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[CALL TO ORDER]
GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.I'M GONNA START, UH, WITH A ROLL CALL WITH THOSE IN THE ROOM.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND NOBODY ONLINE, SO WE CAN GO AHEAD TO
[1. Approve the minutes of the Arts Commission Regular Meeting on February 27, 2023.]
THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY.SECONDED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MOCK.
[2. Discussion of Chair’s Report regarding the welcoming of new Arts Commissioners by Chair Zisman]
CHAIRS REPORT SUPER BRIEF.WE HAVE TWO WONDERFUL SHINING FACES THAT ARE BRAND NEW TO US ON THE DI WITH US IN PERSON COMMISSIONER, UH, NAGA MELA, WHO'S COMING TO US FROM MUSIC AS THE MAYOR'S APPOINTEE, TAKING MICHELLE PO'S PLACE.
VERY MUCH LOOKING, UH, FORWARD TO HAVING YOU HERE WITH US AND NOT JUST COLLABORATING ACROSS COMMISSIONS.
AND WE HAVE KATE CHILA, VERY EXCITED TO MASTER THAT LAST NAME.
SHE'S A LONG-STANDING MEMBER OF THE ARTS COMMUNITY IN AUSTIN AND HAS A REAL PASSION FOR GETTING HER HANDS DIRTY WITH US.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME HER AND, UM, GET HER STEEPED IN THIS WORK.
[3. Discussion of the Art in Public Places Liaison Report by Commissioner Gray]
AND WITH THAT, LET'S GO ON AHEAD AND GO TO THE, UH, ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.LEE, ON REPORT WITH COMMISSIONER GRAY.
UM, UH, OUR MARCH 6TH MEETING, I SHARED INFORMATION WITH THE COMMITTEE ON THE FEBRUARY 27TH, UH, ARTS COMMISSION MEETING REGARDING THE COMBINED PERSPECTIVE FOR WALTER ELONG AND JOHN TRAVINO PARK, AS WELL AS THE THRIVE GRANT FUNDING PROGRAM AND THE HOT FUNDS.
AND THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION THAT FOLLOWED, UM, ON OUR AGENDA AS WELL WITH REGARD TO THAT.
UM, ACTION ITEMS THAT WERE TAKEN, UH, TOWARD THAT WE APPROVED, UH, THE SELECTION PANEL RECOMMENDATION FOR THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER.
FAULK BUILDING APPROVED THE PROSPECTUS FOR THE, UH, THE, UH, B AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PLAYSCAPES, WHICH IS SO EXCITING, AND ALSO APPROVED THE TRAIL CONSERVATE COLLECTION MANAGEMENT POLICY THAT WAS, UH, PRESENTED BY HEIDI ANDERSON AND CHARLOTTE TONSOR.
AND, UH, AFTER THAT THERE WERE STIFF STAFF BRIEFINGS, UH, BY, UH, CONSTANCE, UH, WHITE, WHO IS ALSO HERE IF SHE'D LIKE TO ADD SOME INFORMATION TO THAT.
UM, AND, UM, WITH HER PROJECT MANAGER UPDATE, SHE INTRODUCED US TO OUR NEW A IPP STAFF MEMBER, FREDRICO GABE.
HOPEFULLY, UM, HE CAN JOIN US FOR OUR MEETING, JUST SO WE CAN GET SOME FACETIME WITH HIM SOMETIME OR NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONTH.
[4. Discussion of the Austin Economic Development Corporation/Cultural Trust Advisory Committee by Austin Economic Development Corporation Board Member Carl Settles]
IS THE DISCUSSION OF THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CULTURAL TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE BY A E D C DEV DEVELOP, UM, BOARD MEMBER CARL SETTLES.DO WE HAVE CARL'S IN THE WAITING ROOM? WONDERFUL.
UM, SO, UH, GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY.
SEE EVERYBODY'S A LITTLE BIT WORN OUT FROM THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
UH, SO THERE'S REALLY NOTHING NEW TO REPORT.
UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE, THE CTAC, THE, THE CULTURAL TRUST, UH, STUFF WITH THE SHORTLIST AND GETTING CLOSE TO GETTING SOME DEALS DONE AND BEING ABLE TO SHARE SOME STUFF WITH THE PUBLIC.
BUT NOTHING WE CAN SHARE AT THIS MO MOMENT.
UM, CONTINUING TO GO THROUGH THE R F P DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR, UH, BLOCK 16 AND 18.
UM, AND, UH, JUST LOOKING LIKE THAT PROCESS, WORKING WITH THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD, UM, ON THAT.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO WRAP UP SOME TIME DURING THE SUMMER.
UM, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GET THAT RFP OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE, THOSE TWO BLOCKS, AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR CARL? I HAVE, CARL, DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF IDEA OF A TIMELINE WHEN MORE INFORMATION WILL BE KNOWN ABOUT THE CULTURAL TRUST? UM, SOON
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IS THAT WE CAN'T, UH, DISCLOSE, UH, THE DETAILS YET.BUT THE, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE IMMINENT, UM, OFFER SHEETS GOING OUT AND NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, AS SOON AS I GIVE YOU A DEFINITIVE DATE, THEN IT, IT WOULD PROBABLY MOVE.
BUT I, I I, I WOULD THINK BY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE END OF THE SPRING, UH, THAT'S GREAT.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT'S GREAT TO SHARE.
I THINK IN, IN HAVING JUST REPORTS ON WHAT YOU GUYS ARE WAITING FOR AND JUST KIND OF THE ACTION ITEMS THAT ARE WORKING WITHOUT LETTING, UM, PRIVATE INFORMATION PUBLIC, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
JUST LET US KNOW WHAT'S MOVING FORWARD.
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME IN THE FUTURE.
ON THAT SAME NOTE, IS THERE ANY UPDATE FROM THOSE, UM, CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED, I DUNNO IF CONTRACT'S THE RIGHT WORD, BUT LIKE THE MILLENNIUM CENTER, WHEN ARE THEY GONNA BREAK GROUND ON THAT SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY SELECTED? I GUESS THE, THE MOVEMENT ON THOSE SINCE THE, FOR SPECIFICALLY THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED MM-HMM.
UM, I, I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO, UH, I, I, I KNOW THAT, I KNOW THAT THEY, THEY'VE BEEN AWARDED.
I THINK THAT WAS ONE OTHER ONE THAT, THAT IS PUBLIC.
UM, A LOT OF THAT IS CONTINGENT UPON, I MEAN, I THINK FORCES BEYOND MY CONTROL.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY SOON, I, I, AGAIN, I WOULD SAY BY THE, BY THE END OF THE SPRING, UM, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD SEE SOME TANGIBLE MOVEMENT THERE.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT I GET THAT YOU PERHAPS DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.
I'M HAPPY TO ASK, UH, FURTHER QUESTIONS AND, AND GET, UH, MORE CLARIFICATION FROM, UH, THE STAFF.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE ARE, THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY WITH THE PUBLIC WATCHING.
AND FOR THE A EED C THAT HAS JUST BEEN THIS LONG BAKING THING.
IF THERE ARE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING TIMELINE, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE THAT'LL BE ANNOUNCED, OR THE, OR ONE WE CAN ACCE EXPECT THE NEXT ROUND OF ANNOUNCEMENTS TO BE MADE.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WAITING WITH BAITED BREATH.
SO I THINK WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO HEAR, UM, ABOUT MOVEMENT AND ACTION THAT'S HAPPENING.
SO IF AND WHEN, PLEASE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL BE READY FOR YOU, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A SLOW MOVING TRAIN AND THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT YOU CAN SHARE, UM, WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING CONFIDENTIALITY AND THE LIKE.
UM, SOME EXCITING STUFF ON ON THAT, THAT, THAT IS GOING ON.
AND I DON'T WANNA RUIN IT BY SPILLING THE BEANS.
SO I'M
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH.
UH, I, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
UH, YOU MENTIONED BLOCK 16 AND 18.
I AM JUST NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST, IS, IS THAT ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE, UH, CREATIVE SPACE BOND FUNDING? OKAY, SO, UH, BLOCK 16 AND 18 ARE ESSENTIALLY THE LAST TWO BLOCKS THAT ARE LEFT, THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CITY THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DEVELOPED.
UH, SO IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WHERE VICTORY GRILL YEP.
UH, SO KENNY DURHAM'S BACKYARD.
SO BASICALLY, UM, EAST AND WEST OF THE VICTORY GRILL ARE BLOCK 16 AND 18.
AND SO THERE'S AN R F P PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
AND THIS IS DRIVEN BY, UH, WHAT YOU ALL IN, IN, IN, IN THE ARTS COMMISSION, UH, WANTED IN, IN TERMS OF, UH, UH, WHAT TYPES OF BUILDINGS OR, OR THINGS ARE GONNA GONNA BE INHABITED, INHABITING THAT SPACE.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO CODIFY ALL THAT STUFF INTO THIS R F P, UM, AND GIVE THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS SOME SOLID GUIDELINES IN TERMS OF THEM ACTUALLY COMING UP WITH PROPOSALS THAT ARE GONNA MEET, UM, THE EXPECTATIONS.
AND A BIG PART OF THAT IS USE, IS THE USE OF CREATIVE SPACE.
UM, BUT THERE IS NO DIRECT FUNDING FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT AT THIS POINT THAT, THAT THAT IS AVAILABLE.
THE DEVELOPERS THEMSELVES ARE BRINGING IN, UM, THE, THE LINE SHARE OF THO THOSE RESOURCES IF THAT, AND THERE ARE SOME FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE THAT MAY BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN, IN, IN SOME WAY.
UM, BUT TH SO THERE'S JUST LOT, LOTS OF ELEMENTS IN, IN PLAY THERE, BUT I, I HOPE, HOPE THAT AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, WHERE BLOCK 16 AND BLOCKS BLOCKS 18.
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RESPONSES DUE ON THIS? IS THE REQUEST OUT FOR PROPOSALS ALREADY? WE, NO, NO.WE ARE DEVELOPING THE RFP, SO WE HAVEN'T PUT IT OUT PUBLICLY IN, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CODIFYING ALL OF THE CRITERIA, UM, FOR THAT SO THAT WE CAN ISSUE THE RFP.
UM, AND I WOULD THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE, UH, SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.
AND THAT'S GOING FROM A E D C.
IT IS GOING IN COOPERATION WITH THE A E D C, BUT IS REALLY THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD THAT I SEE, I SEE.
BUT WE ARE WORKING IN COOPERATION WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT THE, THE CULTURAL GOALS AND CREATIVE SPACE GOALS OF THE, UH, ARE, ARE MET IN THAT PROCESS.
SO, UM, I KNOW THE ACRONYM IS PDC, IT'S PERMITS AND SOMETHING, UH, THE BUILDING THAT THEY HAVE OVER THERE NEAR HIGHLAND CAMPUS.
I FORGET ABOUT THE, UH, AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOT FOOTAGE THERE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO, THAT IS GOING TO BE CONVERTED INTO, UM, A CREATIVE ARTS, UH, PERFORMANCE, UH, SPACE, UH, OF SOME SORT.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, UM, OR THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SPECKING WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ALL THAT WOULD ENCOMPASS IN THAT SPACE.
AND, AND I HAVE HEARD OF THE PDC, UH, AT THE MUSIC COMMISSION AS WELL, SO, UH, YEAH.
UM, IT'S, I APPRECIATE YOU GOING BACK AND KIND OF RECAPPING SOME OF THIS STUFF FOR OUR NEWER COMMISSIONERS.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE MIDST OF, OF ONBOARDING COMMISSIONERS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
WE STILL HAVE A HANDFUL OF SEATS THAT ARE OPEN.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND, AND WE'LL TRY AND DO OUR BEST TO, TO BEEF UP, UM, OUR BACKUP AS WELL.
UM, AND EVERYTHING IS ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE ADC.
IS IT ALL PRETTY CURRENT ON THAT SPACE? PRETTY CURRENT.
WE JUST HAD, WE JUST HAD A, A BOARD MEETING TODAY.
UM, SO THO THOSE, THOSE, UM, UM, ALL, ALL, ALL THAT STUFF SHOULD, SHOULD BE PRETTY CURRENT.
UM, AND WE'LL HAVE UPDATES ON WHAT WE DID TODAY, UM, OUT SOON AS WELL.
I CAN POINT PEOPLE TO, ESPECIALLY OUR COMMISSIONERS AS THEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE USING A LOT OF ACRONYMS, WE'RE USING A LOT OF SORT OF PRESUMED INFORMATION AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS STUFF, CUZ WE'VE BEEN IN IT FOR SO LONG.
BUT WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE COMING IN FRESH, SO, WHICH IS EXCITING.
BUT I APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR TIME SO MUCH.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CARL? ACTUALLY, I HAVE JUST ONE MORE QUESTION.
UM, ON THE RFPS FOR BLOCK 16 AND 18, ARE THERE, UM, IS THERE ALREADY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, UH, ON THAT AS TO HOW THOSE WILL BE DEVELOPED? I MEAN, THERE ARE FOLKS LIKE HAROLD, MR. MCMILLAN, UM YES.
WHO HAVE WORKED, YOU KNOW, SO YES.
SO THIS WAS, THIS IS THE, THE, THIS IS THE RESULT OF ALL OF THAT DUE DILIGENCE IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
UM, SO, UM, A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU'LL SEE REFLECTED, UM, IN WHAT THE RFP SPECIFICATIONS ARE, UM, VER VERY MUCH REFLECTED IN, UM, WHAT MR. MCMILLAN, UH, HAS, HAS DONE.
UM, AND, AND HELPED, HELPED INFORM THAT LANGUAGE.
UH, SO THERE'S BEEN LOTS AND LOTS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND I THINK THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE WAITING WITH BAITED BREATH, IF YOU WILL.
UH, CUZ IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF, LOTS OF BEEN, BEEN LOTS OF INPUT AND NOT A LOT OF OUTPUT YET.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THERE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT MONTH.
[5. Discussion of the Downtown Commission by Commissioner Mok]
DISCUSSION OF THE DOWNTOWN LIAISON REPORT WITH COMMISSIONER MOCK.AND, UH, WELCOME TO ALL THOSE NEW COMMISSIONERS, UM, SO WE CAN ASSIGN THEM TO SOME OF THOSE COMMITTEES,
SO FOR THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION AT OUR LAST MEETING, I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT, UM, ISSUES WITH THE, UM,
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HOMELESSNESS, YOU KNOW, THE SERVICE AND THE PROGRAM THAT THE CITY HAS.BUT I THINK, UH, WHAT MATTERS TO US IS A, UM, THE REPORT FROM THE CHAIR ABOUT THE, UM, A GRAFFITI COMMITTEE THAT THEY HAVE SET UP TO ADDRESS THE, UM, THE, UH, THE, THE, THE GRAFFITI ISSUES AROUND TANG.
AND HE SAID THAT HE HAS INCLUDED FOLKS AT A I P P, UM, IN THE DISCUSSION.
UH, BUT I THINK ONE THING THAT WE MAY BE, UH, MORE AWARE OF IS THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION IS GOING TO MAKE A, UH, A BUDGET ITEM PROPOSAL TO ADDRESS THIS GRAPH GRAFFITI ISSUE.
SO THERE WAS A MENTION ABOUT THE MONEY COULD BE COMING FROM THE HOT FUND.
SO, UH, I DO NOT KNOW WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE GRAFFITI COMMITTEE, UH, TO REPRESENT A I P P, UH, IN THE DISCUSSION.
SO I'M WONDERING, UM, IF, IF SOMEBODY CAN, CAN TELL ME HOW DID IT COME ABOUT? WHY DO THEY WANT TO, WHY IS IT NOT, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY IS NOT COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, BUT IS THINKING ABOUT GETTING IT FROM THE HOT FUND.
SO, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SO MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AS A COMMISSION, UM, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PROTECT THE HOT FUN FOR OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY, UM, SHOULD WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF DISCUSSION ABOUT TAKING AWAY THE HOT FUND TO ADDRESS THIS, TO ADDRESS THIS GRAFFITI ISSUE.
SO I'M WONDERING WHO REPRESENT A I P P IN THE DISCUSSION WITH THE GRAFFITI COMMISSION? I MEAN, COMMITTEE THAT WAS SET UP BY THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONER GRAY HAS SOMETHING TO CONTRIBUTE.
UM, AMY, UH, THERE WAS SOMETHING I DIDN'T MENTION WITH REGARD TO THE A I P P MEETING THAT, UH, STAFF MEMBER W WAS PROVIDING AN UPDATE, UH, IN PROTECTING THE DOWNTOWN AREA DURING SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST.
SO PERHAPS HE WOULD BE A GOOD CONTACT AND PERHAPS MAYBE CONSTANCE WOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW THAT'S FUNDED OR, THERE YOU GO.
I SEE A FACE THAT'S ABOUT TO PERHAPS SAY SOMETHING.
SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT STAFF MEMBER, UM, WICK DID HAVE SOMETHING TO DO, AT LEAST WITH SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST IN GRAFFITI PROTECTION OF THE ARTWORK.
MY NAME'S MEGAN WELLS, CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER, AND I JUST WANNA, I THINK I'M FOLLOWING WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, AMY.
UM, YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION'S WORKING GROUP ON GRAFFITI? CORRECT.
THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK.
SO I ATTENDED AND SO DID FRANK WICK.
UM, JUST LIKE COMMISSIONER, UH, GRAY SAID WE WERE THERE IN, UM, WE WERE INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING JUST TO PROVIDE, UM, CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND TO THE WORKING GROUP ABOUT WHAT AIP P P TYPICALLY DOES TO MAINTAIN THE COLLECTION.
UM, HOW WE DEAL WITH GRAFFITI FROM, FROM A COLLECTION MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT.
UM, REALLY THE DIALOGUE WAS BETWEEN THE WORKING GROUP ITSELF AND JUST GATHERING INFORMATION SO THAT THEY CAN PROCEED WITH A LARGER DELIBERATION AS THEY GO FORWARD.
UM, THE CHAIR DID MENTION USING HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, HOWEVER, UM, THAT WAS NEVER, UM, SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT FORWARD FOR SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.
UM, IF IT WERE TO COME FORWARD, WE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE, UM, HAVE INFORMATION TO SHARE BACK WITH THE WORKING GROUP ABOUT THE TYPICAL USES AND OBLIGATIONS OF HOT FUNDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ALLOCATED TO DIFFERENT FUNDS WITHIN THE CITY THAT WE USE.
UM, SO I THINK THEY WERE TOSSING AROUND A LOT OF IDEAS, BUT NOTHING CAME FORWARD THAT WAS ANY KIND OF CONCRETE, UM, PATH THAT THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT HAD STA THEY HAD STAKED ANY CLAIM ON IT WAS JUST MA MAINLY FACT FINDING.
DOES THAT HELP CLARIFY WHAT WE DID SO FAR? YEAH, YEAH.
I JUST DO NOT WANT ANYBODY TO TAKE AWAY, RIGHT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
WE WOULD BE THERE TO OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY, PROVIDE LOTS OF GUIDANCE ON USING THE FUNDS.
YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION THAT MIGHT BE BEST ANSWERED BY MEGAN AT THIS POINT, WHICH
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IS HOW, HOW BIG OF AN ISSUE IS GRAFFITI ON, UH, EXISTING PUBLIC ART? I MEAN, THERE IS GRAFFITI, ANYTHING IN THE PUBLIC REALM HAS, YOU KNOW, HAS VULNERABILITY TO GRAFFITI MM-HMM.UM, WE TYPICALLY WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, SEVERAL GROUPS IN THE CITY.
UM, THE CITY HAS A CONTRACT, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY HELD, I THINK, BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH, IS THAT RIGHT? AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH? I'M LOOKING AT CONSTANCE, BUT I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE ANYMORE.
BUT, UM, THERE IS A, UM, MASTER CONTRACT THAT THE CITY ADMINISTERS WITH A GRAFFITI REMOVAL AGENCY.
UM, WE ALSO PARTNER WITH THE DOWNTOWN RANGERS, IS THAT THE RIGHT DOWNTOWN? UM, AUSTIN ALLIANCE HAS A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT HELP US WITH OUR DOWNTOWN PUBLIC ART COLLECTION.
UM, SO I MEAN, I THINK ANYTHING IN THE PUBLIC REALM IS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF TAGGED OR HIT BY GRAFFITI AT SOME POINT.
UM, BUT WE'RE PRETTY GOOD AT RESPONDING FAIRLY QUICKLY IF WE KNOW ABOUT THE INCIDENT.
SO WE CAN LOG IT AND GET A TREATMENT PLAN IN PLACE AND IMMEDIATELY SORT OF REMEDY IT SO IT DOESN'T ATTRACT MORE.
UM, BEYOND THAT, I'D HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, I'D HAVE TO GET MORE FACTS AND FIGURES TO GIVE YOU MM-HMM.
YEAH, I MEAN, I WAS WONDERING KIND OF COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, OR, OR JUST ADDING TO THE DISCUSSION WITH THE GRAFFITI TASK FORCE.
SOMETHING THAT WE DID IN NEW ORLEANS THAT WORKED, UM, WAS TO ACTUALLY USE GRAFFITI MITIGATION FUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL MURALS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA BECAUSE THEY TENDED TO BE LESS LIKELY TO BE HIT, UM, WITH TAGGING THEN, YOU KNOW, A, A BLANK WALL.
UM, SO I JUST WONDERED IF THAT WAS SOMETHING, UH, THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED FOR THE, THE TASK FORCE OR THE WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE
YOU COULD PASS IT ON TO YOUR DOWNTOWN COMMISSION LIAISON TO PUT FORWARD IN THE WORKING GROUP
AND I'LL, I'LL ADD TO THAT, AMY, LIKE, FEEL FREE TO, TO PIPE UP WHEN THEY START TALKING ABOUT HOT TAX AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL ACCOUNTED FOR AND REALLY NOT, UM, ELIGIBLE TO BE, UM, USED IN THAT WAY.
I THINK PUBLIC WORKS COULD BE, BE A BETTER RESOURCE FOR THAT.
SINCE HOT FUNDS IS GOING DIRECTLY INTO THE POCKETS OF OUR ARTISTS.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T NEED TO BE PAYING FOR CLEANUP TOO.
MY YEARS WERE POPPED UP WHEN THEY MENTIONED USING, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, LET ME FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION AND SEE WHERE THIS IT COME FROM.
WE, WE SHOULD DEFINITELY PAY ATTENTION.
I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THEY DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY THINK THAT ANYTHING THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH ART SHOULD COME FROM HOT FUN, YOU KNOW? SO I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO EDUCATE THEM SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THEIR HANDS OFF THE HOT FUN.
AMY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE AND KEEP US POSTED.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE, IT'S A BIT OF A LEAP FROG FOR THE DOWNTOWN REP, UH, COMMISSION MEETS JUST BEFORE THIS.
SO IF THERE'S EVER ANYTHING IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, SEND US EMAILS AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PREP ANSWERS FOR YOU TOO, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
CUZ I KNOW SOME OF THIS STUFF IS KIND OF OFF THE CUFF.
[6. Presentation by Pat Buchta of Austin Texas Musicians on supporting the African American Cultural Heritage District]
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY PAC BTA OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, MUSICIANS ON SUPPORTING THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT.I ALSO THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'LL BE TOUCHING ON.
I ALSO, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COMMISSIONER MALATA HAS JOINED US ON THE DIAS WELCOME MONICA.
UM, BUT STAFF, IF WE COULD PULL OVER PAT WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE, AND PAT, WHEN YOU'RE READY, FEEL FREE TO COME ON SCREEN.
HEY GUYS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN.
ARE YOU FEELING WELL ENOUGH TO TURN ON YOUR CAMERA OR WOULD YOU PREFER TO STAY OFF CAMERA? UM, I WILL, I WILL GET ON CAMERA IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE CAN PULL UP YOUR PRESENTATION AS WELL.
UH, I'VE ACTUALLY, I, I SENT TWO TO JESUS.
UM, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE, UH, AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE, UH, DISTRICT, UH, AND LET'S SEE.
I, I THINK THAT WAS WHAT WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT PAT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO EXPAND ON THAT TO INCLUDE SOME OF THE OTHER MORE TIME SENSITIVE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GOING ON, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE TIME.
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HELLO, EVERYONE.UH, I, SORRY, I CAN'T BE WITH YOU.
I WAS EXPOSED TO COVID DURING THE PETRI DISH THAT WE CALL SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST.
UH, SO I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU NOW.
UH, SO YEAH, LET'S JUST GET INTO IT.
UM, SELENA ASKED ME TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY TO KIND OF DISCUSS SOME OF THE STUFF WE'RE WORKING ON CURRENTLY AND TO, UH, DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO SOME OF THE STUFF THAT TOUCHES, UH, UPON THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING AS WELL.
UM, IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WE ARE A 5 0 1
WE DO THIS BY BUILDING COMMUNITY AMONGST MUSICIANS OF EVERY DIVERSE BACKGROUND, GENRE AND REGION.
UH, THEN WE DO DEEP LISTENING TO IDENTIFYING NEED AND TURN THAT NEED INTO ACTION BY ORGANIZING THESE VOICES INTO POLITICAL ACTION.
THAT WAS A LITTLE REDUNDANT THERE, BUT YES, PLEASE.
UH, SO, UM, WE, UH, SOME OF THE IMPACT I'LL GO OVER REAL QUICKLY.
UH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOT TAXES IN THE LIVE MUSIC FUND.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO LOBBY THE CITY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET THIS ON THE DIAS AND, AND GET MUSICIANS OUT TO VOTE ON IT IN, UH, 2019.
UM, AND IT WAS AT THAT POINT THAT WE REALIZED MUSICIANS, UH, POSSIBLY HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST, IF NOT THE LARGEST POLITICAL VOICE IN THE CITY.
UH, SO WE, YOU KNOW, WANT TO PUT THAT TO GOOD USE WHEN WE CAN.
UH, WE WERE ALSO, UH, ABLE TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO SECURE, UH, 5 MILLION VENUES, 6 MILLION FOR MUSICIANS, UM, DURING THE PANDEMIC.
IF YOU REMEMBER THOSE STORIES ABOUT ALL THE MUSICIANS UP AT CITY HALL WITH THE BULLHORNS.
WE CAN BE ANNOYING WHEN WE NEED TO BE
WE, UH, PARTNER WITH CITY, STATE AND NONPROFIT ENTITIES TO CREATE PAID PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, WE DID CONNECT OVER A HUNDRED MUSICIANS WITH UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH T W C.
UH, WE OFFER VIRTUAL JOB FAIRS AND LISTS FOR MUSICIANS THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS.
AND TO DATE, WE'VE, UH, SECURED MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PAID PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR MUSICIANS AND JUST GOT ALL THE BOOKINGS FOR ALL THE EASY TIGER LOCATIONS.
SO WE'LL INCREASE THAT NUMBER THIS YEAR.
UH, WE DO PROVIDE, UH, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, UH, TO SERVE, UH, OUR AUDIENCE OF 5,000 CENTRAL TEXAS MUSICIANS.
UM, WE DO THIS THROUGH A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS.
UM, ANYTHING FROM TOP, UH, COPYRIGHT ROYALTIES, UH, AMERICAN MUSIC FAIRNESS ACT RELIEF, GRANTS, UNEMPLOYMENT, UH, VOTER EDUCATION, AND MUCH MORE.
UH, WE ALSO JUST LAUNCHED OUR 30 MINUTES, UH, NEWS PROGRAM FOR THE MUSIC COMMUNITY AT X M NEWS, UH, THAT WILL AIR, UH, THIS COMING SUNDAY NIGHT ON AUSTIN PUBLIC.
UH, I SPENT A LOT OF MY CAREER IN TEAMY NEWS, SO I GUESS IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT THAT WOULD
BUT, UH, THIS, THIS WILL, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AND SHOULD BE A GREAT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE, UH, DID GET OUT AND, UH, GO AROUND THE STATE THIS LAST YEAR TO, UH, THE PLACES WITH THE LOWEST VOTER REGISTRATION, UH, WHICH WERE EL PASO LAREDO AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
UH, HOSTED A SERIES OF FREE TECAN, UH, KUMBIA AND MARIACHI CONCERTS TO REGISTER, UH, THOUSANDS OF NEW VOTERS.
AND, UH, WE ALSO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES HERE IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER, UH, THE BIG EFFORTS IN 2021 WITH THE FREEZE, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MOBILIZE MUSICIANS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT WAS, WE WERE OUT THERE, UH, AND MOBILIZED ABOUT 500, UH, UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYED, UH, MUSICIANS, VENUE AND EVENT WORKERS, UH, TO SERVE FOOD AND WATER TO 10,000 CENTRAL TEXANS IN NEED.
AND WE ALSO ORGANIZED, UH, THREE VACCINATION EVENTS, UH, THAT YEAR.
UM, SO I THINK, UH, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, UM, AND I THINK CARL JUST HIT ON THAT A MOMENT AGO, BUT, UH, WE ARE SUPPORTING HAROLD ZORO ON THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, UH, TO APPROVE THIS PLAN.
UH, AND NOTHING'S REALLY HAPPENED SINCE THAT TIME.
UH, ONE OF MY BOARD MEMBERS, RAY PRICE, UH, RUNS THE NOTES FOR NOTES NONPROFIT OUT OF THE DORIS MILLER AUDITORIUM.
NOW, DORIS MILLER WAS A HISTORIC, UH, AUDITORIUMS, UH, SERVING THE BLACK COMMUNITY BUILT IN 1945,
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UH, HOSTED KNACKING COLE, LITTLE FITZGERALD, JAMES BROWN, ALL THE GREATS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.AND, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO RESTORE IT TO ITS FORMER GLORY.
SO WE DID GET A GRANT FROM, UH, FOR $35,000 FROM THE AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION AT THAT TIME.
UH, ANN GATLING HAYNES, WHO YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW, UH, FROM THE, UM, AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COR CORPORATIONS CULTURAL TRUST, CHALLENGED US, UH, TO BRING ALL THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, UH, IN THE DISTRICT ON BOARD ALL THE OTHER FACILITIES.
SO WE STARTED MEETINGS WITH THE MILLENNIUM, UH, WITH HERALD AND STACY SHA WILLIAMS OVER AT KENNY DORM'S BACKYARD, UM, AND STARTED TO GATHER, UH, A LOT OF DATA ON, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOUR CURRENT PROGRAM OFFERINGS, UM, WHAT ARE, WHAT'S YOUR GRAND VISION FOR YOUR SPACE, AND WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES, UH, FACING, UH, THAT.
AND SO, UH, WITH THAT INFORMATION, WE CONTINUE TO HOST, UH, SEVERAL MEETINGS.
I KNOW CARL WAS AT THE LAST ONE.
AND, UH, WE'RE, WE HAVE TWO OUTCOMES FOR THIS.
WE WANT COUNCIL TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT THAT WAS PROMISED.
AND WE WANT TO BRING, UH, MORE FUNDING TO THESE FACILITIES, UH, OUR STAKES SIMPLY THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS, UH, TO HAVE CREATIVE SPACE FOR REHEARSAL, FOR PERFORMANCE, FOR STUDIO SPACE, ESPECIALLY UNDERSERVED GENRE GENRES LIKE HIP HOP AND LATIN MUSIC.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT'S AT.
UH, I'LL GO DOWN THE LIST REAL QUICK.
I DON'T, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME, BUT, UM, WE HOST A, UH, MONTHLY MIXER FOR MUSICIANS, FOR CITY STAFF, NONPROFIT LEADERS, AND INDUSTRY PROS.
AND YOU GUYS ARE ALL WELCOME TO JOIN US.
UH, THIS IS CALLED NIGHT SHIFT.
IT'S THE FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH, UH, ALONG WITH MUSIC COMMISSION.
AND WE'RE AT MYO MY BAR, UH, EVERY MONTH FROM SEVEN TO 10:00 PM SO YOU GUYS, COME ON DOWN AND JOIN US IF YOU'D LIKE.
WE CAN, UH, MIX AND MINGLE LESS.
THIS PAST ONE WE HAD, UH, THE CITY'S, UH, TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, UH, GATHERING INPUT FROM OUR MUSIC COMMUNITY ON HOW WE WANT, UH, THE AUSTIN CORE TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO LOOK, YOU KNOW, STRAIGHT REDESIGN.
HOW DOES THIS WORK BEST FOR MUSIC AND ARTS.
UH, I DID MENTION AT X M NEWS, UH, AND THEN DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT.
UM, YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE, AND WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM TO HOST A FREE PROGRAM CALLED GIG BUDDY.
OKAY? AND IF YOU GUYS SEE THOSE GUYS IN THE RED SHIRTS WALKING AROUND DOWNTOWN, UH, IF YOU SCHEDULE THROUGH US, UH, YOU GO DOWNTOWN AND PARK, UH, TO GO TO YOUR GIG, THESE GUYS WILL MEET YOU AT YOUR CAR.
ONCE YOU TEXT THEM, THEY'LL MEET YOU AT YOUR CAR, PROVIDE ESCORT CARTAGE AND SET UP TO YOUR GIG, AND THEN DO THE SAME THING AT THE END OF THE NIGHT SO YOU GET BACK TO YOUR CAR SAFELY.
UH, THIS IS A FREE SERVICE, AND UPON THAT FOUNDATION, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO REALLY EXPAND ON HOW DOWNTOWN WORKS FOR MUSICIANS.
UH, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE PALM DISTRICT PLAN, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, THE, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE AUSTIN COURT TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND PARKING.
UH, THE CITY DOES OWN SEVERAL GARAGES THAT SIT VACANT FROM SIX, UH, PM TO 6:00 AM AND, YOU KNOW, SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY GREAT OPPORTUNITY THERE TO HELP SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO WORK DOWNTOWN.
UH, NOT JUST MUSICIANS, BUT EVERYBODY.
UH, WE ARE ALSO WORKING, UM, TO REALLY BUILD THE COMMUNICATION NETWORK OUT THROUGH THE LATIN MUSIC COMMUNITY.
UH, WE HAVE FOUND THAT THERE IS A REAL, UM, THERE'S A VAST DISTANCE BETWEEN, UH, SPANISH-SPEAKING MUSICIANS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE CITY OFTEN OFFERS.
UH, AND SO WE, UH, ARE WORKING WITH THE, UH, AUSTIN TEJANO MUSIC COALITION AND SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UH, TO JUST FIND THOSE MUSICIANS TO BUILD THAT, UH, DATABASE AND TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE AWARE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN THE BIG ONE IS HERE, UH, OF COURSE, IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT WITH SOME OTHER, UH, FOLKS WHO ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT MODELS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AROUND THE COUNTRY, UM, AND THEN WE'VE FIGURED OUT SOME WAYS THAT IT DOES WORK HERE, UH, THROUGH FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES AND WALTER MARO AND FEDERAL TAX BREAKS.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, JUST WANTED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY TO KIND OF SIMPLY TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW SOME OF THIS STUFF, UH, CROSSES OVER IN THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAT, FOR GOING THROUGH THAT VERY ROBUST LIST OF, UH, SERVICES AND, AND THINGS IN PROGRESS.I THINK, YOU KNOW, SO MANY OF THOSE, LIKE PARKING AND, AND JUST, I THINK A LOT OF US IN THIS SPACE ARE STRADDLING BOTH.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PERFORMANCE ARTISTS AND JUST THE, THE NEED FOR THOSE SERVICES.
SO I'M GONNA KICK IT OVER TO MY COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MATRE? UH, NO QUESTIONS.
HEY, PATRICK, GOOD TO SEE YOU ON THIS SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
HEY, MEGAN
UH, WELL, YOU KNOW, UM, A DXM IS A SISTER ORGANIZATION FOR US.
I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND THE HONOR TO CHAIR THE BOARD OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED EQ AUSTIN, WHICH IS, UH, A PURELY DI CENTRIC, DI FOCUSED, UH, ORGANIZATION.
AND, UH, I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED AND, UH, JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, ALSO PUTTING IN YOUR, UH, EFFORTS AND ENERGIES INTO THE SPACE.
UH, I THINK IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO, UH, MOVE THE NEEDLE IN THE SPACE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, AT THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, A LIAISON FROM THE MUSIC COMMISSION MM-HMM.
SO, UH, I THINK, I THINK, UH, ESPECIALLY ON THE SUBJECT OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT, UH, I THINK IT WILL BE NICE IF, IF THE LIAISON CAN REPORT PERIODICALLY ABOUT YOUR GOOD WORK.
YOU KNOW, THE SERVICE THAT, THAT YOU ARE PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, IN A SO, SO THAT, SO THAT YOU ARE IN THE RADAR.
SO, SO YEAH, JUST, JUST, JUST JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO HELP AND THANK YOU, PATRICK.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR PAT COMMENTS? WELL, I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME.
DO YOU CHECK IN WITH MUSIC, THE MUSIC COMMISSION REGULARLY, MONTHLY, OR QUARTERLY? UH, WE DO, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, I HAVEN'T GIVEN A REPORT LIKE I HAVE GIVEN HERE IN A WHILE.
UH, BUT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OUR, UH, FOLKS THAT WE WORK WITH THAT ARE ON OUR MUSICIANS ADVISORY PANEL, UH, THAT ARE ALSO ON THE MUSIC COMMISSION.
UH, SO WE HAVE A PRETTY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP THERE.
WELL, I WOULD DEFINITELY WELCOME YOU HERE ANYTIME, UM, YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDING SUPPORT, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, CULTIVATE FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH ARTS AND CULTURE, YOU AND I HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SORT OF BRIDGING THAT GAP AND, UH, CLOSING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN VISUAL ARTS AND PERFORMING ARTS AND MUSICIANS.
I THINK WE'RE ALL FIGHTING THE SAME FIGHT HERE, SO PLEASE NEVER HESITATE TO REACH OUT WHEN WE CAN SUPPORT YOU, UM, AND GET BEHIND EFFORTS.
UM, WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT, ARE YOU WORKING ALSO WITH THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THAT DISTRICT IN TANDEM? DO YOU HAVE THEM ON BOARD? YE YES, WE ARE.
IN FACT, NATASHA, UH, SENT HER STAFFER TO THE LAST MEETING THAT WE DID HAVE.
UM, AND I'M ALSO, GUYS, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT MY PRESENTATION.
I, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T FINISH AND I KNOW THAT LAST TIME I, I MET WITH YOU GUYS, UH, I DID MENTION THE HOUSE BILL 6 43.
I WAS WONDERING IF WE MISSED THE TIMELINE ON IT.
I WAS, CUZ YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO COME.
I JUST DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK IS THE MOST TIME SENSITIVE THING THAT YOU'VE GOT YEAH.
UH, WE, SO SINCE I TALKED TO YOU GUYS LAST, WE DID MEET WITH, UH, STIG RIPS OSA AND, UH, DONNA HOWARD.
AND, UM, WE ARE JUST CONTINUING TO BUILD, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, FROM THE MUSIC AND ARTS COMMUNITY ON HOW THIS AFFECTS THEM, UH, OR COULD AFFECT THEM.
UH, JUST TO RECAP VERY BRIEFLY, UH, THE HOUSE BILL 6 43 IS THE ANTI-D DRAG SHOW BILL.
UH, BUT THE EGREGIOUS PART OF THAT IS THAT THEY'RE, UH, DEFINING A DRAG SHOW AS A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS AND A DRAG PERFORMER, UH, BY THE BROAD LANGUAGE.
UH, WITHIN THIS BILL SAYS, UH, THAT THIS IS ANY PERFORMER THAT WEARS MAKEUP, CLOTHING, UH, HAIRSTYLE OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT, UH, IDENTIFIES THEM AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN THEIR BIRTH, GENDER.
AND OF COURSE, GENDER IS NOT ASSIGNED AT BIRTH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE WE ARE.
SO, UH, BY THAT TOKEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BASICALLY CRIMINALIZING ANYBODY WHO PUTS UP ON EYELINER ON STAGE.
UH, I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S SO BROAD, UH, YOU KNOW, THEATER, UM, WRESTLEMANIA, UH, MY PARTNER IS A, IS A ENTERTAINMENT ATTORNEY AND REPRESENTS, UH, WRESTLERS AS WELL AS MUSICIANS.
THEY SAID THEY'LL STOP COMING TO TEXAS.
UH, COMIC-CON, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BILL BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRIES, UH, THAT CAN HAVE DEVASTATING EFFECTS ALL ACROSS THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY IN TEXAS.
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WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS THING DEFEATED.I WOULD WELCOME ANY, UH, COMMENT, UH, ON THAT.
AND, UM, I GUESS MY PRESENTATION WAS PULLED DOWN, BUT YOU GUYS CAN CONTACT ME AT PAT AT AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS.ORG, CITY STAFF.
CAN WE PULL UP PAT'S PRESENTATION, GO THROUGH THOSE FINAL SLIDES JUST TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HAVE ACCESS.
PEOPLE CAN WRITE DOWN INFORMATION.
PAT IS WHAT CAN WE DO IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING YOU IN THIS WORK? OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO CONTACT OUR REPRESENTATIVES.
WE NEED TO BE VOCAL ABOUT MM-HMM.
I KNOW WE, COMMISSIONER GRAY AND I JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE SAT DOWN AND STARTED OUR MEETING.
SO, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE PETITIONS GOING? ARE THERE EVENTS THAT WE CAN ATTEND? CAN WE HELP AMPLIFY ACTION THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING? LIKE, GIVE US OUR MARCHING ORDERS HERE.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO, WELL, THE MAIN THING I THINK FOR 6 43 IS THAT WE JUST NEED TO BUILD OUR, UH, ROBUST LIST OF PUBLIC COMMENT OF HOW THIS AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, SO REALLY WHAT I WOULD ASK FOR YOU GUYS, HEY, SO YOU, YOU CAN JUST GO TO THE VERY LAST SLIDE FOR MY, UH, CONTACT INFO.
UM, BUT YEAH, IF YOU GUYS, UM, SIMPLY REACH OUT TO YOUR COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE PEOPLE, UH, REPRESENTING THE DANCE COMMUNITIES, THEATER COMMUNITIES, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT, UH, THESE WOULD BE AFFECTED, UH, BY 6 43.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, TALK TO YOUR FOLKS, LET 'EM KNOW.
UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND MORE, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT THE BILL.
IT'S A VERY SHORT BILL BECAUSE IT WAS WRITTEN BY IDIOTS BASICALLY.
SO, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE ARE HERE TO HELP WITH THAT PROCESS.
UH, YOU GUYS CAN CONTACT ME, BUT REALLY WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU GUYS TO DO IS TO JUST CONTINUE TO GATHER THOSE COMMENTS.
ASK YOUR FOLKS TO WRITE US JUST A PARAGRAPH OR TWO.
UH, LET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL, LET US KNOW HOW THIS COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT YOUR FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, WE ARE TAKING THE ROUTE THAT IF, YOU KNOW, BY THEIR BROAD LANGUAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE TAKE THE SAME ROUTE AND WE CAN SAY THAT LIMITING FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY OF A PROTECTED CLASS IS BY DEFINITION OF HATE CRIME.
SO THAT IS KIND OF THE ROUTE WE'RE GOING ON.
WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR YOU GUYS? WHEN DOES THIS GO TO THE FLOOR? WELL, IT POTENTIALLY WILL GO TO THE FLOOR, UM, NEXT MONTH.
SO, UH, THE SOONER THE BETTER.
UH, WE ARE TAKING MEETINGS WITH AS MANY REPS AS WE CAN RIGHT NOW, UH, AND BRINGING IN STAKEHOLDERS.
UH, WE HAD THOSE MEETINGS WITH THE BAND, TRANSI WARHOL, WHO JOINED US, AND THEY WERE FANTASTIC.
UH, AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THIS WORK.
YEAH, I'D LOVE TO CONNECT WITH YOU.
I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, SEEING LIKE A, A GOOGLE FORM ON YOUR WEBSITE THAT HAS A QUICK LINK.
PEOPLE CAN DROP THEIR STORIES RIGHT THERE AND THEN YOU GUYS ARE, BE ABLE TO COLLECT THAT AND, AND ORGANIZE THAT AND AMPLIFY THAT.
UM, I CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE EMAILING YOU DIRECTLY, BUT THAT MAY NOT BE, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT PROMPT IS NICE.
I THINK HAVING ALL OF THAT CLEANED UP.
BUT, UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP AND COLLABORATE WITH YOU ON A WAY TO DO THAT CLEANLY AND EASILY FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE THOSE TESTIMONIES, UM, READY TO GO, UM, AS YOU, YOU'RE DOING YOUR WORK, BUT THAT'S VERY SCARY.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
CITY STAFF, WE CAN TAKE THIS DOWN AND OBVIOUSLY IF ANYBODY NEEDS THIS INFORMATION, WE CAN GET THAT TO THEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAT, FOR BEING HERE.
AND, AND LIKE I SAID, WE ARE AN OPEN RESOURCE FOR YOU, SO PLEASE, UM, WE'RE YOUR, ALL YOUR FRIENDS UP HERE AND WE STOLE ONE OVER FROM MUSIC, SO YOU SHOULD FEEL EXTRA AT HOME NOW.
[7. Presentation by Charlotte Tonsor of The Trail Conservancy on The Trail Conservancy Arts + Culture plan]
OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY CHARLOTTE TO OF THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY ON THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY ARTS AND CULTURE PLAN.UH, FIRST LET ME JUST APOLOGIZE.
HEIDI ANDERSON IS, HAD NUMEROUS FLIGHT DELAYS.
SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE WITH ME TOO TONIGHT, SO SHE'S HOPEFULLY ON A PLANE BACK INTO AUSTIN, BUT SHE'S VERY SORRY, UM, THAT SHE CAN'T BE HERE.
UM, SO YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNEW THAT ARE NEW, WE ARE THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY.
FORMERLY THE TRAIL FOUNDATION.
WE'RE THE STEWARDS FOR THE 10 MILE BUTLER HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL AROUND LADY BIRD LAKE.
AND THERE'S ALMOST 300 ASSOCIATED ACRES OF PARKLAND THAT ALSO GO WITH THAT.
SO, UM, KIND TO SET THE STAGE FOR YOU.
UM, LAST JUNE WE SIGNED OUR FORMAL AGREEMENT, THE PARK OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND WHAT THIS ALLOWS IS IT STRENGTHENS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, UM, TO BE REALLY TO BEGIN THE TRANSFER OF DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE TRAIL IN THAT PARKLAND OVER FROM
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PAR TO TCC IN SEVERAL YEARS AS THAT GOES OUT.UM, SO WE'VE, UH, THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY ANNUALLY PUTS IN ABOUT $6 MILLION INTO THE TRAIL IN THE ASSOCIATED PARKLAND, WHERE PART IS ONLY ABLE TO PUT AROUND $1 MILLION INTO THAT.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE EFFECT THAT WE'RE HAVING, UM, ON THE TRAIL AND THE PARKLAND.
AND, AND IT WASN'T, THIS WAS A LOT OF WORK.
THIS WAS FOUR YEARS OF WORK TO GET THIS AGREEMENT INTO PLACE.
A LOT OF RESEARCH, A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS.
SO, UM, WHAT THIS MEANS IS WE ARE NOW HAD THE ABILITY TO MOVE INTO THIS ARTS AND CULTURE PLAN.
SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW, AROUND 2014, THERE WAS A MORATORIUM PUT ON PUBLIC ART ON THE TRAIL UNTIL A ARTS AND CULTURE PLAN COULD ACTUALLY BE CREATED.
AND THE CITY HAD ASKED THE TRAIL FOUNDATION AT THE TIME TO DO THAT.
WE WEREN'T QUITE READY TO DO THAT, BUT NOW WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN THAT.
AND SO WE HAVE THIS PLAN AND WE HAVE THE COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT POLICY GOING FORWARD AS WELL.
WE GET ASKED ALL THE TIME, OF COURSE, TO PUT PUBLIC ART ON THE TRAIL.
WE NEEDED A WAY TO EQUITABLY AND, AND CULTURALLY AND IN A PARTNERSHIP WAY, BRING THAT HERE TO THE TRAIL.
SO THE PLAN AND THE POLICY IS A PARTNERSHIP, AS YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN TTC, THAT'S THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY, UH, OSO PARKS AND RECREATION AND CULTURAL ARTS.
AND WE'VE HAD AN
UM, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THAT.
WE'VE HAD A TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP ALSO.
AND THEN FOR OUR ENGAGEMENT PART OF IT, WE HAD A COMMUNITY BRAIN TRUST, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO THE VISION FOR THIS PLAN THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, YOU CAN KIND OF READ ABOUT IT IN DETAIL THERE, BUT RADICALLY WELCOMING IS A BIG, A BIG TERM HERE.
UM, PLACE KEEPING, EMBODYING VOICES, PRESENCE AND POWER OF MANY GROUPS.
UH, WE SEEK FOR THE TRAIL TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS ABOUT ART, ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE ARE ENGAGED.
UM, RECOGNIZING THE HISTORIES WE HAD, UM, ONE OF OUR BRAIN TRUST IS, AND ALSO MIRIAM CONNOR IS HERE.
UM, SHE, UH, WAS WITH, UH, PUBLIC CITY THAT WAS OUR ARTS ENGAGEMENT CONSULTANT.
AND THEIR IDEA WAS TO CREATE THIS BRAIN TRUST, WHICH WAS A COMMUNITY GROUP NOT ASSOCIATED WITH TTC OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HELP ADVISE OUR ENGAGEMENT, UH, FOR THE PLAN.
AND WE HAD A, A, A BRAIN TRUST MEETING ON A BOAT, UH, ON, ON LADY BIRD LAKE.
AND PEOPLE WERE TELLING STORIES AND PEOPLE WERE SHARING HISTORIES AND PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THOSE HISTORIES THAT WERE ON THE BOAT.
AND THEY WERE LEARNING ABOUT THE HOLLY POWER PLANT AND EVERYTHING THAT WENT ALONG WITH THAT.
AND IT WAS A REAL TRANSFORMATIONAL DAY RIGHT THERE, HEARING PEOPLE TELLING THESE STORIES AND HEARING ALL THESE THINGS AND PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T COMFORTABLE ON THE TRAIL, AND ACTIVISTS THAT HADN'T EVEN BEEN ON LADY BIRD LAKE ON THE WATER.
SO THIS VISION REALLY CAME TO FRUITION, OF COURSE, AFTER THAT EVENT, BUT ALSO ALL THE CULTURAL, UH, OR THE, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, THAT WE HAD.
SO THIS IS A LIST OF ALL THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WE DID.
WE STARTED WITH AN EVENT TO WRITE OUR RFP TO GET THE CONSULTANT THERE IN 19, AND THEN, UM, A FULL YEAR FROM NOVEMBER 21, REALLY THROUGH NOVEMBER, 2022.
THEN INCLUDED SURVEYS, POPUPS ON THE TRAIL, POPUPS AT COMMUNITY EVENTS, SURVEYS, A WORKSHOP.
WE, UM, WE HAD A PILOT PROJECT, A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT CALLED COMMON WATERS.
AGAIN, PUBLIC CITY HELPED SPEARHEAD THAT, UM, AN ALL DAY CELEBRATION.
UM, SO WE REALLY GOT TO TALK TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THROUGH OUR ENGAGEMENT NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO WE KIND OF HAD GOALS, SET ARTISTIC GOALS, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE RIGHT AFTER THIS COMMUNITY GOALS.
AND SO AGAIN, THESE ARTISTIC GOALS ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCES, SENSE OF PLACE, THE ENVIRONMENT.
OF COURSE, PEOPLE LOVE TO GO TO THE TRAIL BECAUSE IT'S A GREEN JEWEL IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN AND THEY LOVE THE TREES AND THE NATURE AND THE WILDLIFE.
UM, AND SO EXPRESS THAT, THAT CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CONNECTIONS BIGGER THAN OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, GO OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY, OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY.
UM, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WATERSHED AND ECOSYSTEM.
SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE OUR COMMUNITY GOALS.
AND AGAIN, THESE REALLY RING TRUE FROM OUR EXPERIENCES WITH OUR BRAIN TRUST AND OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UH, RACIAL DISPARITIES PEOP THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DON'T GO TO THE TRAIL BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL WELCOME TO THE TRAIL IN THE PARKLAND.
THEY DON'T SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE THEM.
THEY DON'T EXPERIENCE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY CULTURALLY HAVE.
SO WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT HEALING A LOT WITH OUR GROUPS, UM, AND EXPANDING PEOPLE'S CONNECTION TO THE TRAIL.
SO THEY DO FEEL WELCOME ON THE TRAIL.
AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU THESE ARE THE ACTUAL
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ART TYPOLOGIES OR ELEMENTS THAT THE PLAN IS HAS IN IT.SO IT GOES FROM PERMANENT ARTWORKS TO TEMPORARY PERFORMANCE ARTIST RESIDENCIES, SO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLANNING DESIGN PROJECTS.
THIS WOULD BE, AND I'M THE CAPITAL PROJECT DIRECTOR IF I'M BUILDING A PROJECT ON THE TRAIL, BRINGING AN ARTIST IN TO HELP US PLAN AT THE FOREFRONT AT THE BEGINNING TO HELP US WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT OUR ARTIST TEAM DID WITH COMMON WATERS.
AND THEN HELP US PLAN GROUNDBREAKING OR RIBBON CUTTING, UM, EXPERIENCES THAT AREN'T JUST KIND OF YOUR STANDARD RUN OF THE MILL, UH, ACTIVITIES.
AND THE LAST IS ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMMING, UM, AND EVENTS.
AND THE SECOND PART OF THIS, THAT WAS KIND OF A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE PLAN, THIS IS THE SECOND PART, WHICH IS THE COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT POLICY.
SO I PUT THERE THE PROVISION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN ARTWORK, DONATION AND LOAN POLICY.
SO THIS REALLY ALLOWS US TO ACT AS A CITY DEPARTMENT.
SO IF WE HAVE OUR OWN COLLECTION MANAGEMENT POLICY IN PLACE, WE CAN USE THAT WITHOUT GOING THROUGH ALL THE AIP P PROCESSES AND GUIDELINES FOUR, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, REALLY TEMPORARY ARTWORKS.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAIN THING THAT THIS WOULD, UM, APPLY TO TEMPORARY ARTWORKS.
SO YOU CAN SEE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE GONNA DO, UM, OR PROPOSE BY OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE REFERRING TO TTC, WE WILL STILL GO THROUGH THE CAP PROCESS.
THAT'S A COMMUNITY ACTIVATED PARKS PROGRAM.
SO IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN OUR FORT LANDIA, WHICH WE'RE ABOUT TO DO OUR FOURTH YEAR OF FORT LANDIA, WE GO THROUGH THAT CAP PROCESS WITH PAR.
SO WE APPLY TO BE A PROJECT AND THEY REVIEW IT, THEY SEND IT OUT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS WATERSHED OR TRANSPORTATION.
UM, WE HAVE SIDEWALKS, THEY ASK QUESTIONS, WE KIND OF, WE GET APPROVAL AND THEN WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THAT.
SO WE WOULD STILL DO THAT FOR TEMPORARY ARTWORKS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THE OTHER ONES THAT WOULD APPLY, YOU CAN SEE THEIR PERFORMANCE-BASED ARTWORKS, AGAIN, ARTISTS AND ENGAGEMENT PLANNING AND DESIGN PROJECTS.
AND THEN IN AN ARTIST, WE HIRE AN ARTIST TO BE PART OF DESIGN TEAM, SAY WITH A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT THAT'S GONNA DESIGN A TRELLIS FEATURE FOR A PLAZA.
UM, THAT, THAT WOULDN'T BE PUBLIC ARC, THAT WOULD BE, UM, THROUGH THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THAT ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT.
AND THEN ARTIST RESIDENCIES AS WELL.
SO YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING, OKAY, IN THE NEXT SLIDE I'LL SHOW YOU ABOUT PERMANENT ARTWORKS.
SO THOSE WILL STILL GO THROUGH THE IPP PROCESSES AND GUIDELINES.
UM, AND THEN PROPOSALS BY OTHERS ARE GONNA GO THROUGH THE CITY'S DONATION AND LOAN POLICY.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL SHOW YOU IN OUR, UM, COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT POLICY.
THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA MANAGE OUR PROGRAMS. SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE NOW AN ARTS AND CULTURE MANAGER ON STAFF.
SHE'S A VISUAL ARTS PROFESSIONAL, AND SHE'S GONNA MANAGE THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AN ADVISORY, TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP.
AND WE'RE IMAGINING PEOPLE SUCH AS WATERSHED PROTECTION, PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE PARK CAN ADVISE.
CAN YOU MOVE THE, OUR, UH, COMMISSIONER WINDOWS SO WE CAN SEE IT? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO SPECIFIC PEOPLE FROM WATERSHED SAY, SAY PART THAT KNOWS THE TECHNICAL PIECES.
UM, IF WE WANNA DO AN INSTALLATION THERE ON THE TRAIL OR THE PARK, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR OWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THAT'S THE CREATIVE DIRECTION AND AN OVERSIGHT.
SO THEY ARE, ARE LOOKING AT WHAT TYPES OF ART INSTALLATIONS, TYPOLOGIES, HOW ARE WE DOING RECRUITMENT FOR ARTISTS, ALL THE CREATIVE PARKS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WHEN WE NEED IT, HAVING TASKS, FORCES AND SELECTION PANELS AND CURATORS.
AND I JUST, I DO WANNA MENTION I THAT COMMON WATERS PROJECT.
AND THEN WE HAD, UM, A THREE PERSON ARTIST TEAM ALSO LED BY OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ARTIST.
AND THIS WAS KIND OF A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR US TO SORT OF TEST THIS OUT.
SO WE, WE HAD A SELECTION PANEL, UM, WE WENT THROUGH WHAT ENGAGEMENT ON THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
WE WENT THROUGH WHAT A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION DAY WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE TO KIND OF TEST OUT OUR, OUR PLAN AND OUR PROCESSES.
UM, AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS GONNA SHOW YOU, UM, TALKING ABOUT JUST SPECIFIC THINGS LIKE ART RECRUITMENT, UM, REACHING OUT TO ARTISTS AS BROADLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AGAIN, UH, MIRIAM AND HER TEAM OVER AT, UH, PUBLIC CITY HELPED US.
WE WROTE, WE REACHED OUT TO PEOPLE THAT WERE MORE THAN JUST VISUAL ARTISTS.
WE HAD, UM, TEXTILE ARTS, WE HAD DANCE.
WE, WE REALLY OPENED UP THE GAMUT TO SAY, JUST, JUST APPLY.
AND WE HAD LIKE 38 APPLICANTS AND WE PICKED THE THREE PERSON TEAM AND, UM, THEY WERE ALL THREE PAID.
ACTUALLY, OUR WONDERFUL TEAM GOT TOGETHER AND SCRUBBED THE BUDGET AND SCRUBBED SOME OF THE CONSULTING FEES SO WE, WE COULD PAY THE ARTISTS LARGER STIPENDS FOR
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THEIR WORK, WHICH IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.
THAT WAS A CALL FOR ARTISTS OF COLOR THAT WE DID BECAUSE WE WERE CALLED OUT FROM OUR OWN ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE ABOUT THE LACK OF DIVERSITY ON OUR TEAM.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED THIS FIRSTHAND AND, YOU KNOW, ARE READY TO REALLY REACH AND PUSH OUR BOUNDARIES ON RECRUITING AND GETTING ARTISTS.
AND THEN FOR OTHER PROCESSES, IF YOU CAN SEE IF A I P P OR PAR PROPOSES ARTWORK WITHIN THAT PUMA BOUNDARY, WHICH I WAS TALKING ABOUT, WE KIND OF ACT AS A CITY DEPARTMENT, WE'LL BE CONSULTED, UM, WE'LL GO THROUGH REVIEW PROCESSES AND WE'LL BE A PART OF THAT TEAM TO LOOK AT THOSE, UH, PROPOSED ART INSTALLATIONS.
SO WE, UH, PRESENTED AND GOT APPROVAL FROM A I P P PANEL.
OUR NEXT STEPS AFTER THIS PRESENTATION IS PARKS BOARD AND THEN CITY COUNCIL IN APRIL.
AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE IS WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR, UH, RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO, TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE A I PPP PANEL FOR OUR COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT PLAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHARLOTTE, FOR PRESENTING.
I'M GONNA GO TO COMMISSIONERS.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MOCK, UH, HI.
YOU KNOW, I, I WAS ON THAT BOAT WITH YOU AND I WILL SERVE ON THE, UM, SELECTION COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, I MEAN, DURING THE, THE SELECTION PROCESS, UM, WE, WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL ARTISTS, YOU KNOW, SO I WISH I CAN HAVE THEM ALL
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK, UM, IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION.
SO OUR WATER IS SO BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, THE BROAD WALK OVER THERE, IT IS JUST SUCH A, A WONDERFUL AREA, UM, THAT I'M WONDERING, IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE SOME PERFORMANCES ON WATER? YOU KNOW, SORT OF LIKE TO BUILD A KIND OF LIKE A STAGE AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL.
I MEAN, TO HAVE SOME, SOME PERFORMANCE DANCE OR, OR WHATNOT ON WATER.
I MEAN, IT, IT, WOULDN'T IT BE JUST WONDERFUL, JUST THAT'S A CRAZY IDEA.
WELL, I JUST, I, I LOVE THAT IDEA.
AND ONE THING THAT WE'RE ALSO GONNA DO, WE NEED TO SET THE TIMELINE.
I CAN, YOU KNOW, I CAN IMAGINE IT COULD BE ANNUAL, IS WE HAVE AN OPEN CALL.
SO WE JUST LET ARTISTS AND CREATIVES SUBMIT THEIR IDEAS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE IDEAS.
LET THEM SUBMIT AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO CHOOSE.
SO YOU HAVE ALL THOSE IDEAS COMING IN FROM EVERYBODY, UM, AROUND TOWN.
AND ONE MIGHT BE A WATER PERFORMANCE COMMISSIONER GRAY.
UM, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER MOCK THAT, I BELIEVE IT'S KATHY DUNN HAMRICK, THAT'S DONE SOME BEAUTIFUL WORK ON THE, ON THE LAKE ON PLATFORMS DANCE, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
I THINK IT WAS LAST, LAST SUMMER.
NOT THROUGH THIS, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S STUFF OUT THERE THAT DANCES ON WATER FOR SURE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, I CAN, I JUST HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
POMA, WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR? AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S THAT FORMAL AGREEMENT WE SIGNED PARK OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.
SO THAT'S OUR LEGAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY THAT ALLOWS US TO START TO TAKE OVER THE OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT.
IT WAS NICE TO BE PART OF AIP P IN THE PRESENTATION LAST TIME.
CAN YOU LET THE COMMISSION KNOW WHAT THAT BUDGET WAS FOR YOUR ARTISTS? WHAT'S, WHAT IT'S SET AT? YOU HAD A, UM, A NUMBER FOR THE, FOR THE COMMON WATERS.
I THINK IT WAS JUST LIKE A, A FORWARD THINKING BUDGET FOR ARTISTS OR WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT, UM, THIS YEAR FOR ART.
AND WE HAVE A THREE YEAR PLAN.
I DIDN'T GET INTO THOSE DETAILS.
I THINK WE'VE GOT 30,000 FOR FORT LANDIA AND THEN WE'VE GOT LIKE ANOTHER 50 TO 70 FOR ANOTHER INSTALLATION.
EITHER A A A, UM, TEMPORARY INSTALLATION OR CREATIVE ACTIVATION.
THE BUDGET FOR THIS, IS THAT IN TANDEM WITH EIP PPP BUDGET? IS THAT COMING FROM YOUR DONOR BASE? SO IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S SEPARATE.
SO WE ARE GONNA FUNDRAISE, APPLY FOR GRANTS.
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SO FOR THE SEVEN OF US THAT ARE HERE, UM, IT'S NOT UNDER DISCUSSION IN ACTION.WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR IT IS A MOTION.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S A PRE UNDER PRESENTATION.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLAN FOR TTC? OH, SAY THAT AGAIN.
OH, I SEE IT'S LATER ON IN THE, I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE MORE IMPACTFUL.
WOULD A COMMISSIONER LIKE TO MOTION TO MOVE IT UP TO NOW? I'LL, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE MOVE TO APPROVE, UH, TRUMP CONSERVATORY ARTS AND CULTURE PLAN TO NOW.
SO MOVE IT TO MOVE ITEM 1212 TO, TO ABOVE ITEM EIGHT, UHHUH
MIGHT I GET A SECOND ON THAT? UH, VICE CHURCH MALACH HAS A SECOND.
UM, MOTION TO APPROVE THE ARTS AND CULTURE PLAN BY TTC.
CAN I, CAN I MOTION? SORRY GUYS.
AND THEN WE NEED A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MOCK.
I FEEL LIKE AN AUCTIONEER UP HERE SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR TO SUPPORT THE ARTS CULTURE PLAN.
THIS IS, THIS IS VERY EXCITING AND THANK YOU.
PLEASE, AS MUCH AS YOU NEED FROM US, WE'RE HERE.
WE HAVE OUTLETS SEND US INFORMATION AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM OUR A A P MANAGER, CONSTANCE WHITE, GI.
SO, UH, LOVELY TO SEE ALL OF YOU GUYS IN REAL LIFE AND VIRTUALLY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION THAT THE COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT POLICY IS A PART OF THE ARTS AND CULTURAL PLAN.
SO AS APPROVING THE PLAN, YOU'RE APPROVING THE POLICY AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR.
THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA CLARIFICATION.
COMMISSIONERS, THAT BEING MADE CLEAR.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR THAT BEING MADE APPARENT? NO.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND PRESENTING TO ALL OF US.
[8. Staff briefing regarding an update on the Hotel Occupancy Tax by Laura Odegaard, Cultural Investment Program Manager]
GONNA MOVE ON TO STAFF BRIEFINGS.UM, ITEM EIGHT, STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING THE UPDATE ON HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX WITH LAURA ARD, CULTURAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM MANAGER WHO IS SICK AT HOME.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU ALL, ALWAYS.
GOT ME THANKS, SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST.
I'M LAURA OGAR, CULTURAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
SO WITH THIS PRESENTATION, I'LL BE SHARING OUR LATEST HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTION NUMBERS.
IF YOU CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, SO THE TOTAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTION IN FEBRUARY WAS $11,933,341.
SO OUR YEAR TO DATE FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR IS, UM, JUST AROUND 77 MILLION.
SO THIS MEANS THAT OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX CULTURAL ARTS FUND COLLECTION NUMBERS FOR FEBRUARY WE'RE $1,139,634.
WE ALSO JUST GOT THE UPDATED, UH, YEAR END ESTIMATES FOR HOT.
UM, SO AS A REMINDER, THERE'S THE APPROVED BUDGET NUMBERS THAT COUNCIL ADOPTS, UM, BEFORE THE FISCAL YEAR STARTS, AND THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER, AKA NOW THERE IS AN UPDATED YEAR END ESTIMATE.
SO THIS WAS WHAT COMMISSIONER FLORES WAS ASKING ABOUT LAST MONTH, SO WE JUST RECEIVED THAT AS WELL.
UM, SO THE UPDATED YEAR END ESTIMATE FOR ALL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX WENT UP FROM 108 MILLION TO 135 MILLION.
AND SUBSEQUENTLY OUR CULTURAL ARTS FUND WENT FROM 10.3 MILLION APPROVED BUDGET TO AN UPDATED 12.9 MILLION YEAR END ESTIMATE.
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 57% OF THE NEW CURRENT YEAR ESTIMATE.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR ALONG WE ARE TOWARD OUR APPROVED BUDGET FOR FY 23.
SO I KEPT THE LITTLE DOTTED LINE AT THE 10.3 MILLION.
UM, MIGHT UPDATE THAT NEXT MONTH, BUT I DID PUT A NOTE THAT THE UPDATED ESTIMATE IS THE 12.9 MILLION.
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CULTURAL ARTS FUND ACTUALS RIGHT NOW ARE $7,333,769.UM, JUST SAYS, UH, COMPARISON THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE CULTURAL ARTS FUND WAS AT $5.4 MILLION, AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY, JUST HAPPY DANCES UP HERE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR LAURA? GREAT WORK GETTING ALL THOSE PEOPLE TO COME TO AUSTIN.
WHAT WE CAN, YEAH, WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO THE, UH, UPDATED REPORT IN APRIL.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S, WE'LL REALLY SEE SOME FUN NUMBERS THEN.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, NOBODY, NO QUESTIONS, JUST CELEBRATIONS.
HOT TEA, GARLIC, GINGER, ALL THE THINGS.
[9. Staff briefing regarding the Cultural Arts Funding Programs by Meghan Wells, Cultural Arts Division Manager, and Laura Odegaard, Cultural Investment Program Manager]
WE HAVE A STAFF BRIEFING WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING PROGRAMS BY MEGAN WALLS, CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION, MANAGER OF ORDER, ORDER GUARD AND INVESTMENT PROGRAM MANAGER.I THINK JESUS IS DOING THAT UPDATE TODAY.
GLAD TO SEE YOU ON THIS SIDE OF THE DESK.
I'M GONNA TAKE MY GLASSES OFF SO I CAN READ MY SCRIPT.
I'M JESUS PANTEL, CULTURAL FUNDING SUPERVISOR FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UH, LAST MONTH Y'ALL HAD ASKED FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING PROGRAM.
SO, UM, WE, I AM BRINGING THAT BACK, UH, TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
UM, SO THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS A TENTATIVE TIMELINE FOR THE ELEVATE PROGRAM.
AND I'M GONNA START OFF WITH, UH, THE REVIEW PANELISTS.
AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT PANELISTS, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS INCLUDES, UH, READERS, PANELISTS AND ALTERNATES.
SO IT'S, UM, A BIT OF A NEW SYSTEM ON, UH, HOW WE'RE DOING CONDUCTING OUR REVIEW PANELS THIS YEAR.
BUT, SO OUR TENTATIVE TIMELINE, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, MARCH 21ST.
SO TOMORROW WE ARE OPENING UP THE, UM, APPLICATIONS TO, UM, FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO APPLY TO BE PANELISTS FOR THE ELEVATE PROGRAM THAT IS LAUNCHING TOMORROW.
UM, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO TURN IN THEIR APPLICATIONS JUST OVER A MONTH FROM, UH, NOW, APRIL 27TH IS WHEN THE ELEVATE, ELEVATE PANELIST APPLICATIONS ARE DUE.
UM, AFTER THAT, UH, WE WILL, UM, BRING A SLATE, UM, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, UH, TO THE MAY 15TH ARTS COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, THEN THE DAY AFTER THAT, ON MAY 16TH, WE WILL SEND OUT THE ELEVATE PANELIST CONTRACTS.
UM, THEN ON MAY 23RD, THE SIGNED ELEVATE PANELIST CONTRACTS WILL BE DUE BACK TO US.
SO IT GIVES 'EM ABOUT A WEEK, UH, TO, UM, SIGN THEIR CONTRACTS, SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE WORK, UH, THE DATES THAT THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE.
UM, AND WE WILL START, UH, TRAINING FOR THE ELEVATE, UH, PANELISTS, UM, ON THAT DATE AS WELL.
UM, AND, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING FOR AT LEAST 105 PANELISTS, 1 0 5.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR, AGAIN, A NUMBER OF, UH, READERS, ALTERNATES, AND PANELISTS.
UM, AND BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING FOR SO MANY, THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, UH, SO THAT THERE ARE NO MORE THAN 50 PANELISTS, 15 PANELISTS, ONE FIVE, UM, AT ANY ONE TRAINING SESSION.
SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T HAVE ACTUAL TIME TO HAVE, UH, DISCUSSION, UH, WITH THE FACILITATORS.
UM, ALSO ON MAY 23RD IS WHEN THE ELEVATE APPLICATION IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN.
SO WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE PANELISTS.
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WILL REVIEW THE ELEVATE APPLICATIONS, THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTORS, ARTISTS, AND ARTS GROUPS WHO WANT TO APPLY FOR ELEVATE.
UM, THE APPLICATION WILL CLOSE ON JUNE 27TH.
UM, AND THEN ON JUNE 30TH, UH, THE ELEVATE, UH, PANELIST TRAINING WILL END.
SO AGAIN, IT STARTED ON, ON MAY 23RD.
IT'LL GO THROUGH, UH, JUNE 30TH.
UM, ONCE THE, UM, UH, FINAL TRAININGS HAVE, UH, BEEN COMPLETED, WE WILL ALSO SEND THE ELEVATE APPLICATIONS OUT, UH, TO THE READERS WHO WILL, UM, SCORE.
UM, EACH READER PANEL WILL BE COMPRISED OF THREE READERS WHO WILL BE REVIEWING NO MORE THAN 25 APPLICATIONS.
UH, THE READERS WILL SCORE AND PROVIDE COMMENTS ON ALL 25 APPLICATIONS THAT THEY ARE ASSIGNED.
UM, AND THEN THOSE ARE DUE BACK TO US ON JULY 17TH.
UM, CONTINUING WITH THE ELEVATE, UH,
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TENTATIVE TIMELINES, UH, JULY 19TH IS, UH, WHEN THE ADVANCING ELEVATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE SENT, UH, TO THE PANELISTS.UM, ALSO ON JULY 19TH, UH, WE WILL SEND OUT THE AWARD AND DECLINE LETTERS FOR THOSE WHO, UM, DID OR DID NOT MOVE ON TO ROUND TWO, UM, FOR THE FULL PANEL REVIEW.
SO, AGAIN, AFTER BEING, UH, UH, SCORED BY THE READERS, UM, THE HIGHEST SCORING ONES WILL MOVE ON TO THE FULL PANEL REVIEW.
UH, WE WILL HAVE TENTATIVE ELEVATE SCORES DUE BACK FROM, UH, THE REVIEW PANELISTS.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL START THE REVIEW PANELS ON AUGUST 21ST.
UM, AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, A NUMBER OF, UH, DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS.
SO THAT IS SCHEDULED, UH, TO GO UNTIL AUGUST 26TH.
UH, THE DIFFERENT, UM, REVIEW PANELS, UH, WE DO HAVE RAIN DATES, UM, AS WELL, UM, IF THOSE, UM, ARE NEEDED.
UM, SO AFTER THAT, UH, AGAIN, TENTATIVELY WE ARE LOOKING TO ANNOUNCE AWARDS ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, UH, FOR ELEVATE.
UM, SEPTEMBER 15TH IS WHEN SIGNED CONTRACTS, UH, WOULD BE DUE BACK.
THAT WOULD ALSO BE THE START DATE OF THE ELEVATE CONTRACT.
UM, SEPTEMBER 22ND IS WHAT WE ARE AIMING TO GET THE FIRST ELEVATE PAYMENT, UH, SENT OUT.
UM, AND THEN SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.
THIS WILL BE A YEAR LONG CONTRACT.
SO, UM, A YEAR AND TWO WEEKS, ACTUALLY, THEY'LL HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024 TO COMPLETE THEIR ACTIVITIES.
UM, AND THEN A MONTH AFTER THAT, OCTOBER 30TH, 2024 IS WHEN THE FINAL ELEVATE, UH, THE FINAL REPORTS FOR ELEVATE WILL BE DUE.
UM, SO THAT WAS, UH, THE TIMELINE.
UM, AGAIN, I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A WEEK'S, UH, WORTH OF REVIEW PANELS.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING, UM, IN THRIVE, YOU'LL REMEMBER WE, UM, UM, HAD 36, UM, ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS, UH, FOR ELEVATE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT 200, UH, TOTAL AWARDS.
UM, SO 125 WILL GO TO 5 0 1
UM, AND WE HAVE A BUCKET OF $5 MILLION, UM, TO, UH, HAND OUT TO THOSE 125 ORGANIZATIONS OR TO AWARD TO, TO THOSE HIGHEST SCORING, UM, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE 75 AWARDS FOR ALL OTHER APPLICANTS.
SO INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, ANY OTHER GROUPS WITHOUT 5 0 1
UM, A BUCKET, UH, THERE FOR 1.25 MILLION.
AGAIN, 200 TOTAL AWARDS TOTALING 6.25 MILLION IN ELEVATE.
UH, WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH THE LONG CENTER TO HELP US ACHIEVE EFFICIENCIES.
THAT WILL BE THE THIRD PARTY, UM, HELPING US ADMINISTER THE ELEVATE PROGRAM.
UM, THESE EFFICIENCIES MEAN THAT PAYMENTS WILL NOT ONLY BE CUT FASTER, BUT AWARDS DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, UM, BECAUSE THE LONG CENTER HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR, UM, A CONTRACT.
UM, SO EVEN IF THE AWARDS ARE OVER THE, UH, DOLLAR LIMIT, UH, CALLED THE CITY MANAGER'S, UM, AUTHORITY, UH, THOSE DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
THAT WILL SAVE AT LEAST A MONTH'S WORTH OF TIME ON, UH, GETTING THOSE AWARDS OUT.
UM, I WILL BE, UH, THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION'S MAIN ELEVATE, UH, GRANT ADMINISTRATOR, AS WELL AS THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION, SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT, OR SPOCK, S P O C, UM, WITH THE LONG CENTER FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE.
UM, WITH ELEVATE, UM, CAD STAFF WILL PROVIDE TEMPLATES AND INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LONG CENTER FOR CONTRACTS AND PAYMENTS.
UM, AND IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE, THEY'LL BE WORKING WITH US, BUT WE WILL BE PROVIDING OVERSIGHT, EITHER SOPS, UH, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, UH, TEMPLATES, UM, REVIEWING, UH, THEIR WORK, UH, TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, THAT IT, UM, MEETS OUR STANDARDS SO WE'RE NOT JUST HANDING IT OFF TO THEM AND, AND THEY'RE DOING ALL THE WORK.
WE ARE PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, TEMPLATES, PROCEDURES, UM, FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
UH, WE WILL ALSO DRAFT POWERPOINTS AND OTHER BACKUP MATERIALS FOR USING APPLICATION WORKSHOPS, UH, BOTH BY CAD STAFF AS WELL AS BY THE LONG CENTER.
UH, CAD STAFF WILL ANSWER APPLICATION QUESTIONS EITHER DIRECTLY FROM THE APPLICANTS OR IF THE APPLICANTS REACH OUT TO THE LONG CENTER, WHO WILL ALSO BE ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
UM, IF THEY'RE MORE TECHNICAL OR, YOU KNOW, MORE DIFFICULT, UH, QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.
UM, WE CAN, THE LONG CENTER CAN SEND THOSE OUR WAY AND WE CAN ANSWER THOSE AS WELL.
UM, KAT STAFF WILL HOLD OPEN OFFICE HOURS EVERY TUESDAY THAT THE ELEVATE APPLICATION IS OPEN.
THIS IS, UH, NORMAL, UM, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE WHENEVER WE, UH, LAUNCH AN APPLICATION.
UH, WE HOLD OPEN OFFICE HOURS EVERY TUESDAY WHEN THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN.
UM, CAD STAFF WILL SEND THE LIST OF PROSPECTIVE, UH, REVIEW PANELISTS, UM, FROM OUR INTERNAL, UM, UM, CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE OVER TO THE LONG CENTER.
UM, AND CAD STAFF WILL PROVIDE CRITERIA FOR SELECTING THE ELEVATE REVIEWERS TO THE LONG CENTER AND WILL CONFIRM THE SLATE OF REVIEWERS THAT THE LONG CENTER WILL RECOMMEND
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TO US.SO AGAIN, WE WILL REVIEW THAT.
UM, THEN WE WILL SEND THAT FINAL REVIEW AGAIN FOR RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO THE ARTS COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL, AGAIN AT THE MAY 15TH, UM, ARTS COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, WE'LL SEND REVIEWER TRAINING MATERIALS TO THE LONG CENTER, AND WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE TRAININGS WITH THE LONG CENTER AND THE REVIEWERS.
UM, CAD STAFF WILL PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO THE LONG CENTER ON HOW TO ASSIGN READERS AND WILL APPROVE THE READER RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE LONG CENTER.
UH, CAD STAFF WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE READERS MAY HAVE.
SO, AGAIN, IF THERE'S MORE, YOU KNOW, UM, LONG CENTER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FIRST, UH, UM, FIRST STOP, YOU KNOW, TO GO SEND QUESTIONS THERE.
BUT IF THERE'S MORE, UM, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, UM, THE CAD STAFF CAN ANSWER THAT, UH, FOR THE READERS.
UH, THE LONG CENTER WILL COMPILE THE SCORES FROM THE READERS AND RECOMMEND A SCORE CUTOFF, UH, TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ROUND.
AND CAD STAFF WILL REVIEW THAT LIST BEFORE PROCEEDING.
UH, CAD STAFF WILL REVIEW THE LONG CENTER'S RECOMMENDED PANELIST ASSIGNMENTS BEFORE THE LONG CENTER SENDS THE MATERIALS OUT TO THE PANELISTS.
UH, CAD STAFF WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, THAT THE PANELISTS MAY HAVE, UH, SIMILAR TO THE READERS IN THE FIRST ROUND.
UH, THE LONG CENTER WILL COORDINATE REVIEW PANEL LOGISTICS WITH CAD STAFF, ANSWERING QUESTIONS AS NEEDED.
AND CAD STAFF WILL SERVICE FACILITATORS ON THE REVIEW PANELS ALONG WITH LONG CENTER STAFF AND CAD STAFF WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE APPEALS PROCESS AS NEEDED.
UH, CAD STAFF WILL AUDIT 10% OF THE ELEVATE AWARDEES, SO THE LONG CENTER WILL BE, UM, UH, RE CONDUCTING FINAL REPORTS, BUT WE WILL BE DOING AN AUDIT OF 10%.
AND SO WE WILL DO A FULL, YOU KNOW, REVIEW OF THOSE.
THIS WILL INCLUDE AN OFFICE SITE VISIT, A PERFORMANCE SITE VISIT, AS WELL AS A 100% REVIEW OF THE FINAL REPORT.
UM, ANOTHER, UM, ITEM YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MINA MEETING, UH, WAS A FEEDBACK PROCESS.
UH, SO THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION WILL WORK WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST AND POSSIBLE OUTSIDE PARTIES TO CREATE SURVEYS AND FOCUS GROUPS, UH, REGARDING FEEDBACK ON THREE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE PILOT CULTURAL FUNDING PROGRAMS, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, THE APPLICATION, THE PANEL PROCESS AND CONTRACTING, UH, WHICH INCLUDES INVOICING AND FINAL REPORTS.
UM, THE SURVEYS WILL BE SENT OUT AFTER THE APPLICATION PANEL OR CONTRACTING PROCESSES ARE COMPLETED, AND THE SURVEYS WILL BE HOUSED BOTH ON OUR WEBSITE AND INCLUDED IN CULTURAL FUNDING STAFF SIGNATURES.
WE WILL WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS, BOTH IN CRAFTING THE SURVEY QUESTIONS AND ALSO IN OUTREACH AND HELP WITH CRAFTING THE FOCUS GROUPS.
AND OUR TENTATIVE TIMELINE FOR FEEDBACK.
UM, APPLICATION FOCUS GROUPS FOR ELEVATE AND NEXUS WILL BE HELD IN EARLY AUGUST, 2023.
THIS WILL GIVE CAD STAFF TIME TO ANALYZE THE FEEDBACK, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY, AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE AT THE SEPTEMBER 18TH, UH, 2023 ARTS COMMISSION MEETING.
THE SEPTEMBER ARTS COMMISSION MEETING WILL ALLOW TIME FOR MORE PUBLIC DAYLIGHTING AND POSSIBLE FEEDBACK FOR FINAL CHANGES TO ELEVATE IN NEXUS, UH, PRIOR TO THE LATE OCTOBER, 2023 DEADLINE THAT IS NEEDED TO PROVIDE FINAL INFORMATION TO THE VARIOUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS, UH, NEEDED TO LAUNCH NEXUS AND ELEVATE IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 2024 RESPECTIVELY.
UM, THE PANEL PROCESS FOCUS GROUPS, OR THE, THE PANEL PROCESS FOCUS GROUPS FOR THRIVE AND ELEVATE ARE NOT AS TIME DEPENDENT.
UH, SO WE'LL BE HELD IN FALL OF 2023 AT TIMES AND DATES CHOSEN IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS.
UH, CONTRACTING FOCUS GROUPS FOR ALL PROGRAMS WILL BE HELD IN 2024 AFTER CONTRACTS AND PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED FOR ALL PROGRAMS AND AFTER THE THRIVE INTERIM REPORTS HAVE BEEN TURNED IN.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE? COMMISSIONERS? ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER SCH, OCK.
THAT WAS SUPER DETAILED AND AWESOME.
CAN YOU REMIND US, WE WAS THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR ELEVATE ALREADY TICKED UP FROM WHAT IT HAD ORIGIN FROM WHAT WE WERE ORIGIN, Y'ALL WERE ORIGINALLY THINKING BECAUSE OF HOW HOT WAS TRENDING.
I KNOW, I, I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER.
AND, AND SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION IS, WILL, WILL WE CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT EXPANDING THE BUDGET FOR THE REMAINING PROGRAMS IF HOT CONTINUES TO OUTPERFORM PROJECTIONS? OR WILL THAT, OR WILL THAT BE USED NEXT YEAR OR, OR IN SOME OTHER WAY? SO, UH, THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION, THIS DOES INCLUDE, UH, WE DO KNOW THAT, UM, HOT HAS BEEN INCREASING MORE THAN OUR PROJECTION.
SO THIS IS, UH, THE, WITH THE LATEST, UH, PROJECTION.
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HAS INCREASED FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY, UM, UM, PROPOSED.UM, WE WILL SEE HOW HOT, UM, UM, IMPROVES.
BUT, UH, WE, WE HAVE MOVED FROM A PROJECTION MODEL TO AN ACTUALS MODEL.
SO IN THE PAST, WE WOULD PROJECT AND HOPE THAT WE WOULD GET IN THE AMOUNT OF HOT THAT WE WERE, UM, MAKING AWARDS FOR.
UM, SO WE WOULD PROBABLY KEEP THESE, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS YEAR, FOR FY 23, NOTHING WOULD INCREASE, BUT WE WOULD LOOK IN FY 24, HOW MUCH, UM, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX WE HAD COLLECTED AND MAKE, UH, DETERMINATIONS ON, UM, AWARD AMOUNTS.
AND, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM THE NUMBER, UH, THAT WE CAN AWARD OUT, UM, AT THAT TIME.
COMMISSIONER MALDONADO, HELLO? UM, I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR THIS, UH, WITH, FOR THIS ROUND, IS IT A NEW PORTAL THAT'S BEING USED? I, I RECALL SOME MENTION OF IT BEING A DIFFERENT PORTAL.
SO WE'RE USING THE SAME APPLICATION PORTAL THAT WE USED FOR, UM, THRIVE.
UH, BUT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN MAKING, UM, ITERATIONS AND TESTING WITH IT.
UH, THERE IS, UM, A SAFE FEATURE NOW IN THE APPLICATION PORTAL, UM, WHICH WAS NOT, UH, THERE, UH, FOR THE THRIVE APPLICATION.
SO WE ARE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS.
YES, IT'S THE SAME, UH, PORTAL SYSTEM, BUT IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN, UH, MADE TO IT.
AND, UH, MY LAST QUESTION IS, I KNOW THAT, UH, DURING THE LAST COMMISSIONER'S MEETING I WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT SOLICITING FEEDBACK FOR THE APPLICANTS FROM THRIVE.
WAS THERE ANYTHING SENT OUT TO THE APPLICANTS OR ANY TYPE OF, UH, FEEDBACK, A SURVEY THAT WAS DONE FOR, FOR THOSE? WE HAVE NOT DONE, UH, FORMAL, UH, SURVEY OR FEEDBACK YET.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE INTEND TO DO WITH, UH, THE HELP OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN ALWAYS JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, SEND US THEIR THOUGHTS AND, UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, SOME FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, BUT IF ANYBODY DOES HAVE QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK, UH, THEY'D LIKE TO PROVIDE TO US, THEY CAN, UM, CALL US, EMAIL US, THEY CAN SEND IT TO, TO YOU AS COMMISSIONERS, AND YOU CAN FORWARD IT ON TO US.
THEY CAN SEND IT TO US DIRECTLY.
UM, SO EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, YET HAVE A, A MORE FORMALIZED PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS HAPPY TO COLLECT, UM, THOUGHTS AND FEEDBACK THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE.
YEAH, I THINK FOR THAT, WHAT BE INTERESTING IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN CONSISTENT REOCCURRING THAT'S COME UP THROUGH THAT FEEDBACK, AND IF ANY OF THAT HAS BEEN APPLIED TO HOW MAYBE SOMETHING'S BEING DONE DIFFERENT FOR ELEVATE.
THE SAME EXAMPLE FOR, FOR, FOR ONE IS ONE I KNOW THAT HAS COME UP.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE TAKING THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION AND MAKING CHANGES WHERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, EVEN BETWEEN THRIVE AND ELEVATE, UM, AND WITH THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS, UH, PUTTING OUT THE OTHER HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TAX FUNDED DIVISIONS AS WELL.
UH, JUST, UH, ONLY BECAUSE JUST TO CLARIFY, THE, THE SAME PORTAL FOR THRIVE WAS THE SAME PORTAL FOR CSAP, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UM, I'M CURIOUS, UM, ARE THEY, THE FINAL GUIDELINES AND THE QUESTIONNAIRE, UH, ARE THEY REVIEWED WITH CITY LEGAL? DO THEY GIVE A GO ON THAT BEFORE THEY GET PUBLIC? YES.
UH, THE CITY LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS LOOKED, UM, AT OUR GUIDELINES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, UH, PROCESS.
DO THEY, DO THEY FORMALLY APPROVE THE FINAL GUIDELINES AND THE QUESTIONS THAT GO OUT OR, OR DO THEY LOOK AT THE FINAL VERSION OF WHAT'S BEING, UH, PUBLISHED? THEY DON'T LOOK AT THE FINAL, FINAL VERSION, BUT THEY'VE LOOKED AT IT AND WE'VE TAKEN THEIR, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEIR, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY, NOT JUST FEEDBACK, THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, AND WE'VE, UM, IMPLEMENTED THOSE WHEN, WHEN WE MADE THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S MINOR CHANGES ON, YOU KNOW, UH, PAGE BREAKS AND, YOU KNOW, GRAMMAR AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WE DON'T SEND IT BACK TO THEM.
BUT FOR THE MAJOR, YOU KNOW, UH, LEGAL STICKING POINTS, UH, YES, WE, THEY'VE LOOKED AT THAT AND WE'VE INCORPORATED THEIR, THEIR, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT.
AND, UH, ALSO WAS CURIOUS IF, UH, THE, THE QUESTIONNAIRE AND THE GUIDELINES, UH, IN THEIR KIND OF AT LEAST NEAR FINAL DRAFT ARE REVIEWED AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FORMALLY APPROVED, UH, BY THE COMMISSION HERE ON ALL THESE GRANTS.
SO AT THE JUNE, 2022 ARTS COMMISSION MEETING, THE, UM, ARTS COMMISSION DID APPROVE THE, UM, UM, THE GUIDELINES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FRAMEWORK, UM, FOR, UM, ALL THREE OF THE FUNDING PROGRAMS THRIVE ELEVATE IN NEXUS.
MEGAN WAS JUST, UH, UM, MAKING SURE THAT I HAD THE
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CORRECT DATE.JUNE, 2022 IS WHEN THE ARTS COMMISSION APPROVED THAT COMMISSIONERS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COUPLE.
VERY EXCITING, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, UM, WITH THE PLAY BY PLAY WITH DATES.
I THINK THAT GIVES US A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, 105 PANELISTS.
UM, AND I KNOW WE HAVE, UM, OUR TUBS THAT WE CAN BE DISTRIBUTING THOSE CALLS TO A COUPLE ARE IN THE ROOM AND KNOW LOTS OF AMAZING PEOPLE WITH LOTS OF EXPERIENCE IN TOWN.
UM, I WOULD SAY JUST TO MAKE THAT THOSE MATERIALS AS, AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE, UM, IN NOT JUST PDFS, BUT JPEGS IN PARTICULAR WHEN CIRCULATING, UM, THAT INFORMATION TO, UH, COMMUNITY GROUPS, BECAUSE THAT MAKES IT VERY EASY TO POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
INCLUDED IN EMAIL PDFS ARE SUPER HELPFUL, BUT LIMITING IN TERMS OF THE IMMEDIACY, PARTICULARLY AS WE'RE, UM, OPERATING FROM DEVICES.
UM, VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH THE LONG CENTER.
ARE THEY ALSO PARTNERING WITH Y'ALL IN REGARD TO LIKE EVENTS, LIKE INFORMATIONAL EVENTS? THEY HAVE THE SPACE, THEY'VE MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THEY REALLY WANT TO BE A HOST AND A HUB FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF TAKE THEM UP ON THAT OFFER IF WE HAVE AN INFO SESSION AT THE LONG CENTER AND SORT OF BRING THEM IN AS A MORE VISIBLE PARTNER IN THIS PROCESS.
YEAH, WE'RE STILL KIND OF WORKING THROUGH THE, UM, SPECIFICS OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE APPLICATION WORKSHOPS, YOU KNOW, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND STUFF WHERE THE LONG CENTER STAFF IS THERE, WHERE WE ARE THERE.
UM, SO, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING DEFINITELY WE'RE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING.
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST, WHO IS THAT THROUGH? WHO, WHO OVERSEES THAT PROCESS? UM, SO IN OUR, UM, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION, IS THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED? UM, UH, THE, OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, UM, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST, UM, ON STAFF.
SO IT WOULD BE INTERNALLY, UM, THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
AND THAT'S THE A E D C, IS IT? AM I, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT? ED D.
I'M, I'M THINKING A D D OR A E D C AND EED D OKAY.
I'M TRYING NOT TO USE ACRONYMS. I WAS LIKE, I'M RIGHT.
I'M LIKE, HOW DOES A E D C RELATE TO THIS PROCESS? I DON'T KNOW.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, AND I SEE YOU, COMMISSIONER SCHACH CALL IT ON YOU NEXT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID RECEIVE FEEDBACK.
UH, THE THING THAT STANDS OUT TO ME IN THE PRESENTATION WAS THE READERS AND THE EVALUATION QUESTIONS, AND THAT PRELIM PRELIMINARY, UM, EVALUATION THAT SORT OF GETS PEOPLE THROUGH TO THE NEXT ROUND.
WHAT, CAN YOU SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE CHANGES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE MADE? IF THERE HAVE BEEN SHIFTS IN THOSE PROTOCOLS, UM, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM THRIVE, UM, OR HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM THAT PROCESS? NOT NECESSARILY THE, THE NITTY GRITTY OF THE, THE DASHBOARD AND THE, THE INTERFACE FOR APPLICATION, BUT JUST THAT PROCESS.
THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS THAT IN THRIVE, UM, THEY WERE SCORING JUST ONE, UH, OF THE QUESTIONS, UM, THE MISSION AND KEY CONSTITUENCIES.
UM, AND WE DID NOT SPECIFICALLY ASK FOR THEM TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK, SO IT WAS JUST A SCORE.
SO, SO THAT'S THE TWO BIG CHANGES, IS THAT THE READERS IN THE ELEVATE, UM, PORTION, THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DIVIDING IT UP SO THEY HAVE NO MORE THAN 25.
SO IN, I'M GONNA GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL.
IN, IN THRIVE, WE HAD 145 APPLICATIONS IN THREE READERS.
SO THEY WERE ONLY LOOKING AT ONE QUESTION AND ELEVATE.
UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE GONNA HAVE 105, UH, PANELISTS, OR 105 REVIEWERS, IS THE READERS ARE GONNA HAVE NO MORE THAN 25 APPLICATIONS TO LOOK AT.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A PANEL OF THREE LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE QUESTION.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE SCORING EVERY QUESTION, NOT JUST ONE.
AND THEY WILL BE PROVIDING COMMENTS, UM, ON THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO IF SOMEONE DOES NOT ADVANCE ONTO THE SECOND ROUND, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, WRITTEN FEEDBACK ON THE REASON WHY AS OPPOSED TO JUST A SCORE.
AND I JUST WANTED THAT TO BE SUPER CLEAR FOR PEOPLE WATCHING AT HOME AND TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES AND THE, THE WHY BEHIND THAT DIFFERENCE, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S, UM, GONNA BE REALLY HELPFUL, PARTICULARLY THE FEEDBACK PORTION.
UM, AND SO THAT THERE'S MORE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE APPLICANTS, UM, AND THE READERS.
I WAS JUST GONNA ASK AGAIN FOR THE, UH, SO OUR HELP RECRUITING PANELISTS, CUZ THAT'S A LOT.
IS IT, IT'S OPENING TOMORROW, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
UM, UP TO $1,500, DEPENDING ON, UM, HOW LONG THE PANEL DAYS THEMSELVES TAKE.
SO IT'S $300 FOR THE TRAINING THAT WE REQUIRE.
UM, $300 FOR REVIEWING, UH, THE APPLICATIONS.
UM, SO THE READERS WOULD GET, YOU
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KNOW, $600, UM, IN THAT CASE CUZ THEY'RE DOING THE TRAINING AND THEY'RE REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS MM-HMM.SO THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, ONE, TWO OR THREE DAYS.
UM, SO UP TO $1,500, UM, FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR TIME.
AND THEY'LL SIGN A CONTRACT AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE AVAILABLE.
THOSE AUGUST 21ST THROUGH AUGUST 26TH, UH, DATES, UH, WE ARE LOOKING FOR ALTERNATES AS WELL.
UM, AND SO THEY HAVE TO BE ON STANDBY, UM, IF THEY'RE NOT CHOSEN AS A PANELIST, UM, UH, TO DO THAT.
UM, AND SO THEY GET, UH, COMPENSATED FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE DAY OF ATTENDANCE, UH, SINCE THEY'RE HOLDING THAT TIME ON THEIR CALENDAR, EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, THEY END UP NOT BEING USED.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IF WE DO HAVE TO UTILIZE THEM AS A REVIEWER, UM, THEY WOULD GET PAID FOR HOWEVER MANY DAYS THEY, UM, UM, ACTUALLY SERVE ON THE, ON THE, I WAS GONNA SAY IN PERSON.
IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH ZOOM, BUT YOU KNOW, ON, ON THE VIRTUAL, UH, REVIEW PANEL MEETING.
UM, SO, UM, DEANDRE MAYOR HAD, UH, INITIALLY, UH, PUSHED FOR, UH, MOVING THE VOTE, UH, TO APPROVE THE, UH, TRI GRANTEES, RIGHT? AND, UH, ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN AROUND SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT HAD COME AROUND, UH, UH, THE GRANT PROCESS.
UM, AND IN VIEW OF THAT, ESSENTIALLY, IS THERE, IS THERE ANYTHING DONE OR BEING DONE MORE FORMALLY TO INCORPORATE THIS FEEDBACK BEFORE WE, UH, FORMALLY BEING DONE, BEFORE WE HIT THIS NEXT SET OF GRANTS? AND ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE ONE OF THE ISSUES I THINK IN ANY, ANY PROCESS LIKE THIS IS TRANSPARENCY, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT IT WILL BE DONE TO CREATE MORE TRANSPARENCY AND CONFIDENCE, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, AROUND THESE GRANTS, UH, ESPECIALLY MOVING FORWARD? YEAH, I THINK THE BIGGEST, BIGGEST THING IS, UM, LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE, UH, READER, UH, SECTION WHERE WE HAVE THEM ACTUALLY SCORE ALL, UM, APPLICATION QUESTIONS OR SCORE ALL OF THE, THE RUBRIC, UH, QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE, UH, FEEDBACK, UM, ON ALL OF THAT.
UH, WE'RE BETTER, UM, COMMUNICATING AND PLANNING OUT WHEN WE WILL SEND OUT, UH, BOTH THE AWARD AND THE DECLINE LETTERS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, ALSO JUST MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, UM, UM, GIVING NOT OVERBURDENING WITH TOO MUCH INFORMATION, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE IS NOT ADVANCING, JUST BEING, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF, OF THAT WHEN, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE SENDING THOSE OUT.
SO NOT, NOT SO CLINICAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, TRY AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A HUMAN TOUCH WITH THAT IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS.
UM, AND THEN I GUESS I'M NOT SURE THE SPECIFIC THINGS FOR, UM, THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE MAYOR, UH, UH, ONE HOLDING TO TAKE THE VOTE AND, AND WHAT WE'VE DONE, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD.
I, I GUESS I'M NOT SURE WHAT THOSE CONCERNS WERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO TAKE THE FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE HEAR, UM, TRY AND IMPROVE, UH, THIS PROCESS, UM, AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD, UM, UTILIZING THE LONG CENTER.
ANOTHER THING THAT, UH, THAT WILL HELP WITH IS IT ALLOWS STAFF MORE TIME INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAMS, WE CAN HAVE MORE TIME, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, POTENTIAL, UM, APPLICANTS AND, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, ASSISTANCE OR JUST LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT KIND OF THING, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T SAY WHAT WILL OR WILL NOT BE, UM, A SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION CUZ PANELISTS ARE GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW.
BUT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, ONE-ON-ONE, UH, TIME WITH THE PANELISTS OR WITH THE APPLICANTS TO, YOU KNOW, HO UM, LET THEM UNDERSTAND THE APPLICATIONS A LITTLE BIT BETTER, WHAT IT IS, UM, SPECIFICALLY THAT, THAT ELEVATE IS LOOKING FOR.
I, I THINK THE CONCERN WAS AROUND THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT HAD COME IN THAT WERE, UH, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY, UH, SHOWING CONCERNS AROUND HOW THE GRANT PROCESS WAS.
AND IT WAS, UH, I UNDERSTAND TO JUST, UH, GET SOME MORE TIME TO REVIEW THE PROCESS ITSELF.
UM, SO, UM, HAVE WE, ARE, ARE THE, ARE THE LIST OF APPLICANTS THE SCORING, IS THAT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE IN THE PUBLIC PORTAL? ARE THEY, UH, JUST ALL OF THE ENTIRE LIST OF APPLICANTS? WHAT DID THEY SCORE? IS THAT PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT'S EASILY AVAILABLE? UM, I AM NOT SURE IF WE HAVE THAT, UH, LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT, UM, IF THAT IS INFORMATION, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, UM, CALL OR EMAIL US AND WE CAN, UM, PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
IT MAY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK, YOU KNOW, UM, INTO THAT.
BUT THE SHORT ANSWER IS, AND MEGAN'S GONNA GIVE A MORE NUANCED ANSWER, BUT THE SHORT ANSWER IS, UH, YES.
YEAH, I MEAN, I'M MAINLY ASKING THAT QUESTION IN, IN, IN VIEW OF CREATING TRANSPARENCY INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH, UH, THE PROCESS IS JUST TRANSPARENT, AND SO IT BUILDS CONFIDENCE, UH,
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IN THE COMMUNITY.DO WE, ARE THE VIDEOS, THE PANEL VIDEOS? THOSE ARE PUBLIC, THOSE ARE ON THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL, RIGHT? YES.
WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, UM, TRANSCRIBING THE, UM, UH, UM, THE LITTLE WORDS THAT ARE COMING UP.
THE TRANSCRIPTS ARE CLOSE CAPTIONING.
SO, UM, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, UH, BEFORE WE CAN GET THOSE, UH, THRIVE, UM, UH, VIDEOS UP THERE.
AND, UM, I THINK THEY MIGHT BE READY OR THEY'RE CLOSE TO GETTING READY IF THEY'RE NOT READY YET.
DOUGAL, ARE YOU FAMILIAR THERE, THERE WERE THREE DAYS OF PUBLIC PANELS THAT PEOPLE COULD, COULD TUNE INTO.
MEGAN, DID YOU WANNA TURN? BUT THAT IS, UH, THAT IS, UH, POST, POST THE READER EVALUATION, RIGHT? IT'S THE SEMI-FINALIST ONWARDS MM-HMM.
SO MY, MY, UH, QUESTION WAS AROUND LITERALLY THE ENTIRE, WHO ALL APPLIED? WHAT DID THIS CORE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS ESSENTIALLY MM-HMM.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY IS, WE DON'T TYPICALLY PUT SCORES ON THE WEBSITE.
IT'S, THAT'S, I I THINK THAT COULD ALSO WORK AGAINST OUR, OUR CONFIDENTIALITY, UM, AND, AND INHIBIT SOME PEOPLE FROM WANTING TO APPLY IF THEY KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA BE, THEIR EVALUATION WOULD BE PUBLIC.
BUT IT IS PUBLIC INFORMATION, AS HAS, YOU SAID SOMEONE COULD FILE A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST AND THEY CAN OBTAIN THAT AS IT IS PUBLIC RECORD.
I MEAN, IT'S PUBLIC MONEY, SO YEAH.
I THINK THE MORE TRANSPARENCY WE HAVE, THE BETTER IT IS.
WE, WE TRY TO MAKE AS MUCH, UH, INFORMATION PUBLIC AS WE CAN, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION AT ALL TIMES.
SO A LOT OF OUR INFORMATION IS NOW CAPTURED ON OUR DASHBOARD, SO IT'LL HAVE LOTS OF DEMOGRAPHICS, UM, LOTS OF APPLICANT INFORMATION MM-HMM.
SO WE TRY TO CAPTURE THAT IN THE DASHBOARD, BUT IF WE'RE NOT CAPTURING SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE WANTS, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, ADDING THAT.
AND THAT WAS WHY I WAS KEEN TO HEAR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW THRIVE SORT OF IN WAS INITIATED IN TERMS OF THE ADJUDICATION AND, AND ELEVATE, JUST TO ADDRESS THAT SPECIFIC THING.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A BIG PART OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE WERE RECEIVING WAS THAT IT FELT VERY, UM, WAS A VERY SMALL FACET OF A, YOU KNOW, A BEAUTIFUL WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE BY THE COMMUNITY AND, AND DID IT REALLY DO, UH, THESE ORGANIZATIONS' JUSTICE, RIGHT? AND SO TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, SMALL GROUPS GOING THROUGH EVERY ITEM WITHIN THE APPLICATION, I THINK THAT SHOULD SATISFY, UM, NOT, MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY, BUT A BIG CONCERN THAT WE, WE LEARNED FROM THE COMMUNITY HAVING MOVED THROUGH THRIVE COMMISSIONER GRAY, UH, JUST A FEW QUESTIONS.
UM, THAT'S A LOT OF PANELISTS
SO IT'S A NATIONWIDE SEARCH OFWE OR SPREAD THE WORD.
AND OBVIOUSLY, OR THAT LOCALS ARE ALSO WELCOME.
HOW IS, UH, CONFLICT OF INTEREST BEING HANDLED THROUGH, THROUGH PANELS, OR IS THERE, I MEAN, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN OUR PANELS, BUT YEAH, SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES, CORRECT.
UH, WHEN WE DO, UH, REVIEW PANELS.
AND SO, UM, UM, BASICALLY WE, UM, I THINK ON THE APPLICATION ITSELF, WE ASK IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, ARE AFFILIATED WITH ANY MM-HMM.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT WE CAN DO, THERE'S GONNA BE, I TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE, THE TWO DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY, THE 5 MILLION FOR THE 175 NONPROFITS, AND THEN THE, THE 1.25 MILLION FOR THE 75, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER, UM, APPLICANTS.
SO SOMEONE COULD, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT IN ONE, MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT IN IN THE OTHER, SO THEY COULD APPLY ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, AND WE ASK THEM TO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY FEEL THEY HAVE A CONFLICT, JUST LET US KNOW.
WE CAN DISCUSS IT WITH THEM AND SEE IF THAT, YOU KNOW, MEETS OUR DEFINITION OF A CONFLICT.
UM, AND WE'LL DEFER TO THEM AS WELL, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE, OKAY, WELL THIS IS OUR DEFINITION OF A CONFLICT, DO YOU THINK THAT FITS? UM, OR IF YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, FEEL THAT YOU DO HAVE A CONFLICT, UM, UM, OR YOU'RE JUST UNCOMFORTABLE REVIEWING AN APPLICATION, THEN WE'RE FINE WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, EITHER RECUSING OR NOT SERVING ON THAT SPECIFIC PANEL, HOWEVER, THAT, UM, MAY SHAKE OUT.
MANY OF THESE QUESTIONS I KNOW THE ANSWERS TO, I'M, I'M ASKING FOR CLARITY REASONS, UH, AS WELL.
GOING BACK TO WHAT STILL CONFUSES SO MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY, OUR PROJECTED AND OUR ACTUALS.
SO IF PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS MEETING, WOULD YOU DESCRIBE AGAIN, WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT NEW, WHICH WILL BE OFFICIAL 12 MILLION IN THAT POT OF MONEY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN RELATIVE TO THOSE AMOUNTS GOING TO ELEVATE IN THIS NEXT FUNDING CYCLE? YEAH, SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT ELEVATE WILL NOT CHANGE FOR FY 23, WE ARE LOOKING AGAIN AT 5 MILLION FOR, UM, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, RIGHT? 1.25 MILLION FOR, UM, EVERYBODY ELSE.
UM, IN ELEVATE SPECIFICALLY IF THERE ARE ANY
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CHANGES, UM, THESE ARE ACTUAL NUMBERS WE'RE WORKING WITH, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THOSE.ANY OVERAGE THAT COMES IN WILL BE APPLIED TO NEXT YEAR.
SO WE WILL LOOK AT F Y 24, UM, TO SEE, UM, HOW AWARDS SHOULD INCREASE OR DECREASE AS A CASE MAY BE, BUT HOPEFULLY INCREASE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, CUZ I CAN JUST HEAR, I CAN HEAR THE QUESTIONS.
AND I, AND I DO WANNA JUST MAKE SURE MAKE DOUBLE CLEAR BECAUSE IT IS CONFUSING.
SO WE, WHEN WE CAME BACK TO YOU, I THINK IT WAS EITHER LAST MONTH OR THE MONTH BEFORE, SAYING WE ARE GONNA INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AWARDS FOR ELEVATE THAT WAS DUE TO THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE TOOK FORWARD, AND THAT'S CAPTURING THOSE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.
TYPICALLY THE BUDGET IS PASSED BY COUNCIL BEFORE WE GET THOSE NUMBERS IN.
SO WE WENT BACK TO ADD THAT EXTRA REVENUE FROM LAST YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR SO THAT WE COULD USE, USE IT THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE INCREASE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S NOT THE, IT'S NOT THE MONEY COMING IN NOW, RIGHT.
SO I KNOW IT'S, IT'S HARD TO KEEP THAT STRAIGHT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT YEAH.
AND I THINK I GET IT AND I THINK THE MORE THAT WE CAN KEEP SAYING THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS BECAUSE IT WAS TWO, TWO MEETINGS THAT GOES, THAT, THAT CAME UP WOULD BE GREAT.
ALSO TO CLARIFY SEPTEMBER THROUGH SEPTEMBER BEING THE FUNDING FOR THIS UPCOMING ELEVATE CYCLE.
AND YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THE NEW ELEVATE NEXUS START POINT WOULD BE JANUARY OF 2024.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YES.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT, AND LET ME SEE IF I REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY, BUT, UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S WHEN THE CONTRACTS ARE GOING TO START.
RIGHT? BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PUTTING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHEN THE APPLICATIONS WILL OPEN.
THEY'LL BE OPEN FOR, YOU KNOW, FIVE TO SIX WEEKS MM-HMM.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR THE READERS TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS.
WE NEED TIME FOR THE, THE TRAINING.
SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO, AGAIN, THIS IS ALL TENTATIVE, IS TO MOVE ELEVATE TO, I BELIEVE WE'RE LOOKING AT A JULY THROUGH JUNE, UM, UH, DATE, UH, MOVING OR CONTRACT DATE, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
SO THIS FIRST YEAR, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE SEPTEMBER THROUGH SEPTEMBER, UM, HOPING TO MOVE AND WE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, UM, WITH THAT BEING DONE, IF YOU DO RECEIVE ELEVATE FUNDING THIS YEAR AND THEN ALSO RECEIVE ELEVATE FUNDING NEXT YEAR, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL MM-HMM.
BUT IF YOU DO, IF YOU DO, WE UNDERSTAND YOU MAY NEED EITHER AN EXTENSION OR, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK WITH THAT.
SO WE ARE AWARE OF THE, THE POSSIBLE REPERCUSSIONS OF MOVING, YOU KNOW, A CONTRACT START, AN END DATE, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT MM-HMM.
SO WE ARE COGNIZANT OF THAT AND WE WILL WORK WITH ANY, UM, RECIPIENTS, UM, THAT RECEIVE FUNDING IN ELEVATE BOTH THIS YEAR AND, UM, REAPPLY NEXT YEAR AND ALSO RECEIVE FUNDING AT THAT TIME.
SO THERE'S ALSO, BECAUSE THE, THE, THE, THE FUNDING CYCLE FOR 24 25, CUZ WE'RE LOOKING AT 20 24, 20 25 WILL IDEALLY FALL INTO FUNDING STARTING JULY, ENDING IN JUNE, 2025, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
CAN AN APPLICANT OVERLAP PROJECTS WITHIN THOSE TWO FUNDING CYCLES, OR DO THEY NEED TO BE UNIQUE? IN OTHER WORDS, IF SOMEBODY'S LOOKING AT THAT SEPTEMBER THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF THIS UPCOMING FUNDING CYCLE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO APPLY FOR JULY, DO THEY NEED TO LOOK CLOSER THE, THE PROJECTS OR WHATEVER THEY'RE WORKING ON TOWARD THE FRONT END OF THAT FUNDING CYCLE? OR CAN THERE BE OVERLAP IN THE FUNDING? THEY WOULD NEED TO, IF THEY WERE TO RECEIVE FUNDING IN BOTH? IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BE FOR DISTINCT DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
USING, YOU KNOW, MONEY FROM TWO DIFFERENT YEARS FOR THE SAME PROJECT.
AND IF THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, DID RECEIVE FUNDING BOTH YEARS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO CLOSE OUT THEIR FIRST YEARS, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE THE FINAL REPORT, HAVE IT SUCCESSFULLY CLOSED OUT BEFORE WE WOULD ENTER INTO THE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THEM, UH, FOR THE NEW YEAR.
SO THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO START WORK ON THAT UNTIL THEIR, YOU KNOW, UH, PREVIOUS YEAR'S, UH, CONTRACT OR, OR GRANT AGREEMENT WAS CLOSED OUT.
JUST TO, AGAIN, TO CLARIFY, MOST PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING PRIOR TO JULY, 2024, IF THEY'RE PLANNING ON ASKING FOR ELEVATE FUNDING.
I JUST WANNA PUT IN CLARITY, CLARITY, CLARITY,
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE MOVING INTO THE THANK YOU AC THOSE WERE FABULOUS QUESTIONS AND REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, AND I THINK A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA ENCOUNTER YEAH.
BUT I THINK INFOGRAPHICS, THE TIMELINE, UM, GRAPHIC THAT YOU GUYS PUT TOGETHER FOR THRIVE
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WAS PHENOMENAL.IT WAS SOMETHING WE COULD POINT TO AND YOU ARE HERE.
UM, AND JUST UNDERSTANDING NOW THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE ALL THREE OF THESE THINGS, THESE BALLS UP IN THE AIR, KNOWING WHEN, WHERE, HOW, AND PARTICULARLY WITH THE PANEL DEADLINES AND THE RECRUITMENT THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY.
SO I THINK ART PEOPLE, LET'S PUT IT IN PICTURES AND COLORS, UM, AND IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER TO CIRCULATE.
IT MAKES IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND, UM, I AM THAT PERSON THAT WORDS START TO BLEND TOGETHER.
SO, BUT IF I CAN SEE IT AND MAP IT OUT VISUALLY, THEN I'M GONNA UNDERSTAND IT IN A MUCH MORE, UM, IN-DEPTH WAY AND THEN BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO MY FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT OF THE COMMUNITY IS TO HELP AMPLIFY INFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITY AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND I DO WANNA POINT OUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE DIDN'T TOOT ANY HORNS, BUT 125 NONPROFITS, 75 YEAH.
THAT'S MORE THAN WHAT YOU GUYS TOLD US LAST MONTH.
WE SAID MAYBE 150, AND THIS IS 200 AWARDEES.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT WORK, AND I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE SEEING MORE POTENTIAL RECIPIENTS THAN WHAT WE HAD PROJECTED EARLIER, UM, IN THE, IN THESE TALKS.
AND AGAIN, THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT IS PARTNERING WITH THE LONG CENTER AS A THIRD PARTY TO FREE UP, YOU KNOW, STAFF TIME ON, ON UH, DOING, DOING THAT.
IT'S PHENOMENAL TO HEAR THE, THE HOW INTERWOVEN THAT WORK WILL BE, THAT IT ISN'T JUST SORT OF A PASSING OF THE BATON, BUT IT IT'S GONNA BE CON COLLABORATIVE AND CONTINUOUSLY SORT OF BACK AND FORTH.
UM, AND I WAS GONNA MAKE A SPOCK JOKE, BUT I DON'T WATCH ENOUGH STAR TREK, BUT I THINK YOU'RE MUCH WARMER THAN SPOT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JESUS? WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE UNENDINGLY AVAILABLE IF WE WANT TIME TO DIGEST AND COME BACK, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ALL OF THIS AND, AND A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD.
UM, SO IS THERE, UH, WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR SCREENING NON-PROFIT ELIGIBILITY FOR ELEVATE AND HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM THE SCREENING THAT HAPPENED WITH THRIVE? SO THE ELIGIBILITY WOULD, UM, SO THE, THE, THE WAY IT'S DIFFERENT IS THAT YOU HAD TO BE A NON-PROFIT, UM, IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR FUNDING IN THRIVE.
UM, AND ELEVATE, AGAIN, THERE'S THE TIERS FOR THE NON-PROFITS AND, UM, THOSE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, OTHER GROUPS THAT MAY NOT HAVE 5 0 1
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WOULD, IT WOULDN'T BE AN ELIGIBILITY WHERE YOU JUST CAN'T APPLY.
YOU WOULD JUST HAVE TO APPLY IN IN A DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THE GROUPS WITHOUT 5 0 1
SO THAT SCREENING HAPPENS BEFORE THESE APPLICATIONS GO TO THE READERS.
UH, WE WILL LOOK AT THAT, WE LOOK, UH, FOR ELIGIBILITY.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WILL LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE APPLYING IN, UH, THE CORRECT PLACE IF THEY, YOU KNOW, DON'T APPLY IN THE CORRECT PLACE.
WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE DO EN WE HAVE APPLICATION WORKSHOPS.
WE ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO MAY BE CONFUSED OR NOT SURE WHICH, UH, PLACE THAT THEY SHOULD APPLY, UH, TO REACH OUT TO US AND, UM, AND SPEAK WITH US ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT WAY, UM, WE CAN EITHER, YOU KNOW, MOVE THEM, YOU KNOW, CUZ WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO MOVE THEM AFTERWARDS, BUT WE'D PROBABLY RATHER DO THAT THAN, YOU KNOW, FIND THEM JUST COMPLETELY INELIGIBLE PERIOD.
ONE OTHER QUESTION, UM, I HEARD IT MENTIONED THAT IT WAS A NATIONAL CALL MM-HMM.
AND THAT'S JUST FOR PANELISTS? PANELISTS? YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE OH, FOR PANELISTS? YEAH.
SO IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN ABOUT 50 50, BUT THAT WAS LIKE 5, 6, 7 YEARS AGO BEFORE WE HAD THE TEN ONE, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT.
UM, AND SO SINCE, UH, THE ADVENT OF THE TEN ONE COUNCIL DISTRICT, IT'S BEEN MORE LOCAL, UM, PANELISTS WITH, YOU KNOW, JUST ONE OR TWO MAYBE OUT OF TOWN, UM, PANELISTS, SO, OKAY.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING WITH THE THRIVE, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ROUGHLY 50 50, SO PART OF IT WILL JUST DEPEND ON WHO WE GET TO APPLY, WHO MEETS OUR ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
SO THERE'S NO, UM, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC NUMBER THAT IT HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, THIS OR THAT.
BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PANEL, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, DIVERSITY INDICATORS.
SO OBVIOUSLY ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING LOTS OF DIFFERENT, UM, UM, APPLICATIONS, BUT IN TOWN OUT OF TOWN, UM, PRACTICING ARTISTS VERSUS AN ARTS ADMINISTRATOR.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHO'S GOING TO WORK WELL TOGETHER, IS EACH PANEL GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UM, SKILLS OR, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, CHARACTERISTICS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO KIND OF LONG ANSWER, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF LIKE DEPENDS ON, ON
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WHO WE GET AND HOW WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY FIT IN WITH ALL OF THE OTHER PANELISTS, UH, SERVING ON THAT PANEL.HEY, SUSAN, I'M SORRY TO ASK YOU THAT.
WHAT, DO YOU HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN IF YOU DON'T GET 105 PANELISTS? UM,
I MEAN, IT'S ONLY LIKE A WEEK, BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WORST CASE SCENARIO WE'D HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, EITHER HAVE THEM DO MORE WORK OR, YOU KNOW, UM, EXTEND THE DEADLINE, WHICH WE DON'T WANT TO DO.
YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO PLAN A IS, YOU KNOW, GET, GET THE WORD OUT UP TO $1,500.
DID I MENTION THAT Y'ALL? THAT'S, THAT'S, SO IT'S NOT NOTHING.
AND THAT, AND, AND MEGAN JUST REMINDED ME, WE DO ALREADY HAVE, UM, OVER 200, UM, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO 250 IN OUR DATABASE RIGHT NOW.
NOW, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF THOSE WERE USED ON, UH, THE, THE THRIVE PANEL.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD, A GOOD HEADSTART.
SO, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, AS I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, COMMENTING, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE A GOOD VARIETY OF PANELISTS TO CHOOSE FROM.
AND I'LL SAY THAT, THAT PUTS THE ONUS ON US, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE ARE THIS CATALYST FOR COMMUNICATION.
WE ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF THIS WORK.
WE NEED TO BE TAPPING OUR NETWORKS AND AMPLIFYING THE OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S A PAID OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL EXPEDITE FUNDS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT IS THERE NOT TO BE EXCITED ABOUT? YEAH, IT IS EXCITING.
UM, YEAH, I WAS GONNA ACTUALLY HOLD COMMENT, BUT, UH, NOW THAT YOU POINTED TO ME, I'M SOUNDED
I WOULD, I WOULD JUST REITERATE THAT TRANSPARENCY IS KEY.
UM, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF, UM, STAFF COULD, UH, THE NEXT TIME WE ARE, UH, HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IN THE NEXT MEETING, PERHAPS PROVIDE SOME CONCRETE, UH, MAYBE JUST A LIST OR SOMETHING OF THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE NET NEW ON TOP OF WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY TO ADDRESS, UH, SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT CAME UP.
UH, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT OR, AND OR ALTERNATIVELY IF, UH, UH, THE COMMISSION HERE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND MAKE SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS WHAT WE COULD DO COLLECTIVELY, UH, HERE, UH, TO JUST CREATE MORE TRANSPARENCY, WHICH MIGHT ALLEVIATE AT LEAST SOME OF THE CONSENTS.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND DETAIL.
[10. Approve the Selection Panel Recommendation for the Austin History Center/Faulk Building Art in Public Places Projects]
UH, WITH THAT WE CAN GO ON TO DISCUSSION ITEMS, DISCUSS DISCUSSION, ACTION ITEMS, APPROVE THE SELECTION PANEL RECOMMENDATION FOR THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER FOLK BUILDING, UM, FOR ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.DO WE GET ANY INFORMATION WITH THAT OR ARE WE, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NEXT.
DO YOU WANT TO BRIEF US AT ALL? LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE QUICKIE RUNDOWN SURE.
BEFORE I TAKE A VOTE OCCURRED.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE NEW COMMISSIONERS AND YEAH.
OH, HEY THERE, EVERYBODY, UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR? FANTASTIC.
HERE, KAMAN, UH, PUBLIC ART, UH, PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE A I PPP PROGRAM HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE SELECTION PROCESS RECOMMENDATION FOR THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER, UH, AND FALK BUILDING A I P P PROJECT.
AS A REMINDER, THIS PROJECT IS A RESIDENCY AS WELL AS A PUBLIC ART COMMISSION WITH A BUDGET OF 196,000.
UM, THE, UM, THIS, UH, THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS CALL WAS TEXAS-BASED ARTISTS WHO WERE REGISTERED WITH OUR PRE-QUALIFIED POOL.
UM, IN ALL, UH, WE HAD EIGHT APPLICANTS, UM, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A RELATIVELY NO LOW NUMBER, BUT GIVEN THE, UH, THE NARROW FOCUS AND THE TIME COMMITMENT OF THE RESIDENCY, UM, IT WAS, IT WOUND UP BEING A, UH, AN ADEQUATE NUMBER.
UM, AND, UH, ALSO CONSIDERING THAT WE WERE COMPETING WITH 20 OTHER A I P P OPPORTUNITIES AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, THE, UH, ON FEBRUARY 7TH, UH, WE CONVENED A SELECTION PANEL COMPRISED PRIMARILY OF AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFF AND AUSTRIA HISTORY CENTER STAFF, UM, SOME CULTURAL ARCHIVISTS FROM THERE.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER CISMAN AND GRAY FOR SERVING AS ADVISORS AND LENDING THEIR VOICES TO THE CONVERSATION.
UM, WE, UH, UM, PART OF THE, UH, THE APPLICATION WAS NOT JUST, UH, PRETTY PICTURES AND IMAGES, BUT ALSO TO DO A DEEP DIVE INTO SOME, SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RESEARCH BASED PART OF AN ARTIST PRACTICE.
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THAT RESONATED REAL, UH, A LOT WITH THE, UH, WITH THE, THE VOTING SELECTION PANELISTS AND THE, UH, THE APPLICANTS REALLY, UH, DUG THEIR TEETH INTO THAT PART OF IT.AND IT, UH, IT CREATED FOR A ROBUST CONVERSATION AND A LOT OF, OF CONSCIENTIOUS, UH, DECISION MAKING AND, AND THOUGHTFULNESS ALL AROUND.
UM, AFTER, UH, UM, AFTER, UH, DELIBERATING FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS, THE SELECTION PANEL, UH, RECOMMENDED SUSIE GONZALEZ, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION, UH, CITING THEIR, UH, RESEARCH BASED ASPECT OF THEIR, UM, UM, PRACTICE, AS WELL AS, UH, VIBRANT USE OF COLORS AND REPRESENTATION OF, OF, UH, UNDERREPRESENTED UH, COMMUNITIES.
UH, THE RECOMMENDED ALTERNATE WAS ARTIST VERONICA CHACHI, WHO ALSO GOES BY, UH, FLASH COLLECTIVE, UH, WHEN WORKING IN THE, UH, COLLECTIVELY, UH, THE SELECTION PANELISTS CITED VERONICA'S, UH, ALSO, UH, HER COMMITMENT TO RESEARCH.
UH, SHE'S A, UH, A POWER USER OF THE HISTORY CENTER AND THEY, UH, ALL OF THE ARCHIVISTS WERE, UH, KNEW, KNEW HER VERY WELL, UM, AND WERE IMPRESSED WITH HER, UM, UH, COMMUNITY-BASED PRACTICE.
THE WORKSHOPS SHE DOES, UH, TWO TIME TEMPO AWARDEE.
UM, BUT, UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE CAN I TELL YOU? UM, THE, UH, WE RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM THE A I PPP PANEL AT THE MARCH 6TH MEETING ON A VOTE OF FIVE ZERO.
UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THIS SELECTION PANEL RECOMMENDATION, THIS ITEM'S UP FOR APPROVAL.
THAT WAS VERY THOROUGH, AND WE DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN BACKUP FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO REVIEW IN DEPTH.
UM, THERE WAS A VERY COMPELLING APPLICATION POOL.
UM, AS KURT MENTIONED, AC AND I GOT TO, UH, SIT ON THAT AND ADVISE.
UM, BUT IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I CAN ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UM, I, I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF THE AUSTIN HISTORY ORGANIZATION.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO RECRUIT MYSELF FROM VOTING.
WE HAVE A QUORUM WITHOUT YOU, SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE OKAY.
APPRECIATE YOU REC CRUSING YOURSELF.
OKAY WITH THAT QUESTION TWO, APPROVE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MALDONADO, SECONDED FROM GRAY.
ALL IN FAVOR, UNANIMOUS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF UNANIMOUS
[11. Approve Prospectus for AUS Austin Bergstrom International Airport Playscapes Art in Public Places Project]
IS THE APPROVED THE PROSPECTUS FOR AUSTIN, UH, BERKSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PLAY SCAPES AND PUBLIC PLACES PROJECT.NOW WE GET THE PLEASURE OF CONSTANCE WHITE PRESENCE.
UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS CONSTANCE WHITE.
I AM THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES MANAGER FOR THE, UM, ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION.
AND, UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE, UM, THE COMMISSIONER'S APPROVAL OF OUR PROSPECTS FOR THE AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PLAY SCAPES PROJECT.
WE WILL ISSUE A RE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, AND I'LL JUST READ A SNIPPET OF THIS TO YOU, THAT WE ARE INVITING ARTISTS AND ARTIST LED TEAMS TO SUBMIT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION OF A COLLABORATIVE DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND INSTALLATION OF A SERIES OF UP TO THREE PLAY SCAPES WITHIN THE AIRPORT.
WE ARE ALSO ASKING THE ARTISTS THAT RESPOND TO THIS TO NOT CONSIDER ANY TYPE OF CONCEPTUAL PROPOSAL AS SOME OF THE SPACES DO NOT YET EXIST.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES TO SHOW YOU BECAUSE THE AIRPORT IS A DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT, WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE AIRPORT IS EXCEEDING ITS, UH, PASSENGER, UM, ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES ON A DAILY BASIS AND BROKE EVEN RECORDS DURING SOUTH BY EXCEEDING 40,000 PASSENGERS A DAY.
AND SO WE'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AMENITIES THAT APPEAL TO THE YOUNG FOLKS THAT VISIT AND THOSE WHO ARE YOUNG AT HEART.
AND SO, UM, IF YOU DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO READ THE PROSPECTUS, UM, IT IS INTENDED TO BE, TO ADVANCE THE POWER OF CONNECTION BY ENGAGING IN ENTERTAINING, UH, THE YOUNG TRAVELERS.
AND AS I SAID, THOSE WHO ARE YOUNG AT HEART, ASPECTS OF THE
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INSTALLATION COULD PROVOKE INTERPLAY, WHICH IS IF SOMEONE'S ON ONE END AND SOMEONE'S ON ANOTHER END, THEN WE COULD PLAY TOGETHER AND NOT EVEN KNOW THE CAUSALITY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE SPACE.IT INVITES US TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE USE TECHNOLOGY AND ALSO OUR BODIES AND OURSELVES AS TECHNOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS.
THE BUDGET FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY IS $632,850 AND IS OPEN TO AUSTIN ARTISTS AS WELL AS NATIONALLY BASED ARTISTS.
THERE ARE SOME PROVISIONS IN HERE THAT I DEFINE ARTISTS AS THOSE WHO ARE WORKING IN AN ARTISTIC SPACE AS, UH, RECOGNIZED BY THEIR PEERS.
AND IF THERE ARE OTHER DESIGN PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, THEN THEY SHOULD BE A PART OF AN ARTIST-LED TEAM.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROSPECTUS, IF YOU SHOULD HAVE ANY COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS? WITH THAT, CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE? COMMISSIONER GRAY.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHACH.
ALL IN FAVOR TO APPROVE THE PROSPECTUS.
AS A TRAVELER WITH A YOUNG TRAVELER, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO POINT THEM IN ANOTHER DIRECTION, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND THE, UM, THE FANTASY TERMINAL, AND THAT'S ALWAYS FUN TO PLAY WITH.
[13. Schedule a Joint Arts/Music Commission meeting April 8, 2023]
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, SCHEDULE A JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING APRIL 8TH.I'M A LITTLE SAD THAT WE DON'T HAVE MORE COMMISSIONERS HERE TO GET THE GREEN LINE ON THIS, BUT WE'VE GONE AHEAD, OR AT LEAST TO LET THEM KNOW.
UM, MAYBE LOS CAN PUT TOGETHER AN INFO EMAIL WITH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOCATION AND TIME.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR MUSIC COMMISSIONERS, UM, FOR A JOINT MEETING.
UM, VALE, ARE YOU STILL SERVING ON MUSIC? SO YOU WERE THERE.
THEY'RE GONNA COME
WHAT WAS THE, CAN I GET A, A MIC, A CHECK ON THE RESPONSE FROM YOUR TEAM THERE? THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR ARE COMING.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR ACCOUNTED FOR, BUT WE KNEW THAT DID.
SO WE'RE, WE'LL, WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR, CONFIRM, UH, FROM MUSIC AS TO ATTENDANCE.
AND I KNOW A COUPLE OF THOSE COMMISSIONERS ALL START POKING THEM.
DO WE NEED A QUORUM? WE, WELL, WE'LL NEED A QUORUM OF BOTH MUSIC AND ART.
SO CAN MY QUORUM OR IS IT INDIVIDUAL? NO, INDIVIDUAL QUORUM.
SO WE DISCUSSED APRIL 8TH AND I BELIEVE THE CON THE TIME FOR CONSENT.
THE CON, THE TIME THAT WE AGREED UPON BEING THE BEST FOR BOTH COMMISSIONS WAS 11 TO THREE 30.
SO IT'S VERY COMPARABLE TO WHAT OUR RETREAT WAS.
UM, BUT IF I CAN JUST GET A TEMPERATURE READ HERE TO KNOW WHO IS GONNA BE ABLE TO ATTEND.
IS THAT IN THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ROOM? OKAY.
MY COMMISSIONERS ARE DROPPING OFF THE DI Y THIS IS NOT THE RESPONSE I'M LOOKING FOR.
CAN YOU BE LATE? YOU CAN BE LATE, BUT WE NEED QUORUM.
I'LL BE LATER THAN THAT, SO, OKAY.
CAN CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? YEAH.
WE NEED QUORUM TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION.
IS THAT CORRECT? OR JUST TO HAVE MEETING OF THE QUORUM? JUST TO MEET.
OTHERWISE IT'S FORM OF BOTH PARTY BOARD PARTY OF BOTH COMMISSIONS INDIVIDUALLY.
12 MEMBERS TOTAL WILL NEED TO BE PRESENT.
IT IS THE SATURDAY BEFORE EASTER.
I CAN TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS I WANT.
UM, SO, OKAY, SO WE KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER GRAY IS GONNA BE A LATE COMMISSIONER MOCK.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ATTEND? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT APRIL 8TH? YES.
AND THAT IT'S GONNA BE AT CITY HALL.
UM, TO BE EXACT QUESTION, CAN PEOPLE REMOTE IN TO MAKE QUORUM NOT IDEAL.
WE, I WOULD LOVE FOR PEOPLE TO BE PRESENT CAUSE I THINK COMMUNICATION AND CONNECTION, WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO FOSTER BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONS IS MUCH MORE RICH IN PERSON, BUT I THINK PUSH COMES TO SHOVE.
IF SOMEBODY NEEDED TO REMOTE IN, AT LEAST THAT WOULD COUNT TOWARDS QUORUM.
UM, WHAT, WHAT TIME? I'M SORRY.
AND THAT INCLUDES LIKE A 30 MINUTE LUNCH BREAK.
IT'S GONNA BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE RETREAT.
HEIDI, ARE YOU IN COMMISSIONER MALDONADO? ARE YOU, YOU CLOSE BY? YOU'RE, YOU'RE MUTED, DARLING.
I'M GONNA DOUBLE CHECK MY WORK CALENDAR AND THEN I CAN LET YOU KNOW PROBABLY BY TOMORROW.
YEAH, LET'S MAKE SURE BEFORE WE GET EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM, I'D LOVE TO HAVE AT LEAST A QUORUM CONFIRMED AND THEN THOSE THAT CAN'T BE THERE IN PERSON, WE CAN MAKE IT AVAILABLE.
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OH, KATE, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO BE THERE? I THINK SO.WHERE IS IT? IT'S GONNA BE HERE.
THERE'S JUST ANOTHER, THERE'S ANOTHER ROOM WE CAN BE IN IT.
ANY MEETING WITH QUORUM HAS TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
SO IT WILL BE BROADCAST AND OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AS WELL.
SO WE'VE GOT ONE, TWO, I MEAN YOU'RE, YEAH.
WE NEED TO SUSS OUT ATTENDANCE, UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET FOLKS KNOW.
SO AMY, HEIDI, ME,
MONICA'S GONNA CONFIRM YOU'RE GONNA GO ON WHATEVER TEAM NEEDS QUORUM THE WORST.
SO YOU'LL JUST BE A FREE AGENT.
UM, I MIGHT REQUEST THAT YOU AND THE CHAIR START COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMISSION AND THE, THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS MEETING AND THAT WE REALLY NEED PEOPLE.
I KNOW, SCOTT, I'LL STOP, STOP BOTHERING HIM ABOUT IT.
BUT YOU HAVE A LOT OF NEW COMMISSIONERS, SO IT COULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR Y'ALL TO BOND AS WELL, SO, ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE WILL WORK ON THAT AND I'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT AREN'T PRESENT TODAY.
[14. Update from Equity Working Group with Community Arts leaders of the BIPOC/LGBTQIA/Disabilities Community/Women with Commissioners Gray, Zisman, and community members]
ON.UPDATE FROM THE EQUITY WORKING GROUP WITH COMMISSION, UH, COMMUNITY ART LEADERS OF THE BIPO, L GT, QIA, A DISABILITIES COMMUNITY, AND WOMEN WITH COMMISSIONERS, GRAY CISMAN AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I THINK I'M UNOFFICIALLY THE CHAIR OF THAT, GIVEN THAT THE OTHER FOLKS ON THAT WORKING GROUP ARE NO LONGER ON THE COMMISSION.
UM, NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.
I THINK THAT, UM, WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB CORRALLING THE FEEDBACK THAT, UM, FOLKS HAVE BEEN WANTING TO GIVE.
WE'RE CREATING MORE SYSTEMS FOR THAT.
I FEEL LIKE WE ARE A AVAILABLE AND MAKE OURSELVES VERY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND SO ANYBODY WATCHING, IF THERE IS, YOU KNOW, MORE FEEDBACK, WE'RE HERE TO COLLECT IT.
UM, BUT THERE'S NO ORGANIZATION, ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATION BEHIND THAT WORKING GROUP.
[15. Update from Joint Working Group for Joint Cultural Committee with Commissioner Zisman and working group members from the Quality of Life Commissions]
UPDATE FROM THE JOINT WORKING GROUP FOR THE JOINT CULTURAL COMMITTEE WITH COMMISSIONERS ZIMAN.UH, I AM IN COMMUNICATION WITH FORMER COMMISSIONER POLGAR.
WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING A MEETING DATE ON HOW TO BEST PROCEED THERE.
[16. Update from Quarterly Arts Community Commission Meet-ups Working Group with Commissioners, Garza (chair), Gray, and Maldonado]
ARTS, UH, COMMUNITY COMMISSION WORK MEET.OH, I'M SORRY, QUARTERLY ARTS COMMUNITY COMMISSION MEETUPS, WORKING GROUP WITH COMMISSIONERS, GARZA, CHAIR GRAY AND MALATA COMMISSIONER GRAY OR MALATA.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE US WITH AN UPDATE WHERE THINGS ARE AT? WE NOT, UH, UM, I HAVE NOT, UH, HEARD DIRECTLY FROM THE CHAIR, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS, UM, WORKING GROUP MOVE A LITTLE MORE TOGETHER AS A GROUP AND MORE INFORMATION, UH, AND RESPONSE HAPPEN MOVING FORWARD.
IF THAT'S POSSIBLE FROM OUR CURRENT CHAIR.
I HAVE NO MORE INFORMATION COMMISSION.
MALALA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? I KNOW YOU SENT ME A VERSION OF THE LANGUAGE, BUT EVEN JUST THE DATE AND LOCATION, YOU KNOW, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING CONFIRMED THAT WE CAN SHARE ON THE DI I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYTHING CONFIRMED.
I THINK THERE WAS SOME SUGGESTIONS MADE BY THE CHAIR, BUT I THINK IT REALLY JUST AT THIS POINT, UH, US THREE NEED TO JUST AGREE ON THE DATE, BUT WE ARE, WE WERE HOPING FOR APRIL, I MEAN, WHICH IS MM-HMM.
AND OF COURSE, WE WERE HOPING ALSO TO HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE, UM, BEFORE THE NEXT GRANT ROLLS OUT.
UM, WELL, WE, WE'LL DO OUR BEST.
I MEAN, AGAIN, WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE CON CONTINUED EFFORTS TO TRY AND LOCK YOU GUYS IN.
I, I KNOW WE'RE ALL REALLY BUSY.
UM, BUT IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING IN, EVEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE, UM, INFO SESSIONS, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S NOT NECESSARILY REINVENT THE WHEEL HERE.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE FOR FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO IF WE NEED TO MASSAGE THE WAY THAT LOOKS FOR NOW UNTIL WE GET SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCRETE, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST REMAIN FLEXIBLE, IF THAT WORKS FOR THE WORKING GROUP.
[17. Update from Emergency Funding and Proactive Strategies for Future Funding Working Group with Commissioners Schmalbach and Zisman (chair)]
[18. Update from joint Arts/Music Commission Working Group on Urban Core Issues with Commissioners Gray, Maldonado, Mok, and Schmalbach (chair).]
UM, UPDATE FROM THE EMERGENCY FUNDING AND PROACTIVE STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE FUNDING WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER SCHMECK AND ZISMAN CHAIR.WE HAVEN'T TAKEN ANY ACTION, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME GOOD IDEAS, UM, IRONS IN THE FIRE FOR HOW TO, UH, BEST FACILITATE THE A ACCC AUSTIN CONSERVATION COMMUNITY CORE FUNDING, UM, AND ANY FUTURE FUNDS THAT MAY BE COMING UP.
COMMISSIONER SCHACH, DO YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING TO THAT?
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NO, I THINK THAT CUT.I MEAN, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO GET BACK TOGETHER TO, TO FIGURE OUT, UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY GREAT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POSSIBILITIES.
AND THEN, UH, NEXT WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE JOINT ARTS MUSIC COMMISSION WORKING GROUP ON URBAN CORE ISSUES WITH COMMISSIONERS, GRAY MAL MOCK, AND SCHACH CHAIR.
I WAS ACTUALLY NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE LAST MEETING BECAUSE I HAD A WORK CONFLICT.
SO IF ONE OF THE OTHER THREE, UM, WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE ON THE LAST MEETING, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
I KNOW IT WAS ON THE AGENDA, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS DISCUSSED.
I I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS A MEETING.
UM, WE, WE MOVED FORWARD, UH, TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UH, JUST THE, UM, THE AREA OF DEVELOPMENT AND, AND, UH, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER MALDONADO MAY WANNA TALK FURTHER IN THAT BECAUSE SHE SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE BETTER THAN I DO.
UM, BUT, UH, THERE'S SOME REALLY ROBUST CONVERSATIONS GOING ON IN THAT WORKING GROUP.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING A PRESENTATION, UM, FROM THE URBAN LAND USE FOLKS AT OUR JOINT MEETING.
SO TUNE IN, UM, SHOULD BE SOME GOOD UPDATES GETTING THERE.
UM, WITH THAT, WE'RE TAKEN TO,
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UH, ITEMS FOR INFORMATION COMMISSIONERS, ANY THAT WE JUST MADE IT THROUGH SOUTH BY, WHICH IS EVERY ITEMI'M SURE MOST OF US ARE RECOVERING NEXT YEAR.
I PROMISE I'LL TRY AND MOVE THIS MEETING NOT TO THE MONDAY FOLLOWING SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, UM,
BUT, UM, WHAT'S THE HAPS PEOPLE, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY? OR ARE WE ALL, DO WE ALL JUST NEED A MONTH TO RECOVER? TAKING THAT SILENCE AS A YES.
UM, OUR COMMUNITY NEVER STOPS.
YEAH, GET YOUR EAR TO THE GROUND.
THERE'S STUFF TO DO, STUFF TO SEE, UM, BE ACTIVE.
LET US KNOW WHAT ARE WE MISSING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE? WHAT ARE WE MISSING? WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, GOOD PLUG FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
THIS IS A SPACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO AMPLIFY THE PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE.
LET US KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO BE AT AND FUTURE AGENDA
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ITEMS. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THE WORKING GROUPS THAT I KNOW NEED TO BE UPDATED.I WOULD LOVE TO MAYBE GET A BIGGER PRESENTATION FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEETUP WORKING GROUP.
MAYBE THAT MIGHT HELP PLACE A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, WEIGHT ON THAT SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IF WE MISS THE FIRST QUARTER, IT'S OKAY.
LIKE, HOW CAN WE, USING THE TIMELINE THAT JESUS GAVE US, HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE? UM, COMMISSIONER METRA IS MAKING TRANSPARENCY.
YOU KNOW, A PRIORITY FOR US IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON.
LET'S CONTINUE TO HOLD THAT IN THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, UM, AND FIGURE OUT A WAY, UH, FOR US TO, TO CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE.
I'LL SAY TO MY NEWEST COMMISSIONERS, GIVEN THE WORK, THE WORKING GROUP LIST, I'M NOT GONNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT UNLESS YOU WANNA PUT YOURSELF ON THE SPOT, BUT IF THERE ARE GROUPS THAT RESONATE WITH YOU THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO, THAT YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO, SOME OF THESE ARE RATHER LIGHT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE OVERFLOW AND, AND YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS TRANSITIONAL PHASE THAT WE'RE IN.
UM, I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, ASK ME THE COM, THE MEMBERS ARE LISTED HERE.
REACH OUT TO YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND ASK QUESTIONS AND FIND OUT WHERE YOUR TIME MIGHT BE BEST SPENT.
UM, OR, OR WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT NEEDS AN INFUSION OF ENERGY? IS THERE A BREAKDOWN OF THESE? UM, WE COME ON THE MIC.
IS THERE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THESE WORKING GROUPS DO? UH, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF YOU INITIATE A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHAIR OR ASK ME AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
EACH, EACH WORKING GROUP HAS A CHAIR, WHICH IS SORT OF THE AUTHORITY IN THAT SPACE, UM, AUTHORITY.
BUT, UM, YEAH, WE CAN SORT OF SUSS OUT IN DETAIL IF ANYTHING IS PEAKING YOUR INTEREST.
I WOULD LOVE TO GET YOU INTEGRATED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE SOME SPOTS OPEN AND IF I KNOW NAGO VALLEY, CAN I PUT YOU ON THE SPOT FOR JUST A HOT SECOND? YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT A BUG IN A COUPLE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS' EARS ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE SPOTS WE HAVE OPEN ON THE COMMISSION.
UM, WE HAVE D FIVE HAS BEEN OPEN FOR A WHILE, AND WE HAVE BRETT WHO WAS D FOUR.
SO WE'VE GOT THREE OPEN SPOTS AT LEAST.
I FEEL LIKE THERE'S ONE THAT I'M FORGETTING.
UM, I CAN FOLLOW UP BE AMAZING.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THOSE OUTGOING COMMISSIONERS DID THEIR BEST, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHT
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THE IMPORTANCE OF PEOPLE IN THESE SEATS.BUT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT MANY PEOPLE MISSING US, MAKING QUORUM, PARTICULARLY FOR THESE JOINT MEETINGS.
I KNOW MUSIC IS, IS UNDERGOING THE SAME PROCESS.
SO WE JUST NEED TO REALLY HAMMER INTO COUNCIL THAT WE ARE SMALL, BUT WE ARE MIGHTY AND WE REPRESENT A REALLY IMPORTANT SECT OF OUR AUSTIN COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO ANY HELP IN THAT REGARD.
AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY, THE SAME WAY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO RECRUIT PANELISTS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TOO, AND THEY CAN SERVE IN THIS SPACE.
YOU GUYS, ANYBODY WANNA MOTION ANYTHING OR HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? I'LL MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I THINK THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR.
I'M GONNA GET THAT, I PROMISE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT WAS NECESSARY, BUT, OKAY.