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LET'S SLOW IT DOWN.LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING WONDERFUL.
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HEFTY AGENDA TODAY, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE MOVING ALONG.[2. Discussion of Chair’s Report regarding the year ahead by Chair Zisman]
CHAIR'S REPORT.I'M A WOMAN OF COLOR, UH, WITH SHORT BROWN HAIR, WEARING A LIGHT BLUE SWEATER.
IT IS THE YEAR OF THE WATER RABBIT, AND THE RABBIT IS A SYMBOL OF LONGEVITY, PEACE, AND PROSPERITY.
2023 IS SAID TO BE A YEAR OF HOPE, SOMETHING WE CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MUCH OF.
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAS JOINED US TONIGHT.
BOYS, BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY.
YOUR INPUT IN THESE SPACES IS CRUCIAL.
ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO APPLIED FOR THRIVE, THE FIRST OF THE PILOT CULTURAL FUNDING PROGRAMS. I KNOW THAT THE PAMPHLETS FOR THIS GRANT WERE MET WITH COMPELLING AND INSPIRING APPLICATIONS, AND THAT THE PROCESS OF NARROWING APPLICANTS DOWN FROM OVER 140 TO 59 WAS A CHALLENGING FEAT THAT THEY MUST COME TO A FINAL DECISION OF 35 RE RECIPIENTS.
HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT THEY EACH CARRY THE EXPERIENCE AND WISDOM TO DO SO.
WE NEED TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE HOW RICH THE TAPESTRY OF AUSTIN'S CREATIVE SECTOR IS.
TO HAVE OVER 140 ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS APPLY FOR THIS CYCLE OF FUNDING IS A BEAUTIFUL THING, AND IT IS AN INDICATION OF THE NEED FOR THIS KIND OF PROGRAMMING.
WE MUST ALL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE THE LONGEVITY AND VITALITY OF OUR CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM TO EVERY ORGANIZATION THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROCESS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE SEE YOU AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL WORK AND CONTRIBUTIONS.
OUR COMMUNITY IS ON THE ROAD TO ACHIEVE EQUITY WITHIN THIS SYSTEM.
A ROAD THAT WE HAVE PAVED FOR OURSELVES WITH COUNTLESS HOURS OF WORK, RESEARCH, CONVERSATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND WHOSE FINAL DESTINATION IS A, AN EQUITABLE CULTURAL FUNDING MODEL THAT WILL SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
THIS YEAR WILL BRING TWO MORE PILOT PROGRAMS THAT WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS.
I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL THOSE WHO REMAIN ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THOSE GRANTS AND TO WORK ALONGSIDE US TO BETTER THIS PROCESS BECAUSE IT IS ABSOLUTELY STILL A PROCESS, ONE THAT WILL EXPAND AND SHIFT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I WILL CLOSE MY REMARKS WITH A FEW STATEMENTS.
NUMBER ONE, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX DOLLARS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF OUR CREATIVE SECTOR AND THE WORK TO SECURE OUTSIDE FUNDING IS ONGOING.
NUMBER TWO, PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO CELEBRATE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD AND THAT WILL BE GIVEN THE ABILITY TO EXCEED PREVIOUS LIMITATIONS WITH THE FUNDING AWARDED THROUGH THRIVE.
NUMBER THREE, I BELIEVE IN THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING TO DISMANTLE INEQUITABLE RACIST SYSTEMS. WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM, WORKING TOWARD THE SAME GOAL.
MY HOPE IS THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN MAINTAIN COMPASSION AND INTEGRITY FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.
I KNOW WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UPDATE FROM STAFF.
SO LET US CONTINUE ON WITH THE AGENDA.
[3. Discussion of the Art in Public Places Liaison Report by Commissioner Gray]
DISCUSSION OF ART AND PUBLIC PLACES LIAISON WITH COMMISSIONER GRANT, UH, A I PPP LIAISON REPORT, UH, FOR THE CHAN, UH, JANUARY 9TH MEETING.UM, UH, I WILL SAY ONCE AGAIN, THE AI PPP MEETING IS ALWAYS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
THERE'S SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING, UH, IN ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES.
UM, PANEL CHAIR RUBEN REPORTED THAT THE A I PPP PANEL VACANCIES AND RE RECRUITMENT PLANNING IS, UH, BEING REPORTED.
SO THERE ARE VA VACANCIES AND RECRUITMENT IS HAPPENING.
I REPORTED THAT WE ARE, NOVEMBER MEETING WAS CANCELED DUE TO NO QUO, UH, THAT THE APPROVED A I P P ITEMS FROM NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER WERE APPROVED.
AND I ALSO UPDATED THE PANEL ON THE, UH, RECEIVED THRIVE APPLICATIONS AT THAT TIME AND THAT THE REVIEW PROCESS, UH, TIMELINE AT THAT TIME, A DISCUSSION WAS HAD REGARDING THE 2023 AIP P P PANEL RETREAT AND THE DATES.
UM, AND AS OF THAT MEETING, THE PANEL CHAIR WAS TO BE SENDING OUT A POLL WITH MARCH DATES FOR AN IN-PERSON MEETING.
SO THAT'S AN UPDATE TO THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, BECAUSE I WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT.
I COULDN'T REMEMBER THAT IT WAS MARCH.
UM, A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS, UH, FOR THAT MEETING INCLUDED THE TWO A I P P PANEL APPROVALS THAT ARE UP FOR THE COMMISSION APPROVAL THIS EVENING AS WELL.
THERE WAS A REVIEW OF A MID DESIGN FOR THE SOUTH LAMAR CORRIDOR, WHICH IS AN AIP P P PROJECT BY ARTIST WANDA MONTE MAYER MAOR AND CHRISTOPHER BLANKETSHIP.
THE DISCUSSION INSURED INSERTED, ENSUED, SUED, UH,
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STAFF BRIEFINGS,P'S CURRENT OPEN CALL HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JANUARY 31ST AT 5:00 PM SO A I P P UH, WEBSITE, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN.
PLEASE GO THERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
OUR A I P P PROGRAM MANAGER, CONSTANCE WHITE, WHO IS IN ATTENDANCE HERE AT THE COMMISSION MEETING, ALSO PROVIDED UPDATES ON THE HIRING OF NEW, UH, STAFF MEMBERS, A I P P STAFF MEMBERS, UH, CONTRACT IMPROVEMENTS OF THE USE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S PORTAL APPLICATION SYSTEM FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES, AND ALSO THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH WE CALL P THREE RECOMMENDATION UPDATES.
THAT IS ALSO PART OF TONIGHT'S COMMISSION AGENDA.
UM, IT DID NOT MAKE THE, UH, THE DRAFT MINUTES FOR AIP P P MEETING, BUT THERE WAS ALSO A SHORT DISCUSSION OF THE LOW ARTIST APPLICATIONS THAT WERE COMING IN FOR PROJECTS DURING, UH, MOSTLY THE LAST QUARTER OF THE, OF THE LAST YEAR, BUT IN GENERAL WHEN IN COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES NATIONWIDE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALSO, UH, DISCUSSING AS A PANEL.
HOW MANY, UM, FINAL VACANCIES WILL THERE BE? THAT DID NOT COME UP AS A NUMBER, SO I APOLOGIZE.
BUT CONSTANCE SNOWS, I'M SURE THERE'S ONE CURRENT VACANCY.
THERE WILL BE TWO DEFINITE VACANCIES IN OCTOBER, AND THERE'S ONE TENTATIVE VACANCY THIS SUMMER, JUNE, WITH A PANEL MEMBER WHO IS FINISHING HER SECOND TERM WITH AN OPTION FOUR AND THIRD THAT HASN'T MADE TERM GREAT.
YOU COULD LOSE UP TO FOUR OF THE SEVEN BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
MEAN THREE OF THE SEVEN, BUT WE HAVE ONE ALREADY, RIGHT? SO WE, WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE FOUR INCHES, ONE OF THOSE BEING THE CHAIR.
SORRY, I DIDN'T TAKE THAT TOWELING.
OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS FOR COMMISSIONER GRAY? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON.
[4. Discussion of the Austin Economic Development Corporation/Cultural Trust Advisory Committee by Austin Economic Development Corporation Board Member Carl Settles]
DISCUSSION OF, UM, A E D C, ECONOMIC, UH, AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND CULTURAL CHURCH ADVISORY WITH OUR BOARD MEMBER, UM, HEAD OF THE BOARD.ALRIGHT, I THINK YOU'RE UNMUTED AND WE'RE READY.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS THE A E D C GOES, I KNOW THAT, UH, ANN GATLING HAYES MADE A PRESENTATION TO YOU ALL LAST MONTH.
UM, NOTHING REALLY HAS MATERIALLY CHANGED, UH, SINCE THEN, CUZ WE JUST GOT OUT OF, UH, VACATION, UM, STILL DOING DUE DILIGENCE ON, UH, THE SHORTLIST OF, UH, POTENTIAL, UH, GRANTEES.
UM, WE ARE MAKING, UM, PROGRESS IN TERMS OF, UH, WORKING WITH THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD AND THE CULTURAL TRUST, UM, COMMITTEE, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, DEVELOPING AN R F P FOR BLOCKS, UM, 16 AND 18, I BELIEVE IT'S BLOCK 16 AND 18.
UM, AND CONTINUING TO, TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE TIMELINE ON THE, UM, WHEN EITHER ONE OF THOSE PROCESSES GOING TO GO, GOING TO BE WRAPPING UP.
UM, I, I I JUST KNOW THAT, UH, THE DUE DILIGENCE IS STILL GOING ON AND THE, THE RFP OR STARTING TO FORM FORMULATE THE RFP BLOCK 16 AND 18 FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENT ARE ARE UNDERWAY.
AND, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THAT OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS.
COMMISSIONER BARNES, UM, CARL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR WORK AND YOUR SERVICE TO ALL OF THIS.
AND I PROBABLY SHOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS AND I'LL APOLOGIZE.
SO, UM, SO THE A E D C, IS THAT COMPLETELY FUNDED FROM THE 12 MILLION BOND PACKAGE OR IS IT A MIX OF FUNDS? SO A E D C IS NOT FUNDED.
THE, THE ORGANIZATION, THE CORPORATION IS NOT FUNDED WHATSOEVER FROM, UH, THOSE THAT, THAT BOND MONEY OR ANY, ANY, ANY OF THOSE FUNDS.
WE, UM, HAVE SOME ALLOCATION FROM THE CITY
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OF AUSTIN, UM, AS, AS AS STARTUP.AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS IS ALSO WITH THE A E D C IS TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE REVENUE, UM, FROM REAL ESTATE, UM, DEALS.
UH, SO THERE, BUT THERE WERE NO, WE, NO, WE ARE NOT TAPPING INTO, UH, INTO THOSE FUNDS.
WE'RE JUST, OUR JOB IS TO SIMPLY TO, UH, DISTRIBUTE THEM, UH, AND FACILITATE THAT PROCESS.
AND, AND IS THERE, UM, AND I KNOW YOU PROBABLY JUST SAID THIS, BUT I KNOW THERE'S NOTHING DEFINITIVE, BUT IS THERE A ROADMAP OF WHEN DECISIONS ARE GONNA BE MADE AND HOW THIS MONEY'S GONNA START GETTING OUT TO GROUPS OR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, WITH REGARDS TO SPACE? UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, THERE WAS ALREADY, THERE WAS ALREADY, I WANT, UH, I'M PROBABLY NOT CORRECT ON THE AMOUNT, BUT I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 2.42 MILLION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT, UM, PART OF THAT WAS FOR THE MILLENNIAL, MILLENNIAL, UH, ENTERTAINMENT CENTER FOR, UH, SOME RE REMODELING AND STUFF THAT THEY WERE DOING THERE.
SO THERE IS A PORTION OF THAT MONEY THAT IS, THAT, THAT'S ALREADY BEING ALLOCATED.
UM, I WOULD SUSPECT BY SPRING, UM, THAT WE WOULD, WE, WE WOULD HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL DECISIONS ON THAT.
UM, I, I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS IN TERMS, UH, UH, OF THE DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS.
SO I THINK PEOPLE ARE JUST KIND OF RECONNECTING RIGHT NOW.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD SAY MARCH, UM, WE SHOULD SEE, UH, THE, THE ONES THAT ARE ON THAT SHORT LIST THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
BUT I WILL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I'LL, I'LL CHECK THAT AGAIN AND IF IT, IF, IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL AS WELL.
FEEL FREE TO PASS THAT ALONG DIRECTLY TO JESUS AND THEN HE CAN DISTRIBUTE THAT TO THE COMMISSION.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER PULGAR.
CARL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
JUST A QUESTION, CUZ I KNOW CONVERSATIONS ARE STARTING TO BEGIN ABOUT THE NEXT CULTURAL ARTS, UM, BOND, THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THE A E D C AND CULTURAL TRUST IN THAT REGARD, BUT CAN IT, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN REPORT RELATED TO PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS? I HAVE NOT.
I I'VE PARTICIPATED IN MORE THAN MEETINGS THAN A LOT OF FOLKS, BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE UPCOMING, UH, BOND PROCESSES YET.
WE'VE BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON JUST TRYING TO GET THE, THE, THE MONEY THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR YEARS NOW, UM, OUT THE DOOR.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I GOT ON THAT.
I JUST WANNA REMIND MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE COMMISSION AND ANYONE WATCHING OUTSIDE THAT THE FUNDING THAT THE CULTURAL TRUST HAS FOR, UM, FOR SPACE IS SMALL IN COMPARISON TO WHAT THE NEED IS.
SO CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION AND CONTINUING TO BUILD THAT POT IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE GOING FORWARD.
YEAH, WE, YEAH, THERE'S A HUGE, HUGE AMOUNT OF NEED, UH, THAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BARELY OLD AS, AS AN ORGANIZATION, UM, AND SO WE'RE JUST NOW REALLY SETTLING INTO, HEY, THIS IS THE VISION, MISSION, UH, VALUES, THERE'S A RENAMING
AND ALSO JUST BEING CERTAIN THAT WE CAN BE SELF-SUSTAINING, RIGHT? SURE.
UM, FROM, FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT, UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A HUGE NEED OUT THERE AND WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE PUT IN AN APPLICATION FOR 5 0 1
SO AS SOON AS THAT HAPPENS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, UM, APPLY FOR, FOR GRANT FUNDS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WE AS AN AN, AS AN ORGANIZATION WILL NOT BE ISSUING LIKE ANY GRANTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, IT WILL, IT'LL BE MORE ALONG THE LINES OF LEVERAGING, UH, REAL ESTATE AND MAYBE BEING ABLE TO, UM, MAKE CONNECTIONS, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR OTHER FOLKS, UH, FOR, FOR THEM TO, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THEIR, UH, OBJECTIVES FORWARD AS WELL.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE.
SO, UM, CAROLINE, AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS, GIVEN THE WORK THAT YOU DO, I WOULD WANT US TO BE VERY, OR THE A E D C, UM, TO BE VERY MINDFUL ONCE IT GETS ITS 5 0 1
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PAY PAUL, SO THEY MIGHT CUT FUNDING FROM ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT AT A MORE, YOU KNOW, BIGGER.SO I JUST, I WOULD, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S A CAUTIONARY TALE BECAUSE I KNOW IT, IT CAN HAPPEN.
LIKE, OH, WELL WE'VE DECIDED TO INVEST HERE, SO WE'VE, WE'VE REDUCED OR WE'VE ELIMINATED ALL OF OUR LOCAL, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.
YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF WHAT WE DO IS THAT IT'S DRIVEN BY REAL ESTATE, UM, THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO ARTS PROGRAMMING.
UM, AND SO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS THAT ARE PRIMARILY FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION AND, UM, NONPROFITS THAT ARE OUT THERE, THEY'RE PRIMARILY TRYING TO SU SUPPORT, UM, PROGRAMMING.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME, UM, STUFF FOR, FOR CAPITAL RAISES THAT, THAT, THAT FOLKS ARE DOING.
UM, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT BEING AN ISSUE, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GONNA NEED TO REMAIN MINDFUL, UM, OF AS, AS WE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, CARL, APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
[5. Discussion of the Downtown Commission by Commissioner Mok ]
OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION WITH COMMISSIONER MOCK.HI AM I'M AN ASIAN AMERICAN WOMAN.
MY PRONOUNS IS SHE AND HER AND I HAVE GRAY HAIR.
AND TODAY I WEAR A RED JACKET FOR THE LUNA NEW YEAR.
UM, I, UH, WE HAD OUR DOWNTOWN COMMISSION MEETING LAST WEEK, AND THEY, UH, THE CITY IS DOING A STUDY ON THE TRAFFIC FLOW, UH, AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT SIDEWALKS BY LANES, CAR LANES.
UM, SO I OF COURSE PUT IN MY MARKETING STRATEGY ABOUT BRINGING THE PILLOW
SO THE MESSAGE IS VERY LOUD AND CLEAN.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS, AS YOU KNOW, THEY ARE TALL AND TALLER AND TALL BUILDINGS SUITING UP AROUND DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO I REMIND THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, TO THE, TO BE MINDFUL AS WE ARE BUILDING ALL THESE TALL BUILDINGS TO ALLOW SOME SPACE FOR CREATIVE, FOR OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THE LOBBIES, THE, YOU KNOW, THE SPACE IN, IN VARIOUS AREA IN THIS TALL BUILDING THAT IF CAN HAVE SOME CREATIVE, UH, UH, SPACE FOR THE CREATIVE, UH, COMMUNITY, THAT WILL BE WONDERFUL.
SO AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T FORGET THE DI AND THEY DON'T FORGET THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MON AND NEVER SAY DIE WITH THE DI.
IN FACT, WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE ROOM WITH A BIG, BEAUTIFUL BUS WHO I NEED TO CONNECT YOU WITH.
NATALIE FROM ALMOST REAL THINGS IS WITH US, UM, IN CHAMBERS TODAY.
AND I WILL BE CONNECTING YOU GUYS VIA EMAIL, SO YOU CAN CONTINUE THE CAMPAIGN TO BRING BACK THE DILL.
COMMISSIONER POLGAR IS MY PASSION COMMISSION 2023 IS THE, OF THE RABBITS AND PERHAPS ALSO THE DILL.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MA, DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UM, OUR DOWNTOWN LIAISON? WONDERFUL.
[6. Staff briefing regarding an update on the Hotel Occupancy Tax by Laura Odegaard, Cultural Investment Program Manager ]
TO STAFF BRIEFINGS.WE HAVE STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING UPDATE ON THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX BY LAURA OGAR, CULTURAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM MANAGER.
LAURA, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US.
HOPEFULLY THAT IS, WE'RE ALMOST PERFECT.
UM, SO I'M LAURA OGAR, CULTURAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
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I'M A WHITE WOMAN WITH SHORT BROWN HAIR WEARING A TAN SWEATER GLASSES, AND A MULTICOLORED SCARF BY PRONOUNS HER, SHE, HER.AND WITH THIS PRESENTATION, I'LL BE SHARING OUR LATEST HOTEL OCCUPANCY TASK COLLECTION NUMBERS.
SO, THE TOTAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTION IN DECEMBER WAS $223,227.
THIS IS 33% OF THE TOTAL APPROVED BUDGET OF 180.3 MILLION.
OUR YEAR TO DATE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, SO THAT'S OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER OF F Y 23 IS $35,589,518.
THIS IS ABOUT 43% ABOVE THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO DATE.
SO THIS MEANS OUR HOTEL ADVOCACY TAX, CULTURAL ARTS FUND COLLECTION NUMBERS FOR DECEMBER WE'RE $21,319.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR ALONG WE ARE, UH, TOWARD OUR APPROVED FUND BUDGET NUMBER OF 10,342,385.
UM, SO IT'S A REALLY SMALL LINE IN DECEMBER, BUT IT IS THERE, IT'S THE LITTLE TINY GRAY ONE.
UM, SO OUR, OUR HOT CULTURAL ARTS FUND ACTUALS RIGHT NOW ARE 3.4 MILLION.
SO JUST FOR COMPARISON, THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE, SO THIS YEAR IS IN THE GREEN BAR.
LAST YEAR IS IN THE YELLOW BAR, AND THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE CULTURAL ARTS FUND WAS AT 2,374,915.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR LAURA? AND THE FISCAL YEAR IS OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER, RIGHT? CORRECT.
DO YOU HAVE A REFORECAST OR NO, IT JUST STAYS, LIKE, DO YOU REWORK PAST THE BUDGET AT ALL? WE DO.
THE HOTMAN IS TYPICALLY FORECAST BY THE CONVENTION CENTER FROM THE, FROM THE CITY PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE HOLDERS OF BASICALLY ALL THE FUNDS THAT COME IN THROUGH HOT.
SO THEY PROVIDE BUDGET UPDATES FAIRLY FREQUENTLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT OFFICIALLY THEY ONLY DO IT AT CERTAIN POINTS.
SO THERE WILL BE A BUDGET PROCESS THAT GOES FORWARD AND THEY'LL PROVIDE, UM, AN UPDATE TYPICALLY SO THAT DEPARTMENTS CAN START BUDGETING FOR THE NEWS COMP FUNDS.
BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE FORECASTS YET, SO IT'S NOT REALLY THAT TIME IN THE BUDGET.
BUT YES, WE DO GET UPDATES FROM THEM.
COMMISSIONERS, UM, OUT IN VIRTUAL LAND.
ANY QUESTIONS? THUMBS UP? THUMBS UP.
[7. Staff briefing regarding the Cultural Arts Funding Programs by Meghan Wells, Cultural Arts Division Manager, and Laura Odegaard, Cultural Investment Program Manager ]
WE HAVE STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING THE CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING PROGRAMS BY MEGAN WELLS, CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER AND LOWER, LOWER ART GUARD CULTURAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM MANAGER CHAIR.FIRST, I JUST HAVE A FEW REMARKS TO SHARE.
UM, MY NAME'S MEGAN WELLS, I'M THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER.
MY PRONOUNS ARE PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER? I'M A WHITE WOMAN WITH DARK, SHORT HAIR AND GLASSES, WEARING A BLACK TOP GRAY SWEATER AND TWEED TROUSERS.
AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE MAYBE WATCHING THIS MEETING, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS WITH YOU PRIOR TO LAURA GIVING HER REPORT WHERE WE ARE IN THE THRIVE PROGRAM REVIEW.
AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDST OF THE SEA CHANGE FOR OUR CULTURAL FUNDING PROGRAMS. WE WENT THROUGH THE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS FOR THREE YEARS, CHALLENGING ASSUMPTIONS AND RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR CHANGE.
WE ARRIVED AT THREE NEW PROGRAMS THAT TURNED THAT STORMING PHASE INTO THE FOUR PHASE WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF THRIVE, ELEVATE, AND NEXUS.
WE ARE NOW IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF NORMING THIS CHANGE WITH THE LAUNCH OF THRIVE AND THE PROCESS WE ARE STILL IN, IN THIS FIRST YEAR OF NEW PROGRAMS, CHANGE IS HARD FOR ALL OF US.
CHANGE IS HARD FOR THE COMMUNITY WHO PUTS TIME AND EFFORT INTO SPEAKING UP AND SPEAKING OUT FOR ADJUSTING TO SHIFTING CONDITIONS.
AND FOR STILL DOING THE CULTURAL WORK.
DAY AFTER DAY CHANGE IS HARD FOR THE CITY AND CITY STAFF WHO SEEK TO FIND BALANCE TO SERVE THE MOST VULNERABLE, VULNERABLE PRACTITIONERS IN THIS CULTURAL COMMUNITY.
AND AT THE SAME TIME MAINTAIN SUPPORT FOR ALL LEVELS OF INSTITUTIONS AND ARTISTS IN GOOD FAITH, DEDICATION AND TRANSPARENCY AND CHANGE IS HARD FOR THE COMMISSIONS AND WORKING GROUPS WHO PROVIDE A BRIDGE BETWEEN US, BRINGING TO THE FOREFRONT THAT MANY PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES THAT REFLECT THE REALITY OF OUR CULTURAL COMMUNITY TO HELP US GUIDE FORWARD.
BUT, AND THIS CHANGE IS AN UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE TO BE IN, WE RECOGNIZE THAT I KNOW THAT OUT OF THE 140 APPLICANTS WHO SPITTED TO THRIVE, THE NOTIFICATION OF THE SEMI-FINALIST SELECTIONS HIT MANY VERY HARD.
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AFTER THE NEXT REVIEW WILL ALSO HIT HARD.FRANKLY, IT HITS US HARD AS STAFF TOO, BUT THIS IS HOW WE TEST OUR PROGRAMS WITH ALL OF THE VARIABLES THAT GO INTO DESIGN AND EXECUTION.
AND AS HARD AS IT IS HARD, HARD AS IT IS TO HEAR THE HEARTBREAK FROM THOSE WHO DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD IN THIS PROGRAM, IT IS VITAL TO BREAKING OLD HABITS AND SYSTEMS THAT CAN BE CONTINUALLY APPROVED, IMPROVED.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT NO SYSTEM IS OR EVER WILL BE PERFECT.
JUST BECAUSE THE CITY'S PROGRAMS DIDN'T AWARD FUNDS TO AN APPLICANT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE WORK THEY DO IS UNWORTHY OR DEVALUED.
IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE WON'T BE ADDITIONAL PATHWAYS FOR FUNDS FOR THAT APPLICANT.
IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE STAFF DOESN'T CARE ABOUT AN APPLICANT OR THEIR COMMITMENT TO THEIR CRAFT.
IT ALSO DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE APPLICANT SHOULD WALK AWAY FROM THIS EXPERIENCE WITHOUT ANSWERS.
WE ARE HERE TO TALK MORE AND GIVE AS MUCH INFORMATION BACK AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AT ANY POINT.
AT THE SAME TIME, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT AN APPLICANT WHO RECEIVES FUNDING THROUGH A PROGRAM THIS TIME AROUND WILL GET IT NEXT TIME.
WE ARE NOT PROMISING ANYONE FUNDING AND NEVER HAVE.
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH CITY FUNDING THROUGH HOT TO FULFILL EVERY APPLICANT'S REQUEST, NOR SHOULD WE, BUT WE NEED TO KEEP DOING THIS WORK TOGETHER.
BUT JUST IN THIS MOMENT, IN THE MEANTIME, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EMOTIONAL TOLL THAT SYSTEM CHANGE TAKES.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO LAURA TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE THRIVE FUNDING PROGRAM IN THE PROCESS.
UH, LAURA OBERG, CULTURAL FUNDING.
UH, WHAT'S MY TITLE? CULTURAL
UM, SO TONIGHT I'LL BE SHARING SOME DETAILS ABOUT, UM, CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING.
SO TO ECHO WHAT MEGAN, UH, JUST SAID, THIS IS HARD.
AND WE KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT PROCESS, ESPECIALLY LAUNCHING THE MOST COMPETITIVE PROGRAM FIRST.
INSTEAD OF THE HISTORIC PRECEDENT OF 99% OF APPLICANTS BEING FUNDED, THE THRIVE PROGRAM IS ONE WHERE ONLY 24% OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS WILL BE FUNDED.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS NOT ENOUGH THAT WE LOVE AN ORGANIZATION AND WANT THEM TO RECEIVE FUNDING.
WHILE WE CANNOT CONTROL HOW AN APPLICANT ANSWERS EACH QUESTION OR WHAT A SCORE, WHAT SCORE OR REVIEWER GIVES, WE CAN AND MUST CONTROL THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS.
THAT IS OUR ROLE AS PUBLIC SERVANTS.
THIS INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM PROGRAM DESIGN TO PANEL RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING TO STAFF AVAILABILITY FOR APPLICANT ASSISTANCE, TO TRANSPARENCY WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO LET'S START JUST BY REVIEWING THE OVERALL PROCESS FOR THRIVE.
WHAT WERE THE KEY MILESTONES? SO, AS A REMINDER, IF SOMEONE IS NEW TO THIS PROCESS, THE THRIVE GRANT OFFERED FOCUSED INVESTMENT TO SUSTAIN AND GROW LOCAL ARTS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, DEEPLY ROOTED IN AND REFLECTIVE OF AUSTIN'S DIVERSE CULTURES.
IT'S A TWO YEAR INVESTMENT AND INCLUDES LARGE OPERATING GRANTS UP TO $150,000, AND ACCESS TO A SUPPORTIVE PEER COHORT WITH CAPACITY BUILDING RESOURCES, NETWORKING, AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO PANEL RECRUITMENT TOOK PLACE IN THE SUMMER.
THRIVE OPENED ON OCTOBER 12TH.
ARTS COMMISSION APPROVED THE SLATE OF PANELISTS ON OCTOBER 17TH.
IN NOVEMBER, PANELISTS WERE PROVIDED AT AN EXTENSIVE ORIENTATION AND TRAINING ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S EQUITY PRIORITIES AND THE PRIORITY GOALS OF THE THRIVE GRANT PROGRAM.
AS OUTLINED IN THE GUIDELINES THAT WERE ALSO APPROVED BY THE ARTS COMMISSION, THEY'RE INSTRUCTED TO KEEP THESE PRIORITIES TOP OF MIND WHEN SCORING.
WE THEN MOVED TO THE PANELIST STAGE OF REVIEW, AND CURRENTLY ARE IN PANEL MEETING STAGE STARTED TODAY.
SO PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATIONS FOR SELECTED AWARDEES SHOULD GO OUT BY THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY.
AND COUNCIL ACTION FOR APPROVAL SHOULD BE THE END OF FEBRUARY.
SO, TO ENSURE A TIMELY AND THOUGHTFUL PANEL PROCESS, ALL 146 ELIGIBLE THRIVE APPLICATIONS WERE SENT DEDICATED READERS.
THESE READERS REVIEWED AND PRELIMINARY SCORED RESPONSES TO THE MISSION AND KEY CONSTITUENCY SECTION OF THE APPLICATION.
THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
ONLY THOSE SCORING AN AVERAGE OF 12 OR HIGHER OUT OF 15 MADE THE TOP 59.
AND THEN THE TOP 59 SCORING APPLICATIONS WERE SENT TO A FULL FIVE PERSON PANEL FOR REVIEW.
I'M SHARING SOME SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS THAT WENT TO THE READERS DIRECTLY, AND THESE WERE ALSO SHARED DURING THE ARTS COMMISSION MEETING ON OCTOBER 17TH.
AND IN THE EMAIL NOTIFICATION TO ALL APPLICANTS DESCRIBING WHAT
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A 15 WAS AND WHAT A ONE WAS.SO HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW THE SELECTION PROCESS BREAKS DOWN BY NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS.
WE HAD 206 APPLICATIONS STARTED AND 154 APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED.
146 OF THOSE MET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND WENT TO THE READERS FOR REVIEW.
AS WE MENTIONED, THE HIGHEST SCORING 59 APPLICATIONS WENT TO THE FULL PANEL REVIEW.
ALL FIVE PANELISTS REVIEWED AND SCORED ALL 59 APPLICATIONS.
35 APPLICATIONS WILL RECEIVE AWARDS RANGING FROM 85 TO $150,000.
JUST LOOK AT THIS A DIFFERENT WAY.
ONLY 40% OF TOTAL ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS MADE IT TO THE SEMI-FINAL STAGE, AND ONLY 24 OF TOTAL ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS WILL RECEIVE AN AWARD.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT MANY APPLICANTS ARE DISAPPOINTED TO KNOCK WITH ADVANCED, AND WE AS STAFF ARE AVAILABLE TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH ANY OF THEM AT ANY TIME.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THE TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR THRIVE IS 3.8 MILLION THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU IN OCTOBER.
SO SOME DATA, SO HERE YOU CAN SEE, UM, SOME DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OF THE 146 ELIGIBLE THRIVE APPLICATIONS, APPLICANTS SELF-REPORTED LEADERSHIP DEMOGRAPHICS.
SO YOU CAN SEE BOTH THE GENDER AND THE RACE ETHNICITY BREAKDOWNS OF ALL 146 ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE DISTRICT'S BREAKDOWN.
UM, UM, THAT WILL BE CLEAR PROBABLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS NOT ON THIS LITTLE SCREEN HERE.
UM, WE HAD 62% OF APPLICANTS IDENTIFY THEIR LEADERSHIP AS MAJORITY FEMALE OR NON-BINARY, 29% MAJORITY MALE OR PREFER NOT TO ANSWER, AND 10% WITH EQUAL DISTRIBUTION.
AND THEN WE HAD 57% OF APPLICANTS IDENTIFY THEIR LEADERSHIP AS MAJORITY DIVERSE RACE OR ETHNICITY, AND 38% MAJORITY WHITE OR PREFER NOT TO ANSWER.
AND 5% WITH EQUAL DISTRIBUTION, 60% OF ALL APPLICANTS WERE RETURNING APPLICANTS TO THE CULTURAL FUNDING PROGRAM.
THE MEDIAN ANNUAL REVENUE FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS WAS 99,000, AND THE MEDIAN YEARS IN OPERATION WAS 25.
SO KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PIE ON THE RIGHT HERE.
OKAY, SO THIS WAS ALL ELIGIBLE.
AS YOU ALL REMEMBER, WE ARE LEADING WITH RACIAL EQUITY, BUT WE DID NOT SCORE ON THESE IMMUTABLE CHARACTERISTICS.
INSTEAD, WE HAD A VARIETY OF NARRATIVE QUESTIONS THAT LOOKED AT RACIAL EQUITY IN THE ORGANIZATION'S DECISION MAKING POWER AS A CORNERSTONE FOR SCORING, UM, THE APPLICATION.
AND BLOOMBERG LOOKS AT HOW COMMUNITY IS REPRESENTED WITHIN THAT POWER STRUCTURE AND PANELISTS SHOULD SCORE ACCORDINGLY.
SO AGAIN, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THRIVE IS TO SUPPORT AND DEVELOP ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS OF BUY AND FOR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AT IMMEDIATE RISK OF CULTURAL ERASURE AND DISPLACEMENT WITHIN AUSTIN.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE FROM THE DATA THAT THE NARRATIVE APPROACH SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED.
UM, OF THE 59 SEMI-FINALIST APPLICATIONS, UM, 86% OF APPLICANTS IDENTIFY THEIR LEADERSHIP AS MAJORITY DIVERSE RACE, RACE AND ETHNICITY.
12% MAJORITY WHITE OR PREFER NOT TO ANSWER, AND 2% WITH EQUAL DISTRIBUTION.
WE HAD 64% OF APPLICANTS IDENTIFY THEIR LEADERSHIP AS MAJORITY FEMALE OR NON-BINARY, 24 MAJORITY MALE OR PREFER NOT TO ANSWER.
AND 12% WITH EQUAL DISTRIBUTION.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S A HIGHER PERCENTAGE HERE.
68% OF APPLICANTS WERE RETURNING APPLICANTS.
AND THE MEDIAN ANNUAL REVENUE FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS WAS 84,000.
AND THE MEDIAN YEARS IN OPERATION WAS 12.
THRIVE'S FOCUS IS ON MID-SIZE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDERFUNDED DUE TO BUDGET RESTRICTIONS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SUCCEEDING HERE.
CAN I ASK YOU JUST QUICKLY BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, WHEN YOU SAY LEADERSHIP IS LEADERSHIP CEO OR IS LEADERSHIP BOARD, OR IS LEADERSHIP YOUR C-SUITE, WHAT IS LEADERSHIP CONSTITUTE? BRAD? THE ORGANIZATION GETS TO SELF DETERMINE THAT.
AND SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOARD LEADERSHIP, UM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEADERSHIP, C-SUITE LEADERSHIP.
IT WAS EACH ORGANIZATION AS THEY WERE DOING THE APPLICATION WOULD IDENTIFY THAT.
AND SO IT'S STILL NOT APPLES TO APPLES.
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COULD BE APPLES TO ORANGES, JUST DEPENDING UPON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT.IF SOMEBODY SAID, MY LEADERSHIP IS, IS A BLACK FEMALE AND THEN SOMEBODY HAS A WHITE FEMALE, BUT THEY HAVE MAJORITY, UM, DIVERSITY OF BOARD LEADERSHIP, THEY COULD STILL EQUALLY SAY WE ARE A DIVERSE LED ORGANIZATION.
SO THE WAY THAT THE APPLICATION WAS, WAS, UH, CONSTRUCTED.
THERE WERE COUNTS AND PERCENTAGES FOR EMPLOYMENT LEADERSHIP AND COUNTS AND PERCENTAGES FOR, FOR VOLUNTEERING FOR VOLUNTEERS.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH.
AND THEN YOU SAID 12 YEARS MEDIAN YEARS IN OPERATION, AND THAT SAYS 1925 OR WAS 20 SORRY.
UM, I DID NOT WRITE MY SCRIPT CORRECTLY FOR THE SECOND SLIDE.
COMMISSIONER FULGAR, DO YOU MIND IF WE TAKE A QUESTION? WHIL? COMMISSIONER POER, I SEE YOUR HANDS UP
UM, I NEED TO WAVE UP AND DOWN.
UH, LAURA, YOU MAY NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, BUT I'M CURIOUS, GIVEN THAT THRIVE IS DESIGNED FOR MID-SIZE ORGANIZATIONS AND GIVEN THE MEDIAN ANNUAL REVENUE THAT'S LISTED HERE, UM, AND CONVERSATIONS FROM THE, UH, ASSISTANCE COMMUNICATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NIGHT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE SORT OF LOW END AND HIGH END IS OF THE REVENUE FOR THE, THE TOP 59 APPLICANT POOL? LIKE WHAT THAT THREAD IS? I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTLIERS ARE, BUT I'M TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION NEXT MONTH.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE GO WITH MEDIAN INSTEAD OF JUST THE MEAN OR THE AVERAGE 100%.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT SPREAD LOOKED LIKE.
I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOUR PRESENTATION.
SORRY, THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, AGAIN, WE UNDERSTAND THAT MANY APPLICANTS ARE DISAPPOINTED TO NOT HAVE ADVANCED, UM, AND WE'RE AVAILABLE TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION WITH ANY OF THEM ON THIS SLIDE.
YOU CAN SEE THE TOP 59 APPLICANTS BY ORDER OF REVIEW FOR THE PANEL MEETINGS, THESE CAN BE WATCHED TO BE A ZOOM WEBINAR, AND THE ZOOM LINK IS IN THE TOP RIGHT.
SO YOU CAN EITHER CLICK THE LITTLE ICON OR THE, THE LINK IS RIGHT BELOW IT AS WELL.
UM, AS WELL AS THIS LINK, UM, WAS SENT DIRECTLY TO ALL APPLICANTS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE IN THE TOP 59 OR NOT.
UM, AND IT WAS POSTED ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AND STAFF IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND IT OUT TO ANYONE THAT CAN'T FIND THE LINK.
WE CAN SEND IT TO YOU DIRECTLY.
UM, AND IF WE, IF WE HAVE TIME AT THE END OF THIS, THERE WAS A QUICK CLIP, UM, FROM THE END OF TODAY'S SESSION FEATURING SOME, SOME REALLY POIGNANT, UH, CLOSING COMMENTS FROM THE PANELISTS, UM, ABOUT SOME OF THEIR REVIEW OF THE APPLICATIONS.
UH, AS WE'VE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THRIVE IS ONLY ONE PART OF A SUITE OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT LAUNCHES TOMORROW MORNING.
THESE FUNDS ARE FOR REVENUE GENERATING SPACE IMPROVEMENTS, LEASE PAYMENTS, AND GAP FINANCING FOR CREATIVE SPACE PURCHASES.
UM, THE PROGRAM WILL BE OPEN UNTIL FEBRUARY 28, I THINK, AT 5:00 PM UM, AND THE AWARDS ARE UP TO $50,000.
SO, UM, PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND IT GOES LIVE TOMORROW, AND THERE'S A LINK FOR THE PROGRAM DIRECTLY IN THIS SLIDE.
COMING AFTER THAT, THERE'LL BE THE LAUNCH OF THE LIVE MUSIC FUND, AND THOSE ARE SMALL AWARDS FOR MUSICIANS, BANDS, INDEPENDENT PROMOTERS, UM, AND THEN WE'LL LAUNCH ELEVATE.
AND THE ELEVATE PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY INCLUDES 4,750,000 AND A HUNDRED POSSIBLE AWARDS SPECIFICALLY FOR ARTS AND CULTURE NONPROFITS.
SO SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THRIVE, JUST THE NONPROFIT CHUNK OF THINGS, ANOTHER A HUNDRED POSSIBLE AWARDS.
UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDING IN, IN THAT BUCKET.
SO WORDS UP TO $75,000 FOR THOSE NONPROFITS WITH NO MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.
UM, THE EQUITY WORK AND THE STRENGTHS SHOWN IN ALL THRIVE APPLICATIONS WILL BE HUGE ASSETS TO FUTURE ELEVATE APPLICATIONS.
AND WE SINCERELY HOPE THAT ANYONE WHO DO NOT RECEIVE THRIVE WILL APPLY TO THE ELEVATE PROGRAM.
UM, ELEVATE IS PLANNED FOR LAUNCH TENTATIVELY IN JUNE OR JULY
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WITH NEXUS NEXT TO ROLLOUT AFTER ELEVATE.UM, AND THEN IF WE COULD, JESUS, IF YOU COULD TOGGLE OVER TO, UM, THE EDGE TO VIDEO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS QUICK.
UM, JUST SOME COMMENTS FROM THE PANELISTS TODAY.
WHAT, BECAUSE UNTIL YOU CAN, WE, WE KNOW THAT TEAMS WROTE THE ORGANIZATION TO A CAPACITY LEVEL, THERE ARE GONNA BE STRUGGLES WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION.
AND I THINK WE HEARD THAT VERY CLEARLY FROM DJ, WHERE SHE WAS POINTING OUT, UM, A SPECIFIC, UM, APPLICANT THAT, UM, THAT WHAT THEY LACKED WAS FINDING AND, UM, THAT THEY HAD BEEN DOING THE WORK FOR A LONG TIME.
AND I'M KIND OF LIKE A KIND OF BUDGET.
SO WE JUST WANNA, UM, YOU KNOW, SHOUT OUT TO THAT AND REMIND FOLKS THAT THAT'S WHAT THESE, UM, THESE FUNDS ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR AROUND THRIVING.
AND SO WITH THAT, I JUST AGAIN, LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AND, UM, GIVE THE, THE PANELISTS AN OPPORTUNITY IF THERE ARE ANY, UM, GLARING TAKEAWAYS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MISLEAD THE FOLKMAN TODAY.
UM, WE INVITE YOU TO DO THAT NOW.
AND, UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY THANK YOU.
TELL ME, IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING SO WE CAN JUST
TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY TO THEM, TO THE APPLICANTS WHO WRITE ME ONLINE AND, AND JUST TO GENERAL, WHAT AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE DOING GOOD THINGS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY BASE SCORE THE TIER FOR WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO, THEY SHOULD ALL BE VERY PROUD OF THEMSELVES AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, UH, AND THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE, THANK YOU.
UH, LISA, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA END UP NEXT.
UM, I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH DJ.
I, I WAS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST GOT TOGETHER, WE KIND OF REFLECTED AND I, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THIS COHORT OF, UH, APPLICANTS PROPOSALS, WE JUST REALLY SHOWS THE DEPTH OF, OF CULTURAL PRODUCTION THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE HOSPITAL.
AND, UM, IT, IT MAKES ME KIND OF LITTLE TEAL.
I, I KNOW IT'S SMALL, SMALL, RIGHT? AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE VALIDATION GROUPS BECAUSE I WAS A PART OF THOSE GROUPS THAT GOT LITTLE OVER NO FUNDING.
AND NOT ONLY ABOUT THE FUNDING, BUT THE RECOGNITION OF, OF, OF, OF THE GREATER COMMUNITY.
SO I, UH, I, UM, SUPPORT, UM, HAD EFFORTS TO, TO AT LEAST ATTEMPT TO RECTIFY IT.
UH, I THINK THRIVE IS A GREAT PROGRAM.
I DON'T THINK TWO YEARS IS, IS ENOUGH IN ANY, IN ANY WAY.
UM, AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EQUITY, BUT WE TALK ABOUT, UH, CULTURAL EQUITY, UH, IT IS A LONG TERM PURSUIT.
AND, UH, AND SO FOR ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE APPLIED, WHETHER WE GET FUNDED WHEN WE DON'T GET FUNDED, IT DOESN'T MATTER IN A CERTAIN WAY BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY TO YOU IS THAT WE SEE YOU AND, AND, UM, AND ONCE YOU'RE SEEN, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
SO I, I JUST THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THE ED GROUPS.
THESE ARE THE GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 37 YEARS.
WITHOUT THE KIND INFRASTRUCTURE, THE SUPPORTING, SO YEAH.
I THINK DETAIL
THIS HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC OPTION FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN AND, UH, FOR THE CITY SPOTLIGHT ON ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING AMAZING WORK IN
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AND TO MAKE THIS THE CULTURAL CAPITALS AND SAY OF TEXAS CENTER.IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR DISCUSSIONS TOMORROW WHERE WE WILL HAVE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS.
THANK YOU JESUS, AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
JUST QUICKLY, CAN THAT VIDEO VIDEO BE READ AVAILABLE? WILL THAT BE ON THE, SOMETHING DIRECTLY TO IT IN A GOOGLE PAGE? FANTASTIC.
BECAUSE I'LL DEFINITELY USE IT IN OUR MATERIALS.
AND TO REITERATE, UH, FOR ANYBODY WATCHING THE SCHEDULE, THE ZOOM LINK, I'VE ALSO SHARED ON THE COMMISSION CULTURAL CULTURAL NEWS, UH, FACEBOOK PLATFORM.
IF ANY OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WANT TO GRAB THAT INFORMATION, PROMOTE, LIKE SUBSCRIBE ALL OF IT.
UM, I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GONNA GO TO MY COMMISSIONERS FIRST.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE TOOK IN COMMISSION.
ALDO, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, I MEAN, I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC AND APPLICANTS TO LISTEN IN.
UM, CUZ I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND, UH, INSIGHT THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE PANELISTS SHARED THAT REALLY JUST HELP YOU UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND THEY EVEN GAVE FEEDBACK ON THINGS THAT THEY DIDN'T FIND ON THE APPLICATION THAT THEY REALLY NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO SCORE.
UH, SO, SO YES, I WOULD DEFINITELY JUST ENCOURAGE APPLICANTS TO, TO WATCH IF THEY CAN.
COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER POLLER.
UM, AGAIN, LIKE THE, THE WORK IS EXTRAORDINARY AND IT, IT'S NOT, I, I THINK I SAY THIS WITH THE ECHO OF THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING IN MY HEAD, BUT LOOKING AT WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE'VE COME TO AND KNOWING THAT IT'S A PROCESS THAT WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING, I'M SO ENCOURAGED BY SOME OF THE AMAZING WORK THAT'S HAPPENING.
AND SOMETHING THAT LISA BIRD SAID THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE MAY NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE AS A COMMISSION CAN HELP ELEVATE IS THAT ONE PIECE, WHICH IS THE RECOGNITION OF THE GREATER COMMUNITY.
UM, SO MANY PEOPLE WHO GO THROUGH CITY FUNDING PROCESSES ARE ALSO ARE TAKING THINGS VERY PERSONALLY BECAUSE THE WORK THEY DO IS THEIR, IS THEIR SELVES AND THEIR LIVES AND THEIR ART IS THEIR GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE KNOW THAT, RIGHT? THOSE OF US WHO WORK IN THE FIELD UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE RESOURCES WE HAVE AVAILABLE THROUGH HOT, WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE.
BUT THE ONE THING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO, AND I CHARGE US AS COMMISSIONERS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT IS HOW WE CAN ELEVATE AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WRI LARGE ABOUT THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF THE KIND OF WORK THAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND THE INCREDIBLY VITAL, UM, JUST PLETHORA OF WORK THAT'S OUT THERE AND AVAILABLE SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SO I, I CHARGE US ALL TO SORT OF TAKE THAT AND REMEMBER THAT AND AMPLIFY THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND ALSO PUT A LITTLE STAR BESIDE AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT WE DO IN THE FUTURE TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION.
CIRCLING BACK TO THAT PIECE, THAT'S ONE THING.
UM, THEN REAL QUICK, I TALKING TO STAFF, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT ALL THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE LISTED AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE GOT TONIGHT ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES OF THE NEW, UM, GRANT PORTAL, WHICH I KNOW IS, IS CHALLENGING.
ARE ALL THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS ON THE SAME KIND OF PORTAL SO THAT EVERYONE HAS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ALL THEIR INFORMATION AND THEN PLUG IT IN INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO KEEP QUESTIONS AS THEY GO? IS IT THE SAME PORTAL, LAURA, MEGAN? IT IS THE SAME PORTAL SYSTEM.
UM, I WOULD SAY STAFF IS ACTIVELY TRYING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AS WE GO ALONG, WHICH ISN'T, UM, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TIME TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, BUT WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON FIXING BUGS AND TRYING TO ADD FEATURES AS WE GO ALONG.
UM, THERE IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE QUESTIONS FOR A SPECIFIC APPLICATION, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.
BUT THE FIRST SET OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE LIKE THE DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE STANDARD FOR ALL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS, DATA COLLECTION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REENTER THAT.
SO IF YOU APPLIED FOR THRIVE, IT AUTO SAVES THAT WHOLE CHUNK FOR YOU AND THEN YOU JUST GO RIGHT TO THE NEXT QUESTIONS.
SO IT'S NOT, UM, IT'S NOT PERFECT YET AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL BE, BUT WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THERE'S THAT PART THAT WE'LL SAVE FOR YOU.
I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, UM, PORTAL AND THE QUESTIONS FOR ELEVATE TO LOOK AT, ESPECIALLY AT THE LEVEL OF WORK THAT WAS REQUIRED FOR THRIVE AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE A TRANSITION FROM SOMEBODY WHO APPLIED FOR THRIVE AND DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT INTO THE NEXT APPLICATION ROUND.
CUZ I KNOW THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE THINGS, JUST LOOKING AT HOW TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE MOVING FORWARD.
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YOUR GREAT WORK.THAT THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS TOO, IS, IS THERE A WAY TO ROLL OVER APPLICANTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR ELEVATE TO, TO SAVE THEM THE TIME AND SORT OF PAINSTAKING WORK OF HAVING TO COMPLETELY REAPPLY WITH A PLATFORM THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT TO BE DESIRED OR A LOT TO BE DESIRED? CAN WE CHECK BOX? YES, PLEASE.
IF YOU KNOW, FOR ELEVATE, OR ARE THEY GONNA HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH AND, AND REENTER? SO THE WAY THAT THE PORTAL SYSTEM CURRENTLY IS, I THINK THERE ARE MAYBE THREE PAGES THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU FILL OUT A PAGE, YOU SAVE, FILL OUT A PAGE, YOU SAVE, AND THEN THE FOURTH PAGE IS THE PROGRAM SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
AND THOSE ARE, THOSE WERE ALL THE THRIVE APPLICATION QUESTIONS IN ONE MM-HMM.
SO THOSE QUESTIONS AREN'T THE SAME AS THE ELEVATE QUESTIONS AND AREN'T THE SAME AS THE CSAP QUESTIONS.
SO WHILE WE KNOW THE PEOPLE AND WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE AND REALLY SHOULD APPLY FOR ELEVATE.
NOW THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY ALREADY ANSWERED, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY COULD, BUT SAVE FOR THAT FOURTH PAGE.
UM, ANY WAY TO SAVE TIME FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS, THE FIRST THREE PAGES ARE AUTOMATICALLY THEY WOULD BE, BUT, SO LIKE WE COULD ROLL OUT A, A NEWSLETTER THAT SAID, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPLY FOR ELEVATE, HERE ARE THE DATES, HERE ARE THE, YOU KNOW, THIS CHUNK OF INFORMATION WE WILL TAKE AND CARRY OVER FOR YOU, YOU KNOW, IF INTERESTED, THESE WILL BE THE QUESTIONS WHICH WE, WE OUTLINE THE PARAMETERS AND THE QUESTIONS.
WE RELEASE ALL THAT INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME.
AND WE SAID VERY CLEARLY IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, THIS WILL NOT SAVE, PLEASE DRAFT IN WORD DOCUMENTS, WHICH IS NOT UNHEARD OF.
I'VE FILLED OUT APPLICATIONS THAT, UM, THE SAME MESSAGING HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED, UM, TO DRAFT AND THEN COPY PASTE OVER.
SO JUST JUST WAYS TO, TO, TO SAVE TIME AND, AND REALLY HONOR THE INVESTMENT, UM, FROM DIFFERENT SIZE ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE STAFF AND THEN WHO DON'T TO BE DEDICATED TO THIS PROCESS I SAW WAS YEAH, COMMISSIONER MARK.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EFFORT AND THE HARD WORK OF THE STAFF THAT PUT IN THIS.
UM, I CAN SEE THAT THAT IS, UM, THE SPIRIT.
THE SPIRIT IS NOT TO OVERWHELM THE SPIRIT, IS TO SERVE AND TO SUPPORT AND TO HELP APPLICANTS.
I CAN SEE IT, UM, IN HOW YOU SET UP THE SYSTEM.
YOU KNOW, I AM JUST SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE ALL THESE NEW PROGRAMS. SO, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE THEIR SCHEDULE THAT THE PERFORMING SCHEDULE, MAKE SURE TO LET US KNOW BECAUSE IT'S EXCITING THAT WE HAVE THIS, WHAT, 49 NEW PROGRAMS THAT, THAT I'M SO LOOKING FORWARD TO ENJOY.
AND, UM, SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GIVE US THE INFORMATION AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THOSE WHO ARE, WHO ARE GETTING THE AWARD.
AND, UM, BUT FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T GET IT, UH, YOUR EFFORT, UH, AND THE INFORMATION THAT YOU KNOW, THAT YOU, YOU DRAFT AND YOU KNOW, IN THE FIVE APPLICATION, UH, CAN EASILY BE APPLIED, YOU KNOW, TO THE ELEVATOR.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, THAT THE FOUR PAGE, THAT THAT ALL THE EFFORTS, THE INFORMATION ARE NOT TOTALLY LOST AND UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT TO DO THAT.
SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BARRACKS AND COMMISSIONER GRAY.
UM, AS I WAS LISTENING TO THE, THE PANELIST, I, MY MIND FLASHED BACK TO US SITTING IN THAT GYMNASIUM IN EAST AUSTIN AND JUST FEELING LIKE WE WERE BEING HAMMERED AND AVOIDING EVERYTHING THAT, THAT EVERY CULTURAL, UM, ARTS GROUP COULD THROW AT US, WHICH IS PART OF OUR JOB TO LISTEN AND RESPOND AND, AND JUST TO SEE HOW FAR WE'VE COME.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE AGAIN, FOR MANY PEOPLE IT'S WHAT THEY DO ON THEIR SIDE TIME, IT'S NOT THEIR FULL-TIME JOB.
AND THEN FOR THOSE WHO IT IS THEIR FULL-TIME JOB, THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE REALLY THOUGHTFULLY PUT INTO THIS IS, IS JUST EXTRAORDINARY.
UM, I'M GLAD THAT YOU SAID AGAIN, I LIKE ALL OF US, I'VE WRITTEN TONS OF GRANTS.
I LOVE TO JUST XEROX THE QUESTIONS ARE, DOWNLOAD THE QUESTIONS ONTO WORD AND THEN WORDSMITH IT, MAKE SURE YOU'RE IN THE ALLOTTED TIME AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
I ALSO JUST WANT TO CAUTION US, AND THIS IS JUST A CAUTIONARY TALE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN, UM, PRESENT THE OPPORTUNITIES
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BUT NOT OVERSTATE THEM.BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK THAT BECAUSE THEY APPLIED FOR THRIVE, THAT THAT'S AUTOMATICALLY GONNA GIVE THEM A STEP UP IN, UM, THE NEXT ONE, RIGHT? SO THEY START AT THE SAME LEVEL FIELD AS EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO YES, THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME ADVANTAGES OF NOT HAVING TO FILL IN EVERY PAGE, BUT IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO DECIDE WHO'S GONNA APPLY TO WHAT.
THAT'S UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS KNOWING THAT YOU COULD APPLY AND STILL NOT ADVANCE.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ALSO GROUNDED IN REALITY.
WE, AS YOU SAID, EVERYBODY HAS SAID THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN HOT TO FUND ADEQUATELY EVERY ARTS DESERVING ARTS ORGANIZATION AN OPPORTUNITY THAT COMES OUR WAY.
SO I JUST JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE ALREADY THERE WOULD BE 105 THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH THRIVE, THAT COULD GO RIGHT INTO THE NEXT ONE.
IT'S THE NEXT ONE AND THEN THERE'S ONLY GONNA BE A HUNDRED GRANTS GIVEN.
AND THAT'S NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ANYBODY ELSE.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SAY PLEASE CONSIDER THOUGHTFULLY CONSIDERED.
WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO DO THAT AGAIN, BUT NO, THAT IS COMPLETELY UP TO YOU AND THAT DOES NOT GUARANTEE ANY AMOUNT OF FUNDING.
CAUSE I THINK THE, THE NATURAL CONCERN IS LIKE THEN DOES THAT CUT INTO UH, PEOPLE WHO WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR ELEVATE MM-HMM.
AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND THEN NOW YOU'RE CUTTING THOSE FOLKS OUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT ALREADY HAS ONE UP CUZ THEY'VE LUMPED THE WHOLE PROCESS IN SOME FORM AND THEY ALSO KNOW HOW FEEDBACK
SO I THINK, UM, YEAH, THERE'S, THERE THERE'S NOT ANYTHING PERFECT ABOUT IT.
AND SO THOSE WHO WILL BE APPLYING FOR ELEVATE, I THINK DEFINITELY, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE RESOURCE AND FEEL SUPPORTED MM-HMM.
I CAN LEARN FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE UNFORTUNATELY BEEN THE GUINEA PIGS IN THE NEW PROGRAM.
I MEAN, IT REALLY HAS TO BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IF WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD INTO THIS CHAPTER OF CHANGE.
UM, BUT YES, TO ME CARRYING OVER IS NOT A LEG UP.
IT'S JUST RECOGNIZING THE EFFORT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PUT FORWARD, COMMISSIONER GREG.
AND THEN ALSO REALIZING THAT THERE ARE MANY NONPROFITS AGAIN THAT DID NOT APPLY FOR THRIVE.
YOU KNOW, FOR NUMEROUS REASONS THAT ARE IN A, IN SITUATIONS THAT MAY HAVE, MAY COULD HAVE.
AND ALSO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, AND LISTENING TO LISA BIRD WHO KNOWS AUSTIN VERY WELL, FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND SEE HER FOR A WHILE, IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE HER.
UM, AND TO HEAR HER SAY, YOU KNOW, THE FOCUS OF THRIVE AND CAPACITY BUILDING IT IS, THAT WAS A, TO REALLY BE REMINDED OF THE, OF THE FOCUS OF THAT.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO, TO GO BACK TO LAURA IN YOUR PRESENTATION, UM, AND JUST TO, TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING I HEARD YOU SAY, AND I WANT TO EITHER CLARIFY THAT OR VERIFY THAT, THAT, UM, WHEN THE PANELS MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION AND THRIVE THAT IT GOES DIRECTLY TO COUNCIL IS WHAT YOU SAID, THAT IT DOES NOT GO THROUGH THE ARTS COMMISSION.
I WANT THE A LISTENING AUDIENCE TO HEAR THAT
I JUST WANT THE AUDIENCE LISTENING AUDIENCE TO HEAR THAT.
IT WILL GO STRAIGHT TO COUNSELING OUR APPROVAL OF THOSE CONTRACTS.
I WANTED THAT TO BE CLEAR TO ALL.
THERE WAS A, A BIT OF A MISCOMMUNICATION IN OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
WE'RE LIKE, WE WANT YOUR VOTE.
AND IT'S LIKE, I WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU DIRECTLY TO CLARIFY THE, THE STEPS IN WHICH THINGS GET THROUGH.
I WAS CURIOUS TO ONE OF THE, UH, SPEAKERS, SORRY, WE'LL GET YOU NEXT, UH, MENTIONED HOW THEY WERE INFORMED OF NOT NOT BEING SELECTED FOR THE NEXT LEVEL.
SO THEY MENTIONED A PUBLIC NEWSLETTER.
CAN YOU JUST SPEAK REALLY QUICKLY ON WHAT THE PROCESS OF NOTIFICATION WAS THAT WAY? IF WE ARE
ASKED OR STOPPED ABOUT IT, WE HAVE SOME CONTEXT.
UM, SO ON FRIDAY THERE WAS AN EMAIL NOTIFICATION THAT WENT OUT THROUGH OUR CRM SYSTEM AND IT WENT DIRECTLY TO EVERYONE THAT APPLIED FOR THRIVE.
AND IT SAID, HELLO, HERE'S THE UPDATE PANEL, START ON MONDAY, HERE'S HOW YOU CAN ACCESS THE PANELS, AND HERE IS THE LIST AND THE AGENDA FOR THE PANELS.
UM, THAT WENT OUT PRIOR TO ANOTHER NOTIFICATION THAT WENT OUT.
THAT WAS A PERSONAL DIRECT DEAR APPLICANT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY, LIKE YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THIS NEXT
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STAGE, BUT UM, THE PERSONAL ONE CAME OUT AFTER THE GENERAL ONE WENT OUT.SO THERE WAS A MAIL MERGE THAT HAPPENED AFTER, UM, THE CRM COMMS ONE WENT OUT.
AND SO THAT WAS A MISTAKE ON OUR PART AS STAFF.
AND SO WE APOLOGIZED FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, I, IT WASN'T THE MOST SENSITIVE WAY THAT I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS FOUND OUT THAT THEY WEREN'T IN THE TOP 59.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE LEARNED SOME LESSONS AND WE'RE TALKING TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO, UM, CHANGE THINGS AROUND FOR THE NEXT TIME.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENT'S COMMUNITY, FOR PATIENTS WITH NOTIFICATIONS AS WE GO ALONG.
CUZ THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW SYSTEMS. UM, AND IT'S NOT JUST OUR MAIL MERGE GOING OUT, WE'RE JUST THE CRM THEY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING THAT, UM, TO LIGHT SO WE COULD ADDRESS THAT TONIGHT.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON SOMETHING NAISHA SAID AND ALSO, UH, COMMISSIONER MALALA JUST SAID IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING, CUZ I WASN'T CLEAR ON WHAT I HEARD.
YOU SAID THE DATE IT WILL GO TO COUNSEL, THE, THE FINALIST, I MEAN THE ACTUAL RECIPIENTS, RIGHT? THE 35 MM-HMM.
UH, SO RIGHT NOW OF THE 59, UM, NOBODY KNOWS YET WHO'S BEEN SELECTED.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANEL MEETINGS RIGHT NOW.
SO THE FIRST ONE WAS THIS AFTERNOON, SO WE TOOK THAT LITTLE CLIP FROM, YOU KNOW, THREE 30 THIS AFTERNOON TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT.
BUT WE'RE, THE NEXT ONE IS TOMORROW STARTING AT 1215 UNTIL 4:00 PM AND THEN ON WEDNESDAY ALSO FROM 1215 TO 4:00 PM IS THE LAST UM, REVIEW, IN DEPTH REVIEW OF THE FULL PANEL.
AND THEN FROM THOSE THREE DAYS THEN WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL 35 UM, AND NOTIFICATIONS WILL GO OUT TO THOSE FINAL 35 AS WELL AS TO THE FOLKS THAT DIDN'T RECEIVE IT THAT WERE IN THIS TOP 59 GROUP.
UM, AND THAT SHOULD GO OUT NEXT WEEK.
THE NOTIFICATION FOR THE FINAL 35 FLOOR GET MUTED.
I'M SORRY, I WENT BACK ON MUTE.
UH, SO THEY WILL KNOW NEXT WEEK IF THEY EITHER THEY MADE THE CUT, THEY DID NOT PRELIMINARY COUNCIL BECAUSE COUNCIL THEN HAS TO DECIDE OR APPROVE, JUST APPROVE.
JUST APPROVE BECAUSE THE CONTRACTS ARE OVER THE ADMINISTRATIVE LIMIT OR THE CITY MANAGER LIMIT JUST APPROVED THE CONTRACT.
SO THEY WILL, THEY WILL TAKE THE 35 THAT WE'RE SELECTED AND APPROVE THOSE.
SO THEY WILL KNOW AHEAD OF TIME, AHEAD OF THE COUNCIL MEETING WHETHER THEY'RE IN IT OR THEY'RE NOT.
AS USUAL, IT'S THE, HERE YOUR, HERE'S YOUR PRELIMINARY AWARD.
HERE IS THE PRELIMINARY 35 THAT WILL BE RECEIVING THESE FUNDS PENDING COUNCIL APPROVAL ON HOPEFULLY FEBRUARY 23RD.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH THOSE GROUPS.
BUT NEXT WEEK, FEBRUARY 2ND OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DATE.
I'M SORRY, I'VE JUST LOST EVERYONE.
AM I STILL ON? YOU'RE STILL ON
UH, I'M ON A LAPTOP AND I DON'T KNOW THE MOUSE VERY WELL.
AND CAN I ASK, UH OH, SORRY, YOUR, UM, JUST WITH COUNSEL, UM, THEY HAVE TO APPROVE EVERY CONTRACT OR CAN THEY APPROVE THE WHOLE AWARD AS A WHOLE? JUST AS ONE SO THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING DOWN.
SO WHERE THEY CAN'T SAY, WAIT NO, NO.
TO THIS GROUP, BUT THEY'RE JUST GONNA APPROVE IT AS A WHOLE.
NOT AT BREAKING IT DOWN TO INDIVIDUAL.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION.
COMMISSION, COMMISSION MULLEN.
SO, AND I'M SORRY IF I MISSED THIS.
SO HOW IS THE AWARD AMOUNT DETERMINED? EXACT, CUZ I KNOW IT'S A RANGE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
UM, AS WE MENTIONED, I THINK IN THE OCTOBER MEETING WE WERE HAVING, UM, THREE DIFFERENT TIERS.
AND SO BASED ON THEIR FINAL SCORE THAT WOULD IDENTIFY THE TIER ALONG WITH WHAT THE REQUEST AMOUNT WAS, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY WANT 150,000.
MAYBE THEY WANTED A HUNDRED THOUSAND BECAUSE IT WAS GONNA BE TOO BIG OF, UM, OF A, I DON'T WANNA SAY A REACH, BUT IT, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TOO BIG OF A LIMIT FOR THEM.
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TO GET THAT MUCH THAT QUICKLY MM-HMM.UM, SO WE WOULD LOOK AT WHAT THEIR AWARD REQUEST FOR THEIR REQUEST AMOUNT WAS AND THEIR SCORE TO DETERMINE WHAT TIER THEY FELL INTO
COUPLE COMMON CENTERED QUESTION, REITERATING AMAZING WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE SEE LIKE HOW DIFFICULT THAT, WHAT, HOW INVESTED Y'ALL ARE.
LIKE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AND YES, ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS SO WRAPPED UP IN PEOPLE'S IDENTITIES AND IT'S THE SAME FOR STAFF AND HOW SERIOUSLY AND DEEPLY YOU FEEL THESE DECISIONS.
UM, I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE MEDIAN, HERE'S AN OPERATION 25 YEARS.
WITH MEDIAN AND JUST THINKING ABOUT THE, HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN COMING AND THAT THE MEDIAN, I THINK IT WAS 99,000 WAS THE MEDIAN, UH, OPERATING INCOME.
SO THESE ARE GONNA BE TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENTS AND THE DESIGN IS WORKING AND IT'S HARD AND IT'S HARD.
MY QUESTION IS, WHEN WILL THE, UH, RECIPIENTS RECEIVE THEIR FUNDS?
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE FINANCE TEAM AND WITH PURCHASING.
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY.
WE KNOW HOW LONG A TYPICAL, UM, PAYMENT PROCESS TAKES FOR A CITY CONTRACT TO ACTUALLY GET MONEY OUT THE DOOR.
BUT WE'RE STREAMLINING THINGS FROM CONTRACTS TO AGREEMENTS.
WE'RE TAKING OUT A LOT OF PRE-CONTRACT MATERIALS.
SO THE IDEA IS THAT WHEN WE SIGN THESE AGREEMENTS WITH THE RECIPIENTS, IT COULD IMMEDIATELY GO TO PURCHASING TO THEN IMMEDIATELY AND QUICKLY GO THROUGH REVIEW TO GET THE FUNDING OUT THE DOOR.
SO INSTEAD OF SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, IT'S GONNA BE MORE LIKE JUST A COUPLE MONTHS FROM NOW.
AND I THINK ANY EXECUTIVE TEAM PERSON ON THIS CALL IS LIKE, DON'T SAY A DATE.
I'M NOT GONNA SAY A DATE, BUT, UM, I WOULD SAY IT'S MUCH CLOSER TO LIKE WITHIN A OR TWO MONTHS CONSERVATIVE MONTHS.
WHAT'S
THAT WE ARE MOVING A LOT OF THE, UM, THE CAPACITY AND AUTHORITY TO DO SOME OF THE CONTRACTING AND PURCHASING OUT OF CENTRAL PURCHASING INTO OUR DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE HANDLING EVERYTHING THAT ED D DOES AS A DEPARTMENT AND AS ANYONE PROBABLY GUESSES.
A LOT OF MONEY GOES OUT THE DOOR.
BUT THAT'S, UH, THAT WAS AN, IN AN EFFORT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT PROCESSES WE ARE GOOD AT AND THAT WE CAN HANDLE INTERNALLY AND THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, THEN HAVE A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ISSUING THOSE PAYMENTS, EVEN WITH OUR PART.
SO WE'RE, THAT'S ALSO A, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROCESS OF IMPROVEMENTS AT ANY POINT AT A TIME.
SO I, I DON'T WANNA NAIL STAND BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST THAT CONTRACTING WILL GO, BUT YEAH, IT IS OUR INTENT TO GET MONEY AT.
YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR A WHILE? WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR A WHILE.
AND THEN I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO REPRESENTATIVE FLORES
IS IT, IT'S GONNA BE PARCELED OUT OR WILL IT BE ONE LUMP SUM? IT IS NOT GONNA BE ONE LUMP SUM.
I WANNA SAY WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THIS SCHEDULE.
SAY THE LARGER CHUNK WILL GO OUT IN THE FIRST YEAH, THE FIRST CHUNK THAT IS EXPLAINING FUNDING THAN, THAN HAVE IN THE PAST.
UH, REPRESENTATIVE FLORENCE, PLEASE, COMMISSIONER, PLEASE.
UM, YEAH, SO, UM, I FORGOT TO SAY ONE THING BEFORE I, CUZ I GOT, I TA I, UH, SEGUED ONTO WHAT, UH, OTHER COMMISSIONERS WERE SAYING AND MY QUESTION AND I MEANT TO SAY I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE INTENT OF THE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, PLAYED OUT AT THE PERCENTAGES THAT YOU SHOWED IN THE, IN THE PIE CHARTS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU KNOW, THAT IT ACTUALLY SERVED THE INTENDED, UM, PARTICIPANTS.
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AND SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT, THAT THAT BORE OUT, UH, AND THAT THAT PART WORKED.SO, AND YES AND CONGRATULATIONS TO STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE SO FAR.
HOW, MY ONLY QUESTION WAS WHEN YOU SAID, SO, UH, I THINK IT WAS HEIDI THAT ASKED HER FIRST QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH, UM, CUZ IT, OR MAYBE IT WAS COMMISSIONER MAL NADO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE REQUEST VERSUS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE GIVEN.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING CUZ THERE'S RANGES, UH, IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T WANT AS MUCH AS THEY MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR, IS ALL THE MONEY GONNA BE SPENT IN THIS PROGRAM? IN OTHER WORDS, HOW ARE YOU GONNA, ARE YOU GONNA LIKE ADJUST IT ACCORDINGLY? HOW DOES THAT WORK EXACTLY? IF SOMEBODY MADE A REQUEST, DID THEY REQUEST FOR ALL THE DOLLARS IN THERE AND WILL THEY ALL BE SPENT FOR THE PROGRAM? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I, I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IF, CAUSE I'M NOT SURE I
UM, I MEAN I WOULD, I WOULD SAY IF AN ORGANIZATION REQUESTED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEY SCORED A PERFECT SCORE AND WE SAID, WELL, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR $150,000, WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY ENTERED INTO CONTRACT WITH THEM.
AND WE COULD NEGOTIATE AND SAY, OKAY, WELL DO YOU NOT WANT 150? WE CAN GIVE YOU JUST A HUNDRED IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.
WE DON'T WANNA EVER PUT SOMEONE IN A POSITION WHERE THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE RECEIVING CONTRACTUALLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND IF THAT CAP I ANTICIPATE WE ARE GOING TO SPEND ALL 3.8 MILLION IN THIS THRIVE PROGRAM, IF FOR SOME REASON WE DIDN'T SPEND ALL OF THAT AND THERE WAS MAYBE A $50,000 LEFT OVER, WE WOULD ROLL THAT INTO THE NEXT PROGRAM.
THAT WAS MY QUESTION CUZ JUST IF IT'S, IF THEY'RE SHIFTING SANDS, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S, IF IT SH THERE'S SHIFTS AND NOT ALL THE MONEY, YOU KNOW, GETS USED OR SOME FOLKS SAY, OH, I WANT LESS.
AND SO I KNOW WE BUDGETED THAT AMOUNT, SO YOU WILL ROLL IT OVER.
THAT WAS BASICALLY MY QUESTION.
SO N I SEE YOU'VE COME ON SCREEN.
SEE BRETT PULLED THE BACKBONE OUT.
I WANNA GIVE A BIG, UH, SHOUT OUT TO STAFF WHO'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB OVER THESE THREE YEARS, UM, TO OUR AMAZING PANELISTS.
I WAS LISTENING TO LISA, BUT I'VE BEEN IN THE BACKGROUND LISTENING.
THERE'S JUST SUCH RICHNESS IN THIS COMMUNITY, UM, UM, OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
SO I'M HAPPY WITH WHERE WE ARE, UH, TO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE REACHED, BUT CONTINUING TO STRESS, MAYBE NOT THIS PROGRAM, BUT THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS COMING DOWN THE PIPE.
AND SO, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION.
WE, WE KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY AND YES, WE ARE TASKED NOW TO PROCESS CONTRACTS INTERNAL.
SO, UH, WE HAVE THE TEAM IN PLACE, UM, AND WE DEFINITELY WILL MEET, MOVE FASTER THAN, UM, WORKING WITH CENTRAL PUR PURCHASING.
BUT I DON'T WANNA COMMIT TO A TIMELINE TODAY.
UH, ONCE WE GET CLOSER TO CONTRACT SIGNATURE, I'M SURE WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET ME SPEAK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WONDERFUL.
IT'S BEEN A MASSIVE LIFT AND Y'ALL ARE BARE IN THE BRUNT OF A LOT OF FEEDBACK RIGHT NOW, ALL OF WHICH WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR.
BUT WE, LET'S ALL MAINTAIN COMPASSION FOR ONE ANOTHER.
UM, I WILL JUST SAY TO CLOSE THIS AREA, IT WOULD BE GREAT.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT, IT'S HEARTBREAKING HERE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE ANOTHER FUNDING ROLLOUT TILL JUNE, JULY.
BUT PERHAPS IF WE COULD GET CRITERIA AND QUESTIONS OUT AS SOON AS CAN, PEOPLE CAN START PREPARING, UM, AND REALLY GIVE IT AS MUCH TIME TO VET THEIR ANSWERS AND RESPONSES TO THAT.
I KNOW THAT THE, AGAIN, BUT MORTALS AND WE CAN, WE'RE TAKING ON MORE ON EDB.
UM, THERE'S LESS, UH, UH, HUMAN POWER TO PUMP OUT, UH, THE NEXT ROUND.
BUT JUST TO, TO KEEP ACTIVE ON FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ALLOW THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY, THEY'RE MOVING AND EXPERIENCING PROGRESS I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL.
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ITEMS. CAUSE WE HAVE A WHOLE OTHER HALF OF THE MEETING TO GET YOU OVER.UM, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE ITEMS EIGHT AND NINE ON CONSENT.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? OH, SECOND.
LET'S BEAT YOU TO THE PUNCH HERE.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF TAKING ITEM
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89 ON CONSENT.UH, COMMISSIONER FLOS, YOU MUST BE ON SCREEN TO VOTE OR WE'LL HAVE TO CONSIDER YOU OFF THE DIAS, WHICH I THINK THERE WE ARE.
UH,
AND THAT WAS, SORRY, BULGAR AND POLGAR AND SMALL.
[10. Approve Public Private Partnership (P3) Working Group recommendation to City Council]
APPROVED PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.P THREE WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THAT WAS ALL IN, UH, IN OUR BACKUP.
DID WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT OR DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE WORKING GROUP THAT WANTS TO SPEAK TO? I ACTUALLY, YES, IF WE CAN GO INTO ITEM
[18. Update from Public Private Partnership (P3) Working Group with Commissioners Flores, Gray (chair), Mok, and Schmalbach]
18, JUST THE UPDATE FROM THE P THREE WORKING GROUP.AND I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER TO CONSTANCE ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE, THE WORKING GROUP WITH RELATING TO THE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCILS.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO REARRANGE OUR UPDATE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR
UM, HELLO, MY NAME IS CONSTANCE WHITE.
I AM THE CURRENT, UH, ART PROGRAM MANAGER.
OR, I'M SORRY, I'M THE CURRENT, WHAT IS LAURA MOTION? THE CURRENT MANAGER FOR THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM.
AND, UH, AND THAT WAS SPIRIT OF THE TORTURE OF ME TRYING TO DESCRIBE WHAT I LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND THAT WAS ON THE RECORD.
UM, SO IN INTRODUCING INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, UH, WE STARTED WITH A DEFINITION AND A TYPICAL DEFINITION FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AS WE REFER TO THEM AS P THREE S, INVOLVE COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN A GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND A PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANY THAT CAN BE USED TO FINANCE, BUILD, AND DEVELOP VARIOUS PROJECTS.
FINANCING A PROJECT OR A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP CAN ALLOW A PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED SOONER OR INCREASE THE FEASIBILITY OF CERTAIN TYPES OF PROJECTS.
IN THIS CASE, FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS USING A P THREE MODEL FOR PROPERTY, PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT FOR NEW CITY FACILITIES.
SINCE THE MODEL OF WORKING, SINCE THIS PARTICULAR MODEL OF WORKING WAS NOT A PART OF HOW THE CITY OPERATED, WHEN THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM ORDINANCE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1985 AND SUBSEQUENT SUBSEQUENTLY REVISED IN 2004, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A CONSISTENT OR FREQUENT PRACTICE OF APPLYING THE 2% FOR ART TO CONSTRUCTION BUDGETS.
UH, SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESPONSE TO THIS TREND SUGGESTS THE FOLLOWING.
IN THE SPIRIT OF THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES ORDINANCE, THE OVERALL REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT BUDGET SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE 2% FOR ART APPLICATION, MUCH LIKE A USUAL CITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
SO IN WORKING WITH THE, UM, ARTS COMMISSION WORKING GROUP, UM, WE WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE THERE ARE OTHER CITY PROGRAMS AND DIVISIONS THAT ADMINISTER QUASI-PUBLIC, PRIVATE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, FINANCIAL SERVICES IS CURRENTLY THE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATING THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS REFERRED TO AS P THREE S.
AND AS NOVEMBER 1ST, THAT DEPARTMENT HAS AGREED TO WORK WITH OUR IN PUBLIC PLACES, UM, WITH E D D TO DRAFT RECOMMENDED LANGUAGE FOR THIS COMMISSION TO REVIEW, WHICH MAY BE MEMORIALIZED AS PART OF THE FUTURE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES POLICY.
AND THE DRAFT MEMO WAS PART OF YOUR BACKUP FOR YOUR REVIEW.
I'M SEEING A COUPLE M IA UP THERE.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANY OF THE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS OR PROTESTANTS? COMMISSIONER MOCK? WELL, I'M SO GLAD THAT, THAT THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD.
AS YOU KNOW, I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
AND, UM, SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT AS A POLICY SO THAT, UM, OUR CREATIVE ARTIST WILL NOT BE, UM, SHORT CHANGE, SO LET ME KNOW AND I WILL GO TO MY COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
TO PROTECT, TO PROTECT OUR ARTISTS.
COMMISSIONER FLORES, JUST JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
DO WE NEED, UH, ANY KIND OF A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS MEMO GOING FORWARD, MAKING THAT RECOMMENDATIONS? CAUSE I'LL HAPPILY DO SO.
I'LL, I'LL MOVE THEN TO ACCEPT.
COMMISSIONER GARZA, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU WERE, UH, AWAY FROM? YOU'RE GOOD.
SECONDED BY FIVE COMMISSIONERS.
LET'S SAY POLGAR GOT THE SECOND.
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IN FAVOR? AYE.[11. Approve meeting dates for joint Arts/Music Commission meeting]
APPROVED MEETING BASED FOR JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING.UM, I'M IN CURRENT COMMUNICATION WITH THE CHAIR OF MUSIC.
WE ACTUALLY, UM, VICE CHAIR SMALL BLACK, AND I HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM ON WEDNESDAY.
SO WE WILL CONFER DATES FOR THAT AND, UH, IDEALLY SEND OUT AN EMAIL.
UM, WE ALSO, UM, I NEED TO TALK ABOUT, UM, OUR RETREAT.
UM, BUT WE'LL WAIT TILL WE GET THAT GET SET THERE.
[12. Approve Arts Commission retreat date with the Art in Public Places panel ]
NEXT.CAN I THIS QUESTION THAT, BECAUSE I THOUGHT, AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT'S CHANGED SINCE THEN, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A STATED PURPOSE AS TO WHY JOINT COMMISSION MEETINGS HAPPEN.
SO WHAT IS THE STATED PURPOSE OF US COMING TOGETHER WITH THEM? I BELIEVE IT'S TO BRAINSTORM MORE WAYS TO COLLABORATE AND HAVE A UNIFIED VOICE TO COUNSEL.
AND BECAUSE OUR RETREAT, WE'RE TRYING TO SQUEEZE IN THE RETREAT IN Q1, IT'LL DEFINITELY BE Q2 THAT'LL HAPPEN CUZ WE CAN ONLY HAVE RIGHT, ONE SPECIAL.
SO FINGERS CROSSED WE CAN GET A RETREAT DATE.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO TOSS OUT SOME DATES RIGHT NOW, UM, SINCE WE'RE ALL TOGETHER AND I DON'T NEED JESUS TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION, BUT IF, UH, COMMISSIONERS WOULDN'T MIND PULLING OUT THEIR CALENDARS, LOVE TO TOSS A COUPLE DATES OUT THERE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET, UM, AT LEAST SOME OPTIONS ON THE CALENDAR.
DO WE NEED, UM, CAD'S APPROVAL FOR LIKE, FOR OPENINGS FOR YOUR SPACE? OR CAN WE JUST CRASH YOUR PARTY ANYTIME? WHAT YOU
DO WE NEED A RESERVATION TO USE CAD SPACE WORK WITH US.
BECAUSE IT'LL LIKELY BE UNDER HOURS.
OR YEAH, BECAUSE I'M THINKING WEEKEND IS GONNA BE THE MOST, TO HAVE THE BIGGEST BLOCK OF TIME THAT'S UNINTERRUPTED.
UM, SO IF I CAN MAYBE GET TWO SETS OF WEEKENDS BLOCKED OFF AND THEN WE CAN NARROW IT DOWN FROM THERE AND TALK TO YOU GUYS DATE.
UM, SO POST SOUTH BY, WELL I'M, I'M HOPING PRE SOUTH BY, BECAUSE IF WE GET POST SOUTH BY THEN WE'RE IN Q2 AND THAT THAT SKIRTS OUR ABILITY TO MEET WITH MUSIC.
HOW MANY, MANY HOURS ARE WE LOOKING AT? I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THREE.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND WITH A IPP LOOKING AT MARCH, THAT KIND OF ELIMINATES OUR IDEAS TO OVERLAP, BUT I I WOULD LOVE TO ENCOURAGE, UM, US TO CRASH AIP P'S PARTY OR AIP P TO CRASH OUR PARTY.
IF WE CAN WALK IN A DATE AND FIGURE IT OUT.
BUT HOW DOES THE BACK HALF OF FEBRUARY LOOK TO EVERYBODY? I'M THINKING 18TH, 19TH, 25TH, 26TH.
UM, BEFORE, UH, KIA'S DISCUSSIONS.
JUST, UH, THE QUARTER WORKS KIND OF WEIRD.
SO JUST A REMINDER THAT, UM, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR QUARTER INCH FOR SPECIAL ASSAULT MEETINGS, UM, DECEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY IS ONE QUARTER.
UM, AND THEN MARCH THROUGH MAY IS A DIFFERENT, THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO SQUEEZE IT INTO THE END OF FEBRUARY TO GIVE PEOPLE AMPLE NOTICE.
AND IT, I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, MAYBE LIKE 10.
WE'VE GOT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, THE 18TH AND 19TH SATURDAY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THE WEEKEND IS BETTER FOR ME.
SO I'M ALREADY HEARING POO-POOS TO THE 18TH AND 19TH.
WHAT ABOUT THE 25TH AND 26TH? COMMISSIONER POLGAR? I AM NOT AVAILABLE THE 25TH AND THE 26TH.
IS COMMISSIONER FLORES LEAVING THE COMMISSION, UH, THAT MONDAY, WHATEVER THE LAST MEETING DATE IS.
SO MOST LIKELY I'M NOT GONNA BE AVAILABLE PRETTY MUCH IS IS EARLIER IN THE MONTH.
DOES THE 11TH OR 12TH WORK FOR ANYBODY? THE 12TH MAYBE IN PARTICULAR OR THE 11TH EVEN? I WANNA COMPROMISE MY WEEKENDS ANYMORE.
I'M SEEING THUMBS UP AND I'M HEARING A YES.
WITH ER GRAY I'M SEEING AFTERNOON.
WHAT IS AFTERNOON? WILL YOU DEFINE? UH, TWO O'CLOCK.
DOES THAT WORK FOR PEOPLE ON SATURDAY? MM-HMM.
NO, TYPICALLY IT'S NOT BEEN, IT'S NOT ON SATURDAY SUPER BOWL.
YOU WAIT FOR THE MEETING DURATION, RIGHT? YEAH.
DO YOU HAVE SECONDS? I MEAN, I, I LIKE BREATHING.
IT'S TOO, I, I'M, WELL, ESPECIALLY IF WE INCORPORATE AI, SHOULD I ABOUT A RETREAT OR THE JOINT MEETING? RETREAT, RETREAT, RETREAT, RETREAT, RETREAT.
THREE HOURS SEEMS PRETTY SHORT.
I WAS, I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THREE HOURS OF THE JOINT MEETING.
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OKAY.OH, YOU GOT, I JUST NO, THE RETREAT.
I MEAN, WE'VE DONE, YEAH, I THINK MY COMMISSION WAS LIKE A FULL DAY COMMISSIONER.
POLGAR, YOU'VE GOT ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR.
COMMISSIONER FLORES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUB IT IN LIFE.
SO WHAT TYPICALLY, WELL, HISTORICALLY FOR THE AIP P P AND ARTS COMMISSION MEETING, WE'VE LIKE SHARED A MEAL.
SO WE'VE TRIED TO LIKE BRIDGE LUNCH RETREAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S USEFUL.
THIS IS, WE NOT THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN, BUT THAT IS ONE WAY THAT WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE.
SO THAT WOULD PUT US EARLIER IN THE DAY.
AND IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER A I P P WANTS TO DO THEIR RETREAT THE SAME DAY, YADA YADA.
COMMISSIONER GRAY IS REMINDING US THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT MARCH, NOT THAT WE, AND MY THINKING IS IF WE JUST, SOMEBODY DECIDES ON A DATE, WE CAN CRASH EACH OTHER'S PARTY.
LIKE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO SCHEDULE A DATE WHERE WE'RE ALL AVAILABLE, INVITING A I PPP TO JOIN US AT SOME POINT IN OUR MEETING OR US CRASHING Y'ALL'S MEETING, YOU KNOW, OR WHOEVER COULDN'T MAKE IT TAMMY TO COME.
I THINK THERE'S SOME HYBRID VERSION OF SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN.
UM, COMMISSIONER PGO, YOU'RE IN TOWN AT SOME POINT, RIGHT? IS IT, DO WE LOSE? YEAH, ACTUALLY I AM.
THE ELE THE WEEKEND OF THE 11TH AND 12TH.
I HAVE A DATE WITH LOSSES, UH, INTO THE WOODS PRODUCTION.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEIR PERFORMANCES ARE, BUT YEAH.
WELL WE CAN, WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE WITH TIMING, BUT, AND LET'S, LET'S SAY THE 11TH, EVERYBODY PUT THE 11TH ON THEIR CALENDAR.
COMMISSIONER FLORES HAS THE ONE EXCEPTION, I GUESS.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT, WHAT PROGRESS YOU GUYS? WE PREFER THE AFTERNOON DONE THAT.
WELL, I, I'M NOT GONNA GUARANTEE THAT SOMETHING IS NOT PUTTING, BEING PUT ON MY SCHEDULE AS WE SPEAK, BUT I WOULD PREFER THE AFTERNOON AS WELL.
I DO NOT WANNA GIVE UP MY SATURDAY MORNING.
AND USUALLY THERE'S COMMUNITY EVENTS, SO NO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S FINE.
LET'S, UM, I HOPE YOU DON'T NEED A QUORUM CUZ THEY I MAY, I MAY, I DON'T WANNA BE THE ONE TO BUST YOU.
YEAH, YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE.
UM, WHO'S NOT INTO MORNINGS AND THAT'S JUST FINE WITH ME.
UM, SO LET'S BLOCK OFF THE 11TH AND THEN WE'LL SEND AN EMAIL OUT WITH PREFERRED TIME BLOCKS.
I'M SO EXCITED THAT THAT'S PRETTY KNOCK.
AND THEN YEAH, WE'LL GET WITH A I P P I DID SEND TAMMY AN EMAIL, BUT SHE'S AT PENLAND AND SHE'S BUSY.
[13. Discuss transition of outgoing and incoming/new Arts Commissioners ]
TRANSITION OF OUTGOING AND INCOMING NEW ARTS COMMISSIONERS.COMMISSIONER FLORES, SPEAKING OF OUTBOUND, UM, THEY'RE OFF THE DIAS TECHNICALLY ANYWAY.
WE'VE HAD BRIEF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UM, YOU TRANSITIONING OUT.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES YOU WANNA SHARE? ANY PEOPLE THAT MAYBE YOU'VE PUT A BUG IN? I KNOW YOU'RE A BUSY PERSON.
IT'S REALLY, I MEAN, I WOULD HA BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND SHARE.
I, I SPOKE WITH MY, UM, NEW COUNCIL MEMBER,
AND HE'S WILLING TO, TO TALK, BUT, UH, I CERTAINLY HAVEN'T COME UP WITH ANY NAMES.
I HAVEN'T HAD TIME AND I APOLOGIZE.
UH, BUT I THOUGHT YOU HAD A SHORT LIST THAT YOU WERE WORKING ON.
THANK, AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT SHORT LIST AND I'M HAPPY TO REVIEW IT AND LOOK OVER ANY, UM, IF I COME UP WITH SOMEBODY, I JUST HAVE NOT HAD THE TIME.
I THINK I DID SEND IT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO RESEND AND IF YOU WANNA SET UP A TIME TO MEET WITH ZOE OR JUST CONNECT US AND ALLEVIATE THAT FROM YOUR PLATE ALTOGETHER, I'M SURE, UM, EITHER MYSELF OR MY VICE CHAIR OR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
HAPPY TO, TO MEET WITH, UH, NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
UM, ON THAT TOPIC OF NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL FOLK, UM, WHO HAS ANYBODY I HEARD FROM MY COUNCIL PERSON AND I'VE BEEN CONFIRMED FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.
UM, HAS ANYBODY ELSE HEARD FROM THEIR COUNCIL, UM, LIAISON OR ANYBODY JUST YET IN TERMS OF NO FRESHLY ELECTED COUNCIL FOLKS? NO.
NO, SHE'S, SHE'S JUST NOT FRESHLY ANYTHING.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOGGED AT THE PLACE LOCKED.
UM, FELIPE, ANY WORD FROM JOSE? UH, I THINK JOSE, I TALKED TO HIM A LITTLE BIT AND HE SAID, GOOD FOR YOU.
YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE? NO, ANYTIME SOON.
IS THAT I I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, I THINK I HAVE SERVED MY TERM LIMIT AND, UM, MY COUNCIL, UH, WOMAN DID SENT
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ME AN EMAIL TO ASK ME IF I WANTED TO REMAIN.AND THEN, UH, SHE WILL, I GUESS HELP TO PASS THE RE RESOLUTION TO KEEP ME HERE.
SO I TOLD HER THAT, UM, SINCE WE HAVE WORKED ON THIS EQUITY ISSUES FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT BECOME A REALITY BECAUSE BEFORE I WROTE OUT, SO PLEASE LOOK OUT TO HER RESOLUTION TO SEE.
WELL, BUT, BUT I GOT AN EMAIL THAT THEY TOLD ME THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS I HAVE SERVED, YOU KNOW, BUT I DID TELL HER, BUT I DID TELL HER THAT I'M WILLING TO SERVE UNTIL, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, HAVE ROLLED OUT.
SO JUST, I JUST, I AM JUST ASKING THE STAFF TO, UH, LOOK OUT FOR IT.
WHEN THE DI IS BACK, YOU CAN LEAVE.
COMMISSIONER, I WANTED TO WORK ON THE DI THAT WILL BE MY LEGACY.
THAT'LL BE YOUR LEGACY COMMISSIONER PULGAR.
I WAS JUST GONNA REMIND EVERYBODY.
SO, UM, JUST A REMINDER OF THE EMAIL THAT CAME OUT FROM STEPHANIE HALL FOR, FOR FOLKS WHO ARE SORT OF AT THEIR EIGHT YEARS, BUT STILL IN A TERM, THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE GONNA LOOK INTO THAT.
AND I EXPECT THAT THERE ARE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER MOCK LIKE YOU, WHO ARE SORT OF IN THAT WINDOW OF YOU'VE HIT EIGHT, BUT YOU'VE STILL GOT YEARS TO GO ON YOUR CURRENT TERM.
I THINK THEY'LL WORK THAT OUT.
THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE ALL THOSE PIECES OUT.
UM, AND, AND CHAIRS, THIS MEANT FOR, FOR MY PURPOSES, I'M IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND HAVE OFFERED TO ASSIST THEM IN THEIR RECRUITING, UM, AND IN SENDING PEOPLE TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PORTAL TO APPLY IF THEY'RE INTERESTED.
BUT WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS THERE AND I WILL SERVE UNTIL MY, UM, REPLACEMENT HAS BEEN NAMED.
I'M JUST IN DENIAL THAT YOU'RE LEAVING, BUT IF ANYBODY NEEDS THOSE LINKS, IF YOU'RE IN BOX WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE EXPRESSING INTEREST, WE HAVE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS, UM, OUT THERE THAT ARE HELPING US AMPLIFY OPEN OPPORTUNITIES ON THE DIAS.
UM, I HAVE LINKS READY TO GO, UM, THAT INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM PAST NEWSLETTERS, OUR CULTURAL FUNDING PILOT PROGRAMS, UM, AT T X N, UM, EPISODES OF OUR ARTS COMMISSION MEETING.
SO, UH, AND THE APPLICATION LINK SOUP TO NUTS, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A COMMISSIONER.
SO IF ANYBODY WANTS A QUICK GUIDE, ARE THOSE HELPFUL LINKS ORGANIZED? I HAVE THEM.
JUST LET ME KNOW AND I CAN FORWARD THAT ALONG TO YOU HAVE, HAVE, THIS IS A ROYAL LEASE, SO I APOLOGIZE.
HAS THERE EVER BEEN A MATRIX THAT'S BEEN CREATED WITH REGARDS TO WHAT CURRENT SKILLS EXIST ON THE COMMISSION AND WHAT SKILLS WE NEED ON THE COMMISSION? AND MAYBE JUST, I JUST WONDERED, LIKE DO WE HAVE THAT? I DON'T THINK SO, BUT I, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT'S LIKE, IF WE SEE WHO'S GOING OUTBOUND, IT'S LIKE OUR, OUR TRUSTED LAWYER BRAIN WILL BE LEAVING US.
AND SO FOR ME, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY WITH SIMILAR, IF NOT IDENTICAL SKILL SETS.
UM, THINK WE KIND TALKED ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, WE, YEAH, THERE'S BEEN LOOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S LIKE A PROPER MATRIX, BUT YOU'RE VOLUNTEERING TO CREATE IT.
I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO, TO PUT SOMETHING, I MEAN, I'VE GOT ONE THAT WE USE FOR DIFFERENT BOARD STUFF, BUT RIGHT.
I JUST THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO HAVE.
LIKE, DO WE HAVE DIVERSE REPRESENTATION? DO WE HAVE YEAH.
YOU KNOW, ALL THE, DO WE HAVE A LAWYER? DO WE HAVE A FINANCE PERSON? DO WE HAVE A WHATEVER REAL ESTATE I'VE HAD OLOGIST.
I'VE, I'VE HAD SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS WITH MUSIC WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL IN THE COMMUNITY SERVING DIFFERENT PURPOSES, DIFFERENT SKILL SETS, AND WE GET A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S KIND OF ABOVE OUR HEAD LEGALESE THAT IT'S HARD FOR US TO SORT OF TRANSLATE HAVING TRANSLATORS FOR DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES, UM, PRESENT, UM, TO BE MISS LULU.
UM, I, I WOULD JUST TO, TO PUT A, UH, FINISH OUT THAT THOUGHT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS BE RECRUITING AND, UM, YEAH, JUST THINK, ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS.
UM, AND SO IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT AND, AND EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, WE'VE GOT OPENINGS COMING UP FOR AIP, P P, UM, YOU KNOW, ARTISTS IN PARTICULAR THAT WANT A LITTLE BIT OF A LIGHTER LEARNING CURVE,
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT OF A TRAIT.
I THINK MAYBE IF, IF MAYBE ONE OF THE COMMUNITY MEETUPS PERHAPS CAN FOCUS ON THAT, LIKE, THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVING ON THE ARTS COMMISSION MM-HMM.
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OF THAT.I MEAN, I JUST IN, IN ESSENCE, JUST IN, IN MM-HMM.
THAT IS A PERFECT SEGUE INTO ITEM 14.
OH, COMMISSIONER FLORES AND COMMISSION GER, UH, THEN COMMISSIONER FLORES QUICKLY.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S, I KNOW THERE WAS A REDISTRICTING, I'M NOT QUITE SURE.
AND ANYWAY, DISTRICT NINE WAS LIKE AN OCTOPUS AND SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO KNOW WHO LIVES WHERE AND WHATEVER, BUT IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY APPOINT SOMEBODY FROM DISTRICT NINE.
IS IT? I MEAN, THAT IS THE COUNCIL PERSON'S CHOICE.
UM, AND AGAIN, I THINK IT, IT IT'S TRADITION THAT THE PERSON IS LIVING OR OCCUPYING THAT DISTRICT IN SOME CAPACITY, BUT IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT.
I DON'T LIVE, I'M, UM, PAGES APPOINTING DISTRICT EIGHT.
UM, AND A AC IS ECHOING THAT SENTIMENT.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT WELL THAT HELPS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO KNOW, LIKE, OKAY, IF I KNOW NOR WELL A LAWYER WHO'S INVOLVED IN THE ARTS AND WOULD IN INTERESTED, BUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY LIVE IN YEAH.
IN DISTRICT NINE IS ANOTHER ISSUE.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER OR NOT THE CO THE COUNCIL PERSON IS, WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT PERSON.
I DID A SEARCH AND I CANCELED.
SO, JUST REAL QUICK TO TAG ON TO WHAT COMMISSIONER GRAY SAID, I THINK AIA WOULD BE A GREAT PERSON TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT BEING ON THE OUTSIDE AS AN ARTIST IN THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT YOUR PERCEPTION WAS OF THE ARTS COMMISSION VERSUS NOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE.
AND I, AND I THINK YOUR LIKE UNDERSTANDING HAS RADICALLY SHIFTED
AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT YOU MAY HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SERVE IN A BORDER COMMISSION CAPACITY THAT AREN'T MAYBE ARTS COMMISSION FOLKS, BUT WHO MAY WANNA SERVE ON, THERE ARE 70 PLUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
THERE'S BEEN A MAJOR TRANSITION IN COUNCIL IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, ALL THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE LOOKING FOR REALLY GOOD HUMANS.
YOU ALL KNOW MANY GOOD HUMANS.
AND THEN J AND ALSO PAID POSITIONS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS WELL.
I MEAN, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF OPENINGS IN JOE.
UM, ARE WE OKAY TO MOVE ON? YES.
[14. Establish Arts Commission communications team for outreach platforms ]
14 IS ESTABLISH ARTS COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR OUTREACH PLATFORM.SO ON, ON THE TOPIC OF OUTREACH, NOT THAT WE ALL DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO, UM, I MANAGE THE NEWSLETTER, WHICH HAS GONE FROM MONTHLY RECAPS TO QUARTERLY, UM, AS WELL AS THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT WILL NOT BE NAMED EXPLICITLY.
UM, AND I'M WELCOMING ASSISTANCE IN THAT, THAT SPACE IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, AS SIMPLE AS GENERATING CONTENT, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER POSTS, UM, HELPING ME PRIORITIZE WHAT CONTENT GOES OUT ON THE NEWSLETTER, UH, SHARING, UH, TO YOUR OWN PLATFORMS OR HELPING AMPLIFY HOWEVER, UM, ASSISTANCE LOOKS LIKE TO YOU.
UM, IN THIS WORK, I AM OPEN EARS AND WELCOME TO, UM, I'M WELCOMING OF IT.
UM, SO YEAH, I, I DON'T THINK I'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP.
I THINK I SIGNED THE LAST TIME.
UM, SO WE'LL JUST WHAT YOU NEED.
WE'LL, I'LL START A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NEWSLETTER.
CAUSE I DO WANT TO GET ONE OUT FOR JANUARY, BEING THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND IT CAN KIND OF ENCAPSULATE DECEMBER'S UPDATES.
SO WE DID GET SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
OH, YOU'D BE, YOU'D BE SURPRISED.
UM, I'M BE LIKE TWO WEEKS OUT.
WELL, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE AN EVOLVING THING.
IT MIGHT BE FOR THE NEXT QUARTER, BUT, UM, JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE, THAT HELP IS WELCOMED.
CAN I ADD A THOUGHT TO THAT? YES, PLEASE.
AS CHAIR, I THINK YOUR BRAIN IS WRAPPED AROUND MOST OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
SO WHAT NEEDS TO GO OUT IS PROBABLY GOOD THAT YOU ARE KIND OF, IT'S IN YOUR BRAIN.
I'LL SAY EVEN EVEN SOMEBODY THAT IS MY GO-TO, THAT I CAN SEND DRAFTS TO, RIGHT.
SO IT'S LIKE, HEY, CAN I GET EYES ON THIS? BECAUSE IT IS ALL WRAPPED UP IN A KNOT, EXCEPT I HAVE TWO SETS OF EYES.
AND, AND AGAIN, JUST THE AMPLIFICATION.
LIKE IF ANYBODY'S HAS A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM AND ISN'T ALREADY FOLLOWING AT X M, ARTS AND CULTURE, MUSIC COMMISSION NEWS, WHY? AND THEN ALSO PLEASE HELP, YOU KNOW, GENERATE OUTREACH AND THE MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH THOSE, THAT KIND OF CONTENT, THE MORE EXPANSIVE THE REACH SO THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOWS THAT IT EXISTS.
AND THAT'S ALL I, I CREATED THESE THINGS FOR US TO USE COLLABORATIVELY TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY.
TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO, UM, BEING AS VISIBLE AS WE CAN IN THOSE SPACES I THINK IS REALLY HELPFUL.
SO BY ALL MEANS, UM, ITEM 15, WE NEED
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SOME INFLUENCERS ON THE COMMISSION.YOU KNOW, BRETT, SOME INFLUENCERS YOU WANT IT SNEAK.
YOU GOTTA DO SOME REAL SCORES UP.
I WANNA SEE COMMISSIONER BARNES ON TIKTOK.
ALL HELP AND SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME.
[15. Discussion and possible action on the FY 23-24 budget recommendations ]
AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FY 2324 BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.ANYBODY WANNA PIPE UP? COMMISSIONER HOLDER? DO, DO WE HAVE A PLAN HERE FOR HOW WE DO THIS? OR DO I KNOW THE END OF MARCH? WE'VE GOT SOME TIME.
I THINK BEFORE WE HAVE TO SUBMIT.
WE CAN DISCUSS IT IN OUR RETREAT.
IF WE YEAH, IF WE I THINK THAT THAT'S A WISE SUGGESTION.
I WAS GONNA SAY, MY, MY, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE GO OFF THINKING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, UM, STAFF, WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU GUYS CLEARLY.
UM, BUT THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TO EITHER THE RETREAT OR THE FEBRUARY MEETING THAT WE PUT TOGETHER A WORKING GROUP TO REVIEW WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMING FORWARD SO THAT WE WALK INTO THE MARCH MEETING WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CAN VOTE ON SO THAT WE CAN SUBMIT TO THE CITY BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY SAGE ADVICE.
AND THEN ALSO BEING THAT THE RETREATS UPCOMING WILL BE ABLE TO CONFER WITH MUSIC AND WE CAN KIND OF PLANT THE SEED WITH AND CHARLOTTE AND NAALI ON WEDNESDAY.
I DON'T THINK THEY'VE GOT ANYTHING ON THE BOOKS FOR THEIR RETREAT, BUT, UM, IF WE CAN AT LEAST DISCUSS THAT.
WE'D LIKE TO COMPARE NOTES WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.
I THINK A UNIFIED VOICE TO COUNCIL IS THE WAY TO GO.
[16. Update from Equity Working Group with Community Arts leaders of the BIPOC/LGBTQIA/Disabilities Community/Women with Commissioners Gray, Maldonado, Polgar, Zisman, and community members]
FIRST UP IS UPDATE FROM THE EQUITY WORKING GROUP WITH COMMUNITY ARTS LEADERS OF THE BIPO LT, QA DISABILITIES, UH, COMMUNITY, WOMEN WITH COMMISSIONERS, GRAY MALI'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT UPDATE.
UM, THE PLAN IS TO, UM, NOW WITH THRIVE IN, IN THIS ADJUDICATION PROCESS, TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM, UM, AND BE ASSEMBLING THAT GROUP.
UM, THAT EMAIL IS YET TO GO OUT, BUT IT WILL BE GOING OUT PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.
UM, IDEALLY, UH, WILL WE'LL MEET AS A WORKING GROUP AND THEN FOLD IN COMMUNITY MEMBERS INTO THAT DISCUSSION.
WE'LL GIVE, UM, AND SEND OUT AN EMAIL, GIVE THEM A HEADS UP.
THEY CAN START PUTTING THEIR EARS TO THE GROUND, ALTHOUGH I'M SURE THERE'S LOTS OF FEEDBACK ALREADY FLOWING.
AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A, A BIG MEETING WITH EVERYONE.
UH, COMMISSIONER POLGAR IS ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT? NAH, WE'RE GOOD.
AND, UM, COMMISSIONER MALDINADO JOINED US ON THAT WORKING GROUP, SO THAT'LL BE A NICE SPACE, UM, TO BE INTRODUCED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW COMMISSIONER.
[17. Update from Joint Working Group for Joint Cultural Committee with Commissioners Polgar (chair), Zisman, and working group members from the Quality of Life Commissions]
JOINT WORKING GROUP FOR JOINT CULTURAL COMMITTEE WITH COMMISSIONERS ARDMAN AND THE GROUP MEMBERS OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSIONS COMMISSION.SO, AS YOU KNOW, AS WITH US ALL, THERE ARE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS AS PART OF THAT WORK, THAT WORKING GROUP.
SO NOW OUR TASK IS TO FIND OUT WHO WE STILL HAVE AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE.
UM, I AND I HAD PLANNED TO APPROACH EVERYBODY ABOUT GETTING TOGETHER ON THE BUDGET CONVERSATION CUZ WE FOUND IN YEARS PAST THAT THAT CONVERSATION BETWEEN MUSIC AND ARTS IS GREAT, BUT IT'S EVEN BETTER IF IT ALSO INCLUDES OTHER BOARDS.
UM, SO THAT WILL BE THE, THE NEXT EMAIL I SEND TO SEE CAN WE GET TOGETHER ABOUT BUDGET AND WHO CAN STILL BE THERE AND SEE WHAT OUR NUMBERS LOOK LIKE.
I'LL REPORT BACK WHEN I SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.
UM, NEXT IS UPDATE FROM THE P THREE, WHICH WE GOT IN DEPTH.
I THINK WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 19.
WAIT, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SO DO WE NEED TO SUNSET THAT WORKING AT, UM, WELL, I MEAN, DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S, I THINK THAT IT WAS, IT CREATED TO, TO CREATE THE RECOMMENDATION AND NOW IT'S DONE.
CAN I GET A MOTION? THANK YOU.
[19. Update from Quarterly Arts Community Commission Meet-ups Working Group with Commissioners Barnes, Garza (chair), Gray, and Zisman ]
UPDATE FROM THE QUARTERLY ARTS, UH, COMMUNITY COMMISSION MEETUPS WORKING GROUP WITH COMMISSIONERS BARNES GARZA GRAY AND DISMAN GARZA AS CHAIR.UH, COMMISSIONER GARZA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT? SURE, SURE.
UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, I THINK I SENT, UM, A DRAFT OF A LETTER THAT I WANNA SEND OUT TO SOME OF THE APPLICANTS AND I SENT IT OVER TO MONICA.
AND MONICA IS WORKING ON THE EDITING.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PIGGY BACK ON THE AGENDA THAT WAS USED LAST TIME AND JUST TWEAK IT A LITTLE BIT SO IT REFLECTS MORE OF THE STUFF WE WANNA DO.
I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE WRITE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT AWARDED FUNDS RECENTLY TO THAT MEETING AS WELL.
AND, UM, I HAD SPOKEN TO ONE OF OUR CONTRACTORS AND ASKED
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HER IF WE COULD USE HER FACILITY TO, TO HOST THE MEETING.AND INITIALLY SHE HAD SAID YES.
AND THEN WHEN I TALKED TO HER LATER, SHE, SHE SAID SOMETHING MADE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME IS SHE DIDN'T WANNA HOST IT AT HER LOCATION, NOT BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN THE WORK WE'RE DOING, BUT BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF QUID PRO QUO, YOU KNOW, YOU DO IT AT YOUR PLACE AND, UH, WE'LL LOOK FAVORABLY AT YOUR APPLICATION.
SO WHAT SHE SUGGESTED IS THAT WE LOOK FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES OR REC CENTERS AND I'VE CONTACTED THE RUIZ LIBRARY, WHICH IS RIGHT OFF, UH, RIVERSIDE AND GROVE NEAR THE ACC RIVERSIDE CAMPUS.
AND THEY'VE GOT AN OPENING ON THE FIRST AND THE 8TH OF APRIL.
UH, SO, UM, HOPEFULLY I CAN TALK TO MONICA AND THE REST OF YOU GUYS AND SEE WHICH ONE WILL WORK BEST FOR THE FIRST ONE.
AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE LIKE, AT LEAST THREE MEETINGS PER YEAR.
UH, TWO, THE MEETINGS WOULD HAVE FOUR DISTRICT FOUR, UH, FOUR DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND ONE OF 'EM WOULD HAVE THREE.
SO WE GET THE WHOLE 11 THAT WAY AND THEN NOT HAVE SOME MEETINGS IN THE WINTER DURING, UH, THANKSGIVING MONTH AND CHRISTMAS MONTH AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND RIGHT THERE.
SO, UH, WE'VE GOT A TENTATIVE DATE, EITHER THE FIRST OR THE EIGHTH.
AND UH, I GUESS MONICA AND I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER COMMISSIONER OR MAYBE A A A VACANT COMMISSION, UH, AT THIS TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESSED AND WORK WITH ALL THE DISTRICTS.
HOPEFULLY BY APRIL EVERYBODY WILL BE, UH, WILL HAVE A FULL COMMISSIONER RUNNING WITH US.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE STAND.
I'LL BE RESPONDING TO THAT EMAIL SOON.
AND MONICA, FOR THE DRAFT, I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, BEING ABLE TO KNOCK THAT OUT.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE OF AN UPDATE FOR NEXT MONTH AND MAYBE BE ABLE TO KIND OF SUSS OUT SOME OF THE DETAILS AT THE RETREAT.
CAUSE I THINK THE, THE QUICKER WE CAN PUT OUT THE FORMAL INVITATION AND AMPLIFY THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY, THE BETTER ATTENDANCE WE'RE LIKELY TO HAVE.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED AT LEAST A TWO MONTH, YOU KNOW, SEGUE SO WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TIME TO NOTIFY EVERYBODY.
AND THERE'S NO POINT COMPETING WITH ANYTHING IN MARCH.
SO I THINK APRIL'S A GOOD IDEA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LOOKING INTO THAT.
[20. Update from Emergency Funding and Proactive Strategies for Future Funding Working Group with Commissioners Polgar, Schmalbach, and Zisman (chair)]
UPDATE FROM THE EMERGENCY FUNDING AND PROACTIVE STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE FUNDING WORKING GROUP WITH COMMISSIONERS BOULEVARD 12 UP AND ZIMAN CHAIR.WE HAVE NOT MET, BUT I IMAGINE THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING.
COMMISSIONER PLAR, WE GOTTA GET TOGETHER AND TALK AND, UH, SHINE UP THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING ON A ACC C AND GET THAT TO US.
WHICH I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE THAT NEXT MEETING FROM BOOKS, RIGHT? WE HAVE SOMETHING THE NINTH.
SO WE DO HAVE, HEY, WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP.
[21. Update from Art Neighborhoods Working Group with Commissioners Gray, Mok, and Zisman (chair)]
THIS IS VERY EXCITING UPDATE FROM THE ART NEIGHBORHOODS WORKING GROUP COMMISSIONERS, GRAY MOCK AND SISK.AND I AM THE CHAIR, SO I WILL MAKE THIS UPDATE.
UM, WE HAD A FABULOUS CONVERSATION WITH MATTHEW SCHMIDT AND DONALD JACKSON THIS MORNING, JUST IN TIME FOR THIS MEETING.
AND WE HAVE PASSED ALONG OUR PROPOSAL AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THEM.
THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO HEAR FROM US.
UH, TO MEGAN WELLS FOR RECONNECTING.
UM, WE HAD, UH, HAD BEEN CONNECTED PREVIOUSLY A FEW MONTHS AGO.
UH, MATTHEW EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS SOME FALLOUT WITH THE CONTRACTORS THAT WERE BROUGHT IN AND THE CONSULTANTS.
UM, AND SO THEY WERE SORT OF IN A HOLDING PATTERN, UM, AND WAS ALSO EXPRESSING HIS GRATITUDE TO MEGAN FOR REMINDING HIM TO BE IN TOUCH WITH US.
SO, UM, WE'VE ASSURED THAT THE TEAM, THAT WE ARE HERE FOR THEM AS A RESOURCE THAT THEY ARE TO LEAN ON US AND, UH, IDEALLY PROVIDE TIMELY UPDATES AS THINGS HAPPEN.
UH, WE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY CAN COME AND PRESENT TO US AND USE US AS A RESOURCE, ALL OF OUR OUTLETS AND COMMUNITY MEETUP MEETINGS.
UM, AND SO IT FEELS LIKE THE BALL HAS BEGUN TO ROLL AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING COMMISSIONER VAN DE FORMER COMMISSIONER VAN VANDYKES, UM, WORK HERE ON THE COMMISSIONS WITH JUSTICE AND I'M SO GLAD THAT, UM, THAT TO SEE PROGRESS ON THAT FRONT.
SO, UM, THAT BEING SAID, AND SINCE WE'VE ROLLED OUT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEY KNOW AS A A COLLECTIVE BODY, WE ARE A RESOURCE TO THEM, WE CAN SUNSET.
THE ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD WORKING GROUP, I'M GONNA TAKE THAT OFF THE LIST.
MCY, CAN WE UPDATE MR. VANDY? I WILL DO.
YEAH, WE, WE BROUGHT THE THEM TO THE DIAS IN JULY AND WE'VE JUST BEEN LIKE HAVING TO KIND OF KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
COMMISSIONER MOCK, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? YES.
DO WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO SUNSET THIS? I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE ONE.
JUST WHITTLING DOWN THIS WORKING GROUP LIST.
[22. Update from joint Arts/Music Commission Working Group on Urban Core Issues with Commissioners Gray, Schmalbach, and Zisman (chair).]
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THESE?AND WE HAVE MET, WE ARE MEETING OUR BIGGEST THING.
RIGHT? YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
MANY OF, MUCH OF THAT IS PRIVATE.
A GOOD AMOUNT OF IT IS PUBLIC.
A LOT OF IT IS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORKING GROUP IS TO, AND IF SCOPE, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE OUR, YOU KNOW, FINGER ON THE PULSE OF PARTICULARLY THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE, UM, MAJOR OPPORTUNITIES OR CONSEQUENCES FOR THE CULTURAL COMMUNITY.
THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE THINGS.
WE WILL MEET AGAIN ON THE NINTH.
AND WE ARE RECRUITING, UH, FOLKS NOT JUST FROM THE, THE THREE COMMISSIONERS FROM ARTS MUSIC, BUT UM, FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE SPECIALIZATION IN THINGS LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, FOLKS IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ELSE THAT WE TALK ABOUT BE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING.
UM, SO WE, WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING FOLKS WHO WANNA JOIN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE MEETING MONTHLY CURRENTLY ON THE SECOND THURSDAY.
I, I WONDER, AND I THROW THIS OUT THERE AND BECAUSE YOU'RE ON SCREEN AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO ME
WHICH I THINK IS, IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT TO THIS.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT, UM, SUBSTITUTE IN AND THEN RELIEVE CHAIRMAN ZIMAN OF A WORKING GROUP JUST BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ON THAT MANY WORKING.
I WAS TO BE PARDONED JUST FROM ONE.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
AND AGAIN, I KNOW AMY, YOU'RE JACK MUCH NOW WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION? JACK, YOU JOINED THAT LAST, THE ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSION WORKING GROUP ON URBAN CORE ISSUES AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT WORD.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES LIAISON PERSON AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE, THE ASSISTANT CHAIR OR THE VICE CHAIR AND THE DILL IS AN URBAN CORE ISSUE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID, BUT THANK YOU.
WE JUST NEED THE LETTER GOING.
YEAH, YEAH, I CAN, I WILL HAPPILY ADD YOU TO THE INVITATIONS FOR THOSE CALENDAR EVENTS.
I KNOW, BUT THIS IS, I'M JUST A PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEER AND THIS IS WHAT I DO, BUT IT, IT'LL EASE MY GUILT FROM STEPPING DOWN FROM THIS ONE CUZ IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ONE.
BUT DO BELIEVE YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW.
THOSE WE WILL TELL HER TO ADD.
AGAIN, WE'RE MEETING WITH HER ON WEDNESDAY.
COMMISSIONER THANK SOMEBODY WILL CHAIR IT, RIGHT? SOMEBODY WILL CHAIR IT.
WHO GOT WHAT? WHERE Y'ALL, WHAT'S GOING ON? NOTHING.
YEAH, THIS COMING SATURDAY, THE 28TH, UH, WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE THE, UH, LUNA NEW YEAR.
UM, BUT THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY BECAUSE IT'S THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE LUNA NEW YEAR AND WE, UM, USE IT AS EVERYBODY'S BIRTHDAY BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE, YOU WHO ARE COMING FROM A PLACE THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THEY WERE BORN.
SO THE SEVENTH DAYS OF THE LUNA NEW YEAR IS EVERYBODY'S BIRTHDAY, SO WE CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF EVERYBODY.
SO WE ARE HAVING OUR CELEBRATION AT THE ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURE CENTER FROM 10 TO THREE WITH OVER 15 DIFFERENT ASIAN CULTURAL PERFORMANCE.
SO WE INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME.
AMY, IF YOU HAVE ANY, UM, FLYERS OR, OR ANYTHING YOU CAN SEND TO ME, I WOULD LOVE TO HELP AMPLIFY THAT ABOUT.
I I WILL SEND IT TO YOU, OUR PROGRAM AND OUR INVITATION FLYER.
ANDY, SOMEBODY TIED A WHITE STRING AROUND MY WRIST RISK TODAY
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AND SAID I NEEDED TO LEAVE IT ON THERE UNTIL IT FELL OFF AS PART OF THE, THE NEW YEAR.I DUNNO WHICH ASIAN CULTURE HE OR SHE'S COMING FROM, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE RED.
WERE YOU BORN IN THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT? NO.
OKAY, SO WHY THEY'RE NOT TAKING THIS OFF KIRK.
I'M GONNA SAY IT FELL OFF BY SCISSOR.
THANK SO MUCH COMMISSIONER MOG.
UM, ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR INFORMATION? HEY, AH, YES.
ONE AND UH, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FLORES MADE ME WILL BACK ME UP ON THIS ONE.
UM, ARTS ADVOCACY DAY IS HAPPENING AT THE CAPITOL ON FEBRUARY 8TH AND, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHOW UP AND VOICE YOUR, UM, SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS AND UH, BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, YOU COULD STILL SIGN UP.
UH, TEXAS FOR THE ARTS IS LEADING THAT AND THEY ALWAYS DO AN AMAZING JOB OF PREPPING YOU AND MAKING SURE YOU HAVE GOOD TALKING POINTS AND SUPPORT AND KNOW KIND OF HOW THE ADVOCACY PROCESS WORKS.
SO PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD IF YOU'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
ANY, UM, MATERIALS YOU CAN PASS ALONG? I CAN GIVE A LINK TO THE WEBSITE.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT NEEDING FUNDING BESIDES HOT? Y'ALL? THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT.
CAN I VISIT REPRESENTATIVE FLORES? AWESOME.
SHE'S THE ONLY ONE I WANNA TALK TO.
YEAH, WE'LL I'LL BE SHOWING UP AT YOUR OFFICE
HAVE SNACKS
WHAT TIME ARE Y'ALL COMING?
I CAN'T EVEN, I CAN'T EVEN BREATHE.
OKAY, LAST CALL FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WONDERFUL.
UH, I'M SORRY FOR ITEMS FOR INFORMATION, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. COMMISSIONER BULLAR.
SO I WASN'T KIDDING WHEN I SAID, UM, RECOGNITION OF THE GREATER ARTS COMMUNITY.
I THINK WE NEED TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN ELEVATE AND HOW WE CAN SPREAD THE WORD.
ELEVATE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I'M SAYING JUST ELEVATE THE AWARENESS OF ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE PROGRAMS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
LIKE WE GET TO SEE IT BECAUSE WE GET THE APPLICATION SO WE KNOW, BUT YEAH, THE, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY DOESN'T KNOW AND THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION GOING OUT TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE LIFT PEOPLE UP? CAN WE ADD THAT PERHAPS TO THE AGENDA FOR OUR RETREAT, WHICH IS STRATEGIZED AMPLIFICATION OF EXISTING CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING.
STRATEGIZED AMPLIFICATION OF EXISTING CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAMMING.
GOOD THING WE'RE RECORDING THIS MAN.
THIS, UH, MEETING MORE ARTS PARTIES.
ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA? I DON'T THINK WE CAME ACROSS ANY TODAY THAT WE WON'T ALREADY BE ENCOUNTERING.
OKAY, WELL WITH THAT I'M JUST, WAIT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS, I BELIEVE WE ADJOURN.
CAN WE TAKE BARN HAS LEFT THE BUILDING.