Jan 05, 2026 Music

UM, AND COMMISSIONER CARDINALS, YOU VOTE? YES.

WE HAVE STAFF BRIEFING ON FY 24 AUSTIN LIVE.

SO WE HAVE, UH, SIX, UH, SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE ABSTAIN.

UH, SO THE MOTION'S APPROVED.

MOVING ON TO STAFF BRIEFINGS.

[3. Staff briefing on FY24 Austin Live Music Fund final reports by Erica Shamaly, Division Manager, Music & Entertainment Division, AAACME.]

MUSIC, FUN FINAL REPORTS BY R SHAMALI, DIVISION MANAGER, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION.

ERICA SHAMALI, THE MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION MANAGER FOR ACME.

GLAD TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU.

SO, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A UPDATE OR MONTHLY UPDATE ON THE 2024 AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND AWARDEES AND THEIR PROGRESS THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR THEM TO, TO DO THEIR GRANT AGREEMENTS.

SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUT OF 136 AWARDS, 136 HAVE, UH, ACCEPTED, SIGNED THEIR AGREEMENTS, COMPLETED THEIR ORIENTATIONS, AND HAVE COMPLETED THEIR FINANCIAL FORMS. AND SO THAT'S 100% FOR THOSE KEY STEPS.

UM, 135 FIRST PAYMENTS PAID OUT SO FAR.

WE HAVE ONE LEFT, 106, UH, SECOND PAYMENTS PAID OUT SO FAR, AND 55 FINAL PAYMENTS PAID, WHICH MEANS THOSE ARE 55 GRANT AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SATISFIED AND THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SPEND THEIR WHOLE GRANT.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, ERICA.

UH, THAT IS ACTUALLY, I MEAN, THOSE NUMBERS ARE LOOKING GREAT.

UM, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? NO.

ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

MOVING

[4. Staff briefing on Austin-Bergstrom Airport (AUS) live music performances/booking by Erica Shamaly, Division Manager, and Greg Gonzalez, Program Manager, Music & Entertainment Division, AACME.]

WE HAVE STAFF BRIEFING ON AUSTIN, UH, AIRPORT LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES, BOOKING BY ALI, DIVISION MANAGER AND GREG GONZALEZ, PROGRAM MANAGER, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION.

ACME, HELLO EVERYONE AGAIN.

ERICA SCHAL, MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION MANAGER WITH AN UPDATE ON THE AIRPORT.

UM, THE POSITION FOR THE MUSIC COORDINATOR, UH, CLOSED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND WE GOT A LOT OF, UH, APPLICATIONS OVER A HUNDRED AND OUT OF THAT WE HAD A GREAT MAJORITY THAT MET THE PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, SO WE JUST STARTED NARROWING THAT DOWN TO HAVE

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A MANAGEABLE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO INTERVIEW THROUGH A PROCESS.

UM, THAT WILL BE A STEERING, YOU KNOW, LIKE A SELECTION COMMITTEE PROCESS AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOES FOR ALL OF OUR POSITIONS.

AND, UH, SO THOSE INTERVIEWS SHOULD START NEXT WEEK? NEXT WEEK? I BELIEVE SO, YES.

YES.

SO NEXT WEEK.

AND SO IT'LL BE JUST A PROCESS, HOPEFULLY TWO WEEKS THAT WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY IN PLACE BY THE END OF JANUARY, THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN BEGIN RIGHT AWAY.

AND SO IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS OVER AT AUSTIN AIRPORT ON BOOKING.

AND SO THE, THE TEMPORARY POSITION THAT'S CURRENTLY DOING THE JOB IS CONTINUING TO DO THE JOB UNTIL WE HAVE SOMEONE ONBOARDED AND TRAINED.

UM, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? COMMISSIONER? PRICE? YEAH, JUST CUR, EXCUSE ME, COMMISSIONER PRICE.

JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW, UH, OUT OF THE A HUNDRED, HOW DID IT, HOW MANY DID YOU ULTIMATELY END UP NARROWING IT DOWN TO? AND THEN WHAT WAS THAT QUALIFYING DECISION ON HOW, WHAT, WHAT QUALIFIED THOSE INDIVIDUALS? IT'S MORE OF A MANAGEABLE AMOUNT, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDED TO US THROUGH THE HR DEPARTMENT AND, UM, IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PROCESS.

UH, LET'S JUST SAY WE HAVE A LOT OF WONDERFULLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO MEET ALL OF THOSE GUIDELINES AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO, UM, I DON'T WANNA SPECIFICALLY SAY WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS, SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU GUYS DETAILS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY.

BRIEFING ON LIVE MUSIC FUND COLLECTIONS BY KIM MCC CARSON, PROGRAM MANAGER, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ERICA.

GREAT, THANKS.

THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS STAFF

[2. Staff briefing on Live Music Fund collections by Kim McCarson, Program Manager, Music & Entertainment Division, Austin Arts, Culture, Music & Entertainment (AACME).]

KIM MACARON, UM, PROGRAM MANAGER, ARTS CULTURE, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

SO I'M GONNA GIVE Y'ALL THE, UH, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTIONS UPDATE FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND, UM, THAT THUS FAR.

OF COURSE, WE JUST STARTED A NEW FISCAL YEAR, SO THAT TINY LITTLE COLUMN ON THE FAR END IS WHERE WE ARE NOW.

AND THAT REPRESENTS, UH, COLLECTIONS OF 179,000 2 71 FOR NOVEMBER.

AND, UH, THAT MEANS WE'RE AT 941,619 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS ONLY TWO MONTHS OLD AT THIS POINT.

UM, BUT IT'S ABOUT A 10%, UM, CHANGE, UH, YEAR TO DATE FROM THIS TIME IN THE PAST.

ANY QUESTIONS? SO Y'ALL, WE SEE WE HAVE FISCAL YEAR 23, 24, 25, ALL IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND THEN 26, UM, THE TWO MONTHS OF 26, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW THEY ALL STACK UP AGAINST EACH OTHER.

NO, THANK YOU AGAIN.

QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

SORRY, COMMISSIONER.

SORRY, TAKING THE INFORMATION IN.

DO ANY OF THESE NUMBERS INCLUDE SHORTTERM RENTALS? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE THE SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE BEING INCLUDED YET.

I THINK THAT IS YET TO COME.

WHEN WHEN WILL WE SEE THAT? I KNOW, I THINK THAT QUESTION WAS BROUGHT UP LAST TIME AND WE'RE STILL JUST KIND OF WAITING.

YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION YET.

UM, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO GET THAT TO YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY.

ITEM IS STAFF BRIEFING ON ACME FUNDING PROGRAMS BY LAURA ARD, ACTING DIVISION MANAGER, ACME.

HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN.

THE NEXT AGENDA

[5. Staff briefing on AACME funding programs by Laura Odegaard, Acting Division Manager, AACME. ]

HI, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

AND THERE IS THE SLIDE DECK.

PERFECT.

UM, SO GOOD EVENING.

I'M LAURA ODEGAARD, ACTING DIVISION MANAGER FOR AUSTIN ARTS CULTURE, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.

I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A FEW UPDATES ON OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO, JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY PROVIDE A RECAP OF SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

UM, SO ACME EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP MADE THE DECISION TO EXTEND OUR APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR THOSE WHO COMPLETED THEIR INTAKE FORMS BY THE ORIGINAL DECEMBER 4TH DEADLINE.

AND SO THE NEW DEADLINE FOR THOSE WHO WERE ALREADY IN THAT PIPELINE WAS THEN MOVED TO DECEMBER 19TH AT 6:59 PM UM, WE DID THIS FOR A FEW REASONS.

UM, ONE OF THE MAIN ONES WAS BECAUSE THIS WAS A BRAND NEW FUNDING PROCESS, UH, WITH MULTIPLE NEW STEPS, UM, AND ENHANCEMENTS.

AND WE SAW THAT MANY APPLICANTS WHO SUBMITTED THEIR INTAKE FORMS ON TIME NEEDED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, UH, TO COMPLETE THAT ELIGIBILITY AND

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APPLICATION PHASE.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE APPLICANTS WHO HAD SUBMITTED THE INTAKE FORM HAD ADEQUATE SUPPORTS AND TIME TO COMPLETE ALL OF THE STEPS.

UM, AND THIS WAS ALSO HONORING ACME'S COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBILITY EQUITY AND MEETING THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY ARE.

UM, AGAIN, THOSE WHO DID NOT COMPLETE THE INTAKE FORM PRIOR TO DECEMBER 4TH WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED, UM, FOR THIS FUNDING CYCLE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THEN I WANTED TO SHARE A, UM, REVISED TIMELINE WITH YOU ALL WITH THAT, UM, REVISED DEADLINE OF THE 19TH.

UM, SO IT BASICALLY MEANS EVERYTHING WILL BE PUSHED BACK ABOUT A MONTH.

UM, AS Y'ALL KNOW, THE FUNDING TIMELINE IS STRUCTURED AROUND SEVERAL FIXED SEQUENTIAL STEPS THAT CAN'T REALLY START UNTIL AFTER ALL APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.

UM, SO THAT INCLUDES PANELISTS, TRAININGS AND ASSIGNMENTS SCORING ACROSS ALL FOUR PROGRAMS. UM, THE APPEALS TIMELINE AND ALSO THE CITY'S FINANCIAL PROCESS.

UM, SO BECAUSE PANELS WILL NOW OCCUR IN FEBRUARY, FUNDING DECISIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN MARCH, AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE FUNDING DISBURSEMENT SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

UM, AND LATEST APRIL FOR THAT FUNDING DISBURSEMENT.

UM, AND THEN THE NEXT ROUND OF PROGRAMS, NEXUS WILL BE OPEN IN MARCH AND THEN THRIVE ELEVATE THE NEXT ROUND OF AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND AND HERITAGE PRESERVATION.

THAT NEXT APPLICATION CYCLE FOR THOSE PROGRAMS WILL BE IN JULY OF 2026.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO SOME OF YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS WERE AND HOW MANY AWARDS WE WERE ESTIMATING PER GRANT.

UM, SO THIS IS JUST VERY HIGH LEVEL.

UM, YOU CAN SEE, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW THIS ONE, BUT 7 MILLION FOR AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND.

WE ANTICIPATE AROUND 370 AWARDS FOR THIS PROGRAM.

UH, WE HAVE 1.6 MILLION FOR THE CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH IS AROUND 25 AWARDS, 13 MILLION FOR ELEVATE, WHICH IS AROUND 250 AWARDS.

AND THEN 3 MILLION FOR OUR HERITAGE PRESERVATION GRANTS, WHICH IS AROUND 25 AWARDS.

AND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO AFTER THE DEADLINE, HOW MANY APPLICATIONS DID WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE PER PROGRAM? SO, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I REPORTED THIS NUMBER YET FOR YOU ALL LAST MONTH, BUT WE HAD 2085 INTAKE FORMS SUBMITTED BY THAT DECEMBER 4TH DEADLINE.

UM, 20 OF THOSE WERE THE SPANISH APPLICATION, AND THE REST WERE THE ENGLISH APPLICATION.

UM, AS A REMINDER, APPLICANTS COULD REQUEST MULTIPLE TYPES OF ELIGIBILITY FORMS AND THEN SUBMIT THOSE FORMS FOR WHAT PROGRAM THEY WANTED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR.

UM, SO YOU CAN SEE HERE FOR AUSTIN LIFE MUSIC FUNDS SPECIFICALLY, WE HAD 1,111 ENGLISH ELIGIBILITY FORMS SUBMITTED.

AFTER REVIEW, 991 OF THOSE WERE DEEMED ELIGIBLE AND RECEIVED NOTICE THAT THE APPLICATION WOULD THEN BE OPEN FOR THEM, UM, TO START WORKING ON.

AND OF THAT 991 ELIGIBLE LIVE MUSIC FUND, APPLICANTS 806 SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION ON TIME FOR CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

WE HAD 138 ENGLISH ELIGIBILITY FORMS SUBMITTED AFTER REVIEW.

72 OF THOSE WERE DEEMED ELIGIBLE, AND 64 OF THOSE ELIGIBLE THEN COMPLETED THE APPLICATION.

UH, ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, ABOUT 80% OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION.

AND SO WE HAD 1,607 TOTAL APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO ALSO WANTED TO SHARE SOME DETAILED INFORMATION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THOSE 806 AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND APPLICANTS.

SO OF THOSE SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS, WE HAD 46 WHO WERE LIVE MUSIC VENUE APPLICANTS.

WE HAD 49 INDEPENDENT PROMOTERS AT THE $20,000 LEVEL AND NINE PROMOTERS THAT APPLIED AT THE $5,000 LEVEL.

WE HAD 541 PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS APPLY AT THE $20,000 LEVEL, INCLUDING THREE IN SPANISH, AND WE HAD 164 PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS APPLY AT THE $5,000 LEVEL.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

YOU ALL HAVE ALSO ASKED ABOUT HOW THESE NUMBERS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS GRANT CYCLES.

UM, SO THIS SLIDE

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JUST SHOWS EACH PROGRAM, UH, PREVIOUS NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS AND THEN WHAT WE RECEIVED THIS CYCLE FOR THE ELIGIBILITY AND THEN THE APPLICATIONS.

SO AS AN EXAMPLE, THE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND, WE HAD 904 SUBMISSIONS IN THE 2024 CYCLE.

UM, THIS TIME AROUND WE HAD 100, UH, 1,117 ELIGIBILITY FORMS SUBMITTED.

THAT'S THE ENGLISH AND THE SPANISH ONES, WHICH MARKED A 24% INCREASE, ESSENTIALLY IN INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM.

AND WE HAD 810 APPLICATION FORMS SUBMITTED, SUBMITTED.

SO THIS WAS ACTUALLY A 10% DECREASE FROM OUR NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS PREVIOUSLY FOR THE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND, UH, FOR CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

YOU CAN SEE THAT PREVIOUSLY WE HAD A HUNDRED N 52 SUBMISSIONS IN 2023.

AGAIN, IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE WE DID THIS PROGRAM.

UM, THIS TIME AROUND WE HAD 138 ELIGIBILITY FORMS SUBMITTED.

SO ABOUT A 9% DECREASE THERE.

UM, OR IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT JUST THE APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED, WE HAD 64 APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED FOR CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH IS A 58% DECREASE FOR OUR OTHER PROGRAMS. SO FOR ELEVATE, UM, WE HAD 554 SUBMISSIONS PREVIOUSLY.

THIS TIME AROUND WE HAD 687 APPLICATION FORMS SUBMITTED, WHICH IS A 24% INCREASE.

AND THEN FOR OUR HERITAGE PRESERVATION GRANT, PREVIOUSLY WE HAD 22 SUBMISSIONS, AND THIS TIME AROUND WE HAD 46 APPLICATION FORMS SUBMITTED.

SO THIS WAS A 109% INCREASE IN APPLICATION FORMS SUBMITTED.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD 126 ELIGIBILITY FORMS SUBMITTED FOR HERITAGE.

SO THERE WAS, UM, A MASSIVE INCREASE IN INTEREST FOR THIS PROGRAM, WHICH WAS EXCITING.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO FINALLY, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF RECAP OF THE APPLICATION ASSISTANCE THAT WAS PROVIDED BY STAFF.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE DETAILED ROLLUP HERE.

WE HAD 10 WORKSHOPS, UM, 14 OPEN OFFICE HOURS, OVER 142, ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS VIA BOOKINGS AND STAFF WERE PRESENT AT OVER 20 COMMUNITY EVENTS.

UM, SO THIS ALL EQUALED OUT TO, UH, 493 HOURS OF ASSISTANCE AND 2,738 PEOPLE ASSISTED.

AND THIS WAS NOT EVEN INCLUDING, UM, ASSISTANCE AT THE LONG CENTER, OUR THIRD PARTY PARTNERS PROVIDED BY, UM, IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH BY PHONE AND BY EMAIL.

AND WITH THAT, I THINK THAT IS, I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE.

ANY QUESTIONS? HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR Y'ALL.

THANK YOU, LAURA.

I'M HAPPY NEW YEAR.

UH, THANKS FOR THIS, UH, FANTASTIC UPDATE.

UH, QUESTIONS, UH, COMMENTS ON, ON THE TOPIC, COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER, UH, CARDENA.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

I KNOW I WAS EMAILING AND ASKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL EXTENSION, SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND DOING THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I, I DID GET A LOT OF MESSAGES FROM PEOPLE THAT WERE LIKE, OH MY GOD, THANK YOU.

AND THEY WERE JUST VERY GRATEFUL.

SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

'CAUSE I KNOW Y'ALL PUT A LOT OF MAN HOURS INTO THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND HAS EVERYBODY SEEN.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ON THEIR BEHALF AND ON THE BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER THE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, UH, COMMISSIONERS.

UM, SO LAURA, I MEAN, I'M PROBABLY STATING THE OBVIOUS, BUT UM, OBVIOUSLY THE EVALUATIONS FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND BECAUSE OF THE SCORING MECHANISM VERSUS THE PANEL WOULD BE FASTER.

UH, BUT THE, BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL OF FOLKS APPLYING FOR BOTH FUNDS, ET CETERA, THE OUTCOMES, THE RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE SAME TIME ACROSS THE BOARD.

YES, CHAIR.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO, BECAUSE, UM, WE HAD MANY FOLKS THAT APPLIED FOR BOTH, AND BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THIS AS A JOINT DEPARTMENT, UM, INITIATIVE, WE WANT TO GIVE APPLICANTS IF THEY DO RECEIVE MULTIPLE GRANTS, THAT THEY HAVE THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO ACCEPT ONE AND DECLINE THE OTHER.

UM, AND THEY'RE MAKING THAT DECISION.

TWO, UH, WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, UH, HOW OF COURSE WE CAN ON WHAT, WHAT IS THE BEST TOPIC FOR US TO ENGAGE ON THAT? AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, UH, WHAT DOES FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS LOOK LIKE? YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR THAT QUESTION.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, DEFINITELY, UM, NO, AND, UH, PERSONAL, EVEN ON MY OWN BEHALF AND OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE'LL HAVE FEEDBACK INTO, INTO THE PROCESS, THE QUESTIONS.

UH, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY FOR US TO HANDLE THAT? WOULD IT BE WITHIN THIS TOPIC, SHOULD WE WAIT TO LISTEN TO THE, UH, UH, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, CREATIVE RESET? PHASE

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UM, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE SOME QUESTIONS NOW.

UM, AND ALSO I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE FIGURING OUT WHAT, UM, WHAT FEEDBACK LOOKS LIKE THIS MONTH.

SO THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE SOME BROADER SURVEYS FOR EVERYONE THAT WAS, UM, HAD SUBMITTED AN INTAKE FORM, UM, AS WELL AS SOME FOCUS GROUPS, UM, AROUND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMEONE THAT SUBMITTED AN INTAKE FORM BUT DIDN'T ACTUALLY SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, UM, AND KIND OF HAVE SUBGROUPS WITHIN THAT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WERE FOR THEM.

UM, AND WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME REQUESTS, UM, FROM SOME ADVOCACY GROUPS AS WELL, JUST TO HEAR IN GENERAL, UM, WHAT GROUPS OF THEIR, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN FEELING, HEARING ALL OF THE THINGS.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL IN DEVELOPING THAT NOW, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT I'LL BE WORKING ON THIS MONTH FOR SURE.

AND YOU CAN ALWAYS, UM, SEND, SEND THEM, UM, OUR WAY.

SHOOT ME AN EMAIL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AS ALWAYS AN OPTION.

GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND, UH, IS THERE ANY, UM, ARE THERE ANY HIGHLIGHTS IN TERMS OF, UH, INITIAL FEEDBACK THAT YOU'VE HEARD SO FAR, UM, BOTH GOOD AND BAD, UM, AROUND THE GRANTS, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE HERE, THE ONES CONCERNING MUSICIANS, ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN SHARE OR, UM, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU RATHER, UH, COLLECT THE INFORMATION AND SHARE IT AT A DIFFERENT TIME? I THINK, I THINK IT'D BE BETTER TO COLLECT SOME INFORMATION AND THEN GET BACK TO Y'ALL, UM, NEXT MONTH.

UM, HAPPY NEW YEAR, .

ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, NO, THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE, UM, I THINK, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SEE WHAT, UM, DIRECT FEEDBACK THE DEPARTMENT IS GETTING.

AND OF COURSE, I WOULD REQUEST ALL COMMISSIONERS TO, UM, OF COURSE, SHARE THEIR OWN VIEWPOINTS AROUND, UM, HOW THE GRANT APPLICATIONS HAVE SHAPED UP WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY.

UH, PLEASE DO BRING IT TO THE TABLE, UH, TO DISCUSS.

AND THE GOAL IS TO REALLY HAVE A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION, UM, GIVE, UH, GIVE FEEDBACK, BOTH, BOTH, LIKE I SAID, GOOD AND BAD, SO THAT THE NEXT ROUND OF GRANTS THAT ARE COMING UP PRETTY QUICKLY HERE, UH, USUALLY WILL, THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN EVERY YEAR THIS TIME BECAUSE OF THE CREATIVE RESET WE HAVE THE NEXT ROUND COMING UP IN JULY.

SO IT'S A SHORT TIMEFRAME TO MAKE, UM, ANY CRITICAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE WANNA MAKE IN ORDER TO, UH, ROLL THE GRANTS OUT THE NEXT ROUND.

SO PLEASE DO, UH, BRING YOUR OWN FEEDBACK AND WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY TO THE TABLE.

THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS STAFF BRIEFING ON THE CREATIVE RESET PHASE TWO BY CANDACE COOPER, ACTING CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, AND MARION SANCHEZ, ACTING PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MARKETING MANAGER, ACME.

OR SEND AN EMAIL, WHICHEVER WAY, UH, WHATEVER YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THE TOPIC? OKAY.

[6. Staff briefing on The Creative Reset Phase II by Candice Cooper, Acting Chief Administrative Officer and Marion Sanchez, Acting Public Information & Marketing Manager, AACME.]

THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING, BUT THEY WILL BE HERE EITHER NEXT MONTH OR IN MARCH.

SO, UM, I WILL POINT OUT THAT WE HAD THE SAME UPDATE IN DECEMBER, SO, UM, I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE ARE INFORMED A LITTLE AHEAD OF TIME IF PRESENTERS ARE NOT AVAILABLE, WHETHER IT IS, UM, ESPECIALLY FROM STAFF.

I WILL SEND A REQUEST OUT TO THE DIRECTOR ON THIS BEHALF.

I'LL BE SENDING AN EMAIL OUT.

WE HAVE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION UPDATE ON PRIORITIES AND RECENT ACTIONS BY PARLIAMENTARIAN AND SILVA, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE HERE? I DO.

UM, DISCUSSION ITEMS.

[7. Downtown Commission update on priorities and recent actions by Parliamentarian Silva.]

CHAIR.

EXCUSE ME.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

SO I THINK I'VE MISSED, UH, THE LAST TWO MEETINGS OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION, SO I'M KIND OF REPORTING ON THE THREE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION MEETINGS.

I'LL JUST HIT THE THINGS THAT ARE MOST PERTINENT TO US.

REAL QUICKLY, LEMME LOOK AT MY NOTES.

UM, THE FIRST IS THE CITY'S GOING THROUGH A, A PLANNING PROCESS TO UPDATE THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN PLAN.

SO IT'S NOW CALLED THE CENTRAL CITY DISTRICT PLAN.

IT'S A 25-YEAR-OLD PLAN.

UM, THEY'RE LOOKING AT REVISING IT, JUST IMPLEMENTING AND INCORPORATING NEW THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP SUCH AS PROJECT CONNECT, UH, THE, THE EXPANSION OF I 35 AND CAP AND STITCH, UH, UH, THE NEW TOWERS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

UM, BUT THEY HAVE RECENTLY FINISHED A SURVEY PROCESS AND TWO THINGS CAME UP, AND ONE OF THE IS SHADE AND GREENERY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

AND THEN THE SECOND WAS THE, UM, SAFETY AND SAFETY

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FROM TWO PERSPECTIVES.

ONE IS JUST PERSONAL SAFETY OF, YOU KNOW, SITUATIONS YOU MIGHT RUN INTO BEING DOWNTOWN.

AND THE SECOND WAS SAFETY REGARDING VEHICLE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, SO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

UM, THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL CONTINUE ON THROUGH THE SPRING FOR THIS UPDATE TO THE PLAN, UM, THEIR PLAN TO HAVE ANOTHER OPEN HOUSE BEFORE THEY GO TO PRESENT, BEFORE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND THEN FINALLY TO THE COUNCIL.

SO I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY PLAN TO COME MUSIC COMMISSION OR IF WE EVEN WANT THEM TO COME TO THE MUSIC MUSIC COMMISSION, BUT THAT'S WHEN THEY'LL BE DOING IT, UM, SOMETIME IN THE SPRING.

UM, BUT I DID KNOW, I DID NOTICE, AND I MAYBE Y'ALL KNEW TOO, UH, PAT BUTTA BTA, YEAH, HE'S A MEMBER OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.

SO WHEN I WATCHED THEM, HE REPEATEDLY ASKED, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE MUSICIANS? WHAT ABOUT THE VENUES? AND SO THAT IMPORT, UH, THAT PERSPECTIVE IS ALWAYS BROUGHT INTO IT.

SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD, UM, BECAUSE HE WOULD ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY OF MUSICIANS, DID MUSICIANS GET SURVEYED? WHAT ABOUT LOADING UNROLLING ZONES? YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE TECHNICAL THINGS HE WAS WELL AWARE OF.

BUT SOMETHING ELSE DID COME UP IN THAT DISCUSSION WAS THAT, UM, THE URBAN DESIGN DIVISION HAD WORKED WITH A GROUP OF UT STUDENTS WHO WERE IN THE HUMAN DIMENSIONS ORGANIZATION, UH, AREA.

UH, AND THEY SURVEYED WORKERS DOWNTOWN, BUT THEY SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON MUSICIANS.

AND SO, AND TO CAPTURE WHAT THEIR PERSPECTIVES ARE ON THE WHOLE DOWNTOWN AREA, I THINK THEY'D FINISHED THAT.

AND WERE ABOUT TO PRESENT A CAPSTONE TO THE URBAN DESIGN DIVISION SORT OF INTERNALLY.

UM, BUT I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HEARING.

IT'S LIKE, WHAT WAS THE INPUT OF ALL THOSE MUSICIANS? AND MAYBE THAT'S HOW WE COULD DO THAT.

SO MAYBE THAT'S A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, AND WE CAN ALWAYS FIND OUT ABOUT THAT.

UM, THAT'S IT, THAT'S ALL FOR THAT.

THE SECOND ITEM HAS TO DO WITH SAFE STREETS, AUSTIN, WHICH IS A, AN ADVOCACY GROUP, UM, WORKING ON MAKING AUSTIN, UH, MORE WALKABLE, UH, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY TYPE OF, UH, CITY.

UM, THE LATEST THING THAT THEY'RE ADVOCATING FOR IS A CONVERSION OF TWO-WAY STREETS, ONE-WAY STREETS.

SO THINGS LIKE CONVERTING SIXTH STREET TO, FROM ONE WAY, I GUESS GOING EAST ANYWAY, AND, UH, WENT WEST AND, UM, UH, CHANGING THAT TO A TWO WAY.

SO YOU GOT DIRECTION GOING UP BOTH WAYS.

UM, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, ONCE YOU START LISTENING TO ALL THESE PLANS, THERE ARE LIKE HALF A DOZEN, AT LEAST MOVING PARTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

THERE'S ANOTHER PLAN GOING ON CALLED THE AUSTIN CORE TRANSPORTATION THAT IS ALSO LOOKING AT MAJOR STREETS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE A, UH, REPORT TO THE COUNCIL IN 24, UH, I'M SORRY, IN 2025.

THEY POSTPONED THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE CONDUCTING A PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, UH, STUDY FOR SIXTH STREET CURRENTLY.

AND SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE SAFE TREATS, UH, GROUP BROUGHT IN WAS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT STAFF WAS CONSIDERING THAT THAT'S THE DISCUSSION THAT THEY'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW, WHETHER TO CONVERT SIXTH STREET TO A TWO-WAY STREET.

AND SO THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT SIXTH STREET HAS THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN OTHER STREETS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

SO THEY TAKE ALL OF THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION.

BUT WHAT, UM, THE SAFE STREETS, UM, PERSON, ADAM GREENFIELD, UH, STATED WAS IN THE CITIES WHERE IT'S IN BEEN IMPLEMENTED, UM, THEY DID SEE A DECREASE IN PEDESTRIAN VEHICLE COLLISIONS, UH, AN INCREASE IN RETAIL SALES AND DECREASES IN CRIME.

SO THEY ARE STRONGLY ADVOCATING FOR IT, AND THEY POINT TO SUCCESS IN OTHER CITIES FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE MADE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THEIR ACTIVE URBANISM, UH, PROGRAM IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

AND THEY POINTED OUT, UH, UH, ONE THING ABOUT THEY HAVE THESE, UH, STOREFRONTS, UM, THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO AND CAN MAKE AVAILABLE TO ARTIST AND IN CREATIVE ENDEAVORS, UH, TO UNDERTAKE THESE.

AND THEY INCLUDE 5 0 6 EAST CONGRESS, UH, OLD BAKERY AND EMPORIUM, WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF THE CAPITOL.

AND, UM, UH, I THINK A THIRD STREET PORT.

I THINK THAT'S CORRECT.

UM, BUT THEY MAKE IT A VERY, UH, AFFORDABLE PRICES FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO PUT ON EVENTS.

SO THEY HAVE MUSIC, THEY HAVE FASHION SHOWS, THEY HAVE ARTIST EXHIBITS, THEY HAVE A A VARIETY OF THINGS.

AND WHAT THEY WANT IS JUST TO BRING ACTIVITY DOWN INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA, ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY.

UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S ALWAYS BUSY AT NIGHT, BUT DAYTIME ACTIVITY IS WHAT THEY WANT JUST TO GET PEOPLE ON THE STREETS.

AND SO, UH, WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL

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I HAVE.

THANKS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE DETAILED UPDATE, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON ANY OF THE TOPICS, UH, COMMISSIONERS.

IS MUSIC COMMISSION STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR 2026.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

THE AGENDA ITEM, AND WOW, THIS MIGHT JUST BE THE SHORTEST MEETING EVER, MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING EVER.

UH, IT'S, UM, CAN'T COMPLAIN, UM, AS LONG AS WE, UH, YOU KNOW, GET TO DISCUSS THE RIGHT TOPICS AND GET SOME GOOD STUFF DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, THE NEXT TOPIC THEN

[8. Music Commission strategic planning for 2026.]

SO THIS IS ONE THING I DID WANNA CHECK UP, CHECK IN WITH THE COMMISSIONERS ON, AND, UM, IS I DID SHARE THE, UH, THE ANNUAL PLAN THAT, UM, I HAD PUT IN PLACE, UM, IN THE ANNUAL REPORT, IN THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING.

UM, WHAT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IS ARE THERE ANY TOPICS FROM, FROM YOUR END THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON TO BE TACKLED AT THE COMMISSION IN THIS NEW YEAR? UH, AND, UH, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IF YOU WANNA SPEND SOME MORE TIME ON THIS, THINKING ABOUT IT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, I COULD POSSIBLY TABLE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE, UM, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S JUST THE START OF THE NEW YEAR HERE, SO, BUT IF ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WANNA ADD, UM, ABSOLUTELY.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING IT UP.

UH, COMMISSIONER, I WAS GONNA MOVE TO PUT IT TO NEXT MONTH'S MEETING TO BE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE MORE, BREAK THAT FROM THE HOLIDAYS.

UH, I'LL, I'LL, UM, ALSO GO AHEAD AND, UH, SHARE, UM, WHATEVER I, I READ AT THE COMMISSION AT THE LAST MEETING.

UM, DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION TO MOVE THAT AGENDA ITEM? OR WE COULD, WE COULD ACTUALLY, UH, DO THAT AT THE END WHEN WE ARE OKAY.

SETTING UP THE AGENDA FOR, UH, THE NEXT MEETING.

UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS TOPIC FROM, UM, COMMISSIONERS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

SO MR. SILVA, UH, DID WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS LAST YEAR, LIKE LAST JANUARY AND SORT OF TRY TO IDENTIFY STRATEGIC ISSUES OR I DON'T THINK WE DID THAT.

NO.

AS AN AGENDA ITEM? NO.

YEAH, THERE IS AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THAT.

UM, I DO EVERY YEAR FROM, SINCE THE TIME I'VE SHARED IT AND BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THE PRIOR CHANGE DID THAT.

UM, BUT WE'VE NOT SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK IT WOULD, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO DO THAT, UM, TO ALSO KNOW, UM, WELL FIRST OF ALL TO HAVE A DIRECTION TO WHAT THE COMMISSION WOULD BE WORKING ON, UH, THROUGH THE NEW YEAR.

AND, BUT TO ALSO UNDERSTAND, UM, SOMETIMES A SPECIFIC COMMISSIONER MIGHT BE PASSIONATE ABOUT A PARTICULAR TOPIC AND, AND, AND MIGHT WANNA GO FOCUS ON THAT, PUT IN SOME WORK IN THE, IN THAT, UH, DIRECTION.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALSO COLLECTIVELY SUPPORT THEN AND KEEP REVIEWING OF THE COMMISSION, RIGHT.

SO I THINK IN MULTIPLE WAYS, UM, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A BROAD FRAMEWORK ON WHAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO WORK ON IN THE NEW YEAR.

AND THEN OF COURSE, ANY OTHER TOPIC CAN BE ADDED MONTH TO MONTH WITH JUST A SECOND FROM, UH, ANOTHER COMMISSIONER.

HAS DONE, YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN, UM, PURSUIT TO JUST GET FEEDBACK AND THEN BRING IT ON THEIR BEHALF AND JUST SHARE IT AS, YOU KNOW, A PART OF AN AGENDA ITEM.

UM, SO, UH, LET'S, SHOULD WE JUST WAIT TILL NEXT MONTH? AND, UH, IF THE COMMISSIONER'S, UH, COMMISSIONER CARVAL, IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE LIKE A MORE PUBLIC FORUM WHERE MAYBE, UM, LIKE PEOPLE CAN SUGGEST THINGS THAT THE MUSIC COMMISSION CAN WORK ON? LIKE, LIKE A AGENDA FORUM OR SOMETHING? LIKE, IS THERE LIKE A WAY THAT THE PUBLIC CAN BE LIKE, HEY, CAN YOU GUYS TACKLE THIS AS A COMMISSION THIS YEAR AND MAYBE WE CAN VOTE ON IT OR SOMETHING? YEAH, SO I THINK THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED THROUGH TWO WAYS, RIGHT? ONE IS THROUGH PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

SO IF, IF ANYBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK, UM, AND GIVE SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE THE MUSIC COMMISSION TO WORK ON, THAT CAN BE DONE THROUGH PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.

UM, THE SECOND WAY TO DO THAT IS WHEN WE ADD THIS AGENDA ITEM BACK, UM, ON THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH, SOMEBODY COULD COME AND SPEAK ON THE TOPIC AS WELL, SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC.

SO WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE IS, UM, DEFINITELY THE MUSIC COMMISSION AGENDA ITSELF EVERY MONTH IS PUBLIC, BUT IF YOU KNOW FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE PERSONALLY ON YOUR SOCIALS OR ANY OTHER WAY, PUT THE WORD OUT THAT THIS IS BEING DISCUSSED AT THE COMMISSION, AND, UH, YOU'RE FREE TO, OR YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME AND SPEAK ON THIS AT THE COMMISSION, THEN THAT CAN BE DONE AS WELL.

BUT, SO BASICALLY, BUT THERE ARE TWO MECHANISMS ESSENTIALLY.

ONE IS, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, ONE IS SIGNING UP TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC.

SHELBY, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THAT? GOOD.

JUST PERSONAL, IF YOU WANNA SHARE ON SOCIALS AND STUFF, JUST LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER CARINA

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SO YEAH, WHAT DID COMMISSIONER CARD NUNEZ DO? SHE WENT LIVE ON INSTAGRAM, JUST LETTING THE PEOPLE KNOW, GIVE ME YOUR FEEDBACK FOR OUR LIVE MUSIC FUND PROGRAM.

OH.

AND SHE WAS ABLE TO RE RELAY A LOT OF THEIR FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS STRAIGHT TO US AND ENDED UP WITH AN EXTENSION THAT'S GREAT ON OUR DEADLINES.

WOW.

JUST DO IT, UM, MAKE SURE WHATEVER STATEMENTS YOU DO, DON'T DO IT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, BUT YOU CAN SAY YOU'RE A COMMISSIONER TRYING TO GET FEEDBACK.

UM, BUT JUST BE CAREFUL WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU USE, BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT ON YOUR OWN.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

YES, YES.

TO THAT POINT, I THINK, UM, WHEN WE SHARE INFORMATION, YES, SHARE IT AS AN INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER, I WOULD DEFINITELY REITERATE THAT.

UH, AND, UH, ANYTHING THAT IS SHARED ON BEHALF OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION USUALLY, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO RECOMMENDATIONS AND THINGS, USUALLY GOES THROUGH A VOTE, UM, AND HAS BEEN VOTED IN FAVOR, ADD THE COMMISSION AND THEN YOU CAN QUOTE THE COMMISSION ON THAT.

COMMISSIONER SILVA? YEAH.

UM, SO YEAH, LET'S, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BRING THAT TOPIC BACK AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION ACTUALLY AROUND, UH, THE MUSIC COMMISSION STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR 2026, UM, AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY ISSUES? A LOT OF THE FOCUS HERE DOES TEND TO BE ON THE GRANTS, AND THAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BECOMES A CENTRAL POINT.

UM, AND, AND RIGHTFULLY SO, THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST, UM, RESOURCE THROUGH THE CITY GOVERNMENT IS AVAILABLE TO THE MUSICIANS, UM, AND THE MUSIC COMMUNITY AT THIS POINT.

SO, UM, IT'S TIME WELL WORTH SPENT, UH, BUT DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OTHER KEY THINGS GET INTO THE MIX, UM, IN 2026 AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

UH, CHAIR NOT TO, I DON'T WANNA PUT ANY PRESSURE ON YOU, BUT, UH, YOU HAD MENTIONED YOU WERE, YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE THE, THE ANNUAL REPORT.

DO YOU HAVE A, DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE AVAILABLE BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING THAT IT'S SORT TO SERVE AS SORT OF A REFRESHER OF WHAT THE COMMISSION HAS ACCOMPLISHED THIS PAST YEAR OR MAYBE HAD IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS? I WILL, I WILL, I WILL GO AHEAD AND SHARE, UH, THE REPORT THAT I HAD SUBMITTED.

OH, OKAY, GREAT.

WITH EVERYBODY.

YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

WE CAN USE THAT AS A BASELINE.

IT INCLUDES WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO IN 2026.

YEAH, SO I HAD SHARED, I HAD READ IT OUT IN THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, SO I'LL SHARE THAT WITH EVERYBODY AND WE CAN, UH, DEFINITELY USE THAT AS A BASELINE.

BUT I WOULD LOVE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, SEE MORE, I GUESS.

AND, UH, ACTUALLY NEXT, NEXT YEAR IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT BINDING IN ANY WAY, BUT REALLY NEXT YEAR WHEN WE DO THE REPORT, OR THIS YEAR WHEN WE DO THE REPORT, UM, LET'S DISCUSS, UH, AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, DO THE REPORT, WHOEVER'S SHARING AT THAT POINT, UH, CAN ACTUALLY REVIEW IT AT THE COMMISSION, COLLECTIVELY GET SOME INPUTS AND, AND DO THE REPORT.

WE COULD DO IT THAT WAY.

I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT IS THE WHOLE, UH, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONERS ON THE TOPIC? ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONER KAENA.

SORRY, SORRY, QUICK QUESTION.

HOW BIG IS MY HAND ON THAT SCREEN RIGHT NOW? ? SORRY.

UM, QUICK QUESTION.

SO WITH, IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY KIND OF JOINT EFFORTS THAT WE CAN ALSO DO WITH THE MUSIC OFFICE THAT IS EXISTING THAT THEY'RE ALREADY, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE OR THAT THEY HAVE THEIR THING THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ADD OUR EFFORTS TO AS WELL? I THINK, I THINK, UM, WHAT WE ARE ESSENTIALLY DOING IS, UH, PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AROUND, UH, WORK THAT THE MUSIC OFFICE IS DOING.

SO ANY TOPICS THAT THE MUSIC OFFICE COVERS IS, IS FAIR GAME TO BE DISCUSSED HERE AT THE COMMISSION.

UM, IF, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THINKING OUT LOUD THAT WE CAN REQUEST IS FOR A STRATEGIC PLAN FROM THE MUSIC OFFICE FOR 2026 AND, AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT ARE THE KEY THINGS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

UM, SOME OF THAT I WOULD ASSUME WOULD COME THROUGH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SPECIFIC TO THE GRANTS, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT A LOT OF THAT WOULD COME FROM THE CREATIVE RESET PHASE TWO, FOR EXAMPLE.

THAT WOULD BE A BIG CHUNK OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE WITHIN THE MUSIC OFFICE OR THE ACME, UH, REALLY, UH, THROUGH EARLY NEXT YEAR, AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.

UH, BUT WE CAN REQUEST A BROADER, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE TOP FOUR OR FIVE THINGS THAT THE MUSIC OFFICE OR, YOU KNOW, ACME REALLY IS WORKING ON AND, AND REACT TO THAT.

AND WE CAN ASK FOR REGULAR UPDATES AS WELL ON THOSE.

YEAH, I WAS JUST THINKING THAT'D BE GREAT.

JUST SO IN CASE THERE'S ANY LIKE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OR MAYBE THERE'S THINGS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT THEY HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF KIND OF WORK TOGETHER VERSUS IN OUR INDIVIDUAL LANES IN THAT WAY.

NO, ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN

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, THANK YOU.

UM, ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONERS.

ALRIGHT, UM, MOVING ON TO

[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

UM, WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMS, WE'LL HAVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES, WE'LL HAVE STAFF BRIEFING ON LIVE MUSIC AND COLLECTIONS UPDATE BY KIM MC CARSON.

WE'LL HAVE STAFF BRIEFING ON THE FINAL REPORTS, AL STAFF BRIEFING ON THE AIRPORT, UH, LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES, BOOKING.

UM, AND UH, MAYBE AN UPDATE ON THE HIRING, UH, PROGRESS FROM, UM, ERICA AND, UH, GREG GONZALEZ AS WELL.

UM, STAFF BRIEFING ON ACME FUNDING PROGRAMS BY LAURA OF AUDIT GUARD.

UM, I HAD REQUESTED, UM, A MARKETING UPDATE OVER EMAIL THAT I DON'T THINK WE PARTICULARLY HEARD ABOUT TODAY.

UM, SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE INCLUDE, UH, UH, AN UPDATE ON MARKETING EFFORTS PUT IN TOWARDS THE GRANT PROGRAMS THIS ROUND, UM, I WOULD, UM, I WILL SEND A REMINDER ON THAT AS WELL, UH, TO THE DEPARTMENT, BUT I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT IF WE INCLUDE THAT IN THE STAFF BRIEFING NEXT TIME.

UM, FOR THE FUNDING PROGRAMS, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM WOULD BE STAFF BRIEFING ON THE CREATIVE RESET PHASE TWO, UM, BY CANDACE COOPER.

AND MARIANNE SANCHEZ WILL BRING THAT BACK.

AND IF THERE'S ANY REASON THAT CANNOT BE DONE IN THE NEXT MONTH, PLEASE GIVE US, UH, ADVANCE NOTICE.

UM, WE'LL LEAVE THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION UPDATE.

COMMISSIONER SILVA SURE DOES THAT.

ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.

AND THEN LET'S SPEND SOME TIME NEXT TIME ON MUSIC COMMISSION STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR 2026.

I UNDERSTAND, UH, UH, PAT, PAT ER HAD TWO ITEMS THAT CAME IN LATE, UH, THIS TIME.

I WILL CHECK IN WITH HIM IF, UH, UM, HE STILL WANTS TO ADD THOSE IN THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.

SO IF THOSE, UM, THOSE COME IN, WE'LL JUST GET A SECOND AND GET THOSE ADDED.

ALRIGHT.

UM, IF YOU SOMEBODY COULD MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THE ABOVE AGENDA ITEMS. COMMISSIONER, UH, CARVALHO, DO I HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER, UH, PRICE.

SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADD THOSE, UM, AGENDA ITEMS FOR, UH, NEXT MONTH.

UH, MOTION TO ADJOURN COMMISSIONER POLLS.

UM, AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PRICE.

CAN I TAKE THAT ALL IN FAVOR? ALRIGHT.

HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN.

THANK YOU STAFF.

UH, AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

LET, JUST WANT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE AS WELL ON YOU DECEMBER AS WELL.

YES, BECAUSE UM, THEY WERE WRAPPING UP THEIR OWN SURVEY.

THEY DID A WHOLE DIFFERENT, AND I CAN LET HER KNOW LATER.

BECAUSE THE MAIN THING IS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE FEEDBACK MECHANISM? WHAT, WHAT, HOW IS, HOW ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW IS FEEDBACK BEING COLLECTED, WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT CHANNELS AND THEN HOW DO WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE PLAN TO MAKE UPDATES BASED ON THE FEEDBACK.

DID JUST ASK YOU ABOUT YES, YES.

BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AS A DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S THE GOAL.

HOPEFULLY A LOT, WHATEVER WE TALK ABOUT, ARTS COMMISSION WILL TRANSLATE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE A DEPARTMENT.

UM, BUT PHASE ONE IS OUR GRANTS, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF, WE, WE'VE BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON CALLING FUNDING.

UM, BUT THAT'S THE TITLE FOR PHASE ONE.

EVERYTHING REGARDING FUNDING IS PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO RIGHT NOW.

AND THE OTHER PHASE WILL BE REVEALED, BUT PHASE TWO IS FACILITIES AND CULTURAL CENTERS AND MUSEUMS. AND MARI HAS BEEN WORKING SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR CULTURAL CENTERS ON THAT.

THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT, UM, AREAS OF FOCUS AS OUR CENTERS' NEEDS STUFF AND HAVE NEEDS AND TRYING TO IMPROVE.

BUT FUNDING IS SPECIFICALLY PHASE ONE, SO I KNOW.

GOT IT, GOT IT.

WANNA FOLLOW UP WITH CANDACE, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST A CANDACE THING AND MARIANA SPECIFICALLY ON GOT IT.

SO, SO TWO THINGS, RIGHT? I MEAN, I THINK WHEREVER THE INTERSECTIONALITY WITH MUSIC AND ARTS IS, ESPECIALLY WITH MUSIC, WITH THE CULTURAL CENTERS, I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, A WORTHWHILE UPDATE FOR US.

I THINK.

UM, THE, BUT THE OTHER PART OF IT IS THEN WE WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE CONTINUATION OF CREATIVE RESET PHASE ONE LOOK LIKE.

UM, AND IF THAT GETS COVERED UNDER THE STAFF BRIEFING ON FUNDING PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S FINE OR IT'S, WE SHOULD JUST BRING IT AS A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM.

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AND AS FAR AS WHO DIRECTLY WORKS WITH THAT, THAT IS NOW LAURA OGAR WHO IS OVER ALL THE FUNDING PROGRAMS. SO SHE'S WORKING WITH THEIR TEAM AND KIM.

SO WORKING WHAT FEEDBACK LOOKS LIKE.

AND I WAS JUST TELLING YOU FOR LANGUAGE SAKE, BECAUSE WE DO WANNA COME BACK AND PRESENT WHATEVER THEY DID DURING THAT.

I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW I WAS SO IN FUNDING, BUT WHATEVER THEY DID, THEY WANNA REPORT THAT AND ALWAYS TRY AND FIND SOME CROSSOVER WITH OUR FACILITIES.

THAT'S WHAT STAFF WANTS TO DO.

ESPECIALLY WITH THE ART.

SO WE ARE STILL GOING TO DO THAT, BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW LIKE WHEN THEY CAME, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT.

AND LAURA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE US THROUGH FUNDING ONGOING.

IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION THAT YOU MADE THERE FOR US.

YES.

LEMME TELL YOU.

YEAH, IT IS, IT, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW, BUT UM, WE, WE HAVE MORE PHASES THAT ARE COMING AND THIS HAS BEEN SHARED AMONGST OUR STAFF AND WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

THIS IS A LEADERSHIP THEME AND SO OUR DEPARTMENT IS MOVING IN DIFFERENT PHASES TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES, UM, THAT CONCERN OUR CONSTITUENTS.

SO MORE PHASES TO COME AS OF RIGHT NOW.

BUT PHASE TWO IS SPECIFICALLY A WHOLE NOTHER GROUP.

UH, AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT ON THAT, BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.

SO I GOT AWAY UNTIL FEBRUARY AND MARCH, BUT FUNDING IS LAURA, FUNDING IS LAURA.

AND SO IF WE HAVE ANYTHING WE WANT HER TO REPORT, UM, I CAN RELAY THAT TO HER AS FAR AS LIKE THE MARKETING AND THEN THE FEEDBACK.

SHE'S AWARE SHE GOT THAT TONIGHT, SO.

SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION.