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[CALL TO ORDER]
MONDAY, 6:41 PM I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION TO ORDER.[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
WE HAVE, UM, UM, MR. DAVID COLLIGAN FROM RALLY AUSTIN FOR PUBLIC COMMS, BUT JUST VERY QUICKLY, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, PLEASE COME ON UP.UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, INTRODUCE OUR NEW COMMISSIONER, PENNY JOE POLL AFTERWARDS.
DAVID COLLIGAN WITH RALLY AUSTIN.
UM, SO I, WE, WE HAD A BIT OF A HAPPY ACCIDENT THIS AFTERNOON.
WE REALIZED THAT, UH, WE WERE NOT INCLUDED IN TODAY'S AGENDA, UH, ALTHOUGH WE'D STATED A REQUEST ABOUT A MONTH AGO, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN CONFUSING WITH A PASS REQUEST FOR APPROVING A BOARD MEMBER.
UH, SO I DID WANT TO ASK FOR A LITTLE ADDITIONAL TIME TODAY FROM YOU TO MAKE A QUICK PRESENTATION ON THE 2026 BOND PROPOSAL.
UH, I CAN ABBREVIATE THAT TO WHATEVER PERIOD OF TIME YOU LIKE, UM, BUT IT WAS A PRIORITY FOR US TO GET THIS INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU BEFORE WE HOPED TO MEET WITH COUNSEL IN NOVEMBER.
UH, SO IF THERE WERE ANY SUPPORT THAT YOU WANTED TO ARTICULATE AS A BODY, UH, WE COULD HAVE THAT REPRESENTATION WITH OUR INFORMATION.
AND, UM, YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THE MISCONDUCT THERE.
I THINK I HAD GOT, UH, LOST IN, IN THE COMMUNICATION SOMEWHERE.
UM, IF YOU COULD JUST PLEASE REMIND ME AGAIN WHEN ARE YOU GETTING THIS IN FRONT OF COUNSEL? UH, IN NOVEMBER.
IS IT MID? THAT WOULD BE LATER IN NOVEMBER.
I WOULD, UH, IT'LL BE MID-NOVEMBER.
SO, SO THAT, JUST SAY IF WE NEED TO ARTICULATE ANYTHING FROM THE MUSIC COMMISSION, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN THE NOVEMBER MEETING, SO WE CAN GET OUR INFORMATION HERE.
UH, SO AGAIN, DAVID COLLIGAN WITH RALLY AUSTIN.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW NEW MEMBERS TO THE COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, FIRST OF ALL.
UH, BUT I WAS ABLE TO SEND YOU ALL, SOME INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING JUST SO I CAN, UH, MAYBE GO THROUGH THIS INFORMATION A LITTLE MORE QUICKLY WITH YOU TODAY.
YOU'LL HAVE A PAST PRESENTATION THAT I MADE, UH, TO THE BOND, UH, ADVISORY TASK FORCE HERE FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND THIS IS ALL FOCUSED ON THE 2026 BOND, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING EVALUATED.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE 2025 TAX RATE ELECTION.
THIS IS LOOKING FORWARD TO NOVEMBER OF 2026.
JUST A BRIEF REMINDER OF WHO RALLY IS, WE WERE THE FIRST MULTI-PURPOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION CREATED AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND REALLY IT WAS A NUMBER OF YOU ALL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ARTS AND CREATIVE SECTORS HERE IN AUSTIN THAT WERE LOOKING FOR A THIRD PARTY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING THAT WOULD FOCUS ON REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES AND RETAINING OUR CREATIVE VENUES AND CREATIVES PERIOD HERE IN AUSTIN.
SO THERE WAS A REALLY BIG MOVEMENT, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE 2018 BOND, TO, TO HAVE AN AGENCY LIKE OURS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO STEWARD THOSE RESOURCES.
WE WERE THEN CREATED OFFICIALLY IN 2020.
I'LL GO THROUGH OUR VISION AND MISSION.
YOU'LL SEE MORE OF OUR FOCUS ON EQUITY THAT'S THREADED WITHIN WHAT IT IS WE DO WHILE WE FOCUS ON REAL ESTATE OWNERSHIP, ACQUISITION DEVELOPMENT, AND ENABLING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
SO WE HAVE MORE SPACES IN THE CITY AND ALL AROUND THE CITY THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS DIVERSE CITY.
WE'VE GOT A FOCUS ON ARTS, MUSIC AND CULTURE, COMPLETE COMMUNITIES AND CATALYTIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, JUST KIND OF MAKING UP OUR PORTFOLIO OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.
OUR BOARD, UH, YOU ALL APPOINTED EMMETT BEVO, RIGHT? HE'S GONNA BE SERVING AS OUR CHAIR FOR THIS COMING YEAR, AND HE'S A PART OF OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
BUT WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF SEATS FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT MAKE UP OUR BOARD, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF MAJOR INSTITUTIONS FROM AROUND AUSTIN AS WE LOOK NOT ONLY TO TO SERVE THE CITY, BUT ALSO HAVE MORE OF A REGIONAL MIND FRAME SUPPORTING ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
I GAVE YOU A SLIDE THAT JUST SHOWS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT REALLY THIS IS A QUICK WAY OF RECAPPING OUR CURRENT PORTFOLIO.
TO DATE, WE'VE GOT 160 MILLION WORTH OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, UH, CAPACITY, WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE 293,000 SQUARE FEET OF AFFORDABLE SPACE.
YOU SEE THE BREAKOUT HERE, AND THEN WE DEFINE THOSE OUTCOMES IN EACH OF THOSE THREE VERTICALS FOR COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, ARTS, MUSEUM CULTURE, AND CATALYTIC DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT I WANTED TO GO THROUGH WITH YOU TODAY, AND I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, ALTHOUGH THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, AND YOU WILL HAVE A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION TO TAKE WITH YOU.
HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH ANYTHING IN MORE DEPTH AT A FUTURE MEETING, UH, OR EVEN BETWEEN NOW AND YOUR NEXT MEETING.
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I WANT TO GO OVER QUICKLY.THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, HAS LOOKED AT ITS INVENTORY OF NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY, WITHIN THE CITY FOR BOND PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR THE CAPACITY OF PLACING ON THE 2026 BOND PROPOSITION RALLY.
AUSTIN, BEING A VERY CLOSELY CONNECTED THIRD PARTY QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL PARTNER TO THE CITY, WE WERE ASKED IF WE HAD ANYTHING TO PROPOSE, AND WE CERTAINLY DID, ESPECIALLY ON YOUR BEHALF.
SO WE JUMPED RIGHT INTO THAT PROCESS.
TO ARTICULATE NEED, THE CITY CREATED THE BOND ELECTION ADVISORY TASK FORCE.
THERE ARE TWO MEMBERS ON THAT TASK FORCE PROVIDED BY EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SO THAT THAT BODY HAS BEEN MEETING COLLECTIVELY, THEY'VE NOW BROKEN INTO WORKING GROUPS, AND I PROVIDED YOU LINKS TO SOME OF THE INFORMATION THEY'VE HAD IN THE PAST, AND I THINK YOU'VE HAD SOMEONE FROM CITY STAFF COME IN AND TALK MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT THE PROCESS.
UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE COMMUNITY INPUT EVENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE, HOWEVER, THAT THAT TIMEFRAME HAS SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE TAX, UM, UH, CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE ALSO TAKING PLACE CURRENTLY.
CITY STAFF IS GONNA PUT FORWARD THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT CITY SHOULD CITY COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER FOR THE 2026 BOND.
YOUR BTIF WILL COME TOGETHER AS WORKING GROUPS AND THEN AS A COLLECTIVE BODY TO PUT FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION AS WELL.
AND THEN IT WILL BE UP TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DECIDE WHAT MAKES THE FINAL CUT FOR 2026.
AND THEN THEY WILL FRAME THAT LANGUAGE.
WE START OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAKEHOLDERS RIGHT HERE, INSTEAD OF GIVING YOU ALL THE DETAILS OF THE BACKGROUND AND PROCESS.
UH, AND IT'S REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE WE ASK WHAT IT IS THAT THIS EVOKES, RIGHT? AND FOR A GROUP OF CREATIVE FOLKS, I'M SURE IT GOES A LITTLE DEEPER AND LONGER IN WHAT THIS EVOKES FOR YOU, BUT IT'S BEEN INTERESTING TO HEAR THE JOY, UH, THAT THIS EVOKES.
IT'S INTERESTING TO HEAR THE SADNESS, THE ANGER SOMETIMES EVOKED FROM THIS IMAGE.
UH, AND EVEN JUST THE, THE NEUTRAL, LIKE, I DON'T FEEL REPRESENTED IN WHAT I THINK THIS IS.
AND CLEARLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AT IS, IS THE HISTORY AND THE IDENTITY OF AUSTIN BEING A WEIRD CITY.
AND THAT CONNECTION THAT WE HAVE WITH THAT BRANDING, AND WE, WE BRING IT UP TO SHOW HOW IT IS THAT BRANDING WAS CATALYTIC, UM, WHEN THE CITY WAS LOOKING TO INCENTIVIZE A MAJOR RETAILER HERE IN AUSTIN, A NUMBER OF OUR SMALL LEGACY BUSINESSES BANDED TOGETHER, UH, UNDER THE MANTRA OF KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS.
AND WE THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT MOMENT BECAUSE IT HIGHLIGHTS THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR IDENTITY AND OUR VALUES AS A CITY, RIGHT? BUT OVER TIME, WE'VE SEEN, WE ARE BEING QUOTED AS DEAD.
WE'VE SEEN SOME DIFFERENT FOLKS, UH, PROVIDING DECORATIONS, JUST EXHIBITING THAT, THAT CULTURE OF OUR CITY, KIND OF NO LONGER EXISTING OR THAT IDENTITY OF OUR CITY.
THERE'S EVEN A T-SHIRT THAT'S BEING SOLD IN OUR OWN AIRPORT FOR, UH, UNFORTUNATELY OF, OF AUSTIN INSTITUTIONS AND LEGACY BUSINESSES THAT ARE NO LONGER WITH US.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, IF YOU LOOKED AT THAT LIST, YOU'D SEE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LOCAL ICONIC MUSIC VENUES FROM THREADGILL TO TO, TO OTHERS, WHICH IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE.
WE POINT THIS OUT AS A WAY OF SHOWING HAVE HOW POP CULTURE IS REALLY UNDERLYING THE FACT THAT OUR IDENTITY IS AN ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR AUSTIN.
WE HAVE TO CREATE AND KEEP WHAT IT IS THAT IS LOCAL IF WE ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO COMMUNITY GROWTH, BECAUSE THAT MIDDLE COLUMN SHOWS US THERE'S A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FIGHTING AFFORDABILITY FOR LIVING HERE EVERY BIT AS THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS AND AGENCIES FIGHTING COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY TO STAY OPEN HERE IN AUSTIN AS WELL.
AND IF THEY AREN'T OPEN, THEN INDIVIDUALS CAN'T WORK THROUGH THEM TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD LIVING HERE.
SO IT, IT COMPOUNDS THE ISSUE FOR OUR CREATIVES AT RISK, OF COURSE, ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS, BUT AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, THREATENING OUR, OUR COMPETITIVE ABILITY AS A CITY.
IF WE DON'T KEEP THIS LENS OF WEIRD HERE, RALLY'S SOLUTION COMES FORWARD WITH THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO SUPPORT, UH, OR SEED PROGRAMMING THROUGH THE 2026 BOND.
AND WE ARE GONNA FOCUS ON THESE THREE DIFFERENT AREAS OR PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO TEE UP.
BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS, IS RALLY DOING WHAT IT IS WE ALREADY DO BEST AND WHAT WE ARE OR HAVE BEEN PROVING TO THE CITY THAT WE CAN DO FOR THEM AS A PARTNER HERE IN THE AUSTIN AREA.
THAT'S PROPERTY ACQUISITION, WHERE WE WOULD BE IN CONTROL OF REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE ASSETS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AFFORDABILITY ON THOSE SITES, AS WELL AS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION.
SO NOT JUST FOCUSING ON THE SITES THAT WE CONSTRUCT, BUT YOU'LL SEE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE
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CAN NEGOTIATE WITH THOSE DOLLARS TO ACHIEVE CERTAIN OUTCOMES OR BENEFITS ON SITE.AND THEN WORKING WITH THE CITY TO ESTABLISH LOAN GRANTS AND PROGRAMS SUPPORT.
SO WE'RE PROPERLY TRIAGING THESE EFFORTS.
PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WON'T RESULT IN THINGS OVERNIGHT.
IT'S GONNA TAKE A PERIOD OF TIME TO ASSEMBLE THOSE RESOURCES AND THEN EXECUTE.
BUT BY WORKING WITH OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL FUNDS OR PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN POINT AT THESE EFFORTS WHILE WE ARE GETTING MORE OF THESE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS IN LINE, IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE NATION FOR BEST PRACTICES.
WHEN WE INITIALLY WENT OUT FOR, UH, RFP FOR THESE DOLLARS, AFTER THE 2018 BOND WAS APPROVED, UH, WE MEASURED $350 MILLION WORTH OF NEED.
YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION THAT I MADE TO BTIF IN JUNE THAT OUTLINES HOW IT IS.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE INITIAL DOLLARS AND WHAT IT MEANT AS A PROGRAM IN LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES FOR CULTURAL TRUST.
AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF DATA, BUT PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY SEEING HOW IT IS THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE BROKEN OUT AND HOW PUBLIC DOLLARS ARE LEVERAGED.
YOU CAN SEE HERE CASTE, WHICH IS THE PREMIER AGENCY AS A CULTURAL TRUST, NOT JUST WITHIN THE NATION, BUT STUDIED ABROAD AS WELL BY GROUPS LIKE UNESCO, OUR CULTURAL CITY FORUM.
UM, YOU CAN SEE OVER THE COURSE OF 11 YEARS THAT THEY'VE EXISTED, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE 83,000 SQUARE FEET OF AFFORDABLE CREATIVE SPACE WITHIN SAN FRANCISCO.
THEY'VE DONE THAT BY PUTTING PLACES LIKE WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IN MARKET 4 47 MENA, THIS MULTI-STORY COMPLEX.
YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING FROM AFFORDABLE OFFICE SPACE FOR CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS TO JUMP INTO TO MAKERSPACE.
UM, JUST A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT USES, RIGHT? FOR THIS MULTIPURPOSE SPACE.
AND BELOW IT, WHAT'S MAYBE A LITTLE MORE HARDER TO IDENTIFY, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT ON THEIR WEBSITE.
THE CITY PROVIDED A PARCEL OF PROPERTY, WHICH MADE CA INVESTMENT IN ACTUAL DOLLARS MUCH LOWER BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE ACTUAL PROPERTY ITSELF.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET WITH PROPERTY CONTROL AND ACQUISITION, UH, BRINGING THOSE PARTNERS AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TO THE TABLE SO WE CAN SECURE CREATIVE SPACE IN, IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
I CATALOG A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES, CHICAGO HAVING A TURS, WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO FINANCE CERTAIN GRANTS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN NEGOTIATIONS HAPPEN.
PITTSBURGH VERY FOCUSED WITH THEIR CULTURAL TRUST, MORE FOCUSED ON A DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY, AND NEW ORLEANS SUPPORTS THEIR VENUES INDIRECTLY, RIGHT, USING HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX DOLLARS.
UM, I KEEP THAT HERE AS A BEST PRACTICE BECAUSE A PORTION OF WHAT WE RECEIVE, AS YOU SAW IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, IS THROUGH HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX DOLLARS.
SO I KEEP THE BEST PRACTICE TO DATE IN THE FOUR YEARS SINCE WE'VE CREATED AND PUT OUT OUR CALL FOR PROPOSALS THROUGH THE AUSTIN CULTURAL TRUST.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INITIATE THESE SEVEN AGREEMENTS.
WE'VE GOT MORE THAT ARE COMING ONLINE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT IS.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE THESE PUBLIC DOLLARS.
WE BREAK OUT WHAT IS PROVIDED TO US VIA THE BOND FOR $12 MILLION APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 2018 VERSUS THOSE THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN LEVERAGED THROUGH ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, LIKE THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TAX DOLLARS, OR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT HERE THOUGH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE 53,000 SQUARE FEET IN ABOUT THREE YEARS.
AND IF I WERE TO BRING IN THE ADDITIONAL 30,000 SQUARE FEET THAT OUR TEAM IS NEGOTIATING ON EAST 11TH STREET, THEN WE RIVAL WHAT IT IS.
SAN FRANCISCO BUILT IN 11 YEARS.
WE DID THAT IN THREE, ALMOST FOUR YEARS.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S TO YOUR CREDIT.
THE COMMUNITY BUILT THIS, AND THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN BEHIND THIS.
AND HOPEFULLY THE COMMUNITY IS ARTICULATING THE NEED TO CONTINUE THIS TYPE OF WORK.
FOR OUR REQUEST IN THE 2026 BOND, WE ARE ASKING FOR $80 MILLION TO GO TO PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS.
SO WE CAN LOOK TO ACQUIRE EIGHT TO 10 MORE SITES.
WE THINK THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE, BUT WE ARE HAVING TO ESTIMATE THESE FIGURES FOR 2026 AND AT LEAST FIVE YEARS BEYOND THAT IN THE OTHER COLUMNS.
AND YOU'LL SEE THIS CONSISTENT FOR EACH OF THE THREE PROGRAMS WE'RE REQUESTING.
WE SHOW YOU WHO ARE THE PARTNERS WE'RE GONNA LOOK TO BRING TO THE TABLE SO WE CAN LEVERAGE THE DOLLARS AND BRING IN MORE OF THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO SUPPORT WHAT THE PUBLIC IS MAKING AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS THE ANTICIPATED ECONOMIC IMPACT OF EACH.
WE'RE LOOKING AT 50 MILLION FOR CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION, WHAT IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE MADE, NOT JUST TO THE EIGHT TO 10 SITES THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO SECURE, BUT OTHER POTENTIAL PROJECTS AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN LOAN GRANTS, PROGRAM SUPPORT, LOOKING TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO BUILD UP THINGS LIKE THE
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CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SUSTAINABLE FUNDING, AGAIN, TO TRIAGE AND, AND, AND TO CREATE THE EFFORT TO SUSTAIN WHILE WE ARE CREATING AND WORKING WITH THE MARKET TO BE ABLE TO BUILD OUT MORE OF THESE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS.OUR NEXT IS TAKING THAT MODEL AND TURNING IT TO OUR LOCAL LEGACY BUSINESSES.
THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM OUR ICONIC MUSIC VENUES.
THESE WOULD BE YOUR MOM AND POP SHOPS THAT YOU KNOW, THAT YOU SHOP AT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THESE ARE THE RESTAURANTS YOU ENJOY GOING TO WITH YOUR FAMILY THAT ARE LOCAL, RIGHT, THAT FEEL MORE AUSTIN.
WE KNOW THAT THOSE DOLLARS CIRCULATE DIFFERENTLY IN OUR ECONOMY, AND WE KNOW THEIR VALUE AS REPRESENTING OUR IDENTITY AND BRAND.
WE SEE COMMERCIAL TRUST, JUST LIKE A CULTURAL TRUST THAT ARE BEING ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE NATION.
WE'D LIKE TO WORK IN A SIMILAR CAPACITY HERE WORKING WITH A GROUP LIKE PRESERVATION AUSTIN OFF OF THEIR DEFINITION OF LEGACY BUSINESSES, UM, WHICH IS ALSO A BENCHMARK FROM ACROSS THE NATION TO BE ABLE TO FINANCIALLY STEP IN AND INTERVENE TO RETAIN AFFORDABLE SPACES FOR THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES.
SAN FRANCISCO, AGAIN, IS DOING THIS REALLY WELL.
THEY'RE INVENTORYING THEIR BUSINESSES.
THEY'VE GOT SOME GRANT CAPACITY, SO THEY CAN KIND OF WORK FROM BOTH ANGLES, BUT IT, IT SEEMS A LITTLE MORE TRADITIONAL IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TYPES OF AGREEMENTS.
SO CERTAINLY SOME OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN AUSTIN AND OTHER MAJOR CITIES ARE, ARE FOLLOWING SUIT WITH, UH, THE SAN FRANCISCO MODEL.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.
CHICAGO HAVING THAT WONDERFUL TOURS, UH, THAT THEY'RE USING FOR THOSE $250,000 GRANTS.
WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS A $45 MILLION PACKAGE.
AGAIN, RALLY AUSTIN HAVING THE ABILITY TO ACQUIRE SITES FIVE TO 10 WITHIN THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, FOLLOWING THE 2026, HOPEFULLY APPROVAL OF THIS TYPE OF WORK.
UH, AND THEN $20 MILLION FOR CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND WORKING WITH STAFF TO IDENTIFY LOAN GRANT AND PROGRAM SUPPORT MAY THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THEIR THREE 80 POLICY.
FINALLY, OUR PROPOSAL BRINGS FORWARD SOLUTIONS AROUND AFFORDABLE WORKSPACE AS WELL AS AFFORDABLE LIVING SPACE, BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT HOW HAVING BOTH, UM, REALLY IMPACTS OUR CREATIVE'S ABILITY TO STAY AND MARKET.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHO WE WANT TO AIM WORKFORCE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR CREATIVES.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING, FOLKS HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME KIND OF VISUALIZING WHAT WHAT THAT WOULD BE.
AND REALLY, I PUT SOME GREAT VISUALS HERE SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, UH, AND MAYBE EVEN THINK OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS BECAUSE PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY START TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THEY KNOW OF.
BUT THESE ARE SPACES THAT HAVE OPEN SPACE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO LIVE AND ALSO DO THEIR CREATIVE WORK.
UM, SOME OF THESE SPACES, MOST AFFORDABLE, YOU CAN SEE IN NEW ORLEANS, $160 PER MONTH TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN ONE OF THESE ARTIST LOFTS.
WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT DEGREE OF AFFORDABILITY, BUT WE CERTAINLY SEE THE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO BRING THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT TO MARKET BY WORKING WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPERS OR EVEN SOME NATIONAL AGENCIES LIKE ARTSPACE, WHO HAS 60 DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO THIS ISN'T A NEW MODEL BY ANY MEANS, ACTUALLY.
ARTSPACE IS, HAS LOOKED AT AUSTIN BEFORE.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE DALLAS MARKET CURRENTLY.
WE LIKE TO ATTRACT THEM IN, SHOW THEM SITES THAT WE CAN WORK WITH, BUT HAVE FUNDING SOURCES TO MEET THEM WITH GAP FINANCING.
WE SEE THESE ARRANGEMENTS BEING DONE.
WE ALSO SEE MORE STIPENDS THROUGHOUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CITIES, AGAIN, WITH THAT TRIAGED EFFORT, BECAUSE NOT ALL ARTISTS LIVE AND WORK IN THE SAME SPACE, RIGHT? YOU JUST CAN'T, UH, AT, AT SOME POINTS.
SO THEY TRY TO MAKE THE LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS MORE AFFORDABLE BY FOCUSING ON THESE INDIVIDUALS.
AND THEN THEY HAVE SOME STIPENDS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE SPACES THAT THEY WORK IN TO DO THIS WORK.
WE'RE REQUESTING 46.5 MILLION FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
FEWER SITES HERE, BUT MUCH BIGGER IMPACT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, MUCH LARGER SITES.
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION, WE BELIEVE WITH 14.5 MILLION.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SOME GAP FINANCING, AND WE BELIEVE THAT CONSERVATIVELY BRINGS ONLINE A HUNDRED AFFORDABLE LIVE WORK TYPE UNITS.
AND THEN AGAIN, LOOKING AT LOANS AND GRANTS PROGRAMS, DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MUSICIANS, CREATIVES, THOSE WHO ARE WITHIN OUR CULTURAL SPACES, STAYING IN MARKET LONGER.
AS WE BRING MORE OF THESE SOLUTIONS ON LONG TERM, WE BREAK IT ALL DOWN IN ONE SLIDE FOR YOU JUST TO SHOW YOU WHAT, AS A VOTER YOU WOULD BE BUYING BY SUPPORTING THE KEY BOSTON HOURS PROPOSAL AND WHAT IT MEANS IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC BENEFIT THAT WE HOPE TO RETURN TO THE CITY OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
I WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF THE STING AWAY FROM $260 MILLION.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A BIG NUMBER, AND I KNOW AS A VOTER MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M VOTING ON MY OWN PROPERTY TAX BILL, BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU OTHER PACKAGES ACROSS THE NATION HOW IT
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IS WE ARE IN LINE WITH THE EFFORT AS WELL AS THE NUMBER, UM, THAT THEY ARE DRAWING UP.WHAT I DO WANT TO ARTICULATE THOUGH, IS THAT A GROUP LIKE PHILADELPHIA OR A CITY LIKE PHILADELPHIA HAS HAD PHILADELPHIA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN EXISTENCE FOR ABOUT 70 YEARS NOW.
AND WHEN COVID HAPPENED, BY HAVING PHILADELPHIA INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION IN PLACE RESOURCED SUCCESSFUL FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, THEY WERE ABLE TO TURN TO A GROUP LIKE RALLY, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHO WE MODELED RALLY AFTER A GROUP LIKE PIDC INVEST ATLANTA.
AND IMMEDIATELY THEY WERE ABLE TO ISSUE $400 MILLION WORTH OF DEBT TO SUPPORT NEEDS THAT COV IN COVID RESPONSE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE NEXT YEAR FOR VOTERS TO COME OUT TO APPROVE.
AND THAT'S THE LONG-TERM GAME THAT WE'RE PLAYING IN.
HAVING A GROUP LIKE RALLY IN THE MIX IS BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS ISSUES QUICKLY, IMMEDIATELY BY HAVING THE FUNDING CAPACITY TO SUPPORT THE CITY AROUND THESE PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE.
SO BY VOTING FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT OR THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS BUILDING SUSTAINABLE FUNDING WHERE THE ORGANIZATION CAN CONTINUE TO WORK FLEXIBLY WITH THE CITY TO ADDRESS NEEDS QUICKLY, UM, AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY IS A LOT BIGGER THAN THE CITY IN IN, IN THESE CASES.
WE DO HAVE THE PROCESS AND WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXECUTE WITH THESE FUNDS.
I JUST WANTED TO LAY THAT OUT HERE.
I DID THIS, UH, ALSO WHENEVER WE DID THE, THE, THE BOND PRESENTATION TO BTIF SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES IN FUNDING AND HOW OUR GROUP HAS BROUGHT IN AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION FOR THE CULTURAL TRUST THAT'S BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFSETS, UH, AND HELPING TO CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE THE CULTURAL TRUST AS WELL.
WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, WORKING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'RE GOING THROUGH A NUMBER OF THESE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS.
AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS TO BE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER TO PRESENT THIS PACKAGE TO THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE, TRYING TO GET THEIR AWARENESS ON THIS PROPOSAL AND IF THERE'S ANY COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR IT, UH, SO THAT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY HAVE IT, UH, WITHIN THEIR CONSIDERATION AS THEY'RE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FROM BE TIFF AND THE CITY STAFF.
SO, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TO RETURN TO ANOTHER MEETING, UH, TO GO THROUGH DETAILS MORE WITH YOU.
BUT, UH, I AM VERY GRACIOUS OF THE TIME THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED.
UM, I THINK, UH, SINCE KIND OF THIS IS PART OF THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, UH, WE CAN'T HAVE ANY EXTENSIVE, UH, BACK AND FORTH, BUT IF THERE'S A QUICK QUESTION, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, UH, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND, UH, AND THEN WE WILL, UH, BRING THIS ITEM BACK NEXT MONTH.
UM, MR. COLLIGAN, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, UM, KIND OF, UH, AN UPDATE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE IT ON, UM, WHERE THINGS ARE WITH THE, UH, ENTITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN GRANTS.
UM, AND IF YOU COULD GIVE SOME EXAMPLES ON WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH, UH, WITH THE GRANTS AND HOW THINGS ARE PROGRESSING, UM, UM, I WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THEY, THIS IS A PURELY A GRANT AND THERE IS NO OWNERSHIP SHARING.
IF YOU COULD PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATIONS AROUND WHAT KIND OF, UH, MODELS, UH, THAT ARE BEING USED, UH, YEAH, WE CAN RETURN WITH, UH, ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON, ON THE DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS.
WE HAVE A SLIDE WITHIN THE PRESENTATION THAT I JUST PROVIDED THAT SHOWS SOME OF THE DIFFERENT STEPS.
UH, BUT AGAIN, THESE, THESE ARE NOT GRANTS.
THESE ARE REAL ESTATE NEGOTIATIONS.
THESE ARE AGREEMENTS THAT LAST 20, 40 YEARS, UH, WHERE WE ARE SUPPORTING POSSIBLY WITH STIPENDS FOR THE, THE, THE BUSINESS TO STAY, BUT WE'RE ALSO SUPPORTING IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SITE, UM, HAVING ADDITIONAL REVENUE OPTIONS ON SITE THAT ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE BUSINESS STAYING THERE AS WELL.
UM, SO JUST WE CAN, WE CAN COME BACK WITH ADDITIONAL DETAIL.
YOU HAVE SOME OF THAT OUTLINED WITHIN THE PRESENTATION AND, UH, THE PRESENTATION MADE TO B TIFF AS WELL IN THE, THE INFORMATION I PROVIDED BEFORE THE MEETING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER PADA.
WOULDN'T, UM, IF, UM, COMMISSIONER ENGLAND IS HERE IN NOVEMBER, YEAH.
UM, THEN HE MAY BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO IT SINCE HE'S, UM, AFFILIATED WITH HOLE IN THE WALL.
UM, LET'S, UM, ACTUALLY, LET ME TAKE A
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PENNY JO PULIS HERE, UH, FROM DISTRICT, UH, 10.UM, COMMISSIONER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JUST, UH, TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
UH, LIKE NELLI SAID, I'M PENNY JO PULIS.
I AM, UH, A CO-FOUNDER OF TEX CHROMOSOME WOMEN.
UM, WE AMPLIFY WOMEN'S VOICES BY SUPPORTING, UH, INDEPENDENT ARTISTS THROUGH RADIO SHOWS AND, UH, UH, LIVE MUSIC SERIES AND, UH, AN OVERSEAS RADIO SHOW AS WELL.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN AUSTIN, UH, IT'LL BE HALLOWEEN, IT'LL BE 30 YEARS.
SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY HERE IN THE MUSIC COMMUNITY, AND MAKING DECISIONS FOR, UH, ALL KINDS OF, UH, HELPFUL THINGS FOR MUSICIANS, SO, AND THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, WORKING WITH YOU HERE.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ON TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES.UH, IF SOMEBODY COULD MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING FROM AUGUST 4TH, AS WELL AS FROM SEPTEMBER 8TH.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER PRICE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND.
WE HAVE STAFF BRIEFING ON LIVE MUSIC FUND COLLECTIONS BY, OH, WAIT, SEPTEMBER 8TH.
IS THERE EVERYBODY MIGHT NOT HAVE.
SO WE HAVE AUGUST 4TH AND WE HAVE SEPTEMBER 8TH TO APPROVE MINUTES.
SO I CALLED FOR BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER.
[2. Staff briefing on Live Music Fund collections by Kim McCarson, Program Manager, Music & Entertainment Division, Austin Arts, Culture, Music & Entertainment.]
TO STAFF BRIEFINGS WITH STAFF BRIEFING ON LIVE MUSIC FUND COLLECTIONS BY KIM MCC CARSON, PROGRAM MANAGER, MUSIC AT ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION AT ME.HELLO, KIM MACARON, PROGRAM MANAGER AT THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU GUYS A, UM, UH, UPDATE ON THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND.
THE LAST COLUMN TO THE LEFT, TO THE RIGHT, THE ONE, THE ONE ON THE FAR RIGHT IS THE ONE YOU WANNA LOOK AT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2025.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE ALMOST CAUGHT UP WITH WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
REMEMBER, LAST MONTH WE HAD, WE WERE, THERE WAS A LAG, SO WE WERE A LITTLE BEHIND THIS POINT IN TIME FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND NOW WE'VE ALMOST CAUGHT UP WITH, UM, 1,123,522, UH, FOR, UM, THAT SHOULD BE AUGUST ENCUMBRANCES, NOT OCTOBER.
BUT FOR AUGUST, 'CAUSE THIS IS THE AUGUST REPORT AND, UH, THAT, UH, CATCHES UP FOR YEAR TO DATE OF 4,378,111, AND WE'RE ONLY 1% BEHIND AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, SO THE NEXT MONTH I'LL BE GIVING OUR FINAL, UH, REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2025.
UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS.
[3. Staff briefing on FY23 Austin Live Music Fund final reports by Erica Shamaly, Division Manager, Music & Entertainment Division, Austin Arts, Culture, Music & Entertainment.]
UH, STAFF BRIEFING ON FI 23 AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND, FINAL REPORTS BY IKA SHAMLEY, DIVISION MANAGER, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION, ACME.UH, PROGRAM MANAGER OF MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION.
ERICA HAD TO STEP OUT FOR A MOMENT, SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GIVE THIS PRESENTATION FOR YOU.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA BE UPDATING YOU ON ALL THE INFORMATION FOR THE FY 2023 AND FY 2024 LIVE MUSIC PROGRAMS. SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE, AND THERE'S NOTHING NEW ON HERE OF THE 367 AWARDS THAT WERE MADE.
UM, SO WHAT WE'LL FOCUS ON IS THE, THE LAST PART, UH, AS YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A, A NUMBER OF AWARDEES WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THEIR FINAL REPORTS IN, BUT THAT NUMBER HAS SHRUNK A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE, WE NOW HAVE 29 REMAINING NON-COMPLIANT AWARDEES.
OF THOSE 29 14 SUBMITTED AN INTERIM REPORT, UM, SHOWING HOW THEY SPENT THE FIRST PAYMENT, BUT EITHER DIDN'T HAVE A COMPLETE OR MAYBE NO
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FINAL REPORT AT ALL, AND 15 OF THE 29, UM, SUBMITTED AN INCOMPLETE OR, OR NO INTERIM REPORT.SO WE DID HAVE, UM, FIVE BASICALLY DID CLOSE OUT SINCE OUR LAST REPORT.
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS THE 2024 LIVE MUSIC FUND PROGRAM.
UM, AND AGAIN, THE SLIDES, UH, HERE HASN'T, UH, CHANGED.
THERE WERE 136 GRANT AWARDS, ACCEPTED, SIGNED, UM, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND, UH, LOOK AT THE LAST THREE BULLETS THOUGH.
THIS IS WHERE THE INFORMATION IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, IF YOU WOULD DISREGARD THE PERCENTAGES ON THE RIGHT, BECAUSE I'VE REALIZED THAT THOSE ARE NOT CORRECT.
BUT 134 FIRST PAYMENTS WERE PAID OUT, UH, SO FAR AND 99 SECOND PAYMENTS WERE PAID OUT, AND 49 FINAL PAYMENTS OF, UH, THE WHOLE, OF THE 136 AWARDEES HAVE BEEN PAID OUT AND CLOSED.
SO, UM, THAT 134, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S 50% GOES OUT THE DOOR FIRST, THEN IT'S 40% WITH THE PROGRESS REPORT, AND THEN THE FINAL, UH, FINAL REPORT, THEN THEY GET THE LAST 10%.
SO THAT BULLET OF 134, THAT'S THE FIRST 50%, THE 99 PEOPLE WHO DID THE, UH, SECOND PAYMENT, GOT THEIR SECOND PAYMENT.
UH, THAT'S THE, THE NEXT 40% THAT THEY GOT.
AND THEN THE LAST 49 OF THE 136 HAVE ACTUALLY CLOSED OUT AND GOT THEIR LAST 10%.
AND I THINK THAT SAYS NEXT SLIDE.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? THANK YOU.
DENNIS, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
SO YOU SAID WHAT, JUST FOR LOGISTIC PURPOSES, YOU SAID 50% GOES OUT.
IS THAT LIKE WHEN THEY'RE ACCEPTED? JUST THE LOGISTICS OF THAT.
AND THEN THE SECOND, SO WHEN THEY SIGN THE CONTRACT, THEY GET, THEY GET LIKE AN AGREEMENT, A AWARD AGREEMENT, UH, A GRANT AGREEMENT.
AND WHEN THEY GET THAT, THEY READ THROUGH THAT, THEY SIGN IT AND IT'S EXECUTED.
THEY IMMEDIATELY GET WITHIN 30 DAYS THE FIRST HALF OF THEIR GRANT, SO THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEND IT AND START SPENDING IT WITHOUT DELAY.
THEN THEY HAVE A PROGRESS REPORT THAT THEY SEND TO US, WHICH TELLS US HOW DID YOU SPEND IT? AND, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T, SOME, SOME PEOPLE REQUIRE INSURANCE, SOME PEOPLE DON'T.
SOME QUESTIONS LIKE THAT GET ANSWERED.
AND WE ALSO REACH OUT AND SAY, HEY, DO YOU NEED ANY HELP? YOU KNOW, THERE'S ANOTHER, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IN THE PROGRESS REPORT IS, DO YOU NEED SOME STAFF TO, YOU KNOW, UH, STAFF HELP ON ANYTHING? AND UH, SO THAT'S WHEN THEY DO THE FINAL, THE SECOND THE PROGRESS REPORT, THEN THEY GET THE NEXT 40%.
SO AT THIS POINT, THEY'VE RECEIVED THE FIRST NINE, THE WHOLE 90% REALLY, OF THEIR GRANT.
AND THEN WHEN THEY FINISH THE FINAL REPORT, WHICH TELLS US ALL, YOU KNOW, A LOT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW IT WENT AND, AND THERE'S A LOT MORE COLLECTION POINTS THERE, RIGHT.
THEN, UH, THEY GET THE LAST FINAL 10%.
IS THAT PROGRESS REPORT, LIKE SIX MONTHS IN, THREE MONTHS, IN NINE MONTHS IN, WELL, IT, IT DEPENDS ON THE GRANT.
SO WITH, UH, IT, IT'S A TWO YEAR, UH, FOR THE 2024, IT WAS A TWO YEAR GRANT, SO THEY HAVE TWO YEARS TO FINISH IT.
LIVE MUSIC VENUES, I BELIEVE WAS ONE YEAR, BUT THE, THE, UH, LIVE MUSIC FUND FOR MUSICIANS AND PROMOTERS WAS TWO.
SO THEY CAN FINISH IT EARLY IF THEY WANT TO.
THEY, THEY MIGHT FINISH IT IN SIX MONTHS OR THEY MIGHT TAKE THE FULL TWO YEARS.
UH, SO KIM, UH, REMIND US OF THE DEADLINE PLEASE, FOR THE LAST REPORT ON THIS ROUND FOR THE 2024 GRANTS.
SO THERE'S NO, WE DIDN'T INSTITUTE ANY DEADLINES OTHER THAN THE END OF THE CONTRACT.
SO THERE'S NO DEADLINE ON YOUR PROGRESS REPORT.
WE LITERALLY ALLOW PEOPLE TO KIND OF TAKE IT AS THEY NEED TO.
THEY HAVE THE FULL TWO YEARS TO DO THEIR GRANT.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE 2026 IS WHEN, RIGHT.
SO IT WOULD BE, AND I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE CONTRACT, BUT IT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE SUMMER OR EARLY FALL OF THIS NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD PROGRESS RIGHT NOW, GIVEN THAT 99 OF THOSE SECOND PAYMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO THROW ANY LIGHT ON, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF JUST HAVE FIVE ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS THAT HAVE GONE OUT FROM THE FIRST ROUND AS TO WHAT, WHAT, NOT GETTING INTO ANY PERSONAL DETAILS, BUT WHAT THAT, WHAT MIGHT HAVE TRIGGERED THOSE A TRIGGERED TO GET COMPLIANT? UH, THE, THE LAST FIVE? YEAH.
UM, SO WE HAVE A PRO, WE HAVE A PROCESS SO THAT WE NOTIFY PEOPLE THAT, HEY, BY, YOU KNOW, LETTING 'EM KNOW THAT YOUR CONTRACT, YOUR GRANT AGREEMENT IS EXPIRED AND WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED YOUR FINAL REPORT, YOU KNOW, PLEASE GET THAT IN TO US JUST SO YOU CAN GET YOUR LAST PAYMENT.
AND BY THE WAY, REACH OUT AND CONTACT US IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED HELP OR STUCK ON SOMETHING.
AND SO WE, WE HAD DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE DID THAT.
UM, WE DID IT BY, UH, PHONE CALL.
AND THEN FINALLY THE LAST LETTER WENT OUT.
THAT WAS BASICALLY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF ABOUT TO LAUNCH THE NEW PROGRAM, SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE, UH, WANTING TO CLOSE THOSE OUT BEFORE THAT SO PEOPLE CAN
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APPLY.UM, SO IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR, UH, FINAL REPORT IN, THEN UM, YOU AREN'T ABLE TO BE AWARDED FOR THE NEW LIVE MUSIC FUND WHEN THAT OPENS.
AND SO THOSE LETTERS WENT OUT LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT NOT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, WHAT THE STIPULATIONS WERE FOR BEING IN NONCOMPLIANCE.
UH, COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER? PRICE? YEAH, JUST, UH, SO DURING THE LAST MEETING, COMMISSIONER FRIES, UH, DURING THE LAST MEETING, WE TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT LIKE THE LENIENCY AND THE, AND THE GRACE PERIOD, OBVIOUSLY OF BEING NEW AND NOT WANTING TO BE TOO HARSH.
UH, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE MOVING FORWARD IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S NON-COMPLIANCE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, ABOUT, UM, JUST MAYBE WHAT THE CONSEQUENCE WOULD BE OR THE PENALTY MOVING FORWARD, CHANGING OUR POLICY OR DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT? CORRECT.
JUST ANY IMPLEMENTATION OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF, YOU KNOW, SAY NEXT YEAR WE GO AROUND OPEN APPLICATION AND WE FACE THIS PROBLEM AGAIN, I KNOW THERE WASN'T A SET, SET, UH, REPERCUSSION THAT WE HAD PUT IN PLACE AND IT WAS KIND OF OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF ANY OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAD BEEN HAD.
SO WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ON THE STAFF LEVEL ABOUT WHAT WE, WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE.
BUT THIS IS ALSO A WIDER, UH, CONVERSATION WITH, UH, THE OTHER DIVISIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT AS WE'RE TRYING TO BE COHESIVE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, UM, SO THAT A LOT OF OUR GRANT PROGRAMS ARE, ARE MORE ALIKE IN A LOT OF WAYS IN OUR POLICIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT, IT IS A BIGGER DISCUSSION.
UM, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS, WHAT HAPPENS, UH, IF THEY DON'T FILL OUT THE FINAL PAPERWORK? WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE MONEY THAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN ALREADY? DO THEY HAVE, YEAH, SO THE LETTER ACTUALLY ASKS THEM THAT, UH, TO EITHER THEY CAN PAY IT BACK, UH, OR, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN FINISH THEIR REPORT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVE US THE INFORMATION FOR THE PHONE REPORT AND HAVE THE MONEY, UH, SPENT AT THIS POINT.
WELL, YEAH, SO THEY, THEY CAN, THEY CAN FINISH IT OUT AND GIVE US THE REPORT OR, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD, THEY COULD PAY IT BACK AND MAKE GOOD WITH THE CITY ON THAT GRANT.
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE, UH, FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN FORFEITED? DO THEY GO BACK INTO THE, INTO THE, SO TO SPEAK, OR DO THEY, UM, GET SENT TO, GIVEN TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO WAS MAYBE TURNED DOWN? NO, THAT, THAT'S CLOSED.
SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GO BACKWARDS AND, AND, UM, RE AWARD PEOPLE FROM THE LAST ROUND OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THAT MONEY WOULD BE GOING BACK INTO THE FUND.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
SO ERICA HAD TO BE OUT FOR A BIT.
UH, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE STAFF BRIEFING.
COULD WE, UH, MOVE THAT TO A LATER TIME IN THE AGENDA? SHOULD BE BACK.
UH, COULD WE JUST, UH, MOTION TO MOVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR TO AFTER DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS. DO I HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER PRICE? DO I HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER POLL IS ALL IN FAVOR.
I THINK, UH, DO WE NEED THIS? I'M NOT QUITE SURE, BUT MM-HMM.
WE'RE COMMISSIONER, WE'RE GOOD.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE GOOD TO MOVE IT.
[5. ACME funding staff briefing by Morgan Messick, Assistant Director, Austin Arts, Culture, Music & Entertainment.]
TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, ACME FUNDING STAFF, UH, ACME FUNDING STAFF BRIEFING BY MORGAN MESSICK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AUSTIN ARTS CULTURE OF MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.UM, MORGAN MESSICK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR AUSTIN ARTS CULTURE, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.
AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO JUST GIVE YOU SOME BRIEF UPDATES ABOUT THE PROGRESS TOWARDS THE APPLICATION LAUNCH FOR ALL OF OUR GRANT FUNDING PROGRAMS. UM, THANK YOU FOR WHOEVER IS PRESENTING MY SLIDES.
MAY I GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? UM, JUST A, JUST A BRIEF REMINDER AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD ACCESS TO ALL THE INFORMATION, BUT, UH, OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH WHAT WE CALL THE CREATIVE RESET PHASE ONE, WHICH HAS INVOLVED A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO GET US TO OUR FINAL PROGRAM GUIDELINES LEADING TO THIS LAUNCH THAT IS SLATED FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE ENGAGEMENTS IS AVAILABLE ONLINE VIA THIS QR CODE AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
UM, JUST A REMINDER ON ALL THE DIFFERENT STEPS THAT WE TOOK FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS A PROGRAM LAUNCH THIS MONTH, AND SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW, UM, WE HAVE A NEXT STEP TO GET OUR MEMO OUTLINING ALL THE PROGRAM DETAILS
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PASSED THROUGH MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, WHERE WE ARE OFFERING THEM A BRIEFING ON THE CREATIVE RESET, AS WELL AS GIVING THEM A COPY OF THE FINAL FUNDING GUIDELINES AND THE INFORMATION ON THIS APPLICATION ROLLING OUT.IT'S BEEN IN PROCESS THROUGH OUR, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE FLOW UPWARDS.
SO WE ARE EXPECTING FOR THAT TO PASS THROUGH THIS WEEK.
SO I JUST GAVE IT A TBD DATE, UM, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY TODAY IF IT'S HAPPENED ALREADY OR IF IT'S HAPPENING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, BUT WE'LL BE SURE TO KEEP YOU POSTED AND WE CAN FORWARD THAT MEMO ALONG, UH, TO THE FULL COMMISSION ONCE IT IS POSTED ONLINE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE LAUNCHING OUR INFORMATION FORMALLY, UH, ON OUR WEBSITE AND THROUGH DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, EMAIL NEWS BLASTS, UM, WITH A MARKETING CAMPAIGN COMING SOON AND THROUGH DIFFERENT ASSETS THAT YOU'LL SEE AROUND THE CITY IN THE COMING WEEKS, THAT WILL ALL HAPPEN AFTER THE MEMO GOES OUT.
SO OUR TIMELINE APPLICATION THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE DOING A THREE, UH, THREE STEPS APPROACH FOR OUR APPLICATIONS.
WE WILL HAVE AN INTAKE FORM, AN ELIGIBILITY FORM, AND AN APPLICATION FORM.
AND SO IT WILL BE A SINGULAR FUNNEL INTO THE PROCESS.
SO EVERYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR ANY NUMBER OF PROGRAMS WILL FILL OUT ONE INTAKE FORM.
AND SO FOR FOLKS WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN OUR SYSTEM, WHICH IS SUBMITTABLE, OUR PARTNERS AT THE LONG CENTER, UH, MANAGE THAT PLATFORM FOR US, YOU WILL ENTER INTO THE SUBMITTABLE SYSTEM, UM, EITHER CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THERE, UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT TO GET IN THE DOOR, THE INTAKE FORM WILL BE THE FIRST STEP AND IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE ELIGIBILITY FORM, WHICH WILL HELP YOU, UH, PUT IN YOUR INFORMATION ON WHO YOU ARE AS AN APPLICANT TO SEE WHICH PROGRAMS YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE FINAL STAGE WILL BE THE APPLICATION, UH, QUESTIONS FOR EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT YOU MAY BE APPLYING FOR.
SO ON OCTOBER 14TH, WE ARE PLANNING TO OPEN THAT INTAKE AND ELIGIBILITY FORM PROCESS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE MARKETING IN THE NEXT WEEK, LETTING FOLKS KNOW, HEY, GET READY TO COME AND UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD OR CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN HERE.
AND KIND OF GIVE PEOPLE INFORMATION ON WHAT THEY NEED TO PREPARE TO INTAKE THAT PROCESS.
THE APPLICATION QUESTIONS WILL FORMALLY LAUNCH ON OCTOBER 21ST, SO PEOPLE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LEEWAY A WEEK HEADS UP TO START GETTING IN THE SYSTEM, GETTING THEIR MATERIALS TOGETHER AND GETTING PREPARED TO ACTUALLY FILL OUT THE APPLICATION QUESTIONS.
AND ALSO THE APPLICATION QUESTIONS WILL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, ALONG WITH THAT FORMAL ROLLOUT THAT YOU SEE ABOVE AS SOON AS THE MEMO IS APPROVED.
WE ALWAYS POST OUR QUESTIONS ALONG WITH OUR SCORING RUBRICS, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE GUIDE GUIDELINES AS WE ROLL OUT ALL THE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC BACK TO THE TIMELINE.
SO OCTOBER 14TH, OCTOBER 21ST, AND THEN DECEMBER 4TH WILL BE THE APPLICATION INTAKE DEADLINE.
SO ONCE YOU ENTER THE APPLICATION INTAKE PROCESS, YOU HAVE ALL THE WAYS UNTIL DECEMBER 4TH TO COMPLETE INTAKE AND ELIGIBILITY.
SO THAT WILL BE, UH, YOUR SOFT DEADLINE TO GET INTO THE FUNNEL TO ACTUALLY APPLY FOR THESE PROGRAMS. I DROPPED THE LINK DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE TO FIND THAT INFO ON THE WEBSITE.
AND THEN THIS IS A WALKTHROUGH FOR A VISUAL FOR THAT APPLICATION PROCESS AS WELL STARTING NOW.
AND THEN OCTOBER 14TH IS WHEN THAT INTAKE OPENS ALL THE WAYS DOWN THROUGH OUR FINISH LINE, WHICH IS WHEN WE ANTICIPATE FUNDING TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY EARLY MARCH, 2026.
I, UH, BELIEVE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SOME, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD EYES ON OUR PLANNED LAUNCH CALENDAR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO OF COURSE, OCTOBER 21ST, WE ARE EYEBALLING LAUNCHING ELEVATE LIVE MUSIC FUND, CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE AND OUR HERITAGE PRESERVATION GRANT, FOLLOWED IN MARCH BY THE LAUNCH OF OUR NEXUS PROGRAM.
AND THEN IN JULY, WE WILL DO OUR NEXT STEP APPLICATION PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROGRAMS LAUNCHING AT ONCE.
AND SO THIS WILL BECOME OUR NEW CADENCE.
IT'LL BE MARCH NEXUS JULY, UM, A SERIES OF PROGRAMS LAUNCHING AT ONCE FOLLOWED BY THE SECOND NEXUS IN THE YEAR.
AND FOR ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW, NEXUS IS OUR SMALLEST GRANT PROGRAM.
IT IS A PART OF OUR CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION PORTFOLIO OF WORK.
IT IS FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND ARTS GROUPS AND IS FOR EITHER $5,000 GRANTS OR $10,000 GRANTS.
MUSICIANS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.
AND THEN FOLLOWING IN 2027, YOU WILL SEE THAT SAME CADENCE OF MARCH, JULY, AND SEPTEMBER.
WE HAVE TWO PROGRAMS THAT ARE EVERY OTHER YEAR, AND THAT IS CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE AND THRIVE.
SO YOU WILL NOT SEE THOSE ON THE LAUNCH CALENDAR EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
UM, CREATIVE SPACE YOU SEE THIS OCTOBER, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE IT AGAIN IN JULY OF 2027.
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WE ARE STILL WORKING ON FINALIZING OUR TECHNICAL AND APPLICATION ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES, AND THOSE WILL ALL BE LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, AS THE INFORMATION IS FINALIZED TO GO LIVE.BUT WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN GIVING A LOT OF THOUGHT TO AND WE ARE REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'LL HAVE STAFF LED WORKSHOPS FROM THE ACME STAFF AND THOSE WILL HAVE OPTIONS FOR VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON.
IN ADDITION, WE WILL RECORD THEM, UM, AND WE WILL ADD SUBTITLES.
WE WILL ADD, UH, CAP CLOSED CAPTIONING.
WE'LL HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE ON OUR YOUTUBE SITE AS WELL IN PERPETUITY.
ADDITIONALLY, OUR FRIENDS AT THE LONG CENTER WILL HAVE THEIR DEDICATED PHONE LINE, WHICH THEY'VE HAD IN YEARS PAST.
THAT WILL BE A MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PHONE LINE FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM NINE TO 11:00 AM UM, WITH SUPPORT OFFERED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
OUR STAFF WILL ALSO HOST VIRTUAL OPEN OFFICE HOURS FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, WHICH WILL OCCUR EVERY TUESDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON, AND WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES COMING SOON AS WE FINALIZE THAT.
I DROPPED THE LITTLE LINK AT THE BOTTOM THERE FOR THE EXEC PAGE WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THOSE.
BUT OF COURSE, YOU CAN EASILY FIND ALL OF THIS THROUGH OUR FUNDING MAIN LANDING PAGE.
ALL RIGHT, SO YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE AS WE ROLL THIS INFORMATION OUT ON AUSTIN TEXAS.GOV/ACME/GRANTS/FUNDING.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL BE PUSHING FORWARD INFORMATION TO OUR COMMISSIONS AND ANYBODY WHO FOLLOWS OUR CHANNELS.
SO MAKE SURE TO STAY IN THE LOOP WITH ALL THINGS ACME SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION IN YOUR HANDS.
AND AT THIS TIME, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROCESS.
UH, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SHARE THE DECK WITH, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS? YES.
WE'LL MAKE SURE SHELBY GETS THAT IN BACK UP AND SHARE.
NO, I WAS JUST TAKING PICTURES, SO I FIGURED IT WOULD BE HANDY TO HAVE IT
UM, I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ACTUALLY.
DO YOU KNOW APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH THE POOL WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND? I, I DO.
I'M NOT SURE IF ERICA STEPPED BACK IN.
SHE PROBABLY KNOWS IT OFF THE TOP OF HER HEAD.
ERICA SHAMLEY, MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION MANAGER.
I WAS JUST, UH, TALKING TO MUSICIANS FROM AUSTIN, GOING TO OTA, JOE PAN, WHO IS OUR FRIENDSHIP CITY.
SO I HAD TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM A PEP TALK BEFORE THEY GO IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
UM, SO YES, WE HAVE $7 MILLION IN ALL FOR THE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND OF THAT 300, LET'S SEE, I THINK IT'S 600,000 WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE $5,000 GRANTS AND I BELIEVE IT'S 1.6 MILLION FOR VENUES AND THE REST FOR PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS AND PROMOTERS.
AND DO YOU HAVE AN AMOUNT, I GUESS LIKE THERE WAS 136, I THINK YOU SAID AWARDEES FOR THE LAST ONE.
SO DO YOU KNOW APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY AWARDEES YOU'LL HAVE FOR EACH SECTOR? JUST A GENERAL, UH, AVERAGE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW.
IT'S UP TO THE APPLICANT TO SAY IF THEY WANT TO APPLY FOR EITHER THE 20,000 OR THE 5,000, AND UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT THEY SELECT, UH, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER SENSE.
BUT GENERALLY, IF, YOU KNOW, WE COULD TAKE THAT AND IF YOU, WE CAN DO A HIGH AND A LOW AND I JUST DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME.
I'D LOVE IF WE COULD GET THOSE NUMBERS.
BUT WE, WE ARE ALLOCATING ABOUT 600,000 OR SPECIFIC NUMBER FOR THE $5,000 GRANTS, RIGHT? YES.
SO THEN WE SHOULD HAVE A, A DEDICATED NUMBER THERE.
AND I CAN LOOK RIGHT NOW, I THINK I DID SOME, IT'S ABOUT 120.
WOULD THAT AVAILABLE? AT LEAST WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL APPLY, BUT THERE WOULD BE 120 AVAILABLE.
MY LAST QUESTION, I KNOW YOU SAID THERE WILL BE A LOT OF MARKETING AND THAT WAS LIKE, I WAS SPEAKING TO SOME ARTIST LAST WEEKEND AND THEY WERE CURIOUS EXACTLY HOW THAT WOULD BE MARKETED AS WELL.
SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH A DETAILED COMMUNICATIONS PLAN THAT WILL BE ROLLING OUT VERY SHORTLY, AND IT WILL BE EVERYTHING FROM RADIO, SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, AND GOING TO WHERE THE FOLKS ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO SOME TABLING, SOME IN-PERSON MEETINGS, UH, AND WE'LL BE GOING TO OUR COMMISSIONS, OUR MUSIC AND ARTS COMMISSION.
WE HOPE THAT, UH, A MEDIA KIT WILL BE ORGANIZED FOR ALL OF YOU TO SHARE, UM, ALL OF THE ASSETS AND THE INFORMATION.
AND WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE THAT TO OUR PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY THAT HAS HELPED, THAT HAVE HELPED US PROMOTE THINGS IN THE PAST.
AND WE'RE EVEN LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN BRING ON SOME FOLKS TO REALLY HELP DO SOME HEAVY DUTY PROMOTION IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY.
MORGAN, ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD THERE?
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UH, NOPE.UM, WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I'M NOT SURE FOR ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW.
UH, WE DO NOT HAVE A DEDICATED MARKETING TEAM IN OUR DEPARTMENT, SO KUDOS TO ERICA, UM, SHELBY AND STAFF, EVERYONE ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT WHO'S HELPING PULL THIS TOGETHER.
BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A THOUGHTFUL PLAN TO APPROACH THIS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT AS WELL.
UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THE, THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, UH, IN THE NEXT MEETING.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE SHARE THAT WITH US.
SO $7 MILLION, LIKE A DOUBLE FROM THE LAST ALLOCATED FUNDS.
WAS THAT, ARE THE SHORT TERM RENTALS INCLUDED IN THAT? WHAT IS THE, THE SPIKE IN THAT? NO, SO FOR F FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, WHICH WAS THIS PAST YEAR AS YOU KNOW, ACME FORMED, AND SO THAT DELAYED OUR PROCESS JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO INSTEAD OF JUST ROLLING OUT TWO QUICK, UH, SUCCESSION APPLICATIONS, ONE AFTER ANOTHER, UH, THAT SEEMED KIND OF SILLY WHEN YOU THINK OF THE EXPENSE RELATED TO THAT.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TAKING THAT BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS, UM, THE $4.8 MILLION DEDICATED FOR, UH, AWARDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.
AND WE'RE SPLITTING THAT BETWEEN THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS.
SO WE HAVE A FLAT BUDGET OF THAT 4.8 MILLION FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
THAT WAS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE HAVE LIKE NOW A MULTI-YEAR BUDGET PROCESS WHERE WE STAY FLAT FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO FOR 26 AND 28 OR 26 AND 27, THAT MEANS 4.8 PLUS HALF OF THE 7 MILLION.
SO EACH YEAR WE'LL HAVE, UM, OR HALF OF THE 4.8 TO CREATE 7 MILLION FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
SO THE HOPE IS IS THAT BY HAVE, KEEPING IT FLAT WHERE IT'S RIGHT NOW, BUT USING OUR OVERAGE AND SPLITTING IT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THAT THAT GIVES US TWO YEARS TO COLLECT THOSE STR REVENUES AND OTHER HOT REVENUES SO THAT YOU DON'T SEE A DECLINE IN THE BUDGET IN THAT YEAR THREE E.
OR AT LEAST IT'S NOT A, HOPEFULLY IT MAKES UP, UH, FOR, FOR THE DIFFERENCE OR AT LEAST IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT DIP FROM, YOU KNOW, THE C YEAH, WE, IT ACTUALLY GOES BACK TO NORMAL.
COLLECT, WE ARE COLLECTING THOSE REVENUES NOW AND, UM, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SHOW YOU OUT OF THE BIG POT OF MONEY THAT WE DO REPORT TO YOU THAT KIM JUST REPORTED TO YOU, WHAT PORTION OF THAT IS SDR REVENUE AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT YET.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH A BUDGET OFFICE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SAY, AND OF THAT A PROPORTION SO WE CAN GET A SENSE OF WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE.
BUT THOSE FUNDS ARE COMING IN NOW.
OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER CASADA.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S SO IMPRESSIVE AND, AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY AMAZING THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.
SO, UM, I SINCERELY JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
UM, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, FOR, UM, MORGAN ON THE, UM, ASSISTANCE THAT ONE SLIDE WITH THE ASSISTANCE AND THE PHONE NUMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WOULD THAT BE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PULL THAT BACK UP, UM, IF POSSIBLE, MAYBE IT WAS LIKE TWO SLIDES.
UM, YEAH, SO IS THIS, ARE THOSE THE PHONE LINE? IT'S TWO HOURS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND THEN THE VIRTUAL OFFICE IS TUESDAYS, WHICH I GUESS ULTIMATELY IS JUST A HAND, LIKE LESS THAN 10 TUESDAYS, RIGHT? I MEAN, LIKE SIX OR SEVEN TUESDAYS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT WE CAN SCHEDULE ON TOP OF THAT.
SO THAT'S JUST A PLACE WHERE WE KNOW, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN UP, YOU CAN JUST SHOW UP.
SO THAT'S JUST ONE GUARANTEED PLACE WHERE ANYONE CAN SHOW UP AND YOU CAN FACILITATE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS, EXTRA HELP.
UM, IT, THIS IS JUST OUR CONSISTENT, UH, INTAKE THAT YOU'LL SEE FOR APPLICANTS, INCLUDING THE PHONE LINE THAT WILL BE ANSWERED BY A REAL PERSON WHO'S BILINGUAL RIGHT NOW IS FROM NINE TO 11.
THAT'S WHAT WE DID THE LAST TIME.
WE BASICALLY, THAT'S OUR FIRST POINT OF INTAKE.
WE LOG ALL OF THE REQUESTS THROUGH A LOG THAT IS BEING MANNED BY THE LONG CENTER, OUR THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND WE'RE ALL PUTTING OUR OWN INFORMATION INTO THAT LOG SO THAT, UH, WE ARE CATALOGING EVERYTHING, HELPING EVERYBODY WHO'S ASKING AND AGAIN, MEETING THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT.
SO THESE ARE JUST GUARANTEED TIMES, NO MATTER WHAT ON TOP OF THIS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SEVERAL EVENTS, BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND GET, UH, SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE GUIDELINES OR GET SOME ACTUAL TRAINING ON THE PROCESS.
UM, LAST YEAR WE DID A VIRTUAL, YOU KNOW, WORKSHOP, WHICH WE'RE GONNA DO AGAIN THIS YEAR, A COUPLE HOURS LONG.
THERE WAS A LONG Q AND A AT THE END.
WE TAKE ALL OF THE MOST CONSISTENT QUESTIONS FROM THAT Q AND A AND, AND ADD THEM TO THE WEBSITE AS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.
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SO WE WILL, YOU'LL SEE A HOST OF DIFFERENT, UH, LIVE AND VIRTUAL EVENTS IN ADDITION TO THIS AS BEING OUR BASELINE THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY.AND SO, AND MORE AND MORE ALL COMING SOON ON OUR WEBSITE.
'CAUSE IT DOES SEEM THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ALL COMPLETELY NEW.
UM, BUT IT WILL ALSO COMBINE THE OTHER GRANTS AS WELL, RIGHT? SO FOR THE WORKSHOPS, WE'RE THINKING, BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE COULD APPLY TO SEVERAL OF THE PROGRAMS AND TO BE CONSISTENT, UH, TO HAVE EVERYBODY IN THE SAME ROOM AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOR THOSE PROGRAMS ACROSS THE BOARD WILL PREVENT CONFUSION BECAUSE WE DID IT SEPARATELY LAST YEAR.
AND WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THAT IS THAT INFORMATION WAS STARTING JUST TO GO AND GET MIXED UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO PEOPLE WERE CONFUSING, OH WAIT, WHICH, WHICH PROGRAM WAS THAT FOR? AND SO BY PRESENTING IT THIS WAY, IN ONE CONSISTENT PRESENTATION WITH ALL STAFF THERE ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS CONSISTENTLY BASED ON THEIR PROGRAMS, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST GONNA BE MORE EFFECTIVE.
AND SO WE'LL JUST BE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR CO YOU KNOW, WITH OUR, UH, FOLKS WITHIN THE CULTURAL ARTS AND HERITAGE PRESERVATION DIVISIONS TO COORDINATE AND DO THOSE WORKSHOPS TOGETHER.
AND, UH, ERICA, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, FROM COMMISSIONERS? ALRIGHT, UM, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON, UH, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY NOTABLE CHANGES SINCE THE LAST PRESENTATION ON THE, ON THE CRITERIA OR THE QUESTIONS BASED ON ANY FURTHER FEEDBACK THAT, UH, THE DEPARTMENT HAS GOTTEN? NO, UM, ACTUALLY IT'S JUST BEEN, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE FURTHER EXPLAINED JUST TO BE SURE EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND ONCE WE EXPLAIN IT, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, OKAY, THEN MY QUESTION GOES AWAY.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING FOLKS USED TO THE NEW GUIDELINES FOR BOTH CSAP AND FOR THE REST OF THE PROGRAMS AND LIVE MUSIC FUND.
YOU CAN START ASKING YOUR QUESTIONS ANYTIME.
UM, WE'RE HERE TO HELP THE FIRST OFFICE HOURS, WELL, WE DO OFFICE HOURS EVERY TWO WEEKS NOW WE'RE STARTING TO DO THEM WEEKLY, STARTING TOMORROW.
SO, UH, PEOPLE CAN JUST, UH, YOU DON'T NEED TO SIGN UP, YOU JUST CLICK ON THE LINK ON OUR WEBPAGE AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE, UM, THE APPROVAL COULD BE AS SOON AS TOMORROW, WE'LL HAVE THOSE FINAL GUIDELINES PUBLISHED AND WE'LL BE SURE THAT YOU GUYS GET EYES ON THOSE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR JUST THE AMAZING WORK AND, UH, TURNAROUND, UH, FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST BEEN, UH, GREAT TO SEE HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ENGAGED PRETTY EXTENSIVELY.
UM, AND, AND, AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE THE OUTCOMES.
SO, YOU KNOW, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS BEING ROLLED OUT AND, UH, UM, GETTING, UH, HELP, UM, TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WELL, WE THANK YOU AS WELL FOR YOUR COLLABORATION.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS AS WELL.
[6. Downtown Commission update on priorities and recent actions by Parliamentarian Silva. ]
ON UNDER DISCUSSION ITEMS, WE HAVE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION UPDATE ON PRIORITIES AND RECENT ACTIONS BY PARLIAMENTARIAN SILVA.THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SILVA.
OKAY, I'LL, UH, DO THIS VERY QUICK.
AS THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MUSIC COMMISSION TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, UH, I'LL GIVE A QUICK UPDATE.
TRY TO GIVE THIS EVERY MONTH, QUICK FIVE MINUTES AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, IT WAS A RATHER SHORT MEETING THIS PAST TIME.
THEY FOCUS ON TWO MAIN ISSUES.
ONE WAS A NEW COUNCIL RESOLUTION CALLED, UH, DOWNTOWN AUSTIN STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
AND WHAT THEY'RE ASKING THE CITY MANAGER TO DO IS, UH, APPOINT STAFF TO FOCUS ON COORDINATING DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT INITIATIVES THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS WORKING ON A LOT OF PROJECTS, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WORK COHESIVELY TOGETHER.
UM, SO SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THEY PROVIDED INCLUDED, UM, TRYING TO, WELL, THEY'VE GOT THREE STRATEGIES OR THREE MAIN PRIORITIES.
ONE IS, UM, BOLSTERING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ON PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, DECRIMINALIZING CRIMINAL NETWORKS, NUISANCE ISSUES.
THE SECOND ONE, FOCUSING ON PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND SO THEY HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT NOT JUST FOCUSED ON SIXTH STREET, BUT ALSO THE PASS FROM, YOU KNOW, YOU PARK SEVERAL BLOCKS AWAY TO GET TO SIXTH STREET, HOW IS THAT SAFE? UM, AND THIRD, FINALLY, THEY DID TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND THESE INCLUDED THE CONCRETE BARRIER BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT THAT'S STILL SORT OF A WORK IN PROGRESS AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION THROUGH THE WHOLE AREA, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING, UM, AUSTIN ENERGY REPLACED ALL THEIR ALLEY LIGHTING AND
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IS WORKING ON REPLACING STREET LIGHTING AS WELL.THE CONVENTION CENTER IS EXPANDING THEIR PARKING HOURS, SO FOR STAFF WHO WORK LATE OR AFTER VENUES CLOSE AND THEY HAVE SOME PLACE TO PARK, THEY'RE COORDINATING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RIDESHARE.
SO DROP OFF SO THAT EVERY FEW FEET YOU'VE GOT A, A, A, AN UBER STOPPING, AND NOW THEY'RE, THEY'VE GOT ASSIGNED SPACES TO DO THAT TO HELP WITH MOBILITY DOWN SIXTH STREET.
UH, AND THEN ALSO THE LAW DEPARTMENT.
LAW DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON LEGAL INSTRUMENTS TO, UH, TO ABATE NUISANCE AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES THAT OCCUR IN THE AFTER.
SO, UM, IT'S, THEY'RE VERY MUCH IN THE BEGINNING PROCESS.
THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING.
A COUPLE OF STAFF SHOULD HAVE 'EM ON, THEY SAID, WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND THEN THEY REALLY GET GOING, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT NECESSARILY A UNIT THAT OVERSEES ALL OF THIS, BUT JUST HELPS TO COORDINATE ACROSS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
ACME IS ALSO INCLUDED AS ONE OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, PUBLIC WORKS, TRANSPORTATION, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NO, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THE ONLY OTHER ITEM THEY BROUGHT UP IS THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION IS MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL TO EXPAND THEIR BOUNDARIES.
SO THEY WANT TO EXPAND IT TO MATCH WELL, TO EXPAND IT, TO MATCH A CURRENTLY CH ANOTHER CHANGE THE COUNCIL'S MAKING SO THAT THEIR BOUNDARIES MATCH WHAT COUNCIL IS ASKING.
AND SO THE BOUNDARIES MOVE NORTH TO, UM, THEY, OR RIGHT NOW IT'S TO NORTH IS MLK, THEY WANT TO EXTEND IT FURTHER UP NORTH TO, UH, 29TH STREET.
SO THAT TAKES IN THE WEST CAMPUS AREA, UM, AND THE UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY PORTION.
SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF DOWNTOWN ENVIRONMENT OVER ON WEST CAMPUS AND THEN SOUTH FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.
SO IT'S BASICALLY THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN PROPERTY JUST SOUTH OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO THAT WOULD BE THEIR NEW BOUNDARIES.
THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION THEY'RE MAKING TO COUNCIL.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR, UH, UH, THE CONCISE, REALLY DETAILED AND CLEAR UPDATE FROM THE COMMISSION.
UH, COMMISSIONER ADA, WOULD, WOULD THERE BE A CHANGE? UM, I, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION I DID NOT ASK WAS IN REGARDS TO DOES THE DOWNTOWN GROW YOU? SO YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT.
IS THERE A CHANGE IN THE OR WEST DIRECTIONS? NO, NO.
IT REALLY IS THE BOUNDARIES FOR EAST AND WEST REMAIN I THREE FIVE AND LAMAR.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS CONSIDER ASKING TOO, IS LIKE, WELL, WE'VE GOT EAST AUSTIN THAT HAS A, YOU KNOW, BURGEONING ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AS WELL AND PROBABLY HAS THE SAME ISSUES AS THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY'VE RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, THANK YOU.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER.
IT WOULD BE, UM, INTERESTING TO SEE HOW KIND OF THE, THE EFFORTS AROUND, I GUESS, SECURITY, UH, DEVELOP AROUND SIXTH AND SEVENTH STREET.
I THINK A LOT OF HOW THINGS DEVELOP AROUND THE VENUES THERE AND WHAT ELSE HAPPENS ON SIXTH STREET IS, UH, SO CONTINGENT ON HOW THE LAW AND ORDER SITUATION IN THOSE AREAS IS.
THAT'S WHAT I HEAR, UH, FROM SOME QUARTERS ON HOW THAT DOES IMPACT WHAT CAN BE POSSIBLY DEVELOPED AND YOU KNOW, HOW THE VENUES COULD, UH, EVOLVE IN THOSE SPACES, ESPECIALLY ON SIXTH AND SEVENTH.
SO IT IT BEEN INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT CONVERSATION DEVELOPS AND WHAT EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE IN THAT DIRECTION.
YEAH, THAT, THAT, THAT DEFINITELY WAS OUR FIRST PRIORITY AS ONE OF THEIR STRATEGIES.
I DO HAVE, UM, LEVI, YEAH, SO THE FACT THAT EAST AUSTIN IS NOT INCLUDED AND THAT THEY DIDN'T CONSIDER, DID THEY SPEAK TO WHY THEY CHOSE NOT TO INCLUDE THAT CURRENTLY? THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE A BIG MISS.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY ARE CHANGING THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION'S BOUNDARY THAT THEY PROVIDE TO MATCH ANOTHER BOUNDARY CHANGE THAT THE COUNCIL HAD MADE.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF ACME CAN ALSO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THAT BOUNDARY CHANGE WAS, JUST SO THEY ARE CONCURRENT CONSISTENT WITH EACH OTHER.
SO AT THIS POINT, IT DOES NEITHER INCLUDES THE EAST AUSTIN ENTERTAINMENT AREAS, WHICH IS SOMETHING TO NOTE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, COMMISSIONER CASAD, I MEAN, I DEFINITELY ECHO COMMISSIONER, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT DID NOT GO PAST YOU AS
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WELL, YOU'RE JUST RELAYING THE INFORMATION.UH, ECHOING COMMISSIONER BLEVINS, UM, SENTIMENTS ABOUT EAST AUSTIN.
I, I MEAN, JUST THE, UM, THE CONCENTRATION OF, OF MUSIC VENUES OVER THERE, UM, IS SIGNIFICANT.
UM, AND BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, ART SPACES, METRO, UM, SO IT, IT DOES SEEM LIKE THAT THAT'S WORTHY TO LOOK AT.
OR EVEN LISTENING TO RALLY AUSTIN AND THEM TALKING ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING ON EAST 11TH AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THAT IS AN EVER, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE INVESTING DOLLARS.
WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE WHOLE INFRASTRUCTURE IN TERMS OF SAFETY, UM, UH, IS REPRESENTED OVER THERE AND WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH ALL THE SAFETY, JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH I 35 AND PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY IS A REAL THING.
YEAH, I THINK, UM, I MEAN, I DON'T COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE, YOU KNOW, THE PARAMETERS IN WHICH, UH, THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, LIKE AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT AREAS THEY HOLD RESPONSIBILITY FOR, UM, WORK WITH.
BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT EXPANSION, YES, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE A, UH, OF CURIOSITY.
AND, UM, ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT OTHER ENTITIES ARE OPERATING IN A SIMILAR SPACE ON THE EAST SIDE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE IS ALREADY PROVIDING THAT FUNCTION.
SO IF, IF THERE ARE, IF THERE IS THAT, THEN WHAT ARE THOSE ENTITIES THAT ARE DOING THAT? I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET THAT UNDERSTANDING.
UM, AND, AND VERY TRUE WHAT COMMISSIONER SADA SAID, AND, AND REALLY IN TERMS OF HOW WE SPEAK OF MUSIC IN, UH, THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AND MUSIC VENUES, IT HAS EXPANDED MUCH BEYOND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TYPICAL AREAS THAT WE SPEAK OF.
AND I THINK MORE AND MORE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE START RECOGNIZING THAT THERE IS MUSIC HAPPENING.
UH, A LOT OF MUSIC HAPPENING ON THE EAST SIDE.
THERE ARE MU THERE'S MUSIC HAPPENING IN OTHER PARTS OF TOWN.
AND KIND OF START BRINGING THAT INTO THE, UH, THE FOLD OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE AROUND MUSIC AND WHERE MUSIC HAPPENS IN AUSTIN.
WELL, ONE, I'M NOT PARTICULARLY LIKE JUST ADDRESSING THIS TO YOU, THIS IS GENERAL COMMENT, BUT PLEASE GO AHEAD.
NO, I WAS GONNA SAY ONE, ONE POSSIBILITY IS A PRESENTATION FROM THE, THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES MM-HMM.
SORT OF ASKING, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU'RE DOING THESE KIND OF ACTIVITIES ON THE SIXTH STREET AND, AND THE CORE DOWNTOWN AREA, HOW DO YOU SUPPORT, ALSO SUPPORT OTHER PLACES THAT WE HAVE THESE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS, WHICH ARE BASICALLY FACING THE SAME GENERAL ISSUES AS WELL.
UM, SO THAT COULD BE AN ITEM FOR A FUTURE DISCUSSION OR A PRESENTATION.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONS, QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, DID THEY CHOOSE NOT TO WANT TO BE ANEX INTO DOWNTOWN THE EAST SIDE, OR IS THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ASKED? I'M, I'M KIND OF CONFUSED.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE, THE COMMISSION JUST WANTED TO HAVE, HAVE THE SAME BOUNDARIES AS YEAH.
WHAT COUNCIL ACCEPTED AS A DOWNTOWN AREA.
I GUESS THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION WOULD BE WHEN WAS, WHAT WAS THE TIMELINE FOR CITY COUNCIL'S DEFINITION OF DOWNTOWN, IF THAT'S WHAT THEIR, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN WAS THAT LAST ADDRESSED BY CITY COUNCIL? THE PARAMETERS OF DOWNTOWN DEFINITION OF DOWNTOWN, AND WE CAN FIND OUT.
UM, HE, UH, JUST, JUST, SO THE NEW COMMISSIONER, SNOW COMMISSIONER SILVA, JUST VERY RECENTLY,
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
UM, DISCUSSION ITEMS. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE
[7. Discussion on Austin Live Music Fund final report led by Chair Medicharla. ]
AGENDA IS DISCUSSION ON AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC, FUN FINAL REPORT LED BY CHAIR, MATE.NO, I, I, I, I DID THINK ABOUT IT AND I'LL BE VERY HONEST.
I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE STANDARD IS AS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, SETH WAS MENTIONING BEFORE, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD AND WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE BASELINE THAT STAFF IS GONNA HAVE ON THIS FRONT, UM, ON PAR WITH ALL THE OTHER GRANTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, GIVEN UP BY THE, UH, CITY.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD RATHER HAVE THAT BASELINE AND REACT TO THAT IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANT TO DO FOR MUSIC SPECIFICALLY ON TOP OF THAT.
BUT I WILL LEAVE IT THERE FROM MY END.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, OPEN THIS UP FOR ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS OR IDEAS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS MIGHT HAVE.
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STRONGLY SUPPORTED, UH, LENIENCY WITH THE FIRST, UH, ROLLOUT BECAUSE THAT ROLLOUT, FIRST OF ALL, THE, THE APPLICATION FORMAT WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE LAST ONE.THERE WAS A SYSTEM CHANGE WAS THE FIRST TIME ROLLOUT.
UM, I WOULD THINK THAT AS WE MOVE ALONG EVEN THIS ROUND, IF THERE ARE SOME OUTLIERS, WE WOULD OFFER SOME GRACE ROUND TWO, MAYBE LESSER THAN THE FIRST TIME ROUND AND KIND OF JUST TIGHTEN THE, UH, PARAMETERS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BUT YEAH, PLEASE, UH, COMMISSIONERS ANY COMMENTS, OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? UM, I WOULD JUST SAY TO THE NEW COMMISSIONERS, UM, IT DID NOT GO PAST US WITH THE 2023 OR STAFF OR ANYONE THAT WAS JUST LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, THIS WASN'T A A HUNDRED PERCENT SUCCESS RATE.
BUT I THINK WE RECOGNIZE IN OUR MUSIC COMMUNITY, GRANTS IN GENERAL, AND GRANT APPLICATIONS IS A, IS A NEW THING, WHICH IS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE VISUAL ARTS, FROM THE OTHER MEDIUMS OUT THERE IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.
SO WE WANTED TO BE, UM, AS SUPPORTIVE OF POSSIBLE KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A HUGE LEARNING CURVE FOR THIS.
AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME BE VERY MINDFUL OF LIKE, HEY, THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY.
WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, DON'T TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.
YOU COULD BE IMPACTING OTHER MUSICIANS THAT REALLY NEED THE DOLLARS OR WE'LL COMPLETE, UM, GRANT REPORTS.
UM, SO THERE WAS, UH, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION BY ALL OF US WITH THE 2023, UM, GRANT ROLLOUT.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, STAFF ALSO WAS LIKE, THIS IS A LEARNING CURVE FOR US IN, IN TERMS OF, UM, HOW TO ACCEPT THE APPLICATIONS, THE GOOGLE FORMS AND, AND THIS AND THAT.
SO IT WAS A HUGE LEARNING LESSON.
UM, I KNOW WHEN I WAS A NEW, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER, I WAS JUST LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND HAD A LOT OF, UM, QUESTIONS, SO PLEASE KEEP IT COMING.
UM, BUT, UM, UH, I THINK WE ARE ALL EXTREMELY PROUD OF OUR STAFF AND THE CITY AT LARGE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR HAVING ACME AND FOR HAVING THIS, THESE GRANTS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO YOUR SENTIMENTS AS WELL, THAT I KNOW HOW MUCH THIS WORK, HOW MUCH WORK IT TAKES, BUT THEN THE BIGGEST QUESTION THAT I KIND OF HAD KIND OF LINGERING AFTER THE LAST MEETING WAS THE CONSEQUENCES OF NON-COMPLIANCE.
AND THAT BEING, I THINK THERE WAS LIKE A TWO YEAR SOMETHING, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THESE AUSTIN MUSICIANS WHO MAY ALREADY BE STRUGGLING, I THINK THAT'S SUCH A HARD CONSEQUENCE FOR SOMEONE WHO MIGHT ONLY HAVE A LIFESPAN OF SO LONG ON THEIR CAREERS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO THAT'S WHERE I FEEL LIKE, I KNOW IT HASN'T BEEN TOO MUCH FINALIZED ON THAT, BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO KIND OF KEEP THAT FRONT OF MIND VERSUS KIND OF LETTING IT LINGER, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEIR CAREERS AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL TO KEEP EDUCATING, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, AND BEING AS KNOWLEDGEABLE AS TELLING PEOPLE, I'M KIND OF LIKE A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, HELPING THEM WITH THEIR APPLICATIONS, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE SAY OF WHERE IT GOES, BUT JUST TRYING TO HOLD THEIR HANDS AS BEST AS WE CAN, LIKE YOU SAID, AND DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, BUT ALSO TO ADVOCATING FOR THEM THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE SO HEAVILY PENALIZED AS WELL.
UM, COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, AS FAR AS, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT NOT BEING PUNITIVE, RIGHT? AND BECAUSE I THINK TO YOUR POINT, THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, BE, UH, GIVE SOME GRACE, BUT I WOULD SAY, UH, MAYBE A TIMEOUT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE, UH, THOSE THAT CONTINUE.
BUT I THINK THERE WAS PLENTY OF, I THINK THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF CONVERSATIONS OVER, UH, ESPECIALLY STAFF REACHING OUT.
AND I THINK IF, IF, IF, IF I WERE TO, YOU KNOW, UH, THROW SOME, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, ADD TO THIS, I GUESS MY THINKING WOULD BE AS LONG AS YOU COMMUNICATE, HEY, THIS HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN, THINGS DO HAPPEN IN LIFE.
AND FOLKS, I, I HAD THIS PROJECT AND THEN, BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, UH, SOME FAMILY STUFF HAPPENED SO I COULDN'T HAD TO STOP OR I FORGOT TO COMMUNICATE.
AND, BUT I THINK THERE SHOULD BE, I MEAN, SOME KIND OF TIME ON FOR THOSE, THOSE THAT KEEP, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, UH, THAT, THAT DON'T FOLLOW THE, THE, THE GUIDELINES OR KEEP, YOU KNOW, MAKING THE SAME, UH, UH, HOW, HOW WOULD I SAY THIS? UH, I NEED TO BE REALLY CAREFUL, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S NOT PUNITIVE.
I DON'T WANNA SOUND PUNITIVE AT ALL.
AND IF I AM COMING OFF LIKE THAT, THAT IT'S NOT WHAT, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, BUT THERE IS THOSE REPEAT OFFENDERS, RIGHT? I WOULD SAY IF YOU'RE A REPEAT OFFENDER, THAT'S THE TERM I'M LOOKING FOR, THEN MAYBE THERE IS SOME KINDA LIKE, TIMEOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU CAN'T APPLY THIS, THESE, UH, THIS PARTICULAR YEAR BECAUSE IN THE PAST WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THESE THINGS AND THIS IS A SECOND TIME OR THIRD TIME, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST, YOU, YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES AS, AS, UH, AS WE'VE ASKED.
I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE GONNA HAVE SOME, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN, IN,
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IN THIS, UH, PROCESS.BUT UNDERSTAND, I DON'T WANNA BE PUNITIVE ABOUT IT EITHER.
AND, AND I THINK, AGAIN, FOR, FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THE FUND MEANS, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S PRESTIGIOUS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE, THE COMPETITION THAT, THAT THESE ARTISTS ARE GOING THROUGH TO GET IT TO BE AWARDED, LIKE, THERE HAS TO BE A LEVEL OF PRESTIGE THAT YOU FEEL AND HONOR TO SAY AMONGST A THOUSAND APPLICANTS.
I WAS THE ONE THAT AWARDED IT.
SO, AGAIN, I THINK THAT THERE IS A DUTY ON US AND ONUS ON US TO LOOK OUT FOR THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
NOW, EVERYBODY IS NOT DOING THAT.
I, I'M CERTAIN OF IT, BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN REACHED OUT TO FOR THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR AND YOU'RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOU'RE ACTIVE AND YOU'RE JUST, I'M NOT RESPONDING TO THEM AND I'M OFF WITH THIS MONEY, THAT'S WHERE I BELIEVE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE HARSH REALITY SHOULD SET IN.
UH, I THINK, YEAH, UM, AGAIN, I APPRECIATED THE LENIENCY FOR, FOR THE YEAR ONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, WE WOULD, I WOULD BE VERY COMFORTABLE OBVIOUSLY LEAVING THIS UP TO STAFF TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE TRIED EVERY POSSIBLE WAY OF COMMUNICATING TO, TO, YOU KNOW, THE FEW, UH, LINGERING, UH, APPLICANTS AND, UH, AND MAKING THE CALL AS THEY DEEMED SUITABLE AT THIS POINT ON, ON THE FIRST SET OF GRANTS.
AND I WOULD THINK THAT EVEN, EVEN FOR THIS ROUND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE SOME PARAMETERS, THERE'S SOME LINES DRAWN AND, AND I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT STAFF COMES UP WITH.
UM, I, I WOULD, UH, REQUEST THAT WE LEAVE THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR, UH, NEXT MONTH.
UH, BUT, UH, IF WE CAN MOVE THIS UNDER A STAFF UPDATE AND SEE, UH, BECAUSE THE GRANTS ARE GETTING ROLLED OUT, UH, SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THERE'S, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME POLICY ON THE OTHER END OF THIS, UH, THAT'S GONNA GET ESTABLISHED.
SO IF STAFF COULD SHARE AN UPDATE ON WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, ESSENTIALLY, AND THEN, UH, WE COULD REACT TO THAT.
UH, I JUST SAW COMMISSIONER SILVA, I THINK CHRIS JOHAN, AND I'LL COME, COME BACK TO YOU, COMMISSIONER AGUILA.
ARE WE GONNA WAIT FOR AN SORT, AN UPDATE ON YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT WE DID, OR, I MEAN, I WOULD DEFINITELY, I, I'M REQUESTING AN UPDATE.
YOU'RE, FOR TIME WHAT THE POLICY IS GONNA BE, AND THEN LET LET THE COMMISSION RESPOND TO THAT BECAUSE I, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO COME UP WITH THIS FROM SCRATCH.
UH, UM, WELL, I THINK WE, WE CAN PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF OF WHAT SORT OF THE COMMISSION FEELS OR WHAT OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION COULD BE.
I MEAN, DEFINITELY YOU WANNA BE LENIENT, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAXPAYER MONEY AND IF WE DON'T USE IT, WELL MANAGE IT.
SO, AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TIMEOUT, AND I THINK THE QUESTION NOW IS LIKE, I THINK EVERYBODY IN GENERAL FEELS OKAY WITH IT.
LIKE, THERE'S A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE YOU CAN'T ACCEPT THE GRANT.
THE QUESTION BECOMES WHAT'S THAT PERIOD OF TIME? 'CAUSE AT ONE TIME I HEARD FIVE YEARS, WHICH SEEMS RATHER LONG, ESPECIALLY FOR A YOUNG ARTIST.
THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT GRANT PROGRAM.
SOMETHING SHORTER, I, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH, ESPECIALLY IF THERE WERE ADDITIONAL STEPS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE.
SO IF THEIR ISSUE WAS THE INABILITY TO OPERATE SEARCH SOFTWARE OR UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE ACCOUNTING PART OF A ACCEPTING A GRANT, PARTICIPATING IN CLASSES THAT WE OFFER THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR YOUNG, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT CAN HELP THEM GET IN A LITTLE QUICKER THAN WAITING THREE YEARS.
UM, SO HAVING THOSE KIND OF IDEAS WOULD BE USEFUL TO SAY, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THAT INDIVIDUALS OR ARTISTS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR PARTICIPATING IN AN OPPOSITE SETTING, BUT ALLOW A VENUES FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK IN.
UM, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ARTISTS.
WE WANT THEM TO LEARN HOW TO BE BUSINESS PEOPLE AS WELL.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE ART, IT'S THE BUSINESS.
AND SO WE, IF WE CAN ENCOURAGE 'EM THAT, YEAH, THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR YOU THAT WELL THIS TIME, BUT HERE'S HOW YOU CAN GET BETTER AND NEXT TIME AROUND IT COULD BE MUCH.
SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THE, ON THE TIMEOUT PORTION OF IT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER AGUILAR.
I WANNA THANKS STAFF AGAIN, BEING VERY GRACIOUS.
ALSO THE THIRD PARTY LONG CENTER BEING VERY GRACIOUS, I THINK WITH MUSICIANS.
AND SO I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
AND, UH, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, OFFER THAT TO MUSICIANS.
HEY, YOU, YOU'RE, WE WANT YOU HERE.
BUT PLEASE, YOU KNOW, JUST TRY TO, YOU KNOW, UH, FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES AND REACH OUT TO YOU.
SO MAYBE IN THE MARKETING PLAN, MAYBE SOMETHING WE BRING SOMETHING UP ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR EVERYONE TO RECEIVE, UH, THEIR GRANTS IF THEY FOLLOW, UH, YOU KNOW, GUIDELINES AND, AND PROTOCOL AND TRY TO STICK TO AS POSSIBLE COME LEVINS.
YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT I THINK THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THE PROCESS THAN SOMEONE WHO'S NOT COMMUNICATING AT ALL.
THAT TO ME, A TIMEOUT THAT'S A BIT MORE MAYBE KIND OF LIKE HARSH, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'VE BEEN PAID OUT AN INITIAL
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PAYMENT.AND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PAID BACK.
IT COULD BE FEAR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, JUST SAY THAT, THAT THEY'VE SPENT THE MONEY, THEY SPENT IT WRONG, IT DIDN'T WORK OUT THE WAY THEY WANT IT, AND NOW THEY'RE AFRAID TO SAY ANYTHING.
AND MAYBE JUST COMMUNICATING IN THE BEGINNING TO THEM THAT THERE IS THE ONLY BAD RESPONSE IS NO RESPONSE AT ALL.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T HELP YOU IF YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING.
SO COMMISSIONER CASADA, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THESE PEOPLE, THERE'S 29, 29.
WAS THAT HOW MANY, UM, AREN'T A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY ANYMORE? IT, IT, THEY COULD HAVE, THEY COULD BE MOVED ON TO SOMEWHERE ELSE, UM, IN LIFE.
THE MORTAL COIL, I HAVE NO IDEA.
BUT, SO WHO KNOWS? BUT OBVIOUSLY IF THEIR NAME POPS UP IN THE PROCESS, THEN THEY'LL, THEN IT'S A, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, A, A LITTLE ALARM GOES OFF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, BUT WHO KNOWS? I MEAN, THEY REALLY MAY NOT BE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ANYMORE FOR WHATEVER REASONS.
UM, SO I GUESS WE'LL TAKE IT CASE BY CASE.
ULTIMATELY, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S PRIVATE, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT HERE WITH LIKE STICKS AND, YOU KNOW, FIRE TORCHES TO, TO GO GET 'EM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT MAYBE IF THERE'S ANY, LIKE WE HAVE NO IDEA, LIKE MAYBE IT'S JUST A MOOT POINT.
LIKE WE CANNOT FIND THESE PEOPLE ANYMORE AT ALL.
AND WE'RE TRYING, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I GUESS WE ARE CLEARLY CONCERNED STILL.
UM, YEAH, I BELIEVE STAFF HAS REACHED OUT ONE-ON-ONE INDIVIDUALLY, BUT OH YEAH.
UM, EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN NONCOMPLIANT SO FAR, I'LL GO TO COMM UH, SORRY ERICA, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH.
SO KIM HAS REACHED OUT SEVERAL TIMES OF, OF THOSE 29, THERE MAY BE A FRACTION THAT JUST WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK AND WHO KNOWS WHAT THE SITUATION IS.
BUT KEEP IN MIND, AND THIS IS A RULE FOR ALL APPLICANTS AND ALL AWARDEES, REGARDLESS OF COMPLIANCE OR NON-COMPLIANCE, IS THAT YOU MUST FINISH YOUR PREVIOUS, FOR THE MOST PART, NOT EVERY PROGRAM, BUT FOR MOST PROGRAMS, YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE YOUR PREVIOUS AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU CAN RECEIVE FUNDS FROM YOUR NEW AWARD.
AND IF YOU GET AWARDED, THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FINISH OUT THAT PREVIOUS AGREEMENT.
AND SO THAT WILL TAKE, YOU KNOW, SO WE REALLY WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE SEE ONCE ALL THE APPLICATIONS COME IN IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE AT ALL.
SO FOR FOLKS THAT ARE REAPPLYING, THERE IS A NATURAL CHECK AND BALANCE IN PLACE FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT REAPPLYING.
I THINK THAT'S, THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME CUTOFF SOMEWHERE.
UH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE'S SUGGESTING.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T PREVENT ANYONE FROM APPLYING IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE.
WHAT, WHAT WE DO IS THAT DUE DILIGENCE AND RIGHT.
ELIGIBILITY PORTION OF THE PROCESS AND THEN IN THE EVALUATION PORTION OF THE PROCESS.
SO THERE'S SEVERAL CHECKS AND BALANCES TO BASICALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WHAT, UH, WITH ANY ISSUES FROM PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS, WHETHER IT WAS COMPLETE NON-COMPLIANCE OR JUST THEY JUST HAVEN'T FINISHED IT UP YET.
'CAUSE WE'RE IN A TWO YEAR CYCLE FOR THE FY 24.
AND I'M, REMEMBER THIS WAS DONE, THIS WAS DONE THE FIRST TIME TOO, RIGHT? BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND GRANT.
THIS WAS DONE WHERE SOMEBODY GOT THAT SECOND GRANT, THEN YOU MADE SURE THAT THEY COMPLETED ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FIRST GRANT.
AND THAT WAS DONE WITH THE FISCAL YEAR 2024.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CARDENA.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY TO ECHO YOUR SENTIMENTS AS WELL, IT'S JUST LIKE A JOB AS WELL.
LIKE, YOU CAN'T JUST LIKE NO CALL, NO SHOW AND EXPECT TO STILL HAVE YOUR JOB AFTER THAT VERSUS LIKE, HERE'S MY MEDICAL NOTE OR HERE'S MY WRITTEN EXCUSE OF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS.
SO I'M SURE IF THERE'S SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF MIRRORED TO THEM OR ECHOED TO THEM IN THAT WAY.
BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE, YOU KNOW, TO PUNISH THEM.
BUT THE SAME WAY, LIKE YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH.
AND IF THEY AREN'T SHOWING UP AT ALL, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, YOU DID THIS TO YOURSELF.
AND WE DID HAVE PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST LIKE, SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED.
AND THEY RETURN THE MONEY AND, AND THEY'RE IN TOTAL COMPLIANCE AND THAT'S REASONABLE.
I HAD ONE MORE COMMISSIONER ON THE SIDE.
COMMISSIONER AGUILAR, SIR, THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE.
SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, IF, IF I AM ONE OF THOSE 20 PEOPLE THAT I CAN STILL APPLY FOR THIS ONE AND THE WAY I CAN GET, AND IF I APPLY AND DO, I CAN GET, AND, AND IF I AM ACCEPTED, I, I CAN GET THIS AWARD FOR 2025, BUT I HAVE TO COMPLETE THE 2023.
AND, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHO IS IMPLYING WHEN WE GET THROUGH THAT ELIGIBILITY MM-HMM
PROCESS TO SEE JUST HOW, YOU KNOW, NON-COMPLIANT.
AND MAKE A DECISION OF DO THEY GET ASSIGNED AN APPLICATION.
I'M MORE OF THE BENT OF, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS IF IT'S EVEN AN ISSUE
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THEY SHOULD APPLY.RIGHT? AND THEN WE CAN USE THAT TIME PERIOD THAT WE HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, IF YOU WANT THIS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO EITHER PAY BACK THE PREVIOUS MONEY OR SHOW US ALL YOUR REPORTING AND TO START FRESH.
SO WE CAN WORK THROUGH WHAT THAT PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
BUT IT NEEDS TO BE EQUITABLE AND FAIR FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DID EVERYTHING, RIGHT? CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WONDERFUL.
I WOULD, UH, BEGIN REQUEST AN UPDATE ON THE POLICY FROM A BASELINE POLICY FROM STAFF, UH, NEXT, NEXT MONTH.
AND, UH, IF NOTHING ELSE, THEN WE CAN MOVE ON FROM THAT BEAUTIFULLY SHARED AGENDA ITEM, BUT MAYBE CHAIR.
[8. Approval of recommendation for performance rights organizations and transparency in licensing revenue distribution practices following presentation by Secretary Strickland.]
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF RECOMMENDATION FOR PERFORMANCE RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND TRANSPARENCY IN LICENSING REVENUE DISTRIBUTION PRACTICES FOLLOWING PRESENTATION BY SECRETARY STRICKLAND.UH, COMMISSIONER STRICKLAND IS NOT IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.
UH, I DID WANNA CHECK IN WITH STAFF IF THERE WAS ANY PARTICULAR REQUEST ON THIS ITEM FROM THE COMMISSIONER OR DO WE, UM, MOVE FORTH OR ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS? WHAT, IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT, FEEL FREE WE CAN RECORD THAT, GET IT TO SECRETARY STRICKLAND, BUT IF NOT, WE CAN MOVE IT TO WHENEVER.
I'LL TOUCH BASE WITH HIM TO SEE WHEN HE'S READY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
YEAH, IF WE ARE MOVING IT OUT, UM, I THINK I WOULD JUST, YEAH.
HOLD ONTO IT AND, AND, AND PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA WHENEVER THE COMMISSIONER REQUESTS.
BUT BEFORE THAT, LET ME QUICKLY ALSO CHECK IN WITH THE COMMISSIONERS IF THEY HAVE ANY COMMENT OR QUESTIONS OR ACTION ON THIS ONE.
SO WE WILL, UM, WE'LL JUST, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH
[9. Approval of 2026 Music Commission meeting schedule. ]
THE AGENDA.WE HAVE APPROVAL OF 2026 MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULE AFTER THAT.
AND, UH, WE'RE PUTTING SOME DATES ON.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST GIVE YOU A FEW THINGS TO CONSIDER.
SO THIS IS JUST RUNNING THROUGH OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE EVERY FIRST MONDAY.
UM, EVERYTHING LINED UP THIS YEAR OR 2026, IT AVOIDS ALL THE HOLIDAYS.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT LIKE JULY 4TH IN, UM, LABOR SEPTEMBER.
I THINK THERE'S A CONFLICT AS FAR AS IT'S NOT, ISN'T IT A LONG WEEKEND? SEPTEMBER 7TH? NO, THAT'S USUALLY THE FIRST WEEKEND.
SO WE SHOULD BE IN THE CLEAR KIND OF HOW THIS PAST, UH, SEPTEMBER WAS SEPTEMBER 7TH SHOWS UP AS LABOR DAY.
MY MAJOR THING IS FIRST MONDAYS, UH, OR THAT FOLLOWING MONDAY IS WHAT WE USUALLY DO.
BUT I JUST WANTED, UM, TO GIVE YOU A FEW THINGS TO CONSIDER.
WE GOT SOME NEW COMMISSIONERS.
WE MAY HAVE NEW SCHEDULES FOR OURSELVES.
IT'S ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO MOVE THAT TIME AROUND TO MEET MONDAYS ARE OURS.
UM, IF YOU WILL, ESPECIALLY IN THIS SPACE, WE HAVE PRIORITY FOR THIS SPACE.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WOULD WANT YOU TO CONSIDER.
UM, WE ONLY HAVE TWO LOCATIONS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT OPERATE WITH BUILT IN SYSTEMS. UM, WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO NOT GO THROUGH THE HASSLE OF STREAMING AUDIO VIDEO.
THAT DOES NOT TIE YOU DOWN TO THIS SPACE IN THE OTHER SPACE, WHICH IS PDC, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, PERMIT SOMETHING IN SOMETHING AND SOMETHING, BUT PERMIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER PERIOD.
BUT THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO SPACES THAT HAVE WHAT WE NEED AS FAR AS CAPABILITIES.
UM, IT'S JUST EASIER THAT WAY.
SO ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER IF WE DON'T WANNA MOVE THE DATE, IF WE FEEL LIKE WINTER MONTHS OR SUMMER MONTHS ARE QUIET OR INCONVENIENT, YOU ALSO DON'T HAVE TO MEET EVERY MONTH.
SO DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT TONIGHT.
I WILL SAY IF YOU WANT TO GET LIKE FIRST DIBS, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT TO ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT AND WITH THOSE THINGS TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, EITHER MOVING THE DATE OR, UM, NOT MEETING AT ALL.
WE DON'T HAVE TO MEET EVERY MONTH.
THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING ALL OF THAT.
UH, SHELBY, UM, I THINK, UM, COMMISSIONERS, UH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY FOR ME, AS SHELBY KNOWS, SUMMER MONDAYS AND SUMMER ARE REALLY HARD BECAUSE THAT'S USUALLY I'M TRAVELING A LOT AND SUNDAY, MONDAY IS A TRAVEL DAY.
BUT TO YOUR POINT WHERE WE MAY NOT HAVE TO MEET EVERY SINGLE MONTH, THAT JUST KIND OF TOOK A BIT OF PRESSURE OFF.
UM, SO JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
IT'S LIKE, DO WE WANNA JUST MAYBE CHANGE THE MEETING SCHEDULE? 'CAUSE OTHER THAN THAT WITH THE, YOU KNOW, LIKE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER OR REALLY HARD FOR ME, UM, OCTOBER.
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I THINK, UM, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS LET'S LOOK AT, UH, JUST VOTING ON ALL THE DATES AS WE USUALLY RUN THE MEETINGS CURRENTLY.UH, I THINK FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER NEXT YEAR, THE ONLY THING, THE ONLY DATE THAT HAS A CONFLICT WITH UH, A LONG WEEKEND IS SEPTEMBER 7TH.
SO FOR TODAY, UM, LET'S, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON ALL THESE DATES WITH THAT SEPTEMBER 7TH CHANGING TO SEPTEMBER 14TH, THE SUBSEQUENT MONDAY.
AND, AND I THINK AFTER THAT, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S COMING IN FRONT OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION, WHETHER THE AGENDA IS HEAVY OR NOT, WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US, WE COULD MAKE THOSE KIND OF DECISIONS, UH, AT A LATER POINT AS WELL DURING THE YEAR.
LIKE IF, IF, IF NEXT MONTH'S MEETING IS REALLY LIGHT ON THE AGENDA, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AT ALL TO HAVE THAT MEETING, I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION AT THAT POINT OF TIME.
AND THAT WAY THAT GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE THE MEETINGS, UH, WHEN WE DO NEED IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE HAVE THINGS ON, ON THE CALENDAR.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ABOUT LOCATION.
SO I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THE CHAIR, HAVING IT JUST SET IN STONE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS CANCEL OR CALL SPECIAL MEETINGS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A MEETING ON, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THAT WE KEEP IT THERE AND WE CAN ALWAYS CANCEL IF WE HAVE THOSE THREE FULL BUSINESS DAYS IN ADVANCE OR EVEN THAT DAY OF, IT'S JUST NOT AS CUTE.
IF IT'S THE DAY OF, WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY COME HERE AND PUT A SIGN ON THE DOOR.
SO WITHIN THREE DAYS WOULD BE GREAT.
ALSO, KEEP IN MIND COMMISSIONERS THAT THERE ARE, THERE ARE THREE I GUESS, UH, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU PROVIDE NOTICE ABSENCES THAT ARE ALLOWED FROM THE COMMISSION MM-HMM
UH, I THINK IT'S BEYOND THREE AS IS IT THREE AT THREE OR BEYOND THREE THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE.
SO THERE'S THREE IN A ROW LIKE CONSECUTIVELY AND WITHIN A QUARTER YOU CAN'T MISS THREE OR FOUR, I HAVE TO FOLLOW UP.
SO WITHIN THE QUARTER YOU HIT A MEETING, YOU DON'T MAKE IT, YOU DON'T MAKE IT HIT THE MEETING, THEN, THEN YOU DON'T MAKE THAT OTHER, IT COULD BE.
SO IT'S A THREE CONSECUTIVE IN A ROW AND THEN WITHIN A QUARTER YOU WANNA MAKE SURE YOU AT LEAST MAKE FOUR.
THAT'S OR TWO OR TWO OR THREE I THINK THAT SATURDAY.
THREE, THREE MONTHS IN THE QUARTER, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO AND THAT'S UNEXCUSED, RIGHT? THAT'S UNEXCUSED.
SO YOU UNEXCUSED THERE'S THAT.
SO WHAT I CAN, AND I ALREADY HAVE LIKE, I THINK I'VE EMAILED ALL OF YOU, JUST KIND OF LIKE A, IN SHORT, THIS IS WHAT CITY CODE IS 'CAUSE IT'S A LOT.
IF YOU HAVE TIME, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JOURNEY THROUGH IT.
BUT THAT'S IN THE POWERPOINT I SENT ALL OF YOU AND IT JUST BASICALLY LAYS OUT HOW WE POST AGENDAS, HOW, UH, EXCUSES, UM, OR ABSENCES EXCUSE AND UNEXCUSED ARE CARRIED OUT.
IT'S REALLY ABOUT JUST COMMUNICATING LIKE, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER AGUILAR SAID, IT'S JUST COMMUNICATING WITH ME.
'CAUSE YOU SEE HOW I TRY TO PREPARE, BUT IF THINGS COME UP THAT COME UP, SO PLEASE WATCH YOUR ABSENCES, BUT LET'S GET THESE MEETINGS ON THE CALENDAR.
SEPTEMBER 14TH, THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION MOTION, ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND THEN IF THINGS COME UP, WE CAN ALWAYS CANCEL.
ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR ON THE FIRST MONDAYS FOR EVERY MONTH EXCEPT FOR SEPTEMBER WHEN THE MEETING WILL HAPPEN ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14.
UM, DO I HAVE A SECOND? AND I CAN OPEN IT UP FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION IF WE DO HAVE OTHER COMMENTS.
UH, COMMISSIONER LER, YOU'RE SECONDING.
ALRIGHT, UM, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
UM, MOTIONS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
ALSO, UH, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT IF ANYBODY, UH, CANNOT ATTEND A SPECIFIC MEETING, BUT THERE IS A TOPIC THAT IS OF CONCERN OR YOU REALLY WANT A WORD IN, YOU COULD ALWAYS SEND A COMMUNICATION OUT TO STAFF WITH YOUR, UM, UH, IMPRESSIONS ON THE TOPIC THAT STAFF CAN THEN SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
THE ONLY THING YOU CAN'T DO IS SHARE IT WITH, UH, PUT A NUMBER OF COMMISSIONERS THERE.
YOU CAN'T, THAT BREAKS QUORUM AND YOU CAN'T VOTE AND YOU CAN'T VOTE.
LIKE YOU CAN'T SAY YOU CAN SEND A VOTE EITHER.
YOU HAVE TO BE PRESENT AND ON SCREEN.
ANYTIME WE VOTE, YES, BUT AN OPINION CAN BE EXPRESSED THROUGH STAFF TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS IF NEEDED.
OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS WE HAVE, UM, OH YES, SO SORRY.
ALRIGHT, LAST AGENDA ITEM HERE BEFORE WE GO TO THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS IS, UH, STAFF BRIEFING ON AUSTIN
[4. Staff briefing on Austin-Bergstrom Airport (AUS) live music performances/booking by Erica Shamaly, Division Manager, Music & Entertainment Division, Austin Arts, Culture, Music & Entertainment. ]
BERK STORM AIRPORT, LIVE MUSIC, PERFORMANCES AND BOOKING BY IKA CHALEY, DIVISION MANAGER, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.THANKS FOR THE REMINDER COMMISSIONER.
SO, UH, WE'VE MADE GREAT PROGRESS WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE AIRPORT, UH, WORKING THROUGH THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AS WELL AS THE MEMO FOR STAFF.
SO IT'S ALL APPROVED THROUGH STAFF OF BOTH THE AIRPORT AND WITH ACME.
AND NOW WE HAVE SENT THAT UP TO EXECUTIVES.
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IT'S WITH THE ACME EXECUTIVES NOW TO APPROVE.AND SO AS SOON AS, UH, THE EXECUTIVES APPROVE OF BOTH THAT MEMO AND THE MOU, UH, WE GET EVERYTHING SIGNED AND WE SEND THE MEMO OUT TO STAFF AND THEN WE CAN POST THE NEW MUSIC COORDINATOR POSITION, UH, RIGHT AFTER THAT.
SO IT'S ALL TEED UP AND READY TO GO WAITING FOR THOSE APPROVALS.
BUT WE'RE FEELING VERY CONFIDENT ON THE COLLABORATION THAT WE'VE PUT INTO PLACE, UH, WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS NECESSARY OF, UH, YOU KNOW, FDA RE REGULATIONS NECESSARY WHEN WORKING WITHIN THE AIRPORT.
AND SO, UH, IT'S BEEN AN EDUCATION FOR US AND IT'S BEEN, UH, BUT THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL TO PROVIDE THAT EDUCATION AND TO WORK WITH US.
SO WE'RE FEELING VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND, AND SO MORE TO COME HOPEFULLY BY NEXT MONTH WE WILL HAVE BOTH THE MOU AND THE MEMO PUBLISHED AND THE, UH, MUSIC COORDINATOR POSITION POSTED AND THAT WILL BE POSTED EXTERNALLY FAR AND WIDE.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, UM, PUBLIC COMMS, APPROVAL OF MINUTES.WE'LL HAVE STAFF AND STAFF BRIEFINGS.
WE'LL HAVE STAFF BRIEFING ON LIVE MUSIC FUND COLLECTIONS.
BECKY MCC CARSON STAFF BRIEFING ON AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND, FINAL REPORTS BY ERICA SHAMLEY.
STAFF BRIEFING ON SHOULD WE RETAIN THE AIRPORT UPDATE AS WELL OR WE SHOULD, WE SKIP A MONTH THERE ACTUALLY NOT ABOUT THE AIRPORT, EXCUSE ME, BUT FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND FINAL REPORTS FOR 23, WE, WE ARE DONE.
SO THEY ARE PAST BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, THAT PROCESS IS CONCLUDED.
OKAY, SO THE 29 IS OUR FINAL TALLY AND WE'LL JUST TAKE A CASE BY CASE SITUATION IF IT ARISES.
UM, BUT UH, WHAT YOU SAW TODAY IS OUR FINAL REPORT.
I GUESS WE'LL JUST UPDATE IT TO, WE'LL LEAVE IT LIKE THAT, BUT PERHAPS YOU COULD PROVIDE FOR FY AN UPDATE ON FUTURE POLICY FOR THE FINAL REPORTS.
SO THAT WILL BE STAFF BRIEFING ON FY 24 AND FUTURE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND FINAL REPORT GUIDELINES, I GUESS, UH, BY ERICA SHAMLEY.
UM, SHOULD WE LEAVE THE UPDATE ON THE AIRPORT AS WELL, ERICA? WE'LL LEAVE THAT IN THERE.
UM, ACME FUNDING STAFF BRIEFING BY MORGAN MESSICK.
WE'LL LEAVE THAT THERE TO SEE IF AS THERE ARE FURTHER UPDATES BECAUSE THE, UH, APPLICATIONS WILL HAVE BEEN ROLLED OUT BY THEN.
ACTUALLY I CAN START GIVING THOSE UPDATES FROM NOW ON.
SO IF THAT, THAT, UH, UPDATE ON THE FY 26 APPLICATION CYCLE AND I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE.
SO THAT WILL BE BY ERICA SHALI.
UNDER DISCUSSION ITEMS, WE'LL LEAVE THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION UPDATE ON PRIORITIES AND RECENT ACTIONS BY, UH, COMMISSIONER SILVER.
THEN, UM, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW.
UH, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO ADD? OKAY.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THE ABOVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CASADA? DO I HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER, UH, BLEVINS.
UM, SO THAT AGENDA IS APPROVED AND IF THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO GET ANYTHING ELSE ADDED UNDER DISCUSSION ITEMS, REQUEST FOR STAFF BRIEFINGS OR POSSIBLE ACTIONS, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEND THAT OVER EMAIL AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A SECOND QUICK QUESTION.
ARE WE BRINGING DAVID BACK? QUESTION? YES.
SO LET ME, LET ME, UH, LET, LET'S JUST ADD THAT, UM, OKAY, LET'S, THAT, LET'S ADD THAT IN THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS. UM, WOW.
HE NEEDS, YEAH, HE NEEDS TO KNOW SOMETHING.
HE'S GOING TO COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER, LATE IN LATE NOVEMBER.
SO WE COULD ADD THAT INTO DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTIONS, UH, IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO TAKE AN ACTION AND PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE 2026 BOND ASK.
FOR RALLY AUSTIN, ESSENTIALLY.
AND COMMISSIONER CASADA, DID YOU WANT YOUR L-B-J-L-B-J? I WAS, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT AND THEN I THOUGHT MAYBE WE SHOULD, WE COULD ADD IT LATER.
I THINK MAYBE WE CAN ADD IT LATER.
ALRIGHT, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM FOR RALLY AUSTIN FROM COMMISSIONER BLEVINS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? WELL, FOUR COMMISSIONS COMMISSIONER PRICE.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT ADDED.
AND, UH, ANYTHING ELSE? UH, LIKE A REQUESTED COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEND AN EMAIL.
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YOU COULD ASK FOR ME FOR A SECOND AND, UH, WE CAN GET THAT IN.COMMISSIONER VINS, WE HAVE A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER POOL IS ALL IN FAVOR.