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          OUR MEETING, 
          [CALL TO ORDER]
UM, HERE ON OCTOBER 9TH, 2024 OF THE AUSTIN TOURISM COMMISSION. 
          UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, EVERYONE HERE IN ATTENDANCE, INCLUDING COMMISSIONERS ON THE DIOCESE, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. 
          UH, WE HAVE A PACKED AGENDA TODAY, SO I'M HOPING WE CAN GET THROUGH IT EXPEDIENTLY. 
          UH, 
          [PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
FIRST UP WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, AND WE HAVE LAURA ESPARZA HERE, UH, OF A THREE WHO IS, UM, HERE TODAY TO DELIVER PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. 
          MY NAME IS LAURA ESPARZA, AND I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A THREE ART ALLIANCE AUSTIN. 
          AND I ACTUALLY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. 
          UM, BUT IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU, I AM GOING TO PROCEED WITH, UM, UM, EXPRESSING MY ADVOCACY FOR, UH, AND MY SUPPORT, UH, FOR PASSING ITEM, UH, NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO EXPEDITE THE BUILDING OF THE DOHERTY ARTS CENTER. 
          UH, WHILE I WORKED FOR THE CITY, I WAS DIVISION MANAGER OF MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL CENTERS. 
          MY OFFICE WAS IN THE DOHERTY ARTS CENTER, AND EVERY DAY I COULD SEE THIS BUILDING DECLINE. 
          UH, IT WAS ALWAYS A RUNNING JOKE ABOUT, WHICH ANIMAL DID YOU FIND IN YOUR OFFICE TODAY? UH, AND IT CONTINUES TO DECLINE. 
          JUST IN THE LAST YEAR, THEY HAD A ROOF CAVE IN, UH, IN A CLASSROOM. 
          UH, THE DEPARTMENT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FIX IT, AND SO THEY TOOK AN OLD TREE STUMP AND THEY HIKED UP THE ROOF WITH A, WITH A TREE STUMP UNTIL THEY HAD THE MONEY TO BUY THE LUMBER, UH, TO PUT A POST IN. 
          UH, SO IT REALLY IS, UM, A DESPERATE SITUATION OVER THERE EVERY DAY. 
          UH, ARTISTS AND CHILDREN AND THE ADULTS WHO LOVE ARTISTS AND CHILDREN DON'T DESERVE TO BE TREATED THIS WAY. 
          WE NEED TO HAVE MORE RESPECT FOR OUR ARTS, OUR ARTISTS, AND, UM, ALL THE PEOPLE, THE MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO, UM, USE THAT FACILITY. 
          IT'S UPWARDS OF 60,000 PEOPLE WHO USE THAT FACILITY EVERY YEAR. 
          UM, I WORKED ON IT FOR 17 YEARS WHEN I WAS DIVISION MANAGER, UH, IE UH, DOING THE AS NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UH, AND THE BUILD AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHICH WAS EXTENSIVE. 
          AND THE BUILDING PLAN, WHICH WE TOOK ALL THE WAY THROUGH, UM, UM, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. 
          WE WERE STOPPED WHEN WE WENT TO APPLY FOR A PERMIT. 
          AND THIS WAS AFTER CONSUL DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER TO BUILD THE D AS PLANNED. 
          THEY'VE FORGOTTEN THAT PROMISE, AND WE'D LIKE TO ASK YOUR HELP IN REMINDING THEM THAT, UH, THE VOTERS BO UH, VOTED TWICE ON BONDS, UH, TO BUILD THIS CENTER. 
          IT'S NOT OUR FAULT THAT COVID HAPPENED, AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS WENT THROUGH THE ROOF. 
          WE'D LIKE TO ASK THEM TO BUILD THIS EITHER THROUGH EMERGENCY FUNDS OR THROUGH PASSING ANOTHER BOND. 
          UM, WE WORK CLOSELY STILL WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ON, UH, NEEDED CHANGES TO THE PLANS TO MAKE IT COME WITHIN, UH, BUDGET REASONABLY. 
          UM, THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN AT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO GET THIS BUILDING BUILT, BUT WE NEED COUNCIL SUPPORT, UM, AND WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT. 
          UH, AND SO IF YOU WOULD, UH, SEND A MESSAGE, AN EMAIL, A SMOKE SIGNAL, UM, ANYTHING TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, THIS IMPACTS TOURISM BECAUSE WE SEE TOURISTS THERE FOR OUR EVERGREEN ACTIVITIES AND, UM, YOU WANNA SEE THIS BUILT. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MRS. BAR. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 
          UH, SEEING NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          WE MOVE ON TO THE 
          [APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH MINUTES. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? UH, SO MOVED BY COMMISSIONER CHAPEL. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. 
          SO SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER PIAN DISCUSSION. 
          HEARING NONE, UH, WE WILL VOTE ON THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 
          DOES THIS, UH, COMMISSION APPROVE THE MINUTES? A GENERALLY SPEAKING, YES. 
          UH, MOVING FORWARD, 
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I WON'T ASK FOR VOTES 'CAUSE YOU ACTUALLY DON'T NEED VOTES ON I APPROVING MINUTES, UH, PER ROBERT'S RULES, I JUST REMEMBERED. 
          UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE IN APPRO OUR MINUTES. 
          THEY ARE SO ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD. 
          UH, NEXT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 
          [2. Staff briefing from Staff Liaison, Felicia Ojeda, regarding the vacancy on the board and updates and policy.]
TWO, A BRIEF STAFF BRIEFING FROM OUR ESTEEMED STAFF LIAISON, FELICIA AHDA. 
          HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I AM FOCUSING ON THE VACANCY, UM, EFFORTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FULFILL. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE VACANT ON DISTRICT 10, SO JUST TO BRING THAT TO ATTENTION. 
          UM, MY SECOND ITEM WOULD BE THE NEW FORMAT THAT WE ARE GOING, IF YOU ARE JOINING US VIRTUALLY, THAT YOU'LL NEED TO START SIGNING IN, UM, ON THE FORM, JUST LIKE THE ONE THAT WE SIGN IN HERE. 
          I SEND THAT ELECTRONICALLY. 
          SO IF YOU CAN SIGN THAT AND SEND THAT BACK TO ME BY THE END OF THE WEEK WOULD BE PERFECT. 
          UM, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. OJEDA. 
          AND, UM, FOR, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A MEPA. 
          UM, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO LIST TODAY AS AN ITEM THAT, UH, WE WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, SINCE IT'S NOT LISTED, WE CAN'T DISCUSS IT. 
          BUT, UM, WE WILL MOVE, HOPEFULLY TO, TO HOLD THIS SPOT ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
          SO, UM, THAT'LL BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA FOR OFFICIAL APPROVAL, AND WE WILL MOVE IT FORWARD, UM, EXPEDIENTLY AS, UH, MS. OJEDA HAS ALWAYS DONE. 
          SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM, DILIGENCE. 
          UM, AND, UH, UH, MY APOLOGIES. 
          WE HAVE A COMMENT. 
          COMMISSIONER CHANIN. 
          SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT FILLING THE DISTRICT 10 SPACE, UM, THAT'S UP FOR ELECTION HERE IN NOVEMBER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, THEN I WOULDN'T BE PUSHING TO FILL IT UNTIL THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER IS IN PLACE. 
          THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          UM, I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S REALLY STARTED AND APPROACHING ANYONE TO GET THAT FILLED. 
          AND BY THE TIME US VOLUNTEERS GET AROUND TO IT, IT'LL PROBABLY BE A NEW TERM. 
          BUT I DO THINK THAT IS A, A GOOD CONSIDERATION CONSIDERING THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER HAS SOME, UH, INFLUENCE, UH, AS TO WHO THEY'D LIKE TO SEE REPRESENT THEM ON THE COMMISSION. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SHANNON. 
          SURE. 
          MOVING ON 
          [3. Introduction of the newly appointed District 4 member, Allison Moujaes, to the Tourism Commission Board.]
TO THE NEXT AGENDA. 
          ITEM NUMBER THREE. 
          I WANTED TO, UM, FORMERLY, UM, INTRODUCE, UH, AS A MEMBER HERE OF THE AUDIENCE, UM, ALLISON MIA OVER HERE. 
          UM, SHE'S GONNA BE JOINING US NEXT MEETING ONCE SHE COMPLETES HER, UH, TRAININGS, UH, TO BE A COMMISSIONER HERE ON THE DAIS AS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE TOURISM COMMISSION APPOINTED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA FROM DISTRICT FOUR. 
          UH, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HERE IN HER HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. 
          AND, UM, I'LL LEAVE IT TO HER TO GIVE A MORE FORMAL INTRODUCTION AT THE NEXT MEETING WHEN SHE'S OFFICIALLY ON THE DAIS, SO WE CAN HAVE A, A GOOD CONVERSATION THEN. 
          BUT, UM, SHE'S HERE TODAY TO LISTEN IN AND SEE HOW WE FUNCTION AND, UM, OR DON'T FUNCTION  AND HOW TO IMPROVE THAT. 
          UH, SO WE, UH, WE CERTAINLY VALUE HER TIME TODAY AND, UH, WELCOME HER TO THE DIAS NEXT MEETING. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          NEXT UP, UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION 
          [4. Presentation by Cara Bertron, Program Manager of the City of Austin- Planning Department, regarding the Equity-Based Preservation Plan and its connection to Tourism.]
BY MS. KARA BERTRAN, UH, THE PROGRAM MANAGER OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, REGARDING THE EQUITY BASED PRESERVATION PLAN. 
          UM, AND ITS CONNECTIONS TO TOURISM COMMISSIONERS, UH, MAY REMEMBER THAT, UH, MS. BERTRAN CAME, UH, TO THE COMMISSION BACK IN APRIL TO DISCUSS THE, UM, EQUITY BASED PRESERVATION PLAN AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UH, MORE BROADLY HERE IN THE CITY, UH, WITH THE BOARD'S, UH, RATHER WITH THE COMMISSION'S CONSENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE UP, UM, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTIONS TO RECOMMEND THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE EQUITY BASED PRESERVATION PLAN, UM, AN ATTACHMENT OF THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE OF WHICH WAS SENT TO YOU PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. 
          UH, SO WE WILL PROCEED, UM, WITH AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER FOUR AND SEVEN IN SECESSION. 
          WITH THAT, I YIELD THE FLOOR TO MS. CARRON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          YOU, UM, OH, YOU, YOU PREEMPTED A LITTLE BIT OF MY INTRO SPEECH, WHICH WAS, HELLO AGAIN. 
          IT HASN'T BEEN THAT LONG. 
          IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK SO SOON. 
          UM, I AM HERE TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON THE DRAFT PLAN THAT I PRESENTED TO YOU IN THIS SPRING. 
          UM, AND AS THE CHAIR SAID, ALSO, UH, OFFER THE COMMISSION, IF YOU WISH, THE REC THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL ABOUT THE PLAN. 
          WE EXPECT TO TAKE IT TO COUNCIL, UH, LATE NEXT MONTH AND LATE NEXT MONTH, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          SO 
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AS A QUICK REFRESHER, THIS IS HOW, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO DEVELOPED THE PLAN. 
          IT WAS A COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP OF 26 PEOPLE FROM ACROSS AUSTIN WHO, UH, REALLY REFLECT AUSTIN'S RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY, AND BROUGHT A, A LOT OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND TYPES OF EXPERTISE TO THE PLANNING PROCESS. 
          THEY HEARD FROM 275 OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COURSE OF DEVELOPING THE PLAN. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE, SEE AT THE RIGHT, UM, THE FOCUS GROUPS INCLUDED, UH, CULTURAL AND HERITAGE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE, UH, MANY OF WHICH ARE, ARE TOURISM DESTINATIONS, AS WELL AS LEGACY BUSINESSES. 
          HAPPY LEGACY BUSINESS MONTH. 
          ALSO, THIS, THIS MONTH, HERE'S THE VISION FOR THE PLAN. 
          HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN AUSTIN ACTIVELY ENGAGES COMMUNITIES IN PROTECTING AND SHARING IMPORTANT PLACES AND STORIES. 
          PRESERVATION USES THE PAST TO CREATE A SHARED SENSE OF BELONGING AND TO SHAPE AN EQUITABLE, INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE, AND ECONOMICALLY VITAL FUTURE FOR ALL THE PLAN GOALS. 
          SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE GOING TO LOOK FAMILIAR. 
          IF THEY DO LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU, THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN THEM ALMOST EXACTLY BEFORE. 
          WHEN WE DID OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT TO RUN THE DRAFT PLAN, WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS REALLY THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT THE GOALS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE A LOT OF SENSE. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THESE MAY LOOK FAMILIAR. 
          YOU CAN SEE THESE, THE 14 GOALS ARE VERY BROAD. 
          UM, AS BEFORE, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THEM IN THREE PARTS. 
          WHAT WE PRESERVE, WHO PRESERVES AND HOW WE PRESERVE. 
          SO UNDER THE WHAT WE PRESERVE THEME, THIS INCLUDES THE FIRST FIVE GOALS, AND REALLY LOOKS AT BROADENING WHAT WE CONSIDER IMPORTANT AND HOW WE'RE PRESERVING IT, AND HOW WE'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          UM, IN THAT PRESERVATION RECOGNITION CELEBRATION WORK TO BETTER RECOGNIZE AND PROTECT, UM, CULTURAL HERITAGE, LIKE LEGACY BUSINESSES AND MURALS, AND TO USE PRESERVATION TOOLS TO SUPPORT OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITIES LIKE COMMUNITY STABILIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. 
          UNDER THE WHO PRESERVES THEME, THIS INCLUDES THE NEXT THREE GOALS. 
          THIS IS REALLY ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO'S DOING THE WORK TO INVITE MORE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE AND SUPPORT THEM IN THAT WORK. 
          UM, WE STARTED THE PROCESS OF ENGAGING MORE PEOPLE AND MORE BROAD, UH, KIND OF THINKING MORE BROADLY ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PRESERVATION AND COMMUNITY HERITAGE AND STORYTELLING. 
          UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF PLACE WITH, UH, OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE PLAN, WHICH WAS REALLY, UH, A TON OF WORK, BUT ALSO VERY EXCITING TO SEE WHO RESPONDED AND WHO WAS INTERESTED. 
          THE LAST THEME IS HOW WE PRESERVE THE, THIS IS THE NUTS AND BOLTS SECTION OF THE PLAN. 
          IT INCLUDES SIX GOALS ABOUT IMPROVING HOW WE DO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DESIGNATING, HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR HISTORIC PROPERTY OWNERS, HOW, UH, WE ARE DOING REVIEW INTERNALLY, UM, HOW WE ARE ENFORCING PRESERVATION, UH, STANDARDS, AND HOW THE PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED. 
          THAT'S THE, THE VERY QUICK NUTSHELL. 
          HERE ARE A FEW SELECTED RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT ARE RELEVANT TO TOURISM, UH, PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO TOURISM, ALTHOUGH HOPEFULLY ALL OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS, IS STEWARDING A CITY AS IT CHANGES VERY QUICKLY. 
          STILL STEWARDING PLACES THAT, THAT DRAW PEOPLE THAT FEEL UNIQUE, UH, AND DISTINCTIVE. 
          SO CREATING A CULTURAL MAPPING PROGRAM AND CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, DOING MORE INTERPRETATION WORK, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY DONE ABOUT TELLING PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHY PLACES ARE IMPORTANT, WHICH IS CERTAINLY IMPORTANT FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AS WELL AS VISITORS SUPPORTING LEGACY BUSINESSES. 
          UM, I THINK IN THE LAST MEETING SOMEONE COMMENTED ON LEGACY BUSINESSES BEING DRAWS IN THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO, UM, BIG CONTRIBUTORS TO THE, THE LOCAL FOOD ECOSYSTEM, WHICH IS BECOMING MORE OF A DESTINATION, UH, REASON FOR AUSTIN. 
          DEFINING PRESERVATION, UH, AUDIENCES BROADLY. 
          I TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE. 
          AND IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL HERITAGE TOURISM SITES AND SUPPORTING EXISTING SITES. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY A NEW RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS ADDED, UM, AS A RESULT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, UM, WE DID OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT FOR FOUR MONTHS. 
          THIS SPRING, WE ENGAGED AT LEAST 2,500 PEOPLE. 
          THAT'S A VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE. 
          THAT'S WHEN WE WERE COUNTING PEOPLE, BUT THERE WERE LOTS OF EVENTS WHERE WE DIDN'T COUNT PEOPLE. 
          UM, WE DID A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS TO CITY BOARD AND COMMISSIONS, COMMUNITY GROUPS. 
          WE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO, TO WHERE PEOPLE WERE ALREADY GATHERED AND PROFESSIONAL STAKEHOLDER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          WE DID POPUPS AT LOTS OF COMMUNITY EVENTS AROUND AUSTIN, REACHING PEOPLE WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY ARE. 
          UM, WE HELD SMALLER CONVERSATIONS. 
          WE HOSTED FOUR BIG CITY EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE WERE INVITED TO, TO COME AND LEARN ABOUT THE PLAN AND ENGA AND TALK TO EACH OTHER. 
          I THINK THE ENGAGEMENT WAS A, A SUCCESS, LARGELY IN LARGE PART BECAUSE WE, WE PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN REALLY SUBSTANTIAL WAYS THROUGH MINI GRANTS AND COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS. 
          SO PAID PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR 
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THEIR TIME, HELPING TO LET THEIR COMMUNITIES KNOW ABOUT THE PLAN. 
          UM, UH, ONE OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE WAS CREATIVE ACTION. 
          UM, THAT'S WHERE THE, THE SKETCH, THE CHILDREN'S SKETCH IN THE MIDDLE CAME FROM. 
          ANOTHER WAS, UH, THE TAIWANESE AMERICAN PROFESSIONALS AUSTIN CHAPTER. 
          AND THAT'S THE NEXT PHOTO OVER. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT WHO WE HEARD FROM, WE HAD REALLY PRIORITIZED, CERTAINLY REACHING PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THE PLAN, UH, PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, HISTORIC PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          WE ALSO REALLY WANTED TO PRIORITIZE REACHING HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. 
          AND MOST PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS THROUGH A SHORT COMMUNITY HERITAGE SURVEY. 
          HOPEFULLY Y'ALL ALL PARTICIPATED AS WELL. 
          IT WAS VERY QUICK. 
          SOMEONE TOLD ME IT WAS FUN, ONE PERSON. 
          BUT STILL, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, THE SHARE OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS, UH, COMPARED TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE, WE, UM, EXCEEDED THE, THE PROPORTION OF, OF AUSTIN. 
          UM, FOR A FEW OF THESE HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITIES, WE DIDN'T QUITE GET THERE WITH RENTERS. 
          NEARLY 30% IS, IT'S, IT'S STILL, IT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR A CITY PROCESS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL KEEP WORKING ON AS WE IMPLEMENT. 
          THE PLAN IS THINKING ABOUT HOW TO ENGAGE, UH, RENTERS. 
          YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TOP RIGHT, UH, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS SURVEY WERE LONGTIME AUSTINITES OF HAVING LIVED HERE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, WHICH WAS GREAT TO SEE, BUT SOME NEWER FOLKS AS WELL. 
          AND PEOPLE CAME FROM ALL OVER AUSTIN. 
          UM, HISTORICALLY, THE PEOPLE WHO'VE PARTICIPATED IN, IN PRESERVATION EFFORTS HAVE, UH, LIVED OR WORKED YOUR OWN PROPERTIES IN CENTRAL AND WEST AUSTIN, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. 
          WE REALLY WANNA SUPPORT THEM. 
          BUT THIS WAS INTENDED TO BE A CITYWIDE PLAN. 
          AND SO IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING FROM ALL OVER. 
          HERE'S, UM, THESE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES ARE FROM THE COMMUNITY HERITAGE SURVEY. 
          THEY SORT OF AGGREGATE THE PLAN GOALS. 
          UM, AND IF YOU TOOK THE SURVEY, YOU KNOW THAT EACH OF THE, THE GOALS ON THE, OR THE PRIORITIES ON THE LEFT, THERE WAS A SLIDER. 
          UM, AND YOU COULD SAY, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, OR THIS IS NOT IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          UM, AND THE TAKEAWAY FROM THIS SLIDE IS THAT PEOPLE SAID ALL THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT. 
          UM, WHEN WE ASKED PEOPLE WHAT WE SHOULD START WITH, THEIR RESPONSES REALLY REFLECTED, UM, THE, THE MAJOR CHALLENGES THE CITY IS FACING TODAY. 
          SO, KEEPING, YOU KNOW, BY FAR, UM, MORE THAN JUST OVER 50%, WHEN WE SAID CHOOSE ONE, CHOOSE JUST ONE TO START WITH, PEOPLE SAID, WORK ON KEEPING PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES IN PLACE. 
          UM, ANOTHER 20% SAID, HELP HELP AUSTIN STAY THE WAY IT FEELS NOW. 
          UM, KEEP AUSTIN, UH, THE PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE IN TERMS OF HOW WE, UH, TOOK THAT FEEDBACK. 
          AND THE ADDITIONAL 270 OR SO COMMENTS ON THE, ON THE DRAFT PLAN ITSELF. 
          UM, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF, OF COMMENTS THAT DIDN'T REQUEST CHANGES. 
          I WOULD SAY THERE WERE ABOUT 140 ACTIONABLE CHANGES, MEANING THEY WERE IN THE PURVIEW OF THE PLAN AND ALLOWABLE BY, BY CITY CODE. 
          UM, WE MADE, OR WELL, THE, THE PEOPLE WHO REV, WHO REVISED THE PLAN, WHICH IS THE PRESERVATION PLAN WORKING GROUP, AND THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION MADE, UH, CHANGES TO HALF, NEARLY HALF OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PLAN, UM, BASED ON THAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND ADDED EIGHT NEW RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, SOME OF THOSE ARE LISTED HERE, HISTORIC CEMETERIES, ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, BUILDING MAINTENANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANTS. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, BRINGING IN HERITAGE TOURISM SITES IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF, OF PRESERVATION. 
          AND HERE'S, UH, THE PLAN TIMELINE IN A NUTSHELL. 
          UH, THIS HAS BEEN A PLANNING PROCESS THAT'S LASTED FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS. 
          UM, FORMALLY LONGER THAN THAT WITH THE PLANNING FOR THE PLAN, UH, THE WORKING GROUP CREATED THE PLAN. 
          WE, UM, PRESENTED IT TO THE LANDMARK COMMISSION IN FALL OF 2022. 
          AT THAT TIME, COUNCIL FUNDED OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT. 
          UM, WE DID SOME LOW KEY, LOW BUDGET AWARENESS RAISING IN THE MEANTIME, WHILE WE KIND OF GOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE. 
          DID THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THIS SPRING. 
          AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, THE PLAN WAS REVISED THIS SUMMER BY THE COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP THAT CREATED IT AND MEMBERS OF THE, OF THE LANDMARK COMMISSION. 
          AND HERE WE ARE. 
          SO I'VE, UH, THIS IS ONE OF SIX 17 BOARDING COMMISSION BRIEFINGS. 
          UM, I AM DOING, UM, AND THEN WE HOPE TO GO TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF THE PLAN ON NOVEMBER 21ST AFTER IT IS ADOPTED. 
          UM, THIS IS A VERY GENERAL SLIDE TO SAY WE ARE THINKING ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION ALREADY. 
          IT'S, WE, UM, DON'T WANT TO STOP WITH THE GLORIOUS HOLDING UP INFORMAL ADOPTION OF THE PLAN. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          WE WILL START WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE RESOURCES FOR RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'LL LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL BUDGET OR STAFF. 
          UM, ALL ALONG THIS, THIS PATH, WE HAVE A, WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC DASHBOARD SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE UP TO, AND HOW THEY CAN CONNECT. 
          UM, I THINK COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL. 
          THEY HAVE BEEN CRITICAL TO GETTING US TO THIS POINT, AND THAT REMAINS A PRIORITY FOR, FOR ME AND FOR OTHER STAFF. 
          UM, WE'LL ALSO BE WORKING WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, OUR 
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WORK IS ALIGNING WITH THEIRS AND THAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT THE PLAN AS THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR DEPARTMENT PRIORITIES. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP. 
          AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. 
          HAPPY TO TAKE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OR, OR THOUGHTS. 
          AGAIN, THANKS FOR LISTENING TO THIS, UH, IN SUCH CLOSE SUCCESSION AGAIN. 
          OF COURSE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. BARRAN. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE DIOCESE? COMMISSIONER CHA? SO I, I COULD BE MISTAKEN, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN YOUR MATERIALS OR YOUR PRESENTATION ABOUT, UM, HOW THIS AFFECTS TOURISM. 
          SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          I THINK THERE'S ONE RECOMMENDATION THAT VERY SPECIFICALLY LOOKS AT HERITAGE TOURISM SITES. 
          I I CAN BARELY HEAR YOU. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          THERE'S ONE RECOMMENDATION SPECIFICALLY THAT LOOKS AT HERITAGE TOURISM SITES, AND THAT WAS ADDED DURING THE PLAN REVISIONS TO HELP TO IDENTIFY MORE HERITAGE TOURISM SITES THROUGH SURVEY AND WORKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          AND THEN TO SUPPORT THEM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HERITAGE TOURISM DIVISION IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SUPPORT HERITAGE TOURISM MORE GENERALLY BECAUSE HISTORIC PRESERVATION SUPPORTS DISTINCTIVE PLACES AND STORIES. 
          AND SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT FURTHER, YOU KNOW, UM, HISTORIC DESIGNATION, SUPPORTING HISTORIC PROPERTY OWNERS, TELLING THE STORIES OF WHY PLACES ARE IMPORTANT. 
          UM, THOSE ALL PROVIDE A SUPPORTIVE FRAMEWORK FOR HERITAGE TOURISM THAT BRINGS DOLLARS TO THE PEOPLE AND DOLLARS TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND IS THERE MANY, ANY STUDY ON THE, UH, ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM TOURISM FOR, FROM HERITAGE RESERVATION? THERE'VE BEEN A NUMBER OF STUDIES ABOUT, UM, YES, NOT IN AUSTIN SPECIFICALLY. 
          THERE'S BEEN STUDIES IN TEXAS AND IN OTHER PLACES THAT SHOW IT, IT HAS A REAL IMPACT. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE FIGURES AT HAND FOR TEXAS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE WITH THE, THE BOARD LIAISON. 
          BUT I THINK, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A LOCAL STUDY TO ASSESS THAT IMPACT. 
          THAT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENED YET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER CHAN, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE DAAS? SEEING NONE, UM, I'D PERHAPS LIKE TO HAVE YOU REMAIN AT THE DIAZ, MS. BERTRAN AS WE, UM, SEEK TO MOVE TO AGENDA 
          [7. Discussion and possible action to recommend to the Austin City Council to adopt the Equity-Based Preservation Plan.]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTIONS RECOMMEND, UM, TO THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE EQUITY BASED PRESERVATION PLAN. 
          UM, SHOULD WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, THIS WAS EMAILED TO YOU BEFORE THIS MEETING, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL TO ADOPT THE EQUITY BASED PRESERVATION PLAN. 
          UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? IN GENERAL? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL? NO QUESTION. 
          COMMISSIONER CHAPPEL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MR. CHU, THANKS FOR COMING BACK AND GOING OVER THIS AGAIN. 
          ONE THING I DON'T SEE IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT STRONGER LANGUAGE AROUND THE IMPLEMENTATION. 
          AND SO KIND OF YOUR ACTION ITEMS, A LITTLE BIT OF THIS READS LIKE WHAT YOU JUST PRESENTED TO US TODAY. 
          I KIND OF ALMOST MARKED THAT ACCOMPLISHED. 
          AND SO I, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BALANCE BEING VERY BROAD, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION MAYBE HOW, HOW DOES THIS GET IMPLEMENTED? BECAUSE IT SEEMS MORE OF A SUPPORTIVE THAT WE SUPPORT THIS IDEA AND THIS PLAN, WHICH HAS BEEN CREATED. 
          YES. 
          SO THAT IS, THAT'S GENERALLY, IT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IN SOMETHING THAT THE PRESERVATION PLAN, WORKING GROUP PRIORITIZED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE PLAN, SAYING WHAT'S PRACTICAL, WHAT'S IMPLEMENTABLE. 
          WE DON'T WANNA GET TOO PIE IN THE SKY ABOUT ANYTHING. 
          WE, WE WANNA BE AMBITIOUS, BUT WE WANT IT TO BE DOABLE IN TERMS OF, OF SORT OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION. 
          WE HAVE SOME INTERNAL WORKING DOCUMENTS ABOUT WHAT WE'LL BEGIN WITH, UM, THAT ARE INFORMED BY THE PRESERVATION PLAN WORKING GROUP, AND THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION AS PART OF THE REVISION PROCESS. 
          THEY IDENTIFIED, UM, A SHORT LIST OF HIGH IMPACT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD BE GOOD TO START WITH. 
          THE, NOW THE SHORT LIST WAS 46 RECOMMENDATIONS OUT OF 107. 
          SO I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THEIR FEELING THAT THE PLAN IS GENERALLY HIGH IMPACT, BUT ALSO, UM, IT WAS NOT EXACTLY A SHORT LIST. 
          NO, WE, WE WORKING LIKE FROM THOSE, NOT TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT FROM THE GOALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, LIKE NUMBER NINE, LIKE THE ICONIC, LONGSTANDING BUSINESSES, LIKE THINGS LIKE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PROJECT READY. 
          IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? YES. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          SO, 
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AND WE ARE, SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING WORK ON MANY OF THESE THINGS ALREADY. 
          WE ARE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR HOW WE, WE'VE STARTED WORKING ON SOME OF THEM ALREADY. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR, FOR OTHER THINGS. 
          BUT THAT, THAT DETAILED ROADMAP IS TYPICALLY NOT INCLUDED. 
          IT'S NOT ALWAYS INCLUDED IN A PLANNING DOCUMENT. 
          SURE. 
          UM, I THINK IT IS WHAT GETS IMPLEMENTED. 
          WE CAN IMPLEMENT A NUMBER OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AT LEAST PARTIALLY WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE. 
          I THINK IN TERMS OF OTHER THINGS, BIGGER THINGS THAT GET IMPLEMENTED OR BIGGER CHANGES THAT GET MADE OFTEN DEPENDS ON, UM, BROADER SUPPORT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NO, THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I WAS UNDERSTANDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER CHAPPEL, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL THIS RECOMMENDATION? SO, UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS JUST SAYS THAT WE SUPPORT THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO, UH, THE EQUITY-BASED PRESERVATION PLAN AS PRESENTED, UM, BY OUR SPEAKER TODAY. 
          UM, NOW ON THE SECOND OCCASION, THIS IS JUST BASICALLY THE RESULTS AND HOW IT CONNECTS WITH, UM, LOCAL TOURISM EFFORTS. 
          UM, SO THIS ISN'T REALLY PUTTING US ON THE HOOK FOR ANYTHING. 
          I, I, I GUESS I'M JUST, UM, I'M PUTTING IT BEFORE, UH, THE COMMISSION SO FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT LIKE, THIS IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS. 
          WE'VE ALL BEEN ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PLAN, UH, OR AT LEAST ADVISED ON IT. 
          AND NOW, UH, WE'RE COMING BACK WITH THE RESULTS. 
          SO THIS IS JUST SORT OF GIVING YOU AN IDEA AS TO HOW WE CONNECT AS A COMMISSION WITH THE TOURISM, UH, ECONOMY DIRECTLY, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING TO INVEST IN, UM, HERITAGE TOURISM HERE IN AUSTIN AND SAY IT'S A GOOD THING AND THAT WE SHOULD EXPAND UPON IT LIKE THIS PLAN DOES. 
          SO GIVEN THAT BACKGROUND, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, PROVIDE MORE SPACE FOR, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          DO I HAVE A QUESTION? COMMISSIONER MATHIS, DID YOU RAISE YOUR, RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          OKAY. 
          COMMISSIONER SHANNON. 
          SO, I, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE, THE RESOLUTION IN THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN THE PLAN. 
          IT'S PRETTY VAGUE ABOUT HOW IT'S GONNA SUPPORT TOURISM, AND I REALLY JUST GENERALLY THINK IT'S OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE DO. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SHANNON, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER CHAPPEL? I'M, I'M STILL A LITTLE UNSURE ABOUT WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS. 
          LIKE I JUST WATCHED THE PLAN. 
          I, I LIKE THE PLAN, WE SHOULD IMPLEMENT IT, BUT I'M, I'M UNSURE WHAT I'M ASKING COUNCIL TO RECOMMEND. 
          SO ULTIMATELY, AS IT STATES AT THE BOTTOM, THE AUSTIN TOURISM COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE EQUITY BASED PRESERVATION PLAN AND SUPPORT ITS TIMELY IMPLEMENTATION. 
          THIS IS, UM, OH, SORRY. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER REY, UH, IT'S MY EXPECTATION THAT COUNCIL WILL ADOPT THIS, SO I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SO MOVED BY COMMISSIONER REEDY. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? I SEE A SECOND. 
          WITH, UH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER BAAN. 
          DISCUSSION. 
          COMMISSIONER BAILEY, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET CLEAR ON, AND I, EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN ABOUT THIS PLAN I FULLY SUPPORT AND I THINK THE, UH, THE POSITIONING IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS, WHAT I, WHAT I'M NOT, WHAT I'M STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND IS ITS INTERSECTION BETWEEN THE HERITAGE TOURISM FUNDING, THE 15% THAT WE ALLOCATE HOT FUNDS THAT ARE ALLOCATED FOR HISTORIC. 
          HOW DOES THIS INTERSECT THOSE DOLLARS? AND HOW DOES THIS PLAN INTEGRATE WITH THE HERITAGE TOUR GRANT MAKING PROGRAM THAT EXISTS? IS HOW, HOW THEY ARE ALIGNED? THAT'S, I MEAN, I WISHED I KNEW MORE. 
          YOU MAY HAVE EXPLAINED IT AND IT JUST WENT OVER MY HEAD. 
          , UH, WOULD YOU MIND ANSWERING COMMISSIONER RATHER VICE CHAIR OF BAILEY'S QUESTION? SURE. 
          SO THE, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION, YOU KNOW, THAT I MENTIONED THE HERITAGE TOURISM RECOMMENDATION IS VERY, THAT'S, THAT WAS ADDED TO THE PLAN IS VERY BROAD, BUT I THINK THE WORK WITH THE, UM, HERITAGE PRE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND WOULD FALL UNDER, UNDER THAT RECOMMENDATION. 
          THERE ARE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT RELATE TO IDENTIFICATION OF, OF POTENTIAL HISTORIC RESOURCES. 
          WE HAVE A, UH, A DOWNTOWN AUSTIN SURVEY GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT'S FUNDED BY 
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HOT, UH, DOLLARS THROUGH TO OUR DEPARTMENT, NOT THROUGH THE GRANT PROGRAM. 
          SO THERE, AND, AND WE PARTICIPATE, OUR STAFF PARTICIPATES IN, UM, FACILIT HELPING TO FACILITATE OR HELPING TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON, ON THOSE GRANTS. 
          UM, SO I THINK, SO, SO IN A PERFECT WORLD, THE OUTCOME, THIS, THIS PROCESS WOULD HELP CREATE BETTER FOCUSED DECISIONS OF HOW THE GRANTS AND WHICH PROJECTS THE GRANTS ARE FUNDING. 
          THIS, THIS PROCESS WOULD HELP NARROW THE NEEDS BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS, WHILE WE HEAR WHETHER THERE'S CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING HERE, THERE'S MORE NEED THAN THERE ARE DOLLARS. 
          SO IT'S TRYING TO HELP FOCUS THAT WE PUT THE MONEY WHERE IT CAN HAVE THE MOST IMPACT. 
          AND IN THIS CASE, BRINGING AN EQUITY OVERLAY TO THE SITUATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE NOT GETTING OVERLOOKED, THAT ARE IMPORTANT HISTORICAL. 
          AND THIS PROCESS HELPS THE, THAT GRANT MAKING PROCESS MAKE CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE FAIR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. 
          IS THAT THAT'S HOW I'M HEARING YOU. 
          YOU TOO. 
          I JUST WANNA KNOW IF I'M EVEN ON TRACK. 
          I THINK THE PLAN, THE PLAN IS, IS MORE, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BROADER THAN SAYING MAKE SPECIFIC CHANGES TO THE GRANT ALLOCATION PROCESS. 
          I THINK THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IF IMPLEMENTED OR WHEN IMPLEMENTED CAN MOVE FORWARD INCLUDING, UH, MORE PROACTIVE OUTREACH TO POTENTIAL HISTORIC PROPERTY OWNERS, MORE ENGAGEMENT AROUND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, INCLUDING THE HERITAGE TOURISM GRANT, MORE, UM, DEMONSTRATION OF, OF INTERPRETATION THAT COULD LEAD TO, TO ADDITIONAL, UM, GRANT PROPOSALS OR MORE FOCUSED GRANT PROPOSALS. 
          I DON'T THINK THE PLAN ITSELF SPECIFICALLY SAYS, MAKE, MAKE THESE MAKE CHANGES, X, Y, Z. 
          I MEAN, IT DOESN'T SAY THAT. 
          UM, IT'S JUST, IT IS A CITYWIDE PLAN FOR, UH, THAT THAT IS VERY BROAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MS. BERTRAN AND VICE CHAIR BAILEY. 
          COMMISSIONER PENOC, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? UM, I WAS JUST GONNA COMMENT THAT I UNDERSTAND YOU READ THE LAST LINE THAT SAYS, TOURISM COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE EQUITY-BASED PRESERVATION PLAN AND SUPPORT. 
          ITS TIMELY IMPLEMENTATION. 
          BUT JUST ABOVE THAT, IT'S SAYING THAT THE PRESERVATION PLAN ALIGNS AND, AND, UH, FURTHERS THE GOALS OF THE TOURISM COMMISSION. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE LIKE, LIKE EVIDENCE OF THAT. 
          AND THEN JUST PARTICULARLY RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO MOVING FORWARD THE INCENTIVES FOR PLACEMAKING AND PRESERVATION THAT PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR CREATING TOURISM DESTINATIONS IN AUSTIN. 
          THERE'S A LOT IN THERE. 
          I JUST, AND BASED ON, ON THE, UM, BROAD INFORMATION, WE'VE GONE, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD SAY VERY SPECIFIC THINGS IN THAT LINE. 
          THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER IAN. 
          UH, SO THAT PARTICULAR, WHEREAS THE LAST ONE, UM, REALLY THIS DOCUMENT IS, IS IN SUPPORT OF PRESERVATION BIT LARGE AND AS, UH, THE BODY THAT OVERSEES HOT TAXES OR RATHER RECOMMENDS TO COUNCIL WAYS TO IMPROVE THE ALLOCATION OF HOT TAXES FOR EXPENSES SUCH AS USE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUNDS. 
          THIS EQUITY BASED PRESERVATION PLAN HELPS TO PROVIDE A CONTEXT IN WHICH WE CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THOSE INVESTMENTS. 
          AND BEFORE THIS, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY JUST BEEN THE CITY SPENDING THE MONEY, BUT THERE'S NO SORT OF GUIDING DOCUMENT, UH, THAT'S MORE THEMATIC AN APPROACH THAT TALKS ABOUT ITS BROADER VALUE. 
          SO, UH, OUR SPEAKER HERE TODAY, UM, MS. BERTRAN JUST MENTIONED THAT THERE'S NO, UH, COHESIVE ECONOMIC STUDY THAT SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO THE IMPACT OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          SO WITHOUT A PLAN THOUGH, WE CAN'T EVEN ACTUALLY ASK FOR ONE. 
          AND WITHOUT THAT PLAN, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT, UM, SUSTAINED INVESTMENTS IN HOT TAX, UH, PROJECTS, UM, THAT GO TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, THE BEST USE OF HOT TECH DOLLARS, RIGHT? SO, BUT WE WANT, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT IT IS THE BEST USE, IT IS THE MAXIMUM USE PER THE, THE STATE STATUTE. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE SUPPORTING THAT THROUGH THIS BROADER FRAMEWORK THAT HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY AVERAGE, EVERYDAY, AVERAGE DAY, AUSTIN NIGHTS, WHO COME AND, AND SPOKEN UP ABOUT THE VALUE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN AUSTIN. 
          UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE A POLICY DOCUMENT THAT SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO HOW WE SPEND HIGH TAX DOLLARS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE PAY THE STAFF TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT AND DO ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT IS IN THEIR WORK PLAN. 
          SO THIS IS REALLY JUST A, YOU KNOW, AS WE ARE AN ADVISORY BODY, A WAY THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY TO, UH, ESSENTIALLY ENDORSE 
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THE WORK OF THEIR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT HAS, UH, ARRIVED AT THIS RESULT THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE BROADER RECOMMENDATIONS AND DIRECTION AUSTINITES WOULD LIKE TO GO IN TERMS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          AND OUT OF THAT, UM, HOW BEST TO INVEST IN HOT TAX FUNDED PROJECTS. 
          COMMISSIONER CHA? SO I HAVE A, A HISTORY WITH DEALING WITH, UH, PRESERVATION GRANTS AND HOT TAX. 
          AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS USING HOT TAX FOR PRESERVATION IS IT'S GOTTA HAVE A TOURISM COMPONENT TO IT. 
          UM, AND I'M, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT A APPRO, YOU KNOW, SAYING WE, WE, WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT PLAN THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT, YOU KNOW, PUTS GUIDELINES FOR USING HOT TAX, YOU KNOW, SO WE MAKE SURE IT'S USED FOR TOURISM RELATED PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER SHANNON. 
          COMMISSIONER CHAPPEL, YOU HAD A COMMENT OR QUESTION? UH, A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. 
          UM, SO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS I THINK WHAT I'M GONNA BE HAPPY TO RECOMMEND THE PLAN BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IF WE DON'T RECOMMEND THE PLAN, THEN WE CAN'T DO THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL CONNECTIONS TO DRAW AWARENESS TO THE PLAN. 
          AND COUNCIL CAN'T RECOMMEND THAT. 
          AND SO I UNDERSTAND THE HOLISTIC NATURE OF THAT. 
          AND THEN, AND I THINK LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF THE INSIGHTS IN THE PLAN, IF YOU GO BACK TO WHAT WE HEARD, AND SO FROM MY TAKEAWAY FROM THIS IS HELP OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS MAINTAIN THEIR UNIQUE LOOK AND FILL AUSTIN GROWS, WHICH SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO TOURISMS TOURISM, MAKE EAST AUSTIN REMAIN EAST AUSTIN, MAKE CLARKSVILLE REMAIN CLARKSVILLE, AND HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH THAT? AND IT'S THROUGH THIS UNDERCURRENT. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS PLAN DOES AND HAS IDENTIFIED, AND NOW WE JUST WANT TO CAPTURE THE RESULTS OF THE PLANNING. 
          AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY TAKE ON IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER CHAPEL. 
          COMMISSIONER SHANNON. 
          SO I DON'T SEE HOW ANY OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH ANYTHING TO DO WITH TOURISM, WHAT YOU JUST RAISED. 
          I'M ALL FOR IT. 
          I MEAN, I, I AGREE. 
          NO, I, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE RECOMMENDING. 
          IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A HISTORICALLY A MORE COMMISSION. 
          UM, IT'S JUST OUT, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S OUTSIDE OUR SCOPE. 
          COMMISSIONER TAPO, UH, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT EXCEPT FOR, UH, YOU, YOU KIND OF SEE, UH, THIS WORK, HOW IT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THE PAST, UM, TO THE BROKEN SPOKE, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          AND THERE ARE OTHER CULTURAL AND TOURIST SIGNIFICANT VENUES AND PLACES, UH, THAT COULD DO THAT SAME THING. 
          AND SO THAT TOURISM ECOSYSTEM THAT GETS WRAPPED AROUND THAT IS, I THINK, HOW IT IMPACTS THIS BODY. 
          AND SO THIS IS AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND I THINK THINGS MOVE PROCEDURALLY SLOW HERE, AND THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT ACCOMPLISHED. 
          AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT. 
          COMMISSIONER VAAN. 
          UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          I THINK, UM, FROM MY INSIGHT, YOU KNOW, I, I'M A UT STUDENT THAT I USED TO BE A UT STUDENT OLDER NOW, BUT I GRADUATED WITH A HISTORY DEGREE. 
          SO FOR ME, LIKE HISTORY IS LIKE THE REASON WHY, AND HISTORIC AREAS AND PLACES ARE THE REASON WHY I GO TO A BUNCH OF CITIES. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE. 
          SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO TOURISM TO MAINTAIN THE, THE CULTURE AND THE LIVELIHOOD AND, UM, EVERYTHING THAT MAKES THIS CITY SPECIAL. 
          I THINK ALSO IN, UM, OUR, I THINK IT'S OUR BYLAWS, BUT IT, WE TALK ABOUT HOW IT SAYS LIKE, REVIEW AND RECOMMENDS FOR MARKETING RELATED TO ADVISING AUSTIN, AUSTIN SPECIAL EVENTS, MUSIC, ART, CULTURAL AND OTHER EXISTING OR FUTURE TOURISM ATTRACTIONS. 
          WE CAN'T REALLY BE ABLE TO, IN THE FUTURE RECOMMEND THINGS IF WE DON'T PRESERVE THINGS NOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO I THINK IT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO TOURISM. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BAAN. 
          ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE DIOCESE? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO I, IF I MAY JUST TAKE TARA'S PREROGATIVE, I, UM, THE REASON WHY I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS IS BECAUSE IT AGAIN, PROVIDES THE FRAMEWORK THROUGH WHICH I THINK, UM, COMMISSIONER CHAPEL SAID IT WELL, TO HELP PROCEDURALLY CONNECT THE CITY AND IT'S DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF, OF, OF, UH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THE NASCENT FIELD, I THINK IN AUSTIN, WHICH IS HERITAGE TOURISM. 
          I THINK PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO COME AROUND TO, UH, 
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WHAT THAT MEANS FROM AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, UM, AND STANDPOINT. 
          UM, AS SOMEONE WHO JUST APPLIED FOR THE, UH, HERITAGE TOURISM GRANT YESTERDAY, I, I, I DEFINITELY TOUCH THIS IN MY, MY DAILY WORK, UM, AND CAN ATTEST TO, UM, THE POWER OF THE HOT TAX FUNDED HERITAGE GRANT THAT BRINGS, UM, OUT OF STATE TOURISTS AS WELL AS LOCAL TOURISTS TO AUSTIN, UM, FOR HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS, THAT, THAT, AGAIN, HELPS THAT POSITIVE, UM, CYCLE OF HOT TAX FUND COLLECTION. 
          UM, BUT THIS EQUITY BASED PRESERVATION PLAN CERTAINLY PROVIDES THE CONTEXT IN WHICH, UM, WE CONTINUE TO VALUE, UM, HERITAGE TOURISM, UH, AS WELL AS THE CONTINUED USE OF HOT TAX FUNDED FOR HERITAGE PROJECTS. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS PLAN. 
          AND THANK YOU, UH, MS. BAR BERTRAN FOR, UM, BRINGING SOME ADDED CONTEXT TO THE PLANNING, UH, PROCESS AND, UM, UH, ALL OF WHAT HAS GONE INTO PRODUCING THIS DOCUMENT. 
          UH, DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS BEFORE WE BREAK FOR A VOTE? I WANTED TO, I'LL MAKE A QUICK CLARIFICATION THAT THE PLAN DOES NOT, AND STAFF ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY CHANGES TO THE HOT ELIGIBILITY, RIGHT? FOR MAKING PRESERVATION GRANTS, JUST AS, AS WAS MENTIONED. 
          BUT I APPRECIATE Y'ALLS TIME AND CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, SO WE DO HAVE A, UH, WE HAD A, UM, MOTION THROUGH ONE AND A SECOND. 
          SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PASSING THE EQUITY BASED PRESERVATION PLAN. 
          WE HAD A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BISON. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT'S FIVE, FOUR. 
          ALL THOSE OPPOSED OR AGAINST, UH, THE MOTION DOES NOT CARRY. 
          ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA ITEM 
          [5. Presentation by Cody Scott, Facility Processes Manager of the City of Austin- Austin Public Library, regarding the Austin History Center Capital Improvements including building a destination for Tourism.]
NUMBER FIVE, UH, PRESENTATION BY CODY SCOTT OF, UM, THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY. 
          UM, CODY IS THE RATHER, MR. SCOTT IS THE FACILITY PROCESS MANAGER FOR, UH, AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY. 
          AND HE WILL SPEAK TODAY WITH REGARD TO THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, INCLUDING HOW, UM, HOT TAX DOLLARS ARE MAKING THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER, UH, A TOURISM DESTINATION HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSION. 
          UH, MY NAME'S CODY SCOTT AS, UH, UH, THE CHAIR SAID. 
          I, I AM THE DIVISION MANAGER FOR FACILITIES. 
          UM, I OVERSEE ALL OF THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARIES FACILITIES, WHICH INCLUDES OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, SO ALL OF OUR BOND PROJECTS AND THE INTERNAL PROJECTS THAT WE MANAGE AS WELL. 
          UH, TWO OF WHICH ARE THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER AND THE FALK BUILDING, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          UH, THESE PROJECTS ARE PART OF THE 2018 BOND CYCLE, UH, BY MY PREDECESSOR, UH, JOHN GILLUM. 
          UH, AND I CAME ON BOARD AND STARTED THESE PROJECTS, UH, JUST AROUND TWO YEARS AGO. 
          SO, UH, TO UPDATE TODAY IS KIND OF TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE ON, UH, THE FALK BUILDING AND THE, THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER, HOW IT RELATES, UH, TO, UM, TO THE HOT, UH, FUNDS AND ALSO OUR FUTURE KIND OF ENDEAVORS AND IDEAS, OUR VISION FOR HOW WE SEE THIS FACILITY, THIS CAMPUS CHANGING. 
          UH, AND IF, IF YOU NOTICE ON THE TITLE OF THIS, IT SAYS AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER CAMPUS, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE REDEFINING THE WAY THIS PROP THIS, THIS, THESE TWO PROPERTIES FUNCTION, UM, THROUGH THIS RENOVATION AND INTO THE FUTURE. 
          SO, UM, SO HERE I JUST HAVE A RENDERING OF A VISION OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE, UH, WITH A, WITH ANOTHER BOND CYCLE, UH, AND FUNDING, UM, FROM, FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES, UH, IN ORDER TO TAKE US TO THE PHASE TWO OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, SO WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR, UH, THE FALK BUILDING, UH, MOST OF THE RENOVATIONS WERE FOCUSED ON, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE ARCHIVES THAT ARE HOUSED AT THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER OVER TO THE FALK BUILDING, BECAUSE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER IS ONLY 40,000 SQUARE FEET AND ARCHIVES KEEP GROWING. 
          SO WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO MOVE THEM, AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM THERE. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY THE FALK BUILDING IS NO LONGER THE CENTRAL LIBRARY. 
          UH, SO PART OF THIS PROCESS WAS TO, UH, GET TWO OF THE FLOORS, THE SECOND AND THE THIRD FLOOR READY FOR US TO MOVE THE ARCHIVES OVER TO THE, THE FALK BUILDING. 
          WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO ONLY MOVE A CERTAIN PORTION OF THOSE ARCHIVES, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY NOW GOING TO MOVE THE ENTIRE COLLECTION MINUS SOME COLD STORAGE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AT THE HISTORY CENTER. 
          UM, AND, AND THEN THE READING ROOM FUNCTIONALITY THAT'S BEING HELD AT THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER RIGHT NOW, WE'LL MOVE TO THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE FALK BUILDING. 
          SO WHEN THE FALK BUILDING OPENS UP NEXT YEAR, UH, IT WILL BE READY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME IN AND DO THEIR RESEARCH AT THE FALK 
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BUILDING IN A NEW READING ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR WHERE YOU HAVE A CAPITAL VIEW, ET CETERA. 
          UH, AND A CONFERENCE ROOM THAT CAN BE USED LIKE WE HAVE AT OUR CENTRAL LIBRARY WHERE YOU CAN DO A SHARED LEARNING ROOM. 
          YOU GO ONLINE, YOU BOOK THAT ROOM, YOU HAVE A NICE MEETING, UH, WITH A VIEW OF THE CAPITAL. 
          SO, UH, AND AN EXHIBIT SPACE AS WELL. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE. 
          WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THIS IS A, UH, ALMOST 50-YEAR-OLD BUILDING, UH, FROM A STRUCTURAL PERSPECTIVE. 
          IT IS 50 YEARS OLD, UH, FROM A.DESIGN PERSPECTIVE, THAT IS WHY IT'S NOW ON HISTORIC, UH, DESIGNATION. 
          UM, BUT WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY GETTING THE HVAC SYSTEM, THE ABATEMENT OF THE ASBESTOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT DONE, UH, IN ORDER TO GET US READY TO USE THE BUILDING AGAIN IN A NEW CAPACITY. 
          SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, LEMME BACK UP REAL QUICK. 
          SO, PART OF THIS PROCESS, UH, AS WE GOT THROUGH THE PROJECT, UM, INTO YEAR TWO, ESSENTIALLY, UM, WE, WE HAD ENOUGH MONEY LEFT OVER IN OUR CONTINGENCIES TO TAKE THAT, THOSE FUNDS AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO, UH, TO FURTHER THIS AND USE THE MONEY, UM, TO, TO, FOR THE PUBLIC ACCESS. 
          SO WE STARTED RENOVATIONS IN THE FIRST FLOOR, PARTIALLY IN ORDER TO OPEN IT UP AND ALSO EXPOSE SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY OF THE SPACE, UH, SO THAT, SO THAT THE PUBLIC COULD COME IN AND USE THIS, UH, IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO AT THE HISTORY CENTER, UM, WE DID A LOT OF EXTERIOR STONEWORK. 
          SO AT THE HISTORY CENTER, ALL THE STONEWORK, THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1933. 
          UM, IT IS 90 YEARS OLD A YEAR OR SO AGO. 
          AND, UH, UM, IT HAS BEEN IN THE, THE LIBRARY'S HANDS, UH, THAT ENTIRE TIME, ESSENTIALLY. 
          UM, IT IS TECHNICALLY THE FIRST CENTRAL LIBRARY AND NEXT DOOR IS THE FOLK, UM, YOU KNOW, CENTRAL LIBRARY. 
          NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE. 
          SO THESE ARE THREE OF OUR ICONIC, ICONIC BUILDINGS, UH, THAT, AND TWO OF WHICH NEED TO BE PRESERVED. 
          UH, AND ONE, THE HISTORY CENTER IS CURRENTLY ALREADY USED FOR TOURISM. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE PLANS TO FURTHER THAT, UH, WITH SOME OF OUR, OUR PROGRAMMING THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO IMPLEMENT. 
          UH, SO THE STONE WORK, WE REPLACED ABOUT 60% OF THE STONE WORK ON THE BUILDING, ALONG WITH, UM, A LOT OF THE MEMBRANE BEHIND THAT STONEWORK HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT'S VERY OLD, BRITTLE AND NEEDED TO BE UPDATED, UH, TO CONTROL MOISTURE, UH, FROM GETTING INTO THE BUILDING. 
          UH, AND WE DID SOME, SOME ASBESTOS AND LEAD-BASED, UH, ABATEMENT, UH, MAINLY AROUND THE WINDOWS. 
          'CAUSE WE INSTALLED, WE INSTALLED STORM WINDOWS ON THE INSIDE IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING TO KEEP THE ELEMENTS OUT. 
          UH, AND OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS DO A DA COMPLIANCE. 
          UH, AND IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE, IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THERE RECENTLY, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, I, I ADVISED THAT WE DID SOME LANDSCAPING UPGRADES AND THERE'S NICE UPLIGHTING ON THE BUILDING, SO IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL, UH, ALONG WITH, I THINK THE MOON TOWER IS NOW FUNCTIONAL ACROSS THE STREET. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S VERY, IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL THERE AT NIGHT. 
          UM, SO IN A NUTSHELL, THAT'S WHAT WE DID. 
          THE HISTORY CENTER, UH, IT WAS MAINLY FOCUSED ON THE OUTSIDE. 
          A LARGE CHUNK OF THOSE FUNDS, UH, WE'RE FROM THE HOT FUNDS, UM, OVER THE YEARS. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT, UH, THAT WERE JUST APPROVED. 
          UH, THESE ARE INTERNAL CITY, UM, HOT FUNDS THAT ARE USED, UM, FOR PRESERVATION. 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE A FUTURE PLAN OF, WE'RE DOING A PRESERVATION PLAN STARTING NEXT, I GUESS THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, TO, TO DETERMINE WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE FOR THAT, FOR THAT FACILITY, AND HOW WE CAN FURTHER ITS ABILITY TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          UM, SO HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 
          UM, LET'S MOVE THAT IMAGE OF OUR MEMBERS ONLINE OVER THE SIDE, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT HISTORY CENTER. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          SO YOU'VE GOT ON THE TOP RIGHT HAND SIDE, LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU'VE GOT THE ENTRANCE OF THE FALL BUILDING. 
          WE DID SOME EXTERIOR WORK, BUT YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T NOTICE MOST OF THAT JUST FROM LOOKING AT IT. 
          UH, ON THE INSIDE, UH, ON THE, THE TOP RIGHT, RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THE EXPOSED CEILING ON THE FIRST FLOOR. 
          UH, THIS IS AN ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY OF THE BUILDING. 
          UH, WE HAVE FUTURE PLANS TO EXPOSE IT EVEN MORE AS WE GET THROUGH THE FIRST FLOOR RENOVATIONS IN THE NEXT PHASE. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE THIS SECTION ON THE FIRST FLOOR EXPOSED. 
          AND ALSO YOU CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE THERE, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES, MINUS THE STAIRS I DON'T HAVE IN YET, WHICH ARE HAPPENING LIKE A WEEK OR TWO, UM, IS, IS THE EXPOSED CEILING. 
          SO WHEN YOU GO IN THE BUILDING AND YOU WALK UP THE STAIRS UP INTO THAT READING ROOM, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT BEHIND THE STAIRS, UH, YOU SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE, UH, AND THE, AND THE NICE UPLIGHTING THAT WE HAVE ON IT. 
          SO, UM, IN A NUTSHELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE. 
          YOU SEE SOME HIGH DENSITY SHELVING ON THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND SIDE. 
          UH, THAT IS WHAT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO MAXIMIZE THE SPACE. 
          SO EACH FLOOR, UH, THE SECOND AND THE THIRD FLOOR ARE 20,000 SQUARE FOOT EACH. 
          UH, THE, THE HISTORY CENTER IS 40,000, BUT ONLY ABOUT A, BUT NOT ALL OF THAT CAN REALLY BE USED FOR ARCHIVES. 
          SO, SO ANYWAY, SO WE'RE GONNA START THAT MOVE HERE NEXT MONTH. 
          UH, WE'LL START MOVING ALL OF THE ARCHIVES, WHICH INCLUDES THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S ARCHIVES, UH, ART, UM, THE AUSTIN, AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMEN. 
          LOTS OF ARCHIVES, UH, WILL BE GETTING MOVED OVER TO THE FALK BUILDING. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF THE HISTORY CENTER? LET'S SEE IF I CAN DIVE INTO THAT. 
          UH, HERE WE GO. 
          SO PHASE TWO OF, UH, THE PHASE TWO CONCEPTS FOR THE JOHN HENRY FALK BUILDING AND THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER. 
          BEEN IN WORK FOR A COUPLE YEARS. 
          IT PREDATES ME. 
          UH, WE 
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HAD A GINLEY REPORT DONE ON IT, UH, TO SHOW KIND OF WHAT YOU COULD DO WITH THE SPACE. 
          UM, AND SINCE THEN, OVER TIME WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING SOME, SOME DESIGN. 
          SO I'LL SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF IMAGES JUST TO SEE THE CONCEPTS. 
          BUT I, IDEALLY, WHAT WE DO WITH THE JOHN HENRY FALK BUILDING IS WE WOULD HAVE A FIRST FLOOR GALLERY PUT IN PLACE, UH, WHERE WE COULD HAVE ART EXHIBITS IN, IN AND HISTORICAL EXHIBITS, UH, BEING TRANSITIONED OUT ON A ROUTINE BASIS, KINDA LIKE WE HAVE AT CENTRAL, AT CENTRAL LIBRARY. 
          WE, WE ROTATE THE ART, UM, EVERY THREE MONTHS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WE WON'T QUALIFY 'CAUSE IT'S NOT HISTORIC BUILDING. 
          UH, BUT WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY 6,000 PEOPLE ON AVERAGE A DAY THAT GO THROUGH THE, UH, THE CENTRAL LIBRARY. 
          SO TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP THAT FIRST FLOOR TO, TO SOME MORE ART AND HISTORY, UH, AND PUBLIC SPACE THAT IS NOT DESIGNED AS A LIBRARY. 
          THIS BUILDING IS NOT A LIBRARY ANYMORE. 
          IT WILL NOT BE A LIBRARY. 
          IT WILL BE AN ARCHIVE, A RESEARCH, UM, ARCHIVE SPACE PLUS EXHIBIT, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY A DESTINATION. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE REFER TO THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AS A DESTINATION MORE THAN, THAN THAN A LIBRARY. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT A ROOFTOP GARDEN IDEA, UM, THAT SPANS ACROSS THE ENTIRE TOP OF THE BUILDING. 
          UH, I'VE GOT SOME MORE RENDERINGS I COULD SHOW AT A LATER DATE. 
          THEY'RE JUST NOT, THEY'RE NOT FINISHED YET. 
          AND THEN SOME EXTERIOR FACADE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UM, OH, AND THE, THE PLAZA IN THE COURTYARD, UH, WHICH I WILL SHOW ON ANOTHER IMAGE. 
          UM, THE IDEA IS, IS THAT, IS TO TRY TO JOIN THESE TWO BUILDINGS TOGETHER ON THE FRONT SIDE IN A PUBLIC WAY, UH, FOR USE OF OUTDOOR SPACE AND, AND KIND OF CONNECT THEM JUST FROM, UM, FROM THE GROUND LEVEL. 
          NOT REALLY BUILDING THEM UP TOGETHER RIGHT NOW, BUT LITERALLY JUST CONNECTING THEM WITH, WITH PROGRAMMING. 
          UH, AND THEN THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER, THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING HAS NOT SEEN SUBSTANTIAL INTER INTERIOR RENOVATIONS IN A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. 
          UH, AND, AND IT NEEDS SOME SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATIONS. 
          IT WON'T FALL UNDERNEATH THE GUIDELINES OF, OF, UH, PRESERVATION FUNDING. 
          UH, BUT IT IS INCLUDED IN OUR, UM, OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENTS THAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING TO, UH, TO, UH, TO THE CITY FOR THE NEXT BOND CYCLE. 
          AND THEN WE WANNA DO SOME SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING ADDING SOLAR TO THE TOP OF THE BUILDING TO HELP. 
          ITS, ITS OVERALL FUNCTIONALITY. 
          UM, AND HERE'S A COUPLE IMAGES. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE THE TOP LEFT HAND SIDE, UH, THE PICTURE OF THE ROOFTOP, UH, GARDEN, WHICH LOOKS JUST LIKE, OR IT LOOKS JUST AT THE CAPITOL. 
          UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE COURTYARD IN THE CENTER OF THE PLAZA THAT CONNECTS THE TWO. 
          UH, AND THEN MY, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT WITH PLANTERS ON EVERY ONE OF THESE FLOORS ALL THE WAY AROUND IT. 
          AND SO IT WAS DESIGNED TO ACTUALLY HAVE PLANTS, UM, OUT THERE. 
          IT'S VERY CHALLENGING TO PUT PLANTS ON A FOUR-SIDED BUILDING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S EAST WEST, YOU KNOW, ET CETERA. 
          SO, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO DO THAT MOVING FORWARD IN THE NEXT PHASE. 
          AND IT MAY BE A MIXTURE OF ART, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND PLANTS, UH, BECAUSE IT, IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO MAINTAIN THAT MANY PLANTERS AROUND THE BUILDING. 
          UM, SO, UH, I WANNA TALK ABOUT OUR PROGRAMMING NOW AND OUR PROGRAMMING THAT WE WILL HAVE, UH, UH, POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, THE HISTORY CENTER'S PROVIDING TABLING AT CULTURAL EVENTS, UH, FAMILY ARCHIVE WORKSHOPS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS, UH, MANY EXHIBITS AND TRAVELING EXHIBITS, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS, SCHOOL VISITS, AND THEN COMMUNITY CON, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, CONVERSATIONS EXPLORING MEXICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO, UH, IDENTITIES. 
          AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF, OF THINGS THAT WE ALREADY DO CURRENTLY AT THE HISTORY CENTER. 
          SO MOST OF THAT FUNCTIONALITY IS GOING TO MOVE OVER TO THE FALK BUILDING. 
          UM, NOT ALL. 
          UM, WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS, IS PRESERVING, UH, THE HISTORY CENTER FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, SHARED EXHIBIT SPACE. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO IN, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH A NONPROFIT ART ORGANIZATION, UH, THAT WOULD LIKE TO LEASE THE SPACE FOR THREE YEARS, A PART OF THE SPACE FOR THREE YEARS AND ACTUALLY FUNCTION OUT OF THERE. 
          SO THE HISTORY CENTER WOULD ACTUALLY BECOME A PLACE WHERE SOMEBODY CAN GO AND SEE ART, UH, AND, AND, AND, AND SEE HISTORICAL ART. 
          UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE POTENTIAL PROGRAMMING, UH, IS, IS HAVING AUTHORS VISIT AND DOING LECTURES, UH, ON AUSTIN AND CENTRAL TEXAS HISTORY. 
          UH, I, I TALKED ABOUT THE SHARED EXHIBIT SPACE. 
          UH, THERE ARE THREE PRIMARY ROOMS AT THE HISTORY CENTER THAT WOULD BE LEFT AS SHARED EXHIBIT SPACE WHERE, UH, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS COULD PUT THEIR EXHIBITS OUT AND THEN THAT WOULD DRAW IN PEOPLE TO COME IN AND, AND, AND SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING IN OUR HISTORY. 
          UH, AND OF COURSE WE ARE, WE ARE CONSTANTLY DOING ORAL HISTORY RECORDINGS AND THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF HAVING MORE OF A BOOTH TYPE THING WHERE SOMEBODY CAN COME IN AND DO THE RECORDINGS THEMSELVES. 
          UH, BUT THAT'S IT. 
          THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR NOW. 
          ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU, MR. SCOTT, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS AS WELL? COMMISSIONER SHANNON? SO DO Y'ALL KEEP TRACK OF HOW MANY OUT OF TOWN VISITORS COME? YES, WE DO. 
          I, I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER ON TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          I'M ON THE FACILITY SIDE, NOT ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE, BUT THEY DO KEEP ACCOUNT. 
          WE HAVE TO, WE DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE, THE FUNDS THAT WE GET EVERY YEAR. 
          'CAUSE WE GET FUNDS EVERY YEAR, UM, FROM THE PRESERVATION, UM, FUNDS IN ORDER TO PRESERVE DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          I HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SET ASIDE RIGHT NOW THAT THEY 
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JUST APPROVED FOR US TO DO OUR PRESERVATION PLAN FOR THE BUILDING. 
          UH, WHICH WE WILL INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, UM, THE COMMISSIONS FOR THAT AND, AND THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND EVERYBODY, UM, NEEDED TO, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT PLAN LOOKS LIKE ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER ASSOCIATION. 
          UM, AND, UH, AND OBVIOUSLY FOR THE OTHER THINGS WE DO PROGRAMMATICAL STUFF THAT REQUIRES THAT FUNDING AS WELL. 
          SO WE, WE KEEP THOSE RECORDS AND WE WILL SOON AS THE FALK BUILDING IS ABLE TO OPERATE IN THE PUBLIC, WE WILL THEN MOVE THAT O OVER TO THE FALK BUILDING AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN TAKE, UH, ADVANTAGE OF THOSE FUNDS TO PRESERVE THAT BUILDING. 
          WILL IT BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO LIKE EMAIL DANIEL THAT INFORMATION? YES. 
          THAT HE COULD SHARE IT TO THE REST OF YEAH. 
          OR TO FELICIA WHO, WHOEVER, JUST SO THAT WE COULD HAPPY TO, SO THAT WE COULD GET THE WE HAVE IT. 
          I JUST, I JUST DON'T HAVE IT ON ME AT THE MOMENT. 
          SURE. 
          COMMISSIONER SHAB, I JUST WANTED TO ASK HOW MUCH DID PHASE ONE COST AND KIND OF LIKE, WHAT ARE YOUR PROJECTED SPENDING FOR PHASE TWO OR AT LEAST, UH, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT YOU NEED TO COMPLETE PHASE TWO? SO, UM, OVERALL, THE APPROPRIATION FOR, UH, THE 2018 BOND FOR THE FALCON HISTORY CENTER. 
          UH, AND IT'S NOT JUST 2018, ACTUALLY, IT GOES BACK, THERE'S SOME FUNDS FROM 2012 PLUS OUR PRESERVATION FUNDS AS WELL. 
          ALL IN ALL THOSE COMBINES ABOUT $19 MILLION. 
          UM, 14 MILLION OF THAT OR SO. 
          UM, REALLY 15, UM, IS, IS CONSTRUCTION, DIRECT CONSTRUCTION COST. 
          UH, AND THAT INCLUDES REPLACING, UM, THE HVAC SYSTEMS THAT CONNECT TO OUR CHILLER PLANT THAT'S IN THE BUILDING. 
          UH, 'CAUSE THE CHILLER PLANT, THE BUILDING ACTUALLY PRO, UH, PROVIDES THE HEATING AND COOLING FOR BOTH BUILDINGS. 
          UH, AND SO WE REPLACED ALL THE HVAC SYSTEMS ON THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR ALONG WITH CONTROLS. 
          UH, WE HAD TO INSTALL, UM, A, A COMPLETELY NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE, UH, TWO FLOORS, SOME ON THE, IN SOME OTHER AREAS AS WELL. 
          UH, AND THEN OF COURSE LED LIGHTING. 
          AND, UH, AND THEN WE'VE, WE'VE APPLIED AND WE ARE EXPECTING TO GET GOLD, UH, LEAD GOLD STATUS, UM, ON THE BUILDING WHENEVER IT, IT IS, UH, UH, FINAL COMPLETION. 
          SO, AND THEN FUTURE, IT'S KINDA HARD TO SAY, UH, BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON, UH, WHAT CONCEPTS ARE APPROVED TO MOVE INTO DESIGN. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW WITH THE BASIC DESIGN I KINDA SHOWED Y'ALL, UM, FOR BOTH BUILDINGS, IF YOU INCLUDE THE INTERIOR RENOVATIONS, SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, IT'S ABOUT $70 MILLION, UH, TO BRING BOTH OF THEM UP TO THE STAGE, UH, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM AT, TO, TO REALLY MAXIMIZE THE USE OF THE BUILDING. 
          ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER CHAPPEL. 
          THANK YOU MR. SCOTT FOR GOING OVER, UH, THE PRESENTATION AND THE PLANS. 
          THE BUILDINGS ARE GORGEOUS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM. 
          UM, COMING BACK A LITTLE BIT TO TOURISM, ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO INCLUDE THE USE OF THOSE SPACES AS PRIVATE VENUES? WELL, THERE, THERE ARE SOME IDEAS OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE WE DO AT CENTRAL. 
          SO AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE EVENTS SPACE. 
          WE HAVE THE, THE, THE SPECIAL EVENTS HALL, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, HOST 300 PEOPLE OR MORE. 
          UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE ROOFTOP PATIO, UH, AND WHATNOT THAT CAN BE RENTED OUT, UH, BY, BY, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE, UH, INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS, UH, FOR THEIR, FOR THE WHATEVER USE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PLANNING AND THERE'S IDEAS OF BEING ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THE HISTORY CENTER THAT, UH, AND THE FALK BUILDING. 
          BUT THAT TAKES A LOT OF WORK. 
          WE DO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE. 
          WE HAVE THE OPERATIONAL CAPACITY FROM STANDPOINT OF THE KNOWLEDGE, UH, AND THE EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING EVENTS. 
          WE MANAGE EVENTS IN CENTRAL EVERY SINGLE DAY, YOU KNOW, UPWARDS OF OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE. 
          SO WE'RE VERY CAPABLE OF, OF MANAGING EVENTS IN, IN DIFFERENT PLACES. 
          BUT TO MOVE IT TO THE FA BUILDING, THE HISTORY CENTER HAS LOGISTICAL FACTORS TO IT, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS A POSSIBILITY. 
          IT, IT, IT COULD BE A VERY GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, THE MAIN THING THOUGH IS TO, IS TO, IS TO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, SHARED EXHIBIT SPACE WHERE WE CAN SHOWCASE THE HISTORY OF AUSTIN AND THE HISTORY OF CENTRAL TEXAS AND ITS CULTURES. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR GOAL. 
          UM, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, SPACE THAT, UH, FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE. 
          YEAH, NO, AND THANK YOU. 
          AND I WAS JUST THINKING, RIGHT, FIRST WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE AMAZING SPACES TO BEGIN WITH, AND THEN SECONDLY, FORECAST THINKING. 
          HOW DO WE GET THEM TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING TO A DEGREE THAT WE CAN CONTROL? AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER CHAPPEL. 
          UH, SO I SHOULD SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT I AM THE INTERIM DIRECTOR AT THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER ASSOCIATION. 
          SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, I UM, JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER STAFF FOR MOVING FORWARD, UH, IN OPERATION DURING THE CURRENT, CURRENTLY BOND FUNDED CONSTRUCTION FROM THE 2018 CULTURAL BOND. 
          UM, THE LIBRARY WILL BE GOING THROUGH, UM, LIKE MANY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, 
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A, UM, BOND ADVISORY, UH, UH, SORT OF SELECTION PROCESS OF PROJECTS FOR, UH, THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S COMING UP AND, UH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND WE ALSO HAD INVITED THE UMLA SCULPTURE GARDEN AND, AND MUSEUM, WHICH, UM, UNFORTUNATELY COULDN'T MAKE IT. 
          UM, THIS MEETING WILL BE COMING, NEXT MEETING, UM, AS OUR THEME THIS MONTH IS IN REGARDS TO TOURISM AND, UH, TOURISM'S IMPACT HERE, UH, RATHER HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND, UH, UH, HERITAGE TOURISM AND ITS BROADER IMPACT IN AUSTIN. 
          UH, SO I WANTED TO PERHAPS LEAVE YOU WITH THIS QUESTION, MR. SCOTT, WITH REGARD TO, UM, HOW WE CAN USE THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER AS A CENTER FOR, UH, APPRECIATION OF OUR HISTORY AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, AS A DESTINATION FOR OUT OF STATE AND OUT OF CITY TOURISTS. 
          WELL, I THINK IF YOU BRING IN THE CULTURE OF AUSTIN AND THE CULTURE OF CENTRAL TEXAS INTO AN EXHIBIT SPACE IN A BUILDING THAT BEAUTIFUL AS BOTH OF THEM ARE, UM, YOU, YOU'RE, YOU HAVE A SIMILAR CAPACITY, UM, OF ATTENTION AND DESIRE THAT YOU GET WITH THE CENTRAL LIBRARY. 
          THE ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY OF THE BUILDING ALONE BRINGS PEOPLE INTO IT. 
          UH, AND THEN THE, THE PROGRAMMING THAT WE HAVE IN THE SPACE, UH, ONLY EX ONLY EXEMPLIFIES THAT MORE. 
          IT ONLY SHOWS IT MORE, AND IT, AND IT DRAWS PEOPLE IN. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN GET THE RENOVATIONS DONE TO BOTH THE BUILDINGS, UH, AND THEN GET THE PROGRAMMING IN, UH, THAT WILL DRAW PEOPLE TO WANT TO COME INTO IT TO SEE THE, THE, THE, THE HISTORY OF, OF ALL THE CULTURES THAT HAVE, UH, BEEN HERE AND ARE AT THE FOUNDATION OF, OF THE, OF THIS CITY. 
          UH, I THINK, UH, WOULD, WOULD DO JUST THAT, AT LEAST IN A NUTSHELL. 
          BUT I AM NOT A PROGRAMMER FROM THE STANDPOINT OF OPERATIONS. 
          THAT'S MORE OF A QUESTION FOR, UH, UH, FOR, FOR THE TEAM AT THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER TO ANSWER THAN ME. 
          BUT THAT'S MY LIMITED, I GUESS, VIEWPOINT ON IT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SCOTT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, STATEMENTS? ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TODAY AND, UM, CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING AT A PL. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WITH THAT, WE'RE MOVING ON FROM, OH, YES. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER REY. 
          UM, YOU'VE BEEN REQUESTED TO TURN YOUR CAMERA ON. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE THERE, THOUGH, SO YOU MAY HAVE STEPPED OUT. 
          AND HE'S IN CHICAGO RIGHT NOW, SO HE MAY HAVE GONE AND THEN HE'S BACK. 
          OH, THERE, HE GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER REEDY. 
          UM, MOVING ON NOW TO, UM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, 
          [8. Discussion and possible action to recommend to the Austin City Council to move forward with the Doherty Arts Center Project.]
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO RECOMMEND TO THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DOUGHERTY ARTS CENTER PROJECT. 
          SO THIS, UM, UH, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WAS ON LAST MONTH'S AGENDA WITH REGARD TO, UM, UH, THE DOUGHERTY ARTS PROJECT AND WHERE IT STANDS CURRENTLY WITHIN THE CITY, UM, AS ALSO ANOTHER PROJECT OF THE 2018 CULTURAL BOND. 
          AND NOW, UM, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IN ONE OF THE ATTACHMENTS THAT BEFORE THE MEETING IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT, HOLD ON, EXCUSE ME, TO COMPLETE RATHER, THE DIRTY ARTS CENTER REPLACEMENT PROJECT. 
          AND, UM, WITH THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE, BASICALLY THIS IS COMING AFTER THE PRESENTATION FROM LAST MEETING, UH, FROM LAURA BARA. 
          AND NOW, UM, WE'RE BEING ASKED TODAY TO ADOPT A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL TO COMPLETE THE SCOPE, ESSENTIALLY, OF WHAT WAS APPROVED IN THE 20, UH, 18 BOND, UM, FUNDING PERMITTED. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT, UM, THIS, UH, RECOMMENDATION STATES ARE THERE. 
          FIRST OF ALL, IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD? THIS ITEM FOR DISCUSSION? I MOTION WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          SO MOVED BY, UM, COMMISSIONER, WHEN I, SORRY, UH, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          SO SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CHAPEL, UH, DISCUSSION. 
          SORRY, UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, SHAY, EXCUSE ME. 
          YEAH, SO I, I I FULLY SUPPORT THE, UH, REBUILD OF THE ERY ARTS CENTER. 
          UM, THE, THE ONE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT THIS HAS SOME LANGUAGE, UH, THAT THIS BE INCLUDED IN THE 2026 BOND. 
          I'M ASSUMING THAT'S REFERRING TO THE, UH, THE CLIMATE BOND. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? 
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THE, THE QUOTE UNQUOTE CLIMATE BOND WILL HAVE EVERYTHING IN IT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO FROM CULTURE TO TRANSPORTATION, IT'S NOT JUST LIKE TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL PARK STUFF. 
          IT'S EVERYTHING. 
          YEAH. 
          FROM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WAS MORE, UH, MORE CLIMATE, UH, CENTRIC THAN ANYTHING ELSE. 
          UM, I, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S THE PLACE FOR THIS. 
          MAYBE, UH, IF WE REMOVE THE WORD, THE 2026 BOND AND REPLACED IT WITH A 2026 BOND, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER, I'M SORRY. 
          COMMISSIONER MATHIS HAD A, HAD A COMMENT FIRST, EXCUSE ME. 
          WITH ALL OF THESE TOPICS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DEFINITELY ARE, I WOULD SAY SOME OF THE BEST OF, OF AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, THE DOTTIE, UM, ARTS CENTER. 
          MY KIDS HAVE BEEN IN THERE. 
          WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE, UM, EQUITY BASED PRESERVATION PLAN THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER, LIKE, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UM, THEIR EFFORTS ARE IMPORTANT. 
          I, YOU MENTIONED CLARKSVILLE. 
          I LIVED THERE FOR YEARS WHEN I WAS IN MY TWENTIES. 
          I WAS SAD WHEN I GOT MARRIED AND REALIZED THERE'S NO WAY I CAN AFFORD A HOUSE HERE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE KIDS AND, AND LEFT. 
          BUT IT'S A JEWEL OF AN AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FALK. 
          I'M SO GLAD YOU KNOW, YEARS, WHAT, PROBABLY EIGHT, SEVEN YEARS SINCE THAT LIBRARY, THIS ONE JUST OPENED. 
          IT'S BEEN CLOSED. 
          I'M SO GLAD THAT SOMETHING AMAZING HAS HAPPENED THERE. 
          I SPENT ALL MY TWENTIES IN THAT BUILDING, DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IT HAD A PESTOS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M STURDY STOCK, EVIDENTLY GOOD. 
          UM, ALL THESE THINGS ARE GREAT. 
          I DON'T SEE HOW ANY OF IT REALLY IN A FORMIDABLE WAY, A SUBSTANTIAL WAY, UM, PROMOTES TOURISM IN AUSTIN. 
          LIKE, I'M TALKING LIKE THOUSANDS OF ROOM NIGHTS. 
          NO. 
          AND IF SO, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER MATHIS, IS THERE ANOTHER COMMENT? DID YOU HAVE ONE? COMMISSIONER, SHANNON, DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME. 
          I WON'T. 
          YOU'RE NEXT. 
          JOHN. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER REY, I, I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION, IT, IT HAS TO SAY SOMETHING IN IT ABOUT SUPPORTING TOURISM, UM, AND HOW IT SUPPORTS TOURISM, WHICH IT'S SILENT ON. 
          UM, I, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE LAST, WHEREAS CLAUSE AND THE PHRASE IN THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION, IT SAYS, WITHOUT A REDUCTION IN SCOPE, SIZE AND SCOPE, STATED COUNCIL RESOLUTION, DA, DA, DA, UM, AS DESIGNED BY STUDIO EIGHT, UM, I MEAN, I, MY POINT WOULD BE I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR PLAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE, WHAT THE STUDIO EIGHT IS PLANNING ON DOING. 
          I SUPPORT DAR ART CENTER. 
          I DO THINK IT HAS SOME IMPACT ON TOURISM. 
          I THINK JOHN'S GONNA SPEAK TO THAT, BUT I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE REFERENCED IN THIS, AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE DICTATING TO CITY COUNCIL WHETHER THEY SHOULD REDUCE THE SIZE OR SCOPE OF IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER TANIN. 
          I THINK FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, STUDIO EIGHT IS BASICALLY THE FIRM AT THE CITY HIRED. 
          SO THE, THE CITY IS GOING TO BE DOING WHAT THIS FIRM IS HA HAS BEEN ALREADY BEEN INSTRUCTED TO DO BY THE CITY. 
          SO THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING, UM, IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE CITY WOULD WANT, OR IT, WELL, THEY, THEY HAVEN'T APPROVED IT YET. 
          I MEAN, THE, RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          BUT THAT'S, UH, JUST SAYING THAT THEY'RE THE CLIENT TO THE CITY AFTER 10 YEARS. 
          UM, UM, SORRY, I NEED TO GET TO, UM, COMMISSIONER REDY, WHO I KEEP MISSING ON THE, SORRY. 
          . 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, TO RESPOND TO COMMISSIONER CHAPE VERY QUICKLY, FIRST, UM, HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN PREVIOUS BOND ELECTIONS, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THE E 2026 BOND ELECTION WILL CONTAIN VARIOUS BUCKETS INCLUDING A CLIMATE BUCKET, A CULTURAL FACILITIES, LIBRARIES BUCKET, TRADITIONALLY, OR TRANSPORTATION BUCKET. 
          SO I DON'T, I WOULD SUPPORT AN AMENDMENT IF IT HELPS TO CHANGE THE TWO A, BUT THE 2026 BOND IS A COLLECTION OF BUCKETS, ONE OF WHICH WILL BE THE CLIMATE BOND. 
          AND AGAIN, EVERY SINGLE BOND ELECTION, SINCE I'VE BEEN AN ADVOCATE, INCLUDED A CULTURAL FACILITIES AND LIBRARIES BUCKET OF WHICH THIS WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL PART OF. 
          UM, YES TO COMMISSIONER CHANIN. 
          I WANT TO JUST REITERATE WHAT I SAID LAST MONTH, WHICH IS THAT FREE OR 
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DEEP, VERY INEXPENSIVE ART SPACES THAT EMERGING ARTISTS AND GRASSROOTS GROUPS USE, CONTRIBUTE TO THE LARGER ECOSYSTEM THAT GENERALLY FILTERS UP TO CREATE A, A, A SUPPLY OF EXTRAS THAT ATTRACT PRODUCTIONS HERE, THAT CREATE MUSICIANS AND OTHER THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO LIVE MUSIC IN THE FESTIVAL SEASON. 
          SO, WHILE IT'S A, IT'S A NOT A HUGELY VISIBLE THING TO EVERY VISITOR IN TOWN. 
          IT'S NOT SOME HUGE THEATER LIKE ZACH ACROSS THE STREET OR SO THAT IS GONNA BE THAT VISIBLE TO THE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM THAT WE COUNT ON TO DRAW VISITORS. 
          FREE AND INEXPENSIVE PUBLICLY OWNED SPACES ARE INTEGRAL. 
          AND IF THE DOTY CLOSES, WE'RE GONNA SEE A RIPPLE EFFECT. 
          AND IT WON'T BE IMMEDIATE, BUT IT'LL BE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          UM, AND THEN THIRD TO COMMISSIONER MATHIS AS TO HOW ALL OF THIS CONNECTS TO TOURISM. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A, GENERALLY, I'VE STUDIED TOURISM A LOT. 
          IN FACT, I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW, THE CREATION OF THIS COMMISSION WAS MY IDEA, BECAUSE I WANTED US TO TAKE A HOLISTIC VIEW OF TOURISM. 
          AND WHILE TOURISM IS HEADS AND BEDS, AND CHAPTER 3 51 IS SPECIFICALLY HOT TAX TO PROMOTE HEADS AND BEDS, THIS IS NOT A HOT TAX FUNDED PROJECT, SO IT'S NOT AS RESTRICTIVE, BUT ALL OF IT, THE PRESERVATION AND EVERYTHING, I THINK CONTRIBUTES TO THE GENERAL ATMOSPHERE OF A CITY. 
          MAYBE YOU CAN'T CONNECT EVERY HEAD TO EVERY BED BECAUSE OF PRESERVATION, BUT DOES THE CHARACTER OF THE SOUTH CONGRESS NEIGHBORHOOD CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMPETITIVENESS AND ATTRACTING CONVENTIONS? I WOULD SAY YES. 
          DOES THE FACT THAT A CONVENTIONEER CAN TAKE A LIFT TO WEST SIXTH STREET AND EXPLORE COVILLE ON THEIR AFTERNOON OFF OR BETWEEN SESSIONS, THAT MAKES US MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN SOME OTHER CITIES THAT DON'T HAVE THOSE SORT OF AMENITIES FOR CONVENTIONS. 
          UM, AND THEN OVERALL, YOU KNOW, UM, HEADS AND BEDS DON'T ALWAYS CONNECT DIRECTLY TO ONE THING. 
          WE CAN EASILY CONNECT 'EM TO CONVENTIONS. 
          BUT AS VISIT AUSTIN'S DATA SHOWN CONVENTIONS ONLY PUT ABOUT 4% OF ROOM NIGHTS IN THERE. 
          THE REST OF THE ROOM NIGHTS ARE AGGREGATED FROM PEOPLE'S DECISIONS OF WHERE TO GO FOR THEIR ENTERTAINMENT DOLLAR, THEIR FAMILY VACATIONS, THEIR BACHELORETTE PARTIES, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE THINGS. 
          PUT HEADS IN BEDS AND EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM THE LIVE MUSIC TO THE THEATER SCENE, TO THE QUALITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ATTRACTS THOSE KINDS OF VISITORS. 
          SO I THINK HOLISTICALLY, ALL OF THIS CONTRIBUTES TO PROMOTION OF TOURISM. 
          EVEN IF YOU CAN'T DIRECTLY CONNECT EVERY DOLLAR THAT PRESERVES A NEIGHBORHOOD TO A HEAD AND A BED, IT CERTAINLY HELPS DRAW THOSE BACHELORETTE PARTIES AND THOSE OTHER PRIVATE AND PERSONAL EVENTS. 
          SO I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS, AND I HOPE YOU GUYS WILL TOO. 
          I HAVE JUST ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER REEDY. 
          COMMISSIONER MATHIS. 
          JOHN, I KNOW MAYBE YOU WERE LISTENING OR WOULD JUST KNOW, OR DOES ANYBODY IN, UM, HERE, REMEMBER, UM, FROM THE PRESENTATION FROM THE ARTS CENTER, THERE WAS MENTIONING OF, UM, EDUCATION FOR MAYBE IT WAS STAGE OR RIGGING, OR THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT SHE HAD TOUCHED ON ABOUT THAT ONE OF THE FEW PLACES PEOPLE GET TRAINED. 
          DOES ANYONE REMEMBER? THAT'S RIGHT. 
          ANY ANY SPECIFICS FOR THAT? BECAUSE I AM, I MEAN, I, I I, I WANNA SUPPORT THIS. 
          I WANNA JUST CONNECT THE DOTS IN MY MIND, HOW IT IS, UM, PROMOTING TOURISM, IF ANYONE CAN REMEMBER A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER REEDY , IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, TO TO COMMISSIONER IAN'S QUESTION, UM, COMMISSIONER MATH QUESTION HAS SMALL THEATER IN IT, AND, UM, IT IS THE LOWEST LIKE ENTRY BARRIER TO ENTRY PLACE THAT ANY YOUNG TECH CAN BEGIN TO GET REAL WORLD PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN LIGHTING, RIGGING, STAGING, STAGE MANAGEMENT, ALL THOSE THINGS. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE, THE WORKFORCE THAT EVENTUALLY WORKS AT THE LONG CENTER AND AT THE, AT MAYBE AT YOUR VENUE AND AT THE, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A CONTINUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM FOR THESE WORKERS IN THE CULTURAL SECTOR. 
          AND THE DOHERTY IS THE ENTRY POINT, UM, THAT PEOPLE GO ON TO WORK AT THE PARAMOUNT OR ET CETERA. 
          SO THAT'S HOW THE TECH IS TRAINED UP AT A PLACE LIKE THE DOHERTY, BECAUSE THERE'S VERY LITTLE COST TO START DOING THAT WORK THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THAT PRESENTATION, I SAW THAT MORE AS A, A PLACE, UM, THAT, THAT LOCALS WOULD, WOULD USE, UM, BUT NOT NECESSARILY AS HOW IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE TOURISM E CENTER ECOSYSTEM. 
          IT, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR EVENT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, BASICALLY. 
          NO, THAT'S KEY. 
          AND, UM, PARTICULARLY WHEN I'D LOVE TO SEE THE CITY ATTRACT MORE FILM CREWS AND, UM, DEFINITELY MORE EVENTS. 
          SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO HAVE THE WORKFORCE TO SUPPORT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER MATHIS, COMMISSIONER 
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CHAPEL, UH, THANK YOU CHAIR RONAN. 
          UM, I REMEMBER, UH, LAST MONTH AND MISS ZAS, UH, PRESENTATION, UH, FONDLY. 
          AND I REMEMBER ASKING IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE COULD HELP AND CONTRIBUTE, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF THEM, UM, TO PIGGYBACK ON SOME THINGS THAT OTHERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT. 
          I THINK WHERE THE COMMUNITY CREATES THE COMMUNITY THAT THE DOHERTY ARTS CENTER HELPS CREATE, UM, AND EMBOLDEN HAS A INDIRECT IMPACT ON TOURISM. 
          AND I ALSO THINK FROM A LABOR ASPECT AND BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO, TO STAFF EVENTS, BUT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FORWARD THINKING. 
          IT, HOW DO WE GET INTO FILM AND TV AND GROW SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL SECTORS WITHIN, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, AS WE GO AHEAD. 
          AND SO I THINK THIS SPEAKS TO THAT. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY, UM, THE LEADERSHIP FROM A THREE IS IMPRESSIVE TO ME. 
          SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR REFERENCE. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHAPPEL. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? WE DID HAVE TWO, UH, POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE NOT FORWARDED AS OFFICIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE MAIN MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          ONE WAS TO CHANGE TO THE LAST, UM, SENTENCE OF THE RECOMMENDATION TO INCLUDE IT IN A 2026 BOND. 
          SO THAT WAS ONE. 
          AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER THAT WAS, UM, PERHAPS MORE BROAD TALKING ABOUT HOW, UH, THERE SHOULD BE MORE CONNECTION TO TOURISM MORE EXPLICITLY IN THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          UH, I'M CURIOUS AS TO THE TWO INDIVIDUALS, COMMISSIONER SHAY AND COMMISSIONER, UH, CHANIN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, EXPOUND UPON YOUR PROPOSED EDITS. 
          AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, A, AN EDIT TO THE MAIN MOTION, PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 
          COMMISSIONER SHAPEY, UH, I, I GUESS THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT WE'LL INCLUDE THE DORY ART CENTER IN THE 2026 CLIMATE BOND AT THE EXPENSE OF SOMETHING ELSE IN THAT CLIMATE BOND. 
          AND SO, UH, I THINK LIKE BY, UH, POTENTIALLY SEPARATING IT OUT, UH, THAT THAT COULD PRODUCE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, VIABILITY TO THAT, UH, UH, THAT ASPECT INSTEAD OF LIKE PUSHING SOMETHING OUT OF THE CLIMATE BOND. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ARE YOU RECOMMENDING THAT THE MAIN RECOMMENDATION BE EDITED TO SAY A YES. 
          I'LL, I'LL DO A FORMAL MOTION TO CHANGE, UH, THE 2026 BOND TO A 2026 BOND. 
          IS THERE A SECOND TO THE RECOMMENDATION? COMMISSIONER REEDY DOES SECOND THE PROPOSED EDIT TO THE MAIN RECOMMENDATION TO INCLUDE, UM, THAT THE DOHERTY WILL BE INCLUDED IN IN A 2026 BOND. 
          IT HAS MOVED FORWARD. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, UH, HEARING NONE? WOULD WE LIKE TO VOTE ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? UH, OKAY. 
          IT'S UNANIMOUS. 
          UM, GREAT. 
          THERE'S NO AGAINST, ACTUALLY I'LL ABSTAIN FROM THAT, PLEASE. 
          UM, THEN ALSO, WE HAD A SECOND, UM, PROPO. 
          IT WAS TOUCHED ON. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A PARTICULAR, UM, SO RECOMMENDATION, COMMISSIONER CHANIN, I, I'M NOT GONNA BE VERY GOOD AT WORDING THIS. 
          I'M ASK MAYBE FOR JOHN'S HELP, BUT SOMEWHERES IN THERE, IT NEEDS TO REFERENCE HOW THE DARLEY ARTS CENTER PROMOTES TOURISM AND BENEFITS TOURISM. 
          AND I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO PHRASE THAT THROUGH. 
          IT'S WHETHER THROUGH LABOR TRAINING, THROUGH, UH, EVENTS. 
          YEAH, I TRIED TO FIND THAT TOO. 
          YOU KNOW? YEAH, THAT'S, I JUST, I JUST, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I HEARD THE PRESENTATION LAST MONTH AND, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          I LISTENED TO JOHN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HIS VIEWS ON THAT. 
          I, I RESPECT THOSE. 
          I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT THAT NEEDS TO BE IN HERE. 
          JOHN, DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER? READING? I'VE BEEN REQUESTED , I'M TRYING TO FIND THE, UH, SORRY. 
          THE DOHERTY ARTS CENTER RECOMMENDATION. 
          THERE IT IS. 
          I GOT IT. 
          UM, UM, I TRIED TO TEE THAT UP FOR Y'ALL. 
          I WOULD SAY MAYBE IN THE THIRD, WHEREAS 
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WE COULD ADD INTO, IN TERMS OF THE LIST OF THINGS THAT PROVIDES, UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE EVENTS AND FILM INDUSTRY OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. 
          WHEREAS THE DOHERTY ARTS CENTER PROVIDES IN VALUABLE PROGRAMS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 
          UH, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR EVENTS AND, UH, TELEVISION, FILM INDUSTRY. 
          CAN WE, CAN WE SAY TOURISM EVENTS? SURE, YEAH. 
          WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR TOURISM, UH, EVENTS WOULD COME AFTER GALLERY SPACES AND THEN COMMA, CONTINUING WITH ENHANCING AUSTIN'S IMAGE, ET CETERA. 
          SO A POINT OF ORDER, 'CAUSE I HAVE TO READ THIS. 
          SO, UH, THE THIRD, WHEREAS, WHEREAS THE DOHERTY ART CENTER PROVIDES INVALUABLE PROGRAMS THROUGH ITS ART, SCHOOL, THEATER, AND GALLERY SPACES, UM, IN INCLUDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, TOURISM, TELEVISION AND TOURISM OF, I'M SORRY. 
          THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON HERE. 
          CAN WE, YEAH. 
          LET JUST REWRITE IT. 
          LEMME CUT AND PASTE IT INTO A NOTE AND THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          IN THE MEANTIME, IS THERE A WAY TO PROVIDE TEXT THROUGH THIS APP? ? UH, CAN I TEXT YOU TO YOUR PHONE? UH, SURE. 
          THAT MIGHT BE THE EASIEST WAY RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M GONNA SEND YOU A MESSAGE RIGHT NOW. 
          JOHN, UH, COMMISSIONER POSI AND HAS A COMMENT. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER READING. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY, IT MIGHT BE NICE TO ADD THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES, LIKE ANNUALLY. 
          'CAUSE THEN THAT SHOWS HOW MUCH USE IT IS. 
          I THINK. 
          UM, WE HEARD 60,000 ANNUAL, YOU KNOW, VISITORS OR THAT, THAT COULD WORK OR ATTENDEES. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M, I'M HYPING THAT UP. 
          . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          LIKE IT, UH, ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE, UH, VICE CHAIR BAILEY HAD A COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COMM, I'M SORRY. 
          COMMISSIONER , WERE YOU FINISHED? YES. 
          SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION. 
          UM, KI UH, VICE CHAIR BAILEY? YEAH, I, I WAS JUST, I'M THINKING ABOUT WHERE, WHERE WE SAY IF WE'RE, WHEREVER WE'RE ADDING THE SENTENCE IN THE SECTION THAT TALKS ABOUT PROVIDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING FOR WORKERS IN TRADE AND PRODUCTION. 
          I, I MORE THAN JUST SAYING THE WORD TOURISM, I THINK WE'VE HEARD FROM THE EVENTS INDUSTRIES, I THINK YOU RIGHTFULLY, UH, ACKNOWLEDGED, UH, THE WORK THAT HAPPENS IN ALL OF THE MAJOR HOTELS, THAT THERE ARE MAJOR PRODUCTION ELEMENTS OF EVERY CONVENTION THAT COMES TO TOWN HAS MAJOR FILM AND TV AND AUDIO VISUAL PRODUCTION CAPACITIES AND, AND REQUIRE HIGH LEVEL SKILLS TO EXECUTE SO THAT WE CAN ATTRACT BIG EVENTS LIKE WE DISCUSSED WITH CMT COMING TO TOWN, BIG EVENTS, UM, COMPETITIONS AND SPORTING EVENTS, BIG CONFERENCES THAT TAKE OVER VERY LARGE SCALE HOTELS THAT ALL OF THOSE WORKERS ARE HIGHLY SKILLED, TRAINED IN EXECUTING AND PRODUCING. 
          SO, TO, TO BE MORE DESCRIPTIVE RATHER THAN JUST CASUALLY THROW THE WORD TOURISM ON IT, I THINK WE SHOULD BE EXPLICIT AND CONNECTED TO HIGH LEVEL SKILLED TRADES NECESSARY TO HELP ATTRACT AND PRODUCE MAJOR EVENTS AND CONVENTION, UM, ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN SO THAT IT, IT FEELS MORE TANGIBLE TO ME. 
          MAYBE EVEN A SEPARATE, WHEREAS THAT JUST ENCAPSULATES IT ALL. 
          'CAUSE WE CAN WRITE THAT ONE CLEANER THAN WORDSMITHING. 
          ANY OF THESE. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 
          UH, RATHER VICE CHAIR BAILEY. 
          UM, AND I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER REY IS WORKING ON THAT. 
          AND, UH, WE WILL GET BACK TO US MOMENTARILY AS OUR SCRIBE . 
          UM, I JUST SENT YOU A, A, A DRAFT, BUT IT, I DID NOT TAKE COMMISSIONER BAILEY'S RECOMMENDATION FOR A SEPARATE, WHEREAS, 'CAUSE I WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF WORDSMITHING . 
          SO, UM, MAYBE READ IT OUT AND SEE HOW IT HITS TO THIS BODY AND I'LL, I'LL THINK ABOUT A SECOND. 
          WHEREAS TO, IF WE NEED TO. 
          ALL RIGHT, SOUNDS GOOD. 
          IF IT SO PLEASES THE COMMISSION, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND READ THIS, UM, MODIFIED, WHEREAS, UM, WHICH WILL GO WHERE THE THIRD, WHEREAS YES, IT REPLACES THE EXISTING THIRD, WHEREAS, AND ENCAPSULATES THE THIRD, THE EXISTING THIRD, WELL REPLACING AS WELLING, THE EXTENT THIRD, WHEREAS, UM, SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS. 
          WHEREAS THE DOUGHERTY ART CENTER PROVIDES INVALUABLE PROGRAMS THROUGH ITS ART, SCHOOL, THEATER, AND GALLERY SPACES FOR 60,000 ATTENDEES. 
          AND ALSO PROVIDES SKILLED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE TOURISM AND EVENTS INDUSTRY. 
          ENHANCING AUSTIN'S IMAGE AS AN ATTRACTIVE 
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DESTINATION FOR LOCAL FAMILIES OUT OF TOWN, VISITORS, CONFERENCES, CONVENTIONS, FILM AND TELEVISION, UH, PRODUCTIONS AND, UH, RELOCATING WORKERS. 
          UH, IT SEEMS TO BE, HAVE AN AFFIRMATIVE COMMENT FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER MATHIS. 
          UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS EDIT OF THE THIRD WHERE ASKED? COMMISSIONER CHAN? UM, THANK YOU, JOHN. 
          UH, THAT'S MY COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU, JOHN. 
          YEAH, THANKS JOHN. 
          THE COMMISSION SAYS THANK YOU , UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, CHAP, I BELIEVE YOU HAD AN ADDITIONAL RATHER, UH, IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT PROPOSED, UH, ADD TO THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, IS THERE A, UH, WHAT'S IT CALLED? UM, A MOTION TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD THAT EDIT OF THE THIRD, WHEREAS AS, AS READ, SO MOVED BY COMMISSIONER MATHIS. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. 
          SO SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SHAPEY. 
          UH, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN RECOMMENDATION? HEARING NONE, WE MOVE TO VOTING. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PASS UNANIMOUSLY. 
          UH, . 
          ALRIGHT, SO WE NOW STAND, UH, WITH A MODIFIED RECOMMENDATION AS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY TO REPLACE THE THIRD WEAR AS TO WHEREAS THE DOUGHERTY ARTS CENTER PROVIDES INVALUABLE PROGRAMS THROUGH ITS ART, SCHOOL, THEATER, AND GALLERY SPACES FOR 60,000 ATTENDEES, AND ALSO PROVIDES SKILLED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE TOURISM AND EVENTS INDUSTRY, ENHANCING AUSTIN'S IMAGE AS AN ATTRACTIVE DESTINATION FOR LOCAL FAMILIES, OUT OF TOWN VISITORS, CONFERENCES, CONVENTIONS, FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS, AND RELOCATING WORKERS. 
          COMMISSIONER CHAPEL, YOU HAD AN ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL AMENDMENT. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, I THINK IF WE JUST WENT TO THE LAST STATEMENT THAT NOW THEREFORE IF WE JUST SHORTENED IT BECAUSE WE'VE KIND OF BEEN PRESCRIPTIVE ABOVE. 
          ABOVE. 
          SO IF WE JUST SHORTEN IT TO THIS FIRST SENTENCE THAT SAYS, CITY COUNCIL FORMALLY COMMIT TO COMPLETING THE DOUGHERTY ARTS CENTER AS DESIGNED BY STUDIO EIGHT, AND THAT NECESSARY FUNDS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE DOUGHERTY, UM, BE INCLUDED IN FUTURE BONDS, PERIOD. 
          I THINK WE DON'T, I I THINK WE MAYBE WE'RE GETTING I THINK, TWO SPECIFIC, UM, ON THAT AT THAT POINT. 
          SO I'LL JUST SUGGEST A LITTLE BIT MORE STREAMLINED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER CHAPPEL. 
          COMMISSIONER PIAN. 
          UM, I, I LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE ALREADY ACTUALLY SAY WITHOUT A REDUCTION IN SIZE AND THE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND THE SIXTH, WHEREAS, SO IT'S A BIT REDUNDANT AS WELL. 
          YEAH, NO, IT'S JUST KIND OF ECHOES AND THEN WE GET LOST IN THE LANGUAGE OF FUNDING AND I THOUGHT IF WE STRIPPED THAT IT SHOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          BUT YEAH, I, NO, I AGREE WITH YOU ANNA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE RECOMMENDATION TO STRIKE IN THE NOW, THEREFORE PARAGRAPH WITHOUT A REDUCTION IN SIZE AND SCOPE AS STATED? COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 8 DASH 0 6 8 WITH A COMPLETE ART CENTER MADE UP OF THEATERS, GALLERIES, AND ART SCHOOLS AS DESIGNED BY STUDIO EIGHT RATHER, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY STRIKING YEAH. 
          END AT SCHOOLS, END SCHOOLS OF THAT SENTENCE AS STATED IN THE RESOLUTION COMPLETE CENTER. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO WITHOUT A REDUCTION. 
          SO WE ARE, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PROPOSAL STANDS AS STRIKING WITHOUT A REDUCTION IN SIZE AND SCOPE, MAKING IT MORE STREAMLINED TO MATCH WHAT IS ARI IN THE WHERE AS ABOVE ANY ADDITIONAL, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLARIFY YOUR MOTION? COMMISSIONER CHAPEL, DOES THIS COUNCIL RESOLUTION, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S GONE, IT HAPPENED IN THE PAST, SO IF IT'S ALREADY IN 2022, IT'S BASICALLY JUST EMPHASIZING THAT THE PROJECT SCOPE HAS CHANGED RATHER WAS, WAS, UM, WAS CHANGED FROM WHAT CITY COUNCIL. 
          AGREED. 
          GOTCHA. 
          NO, THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S FINE. 
          IF, UM, OKAY. 
          SO, UM, IF I HEAR CORRECTLY, THE MODIFIED AMENDMENT, UM, AS STATED IS TO STRIKE WITHOUT A REDUCTION INCISOR SCOPE FROM THE 
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NOW THEREFORE PARAGRAPH, UM, LEAVING ALL OTHER TEXTS IN THAT PARAGRAPH. 
          ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? IS THAT, IS THAT THE CORRECT MOTION? I BELIEVE SO. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE SOMEONE WHO'S GONNA MAKE THAT MOTION FORMALLY? ARE YOU DOING THAT? COMMISSIONER CHAP? IT IS SO MOVED BY COMMISSIONER CHAPEL. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SECOND SHANNON. 
          SORRY. 
          . 
          GO . 
          UH, GREAT. 
          UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE RECOMMENDATION HEARING? NOW WE MOVE ON TO VOTING ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE, OF THE MODIFICATION TO THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ONE OF, UH, OKAY. 
          AND I, I'M ABSTAINING. 
          SO WE'VE GOT 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 ABSTENTIONS, ONE NAY AND ONE OBSTE. 
          SORRY. 
          SEVEN IN IN FAVOR. 
          ONE ABSTENTION. 
          ONE, ONE NAY AND ONE ABSTENTION. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          NOW WE MOVE TO APPROVING THIS AMENDED MOTION BEFORE US WITH THREE, UH, EDITS THAT WE HAVE ALL APPROVED, STARTING WITH THE THIRD WEAR, WHICH SHALL READ . 
          WHEREAS THE DOUGHERTY ARTS CENTER PROVIDES INVALUABLE PROGRAMS THROUGH ITS ART, SCHOOL, THEATER, AND GALLERY SPACES FOR 60,000 ATTENDEES, AND ALSO PROVIDES SKILLED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE TOURISM AND EVENTS INDUSTRY, ENHANCING AUSTIN'S IMAGE AS AN ATTRACTIVE DESTINATION FOR LOCAL FAMILIES OUT OF TOWN VISITORS, CONFERENCES, CONVENTIONS, FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS AND RELOCATING WORKERS. 
          IN ADDITION TO, UH, STRIKING, UM, FOURTH LINE FROM THE BOTTOM WITHOUT A REDUCTION IN SIZE AND SCOPE AND CHANGING, UH, THE DOHERTY BE INCLUDED IN THE 2026 BOND TO THE DOHERTY, BE INCLUDED IN A 2026 BOND IN THE LAST LINE OF THIS, UM, RECOMMENDATION. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ADDITIONAL DEBATE HEARING NINE. 
          WE MOVE ON TO VOTING. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION. 
          THE RESOLUTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS TEAM. 
          WE GOT THROUGH IT. 
          ALL RIGHT, IT'S NOT OFFICIALLY ON THE AGENDA, BUT I WILL MAKE MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, THE ROADMAP AS WELL AS THE, UM, UH, WE, WE HAVE THE ROADMAP INCLUDED HERE AS PROPOSED THAT WE'LL DISCUSS NEXT MEETING. 
          SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 
          UM, WE ARE NOW MOVING ON 
          [9. Update from the Short-Term Rental Working Group on any new reports regarding the STR’s new focus and efforts for recommendations.]
TO ITEM SIX OF THE AGENDA UPDATE FROM THE SHORT TERM RENTAL WORKING GROUP ON ANY NEW REPORTS REGARDING THE STRS, NEW FOCUS AND EFFORTS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR RONAN. 
          UH, QUICK UPDATE. 
          WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO, UM, GET SOME MEETINGS ON THE CALENDAR TO DISCUSS, UM, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SDRS IS OUR NEW WORKING GROUP, UH, VISION, UM, HEARD BACK FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. 
          THEY ARE THINKING FOR NEXT YEAR, SO, WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME, UH, MEETINGS ON THE CALENDAR, HOPEFULLY FOR NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER TIMEFRAME. 
          SO WE'RE ROLLING TO, TO 20, UH, 25. 
          ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER CHAPPEL. 
          COMMISSIONER MATHIS. 
          HI. 
          WOULD THE WORK GROUP LIKE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH, UM, THE AUSTIN A HLA, UM, PRESIDENT DENISE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, OUR PROGRESS AND GET ANY FEEDBACK FROM HER BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, OF COURSE THE HOTEL LODGING INDUSTRY IS VERY INTERESTED IN AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT IT'S SOMETHING IS GOING TO GET BROUGHT UP IN, UM, LEGISLATIVE SESSION NEXT YEAR. 
          AND FOR US TO KNOW WHAT THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE, I THINK COULD BE HELPFUL. 
          NO. 
          COMMISSIONER MATHIS, CAN YOU PROVIDE CLARITY FOR THE FOLKS LISTENING AT HOME? WHAT A HLA IS? UM, THE, IT'S THE AUSTIN CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN HOTEL LODGING ASSOCIATION. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          COMMISSIONER CHAPPEL, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? ONLY TO ACCEPT THE INVITE OF THE INTRODUCTION. 
          [01:35:01]
HOORAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER MATHIS AND COMMISSIONER CHAPEL. 
          ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER SHAY? YEAH, I JUST HAD ONE ADDITION. 
          SO I, I PAID, UH, CLOSE ATTENTION TO CITY PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND, UH, STR MODIFICATIONS ARE ON THE CITY'S PLANNING DOCUMENTS, UH, TIMELINE FOR, UH, EARLY, MID NEXT YEAR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT ADDED BIT OF INFORMATION. 
          PERHAPS WE CAN, UH, LOOK TO COORDINATE SOME OF OUR EFFORTS AS IT, UH, REVOLVES AROUND STR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS WITH OUR, UH, POLICY PARTNERS, UM, TO COINCIDE WITH THE EFFORTS OF PLANNING HERE AT THE CITY OF BOSTON. 
          ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, UH, WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR CURRENT AGENDA. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE TODAY AT THE OCTOBER 9TH MEETING OF THE TOURISM COMMISSION.
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