Jun 12, 2023 Arts Commission

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HI, EVERYBODY.

WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED.

IS IT RECORDING? OKAY.

UH,

[CALL TO ORDER]

I USE SHE HER PRONOUNS.

UM, I BELIEVE WE ARE NOT LIVE STREAMING TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY COMPETING LIVE STREAMS HAPPENING.

WE ARE BEING RECORDED AND IT WILL BE BROADCAST ON WEDNESDAY.

OKAY.

I WILL NOW CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.

THIS IS THE JUNE 12TH, 2023 MEETING OF THE ARTS COMMISSION.

UM, AND WE'LL START WITH TAKING ROLE.

I HAVE COMMISSIONER CHI PRESENT.

UH, COMMISSIONER CHARLA.

SHOW YOU AS PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER GRAY.

PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER MALDONADO.

YEAH.

OKAY.

AND COMMISSIONER GARZA.

OKAY.

WE'LL START WITH PUBLIC

[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]

BRILLIANT.

AWESOME.

WE HAVE NATALIE EARHART FROM ALMOST REAL THINGS.

WELCOME.

HELLO, I'M NATALIE FROM ALMOST REAL THINGS.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE AN EVENT THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON THAT INVOLVES A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN AUSTIN.

IT'S CALLED BIG SPLASH, SO THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR WE'RE DOING IT.

UM, THERE ARE 17 CREATIVE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING OUR OWN, THAT ARE INVOLVED.

THEY'RE GONNA, THAT ARE GONNA BE SHOWCASING WHAT THEY DO.

SO IT'S A TIME FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM, COLLABORATE AND MAKE A BIG IMPACT TOGETHER.

UM, IT'S ALSO AN EASY ENTRY POINT FOR NEW ARTISTS TO COME THAT ARE, UH, CURIOUS ABOUT JOINING ONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, LEARNING ABOUT MORE OPPORTUNITIES OR JUST COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE AUSTIN ARTS SCENE THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT ALREADY.

SO THAT'S ON JULY 1ST AT 8:00 PM AT DISTRIBUTION HALL.

IT'S CALLED BIG SPLASH.

UM, ALL THE INFOS@BIGSPLASHATX.COM.

UM, AND SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, IS, UH, ART ISLAND ARTIST CO ATX URBAN ART BLUE DEIN COLLECTIVE CONTRA COMMON FUSE BOX GAN BAY GALS, HIGHLAND COLLECTIVE LASA FRIEND US, UH, THE LITTLE GAY SHOP, MESMERIZED OF COLOR OF C CREATIVES RAISIN IN THE SUN RICHES ART GALLERY AND THE SIMS FOUNDATION.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK Y'ALL DO.

OKAY, WE WILL NOW

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

CAN I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE COMMISSIONER GRAY.

CAN I GET A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND FROM MALDONADO.

UM, VOTE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH.

SWEET.

THAT'S EVERYONE.

NOW WE WILL

[2. Discussion of Chair’s Report on Rude Mechs and Austin Bat Cave by Chair Zisman]

OUR CHAIR IS NOT HERE.

THAT'S WHY YOU GET ME AND I DON'T HAVE HER REPORT.

SO HAPPY PRIDE.

NOW WE'LL

[3. Discussion of the Art in Public Places Liaison Report by Commissioner Gray]

REPORT BY COMMISSIONER GRAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CO-CHAIR.

UM, THE A I P P MEETING WAS HELD ON MONDAY, UH, SO OFF IT WAS HELD ON, UH, JUNE 9TH.

AND, UH, I AM BY THE END BOY, SORRY, I'M IN PRODUCTION, SO I'M A LITTLE SCATTERED.

SO I APOLOGIZE.

I'M GONNA READ, BUT I ACTUALLY WROTE, PUT DOWN, UH, THE A I P P RETREAT.

UH, IT'S STILL ON HOLD.

IT WAS A POLL SENT OUT.

UH, AND WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF TRYING TO GET THAT TO HAPPEN.

I THINK WE'RE CLOSE.

I DO THINK IT'S GONNA BE PUSHED FURTHER THAN WE ANTICIPATED.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.

UM, CONSTANCE, OUR, UH, A I P P, UH, MANAGER, UH, RECOMMENDED PERHAPS IT WOULD BE GOOD TO BE AT THE BEN WHITE LOCATION, UH, WHICH IS IS A WONDERFUL LOCATION TO HAVE OUR MEETINGS, UH, AND ALSO INVOLVE THE MUST HAVE TOPICS FOR US TO ALL ON THE PANEL TO SEND.

THERE WERE SIX INTERVIEWS THAT WILL OR ARE BEING HELD FOR, UH, SIX, NINE APPLICATIONS THAT CAME IN FOR THE A I P P STAFF OPENINGS.

I DON'T RECALL THE ACTUAL WHEN THAT CLOSED, BUT I KNOW IT WAS ABOUT TO ALL THOSE, THOSE INTERVIEWS WERE ABOUT TO EITHER,

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THERE ARE FOUR ARTISTS CALLS ONLINE RIGHT NOW, AND THEY ACTUALLY CLOSE TOMORROW, UH, JUNE 13TH.

UH, SINCE WE'RE NOT LIVE STREAMING, IT MAY BE LAST NOTICE OR NO MORE NOTICE FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE INTERESTED.

UM, THERE WAS AN A I P P OPEN HOUSE ON SATURDAY JUNE 3RD THAT I ATTENDED.

IT WAS, UH, A WONDERFUL EVENT.

GO OVER WHAT THE ACTUAL A I P P PANEL AND THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT DOES.

IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.

IT WAS WELL, UH, ATTENDED.

UM, AND JUST A REMINDER THAT, UM, THERE IS A NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR, UM, A I P P PANEL.

THE A I P P PANEL DOES NEED MEMBERS.

SO IF, UH, ANY OF THE ARTS COMMISSIONERS KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT IS INTERESTED, THIS IS A REMINDER THAT, UH, PANEL MEMBERS ARE NEEDED.

THE DISCUSSION AND ACTIONS, UH, ITEMS, UH, INVOLVED A REVIEW OF THE MID DESIGN FOR THE DO SPRINGS HEALTH FACILITY BY MA GUTIERREZ REVIEW OF THE MID DESIGN FOR THE PARKADE ZARAGOZA BY SAM BARBOSA.

ALSO THE REVIEW OF MID DESIGN FOR THE FIRE STATION ONE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES STATION SIX.

THERE WAS ACTION TAKEN TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED ARTIST FOR THE DOWTY ART CENTER EMERGING ARTIST, A I P P PROJECTS, WHICH WE WILL SEE THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, IS CARL SETTLES ON ONLINE? CARL SETTLES, YES.

OKAY,

[4. Discussion of the Austin Economic Development Corporation/Cultural Trust Advisory Committee by Austin Economic Development Corporation Board Member Carl Settles]

WE HAVE DISCUSSION OF AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND CULTURAL TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE BY A E D C, CORPORATE, A E D C BOARD MEMBER CARL SETTLES.

HI, CARL.

HELLO.

UM, HELLO EVERYBODY.

GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL, UH, VIRTUALLY AGAIN THIS, UH, MONTH.

UM, SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, CORPORATION.

UM, WE HAVE A BLUES AND BUSINESS ON JUNETEENTH, UH, EVENT THAT'S HAPPENING AT KENNY DURHAM'S BACKYARD, UH, NEXT MONDAY, I GUESS A WEEK FROM TODAY.

UM, THAT'S FROM SEVEN 30 TO 10:00 PM AT KENNY DURHAM'S BACKYARD.

UH, WE'LL HAVE MUSIC.

UM, YOU'LL GET TO LEARN MORE ABOUT, UH, THE UPCOMING RFPS THAT ARE GONNA BE SOON BE ISSUED FOR, UM, DEVELOPMENT ON BLOCK 16 AND 18 WITH A, WHICH ARE BOTH THERE ON, UH, EAST 11TH STREET ON EITHER SIDE OF, UH, THE VICTORY GRILL.

UM, AND, UM, SO YOU'LL GET TO MEET A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT, UM, AND, UM, LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.

UH, YOU CAN ALSO GO, UH, TO THE AUSTIN EDC.ORG WEBSITE, UH, TO FIND OUT, UM, MORE INFORMATION.

UM, ALSO, UH, THE, UM, THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD MEETINGS, WHICH USUALLY ALIGN WITH THE ART THERE, THEY TAKE PLACE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE ARTS COMMISSION MEETINGS, UM, INCLUDE A PUBLIC RECORD OF THE CONVERSATION THAT'S GOING ON CUZ THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD IS WHO WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, TO ISSUE, UH, THE RFPS, UH, FOR DEVELOPMENT THERE.

UM, SO YOU CAN GO, UH, AND, UH, VIEW THE PUBLIC RECORD ON THOSE, UH, THOSE TWO PARCELS, UM, AT AUSTIN EDC.ORG.

UM, ALSO, WE HAD A GREAT, UH, EVENT, UM, I GUESS I WAS ABOUT TWO TO THREE WEEKS AGO AT THE PERMITTING.

I FORGET THE EXACT ACRONYM, , WHAT IT STANDS.

IT'S WHERE YOU ALL ARE NOW.

UM, BUT WE HAD A GREAT EVENT ON MAY 24TH, UM, HAD ABOUT 70 PEOPLE.

UM, AND FINALLY, UM, I WERE ABLE TO LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG ON SOME FOLKS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, RECEIVING SOME OF THIS, UH, THIS, UH, THIS, THIS MONEY, THIS CULTURAL, UH, TRUST MONEY.

UM, HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT RU RUDE MAX WILL BE THE FACILITY MANAGER OF THAT SPACE.

AND, UM, THEY'LL BE JOINED BY AUSTIN BATCAVE AS A PROGRAM PARTNER.

UM, PHOTOS AND THE BLESSING THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE EVENT ARE GONNA BE POSTED ONLINE, UH, SHORTLY ALONG WITH COMMENTS COLLECTED FROM THE EVENT, AGAIN@AUSTINEDC.ORG.

UM, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON.

LBJ, STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HELP PROVIDE A CULTURAL TRUST STRATEGY PLAN BASED ON INTERVIEWS, BENCHMARKING WITH OTHER SENIOR,

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THESE INITIAL FINDINGS, OUR POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, AND WE'LL BE THE FOUNDATION OF SOME DISCUSSIONS LATER, UH, THE SUMMER AND INTO THE FALL RELATED TO THE FUTURE OF THE CULTURAL TRUST.

UM, AS WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO IDENTIFY, UM, WHAT, WHAT IS THE OVERALL LONG-TERM STRATEGY IN TERMS OF TOTAL NUMBER OF DOLLARS, UH, CULTURAL TRUST DOLLARS.

THERE ARE 19.4 MILLION, UH, UH, AVAILABLE VIA THE CULTURAL TRUST.

12 MILLION OF THOSE ARE BOND DOLLARS THAT ARE GONNA REMAIN WITH THE CITY AND WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS.

UH, THERE'S ALSO THEN THE REMAINDER OF THAT 7.4 MILLION, UM, FOR, FOR THE ICONIC VENUE FUND, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE, TO US TO THE A E D C FOR FINAL DEPLOYMENT.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE BASED ON ANNOUNCEMENTS APPROVAL, UH, BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN LEGAL AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

UM, I'M LOOKING AT MY CON, CONTINUE TO LOOK THROUGH MY NOTES.

UH, ADC KENJI'S WORK WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND E D D AS WELL AS ORGANIZATIONS ON THE WORK WITH ORGANIZATION ON THE LONG LIST.

THERE WERE 14 ORGANIZATIONS IDENTIFIED, UH, LAST SUMMER THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, CONSIDERED FOR FEASIBILITY.

UM, WE ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS BEING ANNOUNCED IN THE COMING MONTHS AND AS SOON AS FEASIBLE.

UM, THERE ARE MANY UNIQUE STRINGS ATTACHED TO THE PUBLIC DOLLARS THAT NEED TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE EXISTING AND POTENTIAL SPACES.

UH, SO IT'S COMPLICATED TO SAY THE LEAST.

UM, AND, UM, A D C CONTINUES TO UPDATE THE PIPELINE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, POSSIBLE FUNDING ON INFORMATION, UM, AND CONTINUE TO ADD IF THERE ADDITIONAL FOLKS THAT WANT TO BE ADDED TO THAT, UH, FOLKS THAT LIST THE PEOPLE IN THE PIPELINE, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO US, UM, FOR CON CONTACT US FOR UPDATES.

THERE'S NO IMMEDIATE, UH, PLAN TO OPEN THE PIPELINE UNTIL, UM, ADDITIONAL DOLLARS ARE IDENTIFIED.

UM, SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE GENERAL GIST OF WHAT, WHAT WE GOT THIS MONTH.

THANK YOU.

CARL, ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A NAME FOR OH, GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER KIRK.

NOT A QUESTION.

JUST THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING AND SUCH A WONDERFUL AND THOROUGH REPORT.

THAT'S AMAZING.

HOW MUCH IS GOING ON? THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

I DID.

SO I'M REFERRING TO THE SPACE CORRECTLY, THE PDC SPACE THAT THE, THE EVENT WAS SURROUNDING.

DOES IT HAVE A NAME YET? HOW ARE WE REFERRING TO IT? NO.

OKAY.

I DON'T THINKS IT'S JUST THE PART OF THE PARKING, PARKING GARAGE, GARAGE SPACE RIGHT NOW.

PART OF THE PARKING GARAGE UNDERNEATH THE PARKING GARAGE OF THE PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER ON MIDDLE ROAD.

OKAY.

BUT IT'LL HAVE A BETTER NAME ONCE.

AND ARE THERE ANY PLANS FOR NEXT STEPS ON FURTHER ENGAGEMENT, UM, AROUND THAT SPACE SPECIFICALLY NOW THAT YOU HAVE ANNOUNCED THE PROGRAMMING AND FACILITY LEAD? WELL, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE, UM, THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR PEOPLE TO KINDA WRITE.

UM, THERE'S SOME PROMPTS THAT WERE ON THE WALLS WHERE PEOPLE COULD WRITE ABOUT WHAT THEIR IDEAS, UH, FOR THE SPACE ARE GOING TO BE.

UM, OBVIOUSLY RU MIX, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A LONGTIME, UM, FACILITIES MANAGER HERE IN AUSTIN AND DEEP TIES IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, SO WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THEM, UM, IN, IN TERMS OF, UH, HOW WE GO ABOUT, UH, EN ENGAGING MORE STAKEHOLDERS IN THAT PROCESS AND HA HAVING MORE PEOPLE HAVE A SAY, UH, OVER WHAT, UH, WHAT THAT SPACE WILL BE SHAPED LIKE.

BUT I DON'T REALLY HAVE, UM, ANY OTHER SPECIFICS BEYOND THAT YET.

ANY OTHER QUE IT LOOKED LIKE I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE A WONDERFUL EVENT.

AND OUR GREAT CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RUDE MAX ON THAT ANNOUNCEMENT.

OH, COMMISSIONER GRAY.

I'LL ADD TO THAT.

IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE EVENT.

JUST VERY, VERY EXCITING.

AND THE, THE BLESSING ON THE SPACE WAS MAGICAL.

I HOPE THAT THAT CONTINUES THROUGHOUT SO MANY PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.

IT WAS MAGICAL.

UM, I HAVE A QUESTION AS FAR AS TIMELINE, IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA.

SO, UM, IS THERE, WHERE IS THE STATUS OF THE THINGS SHIFTING? SO RX ACTUALLY, OR JUST

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I KNOW THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT TALKED ABOUT DURING THE VENT.

IS THERE A WINDOW OF TIME THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT? AND I KNOW IT COULD BE REALLY LONG OR WIDE.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.

UM, I DON'T KNOW.

OKAY.

THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

I KNOW THAT, UM, IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING, GETTING TO THAT POINT.

AND I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE POST HASTE, UH, TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

UM, THINGS MOVE AT A SNAIL'S PACE WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, CI CITY GOVERNMENT.

UH, BUT I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD, UH, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

I'LL, I'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH, UH, THE A D C, UH, STAFF AND, UM, SEE IF WE CAN GET AN ACTUAL TIMELINE ON WHEN THINGS ARE GONNA ACTUALLY START TO HAPPEN THERE IN TERMS OF ARCHITECTURAL PLANS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MM-HMM.

, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? AWESOME.

THANK YOU, CARL.

WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

Y'ALL TAKE CARE.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSION

[5. Discussion of the Downtown Commission by Commissioner Mok]

IS THAT RIGHT? COOL.

ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE STAFF

[6. Staff briefing regarding an update on the Hotel Occupancy Tax by Laura Odegaard, Cultural Investment Program Manager]

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

UH, SO I AM LAURA ODEGAARD, CULTURAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE, HER, I'M A WHITE WOMAN WITH SHOULDER LENGTH BROWN HAIR, WEARING A LIGHT YELLOW DRESS AND A GRAY SWEATER.

SO WITH THIS PRESENTATION, I'LL BE SHARING OUR LATEST HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX NUMBERS.

SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THE TOTAL HOT COLLECTION IN APRIL WAS $31,362,731.

SO THIS MEANS OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX CULTURAL ARTS FUND COLLECTION NUMBERS FOR APRIL WERE $2,995,141.

UH, IN THIS SLIDE YOU CAN ALSO SEE BOTH THE APPROVED FY 23 BUDGET AS WELL AS THE UPDATED YEAR END ESTIMATE, WHICH IS THE 14.15 MILLION.

UH, AS A REMINDER, THERE'S A DELAY IN HOW HOT REPORTING HAPPENS.

SO THIS REPORT SHOWS FUNDS COLLECTED IN APRIL FOR HOTEL STAYS IN MARCH.

SO THESE NUMBERS REFLECT THE SPRING FESTIVAL HOTEL SEASON.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTION FOR MAY.

SO THE TOTAL COLLECTION WAS $12,526,993.

AND AM I READING? YES, I'M READING THAT RIGHT.

SO THIS MEANS OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX CULTURAL ARTS FUND COLLECTION FOR MAY WAS $1,196,328.

THESE NUMBERS ARE 12% ABOVE THE APPROVED BUDGET AND 82% OF OUR WAY TO THE CURRENT YEAR END ESTIMATE.

SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'VE ALREADY REACHED OUR ORIGINAL APPROVED CULTURAL ARTS FUND BUDGET NUMBERED OF 10.3 MILLION, AND WE'RE 73.

THAT'S NOT TRUE.

WE ARE 82% OF THE WAY TO OUR, UH, 14.1 MILLION, UH, YEAR END ESTIMATE.

SO OUR TOTAL HOT CULTURAL ARTS FUND IN THE BANK RIGHT NOW IS $11,572,725.

AS A REMINDER, THESE FUNDS COLLECTED IN FY 23 ARE THEN GOING TO BE USED FOR PROGRAMS IN FY 24.

AND WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS.

DOESN'T IT FEEL GOOD TO HAVE REAL MONEY IN THE BANK THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT? IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT JUST AN IDEA.

QUESTIONS, JUST CELEBRATING.

HOORAY.

IT'S VERY QUIET IN HERE, BUT WE ALL FEEL THE EXCITEMENT.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

GOING ONCE FOR QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT.

MOVING

[7. Staff briefing regarding the Cultural Arts Funding Programs by Jesus Pantel, Cultural Funding Supervisor, and Laura Odegaard, Cultural Investment Program Manager]

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GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

JESUS PANTEL, CULTURAL FUNDING SUPERVISOR.

UH, TONIGHT I WILL BE GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF THE CULTURAL ARTS, UH, FUNDING, UH, THE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW, UH, UH, SO FAR TO DATE.

UH, THIS IS A BIT OF A, UM, REPEAT OF WHAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED BEFORE, SO, BUT, UM, ALWAYS GOOD TO LET Y'ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UH, SO JUST A REMINDER THAT, UM, WITH THE CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS, WE ARE RETHINKING OUR, UM, CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING PROGRAMS AND, UM, HAVE CREATED A HOLISTIC FUNDING ECOSYSTEM.

UM, WE ARE NOW IN ELEVATE THE SECOND OF OUR THREE NEW PILOT PROGRAMS. IT LAUNCHED ON MAY 23RD, AND ELEVATE IS OPEN TO ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS OF ALL SIZES.

THIS FUNDING WILL BROADLY SUPPORT CULTURAL PRODUCERS WHO PUT ON PUBLIC PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO, THE ELEVATE PROGRAM IN DETAIL, UM, IT PROVIDES BROADER SECTOR SUPPORT AND BASED ON COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, ELEVATE WILL HAVE TWO CATEGORIES, ONE FOR 5 0 1 C ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS ONLY, AND THEN ONE FOR NON 5 0 1 C ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS.

UH, THIS MAY INCLUDE APPLICANTS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY, UM, SPONSORED PROJECTS IN THE OLD FUNDING PROGRAMS SUCH AS INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, ARTISTS, CO-OP GALLERIES, IMPROV TROOPS, AND DANCE COMPANIES.

PLEASE NOTE THAT A NON 5 0 1 C CREATIVE BUSINESS WITH AN ANNUAL BUDGET OVER $500,000 WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE.

SO A LARGE FOR-PROFIT CREATIVE COMPANY IS NEITHER ELIGIBLE NOR COMPETITIVE FOR ELEVATE FUNDING.

UH, THIS ALL APPLIES, UH, JUST TO BE CLEAR, ONLY TO, UM, ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT 5 0 1 C STATUS.

SO IF YOU'RE, UH, 5 0 1 C NONPROFIT OF ANY BUDGET SIZE, YOU CAN HAVE A MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.

UM, THE $500,000 BUDGET DOES NOT APPLY TO 5 0 1 C NONPROFITS.

ANY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH 5 0 1 C STATUS CAN APPLY AND ELEVATE AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

UM, AND AGAIN, THERE'S TWO TRACKS.

SO, INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND CREATIVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT NONPROFITS WILL NOT BE, YOU KNOW, COMPETING AGAINST 5 0 1 C NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

UM, ANNUAL CONTRACTS IN ELEVATE WILL RANGE FROM $10,000 TO $75,000.

AND AS A REMINDER, WE HAD PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED 100 AWARDS WITH AN INVESTMENT OF $4 MILLION FOR ELEVATE.

UM, WE HAVE SINCE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THIS TREMENDOUSLY IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY AND COMMISSION FEEDBACK, AND THE FACT THAT THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX DOLLARS HAVE GONE UP.

SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 6.25 MILLION FOR ELEVATE WITH 75, UM, PROPOSED AWARDS, OR EXPECTED AWARDS FOR THE, UM, INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND CREATIVE BUSINESSES ON 125 AWARDS FOR THE 5 0 1 C NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THE REVIEW PROCESS IS, UM, KIND OF, UH, BROKEN DOWN INTO A TWO-PART PROCESS DUE TO THE VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS ANTICIPATED FOR THE ELEVATE PROGRAM.

SO THERE WILL BE 105 TOTAL PANELISTS NEEDED FOR THIS PROCESS.

IN STAGE ONE, WE WILL HAVE 60 PANELISTS, SIX ZERO.

UH, THIS IS CALLED THE READER STAGE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A PANEL MEETING.

STAGE ONE PANELISTS WILL REVIEW, SCORE AND COMMENT ON THE ENTIRE APPLICATIONS THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO REVIEW, UH, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE MEETING IN PERSON.

UM, THAT WILL HAPPEN IN ROUND TWO.

SO THERE WILL BE AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE REVIEWING AND SCORING EACH APPLICATION, PROVIDING COMMENTS ON THEM.

UM, UNLIKE THRIVE, THEY WILL BE SCORING AND REVIEWING ON EVERY APPLICATION QUESTION.

UM, SO THEY WILL HAVE A HOLISTIC LOOK AT THE APPLICATION.

THOSE HIGHEST SCORING APPLICATIONS FROM ROUND ONE WILL THEN, UM, MOVE ON TO ROUND TWO, AND THE PANELISTS MUST PROVIDE COMMENTS TO SUPPORT THEIR SCORING IN ROUND ONE.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, IN STAGE TWO, UM, AGAIN, I MENTIONED WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TWO TRACKS.

ONE FOR 5 0 1 C NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND ONE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO THERE WILL BE, UH, 27 PANELISTS REVIEWING THE 5 0 1 C NONPROFIT APPLICATIONS.

UM, THERE WILL BE THREE PANELS OF THOSE.

EACH, UH, PANEL INCLUDES FIVE TO SEVEN PANELISTS AS LONG, UH, UH, AS WELL WITH, UH, TWO ALTERNATES.

UH, THEY WILL REVIEW AND SCORE THE ENTIRE APPLICATION PRIOR TO THE PANEL MEETING.

SO WE'LL GIVE THE APPLICATIONS OUT TO THEM ABOUT A MONTH OR SO BEFORE THE PANEL MEETING, SO THEY CAN HAVE PRELIMINARY SCORES AND COMMENTS.

AND THEN THEY WILL DISCUSS, UH, THE APPLICATIONS, THE 50 OR SO THAT THEY ARE ASSIGNED.

UM, AT THE PANEL MEETINGS,

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FOR THE, UH, NONPROFITS SPECIFICALLY, UH, FOR THE CREATIVE BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, UH, WE WILL HAVE TWO PANELS, TWO DIFFERENT PANELS, UH, FOR THOSE.

SO AGAIN, NONPROFITS ARE NOT COMPETING AGAINST, UM, INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, UM, AND OTHER CREATIVE BUSINESSES.

UM, AGAIN, FIVE TO SEVEN PANELISTS WITH TWO ALTERNATES.

UM, SAME, SAME AS FOR THE NONPROFITS.

THEY GET EVERYTHING ABOUT A MONTH OR SO BEFOREHAND, PRELIMINARY SCORES.

UM, AND THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE IS THAT, UH, THIS WILL BE JUST ONE DAY TO REVIEW THEIR SLATE OF APPLICATIONS.

SO, SO, UH, THAT IS KIND OF THE STAGE TWO, UH, PROCESS.

UM, AGAIN, THE HIGHEST FROM STAGE ONE, WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE.

AND THEN THE HIGHEST SCORING FROM UH, STAGE TWO WILL BE THE ONES THAT ARE ULTIMATELY AWARDED FUNDING.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, TRAINING PANELS, UM, OR TRAINING MODULES WERE CREATED FOR THE PANELS, AND THEY WERE DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

ALL SELECTED PANELISTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE PANEL TRAINING AND TO ATTEND A FACILITATED MEETING FOR PANELISTS TO REVIEW PROGRAM DETAILS, RUBRIC EXAMPLES, AND TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TRAINING, PANELISTS WILL THEN RECEIVE APPLICATION ASSIGNMENTS AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR THEIR FIRST, UH, PAYMENT.

SO WE ARE NOT GIVING THEM THE APPLICATIONS TO REVIEW UNTIL AFTER THEY HAVE DONE THE TRAINING.

UM, THEY HAVE RECEIVED, UH, TRAINING MATERIALS AND SO HAVE, UM, SO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK BEFORE THOSE IN-PERSON MEETINGS.

THEY WILL BE REVIEWING, UH, THAT INFORMATION.

UM, AND THEN WE WILL DISCUSS THAT, UM, IN PERSON.

WE WANNA KEEP THE TRAININGS, UM, SINCE WE DO HAVE 105, UH, PANELISTS, UH, WE'RE KEEPING THOSE TO AROUND 15 PEOPLE.

ONE, FIVE, UH, PEOPLE EACH.

SO THAT WAY, UM, WE CAN HAVE MORE KIND OF ONE-ON-ONE DISCUSSIONS, ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE ON, UH, THE PANEL PROCESS.

UM, THEY CAN GO OVER THE DIFFERENT, UH, MODULES, UM, WHICH AS THE SLIDE SHOWS EQUITY AND UNCONSCIOUS BIAS, UH, THE PANEL EXPECTATIONS, AS WELL AS TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR USING THE PORTAL APPLICATION SYSTEM.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO LATE APRIL, WE, UM, SELECTED, UH, OR WE HAD A PANEL RECRUITMENT CALL.

THERE WERE 315, UH, PANELISTS FROM OUR PREVIOUS CALL.

182 OF SHOW OF THOSE SHOWED INTEREST IN CULTURAL FUNDING, AND THEY SUBMITTED A SECONDARY INTAKE FORM.

SO JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY SHOWED INTEREST, DIDN'T MEAN THEY WERE NECESSARILY GOING TO BE APPLY.

UM, UM, SELECTED FOR ELEVATE, THEY HAD TO SUBMIT A SECONDARY FORM, WHICH HAD MORE ELEVATE SPECIFIC INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE DATES, UH, THAT THE TRAININGS AND THE PANELS WOULD TAKE PLACE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE, UM, ELIGIBLE OR AVAILABLE.

THE REVIEWERS WERE SCORED ON THREE QUESTIONS.

ONE, IF THEY WERE AFFILIATED WITH POTENTIAL APPLICANTS, UH, FROM ELEVATE OR IF THEY INTENDED TO APPLY THEMSELVES.

UH, TWO, UH, THEIR CONNECTION TO EQUITY AND THREE, THEIR BIO.

SO CULTURAL FUNDING STAFF LOOKED AT ALL THREE OF THOSE QUESTIONS, SCORED THE PANELISTS.

UH, WE THEN LOOKED FOR THE VARIOUS TRAITS NEEDED ON THE PANEL, CHOSE FROM THE HIGHEST SCORING REVIEWERS WHO WERE AVAILABLE DURING THE REQUIRED MEETING DATES.

SO VERY HOLISTIC LOOK, UM, DETERMINING THESE 105 PANELISTS.

AND THEN SPECIFICALLY WE LOOKED AT THE VARIOUS ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ALL COVERED.

UH, WE LOOKED FOR TOURISM EXPERTISE.

WE LOOKED FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WE LOOKED AT PANELISTS, HAD D E I EXPERIENCE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.

UH, WE LOOK FOR IN TOWN AND OUT OF TOWN PANELISTS.

UH, SO WE HAD JUST OVER THREE QUARTERS, UH, WE'RE FROM THE AUSTIN METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA.

WE ALSO LOOKED FOR NEW AND RETURNING PANELISTS, AND WE LOOKED AT, UH, VARIOUS DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE PANEL ITSELF.

SO LOOKED AT ALL OF THAT HOLISTICALLY, UH, TO COME UP WITH THE 105 PANELISTS.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS SHOWS, UH, KIND OF A DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF THE PANELISTS.

UH, 61% WERE PEOPLE OF COLOR, 33% WHITE AND 6%, UH, RACE OR ETHNICITY WAS EITHER NOT LISTED OR THEY CHOSE, PREFER NOT TO ANSWER.

UM, A THIRD WERE FROM THE LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY, AND 17% WERE FROM THE, OR ARE FROM THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO HERE ARE SOME KEY DATES FOR ELEVATE.

UM, SO AGAIN, THE PANEL RECRUITMENT AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE ELEVATE APPLICATION OPEN ON MAY 23RD.

UM, IT CLOSES AT 5:00 PM ON JUNE 27TH.

UH, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE, UM, ELEVATE PANELIST TRAINING.

AS I SAID, WE'VE ALREADY SENT OUT THE KIND OF PRE-HOMEWORK BEFORE THOSE IN-PERSON MEETINGS, UH, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN JUNE 21ST THROUGH 30TH.

UM, WE HAVE A FEW FROM THE 27TH THROUGH THE 30TH.

SO ANYBODY WHO, UH, IS GOING

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SO THEY DON'T GET ANY KIND OF UNFAIR ADVANTAGE ON WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, PANEL IS LOOKING FOR.

UM, SCORING THE ELEVATE APPLICATIONS.

UM, THE PANEL REVIEW, UH, FOR STAGE ONE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN JUNE 30TH THROUGH JULY 17TH.

UM, THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO STAGE TWO.

SO AGAIN, THE PANELISTS WILL HAVE THE INFO FOR ABOUT A MONTH, UH, TO TENTATIVELY, UH, UH, REVIEW AND SCORE APPLICATIONS OR, UH, SCORING AND COMMENT ON APPLICATIONS.

AND THEN THE PANEL MEETINGS, UH, WILL BE VIA ZOOM WEBINAR OR SIMILAR PLATFORM AUGUST 21ST THROUGH 26TH, WITH, UM, THE HOPES TO ANNOUNCE THE AWARDS ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.

CONTRACTS FOR ELEVATE.

UM, THE CONTRACT DATE WILL BE SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2023 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.

SO JUST OVER, UM, A YEAR LONG.

AND, UM, THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO, YOU KNOW, A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES TO GET PAID, UM, IN SEPTEMBER FOR THOSE ACTIVITIES.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE ENTIRE TIME PERIOD.

THEY COULD DO A SINGLE EVENT THAT OCCURS WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD, OR THEY COULD DO A SEASON OF, OF ACTIVITIES THAT COVERS MULTIPLE DATES DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS IS JUST A LIST OF, UM, ASSISTANCE DATES THAT WE HAVE OFFERED SO FAR, AS WELL AS, UM, ASSISTANCE STILL TO COME.

UM, WE HAVE DONE, YOU KNOW, OUR OPEN OFFICE HOURS EVERY TUESDAY, UH, THROUGH JUNE, UH, STARTING ON THE TUESDAY THAT THE ELEVATE APPLICATION LAUNCHED.

UH, THESE ARE AT, UH, FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON.

UM, THEY'RE VIRTUAL OR IN-PERSON AT THE CAD OFFICE.

UH, WE HAVE HAD, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT 10 IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL APPLICATION WORKSHOPS, UM, INCLUDING TWO HELD ON MAY 23RD WHEN ELEVATE LAUNCHED.

UM, WITH ALL OF THOSE, UH, DIFFERENT VARIETIES.

SOME OF THEM WERE IN PERSON, SOME OF 'EM, UH, WERE VIRTUAL, UH, ACROSS ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT, UH, WAYS OF ACCESSING ASSISTANCE.

WE HAVE ASSISTED 89 ATTENDEES SO FAR, AND WE ALSO RECORDED AN ELEVATE APPLICATION TRAINING SESSION, UH, PLACED IT ON YOUTUBE ON THE, ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

UM, THERE'S ONE IN ENGLISH AND ONE IN SPANISH.

THE ENGLISH VIDEO HAS 264 VIEWS TO DATE, 2 64.

AND THE SPANISH LANGUAGE VIDEO HAS 33 VIEWS TO DATE.

UM, AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HOLD OPEN OFFICE HOURS EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH THE APPLICATION CLOSE DATE, INCLUDING ON THE DAY ELEVATE CLOSES.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE COMING UP, TUESDAY, JUNE 20TH WILL BE IN PERSON AT UNIVERSITY HILLS LIBRARY.

UH, YOU CAN GO TO AUSTIN TEXAS.GOV/ELEVATE TO REGISTER FOR THAT.

UH, WE WILL BE DOING A, UH, NOON TO THREE IN-PERSON KIND OF APPLICATION, UH, YOU KNOW, DROP IN HELP DAY IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION, YOU CAN COME TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE FACILITY SUNDAY, JUNE 25TH, FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.

UM, AND THEN CULTURAL FUNDING STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE BOTH THE MONDAY BEFORE AND THE TUESDAY, THE DAY THAT THE APPLICATION IS DUE.

BOTH, UM, IN PERSON AT OUR CAD OFFICE AT BEN WHITE, UM, OR VIRTUALLY, YOU KNOW, SO WE WILL BE DOING THAT, UH, BOTH WAYS.

AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, LAST MONTH, UM, Y'ALL HAD ASKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR, UM, OUTREACH, UM, ACTIVITIES.

SO, UH, WE HAVE DONE, UH, PRESS RELEASE, UH, SENT OUT TO VARIOUS, UH, MEDIA SOURCES.

UH, WE HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN.

UH, WE HAVE POSTED FLYERS AT VARIOUS CULTURAL CENTERS AND LIBRARIES.

UH, WE DO, WE ARE DOING, UH, SPANISH LANGUAGE ADS ON K L Z T F M, AND THAT IS GOING THROUGH JUNE 25TH.

UM, ACCORDING TO THE NIELSEN DATA, IT IS THE MOST LISTENED TO SPANISH LANGUAGE STATION IN OUR AREA.

UM, AND, UH, THE AD INCLUDES, INCLUDES A CALL TO ACTION, UH, WHERE THEY CAN LEARN MORE, UM, ABOUT THE ELEVATE PRO PROGRAM ON OUR WEBSITE AND APPLY.

UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE DONE, UH, TABLING AT VARIOUS EVENTS, YOU KNOW, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UM, HAND OUT FLYERS ABOUT THE ELEVATE PROGRAM, UM, AT, UH, DIFFERENT EVENTS INCLUDING THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL AND HERITAGE FACILITY REOPENING RECENTLY.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

OH, AND THEN ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT ON THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER, BUT, UH, TO DATE, AS OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AROUND THREE O'CLOCK OR SO THIS AFTERNOON IS WHEN WE LAST CHECKED 295 APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN STARTED, UH, 17 HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED SO FAR.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, COMING SOON, UH, JUST SOME VARIOUS, UH, DEADLINES TO BE AWARE OF.

UM, AGAIN, ELEVATE CLOSES AT 5:00 PM ON TUESDAY, JUNE 27TH.

AFTER THAT, NEXUS WILL LAUNCH ON JULY 11TH.

ON THAT SAME DATE, UH, THE SMALL BUSINESS DIVISION WILL BE DOING THEIR ARTIST CAREER

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SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP FOR THAT.

AND THEN IN AUGUST, UM, THE ARTS EDUCATION RELIEF, UM, WHICH IS, UH, THROUGH THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS WITH SOME, UM, ARPA FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, WILL BE AVAILABLE AS WELL AS A HERITAGE PRESERVATION GRANT.

SO, UH, LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES, UH, COMING UP.

AND THAT IS MY PRESENTATION.

I WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MAY HAVE.

THAT WAS THOROUGH.

THANK YOU.

JESUS.

, WELCOME.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK AND THE TIMELINE.

I KNOW THAT YOU'RE REALLY MOVING THIS FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN, AND WE ALL REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I SEE A HAND FROM COMMISSIONER GRAY .

I'M SORRY, MY HAND KEEPS GOING UP.

UH, THANK YOU, JESUS.

YES, THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, AND JUST SO MANY THINGS GOING ON.

IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE APPLICATIONS COMING IN AND, UH, THREE WEEKS IN, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT 300 APPLICANTS ARE ALREADY IN THE MIDST OF DOING, AND THAT 17 HAVE ALREADY, UH, SUBMITTED IS EXCITING.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, IF SOMEBODY IS PERHAPS INVOLVED IN THE GRANT PROCESS THAT HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, A SINGLE QUESTION.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN LIKE THE, UH, THE OPEN OFFICE HOURS? I THINK THAT I'VE, UH, FROM JUST LOOKING AT, IT LOOKS AS IF SOME OF THOSE ARE PRESENTATIONAL, UH, FROM ONE TIME ENDING AT ANOTHER, COVERING A BIG HUNK OF, OF MATERIAL.

AND THEN ALSO ONLINE IT DOES SAY THAT YOU CAN GET APPLICATION ASSISTANCE, ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS ALL IT SAYS, BUT PERHAPS IT COULD BE SOMEBODY'S ONE QUESTION AND IT'S GOING TO CITY OF AUSTIN GRANTS@THELONGCENTER.ORG.

UH, WOULD YOU JUST SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? JESUS, SURE.

SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF WAYS TO, UH, GET ASSISTANCE.

SO IF YOU GO TO THE ASSISTANCE PAGE ON THE ELE OR ASSISTANCE SECTION OF THE ELEVATE, UH, WEBSITE, UM, A LOT OF THOSE WILL BE WAYS TO REGISTER FOR EITHER THE IN, IN-PERSON OR VIRTUAL, UM, OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THAT WE HAVE, UH, COMING UP.

SO THOSE ARE MORE THE PRESENTATIONS, UH, THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, COMMISSIONER GRAY, UM, THE OPEN OFFICE HOURS ARE MORE KIND OF LIKE THE, UH, DROP-IN DAY AT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE FACILITY WHERE YOU CAN ASK ANY QUESTION, UH, THAT YOU HAVE.

AND WITH THE OPEN OFFICE HOURS, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS, UM, ARE THERE.

AND WE CAN DO BREAKOUT ROOMS IF YOU WANNA, YOU KNOW, JUST DISCUSS YOUR APPLICATION, YOU KNOW, MORE ONE-ON-ONE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE.

UM, OR YOU CAN KIND OF DO A POPCORN SESSION WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE MAIN ROOM, AND IF YOU DON'T, UH, MIND, YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE LISTENING INTO YOUR QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ALSO LISTEN INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS.

SO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LEARN SOME THINGS, UH, FROM THEM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, UM, HAVE OTHER PEOPLE LISTENING INTO YOUR QUESTIONS, WE CAN DO, YOU KNOW, MORE PRIVATE KIND OF BREAKOUT ROOMS. UM, WITH THE LONG CENTER, THEY ARE OUR THIRD, UH, PARTY, UH, FACILITATOR.

UM, SO, UH, THEY CAN HELP.

UM, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL KIND OF, UM, SETTING UP THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT.

AND SO GETTING, UH, QUESTIONS THERE CAN, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN, IF THEY CAN ANSWER THAT THEMSELVES, THEY WILL.

OTHERWISE, IF IT'S MORE, UH, NUANCED AND DETAILED, THEY WILL SEND THAT TO CULTURAL FUNDING STAFF AND ANY CULTURAL FUNDING, UH, STAFF MEMBER CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

UM, AND YOU DON'T NEED TO COME JUST TO THE OPEN OFFICE HOURS OR THE DROP-IN DAYS.

UH, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, UM, YOU CAN CALL OR EMAIL ANY STAFF MEMBER AND, UM, WE CAN MEET WITH YOU OUTSIDE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, APPLICATION ASSISTANCE DAYS THAT, UH, WE HAVE SET UP.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO DO ONE-ON-ONE TRAININGS, REPLY TO EMAILS, UM, ANSWER PHONE CALLS, HOP ON A ZOOM MEETING, UM, ANY WAY THAT, UH, YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP YOU WITH THAT.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

JESUS, THANK YOU FOR BEING SO DETAILED IN THAT.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THANK YOU, JESUS.

MM-HMM.

, UM, UH, I MIGHT BE MISSING A BIT OF HISTORY, BUT, UM, WHAT WAS THE KIND OF THE REASONING AND THE, AND THE JUSTIFICATION AROUND, UH, DOING, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, DOLLAR AMOUNTS FOR NONPROFITS ON THIS GRANT VERSUS, UH, THE THRIVE GRANTS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC AREAS.

SO IS THERE ANY GENERAL REASONING AROUND WHY THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE DIFFERENT AND LOWER ON THE ELEVATE GRANTS? UH, YEAH.

SO COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ANSWERS TO THAT QUESTION.

UH, FIRST, UH, THRIVE WAS ONLY FOR NONPROFIT, UM, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.

SO ELEVATE IS BOTH NONPROFITS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, OTHER GROUPS.

UM, THRIVE WAS KIND OF, OR IS, IS MEANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, HELP SMALL TO MID-LEVEL SIZE NONPROFIT ARTS

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SO IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, A DEEPER AMOUNT OF FUNDING.

THERE'S THE COHORT, UH, PROGRAM CAPACITY BUILDING.

SO IT'S REALLY HELPING, YOU KNOW, MOVE THOSE, UH, SMALL TO MID-LEVEL NONPROFITS UP TO BECOME, YOU KNOW, MORE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS.

UM, SO THAT, UM, IT'S KIND OF THE FIRST PART OF THE ANSWER OF WHY ELEVATE IS A SMALLER AWARD AMOUNT.

UM, AND THEN WITHIN ELEVATE, UH, TRADITIONALLY IN OUR OLD, UH, CORE FUNDING PROGRAM, WE KIND OF HAD DIFFERENT TRACKS FOR NONPROFITS, AND THEN INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS ARE SPONSORED PROJECTS.

AND SO THE NONPROFITS ALWAYS HAD, YOU KNOW, A LARGER AWARD AMOUNT.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S THE $75,000 MAX IN ELEVATE AS OPPOSED TO $25,000 MAX FOR THE CREATIVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT NONPROFITS OR FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS.

UM, AND, UH, JUST, JUST THE, THE PANEL, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

MM-HMM.

, UH, JUST THE PANELISTS PROCESS, UH, THE PRECOR IS JUST PRELIMINARY SCORING, AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE PANEL IS A DISCUSSION AND THEN THEY COULD UPDATE THEIR SCORES, OR IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? THAT IS CORRECT.

WE WANT THEM TO HAVE PRELIMINARY SCORES SO THAT WAY WE KNOW THEY'VE LOOKED AT THEM AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT COMMENTS AND NOTES TO THEMSELVES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, BUT, UH, THEY CAN KEEP THEIR SCORES THE SAME.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE THEM AT THE PANEL PROCESS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS DISCUSSION AMONGST THE PANELISTS AND IT, UM, YOU KNOW, CAUSES THEM TO CHANGE THEIR SCORE, THAT IS FINE TO DO AS WELL.

OKAY.

LAST QUESTION ON THE LIVE MUSIC FUND, WE, UM, AT TIMES RAN INTO SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES AND STUFF.

UH, WAS THERE ANYTHING SIMILAR EXPERIENCED ON THRIVE, OR, WELL, WELL, HOPEFULLY NOTHING SO FAR ON ELEVATE, BUT JUST WANTED TO SEE, BECAUSE WE, I THINK WE ARE STILL, UH, WORKING ON FIGURING OUT WHAT SOME OF THE TECHNICAL CHALLENGES WERE AND, UH, WHAT THE IMPACT WAS, IF, IF ANY, THAT REVIEW IS HAPPENING ON THE, UH, ON THE LIVE MUSIC FUND SIDE.

YEAH, SO I MEAN, WE'VE HAD, UM, IN ELEVATE, AND I THINK WITH THRIVE AS WELL, KIND OF JUST GETTING STARTED IN THE PORTAL APPLICATION SYSTEM.

SO WE DO ENCOURAGE APPLICANTS, AND WE TALK ABOUT THIS AT OUR APPLICATION WORKSHOPS, ENCOURAGE THEM TO, YOU KNOW, REGISTER IN PORTAL, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS THEY CAN.

UM, ON SUNDAY AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE FACILITY DROP-IN DAYS, WE, YOU KNOW, HELPED A COUPLE OF APPLICANTS, UH, REGISTER IN PORTAL, UH, WHILE, UH, WHILE THEY WERE THERE.

UM, AS FAR AS THRIVE WAS CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T, WE DID NOT HAVE TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE OR DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, SO WE DID NOT HAVE ANY TECHNICAL ISSUES ON THAT PART.

I KNOW WITH THRIVE SPECIFICALLY, THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, SAVE FUNCTIONALITY.

UM, AND SO, UM, IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED, UM, IN ELEVATE THAT THERE ARE MORE PLA AND I THINK I MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST MONTH, BUT THERE'S MORE PLACES THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, UM, WHERE YOU CAN SAVE YOUR INFORMATION.

YOU STILL NEED TO FILL OUT EVERYTHING ON THAT SPECIFIC PAGE.

UM, SO EVEN IF IT'S JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, ONE LETTER OR ONE NUMBER, UM, JUST SO YOU CAN HIT THE SAVE BUTTON, BUT THAT WAY YOU CAN, UH, SAVE YOUR APPLICATION AND, UH, COME BACK TO IT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

, WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

THANKS SO MUCH, JESUS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

OKAY, MOVING

[8. Approve Recommended Artists for the Dougherty Arts Center Emerging Artist AIPP Projects]

WE ARE IN THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA.

AND FIRST UP IS, UH, APPROVING RECOMMENDED ARTISTS FOR THE DOHERTY ARTS CENTER, EMERGING ARTISTS, A I P P PROJECTS.

IF EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT INFORMATION AND THE BACKUP, I CAN TAKE A MOTION.

I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.

MOVED BY COMMISSIONER GRAY AND A SECOND.

I CAN'T SEE.

SECOND.

YEAH.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHARLA.

AND ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

IT'S UNANIMOUS.

YAY.

[9. Discussion and Possible Action on continuing the conversation from the Joint Arts and Music retreat regarding short term rentals and HOT collection]

THAT IS AN ONGOING ISSUE THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BETWEEN THE ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSIONS, UM, REGARDING THE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SHORT-TERM RENTALS SUCH AS AIRBNB, VRBO, ET CETERA.

AND, UH, THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE FULL AMOUNT OF OUR, UH, MUNICIPAL HOT IS BEING COLLECTED AND REMITTED TO THE CITY.

UM, IT HAS A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES, INCLUDING UNREGISTERED LICENSES OR UNLICENSED RENTALS.

UM, THE FACT THAT FOLKS WHO ARE RENTING THEIR ROOMS OR THEIR HOMES NEED TO BE AWARE THAT THIS IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND THERE'S NO UNIFORM CURRENTLY, THERE'S NO UNIFORM, UM, WAY THAT THE CITY IS COLLECTING THE HOT TAX FOR THE MUNICIPAL PORTION.

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I THINK THAT I, I MEAN, OPEN TO OTHERS' THOUGHTS HERE, BUT, UM, I DO THINK THIS IS MAYBE SOMETHING WE COULD MOVE INTO OUR JOINT, UM, LAND USE WORKING GROUP.

WE ALREADY HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE ARE PURSUING JOINTLY, UM, BETWEEN ARTS AND MUSIC AND, UH, WRITING LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT WE, OR POSSIBLY LIKE FORMAL, UH, RESOLUTIONS TO SEND TO COUNSEL.

AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE COULD TAKE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE COULD TAKE UP FOR.

THIS WAS A WHILE AGO THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

SO I THINK GETTING AN UPDATE ON IF ANYTHING HAS MOVED, UM, BUT CONSULTING WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR POSITION IS AND THEN DECIDING FROM THERE WHETHER WE SHOULD TAKE FORMAL ACTION ON A RESOLUTION.

UM, PERSONALLY I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED, AND IT'S FRUSTRATING TO SEE IT JUST SORT OF HANGING OUT FOREVER.

UM, BUT DEFINITELY OPEN TO OTHERS' THOUGHTS ON THAT.

ANYTHING ELSE THAT PEOPLE MIGHT KNOW? WE'RE ALL EQUALLY IGNORANT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH HOT AND SHORT TERM RENTALS.

ACIA, I MEAN, COMMISSIONER GRAY, I TOTALLY AGREE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED ON.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO KEEP, UH, YOU KNOW, WISHING IT WOULD HAPPEN.

IT NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO THE CITY KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THE STABILITY OF CULTURAL ARTS.

IT'S, IT'S TOO MUCH OF A MAJOR OPPORTUNITY THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT.

AND I DO FEEL THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION NEEDS TO LEAD ON THAT THROUGH CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU.

SO THERE'S NO ACTION TO TAKE IF WE'RE MOVING IT INTO WORKING GROUP.

OKAY.

WELL, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

RIGHT.

I'M LOOKING, I'M LOOK, NOT, I'M LOOKING AT OUR STAFF EXPERTS ON THAT FOR GUIDANCE.

OKAY.

SO I THINK UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, WE'LL PUSH THAT OVER INTO OUR JOINT WORKING LAND USE.

I CAN'T EVEN, IT'S MY MINE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED.

URBAN CORE ISSUES.

COOL.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE FLY IN MOVING INTO

[10. Update from Equity Working Group with Community Arts leaders of the BIPOC/LGBTQIA/Disabilities Community/Women with Commissioners Gray, Zisman, and community members]

FIRST STEP, WE HAVE THE EQUITY WORKING GROUP WITH COMMUNITY ARTS LEADERS OF THE BI PC, L G B T Q I A AND DISABILITY COMMUNITIES AND WOMEN WITH COMMISSIONER GRAY CISMAN AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.