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[CALL TO ORDER]
TODAY IS DECEMBER 15TH, 2021.AND WE ARE CALLING THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN ARTS COMMISSION.
UM, AND TO ACTION, CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE GONNA DO A ROLL CALL, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
THIS MAN HERE, COMMISSIONER BARNS, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO, COMMISSIONER FLORES IS ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER GARZA HAS NOT JOINED US YET.
AH, COMMISSIONER GARZA IS JUST NOW JOINING US.
SO LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE ON COMMISSIONER GARZA.
UH, HERE COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE HERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US COME AND VISIT AT CITY HALL ON A WEDNESDAY EVENING.
UM, DURING THIS LOVELY HOLIDAY SEASON.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND WE ARE STARTING WITH CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS COMMUNICATION? NONE.
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
NUMBER ONE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.WE HAVE A APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE OCTOBER 18TH, 2021 MEETING.
DO YOU HAVE EMOTION PUSH WITH THE STEEL MOTION REPLETE BOTH OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER MINUTES.
I HAVE AN EDIT FOR NOVEMBER'S MINUTES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND FIRST TO APPROVE THEM BOTH.
AND THEN SECOND FROM THE COMMISSIONER, GREG, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ISTIO TO APPROVE OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER GRAY.
AND WE HAVE A CORRECTION CORRECTION FOR NOVEMBER MINUTES.
WE HAVE, UM, MIRIAM CONNOR STILL LISTED AS A PRESENTER FOR NOVEMBER AND THEY'VE BEEN MOVED TO DECEMBER.
CAN WE MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT? SO WITH THAT ADJUSTMENT TO ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS COMMISSIONER GARZA? SORRY.
I COMMISSIONED SMALL BOOK VOTE ON APPROVING THE MINUTES.
WE HAVE THAT UNANIMOUS ON THE DICE.
THANK YOU EVERYONE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
UM, SO WE ARE NOW AT THE CHAIR'S
[2.a. Updates]
REPORT AND HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF 2021 AND WOW.UH, IT HAS BEEN A WILD WILD RIDE.
UH, THANK YOU ALL, FIRST OF ALL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE LIFT THROUGH VERY DIFFICULT TIMES FOR YOUR RESILIENCE, FOR YOUR GRACE, FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND FOR YOUR TENACITY AND THE FACE OF ALL THE THINGS AND ALSO TO THE COMMISSIONERS.
UM, WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY TOUGH TIMES THIS YEAR, BUT WE'VE MOVED THE NEEDLE ON A NUMBER OF THINGS IN TERMS OF COLLABORATION.
UM, AND I'M THINKING COLLABORATION ONSTAGE OF COMMISSIONER GREY'S COMPANY TAPESTRY JUST DID A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL WORK, UM, PULLING IN ARTISTS FROM ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S ONLY ONE EXAMPLE OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON STAGE AND IN ART GALLERIES AROUND THE CITY, RIGHT NOW THAT'S EXCITING, UM, UH, COLLABORATION AND THE VISION OF HOW WE COME TOGETHER AND COME OUT OF THIS VERY DIFFICULT COVID PERIOD.
WE'VE HEARD CONVERSATIONS FROM THE LONG CENTER ABOUT THE CONSORTIUM THAT THEY WANT TO PULL TOGETHER, ATEX THEATER AND THAT COLLABORATION WITHIN THE THEATER COMMUNITY.
JUST LOTS OF REALLY GOOD, EXCITING WORK.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, YEAH, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE ON VIDEO THAT YOU DIDN'T WANT IT.
UM, DID YOU GUYS HEAR THAT IF YOU ARE ON VIDEO, I NEED YOUR VIDEOS ON SO THAT WE CAN, CAN, UM, CONSIDER YOU PRESENT IN THE MEETING.
THIS IS COMMISSIONER KEATON, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY MY VIDEO IS NOT TURNING ON.
CAN YOU HELP US? DO I NEED, SO LOG OFF.
THIS IS THE AB TIT GUEST SAVAGE HAS JUST RESTARTING YOUR COMPUTER OR ELIMINATING TABS, BUT RESTRAIN YOUR COMPUTER USUALLY FIXES THE PROBLEM.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UM, UNLESS I COULD SEE YOUR SCREEN OUT OF HER LIFE AND DO ON THAT END, OH, THERE YOU GO.
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AT ONCE SO THAT I CAN SEE YOU GUYS WHO ARE AT HOME, CAUSE I CAN'T ALWAYS WIN THEIR PRESENTATIONS.SO I WILL STOP BIFURCATING AS SOON AS THE PRESENTATIONS ARE DONE.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS IN COMMUNICATION, WE'VE MADE BIG STRIDES AND I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT, TO COMMISSIONERS THIS MAN WHO HAS BEEN A GODDESS OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS.
AND NOW HAS DEVELOPED A FACEBOOK PAGE WHERE WE CAN GET INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
WE HAVE COMMUNITY CHATS THAT ARE HAPPENING REGULARLY.
UM, THERE'LL BE MORE QUARTERLY MEETUPS THAT WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN IN 2022 AS GOD AS MY WITNESS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING COMMUNICATION.
UM, AND LEVERAGING THE TALENTS THAT WE HAVE LISTS THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED BETWEEN AEDC AND THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE THOSE PROGRAMS, AND SORT OF LONG-TERM PLANNING THEIR COLLABORATIONS WITH MUSIC, LOOKING FOR FUNDING SOURCES, UM, COLLABORATIONS WITH MUSIC AND OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES LOOKING FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WORK COLLABORATIONS WITH, UM, THE JOINT COMMISSIONS AND CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT COMMISSIONS WERE HAPPENING THE SAME CONVERSATIONS ACROSS LOTS OF DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION.
AND RATHER THAN BEING SILOED, WE'RE BREAKING THOSE DOWN.
UM, ALSO, UH, BIG STRIDES IN DIVERSITY AND EQUITY FOR OUR CITY.
UM, I SAW A NOTE THAT FORKLIFT DANCE WORKS HAS THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE, UM, UH, WHO ARE MATCHED VIA THE NEW PHILANTHROPISTS, VERY EXCITING PROGRAM, AND GLAD TO SEE THOSE THINGS HAPPENING.
UM, THE WORK THAT AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY IS DOING, THAT THEY CAME TO TALK TO US ABOUT JUST SINGLE, UM, SINGLE PICTURES OF WORK THAT'S HAPPENING ALL THROUGH THE CITY.
THESE ARE JUST SOME REPRESENTATIONS OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THAT.
AND I WANT TO TURN THIS OVER TO OUR OWN COMMISSIONER, ANY MOCK YOU HAS SOMETHING SHE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US.
UM, COMMISSIONERS AND THE FOLKS IN OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW, AND AUSTIN FOLKS IN THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS PANDEMIC FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STRESS WE HAVE BEEN UNDER.
AND I THINK BY ACKNOWLEDGING IT, UM, THEN WE CAN REALLY DEAL WITH OUR MENTAL HEALTH.
SO THERE IS REALLY A SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS THAT IS DONE BY DIFFERENT RESEARCHERS.
I JUST LIKE TO OFFER, UH, OR TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT, UM, THAT THEY FOUND THAT 60% OF HAPPINESS IS DETERMINED BY OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR GENETICS, BUT 40% IS ALL ON US.
SO WE ARE RESPONSIBLE AND WE CAN DO AT LEAST 40%, UM, OF IT, UH, ABOUT OUR HAPPINESS.
SO THESE ARE THE 10, UM, PRACTICE THAT I THINK WE CAN DO, UM, TO MAINTAIN A HAPPIER STATE OF OUR, OUR HEALTH.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS TO ACCEPT THE POSITIVITY, THE POSITIVES IN LIFE.
SO A LOT OF TIME YOU FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVE, WE IGNORE THE POSITIVE.
SO BY EXCEPT THAT EVEN IN THIS, BUT DAMMIT LOOK AT HOW HARD WE WORK, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT, UM, THE, THE RESOURCES OF OUR COUNTRY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY, UM, GIVE OUT, YOU KNOW, RESOURCES TO THE FOLKS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FREE VACCINATIONS, THREE TESTING.
SO TO ACCEPT ALL THOSE POSITIVES IN LIFE, AND NUMBER TWO, DO NOT FAKE A SMILE WHEN YOU ARE EMOTIONALLY DRAINED.
THAT MEANS WE GIVE OURSELVES THE PERMISSION WHEN WE DON'T FEEL BAD, WE DON'T HAVE TO FAKE ABOUT NOT FEELING BAD FOR ANYBODY, BUT THEN OF COURSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE SUCK UP, YOU KNOW, SUCK INTO THOSE, UM, UNHAPPINESS, BUT WE JUST NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ARE NOT FEELING GOOD AND HOLD ON TO YOUR PASSION, I THINK PASSION IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO WHEN WE HOLD ONTO OUR PASSION AND THAT'S ALMOST LIKE THE LIFE FORCE OR YOU KNOW, OF, OF OUR BEING AND NUMBER FOUR, BE AROUND PEOPLE YOU GENUINELY ENJOY AND LOVE DO NOT FORCE YOURSELF TO BE IN A COMPANY WITH ALL THOSE NEGATIVE ENERGY AROUND YOU.
AND TO REALLY GIVE YOURSELF THE PERMISSION TO WALK AWAY AND NEED THAT.
I NEED THAT BREAK TO BE HAPPY AND TO GIVE BACK, YOU KNOW,
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AND LOOK AT, LOOK, LOOK AT THE STAFF.THEY WORK EXTRA HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY PUT THE CHECKS IN SOMEBODY'S HAND SO THAT THEY CAN PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.
AND I CAN SEE YOUR SMILE, YOU KNOW, BY GIVING BACK, YOU ACTUALLY MAKE YOURSELF BETTER AND ENJOY SIMPLICITY.
YOU KNOW, WITH THE 6% INFLATION RATE, IT WAS CAUSED BY THE DEMAND OF ALL THOSE HOLIDAY ITEMS PRODUCTS.
AND OF COURSE THE DISRUPTIVE, UM, SUPPLY CHAIN.
SO I HAVE BEEN ASKED HIM, I, MY CHILDREN AT MY CHILDCARE, UM, AND THEIR PARENTS, UM, TO AT LEAST GIVE HALF OF THE GIFT MONEY TO THE NONPROFITS.
WE DON'T NEED THAT MANY THINGS.
SIMPLICITY IS IMPORTANT TO ENJOY SIMPLICITY.
CONSCIOUSLY, TRY TO BE HAPPY IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY TODAY, THEN TRY TO HAVE AN ICE CREAM, OKAY.
TRY TO HAVE A CAKE OR TRY TO WEAR SOMETHING BRIGHT TO BRIGHTEN YOUR LIFE, TO REALLY CONSCIOUSLY TRYING TO BE HAPPY AND FIND PURPOSE IN YOUR LIFE.
I THINK THAT REALLY, UM, IS IMPORTANT THAT WE LIVE EVERY DAY WITH A PURPOSE AND PRACTICE RESILIENCE TO REALLY NOTICE THAT WHEN I DEAL WITH ADVERSITY, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR ME TO BOUNCE BACK? SO HOPEFULLY BY PRACTICE RESILIENCE, BY THINKING ABOUT POSITIVE, POSITIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, ENERGY AND ALL THAT, WE DON'T STAY IN ADVERSITY, UH, FOR TOO LONG.
SO PRACTICE RESILIENCE AND NUMBER 10 TO HAVE REAL CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, UM, DO NOT JUST WATCH TV OR THE GAME OR ANYTHING.
I MEAN, TO REALLY PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL UP A FRIEND AND TO HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION, BECAUSE THE, THE QUESTION, WHEN PEOPLE ASK YOU A QUESTION, WHEN YOU HAVE TO FIND YOUR ANSWER, UM, TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY, ACTUALLY IT IS HEALTHY TO OUR BRAIN.
SO WILL CONVERSATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO PICK ONE, TWO OR 10 OF THEM, YOU KNOW, TO, UM, MAINTAIN A HAPPIEST STATE OF MIND IN OUR LIFE IS SO IMPORTANT.
SO, AND IT IS REALLY NOT THAT HOT.
SO I LIKE TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU AND I HOPE TO SEE ALL OF US HAPPIER IN 2022.
[2.b. Art in Public Places Liaison Report - Commissioner Barnes]
TO MOVE ON TO ITEM B THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.SO I GOT HIS, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ON THE RESTRICTIONS FOR BEING ON CAMERA.
A COMMISSIONER, SMALL BLOCK IS HAVING CONNECTIVITY ISSUES.
IF THEY NEED TO GO OFF CAMERA, ARE THEY ALLOWED TO STAY? I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S A SMALL POCKET THAT GO OFF.
DID YOU HEAR THAT? I THINK YOU'RE GOOD.
IF YOU NEED TO GO OFF CAMERA, IF YOU NEED TO GO OFF CAMERA, WE ARE, WE ARE AT QUORUM, SO WE'RE OKAY.
UM, BUT WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE AS LONG AS YOU CAN KEEP THAT SIGNAL STRONG.
YEAH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, ONLINE.
IF YOU ARE OFF CAMERA, YOU ARE CONSIDERED OFF THE DYESS.
SO JUST WE'LL, UH, WE'LL GET YOU BACK ON CAMERA FOR VOTES.
YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE A REPORT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY JUST GIVEN THE HOLIDAY SCHEDULE, I WAS UNABLE TO ME, UM, MAKE THE LAST AIPP MEETING.
UM, SUE IS NOW A TIME THAT YOU WANT TO DO YOUR PRESENTATION OR IS THERE ANOTHER SPOT? SHE HAS A TIME ON THE AGENDA.
[2.c. Downtown Commission Report – Commissioner Keeton]
DOWNTOWN COMMISSION REPORT? UNFORTUNATELY, OUR MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CONFLICTING.SO AS OF TODAY, I ACTUALLY MISSED REPORT FOR THIS DUE TO OUR MEETINGS BEING SCHEDULED ON THE SAME DAYS.
BUT I DO HAVE AN UPDATE IN REGARDS TO THE NEW YEAR.
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OUT PER THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION THAT OUR MEETINGS WILL BE HYBRID, UM, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.SO JUST LIKE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT.
IT'S HARD TO BE TWO PLACES AT ONCE AND I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT.
[2.d. AEDC/Cultural Trust Advisory Committee Report – Carl Settles]
THE AEDC CULTURAL TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT WITH CARL SETTLES AND CARL IS ON THE ATTENDEE LIST.AND SO AS ANN HAYNES AND I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS POINT, SINCE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERLAP AND PRESENTATIONS TO MOVE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS TO ABOVE THE STAFF BRIEFINGS.
IF I COULD GET THAT MOTION, THAT WOULD BE LOVELY.
AND THEN I CAN BRING THEM BOTH IN AND WE CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATION.
UM, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MOCK AND, UH, I'LL TAKE THAT.
CAN I TAKE IT AS A SECOND COMMISSIONER? ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO MOVE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ABOUT STAFF BRIEFINGS.
[4.a. Austin Cultural Trust RFP—Anne Gatling Haynes, Austin Economic Development Corporation]
WE CAN BRING, UH, CARL AND SETTLES IN, AND ALSO ANN HAINES, WE WILL GO STRAIGHT FROM THE AEDC CULTURAL TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT, UM, AND TO, AND TO SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND A CONVERSATION, UH, ON THE AUSTIN CULTURAL TRUST.HELLO, I'M GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL VIRTUALLY, UH, THIS EVENING.
UM, ACTUALLY WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON MONDAY.
UH, WE HAVEN'T REALLY MET, UH, SINCE THE LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH YOU ALL, UM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, NEGOTIATING, UM, HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE HAVING A NEW, UM, UM, CEO SOON.
UM, THAT'S ABOUT AS MUCH AS I CAN SAY ABOUT THAT, UH, AT THIS POINT, UM, REALLY THE, THE BIG THING IS, IS THE RFP, UH, THAT IS NOW OUT AND AVAILABLE.
UM, AND IT'S GOING TO REALLY GIVE YOU THE FULL SCOOP ON THAT.
JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO, UM, HELP, CONTINUE TO HELP US GET THE WORD OUT, UM, FOR FOLKS TO APPLY.
AND, UM, IT'S REALLY ALL I GOT.
UH, THIS IS MY FIFTH OR SIXTH MEETING.
I HAVE ONE MORE, I HAVE MY SIX MEETING AFTER THIS ONE.
UH, SO, UM, YEAH, I'M GOING TO CLOSE MY MOUTH AND UH, LET ANNE TAKE IT FROM HERE.
SO WE WILL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'LL SEAMLESSLY MOVE INTO PRESENTATIONS.
THIS IS ANN HAYNES FROM THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO TELL US ABOUT THE RFP THAT LAUNCHED WHAT LAST WEEK, THE 30TH, RIGHT? THE 30TH OF NOVEMBER.
YEAH, IT'S ALREADY BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND FOLKS CAN HEAR ME, I THINK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME ON.
AND, UM, SO MY NAME IS ANN HAYNES.
I'M THE CXO, THE CHIEF TRANSACTIONS OFFICER OF THE ADC, WHICH IS A REALLY THE PROGRAM AND PROJECT LEAD FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
AND TONIGHT I THINK WE HAVE A FEW SLIDES I BELIEVE TEED UP, UM, TO KIND OF RUN THROUGH WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS REALLY TARGETED TOWARDS ARTS MUSIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, UM, TO CREATE A PIPELINE OF PROJECTS THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN BE INVESTING IN TO CREATE A PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE INFRASTRUCTURE OF MUSIC, ARTS, AND CULTURE IN THE CITY.
UH, SO THIS IS THE CULTURAL TRUST PROGRAM.
UM, I BELIEVE, UH, WE'VE HAD THIS PRESENTED BEFORE CARL'S MENTIONED IT BEFORE, AND I KNOW IT HAS BEEN, UH, SO, SO HELPFULLY BROADCAST THROUGH THE NEWSLETTER OF THE ARTS COMMISSION.
UM, SO THIS IS REALLY IS AT SOME POINT JUST AN UPDATE, BUT SOME FOLKS MAY BE HEARING ABOUT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
I THINK, UH, UH, NEXT SLIDE, IT REALLY IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
IT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
I THINK THROUGH MOST OF THE WORK AND EFFORT THAT YOU ALL AND OTHER COMMISSIONS AND OTHER ENGAGED FOLKS WITHIN THE ARTS MUSIC AND CULTURAL COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS.
AND SO THIS IS AN EFFORT TO REALLY GET THE TRAIN OUT THE DOOR AND START, START MAKING SOME INVESTMENTS IN THE ECOSYSTEM.
SO NEXT ONE, AS I JUST MENTIONED, REALLY THE FOCUS IS TO FACILITATE ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION OF EXISTING CULTURAL ARTS AND MUSIC VENUES, AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ONES.
AND SO THAT THOSE, YOU KNOW, EXISTING AND NEW ARE BOTH FOCUSED, UH, REALLY, UH, BRICKS AND MORTAR FOR THE CULTURE ARTS AND MUSIC VENUES THAT WE NEED TO, TO MAINTAIN IN THE CITY.
UM, THIS, THE GOAL REALLY OF THE PROGRAM IS TO HAVE MAKE SURE THAT DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION IS A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS AND ORGANIZATIONS, UH, AS WELL AS TO FURTHER THE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS PAST INEQUITIES EXPERIENCED BY MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS IN THE CITY, IT'S REALLY TO PROVIDE THIS PERMANENT AFFORDABILITY, THIS INFRASTRUCTURE OF PERMANENT AFFORDABILITY FOR CULTURAL ARTS AND MUSIC OVER
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TIME.AND TO REALLY IN THIS PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY IN THIS PROCESS IS TO CREATE A SUSTAINING PIPELINE OF THESE PROJECTS.
AS NEW FUNDS CAN BE IDENTIFIED AND CONTINUALLY INVEST IN ARTS MUSIC AND CULTURE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY.
SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING.
NEXT ONE, THERE ARE THREE BUCKETS OF MONEY, UH, THAT HAD BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROGRAM STARTING WITH MUCH OF THE ADVOCACY FROM A QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO, THE CREATIVE FACILITIES BOND PROVIDES US WITH $12 MILLION TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, THE, UH, PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL MUSIC FACILITIES, UM, THAT SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THE BREADTH OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE 2.4 MILLION FROM THE ICONIC VENUE FUND, WHICH IS BACKED BY THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AND AS WELL, A MATCHING CITY BUDGET STABILIZATION OF 2.5 MILLION.
SO A TOTAL OF 4.9 FOR THE ICONIC VENUE FUND, AS A PART OF THE 2.5, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL FUNDS OVER THE YEARS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
AND THIS IS TO REALLY, UH, HELP PRESERVE, UH, VENUES THAT ARE VALUED TO TOURISM AND DEMONSTRATE A NEED FOR ASSISTANCE TO AVOID LOSS.
UH, SO EACH OF THESE TYPES OF FUNDS, THEY'RE ALL PUBLIC FUNDS HAVE A PARTICULAR SET OF CRITERIA AROUND HOW THE DOLLARS CAN BE USED, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE REALLY USING THIS PROCESS TO DEVELOP A BROAD PIPELINE OF PROJECTS.
SO EVEN IF THEY'RE PROJECTS THAT MAY NOT ASSOCIATE EXACTLY WITH THESE FUNDS, THE MORE WE KNOW ABOUT THE SPACE NEEDS OF CULTURE ARTS AND MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS, WE CAN IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL TYPES OF FUNDS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT.
AND IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON BRICKS AND MORTAR.
SO IT'S REALLY THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS, THE REAL ESTATE, UM, PROJECT.
UM, WE, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED FOR EXISTING, THAT'S SORT OF THE LEFT COLUMN AND NEW FACILITIES, WE ARE HOPING THAT BETWEEN THE TWO TYPES OF PROJECTS, AND IN FACT, THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE BOTH EXISTING FACILITIES THAT NEED NEW BUILDINGS.
SO SOMETIMES THERE'S PEOPLE THAT KIND OF FALL IN THE MIDDLE, BUT WE DO HOPE TO, WITH THAT FIRST TRAUNCH OF FUNDING OF 16.9 MILLION SUPPORT, TWO TO FOUR PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY THAT ACTUALLY SERVE MORE ORGANIZATIONS THAN THAT.
MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT I FOLKS OR ORGANIZATIONS I'VE SPOKEN TO ARE ALREADY WORKING WITH A NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS.
SO ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE TWO TO FOUR TO MAYBE EVEN SIX INVESTMENTS IN THIS FIRST ROUND, THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE MANY MORE ORGANIZATIONS THERE'LL BE SUPPORTIVE.
UM, AND AGAIN, THOSE TWO FUNDING SOURCES IS WHERE WE START.
UH, BUT WE CERTAINLY WILL LOOK AT EACH AND EVERY PROJECT WITH A GOAL TO FIND ADDITIONAL TYPES OF FINANCIAL TOOLS THAT WILL HELP MAKE THOSE PROJECTS A REALITY.
AND WE WILL BE YOUR PARTNER IN TERMS OF WORKING OUT HOW THOSE REAL ESTATE PROJECTS COME TOGETHER.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO BE REAL ESTATE EXPERTS, UH, BUT REALLY JUST TO TELL US WHAT YOUR SPACE NEEDS ARE IN THIS PROCESS NEXT, PLEASE, JUST IN TERMS OF EVALUATION CRITERIA, UH, FROM THE EXISTING VENUE, WHICH IS A PRESERVATION OF AN EXISTING VENUE, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR 70% OF THE POINTS WILL BE, BE SCORED AGAINST BUSINESS FINANCIAL AND OPERATING CAPACITY MANAGEMENT TEAM SITE CONTROL, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A PROJECT WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY PURCHASING THE BUILDING, HAVING THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE IT AS A, AS A KEY PIECE OF THAT, BUT ALSO THAT THESE BUILDINGS ARE A PART OF EITHER A NETWORK OF SPACES, PART OF THE TOURIST INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO A PART OF A DISTRICT THAT OBVIOUSLY HAVE SOME SYNERGIES WITH OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON 30% OF THOSE POINTS WILL BE POLICY ALIGNMENT, DEMONSTRATION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION FROM PROGRAMMING TO AUDIENCE, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY IMPACT FOR NEW VENUES THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED THROUGH THE CREATIVE FACILITIES BONDS.
PRIMARILY, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE POLICY ALIGNMENT CRITERIA, DIVERSITY EQUITY, AND INCLUSION AND COMMUNITY IMPACT AS BEING 65% OF THE POINTS.
SO A MAJORITY OF THE POINTS WERE CERTAIN LOOKING AT BUSINESS CAPACITY, FINANCIAL AND OPERATING CAPACITY, BUT THOSE ITEMS ARE EVEN IF THEY'RE IN A, YOU'RE AN EMERGING ORGANIZATION OR AN ESTABLISHED ONE, WE'RE REALLY MOST INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU DO, WHAT YOU DO TO SUPPORT MUSIC, ARTS AND CULTURE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND CERTAINLY MAKING SURE THAT, UM, YOU'RE AN ORGANIZATION THAT EVEN IF YOU'RE YOU'RE, UM, FLEDGLING OR, AND GROWING THAT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU WITH AT LEAST TRYING TO REDUCE SOME OF THOSE COSTS AROUND, UH, RENT AND OTHER KINDS OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS THAT RELATE TO THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING NEXT.
UM, I THINK THESE ARE THE DETAILS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.
SO REGISTRATION HAS BEEN OPEN FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
UH, THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WERE PUBLIC WAS PUBLISHED ON, I BELIEVE NOVEMBER 30TH.
UH, SO IT'S BEEN AVAILABLE FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS, BUT THE FIRST STEP IS TO REGISTER.
AND THERE'S AN ADDRESS THAT I'M GOING TO PUT ON THIS NEXT SLIDE.
UM, REGISTER, LET US KNOW THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED,
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THAT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUALLY UPDATE YOU ON ANY POTENTIAL PROGRAM CHANGES THE RIGHT NOW, ACCORDING TO THE RFP, THE QUESTION DEADLINE IS TOMORROW, FRIDAY, WHICH SEEMS EARLY, AND AS I WAS PUTTING TOGETHER THIS SLIDE, I WAS REALIZING WE WILL PROBABLY BE NOTIFYING EVERYONE THAT THAT DEADLINE FOR QUESTIONS WILL BE EXTENDED.UM, CERTAINLY MANY FOLKS ARE STILL LEARNING ABOUT IT.
AND THE FINAL DEADLINE IS MARCH 31ST.
SO WE REALLY HAVE QUITE A BIT OF TIME.
WE WILL BE POSTING QUESTIONS WE'VE RECEIVED TO DATE AND THE ANSWERS THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE, UM, MADE TO THOSE QUESTIONS.
WE WILL BE POSTING THAT AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK.
SO THAT THERE'S AN ONGOING LIST OF QUESTION AND ANSWERS, UH, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, NEXT, AND THERE IS AN EARLY SUBMISSION DEADLINE, JANUARY 7TH.
UM, THAT IS REALLY IN PART BECAUSE MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONSIDER ARE PROJECTS THAT YOU ALL ADVOCATED FOR FROM FOR YEARS.
AND THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, UH, REALLY THIS PROGRAM TO ROLL OUT AND WE WANT TO GET INTO THE FEASIBILITY EVALUATION, UM, STARTING TO LOOK AT HOW THE PREP, HOW THE INVESTMENTS WOULD WORK.
WHAT'S THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE OF THE POTENTIAL, UH, PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN HELP ADVANCE THAT PROJECT.
YOU ARE CERTAINLY NOT GUARANTEED IN AN AWARD, AND IT WON'T BE NECESSARILY FIRST IN LINE FOR AWARDS.
YOU'LL BE EVALUATED ON THE SAME RUBRIC EVALUATION RUBRIC, BOTH AT THE JANUARY 7TH DEADLINE AND THE MARCH 31ST.
UM, AND WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO START TO TEE UP WHAT WILL BE THE INITIAL INVESTMENTS BY LATER IN THE SPRING, UH, ONCE WE'VE GONE THROUGH FEASIBILITY AND OTHER DUE DILIGENCE MECHANISMS, AND WE ALSO ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE FUTURE ROUNDS, UM, AND THERE IS A TRACK THAT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF THE PIPELINE, NOT READY FOR MAYBE PROPOSING A POTENTIAL INVESTMENT OR PROJECT, WE'D STILL LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
SO WE HAVE A SHORTENED APPLICATION CALLED PIPELINE ONLY, BUT AGAIN, THE FIRST STEP IS TO REGISTER AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR INTEREST IS.
AND THEN NEXT LINE, I THINK, IS THE ADDRESS IF THERE IS A NEXT SLIDE, OH, THIS ONE JUST REMINDS EVERYBODY THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM EVERYBODY BROADLY AND TO GET THE WORD OUT NEXT, NEXT LINE.
SO PLEASE EMAIL ME DIRECTLY AND@AUSTINEDC.ORG, OR GO STRAIGHT TO OUR WEBPAGE, WHICH IS AUSTIN EDC.ORG/CULTURAL-TRUST.
THAT IS WHERE YOU FIND ALL THE PROGRAM INFORMATION, ANY UPDATES, ALL OF THE RECORDINGS THAT WE'VE MADE OF BOTH SOME TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORK SESSIONS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO OFFER AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSIONS.
SO IT IS REALLY THE BEST PLACE TO GO FOR THE UPDATED INFORMATION.
UM, AND AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND CERTAINLY, UH, HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW.
I'M W I'M LITERALLY GOING DOOR TO DOOR TO KNOCK ON DOORS OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT I SEE ADVERTISED AS OFFERING OUR CULTURE ARTS AND MUSIC TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS, UM, THIS APPLICATION.
SO PLEASE HELP ME AND LET ME KNOW WHO I CAN REACH OUT TO YOU.
WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.
MY, MY OH, PRE-COMMERCIAL BARNS.
AND I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED THIS, BUT SO YOU PUT OUT THE, UM, THE REQUEST AND PEOPLE WILL MEET THE DEADLINES AND THEN WHO IS ACTUALLY DOING THE EVALUATION OF THE, UM, OF THE APPLICATIONS AND HOW WILL THEN, UM, THE FINAL DECISIONS BEING MADE.
IS THAT JUST THROUGH THE AEDC OR IS THAT GOING TO BE, UM, A BROADER GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I BELIEVE IT'S LAID OUT IN A COUPLE OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT I'VE MADE THAT ARE MUCH LONGER, WHICH I WAS TRYING NOT TO GO TOO LONG HERE, BUT I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.
SO THERE WILL BE EVALUATION COMMITTEE THAT IS FORMED ACTUALLY TWO EVALUATION COMMITTEES, ONE FOR EACH RUBRIC, IT WILL BE MADE UP OF AEDC BOARD MEMBERS.
IT WILL BE MEM ALSO, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF WHAT'S CALLED THE CULTURAL TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UH, CARL SETTLES FOR EXAMPLE, IS ON OUR BOARD.
AND ALSO PART OF OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THAT'S BEEN AN OPEN COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 20 FOLKS THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO BE A PART OF IT.
MOSTLY PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT NETWORKS OF ARTS, MUSIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, THERE'LL BE FOLKS FROM THAT GROUP.
AND THEN WE WILL LIKELY HAVE AEDC AND EDB STAFF, UH, MYSELF AND COLLEAGUES THAT ARE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UM, AS A PART OF THAT, WE WILL LIST THOSE EVALUATION COMMITTEES, UH, WHEN THEY'RE FINALLY FORMED.
UM, AND CERTAINLY BEFORE THE EVALUATION TAKES, UH, WE WILL DO THAT RANKING WITH THOSE RUBRICS THAT WILL ESSENTIALLY CREATE A RANKED SHORTLIST WITHIN THE PIPELINE.
UM, WE WILL START ADVANCING A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE TO START UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY HOW THE PROJECT MIGHT BE INVESTED IN AND FINANCED.
UH, SO THERE'S SOME DUE DILIGENCE WORK THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.
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WILL BE APPROVED BY MY BOARD.AEDC, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO NEGOTIATIONS AND WORK UP PROJECTS, GO THROUGH, UM, EVALUATION WITH CITY LEGAL AND, UM, LIKELY OTHER LEGAL CONCERNS RELATIVE TO THE ACTUAL FUNDING SOURCES.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE FINAL APPROVAL OF THE INVESTMENTS WILL BE BY CITY COUNCIL.
SO IT'S QUITE A BIT OF A PROCESS, BUT IT STARTS WITH, WITH THE APPLICATIONS AND THOSE TWO SUBMISSION DATES AND EVALUATION BY A COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN FORMED, UM, THAT HOPEFULLY IS BOTH EQUITABLE AND ULTIMATELY BALANCED SO THAT EVERY APPLICATION IS READ BY AT LEAST THREE REVIEWERS.
AND THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF, UH, WORK THAT WILL BE ON THE FEASIBILITY SIDE AFTER THAT RANKING IS DONE.
AND, AND YOU, YOU JUST TOUCHED UPON IT, UM, BRIEFLY, BUT WHAT, WHAT MEASURES ARE YOU TAKING TO ENSURE THAT IT IS IT EITHER ONE GENRE HEAVY OR IT ISN'T, YOU KNOW, A MAJORITY OF, OF JUST ONE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL DECIDE WHERE THESE THINGS HAPPEN, HOW ARE YOU MAKING SURE THE DIVERSITY AND THE EQUITABILITY AND THE BELONGING IS ALL GOING TO BE ENCOMPASSED IN THESE, IN THAT, UM, COMMITTEE? YEAH.
SO IT IS BEING AT LEAST ON THE FRONT END, AS WE WERE STRUCTURING THE EVALUATION COMMITTEES RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A DIVERSITY OF COMMUNITIES REPRESENTED A DIVERSITY OF, I WOULD SAY ARTISTIC TYPES.
YOU KNOW, SO CULTURE ARTS AND MUSIC ARE ALL REPRESENTED ON EACH EVALUATION COMMITTEE AND THAT CERTAINLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERTISE IN THE TECHNICAL AND THE PROGRAM.
SO THAT IS WITHIN THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE ITSELF.
I THINK THAT THE CULTURAL TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN VERY, UM, VERY, UM, CLEAR ON THEIR GOAL, THAT WE HAVE A GREAT, UH, CLARITY AND REPRESENTATION ON THE FINAL SELECTION AND SHORTLIST OF BOTH RANKING, AND THEN ULTIMATELY WHAT THOSE FINAL INVESTMENTS WILL BE.
AND IT ISN'T, I THINK I WON'T SPEAK FOR CARL, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THE BOARD FEELS THE SAME WAY.
UM, SO I THINK THE BOARD IS THE ADC BOARD BY THE WAY, IS A PUBLIC MEETING AND IT IS A PUBLIC PROCESS.
WE'RE, UH, WE'RE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.
AND WHEN WE EVALUATE THAT SHORT LIST OF RANKINGS, I THINK YOU'LL HEAR FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW AND WHY THEY USE WERE SELECTED FROM THE RANKING PROCESS AND THE WORK THAT WE DID TO NOT JUST LOOK AT THE FEASIBILITY OF PROJECTS, BUT ASSURE THAT THE BREADTH OF PROJECTS REPRESENT OUR VALUES AS A COMMUNITY.
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I CAN OFFER YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK WE'RE CERTAINLY OUR EYES ARE TUNED TOWARDS THAT, THAT, UM, DESIRE TO MAKE SURE IT'S EVERYTHING IS VERY EQUITABLY CONSIDERED.
AND I THANK YOU, UM, CHAIR, PAUL GOLFER, UM, GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, SO IS, UM, I, I CERTAINLY KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, IT WAS AN OPEN CALL FOR MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE CULTURAL TRUST, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND IT'S STILL OPEN, ACTUALLY THE LINK IS ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE ARE TRYING TO REFINE IT AND SORT OF MAINTAIN A GROUP OF 20 THAT'S KIND OF CONSISTENT.
SO THE DOORS MAY BE CLOSING SOON, BUT IT'S ALSO BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE A FINITE CLEAR LIST OF WHO'S ON THE COMMITTEE.
UH, BUT IT IS OPEN STILL AND I CAN ACTUALLY SEND THAT LINK AROUND.
SO, UM, HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANY DISCUSSION TO ENSURE THAT MAYBE THE COMMISSIONS THAT OVERSEE, UM, THESE AREAS, SO MUSIC COMMISSION, ARTS COMMISSION, I THINK, UM, WHATEVER ELSE THERE IS EXTORT PRESERVATION OR, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S REPRESENTATION FROM THOSE, UM, COMMISSIONS ON, ON THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW AGAIN, IF, IF THAT JUST MEANS SOMEBODY HAS TO APPLY TO BE ON IT.
WELL, SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO WE HAVE ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ARTS COMMISSION, MUSIC COMMISSION, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, FOR SURE.
WE HAVE ABOUT 20 MEMBERS ON OUR BOARD AND ACTUALLY ALL THREE OF THOSE MEMBERS SERVE ON THE, THE CULTURAL TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND I'M REQUESTING THAT THEY ARE PART OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UM, A MEMBER OF THE MINORITY CHAMBERS, TINA CANNON, WHO JUST JOINED OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND HAS ALSO JUST JOINED OUR CULTURAL TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND I THINK AS YOU'RE DESCRIBING, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THAT REPRESENTATION AND THAT LINK TO ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU ALL DID TO GET THESE FUNDS TO WHERE THEY ARE NOW, AND CERTAINLY BE PART OF THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DID.
DID YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? THAT'S OKAY.
UH, EARLY IN THE PRESENTATION YOU MADE, UH, I FELT LIKE A STRONG EMPHASIS ON BRICK AND MORTAR A COUPLE OF TIMES.
SO I'M CURIOUS, LIKE, ARE THERE PROPOSALS THAT ARE GOING BEYOND BRICK AND MORTAR? AND IF SO, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY'RE JUST PUTTING THE PIPELINE AND JUST NOT BEING CONSIDERED FOR THESE FIRST TWO ON BUCKETS
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OF FUNDS? YEAH.SO WHEN I SAY BRICKS AND MORTAR, THAT'S PROBABLY, I MEAN, DEFINITELY WE CAN USE ALL BUILDING MATERIALS, BUT IT IS A VERY BUILDING, UM, SORT OF WHETHER IT'S ACQUISITION DEVELOPMENT OF BUILDING STRUCTURES TO SUPPORT ARTS MUSIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION AND THEIR SPECIFIC SPACE NEEDS.
WE ACTUALLY ARE VERY AWARE THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER NEEDS THAT ARTS MUSIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM PROGRAM FUNDS TO EFFECTIVELY, UH, RENT NEED RENT RELIEF.
AND PART OF THIS IS MEANT TO FIND WAYS TO HAVE RENT RELIEF THROUGH SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT FACILITIES THAT'LL WILL BE DEVELOPED.
UH, BUT THIS IS PRIMARILY SORT OF A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AT THIS POINT.
BUT WE HAVE HEARD FROM NEEDS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UH, IN FACT, WE WERE TALKING AT THE RFP ROLLOUT, UH, THE NEED FOR WHAT KIND OF OPERATING FUNDS ARE WE GOING TO NEED TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE IN THESE NEW FACILITIES? WE DO NOT AT THIS POINT HAVE ANY FUNDS THAT COULD BE DEVOTED TO THAT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE'RE HEARING THROUGH THIS PIPELINE.
SO WE CAN START TO IDENTIFY THAT AS A KIND OF MONEY SOURCE OR FUNDING THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO ALIGN WITH THE CULTURAL TRUST INVESTMENTS.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT BRICKS AND MORTAR, I USED AS A VERY KIND OF CRUDE TERM.
I'M SORRY, BUT JUST ANYTHING RELATED TO THE PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION.
UH, THANK YOU, TIERRA POLGAR, UH, HIGH END.
UM, I JUST, UM, I KNOW, AND I'M SURE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE PIPELINE OF NEED AROUND THE CITY.
AND I, I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S PROBABLY MANY ORGANIZATIONS, WHETHER, UH, NOT NECESSARILY LEGACY ORGANIZATIONS, BUT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME HAVE BEEN RUNNING SPACES, ET CETERA, THAT MAY NEED SPACE.
AND THE WAY THAT THE INFORMATION IS SET UP NOW MAYBE GOES, PEOPLE MAY NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT AN RFP IS.
AND IF, UH, IF THERE'S A WAY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE CLEAR, HOW THE TRUST, EVEN IN THE STAGES THAT IT MOVES FORWARD.
AND IT IS NOW HOW AS AN ARTIST OR AN ORGANIZATION CAN GET INVOLVED AS A REFLECTION OF THE ARTS COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, RATHER THAN WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW, AND, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT'S AS IF THE CALL IS FOR PROJECTS ALREADY IN THE, IN THE PIPELINE WITH, WITH THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PLANNED OR THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT YET.
AND WE KNOW THE CITY WANTS TO DO SOMETHING, BUT I THINK THE NEED IS WITH THE, IS WITH THE ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT NEED SPACE AND STABILITY THAT DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET IN THIS.
CAUSE THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THIS IS BECAUSE IT DOES SAY REAL ESTATE.
AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE, UM, CONTINUOUSLY FROM A PIPELINE PERSPECTIVE WHERE, AND MOST OF THE APPLICATION QUESTIONS ARE VERY CLEAR ON NEEDS.
TELL US WHAT SPACE NEEDS YOU HAVE.
I NEED, YOU KNOW, UM, I NEED TO MAKE SURE I CAN, UH, AFFORD RENT OVER THE LONG-TERM.
I PAY FOR X AMOUNT OF SPACE NOW THAT THE QUESTIONS ARE GEARED TOWARDS THAT TYPE OF THING FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND OPERATIONS, WE ARE HEARING FROM INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND I AM TRACKING THAT AS PART OF THE PIPELINE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR CURRENT FUNDS DON'T, CAN'T GO DIRECTLY TO ARTISTS, BUT CERTAINLY WE ARE TRACKING WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE SO THAT WE CAN EITHER IDENTIFY SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS OR CERTAINLY PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH THINGS WE'RE HEARING ABOUT THROUGH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND OR FACILITIES THAT WE WILL INVEST IN.
UM, I DO THINK GETTING THE, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN THINKING ABOUT A REAL ESTATE PROJECT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, THAT BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS MORE IMPORTANT.
UM, AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP JUST REALLY STARTING WITH YOUR SPACE NEEDS, START TO ADVANCE IDEAS OF WHAT MIGHT THAT MEAN IN THE FUTURE.
AND I WELCOME ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR HOW TO GET WHAT I CALL A WORD SALAD ON OUR WEBSITE TO BE MORE APPROACHABLE.
AND CERTAINLY WE'LL BE, UM, REALLY GOING DOOR TO DOOR TO SPEAK WITH PEOPLE BECAUSE I THINK THAT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
UM, BUT PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANY RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, SALINE HAS BEEN GREAT, EVEN WITH HELPFUL HINTS ON OUR WEBSITE TO MAKE IT MORE VISUALLY APPEALING.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY AND IMPROVE.
AND I THINK, UM, COMMISSIONER GRAY TO YOUR QUESTION, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SORT OF DEFACTO MATCHMAKING THAT I'M ALREADY SEEING HAPPENING BASICALLY BASED LARGELY ON JUST CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND PART OF MY GOAL, BRINGING IN BACK IN HERE NOW THAT THE RFP HAS BEEN LAUNCHED IS TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AND TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.
AND SO CAN YOU CIRCLE BACK ONE MORE TIME AND TELL PEOPLE WHERE THEY GO TO GET INFORMATION, TO GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
YOU'VE HAD A NUMBER OF SESSIONS Q AND A SESSIONS LIVE, WHERE CAN THEY FIND THOSE? CAN YOU SHARE THAT INFORMATION REAL QUICK? THOR IT'S THE, UM, IT WAS ON THE SLIDE, BUT I'LL SAY IT, UH, IT'S HTTP, UH, SLASH
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I GUESS, DOUBLE SLASH, UH, WWW DOT AUSTIN, EDC.ORG, O R G SLASH CULTURAL DASH TRUST.UM, AND THAT, UH, AGAIN, I CAN SEND IT AROUND THROUGH EMAILS CERTAINLY TO THIS GROUP, UM, AND HOPEFULLY BROADCAST IT.
UM, BUT THE EASIEST ONE MIGHT BE TO JUST EMAIL ME A AND N E AT AUSTIN, EDC.ORG, AND I'LL POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THE LINK.
SO FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, CHECK OUT THE AEDC WEBSITE AND ALSO THE NEWSLETTER THAT WE'LL SEND OUT AFTER THE COMMISSION MEETING COMMISSIONER, GREG, YOU HAD ANOTHER QUESTION, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT, UH, OFF AND ON FOR WEEKS.
AND, UM, AND I'VE JUST NOW SLOWED DOWN FOR JUST INTEREST MY, UH, THROUGH CITY-WIDE, BUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS ITSELF, WHERE IS THAT OBVIOUS ON THAT SITE? SO THERE IS A, WE DO POST THE TWO RF, THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AS PDF AND ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
THAT IS THE, YOU KNOW, THE LEGAL STRUCTURED DOCUMENT THAT LAYS OUT THE WHOLE PROGRAM.
THERE IS A REGISTRATION HERE AND FOUR PLACES ON THAT PAGE.
YOU START BY REGISTERING ON AN ONLINE FORM WHEN YOU WERE REGISTERED, THEN I CAN SEND YOU THE APPROPRIATE LINK TO THE ONLINE FORM FOR THE RFP.
SO AGAIN, WHERE IT SAYS REGISTER HERE, REGISTER.
IF YOU WANT TO READ ABOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE RFP, YOU CAN READ THE PDF, UM, WHICH HAS THE BULK OF INFORMATION, THE ONLINE FORM TRACKS TO THAT RFP AND THE QUESTIONS, THE CRITERIA AND THE TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO INCLUDE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH REGISTER HERE.
THANKS FOR MAKING ME CLARIFY THAT IT'S IT'S TOP, MIDDLE AND BOTTOM, BUT I SHOULD MAKE THAT MAYBE IN RED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SOME OTHER STUFF ON YOUR PLATE FOR TONIGHT, AND I KNOW THAT YOU CAME STRAIGHT HERE FROM ANOTHER MEETING.
WE'LL CONTINUE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND TRY TO GET THE WORD OUT AND LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP.
[4.b. Miriam Conner for Public City - Public City Project Update]
UNDER SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, MIRIAM CORNER FOR PUBLIC CITY, PUBLIC CITY PROJECTS UPDATE.THANKS FOR COMING TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING.
MARIAM, YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR PRESENTATION AND THEN SOME TIME FOR Q AND A AFTER.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME, I WORK WITH MEREDITH PALLET PUBLIC CITY.
UH, WE DO ARTS BASED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ENSURING THAT BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE ARE AT THE TABLE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OR THREE STRATEGIES.
UM, SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE QUICK UPDATE.
UM, WE DID AT THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PILLARS PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDED EIGHT NEW ARTISTS, AND WE HAVE A NINTH ARTISTS THAT'LL BE DONE IN JANUARY AROUND THE 16TH.
UM, FOR THOSE PILLARS, WE COLLECTED MORE COMMUNITY STORIES AND HISTORIES TO THEN GIVE THE ARTISTS THOSE STORIES.
SO THEY GET INSPIRED TO PAINT ON THOSE PILLARS.
UM, SO WE HAVE 39 TOTAL PILLARS AND WE'VE DONE, I BELIEVE, 14.
IT'S UNDERNEATH THE PLEASANT VALLEY BRIDGE, UM, ON, AND WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN ROSEWOOD AND THEN NEXT UPDATE IS THE TRAIL FOUNDATION'S ART AND CULTURAL STRATEGY.
AND SO WE ARE A PART OF A CONSULTANT TEAM THAT IS MOSTLY BASED OUT OF PHILADELPHIA, BUT, UM, WE MADE A COMMUNITY BRAIN TRUST THAT CONSISTS OF PEOPLE LIKE THEY KNOW YONIS AND LINDA GARDETTO AND PAIGE KELLY FROM HT, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND WE HEARD FROM THEM AND THE, UH, ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMITTEE THAT TTF HAS ORGANIZED THAT OUR TEAM WAS, UH, VERY WHITE AND THAT WE SHOULD GO THROUGH EQUITY TRAINING.
SO HALF OF DTF AND OUR CONSULTANT TEAM HAS GONE THROUGH EQUITY TRAINING AND THE OTHER HALF WILL GO THROUGH IN FEBRUARY.
AND THEN WE ARE ALSO TTF FROZE MORE MONEY TO HIRE NON-WHITE ARTISTS.
AND SO WE'RE REACHING OUT FOR A CREATIVE ART CALL, UM, OR A CREATIVE CALL.
CAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ART CAUSE PEOPLE GET AFRAID OF JUST SAYING ART, RIGHT? UM, SO TO PFLUGERVILLE MAINER EVERYWHERE, OUTSIDE THAT WE'VE BEEN DISPLACED.
AND SO THAT ART CALLED AND INCLUDING AUSTIN, OF COURSE, BUT THAT AREN'T COLDWELL GO OUT DECEMBER, JANUARY, WE'RE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW, AS FAST AS WE CAN.
AND THEN FROM THAT ART CALL, WE HAVE A SELECTION COMMITTEE OF NOMINATED, UH, MEMBERS FROM THE BRAIN TRUST OR EITHER THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE.
AND THEN THOSE NOMINATIONS FOR THE SELECTION COMMITTEE WILL GO TO THE TAG.
THE TAG WILL HAVE THE FINAL WORD ON WHO'S ON THAT SELECTION COMMITTEE.
AND THEN FROM THAT, THE ARTISTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED THOSE THREE ARTISTS.
UM, SO ARTISTS NOW INST, THEN THEY WILL GO THROUGH WORKSHOPS.
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THE COMMUNITY BRAIN TRUST, WE'VE HEARD THAT, UH, CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION WHERE THE MAJOR THREE THEMES THAT WE, THAT IS IMPORTANT TO OUR LAKE INTO OUR TRAIL.AND SO THE WORKSHOPS WE'LL HAVE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND A NATIONAL EXPERT THAT ARE A PART OF THOSE SESSIONS TO HELP THE MENTOR, THE ARTISTS AND, UM, AND THEIR FUTURE WORK.
AND IT'S ALSO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SO ALL THAT DATA AND INFORMATION THE ARTISTS CAN GATHER AND TAKE WITH THEM TO PRODUCE THESE FLOATING WETLANDS THAT WILL BE ON THE LAKE DESIGNED HOWEVER THEY WANT, BUT IT'S BASED IN THOSE THREE THEMES.
SO THAT WAY IT'S GROUNDED AND FOUNDATIONAL TO OUR CITY.
UM, FROM, FROM THE WORKSHOPS, THEN THEY WILL GO INTO AN OPEN LIKE COLLABORATION STUDIO TYPE THING THAT, UM, THAT STACY LEVY, WHO'S A ENVIRONMENTAL ARTIST, NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ARTISTS.
SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT FOR YEARS AND SHE WILL HELP GUIDE THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THE CONSTRAINTS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
AND SO THEN MAY 14TH OR 15TH, WE ARE, WE'LL BE DOING A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION AND CREATION WHEN THE COMMUNITY COMES THROUGH, HELPS BUILD THESE FLOATING WETLANDS.
AND THEN ALSO TGF WILL BE COLLECTING STORIES FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALL ALONG THE TRAIL.
SO IF Y'ALL HAVE STORIES, I'LL SEND YOU ALL THIS INFORMATION THROUGH EMAIL.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE ALSO WORKING IN LEANDER FOR NORTHLINE, WHICH IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING.
WE'RE DOING, WE'VE BUILT THEIR, UM, ARTS AND CULTURAL STRATEGY AND NOW ARE IN IMPLEMENTATION.
SO ANOTHER ART CALL THAT'LL BE GOING OUT AROUND JANUARY.
THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY WILL BE FOR THEIR TRAFFIC CIRCLE AND THEN JUST A HEADS UP.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE HERITAGE AND CULTURAL TOURISM PLAN.
AND THEN WE ARE, WE'RE ON THE WINNING TEAM FOR THE CAPTAIN STITCH AT 35 AS WELL.
SO THERE WILL BE MORE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO COLLABORATE ON.
HANG OUT FOR A SECOND QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION BY I'M.
I CAN SEE YOU, IT SOUNDED LIKE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
IS THERE SOMEWHERE THAT WE CAN GO TO, TO, TO SEE A LIST OF, OF WHERE ARTISTS CAN, CAN GET SO WE CAN PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT WE ALSO GO THROUGH THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ARE CONSULTING FOR.
SO IT'LL BE ON TTS WEBSITE, IT'LL BE ON, UM, THE LEE ANDERS WEBSITE, BUT THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION TO PUT ON OUR WEBSITE, MAKE SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION COMES TO US TOO, SO WE CAN ELEVATE THEM ACTUALLY SUCH GREAT STUFF.
QUESTIONS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
I THINK WE'RE JUST SUPER EXCITED AND LIKE FLIER BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE WHAT? OH, OKAY, COOL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND PICK UP, UH, ITEM THREE
[3.a. ARPA and Non-Profit Relief Funding Update – Laura Odegaard, Cultural Investment Program Manager]
STAFF BRIEFINGS, STARTING WITH ARBA AND NON-PROFIT RELIEF FUNDING UPDATE WITH LAURA GUARD FOR THE CULTURAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM MANAGER.LAURA ODEGAARD CULTURAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
I HAVE A QUICK, I HAVE TWO QUICK UPDATES FOR YOU ALL TODAY AS THE PRESENTATION IS LOADING.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH ARTS AND CULTURE NON-PROFIT RELIEF.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW WHERE WE WERE WITH THE ARTS AND CULTURE NON-PROFIT RELIEF PROGRAM.
SO THIS WAS THE ARPA FUNDED PROGRAM THAT THE APPLICATION WAS AT THE END OF THE SUMMER.
SO THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION WAS THE 2 MILLION AND WE HAD THE 100, UH, FLAT UNRESTRICTED GRANTS OF $20,000.
AND THEN WE HAD ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WERE ADDED TO THIS BUCKET, UM, FROM UL'S RECOMMENDATION AND FROM CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO THOSE FUNDS WERE ADDED, UM, IN NOVEMBER FOR AN ADDITIONAL 71 AWARDS.
SO THIS WAS, UM, FROM A COUNCIL BUDGET AMENDMENT, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL ARPA FUNDS.
UH, THOSE FUNDS WERE DISTRIBUTED THE SAME DAY THAT OUR THIRD PARTY, UH, RECEIVED THE MONEY.
SO THAT HAS HAPPENED ALREADY, WHICH IS GREAT.
UH, AND THEN JUST THIS PAST WEEK, WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL $500,000 THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, UM, FOR ANOTHER 25 AWARDS.
SO THIS IS FOR ALL ELIGIBLE ARTS AND CULTURE NONPROFITS WHO APPLIED FOR THIS PROGRAM WILL BE RECEIVING FUNDING.
SO THE GOAL IS FOR THE END OF THE YEAR FOR THESE FINAL
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25 AWARDS TO BE SENT OUT, UM, THE THIRD-PARTY THEY'LL BE READY TO CUT THE CHECKS AS SOON AS, UM, WE FINISHED EXECUTING AND GETTING IT THROUGH OUR PURCHASING PROCESS.UH, SO HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT THIS PROGRAM AND WE'LL HAVE A, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE, UM, A PRESS RELEASE IN JANUARY TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE ALL THE RELIEF THAT HAS GONE OUT TO THE CREATIVE SECTOR OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
AND THEN THE NEXT UPDATE IS FOR THE ARPA ARTS COMMUNITY RELIEF.
UM, SO JUST IN CASE ANYBODY'S WATCHING AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THIS ONE.
UH, THIS WAS THE ARTS COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS TO FUND A PREVIOUS CORE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FESTIVAL RECIPIENTS.
IF THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE, IF THEY RECEIVED UNDER $10,000 IN RELIEF ALREADY, UM, OR NO RELIEF, THEY'D RECEIVE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR LAST YEAR'S AWARD.
AND IF THEY RECEIVED BETWEEN $10,000 AND $1 MILLION OF RELIEF, THEY'D RECEIVE 85% OF THEIR PREVIOUS CONTRACT AMOUNT.
SO COUNCIL APPROVED THESE ALLOCATIONS ON NOVEMBER 18TH.
UM, SO A FEW WEEKS AGO, UH, I THINK LAST MONTH I SPOKE TO YOU ALL ABOUT OUR PLAN TO DO THIS WORK INTERNALLY.
AND SO WE, I WOULD SAY MOVED MOUNTAINS FROM A CITY, UM, PROCESSING POINT OF VIEW, UM, AND THE LEGAL TEAM, THE FINANCE TEAM PURCHASING, UH, WE CREATED A REALLY EXCITING NEW WAY OF DOING, UM, CONTRACTS.
SO IT WOULD ALL BE SIGNED BY, UM, BY EVERYONE.
WE, I THINK WE SENT OUT AROUND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE, TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THE 400 CONTRACTS, UM, BY EARLY LAST WEEK.
AND WE THEN, UM, WE HAD A HICCUP IN THE PROCESS.
AND SO THERE WAS SOMETHING INTERNALLY FROM PURCHASING THAT WE NEEDED THAT WE DIDN'T REALIZE.
AND SO WE HAD TO KIND OF REASSESS LAST WEEK AND PIVOT.
UM, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING TO AN EXTERNAL PARTY FOR THIS PROCESS.
SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS, IF WE CONTINUE DOING IT INTERNALLY, FUNDS WOULD NOT BE DISTRIBUTED TO OUR CREATIVES UNTIL LATE FEBRUARY, EARLY MARCH, WHICH WAS NOT, UM, THE GOAL OF THIS AT ALL.
WE WANT TO GET THIS MONEY OUT QUICKLY.
UM, SO BECAUSE THAT'S THE PRIORITY, WE'RE LEANING ON EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS, UH, TO BETTER SERVE OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY.
UM, THE CONTRACT HAS ALREADY BEEN SIGNED BY THE THIRD PARTY AND BY, UM, THE CITY.
AND SO AS SOON AS THINGS GO THROUGH THE PURCHASING PROCESS, WE HOPE TO HAVE CHECKS CUT WITHIN A WEEK OF THE THIRD PARTY RECEIVING THOSE FUNDS.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT OUT BY THE END OF DECEMBER, EARLY JANUARY FOR THIS.
UM, AND THEN THE CONTRACT RATIFICATION WILL BE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL ON JANUARY 27TH.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY NEW CHANGE.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER GRAY, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT, THANK YOU.
BECAUSE I BET THAT WAS REALLY, IT'S LIKE WE'RE ALMOST OVER THERE, UM, FUNDS FOR THE THIRD-PARTY ARE COMING FROM WHERE AND HOW MUCH.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS OF THE ARTS COMMISSION THAT IT WOULD BE CLOSE TO 10% OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.
WE NEGOTIATED WITH THE THIRD PARTY AND IT'S ONLY A 2% FEE.
SO IT'S, UM, IT'S AROUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THAT.
UM, AND IT'S COMING FROM, UM, THE ADJUSTMENTS LINE ITEM IN THE ARPA FUNDS.
I THINK THERE WAS JUST UNDER 200,000 IN THAT, UM, ADJUSTMENTS BUCKET.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM.
SO THE UNDERLYING QUESTION REALLY IS WILL THE EXTERNAL VENDOR EFFECT THE MONEY COMING INTO THE CONTRACTOR'S POCKETS? AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO RIGHT.
THE AWARDS ARE STAYING THE SAME FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME.
JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE BENDING AND FLEXING AND, UM, AND PIVOTING THAT YOU HAD TO DO.
AND FOR PRIORITIZING GETTING MONEY IN THE HANDS OF THE ARTISTS, THAT'S REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATED QUESTIONS FROM THE REST OF THE COMMISSION.
ANYBODY COMMISSIONER CASTILLO, I GET THAT.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, YOU SAID YOU WENT, YOU WERE ALREADY LIKE 200, 300 AND OF THE FORT BEFORE YOU REALIZED THERE WAS AN ISSUE.
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON AND ON IN TERMS OF CONTRACTORS.
THAT'S MY OTHER BULLET POINT THAT I NEEDED TO ADD TO, TO THIS PRESENTATION AND THAT WE'RE SENDING OUT A NEXT STEPS, EMAIL.
UM, I MET WITH THE THIRD-PARTY TODAY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE ACTUAL LOGISTICS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON THEIR SIDE.
AND I WANTED TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION BEFORE SENDING THE COMMUNICATION OUT TO EVERYONE.
SO THERE WILL BE AN EMAIL GOING OUT TO ALL CONTRACTORS BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
THANK YOU FOR THE PROMPT TO COMMISSIONER
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COMMISSIONER.JUST ONE MORE, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS OF THOSE 200, SOME ODD CONTRACTORS THAT WERE ALREADY CONTACTED, THEY SHOULD JUST ACT LIKE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN CONTACTED.
YOU'LL ALL START OVER OR ARE THEY IN A POSITION DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH.
IT, I MEAN, IT'S BASICALLY GOING TO BE THE SAME FOR EVERYONE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN PRELOAD THE SYSTEM WITH THE THIRD PARTY.
SO IT'S BASICALLY DEAR ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL ARTIST YOU'RE SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE THIS MUCH MONEY, CHECK THIS BOX TO ATTEST THAT YOU WILL BE DOING IT AND CONFIRM YOUR ADDRESS.
SO EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO DO JUST A QUICK VERIFY THEIR ADDRESS AND CHECK THE BOX.
SO IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF THEY'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THAT EMAIL, EVERYONE WILL RECEIVE THE SAME NEXT STEPS, EMAIL.
COMMISSIONER IS THIS, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR ALL THIS INCREDIBLE WORK AND PIVOTING ON A DIME AS NEEDED.
UM, I JUST WANT TO DO, IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO, UM, THE UPDATE THAT YOU GAVE US LAST MONTH REGARDING FISCAL SPONSORSHIP, IF THERE WAS A SORT OF A SHIFT, IF CONTRACTORS WERE TO REGISTER DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY AS A VENDOR, THEY WOULDN'T NEED TO, UM, RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS VIA THEIR FISCAL SPONSOR AND THAT 10% WOULD BE CONTAINED IN THEIR AWARD AMOUNT OR THEIR, THEIR GRANT AMOUNT.
IS THAT STILL THE CASE? IS THAT SHIFTED? CAN YOU JUST, CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE ON THAT FOR THOSE THAT WERE PLANNING TO MAKE THAT SHIFT AND REGISTERED WITH THE CITY OR THAT DID SURE.
SO ANYONE WHO'S SPONSORED PROJECT WHO IS A SPONSORED PROJECT FOR OUR NORMAL CORE CULTURAL HERITAGE FUNDING, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS DIRECTLY, NOT THROUGH THEIR FISCAL SPONSOR.
UM, SO THAT WILL STILL BE THE CASE EVEN WITH A THIRD PARTY.
UM, SOME INDIVIDUALS STILL WANT TO OPT TO GO THROUGH THE FISCAL SPONSOR AND THAT'S OKAY.
UM, I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO RECEIVE THE MONEY DIRECTLY.
UM, BUT JUST IN CASE IT'S AN ISSUE FOR ANYONE THERE IS THAT OPTION TO STILL RECEIVE THE CHECK THROUGH THEIR FISCAL SPONSOR.
AND IS THAT STILL REQUIRING THEM TO REGISTER THE CITY? IS THAT, IS THAT PROCESS STILL THE SAME? SO THAT WAS SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HADN'T RECEIVED THAT EMAIL.
IT WAS BECAUSE THEY HADN'T REGISTERED AS A VENDOR YET THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A VENDOR NOW BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING IT OUT, UM, OUT OF THE CITY PROCESS.
SO IT'S GOING TO SIMPLIFY THINGS FOR AROUND 90 SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE STILL IN THAT VENDOR REGISTRATION PROCESS.
NOW THEY DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE IF THEY DON'T WANT TO.
WE OBVIOUSLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO STILL REGISTER AS A VENDOR, BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRED.
SO TO RECEIVE A CHECK DIRECTLY, WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO DO NOW? NOTHING WILL, THE EMAIL WILL COME DIRECTLY TO THEM.
SO THE EMAIL WILL COME DIRECTLY TO THEM.
UM, AND IT WILL SAY YOU ARE SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
AND IS THIS YOUR ADDRESS? AND YOU HAVE TO CHECK THE BOX TO ATTEST THAT YOU WILL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A THERE'S FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS AROUND THAT.
SO WE STILL HAVE THE SAME CHECK BOX FOR THEM TO SAY, YES, WE'RE USING THIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THESE FUNDS.
AND FOR THOSE THAT DO WANT TO GO THROUGH THEIR FISCAL SPONSOR, WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR THEM.
IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME THING.
JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT SINCE THINGS ARE SWITCHING AROUND.
THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION COMMISSIONERS.
I HAVE A COMMENT COMMISSIONER.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH AGAIN FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND JUST A BIG HALLELUJAH FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN BECAUSE IT'S WORKING SO AMEN.
I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU BACK REAL QUICK ON THE FIRST PIECE, WHICH IS THE NONPROFIT ART AND CULTURAL LEAF GRANT AND JUST A CLARIFICATION.
SO THE 500,000 THAT WAS APPROVED AGAIN THROUGH COUNCIL, UM, LAST WEEK, GOODNESS, WHAT DAY IS IT WHAT'S HAPPENING? UM, WAS THE 500 THAT WE THOUGHT WE HAD ALLOCATED BACK AT THE END OF THE SUMMER EARLY FALL TO MAKE EVERYONE WHO WAS ELIGIBLE WHOLE FOR THAT GRANT.
AND WE THINK THAT THE, AGAIN, FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, IF YOU'RE ON THAT LIST OF 25 AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE $20,000 COMING, WHAT IS YOUR ESTIMATED TIMEFRAME NOW TO GET THAT MONEY ON THE DOOR? AS SOON AS THE THIRD PARTY RECEIVES THE MONEY FROM US, THEY'LL CUT THE CHECKS THE SAME DAY.
SO FOR, UM, THE 1,420,000 LAST MONTH, THE BBB RECEIVED THE MONEY ON THE 23RD AND THEY CUT THE CHECKS THE SAME DAY.
BUT IF YOU'RE DOING CHRISTMAS SHOPPING, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? I KNOW IT'S NOT FAIR, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET IT OUT BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
JUST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE, CHRISTMAS IS 12 DAYS, A HUNDRED PERCENT COOL.
OTHER QUESTIONS, ANYBODY ON THE, ON THE VIDEO, ANYBODY AT HOME HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE, ON THIS COMMENTS? OKAY, COOL.
[3.b. Hotel Occupancy Tax Update – Sylnovia Holt-Rabb, Acting Economic Development Department Director]
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DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR ON THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX UPDATE.I SAW NEGATIVE GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
SO NOVIA HAUTE, RAB, DEPUTY DIRECTOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
I WANTED TO REVIEW OCTOBER OF 2021 BECAUSE AS A REMINDER, I INDICATED NOT ALL THE CASH RECEIPTS HAVE POSTED.
SO WE ONLY SHOWED 189,000 IN OCTOBER.
NEXT SLIDE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN NOVEMBER, WE DID A MAJOR CATCH-UP $1.8 MILLION IN THE BANK IN NOVEMBER.
AND SO THAT BRINGS US TO A YEAR TO DATE OF ABOUT $2 MILLION, WHICH IS ALREADY ONE THIRD OF WHAT WE BUDGETED.
SO WE ARE COMING BACK, COMING UP, UH, LOOKING GREAT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE NEXT SLIDE COMPARED TO NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR OF 91,000.
SO MAJOR INCREASE, GREAT NEWS.
KEEP ENCOURAGING YOUR FRIENDS TO COME AND STAY AND SPEND MONEY.
ALL THE SPRING SESH SEASON IS COMING.
ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME AND SPEND MONEY.
QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
COME, COME VISIT, WEAR A MASK, STAY SIX FEET APART, ALL THIS FUN STUFF.
[3.c. Cultural Funding Review Process Update – Meghan Wells, Cultural Arts Division Manager]
NEXT UP.CULTURAL FUNDING, REVIEW PROCESS UPDATE.
MEGAN WELLS, CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER.
HELLO COMMISSIONERS, MEGAN WELLS, CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER.
UH, MY UPDATE ON THE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS THIS MONTH.
UH, IT DOESN'T CONSIST OF A WHOLE LOT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN BUSY WORKING TO GET THE ARPA FUNDS OUT THE DOOR AND THAT'S BEEN, UH, OUR PRIME, UH, PRIORITY FOR THE STAFF.
UH, SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT AT THE END OF JANUARY, END OF DECEMBER SLASH EARLY JANUARY, WE WILL HAVE DEPLOYED CLOSE TO $9 MILLION TO OUR LOCAL CREATIVES FOR RELIEF, UM, THROUGH THOSE TWO PRO UM, PROGRAMS THAT LAURA JUST SPOKE ABOUT.
SO THAT IS, UM, IT HAS TAKEN A LOT OF OUR BANDWIDTH AND WE ARE HAPPY TO DO THAT WORK BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT IS CRUCIAL RECOVERY MONEY FOR OUR, FOR OUR LOCAL.
SO I'M HAPPY TO BE DOING THAT WORK.
HOWEVER, THAT HAS MEANT THAT WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT LESS TIME TO WORK ON OUR CULTURE OF PENDING REVIEW.
ALTHOUGH THE STAFF DOES CONTINUE TO ACCEPT FEEDBACK AND INCORPORATE THAT FEEDBACK INTO OUR DRAFT GUIDELINES.
UH, OUR NEXT STEPS IS TO, UM, HAVE THOSE DRAFT GUIDELINES READY FOR THE WORKING GROUP WHEN IT GETS ASSEMBLED AND STARTS TO MEET.
AS I UNDERSTAND POTENTIALLY IN JANUARY, UM, AS WE GET A BETTER SENSE OF KIND OF WHERE THAT GROUP IS AND HOW THEY'RE COMING TOGETHER AND WHAT THEIR GOALS ARE FOR THEIR MEETINGS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THE SUPPORT FROM THE STAFF SIDE AND WORK WITH THEM TO GET THE REVIEW AND THE INPUT FROM THAT GROUP THAT WE NEED.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[3.d. Art in Public Places Program Update – Sue Lambe, Art in Public Places Program Manager]
NEXT UP THE LOVELY, THE TALENTED SUE LAMB FOR HER LAST MEETING PRESENTING TO US AT THE ARTS COMMISSION.SO IT WAS RETIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR HERE.
UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO, UM, DO SORT OF A, A YEAR-END REPORT TO YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT ART AND PUBLIC PLACES HAS BEEN DOING.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A DASHBOARD.
COULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? THIS IS WHAT I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
THE AIPP DASHBOARD WHAT'S HAVE BEEN HAPPENING WITH LAUNCHPAD AND TEMPO PROGRAMS AND THEN RECENTLY INSTALLED WORK.
SO WE'D BEEN WORKING ON A DASHBOARD, UM, IT'S IN PROGRESS.
IT'S NOT COMPLETE, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
ONE BE ABLE TO SHARE THE KEY STATISTICS OF THE AIP PROGRAM IN AN INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD FORMAT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL TO, UM, SHARE THE KEY INDICATORS OF OUR, OF OUR PROGRAMS PERFORMANCE.
THE SCREEN THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW SHOWS YOU THE ARTISTS WHO WERE COMMISSIONED AND THE ALTERNATE ARTISTS FOR EACH COMMISSION FOR A TOTAL OF 191 ARTISTS IN THE REPORTING TIMEFRAME OF 2015 TO 2020, THE FIRST GRAPH SHARES THE ARTISTS, SELF IDENTIFIED, RACE OR ETHNICITY, MOVING TO THE RIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THE COMMISSION AMOUNTS PER YEAR, SHOWING THAT WE MADE A TOTAL INVESTMENT IN THIS TIME PERIOD OF 9.71 MILLION IN PUBLIC ART.
AND ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE, HOW MANY ARTISTS WERE COMMISSIONED FROM EACH DISTRICT DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
YOU CAN SEE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE INFORMATION THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT.
IF YOU CLICK ON, LIKE HERE WE DID NATIONAL ARTISTS CATEGORY BETWEEN 2015 AND 2020, THERE WERE 15 ARTISTS REPRESENTING AN INVESTMENT OF 5.1, 3 MILLION IN COMMISSIONS.
THESE ARTISTS SELF IDENTIFIED AS TWO MEN, A WOMAN AND 12 UNKNOWN GENDERS, SIX WHITE ARTISTS, TWO ASIAN ARTISTS, A MULTI-ETHNIC ARTIST
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AND SIX ARTISTS OF UNKNOWN RACE OR ETHNICITY.MANY OF THESE COMMISSIONS HAPPENED AT THE AIRPORT, WHICH HAS A COMPLEX SET OF CONSTRAINTS REQUIRED FOR WORKING AT THAT SITE.
AND SO THE JURIES TYPICALLY SOUGHT HIGHLY EXPERIENCED PUBLIC ARTISTS FOR THOSE COMMISSIONS ON THE RIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH OF EACH YEAR'S TOTAL COMMISSION BUDGET HAS GONE TO THIS GROUP OF ARTISTS AND HOW MANY COMMISSIONS THEY RECEIVED EACH YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE THE AUSTIN BASE ARTISTS COMMISSION DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD, 161 ARTISTS WITH A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF 4.4, 6 MILLION IN PUBLIC COMMISSIONS.
AND JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BOTH COMMISSIONED ARTISTS AND ALTERNATE ARTISTS FOR EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED AND ALTERNATE ARTISTS BY DISTRICT IN THIS VIEW AS WELL.
NEXT LINE, YOU CAN ALSO SORT THE DASHBOARD BY RACE, RACE, OR ETHNICITY HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT ARTISTS IDENTIFYING AS WHITE REPRESENTED 7.57 MILLION OF INVESTMENT OVER THE 2015 TO 2020 TIMEFRAME.
NEXT SLIDE HERE ARE THE STATISTICS FOR ARTISTS WHO SELF IDENTIFY AS BLACK OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN OR AS AFRICAN.
WE HAD 12 ARTISTS REPRESENTING AN INVESTMENT OF $172,750.
THERE WERE TWO THAT SELF-IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY FORM WOMEN, FIVE MEN, EXCUSE ME, IN THREE UNKNOWN GENDERS.
UM, HERE ARE THE STATISTICS FOR ARTISTS WHO SELF IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC OR LATIN X.
WE HAD 30 ARTISTS, UH, REPRESENTING AN INVESTMENT OF A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION.
THERE WERE FIVE IDENTIFYING AS LGBTQ, A DE QIA COMMUNITY MEMBERS, 13 WOMEN, 12 MEN, AND FIVE UNKNOWN GENDERS.
YOU CAN ALSO VIEW ARTISTS BY DISTRICT.
WE HAD 33 ARTISTS FROM DISTRICT THREE.
YOU CAN SEE THE SELF IDENTIFIED ETHNIC OR RACIAL BACKGROUND HERE.
UM, TOTAL INVESTMENT TO ARTISTS FROM DISTRICT THREE WAS 900, $1,750.
AND AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, WE HAD 22 ARTISTS FROM DISTRICT ONE.
YOU CAN SEE THE SELF-IDENTIFIED ETHNIC OR RACIAL BREAKDOWN HERE.
TOTAL INVESTMENT TO ARTISTS FROM DISTRICT ONE WAS $928,420.
WE ALSO HAVE A DASHBOARD FOR ARTWORKS IN THE COLLECTION.
IN THIS TITLE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TOTAL, UH, CURRENT AIPP COLLECTION IS VALUED AT A $19.1 MILLION.
YOU CAN ALSO VIEW THE AIPP COLLECTION BY ARTWORK TYPE BY YOUR COMPLETED, HOW IT WAS ACQUIRED AND WHO THE SPONSORING DEPARTMENT WAS.
SO IF WE WERE TO CLICK ON THE LARGE MINT GREEN BOX LABELED PARD, NEXT SLIDE, WE CAN SEE THAT 84 PIECES IN THE AIPP COLLECTION ARE IN THE CARE OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE COMMISSIONED WORKS, AND 30 OF THEM WERE SCULPTURES.
THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE TO LEARN BY REVIEWING THIS DATA, UH, IN THIS WAY.
AND WE CAN EXPECT THAT THIS WILL BE A GREAT TOOL FOR THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PANEL AND THE ARTS COMMISSION AS YOU REVIEW FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, HOW WE'RE, UH, SUGGESTING THAT WE SELECT THE, WE DO SELECTION OF ARTISTS THROUGH THE PROSPECTUSES, UH, AND HOW WE'RE DOING WITH THE COLLECTION.
OVERALL, AS I SAID AT THE START, THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
AIPP HOPES TO MAKE THIS A PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD FOR GENERAL INFORMATION AND USE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO USING THIS TOOL TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS TOWARDS GREATER REPRESENTATION OF UNDERREPRESENTED ARTISTS.
I THINK THIS WILL BE VERY HELPFUL IN THE SELECTION PROCESS.
NEXT SLIDE, MOVING ONTO SOME UPDATES ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE EVALUATING THE LAUNCHPAD PROGRAM FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS.
IT'S A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY PAIRING AUSTIN-BASED ARTISTS, UH, WHO WANT TO EXPAND THEIR CAPABILITIES IN THE PUBLIC ART FIELD WITH ARTISTS WHO HAVE RECEIVED LARGE BUDGET AIPP COMMISSIONS, LAUNCHPAD ARTISTS PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO THE PRODUCT PROJECT WHILE GETTING VALUABLE EXPERIENCE BY BEING INVOLVED THROUGH THE LIFE OF THE LARGE COMMISSION, THEY DO NOT CREATE AN ARTWORK THEMSELVES, BUT SUPPORT THE ARTISTS WHO RECEIVE THE COMMISSION.
WE'VE HAD THIS PROGRAM IN PLACE SINCE 2016, AND WE'VE HAD FIVE ARTISTS IN THE PROGRAM, UH, THAT WAS THE, THOSE ARTISTS HAVE DONE VERY WELL.
IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE THE PROGRAM AND EVALUATE IF AUSTIN BAY BASED ARTISTS ARE GETTING ENOUGH RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT OF TIME AND COST FOR THE LAUNCHPAD PROGRAM.
WE HOPE TO INCREASE THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THE COST AND STAFF TIME INVESTED AND PERHAPS INNOVATE A NEW ITERATION OF THIS CONCEPT TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE OF OPPORTUNITIES
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FOR MORE ARTISTS.NEXT SLIDE IN REGARDING TEMPO AIPP HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH MARGIE REESE ABOUT HOW THE TEMPO PROGRAM WOULD ALIGN WITH THE CULTURAL FUNDING EQUITY REVIEW PROCESS.
THE TALKS FOCUSED ON NOT OTHERING CULTURALLY SPECIFIC GROUPS AS AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF AIPP PROGRAM, SEEKING GREATER PARTICIPATION BY UNDERREPRESENTED ARTISTS, BUT ENSURING THAT WE ARE CONSISTENTLY INVITING UNDERREPRESENTED ARTISTS TO APPLY FOR COMMISSIONS IN ALL BUDGET RANGES.
NEXT SLIDE AIPP HAS DONE SOME RESEARCH ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE TEMPO PROGRAM.
IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, WE PUT TOGETHER A FOCUS GROUP MADE UP OF THE ARTISTS THAT YOU SEE HERE WITH EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH TEMPO.
EACH OF THESE PARTICIPANTS EITHER HAS HAD A TEMPO COMMISSIONER.
TWO, ONE HAS HAD ONE IS INVOLVED IN A CURRENT TEMPO COMMISSION OR THEIR AIPP PANEL MEMBERS OR AN ARTS COMMISSIONER.
WE USE THE RESULTS OF THE FOCUS GROUP TO CRAFT A SURVEY THAT WENT OUT IN AUGUST.
NEXT SLIDE, THE SURVEY WENT TO ALL CURRENT AND PREVIOUS TEMPORAL ARTISTS, THE ARTS COMMISSION AND THE AIPP PANEL ASKING FOR FEEDBACK TO SEE WHERE PARTICIPANTS FELT THE PAIN POINTS OF THE PROGRAM.
WE HAD 44 RESPONDENTS OUT OF APPROXIMATELY 110 INVITEES.
WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION ON THE TEMPO PROGRAM.
ARTISTS WERE VERY GENEROUS WITH THEIR TIME AND OFFERED LOTS OF CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, AS WELL AS SHARED THEIR INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM.
CONTINUING OVERALL, THEY FELT THIS PROGRAM IS VERY VALUABLE TO THEIR PRACTICE.
NEXT SLIDE, THE TEMPO PROGRAM REVIEW PROCESS WILL CONTINUE INTO 2022 AND RESULTS IN A FINAL REPORT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE RESPONSES TO THE SURVEY, THE RESULTS OF THE BENCHMARKING STUDY THAT WE DID AND THE FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION.
I ADDED THIS, UM, VIDEO MESSAGE TO THIS SLIDE THAT, THAT, UH, DAMIAN MOSELEY DID TALKING ABOUT HIS AIPP COMMISSION FOR THE ST.
UM, HE DID, UH, JUST A SPECTACULAR JOB ENCOURAGING ARTISTS TO APPLY FOR AIPP COMMISSIONS, WHICH IS THE EXACT OUTCOME THAT WE WANT TO SEE, UH, THROUGH TEMPO THAT ARTISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR PERMANENT COMMISSIONS.
UM, I'M GOING TO THE LINK THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THAT, ON THAT SLIDE, I WILL SEND THAT TO YOU.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE TIME TO GO TO PLAY IT, BUT, UM, IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL.
AND OF COURSE RECENTLY INSTALLED WORK THE SLIDE AFTER THIS.
SO TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THIS YET, THIS IS ME UNDERWING IT'S AT THE, UM, AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IT'S B BY THE VERY MANY ARTISTS NAME IS MARK FORNAS.
IT'S A 65 FOOT LONG, 35 FOOT HIGH 45 FOOT WIDE SCULPTURE.
THAT'S LOCATED BETWEEN THE BLUE GARAGE AND, UH, THE RENTAL CAR FACILITY.
IT PROVIDES A MOMENT OF RESPITE FOR FOLKS AS THEY TRAVEL WALKING BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT AND THE TERMINAL BUILDING, UH, PROVIDING SHADE AND KIND OF A MOMENT OF, UM, WONDER AND HOPEFULLY A LITTLE, UH, RESTFUL MOMENT AS THEY HEAD INTO THE AIRPORT, UM, GETTING READY FOR THEIR, FOR THE ONSLAUGHT OF FLYING.
THIS ARTWORK IS, UH, ALMOST COMPLETELY INSTALLED.
NOW MORE COMPONENTS ARE ACTUALLY BEING ADDED AS WE MEET HERE, UH, TONIGHT BIG THANKS TO THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS COMPLEX AND ENGAGING INTERACTIVE PROJECT NAMED INTERMARRIED CANARY DEPARTURES BY ARTISTS, JANET SWAG.
IT TAKES THE FORM OF A DEPARTURE LOUNGE FROM THIS SPACE.
VISITORS CAN DEPART TO 120 FICTIONAL DESTINATIONS FOUND IN LITERATURE, FILM, ANIMATION, AND GAMES.
THE LOUNGE INTERSECTS OUR PLANE OF EXISTENCE AT A SEVEN DEGREE ANGLE, INTERRUPTING EXISTING AIRPORT WALLS AND SEATING.
IT'S LOCATED TO THE ACTUAL GATE NUMBER 14, WHICH IS A SOUTHWEST GATE AND IS HOUSED AT GATE INFINITY.
AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE, BY THE MARKER IN THAT, IN THAT SLIDE NEXT.
SO TEMPO, UH, WILL BE ALONG A YEAR LONG EXHIBIT THIS YEAR, JUST TO REMIND YOU OF THAT SEVEN ARTWORKS ARE CURRENTLY INSTALLED AND TWO WILL BE INSTALLED BY THE THIRD WEEK IN JANUARY.
AND ONE HAS BEEN CANCELED BY THE DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND HER CONTROL.
AND THAT'S THE ARTWORK THAT WAS PLANNED FOR, UH, THIS, UH, DISTRICT TO THE SOUTHEAST BRANCH LIBRARY DUE THE PANDEMIC.
WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY IN-PERSON EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH TEMPO, BUT ARE SHARING THEM VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND VIA VISIT AUSTIN.
AND WE'LL BE POSTING TWO MINUTE VIDEOS THROUGHOUT 2022 ABOUT EACH ARTWORK, INCLUDING ARTISTS INTERVIEWS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF THIS LINK TO A GOOGLE MAP THAT WILL GIVE YOU DIRECTIONS TO EACH ARTWORK WITH CONTEXT ABOUT EACH PIECE, UM, THE NAME OF THE ARTIST AND AN IMAGE ABOUT THE WORK.
THERE'LL BE EASY FOR YOU TO SORT OF SITE WHERE YOU ARE ANY PLACE IN AUSTIN AND SEE IF THERE'S A PIECE NEAR YOU.
SO AS YOU RECALL, UM, THE DE-ACCESSION MOMENTS WAS APPROVED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
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UH, WE HAD A BIT OF A DELAY AS THE, UM, STREET AND BRIDGE GROUP DECIDED, YOU KNOW, WORKED ON, UH, ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAD TO DO BEFORE THEY COULD GET TO US, BUT WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT STAFF THAT THEY HAVE GONE AHEAD.AND, UH, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, DE-INSTALL THE BLUE BLADES.
ONE OF WHAT YOU SEE HERE, FRANK WICK IS THE AIPP COLLECTION MANAGER, AND HE'S GOING TO GO AROUND AND, UM, TIDY UP THE SQUARES THAT ARE GOING TO BE LEFT AFTER THOSE BLADES ARE GONE.
BUT, UM, WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH, UH, ARTS ORGANIZATION RAISIN IN THE SUN AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING SOME UPGRADES TO THAT AS WELL.
SO, UM, THIS, THIS PIECE IS, UM, SET THE BEWELL MURALS IS SET TO BE IN D INSTALLED SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022.
JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
SO IN THE LAST SLIDE, SO JUST THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
THIS IS MY LAST PRESENTATION TO YOU AS THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM MANAGER.
I LEAVE THE PROGRAM IN THE CAPABLE HANDS OF THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, STAFF, THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S LEADERSHIP.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING FROM THE SIDELINES TO SEE ALL THE PROJECTS AND THE PLANS UNFOLD.
I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS FOR SUE, UM, COMMISSIONER MALL? WELL, IT WAS STILL, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU.
UM, I HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMMISSION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND I HAVE WATCH HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT A YOU OUT TO THE, TO YOUR WORK AND, UM, AND IT IS REALLY HARD TO LET GO OF A, A GOOD, YOU KNOW, UM, PROFESSIONAL PERSON, BUT I WANT YOU TO ENJOY YOURSELF.
AND SO THAT FROM NOW ON, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORK.
YOU JUST HAVE TO ENJOY, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT YOU HAVE PUT DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, JUST PARTICIPATE AS A, UH, AN AUDIENCE.
SO I THINK YOU DESERVE IT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, THE, UH, SLIDES ON, UH, PARTICULARLY ON THE, UH, DASHBOARD, ARE, ARE THOSE AVAILABLE TO US OR ANYBODY? YES, I CAN.
I CAN MAKE THE SLIDES AVAILABLE TO YOU SO YOU CAN STUDY THEM FURTHER.
AND, UM, ONCE WE HAVE THE DASHBOARD AT A PLACE WHERE WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AS WELL.
AND SO YOU CAN CLICK AROUND AND BE ABLE TO USE IT INTERACTIVELY AND GET MORE INFORMATION ON EACH OF THE DISTRICTS, ET CETERA.
THAT WAS A LOT OF STUFF THERE I COULD TELL.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR, I MEAN, I'VE ONLY BEEN DOING THIS A SHORT TIME, BUT I JUST SEEN AMAZING STUFF, UH, THAT YOU'VE, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORD IS, IS SHEPHERDED OUT AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
AND I LOVE BEING RETIRED, SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL TOO.
SHOUT OUT TO STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING ALL THE WORK.
UM, SUE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD, UM, ON THE, ON THE SLIDE DECK, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S INCORPORATED, BUT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING DATA TO HAVE IS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE RACIAL BREAKDOWN, WHAT TYPES OF ARTWORKS, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF ARTISTS THAT HAD BEEN SELECTED FOR THE DIFFERENT PIECES.
WHAT TYPES IS THAT? I MEAN, IS THE MAJORITY OF THOSE MURALS OR ARE THEY 3D PIECES OR ARE THEY, YOU KNOW, SO JUST KNOWING, I THINK SOME OF THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING DATA TO HAVE AS WELL.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PART OF THE DECK OR NOT.
UM, WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT, UH, BEING ABLE TO PARSE THE DATA THAT WAY.
AND, UM, I WANT TO ADD MY, UM, THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS.
UM, I'VE HAD THE HUGE HONOR TO SERVE AS, UM, OUR LIAISON AND TO SEE SUE IN HER ELEMENT AND WORKING AND THE CARE THAT SHE GIVES AND THE RESPECT THAT SHE'S EARNED FROM THE ARTISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS REALLY TREMENDOUS.
AND I THINK BACK OVER THE YEARS, LIKE YOU HATE ME, I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
AND PRIOR TO SUE WAS, WAS MEGAN.
I MEAN, TALK ABOUT A LINEAGE OF AMAZING, UM, INCREDIBLE WOMEN LEADING THESE PROGRAMS. UM, IT'S JUST BEEN GREAT FROM TINY LITTLE FROGS ON THE STREET TO HUGE, UM, CHRISTA FOR, UM, CHRISTOPHER FILETTI NO, IT'S DIFFERENT.
UM, YOUR OLD PIECE AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, I MEAN, Y'ALL HAVE BROUGHT NATIONAL RECOGNITION TO
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OUR ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM, AND IT TRULY HAS BEEN MY HONOR TO GET TO LEARN FROM UQ.THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, SMALL BUCK AND COMMISSIONERS THIS MAN.
SO DO I JUST WANT IT TO SAY THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO HELP FACILITATE INCREDIBLE ARTWORKS AND THE CARE THAT YOU'VE SHOWN FOR ARTISTS AND FOR RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN.
AND I WONDERED IF YOU HAD THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, JOINING THE ARTS COMMISSION AND RETIREMENT, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS A PLUS FOR HEIDI? GOOD TRY.
I WON'T BEG YOU TO STAY, EVEN THOUGH ALL OF US ARE BEGGING YOU ON THE INTERIOR TO STAY.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT EVENTUALLY IT WOULD BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.
IS THAT THE PLAN FOR THE DASHBOARD? YES.
HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A, UH, PUBLIC FACING, UM, PIECE OF DATA THAT PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT AND, AND LEARN ABOUT.
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT, UM, IF, IF AN ARTIST IS THINKING ABOUT APPLYING, THEY CAN LOOK AND SEE WHAT PROJECTS ARE COMING.
UM, IF AN, IF A SELECTION PANEL MEMBER IS THINKING ABOUT JOINING A SPECIFIC JURY, THEY CAN LOOK AND SEE WHAT, UM, WHERE IT IS SITTING IN THERE, YOU KNOW, IN, WITHIN THE CITY AND WOULD, THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S CLOSER TO THEM OR WHATEVER.
I THINK IT COULD BE A REALLY AMAZING TOOL AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO, WELL, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, GREG, THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUE.
UM, OF COURSE, I'M GOING TO ASK A CLARIFICATION QUESTION.
UH, THE ALTERNATES ON THE DASHBOARD, THE REASONING BEHIND THAT, WELL, IT'S BEING AN ALTERNATE IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF AN ARTIST'S WORK IT'S IT GOES ON THEIR CV, YOU KNOW, AS A FINALIST OR AS AN ALTERNATE FOR, FOR WORK.
AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DO BECOME THE COMMISSIONED ARTIST.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WORK, THAT THE ARTISTS DID AND TO RECOGNIZE THOSE ARTISTS WHO HAVE GOTTEN ALL THE WAY TO BEING THE SECOND, YOU KNOW, THE RUNNER UP TO, UM, A PIECE AND, AND TRACKING THAT DATA AS WELL, SO THAT WE KNOW WHO'S ALMOST THERE.
AND, AND, UM, HOW MANY TIMES ARTISTS HAVE APPLIED AND REALLY JUST SORT OF KNOWING OUR ARTISTS BETTER THROUGH THE DATA.
WE KNOW THEM BY THEIR FACES WHEN WE SEE THEM AT ARTIST INFORMATION MEETINGS AND THINGS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO KEEP IN OUR HEADS THAT THEY MAY HAVE APPLIED EIGHT DIFFERENT TIMES.
AND WE JUST DIDN'T REALIZE IT'S BEEN THAT MANY TIMES AND HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THEM IN BEING SUCCESSFUL THE NEXT TIME THEY APPLY, IF THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN A COMMISSION YET.
UM, AND LOOKING AT THE DASHBOARD.
I THINK THAT, BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING, I WAS LOOKING AT IS WHETHER THE ALTERNATE WAS BEING LOOKED AT AS DEPTH OF, OF ARTISTS AND, AND, AND DIVERSITY, ET CETERA, UH, OF MISSIONS AND PERHAPS HOW MANY PEOPLE APPLIED SUCCESSFULLY WOULD BE A REALLY DEEP POOL IS I THINK IN LOOKING AT THAT DASHBOARD, MANY MAY LOOK AT THAT NUMBER, SEEING THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY FUNDED AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF, IF MOST HAVE ALTERNATE, JUST, JUST WHAT KIND OF CAUGHT MY EYE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUE FOR EVERYTHING.
UM, YEAH, I'M GOING TO ASK ANY QUESTION ABOUT THE DASHBOARDS CAUSE IT'S IN PROGRESS.
WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO SAY WAS, WAS TO THANK YOU BECAUSE THIS, THIS YEAR-END WRAP-UP, UH, DEMONSTRATED SO MUCH OF THE WORK THAT, THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO HELP AND BE A PART OF ON THE COMMISSION, BUT ALSO ON ACTP PANEL.
UH, YOU KNOW, JUST THE CHALLENGES OF, OF WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A PUBLIC ART PIECE IN DISTRICT TWO AT THE AIRPORT WITH SUCH HUGE BUDGETS.
AND THEN JUST HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE DISCONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT LIVES IN THE DISTRICT AND IN THE CITY AND JUST, YEAH, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT POINTED TO ALL OF THAT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP, HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS Y'ALL ARE ALWAYS HAVING.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE LED THE TEAM, THAT THE TEAM IS GOING TO CONTINUE THAT WORK.
AND I JUST REALLY WANT IT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ALWAYS HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND AND THAT THE, YEAH, I DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.
SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE ANSWERS.
MOST OF US DON'T HAVE AND, UH, GOOD LUCK AND I HOPE YOU DO WELL,
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THANK YOU SO MUCH.I HAVE, I HAVE ONE TINY DASHBOARD AND JUST QUESTIONED TO THROW OUT, WHICH IS, IS IT POSSIBLE TO PULL FROM SPECIFIC YEARS OR CHUNK YEARS SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS OVER TIME? JUST SOMETHING TO POTENTIALLY THINK ABOUT, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAD TO CATCH A FLIGHT AT LIKE THE WEE HOURS IN THE MORNING AND WALK PAST FIRST MEANDER WING, THEN UPLIFTED GROUND THEN WENT PAST THE INFINITY GATE AND JUST WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, I LOVE THE CITY.
UM, TO HAVE THAT AS A CONTRAST, TO GETTING THROUGH SECURITY AND ALL THE OTHER CRAZY, BUT IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL.
UM, UH, AT THE AP PROGRAM IS A JEWEL IN OUR CROWN AND JUST BEAUTIFUL TOP TO BOTTOM AND HAS YOUR HEART.
AND WE WILL MISS YOU TERRIBLY.
UM, MY COLLEAGUES DO NOT ALL KNOW THIS CAUSE I HAVEN'T TALKED TO EVERYBODY, BUT THE ARTS COMMISSION DID GIVE SUE A LITTLE GIFT THIS EVENING.
YOU'RE ALWAYS INVITED HEIDI'S RIGHT.
YOU SHOULD COME PLAY WITH US, BUT TAKE SOME TIME OFF FIRST.
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TOO.
[5.a. Discussion and Possible Action on Working Groups and Working Group Updates]
OLD BUSINESS, WE HAVE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON WORKING GROUPS AND WORK IN GROUP UPDATES.UM, STARTING WITH THE JOINT WORKING GROUP FOR THE JOINT CULTURAL COMMITTEE WITH COMMISSION, UH, WITH ME, UH, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO AND MEMBERS OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSIONS.
UH, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET THIS MONTH, SO I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE TODAY.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN AND OUT.
DO WE NEED TO MOVE YOU NEXT? YEAH, LET'S SEE HOW IT GOES.
I CAN SEE ALL, BUT NOT ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLING IN.
SO WE'RE THE JOINT MUSIC ARTS COMMISSION WORKING GROUP FOR FUNDING.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MY CONNECTIVITY IS VERY GOOD ON THIS END.
I GET WITH COREY BAKER FROM PROLONGS CENTER TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE SYNERGY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, BRIEFLY IN THE MEETING AROUND CONSORTIUM.
AND, UH, WE CONTINUE TOGETHER TOWARDS THOSE A LITTLE TIME AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AS THAT IS CONTINUING TO, UM, BE DEVELOPED AND INTO EMERGE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MEET REGULARLY.
AND WE ALSO INVITED HER TO COME, UM, PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION ON A REGULAR, ON A REGULAR BASIS.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT COURT BASED SO THAT, UM, WE CAN DO A PUBLIC UPDATE ON, ON THIS PROGRESS AND HOW WE'RE CONTINUING TO GET BACK OUT THERE.
UM, WE ALSO SALINAS AND HIS TEAM, UM, UM, SOME OF HIS TEAM AT THREE POINT DISCUSS YOU SOME OF WHAT CAR PUNCHED IN AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING HEIDI, I'M GOING TO STOP YOU FOR A SECOND.
I WAS GONNA SAY, CAN YOU, HEIDI, CAN YOU TURN OFF YOUR VIDEO FOR A HOT SECOND SO WE CAN ACTUALLY HEAR YOU? WELL, IT STRATEGY.
LET ME KNOW IF I CUT OUT AGAIN.
HI DAD, KICKOFF BACK INTO THE AIRBNB UPDATE.
EVERYTHING ELSE CAME IN CLEAR.
SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, WELL MORE GENERALLY ABOUT SORT OF THE, THE CORPORATE BENEFACTOR AGREEMENT IDEA AND, AND SORT OF HOW WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT STRUCTURING THAT.
AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, CAME UP IN THAT CONVERSATION.
WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING ON THE WORKING GROUP SIDE IS, UM, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EXTENT TO WHICH SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO HOT.
I PREVIOUS MEETINGS, UM, I DID GET SOME INFORMATION AND NUMBERS FROM MY, FROM THE, MY COUNCIL PERSONS, THE D SEVEN STAFF CONFIRMING THAT STR PLATFORMS CURRENTLY IN AUSTIN, DON'T COLLECT THE MUNICIPAL PORTION OF THE HOT AND THAT BECAUSE IT'S UP TO THE OPERATOR, UM, TO COLLECT AND REMIT AUSTIN'S PORTION OF THE HOT, UM, HOWEVER, WITH THEY HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE SO THAT THEY'RE COLLECTING, UM, THE PLATFORMS ARE ABLE TO CONNECT THE 6% OF HOT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME, UM, SPECULATION OF COURSE, THAT, THAT, THAT CAN BE CAN, SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT COLLECTING IT AND REMITTING IT.
AND OTHERS MIGHT JUST BE CONFUSED
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THAT THEY'RE SEEING SOME PORTION OF HOPPING TAKEN OUT.UM, BUT IT'S NOT THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
SO I GOT THE NUMBERS THAT I GOT FOR, FROM MY COUNCIL PERSON STAFF AROUND THE 2020, UM, HOT NUMBERS SUGGEST THAT ABOUT 6% OR SIX AND A HALF PERCENT OF THE TOTAL, UM, WAS COMING, THAT WAS FLOWING INTO HOT.
SO THAT'S ABOUT FIVE, ALMOST 6 MILLION, 5.8, 6 MILLION.
UM, AND THEN IN THIS CONVERSATION WITH THREE POINT PARTNERS AND THEN FURTHER WITH SOMEONE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT AIRBNB, THEY ARE ASSUMING THAT THE NUMBER GOING INTO HOT FROM STR SHOULD BE MORE LIKE 15 MILLION, MAYBE MORE THAN THAT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S UP TO THE OPERATOR TO REMIT THAT.
AND SO THERE'S ALSO A QUESTION ABOUT HOW MANY STRS ARE OPERATING WITHOUT BEING LICENSED, ET CETERA.
UM, AND WE LEARNED THAT SEVERAL OTHER TEXAS CITIES, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID DFW, HOUSTON, GALVESTON AND FREDERICKSBURG ARE THE ONES THAT I, A MEMBER HAVE ORDINANCES THAT ALLOW FOR THE PLATFORM TO COLLECT AND REMIT THE MUNICIPAL PORTION OF THE HOT AS WELL.
AND SO, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS BEING PROPOSED AND TALKED ABOUT FOR AUSTIN.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY GOOD REASONS TO, UM, HAVE ISSUES WITH STRS AND, AND, UM, UH, AROUND THEIR REGULATION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS CONVERSATION WAS LIKE THE NEED TO KEEP THE REGULATORY CONVERSATIONS SEPARATE FROM THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT JUST COLLECTING THE MUNICIPAL PORTION OF THE HOT THAT SHOULD ALREADY BE FLOWING INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT CULTURE AND MUSIC, ARTS, CULTURE, MUSIC.
AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER DISCUSSION, UM, WHEN WE HAD AIRBNB ON THE LINE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING AN OPTIONAL CONTRIBUTION, EITHER ON THE GUEST SIDE OR THE OPERATORS SIDE, TO WHAT WE WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TIME BEING CALLING A CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY FUND THAT COULD BE, UM, ADDED SUPPORT FOR THE CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT WITH OUR WORKING GROUP, HOPEFULLY IN JANUARY, THAT'S ALL I GOT.
AND THAT'S ALL INCREDIBLY EXCITING.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? NO, HEIDI, I'M SORRY THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, UH, CONNECTIVITY ISSUES, BUT WE GOT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
UM, LET'S STAY IN TOUCH ABOUT WHETHER WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE JANUARY MEETING AGENDA.
MOVING ALONG, UH, ITEM 5, 3 8, 3 QUARTERLY ARTS COMMISSION MEETUPS WORKING GROUP BARNES CASTILLO, GARZA, AND GRAY.
THAT HAPPENED THAT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
MAKE ANOTHER CONCERTED EFFORT THIS NEXT MORNING.
UM, NEXT UP ITEM FOR EQUITY WORKING GROUP THAT DID HAPPEN.
I WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR EQUITY WORKING GROUP.
UM, GREETINGS EVERYONE AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
UH, WE DID GET TO MEET EQUITY WORKING GROUP OF PROBABLY LIKE ABOUT SAY THREE TIMES AS IT PERTAINS TO SENDING OUT INFORMATION TO COMMUNITY ARTS LEADERS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, SHOULD BE A PART OF OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, FURTHER FUNDING FOR ARTISTS, UM, AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UH, AND I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW, GOING FORWARD, WE WILL BE HAVING A MEETING THIS WEEK, UM, TO CONFIRM THE DATE THAT WE WILL BE MEETING WITH THE LEADERS, UM, AFTER THE HOLIDAYS PREFERABLY THE LAST WEEK WITHIN THIS MONTH.
AND, UM, I WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ABOUT THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL AS NOTES FOR ALL OF THE, UM, COMMISSIONERS, UM, FORTHCOMING IN JANUARY.
AND CAN YOU, UM, SHARE HOW MANY MEMBERS SO FAR WE HAVE A CONFIRMATION OF, OF THE WORKING GROUP THAT WE'RE BUILDING? UM, AS OF NOW WE HAVE NINE PEOPLE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER KEATON, MICHELLE GRAY.
I DON'T WANT TO MISS WHEN THAT MEETING IS, WHETHER IT'S TOMORROW OR FRIDAY.
OH, IT'S THURSDAY, IT'S THURSDAY, TOMORROW AT NOON.
AND I SENT OUT THE INFORMATION AS FAR AS THE MEETING LINK AND ALL THAT.
IF YOU DIDN'T GET IT, LET ME KNOW.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT NOTICE WENT OUT? COMMISSIONER KEATON YESTERDAY? OH, YESTERDAY.
SO IS HE DIDN'T GET IT AND I DIDN'T GET IT.
SO IF YOU WOULDN'T RESENDING IT, JAIME'S GOT IT.
HI, MISS GUYS, FINGER ON THE PULSE
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TALKING.UM, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITH THAT WORKING GROUP.
NEXT UP ITEM FIVE, EMERGENCY FUNDING AND PROACTIVE STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE FUNDING WORKING GROUP.
UM, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER BARNES.
THE MEETING THAT YOU MISSED WHEN I SAID WE DID NOT MAKE YOU CHAIR OF ALL THE MEETINGS, WE ACTUALLY TOOK YOU OFF OF THIS WORKING GROUP BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT YOU WERE ORIGINALLY AN ALTERNATE AND THAT WAS A THING.
SO UNLESS YOU WANT TO FIGHT TO GET BACK ON, IT LOOKS LIKE NOT SO MUCH.
SO YOU WERE NO LONGER ON THAT WORKING GROUP, BUT I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO THE COMMISSIONERS.
THIS MAN, WE HAVE NOT MET, UH, WITH ALL OF THE FOCUS GOING ON THE ARPA ALLOCATION AND GETTING THAT OUT THE DOOR, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, 20, 22 WILL BE A GREAT TIME TO KICK THAT OFF.
UM, AND THEY'LL IN THE LAST TIME WE TALKED, I VOLUNTEERED MYSELF TO COME BACK ON THAT WORKING GROUP.
WE HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE ABOUT, UM, ACC AND SOME OTHER THINGS WHICH REMINDS ME, I FORGOT TO ASK A QUESTION OF STAFF.
WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, NEXT UP ART NEIGHBORHOODS, WORKING GROUP COMMISSIONERS, GREY MONT ZISMAN AND VANDYKE.
MR. VAN DYKE, UH, TIS THE SEASON.
UM, HOW MANY DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS? UM, JANUARY.
SO WE WILL BE IN JANUARY AND PICK THAT UP AGAIN.
YOU SAID, UH, YEAH, JUMP IN RIGHT HERE.
THERE IS A CONSULTANT COMING ON BOARD WITH THE CITY, EITHER THE END OF DECEMBER OR EARLY JANUARY WHO WE'VE BEEN ADVISED WOULD BE REALLY WONDERFUL FOR US TO CONNECT WITH AS A WORKING GROUP.
SO THAT'LL BE ON THE DOCKET ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN ONBOARDED, ANY QUESTIONS OKAY.
AND MOVING RIGHT ALONG ITEM SEVEN, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, THE P THREE WORKING GROUP, COMMISSIONERS BARN, SMALL BUCK FLORES.
AND I'M GONNA SHOW MOCK US BACK UP.
HOWEVER, STAFF WAS OUR BEST FRIEND AND SENT A MEMO TO COUNCIL ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THEM BY, UM, APRIL 15TH.
SO, UM, WE WILL, WE WILL FORM IN THE NEW YEAR.
[5.b. Discussion and possible action on Cultural Funding Review Process]
NOW, UNDER OLD BUSINESS ITEM FIVE B DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS.UM, BASICALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO REITERATE THAT RIGHT NOW, STAFF HAS BEEN SPENDING THEIR TIME WORKING TO GET ARPA MONEY OUT THE DOOR.
AND THE WORKING OF THE EQUITY WORKING GROUP HAS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO BUILD THAT EQUITY WORKING GROUP.
UM, AND SO I THINK THE PLAN, I KNOW, UM, COMMISSIONER KEATON SAID LAST WEEK IN DECEMBER, I THINK BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS, THAT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT TRICKY.
AND ALSO BECAUSE STAFF HAS GOT TO PREP SOME MATERIALS FOR US THAT PROBABLY REALISTICALLY, WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT JANUARY FOR THE FIRST CONVENING OF THAT WORKING GROUP.
AND WE STILL HAVE SOME HOLES IN TERMS REPRESENTATION ON THAT GROUP.
WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE, UM, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME OUTREACH TO DO SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK ON THAT.
UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR A CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LEFT THE SPACE HERE IN CASE SOMETHING CAME UP IN THE CONVERSATION THIS EVENING, ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.
[5.c. Discussion and possible action on Economic Recovery and Resiliency]
ON TO FIVE C DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY.AND THIS IS GOING TO GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK STAFF A QUESTION, WHICH I NEGLECTED TO ASK EARLIER, WHICH IS, UM, THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS PROGRAM.
CAN YOU TELL US ANYBODY, TELL US WHAT THE STATUS IS ON THAT, HOW THAT WENT, UH, ALLOCATIONS.
YOU MIGHT BE TAG TEAMING ON THIS RESPONSE ON THE SPOT GUYS.
SO WE, UM, COMPLETED PROCUREMENT AND WE ARE UNDER CONTRACT WITH 10 COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS.
UM, AND AS SOON AS ALL THE CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED, WE CAN, WE WILL BE DOING A PRESS RELEASE, BUT THE TOTAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS ISN'T COMPLETE.
SO WE CANNOT, UH, DISCLOSE NAMES AT THIS TIME.
BUT ONCE WE DO, WE WILL BE DOING A PRESS RELEASE, BUT IT COVERS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF SERVICES.
AND ARE THERE OTHER ECONOMIC AND RESILIENCY PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE ALSO IN THE PIPELINE AT THIS POINT? I KNOW WE'VE GOT ACC COMING DOWN THE PIKE, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, BUT WHAT ELSE IS ON THE, ON THE DOCKET? OH MY GOODNESS.
I BELIEVE YESTERDAY IN OUR RETREAT, WE TRIED IT 27 AND THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST WRAPPING UP THE YEAR END SO THAT WE CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING NEXT YEAR.
UM, LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP YOU AND HOW WE CAN STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY AND BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
THOSE THINGS AND SHARE THE INFORMATION.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE FROM ME THIS BUNCH? YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STYLE QUESTIONS FOR ME.
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ALL RIGHT.UM, MY GOAL FOR THIS MEETING TODAY IS TO SORT OF LIKE WRAP UP HERE'S WHERE WE ARE.
HERE'S WHAT THE PICTURE LOOKS LIKE, SO THAT WE CAN LAY OUT OUR PLANS MOVING FORWARD FOR 2022.
UM, I WILL BE SENDING YOU ALL INFORMATION OF HERE'S THE TOP THING THAT HAS BEEN ON YOUR LIST, TAKE IT AND RUN WITH IT.
UM, SO THAT WE CAN START REALLY PLUGGING AND CONTINUING TO MOVE THINGS LIKE FUNDING, THINGS LIKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THINGS LIKE HOW WE CAN ELEVATE THE COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE, UM, CULTURAL TRUST AND THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND, BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS, CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, THE LONG CENTER AND THE WORK THEY'RE DOING.
THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT HEIDI IS DOING, TRYING TO, TRYING TO FIND US MORE MONEY FOR A HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE ON THE LIST FOR 2022, UM, ALL PART OF THE ECONOMIC RESILIENCY AND RECOVERY.
AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER VERMONT FOR WHAT YOU READ THIS EVENING, BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO PART OF ECONOMIC RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY, OUR OWN RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY.
PLEASE TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF YOURSELVES, CONTINUE TO MONITOR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PANDEMIC.
ONCE AGAIN, WE THOUGHT, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BE FINE AND EVERYONE CAN BE UNMASKED.
AND I JUST GOT ANOTHER MEMO FOR MY PRODUCTION COMPANY THAT SAID OUR SPRING MAY LOOK A LOT LIKE OUR FOLDED.
UM, SO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER, BE KIND EVERYBODY'S, EVERYBODY'S GOING THROUGH SOMETHING.
SO JUST BE GENEROUS AND KIND WITH EACH OTHER.
[6.a. Appoint Arts Commission representative to AEDC Board]
UM, AND WITH THAT, I GO ON TO ITEM SIX, A NEW BUSINESS, UM, APPOINTING ARTS COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE TO THE AEDC BOARD.AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A WORKING GROUP REPORT.
UM, COMMISSIONER FLORES IS THE WORKING GROUP CHAIR FOR THIS WORKING GROUP.
SHE IS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US TONIGHT.
SO SHE HAS GIVEN ME SOME HOMEWORK AND I HAVE SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU.
UM, THE WORKING GROUP RECEIVED ONLY NOMINATIONS FOR CARL SETTLES, UM, WHO JOINED US THIS EVENING AND, UM, AND BELIEVES THAT CARL IS DOING GREAT WORK AT OUR LAST MEETING.
I BELIEVE LINDA, YOU NOMINATED HIM TO BE RENEWED AND THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT SECONDS FOR THAT NOMINATION.
UM, AND SO I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH CARL.
HE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO STAY WITH US.
AND YOUR BACKUP HAS INFORMATION ON HIS BACKGROUND.
HE HAS SERVED FOR THE FIRST INAUGURAL YEAR OF THE AEDC AND AS CO-CHAIR OF SEATAC, UM, HE, WE ARE LOOKING TO RENEW HIM FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM.
UM, HIS BACKGROUND IS EXTENSIVE IN MUSIC AND IN PERFORMANCE AND, AND COMPOSITION, AND ALSO AN EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY.
HE IS THE PERFECT BLEND FOR ALL THE THINGS.
HE'S ALSO WORKED ALREADY VERY CLOSELY WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER SMALL BACKS WORKING GROUP AND HIGH CONVERSATION WITH COMMISSIONER BARNES ABOUT SOME FUNDRAISING IDEAS.
UM, AND SO THEN THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE WORKING GROUP IS FULL SUPPORT FOR KARL'S RENEWAL ON THE AEDC BOARD FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM.
AND CARL SAID HE HAD SOMETHING TO SHARE, WHICH IS, UH, HE SAID, UM, AND I QUOTE, IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THE HALF OF THE ARTS COMMISSION.
I KNOW THAT MANY FOLKS WERE FRUSTRATED ABOUT THE SLOW PACE OF CHANGE AND THE MUCH NEEDED HELP FOR CREATIVES HERE IN THE CITY.
NOW, AS WE KICK OFF THE SEA-TAC RFP PROCESS, I AM EXCITED TO ROLL UP MY SLEEVES AND GET TO WORK MAKING A MORE EQUITABLE CREATIVE FUTURE.
SO COMMISSIONER CASTILLO, YOU NEED A MOTION.
I THINK I NEED A MOTION THAT WE REAPPOINT THE AEDC BOARD.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CASTILLO.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM SMALL BUCK AND A THIRD AND A FOURTH AND A FIFTH ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED ANY ABSTENTIONS IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'LL PUT THIS APPLICATION, THIS RECOMMENDATION FORWARD TO COUNCIL.
THEY WILL HAVE FINAL APPROVAL.
UM, AND I WILL TALK TO MR. SUTTLES ABOUT GETTING HIS PAPERWORK UPDATED AND WE WILL SUBMIT THAT TO YOU AND MARIE WILL GET THAT TO YOU.
WHERE'S MY AGENDA UNDER ALL OF THIS PAPERWORK, THAT'S IT.
[7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
ANY ITEMS FOR INFORMATION OR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, COMMISSIONER ARMAND, AND THEN COMMISSIONER CASTILLO.WELL, I JUST WANT TO EVERYONE, UM, FOR THE, UM, FOR THE CONNECTION THAT I HAVE MADE, YOU KNOW, UH, WITH THE COMMISSIONERS, WITH THE STAFF AND ALSO WITH ALL THE PEOPLE WHO COME BEFORE US FOR THE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION OR SENDING US, UH, FEEDBACKS ABOUT OUR PROCESS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CARE ENOUGH TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, TO EVEN WRITE THAT EMAIL, SEND US THE, THE, THE FEEDBACK AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND, AND YOUR INPUT.
AND, UM, SO I ALSO WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, THAT, UH, THIS COMMISSION IS, IS REALLY A COMMISSION OF HUMANITY, YOU KNOW, AND,
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UH, AND I THINK IT IS, IT IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY AT THIS, UH, THIS CHALLENGING TIME THAT NEVER LOSE OUR, OUR HUMANITY.AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT AND THAT IT'S JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY TO HAVE TOUCHED MY LIFE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, I WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAPPY BECAUSE, UH, YOU MAKE ME HAPPY AND I GIVE PURPOSE IN MY LIFE.
AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE DUMPLINGS WITH YOU SOON.
YOU MAKE YOU MAKE THINGS HAPPIER AROUND HERE.
I WANTED TO CONFIRM WHAT THE DATE OF OUR NEXT MEETING IS BECAUSE I WAS TEMPTED TO VOLUNTEER TO BE THE, TO BE THE JANUARY, UH, INVITING ARTISTS TO SPEAK.
UM, BUT I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE DATE IS.
ANN MARIE IS ON, I ASK BACK AND TELL YOU WHEN YOU HAVE IT ON YOU IS I THINK I'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED IN AUGUST, BUT I WANT TO SAY THE 15TH, BUT DON'T, AND I MEANT TO PRINT THAT DOCUMENT AND BRING IT UP 17.
HIS SISTER, WE HAVE A HARD COPY OF THE SIGNUP SHEET.
THAT'S WRONG? CAUSE THAT'S MLK DAY.
HOLD ON 24, 24 IS 24TH OF JANUARY IS OUR NEXT MEETING.
UM, JUST AS, UH, UH, I LIKE TO KIND OF TAKE A PULSE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE ARTISTS IN AUSTIN AND FROM MY, I OWN A POTTERY STUDIO, I RAN TO 30 OTHER POTTERS.
I SIGNED A TWO YEAR LEASE AT THE BEGINNING OF COVID AND I FIGURED I WAS GOING TO LOSE EVERYBODY OVERNIGHT.
UM, BUT WHAT I FOUND WAS NOBODY WANTED TO LEAVE, UH, KICKING AND SCREAMING.
I WOULD HAVE HAD TO THROW THEM OUT, BUT, UM, I HAD PEOPLE KNOCKING ON MY DOOR TRYING TO COME IN TO A WORKING STUDIO.
UM, AND I LOST HARDLY ANYBODY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UM, I'VE LOST A NUMBER OF PEOPLE MORE THAN AFTER 21 YEARS.
UH, MORE THAN I HAVE ALL AT ONE TIME.
AND THE MAIN REASON IS, UH, WHEN THEY STARTED GOING BACK TO WORK AND THEN THEY FOUND THEIR RENT JUMPED AT HOME FOR THEIR RESIDENTS AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NO LONGER AFFORD TO PAY RENT, UH, AT HOME AND WORKING STUDIO.
SO I'M SURE THAT I'M PROBABLY NOT UNIQUE.
AND THAT'S JUST TO ME, JUST A LITTLE PIECE IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE AT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT COVID AND WHERE WE'RE AT WITH ALL THIS.
BUT THE ARTISTS ARE STILL DEFINITELY STILL HAVING A HARD TIME AS NEW THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP NOW.
IT'S A, IT'S A WARNING, RIGHT? LIKE, YES, WE'RE MOVING THINGS FORWARD.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S ALSO GETTING HARDER FINANCIALLY EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO IN 2021.
WHAT DAY IS IT? IT'S ALL ONE BIG, LONG DAY.
RIGHT? IT'S STILL MARCH, 2020.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN JANUARY.
WELL, MAY HAVE A BETTER SENSE.
UM, BUT WE DO NEED TO SIGN UP FOR INVITING ARTISTS AND TO SPEAK AND IT LOOKED LIKE AC, DID YOU SAY THAT YOU HAD ALREADY INVITED? I DID.
DID YOU TELL ANYBODY, OKAY, YOU HAD MARRIED? I MADE THE INVITATION.
I ASKED IF SOMEBODY WOULD BE INTERESTED TO THE ARTISTS.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE JANUARY.
UM, CAN WE SEND THAT SIGNUP SHEET OUT TO COMMISSIONER SO THAT WE CAN SIGN UP ONLINE? I KNOW THAT IT WAS PART OF THE BACKUP TODAY, BUT I THINK IT'S MORE CONVENIENT FOR EVERYBODY TO DO IT ONLINE.
THERE'S A SINGLE SOLE SHOT AND I WILL DO MY LAST, YOU GUYS PICK AND I WILL TAKE WHAT, WHAT IS LEFT? CAUSE THAT'S HOW WE ROLL.
THIS IS THE MEETING IN JANUARY.
DO THE MEETING LIKE WE DID TONIGHT.
YOU NEED TO LET YOUR ARTISTS KNOW THAT WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OF A MOVING TARGET FOR JANUARY.
IS THERE ANY, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA? HE SAYS WHEN WE WILL KNOW WHAT THAT JANUARY DATE IS, HOW QUICKLY WE CAN LOCK THAT DOWN SINCE WE'RE BRINGING GUESTS ON.
AS SOON AS WE CAN FIND THAT OUT, BECAUSE WE HAVE MULTIPLE GUESTS THAT WE WANT TO BRING IN.
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GRAY.I'M THINKING OF ANY WAY TO GET AROUND WEDNESDAYS.
THAT WOULD BE, I KNOW WE PROBABLY HAVE NO OPTIONS.
MR. CASTILLO, I'M CURIOUS APPETITE FOR US TO MEET AT THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
THE PDC, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? I THINK WE'RE ONLY RESTRICTIONS AS WE WANT TO BE SOMEWHERE WHERE WE CAN ATTEND BROADCAST LIVE VIDEO, BUT AS LONG AS WE CAN, THAT MAKES IT AN OPTION.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, YOU CAN ONLY GO UP HERE, RECORD THE MEETINGS, BE AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO RECORDING.
IT'S NOT THEATER OR, UM, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, WHEN YOUR BIKES ARE NOT ON, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
AND MY FOMO IS LIKE GOING OFF.
SO HAS THIS WAS TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE CAN MEET THAT WE CAN BROADCAST HE'S COMING TO THE LECTURE.
SO, UH, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO WAS ASKING ABOUT A LIVE BROADCASTING.
IF WE MEET AT A DIFFERENT PLACE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE ONLY PLACES WHERE WE CAN DO A LIVE BROADCAST IS HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL, CHAMBERS, OR IN THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ROOM.
IF WE MEET ANYWHERE ELSE, WE CAN RECORD IT.
AND YOU KNOW, AN AUDIO RECORDING WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER.
BUT, UM, ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SEE THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND LOOK FOR THAT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A LIVE BROADCAST UNLESS IT'S HERE, THEN COMMISSIONER BARNS.
I COULDN'T SEE HOW COOL YOU LOOK ALL DRESSED IN BLACK THIS EVENING.
SO WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION.
ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, MITCHELL, JOHN, WHAT? I'LL MOVE TO A JANUARY MEETING.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
THE SECOND HEARING NOBODY WE'RE DOING IT.
UH, SPEND YOUR MONEY LOCALLY WITH LOCAL ARTISTS, TIP THE BAND, WEAR YOUR MASK, HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON.