* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.
          [CALL TO ORDER ]
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          IT'S MONDAY, JULY 6TH, 6:40 PM I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION TO ORDER. 
          DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? OKAY. 
          NO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. 
          WE'LL 
          [MUSIC PERFORMANCE ]
MOVE ON TO THE MUSIC PERFORMANCE BY FINGER PISTOL. 
          UH, THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION, AS I UNDERSTAND FROM, UH, PAST COMMISSIONER CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, UH, ANN CHARLOTTE PATTERSON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO IT WON'T MAKE YOU, I CAN'T EVEN TELL. 
          HEY, THANK YOU. 
          UH, SHELBY. 
          UH, IF YOU HAD ANY COMMENTS AROUND IT, UH, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          UH, BUT THESE ARE DEFINITELY, UM, COMING FROM, UH, THE LAST TIME THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WORKED ON CREATING OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR PRESENTING MUSIC AT THIS COMMISSION. 
          SO THIS, THESE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE DONE IN THE PAST. 
          UH, SHELBY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? . 
          ALRIGHT, WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MOVING 
          [APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
ON TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES. 
          UM, UH, IF EVERYBODY HAD 
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AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE MEETING, THE JUNE 1ST MEETING, UH, UH, SOMEBODY PLEASE MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, QUICKLY POINT OUT, UH, UH, JUST AN UPDATE HERE TO STAFF. 
          UH, I UNDERSTAND COMMISSIONER ENGLAND WAS NOT PRESENT LAST, UH, MEETING AND, UH, COMMISSIONER BLEVINS WAS IN ATTENDANCE. 
          SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE GO AHEAD AND UPDATE THOSE. 
          UH, AND IF WE ARE MISSING ANY, YOU KNOW, SIGN UP SHEETS OR SIGN ON SHEETS, UH, PLEASE, UH, UH, LET'S JUST GET THOSE UPDATED. 
          BUT, UH, COMMISSIONER ENGLAND WAS ABSENT. 
          COMMISSIONER BLEVINS WAS PRESENT IN THE JUNE MEETING. 
          UH, WITH THAT, UH, IF YOU ALL HAD, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MEETING MINUTES, IF SOMEBODY COULD, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BLEVINS. 
          UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND FROM, UM, COMMISSIONER WEISSER CARVALHO. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? IT WASN'T HERE, CAN I? UM, AS LONG AS YOU'RE AWARE OF THE NOTES,  OR FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT IT. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, MOTIONS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. 
          MOVING ON TO STAFF 
          [2. Staff briefing on Live Music Fund collections by Kim McCarson, Program Manager, Music &  Entertainment, Austin Arts, Culture, Music & Entertainment (ACME).]
BRIEFINGS. 
          UH, THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS STAFF BRIEFING ON LIVE MUSIC FUND COLLECTIONS BY KIM MCC CARSON, PROGRAM MANAGER, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT. 
          ACME. 
          THANK YOU, KIM. 
          HELLO, UH, KIM MCC CARSON, PROGRAM MANAGER WITH, UM, ACME. 
          AND, UH, WE CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE DOING THE HOT COLLECTIONS, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTIONS THROUGH MAY FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2026. 
          AND THE NUMBER FOR MAY IS 242,794. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT AT YOUR FAR RIGHT COLUMN AT THE TOP OF THE COLUMN THERE. 
          AND, UM, CUMULATIVELY THAT IS 3,484,547, UH, TO DATE, AND THAT'S ABOUT AN 8% INCREASE OVER THIS TIME LAST YEAR. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, KIM. 
          UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [3. Staff briefing on FY24 Austin Live Music Fund final reports by Erica Shamaly, Division Manager, Music  & Entertainment Division, ACME.]
MOVING ON. 
          UH, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS STAFF BRIEFING ON FY 24 AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND. 
          FINAL REPORTS BY RALI, THE DIVISION MANAGER, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION. 
          ACME. 
          THANK YOU, ERICA. 
          HELLO, COMMISSIONERS. 
          ERICA SHAMALI, MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION MANAGER WITH ACME. 
          HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL. 
          UM, IT'S NOT THIS ONE, I'M JUST SAYING. 
          SO, BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE THREE NUMBERS TO UPDATE AFTER THE, YOU KNOW, THE REPORTS YOU'VE BEEN SEEING MONTHLY FOR THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS OR SO. 
          SO, AS YOU KNOW, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024, WE HAD 136 AWARDEES, AND OF THAT, GRANTS WERE ACCEPTED. 
          136 SIGNED AGREEMENTS, 136 COMPLETED, GRANT AGREEMENT ORIENTATIONS COMPLETED FINANCIAL INFORMATION FORMS, FIRST, PAYMENTS PAID SO FAR. 
          AND THEN THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS. 
          SO 124 SECOND PAYMENTS OUT OF 1 36 HAVE BEEN PAID OUT SO FAR. 
          AND 82 FINAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, 2024 AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND. 
          AND KEEP IN MIND, THOSE ARE TWO YEAR, UH, AGREEMENTS. 
          AND SO WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK. 
          SO THAT'S 60% OR MORE THAN 60% THE, OF THE 136 THAT HAVE GOTTEN FINAL REPORTS IN ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, ERICA. 
          SO, UM, WHEN IS THE, OFFICIALLY, WHEN IS THE END DATE, UH, FOR COMPLETING THE FINAL REPORT? IT DEPENDS WHEN THE GRANTEE GOT IN THEIR FINAL, YOU KNOW, SIGNED AGREEMENTS LAST YEAR. 
          I THINK WE DID IT FROM THE TIME THAT THEY SIGNED FOR TWO YEARS. 
          AND SO DEFINITELY BY, NO, YOU KNOW, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. 
          BUT KIM WOULD HAVE BETTER INFORMATION THAN ME. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IF, UM, SOMEBODY APPLIES FOR THE GRANTS THIS YEAR, UH, AND, AND IS AN AWARDEE, THEN THE CRITERIA ESSENTIALLY WOULD BE THAT THEY UTILIZE ALL OF THEIR PRIOR, UM, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS AND, AND THEN ONLY THEY CAN RECEIVE THIS GRANT AMOUNT, RIGHT? YES. 
          THEY NEED TO FINISH OUT THE FINAL REPORT. 
          THEY CAN STILL BE AWARDED AND BE IN AN AGREEMENT. 
          THEY JUST HAVE TO FINISH THAT AGREEMENT OUT AND DO THE FINAL REPORT BEFORE THEY CAN SIGN THEIR NEXT AGREEMENT AND GET PAID. 
          UM, KEEP IN MIND, ANYONE WHO WAS AWARDED AN AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND GRANT PREVIOUSLY IN THIS FISCAL YEAR CANNOT APPLY AGAIN, BUT ANYONE FROM FISCAL YEAR 24 WHO HAS NOT GOTTEN A NEW GRANT CAN APPLY RIGHT NOW, UH, FOR THE NEW BATCH OF AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND GRANT AWARDS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO FFY 24 CAN APPLY. 
          FFY 25 WAS SKIPPED. 
          SO FOLKS 
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WHO WON FFY 26 GRANTS CANNOT APPLY AGAIN. 
          YES. 
          UH, LIVE MUSIC FUND CANNOT APPLY AGAIN. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND, IF THEY GOT IT, IF THEY JUST GOT IT, IF THEY GOT IT THIS FALL. 
          COMMISSIONER, QUICK QUESTION. 
          DOES THAT APPLY TO, OH, IT'S LOUD. 
          UM, THAT APPLIES TO JUST ARTISTS AND PROMOTERS, CORRECT? THE LIVE MUSIC VENUES, UM, VENUES ARE ANNUALLY. 
          RIGHT? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S SUCH A BIGGER THAT'S A GOOD CLARIFICATION. 
          YEAH, THEY'RE MUCH BIGGER OPERATION BUDGET. 
          EXACTLY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ON THAT NOTE, I KNOW THAT'S, UH, WE'RE STARTING TO VENTURE OFF TOPIC A BIT HERE, BUT ON THAT NOTE, UM, IF SOMEBODY GOT THE GRANT, THE LIVE MUSIC FUND IN FI 26, THEY ARE STILL ABLE TO APPLY FOR ELEVATE IN FI 27. 
          UH, YES. 
          AND THEY CANNOT APPLY FOR THE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND AGAIN. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU, ERICA. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THE, AM I SKIPPING ONE? NO, I'M GOOD HERE. 
          UH, THE NEXT 
          [4. Staff briefing on Austin-Bergstrom Airport (AUS) live music performances/booking by Erica Shamaly,  Division Manager, and Celina Zisman, Music Coordinator, Music & Entertainment Division, ACME. ]
AGENDA ITEM IS STAFF BRIEFING ON, UH, BOSTON AIRPORT, LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES, BOOKING BY ALI, DIVISION MANAGER IN SELINE AS USMAN MUSIC COORDINATOR, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION. 
          ACME. 
          HELLO EVERYONE AGAIN. 
          ERICA SCHAL, MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION MANAGER. 
          I AM HAPPY TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SELENA ZIMAN, OUR PERMANENT FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE AT THE AIRPORT MUSIC COORDINATOR. 
          AND WE'RE VERY THRILLED TO HAVE HER. 
          UH, SHE'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN IN THIS JOB FOR THE LAST YEAR. 
          IT WAS AN EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE PROCESS, AND, UH, WE'RE JUST THRILLED WITH YOUR APPOINTMENT. 
          AND, UH, IF YOU WANNA SAY HELLO. 
          HI, EVERYBODY. 
          SELENA ZIMAN, MUSIC COORDINATOR FOR THE AUSTIN AIRPORT. 
          I HAVE A DEEP RESPECT FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING UP THERE BECAUSE I SERVED ON THE ARTS COMMISSION FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS, TWO YEARS AS CHAIR, A YEAR AS VICE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE COMMISSION, AND LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING OR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, AND WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH ERICA, UH, TO KEEP MUSIC ALIVE AND WELL AT THE AIRPORT. 
          SO, THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? MM-HMM . 
          HI, SELENA. 
          HOW YOU DOING? I DIDN'T SEE YOU BACK THEN. 
          SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD. 
          AND, UH, YEAH, THAT'S YOUR WORK ETHIC. 
          AND, UH, JUST I'VE HAD A, UH, JUST SEEING YOU WORK IS JUST GREAT. 
          I'M SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          SO GLAD YOU'RE A PART OF IT. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER ON STREAMLINING THE ACME PROCESS FOR MUSICIANS AND BANDS TO SUBMIT THEIR INFORMATION TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR ALL KINDS OF PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING THE AIRPORT. 
          AND SO IT'S BEEN GREAT TO GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD, FINALLY ON THE SAME PAGE SO THAT WE CAN ROLL OUT A NEW PROCESS THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WHICH THAT PROCESS PREVIOUSLY THE SUBMISSION FORM WAS ON AN EDD SPECIFIC PLATFORM, AND WE'RE MOVING THAT OVER TO A MUCH MORE, UH, ACCESSIBLE PLATFORM FOR EVERYBODY. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE QUESTIONS ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          SAME FOR THE AIRPORT. 
          AS FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WILL BE PROVIDED FOR AIRPORT PERFORMANCES. 
          UH, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO ROLL THAT OUT HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS. 
          UH, WE'VE COMBINED OUR DATABASES OF ALL THE DIFFERENT TALENT THAT HAVE EITHER PLAYED AT THE AIRPORT, WHO HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED THEIR INFORMATION FOR PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND SO WE JUST INVITE ALL OF YOU TO SPREAD THE WORD. 
          UH, AS SOON AS THIS NEW FORM IS SUBMITTED, WE'RE GONNA PRESENT IT TO YOU, SHOW IT TO YOU GUYS, AND WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO GET THE WORD FAR AND WIDE FOR PEOPLE TO SUBMIT, UH, THEIR INFORMATION. 
          AND THESE ARE MUSICIANS THAT LIVE WITHIN THE MSA OF AUSTIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, SENA. 
          WELCOME. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU, UH, ON THIS SIDE OF THE HOUSE. 
          UH, AND, UH, YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, SAYING, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, HOW THIS WHOLE AIRPORT PROGRAM DEVELOPS, UH, UM, WITH YOU ALL ON IT IN FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, COMMISSIONERS, QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER, SINCE, UH, SPEAKING OF BOOKING, I WAS THINKING OF THE BOOKING AT THE AIRPORT. 
          UM, AND I THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE PROPER PLACE TO ASK, I SUPPOSE I'VE BEEN ASKED BY COVER BANDS, DO YOU, DO WE ACCEPT COVER BANDS? I MEAN, WILL, CAN THEY APPLY FOR LOOKING AT THE AIRPORT? I'LL SPEAK TO THAT. 
          SO, UM, WE PREFER AND PRIORITIZE ORIGINAL MUSIC. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THAT BEING SAID, THE SETS AT THE AIRPORT ARE TWO 50 MINUTE SETS WITH A 20 MINUTE BREAK. 
          THAT'S A LONG SET. 
          YEAH. 
          EVEN FOR SORT OF A GENERAL VENUE SET. 
          SO WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE GONNA BE COVERS WRAPPED IN THE PREFERENCES THAT IF THERE ARE COVERS BEING PLAYED AT, THERE ARE UNIQUE INTERPRETATIONS OF COVERS. 
          THEY'RE STYLIZED TO FIT THE BAND'S OVERALL. 
          UM, ARTISTIC FINGERPRINT, UM, BUT COVER BANDS VERBATIM IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY LIKE TO PUT IN FRONT OF OUR PASSENGERS. 
          'CAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, AN EXTENSION OF OUR CULTURAL IDENTITY OF AUSTIN. 
          SO WE'RE HOPING TO REALLY ELEVATE PEOPLE THAT ARE PRODDING FORTH 
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ORIGINAL CONTENT. 
          THANK YOU, LEON. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND LET'S JUST SAY AUSTIN IS UNIQUE. 
          WE HAVE SO MANY BANDS THAT ACTUALLY MAKE, UH, ORIGINAL MUSIC, AND THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO HIGHLIGHT AUSTIN TO THE WORLD THAN THROUGH THIS ORIGINAL MUSIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SELENA. 
          THANK, THANKS, ERICA. 
          MOVING 
          [5. Staff briefing on ACME funding programs by Laura Odegaard, Acting Division Manager, ACME. ]
ON. 
          UM, WE ARE AT STAFF BRIEFING ON ACME FUNDING PROGRAMS BY LAURA O GUARD, ACTING DIVISION MANAGER, ACME. 
          SO THIS IS THE LIVE MUSIC FUND. 
          UM, AND OF COURSE, ALL THE CULTURAL ARTS GRANTS, ET CETERA, ROLLING OUT, UH, TOMORROW. 
          UM, SO, UH, THE, PROBABLY THE HOT TOPIC OF THE DAY HERE. 
          UM, AND, UH, THANK YOU, UM, LAURA. 
          UM, DEFINITELY, UM, I WANT TO, UM, SUGGEST AND REQUEST THAT THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, UM, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ALREADY SAT THROUGH THE LAST MEETING AND SAW THE UPDATES, BUT KIND OF PAY ATTENTION TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW THE GRANTS HAVE BEEN IMPROVED AND ALSO, UM, WHAT'S CHANGING IN TERMS OF, UH, NUMBER OF GRANTS, YOU KNOW, ACROSS, ACROSS THE BOARD, ET CETERA, AND JUST PAY ATTENTION TO THE CHANGES. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, LAURA. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS. 
          UH, MY NAME IS LAURA ODEGAARD, ACTING DIVISION MANAGER FOR AUSTIN ARTS CULTURE, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT, AND DOING A FUNDING PROGRAM UPDATE FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT. 
          SO FIRST JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH FUNDING, UH, DISBURSEMENT FOR THIS PAST ROUND OF AWARDEES. 
          SO HERE YOU CAN SEE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS OF ACME, THE TOTAL AWARDEES, THE TOTAL FUNDS, AND THEN THE NUMBER PAID OUT, UM, PERCENTAGE PAID OUT, AND TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OF FUNDS DISPERSED. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, AS AN EXAMPLE, FOR THE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND, WE'VE PAID OUT 366 AWARDEES FOR A TOTAL OF $3.68 MILLION, UM, WHICH IS ROUGHLY 52% OF OUR TOTAL, UH, AWARDS FOR THAT PROGRAM. 
          UM, SO YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE PROGRAMS FOR ACME HERE. 
          SO IN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF, THREE MONTHS, WE'VE DISPERSED OVER $13 MILLION TO AUSTIN CREATIVES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NEXT, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON OUR ENHANCEMENTS FOR 2027. 
          UH, AS, UH, CHAIR MENTIONED, THE PROGRAMS WILL LAUNCH TOMORROW, SO VERY EXCITING. 
          SO LAST MONTH I SHARED WITH YOU ALL SOME OF THE OVERARCHING PRIORITIES AND ENHANCEMENTS BASED ON, UM, THE SURVEYS THAT WE RECEIVED, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND ALL OF THOSE ENHANCEMENTS WERE BASICALLY RELATED TO THE ELIGIBILITY, THE PROCESS ITSELF, THE COMMUNICATION, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, AND SO THEN THIS MONTH I WANTED TO SHARE MORE DETAILS ON THE ACTUAL GUIDELINE ENHANCEMENTS. 
          UM, AND I'LL GO THROUGH THOSE FOR ALL OF THE PROGRAMS, UM, HOPEFULLY, AND IT WON'T TAKE TOO LONG. 
          UH, SO ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES THAT WE MADE ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS WAS HAVING SET AWARD AMOUNTS FOR OUR THRIVE AND ELEVATE PROGRAM. 
          UM, SO ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE DID THIS WAS TO REDUCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN, UM, TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY AWARDS CAN BE MADE WITHIN THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING WE HAVE AVAILABLE. 
          UM, ALSO THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION AROUND THE UP TO STRUCTURE. 
          SO WE HAD AWARDS THAT WERE $15,693, AND THEN WE HAD AN AWARD THAT WAS $7,612. 
          UM, SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE SET, UM, AWARD AMOUNTS IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR TRANSPARENCY, PREDICTABILITY, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO THE AWARD AMOUNTS, AND IF Y'ALL HAVE, UH, POKED AROUND ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THESE UPDATES HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE TO THE GUIDELINES IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. 
          UM, BUT IT'S BASICALLY JUST SHOWING A RANGE OF EXPENSES FOR THE DIFFERENT AWARDEES AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE ACTUAL AWARD AMOUNTS. 
          SO, AS AN EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE A 5 0 1 C3, AND YOUR ANNUAL EXPENSES ARE BETWEEN 50 AND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE $50,000 AS A SET AWARD AMOUNT. 
          THE NEXT, UH, CHANGE OVERALL THAT WE MADE WAS SOME OF THE DEFINITIONS IN OUR GUIDELINES AND JUST TRYING TO ALIGN BETTER WITH THE ACTUAL CATEGORIES. 
          SO THINGS LIKE ARTS GROUPS NOW REQUIRE AN EIN. 
          UM, WE HAVE ANNUAL EXPENSES WITH CALCULATION TIPS TO TRY TO HELP FOLKS ALONG WITH THAT. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE JUST WANNA CLOSE ANY LOOPHOLES. 
          WE WANNA HAVE CLEARER DEFINITIONS FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, INCLUDING DISTINCTION BETWEEN STATE NONPROFITS VERSUS 5 0 1 C THREES VERSUS FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES. 
          ANOTHER ENHANCEMENT WE MADE WAS AROUND SOME OF OUR ANTI 
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DUPLICATION AND SINGLE APPLICATION RULES. 
          UM, SO THIS SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE HERE, BUT ONE APPLICATION PER PROGRAM, PER ENTITY. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE WANNA PREVENT ABUSE, WE WANNA PROTECT STAFF TIME, APPLICANT TIME, MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S, UM, A DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES ACROSS AS MANY FOLKS AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, YOU ALL ALSO KNOW THIS, BUT THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE ACTIVE AWARD AT A TIME ACROSS THE PROGRAMS FROM THE CULTURAL ARTS FUND, WHICH IS THE THRIVE ELEVATE AND NEXUS PROGRAMS, AND THE LIVE MUSIC FUND. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE DID SOME REVISIONS TO THE INELIGIBLE AND ELIGIBLE EXPENSE LISTS. 
          SO AGAIN, JUST HAVING CLEAR PROHIBITIONS AND ALLOWANCES ON THINGS LIKE CONSULTANTS WHO ARE ALSO EMPLOYEES. 
          WE WANNA AVOID ANY POSSIBILITY OF DOUBLE DIPPING IF YOU ARE A STAFF MEMBER. 
          AND THEN YOU ARE ALSO BEING HIRED, UH, TO DO A PARTICULAR JOB. 
          UM, WE'VE CLARIFIED SOME OF THE VISITING ARTIST EXPENSES AND HAVE MORE EXPLICIT GUIDELINES AROUND SOME OF THE DEBT TAXES, UM, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING COMPONENTS. 
          AGAIN, WE WANNA AVOID, UM, COSTLY ERRORS ON THE APPLICANT SIDE BECAUSE THEN STAFF WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THEM AND SAY, ACTUALLY, THAT DOESN'T COUNT. 
          YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY, WE EXPANDED OUR SCORING RUBRICS AND OUR TIE BREAKERS. 
          SO WE WANTED TO, AGAIN, INCREASE THE TRANSPARENCY IN HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE, AND WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UM, AS MANY AWARDS AS POSSIBLE. 
          AS YOU ALL REMEMBER, WE HAD, AS AN EXAMPLE, IF WE HAD THE TOP 100 SCORING APPLICANTS RECEIVED FUNDING, AND THEN EVERYONE THAT RECEIVED A 99, MAYBE WE HAD 20 PEOPLE THAT TIED AT A 99 SCORE, WE WANT TO, WE STILL HAD THE MONEY TO GIVE AWARDS TO MAYBE 20 MORE PE TO MAYBE FIVE MORE PEOPLE. 
          BUT OF THOSE 20, WE HAD NO WAY TO DIFFERENTIATE THEM AS THEY ALL HAD THAT SAME SCORE. 
          SO IN INCLUDING TIEBREAKERS ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS WILL ALLOW US TO LOOK AT THOSE TIES RIGHT AT THAT BORDER AND MAKE MORE AWARDS IN THIS CYCLE. 
          AND SO EACH OF THE PROGRAMS HAS DIFFERENT TIEBREAKER QUESTIONS. 
          THEY AREN'T NEW QUESTIONS IN THE APPLICATION, IT'S JUST IF WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO USE A TIEBREAKER, THESE ARE THE ORDER AND THESE ARE THE PRIORITY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT. 
          SO FOR, UM, AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND FOR MUSICIANS AND INDEPENDENT PROMOTERS, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WHO HAS APPLIED TO THIS PROGRAM BEFORE AND HAS NEVER BEEN AWARDED. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO SCORE HIGHER WHEN WE'RE DOING A TIEBREAKER OF 20 PEOPLE OR WHOEVER IT IS. 
          UM, WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT WHO'S BEEN PRODUCING WORK IN AUSTIN THE LONGEST AND WHO'S SCORED HIGHEST IN A SPECIFIC SECTION OF THE APPLICATION. 
          AND IN THIS INSTANCE, IT'S THE MUSIC ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT SECTION. 
          SO SIMILAR, UM, ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS THIS YEAR, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TIES SO WE CAN INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WARDS WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE. 
          AND THEN I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOME PROGRAM SPECIFIC ENHANCEMENTS. 
          SO FOR ELEVATE, SOME OF THE CHANGES, UM, THAT WE MADE, A LOT OF THE CHANGES WERE FOCUSED ON LANGUAGE CLEANUP AND UPDATING DEFINITIONS. 
          UM, THINGS LIKE REINSERTING RULES ABOUT EXCLUDING COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, UM, STRENGTHENING DEFINITIONS, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE TIEBREAKER QUESTIONS. 
          UM, WE ALSO MOVED THE RELIGIOUS PROGRAMMING RESTRICTIONS INTO AN ALL PROGRAM, UM, SECTION. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST ELEVATE WHERE THIS IS NOT ALLOWED, IT'S ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS FOR HERITAGE PRESERVATION GRANTS. 
          SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE, UM, ADDED FOR ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDE HAVING A DEFINITION FOR HERITAGE, WHICH IS KIND OF IMPORTANT FOR OUR HERITAGE PRESERVATION GRANT. 
          UM, WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO MAKE LONGER GRANT TERMS FOR OUR $150 HERITAGE EVENT PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE'RE REQUIRING SITE MAPS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, CLARIFYING RULES FOR RESIDENTIAL PRO ZONED PROPERTY ELIGIBILITY. 
          AGAIN, FOR THIS PROGRAM, WE JUST WANNA HAVE MORE CONSISTENT, MORE PLACE-BASED, UM, LANGUAGE HERE, SO IT'S EASIER FOR BOTH THE APPLICANT AND FOR THE REVIEWERS FOR THRIVE. 
          SIMILARLY, UPDATED DEFINITIONS AND TRYING TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS CLARITY AND THE APPLICANT'S SUPPORT. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, THOSE TIEBREAKER QUESTIONS, HAVING THE AWARD TIERS, UM, HAVING GUIDANCE FOR THE ANNUAL EXPENSES, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND PROBABLY WHAT YOU'RE MOST INTERESTED IN, UH, THE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND ENHANCEMENTS. 
          SO SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL THINGS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE CHANGED THIS TIME AROUND. 
          WE'VE HAD FEWER QUESTIONS AND WE'VE CHANGED ALL OF THE LANGUAGE TO BE CLEARER. 
          UM, EVERYTHING ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, I MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THIS LAST MONTH, IS NOW AT AN EIGHTH GRADE READING LEVEL, WHICH HELPS WITH TRANSLATIONS AS WELL. 
          UM, AND IS OUR KIND OF OUR BASIC FOR, 
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UM, FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THAT'S WHAT WE STRIVE FOR FOR LANGUAGE ACCESS. 
          UM, WE HAVE EXPANDED AND CLARIFIED THE SCORING CRITERIA, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, INCLUDED A PROMOTER QUESTION ABOUT PAST EVENTS, UM, CLARIFIED LANGUAGE ON THE RECORDINGS VERSUS TRACKS. 
          UM, WE'VE ADDED A LOT ABOUT AWARD DOCUMENTATION THAT I'M GONNA MENTION AS WELL. 
          UM, WE'VE DELETED SOME OF THE DUPLICATED ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONS, UM, HOPEFULLY CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS. 
          UM, WE'VE CHANGED SOME OF THE EVIDENCING FOR THE VENUE ELIGIBILITY THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT AS WELL. 
          UM, AND ADDED SOME THINGS THAT HOPEFULLY HELP THE APPLICANTS LIKE SELECT ALL THAT APPLY FOR SOME OF THE MARKETING THINGS, BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE LEAVING POINTS ON THE TABLE WHEN THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THEY COULD SELECT SEVERAL THINGS IN A SPECIFIC QUESTION. 
          UM, AGAIN, I MENTIONED THIS LAST MONTH, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF SHOW AGAIN THAT THIS IS NOT THE SAME PROCESS AS LAST TIME. 
          THERE IS NOT AN INTAKE FORM. 
          WAIT TO RECEIVE THE LIVE MUSIC FUND ELIGIBILITY, FILL THAT OUT, SUBMIT IT, WAIT TO RECEIVE THE ACTUAL APPLICATION. 
          THIS IS ALL ONE GO. 
          YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THE ENTIRE THING. 
          YOU START THE APPLICATION. 
          UM, YOU'LL FILL OUT THE BASIC ACME ELIGIBILITY. 
          SO IF YOU ARE OVER 18 YEARS OLD, IF YOU DO LIVE IN THE MSA, UM, YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THE NEXT SECTION, UM, WHICH WILL THEN HAVE SOME OF THE LIVE MUSIC FUND ELIGIBILITY. 
          YOU ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, AND THEN YOU'LL RECEIVE A NOTICE THAT BASICALLY SAYS YOU ARE TENTATIVELY ELIGIBLE TO APPLY, AND THAT EVERYTHING IS NOW OPEN FOR YOU TO HAVE FULL ACCESS TO THE ENTIRE APPLICATION. 
          STAFF WILL THEN REVIEW THE ELIGIBILITY AT THE END. 
          ALL OF THIS, YOU HAVE TO SIGN A LOT OF ATTESTATIONS THAT YOU ARE NOT LYING WHEN YOU ARE DOING THIS. 
          UM, BUT IT IS PART OF THE CHECK AT THE END. 
          WE JUST WANTED TO SIMPLIFY AND STREAMLINE THE TIME FOR THE APPLICANTS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE APPLICATION RIGHT AWAY. 
          UM, SO NO WAITING, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RECEIVED THE MOST FEEDBACK ON FROM THE SURVEYS AND FROM SOME OF JUST THE BASIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE'VE HAD, UM, WITH THE ACME TEAM HAS BEEN AROUND THE DOCUMENTATION SUPPORT. 
          SO WE'VE INCLUDED A LOT OF DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS WITHIN THE APPLICATION, INCLUDING, UM, THIS IS HOW, THIS IS A TEMPLATE YOU COULD USE, AND HERE'S A PDF OF HOW TO COMBINE THINGS INTO A SINGLE, UM, OR A VIDEO LINK OF HOW TO COMBINE THINGS INTO A SINGLE PDF. 
          UM, EACH QUESTION ALSO HAS HELPER TEXT THAT HAS EXAMPLES FOR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION. 
          SO IF IN ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO UPLOAD PROOF OF, UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT YOU'VE COMPLETED, IT SAYS ACCEPTABLE. 
          UH, EXAMPLES MIGHT INCLUDE AGENDAS, EVENT PROGRAMS, PROMOTION MATERIALS, STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          SO WE'RE SHOWING WHAT TYPE OF THINGS THEY CAN BE USING TO EVIDENCE FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          ADDITIONALLY, ANOTHER THING FOR THIS, FOLKS ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO UPLOAD ONE FILE FOR EVERY QUESTION, AND IT CAN BE UP TO THREE PAGES LONG. 
          AND THE REASON THAT WE DID THAT IS BECAUSE THIS LAST TIME FOLKS DIDN'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT TO UPLOAD. 
          SO THEY WOULD UPLOAD EVERYTHING. 
          SO THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS WHERE WE RECEIVED MAYBE 25, 50 UPLOADS FOR ONE QUESTION, AND THE, NOT JUST THE BURDEN ON THE REVIEWER WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO VERIFY THAT INFORMATION, BUT ALSO WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO PULL A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST, IF A REPORTER, SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE COPIES OF APPLICATIONS, UM, IT, IT BROKE THE SHAREPOINT SYSTEM THAT WE USE INTERNALLY TRYING TO DOWNLOAD HUNDREDS OF GIGABYTES OF FILES, UM, TO SHARE WITH THE REQUESTER. 
          UM, SO THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE HAVING ONE FILE UP TO THREE PAGES FOR EACH QUESTION, UM, OR EACH, UH, EVIDENCING. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY, THE FILE NEEDS TO MATCH THE QUESTION. 
          SO WE ALSO SAW A FEW INSTANCES LAST TIME WHERE SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE A 100 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT THEY WOULD USE AND UPLOAD FOR EVERY SINGLE QUESTION BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, HERE IS MY MATERIAL. 
          I'M GONNA UPLOAD IT FOR THIS AND THIS AND THIS, AND THIS. 
          AGAIN, THE BURDEN ON THE REVIEWER AND ON THE SYSTEM WAS PRETTY INTENSE. 
          SO THE FILE SHOULD MATCH THE QUESTION. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE PUT A RESOURCE DOCUMENT ON THE WEBSITE THAT BASICALLY TALKS ABOUT HOW TO CHOOSE WHAT TO USE, UM, AND SPELLS THINGS OUT IN, IN PRETTY GOOD DETAIL. 
          IT SHOWS SOME EXAMPLES, SOME TIPS, AND IT ALSO GIVES SOME TIPS ABOUT HOW TO CONNECT THE DOTS FOR THE REVIEWER. 
          SO IF YOU'RE UPLOADING A SHOW POSTER OR IF YOU'RE UPLOADING A PHOTO OF YOU PERFORMING SOMEWHERE, YOU CAN SAY, THIS IS THE BAND PERFORMANCE ON THIS DATE AT THIS LOCATION. 
          I AM THE GUITAR PLAYER SECOND FROM 
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THE RIGHT. 
          AND THAT IS HOW YOU CAN CONNECT THE DOTS, THE, FOR THE REVIEWER. 
          SO WE HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT IN THAT DOCUMENT THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE. 
          NOW, UM, ADDITIONALLY WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, UM, A VIDEO WALKTHROUGH OF SOME EXAMPLES AND HOW TO DO THIS, UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE UPLOADED WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK. 
          AND SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHEN STAFF DOES A DEBRIEF WITH AN APPLICANT AND THEY KIND OF WALK THROUGH AND THEY SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE FOR THIS. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING FOR. 
          INSTEAD OF DOING THAT JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, A ONE-OFF FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE ALREADY, UM, COMPLETED THE APPLICATION, WE WANNA DO THAT AT THE BEGINNING FOR EVERYONE SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE THAT RESOURCE AND JUST KIND OF, UM, HAVE AS MUCH UNDERSTANDING AS THEY CAN FOR THE DOCUMENTATION SUPPORT. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, CHANGED THIS TIME AROUND. 
          WE'VE PUT DETAILED RUBRICS FOR EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM ON THE ACME WEBSITE. 
          SO THIS IS NOT JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, 25 TOTAL POINTS FOR ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THIS IS HOW MANY QUESTIONS OR HOW MANY POINTS FOR EVERY SINGLE QUESTION WITHIN THAT. 
          AND SO THOSE RUBRICS FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. 
          NOW THEY'RE IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. 
          UM, THEY'RE IN A FEW DIFFERENT PLACES AS WELL. 
          THEY'RE IN THE EVALUATION REVIEW AND SCORING SECTION, AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO IN THE APPLICATION PREVIEW SECTION, UM, FOR EACH PROGRAM. 
          UH, FINALLY I WANT TO ALSO SHARE THAT WE'RE DOING AN ENHANCED REVIEW OF LIVE MUSIC VENUES. 
          AND SO THIS IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP FROM, FROM YOU ALL AS WELL AS FROM, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THROUGH THE SURVEYS. 
          SO WE'RE HAVING A ONE-TO-ONE REQUIREMENT MATCHING TO MEET THE DEFINITION OF A LIVE MUSIC VENUE. 
          UM, SO IT'S BASICALLY SAYING, SELECT THE FIRST REQUIREMENT THAT YOU MEET THIS, YOU PICK WHAT THAT IS, AND THEN YOU EVIDENCE THAT. 
          SO IT'S A ONE-TO-ONE, YOU HAVE TO SELECT THE SECOND ONE. 
          AND SO IT'S NOT JUST A GENERAL, HERE'S MY EVIDENCE AND HOPEFULLY THE REVIEWER CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT I HAVE A PA SYSTEM AND A LIGHTING RIG, AND ALL OF THESE THINGS FROM THIS ONE IMAGE. 
          INSTEAD, YOU HAVE TO CALL OUT WHAT THING YOU WERE YOU WERE LOOKING TO USE, UM, TO QUALIFY AS A LIVE MUSIC VENUE. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY THERE ARE MORE POINTS THIS ROUND FOR VENUES, DIRECT EXPENSES TOWARD MUSIC PROGRAMMING. 
          I THINK IN THE LAST ROUND IT WAS MAYBE FIVE POINTS THIS TIME AROUND, IT'S SEVEN POINTS FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          SO AGAIN, TRYING TO RESPOND TO COMMUNITY, UM, TO FOCUS ON LIVE MUSIC VENUES SPECIFICALLY. 
          UH, AND THEN FINALLY FOR THIS COMPONENT, WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE ACME ENTERTAINMENT AND PERMITTING SERVICES MANAGER AND THEIR TEAM WHO WILL BE VERIFYING LIVE MUSIC VENUE ELIGIBILITY IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THIS. 
          SO JUST TRYING TO, AGAIN, HAVE AS MANY CHECKS AND BALANCES ON THIS AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND THEN SOME OTHER THINGS TO NOTE. 
          SO THIS ROUND, UM, THAT LAUNCH US TOMORROW MORNING, WE HAVE $23 MILLION OF FUNDS AVAILABLE. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT'S BROKEN DOWN FOR THE FOUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE LAUNCHED TOMORROW, WE HAVE $3 MILLION IN THRIVE, $3 MILLION FOR HERITAGE PRESERVATION. 
          WE HAVE $11 MILLION FOR OUR ELEVATE PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE $6 MILLION FOR THE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE ROUGHLY THE AMOUNT OF AWARDS THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON MAKING FOR EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS. UM, WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF, FOR ELEVATE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DON'T SAY X NUMBER OF NONPROFIT AWARDS WILL BE MADE. 
          X NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL AWARDS WILL BE MADE. 
          THIS IS JUST A ROUGHLY, UH, 250 AWARDS WILL BE MADE IN THAT SPECIFIC PROGRAM. 
          I WILL SAY THAT FOR THE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING MORE THAN THE 20 LIVE MUSIC VENUE AWARDS THAT WE DID LAST ROUND. 
          UM, PART OF THAT IS AGAIN, DUE TO THE SURVEY, UM, AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT THE CREATIVE SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS NOT PART OF THIS ROUND THIS YEAR. 
          UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AROUND 30, 35 MUSIC VENUES THAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING FUNDS THROUGH THE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND, UM, WHICH STILL HAS US OVER 250 AWARDS FOR MUSICIANS AND INDEPENDENT PROMOTERS. 
          AND AGAIN, THE MUSICIANS CAN ALSO APPLY FOR THE ELEVATE PROGRAM AS WELL. 
          UM, I ALSO WANTED TO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ERICA HAD MENTIONED THAT Y'ALL HAD ASKED, UM, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT FY 26 AWARDEES CAN APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM THAT LAUNCHES TOMORROW IF THEY HAD ONE YEAR GRANT AGREEMENTS. 
          SO IF THEY WERE A MUSIC VENUE OR IF THEY WERE A MUSICIAN OR PROMOTER WITH A $5,000 AWARD, THEY CAN APPLY FOR THIS NEXT ROUND. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE TO CLOSE OUT FINAL REPORTS BEFORE ENTERING INTO NEW CONTRACTS, BUT THAT'S THE SAME FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. UM, ADDITIONALLY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T PUT ON THE DECK, BUT IS A THING THAT WE'RE, UM, THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS NOW, IS 
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THAT THE 20, THE FY 24 AWARDS THAT ERICA WAS MENTIONING, THERE'LL BE CLOSING OUT THEIR FINAL REPORTS LIKELY SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR, AND IT WAS BASED ON WHEN THEY SIGNED THEIR CONTRACT. 
          MOVING FORWARD, THE LIVE MUSIC FUND IS GOING TO ALIGN WITH THE REST OF OUR PROGRAMS WHERE THERE'S A SET START DATE AND A SET END DATE FOR THE CONTRACT PERIOD. 
          AND SO IN THIS CASE, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS WILL HAVE A START DATE OF JANUARY 1ST, 2027, AND WE'LL GO TO DECEMBER, 2027, IF IT'S A ONE YEAR CONTRACT, OR DECEMBER OF 2028, IF IT'S A TWO YEAR CONTRACT. 
          AND AGAIN, IF THERE ARE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS WITHIN ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS THERE. 
          UM, BUT JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT WITH YOU ALL. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY, THIS MIGHT NOT BE FINALLY, BUT THE NEXT THING, UH, TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL IS IN THIS NEXT ROUND THAT LAUNCHES TOMORROW MORNING, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PANEL REVIEWER NEEDS. 
          AND SO THREE PROGRAMS IN THIS CYCLE, ELEVATE HERITAGE PRESERVATION AND THRIVE ALL REQUIRE A PANEL REVIEW PROCESS. 
          SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WELL OVER A THOUSAND ESTIMATED APPLICATIONS IN THOSE THREE PROGRAMS, UH, WHICH MEANS WE NEED AN ESTIMATED 46 PANELS, WHICH PUTS US AT AROUND 2 322 PANELISTS NEEDED IF WE'RE WANTING AROUND SEVEN PANELISTS FOR EACH, UM, PANEL. 
          SO THAT BEING SAID, RECRUITMENT IS NOW OPEN. 
          UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYONE. 
          SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING AS A PANELIST, IF YOU KNOW FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING AS A PANELIST, YOU DON'T NEED ANY EXPERIENCE, IT'S A $500 COMPENSATION. 
          UM, YOU RECEIVE TRAINING, UH, YOU'LL BE ASSIGNED A HANDFUL, UM, OF APPLICATIONS TO REVIEW IN THESE PROGRAMS. SO AROUND 25, UH, APPLICATIONS PER PANELIST. 
          UH, AND THEN THERE'S A IN PERSON OR NOT IN PERSON, BUT A, A LIVE PANEL MEETING DAY THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE IN OCTOBER. 
          SO PLEASE SHARE THE WORD THAT RECRUITMENT IS NOW OPEN FOR OUR ACME PANELS. 
          AND THEN I WANTED TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          SO THESE ARE ALL HYPERLINKED IN YOUR BACKUP. 
          UM, BUT THERE'S THE BOOKINGS LINK, SO YOU CAN SET UP A ONE-ON-ONE MEETING DIRECTLY WITH STAFF, SO YOU CAN SPECIFY WHICH STAFF MEMBER YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN TALKING TO. 
          UM, KIM MC CARSON IS OUR GURU FOR THE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND. 
          UM, BUT ALSO JESUS ELLA AND ANY STAFF MEMBERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO THAT'S THE BOOKINGS LINK FOR THE ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WITH STAFF. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THE VIRTUAL OPEN OFFICE HOURS, AND THESE ARE EVERY TUESDAY DURING THE APPLICATION PERIOD, AS WELL AS ALL DAY ON THAT FINAL DAY THAT IT CLOSES. 
          SO 10 TO NOON EVERY TUESDAY EXCEPT FOR AUGUST 18TH, AND THAT'S 10 IN THE MORNING TILL SIX IN THE EVENING. 
          AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE MANY, MANY WORKSHOPS. 
          SO THE EVENTBRITE COLLECTION IS HYPERLINKED HERE. 
          UM, AND I PUT SOME OF THEM ON, UM, THE SITE THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE LIVE MUSIC FUNDS, SPECIFICALLY WHEN WE HAVE A FEW THIS WEEK. 
          BUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS, UM, THE WORKSHOPS THAT WE'RE DOING ARE ACTUALLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR ACME AMBASSADORS. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, I THINK I TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST MONTH, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH 15 GROUPS TO HELP SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS THROUGH MARKETING AND ENGAGEMENT, AS WELL AS CO-HOSTING, UH, AN ACTUAL WORKSHOP WITH ACME STAFF. 
          SO AS AN EXAMPLE, WE HAVE ONE NEXT MONDAY AT STUBBS THAT'S BEING CO-HOSTED WITH THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT AND MY TEAM. 
          UM, SO THERE'S A WHOLE VARIETY BASED ON EACH PROGRAM, UM, WHAT GROUPS WE'RE HOPING TO APPLY FOR THOSE THINGS. 
          SO CHECK 'EM OUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED FOR LIVE MUSIC OR FOR ANY OF THEM. 
          UM, AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE, BUT DEFINITELY SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE EVENTBRITE COLLECTION. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, THIS IS A FOR REAL. 
          FINALLY, UM, THIS IS THE PROGRAM LAUNCH TIMELINE. 
          AND THIS IS THE SAME THAT I SHARED WITH YOU'ALL LAST MONTH, BUT APPLICATIONS OPEN TOMORROW, JULY 7TH, THEY CLOSE ON AUGUST 18TH, IN AUGUST. 
          WE'LL ALSO BE DOING THE PANELIST TRAINING IN SEPTEMBER. 
          THAT'S WHEN THE EVALUATION AND SCORING BEGINS. 
          AND WE'LL ALSO BE OPENING OUR NEXUS PROGRAM IN SEPTEMBER. 
          SO OCTOBER IS WHEN WE HAVE THE PANEL MEETINGS. 
          WE FINALIZE THE SCORES ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS AND INCLUDING NEXUS, HOPEFULLY. 
          AND THEN IN NOVEMBER WE WILL BE MAKING THE AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          AND THEN DECEMBER, THAT'S WHEN THERE'S THE APPEALS PROCESS, FOLKS WILL BE CLOSING OUT THEIR 2026 CONTRACTS AND THEN 2027 CONTRACTS AND PAYMENTS BEGIN JANUARY OF 27. 
          AND WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, LAURA. 
          UM, I JUST HAD A QUICK COUPLE OF 
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QUESTIONS AND I YIELD TO THE COMMISSION, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, RIGHT AFTER. 
          SO, UM, THE AWARDS ARE BEING ANNOUNCED IN NOVEMBER. 
          CAN FOLKS STILL EXPENSE, UH, FY 27, BEGINNING OF FY 27 ONWARDS? UH, LIKE IF THEY HAD A SPEND IN SEPTEMBER, 2026, WHICH NO, OCTOBER, 2026, WHICH IS THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, CAN THEY START USING THE DOLLARS, THE FUTURE DOLLARS FOR THAT? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. 
          SO WE'RE ALIGNING THE LIVE MUSIC PROGRAM WITH ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS AND HOW WE DO THIS. 
          AND SO THE CONTRACT PERIOD STARTS JANUARY 1ST, 2027. 
          OKAY. 
          FOLKS ARE ABLE TO EXPENSE THINGS 60 DAYS BEFORE THAT. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU HAVE AN EVENT IN EARLY JANUARY AND YOU NEED TO RESERVE A THEATER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YEAH, YOU HAVE TO PUT A DEPOSIT DOWN IN ADVANCE. 
          SO 60 DAYS BEFORE THE CONTRACT START DAY, EVEN IF THE EVENT HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER, THAT'S OKAY. 
          YOU COULD STILL EXPENSE THAT. 
          SAY, SORRY, SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. 
          IF, IF THE EVENT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER, CAN THEY STILL EXPENSE THAT OR IS IT JUST IN PREPARATION FOR SOMETHING THAT STILL HAPPENS IN THE, IN THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR? IT'S PREPARATION FOR SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CONTRACT PERIOD. 
          SO THE CONTRACT PERIOD IS STILL THAT JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 2027. 
          IF YOU HAVE TO BOOK A STUDIO AHEAD OF TIME IN THE LEAD UP FOR SOMETHING, IF YOU HAVE TO PUT DEPOSITS DOWN FOR SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, THAT IS OKAY, BUT THE, THE MAIN THING CAN'T BE COMPLETED FINISHED BEFORE, BEFORE THE CONTRACT START DATE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND, UH, JUST HAD, UM, QUICK QUESTIONS AROUND, UM, IF, IF YOU COULD PLEASE REMIND US WHAT THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS WERE, UM, LAST YEAR FOR, UH, MUSICIANS, PROMOTERS, AND VENUES, AND THEN PROPORTIONATELY, WHAT WERE THE, WHATS THAT WERE GIVEN OUT? AND YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S THE CHANGE THIS TIME? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK THAT INFORMATION UP FOR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          I KNOW WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND, I WANNA SAY 1066 APPLICATIONS TOTAL, BUT I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT, AT THE DATA AND GET BACK TO YOU. 
          I'M HAPPY TO SEND A FOLLOW UP EMAIL TO Y'ALL TOMORROW. 
          DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF, UH, EVEN A ROUGH, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER MYSELF, IF ANYBODY IN THE COMMISSION DOES TOO, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MANY AWARDS WERE GIVEN OUT, THE MUSICIANS WERE ABOUT 3 49, UM, 27 PROMOTERS AND 20 VENUES, YEAH. 
          21 VENUES AND 42 APPLICANTS FOR LIVE MUSIC VENUES. 
          I KNOW THAT. 
          SO 42 APPLICANTS FOR LIVE MUSIC IN FY 25, UH, 26 MM-HMM . 
          OKAY, SO THAT WAS A 50%. 
          YEAH. 
          AND WHAT DO WE KNOW WHAT THE NUMBERS WERE FOR, UH, MUSICIANS AND PROMOTERS ON, ON THAT FRONT? FFY 26 355. 
          WE HAD 355 PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS THAT RECEIVED IT, WHO RECEIVED IT, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          BUT WHO, HOW MANY APPLIED 119 AT 5,236 AT THE 20,000, HOW MANY AGAIN, COMMISSIONER? THERE WAS 355 PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS. 
          119 AT THE 5,000 LEVEL AND 236 AT THE 20,000 LEVEL. 
          THOSE ARE THE, UH, AWARDEES, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          BUT HOW MANY WERE THE ACTUAL APPLICANTS? I'M, I JUST WANNA SEE WHERE WE ARE LANDING IN TERMS OF, UH, PROPORTIONALITY, RIGHT? I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE, OH, I HAVE, IT'S RIGHT HERE. 
          EASILY 900 PLUS APPLICANTS, MAYBE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THIS IS JUST FOR OUR UNDERSTANDING HERE IN, IN ALSO SEEING PROPORTIONALLY WHERE ARE WE LANDING FOR EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES VERSUS THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS? OF COURSE, THE NUMBERS COULD BE DIFFERENT THIS TIME. 
          UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE APPLY AND OR HOW MANY VENUES APPLY. 
          IT COULD, IT COULD BE DIFFERENT, BUT JUST WANT TO GET A GENERAL IDEA AROUND THAT. 
          IF THE NUMBERS STAY THE SAME PROPORTIONALLY, HOW MUCH HAS THEY SHIFTED, UM, WITH VENUES, LARGER NUMBER OF VENUES GETTING THE GRANTS THIS TIME. 
          UM, THE NUMBER OF GRANTS FOR MUSICIANS AND PROMOTERS HAS DEFINITELY, UH, GONE FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, THREE 50 PLUS ANOTHER, THE 27 TO ABOUT TWO 50 GRANTS TOTAL, UH, THIS ROUND. 
          UM, ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S OWNED, NOT ONLY BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF VENUES HAVE INCREASED, I ALSO, THE TOTAL AMOUNT GOING TOWARDS THE GRANTS IS DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. 
          EL LAURA, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL? THE 6 MILLION, BECAUSE WE HAD A LARGER NUMBER LAST TIME AND WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM FOR SURE. 
          UM, SO THE REASON THAT WE HAVE $6 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND THIS YEAR IS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANNA HAVE A CLIFF. 
          SO LAST YEAR WE HAD 7 MILLION. 
          WE DIDN'T WANNA HAVE A 7, 7, 5. 
          UM, WE WOULD RATHER HAVE A 7, 6, 5 JUST TO CREATE MORE 
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OF, I DON'T WANNA SAY AN OFF RAMP, BUT HAVE MORE OF A SLOPE THAN A CLIFF FOR THE AMOUNT OF AWARDS AND AMOUNT OF, UM, GRANTS WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE OUT. 
          BECAUSE WE DID HAVE, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE AWARDS THAT 20, 25 YEAR. 
          AND SO THOSE FUNDS THEN GOT PUSHED INTO THE POT THAT WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO WE'RE SPENDING DOWN THOSE $25 AND PART OF $26, AND THIS NEXT ROUND WE'RE SPENDING DOWN THE $26 PART OF THE $27. 
          AND A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WILL THEN GO INTO THAT NEXT ROUND THAT WE'LL LAUNCH NEXT SUMMER AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE HAD 7 MILLION LAST YEAR, 6 MILLION THIS YEAR, AND WE'LL HAVE 5 MILLION IN THE YEAR FOLLOWING THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE THE NUMBER? IF NOT, UH, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL LOOK IT UP, BUT, UM, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD TO THE COMMISSION FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. 
          SORRY, MY MICROPHONE WAS OFF. 
          IF ANYBODY HAS THE NUMBER, PLEASE SHARE, UM, INCLUDING FROM STAFF. 
          UH, IF NOT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND YIELD TO THE COMMISSION FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. 
          I'D LIKE TO COMMISSIONER KAENA. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW BEHIND THE SCENES HOW MUCH WORK THIS IS BY YOUR TEAM, LAURA AND EVERYBODY ELSE, MORGAN, THAT'S NOT HERE. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU FIRST OFF, BECAUSE I KNOW, AGAIN, I LIKE THE WHOLE, WHEN YOU'RE DOING LIKE THE ONE-TO-ONE DOCUMENTATION THAT'S GONNA, EVERYTHING'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF HEADACHES AWAY, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, JUST BECAUSE OF THE DOCUMENTATION. 
          UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE IMPROVEMENT FOR LIVE MUSIC VENUES, 'CAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WE HAVE VOICED. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, TO GO FROM 50% AND YOU'RE INCREASING THAT TO 30 TO 35 WHEN THERE WAS ONLY 42 APPLICANTS IS HUGE. 
          AND SO YOU GUYS HAVE DONE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE, AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO OURS AS WELL. 
          AND AS PART OF THE APPEALS COMMITTEE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I SAW WAS THE WAY THAT PEOPLE JUST KINDA WENT THROUGH THESE APPLICATIONS SO FAST. 
          SO IF WE CAN JUST STRESS TO EVERYBODY TO SLOW DOWN , USE THE RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE, DON'T JUST HIT APPLY. 
          BECAUSE ONCE, I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE APPEALS, ANYBODY WHO SUBMITS AN APPEAL, YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY CHANGE ANY ANSWER. 
          YOU CAN ONLY, IT'S FOR THE APPEALS GROUP TO REVIEW WHAT YOU'VE SUBMITTED, BUT THERE'S NO GOING BACK AND CHANGING YOUR ANSWER, SUBMITTING ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION. 
          THAT WAS A SURPRISE TO ME. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO LET THESE PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHEN YOU DO SUBMIT IT, THAT'S IT. 
          YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND EDIT ANY OF YOUR ANSWERS. 
          SO TO BE VERY, VERY CAUTIOUS, AND I KNOW, AGAIN, WITH ALL THESE WORKSHOPS THAT YOU'RE USING WITH THE CITY, THAT'S A HUGE THING. 
          SO I THINK JUST STRESSING TO THEM AS WELL. 
          AND WE WILL GO ON OUR, AND DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE OF MARKETING IT, TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT IT, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. 
          UM, OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, LAURA, FIRST OF ALL, I MEAN, I, I TRULY WANNA APPRECIATE, UH, ECHO WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER S IS SAYING HERE ABOUT, UM, THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS FROM THE BEGINNING THAT WE WERE STRESSING WAS, UM, TO SIMPLIFY THIS APPLICATION, AND THAT IS VERY CLEARLY VISIBLE IN HOW THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN REDONE. 
          UM, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT'S GONE BEHIND MAKING THESE CHANGES. 
          ALSO, SIMILARLY WITH, UH, WHAT COMMISSIONER KANA SAID ABOUT THE CHANGES AROUND THE VENUES, UM, AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS AND WHERE THEY FALL, UM, HOW THAT PANS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, ET CETERA. 
          UM, I THINK ONE THING FOR US TO ALSO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT THIS IS AN EVER EVOLVING PROCESS. 
          THIS IS ONLY A TWO OF A THREE YEAR QUOTE UNQUOTE PILOT THAT'S BEING DONE. 
          UM, AND SO WE WILL SEE SOMETHING SHIFT, UH, AS THE QUESTIONNAIRES IMPROVE. 
          YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE THAT, UH, WE ARE ALSO, UH, WORKING ON, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE STAKEHOLDERS WHERE STAKEHOLDERS AND, AND TWEAKING THE NUMBERS IN THE CASE OF THE VENUES, ALSO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT, UH, CSAP IS NOT AVAILABLE THIS YEAR, RIGHT? SO, UM, MY QUESTIONS AROUND PROPORTIONALITY, FIRST OF ALL WANTING TO UNDERSTAND, UH, THE DELTA, WHERE, WHERE WERE THINGS LAST YEAR, HOW ARE THINGS THIS YEAR? SO ON THE OTHER END OF THESE, UH, GRANTS AND WHEN WE SEE THE, UH, OUTCOMES, UM, WE HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE ON, ON, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE STARTED AND, AND WHAT THE OUTCOMES LOOK LIKE. 
          UM, SO, BUT DEFINITELY TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS, UM, A THREE YEAR QUOTE UNQUOTE PILOT. 
          AND, UH, SO WE, WE ARE STAFF IN THE CITY AND, UH, UH, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO STAY ON TOP OF HOW THIS COMMISSION IS, UM, YOU KNOW, ADVISING AND REACTING TO WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS STAFF, UM, PRODUCTIVELY AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE. 
          UM, BUT DEFINITELY KEEP OUR EARS AND EYES OPEN AROUND HOW THESE, HOW THESE FLOW FROM HERE, HERE 
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ON. 
          UH, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE CHANGES. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER CARDENA, SORRY, ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION. 
          SO FOR PUSHING OUT MARKETING, HOW EXACTLY WERE YOU GUYS PLANNING ON ROLLING THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY? , THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO THE THINGS. 
          UM, SO I BELIEVE THE PRESS RELEASE SHOULD BE GOING OUT TOMORROW. 
          THERE'S A MEMO TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT'LL BE GOING OUT THIS WEEK AS WELL. 
          WE HAVE, UM, VARIOUS SOCIAL AD BUYS AND WE HAVE A MARKETING MANAGER NOW ON THE ACME TEAM, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING. 
          SO WE HAVE, UM, A LOT OF SOCIAL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. 
          THE ACME AMBASSADORS IS A BIG PART OF OUR MARKETING APPROACH, AND THERE'S BEEN A TOOLKIT THAT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH ALL OF THOSE FOLKS. 
          UM, LIKE SOCIAL COPY, NEWSLETTER COPY, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, WE'LL ALSO BE SENDING NEWSLETTERS OUT THROUGH OUR DISTRIBUTION LISTS OF SEVERAL THOUSAND FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND WE'RE IN BLURBS, UH, OF NEWSLETTERS FOR OUR DIFFERENT CULTURAL FACILITIES AS WELL. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY WE'RE WORKING THROUGH DIFFERENT RADIO STATIONS, UM, OTHER WEB THINGS. 
          UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S A VARIETY AND WE'LL KEEP TRACK OF THAT AND HAVE A REPORT FOR Y'ALL AT THE END OF THE PROCESS AS WELL. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          CAN YOU MAKE SURE, OR CAN WE GET COPIES OF THAT TOOLKIT AS WELL? YES. 
          SO THAT'S PART OF THE, UM, THE EMAIL THAT HAPPENS TOMORROW. 
          THERE'S LIKE THE ALL STAFF ONE AND THEN THERE'S THE ALL COMMISSIONER ONE. 
          SO YOU ALL WILL BE GETTING THE THINGS, DON'T WORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          COMMISSIONER KAJO, VICE CHAIR. 
          HI LAURA. 
          SORRY TO KEEP THIS GOING. 
          I PROMISE I'LL BE PRETTY QUICK. 
          UM, I JUST WAS KIND OF PULLING SOME NUMBERS. 
          WE SPOKE A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND WE WERE, I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHERE ALL THIS IS GOING, UM, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT MAKES SENSE AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE INPUT AND INFORMATION YOU'VE GIVEN THAT REALLY CLEARS IT UP KIND OF MOSTLY THE ONE THING I JUST WOULD LOVE TO KNOW ABOUT MORE IF THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IS LIKE WHERE THAT INPUT AND FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT, AND COUNCIL OFFICES THAT HELPED CREATE THESE CHANGES FROM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD 349 MUSICIANS THAT WERE AWARDED LAST YEAR, AND THIS YEAR IS ABOUT TWO 50 BETWEEN THE 101 50 FOR THE 20,000 AND 5,000 AWARDS. 
          AND THEN MUSIC VENUES, UH, IT WAS 20 LAST YEAR AND I WAS 35. 
          IT, IT WOULD JUST BE COOL TO SEE LIKE WHERE THIS FEEDBACK WAS, WHAT THESE SURVEYS LOOK LIKE AND WHERE THIS INFORMATION CAME FROM TO DICTATE THESE CHANGES. 
          FOR SURE. 
          I'M HAPPY TO, TO CIRCLE BACK WITH THE, SO LAST MONTH I KIND OF SHARED WITH YOU GUYS THE HIGH LEVEL OF THE DIFFERENT FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM THE APPLICANT EXPERIENCE SURVEY, THE, UH, COMMISSIONER SURVEYS THAT WE DID, AS WELL AS THE PANELIST SURVEYS. 
          SO I'LL, UM, TEASE OUT THE SPECIFIC MUSIC VENUE OR MUSIC FEEDBACK FROM THAT. 
          UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO, TO MAKE A LITTLE RECAP FOR YOU, BUT I DO WANNA REITERATE THAT IT'S NOT A SET IN STONE. 
          WE ARE DOING EXACTLY 35 VENUES AND WE'RE DOING EXACTLY $105,000 AWARDS RIGHT NOW. 
          THIS IS JUST, HERE'S WHAT IT COULD BE. 
          UM, BUT BECAUSE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, WE DON'T DICTATE IT IS X NUMBER OF AWARDS AT THIS LEVEL, WE NEED TO SEE WHO APPLIES. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT GET 35 VENUES THAT APPLY AND ONLY 20 OF THEM HAVE A GOOD APPLICATION SCORE HIGH, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A, A SET IN STONE THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY HAVING 35 AWARDS. 
          WE JUST WANNA BE OPEN TO THAT POSSIBILITY BASED ON FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED. 
          THAT'S AWESOME. 
          MOSTLY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, HEY, THERE AGAIN, ECHOING EVERYBODY'S GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT IN. 
          I HAD A QUICK QUESTION IN TERMS OF, UM, MARKETING. 
          IS EVERYTHING DIGITAL OR ELECTRONIC, OR IS ANYTHING, ARE THERE GONNA BE LIKE POSTERS? THERE WILL BE POSTERS AND THERE WILL BE POSTCARDS. 
          WE'RE GETTING THOSE TRANSLATED INTO SIMPLIFIED CHINESE AND SPANISH. 
          UM, AND TRANSLATIONS JUST TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THIS TIME AROUND, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THINGS PRINTED BY NEXT WEEK. 
          SO APOLOGIES, I DON'T HAVE A STACK OF THINGS THAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU TODAY. 
          UM, BUT WHEN WE DO HAVE THOSE, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE EASILY AVAILABLE SO Y'ALL CAN PICK UP A CHUNK OF POSTERS OR POSTCARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. 
          IS THERE A WAY TO ASK VENUES THAT RECEIVE THESE AWARDS TO BE SPACES WHERE, UH, THESE POSTERS AND FLYERS OR WHATEVER THEY LIVE LIKE, SO THAT'S WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE TRICKY, UM, WITH CONFLICT OF 
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INTEREST BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT SOMEONE THINKING THAT, OH, THEY RECEIVED THIS AWARD AND THEY'RE MARKETING IT, SO THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE GOING TO RECEIVE IT. 
          BUT THAT BEING SAID, LIKE THE, THAT'S WHY WE CREATED THE ACME AMBASSADORS. 
          SO THERE IS THAT FLEXIBILITY FOR PEOPLE THAT DID RECEIVE THE AWARD OR ARE APPLYING FOR THINGS TO AT LEAST SHARE THE MARKETING SIDE OF IT. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN'T DO A LOT OF DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO HELP SOMEONE APPLY, THEY CAN AT LEAST PROMOTE IT. 
          SO FOR SURE, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          AND LIKE, WE'LL IN THE, THE EMAIL THAT WE SEND TO FOLKS, IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING A POSTER AT THEIR VENUE, UM, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. 
          COMMISSIONER AGUILAR, I JUST HAD A QUESTION. 
          UH, FOR THE RECIPIENTS, UH, WHO RECEIVED A 5,000 FOR THE 26, THEY, CAN, THEY APPLY FOR THE FIVE AND THE 20? THIS, THIS, UH, THIS, THIS, UH, GO ROUND? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          THEY STILL HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE OR THE OTHER WHEN THEY'RE APPLYING. 
          UM, AND SO DEPENDING ON HOW EXPERIENCED THEY MIGHT FEEL AT THIS POINT IN THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS, MAYBE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE READY TO MAKE THAT JUMP TO THE $20,000 LEVEL. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, JUST ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO LOOK AT WHAT THOSE QUESTIONS ARE AND JUST THINK ABOUT HOW COMPETITIVE THEY WOULD BE AT THE $20,000 LEVEL VERSUS HOW COMPETITIVE THEY WOULD BE AT THE $5,000 LEVEL. 
          SO IT DEPENDS ON THE SPECIFIC MUSICIAN AND WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE AT, UH, IN THEIR CAREER. 
          AND I GUESS IT JUST, I OF ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          SO IF, IF ONE, UH, RECEIVED THE 20,000, CAN THEY APPLY FOR THE 5,000 OR THEY CAN'T APPLY FOR THE AFRICAN LIVE MUSIC FUND AT ALL FOR THIS YEAR? SO THEY CANNOT APPLY THIS TIME AT ALL BECAUSE THEY HAVE A TWO YEAR AWARD. 
          GOTCHA. 
          RIGHT NOW. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          GREAT QUESTION THOUGH. 
          AND AGAIN, APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND ACME STAFF, I APPRECIATE. 
          YES, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER PRICE, ECHOING EVERYONE ELSE. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          IT REALLY IS A LOT OF WORK. 
          IT'S INCREDIBLE. 
          UM, JUST WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK, EXCUSE ME, ON THE, UM, UH, THE ACME AMBASSADORS PROGRAM. 
          IS IT A CONTINUATION FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S GRANT CYCLE? THIS, THIS GROUP, SO I KNOW WE HAVE RED RIVER CULTURE, JUST WE HAVE AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS. 
          DO WE LEAN ON THOSE FOLKS FOR, FOR FUTURE INFORMATION OR IS IT JUST FOR THIS PILOT OR FOR THIS CYCLE? EXCUSE ME. 
          THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, THIS IS OUR PILOT ROUND OF ACME AMBASSADORS AND SEE HOW IT GOES. 
          IF OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM THE AMBASSADORS THEMSELVES AFTER THIS CYCLE TO SEE HOW IT WENT, MAYBE IT'S REALLY GREAT AND WE KEEP THEM AROUND THE NEXT TIME, BUT ALSO WE WANNA HAVE MORE OF A PROCESS. 
          SO IF FOLKS ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING AS AN ACNE AMBASSADOR FOR FUTURE CYCLES, THAT WE HAVE A CHANNEL FOR THEM TO EXPRESS INTEREST IN DOING THAT. 
          SO IT MIGHT BE THE SAME FOLKS NEXT YEAR. 
          IT MIGHT BE A COMBINATION OF SOME OF THESE FOLKS AND SOME, SOME NEW FOLKS. 
          UM, SO IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON HOW, HOW IT GOES, HOW THEY FEEL THE PROCESS GOES, HOW COMMUNITY FEEL IT GOES. 
          SO WE'LL SEE. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY, THANK YOU LAURA. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [6. Staff briefing on ACME Strategic Plan by Candice Cooper, Interim Chief Administrative Officer. ]
MOVING ON, UH, WE HAVE STAFF BRIEFING ON ACME STRATEGIC PLAN BY CANDACE COOPER, INTERIM CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. 
          WELCOME CAMS. GOOD EVENING TO, UH, THE MUSIC COMMISSION. 
          MY GOODNESS, I'VE GIVEN SO MANY PRESENTATIONS I HAVE TO LOOK UP AND BE REMINDED OF WHERE I AM. 
          UH, BUT NOW MY NAME IS CANDACE COOPER, I'M THE INTERIM CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER FOR ACME. 
          AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL THIS EVENING TO SHARE ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          AND SO WITH ME SHOULD BE MARJORIE, IS SHE STILL SHE ONLINE? PERFECT. 
          SO MARJORIE IS HERE WITH US. 
          I, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE FOR MARJORIE TO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE HERSELF AS WELL. 
          HI EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          MY NAME IS MARJORIE FLANAGAN. 
          I'M THE DIVISION MANAGER FOR ACME FOR, UH, OUR ARTS AND CULTURE FACILITIES. 
          SO MARJORIE AND I HAVE BEEN, UM, PROBABLY FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS OR SO, CONNECTED AT THE HIP WORKING ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          BUT WE DID NOT START JUST SIX MONTHS AGO. 
          THE WRITING STARTED SIX MONTHS AGO, BUT BACK IN APRIL OF 2025, UM, WHEN WE LAUNCHED THE CREATIVE RESET, WE WERE VERY STRATEGIC IN BEING VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE SURVEYS THAT WE PUT OUT, UM, TO OUR COMMUNITY DURING THAT TIMEFRAME, THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE DID VIA FOCUS GROUPS AND WORKSHOPS, THAT IT ALSO INCLUDED QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          SO WE HAVE BEEN SINCE APRIL OF 2025, COLLECTING FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          THE ACME STRATEGIC PLAN IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE CITY MANAGERS TOP 20 PRIORITIES, 
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AND IT WILL BE CONCLUDED BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, MEANING IT WILL BE LAUNCHED FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          AND SO THIS EVENING, UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE CREATIVE RESET, WHICH HAS BEEN, UM, LAUNCHED SINCE APRIL, 2025, IS WHAT INFORMED A LOT OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE THIS EVENING. 
          BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO, WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT HAVING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL WORKING GROUPS, FOCUS GROUPS. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, ALSO SURVEY OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP EVEN MORE INFORMATION ON OUR ACME STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          SO I AM VERY EXCITED TONIGHT, TONIGHT TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE IN AS IT RELATES TO OUR VISION STATEMENT. 
          NOW, OUR VISION STATEMENT HAS GONE THROUGH ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT VERSIONS,  AND REALLY STARTING INTERNALLY AND THEN ALSO EXTERNALLY, AND JUST MEETING WITH MANY STAKEHOLDERS TO DETERMINE WHAT WOULD WORK BEST FOR ACME. 
          AND SO WHERE WE'VE ARRIVED IN TERMS OF OUR VISION PLAN, UH OH, OUR VISION STATEMENT, THANK YOU, IS WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU ACME WHERE CULTURE, CREATIVITY, AND COMMUNITY THRIVE. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT, UH, WHEN YOU'RE CREATING, LOOKING AT A VISION PLAN, IT'S REALLY YOUR NORTH STAR. 
          IT'S YOUR NORTH STAR IN TERMS OF WHERE IT IS THAT YOU PLAN TO GO. 
          AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE ARRIVED IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR VISION, UH, STATEMENT WILL BE FOR ACME MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE CULTURE, CREATIVITY, AND COMMUNITY THRIVE, WHICH WILL BE OUR NORTH STAR. 
          THE IDEA BEHIND THIS VISION STATEMENT, AND AGAIN, IT'S LED THROUGH COMMUNITY INPUT AND FEEDBACK AS WELL AS STAFF FEEDBACK. 
          AND WHERE WE, WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IS WHAT DO WE WANT IN TERMS OF OUR NORTH STAR? WHERE ARE WE GOING AND WHAT DO WE WANT AUSTIN TO LOOK LIKE THREE TO FIVE YEARS FROM NOW? AND WE WANT TO BE A PLACE WHERE CULTURE, CREATIVITY, AND COMMUNITY THRIVE. 
          OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS MORE OF OUR, I LIKE TO CALL IT KIND OF AN ELEVATOR SPEECH. 
          IT IS, UM, FROM A BIG PICTURE STANDPOINT WHAT WE DO AND FROM A MISSION STATEMENT STANDPOINT, WE'VE DERIVED AT, WE SERVE AUSTIN BY INVESTING IN CREATIVE PEOPLE, CULTURAL SPACES, PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT EXPAND ACCESS, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY, AND CELEBRATE OUR CITY'S DIVERSE CULTURAL IDENTITY. 
          AND SO THIS IS AGAIN, A MISSION STATEMENT THAT'S GONE THROUGH SEVERAL ITERATIONS AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE ARRIVED AT AT THIS VERY MOMENT. 
          AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO NOW TRANSITION IT OVER TO MARJORIE, WHO WILL THEN DISCUSS OUR FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESS MOVING FORWARD. 
          THANKS AGAIN, EVERYONE FOR HAVING ME. 
          SO IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE, UM, LOFTY STATEMENTS COME TO LIFE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FRAMEWORK IN ORDER TO, TO BUILD OUT WHERE YOU'RE GOING. 
          CANDACE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR VISION AND OUR MISSION AND WHERE WE STARTED INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY WITH THE CREATIVE RESET PHASES ONE AND TWO AND THREE AND MORE TO COME. 
          AND WE WERE REQUIRED TO BUILD OUT THIS FRAMEWORK. 
          SO WE TOOK ALL OF THE DATA FROM THE PAST FIVE YEARS FROM ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS WITHIN ACME. 
          WE TOOK DATA FROM THE CREATIVE RESET, PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, AND WE CAME UP WITH SOME SPECIFIC STRATEGIC OUTCOMES. 
          I LIKE TO THINK THAT ABOUT THESE AS WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHAT'S DRIVING OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          WHAT ACME DOES IS WE CULTIVATE ACCESS AND BELONGING. 
          WE INVEST IN CULTURAL SPACES, WE ADVANCE CREATIVE CAREERS. 
          WE CELEBRATE VIBRANT CULTURAL EXPERIENCES, AND WE CURATE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS. 
          SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO SHOULD POINT TO AT LEAST ONE OF THESE STRATEGIC OUTCOMES, IF NOT MORE. 
          AND FROM THOSE STRATEGIC OUTCOMES, WE MOVE INTO INVESTMENT PRIORITIES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          OUR INVESTMENT PRIORITIES REALLY DICTATE HOW WE MAKE DECISIONS AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THOSE STRATEGIC OUTCOMES. 
          AND TOWARDS THAT NORTH STAR, WE INVEST IN CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY ASSETS. 
          WE OFFER DIRECT FUNDING. 
          WE INVEST IN ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT THROUGH OUR WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          WE PROVIDE COMMUNITY ACCESS AND EXPERIENCE DELIVERY, AND WE'RE A LEADER IN CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM. 
          SO THAT'S HOW WE ARE SPENDING OUR DOLLARS AS A DEPARTMENT. 
          AND EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE, 
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EVERY PATH WE GO DOWN, EVERY MOVE WE MAKE IS DETERMINED BY THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THESE INVESTMENT PRIORITIES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          OUR ENTIRE PLAN ALSO ROLLS UP INTO THE CITYWIDE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT IS, UH, BEING CURRENTLY REWORKED. 
          SO OUR DEPARTMENT HAS A NUMBER OF, UH, PERFORMANCE TARGETS THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL TARGETS THAT WILL BETTER GIVE US, UH, THE ABILITY TO MEASURE OUR SUCCESS AS A DEPARTMENT. 
          CURRENTLY, OUR STRATEGIC, UM, AND PERFORMANCE TARGETS INCLUDE THE PERCENTAGE OF PARTICIPANTS WHO INDICATE THE PROGRAM ACTIVITY OR VISIT, ENHANCE THEIR CONNECTION TO OUR CULTURE, MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, OR HISTORY. 
          WE ALSO MEASURE THE PER PERCENT OF PARTICIPANTS ENGAGING WITH ACNE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. 
          FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          WE COUNT THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC ART COLLECTION PIECES REPAIRED AND RESTORED. 
          WE COUNT THE NUMBER OF VISITS TO EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL FACILITIES. 
          WE COUNT THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS WITH ARTS PROFESSIONALS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE MEASURE THE PERCENTAGE OF RE RECIPIENTS WHO REPORT SATISFACTION WITH ACNE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. 
          SO THROUGH MEASURING ALL OF THESE DATA POINTS, WE'RE REALLY ABLE TO GIVE A BROAD PICTURE ON IF OUR DEPARTMENT IS SUCCESSFUL AS A WHOLE. 
          WE'RE ALSO HOPING TO INCLUDE A DEPARTMENT MEASURE ON, UM, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS. 
          SO LOOK TO THE FUTURE FOR THAT ONE TO BE INCLUDED. 
          BUT FOR FFY 27, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE BEING MEASURED ON. 
          ALL OF THIS, AS CANDACE MENTIONED, ROLLS UP INTO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          AND THEN THE CITYWIDE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND ON OUR CITY MANAGER'S LIST OF TOP 20 GOALS FOR THE CITY IS THIS STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          SO ALL OF THESE WERE NOT BEAUTIFUL SLIDES, . 
          THESE WERE SLIDES MADE BY CANDACE AND I, BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH AN AMAZING GRAPHIC DESIGNER WHO'S GONNA REALLY, UH, MAKE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN COME TO LIFE AND HOPEFULLY PROVIDE SOME REALLY EYE POPPING GRAPHICS TO MAKE SOME OF THE DATA COME TO LIFE. 
          WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING STATISTICS FROM THE AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS, TEXANS FOR THE ARTS, AND, AND THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS. 
          SO WEAVING THAT ALL TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A REALLY DYNAMIC LOOK AT THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          AND, UH, A PATHWAY FOR US TO GET TO THAT, UM, ORIGINAL MISSION STATEMENT, VISION STATEMENT THAT CANICE, CANDACE MENTIONED ON THE FIRST SLIDE WHERE CULTURE, CREATIVITY, AND COMMUNITY THRIVE. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, CANDACE. 
          UH, MARJORIE, UM, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, FROM THE COMMISSION, THANK YOU FOR, UH, SHARING THIS HERE TODAY. 
          IT'S, UM, I I LOVE THE, UH, THE, THE MISSION STATEMENT, THE, IT'S SHORT AND SWEET AND FEELS VERY, VERY, UH, ALL ENCOMPASSING. 
          UH, JUST VERY, VERY PRECISE. 
          UH, SO, UM, I, I LOVE THE, THE THREE THREE CS CULTURE, COMMUNITY, AND THE WHAT? CREATIVITY. 
          CREATIVITY. 
          YES, OF COURSE. 
          THE CREATIVITY. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          SO I, I JUST, I, I JUST TOTALLY LOVE THAT. 
          UM, UM, AS, UM, SO, AND ALSO THE, THE CREATIVE, YOU KNOW, THE VARIOUS CREATIVE RESEARCH PHASE 1, 2, 3, THAT ARE BEING PUT INTO ACTION, UM, AS WE, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ROLL THESE GRANTS OUT FOR, YOU KNOW, A THREE YEAR PILOT, UM, AND WORKING ON, UM, OTHER AREAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CULTURAL CENTERS, ET CETERA. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS IS HAPPENING WHERE YOU, YOU ALL ARE, LIKE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM AS A WHOLE AND HOW, UM, CREATIVES MOVE THROUGH THIS ECOSYSTEM OR VARIOUS ASPECTS OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE STAKEHOLDERS, SORRY, UH, NOT ASPECTS. 
          VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS MOVE THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND ARE BUILT THROUGH THE SYSTEM, AND WHAT ARE THE CONNECTIVITIES BETWEEN, UH, VARIOUS PARTS OF THIS ECOSYSTEM IN A, IN A HOLISTIC WAY. 
          AND THAT'S ONE THING I'M VERY, UM, HOPEFUL AND EXCITED ABOUT HAVING, UH, A DEDICATED DEPARTMENT SUCH AS ACME NOW IN OUR CITY, IS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE ECOSYSTEM HOLISTICALLY AND HOW DO YOU BUILD CREATIVES FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE EMERGING NEW CREATIVES TO ALL THE WAY UP TO, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY EXPERIENCED CREATIVES. 
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AND THEN HOW DOES THE VARIOUS, UH, ASPECTS OF THE ECOSYSTEM FALL INTO PLACE THERE. 
          UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A GENERAL COMMENT I HAVE. 
          AND LIKE, THE ONE THING THAT I'M, YOU KNOW, REALLY HOPEFUL OF AND MOST EXCITED ABOUT HAVING A DEDICATED DEPARTMENT, UM, I WAS ALSO CURIOUS, AS WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF, UH, THE MORE TACTICAL CHANGES OF, YOU KNOW, UM, ROLLING THE GRANTS OUT, ET CETERA, ARE WE ESPECIALLY LIKE MUSIC AND ARTS, UM, ARE WE LOOKING AT, ESPECIALLY ON THE ARTS SIDE, LIKE ON THE BROADER QUESTION OF LIKE, IS THIS ENOUGH TO ROLL THESE YEARLY GRANTS OUT VERSUS, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO NONPROFITS AND LARGER NONPROFITS, YOU KNOW, DO WE TAKE A STEP BACK AND SEE HOW WE CAN MORE, UM, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, MORE STRATEGICALLY AND, UH, EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT MAYBE BY PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, THREE, FOUR YEARS OF COVERAGE RATHER THAN EVERY ENTITY OF EVERY SIZE COMING IN COMPETING FOR THESE GRANTS YEAR AFTER YEAR? SO, ARE WE LOOKING AT LARGER QUESTIONS NOT TO BE IMPLEMENTED NEXT YEAR, BUT SAY, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS DOWN THE LINE ABS? ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND SO WHAT OUR STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PLAN WILL ADDRESS ARE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT COLLABORATIONS, AND SO WE ALSO HAVE, UM, SEVERAL PROGRAMS WITHIN ACME THAT CAN ADDRESS, UH, NOT, NOT ONLY ADDRESS, BUT TO PROVIDE SOMEWHAT SUSTAINABILITY AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. 
          BUT WHAT IS, UM, PHASE THREE IS OF COURSE ABOUT SPECIAL EVENTS AND LARGE SCALE EVENTS, BUT ONE OF THE OTHER PARTS OF PHASE THREE IS EXPLORING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE, THE, UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ECOSYSTEM, BUT REALLY BEING ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE IN AUSTIN THAT'S INTERNALLY, BUT ALSO EXTERNALLY. 
          SO AS WE, UM, WE JUST WRAPPED UP THE ENGAGEMENT PORTION ON JUNE 30TH OF THE CREATIVE RESET PHASE TWO. 
          BUT WHAT WE HEARD VERY, VERY LOUD AND CLEAR IS THAT THE CRE CREATIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY NEED MORE SPACES. 
          THEY NEED TO BE MORE ENGULFED INTO WHAT WE DO AS FAR AS OUR PROGRAMMING AT OUR FACILITIES. 
          SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AS WE ROLL OUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, FOR PHASE TWO IS YOU'RE GONNA SEE STRENGTH IN PARTNERSHIPS AND ALSO COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO WHERE IT WILL BE ABLE TO HELP TO SUSTAIN THAT ECOSYSTEM. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT GRANT FUNDING, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A VENUE, A SPACE WHERE WE CAN COLLABORATE AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          OH, I'M SORRY, ADDITIONAL ACTIVATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, COMMISSIONERS, QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, CANICE, UH, THANK YOU, MARJORIE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MOVING ON 
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TO DISCUSSION ITEMS. UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I WAS GOING TO REQUEST MOVING TO THE NEXT ROUND. 
          BUT, UH, LOOKING AT THE, THE ITEMS UNDER THE DISCUSSION ITEMS AGENDA, UH, I THINK A LOT OF THESE, UM, I'LL QUICKLY COVER ONE BY ONE, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO MOVE THEM TO AUGUST AND BEYOND. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, FROM THE TIME THAT WE WILL GAIN OUT OF, IF THE MOTION DOES PASS AND WE AGREE TO MOVE SOME OF THESE ITEMS OR ALL OF THESE ITEMS TO THE NEXT ROUND, I HOPE FROM THE TIME GAINED, UH, I WILL REQUEST COMMISSIONERS AND MY, MY OWN SELF AS WELL, UH, TO DO IS, UH, PERHAPS, UH, START PUTTING A WORD OUT TO COMMUNITY ABOUT THE GRANTS ROLLING OUT TOMORROW, WHERE THEY CAN, FOLKS CAN START LOOKING UP INFORMATION. 
          UH, UH, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, UH, PLEASE USE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AGAIN HERE, UH, FOR, FOR DOING THAT, AND THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL, UM, TO EVERYBODY. 
          UM, UH, NICOLE BLO FROM RRCD, UH, BASICALLY WILL BE COMING AT SOME POINT IN LATE FALL, UH, TO PRESENT ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. 
          UH, THEN, UH, SHELBY COMMISSIONER SILVA IS NOT IN ATTENDANCE, CORRECT? IT'S NOT ONLINE. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT, SO WE'LL, WE'LL BE MOVING. 
          NUMBER EIGHT. 
          UM, I WILL BE PRESENTING ON THE CREATIVE MUSIC HUBS, UH, IN AUGUST. 
          UM, SO STRATEG GOALS, THIS IS SOMETHING, UM, THAT'S ALREADY BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UH, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL. 
          THIS WAS OF INTEREST, PARTICULARLY TO COMMISSIONER SILVA, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE OTHERS, UM, HERE IN KIND OF WANTING TO PRIORITIZE. 
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UM, UNLESS WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY PREPARED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION HERE TODAY, UM, I WOULD, UM, UM, I WILL, I WILL COME TO YOU RIGHT AWAY. 
          UM, I WANTED TO PUSH THIS TO, FIRST OF ALL, TO AUGUST WHEN COMMISSIONER SVA IS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE BECAUSE OF THIS WAS A PARTICULAR INTEREST TO HIM, BUT ALSO, UM, I AM PLANNING TO POTENTIALLY THROUGH SHELBY, UM, SEND, UH, SOME IDEAS AROUND THIS AND PERHAPS ALSO GATHER SOME INTEREST FROM THE COMMISSION ON WHICH COMMISSIONERS MIGHT BE INTERESTED OR A A PARTICULAR TOPIC MIGHT, UH, BE, YOU KNOW, OF INTEREST TO THEM TO PURSUE AND KIND OF GAUGE SOME INTEREST FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AROUND THE LIST THAT WE HAVE DRAWN OUT, AND BRING THAT INFORMATION COLLECTIVELY TO HAVE A MORE PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION AROUND THIS. 
          UH, BECAUSE THE NEED REALLY IS TO START ADDING THOSE ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS, LINE ITEMS TO, UM, TO THE COMMISSION AGENDA AND MAKE THEM ACTIONABLE, RIGHT? SO, UM, MAYBE THAT'S AN EXERCISE THAT I CAN DO. 
          UH, LET'S, LET ME JUST COMMIT TO AT LEAST SENDING THAT EMAIL OUT THROUGH SHELBY, UH, BY FRIDAY THIS WEEK. 
          AND IF EVERYBODY COULD PLEASE, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S IN THERE AND, AND, UH, I WANT TO GAUGE INTEREST ON, ON, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A PASSION PROJECT FOR SOMEBODY. 
          UH, SO COLLECTIVELY WITH THAT AND, AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS, PERHAPS WE COULD COME UP WITH WHAT WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE, UH, IF THAT'S OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT ON THAT. 
          THEN THE NEXT ONE, UM, I HAVE A COMMENT. 
          UH, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          OH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS. 
          SO THE BUDGET THAT CITY COUNCIL'S DOING THIS WEEK, THEN, HOW DOES THAT DIFFER? LIKE, I GUESS, YEAH, THOSE IN DIFFERENT LANES, OR IS IT GONNA IMPACT WHAT WE POTENTIALLY HAVE AS STRATEGIC GOALS? GOALS? YES. 
          SO DEFINITELY, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DOING, UH, TOWN HALLS ABOUT BUDGET, ET I KNOW THIS WEEK IS WHAT MY PERSON TOLD ME. 
          YEAH. 
          SO DEFINITELY PLEASE, UM, YOU KNOW, EITHER ATTEND THOSE OR, OR, OR SPEAK WITH YOUR COUNCIL LIAISON, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR MUSIC, UH, TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE LINE ITEMS IN THERE. 
          UH, FOR, UH, FOR OUR AREA, UH, THE WAY IT WORKS IS ALL COMMISSIONS PROVIDE THEIR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH IS THEN, UH, IT GOES TO COUNCIL, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE SPECIFIC ITEMS GET SENT TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS BACK ON WHETHER A PARTICULAR ITEM IS FEASIBLE OR NOT. 
          AND SO IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, UM, I'VE NOT SEEN A LOT OF THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS GET ANYWHERE. 
          UH, AND THAT'S BEEN KIND OF COMMONPLACE ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO THIS COMMISSION. 
          UM, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT. 
          WE CAN, OBVIOUSLY, THE BEST THING IS TO BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, BASICALLY ADVOCATE FOR IT. 
          ESSENTIALLY. 
          THERE ARE THINGS LIKE, UH, NOT USING HOT DOLLARS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR, FOR STAFF SALARIES, ET CETERA. 
          THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT CHANGEABLE OVERNIGHT, BUT THE ASK IS VERY CLEARLY IN FRONT OF, UH, UH, COUNCIL AND THE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THINGS LIKE THAT HAVE BEEN VERY WELL ACKNOWLEDGED. 
          UH, THE SHIFT, YOU KNOW, WILL PROBABLY COME WHEN IT CAN BE MADE, YOU KNOW, SO THERE ARE ITEMS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FROM THAT COMMISSIONER? NO, I JUST THINK WE SHOULD ALL, LIKE YOU SAID, FAMILIARIZE OURSELVES WITH WHAT THE, I GUESS WHAT COMES BACK FROM CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK AS FAR FROM CITY AS THE BUDGET THAT THEY GIVE US, SO WE CAN BE PREPARED FOR AUGUST. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THAT AND, AND, AND, UM, NOTHING SAYS THAT THERE ARE, UH, STILL ITEMS THAT WE CARE ABOUT THAT WE CAN PICK UP, PURSUE, AND, YOU KNOW, PUT BACK IN, IN, IN, IN THE BUDGET NEXT TIME, BUT ALSO COME UP WITH, UH, UH, MAYBE A MORE ACTIVE STRATEGY TO SEE HOW FAR WE CAN TAKE THEM. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, UM, AND THEN, UM, I, I WOULD, UH, SO I JUST DO WANNA QUICKLY GAUGE ON THE FEASIBILITY OF NUMBER 11 WITH STAFF. 
          BUT BEFORE THAT, I WOULD LIKE, UH, FOR NOW TO MOTION TO MOVE 7, 8, 9, AND, UH, 10, UM, OUT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMISSION'S, UH, AGENDA FOR TODAY. 
          IF I COULD GET A SECOND OR A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PRICE. 
          UM, ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY. 
          MOTION IS A UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. 
          UM, SO LIKE I SAID, THE NUMBER SEVEN, WE'LL WAIT ON RRCD. 
          UH, AND THEN, UH, HOPEFULLY EIGHT, NINE, AND 10. 
          ALL OF THOSE, UH, WE CAN TABLE FOR, UH, AUGUST. 
          UM, 
          [11. Music Commission engagement with council districts presented by Chair Medicharla. ]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11, MUSIC COMMISSION ENGAGEMENT WITH COUNCIL DISTRICTS PRESENTED BY, UH, CHAIRMAN SHELA, UH, DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION PER SE, BUT I HAD BROUGHT THIS UP THE LAST TIME ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING ONE COUNCIL, ONE, UM, MUSIC COMMISSION 
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MEETING AT A DIFFERENT OFFICE, UH, OR A DIFFERENT VENUE IN TOWN, UM, CITY, UH, CITY SPACE OF COURSE. 
          AND, UH, UH, PERHAPS BE ABLE TO INVITE TWO OR THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS AROUND THAT PARTICULAR, UH, DISTRICT TO COME AND ATTEND OUR MEETINGS AND TO KIND OF CREATE SOME, ALSO MAYBE EVEN ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN, IN, UH, UH, ENGAGING OR UNDERSTANDING, OR WE ARE INTERESTED IN ENGAGING WITH THEM, BRING THEM INTO THE MEETING. 
          UH, SO, BUT I DID WANNA UNDERSTAND THE FEASIBILITY OF, UH, BEING ABLE TO DO THIS ACROSS TOWN. 
          UH, IF STAFF COULD ADVISE ON THAT, OR IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN COME BACK SO WE CAN ACTUALLY, UH, MAKE SOME DECISIONS AROUND IT. 
          UH, IN AUGUST, HELLO EVERYONE. 
          ERICA SHAMALI. 
          HE'S THE ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION MANAGER WITH AUSTIN ARTS CULTURE, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT. 
          SO THE COUNCIL SCHEDULE FOR 26 27 JUST CAME OUT. 
          SO YOU CAN GO TO THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HUB WEBPAGE TO GO SEE THAT SCHEDULE. 
          WE WILL HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS ON CHANGING A VENUE. 
          UM, SHELBY WILL CHECK TO SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE. 
          WE DO HAVE SOME HICCUPS IN THE SCHEDULE WITH HOLIDAYS AND HOW THEY FALL. 
          AND SO YOU GUYS WILL HAVE TO EVENTUALLY, WHEN ARE THEY GONNA VOTE ON THEIR FINAL SCHEDULE? YOU KNOW, SOMETIME IN THE FALL, PROBABLY THE LAST, YEAH, TWO OR THREE MONTHS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN, SO YOU CAN, THOSE WOULD BE THE BEST DATES ARE THOSE WEIRD DATES THAT DON'T FALL ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH. 
          AND WE HAVE TO FIND A DIFFERENT VENUE. 
          AND THEN IF WE DO LOOK FOR A DIFFERENT VENUE, THAT'S VERY SPECIFIC LIST OF VENUES THAT IS PROVIDED BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE THAT HAVE THE CAPACITY REQUIRED FOR THE PUBLIC ACCESS, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH A TXN, UH, VOICE RECORDING, UM, ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND SPEAK. 
          SO, AGAIN, KIND OF A VERY LIMITED LIST AND WE CAN SEE WHAT'S ACROSS TOWN. 
          UM, BUT MOST OF THE FACILITIES THAT YOU'LL FIND THAT ARE ALLOWED FOR, UH, COMMISSION MEETINGS ARE MORE CENTRALLY LOCATED ON THE BUS LINES AND SUCH. 
          SO IF YOU DO WANNA DO A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING, WHICH YOU CAN, I BELIEVE YOU CAN HAVE ONE A QUARTER THAT YOU COULD DO, UM, AND LOOK FOR A SPACE AND WE WORK WITH A TXN AND AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED. 
          IT IS DIFFICULT THOUGH, REMEMBER WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS LAST YEAR LOOKING FOR A VENUE OR SOMETHING SO WE COULD DO A SPECIAL CALL MEETING. 
          UH, THE RULES ARE PRETTY STRICT IN TERMS OF THE REQUIREMENTS NEEDED IN ORDER TO HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ERICA. 
          COULD WE HAVE A REGULAR MEETING INSTEAD OF A SPECIAL CALL MEETING, A REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMISSION AT, AT A DIFFERENT, UH, UH, CITY VENUE IN TOWN? THAT WAS, THAT'S WHAT INITIALLY IT'S THE SAME DIFFERENCE. 
          IT'S A, A COMMISSION MEETING IS A COMMISSION MEETING. 
          IF YOU DO A INFORMAL MEETING, YOU CANNOT HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COMMISSION PRESENT. 
          AND YOU COULD, BUT THAT HAS TO BE COMPLETELY ORGANIZED BY YOU GUYS. 
          UH, SO THE STAFF CAN ONLY ASSIST WITH THE COMMISSION MEETINGS AT THE APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS PROVIDED BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          RIGHT. 
          JUST LIKE HOW WE GO TO AUSTIN ENERGY OR SOME OTHER PLACE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO I WAS SUGGESTING THAT WE DO ONE OF THESE FORMAL, REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION AT A DIFFERENT, UH, SPACE IN TOWN. 
          NOT A SPECIAL CALL MEETING, NOT AN INFORMAL GATHERING, BUT JUST ONE OF THESE MEETINGS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN TOWN MM-HMM . 
          SO THAT WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST GET INTO THE COMMUNITIES MORE. 
          I AGREE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, IF YOU DO WANNA HAVE COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT, IF YOU WANT THEM TO, YOU KNOW, DO A SPECIAL AGENDA AROUND, UH, A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT PROBABLY IS EASIEST TO DO IT AT CITY HALL 'CAUSE THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE AT ALREADY. 
          'CAUSE THEIR SCHEDULES ARE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY COMPLICATED. 
          OR WE CAN FIND FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE WHAT POTENTIAL CITY LOCATIONS HAVE, WHAT WE NEED THAT HIT EVERY DISTRICT, AND WE'LL JUST SEE WHAT WE COME UP WITH. 
          YEAH. 
          COULD WE, UM, COULD, COULD, COULD YOU ALL PLEASE SHARE A LIST, UH, LIST WITH ME, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, AS TO WHAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN SEARCH THROUGH THOSE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH YOU ALL, OR ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS CAN WORK WITH YOU ALL TO COME UP WITH A SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          YES. 
          THAT'D BE IDEAL, RIGHT? WHEN WE WALK THROUGH OUR SCHEDULING FOR THE CAL NEXT CALENDAR YEAR, THAT'S KIND OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BE DISCUSSED. 
          SO WE DON'T EITHER MISS A YEAR OF DOING WHAT WE SAID WE WANTED TO DO, OR WE DON'T WAIT TILL THE MONTH BEFORE TO HAVE A SPECIAL CALL MEETING OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. 
          RIGHT. 
          I DEFINITELY THINK WE CAN COORDINATE THE PEOPLE VERSUS THE PERFORMANCE. 
          I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST. 
          IF WE'RE JUST FOCUSING ON INVITING PEOPLE TO COME AND BE A PART OF A CONVERSATION, THAT'S, I BELIEVE THAT'S EASIER. 
          BUT WHEN IT COMES TO PERFORMANCES, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE SPACE TO DO AT ANY VENUE THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE A MEETING AT. 
          BUT WE CAN LOOK AND SEE OF THE VERY FEW, UM, VENUES THAT HAVE CAPABILITIES 
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FOR STREAMING. 
          AND THEN IF NOTHING ELSE, JUST RECORDING AND DOCUMENTING THE MEETING. 
          UM, BECAUSE THAT WE HAVE TO DO, UM, WHETHER IT'S VISUALLY OR AUDIO, BUT THERE'S MORE THAN ONE SPACE. 
          AND ALSO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IF MONDAYS, YOU JUST WANT A RANDOM TUESDAY TO MAKE THINGS FIT. 
          LIKE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU TALK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE SCHEDULING YOU, YOU'RE NOT TIED TO THE MONDAYS. 
          YOU'RE TIED TO HAVING, UH, DATES THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS IS GONNA HAPPEN. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO CONFIRM A LOCATION AT THAT TIME. 
          NO, WE WON'T. 
          I MEAN, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL A REQUEST THAT WE PUT IN AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT IT'S JUST GOOD TO TALK THROUGH ALL THE POSSIBLE DATES YOU MIGHT WANNA HAVE FOR THE VISION THAT YOU HAVE. 
          AND EVEN SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS IF YOU WANNA DO IT ONCE A QUARTER, IT'D BE NICE TO PLAN THOSE. 
          MAYBE LEAVE ONE BEHIND, JUST IF WE RUN INTO ISSUE LIKE WE HAD A FEW MONTHS AGO. 
          BUT YOU CAN PLAN ANYTHING. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN MOVE A DATE AROUND THE PUBLIC. 
          JUST NEEDS TO KNOW WHEN THE REGULAR MEETINGS ARE GONNA BE, WHETHER IT'S ON A MONDAY, TUESDAY, FRIDAY, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. 
          GREAT. 
          GREAT. 
          NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I THINK, UM, IF, IF YOU COULD SHARE A LIST WITH US, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, UH, WE CAN CAN TAKE A LOOK DEFINITELY, AND MAYBE ONE OR TWO COMMISSIONERS, UH, WE CAN GET ON IT AND, UH, UH, FIGURE IT OUT. 
          UM, UM, IDEALLY, UH, LIKE Y'ALL ARE SAYING, AS WE ESTABLISH THE SCHEDULES FOR, YOU KNOW, UM, THE NEXT YEAR, UM, MAYBE EVEN STARTING IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE SEPTEMBER, BUT MAYBE ONE IN DECEMBER AND THEN IN MARCH AND SO ON, UM, WE COULD LAY SOMETHING OUT FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, UM, AT LEAST ONE, ONE FISCAL YEAR. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, AND, AND JUST PLAN IT AHEAD OF TIME. 
          AND YOU'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SKIPPING MONTHS TOO. 
          THAT'S ALSO THINGS TO DISCUSS THERE. 
          IF THERE'S HEAVIER SEASONS FOR YOU ALL. 
          IF, IF GRANTS ARE SOMETHING YOU WANNA COINCIDE WITH, YOU'D RATHER SPEND YOUR TIME GETTING OUT THERE IN THE SUMMERTIME. 
          LIKE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS TO CONSIDER ON WHERE YOUR, UM, VOLUNTEERING WILL SHOW UP IF YOU DON'T WANNA MEET AT THE DAIS. 
          UM, WE TAKE A BREAK ONE MONTH IN THE SUMMER, WHATEVER. 
          THERE'S SO MANY POSSIBILITIES. 
          THEY JUST NEED TO BE TALKED ABOUT, DISCUSS AND PLANNED. 
          BUT ALSO KEEP IN MIND THE CITY HALL, WE'VE HAD THIS VENUE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND IF WE STOP USING IT AS OFTEN, WE'LL LOSE IT . 
          SO THAT'S NOT THE INTENTION. 
          THAT'S NOT THE INTENTION. 
          THERE IS A PROBLEM MONTH THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE EVERY YEAR, THOUGH. 
          THAT COULD BE UP FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          IT'S SEPTEMBER EVERY YEAR. 
          WE NEVER GET THE, THIS SPACE. 
          SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          GOT IT. 
          BUT YEAH, ALL THAT. 
          AND THEN COMMISSIONER AGUILAR. 
          SORRY, I WAS JUST THINKING LIKE ONE OF THE VENUES, A VENUE THAT COMES TO MIND WOULD BE THE MAX. 
          IT'S JUST OPEN WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO TAKE. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          THAT'S ONE GOOD. 
          WE ADD TO THE LIST. 
          GUESS THAT'S A GREAT POINT. 
          AND NOW THAT THE MAC IS OPENED AND WE'VE SEEN THEIR ROOM, LET'S TALK TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND SEE WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR THAT TO BECOME AN OFFICIAL SPACE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          IS THERE LIKE A, DO WE WANT TO CREATE LIKE A WISHLIST I GUESS THAT THAT'D BE NICE FOR YOU GUYS TO DO AS WELL? 'CAUSE THE MAC DOES HAVE THEIR OWN ADVISORY BOARD AND THEY DO HAVE MEETINGS THAT REPORT TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AS WELL. 
          THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          BUT IF YOU WANNA COLLABORATE ON WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO, THE CULTURAL CENTERS AND I SHARE WHAT'S POSSIBLE, I CAN ALSO TALK TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND JUST SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE. 
          BUT LIKE ERICA'S SAYING, THIS IS OUR SPOT, THIS IS OUR HOME. 
          BESIDES THAT ONE RANDOM MONTH, THAT GIVES US A HARD TIME. 
          UM, BUT EVEN MAYBE THAT MONTH, WE CAN GO TO ANOTHER VENUE AT THAT POINT AND THEN ALWAYS COME BACK HERE TO CITY HALL. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YES. 
          UH, IT'S NOT MY INTENTION FOR, UH, THE MUSIC COMMISSION TO LOSE CITY HALL AS, UH, THE MAIN SPACE , UH, FOR MEETINGS, UH, JUST FOR MORE, UH, CULTURAL, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND, BUT, BUT, UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ALER. 
          I THINK THE CULTURAL CENTERS ARE A GREAT PLACE TO START EVEN. 
          UM, ALL THREE. 
          UH, THE MAIN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA SAY THE MAIN, BUT YOU KNOW, A RC CARVER, UH, MAC YEAH. 
          WOULD BE FANTASTIC, UH, TO GO AT. 
          HUH UH, ANYTHING ELSE? UH, COMMISSIONERS ON THIS TOPIC? OKAY. 
          FUTURE AGENDA 
          [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ]
ITEMS. UM, WE'LL HAVE, UM, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, MUSIC PERFORMANCE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES, STAFF BRIEFING ON LIVE MUSIC AND COLLECTIONS. 
          BECKY MCC CARSON. 
          WE'LL HAVE A STAFF BRIEFING ON LIVE MUSIC AND FINAL REPORTS. 
          UM, WE'LL HAVE STAFF BRIEFING ON AIRPORT LIVE MUSIC BOOKING. 
          UM, ERICA, IS THERE A NEED TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT IN AUGUST? I, NEXT MONTH BY SEPTEMBER, LET'S SAY OCTOBER IS OUR ROLLOUT OF, SO LET'S LOOK AT SEPTEMBER THEN. 
          MAYBE SKIP THIS OUT NEXT MONTH. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE WON'T DO THE, UM, AUSTIN BOOKING UPDATE NEXT. 
          UM, AIRPORT BOOKING UPDATE NEXT TIME. 
          UM, STAFF BRIEFING ON ACME FUNDING PROGRAMS BY LAURA . 
          WE SHOULD HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE GOING BY THEN. 
          UM, UNDER DISCUSSION ITEMS, UH, WE'LL HAVE A DOWNTOWN COMMISSION UPDATE, UH, BY COMMISSIONER SILVER. 
          UH, WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION ON CREATIVE MUSIC HUBS BY MYSELF. 
          UH, WE'LL DO THE MUSIC COMMISSION STRATEGIC GOALS AND BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL. 
          UM, WE JUST REWORDED A BIT IN TERMS OF, WE ALREADY DID THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          IT'S, IT'S OUR PRIORITIZING OF, UH, 
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YOU KNOW, HOW WE WANNA APPROACH THOSE, ADDRESS THOSE MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND THEN, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION, HOPEFULLY WITH SOME OUTCOMES OR AT LEAST DECISIONS MADE ON, UH, MUSIC COMMISSION ENGAGEMENT WITH COUNCIL DISTRICTS. 
          UM, ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONERS YOU WANT TO ADD RIGHT NOW? COMMISSIONER? UM, THINKING I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH GREG, UH, GOODMAN WITH MEADOW FEST. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND I THINK HE WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT MEADOW FEST AND THE NONPROFITS THAT IT'S SERVING AND JUST WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT FEST. 
          MAYBE THAT COULD BE A DISCUSSION ITEM. 
          SURE. 
          YEAH. 
          WE CAN ADD THAT. 
          UM, HE WAS HERE LAST YEAR. 
          YEAH, I THINK SO. 
          PRESENTING ON IT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND HE IS GONNA HAVE AN UPDATE THIS TIME. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          PRESENTATION ON, UH, MEADOW FEST. 
          ANYTHING. 
          COMMISSIONER GARAL? UM, MIKE LEVINE, THAT IS THE NEW OWNER OF HOLE IN THE WALL. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, HE SAID HE WOULD BE DOWN TO COME IN AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON HOW THAT'S GOING. 
          AND THEY'VE DEALT WITH ALL OF THE CITY GRANTS AND ALL THE MAJOR MOVEMENTS OVER THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT WILL GO UNDER DISCUSSION ITEMS AND UPDATE FROM MIKE LEVINE, UH, REGARDING HOLE IN THE WALL AND, UH, CITY FUNDING. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONERS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, IF ANYBODY COULD MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THE ABOVE FOR, UH, AUGUST. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER AGUILAR. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER CASADA SECONDS. 
          UM, SO THOSE WILL BE THE, UH, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UH, REMINDER THAT ANYBODY CAN ADD AN AGENDA ITEM WITH A SECOND. 
          UH, AND, UH, PLEASE, UH, CC ME AS YOU ARE, UH, SENDING YOUR ITEMS INTO SHELBY. 
          UM, AND, UH, MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          COMMISSIONER CARDENA, DO I HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER CARVALHO. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HAVE A LOVELY EVENING EVERYBODY. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU STAFF. 
          UM, THANK YOU COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. 
          THANK YOU.
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