Aug 04, 2025 Music

QUESTIONS, UH, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS.

SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE'VE GOT THREE COLUMNS HERE REPRESENTING THE, ALL THE FISCAL YEARS SO FAR THAT WE'VE HAD LIVE MUSIC FUND SINCE 2023.

UM, JUST SO YOU CAN COMPARE 'EM.

AND THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN IS 2025.

THAT'S THE FISCAL YEAR WE'RE IN NOW.

AND, UM, THE LATEST REPORT IS FOR JUNE OF 2025, AND THAT WAS 16,000 4 85 OF COLLECTIONS.

UM, THAT BRINGS US TO A YEAR TO DATE TOTAL OF 3,000,230 3024, AND I BELIEVE SOMEBODY REQUESTED THAT I GIVE A PERCENT CHANGE IN THE YEAR TO DATE TOTAL.

SO YOU CAN SEE IT AT THE FAR RIGHT UP THERE UNDER THE TITLE OF THIS SLIDE, WHERE IT SAYS PERCENT CHAINS IN YEAR TO DATE TOTAL.

SO IT'S ABOUT DOWN BY ABOUT A HALF PERCENT.

UM, UM, SO YOU CAN SEE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR IN COLLECTIONS.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? THANK YOU, KIM.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

ON STAFF BRIEFINGS IS FY 23 AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND, FINAL REPORTS, BRIEFING BY CHALEY DIVISION MANAGER, UH, ACME MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.

NEXT, UH, ITEM

[3. FY23 Austin Live Music Fund final reports briefing by Erica Shamaly, Division Manager, Music & Entertainment Division.]

BEEN DOING, AND I'LL BRING YOU UP HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR HER, IS CALLING PEOPLE, TEXTING PEOPLE, CALLING PEOPLE BACK, EMAILING PEOPLE, AND LITERALLY SITTING ON THE PHONE SOMETIMES FOR QUITE SOME TIME, UM, EXPLAINING AND WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THE REPORTING DONE.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

ERICA SHAMLEY, MUSIC AND THE ENTERTAINMENT, UH, DIVISION MANAGER FOR THE ARTS CULTURE, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT, ABOUT TO BE OUR NEW DEPARTMENT.

AND, UH, SO THIS IS BASICALLY AN UPDATE OF THE EXACT SAME SLIDE PRESENTATION I PRESENTED LAST MONTH.

UM, WE'LL GO QUICKLY THROUGH THESE SLIDES BECAUSE THEY'RE THE SAME THING UNTIL THE SLIDE THAT WITH THE UPDATE.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST WHAT, WHERE WE WERE AT AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 23 WITH THE AWARDEES 367 AWARDEES WITH, UH, GRANT AGREEMENTS EXECUTED IN OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER, 2023, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF 12 MONTH TERM OF EXTENSIONS OF THE 12 MONTH TERMS. NEXT SLIDE.

THESE WERE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE WENT INTO, UH, GREAT DETAIL AT THE LAST MEETING.

AND, UM, WITH MOST SPECIFICALLY, THE ISSUES AROUND, UM, OUR AWARDEES HAVING ISSUES WAS THE CHANGE FROM THE, UH, IN-HOUSE PORTAL THAT WAS CREATED IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO HAVING TO SWITCH OVER TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF FORMS AND SPREADSHEETS SINCE THE PORTAL STOPPED WORKING.

AND SO THAT TOOK TIME WAS CONFUSING.

AND AS KIM WILL TELL YOU IN THE SLIDE FOUR, UM, PRESENTATION, UM, THE CONVERSATIONS SHE'S STILL HAVING WITH PEOPLE AND HOW DIFFICULT THAT WAS.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT'S BEEN UPDATED.

UH, THE FIRST TWO, UH, BULLETS ARE THE SAME FOUR AWARDEES FORFEITED BEFORE RECEIVING ANY FUNDS.

ONE AWARDEE DID THE INTERIM REPORT IN VOICING THE FIRST PAYMENT, BUT PAID BACK THE SECOND PAYMENT AND DID NOT RECEIVE THE THIRD PAYMENT.

AND AS TODAY, THE NUMBER WAS 56 LAST MONTH, AND NOW IT'S 41 REMAINING NON-COMPLIANT AWARDEES.

SO THAT MEANS, OF THAT 41 20 SUBMITTED AN INTERIM REPORT, EVIDENCING THE FIRST PAYMENT, BUT INCOMPLETE OR NO FINAL REPORT AND 21 SUBMITTED AN INCOMPLETE OR NO INTERIM REPORT.

AND SO WHAT KIM HAS

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AND SO, KIM, I WANT YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, UH, AND IT'S, AND IT'S A GREAT LESSON LEARNER AND, AND THINGS THAT I THINK WE'VE ALREADY FIXED.

UH, SURE, SURE.

KIM MACARON, PROGRAM MANAGER, AGAIN, UH, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION.

AND I AM, UM, UH, THE ONE WHO IS MANAGING THE REVIEW OF THE REPORTS FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE INTERIM REPORTS IN THE FINAL REPORTS.

AND I GAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PRESENTATION AT OUR LAST MEETING TO KIND OF DESCRIBE SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WE'VE HAD.

BUT I'LL SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST WHAT I NOTICE, UM, ARE, I THINK I HAD SAID BEFORE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF, UH, TIMES WHERE SOME OF OUR AWARDEES HAVE BIG LIFE CHALLENGES AND A LOT OF US FACE LIFE CHALLENGES.

BUT I HAVE NOTICED THAT OFTEN WITH PEOPLE I TALK TO WHO ARE FACING LIFE CHALLENGES THAT DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY THE SUPPORT NETWORK THAT THEY NEED TO GET TO THE NEXT STEP AND KEEP THEIR GRANT GOING.

AND SO THE GRANT KIND OF GOES TO THE SIDELINE FOR A BIT.

UM, I'VE ALSO NOTICED THAT, UM, ONE OF THE BIG, BIG ISSUES, AS ERICA HAD ALREADY POINTED OUT, WAS OUR SYSTEM WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH WHEN WE CHANGED OVER FROM THE PORTAL TO, UM, A COLLECTION OF SPREADSHEETS, GOOGLE FORM REPORTS, SNAPSHOTS OF PICTURES THAT ALL HAVE TO BE EMAILED TO ME INSTEAD OF UPLOADED TO THE SAME SYSTEM THAT THEY WOULD'VE APPLIED ON.

SO THAT WAS CHANGED, AND THAT CAUSED CONFUSION.

AND EVEN THOUGH A SERIES OF EMAILS WAS SENT WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS WITH HANDY LINKS THERE IN THE EMAIL, UM, SOME PEOPLE'S EMAIL HAS CHANGED AND THEY DIDN'T TELL US WHAT THE NEW EMAIL IS.

SOME OF THEIR PHONE NUMBERS ARE CHANGED.

THEY NEVER LET US KNOW THEY HAD A NEW PHONE NUMBER.

SO ARE THEY GETTING THESE MESSAGES? UM, AND FINALLY, UM, THERE IS A, UH, THERE IS OFTEN A LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH HOW TO USE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE USE ALL THE TIME AND MAYBE DON'T REALIZE THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON'T USE THEM ALL THE TIME.

LIKE EXCEL, FOR EXAMPLE.

AND OTHER PROGRAMS. THE BIGGEST ONE, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS KIND OF WALKING PEOPLE THROUGH THE STEPS OF, FIRST YOU NEED TO CLICK THE LINK, THEN YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE EXCEL FILE TO YOUR, TO YOUR INSTRUMENT, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR, TO YOUR LAPTOP OR YOUR DESKTOP.

UH, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU CAN TYPE IN IT AND THEN YOU CAN SAVE IT.

WHEN YOU SEND IT, IT'LL BE DOWNLOADED.

YOU ATTACH IT TO THE FILE TO SEND TO ME.

SO WALKING THROUGH PEOPLE, UH, THROUGH THE STEPS OF FILLING OUT A SPREADSHEET, THAT'S A BUDGET.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NEVER DONE A BUDGET BEFORE.

A LOT OF THE TERMS THAT ARE ON THERE, THEY'RE NOT SURE IF THEY, IF THEY APPLY TO THEM OR NOT.

SO WALKING PEOPLE THROUGH WHAT YOU NEED TO FILL OUT, WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO FILL OUT, THAT KIND OF THING.

UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S GONNA AUTOMATICALLY TOTAL AND THIS BOX HERE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO EQUAL THE AMOUNT OF YOUR AWARD.

UH, DON'T PUT IN MORE THAN YOUR AWARD IN THAT COLUMN, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE THIS, THIS IS JUST THIS, THIS COLUMN HERE IS SHOWING US WHAT YOU'VE SPENT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU SPENT IT ON.

'CAUSE WE HAVE TO CHECK FOR ALLOWABLE COST, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

SO THAT JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE KINDS OF TROUBLES THAT, THAT I'VE COME ACROSS.

SO THERE, THERE ARE, THOSE ARE THE THREE BIG ONES THAT I'VE, THAT I'VE NOTICED.

I THINK IT'S TWO MORE FINAL PAYMENTS, UH, PAID OUT, UH, FOR 36 FINAL PAYMENTS.

AND SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, WELL, HERE'S THE STEPS.

UM, I WON'T BELABOR THEM.

THIS IS PART OF OUR SOP OF HOW WE, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH OUR NONCOMPLIANT AWARDEES.

AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS FY 24.

SO WE CHANGED EVERYTHING AS YOU KNOW, FROM FY 23 TO 24.

WE ABANDONED THE IN-HOUSE APPLICATION SYSTEM.

WE WENT WITH A REPUTABLE, YOU KNOW, INDUSTRY STANDARD GRANT APPLICATION SOFTWARE.

VERY HAPPY TO DO IT.

EVERYTHING WAS DONE WITHIN THAT SYSTEM.

ALL INTERNAL AND VERY EASY TO USE.

UM, BECAUSE THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS BUILT ON UX OF GETTING AWARDEES THROUGH THESE PROCESSES.

AND WE ALSO HAD LESS AWARDEES, 'CAUSE WE HAD LARGER GRANTS, UM, THAT ALSO WOULD RUN LONGER FOR TWO YEARS UP TO TWO, YOU KNOW, 24 MONTHS INSTEAD OF 12 MONTHS.

SO THE LAST TWO BULLETS ON THIS SLIDE ARE DIFFERENT FROM LAST MONTH THAT WE'VE GOT THREE MORE SECOND PAYMENTS OUT NOW, 89, AND

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THAT MEANS WE HAVE A HUNDRED THAT ARE STILL SOMEWHERE IN THE PROCESS, BUT WE'RE ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE 24 MONTHS THAT THEY HAVE IN ORDER TO DO, TO DO THIS WORK.

AND JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE GOOD INTENTIONS OF CREATING SOMETHING AND THINKING, OH, THIS IS GONNA WORK.

AND REALIZING NOT EVERYBODY IS WHERE YOU'RE AT WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY, UH, WITH EVEN KNOWING WHAT A SPREAD SPREADSHEET IS OR HOW IT WORKS.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY ARE ADDRESSING THROUGH OUR BETTER SYSTEMS THROUGH SUBMITTABLE AND THROUGH BETTER LANGUAGE AND OUR GUIDELINES, OUR DIRECTIONS, OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TO BE SURE THAT WE DON'T TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE AREAS OF MOST CONCERN WERE SO THAT WE CAN NAIL THAT, YOU KNOW, NAIL IT DOWN, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD TO BE SURE IT'S AS CLEAR AND AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR ANYONE THAT APPLIES.

UM, I THINK THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE.

THANK YOU, ERICA.

MM-HMM.

AND KIM, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, PRICE.

THAT'S AWESOME.

CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING 15.

UM, SO YOU SAID 56, RIGHT? LAST MONTH AND THEN 14.

UM, BUT WANTED TO KNOW, IS THIS GONNA BE A REQUIREMENT, THIS EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT? I BELIEVE THAT'S ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, FURTHER EDUCATION AS FAR AS ONE OF THE CHECK BOXES AS YOU QUALIFY AS A, AS AN AWARDEE, OR YOU GET POINTS RATHER, EXCUSE ME, IS LEARNING THE SPREADSHEETS AND ALL THIS STUFF.

'CAUSE IT'S CREATIVES.

YOU'RE VERY, IT'S VERY TRUE.

RIGHT? YOU KNOW, I DEAL WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, MY ORGANIZATION WHERE I'M LIKE, IT'S AN EMAIL GUYS, YOU KNOW, BUT YEAH.

UM, UM, BUT THEY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW.

SO IS THAT GONNA BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE IMPLEMENT MOVING FORWARD THAT YOU HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE CHECK A BOX THAT YOU'VE GONE GOTTEN CERTIFIED ON SUBMITTABLE AND ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS? SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN? WELL, FOR THE SUBMITTABLE TOOL, WE HAVE LOTS OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH OUR THIRD PARTY PARTNER, THE LONG CENTER, AND THROUGH STAFF TO WALK PEOPLE THROUGH EVERY STEP OF SETTING UP A SUBMITTABLE PROFILE.

BUT IT'S PRETTY TURNKEY AND EASY.

AND EVEN TO GO IN THERE, IF YOU HAD A PROFILE LAST YEAR, HAVE THE THE TOOL, FIND IT FOR YOU SO YOU CAN UPDATE IT.

AND IT, WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE KNOWING WHAT A SPREADSHEET DOES OR ANY OF THAT IS NOT RELEVANT ANYMORE BECAUSE IT'S JUST AUTOMATIC, IT WILL ASK A QUESTION LIKE, HOW MUCH MONEY DID YOU SPEND ON THIS? AND THEN IT POPULATES IT INTO A FORM FOR THEM.

SO THE UX IS VERY DIFFERENT.

IT ASKS QUESTIONS.

IT, WE CAN SET IT UP IN ANY WAY THAT SEEMS THE MOST TO MAKE SENSE FOR MOST PEOPLE.

THAT IN THE BACKEND, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS A, A FORM, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS THAT DATA PUT INTO IT THE WAY WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT.

AND THE LAST QUESTION, UM, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY UPDATES ON, ON, AND I, AND I DON'T LIKE TO USE THE WORD, I'M NOT TRYING TO GO AND JUST, YOU KNOW, CAPTURE PEOPLE OR WHATNOT, YOU KNOW, CATCH PEOPLE IN THE ACT, BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IN ALL THE STEPS LISTED, ALL THESE STEPS ARE THINGS THAT WOULD TERMINATE THEIR INVOLVEMENT.

BUT AGAIN, IF THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I CAN GET BY WITH AT LEAST THE FIRST MONTH, YOU KNOW, IT'S PUBLIC NOW THAT THESE ARE THE CONSEQUENCES.

RATHER THAN GOING AFTER THEM AT THIS POINT.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IF THEY ARE IN VIOLATION? WELL, WE HAVE ANOTHER MONTH, I BELIEVE, UNTIL IT'S THE END OF AUGUST UNTIL THE VERY LAST DATE BEFORE ANYONE CAN PROVIDE US ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

AND THAT'S BASED ON THE, THE, THE EXTENSIONS OF THE CONTRACTS FOR EVERYBODY.

SO THAT'S THE DATE FOR EVERYONE, UH, TO GET ANYTHING IN THAT ISN'T IN YET AFTER THAT POINT.

UM, FROM WHAT OUR POLICY SAYS NOW, THEY ARE NON-COMPLIANT AND THEY WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY GRANTS IN THE FUTURE FOR CERTAIN.

AND I, I, IT'S FIVE YEARS, I BELIEVE AS LISTED IN THE GUIDELINES, BUT I NEED TO CHECK ON THAT.

AND WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED ABOUT OTHER PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES AND OTHER THINGS THAT OTHER CITY MONEY GOES TO THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE SURE THAT SOMEONE WHO'S NON-COMPLIANT, LIKE THAT ISN'T ELIGIBLE FOR ANY CITY FUNDS, INCLUDING PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, COMPENSATION OR GRANTS.

AND I THINK WE HAD DECIDED ON A FIVE YEAR TERM FOR THAT.

NOW, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S DECIDED BY THE CITY TO CLOG BACK THAT IS OVER MY PAY GRADE.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING TO DISCUSS, UH, AS AN EXECUTIVE TEAM AND WITH OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO SEE IS, IS THAT THE INTENT REALLY IS TO CLAW BACK WHEN, HONESTLY, SOME OF THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, THINGS WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER.

UM, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET EVERYBODY IN COMPLIANCE.

UM, BUT I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION, YOU KNOW, OF WHAT DOES THE CITY FEEL LIKE IT HAS TO DO AT THAT POINT, IF IT'S FLAGRANT YEAR OVER YEAR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE THING.

UM, THIS WAS A FIRST OF ITS KIND GRANT FOR PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER TAKEN GRANTS BEFORE.

AND WE LAUNCHED THEM ON A SYSTEM, FRANKLY, THAT WAS IMPERFECT.

AND SO I WOULD PREFER TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF GRACE AND A FIVE YEAR LIKE BAN FROM FUNDS

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THAT'S MY OPINION.

AND, UM, I'M SURE I, THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

UM, I, I AGREE WITH, UH, NOT HAVING ANY KIND OF SEVERE CONSEQUENCES OUT OF THIS.

THE FIRST ROUND OF GRANTS.

UM, APPRECIATE THE GRACE.

I THINK IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT'S RECEIVING GRANTS, UH, VERY NEWLY.

WE'VE JUST HAD TWO ROUNDS OF THIS.

SO, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UM, THE KIND OF EFFORT THAT'S BEING PUT INTO GET EVERYBODY COMPLIANT.

UM, I THINK IN THE FUTURE, HAVING SOME KIND OF A CONSEQUENCE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPLY OR GET A GRANT AGAIN, IF YOU ARE NOT COMPLIANT ON THE LAST ONE WOULD MAKE SENSE.

UH, I DON'T THINK THAT KIND OF REPERCUSSIONS OUT OF LIKE BEING NON-COMPLIANT ON A GRANT SHOULD EVEN CARRY TO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND WHATNOT.

UM, I THINK THAT'S TOO SEVERE.

UH, JUST 'CAUSE YOU DIDN'T, WELL, YOU COULD HAVE APPLIED FOR A GRANT THINKING THAT YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT AND MAYBE COULDN'T DELIVER.

UH, NOW TO LET THAT CASCADE AND, AND, AND NOT, YOU KNOW, IMPACT SOMEBODY'S OPPORTUNITIES JUST AS, AS A MUSICIAN TO PLAY SOMEWHERE WITHIN A CITY OPPORTUNITY ALSO SEEMS PRETTY SEVERE TO ME.

UM, SO, UH, AND ESPECIALLY THE FIRST YEAR, I REALLY AGREE THAT WE REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE CONSEQUENCES OTHER THAN, UH, IF THEY ARE GETTING ANOTHER GRANT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS YOU ALL ARE ALREADY DOING, HELP THEM FINISH THAT FIRST GRANT, GET COMPLIANT BEFORE THEY CAN GET THAT, YOU KNOW, GET INTO ANOTHER GRANT, YOU KNOW, UM, AS A, AS AS A GRANTEE.

UM, BUT YEAH, UH, OVERALL, I THINK, UH, YEAH, PLEASE DO LOOK AT THE CONSEQUENCES.

UH, FIVE YEARS I THINK IS PRETTY SEVERE, UH, AS IS IMPACT ON OTHER, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES PRETTY SEVERE.

AND THEN THE FIRST YEAR, AGAIN, TO REITERATE, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE MORE GRACE AROUND, UH, HOW THINGS ARE, UH, BEING RESPONDED TO, WHICH I, YOU ALL ARE ALREADY DOING, BUT LET'S NOT IMPOSE SOMETHING NEW THERE THAT PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM APPLYING FOR FIVE YEARS.

UM, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA HEAR FROM YOU GUYS ON ALL OF THE THINGS.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO WHAT'S APPROPRIATE IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS FIRST GRANT RUN WITH THAT TOOL? ABSOLUTELY.

AND WE KNOW THAT THAT DIDN'T WORK.

SORRY.

AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SYSTEM ISSUES.

I MEAN, IF, IF SOMEBODY'S NOT SUPER FAMILIAR WITH SOFTWARE TOOLS AND WHATNOT, SUBMITTABLE ITSELF KIND OF CAN SOMETIMES THROW A CHALLENGE HERE OR THERE.

SO THE SYSTEM THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH THE FIRST YEAR PROBABLY IS, YOU KNOW, EVEN FURTHER OFF, RIGHT? SO, AND, AND SO WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, BUT I APPRECIATE THE, THE THOUGHTFULNESS AROUND THIS.

UM, AND I HOPE THAT WE KIND OF CONTINUE IN THE SAME SPIRIT WHILE TRYING TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY ENFORCE BETTER COMPLIANCE.

AND, AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING A, A UX, UM, THAT KIND OF REALLY PROVIDES A FRONT END SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH MAYBE ONE OR TWO DIFFERENT SOFTWARE TOOLS AS, AS GRANTED AS, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT TAKE IT, YOU KNOW, USING AN EXCEL.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S HARDLY ANYTHING.

BUT, UM, IF THAT IS THOSE KIND OF THINGS, AND THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE, I GET IT.

BUT CREATING ANY KIND OF A CHALLENGE THAN MAYBE BUILDING A UX THAT KEEPS IT TRANSPARENT FOR, UH, THE APPLICANT MM-HMM .

WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, UH, WE DEAL WITH WHATEVER DATA WE NEED TO DEAL WITH IN THE BACKEND, UH, WOULD BE GREAT.

UM, QUESTIONS FOR THE THOUGHTS? UH, COMMISSIONER PRICE, I JUST, AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE GRACE AND APPRECIATE THAT ALL THAT.

I KNOW, I THINK THE LAST TIME, UM, THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS, I BELIEVE THE NUMBER WAS LIKE $400,000 SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE THAT WAS SITTING OUT.

AND SO WHERE I DO FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE TREATED WITH GRACE AND THEN ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT, YOU KNOW, FIRST, SECOND ROUND OF, UH, OF GRANT ROLLING OUT, ABSOLUTELY THERE'S GONNA BE A LEARNING CURVE.

HOWEVER, I DO NOT FEEL THAT WE SHOULD PUT THE MESSAGE OUT THAT THAT WE'RE, THAT'S ALL WE NEED TO JUST PULL SOME, WE'RE ABLE TO PULL SOME STRINGS AND GET OVER ON, ON, ON, ON THIS WONDERFUL PROGRAM.

UM, AND, AND NOT BE HIT WITH SOME TYPE OF CONSEQUENCE.

YEAR THAT WE'RE CONTINUING AND CONTINUING TO APPROVE WITH EACH NEW CYCLE THAT MAYBE IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR AVERAGES ARE LOOKING LIKE IN A NORMAL SITUATION.

UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT, I, I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO, HEY, WE'RE WATCHING AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THEY'RE RUNNING THE TIGHT SHIP.

SO YEAH.

'CAUSE OF THE 41, I MEAN, IT'S, WE, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE JUST WHO HAVE WE NOT HEARD FROM? AND THERE COULD BE A MILLION REASONS FOR THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF THEM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.

AND THEN THERE ARE OTHERS OUT OF THAT 41 THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF, AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THEM FINISHING UP AS REQUESTED BY THE DATE.

AND SO THAT WILL GIVE US MORE INFORMATION, AND WHEN WE COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU LIKE A FULL ACCOUNTING OF WHO'S LEFT, HOW MUCH MONEY DOES THAT REPRESENT, BECAUSE THESE WERE BOTH FIVE AND $10,000 GRANTS.

AND SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE OF WHAT THE CALCULATION IS.

UM, AND THEN WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND, AND FROM COMMUNITY OF WHAT THEY THINK IS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT FIRST YEAR.

OR MAYBE IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE THAT WE, WE HAVE AN AVERAGE, WE SEE REALLY WHAT THE RESULTS ARE AFTER WE MADE THOSE CHANGES AND THOSE FIXES IN THE NE VERY NEXT

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YEP.

UM, BUT, UM, WHICH IS GONNA TAKE TIME TO COLLECT THAT DATA TO FIGURE OUT THE MOST APPROPRIATE THING.

SO I HEAR YOU OF WHAT COULD, WHAT MIGHT BE TOO SEVERE FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND TOO EASY.

NOTHING'S BEEN DECIDED YET, WHICH IS WHY WE WANNA HEAR FROM YOU ALL.

OR, OR TOO EASY, LIKE, LIKE COMMISSIONER PRIZE IS SAYING.

I MEAN, SO I DON'T MEAN TO SAY AT ALL THAT, THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY, ANY KIND OF RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, CONSTRAINTS AROUND OR, OR CONSEQUENCES.

BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN YEAR ONE, YEAR TWO, AND THEN ALSO YEAR TWO.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW HARSH ARE WE GONNA GET WITH THIS, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT I THINK PROVIDING THE TOOLS FOR COMPLIANCE TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, IN, IN, IN A KIND OF MORE POSITIVE WAY WOULD, WOULD BE, I THINK VERY HELPFUL.

UH, COMMISSIONER ADA, UM, I GUESS TWO THINGS JUST QUICKLY COME TO MIND.

AND I WOULD, I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS MAY HAVE ALREADY THOUGHT OF THESE THINGS, BUT HAVE WE, I ASSUME THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS, IT'S CONFIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

UM, HAVE WE LOOKED AT ANY KIND OF SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILE OF HOW, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY COMPLETELY OFF THE GRID AT THIS POINT OR DO THEY HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE THAT WE COULD GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM THAT WAY? AND THEN FOR FUTURE YEARS, I WONDER IF THERE IS, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR WITH LIKE A LEASE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

LIKE AN EMERGENCY CONTACT MM-HMM .

THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

YOU KNOW MM-HMM .

SO THEREFORE THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE A, A, A GUARANTOR OR IF SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, IF, IF THEY, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT GREAT STRIDES HAVE BEEN MADE, AND THIS MAY JUST BE THAT FIRST YEAR DOING BUSINESS .

YOU KNOW, WE, WE LEARNED A LOT.

BUT IT DOES SEEM THAT PERHAPS SOCIAL MEDIA, OR AGAIN, I'M JUST REPEATING MYSELF, BUT JUST KIND OF AN EMERGENCY CONTACT FOR THE FUTURE MAY BE HELPFUL.

WE'LL TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT.

COMMISSIONER ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE FIRST YEAR WAS KIND OF A MORE, IT WAS A PROJECT-BASED APPLICATION VERSUS IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

SO I THINK COLLECTING INFORMATION AND KIND OF CATERING IT TO WHAT, WHAT YOU SAID YOU'RE GONNA DO WITH .

THE, THE DOLLARS, UM, IS MORE SPECIFIC IN THE FIRST YEAR THAN, THAN IN THE, IN THE LAST YEAR.

I THINK THE GRANT APPLICATION IS MUCH SIMPLER.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN THING ISN'T TO LIKE BERATE THESE PEOPLE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S JUST THAT I THINK TO COMMISSIONER PRICE WHAT I'M ALLUDING OR GETTING THE SENSE THAT HE'S, THAT'S, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO SOMEONE ELSE.

WE ALL KNOW THAT THOUGH.

SO IT IS JUST WHAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS.

GOTTA FIND THE BALANCE.

WITH THIS FIRST YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK OF, FOR REACHING OUT TO THEM.

BALANCE.

THAT I LIKE THAT WORD.

IS HISTORY OF, UH, AUSTIN AIRPORT MUSIC PROGRAMMING AND TRANSITION TO FUTURE PROGRAMMING WITH ACME, UH, BRIEFING BY, UH, RAMONICA CARR, AUSTIN AIRPORT GUEST SERVICES MANAGER, AND ERICA SHAMLEY, DIVISION MANAGER, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, ANYTHING ELSE, UH, ON THIS TOPIC? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, ERICA.

UH, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM

[4. History of AUS Airport music programming and transition to future programming with ACME briefing by Ramonika Carr, AUS Airport Guest Services Manager and Erica Shamaly, Division Manager, Music & Entertainment Division.]

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS RAMONICA CARR.

I AM THE AIRPORT'S GUEST SERVICES OFFICER.

UM, VERY GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY.

UM, I WILL BE GIVING YOU A HIGH LEVEL BRIEF ON THE AIRPORT MUSIC PROGRAM, UM, AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ERICA, WHERE SHE WILL BE PROVIDING YOU THE BRIEF ON TRANSITION, UM, TO FEATURE PROGRAMMING.

INDUSTRY RECOGNITION AND WIDESPREAD PRAISE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

SO MUSIC STARTED IN THE AIRPORT ONE MONTH AFTER AUSTIN, BERKSHIRE AND NATIONAL AIRPORTS GRAND OPENING WITH ONE STAGE AND ONE PERFORMANCE PER WEEK.

TODAY WE HAVE EIGHT STAGES, ONE MAIN STAGE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE A FULL BAND, ONE MEDIUM STAGE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE FOUR PERFORMERS AND SIX STAGES FOR SOLO PERFORMERS.

THEY ARE ALL LOCATED WITHIN OUR CONCESSION LEASE SPACES.

AUSTIN BERKMAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SERVES AS A VITAL GATEWAY TO CENTRAL TEXAS WELCOMING MILLIONS OF TRAVELERS.

EACH YEAR.

A US HAS SUCCESSFULLY MANAGED ITS MUSIC PROGRAM, SHOWCASING AUSTIN'S VIBRANT CREATIVE COMMUNITY THROUGH MORE THAN 1300 LIVE PERFORMANCES ANNUALLY.

THE MUSIC PROGRAM IS INTEGRAL TO A'S IDENTITY ENHANCING THE TRAVELER'S EXPERIENCE, AND REINFORCING AUSTIN'S REPUTATION AS THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

THE PROGRAM HAS RECEIVED AVIATION,

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IN 2024 ALONE, A US HOSTED 1,351 LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES FEATURING OVER 200 LOCAL BANDS AND MUSICIANS.

THESE NUMBERS UNDERSCORE THE PROGRAM'S DEEP CONNECTION TO AUSTIN'S CREATIVE COMMUNITY AND ITS IMPACT ON ELEVATING THE AIRPORT EXPERIENCE.

PRIOR TO COVID-19, A US AVERAGE 22 TO 30 LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES A WEEK IN MARCH OF 2020.

MUSIC WAS PAUSED BECAUSE OF COVID-19 CRISIS, TO KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING AND THE PEOPLE CONNECTED.

A US CAME UP WITH AN IDEA TO SHOWCASE MUSICIANS FROM DIFFERENT CITIES ON A LIVE STREAM.

A US CAME UP WITH THE IDEA, UH, AND ON MAY 6TH, A US HOSTED A JET STREAM MUSIC FESTIVAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 22 NORTH AMERICAN AIRPORTS.

THE LINEUP FEATURED A DIVERSE RANGE OF ACTS REPRESENTING EACH CITY'S UNIQUE MUSIC CULTURE.

MANY OF THE PERFORMANCES WERE PRERECORDED THREADED TOGETHER AND PUSHED OUT ON FACEBOOK BY STREAK SYSTEMS. AN ADDITIONAL JETSTREAM SUMMER FEST TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST OF 2020.

BY OCTOBER, 2020, LIVE MUSIC WAS RELAUNCHED AS THE A US LIVE AND INSTRUMENTAL PROGRAM THAT FEATURED NEW SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

THE GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT TO TRAVELERS AND CONTINUE PROVIDING PAID PERFORMANCES FOR THE AUSTIN CREATIVE COMMUNITY.

DURING A CHALLENGING TIME IN 2024, WE ASSESSED THE AIRPORT MUSIC PROGRAM AND DETERMINED WHAT WORKED IN 1999 WAS NO LONGER SUSTAINABLE.

PRIOR TO ACME A US BENCHMARKED MUSIC PROGRAMS BEST PRACTICES AT SEVERAL US AIRPORTS, THERE ARE LESS THAN 20 AIRPORTS IN THE US THAT HAVE DEDICATED LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES.

EACH MAINTAIN A DIVERSE ROSTER OF MUSICIANS THAT ARE VETTED THROUGH SOME TYPE OF APPLICATION PROCESS, AND NOT DEPENDENT ON ONE PERSON BEING THE SOLE DECISION MAKER FOR PERFORMERS.

FROM THAT'S RESEARCH A MORE SUITABLE, EQUITABLE, AND TRANSPARENT APPLICATION PROCESS FOR MUSICIANS WAS DRAFTED AND A US BEGAN COMMUNICATING TO OUR COMMUNITY OF MUSICIANS IN DECEMBER OF 2024, THAT CHANGES WERE COMING.

ON FEBRUARY 14TH, 2025, THE CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCED THAT ACME WOULD MANAGE ALL ART, CULTURE, MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT FOR ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS.

AND THIS INCLUDED THE AIRPORT.

ALL A US PLANNING FOR THE MUSICIAN'S APPLICATION PROCESS WAS PAUSED.

AT THAT TIME, IT WAS A U S'S DESIRE TO GIVE ACME THE DISCRETION ON DETERMINING, DETERMINING THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

MOVING FORWARD IN MARCH, THERE WAS A SHIFT IN MUSIC OPERATIONS.

THE MUSIC COORDINATOR HAD SCHEDULED LEAVE INTENDED FOR THREE WEEKS, HOWEVER, IT WAS EXTENDED TO FOUR MONTHS THE DAY BEFORE THE MUSICIAN COORDINATOR'S.

LAST DAY IN THE OFFICE, ONE SOUND ENGINEER SEPARATED FROM THE AIRPORT.

AND ON THE NEXT DAY, WHICH WAS MARCH 21ST, THE SAME DAY AS THE MUSICIANS COORDINATOR'S LAST DAY IN THE OFFICE, THERE WAS AN UNFORESEEN STAFFING DEPARTURE OF THE SECOND SOUND ENGINEERING.

CONSEQUENTLY, FOUR SHOWS WERE CANCELED THAT DAY BECAUSE WE COULD NOT RISK DIMINISHING THE INTEGRITY OF THE ARTIST'S MUSIC BY NOT HAVING THE SKILLED SOUND ENGINEERS NEEDED FOR THE STAGES.

NOR COULD WE COMPROMISE THE SOUND LEVELS WITHIN THE AIRPORT TERMINAL OPERATIONS FOR OUR TRAVELERS AS WELL AS OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

HOW DID A US RESPOND? A US ONBOARDED TEMPORARY STAFF TO TAKE OVER SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS, SUCH AS IMPLEMENTING THE BOOKING SYSTEM.

TEMPORARY STAFF RECEIVED SOUND TECH TRAINING FROM THE SOLO STAGES, FROM THE MUSICIAN, THE MUSIC COORDINATOR, BEFORE HE LEFT.

THAT WAS LITERALLY FOUR HOURS BEFORE HE LEFT.

WHILE WE HAD PRE-PLANNED FOR TEMPORARY STAFF TO TAKE OVER ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS FOR THREE WEEKS, WE HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT THE TIMEFRAME WOULD BE EXTENDED TO FOUR MONTHS.

ON MARCH 24TH, A US BEGAN CONTACTING MUSICIANS TO ARRANGE PAYMENTS FOR CANCELED SHOWS THAT WERE ONE WEEK OR LESS OF THE PERFORMANCE DATE AND

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RESCHEDULE THE REMAINING PERFORMANCES THAT WERE AFFECTED.

BECAUSE OF NOT HAVING A SOUND ENGINEER AVAILABLE.

ON MARCH 26TH, A US HIRED A SOUND ENGINEER CONTRACTOR.

TODAY A US HAS A FULL-TIME SOUND ENGINEER AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF SECURING A TEMPORARY SOUND ENGINEER AS WELL.

ALL PERFORMANCE CANCELED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS, WERE PAID THEIR FULL PERFORMANCE FEE.

ADDITIONALLY, ALL PERFORMANCES WERE RESCHEDULED EXCEPT FOR ONE MUSICIAN, AND THAT MUSICIAN IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESCHEDULED AFTER HAVING TO REDUCE TO 15 SHOWS A WEEK WITHIN A SHORT TIME SPAN.

DUE TO THE DRASTIC OPERATIONAL SHIFT STAFF, WERE SUCCESSFUL AT INCREASING THE CAPACITY TO 20 PERFORMANCES A WEEK.

IN ADDITION, STAFF HAVE INCREASED THE DAYS OF WEEK THAT MUSIC IS PLAYED AT THE AIRPORT.

IN JUNE, WE WENT FROM FOUR DAYS A WEEK, WHICH WAS MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY TO FIVE DAYS A WEEK, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT STAFF WILL BEGIN LAUNCHING 25 SHOWS WEEKLY THIS AUGUST, ANTICIPATING 105 SHOWS A MONTH.

THE LIVE MUSIC PROGRAM IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF THE AIRPORT EXPERIENCE AND HAS DIRECT IMPACT ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION WITHIN OUR CONCESSION LEASE SPACES.

A US HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO HIGHLIGHTING AUSTIN'S MUSIC CULTURE, ALONG WITH OUR AIRPORT STAKEHOLDERS.

OVER THE PAST 26 YEARS, A U HAS A US HAS SUCCESSFULLY BALANCED OPERATIONAL SAFETY AND SECURITY, WHILE BEING TENTATIVE TO OUR TRAVELERS EXPERIENCE AT THE AIRPORT.

A US LOOKS FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED SUCCESS AS ACME TAKES ON THIS IMPORTANT COMMITMENT TO OUR TRAVELERS AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

A US ANTICIPATES A PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH ACME AS WE CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE AUSTIN MUSIC CULTURE AT AUSTIN BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

THAT SYSTEM DOES WORK TO INTAKE FOR OUR PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES.

HELLO, ERICA SHAMLEY, MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION MANAGER FOR ACME ARTS, CULTURE, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.

VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH, UH, MY COWORKERS FROM THE AIRPORT TO TALK ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT TRANSITION FROM THE AIRPORT TO ACME AS FAR AS BOOKING ALL OF THE MUSIC, AS WELL AS TAKING CARE OF THE ART THERE.

CURRENTLY WE'RE WORKING ON A MEMO TOGETHER TO INFORM STAFF OF BOTH THE AIRPORT AND OF ACME OF NEXT STEPS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE ALL THE PROCESSES THAT NEED TO BE TRANSITIONED, EVERYTHING FROM WHO'S BOOKING, WHERE'S THE SCHEDULE, WHERE ARE THE DOCUMENTS, UH, TO EVEN AS SIMPLE AS WHO REPORTS TO WHOM AND WHO DO, WHERE DOES YOUR TIME CARD GO? SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE PROCESSES.

NOW.

WE'LL PUT EVERYTHING INTO A MEMO TO SEND TO STAFF SO THAT THEY'RE INFORMED.

AND THEN NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE GOING TO THE AIRPORT FOR AN IN-PERSON TOUR TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE SPACES, INCLUDING THE STAGES STORAGE AND THE POTENTIAL EXPANSION, THE EXPANSION THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

THERE ARE GONNA BE MORE STAGES AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUSICIANS TO PLAY AT THE AIRPORT.

SO GREG GONZALEZ RIGHT HERE IS GOING TO BE TAKING LEAD ON HELPING ON THE BOOKING SIDE.

WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE TEMPORARY THAT'S THERE NOW TO SEE HOW IS EVERYTHING BEING HANDLED, WHERE IS THE DATABASE, WHERE ARE THE DOCUMENTS? WE'RE AT A LEVEL NOW BECAUSE THE AIRPORT IS ON A SEPARATE SERVER FROM THE REST OF THE CITY, THAT WE'RE STILL SETTING UP A WAY FOR US TO COMMUNICATE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN SEE EACH OTHER'S CALENDARS SO THAT WE CAN SHARE DOCUMENTS EASILY.

THIS IS NOT AN EASY TRANSITION, AND WE FACT, WE THINK THAT THE TRANSITION WILL BE DONE BY OCTOBER 1ST.

UM, AND SO IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SOME TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF IT THAT ARE COMPLICATED.

AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT STAFF HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, PICK UP THE WORK AND KEEP AND MOVE FORWARD AND EXPAND AND EVOLVE.

AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH THE AIRPORT TO, FOR, ON THIS TRANSITION AND ALSO ON THE EVOLUTION OF WHAT MUSIC WILL BE AT THE AIRPORT.

NOT JUST STAGES, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT LIVE STREAMS IN THE PAST, AND THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT IN THE FUTURE TO SEE HOW WE CAN EXPAND AND EVOLVE.

BUT FIRST, WE HAVE JUST THE VERY BASIC TASKS OF GETTING OUR STAFF TAKEN CARE OF, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN EXCHANGE INFORMATION FREELY, UH, AND SAFELY.

AND THEN NEXT STEP IS HOW DO WE INTAKE ALL OF THE MUSICIANS? HOW ARE THEY SELECTED? AND WE WILL ALSO BE TRANSITIONING THAT OUT OF A PREVIOUS EDD SYSTEM.

WE DO HAVE AN APPLICATION THROUGH THAT PORTAL SYSTEM WE HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

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AND SO WE NEED TO TAKE THAT WHOLE ENTIRE APPLICATION OUT OF EDD AND PUT IT INTO ACME.

SAME THING WITH TAKING IT OUT OF THE AIRPORT AND PUT IT INTO ACME.

SO WE HAVE A COLLECTIONS OF MUSICIAN INFORMATION IN SEVERAL PLACES THAT NEED TO BE TRANSITIONED INTO ONE DATABASE, WITH ONE APPLICATION.

AND THEN WE NEED TO MESSAGE OUT TO ALL OF THOSE FOLKS ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM, AND THEN FAR AND WIDE OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO APPLY.

AND, UH, AND SO MORE TO COME ON THIS COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AIRPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT MUSIC NEVER GOES AWAY AT THE AIRPORT.

'CAUSE IT WON'T, IT WILL NOT.

IT'S ONLY GONNA GET, UH, LOUDER, NOT LOUDER, I PROMISE, BUT MORE, MORE OF IT AND MORE SPACES, UH, TO ACTIVATE AS BEST WE CAN.

SO THAT IT IS A WONDERFUL, IT ALREADY IS A WONDERFUL TRAVEL EXPERIENCE, BUT THIS IS TO MAKE SURE IT'S EVEN BETTER TRAVEL EXPERIENCE AND ALSO A VERY DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF POTENTIAL INCOME FOR OUR MUSICIAN COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ANSWER AT THIS TIME, BUT AS WE'VE BEEN MEETING, IT'S JUST A LOT OF DETAILS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED APPROPRIATELY SO THAT WE HAVE A NICE EASY TRANSITION INTO OCTOBER.

THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH, UH, FOR BEING HERE TO PRESENT.

UH, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE LEADERS FROM, UH, BOARD DEPARTMENTS, UH, PRESENTING TOGETHER HERE, KIND OF, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY, UH, CONVEYS THE MESSAGE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE WELL COORDINATED, WELL TRANSITIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, DEFINITELY WE SEE THE VALUE AND I SEE THE VALUE IN, UH, UH, NOT SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY, BUT , YOU KNOW, IN, IN KIND OF CONSOLIDATING ALL OF ART AND MUSIC INTO ONE DEPARTMENT.

SO YOU CAN, UH, LET ME JUST SPEAK UP TO MUSIC WHERE WE CAN HAVE A MORE OF A COHESIVE, CONSOLIDATED VIEW OF HOW MUSIC IS SUPPORTED BY THE CITY ACROSS, UM, ACROSS, ACROSS OUR CITY BY THE GOVERNMENT, ACROSS OUR CITY.

SO, UM, SO THERE'S VALUE THERE, BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S PART WITHIN THE AIRPORT.

YOU KNOW, MUSIC PERFORMANCE IS A PART OF THE LARGER ECOSYSTEM IN THE AIRPORT AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON.

SO, UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THIS COORDINATED EFFORT.

UH, AGAIN, LIKE I MADE THE REQUEST THE LAST TIME IS JUST TO PLEASE ENSURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS AS USUAL IS NOT IMPACTED WHILE THE TRANSITION IS GOING ON, SO OUR COMMUNITY DOESN'T GET IMPACTED.

UM, AS FAR AS, UM, THE, UH, UH, THE WAY THE MECHANISMS OF BOOKING, UH, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY, UH, THANK MICHAEL OCK FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE AND WHAT HE HAS BUILT AT THE AIRPORT OVER THE YEARS.

UH, WE BELIEVE HE, HE JUST RETIRED.

UH, SO, UM, AND AS THAT, THAT HAS EVOLVED, UH, I DO APPRECIATE, UH, THIS IDEA OF, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKING A LOOK AT IT AGAIN SINCE IT'S BEEN RUNNING FROM SEVERAL YEARS AND SEE, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST ALMOST AS A RESET, YOU KNOW, WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE IN TERMS OF MAKING MORE BROADER, UH, UH, INCLUSIVE BOOKINGS AT THE AIRPORT.

ALSO, IF THERE ARE ARTISTS, AND I, I'M NOT SAYING THAT I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, BUT IF THERE ARE ARTISTS THAT ARE PLAYING AT A CERTAIN CADENCE AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET IMPACTED, UH, I HOPE THAT THAT MESSAGING IS, UH, YOU KNOW, DONE COMPASSIONATELY AND IN, IN, IN, IN A MANNER THAT, UH, THEY, NOBODY'S FEELING CUT OUT, BUT THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESSES ARE EVOLVING, UH, AND AS WE ALSO MAYBE BRING IN SOME NEW ARTISTS TO PLAY THERE AS WELL, UH, OVER TIME.

UM, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, UM, AGAIN, REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UH, UPDATE FROM, UH, FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, MANAGEMENT FROM, FROM BOTH THE GROUPS, UH, COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER PRICE.

UM, JUST WITH THE SOUND ENGINEERS THAT, OR LET BACKTRACK, YOU SAID 25 SHOWS ARE GONNA HAPPEN IN AUGUST, RIGHT? PER WEEK, WAS IT? YES.

AND SO ARE THE SHOWS, FORGIVE ME, LIKE, I OBVIOUSLY SEEN MUSIC AT THE AIRPORT, BUT ARE THE SHOWS RUNNING SIMULTANEOUSLY AND HOW FAR BETWEEN EACH STAGES ARE THERE? BECAUSE MY QUESTION IS IF YOU HAVE ONE, ONE HANDS, I DON'T KNOW.

MICHAEL WAS, WAS AWESOME, BUT FOR THE NEW PERSON THAT'S IN THERE, IS THAT ENOUGH STAFF? JUST TWO.

AND THEN THE TEMPORARY TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE SOUND OPERATIONS FOR TWO STAGES RUNNING AS WE AMPLIFY MORE SHOWS OR INCREASE THE, THE NUMBER OF SHOWS PER WEEK.

THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF WORK FOR.

SO WHAT WE'VE SET FOR 25, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT WITH THE TWO SOUND ENGINEERS.

WITH 25 SHOWS, UM, WITH HAVING THOSE TWO SOUND ENGINEERS.

UM, WE WERE AT 20 WITH ONE SOUND ENGINEER, UH, PLUS, UH, THE OTHER TEMP THAT'S BEEN ASSISTING THAT, UM, MICHAEL DID, UH, TRAIN BEFORE HE LEFT.

UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH 20 SHOWS.

SO STARTING THIS WEEK, ACTUALLY, THIS IS NOW, WE'RE IN AUGUST NOW.

UH, WE WILL START

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SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES.

THANKS FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING THERE.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WHOLE TON OF WORK, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BECOMING PRETTY FRUITFUL PRETTY QUICK.

SO, UM, JUST TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COMMISSIONER PRICE SAID, IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE A, I I WORK IN A MUSIC VENUE AND SOMETIMES WE WORK WITH A CC AND PEOPLE IN THE SOUND ENGINEERING SCHOOL, AND IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE SUCH A COOL OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT PRESSURE AND WORKLOAD TO BE ABLE TO LEARN AND MAYBE TAKE SOME KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE THAT THEY CAN MAYBE TRANSLATE INTO WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT SCHOOL.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO THE AIRPORT, BUT A LOT OF THOSE KIDS OR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE SOUND ENGINEERING SCHOOL AT A CC WOULD, I THINK WOULD REALLY LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO HELP OUT AND BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND START KIND OF PUTTING THEIR HANDS TO WORK WITH THE, YOU KNOW, DEGREE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

THAT'S AN IDEA.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY, UH, TALK ABOUT.

CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES TO YOU AT THIS MOMENT, .

NO, NEITHER.

BUT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT.

IT JUST SOUNDS COOL.

IT'S A COOL OPPORTUNITY FOR AUSTIN AND ITS, AND ITS PEOPLE TO JOIN IN AND MAYBE ALLEVIATE THE TWO PEOPLE DOING 25 SHOWS A DAY.

IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER? SO YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THE NUMBER OF STAGES OR PERFORMANCES THAT YOU HAVE A MONTH.

HOW MANY INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS WOULD THAT MEAN? SO THAT MAYBE ONE ARTIST PER STAGE PER THE MONTH, OR, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER TO GIVE YOU, BUT, UM, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE MAIN STAGE, WHICH IS A FULL BAND, THAT COULD BE UP TO SEVEN PEOPLE, RIGHT? AND THEN THE MEDIUM STAGE UP TO FOUR PERFORMERS.

AND THEN OF COURSE YOU HAVE SOME SOLO PERFORMERS.

WELL, NO, I'M, THE SIX STAGES ARE THE SOLO PERFORMERS.

UM, I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE EXACT NUMBER THAT YOU'RE ASKING BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GIVE TO ERICA SO THAT SHE CAN GIVE THAT BACK TO YOU.

YEAH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT NECESSARILY MEANING LIKE HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS, BUT HOW MANY ACTS, SO A BAND OR A, OR A SOLO PERFORMER.

YES, YES.

HOW MANY INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS WERE ABLE TO PERFORM IN A MONTH AT A, IN A GIVEN TIME PERIOD.

YES.

I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO ERICA AND MAKE SURE THAT SHE GETS THAT TO YOU.

IT WILL DEPEND OBVIOUSLY ON THE STAGES SURE.

AND THE BOOKING OF THE BIGGER BANDS, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE FULL, YOU KNOW, SOUND ENGINEER, YOU KNOW, TO BE THERE THE ENTIRE TIME TO MIX THE SHOW AS IT'S HAPPENING.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST BOOK AROUND THAT MOST OF THE STAGES ARE THE ONE PERSON SINGER-SONGWRITER TYPE OF PERFORMANCES THAT IS NOT AS QUITE AS COMPLICATED AS FAR AS MIXING.

AND SO THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THEY'RE, I'M ASSUMING I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE EXACT BOOKING THAT THEY CROSS BOOK, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THE ENGINEERS ARE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT, AND I, AND WHAT WE WILL DO IS TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO FILL THOSE STAGES TO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN TERMS OF CAPACITY, SO THAT YOU HAVE A VARIETY THROUGHOUT THE AIRPORT.

ONE, ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, AND I JUST FORGOT IT.

GO AHEAD.

COMMISSIONER KADA.

UM, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HISTORY THAT YOU GAVE, UH, DURING YOUR PRESENTATION, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS TALK NUMBER THREE ABOUT THE AIRPORT, AND I WAS JUST LIKE, WHAT'S HAPPENING? I, I REALLY WASN'T FAMILIAR, SO I, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU KIND OF PAINTING A FULL PICTURE FROM WHEN IT BEGAN TO WHERE AND HOW IT'S EVOLVED.

THAT, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL FRAMEWORK.

UM, I JUST HAD TWO OTHER LITTLE POINTS.

UM, I DO THINK THAT THE SOUND ENGINEER THING IS KIND OF A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE SIMILAR TO LIKE THE SIMS FOUNDATION, WHEN THEY STARTED INCORPORATING NOT ONLY SERVING MUSICIANS, BUT PEOPLE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING LIKE WE HAVE TO SUPPORT OUR MUSICIANS, BUT THE SOUND ENGINEERS CAN BE, UM, EQUALLY AS AFFECTED WITH AFFORDABILITY ISSUES IN AUSTIN.

SO IT COULD BE SOMETHING TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT.

UM, THEN, UH, I GUESS TWO OTHER POINTS.

I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME TRAVELING THIS SUMMER, AND IT IS TRULY REMARKABLE HOW A GOOD AIRPORT CAN ALLEVIATE SOME SERIOUS STRESS AND TO, UM, ALSO JUST REALLY, UM, GIVE A, UM, CULTURAL

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IDENTITY TO A CITY.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR COMING INTO THE AUSTIN AIRPORT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

UM, AND THEN JUST A QUICK FACTOID TYPE OF A QUESTION.

HOW LONG ARE THE SETS? 15 MINUTE SETS? UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG THE SETS SETS, UH, REALLY ARE.

UM, I KNOW WE HAVE, UM, I WANNA SAY AT LEAST TWO, TWO TO THREE HOURS THAT THEY HAVE, AND THEN THEY HAVE A BREAK OF COURSE, IN BETWEEN THERE.

UM, BUT I WOULD GET THE ACTUAL NUMBERS TO ERICA TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT.

I DON'T WANNA BE MISLEADING.

YEAH, I COULD BE TOTALLY OFF, BUT I, I THOUGHT THERE WERE TWO 50 MINUTE SETS, BUT RIGHT.

UH, IF, IF I MAY, YEAH, IT'S, UH, FOR ESPECIALLY THE BIG STAGE YEAH.

YOU KNOW, UH, THE FULL SIZE BAND, THAT'S USUALLY ABOUT A TWO 50 MINUTE SETS.

TWO 50 MINUTE SETS.

I MEAN, THIS, BECAUSE THIS ALSO, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

OH, THAT'S JUST LIKE, WELL, A 15, 20 MINUTE BREAK IN BETWEEN.

THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, BECAUSE THIS KIND OF, THIS TOPIC CAME ON, UH, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY PAY RATE, AND, UH, THE COUNSELOR RECOMMENDATION WAS AROUND, UH, THE $200 RATE, NOT PER HOUR, BUT FOR A PERFORMANCE.

UH, SO THE TWO 50 MINUTE SETS THAT USED TO BE ONE 50, AND NOW THE PAY IS 200 PER, UH, PER MUSICIAN THERE, UH, AS I UNDERSTAND.

IT IS 200 PER MUSICIAN.

I, I GUESS I'M CURIOUS NOW AS WELL, AS FAR AS THE SOLO ARTISTS, DO THEY, WHETHER THERE'S A LENGTH OF THEIR SETS NOW, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.

WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION.

COMMISSIONER , WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE GIANT GUITARS ON THE FIRST FLOOR? ? I DIDN'T SEE 'EM LAST THOUGH.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING THROUGH SOME CONSTRUCTION AND BAGGAGE CLAIM, AND WE DO NOT WANT TO RUIN THOSE WHILE THAT'S OCCURRING.

UM, AND SO THEY DON'T NEED A HOME, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, .

OH, YOU WON'T, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YOU WON'T, THEY'RE AWESOME , BUT THEY'LL BE BACK.

I, UM, I, I BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE, DEFINITELY HAVE SOME COMPLAINTS FROM, UM, PASSENGERS AND PEOPLE WHO FREQUENTLY VISIT THE AIRPORT IF THEY DO NOT SEE THOSE GUITARS.

I LOVE THEM.

IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THEY'RE COMING BACK.

I WOULD DEFINITELY SHARE THAT WITH ANYBODY WHO SAYS THEY'RE, THEY WANT TO REMOVE THEM.

I'M GONNA LET THEM KNOW WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANT THEM, AND WE GOTTA KEEP IT THOUGH.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SHOW THAT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

THAT, THAT, THAT WE'LL DO A RECOMMENDATION FOR IF NEEDED.

ABSOLUTELY.

I, I LOVE THOSE GUITARS TOO.

UH, BUT AGAIN, AND YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, MAKING A, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

OH, NO, NO.

GREAT.

I, I DID REMEMBER MY QUESTION NOW.

YES.

UM, IN REGARDS TO THE APPLICATION FOR ARTISTS, WHEN YOU'RE DEVELOPING THAT PROCESS AND YOUR WHOLE BOOKING METHODOLOGY, DOES THE AIRPORT USE A RESIDENCY SORT OF MODEL, OR IS IT POSSIBLE TO CONSIDER THAT TO SORT OF ELIMINATE THE CONSTANT STRUGGLE OF ALWAYS HAVING TO BOOK ARTISTS EVERY MONTH AND INSTEAD GO TO A MODEL WHERE, I MEAN, YOU HAVE 105 PERFORMANCES, YOU HAVE 105 RESIDENCIES, THEY ALL PLAY ONCE A MONTH FOR A YEAR.

SO I, I'LL TAKE THIS IN TERMS OF WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT GO IS OPPORTUNITY.

AND I WOULD ERR ON THE SIDE OF HOW DO WE MAKE IT WORK FOR AS MANY MUSICIANS AS POSSIBLE AND JUST DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO DO THE NECESSARY DUE DILIGENCE TO GET THEM BOOKED EFFICIENTLY.

AND WE ARE IN THEIR SYSTEMS FOR THAT.

ANY ONE OF US WHO HAVE WORKED FOR VENUES, WE TURN AND BURN SHOWS, AND THERE'S A PROCESS FOR THAT.

WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE AUSTIN AIRPORT AND FOR AUSTIN, PERIOD, IS WE WANT TO BE EQUITABLE AND OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO MUSICIANS ACROSS THE BOARD, IF WE GO TO A RESIDENCY MODEL, THAT WILL BE A LOT MORE COMPETITION FOR A REALLY SWEET GIG.

AND IS THAT FAIR? AND I UNDERSTAND FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE POINT OF VIEW, IT COULD BE EASIER, BUT I WOULD PREFER TO DO THE EXTRA DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A DIVERSITY OF VOICES AT THE AIRPORT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, JUST LIKE WE WOULD ANY CITY SANCTIONED OR CITY SPONSORED EVENT.

UH, SO THAT WE CAN BRING A, A DIVERSITY OF GENRES AND MUSIC AND POINT OF VIEWS, UH, AND ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT COMPENSATION.

WE WANNA BE AS EQUITABLE AS WE CAN AND PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO AS MANY MUSICIANS AS POSSIBLE.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, GOOD INTENTIONS ARE, YOU KNOW, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHY THAT COULD BE COOL, BUT ALSO, UM, I WOULD PREFER TO SEE AS MANY MUSICIANS GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY.

THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE SO MANY SLOTS AVAILABLE IS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, GREAT FOR MUSICIANS TO GET IN THERE AND PLAY AND GET THAT EXPERIENCE.

AND ALSO TO BRING, AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE KIND OF COMBINING WITH OUR EFFORTS THAT, THAT GREG GONZALEZ DOES, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE A RICH, EVEN A RICHER GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE REPRESENTING AUSTIN MUSIC AT THE AIRPORT.

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THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PRICE.

SO, SPEAKING OF FAIRNESS, I JUST, I, I WAS A PART OF A FOCUS GROUP A FEW MONTHS AGO.

UM, THAT WAS ALL AROUND, YOU KNOW, GETTING BOOKED AT THE AIRPORT AND WHERE IT STANDS, AND THERE WERE RAPPERS AND RB SINGERS AND JAZZ MUSICIANS AND ROCK AND ROLL AND EVERYTHING, WHATEVER SHE DOES.

I WAS LIKE, IT SUMMED UP IN SOMETHING.

HEAVENLY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL , WORLD MUSIC, YOU KNOW.

UM, BUT DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN INSTRUMENT TO PLAY ON ONE OF THOSE STAGES? IN MY OPINION, NO, BECAUSE YOU CAN BRING A SOUND, YOU CAN BRING WHATEVER, ALL KINDS OF INSTRUMENTATION NOW WORKS FROM A STAGE.

UH, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PLUGINS INTO A SOUNDBOARD, ONE MUSICIAN COULD, YOU KNOW, PRODUCE THEIR ENTIRE TRACK AND BE ABLE TO SING ON TOP OF THAT.

AND WE'RE NOT GONNA SAY YOU CAN'T DO THAT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THAT LENDS TO MAYBE YOUNGER PEOPLE, DIFFERENT TYPES OF GENRES OF MUSIC.

AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE AS EQUITABLE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT WE ALLOW IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE.

AS LONG AS THERE IS SOMEONE UP THERE ON STAGE SINGING OR, YOU KNOW, RAPPING OR SPOKEN WORD OR WHATEVER IT IS WITH THE MUSIC, THAT'S FINE.

FOR THE MOST PART THOUGH, YOU'RE GONNA SEE PEOPLE WITH INSTRUMENTS.

UM, BUT WE AREN'T, YOU KNOW, I, I, I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN EXISTING POLICY.

UH, IT IS JUST MORE EQUIPMENT TO BRING AND MAKE SURE WITH OUR SOUND ENGINEERS THAT IT CAN BE PLUGGED IN APPROPRIATELY AND THAT YOU CAN HEAR ALL THE TRACKS.

ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONERS? WELL, UM, THANK YOU ACTUALLY.

I MEAN, I THINK THIS HAS BROUGHT UP SOME NICE IDEAS.

I MEAN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MUSIC ECOSYSTEM, I THINK WITH THE DEDICATED DEPARTMENT, I REALLY LOVE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND MAYBE EVEN SOME KIND OF INTERNSHIPS, TEMPORARY INTERNSHIPS AROUND MUSIC INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, UH, SOUND ENGINEERING AND WHATNOT.

I THINK THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY THERE.

UM, THANK YOU FOR, UH, UH, KIND OF COURSE CORRECTING AND, AND MAKING THE MUSICIANS WHOLE ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE, WE HAD A BIT OF A GAP THERE, BUT, UM, THANKS FOR TAKING CARE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, MUSICIANS WHO WERE IMPACTED AND MAKING SURE THAT AT LEAST FINANCIALLY THEY'RE NOT, UH, AND GETTING THINGS BACK ON TRACK.

UM, UM, KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF THE RESIDENCIES TOO, AS LONG AS THERE ARE PARAMETERS AROUND IT AND PEOPLE WROTE IT IN AND WROTE IT OUT, YOU KNOW? UM, AND, AND THERE'S A GOOD PROCESS AROUND IT.

UH, SO I THINK NOT GOOD IDEAS ALL AROUND.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, AND, UH, PLEASE KEEP US POSTED ON HOW THE TRANSITION'S GOING AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN THINGS COMPLETELY SWITCH OVER YEAH.

AND WE'D BE HAPPY, I'D BE HAPPY TO COME AND JUST GIVE YOU GUYS A MONTHLY UPDATE OF HOW WE'RE, HOW IT'S GOING.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS ONGOING, UH, NONE OF US PRESUMED TO KNOW EXACTLY IS THE RIGHT WAY.

YOU KNOW, WE WANNA HEAR FROM YOU AND WE WANNA HEAR FROM COMMUNITY OF IDEAS OF HOW WE CAN BE INNOVATIVE AT THE AIRPORT AND AT ANY CITY EVENT THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THERE IS A LOCAL MUSICIAN TO REPRESENT.

SO I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU AN ONGOING UPDATE, UH, ON OUR PROGRESS.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS, BUT WE DEFINITELY KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN A, A FANTASTIC AVENUE FOR MUSICIANS, UH, IN THE CITY.

SO HOPEFULLY THE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUES TO GROW.

DISCUSSION ITEMS. WE HAVE ACME FUNDING GUIDELINES UPDATE BY MORGAN MESSICK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF, UH, ARTS CULTURE, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

WE ARE MOVING ON TO

[5. ACME funding guidelines update by Morgan Messick, Assistant Director, Office of Arts, Culture, Music & Entertainment. ]

HI, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES.

APOLOGIES.

MY, UM, MAC COMPUTER IS NOT PLAYING WELL WITH WEBEX TO GIVE ME CAMERA ACCESS.

I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT, BUT I DON'T WANNA DELAY PRESENTING, SO I WILL MOVE FORWARD WHILE I TROUBLESHOOT AT THE SAME TIME, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.

NO PROBLEM.

MEETINGS, SURVEYS, AS WELL AS IN-PERSON LISTENING SESSIONS AND FEEDBACK LOOPS THROUGH THE COMMISSION, AS WELL AS THE ARTS COMMISSION AND THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, WELL THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK TODAY VIRTUALLY.

I WANTED TO COME BACK AND GIVE AN UPDATE THIS MONTH AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD FINALIZING OUR ACME FUNDING PROGRAM GUIDELINES.

AND WE HAVE, UM, A LITTLE UPDATE AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK AGAIN NEXT MONTH WITH FINAL GUIDELINES TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO I JUST WANNA GIVE A QUICK RECAP ON WHERE WE'VE BEEN WITH THE CREATIVE RESET PHASE ONE.

SO BEGINNING, UM, PREVIOUSLY WITH THE 2023 TO 2024 GUIDELINES THAT WE HAD FOR OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS, WE ARE BUILDING OFF OF THOSE WITH THE ENHANCED GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS ROUND MOVING FORWARD.

SO WE'VE ENGAGED, UM, THROUGH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK WITH A NUMBER OF AVENUES, INCLUDING FOCUS GROUPS, ONE-ON-ONE

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ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE TAKEN MEETINGS, UM, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHER CITY LEADERSHIP THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO HELP INFORM HOW WE ARE ENHANCING THOSE GUIDELINES.

SO WE BEGAN OUR UPDATED ENHANCED GUIDELINE DRAFTS, STARTING WITH A RED LINE GUIDELINE VERSION THAT CAME DIRECTLY FROM ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSION GROUPS THAT CONVENED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

WE, UH, CONVENED AN INTERNAL WORK GROUP OF CITY STAFF MADE UP OF MYSELF AND, UM, OTHER DIVISION MANAGERS IN THE ACME DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING ERICA ALI AND MELISSA ALVARADO AND MATTHEW SCHMIDT.

WE BEGAN TO MAKE THOSE UPDATES, UM, ON A ROLLING BASIS AND HAVE KIND OF BEEN COMING BACK AND SHOWING YOU THOSE ALONG THE WAY.

AND SO WHAT YOU WILL SEE AT THE, UH, MEETING SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR, BUT HOPEFULLY CAPTURE ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GATHER FROM YOU AND OTHERS.

WE, UH, COLLECTED ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK AND SHARED THE UPDATES ON PUBLIC INPUT, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE DECK, UM, THAT INFORMATION IS STILL AVAILABLE@PUBLICINPUT.COM SLASH THE CREATIVE RESET.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHECK OUT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, WE CLOSED THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK LOOP ON SUNDAY, JULY 20TH, AND WE'VE BEEN COLLABORATING ON A FINAL DRAFT SINCE THEN.

UH, WE FINALIZED THAT ON FRIDAY, AND NOW THE DRAFT THAT WE HAVE IS IN THE HANDS OF OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH INTERNAL CITY STAFF REVIEW, WHICH INCLUDES A REVIEW WITH THE LAW DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE, UM, YOU KNOW, ELIGIBILITY FOR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, AS WELL AS OTHER FACTORS THAT WE ADDED IN, SUCH AS POLICIES AROUND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

SO THIS IS THE EXACT SAME, UM, SLIDE THAT I SHARED IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH DISCUSSING HOW WE MEASURE PROGRAM IMPACTS.

SO ALL OF THE CATEGORIES YOU SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, UM, FEED OUT INTO DIFFERENT MEASURES AND DIFFERENT METRICS THAT WE USE TO TRACK DATA TO SHOW THE IMPACTS OF OUR PROGRAMS. THAT IS DIRECTLY, UH, FEEDING UP TO THE CITYWIDE STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND THIS IS INFORMATION THAT WE, UH, REQUEST FROM OUR GRANTEES THROUGH THE FINAL REPORTING PROCESS.

SO THAT'S HOW WE GATHER THIS INFORMATION.

WE HAVE MADE SOME UPDATES TO THIS ELIGIBILITY AT ADVANCE BASED ON DIFFERENT FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS AND THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THE GOAL OF THIS SLIDE AGAIN, IS TO KIND OF HAVE OUR APPLICANTS OR POTENTIAL APPLICANTS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS HIGH LEVEL SLIDE AND SEE THEMSELVES IN ONE OF THE APPLICANT CATEGORIES.

ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO CREATE AN ENTRY POINT FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, DEPENDING ON HOW THEY IDENTIFY ANYWHERE FROM FOLKS WHO ARE A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS, UM, AND INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS ALL THE WAY UP TO A 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL DIVE IN AND CHECK OUT THE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND AND THE CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UM, TO SHOW YOU THE HIGH LEVEL UPDATES FOR THOSE AS WELL FOR TODAY.

SO THIS SLIDE SHOULD LOOK PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD FOR LAST MONTH.

UM, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT APPLICANT TYPES, PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN AND INDEPENDENT PROMOTER, UM, GOING UP TO A $20,000 AWARD, A SECOND FUNDING LEVEL FOR THAT GROUP AT $5,000.

AND THEN FOR THE LIVE MUSIC VENUES, WE HAVE CHANGED THE OPERATING BUDGET FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND BROUGHT THAT DOWN TO $60,000 TO BE THE ELIGIBILITY THRESHOLD.

AND THE REASON THAT WE MADE THAT CHANGE WAS TO BRING PARITY ACROSS OUR OTHER DE, UH, OTHER PROGRAMS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THAT HAD $60,000 AS THE OPERATING BUDGET THRESHOLD.

UM, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE MORE EQUAL ACROSS OUR PROGRAMS TO OPEN THIS ONE UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THE AWARD AMOUNT FOR THIS ONE STILL STAYS AT $70,000 AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE HAVE BOTH 12 MONTH GRANT AGREEMENT CYCLES AND 24 MONTHS FOR THE TOP LEVEL $20,000 AWARD.

THE SCORING CRITERIA, I BELIEVE SHOULD LOOK EITHER EXACTLY THE SAME OR ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME AS YOU SAW IT IN THE LAST ROUND WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH Y'ALL.

UM, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF UP TO 100 POINTS ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE.

EACH CATEGORY IS SCORED UP TO 25 POINTS.

VENUES, WHICH HAVE A SEPARATE SCORING CRITERIA SECTION, UM, THEY ARE BROKEN DOWN BY 40 POINTS FOR MUSIC, UH, ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT, UP TO 20 POINTS FOR AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT, AND UP TO 40 POINTS FOR CULTURAL TOURISM, MARKETING AND OUTREACH.

AND FOR THE LIVE MUSIC

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FOR THE CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, YOU WILL SEE AGAIN THE PARODY OF THE $60,000 OPERATING BUDGET THRESHOLD BEING INTEGRATED IN HERE.

SO ALL APPLICANTS HAVE TO HAVE THAT AS A BASELINE OPERATING BUDGET.

WE HAVE THE SAME CATEGORIES FOR THE APPLICANTS, AND THE AWARD AMOUNT IS A FLAT $60,000 FOR THIS AWARD.

THE SCORING CRITERIA AGAIN, SHOULD LOOK, UM, VERY FAMILIAR TO WHAT YOU SAW LAST MONTH.

CATEGORIES OF COMPELLING NEED, URGENCY, CO-LOCATION, COMMUNITY BENEFIT, AND BONUS POINTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR BONUS POINTS IN THIS PROGRAM.

IT'S FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT RECEIVE ANY CITY OF AUSTIN GRANT AWARDS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL JUST GIVE YOU SOME HIGH LEVEL NEXT STEPS AND THEN WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, ANYTHING I CAN'T TACKLE? I KNOW, UM, ERICA IS THERE AND SHE'S ABLE TO ASSIST AS WELL.

BUT NEXT STEPS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE LONG CENTER TO SET UP OUR NEW INTAKE FORUMS TO BE OPEN THROUGH SUBMITTABLE.

OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THOSE BEGINNING IN AUGUST AND ALSO TO BEGIN OUTREACH AND PROMOTION FOR THOSE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WE ARE MEETING WITH THEM SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK TO JUST WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND THE INTAKE FORM AS A REMINDER IS JUST SIMPLY THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP YOUR PROFILE IN THE APPLICATION PORTAL, MAKING SURE YOU KNOW YOU'VE DONE YOUR, FIGURE OUT YOUR PASSWORD, FILL OUT INFORMATION ABOUT WHO YOU ARE, UM, JUST TO GET YOU IN THE DOOR FOR THE SYSTEM.

SO AS PIECES START TO ROLL OUT, YOU'RE PREPARED TO JUMP IN AND START TACKLING THAT.

ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH FINAL PRESENTATIONS AND REQUESTS FOR FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL, AND WE WILL BE WORKING THROUGH THOSE FINAL, UM, APPROVAL PROCESSES VIA THE ARTS COMMISSION ON AUGUST 18TH.

WE'LL BE BACK HERE AT THE MUSIC COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 8TH.

WE'LL BE REVISITING THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 19TH.

AND OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE OUR RCA, WHICH IS THE REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION, BE AT THE SEPTEMBER 25TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND WE'LL BE BE BRINGING FORWARD OUR FINAL GUIDELINES, QUESTIONS AND SCORING RUBRICS AT THAT TIME.

SO WHENEVER BACKUP IS, UM, PREPARED TO BE POSTED FOR SEPTEMBER 25TH MEETING, THAT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE FULLY PUBLISHED, UM, OUR FINAL DRAFTS AVAILABLE TO SEE, AND THAT SHOULD HAPPEN SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER.

ELIGIBILITY FORMS ARE ALSO TENTATIVELY BEING LAUNCHED AHEAD OF THE APPLICATION OPENING.

UM, SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A TI A SLIDING TIMESCALE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THE LONG CENTER.

SO AS WE MOVE TOWARDS FINAL APPROVAL ON GUIDELINES WITH AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE HOPING TO OPEN UP OUR ELIGIBILITY FORM.

AND THIS IS THE NEXT STEP AFTER THE INTAKE.

THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN START FILLING OUT INFORMATION TO SEE WHICH PROGRAMS YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR, UM, IN WHICH CATEGORIES, WHETHER YOU'RE APPLYING AS A 5 0 1 C3, AND PUTTING IN ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION TO SEE WHERE YOU CAN FIT INTO THESE PROGRAMS. THE NEXT STEP AFTER THE ELIGIBILITY FORM WILL BE THE APPLICATION OPENING, WHICH WE HAVE TENTATIVELY SLATED FOR OCTOBER ON THE HILLS OF A HOPEFULLY SUCCESSFUL SEPTEMBER 25TH COUNCIL MEETING.

AND FOLLOWING THE OPENING, WE HOPE TO HAVE THE PROGRAM OPEN, UM, SOMEWHERE FROM FOUR TO SIX WEEKS WITH THAT APPLICATION PERIOD, SO THAT WE'LL HAVE IT CLOSING TENTATIVELY IN NOVEMBER.

SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN OUR TIMELINE AND GET MORE CERTAINTY, WE'LL BE SURE TO ROLL OUT THOSE OFFICIAL DATES SO THAT COMMUNITY KNOWS ABOUT THEM.

AND WE OF COURSE, WILL BE LAUNCHING A COMPREHENSIVE MARKETING AND ENGAGEMENT PLAN TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE WELL IN ADVANCE.

OUR WORKSHOPS FOR THESE PROGRAMS WILL, UM, BEGIN IMMEDIATELY AFTER GETTING APPROVAL FROM CITY COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN START DOING ALL OF THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND APPLICATION ASSISTANCE AHEAD OF THE OPENING DATE OF THE APPLICATION SO THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED.

AND I THINK THAT'S IT.

NEXT SLIDE.

HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, GUYS.

UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER, ADA.

THANK YOU MORGAN.

UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR UPDATE.

THAT WAS GREAT.

UM, QUICK QUESTION ON THE ACME FUNDING PROGRAMS ELIGIBILITY AT A GLANCE.

UM, WHAT DOES THE ASTERISK MEAN? SO, HELLO, ERICA? YEAH, GO ERICA.

YOU'RE, THERE YOU GO.

YES.

UH, I CAN'T SEE YOU.

SO WE DON'T THE AUDIENCE TO LOOK AT EACH OTHER.

UH, BUT, UH, THAT ASTERISK

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MEANS, DEPENDS, DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL GUIDELINES.

UM, AND A LOT OF THAT WOULD APPLY LIKE, UH, A FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH A CREATIVE SPACE COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR, SAY, CSAP IF YOU FIT A DEFINITION.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE ASTERISKS ARE FOR, IS TO GO DRILL DOWN INTO THE SECTION, UH, AROUND THE, THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM TO SEE EXACTLY IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE.

AND A LOT OF THE REASON FOR THE ASTERISK IS AROUND OUR HERITAGE PRESERVATION GRANT BECAUSE, UM, THERE IS, YOU KNOW, QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT ORGANIZATIONS CAN BE ELIGIBLE FOR THERE, BUT IT REQUIRES HISTORIC DESIGNATION OR DIFFERENT DESIGNATIONS LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S, UM, DEPENDING UPON YOUR DESIGNATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE WANTED TO, TO BE ABLE TO SHOW IT COMPREHENSIVELY, BUT ALSO SHARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC FOR THAT PROGRAM.

THANK COMMISSIONER.

ANYTHING ELSE? UM, MORGAN, ARE THESE, UH, ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THE SAME LINK THAT THEY WERE AVAILABLE SO FAR? THE DRAFT? SO WE HAVE NOT PUBLISHED THEM ON OUR PUBLIC INPUT JUST YET.

THEY, UM, WERE JUST FINISHED ON FRIDAY.

FINALIZED ON FRIDAY, AND SO THEY ARE IN THE HANDS OF OUR DIRECTOR AT THIS TIME.

UM, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO GET THEM PUBLISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT, UM, TODAY THEY ARE NOT THERE, OBVIOUSLY.

ANYTHING ELSE? UH, COMMISSIONERS.

OBVIOUSLY BEFORE THE NEXT MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING, WOULD YOU, UH, OR I THINK IT'S GONNA BE AVAILABLE BY THE TIME YOU HIT THE ARTS COMMISSION, UH, MID MONTH I THINK.

ABSOLUTELY.

UH, IF YOU COULD SHARE LIKE WITH THE COMMISSIONERS, SO YOU KNOW, WE, YEAH, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT BEFORE, UH, WE COME HERE TO, UH, DO A RECOMMENDATION.

UH, SO THAT'S ONE THING.

UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, EVERYBODY, WE WILL BE LOOKING TO DO A RECOMMENDATION ON THESE GUIDELINES TO COUNCIL, UH, IN THE NEXT MEETING.

UM, AND, AND IF WITH, WITH AN OPENING, UH, IN OCTOBER, UH, I'M GUESSING YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THE ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND REACH OF THESE CRITERIA AT THIS POINT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS HAVE DRAFTED QUESTIONS AND SCORING RUBRICS AND THOSE ARE ALSO IN THE REVIEW PROCESS INTERNALLY, BUT THEY WILL BE A PART OF WHAT IS BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL TO APPROVE.

IT WON'T JUST BE THE GUIDELINES, IT'LL BE THOSE COMPANION DOCUMENTS AS WELL.

SO THOSE WILL ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE.

RIGHT, THAT'S WHY I SAW THAT.

YEAH, YOU MENTIONED THAT HERE.

UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE MUSIC COMMISSION, UH, WILL ALSO HAVE A VE INTO WHEN WE ARE MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION OR ARE WE ESSENTIALLY LOOKING AT THE SCORING CRITERIA AND MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON THAT? I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE WHOLE PACKAGE.

UM, WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT WITH OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM AS A WHOLE YET, BUT I'LL BE SURE TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION THIS WEEK WHEN WE MEET ON WEDNESDAY FOR OUR LEADERSHIP MEETING.

AND I WOULD ALSO JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE QUESTIONS LIKE IN OUR PREVIOUS YEAR WILL BE POSTED ONLINE WHEN THE APPLICA BEFORE THE APPLICATION OPENS AS PART OF OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AROUND GUIDELINES, UH, IS TAKING PLACE.

SO YOU CAN EXPECT THAT RELATIVELY SOON, LIKE, UM, THOSE QUESTIONS BEING POSTED SO THAT PEOPLE CAN START LOOKING AT THEM AND ASKING QUESTIONS.

UH, SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WILL SEE THE QUESTIONS BEFORE THE APPLICATION OPENS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MORGAN.

THANK YOU ERICA.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

THE NEXT TOPIC UNDER

[6. 2026 Bond Program public engagement and awareness update.]

DISCUSSION ITEMS, UM, IS, UM, 2026 BOND PROGRAM, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND AWARENESS UPDATE.

UM, WE WERE, UM, INITIALLY, UM, EXPECTING THE BUDGET OFFICE TO BE HERE TO POSSIBLY PRESENT ON THIS.

I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE SHOOTING FOR SEPTEMBER ON THAT FRONT.

UH, SHELBY, AND THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR AWARENESS.

THERE IS A 2026, UH, BOND FOR WHICH, UH, FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND OF COURSE, ALL RELEVANT, ALL STAKEHOLDERS IS, UH, BEING TAKEN.

UH, IT'S IN THE PROCESS, SO I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE WEBSITE.

I CAN SHARE THE WEBSITE WITH EVERYBODY THROUGH, UH, STAFF, UM, AND UH, FOR PUBLIC INPUT.

AND ESSENTIALLY ON JULY 18TH, 2024, THIS SAYS THAT AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED CITY MANAGER TO BRING A COMPREHENSIVE BOND PACKAGE FOR AUSTINITE TO APPROVE THROUGH AN ELECTION BY, UH, NOVEMBER, 2026.

SO THIS IS FOR LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

USUALLY THERE'S A, IT'S THROUGH PUBLIC VOTE THAT, UH, THIS KIND OF EXPENDITURE IS, UH, DECIDED UPON.

UM, SO THERE WAS A PUBLIC INPUT FORM THAT WAS OPEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK THAT I THINK THE, ABOUT A MONTH.

I, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE, SHELBY, IF, YOU KNOW, JUST THROW IT OUT, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARY.

BUT ABOUT A, A LITTLE OVER A MONTH BACK, I BELIEVE IN THE, UH, THE PUBLIC INPUT FORM WAS CLOSED.

UM, SO I HAD HEARD SOME CONCERNS FROM COMMUNITY

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MEMBERS BETWEEN ARTS AND MUSIC, UH, THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A AWARENESS THAT THIS FORM WAS AVAILABLE.

THIS FEEDBACK FORM WAS AVAILABLE FOR, UH, UH, INPUT INTO THE BOND ASK.

AND THAT'S WHY THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA TO SEE IF THERE WAS BROADER GENERAL AWARENESS AROUND IT.

DID SOME FOLKS MISS OUT ON IT? AND WHAT KIND OF STEPS DOES THE BUDGET OFFICE USUALLY TAKE IN ORDER TO SOCIALIZE SOMETHING LIKE THIS? UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE SITE AND IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT FORM IS CLOSED AND I'M NOT SEEING ANY PLANS OF EXTENSION OR ANYTHING.

IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A MONTH SINCE THAT'S HAPPENED.

BUT I DO SEE COMMUNITY MEETINGS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER TOWN HALL MEETINGS PROVIDING, UH, ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR AUSTINITES TO PARTICIPATE.

SO IT WOULD BE GREAT, UM, IF THE BUDGET OFFICE, AT LEAST THROUGH AN EMAIL OR UH, HOPEFULLY THROUGH A PRESENTATION HERE, CAN PROVIDE US JUST BETTER INSIGHT INTO, UM, HOW THOSE TOWN HALLS WILL SHAPE UP AND HOW PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE, UH, AND HOW WE ARE PUTTING THE WORD ACROSS DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES FOR THOSE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CREATE AWARENESS OF THAT.

UM, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, EITHER FROM STAFF OR COMMISSIONERS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.

[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

WE'LL HAVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

WE'LL HAVE LIVE MUSIC FUND COLLECTION BRIEFING.

UM, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE ON THE FINAL REPORTS.

ERICA, IS THAT GOOD? UH, WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON AIRPORT MUSIC PROGRAMMING AND HOW THAT TRANSITION IS GOING AND WHAT NEW IS COMING UP FROM ACME ON THAT FRONT.

UH, WE, WE WILL HAVE UNDER DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS, A RECOMMENDATION FOR, UM, ACME FUNDING GUIDELINES, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL FROM THE MUSIC COMMISSION.

AND, UH, UNDER DISCUSSION ITEMS, WE'LL ADD BACK 2026 BOND PROGRAM PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO SEE IF, UH, UH, ANYBODY FROM THE BUDGET OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT.

UM, AND, UH, WHAT ELSE? COMMISSIONER? ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONER PRICE? YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD FOR AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS FOR CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAT BOOKTA TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS AND, UH, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.

ALL RIGHT.

COMMISSIONER PRICE? I'LL SECOND.

WHAT ELSE? ALRIGHT.

UH, COULD SOMEBODY MOTION TO ADD ALL OF THE ABOUT TO THE AGENDA? COMMISSIONER SILVA? DO I HAVE A SECOND? WE SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CARVALHO.

SO THAT, UH, MOTION IS APPROVED.

MOTION TO ADJOURN.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR.