Aug 03, 2026 Music

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MONDAY, 6:33 P.M.. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION TO

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SON CUATRO LUPUS. MIS PREFERIDOS SON.

LUMPEN LA GORDA Y LA FLACA.

LUPE. LA PREGUNTA Y LA PELA CHARTA.

SI EL CASO ME VOY A OTRAS TIERRAS A DEL PRECIO.

EL CUADRO LUPUS Y EL ESTILO Y DE LA GORDA Y DEJO A LA FLACA DE VOIR LE PRIX Y DE QUAL A CHANCE DE.

CASO ME VOY A DAR EL PRECIO.

DE CUANTO LUPUS INTESTINO Y DEJO EL AMOR DE MI DE LA PLACA DE LA FIESTA Y DE LA CHATA.

CUATRO AMORES DISTINTOS AYE EN MI VIDA.

EN CUATRO REFERIDAS SON LOOP LA GORDA Y LA FLACA LOOP.

LA LOOP LA SHATTA.

THANK YOU. SHELBY. THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR PREVIOUS COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER DAVILA FROM DE TEN. IF I CAN MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THESE VIDEOS, I THINK THEY'RE YEAH, THEY'RE SO AWESOME.

AND THE BAND IS INCREDIBLE AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN SO AMAZING.

AND IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF I DON'T KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS OR IF IT'S POSSIBLE AT ALL, BUT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CONTACT INFORMATION AT THE END OF THESE VIDEOS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN CONTACT THE BANDS OR LIKE, I'D LOVE TO BOOK THEM, I WOULD TRY TO IF I KNEW HOW.

IT'D BE AWESOME. ANYWAY.

THANK YOU. YEAH, ACTUALLY, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO HAVE A WEBSITE AND AT LEAST WHATEVER IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE THAT I'M SURE WE CAN SHARE.

OF COURSE, THESE ARE GOING TO BE MADE INTO LIKE ACTUAL SERIES THAT WILL RELEASE ON

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO STAFF APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

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WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PRICE.

COMMISSIONER AGUILAR, DO I TAKE A SECOND FROM YOU? OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY. COMMISSIONER PILLS AND COMMISSIONER SILVA, ARE YOU? I'M ABSTAINING.

I WASN'T HERE AT THAT MEETING. OKAY.

IT'S OKAY. SO JUST TO JUST LEVEL SET.

IT'S OKAY IF YOU STILL VOTE IN FAVOR IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES, YOU COULD STILL VOTE IN FAVOR.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE EIGHT OUT OF AM I COUNTING THIS? RIGHT? WE HAVE FIVE NINE COMMISSIONERS TODAY.

YEAH. EIGHT OUT OF NINE COMMISSIONERS ARE VOTING IN FAVOR AND COMMISSIONER SILVA STATING SO THE MOTION IS APPROVED.

MOVING ON TO STAFF BRIEFINGS, THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS STAFF BRIEFING ON

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

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

KIM MCCARSON HERE, PROGRAM MANAGER WITH ACME.

SO I'LL BE GIVING YOU THE LATEST REPORT FOR THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTIONS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE LIVE MUSIC FUND.

AND THIS REPRESENTS A $23,038 COLLECTION FOR JUNE.

WHICH BRINGS US TO A YEAR TO DATE TOTAL OF 03,507,585.

AND THAT REPRESENTS AN 8% INCREASE OVER THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, KIM.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS STAFF BRIEFING ON FY 24.

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

FINAL REPORTS BY ERICA.

DIVISION. MANAGER, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION.

ACME. HELLO, EVERYBODY.

ERICA. DIVISION MANAGER FOR MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.

SORRY I COULDN'T BE THERE IN PERSON TONIGHT. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.

SO I'M GOING TO JUST READ OUT A LOT OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN FINISHED, SO I'M GOING TO READ OUT ALL THE THINGS WHERE ALL 136 AWARDEES HAVE FINISHED WHAT IS DUE.

SO THAT'S AWARDS ACCEPTED, SIGNED AGREEMENTS COMPLETED GRANT AGREEMENT ORIENTATIONS COMPLETED FINANCIAL FORMS, FIRST PAYMENTS PAID OUT.

AND THEN THIS IS THE TWO THAT ARE DIFFERENT OUT OF SECOND PAYMENTS OF 136 AWARDEES, 125 SECOND PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

AND OUT OF THE 136 AWARDEES, 88 FINAL PAYMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN PAID OUT.

SO THE FINAL REPORTS WILL BE DUE IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, AND THE FINAL PAYMENT SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. ERICA. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE.

[4. Staff briefing on available meeting spaces for rotating music commission meeting locations by Shelbi Mitchell, Acting Program Manager, Music & Entertainment Division, ACME. ]

I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO RYAN SPERLING WITH OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, AND WE DISCUSSED A LOT OF THINGS AROUND THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

AND SO WE AS LONG AS WE ABIDE BY THAT, WE ARE PRETTY GOOD TO GO IN OUR CITY SPACES.

THE THING AROUND THAT IS JUST FINDING AVAILABILITY, WORKING WITH THESE EVENT SPACES, SOME OF THEM ARE EVENT HAVE EVENT COORDINATORS AND WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THEM AND THEIR STAFF IF WE CHOOSE TO DO IT IN THE EVENING.

THERE'S SO MANY WAYS THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO DOING THIS, BUT WE DO HAVE TO CONSIDER IF WE CHANGE OUR MOVEMENT HERE AND WE MOVE A DATE ANYWHERE AT

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SO IDEAS AROUND THAT IS WE CAN DO MAYBE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ONCE A QUARTER.

IN THESE CITY SPACES, THEY CAN LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT TO THE AGENDAS DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO LOOK THE SAME, BUT THE RULES AROUND POSTING THEM ARE.

AND SO THE RULES AROUND TOMA ARE THAT IT MUST BE HYBRID.

THESE SPACES MUST BE ABLE TO HAVE WEBEX, AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN COORDINATE WITH STAFF HERE ON. THEY MUST HAVE A FACILITY WHERE THE SPACE IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

EVEN HERE WITHIN THIS CITY HALL, THERE'S SOME SPACES THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE THE MEETING IN BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, LIKE THE CONFERENCE ROOMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THE AUDIO MUST BE RECORDED.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN ALSO COORDINATE WITH ME ON. BUT A FEW IDEAS FOR SOME SPACES BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY CITY SPACES WE COULD USE, BUT THERE ARE SMALLER EVENT SPACES THAT WE COULD USE.

OUR LIBRARIES ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO US.

CASE IN POINT, OUR CENTRAL LIBRARY. WE'VE BEEN THERE A FEW TIMES. IT'S A LITTLE IT'S A LITTLE COORDINATING, LIKE I SAID, IN THE EVENING TIME WITH THEIR STAFF, BUT I'M SURE ACME CAN WORK WITH YOU GUYS ON THAT.

AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SPACES WE CAN LOOK INTO WHAT THE CITY HAS IN OUR HERITAGE FACILITIES, OUR CULTURAL CENTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THOSE ARE GREAT IDEAS.

BUT WE JUST HAVE TO STAY WITHIN TOMA AND STAY WITHIN OUR CITY SPACES.

WE CAN'T USE VENUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT JUST BECAUSE OF ALL AGES AND IN SPACES LIKE THAT.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS. COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONER.

CARVALHO. THIS SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH PARKING, AND IT'S PRETTY CONVENIENT AND IT'S CENTRAL.

DO WE REALLY WANT TO DISRUPT THE STATUS QUO AND LIKE, EVEN LOSE THIS SPACE IF WE MOVE SOMEWHERE FOR A DAY? IS THAT SO FUNNY? YEAH.

THE IDEA WAS TO JUST BE ABLE TO STEP IN A BIT MORE INTO THE COMMUNITIES.

AND AS WE GO TO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS POSSIBLY INVITE SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ATTEND YOU KNOW, IN THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AS WELL AS THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT WHERE THE MEETING IS AND JUST ROTATE IT ONCE A QUARTER JUST FOR MORE ENGAGEMENT.

I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE INTERESTED IN IT AT THE RISK OF LOSING THIS SPACE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF THAT HAPPENING IF WE MOVE THE MEETING JUST ONCE A QUARTER, ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, SEPTEMBER IS THE MONTH WHERE WE USUALLY DON'T GET OUR WAY IN THIS SPACE.

CHAMBERS IS ALWAYS USUALLY BOOKED BEFORE WE CAN GET TO IT. MAYBE THAT'S ONE REGULAR MEETING. BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP YOUR REGULAR MEETINGS AND MAYBE SCHEDULE SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS IN BETWEEN.

WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? THE LIBRARY COMMISSION ACTUALLY MOVES AROUND A BIT. SO THEY GO TO THE DIFFERENT LIBRARIES, WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY NEAT. AND I CAN REACH OUT TO THEIR LIAISON TO SEE HOW THEY DO THAT.

BUT THOSE SPACES LIKE PDC, AUSTIN ENERGY, THOSE ARE ALSO SPACES THAT WE'VE BEEN IN AND ARE ALSO CAN BE A PART OF OUR OPTIONS AS WELL.

JUST FOR US TO BE ABLE TO JUST REVIEW THIS A LITTLE OFFLINE AS WELL TO LOOK INTO DETAILS, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SHARE SOME, SOME EXAMPLES WHERE IT WOULD BE THE MOST CONDUCIVE IN THE DISTRICTS THEY ARE IN? IF WE CAN SPLIT IT THAT WAY, WOULD THAT BE POSSIBLE? I CAN WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT IT.

AND I CAN SEE IF I CAN GET MORE INFORMATION. LIKE I SAID, THERE'S MODELS FOR THIS.

COMMISSIONS ARE DOING THIS.

THIS IS JUST NOT WHAT WE NORMALLY DO.

BUT IT IS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IF THE HYBRID OPPORTUNITY IS THERE.

THE ONLY THING THAT WE RISK IS LOSING IT TO STREAM AT AN IS HAS A FEW SPACES WHERE THEY CAN DO THAT. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STREAM IT LIVE, BUT WE CAN DOCUMENT IT THROUGH RECORDINGS, WHICH IS A PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TOMA.

YES. GOT IT. THANK YOU.

DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? COMMISSIONER. SO IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO? COMMISSIONERS. LIKE THIS LAST QUARTER.

BASICALLY, I THINK THAT THE MEETING IN SEPTEMBER IS SEPTEMBER 14TH ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF LABOR DAY. SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ODDLY THAT MANY MORE MEETINGS THIS YEAR.

SO IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT? IS IT OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE HOSTING EITHER A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING WHILE WE'RE ON THAT, I WAS ASKING FOR THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR.

THIS WAS YEAH, I SPOKE TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE ABOUT NEXT YEAR.

OKAY, SO WE'RE IN THE CLEAR THIS YEAR. WE'RE JUST GOING TO STAY HERE THIS WHOLE YEAR. YES.

ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE SEPTEMBER MEETING IS EXACTLY.

IS IT STILL HERE OR HAVE YOU ALREADY CHANGED THAT SPACE? AND CAN WE JUST USE IT TO START SOMETHING? WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS SPACE.

WE LOST IT. SO I WENT ON THE HUNT TO FIND US ANOTHER SPACE THAT HAD HYBRID CAPABILITIES IN ATX, AND WE WILL BE AT THE PDC IN SEPTEMBER.

WE CAN USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST PILOT IT.

WHERE IS THAT? WHERE EXACTLY IS THAT? I THINK IT'S PDC, IT'S NEAR LINCOLN VILLAGE.

YEAH, LIKE HIGHLAND MALL.

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YEAH. OKAY. IS THERE ANYBODY ON THE COMMISSION THAT'S KIND OF INTERESTED IN TAKING THIS ON, OR TWO FOLKS INTERESTED IN TAKING THIS ON AND JUST EXPLORING IT? I AM. ALL RIGHT. SO COMMISSIONER ENGLUND AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO JOIN HIM OR I WILL WORK WITH YOU AND WE CAN WORK WITH SHELBY TO SEE WHAT'S FEASIBLE.

IT'S NOT ESSENTIAL. IT'S A REALLY NICE TO HAVE ITEM IF WE CAN DO IT, SO IT'LL BE GREAT. COMMISSIONER AGUILAR HAS VOLUNTEERED AS WELL.

SO OKAY, SO WE'LL PURSUE THIS FURTHER.

UNLESS ALSO I'LL JUST YIELD TO COMMISSIONERS IF THEY HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. I HAVE A COMMENT.

JUST SORRY. I APOLOGIZE.

SO IS THIS FOR NEXT CALENDAR YEAR THEN THAT WE'D BE EXPLORING NOT FOR THIS PARTICULAR.

OKAY. GOTCHA. YEAH. MAYBE WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND WITH SHELBY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE SOONER WE DECIDE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND JUST HAVE IT SET FOR THE ENTIRE REST OF THE NEXT YEAR SO THAT NO ONE HAS TO WORRY ABOUT IT, AND NO ONE HAS TO THINK ABOUT ANY OF THESE SPACES. PROBABLY THE BETTER I LIKE, YEAH, LET'S GET TOGETHER. THAT'S THE IDEA.

AND ALSO REMEMBER, YOU CAN ALWAYS SCHEDULE SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS AS WELL.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE OUT OF THE BLUE, BUT YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD DEPEND ON PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES.

IT'S NOT ON A PREDICTABLE DAY, SO WE'LL HAVE TO COORDINATE ADDITIONAL SCHEDULES ALSO IT WILL HAVE TO MAKE SENSE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THE AGENDA THAT WE'RE DRIVING TOWARDS, RIGHT. TO, TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.

SO ALSO ONE MORE IDEA.

YES, THIS MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MERGE WITH OUR ARTS COMMISSION.

AND ESPECIALLY SINCE, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS KIND OF OVERLAP, A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING COULD ALWAYS BE A JOINT MEETING AS WELL.

RIGHT. AND THANK YOU. YEAH.

NO, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I'VE PROPOSED IT TO THE ARTS COMMISSION.

AT THIS MOMENT, THE ARTS COMMISSION SEEMS TO BE VERY KEEN ON DOING A RETREAT OF THEIR OWN.

SO. AND YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE SPECIAL CALL MEETING IN A, IN A QUARTER. SO RIGHT NOW THAT'S WHERE THE EMPHASIS SEEMS TO BE.

AND THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A LOT OF INTEREST IN NECESSARILY DOING A JOINT MEETING IS WHAT I WHAT I HAVE GATHERED SO FAR.

SO I THINK IN A MOMENT OF TIME WHERE THERE ARE ENOUGH AGENDA ITEMS THAT HAVE THAT KIND OF SYNERGIES IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR US TO BRING THAT UP AGAIN, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO, TO HAVE ANOTHER OF THOSE JOINT MEETINGS WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION AS WE ARE DEALING WITH TOPICS, ESPECIALLY AROUND HOT.

AND YOU KNOW, INCLUDING KZAP, THERE ARE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, SOME LAND USE, THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS THERE THAT ARE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES, BUT THERE IS STILL OVERLAP IN, IN THE POLICY MAKING AREA.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS. SHELBY, ANYTHING ELSE FROM YOUR END? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO COMMISSIONER ENGLAND AND COMMISSIONER AGUILAR.

TAKING THIS FORWARD. IT IS LIKE COMING BACK WITH SOME ASSESSMENT.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THANK YOU SHELBY.

[5. Staff briefing on ACME funding programs by Laura Odegaard, Division Manager, Cultural Affairs and Investments, ACME. ]

ACME. THANK YOU. LAURA.

BEFORE LAURA GET STARTED, HI, I'M MORGAN MESSICK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT ACME. I THINK THIS IS LAURA'S FIRST TIME PRESENTING HERE AFTER SHE RECENTLY RECEIVED HER PROMOTION, SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW LAURA'S OFFICIALLY ON BOARD. NO LONGER IN AN INTERIM CAPACITY.

SHE IS FORMERLY THE THE DIVISION MANAGER FOR CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND INVESTMENTS, AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE HER.

SO THANK YOU LAURA. IT'S.

ABSOLUTELY. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANKS, MORGAN, FOR SHARING THAT.

AND CONGRATULATIONS, LAURA.

WE'RE QUITE THRILLED TO SEE YOU OFFICIALLY FORMALLY IN THE ROLE.

AND SO AS I UNDERSTAND, LAURA WILL BE TAKING ON ALL OF THE GRANT PROGRAMS ACROSS THE BOARD, RIGHT.

CULTURAL ARTS, MUSIC AND HERITAGE, EVERYTHING.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. LAURA, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

AWESOME. THANKS, Y'ALL.

SO GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

I'M LAURA ODEGAARD NOW DIVISION MANAGER OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND INVESTMENTS, AS MORGAN JUST SAID. SO GIVING YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON ACNE GRANTS TONIGHT.

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SO AS OF LAST WEEK WHEN I SENT THIS TO SHELBY, WE HAVE DISPERSED OVER $18 MILLION OF FUNDING TO OUR GRANTEES ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS. WITHIN THE LIVE MUSIC FUND, SPECIFICALLY, OVER $4 MILLION HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND THEN FOR OUR 2027 ACME GRANTS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR APPLICATION WINDOW.

SO FROM JULY 7TH IS WHEN WE OPENED, AND WE WILL BE CLOSING ON AUGUST 18TH AT 6:59 P.M. AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR A CONTRACT PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2027 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST OF 2027 OR DECEMBER OF 2028 IF IT'S A TWO YEAR CONTRACT.

NEXT SLIDE. SO AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE $23 MILLION IN FUNDS AVAILABLE ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT ARE OPEN RIGHT NOW, WHICH ARE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND, ELEVATE HERITAGE PRESERVATION AND THRIVE.

YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, SO I'M NOT GOING INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR APPLICATIONS TO DATE ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. SO TO DATE, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF AND AGAIN, THIS IS FROM LAST FRIDAY'S NUMBERS.

SO WE'VE ACTUALLY INCREASED BY ANOTHER, I WANT TO SAY 100 OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 1995 TOTAL APPLICANTS ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS THAT HAVE STARTED.

AROUND 1600 OF THOSE ARE STILL IN DRAFTS AND 394 HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED ALREADY.

SO AS WE TYPICALLY SEE, IT'S NOT YOU DON'T REALLY GET A SPIKE IN THE SUBMISSIONS UNTIL RIGHT UP TO THE END.

SO NUMBERS WISE, I THINK WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN EACH OF THE PROGRAMS IN THE ENGLISH APPLICATION AS WELL AS THE APPLICATION BREAKDOWN FOR THE SPANISH APPLICATIONS.

THEY'RE THEIR SEPARATE APPLICATIONS WITHIN SUBMITTABLE. YEAH.

AND I'M ALSO INCLUDING THE TENTATIVE ELIGIBILITY AND THE INELIGIBLE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS TENTATIVE, BUT THIS IS HOW THE FORMS ARE LOOKING SO FAR WITH THE AUTOMATED PROCESS THAT WILL THEN BE VALIDATED BY STAFF AFTER THE APPLICATION PERIOD HAS CLOSED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

ALSO JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE REMINDER OF HOW THE APPLICATION PROCESS WORKS.

AND JUST SHARE SOME HYPERLINKED THINGS IN CASE ANYONE NEEDS A QUICK REFERENCE FOR STUFF. SO THE APPLICATION PROCESS OBVIOUSLY STARTING WITH THE GUIDELINES IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA. LOOK AT THE QUESTIONS, PREPARE YOUR EVIDENCE, ATTEND A WORKSHOP, ASK STAFF QUESTIONS, AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE READY, CLICK THE APPLY NOW BUTTON BEFORE YOU SUBMIT BY AUGUST 18TH AT 6:59 P.M..

AND AGAIN, GUIDELINES ARE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I THINK I SHOWED YOU ALL THIS LAST MONTH, BUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS YOU BASICALLY CLICK APPLY NOW FROM WHATEVER PROGRAM PAGE YOU'RE STARTING AT, WHICH THEN TAKES YOU TO SUBMITTABLE.

YOU'LL SCROLL DOWN AND YOU'LL PICK WHAT PROGRAM YOU WANT TO APPLY WITHIN.

SO IF YOU WANT TO APPLY WITHIN THE LIVE MUSIC FUND ENGLISH APPLICATION, IT'S THE FIRST ONE ON THE LIST.

AND THEN YOU JUST CLICK APPLY AND IT OPENS UP INTO THAT ACME FUNDING PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY QUIZ, WHICH IS STEP ONE OF THE APPLICATION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN AGAIN, I THINK I'VE SHARED THIS WITH THIS COMMISSION AT LEAST. THE APPLICATION ITSELF, THERE'S NO WAITING.

IT'S A WATERFALL STYLE.

SO THE APPLICANT, AFTER THEY SUBMIT THE ACME ELIGIBILITY, THEN THEY'LL ADD THEIR APPLICANT DETAILS, WHICH WILL THEN FLOW RIGHT INTO THEIR PROGRAM SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY AND THEIR VERIFICATION THAT EVERYTHING IS TRUE.

IF THEY MEET ALL THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, IT WILL THEN OPEN UP THE APPLICATION ITSELF.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SAVE AS YOU GO ALONG AND THEN HIT THAT SUBMIT BUTTON BY 659 ON THE 18TH. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

JUST A REMINDER ABOUT HOW PROGRAM EVALUATION AND SCORING WORKS ACROSS ALL OF THE PROGRAMS. SO AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND, IT'S AUTO SCORED QUESTIONS AND THEN THE VERIFICATION OF DOCUMENTATION.

AND THEN FOR OUR OTHER THREE PROGRAMS THAT ARE OPEN RIGHT NOW, ELEVATE HERITAGE PRESERVATION AND THRIVE.

THOSE ALL ARE PANEL REVIEWED AGAINST A RUBRIC.

AND WITH ALL PROGRAMS, THE HIGHEST SCORING APPLICATIONS ARE FUNDED.

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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. JUST ANOTHER, ANOTHER REMINDER THAT ALL OF THE APPLICATION QUESTIONS THE PROGRAM RUBRICS, THEY'RE ALL ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO FOR US, THE ELEVATE HERITAGE PRESERVATION AND THRIVE.

THOSE ARE THE DETAILED RUBRICS.

SO IT HAS THE SCORES. WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS QUESTION TO SCORE A FIVE VERSUS A FOUR OR 3 OR 2 OR A ONE. SO IT BREAKS THAT DOWN.

IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND THEY'RE HYPERLINKED HERE IN THIS DECK.

AGAIN, JUST FOR EASY ACCESS FOR YOU ALL TO SHARE WITH COMMUNITY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THAT A LOT OF RESOURCE DOCUMENTS DO EXIST. SO YOU CAN FIND THOSE, SOME OF THEM ARE ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT A GREAT RESOURCE IS ON THE CREATE AUSTIN.ORG WEBSITE ON THE RESOURCES TAB.

AND THEN YOU CAN SAY, I'M LOOKING FOR.

PICK YOUR PROGRAM, PICK FY 26 TO 27 AND THEN CLICK THE LITTLE UPDATE BUTTON.

NEXT SLIDE. GO BACK JUST ONE PLEASE.

AND THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

SO TIPS AND TEMPLATES AND ALL THE THINGS YOU POSSIBLY NEED TO EITHER DOWNLOAD TO INCLUDE IN AN APPLICATION. IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE AN OWNERSHIP AUTHORIZATION FORM NEEDED FOR THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION GRANT OR IT'S SOME RESOURCES AND SOME TIPS FOR YOUR LIVE MUSIC FUND UPLOADS AND YOUR DOCUMENTATION HOW TO DO THAT OR HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR ANNUAL EXPENSES. SO ALL OF THOSE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE ON THAT SITE AGAIN IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE FILLABLE APPLICATION TEMPLATES FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND SO THIS IS SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT MORE HELPFUL THAN JUST VIEWING THE QUESTIONS ON THE WEBSITE. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE WORD DOCUMENT, YOU CAN PRACTICE FILLING IT OUT OR TAKE NOTES ON IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT IT'S FOR PRACTICE, I THINK I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS VERY CLEAR THAT ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE SUBMITTABLE PLATFORM AND THAT PAPER COPIES OR EMAILING THESE DOCUMENTS TO STAFF ARE NOT ALLOWED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED A VALID APPLICATION.

SO YOU CAN FIND THEM ALL LINKED HERE.

AGAIN, ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

GREAT FOR PRACTICE. IT INCLUDES ALL OF THE HELPER TEXTS THAT YOU'LL FIND IN SUBMITTABLE AS WELL. SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S MORE HELPFUL IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY WANTING TO WORK ON SOME OF YOUR ANSWERS AND DOCUMENTATION THAN JUST LOOKING AT THE QUESTIONS THEMSELVES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND THEN JUST ANOTHER PLUG THAT WE DO HAVE ALL OF OUR WORKSHOP RECORDINGS AND SLIDES IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON OUR WEBSITE IN CASE FOLKS AREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND A WORKSHOP.

OR THEY WANT TO GO BACK AND HEAR WHAT STAFF HAD TO SAY OR WANT TO LOOK AT THE SLIDES MORE CLOSELY. ALL OF THOSE ARE ON OUR WEBSITE ON THE MAIN ACNE GRANTS PAGE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. FINAL AND LAST PLUG FOR OUR PANEL NEEDS FOR THIS ROUND OF OUR ACNE GRANT APPLICATIONS.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR 322 PANELISTS FOR ALL OF THE PANELS THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING.

WE'RE ESTIMATING AROUND 46 PANELS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO HOST THIS OCTOBER.

SO THIS IS THE FINAL WEEK TO SUBMIT.

IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT IS INTERESTED IN BEING A PANELIST.

AGAIN, THERE'S TRAINING, THERE'S SUPPORT MATERIALS $500 IN COMPENSATION. AND SO IF YOU KNOW FOLKS PLEASE SEND THEM THE LINK FOR THE PANELIST INTEREST FORM. AND THEN ONCE YOU HAVE FILLED OUT THAT INITIAL INTEREST FORM, IF YOU MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA, THEN YOU'LL BE ASKED TO FILL OUT A SECONDARY FORM WHICH ESSENTIALLY ASKS ABOUT YOUR AVAILABILITY, ASKS MORE DETAIL ABOUT YOUR LANGUAGE SKILLS THINGS LIKE THAT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ALSO, JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE TO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR COMMUNITY FRIENDS, EVERYONE, YOU KNOW THAT DIRECT APPLICATION ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE.

THERE'S THE BOOKINGS LINK AND SO THAT'S FOR 30 MINUTES OR 30.

YEAH, 30 MINUTE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH STAFF.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE VIRTUAL OPEN OFFICE HOURS.

AND SO THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE COMING UP.

WE JUST HAVE THREE LEFT FROM TEN TO NOON THIS TUESDAY AND NEXT TUESDAY.

AND THEN ON THE 18TH, THE DAY THAT THE APPLICATION CLOSES WILL BE

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AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO THE APPLICATION HELP EMAIL ADDRESS WITH THE LONG CENTER OR THE NUMBER FOR THEIR HELPLINE.

AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKING ASSISTANCE.

THERE. AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING INTERPRETATION SERVICES FOR THE BOOKINGS, LINKS WITH MY STAFF OR DURING THE OPEN OFFICE HOURS, THERE'S A PLACE WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR THOSE LINKS THAT YOU CAN INDICATE IF YOU NEED INTERPRETATION SERVICES AND STAFF WILL SET THAT UP.

SO WE'VE DONE THAT WITH SPANISH INTERPRETATION WITH ASL.

I THINK THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR THIS CYCLE. BUT PLEASE ENCOURAGE FOLKS IF THEY NEED THAT IT IS AVAILABLE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN FINALLY, HERE ARE SOME UPCOMING, I GUESS SOME OF THEM JUST HAPPENED, BUT HERE ARE SOME A LINK FOR OUR EVENTBRITE COLLECTION, AND THEN SOME OF THE REMAINING APPLICATION WORKSHOPS THAT WE HAVE.

AGAIN, A LOT OF THESE HAVE BEEN WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, OUR ACME AMBASSADORS. SO WE HAVE, I THINK THERE'S ONE IN SPANISH.

SO WE HAVE A HERITAGE ONE TOMORROW.

WE HAVE ELEVATE AND LIVE MUSIC HOSTED BY AND AT LA PENA.

AND SO THAT ONE WILL BE IN SPANISH ON THE FIFTH.

AND THEN WE HAVE AN ELEVATE WORKSHOP WITH ASL INTERPRETATION CO-HOSTED BY ART SPARK THIS SATURDAY. AND THEN ON THE 13TH, WE HAVE AN ELEVATE AND LIVE MUSIC FUND WORKSHOP CO-HOSTED BY DADA GEEK ON THAT 13TH AT THEIR SPACE LAB.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE GRANT APPLICATION ASSISTANCE THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.

SO WE HAVE DONE 21 WORKSHOPS WITH 412 ATTENDEES SO FAR.

AND JUST TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, LAST YEAR IN TOTAL, WE DID TEN WORKSHOPS AND WE HAD 168 ATTENDEES.

SO WE ARE ALREADY WELL OVER DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS.

AND A HUGE PERCENTAGE OVER THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES TO WORKSHOPS THAN WE DID LAST CYCLE. SO I THINK THAT'S A HUGE ENHANCEMENT.

AGAIN, TO JUST CONNECT COMMUNITY WITH STAFF TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS DIRECTLY.

WE'VE DONE FIVE OPEN OFFICE HOUR SESSIONS WITH 56 TOTAL ATTENDEES, 89 ONE ON ONE MEETINGS THROUGH BOOKINGS.

AND WE'VE BEEN INVITED TO FOUR DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN JUST ANOTHER REMINDER OF OUR APPLICATION TIMELINE.

SO IT CLOSES ON THE 18TH.

AND THEN WE WILL BE TRAINING OUR PANELISTS ALL SEVERAL HUNDRED OF THEM IN SEPTEMBER, ON SEPTEMBER 8TH. THAT'S WHEN THE NEXUS PROGRAM LAUNCHES AGAIN.

THAT'S ALSO WHEN SCORING EVALUATIONS BEGIN.

AND THEN THE PANEL MEETINGS AND SCORES ARE FINALIZED IN OCTOBER WITH AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS IN NOVEMBER. DECEMBER IS WHEN FOLKS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL.

OUR 2026 AWARDS WILL BE ENDING IF THEY ARE ONE YEAR AWARDS, AND THEN WE WILL BE ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS AND MAKING THOSE FIRST PAYMENTS IN JANUARY.

I THINK WITH THAT, I THINK THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE.

CLOSE ENOUGH TO MY LAST SLIDE.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LAURA.

QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER.

HI, LAURA. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PROMOTION.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING.

I GOT TO ATTEND THE WORKSHOP THAT KIM LED, AND SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB.

I THOUGHT THE INFORMATION WAS REALLY THOROUGH.

I THINK THE AUDIENCE THEMSELVES WAS VERY.

IT WAS IT WAS A HUGE RANGE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO HAD NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THE LIVE MUSIC FUND. AND SO THAT WAS THEIR FIRST INTRODUCTION TO IT.

SO I KNOW SHE HAD TO FIELD QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE LIKE THAT, AS WELL AS PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.

SO IT WAS A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE THAT I KNOW SHE WAS COMMUNICATING WITH.

AND LIKE I SAID, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST REALLY WELL DONE.

AND JUST AGAIN, KUDOS TO YOU FOR DOING THAT.

ARE THERE ANY KIND OF TOPICS OR ANY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS THIS ROUND THAT YOU'RE GETTING THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH PEOPLE THAT MAYBE YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. COMMISSIONER. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I HAVE NOT, I DON'T KNOW, I WILL ASK THE TEAM AND GET BACK TO YOU ON ANY FAQS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED THUS FAR THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU ALL.

I THINK IN GENERAL THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING IS THAT THE APPLICATION IS A LOT SIMPLER. IT'S EASIER TO WORK THROUGH.

THEMSELVES AND LIKE THE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER HARRIS. I WANTED TO SAY THAT I'VE ATTENDED A FEW OF THE WORKSHOPS MYSELF DURING THE DAY AND THE HANGOUTS, AND I THINK THEY'RE REALLY ORGANIZED WELL, AND THE INFORMATION IS REALLY SUPER CLEAR AND WELL RECEIVED, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER. ENGLAND.

I'LL COME TO YOU NEXT. HI, LAURA.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND ALSO, THANK YOU.

QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.

IF AN APPLICATION IS NOT AWARDED RIGHT.

SINCE BY THE TIME WE SEE EACH OTHER NEXT, THAT WILL HAVE HAPPENED.

CORRECT? RIGHT. IN SEPTEMBER.

SO WE WON'T HAVE APPLICATION OR WE WON'T HAVE AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS UNTIL NOVEMBER.

OH OKAY. SO THE EVALUATION PROCESS IS KIND OF A MULTI-STEP.

WE HAVE THE ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AUTOMATED THIS TIME AROUND.

SO WE JUST WANT TO DO THAT VERIFICATION, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LIVE MUSIC VENUES AND THEN THE ACTUAL SCORING AND REVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTATION AND EVIDENCE FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND WILL TAKE PLACE. AND THAT'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL TIME COMMITMENT.

GOTCHA. I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAD TO POSE THAT SOMEONE RECENTLY ASKED ME, AND I SAID I DIDN'T KNOW. SO I WOULD ASK THAT IF YOU THROUGH THE LMF, IF YOU ARE NOT AWARDED, WHAT DOES THE REVIEW PROCESS, NOT THE APPEALS, BUT CAN AN INDIVIDUAL OR A VENUE REQUEST REVIEW ON WHY THEY WEREN'T AWARDED IT. IS THERE AN AVAILABLE ONE ON ONE? IS THERE A SCORING RUBRIC THAT'S SENT? I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ON WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE FOR SURE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. SO LIKE I MENTIONED IN MY DECK, THE RUBRICS ARE AVAILABLE EVEN FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIVE MUSIC FUND APPLICATIONS. SO THEY ARE ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW FOR FOLKS TO, TO JUST TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHERE THEY THINK THEY MIGHT LAND BASED ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

WHEN WE MAKE THE AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS PART OF THAT AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT LETTER, WHETHER IT'S A CONGRATULATIONS OR A SORRY, NOT THIS TIME.

WE DO INCLUDE ALL THE INFORMATION TO RECEIVE THE, THE FULL SCORING. SO BREAKDOWN OF YOUR SCORE AS WELL AS HOW TO TALK TO STAFF TO HAVE A ONE ON ONE DEBRIEF ABOUT WHAT YOU COULD MAYBE DO BETTER NEXT TIME.

I KNOW KIM DID A LOT OF ONE ON ONE DEBRIEFS THIS PAST CYCLE, AND WE'RE STILL PLANNING ON DOING THE SAME THING THIS NEXT ROUND.

SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN DECEMBER.

SO EVEN IF FOLKS DIDN'T WANT TO, TO FILE AN APPEAL THERE'S STILL AN ABILITY TO HAVE A ONE ON ONE DEBRIEF WITH STAFF IN ADDITION TO BEING ABLE TO SEE THE FULL SCORES OF EVERYTHING. WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LAURA. THANKS SO MUCH.

I JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, THAT I KNOW TWO I KNOW A PROMOTER AND A VENUE THAT BOTH HAD KIM. THEY WERE REJECTED THE LAST CYCLE.

AND SO THIS CYCLE THEY WERE LIKE, OH, WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF SHOOT IN THE DARK. AND SO THEY REACHED OUT. I TOLD THEM TO REACH OUT TO KIM AND THEY WENT, SHE WENT OVER THEIR LAST APPLICATION WITH THEM.

SO IF YOU DO HAVE SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN REJECTED IN THE PREVIOUS CYCLE, I DON'T MEAN TO ADD MORE WORK TO YOU, KIM, BUT THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL FOR THOSE TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE ABLE TO SPEAK TO YOU.

SO I KNOW YOU ALREADY HAVE A LOT ON YOUR PLATE, BUT THAT WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL FOR THE APPLICANTS FOR THIS CYCLE THAT SHE HAD DONE.

YEAH. AND YOU CAN REACH KIM.

YOU CAN USE THE BOOKINGS LINK TO SET UP A MEETING DIRECTLY THAT WAY.

AND IT JUST PUTS IT AUTOMATICALLY ON MY TEAM'S CALENDAR.

VICE CHAIR. HI. CONGRATS ON THE NEW GIG.

COULDN'T THINK OF A MORE DESERVING PERSON.

THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO.

I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS ON THE MUSIC VENUE SIDE FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND APPLICATION, AND I FOUND TWO GLITCHES THAT WERE THAT FELT SIGNIFICANT TO ME.

AND IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO NAVIGATE.

AND I GOT THROUGH IT BY JUST BASICALLY INSERTING THE SAME INFORMATION TWICE.

AND ONE OF THEM WAS WORTH THE 50% OF THE VENUE'S EXPENSES TO MUSIC PROGRAMING QUESTION. IT ASKED TO SHOW PROOF OF IT AND THEN EXPLAIN HOW THE, YOU KNOW, THE DOCUMENT SUPPORTS MY ANSWER.

AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION WAS, IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF LOCAL MUSICIANS THAT YOU HAVE HIRED TO PLAY AT THE VENUE?

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AND THEN AT THE BENEATH THAT, IT HAS THE UPLOAD, THE 50% OF MORE OF THE VENUE'S DIRECT EXPENSES GOING TO MUSIC PROGRAMING AGAIN.

AND SO THAT WAS REALLY CONFUSING FOR A BIT.

AND THEN IT DOESN'T LET YOU ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE SUBMISSION PROCESS.

IF YOU DON'T GO THROUGH, YOU BASICALLY JUST KIND OF HAVE TO FAKE IT.

SO, SO CAN I PLEASE. YEAH.

AND I'M SURE I COULD BE WRONG. LIKE, YES, I HAVE A RESPONSE.

OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

COMMISSIONER. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT INTERNALLY WE ALSO FOUND, I WANT TO SAY LAST WEEK MAYBE THAT THE HELPER TEXT FOR THAT SECOND QUESTION UPLOAD HAD THE SAME LANGUAGE AS THE 50% VENUE UPLOAD HELPER TEXT.

AND SO WE'VE WORKED WITH THE LONG CENTER AND WE'VE CHANGED THE HELPER TEXT FOR THAT SECOND QUESTION TO JUST SAY, UPLOAD THE APPROPRIATE EVIDENCE, BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE THE EVIDENCE FOR THE PERCENT OF LOCAL MUSICIANS.

SO WHATEVER THE UPLOAD BOX IS UNDER THE QUESTION, IT SHOULD BE REFERENCING AND EVIDENCING THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION.

AND WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT IT, THERE WEREN'T I DON'T THINK THERE WERE ANY LIVE MUSIC VENUES THAT HAD SUBMITTED AT THAT POINT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T SEND A NOTIFICATION OUT TO FOLKS.

BUT THE HELPER TEXT HAS CHANGED FOR THAT SECOND UPLOAD, ABOUT PERCENT OF LOCAL MUSICIANS.

SO AS A HISTORICAL SLACKER THAT I DID THIS LAST NIGHT AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY DIFFERENCE.

BUT MAYBE SINCE THEN IT'S CHANGED.

OKAY. I HAVE A MEETING WITH THE LONG CENTER TOMORROW MORNING, AND I KNOW KIM WAS WORKING WITH THEM LAST WEEK TO GET THAT CHANGED, SO I WILL FOLLOW UP ON THE STATUS OF THAT.

YEAH, NO, I GOT THROUGH IT. AND THEN THERE'S ONE MORE, IF I MAY, IF WE HAVE TIME. YEAH.

PLEASE. THE SECOND ONE IS KIND OF A SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE IF YOU CLICK ON OTHER, WHEN IT'S ASKING WHAT KIND OF DISCOUNTS THAT YOU GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT BE FOR ADA FOLKS OR ELDERLY PEOPLE OR ANY KIND OF OTHER COMMUNITY, IF YOU CLICK ON OTHER, WHICH I DID, IT KIND OF HAS THE SAME LIKE YOU UPLOAD. SO IT SAYS, EXPLAIN HOW YOUR DOCUMENT SUPPORTS YOUR ANSWER OTHER, PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT YOU DID AND THEN UPLOAD PROOF OF THE TICKET DISCOUNTS THAT YOU OFFER, AND THEN EXPLAIN HOW THE DOCUMENT SUPPORTS YOUR ANSWERS.

IT'S LIKE THREE QUESTIONS FOR THE SAME UPLOADED DOCUMENT, WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY CONFUSING TO ME AS WELL.

IT WAS LIKE A SIMILAR SITUATION, A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO NAVIGATE, BUT I HAD TO GO BACK THROUGH IT A COUPLE OF TIMES BECAUSE, I MEAN, THIS IS A HUGE DEAL FOR US AS A VENUE.

SO I WAS LIKE, I, I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO GET THIS RIGHT.

YEAH, FOR SURE. I'LL TAKE A LOOK WITH THE TEAM TOMORROW ON THAT ONE.

I THINK FOR OTHER, WHERE IT GETS TRICKY IS THE WAY THAT THE BRANCHING WORKS FOR THIS AUTOMATION. YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE OTHER IS BEFORE YOU CAN UPLOAD THE THING FOR OTHER. AND THEN YOU STILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN HOW THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION.

SO I THINK IT'S IT IS AT LEAST A TWO FOLD QUESTION WHERE YOU HAVE TO SAY WHAT THE OTHER IS AND THEN SAY HOW OTHER IS ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.

BUT I'LL LOOK AT I'LL LOOK AT IT TOMORROW.

SO I THINK IT'S THREE.

IT SAYS EXPLAIN HOW YOUR DOCUMENT SUPPORTS YOUR ANSWER.

AND THEN YOU DO IT AND THEN IT SAYS X OTHER.

PLEASE EXPLAIN AND THEN EXPLAIN HOW YOUR ANSWER SUPPORTS HOW YOUR DOCUMENT SUPPORTS YOUR ANSWER. OKAY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BRANCHING FOR THE UPLOAD HAS THAT QUESTION FOR THE EXPLANATION AS WELL AS THE OTHER TWO.

YEAH, WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT TOMORROW.

I WILL SAY THAT TRYING TO EDIT THE APPLICATION WHEN IT IS OPEN IS NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO. SO I THINK IF WE'LL LOOK AT IT TOMORROW AND SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I IF WE MAKE CHANGES WHEN IT IS OPEN, THEN WE COULD LOSE THE ABILITY TO HAVE AN AUTO SCORE PROCESS AND IT WOULD ALL HAVE TO BE DONE MANUALLY. SO JUST WANT TO KIND OF LAY THE GROUNDWORK THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO FIX THAT FOR THIS CYCLE.

BUT WE'LL SEE HOW FOLKS ARE ANSWERING THAT QUESTION AND SEE HOW WE CAN HELP SUPPORT THAT, THAT EXPLANATION.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S HELPER TEXT OR SOMETHING.

I JUST FIGURED IF I, IF I GOT THROUGH IT, ANYONE CAN, BUT IF I SAW IT, THEN YOU SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW ABOUT IT.

BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YEAH.

NO, I APPRECIATE YOU POINTING THOSE THINGS OUT. IT'S HELPFUL FOR US. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER.

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I DO, AND IF I DIDN'T PUT ON THE, ON THE SLIDE, THEN SHAME ON ME. BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY, I WANT TO SAY 30 MINUTES TO REVIEW EACH APPLICATION. AND MOST PANELISTS WILL RECEIVE 25 APPLICATIONS.

THE TRAINING IS AN HOUR AND THEN THE PANEL REVIEW DAY, WHICH TAKES PLACE IN OCTOBER, IS A FULL DAY.

OKAY, YOU MAY HAVE HAD IT.

YOU MAY HAVE HAD IT ON THE SLIDE, BUT I THOUGHT I'D GO AHEAD AND ASK TO TO.

YES, I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. CONGRATULATIONS, LAURA.

AGAIN. I THINK THE APPLICATION DEFINITELY HAS BEEN MUCH SIMPLIFIED THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. AND IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THAT.

AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY VERY HELPFUL TO THE COMMUNITY TO WORK, WORK THROUGH THIS ONE.

IT JUST SEEMS LESS CUMBERSOME.

JUST, JUST MUCH JUST LIGHTER WEIGHT COMPARED TO WHAT IT WAS.

LAST TIME WITH A LOT OF DOCUMENT UPLOADS NEEDED.

AND IT'S ALSO KIND OF GREAT TO SEE THAT ALL THE CORE CRITERIA THAT THE COMMISSION HAD RECOMMENDED AND WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL HAS VERY MUCH STILL BEEN MAINTAINED. THE FABRIC KIND OF IS THE SAME BUT THE THE, HOW THE, YOU CAN ROLL THROUGH THE APPLICATION NOW IS JUST SEEMS MUCH SIMPLER.

AND I THINK THAT WAS THIS ROUND AS OPPOSED TO GIVING FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS COMMISSION AS WELL IS TO JUST SIMPLIFY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOU KNOW, ALL THE EFFORT IN THAT AND ROLLING THOSE CHANGES OUT. I ALSO OBVIOUSLY A VERY OBVIOUS BENEFIT IS NOT TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOUR ELIGIBILITY IS CLEARED.

THE TWO STEP PROCESS IS TWO STEP PLUS ONE MORE.

THE ACTUAL APPLICATION PROCESS IS DIFFERENT. THIS TIME YOU FILL OUT ELIGIBILITY AND YOU ARE TENTATIVELY APPROVED.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD AROUND THAT WAS, IF SOMEBODY HAPPENS TO MAYBE NOT PROVIDE THE INFORMATION IN THE RIGHT WAY ON HOW THEY QUALIFY, FOR EXAMPLE, AND. IN THAT CASE, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD.

THE SYSTEM WOULD IMMEDIATELY TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE.

MOST OF THE CASES. RIGHT.

BUT IF SOMEBODY IS ELIGIBLE AND THEN LATER ON IT'S MANUALLY CHECKED AND FIGURED FIGURED THAT THEY ARE. THAT WAS NOT QUITE RIGHT.

THE JUDGMENT THAT THE SYSTEM MADE.

AND BUT THIS PERSON IS NOW APPLICANT IS NOW FILLED OUT THE WHOLE APPLICATION.

AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WILL THEY WILL BE INFORMED ABOUT AFTER THE APPLICATION CLOSES? OR IS THAT A MORE PROACTIVE INFORMATION THAT WILL GO OUT TO THE APPLICANT? SO IN THE ELIGIBILITY SECTION, WHETHER IT'S THE ACME ELIGIBILITY OR THE PROGRAM SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY, YOU FIND OUT IMMEDIATELY IF YOU CHECK A INSTEAD OF B, A LITTLE THING WILL COME UP THAT SAYS, SORRY, YOU DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND BECAUSE OF X, Y, AND Z. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

YOU'RE DONE. SO FOR NOT BEING ELIGIBLE, AS LONG AS EVERYONE IS BEING HONEST WHICH THEY SHOULD BE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO VALIDATE ALONG THE WAY THEY SHOULD KNOW IMMEDIATELY FOR THAT IF THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE, IF THEY CHANGE THEIR ANSWERS AND SAY, OH, ACTUALLY, MAYBE IF I DIDN'T PICK A AND I PICKED B, I'LL HAVE MORE OF THE APPLICATION OPEN TO ME AND THEN I'M GOING TO TRY TO SNEAK IN.

I, I FEEL LIKE WE WILL CATCH THAT.

BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO REVIEW ELIGIBILITY MANUALLY OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS JUST TO TRY TO GET IN FRONT OF THE RUSH AFTER THE APPLICATION ITSELF CLOSES.

I'LL HAVE TO, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, BUT IN THE ELIGIBILITY SECTION, LIKE IT'S, IT'S REALLY CLEAR IF YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE. AND THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, A JUDGMENT FROM THE SYSTEM.

THAT'S WHAT YOU SELECTED IN YOUR ANSWERS.

BUT LIKE, IF YOU SAY, YES, I AM A MUSICIAN AND MY UPLOAD TO VERIFY THAT I AM A MUSICIAN IN AUSTIN IS LIKE FIVE PICTURES OF MY SIDEWALK IN A PDF.

THEN WHEN WE'RE MANUALLY REVIEWING IT, WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE, OH, WELL, THAT CLEARLY DOESN'T ISN'T ACTUALLY VERIFYING THE ELIGIBILITY.

AND SO THEY WILL BE DEEMED INELIGIBLE EVEN IF THEY,

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AS FAR AS THE TIMING OF THOSE ELIGIBILITY NOTIFICATIONS AFTERWARDS, I'M NOT 100% SURE WHEN WE'RE SENDING THOSE.

BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO BE ALIGNED ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, ELEVATE AND THRIVE AND HERITAGE.

THEY HAVE PANELS, SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE MAKING AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR LIVE MUSIC EARLIER THAN THAT. IN CASE FOLKS ARE APPLYING TO BOTH AND THEY NEED TO MAKE A DECISION.

BUT I'LL TRY TO SEE WHEN THE TIMING WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR, FOR THOSE NOTIFICATIONS ARE, AND IF IT'S GOING TO BE ONE BLANKET DAY WHEN WE SEND THE NOTIFICATIONS, WHICH I ASSUME IT PROBABLY WOULD BE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO SEND A COUPLE ONE DAY AND SEND A COUPLE ANOTHER DAY, I THINK IT WOULD BE ONE DAY WHERE WE SEND ALL OF THE, THE NOTIFICATIONS FOR INELIGIBILITY.

THANK YOU. YEAH. SO I'M ALSO JUST TALKING ABOUT A SCENARIO WHERE YES, THE SYSTEM CAN SEE THAT YOU, SOMEBODY IS ELIGIBLE.

THEY UPLOADED A DOCUMENT.

SO YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF.

AND SO YOU'RE TENTATIVELY ELIGIBLE, BUT SOMEBODY JUST BY MISTAKE ENDED UP PUTTING FIVE TRACKS INSTEAD OF THEY'RE USING SCREENSHOTS IN THE DOCUMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, AND ENDED UP PUTTING FIVE TRACKS BY MISTAKE INSTEAD OF SIX, WHICH IS THE BARE MINIMUM YOU HAVE TO PROVE IN THAT SITUATION.

DO THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO CORRECT IT? WHEN DO THEY GET NOTIFIED OR IS IT AFTER THINGS CLOSE? I WAS THINKING MORE OF THAT SCENARIO WHERE SOMEBODY MIGHT JUST HAVE MADE A MISTAKE.

AND I DON'T THINK THE SYSTEM ITSELF LOOKS AT WHAT IS INSIDE THE DOCUMENT.

IT JUST CHECKS THAT YOU UPLOADED THE DOCUMENT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHERE I WANTED TO SEE.

IS THERE ANY LEEWAY OR IS IT A ONE SHOT THING? AND IF YOU MADE A MISTAKE IN WHAT YOU UPLOADED, EVEN IF YOU'RE QUALIFIED.

YOU'VE LOST THE CHANCE.

I WILL SAY THAT THE VOLUME THAT WE'RE TALKING HERE IS IN THE THOUSANDS OF APPLICATIONS THAT STAFF IS REVIEWING. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO ALIGN WITH BEST PRACTICES IN GRANT MAKING.

AND IT IS THE ONUS IS ON THE APPLICANT TO UPLOAD THE CORRECT THINGS AND TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS THERE. SO IF THEY DIDN'T IF THEY SHARED FIVE INSTEAD OF SIX THINGS, THEN THAT POTENTIALLY IS INELIGIBLE AND THERE WON'T BE A MOMENT FOR THEM TO, TO CHANGE THEIR UPLOAD FOR THAT EVIDENCING ONCE THE APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED.

BASICALLY THERE WON'T BE AN OPPORTUNITY.

OKAY. CAN IT BE A LINK TO SPOTIFY? AND IT HAS 20 TRACKS THERE AND THAT'S OKAY.

YEAH. LINKS ARE OKAY. OKAY.

SO THE GENERAL STANDARD AROUND UPLOADS IS A WORD DOCUMENT UP TO THREE PAGES ALLOWED RIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD. IT'S A PDF DOCUMENT JUST TO MAKE SURE WE CAN OPEN THINGS PDF FOR FOR MOST THINGS EASIER. YEAH. THANK YOU.

I DID HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION AROUND.

I MEAN, THIS IS THIS GETS MORE INTO THE SPECIFICS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT QUESTIONS AND WHAT KIND WE AT THE COMMISSION HAD BROUGHT UP AND THIS WAS NOT RIGHT NOW. THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE LAST CYCLE ABOUT POSSIBLY NOT HAVING THE QUESTION AND EXPRESSING CONCERNS AROUND THE QUESTION ABOUT PUBLISHING IN OTHER LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS OTHER THAN ENGLISH.

AND I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHY, AND I CAN'T SAY THAT THIS WAS SAID ON THE DAIS. IT WAS AFTER THE FACT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE DONE WITH THE MEETING, I REMEMBER HAVING, YOU KNOW, CHATTING ABOUT POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT THING BEING TAKEN OUT.

AND I'M REALLY CURIOUS WHY THAT THE CITY SEES THAT AS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION BECAUSE I, I, AT THAT POINT, THE CONCERN WE HAD EXPRESSED WAS THAT IT DOES, I THINK, BRING IN SOME UNFAIRNESS AS TO KIND OF ALMOST NECESSITATING EVERY MUSICIAN TO HAVE TO GO PUT SOMETHING IN A NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING LANGUAGE PUBLICATION AND WITHIN COMMERCIAL MUSIC THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE A, YOU KNOW, NECESSARY FOR ONE'S WORK.

SO I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND AS TO WHERE THE CITY COMES FROM, THE MUNICIPALITY COMES FROM WHEN WHEN WE HAVE A QUESTION LIKE THAT IN THERE.

SURE. SO I THINK THAT'S THE AND AGAIN, I'M SORRY THAT I'M NOT LOOKING AT ALL OF THE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW WHILE WE'RE TALKING.

BUT I BELIEVE THAT SET OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, IT WAS FOCUSED ON ACCESSIBILITY.

AND SO AGAIN, NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE IS NOT, NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE DOING EVERYTHING AND THAT'S OKAY.

IT'S NOT SAYING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO ADS IN SPANISH SPEAKING NEWSPAPERS.

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AND THAT WAS ONE INTERPRETATION OF IT.

BUT AGAIN, LIKE THIS IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS.

SO WE SEE WHAT FOLKS WERE ABLE TO ANSWER LAST TIME AND THIS CYCLE.

AND IF WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ANSWERING THAT QUESTION OR SCORING ON THAT QUESTION IN A WAY THAT THAT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE, MAYBE WE THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE NEXT SUMMER WHEN WE LAUNCH THE NEXT TIME AROUND. YEAH, YEAH.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, ALSO THE, THE PERSPECTIVE AROUND IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT, THAT THIS IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS.

AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING, A QUESTION THAT DOESN'T FIT, ESPECIALLY ON THE SIDE OF COMMERCIAL MUSIC GRANTS, THEN MAYBE IT SHOULD BE FURTHER LOOKED INTO.

AND I'M JUST I THINK JUST ASSURE TO HEAR THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING EVALUATION AND CONSIDERATION. YES, IT, IT'S POSSIBLY EARLY ON WHEN THE GRANTS WERE DESIGNED THERE WERE CERTAIN FACTORS GUIDING IT, BUT OVER TIME, I THINK WE WE HAVE MOVED MORE AND MORE TOWARDS YOU KNOW CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS TOWARDS LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACT.

YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE HIRING LOCAL, YOU KNOW, MUSICIANS, SPACES, BUSINESSES, ETC.

AND KIND OF IT HAS REALLY FOCUSED MUCH MORE ON REAL WORLD ACCOMPLISHMENTS, REAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR FOR MUSICIANS.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT MOVE.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHY THIS PARTICULAR QUESTION WAS STILL RETAINED, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I DO FEEL THAT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT PROBABLY VERY EQUITABLE FROM IN A BROAD PERSPECTIVE TO EXPECT EVERYBODY TO DO THAT.

AND I GET YOUR POINT AROUND NOT EVERYBODY WOULD DO THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO BEING SCORED.

SO IF YOU DON'T, YOU'RE LOSING POINTS.

SO IT MY CONCERN IS THAT THAT SOMEHOW BECOMES A DIFFERENTIATOR THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MAJOR DIFFERENTIATORS HERE.

SO I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.

I'M ALREADY BELABORING IT, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS.

COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE WONDERFUL JOB.

I THINK WE OVERALL, EVERYTHING THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IT THIS TIME AROUND IN TERMS OF THE FLOW, THE COMPLEXITY, IT'S JUST BEEN VERY POSITIVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION ITEMS.

[6. Meadow Fest and the Meadow E. Goodman Foundation by Greg Goodman, Founder, Meadow Fest . ]

THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. GOT IT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR HAVING ME.

I WAS HERE IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR TALKING ABOUT THE UPCOMING SECOND MEADOW FEST THAT WE HAD AT THE FAR OUT LOUNGE AT PETROS VENUE.

AND I WANTED TO MENTION REALLY QUICKLY, JUST BECAUSE OF THE PRIOR AGENDA ITEM THAT THE MEADOW GOODMAN FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS RECEIVED A $30,000 ELEVATE GRANT FOR FY 26. SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AND THAT'S REALLY HELPING US FURTHER THIS EVENT.

PEOPLE GET THRUST INTO THIS SPACE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.

AND I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT AN EVENT THAT I AM PUTTING TOGETHER FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN ORDER TO HONOR MY DAUGHTER.

I, I REMEMBER SOME OF YOU HERE WHEN I WAS HERE EARLY LAST YEAR AND SO FORGIVE ME FOR REPEATING THIS, BUT MY FAMILY LOST MY DAUGHTER MEADOW ON AUGUST 12TH, 2023. SHE TOOK HER LIFE AFTER STRUGGLING FOR A YEAR WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.

AND THE REACTION TO THIS.

MY FAMILY AND MY WIFE AND I SPECIFICALLY COULD HAVE GONE IN ONE OF TWO DIRECTIONS.

WE WOULD HAVE BEEN WELL WITHIN OUR RIGHT TO HIDE AWAY AND KEEP PRIVATE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. ABOUT HOW SHE DIED ABOUT HOW SHE STRUGGLED.

BUT IT WAS MY WIFE ON THE DAY THAT SHE PASSED THAT TOLD ME THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE OPEN

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AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THAT IS A WAY TO HELP PREVENT OTHERS FROM OTHER FAMILIES FROM HAVING THE SAME FATE WITH THEIR TEENAGER WHO'S TROUBLED.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF TEENAGERS IN THIS WORLD THAT ARE STRUGGLING.

AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE FIRST MEADOW FEST IN WHICH I HAVE TO CREDIT PEDRO AND FAR OUT LOUNGE FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS WHICH IT WAS ME AND A COUPLE OF MY MUSICIAN FRIENDS THAT YOU GUYS KNOW, BETO MARTINEZ AND, AND GREG GONZALEZ THAT HELPED ME GET THIS TOGETHER.

AND WE HAD A REALLY ALL STAR AUSTIN LINEUP BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND EVENTS, BUT IT WAS THE FOUNDATION THAT I STARTED IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, A 501 C THREE IN MY DAUGHTER'S NAME, IN WHICH I THINK THAT THIS EVENT IS JUST ONE OBJECTIVE OF OURS. IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE CHANGE A SIDE NOTE, WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING TO STARTING AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR A PROGRAM CALLED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SUICIDE AWARENESS OUT OF ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL THAT MEADOW WENT TO WHEN SHE DIED.

AND THAT IS GOING TO GIVE OUT TWO, $5,000 SCHOLARSHIPS, COLLEGEBOUND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE STRUGGLED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, BUT ARE BRAVE ENOUGH AND COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT THEIR STORY AND HOW THEY GOT OUT OF THEIR STRUGGLES IN ORDER TO SUCCEED AND MOVE ON WITH THEIR ACADEMIC CAREERS AND MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIVES, MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR LIVES RATHER.

AND THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION OUT THERE, SOME STUDIES THAT SAY THAT PEER TO PEER COMMUNICATION AND PEER TO PEER INFLUENCE CAN REALLY HELP TEENAGERS BE ABLE TO REALIZE THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE.

TEENAGERS DON'T WANT TO TALK TO PARENTS AND THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK TO TEACHERS. THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK TO A THERAPIST, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK TO ANYBODY REALLY OTHER THAN OTHER TEENAGERS.

SO THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF LAUNCHED ME INTO THE SPACE AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS BEING THE THIRD ANNUAL MEADOW FEST.

WE'VE LEVELED UP SIGNIFICANTLY AS FAR AS BANDS, I ALWAYS WANT TO INCLUDE A CONTINGENT OF AUSTIN BANDS.

WE'VE GOT GINA CHAVEZ AND JOHN MOOK AND QUINTON A RISING STAR AND HERE IN AUSTIN, BUT WE'VE I'VE WORKED WORKING WITH RESOUND PRESENTS AND WE MANAGED TO GET SOME INCREDIBLE BANDS. I'M TOTALLY STEALING MY OWN THUNDER BY NOT EVEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AGENDA. BUT I'LL JUST, I'LL, I'LL KIND OF GLAZE THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICKLY. ANYWAY, THIS IS MY DAUGHTER, MEADOW.

THIS IS A FEW MONTHS BEFORE SHE PASSED.

AND SHE WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING TINY, BUT MIGHTY.

SHE AMAZING THING ABOUT HER IS THAT SHE LOVED TO ADVOCATE FOR OTHERS.

AND IT JUST KIND OF INSPIRED ME TO DO WHAT I'M DOING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SHE WOULD BE VERY PROUD THAT WE WOULD BE DOING THIS TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.

AND I MENTIONED TO YOU ALL ABOUT MY WIFE AND, AND HOW OUR OPENNESS HAS KIND OF LED TO THIS.

TEEN MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLE IS IT IS AN EPIDEMIC.

THERE'S SOME STATISTICS HERE THAT ARE, ARE VERY MEANINGFUL.

THE ONE STATISTIC I FOCUS ON A LOT IS THE ONE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.

THE ABOUT SUICIDE RATES AMONG LGBTQIA+ TEENS ESPECIALLY OF COLOR.

THEY'RE JUST DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY SUICIDE.

THE FOUNDATION WE WANT TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN FAMILIES IN CRISIS RAISING FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT RELY HEAVILY ON DISCRETIONARY FUNDING AND TRY TO HELP TEENS FORGE A WAY FORWARD.

AND THIS IS THE ONE OF THE FESTIVAL FLIERS AS MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT LOCAL ACTS QUINT AND GINA CHAVEZ AND JOHN MOOK.

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PROUD TO HAVE THEM ON THERE.

ANGELICA GARCIA FROM NEW YORK, WHO DID A GREAT SONG WITH, WITH WITH YOUR HUSBAND WHO AND KOMBUCHA FROM COLOMBIA.

AND THEN CIMAFUNK IS LIKE A CALLED THE CUBAN JAMES BROWN INCREDIBLE PERFORMER.

AND THEN CHUEY, THEY'RE ON TOUR WITH BAD BUNNY RIGHT NOW, AND THEY DID A COLLAB WITH THEM.

SO WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE LINEUP AND WE'RE HOPING TO ATTRACT A LOT OF PEOPLE AT AT THE EVENT. I'M MENTIONING TWO NONPROFITS THAT WE BENEFIT THAT THE EVENT BENEFITS.

IT'S SIMS FOUNDATION. AND AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW THEY HELP YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH FOR MUSICIANS AND MUSIC INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, NOT JUST MUSICIANS.

AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING INCREDIBLE WORK AND THEY NEED A LOT OF DISCRETIONARY FUNDING.

AND THEN OUT YOUTH. I FOCUS SO MUCH ON YOUTH JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT OUR STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SEEMS FAIRLY ALIGNED ON BEING YOU KNOW, ANTI GAY ANTI-TRANS. AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AND AND WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM.

THERE'S A VIDEO HERE. I'M JUST GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THESE ACTS OVER HERE. LAST FIRST TWO YEARS AT FAR OUT, WE HAD OVER 2000 ATTENDEES.

WE HAD 18 ACTS ON THREE DIFFERENT STAGES.

I'M COUNTING THE ONE THAT WE HAD INSIDE WITH THE SCHOOL OF ROCK FIRST YEAR.

AND THEN EVERYTHING AFTER EXPENSES IS DONATED TO TO OUR YOUTH AND, AND SIMS, WE DON'T PROMOTE THIS AS A FUNDRAISER.

AND WE DON'T DO THAT BECAUSE OF ACME GUIDELINES FOR ELEVATE.

SO WE'VE CHANGED OUR WHOLE MESSAGING BEHIND THE EVENT.

BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, I'M STILL COMMITTING TO HELPING THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.

WE YEAH, WE RAISED A TOTAL OF $80,000 FOR BOTH ORGANIZATIONS.

AND I MENTIONED THIS IS IN THE THIRD YEAR.

AND THEN WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO GET $30,000 ACME ELEVATE GRANT.

THERE'S BEEN A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN CENTERED AROUND THIS. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M VERY PROUD OF IS THAT THE CITY DECLARED AUGUST 24TH MEADOW GOODMAN MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS DAY RECOGNIZING MEADOWS STRUGGLE AND ALSO THAT DAY SIGNIFYING A NEW HOPE FOR TEENAGERS WITH RESPECT TO MENTAL HEALTH.

AND BECAUSE OF SUPPORT FROM MUSIC COMMISSION AND FROM ACME AND FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THE SPIRIT OF MY DAUGHTER ALIVE THROUGH THIS EVENT.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY MY PRESENTATION.

THERE IS ONE THING THAT I DID A VERY LAST MINUTE ADD ON ON HERE, WHICH I KNOW CAN'T BE AT ALL DECIDED TODAY.

BUT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE IF I CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR THE COMMISSION TO POTENTIALLY CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION OF SUPPORT OR A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE EVENT.

I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARILY DONE THAT OFTEN, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH THE COMMISSION ON WITH POTENTIAL SUPPORT IN THE FUTURE, AND I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU ALL WOULD COME OUT ON AUGUST 29TH TO SUPPORT THE EVENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GREG, AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME SPEAK WITH US ANYTIME YOU WANT TO.

THERE'S NO WORRY ABOUT REPEATING ANYTHING.

YEAH, IT'S I'M A LITTLE LOST FOR WORDS, BUT IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S INSPIRATIONAL TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH WHAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE, PROBABLY THE HARDEST MOMENT IN LIFE.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE DIRECTION YOU HAVE TAKEN IT IN.

AND, AND I I HAVE A COMMUNITY MEMBER IN THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY THAT LOST A CHILD AND HAS STARTED SOMETHING CALLED A DAY OF GRATITUDE.

I'M RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF WRITING A SONG FOR THEM.

SO YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US, OF COURSE, ALL OF US HERE, I MEAN, WE ARE FROM THE INDUSTRY. A LOT OF US ARE MUSICIANS AND FOR MUSIC TO BE ABLE TO

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SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.

VERY PROUD OF MR.. YOU KNOW, PEDRO CARVALHO VICE CHAIR CARVALHO HERE FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THAT AND HOW HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS.

SO DEFINITELY I WOULD LOVE FOR MAYBE I COULD JUST VOLUNTEER.

VICE CHAIR CARVALHO TO WORK WITH YOU TO SEE WHAT A RECOMMENDATION WOULD MAKE WOULD BE VIABLE AND WOULD MAKE SENSE TO GO FROM THIS COMMISSION AND HOW WE GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT THAT. SO DEFINITELY I WILL LOOK TO US WORKING ON THAT.

WITH THAT, I WILL YIELD TO THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONER CARDENAS AND I'LL COME TO YOU NEXT. COMMISSIONER PRICE, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

I'M TRYING NOT TO GET EMOTIONAL BECAUSE THAT WAS VERY TOUCHING. AND YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR HEART AND WHAT YOU'VE LOST AND THAT YOU DEFINITELY DIDN'T THINK YOU'D BE HERE IN DOING THIS. SO IT TAKES A LOT OF STRENGTH AND COURAGE.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

AND YOUR DAUGHTER WOULD BE VERY, VERY PROUD.

I DO A LOT OF MUSIC AND CONCERT PROMOTION AND SO I'M BEING PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU, THIS CAME IN MY INBOX AND IT LOOKED LIKE ALL THE OTHER ONES THAT I GET.

AND THAT'S NO KNOCK TO I JUST GET A LOT OF THEM THAT THE COMMISSION KNOWS.

BUT YOU BEING HERE TODAY HAS.

YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH MY AUDIENCE AS WELL AND DO ANYTHING I CAN. BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE THE MESSAGE, THE MESSAGE IS YOU AND THE MESSAGE IS IN YOUR WIFE AND YOUR DAUGHTER AND DEFINITELY CONTINUING THAT LEGACY.

SO YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER THE COMMISSION CHOOSES TO DO AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER PRICE, AND I'LL YIELD TO YOU RIGHT AFTER. VICE CHAIR GREG. I ADMIRE YOUR STRENGTH.

I ADMIRE YOUR STRENGTH.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PRESENTING. I REMEMBER MEETING YOU LAST YEAR.

TOTALLY INSPIRING. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I ACTUALLY WORK WITH YOUTH. I RUN A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND WE SEE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, JUST EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN.

YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU YOUR FIRST YEAR WAS THAT SCHOOL OF ROCK.

DID YOU YOU DID THE SHOW THERE. DID YOU HAVE YOUTH PERFORMERS? OH, NO. THEY PERFORMED AT THE EVENT.

SCHOOL ROCK PERFORMED AT FAR OUT LOUNGE.

OH, FANTASTIC. SO THERE WERE OTHER YOUTH PERFORMERS THIS THIS YEAR? THERE'S. SO YES, IT'S A WHOLE NEW LINEUP THIS YEAR.

AND SCHOOL ROCK IS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT THIS IS THERE A LATE EDITION, BUT SCHOOL ROCK IS PERFORMING AT THE EVENT.

OKAY. YEAH. IN FACT WE'RE ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO BE SHOOTING A VIDEO TOMORROW THAT HIGHLIGHTS THEIR SUPPORT, BUT ALSO HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR KIDS TO GET INVOLVED IN MUSIC EARLY AND MUSIC ENSEMBLES EARLY AND HOW GOOD THAT IS FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. SO THAT VIDEO IS GOING TO BE COMING OUT ON OUR SOCIALS.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. SURE.

THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR GREG, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

WATCHING YOU DO WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH THIS EVENT IS BEYOND INSPIRING. YOU MOVE WITH SUCH GRACE AND SUCH A HUGE, HUGE HEART. AND YOU'RE SO STRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU DO WHILE BEING VULNERABLE AT THE SAME TIME. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO ABOUT THIS EVENT AND HOW INSPIRING IT IS TO BE AROUND YOU.

I LOVE HOW MUCH BIGGER IT IS EVERY YEAR AND HOW THE ARTISTS ARE JUST GETTING EVEN COOLER WHILE NOT FORGETTING THE ROOTS OF WHERE YOU STARTED THIS EVENT.

I THINK THIS IS JUST GOING TO GO TO THE MOON AND BACK.

IT HAS ALL OF THE, IT HAS THE SPECIAL SAUCE AND, AND THAT'S YOU AND YOUR HEART AND YOUR DEDICATION TO MAKING THIS A BETTER WORLD.

SO WE'D LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU ON WHATEVER WE CAN RECOMMEND TO THE MUSIC COMMISSION IN ANY WAY I CAN. THANKS. THANKS FOR GIVING US A SHOT BACK THEN.

THANK YOU. I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE AROUND YOU.

TRULY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO SPEAK.

WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF CLOSE FRIENDS AND ALLIES, SO IT REALLY MEANS A LOT FOR YOU TO COME HERE AND OPEN IN.

YOUR PRESENTATION WAS JUST GORGEOUS, SO WELL THOUGHT OUT AND PRESENTED IN EVERY

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SO I KNOW YOU'RE WELL ON YOUR WAY WHEN IT COMES TO RAISING DOLLARS THAT WILL ADVANCE YOUR MISSION IN THE WORK THAT YOU WANT TO DO AND ULTIMATELY SAVE LIVES.

SO THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS 16 AND 20, AND BEING A PARENT IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART AT TIMES.

SO IT REALLY DOES TAKE COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE COMMISSION YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT, MY, MY. MY BIGGEST INTEREST AT THAT TIME WAS ALL AGES, SHOWS AND WHAT WAS THE HEALTH OF ALL AGES SHOWS AND AUSTIN AS A NATIVE AUSTINITE AND JUST KNOWING HOW MUSIC CREATES COMMUNITY FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE AND IT CAN REALLY TRANSCEND.

SO MANY JUST WISDOM AND, YOU KNOW, A COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS.

SO YOU'VE GOT MY SUPPORT AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS HERE.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO TEASING OUT WHAT, WHAT WORKS FOR US TO SUPPORT YOU AND LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLE DAY.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER SILVA YES, MR. GOODWIN, THANKS FOR FOR COMING HERE TODAY.

I ACTUALLY ATTENDED METAL FEST LAST YEAR.

I WENT PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE LINEUP.

AND THEN HE SUCKED ME IN AND SORT OF LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT YOU WERE FACING AND WHAT IT WAS ABOUT AND LEARNED A LOT ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER THAT DAY.

I ESPECIALLY LIKED HOW IN THE MIDDLE OF PERFORMANCES, SOME OF THE ARTISTS TOOK A MOMENT AND NOT IN A PREACHY WAY, BUT JUST SORT OF TALKED ABOUT SORT OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT THEY THEMSELVES DEALT WITH OR THAT HAD TO EXPERIENCE WITH FRIENDS.

AND IT REALLY SPOKE TO THE, YOUR, YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL OF OPENING UP THE DISCUSSION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND NOT KEEPING IT A SECRET AND CONSIDERING IT THE SAME AS WE WOULD TALK ABOUT PHYSICAL HEALTH AND, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING TO HIDE ABOUT.

AND HOPEFULLY YOU REACH YOUR GOAL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION SO THAT PEOPLE AND FAMILIES DON'T HAVE TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE DEALING WITH THEMSELVES. SO THANK YOU.

I PLAN ON BEING THERE THIS YEAR TOO, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE YOU THERE.

GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SILVA.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MR. GOODMAN? COMMISSIONER.

ENGLAND. HI. CLAYTON. DISTRICT TWO.

MY DAUGHTER IS FIVE. AND THE MAIN REASON THAT I DECIDED TO JOIN THIS WHEN I WAS ASKED IS BECAUSE THE CULTURE THAT'S HERE AND THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS LARGELY HELPED ME, ESPECIALLY AS FAR AS MENTAL ILLNESS IS CONCERNED.

I WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE AND ENGAGED IN MY COMMUNITY SO THAT THOSE RESOURCES AND THAT CULTURE IS AVAILABLE FOR MY DAUGHTER.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HONEST AND BEING OPEN.

APPRECIATE IT. SURE. SURE THING.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ECOMMENTS. COMMISSIONERS.

COMMISSIONER. I LEAVE THIS WITH AN ACTION ITEM.

GREG. IF YOU WANT TO JUST EMAIL ME OR TEXT OR CALL OR WHATEVER, WE CAN GO OVER THIS AND FIGURE IT OUT BEFORE THE EVENT.

AND I CAN KIND OF GET WITH THE REST OF THE COMMISSION FOR WHATEVER RECOMMENDATION YOU THINK IS NECESSARY OR WE'LL FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.

SOUNDS GREAT, I WILL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU DUDE. ANY CURE FOR PARANOIA? WHAT A GOOD GET, BY THE WAY.

DANG. YEAH. THAT'S AWESOME.

I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

AND THEY'RE I'M UPSET JUST BREAKING UP.

YEAH. IT'S WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE AND HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND AND OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPING US BUILD THIS THING AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IT.

AND AS LONG AS IT IS BENEFITING THE COMMUNITIES, THAT'S WELL WHERE I WILL BE CONTINUING TO GROW IT.

WE ALL NEED IT. GREG. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND PRESENTING, PRESENTING TO US.

THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

IT'S IT'S TIMELY. THIS NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS FOCUSED ON YOUTH AS WELL.

[7. Presentation on “Clarity is sublime — Advocating sober living to fortify creative wellness” by Bevis M. Griffin]

ADVOCATING SOBER LIVING TO FORTIFY CREATIVE WELLNESS BY MR. GRIFFIN M GRIFFIN. THANK YOU.

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THANK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME THIS AFTERNOON.

WELCOME. I'M. SORRY. I'M A LONG TIME ASSOCIATE OF NAGAVALLI.

WE'RE. WE'RE GOOD FRIENDS.

WE'RE GOOD PALS. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU KNOW ME OR NOT, BUT I'M BEVIS M GRIFFIN.

I'M RECOGNIZED WIDELY AS A PIONEER IN THE AUSTIN MUSIC SCENE BROADLY, BECAUSE OF THE DUBIOUS DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN HARD ROCK MUSICIAN IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID IN THIS THIRD PHASE OF MY LIFE I HAVE ALSO DEDICATED MY CAREER TOWARDS MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY AS A PEER SPECIALIST.

AND I WORK PROFESSIONALLY WITH INTEGRAL CARE.

I WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE BASICALLY INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL.

MY CLIENTELE ARE GENERALLY UNHOUSED AND SPECIFICALLY YOUNG INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SUFFERED THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH CRISES UNPROTECTED.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID I WANTED TO USE MY PLATFORM IN A WAY TO SORT OF DISMANTLE AND DISPEL THE OLD TROPES OF SUBSTANCE USE AS BEING COOL, RENEGADE, ELEGANTLY WASTED.

ALL OF THESE NONSENSICAL TROPES THAT I BOUGHT INTO WHEN I WAS 17 AND 18 YEARS OLD BACK IN 1972, THAT TOOK ME THROUGH A WHOLE NIGHTMARE OF VARIOUS DEGREES OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE THROUGH THE COURSE OF MY 40 YEAR CAREER.

I'VE PERSONALLY BEEN SOBER FOR OVER 25 YEARS, AND SUBSEQUENT TO THE PANDEMIC, I MADE A DISTINCT PIVOT TOWARDS FINDING A WAY TO UTILIZE, LIKE MY STORY AND MY LIVED EXPERIENCE, TO ELEVATE AND ENLIGHTEN YOUNG CREATIVES IN A PROACTIVE WAY THAT WOULD BASICALLY JUST LOGICALLY DISSUADE THEM FROM FALLING INTO THE TROPE OF SUBSTANCE USE AS AN ASSET TO CREATIVITY, BECAUSE THAT'S A LIE.

I USED THE EXPRESSION CLARITY IS SUBLIME.

WHEN I WAS ASKED TO JOIN THE ADVISORY BOARD AT THE SIMS FOUNDATION, BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE A GLOVE FIT FOR ME TO GET THAT MESSAGE ACROSS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY, WHERE THERE WOULD BE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACTIVATE THAT IN REAL TIME AND SPACE.

BUT PRIOR TO MY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SIMS FOUNDATION, I HAD A TWO YEAR TENURE AS AN EDUCATOR AT THE LOCAL SCHOOL OF ROCK.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, TWO OF THE FRANCHISES.

AND I FOUND THAT WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE BELOW HIGH SCHOOL AGE, RIGHT, WAS A BEAUTIFUL INFLECTION POINT TO TRY TO GET THEM INTO THE MINDSET OF OPERATING IN A COMMUNITY SPIRIT WITH A VERY CLEAR MIND AND HEART, AND TAKING THE ASPECT OF COMPETITION OUT OF THE EQUATION.

RIGHT? YOUNG KIDS HAVE NO IDEA THE OBSTACLES THAT THEY FACE TRYING TO PURSUE A CAREER IN MUSIC. EVEN IF THEY DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO PURSUE THAT AS A CAREER, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, THE GLAMORIZATION OF IT IS SO PROLIFIC IN THE ZEITGEIST THAT IT'S INTOXICATING TO THE SAME DEGREE AS BEING A PRO ATHLETE OR A MOVIE STAR OR ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD, YOU KNOW, PUT IN THE IN THE CONTEXT OF GLAMOR. RIGHT? A FASHION MODEL, WHATEVER HAVE YOU.

BUT I HAVE SURVIVED A VERY UNIQUE AND ARDUOUS JOURNEY TO GET TO A POINT TO WHERE I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THESE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN LIVING CLEAN AND SOBER HAVE ABSOLUTELY BEEN THE GREATEST YEARS OF MY LIFE.

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN TO ALL THE ROCK STARS, PRIVATE HOMES.

I'VE BEEN TO, ALL THE MAGNIFICENT PARTIES.

I'VE SEEN ALL THE KILOS OF COCAINE.

I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING THAT YOU COULD IMAGINE.

RIGHT. AND COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT AS A WELL INFORMED BUT ALSO VERY FRUSTRATED INDIVIDUAL THINKING. FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THAT I'VE BEEN HOODWINKED, I'VE BEEN MISLED, I'VE BEEN MISGUIDED, BAMBOOZLED.

IF SOMEBODY HAD TOLD ME WHEN I WAS 17 OR 18 THAT I WAS BEAUTIFUL,

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WHEN I SEE THOSE SLOGANS ON THE BUMPER STICKERS THAT SAY KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD, IT MAKES ME SICK. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. RIGHT. WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THESE DAYS WHERE DRUG USE IS RUSSIAN ROULETTE. FENTANYL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN ALL SORTS OF STREET DRUGS, NOT JUST THE ONES THAT YOU THINK ARE OPIOIDS, AMPHETAMINES, ETC., YOU KNOW, ARE ALL COMPLETELY LETHAL.

AND FOR A YOUNG PERSON TO BE OUT IN, QUOTE UNQUOTE, THIS, THIS, THIS COMMUNITY THAT I LOVE SO MUCH, RIGHT THINKING UNDER THE GUISE OF, WELL, YOU KNOW, SO AND SO DID IT. I THINK I'M JUST GOING TO FALL IN LINE AND GO ALONG TO GET ALONG AND THEN WIND UP CATCHING A CASKET.

I MEAN, MY CONSCIENCE WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO SLEEP AT NIGHT IF I DIDN'T.

EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING TRYING TO DISPEL THESE FANTASIES.

SO TO GET TO THE POINT, THE IDEA OF CLARITY IS SUBLIME IS A SLOGAN THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ACTIVATE AS A PSA IN ALIGNMENT FOR THE CULTURE OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, AS A PROACTIVE, MENTAL HEALTH CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE MENTAL HEALTH IS A BYPRODUCT OF CREATIVITY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. I COULD HONESTLY TELL YOU THAT AT LEAST 75% OF THE CREATIVES THAT I'VE EVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH ARE OPERATING FROM SOME STATE OF TRAUMA, SOME STATE OF PSYCHIATRIC MALADJUSTMENT, SOME STATE OF DISORGANIZATION, TO WHERE THE ONLY SOLACE THEY CAN FIND IS IN THAT INSTRUMENT OR IN THEIR PEN, TO WHERE THEY CAN FIND THEIR TRUE SELF-EXPRESSION.

AND IRONICALLY, SO OFTEN, IF YOU'RE LUCKY, THOSE MALICIOUS MALADIES CAN BECOME PROFITABLE. SO ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE'RE IN A HIGHLY EDUCATED COMMUNITY, IN A VERY PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY.

AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD PUT YOUR SHARP MINDS TOWARDS THE IDEA OF LET'S TRYING TO CHANGE THE PERSPECTIVE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNGSTERS, BECAUSE THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER.

AND IF WE COULD BASICALLY PUT A NEW PATINA ON THE DRIVE THAT WOULD FORTIFY THEIR CREATIVITY AND GET THEM FEELING CONFIDENT IN THEIR OWN SKIN, AND EVEN IF THEY DO HAVE A MENTAL CONCERN OR A MENTAL CONDITION THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, AT LEAST THEY CAN DO THAT WITH CLEAR EYES AND STAY IN THE LIGHT OF TRUTH AND HONESTY. AND IF YOU CAN FIND A WAY TO HELP ME GET A THINK TANK TOGETHER OR A FOCUS GROUP, SOMETHING THAT COULD REALLY GALVANIZE THAT MINDSET AND THEN PUSH IT WITH THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT YOU HAVE AT THE CITY'S DISPOSAL.

ALL WE NEED IS A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TO CREATE SOME BILLBOARDS, TO CREATE, SOME POSTERS TO CREATE SOME SAY SOME THINGS THAT ACTUALLY START TO SUPPLANT KEEPING AUSTIN WEIRD AND MAKING AUSTIN INTELLIGENT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. GRIFFIN. FIRST OF ALL, I'M PRETTY THRILLED TO HAVE A LEGEND LIKE YOU COME AND SPEAK WITH US HERE AT THE MUSIC COMMISSION.

AND WITH SUCH A, SUCH A POSITIVE MESSAGE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, I'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS.

I'VE LISTENED TO YOU SPEAK ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST.

I WILL YIELD TO THE COMMISSION IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

COMMISSIONER CARVALHO.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MR. GRIFFIN. SERIOUSLY A LEGEND.

THAT'S CRAZY. YOU'VE WORKED WITH EVERY FAVORITE BAND I'VE EVER HAD SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID. LIKE FROM RAMONES TO BAD BRAINS IS LIKE, OUT OF THIS WORLD CRAZY TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO. THANK YOU. WE I'VE WORKED WITH THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE IN TOWN.

THEY DO THE SOBER SESSIONS.

AND THOSE SHOWS DO REALLY WELL, AT LEAST AT THE VENUE THAT I WORK AT.

I WORK AT THE FAR OUT IN SOUTH AUSTIN.

AND THEY CURATE A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE AND IT'S AN ENTIRELY SOBER SHOW TO THE POINT WHERE WE EVEN COVER, YOU KNOW, AS A MUSIC VENUE, YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE A MUSIC VENUE, BASICALLY OPERATE A BAR SO YOU CAN PAY FOR ART, WHICH IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE.

BUT FOR THESE SHOWS, THEY HAVE US COVER ALL OF THE ALCOHOL AND WHATEVER LIKE TAP HANDLES

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AND YOU CAN'T NAME MOCKTAILS, MOCKTAILS LIKE THIS JUICE OR WATER OR WHATEVER. IT'S A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE, AND I THINK IT REALLY TIES IN TO, YOU KNOW, THE MUSIC ASPECT OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I THINK. AND MAYBE TO CONNECT THOSE TWO DOTS IS A REALLY GOOD WAY TO FUNDRAISE.

I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU MONEY, I DON'T HAVE ANY.

BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FUNDRAISING OPTIONS, THESE GUYS ARE REALLY GOOD AT LIKE GETTING TOGETHER AND GETTING AWESOME BANDS. AND YOU HAVE SUCH GREAT CONNECTIONS IN THE INDUSTRY THAT YOU COULD FILL SOME PRETTY BIG STADIUMS DOING THAT. YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ACTUALLY, NO, I'M NOT EVEN BASICALLY SEEKING FUNDING.

RIGHT. I'M, I'M SEEKING SYNERGIZED ACTIVITY.

RIGHT. I'M, I'M LOOKING FOR YOU ALL MAYBE TO HELP ME BRING SOME SHAPE AND FORM TO THE IDEA OF GETTING THAT MESSAGING ACROSS ON A CONSISTENT AND PERSISTENT, YOU KNOW, MEDIA LEVEL, SO TO SPEAK.

IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT I NEED FOR MYSELF.

RIGHT. BUT I'M SAYING AS A CONCEPT, I'M ASKING FOR YOUR BODY TO CONSIDER THE IDEA OF THIS BASICALLY UPDATING A 21ST CENTURY MESSAGE TO YOUNG CREATIVES, PARTICULARLY, AND CREATIVES AT LARGE, RIGHT? THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SOBRIETY.

AND I MEAN, THAT RINGS SO TRUE FOR ME.

SADLY, MY MY DEAR FRIEND STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, RIGHT, WAS REALLY ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE OF MY GENERATION, MY CIRCLE THAT MADE A REALLY STRONG ADVOCACY TOWARDS SOBRIETY.

AND IT TOOK ME SEVERAL YEARS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HELL HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE HE HAD ALLOWED HIS BRAIN CHEMISTRY TO RESET AND REFORTIFY IT, AND HE HAD GOTTEN THAT NEW SURGE ALMOST LIKE A COMPLETE REBIRTH CREATIVELY AND PHYSICALLY.

RIGHT. AND I KNOW, SADLY, THAT WHEN HE DIED SO TRAGICALLY, YOU KNOW, GOD JUST HAD TO TAKE HIM.

BUT HIS MISSION WAS GOING TO BE VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT I JUST SAID TO YOU.

SO ALL I'M SAYING IS THERE'S NO PERFORMATIVE GRANDSTANDING, RIGHT? IT'S NOT MY IDEA.

I'M INSPIRED BY GOD TO TO CONVEY THIS MESSAGE TO YOU ALL BECAUSE YOU'RE IN A POSITION WHERE ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A CHANGE.

AND AT NAGDCA, YOU KNOW, SUGGESTION, I JUST CAME HERE TO HUMBLY SUGGEST THAT YOU CONSIDER THIS IN A WAY THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY ACTIVATE IT.

AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE AT A MICRO LEVEL HOWEVER YOU SEE FIT.

BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT ME.

IT'S JUST THE IDEA THAT I'M ON A MISSION AND I'M NOT GOING TO STOP.

AND AS LONG AS I'M ACTIVE, I'M GOING TO BE THINKING ABOUT TWO GENERATIONS. THREE GENERATIONS BEEN BEFORE ME, RIGHT? THAT I'M LITERALLY TRYING TO STRENGTHEN IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN AVOID THE CONCEPT OF REHAB. I MEAN, I'VE KNOWN SO MANY MUSICIANS IN AND OUT OF REHAB FOR VARIOUS AND SUNDRY REASONS, SOME OF THEM OUTSIDE OF THEIR CONTROL.

WHO KNOWS? BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, THESE CO-OCCURRING TENDENCIES TO TO DEPEND ON DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IS COPING MECHANISMS HAVE NEVER BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

AND THE FACT THAT THOSE THINGS ARE KIND OF ENMESHED IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IN A WAY WHERE IT'S NOT ONLY TOLERATED, BUT TO A CERTAIN DEGREE ADVOCATED.

SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE COMPANY THAT ONE KEEPS.

I'M NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE ADULTS BECAUSE THEY'RE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER, BUT IT'S THE YOUTH THAT I'M REALLY TRYING TO PUSH THIS MESSAGE ACROSS TO YOU, AND I KNOW THAT A CLEAR MIND IS THE GREATEST ASSET THAT A CREATIVE CAN HAVE, AND IT SHOULD BE PROTECTED.

SO THAT'S MY TIME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. KEEP AUSTIN INTELLIGENT.

KEEP AUSTIN CONSCIOUS.

AWESOME. CONSCIOUS. COOL.

YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN.

I ACTUALLY THERE WAS A POSTER UP, IF YOU COULD PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POSTER AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE, OUR PAST CHAIR SHAKA MAHONE.

OH, YEAH.

WELL, THAT WAS, THAT WAS A PREVIOUS EVENT THAT I DID BACK IN FEBRUARY FOR DAWAH.

OKAY. AND I JUST HAD THE POSTER ON HAND, SO I JUST WANTED TO USE IT KIND OF AS A

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IS THAT PODCAST STILL AVAILABLE? I'M SORRY. YEAH. IS THAT PODCAST STILL AVAILABLE? YEAH, IT'S ON DALLAS WEBSITE.

YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE, THERE'S ALSO SOME TESTIMONIALS THAT I'VE DONE AT THE SIMS FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.

YOU KNOW, SO AGAIN, I MEAN, I'M, I'M JUST SO ACTIVE DAILY WITH MY WORK THROUGH INTEGRAL CARE THAT I REALLY HAVEN'T HAD A BANDWIDTH TO KIND OF LIKE SET UP A SEPARATE TYPE OF A FOUNDATION OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

BUT WITH REGARD TO YOUR GRANT PROCEEDS PROCESSES, I DO HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT I'M, YOU KNOW, PLANNING TO APPLY FOR THIS WEEK.

SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.

BUT MY MAIN, MY MAIN REASON FOR APPEARING THIS EVENING WAS, FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE YOU INVITED ME.

AND SECOND OF ALL, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THESE GOOD HEARTED PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE ABLE TO KIND OF FORMULATE THE BENEFIT OF CREATING THAT TYPE OF CONCISE MESSAGING THAT WE COULD JUST BASICALLY CONTINUE TO DISPENSE INTO THE ZEITGEIST.

PEOPLE JUST NEED TO HEAR IT.

AND THE MORE THEY HEAR IT, THE MORE THEY BELIEVE IT.

I MEAN, CLARITY IS SUBLIME.

THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN HAVING A CLEAR HEAD. I MEAN, I'M IF I'M LEAVING A CLUB OR WHATEVER AND I'M CLEAR MINDED, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE DWI.

I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? ANY OF THESE INCIDENTALS THAT JUST TAKE YOU OFF INTO THESE UNNECESSARY SEGUES, BUT MORE SO FROM A HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE YOUR BRAIN IS YOUR TREASURE.

AND ANYTHING THAT THAT GOES AGAINST THE GRAIN OF YOUR OPTIMUM OUTPUT IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.

AND KIDS JUST NEED TO FIND A COOL WAY TO DIGEST THAT AND, AND EMBRACE THAT. OKAY, SO MAYBE YOU CAN HELP.

JUST LET ME KNOW. TALKING AMONGST.

TALK AMONG YOURSELVES AND GET BACK TO ME.

OKAY. WE'LL DO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU.

YOU CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

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

YES. THERE IS NO UPDATE.

THIS MONTH. THE JULY MEETING OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION WAS CANCELED.

SO, OKAY, THEY DID NOT MEET.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE ONE WHERE I GET INTO

[9. Music Commission strategic goals and budget recommendations to council. ]

COMMISSIONER SILVA WE'RE ALWAYS WE'RE ALSO WAITING FOR YOU TO COME IN SINCE YOU WERE HAD PARTICULAR INTEREST ON THIS TOPIC, BUT I DID OFFER TO SEND THE LIST OF ITEMS BEFOREHAND FOR THE COMMISSION TO REVIEW, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER THIS LAST MONTH DUE TO SOME PERSONAL COMMITMENTS.

AND NOT TO BELABOR IT, BUT WE JUST MOVED OUR 83 YEAR OLD MOM INTO OUR HOME, SO WE ARE SETTLING HER IN.

SO I JUST HAD A VERY PACKED COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SO, SO, BUT MY APOLOGIES FOR SAYING THAT I WOULD, AND I DIDN'T QUITE MANAGE TO DO THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE REASONS I DID WANT TO SEND THAT LIST BEFOREHAND WAS IN ORDER TO GAUGE INTEREST FROM THE COMMISSION AND FROM COMMISSIONERS AS TO WHAT ARE CERTAIN TOPICS THAT THIS COMMISSION AND FOLKS INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON A LOT OF OUR FOCUS IN THE LAST, EVEN AS WE COVERED OTHER TOPICS AND LISTENED TO COMMUNITY ON VARIOUS TOPICS.

A LOT OF OUR FOCUS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS VERY MUCH BEEN ON HOW THE THE GRANT MAKING IS GOING ON. RIGHT. AND PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS, MULTIPLE WORKING GROUPS AROUND GRANTS.

I MEAN, I MYSELF HAVE CHAIRED, I THINK AT LEAST THREE OF THOSE WORKING GROUPS AROUND, YOU KNOW, MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GRANTS.

AND SO A LOT OF THE FOCUS STARTING FROM MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GRANTS, GETTING IMPLEMENTED, LOOKING AT THE OUTCOMES, HAVING A, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK AND REACTION TO THAT.

AND I THINK THROUGH ALL THAT WORK AND THROUGH THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT STAFF HAS DONE AND FROM FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE GRANTS I DO BELIEVE ARE AT A, AT A VERY GOOD PLACE AT THIS POINT.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A MATTER OF LOOKING AT THE OUTCOMES, YOU KNOW, KEEP TAKING A, YOU KNOW, CONTINUED FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY AND THIS COMMISSION AND BE ABLE TO MAKE TWEAKS, RIGHT? BUT IT HAS A FEEL, AND I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU OR MOST OF YOU WILL

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AND, AND IT IS, I THINK, A GOOD PLACE FOR THIS COMMISSION TO SEE WHAT ELSE, YOU KNOW, CAN WE TAKE ON AND, AND PROVIDE SOMETHING WHETHER IT'S FEEDBACK, WHETHER IT'S RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE VIABLE AND USEFUL TOWARDS CONTINUING TO BUILD THE MUSIC ECOSYSTEM IN THE CITY AND THE MSAS.

RIGHT? SO, SO WITH THAT, ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO SHARE THE LIST BEFOREHAND WAS TO ALSO GAUGE INTEREST, NOT JUST REALLY PRIORITIZE BECAUSE WE CAN PRIORITIZE, BUT IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INTEREST WITH FOLKS WANTING TO DRIVE SOME OF THESE AGENDA ITEMS THEN THEY MAY NOT GO ANYWHERE.

SO I THINK MORE IMPORTANT ALMOST IS OR AS IMPORTANT WOULD BE TO GAUGE WHO'S WILLING TO PICK UP A TOPIC OR TWO AND RUN WITH IT.

RIGHT. SO, SO WITH THAT, I DON'T WANT TO COMPLETELY JUST TAKE THIS OFF THE AGENDA AT THIS TIME, BUT I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH WHAT AT A HIGH LEVEL HEADLINE LEVEL, WHAT, WHAT WE HAD ON THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS AND AND LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS, BUT I COULD PAUSE, SEE IF THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION ON THESE, ON EACH OF THESE ITEMS. AND ALSO THIS IS NOT A FINAL COMMITMENT, BUT IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN KIND OF DRIVING THAT PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM PLEASE EXPRESS THAT INTEREST.

AGAIN, WE CAN DO IT AGAIN AFTERWARDS OVER EMAIL, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF THERE IS INTEREST IN SOME OF THESE TOPICS FROM THE COMMISSION AND SAY AT THE END OF IT.

THERE ARE FOUR ITEMS THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT FOUR ITEMS ON YOU UNLESS YOU WANT TO RUN WITH IT, BUT AT LEAST IT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT AS TO WHAT WE MIGHT WANT TO START BRINGING ONTO THE AGENDA MOVING FORWARD.

YEP. SO, SO WITH THAT IS THAT, IS THAT AN OKAY APPROACH FOR TODAY'S DISCUSSION? ANY THOUGHTS AROUND IT? OKAY. SO SO WITH THAT, THE FIRST ONE AGAIN IS, WAS MOSTLY AROUND YOU KNOW, STRENGTHENING THE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND AND HOT INVESTMENTS ESSENTIALLY.

SO HERE WE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LOOKING FOR NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, SHAPING THE LIVE MUSIC FUND, BUT ALSO OTHER USES OF HOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE, WE, WE HAD AN ITEM THAT SAID WE MIGHT WANT A DEDICATED, LIKE A NIGHT MUSIC OFFICER, YOU KNOW, ENTERTAINMENT OFFICER, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S ABLE TO GO ABOUT IN THE CITY AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW ENGAGE WITH THE, WITH THE LIVE MUSIC SCENE WHEN IT HAPPENS.

WE, THERE ARE EXPORT PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE BUILT IN THE CITIES ALREADY YOU KNOW, WORKING ON LIKE THE EXPORT THROUGH SOUTH BY USING THAT AS A CHANNEL TO LONDON AND TO, TO MANCHESTER LIMERICK.

THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR AS WELL.

SO VARIOUS USES OF HEART.

SO THAT I THINK BUT IN GENERAL, AGAIN, THE FOCUS ON LIVE MUSIC FUND IS VERY MUCH THERE IN THIS IN THIS COMMISSION.

SO I THINK WE ARE OKAY THERE.

RIGHT. SO THE, THE NEXT ONE WAS, AND I KNOW SOME OF THE VENUE FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN VENUES HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THIS IN THE PAST IS, IS REDUCED REGULATORY AND OPERATIONAL BURDENS, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY AROUND, YOU KNOW, PERMITTING ZONING AND OTHER TECHNICALITIES THAT COME INTO A PICTURE WHEN YOU KNOW SOMEBODY IS DOING AN EVENT OR WHEN SOMEBODY IS RUNNING A VENUE, AND WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS AS THEY EXIST TODAY? AND CAN WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND HOW THOSE CAN BE IMPROVED? SO I'LL PAUSE THERE. AND MAYBE I'M NOT EVEN THE BEST PERSON TO BE SPEAKING TO REGULATORY AND OPERATIONAL BURDENS. MAYBE THERE'S MORE KNOWLEDGE HERE.

COMMISSIONER ENGLAND JUST STEPPED OUT. SO I LOVE THIS STUFF.

SHOULD WE JUST THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

SHOULD WE JUST VOLUNTEER HIM WHILE HE'S OUT? WE SHOULD. OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION.

IS THIS DUE? IS THIS DUE BY THIS MEETING? IS THIS WHY? NO. OKAY.

SO CAN YOU SEND IT SO WE CAN REVIEW IT THEN IN THAT WAY.

SO LIKE GOING THROUGH EACH.

SURE, SURE. BUT I DEFINITELY WANTED TO.

THAT'S WHY I SHARED IF IT WAS OKAY TO TAKE THE APPROACH, WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND JUST AT LEAST FAMILIARIZE EVERYBODY AGAIN, JUST WITH ALL THE ITEMS, AND IF THERE IS ANY IMMEDIATE INTEREST, WE CAN WRITE IT DOWN. BUT WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER DETAILED DISCUSSION THE NEXT TIME AROUND.

OKAY. WELL, IF THAT'S OKAY.

SO THAT WAS THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS. THE OTHER ONE WAS VENUE SAFETY SUPPORT PROGRAMS ESSENTIALLY AROUND THERE HAVE BEEN

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THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT SOMETIMES DON'T MOVE INTO THESE AREAS BECAUSE OF SECURITY CONCERNS AND HOW THE CITY COULD HELP WITH THAT ESSENTIALLY.

SO THAT WAS THE OTHER TOPIC.

I'LL PAUSE FOR A MOMENT.

ANY THAT'S BEING WORKED ON, AREN'T YOU? YEAH. YEAH. YES. RIGHT.

SO I, I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO JUST REVIEW IT MYSELF.

IF THERE'S NO URGENCY IN THIS.

AND THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF EACH GO THROUGH AND HIGHLIGHT AND MAYBE IF IT'S SUBMITTING IT TO YOU AND LETTING YOU KNOW, LIKE, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US AND YOU CAN COMPILE THOSE THINGS IN THAT WAY VERSUS.

YEAH, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND COMMISSIONER SINCE I STARTED THIS PROCESS, LET ME JUST AT LEAST THAT'S WHY I'M READING THE HEADLINES. I'M NOT READING THE CONTENT.

OKAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE WHOLE THING.

YEAH. SO THE NEXT ONE WAS TRANSPORTATION ACCESS TO MUSIC EVENTS, WHICH WAS ESSENTIALLY CREATING TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES, FREE TRANSPORTATION, ETC.

TO MUSIC EVENTS IN TOWN.

AND AFTER THAT WAS AFFORDABLE REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE SPACES.

THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN DIFFERENT FORUMS HERE.

AND THIS IS MOSTLY AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CITY POLICY.

SO WHAT CAN GOVERNMENT DO IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SUBSIDIZED SPACES, YOU KNOW, SUBSIDIZED RENT FOR REHEARSAL ROOMS, ETC.. ANY COMMENTS ON THESE PARTICULAR TOPICS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? OKAY. SO. THE NEXT ONE IS INVESTING IN MUSIC WORKFORCE AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. SO I AM AWARE THAT COMMISSIONER BLEVINS WAS NOT IN ATTENDANCE TODAY, HAS A VERY DEEP INTEREST IN THIS TOPIC IN DEVELOPING WORKFORCE AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

THAT KIND OF NOW GOES BEYOND YOU KNOW, WHAT THE GRANTS ARE ADDRESSING AT A HIGH LEVEL, RIGHT? IS INDEPENDENT PROMOTERS, MUSICIANS AND VENUES, ETC. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE INDUSTRY AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO BASICALLY SUPPORT THE MUSIC WORKFORCE AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS? THE OTHER ONE WAS SUSTAINABILITY OF HAM AND SIMS. THE NONPROFIT THAT WE CHOSE TO AT THIS TIME WAS ALSO HOME.

AND HOW THE GOVERNMENT CAN MAKE SURE THAT SUPPORT FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS IS FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE, CITY GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE, SUSTAINED THROUGH THE YEARS.

I'LL PAUSE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS LAST COUPLE OF TOPICS AT THIS MOMENT.

OKAY. THE NEXT ONE IS, IS AN INTERESTING ONE.

AND I DO, YOU KNOW I'LL JUST QUICKLY TOUCH ON IT IS MUSIC HERITAGE MARKERS.

SO THIS IS, THIS IS A TOPIC THAT COULD POTENTIALLY INVOLVE WORK WITH THE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE.

RIGHT. AND, AND IN THAT, CAN WE IDENTIFY OUR HISTORY AND ACROSS ALL THE DISTRICTS, NOT JUST DOWNTOWN OR, OR 1 OR 2 SPECIFIC AREAS, RIGHT. BUT THROUGH ALL THE DISTRICTS.

AND ARE THERE, ARE THERE HISTORICAL MARKERS THAT ARE VALUABLE TO CONNECT THE PAST TO THE PRESENT WITHIN OUR MUSIC INDUSTRY AND TO, TO HIGHLIGHT OUR MUSICAL HERITAGE, YOU KNOW, IN, IN OUR CITY BY, BY PUTTING THIS HISTORICAL MARKERS IN ALL DISTRICTS, RIGHT? AND ARE BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES OUR MUSIC, WHEN WE SPEAK OF MUSIC, IT TENDS TO REALLY BE GET CONCENTRATED IN A SPECIFIC DISTRICTS AND FOR GOOD REASON.

BUT CAN WE EXPAND IT? AND THAT'S THE WAY WE TIE OUR HISTORY TO, TO, TO THE FUTURE. AND I THINK TO PULL SOMETHING LIKE THAT DEFINITELY IS GOING TO TAKE SOME EITHER EITHER SOME DEDICATED COMMISSIONERS ACTUALLY PURSUING THIS FORWARD OR A WORKING GROUP, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO ACTUALLY IDENTIFY HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FIRST AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PUSH THAT EFFORT, HAVE IT BUDGETED AND WHATNOT.

AND I THINK THOSE WERE MOSTLY IT, THE, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CREATIVE AND CULTURAL DISTRICT IMPLEMENTATION.

WE HAVE CULTURAL DISTRICTS IN THE CITY.

THERE ARE, HOW CAN CULTURAL DISTRICT TOOLS BE BUILT? SO AS THE CITY COMES WITH POLICIES AROUND CULTURAL DISTRICTS, INCENTIVES, ETC. HOW CAN THOSE TOOLS BE LEVERAGED BY FOLKS WHO NEED TO ACTUALLY BE BENEFITING FROM THEM? RIGHT.

SO BE ABLE TO CREATE TOOLS AROUND CULTURAL DISTRICTS.

SO THOSE AND THE LAST ONE WAS, I KNOW YOU ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS IS, IS CREATING VISIBILITY TO MUSIC VENUES WITHIN THE CITY.

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SO I WILL SEND OUT THE LIST.

AND IF I CAN GET A RESPONSE BACK FROM FOLKS, IT CAN, IT'S, I CANNOT COPY ALL COMMISSIONERS.

SO I'LL ROUTE IT THROUGH.

SHELBY AND IF YOU COULD RESPOND BACK JUST TO ME AND COPYING HER AND MAYBE MYSELF AND VICE CHAIR CARVALHO, IF YOU COULD COPY THE BOTH OF US AND OF COURSE, KEEP SHELBY AND JUST LET US KNOW WHAT ARE THE AREAS THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.

WE'LL COME BACK WITH SOME CONCLUSIONS IN THE NEXT MEETING, IF THAT'S HELPFUL.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE HERE.

MOVING ON. ANY ANYTHING ELSE HERE BEFORE I MOVE ON? OKAY. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

[10. Music Commission engagement with council districts presented by Chair Medicharla. ]

THIS IS MUSIC COMMISSION ENGAGEMENT WITH COUNCIL DISTRICTS PRESENTED BY VICE CHAIR.

SO WE WILL WORK WITH SHELBY ON LOOKING AT HOW TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.

ALL RIGHT. GOING TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ]

APPROVAL OF MINUTES STAFF BRIEFINGS WILL KEEP THE LIVE MUSIC FUNDS COLLECTION UPDATES.

WE'LL KEEP THE STAFF BRIEFING ON LIVE MUSIC FUND FINAL REPORTS BY ERICA.

STAFF BRIEFING ON AVAILABLE MEETING SPACES FOR A ROTATING MUSIC COMMISSIONERS.

WE'LL LEAVE THAT ON HERE.

STAFF BRIEFING ON ACME FUNDING PROGRAM BY LAURA ODEGAARD.

WE'LL LEAVE THAT UNDER DISCUSSION ITEMS WE'LL KEEP DOWNTOWN COMMISSION UPDATE ON PRIORITIES AND RECENT ACTIONS BY PARLIAMENTARIAN SILVA.

WE'LL KEEP MUSIC COMMISSION STRATEGIC GOALS AND BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.

ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE KNOW OF RIGHT NOW THAT ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO ADD? OKAY. COULD SOMEONE PLEASE MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THE DISCUSSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? CAN WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CARVALHO.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PRICE.

THE MOTION IS APPROVED.

MOTION TO ADJOURN. ALL RIGHT.

WE. I'LL TAKE THE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ENGLUND.

AND COULD I TAKE A SECOND FROM YOU, COMMISSIONER CASADA? ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR.

COMMISSIONER CASADA AND COMMISSIONER AGUILAR, YOU DON'T WANT TO LEAVE. ALL RIGHT.

MOTION APPROVED. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. STAFF. THANK YOU TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CAME IN TODAY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.