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[ CALL TO ORDER]
WELCOME.ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH ROLL.
I'LL START WITH THOSE HERE IN THE ROOM.
AND THEN ON SCREEN I HAVE COMMISSIONER SCHOCK HERE AND COMMISSIONER KEYS.
UM, I DO NOT SEE ANY SPEAKER SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
NO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION TODAY.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 24TH, 2025 MEETING.DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARZA? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I WON'T TELL ANYONE.
UM, ANYBODY WANNA SECOND THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMACK.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FOR THE MARCH 24TH MEETING.
UNANIMOUS, I THINK COMMISSIONER SMOCK, YOU APPROVE, RIGHT? 'CAUSE YOU SECONDED.
UM, NEXT WOULD BE THE REPORT OF THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, UM, PANEL FROM THE ART AND PUBLIC POLICE LIAISON.
BUT COMMISSIONER MALDONADO IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING, SO THAT TAKES
[3. Staff briefing regarding an update on the Hotel Occupancy Tax by Matthew Schmidt, Acting Cultural Arts Division Manager]
US RIGHT ALONG TO STAFF BRIEFINGS.AND WE'VE GOT A STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING THE UPDATE FOR THE O HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX BY MATTHEW SCHMIDT, ACTING CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER.
I'M MATTHEW SCHMIDT, ACTING CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER.
MY PRONOUNS ARE HE HIM WITH THIS PRESENTATION.
I'LL BE SHARING OUR LATEST HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTION NUMBERS THROUGH MARCH, 2025.
UH, THE TOTAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTION IN MARCH WAS $1,964,718.
THIS MEANS OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX CULTURAL ARTS FUND COLLECTION NUMBERS FOR MARCH WAS $169,486.
UH, WITH THESE MARCH NUMBERS, WE'RE STILL APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 44% TOWARDS OUR FY 25 APPROVED BUDGET.
UH, AS A REMINDER, AGAIN, THERE'S A DELAY IN HOW HOT REPORTING HAPPENS.
UH, THIS PRESENTATION IN APRIL SHOWS FUNDS COLLECTED IN MARCH FOR HOTEL STAYS IN FEBRUARY.
UH, THIS GRAPH CONTINUES TO SHOW OUR MONTHLY PROGRESS TOWARDS THE APPROVED BUDGET FOR FY 25.
OUR HOT CULTURAL FUNDS, UH, ACTUALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 SO FAR ARE $7,171,105.
UH, AS A REMINDER, THE FUNDS COLLECTED IN FY 25 WILL BE USED TO FUND PROGRAMS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 26.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE'RE INCLUDING ANOTHER CULTURAL ARTS HOT FUND COLLECTIONS BY QUARTER FOR THE PAST FEW FISCAL YEARS.
UH, AND JUST TO NOTE, WE ARE CURRENTLY $171,000 BELOW WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR, BUT WE ARE INCREMENTALLY CATCHING UP TO WHERE WE WERE.
UM, SO MAKING SOME GAINS THERE.
AND WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MATT? WHEN WAS SOUTH BY MARCH.
SO WE'RE NOT SEEING THE IMPACT FROM THE BIG FESTIVAL.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS? I IMAGINE YOU GUYS ARE CALENDARING, SORT OF THE NEWER FESTIVALS THAT ARE HITTING OUR CITY, LIKE, UM, BEO, WHICH JUST STARTED HAPPENING HERE LAST YEAR, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S LIKE ANOTHER MOTO GP ESQUE EVENT THAT'S COMING.
UM, I THINK THAT'D BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA FOR US TO START REALLY WATCHING WHAT THOSE EVENTS ARE MONTH BY MONTH AND THEN REALLY TRACKING TO TRY AND DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE SPIKES, UH, COMPARED TO THE EVENTS.
UH, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION RECENTLY BY A MEDIA QUESTION JUST ABOUT PECAN FESTIVAL.
THE PECAN STREET FESTIVAL WITH THEIR RECENT, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT OF POTENTIALLY MOVING TO, UH, BK FOR JUST THEIR, UM, I THINK THEIR FALL FESTIVAL.
UM, AND THEN WE WERE JUST TRYING TO THINK OF, REALLY START TRYING TO TRACK ON A MONTHLY BASIS WHAT ARE THE EVENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING ON A MONTHLY BASIS? AND THEN HOW DO WE TIE THOSE IMPACTS ON A HOT, HOT FUND REVENUE? ABSOLUTELY.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LIKE FORECASTING BEFORE AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SEE A DIP, LIKE WHY ARE WE, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED K UNDERWEAR, WE SHOULD BE, UM, AND HAVING A GRASP ON THE, THE EBBS AND FLOWS OF THE FESTIVALS AND THE EVENTS THAT HAPPEN.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOSING THE CONVENTION CENTER, WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE THE INFLUX FROM SOUTH
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BY.SO I THINK WE NEED TO START REALLY PREPARING OURSELVES FOR A SEVERE DIP IN THOSE NUMBERS.
COME THIS TIME NEXT YEAR OR BASICALLY MAY OF 2026, WE'RE GONNA SEE A BIG GAP IN THAT MARCH COLLECTION.
UM, AND SO JUST TRYING TO EASE THE BLOW BY BEING TO SAY LIKE, HEY, BUT HERE ARE OTHER NEWER FESTIVALS THAT ARE HAPPENING PERIPHERALLY THAT MAY HELP WRITE THE SHIP.
UH, COMMISSIONER, SMALL BLACK COMMISSIONER KEYS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MATT? NO, I WANNA NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER CHARLA IS ON THE DAIS.
[4. Staff briefing on the Cultural Arts Funding Programs by Jesús Pantel, Cultural Funding Supervisor and Candice Cooper, Interim Chief Administrative Officer]
CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING PROGRAMS BY JESUS PENTAL, CULTURAL FUNDING SUPERVISOR.AND CANDICE COOPER, INTERIM CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.
JESUS PANTEL CULTURAL FUNDING SUPERVISOR.
UM, I AM A LATINO WITH LONG GRAY HAIR AND A, UH, SALT AND PEPPER BEARD WEARING A BLUE SHIRT.
UM, AND I WILL BE, UM, JOINTLY, UH, GIVING THIS PRESENTATION WITH CANDACE.
CANDACE, DO YOU WANNA INTRODUCE YOURSELF? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
I LOVE YOUR INTRODUCTION, BY THE WAY.
I'M INTERIM CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER FOR ACME.
THAT IS THE OFFICE OF ARTS, CULTURAL MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING YOU AN UPDATE TODAY.
AND SO TODAY WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT, UH, CONTRACTS AND PAYMENTS, OUR CULTURAL FUNDING UPDATES, UM, AND OUR GRANT FUNDED ACTIVITIES.
SO FOR THE CONTRACTS AND PAYMENTS, UM, ACTUALLY THE, UH, SPREADSHEET WHERE WE, THE JOINT SPREADSHEET WHERE WE GET THE INFORMATION FROM HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE LAST MONTH.
SO THIS IS JUST, UH, THE SAME SLIDE AS FROM LAST MONTH.
SO NO NEW INFORMATION, UM, FOR YOU ON, UH, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, SECTION.
AND THEN FOR CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING UPDATES, I BELIEVE, UH, CANDACE WILL TAKE OVER FOR THE NEXT FEW SLIDES HERE.
SO, UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, ACME IS A BRAND NEW OFFICE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025.
ONE OF OUR GOALS THAT WE WILL BE WORKING ON FOR THE NEXT YEAR IS A PROGRAM EVALUATION.
THIS IS A PART OF OUR GOALS THAT JUST AS A NEW DEPARTMENT COMING IN AND WANTING TO EVALUATE ALL PROGRAMS, AND THOSE PROGRAMS DO INCLUDE THE CULTURAL FUNDING PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, AS WELL AS THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION, ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS WILL BE EVALUATED AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS.
SO THAT WILL BE A HEAVY LOAD THAT WE WILL BE TAKING ON IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THAT PROGRAM EVALUATION PROCESS WILL OCCUR, UM, ALONG WITH THE PROGRAM EVALUATION WILL ALSO BE A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, WHICH WILL GO HAND IN HAND AS WE'RE EVALUATING OUR PROGRAMS. WE WILL ALSO BE DOING A ROBUST, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN IN ADDITION TO JUST KIND OF DOING AN INTERNAL ASSESSMENT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT IS IT THAT THE COMMUNITY, HOW THE COMMUNITY VIEWS, UM, ACME AS A NEW DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THAT WILL BE A HUGE UNDERTAKING THAT WE WILL, UM, HAVE HAPPENING FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, IN APRIL WHEN WE WERE HERE, WE HEARD YOU ALL SAY THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN GIVEN, AND YOU WANTED AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE THAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK HAS GONE, WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH IT, ET CETERA.
OUR TEAM HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
THE TEAM WENT BACK FROM 2020, WHICH WAS BASICALLY AROUND THE COVID DAYS ALL THE WAY TO 2025.
AND THEY PULLED ALL COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN IN TERMS OF SURVEYS, UM, ANY SORT OF SO FOCUS GROUPS THAT THEY'VE HAD, REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED.
AND SO IT IS A MASSIVE DOCUMENT OF, UM, FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY.
THE DATA IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF BEING GOING THROUGH A TOOL.
AND THAT TOOL WILL HELP US TO ANA TO PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID.
AND AS SOON AS THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT INFORMATION BACK HERE TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.
AND NOT ONLY WILL IT BE SHARED, BUT WE WILL ALSO BE INCORPORATING THAT FEEDBACK AND THAT DATA INTO OUR PROGRAM EVALUATION PLANNING AS WELL AS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO THAT IS OUR SECOND BULLET IDENTIFIED UP THERE.
THE THIRD BULLET IS IN REGARDS TO OUR CULTURAL FUNDING GUIDELINES.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REVISING THE LANGUAGE TO BE MORE ALIGNED WITH,
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OF COURSE, THE MISSION OF OUR ORGANIZATION HERE AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN.BUT ALSO DUE TO STATE, LEGISLATIVE AND FEDERAL UPDATES, WE WILL BE REVISING OUR LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT OUR CULTURAL FUNDING GUIDELINES.
AND SO THAT PROCESS IS HAPPENING.
IT IS AN INTERNAL PROCESS WHERE WE WILL ALSO BE LOOKING TOWARDS, UH, LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP WITHIN OUR EQUITY OFFICE TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE THAT IS RECOMMENDED THAT WE USE.
WE'VE ALSO STARTED LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE GUIDELINES IN TERMS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THOSE LEVELS.
AND SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A REVISION OF OUR GUIDELINES BASED ON LANGUAGE.
THE SECOND HAS TO DO WITH OUR WORKING GROUP FEEDBACK.
AGAIN, I WAS HERE IN APRIL AND YOU ALL MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A WORKING GROUP.
AND IN THE WORKING GROUP, YOU ALL MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU HAVE MADE.
I WILL, I'M HERE TO REPORT TODAY THAT WE ARE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THERE'S SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE GUIDELINES.
ONE EXAMPLE WOULD BE, I KNOW THAT OUR TEAM DEVELOPED A, A TERM CALLED, WHAT WAS THAT TERM CALLED AGAIN, CREATIVE BUSINESS.
I ACTUALLY LOVE THE TERM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT TERM.
BUT THE WORKING GROUP SAID, HEY, WE WOULD PREFER IF YOU WOULD REFER TO IT AS, I BELIEVE IT WAS ART GROUPS.
AND SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED ALREADY INTO THE GUIDELINES.
WE ARE STILL REVIEWING THE INFORMATION AND AS WE REVIEW THE INFORMATION, IT WILL BE INCORPORATED IN, WE ARE HOPING TO REPORT BACK IN MAY, UM, AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING AS TO WHAT INFORMATION.
AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT DRAFT BACK FOR YOU ALL TO LOOK AT AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE GUIDELINES.
THERE'S A THIRD BULLET THAT TALKED ABOUT A COMMUNITY FOCUSED APPROACH.
AND SO WE, IN TERMS OF WHEN WE CREATE OUR GUIDELINES, I KNOW THAT THE STAFF HAS ALREADY BEEN INCORPORATING A LOT OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, BUT YOU'RE GONNA SEE A DIFFERENT APPROACH THIS TIME AROUND.
AND THAT APPROACH IS GOING TO DEAL AS WE ARE BUILDING AND AS WE ARE REVISING THE DOCUMENT, THE GUIDELINES, WE WILL BE HERE TO UPDATE YOU ALL ON WHAT THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT APPROACH IN ADDITION TO HOW WE ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IN A FEW SLIDES, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
SO WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR NEXUS TIMELINE.
SO AT THIS TIME, I WANNA COME, IF YOU WANNA COME ON BACK OVER HASES AND THEN PROVIDE THEM AN UPDATE ON THE NEXUS LINE TIMELINE, AND THEN I'LL RETURN.
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY, UM, IN THE MIDST OF, UH, SCORING AND ANALYZING, UH, THE NEXUS APPLICATIONS.
SO, UM, UM, STILL THE ACTIVITIES, UH, DO NOT BEGIN UNTIL MAY 1ST, SO ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF.
UM, AND SO WE ARE, UH, PROCESSING THOSE AND WE'LL BE MAKING AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS SOON, UH, SO THAT WAY THE NEXUS ACTIVITIES CAN BEGIN, UH, BY THE MAY 1ST.
UM, ACTIV, UH, START DATE, UM, UM, IT'S A YEAR LONG.
JUST A REMINDER THAT NEXUS IS A YEAR LONG, UH, APPLICATION PROGRAM NOW, OR FUNDING PROGRAM NOW.
AND SO, UH, FINAL REPORTS WILL BE DUE, UM, BY MAY 30TH AT THE LATEST.
THEY'RE DUE, UH, ONE MONTH AFTER, UH, THE FINAL ACTIVITY.
UM, IT'S COMPLETED, UH, SINCE THE ACTIVITIES CAN GO UP UNTIL APRIL 30TH OF NEXT YEAR.
UH, THEY HAVE UNTIL MAY 30TH TO TURN IN THEIR FINAL REPORTS.
SO THAT IS THE NEXUS TIMELINE, AND THEN I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO CANDACE.
SO IN TERMS OF THE ELEVATE TIMELINE, WE ARE NOW CURRENTLY IN THE YELLOW STAGE, WHICH IS THE PLANNING STAGE, WHICH IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK.
UH, STAFF DID AN AMAZING JOB OF IDENTIFYING WHO OUR PARTNERS WILL BE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
AND I THINK THERE ARE, WHAT OVER 1700, UM, PARTNERS, INDIVIDUALS, AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A PART OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS.
WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING WHAT THE MESSAGING WILL BE.
AGAIN, I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THAT WE ARE, WE ARE REVISING THE GUIDELINES BASED ON FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED FROM THE WORKING GROUP.
IN MAY IS WHERE THE COMMUNITY WILL BEGIN TO SEE THE PLANNING EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY.
AND SO IN MAY HERE, WHAT, WHAT THAT DEPICTS IS THAT WE WILL BEGIN, THERE IS A SURVEY THAT'S UP RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE GOING TO, UM, TAKE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THAT SURVEY WHERE WE WILL BEGIN A NEW SURVEY.
SO THERE WILL BE A NEW SURVEY THAT WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THAT, WHEN IT WILL BE A MORE ROBUST SURVEY.
AND, UM, THAT SURVEY WILL BE AVAILABLE BEGINNING OUR IN MAY FOR OUR LAUNCHING EFFORTS.
IN ADDITION, WE'LL HAVE FOCUS GROUPS ONE-ON-ONE I MENTIONED COMMISSION AND EXISTING MEETING KIND OF UPDATES.
WE'LL ALSO BE ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP THAT
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WILL BE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE EXECUTIVE TEAM ON, ON THE GUIDELINES.UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE CREATING KIND OF THIS OLD SCHOOL APPROACH CALLED MEETING IN A BOX.
THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY STAKEHOLDERS, SO MANY STAKEHOLDERS SLASH PARTNERS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO WHERE WHAT WE WANNA DO IS BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
SO THE MEETING IN THE BOX WILL ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO QUICKLY BE ABLE TO ASSESS THE TOOLKIT OF WHAT THE ASK ARE, GAIN THEIR FEEDBACK SO THAT THEY CAN PUSH THE INFORMATION BACK TO US.
UH, WE WILL ALSO HOST WEBINARS.
I TALKED ABOUT THE FEEDBACK SESSIONS AS WELL, THAT WE'LL HOST.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL HAVE A WEBPAGE WITH UPDATES, AND THEN WE WILL USE OUR PARTNERS IN MEDIA TO ALERT THE COMMUNITY TO WHERE THEY CAN GO AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS FEEDBACK PROCESS.
SO THAT IS WHAT YOU'LL START TO SEE IN MAY.
AS WE HEAD INTO JUNE, WE'LL START OUR REAL REVISION PROCESS AND WE'LL START DOING THE MORE OF ANALYSIS.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE'LL TAKE ALL THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVED, AND WE'LL START TO REVISE THE GUIDELINES FOR ELEVATE.
AND WE PLAN ON HOPEFULLY BY JUNE RETURNING IN, RETURNING NOT ONLY TO THIS COMMISSION, BUT TO OUR WORKING GROUP AND OUR KEY DECISION MAKERS, A KIND OF FINAL DRAFT OF WHAT THOSE COULD BE.
AND THIS WILL BE YOUR LAST KIND OF OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD IN JULY.
OUR GOAL IS JULY 24TH TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL WITH A REVISED GUIDELINE FOR ELEVATE YOU ALL.
WE ARE IN APRIL AND WE'RE LOOKING AT JULY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING INTERNALLY THAT WE HAVE A TON OF PARTNERS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK WITH ON THIS.
BUT THIS IS A BIG MASSIVE PROJECT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
BUT OUR GOAL IS TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL BY JULY 24TH.
AND AT THAT WE WILL PRESENT THE FINAL GUIDELINES, WHICH WE WOULD HAVE WORKED WITH PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE WAY.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ALSO INTRODUCE WHAT OUR ENGAGEMENT PLAN WILL BE FOR THE ACTUAL LAUNCH OF ELEVATE THAT WILL OCCUR IN AUGUST.
SO IN AUGUST, OUR PLAN IS TO LAUNCH THE ELEVATE TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE WILL AGAIN PROVIDE A, A ROBUST OUTREACH PLAN AND, UH, WORK WITH PARTNERS IN ORDER TO LOOK AT KIND OF WHAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.
I HAVE KIND OF A QUESTION MARK THERE FOR ALL REAL THINGS.
IS THAT CORRECT? ALMOST REAL, ALMOST REAL THINGS.
I, I ALMOST GET, I ALMOST GET IT RIGHT EVERY TIME, BUT JUST KIND LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND TO SEE MAYBE IF WE CAN UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE BEST PRACTICES.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE'LL BE UTILIZING WORKSHOPS AND SO FORTH.
AND IN JANUARY OUR PLAN IS TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE FUNDS.
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL END WITH OUR GRANT FUNDED ACTIVITIES.
AND FOR, UH, GRANT FUNDED ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE A NUMBER.
UM, SO, UM, I CHANGED THE FORMAT ON THIS A LITTLE BIT AND, UM, I THINK THERE'S AROUND 30 OR SO HERE.
NORMALLY IT'S ABOUT LIKE, UH, 10 TO 12.
SO, UM, I DID NOT DO INDIVIDUALIZED PICTURES FOR ALL OF THEM FROM THERE
'CAUSE THAT JUST WOULD'VE TAKEN, UH, TOO MUCH.
I THINK WHAT I WILL DO, SINCE THEY ARE HERE, I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL OF THEIR, UM, ACTIVITIES, BUT I WILL READ THE NAME OF THE, UM, GRANTEES WHO HAVE ACTIVITIES COMING UP.
UH, THIS IS BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT, UM, ARTS COMMISSION MEETING.
SO WE HAVE DWARF GAMES, Y'ALL, AUSTIN, RAINBOW THEATER MUSIC MIXER, A TX HOST PUBLICATIONS, UM, HAVE EVENTS COMING UP AS LONG, UM, ALONG WITH RANCHO ALLEGRE, AUSTIN OPERA, CLIFFORD ANTON FOUNDATION, ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP, FORMER, UH, COMMISSIONER AMY WONG MOCK.
UM, FIST PROJECTS ALSO COMING UP, UH, WITH ACTIVITIES ARE SADIE SPARKS, WOMEN IN JAZZ, TEXAS BURLESQUE PRODUCTIONS, LACHE FUTURE FRONT, UM, HOT, THE EXHIBIT INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC CIRCLE OF AUSTIN, ALSO KNOWN AS I-C-M-C-A, PIER BA SINE LAS AMERICA RIVER CITY POPS.
AND I THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST LIGHT RITO FOUNDATION, LA TORRIO ARTS, SO CALLED WOMEN'S CHORUS AND PROFESSIONALS.
AND THAT IS ALL THE ACTIVITIES.
AND WE WILL, UM, OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS NOW IF, UM, ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR PRESENTERS? YES, I'M GONNA ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE LATE FINAL REPORTS.
I'M SEEING SIX LATE IN ELEVATE 23, 2 AGAIN, THAT SLIDE IS FROM, UH, LAST MONTH.
THE, UH, WE HAVE A SHARED POWERPOINT THAT WE SHARE AMONGST US AND WITH
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THE LONG CENTER THAT HAS, UH, NOT BEEN UPDATED.SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE.
SOME OF THE FINAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN CLOSED OUT, SO OH, THE, THOSE NUMBERS ARE OUT OF DATE, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE RECENT NUMBERS.
OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING THAT, THAT YOU HADN'T PUT THE NUMBERS IN, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE WE KEEP TRACK OF IT.
SO THIS IS LIKE THE CENTRALIZED SPREADSHEET THAT I GET THIS INFORMATION FROM.
AND THAT ONE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED YET.
SO IT'S JUST THE SAME INFORMATION, UM, AS FROM LAST MONTH.
BUT THE NUMBER OF FUND REPORTS HAS, UM, WE HAVE CLOSED SOME OF THOSE OUT.
AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR UPDATING THAT CENTRALIZED DATABASE? UM, IT'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE, AND THE LONG CENTER, UH, BOTH, UM, UH, UPDATE.
I JUST WANNA EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT IT NOT BEING UPDATED TIMELY SO THAT WE CAN GET ACCURATE REPORTS AT THE MEETING.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON
SO CANDACE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT THE, THE WORKING GROUP THAT WAS, THAT HANDED YOU A, A PACKET THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING FROM IS ALSO CONTINUING.
AND I WONDER IF IT'S, UH, DUPLICATIVE WORK FOR US TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO DRILL DOWN INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND EXPAND THEM AND MAKE CHANGES WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE SAME THING.
AND I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD GET TOGETHER.
I NO, I, I A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE.
AND SO IF WE GO BACK TO KIND OF THE SLIDE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT HERE, MY, THE IDEA NOW IS TO BRING THE WORKING GROUP, MAYBE EVEN EXPAND IT A BIT, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT MORE OFFLINE IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
BUT BRINGING, EXPANDED IT AND ACTUALLY WORK THROUGH THE GUIDELINES TOGETHER.
AND OF COURSE WE'LL USE THIS JUST FOCUSING ON ELEVATE, BUT IN THE FUTURE, WE WOULD HOPE, HOPEFULLY WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT AS KIND OF A STANDARD PRACTICE.
I HAVE THREE MORE MEETINGS SCHEDULED WITH THE WORKING GROUP BEFORE THE NEXT, THE MAY 19TH MEETING.
WOULD IT BE HELPFUL FOR YOU FOR US TO KEEP WORKING SEPARATELY? NO.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE COFFEE AND TALK ABOUT IT.
SO WHAT I'D LOVE TO DO IS, UM, TO MEET WITH YOU OFFLINE AND SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT SCHEDULE WILL LOOK LIKE.
BUT IT WOULD DEFINITELY NEED TO BE SOMEONE FROM ACME'S EXECUTIVE TEAM TO BE INVOLVED.
AND THEN WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT WHAT THAT POTENTIALLY MAY LOOK LIKE TO EVEN EXPAND IT.
I WOULD LOVE TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.
IN TERMS OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD, INTRODUCE YOU TO THIS AMAZING TEAM WE'VE PUT TOGETHER FOR JUST A SHORT THING.
BUT IT'LL BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE IF WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN PARTNERSHIP AND I THINK INSTEAD OF THESE, YOU KNOW, THESE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS, WE NEED TO ALL FIND OUT HOW WE CAN WORK BETTER TOGETHER IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THIS WORK DONE IN A VERY QUICK TIMEFRAME.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I HOPE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE CONSIDERED PARTNERED IN THIS EFFORT.
IF YOU NOTICE THAT THE LAST SLIDE SAID THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, WE'RE IT'S NOT JUST WORDS.
UM, WE DO KNOW THAT THIS, WE WILL NOT BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT THE INPUT.
NOW I MENTIONED ON LAST TIME, DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
BUT WE ARE ALSO EVALUATING THE PROGRAM FOR LONG TERM, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS, UM, THROUGH ELEVATE FOR, OF COURSE, THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT LOOKING AT SOME LONG TERM GOALS IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN MAKE THE ALL OVERALL, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS BETTER.
THAT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL TO HEAR
UM, I THINK FOR AT THIS MOMENT IT JUST SEEMS JUST SO WONDERFUL TO HAVE THAT AS LONG AS THE, THE SUBSET OF FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON THAT SEEMS REPRESENTATIVE ENOUGH.
IT'S NEVER GONNA BE A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT THE A HUNDRED PERCENT WILL COME FROM THE 360 KIND OF FEEDBACK THAT YOU'RE ATTEMPTING ANYWAY.
UH, PLUS THIS WILL BE A FOCUS GROUP THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY USE CASES THIS WHOLE THING OUT AND, UH, THERE'LL BE BETTER BUY-IN.
UH, AND, UH, THERE WILL BE MORE OWNERSHIP OF THE OUTCOMES.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, THEN, YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUTCOMES, THINGS CAN BE TWEAKED, IMPROVED IN FUTURE.
UM, I WOULD JUST WANNA REITERATE AND AND TRIPLE CLARIFY, UM, WHICH, UH,
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COMMISSIONER ANDERSON WAS SAYING ABOUT ARE, ARE WE, IS THERE A SEPARATE WORKING GROUP THAT THE STAFF IS CONVENING THAT WILL THEN SOMEHOW COMBINE WITH THE WORKING GROUP THAT HAS BEEN MEETING THAT IS COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARTS COMMUNITY? OR ARE, ARE THOSE THE SAME THING? SO WE ARE GOING TO, AND SO AGAIN, I WANNA MEET WITH YOU ALL TO DEFINE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.UM, WHAT I DO KNOW IS, IS THAT WE ARE, OUR INTENTIONS IS TO BRING EVERYONE EVENTUALLY TOGETHER, RIGHT.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS THAT WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE WORK, THE COMMISSION WORKING GROUP NOW, AND THEN WE PHASE IN OTHERS AS WE GO ALONG.
OR IF WE'RE WORKING WITH SEPARATE, I WOULD IDEALLY PREFER ONE.
SO BECAUSE WE HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME AND THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF OTHER VOICES THAT WE DO NEED TO BRING TO THE TABLE, MY PLAN IS TO WORK WITH YOU ALL FIRST TO SEE WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
AND SO IF WE BEGAN WITH ONE AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A LARGER GROUP OR IF WE PROVIDE A SUBSET.
SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE DETAILS THAT WE NEED TO WORK OUT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
JUST 'CAUSE WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WEEKLY.
AND SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TIME, ESPECIALLY MM-HMM
ON THE PART OF THE, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO AREN'T COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THOSE MEETINGS.
AND SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR BECAUSE IF THERE'S ANOTHER WORKING GROUP STARTED AND FOLKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONTRIBUTING THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND, UM, EXPERIENCES TO THIS PROCESS, I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO GET LIKE, MUDDLED CORRECT.
PEOPLE FEELING LIKE, WAIT, WHY HAVE I BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THIS NO WORKING GROUP, IF THEY'RE STARTING ANOTHER WORKING GROUP.
SO I THINK THAT, THAT ALL SOUNDS GREAT.
AND I AGREE THAT THE MORE WE CAN DOVETAIL IT AND OUR WORKING GROUP ACTUALLY ALREADY WE'RE LAST FRIDAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON A TIGHT TIMELINE.
LIKE WE'VE HAD THE MAY DEADLINE TO REPORT BACK.
WE KNOW THAT, THAT WE WANNA SEE AS MUCH OF THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WORKING GROUP INCORPORATE INTO THE ELEVATE TIME, INTO THE ELEVATE GUIDELINES.
AND THEN WE WERE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE EXACT SAME THING THAT YOU JUST SAID.
LIKE, AND THEN MAYBE WE CONTINUE THE WORKING GROUP WITH A DIFFERENT SUBSET OF FOLKS TO ADD, LIKE MAKE FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OTHER PARTS OF THE PROCESS.
SO REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME VISION OF THOSE THINGS COMING TOGETHER.
AND THEN ONE OTHER LIKE, CLARIFYING QUESTION WAS WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE TOOL MM-HMM
THAT THERE'S A TOOL THAT YOU'RE GOING TO USE FOR, UM, SOMETHING IN THE YES.
LIKE A STEP IN THE DATA ANALYSIS PROCESS.
CAN YOU SAY ANYTHING MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT TOOL IS OR DOES AND LIKE HOW IT PLAYS A PART IN, UH, YOU KNOW, HELPING WITH THE DATA ANALYSIS? ABSOLUTELY.
SO FOR, I, I MENTIONED THAT WE COLLECTED DATA, THAT THE TEAM COLLECTED DATA FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND SO THAT DATA IS NOW GOING TO OUR CORPORATE PIO TEAM.
SO CORPORATE PIO TEAM IS THE CITY OF AUSTIN TEAM THAT ACTUALLY, UM, DOES CITYWIDE, UH, ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT COLLECTION FROM FOR MY CITY.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY A TOOL.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY JUST MET TODAY TO DISCUSS IT.
THE MET THE MEETING THAT I LEFT FROM A FEW MINUTES AGO WAS ABOUT THAT TOOL.
AND IDEALLY WHAT THAT TOOL WOULD DO IS TO BE ABLE TO, I CATEGORIZE ALL OF THE DATA THAT WE'VE COLLECTED.
WE WOULD ALSO DO, YOU KNOW, THE CITY LOVES THOSE LITTLE WORD CLOUDS.
AND SO OF COURSE IF WE WOULDN'T BE A REPORT, IF IT WASN'T A WORD CLOUD, BUT WE WOULD COLLECT THE DATA, PUT IT INTO SOME SORT OF CATEGORY, HAVE KIND OF LIKE WHAT THOSE, UM, KEY TERMS THAT WE KIND OF CONTINUOUSLY HEAR, BUT THEN ALSO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO WHAT WOULD SHOOT OUT IDEALLY WOULD BE A REPORT.
AND THIS REPORT WOULD SAY FROM 2020 TO 2025, HERE'S WHAT WE ASKED THE COMMUNITY AND THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAID.
AND THEN IT WOULD BE UP TO US TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE IT INTO THE WORK THAT WE DO.
AND SO I'M KIND OF DESCRIBING IT AT A HIGH LEVEL MM-HMM
BUT THE TOOL HAS NOT BEEN FRANKLY IDENTIFIED AS OF YET.
UM, THEY'RE STILL WORKING TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT THAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
AND I WILL BE LEANING ON PEOPLE WITH THAT BACKGROUND
COMMISSIONER GARON, SORRY, I'M NERDING ABOUT THIS, BUT IS THAT, IS IT LIKE AN AI TOOL OR JUST A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS TOOL THAT ALREADY EXISTS? OR IS SOMEONE TRYING TO BUILD SOMETHING? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
'CAUSE I WONDER IF THERE'S HELP WE CAN GET FROM UNIVERSITY.
IT COULD BE ONE, ARMENIA, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AGAIN, I'M, I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE EXPERTISE IN TERMS OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE FOLKS INTERNALLY AT THE CITY THAT IS WORKING ON THAT
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AND, BUT I CAN, UM, WE MET WITH THEM TODAY AND SO WE SHOULD HAVE MORE INFORMATION, HOPEFULLY MIDWEEK.THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE COMMUNITIES, HAVING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SESSIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I NOTICED YOU SAID IN MAY YOU WANNA START SOME OF THESE SESSIONS AND WHATNOT.
DO WE HAVE ANY LIKE, IDEAS TO WHERE AND WHEN EXACTLY.
SO WE CAN START REACHING OUT YOUR FOLKS? SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE DETAILS IDENTIFIED YET MM-HMM
BUT WE ARE HOPING THAT AS SOON AS WE, AND THAT'S, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE TEAM, IT'S A LOT OF WORK NOW TO TRY TO IDENTIFY AND WE'RE HOPING WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME PARTNERS REACH OUT TO US.
AND SAY, HEY, YOU CAN UTILIZE OUR SPACE OR OUR ORGANIZATION.
SO THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VERY WELCOMING IN THAT PHASE.
BUT IN TERMS OF DATES IDENTIFIED, NO, WE DO NOT HAVE THAT.
JUST 'CAUSE MAY'S ABOUT A WEEK AWAY.
DO WE HAVE, HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN BE ON A WORKING GROUP MM-HMM
AND DOES THAT EXPAND IF IT, IF SOME OF IT'S STAFF AND NOT JUST COMMUNITY? SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE CAN IDENTIFY AS MANY PEOPLE AS, I MEAN, AS WE WANT, BUT IDEALLY, WE, WE DO NOT NEED 40, 50 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM.
AND SO THIS WORKING GROUP, WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'LL BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, I DON'T KNOW, 15 TO MAYBE 20 PEOPLE.
IS IDEALLY WOULD THE WAY, AND, AND THE WAY THAT THIS WORKING GROUP AGAIN WOULD WORK IS THOSE WOULD BE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE WORKING DIRECTLY ON THOSE GUIDELINES TO HELP DRAFTING THEM WITH US.
SO THEY'RE NO LONGER RECOMMENDATIONS.
Y'ALL, I'M TALKING, LET'S TAKE OUT THE GUIDELINE, LET'S LOOK AT IT TOGETHER.
AND IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT WHERE THESE ARE NOT RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT IS A FACILITATED CONVERSATION TO WHERE WE'RE WORKING ON A LIVING BREATHING DOCUMENT.
UM, ALSO UN WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THEY'RE IN, IN STAFF JUST INFORMED AND REALLY, REALLY EDUCATED ME ON THIS, THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE LONG CENTER AS OUR PARTNERS IN TERMS OF THIS, UM, UH, APPLICATION.
AND SO THAT EVEN HAS LIKE AN EIGHT WEEK TIMEFRAME.
SO EVEN SOME OF THE, THE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN OBTAIN AT THIS POINT MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE CAN ASK FOR FOUR WEEKS FROM NOW.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DEVELOP THIS, UM, WHAT IS IT? THE, WHAT IS IT CALLED? SUBMITTABLE.
AND SO THAT'S A PART OF THIS PROCESS, BUT THAT'S INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO QUICKLY BE ABLE TO, UM, DECIDE ON HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
YOU MENTIONED BRINGING A DRAFT TO US IN MAY.
IS THAT GONNA BE LIKE, WILL WE SEE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE MEETING OR ARE WE GONNA HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT AND THEN THE MEETING WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU ABOUT IT? ON THE DAIS? NO, SO THE WORKING GROUP THAT I'M SPEAKING OF.
SO YOU'LL HAVE SEEN THE DRAFT THERE BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE GUIDELINES IN REAL TIME DURING THAT MEETING.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS HAPPENING INTERNALLY THAT YOU WERE THEN GONNA USE AS A JUMPING OFF POINT FOR THE WORKING GROUPS? NO.
SO WE'RE GONNA USE, WE'RE TAKING THE GUIDELINES TO THE WORKING GROUP AND WE ARE THEN WORKING ON IT TO, AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT PRIOR TO THAT MEETING.
AND THIS WOULD BE US PROVIDING JUST AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE ARE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I THINK THIS IS VERY EXCITING AND SO IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY WORK TOGETHER INSTEAD OF BEING OFF IN SEPARATE AREAS.
UM, I WANTED TO SAY, I'VE BEEN TAKING A LOOK.
I WAS, I'M NEW, RIGHT? MM-HMM
THIS IS ONLY MY SECOND MEETING, SO I'M FRESH OUT OF THE ETHICS TRAINING AND ALL OF THAT
UM, AND SO SINCE WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING DIRECTLY ON POLICY THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED, I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE NOW THAT WHOEVER IS ON THAT WORKING GROUP, ESPECIALLY FOR COMMISSIONERS, WE NEED TO AGREE THAT THOSE PEOPLE WILL NOT BE APPLYING FOR FUNDING.
BECAUSE THERE ARE SPECIFIC ETHICS RULES THAT STATE THAT YOU CANNOT, UM, BE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROGRAM THAT YOU EVENTUALLY BENEFIT FROM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT NOW.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT ACTUALLY IT DOESN'T AFFECT OUR CURRENT WORKING GROUP UNLESS HEIDI, ARE YOU APPLYING FOR CITY FUNDS? OKAY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE THERE ALREADY.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT WAS, I WAS THINKING OF THAT WHEN I WAS ACTUALLY INVITING PEOPLE INTO THE WORKING GROUP.
SO, UH, WE'RE THERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, TO, TO LET EVERYONE OUT THERE AND TV LAND KNOW THAT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO TRANSPARENCY AND FOLLOWING THE RULES.
YEAH, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, COMMISSIONERS SO FAR HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR GRANTS.
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YOU KNOW, COMING IN NEW, UM, IT WAS A SURPRISE TO ME, BUT IT, IT IS FOR A FACT THAT COMMISSIONERS AND IT'S BEEN CLARIFIED THAT ARE ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR GRANTS WITHIN THE ARTS COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE MUSIC COMMISSION.UM, IF THAT GETS IMPACTED IN ANY WAY, I THINK IT, UH, JUST NEEDS TO BE VERY CLEARLY COMMUNICATED.
UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
AND I WONDER IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL CONTRIBUTORS TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, BUT WE'RE NOT ADJUDICATING OUR OWN APPLICATION, WE'RE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE PANEL'S PROCESS AND THE, THAT'S THE DECIDING FACTOR.
SO I WONDER IF THERE DOES NEED TO BE JUST FURTHER CLARIFICATION WITH LEGAL, SINCE THE PANEL'S PROCESS IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE AND ALMOST THIRD PARTY TO THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE TO SHAPE THE PROGRAMS. UM, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE, WE'RE BUILT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING AND DO APPLY FOR CITY FUND, SO MM-HMM
I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY EXPLICIT WITH HOW AND WHEN WE CAN PARTICIPATE SO THAT WE'RE NOT, LIKE I THINK ABOUT, UH, COMMISSIONER CEI AND HOW INVALUABLE THEIR, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE IS IN DEVELOPING THESE GUIDELINES AND, AND LOOKING AT THE CONTRAST OF THE BEFORE TIMES AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
UM, AND I KNOW WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOSE THAT IF THEY WERE PROHIBITED FROM APPLYING AS A RESULT OF THE WORK ON THIS GROUP.
SO I, I DO THINK FOR THE CLARIFICATION IS REQUIRED, I'LL BE HAPPY TO CHECK WITH LEGAL ON THAT.
UM, THE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE STATUTE THAT I'M REFERRING TO IN THE ETHICS GUIDELINES ARE, UM, A CITY BOARD OR COMMISSION MEMBER MAY NOT HAVE A FINANCIAL INTEREST DIRECT OR INDIRECT IN ANY CONTRACT RESULTING FROM A SPECIFICATION THAT THE MEMBER HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION OR DECISION MAKING PROCESS OF.
SO THIS IS DEFINITELY DEVELOPMENT OF A PROGRAM.
SO I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THAT, BUT I'M ABSOLUTELY HAPPY TO CHECK WITH LEGAL.
UM, AND ON BEHALF OF THE THE WORKING GROUP, WE NEED TO JUST BE AWARE SO THAT WE ARE INADVERTENTLY CONTRIBUTING TO A PROGRAM THAT WE THEN LIKE ELIMINATE OUR OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO I'M, I'M WRITING ALL OF THESE NOTES DOWN AND SO DEFINITELY I WILL DEFINITELY BE GOING ALSO TO REVIEW IT AS WELL FOR A LEGAL REVIEW.
UH, I THINK, UM, WHAT THE, THE UNDERSTANDING OF IS, UM, UM, GIVEN WAS THAT AGAIN, WHAT, UH, THE CHAIR SAID THAT ESSENTIALLY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE EVALUATING YOUR APPLICATION AND THAT'S WHY IT'S OKAY TO APPLY.
UM, I DON'T, UM, I'M, I'M PERSONALLY I DON'T, I'M FINE, UH, YOU KNOW, COMPLYING WITH IF, IF THE LEGAL LANGUAGE IS VERY CLEAR, UM, I WOULD RATHER ALMOST PREFER TO GO WITH WHAT'S BEING SAID.
UH, UM, BUT I THINK IT'S, YEAH, AGAIN, IT DOES IMPACT, UM, COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE, UM, ACTIVELY WORKING IN THE ARTS AND MUSIC INDUSTRY, UH, ON BOTH COMMISSIONS.
UM, SO I THINK SOMETHING THAT WE JUST HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR AND PEOPLE, AND, AND IT, IT MIGHT ALSO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THAT SO FAR THINGS HAVE BEEN COMING IN TERMS, UH, OF A RECOMMENDATION MM-HMM
BUT NOW WHEN YOU GET INTO THE DETAILS, THE ACTUAL GUIDE NOW ARE USE CASING THINGS OUT AND, UH, UH, CONTRIBUTING AT THAT LEVEL.
IT'S A MUCH DEEPER, BIGGER CONTRIBUTION.
UM, SO THAT MIGHT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE HERE, RIGHT? SO YEAH, I THINK LET'S JUST BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE STANCE AND THEN JUST COMMUNICATE IT, UH, TO EVERYBODY SO THEY'RE WELL AWARE OF WHAT THEY'RE WALKING INTO.
AND SO I, I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT THAT DOES, THAT WILL NOT, UM, PROHIBIT US FROM MOVING FORWARD.
WE JUST MAY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION BASED ON THE, THE LEGAL REVIEW.
SO WE MIGHT HAVE A WORKING GROUP THAT CREATES RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU KNOW, SO WE'LL JUST NEED TO PIVOT AND KNOW WHAT TO DO IN ORDER TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT IS NOT OUR INTENTION, OF COURSE, TO LIMIT, YOU KNOW, ANYONE.
WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND ACCESS, UM, THOSE IN WHICH THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR.
UM, HOWEVER, UH, TO YOUR POINT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WHEN WE DO TAKE THESE GUIDELINES, UM, WE ARE NOT, UM, PROHIBITING SOMEONE FROM BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE UNWILLINGLY.
SO I RE I PREFER THAT WE UNKNOWINGLY RATHER, SO I PREFER THAT WE GO AHEAD OF TIME TO DECIDE THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER, KEYS? OH, YOU'RE MUTED DARLING.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE MUTED, BUT IT MIGHT BE MAYBE A, SOMETHING WITH A BLUETOOTH OR HEADSET.
NO, I CAN READ LIPS REALLY WELL, BUT NO,
UM, SO WHAT I WAS SAYING WAS, COULD THAT, UM, MAYBE IT'S THE CASE
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OF WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE, LIKE OUR WORKING GROUP THAT'S MADE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND MAYBE WE HAVE TO STAND IN OR REPLACE LIKE, SOME OF OUR ACTUAL COMMISSION ON THE WORKING GROUP.LIKE I'M JUST THINKING OF LIKE POTENTIAL WORKAROUNDS.
LIKE DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IS IS THAT LIKE A POSSIBILITY? LIKE ESSENTIALLY LIKE, BECAUSE I, I WASN'T A PART OF THE WORKING GROUP AND I DEFINITELY HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IT AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS WAS TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE OR TO, YOU KNOW, INTERFACE WITH THAT.
SO MAYBE IF THAT'S PERHAPS ME GETTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER THAT'S ALREADY IN THE WORKING GROUP AND SUGGESTING THAT.
BUT NOW THAT THIS IS COMING UP, I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE WE HEAR BACK FROM LEGAL AND A WORKAROUND IS ESSENTIALLY WHOEVER MAY BE IMPACTED COULD POTENTIALLY RECUSE THEMSELVES AND IS REPLACED WITH ANOTHER COMMISSIONER THAT IS NOT APPLYING FOR FUNDING, WHERE WE'RE NOW GETTING INTO THE GUIDELINES WHERE THEY MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN INVOLVED IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT NOW THAT WE GET INTO THE MORE, UM, DETAILED THAT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, OTHER COMMISSIONERS TAKING ON THAT CHARGE WITH SOME KIND OF SERVING ON THE BOARD AND SOME REPLACING OTHERS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON AND COMMISSIONER SMALL.
UH, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE ACTUALLY ARE ALREADY THERE, UH, COMMISSIONER KEYS BECAUSE, UM, THOSE SERVING ON THE CURRENT WORKING GROUP, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT GROUP THAN THE LAST ONE.
I DON'T BELIEVE ANY COMMISSIONERS IN THAT GROUP ARE APPLYING FOR FUNDING OR HAVE PLANS TO.
AND YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN EMAIL, UM, CHECK YOUR BC EMAIL 'CAUSE I DID EMAIL YOU TO INVITE YOU TO THE GROUPS, SO I HOPE YOU'LL CHECK THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, IT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE IN TERMS OF WHO'S GONNA SERVE ON SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY WRITING THE GUIDELINES, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND I THINK THAT ISSUE IS PRETTY CLEAR.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANYONE APPLYING FOR FUNDING, HELPING YOU WRITE GUIDELINES MM-HMM
BUT IT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE OF CAN ARTS COMMISSIONERS APPLY FOR FUNDING? THAT'S A WHOLE SEPARATE ISSUE.
AND I THINK THAT'S AN ISSUE WORTH TALKING ABOUT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW NECESSARILY.
WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT WHO, WHO SHOULD CONTINUE ON AND INTO THIS, UM, LARGER WORKING GROUP.
SO I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE ACTUALLY, BECAUSE NO ONE, NO ONE IS PLANNING TO APPLY FOR FUNDING IN THIS GROUP CURRENTLY.
THAT I, I WAS ACTUALLY JUST CLARIFYING THAT.
I THOUGHT THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER KEYS WAS ON THE, THE NEW, THIS NEW ROUND OF WORKING GROUP, WHICH IS ALSO, I JUST JOINED IT.
OR OR WANTING TO BE, OH, NO, YOU'RE GONE AGAIN,
WHICH IS WHY I'VE BEEN USING MY HEADSET.
SO I, I SAW THE MEETING, UM, AS FAR AS LIKE JUST THE CALENDAR, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF I HAD MISSED IT.
AND I KNOW I HAD BEEN INTERESTED IN ANOTHER WORKING GROUP, AND I KNEW WE WEREN'T ALL IN, LIKE, IN EVERY WORKING GROUP, SO I WAS KIND OF SEEKING CLARITY FOR THAT, BUT I THINK IT WITH Y'ALL OFFLINE FOR THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? LOTS TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK AND MM-HMM
WE'LL JUST WAITING ON THE EDGE OF OUR SEATS FOR WHAT COMES NEXT.
AND SO YOU SHOULD PROBABLY BE HEARING FROM ME HONESTLY THIS WEEK, IF NOT WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
[5. Approve the Selection Process Recommendations for the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) Airport Expansion & Development Program (AEDP) Phase II Art in Public Places Projects – Midfield Concourse, Departures Ticketing, Arrivals Baggage Claim, Arrivals Curbside, Elevated Pedestrian Bridge, and Lower-Level Pedestrian Crossings. ]
THAT, WE ARE ON TO ITEM FIVE, APPROVE THIS SELECTION PROCESS.RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, A US AIRPORT EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, A EDP, PHASE TWO, ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, MIDFIELD, CONCOURSE DEPARTURES, TICKETING ARRIVALS, BAGGAGE CLAIM ARRIVALS, CURBSIDE ELEVATED PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, AND LOWER LEVEL PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.
HI JAIME, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
JAIME CASTILLO, MANAGER FOR ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, AND THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL.
SO WE HAVE, WE RECEIVED OUR 2%, UM, ALLOCATION FROM THAT PROGRAM, AND WE ARE IDENTIFIED A PLAN, UH, LAST FALL.
AND IT WAS A THREE PHASE PLAN.
AND AS A REMINDER, PHASE ONE WAS A LIMITED ENTRY COMPETITION WHERE WE USED, UH, NOMINATORS INCLUDING A LOCAL, LOCAL NOMINATORS THAT NOMINATED, UH, ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UH, THAT, THAT NOMINATION LIST DID INCLUDE LOCAL ARTISTS, BUT ULTIMATELY WHEN WE DID FINALIST INTERVIEWS IN DECEMBER, UM, DIDN'T INCLUDE LOCAL ARTISTS.
BUT THEN WE GOT, UH, A IPP AND ARTS COMMISSION APPROVALS FOR THAT
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SELECTION IN JANUARY.PHASE TWO WAS THE TEXAS OPEN CALL, UH, AT THE SIXTH, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT, UH, CHAIR ZISMAN LISTED.
UH, THAT CALL OPENED IN JANUARY.
THE SELECTION MEETING, UH, OCCURRED AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, AND INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED IN MARCH.
WE RECEIVED A IPP APPROVAL ON THESE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES, UH, AT THEIR LAST MEETING, APRIL 7TH.
AND THEN PHASE THREE, WHICH WAS AN, IS AN OPEN CALL FOR AUSTIN AREA ARTISTS.
UH, AN AUSTIN AREA WAS DEFINED AS THE SEVEN COUNTIES TOUCHING, UH, AUSTIN.
SO THAT'S TRAVIS HAYES, WILLIAMSON, CALDWELL, BASTROP, BURNETT, AND BLANCO, THAT CALL OPEN, BLESS YOU.
THAT CALL, UH, OPEN IN FEBRUARY.
UH, STAFF IS CONDUCTING ELIGIBILITY REVIEWS RIGHT NOW, AND WE ANTICIPATE INTERVIEWS BEING SCHEDULED, UH, IN MAY.
SO WITH THAT OVERVIEW OF THE THREE PHASES, WHAT WE'RE, UM, PRESENTING TONIGHT ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PHASE TWO.
UH, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY NEXT SLIDE, BUT I HAVE CONTROL, UM, AS CHAIR ISMAN LISTED, THE SIX OPPORTUNITIES ARE HERE.
UH, I'LL POINT OUT THE LOWER LEVEL PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS.
THERE WAS, UH, ACTUALLY OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THREE RECOMMENDED ARTISTS OR, OR THREE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AND WE WERE GONNA USE, OR WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD USE THE, THE SELECTION PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S ONE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE THREE SITES OR, OR WE WOULD HAVE SOME MIXTURE OF, OF ARTISTS THERE.
SO, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, A REMINDER IT IS DISTRICT TWO BECAUSE ALL THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE AT THE AIRPORT.
AND OUR PROJECT COORDINATOR FROM IBP IS ALEX ERRA.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I DISCUSSED AS, AS I GAVE YOU THE OVERVIEW OF THE THREE PHASES.
BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR PHASE TWO, THE, THE SITES AND OPPORTUNITIES IDENTIFIED THE, THE SIX LOCATIONS, THE MIDFIELD, CONCOURSE, DEPARTURES, TICKETING ARRIVALS, BAGGAGE ARRIVALS, CURBSIDE, UH, ELEVATED PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, AND THE LOWER LEVEL PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, OUR CRITERIA WERE THAT TECHNICAL SKILLS AND AESTHETIC APPEAL OF PAST WORK, RELEVANT AND APPLICABLE EXPERIENCE, AUTHENTICITY, CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION OF WORK, COMMUNICATION OF IDEAS AND INTENTIONS AND ABILITY TO DELIVER THE COMPLETED PROJECTS ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET.
OUR SELECTION MEMBERS THAT HELPED US, UH, REVIEW THE, THE ARTIST APPLICATIONS INCLUDED JESUS, SIMI ALVARADO FROM EL PASO, DANIELLE BURNS, WILSON FROM HOUSTON, LEN LA LAMONT FROM LAREDO, AND GIOVANNI VALDEZ FROM DENTON.
UM, SINCE THIS WAS THE TEXAS WIDE CALL, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SELECTION, UH, PANELISTS INCLUDED, UH, A WIDE VARIETY OF, OF OF MEMBERS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND THEN OUR NON-VOTING, UH, ADVISORY INCLUDED, UM, ROBERT MERCADO, NICK GARCIA, BOTH, UH, PART OF THE A A DP, UH, AT THE AIRPORT.
AND THEN OUR PANEL LIAISON, UM, TAG TEAM, UH, CTI ANN SHEAR AND STEPHANIE LAMO CHAIR OF THE PANEL.
IT WAS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE, UM, OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE RECOMMENDED ARTISTS ALONG WITH ESTIMATED BUDGET.
AND A REMINDER OF, YOU KNOW, THE SELECTION CONVENED ON MARCH 4TH.
AND WE CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS, UH, AT THE END OF MARCH, UH, LEADING INTO THE BEGINNING OF APRIL.
AND, UH, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, UH, IT WAS A TEXAS WIDE CALL, 195 COMPLETED APPLICATIONS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE 68% OF THEM WERE INDEED LOCAL.
AND YOU'LL SEE IN THIS SPREAD SPREADSHEET OR THIS TABLE, UM, THE ARTISTS WITH A AN ASTERISK ARE AUSTIN ARTISTS.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, A GOOD, GOOD MAJORITY, UH, IF HALF, IF NOT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, ARE LOCAL ARTISTS.
AND I'LL JUMP INTO THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO FOR THE MIDFIELD CONCOURSE, THE RECOMMENDED ARTISTS IS VIRGINIA MONTGOMERY.
AND HERE'S SOME, SOME IMAGES FROM HER PORTFOLIO, FROM THEIR PORTFOLIO.
AND THEY ARE VIDEO STILL, SO NO, NO ACTUAL VIDEOS, BUT, UM, IMAGES.
AND I DID WANT TO PULL OUT THIS COMMENT.
UH, WHICH ONE WAS IT? IT WAS THE FIRST ONE.
VIRGINIA'S VIDEO AND INSTALLATION IS MY RECOMMENDATION FOR MIDFIELD CONCOURSE PROJECT.
THE ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES OF A WORK HAS A POWER TO TRANSPORT AUDIENCES INTO A WORLD OF DISCOVERY AND CREATIVITY.
AND FOR THE MIDFIELD, CONCOURSE ARE ALTERNATE ARTISTS ARE RECOMMENDED.
ALTERNATE ARTISTS IS CARLIN RAY GLASSBLOWER.
YOU'LL SEE THE WORKS HERE ON THE SCREEN.
AND, UH, SOME, SOME COMMENTS FROM THE PANEL.
I WAS SO INTRIGUED WITH THIS ARTIST'S INTERVIEW AND HER ABILITY TO PRODUCE PUBLIC WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PUBLIC'S VISION.
I LIKE HER WORK, HER APPROACH, AND HER THOUGHTFULNESS.
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SO THAT'S ONE OPPORTUNITY.THE SECOND OPPORTUNITIES ARE DEPARTURES, TICKETING.
THIS ISTO ROCHA FROM LORETO LAREDO.
SOME IMAGES FROM HIS PORTFOLIO, GILBERT'S INSTALLATIONS MADE WITH FOUND OBJECTS ARE MORE THAN INTRIGUING.
I WAS IMPRESSED WITH HIS THEMES OF MIGRATION AND THE NARRATIVES OF BORDER CULTURE.
I LIKED HIS PROPOSAL TO CREATE A LESSON PLAN THAT COULD BE USED AS AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND OUR RECOMMENDED ALTERNATE FOR THE DEPARTURES TICKETING IS JOSE RAFAEL VARGA.
SUAREZ, ALSO KNOWN AS VARGA UNIVERSAL.
AND THERE'S SOME IMAGES FROM HIS PORTFOLIO.
JOSE RAFAEL IS A PROFESSIONAL WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC ART.
HE UNDERSTANDS THE PROCESS, THE SITES, THE PUBLIC SPACES.
I LIKE THAT HE WANTED TO ENGAGE THE STAFF AT THE AIRPORT THAT WILL SEE THE ART ON A DAILY BASIS, NOT JUST THE PASSENGERS PASSING BY.
THAT'S OPPORTUNITY NUMBER TWO.
NEXT IS OUR ARRIVALS BAGGAGE CLAIM.
RECOMMENDED ARTIST IS JASMINE ZELAYA ZELAYA ZALE IMAGES FROM HER PORTFOLIO.
JASMINE ART IS VERY UNIQUE, NOT SOMETHING SEEN OFTEN, ESPECIALLY IN AUSTIN.
I LIKE THAT SHE WANTS TO USE HER CURRENT STYLE AND DO A MOSAIC.
I AND THE RECOMMENDED ALTERNATE ARTIST FOR THE RIVALS BAGGAGE CLAIM WAS JASMINE BEDARD AND SOME IMAGES, WHICH INCLUDES SOME, SOME VIDEOS, UM, STILLS VIDEO PROJECTIONS.
I APPRECIATE JASMINE'S APPROACH TO CURIOSITY AND PLAYFULNESS IN HER WORK, AS WELL AS HOW IT HAS EVOLVED THROUGH HER CAMERA BASED PROJECTS.
WHILE SHE MAY HAVE LIMITED EXPERIENCE WITH LARGE SCALE PROJECTS, SHE REMAINS A STRONG ALTERNATE.
NEXT OPPORTUNITY IS THE ARRIVALS CURBSIDE.
STEVE PARKER'S OUR RECOMMENDED ARTIST IMAGES FROM HIS PORTFOLIO.
STEVE PARKER'S WORK IS IMMERSIVE AND SHOWS HIS COMMITMENT TO HAVE COMMUNITY INTERACTION.
HIS WORK INVITES THE PUBLIC TO BE PART OF THE ART PIECES THAT HE CREATES.
HIS EXPERIENCE AS A MU AS A MUSICIAN IS A PLUS.
AND OUR ALTERNATE ARTISTS RECOMMENDED FOR THE RIVALS.
CURBSIDE IS BRAD OLDHAM AND IMAGES FROM HIS, FROM THEIR, UH, PORTFOLIO.
BRAD OLDHAM SCULPTURE SHOWS PASSION TO CREATE ARTWORK IN PUBLIC PLACES.
THE SCULPTURES ARE COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THE WORK IS APPROACHABLE AND OFTEN HAS A STORY TO TELL.
I THINK WE'RE ON NUMBER FIVE, OPPORTUNITY ELEVATED PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, HILLEBRAND AND MAXIM IMAGES FROM THEIR PORTFOLIO.
ARTISTS RECOMMENDED BECAUSE WORK SUBMITTED SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR EXPERIENTIAL, EXPERIENTIAL STORYTELLING AND OR SHOWCASING HISTORY.
IN THIS TRANSITIONAL SPACE, ARTISTS APPEARS TO WORK WELL WITH EXISTING STRUCTURES WHEN NECESSARY AND COULD CREATE CONNECTION FROM MAIN BUILDING TO AND FROM TRAFFIC AREAS.
AND OUR ALTERNATE ARTIST FOR THE ELEVATED PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IS ROCKY JANE IMAGES FROM THEIR PORTFOLIO.
THE ARTIST EXHIBITS A REMARKABLE ABILITY TO UTILIZE, UTILIZE MATERIALS IN UNEXPECTED WAYS, CREATING DYNAMIC INSTALLATION THAT SEAMLESSLY ADAPT TO THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
AND THEN THE FINAL OPPORTUNITY, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD, WE HAD AN OPTION AND THE SELECTION PANEL DECIDED TO, UH, RECOMMEND A AIDA BRADBURY FOR THE LOWER LEVEL PEDESTRIAN AND RECOMMENDED THAT THEY RECEIVED TWO SITES OUT OF THE THREE AND IMAGES OF THEIR PORTFOLIO.
A NATAS METHOD FOR ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC WAS IMPRESSIVE.
WITH HER BACKGROUND IN ARCHITECTURE, SHE HAS A STRONG GRASP OF SPATIAL DYNAMICS.
I FOUND HER INSIGHTS INTO HOW SPACE INFLUENCES INTERACTION, PARTICULARLY ENGAGING.
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AND SO WHERE AITA BRADBURY WAS RECOMMENDED TO HAVE TWO OF THE SITES OF THE LOWER LEVEL PEDESTRIAN, RAUL RAGO WAS, UH, RECOMMENDED TO HAVE ONE OF THE SITES.AND THESE ARE IMAGES OF HIS, OF THEIR PORTFOLIO.
UH, THAT ONE'S A VIDEO, SO WAS THAT ONE.
BUT I WOULD FOCUS HIS WORK TO REPRESENT PEOPLE OFTEN OVERLOOKED BY THE MAINSTREAM.
HE'S GREAT AT MERGING IMAGE LIGHT AND MUSIC.
I ENJOYED HOW HE TOLD A STORY THROUGH HIS PRESENTATION WHILE INCLUDING MUSIC AND VIDEOS.
AND SO WHILE AITA AND RAUL WERE THE RECOMMENDED ARTISTS, OUR, UH, ALTERNATE ARTISTS IS, UM, KEMBA OPIO, AND THESE ARE IMAGES OF THEIR PORTFOLIO.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS THAT I HEARD FROM CAMPUS'S PRESENTATION IS THAT HER WORK FOCUSES NOT ONLY ON HISTORY BUT PRESENT DAY AND FOR THE FUTURE.
IT IS ALSO ADMIRABLE THAT SHE CONTINUES TO EXPERIMENT WITH NEW TEXTILES AND APPLICATIONS.
THAT'S THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION.
COMMISSIONER SCHMACK APPROVES COMMISSIONER HOUSTON.
WHAT DROVE THE DECISION TO GIVE, UH, ONE ARTIST TWO OF THE CROSSINGS INSTEAD OF DOING THREE DIFFERENT ARTISTS? I, UM, THAT WAS, UH, I WANNA SAY INTENSE, BUT THAT WAS A, A, A THOROUGH CONVERSATION.
AND UM, IT CAME DOWN TO, UM, THE, THE TRANSITIONAL, OR NOT THE TRANSITIONAL, BUT THE, WITH THE, WITH THE ARTISTS THAT WERE INTERVIEWED.
WHAT, WHAT THEY, THEIR CONVERSATION OF HOW THEY TALKED ABOUT, UM, THEIR OPPORTUNITIES AND THEIR, THEIR WERE EXPERIENCES.
AND, UM, THE SELECTION PANEL WAS SKEWED TOWARDS GIVING ONI TO THE THREE OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT THEY WERE REALLY INTRIGUED BY, BY RAUL'S PORTFOLIO AND HIS INTERVIEW AND THAT THEY JUST, THROUGH THE CONVERSATION, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THAT, THAT'S WHERE THE DECISION ENDED UP WAS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT EXTRA OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ARTIST.
SO THEN IF, IF I KNOW HE'S A IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A RECOMMENDED ALTERNATE.
SO IF ANAH HEA, FOR GOODNESS FORBID, HAS TO DROP OUT, WOULD KEMBA THEN GET TWO CROSSINGS? THAT WOULD BE A CONVERSATION THAT WE'D HAVE TO, BUT THAT, THAT IS THE EXPECTED OUTCOME.
SO I GUESS IS IT, IS IT, IS IT, WAS THE PRESENTATION SUCH THAT IT, THE ARTIST IDEA COULD ENCAPSULATE TWO CROSSINGS AND MAKE SENSE THAT IT WAS TOO, I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY THE JUSTIFICATION FOR NOT SPREADING THE WEALTH, BASICALLY, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, I I, I NEED A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT CONVERSATION WAS LIKE OR WHAT THE MEAT OF THAT CONVERSATION WAS.
CAN I ADD TO THAT? UH, YEAH, I'M GONNA, I'M NEED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP REMEMBERING THE CONVERSATION.
'CAUSE LIKE, I'M GONNA ASK A CONSTANCE WHITE TO STEP UP AND PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT.
YEAH, IT WAS, IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO, TO REMEMBER A LOT OF ARTISTS.
UM, WE USE A SCORING MATRIX FOR ALL OF, FOR THE ENTIRE PROCESS, FOR ALL THE FIRST TWO PHASES.
AND THE FIRST TWO ARTISTS SCORES WERE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY CLOSE.
AND SO THROUGH A CONVERSATION AND THINKING ABOUT A CURATORIAL APPROACH AND THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE, UH, THE SELECTION PANEL DECIDED TO HAVE A PARALLEL EXPERIENCE MIRRORING ONE ARTIST'S WORK WITH A CENTRAL EXPERIENCE THAT WAS MORE EXPERIENTIAL WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE.
AND BECAUSE IT WAS FAR ENOUGH SCORE, UH, UH, ENOUGH DELTA WITHIN THE SCORING METRICS BETWEEN THE FIRST TWO AND THE THIRD ONE, IT MADE, IT JUST NATURALLY OCCURRED THAT THE THIRD ARTIST WAS A LOWEST RANKING ARTIST.
SO, SO IT'S A, IT'S A, A PLAN THAT, THAT THE TWO THINGS GO TOGETHER AND MAKE.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE'S GONNA ASK
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CROSSINGS, LIKE TWO AND ONE.SO, BUT YEAH, GREAT QUESTION COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER SCHACH.
AND IT'S NICE WHEN WE HAVE THE TIME FOR Y'ALL TO GO THROUGH AND, AND GIVE US JUST MORE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION IN THE BACKUP AND SOME PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO ATTEND THE A A PP MEETINGS, BUT JUST LIKE THE WHOLE VISION FOR A WHOLE LOT OF PROJECTS, THE WAY THAT Y'ALL HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT SCOPING THEM SO THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THE COMMENTS OF, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO'S NEWER TO PUBLIC ART, BUT, BUT HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY WITH ONE OF THESE, UM, PRETTY MAJOR PROJECTS.
EVEN THE LOWER, THE LOWER BUDGET ONES ARE BIG BUDGETS.
SO I JUST THINK THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO Y'ALL BEING REALLY THOUGHTFUL IN THIS PLAN AND SCOPING THESE PROJECTS, UM, TO GET US TO THIS RESULT.
AND THE ARTIST'S SELECTIONS ARE REALLY AWESOME.
I JUST HAD ONE THOUGHT, SORRY.
BUT IF, IF KIMBA IN THE MATRIX WAS THE THIRD SCORE, THEN HOW'S IT GONNA WORK THAT THEY GET TWO CROSSINGS IF ON AHE DROPS OUT? SHOULDN'T IT ROTATE? WE'LL HAVE ALREADY COMMISSIONED, UH, RAUL FOR HIS ARTWORK AND DEFINE THE SCOPE OF HIS WORK THAT, BUT THAT'S OH, SO HE CAN'T CHANGE IT TO TWO? YEAH.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA WORK EVEN THOUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, HEIDI IDENTIFIED THAT THERE'S SOME NEWER ARTISTS, UM, STAFF IS ALREADY COMMITTED TO, TO WORKING WITH THESE ARTISTS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE FULLY SUPPORTED AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR, THEIR COMMISSION INCLUDES THE CAPABILITY OF HIRING PROJECT MANAGERS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY JUST HAVE ALL THE TOOLS IN THEIR TOOLBOX TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS.
SO I ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA REALLY NEED AN ALTERNATE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M REALLY EXCITED.
ALL OF THAT ART WAS EXQUISITE AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST, I WANT IT TO BE UP ALREADY
SO VERY EXCITED TO SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES AND SOME NEW, NEW ARTISTS TO ME.
UM, AND JUST REALLY GONNA ELEVATE THE AIRPORT GAME.
I'M FEELING YOU'RE NOT GOING VERY FAR.
[6. Approve the Selection Process Recommendations for the Walter E. Long and John Treviño, Jr. Metro Parks, Districts 1 & 2.]
SELECTION PROCESS, THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WALTER ELONG AND JOHN TRIVIO JR.METRO PARKS DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO.
OH, I GUESS WE DO NEED TO TAKE ONE.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A BIG ONE.
UM, SO APPROVAL OF THE SELECTION PROCESS.
GOT SO EXCITED BY THE ART YOU GUYS
UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOG? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HOUSTON.
ALL IN FAVOR, UNANIMOUS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ME WHO, UH, IS RECUSING THEMSELVES.
UH, COMMISSIONER ANDER, DO YOU WANNA ASK THE QUESTION ON THE RECORD? SURE.
UH, AGAIN, JUST OFF THE ETHICS TRAINING, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY WHY WE RECUSE OURSELVES.
I'M SO GLAD TO HAVE A REFRESHER 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS
SO I'M ASKING THE QUESTION BECAUSE I'M A, I'M A RULE GEEK.
I AM RECRUITING MYSELF 'CAUSE I AM AN EMPLOYEE OF AVIATION GUEST SERVICES.
SO WHILE I AM NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH ANYTHING ART RELATED AT THE AIRPORT, UM, THE, I DO REMEMBER THAT THE ILLUSION OF AN INFLUENCE OR THE, THE APPEARANCE OF, UM, UH, A A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS A REASON TO RECUSE YOURSELF.
SO THAT IS WHY I'M RECUSING MYSELF.
UM, NEXT APPROVAL OF THE SELECTION PROCESS.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WALTER E. LONG AND JOHN TRIEU JUNIOR METRO PARKS DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO.
UH, SO THESE ARE TWO DISTRICTS DIFFERENT, UH, PARKS, UH, PRETTY CLOSE TOGETHER, BUT THEY ARE ON OTHER, UH, IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
UH, WALTER E ACTUALLY, THESE ARE, THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT RIGHT.
I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S ONE AND THREE.
UM, WE GOT NUMBERS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SO,
YEAH, I'M PRETTY SURE WALTER E. LONG IS IN DISTRICT ONE AND JOHNO IS IN DISTRICT THREE.
UM, 'CAUSE I LIKE TO LOOK AT MAPS AND I KNOW WHERE THE COUNCIL DISTRICT LINES ARE AT.
UM, WE'RE DOING, UH, ARTISTS' RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, THE SPONSORING DEPARTMENT IS PARKS AND REC.
OUR PROJECT BUDGET FOR THIS IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND A HUNDRED.
AND I DID WANNA POINT OUT THESE.
THIS IS, WE'RE RECOMMENDING ONE ARTIST TO DO ARTWORK AT THE TWO SITES.
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AND AGAIN, I HAVE THE CLICKER, OR I SHOULD SAY, UH, A IPP CO PROJECT COORDINATORS ON THIS.UH, STARTED OUT WITH, UH, BRIANNA ILES.
WE'RE GONNA TRANSITION OVER TO REBECCA RANDY, OUR, OUR NEWEST COORDINATOR, UH, ARTWORK GOALS THAT I WANTED TO REMIND YOU OF IS A ARTWORK OF REDEEMING QUALITY, ADVANCING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF VISUAL ART AND ENHANCING AESTHETIC QUALITY OF PUBLIC PLACES.
CONCEPTUALIZES A STRONG OVERALL ARTWORK DESIGN APPROACH THAT INTEGRATES THE SITE AND SURROUNDING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, EASILY MAINTAINED A VANDAL RESISTANT IN AN EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT AND IS PERMANENT WITH EXPECTED LIFESPAN OF AT LEAST 20 YEARS.
UH, AND OUR SELECTION CRITERIA THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT, NOTHING TOO MAJOR.
UM, AND THESE ARE OVERVIEW OR OVERVIEW MAP SITES.
THE, THE CAPTIONS ARE SWAPPED.
SO LEFT IS WALTER ELONG AND RIGHT IS JOHN TREVINO.
RIGHT? THAT LOOKS LIKE WALTER ELONG ON THE LEFT.
UM, OUR SELECTION PROCESS, WE HAD, WE RECEIVED, UH, 33 APPLICATIONS.
THIS WAS PART OF OUR SEPTEMBER CA CALL, UM, LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE DID LAST FALL.
WE DETERMINED THAT 30 APPLICANTS WERE ELIGIBLE.
OUR SELECTION PANEL INCLUDED SICA LEDESMA, JACQUELINE OVERBY, AND ANDREA MCDOWELL, NON-VOTING ADVISORS.
ALICIA HA ALI, ALICIA PEREZ, HODGE, RAY HERNANDEZ FROM PARD, DEANNE WILLIAMS FROM PARD, AND MEL FEC FROM CDS OR CAPITAL LITTLE SERVICES.
PARD IS STANDS FOR PARKS AND REC.
UM, SELECTION PANEL MET IN LATE FEBRUARY TO IDENTIFY THE RECOMMENDED ARTISTS.
OUT OF ALL THE APPLICANTS, I FELT AS IF THIS ARTIST WAS THE MOST QUALIFIED AND APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE CONTEMPORARY AND COHESIVE DESIGN AESTHETIC COUPLED ARTISTIC INGENUITY AND SKILL ARE SOME OF MY, SOME OF THE MANY FACTORS THAT AIDED IN MY VOTING CHOICE.
AND THERE ARE SOME SAMPLES FROM THEIR PORTFOLIO.
AND THEN THE ALTERNATE ARTIST IS JOHN MAZANO.
AND, UH, I'M READ FROM THE THIRD QUOTE, BUT I'M GONNA JUMP A LITTLE BIT.
MARZANO'S WORK APPEARS TO BE PRISTINE AND CREATIVE HINTS BACK TO WILDLIFE AND NATURE, AND EXUDES A WHIMSICAL SPIRIT.
HE HAS THE SKILL SET TO CREATE DURABLE AND LARGE WORK AND HAS GREAT USE OF COLOR.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, APPROVALS FOR THE RFQ.
WERE, UH, IN, ACTUALLY NO, THAT'S NOT RFQ.
THE, WE HAD OUR APPROVAL FROM THE A IPP PANEL FOR THESE, THIS RECOMMENDATION AT THE LAST MEETING ON THE SEVENTH.
UH, AND OUR ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE FOR THESE PROJECTS.
YOU SEE DESIGN FINALIZED FOR WALTER E. LONG IN 2026.
CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING, UH, IN NOV FROM NOVEMBER TO NOVEMBER OF 26 TO 27.
AND THEN JOHN TREVINO PARK THE PROJECT OUT TO BID IN JULY OF THIS YEAR.
AND CONSTRUCTION START IN JANUARY.
SO WE GOTTA GET THE ARTISTS UNDER CONTRACT SO THEY GET WORKING ON, UH, THOSE DESIGNS.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT? ALRIGHT, WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE ELLER.
COMMISSIONER GARZA MOTION SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MACH.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE SELECTION PROCESS.
COMMISSIONER KEYS, ARE YOU ABSTAINING? UM, YEAH, I HAVE TO, I'M GONNA RECUSE MYSELF JUST BASED ON THE ILLUSION.
I AM ALSO IN CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES AND HAP HAPPENS TO BE, UM, THIS HAPPENS TO BE MY PROJECT THAT I RUN COMMUNICATIONS ON, SO I'M GONNA JUST RECUSE MYSELF.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COMMISSIONER KEYS.
AND LOOK, YOU GET TO STAY UP WITH YOU AGAIN.
[7. Approve the Final Design for the Austin Public Health / SAFE Alliance Art in Public Places Project – Felipe Gomez. ]
DESIGN FOR THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH SAFE ALLIANCE.ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROJECT WITH PHILIPPE GOMEZ.
AND I BELIEVE PHILIPPE IS HERE IN THE ROOM WITH US TODAY.
GOT A SPECIAL, SPECIAL GIFT FOR Y'ALL TONIGHT.
UM, SO THIS IS THE FAMILY VIOLENCE SHELTER AND PROTECTION CENTER FROM THE SAFE ALLIANCE.
UM, SPONSORING DEPARTMENT IS AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECT BUDGET, 70,000.
OUR A IPP COORDINATOR IS LINDSEY HUTCHINS.
UM, I DID WANNA POINT OUT THAT THIS, THIS PROJECT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY COUNCIL'S, UH, INVESTMENT IN, IN THIS TYPE OF SHELTER AND PARTNERSHIP WITH SAFE ALLIANCE TO OPERATE AND MANAGE THIS PROPERTY AS A PROTECTIVE SHELTER FROM FAMILY, UH, FOR LIKE VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE.
UM, AND AT THIS POINT, I'M JUST GONNA HAND IT OVER TO THE ARTIST BECAUSE HE IS HERE TONIGHT.
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AND COME ON DOWN.LET YOU, OR LET HIM, UH, EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE AND HIS DESIGN.
UM, GOOD TO SEE YOU, SOME OF YOU GUYS, AND NICE TO MEET THE REST OF YOU.
I AM ARTIST, UH, FROM COLUMBIA.
LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR ABOUT 14 YEARS NOW, AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU GUYS.
UM, I'LL START WITH SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT THAT YOU PLACE ONTO THE COMMUNITY OF AUSTIN AND THE ART SCENE AS A MEMBER.
WE APPRECIATE IT, AND IT IS SEEN BY EVERYONE, SO THANK YOU.
UM, I'M GUESSING THIS IS THE REMOTE.
SO THIS IS MY FINAL CONCEPT DESIGN PROPOSAL.
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH, UH, MED DESIGN.
I'VE PRESENTED TO, UM, A IPP MEMBERS.
AND THIS WILL BE MY FINAL MEETING OR MY FINAL PRESENTATION.
I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE NARRATIVE SCHEDULE, THE BUDGET, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SITE MAP SOME INFORMATION ABOUT ME.
AND, UH, THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS.
UM, THIS TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.
I WAS BORN IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, AND I'M PARTICULARLY KNOWN FOR MY WOOD LAYERED ARTS.
UM, MAKE LARGE SCALE PIECES, AND I TRY TO, UH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUSH THIS FORWARD.
AND, UH, THIS SCULPTURE WILL BE, UH, MADE OUTTA STEEL IN THE SAME ESSENCE AS MY WOOD LAYERS.
UM, WHO'S THE COMMUNITY? SO THE COMMUNITY AND THE CLIENT ARE THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT THE VIOLENCE CENTER.
UM, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF RUNNING, UM, SOME WORKSHOPS, WORKSHOPS FOR THEM.
UM, WE HAD SOME POETRY, UH, SOME SCULPTURE, SOME PAINTING AND SOME JOURNALING.
I WANTED TO NOT JUST COME INTO THIS SPACE AND CREATE AN RP THAT I THOUGHT WAS AESTHETICALLY PLEASING.
I WANTED TO HAVE THE INPUT AND THOUGHTS, UM, FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE COEXISTING WITH MY ART PIECE.
SO I WANTED TO RUN THESE WORKSHOPS IN A WAY THAT I COULD SEE WHAT HELPED THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE LIVING WITH MY ART PIECE.
WHAT TRIGGERED THEM? HOW THEY FELT ABOUT SHADOWS, COLOR, SIZE, WHAT HELPED THEM? WHAT HELPED THEM FEEL PEACE? UM, THEY SHARED A LOT OF, UH, DIFFICULTIES THROUGH THEIR JOURNEY.
SO THE, THE WHOLE PROCESS WAS BEAUTIFUL.
AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAD WITH THE WOMEN AT THE CENTER WERE VERY, UM, UM, GROWTH ORIENTED AND, AND HELPED ME TO CONSTRUCT THIS DESIGN.
UM, LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY WANTED.
THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO, UM, HAVE SOMETHING THAT HELPED THEM FEEL SAFE AND CALM IN THEIR, THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
UH, THEY WANT ART THAT INSPIRED HOPE, STRENGTH AND GROWTH, HONORING THEIR RESILIENCE.
IT WAS KIND OF SOMETHING THAT CAME UP A LOT.
IT WAS THEIR PATH OF HEALING AND BEING IN THIS SPACE AND CONTINUING TO, UH, BETTER THEMSELVES AND BEING A BETTER PLACE FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR SOCIETY AND THEIR FAMILIES.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, MY WORKSHOPS, UM, WERE PAINTING, SCULPTURE, POETRY, AND JOURNALING.
I HAD THEM, UH, ANSWER A SERIES OF PROMPTS ABOUT 20, UH, I THINK IT WAS 10 TO 15 DIFFERENT PROMPTS FOR EACH WORKSHOP.
AND A PAINTING, UM, WANTED TO EX, UH, EXPLORE THEIR FEELINGS TOWARDS COLOR FORM AND SEEING WHAT THEY, WHAT BROUGHT THEM PEACE.
SOME OF THE, UH, UM, GUIDELINES THAT I PROPOSED WERE SAYING THINGS SUCH AS, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND PICTURE YOURSELF IN A PLACE THAT YOU FEEL SAFE AT.
UM, SOMETHING THAT HAS BROUGHT YOU PEACE THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
AND IN TIMES OF CHALLENGE, HOW DO YOU FEEL AT EASE? UM, I DID SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR THE SCULPTURE, POETRY WORKSHOPS AND JOURNALING.
I THINK THE ONE THING THAT IMPACTED ME THE MOST WAS THE JOURNALING.
UM, I HAD SOME VERY SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CLIENTS AND IN THE END, THEY WANTED, THEY ASKED IF THIS WAS A PROCESS THAT SAFE COULD IMPLEMENT.
UM, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I NORMALLY DO.
AND ONE OF THEM ASKED, WHERE ELSE DO YOU DO THIS? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CITY? AND I SAID, I, I JUST KIND OF MADE THIS UP AND I WANTED TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK SO THAT I COULD BUILD SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR YOU.
UM, SO THAT WAS REALLY MOVING.
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UM, YEAH, THEY NOTED THE THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS, UH, FOR PROCESSING THEIR, THEIR TRAUMA AND FOSTERING CONNECTION WITH THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN.UM, AS I MENTIONED, THEY ALL EXPRESSED THE DESIRE FOR A CALMING ARTFUL SPACE.
AND I WANTED THE FINAL SCULPTURE TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD WALK OUT OF THEIR HOME AND SIT AT SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD BE NEAR NEARBY.
SEE THE BIRDS, SEE THE SUNRISE, SEE THE SUNSET, HEAR NATURE, AND JUST BE AT PEACE.
SO THIS IS WHAT I CAME UP WITH.
IT'S CALLED PERSPECTIVE AND LIGHT.
UM, IT'S A PUBLIC ARTWORK DESIGNED FOR SPACE AND SOLACE, CONTEMPLATION AND REFLECTION.
INSPIRED BY THE VOY VOICES OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT THE SAFE CENTER.
THE SCULPTURE EMBODIES HEALING, CONNECTION, AND EMPOWERMENT.
IT HONORS THE JOURNEYS OF SURVIVORS REPRESENTING STRENGTH, RENEWABLE AND COMMUNITY THROUGH AN OPEN AND INVITING DESIGN.
INITIALLY I HAD THIS, UM, SET IN FIVE LARGE SCALE SCULPTURES, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A DEAGON.
I WANTED TO SPLIT THIS IN A HALF A DEAGON, SO A FORMATION OF A HALF A DEAGON.
AND I'VE BROUGHT IT DOWN TO ONE SCULPTURE HAS SEVEN FOOT TWO SCULPTURES TO ITS SIDE THAT ARE GONNA BE SIX FOOT.
INITIALLY I HAD BENCHES, UM, INSTALLED WITHIN THE PIECE.
I DECIDED TO REMOVE THEM SINCE THE MATERIAL THAT I CHOSE IS GONNA BE STEEL.
AND I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW STEEL, I MEAN, WE'RE IN TEXAS, SO STILL MIGHT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HEAT UP AND POSSIBLY INJURE OR BURN A CHI, A CHILD OR SOMEONE WHO'S NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
UM, IN THIS IMAGE, I HAVE OTHER DESIGNS THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS GONNA BE LIKE.
UM, A QUICK OVERVIEW IS THE STEEL SCULPTURE.
THE OUTER PART WILL BE, UH, PATINA, UH, IN, UM, BLACK STEEL PATINA, BLACKENED STEEL PATINA IS WHAT IT'S CALLED.
AND THE INNER SHAPES ARE GONNA BE PAINTED AND LAYERED IN THE SAME WAY THAT I LAYERED MY, MY WOODWORKS.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE A DIFFERENT IMAGE ON BOTH SIDES.
AND I WANTED TO CREATE A SPACE IN WHICH IT WAS OPEN.
I WANTED TO HAVE SOMETHING IN WHICH THE CHILDREN COULD GO AND WALK UP TO IT, SEE SOMEONE ELSE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
MAYBE IT'S THEIR MOTHER, MAYBE IT'S A FRIEND, SOMEONE THAT THEY CAN INTERACT WITH.
AND, UM, LEAVING THAT OPEN SHELF IN THE MIDDLE, I WANTED THEM TO MAKE IT THEIRS.
YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANNA LEAVE A TOY, IF THEY WANNA LEAVE A COIN, SOMETHING THAT, A MEMENTO THAT MEANS SOMETHING TO THEM.
UM, I WILL BE INCORPORATING ONE OF MY WOOD LAYERS, UH, ON THE SIX FOOT PIECE AND TWO WOOD LAYERS ON THE SEVEN FOOT.
UH, I'LL TALK ABOUT LONGEVITY OF THAT AND HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK IN MY NEXT, UH, SLIDE.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS, UH, INSPIRED BY THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS THAT WE HAD.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DIFFERENT GRADIENT WITHIN MY COLORS.
THE DARKER WILL BE FURTHER BEHIND THE MIDDLE.
IT'LL BE SEPARATED BY ABOUT THREE INCHES.
AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE A DIFFERENT IMAGE BASED ON WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM.
I HAVE A BETTER DESCRIPTION, A BETTER DRAWING UPCOMING.
UM, IT'LL BE CUT OUTTA PLASMA.
UM, WE'RE USING A PLASMA CUTTER, EXCUSE ME, UM, SIX FEET TALL.
THESE ARE SOME, UH, SPECIFICATIONS FOR, UM, UM, A IPP FROM MY, UH, ENGINEER.
UH, ACTUALLY THIS IS FROM MY FABRICATOR.
UH, WE TALK ABOUT THE CONCRETE FOUNDATION, THE TYPE OF HOOKS, UM, AND THE WELDS THAT ARE GONNA BE INCLUDED IN THIS.
SO THE ORGANIC SHAPES AND THE SCULPTURE ARE INSPIRED BY THEMES AND EMOTIONS EXPRESSED DURING THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS.
EACH SHAPE REFLECTS THE PARTICIPANT STORIES OF RESILIENCE, HEALING, AND GROWTH, DRAWING FROM THE FLOWING NATURAL FORMS THEY CREATED IN THE PAINTINGS.
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD ALL OF THESE WORKSHOPS AND WE TALKED ABOUT SO MANY DIFFERENT SHAPES THAT MADE THEM FEEL AT EASE.
SO I WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO WHAT WE SHARED.
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SOFT CURVE DESIGNS EVOKE FEELINGS OF SAFETY AND CONNECTION, MIRRORING THE PARTICIPANT'S DESIRE FOR A CALMING AND SUPPORTIVE SPACE.THE VIBRANT COLORS WERE CHOSEN BASED ON THEIR FEEDBACK TO PROMOTE INSPIRATION, SOLACE AND EMPOWERMENT.
UM, HERE'S A DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL DRAWING THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BETTER IMAGE OF WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
UM, THIS IS ALL AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO READ.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, SO I WON'T GO OVER ALL OF IT.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE BEHIND SAFE ALLIANCE.
THERE'S A BIG OPEN FIELD, UM, AND WHERE YOU SEE THE FOUR SQUARES, WHERE, WHERE WE, WHERE WE HAVE DECIDED TO PLACE THE SCULPTURE.
UM, IT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOOR AS SOON AS YOU WALK OUT.
AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THERE'S A PLACEBO, UM, THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SIT AT AND ENJOY THE ART FROM FAR AWAY.
THIS IS, UH, MY ENGINEER'S DRAWING.
UM, A LOT MORE INFORMATION IN THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE, UH, FOUNDATION, HOW THAT'S GONNA BE INSTALLED, ET CETERA.
UM, LITTLE BIT OF BUDGET AND HOW IT IS GONNA BE, UM, FORCED OR HOW IT'S GONNA BE WORKED THROUGH.
AND THE TIMELINE, UM, WE STARTED LAST YEAR WAS WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED, AND MID DESIGN WAS IN JANUARY, WHERE AT THE MOMENT IN WHICH THE FINAL DESIGN IS DUE.
ONCE IT'S ACCEPTED, WE WILL BEGIN FABRICATION, UH, THROUGH MAY, JUNE, AND JULY.
INSTALL IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN, UH, LATE JULY.
AND THAT IS WHEN, UM, THE SPONSORED PROJECT CONSTRUCTION ENDS IN THE SECOND HALF OF 2025.
WE PLAN TO HAVE A DEDICATION OR GRAND OPENING FOR THE SPACE AND THE SCULPTURE.
HERE'S SOME OF MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH MY ART OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN I DESCRIBE THESE WOOD LAYERS.
THIS IS A PUBLIC PIECE I DID IN MICHIGAN, UH, AT GRAND RAPIDS, UH, FOR ART PRIZE, UH, LAST YEAR.
UM, HAS A LITTLE BIT OF MY ART, UH, SO SORRY, A LITTLE BIT OF MY WOOD LAYERS INVOLVED WITH, UM, CAST ACRYLIC AND SHADOWS AND LIGHT PLAY.
IF YOU HAVE TIME, READ OVER THE THANK YOU.
IT'S JUST THANKING MY COMMUNITY, THANKING YOU GUYS FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY.
AND YES, I APPRECIATE IT AND IT HAS BEEN SUCH A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR FELIPE? COMMISSIONER HOUSTON? I DID WANNA, I DID WANNA ASK, 'CAUSE YOU SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED HAVING SOMEPLACE TO SIT AND ENJOY NATURE.
IS THE GAZEBO SOMETHING THAT SAFE IS ALREADY BUILDING? UHHUH
SO IT'S ALREADY THERE AND I THINK THEY'RE UHHUH
THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST KIND OF MAKING SURE THEY MOVED IT AND I THINK THEY'RE INSTALLING NEW WOOD INTO THE PLACEBO TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE FOR, FOR EVERYONE.
BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE HEAT AND THE STEEL, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SIT AND ENJOY RIGHT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT ADDITION FOR THEM TO MOVE THE PLACEBO CLOSER TO THE SCULPTURE.
ANYBODY ELSE? COMMISSIONER SCHMUCK.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, FOR SHARING YOUR PROCESS.
I THINK THAT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL FOR US ALL TO UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW YOU ENGAGED WITH THE, THE COMMUNITY THERE.
AND IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY WONDERFUL PIECE.
IT'S ALSO AWESOME TO SEE HOW YOUR STUDIO PRACTICE IS LIKE EVOLVING INTO THIS PIECE AND LIKE TAKING US THROUGH THAT PROCESS IS, IS REALLY SPECIAL.
SO THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME, UM, TO SHOW UP AND, AND BE HERE FOR THAT.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CHARLA.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE FINAL DESIGN.
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
AND PLEASE, I KNOW STAFF WILL KEEP US, UM, INFORMED ABOUT THE DEDICATION, BUT DON'T BE A STRANGER.
AND KEEP US POSTED ON THE PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT.
UM, BEFORE I GO, I DO HAVE AN ELEVATE PROJECT.
IT WAS NOT MENTIONED, I HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO POST IT BASED ON THE DESIGN FLYER.
ANYWAYS, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU GUYS ALL TO THE VIP EVENING.
UM, I'LL TRY TO SHARE THE DATES, ET CETERA.
WITH, UH, HI MAN LINDSAY, MAYBE THEY CAN SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE, BUT IT WILL BE ON MAY 9TH AT 6:00 PM AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM THE CITY AND THE ARTS COUNCIL.
SEND IT, GET, GET OUR LIAISON'S INFORMATION
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AND THEN WE WILL LET, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT A COR OR IF THERE IS, WE'LL FOLLOW THE PROPER PROTOCOL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ALL BE THERE IN ATTENDANCE.SHARON WILL REMIND US WHAT THEY ARE.
I MEAN, DO WE NEED ONE? WE CAN JUST ADD IT TO THE LIST NOW.
[8. Appoint new representative to the Downtown Commission. ]
APPOINT A NEW REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.WHO WANTS TO GO HANG OUT DOWNTOWN? FELIPE'S EXCUSE BECAUSE HE DID IT ALREADY.
UNLESS YOU WANNA GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN.
UM, WE'RE ALSO MISSING A GOOD NUMBER OF OUR COMMISSIONERS TONIGHT.
SO WE, THIS MIGHT BE ONE THAT WE WANNA FLOAT I AROUND VIA EMAIL AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF ENTHUSIASTIC VOLUNTEERS.
AND TO SEE IF ANYBODY MAY WANNA TAKE THAT UP.
UM, DO WE HAVE A DEADLINE FOR THIS APPOINTMENT? OH, WE HAVE A QUESTION.
CAN WE CONFIRM THAT THE, THE, IS THE ROLE TO ATTEND THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION MEETINGS, BRING BACK THE INFORMATION, AND THEN IS THERE AN OPER, LIKE WHAT IS THE OTHER, THE OTHER SIDE OF IT LOOK LIKE? SO HOW DOES THE ARTS COMMISSIONER WHO SERVES IN THIS ROLE, LIKE INTERFACE WITH THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, IF AT ALL? IS IT REALLY JUST WE'RE A NON-VOTING MEMBER.
UM, BUT I THINK WE'RE THERE TO ADVISE.
YEAH, BASICALLY, UH, ANYTHING THAT COMES BEFORE THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, UH, WE USUALLY REPORT BACK OVER HERE IF IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEM.
AND THEN VICE VERSA, YOU'LL, UH, REPORT ANY STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING THAT MIGHT AFFECT THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.
AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T GET A VOTE, BUT WE DO GET TO VOICE OUR OPINION AND WE CAN INVITE GUESTS OR WHATEVER ELSE YOU WANT TO DO.
AND WHOEVER TAKES IT UP HAS TO CHAMPION AMY'S DILLO.
THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE, THE PARTING WISH OF COMMISSIONER MON.
I DO NOT HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO DO IT, BUT JUST FOR THE DILLO I WOULD, BUT I JUST DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH.
DO WE HAVE A DEADLINE? THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
IS THERE A DEADLINE TO A POINT? I THINK WE PUNT TO NEXT MONTH WHEN WE'VE GOT A FULLER COMMISSION.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME FLEX TIME THERE.
LET'S, IF WE CAN, LET'S MAKE A NOTE TO PUSH THIS TO MAY, RIGHT? IS THAT WHERE WE WERE IN APRIL? YES.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE THAT TO NEXT MONTH.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME TAKERS.
[9. Conduct officer elections for the Chair and Vice Chair. ]
CONDUCT OFFICER ELECTIONS FOR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE, Y'ALL,
UM, DOES ANYBODY WANNA NOMINATE ANY OF OUR WONDERFUL CANDIDATES? COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
I'LL NOMINATE GINA HOUSTON TO SERVE AS CHAIR OF THE ARTS COMMISSION.
AND, UM, ON BEHALF OF OUR WONDERFUL COMMISSIONER GRAY, WHO IS NOT HERE, I KNOW THAT THEY HAD PUT THEIR NAME IN THE HAT FOR VICE CHAIR AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND I NOMINATE AA GRAY FOR, TO SERVE AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE ARTS COMMISSION.
I SECOND AND WE HAVE COMMISSIONER MELA HAS SECOND IT ALL IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER HOUSTON AS NEW CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER GRAY AS VICE CHAIR.
COMMISSIONER HOUSTON, I'M VERY EXCITED FOR YOU AND COMMISSIONER GRAY.
VERY EXCITED, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THAT'S HAPPENING WITH ACNE.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO CHANGE, CHANGE LEADERSHIP.
OKAY, YOU GUYS, WE ARE JUST CRUISING WORKING GROUP UPDATES,
[10. Update from joint Arts/Music Commission Working Group on Urban Core Issues with Commissioners Gray, and Schmalbach (chair). ]
UH, FROM THE JOINT ART AND MUSIC COMMISSION WORKING GROUP ON URBAN COURT ISSUES WITH COMMISSIONER GRAY AND MACH CHAIR, COMMISSIONER MACH.IS THERE AN UPDATE FOR THIS WORKING GROUP? YEAH, I MEAN, JUST QUICK UPDATE.
WE MET, UH, WHAT MONTH IS IT IN APRIL? UM, WE'VE BEEN MEETING REGULARLY, AGAIN, THE LAST MEETING WE WERE DISCUSSING WITH, UM, SOME STAFF FROM DISTRICT FIVE, THE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR GETTING CULTURAL ARTS PROJECTS, UM, INCLUDED IN THE 2026 BOND PACKAGE.
SO WE'RE STARTING THAT PROCESS NOW AS LIKE UNDERSTANDING, UM, WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND GETTING GUIDANCE.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL HOPEFULLY HAVE MORE DETAIL TO BRING BACK TO, TO SPREAD THE WORD ON HOW WE CAN ALL, UM, GET INVOLVED AND, AND ADVOCATE FOR MAKING SURE THAT, UM, OUR CONSTITUENCIES ARE INCLUDED IN, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT BOND PACKAGE.
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UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER SCHACH ON THAT UPDATE? GREAT.[11. Update from the Community Feedback on most recent release of the Cultural Funding Programs Working Group with Commissioner’s Schmalbach, Kracheni, Houston, Keys, and Anderson (Chair) ]
GROUP UPDATE FROM THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON THE MOST RECENT RELEASE OF THE CULTURAL FUNDING PROGRAMS WORKING GROUP WITH COMMISSIONER SCH SMALL BUTCH CHE HOUSTON KEYS AND ANDERSON CHAIR.COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, WHAT'S GOING ON?
UH, COMMISSIONER CINI IS ACTUALLY NOT ON THE WORKING GROUP, UM, THIS ROUND.
SHE WAS ON THE LAST ONE AND SHE IS NOT ON THIS ONE.
UM, DO WE HAVE THAT NOTED STAFF, UH, COMMISSIONER CINI SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE WORKING GROUP.
UM, SO WE'VE HAD TWO SPIRITED MEETINGS AND WE HAD PLANNED THREE MORE, BUT WE ARE GONNA PIVOT AND HANG OUT WITH CANDACE AND SO I'M THRILLED ABOUT THAT, UM, THAT, UH, THIS WORK CAN BE APPLIED MORE DIRECTLY AND, AND THAT WE CAN BE OF GOOD USE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE OF AN UPDATE THAN THAT BECAUSE WE WERE KIND OF, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A SKELETON YET, SO WE DIDN'T WANNA REVEAL ANYTHING THIS MONTH AND WE WERE SET TO PRESENT NEXT MONTH.
UM, BUT WE WILL NOT PRESENT NEXT MONTH.
WE WILL HANG OUT WITH CANDACE INSTEAD.
UM, ONE THING I DID WANT TO CLARIFY, JESUS, IF I COULD, WE, A QUESTION CAME UP DURING ONE OF OUR, UM, MEETINGS ABOUT FINAL REVIEWS, UH, FINAL REPORTS RATHER.
AND PEOPLE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TIME PERIOD IS FROM THE TIME THE REPORT IS TURNED IN UNTIL THE, I GUESS THE RESPONSE HAPPENS.
AND I GUESS THE RESPONSE TYPICALLY IS YOU GET THE OTHER 10%, RIGHT? SO THEY WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE IS A, A GOAL FOR THAT LAPSE OF TIME, AND IF SO, WHAT THAT IS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT QUESTION, WHO'S DOING THE REVIEW OF THE FINAL REPORTS AND DO THEY, UH, ARE THEY ALL REVIEWED? ARE THEY OCCASION, ARE THEY RANDOMLY CHOSEN, LIKE THE TSA LINE TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE PAT DOWN OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SURE.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE A LOT OF INFORMATION I THINK BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING FOR, UH, KIND OF A, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE FINAL REPORTS ALL BEING REVIEWED, YES, ALL ARE REVIEWED.
SO I'LL START WITH THAT PART FIRST.
SO ALL THE REVIEWED, WE DO A FULL, WHAT WE CALL A 100% REVIEW OR A FULL, UM, A FULL REVIEW ON ABOUT 10% OF OUR FINAL REPORTS.
AND SO, UM, WE USUALLY PICK THOSE OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
WE GO AND, UH, WE LET THE, UH, UM, AND IT'S, UH, IT'S RANDOM.
THERE'S, UM, UM, CERTAIN CRITERIA, AND I'M GOING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT LIKE, UM, IF THEY'RE A NEW STAFF MEMBER, IF THEY HAVE A NEW STAFF MEMBER, IF THEY'RE A NEW, UH, FUNDING RECIPIENT, UM, IF THEY'VE HAD, UM, EITHER PROBLEMS WITH THEIR FINAL REPORTS IN THE PAST OR WITH THEIR APPLICATIONS IN THE PAST, AND THEN JUST KIND OF RANDOM.
SO THOSE ARE THE FOUR KIND OF HOW WE PICK WHO WE'RE GONNA DO A FULL, UH, REVIEW OF A FINAL REPORT.
AND SO WITH A FULL FINAL REPORT, LIKE WE LOOK AT THE, UM, DOCUMENTA AT THE, UM, AT THE BUDGET, AND WE MAKE SURE, INSTEAD OF JUST A SPOT CHECK TO SEE LIKE, OH, DO THE DATES LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GOOD? WE LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE LINE ITEM THAT'S ON THERE, ADD 'EM UP, MAKE SURE ALL THE DATES ARE IN THERE.
AND WE ONLY DO THAT WITH 10% WITH THE REST.
WE STILL REVIEW 'EM, BUT IT'S MORE OF A SPOT CHECK.
WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE, OKAY, DID THEY, UM, FILL OUT THE FINAL REPORT? DOES IT HAVE THE BUDGET INFORMATION IN THERE? YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE KIND OF, UH, LOOKING, UM, AT ALL OF THAT.
WE KIND OF REVIEW ALL OF THEM FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE AND THEN WE LOOK AT MORE DETAIL.
UM, LIKE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS, DID YOU DO THIS? EXPLAIN WHY OR WHY NOT? UM, AND SO, UM, WITH THE SPOT CHECK, IT'S JUST KIND OF, OKAY, THEY'VE GOT A, A RESPONSE THERE WITH A FULL REVIEW.
WE GO INTO MORE DETAIL, UH, TO MAKE SURE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO STAFF HAS AN INTERNAL TIMELINE, UM, CULTURAL FUNDING STAFF, UH, TO REVIEW ALL FINAL REPORTS WITHIN, UH, FIVE BUSINESS DAYS.
UM, AND SO THAT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE GO BACK TO THE, UH, UH, PERSON WHO TURNS IT IN AND TELL, TELL THEM EITHER IT LOOKS GOOD OR WE ASK THEM IF THERE'S ANY, ANYTHING THAT WAS MISSING OR IF, UH, WE NEED ANYTHING.
UH, THE LONG CENTER, THEY DO, UM, UM, THEY RUN, UH, PAYMENTS EVERY TWO WEEKS.
WHAT WE USUALLY TELL PEOPLE WHEN WE FINISH REVIEWING THE FINAL REPORTS IS TO EXPECT, UH, THEIR FINAL, UH, 10% PAYMENT, UM, WITHIN, SOMETIMES WE'LL SAY, UH, WITHIN 30 DAYS, SOMETIMES WE'LL SAY WITHIN ONE TO THREE WEEKS.
THE LONG CENTER, UH, RUNS IT EVERY TWO WEEKS.
SO IF WE GET IT LIKE ON THE THIRD WEEK, IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, TECHNICALLY AS, AS LONG AS THREE WEEKS.
SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE TIMEFRAME.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS ALL YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER OTHERS IF THERE'S SOME MORE DETAILS YOU NEED.
COMMISSIONER HOUSTON, UM, IF, IF, WHAT WOULD BE A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE IT WOULD BE LONGER THAN THREE
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WEEKS FOR THE, FOR THE PAYMENT, RIGHT.UM, BECAUSE I'M, I'M, I'M HEARING RUMORS THAT PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN LONGER THAN THREE WEEKS.
THE FINAL PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN GETTING OUT LIT LONGER THAN THREE WEEKS, TAKING 'EM TO GET OUT.
I MEAN, THE THREE WEEKS, ONCE WE TELL THEM THAT, UM, WE HAVE FINISHED REVIEWING IT, UH, THAT SHOULD BE THE CASE.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT, IT SHOULD HAPPEN WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, TWO, TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
UM, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING WHERE THERE'S SOMETHING INCORRECT, UH, WITH THE FINAL REPORT OR THAT NEEDS CORRECTION, THAT WOULD BE A PLACE WHERE, UM, IT COULD TAKE LONGER, UH, THAN THREE WEEKS.
I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TO DO, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S MONTHLY.
I DON'T MANAGE THE CONTRACT WITH THE LONG CENTER, BUT YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TO SEND, UM, PAYMENTS OVER, UM, FROM, YOU KNOW, THE LONG CENTER HAS TO INVOICE US, BASICALLY.
UM, AND WE HAVE TO SEND THEM OVER.
SO IF THERE'S SOME MIX UP IN ANY OF THE FUNDS, THAT COULD ALSO, UM, POTENTIALLY, UH, DELAY, UH, PAYMENTS LONGER THAN THAT, UH, TWO TO THREE WEEKS WITH THE LONG CENTRAL RUNNING PAYMENTS, UM, EVERY, EVERY TWO WEEKS.
SO IT COULD BE SOMETHING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THERE WOULD BE, FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S GOING TO WORK, BUT THERE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT COULD LEAD IT TO BE, UM, A LONGER TIMEFRAME FOR THOSE PAYMENTS TO GET OUT.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY SOMETHING YOU JUST SAID THE, THE LONG CENTER DISTRIBUTES THE MONEY, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, THEY HAVE TO INVOICE THE CITY FOR THE MONEY AFTER, CORRECT.
SO WHAT WE DID AT FIRST IS WE GAVE THEM THE MONEY ALL UP, UM, UPFRONT.
UM, BUT BECAUSE THEY CAN COLLECT INTEREST ON THAT, AND I KNOW ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS.
SO
SO INSTEAD WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DO A FORECAST.
THESE ARE THE FINAL REPORTS THAT WE'RE EXPECTING, UH, TO RECEIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THIS MONTH OR WITHIN THIS, UH, TIME PERIOD.
UM, WE LET THE LONG CENTER KNOW THAT, THEN THEY INVOICE US FOR THE AMOUNT, AND THEN WE SEND THE PAYMENTS OVER TO THEM.
UM, SO THAT WAY THEY CAN, UH, COVER THE FINAL 10%, UH, PAYMENT FOR WHICHEVER FINAL REPORTS ARE, UH, COMPLETED THAT MONTH.
BUT CAD STAFF, DOES THE REVIEW OF THE FINAL REPORT APPROVES THE FINAL REPORT? LETS THE LONG CENTER KNOW THAT THE FINAL REPORT HAS BEEN REAPPROVED, THEN THE LONG CENTER INVOICES THE CITY TO GET THE MONEY TO PAY OUT THE LAST 10%? NO, THEY, UM, I THINK THEY GET AN INVOICE LIKE AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MONTH.
SO ONCE IT'S THERE, UM, IT SHOULD BE, ONCE WE LET THE, UH, LONG CENTER KNOW THAT THE FINAL REPORT HAS BEEN REVIEWED, THEN WHENEVER THEY MAKE THEIR NEXT PAYMENT RUN, IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT NEXT PAYMENT RUN IS THE WAY IT SHOULD WORK IDEALLY.
SO THE, THE INVOICING AND ALL THAT, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ALMOST ON, ON THE BACK END.
SO IT'S JUST LIKE AT THE, THE BEGINNING OF EACH MONTH, WE, UH, MAKE A PREDICTION OR YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WE THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS MANY ACCORDING TO, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION THEY FILLED OUT IN THEIR APPLICATION.
WE HAVE THIS MANY FINAL ACTIVITIES IN THIS MONTH, SO WE EXPECT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS MANY FINAL REPORTS THAT ARE DUE.
AND SO THAT'S WHEN THEY, UM, INVOICE US LIKE NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH OR THE BEGINNING OF THE QUARTER.
SO THEY'VE GOT THE MONEY FOR THE SHORT TIME PERIOD THAT THEY NEED.
SO WE'RE NOT WAITING, UM, FOR THE LONG SENDER TO SEND AN INVOICE TO US ONCE WE REVIEW A, B, C ORGANIZATION'S FINAL REPORT.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE THEN INVOICING THE LONG CENTER TO PAY THE 10% FOR ABC ORG.
AND SO IT'S JUST READY TO GO ONCE THE FINAL REPORT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
SO YOU SEND A LIST, A LIST OUT AND SAY, X, Y, Z ORGANIZATIONS ARE GOING TO SUBMIT, ARE SUPPOSED TO SUBMIT THEIR FINAL REPORTS, THE LONG CENTER SENDS AN INVOICE FOR X, Y, Z, THAT YOU APPROVE THE FINAL REPORTS AND THEN PAY THE INVOICE? UM, NOT EXACTLY, BUT CLOSE ENOUGH, YES.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE WHERE THE TRIGGER IS FOR THE, THE FINAL REPORT IS APPROVED IS IS SUFFICIENT AND APPROVED CORRECT.
TO THEN THE LONG CENTER KNOWS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PAYING SOMEONE.
BUT I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT, WHAT DOES THAT TRIGGER? WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM? SO IS IT THAT CAD JUST PAYS THE INVOICE THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH? CORRECT, YES.
AND IF FOR SOME REASON ONE OF THE REPORTS IS NOT OKAY, YOU JUST PULL THAT INVOICE OUT AND DON'T PAY THAT ONE.
UM, NOT EXACTLY, BUT I MEAN, CLOSE ENOUGH, YES.
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IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FUNDING TO COVER WHATEVER, UH, FINAL REPORTS ARE WE, WE KIND OF BREAK IT.NO, I DON'T, I DON'T MEAN FUNDING.
I MEAN, IF FOR SOME REASON AN ORGANIZATION OR ENTITY DEFAULTS ON THE FINAL REPORT, IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT.
SO THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THAT LAST 10%.
YOU JUST PULL THAT OUT AND DON'T PAY ALONG CENTER, SEE WHAT PAY THEM? NO, I MEAN, WE, WE WILL STILL, WE WILL WORK WITH THAT CONTRACTOR TO MAKE THEIR FINAL REPORT WHOLE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY THEM IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
SO, AND, AND IT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT THE REASON WHY SOMEONE'S MAYBE GETTING A DELAY IN FUNDING.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, IF THERE WAS NOT THE, A CORRECT AMOUNT OF MONEY, UH, FORECAST THAT WE NEEDED FOR THAT MONTH, OR IF JUST AN INVOICE HADN'T GONE THROUGH, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT THE APPLICANT TURNED, UH, COMPLETED THEIR FINAL REPORT CORRECTLY OR NOT.
IT'S JUST, UM, DID THE FUNDS GO THROUGH FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM FOR THAT PARTICULAR BUCKET OF MONEY? UM, SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIVE MUSIC FUND HAS ITS OWN NEXUS HAS ITS OWN, THRIVE HAS ITS OWN, SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND DIFFERENT, UM, INVOICES OF MONEY.
UM, AND SO, UM, IT'S NOT DEPENDENT ON WHETHER THE CONTRACTOR TURNED IN THEIR FINAL REPORT CORRECTLY OR NOT.
IT'S JUST IF WE HAVE THE BUCKET OF MONEY THAT WE NEED FOR THAT MONTH.
THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO IT RIGHT NOW.
NOT TO BE DELAY WITH THIS, BUT I'M, SO I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU BASICALLY SEND AN ESTIMATE EVERY MONTH TO LONG CENTER, IS THAT CORRECT? BASED ON THE EXPECTED NUMBER OF COMPLETED REPORTS.
THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT I DON'T MANAGE THAT, SO I'M NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH THE DETAILS.
BUT I COULD HAVE A FLAWED UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.
SO I DON'T, I'M, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO TOO MUCH DETAILS BECAUSE YEAH, YEAH.
THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH.
YEAH, THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD IS THAT THERE IS AN ESTIMATE ESTIMATED AMOUNT THAT GOES IN AND ONCE THE, THE, THE FINAL REPORTS ARE DEEMED COMPLETE, THOSE FOLKS WILL GET PAID ESSENTIALLY.
AND IF THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AS IF SOMEBODY'S REPORT IS NOT COMPLETE, THEN STAFF WORKS WITH THEM TO GET IT TO A COMPLETE STATUS.
BUT THEY MIGHT MISS THIS CYCLE AND THEY MIGHT CATCH THE NEXT CYCLE.
I MEAN, THEY SHOULD, THEY SHOULD HAVE THE FUNDING IN THERE.
SO IT, UM, BUT YEAH, THEY MAY, THEY MAY, THEY MAY, THEY MAY MISS THE, THE EVERY TWO WEEKS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN BY CYCLE? YES.
SO CATCH THE NEXT ONE WHEN IT'S COMPLETE, ESSENTIALLY.
WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TRIGGER, THE, THE ONLY THING I HAD WAS LIKE, SO IT STAFF THAT INFORMS LONG CENTER THAT THEIR FINAL REPORT IS COMPLETE.
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CONFIRM STAFF.
IT'S, ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT FINAL REPORTS, LONG CENTER STAFF, OUR THIRD PARTY DOES NOT ADMINISTER FINAL REPORT REVIEW.
IS THAT CORRECT? THEY DO NOT FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING PROGRAMS. THAT IS CORRECT.
I DO NOT KNOW HOW THEY DO THAT WITH THE OTHER PROGRAMS. GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JESUS? OKAY, YOU'RE FREE.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE WORKING GROUP.
IS THERE A PUBLISHED LIST OF THE MEMBERS RIGHT HERE? OH, ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE WONDROUS I OH, AND PICTURES.
I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA HAND IT TO CANDACE, SO, UM, AMAZING.
I, I ONLY ASK, UH, FOR CLARIFICATION BECAUSE ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS FROM THE PREVIOUS ITERATION OF THE WORKING GROUP IS THAT IT WAS VERY HEAVY IN PERFORMANCE ARTS AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NICE, DOING A NICE CLEAN DISTRIBUTION.
ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE PIVOTING AND IT'S GONNA BE EVEN MORE DIVERSE AND DISTRIBUTED.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE WORKING GROUP? COMMISSIONER SCHWABA? YEAH, SORRY, I JUST STILL FEEL CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS WORK WITH THIS WORKING GROUP.
UM, ARE WE STILL CONVENING THIS WORKING GROUP AND INVITING STAFF, SENIOR LEADERSHIP FROM ACME TO JOIN THE WORKING GROUP? I'M JUST, I FEEL A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT PAUSING A PROCESS THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN REITERATED HOW FAST OF A TURNAROUND IT IS TO GET THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU KNOW, IN, IN PLACE.
SO THE NEXT STEP IS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN CANDACE AND I WILL HAVE COFFEE PROBABLY IN 24 HOURS AND DETERMINE WHAT TO DO.
BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT THE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS WHO HAVE ALREADY INVESTED TIME, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE AND WE'LL BE, UH, BROUGHT INTO THAT PROCESS.
MAYBE WE CAN EVEN KEEP OUR FRIDAY AT NOON 'CAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY SET THEIR TIME ASIDE FOR THAT.
SLIGHTLY REINVENTED, BUT EVEN BETTER.
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OKAY.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE WORKING GROUP UPDATE SPLENDOR? OKAY.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ]
AGENDA ITEMS? I HAVE ONE.DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHERS THAT THEY WOULD WANNA ADD? COMMISSIONER HOUSTON, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE MANAGER OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE LONG CENTER SO THAT WE CAN GET A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY WHAT THAT CONTRACT IS AND WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS ARE.
DO WE HAVE STAFF, DO WE KNOW, OR, OR COULD YOU TELL US WHO ON STAFF MANAGES THE CONTRACT WITH THE LONG CENTER LONG CENTER? SURE.
THE, UH, STAFF MEMBER WHO MANAGES THE, UH, THE CITY STAFF MEMBER WHO MANAGES THE LONG CENTER CONTRACT IS ERICA SHAMALI IN THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION.
UH, SHE'S THE MANAGER FOR THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION.
AND SO THE LONG CENTER, UH, DOES, UH, BACKEND OFFICE STUFF FOR MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION, UH, FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION AND ALSO FOR THE HERITAGE TOURISM DIVISION, WHICH WAS PART OF EDD WENT TO PARD AND IS NOW PART OF ACME AGAIN.
SO, UM, THE BAND IS BACK TOGETHER
SO COULD WE INVITE THEM TO TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CONTRACT? I DON'T KNOW THAT IT, WE NEED LONG CENTER STAFF HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE YEAH.
SORT OF, YOU KNOW, ADMIN FACILITATORS, WHOEVER AND FOLLOWING THE CONTRACT.
THEY'RE JUST FOLLOW, FOLLOWING THE CONTRACT, SO.
ANYONE ELSE? FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? UH, COMMISSIONER SCHACH, UM, REINTRODUCING THAT, IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE APPROPRIATE PERSON FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER WHO'S DOING THE PROJECTIONS ON CONVENTION CENTER CLOSURE IMPACTS ON HOT SOON.
IS THAT IN PROCESS? I KNOW WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT LAST MONTH, GETTING SOMEBODY FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE CLOSURE AND WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO TO MITIGATE THE LOSS OF BUSINESS AND THEREFORE THE LOSS REVENUE IN HOT, UM, HAVE IT IN THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEM LAST MONTH.
SO I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ON THAT, BUT I'LL ADD IT THIS TIME.
YEAH, IF WE CAN JUST, I KNOW IT CAN TAKE SOME TIME, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THAT'S HAPPENING ON THAT END, BUT JUST INITIATING THAT AND TRYING TO GET THEM IN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE? FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE I TAKE IT AWAY? UM, I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM ARTISTS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE HAD A IPP CONTRACTS CANCELED OR POSTPONED INDEFINITELY.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS ISSUE HAS, UM, COME TO OUR ATTENTION AND I THINK IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN COMMUNICATED VIA OUR A IPP LIAISON TO THIS BODY.
AND SO I THINK AN UPDATE ON THOSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN CANCELED POSTPONED INDEFINITELY.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO JUMP YOU, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU JUMP UP NOW, BUT I THINK UNDERSTANDING HOW MANY OF THE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO THIS, UM, THE, THE MAIN ISSUE THAT I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO FIND A WORKAROUND FOR IS THAT ARTISTS UNDER CONTRACT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR ANYTHING.
AND TO GET TWO, THREE YEARS DELAYED INTO A PROJECT THAT THEN DOESN'T COME TO FRUITION, UM, IS PRETTY FRUSTRATING TO HEAR ABOUT.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE AS THE ARTIST WHAT THAT EXPERIENCE IS LIKE.
AND SO IT'S, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HEAR ABOUT IT AND MAYBE WE'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.
CONTRACTS HAVE NOT BEEN CANCELED.
UM, BUT THE, THE, THE POINT THAT YOU MADE ABOUT ARTISTS NOT BEING ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR OTHER, UM, PROJECTS WHILE THEY'RE UNDER CONTRACT, IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE INCLUDING IN OUR ASSESSMENT, UM, THAT CAME FROM THE, THE MARCH 6TH RESOLUTION FROM CONSUL.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY AN ITEM THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING.
I THINK THAT, I THINK FOR ME, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT IS AN ISSUE AND WE TRY AND FIND A SOLUTION WHETHER WE NEED AN ITEMIZED LIST OF ALL THE DELAYS AND THE RE YOU KNOW, IT'S CONSTRUCTION.
WE KNOW THAT THINGS HAPPEN THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL.
YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT NOT CHAIN OF COMMAND, SUPPLY CHAIN DEMAND.
UM, AND JUST THAT THERE'S OPEN COMMUNICATION HAPPENING WITH THE ARTIST.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S HARD TO READ THOSE EMAILS FROM ABSOLUTELY.
FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE LIKE, I'VE SENT THIS INTO PRODUCTION AND THIS IS MONEY OUT OF POCKET AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA GET PAID.
UM, SO MAYBE JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THAT WITH THE HANDFUL.
I KNOW I CAN NAME A FEW ARTISTS THAT HAVE UNDERGONE THAT EXPERIENCE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE WERE PLANNING ON PROVIDING, UM, A QUICK UPDATE IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT WE WOULD BE, UH,
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UNDER THAT WOULD BE UNDERWAY.THIS AT OUR, AT YOUR NEXT MAY, AT YOUR ME AT YOUR MAIN MEETING.
UM, BUT I WILL MAKE A POINT TO SEPARATE POINT TO DISCUSS THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE DELAYED.
THAT'S ALL, THAT'S MY ONLY REQUEST.
WE CAN JUST STAY AND HANG OUT IF YOU WANT TO.
UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
OH, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? SO HOW DOES, HOW DOES, HOW DOES THIS TRANSFER
YOU JUST, UM, YOU'RE, I CAN GET WITH YOU AND TALK ABOUT THE, LIKE A MINI CHECKLIST OF THINGS THAT YOU'LL NEED TO BE AWARE OF.
YOU HAVE TO WEAR CROWN AND A SASH
UM, YOU HAVE TO BE HERE 30 MINUTES EARLY.
NO, IT'S VERY, IT'S VERY EASY.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING IT ALREADY, GINA.