AGREED TO HISTORICALLY THAT, AND WE DISCOVERED ON MONDAY THAT MAYBE THE ORDER OF THOSE IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT.

UM, BUT CAN WE AGREE THAT THE FOUR PILLARS AND I THINK COMMISSIONER FLORES HAD A NICE EDIT TO ITEM B.

CAN WE AGREE THAT WE WANT TO ADD, PROMOTE AND PRESERVE THE CULTURE, CULTURAL HERITAGE TO BE COMMISSIONERS CASTILLO? AND CAN WE AGREE THAT THESE ARE BASICALLY WHAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD? JUST FOR THAT PIECE COMMISSIONER CHRYSTIA? I HAVE A SLIGHT EDIT TO A COMMISSIONER FLORES, UH, PROPOSED, UH, I FEEL STRONGLY THAT I SHOULD STAY ENSURE AND ENCOURAGE EQUITY, BUT THEN THE SUPPORTING DEFINITION OR THE SUPPORTING STATEMENT AFTERWARDS COULD READ, REFLECT THE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE GROWING DIVERSE POPULATION OF AUSTIN.

I DON'T MIND WITH KEEPING ENCOURAGED, BUT LET ME READ YOU WHAT I SAID.

CAUSE YOU DID EXACTLY RIGHT.

NO, I'M, I'M, I'M EDITING, I'M ALSO EDITING.

SO I'M SAYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM YOU.

AND I WANT TO KEEP THE WORD HISTORIC BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN WHAT WE CAME BEFORE US AND THEN TO MOVE ON, TO REFLECT THE GROWING DIVERSITY OF OUR POPULATION.

WELL, I WANT TO SAY HISTORIC CULTURAL HERITAGE BECAUSE HISTORIC IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF BOSTON.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LIKE, AS COMMISSIONER GODS HAS SAID REFLECTS THE HISTORY.

SO I'LL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WORD HISTORIC CULTURAL HERITAGE IS THERE AND YOU CAN SAY PROMOTE AND ALSO REFLECTS A GROWING DIVERSE POPULATION.

I, I, CAUSE I WANTED TO SAY PRESERVES, I, I WOULD ACCEPT THAT.

SO I WOULD, IT WOULD SAY REFLECT THE, HIS LOCAL CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE GROWING DIVERSE POPULATION OF AUSTIN.

I WOULD, I WOULD RATHER, I WOULD COUNTER THAT AGAIN.

I WOULD WANT TO SAY THAT IT PRESERVES THE HISTORIC CULTURAL HERITAGE OF AUSTIN AND REFLECTS THE GROWING AND DIVERSE POPULATION.

WELL, I DON'T HAVE TO SAY A BOSTON JUST THAT IT PRESERVES THE HISTORIC CULTURAL HERITAGE AND REFLECTS THE GROWING DIVERSE POPULATION OF JOHNSTON.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WE, YOU WANT TO KEEP, YOU WANT TO KEEP PRESERVATION IN THAT PIECE.

I HEAR THAT WORD PRESERVE

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RICK, I SEE YOU, BUT STAFF'S GOT A QUESTION OR A COMMENT.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE THAT.

AND THEN YOU'RE NEXT, MEGAN, THIS IS A QUICK, JUST A QUICK HOUSEKEEPING.

UH, IT, CAN WE GET THE FINAL VERSION OF WHATEVER'S BEING EDITED JUST SO THAT WE CAN CAPTURE ALL THE GOOD DISCUSSION.

IS THERE SOMEONE WHO CAN SEND US THAT? YEAH.

YOU WANT ME TO COME? YEAH.

A, ARE YOU MAKING NOTES ON WHOEVER'S THE CHIEF EDITOR? I MEAN, HI, MARIO, PICK THAT IN TERMS OF IT PRESERVES A HISTORIC CULTURAL HERITAGE AND REFLECTS THE GROWING DIVERSITY.

THE EASY ANSWER IS REFLECT AND PRESERVE.

UM, I'M WILLING TO, I'M WILLING TO COMPROMISE AND, AND TAKE LOU OR COMMISSIONER FLORES HIS EDITS.

IF WE CAN KEEP ENSURE AND ENCOURAGE EQUITY, I AM DOING THAT.

I SAID I'M TO ENCOURAGE, I WASN'T CHANGING IT TO PROMOTE.

SO, SO WE'RE SORT OF WORKING THIS IN THE ROOM GUYS.

SO I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO GO ON SORT OF CONSENSUS AND, AND WEIGH IN.

IF YOU, IF YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, I HAVE A QUESTION OR, HEY, LIKE, THIS SOUNDS TERRIBLE.

I HATE THIS.

LET ME KNOW, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ON AT 7 46.

AND I'M KEEPING AN EYE ON THE CLOCK, MR. VANDYKE, SEE IT IN PRINT.

BUT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING, YOU WANT ME TO SEND IT TO ANN MARIE OR SOMEBODY COULD PUT IT UP OR TO MEGAN, I'VE CONTACTED THEM REAL FAST IN AN EMAIL WHAT'S W WHAT WORKS.

SO IF THIS IS HELPFUL, WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO PASS THIS DOCUMENT TONIGHT.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE IT AND SHARE IT.

BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO HAVE THIS SECTION DRAFTED FOR EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT, UM, AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE BEST MECHANISM FOR, FOR THE REST OF IT.

I, I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, THE ABE CITY HALL SHOULD BE ABLE TO PULL UP THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU WANT TO SHARE IT, OR IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT, UH, IT SHOULD BE IN THE DOCUMENTS FOLDER.

WE CAN SHARE IT, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE CONFUSING BECAUSE WE'RE EDITING IT AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO EDIT THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT.

AND I THINK THAT'S ONLY GOING TO CONFUSE PEOPLE MORE.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S HELPFUL.

UM, BUT WHAT I WILL SAY TO COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE'S POINT IS WE CAN DO THIS WRITING AND WE WILL SHARE IT WITH EVERYBODY.

SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PUT YOUR EYES ON IT.

CAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF US ARE VISUAL LEARNERS AND WE NEED TO SEE IT.

BUT WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, IS WE HAVE INSURANCE ENCOURAGE EQUITY, RIGHT.

LULU I'M.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE REFLECT, THE HISTORIC CULTURAL HERITAGE OR OBSERVE, OH, IT'S SORRY.

I, THAT WAS MY BAD PRESERVE.

THE HISTORIC CULTURAL HERITAGE AND REFLECT THE GROWING DIVERSITY OF DIVERSE POPULATION, DIVERSE POPULATION OF AUSTIN.

DID YOU SAY THE GROWING DIVERSE POPULATION OF OPTUM? YES.

GROWING DIVERSE POPULATION OF AUSTIN.

SOMEBODY ELSE WRITE THIS DOWN IN CASE I CAN'T READ MY HANDWRITING LATER.

SOMEBODY ELSE I'M TRYING TO WRITE IT IN AN EMAIL.

THAT'S HOW FUNNY? YEAH.

I'LL JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER FLORES DID IT ALREADY RECOMMEND MOVING AN EQUITY ABOVE TO BE THE FIRST VAL FIRST VALUE.

SO I WANTED TO DO THE LANGUAGE FIRST AND THEN JUST CONFIRM, ARE WE ALL ON BOARD FOR MOVING EQUITY AS NUMBER ONE? WE'RE GOING TO GO BY CONSENSUS HERE.

UH, THE INSPIRATION OF EVOLUTION AND, UH, EVERYTHING ELSE IS INCLUDING LEADERSHIP.

SO WE HAVE MOVING EQUITY TO A, WITH THAT UPDATED LANGUAGE AND I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THIS CULTIVATING LEADERSHIP COME AS, AS BEEP OH MY GOD.

THE DRINK CODE ON THAT.

NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

I DON'T THINK SO.

I'M JUST LOOKING FOR, FOR WHAT'S NEXT, BECAUSE THE QUESTION I HAVE AN IDEA, BUT IT'S, RESPONSE WOULD BE TO PULL UP D INSPIRE EVOLUTION AS NUMBER TWO.

I THINK THE TRENDS FOR ME, TRANSFORMATIONAL THINKING THE DISRUPTION, ALL THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING ABOUT REALLY, REALLY GROWING AND EVOLVING WHAT WE'RE DOING TO, TO REFLECT WHAT'S NEEDED.

THAT THAT TO ME IS, UH, A NATURAL NEXT STEP.

UM, AND THEN TO GO DOWN THE LINE BASED ON HOW I'M INTERPRETING, UH, THE GOALS AS WE'VE BASED ON OUR ACTIONS, IT WOULD BE EQUITY, EVOLUTION, LEADERSHIP, AND COLLABORATION.

THAT'S KIND OF HOW I'VE DIGESTED THINGS SO FAR, BUT ANYBODY ELSE, COMMISSIONER GRAHAM, UH, JUST ANOTHER THOUGHT TO THROW ANOTHER THING IN THAT CYCLE.

UM, I BELIEVE COMMUNITY COLLABORATION MAY BRING US TO,

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I THINK IN GETTING COLLABORATION, UH, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WOULD BRING THE OTHER THREE TO POWER MEDIC MR. CASTILLO.

SO I APPRECIATE THE ACTIVITY THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF LIKE PUTTING THESE IN ORDER.

BUT IF I, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE ORIGINAL CONVERSATION COMING OUT OF THE WORK, THE CULTURAL RESPONSIVENESS WORKING GROUP WAS THAT THESE WERE NOT IN REALLY IN ANY ORDER.

THESE ARE JUST THE FOUR THINGS THAT WE KEPT BUTTING UP AGAINST.

AND SO WE WANTED TO PUT THEM FORWARD, NOT, NOT REALLY IN AN ORDER, BUT THESE ARE THE FOUR THINGS.

SO JUST AS A HISTORICAL THING FOR THE COMMISSION, THAT'S A GREAT NOTE.

I MEAN, I THINK IT WAS CLEAR YESTERDAY THOUGH, THAT THERE WERE A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO BE DRIVERS.

AND SO, SO I THINK, I THINK ONE AND TWO FOR ME ALSO MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, GIVEN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING AND GIVEN THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING, UM, AND THE WORK BEFORE US AND ACI, I ABSOLUTELY HEAR YOU THAT THERE'S THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP, RIGHT? IT ALL COMES THROUGH COLLABORATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO AND THAT'S WHO WE ARE.

AND THAT IN THAT INFUSES EVERYTHING TRUE.

AND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE STATED AS PILLARS, THEY ALL HOLD EACH OTHER UP.

ABSOLUTELY.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND OUR COMMITMENT TO TRANSFORMATION.

UM, AND SO WHETHER OR NOT EVERYTHING IS ORDERED VISUALLY THAT REMINDER, I THINK IS WORTHWHILE.

WE NEED A GRAPHIC, WE DO NEED A GRAPHIC.

HEY, IF ONLY WE KNEW SOMEBODY, HE COULD MAKE US A GRAPHIC, UM, ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE THIS IS RIGHT NOW? SO ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH, WITH THAT ORDER? WHERE ARE WE, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? MAYBE JUST REPEAT THE ORDER AGAIN.

UM, SO I HAVE ORDER, SO NUMBER ONE WOULD BE, OR A NOT NUMBER ONE A WOULD BE ENSURE AND ENCOURAGE EQUITY B WOULD BE INSPIRE EVOLUTION.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE C AS CULTIVATE LEADERSHIP AND D AS FOSTER COLLABORATION.

I'M FEELING A LITTLE BIT OF, MAYBE WE WANT TO FLIP SOMETHING AND THE COMMISSIONER'S, ISN'T IT.

AND THE COMMISSIONER, OH, GO AHEAD.

WELL KNOW ABOUT WHAT WE WERE SAYING EARLIER ABOUT CHANGING FROM PILLARS TO CORE VALUES OR GOALS TO ACS POINT, IF THESE ARE PILLARS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VISUAL, YOU KNOW, I AGREE THAT THE PILLARS REPRESENT AN EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT, RIGHT? SO THE, AND JUST IN TERMS OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE USING TO DESCRIBE THESE CORE VALUES, I DO THINK THAT USING PILLARS, AND IF WE DO CREATE A GRAPHIC THAT THAT REALLY LENDS ITSELF TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS ISN'T A HIERARCHICAL LIST, IT'S NOT, THERE'S NO HIERARCHY.

SO I THINK ON TOP OF THAT, WHAT WE'RE TITLING THIS DOES, DOES IMPACT THE WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO INTERPRET ANY SORT OF PRIORITY.

EVEN IF WE'RE SAYING THESE ARE NOT IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE OR PRIORITY, THESE ARE ALL EQUALLY WEIGHTED, UM, FOCUSES THAT WE HAVE IT'S FOUR LEGGED STOOL INSTEAD OF THREE LEGGED STOOL.

AND THEN JUST THE TOP IS OUR CORE VALUES.

EACH ONE IS THE SAME WAY THAT HOLDS UP THE WEIGHT VALUES.

WELL, EACH ONE IS THE SAME PIECE THAT HOLDS THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS REALLY THE TABLE FALLS.

RIGHT? WHERE ARE WE GUYS? I SENT YOU, UH, AN ANNE MARIE AND MEGAN, WHAT I, WHAT I WROTE.

SO IF YOU GOT IT.

SO IN A 7 53, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

UM, I WOULD LOVE, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO SORT OF PAUSE THIS HERE AND THEN WE, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WANT TO PARSE THROUGH THE GOALS.

AND I WOULD SUGGEST RATHER THAN LOOKING POINT BY POINT AT ALL OF THE SMALLER BULLET POINTS THAT MAY BE, WE LOOK JUST AT THOSE LEAD SECTIONS.

UM, AVA, CAN YOU PULL UP FOR US THE, THE DOCUMENT, THE ANNUAL REPORT DOCUMENT AND GO TO THE GOALS PAGE REAL QUICK.

MS. WALKER, WHEN, WHEN ARE THESE DUE TO THE CITY AGAIN, TECHNICALLY THE END OF THIS MONTH, BUT AMARIE SAYS THEY WON'T BEAT US UP.

MAYBE POSSIBLY I'LL JUST CRY IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT LATE, I THINK WE'VE BEEN LATE BEFORE.

SO I WOULD RATHER DO THE WORK.

AND THEN THE THIRD, ANY CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND WHATEVER WE NEED TO WORK ON, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THOSE, I GUESS.

CAUSE I THINK IF WE, IF YOU CAN MASSAGE IT AND BRING IT BACK, I DON'T KNOW WHEN OUR AUGUST MEETING, BUT THE 16TH, RIGHT.

RATHER THAN SLUGGING THROUGH, BECAUSE I THINK OBVIOUSLY THE, ALL THE REPORTING PART COMES, FIRST OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DID AND ALL THE ACTIONS THAT MARIE MARGINALIZES

[02:15:01]

SO WE'RE GOING TO SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN.

I THANK YOU.

SO WE WANT TO GROW UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.

I'M GOING TO GET TO MAYBE IT'S PAGE EIGHT AND PAGE UP.

THERE YOU GO.

OH, MORE TECH FUN.

SO WE'VE GOT THE FOUR PILLARS AND THEN WE GET TO GOAL AND, AND YOU'LL SEE UNDER EACH ONE OF THESE, LIKE THERE'S GOLD COUNCIL RELATIONS, UM, AND IN A PERFECT WORLD, IT WOULD ALIGN BEAUTIFULLY WITH THE, THE, UM, DEFINITION OF WHAT THE ARTS COMMISSION DOES FROM THE CODE.

WE'D BE ABLE TO GO HERE'S ABC.

AND HERE'S, HERE'S HOW THOSE GOALS FIT, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH INTERSECTION AND OVERLAP WITH WHAT WE DO THAT IT'S HARD TO, TO DELINEATE IT THAT WAY.

I, FOR ME, AT LEAST SOMEBODY ELSE WHOSE BRAIN IS LIKE, JAIME'S BRAIN PROBABLY WILL DO THAT BETTER THAN MINE.

UM, BUT FOR OUR CONVERSATION, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, I WANT TO LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT THAT DEFINITION UNDERNEATH WHAT EACH ONE OF THOSE GOALS.

SO GOAL ONE SAYS, COUNCIL RELATIONS, INCREASED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AND COUNCIL IN ORDER TO KEEP COUNCIL ABREAST OF THE ARTS COMMISSION DUTIES AND ACTIONS, RIGHT.

WE WANT TO STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.

THAT'S HOW WE GET THE WORK DONE, RIGHT? IF WE ARE THE CONDUIT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY AND WITH COUNCIL.

AND THEN UNDERNEATH THAT, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT THAT? THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS STAY IN REGULAR CONTACT, MEET REGULARLY.

UM, I WOULD SAY MONITOR WHAT'S HAPPENING AT COUNCIL LEVEL, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

CAN WE SCROLL DOWN STUFF? UM, THEN WE GET TO GOAL TWO CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING, RIGHT? THE, THE BURNING QUESTION OF THE DAY MAINTAIN OVERSIGHT OF CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING TO ASSURE APPROPRIATE DISTRIBUTION AND USE THAT'S PART OF OUR CHARGE IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AT PER OUR PER OUR DEFINITION.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANT TO KEEP, DO WE WANT TO RESTRUCTURE THAT IN SOME WAY THAT MIGHT, I MIGHT PUT AN ASTERIX ON THAT, BECAUSE PART OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW ABOUT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.

UM, AND SO I WONDER ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF EXPANSION OF THAT COMMISSIONER CHRYSTIA.

SO I I'M, I'VE GOT A DIFFERENT VERSION.

THE ONE IN BACKUP DOES, HAS EDITED.

OH YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS THE OLD VERSION.

UM, THIS IS A DIFFERENT VERSION.

SO STOP SHARING.

I WAS LIKE, THAT'S WEIRD.

I DON'T REMEMBER THAT ONE.

MAYBE INSTEAD OF CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING IS STATE FUNDING FOR CULTURAL WALKS.

SO WE HA IN YOUR BACKUP IS THE DOCUMENT THAT'S ACTUALLY GOT.

UM, IT'S BEEN REVISED.

HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE THAT? YEAH.

IF, IF I HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHARE, I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN.

IS THAT POSSIBLE? I THINK ONE SECOND, PLEASE.

SO ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

WHILE THESE PULLING, OH, GREAT.

THANK YOU, HONEY.

AND I CAN'T READ THAT BECAUSE I'M BLIND.

AH, PERFECT.

MAINTAIN A ROBUST WORKING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THE ARTS COMMISSION BY COMMISSIONERS.

OF THEIR OWN PARTICIPATION, ENGAGEMENT, AND ENGAGEMENT.

AND HOW DO WE DO THAT? CAN WE GO TO, I'M GOING TO AGAIN, TALK IN THE BIG BUCKETS GOAL.

CAN WE GO TO GOAL THREE COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT? THIS IS WHAT I WAS TOUCHING ON BEFORE MAINTAIN A STRONG WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND INCREASE ENGAGEMENT WITH LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.

AND THEN BELOW IS A LIST OF HOW WE DO THAT.

NEXT ONE, GO FOR ISSUES AND ADVOCACY ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF ARTS CONSTITUENTS INCREASE THEIR AWARENESS AND FUNCTIONAL ROLES OF CITY STAFF AND THE ARTS COMMISSION INCREASE ARTS, CONSTITUENT AWARENESS OF IMPORTANCE

[02:20:01]

AND THE THING IS, AS WE LOOK AT THAT, THE BIG BUCKETS, AND WE LOOK AT HOW WE GO ABOUT ACHIEVING IT.

IT WILL HELP PROVIDE A ROADMAP FOR US FOR THE YEAR AHEAD ON WHAT THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON.

AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE INCREASED AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PULSE OF THE ARTS COMMUNITIES NEEDS AND ISSUES BY ATTENDING COMMUNITY EVENTS, BUT ALSO BY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE WORKING GROUP THAT HOPEFULLY WE GET TO HEAR FROM SHORTLY ABOUT HOW DO, HOW DO THOSE MORE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN FIND US MORE EASILY.

IS THAT THE END OF THAT? I'M AMAZED THAT THE LAST ONE.

SO WE TOOK, BASICALLY WE HAD 12 VERSE, 12 THINGS ON THE LIST LAST YEAR AND THEY ALL SORT OF COLLAPSED INTO THESE BIGGER, BIGGER BUCKETS, BIGGER POOLS.

UM, SO IF THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE VALUABLE NOW, WHAT I HEARD FROM COMMISSIONER MOCK EARLIER AND FROM OTHERS OF YOU, IS THAT WE'RE MISSING A STATEMENT ON THE CRISIS OF THE MOMENT.

AND I THINK, YEAH, WE NEED A STATEMENT ON THE CRISIS OF THE MOMENT.

UM, BUT MY QUESTION TO THE GROUP AS IT'S 8 0 1 IS HOW DO WE GET THIS DONE? GIVEN WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTICIPATION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME TO DO IT.

AND I KNOW THAT I'VE ASKED YOU GUYS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS DOCUMENT AND HAVE NOTES.

AND SO I'M, I'M TRUSTING THAT YOU'VE DONE THAT.

SO I WOULD ASK, HEY, CAN EVERYONE SHARE IT? AND DO WE WANT TO PUT A WORD, A SMALL WORKING GROUP TOGETHER TO GO THROUGH AND COMPILE THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE TEAM AND PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER TO BRING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT MEETING COMMISSIONER FLORA? I JUST HAD A QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO SAY, UH, DID YOU SAY THAT WHAT WAS IN THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS WAS THE NEW VERSION? YES, YES.

AND WHAT WAS IN THE BACKUP IS CORRECT.

AND YOU COLLAPSED, CAN YOU, WHICH ONES DID YOU COLLAPSE OR GET RID OF THEM? WE FELT WE DIDN'T GET RID OF ANYTHING.

IT'S COLLAPSED INTO FOUR, BUT IT'S ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS THERE BEFORE.

AHA.

HOW MANY GOALS FOR CIT BEFORE, SINCE YOU SAID, WELL, WAS IT 12? IT WAS LIKE, HOW DO WE, BUT IT WAS ALL, I MEAN, THEY ALL SORT OF FELL UNDER THOSE BROADER CATEGORIES, SO WE'RE TRYING TO CLARIFY IT FOR EVERYBODY.

AND ALSO THIS IS A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT, LIKE ANY MISSION STATEMENT, RIGHT? AS, AS INFORMATION COMES, AS A PANDEMIC HAPPENS, WE EBB AND FLOW.

BUT BASICALLY THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IN WHATEVER WAY AND STUFF CAN POP TO THE TOP AND WE CAN RESPOND TO RIGHT.

SO YOU'RE NOT LOCKED.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION OR A BEAT PER SECOND, ABSOLUTELY VISUAL AND ALL THAT.

I AM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE OLD ONE AND THE NEW ONE.

SO I CAN SEE THAT HOW, WHERE IT WAS COLLAPSED AND WHAT GOT, WHAT YOU GOT RID OF.

CAUSE YOU KNOW, I DON'T WHAT YOU DID WELL TO FULL OR, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW ALL OF THOSE PIECES FELL IN THE PLACE AND I WANT TO SEE IT.

GOTCHA.

I'M GOING TO SAY THAT BECAUSE IT'S 8 0 3, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED A WORKING GROUP AND IT SOUNDS LIKE COMMISSIONER FLORES.

YOU NEED TO BE ON THAT WORKING GROUP.

THAT'S FINE.

UM, AND I WILL, I WILL, IF, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE THAT MOTION, I WILL CERTAINLY VOLUNTEER MY TIME.

IN THAT REGARD, THAT WEEK FOR FORMER A WORKING GROUP, I WILL BE HAPPY TO SIT ON IT WITH WHOEVER ELSE, VOLUNTEERS.

I SECOND IT.

SO WE HAVE A WORKING GROUP, UH, PROPOSED BY COMMISSIONER FLORES, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MOCK.

UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES IS VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE.

SO HAS COMMISSIONER POLGAR, UM, KOSHER, GRAY.

WHAT ARE YOU VOLUNTEERING TO SERVE ON THAT? LOVE TO HAVE YOU IN THE ROOM.

ANYBODY ELSE? UH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO JOIN.

AND COMMISSIONER MOCK.

SO WE HAVE A WORKING GROUP TO WORK ON LOOKING AT THE GOALS.

AND AGAIN, I WOULD ASK EVERYBODY, YOU HAVE NOTES TO PLEASE SUBMIT THEM, UM, SO THAT WE CAN SUBMIT THEM TO ANNE-MARIE AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT, DO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND JUST DESIGNATE A CHAIR FOR THE WORKING GROUP IN THIS MOMENT, COMMISSIONER I'M CHRISTINA, MAY I RECOMMEND IT LOOKED LIKE COMMISSIONER FLORES VOLUNTEERED.

LIKE IF YOU HAVE NOTES ON THESE, SEND THEM TO HER THAT WAY.

IT'S ALL WRITTEN WITH, WITH THE WORKING GROUP, RATHER THAN SENDING IT TO ANN MARIE, WHO'S GOING TO SEND IT TO HER.

PERFECT.

MELISSA WAS ABOUT SORT OF LAST YEAR TO CHARITY.

THAT MEANS HAVING TO DO A DOODLE POLL IN THE MORNING AT ALL.

WE'RE GOOD.

WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

SO YOU'VE GOT SOME TIME TO SORT OF ABSORB AND WEIGH IN.

SO COMMISSIONER FLORES IS CHAIR.

EVERYBODY SEND YOUR NOTES TO HER.

UM, AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT OUR FOUR PILLARS.

WE WILL WRITE THAT UP AND SEND THAT OUT SO YOU CAN SEE IT AGAIN.

ALL OF THIS WILL BE BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

[02:25:01]

AND IF YOU HAVE OTHER NOTES FROM THE CONVERSATION AGAIN, SEND IT TO COMMISSIONER FLORES AND WE'LL THROW IT INTO THE WORKING GROUP AND WE'LL COME BACK OUT.

HAVE YOU TAKEN A VOTE AND DO THAT? NO, WE HAVEN'T.

UM, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED ANY ABSTENTIONS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AT ITEM SIX OLD BUSINESS, LET'S GO, UM, A ONE EMERGENCY FUNDING AND PROACTIVE STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE FUNDING WORKING GROUP WITH COMMISSIONERS FLORES, BANDAG ZISMAN BARNS AND SMALL BOG.

UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE, UH, ITEM FOUR, WHICH WE MOVED AFTER ITEM FIVE AND POSTPONE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING? UH, COMMISSIONER CHRYSTIA SECONDED BY SMALL BACH.

UM, AND LET'S MAKE THAT UP ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME.

ALSO FOR THOSE PLAYING AT HOME, THE ANNUAL REPORT IS MOVING, UM, BACK ON FOR NEXT TIME.

AND WE ARE

[6a. Working Group updates i. Emergency Funding and]

UM, AND THIS ONE DID NOT MEET, I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS BETWEEN THE LAST MEETING AND THIS ONE, BECAUSE I WAS THE CHAIR AND I ROLLED OFF TO MAKE COMMISSIONER SMALL BUCK.

AND SO WE WENT, YOU GUYS NEED TO COME UP WITH A NEW CHAIR, BUT I'LL LET YOU DO THAT.

AND WE DON'T HAVE A REPORT TO HAPPEN AND YOU GUYS CAN FIGURE THAT OUT ON YOUR OWN AND LET AND LET US KNOW.

OKAY, COOL.

UM, ITEM, QUICK QUESTION.

HOW AS A NEWBIE, HOW DOES COMMUNICATION AMONGST WORKING GROUPS WORK? IS IT THE TINDER THAT SENDS OUT STUFF ABOUT MEETING? SO, SO IF YOU'RE NOT THE CHAIR, YOU CAN SIT BACK FOR A SECOND AND WAIT TO GET COMMUNICATION ABOUT IT.

THE TRICK IS THAT THAT YOU GUYS NEED A LITTLE GROUP CONVERSATION TO FIGURE OUT WHO WANTS TO TAKE ON MANAGING THAT.

HER MENTIONED OUR SUSAN, DO YOU WANT TO TRY THAT ONE? OKAY.

I CAN STEP INTO COMMISSIONER POLE.

GARS LOVELY SHOES IN THAT.

AND I CAN, I AM WILLING UNTIL SATURDAY, SO I MAY NEED A FEW DAYS OF GRACE TO GET BACK INTO IT, BUT THAT'S TOTALLY COOL.

AND I CAN DOWNLOAD WHAT'S IN MY BRAIN AND WHERE WE WERE TO WITH ANYBODY.

SO I'M AVAILABLE TO DO THAT.

ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO EQUITY RESOURCES WORKING GROUP COMMISSIONER CASTILLO? YEAH.

A QUICK UPDATE.

WE, WE MET, UH, WE REORIENTED THE WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE, WHICH WAS, UH, EVENT BASED.

UH, AND SO IT'S WHERE WE'VE NOW SHIFTED TO MORE EVERGREEN CONTENT AND WE SHOULD HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO SHARE, UH, IN THE COMING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS SO THAT WE CAN FULLY DISCUSS AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

UM, ITEM THREE, THE JOINT ART AND MUSIC LAND DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP WITH ME AND COMMERCIAL CASTILLO AND MEMBERS OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND COMMISSIONER WISTIA.

UH, WE MET, WE'VE BEEN MEETING WEEKLY, ACTUALLY.

UH, WE HAVE DRAFTED A REQUEST THAT HAD, WE'LL ACTUALLY, I GUESS, MORE THERE'S THREE REQUESTS THAT WE'RE MAKING.

UM, BUT WE'VE DRAFTED A LETTER TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND ASKING THEM BASICALLY TO, TO USE THE DEFINITIONS FOR LIVE VENUE AND PERFORMANCE VENUE, UM, THAT HAD BEEN DEVELOPED IN PREVIOUS LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REWRITES, MAKING SURE THAT THEY USE THEM IN THIS UPCOMING EFFORT.

UH, AND, UH, I'M FORGETTING SOMETHING, OH, THE, THE SPACE, THE SPACE HOLDER FOR, UH, ART MUSIC AND CULTURE ACROSS ALL POLICIES.

WE WANT THEM TO CONTINUE WITH THAT, TO KEEP THAT.

AND THEN THERE'S THE LETTER EXPLAINING WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO.

UM, AND THAT LETTER WILL BE COMING TO OUR NEXT, AT OUR NEXT MEETING FOR, FOR Y'ALL TO REVIEW AND HOPEFULLY SUPPORT AND WE CAN SEND IT OFF.

UM, ITEM FOUR, I THINK THAT'S ME TOO.

UH, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

OH, DID WE LOSE CHAIR? POLGAR I THINK WE DID.

UM, BUT UH, THE JOINT NO-NO THE QUARTERLY ARTS COMMUNITY COMMISSION MEETUPS WORKING GROUP.

UM, WELL WE LOST A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, BUT, UH, COMMISSIONER GRAY SENT OUT AN EMAIL, UH, STARTING THAT CONVERSATION AND, UH, I WILL, I WILL FOLLOW UP AND, AND, AND START ORGANIZING THAT, BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO MEET AND PULL GARS BACK.

HELLO, THANK YOU.

THAT WAS TERRIFYING.

THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE AND, UH, TO PROVIDE AS PAPER, UH, OR REFERENCE DOCUMENTS, UH, AS TO THE PROGRESS AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING.

UM, NEXT UP ART NEIGHBORHOODS WORKING GROUP WITH COMMISSIONERS MOCK BY GRAY AND VANDYKE, UM, COMMISSIONER VANDYKE.

I'M RICK, ARE YOU BACK? I'M THE REALISM THING IS CONNECTIONS ON STABLE.

I'M HAPPY TO JUMP IN AND GO AHEAD AND QUICKLY THROUGH THIS, UH, OUR LAST MEETING, WE WELCOMED ACI AND, UH, FOLDED HER INTO THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE THUS FAR.

WE ARE USING A WORKING GROUP NOTES TEMPLATE TO RECORD

[02:30:01]

WE HAVE, UH, DOCUMENTATION FOR EACH MEETING, UH, RECAPS.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION AS WE'RE STILL REALLY CHEWING ON SOME HEAVY HITTING IDEAS, AND WE'VE JUST WELCOMED A NEW WORKING GROUP MEMBER, BUT WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED AND ENTHUSED WHERE THIS IS GOING AND, AND FEELING REALLY, UH, UH, POSITIVE ABOUT, UH, THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS, FOR THIS, UH, DESIGNATION.

SO WE'LL BE BACK YOU JUST FOR A MINUTE.

WAS I, THE ONLY ONE GOT THROWN OUT, WE ALL SORT OF GOT OUT.

YOU CAN LEAVE A LITTLE IN A LITTLE UPDATE, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING SPECIFIC YOU WANTED TO ADD, UM, ABOUT THE ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERS, BUT I KIND OF GAVE THEM A LOW DOWN.

OH, WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU SAID, BUT I'M SURE IT WAS GOOD.

UM, SHOULD I JUST GO WITH THAT OR I CAN, THE REAL BRIEF, I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

AND LET'S KEEP MOVING THROUGH THE WORKING GROUP THING.

THANK YOU, RICK.

AND THEN ITEM SEVEN, THE JOINT MUSIC ARTS COMMISSION WORKING GROUP TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND STRATEGIES.

OH, DID I HAD GUM IN? OH, I'M AT SIX, SO SORRY.

UM, I THINK I CHECKED IT OFF AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT A CULTURAL COMMITTEE, JOINT CULTURAL COMMITTEE PLEASE.

BE STILL HAPPENING.

WELL, YOU WE'VE BEEN MEETING ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

UM, UH, AS A REMINDER, THE QUALITY OF LIFE, COMMISSIONS MUSIC, ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, UM, GOT A DRAFT OF, OF THE REQUEST TO COUNCIL TO, TO ACTIVATE THE JOINT CULTURAL COMMITTEE.

UM, WE, WE GOT DRAFT ONE AND WE'VE GOT FIRST ROUND OF EDITS.

SO WE'RE, I'M EXPECTING MAYBE, UH, SEPTEMBER THAT Y'ALL WILL SEE IT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

AND, AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE MEETING MONTHLY, SO PROGRESS IS BEING MADE.

UM, AND NOW TO THE JOINT, UH, MUSIC ARTS COMMISSION WORKING GROUP TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING, RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES BEYOND HOT, WHICH IS SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT.

COMMISSIONER FLORES.

I HAVE A LOGISTICAL QUESTION.

CAUSE I THINK AT OUR LAST MEETING, WHEN WE CREATED THIS, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING A SUBSET OF THE BIGGER COMMITTEE.

SO I WASN'T SURE HOW TO PROCEED OR HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED.

CAUSE A COMMISSIONER SHOULD ALL BE LIKE, AND I ARE SUPPOSED TO, I THINK THERE'S ALREADY TWO FOLKS ON THE MUSIC SIDE THAT EXISTS.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD, HOW TO, HOW TO REACH OUT, WHAT DO WE DO? YEAH.

I ACTUALLY SENT A NOTE TO LAUREN GOLD, WHO WAS THE, HIS SORT OF STARTED THIS CONVERSATION ON THE MUSIC SIDE.

UM, AND WHO IS ONE OF THE MUSIC COMMISSIONERS ON THERE.

I SENT HER YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN GET TOGETHER.

IT SHOULD BE IN TAN, IN TANDEM.

AND IT'S GREAT THAT YOU GUYS CAN SLIDE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THOSE TWO BECAUSE THERE WILL BE SOME OVERLAP, BUT THERE'LL BE OTHER THINGS THAT DON'T, UM, I JUST WANT YOU TO KEEP BEING MINDFUL ABOUT YOUR TIME.

I DON'T WANT IT TO EAT UP YOUR LIFE THAT HAVE THE SENSE THAT IT COULD.

SO, UM, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PIECE, SUBSET OF IT IS LOOKING FOR OTHER RESOURCES FOR CULTURAL ARTS AND MUSIC FUNDING, RIGHT? OTHERWISE WE CAN GENERATE REVENUE.

AND ANOTHER PARTNERSHIPS THAT COMMISSIONER CASTILLO WERE WHEN WE MET, WHERE WE WORKED IN GROUP.

CAUSE I FELT LIKE, LIKE YOU AND I, AND THEN, UH, MUSIC, COMMISSIONER GOLD AND, AND CHAIR SHAKA STARTED THIS CONVERSATION.

AND IF I AM PART OF THE WORKING GROUP, THEN I GUESS THAT ALL I'M ASKING US TO ADD MY NAME, BUT IF I'M NOT, I'M COOL.

IF I'M NOT LIKE I WOULD LOVE TO.

I MEAN, IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE YOU IN THAT ROOM.

I THINK I HAD TO HAVE ME IN THAT ROOM.

DO WE KNOW? I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THEY PUT ON FOR MUSIC CAUSE I HAVEN'T PUT ON THEM.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER.

LIKE, CAUSE IF IT, IF IT WAS THAT WHAT WE DID, WE WERE ALREADY PAIRED UP.

IT WAS, IT WAS THE, AND UH, GOLD.

AND THEN IT'S THE TWO OF US.

AND SO IF, IF COMMISSIONER FLORES AND COMMISSIONER SMALL BACKER TAKEN OVER THAT, THAT'S FINE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

I WOULD, I WOULD LEAVE YOU IN THAT MIX FOR EXACTLY THAT REASON.

AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO STOP THAT YOU CAN, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME, SINCE YOU'RE ON EVERY OTHER WORKING GROUP RIGHT NOW, YOU JUST BECAME ME.

CONGRATULATIONS.

AND I'M ON, I'M ON A PHONE CALL, BUT THE FIRST ONE WILL BE, I THINK BY NEXT WEEK WE SHOULD BE DONE.

HOPEFULLY THAT'S THE BOLD STUFF.

BUT UH, YEAH, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHO HAD TO PROCEED.

WHO'S GOING, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO REACH OUT?

[02:35:01]

IT, IT SORTA GOT MURKY.

SO, AND MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT, THAT WAS IN PART, ME AND MY LIKE RIDICULOUS SCHEDULE AND, AND SUCH.

SO, CAUSE I SHOULD'VE FOLLOWED UP SOONER.

WELL THAT'S BULL.

SO, SO WE ARE GOING TO PROCEED.

YOU GAVE THEM THEIR CONTACT.

DO THEY HAVE A MEETING WILL SHOW UP I GUESS, OR IF THEY FELT SO WELL, I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH LAUREN TOMORROW.

I GAVE HER YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND I'M JUST GONNA PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL HER AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET YOU GUYS ALL TOGETHER.

UM, I JUST DON'T KNOW.

I NEED TO KNOW WHO THE REST OF THE MUSIC FOLKS ARE.

I'M I DON'T KNOW.

AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM YOU THEN.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND IT IS EIGHT 15.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THAT ON.

I DROPPED THE BALL, WE'LL PICK IT BACK UP AGAIN AND MAKE A MOVE.

UM, AND NOW WE ARE ON ITEM SEVEN,

[7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

SO I HAVE ON MY LIST, WE HAVE THE WORKING GROUP THAT COMMISSIONERS BARNES AND KEATON WANTED TO, TO FORM, WHICH WAS BE ONE THAT GOES BACK ONTO THE NEXT MONTH AGENDA.

WE HAVE THE ANNUAL REPORT GOALS CONVERSATION.

THAT'S GOING BACK ONTO THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME.

WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MJR GOALS AND WORKSHOPS AND CONTROLS SMALLPOX YEAR POINT.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOUR QUESTION WILL PROBABLY COME IN.

UM, THAT'S GOING TO GET MOVED TO THE NEXT MEETING.

WHAT ELSE IS THAT THREE HOURS THEN? DID YOU SAY PUT THE BALLS ONTO THE BOAT FOR THEM? YEAH.

THAT WAS THE SECOND THING I SAID THAT THE GOALS ON AND WE'LL DO AGAIN, TAKE YOUR NOTES, SEND THEM TO COMMISSIONER FLORES.

WE'RE GOING TO COMPILE EVERYTHING AND SORT THROUGH IT AND THEN COME BACK AND WE'LL SEND YOU, UM, INFORMATION TO REVIEW BEFOREHAND AND HAVE DONE YOUR WORK.

UM, I HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM THAT WILL BE FOR AUGUST, BUT WILL BE FOR SEPTEMBER.

UM, THERE WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP IN THE CONVERSATION ON MONDAY WAS ITP.

AND I, AND I REALIZED THAT WE KEEP GETTING PULLED INTO WHATEVER THE, THE CHALLENGES OF THE MOMENT AND FOR A VERY LONG TIME, IT'S BEEN COVID RELATED RELIEF AND RECOVERY AND, AND SUSTAINABILITY AND REBALANCING AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S THIS AMAZING MECHANISM WHICH HAS ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.

AND A NUMBER OF YOU SIX OF YOU, I THINK HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP TO GO AND SIT IN ON THE IPP, UM, PANEL MEETINGS.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T, AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO STAFF AND GET THAT DONE BECAUSE YOU SHOULD GO AND WATCH THE WORK THAT THAT GROUP IS DOING.

IT IS INSPIRING TRULY.

UM, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK BEING DONE BY IPP STAFF.

IF YOU GO INTO YOUR BACKUP, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FINE DETAIL AND THE THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO ALL OF THAT WORK.

UM, IT'S A LOT TO GO THROUGH IN A MEETING LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY ON ZOOM.

UM, SO I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH STAFF TODAY ABOUT MAYBE FINDING A DIFFERENT WAY TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND.

UM, AND, AND IN SEPTEMBER PROBABLY LEVEL SET ON WHERE WE'VE BEEN OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS EQUITY CONVERSATION, UM, AND WHAT THOSE, WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE NUMBERS, WHAT BARRIERS WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS CHALLENGES FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THAT WORK AND HOW THE AIPP PROGRAM HAS BEEN SO INTENTIONAL AND, AND ADJUSTING AND CHANGING AND ADAPTING AND DESIGNING PROGRAMMING.

AND WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE OF THAT WORK.

UM, IT'S EXTRAORDINARY, IT'S INSPIRING.

IT IS A NICE GUIDE FOR THE OTHER WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND A GREAT REMINDER TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS WORK IS IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE AND CAN MAKE THINGS SO MUCH BETTER AND INCLUDE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE.

UM, AND, AND AS A NICE THING, JUST TO REMIND US ABOUT THAT SALVATORE.

SO IT'S A LOT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT SOLVE ORGANIZATIONS ISSUES, BUT IT HELPS TO ARTISTS.

AND TO, AND TO GO BACK TO COMMISSIONER SMALL BOX REASON FOR BEING HERE, RIGHT? PUBLIC ART, IT CHANGES YOUR BREATH AND THE SPACE WHERE YOU WALK IN, RIGHT? IT, IT, IT IS, IT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGES WHAT IT'S LIKE TO EXPERIENCE AND LIVE IN THIS SPACE.

IT DOESN'T LIKE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE GUYS.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING IT.

AND THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS, THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS WERE EXCITED ABOUT AND VISIT AUSTIN, UM, PRESENTATION TONIGHT, THE MENTORSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE PART OF AIPP, ALL OF THAT STUFF IS SUPER, SUPER INTERESTING AND SHOULD BE CELEBRATED AND SHARED, AND EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND IT'S HARD WHEN IT'S SEVEN DIFFERENT ITEMS AND HERE'S ALL THE PROCESS AND PEOPLE GLAZE OVER.

LET'S LET'S LOOK AT, LET'S LOOK AT THE WORK.

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SO THAT'S ON SEPTEMBER'S LIST.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING, UM, EMORY JUST REALLY QUICKLY, UM, FOR THE NOTES ON THE GOALS TO LULU, WE'D PROBABLY WANT TO PUT A DEADLINE ON THAT.

SO SHE AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP CAN HAVE TIME TO REVIEW AND COMPILE SO ABOUT MIDWAY FROM NOW UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING IS ABOUT AUGUST 2ND.

SO IS THAT AN OKAY DEADLINE? YOU WANT SOMETHING EARLIER THAN THAT? LULU EARLIER, EARLIER? NOT IF Y'ALL CAN GET IT BY, LIKE SEND US YOUR STUFF BY MONDAY.

UH WHAT'S TODAY, WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY.

THAT'S I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUST SEND US YOUR NOTES, BUT YOU HAVE IDEAS, READ IT, READ THROUGH IT.

AND THEN CAN YOU TELL ME AGAIN, I WROTE MYSELF A NOTE RIGHT NOW TO CREATE A DOODLE POLL IN THE MORNING.

UH, BUT IT'S MICHELLE, AMY AISHA, AND IVAN WHO WAS ON THE WORKING GROUP AT EMORY.

SO I CAN, I KNOW YOU ARE, UM, IT IS, YES.

UM, COMMISSIONER'S GRATEFUL GAR AND MARK AND YOURSELF.

OH, OKAY.

UH, SO MONDAY THE 26TH IS YOUR DEADLINE TO GET LULU YOUR CAR.

COMMISSIONER GARZA.

THIS IS SORTA, UH, I MEAN, WHEN I FIRST STARTED OVER COMMISSIONED A FEW YEARS AGO, UH, AND WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS IN A LONG TIME.

EVERY COMMISSIONER WOULD ONCE A MONTH INVITE A COUPLE OF BREAKS.

THESE ARE CONTRACTORS AND WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT.

YOU KNOW, SINCE THE PANDEMIC, I THINK I WAS THE LAST ONE WHO INVITED SOMEONE OVER, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BRING THAT BACK.

IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR A COMMUNITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH US AND LET US KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND, UH, AND GIVE US SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME JUDGMENT AND FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO BRING THAT BACK.

I LOVE THAT IDEA.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE GOALS LIST.

IT'S ACTUALLY IN THERE.

IT JUST GOT SIDELINED BECAUSE OF COVID, BUT YEAH.

ANYBODY ELSE? FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

JUST, I FEEL, UM, UH, RELATIVE TO WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER GARBER HAS JUST SAID TOO.

I HAD, UM, SAID SOMETHING IN THE SURVEY AND THERE WAS MENTIONED IN OUR LAST MEETING OR MONDAY'S MEETING THAT WE WOULD SEE THE SURVEY RESULTS.

DO WE KNOW WHEN THOSE ARE COMING TO US SO WE COULD SEE ALL COMMISSIONERS AND MAYBE IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF US THAT HAVEN'T SEEN THEM ALL.

UM, WE JUST, WE WE'VE BEEN BUSY PREPPING MEETINGS, BUT THAT'S ON THE LIST FOR THIS WEEK.

I'M SORRY.

UM, ALSO THIS MAY BE A CON I, AGAIN, BEING NEW, I'M NOT SURE WHATEVER, BUT IT JUST SEEMS THAT MANY, UM, THE GUIDELINES THAT HAVE BEEN SET UP, I THINK I HAVE SEEN AND HEARD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GUIDELINES AND, UM, UH, THE DETAILS OF THE GUIDELINES AND WHETHER THOSE ARE SET AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE RELEASED IN OCTOBER AND THERE'S NO FEEDBACK OR CONVERSATION AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS.

SO YEAH, MEGAN, YEAH.

I CAN TRY TO CLARIFY THAT IT'S YET COMMISSIONER HARRIS.

UM, THE, UH, THE GUIDELINES THAT I MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE MEETING, UH, WE HOPE TO RE WE'RE PLANNING TO RELEASE THOSE IN, UH, LET'S SEE, I SAID AUGUST 9TH, I KEEP, KEEP WANTING TO SAY APRIL FOR SOME REASON, AUGUST 9TH.

UH, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THOSE OPEN FOR A GOOD THREE TO FOUR WEEKS FOR PUBLIC CON CONVERSATION, QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK.

UM, WE WANT TO HAVE SOME TARGETED AREAS WHERE THE, WHERE THE COMMUNITY GIVES US THEIR THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE PROPOSED.

UM, WE'RE TRYING TO FINE TUNE THOSE SO THAT WE DON'T JUST HAVE A OPEN FIELD DAY WITH ALL OF IT WHERE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE WANT TO HEAR EVERYTHING, BUT WE WANT TO HEAR SPECIFIC AREAS, UM, WHERE WE'VE SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE THINKING.

DOES THIS RESONATE? DOES THIS FEEL LIKE A GOOD PLACE TO LAND? WHAT, WHAT OTHER OPTIONS WOULD HAVE WE MISSED? WE'RE TRYING TO STRUCTURE THAT SO THAT IT'S CONSTRUCTIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PLANNING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE WORKING FAST AND FURIOUSLY TO KIND OF GET, GET THEM IN A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE READY TO RELEASE ON IN EARLY AUGUST.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY BY EARLY SEPTEMBER, WE WILL BE IN A PLACE WHERE WE'VE HEARD THE FEEDBACK.

WE WILL HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH IT AS WE GET IT.

UH, WE WILL BE IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO Y'ALL OR BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT SAYS, THIS IS KIND OF FEELING LIKE WHERE WE'VE LANDED.

UM, AND, AND THEN PREP FOR THAT OCTOBER OPENING OF THE APPLICATION ITSELF.

SO THAT'S THE TRAJECTORY THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

IT MAY CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK WE GET, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO STICK TO THAT.

IT'S A, IT'S A MOVING TARGET AND, UH, BUT ANYONE IS WELCOME TO ASK US ANYTHING AT ANY TIME.

BUT I THINK IT WAS JUST THAT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY OF THE BAPTIST.

SO I APOLOGIZE.

NO, NO, NO, NO.

IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S, I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT AS CLEAR AS I CAN, BUT WE'RE, UH,

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GREAT COMMISSIONER, SMALL BALL.

THANKS, MEGAN.

I JUST WONDERED IF THERE'S ANY KNOWING HOW, UH, IMPORTANT THIS IS AND HOW SWAMPED YOU GUYS ARE, IF THERE'S ANY WAY FOR US AS COMMISSIONERS TO SUPPORT Y'ALL IN THE PROCESS OF FACILITATING FEEDBACK OR HEARING FEEDBACK OR PROCESSING FEEDBACK OR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO BECAUSE OF HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS AND HOW BUSY YOU ALL ARE TO SUPPORT THAT.

THAT, YEAH, I, I MEAN, I, I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE HELP.

I THINK OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE NEED FEEDBACK, THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE NEED IT, THAT THEY, THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THE STUFF THAT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROPOSED GUIDELINES KNOW HOW TO CONTACT US.

SO IT'S JUST, IT'S HELPING US GET THAT OUTREACH REALLY DEEP INTO THE COMMUNITY AND HELPING TO AMPLIFY THAT MESSAGE, GET THE VOICES CONNECTED WITH US.

UM, IF I THINK OF OTHER WAYS, I'LL, I'LL DEFINITELY LET Y'ALL KNOW.

OR IF YOU THINK OF WAYS THAT'S SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE ALL YOURS.

WE SHOULD ORGANIZE A WORKING GROUP THAT HAS THAT ORGANIZES A QUARTERLY COMMISSIONED MEETING SO WE CAN SHARE INFORMATION.

OH, WAIT, WE ALREADY HAVE THAT WORKING GROUP, WHICH I'VE BEEN STALLING ON.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET THAT ROLL IN AND SEE IF WE CAN PLAY, CREATE A, UH, AN EVENT SPECIFICALLY TO HELP OUT WITH THIS.

AND WHERE WAS YOUR WEIRD SHIRT WHERE YOU WERE THINKING OF STRUCTURING AT LEAST WEEKLY SPECIAL OPEN OFFICE HOURS WHERE WE'LL BE ADDRESSING SPECIFIC TOPICS IN THE GUIDELINES IN MORE DEPTH, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE, THAT'S JUST ONE WAY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING ALL THE FEEDBACK AND ALL THE WAYS FROM EVERYBODY, AND THAT'S A BIG TALL ORDER, BUT ANYTHING Y'ALL CAN HELP TO DO THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND COMMISSIONER IS THIS ONE AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE HAVE LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, COME HAVE COFFEE WITH, WITH US.

AND LIKE, SO WE CAN BE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY TOO.

UM, SO WE'LL LOOK AT THE WHOLE CALENDAR AND THE WHOLE SHEBANG AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE DON'T SCHEDULE SEVEN THINGS AT THE SAME TIME.

DO ALL OF THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION QUESTION ACL AND FOR YOU THE DETAILS.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE AT 8 27.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SECOND, SECOND, ANYBODY GONNA ARGUE THAT I'M DOING THAT ON CONSENT AND WE'RE DONE GOODBYE.

GO HOME.

I LOVE YOU ALL.