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WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
[CALL TO ORDER]
SO 6 34, I'M CALLING TO ORDER THE APRIL MEETING OF THE AUSTIN MUSIC COMMISSION.AND SO HERE IN PERSON ON THE DIAS, UH, WE HAVE NAGA VALLEY, ME CHARLA, MYSELF, AND CHARLOTTE PATTERSON, OR IN ROSENTHAL AND LEONARD DAVILA.
AND THEN ON REMOTE, UH, WE HAVE SCOTT STRICKLAND, LAUREN GOULD, SHANE BARTELS, STEWART SULLIVAN, AND CELESTE
AND SO WE WILL START OFF WITH CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
AND FIRST UP WE HAVE, UH, JEANIE RAMIREZ, UH, SINGING LADY BANANA BREAD AND LOCAL MUSICIAN.I'M SINGING LADY BANANA BREAD IN MY MUSICAL, UH, PROJECT, AND I'M A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST.
UM, BESIDE THAT, AND, UM, I'M HERE, I WANNA SPEAK ABOUT THE SOUTH BY SPIN MAGAZINE ARTICLE THAT I, YOU KNOW, READ LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND I WAS SHOCKED AT WHAT, YOU KNOW, SOUTH BY WAS PAYING ALL THE MUSICIANS.
AND I DO REALIZE THAT IT WAS SOLD TO JAY PENSKE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE NOW FOR THIS PAY.
BUT ROLAND SWENSON'S BEEN SOUTH BY HEAD FOR YEARS.
AND I JUST GOTTA WONDER WHY NO ONE HAS SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THIS LOW PAY AND WHY NO ONE, EVEN ON THE MUSIC COMMISSION, WHO A LOT OF YOU ARE PROBABLY PRODUCERS, YOU KNOW, OWNERS OF STUDIOS, UH, MUSICIANS YOURSELVES.
AND I JUST FEEL I'M, THIS IS JUST MY OPINION, BUT I FEEL THAT THE REASON NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING IS BECAUSE EVERYONE'S JUST SO INTERCONNECTED, ALMOST INCESTUOUS TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA RUFFLE ANY FEATHERS.
I DON'T WANNA NOT GET MYSELF BY GIG.
I DON'T WANNA GET MY A C L GIG AND ENOUGH, THIS IS ENOUGH.
Y'ALL ARE HERE TO HELP MUSICIANS.
YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I BLAME ROLAND SWENSON FOR THIS.
JAY PENSKE, WHO'S A BILLIONAIRE.
BUT, UM, THIS MUSIC COMMISSION BEEN HERE FOR 10 YEARS.
I'M SAYING THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO, THIS HAS BEEN GOING NEW FACES, NEW THING, EVERYBODY, JUST, AGAIN, I HAVE FRIENDS AND I KNOW IT'S RELATIONSHIPS THAT MAKE THE WORLD GO AROUND.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE HERE TO SERVE.
I'M TELLING YOU, EVEN THE NEW PEOPLE, I HAVE NOT, SORRY, I HAVE NOT DONE MY RESEARCH.
I WILL BE DOING MY RESEARCH ONTO WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOUR GIFTS ARE, WHO NOMINATED YOU, AND, AND, AND, AND WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO.
I'VE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN.
I DID GRADUATE HERE AT HIGH SCHOOL AT CROCK IN 82.
I'M GONNA BE 60 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR.
UH, I'VE BEEN PERFORMING, LIKE I SAID, FOR 37 YEARS.
UH, I ACTUALLY MOVED AWAY AND HONED MY SKILLS IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
SOME PEOPLE PROBABLY ARE NOT AWARE OF THEM, BUT LIKE, MOSS, ELSA, GARCIA, UM, IT, IT JUST GOES, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY CAREER.
UH, I SEEN ROCK AND ROLL IN ENGLISH, ALWAYS HAVE.
UM, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST DISGUSTED WHEN I READ THAT ARTICLE.
AND, UM, UH, SO ANYWAY, UH, OH, I CAME HERE THREE YEARS AGO AND TALKED TO THE, THE PANEL AND SAID, I WANNA ALSO SAY THOUGH, SOUTH BY THIS YEAR DID REALLY WELL AS FAR AS LIKE HIRING LOCAL LATINOS AND LATINAS FOR THEIR SHOW SHOWCASES.
I DID SEE ON THE AGENDA THOUGH, THAT THE CITY HAS, UM, SPONSORED GIGS.
AND I WONDER IF THE CITY PAID THAT SAME AMOUNT.
A LOT HAD TO DO WITH AMY CORBIN, A C L NOT DOING WELL, HIRING LOCAL LATINAS FOR THEIR STAGES STILL.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DID SOME RESEARCHERS, A FEW ARTISTS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAYING OVER AND OVER AND OVER, FOR GOD'S SAKES, GIVE SOME OTHER PEOPLE A CHANCE.
I DON'T CARE IF I HAVE GRAY HAIR.
THERE'S AGEISM IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY ALSO, ESPECIALLY WITH WOMEN.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT AN OPPORTUNITY AT PLAYING ACL.
I'VE PLAYED SMALLER FESTIVALS, AND AGAIN, I'VE BEEN, I'VE PLAYED EVERYWHERE FROM COFFEE SHOPS TO SAXON PUB.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T CARE IF I HAVE GRAY HAIR AND I'M GONNA BE 60, IT'S ABOUT VOCALS.
IT'S ABOUT HOW YOU PERFORM AND HOW YOU, HOW GOOD YOU ARE VOCALLY.
AND I, I I, I, I DON'T WANT THIS AGEISM AGAINST WOMEN, YOU KNOW, TOO SKINNY, TOO FAT, GRAY HAIR, NOT LONG ENOUGH OR TOO SHORT, WHATEVER.
SO, I'M SORRY, I, I, I JUST GOT STUCK ON SOUTH BY, UM,
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SO JEANIE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO CUT YOU OFFBUT, UH, ANYWAY, I, I JUST, SO, BUT JEANIE DEFINITELY LIKE, I'M SO SORRY, THREE MINUTES.
AH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T REALLY, WE CAN'T ASK YOU QUESTIONS, BUT I WILL ASK YOU TO EMAIL EVERYBODY WITH THE REST OF YOUR THOUGHTS, OKAY? OKAY.
AND I JUST, OR I CAN EVEN COME SPEAK OUT ANOTHER TIME, GUYS.
THE NEW PEOPLE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS YOUR REP WHIFF OF ME, BUT, UH, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA CALL ME PROVOCATEUR OR CALL ME THAT.
I'LL TAKE THAT WITH THE, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD OF IT.
AND YEAH, SO, I MEAN, WE DEPEND ON THE COMMUNITY COMING TO US WITH THEIR CONCERNS.
AND IT'S NOT EASY TO GET DOWN TO CINDY HALL AT FIVE 30.
SO WE ALWAYS REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY.
UH, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HAPPY TO COME TALK TO US.
IT'S BETTER, YOU KNOW? THAT'S FINE.
IF YOU'RE ANGRY ABOUT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, COME LET US KNOW.
UH, SO I, I APPRECIATE YOU, JEANIE.
AND SO NEXT UP WE HAVE, UH, JERRY ADLA.
YOU MAY HAVE TO COME PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME FOR ME.
SO I'M JUST, YES, JERRY AVILA.
AND YEAH, TELL US, UM, YEAH, TELL US WHO YOU ARE.
MY NAME IS JERRY AVILA WITH PRIMETIME TAHAN ANDRE MUSIC NETWORK.
I'VE BEEN A PRODUCER DIRECTOR FOR TV AND RADIO HERE IN AUSTIN FOR 30 YEARS.
AND SO I REPRESENT THE TEJANO COMMUNITY.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A NEW MUSIC COMMISSION.
I AM A FORMER MUSIC COMMISSION, WHICH I WAS APPOINTED BY MR. GUS GARCIA.
AND I WORK WITH VARIOUS, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY, UH, MIKE MARTINEZ AND DIFFERENT OTHER VARIOUS, UH, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I'M VERY WELL KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I PROMOTE HANNO CULTURAL MUSIC.
AND I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK OFF TO WHAT THIS YOUNG LADY SAID IS THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO ADVOCATE WITH SOUTH BY, FOR MANY YEARS TO HAVE A BIG TEJANO EVENT TO SHOWCASE OUR TEJANO SUPERSTARS MM-HMM.
AND THAT STILL HASN'T COME TO FRUITION.
AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 30 YEARS, AND I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN A MAJOR SHOWCASE, UH, SHOWCASING OUR TEJANO AND LATINO ARTISTS HERE IN AUSTIN, ACL SOUTH BY, AND OTHER BIG EVENTS THAT GO ON AROUND, UH, THE CITY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
SO I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THAT, KNOWING NOT THESE PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT IS A MAJOR MARKET, BUT YET WE STILL BE, WE'RE STILL BEING LEFT OUT.
UH, AND SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE INFORMED.
PEOPLE NEED TO BE MORE INFORMED ON THAT ASPECT OF IT.
BUT ALSO WE NEED TO GET MORE FUNDING.
LIKE APRIL THE SIXTH IS TAHAN DAY.
WHAT DOES THE CITY HAVE LINED UP FOR THE BIG TAHAN DAY FOR US HERE IN AUSTIN? THERE'S NOTHING REALLY GOING ON.
SO I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
WE NEED TO HAVE A BIG MAJOR EVENT FOR OUR TAHAN HOLIDAY ON APRIL THE SIXTH.
AND I ADVOCATE FOR THE MUSIC COMMISSION TO HELP US GET FUNDING TO HAVE A BIG EVENT ON THAT DAY.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THE STATE IS HAVING SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THE TAJANA MUSEUM, BUT YET THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS NOT PARTICIPATED IN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND SO I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THE MUSIC COMMISSION TO LOOK INTO THAT, TO SEE WHAT KIND OF MAJOR FUNDING WE CAN GET TO HAVE TEJANO EVENTS.
A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY ARE STILL HAVING TROUBLE GETTING FUNDING AS IT IS TO HAVE THEIR EVENTS ON A YEARLY BASIS.
UH, THERE IS A BIG THING THAT WENT ON WITH RON ALLEGER THAT DIDN'T GET THEIR FUNDING FOR THEIR MAJOR EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, UM, AS A FORMER MUSIC COMMISSION, I LOOK AND I STUDY WHAT THE PEOPLE DO.
AND FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
SO I LIKED, UH, FOR THE NEW MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MUSIC COMMISSION TO, UH, GIVE US THE INFORMATION, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO HAVE THESE MAJOR EVENTS.
I PUT ON SOUTH BY TEXMEX EVENTS BECAUSE SOUTH BY NEVER WANTED TO, UH, GIVE US A, AN AVENUE FOR THAT.
SO I CAME UP WITH THAT, AND I DID IT FOR 12 YEARS STRAIGHT WITH SOME CITY FUNDING, BUT YET THE CITY WON'T GIVE US OVER 60,000 OR 70,000 TO HAVE A MAJOR EVENT.
WE CAN'T DO IT FOR 10, 15,000.
WE HAVE MAJOR SUPERSTARS THAT WE CAN BRING IN TO HAVE MAJOR EVENTS FOR THAT, BUT YET IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
SO I'M ASKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS AND, UH, FUNDING PROVIDED, UH, WHERE WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION.
SO I, EXCUSE ME, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
YEAH, I WENT A LITTLE BIT OVER, BUT, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT.
YOU KNOW, I'M A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.
YOU CAN, AND AS A FORMER, UH, MUSIC COMMISSIONER, I DON'T THINK THE JOB'S BEING DONE CORRECTLY.
UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT, WE WILL BE TAKING THOSE UP LATER IN TODAY'S DISCUSSION, AND DEFINITELY GONNA REACH OUT BY EMAIL
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AS WELL.BUT PLEASE CALL, YOU CAN REACH ME ANYTIME.
UH, THEY KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, THE DAY, THE DAY IS ACTUALLY THE INDEPENDENCE DAY, APRIL THE SIXTH.
IT'S A DATE RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST, JUST NOT, OH, YEAH.
SO AGAIN, LIKE WITH CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, WE CAN'T HAVE A, YEAH.
THE RULES ARE, WE CAN'T HAVE A BIG DISCUSSION.
BUT EVERYTHING EVERYBODY HAS SAID TODAY IS VERY HELPFUL AND RELEVANT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION, UH, IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO THAT'S IT FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
AND SO, UH, WE'LL MOVE AHEAD TO APPROVAL OF THE
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MINUTES.AND IF EVERYBODY CAN TAKE A LOOK, IF, UH, YOU'RE BRAND NEW TO THE COMMISSION, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO IF, UH, ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE, MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES MOTION.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RO ROSENTHAL.
COMMISSIONER STRICKLAND SECONDS.
SO WE WILL MOVE AHEAD TO STAFF
[2. Staff briefing regarding SXSW City-sponsored shows and other 2023 programs by Erica Shamaly, Division Manager, Music & Entertainment Division, Economic Development Department.]
BRIEFINGS.UH, SO OUR FIRST ONE, RE, UH, STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST CITY, SPONSORED SHOWS.
SORRY, I DIDN'T GET THE COUNT FOR, UM, HOW MANY VOTED? WAS IT UNANIMOUS? UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS, DID ANYBODY ABSTAIN? OKAY, SO IT WAS UNANIMOUS.
SO NEXT UP, UH, STAFF BRIEFINGS.
UH, STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST CITY, SPONSORED SHOWS AND O AND OTHER 2023 PROGRAMS BY ERICA SHALEY, DIVISION MANAGER, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, ACTUALLY READY.
ERICA SHAMLEY, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION MANAGER, BRINGING UP GREG GONZALEZ, PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION.
WE HAD A REALLY GOOD SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST.
AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW, WE'RE STILL FACILITATING THE PAYPAL PAYMENTS TO THE REMAINING FOLKS WHO HAVEN'T QUITE BEEN PAID YET.
UH, WORKING WITH OUR FINANCE TEAM ON THAT NOW.
UH, WE HAD A BUNCH OF GREAT SHOWS OF A THURSDAY NIGHT, UM, WAS A LITTLE BIT RAINY, AS YOU MAY KNOW.
IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, A NIGHT THAT A LOT OF SHOWS CLOSED DOWN EARLY, SO I HAVEN'T QUITE CHECKED IN YET WITH EQ AUSTIN TO SEE HOW THAT SHOW WENT THAT DAY.
SO I NEED TO CHECK IN WITH THEM TO SEE HOW IT WENT.
UH, BUT OVERALL, WE HAD REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK FROM PROMOTERS AND THE MUSICIANS.
AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO MENTION ABOUT SOUTH BY? NO, NOT REALLY.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US, WE'RE BOTH HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
UM, WE HAVE NOW WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD TIME TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BY THE, UH, PRIOR SPEAKERS.
UM, SO ONE OF, UM, YOU HAD, YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT A CITY SPONSORED EVENT AT SOUTH BY FOR TEJANO MUSICIANS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONSIDER NEXT YEAR? HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT GETTING THAT DONE? SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY PROGRAM OR PROMOTE THE SHOWS.
UH, WE WORK WITH SOUTH BY TO FIND OUT WHO, WHERE THE OFFICIAL SHOWCASES ARE THAT ARE COMMUNITY FREE SHOWCASES, AND THEN WE WORK WITH THOSE PROMOTERS THAT ARE PUTTING THOSE, UH, SHOWCASES TOGETHER TO PAY THE ARTISTS, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID.
SO WE FOUND OUT THAT EQ AUSTIN, AND THEN ALSO WE HAD TWO SHOWS THAT INVOLVED, UH, YOU KNOW, LATIN AND TEJANO MUSIC.
AND SO WE JUST, WHICH WAS GREAT.
AND SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST LOOKING AT THOSE COMMUNITY SHOWCASES AND HEARING FROM FOLKS OF WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE.
BUT I THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF REPRESENTING AUSTIN THE DIFFERENT GENRES WITH THE DIFFERENT, UH, GROUPS THAT THEY WORKED WITH.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S HOW WE DO IT.
AND THEN WE, SO BECAUSE IT KEEPS US OUT OF THE, YOU KNOW, CHOOSING, PICKING AND CHOOSING, UH, WILL JUST PAY WHO ENDS UP IN THOSE FREE SHOWCASES.
AND THE FREE SHOWCASES, UM, THAT YOU DID PAY FOR, WERE THEY PAID AT THE CITY RATE OF $200 PER HOUR PER MUSICIAN? CORRECT.
ALL THE MUSICIANS THAT PERFORMED WERE, ARE GETTING PAID $200.
UM, AS, UH, AS DAWOOD DID AN EVENT ON TUESDAY AT STUBS, UM, OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE CAME OUT.
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WAS AMAZING TO GET THAT SUPPORT FROM THE CITY.IT HELPED US PLAY THE MUSICIANS EVEN MORE THAN WE HAD ALREADY SCHEDULED TO PAY THEM.
UM, WE ALSO HAD THE TIS, WHICH IS A GREAT, UH, LATIN GROUP THERE.
WE HAD A GROUP CALLED CARMELO HAYES, UH, PERFORMING THERE AS WELL, UH, REPRESENTING THE, THE LATIN COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE THE CITY PROPS FOR, UH, THAT WAS A SURPRISE.
WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY, UH, LIKE REALLY APPRECIATED TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF FUNDING FOR THE EVENT THAT WE DID, WHICH WAS FREE, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND I, AND SOUTH BAY WAS ALSO REALLY THANKFUL TO HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP, BECAUSE WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM FOR YEARS.
TYPICALLY, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS GET ONE OF THE COMMUNITY SHOWCASES CO UH, COMMUNITY SHOWCASES AND, YOU KNOW, PROMOTED OURSELVES, CURATED IT, AND PAY OUR STANDARD RATE.
BUT THIS WAY WE SAW A MUCH BIGGER IMPACT ACROSS THE BOARD IF WE WEREN'T COMPETING WITH, UM, VERY AWESOME ORGANIZATIONS IN AUSTIN WHO CAN VERY WELL PUT A SHOW TOGETHER THAT'S PERFECT FOR THE COMMUNITY, IS TO NOT COMPETE WITH THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, EMPOWER THAT WITH, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO PAY ALL OF THOSE MUSICIANS.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO PAY FAR MORE MUSICIANS BY DOING IT THIS WAY.
UM, I ALSO, UM, WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT, UM, ALL THE FOUR SHOWS THE FREE TO PUBLIC SHOWS AT THE SHERIDAN BACKYARD.
UH, SO TWO, UH, FROM EQ AUSTIN.
UH, ONE WAS FOR A COMBINED SHOW, AND THEN ONE WAS, ONE WAS A LATIN SHOWCASE, UH, K UTX, THE BREAKS MM-HMM.
ALL OF ALL THE ARTISTS IN THOSE SHOWS WERE, UH, PAID TO THE CITY.
AND WE HAVE ALL OF THAT DETAILED INFORMATION THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SHARE OF WHAT BANDS WERE.
UH, WE ARE JUST, JUST PREPPING FOR A BIG THING, YOU KNOW, LAUNCH TOMORROW.
SO WE WERE, UH, WORKING ON THE LIVE MUSIC FUND AS WELL.
SO, UH, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT LIST TO YOU SHARED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS, AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE CAN JUST GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO EVERYBODY AS A REMINDER.
UH, FOLEY OR SHAKKA COULDN'T FEEL THIS, OR ERICA, BUT YEAH.
SO IF, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO JERRY'S POINT, IF THERE IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT WANTS THAT KIND OF ACCESS, IT'S SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST AND THEY WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO SUPPORT THEM, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW DID THAT PROCESS WORK FOR EQ AUSTIN AND DAWA? UH, LIKE HOW WOULD A GROUP, WE DIDN'T REPLICATE THAT.
WE WEREN'T PART OF THAT PROCESS AGAIN, SO, BUT YOU GUYS, SO IT WAS BETWEEN SOUTH BY AND THEM.
SO YEAH, IF VOIE OR SHAKKA COULD TALK ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH SOUTH BY A LITTLE BIT FOR THAT, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU YEAH, WE, UM, WE, UM, I JUST, JUST, UM, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I, I CHAIR THE BOARD FOR EQ AUSTIN, HENCE THE QUESTION IS COMING TO ME,
UM, WE, WE PRESENTED TWO SHOWCASES.
UH, WE WORKED WITH SOUTH BY TO PRESENT SOME DIVERSE SHOWCASES, UH, SINCE THE, UM, FUNDAMENTAL MISSION OF EQ AUSTIN IS DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE AUSTIN MUSIC COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THROUGH THAT WE PRESENTED A SHOWCASE O OF, UH, EMERGING ARTISTS AND ARTISTS THAT, UH, PERHAPS HAVE NOT BEEN PRESENTED, UH, VIA SOUTH BY IN THE PAST.
AND WE ALSO PRESENTED A, A DEDICATED LATIN, UH, SHOWCASE.
UM, AND, UH, SOUTH BY, WE DIDN'T KNOW THIS IS A DECISION THAT COMES FROM SOUTH BY, THEY, UH, COMMUNICATED TO US THAT THESE WERE FREE TO, UH, THESE WOULD BE FREE TO PUBLIC SHOWS MM-HMM.
UH, SO THAT'S HOW THAT CAME ABOUT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE WERE, UH, VERY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AND THRILLED, UH, THAT OUR ARTISTS WOULD GET, UH, PAID THROUGH THE CITY AS WELL FOR THESE, UH, PUBLIC SHOWS.
IN ADDITION TO GETTING THE PAYMENT, ALSO, THEIR OFFICIAL ARTISTS IS SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, AND SO THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMS AND THE SEARCHABLE SCHEDULE.
AND SO THAT'S, IT IS AN OFFICIAL SHOWCASE THAT HAPPENS TO BE FREE, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY TO COME TO VERY GO.
I, AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO SAY, UH, BACK IN A WHILE AGO, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT PAYNE.
I KNOW THEY RAN OUT OF THE CONCESSION IN 30 MINUTES, AND MR. RUBEN RAMOS AND LITTLE JOY LALIA WERE PERFORMING.
AND THOSE ARE THE KIND OF, WHEN, WHEN WE SAY LATINO, I'D LIKE THAT FOR MEXICAN AMERICAN MM-HMM.
AND, UH, I JUST LIKE TO SEE, UH, TEO ARTIST, YOU KNOW, UH, BEING REALLY INCLUDED WHEN WE TALKED LATINO MM-HMM.
UH, TO HELP OUT, TO HELP OUT THE SITUATION.
SO I, I TOTALLY AGREE THAT TRYING TO FIND A WAY FOR, TO GET THESE GUYS PAID ALL
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I, I, I WOULDN'T LIKE, JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT THE, UH, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS INCREDIBLE THE SUPPORT BECAUSE THE, I, I HEARD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, YOU KNOW, NOT, YOU KNOW, THE $250 RATE, WHICH I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM ABOUT, BUT ALL OUR, UH, BANDS GOT PAID WELL ABOVE THAT AND, AND GOT THE CITY MONEY.LIKE, PER MUSICIAN, $200 PER MUSICIAN, NOT BAND PER MUSICIAN.
SO IF THEY HAD EIGHT MUSICIANS, THEY GOT $1,600, UM, AND THEY GOT THE FEE THAT WE PAID THEM AS WELL.
UH, AND I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST, UH, TO, TO THE TEDO, UH, COMMUNITY THAT, UH, YOU REACH OUT AND I'M, I'M WILLING TO BE A BRIDGE, UH, TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ANYBODY THAT OUT BY SOUTHWEST.
BUT THEN YOU REACH OUT TO THEM STARTING NOW ABOUT THESE SHOWCASES THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING.
AND THEN I THINK YOU'LL BE JUST AS ELIGIBLE AS DAR WAR OR EQ AUSTIN OR ANY OF ANY OF THE OTHER PRESENTERS TO, UH, GET MONEY TO PAY THESE ARTISTS CUZ THEY DO DESERVE TO BE PAID AND PAID WELL.
I ALSO, UH, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, DAWA PUT ON AN EVENT, I BELIEVE IT WAS AT STUBBS AND IT FEATURED ALL BLACK WOMEN, UM, THAT WERE, THAT WAS PART OF THE LINEUP, INCLUDING, UH, TAMIKA JONES, WHO I BELIEVE WAS FLOWN IN FROM LOS ANGELES, UM, TO DO THAT SHOWCASE.
SO, I MEAN, THERE IS, YOU KNOW, SOME NEW BLOOD ON THE SCENE IN TERMS OF, UM, THE INFLUENCE IN TERMS OF LIKE, HEADLINING AND, AND VENUES AND, AND, AND, AND, UM, THE DIVERSITY THAT THAT, THAT WE'RE WANTING TO SEE IN TERMS OF THESE, THESE, UM, PARTICULARLY DURING SOUTH BY, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, PROGRESS THAT WE ARE MAKING.
NOT US AS A COMMISSION, BUT I THINK AS, AS A BODY ARE MAKING TOWARDS THAT.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF MORE PEOPLE THAT, THAT ARE GETTING PAID THAN THEY EVER HAVE BEEN.
UM, IT'S NOT GONNA SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE, BUT WE ARE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TOWARDS THAT.
UH, AND THEN LET'S TALK, SO SHIFTING FROM SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST TO OTHER, UH, CITY PAID MUSICIAN PERFORMANCES, CAN ARCA AND GREG, CAN Y'ALL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES? UH, YEAH.
SO IF YOU GO TO OUR PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITY PAGE, YOU SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES LISTED THERE WITH A SUBMISSION FORM FOR FOLKS TO PUT THEIR INFORMATION IN.
BUT AS PART OF THE LIVE MUSIC FUND EVENT PROGRAM APPLICATION, UH, PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO ALSO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION FOR THOSE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH IN, YOU KNOW, GATHERS A LOT OF STUFF ABOUT GENRE.
AND WHAT TYPES OF EVENTS DO YOU LIKE TO PLAY, CUZ IT'S RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO FITTING YOU WITH, YOU KNOW, FITTING THAT BAND WITH THE RIGHT TYPE OF EVENT.
SO, UH, WE ARE COLLECTING THAT DATA NOW.
UH, YOU JUST GO TO ATX MUSIC.ORG AND CLICK ON THE PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES BUTTON AND EVERYTHING IS THERE.
UH, GREG IS WORKING RIGHT NOW HARD ON SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BE COMING TO BEAR.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE ACCESS CAN I WOULD WORK ON THAT.
HOW CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR LIVE PERFORMANCE ASPECT OF THE COMMISSION MEETING? I DON'T KNOW WHERE DID THAT, WHERE THAT WENT OR WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF PRESENTING, BUT I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT BACK OR MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CONTINUING.
SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMMISSIONER TRANSITION, OBVIOUSLY, AND THAT'S SETTLING OUT.
SO YEAH, I'D LIKE TO GET THAT GOING NEXT APRIL, UH, THE MAY MEETING SO THAT WE'D GO AHEAD AND START, UH, WITH DISTRICT, DISTRICT ONE CHAKA.
SO YEAH, YOU'RE, IT ACTUALLY, YEAH.
WE'VE SETTLED, THINGS HAVE SETTLED DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE MUSICIAN PERFORMANCE, DOES IT EXPLAIN HOW PEOPLE WOULD LIKE APPLY IT? IT'S LIKE, HERE'S HOW TO APPLY TO BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
YEAH, AND THERE'S A, A FILLABLE FORM THAT YOU FILL OUT THAT PUT GOES INTO OUR PORTAL SYSTEM.
SO IT MAY BE THAT SOME FOLKS ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT BECAUSE THEY, THEY USE PORTAL SYSTEM FOR THE AWESOME MUSIC DISASTER RELIEF GRANT MM-HMM.
SO, UM, A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN JUST LOG BACK IN INTO YOUR ORIGINAL ACCOUNT THAT YOU USED FOR AUSTIN MUSIC DISASTER RELIEF, AND THEN SELECT THE PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES PAGE AFTER YOU UPDATE SOME INFORMATION.
SO, PRETTY EASY PROCESS TO GET BACK INTO THE SYSTEM.
AND IF SOMEONE WANTED MAJOR FUNDING FOR A FESTIVAL THAT, THAT'S NOT PART OF THAT PROGRAM, THAT WOULD BE LIVE MUSIC FUND OR CULTURAL ARTS? WELL, OUR CURRENT, OUR CURRENT, UH, AWARD AMOUNTS FOR LIVE MUSIC FUND ARE BOTH 5,000 AND $10,000.
UH, BUT ALSO I BELIEVE THERE'S, UH, ELIGIBILITY AROUND ELEVATE, UH, THE NEXT
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CULTURAL FUNDING PROGRAM FROM THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION COMING OUT THERE WHERE THERE'LL BE SOME QUALIFICATION FOR THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS.UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, JUST ENCOURAGE, UH, FOLKS FROM THE TOWN COMMUNITY THAT JUST SPOKE TO, LIKE REALLY CHECK OUT THE LIVE MU MUSIC EVENT FUND PROGRAMMING.
UM, I'M ENCOURAGING LIKE ENCOURAGING Y'ALL TO, TO COLLABORATE CUZ AT $10,000, IF, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE $50,000 OR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IF YOU PLAN ACCORDINGLY WITH YOUR DIFFERENT, UH, GROUPS THAT EXIST TO, TO, TO DO THINGS THAT KIND OF MIRROR OFF EACH OTHER OR WORK TOGETHER.
SO THERE IS DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITY COMING UP TO A LIVE MUSIC FUN EVENT PROGRAMMING, UM, THAT, THAT YOU SHOULD STRONGLY LOOK INTO.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, REACH OUT TO GREG OR, OR ERICA.
UM, BECAUSE THERE'S DEFINITELY A STRONG MOMENT RIGHT NOW FOR YOU ALL TO, TO, TO GET FUNDING AND, AND CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, I'M SORRY MY CAT ISN'T HERE YELLING IF YOU HEAR HIM.
UM, I WANTED TO ASK, UH, REGARDING THE WEBSITE, UH, WITH ALL THE PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES LISTED,
UM, AND, UH, I, ONE THING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ON THE WEBSITE, IF IT'S POSSIBLE IS A REFERENCE POINT TO, UM, THE CITY RAPE THAT'S EASY TO FIND AND EASY TO RE EASY FOR ART ARTISTS TO REFERENCE LIKE WHEN THEY'RE QUOTING OTHER GIGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE, UM, AND ALSO JUST TO, TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT IT BECAUSE LIKE IF YOU GOOGLE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE CITY'S RATE OF PAY FOR MUSICIANS? UM, THERE ARE SOME, LIKE SOME, UM, ARTICLES THAT COME UP THAT TALK ABOUT THE, THE PAY RAISE, BUT I COULDN'T FIND ANYWHERE ON THE WEBSITE.
AND, AND IF, AND IF IT'S THERE, IT'S REALLY BURIED WHERE YOU CAN FIND, CLEARLY STATED, THE CITY'S RATE OF PAY IS 200 AN HOUR PER MUSICIAN.
AND ALSO WHEN YOU'RE QUOTING FOR OTHER EVENTS, THEY ASK WHAT THE RATE IS.
UM, YOU HAVE THAT POINT TO, UH, YOU HAVE THAT OFFICIAL CITY WEB PAGE THAT YOU CAN POINT THEM TO TO SAY, THIS IS WHERE THE BAR IS BEING SET BY THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION FROM THERE.
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S TOTALLY DOABLE.
YEAH, IT IS ON THE PAGE, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S PART OF A PARAGRAPH.
WHAT I CAN DO IS MAKE ITS OWN ACCORDION WHERE IT SAYS STANDARD RATE OF PAY AND THEN THEY'LL MAKE IT MORE, UH, DISCOVERABLE WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOOGLING AND SUCH.
SO WE CAN APP OPTIMIZE THAT INFORMATION SO THAT IT'S EASIER TO FIND.
UH, JUST ON THE APPLICATION FOR PERFORMANCES THEMSELVES, UM, IT IS SPECIFIC PERFORMANCES THAT FOLKS CAN APPLY TO.
AND WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY A KINDS OF PERFORMANCES, LIKE DO YOU MIND BEING OUTSIDE? DO YOU, YOU KNOW, OKAY.
DO YOU MIND BEING UN AMPLIFIED SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO FIND THE BEST FIT? YEAH.
BECAUSE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME AND CHANGE AND SHIFT JUST LIKE THE REGULAR LIVE MUSIC, UH, INDUSTRY.
AND SO THAT GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO KIND OF BE ABLE TO PLACE PEOPLE QUICKLY IF IT WE NEED TO.
AND, UH, THE SECOND QUESTION WAS, UH, THERE WAS ALSO AN EFFORT OR MAYBE IT'S ONGOING ON YOUR PART TO PROPAGATE THAT RATE TO OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
HOW ARE WE DOING ON THAT? SO WE ALREADY ARE WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, AS WELL AS THE AIRPORT.
SO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED TO THE $200 RATE.
THE AIRPORT IS WORKING TOWARDS IT.
THEY HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC BUDGET THAT'S BUILT INTO THEIR BUDGET THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.
AND IT TAKES TIME WITH THE BUDGETING PROCESS WITH THE AIRPORT TO GET THAT FUNDING, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THAT RATE.
ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IF THEY HAD THE FUNDING TO DO IT.
UH, SO, BUT PART, UH, WITH OUR STREET PERFORMANCE PROGRAM, WE'RE GONNA DO SOME PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM, WITH DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, ARE COMMITTED TO THAT RATE AND, UM, THAT'S GREAT.
AND THEY'RE ALREADY, I THINK, UH, PAYING THAT RATE TO THEIR MUSICIANS, IF NOT MORE.
HAVE WE GOT ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? OH, I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.
SO WHAT WAS THE, THE AMOUNT, UH, BUDGETED FOR THE PROGRAM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2223? WELL, JUST FOR SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, UH, JUST THE ENTIRE PAID MUSICIAN PROGRAM.
UM, I HAVE TO LOOK AT, IT'S AROUND $60,000, $30,000 SPECIFICALLY TO SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST.
BUT I HAVE WAYS THAT I CAN MOVE THINGS IF IT LOOKS LIKE I NEED TO PAY MORE MUSICIANS FOR SOMETHING.
I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM AND A EDUCATIONAL BUDGET, UH, BUT ABOUT $60,000 RIGHT NOW.
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HAVE, OH, ALSO AN ADDITIONAL 30.IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.
I'LL COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH THE EXACT LINE ITEMS. UH, IT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU IN THE BUDGET THAT WE PRESENTED LAST OCTOBER MM-HMM.
SO YOU HAVE THAT, UM, SOMEWHERE IN YOUR EMAIL.
UH, BUT I CAN COME BACK AND AND REITERATE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE.
UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AGAIN A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE MEETING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUDGET MM-HMM.
AND I CAN GO LOOK WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT.
SO IF YOU LET US KNOW, CUZ WE DON'T WANNA PUT OUT A NUMBER THAT'S LIKE, OH, THAT'S LOWER THAN WHAT WE DID BEFORE.
WE WANNA, WE'D LOVE TO INCREASE IT AND PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO, I WOULD LOVE THAT.
WE, WE FIND IT TO BE A GREAT, UH, USE OF, UH, THIS IS TAXPAYER PUBLIC FUNDS.
IT'S A WIN-WIN WIN AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED WITH THAT INVESTMENT.
SO I'M SO EXCITED THAT THIS IS BACK IN PLACE AGAIN AFTER I, YOU KNOW, THE PANDEMIC HIATUS.
JUST, I THINK THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S EVERYBODY'S QUESTIONS, SO, YEAH.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM,
[3. Discussion of Chair’s Report regarding the welcoming of new members.]
UH, DISCUSSION OF CHAIRS REPORT, UH, REGARDING THE WELCOMING OF NEW MEMBERS.SO WE HAVE TWO NEW MEMBERS JOINING US TONIGHT.
UH, ON THE DIAS WE HAVE LEONARD DLA.
LEONARD, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF? UM,
AND, UM, I, MY MUSIC CAREER STARTED IN 1963, AND I'VE BEEN PERFORMING, I LAID OFF A FEW YEARS AND, UH, USED TO PLAY WITH, UH, MEXICAN REVOLUTION.
I HAVE A GROUP CALLED STREET PEOPLE.
WE'VE HAD IT, UH, UH, BEEN DOING THIS FOR, FOR MANY YEARS, UH, 25 YEARS AS A FULL-TIME MUSICIAN.
AND, UH, BUT, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE EVENTS.
I'VE, I'VE DONE EVENTS, UH, THE MEXICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, UH, WE DOING OVER AT THE MAC.
UH, WE DID IT FOR, FOR A WHILE UNTIL THE PANDEMIC, UH, STOPPED EVERYTHING.
WE'D LIKE TO SEE IT GOING AGAIN.
AND IT WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING, UH, UH, MEXICAN AMERICAN TEJANO MUSIC AND, UH, STILL TRYING TO DO THAT
UH, AND COMMISSIONER DLA IS REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE, SO THAT'S, UM, EAST AUSTIN ASSOCIA.
AND I, AND I AM, I AM A, I'M A ME VIETNAM VETERAN.
I DID SERVE IN THE MARINE CORPS AND, UH, SO, UH, BUT AUSTIN HAS BEEN, UH, BEEN MY LIFE REALLY, YOU KNOW, SINCE, SINCE WE MOVED HERE.
ON COMMISSIONER VELEZ APPOINTED BY, UH, THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, JOSE VELAZQUEZ.
UH, AND THEN OUR MAYOR'S APPOINTEE IS CELESTE KADA, WHO'S JOINING US REMOTELY TONIGHT, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S TRAVELING.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE HER JUMPING IN.
UH, AND SHE JUST FINISHED HER TRAINING.
SO YEAH, TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF, CELESTE.
UM, SO BEEN HERE SINCE THE GET-GO.
FIRST GENERATION MEXICAN AMERICAN IMMIGRANT MOTHER, WIFE.
UM, I PRODUCED AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS FOR FIVE YEARS.
I INHERITED IT FROM MARGARET MOSER, UH, ALSO PRODUCED THE AUSTIN MUSIC INDUSTRY AWARDS, A NUMBER OF, UH, SYS FOUNDATION EVENTS.
I CO-FOUNDED CENA LASSO MEDICAS 25 YEARS AGO.
UM, AND DURING THE PANDEMIC, I CO-PRODUCED THE WALK WITH ME AUSTIN PROJECT, UM, WHICH FEATURED ABOUT 45 DIFFERENT MUSICIANS THAT WERE PAID.
UM, I'VE SERVED ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NON-PROFIT BOARDS IN TOWN AND JUST LOOKED FORWARD TO, UH, LENDING MY SERVICES TO THE COMMISSION.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE Y'ALL.
THIS IS A VERY COLLABORATIVE, ENGAGED COMMISSION, SO YEAH.
OH, THANK YOU, CELESTE AND LEONARD.
UM, AND OKAY, SO THEN MOVING ON.
[4. Live Music Fund update by Erica Shamaly, Division Manager, Music & Entertainment Division, Economic Development Department.]
FOUR, A LIVE MUSIC FUND UPDATE BY ERICA SHAMLEY IS BACK UP TO TALK TO US ABOUT, WE HAVE BIG NEWS AT THE LIVE MUSIC MONTH.ERICA SHAMLEY AGAIN WITH, UH, MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION.
SO THE LIVE MUSIC FUND EVENT PROGRAM IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN
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TOMORROW, APRIL 4TH AT 10:00 AM CENTRAL.UH, SO THE CURRENT WEBPAGE FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUN EVENT PROGRAM IS WHERE THIS INFORMATION WILL LIVE.
AND, UH, SO YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT TOMORROW.
UH, WELL THAT'S PRETTY BIG NEWS,
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA TELL US? ANYTHING ELSE? OR SHOULD WE JUST GO INTO QUESTIONS? YEAH, NO, WE, IF JUST HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WELL COMMISSION WHAT QUESTIONS DO WE HAVE, UM, AS PEOPLE ARE LISTENING.
UM, UH, I WOULD BE THRILLED IF YOU COULD SHARE, UH, JUST THE TIMELINE, UM, UH, KIND KIND OF SOME OF THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN ED D AND THE, UM, THE LONG CENTER MM-HMM.
UM, JUST IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE A QUICK, UH, BRIEF ON THAT.
SO I BELIEVE THE, UM, APPLICATION CLOSES MAY 27TH ACCORDING TO THE PRESS RELEASE.
SO, UH, WE'RE IN THE THICK OF IT, SO I CAN'T REMEMBER DETAILS OR FACTS RIGHT NOW.
WELL, YEAH, SO IT'S ON THE WEBSITE.
UH, IT'S ALREADY LIKE, BEEN PRE-ANNOUNCED ON THE WEBSITE WITH AN APPLICATION PREP AR, UH, SECTION FOR ALL, UH, EL ELIGIBLE MUSICIANS AND INDEPENDENT PROMOTERS TO PREPARE THEIR, UM, APPLICATIONS BEFOREHAND.
UH, WE RECOMMEND THAT FOLKS DO ALL OF THEIR KIND OF, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS, ANSWERING THE BIG QUESTIONS AROUND PI, PUT IT INTO A WORD DOCUMENT FIRST SO YOU CAN COPY AND PASTE INTO THE SYSTEM FOR EASY ACCESS AND EASY SUBMITTAL.
UH, AND SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE ASSISTANCE MADE AVAILABLE TO FOLKS IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT PORTAL REGISTRATION OR IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GRANT GUIDELINES.
SO WE'LL HAVE, UM, ALL OF THAT SUPPORT THERE FOR APPLICANTS, UH, FOR THE LENGTH OF THE APPLICATION.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED THAT, LIKE WE SAID, THIS IS A NEW RELATIONSHIP IN TERMS OF A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR DOING THE, UM, AGREEMENTS AND THEN THE INVOICES AND PAYMENTS.
AND SO, UH, LET'S JUST JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA GO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
CAUSE WE KNOW THIS MONEY IS NEEDED RIGHT AWAY.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE WILL BE 12 MONTH, UH, CONTRACTS TO GET THE WORK DONE.
IF IT TAKES LESS TIME, THAT'S FINE, BUT YOU CAN ALSO HAVE THE FULL 12 MONTHS.
UH, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE JUST PREPPING FOR, JUST ALL OF THE APPLICANTS.
ANY QUESTIONS WE CAN THINK OF THAT FOLKS MAY HAVE, WE'RE PREPPING LOTS OF LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, USER GUIDES AND DIFFERENT THINGS FOR OUR TA PROVIDERS TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY COME UP.
IF MIKE, I, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT APPLICATIONS, UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT MAY FEEL FOR SOME APPLICANTS, LIKE THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW TO ANSWER CERTAIN QUESTIONS AND OR THEY, THEY MAKE THEIR BEST EFFORT, BUT IT COMES TO THE CITY AND MAYBE SOMEBODY'S REVIEWING IT AND THEY'RE LIKE, EH, I DON'T THINK THEY QUITE UNDERSTOOD THIS QUESTION.
LIKE, WILL THERE BE ANY KIND OF OUTREACH TO HELP PEOPLE, UH, IN ADDITION, I MEAN, YOU'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT.
LIKE WOULD THERE, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF LIKE DOING A WORKSHOP, A ZOOM CALL? YEAH, SO THERE'S A WEBINAR ALREADY.
THAT'S ON OUR WEBSITE FOR FOLKS.
AND, UH, ONCE WE LAUNCH THE APPLICATION AND START SEEING WHERE THE AR YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE AREAS THAT WOULD WARRANT, LIKE SAY A, YOU KNOW, A LIVE WORKSHOP WITH, TO GO OVER THOSE ISSUES, WE'LL LOOK AT IT.
BUT FIRST WE WANTED TO GET THE APPLICATION OPEN AS IS WITH ALL THE SUPPORT WE HAVE IN PLACE, AND JUST SEE HOW IT GOES.
AND THEN WE'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY PIVOT AS WE GO, IF THAT'S NEEDED BY THE COMMUNITY, LIKE WE DID WITH OUR RELIEF AND RECOVERY PROGRAMS. MM-HMM.
AND I, THE THING THAT I THINK WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE IS IF SOMEBODY WAS REALLY QUALIFIED, BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT USED TO WORKING WITH CITY SYSTEMS AND THEY GOT, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR IDEA, UM, DIDN'T RECEIVE FUNDING JUST BECAUSE IT WAS A PROCEDURAL ISSUE.
UM, SO I JUST, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, THERE'S CERTAINLY, AND THIS IS BEST PRACTICES, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO GRANT MAKING, SO WE DON'T ALLOW ANYONE TO CHANGE THEIR SCORES, BUT IF AN EVALUATOR NEEDS, OH, YOU ACCIDENTALLY UPLOADED THE WRONG ATTACHMENT MM-HMM.
WE'RE GONNA BE LIKE, SEND US THE RIGHT ATTACHMENT TO VERIFY THE ANSWER YOU DID, BUT WE WON'T ALLOW ANYONE TO CHANGE AFTER THE FACT WHERE IT WOULD, COULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE THEIR SCORE.
SO THE GOAL IS TO GET EVERYBODY ON EQUAL FOOTING.
THEY HAVE A FAIR SHOT WITH THE RIGHT INFORMATION IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN EVALUATE.
THAT'S HOW WE HANDLED BOTH THE LIVE MUSIC VENUE PRESERVATION FUND, AS WELL AS THE AUSTIN MUSIC DISASTER RELIEF GRANT.
AND, UM, AND IT WORKED WELL AND IT, UH, AUDITED WELL.
AND SO WE HAD A PROCESS IN PLACE FOR THAT.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU DO, UM, GO TO APPLY AND YOU LOOK AT THINGS AND IT'S CONFUSING AND YOU'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW TO REACH OUT TO THE CITY, OR YOU FEEL JUST LIKE YOU'D LIKE AN SOMEBODY ELSE TO TALK TO FIRST, REACH OUT TO
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YOUR DISTRICT COMMISSIONER.ALL OF US HAVE OUR EMAIL, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL CHECKING OUR EMAIL.
UM, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE YOUR DISTRICT COMMISSIONER.
I MEAN, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE ON THE, THE COMMISSION THAT YOU THINK IS LIKE REALLY A GOOD GO-TO PERSON FOR, FOR YOU, UM, DEFINITELY REACH OUT.
AND IF WE DON'T KNOW, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE AT, YOU'RE A BRIDGE TO THE CITY, SO I CAN, YOU KNOW, TEXT ERICA AND BE LIKE, HEY, I GOT THIS QUESTION.
LIKE, WHAT SHOULD I TELL THEM? AND ERICA MIGHT BE LIKE, HAVE THEM CALL ME, OR HERE'S A WEB LINK TO GO TO, OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
IT'S THIS, SO WE GET WHY YOU'RE CONFUSED, BUT HERE'S THE ANSWER.
SO USE YOUR, USE YOUR COMMISSIONERS.
UM, WE REALLY WANT THIS TO BE A SUCCESS.
WE KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA BE AN EVOLVING PROCESS, AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT EVALUATING IT AND, AND SIX MONTHS.
SO EVERYBODY REMEMBER WE GOTTA GET THAT ON, ON THE AGENDA IN SIX MONTHS.
UH, WE REALLY DO WANNA MAKE SURE THINGS ARE WORKING WELL TO, TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR SO LONG.
I KNOW, I DO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE TEJANO COMMUNITY HAS BEEN COMING TO TALK TO US MM-HMM.
AND SO THAT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK.
AND SO WE, WE WANT Y'ALL TO HAVE THIS ACCESS AND SUCCEED AND GET CREATIVE WITH IT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE SHAKKA WAS SAYING, LIKE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT SURE HOW TO MAKE IT WORK, LIKE, YOU KNOW, CALL SHAKKA, YOU KNOW, CALL BALI, CALL ME, AND WE'LL, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
LIKE, WE WANNA SEE REALLY SUCCESSFUL EVENTS, SUCCESSFUL ALBUMS, MU MUSIC VIDEOS, LIKE ALL OF THIS.
WE WANT IT TO ELEVATE CAREERS SPECIFIC FOR PEOPLE THAT FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN WAITING AND WAITING.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE A QUESTION REAL QUICK, UM, JUST PERTINENT TO WHAT YOU WERE JUST ADDRESSING, UM, IN THE SENSE THAT CAN I GIVE OUT MY COMMISSION EMAIL TO ENGAGE PEOPLE? OR IS THAT, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER ABOUT THAT.
SO IF I WERE TO SAY, HEY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SO I COULD ENGAGE WITH THE MUSIC COMMUNITY, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH.
YOUR, YOUR EMAIL, YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSION EMAIL SHOULD BE ON THE WEBSITE.
I JUST WONDERED IF THERE WERE SOME REASON I COULDN'T SAY, HEY, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR LIKE, AND ALSO I DO HAVE TO ASK YOU THIS REAL QUICK, HAVE YOU GUYS EVER HEARD OF WRITERS AGAINST THE STORM? BECAUSE I'M A BIG FAN,
I'M A LITTLE BIT STARSTRUCK, SO, UH, BUT THAT IS A REAL THING.
I JUST WONDERED IF IT'S OKAY IF I, LIKE SAY, IF I WERE TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO PUT OUT MY, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING, THAT ARE BEING ASKED TODAY ARE THINGS THAT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN MM-HMM.
I'M THE DISTRICT FOUR REP, BUT MM-HMM.
I'M A WORKING MUSICIAN AND TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I KNOW, SO THEY CAN CONTACT ME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN QUESTIONS, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
WE SHOULD BE AMBASSADORS TO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT WAY, I MEAN, THE ONLY CAVEAT IS THAT YOUR CITY EMAIL IS SUBJECT TO OPEN RECORDS REQUEST.
SO I MEAN, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SEND YOU LIKE, YOU KNOW, PICTURES OF THEIR CAT, SOMEBODY MIGHT IN THE COMMUNITY BE BE LIKE, HEY, THAT'S WEIRD.
AS I'VE ESTABLISHED WITH COMMISSIONER GOULD, I HAVE FIVE CATS AND THEY WILL SEND THEM TO ME, PICTURES TO ME OF THEIR CATS ON MY PHONE.
SO NO, THAT WILL, DOESN'T HAPPEN.
SO WE'RE, YEAH, WE'RE CAT FRIENDLY COMMISSION.
UH, COMMISSIONER ALTA, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT? I DID.
I, I'M, I FEEL I'M CLEARLY A ROOKIE IN THIS ARENA AT THE MOMENT, BUT I'M CURIOUS, UM, UH, ERICA AND GREG AND, AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS IS THERE DATA FROM PREVIOUS YEARS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED, UH, CONCERNING LIKE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE CAN COMPARE THAT TO AUSTIN DEMOGRAPHICS TO SEE IF THERE'S POPULATIONS THAT AREN'T APPLYING THAT WE COULD TARGET TO, UH, COMMUNICATE WITH, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO WE DO HAVE ALL THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FROM OUR RELIEF AND RECOVERY PROGRAM.
SO REALLY GOOD DATA STARTING IN 2020 WITH THE FIRST AND SECOND PART OF THE AUSTIN MUSIC DISASTER RELIEF GRANT.
AND THEN WE HAD A THIRD ROUND IN 2022.
WAS IT 20 OR 2021? IT'S ALL BLENDING TOGETHER NOW.
SO WE HAVE ALL THE DEMOGRAPHIC.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO ATX RECOVERS.COM AND
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THEN CLICK DOWN ON THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND SEE THE DATA DASHBOARD FOR EACH OF THOSE PROGRAMS BROKEN DOWN BY THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS, THE NUMBER OF WARDEES, AND THEN LOTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE FOLKS, UH, BOTH DEMOGRAPHIC AND OTHER THINGS LIKE HOW THEY ANSWERED SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, FOR INSTANCE.SO IS, IS THERE A PROCESS OF COMPARING THAT TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CITY SO WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, AND IS THERE, UM, SOME KIND OF MECHANISM ALREADY ESTABLISHED WHERE WE CAN HAVE SOME CONCLUSIONS OR YOU KNOW, OF, OF WHERE, WHERE, UM, CERTAIN POPULATIONS MAY NEED ADDITIONAL HELP? CERTAINLY.
SO THOSE, IF YOU GO AND LOOK AT THOSE DASHBOARDS, IT DOES SAY, AND THIS IS WHAT LED US TO SOME OF THE TYPES OF QUESTIONS WE ASK AROUND ACCESS TO SERVICES, WHICH IS, I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU GOT FINANCING? DO YOU HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE? SO THESE ARE THE TYPES OF QUESTIONS WE ASKED WITH AUSTIN MUSIC DISASTER RELIEF TO GET THEIR ANSWERS AND THEN BE ABLE TO COMPARE IT TO THEN THE GRAPHICS OF WHO WAS ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF TAKEAWAYS THERE THAT YOU CAN MAKE, UH, SO THAT YOU CAN START FORMING IDEAS FOR HOW TO FOCUS PROGRAMMING IN THE FUTURE, OR HOW TO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST EVALUATE DIFFERENT TYPES OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TO GET EVEN MORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TOP OF THAT.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT A PARTICIPATION WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTIN A AROUND PEOPLE OF COLOR OF AUSTIN, IF NOT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
WE DID PRETTY GOOD AND OUR AWARDS SHOWED THAT WE DEFINITELY TARGETED, WE WANTED TO TARGET THE FOLKS MOST IN NEED.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT THAT WAS DONE.
SO IT WAS OVER THE POPULA OVER LIKE WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE AVERAGE IN AUSTIN.
WE WERE ABOVE AVERAGE OF WHERE THE SUPPORT WENT.
SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE DATA DASHBOARDS.
IT'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION.
IT HELPED INFORM SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED AROUND LIVE MUSIC FUND EVENT PROGRAM, AND NOT JUST US, IT WAS ACROSS THE BOARD IN ED D.
SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THESE TYPES OF QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CULTURAL FUNDING PROGRAMS AS WE FOCUS ON MORE EQUITABLE PROCESS FOR FUNDRA, YOU KNOW, FOR FUND, UH, FOR THESE GRANT PROGRAMS. YEAH.
UM, ONE WAS, UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, I KNOW I ASKED THIS QUESTION EARLIER ON ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY ON, ON WHO IS ACTUALLY EVALUATING, UH, THE APPLICATIONS, THE LONG CENTER, THE THIRD CENTER, THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR THAT OKAY.
AND THE GUIDE PER THE GUIDELINES PROVIDED FROM EDD BASED ON WHAT'S ALREADY OFFER YES.
VERY SPECIFIC OPERATIONAL DIRECTION SLASH GUIDE BASED ON THE GUIDELINES.
AND SO JUST LIKE WITH RELIEF AND RECOVERY PROGRAM, IT WAS EXACTLY THE SAME WAY WHEN WE WORKED WITH THEM, UH, THEY WERE NOT MAKING ANY SUBJECTIVE CALLS ON THEIR OWN ABOUT HOW TO EVALUATE IT WAS ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTIONS.
SO, UM, I I, I, I REVIEWED ALL THE GUIDELINES AND THE QUESTIONS AND EVERYTHING, UH, AND FIRST OF ALL, I'M VERY THRILLED, UH, THAT THESE, UH, FUNDS, UH, APPLICATIONS ARE GOING OUT AND THE FUNDS WILL BE GOING LIVE.
UH, I KNOW THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS, UH, WORKED THROUGH MUCH DEBATE AND LOVE, UM, IN COMING TO SOME CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND IT.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST, UH, A GREAT MOVEMENT.
UM, GIVEN THAT THE FUNDS ARE FIVE TO 10,000, UH, IN RANGE SIGNIFICANT FOR THOSE WHO GET THEM.
UH, BUT DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CONTAINED, THEY'RE NOT COMPARABLE TO SOME OF THE ARTS FUNDS, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, I DID FEEL THAT THE QUESTIONNAIRE WAS FAIRLY ELABORATE.
UM, IT DOES OF COURSE FALL ON THE SIDE OF DOING A, A THOROUGH EVALUATION IN GRANTING THESE FUNDS.
UM, I DID FEEL THOUGH THAT THEY WERE A BIT HEAVY, BUT I'LL HOLD MY JUDGMENT.
UM, TO ADD TO, UH, COMMISSIONER STATUS'S QUESTION, UH, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO FOCUS ON IS ONCE WE, WE WORKED HARD TO BROADEN THE USERS OF THE FUND, RIGHT? NOT ONLY CAN AN ARTIST NOW TAKE, UH, THE DOLLARS AND SPEND IT ON LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES, BUT THEY CAN ALSO SPEND ON RECORDING, UH, A SONG IN A STUDIO OR MAKING A VIDEO OR, OR OTHER THINGS, RIGHT? SO IN THAT CONTEXT, ONE OF, UH, OUR INTERESTS WOULD DEFINITELY BE IN FINDING OUT HOW THE FUNDS ARE DISPERSING INTO THE LARGER ECOSYSTEM.
RIGHT? SO TO THAT END, UM, IS THERE ANYTHING IN PLAN OR ALREADY IN PLACE ON THE KIND OF DATA THAT WILL GET COLLECTED? YES.
AND THAT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND, OF COURSE, DEMOGRAPHICS AND OTHER ASPECTS ON HOW THE FUNDS WERE DISCUSSED, BUT ALSO WHAT THEY GOT USED FOR.
AND, AND WE CAN GATHER INFORMATION FROM THAT AND, YOU KNOW MM-HMM.
SO BOTH IN THE PORTAL INTAKE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICATION, WHICH AREN'T RELATED TO THE GUIDELINES, BUT MORE ABOUT QUESTIONS THAT, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO ASK TO GET A SENSE OF HOW FOLKS ARE DOING.
THERE'S A SECTION CALLED LIKE ECONOMIC SITUATION THAT YOU WILL ASK A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS THAT AREN'T RELEVANT TO THE GUIDELINES, DOES NOT AFFECT YOUR SCORE,
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BUT THIS INFORMATION WE WOULD LOVE TO KNOW, UH, AS WHILE WE HAVE YOU SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS INFORMATION.UH, THEN DURING, FOR AWARDEES, THERE WILL BE TWO REPORTING PERIODS.
THERE WILL BE A PROGRESS REPORT AFTER THE FIRST PAYMENT, UH, TO ASK HOW IS IT GOING? YOU KNOW, UM, DO YOU NEED HELP? UH, DO YOU NEED HELP FINDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE? UM, HOW MANY JOBS DO YOU EXPECT THIS, YOU KNOW, HOW DID YOU USE THE FIRST 50%? YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS JUST LIKE THAT BASIC, LIKE, WHAT DID YOU USE THE FIRST 50% FOR? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA USE THE NEXT 40% FOR? UM, AND THEN, UH, JUST A RANGE OF QUESTIONS.
AND THEN THE FINAL REPORT, WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR EVEN MORE DATA, UH, THAT BOTH KIND OF ALIGN WITH OUR KPIS, BUT ALSO ASK THEM, HOW DID YOU LIKE IT? YOU KNOW, WHAT DID YOU GET OUT OF THIS? WHAT COULD WE SEE FOR IMPROVEMENT? UM, SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF KEEP THAT COM COMMUNICATION GOING, UH, WITH EVERYBODY TO SEE HOW WE CAN BEST, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM FUTURE DOLLARS.
ERICA, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU MIND, UH, SHARING THOSE KPIS? OH, YEAH.
IT'S THE NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED BOTH, UH, FULL-TIME AND CONTRACTUAL AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF CREATIVE LOCATIONS UTILIZED.
UM, AND SO THESE ARE KPIS THAT ARE GONNA BE LEADING TO THE NEW STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR 2028 FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
SO IT'S VERY MUCH DIRECTED TO THAT CULTURAL AND LIFELONG LEARNING, UH, KPI THAT WE WANNA SEE, AND THEN SOME OF THE ECONOMIC, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL KPIS AS WELL.
SO HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS.
UM, IT WAS A LONG FIGHT
WE STARTED MEETING AS A MUSIC COMMISSION ABOUT SPECIFICALLY EQUITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES FROM THAT MOMENT IN 2020, I THINK IT WAS JUNE.
AND IT LED TO THIS MOMENT HERE WHERE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, SO THOSE THAT ARE JUST JOINING US AS A PART OF MUSIC CAMP, FIRST TIME EVER, MUSICIANS AND PROMOTERS ARE GOING TO BE, HAVE ACCESS TO THE MONEY VENUES AND OTHER FOLKS WERE, WERE ADVOCATING FOR, FOR ACCESS TO THAT, IN THAT, IN THAT FIRST YEAR.
BUT AS A MUSIC COMMISSION, I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS 63 OR WHAT WE VOTED FOR THIS YEAR, TO BE DEDICATED TO MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS AND INDEPENDENT PROMOTERS.
SO THIS IS A VERY HISTORIC MOMENT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN AUSTIN ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK AGAIN, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, ERIC SHAMMI, SONOVA, AND EVERYONE, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, SEEING THIS THROUGH.
I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING THE PANDEMIC AND ALL THAT, BUT I DO REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS MOMENT IS GOING TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF AUSTIN, AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THAT.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THE AUSTIN, UH, BRANDY AT THE AUSTIN REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY HELPS WITH FILLING, HELPS MUSICIANS CUZ YOU KNOW, MUSICIANS, WE JUST PLAY MM-HMM.
I MEAN, LIKE I SAY, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THESE THINGS.
SO, UH, BUT I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT IS IS SHE THE, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT, THAT HELPS WITH THAT BECAUSE, UH, TO GET MUSICIANS, UH, HOW, HOW DO WE SURE.
CONTACT THEM OR WHAT, HOWEVER, SO OUR WEBSITE WILL HAVE HER CONTACT INFORMATION, HER EMAIL ADDRESS, IT'S AT BRANDY DAVIDSON WITH THE AUSTIN REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY.
UH, SHE IS ONE OF OUR PROVIDERS THAT WILL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH PORTAL REGISTRATION AND INTAKE QUESTIONS, THE TYPICAL QUESTIONS WE ASK EVERYBODY THAT KIND OF COMES INTO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
SO SHE CAN HELP WITH THAT KIND OF TECHNICAL SIDE OF THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR QUESTIONS AROUND THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES.
BRANDY COULD ASK THOSE, ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS TOO.
WE'RE PROVIDING KIND OF LIKE A TOOL FOR EACH PROVIDER TO, UM, IF THIS QUESTION IS ASKED, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, JUST A KIND OF A METRIC OF HOW TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND THEN ALSO COLLECT QUESTIONS THAT WE HADN'T THOUGHT OF.
UM, WE'RE DEFINITE WILLING, WE'LL WORK WITH BRANDY AND ANY PROVIDER ON FINDING OUT THOSE ANSWERS, UH, AS TIMELY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT EVERY, AND THEN SHARE IF IT, IF A GROUND SWELL EMERGES WHERE WE CAN SEE, OH, THIS MUST, THIS QUESTION MUST BE CONFUSING, UM, WE'LL ADDRESS THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE ARE PROVIDING
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THAT ANSWER IN A, IN A MORE COM COMMUNICABLE WAY.SO WE, WE JUST KIND OF GO AND SEE, YOU KNOW, NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL TYPICALLY.
AND SO WE JUST TRY TO KIND OF RIDE IT TO, AND JUST MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WHERE WE NEED TO SO THAT THE INFORMATION IS GETTING TO EVERYBODY.
YOU KNOW, LIKE WITH, WITH THE, WITH THE NUMBER OF MUSICIANS THAT ARE HERE IN THE CITY, IS SHE THE ONLY PERSON OR THEY'RE GONNA BE NO, NO.
THERE'LL BE OTHER, UH, TA PROVIDERS AND THAT INFORMATION WILL BE PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE, UH, WITH THE REST OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE APPLICATION.
AND I'M CURIOUS, UH, UM, CAN, CAN YOU ALL LIKE BUY AD SPACE AND STUFF IN, IN, UH, CHRONICLE OR STATESMEN OR ANYWHERE TO ACTUALLY, UH, PUT THIS OUT AND JUST REACH A BROAD SWATH OF FOLKS? YEAH, SO WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN, UH, WE CAN, WE DO AD BUYS ALL THE TIME.
UM, YOU MAY HEAR THE ADS ON RADIO AND SUCH.
UH, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT TO SEE.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION OUT THERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THIS KIND OF, UH, PERIOD THROUGH MAY TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE.
WE ALSO ARE TALKING TO COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND BECAUSE THEY FOLKS HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO US, HOW CAN WE HELP GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE LIVE MUSIC FUND EVENT PROGRAM? AND SO WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THOSE FOLKS AS WELL.
UH, AND AGAIN, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY CONFUSION, THERE WILL BE CONTACTS FOR PEOPLE TO CONTACT, UH, WITH ANY OF THEIR QUESTIONS.
I, I FEEL ADDS ADDS SPACE WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
UH, UH, ERICA, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHEN WE THINK WE WILL SEE THE FIRST OF THE PERFORMANCES THAT ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY THIS LIVE MUSIC FUND, BECAUSE THAT, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT THE MONEY'S GOING OUT.
ONCE THE MUSIC STARTS PLAYING, THAT'S WHEN WE CAN ALL REALLY CELEBRATE.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE THESE PERFORMANCES START GETTING SCHEDULED AND COMING OUT, THAT WE REALLY PLAY IT UP BIG.
SO MANY OF US ON THE MUSIC COMMISSION, PEOP PEOPLE IN AUSTIN ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
LET'S, LET'S PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS WHEN THIS HAPPENS.
THIS IS A GREAT CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION.
SO AS SOON AS THE FIRST AGREEMENTS ARE DONE, UH, WE'RE GONNA DO THE FIRST 50% UP UPFRONT FOR FOLKS TO KIND OF GO AND GET THEIR CONFIRMATIONS DONE, GO PUT DEPOSITS DOWN.
BUT EVEN IF, LIKE, YOU SPENT THAT MONEY AND NEXT WEEK YOU'RE LIKE, YOU CAN DO YOUR REPORTING, YOUR PROGRESS REPORT, THIS IS WHAT I SPENT THE MONEY ON, THIS IS WHAT I NEED THE NEXT 40% ON, AND I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS SEND, WE CAN GET YOU YOUR NEXT 40%, LIKE IMMEDIATELY.
AND SO EVEN IF IT'S A, LIKE, YOU'VE CONFIRMED SOMETHING, BUT OH NO, IT'S IN SIX WEEKS.
YEAH, NO, I WAS, I WAS ASKING WHEN'S GONNA BE THE FIRST SHOW, CUZ I WANT TO GO OUT AND PARTY.
IT ALL DEPENDS ON JUST GETTING THROUGH THE PROCESS, GETTING TO THAT LIST OF AWARDEES AND THEN WE, WE WILL JUST, AND THEN AGREEMENTS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO GET THE FIRST PAYMENT OUT.
LIKE, HAVE ALL THESE APPLICATIONS ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED? UH, OR WAS IT TOO LATE FOR PEOPLE? OH NO, IT, THE APPLICATION OPENS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE SENT OUT A PRESS RELEASE THAT THE APPLICATION OPENS TOMORROW, APRIL 4TH AT 10:00 AM AND IT WILL BE OPEN THROUGH MAY.
THAT I JUST DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, IF ANYONE, IT'S, BUT IF YOU GO TO, UM, ATX MUSIC.ORG, CLICK ON THE BUTTON THAT SAYS LIVE MUSIC FUND RIGHT AT THE TOP, IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE WEBPAGE WITH ALL OF THE CURRENT INFORMATION.
ERICA, THANK YEAH, GO AHEAD HERE.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR GREAT COMMUNICATION AND ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY SOUNDS AMAZING.
UM, I THINK YOU'VE, YOU'RE RECEIVING A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM LOTS OF FOLKS.
SO I JUST WANNA ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS.
I DID HAVE ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION IS, IS YOUR DEPARTMENT, UM, IN CHARGE OF LIKE THE STRATEGIC MARKETING PLAN FOR THE APPLICATIONS? YEAH, SO THE, THE MARKETING PLAN OF THE PROGRAM, JUST IN TERMS OF GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE, THE APPLICATIONS, THE APPLICATION APPLICATIONS MM-HMM.
SO THERE, WE HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WITHIN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT THAT WILL WORK WITH US ON OUTREACH.
I MEAN, WE WANT TO, THERE'S O OBVIOUSLY THE TRADITIONAL WAYS THAT WE HAVE RELEASED THIS INFORMATION THROUGH PRESS RELEASE AND CITY OF AUSTIN SOCIALS ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT JUST, UH, EDDS.
UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH PARTNERS TO SPREAD THE WORD.
UM, IT, IT REALLY IS ABOUT OUTREACH TO COMMUNITIES THAT, UH, OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HEAR ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO WE WOULD WELCOME ANY AND ALL SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY GROUPS TO GET THE WORD OUT TO PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, IN THEIR PARTS OF TOWN.
SO THAT, UM, WE'RE NOT JUST PREACHING TO THE CHOIR, WE'RE EXPANDING THE AUDIENCE OF THAT CHOIR 20 MILLION FOLD SO THAT WE'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT.
WE WANNA BE SURE PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT IT FIRST.
UM, WE WANT FOLKS TO FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM, THAT THIS IS, THAT THEY BELONG.
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THE SUPPORT TO, UM, APPLY AND HAVE A, A EQUAL SHAKE AT FUNDING JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE IS THERE, IS THERE KIND OF LIKE A PORTAL OR SOMETHING THAT HAS LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UM, LIKE SOMEPLACE THAT HAS, LIKE, THIS IS MADE FOR INSTAGRAM AND THIS IS OH YEAH.SO WE HAVE A MEDIA KIT THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU GUYS TO GET THE WORD OUT TOMORROW.
UM, I'LL TALK TO THE COMMS TEAM TO GET THAT TO YOU.
UH, CUZ IT'S THE SAME THING THAT WE WOULD SHARE WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO US AS WELL.
LIKE HERE'S, YOU KNOW, SPREAD THE WORD, YOU KNOW, FAR AND WIDE.
UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS FROM THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND THAT TYPE OF SHARING AND DOING IT AS A PARTNERSHIP, AS A COMMUNITY.
IT GOES A LONG WAY TO GET THE WORD OUT.
YOU CAN EMAIL, YOU'LL EMAIL THAT TOOL.
SO, YEAH, THAT'S A AWESOME QUESTION, CELESTE.
SO DEFINITELY ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE SHARE ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA, GRAB THOSE GRAPHICS.
IT'LL SOUNDS LIKE IT'LL BE A PRETTY EASY, UM, THAT WE CAN GET THIS OUT IN A CONSISTENT WAY.
AND TO OREN'S POINT, I REALLY, WHEN WE DO HAVE THESE FIRST EVENTS ROLLING OUT, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S OTHER USES, UM, FOR THE FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE ECOSYSTEM, BUT FOR THE PERFORMANCES, I REALLY WOULD LIKE US AS A COMMISSION TO ATTEND THOSE TO REALLY HYPE THOSE, THE INAUGURAL, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE EVENTS.
LIKE LET'S MAKE IT A BIG DEAL, A BIG SPLASH, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND ALL THOSE EVENTS, JUST LIKE WITH CULTURAL ARTS IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A DESCRIPTOR, UH, BROUGHT TO YOU BY, AND SO WE ARE THINKING AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND PRESENTS, YOU KNOW, SO WE WILL ALSO HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR FOLKS WITHIN THEIR AGREEMENTS TO ADD THAT KIND OF CALL TO ACTION MM-HMM.
YOU GUYS KNOW WHEN IT'S EVENT THAT'S BEEN FUNDED BY THE LIVE MUSIC FUND.
AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SHARE, JUST MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO KNOW WHICH FU UH, YOU KNOW, EVENTS OUT THERE, PROJECTS OUT THERE THAT ARE BEING DONE, ARE SUPPORTED BY THIS, THIS FUNDING.
SO THERE IS A LINK OR SOMETHING WHERE, UH, WE COULD ACTUALLY FIND, UH, LIKE LIVE PERFORMANCES BEING OH, IN TERMS TERMS OF LIKE, JUST SO ONE SPOT STOP LOOP ONE SPOT.
OR WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A VIDEO IS COMING UP.
WE TALKED WITH THE VISIT AUSTIN ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY CALENDAR AND BEING ABLE TO ADD EVENTS THERE.
AND SO WE JUST NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH ALL OF THOSE KIND OF PLACEMENTS SO THAT, UM, EVERYONE, THE AWARDEES ACTUALLY HAVE SUPPORT TO KNOW HOW TO PROMOTE THOSE EVENTS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE BEGINNERS ARE JUST STARTING OUT OR NEVER HAD TO DO THAT BEFORE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, UH, NOT, YOU KNOW, FOR SUPPORT TOO.
WE JUST DON'T LIKE THROW YOU INTO THE COLD TOO.
UM, WE, THERE WILL BE ONGOING ASSISTANCE AND MENTORSHIP, UH, TO PROVIDE TO THE AWARDEES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR EVENTS ARE REALIZED AS THEY INTENDED, BECAUSE THIS IS, AGAIN, ALL ABOUT PI AND WE WANNA BE SURE THAT THESE EVENTS ARE PIE EVENTS AFTER IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THAT.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, GO AHEAD, LAUREN.
UM, THERE WAS ONE, UH, YOU'RE PROBABLY ALREADY DOING THIS, BUT, UM, ARE YOU ALSO EMAILING LIKE EVERYONE WHO'S APPLIED FOR OH, YEAH.
I THINK NEWSLETTER YOU PROBABLY WERE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
UM, ALSO, UH, ON THE QUESTION, DO YOU HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE? IT POPPED IN MY HEAD THAT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS POSSIBLE OR TOO TANGENTIAL, BUT LIKE, IF SOMEONE'S APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT AND THEY ANSWER NO, THEY DON'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, I WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY TO LIKE, MAKE SURE THEY FIND OUT ABOUT HAM IN CASE.
OH, SIR, THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY CROSS REFERENCE, UH, THOSE ANSWERS.
THAT'S A A WONDERFUL SUGGESTION.
AND THEN, UH, THAT WOULD AWESOME.
AND THEN ONE OTHER THING, UM, UH, ON THE, UH, ASSISTANCE WITH FILLING OUT THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND ALL THIS, IS THIS ALSO A PROGRAM THAT WILL BE, PEOPLE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS OR OH, YEAH.
THAT'S JUST ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR PROGRAM.
SO ANYONE CAN APPLY FOR A COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND THEY CAN USE A COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR TO HELP THEM APPLY FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
UH, BUT IT'S, LET'S SAY THERE'S A FEDERAL GRANT OR NEA GRANT THAT YOU WANNA APPLY FOR, OR A FOUNDATION GRANT.
UM, WE PLEASE, YOU KNOW, ANYONE LISTENING APPLY TO GET A COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR TO HELP YOU WITH WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS COULD BE.
IT COULD ALSO BE FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT PROGRAM, AND WE'LL SUPPLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE GUIDELINES AND OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR GUIDES FOR THE TA FOLKS TO THOSE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN JUST GIVE THE BEST ADVICE SO THAT THE APPLICATIONS
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ARE COMPLETE.I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL OUR, OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS KNEW ABOUT THAT COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR PROGRAM AND THAT IT EXISTS AND IS THERE TO HELP PEOPLE.
UM, AS A PIGGYBACK TO THE QUESTION EARLIER FROM IT.
THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP, LAUREN.
SO THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PEOPLE IN OUR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BASICALLY PEOPLE WITH EXPERTISE IN AUSTIN THAT CAN, THIS IS A FUNDED PROGRAM, SO IT'S BASICALLY LIKE FREE, FREE HELP, FREE ADVICE, UH, AND IT'S EXACTLY INTENDED TO HELP PEOPLE WITH SOME NAVIGATE SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS, HENCE THE NAME.
AND NOT JUST THE CITY PROGRAMS, ANY PROGRAM.
UH, IT COULD BE A SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM, IT COULD BE ASSISTANCE WITH JUST SOME TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT THEY MAY HAVE AROUND THEIR BUSINESS, UH, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE, WHAT THE NEED IS.
OR WE HAVE A LIST OF COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS WITH DIFFERENT SKILL SETS, SO PLEASE CHECK THAT OUT.
AND THAT IS, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THERE WILL BE A LINK TO THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR PROGRAM ON THE PAGE TOMORROW, BUT I'LL CHECK.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE, BUT IT IS PART OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, SUITE OF PROGRAMS. UM, SO PLEASE, YOU COULD GO TO ATX MUSIC.ORG AND CLICK ON THE FUNDING AND SUPPORT BUTTON, AND IT'LL ALSO LEAD TO A, A LINK FOR IT.
UH, SHAKKA YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
UH, JUST WANTED TO, UH, SAY TO THE NEW FOLKS, UH, THE PIE ACRONYM IS PRESERVATION, INNOVATION AND ELEVATION AND PRESERVATION IS ABOUT PRESERVING THE PAST INNOVATION.
INNOVATION IS ABOUT ENVISIONING THE FUTURE AND ELEVATION IS ABOUT EMPOWERING THE PRESENT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS, THIS, UH, LIVE MUSIC POINT IS STANDING ON.
AND SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND NEW FOLKS ABOUT THAT, PLEASE REACH OUT.
IT'S PART OF DESIGNING AND READING THAT THOSE, THAT SPECIFIC DIVERSITY, UH, LANGUAGE AND WOULD LOVE TO SHARE MORE WITH Y'ALL NEW FOLKS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S A DYNAMIC ASPECT OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD, A GOOD THING TO IMPART TO SOME OF US.
UM, YEAH, I'LL DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO YOU.
ALSO, YOU CAN GO TO THE LIVE MUSIC FUND EVENT PROGRAM WEBPAGE, AND THERE IS A TIMELINE OF ACTIONS THAT TOOK PLACE OVER THE, YOU KNOW, COUPLE YEARS TO GET US TO THE FINAL GUIDELINES AND TO TODAY.
SO THERE ARE LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC COMMISSION MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED TO GET TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE EVOLUTION.
SO WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND CHECK OUT THAT TIMELINE IF YOU'RE CURIOUS.
HOW DO WE GET HERE? IT'S A VERY DETAILED, AND YOU CAN WATCH TONS OF VIDEO AND, AND, AND JUST LEARN, UM, WITH, WITH HOW THE, THE COMMISSIONERS CAME TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE PROGRAM.
WHERE IS THAT AGAIN? UH, ERIC, IT'S IN THE, IT'S ON THE LIVE MUSIC FUND EVENT PROGRAM WEBPAGE.
IT SAYS LIKE, CHECK OUT A TIMELINE SHOULD STILL BE THERE, SO.
ANYBODY ELSE GOT COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, I JUST, I WANNA, YEAH, GO AHEAD SCOTT.
JUST ADD SOMETHING REAL QUICK THAT, UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONERS AND I MEAN, A LOT OF THIS WORK WAS DONE BEFORE, UH, MYSELF AND COMMISSIONER GOULD AND, UM, A FEW OTHERS GOT HERE.
BUT IT IS WORTH NOTING ALSO THAT, UM, IF YOU'RE ON THE MUSIC COMMISSION, YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND.
SO LITERALLY, LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS FOR THE CITY THAT WE'RE DOING THAT'S DIRECTLY BENEFITING ARTISTS, AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO IN TERMS OF REAPING ANY BENEFIT FROM IT.
SO, UM, JUST TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AS ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, LIKE US DOING OUR PART KIND OF THING, AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE HARD WORK.
IT'S BEEN THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS MONUMENTAL, THIS IS HISTORIC.
THIS IS ONE OF A KIND, THIS IS THE FIRST OF, ITS KIND OF THE ENTIRE WORLD, AND IT'S HERE TO STAY.
WELL, ACTUALLY, THE MUSIC COMMISSIONERS CAN'T APPLY.
YOU GUYS AREN'T IN INVOLVED AT ALL IN THE EVALUATION.
AND SO YOU ARE ABLE TO APPLY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, UH, YOU, YOU'RE NOT INVOLVED WITH DECIDING WHO GETS THE MONEY AND THE, THE, THE QUESTIONS ARE TRANSPARENT.
LIKE EVERYONE CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAW AS IT WAS FORMING.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HEARD, WE'VE ASKED, AND IT IS OKAY.
BUT IF YOU GUYS, THAT'S UP TO YOU GUYS WHAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, I GUESS, UH, THAT IS NEWS TO US,
WELL, SO TO SCOTT'S POINT, LIKE I THINK A LOT OF US HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD ON IT AND NOT, NOT LOOKING FOR ANY YEAH.
YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE REALIZE YOU'RE ELIGIBLE
I MEAN, IT HAS BEEN A SO MANY HOURS PUT IN BY SO MANY PEOPLE, SO MANY VOLUNTEER HOURS, LIKE SOME REALLY TOUGH CONVERSATIONS.
UM, SOME CHALLENGES NAVIGATED SOME, A FEW TEARS SHED, I THINK MM-HMM.
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MAYBE JUST BY ME, BUT, UH,SO WE, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK NOBODY WAS LIKE, OH YEAH, WE SHOULD TOTALLY GET THIS LIVE MUSIC FUND SO I CAN GET AN EXTRA FIVE GRAND IN MY BACK POCKET.
I MEAN, IT WAS DEFINITELY ABOUT HOW, OF COURSE, CAN WE, WHAT, WHAT IS THE MOST, THE BEST THING WE CAN DO FOR OUR MUSIC COMMUNITY? UM, SO I'LL JUST REMIND EVERYONE, LIKE SHAKKA SAID, THIS IS ABOUT PRESERVATION, INNOVATION, AND ELEVATION AND COLLABORATION.
THE MORE THE PROPOSALS ARE ABOUT THAT, THE HIGHER IT WILL SCORE REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU ARE.
CUZ IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
IT'S NOT FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
YOU HAVE THAT FULL TIME TO APPLY.
WHAT WE WANNA SEE ARE PIE EVENTS, AND WE WANNA SERVE PEOPLE THAT, UM, SHOW, UH, AN ONGOING NEED FOR ACCESS TO SERVICES TO PRIORITIZE, UH, CERTAIN FOLKS, LIKE WE DID WITH RELIEF AND RECOVERY, WE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH RELIEF AND RECOVERY OF TARGETING ACCESS.
UM, AND SO IT'S THAT ON TOP OF SHOW US YOUR PIE EVENTS.
LOOK FORWARD TO AN UPDATE NEXT MONTH AND SEE HOW IT'S BEEN GOING WITH, UH, APPLICATIONS AND WE'LL, YEAH, WE'LL GET AN UPDATE EVERY, EVERY MONTH.
IT'S, IT'S A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BIG DEAL, Y'ALL
FOR STAFF HAS DONE A TON OF WORK.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UH, WE ARE CELEBRATING THE LAUNCH OF THESE ONES TOGETHER, THOUGH.
SO, ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION
[5. Discussion and possible action on musician loading, unloading, and parking]
ITEM FIVE, NOT, NOT AS EXCITING, BUT STILL IMPORTANT.WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT PARKING
SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL HOPING TO GET CITY'S STAFF HERE.
UH, SCOTT BROUGHT THIS ITEM TO US INITIALLY, SO I KNOW SCOTT, I CC'D YOU ON AN EMAIL WITH SOME QUESTIONS THAT I HAD, SO I DIDN'T WANNA TAKE IT OFF THE AGENDA, EVEN THOUGH JASON REDFERN FROM PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION COULDN'T JOIN US.
AND SHOUT OUT TO KIM, WHO'S BEEN TRYING TO COORDINATE, UM, ON THAT.
AND SO, UH, SO I HAD A QUESTION FROM THE MUSICIANS THAT PARTICIPATED IN SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST ARE PERFORMED OR WERE PROMOTERS.
SO DURING SOUTH BY, I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PARKING CHANGES THAT ARE MADE, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL LOADING ZONES AND SO ON.
SO HOW WAS THAT, HOW WAS LOADED MUSICIAN LOADING AND UNLOADING DURING SOUTH BY FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO JUMP IN? YEAH.
SHAKKA, WHAT WERE YOU SAYING? I ALREADY TOLD, I I, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO TELL, LIKE, I'M HERE, LIKE, WHO'S GONNA TALK, SO I APOLOGIZE IF I'M INTERRUPTING ANYBODY.
UM, BUT YEAH, ON, ON, ON OUR END, UM, SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, UM, DOES A, A, A FAIRLY GOOD JOB ABOUT COMMUNICATING ABOUT WHERE LOADING PLACES ARE, UM, WHERE ARTISTS CAN GO, UM, ON THERE.
IF THEY'RE AN OFFICIAL ARTIST, UM, THEN THEY HAVE A PARKING, UH, PASS FOR THAT DAY OF THEIR OFFICIAL SHOWCASE THAT THEY CAN USE, UM, TO PARK IN, UM, ALLOCATED SPACES.
SO, UM, IN GENERAL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UM, NOW MY EXPERIENCE, UH, THIS YEAR, UM, AND LAST YEAR TO BE HONEST, UM, WAS, WAS, WAS VERY GOOD.
THEY, THEY MAKE SURE THAT THE ARTISTS HAVE, YOU KNOW, ACCESS AND LOADING AND THEY KNOW WHEN, WHERE TO GO, HOW TO DO IT.
AND THEY ALSO PROVIDE, UH, THE BAND, LIKE ONE, ONE BAND, LIKE ONE BAND PARKING PASS.
SO IF THERE'S EIGHT MEMBERS IN THE BAND, EVERYONE DOESN'T GET A PARKING PASS, BUT AT LEAST ONE KEY, LIKE WHOEVER'S BRINGING THE MOST STUFF, UH, YOU KNOW, DOES HAVE ACCESS TO LIKE, FREE PARKING.
UM, THAT'S IN THE AREA, SURROUNDING AREA NEAR WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE PERFORMING.
SO IT SEEMED, I MEAN, JUST CASUALLY AS SOMEBODY THAT WAS ATTENDING, I DID NOTICE THERE WERE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL AREAS THAT WERE TEMPORARY.
SO I GUESS MY QUE THE QUESTION THAT I'LL HAVE, UM, WHEN PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION CAN JOIN US IS, YOU KNOW, IS DO WE NEED TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE ADDED PERMANENTLY, SOME ADDITIONAL LOADING ZONES? UH, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING,
AND THE GENESIS OF THIS IS THAT, LIKE, IF WE CAN'T, IF THERE'S NOT REALLY ADEQUATE LOADING AND UNLOADING PARKING, THEN DO WE NEED, FOR CITY PERFORMANCES IN PARTICULAR, DO WE NEED TO ADD A LITTLE, AN ADDITIONAL FEE OR FEE PAYMENT TO, FOR MUSICIANS? UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, AND, UH, SHAQ AND I TOUCHED ON THIS MY FIRST MEETING LAST MONTH.
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ABSOLUTELY CANNOT AGREE MORE WITH HAVING LOADING UNLOADING ZONES OR WHAT YOU SAID, LIKE A FEE REIMBURSEMENT KIND OF THING.UM, AS SOMEONE THAT IS, AND HAS BEEN A WORKING MUSICIAN IN THIS CITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, NOT GONNA SHOW MY AGE.
WELL, YOU CAN SEE IT, BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S, I'VE HAD SO MANY FRIENDS THAT HAVE GOTTEN TOWED.
I THANKFULLY HAVE NOT, BUT, AND THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THING TO CONSIDER, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR, UH, TO, TO KEEP MUSIC OR ENCOURAGE MUSIC IN THAT AREA OF TOWN.
THERE'S, UH, I, I, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT I DID, UH, END UP SPEAKING WITH, UM, RYAN ROYAL AND, UH, MR. JOSEPH, UM, JE TODAY.
UM, AND REGARDING, UM, SOME PARKING STUFF, UH, I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, UH, BE HERE IN PERSON, BUT, UM, WE ENDED UP HAVING A PRETTY GOOD CONVERSATION.
AND IT TURNS OUT THERE'S A, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO.
UM, ALL OF THESE THINGS, IT'S GONNA TAKE ABOUT
BUT WHEN YOU SAID FOUR TO SIX MONTHS, I LITERALLY THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA SAY FOUR TO SIX YEARS, BECAUSE NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
I, I, WELL, I MEAN, I SAY THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST LIKE, THAT'S LIKE, THAT'S JUST THE INITIAL STARTING POINT.
BUT BASICALLY, UH, WE HAD LIKE A 45 MINUTE MEETING TODAY, AND I CAN BOIL IT DOWN INTO THREE, UH, MAIN POINTS.
UM, THERE'S DIFFERENT CODES THAT WE COULD HAVE IN TERMS OF, UM, PARKING DESIGNATION.
UM, ONE IS COORDINATING WITH PART THE PARKS AND REC, AUSTIN PARKS RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
UM, THERE'S ALSO THIS THING THAT'S CALLED A HOPPER PASS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S THIS OTHER THING, UM, WHICH I THINK WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD WAY TO GO, WHICH IS A, UM, I'M TRYING TO FIND IT REAL QUICK.
IT'S, IT'S A LIVE, BASICALLY IT'S, WE WOULD HAVE TO KIND OF DES LIKE THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR, FOR INSTANCE.
LIKE YOU WERE, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, SHANE, IT'S LIKE A, WE'D HAVE TO BASICALLY GO TO THE CITY AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT THIS DOWNTOWN PIECE HERE TO BE SECTIONED OFF SO THAT MUSICIANS WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THAT FOR EITHER A DISCOUNTED RATE OR FOR A FREE RATE.
DO, DO YOU THINK, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT.
DO YOU THINK MAYBE LIKE SOME KIND OF, OR MULTIPLE PARKING LOTS, POSSIBLY, LIKE, RATHER THAN STREET PARKING, OR, IT'S POSSIBLE.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT MANY OF THE PARKING GARAGES, FOR INSTANCE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRIVATELY OWNED, AND SO THAT'S CORRECT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF SHAKY.
THE OTHER THING, THE OTHER OPTION ALSO, I FORGOT TO MENTION, THIS WOULD BE LIKE A, IT'S CALLED, UM, UM, A RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT, BUT THE VENUES WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING, PREPARING THE CITY TO PROVIDE THAT.
BUT IN THAT CORRIDOR, THERE ARE MULTIPLE, UH, CITY PARKING GARAGES, RIGHT? RIGHT.
AND SO CAN YOU, LIKE A 15 MINUTE PASS OR 30 MINUTE PASS TO LOAD YOUR GEAR AND, AND THEN, YEAH.
SO THERE YOU CAN, YOU CAN, RIGHT.
THERE'S A COAT THAT YOU CAN USE TO LIKE, BASICALLY PARK, YOU CAN LOAD AND UNLOAD YOUR GEAR, BUT IN TERMS OF LIKE, YOU ACTUALLY PARKING DURING THE GATE.
NO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, LOADING UNLOADING THING.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LIKE MAYBE CITY GARAGES THAT COULD BE UTILIZED TO PARKING, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SO, SO BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS, AND I MEAN, IT IS KIND OF BORING.
IT'S ALMO, IT'S ALMOST A LITTLE EXCITING FOR ME.
BUT, UM, SO LIKE, IF YOU CAN GET AN, LIKE, THE PROFITS BASICALLY FROM PEOPLE THAT PAY FOR PARKING, THOSE PROFITS BASICALLY CAN BECOME EARMARKED TO WHERE A COMMITTEE KIND OF DECIDES WHERE THAT MONEY'S GOING TO GO.
KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE HOT FUNDS, WITH THE LIVE MUSIC FUND.
SO BASICALLY WE COULD SAY, HEY, THESE PROFITS SECTIONED OFF IN THIS AREA OF DOWNTOWN SHOULD BE ALLOCATED FOR MUSICIANS TO GET FREE PARKING.
UM, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS TO, THAT HAS TO BE CODED INTO THE CITY THAT IS CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, WITH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UM, WITH PART ALSO, AND IT'S LIKE RATIFYING THAT BASICALLY INTO, YOU KNOW, TO WHERE COUNCILS CAN APPROVE THAT.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LONG SHOT THE WAY THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.
SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DEFINITELY PURSUE.
YOU KNOW, ONE THING I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE IS THAT AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN IN AUSTIN, THAT WAS LIKE 1903, I MOVED HERE.
I THINK
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ON SIXTH STREET HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE.AND PEOPLE HAVE COME UP WITH GOOD SOLUTIONS, WORKABLE SOLUTIONS, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO WORK A DEAL WITH ONE OF THE CITY, OH, STUART, I THINK WE LOST YOUR AUDIO, STUART, I THINK YOU'RE ON MUTE.
THEY, BUT THEY DON'T, WELL, HE IS FROM 1903.
SO YEAH, I'M A LUDDITE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS DON'T GET TAKEN CARE OF FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER, AND IT MAKES ME FEEL THAT THERE IS A POWER TO BE THAT DOESN'T WANT TO DO THIS.
THEY HAVE ANOTHER AGENDA AND IT'S NOT WORKING.
SO FOR ME, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES ME TWO THOUGHTS.
ONE IS, HOW DO WE APPROACH THIS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT? OR, AND, AND I'VE BEEN KINDA LIKE SPEWING THIS A LITTLE BIT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, IS THAT, CAN WE TAKE SOME OF THAT EFFORT AND PUT IT TOWARDS SUPPORTING THESE REGIONAL MUSIC CENTERS THAT ARE KIND OF POPPING UP AROUND THE EDGES OF AUSTIN NO LONGER THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GO DOWN SOUTH CONGRESS OR OUT, YOU KNOW, MANSHACK OR, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S A SERIES OF THESE THINGS KIND OF HAPPENING.
AND IF THE CITY COULD SPEND MORE OF THEIR EFFORTS SUPPORTING THOSE AND LESS OF THEIR ES EFFORT FIGHTING A BATTLE THAT HAS JUST NEVER GOT WON.
WELL, BUT 1, 1, 1 THING THAT THE, THE DOWNTOWN CITY CORRIDOR, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, IS SUCH A TOURISM CHANNEL AS IT WERE, UM, THAT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO HAVE, AND I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT STUART, UM, BUT IT, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO PUT TOURISM DOLLARS INTO THAT AREA TO KEEP THE LIVE MUSIC INTO THAT TOURISM CORRIDOR.
BUT WHEN SENSES DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, YOU KNOW, WELL, WELL, FAIR ENOUGH.
AND, AND THE TOUR, THE, THE, THE IDEA IS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR AUSTIN TO NOT PUT ALL THEIR EGGS IN ONE BASKET, HAVE THE SAME DYNAMIC THAT WE, THAT YOU HAVE IN MEMPHIS, THE SAME, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT LIKE IN, IN, IN LA KIND OF VERY MUCH LIKE LOS OR UM, UH, NEW ORLEANS, WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUR LITTLE MUSIC AREA AND THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHING GOES IN.
AND EVENTUALLY IT BECOMES EXPENSIVE ENOUGH THAT YOU COULD ONLY PUT IN, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, UH, THE CARICATURES OF THE OLD, THE OLD CLUBS.
THIS ALLOWS THE, I, I REALLY DO SEE AUSTIN DOING IT.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE SOME IDEA I'VE HAD.
I'M JUST GOING, I'LL BE DAMN, LOOK AT THAT.
THESE THINGS KIND OF DEVELOP WITHIN, YOU KNOW, A MILE OR TWO OF EACH OTHER.
WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE OF LIKE-MINDED PLACES, AND I WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE A WAY TO GROW THAT SO THAT WAY THAT, BECAUSE REALLY I DO THINK DOWNTOWN IS FOR THE TOURISTS AND IT'S FOR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE AND THE TOURISTS.
BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKING.
I MEAN, IF I GO TO MAN PLAY A SHOW ON MANCHE, THERE'S PARKING.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKING SPECIFICALLY IN, IN THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR.
AND THOSE PARKING THINGS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LIVE, IF YOU LIVE THERE, OR IF YOU'RE STAYING THERE IN A, YOU KNOW, IN A HOTEL, YOU EITHER HAVE UBER OR YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, MEANS SUPPLIED TO YOU.
YOU DON'T NEED TO GET AROUND AS MUCH.
WELL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MUSICIANS BEING ABLE TO PARK AND NOT PAY FOR IT.
AND RATHER THAN LIKE, YOU KNOW, ON, YOU KNOW, IF I'M IN MANCHA, THEN I CAN ALMOST ALWAYS PARK THERE.
I MEAN, THAT'S, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT BEING TO FIGHT.
I THINK YOU SHOULD GO OUT AND KEEP FIGHTING AND FIND NEW WAYS TO FIGHT THAT ONE.
BUT MY ATTENTION IS KIND OF ELSEWHERE BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF FIGHTING A FIGHT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 25 YEARS AND REALLY JUST FIGHT A LOT OF GOOD SOLUTIONS DOESN'T GET THERE.
AND, AND, AND I THINK THAT IT'S ABOUT US HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS JUST LIKE WE ARE NOW.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO PAY 20 BUCKS TO HAVE TO GO AND PLAY, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE DOWNTOWN.
I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, PARKING ON MAN CHECK WOULD BE NOT, UM, PROBABLY NOT A BIG DEAL.
BUT IF I'M GOING TO THE DOMAIN IT IS, YOU STILL PEOPLE CHECK PEOPLE'S YARDS IN MANCHESTER.
UH, JUST DRIVE YOUR CAR UP AND JUST DON'T TELL 'EM LIKE, WHO'S THERE.
UM, YEAH, YOU, YEAH, I PLAY MUSIC, LIKE, IT'S FINE.
SO I, I GUESS, I MEAN, TO RECAP, I'LL JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I COMPLETELY 100% AM IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THERE.
BUT AS I LOOK AT IT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AND I SEE LOTS OF GOOD SOLUTIONS THAT DON'T GET ENACTED, I'M GOING, OH CRAP, I GOTTA SPEND MY TIME ELSEWHERE.
I THINK IT'S JUST KEEPING THE, UH, I, I, I WOULD NOT EVEN WANNA SEE KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON IT.
I THINK IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, SOME CONVERSATIONS.
THEY'RE NOT RUSHING INTO ANYTHING THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S KIND OF HURT THIS WHOLE PROCESS BEFORE IS THAT WE'VE HAD LIKE PAST SYSTEMS AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF WHERE MUSICIANS CAN'T PARK FOR FREE,
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BUT THEN THEY'RE LIKE ABUSING IT OR THEY'RE LOSING THE PASSES OR SOMETHING.AND SO WE HAVE TO TERMINATE THAT PROGRAM AND IT'S, UM, I THINK BTA I THINK WE'RE AT A REALLY GOOD RESTARTING POINT TO, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S NEXT.
AND WE'RE HAVING, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT MEETINGS PROBABLY ABOUT EVERY TWO WEEKS.
I THINK LAUREN HAD SOMETHING SHE WANTED TO SAY.
UM, STUART, I TOLD YOU TOTALLY, TOTALLY HEAR YOU ON THAT BECAUSE I'VE ALSO BEEN HEARING ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, ONE THING THAT THAT DOES CONCERN ME THOUGH, THAT MAKES ME WANNA CONTINUE TO STAY ON TOP OF IT, IS THAT THERE ARE MORE AND MORE PAID PARKING PLACES, MORE AND MORE METERS THAN THINGS GOING UP FURTHER OUT FROM DOWNTOWN, UM, ONTO THE EAST SIDE, UM, INTO, I JUST FOUND OUT, CUZ I'M, I'M PLAYING AT UMOFF SCULPTURE GARDEN TOMORROW, AND I FOUND OUT THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO START CHARGING FOR PARKING ACROSS THE STREET FROM THERE.
SO THEY'RE LOSING A LOT OF THEIR FREE PARKING.
UM, AND SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT STAYING AHEAD OF THAT EXPANSIVE PAID PARKING PROGRAM.
CAUSE I ALSO GREW UP HERE AND USED TO BE ABLE TO PARK FREE SO MANY PLACES ALL OVER THE CITY AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
AND IT'S THAT THE FREE PARKING, UM, AREAS ARE JUST DRINKING AND SHRINKING.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE, UH, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE, BUT I MEAN, I, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HAVING LIKE, SOME SORT OF HANG TAG THAT YOU CAN GET, YOU CAN APPLY FOR MAYBE THE SAME PROCESS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HAM USES TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, UH, PROOF OF MUSICIANSHIP AND THAT COULD ALLOW YOU TO PARK IN, YOU KNOW, METERED PARKING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT WE, WE DO NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING, UM, AS THE PAY PARKING SPACES ARE EXPANDING OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN.
UM, SO I DO WANNA CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AND I ALSO HEAR YOUR EXHAUSTION STEWART, AND FEEL IT TOO
THE MUSIC COMMUNITY DOESN'T PUT ALL OF OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET.
AND IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MUSICAL THING RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, JUST THE DOWNTOWN PEOPLE AND TOURISTS.
BECAUSE THE MORE YOU PACK IT DOWNTOWN, THE LESS PEOPLE WANT TO GO THERE.
AND THAT'S WHY THESE SATELLITE PLACES ARE, ARE STARTED UP ALREADY, YOU KNOW, WELL, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT FACILITY, RIGHT? WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ABILITY TO PARK IN A DOWNTOWN SPACE.
NOT, THERE'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT CONVERSATION TO BE HAD ABOUT OTHER PLACES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY TO PLAY IN VENUES.
UM, BUT I I, I, AT THIS POINT, I THINK WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE FACILITATING, UM, PARKING DOWNTOWN SPECIFICALLY.
BUT MY RESPONSE WAS, YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME.
WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
WE'RE HERE TO HAVE A, A VIABLE DISCOURSE, MY MAN.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR LITERALLY 30 YEARS.
AND AGAIN, LOTS OF GOOD IDEAS, BUT FOR SOME REASON IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
WELL, YOU'RE ON THE MUSIC COMMISSION NOW, BROTHER, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO FACILITATE.
UM, SO I THINK NEXT STEPS, UM, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU HAD THOSE PHONE CALLS TODAY, SCOTT.
SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE GUYS OUT IN THE NEXT MEETING.
IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO TALK WITH THEM AGAIN, SCOTT, IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE ON THE COMMISSION THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THAT, THAT PHONE CALL OR ZOOM, AND LET'S TRY TO ENCOURAGE STAFF, AND I KNOW THEY'RE BUSY WITH LOTS OF THINGS, BUT I KNOW THEY ALSO WANNA HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
LET'S, LET'S, LET'S ASK THEM OR WORKSHOP SOME CONCRETE POSSIBILITIES AND TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, EVEN IF IT'S JUST SOME INITIAL STEPS.
BUT I MEAN, IF THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC PROGRAM THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED THAT TAKES CARE OF PART OF THE PROBLEM INITIALLY, LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING, AND THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CAN VOTE ON.
AND I, I WOULD SAY LIKE IT WOULD BE GOOD TO FOCUS ON DOWNTOWN INITIALLY.
UH, WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THAT DISTRICT, ZOE, WHO'S TALKED ABOUT WANTING, UH, TO SUPPORT MUSICIANS HERE.
I MEAN, NOT JUST TALKED ABOUT IT, I'M SURE THAT HE DOES.
SO THIS IS A CONCRETE THING THAT HE CAN HELP CHAMPION.
SO, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, SCOTT, IF YOU CAN TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS AND BRING ZOE INTO THE CONVERSATION AS WELL AND STAFF.
SO THEN IN OUR NEXT MEETING, LET'S, LET'S
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SEE IF THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE IDEAS THAT WE COULD EVALUATE IN THAT MEETING AND, AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT.UM, AND WITH THAT, IF THAT'S GOOD FOR EVERYBODY, I THINK WE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
AND THANK YOU FOR THIS ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
AND SO YES, PLEASE CONTINUE, UH, ANYONE ON THE COMMISSION THAT'S, THAT'S INTERESTED IN THIS AND SCOTT'S, UH, BEEN TAKING POINT AND SO I'D LOVE FOR THAT TO CONTINUE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT BUDGET NOW.
SO, UH, THE BOND AND BUDGET WORKING
[6. Discussion and possible action on Music Commission budget recommendations for the next fiscal year.]
GROUP, WHICH IS THE MOST SEXY, EXCITING WORKING GROUP EVER.AND ALSO MY NEW BAND NAME, UH, THE BOND AND BUDGET WORKING GROUP, WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING.
I'M STEALING THAT BAND NAME FROM YOU, BY THE WAY.
WE CAN BOTH HAVE, I COULD BE LIKE BOND AND BUDGET GROUP PART TWO OR SOMETHING
UH, YEAH, SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT, SHANE, WE'LL FLIP FOR IT.
UM, SO WE, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A DOCUMENT TO SHARE WITH YOU, BUT WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY THREE BUDGET ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT.
UH, ONE OF 'EM I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK ERICA TO COME UP FOR IN A SECOND, IF I'M JUST GIVING YOU A HEADS UP ON THE PAID MUSICIAN PROGRAM, WE DO WANNA PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THAT.
UH, BUT THE FIRST THING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT, SO THIS IS, UM, SOMETHING FOR ADC, AND THIS WAS VOTED ON BY THEIR BOARD, AND WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON THAT BOARD FOR MUSIC, UH, EMMETT BEVO.
AND SO THEIR BOARD HAS SUPPORT HAS, IS GOING TO REQUEST IN THE FISCAL YEAR, UM, 24 BUDGET, 2.5 MILLION PER YEAR FOR 10 YEARS TO SUPPORT A A D C.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S ORGANIZATIONAL FUNDING AND IT'S PROGRAMMING AND IT WILL HELP THEM.
THEY HAVE JUST BECOME A 5 0 1
SO IT HELPS THEM, UM, REALLY ESTABLISH THEIR PROGRAMMING.
AND WHEN I SAY PROGRAMMING, I MEAN BASICALLY THESE ARE REAL ESTATE NEGOTIATIONS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT SPACE AND REAL ESTATE IS GETTING, IS EXPENSIVE AND GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE.
SO THAT WILL HELP, UM, PRESERVE AND CREATE NEW CREATIVE SPACE HERE IN AUSTIN.
AND, UH, ANNE GATLING HAYES, IN MY TALKS WITH HER, SHE DEFINITELY WANTS US TO BE A CITY THAT IS VERY MUSIC FORWARD WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SPACE USE.
AND THAT CAN LOOK AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT IT COULD BE VENUES, IT COULD BE RECORDING SPACE, IT COULD EVEN BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE PART OF EVERY DISCUSSION FOR, FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TOWN, UH, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE MAKING ZONING REQUESTS OR, UM, ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL VARIANCES OR ENTITLEMENTS.
SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, FUNDING THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THAT'S 0.1 IN OUR BUDGET, UH, 2.5 MILLION, UM, PER YEAR FOR 10 YEARS.
SO WE'RE JUST SUPPORTING, UH, AN EXISTING ASK THAT WILL BE HAPPENING.
AND THEN, YEAH, SO THE SECOND ONE, UM, ERICA, YEAH, SO WE WANTED TO SUPPORT SPECIFICALLY THE CITY'S PAID MUSICIAN PROGRAM.
AND WHAT, WHAT WAS THIS? YEAR'S DOLLAR AMOUNT, 60, NOT IN SOUTH FIVE, BUT I'M DOUBLE CHECKING THAT.
SHOULD WE, SHOULD I CIRCLE BACK TO YOU OR PLEASE.
OKAY, SO WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.
SO THE, THE NUMBER WILL BE HIGHER THAN 60 THOUGH,
UM, AND THEN, UH, SOMETHING ELSE THAT CAME UP IN OUR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BUDGET.
UM, SO THIS WILL BE, ITEM TWO IS A WAY TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO MUSICIANS WHEN THEY LOSE GIGS BECAUSE OF WEATHER OR OTHER RELATED, UM, EMERGENCIES.
SO OUR ASK FOR THAT, AND THIS IS, SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S COMING OUT OF ANOTHER, THIS IS GONNA NEED TO PROBABLY BE HOPPED AND, AND AND CHAMPIONED SOMEWHAT.
UM, BUT LAUREN AND SCOTT ESPECIALLY HAVE, HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND, UH, SO WE CALLED IT, UH, AND SO THE NAME OF IT WOULD BE THE STORMY WEATHER FUND, $800,000, UH, PER YEAR.
DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT, OREN, BECAUSE YOU WERE IN THAT MEETING, ORN OR SCOTT? YEAH, YEAH.
THE, THE BASIC IDEA IS THERE WAS AN ESTIMATE OF 1,600 MUSICIANS WERE NOT ABLE TO GO TO PAID GIGS DURING THE, UH, ICE STORM EVENT WHEN THERE WAS A WEEK OF HAVING NO POWER FAILURE.
SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO, UH, ALLOCATE UP TO $1,000
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PER MUSICIAN IF THEY CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE LOST REVENUE BECAUSE OF THE CITY DECLARED EMERGENCY.AND, UH, UP TO $1,000 TIMES 1,600 MUSICIANS, THAT'S $1.6 MILLION.
UH, NOW THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY YEAR, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT JUST THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE HAD A DEEP FREEZE, UM, IN 2021, AND WE'VE HAD THIS ICE STORM THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE GONNA ESTIMATE THAT EVERY TWO YEARS WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO COME UP WITH 1.6 MILLION.
THAT'S HOW WE GET THE $800,000 FIGURE.
THE IDEA IS THIS MONEY WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLY TO PEOPLE, UH, MUSICIANS AND PEOPLE, UM, THAT ARE IN MUSIC RELATED ROLES SUCH AS SOUND PEOPLE OR THINGS LIKE THAT FOR GIGS THAT GET CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER AND IN PARTICULAR POWER FAILURES.
AND THEN WHAT DID YOU SAY WITH THE FUNDING SOURCE? OH, WELL, OKAY.
SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT THIS BE, THIS COME FROM AUSTIN ENERGY'S BUDGET, UH, BECAUSE THAT IS THE SOURCE OF THE POWER FAILURES AND BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE THAT, UH, TO THE ECONOMY OF, AND THE MUS MUSIC INDUSTRY THAT THAT IS CAUSING, WE FEEL THAT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO, UH, STICK THAT INTO THE BUDGET.
SO NEXT STEPS ON THAT, WE WILL, SO WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND WE'LL VOTE ON THESE ITEMS TONIGHT AND WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE, PUT THIS ALL IN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, UM, IF EVERYBODY'S GOOD WITH THIS, AND THAT'LL BE SUBMITTED ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSION BUDGETS, UM, RE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEMS, SINCE IT'S, IT'S KIND OF, IT'S NEW AND INNOVATIVE, UM, WE MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT FORMING A WORKING GROUP OR HAVING SOMEBODY PARTICULARLY TAKE POINT ON THIS, BE BE THE LEADER OF HOW TO GET THIS TO HAPPEN.
BUT THE, THE AUSTIN ENERGY, ONE THING THAT'S NOTABLE ABOUT AUSTIN ENERGY IS THAT THEY DO SOME OF THEIR, THEIR REVENUE DOES GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THIS WOULD BE BASICALLY, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE LIKE IT'S COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUNDER, IT WOULD BE A DIVERSION OF MONEY THAT'S COMING OUT OF, OF, OF FUNDS THAT WERE GONNA BE SENT AWAY FROM AUSTIN ENERGY.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA MEAN LIKE PAY CUTS OR ANYTHING FOR AUSTIN ENERGY EMPLOYEES.
WE'RE NOT TAKING AWAY THEIR OPERATING BUDGET, BUT IT WOULD BE MONEY COMING INTO THE GENERAL FUND THAT'S DESIGNATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND WE'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE TO INCLUDE IT IN THE BUDGET AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND THEN THE THIRD, YEAH, DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT? YEAH, GO AHEAD LAUREN.
YEAH, LAUREN IS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY HELPED US WITH THE MAP ON THIS, SO THANK YOU, LAUREN.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME FROM, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE PULLING THIS IDEA OUT OF THIN AIR AND KINDA STARTING IT FROM SCRATCH.
SO I, THE WHERE, WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME FROM IS THE AUSTIN MUSIC CENSUS THAT JUST, UM, CAME OUT IN 2022.
UM, THERE WERE 20 262,260 RESPONDENTS AND 71% OF THOSE IDENTIFIED AS MUSIC CREATIVES.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE 1600 MUSIC, I WAS LIKE, WHERE CAN I GET A RELIABLE NUMBER OF HOW MANY MUSICIANS WE'RE GONNA TRY TO SERVE SINCE WE JUST HAD THAT MUSIC CENSUS? THAT'S WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME FROM.
IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE BEST NUMBER TO USE, BUT IT FELT LIKE A GOOD STARTING POINT.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME FROM.
UM, AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY, UH, FURTHER DATA OR OTHER INFORMATION THAT THEY WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO DIAL THAT IN ANYMORE, UM, THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.
AND, UH, JUST, I, I WONDER IF, BY SHOW OF HANDS AMONGST THE COMMISSION HERE, THOSE OF US WHO ARE WORKING MUSICIANS, UH, HAD, DID, WERE WE IMPACTED BY, UH, THE WEATHER LOSING GIGS EITHER THIS YEAR OR DURING THE BIG FREEZE OF, UH, 2021? ALL OF THEM, YES.
NOT SO MUCH THIS YEAR, BUT 2021 FOR SURE.
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SO YEAH, SO IT'S A GREAT IDEA.LET'S DEFINITELY PUT IT IN THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T WANT IT TO JUST GET, GET FILED AWAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE FOR THE COMMISSION TO COMPU CONTINUE WORKING ON THIS AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD FUNCTION.
LAUREN, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR? I WAS JUST GONNA VOLUNTEER, UH, TO HELP CHAMPION IT IF, IF YOU NEED SOMEONE TO, TO DO THAT.
SO WHEN YOU'RE READY, RIGHT? SO YEAH, WHEN YOU'RE READY TO COME BACK AND, AND GIVE US AN UPDATE OR ASK FOR INPUT OR WHATNOT, JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S FOR YOU TO SAY, YEAH, OKAY, WE'RE READY TO HAVE THIS AS AN AGENDA ITEM ON, YOU KNOW, IN MAY OR JUNE OR WHATEVER.
BUT JUST, UH, THE THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT THE BUDGET, THE CITY COUNCIL DOES A LOT OF WORK OF WORK ON THE BUDGET IN JULY, SO WE WOULD WANT SOME THINGS CRYSTALLIZED, UH, BY THEN.
UM, YEAH, SO MY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES JUST RECENTLY CHAMPIONED A BILL TO WORK ON VARYING POWER LINES AND OTHER RESPONSES TO THE LATEST WINTER STORM.
SO, UM, I'M HOPING THAT, UH, MAYBE TALKING TO HER ABOUT THIS IDEA WILL HELP TO KIND OF BUILD ON SOME OF THE STUFF THAT SHE'S ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON.
SO, SO SHOULD WE PLAN ON GETTING THE, UH, BANGING BUDGET BOND WORKING GROUP TOGETHER AGAIN IN, UH, I LOVE YOUR ALLITERATION, BY THE WAY.
AND YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL SET UP A PLAN FOR THAT.
AND SO THAT GROUP, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE'LL, WE'LL MEET WHEN WE HAVE SPECIFIC THINGS TO DEAL WITH.
UM, AND IF THERE'S NOTHING BUDGET RELATED GOING ON, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT HAPPENING.
BUT, AND THERE WILL BE BONDS COMING, YOU KNOW, THE BOND SEASON WILL BE PROBABLY IN 24, THERE'LL PROBABLY BE SOME BONDS, UH, THAT ARE RELATED, UM, LIKE ANOTHER, A SECOND CULTURAL TRUST BOND MAY BE HAPPENING.
SO, UH, WE'LL BE BACK IN ACTION FOR THAT ONE TOO.
AND I'LL, LAUREN, I'LL, I'LL TALK TO MY COUNCIL MEMBER AS WELL, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HE'S, HE'S ENGAGED IN.
I'M IN DISTRICT FOR CHEETO VELA.
AND THEN THE THIRD, UH, THING THAT I BROUGHT UP EARLIER, AND, UH, ERICA WAS CRUNCHING SOME NUMBERS FOR ME QUICKLY AND SENT ME A TEXT.
SO THE PAID MUSICIAN, THE CITY PAID MUSICIAN, UH, PERFORMANCE PROGRAM THIS YEAR, UH, HAD A BUDGET OF $60,000.
SO FOR, WE WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THAT TO $90,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 24.
SO THAT WOULD BE OUR, OUR THIRD BUDGET ITEM.
UM, SO DO WE HAVE, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MOLLY'S TAKING FURIOUS NOTES, UM, PLEASE DO
SO, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, OKAY.
DO WE HAVE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY, WHAT? DID SOMEBODY HAVE A COMMENT? I'M SORRY.
I, I'M APOLOGIZING AS A, UH, SITUATION AT MY HOUSE.
UH, CAN YOU HOLD ON ONE SECOND? YEAH.
YEAH, I CAN'T, UM, OH, THERE YOU ARE.
YOU GOTTA BE ON VIDEO TO VOTE.
OKAY, SO THE THREE ITEMS ARE THE 2.5 MILLION PER YEAR, UH, AS A, AS SUGGESTED BY THE A E D C, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SO SUPPORTING THAT, UH, $800,000 PER YEAR FOR THE STORMY WEATHER FUND FOR DISASTER RELATED EVENTS THAT CAUSE A LOSS OF GIGS FOR MUSICIANS, UH, TO COME OUT OF THE AUSTIN ENERGY BUDGET.
AND THE THIRD THING IS $90,000 FOR THE CITY PAID MUSICIAN PROGRAM, UH, MANAGED BY MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO SEPARATE THOSE, BECAUSE I'M NOT QUITE SURE ABOUT THAT FIRST ONE IN THE 2.5 MILLION AND WHERE THAT NUMBER'S COMING FROM AND WHY THEY NEED THAT? SO, I, I, I, I DON'T THINK I CAN VOTE ON ALL OF 'EM AT ONCE.
I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ALL IT AT ONCE.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO SEPARATE AND VOTE ON EACH ONE? I DON'T THINK WE CAN.
I THINK WE HAVE TO, UM, LIKE WE HAVE TO VOTE ON A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO, I MEAN, WE COULD PULL THAT ONE OUT, BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD, LIKE, THAT'S, THAT'S COMING FROM LIKE A D C IS GONNA MAKE THAT ASK, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SUPPORT IT.
PART OF THAT IS GONNA GO TOWARDS 11TH STREET, SOME OF THAT IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
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HERITAGE DISTRICT, WHICH I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO SUPPORT FOR SURE.LIKE I, I'LL BE HONEST, LIKE I HAVEN'T ASKED FOR A BALANCE SHEET OR ANYTHING, BUT I'M TRUSTING THE, THE A A D C STAFF AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT INCLUDES CARL SETTLES FOR ART AND EMMETT BEVO FOR MUSIC.
UM, SO I JUST, AND GIVEN THE PRICE OF REAL ESTATE IN AUSTIN, I THINK THAT'S, IT'S MODEST.
LIKE THEY NEED TO GROW THAT, THAT DEPARTMENT OR THAT ORGANIZATION, AND THEY, THEY NEED TO CONTINUE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, LIKE THE CULTURAL TRUST HAS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE LIKE 14, AROUND 14 MILLION THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH.
AND UM, IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH FOR THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE.
SO WE COULD, WE COULD, HERE'S A COMPROMISE THAT IF WE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE JUST, UH, SAYING 2.5 MILLION FOR 10 YEARS, WE COULD JUST SAY 2.5 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, AND WE'LL REVISIT THIS NEXT YEAR AND SEE IF WE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, UM, WITH THE MONEY.
BUT THEY HAVE SO LITTLE STAFF.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT GROUP DOES, YOU KNOW, IN COMPARISON LIKE ED D HAS LIKE 70, 70 STAFF MEMBERS, THEY DON'T, IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE SAME.
I'M COMPARING APPLES TO ORANGES A LITTLE BIT, WHEREAS THEY, ADC CURRENTLY HAS THREE STAFF MEMBERS.
SO I GUESS, I GUESS I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH, WITH THE ONE YEAR, OR I CAN JUST ABSTAIN FROM VOTING, BUT I JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION THAT IT MAY NOT BE A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT I, I JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT'S BEING, HOW THAT'S BEING ALLOCATED.
SO IF WE'RE NOT GONNA SEPARATE IT, THEN I JUST HAVE TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS VOTE.
HEY, SHAKKA, I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, BENEFICIAL TO COMMUNICATE POSSIBLY WITH LAUREN ON THIS.
SHE'S DONE, SEEMS THAT SHE'S DONE A LOT OF, SHE'S CRUNCHED THE NUMBERS IN A WAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, MY EYES BEEN BLAZING OVER, BUT NOT ON THAT ITEM.
OH OH, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
BUT
I WOULD, WELL, I WOULD BE 2.5 PER YEAR FOR 10 YEARS.
WELL LET'S GO FOR THE ONE YEAR RESOLUTION.
YEAH, I, I, I'D LIKE THE SHORTER IDEA CUZ I WANNA SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN WITH 10 YEARS WE'RE COMMITTED, YOU KNOW, THANK GODS.
AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT, YOU KNOW, WITH ONE YEAR WE CAN GET A FEEL FOR IT.
ONE YEAR'S REALLY NOT ENOUGH TO KNOW FOR SURE, I THINK, BUT WE'LL KNOW SOMETHING IF, IF THERE WERE A TWO OR A THREE YEAR RESOLUTION THAT MIGHT BE EVEN BETTER WELL'S, IF I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOU, IT'S THAT YOU LIKE THINGS TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, SO I'M, I'M
YEAH, I, I MEAN I JUST, I I'M IN THE, I GUESS I'M IN A PUSHY MODE RIGHT NOW.
UH, OKAY, SO DOES ANYBODY WANNA MAKE AN, UM, THEN WE WOULD HAVE AN AMENDMENT.
THIS GETS INTO THE ROBERTS RULES WEEDS, BUT WE COULD HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO MY MOTION THAT THE 2.5 MILLION, LIKE STUART, DID YOU WANNA SUGGEST 2.5 MILLION FOR TWO YEARS OR DO YOU WANNA MAKE SURE, I MEAN, TWO WILL GIVE US AN IDEA WITHOUT BURNING, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT BURNING UP ALL THE MONEY.
OH, I'M SORRY, COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? I JUST THOUGHT I, I SAID, I SAID THAT YEAH, TWO YEARS WOULD PROBABLY GIVE US A BASIC IDEA, BUT WITHOUT BURNING UP ALL OF OUR MONEY FOR 10 YEARS, YOU KNOW.
SO DOES ANYBODY WANNA, I THINK WE HAVE TO SECOND THE AMENDMENT.
DOES ANYBODY WANNA SECOND STEWART'S AMENDMENT? OKAY, ONE SECOND, LAUREN SECOND.
UH, I'M NOT SURE IF WE ALL HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT.
SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
SO TWO, 2.5 MILLION FOR TWO YEARS.
WE'VE GOT LAUREN, ME, SCOTT, SHANE, UH, STEWART SHAKKA IS GONNA ABSTAIN, UH, VOLLEY OREN AND LEONARD AND SHAKKA.
IS THAT CORRECT? YOU'RE ABSTAINING ON THAT? CORRECT.
AND SO WITH THAT AMENDMENT, NOW WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON THE OVERALL BUDGET MOTION.
SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THE BUDGET MOTION WITH THAT AMENDMENT.
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OKAY.STUART, DID YOU WANNA, OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT, UH, YEAH, COMMISSIONER SULLIVAN, STRICKLAND, MELA, BARTEL, GOLD, ME, ROSENTHAL, AND DLA, AND THEN ONE ABSTENTION, WHICH IS COMMISSIONER MAHO.
AND KIM, I'LL GET YOU THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENT ON THAT.
SO WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM TONIGHT.
[7. Conduct officer elections for Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Parliamentarian. ]
IS TIME FOR OFFICER ELECTIONS.IT FEELS LIKE THIS YEAR WENT BY REALLY FAST.
UM, SO WE'LL START, WE'LL, WE'LL DO, UH, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND PARLIAMENTARIAN.
SO I HAVE LOVED BEING CHAIR OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION.
I HAVE, UH, SOME SPECIFIC THINGS ON THE COMMISSION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON MORE AND NOT BE KIND OF PULLED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, SPECIFICALLY LAND USE.
UH, THE LAND USE WORKING GROUP IS WORKING ON SOME REALLY EXCITING STUFF.
SO I DO LOVE BEING PART OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, BUT I, UM, AM GONNA STEP DOWN AS CHAIR AND, UH, I WILL NOMINATE MY VICE-CHAIR.
UH, WORKED REALLY HARD ON THINGS, YOU KNOW, SHE ALSO IS, YOU KNOW, VERY IMMERSED IN THE MUSIC COMMUNITY AND, UM, WORKED ON A LOT OF D EI EFFORTS, WHICH ARE SO IMPORTANT TO US.
AND DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO, TO THROW THEIR HAT IN HIS CHAIR? DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY.
SO, UM, ALL DO WE NEED A SECOND THE NOMINATION? KIM, DO YOU KNOW? UH, I DON'T THINK YOU DO.
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO SECOND.
SO ALL IN FAVOR OF A NEW CHAIR OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION, NAGA VOLUME.
SO EVERYBODY ON THE DIAS STA ROSENTHAL PATTERSON, UH, ME, CHARLA, AND, UH, GOULD, UM, SULLIVAN, BARTELL AND STRICKLAND.
SO I THINK THAT IS CONGRATULATIONS.
SO NOW, UH, VICE CHAIR, DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS? YEAH.
UM, AND CHARLOTTE, YOU'VE, UH, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY PRODUCTIVE YEAR.
YOU'VE SHOWN THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO BUILD ON WORK THAT WAS DONE IN THE PAST AND ADVANCE IT AS WELL.
UH, PEOPLE ARE HAVING FUN, WE'RE GETTING THINGS DONE, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU CONTINUE IN LEADERSHIP, EVEN IF YOU'RE NO LONGER GOING TO BE THE CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE ANNE CHARLOTTE PATTERSON AS VICE CHAIR.
SO I HAPPILY ACCEPT, UH, THAT NOMINATION.
SO DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO FIGHT ME FAR? NO, I MEAN, THAT WANTS TO RUN
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE HAVE, UH, ANY OTHER TAKERS, SO WE CAN, DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT NOMINATION? THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT.
SO ALL FAVOR OF ME BEING THE NEW VICE-CHAIR.
SO WE HAVE, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE DLA OREN, UH, ROSEN, ROSENTHAL, UH, PATTERSON, ME, CHARLA, BARTEL, GOLD, MAHO, AND STRICKLAND ON THAT.
AND THEN, UM, LAST OF ALL, WE HAVE TO, UM, NOMINATE A PARLIAMENTARIAN.
OUR CURRENT PARLIAMENTARIAN IS, OR SO OREN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE? UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO CONTINUE.
UM, I, UH, IF, UH, ALTHOUGH IF ANY OF THE NEW MEMBERS WANT TO GET INVOLVED, THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO, UM, JUST STAY, STAY ON TOP OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, BUT I WILL ACCEPT UNLESS, UM, UNLESS THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN, IN TAKING THIS ROLE.
UH, SO IN THAT CASE, I, I NOMINATE OREN TO CONTINUE AS PARLIAMENTARIAN.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT? COMMISSIONER STRICKLAND, I THINK GOT HIS HAND UP A SECOND BEFORE COMMISSIONER MAHO, JUST BARELY.
SO, ALL IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER ROSENTHAL CONTINUING AS PARLIAMENTARIAN.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS UNANIMOUS.
SO WE CAN MOVE AHEAD TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND I'LL LET OUR NEW CHAIR,
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NO, SHE'S LIKE, NO, NOT YET.OH, DON'T Y'ALL HAVE A SECRETARY? SECRETARY? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SECRETARY.
I THINK WE VOTED THAT OUT AT SOME POINT.
YOU DIDN'T? YEAH, BECAUSE IT WAS GRAHAM, OREN, YOU.
AND, UM, AND NAGA WERE THE FOUR OFFICERS.
SO, UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S A SECRETARY.
THAT STILL HASN'T BEEN FILLED.
I'M SORRY I FOR DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.
UM, I NOMINATE STEWART'S ADORABLE DOG.
I WAS GONNA SAY THE SAME THING.
NO, ONLY CATS ON THIS COMMISSION.
WELL, PRETTY MUCH ME AND LAUREN HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THAT, SO, UM, YEAH.
SO DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE THEMSELVES AS SECRETARY? ANYBODY? COME ON, LAUREN, COME ON.
I THINK THE WAY, I THINK THE WAY GRAHAM GOT INTO THAT ROLE WAS HE WASN'T HERE.
IS THERE SOMEONE WHO'S NOT HERE THAT, UH, LESS SO THAT'S NOT HERE.
OH, I HATE TO DO THAT TO YOUR, ON OUR VERY FIRST MEETING, RIGHT OUT THE GATE.
LOOK, IT WAS THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT, SO I THINK IT JUST GOTTA GET HANDED DOWN.
I THINK SHE WOULD BE A GREAT AT, THAT COULD BE A DEFAULT FOR US.
WHY DON'T WE TAKE THAT UP WITH THE NA AT THE NEXT MEETING THEN? UH, SO WE'LL MAKE THAT A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, UH, THE ELECTION OF SECRETARY AND I'LL, UH, ONE OF US CAN REACH OUT TO CELESTE AND LET HER KNOW SHE HAS NO CHOICE.
YEAH, BUT I DO, I THINK SHE WOULD DO A GREAT JOB.
I MEAN, SHE, SHE WOULD BE AWESOME.
SO, AND WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE HER ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IF ANYBODY ELSE, LIKE, THINK IT OVER, UM, IT'S NOT A HEAVY LIFT PARTICULARLY.
SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO FUTURE AGENDA
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ITEMS. UM, SO I USUALLY, I JUST LIKE TO DO THEM AS A BATCH.IF ANYBODY HAS AN ISSUE WITH ANYTHING ANYBODY SUGGESTS, THEN WE CAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT OR MODIFY IT.
UH, BUT FIRST, UH, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOLLOWING STAFF.
UPDATE ON THE LIVE MUSIC FUND PERFORMANCE PROGRAM OR LIVE MUSIC FUND PROGRAM.
UH, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOLLOWING, UH, UPDATE FROM THE JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC, URBAN CORE LAND USE WORKING GROUP.
UM, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION, UH, FOLLOWING A STAFF UPDATE ON MUSICIAN PARKING.
AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION FOLLOWING, UM, AN UPDATE ON SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FROM THEIR STAFF ON MUSICIAN PAY AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UH, YEAH, SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION ON SATURDAY.
IT'S GOING TO BE OUR JOINT, UH, MEETING WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION, RIGHT? IS EVERYBODY AWARE? NO, I WASN'T AWARE OF IT.
SO WOULD, WOULD THAT GENERATE ANY, UH, IS THAT LIKELY TO GENERATE, GENERATE ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS? YEAH, I MEAN, WE COULD CERTAINLY, WHY DON'T WE SAY, YEAH.
DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION FOLLOWING A RECAP OF THE JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC, UH, MEETING AND YEAH, THAT REAL QUICKLY, I WANNA, DO YOU WANNA SAY LIKE, WE HAVE TO HAVE QUORUM? IT'LL BE A REAL BUMMER IF WE SHOW UP IN, UH, BOTH ARTS AND MUSIC HAVE TO HAVE QUORUM.
SO IF YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE COMING KEY PEOPLE.
WE NEED, UH, WE ACTUALLY NEED SEVEN MUSIC COMMISSIONERS THERE.
SO CAN I JUST GET LIKE A ROUGH HEADCOUNT RIGHT NOW? LIKE IF YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA, IF YOU'RE GOING PLANNING TO GO, GO AHEAD.
STUART, ARE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND? YEAH, HE IS.
YEAH, SO, AND I THINK CELESTE IS GONNA TRY TO GO TOO, BUT YES.
UH, SO YES, PLEASE, EVERYBODY GO.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? COMMISSIONER GOLD HAD SOMETHING TO SAY? WELL, GO AHEAD.
I WAS GONNA SAY EXACTLY WHAT OR SAID.
I WAS GONNA SAY WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE AN UPDATE, UH, AFTER THAT JOINT OKAY.
OR, AND KIM HAS A NOTE FOR US.
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THAT, UH, NAGA IS ON TWO BOTH COMMISSIONS AND CAN ONLY FILL QUORUM FOR ONE OR THE OTHER COMMISSION.SO SHE, THAT'S WHY WE WENT AHEAD AND THAT'S WHY THE SEVEN SAID SEVEN OF US.
IN CASE SHE WINDS UP HAVING TO BE QUORUM FOR HEART.
YEAH, SHE CAN FLOAT EITHER WAY.
SO YES, EVERYBODY THAT RAISED YOUR HAND, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE BE THERE.
UM, AND THERE'S GONNA BE SNACKS, BUT I'VE, I'VE ASKED LIKE THREE TIMES.
I'VE CONFIRMED THAT THERE'S GONNA BE PLENTY OF SNACKS.
UH, SO WE'LL BE, AND WE'LL BE IN THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION ROOM.
CITY HALL, BUT JUST ACROSS THE LOBBY AT 1130.
SO, UH, A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ALL THOSE AGENDA ITEMS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THOSE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. YES.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S UNANIM MS. OKAY.
DID SOMEBODY ELSE TAKE IT? YEAH.
DOES ANYBODY WANT A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SORRY, I CAN'T TELL.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE THEIR MOTION TO ADJOURN? OKAY, IT LOOKS AND A SECOND.
ANNE, COULD I ASK YOU A QUESTION? OH, YEAH, YEAH.
THE JOINT ME THE JOINT MEETING, IS THAT A MEETING WHERE I NEED TO GO THERE FROM START TO FINISH? BECAUSE I HAVE ANOTHER EVENT AT 3, 2, 3, I THINK THAT I NEED, NEED TO GO TO.
AS LONG AS WE DON'T LOSE QUORUM WHEN YOU LEAVE.
SO, BUT YES, I THINK WE'RE GONNA, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, PLENTY OF PEOPLE.
LOOKS LIKE WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE EIGHT OF US AND WE NEED SEVEN, SO, YEAH.
UH, I JUST, FOR, FOR I LOVING YOU.