[CALL TO ORDER]
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HELLO? UM, AT 6:07 PM AND WE ARE ON A BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ROOM AT AUSTIN CITY HALL.
LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING BEFORE PAUL, UH, TEST, TEST.
CALLING THE ARTS COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER AND STARTING WITH A ROLL CALL.
UM, VICE-CHAIR ZISMAN PRESENT COMMISSIONER BARNS.
UH, COMMISSIONER GARZA, COMMISSIONER GARZA.
COMMISSIONER KEATON IS UNABLE TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING AND SINCE WE'RE REGRETS SPECIAL CATCH-UP WITH THIS LATER IN THE WEEK, COMMISSIONER VERMONT HERE, COMMISSIONER SMALL ISN'T.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER VANDYKE.
AND HE HAS INDICATED HE IS HERE.
[CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
WE'LL START NEXT WITH CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.I'M TRYING TO READ YOUR LAST NAME.
CAN YOU HELP ME OUT ON GULU? THANK YOU.
IT'S MY FIRST TIME TO ONE OF THESE MEETINGS.
SO I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I'M A MURALIST HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, ALONG WITH PHOBIA ANDREI.
I RUN SOMETHING CALLED STUDIOS IS A COMMUNITY-BASED ARTISTS, COLLECTIVE SLASH GALLERY.
A LOT OF OUR ARTISTS ARE MURALISTS, AND WE RECENTLY LAUNCHED THE LOOKING UP AT MURAL FEST WHERE WE COMMISSIONED 12 ARTISTS TO PUT UP PERMANENT MURALS AROUND THE AUSTIN.
AND I JUST WANTED TO, WE JUST WANTED TO, UM, TOM AND FORM PART, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH ONE OF THESE MEETINGS SO WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT Y'ALL DO AND SEE HOW WE CAN HELP AND BE MORE INVOLVED.
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
UM, MOVING ON ITEM ONE APPROVAL OF MINUTES, UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT MINUTES WERE LATE COMING OUT.SO IF, UH, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THAT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO MOTION TO POSTPONE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, THE MOTION TO POSTPONE AND A SECOND, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE OCTOBER MEETING TO OUR MEETING IN DECEMBER.
[2a. Updates]
REPORT.I'M GOING TO MOVE THIS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, CAUSE I'M GOING TO BREAK MY BACK OTHERWISE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON THIS LOVELY MONDAY EVENING.
UM, I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE THE SORT OF REVITALIZATION REBIRTH OF THE ARTS COMMUNITY.
UM, TWO WHERE TWO WEEKENDS INTO THE AUSTIN STUDIO
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TOUR AND WE HAVE ONE MORE WEEKEND NEXT WEEKEND WITH EAST AUSTIN STUDIO TOUR.UM, THERE'S BEEN A TON OF THEATER HAPPENING IN TOWN.
UM, THE OPERA, LOTS OF PERFORMANCE HAPPENING, UM, AND PEOPLE HAVE FOLLOWING RIGID COVID PROTOCOLS AND BEING REALLY SMART AND REALLY CAREFUL, UM, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, ALSO WANTED TO RAISE IN CASE YOU WERE NOT AWARE, THE RECENT STORY OF WALKING DEAD PLANNING TO LEAVE THEIR PRODUCTION IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
AND I RAISED THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME 500 CREATIVE ARTISTS INVOLVED IN THAT PRODUCTION, UM, INCLUDING NOT ONLY ACTORS, BUT ALSO TECHNICIANS, COSTUMERS, HEROINE, MAKEUP, LIGHTING, DESIGNERS, GRIPS, UM, AND THAT AFFECTS THE ART COMMUNITY.
SO, AND IF THEY ARE LEAVING BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL CONCERNS, UH, AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT AND I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT ON YOUR RADAR.
SO THOSE TWO THINGS, UM, AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE ON TO
[2b. Art in Public Places Liaison Report]
THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, LIAISON REPORT WITH COMMISSIONER BARNES.UM, I ACTUALLY WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE LAST MEETING OF AIPP BECAUSE I WAS INVOLVED IN REHEARSALS.
SO, UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CATCH THE COMMISSION UP ON ORDINANCE SEEING THAT, UH, I WAS ALLOWED TO UNMUTE.
I'M THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM MANAGER.
UH, THANKS BRETT FOR KICKING IT OVER.
I THINK I JUST WOULD REALLY LIKE TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT WE HAVE, UM, TEMPO, UH, GOING IN THIS MONTH.
SO THERE ARE CURRENTLY FIVE INSTALLED ARTWORKS AROUND THE CITY AND SOME MORE OF THEM ARE GOING IN, UH, THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
AND, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE UP FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD THIS YEAR.
UH, TEMPO IS SUPPOSED TO GO FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR.
SO, UM, WE HAVE A MAP THAT I WILL DEFINITELY SEND YOU A LINK TO.
IT'S UM, BITLY B I T DOT L Y SLASH TEMPO TOUR, UH, TEMPO 2021 TOUR.
SO, UM, I'LL SEND YOU ALL A LINK TO IT, BUT, UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE TEMPO PIECES THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE IN.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY IMPRESSED AS YOU GO AROUND THE CITY AND LOOK AT THEM AT THE END DIFFERENT, UH, AIPP, UH, LIBRARY BRANCHES, OR, UM, UH, CITY OF BOSTON LIBRARY BRANCHES THAT, UH, HAVE THEM LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY EXCITING TEMPO YEAR.
SO, UH, HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THOSE.
UM, AS WE, AS WE LOOK AROUND THE CITY THIS YEAR.
SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE HIGHLIGHT THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU.
WE HAVE, UH, RECENTLY INSTALLED ARTWORK AT THE AIRPORT PORT CALLED ME UNDERWING.
SO IF YOU ARE TRAVELING FOR THANKSGIVING, PLEASE GIVE YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
IT'S LOCATED DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE BLUE GARAGE AND THE, UM, CONSOLIDATED RENTAL CAR FACILITY.
AND THEN AT GATE 14, THERE IS A, AN ARTWORK THAT IS, UM, VISIBLE BY, UH, JANET'S WIDE.
THERE'S ONE MORE PIECE THAT NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED, BUT IT IS, UM, UH, UP AND RUNNING AND, UM, TO BE ENJOYED BY TRAVELERS, UH, FOR THANKSGIVING.
SO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT NEAR GATE 14 IF YOU'RE IN THE AIRPORT FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ADD IS THE CHAIR OF OUR AIPP PANEL.
UM, TAMMY RUBINS HAS AN INCREDIBLE SHOW THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON, UM, CALLED SMALL.
AND IF I FORGET WHICH GALLERY IT'S AT, BUT I THINK YOU CAN GOOGLE THAT.
SO IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, PLEASE GO BY IT'S, UM, A CONSORTIUM OF FOUR ARTISTS AND IT REALLY IS AN OUTSTANDING SHOW.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE OUR, UM, PAST SHARE OF AD PP ALSO HAS A SHOW UP AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AS A MATTER OF FACT, SO GREAT STUFF.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATE, BRETT.
[2c. AEDC/Cultural Trust Advisory Committee Report]
UM, ITEM TWO, C A E D C CULTURAL TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT WITH CARL SETTLES FOR ALL OF YOU HERE.UM, SO I HAVE SOME TALKING POINTS THAT I THINK MANY OF YOU WERE, UH, THAT THEY WERE SHARED WITH YOU ALL AS WELL.
UM, CULTURAL TRUST PROGRAM IS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, WE, UH, ACTUALLY STARTED, STARTED HAVING MEETINGS.
UH, YOU CAN GO IN IF YOU WANT TO FIND
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OUT ACTUAL UPDATES TO THE AUSTIN, UH, CULTURAL TRUST.IF YOU GO TO, UM, WW DOT WWW DOT AUSTIN, EDC.ORG/CULTURAL HYPHEN TRUST, AND I CAN FORWARD THIS STUFF TO YOU.
UM, YOU CAN GET ALL THE INFORMATION THAT IS GOING ON WITH THE TRUST.
UM, WE ARE GETTING UNDERWAY WE'RE ON THE WAY WITH OUR RFP, UH, PROCESS.
UM, IT'S OF COURSE IT'S BASED OFF OF, UH, THE RFI PROCESS THAT WE HAD A WHILE BACK IN TERMS OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.
UM, THE ONLINE APPLICATION FOR RFPS IS GOING TO BE RELEASED REALLY SOON.
UM, THERE'S PEOPLE CAN ALREADY GO AND GO TO THE WEBSITE AND SIGN UP.
I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 19 APPLICANTS, UH, OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE INDICATED INTEREST, UH, SO FAR FOR THAT, UH, TECH, UH, UH, FUNDING.
UM, SO ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THROUGH MARCH 31ST TO RESPOND TO THIS FIRST ROUND OF THE RFP.
UM, AND THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS REALLY TO DEVELOP A PIPELINE OF, UH, PROJECTS, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIMITED INITIAL FUNDING, UM, AND A BIG PART OF THIS PROCESS IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE IS DEMAND AND NEED.
UM, AND SO THIS IS RATHER THAN THIS RFP BEING THE END, IT'S REALLY THE BEGINNING OF A MUCH MORE LONGER ONGOING PROCESS.
UH, SO IF YOU HAVE FOLKS, UH, THAT, UH, ARE INTERESTED OR MAYBE EVENTUALLY INTERESTED, NOW'S THE TIME TO REALLY GET IN LINE AND, AND, AND HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OUT THERE.
UH, WE EXPECT TO INVEST IN TWO TYPES OF PROJECTS WITH THIS FIRST ROUND, UM, AND THAT IS EXISTING VENUE ACQUISITION.
UM, AND THEN NEW VENUE, ACQUISITION OR CONSTRUCTION, UH, AS MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW THERE ARE THREE FUNDING SOURCES, UM, AND RIGHT NOW, AND THE TOTAL OF $16.9 MILLION, I'M GOING TO TRY AND GO, UH, PEOPLE WITH FAR BETTER EXPERTISE CAN TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY HOW THOSE THINGS ARE ALLOCATED.
UM, AND, UM, OF COURSE THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR ACTIVE WAYS TO CONTINUE TO, UH, AND BRING IN MORE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT MORE THINGS IN THE PIPELINE.
AND, UM, AND, UH, AND IF YOU ARE STILL INTERESTED IN JOINING THE CTECH, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, THAT THERE'S AN APPLICATION LINK, UM, THAT, UM, I CAN, I CAN SHARE WITH YOU ALL.
AND I THINK MICHELLE, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AS WELL.
YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH FOLKS AND THERE'S MUCH OTHER STUFF ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UM, I KNOW THAT IN JUST A BIT OF AN ASIDE, I KNOW THAT WE HAD SOME, UH, FOLKS, UH, FOR THE MUSIC MUSIC COMMISSION, UH, CAME TO THE MEETING TODAY, UH, TALKING ABOUT, UH, WAYS THAT THE ADC COULD CON CONCEIVABLY HELP WITH THIS, UH, UM, RAISE RAISING MONEY, UM, AND, AND, UH, GETTING GENERATING, UH, FUNDS OR ADMINISTERING, UH, FUNDS FOR, UH, THE, THE MUSIC COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK THE GENERAL SENTIMENT IS, IS THAT IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A FULLY FUNCTIONING, UM, ORGANIZATION OURSELVES.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT I MET WITH HEIDI, UM, UH, A FEW COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF DEVELOPING A, UH, I GUESS A, UH, A CASE STATEMENT.
AND I THINK I SEE SOME STUFF IN THE, UM, AGENDA ABOUT THAT FOR LATER ON IN THIS MEETING.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA MUTE MYSELF AND TAKE MYSELF OFF SCREEN AND LISTEN FOR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S, UM, GENERALLY IT, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM COMMISSIONER KOSTIA.
UH, LAST MONTH WE WERE GIVEN A
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DRAFT OF THE PRESENTATION FOR THE AEDC CULTURAL TRUST.CAN WE GET THE FINAL VERSION, EITHER ADDED INTO THE BACKUP OR AT LEAST CIRCULATED WITH COMMISSIONERS SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THAT PRESENTATION? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THAT, THAT WAS THE TALKING POINTS THAT MR. SHUTTLES REFERRED TO.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FINAL VERSION.
I BELIEVE THERE'S AN UPDATED ONE, RIGHT? GIRL.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S CONTINUING TO BE UPDATED, UM, AND I BELIEVE WHATEVER WE HAVE THAT IS OUT THERE SHOULD BE ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, BUT I WILL, UH, CHECK WITH, UM, OUR CHIEF TRANSACTION OFFICER TO CONFIRM, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT IS CORRECTED.
AND IF NOT, I'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE MOST RECENT COPY.
AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO, WITH THAT, WITH THE NEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT AFTER THIS MEETING, THAT WE INCLUDE THAT LINK AS PART OF THE NEWSLETTER.
UM, SO I'M GONNA APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR YOU GUYS WHO SCREEN, WHICH JUST DISAPPEARED.
CAUSE I CAN'T REALLY SEE YOU VERY WELL.
SO DON'T HESITATE TO WAVE VIGOROUSLY AT ME.
AND I WILL TRUST STAFF WHO WAS JUST SITTING NEXT TO THAT SCREEN.
SO ALERT ME IF YOU GUYS ARE RAISING HANDS, DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER FLORES, MR. VANDYKE, MR. VANDYKE, SORRY.
I WAS TRYING TO WAVE VIGOROUSLY THE LAST AGENDA ITEM ON THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M SEEING STUFF GOING ON ALL OVER THE PLACE AND IT'S AMAZING WORK AND I'M JUST BLOWN AWAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF US, BECAUSE OF WHAT SUE AND Y'ALL ARE DOING THERE, BUT, UH, UM, IT, I FEEL LIKE IT'S GOOD ART, I MEAN, GREAT ART IN KIND OF IN YOUR FACE.
WHERE DO YOU, UH, FEEL LIKE ART'S DISAPPEARING AROUND AUSTIN? IT'S SO NICE TO SEE FRESH NEW STUFF GOING UP THAT I, I JUST LOVE LOOKING AT WHEN I GO BY, SO THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO GET IT, GET THAT IN AND I'LL TRY TO WAIT MORE VIGOROUSLY.
WE HAVE A PLAN NOW, SO WE'RE GOOD OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CARL SETTLES, MR. CASTILLO? I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAY BE INAPPROPRIATE SINCE THE MEETING JUST WAS TODAY, BUT I NOTICED ON THE ADC AGENDA, THEY WERE REFERRING TO A COUPLE OF AGENDA ITEMS, URBAN RENEWAL, AND LOTS.
CAN WE GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT DISCUSSION WAS OR, UH, SO, UH, PARAPHRASE, WE VOTED ON, UM, AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT TO WORK WITH THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD, UM, AND REALLY FOCUSING ON THE PROPERTIES AT BLOCK 16 AND 18.
UM, WE'VE BEEN, UH, I KNOW THAT AND GATLING, OUR CTO HAS BEEN SITTING IN ON MEETINGS, UH, WITH THEM.
UM, SO I THINK WE'VE, UH, ESTABLISHED, UH, A GOOD RAPPORT, UH, WITH THEM.
AND THIS INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT IS JUST BASICALLY THE STIPULATING THAT, UM, W WE'RE WE'RE GETTING THAT RELATIONSHIP DOCUMENTED AND ON PAPER.
UM, AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME TYPE OF RFP PROCESS FOR BLOCK 16 AND 18, AND THE ABC WILL BE A INTEGRAL PART OF THAT.
AND THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER FOLKS THAT WERE A PART OF THAT MEETING THAT CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
IF I'M NOT SAYING THAT, UH, COMPLETELY ACCURATELY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, MR. SETTLES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPRESENTATION AND YOUR WORK AND YOUR REPORT, AND THEN THE THOROUGHNESS OF YOUR REPORT.
UM, JUST TO REITERATE FOR THE WHOLE THING.
IS THAT BETTER? YES, NOT AS SCARY.
LIKE SOME OF MY ALTERNATE EGO WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
SO JUST TO REITERATE FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, YOU CAN REGISTER NOW TO BE PART OF THIS ONLY PEOPLE WHO REGISTER WILL GET THE RFP WHEN IT IS RELEASED, WHAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING SHORTLY, PERHAPS AS SOON AS THIS WEEK, BUT CERTAINLY IN SHORT ORDER.
UM, AND AGAIN, THE IDEA IS TO GET A SENSE OF WHO WAS OUT THERE WITH PROJECTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH, NOT JUST THINGS THAT ARE SHOVEL-READY.
SO DON'T HESITATE IF YOU HAVEN'T PUT ALL YOUR PIECES TOGETHER.
PART OF THE WORK THAT H E D C IS DOING IS TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS FIGURE THIS OUT.
SO, AND THERE ARE THERE SOME ROBUST TRAINING PROGRAMS AS PART OF THIS MISSION AND WISTIA AS PART OF THAT REMINDER, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE TO REGISTER? CAN YOU CONFIRM CARL IS REGISTRATION ONGOING?
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UM, I BELIEVE REGISTRATION IS ONGOING.HOLD ON, LET ME LOOK AT MY NOTES AGAIN.
IT'S SAYING THAT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THROUGH MARCH 31ST TO RESPOND TO THIS ROUND OF THE RFP.
UM, AND THAT'S ALL I'M REALLY SEEING IN TERMS OF AN ACTUAL DEADLINE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T EVEN RELEASED IT.
SO I WOULD THINK THAT I WOULD THINK THAT, UM, THAT THAT MARCH TIMEFRAME WOULD BE THE DEADLINE, UM, FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO, TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT, BUT LET, LET ME, LET ME REACH BACK OUT AND CONFIRM THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE AN OPEN PROCESS UNTIL THAT TIME COMMISSIONER BARNS.
SO, UM, JUST SO THAT I UNDERSTAND IT, IT COULD BE THAT A PROJECT THAT, YOU KNOW, SAY I WERE TO PROPOSE A PROJECT AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, 11 MILLION, 980.
WHEN YOU SAY LIKE THIS ROUND, THAT WOULD TAKE ALL OF THE AVAILABLE BOND MONIES THAT WERE APPROVED.
SO UNLESS THERE WERE PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY OR OTHER TYPES OF FUNDING THAT'S BEEN SET ASIDE, THERE MIGHT NOT BE A SUBSEQUENT ROUND UNTIL THOSE FUNDS ARE SECURED.
IS THAT TRUE? UM, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING UPON WHAT'S ON THE TABLE, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO DICTATE WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE ONE PROJECT OR TWO PROJECTS OR FOUR PROJECTS THAT WE WILL GO IN THAT, THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY START TO, UH, ADDRESS FUNDING FOR.
WE KNOW THAT EVEN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $16.9 MILLION IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH.
AND SO, UH, THE, THE BIGGEST THING WE WANT TO DO IS ESTABLISH THAT, HEY, THERE'S A, THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL PIPELINE IN NEED OUT THERE, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND THAT WILL HELP BUOY US IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO GO OUT AND RAISE MORE FUNDS.
UM, HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
I THINK SO, UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES.
TO BRAD'S POINT, UH, UM, I BELIEVE, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY.
UM, YOU THERE, I MEAN, I KNOW WHEN WE CREATED THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BLUEPRINT THAT YOU ALL ARE USING FOR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE USE OF THESE $12 MILLION BOND PROGRAMS. SO WE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER IS LT OR REUSED, REBUILT OR ACQUIRED IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE READY FOR OPENING.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE ONGOING.
IT'S GOING TO BE A PROJECT THAT IS COMPLETED, AND THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THE, BY THE CLUB, THROUGH, BY THE PUBLIC AND BY THE ART GROUP USE, UTILIZING THAT.
IS THAT NOT CORRECT? I, I BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUE.
I THINK THAT'S WHY IT COULD BE ONE TO FOUR PROJECTS, DEPENDING UPON THE NATURE OF THE PROJECTS.
HEY, WE HAVE THIS POT OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, IS THIS ENOUGH TO GET ONE THING DONE OR CAN WE GET FOUR SMALLER THINGS DONE? OKAY.
DEPENDING ON WHAT OTHER PEOPLE BRING TO THE TABLE IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND PARTNERSHIPS, ET CETERA, IT COULD BE ONE AT 12 OR TWO AT SIX OR THREE AT FOUR, ET CETERA.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT THAT 12 MILLION IS GOING TO BE USED FOR THAT THOSE PURPOSES ONLY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
ITEM THREE C UM, OH, WAIT, I'M JUMPED A WHOLE SECTION,
[2d. Downtown Commission Report]
UM, ITEM TWO D DOWNTOWN COMMISSION REPORT, WHICH IS COMMISSIONER KEATON.THAT REPORT WILL HOLD UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING AND SEE STAFF BRIEFINGS, ITEM
[3a. ARPA and Non-Profit Relief Funding Update – Laura Odegaard, Cultural Investment Program Manager]
THREE, A ARBA AND NON-PROFIT RELIEF FUNDING UPDATE LAURA ODEGAARD CULTURAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM MANAGER.LAURA ODEGAARD CULTURAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM MANAGER, UM, JUST WENT IN TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON BOTH THE ARTS AND CULTURE NON-PROFIT RELIEF GRANT.
UM, WE, IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THE PURCHASING PROCESS RIGHT NOW, UM, FOR THE THIRD PARTY TO GET THAT 1,420,000 TO THEM, AND THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SUB GRANTS THOSE 71 AWARDS THAT ARE NEXT ON THAT LIST.
UM, JUST HAD AN UPDATE FROM THE FINANCE TEAM TODAY, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT INVOICING WILL BE ABLE TO HAPPEN THIS WEEK.
AND SO FUNDS WILL HOPEFULLY GO OUT BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
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BE GREAT TO GET THOSE 71 AWARDS OUT FOR THE NON-PROFIT RELIEF.AND THEN THE OTHER UPDATE IS FOR THE ARPA ARTS COMMUNITY RELIEF.
AND SO THIS IS THE, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM YOU ALL FOR $5.3 MILLION.
THAT'S GOING TO GO TO CORE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE RECIPIENTS FROM THIS PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.
AND AS A REMINDER, WHICH YOU ALL RECOMMENDED WAS THAT IF AN A, IF A CONTRACTOR HAD RECEIVED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN RELIEF FUNDS, THEY WOULD BE INELIGIBLE FOR THIS.
IF THEY HAD RECEIVED UNDER $10,000 IN RELIEF FUNDS, THEY'D BE ELIGIBLE FOR 100% OF THEIR FYI 21 GRANT AWARD.
AND THEN IF THEY RECEIVED BETWEEN THAT 10,000 AND MILLION DOLLARS, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE 85% OF THEIR PREVIOUS, UM, GRANT.
AND SO CULTURAL CONTRACT APOLOGIES FOR THIS, FOR THIS NEXT GRANT.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 379 GRANTS FOR THIS PROGRAM.
IT'S GOING TO COUNCIL THIS THURSDAY FOR APPROVAL IT'S ITEM NINE.
UM, WHAT ELSE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FINANCE TEAM, THE LEGAL TEAM, AND WE HAVE BEEN, UM, TO DO ALL OF THIS IN-HOUSE HAS BEEN A TESTAMENT TO PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS FOR CITY PROCESSES.
UM, AND SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THERE'S NOT AN APPLICATION.
THERE'S NOTHING IN ZIM GRANTS, THERE'S NO INSURANCE REQUIRED FOR ANYTHING.
IT'S BASICALLY AN EMAIL THAT'S GOING TO GO TO EVERY PRIMARY CONTACT, AND IT WILL SAY, HELLO, YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THE CITY TO RECEIVE $14,000.
DO YOU ACCEPT THIS GRANT? YOU CLICK A BUTTON AND THEN IT WILL E-SIGN, YOU WILL HAVE YOUR CONTRACT.
YOU'LL E-SIGN IT, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY CREATE EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY NEEDS IN OUR PURCHASING SYSTEM, AND IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY CREATE AN INVOICE FOR THEM.
SO THERE WILL BE NO BACK AND FORTH ASKING FOR, UM, EXTRA EXHIBITS INSURANCE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S, UM, IT'S KIND OF EXCITING THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE THIS AUTOMATION OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
SO IT'S BEEN, UH, A HEAVY LIFT ON A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF COLLEAGUES OF MINE.
SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED THAT THIS IS HAPPENING THIS WEEK.
SO EVERYONE SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR EMAILS PROBABLY TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY.
AND THEN AFTER COUNCIL APPROVES THINGS, THEN THAT WILL BE WHEN, UM, THE ACTUAL INVOICING CAN, CAN ACTUALLY START.
UM, SO THE OTHER THING TO MENTION IS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO, UM, GIVE GRANTS DIRECTLY TO SPONSORED PROJECTS INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM GO THROUGH A FISCAL SPONSOR.
AND SO PARTIALLY THIS IS, UM, SO THEY DON'T LOSE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GRANTS.
UM, CAUSE SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A $3,000 GRANTS.
WE DON'T WANT THEM TO LOSE $300.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERY SPONSORED PROJECT TO REGISTER AS A VENDOR WITH THE CITY.
AND ONCE THEY DO THAT, THEY WILL, AS AN ARTIST THEMSELVES, THEY WILL RECEIVE THAT EMAIL E-SIGN AND GET A CHECK.
UM, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR IS WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR.
SO OPEN TO, TO QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT, COMMISSIONER MARK, AND THEN COMMISSIONER BARNS.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THANKSGIVING IS COMING, I'M SURE THIS IS A WELCOMING, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THEM TO HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMLINED IT AND MAKE IT EASY AND SAVE THOSE A PERCENTAGE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SPONSOR PROJECT.
I REALLY WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING THE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY BECAUSE WE WENT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN CULTURAL CONTRACT AND GRANT, BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES.
SO THESE ARE CULTURAL CONTRACTS.
THEY ARE NOT, THEY ARE GRANTS, CORRECT.
SO THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO FULFILL A NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES OR ANYTHING.
IT IS JUST MONEY IN THEIR POCKET.
IT IS JUST MONEY IN THEIR POCKET TO BE USED FOR, YOU KNOW, TO PAY STAFF, TO DO, TO PAY RENT.
A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS CAN BE ELIGIBLE EXPENSES FOR THEM.
IT'S IT'S RELIEF RELATED, UM, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO CLARIFICATION, BUT MOST PEOPLE NEED RELIEF RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND SO WE'RE USING THE LIST OF CULTURAL CONTRACTORS TO THEN GRANT THESE GRANTS OUT.
SO THAT'S THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FLORES.
UM, I WAS ASKED BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, UH, IF AND WHEN THERE WOULD BE A LIST OF THE RECIPIENTS AVAILABLE, IS THAT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S OUT AND AVAILABLE ON EITHER OUR WEBSITE OR THAT I
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CAN MAKE, CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE TO US SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH FOLKS WHO ARE ASKING US THOSE QUESTIONS.UM, BUT THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M SO HAPPY THAT THIS ARPA RELIEF FUNDS ARE GOING OUT TO, TO THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE AND THAT, UH, ARE BEING DONE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, HASSLE-FREE SO THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR PUTTING IN THE EXTRA MILES FOR, TO DO THIS AND GET THIS DONE SO QUICKLY.
UM, BUT YES, IF, IF, IF THERE IS, I KNOW YOU SAID THERE MIGHT BE SOME FEDERAL RESTRICTIONS ON LETTING OUT, YOU KNOW, UH, NAYS, BUT I, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO TELL THIS PERSON, GROUPS THAT WERE ASKING ME FOR THIS INFORMATION SURE THING.
UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THE LIST RIGHT NOW.
UM, I THINK THAT'S MAYBE HAVE, YEAH, SO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THIS IS SORRY, MEGAN WELLS, CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAM MANAGER, THE, UM, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REVERSED HIS GUIDANCE THAT PREVIOUSLY RESTRICTED US FROM MAKING THOSE NAMES PUBLIC.
AND NOW WE ARE ALLOWED AND IN FACT MANDATED TO MAKE THEM PUBLIC.
UH, AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THAT, UH, LIST OF NAMES ADDED TO THE COUNCIL ITEM AS LATE BACKUP SO THAT THEY WILL, IT WILL BE POSTED ALONG WITH THE ITEM.
UM, THIS JUST HAPPENED RECENTLY.
SO FRIDAY, LAST WEEK, LAST FRIDAY.
SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT LOADED TO THE CITY WEBSITE, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE READY FOR COUNCIL ON THURSDAY.
AND THE OTHER COMMISSION QUESTIONS.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, TO REITERATE WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HERE HAVE SAID, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE WORK.
AND I KNOW THAT IT IS A LOT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, BUT I THINK THE COMMITMENT THAT IT SHOWS TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, IS EXTRAORDINARY.
AND I THINK, UM, TO COMMISSIONER MARK'S POINT, THE TIMING IS GREAT.
UM, THINGS ARE TIGHT, THINGS ARE GETTING TOUGHER.
UM, AND I LOVE THAT THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE NOT RESTRICTED, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY CAN CREATE WHATEVER THEY WANT TO CREATE.
[3b. Hotel Occupancy Tax Update]
AGENDA IS THREE B, WHICH IS A HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX UPDATE WITH SOME OF YOUR HOLT RAB.I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT NEEDS TO MOVE TO NEXT MONTH.
UM, UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE UPDATED NUMBERS AT THIS TIME, SO I WILL REPORT NEXT MONTH FOR BOTH MONTHS, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.
[3c. Cultural Funding Review Process Update]
NEXT ITEM THREE C CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS UPDATE WITH MEGAN WELLS, CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER.UM, I HAVE A BRIEF UPDATE JUST TO KEEP YOU ALL A PRICE OF THE WORK THAT CONTINUES IN THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION.
UH, STAFF HAS CONTINUED TO DRAFT AND REFINE THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES, APPLICATION QUESTIONS, EVALUATION CRITERIA, AND THE SCORING PROCESS, UH, OF OUR PROPOSED PROGRAM ROLLOUT WITH THE GOAL OF PROVIDING THESE DRAFTS TO THE ARTS COMMISSION WORKING GROUP THAT WAS ESTABLISHED A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO FOR REVIEW AND FEEDBACK.
AND THEN TENTATIVELY AS THAT REVIEW PROCESS UNFOLDS.
AND YOU HAVE, UM, A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE WORKING GROUP THAT WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
WE WILL THEN TAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION AND WORK THAT INTO OUR FINAL SCHEDULE FOR ROLLOUT OF THE PROGRAMS, UH, DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE WORKING GROUP, WHICH I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE A WORKING GROUP UPDATE PROVIDED LATER TO THE COMMISSION.
UH, BUT STAFF AND COMMISSION WORKING GROUP ARE WORKING HAND IN HAND TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROCESS IS INCLUSIVE AND INCORPORATES THE FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO, UH, WE WANT IT STILL WANT TO HEAR FROM, FROM THESE PRE-DRAFT PROGRAM GUIDELINES SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ROLL OUT ARE REFLECTIVE OF THAT INPUT.
UM, I SUSPECT IF, UM, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE'RE INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT A ROLLOUT OF THESE PROGRAMS IN THE SPRING.
I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHEN, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I WILL KEEP YOU APPRISED AS WE WORK TOWARDS A LAUNCH, UM, OF THOSE PROGRAMS, KEEPING IN MIND THAT, UH, WE ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS ROLLING OUT THROUGH THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION AND THE HERITAGE TOURISM DIVISION THAT WILL ALSO FACTOR INTO OUR LAUNCH.
SO I WILL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU UPDATED AS FAR AS THE TIMING OF THOSE PROGRAMS AS WELL.
AND, UM, OH, ONE MORE THING I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THAT, UH, VERY RECENTLY, UH, AS WE SHARED, UM, OUR DRAFT GUIDELINES WITH THE LAW DEPARTMENT, WHO IS OUR PARTNER, I THOUGHT PARTNER PARTNER IN THESE PROGRAM ROLLOUTS, THEY, UH, HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION IN SEVERAL RECENT, UM, DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE LAW ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, THAT HAVE TO DO WITH RACE AND OTHER IMMUTABLE CHARACTERISTICS
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THAT, UH, THE COURTS HAVE VIEWED AS, UM, UH, PROBLEMATIC, UH, IN TERMS OF THE CHALLENGE WE ARE FACING WITH MAKING A RACE FORWARD PROGRAM WORK.UM, AND WE ARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE CASE LAW THAT IS, THAT IS TAKING THIS TAKING SHAPE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, SO THAT WE CAN, UH, POSITION OUR PROGRAMS, UM, WITH SOME DEGREE OF, OF ASSURANCE THAT OUR, OUR LAW DEPARTMENT, UM, FEELS THAT WE HAVE COVERED CERTAIN BASES, UM, AND THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT RACE, UM, DIFFERENTLY THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THAT LEGAL LENS.
AND WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON OUR PROGRESS WITH THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT IS, THAT IS AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR US, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT ON, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION HEARING, NONE THAT JUST SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK.
[4a. AEDC update - board nominations due by mid-January 2022]
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.UM, WE'LL START WITH OUR AEDC UPDATE BOARD NOMINATIONS, DAVID COLLAGEN, ACTING CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UH, NO FORMAL PRESENTATION TONIGHT, DAVID COLLAGEN, UH, ACTING CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOUR CHAIR ABOUT THE NOMINATIONS PROCESS FOR BRINGING FORWARD A NOMINATION FOR OUR BOARD.
SINCE YOU ALL ARE UP FOR A FIRST TERM RENEWAL, WE'VE GOT, UH, FIVE SEATS ON THE BOARD.
IF YOU RECALL, WHEN WE CREATED THE BOARD LAST YEAR THAT HAVE A FIRST ONE-YEAR TERM.
NOW YOUR NEXT NOMINEE THAT COMES FORWARD COULD BE THE SAME INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU PUT FORWARD FOR THIS FIRST TERM.
UH, WE JUST STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE NOMINATION PROCESS OF COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION FROM YOU ALL AND CONFIRMING YOUR NOMINATION.
AS WE LOOK TO BRING THAT TO MARIN COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL LIKELY IN MID FEBRUARY, WHICH MEANS WE WILL NEED TO GET A FINAL NOMINATION FROM YOU ALL BY FRIDAY, JANUARY 14TH, ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS PACKAGED AND AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE.
SO I THINK GO TO AUSTIN, EDC.ORG/BOARD-NOMINATIONS.
YOU WILL SEE ALL OF THE INFORMATION LAID OUT, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US.
THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL BE SERVING A THREE-YEAR TERM.
UH, WE'VE HAD GREAT RAPPORT WITH YOUR EXISTING BOARD MEMBER, AND WE'VE BEEN PLEASED.
WE HOPE THAT YOU'VE BEEN PLEASED WITH THE COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH.
UH, AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE PROVIDING, PLEASE LET US KNOW HAPPY TO INCORPORATE THAT IN FUTURE REPORTS.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER, VAN DYKE, AND THEN COMMISSIONER CASTILLO, SORRY.
UM, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WAVE VIGOROUSLY, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I'M NOT WAVING VIGOROUSLY ENOUGH.
CAN I, I'M SORRY, COULD I ASK THAT OR SHOULD I WAIT? LET'S GO AHEAD AND ASK IT REAL QUICK AND THEN WE'LL KEEP GOING.
UM, THE, UH, MY QUESTION IS, UH, YOU SAID YOU COULDN'T REPORT RIGHT NOW.
I DIDN'T HAVE, UH, FIGURES, BUT I'M INTERESTED.
I'M SEEING IN THE NEWS THAT, UH, HOTEL OCCUPANCY IS REALLY ROARING BACK WITH THE RACES AND ALL THE EVENTS GOING ON.
DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF INDICATION THAT, UM, THE MONEY THAT'S COMING IN IS BETTER THAN, UH, WHAT WAS EXPECTED? CAN YOU SAY ANYTHING TO THAT? YES.
THE, UM, THE HOTEL NUMBERS ARE BOUNCING BACK.
SO I DIDN'T WANT TO PRESENT A NUMBER WHEN IT WASN'T OFFICIALLY POSTED.
SO WE DO HAVE AN IDEA AND IT IS UP, BUT AGAIN, I DIDN'T WANT TO COME WITH A NUMBER UNTIL THE CASH RECEIPT IS RECORDED IN THE BOOKS.
SO APOLOGIES COMING BACK TO THE AEDC NOMINATION QUESTION, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO, UH, HAS, HAVE WE, HAVE WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH CARL SETTLES YET, OR IS THAT A CONVERSATION FROM AN I'VE HAD A SHORT CONVERSATION WITH HIM, BUT I THINK I HAD AN OFFICIAL CONVERSATION WITH HIM IS COMING UP.
WE HAVE AN AEDC ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
PUBLIC CITIES PUSHING TO NEXT MONTH.
[4b. Public City]
SO ITEM FOUR B IS BEING POSTPONED TO DECEMBER AND[4c. Creative Consortium Presentation]
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FOUR C CREATIVE CONSORTIUM PRESENTATION, COREY BAKER, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE OVER THE LONG CENTER.COME TELL US WHAT YOU'RE UP TO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE ABOUT AN INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING OUT AT THE LONG CENTER AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK.
IT REALLY IS IN THE CONCEPTUAL STAGES RIGHT NOW.
UM, IT WAS AN IDEA THAT CAME UP A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WE SAW A NEED FOR THIS IN AUSTIN.
AND SO WITH COVID, UH, IT'S REALLY HAS ESCALATED KIND OF THE TIMELINE FOR US BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, THANK YOU, THE NEED IS, IS SO GREAT AT THIS POINT.
SO I'M WANTING TO KIND OF GET YOUR INPUT.
WE ARE GOING INTO SOME FOCUS GROUPS AND TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE BASICALLY GOTTEN THE BALL AS FAR DOWN THE FIELD AS WE CAN ALONE.
AND NOW IT'S TIME TO KIND OF START THE CONVERSATIONS AND GET PEOPLE INVOLVED.
SO REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TO SHARE.
ANYTHING I CAN ANSWER AS WE GO ALONG.
UM, WE KIND OF STARTED TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, W W HOW WE CAME TO THIS CONCLUSION THAT THIS IS NEEDED.
UM, A LOT OF OTHER CITIES HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO REALLY CREATE A SUSTAINABLE CREATIVE SECTOR.
UH, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN REALLY FORMALLY PUT TOGETHER IN AUSTIN.
AND IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE WANT TO HELP CREATIVES CREATE AND HELP THEM REALLY FOCUS ON THEIR ART.
AND A LOT OF YOU ALL KNOW THAT AS A CREATIVE, AS A PRODUCER, THAT YOU OFTEN BECOME THE ACCOUNTANT AND THE HR PERSON AND ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS, AND IT'S TO THE DETRIMENT OF NOT ONLY YOUR ART, BUT TO BE ABLE TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKETPLACE.
AND SO, UM, WE THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THE NEED WAS.
IT GOES BACK TO THE IMAGINE, AUSTIN, THAT THIS IDEA THAT THERE COULD BE AN ORGANIZATION OR GROUP OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT REALLY SUPPORT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT THE CREATIVES CAN REALLY FOCUS ON MAKING THEIR ART.
SO WE DID LOOK AT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WE COULD DO, WHAT OTHER CITIES WERE DOING.
UM, ONE OF OUR MENTOR ORGANIZATIONS IS THE PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST AND THE CULTURAL TRUST, VERY SIMILAR TO OUR CULTURAL TRUST IS REALLY FOCUSED ON REAL ESTATE AND, UM, SAVING VENUES, CREATING SPACES FOR PEOPLE IN THE CITY.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN THRILLED TO WORK WITH DAVID AND NAN AT THE AEDC AND WITH THE CULTURAL TRUST AND, AND BE A PARTNER WHERE THEY'RE ON THE REAL ESTATE SIDE.
THE OTHER PIECE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATING THINKING ABOUT THAT SIDE.
ONCE THE, THESE, UH, LAND PARCELS ARE, ARE BOUGHT, AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE MOVING INTO THEM.
SO HOW THE PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST HAS IT IS THERE IS THE REAL ESTATE SIDE, BUT THEN THERE'S A SHARED SERVICES DIVISION TOO.
AND IT REALLY IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION WHERE EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER AND MAKES DECISIONS ON SERVICES THAT THEY, THAT THEY COULD PULL TOGETHER AND GOING ON.
SO THE IDEA CAME OUT THEN THAT THIS, UH, WE'RE CALLING IT THE CREATIVE CONSORTIUM, AND IT'S THIS, UH, IT'S UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE LONG CENTER.
AND WE WOULD BE THE ADMIT OF ADMINISTRATIVE HUB, UH, OFFERING SERVICES FOR CREATIVES AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, BUT IT IS A MEMBER ORGANIZATION.
SO IT'S SIMILAR TO THE UN OR A CO-OP ORGANIZATIONS WHERE WE WOULD BE FACILITATOR AND ADMINISTRATOR, BUT WE WOULD BE A MEMBER WITH THE SAME VOICE AS THE OTHER MEMBERS.
AND IT WOULD REALLY BE A MEMBER RUN ORGANIZATION.
UM, TECH, I'M SEEING A NOTE FROM OUR ATTENDEES THAT THEY CANNOT SEE THE PRESENTATION ON THEIR SCREENS, AND WE CAN'T SEE THEM EITHER APOLOGIES QUERY.
UM, SO COREY, HOW DOES THIS DIFFER THAN, UM, SAY, UH, ARTISTIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I MEAN, IF IT'S A MEMBERSHIP-BASED, UM, GROUP THAT HAS A SPECIFIC FOCUS, HOW IS THAT, HOW DOES THIS OPERATE DIFFERENTLY OR DOES IT, IT DOES, IT IS DIFFERENT.
IT IS A SIMILAR IN A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION, BUT REALLY, AS WE'LL TALK ABOUT, IT'S REALLY ABOUT PULLING FOR SERVICES.
SO IT'S SHARING SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS AND BEING ABLE TO, UM, BE MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE PROFESSIONALIZED AS A SECTOR BY COMING TOGETHER AND SHARING, FOR INSTANCE, UH, HR BENEFITS IS
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IF YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE BUYING HR BENEFITS TOGETHER, THE COSTS COME DOWN, COUNTING, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT NOT, IF YOU'RE A COMPANY OF ONE TO FIVE, YOU KNOW, HAVING A PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANT MIGHT NOT BE IN THE CARDS FOR YOU.AND SO I'M PULLING TOGETHER AND THEN, UH, EVENTUALLY MARKETING FUNDRAISING, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT AS A SECTOR, WE CAN REALLY BE MUCH MORE INFLUENTIAL, HAVE MORE IMPACT AND LEVERAGE, UH, WHAT WE HAVE AS A GROUP RATHER THAN GOING AT IT INDIVIDUALLY.
OH, HE SAID IT'S GOING BACK AND FORTH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TROUBLESHOOTING.
SO NOW I'M GETTING INTO KIND OF MORE OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY POST COVID, THERE'S NOT A NEW LOT OF NEW REVENUE COMING INTO OUR SECTOR.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE ALL STRUGGLING TO GET BY, TO FIND EFFICIENCIES.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT THIS CONSORTIUM CAN DO IS, UH, LOOK AT REVENUE STREAMS THAT REALLY AREN'T AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS.
YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SAY, I ALWAYS SAY UP FRONT, WE ARE NOT HERE TO CANNIBALIZE ANY OF THE DONORS, ANY OF THE SUPPORT THAT ALREADY EXISTS IN THE CITY, THE IDEA WOULD BE TO COME TOGETHER AND AS A CONSORTIUM, BE ABLE TO GET NEW MONEY HERE AND TAP INTO MONEY THAT'S HERE THAT HAS NOT BEEN TAPPED INTO, FOR INSTANCE, ALL THE CORPORATE, UH, ENTITIES THAT ARE MOVING HERE THAT OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, HAVE A HARD TIME NAVIGATING KNOWING WHICH ORGANIZATIONS TO GIVE TO.
SO HOW CAN WE GO AFTER CORPORATE SUPPORT THAT COULD LIFT ALL SHIPS? THERE'S A LOT OF NATIONAL GRANTS THAT INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS CAN NOT APPLY FOR, THAT WE COULD APPLY FOR AS A CONSORTIUM.
AND THEN JUST THE UNIFIED VOICE IN THE MARKET, REALLY UPPING KIND OF THE VISIBILITY OF THE ARTS AND CULTURAL SECTOR, AND BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND GET THAT OUT THERE AND MARKET IT IN A REAL WAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, LONGER TERM, THAT IS OUR GOAL TO REALLY BRING REVENUE TO THE SECTOR, BUT IN THE SHORT TERM, UM, NOPE, I THINK YOU TOOK ME OFF.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IMMEDIATELY, AND IT'S WHY KIND OF, WE HAVE THIS ON THE FAST TRACK IS POST COVID REALLY ABOUT HOW CAN WE IMMEDIATELY BRING COSTS DOWN.
AT LEAST IF THERE'S NOT NEW REVENUE COMING IN, THEN HOW CAN WE AT LEAST GET COSTS DOWN? AND SO THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU CAN CONSOLIDATE A LOT OF THESE SERVICES, GO IN TOGETHER, GET HIGHER STANDARD, HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICES.
HR IS A GREAT EXAMPLE BECAUSE YOU DO THE BENEFITS TOGETHER THAT THE COST OF THE BENEFITS COME DOWN AND THEN SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS ESPECIALLY REALLY BENEFIT FROM HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, HR PROFESSIONALS, WHICH MANY PEOPLE IT'S, IT'S A LUXURY THAT, THAT THEY DON'T GET.
AND SO GETTING THAT SUPPORT, GETTING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, GETTING, UM, GI TRAINING, ALL THE KINDS OF THINGS, POLICY WRITING, I MEAN, THAT KIND OF HELP THAT, THAT WILL REALLY ELEVATE THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND THEN BRING COSTS DOWN, PULLED PURCHASING, EVEN FOR THINGS LIKE CREDIT CARD FEES.
I MEAN REALLY EASY WAYS THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND, AND SAVE SOME, SOME MONEY AND REALLY HELP ORGANIZATIONS BE COMPETITIVE GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF ADDITIONAL KIND OF MORE INTANGIBLE BENEFITS, UM, THAT COME ALONG WITH CREATING THIS GROUP.
UH, ONE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SERVE A LOT OF UNDER REPRESENTED ORGANIZATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, FILTER RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE, TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO COMPETE IN THE MARKET.
UM, I THINK COLLABORATING OR CREATING COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE SECTOR IS, IS REALLY MASSIVE.
IT'S NOT JUST ALL ABOUT GETTING IN A ROOM AND TALKING, BUT IT'S THAT BRAIN TOURIST IT'S REALLY THAT, UM, CREATING THOSE AVENUES AND GETTING PEOPLE THAT SYNERGY TO KIND OF START TALKING AND WORKING AS, AS A SECTOR.
AND I, I SPOKE WITH THE, UM, THEATER ATX, UH, GROUP THAT WERE WONDERFUL AND THEY WERE KIND OF THING.
YEAH, SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY HARD JUST WITHIN THE THEATER COMMUNITY TO GET TOGETHER AND TALK.
AND SO IT COULD BE VERY POWERFUL TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE NOT ONLY IS THE THEATER, BUT WITHIN THAT, THE PERFORMING ARTS AND THE MUSIC COMMUNITY AND MUSEUMS AND THE CULTURAL SECTOR, AND REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, THINK OF OURSELVES AS A WHOLE AND REALLY LEVERAGE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND ALL OF THE COMMONALITIES THAT WE HAVE, UM, TO FURTHER OUR SECTOR.
AND THEN AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION, AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS REALLY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO BE ABLE TO INVEST IN SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, AND THEN JUST, AGAIN, VISIBILITY ADVOCACY, BEING ABLE TO SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE, BEING ABLE TO GET OUT INTO THE MARKET.
SO I SAY POTENTIAL HERE FOR CONSORTIUM STRUCTURE, BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
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THE BYLAWS AND THINKING THROUGH THINGS, BUT, UH, IT WOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION.SO EVEN IF IT WAS HOUSED UNDER THE 5 0 1 C3 OF ALONG CENTER, IT WOULD BE VERY, YOU KNOW, FIREWALLED FROM THE REST OF THE ORGANIZATION.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE A VOICE, BUT THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S FOOLPROOF THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING DECISIONS THAT ARE RIGHT FOR THE LONG CENTER, WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS FOR THE CONSORTIUM.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, ALL MEMBERS HAVE A VOTE, IT WOULD HAVE A SEPARATE ADVISORY BOARD AND BYLAWS FUNDS WOULD BE HELD SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE OF THE LONG CENTER AND WE WOULD BE THE MINISTRATIVE HUB.
AND OF COURSE THERE WOULD BE A REAL FOCUS ON EQUITY AND INCLUSION, UM, OF THE MEMBERSHIP.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT, YOU KNOW, WIDE ALONG CENTER.
WHY, WHY DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR US TO GO IN THIS DIRECTION? AND HONESTLY, IT'S VERY ALIGNED WITH OUR MISSION.
UH, WE ALWAYS SAY WE'RE KIND OF AN AGNOSTIC ORGANIZATION, UNLIKE MANY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE VERY SPECIFIC MISSIONS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, TO PRODUCE A CERTAIN ARTWORK OR TO SERVE A CERTAIN COMMUNITY LONG CENTER'S MISSION IS REALLY ABOUT JUST ELEVATING THE ARTS AND AUSTIN AND, AND SUPPORTING, UM, THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE CREATIVE SECTOR.
SO IT REALLY DOES ALIGN WITH OUR MISSION.
WE ALREADY HAVE THE, UH, STAFF AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO IT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER TO SCALE UP FROM WHERE WE'RE AT, RATHER THAN TRYING TO BUILD THIS FROM THE GROUND UP.
AND WE DO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE, UM, WITHIN OUR TEAM AND, UH, IN THE EXISTING COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH THE CITY, UH, WE'RE ESTABLISHED IN THOSE AREAS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF SAYING, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT WE THINK THAT WE CAN BE A CATALYST.
WE THINK WE CAN BE THE CONVENER, UM, SO THAT CREATIVES CAN CREATE, AND WE CAN KIND OF HELP BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND MOVE IT FORWARD.
SO OUR CURRENT CONVERSATIONS, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF FOCUS GROUPS AND CONVERSATIONS.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR CLIENTS, YOU KNOW, TO SIGN ON.
WE'RE REALLY AT A POINT NOW WHERE, WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN IT TO A PLACE THAT WE SAID, OKAY, WE CAN DO THIS.
AND NOW IT'S TIME TO KIND OF GET THE MEMBERSHIP TOGETHER AND START REALLY HONING IN ON, ON WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR PARTNERS NOW GOING FORWARD.
AND SO JUST VERY QUICKLY, BRETT, TO KIND OF ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AS WELL.
UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT WHAT COULD POSSIBLY WHAT WE COULD GET OFF THE GROUND, WHAT WE COULD LAUNCH THAT WE THINK WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO LAUNCH PRETTY QUICKLY, THAT WOULD KIND OF DELIVER THE MOST IMPACT.
AND WE CAME UP WITH THESE, UM, THREE, WE'RE CALLING THEM TIER ONE SERVICES.
UH, WE'RE WORKING OUR FOCUS GROUPS TO KIND OF PRIORITIZE WHAT PEOPLE REALLY WANT, WHICH ONES ARE THE MOST VALUABLE.
BUT WE TALKED ABOUT HR AND, UH, HEALTH INSURANCE, THE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES, PAYROLL, PARTIAL CFO, PULLED PURCHASING AGAIN FOR CREDIT CARD FEES AND OTHER THINGS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET THAT KIND OF TRAINING.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR VENUE AND HOW WE COULD USE IT FOR HOT DESKS, SHARED OFFICE SPACE.
I'M REALLY, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOST THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, HOMES.
AND THEN WE'RE ON A TICKETING SYSTEM THAT CAN ACTUALLY FIREWALL WHEN TO COME ON OUR TICKET SYSTEM.
IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY GREAT CONSORTIUM TICKETING SYSTEM.
SO WE HAVE BEEN INVESTING IN A LOT OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, BACK OFFICE, A LOT OF THE SOFTWARE AND RESOURCES IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO THEY'RE KIND OF THE SIX THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON BECAUSE WE REALLY THINK THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY ON THEM.
AND WE THINK THAT THEY WOULD MAKE A MAJOR IMPACT, UM, IN THE FUTURE WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO GROW.
SO THE IDEA WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO LAUNCH WITH SOMETHING AND THEN YOU'D HAVE MEMBERS.
AND THEN IT WOULD BE UP TO THE MEMBERSHIP TO VOTE ON KEEPING SERVICES, ADDING NEW SERVICES.
SO IT WOULD BECOME A CONVERSATION FOR THE MEMBERSHIP, BUT CERTAINLY COLLABORATIVE FUNDRAISING IS SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE.
BEING ABLE TO JOINT MARKET, UH, THE SECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AND HELPING PEOPLE WITH A STRATEGIC PLANNING OR THEIR BOARD DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AGAIN, THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE RESOURCES FOR AS A SMALL ORGANIZATION, AND THEN EVEN MOVING INTO SOME THINGS LIKE IF THERE'S A SUBGROUP OF, UH, VENUE CLIENTS WITH OUR MEMBERS, WITH VENUES THAT WE MIGHT GO INTO A LANDSCAPING CONTRACT OR SOMETHING TOGETHER.
SO A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH.
AND, UM, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW DO YOU PAY FOR THIS? UH, WE ARE REALLY, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN CREATING A THREE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM AND WE'RE LOOKING AT FUNDING TO ACTUALLY GET THE PILOT PROGRAM UNDERWRITTEN SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN KIND OF GET ON BOARD AND GET, BUILD THE TRUST AND GET THIS MOVING, UM, QUICKLY AND WITHOUT ANY RISK FOR ANY ORGANIZATIONS.
AND WE THINK THAT'S AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S MORE OF SCALING UP.
IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND LONG-TERM, UM, THE PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ACTUALLY STARTED WITH A 50 CENT TICKET FEE THAT THEY PASSED ONTO THE CONSUMER.
IT'S NOW UP TO A DOLLAR AND THAT PAYS FOR ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO NO ORGANIZATION IS HIT, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, AN OVERBURDEN ON THE CONSUMER.
UM, AND, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GENERATE THERE'S ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO IT, SCALED MEMBER DUES.
I'M ALWAYS GETTING, YOU KNOW, GRANTS AND DONATIONS TO UNDERWRITE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK AND BECOME SUSTAINABLE AS IT GROWS.
I WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
CAN WE FLIP BACK SO I CAN SEE THE FOLKS WHO ARE
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REMOTE? ARE YOU GOOD? THANK YOU.COREY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER GRAY, TARA.
THANK YOU, CORY SO MUCH FOR THAT.
UH, A FEW QUESTIONS, ACTUALLY.
IT FEELS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN IN THE BACK POCKET AT THE LONG CENTER FOR A WHILE.
CAN YOU, UM, TELL EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHEN THIS STARTED AND WHEN ALL OF THIS BACK DOOR DEVELOPMENTS WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON OR HOW, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO GET TO THIS PLACE? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER GRAY, WE ARE REALLY VERY BOOKED IN THE VENUE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WONDERFUL RESIDENT COMPANIES, A LOT OF DEMAND.
UM, SO THE SPACES HAVE BEEN FILLED.
SO FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, WE'VE REALLY BEEN THINKING ABOUT BESIDES BEING A VENUE, HOW CAN WE IMPACT THE COMMUNITY? WE DO A LOT OF OUR OWN PROGRAMMING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, BUT AGAIN, REALLY THINKING ABOUT OUR MISSION AND HOW THE CITY'S EVOLVED AND HOW WE CAN PLAY THE BEST ROLE FOR THE CREATIVE SECTOR.
WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO.
UM, IT'S SIMILAR TO AN ORGANIZATION.
THEN I CAME FROM AN ARIZONA IN, IN HOW IT'S SET UP TO REALLY SUPPORT THE CREATIVE SECTOR AS A WHOLE.
SO THE BOARD HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, BUT WHEN COVID HIT IT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING WE THOUGHT, WOW, IF WE CAN GET 10 OR 20 ORGANIZATIONS TO SIGN UP AND THEN BUILD THIS, AND NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING OURSELVES MORE OF HOW DO WE SCALE THIS QUICKER? HOW WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE, WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE CRITERIA? HOW ARE WE GOING TO DECIDE? BECAUSE THE DEMAND AS YOU KNOW IS JUST THROUGH THE ROOF.
WHAT WAS ALREADY AN IDEA OF, UM, WHAT IS YOUR TIME ALONE ON YOUR FOCUS GROUPS? YOU SAID THAT THAT STARTED, WHEN DID THAT START AND WHAT PHASE IS THAT IN? YEAH, WE JUST STARTED THEM.
UM, WE JUST HAD A FEW KIND OF INFORMAL GROUPS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO, AND THEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM AND GATLING HAYNES, UH, THE CXO OF THE CULTURAL ADA AEDC.
AND SO WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN TANDEM.
SHE'S DOING FOCUS GROUPS ON, UM, THE RFP PROCESS AND SIGNING UP.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HER AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO OVER PROBABLY THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS REALLY KIND OF DO SOME OPEN FOCUS GROUPS, DO SOME MORE SPECIFIC, UH, SMALLER GROUPS.
SO, AND, AND DO SOME SURVEYING.
WE ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT ON THE, UH, PRESENTATION, BUT WE SET UP A EMAIL CONSORTIUM@THELONGCENTER.ORG.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE KIND OF PROMOTING IT.
AND, AND IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, IF ANYBODY WANTS A CALL WITH US OR ASKED TO COME TO THEM TO TALK THEM THROUGH THAT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS THIS OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS OR SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WANT TO ADD THAT OVER THE LAST, AT LEAST 10 MONTHS HAVE HEARD MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF SAY LET'S JUST ADD 50%, YOU KNOW, 50 CENTS TO EVERY TICKET ACROSS THE CITY.
AND WE COULD DO SOMETHING JUST FOR EVERYBODY, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, COMMISSIONER, SMALL BOOK, AND THEN COMMISSIONER CHRYSTIA, I THINK SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THERE'S A TON OF, UM, SYNERGIES WITH WHAT THE, THE JOINT WORKING GROUP FOR EXPANDED RESOURCES BETWEEN US ARTS COMMISSIONERS AND THE MUSIC COMMISSION HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, LIKE THE IDEA ABOUT JOINT FUNDRAISING AND SORT OF APPROACHING LARGE CORPORATE BENEFACTORS IN A WAY THAT IS NOT, UM, CANNIBALISTIC, BUT, BUT THAT SUPPORTS THE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM.
UM, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING, UH, JOINT MARKETING AND UNIFIED, UM, SORT OF CAMPAIGN AROUND SUPPORT FOR ARTS CULTURE MUSIC.
UM, THAT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING TO HEAR BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE CONTINUOUSLY TALKED ABOUT IS THAT THE COMMISSION ITSELF IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CARRY FORWARD THE IDEAS THAT WE ARE PULLING TOGETHER AND THIS SORT OF FRAMEWORK OF, UM, WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN WORKING ON.
SO IT'S EXCITING TO HEAR THAT, THAT THIS IS, UM, IN DEVELOPMENT AT THE LONG CENTER.
AND I WOULD JUST LOVE TO, TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE BEST CONNECT WITH YOU.
UM, THE, THE WORK OF THIS WORKING GROUP AND OUR SUB WORKING GROUPS WITHIN IT, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY CORPORATE BENEFACTOR TEAM AND COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING.
THANK YOU OTHER QUESTIONS WITH YOU DIRECTLY, OR IF THERE'S ANOTHER WAY THAT, THAT YOU CAN THINK OF FOR US TO, TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM, SHARING IDEAS AND TALKING ABOUT THIS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I'D APPRECIATE THAT CONDITIONER.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEED TO CONNECT TO THE WORKING GROUP MEETING EVERY WONDERFUL, GREAT, EXCITING STUFF.
COMMISSIONERS, OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION I'M GOING TO SHOW THIS TO YOU JUST TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE RICK'S NOT WAVING.
MAKING SURE COMMISSIONER CASTILLO, GO AHEAD.
UH, FIRST, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT EMAIL? IT'S A CONSORTIUM@THELONGCENTER.ORG.
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YEAH.AND THEN, UH, VERY EXCITING, SUPER EXCITING.
UH, EVERYTHING WOULD, UH, THAT ACN AND OUR COMMISSIONER GRAY AND COMMISSIONER SMALL LACK OF THAT.
UM, YEAH, IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE HAS BEEN LISTENING TO OUR MEETINGS.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE INITIAL IDEA THAT IT SHOULD BE MEMBERSHIP-BASED.
UM, BUT I'M CURIOUS HOW INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS MIGHT PARTICIPATE OR, I MEAN YEAH.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, YEAH, EXACTLY.
THAT IS ONE OF THE PIECES THAT WE'RE KIND OF THINKING THROUGH.
I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY GREAT ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE, LIKE HAM AND SIMS THAT ARE SERVING INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM BEING PART OF THE CONSORTIUM THAT WE WANT TO SUPPORT THEM SO THEY CAN DO MORE FOR ARTISTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THINKING ABOUT HOW WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF, IF YOU KNOW, WE REALLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT POINT.
I'M HOPING THAT THE FOCUS GROUPS WILL HELP US WITH THAT.
AND IN THE KIND OF NEXT PHASE OF OUR RESEARCH, UM, LOOKING AT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND LOOKING AT LEGALITIES AND HOW THOSE THINGS WORK, ESPECIALLY FOR HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING, BUT OUR HOPE IS SOMEHOW TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT TO THE ARTIST AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ECOSYSTEM CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM, AND WE HEARD EARLIER FROM THE ADC, WE KNOW THAT THAT THERE'S INTEREST, OR THERE WAS INTEREST, UM, FROM MUSIC GROUPS TO, TO HAVE THE AEDC BE SORT OF A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD FUNDRAISE.
UM, HAVE YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THOSE MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS OR ABSOLUTELY.
WE'VE WE WORKED WITH THE ATC, WE'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF THE MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH, WE WERE THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE LIVE MUSIC VENUE PRESERVATION FUND.
SO WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF EDD AND CULTURAL ARTS.
AND SO WE'VE REALLY GOTTEN TO KNOW A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE.
AND I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE CONSORTIUM IS KIND OF BRIDGING ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITIES AND BRINGING US TOGETHER AS THE CREATIVE SECTOR.
SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY MAKING INROADS INTO ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION IS, UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PARTNERS NOW, BUT WHAT, I GUESS, WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR THAT PARTNERS? ARE, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR, UH, ESTABLISHING LEADERSHIP FOR THE CONSORTIUM OR ARE YOU LOOKING FOR LIKE THOSE, UH, THOSE FIRST MEMBERS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTRACT OTHERS AND, AND DEFINE WHAT, WHAT THE GROUP IS? YEAH, I THINK, UH, THROUGH THE FOCUS GROUPS ARE REALLY FINDING PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS AND, AND WANT TO GET ON BOARD AND KIND OF DRIVE IT HOME WITH US.
SO PROBABLY, UM, FROM THE FOCUS GROUPS WE MIGHT PUT TOGETHER, LIKE KIND OF A LARGE ADVISORY PANEL OR ADVISORY BOARD, UM, TO START KIND OF HELPING US, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY INVESTED THAT KNOW, UH, THE, THE ECOSYSTEM AND AUSTIN, WELL, MAKING SURE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES AT THE TABLE AS WELL.
AND THEN FROM THAT KIND OF SMALLER PANEL, BEING ABLE TO REALLY FERMENT WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND HOW WE'RE GOING FORWARD, AND THEN OPEN IT UP TO THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.
BUT AS I SAID, ONE OF THE THINGS WE THOUGHT WE'D HAVE THE PROBLEM OF REALLY TRYING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE AND GET PEOPLE ON BOARD.
BUT, UM, WE'RE REALIZING THAT IT'S, IT'S SAD THAT THERE'S SUCH A NEED OUT THERE AND PEOPLE ARE SO HURTING THAT NOW WE'VE REALLY SHIFTED OUR THINKING TO, EVEN IF WE DO LESS SERVICES AND SERVE MORE FROM THE BEGINNING, IT'S LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO NOW FOR THE, THE BIGGEST GROUP OF PEOPLE? UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE DESPERATELY NEED THAT SUPPORT.
SO AS WE'RE GOING, WE'RE KIND OF RETHINKING A LOT OF THAT AS WELL.
AND I'M JUST CLARIFYING FROM MIKE, MY QUESTION THAT WHEN YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR PARTNERS, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD POSSIBLY PROVIDE THE SERVICES? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE, YOU JUST WANT AT THE TABLE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS? YES.
WE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT OURSELVES AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE HUB, SO WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THE EXPERTISE AND THE SERVICES AND STAFFING UP AND DOING THAT.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT OTHER LEAD MEMBERS, UM, THAT WOULD COME TO THE TABLE TO JOIN THE CONSORTIUM AND RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES.
SO NOT AN ADVISORY BOARD, BUT THE ACTUAL PARTNERSHIP PARTICIPANTS WITHIN THE CONSUMPTION.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CAN I, CAN I JUMP IN, UM, REALLY, REALLY AMAZING STUFF.
AND SO TO HEAR ALL OF THE PROGRESS WHERE YOU GUYS ARE NOW AND THINGS THAT YOU'VE LANDED ON, I DO I'M, I'M RELATING TO, HI, MISS I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO'S QUESTION IS, CAN I GET A PROFILE? WHO IS, WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? THESE NON-PROFITS ARE THESE FOR-PROFITS, ARE THEY MORE THAN FIVE EMPLOYEES, LESS THAN FIVE EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE BY KNOCKING OUT INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS WHO I THINK FOR ME PERSONALLY, IN THE WORK THAT I DO, THOSE WOULD BE THE PEOPLE THAT I'D BE CONNECTING TO THE, THE, UM, THE BENEFITS OF THE CONSORTIUM, THE COWORKING SPACE, UM, EVEN TICKETING AND THINGS.
SO, BUT WHEN YOU SAY THINGS LIKE HR AND PAYROLL,
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THAT TO ME INDICATES A MUCH DIFFERENT LEVEL OF BUSINESS.SO IF YOU COULD GIVE US A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROFILES OF THE PEOPLE THAT COULD ONE BE A PARTNER BEYOND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEN BE THE BENEFICIARY OR A MEMBER, RIGHT.
CAUSE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEMBER AND PARTNERSHIPS.
I THINK I'M JUST NEEDING A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHO THIS IS REALLY SERVING TO START.
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, UM, YEARS AGO HAD TRIED THIS IN AUSTIN AND THEY TRIED IT WITH NON-PROFITS AND THEY SAID IT WAS JUST NOT STICKY ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, THERE W THERE WASN'T ENOUGH COHESIVENESS TO REALLY DO THIS.
SO WHEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT KIND OF HOW TO LAUNCH AND HOW TO BE INCLUSIVE, WE'VE REALLY HONED IN ON THE CREATIVE SECTOR.
SO IT CAN ACTUALLY BE FOR-PROFIT OR NON-PROFIT, UM, IT'S KIND OF A, IT'S A VERY LOOSE TERM.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, MEANT TO BE INCLUSIVE.
IT'S NOT ANY KIND OF ART FORM, ANYBODY WHO THINKS OF THEMSELVES AS, AS EITHER CREATING ART OR WORKING TO SUPPORT THOSE THAT CREATE ART.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MUSIC VENUES, PRODUCING ORGANIZATIONS, AGAIN, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HAM THAT SUPPORT ARTISTS, I MEAN, ALL OF THOSE WOULD BE INCLUDED.
UM, I THINK INITIALLY WE DID THINK ABOUT IT AS ORGANIZATIONS VERSUS INDIVIDUALS, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF THE KIND OF SERVICES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, THE KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ORGANIZATIONS NEED MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE.
UM, AND REALLY THERE'S NO SPECIFIC, UM, PROFILE OF SIZE OF ORGANIZATION.
I MEAN, THIS WORKS BECAUSE IT'S THE LARGER ORGANIZATIONS THAT KIND OF HELPED DRIVE THE FUNDING, ESPECIALLY IF IT COMES FROM A TICKETING FEE.
I MEAN, WE'RE JUST BRINGING DOWN COSTS.
SO FOR THEM, IF, IF THE CONSUMER DOESN'T FEEL IT AND WE CAN SAVE THEM ON PAYROLL AND SAVE THEM ON BENEFITS AND SAVE THEM ON SOME OTHER THINGS IT'S WORTHWHILE, IT'S A GOOD BUSINESS DECISION.
AND THEN THE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS THAT REALLY CAN'T AFFORD TO KIND OF PAY INTO IT IN ANY WAY, THEY'RE GETTING THE MOST BENEFIT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE RESOURCES AT ALL.
SO THEY'RE GETTING KIND OF THE SAME, THE SAME PAYROLL, THE SAME, YOU KNOW, MARKETING SUPPORT, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE AS A LARGE ORGANIZATION.
SO AGAIN, MAKING THEM COMPETITIVE.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT A RANGE OF ORGANIZATIONS AND, AND WE WANT TO GET OUT THERE AND KIND OF BE VERY OPEN.
AND THEN ALSO WORKING WITH MANY OF YOU THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN THE COMMUNITY, MAKE SURE WE'RE INTENTIONALLY GOING OUT AND TALKING TO SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS, THAT THEN AREN'T NECESSARILY IN THESE CONVERSATIONS AND WE MIGHT NOT KNOW THEM YET, AND THEY MIGHT NOT, YOU KNOW, HEAR ABOUT OUR FOCUS GROUP.
SO MAKING SURE WE GET OUT AND GET THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED IT TO THE TABLE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S A RESOURCE.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO OPEN IT UP TO INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND THINK ABOUT THAT.
UM, AGAIN, I THINK THE KEY IS IF WE CAN GET IT FUNDED AND UNDERWRITTEN, UM, THROUGH TICKETING OR OTHER COSTS, THEN YOU COULD OPEN UP HOT DESK AND THING BECAUSE INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS MIGHT NOT USE ALL THE BENEFITS.
THEY MIGHT NOT NEED ACCOUNTING.
I MEAN, THEY MIGHT NEED SOME SUPPORT WITH THAT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT NEED.
AND, AND PART OF THE EVOLUTION OF THIS PROGRAM WE'RE HOPING IS, YOU KNOW, EVEN TECH SUPPORT, LEGAL SUPPORT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, WORKING WITH TALA, THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH IN OTHER WAYS.
SO, SO HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THEM DOING THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND THAT, AND JUST, AGAIN, KIND OF COMING BACK FULL CIRCLE, UM, THINKING ABOUT, I'M SORRY, I'M LOSING MY THOUGHT.
UM, TH THIS IS, THIS IS GREAT.
I JUST THINK BACK TO THE HAM SERVES INDIVIDUALS, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT'S A RESOURCE THAT'S PRETTY TAPPED, SAME FOR SIMS. UM, AND THINKING ABOUT THE NEED OUT THERE.
SO WHEN YOU TALK WITH THESE FOCUS GROUPS, LIKE I, YOU KNOW, THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH AEDC SOUNDS AMAZING IS THAT FORMALIZED, UM, WHO ARE IN THESE FOCUS GROUPS, ARE THESE ORGANIZATIONS, ARE THESE, I THINK IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IF THIS INVOLVES THEM, IF THIS INCLUDES THEM IN THE CONVERSATION, UM, YOU'RE SAYING ORGANIZATIONS REPEATEDLY, BUT IT IS FOR BUSINESS.
SO KIND OF, TO ME, I'M JUST TRYING TO DEFINE, SO I KNOW WHO TO TELL ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? WHO AM I TRYING TO PULL IN? AND, AND ARE YOU ACTIVELY, WHO DO WE CONTACT FOR PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING IDEAS OR IN TERMS OF CONTRIBUTING IDEAS FOR THE NEEDS AND DEFINING WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE? I UNDERSTAND THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE DOWN THE LINE AND DEPENDING ON FUNDING, BUT I JUST TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHO WHO'S A PARTNER, WHO'S A MEMBER, WHAT ARE THOSE, THOSE ROLES? AND TO HAVE THAT DEFINED FOR US AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION TO HELP RECRUIT AND SEND PEOPLE YOUR WAY, IT WOULD BE VERY OFFICIAL EVERY GRADE.
AND AT THIS POINT, HONESTLY, I THINK I'M OPENING UP THE CONVERSATION TO T EVEN INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, HAVING SOME SURVEYS GO OUT, KIND OF STARTING TO PROMOTE, UH, THE FOCUS GROUPS AND THE CHECK-INS AND EVERYTHING.
SO I AM HOPING THAT Y'ALL CAN HELP ME GET THE WORD OUT AND GET OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE GOING TO RELY ON A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS TO KIND OF GET THAT OUT.
AND I THINK AT THIS POINT, EVEN IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT INDIVIDUALS, THE MORE INFORMATION WE CAN GET TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THE ECOSYSTEM, UM, IS GOING TO HELP.
BECAUSE IF FOR SOME REASON IT JUST CAN'T IMMEDIATELY HAPPEN IN THAT WAY THAT IT CAN MAKE US MAYBE RETHINK HOW WE FIND ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'LL GET TO THOSE ARE,
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OR WHAT KIND OF ORGANIZATIONS MIGHT NEED TO EXIST, LIKE HIM TO BE THE MIDDLEMAN, TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, RESOURCES ARE GETTING OUT TO THE ARTISTS.AND I THINK THE EDUCATION COMPONENT TEACHING, LIKE WHEN YOU SAID, I DON'T THINK INDIVIDUALS WOULD NEED INDIVIDUALLY, OURS WOULD NEED ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONALS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THAT THE EDUCATION COMPONENT HERE AND PEOPLE LEARNING ABOUT HOW TO BECOME A BUSINESS, HOW TO BETTER OPERATE AS A BUSINESS IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY FOR SOMEONE LIKE Y'ALL WITH THE MURAL OF OREGON, THE FESTIVAL, LIKE THOSE ARE ALL, THEN WHEN WE SAY CONCERTED CREATIVE CONSORTIUM, I THINK ABOUT THE CREATIVE WORKER GRANT, WE SERVED SOUND ENGINEERS, YOU KNOW, WE SERVED LIGHTING AND PR AND TECH.
AND SO UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR ARTS ECOSYSTEM YES IS VENUES AND THESE LARGER ORGS, BUT REALLY IT'S ON THE BACKS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND HERE.
SO JUST KEEPING THAT IN MIND AS A PRIORITY, IF I'M ON THE FOCUS GROUP, I'M GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR INDIVIDUALS SUPPORT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, SMALL BACK AND THE COMMISSIONER MOCK.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S JUST ADD TO, TO WHAT COMMISSIONERS THIS MAN SAID AND ENCOURAGE THINKING ABOUT THE FOR-PROFIT, THE NON-PROFIT AND THE INDIVIDUALS AS SOMETHING THAT SORT OF COALESCED IN, IN A MOMENT OF EMERGENCY IN NEW ORLEANS, AS THE, AS THE PANDEMIC FIRST STARTED WAS THIS NEED FOR INDIVIDUALS AND VERY SMALL ORGANIZATIONS TO ACCESS ACCOUNTING SPECIFICALLY, UM, TO HELP NAVIGATE THE PPP PROGRAM AND WHAT THAT REALLY, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE ACCOUNTANT THAT COULD DO ALL OF THAT, BUT WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE WE WERE ALL IN CONVERSATION WITH EACH OTHER.
AND WHAT I THINK IS SO EXCITING ABOUT THE CONSORTIUM IDEA IS THAT THOSE WHO DID HAVE THE LARGER ORGANIZATIONS AND THE FOR-PROFITS, WHO DID HAVE ACCOUNTING ON THEIR, ON THEIR STAFF DONATED A PORTION OF THE TIME THAT THEY WERE ALREADY PAYING FOR, TO OPEN HOURS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT, THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO, TO SEEK THAT OUT OR TO EMPLOY FULL-TIME, UM, ACCOUNTANTS.
SO REALLY DEBT LIKE, UH, THE EFFICIENCIES AND THE WAY THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER AS AN ECOSYSTEM, THE DEFINITION OF WHICH IS THAT WE RELY ON EACH OTHER IS REALLY EXCITING.
SO I THINK I WOULD JUST ALSO ENCOURAGE, UM, THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THE COMPONENTS AS YOU ARE.
AND THEN THE ONE ADDITIONAL CLARIFYING QUESTION I HAD IS THAT YOU WERE SAYING THAT IT WOULD BE AN ENDEAVOR, UH, AN INDEPENDENT, UM, ENTITY OR ORGANIZATION, BUT THERE WOULD BE EFFICIENCIES BECAUSE OF STAFF SHARING WITH THE LUNG CENTER.
SO WITH THE LUNGS IS THE IDEA THAT LUNG CENTER STAFF WOULD, WOULD ALSO STAFF THIS ENTITY ORGANIZATION, BUT THAT IT WOULD BE A, YOU KNOW, A SEPARATE BODY.
IT WOULD BECOME ANOTHER KIND OF PILLAR UNDER THE LONG CENTER.
SO IN ORDER TO ESPECIALLY GET IT OFF THE GROUND, WE WOULD HAVE TO RELY ON OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
LIKE OUR CFO COULD KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PAYROLL SYSTEMS, WE HAVE REALLY GOOD ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE THAT HAVE VERY CLEAR FIREWALLS TO BE ABLE TO SEPARATE OUT, UM, DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS.
UH, AND SO THE CFO WOULD KIND OF OVERSEE, THAT'D BE A PARTIAL CFO FOR THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION.
AND SO WE WOULD JUST SCALE UP FROM OUR EXISTING STAFF AND EXPERTISE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND THEN CERTAINLY HAVING TO ADD SOME POSITIONS AND AS WE GROW, BUT REALLY, UM, SO SHARING THE STAFF AND THE RESOURCES, BUT THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT IT AGAIN STAYS INDEPENDENT FROM KIND OF, UM, AS FAR AS FUNDS, AS FAR AS BYLAWS, AS FAR AS ADVISORY BOARD, IT DOES REMAIN INDEPENDENT.
AND I, I THINK YOUR POINT, UM, AND, AND VICE-CHAIR OF DISMAN AS WELL.
THE IDEA OF JUST HAVING EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM AS WELL.
I MEAN, WE CAN PROVIDE VERY CONCRETE SERVICES, BUT ALL BEING TOGETHER AND TALKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS WHERE I'M REALLY GOOD AT THAT, OR I, I KNOW SOMEBODY WONDERFUL OR THIS WORKED FOR ME.
I MEAN, THAT TO ME IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THOSE INTANGIBLE BENEFITS THAT THAT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING NOW THAT WE'RE MISSING OUT ON.
IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE ARE THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO BE SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE CONSORTIUM WORKING TOGETHER.
OH, WELL, UM, MS. COREY, I THINK THIS IS AMAZING, UM, POSSIBILITY, BUT, UM, IT, SO, SO, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS CONSORTIUM IS NOT JUST FOR PERFORMING ARTS IS FOR ALL KINDS OF CREATIVE ARTISTS, PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE WOODWORK, THE CLAY WORLD, THE MARBLE WORLD, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, SO, SO DOWN THE LINE, WHEN YOU'RE APPLYING FOR GRANT, YOU KNOW, THEIR GRANT APPLICATION THAT THEY HAVE SPECIFIC, UM, REQUIREMENT, SOME MAY BE JUST FOR NON-PROFIT AND SOME INITIAL POLITICS FOR SO SUCH POSSIBILITY, BUT ALSO WITH, UM, WITH A REQUIREMENT OF SUCH DETAIL EXECUTION SO THAT YOU CAN REALLY BENEFIT AND UTILIZE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER I PUT OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT
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TO YOU.UM, SO, AND ALSO, UM, AT THE, AT THE LONG CENTER, YOU'LL HAVE THE SET OF STAFF, UH, THAT ARE WORKING HARD FOR THE LONG SENTENCE ACTIVITIES, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE ADDING ON THIS ADDITIONAL ONE.
SO I'M SURE YOU'RE MINDFUL ABOUT BUDGETING OPERATION EXPENSES FOR PUTTING ON SUCH, UM, UM, POSSIBILITY, BUT IT IS, IT CAN BE ALSO MONUMENTAL.
SO I AT MAYA, YOUR BONUS AND YOUR, UM, YOUR INTENTION REALLY TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SERVICE, UH, TO THOSE REALLY SMALL, ESPECIALLY A VERY SMALL ORGANIZATION THAT THEY, THEY DO NEED THIS OPERATING SERVICES, LIKE THE MARKETING, LIKE THE, THE, THE BOOKKEEPING, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE LEGAL AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, SO I, MAYA, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, AND I REALLY WISH YOU WELL AND SUCCESSFUL IN PULLING THIS OFF.
UM, BUT I THINK, UM, WITH, WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE SOME OF THIS WORK, UH, IN THE PAST, UM, IT MAY BE BENEFICIAL FOR YOU TO BRING THEM ALONG WITH YOU.
YOU KNOW, THE LEADERSHIP WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME TIME HAS PUT DOWN SOME COHORT TO REALLY BOUNCE OFF, UM, WITH THE INTENTION TO BUILD CONSENSUS AND TO LOOK AT ALL THE POSITIVE, POSITIVE POSSIBILITY.
YOU KNOW, I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
WE WE'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE, I GUESS THIS CONCEPT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK ON THE OMNI BUS THAT WORKED ON IMAGINE AUSTIN, AND WE'VE KIND OF REACHED OUT AND PICK THEIR BRAINS AND WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T.
UM, AND SO ABSOLUTELY GETTING THAT INPUT.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE WENT PUBLIC, THAT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, COMFORTABLE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE COULD, WE COULD IMPLEMENT, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO COMPLETELY BAKE IT EITHER.
YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WANT TO COME TO THE COMMUNITY, SAY, LOOK WHAT WE'VE CREATED FOR YOU.
UM, SO REALLY WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE SAID THIS, THIS WORKS WITH US AS A MISSION.
UM, WE COULD, WE COULD FACILITATE THIS.
AND NOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, GETTING PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, GETTING THE FEEDBACK, REALLY TALKING THROUGH.
AND SO WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO BE, CAN KEEP IT FLUID AT THIS POINT.
SO WE'RE NOT STUCK ON ANY ONE WAY OR ANYONE SERVICE AND REALLY GET THAT FEEDBACK.
AND AS I SAID, I MEAN, EVEN IF WE CAN LAUNCH ONE SERVICE THAT HELPS A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS TIME OF THE DAY, THAT'S A WIN AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, A FOOT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. VANDYKE, UM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FORMULATE MY QUESTION.
I'M A NEWBIE AT A LOT OF THIS.
I'VE DELIBERATELY, PURPOSELY AVOIDED UNDERSTANDING HOW LONG THIS STUFF WORKS.
SO MY QUESTION IS I'M KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEHIND THINGS THAT SOUNDS NEFARIOUS DON'T MEAN IT THAT WAY.
UM, BUT ARE YOU, DID THIS COME ABOUT, ARE YOU GUYS LOOKING FOR A WAY AS A, UM, INCOME GENERATOR TO, UH, TO MAKE MONEY WITH YOUR EXPERTISE? OR IS IT REALLY JUST, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING TO TAKE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE AND, YOU KNOW, HELP OUT THE ARTISTS IN AUSTIN.
UM, BUT HOW WOULD YOU FUND THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING WORK, UM, TAKING YOUR EXPERTISE AND HELPING OTHERS OUT, HOW DO YOU FUND THAT? AND IS IT, IS IT A WAY TO MAKE MORE MONEY OR, YOU KNOW, MORE JUST TO HELP PEOPLE OUT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND I, AND I APOLOGIZE I SHOULD HAVE STARTED, I KIND OF ASSUMED EVERYBODY KNEW THE LONG CENTER BACKGROUND.
UM, BUT WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND, AND WE REALLY, OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE CREATIVE SECTOR WE DON'T ACTUALLY PRODUCE.
SO WE HAVE WONDERFUL RESIDENT COMPANIES.
AND SO WE ARE, OUR MISSION IS REALLY TO SERVE THE CREATIVE SECTOR.
SO FOR US, IT IS REALLY ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AS AUSTIN EVOLVES AND, AND THE SECTOR CHANGES AND THERE'S NEW THREATS TO US, BUT WE'RE STILL KIND OF SUCH A DRIVER FOR PEOPLE MOVING HERE AND COMPANIES COMING TO AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LONG CENTER, IT REALLY IS JUST AN EVOLUTION OF, OF HOW DO WE SERVE OUR MISSION? HOW DO WE BEST DO, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING, REALLY STOPPING AND LOOKING AT THE CONDITIONS AND SAYING, WHAT DOES AUSTIN NEED RIGHT NOW? AND SO FOR US, IT'S NOT ABOUT PROFIT AS MUCH AS IT'S ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND BEING RELEVANT.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT THE LONG CENTER TO CONTINUE TO BE, UM, REALLY RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT, AND A KEY PART OF THE, THE ECOSYSTEM HERE.
AND AS A VENUE, WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, BUT, UM, ALL OF OUR FOUNDERS ALWAYS ENVISIONED THAT WE WOULD BE MUCH MORE THAN JUST A VENUE AND THAT WE WOULD SERVE MANY, MANY ORGANIZATIONS
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AND, UH, REALLY LIFT THE CREATIVE SECTOR AND, AND BE THAT AGAIN, WORKING WITH THE, AND OTHER GREAT ORGANIZATIONS, UM, BE A CORNERSTONE OF THE FOUNDATION FOR, FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE IN AUSTIN.SO, UH, THAT REALLY IS IT'S ABOUT MISSION SUSTAINED SUSTAINABILITY AND, UM, EVOLUTION.
I, BY THE WAY, I'VE BEEN IN AUSTIN FOR 43 YEARS AND I, UM, I DEFINITELY KNOW THE LONG CENTER AND, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT THAT I DON'T KNOW TOO, BUT THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT COMMISSIONER.
SO I'VE LET THIS GO FOR A WHILE BECAUSE THE CONVERSATION IS SO IMPORTANT THEN, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE AT THE COMMISSION LEVEL FOR, WELL, SINCE OMNIBUS PRIMARILY, BUT ALSO PARTICULARLY DURING COVID AND TALKING ABOUT RESILIENCY AND RECOVERY IS HOW CAN WE, AS A COMMUNITY, SHARE RESOURCES, COME TOGETHER, MAKE A PLAN FOR LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE CULTURAL ECONOMY IN AUSTIN.
SO THIS IS VERY EXCITING AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING WITH US.
I DO ENCOURAGE YOU AND COMMISSIONER SMALL BACK TO GET TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT YOU GOING INTO THAT WORKING GROUP.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY, VERY FRUITFUL CONVERSATION, UM, BUT LET'S KEEP THE DOORS OF COMMUNICATION OPEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND THANKS FOR LETTING THAT GO AS LONG AS IT DID, BUT I THINK THAT WAS REALLY USEFUL, UM, ONTO OLD BUSINESS.
[5a. Discussion and Possible Action on Working Groups and Working Group Updates]
UM, WE ARE AT FIVE, A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON WORKING GROUPS AND WORKING GROUP UPDATES, STARTING WITH NUMBER ONE JOINT WORKING GROUP FOR THE JOINT CULTURAL COMMITTEE WITH COMMISSIONER CHAIR MI, UH, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO, WHO IS CHAIR AND REMEMBERS FROM THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSIONS.UH, WE MET THIS MONTH, UH, HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION.
WE ARE REWORKING, UH, THE LETTER THAT WE DRAFTED JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INTENTIONAL IN, IN ADDRESSING THE INEQUITIES THAT WE SEE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO THAT SPECIFICALLY IN THE POTENTIAL OF THE JOINT CULTURAL COMMITTEE AND JUST WANT THEM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT FALLING INTO THE SAME HITTING THE SAME TRAPS THAT, THAT HAVE, HAVE BEEN HIT IN THE PAST.
SO WE WERE JUST AWARE THAT WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION.
UM, YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR PERMISSION ON CASTILLO? OKAY.
MOVING ON, ITEM FIVE, A TWO JOINT MUSIC ARTS COMMISSION WORKING GROUP TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING, RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES BEYOND HOT COMMISSIONER, SMALL BOP.
WE, I THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY MET TWICE SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE AT THE LAST ONE BECAUSE I WAS SICK WITH A STOMACH FLU.
UM, BUT MY COLLEAGUES FILLED INTO CHAIR THAT MEETING IN MY ABSENCE.
UM, SAME, SAME TRAJECTORY IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST MONTH.
UM, AND A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE JUST HAD WITH COREY ALIGNS WITH WHAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED, UM, IN THE WORKING GROUP, WE'VE ALIGNED AROUND SORT OF TWO WITHIN THE WORKING GROUP WHO CAN MOVE FORWARD ON, ON THESE KIND OF PARALLEL IDEAS AROUND, UM, COLLABORATIVE FUNDRAISING.
AND THAT, THAT IS WHAT WE ALSO DISCUSSED WITH, UM, CARL SETTLES, WHAT I DISCUSSED WITH CARL SETTLES EARLIER.
SO THE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES ME AND A COUPLE OTHERS, UM, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH CARL ON, ON MOVING THAT, UM, KIND OF A CASE STATEMENT FORWARD.
AND THEN THE OTHER TEAM IS WORKING ON A COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATIVE MARKETING IDEA, WHICH, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY RELATED TO THE FUNDRAISING, BUT ALSO HAS A, UH, HAS A KIND OF BROADER AUDIENCE.
UM, AND YEAH, REALLY EXCITED TO FOLLOW UP, UM, NEXT WITH COREY AND INVITE HER TO JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT, UH, WORKING GROUP MEETING.
UH, ON FIVE, A THREE EQUITY WORKING GROUP WITH THE COMMUNITY ARTS LEADERS, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT? SURE.
UH, WE MET NOT, NOT THE FULL GROUP, UH, BUT WE DID MEET AND WE STARTED A LIST OF POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA KEEP ADDING TO THAT LIST AND WE STARTED A DRAFT OF THE EMAIL MESSAGE OR THAT THE ACTUAL INVITATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEND OUT.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE WERE WORKING ON THAT WHEN WE HAVE THE TIMEFRAME OF, OF TRYING TO GET THE MEETINGS TO TWO MEETINGS SCHEDULED IN, UH, SORT OF A DECEMBER, JANUARY.
UM, SO YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
UH, W WE'VE GOT ANOTHER MEETING SCHEDULED IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THANKSGIVING, BUT BEFORE THE SUMMER, SO, AND WE'RE ALSO PUTTING TOGETHER A LITTLE BLURB FOR OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE JOINT, UH, CULTURAL COMMITTEE TO TRY TO GET OUT INTO COMMUNITIES THAT WE MAY HAVE MISSED IN THE LIST THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER.
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SO THANK YOU.UH, QUARTERLY ARTS, COMMUNITY COMMISSION, MEET-UPS WORKING GROUP.
HAVE YOU GUYS MET SINCE THE LAST WEEK? I'LL, I'LL TAKE THAT ONE TOO.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET, SO I'LL, UH, I'LL TRY TO GET SOMETHING ON THE CALENDAR ASAP.
I'M FIVE EMERGENCY FUNDING AND PROACTIVE STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE FUNDING WORKING GROUP.
AND I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS HAVE MET SINCE LAST WE HAVE NOT MET.
I'M ONTO SIX PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, THE P THREE WORKING GROUP.
MA'AM UH, SOMETHING FROM THE STAFF.
UH, IF YOU'VE, WE'VE YOU, WE CAN GET SOME DATA, YOU KNOW, ABOUT, UH, HOW MANY PIECE, THREE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY MISSED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GET THE FULL FUNDING.
I MEAN, THE, THE, THE PUBLIC ART FUNDING FOR THE ARTISTS, AND THEN HOW MANY ARE COMING UP THAT, UH, SO THAT WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW, WHAT IS THE TO REALLY HAVE EFFECTS SO THAT WE DON'T MISS THE NEXT ONE.
UM, ART NEIGHBORHOODS WORKING GROUP, RICK, WE HAVE AN UPDATE.
UH, WE'RE S SHORT, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
UM, I, WE KEEP FINDING QUESTIONS POPPING UP THAT, UH, WE'D BEEN TAKEN, UH, DISCUSSION ON.
AND, UH, SO IT, YOU KNOW, IT GETS A LITTLE BIGGER AND THEN WE TRY TO REFINE IT, BUT I THINK WE'RE REAL CLOSE, UH, HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH, UH, WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE.
THAT WAS A LONG LIST AND WE'RE DONE YAY.
[5b. Discussion and possible action on Cultural Funding Review Process]
D DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS.I LEFT THIS AS A PLACEHOLDER BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE LIKE ALL OF THE DETAILS THAT WE WOULD HAVE AND UPDATES.
UM, INITIALLY WHEN WE WERE SETTING THE AGENDA.
UM, SO I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ON THIS LIST.
UM, I THINK THAT THE UPDATES FROM WHERE THE WORKING GROUP IS, WHICH I THINK IS THE PRIORITY FOR THAT PROCESS IN THIS MOMENT IS, IS THE UPDATE, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD OR CHANGE OR SHIFT YOUR COMMISSIONER? GRAY? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE WORKING GROUP THAT KIND OF WENT OVER MY HEAD DURING EVERYTHING I KNEW THERE WAS THAT WE SAID WE WANTED TO DO THAT.
THE COMMISSIONER KOSTIA JUST MADE.
YOU'RE PART OF THE WORKING GROUP.
YOU'LL DEFINITELY GET AN INVITE TO THE NEXT ONE.
IT'S LIKE, OH, YOU MISSED THE LAST ONE.
WE, WE, WE DID THINGS AND THEN WE'LL DO MORE THINGS.
[5c. Discussion and possible action on Community Engagement]
C DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.UM, AND I ADDED IN TO REINSTATE THE ARTIST, INVITATIONS TO ARTS COMMISSION MEETINGS.
UH, COMMISSIONER GARZA WAS THE ONE WHO SAID, HEY, WE SHOULD GET ARTISTS BACK IN HERE.
AND I THINK, YES, WE SHOULD GET ARTISTS BACK IN HERE.
CAN WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN? UM, OKAY.
IF YOU GUYS ARE IN AGREEMENT, THEN I WOULD ASK, UH, ANN MARIE, UM, EVERYBODY SAID, ANNE MARIE, THE MONTH THAT YOU WANT TO BRING AN ARTIST IN TO SPEAK COMMISSIONER CASTILLO, YOU HAVE SOMETHING.
IF WE NEEDED AN EMOTION, I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT, DO WE NEED ONE? IT DOESN'T FEEL, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE NEED A MOTION.
UM, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST REINSTATING SOMETHING THAT WAS HAPPENING PREVIOUSLY.
AND ARE WE JUST DOING ONE BECAUSE BEFORE THERE WAS TWO INVITATIONS, I'M LOOKING AT THE LENGTH OF OUR MEETINGS AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE.
AND I THINK WE WANT TO KEEP IT AT ONE.
I THINK ONE IS A GREAT IDEA WITH A FIVE MINUTE CAMP.
FIVE MINUTE CAP, ONE, ONE PER, AND WE'LL GET THAT ON THE AGENDA TO FIGURE OUT SCHEDULES.
YOU CALL UP, YOU ASKED ANN MARIE, BUT SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE WAIT FOR ANN MARIE TO SEND THE EMAIL AND THEN WE'LL SLOT OUR NAMES IN, OR WE JUST SEND OUR NAMES.
AND MARIE, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO MANAGE THEM? I SEE YOU IN THE LITTLE BOX.
I'LL SEND EVERYONE A SPREADSHEET TO FILL OUT, AND THEN YOU CAN JUST SIGN UP FOR THE MONTH THAT YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
[5d. Discussion and possible action on Recovery and Resiliency Strategies]
AND THEN DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON RECOVERING RESILIENCY STRATEGIES.AND THIS IS WHERE WE SORT OF WERE AT THE END OF THE LAST MEETING.
UM, THERE IS THE AUSTIN, UH, ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY STRATEGIES DOCUMENT, WHICH I SHARED IN THE BACKUP FOR LAST MONTH.
UM, AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP IN CONVERSATION, INCLUDING, UM, UH, LIKE AN ARTIST INVENTORY FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE ALL IN THIS DOCUMENT, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL THING.
WHERE IS IT? THINGS LIKE, LOOK, I'M TABBED, BUT I CAN'T FIND MY TABS.
THINGS LIKE ADVOCACY EFFORTS FOR A CREATIVE COALITIONS IS ON THERE HIGH.
LIKE THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
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I, MY IMPULSE IS TO ASK, I DON'T WANT TO FORM A WORKING GROUP, BUT IF WE COULD HAVE A SMALL, UM, LIKE TWO PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH AND GO, HEY, AND IDENTIFY WHERE AN EXISTING WORKING GROUPS, SOME OF THIS STUFF CAN GO AND I CAN DO IT, BUT I'D RATHER HAVE PARTICIPATION IN THAT.I'D RATHER HAVE OTHER BRAINS IN THAT CONVERSATION.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CALL AND SEE IF SOMEONE WANTS TO HELP ME GO THROUGH THIS AND PUSH IT OUT.
WE'LL BE SEEING A LOT OF EACH OTHER.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I HAD THERE.
THAT'S SUPER EASY AND, AND ALSO MY BAD CAUSE IN MY BRAIN I HAD, AEDC ALSO AS THE, UH, PICKUP THING.
AND IS CARL STILL ON? UM, SO I'M JUST GOING TO SORT OF TAG THIS IN AS A, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, THAT WAS PART OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'RE CLEANING UP AT THIS MOMENT.
UM, CARL SETTLES IS INTERESTED IN STAYING.
HE SAID, HE FEELS LIKE WE'RE JUST STARTING TO GET GOING ON THIS.
AND HE WOULD LOVE TO STAY HERE.
UM, SO WE WILL PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING, THAT PROPOSAL, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANOTHER THOUGHT, SEND IT TO ME.
AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS ON THE AGENDA AS WELL.
SOUND LIKE A WAY TO SOLVE FOR THAT WAS LOU.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
UM, I SAID, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE AEDC RENEWAL THAT DAVID COLLAGEN WAS IN HERE.
WE HAD NEED TO HAVE OUR NOMINEE BY THE, BY THE 14TH.
UM, SO, AND BECAUSE HE FEELS LIKE WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED AND HE'S KNEE DEEP IN THE WORK.
UM, AND HE'S GETTING PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PUT ON OUR NEXT AGENDA, A DISCUSSION ITEM ON CARL.
WE HAVE SOME PREVIOUS NOMINEES THAT WE'D ALSO INCLUDED IF WE WANT TO HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANYONE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT FORWARD, UM, THAT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR OUR DECEMBER MEETING, BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE IT RESOLVED IN TIME TO MAKE THE JANUARY 14TH DEADLINE.
YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS IN AN OPEN MEETING AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, OR YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE COMMITTEE THAT WAS THERE.
I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE RE RE-INSTITUTE? I MEAN, WE HAD A COMMITTEE FOR THIS.
IF FOLKS FEEL LIKE THEY WANT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING WE HAVE TILL JANUARY, JANUARY 14TH.
SO IT PRE IT PREDATES OUR MEETING.
I WOULD THINK THAT YOU SHOULD JUST, RE-INSTITUTE NOT THAT I'M DYING TO DO MORE WORK, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S KIND OF WEIRD TO TALK ABOUT IT IN AN OPEN MEETING.
UNDERSTOOD, UNDERSTOOD YOUR MOM.
UM, MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE CAN BRING FOUR, FOUR LEVER CANDIDATES THAT WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE AND THEN, UH, RECOMMENDED TO THE COMMITTEE.
SO THEN THE COMMITTEE THEN WILL COLLECT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE NAMES AND LOOK AT, LOOK AT THEM PROFILE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO US ON JANUARY MEETING.
WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE IT TO THE JANUARY 14TH.
WELL, WHEN IS OUR JANUARY MEETING? THAT'LL BE AFTER THE 14TH.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY.
DON'T SO, SO MAYBE, MAYBE WE NEED TO, UH, SUBMIT OUR CANDIDATES TO THE COMMITTEE, UH, IN BETWEEN NOW AND THE DECEMBER MEETING.
AND THEN AT THE DECEMBER MEETING, THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO, UM, UH, BRING IN A MOTION TO WHOEVER YOU WANT TO NOMINATE.
UH, MICHELLE, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT IF ANYBODY HAS ANYBODY ELSE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED, I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT IF NOBODY SENDS IN ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, WELL THEN BRILLIANT.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMMITTEE CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AT THE NEXT MEETING, UH, AND JUST MAKE THAT REPORT.
AND IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A VOTE AT THAT MEETING, SINCE THERE WON'T BE TIME TO WAIT FOR A JANUARY MEETING, I THINK THAT'S THE BETTER PROCESS.
SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PLAN TO MAKE SURE AS YOU, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION ON RECOVERY RESILIENCE, ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES, THAT'S A FIVE D TO, UH, TO REFORM THE AEDC NOMINATION COMMITTEE.
SO EMOTION BY CASTILLO A SECOND BY BOTH FLORES AND MOCK DOUBLE SECOND.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMEBODY IS BEING, IF THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ALSO BEING PRESENTED IN ADDITION TO MR. SETTLES, LIKE WHEN DO WE, AS COMMISSIONERS
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GET TO READ THEIR BACKGROUND AND INFORMATION, LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT AT A MEETING WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO VOTE.UM, I WOULD SAY LET'S GIVE OURSELVES A DEADLINE TO GET, UH, POTENTIAL OTHER NOMINATIONS TO PERMISSION OR FLORES ONCE WE, ONCE WE GET THIS DONE.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE A DEADLINE, YOU NEED TO GET THE INFORMATION TO US SO WE CAN DISTRIBUTE IT WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.
UM, YES, AGAIN, I WAS JUST GONNA SUGGEST IF YOU WANT, YOU COULD MOVE YOUR JANUARY MEETING UP TO THE 10TH.
WE CAN, YEAH, IT'S UP TO Y'ALL BUT YOU COULD THEN WE'D HAVE MORE TIME IN JANUARY.
WHY DON'T WE SEE WHAT NOMINATIONS WE GET AND WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION IN DECEMBER FOR THE JANUARY MEETING ANYWAY.
TYPICALLY WE PUSH IT AFTER THE MLP HOLIDAY, BUT IF YOU WANT TO PUSH IT, WE COULD THINK OF FOR THE MLK HOLIDAY, WE COULD SEE IF THERE'S A CHANCE TO SCHEDULE IT EARLIER.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND THE SECOND ON THE TABLE, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THE MEMBERS OTHER THAN FLOORS HAVE THEIR HAND UP.
UH, WELL I JUST HEARD HYMAN SAY IDENTIFY THE MEMBERS, BUT I WAS ALSO GONNA SAY, UH, GIVE US, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE A PRETTY QUICK TIME TABLE AND WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT STUFF BEFORE THE DECEMBER MEETING.
SO I WOULD SAY YOU WOULD NEED TO GET SOMETHING TO US BY THE END OF THE MOM, UH, NAMES, UH, TO THE COMMITTEE THAT IS GOING TO BE SO THAT WE CAN PUSH OUT ANYTHING OUT THE DOOR TO THE COMMISSIONERS BEFORE, CAUSE OUR MEETINGS ON THE 15TH OF DECEMBER, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND THE MEMBERS WHERE WE DO IT NEED TO IDENTIFY THE MEMBERS, THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS WERE COMMISSIONER FLORES WAS THE CHAIR.
I WAS ON THAT WORKING GROUP WHO ELSE WAS ON THE WORKING GROUP LEILA.
SO JUST US TRYING TO REMEMBER, I THINK IT MAY JUST BE US.
IT WAS ALSO A FAST TURNAROUND, SO YEAH, I THINK SO TOO.
I THINK WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.
SO IS THAT AN AMENDED MOTION TO FORMAT WITH THE PREVIOUS MEMBERS EXCEPTED AND THE SECOND OF THE AMENDED? OKAY.
SO WE HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION BY CASTILLO SECOND BY GRAY TO FORMAT WITH A COMMISSIONER FLORES AS CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER PAUL GAR.
UM, AND TO GET YOUR INFORMATION TO US BY THE END OF THE MONTH, RIGHT.
NOVEMBER 30TH, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED, UH, PUSHBACK AS OPPOSED, UH, MR. GARZA, WAS THAT AN OPPOSED OR, UH, CAN WE TAKE THAT AGAIN? CAUSE HANDS WENT UP AT DIFFERENT TIMES, ALL IN FAVOR.
ALL THE HANDS WE, NOW WE HAVE MORE HANDS THAN IT EVEN EXISTS.
UM, SHE HAS STEPPED AWAY FROM THE DICE.
IF WE WANT TO SUPPORT CARL'S RENO, M DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM US AS WELL? YES, PLEASE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CARL, I THINK THAT THAT IS FAIR TO ALL RIGHT.
[6a. AIPP Discussion and Action Items]
I'M ON SIX, A NEW BUSINESS AD PP DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. I WOULD TAKE A MOTION FROM THE FLORIDA CONSENT.SO 63 HAS PULLED, BUT I GOT A MOTION ON THE TABLE TOO.
WE HAD A MOTION, RIGHT? UM, TWO, YOU TAKE PAST ONE AND TWO UNDER SIX, EIGHT ON CONSENT.
I CAN NOW CAN'T SEE THE REST OF MY, MY COMMISSION.
I NEED TO SEE THE REST OF THE COMMISSION.
THERE WILL BE A MOMENT'S HESITATION WHILE HE HIT THE CHECKOUT.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO PASS SIX, A ONE AND TWO ON CONSENT.
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SO ALL IN FAVOR WITH COMMISSIONER SMILE, BACK OFF THE DICE AND MOVING ON TO 6 83, MR. WISTIA, YOU PULLED THE SLITS.I WOULD LIKE THE PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY IT'S BEING PROPOSED AS A JOINT PROSPECTUS.
UM, I'M SORRY, COULD YOU, UM, COULD I HEAR THE QUESTION AGAIN? YEAH.
I WAS ASKING IF I COULD, WE COULD JUST GET A PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM SO THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S BEING PROPOSED AS A JOINT PERSPECTIVES.
I'M THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM MANAGER.
UM, CAN WE PULL THE PURSE, THE, UM, PRESENTATION OF OUTLETS? LIKE YOU'VE GOT IT.
UM, I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
THERE ARE, THERE IS A SLIDE THAT TALKS A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE, OF THE JOINT PRESENTATION.
AND I THINK, UM, IT WILL BECOME CLEAR WHY WE'RE PROPOSING IT THIS WAY.
WOULD YOU PREFER ME TO NAVIGATE IT FOR YOU OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO NAVIGATE YOURSELF? UM, I'D LOVE TO JUST ASK YOU TO NAVIGATE.
I'LL JUST SAY, UM, CHANGE, CHANGE SLIDES, SLIDE.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE, UM, PHONING IN OR, UM, ARE COMING IN VIA THE WEBEX CANNOT SEE THE PRESENTATION.
SORRY, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? IS IT NOT SHOWING STUFF? I JUST WANT TO SAY WE'RE DOING ALL RIGHT ON TIME, BUT I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THE DAYS BEFORE WHEN COMMISSIONER MOCK WOULD BRING US SNACKS.
REMEMBER, LAST TIME I BROUGHT YOU SOME DUMPLING, I HAVE TO SNEAK IN WHOLLY.
SO I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SNEAK RULES WERE MEANT TO BE BROKEN.
AMY, CAN I REQUEST IT? ALL THE RESTAURANT MEETINGS HAPPEN WHERE WE ARE RECORDING THE AUDIO ONLY SO THAT, YEAH.
CAUSE IF THEY CAN'T SEE IT, THAT MEANS THE PUBLIC.
I THINK DUMPLINGS SHOULD BE EXIST FROM ANY RESTRICTIONS.
IF I DON'T GET ARRESTED, I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT YOU TO GET ARRESTED.
WE'LL MEET IN THE PARKING LOT.
THAT'S ALL I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK TECH FOR YOUR YEOMAN'S WORKS.
AND I KNOW IT'S A CHALLENGE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, SO MUCH.
COMMISSIONER GREG MAYER REQUEST THAT WE MAYBE JUST GO TO THE DIRECT QUESTIONS, WHY THESE PROJECTS ARE TOGETHER BECAUSE SOME OF US HAVE READ ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND STILL HAVE THOSE SAME QUESTIONS RATHER THAN HAVING THE FULL PRESENTATION.
YOU ASKED TO SEE THE PRESENTATION.
SO IT'S OH, I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU ASKED ME TO SEE IT.
UM, IT'S BEING SO STUBBORN RIGHT NOW.
CAN WE MAYBE GET THAT EXPLANATION FROM SUE NOW? AND THEN WE'LL MOVE THROUGH LIKE WHY GOOD.
THANK YOU TO THE AB TECH IN THE ROOM.
UM, SO, UH, THERE'S THREE PROJECTS GOING FORWARD TONIGHT UNDER THE STRIPE PROSPECTUS, I'M GOING TO START BY GOING THROUGH EACH OF THE PROJECTS.
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AND THEN I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UH, NATURE OF WHY IT'S A JOINT PERSPECTIVE.SO COLONY PARK, UM, HAS A NEW POOL DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UM, COMING FORWARD WITH WHICH ISN'T DISTRICT ONE IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN.
UM, THE MAIN ACCESS TO THE POOL IS GOING TO BE OFFLOADED OVER THE LANE TO THE SOUTH.
THERE IS AN EXISTING AIPP MURAL BY TYSON DAVIS THAT DREW INSPIRATION FROM COMMUNITY PRIDE.
UM, AND THERE IS A STRONG HISTORY AND MEMORY OF, UM, REDLINING AND AUSTIN'S EASTERN CRESCENT.
THIS COMMUNITY IS SORELY IN NEED OF AN AQUATICS FACILITY AND HAS VOCALIZED THAT FOR MANY YEARS.
THIS POOL HAS BEEN TO BE AN AMAZING ASSET FOR, UM, THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO BE BRINGING ARTWORK FORWARD FOR IT.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, WE, COMMUNITY MEETINGS WERE HELD WITH PART IN 2021 VIRTUALLY TO HELP STAFF OUTLINED IN DETERMINED, POSSIBLE LOCATIONS FOR THE PARK AND, UM, FOR THE ARTWORK AND FOR THE GOALS THAT WOULD GUIDE THE SELECTED ARTIST IN THEIR, UH, CONDITION PART ALSO HELPED DEVELOP AN ONLINE SURVEY WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT FUTURE ARTWORK, INSPIRATIONS AND HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS RESPONDED.
UM, THE FEEDBACK WAS USED TO INFORM THE GOALS THAT YOU SEE HERE.
UM, THE FIRST THREE GOALS PARTICULARLY USE KEYWORDS SUCH AS COLORFUL FAMILY, DIVERSITY, NATURE, AND PEACE.
AND SO WE'RE DRAWING THOSE, UM, DRAWING IN THOSE WORDS FOR INSPIRATION AND THE ARTIST BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT IS 1 35.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE SOME, UH, POSSIBLE LOCATIONS THAT THE STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT NINE TO DATE.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GIVENS OPPORTUNITIES AND I'M JUST GOING THROUGH THESE, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE READ THE SLIDE, SO I'M NOT GONNA, UM, GET REALLY DEEP INTO THE WOODS ON THESE, BUT, UM, JUST KNOW THAT WE HAD A, AN INITIAL PROJECT THAT WE DID, UM, 2019 THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH GIVEN SWIMS, EXCUSE ME, IN WHICH WORK LIFT DANCE WORKS.
UM, WORKED WITH LOCAL ARTISTS, UM, CINDY ELIZABETH AND ERNESTO HERNANDEZ, AND THEY, UM, CREATE A TEMPORARY WORK TO HELP INFORM A PERMANENT PIECE IN THE FUTURE, UH, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
THIS COMMUNITY, UM, IS ALSO, UM, EXPERIENCING, UM, UH, REVITALIZATION OF THEIR POOL.
AND, UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE WORKING ON THAT WITH THEM.
UM, YOU SEE THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT HERE.
UM, WE'RE HONORING THE HISTORY.
YOU SEE THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT HERE.
WE'RE HONORING THE HISTORY OF THE HERITAGE AND THE CULTURE OF THE GIVENS PARK COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE ALSO, UM, TALKING ABOUT THE FAMILY AND TOGETHERNESS THAT HAS LONG BEEN A SIGNATURE OF GIVENS PARK AND THE POOL ITSELF THERE.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, UH, FINAL ARTWORK LOCATIONS WILL BE DETERMINED WITH THE SELECTED ARTISTS, BUT YOU SEE SOME OPPORTUNITIES HERE THAT ARE CONNECTED SPECIFICALLY TO THE POOL AT THE TOP.
AND THEN THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY THAT TOOK GIVENS IS THE RENOVATION PROJECT AND THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO SEE A MURAL ON THE PARK, A RESTROOM WALL.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PART ON THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO ELIGIBILITY IS GOING TO BE THROUGH, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE PROPOSING THAT IT BE THROUGH THE 2021 PRE-QUALIFIED ARTISTS POOL.
AND, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A JOINT SELECTION PROCESS, UM, IN ORDER TO HELP TO TWO THINGS, ONE IS TO HELP STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FOR ARTISTS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE, UM, LESS, UH, BURDEN OF WORK WHEN THEY'RE DEVELOPING THEIR APPLICATIONS.
WE'RE DOING, WE'RE TRYING TO GATHER, UM, ARTWORK THAT HAS ART OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE A CONNECTION VIA EITHER THEY'RE IN THE SAME DISTRICT, OR, UM, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME KIND OF A PROJECT, WHICH IS POOLS PROJECTS OR PARKS PROJECTS.
UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE BUNDLING PROJECTS MORE AND MORE.
UM, COMING IN 2022, IT'S IN PART TO STREAMLINE THE APPLICATION PART IS FOR ARTISTS, BUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE ARTIST AND IT'S IN PART TO, UM, EXPEDITE THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD AS, UM, ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, STAFF, UH, WE HAVE KIND OF A BACKLOG RIGHT NOW OF PROJECTS, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE ABOUT 78 ACTIVE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROJECTS WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 25 THAT WE'RE EXPECTING BRING FORWARD IN THE NEXT YEAR AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IT IN, UM, WHAT WE'RE CALLING CYCLES.
WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING THEM FORWARD TO YOU GUYS IN FOUR CYCLES.
AND IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AS MANY, UM,
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SELECTION OPPORTUNITIES, AS MANY ARTISTS OPPORTUNITIES, UM, UH, COMING FORWARD AND HAVING SELECTION PROCESSES, WE'VE DETERMINED THAT BUNDLING THEM TOGETHER IN THESE CYCLES IS GOING TO BE, UM, AN EFFICIENT WAY TO DO THAT.SO NEXT SLIDE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PANEL ABOUT THIS FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT HERE YOU SEE, UM, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO BRING FORWARD IN CYCLE ONE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE, UM, HOPEFULLY GOING FORWARD WITH YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT AND APPROVAL NEXT MONTH AND IN JANUARY PROBABLY, UM, AND OPPORTUNITIES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS TO APPLY TO THESE 1, 2, 3, 5, UM, UH, CYCLES OF, UM, OF, UH, APPLICATIONS.
SO THERE'LL BE THESE THREE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GOING FORWARD IN ONE PERSPECTIVE.
AND THEN YOU SEE IN BLUE, THERE'S TWO OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO GO FORWARD IN ONE PROSPECTUS.
AND THOSE ARE BOTH TRANSPORTATION ORIENTED PROJECTS.
AND THEN, UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT DOVE SPRINGS, UH, BELOW THAT HAS TWO OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH ITS FACILITIES SPECIFICALLY, AND THEN KOMAL AND BRUSH SQUARE WILL BE GOING FORWARD SEPARATELY.
SO THAT'S OUR CYCLE ONE EXPECTATION AND THEN CYCLE TWO WILL BE COMING, UM, IN THE NEXT QUARTER.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PICTURING THESE FOUR CYCLES COMING FORWARD IN THE NEXT YEAR AS QUARTERLY OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE OTHER, UM, STREAMLINING THAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS TO USE THIS ONE SELECTION PANEL TO SELECT ART OR THESE THREE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATING A PANEL OF, UM, VISUAL ARTS PROFESSIONALS AND ALSO COMMUNITY, UM, MEMBERS WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR LOCATIONS.
UM, SO THEY WILL BE, UH, LARGER THAN THREE TO FIVE, THE PROBABLY MORE LIKE FIVE TO SEVEN, UM, UH, PARTICIPANTS FOR EACH, UH, SELECTION, UM, OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO THESE ARE THE, UM, FOLKS THAT WERE PRIORITIZED BY THE AIPP PANEL, AND WE WENT FORWARD TO THEM WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR THESE SELECTIONS.
AND THEN NEXT SLIDE, NEXT, WHAT'S NEXT FOR THESE PROJECTS, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE PERSPECTIVES TO BE APPROVED TONIGHT, AND THEN WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD THOSE CYCLE ONE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND THERE'LL BE RELEASED.
UM, ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU SAW UNDER CYCLE ONE WOULD BE RELEASED AT ONE TIME.
SO ARTISTS CAN THINK ABOUT AND BE STRATEGIC ABOUT THAT APPLICATION, KNOWING WHAT THE FULL TOTALITY OF WHAT'S COMING FORWARD WITHIN THAT THREE-MONTH PERIOD.
AND WE CAN ALSO FORECAST FOR THEM WHAT THE NEXT, UM, THREE MONTH PERIOD WILL BRING AS WELL, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING WE'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO DO IN THE PAST.
UM, SO WE'RE ALSO THINKING THIS, THIS IS GOING TO HELP ARTISTS, UM, BE STRATEGIC ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY DO APPLY FOR AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, UM, CONNECTED TO THEM THAT THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THEM AND, UM, THAT THEY ARE, UM, LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT REALLY SPEAK TO THEIR BODY OF WORK.
SO, UM, SO WITH THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY, UM, WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
UM, I ALSO HAVE MARJORIE FLANAGAN HERE, UM, WHO'S, UM, MANAGING THESE PROJECTS AND CONCEPTUALIZE THE NOTION OF, UM, WORKING IN CYCLES.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR ABOUT FIVE OR SIX MONTHS.
SO, UM, SHE'S ALSO AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER FLORES.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY.
CAUSE MAYBE I GOT CONFUSED NOW, BUT, UH, IF YOU WENT BACK TO THE CYCLE THAT YOU SHOWED WHERE ALL THE PROJECTS WERE ON CYCLE ONE, THAT SLIDE, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO.
SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT JEWELRY THAT YOU SHOWED WOULD SERVE FOR ALL THE PROJECTS IN THAT CYCLE OR FOR JUST THE FIRST THREE, JUST FOR THE FIRST THREE.
SO YOU'D HAVE DIFFERENT JURIES FOR THE DIFFERENT, LIKE THE OTHER TWO AND THEN THE OTHER ONE AND THE OTHER ONE.
SO WE TRIED TO DIFFERENTIATE BY COLOR.
I THOUGHT WE DID BRUSH SQUARE LAST LAST MONTH.
THIS WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT APPROVING BRUSH SQUARE TONIGHT THAT ONE'S DONE AND YOU'RE CORRECT.
THAT'S ALSO COMPLETED THAT THOSE ARE IN BOLD TO HELP DIFFERENTIATE THEM.
SO THEN THE POOLS THAT YOU SHOWED WOULD BE FOR THE, FOR
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THE GIVENS, GIVENS AND COLONY, AND THEN YOU'D HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOR THE NEXT ONE.SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD.
THAT'S PROBABLY MY BRAIN THAT WASN'T CLEAR, BUT THANKS TO OTHER COMMISSION QUESTIONS AND I CANNOT SEE MY PEEPS.
CAN YOU FLIP BACK TO THEM? THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY BARNES THE SECOND BY MARK ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? SAY YOU READY? OKAY.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, UM, TO STAFF ACROSS THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR THE INTENTIONALITY AND THE WORK AND, UM, INCREASING ACCESS AND THE ABILITY FOR ARTISTS TO PLAN AND CLEARLY PUTTING THE ARTS COMMUNITY AT THE CENTER OF THE DECISION MAKING THAT YOU'RE DOING AND STREAMLINING PROCESSES LEFT, RIGHT.
AND SIDEWAYS IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'RE MANAGING.
THANK YOU, SUE, CAN I JUST ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION IN TERMS OF RELEASING THE ADDITIONAL CYCLE INFORMATION? DID YOU MENTION WHAT THAT TIMELINE WOULD BE? JUST SO I CAN INCLUDE IT IN THE NEWSLETTER? OH, SURE.
UM, WE'RE EXPECTING TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES AT EACH ARTIST INFORMATION MEETING.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HOLDING LIKE MORE ARTISTS INFORMATION MEETINGS AND HOPEFULLY, UM, HELPING ARTISTS SEEM MORE INTO THE FUTURE, UH, THROUGH THESE CYCLES, UM, AT EACH ONE.
SO WE'LL GIVE PROBABLY, UM, THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE A SIX MONTH VIEW.
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BUSINESS ITEM B MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS. AND I PUT ROADMAP ON HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.AND I JUST WANT US ALL TO SORT OF BE THINKING ABOUT PRIORITIZATION AND TIMELINES.
UM, THE CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS IS MOVING FORWARD.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MEETINGS WITH OUR WORKING GROUP IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, SO WE KNOW THAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, THE ARPA MONEY IS GETTING OUT THE DOOR IN AN ELEGANT WAY.
THANKS TO STAFF'S WORK THAT'S HAPPENING.
WE HAVE WORKING GROUPS THAT HAVE PROJECTS.
UM, SO JUST BEING MINDFUL OF WHAT ELSE IS ON THE LIST.
AND SO I I'M DON'T WANT TO CREATE THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT I WANT EVERYONE TO BE THINKING ABOUT PRIORITIZATION WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT, TRYING TO GET THE QUARTERLY MEETUPS GOING, I THINK, AS A HIGH PRIORITY.
UM, AND AGAIN, A HUGE THANK YOU TO SELENA FOR THE AMAZING NEWSLETTERS THAT ARE GETTING OUT, UM, AND A CALL FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY, HELP US GET THIS WORD OUT.
UM, WE WERE AT OUR LAST COMMUNITY CHAT CONVERSATION, UM, ALSO FOR ANOTHER RUN AND CALL THE ARTS COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY OF SILOS, WHICH I THINK IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
AND BOY WOULD, I LOVE TO BUST THAT UP.
WE'RE ALL TALKING THE SAME LANGUAGE AND WE'RE ALL GETTING THE SAME INFORMATION AND WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER AND I'M SEEING HUGE STRIDES IN THAT DIRECTION, WHICH INSPIRES THE HECK OUT OF ME.
COMMUNITY HELP US CONTINUE TO HELP US GET THE WORD OUT, SHARE THAT NEWSLETTER, SHARE THE INFORMATION.
AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND IF YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM ANY OF US, WE ARE ALL AVAILABLE TO YOU, COMMISSIONER SMALL BOT.
AND MY DAY JOB WE HAVE T-SHIRTS THAT SAY, SILOS ARE FOR CORN.
THAT IS ALL I WANT THOSE COMMISSIONED VERMONT.
UM, I, I LIKE FOR US TO THINK ABOUT IN THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY THAT IN THIS 20 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, COBRA, PANDEMIC AND ALL THAT, UM, I WANTED TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THOUGHTS AND THE OBSERVATION OF WHAT ARE THE POSITIVE, WHAT ARE THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN OUR LIFE BECAUSE OF THIS COVID, YOU KNOW, TO ME, IT HELPED ME TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND TO BE MORE REFLECTIVE AND TO REALLY HELP PRIORITIZE WHAT IS IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, UM, AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO BE IMPOSED AND FOR 20 MONTHS, HOW IS IT AFFECTING MY THINKING OF, UM, RELATIONSHIP IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS ALL HUMANITIES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW PEOPLE ARE COMING TOGETHER, TRYING TO, UM, DEAL WITH ALL THESE CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS
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GOOD WILL, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE FORGOTTEN OR MISSED OR NOT NOTICE.SO, UM, AND ALSO, I ALSO WANT US TO START THINKING ABOUT PTSD, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE ARE NOW IN THE SURVIVAL MODE THAT WE ARE CHANTED, SURVIVE, SURVIVE, AND SURVIVE.
WE HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO REALLY HAVE TIME TO HAVE A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, YOU KNOW, BUT IT WILL COME AND SOMETIMES THEY COME WITHOUT YOU EVEN PREPARE FOR IT.
SO MAYBE IT IS TIME TO REALLY TRYING TO PREPARE FOR IT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE GOOD THINGS.
SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL GIVE US SOME CUSHION, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE BREAK HIT US.
UM, THEN WE DON'T JUST REMEMBER ALL THE BAD THINGS.
SO WE HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE OF THE GOOD STUFF.
SO, UM, I GUESS AS A PSYCHOTHERAPIST, I AM, I'M GETTING VERY NERVOUS ABOUT PTSD AND SOMETIMES THEY HIT YOU LIKE THAT AND YOU, IF YOU ARE NOT PREPARED FOR IT, THEN YOU WILL HAVE THE BREAKING POINT THAT YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO HANDLE IT.
THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I HAD TABBED ON THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE TONIGHT FOR EXACTLY THAT REASON.
UM, D UNDER HEALTH AND MENTAL WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES CONTINUE PROVIDING ENHANCED MENTAL WELLNESS RESOURCES FOR AUSTINITES.
SO I'M GOING TO SHARE RIGHT NOW, A 24 HOUR A DAY LINE, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR, UM, THIS IS SORT OF THE HELPLINE, WHICH IS 5 1 2 4 7 2 4 3 5 7.
AND I'M GOING TO READ FROM THIS REPORT, IMPROVED ACCESS TO MENTAL WELLNESS RESOURCES IS CRITICAL FOR AUSTINITES AFFECTED BY UNEMPLOYMENT SCHOOL CLOSURES, FOOD ACCESS CHALLENGES, AND OTHER STRESSORS CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
MANY MENTAL WELLNESS PROVIDERS ALSO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WITH A BROAD RANGE OF NEEDS FROM NAVIGATING SUBSTANCE ABUSE TO RECEIVING LEGAL AID, CALL 5 1 2 4 7 2 4 3 5 7 4.
THE LINE IS AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES, TAKE CARE OF SOMEONE ELSE.
UM, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW, NOT ALMOST HONEST, ADJOURNED, UM,
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ANY ITEMS FOR INFORMATION, NUMBER SEVEN, COMMISSIONER FLORES.DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP BY CHANCE? ARE YOU DOING SOMETHING ON THE 19TH? NO.
OH, MAYBE YOU DO HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP.
I DO, BUT I'M NOT SURE IT'S APPROPRIATE AT THIS VENUE.
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND THERE'S SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR AND GRATEFUL FOR.
AND ESPECIALLY TO THE STAFF, I DID SUBMIT THE RESOLUTION, YOU KNOW, AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, I DID ASK MY COUNCIL MEMBER TO SUPPORT IT AND HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY WILL YEAH.
AND I'M GIVING ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS A RAISE IMMEDIATELY EFFECT DOUBLING YOUR SALARIES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE THE AEDC, UH, NOMINATIONS ON THE AGENDA.
WHAT I WAS JUST GOING TO CLARIFY THAT ZERO TIMES TWO IS STILL ZERO.
WE WERE, HEY, IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS.
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OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, ANYBODY, YOU CAN ALWAYS SEND THEM TO ME.IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING YOU WANT US TO TALK ABOUT, OKAY.
TELL ME, I JUST SAW ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUDIT OR, UM, DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
SO, UM, THE CITY AUDITOR, AUDITED, OUR RELIEF PROGRAMS AND SAMPLED AND DETERMINED THAT THE PROGRAMS WERE ADMINISTERED EFFECTIVELY.
IT REACHED THE INDIVIDUALS THAT IT WAS INTENDED.
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ME THAT, UH WRITE-UP OR WHEREVER THAT EXISTS ON LINKEDIN, I CAN SEND YOU, I CAN SEND.DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OH, SORRY.
MR. FLORES YOU'RE NEEDED, BUT THERE YOU ARE.
UM, CAN YOU HEAR US COMMISSIONER FLORES? CAN YOU HEAR US LULU? WE COULDN'T HEAR YOU.
I SAID, I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT BEING MADE AND I WAS JUST GOING TO MOVE FOR A GERMAN IF YOU NEEDED A MOTION, MEGAN, UM, JUST REAL QUICK, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING WILL BE ON THE 15TH AT 6:00 PM.
SO NOT OUR NORMAL DATE, NOT EVEN NORMAL DATE, BUT IT'S AN ABNORMAL ABNORMAL DATE.
IT'S ON WEDNESDAY, THE 15TH WHEN DECEMBER TEAM.
AND ALSO THERE, UH, IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, THERE'S A, THERE'S AN ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, STAFF VACANCY.
SO PLEASE CHECK THE JOBS BOARD FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
WE CAN ALSO SEND YOU THAT FOR THE NEWSLETTER.
WHAT'S HIS, AIPP STILL MEETING ON THE SAME DAY.
CAUSE I THINK I'M SUPPOSED TO GO TO THAT MEETING ON THE SIXTH OR SOMETHING.
UH, SUE LAMB, UM, PUBLIC ART PROGRAM MANAGER.
UM, AND YES, UH, LOU, YOU ARE SIGNED UP TO GO.
I'M GOING TO RE RE SEND OUT THE, UM, UP SHEET BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU'RE THE LAST, UM, COMMISSIONER THAT SIGNED UP AND THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF MORE OPPORTUNITIES COMING IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AND MARCH.
SO I'LL RESEND OUT THE SIGNUP SHEET.
SO IF ANY OF YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN US, WE'D LOVE TO WELCOME YOU.
COULD WE COME AGAIN? COME AGAIN, STARTS AT SIX O'CLOCK.
AND THEN I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT OR RE RESAY THAT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING WILL BE SUE LAM'S LAST WITH US AS OUR AIP T LEADER.
AND I TEXTED HER AND I SAID, PLEASE DON'T GO.
AND SHE SAID, WELL, I'M NOT REALLY GOING ANYWHERE, BUT, UM, SO YOU WILL NOT BE WITH US AFTER NEXT MONTH.
AND WE WERE VERY SAD ABOUT THAT.
SO, UM, I KNOW THE WILL BE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY AMAZING BACK WE WILL SORELY MISSING.
UM, SO NEXT MONTH IT'S HER LAST MEETING WITH US AND WE WILL MISS HER HORRIBLY.
AND NEXT MONTH IS HER LAST AIPP MEETING.
AND, UM, SHE'S I TEXTED HER AND SAID, PLEASE DON'T GO.
AND SHE SAID, WELL, I'M NOT REALLY LEAVING OR GOING ANYWHERE, BUT, UM, SHE WON'T BE WITH US EVERY MONTH.
SO JUST WANTED TO, UM, I KNOW WE'LL SAY SOMETHING PROBABLY MORE NEXT MONTH, BUT JUST WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THAT'S UPCOMING.
SO CAN WE GET TO VOTE ON THAT FOR RETIREMENT? SO THAT'S AN AGENDA ITEM.
DO I HAVE EMOTION TO, IF NO, ONE'S GOT ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
LOU, ARE YOU MENTIONING OR SECONDING? YES.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAKA AND A SECOND.
WE ONLY HAVE A THIRD FROM CUSTOMER SMALL BOX.
UM, HEY, A HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU ALL.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY IN THE SPACE AND, AND JUST SO GRATEFUL TO BE WORKING WITH YOU AND LOVE YOU ARTS COMMUNITY.