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[CALL TO ORDER]
I'LL CALL US TO ORDER AND TAKE A QUICK ROLL.I AM VICE CHAIR SCH MALACH, AND I AM PRESENT COMMISSIONER MOCK HERE.
AND WHO ELSE DO WE HAVE HERE? SHEY IS NOT HERE.
DO YOU WAIVE
WE HAVE COMMISSIONER GRAY HERE.
AND NOW WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES.MAY I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I SO MOVE.
[2. Discussion of Chair’s Report on Our Ongoing Process by Vice Chair Schmalbach]
ITEMS, I'LL START WITH A VERY BRIEF CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR'S REPORT, WHICH IS TO SAY, HAPPY PRIDE MONTH.AUSTIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO US ALL FOR MAKING IT THROUGH OUR 700TH DAY OF THREE DIGIT TEMPERATURES.
I THINK WE'RE, DO, I THINK WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL AS A, AS A TEAM.
AND JUST A THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.
UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, IN THE COMING MONTHS.
UM, BUT REALLY SETTING THE STAGE FOR, UM, A GREAT PROGRAM AND JUST SENDING OUR APPRECIATION TO EVERYONE WHO HAS PLAYED A ROLE.
IT'S BEEN A LONG HAUL AND, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN ALL CELEBRATE.
UM, AND THEN THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS CONTINUED TO PARTICIPATE, ALL OF THE ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CULTURAL FUNDING PROCESS, AND EVERYONE WHO HAS, UM, GIVEN THEIR FEEDBACK, UH, THOSE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN PANELS COMING UP THIS WEEK.
UM, WE'RE GOING INTO ELEVATE PANELS THIS WEEK AND WE'LL GET SOME UPDATES ON ALL OF, UM, THE NEXT STEPS IN OUR PROCESS COMING UP.
BUT REALLY JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.
IT IS ALL RECORDED, UM, AND YOUR PARTICIPATION AND FEEDBACK ON THE PROCESS JUST HELPS MAKE IT BETTER, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND, UM, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE TO CELEBRATE SOON.
I'LL MOVE TO OUR NEXT DISCUSSION ITEM,
[3. Discussion of the Art in Public Places Liaison Report by Commissioner Gray]
WHICH IS DISCUSSION OF A I P P WITH COMMISSIONER GRAY.UH, YES, AS MIKE WORKS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND YES, UH, AS ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES LIAISON, I DO HAVE A REPORT AND FOR THE NEW PROTOCOL, THE TOPIC IS THE DISCUSSION, REVIEW AND APPROVALS THAT HAPPENED ON THE AUGUST 7TH MEETING.
THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF AGREEMENT WITH THE TRAIL CONSERVATORY TO MANAGE TEMPO 2024, UH, THINGS THAT WERE REVIEWED AND APPROVED.
UH, FOR FINAL DESIGNS THAT ARE UP FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT, UH, WHICH ARE ON THE AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDE FIRE STATION 22, THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE STATION 12, AS WELL AS THE DOHERTY ARTS CENTER, ICONIC A I P P PROJECT AND THE AIRPORT PLACE SCAPES.
UH, THERE WAS DISCUSSION AND REVIEW FOR THE MID DESIGN FOR TWO, UM, AUSTIN, UH, THE, UH, AIRPORT TERMINAL EXPANSION PHASE TWO.
UH, FIRST WAS WITH DESIGN PROJECTS BY ARTISTS, UH, BELLA, UH, EXCUSE ME, BLU AND I APOLOGIZE IF I'M SAYING THAT WRONG.
AND KATT QUAY THE SECOND MID DESIGN FOR THE CORRIDOR CONSTRUCTION FOR, UM, UH, THE PROGRAM FOR THE, FOR BURNETT ROAD.
UH, AND EXCUSE ME, LEMME SAY THAT AGAIN.
MID DESIGN FOR A CORRIDOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ON BURNETT ROAD.
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY WHEN I TYPE THIS, UH, MY APOLOGIES TO MICHAEL, THE ARTIST, YOUR NAME AND THE SECOND ARTIST DIDN'T MAKE MY REPORT.
SO IF, IF WOULD, I THINK STANCE IS NOT HERE.
IS CONSTANCE HERE? DO YOU REMEMBER MICHAEL'S LAST NAME? MENDOZA.
AND WHO WAS THE SECOND ARTIST? HA SHE'S NOT, SHE MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW.
I SO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYBODY THAT'S LISTENING TO THIS.
UH, PERHAPS IN STAFF BRIEFINGS, WE MAY FIND OUT.
UH, THERE WERE PROJECT MANAGER WHO IS CONSTANCE, UH, UPDATES, UH, AND ALSO, UH, EXCUSE ME, A I P P PROGRAM MANAGER UPDATE.
BUT CONSTANCE WHITE AND THERE IS AN OFFICIAL ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES RETREAT SET FOR SEPTEMBER 14TH FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GRAY.[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 THE CULTURAL TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE BY A E D C BOARD MEMBER.[5. Discussion of the Downtown Commission by Commissioner Mok]
OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION BY COMMISSIONER MOCK.UM, THEY HAVE A VERY SHORT AGENDA AND ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHT IS THE PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY STAFF ON THE FUTURE OF IX 35.
AND THEY GAVE, UH, A REPORT AND BOTH ME AND OUR CHAIR TONIGHT, UH, ON THAT COMMITTEE.
SO, UM, I'M SURE WE ARE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT IT.
UM, SO EXCITING THINGS ARE HAPPENING, BUT THAT COMMITTEE BASICALLY IS TO, UH, LOOK AT THE EQUITY ISSUES, UM, TO MAKE SURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF IH 35, THE CAPS AND THE DIGIT, UH, DIGES ARE, UM, LOOKING AT THE EQUITABLE ISSUES.
SO THAT WAS REALLY THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.
UM, AND THEY ARE GOING TO CANCEL THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS THIS COMING WEDNESDAY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A VERY SHORT AGENDA.
SO IF THEY WANT TO COMBINE IT IN SEPTEMBER, I THINK WE SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR LEAD TO GIVE US
IF WE HAVE A VERY SHORT AGENDA, WELL JUST THINKING.
ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. WE'LL MOVE INTO STAFF
[6. Staff briefing regarding an update on the Hotel Occupancy Tax by Laura Odegaard, Acting Cultural Arts Division Manager]
BRIEFINGS, STARTING WITH UPDATE ON HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX BY LAURA ODEGAARD, ACTING CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER.UH, I AM LAURA ODEGAARD, ACTING CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AND I BELIEVE MY DECK IS LOADING.
SO IN THE MEANTIME, MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE, HER, I'M A WHITE WOMAN WITH LONG BROWN HAIR WEARING A BLACK DRESS AND A GRAY BLAZER.
AND WITH THIS PRESENTATION THAT IS NOW UP, I'LL BE SHARING OUR LATEST HOTEL OCCUPANCY COLLECTION NUMBERS.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE OUR JULY NUMBERS.
OUR TOTAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTION IN JULY WAS $36,225,387.
SO THIS MEANS THAT OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS FUND FOR JULY WAS $2,895,034.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE ON THIS SLIDE, BOTH THE APPROVED F Y 23 BUDGET AS WELL AS THE UPDATED YEAR END ESTIMATE.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER TO YOU ALL AND TO NEW FOLKS, THERE'S A DELAY IN HOW HOT REPORTING HAPPENS.
SO THIS AUGUST REPORT SHOWS OUR FUNDS THAT WERE COLLECTED IN JULY FOR HOTEL STAYS IN JUNE.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE GO THROUGH THESE.
AND THEN HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR PAST THE ORIGINAL APPROVED CULTURAL ARTS FUND BUDGET.
UH, WE ARE, THE ORIGINAL APPROVED BUDGET WAS JUST OVER $10 MILLION.
UH, AND AS OF THIS REPORT TONIGHT, WE ARE ALSO, UH, WE'VE ALSO EXCEEDED THE UPDATED YEAR END ESTIMATE OF $14.1 MILLION.
SO OUR HOT CULTURAL ARTS FUND ACTUALS RIGHT NOW IN THE BANK ARE $14,547,717.
AND AS A REMINDER TO EVERYONE, THE FUNDS COLLECTED THIS YEAR IN F Y 23 WILL BE USED TO FUND PROGRAMS IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, F Y 24.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MALDONADO, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED? I'M GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, AND COMMISSIONER GARZA.
[7. Staff briefing regarding the Cultural Arts Funding Programs by Jesus Pantel, Cultural Funding Supervisor, and Laura Odegaard, Acting Cultural Arts Division Manager]
OH, OH, IT'S LAURA AND JESUS[00:10:01]
LAURA OGAR, ACTING CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.UH, WITH THIS PRESENTATION, I'LL BE SHARING A QUICK UPDATE ABOUT OUR CULTURAL FUNDING PROGRAMS. SO WE HAVE OFFICIALLY CLOSED THE LAST OF THE THREE PILOT PROGRAMS THIS YEAR.
UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, A LOT OF THESE ARE GONNA BE, UH, REPEATS FROM LAST MONTH, BUT I THINK IT'S HELPFUL JUST TO KIND OF REITERATE WHAT EACH OF THE PROGRAMS ARE.
UM, SO AS A REMINDER, ELEVATE IS THE LARGEST PROGRAM OF THE THREE.
THIS IS AN INVESTMENT OF $6.25 MILLION.
THAT'S GOING TO GO TO 200 CULTURAL PRODUCERS, SO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, LAST MONTH YOU SAW THIS TIMELINE, BUT JUST AGAIN, TO SEE WHERE WE ARE.
UH, SO THE PANEL MEETINGS START THIS WEDNESDAY, AND I HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE THAT BREAKS IT INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH.
BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, THE PANELS START THIS WEDNESDAY.
UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, AND THEN FIRST PAYMENTS WILL GO OUT BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
THIS IS ANOTHER REPEAT SLIDE FROM LAST MONTH.
UH, JUST SUMMARIZING THE PANEL RECRUITMENT STAGE AS WELL AS TRAINING, UM, AND ASSISTANCE OFFERED TO APPLICANTS.
AGAIN, THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE ELEVATE APPLICATION, UM, RECEIVED.
SO WE HAD 448 UNIQUE AND ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS.
UM, OF THOSE, IT BROKE DOWN INTO A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE FIVE OH ONE C APPLICATIONS, AND THEN 265 NON 5 0 1 C APPLICATIONS.
SO FOR THE 5 0 1 C APPLICATIONS, WE DECIDED TO SKIP STAGE ONE AND SENT ALL 183 TO STAGE TWO REVIEW.
SO THE PANELISTS REVIEWED FOR OVER SIX WEEKS, ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS IN DETAIL, THE FULL APPLICATION.
AND THEN THE MEETINGS, AS I MENTIONED, START ON WEDNESDAY.
AND THEN OF THOSE ONE EIGHTY THREE, A HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE WILL BE AWARDED FOR THE NON 5 0 1 C APPLICATIONS.
WE HAD 265 ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS.
ALL OF THOSE WENT TO THE FIRST STAGE OF REVIEW.
THE READERS IN STAGE ONE REVIEW, READ AND SCORED EVERYTHING.
AND THEN THE HIGHEST SCORING 127 WENT TO STAGE TWO, WHICH IS BEING REVIEWED NOW.
AND THEN THE MEETING START THIS WEEK.
UH, AND OF THOSE 75 WILL BE AWARDED.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER TO THE COMMISSION, THIS WAS PART OF YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BULK OF THE AWARDS GO TO 5 0 1 C ORGANIZATIONS.
JUST AS A REMINDER TO HOW THAT BREAKDOWN, UH, WAS CREATED.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE, UM, THIS IS JUST SOME SCREENSHOTS FROM OUR ELEVATE WEBSITE.
SO YOU CAN GO TO AUSTIN TEXAS.GOV/ELEVATE.
UM, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, YOU'LL SEE THE FULL GRANT PANEL SCHEDULE FOR ALL OF THE PANELS AS WELL AS THE WEBINAR LINKS AND THE ORDER OF REVIEW FOR EACH OF THE DAYS.
SO EACH PANEL HAS A DROPDOWN, UM, SO YOU CAN OPEN IT AND YOU CAN SEE WHO'S BEING REVIEWED IN THAT PANEL ON THAT DAY, AS WELL AS FIND THE LINK TO WATCH THAT, UH, WEBINAR LIVE.
IF YOU WANT TO SPEND THE NEXT, UM, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY WATCHING PANELS, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME, UH, TO JOIN US ON THE WEBINAR.
UM, AS A REMINDER, THE PANELISTS, FACILITATORS, AND CITY STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER, BUT THE LINK THAT IS POSTED HERE FOR THE PUBLIC IS JUST FOR VIEWING.
SO THIS IS PART OF THE, THE UPDATED PANEL PROCESS.
UM, FOLKS CAN WATCH THE REVIEW HAPPEN, BUT THEY CANNOT INTERACT WITH THE PANELISTS.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THIS EVALUATION STAGE, ALL OF THE VIDEOS WILL ALSO BE POSTED TO THE WEBSITE.
SO YOU CAN WATCH, UM, ANY OLD TIME YOU WANT ALL THE TIME.
UH, AND JUST TO NOTE, MOST OF THE DAYS THERE ARE ACTUALLY CONCURRENT PANELS.
SO, UM, EVERY DAY, BUT THIS WEDNESDAY THERE WILL BE BOTH AN ORGANIZATIONAL PANEL AS WELL AS AN INDIVIDUAL CREATIVE BUSINESS PANEL HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE ARE, UM, WE ARE READY TO GO WITH ALL THE WEBINAR LINKS YOU COULD POSSIBLY WANT.
UH, AND WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO GET THAT PART OF THE PROCESS ROLLING.
UH, WHAT ELSE DID I WANNA SAY ABOUT THAT? OH, UM, ADDITIONALLY THERE WILL BE LIVE SPANISH INTERPRETATION FOR THE APPLICANTS THAT APPLIED IN SPANISH.
SO THAT WILL BE, UM, THEY'LL BE IN THE ROOM WITH US IN THE VIRTUAL ROOM WITH US, UM, DOING SPANISH TRANSLATIONS.
SO THIS WAS, UH, THE PROGRAM THAT JUST CLOSED ON TUESDAY OF LAST WEEK.
UM, AND THIS PROGRAM FOR NEW FOLKS WAS MOSTLY, UM, FOCUSED
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ON NEW AND EMERGING APPLICANTS.AND SO THESE ARE $5,000 FLAT AWARDS, AND THEY'LL BE 50 AWARDS PER CYCLE, AND THERE'LL BE TWO CYCLES PER YEAR.
SO THIS WAS THE TIMELINE FOR NEXUS.
WE OPENED IN JULY, CLOSED LAST TUESDAY.
UM, AND SO WITH THIS PROGRAM, THIS IS NOT GOING TO A PANEL LIKE THRIVE AND LIKE ELEVATE.
THIS ONE IS BEING REVIEWED INTERNALLY BY CITY STAFF, UM, AGAINST THE RUBRIC THAT YOU ALL, UH, APPROVED LAST YEAR.
AND THEN, UH, AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY FIRST PAYMENTS COULD POTENTIALLY GO OUT IN SEPTEMBER AS WELL.
UM, SO HERE ARE JUST SOME NEXUS HIGHLIGHTS TO BE AWARE OF.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE, THIS PROGRAM WILL BE REVIEWED INTERNALLY BY SIX CITY STAFF MEMBERS.
SO ALL SIX ARE FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UM, AND THREE ARE FROM THE CULTURAL STAFF.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, AS WE MENTIONED LAST MONTH, WE KIND OF SHOWCASED A LOT OF THE, UM, THE ASSISTANCE THAT WE WERE DOING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AMPLIFIER, ALMOST REAL THINGS TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM.
AND SO THIS KIND OF ROLLS UP, UH, THE HOST OF VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS AND OFFICE HOURS THAT BOTH CITY STAFF AND ALMOST REAL THINGS OFFERED.
SO WE ASSISTED OVER 275 PEOPLE, UH, IN A VARIETY OF PUBLIC EVENTS FOR THIS PROGRAM, WHICH TURNED INTO THE NUMBERS FOUR NEXUS.
SO WE HAD 619 APPLICATIONS STARTED, AND 295 SUCCESSFULLY SUBMITTED.
UM, AFTER WE REMOVED DUPLICATES, DUPLICATES AND IN ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS, WE WERE LEFT WITH 244 ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS TO GO TO THE REVIEW PROCESS.
SO ALL OF THOSE ARE BEING REVIEWED AGAINST THE RUBRIC BY STAFF.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD SOME, I THINK WE HAD 105.
IS THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE? NO, WE HAD 105 OF THESE 244 THAT HAD ALSO APPLIED FOR ELEVATE, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERLAP WHERE YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IF YOU GOT ELEVATE MONEY, BUT THE NEXUS DEADLINE WAS APPROACHING.
IF YOU'RE ON THE FENCE, YOU MIGHT WANNA APPLY FOR ELEVATE OR FOR NEXUS AS WELL, JUST IN CASE YOU CAN'T RECEIVE BOTH.
BUT BETTER TO APPLY FOR ALL THE THINGS JUST IN CASE.
UM, WE HAD 103 THAT APPLIED FOR BOTH ELEVATE AND NEXUS.
AND OF THOSE 56 ADVANCED TO THE NEXT STAGE OF THE ELEVATE PANELS.
UM, SO IF THOSE FOLKS ARE SELECTED FOR ELEVATE FUNDING, THEY WOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE NEXUS REVIEW.
AND THEN THE NEXUS PANEL WILL BE MEETING IN MID-SEPTEMBER.
AND LIKE I SAID, ALL 50 APPLICATIONS WILL BE AWARDED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN FINALLY, JUST A REMINDER ABOUT THE ARTS EDUCATION GRANT THAT WE HAVE OPEN RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THESE ARE FUNDS FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.
UM, THESE WERE ARPA FUNDS THAT WE HAD APPLIED FOR A GRANT AND RECEIVED $500,000 FROM THE N E A FOR SUB GRANTING.
AND SO THIS WILL BE 19 AWARDS TO ARTS EDUCATION NONPROFITS.
THE APPLICATION CLOSES ON SEPTEMBER 12TH.
AND THEN THERE'S, THE PANEL IS GOING TO BE REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS ON THE 27TH OF SEPTEMBER, AND AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE THE 29TH OF SEPTEMBER.
UH, AND FOR THIS PROGRAM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER MIND POP.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR AN UPDATE FOR YOU ALL.
UM, OH, I WAS LOOKING AT THE SCREEN AND NOW I LOST THE SCREEN.
UM, TO DATE, HOW MANY, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY APPLICATIONS THERE'S BEEN FOR THE ARTS EDUCATION GRANT? I WANNA SAY THERE WERE 23.
AM I REMEMBERING THAT THAT GRANT OPPORTUNITY IS OPEN EVERY YEAR? SO THIS IS NOT LOCALLY, BUT NATIONALLY FOR CITY OF AUSTIN? OR IS IT EVERY OTHER YEAR OR IT'S A, IT'S A DIFFERENT PROGRAM.
SO THIS WAS, IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
THIS WAS A ONE-OFF, UM, APPLICATION THAT THE N E A HAD TO USE UP ARPA FUNDS GOTCHA.
SPECIFICALLY FOR SUB GRANTING.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER ELIGIBLE AVAILABLE IN THE ARTS EDUCATION FOR ARTS EDUCATION? THERE ARE 19 GRANTS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE.
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ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS ONLINE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE DIOCESE? NO.[8. Staff briefing on the Agreement with The Trail Conservancy to manage TEMPO 2024 by Constance Y. White, Art in Public Places Program Manager]
STEPH BRIEFING ON THE AGREEMENT WITH THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY TO MANAGE TEMPO 2024 BY CONSTANCE WHITE, A I P P PROGRAM MANAGER AND COMPANY AND FRIENDS,I'M SOUTHERN, SO WHEN I SAY GOOD EVENING, IT'S KIND OF LIKE CALL AND RESPONSE
UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING.
I DID BRING SOME OF OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH US TONIGHT, AND I'LL ALLOW THEM TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES FROM THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY.
I'M THE C E O OF THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY.
I'M THE CULTURE AND ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY.
SO, AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, TEMPO IS AIP P'S ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, UH, TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS PROGRAM.
THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN GOING ON, UM, IN VARIOUS FORMS SINCE 2014.
AND OVER THE PAST YEAR, ART AND PUBLIC PLACES HAS UNDERGONE A LOT OF CHANGES INCLUDING BUILDING STAFF CAPACITIES AND STAFF CHANGES, AND WHILE, UH, BECOMING PARTNERS, UH, WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE CITY.
WITH THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY INCLUDED, WE'VE DETERMINED THAT A GOOD PRACTICE FOR THIS PILOT FOR THIS YEAR WOULD BE TO SHARE THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY AS THEY HAVE JUST COMPLETED THEIR ARTS AND CULTURE PLAN.
OR DO I DO THIS LITTLE GADGET? OH, NEXT SLIDE.
SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, FRAMEWORK HERE, AS CONSTANT SAID, UH, WE DID JUST COMPLETE OUR ARTS AND CULTURE PLAN.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW, YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH IT.
WE DID BRING THAT THROUGH THE COMMISSION LAST SPRING, AND IT WAS APPROVED, I THINK IN APRIL, BUT I THINK IT VICE YEAH.
AND SO IT'S A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY THROUGH THE TEMPO PROGRAM.
UM, ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE JUST A LITTLE BIT, T T C OR THE CHU CONSERVANCY USED TO BE THE CHO FOUNDATION.
WE ARE THE PRIMARY STEWARD FOR ALL OF TOWN LAKE METROPOLITAN PARK NOW THROUGH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND WITH A FORMAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY ON THAT TOO, WHICH IS A 25 YEAR, UH, DOCUMENT, UM, THAT HAS A LOT OF ADDITIONAL FRAMEWORK IN IT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ARTS AND CULTURE.
UH, BUT THE ARTS AND CULTURE PLAN GIVES US THIS THREE YEAR WORK PLAN, UM, OR ACTUALLY A LONGER, UH, PLAN THAN THAT.
BUT THE FIRST THREE YEARS IS VERY WELL OUTLINED FOR US IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN BE DOING, AND IT'S REALLY FOCUSING ON TEMPORARY ARTWORK.
I'M GONNA LET CAITLYN GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL FOR YOU.
UH, BUT THE GOAL HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS TO ENCOURAGE THE CREATION OF SITE SPECIFIC ART TO CREATE A SENSE OF PLACE THROUGH THE CULTIVATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS.
IT CAN NOT BE STUCK IN ONLY ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS.
BY THE WAY, WE DISCUSSED THAT WITH THE PANEL LAST TIME.
UM, AND A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND EVEN.
WE NEED, THERE'S THIS ONE'S NEXT.
OH, IS IT? YEAH, BECAUSE WE MOVED OUT OF ORDER.
SO, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR ME.
UM, AGAIN, SOME OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS, BUT IN 2014, THERE WAS A MORATORIUM ON ANY ART INSTALLATIONS IN THIS PARTICULAR PARK THAT WE NOW STEWARD, UM, UNTIL SOME KIND OF A PUBLIC ART PLAN COULD BE PUT TOGETHER.
AND THAT JUST TOOK US A WHILE.
SO HERE WE ARE NOW WITH THAT PLAN.
AND SO WE, AS WE, AS WE KNEW THIS PLAN WAS COMING TO FRUITION, UM, AND THE MORATORIUM WAS ENDING, UH, WE LAUNCHED THAT WITH A CONSULTANT AND WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE PLAN IN PLACE.
UH, ONE THE SIMPLEST TERMS THAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO USE TO KIND OF DESCRIBE THIS PLAN AND, AND MY GOAL AS THE C E O OF THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY TO BRING IT FORWARD, IS THAT I THINK WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY IN THIS PARTICULAR SPACE WITH 5 MILLION USERS IN THIS ONE PARK EVERY YEAR TO, UH, EXPOSE TRAIL USERS TO ART THAT MAYBE WOULDN'T NORMALLY GO OUTTA THEIR WAY TO GO FIND IT, AND VICE VERSA, BRING PEOPLE TO THE TRAIL BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING INSTALLED ON THE TRAIL.
AND SO THIS REALLY WONDERFUL KIND OF WIN-WIN HAPPENING THERE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
AND THEN WITH THAT, I THINK I'M GONNA TRADE SPOTS WITH KAITLYN SO SHE CAN GET INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
SO, AS IT LISTS HERE, THESE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES
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OF PROGRAMMING THAT WE INCLUDED IN THE ARTS AND CULTURE PLAN.UM, SO WE HAVE A FOCUS ON TEMPORARY INSTALLATIONS FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS THAT ALLOWS US TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF PLACING ART IN THE SPACE AND WHAT KINDS OF ART, UH, FOLKS WILL WANNA SEE IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT WORK BETTER OR NOT.
THE TRAIL IS BELOVED BY MANY, YOU KNOW, AS HEIDI SAID, 4.9 MILLION USERS.
SO MAKING SURE THE ART IS IN ITS RIGHT PLACE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON TEMPORARY INSTALLATIONS.
UM, WE'LL ALSO HAVE PERFORMANCE ART, UM, EVENTUALLY AN ART RESIDENCY.
UM, AND THEN THESE LAST TWO POINTS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PLANNING AND DESIGN PROJECTS ARE REALLY INTERESTING AS WELL.
THAT'S, UH, HIGHLIGHTED MORE IN THE PLAN, BUT INTRODUCING ARTISTS TO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, PLANNING PROCESS, SO STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH DESIGN, SCHEMATICS AND CONSTRUCTION.
UM, SO THAT'LL BE REALLY EXCITING.
IF YOU WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT IT, UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK MORE TOO.
UM, BUT THE PRIMARY FOR TEMPO IS THAT TEMPORARY INSTALLATIONS.
UM, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AM I CLICKING OR ARE YOU CLICKING? I, HE'S CLICKING, HE'S CLICKING.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE REMINDED, UM, JUST THE INTENTION OF TEMPO, WHICH IS ALL ENCOMPASSING.
AND, UH, OUR, UH, CONTINUED INTENTION IS TO SUPPORT THESE ORIGINAL GOALS TO PROMOTE TOURISM.
UH, SINCE ALMOST 5 MILLION PEOPLE ARE VISITING THE TRAIL, MANY OF THOSE ARE VISITORS.
I'VE BEEN A VISITOR ON THE TRAIL PRIOR TO BEING A RESIDENT HERE.
I THINK IT CAN CREATE THIS STRONG SENSE OF CURIOSITY AND A SENSE OF DESTINATION TO INSPIRE FOLKS WHILE THEY'RE OUT SEEING THE ARTWORK INSTALLED IN LIKE THESE NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL SPACES.
UM, WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.
SO FOSTERING THIS COMMUNITY DIALOGUE ABOUT WHAT PUBLIC ART MEANS IN OUR SPACES, UM, AND TO FOSTER AND CULTIVATE WORK BY LOCAL ARTISTS BECAUSE THE TRAIL BELONGS TO ALL OF US, INCLUDING OUR ARTISTS.
AND TO ALLOW THEM TO IMAGINE THEIR WORK IN THESE VAST OPEN SPACES AND THESE TRAILS THAT CONNECT ONE TO THE OTHER IS, UM, IS INSPIRING TO THE ARTIST AND ALSO US LISTENING TO THE ARTIST ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IN PLACES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEIR WORK.
AND SO ARTISTS ARE ENCOURAGED STILL THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO CREATE ARTWORKS THAT REFLECT THE SITE WHERE THEY EXHIBIT THEIR WORK, AND TO, TO DESIGN THE ARTWORK THAT CAN BE EASILY INSTALLED AND DEINSTALLED.
UH, SO THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY WILL NOT BE ALONE.
WE'RE NOT LETTING GO OF THE REIGNS BECAUSE WE HAVE ISSUES WITH LETTING GO OF THINGS.
AND, UH, SO THEY'LL BE VERY MUCH WORKING WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED FOR A I P P, BUT DEFINITELY WITH SOME FLEXIBILITY ALSO WHILE THEY'RE PILOT, PILOTING THEIR PROCESS TO SEE SPECIFICALLY WHAT WORKS FOR THEM AT THIS INTERSECTION OF THESE OUTDOOR SPACES WITH THE ARTISTS THAT LOVE THE TRAIL ALSO.
SO HOW DID WE GET HERE? HERE'S A COUPLE OF PARALLEL TIMELINES THAT WERE HAPPENING UNINTENTIONALLY, BUT WERE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME IN 2021.
SO A I P P CONTRIBUTED $10,000 TO THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY'S ART AND CULTURE PLANNING PROCESS, WHICH WAS A TWO YEAR PROCESS.
AND THAT FOCUS SPECIFICALLY WAS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC ART VISIONING.
SO CHECK MISSION ACCOMPLISHED FOR THAT.
WHAT RESULTED WAS THE ARTS AND CULTURE PLAN INCLUDED IN THAT PLAN WAS THE COLLECTION MANAGEMENT POLICY FOR THE T T C, WHICH YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.
UM, AND THIS OUTLINES THE PROCESS FOR MANAGING, UM, SITE ACTIVATIONS AND TEMPORARY INSTALLATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS, BUT ALSO CONFIRMS, UH, IN WRITING THAT T T C WILL FOLLOW ESTABLISHED A I P P PROCESSES FOR LOANS AND DONATIONS, WHICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS PROCESS, UM, AS WELL AS PERMANENT ARTWORK COMMISSIONS THAT STILL WILL BE COMING BEFORE THIS BODY FOR APPROVAL ON A PARALLEL TRACK IN 2021, A I P P HOSTED INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUPS AND OTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TEMPO, UH, WITH THE A I P P PANEL WITH SENIOR STAFF THAT HAD BEEN MANAGING TEMPO FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS AND ALSO PAST TEMPO ARTISTS.
THOSE RESULTS, UH, OR THOSE CONVERSATIONS RESULTED IN WHAT WE CALL THE PROGRAM ASSESSMENT.
AND, UH, THERE WERE 15 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT.
UH, SOME OF THOSE ARE, UH, SUMMARIZED IN THIS STATEMENT.
UH, REDESIGNING THE TEMPO PROGRAM TO ACCOMMODATE A MORE FLEXIBLE PROCESS, UH, THAT BREAKS DOWN SOME OF OUR RIGID STRUCTURE WITHIN A I P P.
SO THIS GIVES US A BREAK TO LOOK AT OURSELVES AS WELL.
AND WE WANNA GO BEYOND EXPECTATIONS TO MEET THE ARTISTS WHILE THEY ARE.
AND, UH, KAITLYN IS GONNA FOSTER A
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A LOT OF THAT PROCESS.UM, AND MAXIMIZING COMMUNITY IMPACT IS WHERE THAT ENGAGEMENT PIECE COMES INTO PLAY AS WELL.
SO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM HAS A CONNECTION COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT, UM, CLAUSE WITHIN OUR DONATIONS AND LOANS POLICY.
AND IT SET, IT STATES THAT, UM, IF AN ORGANIZATION HAS WORKED WITH THE CITY, LIKE IF THEY'RE, LET ME START OVER.
IF A CITY DEPARTMENT HAS A, A COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT POLICY, THEN THEY, UH, ARE ABLE TO LET, LET ME READ THE STATEMENT.
UM, BUT THAT ALLOWS A CITY DEPARTMENT TO BORROW OR ACQUIRE ARTWORK WITHOUT OBTAINING ARTS COMMISSION APPROVAL.
UM, IF IT HAS ADOPTED AN APPROVE, A COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT POLICY, WHICH THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY HAS DONE AS A PART OF THEIR ARTS AND CULTURE, UM, PROGRAM.
SO THAT WILL GIVE THEM AUTONOMY IN MANAGING THEIR TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS, UH, PROGRAM.
UM, OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY IS FOR ONE YEAR, AND WE'RE CALLING THIS A ONE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM.
IT ALLOWS A I P P TO REEVALUATE OUR PROCESSES, TO TRAIN OUR STAFF, TO BUILD CAPACITIES, WHILE ALSO GIVES THE, GIVES THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY A FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH TO WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED.
AND SO, WORKING FROM OUR CALLS TO ARTISTS, OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OUR DATABASE OF ARTISTS TO OUTREACH TO, UM, SUPPORTS THIS PARTNERSHIP IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS THEM, YOU KNOW, SUCCESS.
AND LIKE HEIDI SAID, IT'S A WIN-WIN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US.
THE FUNDING, UM, WE'RE INCREASING OUR FUNDING FROM 2014 TO 2018.
UH, THE ARTISTS THAT, OR 2019, THE ARTISTS THAT WORKED WITH TEMPO HAD RECEIVED ABOUT $10,000 IN PREVIOUS YEARS, IT'S BEEN AS LOW AS $8,000.
AND SO WE'RE SEEING THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY, AGAIN, TO INCLINE OUR EAR TO THE ARTIST SO THAT THEY'RE NOT INVESTING THEIR MONEY TO FINISH A PORTFOLIO BUILDING PROJECT, BUT ENHANCING THAT BUDGET OR INCREASING THOSE BUDGETS TO 25,000 FOR EACH ARTIST.
AND SO IT WILL BE EIGHT ARTISTS RECEIVING A $25,000 STIPEND FOR THAT.
AND WE'RE IMAGINING THE EXHIBITION PERIOD TO BE 10 TO 12 MONTHS.
SO SOME OF THOSE INSTALLATIONS WILL BE STAGGERED SO THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE RESOURCES AND ATTENTION TO WHAT THE ARTISTS NEED DURING THAT TIME.
SO, UM, HOW THE ARTISTS WILL BE SELECTED THROUGH OUR ARTS AND CULTURE, UM, PLAN, WE OUTLINED, UM, DIFFERENT METHODS FOR, UM, ARTIST SELECTION AND PROCESSES FOR THAT.
UM, SO WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THOSE, UM, PROCESSES OUTLINED IN THE PLAN.
UM, FOR THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, WE'LL BE DOING A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, UM, AS OUR CALL FOR ARTISTS.
SO RATHER THAN SUBMITTING A DESIGN PROPOSAL, WE'LL BE ASKING ARTISTS FOR, UM, SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS, PHOTOS OF PAST WORK, UM, REFERENCES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN, SO THAT'S OUR STEP ONE.
UM, THE STEP TWO, WE WILL BE USING OUR ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE THAT IS MADE UP OF, UM, ARTS PROFESSIONALS FROM ACROSS, UM, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM A I P P AND THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
AND THEY'LL ACT AS OUR SELECTION AND REVIEW PANEL.
UM, SO THEY'LL REVIEW AND APPROVE THOSE ARTISTS.
UM, AND WE'LL GET THE CONTRACTS SENT OUT.
UM, AS WE STATED ALREADY, THEY'LL BE RECEIVING $25,000 AS A STIPEND TO, THAT'S ALL INCLUSIVE, UM, INCLUDING DESIGN, FABRICATION, INSTALLATION, DEINS INSTALLATION.
UM, AND THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, UM, FOR TECHNICAL REVIEW, UM, OF ALL THE DIFFERENT SITES AND THE ART PIECES AS WELL, JUST SO EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY AND, UM, AND WE CAN GET THOSE TECHNICAL APPROVALS.
UM, SO THAT'S SORT OF THE PROCESS FOR SELECTION.
UM, COULD WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? UM, THESE ARE POSSIBLE INSTALLATION SITES.
SO AS YOU CAN TELL HERE, WE HAVE 10 INSTALLATION SITES THAT ARE POSSIBLE AND ONLY EIGHT ARTISTS.
SO DURING THE, UH, CALL FOR ARTISTS, ARTISTS WILL SELECT TWO OF THEIR SITE PREFERENCES, UM, AND WE'LL WORK WITH THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ARTISTS WILL GO TO WHAT LOCATION.
UM, AS IT STATED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, THE TRAIL GOES ACROSS 10 MILES OF THE CITY.
SO, UM, THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE TRAIL TOUCH DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY.
AND EVEN IF WE'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, ONLY WORKING WITHIN THIS PARK, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF CITY THAT THE PARK TOUCHES, UM, ESPECIALLY
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DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.UM, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE POSSIBLE INSTALLATION SITES.
UM, AND EACH OF THESE SITES WILL BE SPECIFIED BY TYPE OF ART.
SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE LEGWORK ON OUR END TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FLOODPLAINS ARE CORRECT AND ALL THESE TECHNICAL THINGS.
SO THE SCULPTURES ARE GOING IN PLACES THAT THEY'LL BE HAPPY AND THE MURALS WILL BE GOING IN PLACES THAT THEY'LL BE HAPPY.
SO, UM, THAT WILL BE THE POSSIBLE INSTALLATION SITES.
UM, AND THEN COULD WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? SO FOR THE NEXT STEPS, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE ALREADY TUCKED WITH THE A I P PANEL AND WE'RE HERE AT ARTS COMMISSION.
UM, WE'LL HAVE THE CALL FOR ARTISTS TO OPEN IN SEPTEMBER.
IT'LL BE OPEN FOR SIX WEEKS CLOSING IN MID-OCTOBER.
WE WILL BE, UM, REVIEWING THE SUBMISSIONS, UM, EARLY NOVEMBER, HOPEFULLY WITH THE CONTRACT EXECUTION AND PROGRAM KICKOFF AT THE END OF NOVEMBER.
THAT WILL GIVE THE ARTISTS WHO ARE SELECTED, UM, UNTIL MID-JANUARY TO WORK ON A FINAL DESIGN PRESENTATION.
UM, THEY WILL GET A STIPEND TO WORK ON THAT FINAL DESIGN PRESENTATION THAT'S PART OF THE $25,000, UM, TO WORK SPECIFICALLY ON THEIR DESIGN PRESENTATION.
THAT WILL GO TO OUR ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP SO WE CAN MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS GOOD FOR FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH.
UM, AND WE WILL HAVE THE EXHIBITION FROM MARCH OF 2024 TO MARCH OF 2025.
UM, ALONGSIDE THAT EXHIBITION OPEN BEING OPEN, WE'LL ALSO HAVE PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THAT TIME TO CONTINUE TO ACTIVATE THE SPACES THAT WILL BE, UM, WE'LL HAVE ART ON THEM FOR THE YEAR.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A DE-INSTALL IN 2025.
UM, I THINK WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A GOOD PARTNERSHIP, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TO CLARIFY.
SO WHO WILL BE ON THE PANEL TO MAKE THE SELECTION OF THEIR ARTWORK? ARE YOU USING THE A I P P PANELS OR ARE YOU HAVING YOUR OWN PANEL? THERE'S AN ART AND CULTURE COMMITTEE, UH, THAT'S WITHIN THE GOVERNANCE OF THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY AND, UM, I'M ON THAT COMMITTEE.
THERE ARE OTHER ARTS, UM, AND DESIGN PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE MUCH, UH, MATCHING THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
SO IT'LL BE THAT THAT COMMITTEE WILL BE THE, THE SELECTION PANEL.
SO IT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE A I P P PANEL SELECTION.
AND THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY WORKING ON EQUITY ISSUES, INCLUSIVE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, UM, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IS STILL IN YOUR FOCUS AND, UH, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, TO GET SOME REPORT ABOUT WHO HAVE BEEN SELECTED, UM, BEFORE FINALIZED, NOT TO AFFECT YOUR DECISION, BUT TO MAYBE OFFER SOME THOUGHTS THAT WILL BE APPRECIATED.
I'M HAPPY TO BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU, NOT ONLY WHO WAS SELECTED, BUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF WHO'S APPLIED, WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE, BECAUSE WE HAVE, THIS IS A, A TEST FOR US TOO, AND HOW WE DO THINGS BETTER, DIFFERENTLY, HOW WE ENHANCE THE WORK OF OUR PARTNERS THAT WANNA PRACTICE IN THE SAME SPACE OF DOING ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.
AND SO, UM, WE WILL BE INTERESTED IN THAT INFORMATION AND HAPPY TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU ALL AS WELL.
MIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTATION.
I'VE BEEN REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UH, KNOWING THAT IT'S A ONE YEAR PROGRAM FOR NOW AND HOPE IS THAT IT WOULD CONTINUE.
SO THE QUESTION IS THE INSTALLATION AND DE-INSTALL, DE-INSTALL INSTALLATION.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A MARCH AND MARCH IS BECAUSE IT IS A ONE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM, WE WANT IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE DINT INSTALLATION ALL COMING DOWN AT THE SAME TIME AND THEN STARTING OVER OR, AND WHEN'S THE SECOND PHASE PLANNING START? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THE OVER, IS THERE AN OVERLAP AND IS THOUGHT GOING INTO THAT AS THEIR ADVISOR
SO A STAGGERED DE-INSTALL IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AROUND THE SITE, AND ALSO WITH THE ARTISTS AND THE TYPE OF WORK THAT THEY PRODUCE, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE,
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I WON'T EVEN GO INTO HYPOTHETICALS.SO IN AN IDEAL SITUATION, DE-INSTALL COMES ALONG WITH NEW INSTALLATIONS IN THE NEXT PHASE.
SO PERHAPS, PERHAPS, BUT YOU'RE NOT SURE YET.
COMMISSIONER HOUSTON AND THEN MALDONADO, AND THEN, YEAH, MY, EXCUSE ME, MY, UH, QUESTION WAS ALONG THE SAME LINES AS COMMISSIONER GRAYS, THAT, THAT, ARE WE LOOKING FORWARD TO, THIS IS A SUCCESS, HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THE NEXT PHASE? I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME LEARNING HALFWAY THROUGH THAT WILL INFORM IMPLEMENTING THE NEXT PHASE, YOU KNOW, SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS IN ADVANCE OF THAT HAPPENING.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE, IT'S JUST UNKNOWN.
COMMISSIONER MALDONADO, YOU HAD A QUESTION? THANK YOU.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? LADIES HEAR ME? YES.
SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UH, CAN YOU CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ARTISTS ARE SELECTED AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO CHOOSE THE LOCATION BASED ON THE ONES THAT WERE ON THE MAP? IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
SO HOW DO WE, HOW ARE WE GONNA MAKE SURE NOT ALL THE ARTISTS SELECT THE INSTALLATIONS THAT ARE GONNA GO WEST OF I 35 VERSUS EAST OF 35? THE ARTISTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SELECT TWO LOCATIONS.
AND SO IF THEY DON'T GET THEIR A, THEY GET THEIR B AND IN THAT SELECTION PROCESS.
UM, I THINK JUST COMMUNICATING WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S, WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ALL ARTISTS CHOOSING ONE SITE OR IN ONE GENERAL VICINITY BECAUSE ALL OF THE SITES ARE SUPER INTERESTING.
AND SO I THINK THAT IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET THE ARTISTS KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME MURAL OPPORTUNITIES, THERE'S SOME SCULPTURAL OPPORTUNITIES, THERE'S SOME WORKS THAT ARE WIDE OPEN, SOME THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW, CLANDESTINE, THAT, UM, I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
SO I GUESS THE HONEST ANSWER IS, IS NOT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE COMPLETELY VETTED.
BUT I THINK HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ARTISTS, LIKE LOOKING AT THE POOL OF ARTISTS THAT EVENTUALLY ARE THE ARTISTS THAT ARE SELECTED, JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE BETWEEN THEIR ONE AND TWO AND UH, AND WHAT THE CAPACITIES ARE TO, TO BUILD THOSE OUT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, AND THEN CLARIFICATION TOO, ON THE 25,000, DOES THAT INCLUDE FABRICATION AND EVERYTHING FOR THE INSTALLATION? SOUP TO NUTS, FABRICATION, DESIGN, FABRICATION, INSTALLATION, DE-INSTALL, AND THEN WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT GOES TO THE ARTIST? THE ARTIST MANAGES THE $25,000.
TYPICALLY IN A PUBLIC ART PROJECT, I KNOW WE DON'T KNOW THIS FORMULA, BUT, UM, INDUSTRY STANDARD IS THAT, YOU KNOW, 20%, 15 TO 20% OF THE PROJECT BUDGET GOES FOR DESIGN, AND THE REMAINDER OF THE BUDGET IS FOR A FABRICATION INSTALLATION MATERIALS PURCHASED.
IF THE ARTIST IS THEIR OWN FABRICATOR OR MAKER, THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO MANAGE WHAT THOSE CONTINGENCY COSTS ARE TO PAY THEMSELVES AND EARN FROM THAT AS WELL.
BUT IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW THEY PLAN ON THE WORK BEING FABRICATED.
UM, SO, AND I CAN GET REAL GRANULAR WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT THAT IF YOU WANT.
UH, AND I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN HEARING A LITTLE BIT, AND MAYBE I MISSED THIS, IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION, BUT I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS, WHICH IS, ARE THE INSTALLATIONS BEING SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR? ARE THEY ALL HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, AT ONCE IN A CERTAIN QUARTER? WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE OF INSTALLATIONS KIND OF LOOK LIKE? SUBSTANTIALLY.
THE, THE INSTALLATIONS WILL HAPPEN WITHIN A MONTH TO SIX WEEKS OF EACH OTHER.
AND SO LIKE EVERY WEEKEND IN MARCH, YOU'RE GONNA BE BUSY
UH, AND I'M SORRY, I HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS 'CAUSE I ACTUALLY LIVE RIGHT ALONG THE TRAIL.
THE EXISTING ART THAT'S ALONG THE TRAIL.
SO THERE ARE SOME PIECES THAT I'VE NOTICED HAVE BEEN ON THE TRAIL FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
UM, ARE THOSE, ARE THOSE STAIN AND THESE ARE JUST NEW PIECES BEING ADDED.
CAN Y'ALL COME CONFIRM THAT THE PERMANENT ART THAT'S ON THE TRAIL IS IN THE CITY'S ART AND PUBLIC PLACES COLLECTION? AND SO THAT ARTWORK IS STAYING UNLESS THERE'S SOME ISSUE WITH IT WHERE IT MAY POSE
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A, A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC, OR IT'S IN IRREPARABLE UH, DAMAGE OR DISREPAIR.UM, SO WITH, WITH THIS GOING TO THE CONSERVATORY, WILL WE STILL BE GETTING AN UPDATE, I GUESS EVERY MONTH THROUGH THE ARTS COMMISSION MEETINGS? JUST CONFIRMING THAT I MISSED THE BEGINNING OF YOUR QUESTION, MONICA, WILL WE BE GETTING, UH, REPORTING ON THIS EVERY MONTH THROUGH THE ARTS COMMISSION? WHEN YOU GUYS, UH, PRESENT TO US? I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'LL PRESENT EVERY MONTH, BUT I THINK WHENEVER THERE ARE MILESTONES TO REPORT OUT ON, LIKE ARTIST SELECTION OR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CALLS HAVE CLOSED AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, 80 ARTISTS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED, AND THESE ARE THE DEMOGRA DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE ARTIST.
AND THEN THE, THE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN UPDATED TIMELINE, UH, THESE ARE THE ARTISTS THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED.
UM, HERE ARE THE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, HERE'S THE INSTALLATION SCHEDULE, HERE'S AN INVITATION TO THE PARTY, UM, HERE'S THE CLOSING OF, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE EXHIBITIONS.
SO I THINK THOSE TYPES OF MILESTONES, IF THERE'S, UM, ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE WORK, WHEN ARTISTS ARE, UM, SCHEDULED TO HAVE AN ARTIST TALK OR OTHER TYPES OF ENGAGEMENTS, THEN THIS BODY, YOU GUYS WILL DEFINITELY BE NOTIFIED AND INVITED TO, TO COME OUT, PARTICIPATE, SUPPORT, AND ENJOY.
I THINK THAT, OH, ONE LAST QUESTION IS, UH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THIS ANSWER TO THIS YET, SO I AM ALSO REALLY INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING HOW WE'LL KIND OF JUST MEASURE THE IMPACT OF THE INSTALLATIONS.
I KNOW THERE WAS A PARTICULAR INSTALLATION THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR AND I FELT THAT THE OUTCOME, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR THAT PARTICULAR, UH, INSTALLATION.
SO I, I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S LIKE AN INTENTIONAL PLAN OF WHAT THE OUTREACH LOOKS LIKE AND ALSO MEASURING HOW THE PUBLIC EMBRACES THE ART AND, UH, AND ATTENDANCE FOR THOSE COMMUNITY EVENTS.
FOR SURE IN THE ARTS AND CULTURE PLAN, THERE'S SOME, UM, SOME LANGUAGE, SOME DIRECTION ON ENGAGEMENT.
UM, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT THAT HAPPENED THAT INFORMED THE PLAN.
AND SO I THINK SOME OF THE LEARNING FROM THE PUBLIC THAT PARTICIPATED WAS THEY WANNA CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO TO CINI, COMMISSIONER CINI, AND THEN GARZA.
UM, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES.
IT'S MY FIRST TIME TALKING ON THE MICROPHONE.
UM, SO TO CLARIFY, THERE WILL BE EIGHT ARTISTS THAT ARE SELECTED.
UM, AM I ALLOWED TO LIKE GIVE FEED LIKE A FEEDBACK PIECE? OKAY, SO MY FEEDBACK WOULD BE, UM, BASED ON THE EQUITY, UM, FEEDBACK, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT AS A PERSON FROM EAST AUSTIN, UM, IS IF THERE ARE EIGHT ARTISTS AND THERE ARE 10 SPOTS, THEN WHY NOT MAKE IT A QUALIFICATION WHERE YOU PICK ONE ON WEST AND ONE ON EAST SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE ROLLING OUT, UM, THE SITES, IT'S EQUAL.
DO YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING? BECAUSE LIKE, IF, WHEN YOU SAY ONE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? ONE SIDE OF OF TOWN.
SO IF I'M AN ARTIST AND I'M APPLYING FOR THIS, I HAVE TO PICK ONE SITE ON EAST AUSTIN AND ONE SITE ON WEST AUSTIN.
THAT WAY WHEN YOU'RE MAKING YOUR PLANS, YOU CAN PICK ONE FROM EAST AUSTIN, ONE FROM WEST WEST AUSTIN, AND THEN GO TO THE NEXT ARTIST, GO TO THE NEXT ARTIST.
DO DO WE HAVE EQUAL AMOUNTS OF SITES FROM EAST WEST? YES.
WE HAVE FIVE SITES ON BOTH SIDES.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT WAS MY FIRST LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK.
UM, MY SECOND, UH, I GUESS QUESTION, UM, IF THE APPLICATION IS OPENING NEXT MONTH IN SEPTEMBER, UM, DO YOU HAVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE ART GALLERIES, ARTS NONPROFITS, THAT ARE GETTING THE WORD OUT ON THE APPLICATION OPENING SO THAT YOU ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTING THE LOCAL ARTS COMMUNITY? NO, NOT YET.
WE'RE ON R C A REQUEST FOR COUNCIL.
WE'RE ON COUNCIL AGENDA FOR AUGUST, UH, 31ST.
AND SO WE ARE TRUSTING AND DEPENDING ON A, UM, EFFICIENT ROUTING CYCLE SO THAT WE GET OUR AGREEMENT BACK, LIKE REALLY QUICKLY.
AND THAT REQUIRES US TO HAVE A DO, ONCE WE HAVE A HARD DATE ON THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN EXECUTED, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH DEFINED DATES.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN UNKNOWN.
BUT I KNOW THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY HAS COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND WE DO TOO FOR THAT, FOR THOSE TYPES OF, YOU KNOW, OUTREACH AND DISTRIBUTION AS WELL.
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COOL.UM, AND MY LAST QUESTION 'CAUSE I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, IS THIS APPLICATION ONLY GONNA BE OPEN TO LOCAL ARTISTS OR ARE IT GONNA BE OPEN TO ALL ARTISTS IN THE UNITED STATES? UH, FOR THIS PILOT YEAR, IT'S FOR LOCAL ARTISTS, LOCAL ARTS, AND, UH, HISTORICALLY TEMPO HAS BEEN FOR LOCAL ARTISTS.
I MEAN, THE $25,000 IS KIND OF PROHIBITIVE FOR ARTISTS COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, NEW YORK OR CHICAGO OR WHEREVER, JUST THINKING ABOUT TRAVEL.
UNLESS THEY JUST REALLY WANTED TO WORK ON A PUBLIC ART PROJECT ON THE TRAIL IN AUSTIN.
NOT SAYING THEY WOULDN'T, I'M KIND OF FABULOUS.
PEOPLE WANNA WORK WITH ME
AND IF WE WANNA THINK ABOUT THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CULTIVATE, UH, TALENT FOR OUR LOCAL ARTISTS, THEN THAT IS REALLY A BIG PART OF THE FOCUS FOR THIS AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER GARZA, THANK YOU GUYS FOR THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS OUT ON OUR TRAILS.
UH, I GO OUT ON THE TRAILS AS OFTEN AS I CAN, SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
UH, AND, UH, TRADITIONALLY, OF COURSE, TEMPO WAS IN 10 DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
SO EVERY DISTRICT GOT SOMEONE, UH, AN ARTIST REPRESENTING THEM OR AT LEAST HAVING AN EXHIBIT IN THEIR LOCATION.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD IDEA BECAUSE IT SPREADS OUT THE TEMPO MONEY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
BUT I ALSO LIKE THIS IDEA, UH, THAT IT BRINGS EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
AND SO IT'S GONNA REALLY GIVE A LOT OF ARTISTS A LOT OF MAXIMUM EXPOSURE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT 10 MILE RUN UP AND DOWN, YOU KNOW, EAST TO WEST H 35 IS REALLY A LOT OF FUN.
UH, AND, BUT AGAIN, ONE OF MY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS IS MOVING FORWARD, UH, LIKE I SAID, I REALLY LIKED HAVING TEMPO IN 10 DIFFERENT AREAS THAT ARE OUT THE CITY.
I THINK THAT THAT REALLY GIVES, UH, ARTISTS FROM EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
APPRECIATE THE ARTISTS THAT LIVE WITH THEM.
UH, SO, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT THE NEXT PHASE IS, OF COURSE, WE'LL SEE THAT.
UH, BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND I HOPE YOU GUYS REALLY CONSIDER, UH, ARTWORK IS REFLECTIVE OF THE HISTORY AND THE CULTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND DOES THAT ACCURATELY, AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.
UM, I WANT TO ECHO, UH, COMMISSIONER GARZA THAT I THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA AND IT IS STILL A GOOD IDEA TO SPREAD, YOU KNOW, UH, THE ARTWORK THROUGH 10 DISTRICT SO THAT FOLKS FROM MY DISTRICT 10 GET TO ENJOY, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ARTISTS AND THEY DON'T NEED TO BE FROM DISTRICT 10, THE ARTISTS, BUT THEN AT LEAST THERE'S SOME INSTALLATION DISTRICT 10.
SO, SO THE, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN DISTRICT 10 CAN ENJOY DIFFERENT ARTISTS.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
AND I, I, I REALLY LIKE THAT YOU UP THE 25,000 STIPEND.
UM, I THINK IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO LIVE IN AUSTIN WITH 10,000, YOU KNOW, INSTALLED THIS ARTWORK.
JUST AS A CLARIFICATION, THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TRAIL CONSERVATIVE DOES NOT EXCLUDE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES IN OTHER DISTRICTS, OR DOES IT, IT DOESN'T EXCLUDE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES IN OTHER DISTRICTS.
OUR ART, OUR PERMANENT EXHIBIT, LIKE OUR PERMANENT OUR ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM IS, IS STILL HAPPENING.
WE HAVE A PORTFOLIO OF 90, OVER 91 PROJECTS, UM, THAT ARE ONGOING THROUGHOUT JUST ABOUT EVERY DISTRICT IN THE CITY.
AND SO THAT'S STILL ONGOING TEMPO THIS YEAR IS RE IS RESIDING WITH UNDER THE GOVERNANCE OF THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY.
SO WE WILL NOT BE IMPLEMENTING ANY OTHER TEMPORARY INSTALLATIONS OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE'VE JUST SHARED WITH YOU.
BUT OUR PERMANENT PROJECTS THAT ARE GENERATED THROUGH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ARE STILL BUSTLING.
OH, MONICA, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? GO AHEAD.
YEAH, JUST REALLY QUICK, QUICK.
I JUST WANTED TO ECHO, UH, COMMISSIONER GARZA ALSO, WHICH IS I DO REALLY LOVE THE IDEA AND I THINK THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE A DEEPER CONSIDERATION OF HOW THE ARTISTS SELECT THE LOCATION.
UH, I DO LOVE THE IDEA OF MAYBE PART OF THE SELECTION PROCESS IS MAKING SURE THERE'S REPRESENTATION FROM, UH, AS MANY DISTRICTS AS POSSIBLE.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT HAVING THE ARTISTS PICK ONE LOCATION FROM WEST OF 35 AND EAST, I I WOULD PROBABLY SAY THAT COULD, THAT
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COULD BE A LITTLE BIT RISKY.'CAUSE THEN WE WOULD BE RISKING AN ARTIST THAT DOES NOT HAVE A CONNECTION OR DOESN'T, DOESN'T RELATE TO EAST AUSTIN PICKING A LOCATION, UM, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO.
SO I REALLY LOVE MORE THE IDEA OF HOW MANY DISTRICTS, ARTISTS FROM EVERY DISTRICT CAN BE REPRESENTED THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S FEASIBLE TO ENCOURAGE ART.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE ARE ARTISTS THAT LIVE IN EVERY DISTRICT THAT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CREATE THE WORK OR THE INTEREST TO CREATE THE WORK ON THE TRAIL.
AND SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ENTRUSTED WITH IS DOING THE BEST OUTREACH THAT WE CAN DO, ENGAGING THE ARTISTS THE WAY THAT WE KNOW HOW TO, AND ENCOURAGING THE ARTISTS TO APPLY FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING CRITERIA TO SELECT THE ARTISTS THAT RESULT IN THE BEST EXPERIENCE, NOT ONLY FOR THE ARTIST, BUT ALSO FOR THE SITE.
AND SO, LIKE WE DO OUTREACH, WE DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT WE CAN'T PROMISE YOU THAT THERE WILL BE AN ARTIST FROM EVERY DISTRICT THAT'S REPRESENTED WITH A PROJECT, BECAUSE WE MAY NOT HAVE EVERY, YOU KNOW, ARTIST FROM EVERY DISTRICT APPLY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS.
UM, SO AFTERWARDS, AFTER WE RESTRUCTURE A I P P RESTRUCTURES AND WE REBUILD OUR TEAM AND ALL THE CAPACITIES THAT WE INTEND TO, THEN, UM, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE NEXT VERSION OF TEMPO AFTER THIS PILOT YEAR.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED ALSO CLARIFY, UH, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN AN ARTS COMMISSIONER, I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE CALL FOR TEMPO APPLICATIONS THAT NOT INCLUDE ARTISTS FROM EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT FROM THE CITY.
SO I WOULD EXPECT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS, IT'S BEEN A CITIZEN, YOU KNOW, APPLICATIONS, EVERY SINGLE MEMBER, EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE AND I HOPE I SEE THAT AGAIN.
UH, JUST WANTED MAKE SURE YOU, YOU GUYS REALIZE THAT.
I HAVE A COUPLE FURTHER CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS.
WHO KNEW WE'D BE SO POPULAR TONIGHT?
UM, ONE IS THAT THIS IS THE R F Q IS TARGETED TOWARDS VISUAL ARTISTS, RIGHT? THESE ARE INSTALLATIONS, THEY'RE VISUAL IN NATURE.
SO IF A TEAM, FOR ONE EXAMPLE, OR AN ARTIST WANTED TO ACTIVATE THE PIECE THAT THEY CREATE WITH PERFORMANCE, WOULD THAT COME OUT OF THE 25,000 HYPOTHETICALLY? OR IS THERE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO SUPPORT PROGRAMMATIC, YOU KNOW, NON VISUALLY BASED PRACTICES? I THINK FOR THIS PILOT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO REST IN OUR WHEELHOUSE, AND THAT'S TO MANAGE PUBLIC ART PROJECTS FOR VISUAL ARTISTS.
UM, I THINK THAT PART OF THE LEARNING MAY RESULT IN LOOKING FORWARD AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, ARTISTS HAVE COME FORWARD SAYING THEY'RE READY TO DO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, ENGAGING WITH PUBLIC ART.
IF THOSE TYPES OF COLLABORATIONS ARE, YOU KNOW, REVEALED OR AVAILED THROUGH OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, THEN I THINK THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY WILL DEFINITELY HAVE THAT CONSIDERATION WITHIN THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
MUCH LIKE A I P P AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, OUR WHEELHOUSE IS PUBLIC ART, IS VISUAL ART.
AND THERE'S CULTURAL FUNDING FOR OTHER PROGRAMS IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
SO AT THIS JUNCTURE, POOR TEMPO, UH, WE'RE JUST RESTING WITHIN THE KNOWLEDGE BASE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
THAT WOULD BE A REALLY EXCITING DEVELOPMENT THOUGH, I THINK IS ONE OF THE, I THINK, EXCITING THINGS ABOUT TEMPORARY PROJECTS, TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART, IS THE ABILITY TO LEAN INTO PERFORMANCE AND OTHER KINDS OF ART THAT ISN'T JUST VISUAL.
THIS IS SUPER EXCITING THOUGH, DON'T GET ME WRONG.
SO OUR OVERALL ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAM WITH OUR OWN COLLECTION MANAGEMENT POLICY WILL ALLOW FOR THAT.
BUT IT WON'T NECESS, IT WON'T BE A PART OF THIS TEMPO PILOT.
SO WE'LL HAVE SOME PERFORMANCE ART OUT THERE OUT OF OUR OWN PROGRAM.
AND MY, THAT IS A GREAT LEAD INTO MY FINAL QUESTION, WHICH IS, CAN WE SEE THIS PLAN? CAN THE PUBLIC SEE THIS PLAN? THE, THE COMPLETE PLAN? HOW WOULD WE SEE IT? IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE.
I MEAN, I KNOW WE CAN, HOW WOULD WE SEE THE, THE, OUR ARTS AND CULTURE PLAN? YES.
IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS KIND OF A MESS AT THE MOMENT.
IT WAS, IT, IT'S IN BACKUP FROM MAYBE APRIL OR SO FROM THIS.
BUT REGARDLESS, WE CAN GET IT TO YOU.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE ARE PEOPLE OH YEAH, IT'S ON, IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE.
PROBABLY OUR WEBSITE'S JUST MESSY AT THE MOMENT.
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FIXING IT.IF YOU DO WANNA GO TO OUR WEBSITE, IT'S UNDER PROGRAMS ARSON CULTURE, AND IT SHOULD BE RIGHT NEAR THE TOP.
UM, A FEW COMMISSIONERS WERE INVOLVED EARLY ON IN SOME OF THESE BRAIN SESSIONS, WHICH WERE SUPER, SUPER EXCITING.
SO WHEN THINKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF THE OTHER ARTS COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS, A BIG THING THAT CAME OUT IN THOSE EARLY MEETINGS WAS THE HISTORY OF THE TRAIL ITSELF AND THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS MM-HMM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, JUST TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE FLOOR, UM, EVERY DISTRICT IS NOT NECESSARILY INVOLVED IN THAT.
NOT THAT OTHER ARTISTS CAN'T COME FROM EVERYWHERE, BUT WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE R F Q, IF THAT'S THE RIGHT TERM, THAT THERE'S STRESSING THE FACT OF THE HISTORY AND THE, AND THE AREA ITSELF.
UM, AND JUST ANECDOTALLY, ACIA, UM, WE'RE, WE ARE, WE ARE, UH, WE WILL HAVE A, UM, AN INFORMATION SESSION, A PRE-SUBMIT SUBMITTAL MEETING, VERY MUCH IN THE SAME ORDER THAT, UM, A I P P DOES.
AND SO I THINK EMPHASIZING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT UP, THE INDIVIDUALITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UNDERSTANDING HISTORY AND HAVING SOME OF THOSE CONNECTIONS WILL BE IMPORTANT TO KIND OF INFORM THE INSPIRATION AND CONCEPT OF THE WORK.
SO, UM, SO LOTS OF INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED NOT ONLY IN THE R F Q TO BRING THE ARTISTS IN, BUT ALSO DURING AN INFORMATION SESSION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE ARTISTS WILL HAVE QUESTIONS LIKE, HOW AND WHY IS THIS DIFFERENT? YEAH.
ARE WE DONE? I THINK YOU ARE FREE
[9. Staff briefing regarding an update to the Code definition by Donald Jackson, Business Process Consultant, Economic Development]
RIGHT.AND OUR LAST ITEM HERE IS STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING UPDATE TO CODE DEFINITION BY DONALD JACKSON, BUSINESS PROCESS CONSULTANT, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WELL, UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
AND, UH, WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE THINGS ARE AT WITH THESE GRAVE DISPLAY DEFINITIONS.
UH, I BELIEVE TED TO THE JOINT, UH, COMMISSION MEETING SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THINGS HAVE MOVED FORWARD PRETTY, UH, PRETTY WELL.
AND SO WE JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW WHERE THINGS ARE AT NOW.
UM, COULD WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? THIS IS, UH, PRESENTING AGAIN, WHAT I'VE, BEFORE, THIS IS ALL FOLLOWING UP ON WORK FROM THESE TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE PASSED LAST YEAR TO, UH, SUPPORT, UH, MUSIC VENUES AND OTHER CREATIVE SPACES.
THE, THE WAY WE'RE HANDLING THIS THROUGH, UH, THAT WE, UM, WORKED OUT, UH, THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF PLANNING, UH, DEPARTMENT WAS TO, UH, KIND OF BREAK IT INTO TWO PHASES.
FIRST PHASE, UH, FOCUSING ON DEFINITIONS AND DEFINITIONAL CHANGES AND SECOND PHASE, UH, ONCE WE HAD THOSE IN PLACE, UH, DO ANY SORT OF ADDITIONAL REGULATORY, UH,
AND THAT KIND OF WHAT, WHAT THIS SAYS HERE.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE REALLY IN THE FIRST PHASE PRIMARILY, BUT WE'RE FINISHING THAT UP.
UH, WE ARE VERY LUCKY THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
WE'VE GOT A, UH, UNANIMOUS, UH, VOTE OF SUPPORT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND I, I WANT TO TAKE THE MOMENT TO, UH, IN PARTICULAR THANK BLOCK FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
HE PROVIDED A LOT OF, UM, UH, DEPTH, UH, EXPLANATION OF HOW A SOUND PERMITTING WORKS CURRENTLY AT THE CITY.
THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL FOR OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I'M SPEAKING TO Y'ALL TONIGHT.
AND THEN, UH, THIS IS GOING TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE HEARING AND APPROVAL SEPTEMBER 14TH.
UM, SO FAR WE'VE BEEN, UH, GENERAL SUPPORT, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.
HAVEN'T RECEIVED, UM, MANY COMPLAINTS.
UH, HAD SOME NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS REACH OUT AND SPOKE WITH THEM, AND THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY SATISFIED.
AND WE RECEIVED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
SO, UH, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, IF ANYONE HEARS ABOUT, UH, UH, GROUPS THAT HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, FEEL FREE TO DIRECT THEM MY WAY.
BUT THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW FOR, FOR THIS DEFINITIONS PHASE.
UH, THE SECOND PHASE, WE'LL, UH, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON AS WELL.
THAT'S THE MORE IN-DEPTH SORT OF WORK ON, UH, UM, UH, DESIGNATING CULTURAL DISTRICTS AND DEVELOPING INCENTIVES AND PROTECTIONS FOR CREATIVE SPACES AND MUSIC VENUES.
WE STARTED WORKING ON THAT WITH OUR, UM, WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND, AND LAW GET INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
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NEXT, NEXT SLIDE.THIS JUST KIND OF GOES OVER THE, THE REAL PURPOSE WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, AND, AND SORT OF
JOHN, LET INTERRUPT YOU REALLY QUICKLY.
COULD YES, COULD WE MOVE, UM, HIS FACE SO WE COULD SEE, THANK YOU.
WE LIKE TO SEE YOUR FACE, DAWN, BUT WE CAN'T READ YOUR WORDS.
IS IT ALL, IS IT WORKED OUT? YES.
UM, SO RIGHT, THE, THE PURPOSE HERE FOR THIS WHOLE EFFORT, UM, PARTLY WITH THE, WITH THE DEFINITIONS AND ZONING, THESE SORT OF, UM, KIND OF BASIC ZONING CHANGES IS, UH, WE'RE, AS WE ALL KNOW, OUR CREATIVE SPACES ARE, HAVE BEEN FACING A LOT OF, UH, PRESSURE AND DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE, ESPECIALLY AROUND RENT.
AND BY BETTER DEFINING SOME OF THE CREATIVE USES THAT WE HAVE AND ALLOWING THEM TO BE PERMITTED AND MORE ZONES, MORE FLEXIBLY, UH, WE HOPE THAT CAN GIVE, UH, OUR, OUR CREATIVE SPACE OPERATORS MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO FIND AFFORDABLE AND, AND LONG-TERM LOCATIONS IN THE CITY.
UM, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE CORE ONES WE HONED IN ON FOR DEFINITIONS, UH, LOOKING AT THEATERS, ESPECIALLY LIVE THEATERS, BUT, BUT THEATERS GENERALLY, UH, WE, THE DEFINITION, WE WOUND UP KIND OF KEEPING SOME FAIRLY CLOSE TO WHAT IT IS NOW.
UM, BUT, UH, REALLY FOCUSING ON TRYING TO EXPAND THE BASE ZONES WHERE THEY ARE ALLOWED BY, RIGHT.
AND ALSO TRADITIONALLY, BUT, BUT REALLY JUST BY RIGHT, IS THE MAIN ONE FOR THEM.
UH, MUSIC VENUES, UH, WE REAL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, I BELIEVE, UH, BIT MORE IN THE PAST, BUT THERE'S, THERE, THERE'RE CURRENTLY CLEAR FRAMEWORK DEALING WITH MUSIC VENUES, UM, IN, IN AUSTIN, UM, THAT DIFFERENTIATES THEM FROM JUST COCKTAIL LOUNGES.
UH, OUR GOAL WAS TO CREATE A KIND OF CLEAR FRAMEWORK FOR, TO, TO HANDLE THEM THAT ALLOWS SORT OF NORMAL VENUE OPERATOR, UM, BUT STILL ALLOW, STILL MAINTAINS A HIGH LEVEL OF COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT AND SORT OF REGULATION OF THAT.
UH, REALLY JUST USING THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR THAT AND LOOKING AT SORT OF LIVE WORK AND STUDIOS AND RELATED TYPES OF STUDIOS.
UM, OUR GOAL THERE WAS REALLY JUST TO, TO MAKE IT EASIER OR REDUCE COST FOR WORKING ARTISTS, UM, BY ALLOWING THEM MORE, UH, OPPOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK OUT OF HOME STUDIOS, UH, AND SORT OF MINIMIZE THE REGULATORY BARRIERS THAT ARE CREATED FOR THAT.
AND, AND THE WAY WE REALLY LOOK TO, TO DO THAT, WHICH I'LL SHOW IN THE MOMENT, IS CHANGING SOME DEFINITIONAL CATEGORIES AND THEN ALSO CHANGING THE WAY HOME OCCUPATIONS ARE HANDLED IN THE CODE TO MAKE THEM MORE, UM, MORE VIABLE FOR, UH, HOME BASED ARTS, UH, WORKERS.
WE GOT A LOT OF, UH, FROM THE COS AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
UM, THESE WERE, THESE ARE SORT OF THE FIRST STEP BEFORE GOING TO THE, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS.
UM, WE DIFFERENT FRAMEWORK FOR DOING THIS THAT WE, WE PRESENTED EARLY ON, BUT ON THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM, FROM THESE COMMITTEES, WE, WE ADJUSTED THINGS QUITE A BIT IN A WAY THAT ACTUALLY MADE THEM KIND OF A LOT QUICKER AND SIMPLER, WHICH I THINK IS, IS, IS VALUABLE.
UM, FOR THEATER, THEY WERE VERY, THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF EXPANDING THE BASE ZONES IN WHICH THEATERS ARE ALLOWED BY, RIGHT? THEY PUSH THAT FORWARD VERY STRONGLY.
UM, FOR LIVE WORK, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD VERY CLEAR WITH THE FOCUS ON, UH, CREATIVE USES IN PARTICULAR, HAVING VERY CLEAR DELINEATION OF WHAT TYPE OF, OF ACTIVITIES WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, AND REALLY JUST KIND OF IMPROVED FLEXIBILITY FOR, FOR THAT.
AND THEN FOR, UH, MUSIC VENUES, THE ORIGINAL FRAMEWORK WE HAD THAT HAD BEEN SORT OF, UM, PROPOSED BY SOME OF OUR ASSISTANT DEPARTMENTS, THEY, THEY FELT THAT WAS A LITTLE CUMBERSOME.
SO AFTER, YOU KNOW, A LONG PERIOD OF DISCUSSION, DELIBERATION, GETTING DIFFERENT FEEDBACKS, WE SHIFTED TO REALLY JUST KIND OF MOVING TOWARDS A SIMPLE DEFINITION FRAMEWORK IS GONNA BE, THAT ALLOWS A, THAT IS PLANNED USE FOR PERFORMANCE VENUES, UM, THAT'S TIED TO CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS.
AND I'LL GO INTO SOME MORE DETAIL ON THESE.
UH, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, UH, LIVE WORK, UM, LIKE I SAID, THESE WERE KIND OF SOME OF THE GOALS WE HAD TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THERE WAS OF WHAT WAS INVOLVED OR WHAT SORT OF USES COULD BE ALLOWED.
UH, TRYING TO MINIMIZE COMPLEXITY FOR ARTISTS.
WE ACTUALLY GOT SOME FEEDBACK THAT HAVING, MAKING A REALLY COMPLEX SYSTEM FOR LIVEWORK MIGHT CAUSE CONFUSION WITH SOME OF OUR EXISTING ZONE FRAMEWORKS, AND ALSO, LIKE, CREATE A LOT OF REGULATORY BURDEN FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO LIKE, GET REZONINGS.
AND THAT REALLY, IT WOULD BE EASIER TO JUST KIND OF SHIFT SOME OF THE DEFINITIONS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE
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AND REVIVE COMPUTATION STANDARDS, UM, WITH A, WITH AN EYE TOWARDS INCREASING FLEXIBILITY FOR, UH, CREATIVE SPACE USERS.SO, UH, THE SPECIFIC USES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXPANDING, UH, TO FOCUS ON THIS ARE, UH, SMALL ART WORKSHOP WORKSHOPS OR GALLERIES, STUDIOS AND HANDCRAFT OR HOBBY INSTRUCTIONS.
AND THEN FOR, UH, SOME OF THESE, UH, FOR HOME OCCUPATIONS, WHAT WE DID WAS CHANGE AROUND THE WAY ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ARE DEFINED.
UH, WE ALLOWED, UH, MORE, UH, EMPLOYEES OR PARTICIPANTS IN HOME OCCUPATIONS AND CREATIVE SECTORS.
AND, UH, WE REDUCED SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON, UH, ARTIST WORKSHOPS IN TERMS OF VISIBILITY AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE HOME OCCUPATIONS.
UH, DOING IT THIS WAY BASICALLY MEANS THAT ONCE THESE ARE IMPLEMENTED AND PUT INTO THE CODE, UH, ARTIST WHO HAS A HOME STUDIO IN THEIR BACKYARD, THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD ISSUES IN THE PAST TRYING TO GET THAT PERMITTED.
IT'S JUST BY, RIGHT? THEY CAN JUST DO IT.
UM, SO THEY DON'T NEED TO FILE ANYTHING.
THEY DON'T NEED TO GO TO THE CITY.
IT'S LEGAL, AND THEY HAVE TO, THEY HAVE TO, OF COURSE, OBEY NORMAL, LIKE KIND OF THE NORMAL, LIKE NUISANCE LAWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT IN TERMS OF JUST HAVING STUDIOS AND, AND KIND OF THIS BRAIN FRAMEWORK FOR THAT, IT SHOULD BE A LOT MORE FLEXIBLE.
UH, NEXT, UH, SLIDE FOR THEATER.
THERE WAS A, UH, DIDN'T REALLY SHIFT THE DEFINITION THAT MUCH THAT WE DID.
THE DEFINITION DOES SUGGEST, DOES SAY THAT THEATERS CAN ALLOW LIVE MUSIC, UH, THEY DO NOW.
SO IT'S NOT REALLY A VERY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE.
UM, BUT, UM, IT, IT WAS, WAS INCLUDED IN THAT.
UH, BUT THE REAL CHANGE IS ALLOWING, UM, GREAT WIDER PERMITTING OF BASE ZONING.
SO THAT MEANS MORE, OR THEATERS CAN BE ALLOWED BY, RIGHT? UM, AND THEY CAN JUST, THEY CAN JUST TAKE THIS.
SO WE EXPANDED IT TO A LOT OF THE OFFICE ZONES, UH, WHICH IS A PARTICULARLY GOOD THING TO KIND OF BE LOOKING AT THESE DAYS AS THERE'S SHIFTS IN THE OFFICE MARKETS, UM, YOU KNOW, IN ALSO NATIONALLY, UH, ALSO ALSO EXPANDING TO ADDITIONAL WAREHOUSE ZONE, WHICH CAN BE, UH, OFTEN AN AFFORDABLE OPTION FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF CREATIVE SPACES.
BUT, UM, THE, UH, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE ADDED, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE OF THE
SO NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE IS LIKE A SMALLER SCALE ONE, SO IT'S A LITTLE CLOSER TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT'S NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO, UH, THEY'D NEED TO GO THROUGH A, YOU COULD STILL DO A THEATER THERE, POTENTIALLY, OR A SMALL, A SMALL LIKE THEATER THERE.
YEAH, WE JUST NEED TO GO THROUGH THE LAND USE COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING SMALL LIKE A HYDE PARK THEATER, NOT LIKE A BIG SEVEN PLEX BEING STUCK NEXT TO SOMEONE'S NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT AS MUCH IN THIS MAP BECAUSE OF THE SCALE, BUT BY, YOU CAN KIND OF TELL FROM SOME OF THE, THE SPOTS HERE BY, UH, CHANGING THE NUMBER OF LOTS OR BY CHANGE, BY DOING THIS CHANGE, UH, WE EXPAND THE NUMBER OF LOTS IN WHICH THEATERS ARE ALLOWED EITHER BY RIGHT OR CONDITIONALLY, UH, BY 23%.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER 3,400, UH, THAT COULD ALLOW FOR A THEATER.
SO THAT HOPEFULLY WILL CREATE SOME MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR, FOR OUR THEATERS, UH, EXISTING OR NEW.
THE MUSIC VENUES, THIS WAS KIND OF A, THIS WAS A VERY CHALLENGING ONE FOR UNDERSTANDABLE REASONS.
UM, BUT EVERYONE REALLY WANTED TO HAVE CLEAR, UH, DEFINITION.
THEY WANTED STANDARDS THAT ALLOWED, UH, STRONG REGULATION OF ANY SORT OF BAD ACTORS.
UM, THEY WANTED STANDARDS THAT DIFFERENTIATED MUSIC VENUES OR PERFORMANCE VENUES GENERALLY, UH, SOLVE ALCOHOL, UH, FROM JUST FROM FROM COCKTAIL
SO THE DIRECTION WE WENT IS WE CREATED A, A NEW PERFORMANCE
SO THAT, THINK THAT'S THINGS LIKE STAGES, GREEN ROOMS, REHEARSAL AREAS, UH, FIXED SOUND AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT, AUDIENCE AREAS, TICKETING BOOTHS, ET CETERA.
UM, THERE WAS, THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN TRYING, AND OUR INITIAL
BUT AS OF NOW, WE'RE SORT OF REALLY TRYING TO STICK TO THE SITE BASED THING.
THAT'S, THAT COMES FROM VERY STRONG FEEDBACK FROM OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS WHO, WHO REALLY, WHO FIND THOSE OPERATIONAL STANDARDS VERY DIFFICULT TO MONITOR, MANAGE IN AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WAY.
WHEREAS WITH THIS, YOU CAN, THEY CAN JUST SORT OF REVIEW SITE PLANS AND SEE, UH, IF SOMETHING IS FITTING THE BILL, OR THEY
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CAN HAVE A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER COME IN, UH, ON A RANDOM SPOT CHECK.AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE STAGES, IF THEY DON'T HAVE EQUIPMENT SET UP AND THEY JUST ARE SET UP LIKE, UM, A COCKTAIL LOUNGE, THEY CAN EASILY, UM, NOTE IT AND TAKE AWAY THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT OR, OR FORCE THEM TO GO INTO SOME SORT OF, UM, CORRECTION, UH, PERIOD.
UH, WE, THIS, THIS USE WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED IN KIND OF OUR HIGHER INTENSITY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SLASH WAREHOUSE ZONES.
THEY'RE LISTED OUT, UH, THERE FOR YOU.
AND, AND, AND, AND JUST TO BE REALLY CLEAR, THIS IS ONLY GONNA BE ALLOWED, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE ALLOWED DOWNTOWN POTENTIALLY IF FOLKS WANNA DO IT THERE, BUT DOWNTOWN IT WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED THROUGH CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
THAT MEANS ANY IS CASE BY CASE.
UH, ANYONE TRYING TO DO THIS LAND USE WOULD NEED TO GO TO THE GO THROUGH THE LAND USE COMMISSION.
SO, UH, WE CAN GUARANTEE, SO WE, YOU KNOW, CREATE, UH, MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR PERFORMANCE VENUE OPERATORS WHILE ENSURING THAT THERE'S ALSO STRONG NEIGHBORHOOD OVERSIGHT, STRONG OVERSIGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE THAT KEEP, KEEP THAT COMPLIANCE POSITIVE AND, UH, AND, AND MAKE SURE ANY SORT OF BAD
UM, AND ONE OTHER ITEM THERE IS THAT, UH, FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, OUTDOOR ACTIVITY, UH, CAN ALSO BE ALLOWED AS PART OF THE C U P.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ANY SORT OF OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE ELEMENTS IN THIS, THAT'D BE PART OF YOUR C U P, YOU'D HAVE TO, YOU'D HAVE TO TALK WITH THE LAND USE COMMISSION.
THEY'D HAVE TO BE SATISFIED THAT THERE'S AN ADEQUATE SOUND PLAN.
UH, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, SO THIS ONE'S, THIS ONE'S
SO I, I MAPPED OUT THE, THE LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN WHERE, UH, MUSIC VENUES ARE ALLOWED WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CURRENTLY.
UM, YOU CAN SORT, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT, UH, AT THE CITYWIDE SCALE BECAUSE THE LITTLE DOTS YOU'RE KIND OF SEEING IN THE MAPS HERE, AND THERE ARE PLACES THAT HAVE, UH, CSS ONE ZONING.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE TREATED AS AS BARS AND COCKTAIL LOUNGES.
THEY'RE JUST SPECKLED HERE AND THERE.
UM, WITH THIS NEW CHANGE, THERE'S A ENORMOUS INCREASE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR, TO HOST, UH, TO HAVE PERFORMANCE VENUES, WHICH AGAIN, STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, HAS TO GO THROUGH THE LAND USE COMMISSION.
IT HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND ALL OF THAT.
SO IT'S A, IT'S SIDE BY SITE A STRONG STANDARD, BUT IT IS A MUCH EASIER STANDARD THAN CURRENTLY A VENUE OPERATOR WOULD HAVE TO DO.
THEY STILL HAVE TO DO A RIGOROUS, UH, RIGOROUS SOUND POLICIES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO.
THEY, THEY HAVE AN OPTION TO GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, UM, A, A MANY MONTHS LONG OR EVEN MULTI-YEAR PROCESS,
UH, AND THAT IS, SO THAT'S, THAT'LL BE A BIG CHANGE AND, UH, HOPEFULLY VERY POSITIVE.
SO, AS I SAID, WE STARTED WORKING ALSO ON PHASE TWO, AND, AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE TO HAVE THIS COMMISSION INVOLVED AS, AS, AS THAT'S, UM, IS DEVELOPED, UM, THAT'S GOING TO INVOLVE THINGS LIKE ZONING, OVERLAYS, IT COULD BE ADOPTED FOR ARTS AND MUSIC DISTRICTS.
UH, THAT'S, WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF HISTORIC DISTRICT FRAMEWORK THAT KIND OF WORKS, UH, PROCESS WISE AS A GUIDE, I THINK ABOUT HOW THAT OVERLAY CAN BE DONE, UH, FROM THE COUNCIL DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR.
YOU KNOW, IT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE, UM, OPTIONS FOR, UH, FLEXIBILITY, UM, REGULATORY, UH, REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY CHANGES, UH, INCENTIVES FOR CREATIVE SPACE THAT ARE SORT OF REGULATORY, LIKE DENSITY, BONUS BASED INCENTIVES, UH, POTENTIALLY, UH,
ALSO POTENTIALLY, UH, TRIGGERS, UH, IF THERE'S LIKE A NEW, BASICALLY SOME SORT OF LIKE SOUND OR ACTIVITY, UH, COMPATIBILITY TRIGGERS.
SO THERE'S AN EXISTING VENUE OR ART SPACE AND A NEW DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, UH, HAVING SOME SORT OF TRIGGER THAT REQUIRES THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS SOME SORT OF COLLABORATION WITH, WITH A DEVELOPER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RESPECTFUL OF THE EXISTING.
THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF LIKE WHAT A DEVELOPMENT BONUS FOR CREATIVE SPACES LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THAT MEANS.
IT WOULD SORT OF MEAN THAT IF YOU, IF YOU PROVIDE CREATIVE SPACE, UH, PREFERABLY AT AN AFFORDABLE LEVEL OF RENT, UH, THEN YOU CAN HAVE ADDITIONAL BUILDING ENTITLEMENT.
UH, BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF THIS, WE WANNA BE VERY, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE OF, ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THAT THIS PROCESS IN GENERAL IS THAT AUSTIN HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT KIND OF CONFLICTING DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS ALREADY,
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AND NEW ONES THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BY COUNCIL OR MODIFIED, MODIFIED PROPOSED BY COUNCIL.AND, AND, AND THERE'S A PROCESS OF REVIEWING THESE GOING ON NOW ALREADY, AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO KIND OF FIT THEM ALL TOGETHER BY OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
BUT, UM, SO, BUT, SO IN THIS CASE, PROBABLY LIMIT MOST OF THESE, MOST OF THE ACTIVITY TO CULTURAL DISTRICTS, THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS CULTURAL DISTRICTS OR OTHER SORTS OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT, THAT KIND OF HAVE THAT AS A, AS A, AS A FOCUS.
WHERE WE ARE IN
UH, SOMETHING THAT'S VERY INTERESTING THAT'S OCCURRED IS THAT THE, UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S INITIAL CULTURAL OVERLAY, UH, UH, FRAMEWORK THAT HAS BEEN, UM, THAT HAS BEEN DIRECTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO BE PART OF A, UM, THE, THE NEW PALM DISTRICT THAT'S COMING UP DOWNTOWN.
THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF THE TOOLS THAT WE, THAT WE'VE BEEN, UM, TALKING ABOUT OR, OR PLANNING TO TRY AND USE.
AND OUR ARTS OVERLAYS AND OUR ARTS INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, UH, POSTED SOME OF THESE OUT HERE.
UM, AND, AND, AND THEY HAVE STRONG INJUNCTION TO, TO EXPEDITE THAT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
SO, SO THAT, THAT PARTICULAR ATTENTION FOR THAT DISTRICT, WE WILL HELP US MOVE THIS OVERLAY PROCESS FORWARD, UH, AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE.
INITIAL GOAL HAS BEEN TO FINISH ALL OF THIS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
THAT PROBABLY WON'T, WE PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO HIT THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY AND GET MOST OF OUR PRIMARY WORK DONE, UH, THIS FALL.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE LIKELY HAVING A FINAL COUNCIL VOTE IN IN MAY, MAY.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE EVERYTHING READY TO GO LONG BEFORE THAT.
BUT, UH, WE HAD TO, WE HAD TO GO TO, UH, BOARD OF COMMISSIONS A FEW, OR, UH, WE HAD TO GO TO THE, UH, CO ORDINANCES COMMITTEE A FEW TIMES THERE, HOLD UP SOME VARIOUS THINGS, BUT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING ALONG, UH, PRETTY WELL NOW.
THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU CONTINUING TO KEEP US UPDATED AS, UH, WITH ALL THIS WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING, SO I'M KIND OF GETTING CAUGHT UP.
UM, SO THE PALM DISTRICT, UM, THAT IS A NEW DISTRICT THAT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING? OKAY.
UM, AND SO 25% OF THE, UM, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY.
SO 25% OF THE NEW BUILDS IN THE PALM DISTRICT, UM, MINIMUM WILL BE OPEN TO CULTURAL ART SPACES, UM, OR LIVE MUSIC VENUES.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, NO, NOT EXACTLY.
SO, SO THE PALM DISTRICT IS SORT OF, UH, AN, IT'S A, IT'S A PORTION OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN.
IT'S A LOT OF EASTERN DOWNTOWN.
PART OF THAT IS THE, WITHIN THAT IS OUR, UM, THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT.
IT ALSO OVERLAPS WITH THE FIFTH STREET MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR.
BUT, UM, THERE'S BEEN, UM, UH, STRONG AND, UM, DIRECTION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO, UH, EXPLORE SOME OF THE TYPES OF OVERLAY TOOLS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS IN THIS GENERAL CULTURAL OVERLAY FRAMEWORK, UH, EXPLORE SORT OF PILOTING THEM IN THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT.
SO THE SPECIFIC, SO FIRST OFF, SPECIFICALLY IN THERE, AND I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT'S GOING TO DEFINITELY BE INCLUDED.
THAT'S THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH PLANNING AND LAW.
WE HAVE STRONG DIRECTION FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO TRY AND GET IT IN, BUT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO WITH, WITH, WITH SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT STRONG.
WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT DENSITY BONUSES AND TARGETING DENSITY BONUSES, BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE, LIKE EXPLICIT REQUIREMENTS, UM, ON EXISTING PROPERTY OWNERS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO KIND OF SPREAD DELICATELY.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I'M A MUSICIAN, BUT I'M ALSO AN ARTIST MM-HMM.
AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT OTHER CITIES IN DIFFERENT STATES, LIKE CALIFORNIA FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE, UM, BASICALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL THEM, LAWS IN PLACE, UM, WHERE IF YOU'RE A DEVELOPER AND LIKE, LET'S SAY YOU'RE GOING TO THE PALM DISTRICTS AND YOU WANNA BUILD, UM, YOU KNOW, A NEW CREATIVE OFFICE, YOU HAVE TO ALLOCATE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THAT TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WITHIN, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER SECTOR.
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AND I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM, KIND OF BORROWING IT FROM, UM, OTHER PLACES.I MEAN, I HOPE THAT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
WHAT, WHO DO I NEED TO TALK TO?
I THINK FOR THAT, THAT SPECIFIC ONE THAT'S, THAT IS, THAT'S EXISTING IN THE RED RIVER FRAMEWORK IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE KIND OF, HAVE SOME NUANCE AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BE, UH, BE RESPECTFUL OF, OF, YOU KNOW, EXISTING PROPERTY OWNERS AND EXISTING ENTITLEMENTS.
UM, FOR OUR GENERAL PROCESS, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, IS HAVING A, WE DON'T WANNA NECESSARILY TOP DOWN SAY WHERE WHO SHOULD BE A CULTURAL DISTRICT OR WHERE A CULTURAL DISTRICT SHOULD BE.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE KIND OF WANT TO BE MORE OF A GRASSROOTS THING THAT, UM, THAT, UH, CREATIVE SPACES AND PROPERTY OWNERS CAN, CAN PURSUE.
SO LIKE A DISTRICT DESIGNATION THEY CAN TRY TO PURSUE.
AND THEN AS PART OF THAT, THERE WOULD BE A SET OF TOOLS THEY COULD EMPLOY.
SO THAT COULD BE PART OF THAT, THAT COULD BE IN THAT TOOL SET.
AND IN THAT CASE, SINCE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SORT OF CHOSEN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE SORT OF THING THAT YOU COULD, COULD BE INCLUDED MORE EASILY IN THAT CONTEXT.
AND THEN JUST TO KIND OF FURTHER CLARIFY, SO, UM, PART OF THIS IS ALSO INCENTIVIZING IT FOR THE LAND, FOR THE EXISTING LANDOWNERS.
LIKE, SO IF YOU RENT X AMOUNT OF SPACE TO THIS VENUE, YOU GET TA TAX, ABATE, YOU KNOW, ABATEMENT IS ONE OF THEM THAT I SAW, OR, UM, PROPERTY TAXES.
AND THAT, AND WE'RE ALSO, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR TAX ABATEMENT POLICY THIS YEAR AS WELL ON TRYING TO, WE HAVE STRONG DIRECTION TO INCORPORATE THAT AS WELL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA TRY AND BE DOING THAT AS WELL.
UM, I THINK IT IS ALSO A GOOD TIMING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, UH, AFTER COWORK STILL PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO, UM, GO FULL TIME TO THE OFFICE TO WORK.
SO, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, OFFICE SPACE, UM, AND I THINK COMMERCIAL BROKERS ARE LOOKING AT, UM, HAVING SOME KIND OF TRANSFORMATION TO, UH, UTILIZE, UH, SPACE, NOT JUST FOR WORK, BUT ALSO TO EXERCISE, UM, THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT BRAIN TO PUT IN A LOT MORE CREATIVE SPACE INTO IT.
LIKE GALLERY, LIKE, I'M HOPING THEY WILL PUT IN SOME SMALL THEATER, BUT ONE THING I WAS THINKING THAT, UM, THAT WOULD IT BE NICE IF THEY HAVE SET UP SOME KIND OF STUDIO, YOU KNOW, AS KIND OF A THERAPY FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR WORK TO COME INTO WORK AND DO SOME CLAY WORK AND WOODWORK, YOU KNOW, JUST TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT BRAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN HELP WITH PROBLEM SOLVING.
SO I THINK, I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIMING, UM, YOU KNOW, TO BE MORE CREATIVE IN, TO UTILIZING ALL THOSE, YOU KNOW, EMPTY SPACE.
SO I'M WONDERING IF IT IS IN YOUR RADAR TO GIVE SOME, UM, INCENTIVE, YOU KNOW, AND IT COULD BE PART OF THE EMPLOYEE BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, TO PUT IN THESE KIND OF AMENITY, YOU KNOW, INTO COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
AND HAVING IT TIED TO THE OFFICE IS CERTAINLY INTERESTING.
I THINK THE RIGHT OF THE WAY THE, IF, SO, THERE'D BE KIND OF TWO TYPES OF INCENTIVES.
ONE WOULD BE REGULATORY, SO LIKE DENSITY, BONUS AND THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THE OTHER, ANOTHER WOULD BE, UM, SORT OF TAX INCENTIVES OR FINANCIAL INCENTIVES.
AND THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH OF THOSE WOULD BE, WOULD ENTAIL, UH, SOME, SOME SUPPORT OR SOME BENE SOME, SOME FINANCIAL BENEFIT OR REGULATORY BENEFIT TO INCORPORATING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
NOT NECESSARILY, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S REALLY A NEAT IDEA ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, AND HAVING, HAVING CREATIVE SPACE THAT COULD BE TIED INTO THE OPERATIONS OF THE REST OF THE BUILDING AND THEN STAFF USES.
UH, BUT DEFINITELY MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, HAVING, HAVING CREATIVE SPACES IS INCORPORATED INTO MIXED USE BUILDINGS, IS, IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, DONALD, FOR THIS.
I JUST LOVE TO HEAR YOU TALK ALL OF THIS STUFF.
IT'S LIKE, I LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE THINGS.
UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE, UH, TAX ABATEMENTS, YOU KNOW, ENABLING THOSE TAX ABATEMENTS FOR THE OWNERS.
UH, QUESTION IS IN THE THOUGHT OF BEING A CREATIVE RENTING SPACE FROM THESE OWNERS, UH, IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO MANAGE, OR YOU GUYS HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND YOU'RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT IT, THAT IF THE OWNER IS GETTING, OR THE DEVELOPER IS GETTING A RENT ABATEMENT, THAT THEY
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DON'T FIGURE OUT A, IT WOULD NICE TO HAVE TRICKLE DOWN TO THE CREATIVES ACTUALLY TAKING UP THAT SPACE.SO IS THAT MANAGEMENT A THOUGHT PROCESS YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT? OR, 'CAUSE TRIPLE NET CAN BE HIGHER THAN RENT IN
UH, AND YEAH, WE'RE DEFINITELY THINKING ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
ONE OF THE EXAMPLES WE'VE LOOKED AT IS THE, UM, THE, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE, WELL, A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES IN, UH, NEW YORK, ACTUALLY, ONE I THINK IS THE HUNDRED 25TH STREET FOR THEIR SPECIAL CULTURAL DISTRICTS.
AND THEY ALSO HAVE ANOTHER KIND OF, UM, I FORGET, FORGET WHICH ONE IT IS, BUT IT'S A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN MANHATTAN.
THERE'S, THEY HAVE A, THERE'S AN ABATEMENT PROGRAM FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THAT, UH, AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS THE PROPERTY OWNER NORMALLY PAYS THE TAX, BUT TO RECEIVE THE ABATEMENT, THEY HAVE TO DO A DUAL, A DUAL SIGNED, UH, DOCUMENT WITH THEIR TENANTS THAT BASICALLY SAYS THEIR TENANT IS GETTING THE, THE, THE ABATE THE BENEFIT OF THE ABATEMENT AND THE FORM OF LOWER RENT OR, OR, OR RETURNS, UH, TAXES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF, UM, THAT, THAT ANY, ANY OF THE TOOLS WE, WE DO OF THIS TYPE HAVE, UM, UH, HAVE A TRICKLE, YOU KNOW, SAYING TRICKLE THOUGH, BUT HAVE, HAVE A, IT GOES TO THE, IT GOES TO THE TENANT, IT GOES TO THE CREATIVE OPERATOR, UM, AMAZING.
EITHER IN THE DIRECT REIMBURSEMENTS OR IN THE FORM OF, UH, AFFORDABLE LEASES, UM, WITH, WITH, UM, TIED TO, YOU KNOW, TIED TO ACTUAL ACTUALLY AFFORDABLE RENT STANDARDS FOR OPERATORS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? ALRIGHT, THANKS AGAIN, DON.
I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOUR BRAIN IS ON THIS.
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GRAY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.MAY I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE TO APPROVE ON CONSENT? UH, THE ON THE AGENDA, 10, 11, AND 12 WERE THE ACTION ITEMS INVOLVING, UH, ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES APPROVALS.
YOU MAY I SECOND IT AND IT IS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MOTT.
SORRY, I WAS LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM.
[13. Update from Equity Working Group with Community Arts leaders of the BIPOC/LGBTQIA/Disabilities Community/Women with Commissioners Gray, Zisman, and community members]
TO WORKING GROUP UPDATES, STARTING WITH EQUITY WORKING GROUP WITH COMMUNITY ARTS LEADERS.THAT IS COMMISSIONERS, GRAY,
GRAY IS THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD GIVE THAT UPDATE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES, COMMISSIONER? WE HAVE NO, WE HAVEN'T REALLY? THAT WE HAVE NOT MET.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE MY OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF MY DISLIKE FOR THE ACRONYM BIPO.
THERE'S NO REASON TO SEPARATE BLACK PEOPLE AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FROM PEOPLE OF COLOR.
AND BY USING THAT ACRONYM, YOU'RE REMOVING THEIR PERSONHOOD BECAUSE THEY ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THERE'S NO REASON TO SEPARATE BLACK AND INDIGENOUS FROM PEOPLE OF COLOR.
[14. Update from Quarterly Arts Community Commission Meet-ups Working Group with Commissioners, Garza (chair), Gray, and Maldonado]
QUARTERLY ARTS COMMUNITY MEETUPS, WORKING GROUP WITH COMMISSIONERS GARZA GRAY AND MALDONADO.UH, KIND OF DITTO WHAT, UH, GRAY SAID EARLIER.
WE HAVE NOT MET YET, SO THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH TO REPORT.
ONE THING I DID WANNA DO, I WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL THE ENTIRE COMMISSION AND EVERYBODY WAS SEATED.
WE HAVE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS NOW.
UH, AND, UH, I WAS ON SUMMER VACATION.
I DIDN'T REALLY THINK ABOUT ANY OF THIS STUFF.
MAYBE WE SHOULD COMBINE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS SO WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE VACATION TIME AS WELL.
AND SO I WAS OUT WITH MY S KIDS AND WHATNOT.
AND SO, UH, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ABOUT MEETING SOON,
[15. Update from Emergency Funding and Proactive Strategies for Future Funding Working Group with Commissioners Schmalbach and Zisman (chair)]
ME THE EMERGENCY FUNDING PROACTIVE STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE FUNDING WORKING GROUP WITH MYSELF AND CHAIRS ZISMAN.AND WE HAVE ALSO NOT MET THIS MONTH, SO NO UPDATES FROM LAST MONTH.
[16. Update from joint Arts/Music Commission Working Group on Urban Core Issues with Commissioners Gray, Maldonado, Mok, and Schmalbach (chair).]
JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSION WORKING GROUP ON CORE URBAN CORE ISSUES WITH MYSELF.COMMISSIONER GRAY, COMMISSIONER MALDONADO, COMMISSIONER MOCK.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE STAFF TO PLEASE REMOVE MY NAME.
OH, IT'S STILL, IT'S BEEN LIKE, IT'S THREE TIMES.
YOU'RE NOT, I DON'T WANNA APPEAR TO BE NOT DOING ANYTHING WHEN I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON THIS GROUP.
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IT'S THE THIRD TIME THOUGH.YOU HAVEN'T MISSED ANYTHING BECAUSE WE ALSO DID NOT MEET IN AUGUST BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S BEEN ON SUMMER VACATION.
THAT CONCLUDES THE WORKING GROUP UPDATES.
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ARE ON ITEMS FOR INFORMATION.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? OH, YES.
COMMISSIONER MOCK AND THEN GARZA.
I JUST, I JUST WANTED, GO AHEAD.
I JUST WANNA REMIND FOLKS ALSO, I KNOW WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR, UH, PERFORMANCE SPACES OR WHATNOT.
AUSTIN, I S D HAS ABOUT 30 AUDITORIUMS AND CAFETERIAS OR WHATNOT AVAILABLE TO ANYONE TO RENT, UH, FOR USE.
OF COURSE, THEY PREFER YOU BE A NON-PROFIT.
AND OF COURSE THEY'VE GOT CERTAIN RULES OR WHATEVER SCHOOL RULES APPLY, SO LIKE NO ALCOHOL, STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT FOR FOLKS WHO JUST WANNA DO SOMETHING IN THEIR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THERE'S HIGH SCHOOLS AND, UH, THAT SPACE IS AVAILABLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT UH, WE ARE GOING TO HOST OUR ANNUAL HARVEST MOON FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD AT THE ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER AT 1 1 7 1 3 JOLLY VIEW ROAD FROM 10 TO ONE.
THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT ASIAN PERFORMANCE AND AUTHENTIC FOOD, OF COURSE.
AND, UH, A KID SONG FOR EVERYBODY TO ENJOY.
IT'S A FAMILY FRIENDLY CULTURAL EVENT AND WE INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME AND CELEBRATE THE HAVE A SMO WITH US.
WHAT ARE THE DATES AGAIN? OH, SEPTEMBER 23RD AS SATURDAY.
GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER MALDONADO.
SO JUST FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE'LL BE ENTERING A HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IN SEPTEMBER.
AND WE ENTER THAT RIGHT FOR THE NEXT ARTS COMMISSION MEETING.
SO DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THERE'LL BE AN EVENT HAPPENING AT FIESTA GARDENS, WHICH IS THE EDWARD FILM PARK LOCATED.
AND, UM, THERE'LL BE MUSIC, FAMILY FRIENDLY, VERY AFFORDABLE.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK TICKETS ARE LIKE $7.
AND THEN THERE'LL ALSO BE A FREE, UH, LOW RIDER CAR SHOW HAPPENING AT CRAIG FIELDS ON SEPTEMBER 16TH.
SO BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS HAPPENING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH.
AND, UH, WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL OF, ALL OF YOU THERE.
AND OF COURSE, JUST INVITING THE PUBLIC OUT TO COME AND EXPERIENCE, UH, CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WITH THIS.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE BLUE
ANYTHING ELSE? ITEMS FOR INFORMATION.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
WE ARE ON TO OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE ONE THING THAT'S ALREADY HERE FOR, AND I, I'M PRETTY SURE I FIGURED THIS OUT, THIS ACRONYM ALL BY MYSELF, WHICH IS BRIE FRANCO TRUMPIS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANT TO ADD TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS WHILE WE'RE HERE? I DON'T.
ALRIGHT, WELL, IF THERE'S, AND NOT ANYTHING ELSE.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? ADJOURN? YEAH.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT OR IS THAT THE SAME? I DO, I DO WANT TO MOVE TO ADJOURN.