Sep 21, 2026 Arts Commission

BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE ME ON CAMERA TO HAVE QUORUM.

RIGHT? I DO HAVE TO HAVE YOU ON CAMERA TO HAVE QUORUM.

JUST GIMME GIMME ONE MOMENT.

THERE'S COMMISSIONER CHARLA.

AND COMMISSIONER ME.

THERE'S COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.

SO COMMISSIONER MALDONADO, I DO NOT SEE AND I DO NOT SEE COMMISSIONER KEYS.

SO WE'RE GONNA JUST HOLD TIME FOR JUST A SEC WHILE COMMISSIONER HUSSEI GETS HER, UH, VIDEO FIGURED OUT.

AND WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT, IF, IF YOU ALL WOULD BE SURE TO, UH, RESPOND TO THE RETREAT POLL THAT JESUS SENT OUT ON THE 15TH.

AND WE'LL JUST HOLD, HOLD TIGHT FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES WHILE COMMISSIONER HUSSEI GETS HER CAMERA SQUARED AWAY.

I CHAIR HOUSTON.

UH, COMMISSIONER KOTA ASKED ME TO INFORM THAT SHE'LL BE ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEHIND JOINING, BUT SHE'LL BE JOINING ONLINE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

OH, AND THEN COMMISSIONER POWELL.

NOW I SEE COMMISSIONER HUSSEI CONNECTED, BUT WE DON'T HAVE VIDEO YET.

WE'RE GONNA JUST TRY THIS ON MY PHONE.

I'M SO SORRY.

NO WORRIES.

WELL, WE CAN'T CALL THE ORDER YET, SO WE ARE JUST RELAXED.

AND DID WE HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP FOR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT? I THANK YOU.

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TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, CEDRIC SALON FROM AGENCIES AND A TX AND CYNTHIA MUNOZ FROM MUSEUM OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT.

UH, APOLOGIES THAT THAT TOOK ME SO LONG.

NO WORRIES.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

UM, WE ARE SENDING GOOD THOUGHTS FOR YOUR MOTHER.

UM, SO WE HAVE COMMISSIONER HUSSEINI ON THE DAAS.

SO I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:08 PM WE HAVE

[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL ]

IF YOU WANNA COME FORWARD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, AND PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR DISTRICT OR THE DISTRICT WHERE YOUR ORGANIZATION IS LOCATED.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MY NAME IS CEDRIC SALON FROM DISTRICT ONE, UM, AND I AM THE CO-FOUNDER OF AGENCIES AND A TX.

I AM HERE TONIGHT TO INVITE YOU ALL TO OUR UPCOMING EVENT, ANA VOLUME THREE CESARI ARI STORE, WHICH WE WILL, WE ARE PROUDLY PRODUCING ALONGSIDE JOY CONTI.

ANA MEANS LET'S GO IN TAGALOG OR FILIPINO, THE BRAINCHILD OF JOY CONTI.

ANA IS AT ITS CORE A MAGAZINE CREATED BY ARTISTS FOR ARTISTS.

AND THIS NOVEMBER, WE'RE THROWING A MASSIVE LAUNCH PARTY TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF ITS THIRD VOLUME.

BECAUSE THE MAGAZINE IS BUILT BY CREATIVES, THE LAUNCH EVENT WILL REFLECT THAT EXACT SAME SPIRIT.

AND THANKS TO THE CITY'S ELEVATE GRANT, WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE BOTH THE PUBLICATION AND THIS CELEBRATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE TAKING PLACE DURING THE FIRST WEEKEND OF THE AUSTIN STUDIO TOUR ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH AND 15TH.

WE ARE PROUD TO BE A FEATURED HOST AT THE MILLENNIUM YOUTH ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX.

WE WILL BE TRANSFORMING THE FACILITY INTO DYNAMIC CULTURAL HUB, FEATURING AN IMMERSIVE MARKET, A DEDICATED PERFORMANCE SPACE, AND INTERACTIVE AND INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES.

THE FOYER WILL HOUSE OUR CURATED INTERACTIVE ART GALLERY.

THE ROLLER RINK WILL TRANSFORM IT OF A VIBRANT ARTISAN MARKET, FEATURING 50 TO 60 LOCAL VENDORS.

THE BOWLING ALLEY AND LOUNGE WILL HOST LIVE MUSICAL AND CULTURAL PERFORMANCES, AND THE ARCADE WILL HOST WILL HOLD IMMERSIVE INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES.

AND FINALLY, WE'LL BE SCREENING A SHOWCASE OF SMALL FILMS BY LOCAL ASIAN AMERICAN FILMMAKERS.

OUR GOAL WITH TIE NOW IS TO CREATE ACCESSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL CREATIVES WHILE CELEBRATING AUSTIN'S DIVERSE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE.

AND JUST LIKE ANY GREAT FILIPINO PARTY, EVERYONE IS INVITED, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE TO EXPERIENCE THE INCREDIBLE TALENT OUR COMMUNITY HAS TO OFFER.

IF YOU KNOW ANY VENDORS, ARTISTS, FILMMAKERS, AND VOLUNTEERS WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, UH, YOU CAN FIND MORE DETAILS@AUSTINFILIPINO.COM.

THAT'S A-U-S-T-I-N-F-F-I-L-I-P-I-N O.COM.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE LOCAL ARTS AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR CITY.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ON NOVEMBER 14TH AND 15TH FOR DIANA.

AND YOU SAID, IT SAYS THE MILLENNIUM YOUTH ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX.

ACRIMONIOUS WASTE OF TIME.

IT'LL BE MILLENNIUM CYNTHIA MUNOZ FROM MUSEUM OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, AND IF YOU'LL SAY YOUR NAME AND THE DISTRICT THAT YOU'RE, YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATION IS HOUSED IN.

HI, MY NAME IS CYNTHIA MUNOZ, BOARD CHAIR OF THE MUSEUM OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT, AND WE RESIDE IN DISTRICT THREE.

I'M MAKING THIS STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION.

WE ARE AWARE THAT CITY OF AUSTIN CULTURAL GRANTS AWARDED TO MOHA AND ITS PHYSICALLY, PHYSICALLY SPONSORED.

PROJECTS HAVE BEEN TARGETED DURING MULTIPLE ARTS COMMISSION DISCUSSIONS.

WE HAVE NOT ADDED FUEL TO THESE BASELESS ALLEGATIONS BY RESPONDING PUBLICLY, HOPING THAT ANY CONCERNS WOULD BE SETTLED BY THE TRUTH.

BUT AS THIS ONGOING CAMPAIGN OF MISINFORMATION HAS DRAGGED ON, WE ARE SENSITIVE TO THE DRAIN ON OUR RESOURCES AND THOSE OF ACME STAFF AND SEEK TO PUT AN END TO THIS

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THESE CLAIMS ARE FALSE AND THEIR REITERATION AT CITY MEETINGS AND ANONYMOUS EMAILS HAVE PERSISTED TO THE POINT OF HARASSMENT.

AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT CHAMPIONS TRANSPARENCY, WE HAVE HAPPILY PROVIDED ALL INFORMATION REQUESTED OF US AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.

AS MADE CLEAR BY THE FOUR INDEPENDENT CITY REVIEWS CONDUCTED BY THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, ACME STAFF, CITY LAW, CITY AUDITOR, AND AN INDEPENDENT INTERNAL FINANCIAL MANAGER REVIEW.

NONE OF THE GRANTS AWARDED TO MOHA OR ITS FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECTS RAN AFOUL OF CITY GUIDELINES OR WERE AWARDED AN ERROR.

IN ADDITION, INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS SPONSORED BY MOHA ARE EXACTLY THAT, AND OUR SUPPORT OF THEM IS SOMETHING THAT IS CENTRAL TO OUR MISSION, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON AFFORDABILITY, INCLUSIVITY, AND ACCESS.

AS CLEARLY STATED ON OUR WEBSITE, OUR PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS HAVE OFFERED ADMINISTRATIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL SUPPORT AND NO FEE FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO 47 ORGANIZATIONS.

WE TAKE PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT STAFF LEADERSHIP AND VOLUNTEERS AT MOHA HAVE HELPED FOUND NONPROFITS, SMALL BUSINESSES, AND INFORMAL COLLECTIVES.

A FULL LIST OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS AND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR FISCAL SPONSORSHIP POLICIES CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE CANNOT SPECULATE ABOUT WHAT HAS MOTIVATED THE ATTACKS ON MOHA, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THIS IS THE LATEST CHAPTER IN A PUBLIC HISTORY OF ATTACKS ON ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND UNFOUNDED CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT'S BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED.

WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY JUST THE LATEST TARGET OF THESE BAD ACTORS IN AUSTIN'S ART COMMUNITY.

IT'S ALL A DEEPLY UNNECESSARY BUMMER.

WE KNOW THAT GRANTS AND FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS AND THE NERDIER SIDE OF SUBSISTING AS AN ARTS ORGANIZATION CAN BE CONFUSING.

THAT'S WHY WE WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD WORKSHOPS TO GIVE EVERYONE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS AND GREATER ACCESS TO FUNDING.

AND THAT'S WHY WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD A HEALTHY CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT TO HELP ADVANCE INCLUSIVE CULTURAL ARTS GROWTH IN THE CITY.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WHILE WE NAVIGATE THE SITUATION IN A WAY THAT HONORS OUR VALUES.

WE DON'T WANT ANY OF THIS TO DETRACT FROM OUR BELIEF THAT PEOPLE SHOULD QUESTION EVERYTHING, INCLUDING US.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO ANSWER A REASONABLE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION WITH CHEERFUL TRANSPARENCY.

IT'S SEPTEMBER, GINA SEPTEMBER.

AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]

TO THE AGENDA.

FIRST IS THE APPROVAL OF THE ARTS COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING FROM JULY 20TH, FOR JULY 20TH OR AUGUST.

JULY.

DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE AUGUST.

AUGUST DIDN'T HAPPEN.

WE DIDN'T HAVE AUGUST.

AUGUST DIDN'T HAPPEN.

SO MEETINGS FROM JULY 20TH.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES? UH, MOVE BY COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.

CAN I GET A SECOND? COMMISSIONER CHENEY SECONDED BY CHRIS COMMISSIONER CHENEY.

ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MINUTES SAYING NO DISCUSSION.

I'M READY TO CALL THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE JULY 20TH MEETING AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OR RAISING YOUR HAND.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? SAYING NO OPPOSITION.

THE MEETINGS ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE PRESENT.

MOVING ON TO

[2. Update on actions taken at the August 3rd and September 14th Art in Public Places Panels by Commissioner Schmalbach.]

ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSSION ITEMS. UPDATE ON ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE AUGUST 3RD AND SEPTEMBER 14TH, ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PANELS BY COMMISSIONER SCHACH.

HEARING ABOUT FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS.

AND BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE I AM SINGLE PARENTING AND LEFT MY NOTES AT MY OFFICE.

SO I JUST RECONSTRUCTED THEM AS TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

, UM, FOR TWO MEETINGS.

SO WE HAVE THREE ITEMS IN OUR AGENDA, WHICH, UH, HAVE ALREADY COME THROUGH AND BEEN APPROVED BY A A PP PANEL.

UM, THAT'S THE NORTHEAST SERVICE CENTER PROJECT CALL.

ALL OF THIS SHOULD BE IN THE BACK, IS IN THE BACKUP, AND HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.

UM, THE FINAL, WE APPROVE THE FINAL DESIGN FOR DAVENPORT RANCH, UM, FIRE STATION AND APPROVED A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER, UM, BASED ON THE SELECTION PANEL.

UM, WE HAD SOME VERY, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE VERY LIVELY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES WITH THE ORDINANCE, UM, REVISIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN

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WE HAD A PRESENTATION MOST RECENTLY LAST MONDAY, UM, BY MORGAN MESSICK.

UM, AND, AND, UM, IT WAS ABOUT THE CREATIVE RESET, AND, UH, SHE WAS, CANDACE WAS THERE TOO, AND THEY WERE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE A A PP PANEL ABOUT HOW A IPP HAS OR HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE THINKING AROUND THE CREATIVE RESET.

AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATION.

UM, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON LAST MONTH'S AGENDA, BUT HAS BEEN BUMPED FORWARD TO THIS, WHICH IS AN ASK TWO, TWO THINGS.

ONE IS, UM, UH, RECOMMENDED PATH FORWARD FOR THE CHALLENGES AROUND THE 2% CALCULATION THAT WE'VE BEEN FACING, WHICH, UM, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR PANEL ARE GONNA CO JOIN US AND PRESENT ON LATER.

SO I HAVE A AGENDA REQUEST WHEN I, WHEN I FINISH.

AND, UM, UH, WHAT WAS THE OTHER THING? OH, THE OTHER THING IS ASKING FOR A, AN EARNEST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ARTIST, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE CHANGES, THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE, UH, A IPP ORDINANCE BEFORE THOSE MAJOR CHANGES ARE ENACTED.

UM, AND THAT LETTER IS ALSO IN THE BACKUP.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? AND THEN MAY I MAKE MY ASKS ABOUT MOVING SOME STUFF AROUND? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

IS THE, IS THE 2%, UM, ISSUE IN ITEM NUMBER 14? YES.

SO I, SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO GET, UH, HAVE SOME A IPP PANEL WORKING GROUP MEMBERS, UH, JOIN THAT, JOIN US ONLINE LATER COULD, I'M WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO MOVE ITEMS 14 AND 18, ACTUALLY 10, 14 AND 18.

SO JAIME'S REPORT AND THEN TAKING 14 AND 18 RIGHT AFTER THAT.

BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN, I'M MOTIONING TO MOVE ALL OF THOSE UP TO BE AFTER NUMBER SIX SO THAT OUR GUESTS CAN GET OUT OF HERE.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING SO FAR IS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE 10, 14, AND 18 TO AFTER ITEM SIX, CORRECT? RIGHT.

MAY I SUGGEST THAT WE ALSO DO 15, 16, AND 17? UM, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE DO 15, 16, AND 17 ON CONSENT.

THAT I WAS GONNA DO THAT SEPARATELY.

BUT WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO.

CHAIR .

SO LET'S START WITH THE, YOUR FIRST MOTION.

TELL ME IF I'M STATING IT CORRECTLY.

COMMISSIONER SMALL MOCK IS MOVING TO MOVE ITEMS 10, 14, AND 18 TO AFTER ITEM NUMBER SIX, CORRECT? DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT? MOTION? SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CHENEY.

ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COMMISSIONER SKODA IS ON THE DAAS.

SO WE'VE MOVED IN, SECONDED TO MOVE ITEMS 10, 14, AND 18 TO ACT FORWARD IN THE AGENDA TO AFTER ITEM SIX.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? SEEING NO ONE OPPOSED, WE WILL ADJUST THE AGENDA AND ITEMS 10, 14, AND 18 WILL FOLLOW.

ITEM NUMBER SIX, YOU HAD A SECOND MOTION COMMISSIONER.

SMALL? YES.

THE SECOND IS TO TAKE 15, 16, 17.

THE A IPP PROJECT CALL FINAL DESIGN AND ART OF SELECTION ON CONSENT.

THREE, UPDATE ON ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE AUGUST 19TH DOWNTOWN COMMISSION MEETING BY COMMISSIONER HOUSTON.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE ITEMS 15, 16, AND 17, THE PROJECT ART CALL, THE PROJECT FINAL DESIGN AND THE PROJECT ARTIST SELECTION ON CONSENT.

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

ANY DISCUSSION? SAYING NONE.

I'M READY TO CALL THE QUESTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOVING ITEMS NUMBER 15, 16, AND 17 ON CONSENT, PLEASE SAY BY, SAY YOU APPROVE THIS BY RAISING YOUR HAND OR SAYING, AYE.

I SEE ALL HANDS RAISED.

I SEE NO OPPOSITION.

SO WE WILL TAKE ITEMS 15, 16, AND

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17 ON CONSENT.

SO NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE HAVE 15, 16, AND 17 TO BE APPROVED ON CONSENT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THOSE ON CONSENT, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OR RAISING YOUR HAND.

I SEE NO OPPOSITION.

SO ITEMS 15, 16, AND 17 ARE APPROVED ON CONSENT.

ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONER SMOCK? NON NOT UNTIL WE GET INTO THOSE ITEMS. .

OKAY, GREAT.

MORE TO COME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORT.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER

[3. Update on actions taken at the August 19th Downtown Commission meeting by Commissioner Houston. ]

I WAS UNFORTUNATELY UNABLE TO ATTEND THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION MEETING, SO I DO NOT HAVE A REPORT.

I WILL HAVE A REPORT FOR THEM, UH, FOR THEIR NEXT MEETING.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A REPORT FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION FROM THEM AT OUR OCTOBER MEETING.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR,

[4. Presentation on Creek Show by Stephanie Bergara, Senior Manager of Community Engagement & Programs at Waterloo Greenway. ]

PRESENTATION ON CREEK SHOW BY STEPHANIE RA, SENIOR MANAGER OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PROGRAMS AT WATERLOO.

GREENWAY, WELCOME.

HELLO COMMISSIONERS.

IT'S NICE TO SEE SO MANY FAMILIAR FACES.

I'M, UH, STEPHANIE , AS YOU MENTIONED.

I'M SENIOR MANAGER OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PROGRAMS AT WATERLOO GREENWAY.

UH, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS AND THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, UH, AT THE HELM OF CREEK SHOW.

IT'S MY SIXTH CREEK SHOW, BUT MY FIRST TIME KIND OF SERVING AS YOUR PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT, AND I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD TO REPRESENT THE TEAM, PUTTING THIS INCREDIBLE SHOW TOGETHER.

SO, UH, BEFORE I JUST JUMP IN, THE CREEK SHOW INVITES ARCHITECTS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS TO SUBMIT IDEAS FOR LIGHT-BASED SITE, SPECIFIC SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS.

THIS COMPETITION CEASES TO SUPPORT AND CELEBRATE OUTSTANDING DESIGN WHILE SPARKING CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATION OF WATERLOO GREENWAY INTO A SERIES OF URBAN PARKS TRAILS IN A RESTORED WALL CREEK.

SO, AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, UH, THE CREEK MONSTER HAS NOW TAKEN ITS OWN BACKSTORY, THANKS TO OUR SWEET FRIEND KALIA.

UH, IT'S BEING CELEBRATED PROMINENTLY AS OUR SHOW MASCOT.

YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THE WAY THAT THE CREEK MONSTER ITSELF HAS KIND OF TRANSITIONED ITSELF INTO A MODERN CREEK CREEK SHOW ANIMAL PERSON THING.

ITEM PLEASE.

UH, IN 2026, WE ARE SEEING CREEK MONSTER FEATURED AND UPDATED AND UNIQUE ARTWORK EVERY YEAR INCORPORATING INTO DESIGN OF EVERY ASPECT OF WHAT WE DO FROM T-SHIRTS TO MERCHANDISE, TO PLUSH TOYS, STICKERS, ET CETERA.

SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF OUR CREEK MONSTER, AND EXCITED TO WE REAWAKEN THEM ON, UH, THE CONFLUENCE.

CREEK SHOW WILL TAKE PLACE FROM NOVEMBER 13TH THROUGH THE 21ST AT OUR NEW SECOND LOCATION THAT HAS JUST OPENED UP THE CONFLUENCE WITH A STARTING POINT AT THE, UH, FOURTH AND SABINE STREET.

WE RECEIVED 53 SUBMISSIONS AND ULTIMATELY LANDED ON 10 INSTALLATIONS FOR THIS YEAR, WHICH HAS DOUBLE THE AMOUNT FEATURED IN 2024.

AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, CREEK SHOW TOOK A PAUSE IN 2025 TO PREPARE FOR THE OPENING OF THE CONFLUENCE.

UM, STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE SELECTIONS INCLUDED OR SELECTION COMMITTEE, PARDON ME, INCLUDED OUR CEO, DR.

COLETTE PIERCE BURNETT, ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, ALI KATA, FORMER BOARD MEMBER CHRIS MATSON, FORMER CREEK SHOW ARTISTS, INCLUDING RUBEN ESQUIVEL AND GERARDO GANDY, AND OUR CREEK SHOW, ARTISTIC DURES DIRECTOR FROM A I A AUSTIN INGRID SPENCER.

UH, ALSO OF NOTE WATERLOO GREENWAY HAS PARTNERED WITH PRODUCTION CONSULTANTS, BOBBY GARZA AND ANDREA HIGHLAND FROM A COMPANY CALLED FANCY FANCY.

AND TO ASSIST US NAVIGATING OUR NEW SITE LOCATION, UH, AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AS WELL.

CURRENTLY, CREEK SHOW.COM, WHICH IS ON THIS SLIDE, IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO PERUSE, UH, THE, THE INSTALLATIONS IN LARGER, IN LARGER VIEW.

SO THIS IS OUR 11TH INSTALLATION OF 11TH INSTALLMENT OF CREEK SHOW.

SINCE 2014, WATER, THE GREENWAY HAS ENGAGED 59 ARTIST TEAMS ON UNIQUE INSTALLATIONS ALONG WALLER CREEK, UH, FEATURING THIS SHOW FOR NEARLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE SINCE THIS INCEPTION.

AND, UH, ON THIS SLIDE, WE'VE GOT SOME OF OUR HIGH LEVEL GOALS, WHICH ARE TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC, OF COURSE, RAISE THE AWARENESS ABOUT WATER, THE GREENWAY HIGHLIGHT, AUSTIN-BASED ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS.

ALL OF OUR ARTIST TEAMS ARE LED BY AN AUSTIN LEAD AND TO, OF COURSE, ACTIVATE WALLER CREEK.

IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE THESE EIGHT ITEMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

ARTIST TEAMS WERE GIVEN THE FOLLOWING, UH, TOP LEVEL OVERSIGHT FOR THEIR CONCEPT.

AND AGAIN, ALL ARTISTS TEAMS WERE, UH, LED BY AUSTIN-BASED ARTISTS AND ARCHITECTS.

THESE ARE THE FIRST ARTISTS, ARCHITECTS, UH, AND FOLKS WE WERE WORKING WITH TO DESIGN ANYTHING ON THE CONFLUENCE ARTISTICALLY.

SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO WORK WITH THEM.

BUT THESE ARE JUST KIND OF THE TOP LEVEL, UH, PROMPTS WE HOPE FOR, WE HOPED FOR THEM TO ACHIEVE IN THEIR INSTALLATION, UH, SUBMISSIONS.

AND VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT THEY'RE ALL

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AND HERE ARE OUR CREEK SHARE INSTALLATIONS.

WE'RE REALLY, REALLY PLEASED TO PRESENT THEM WITH THESE TEN FIRST TIME INSTALLERS ALONG WALLER CREEK AND THE CONFLUENCE, UH, NOTABLE ARTISTS AND ARCHITECTURE FIRMS INCLUDE YULIA LAINA, WHO IS THE, UH, PRODUCER OF NOCTURNAL GARDEN ON THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER.

CHARLIE ADO, WHO IS DOING SHADOW CURRENT WITH US.

THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORICAL CONTEXT TO THIS SPECIFIC INSTALLATION CONCEPT.

HOUSES LIKE WAR PAINT AND KICK PUNCH, BITE, UH, KICK PUNCH BITES, DOING THE WALL OR WILDLINGS INSTALLATION ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S, UH, KIND OF THE NEWEST ITERATION OF WHAT THE CREEK MONSTER IS GONNA LOOK LIKE FOR 2026.

UH, AND WE HAVE, UH, WORLD RENOWNED ARCHITECTURE FIRMS LIKE HKS ARCHITECTS AND UNS ALSO PRESENTING THIS YEAR.

TOP NOTES FOR ARTIST INSTALLATIONS LEND FOCUS TO THE HISTORY OF WALLER CREEK, THE FLORA AND FAUNA WILDLIFE ALONG THE CREEK, THE FLOW RELEVANCE OF WATER, ICONIC AUSTIN IMAGERY, AND OF COURSE, OUR WONDERFUL FRIEND, THE CREEK MONSTER.

UH, THESE RENDERINGS ARE SMALL IN THE PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL RENDERINGS SO THOSE GET UPDATED ONCE A MONTH AT THIS POINT, UM, AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WE'RE IN ONGOING COLLABORATIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN WATERSHED, PARKS AND RECREATION, STREET AND BRIDGE, AND OF COURSE, THE AUSTIN CENTER FOR EVENTS TO ENSURE COMPLETE COMPLIANCE, VIABILITY AND APPROVAL OF CITY PROTOCOLS AND PROCESSES.

AS MENTIONED, UH, CREEK SHOW WILL TAKE PLACE ALONG AN ENTIRELY NEW SIGHTLINE, UH, ALONG THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE ENTRY POINT BEING FOURTH END SABINE STREET.

UH, THE ART SHOW ITSELF WILL START NEAR SECOND AND S THE SECOND AND SAVINE ENTRY POINT NESTLED, YOU KNOW, NICELY AT THE FAIR NEAR THE FAIRMOUNT HOTEL.

OUR ENDING POINT WILL BE GRANDPA'S LAKEVIEW TERRACE, WHERE OF COURSE, THE, UH, TRAIL CONSERVANCY TRAIL POLICE IN THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER AND WATER, THE GRAND Y'ALL KIND OF CONNECT.

THAT'LL BE OUR ENDING POINT.

UM, EXCUSE ME.

WE WILL ALSO ACTIVATE, UH, WHAT WE'RE CALLING CREEK MONSTER COVE, WHICH IS A SECTION OF PALM PARK FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING.

WE'LL HAVE SOME FOOD AND BEVERAGE THERE, COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ARE CURATING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FUTURE FRONT TEXAS AND SOME NIGHTLY DJ ENTERTAINMENT.

THAT'LL BE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO KIND OF GATHER WITH THEIR GROUP BEFORE THEY WANNA PERUSE THE, THE INSTALLATIONS, UH, WATER, THE GREENWAY AIMS TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THE CONFLUENCE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE UTILIZE THIS SPACE FOR FITNESS AND WELLNESS ALL DAY LONG.

SO OUR HOPE IS TO KEEP THE CONFLUENCE OPEN DURING THE DAY AND THEN TO SIGNIFY THAT WE'RE CLOSING FOR THE NIGHTTIME LIGHT SHOW.

SIX, DISCUSSION ON HISPANIC QUALITY OF LIFE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO WE SINCE HAVE UPDATED OUR, OUR DATES ON THIS, UH, THIS PARTICULAR SLIDESHOW.

OUR TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE FOR CREEK SHOW ON SEPTEMBER 24TH.

UH, WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED WORKING REALLY HARD, TESTING ALL THOSE SITES TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE VIABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IN KEEP, IN, IN, WHILE WE WERE CONSIDERING TICKETING CREEK SHOW, UH, AT THIS SCALE FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE GOAL REALLY IS TO KEEP TICKET COSTS REASONABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO, UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE COULD PUT THEIR FAMILY IN A CAR PARK, THAT CAR COME TO CREEK SHOW AND SPEND NOT FEEL LIKE THEY SPENT, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN THEY PLAN TO FOR THIS ONE.

SO WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF CONSIDERATION TO THE COST OF THE TICKETS.

THOSE WILL BE ON SALE ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH.

SOME OF THE THEME NIGHTS WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR THIS YEAR INCLUDE A FAMILY NIGHT.

WE'LL DO OUR ARTIST TALK ON NOVEMBER 15TH.

WE HAVE A COMMUNITY NIGHT SCHEDULED PRIDE NIGHT, DOG NIGHT, WELLNESS NIGHT, ECO NIGHT, WHICH IS GONNA FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY.

AND THEN WE WILL CLOSE CREEK SHOW ON NOVEMBER 21ST.

WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS YEAR.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR ME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. VIVERA.

ANY QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONERS? I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.

I DO WANNA SAY THAT THESE INSTALLATIONS LOOK INCREDIBLE.

IT, IT, IT COULD BECOME THE NEW AQUA FESTIVAL IF YOU GUYS KEEP THIS UP.

SO DO THAT ONE.

YOU HELP.

I'M A NATIVE AUSTINITE.

I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT.

YEAH, I'D LOVE TO SEE IT TOO.

ME TOO.

UM, MY QUESTION IS, UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST OPTION FOR PARKING? YEP.

SO WE ARE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE A PARTNERSHIP WE'RE GOING INTO WITH THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER TO PROVIDE KIND OF LOWEST OR DISCOUNTED PARKING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UH, WE'LL, I'M, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THAT'LL COME IN AT UNDER $10 PER NIGHT AND THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE DURATION OF CREEK SHOW.

GREAT.

AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT ON THE WEBSITE.

NOW WE'RE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PRESENTATION BY AUSTIN CREATIVE ALLIANCE ON THEIR ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION.

DO WE HAVE AUSTIN CREATIVE ALLIANCE HERE? I DIDN'T HEAR FROM THEM THIS WEEK, SO THEY MIGHT NOT.

COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH ANYONE AT AUSTIN CREATIVE ALLIANCE? NO, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE FALLEN OFF.

I WILL REACH OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY STILL WANNA GIVE THAT PRESENTATION.

SO WE'LL NOW MOVE

[6. Discussion on Hispanic Quality of Life recommendations. ]

ON TO ITEM NUMBER

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DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE PRESENT FOR THAT? I DID GO BACK AND WATCH THE MEETING WHERE WE VOTED ON THE, UH, BUDGET RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.

AND THAT VOTE, FROM WHAT I LISTENED TO THAT VOTE WAS TAKEN WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE M BOARD HAD APPROVED THAT OPTION.

AND I HAVE SINCE HEARD THAT THE M BOARD HAS NOT APPROVED THAT OPTION.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT OUR, HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO.

WE DON'T HAVE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE WHO BROUGHT IT UP.

SO DOES ANYONE FEEL LIKE, I MEAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE WOULD, WHAT WHAT THE PROCEDURE WOULD BE TO, WOULD WE SEND A, SEND A NOTIFICATION TO COUNCIL? JUST THAT, THAT WE MADE THE VOTE.

WE TOOK THE VOTE.

WITHOUT COMPLETE INFORMATION CHAIR, COULD YOU, WOULD YOU MIND JUST RECAPPING FOR EVERYBODY WHAT THE PRO LIKE, WHAT THE PROCESS WAS LIKE, HOW DID IT GET TO US THROUGH WHOM AND THEN WHERE, WHERE WAS THE DISCONNECT? I KNOW YOU JUST SAID IT, BUT CAN YOU REVIEW IT FOR ME? THAT'S OKAY.

SO YOU, SO WE HAD A MEETING IN JUNE, JULY, MAY.

IN, IN THAT, AT THAT MAY MEETING, WE TOOK A VOTE ON RECOMMENDING TO COUNCIL THAT IN THE BUDGET, THEY PROVIDE FUNDS FOR, I FORGET THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION, UM, YVONNE'S ORGANIZATION, SHARON, UH, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.

YOU CAST CAST C-A-A-S-T MM-HMM .

CAST, FOR CAST TO, UM, FUNDING FOR CAST TO ASSIST THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER WITH CREATING AND ACTIVATING THE SPACE.

AT THE MEETING, WE CALLED OUT, DID THE MAC BOARD APPROVE THIS? AND THE RESPONSE WAS YES.

AND THEN WE TOOK THE VOTE TO ASK COUNSEL TO SET ASIDE THOSE FUNDS FOR CAST TO DO THIS PROJECT.

WE HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THE M BOARD DID NOT, IN FACT TAKE A VOTE TO APPROVE THAT COLLABORATION, BUT THE BUDGET CYCLE, THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION, SO DID IT GET, DID IT GET APPROVED? DID THAT RECOMMENDATION, I DON'T THINK THIS GET NOTHING'S BEEN FINALIZED YET, HASN'T IT DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR BUDGET CYCLE.

IT WAS NOT ONE OF THE THINGS COUNCIL, UM, CHOSE TO FUND.

HAS THE BUDGET BEEN FINALIZED? OKAY.

GIVEN THAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NECESSARY THAT WE DO ANYTHING EXCEPT FIGURE OUT LIKE HOW, YOU KNOW, FOR FUTURE, LIKE HOW TO, WE GOT MISINFORMED, RIGHT? RIGHT.

THAT IT HAD ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

SO I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I DON'T, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE NECESSARILY NEED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT A RECOMMENDATION THAT WASN'T TAKEN, GRANTED, TAKEN UP.

YEAH.

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

WOULD DO WE WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE MAT BOARD AND ASK THEM WHAT THEIR, UM, KIND OF VISION IS AND WHAT THEY WANT US AS THE ARTS COMMISSION TO BE SUPPORTING? I DON'T THINK WE'VE HEARD FROM ANYBODY AT THE M BOARD.

HAVE WE? COMMISSIONER ANDERSON? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

UM, WE MAY ALSO WANNA RELY ON MATRIX KILGORE WHO OFFICES THERE TO HELP WITH THAT.

REACH OUT.

I'M HAPPY TO DO IT.

DO WE WANNA INVITE THEM TO THE OCTOBER MEETING? I THINK THAT WOULD BE DELIGHTFUL.

CAN I, COULD I JUST, MAYBE WE'VE HAD SUCH PACKED AGENDAS, COULD WE WAIT AND SEE, LIKE, SINCE IT'S NOT LIKE A TIMELY ISSUE, IF WE HAVE OTHER TIMELY STUFF TO, MAYBE NOT TO PUT IT ON A LATER AGENDA.

IF THE AGENDA TO NOT STACK GREAT, BUT I THINK THAT'S FINE.

LET'S DO A REACH OUT AND SEE WHAT YEAH.

WHAT HAPPENS.

HAVE ART AND PUBLIC, PUBLIC PLACES MANAGER JAIME CASTILLO, COME FORWARD TO START US OFF WITH THE STAFF BRIEFING.

SO COMMISSIONER ANDERSON WILL REACH OUT TO THE MAC BOARD ABOUT THAT ISSUE.

WE'RE NOW MOVING INTO OUR MOVED AGENDA ITEMS, WHICH ARE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.

SO I'M GONNA

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THEN WE'LL MOVE TO THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE PANEL GUIDELINES AND THE ACTION TO DE ESTABLISH A DE SESSION JURY FOR AWESOME STROM.

HELLO, MR. CASTILLO.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

JAIME CASTILLO, MANAGER FOR ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.

UH, STARTING OFF OUR STAFF BRIEFING WITH EXHIBITION UPDATES.

JUST AS A REMINDER, THE CREATION OF ACME ART AND PUBLIC PLACES GAINED, UH, THE PEOPLE'S GALLERY HERE AT CITY HALL AND THE ROTATING EXHIBITION SPACES AT THE AIRPORT AS PART OF OUR PORTFOLIO.

AND SO, WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW AND INVITE YOU TO THE OPENING RECEPTION TO THE PEOPLE'S GALLERY AT CITY HALL.

THAT'S NEXT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2ND, SIX TO NINE.

UH, WE HAVE OVER 150 ARTWORKS IN THE SHOW, UH, OVER A HUNDRED INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, UH, SHOWING THEIR ARTWORK.

WE'VE ALSO INVITED IMAGINE ART AND ARTLEY WORLD COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO SHOW A COLLECTION OF THEIR ARTWORKS.

UM, THAT'S THE QR CODE.

SO IF YOU'RE WATCHING ON TV, YOU COULD TAKE A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THAT, BUT I WILL BE SENDING OUT AN EMAIL INVITATION TO COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL HAVE, UH, INVITATIONS.

UH, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SHOULD BE POSTING TOMORROW AROUND LUNCHTIME, AND THAT'LL PROVIDE DIRECT LINKS FOR Y'ALL TO GO TO THE EVENTBRITE RSVP.

THAT'LL HELP OUT, UH, GIVE US A HEADCOUNT.

UH, AND, UH, THERE IS LIMITED PARKING.

I WAS MADE AWARE THAT, UH, SOME SORT OF MUSIC FESTIVAL MIGHT BE HAPPENING DOWN THE ROAD.

AND SO JUST, YOU KNOW, PARKING AROUND DOWNTOWN MIGHT BE A CHALLENGE.

UM, SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO FIND ALTERNATE TRAVEL PLANS, BUT MAKE SURE YOU MAKE IT HERE, SIX O'CLOCK AT CITY HALL.

AND THEN ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, WE ALSO HAVE THE CHANGING EXHIBITS AT THE AIRPORT.

UH, WE HAVE CONCLUDED OUR SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE 14 GALLERIES THAT WE HAVE AT THE AIRPORT.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED 14 DIFFERENT ARTISTS TO OCCUPY THOSE SPACES WITH THEIR WONDERFUL WORK.

UH, WE SENT OUT NOTIFICATIONS EARLIER THIS MONTH, UH, AND WE'RE CONDUCTING CONVERSATION SITE VISITS AND STUDIO VISITS, UM, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

STARTED LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE.

UM, SO THE, I SHOULD HAVE, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED FOR THE PEOPLE'S GALLERY IS THAT IT IS A TWO YEAR EXHIBITION, SO 2026 THROUGH 2028, BUT THE AIRPORT EXHIBITIONS ARE A SHORTER SPAN.

SO THESE ARE, WE SHOULD BE FINISHED INSTALLING MID TO LATE JANUARY.

SO THE EXHIBITIONS WILL BE COMPLETELY UP FEBRUARY THROUGH AUGUST OF 2027.

NOW, UH, SOME COLLECTION UPDATES.

SO AS WE'VE, WE'VE MENTIONED, UH, AIP P'S WORK GOES BEYOND JUST COMMISSIONING NEW ARTWORK.

WE ALSO STEWARD OUR PUBLIC ART COLLECTION AND WON'T, SINCE Y'ALL MENTIONED THE BUDGET EARLIER.

WANNA, YOU OUGHT TO BE AWARE THAT WE, WE WERE, UM, ALLOCATED COUNCIL DID SUPPORT, UH, $90,000 FOR ARTWORK, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS IN OUR BUDGET.

AND THAT WILL HELP US START TACKLING, UM, THE PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN THE, UH, COLLECTION SURVEY THAT WE DID IN 2020, EARLY 2025.

UH, WE GOT A REPORT OUT OF THAT AND IDENTIFIED THE NEEDS OF OUR OVER 400 ARTWORKS IN OUR COLLECTION.

AND SO WE WILL BE USING THIS BUDGET TO START TACKLING THAT WORK.

MOVING INTO PROJECT UPDATES, UH, INVITING YOU THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, UH, AT 11:00 AM OUT TO, UH, AUSTIN, OR YEAH, AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENTS, UH, STATION 50 EMS STATION 36.

WE HAVE ARTWORK, DEDICATION FOR BUFORD CIRCLE BY AUGUSTINA RODRIGUEZ.

UH, THIS ARTWORK IS SHORT TIME IN OUR COLLECTION, BUT ALREADY HAS, UH, A VERY COLORFUL, UH, HISTORY WITH US AS IT WAS A, HAD A CAR COLLISION NOT TOO LONG AFTER WE ACCEPTED THE ARTWORK.

AND, UH, SO YEAH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET INSURANCE AND FIX IT UP, AND SO WE WERE READY TO SHOW IT OFF TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO PLEASE JOIN US FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND, UH, OCTOBER 3RD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3RD AT THE ST.

JOHN REDEVELOPMENT SITE.

WE ARE HOSTING A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENT FOR THE ARTIST JESSICA BELL.

UH, SHE'LL BE JUST DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THERE AT THE VIRGINIA BROWN RECREATION CENTER TO COME OUT, PROVIDE

[10. Staff briefing regarding an update on Art in Public Places by Jaime Castillo, ACME Art in Public Places Manager.]

FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND JUST

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IN CASE YOU DIDN'T SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, A IPP HAS WON AN AWARD FOR BEST COLLABORATION FOR ABSOLUTE EQUALITY UNITY TUNNEL BY ARTIST REGINALD ADAMS. UH, THE 2026 CODE OF WORKS, OR CODA SUMMIT CODA WORKS, UH, IS AWARDING US THIS, THIS, UH, BEST COLLABORATION AWARD.

AND A IPP WILL BE ACCEPTING THIS AWARD AT THE CODA SUMMIT, UH, NEXT WEEK.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT RECEIVING THIS AWARD.

AND THEN, UH, I THINK WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THE NEXT ITEM 14.

UH, BUT WHAT WANTED EVERYONE TO GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION UPDATE.

UM, WE ARE WRAPPING UP SOME COUNCIL OFFICE BRIEFINGS.

UH, TOMORROW WE ARE EXPECTED TO PRESENT TO THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE AT THEIR MEETING FRIDAY MORNING.

AND, UH, BARRING ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THAT COMMITTEE, WE ARE EXPECTED TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL, UH, THE UPDATE TO THE ORDINANCE AT THEIR OCTOBER 22ND MEETING.

ASSUMING THAT COUNCIL APPROVES THAT UPDATE TO THE ORDINANCE, WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND ADDITIONAL POLICIES, UH, TO Y'ALL.

UH, AS A REMINDER, THE ORDINANCE TELLS US WHAT WE DO AND IT UPDATES ARE APPROVED BY COUNCIL, WHILE THE GUIDELINES TELL US HOW WE DO OUR WORK AND UPDATES TO THE GUIDELINES ARE APPROVED BY YOU, THE ARTS COMMISSION.

SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THE GUIDELINES AND THE POLICIES TO THE PANEL AT THEIR NOVEMBER MEETING, AGAIN, ASSUMING THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE ORDINANCE, AND THEN BRINGING THOSE, UH, POLICIES.

AND ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PANEL TO Y'ALL AT YOUR NOVEMBER 16TH MEETING.

AND JUST FOR AWARENESS, AS WE ARE BRINGING, WE'RE STILL UPDATING THESE, UM, POLICIES THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS PARTNER DEPARTMENTS, UH, INCLUDING CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES AND OTHER SPONSORED DEPARTMENTS IN COORDINATING PROJECTS, MAKING SURE THAT A IPP IS AT THE TABLE IN TERMS OF PLANNING FOR THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

AND WE ARE, YOU KNOW, FINALIZING NEW STANDARDIZED CALCULATION WORKSHEETS AND PROJECT TEMPLATES JUST SO THAT, UH, WE HAVE ENHANCED, UH, TRANSPARENCY AS, AS Y'ALL REQUEST INFORMATION THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING THAT DATA FORWARD IN, UH, UH, EASY FASHION.

THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION FOR STAFF BRIEFINGS.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR JAIME COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE A QUESTION.

COMMISSIONER.

SMALL.

SO JAIME, JUST TO BE CLEAR TO EVERYBODY, THERE ARE NO, JUST, WE HAVE A IPP PANEL AND THE ARTS COMMISSION HAVE BOTH UNANIMOUSLY SAID, RECOMMENDED NOT TO APPROVE THE CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE OF LARGELY ISSUES WITH THE 2% US FEELING LIKE WE DIDN'T GET TRANSPARENCY FROM SPONSOR DEPARTMENTS ABOUT HOW THE 2% HAD BEEN CALCULATED AND CONCERNS OVER MAKING THOSE CHANGES WITHOUT BROAD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ABOUT THE ORDINANCE.

MM-HMM .

AND NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE ORDINANCE CHANGE, TO THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE SINCE WE LAST VOTED ON IT.

IS THAT ACCURATE? UH, IF YOU CAN JUST CONFIRM THAT THE LAST TIME THAT Y'ALL VOTED ON IT WAS AROUND APRIL TIME, MARCH, APRIL TIMEFRAME, THEN YES, THAT IS ACCURATE.

UH, THE, THE VERSION THAT WE PRESENTED AT THAT TIME, THAT IS THE VERSION THAT WE ARE EXPECTED TO PRESENT TO THE EOC ON FRIDAY.

NUMBER 14, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, PANEL GUIDELINES AND ASSOCIATED POLICIES, WORKING GROUP PRESENTATION BY ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, GUIDELINES AND ASSOCIATED POLICIES WORKING GROUP.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE.

THANK YOU, JAIME.

SO NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM

[14. Discussion and possible action of the Art in Public Places Panel Guidelines and Associated Polices Working Group. Presentation by Art in Public Places Guidelines and Associated Polices Working Group(Part 1 of 2)]

I AM ONE MEMBER OF THAT WORKING GROUP, BUT LINDSAY AND CAMILLE ARE, ARE ONLINE.

IF THEY COULD GET MOVED OVER TO PRESENTERS.

CAN WE GET, AND JAIME IS THIS, IS THIS ALL US? YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ON THIS PRESENTATION, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

YOU A LITTLE SUMMARY OF, UH, SOME OF THE DISCUSSION WE'VE BEEN HAVING ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, UM, HOW THE PERCENTAGES ARE CALCULATED AND THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THE VAGARIES AROUND THAT CALCULATION AND HOW IT'S DONE.

HI, I'M CAMILLE CAMILLE JOB, UH, AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE A IPP.

UM, I'M GOING TO GIVE

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SO, JUST SO YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME, MY BACKGROUND IS THAT I AM AN ARCHITECT IN AUSTIN.

AND, UM, THE WAY THAT I, THE LENS THAT I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS THROUGH IS, UH, THROUGH PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTING OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

SO I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THIS AND THEN I MIGHT JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE SOMETHING, UH, OFF THE CUFF AT THE END IF IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOT QUITE CLEAR.

UH, OKAY.

ADVANCE THE SLIDE.

WHY THIS DISCUSSION MATTERS.

SO IT'S A DISCUSSION ABOUT FUNDING TRANSPARENCY, PROJECT COORDINATION, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, AND CLEAR CONTRACTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES, A IPP PROJECTS AND THE STRUCTURES IN WHICH THEY RESIDE BENEFIT FROM A CLEARLY DEFINED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PROJECT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM PRIOR TO THE FINALIZATION OF CONTRACTS.

THAT IS HOW ALL PUBLIC PROJECTS ARE RUN WITH THEIR CONSULTANTS, ENGINEERS, AND, UH, DIFFERENT OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

AND MY ARGUMENT OR OUR ARGUMENT IS THAT A IPP ARTIST CONTRACTS SHOULD NOT BE, UH, LOOKED AT ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN THAT.

SO EARLY COORDINATION ON SCOPES AND RESPONSIBILITIES LEADS TO CLEARER CONTRACTS AND BETTER WORKFLOWS FOR BOTH PROJECT TEAMS AND THE A IPP SUPPORT STAFF.

SO DEFINING IT FROM THE START, THE WAY WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THIS IS DEFINING EACH A IPP PROJECT AS ONE OR THE OTHER OF TWO THINGS.

IT'S EITHER INDEPENDENT OR IT'S INTEGRAL.

GO AHEAD.

SO FOR AN INTEGRAL PROJECT, YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE WHAT YOU JUST SAW IN THE UNITY TUNNEL PROJECT WHERE, UM, AN AI PRO A IPP PROJECT IS ONE THAT IS FULLY COORDINATED WITH THE BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM.

IT'S INTEGRAL TO THE ACTUAL BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION, AND IT'S SUPPORTED AND COORDINATED WITH THE TEAM AND BECOMES INTEGRAL TO THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE PROJECT ITSELF.

SO THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE, UM, A SCULPTURE THAT IS ATTACHED TO A BUILDING THAT WOULD USE THE BENEFIT OF THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER THAT'S ALREADY DOING SERVICES WITH THE BUILDING OR THE LIGHTING DESIGNER WHO IS ALREADY DOING SERVICES WITH THE BUILDING.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN BY SHARING SORT OF THE SUPPORT STAFF.

THE OTHER MODEL WOULD BE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT.

SO AN INDEPENDENT PROJECT IS ONE MORE LIKE BUFORD CIRCLE THAT YOU JUST SAW BY AUGUSTINA.

AND THAT PROJECT WOULD BE ONE THAT IS EXECUTED INDEPENDENTLY OF THE PROJECT DESIGN TEAM IN PROJECT CONSTRUCTION.

UH, THERE'S NO INTEGRATION OF THE ARTWORK INTO THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE, AND IT MAY BE CITED SEPARATELY FROM A STRUCTURE, EVEN IF IT'S ON THE SAME PROPERTY.

SO A GOOD EXAMPLE, UM, OF A PLACE THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS IS LIKE A WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY THAT GENERATES A IPP FUNDS, BUT YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE PUBLIC IN THAT FACILITY.

SO IT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER TO BRING IT SORT OF TO THE SIDE WHERE IT CAN BE VIEWED BETTER.

OF A SMALLER NUMBER, BUT YOU WOULD, UH, IF, IF THE CONTRACT STRUCTURE IS DONE PROPERLY AND BENEFICIALLY FOR ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM, THEN THE A IPP PROJECTS WOULD HAVE A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT WAS FUNDED FOR THEM BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BUILT INTO THE PROJECT BUDGET.

SO, IN A PRO, IN A CONTRACT STRUCTURE, IN A PUBLIC PROJECT OR IN A PRIVATE ARCHITECTURE PROJECT, THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD LOOK AT THIS IS FROM THE TOP DOWN.

SO YOU HAVE YOUR FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT, AND THEN YOU WOULD START FUNDING THE CONSULTANTS AS YOU GO SORT OF DEEPER DOWN INTO THE PROJECT.

SO ON THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE, UH, THE INDEPENDENT MODEL, WHICH IS YOU HAVE THE, THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDING, AND THEN YOU WOULD TAKE OUT 2% FOR THE A IPP ALLOCATION.

AND THEN THE REMAINING PROJECT BUDGET WOULD BE DOLED OUT FOR ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, AND ALL OF THE OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE REQUIRED, UH, FOR CONSULTATION ON A PROJECT THAT WOULD PUT YOU, THAT WOULD PUT THE A IPP PROJECT INDEPENDENT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT UNDER THE OTHER CONSULTANT SERVICES.

SO ON AN INTEGRAL SIDE, IT FLIPS OVER AND YOU WOULD HAVE THE PROJECT FUNDING, AND THEN YOU WOULD, UH, CONTRACT THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE A IPP WOULD GET FUNDED FROM, FROM THE REMAINING 2%, WHICH IS WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SOMETIMES.

BUT THE BENEFIT OF THAT WOULD BE YOU WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THOSE SERVICES THAT A IPP IS HAVING TO HELP THE ARTIST HIRE OUT OF THE A IPP FUNDING.

SO IT'S 2%

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SO HERE IT IS, IT'S A LITTLE SMALL ON MY SCREEN AT LEAST, UM, SHOWING TWO, SORT OF TWO VARIATIONS OF THAT CALCULATION.

SO IF YOU HAD A MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT ON AN INDEPENDENT ONE, IF YOU TOOK OUT THE 2% FIRST, THAT'S $20,000.

AND THEN YOU WOULD TAKE OUT ROUGHLY 10% FOR A AND E.

AND SO YOU SEE WHAT THAT NUMBER IS, AND THEN THE REMAINING PROJECT NUMBER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN IF YOU DO IT INTEGRAL AND WE FLIP IT BACKWARDS, UM, YOU COULD SEE THAT, UH, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

I HAD THIS HIGHLIGHTED.

SO IF IT IS AN INTEGRAL PROJECT, THE FEE THAT A IPP GETS IS LIKE 10% SMALLER.

SO IT'S A, IT'S A SMALLER BUDGET FOR A IPP, BUT YOU GET THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, FLIP THE SLIDE, AND IF IT'S IN THE INDEPENDENT, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, THE FEE IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER.

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE SERVICES OUT FOR, UM, STRUCTURAL AND SOMETIMES SOME LANDSCAPE SERVICES, MAYBE LIGHTING, UH, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NEED TO INTEGRATE INTO A SITE.

AND THEN, UH, IT'S A SLIGHTLY SMALLER IT, A AND E FEE ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING.

SO IN THE END, IT'S ACTUALLY LESS EXPENSIVE FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT TO TAKE THE A IPP OUT FIRST.

YOU CAN SEE THE, THE BOTTOM LINE NUMBER THERE, THAT THE OVERALL REMAINING BUDGET IS LARGER WHEN YOU TAKE OUT A IPP FIRST INSTEAD OF GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

SO THERE ARE BENEFITS OF DOING INDEPENDENT PROJECT, UH, INDEPENDENT PROJECTS.

SOME PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS ARE NOT, UH, WELL-SUITED FOR PUBLIC VISITORS.

AND THAT WAS THE EXAMPLE OF A WASTEWATER FACILITY THAT I WAS, UH, MENTIONING BEFORE.

A REMOTE SITE FOR ARTWORK CAN PROVIDE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR VIEWING.

OFTENTIMES, UH, SOME PROJECTS TYPES MAY BE SUCH THAT ART IS EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT TO INTEGRATE AND AN INDEPENDENT TIMELINE, UH, OR SITE IS REQUESTED OR REQUIRED.

SOME AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY DO NOT HOST MANY PUBLIC PROJECTS INDEPENDENT.

A IPP WORK CAN BE BETTER DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE GREATER COMMUNITY.

NOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK I MAY CAN STEP IN HERE AND CORRECT ME IF I'M INCORRECT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE CURRENTLY ALLOWED TO SEP COMPLETELY SEPARATE THE SITES.

BUT IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, IT MIGHT BE AN EASIER WAY TO DISTRIBUTE ARTWORK THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

INDEPENDENT PROJECTS, UH, CAN ACTIVATE AREAS OF THE PROJECT SITE THAT ARE APART FROM THE BUILT STRUCTURE AND, UH, CAN GIVE BETTER USE TO PIECES OF THE SITE THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE GET, UM, IT CAN GET AT A HIGHER USE.

INTEGRAL PROJECT BENEFITS.

UH, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THAT HAPPENING NOW ACTUALLY ON SOME OF THE BIGGER CITY PROJECTS LIKE THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE AIRPORT ARTWORK THAT IS COMPLIMENTARY TO THE STRUCTURE AND OR THE SITE AND INTEGRATED WITH THE DRIVING IDEAS BEHIND ITS DESIGN.

SO IT BACKS EVERYTHING UP.

EVERYONE'S PART OF A BIG TEAM THAT'S WORKING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

UH, WE HAVE SEEN THAT THERE ARE ECONOMIES IN BUDGET WHEN CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE STRUCTURE ARE RESOLVED THROUGH THE A IPP WORK.

SO THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE PIECE OF ARTWORK ON THE CONVENTION CENTER WHERE THE CLADDING OF THE BUILDING IS THE ARTWORK, AND THERE ARE ECONOMIES IN THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN TAKE SOME OF THAT MONEY FROM THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET AND PUT IT INTO THE A IPP OR VICE VERSA, EXPERIENCED AND COORDINATED DESIGN SUPPORT THROUGH ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, AND OTHER CONSULTANTS TO ENSURE ARTWORK THAT LASTS FOR THE LIFE OF THE STRUCTURE AND BETTER PROJECT WORKFLOWS.

SO THAT'S REALLY SORT OF THE KEY THING.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT BELOW HERE ABOUT AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU, UH, DO SOME OF THE NITTY GRITTY ON, ON THE INTEGRAL PROJECTS ADVANCE THE SLIDE.

SO THIS, UM, THIS WAY OF WORKING IS NOT ENTIRELY IRONED OUT RIGHT NOW.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE ARE DOING ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT IT'S NOT PLANNED FROM THE BEGINNING.

AND SO SOMETIMES THE BENEFITS OF THE STRUCTURE ARE NOT FULLY UTILIZED.

SO IF A IPP IS BEING FUNDED AFTER THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS AND THE FEE IS SMALLER, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION IN THE

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CONTRACTS FOR THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS, SOMETIMES A IPP DOES NOT RECEIVE THE BENEFITS OF HAVING THOSE SERVICES.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO THINK ABOUT IN THE DETAILS.

WHEN A IPP IS INTEGRAL, IT SHOULD BE CONTRACTED SIMILARLY TO A CONSULTANT UNDER THE CAPITAL PROJECT, RECEIVING FULL SUPPORT AND COORDINATION WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECT TEAM, INCLUDING COST ESTIMATING AND ENGINEERING THAT REQUIRES SORTING OUT DURING THE CAPITAL PROJECT CONTRACTING PROCESS.

SO THAT'S WHY LIKE DO THIS AT THE VERY BEGINNING.

WHEN A IPP IS INTEGRAL, THE WORK CAN OFTEN FALL INTO THE CATEGORY OF BUILDING OR FFE, WHICH IS FIXTURES, FURNISHINGS, AND EQUIPMENT, UM, WHICH WILL IMPACT THE POLICIES FOR MAINTENANCE AND DEACCESSION OF ARTWORK.

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE IF SOMEONE'S, UH, A IPP PROJECT WAS TO PROVIDE THE LOUNGE SEATING IN THE AIRPORT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT A VERY DIFFERENT WAY THAN YOU WOULD A PIECE OF ARTWORK THAT'S ON THE WALL THAT NOBODY'S TOUCHING.

SO DIFFERENT RULES.

UH, WHEN A IPP IS INDEPENDENT, ALL SUPPORT RESOURCES ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE A IPP STAFF.

UNDER THE A IPP ALLOCATION, THE CALCULATION OF THE A IPP ALLOCATION SHOULD TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION IN ORDER TO PRESERVE APPROPRIATE FEES FOR THE ARTISTS AND THE ARTWORK SO THAT THESE THINGS ARE BUILT IN A ROBUST AND SUSTAINABLE WAY THAT LASTS OVER TIME.

UH, ADVANCE THE SLIDE.

SO HERE'S OUR RECOMMENDATION.

WE RECOMMEND THAT EACH A IPP PROJECT BE DESIGNATED AS INTEGRAL OR INDEPENDENT AT THE START OF THE CONTRACTING PROCESS.

WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT EARLY PLANNING IN A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT ENVIRONMENT LEAD TO BETTER PROJECT AND PUBLIC ART OUTCOMES.

THIS RECOMMENDATION PROVIDES CLEARER RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE PROJECT TEAMS AND ARTISTS WHILE SUPPORTING MORE TRANSPARENT AND APPROPRIATE FEE STRUCTURES.

AND FROM MY SIDE OF THE PROFESSION, THERE REALLY IS NOTHING BETTER THAN HAVING AIRTIGHT CONTRACTS AT THE BEGINNING OF A PROCESS.

IT IS VERY, VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP PROJECTS ON SCHEDULE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING COMES OUT GREAT IN THE END IF PEOPLE ARE NOT CRYSTAL CLEAR ON THE ROLES THAT THEY'RE PLAYING AND WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.

SO I DON'T SEE WHY A IPP SHOULD BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN THAT.

SO THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND LINDSAY IS ALSO HERE AS MY BACK.

SHE HAS LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE AS, UM, A MURALIST HERSELF AND SHE CAN SEE IT FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THINGS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION.

IT WAS GREAT INFORMATION THAT, UM, UH, THAT YOU WERE GIVEN TO US.

UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. JO RIGHT NOW? JAIME, WHAT IS THE STAFF OPINION ON THIS RECOMMENDATION? UH, WE AGREE AND WE SUPPORT IT, AND IT HAS BEEN PART OF OUR PRESENTATIONS, UPDATES BRIEF OUR BRIEFINGS TO CMO AND TO COUNCIL OFFICES.

UH, COMMISSIONER MBO, UM, JAIME, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THOUGH THAT, SO IF ARTS COMMISSION VOTES TO APPROVE THIS RECOMMENDATION, THIS WOULD BECOME PART OF OUR GUIDELINES, BUT NOT CODIFIED, THIS PROCESS WOULD NOT BE CODIFIED IN ANY WAY IN THE ORDINANCE, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

UH, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, THE, OR THE VERSION OF THE ORDINANCE THAT'S MOVING FORWARD FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IS THE ONE THAT Y'ALL SAW IN MARCH, APRIL.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO EDITS TO THAT VERSION.

AND SO THIS INFORMATION PRESENTED, UH, BY THE PANEL WORKING GROUP TONIGHT IS INFORMATION THAT WE CAN, UH, USE IN THE GUIDELINES AND ON OUR OTHER POLICIES AND IN OUR PLANNING CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, SPONSORED DEPARTMENTS.

IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH DEPARTMENTS AND WITH CMO AS WE PRESENT THIS INFORMATION, WE, WE'VE, UM, REINFORCED IT WITH, UH, OUR COMMITMENT TO PRE PROVIDING TEMPLATES AND NEW DOCUMENTATION THAT STRENGTHEN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

I JUST WANNA PUT ON, WELL, TWO THINGS.

ONE IS THAT THIS WORKING GROUP HAS BEEN AWESOME, AND CAMILLE ESPECIALLY DID, JUST BRINGING HER KNOWLEDGE OF, OF THE SECTOR AND THE LANGUAGE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WORKFLOWS HAS BEEN AMAZING.

AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT RECOMMENDATION AND SUPER STRATEGIC CONCERN IS IF IT'S NOT IN THE ORDINANCE AND THE ORDINANCE MOVES FORWARD WITH THE 2% CALCULATION AS THEY SPONSOR, DEPART, WHOEVER IS TRYING TO PUT IT FORWARD, I FEEL SKEPTICAL BASED ON WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED FOR THE PAST 20 PLUS YEARS THAT THIS STRATEGY OR THIS PROCESS WOULD BE ABLE TO BE IMPLEMENTED.

DO YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, JAIME OR ACME LEADERSHIP?

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SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE NEED TO BE AT THE TABLE AT THE PLANNING OF THE CIP, UM, THAT WILL BE THE FIRST SIGNAL AS, AS WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT CONSISTENTLY, THEN WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION OF IDENTIFYING PROJECTS AS INTEGRAL VERSUS INDEPENDENT.

AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THE, THE, THE TOOLS, THE DOCUMENTATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THAT.

SO, UH, YES, WE HAVE A LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT THIS FORWARD EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT MEMORIALIZED IN THE ORDINANCE.

THANK CAMILLE, APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

WELL THAT MIGHT BE AS BEST WE CAN DO.

UM, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THIS, BUT I'LL JUST REITERATE THAT I, WHAT I HAVE SEEN UNFOLD OVER THE PAST YEAR HAS BEEN THAT AN ORDINANCE WAS NOT BEING FOLLOWED AND IN, AND NOW IT IS BEING CHANGED TO ALIGN WITH THE WAY IT WAS NOT BEING FOLLOWED.

AND SO ENTERING ALL OF THE, I AM ENTERING ALL OF THIS, AND I WOULD IMAGINE OTHERS MIGHT FEEL THE SAME WITH SKEPTICISM ABOUT THE COOPERATION THAT WE'RE GONNA GET FROM THE SPONSOR DEPARTMENTS, WHICH ARE NON, IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE NON-ARTS DEPARTMENTS HAVING A WHOLE LOT OF SAY AND POWER OVER THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM, THE IAPP PROGRAM, DESPITE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF A IPP PANEL AND THE ARTS COMMISSION AND WITHOUT MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FOLKS IN THE ARTS COMMUNITY WHO WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY CHANGES TO THE A A PP PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR SECOND, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE VOTING ON THIS, BOTH OF THE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS AT ONCE OR DO WE TAKE THEM SEPARATELY? 'CAUSE I CAN SPEAK TO THE SECOND PART, UM, THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION, BUT IF WE WANNA VOTE ON THIS ONE FIRST, THAT ALSO MAKES SENSE.

YEAH, WE'LL TAKE 'EM ONE AT A TIME.

COMMISSIONER HUSSEINI.

UH, HI.

WOULD LIKE TO HEAR EITHER FROM YOU, JAIME, LINDSAY, UM, I, I THINK IN THE MATH, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS ABOUT $82,000 IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

UM, AND THE QUESTION I HAVE IF I THINK ABOUT THIS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE ASPECT OF THIS IS ENGAGEMENT FROM THE RESOURCES, RIGHT? IF I'M AN ARTIST, HOW DO I KNOW WHICH ONE OF THESE RESOURCES IS GOOD FOR ME TO WORK WITH AND WHO I'M GONNA HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH TO WORK WITH, TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON MY PROJECT, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF TRUST INVOLVED THERE.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO TO PROJECTS, OF COURSE FOLKS ARE WORKING ON THEIR OWN THINGS.

LIKE, IS THE ART TREATED LIKE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR PROJECT OR IS IT TACKED ONTO THE SIDE BECAUSE DIFFERENT PEOPLE SEE THINGS AS DIFFERENT VALUE PROPOSITIONS.

SECOND, IF YOU GO THE OTHER ROUTE AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH RESOURCES THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE INDEPENDENT, YOU HAVE A SAY YOU GET TO WORK WITH, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BALANCE OR THE TRADE OFF IS.

I DON'T KNOW WHO THE RESOURCES ARE EITHER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT AND TRUST IS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE VETTED.

RIGHT? AND 82 GRAM HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

IT'S NOT A SMALL AMOUNT.

UM, AND SO I'M REALLY CURIOUS WHAT THE TAKE IS ON THAT AND ALSO, UH, WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES DOING FROM A BEST PRACTICES PERSPECTIVE.

I ALSO DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR, UM, ABOUT THOSE TWO THINGS.

I DON'T HAVE A JUDGMENT CALL EITHER WAY, BUT, UM, I HAVE LED PROJECTS FOR 25 YEARS GRANTED IN TECH, NOT ART, RIGHT? AND SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT IN CARE, LIKE YOU SAID, IF THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED FROM THE GET-GO, LIKE THINGS GIVE FALL OFF REALLY QUICKLY, BUT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE INVOLVED FROM THE GET GO ALSO DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.

SO I'D LOVE TO UNDERSTAND YOUR EXPERIENCE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE DONE THIS FOR A WHILE.

AND SO I'M LOOKING FOR PERSPECTIVE FROM THE SIDE OF THE RESOURCES, BUT ALSO FROM THE ARTIST POINT OF VIEW TO EVALUATE THAT DIFFERENCE IN 82 GRAND AND THE APPROACHES.

OH, YEAH.

AND THEN WHAT OTHER, WHAT OTHER CITIES MIGHT DO, IF I COULD ADDRESS THAT.

I THINK IT'S EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT QUESTIONS.

AND MAYBE THE FIRST PART

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OF YOUR QUESTION, AND PERHAPS THE SECOND PART COULD BE, UM, ADDRESSED BY CAMILLE, JAIME OR HEIDI ON THAT, IF WITHIN THE WORKING GROUP.

UM, SO I'M A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST.

I'VE, I'M ON THE A IPP PANEL NOW AS VICE CHAIR, BUT I HAVE IN THE PAST, UM, YEARS AGO, HAD AN A IPP COMMISSION AS AN ARTIST FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, AS WELL AS WORKED WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

AND, UM, YOUR QUESTION ABOUT IF IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO BE INTEGRAL OR INDEPENDENT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY, UM, IN REALLY, UM, INTRIGUING THAT CAMILLE PROPOSED WHEN WE WERE DIGGING INTO THIS OF WHAT, HOW WE CAN BE MORE, UM, INVOLVED AS A DEPARTMENT EARLY AND OFTEN BECAUSE AS AN ARTIST, I OFTEN HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY SILOED IN MY CREATIVE PROCESS OUTSIDE OF ANY SUPPORTIVE AGENCIES.

SO THINGS LIKE AN AERIAL LIFT, WHICH CAN RACK UP INTO THOUSANDS, IF NOT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS DEPENDING ON THE RENTAL TIMELINE OR ON PREPPING A FACADE FOR, UM, AN ARTWORK, IMPLEMENTATION, ENGINEERING.

UM, EVEN JUST GETTING ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS FOR CERTAIN SAFETY ASPECTS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT PARTS AND WHEN YOU HAVE TO HIRE PRIVATE SUBCONTRACTORS OUT YOURSELF, IT'S NOT ONLY LIKE A HUGE TIME COMMITMENT, BUT THEN THERE'S A LEVEL OF RESEARCH YOU HAVE TO DO.

AND THEN THE, THE A IPP AS A DEPARTMENT CAN BE LIMITED IN WHAT THEY CAN RECOMMEND WITHOUT CO SHOWING FAVORITISM.

I'M HAPPY FOR YOU TO CONTINUE YOUR ANSWER, BUT I GET IT NOW.

THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL IS REALLY HELPFUL TO HEAR.

BUT, UM, IF IT'S HELPFUL FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO HEAR IT, I'M HAPPY FOR YOU TO GET GOING.

I THINK I JUST NEEDED ONE CLICK DOWN AND I, AND I GOT IT.

THAT WAS THE EXCELLENT.

THE PLACE AFTER ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING IN THE PECKING ORDER, THEN WE MIGHT AS WELL BE GETTING SOME BENEFITS FROM IT TOO, AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.

YEAH, SO I MEAN, IT'S JUST LIKE, THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO TACKLE IN SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS THAT IT'S JUST OFTEN A IPP COMES TO THE TABLE AND GIVEN THIS PERCENTAGE LATE IN THE PROCESS, AND THEN IT, IT, IT'S CAN BE UNFORTUNATE SOMETIMES THAT AN ARTWORK CAN BE JUST PLACED LIKE A SCULPTURE IN A COURTYARD THAT'S SEPARATE AND NOT THOUGHT THROUGH IN TERMS OF ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ARCHITECTURE OF A BUILDING PERHAPS.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS, JUST TO ECHO SOME OF HEIDI'S SENTIMENTS EARLIER, WE'VE BEEN REALLY FRUSTRATED IN THAT ONE OF MY CONCERNS WITH THIS IS WE'LL STILL BE WORKING WITH A LESSER AMOUNT BECAUSE IF THE 2% IS STILL CALCULATED FROM CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND NOT FROM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS, WE'RE STILL WORKING FROM A BASELINE THAT'S LOWER.

HOWEVER, ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY DID WANNA PUT FORWARD IN THIS IS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO COME TO THE TABLE AND COME UP WITH WAYS TO WORK WITH ALL THESE OTHER SPONSOR DEPARTMENTS IN A WAY THAT THEY DON'T FEEL THAT WE AREN'T TAKING ANYTHING THAT ISN'T ALREADY SET ASIDE OR SHOULDN'T BE.

BUT IT DOES FEEL LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW, WE'RE TRYING TO BE INTEGRATED IN THE PROCESS AND NOT, YOU KNOW, THE UGLY STEPCHILD THAT'S CONSIDERED LATER, YOU KNOW, AS A BENEFIT TO THE CITY.

BUT IT'S KIND OF A HANDOUT AND IT'S NOT, IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR CITY IDENTITY AND, UM, INVESTMENT.

AND FROM THERE, I GUESS I'LL HAND IT OFF TO EITHER JA MAYOR OR CAMILLE, IF YOU WANNA TALK TO ABOUT THE OTHER SECONDARY PART OF YOUR QUESTION.

WELL, I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL THE PIECES OF THE QUESTION, BUT I DO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO WORK WITH A GROUP THAT MAYBE YOU DIDN'T SELECT? AND WE DO THIS ALL THE TIME.

I'M WORKING RIGHT NOW ON THE, UM, CONVENTION CENTER ACTUALLY AS LIKE THE SMALL BABY FIRM THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE GIGANTIC FIRMS AND, UH, ALL OF THEIR CONSULTANTS THAT CAME WITH THEM.

AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY, MANY, UM, MOST OF THE TIME EVERYONE WHO'S INVOLVED IN A PROJECT WANTS A PROJECT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF, LIKE, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WORKING AGAINST EACH OTHER IN THESE PROJECTS.

EVERYONE WANTS THE THING TO, TO COME OFF.

SO I THINK THAT IT'S LIKELY THAT THE LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE AND THE ACCESS, UM, IS GREATER ON SOME OF THESE LARGER PROJECTS.

WHEN YOU ARE LIKE THE, JUST TAKING FOR EXAMPLE, THE CONVENTION CENTER, ALL OF THOSE ARTISTS THAT ARE ON IT, IF THEY HAD TO GO OUT AND INDEPENDENTLY FIND THEIR OWN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS TO HELP THEM WITH ALL OF THESE INSTALLS, FIRST OF ALL, YOU WOULD HAVE, IN ADDITION TO THE 10 STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THAT PROJECT, ANOTHER HOW MANY 30.

THERE'S DIFFERENT THIR, 30 DIFFERENT ART PIECES IN THAT 10 BUILDING, I BELIEVE.

UM, IT'S A LOT.

IT, IT, THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION, THERE'S A LOT OF CHAOS, THERE'S A LOT OF LIKE LIABILITY CONFLICT THAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS THAT ARE NOT LIKE UNDER THE SAME CONTRACT ON A PROJECT.

SO THERE ARE BENEFITS.

THOSE BENEFITS ARE ALREADY THERE.

WE'RE JUST NOT GETTING TO REAP THE REWARDS OF THEM.

BECAUSE WHEN, UH, IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE

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WE'RE ALREADY IN THAT POSITION MOST OF THE TIME AND WE'RE NOT GETTING TAKEN OUT BEFORE THE A AND E.

SO WHAT ARE THE WAYS THAT WE CAN BE IN THAT POSITION AND GAIN MORE FROM BEING IN THAT POSITION? AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY STARTED US THINKING ABOUT IT.

ALTERNATIVELY, IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, NO GAINS FROM HAVING IN THAT LOWER POSITION AND WE WANT TO BE THE INDEPENDENT PROJECT, THERE REALLY IS NO REASON THAT THEY CAN'T FUND US MORE FULLY BECAUSE THERE'S MORE THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE ON AS A STAFF OR THAT A IPB HAS TO TAKE ON AS A STAFF.

SO, DID I MISS PART OF YOUR QUESTION? UH, ACTUALLY, I THINK MY QUESTION IS COVERED BECAUSE IN THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES I WAS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE IF I READ IT BACK, UH, AND IF I JUST SPEAK FROM LIKE BASIC LAYMAN'S TERMS, RIGHT? IF I THINK ABOUT MY FRIENDS WHO ARE ARTISTS, THEY DON'T HAVE THE COMPETENCY AROUND THE PIECES RELATED TO ENGINEERING OR EQUIPMENT OR, YEAH, IT'S HARD.

FRIENDS DON'T EVEN WANNA LOOK UP THE RESTAURANT THEY WANNA GO TO.

WHY DO THEY WANNA LOOK UP HOW TO GET AERIAL LIFT OR FIGURE OUT STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, RIGHT? AND THE LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, UH, BRAIN POWER THAT GOES INTO THAT.

AND IF THESE FIRMS CARE ABOUT THEIR PROJECTS, WHICH I'D LIKE TO THINK THEY DO, THEN THEY WANT THE BEST BENEFIT IN PULLING FOLKS IN, AS YOU SAID, EARLY, AND BEING ABLE TO SHARE THOSE RESOURCES AND HOPEFULLY PROBLEM SOLVE 'EM TOGETHER, UH, IN AN IDEAL SITUATION, RIGHT? LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE IS FULLY VESTED, BUT I'D LIKE TO THINK THEY ARE.

AND MAYBE THOSE SHARED RESOURCES, I THINK MORE THAN ENOUGH MAKE UP, ESPECIALLY SPREAD ACROSS ALL THE PROJECTS.

HOPEFULLY 82 GRAND, ISN'T IT? LIKE, IT LOOKS BIG, BUT THEN WHEN YOU SORT OF DIVIDE IT UP, MAYBE IT'S NOT THAT, UH, IT'S, IT'S MARGINAL WHEN YOU BREAK IT ACROSS PROJECTS, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

BUT I THINK THAT WAS ACTUALLY VERY HELPFUL FOR ME TO HEAR.

OF COURSE, THE CONCERN IS THERE, UM, BUT I'M LESS WORRIED ABOUT IT NOW.

MM-HMM .

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? I, I SEE NONE.

SO, UM, JUST NEED A MOTION IF WE'RE GONNA, HEIDI HAS HER HAND RAISED.

NOW YOU'RE NOT, WASN'T MUTED.

THAT'S WEIRD.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH.

THE RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

UM, IT'S, I THINK IT'S ABOUT, AND I'M JUST REITERATING POSSIBLY JUST FOR THE ARCHIVE HERE, THAT IF THIS BECOMES PART OF THE GUIDELINES RATHER THAN THE ORDINANCE CHANGES AND WITH THE NEW LIKE TEMPLATES AND MONITORING THAT A IPP STAFF ARE DEVELOPING FOR BETTER TRANSPARENCY SO THAT WE HAVE ANSWERS TO HOW WAS THIS PROJECT BUDGET CALCULATED, WHICH WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE FROM SPONSOR DEPARTMENTS.

IF WE, IF WE SEE THAT THOSE ARE NOT BEING ADHERED TO, OR THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE GUIDELINES IS NOT BEING COOPERATED WITH BY SPONSOR DEPARTMENTS, WILL WE HAVE ANY RECOURSE? WILL THERE BE ANY ACCOUNTABILITY? IF SOMETHING IS NOT, IS PART OF GUIDELINES AND NOT PART OF THE ORDINANCE? SO LET, LET ME FIRST SAY THAT THIS IS THE LEVEL OF HOW WE DO OUR WORK.

SO THE GUIDELINES IS ACTUALLY THE APPROPRIATE POLICY FOR THIS TO BE DOCUMENTED.

UH, AND SO, SO YOUR QUESTION AS TO IF, IF THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE, MAKE SURE THAT THESE GUIDELINES ARE BEING FOLLOWED, THAT IS PART OF LIKE WHY WE ARE INTRODUCING THE NEW TEMPLATES AND NEW, UM, TOOLS THAT WE ARE INTRODUCING TO SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE DATA POINTS AND HAVE THEM IN A FORMAT THAT, THAT OUR DEPARTMENT CAN EASILY GATHER AND REPORT OUT ON.

SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE OTHER CITYWIDE SYSTEMS THAT WE'VE STRUGGLED WITH IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO REPORT INFORMATION OUT TO Y'ALL AT YOUR REQUEST.

SO WE ARE INTRODUCING THESE NEW, UH, TEMPLATES AND TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO REPORT OUT MORE EASILY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE DATA SO THAT IN FIVE, 10 YEARS TIME WHEN THE ARTS COMMISSION IS ASKING THE A IPV PROGRAM, HOW HAVE YOU CONSISTENTLY DONE THIS, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO COLLATE THAT INFORMATION AND PRESENT IT OUT TO THE ARTS

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COMMISSION.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

THEN, UM, I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION MADE BY, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF OUR PANEL, OUR WORKING GROUP.

THIS WORKING GROUP.

IT'S, UH, PANEL GUIDELINES AND ASSOCIATED POLICY GUIDELINES AND AS POLICIES YES.

AS JUST PRESENTED.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION MADE BY THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES GUIDELINES AND ASSOCIATED POLICIES WORKING, WORKING GROUP.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER HUSSEIN, THESE SECONDS.

ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MOTION BEFORE US? WE'RE APPROVING THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROJECTS BE DESIGNATED AS INTEGRAL OR INDEPENDENT AT THE START OF THE CONTRACTING PROCESS.

ARE WE READY FOR THE QUESTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OR RAISING YOUR HAND.

AYE.

I SEE ALL COMMISSIONER HANDS RAISE.

ANY OPPOSED? I SEE NO OPPOSITION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT TO US.

SO WE'RE THROUGH WITH ITEM NUMBER 14.

MOVING ON TO ITEM

NUMBER 18, WHICH IS THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ESTABLISH A DIAZ SESSION JURY TO REVIEW ART AND PUBLIC PLACES ARTWORKS AT ART AUSTIN BERKS FROMM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PRESENTATION BY JAIME CASTILLO, ART AND PUBLIC PLACES MANAGER CHAIR HOUSTON.

IT WAS ACTUALLY MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS A SECOND PART TO ITEM 14.

THAT COMMISSIONER, SECOND COMMISSIONER MACH HAD.

OH, COMMISSIONER MACH.

HE DID SAY YOU HAD A SECOND MOTION.

THAT'S OKAY.

UM, SO THAT IS THE REQUEST FOR A PUBLIC MEETING ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CITY CODE CHAPTER 7.2, WHICH IS THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES ORDINANCE.

UM, DO YOU WANT ME TO READ THAT? IT'S IN THE BACKUP.

DO YOU WANT ME TO READ IT OUT LOUD AS WE TEND TO DO? IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.

THE ART IN PUBLIC AND JUST, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON LAST MONTH'S AGENDA, SO SOME OF THE DATES ARE GONNA NEED TO BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.

UM, BUT I'M GONNA READ IT AS IS.

CHANGES OF THIS SCOPE SHOULD NOT BE MADE THE SAME WAY, SHOULD BE MADE THE SAME WAY.

THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PANEL REQUESTS THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION MAKE A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL FOR A DEDICATED PUBLIC MEETING ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CITY CODE CHAPTER SEVEN DASH TWO, ART AND PUBLIC PLACES ORDINANCE AND THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES GUIDELINES BEFORE THE ORDINANCE RETURNS TO CITY COUNCIL.

CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE NOW THIS FRIDAY AND FULL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, WHICH IS NOT CORRECT ANYMORE.

IT'S SOMETHING IN OCTOBER.

THE CHANGES UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL SHAPE THE PROGRAM FOR DECADES, AND THEY DESERVE A HEARING OPEN TO THE FULL COMMUNITY.

THE PROGRAM SERVES SINCE COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION NUMBER IN MARCH, 2025, US ACME HAS RUN A YEAR LONG STAFF-LED REVIEW PROCESS.

THEY CREATED A MULTI-PHASE PLAN, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BROADER ARTS COMMUNITY, BUT THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN STALLED DUE TO ISSUES ARISING FROM DISCREPANCIES, ABOUT PERCENT CALCULATIONS THAT CAME UP WHILE ENGAGING OTHER INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS.

A FORMAL ENGAGEMENT PROCESS SURROUNDING THESE CHANGES HAS YET TO OCCUR.

ACME'S CREATIVE RESET INITIATIVE, WHICH LISTS THE A IPP ORDINANCE AMONG THE FUNDING PROGRAMS, IT IS REIMAGINING, HAS NOT YET EXTENDED ITS CITYWIDE SURVEY AND LISTENING SESSION PROCESS TO THESE SPECIFIC ORDINANCE CHANGES.

WE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERING MAJOR CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE AND GUIDELINES BEFORE THE ARTS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEANINGFULLY PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS.

WE ASK FOR ACME LEADERSHIP TO HOST A PUBLIC MEETING DEDICATED TO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS HELD WITH ADEQUATE PUBLIC NOTICE AND SCHEDULED WITH ENOUGH LEAD TIME FOR ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTICIPATE BEFORE THE ITEM RETURNS TO COUNCIL.

IF THIS CANNOT FEASIBLY OCCUR BEFORE THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS WHERE THIS WILL COME UP PER VOTE, THESE ITEMS SHOULD NOT GO IN FRONT OF COUNSEL UNTIL THE PUBLIC MEETING HAPPENS.

THE MEETING SHOULD COVER AT MINIMUM ONE A IPP STAFF BRIEFING ABOUT THE RESOLUTION AND PROCESS FOR ORDINANCE UPDATES.

TWO CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR CALCULATING 2% AND WHAT POTENTIAL IMPACTS THAT COULD HAVE ON THE PROGRAM.

AND THREE, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE A IPP ORDINANCE AND GUIDELINES WORKING GROUP.

AUSTIN'S ART PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM EXISTS BECAUSE AUSTIN ARTISTS AND RESIDENTS ORGANIZED FOR IT.

THE 1985 ORDINANCE AND THE 2002 INCREASED FROM 1% TO 2% WERE THE PRODUCT OF SUSTAINED COMMUNITY ADVOCACY, NOT A STAFF INITIATED POLICY EXERCISE THAT HISTORY MATTERS AND THE PROGRAM'S LEGITIMACY HAS ALWAYS RESTED ON THE ARTS COMMUNITY'S OWNERSHIP OF IT CHANGES TO THIS SCOPE SHOULD,

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THE PROGRAM WAS BUILT IN THE OPEN WITH THE PEOPLE AT EFFECTS.

THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WAS PLACED ON COUNCIL'S CONSENT AGENDA ON APRIL 23RD, 2026, A PATH THAT WOULD'VE ALLOWED PASSAGE WITHOUT DISCUSSION, DEBATE, OR PUBLIC COMMENT.

DESPITE UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATIONS NOT TO PASS THE ORDINANCE BY BOTH A IPP PANEL AND THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION.

THIS PANEL'S WORKING GROUP HAS SEPARATELY HAD DIFFICULTY OBTAINING BASIC RECORDS FROM CITY STAFF ON HOW THE 2% CALCULATION HAS BEEN APPLIED.

HISTORICALLY, INFORMATION THAT IS CENTRAL TO EVALUATING THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION APART FROM THE SUBSTANCE OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES, THE PROCESS TO DATE HAS NOT GIVEN THE ARTS COMMUNITY A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN.

WE ASK THE ARTS COMMISSION TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR A PUBLIC MEETING DEDICATED TO THE PROPOSED CHAPTER SEVEN DASH TWO AMENDMENTS BEFORE THE ITEM RETURNS TO COUNCIL.

THE PANEL APPRECIATES THE COMMISSION'S, CONTINUED ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE, AND WELCOMES THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE COMMISSION AHEAD OF ANY HEARING ON BEHALF OF THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PANEL.

AND IT WAS APPROVED BY THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PANEL.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MALACH.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THIS, UH, SECOND RECOMMENDATION FOR A PUBLIC MEETING? UH, UH, HONEY, REAL QUICK, WHAT WERE THE DATES OF THE, OF THE GOING TO? WE ARE PRESENTING TO THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, AND WE ARE EXPECTED TO PRESENT AN RCA TO COUNCIL AT THEIR OCTOBER 22ND MEETING.

OCTOBER MEETING.

I SEE NO INDICATION THAT ANYONE, ANYONE WANTS MORE DISCUSSION? DO I HAVE A MOTION? COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER SMALL MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I JUST READ FROM THE A IPP PANEL.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MACH.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? WITH UPDATED DATES? SORRY.

WITH, WITH UPDATES WITH UPDATED DATES TO THE CORRECT DATES.

SO THAT RECOMMENDATION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER BENCO TO SECOND ANY MORE DISCUSSION SAYING NO DISCUSSION.

I'M READY TO CALL THE QUESTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE RECOMMENDATION FOR A PUBLIC MEETING, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING A OR RAISING YOUR HAND.

AYE, I SEE ALL OF THE COMMISSIONER'S HANDS RAISED.

NO, NO, UM, OPPOSITION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PANEL FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

[18. Discussion and possible action to establish a Deaccession Jury to review Art in Public Places artworks at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Presentation by Jaime Castillo, Art in Public Places Manager.]

MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 18, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ESTABLISH A DEES JURY TO REVIEW ART AND PUBLIC PLACES AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM.

JAIME CASTILLO.

HELLO AGAIN.

JAIME CASTILLO, MANAGER FOR ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.

HERE'S OUR, UH, WE HAVE A REQUEST TONIGHT TO FORM THE SESION JURY, BUT I'LL START OFF WITH AN OVERVIEW.

OH, SORRY.

UH, AS A REMINDER, THE A IPV PROCESS, UH, FOLLOWS BASICALLY FIVE PHASES.

UH, ARTISTS PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROCESS, MOSTLY THROUGH THE MIDDLE, UH, FROM SELECTING TO DESIGNING TO IMPLEMENTING, BUT THE LIFESPAN OF ARTWORKS IN OUR COLLECTION, UH, EXTEND PAST THAT.

SO THEY START AT THE SCOPING WHERE, WHERE THE WORK THAT STAFF DOES, UM, FROM A IPP, BUT ALSO WITH OUR SPONSOR DEPARTMENTS, IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW WE DRAFT, UH, THE ART CALL GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE ARCHIVING, WHICH MEANS MAKING SURE THAT IT IS ASSESSED INTO OUR PUBLIC ART COLLECTION, ANY MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR THAT HAPPENS THROUGH THE LIFE OF THE ARTWORK.

AND THEN, UM, AND AS A REMINDER, WE EXPECT ARTWORKS TO LAST 20 YEARS AS SIMILAR AS THE CIP PROJECTS THAT, UH, THEY'RE ASSOCIATED WITH.

AND THEN, UH, FINALLY, THE, THE REMOVAL OF THE ARTWORK FROM OUR COLLECTION OR DEES.

UM, AND ALSO WE WANT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT RELOCATIONS IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL, IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

UM, BUT REALLY WANT TO CAPTURE THE WHOLE LIFESPAN OF AN ARTWORK, UM, THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN OUR COLLECTION.

AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE LAST STAGE OF THE LIFESPAN, WHICH IS THE DEES.

AND AS A REMINDER, UH, WE DO HAVE THE DEACCESSION POLICY THAT I IDENTIFIES THAT, UH, DEES IS

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AN INTEGRAL AND NECESSARY PART OF RESPONSIBLE COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT.

AND IN THE DEES POLICY, WE DO, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF OPTIONS.

IF, UH, A JUROR, A DEES JURY IDENTIFIES THAT DEES IS APPROPRIATE, UM, WE CAN TRY TO RELOCATE THE ARTWORK TO ANOTHER APPROPRIATE SITE.

WE CAN GIVE THE ARTISTS AN OPPORTUNITY EITHER TO BUY BACK THE WORK OR RECOVER THE WORK IF IT IS ALLOWED BY THEIR CONTRACT, BY THEIR AGREEMENT, UM, THAT WE DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO DISPOSE OF THE ARTWORK THROUGH OUR SURPLUS PROPERTY PROCEDURES, OR WE CAN REMOVE IT FROM PUBLIC DISPLAY AND PLACE IT IN STORAGE.

AND SO FOR THESE, WE HAVE PREPARED, UH, WORKSHEETS THAT THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE DS SESSION JURY THAT IDENTIFIES, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ARTWORKS.

BUT JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THERE IS A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING AT THE AIRPORT AS PART OF THEIR, UH, A EDP, THE AIRPORT EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

UH, AND WE KNOW THAT PART OF THAT WORK, UH, REQUIRES THAT WE DESS THE LEAF POT AND SAMARA AS IT, UM, IT IS, IT'D BE DIFFICULT TO, TO MOVE THIS ARTWORK WITHOUT DAMAGING IT.

UH, THIS WAS, UH, COMMISSION OR MORE ACCURATELY ASSESSED INTO OUR COLLECTION IN 1999.

UM, THESE ARE VERY LARGE SCULPTURES AND THEY ALSO HAVE VERY DEEP FOOTINGS.

THEY, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S SIX FEET INTO, INTO THE GROUND.

AND SO, UH, VERY DIFFICULT TO, TO MOVE, UH, SAFELY.

AND THIS IS A BY ARTIST JOHN CHRISTIANSEN.

UH, WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DEES, THE POTENTIAL DECE SESSIONING OF UPLIFTED GROUND, UH, CREATED BY MY MICHAEL SINGER STUDIO.

UH, THE PRINCIPAL ARTIST MICHAEL SINGER HAS PASSED, BUT THE STUDIO CONTINUES HIS WORK.

UM, THIS ONE WAS ASSESSED IN 2015, AND, UH, THE CREATION OF THIS ARTWORK IS ACTUALLY THE BUILT INTO THE STRUCTURE OF THE GARAGE.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY A PART OF THE, UH, THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE.

SO THE TENSIONING OF THE ARTWORK IS ACTUALLY ALSO THE TENSIONING OF THE GARAGE.

UM, SO IT'S VERY INTEGRATED INTO THE BUILDING.

AND WITH THE, THE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING AT THE AIRPORT, WE KNOW THAT THE, THE GARAGE IS GONNA BE DEMOLISHED.

UM, WE HAD BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE AIRPORT IN, IN TRYING TO RELOCATE, UH, AT LEAST PART OF THIS ARTWORK.

UH, THERE WAS, UH, A COUPLE OF SITES IDENTIFIED, UM, AT THE END THEY WERE NOT VIABLE.

AND THEREFORE, AS PART OF OUR RESPONSIBLE COLLECTION MANAGEMENT, WE ARE INTRODUCING THIS TO A POTENTIAL DEES OF OUR COLLECTION FROM OUR COLLECTION.

AND SO THE TIMELINE JUST RECAPPING, UH, ASSESS LEAF POT AND SAMARA IN 19 NINE ASSESS UPLIFTED GROUND IN 2015.

UH, THE REQUEST, UH, FOR DEES FOR BOTH OF THESE ARTWORKS WAS RECEIVED BY A IPP, UH, LAST MONTH.

AND THIS MONTH WE HAVE PRESENTING TO Y'ALL REQUESTING THE FORMATION OF DEES JURY, EXPECTING THAT WORK TO HAPPEN IN OCTOBER WITH A RECOMMENDATION RETURNING TO YOU EITHER AT YOUR OCTOBER MEETING, POTENTIALLY AT YOUR NOVEMBER MEETING, AND THEN PRESENTING YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL FOLLOWING THAT.

AND THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.

WE RECOMMEND, UH, IDENTIFYING, UH, A CONSERVATOR OR SOMEONE ELSE IN, IN THAT ART IN INDUSTRY FIELD, AND WE CAN HELP IDENTIFY THAT PERSON.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS? I SEE NO ONE INDICATING THEY HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO CLARIFY.

WE ARE JUST SETTING, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING A REC, A MO A WE'RE MO MOVING ACTION TO HAVE THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PANEL CREATE A DEES JURY TO LOOK OVER THE PROJECTS, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR WHICH OF THOSE OPTIONS SHOULD HAPPEN, AND THEN BRING THAT BACK TO COMMISSION.

LET ME, ALLOW ME TO CLARIFY.

SO WE'RE, YES, PLEASE DO.

THE, THE REQUEST IS FOR YOU, THE ARTS COMMISSION TO FORM A DS SESSION JURY TO CONSISTING OF THE, A QUORUM OF THE A IPV PANEL, UH, AND, UH, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ARTS COMMISSION.

AND, UH, ANOTHER REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PANEL, WHICH WE RECOMMEND COULD BE, UH, SOMEONE IN, IN CONSERVATION OR OTHER RELATED, UH, ARTS PROFESSIONAL.

BUT THE, THE, THE MAKEUP OF THE PANEL, THE SELECTION OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE TO UP TO THE PANEL OR UP TO THE ARTS COMMISSION.

ARTS COMMISSION.

SO IT WOULD BE A QUORUM OF THE PANEL, QUORUM OF THE PANEL, WHICH IS FOR, UM, AND THEN AN ARTS COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE.

SO IT COULD BE, UH, COMMISSIONER SMBA OR ANY OTHER ARTS COMMISSIONER THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING.

MM-HMM .

AND THEN

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SO WE DON'T HAVE TO NAME THAT PERSON.

CORRECT.

DOES EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING? COMMISSIONER, UM, NEY? YES.

UM, THERE IS SOME TECH ISSUES GOING ON WITH COMMISSIONER SCHACH.

UM, SO SHE'S NOT ABLE TO UNMUTE.

JUST LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW.

SO WE'RE JUST WAITING ON A MOTION TO CREATE THE DEES JURY.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

SO THAT'S, COMMISSIONER HUSSAINI HAS MOVED TO CREATE THE DEES JURY AS STATED, A QUORUM OF THE ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES PANEL, AN ARTS COMMISSIONER AND A ARTS PROFESSIONAL ARTS PROFESSIONAL, UH, WHO WILL BE IDENTIFIED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER CHENEY.

SECONDS.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SAYING NONE? I'M GONNA CALL THE QUESTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CREATING A DIA SESSION PANEL, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING A, ARE RAISING YOUR HAND.

AYE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? I SEE ALL COMMISSIONERS IN FAVOR.

NONE OPPOSED.

SO WE ARE, WE OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED THE SESSION COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF A QUORUM OF THE ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES, PANEL ARTS COMMISSIONER, SMALL BOX, AND AN ARTS PROFESSIONAL TO BE IDENTIFIED AT A LATER DATE.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR US? JAIME? THAT'S IT.

JESUS PANTEL, CULTURAL FUNDING SUPERVISOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANKS, JAIME.

NOW WE CAN MOVE INTO THE MEAT

[7. Staff briefing regarding an update on the Hotel Occupancy Tax by Jesús Pantel, ACME Cultural Funding Superviso]

OF THE STAFF BRIEFING.

SO WE'LL START WITH ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING AN UPDATE ON HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX BY JESUS ELL, ACNE, CULTURAL FUNDING.

SUPER, UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

UM, THIS EVENING I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTION, UH, NUMBERS FOR, UH, THE LATEST NUMBERS FOR WHICH WE HAVE, UH, DATA.

UH, SO THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTION IN AUGUST WAS $6,002,479.

UH, THIS MEANS OUR TOTAL, UH, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, UH, FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS FUND SPECIFICALLY, UM, FOR JULY WAS $573,237.

AND WITH THESE AUGUST NUMBERS, WE HAVE EXCEEDED OUR FY 26 APPROVED BUDGET.

UM, AS A REMINDER, THERE IS A DELAY IN HOW HOT REPORTING HAPPENS.

UH, THIS AUGUST PRESENTATION SHOWS FUNDS COLLECTED IN JULY FOR HOTEL STAYS IN JUNE.

SO, SIGNIFICANT EVENTS FROM JULY, 2026 ARE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE.

UH, WHILE THIS LIST DOES NOT CAPTURE THE FULL SPECTRUM OF TOURISM DRIVING EVENTS, IT HELPS ENHANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOT REVENUE TRENDS.

AND ACCORDING TO AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTS, TOTAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC IN JULY, 2026 WAS, UH, 2,102,655, WHICH REPRESENTS A 3.27% INCREASE COMPARED TO JULY OF 2025.

UH, THIS GRAPH SHOWS OUR MONTHLY PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR APPROVED, UH, BUDGET FOR FY 26 OF JUST UNDER 16 MILLION.

UM, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE, UH, JUST OVER 16.5 MILLION, UH, COLLECTED TO DATE.

UM, SO AS A REMINDER, AGAIN, THESE FUNDS COLLECTED IN FISCAL YEAR 26 WILL BE USED TO FUND PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.

UM, THIS GRAPH SHOWS A FIVE YEAR QUARTERLY AND TOTAL COMPARISON OF THE CULTURAL ARTS FUND.

UM, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE $16 MILLION, UH, LINE THERE ON THE GRAPH, AND WE ARE EXCEEDING THAT, UM, OUR $15.97 MILLION BUDGET THAT WE HAD FOR THE YEAR.

YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT OR I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.

THANK

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DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER HUSSEINI.

JESUS, I MISSED YOUR ACCESSIBILITY UPDATE.

THE ACCESSIBILITY UPDATE.

WILL YOU TELL US WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE AND WHAT YOU LOOK? UH, YES.

I DIDN'T DO THAT TODAY, WITH MY LONG GRAY HAIR, SALT AND PEPPER BEARD AND A, A BLUE SHIRT TODAY.

I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

, UH, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR PRESENTATION.

APPRECIATE IT, .

COMMISSIONER MVA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL KNOW THIS OFFHAND, BUT DO YOU KNOW THE LAST TIME WE'VE, IF EVER HAD MORE THAN 16 MILLION, WOULD THAT BE PRE I COULDN'T, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE THE GRAPH CUT OFF THE EARLIEST YEAR WE SAW, BUT IT'S, HAS IT HAPPENED BEFORE OR IS THIS THE MOST WE'VE EVER HAD? I BELIEVE THIS IS THE MOST WE'VE EVER HAD.

I AM USED TO, I I, I'M HESITATING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ACME FUNDING PROGRAM, SO I'M NOT SURE, WELL, THIS IS THE CULTURAL ARTS FUND, SO I KNOW THE MOST WE'VE EVER GIVEN OUT THE MOST WE, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, THERE'S MONEY THAT GOES ASIDE FOR, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS.

SO IT'S NOT ALL JUST, YOU KNOW, AWARDS.

SO SOME OF THAT MONEY DOES GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF.

SO THAT'S WHY I AM HEDGING ON GIVING AN EXACT ANSWER.

I KNOW THE MOST AMOUNT WE'VE GIVEN OUT IN FUNDING SPECIFICALLY TO THE CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING PROGRAM WAS JUST OVER $13 MILLION IS THE MOST WE'VE EVER GIVEN OUT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT COUNTING, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER TYPES OF, UM, UM, ITEMS THAT ARE PAID FOR OUT OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.

SO I, I CAN LOOK AND SEE IF I CAN FIND THAT OUT.

UM, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE, BUT I, I'M PRETTY SURE IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST WE'VE EVER OVER EVER RECEIVED SAVED.

I'M STILL, I'M STILL ON THAT SLIDE IN, THE EARLIEST ONE WE HAD WAS FISCAL YEAR 2022, WHICH WAS 12.9 MILLION, AND THEN 23 IT JUMPED UP TO 15.65.

AND THAT'S THE HIGHEST SINCE 2022 UNTIL NOW.

RIGHT.

EVEN WITHOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER.

AMAZING.

GOODNESS.

ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN THE CONVENTION CENTER OPENS BACK UP? WE'RE GONNA DOUBLE THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GETTING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU, JESUS.

WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

OH, I DID WANNA MENTION THAT WE HAD A HUGE, HUGE, IF ANYBODY LOOKS AT HIS PRESENTATION FROM LAST MONTH, WE HAD A HUGE INCOME LAST MONTH.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT HELPS GET US OVER THIS THRESHOLD.

YES, WE DID BREAK THE, UM, OUR BUDGETARY, UM, AMOUNT.

WE EXCEEDED OUR BUDGET, UM, AS OF LAST MONTH, BUT SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM, UM, I AM NOW TELLING Y'ALL WE, UH, HAVE EXCEEDED OUR BUDGET THIS MONTH AS WELL.

, WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK, IF YOU HAD TO GUESS? I KNOW IT'S NOT LIKE, UH, EXACT, BUT IF YOU HAD TO GUESS, WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO FROM LAST MONTH? OH, FROM LAST MONTH.

UM, I REMEMBER WHEN I PUT THE PRESENTATION, SO I ALWAYS DO THAT SLIDE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE TOURISM DRIVING EVENTS.

UM, I WOULD THINK PROBABLY MOST LIKELY, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER BACK WHAT WAS ON THE SLIDE FROM LAST MONTH, BUT, UH, THE WORLD CUP, UM, EVENTS, THERE WERE, THERE WERE A LOT OF THOSE GOING ON.

SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT, UM, UH, DROVE FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH WOULD BE MY GUESS.

UH, WHAT DROVE THE TOUR? THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHER EVENTS THAT HAPPENED AT THAT MONTH, BUT THAT'S THE ONE THAT STANDS OUT IN MY MEMORY.

UH, YEAH, I, I'M BIASED, SO THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS TOO.

I'M A BIG FOOTBALL FAN, BUT I WAS CURIOUS THAT, UM, OKAY.

WE ALSO HAD, UH, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS, UM, AUSTIN PRIDE FESTIVAL AND PARADE AND SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK.

KISS FI WAS ABLE TO PULL UP OUR, THE SLIDE FROM OUR LAST, UH, MONTH.

SO THANK YOU, JESUS.

EIGHT, STAFF BRIEFING AND UPDATE ON CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING BY JESUS PENTA.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I SEE NONE.

SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER

[8. Staff briefing regarding update on the Cultural Arts Funding Programs by Jesús Pantel, ACME Cultural Funding Supervisor. ]

ALL RIGHTY.

AND I'M STILL HERE, COMMISSIONERS.

UM, AND THEN SINCE I DIDN'T SAY THIS LIKE I DID MY OTHERS, MY PRONOUNS ARE HE HIS.

UM, AND SO, UM, AND I'VE ALREADY, UM, GIVEN MY, UH, VISUAL DESCRIPTION, UM, AND THEN WITH THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION, I'LL BE SHARING UPDATES ON THE CULTURAL ARTS, UH, FUNDING PROGRAMS. SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, SO I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT CONTRACTS AND PAYMENTS TODAY, UM, OUR GRANT FUNDED ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS REVIEW PANELS.

UH, SO FIRST CONTRACTS AND PAYMENTS.

UH, BUT WE ARE LAUNCHING TWO COMPLETE PANEL PROCESSES IN A SINGLE YEAR.

UM, THIS, UM, SLIDE IS PRETTY MUCH UNCHANGED.

UM, THERE'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF MOVEMENT, BUT, UM, THE REPORT IS OF, UH, AS OF TODAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2026.

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THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.

SO, UM, WE HAVE, AS WE'RE, YOU KNOW, PREPARING FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, THE MEGA LAUNCH THAT WE, UH, JUST HAD.

AND NOW AS WE ARE PREPARING FOR REVIEW PANELS, UM, WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THESE AS WE CAN, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE MAINLY CLOSED OUT.

THERE ARE A FEW STRAGGLERS, AND AGAIN, WE DO HAVE OUR NON-COMPLIANCE PROCESS, UH, FOR THOSE WHO, UM, ARE NOT IN PROCESS OR WHO, WHO ARE, UM, NOT SUCCESSFULLY TURNING IN THEIR FINAL REPORTS.

AND IF THEY DO RECEIVE FUNDING, UM, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO ENTER INTO THEIR NEW CONTRACT OR THEIR NEW AGREEMENT UNTIL WE, UM, SUCCESSFULLY CLOSE OUT THEIR PREVIOUS YEAR'S FINAL REPORT.

UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, AND AGAIN, JUST GIVING A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON SOME OF THOSE THAT, UM, ARE OUTSTANDING.

SO, UM, FOR ELEVATE, UM, IT'S LESS THAN 5%, UH, THAT ARE INCOMPLETE.

UM, OF THOSE 10 OUT OF THE 229, UM, FOUR HAVE NOT BEEN SUBMITTED.

AND AGAIN, AS MENTIONED, THE NON-COMPLIANCE PROCESS HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

UH, FOUR HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, BUT NEED REVISIONS.

UM, ONE IS RETURNING UNUSED FUNDS AND ONE AS, UH, PREVIOUSLY, UH, DISCUSSED, UM, UM, UH, PASSED AWAY DURING THE GRANT TERM.

AND THEN FOR NEXUS, UM, 17, UH, PERCENT, UM, OF THOSE FINAL REPORTS ARE INCOMPLETE.

THOSE WERE DUE, UM, MAY 31ST.

UM, AND SO WE ARE STILL, UH, WORKING ON, UH, GETTING 15 OF THOSE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SUBMITTED.

TWO OF THEM HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, BUT NEED REVISIONS.

UH, NEXT WILL BE GRANT FUNDED ACTIVITIES.

SO, UM, IN THE, UM, SPIRIT OF TIME, I'M NOT GOING TO READ EVERYTHING ON HERE, BUT I WILL READ THE NAME OF THE, UH, RECIPIENTS WHO HAVE, UM, OR THE, THE GRAND RECIPIENTS WHO HAVE ACTIVITIES COMING UP BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT ARTS COMMISSION MEETING.

UH, WE HAVE THE AUSTIN ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL, ANDREA ARIEL DANCE THEATER, UH, YULIA LAINA, WHO WAS, UH, MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, DURING THE, UH, STEPHANIE'S DISCUSSION DURING THE CREEK SHOW.

UM, WE HAVE REE SCHOOL OF MARIMBA.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE LA CHE AUSTIN TYPEWRITER POETS COLLECTIVE EAST SIDE KINGS FOUNDATION.

AND THEN I NOTICED, UM, EARLIER, UM, THE LAST, UM, ITEM THERE, THE TERRACE, THE HALLOWEEN VARIETY SHOW IS ACTUALLY FALLOUT THEATER, UM, FROM DISTRICT NINE DOING THEIR PERFORMANCE AT FALLOUT THEATER.

UH, THE NAME OF THE EVENT IS CORRECT AND THE DATES ARE CORRECT, BUT I JUST HAD THE WRONG, UM, UH, RECIPIENT'S NAME THERE.

UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UH, SO NEXT I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT REVIEW PANELS.

SO, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHERE WE CAME FROM WITH, UM, THIS VERSION.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SECOND VERSION AFTER THE, UM, PASSAGE OF THE NEW ACME FUNDING PROGRAM GUIDELINES.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE CREATIVE RESET.

SO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE, UM, ALL THE FEEDBACK AND EVERYTHING THAT WE GET, THAT IT IS ITERATIVE PROCESSES.

UM, WE ARE STILL TAKING, YOU KNOW, UM, WE HEAR THINGS AS WE, YOU KNOW, LAUNCH THAT FIRST PILOT PROGRAM.

SO WE HAVE MORE CLEAR DEFINITIONS.

WE HAVE SIMPLIFIED PROCESSES.

UM, WE HAVE SET NEW TIERED AWARD, UH, MINIMUMS FOR THRIVE AND ELEVATE.

SO WE DID NOT HAVE MINIMUM AWARD AMOUNTS BEFORE.

WE DO HAVE THAT NOW.

WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE APPLICATIONS FOR THRIVE AND ELEVATE.

UH, THE LAST TIME WE HAD A JOINT THRIVE AND ELEVATE LAUNCH, UM, YOU PEOPLE WERE AUTOMATICALLY CONSIDERED FOR ELEVATE IF THEY DID NOT SCORE HUN AFTER RECEIVE THRIVE.

BUT WE HEARD BACK THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SEPARATE APPLICATIONS SINCE IT WAS TWO DIFFERENT, UH, UH, SETS OF QUESTIONS.

SO WE HAVE THAT NOW.

UH, WE HAVE TIGHTENED ELIGIBILITY RULES AND CLARIFIED ENTITY TYPES, SO NONPROFIT, UH, ARTS ORGANIZATION AND INDIVIDUAL ARTIST.

UM, WE CLARIFIED ABOUT, UH, OR, AND TIGHTENED THE RULES ABOUT ONE APPLICATION PER PROGRAM AND ONE ACT OF AWARD PER LEAD APPLICANT.

WE CLARIFIED ELIGIBLE AND INELIGIBLE EXPENSES WITH STRONGER COMPLIANCE GUIDANCE.

UH, WE HAVE UPDATED OUR SCORING RUBRICS AND, UH, SOMETHING NEW WE ADDED THIS YEAR WAS, UH, TIEBREAKER QUESTIONS.

UM, AND WE REFINED THE HERITAGE PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION AND SITE REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS IMPROVING CLARITY ACROSS THE PROGRAMS, UM, WITH GENERAL SIMPLER LANGUAGE AND MORE ALIGNED DEFINITIONS.

THEY CAN EITHER HAVE, UH, CREATIVE SPACE OR, UH, NOT HAVE ONE THAT'S JUST A DIFFERENT, UH, TIER LEVEL FOR THE, UM, UH, UH, AWARD AMOUNT, ELEVATE AWARDS ARE BETWEEN 15,000 AND $80,000 AND THEREFORE, UM, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND CREATIVE BUSINESSES.

UH, SO ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN JUST SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, UM, OPEN RIGHT NOW, UM, OR THAT WE ARE REVIEWING RIGHT NOW THE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND WITH AWARDS BETWEEN, UH, FIVE AND $70,000.

UM, AND THAT'S FOR MUSIC INDUSTRY, WHICH INCLUDES MUSICIANS, INDEPENDENT PROMOTERS, AND VENUES.

UH, THRIVE HAS AWARDS BETWEEN 80 TO $125,000.

UM, IT'S ONLY FOR ARTS NONPROFITS WITH A FIVE, UH, YEARS OR MORE OF OPERATION.

UM, AND

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AND THEN THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION GRANT HAS AWARDS BETWEEN 50 AND 250,000 FOR PRESERVATION PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES.

UM, ALL THE REST OF THE PROGRAMS THRIVE ELEVATE AND HERITAGE PRESERVATION GRANT, UM, HAVE A REVIEW PANEL PROCESS.

SO WHY DO WE UTILIZE THE PANEL PROCESS? UM, IT IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

BOTH THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS AND THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR HUMANITIES HAVE USED, UH, REVIEW PANEL PROCESSES, UH, SINCE 19, UH, 65.

UM, ALL 56, UH, STATE AND TERRITORIAL ARTS AGENCIES, UH, USE PEER REVIEW PANELS.

UH, THE KEY BENEFITS ARE OBJECTIVITY, TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, EQUITY, LEGITIMACY, AND SCALABILITY.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT HELPS REMOVE THE APPEARANCE OF, UH, FAVORITISM OR BIAS, AND IT CAN THOROUGHLY EVALUATE HUNDREDS OF APPLICATIONS.

UH, AND WE'LL GET TO THE HUNDREDS OF APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVE THROUGH THESE VARIOUS PROGRAMS IN A LATER SLIDE.

UH, SO PANELISTS, QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPENSATION.

SO WE SEEK ARTS PROFESSIONALS, UH, WHICH INCLUDES PRACTICING ARTISTS, UH, ADMINISTRATORS, EDUCATORS, UH, CURATORS OR PRODUCERS.

UH, WE ALSO ARE LOOKING FOR HERITAGE EXPERTS FOR OUR HERITAGE, UH, REVIEW PANELS, UM, ARCHITECTS, PRESERVATIONISTS, UM, MUSEUM EDUCATION AND TOURISM PROFESSIONALS.

UH, WE LOOK FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL.

SO, UM, UH, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO HAVE AN ARTS BACKGROUND, BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LOVE FOR THE ARTS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND AGAIN, LOOKING FOR A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS FOR ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT REVIEW PANELS, UM, TO, UM, BE ELIGIBLE.

UM, THE REVIEW PANELIST NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD.

THEY CANNOT BE A FULL-TIME CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEE.

UM, THEY CANNOT APPLY FOR THE SAME GRANT PROGRAM TRACK.

SO APPLICANTS, UH, CAN SERVE AS REVIEW PANELISTS, JUST NOT IN THE SAME TRACK THAT THEY'RE APPLYING FOR.

UM, AND THEY NEED TO BE AVAILABLE, UH, TO DO REQUIRED TRAININGS, UM, AND TO SERVE ON THE PANEL DATE ITSELF.

AND THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMMIT, UM, AT LEAST 30 HOURS OR AROUND 30 HOURS OR SO, UM, 20 HOURS, UH, TO, UH, REVIEW THE, THE APPLICATIONS, UH, THE EIGHT HOUR PANEL DAY ITSELF, A ONE AND A HALF HOUR TRAINING.

UM, AND IT COULD BE MORE THAN THAT.

WE, WE, YOU KNOW, ESTIMATE, IT TAKES PROBABLY ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO, TO AN HOUR TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS.

UM, AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ASSIGNING, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 TO 25 OR SO APPLICATIONS, UM, FOR THE COMPENSATION, WE DO OFFER A $500 HONORARIUM, UM, UPON COMPLETION OF ALL OF THE DELIVERABLES.

UM, AND THIS, UM, UM, AMOUNT IS COMPETITIVE WITH WHAT OTHER LOCAL ARTS AGENCIES OFFER FOR THEIR, UH, REVIEW PANEL PROCESSES.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION.

SO, WITH THE PANEL RECRUITMENT PROCESS, UM, THE REVIEW PANEL, UM, KIND OF TAKEN FORM IS OPEN YEAR ROUND, BUT, UH, WE HAD, UH, UM, KIND OF A DEADLINE AS WE WERE GETTING READY TO UTILIZE A REVIEW PANELISTS FOR THIS UPCOMING ROUND OF, UH, PANELS, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE, UH, STARTING TO SEPTEMBER 29TH AND, UH, THROUGH THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.

UM, AND SO WHAT WE DID IS, UM, WE SENT A SECONDARY REVIEW FORM.

SO THE INITIAL FORM, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF HAS THEIR GENERAL INTEREST.

SECOND REVIEW FORM HAS SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY, UM, AND MORE OF THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR TO HELP US SELECT THE REVIEW PANELISTS.

UM, SINCE WE NEEDED, UH, SO MANY, UH, THIS YEAR, WE, UH, WENT AHEAD AND SENT THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY WHO HAD SUBMITTED.

WE HAD AROUND, IT WAS OVER 800 PEOPLE.

UM, HAD, UH, SUBMITTED SOMETHING IN THE NOMINATION PROCESS.

WE GOT, UM, JUST UNDER 400, UH, REVIEWED A SECONDARY, UM, INTEREST FORM.

AND SO, UH, THIS GIVES US, UH, THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF LEEWAY TO SELECT, UH, THE GREATEST NUMBER OF REVIEW PANELISTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS, YOU KNOW, THEIR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE.

WE WANNA SEE WHAT THEIR COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE IS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING HOLISTICALLY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AS MUCH OF THE, UH, NEEDS WE HAVE, UH, COVERED, UM, ON THE REVIEW PANELS.

BUT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY LOOKING FOR THEIR, UM, COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE EXPERTISE, UH, THEIR PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THEIR BIOS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF, UM, EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE.

FOR THAT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT EXPERTISE.

SO, UM, PANELIST SELECTION AND COMPOSITION.

UM, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING

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UM, WE WANT THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND COMMUNITY, UH, MEMBERS, AS I MENTIONED, UM, THE COMMUNITY BASED ARTISTIC PRACTICE EXPERTISE FOR ELEVATE OR COMMUNITY BASED HERITAGE TOURISM AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION EXPERTISE.

FOR THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION GRANT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A MIX OF LOCAL AND OUT OF TOWN PANELISTS.

WE, UH, PREFER HAVING AT LEAST ONE PANELIST FROM OUTSIDE THE MSA, UH, THE METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA, UM, FOR EACH, UH, REVIEW PANEL IF POSSIBLE.

UM, AGAIN, A MIX OF ARTS ADMINISTRATORS AND PRACTICING ARTS PROFESSIONALS.

SO, UM, UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR A, A DISCIPLINE EXPERTISE.

SO MI A MIXTURE OF ALL OF THAT FOR EACH, UH, REVIEW PANEL.

SO THEY HAVE THE SPECIFIC TYPES OF DISCIPLINES FOR THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE BEING REVIEWED.

UM, SO SPECIFICALLY HERITAGE TOURISM AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOR THE HISTORIC HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT.

AND THEN WE HAD, UM, APPLICANTS COULD SELF-SELECT EITHER EXHIBITION PERFORMANCE OR ARTS, SERVICE SLASH ARTS, EDUCATION SLASH ARTS AND MUSIC THERAPY AS THEIR ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE.

SO WE HAVE, UH, THOSE DISCIPLINES, UM, COVERED ON THE PANELS AS WELL.

UM, WE ALSO LOOK FOR TOURIST TOURISM EXPERTISE.

SINCE ALL OF OUR, UH, REVIEW PANEL, ALL OF OUR GRANTS ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, FUNDED THROUGH THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY, UH, STAFF.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, PANELISTS, RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, THEY NEED TO COMPLETE ALL REQUIRED TRAINING.

UM, THEY NEED TO READ AND REVIEW ALL ASSIGNED APPLICATIONS, UH, THOROUGHLY.

SO, UM, ALL THE ONES THAT ARE ASSIGNED FOR THEIR DAY OF THE PANEL, UH, THEY SCORE ALL OF THOSE BASED ON THE PROGRAM RUBRIC.

SO NOT ON THEIR PERSONAL PREFERENCE.

THEY ARE TYING THEIR SCORES BACK, UH, SPECIFICALLY TO, UH, THE GUIDELINES IN THE SCORING RUBRIC.

UM, THEY ARE TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTIVE WRITTEN COMMENTS FOR EACH APPLICATION.

AND THEN ON THE PANEL MEETING DATE ITSELF, THEY NEED TO PARTICIPATE AND OFFER, UH, VERBAL, UH, COMMENTS.

UH, WE ASK THAT THEY LOOK BEYOND GRANTSMANSHIP, UH, TO EVALUATE MERIT.

SO, UM, IF THE INFORMATION IS KIND OF IN THERE, BUT IT IS, YOU KNOW, HARD FOR THEM TO FIND, UH, WE DO ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY, THEY LOOK BEYOND THAT.

UM, AND WE ASK THAT THEY NOT CONTACT APPLICANTS OR OTHER REVIEWERS DURING THE PROCESS.

THEY'RE ONLY SCORING THE APPLICATION BASED ON WHAT'S IN THE APPLICATION.

UM, AND WE ASK THAT THEY MAINTAIN THEIR CONFIDENTIALITY AND PROFESSIONALISM.

UM, AND THEN IN THE REQUIRED TRAINING, UH, THAT I MENTIONED WAS, UH, AN HOUR AND A HALF.

UM, THEY GO, WE GO OVER THE ACME MISSION, UH, THE FUNDING SOURCE REQUIREMENTS, OR THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REGULATIONS.

UH, WE TALK ABOUT OUR PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND SCORING RUBRICS.

WE GO OVER OUR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

UM, WE GO OVER HOW TO, UH, UTILIZE A SUBMITTABLE, UM, SO TECHNICAL TRAINING ON HOW TO SCORE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS IN THERE.

UH, WE PROVIDE BEST PRACTICES FOR CONSTRUCTIVE, UH, PROVIDING CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, UH, WRITTEN AND SPOKEN FEEDBACK, AND WE GO OVER PANEL DAY LOGISTICS AND EXPECTATIONS.

SO, UM, CONTRACT OF INTEREST, AS I JUST MENTIONED, UH, WE GO, WE TAKE THIS, UH, VERY SERIOUSLY AND HAVE A NUMBER OF MEASURES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE REVIEW PROCESS TO GO OVER THAT.

UM, FIRST OF ALL IS, YOU KNOW, GOING OVER CONFLICT OF INTEREST DURING THE TRAINING WITH THE REVIEW PANELISTS, WHERE WE GIVE OUR DEFINITION, WHICH, UH, WE DEFINE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS ANY FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION OR RELATIONSHIP WITH AN APPLICATION, UH, WITH AN APPLICANT, UH, WHERE THE, THAT PLACES A PANELIST IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY FEEL THEY CANNOT BE UNBIASED, UM, THEY OR AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER, UM, OR THEIR ORGANIZATION, UM, IF THEY'RE APPLYING, UM, THAT WOULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN ORGANIZATION CANNOT APPLY IN THE SAME PROGRAM TRACK, UH, THAT THEY ARE SERVING ON.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, UM, WHEN WE ASSIGN APPLICATIONS TO THEM, YOU KNOW, UM, WE ASK THEM, UH, RIGHT AWAY, YOU KNOW, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH, UM, ANY OF THESE, UM, APPLICATIONS.

UM, BEFORE THEY CAN ACTUALLY START REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS IN THE SUBMITTABLE PLATFORM, THEY NEED TO ATTEST THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE, UM, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH THE APPLICANT.

UM, ONCE THEY DO THAT, THEN THEY CAN ACTUALLY SCORE THE APPLICATION.

UM, IF THEY DO HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, UM, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

THEY JUST DO NOT SCORE THAT PARTICULAR APPLICATION.

UM, AND THEN ON THE REVIEW PANEL DAY, UM, THEY, UH, MUTE THEIR MICROPHONE AND GO OFF CAMERA.

SO THERE'S NO BODY LANGUAGE OR, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, THING THAT THEY'RE GIVING TO INFLUENCE.

THE OTHER, UH, REVIEW PANELISTS, UH, BECAUSE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST, UM, WE ASK THAT THEY AVOID ADVOCATING FOR OR AGAINST ANY APPLICANT.

UM, AND AGAIN, THEY CANNOT SERVE IF THEY ARE AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER IS APPLYING THE SAME, UH, UH, GRANT TRACK.

UM, AND PANELISTS WHO FAIL TO DISCLOSE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST MAY BE DISMISSED AND MAY BE DISQUALIFIED FROM, UH, SERVING AS FUTURE REVIEW PANELISTS.

UM, NEXT

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SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, JUST TO KIND OF SEE HOW WE BREAK UP, UH, THE REVIEW PANELS, UM, IN ELEVATE, UH, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT APPLICANT TYPES, UH, NONPROFITS, ARTS GROUPS, AND INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS.

UM, AGAIN, THE THREE DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, EXHIBITION PERFORMANCE OR ARTS, SERVICE ARTS, EDUCATION, ARTS AND MUSIC THERAPY.

UM, AND SO WE KIND OF DIVIDE 'EM UP BY APPLICANT TYPE AND BY DISCIPLINE.

AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, TRY AND BREAK 'EM UP BY BUDGET SIZE.

SO, UM, A SMALL, YOU KNOW, BUDGET WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, ALL VOLUNTEER STAFF OR, YOU KNOW, NO, UH, GRANT WRITERS OR, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS NOT COMPETING AGAINST A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, A TEAM OF, YOU KNOW, 25 ON THEIR FUNDRAISING TEAM.

SO, TRY AND KEEP THINGS, UM, AS, AS EVEN AS POSSIBLE FOR THRIVE.

UM, UM, THERE'S ONLY ONE APPLICANT TYPE, UH, THE 5 0 1 C3 ARTS NONPROFIT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S DIVIDED WITH THOSE WITH CREATIVE SPACE AND THOSE WITHOUT CREATIVE SPACE.

AGAIN, THE DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES AND ALSO BY BUDGET SIZE.

UM, AND THEN FOR HERITAGE PRESERVATION, THERE IS SOME PRE-PA WORK, UH, WITH THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION FOR AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL STAFF REVIEW.

UH, BUT ONCE THAT IS DONE, UH, THE REST OF THE APPLICATION IS REVIEWED THROUGH A PANEL PROCESS.

UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S BROKEN DOWN, UH, BY A PROJECT TYPE, WHETHER IT'S HERITAGE EVENTS, UM, WITH OR WITHOUT HISTORIC DESIGNATION, AND THEN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR PRESERVATION EXPERTISE FOR THE PANELISTS TO SERVE ON THOSE REVIEW PANELS.

SO, APPLICATION ASSIGNMENTS, UM, STAFF WILL ASSIGN THE APPLICATIONS BASED ON THE PANELISTS EXPERTISE.

SO WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE SPECIFIC, UM, UM, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE OR ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE, UH, THAT THEY HAVE, AND WE TRY AND ASSIGN THEM SIMILAR APPLICATIONS.

UM, AGAIN, PANELISTS REVIEW, UH, RECEIVE THEIR ASSIGNMENTS, UH, VIA THE SUBMITTABLE PORTAL.

UM, AGAIN, THEY CONTACT US TO NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY IF THEY HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, AND IF THEY DO, AGAIN, WE WILL JUST REASSIGN THAT APPLICATION TO, UH, SOMEONE ELSE ON THAT REVIEW PANEL.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REVIEWERS.

AND SO, AGAIN, THE PANELISTS HAVE TO REVIEW ALL APPLICATIONS, NOT JUST THE ONES FOR WHICH ARE PRIMARY OR SECONDARY, BUT THE PRIMARY REVIEWER GIVES, UM, BASICALLY A 32ND INTRO TO KIND OF INTRODUCE WHO THE APPLICANT IS.

UH, THEN THEY GO, UH, FOR ONE TO TWO MINUTES TO GIVE THEIR COMMENTS ON WHAT THEY LIKED OR WHAT THEY WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN ON THE APPLICATION.

AFTER THAT, WE OPEN IT UP TO THE SECONDARY, UH, WE DO NOT SCORE ON CONSENSUS, SO THE SECONDARY CAN HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TAKE FROM THE PRIMARY, CAN HAVE A SIMILAR TAKE.

UH, ONCE THOSE TWO GO, WE OPEN IT UP TO THE REST OF THE PANEL TO PROVIDE, UM, ANY COMMENTS, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE PRIMARY OR SECONDARY HAS ALREADY SAID.

UM, AND AGAIN, ALL PANELS REVIEW BETWEEN 20 AND 30 APPLICATIONS.

UM, AND AGAIN, 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR, UM, IS WHAT WE ESTIMATE IT TAKES TO REVIEW EACH APPLICATION.

SO, ON THE PANEL MEETING DAY, IT DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE, BUT THEY GENERALLY, UH, GLOS FROM 9:00 AM TO AROUND 4:00 PM OR SO, AND THAT INCLUDES A LUNCH BREAK, UM, FOR AN HOUR AROUND NOON.

SO AT NINE WE, UH, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, SO THAT'S PANELISTS ONLY.

UM, IT'S CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC.

WE WILL GO OVER CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AGAIN, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, OTHER, UM, UH, REMINDERS OF HOW THE DAY WILL UNFOLD.

UH, THEN WE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC STARTING AT 10:00 AM.

UH, WE AVERAGE PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE TO EIGHT MINUTES, UH, FOR EACH APPLICATION REVIEW, BUT WE DO HAVE A MAXIMUM TIME LIMIT OF 10 MINUTES TO REVIEW EACH APPLICATION.

UM, AND THEY'RE REVIEWED, UM, IN THE ORDER PROVIDED BY STAFF, SO THAT WAY BOTH THE APPLICANTS WHO ARE, UM, UH, POTENTIALLY WATCHING THE MEETING AND THE PANELISTS KNOW WHICH ORDER WE'LL BE REVIEWING APPLICATIONS IN.

UM, KINDA THE GROUND RULES WE HAVE FOR THE REVIEW, UH, PROCESS IS TO STAY NEUTRAL AND RESPECTFUL IN TONE.

UM, WE WANT THEM TO AVOID JUDGMENTAL OR DISMISSIVE LANGUAGE.

THEY'RE SCORING AGAINST A RUBRIC.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVING CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM FEEDBACK FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENT, UH, THEY NEED TO REFERENCE THE RUBRIC CRITERIA EXPLICITLY.

UM, AND AGAIN, UH, CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK, AND THEY'RE FOCUSING ON CONTENT, NOT COMPARISON.

SO THEY ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, COMPARING ONE APPLICATION TO ANOTHER.

I LIKE THE WAY THIS ONE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION BETTER.

THEY'RE SCORING EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY BASED ON HOW IT MET THE REVIEW CRITERIA.

UM, AND THEN FOR TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC ACCESS, THEY ARE RECORDED AND VIEWABLE BY THE APPLICANTS.

UH, WE PROVIDE ANONYMIZED WRITTEN PANELIST COMMENTS, UM, AND THOSE ARE SHARED WITH THE APPLICANTS, UM, UH, WHEN WE SEND OUT THE AWARD LETTERS.

UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE THE PANELISTS NAMES AND BRIEF BIOS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

UH, FOUR WEEKS OR SO TO ACTUALLY REVIEW ALL THE APPLICATIONS BEFORE THE FIRST PANEL MEETING.

UH, SO THE PANEL TRAINING, UM, OCCURRED IN LATE AUGUST.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF MAKEUP TRAININGS AS WELL, UH, LAST WEEK.

UM, AND THEN, SO, UM, THE PANELISTS HAVE ACTUALLY ALREADY STARTED RECEIVING THEIR APPLICATIONS.

WE LIKE GIVING THEM ABOUT,

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UM, AND SO ELEVATE, UM, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT DATES HERE WHEN THEY RECEIVE THEIR APPLICATIONS OR WILL BE RECEIVING, STARTING WITH HERITAGE PRESERVATION GRANT STARTING THIS WEEK.

UM, AND THEN THE PANEL DISCUSSIONS, AS I MENTIONED, BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 29TH AND GO THROUGH OCTOBER 30TH.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S DIFFERENT PANEL DATES FOR THE DIFFERENT, UH, PROGRAMS. UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UH, WE RECEIVED A RECORD NUMBER OF SPANISH LANGUAGE APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, ONE SPANISH, UM, EACH FUNDING PROGRAM HAS AT LEAST ONE SPANISH LANGUAGE APPLICATION THAT THEY ARE REVIEWING.

UM, AND SO, UM, FOR THE, UM, SPANISH LANGUAGE APPLICATIONS, UM, THEY HAD AUTOMATIC TENTATIVE, UH, ELIGIBILITY, UM, JUST LIKE THEY DID IN ENGLISH.

SO, UM, DEPENDING ON HOW THEY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, THEY COULD GET TO THE FULL APPLICATION.

UM, THE LONG CENTER, OUR THIRD PARTY PARTNER PROVIDED NATIVE SPANISH, UH, SPEAKER, UM, ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION.

UM, AND THEN, UM, ALL SPANISH APPLICATIONS ARE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FOR THE REVIEW PANELISTS.

UM, AND THEN THE PANEL REVIEWERS MAY USE BOTH THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND THE ORIGINAL SPANISH APPLICATION, UH, DURING THEIR EVALUATION OR SCORING PERIOD.

UH, WE DO TRY AND HAVE AT LEAST, UH, ONE OR TWO, UH, SPANISH SPEAKERS, UM, ON THE PANELS THAT HAVE, UH, SPANISH SPEAKING, UM, UH, APPLICATION SUBMITTED IN SPANISH.

UM, BUT WE DO REQUIRE, THEY PROVIDE THEIR WRITTEN COMMENTS IN ENGLISH.

UM, AND WE DO HAVE A TRANSLATOR, AN INTERPRETER THERE, UM, DURING, UH, THOSE PARTICULAR SPANISH REVIEWS, UH, FOR THOSE REVIEWS, WE DO, UM, DOUBLE THE TIME SINCE THERE IS A TRANSLATION.

SO A 20 MINUTE MAXIMUM, UH, REVIEW TIME FOR THE SPANISH LANGUAGE APPLICATION SPECIFICALLY.

UM, AND THEN AGAIN, ALL OF THE COMMENTS ARE, UM, IN ENGLISH, BUT THEY'RE TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH FOR THE APPLICANT AFTER THE REVIEW.

UM, AND THEN APPLICANTS ARE PROVIDED WITH RECORDING AND TRANSLATED COMMENTS, UM, BOTH THE SPANISH, UH, LANGUAGE APPLICANTS AND ENGLISH APPLICANTS, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THE, UH, PANELISTS SCORED THEIR APPLICATIONS.

UM, SO JUST GOING OVER SOME OF THE, UM, RECENT PANEL ENHANCEMENTS.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS OUR SECOND, UM, UH, FUNDING CYCLE THIS YEAR.

UH, WE HAD OUR FIRST ONE BACK IN FEBRUARY, AND SO WE ARE UTILIZING, UH, SOME OF THOSE SAME ENHANCEMENTS FROM FEBRUARY.

SO THAT WAS, UH, THE STREAMLINED PANELIST RECRUITMENT WHERE WE HAD THE TWO STAGE APPLICATION PROCESS.

UM, SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

WE HAD THE INITIAL, AND THEN WE WERE LOOKING MORE FOR THE SPECIFIC DATES THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE.

UM, WE CHANGED THE, THE TRAINING, UM, KIND OF ENHANCED THAT, UH, FOR THIS YEAR.

AND WE'VE GOTTEN SOME GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THE REVIEW PANELISTS.

UM, SOME OF 'EM WHO HAVE SERVED BEFORE, THEY REALLY LIKE THE TRAINING.

UM, WE ARE UTILIZING OLYMPIC STYLE SCORING.

WE HAD UTILIZED IT THAT IN THE PAST, HAD GOTTEN AWAY WITH, UH, FROM THAT FOR A YEAR OR TWO, UM, AND ARE BACK TO IT.

AND BASICALLY ALL THAT THAT MEANS IS, UM, WE TAKE OUT THE HIGHEST AND THE LOWEST SCORES, UH, WHEN AVERAGING, UH, THE SCORES TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH THE FINAL SCORE.

SO WE TAKE OUT THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST AVERAGE, THE REMAINING SCORES TOGETHER TO COME TO THAT FINAL SCORE.

UM, WE HAVE THE APPLICANT INTRODUCTION STATEMENT, WHICH IS NOT SCORED, BUT GIVES A HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE APPLICATION, YOU KNOW, UM, ANY TECHNICAL TERMS OR ANYTHING THAT, UH, THE REVIEW PANELISTS MIGHT FIND HELPFUL FOR, UM, GRADING THE APPLICATION.

UM, AND THEN WE ARE REQUIRING, UH, WRITTEN, UH, COMMENTS FOR EACH APPLICATION WITHIN SUBMITTABLE AND CALLING ON, UM, EACH PANELIST TO MAKE AT LEAST ONE VERBAL COMMENT AT THE REVIEW PANEL.

UM, AND THEN AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS, SO, UM, WE'RE TAKING FEEDBACK INTO ACCOUNT ALONG THE WAY AS WELL.

UM, WE HAD TOLD THE REVIEWERS BEFORE THAT IT COULD TAKE, YOU KNOW, 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR, UH, TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS.

UH, THEY FELT IT WAS MORE CLOSER TO THAT 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR.

SO WE LET THEM KNOW JUST ABOUT THAT, UM, MAKING SURE WE HAVE AT LEAST FOUR WEEKS FOR THEM TO REVIEW ALL THEIR ASSIGNED APPLICATIONS.

UM, AND THEN IN OUR TRAINING, WE ACTUALLY INCLUDED A CLIP OF, UH, ONE OF THE APPLICATION REVIEWS FROM THE FEBRUARY, UH, PANEL TO BETTER ILLUSTRATE THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REVIEWS.

UM, AND THE PANELISTS HAVE REALLY, UM, LOVED THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL.

UM, AND WE HAVE ALSO PROVIDED ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES OF HOW TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK, UM, THAT ALIGNS WITH THE SCORING RUBRIC, SO GIVING THEM KIND OF EXAMPLES ON, ON HOW TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK.

UM, SO THERE ARE BIOS AND INFORMATION ON THE SLATE OF REVIEW PANELISTS THAT WAS, UH, PROVIDED, UM, IN YOUR BACKUP.

UM, SO WE HAD, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, OVER 800 TO 814, UH, TOTAL REVIEW PANELIST APPLICATIONS.

UH, WE HAVE A NEED FOR 357 REVIEW PANELISTS.

UM, THE ASSESSMENT IS BASED ON THE, UH, NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, UH,

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THAT WERE RECEIVED.

UM, AND SO WITH OUR SHORTLIST, WE HAD 365, UH, POTENTIAL REVIEW PANELISTS, AND WE LIKE HAVING A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST, UH, FOR A BIT OF A BUFFER.

UM, IN CASE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE GETS SICK, SOMETHING COMES UP AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE, UH, THE REVIEW PANEL MEETING.

SO, UH, THE VAST MAJORITY, 89% OF OUR REVIEW, UH, PANELISTS WERE FROM THE AUSTIN METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA 324.

UM, BUT WE DID HAVE 41 OR 11% WHO WERE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE MSA, UM, ALMOST TWO THIRDS WILL NOT BE APPLYING FOR FUNDING.

UM, 75 OR 21% ARE APPLYING FOR FUNDING, AND AGAIN, THEY JUST WON'T SERVE ON THE SAME, UH, REVIEW PANEL THAT THEIR APPLICATION IS BEING REVIEWED IN.

AND THEN WE HAD AROUND 15% WHO ARE NOT SURE IF THEY WILL BE APPLYING FOR FUNDING OR NOT.

UH, GENDER IDENTITY.

UH, THE VAST MAJORITY, UM, UH, ARE WOMEN.

UM, FOR OUR REVIEW PANELISTS, UM, ABOUT A QUARTER ARE MEN.

UM, AND WE HAVE, UH, SOME NON, MY NON-BINARY AND SOME WHO PREFER NOT TO ANSWER.

UM, WE HAVE A QUITE A, A DIFFERENCE, UM, IN AGE RANGE, UM, PROBABLY MOST IN THEIR THIRTIES AND FORTIES.

BUT, UM, I DO HAVE, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, AGE RANGES REPRESENTED IN OUR, IN OUR REVIEW PEN.

OH, I'M LOOKING AT MY WRONG.

UM, OKAY.

SO YEAH, SORRY, NEXT, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SORRY.

I WAS, UH, READING THAT AND DIDN'T HAVE THAT OUT THERE.

SO AGAIN, VAST MAJORITY OF OUR, UM, UH, REVIEW PANELISTS ARE WOMEN.

UM, AND WE HAVE A VARIETY OF AGES, UH, REPRESENTED IN OUR REVIEW PANELISTS.

UM, AND THEN RACE ETHNICITY.

I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL OF THESE.

UM, UH, THE MAJORITY OF OUR, UH, OR, UM, I GUESS PLURALITY, UM, OF OUR REVIEW PANELISTS ARE, UH, WHITE, UH, 38%, UM, AND THEN AROUND, UH, 22%, UM, HISPANIC, LATINA, AND, UH, ALSO, UH, BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICANS AROUND 2220 1%.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, 67 OF OUR REVIEW PANELISTS, UH, SPEAK SPANISH, UH, 12 SPEAK FRENCH.

UM, FIVE SPEAK KINDY.

AND THEN WE HAVE 17 OTHER LANGUAGES, UH, REPRESENTED BY OUR REVIEW PANELISTS.

UM, UM, THAT FROM THAT ARE THREE OR FEWER LANGUAGES SPOKEN.

UH, NEXT SLIDE.

AND THAT WAS A LOT, BUT I WANTED TO GO OVER THE REVIEW PROCESS, UH, WITH YOU ALL, AND HAPPY TO OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, JESUS.

THOSE PANELS LOOK GREAT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JESUS ABOUT THE PANELING PROCESS? COMMISSIONER KHANI, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PANEL PROCESS, BUT JUST A SUGGESTION OVERALL.

UM, IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR ME, AND IT WAS KIND OF A LOT FOR ME TO DIGEST.

UM, SO MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, WE COULD DO IT MORE IN SECTIONS THAT ARE SPLIT UP, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT WAS LIKE INFORMATION OVERLOAD FOR ME.

SURE.

I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED, COMMISSIONER CHENEY? NO, I MEAN, I'M JUST GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK AND, AND READ THE SLIDES ON MY OWN, JUST BECAUSE THE WAY I LEARN.

BUT THAT WAS JUST MY SUGGESTION THAT IT WAS JUST SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO DIGEST IT ALL.

ANYONE ELSE? I DID WANNA ASK ABOUT THE, THE ARTIST, UM, WHO, WHO PASS AWAY.

DO WE NEED TO SET SOME KIND OF GUIDELINES FOR HOW WE'LL DEAL WITH ARTISTS WHO PASS AWAY DURING THE GRANT CYCLE SO THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A STANDARD, WE KNOW THIS IS WHAT WE DO.

UM, I KNOW OUR LAW DEPARTMENT WAS LOOKING AT THAT.

I HAVE NOT BEEN PRIVY TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY SOMETHING ONCE WE GET THIS SQUARED AWAY THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY SOP, UH, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES OR ANY WRITTEN PROCEDURES OR ANY KIND OF POLICIES WE NEED TO CHANGE FOR, UM, ITEMS LIKE, LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NORMALLY DO, AND I THINK, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND OTHER, YOU KNOW, UM, EITHER PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH THE ARTISTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WE, WE TRIED TO STRENGTHEN, AND I THINK MAYBE WITH THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST WE DIDN'T HAVE IS WE LIKE HAVING A SECOND, UH, FORM OF CONTACT

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INFORMATION MM-HMM .

SO ESPECIALLY EVEN WITH INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS OR ESPECIALLY WITH INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEY GET SICK, YOU KNOW? UM, AND WE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE GRANT.

YOU KNOW, WITH NONPROFITS IT'S EASY, IT'S, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBER, BUT WITH AN INDIVIDUAL ARTIST, WE LIKE HAVING A SECOND CONTACT.

UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BIGGEST, UM, THING THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND WE'RE DOING A BETTER JOB OF THIS YEAR THAN WE DID, UM, UM, IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

NINE, STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING AN UPDATE ON ACNE FUNDING PROGRAMS. AND IT WILL BE BY JESUS PONTO .

I THINK, I THINK THAT'LL BE A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO DO, JUST, JUST SO WE DON'T RUN INTO THE SITUATION AGAIN.

'CAUSE I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S LIFE, LIFE HAPPENS AND TO DEAL WITH THAT IN THE MOST, UH, COMPASSIONATE WAY POSSIBLE SO THAT WE HAVE A STANDARD POLICY IN HOW WE DO THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS? I SEE NONE.

SO I THINK WE'RE DONE.

JESUS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

AND I WILL BE BACK FOR THE NEXT ONE AS WELL.

OH.

'CAUSE I DON'T SEE MISS ODEGAARD.

SO ITEM NUMBER

[9. Staff briefing regarding an update on the ACME Funding Programs by Laura Odegaard, ACME Division Manager, Cultural Affairs & Investments. ]

UM, LET'S SEE.

LET ME PULL UP MY NEXT PRESENTATION.

AND I AM STILL JESUS PANTEL, CULTURAL FUNDING SUPERVISOR FOR AUSTIN ARTS, CULTURE, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.

AND I WILL BE PROVIDING UPDATES ON THE ACME FUNDING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL, NOT JUST THE CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING PROGRAM.

SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, AND SO HERE IS, UH, FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 26, UM, AWARDS, UH, THE FUNDING DISBURSEMENT, UM, AS OF TODAY, UM, SO YOU CAN SEE, I'M NOT GONNA READ EVERYTHING THAT IS HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE, UM, OVERALL, UH, 91% OF, UM, OUR FY 26 AWARDEES HAVE, UH, RECEIVED THEIR FIRST PAYMENT.

UM, AND SOME OF 'EM HAVE RECEIVED SUBSEQUENT PAYMENTS AS WELL.

UM, AND ACROSS ALL OF OUR, UH, PROGRAMS, AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND, ELEVATE, UH, CREATE A SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, HERITAGE PRESERVATION GRANT, UH, THRIVE AND NEXUS, UM, AND 74% OF OUR FUNDS ACROSS ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN DISPERSED.

UM, I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER IN MY, UH, PREVIOUS, UM, UH, PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE DOING THE REVIEW PANEL PROCESS.

UM, AND THIS IS, UM, GIVING A GRANTS OVERVIEW.

SO, UM, WE'RE DOING THE REVIEW PANELS FOR THE GRANT LAUNCH THAT JUST CLOSED.

UM, AND SO THAT WAS OPEN FROM JULY 7TH THROUGH AUGUST 18TH, 2026.

UM, WE DID HAVE, UM, FOR SOME OF OUR, UH, RECIPIENTS, THERE WAS, UM, WE NOTICED, UH, SOME SUBMITTABLE WAS PROVIDING SOME ERRORS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ON THE 18TH.

SO FOR, UH, SELECT FEW OF THOSE, THEY DID GET, UM, UH, BRIEF, UH, 24 HOUR EXTENSION, UM, DUE TO SOME SUBMITTABLE GLITCHES, MOST PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO GET THEIR APPLICATIONS IN FINE, BUT A FEW THAT WERE AFFECTED BY IT.

UM, THERE WAS, UM, A SLIGHT, UM, UM, DELAY FOR THEM TO GET THAT INFORMATION IN.

AND THIS CONTRACT PERIOD, UH, FOR ALL OF THE GRANTS IS, UM, FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2027 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2027.

SO CALENDAR YEAR STARTING NEXT YEAR.

UM, AND THAT'S FOR THE ONE YEAR GRANTS FOR TWO YEAR GRANTS.

IT'LL BE ON JANUARY 1ST, 2027 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2028 FOR THOSE TWO YEAR CONTRACTS.

UM, AND THEN THIS SHOWS, UM, I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PREVIOUS AWARD, BUT THIS, OR IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, BUT THIS SHOWS HOW MANY, UH, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WE HAVE FOR EACH OF THE PROGRAMS. SO, $23 MILLION IN, UH, TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE.

6 MILLION FOR AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND, 11 MILLION FOR ELEVATE, 3 MILLION EACH FOR HERITAGE PRESERVATION AND FOR THRIVE.

OUR NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, UH, RECEIVED BY AND AWAY.

UM, THE LARGEST, UM, ENGLISH, UM, APPLICATIONS WAS IN THE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND WITH OVER A THOUSAND APPLICATIONS, UH, RECEIVED, UH, FOR SPANISH.

UH, THE MOST SPANISH APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED IN ELEVATE, UH, WITH 21.

UH, AND AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, ALL OF THE PROGRAMS RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE SPANISH, UH, LANGUAGE APPLICATION.

UM, AND SO HERE IS A BREAKDOWN BY, UH, PROGRAM TYPE, UH, REMOVING, UH, TEST APPLICATION AND, UH, DUPLICATES.

UH, FOR AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND, THERE WERE, UH, 56 VENUES, UH, 65, UH, PROMOTERS, UM, 45 AT THE $20,000 LEVEL, 18 AT THE $5,000 LEVEL.

UM, THERE WERE TWO WHO WERE INELIGIBLE AND NO

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AWARD WAS CHOSEN.

UM, A SLIGHT UPDATE FOR COMMISSIONER CHARLA.

I DID GIVE THIS PRESENTATION AT THE MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING, AND I'VE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT, UH, THAT INELIGIBLE, UM, THEY WERE NOT INELIGIBLE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T CHOOSE A, AN AWARD AMOUNT.

UH, THEY TAKE THAT ELIGIBILITY TEST, UH, BEFOREHAND, AND IF THEY ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS CORRECTLY, THEY CAN MOVE ON TO THE FULL APPLICATION.

UH, THESE ONES, UH, THESE TWO, UH, WERE, UH, DID NOT PASS THE ELIGIBILITY QUIZ, SO THAT'S WHY THEY DO NOT HAVE AN AWARD CHOSEN.

WE JUST DON'T HAVE NO AWARD CHOSEN FOR ANY OF THE OTHER, UH, SPECIFIC FUNDING PROGRAMS. BUT, SO TWO INELIGIBLE, UM, FOR THE PROMOTERS AND THE 923 TOTAL APPLICATIONS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS, SEVEN OF THOSE WERE INELIGIBLE, 545 AT THE $20,000 LEVEL, 3 71 AT THE $5,000 LEVEL.

UM, AND THEN WE DON'T DO AS MUCH OF A DOLLAR AMOUNT BREAKDOWN IN THE OTHER PROGRAMS. BUT FOR HERITAGE PRESERVATION GRANT, UH, WE DO HAVE A BROKEN DOWN 40 HERITAGE EVENT, UM, APPLICATIONS WE RECEIVED WITH 13 CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND THEN FOR ELEVATE, WE HAD 257 NONPROFIT APPLICATIONS, 179 ARTS GROUPS APPLICATIONS, AND 418 FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS.

UM, AND SO, SPANISH LANGUAGE, UM, I'LL TALK ABOUT A LOT, UH, SOME OF THE ENHANCEMENTS, UH, THAT WE HAD.

UM, SO WE EXPANDED OUR SPANISH LANGUAGE OUTREACH AND SUPPORT.

UH, WE REDUCED BARRIERS, UH, TO APPLYING IN SPANISH.

UH, WE, UH, IMPROVED THE TRANSLATION QUALITY AND CONSISTENCY.

UH, WE HELPED STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY TRUST AND RELATIONSHIPS, AND WE PROVIDED LANGUAGE ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE GRANT LIFECYCLE, UM, INSTEAD OF FOCUSING MORE JUST KIND OF AT THE APPLICATION BEGINNING STAGE.

UM, FOR SPANISH TRANSLATIONS OF THE WORD GRANT, UM, ACME WILL USE THE WORD SUBSID BECAUSE IT IS A MORE FAMILIAR AND COMMONLY UNDERSTOOD TERM AMONG THE SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.

AND WHILE SUBSID IS NOT AN EXACT EQUIVALENT, OUR GOAL IS TO PRIORITIZE TERMINOLOGY THAT IS CLEAR AND EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SO THIS DECISION OF REFLECTS A BALANCE BETWEEN TECHNICAL ACCURACY AND PLAIN LANGUAGE TO IMPROVE COMPREHENSION AND ACCESSIBILITY.

UH, THE CITY WEBSITE HAS AN AUTO TRANSLATION TOOL, SO YOU CAN CLICK ON THE WEBSITE, IT'LL TRANSLATE, UH, THINGS INTO, UM, VARIOUS, UH, DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, UH, FOR GRANTS.

UM, IT WILL TRANSLATE GRANT, UH, FROM ENGLISH INTO SPANISH INTO BOTH VIN AND SUBSID.

AND THAT IS BECAUSE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH USES THE TERM SUBSID, OR EXCUSE ME, SUB VINCENT, FOR THEIR GRANTS.

SO WE USE SUBSID.

UM, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH USES SUB, SO IF YOU GO ONTO THE CITY WEBSITE, IT WILL HAVE BOTH.

UM, THERE'S A NEW, UH, GRANT OVERSIGHT BODY.

UM, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS NAMED THE AUSTIN GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AS A CITYWIDE GRANT OVERSIGHT BODY.

THEY HAVE A NEW GRANTS DIVISION, AND SO WE, WE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM ON ALIGNING DEMOGRAPHICS CAPTURED, UH, LANGUAGE USED, AND CITY POLICIES AND PRACTICES, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO GRANTS.

UM, SO THERE IS A SPANISH LANGUAGE WORD, BA BANK THAT IS, UM, A CITYWIDE RESOURCE, BUT IT ALSO HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, ACME GRANT SPECIFIC WORD.

SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, UM, WE PRESENT THIS AT OUR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OUR WORKSHOP.

SO SPANISH SPEAKING AUDIENCE MEMBERS, UH, CAN KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE TERMS, UH, THAT WE'RE USING.

SO, UH, NOT NECESSARILY GONNA READ ALL OF THESE HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE, THE SPANISH WORD ON THE LEFT, UH, THE ENGLISH WORD IN THE MIDDLE.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS.

SO THE DEFINITION AND, AND WHAT IT MEANS, UM, IN SPANISH THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

SO, AGAIN, WE HAD A VARIETY OF, UM, UM, DOCUMENTATION AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.

UH, THIS IS, UM, FROM OUR WEBSITE.

YOU CAN SEE WE HAD THE GUIDELINES AVAILABLE IN SPANISH.

UH, WE ALSO HAD, UH, SCORING RUBRICS FOR, UM, EACH OF THE FUNDING PROGRAMS, UM, IN BOTH ENGLISH AND, UM, SPANISH ON OUR WEBSITE.

UM, AND THE APPLICATION QUESTIONS ARE ALSO LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE.

UM, SO THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE LOGGED INTO SUBMITTABLE.

YOU CAN SEE THE APPLICATION QUESTIONS BEFOREHAND.

UM, HERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, UH, SPANISH LANGUAGE, UH, WORKSHOPS, UH, THAT WE HOSTED AT, UH, VARIOUS TIMES, UM, UH, DURING THE APPLICATION, UH, BOTH BEFORE AND DURING THE APPLICATION LAUNCH.

AND JUST WANTED TO GET A REFRESHER.

UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GENERAL, UH, WORKSHOP.

WE DID RECORD.

UM, WE HAD BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS.

WE RECORDED THE, UH, VIRTUAL ONES, UM, IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

SO THAT WAY, UH, THOSE RECIPIENTS, UM, HAD SOMETHING THEY COULD GO AND WATCH AT A LATER DATE IF THEY HAD, UH, QUESTIONS, UM, EITHER IF THEY MISSED IT OR IF THEY SAW ONE

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AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, SO IN, UH, THAT WAS A, A GENERAL WORKSHOP.

WE ALSO HAD, UH, GRANT WRITING WORKSHOPS AT THAT RIVER WE RECORDED.

SO WE HAVE THOSE, UM, AVAILABLE, UM, IN SPANISH, BOTH THE RECORDING AND THE PDF, UM, ON OUR WEBSITE.

UM, AND THEN CREATE AUSTIN, UM, UH, THAT THE LONG CENTER HAS FOR US ON THE CREATE AUSTIN WEBPAGE.

UM, THAT HAS NUMEROUS, UH, SPANISH LANGUAGE RESOURCES AS WELL.

SO THERE'S GUIDANCE ON DOCUMENTATION, HISTORIC SITE DESIGNATION, RESEARCH, UH, TIPS FOR PREPARING THE BUDGET AND FILLABLE APPLICATION FORMS. UM, ALL IN SPANISH.

UM, SO THOSE FILLABLE APPLICATION TEMPLATES, THEY'RE GREAT FOR PRACTICE.

UM, HOWEVER, THE APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE SUBMITTABLE PLATFORM.

UH, THIS JUST ALLOWS 'EM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THEY CAN, UH, WORK ON THEIR APPLICATION BEFOREHAND, HAVE IT ALL HERE, THEN THEY CAN COPY AND PASTE, UM, INTO SUBMITTABLE, UH, WHENEVER THEY ARE READY, OR IF THEY'RE WORKING WITH A TEAM.

UM, THEY'VE GOT A CENTRAL PLACE WHERE THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, ALL KIND OF ACCESS THAT INFORMATION.

UH, SO WE DID, UM, SOME BILINGUAL AND MARKETING OUTREACH, UM, AS WELL FOR OUR SPANISH, UH, LANGUAGE.

UM, APPLICANTS, UH, WE HAD A TELEMUNDO SPOT ON AUGUST 7TH.

UH, WE DID BILINGUAL ORGANIC POSTS BOTH ON THE ACME MAIN SOCIAL MEDIA SITE, UM, AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE M SIENTO MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL, UH, CENTER.

UH, WE DID SPANISH ADS AND WE DID POSTCARDS IN SPANISH AS WELL.

UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE PAYOFF IN THE 2026 APPLICATION CYCLE.

WE ONLY HAD ONE SPANISH LANGUAGE WORKSHOP AS OPPOSED TO SEVEN SPANISH LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS.

THIS CYCLE, UH, TWO ATTENDEES AT THAT ONE WORKSHOP, UM, LAST YEAR, 74 ATTENDEES AT OUR SEVEN THIS YEAR.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, GOING FROM 10 SPANISH LANGUAGE APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED LAST YEAR TO 34, UH, THIS YEAR.

UM, NOW I'LL TALK ABOUT OTHER PARTNER SUPPORT THAT WE HAD.

UM, SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE, UM, DID WAS, UM, ACME AMBASSADORS.

AND OUR GOAL WAS, UM, FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, MARKETING SUPPORT, AND TO CO-HOST, UH, ONE IN-PERSON WORKSHOP.

UM, WE DID, UM, UM, PROVIDE, UM, A THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, COMPENSATION, UH, FOR OUR, UM, ACME AMBASSADORS.

UM, AND WITH THAT, UM, THEY COULD STILL APPLY FOR ACME GRANTS.

UM, SO BASICALLY ALL THEY WERE DOING WAS, UM, PROVIDING A, UH, WORKSHOP, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, UH, UM, CONNECTING WITH THEM SO WE CAN GET CONNECTED WITH, UH, THE SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES, UH, THAT THEY ARE IN TOUCH WITH.

UM, GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT OUR APPLICATION WORKSHOPS.

WE TEAM UP WITH THEM.

WE PROVIDE THEM A MARKETING TOOLKIT, UH, TO TOOLKIT WITH SAMPLE POSTS IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS, UH, ONE PAGE SUMMARIES OF EACH GRANT PROGRAM.

UM, AND THEN WE JUST GO AND SPEAK TO EITHER SPECIFIC ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES OR SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES.

UM, UM, WE WORKED WITH THE, UM, ACME AMBASSADORS TO SEE A DATE THAT WORKED FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, WHICH PARTICULAR PROGRAMS THEY WANTED TO, UM, EMPHASIZE.

UM, AND WE HAD 17 PILOTS, UM, ACME AMBASSADORS.

YOU CAN SEE, UM, ALL 17, UH, LISTED THERE.

UM, SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE ACME AMBASSADORS CO-HOSTED EVENTS.

UM, SO ACME STAFF CREATED EVENTBRITE LISTINGS.

UH, WE WERE THERE PRESENTING ON THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS.

UM, THE ACME AMBASSADORS, YOU KNOW, PUT THE EVENTS TOGETHER FOR US, UH, MARKETED, UH, TO THEIR, UM, AUDIENCE OR, YOU KNOW, THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

UM, AND SO THE RESULTS WERE RECORD, WORKSHOP, ATTENDANCE.

UM, AND OUR NEXT STEPS, YOU KNOW, WE PLAN ON BRINGING ACME AMBASSADORS BACK AGAIN.

SO THERE'S AN INTEREST FORM THAT IS NOW OPEN FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SERVING, UH, NEXT YEAR.

IN ADDITION TO, UM, EC CME AMBASSADORS, UH, WE, UM, TRIED A COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR PROGRAM AS WELL.

UH, WE EXPLORED IT, TRIED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

OUR GOAL WAS TO EXPAND, UH, SPANISH LANGUAGE OUTREACH AND HANDS-ON APPLICANT SUPPORT, UH, THROUGH THE USE OF A COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR.

UH, WE REVIEWED PAST COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR MODELS AND CONTRACTORS, UM, THAT, UH, WE HAVE UTILIZED, WE'VE UTILIZED, UH, SIMILAR, UM, PROGRAMS LIKE THIS IN THE PAST.

SO WE LOOKED AT THOSE IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL FUNDING.

UH, RO EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SERVING AS A COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR AFTER WE HAD INITIALLY INVITED THEM TO PARTICIPATE AS AN ACME AMBASSADOR.

UM, WE WORKED WITH RO THEATRO TO WORK THROUGH THE SCOPE DELIVERABLES AND COSTS.

UH, AND WE DID REACH AN AGREEMENT ON A PROPOSED PILOT.

UM, WE THEN LOOKED TO THE LONG CENTER AS OUR THIRD PARTY PARTNER TO EXPLORE DIRECT CONTRACTING, UM, WITH

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THERO.

UM, BUT THE LONG CENTER DETERMINED THAT A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION WOULD BE REQUIRED, UM, AND SO THEY COULD NOT CONTRACT, UH, WITH A DIRECTLY SELECTED VENDOR.

UM, AND SO WE THEN UTILIZE, LOOKED AT, UH, UTILIZING THE CITY CONTRACTING PROCESS.

UM, SO WE COULD DO, UM, PURSUE, UH, WHAT'S CALLED A CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION, UH, SO THAT WAY WE COULD, UH, DIRECTLY CONTRACT, UH, WITH A PARTICULAR, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, SERVICE PROVIDER.

UH, THE EXEMPTION WAS NOT APPROVED.

WE WERE LOOKING, UM, IT'S SOMETIMES ALSO CALLED SOLE SOURCE.

UM, AND BASICALLY THE, UM, PROVIDER NEEDS TO BE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN DO THAT, UM, TYPE OF ACTIVITY.

IT WAS DETERMINED, YOU KNOW, UM, RO WAS NOT THE ONLY SPANISH LANGUAGE, YOU KNOW, SERVICE PROVIDER THAT COULD DO, UH, FULFILL COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR, UM, ACTIVITIES.

SO THE EXEMPTION WAS NOT APPROVED.

UM, SO THE OUTCOME WAS THAT, UH, THE CITY'S PURCHASING OFFICE ADVISED US TO MOVE FORWARD THROUGH A FORMAL, UH, COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS ARE TO DEVELOP A FORMAL COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY PURCHASING, UM, DEPARTMENT.

UM, SO, UM, THE TIMELINE FOR THAT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS IN OCTOBER, WE, UH, TARGET THE SOLICITATION LAUNCH TO THE PUBLIC.

UM, SO THAT WAY IN JANUARY, WE, UM, WE CAN HAVE THE CONTRACT, UM, POTENTIALLY BEING STARTED.

UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT ESTIMATED FUNDING OF BETWEEN 60 TO $75,000, DEPENDING, UM, ON THE FINAL SCOPE AND, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, UH, WE MAKE WITH PURCHASING.

UH, WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THIS BE A ONE YEAR CONTRACT TERM WITH A POTENTIAL, UH, ONE YEAR EXTENSION CONTINGENT ON PERFORMANCE.

UM, AND THAT'S, UH, PRETTY STANDARD FOR CITY CONTRACTS.

THEY HAVE, UH, ONE YEAR, UH, TERM WITH, YOU KNOW, UM, MULTIPLE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES ONE, SOMETIMES MULTIPLE YEAR, UM, EXTENSION OPTIONS.

UM, AND WE WILL MAINTAIN FOCUS ON SPANISH LANGUAGE OUTREACH.

SO WE DO WANT THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR, UM, TO, TO DO THAT.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT NAVIGATION AND DIRECT APPLICANT SUPPORT.

SO WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY OR THE ACME AMBASSADORS, WE'RE DOING WORKSHOPS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, KIND OF A A ONE OFF THIS ONE, WE'RE, UM, ENVISIONING BEING MORE HANDS ON.

THEY'RE HELPING THE SPANISH LANGUAGE APPLICANTS ACTUALLY FILL OUT THE APPLICATION, UH, SUBMIT.

UM, AND SO A MORE, UM, EXPANDED ROLE, THAT'S WHY IT'S THE 60 TO $75,000 BUDGET LEVEL.

UM, BUT WE STILL DO WANT TO CONTINUE.

OH, AND SO WITH THIS, THEY WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR ACME FUNDING PROGRAMS WHILE THEY ARE UNDER CONTRACT IN THIS RURAL ROLE, BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY ARE HELPING THEM SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS.

UM, SO WE WANNA BE CAREFUL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HELPING SOMEONE FILL OUT AN APPLICATION THAT'S GONNA BE COMPETING AGAINST YOUR OWN APPLICATION.

UM, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS, UM, WHICH IS SEPARATE FROM THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS, OR EXCUSE ME, THE ACME AMBASSADORS, WE DO WANNA CONTINUE THAT, UM, AND LOOK AT EXISTING LANGUAGE ACCESS SUPPORTS, UM, IN ADDITION TO THIS NEW RESOURCE.

SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT TAKING THE ACME AMBASSADORS AWAY WITH THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR.

IT'S A BOTH.

AND, UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO NOW I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE APPLICATION ASSISTANCE WE OFFERED.

UM, SO WE, UM, HAVE A BOOKINGS, UH, LINK, SO FOR ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS.

SO, UM, APPLICANTS COULD, UM, FIND EITHER THE FIRST AVAILABLE STAFF MEMBER, OR IF THERE WAS A SPECIFIC STAFF MEMBER OR PROGRAM THEY WANTED TO DISCUSS, UM, THEY COULD GO DIRECTLY TO OUR CALENDARS.

THIS, UH, SAVED TIME.

THERE'S NO BACK AND FORTH, YOU KNOW, EMAILING, TRYING TO SET UP A MEETING.

THEY JUST, UH, SAW WHATEVER TIME WAS FREE ON OUR CALENDARS, AND THEY COULD BOOK A ONE-ON-ONE, UM, APPOINTMENT WITH STAFF.

UM, AND WE COULD ARRANGE FOR, UM, INTERPRETERS IF IT WAS IN, UM, YOU KNOW, A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS WELL.

UM, THERE WAS THE LONG CENTER HELPLINE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH, UH, WAS AVAILABLE FOR HELP, UM, WITH BOTH A PHONE NUMBER AND AN EMAIL.

UH, WE HAD VIRTUAL OPEN OFFICE HOURS, UM, UM, EVERY TUESDAY WHILE THE APPLICATION WAS LIVE.

AND THEN ON THE FINAL DAY, UM, UM, ON AUGUST 18TH, WE WERE AVAILABLE, UH, 10:00 AM TO 6:00 PM.

UM, TRO DID SERVE AS AN ACME AMBASSADOR, AND THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR AMBASSADOR DUTIES AND PROVIDED THE SPANISH LANGUAGE, UH, SUPPORT, UM, ON THE DAY THAT, UH, THE APPLICATION WAS CLOSED AND JESUS VA WAS OVER, UH, THERE TO HELP ANSWER, UM, ANY QUESTIONS, UM, AS WELL.

SO WE HAD, UM, STAFF, UM, AT BOTH THE ENGLISH ONE AND THE SPANISH ONE, UM, ALL DAY, UM, ON THE DAY THE APPLICATION WAS DUE.

ROUGHLY A HOUR AND A HALF EACH, UH, WITH 590 ATTENDEES.

UM, SO WE HAD ALMOST 1,200 PEOPLE ASSISTED, UH, WITH OUR 2027 GRANT APPLICATION ASSISTANCE.

UH, THERE WERE 28 WORKSHOPS, UM,

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UM, OPEN OFFICE HOURS I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.

WE HAD 10 SESSIONS, UM, FROM TWO TO EIGHT HOURS EACH, AGAIN, NORMALLY 10 TO NOON, BUT, UM, ALL DAY, UH, PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY DURING THE APPLICATION.

UH, DUE DATE, 207 ATTENDEES AT THOSE, UM, THE ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS VIA BOOKINGS I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

UH, WE HAD 195 SESSIONS WITH 202 ATTENDEES.

SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE STAFF MEMBERS, UM, UH, WOULD ATTEND.

UM, AND THEN WE HAD VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS, UH, SIX DIFFERENT EVENTS, UH, WHICH SERVED 185 COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

UM, SO HERE IS OUR GRANT APPLICATION, UH, TIMELINE.

UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN SEPTEMBER.

SO THE EVALUATION, UM, AND SCORING HAS BEGUN.

UH, THE PANELIST REVIEW PERIOD AGAIN, YOU KNOW, STARTS SEPTEMBER 29TH.

UM, AND THEN NEXUS OPENED ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 8TH, SO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

UM, IN OCTOBER, AGAIN, WE WILL BE, UM, UM, UH, DOING THE MEETINGS.

WE WILL BE WORKING ON THE SCORES, UM, IN NOVEMBER IS WHEN WE WILL ANNOUNCE AWARD AMOUNTS.

UM, AND THEN IN DECEMBER IS WHEN WE WILL HAVE, UM, THE APPEALS PROCESS.

UM, AND WE, UM, WANT TO HAVE THAT ALL IN DECEMBER, SO THAT WAY ALL THE APPEALS ARE, UM, READY.

SO STARTING IN JANUARY, WE ARE READY TO GO.

UH, WHETHER IT WAS AN APPEAL, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE RESOLVED.

UM, SO ALL CONTRACTS WILL AND PAYMENTS WILL BE ABLE TO BEGIN STARTING IN JANUARY.

SO, AGAIN, UH, NEXUS IS OPEN NOW, NEXT SLIDE.

AGAIN, IT OPENS SEPTEMBER 7TH.

UM, SO, UM, ON THIS, UM, SLIDE, THERE'S A LINK TO THE NEXUS PROGRAM.

UM, IT CLOSES OCTOBER 13TH, WHICH IS A TUESDAY AT 6:59 PM.

UM, THERE ARE FIVE AND $10,000 GRANTS TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND ARTS GROUPS PRODUCING PUBLIC ART PERFORMANCES AND CULTURAL PROJECTS IN AUSTIN.

SO, UH, 5 0 1 C NONPROFITS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE NEXUS PROGRAM.

UM, THERE'S BUILT-IN AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION.

SO JUST LIKE WE DID WITH, UH, THRIVE AND ELEVATE AND ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMS, UM, THEY WILL ADVANCE, UH, BASED ON HOW THEY, UM, ANSWER THE ELIGIBILITY QUIZ.

THEY WILL, UM, GET TO THE FULL APPLICATION, NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR STAFF REVIEW FOR THOSE.

UM, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF, UH, DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS BEING SCHEDULED.

WE HAVE A COUPLE THIS WEEK, UM, ONE IN SPANISH AND ONE IN ENGLISH.

I BELIEVE THEY'RE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

UM, BUT THE WORKSHOP LINK THERE ON THE SLIDE, UH, WILL TAKE YOU TO OUR EVENTBRITE PAGE THAT HAS ALL OF THE, UM, UPCOMING WORKSHOPS.

UM, AGAIN, OUR VARIOUS SUB VIRTUAL OPEN OFFICE HOURS EVERY TUESDAY WHILE THE APPLICATION IS OPEN.

AND THEN AGAIN, WE WILL BE, UM, AVAILABLE ALL DAY, 10:00 AM TO 6:00 PM UM, ON THE DAY THE APPLICATION IS DUE.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT, UM, UM, INFO SESSIONS, UH, THAT WE HAVE HERE.

UM, AND THEN THE ASK US ANYTHING SESSION.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE, UM, UM, I BELIEVE THIS WEEK.

UM, ONE AT THE EAST, UH, BRANCH LIBRARY AND THE OTHER AT THE MAC.

UM, AND THE ONE AT MAC AT THE MAC WILL BE IN SPANISH.

UM, AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THAT IS THE ACME FUNDING UPDATES.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I MAY BE ABLE TO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, JESUS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS, WE LOST COMMISSIONER HUE, THERE SHE IS.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.

UM, GREAT WORK ON THIS.

UH, ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

IT'S AMAZING THE WAY THAT YOU ALL HAVE RESPONDED TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR.

WE APPRECIATE SO MUCH THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.

THIS SHOWS US JUST THAT THE SPANISH LANGUAGE OUTCOMES FROM 26 TO 27 SHOWS US THAT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

AND WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT YOU ALL PUT IN TO GET THE WORD OUT TO HAVE THE WORKSHOPS.

UM, IT'S, IT'S APPRECIATED.

TO ITEM NUMBER 11, STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING AN UPDATE ON ACME GALLERY SPACES BY MARJORIE FLANAGAN ACME, DIVISION MANAGER, CULTURAL EDUCATION AND PROGRAM.

SO NOW WE ARE ON

[11. Staff briefing regarding an update on ACME gallery spaces by Marjorie Flanagan, ACME Division Manager, Cultural Education & Programs]

DO WE HAVE MAR OH, THERE SHE IS.

HI.

I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU ON THE, ON THE WEBEX .

I KNOW I MADE IT DOWN TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, CHAIR.

I'M MARJORIE FLANAGAN, I'M THE DIVISION MANAGER OVER, UH, CULTURAL EDUCATION AND PROGRAMS ARE ART CENTERS AND MUSEUMS. AND I'M GIVING

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AN OVERVIEW OF ACNE EXHIBIT EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES.

SO, WHEN ACNE WAS STARTED, WE HAD, UH, SPACES AND FACILITIES FROM FIVE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS COMING TOGETHER.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, THEY ARE ALL LISTED HERE AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR ARTISTS TO EXHIBIT SPACE.

ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING ON STREAMLINING OUR SERVICES AND PROVIDING MORE TRANSPARENT AND OPEN WAYS TO ACCESS OUR ARTS AND CULTURE FACILITIES.

BUT HERE YOU HAVE THE LIST OF GALLERY SITES AS WELL AS THE CURRENT HOURS OF OPERATION WITH THE CREATIVE RESET.

PHASE TWO, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT FROM OUR, UM, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AMONG MANY OTHERS.

WE HAVE COME UP WITH SOME NEW OPERATION HOURS, WHICH WE WILL BE ROLLING OUT IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.

SO LOOK, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHOWING YOU THOSE.

WE RECENTLY BROUGHT TOGETHER EVERYONE WHO IS IN CHARGE OF OPERATING EXHIBITION SPACES IN ALL OF THESE SITES, AND WE BEGAN A COLLAB COLLABORATIVE GROUP TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE PROVIDE EXHIBIT SPACES AT ALL OF OUR SITES.

AND AS YOU WOULD HAVE IT, THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT .

SO WE ARE WORKING ON, AS I SAID, STREAMLINING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

WE SENT OUT A SURVEY TO ALL OF THE FOLKS ACROSS OUR DEPARTMENT WHO OPERATE THOSE SITES, AND WE FOUND THAT WE RECRUIT FOR THESE EXHIBIT SPACES IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

SOME OF OUR SITES OFF OFFER OPEN CALLS.

SOME OF 'EM, UH, USE THEIR EXHIBIT SPACES AS A WAY TO CREATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR OTHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.

SOME OF THE ART OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH A IPP ARE INVITATIONAL, OR THEY REQUIRE PROPOSALS.

THERE'S DIRECT SELECTION, THERE'S EVEN THE PRE-QUALIFIED POOL.

SO WE'RE REALLY RECRUITING FOR ARTISTS AT THESE SITES IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE CREATIVE RESET, UH, IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN ENSURE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE, AND THAT WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT SITES THAT ARE REALLY HUBS FOR, UH, DIFFERENT CULTURES.

SOMETIMES WE'RE PROVIDING INSTALLATION AND DE-INSTALL SERVICES.

THE NEXT QUESTION WE ASKED IN THE SURVEY IS REALLY WHAT THE CITY IS PROVIDING TO ARTISTS WHO EXHIBIT ARTWORK IN OUR SPACES.

AND THERE, THERE WAS A VARIETY OF OFFERINGS, AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE SAME AT EVERY SITE OR EVERY OPPORTUNITY.

SOMETIMES WE'RE CURATING SHOWS, SOMETIMES WE'RE OFFERING, UM, SELECTION PANELS TO SELECT THE ARTISTS.

WE'RE PRINTING LABELS, WE'RE PROMOTING, WE'RE PROGRAMMING THE SPACE.

SOMETIMES WE'RE MAINTAINING AND CLEANING THE ARTWORK.

OTHER TIMES WE'RE OFFERING TECH SUPPORT.

SO IT'S REALLY A, A VARIETY OF THINGS.

AND WE NEED, UH, SOME TIME TO REALLY DIG DEEPER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN EXHIBITS PROGRAM THAT SERVES OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, ALL OF OUR FACILITIES AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST, UM, ONE SECTOR.

SO HERE ARE JUST SOME, SOME BRIEF TIMELINES ON EXHIBITION OPEN CALLS.

UH, THE MAC AND THE A-A-C-H-F WILL HAVE OPEN CALLS THIS FALL FOR ARTISTS TO EXHIBIT IN THEIR SPACES.

THE MAC HAS NEW EXPANDED GALLERIES.

THE A CHF IS REALLY WORKING HARD TO PROGRAM THE DERICK HAMILTON HOUSE, SO YOU CAN BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT.

THE DOHERTY ARTS CENTER WILL HAVE AN OPEN CALL FOR THEIR EXHIBIT SPACE IN NOVEMBER, AND THEN EARLY NEXT YEAR AT THE A A RC WILL HAVE OPEN CALLS.

AND THEN IN MAY OF NEXT YEAR, A IPP, THE AUSTIN AIRPORT, UH, ROTATING EXHIBITS, WE'LL HAVE AN OPEN CALL.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY IN JUNE, THERE WILL BE, UH, THE PEOPLE'S GALLERY FOR NEXT YEAR.

THE CARVER, THE OLD BAKERY BRUSH SQUARE AND ELIZABETH NAY MUSEUM HAVE CURATED SHOWS.

SO THEY'RE, UH, ARTWORK SPACES ARE MOSTLY SELECTED THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND THROUGH, UM, CURATORIAL, UH, RESEARCH.

HAPPENING AT EACH OF THE SITES, JUST PENDING HOW MUCH SPACE THEY HAVE, THEIR NUMBER OF STAFF, AND THE CAPACITY TO ROTATE OUT EXHIBITS.

AGAIN, THERE'S A, A VARIED AMOUNT OF EXHIBITS

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YOU CAN SEE SOME SPACES HAVE JUST ONE OR TWO, AND OTHERS HAVE UPWARDS OF 10.

THE DOHERTY ART CENTER, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS THREE SEPARATE GALLERY SPACES.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE SHOWING A LOT MORE EXHIBITS THAN SOME OF OUR OTHER SITES.

WE ALSO ASK THE TEAM OF FOLKS, UM, WHAT STAGES OF ARTISTS WE EXHIBIT.

SO THERE'S, AGAIN, A VARIETY, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL OFFERING, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO DIVE DEEPER INTO THE DATA TO MAKE SURE WE'RE OFFERING AN EQUITABLE AMOUNT OF THESE EXHIBITS TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF ARTISTS.

THERE'S STUDENTS UNDER 18 BECAUSE WE HAVE YOUTH PROGRAMS AT OUR SITES.

THERE'S STUDENTS OVER 18 EMERGING ARTISTS.

WE HAVE, UM, MID-CAREER EXHIBITS AND EVERYTHING THROUGH VERY PROFESSIONAL ESTABLISHED ARTISTS EXHIBITS.

SO WHAT'S NEXT? UH, AGNI HAS BEEN WORKING ON THEIR FIRST STRATEGIC AND CULTURAL PLAN.

WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND IT'S COINCIDING WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FROM THE CREATIVE RESET IN OUR FY 27 BUDGET.

SO AS ALL OF THESE THINGS COME TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE EXHIBITS PROGRAM MORE AS A WHOLE, AS OPPOSED TO SILOED EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES AT SPECIFIC SITES OR LOCATIONS.

SO HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE'LL HAVE, UH, A PROGRAM TO PRESENT TO THIS GROUP AMONG MANY OTHERS TO GET MORE, UM, DETAILED AND SPECIFIC FEEDBACK ON WHAT WE CAN OFFER AS A NEW DEPARTMENT.

SO THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES.

THE, THE MAIN, UH, THING I WANT TO DRIVE IN TODAY IS THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES AT LOTS OF SITES ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT.

AND WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, REALLY WORKING IN THE NEXT YEAR TO FIGURE OUT A PATH FORWARD FOR THE EXHIBITS PROGRAM, AS I SAID, UH, BECAUSE WE WANNA BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE AND ACCESS TO THESE WONDERFUL EXHIBIT SPACES.

I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE, WE HAVE A NEW DIVISION MANAGER, UH, MATRIX KILGORE.

I, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF HE'S COME TO, UH, INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO THIS GROUP, BUT HE IS ON BOARD AND HE, UH, OVERSEES THE CULTURAL CENTER.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HE'S DEFINITELY ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE AS WELL.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER, CHANNEY? I KNOW EVERYONE'S SUPER TIRED, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUPER CONFUSING.

UM, WHEN IT CAME TO THE CULTURAL CENTERS, LIKE WHEN YOU HAD THAT LIST UP, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW SOME OF THOSE SPACES.

UM, AND I ALSO THINK IT WOULD BE IN A PERFECT WORLD ALIGNED WHERE MAYBE THERE WAS SOME SORT OF, UM, WAY, UM, WHEN THE GRANTS ROLLOUT TO ALL ALSO LIKE INCLUDE OPENINGS FOR CALLS FOR NEW WORK OR WHATEVER, UM, AT THE CULTURAL CENTERS WOULD PROBABLY, 'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA GET, YOU KNOW, WE HAD OVER ALMOST 3000 PEOPLE APPLY.

SO GETTING THAT INFORMATION, UM, IN FRONT OF A PROGRAM.

SORRY, I'M LIKE TIRED IN FRONT OF A PROGRAM THAT'S REALLY POPULAR.

I'M NOT MAKING SENSE.

DO Y'ALL GET WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, IF THERE'S OPEN CALLS, LIKE SENDING THEM OUT WHEN THOSE GRANT UPDATES COME OUT SO PEOPLE ARE AWARE.

I DON'T THINK PEOPLE KNOW.

ANYWAY, I MAKES, I AM GLAD THAT YOU FOUND THE PRESENTATION HELPFUL, .

IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE STILL NEED TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO GET OUR OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE.

WE'RE ACTIVELY, UH, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A PROGRAM THAT WILL MATCH GRANTEES WITH ACCESS TO OUR SITES AS WELL AS MARKET OUR OPEN CALL OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE, UM, SPECIFIC TO OUR ARTS AND CULTURE CENTERS.

SO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT.

THANK YOU, .

I GOT YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, COMMISSIONER, UH, KEYS HAD FIRST, FIRST BROUGHT THIS UP BECAUSE SHE WAS INTERESTED IN FINDING WAYS TO SUPPORT ARTISTS THAT

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WERE IN GALLERY SPACES.

SO I'VE REACHED OUT FOR SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

UM, LET HER KNOW THAT THIS, UH, IS IN BACKUP, UM, AND FOR HER TO REACH OUT FOR ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE MIGHT DO, WHAT THE IDEAS ARE AROUND THAT KIND OF THING.

THANK YOU, .

AND SO WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.

OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

WE ARE NOW ON

[12. Discussion and possible action to plan an Arts Commission Retreat]

ITEM NUMBER 12, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ARTS COMMISSION RETREAT.

JESUS FI VERY GRACIOUSLY SENT US OUT A POLL TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHEN WE CAN GET TOGETHER.

AND I SEE THAT 1, 2, 3, 4 OF US HAVE DONE THE POLL.

WE NEED TO GET EVERYONE TO DO THAT POLL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

UM, JESUS SENT THAT EMAIL OUT ON SEPTEMBER THE 15TH.

DO YOU ALL WANNA TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES RIGHT NOW AND GET THAT TAKEN OF? NO.

WELL PLEASE TRY TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK SO WE CAN SCHEDULE.

WE'RE, WE'RE INTO NOVEMBER NOW FOR TRYING TO SCHEDULE A RETREAT AND I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS TO HAVE, UH, SOME TIME WITH US JUST TOGETHER TALKING ABOUT COMMISSION STUFF, NOT COMMUNITY STUFF.

'CAUSE THE COMMUNITY STUFF TAKES A PRIORITY, BUT WE AS A COMMISSION, WE'LL WORK TOGETHER IF WE HAVE SOME TIME TO SPEND TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT ISSUES TOGETHER.

SO PLEASE GET THAT DONE THIS WEEK, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

ANY QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RETREAT? UH, COMMISSIONER NEY, NOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE RETREAT, BUT WASN'T THE DOODLE POLL THING THAT WAS SENT OUT FOR LIKE OCTOBER OR SOMETHING? IT WAS, IT, THERE WAS ONE SENT FOR MID, MID AND LATE SEPTEMBER, BUT WE, WE DIDN'T GET IT FINISHED.

SO JESUS SENT A NEW ONE AND IT'S STARTING WITH NOVEMBER BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE WORKLOAD THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE GUY, WITH ALL THE GRANTS AND EVERYTHING.

NOVEMBER'S GONNA BE THE EASIEST TIME AT THIS POINT.

THERE'S ALSO ALMOST NO OVERLAPPING AVAILABILITY JUST ON THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY RESPONDED.

SO JUST GUESSING THAT THERE MIGHT NEED TO BE MORE OPTIONS LATER OUT, BUT COULD WAIT TILL EVERYONE FILLS IT OUT TO MAKE THAT CHOICE.

DID I RESPOND? I DON'T SEE YOU ON HERE.

OH, OKAY.

I, MAYBE I SAW IT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ONE THAT I ALREADY HAD RESPONDED TO.

'CAUSE I KNOW I RESPONDED TO ONE, SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE SEPTEMBER ONE.

AND THEN I JUST NEED TO DIG UP THE OTHER ONE.

SORRY.

SO IT'S UH, SEPTEMBER, UH, SEPTEMBER 15TH FROM JESUS ELLA.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? OKAY.

AND IF WE COULD GET THAT DONE, UH, BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

SO BY CLOSE OF THE BUSINESS FRIDAY, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE FOR JESUS'S SANITY AND THE REST OF THE STAFF.

MOVING ON TO

[13. Establish a Fiscal Sponsorship working group to better understand the different Fiscal Sponsorship types. ]

ITEM NUMBER 13.

ESTABLISH A FISCAL SPONSOR WORKING GROUP TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TYPES.

THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE SITUATION WITH MUSEUM OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT AND GETTING WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE FISCAL, THE DIFFERENT FISCAL SPONSOR TYPES AND DEFINE THE TYPES THAT WE WILL USE IN THE GUIDELINES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DEFINED AT THIS TIME.

ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? COMMISSIONER CHENEY? UM, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT I WOULD VOLUNTEER TO BE ON IT.

I'M NOT CURRENTLY A FISCAL SPONSOR, BUT MY ORGANIZATION WAS FOR A LONG TIME.

SO I HAVE A LOT OF GOOD, BAD AND UGLY UH, ADVICE.

UM, AND WE NO LONGER DO IT, AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO INTEREST IN EVER DOING IT AGAIN.

SO IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

UM, BUT, UH, YEAH, I CAN, IF, IF THERE'S ROOM, I WOULD DEFINITELY VOLUNTEER ON LIKE MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE DIFFERENT MODELS AND MY EXPERIENCE AS AN ORGANIZATION.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE WILLING TO TAKE UP THIS, THIS WORK? COMMISSIONER ANDERSON? UM, I, I, I, I WOULD NOT LIKE TO, BUT I, I JUST THINK, AS I SAID AT THE LAST MEETING, I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS GOT ON THE AGENDA AS SOMETHING WE'RE DEFINITELY DOING.

I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS A COMMISSION

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LEVEL ASSIGNMENT.

I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A STAFF LEVEL ASSIGNMENT.

THEY MAKE THE DECISIONS ON THE, HOW THE GRANTS ARE AWARDED AND TO WHO.

SO I THINK THEY NEED TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FISCAL SPONSORSHIP ARE.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S OUR ISSUE.

YES, MORGAN? SORRY, I WAS TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION SO I COULD CHIME IN.

MORGAN MESSICK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR ACME.

UM, WHILE Y'ALL ARE DISCUSSING THIS AGENDA ITEM, I DID WANNA SHARE A LITTLE UPDATE, UM, EARLIER THIS SPRING.

I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AT THE MAY MEETING.

WE HAD SHARED THAT WE WOULD BE CONVENING A FISCAL SPONSOR ROUND TABLE THIS FALL TO HELP INFORM KIND OF THE STATE OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND KIND OF LOOKING AT PEER CITIES AND JUST GETTING IN CONVERSATION WITH OUR FISCAL SPONSORS AROUND WHAT'S GONE WELL AND WHAT ARE BEST PRACTICES, ET CETERA.

SO WE KICKED OFF THAT PROCESS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE UPDATE THAT WE WILL BE CONVENING THAT IN NOVEMBER.

UM, WE HAVE SENT AROUND TO ALL THE FISCAL SPONSORS WHO HAVE BEEN FISCAL SPONSORS FOR GRANTS IN THE CITY OVER THE LAST 5, 10, 10, 10, 15 YEARS.

UM, RIGHT.

'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF REPEAT FISCAL SPONSORS, BUT TO COMMISSIONER K'S POINT, SOME PEOPLE HAVE PHASED OUT, BUT WE'RE STILL INVITING THEM TO THE TABLE FOR THAT CONVERSATION.

SO THOSE EMAILS WENT OUT, I THINK LAST WEEK WE SHARED A PRELIMINARY SURVEY TO KIND OF CAPTURE A BUNCH OF DATA.

WE HAVE ALSO ASKED, UM, FOR COPIES OF FISCAL SPONSORSHIP GUIDELINES AND DIFFERENT LIKE MATERIALS AND STUFF FROM THOSE ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT WE CAN LIKE, HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH AN ACTUAL POLICY CONVERSATION COME NOVEMBER.

UM, SO IF THIS MOVES FORWARD, UH, WHATEVER VERSION OF THIS YOU ALL PUT TOGETHER, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO WELCOME YOU TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE EMAIL THREADS AND ALL OF THE, JUST THE CONVERSATION SO THAT YOU CAN BE INCLUDED.

AND IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO DO THIS, WE'RE ALSO HAPPY TO GIVE MONTHLY UPDATES, UM, EVERY TIME WE COME BACK TO COMMISSION AS WELL.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS A, A, UH, WOULD BE A REPEATING OF EFFORT FOR US TO DO THAT.

SO COMMISSIONER NEY, WOULD YOU BE, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR COMMISSIONER NEY NEY TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT ROUND TABLE AS A ARTS COMMISSION? JUST KIND OF LIAISON, NOT LIAISON, BUT EYES ON THE, LIKE LEGALLY I'M LOOKING AT THE JESUSES, BUT SHE WOULD BE VERY WELCOME.

UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HER.

UM, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON THEY'RE GIVING ME, THEY'RE GIVING ME HEAD SHAKES.

HER ORGANIZATION WAS A PREVIOUS FISCAL SPONSOR.

WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT INFORMATION PHASE THAT AND THAT.

UM, YOU CAN READ IT AND SEE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

Y Y'ALL ALREADY SENT IT TO ME AND I WAS LIKE, DO I WANNA DO THIS? OKAY.

BUT, BUT I'LL, I, I MEAN I WOULD BE HAPPY TO BE THERE AS A LIAISON FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION AND ALSO TALK ABOUT, I GUESS MY EXPERIENCE WITH BEING A FISCAL SPONSOR.

I WAS LESS INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS AT MY ORGANIZATION, BUT I KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT, SO IT'S WHATEVER EVERYBODY WANTS, WHAT HAT I NEED TO BE ON OR IF I WANT, Y'ALL WANT BOTH HATS.

I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO GET CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE IF THEY THINK I'M REPRESENTING THE ARTS COMMISSION VERSUS MY ORGANIZATION.

THAT'S MY ONLY THING.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE AS, AS EYES AND EARS IN THE ROUND TABLE, KIND OF LIKE COMMISSIONER SMALL BOX DOES FOR THE ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES PANEL RATHER THAN, RATHER THAN BRINGING ISSUES.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH.

BUT I'M A FULL PARTICIPANT IN A IPP, SO THAT'S NOT A GREAT PARALLEL.

OH THEN THAT'S NOT THAT, THAT'S NOT A GREAT PARALLEL.

YEAH, I'M A VOTING MEMBER.

YEAH.

SO IS IT, IS IT POSSIBLE TO JUST SAY ANY ARTS COMMISSIONERS ARE WELCOME TO SIT IN ON THAT? I'M JUST AS ABSOLUTELY.

JUST AS A EDUCATIONAL THING, BUT THAT WE'RE NOT INVOLVED, THAT WE JUST WITNESS.

AS LONG AS WE DON'T HIT QUORUM, UH, WE WOULD WELCOME YOUR PARTICIPATION ON THE ROUND TABLE.

UM, WE WILL SEND A FOLLOW UP EMAIL AROUND, SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, HOW WE WERE PLANNING FOR THAT.

PART OF THE SURVEY WE SENT OUT WAS GAUGING WHAT DATE THE ROUND TABLE WOULD HAPPEN ON.

SO WE CAN EITHER CREATE A SEPARATE DOODLE POLL JUST SO WE GET YOUR DATE AVAILABILITY TO FACTOR INTO THAT.

BUT WE'LL GET AN EMAIL OUT THIS WEEK FOR YOU.

AND WE WOULD JUST NEED TO LET YOU KNOW IF WE WERE PLANNING TO ATTEND ON ANY GIVEN DAY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM.

GREAT.

IF WE CAN'T GET INPUT FROM PREVIOUS FISCAL SPONSORS LIKE FAA, FAA IN THIS CASE, UM, BECAUSE OF SOMETHING, THEN I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE A SEPARATE PROCESS.

I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT THANK YOU COVERS THAT ISSUE.

BUT LET'S, LET'S CAN, I CAN CLARIFY REAL QUICK.

UHHUH, , COMMISSIONER SMBA, BUT COMMISSIONER CHENEY WHO'S ALREADY BEEN INVITED TO PARTICIPATE AS AN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADER, IS SHE GONNA BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE OR, WHICH IS, THAT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME.

'CAUSE IF,

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'CAUSE I, I WOULDN'T WANT FOR THAT KNOWLEDGE BASE TO NOT BE CONSIDERED.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

SO IS IT, IS IT YOU? I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT I'M ASKING YOU, 'CAUSE YOU SAID EYES AND EARS AND THEN WE DIDN'T, RATHER THAN FULLY PARTICIPATING, BUT FAZE HAS BEEN ASKED TO PARTICIPATE AS A COMMUNITY LEADER.

AND SO I'M JUST CHECKING IS LIKE, ARE YOU ALL, DID WE DECIDE THAT SHE CAN PARTICIPATE AS A COMMUNITY LEADER OR ARE WE SAYING THAT BECAUSE SHE'S A COMMISSIONER, SHE SHOULDN'T PARTICIPATE? I DON'T THINK WE'RE SAYING THAT AT ALL.

UH, LET'S, LET ME GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON ARE YOU ALL, ARE THIS IS A WORKING GROUP CORRECT? TO, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BEST PRACTICES ARE AND HOW THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO THE GUIDELINES? IF, IF I'M YEAH, YEAH.

OUR HOPES ARE, UM, I DON'T THINK WE USE THE WORD WORKING GROUP IN THE EMAIL.

WE OKAY.

SENT OUT.

BUT YES, ESSENTIALLY IT IS A CONVENING OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVING IN THE FUNCTION AS FISCAL SPONSOR SO THAT WE CAN CREATE UPDATED POLICIES THAT WOULD IMPACT THE GUIDELINES, OUR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

UM, AND ANY, ANY OTHER OUTCOMES FROM THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR RIGHT.

OR NEXT GRANT CYCLE.

NOT, NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS 2027.

RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED.

BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED FOR THE NEXT ONE, FOR THE NEXT, FOR 28.

SO IT WOULD BE DISCUSSION AND BRAINSTORMING AND COLLABORATION AND THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY REASON THAT A ARTS COMMISSIONER COULDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

BUT THERE, I I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ETHICAL REASON.

NO, I THINK IT SHOULD BE FINE AND I'M HAPPY TO JUST CONFIRM, UM, WHEN WE SEND OUR EMAIL OUT, I'LL, I'LL BE SURE TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW IF I HEAR ANY OTHER NUANCE THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER.

YES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

DOES THAT CLEAR THAT UP COMMISSIONER? SMALL.

YEP.

SO DOES ANYONE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO CREATE OUR OWN GROUP OR THAT WE CAN LET THIS GROUP DO ITS WORK AND HEAR BACK FROM THEM? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY SAYING THEY FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO TAKE IT.

YEAH.

SO WE'RE GONNA LET AC ACNE DO ITS THING.

THAT'S WHAT ACNE'S FOR.

WE'RE SO GLAD ACNE IS HERE BECAUSE ACNE CAN DO ITS THING.

YAY.

SO AS LONG AS WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT, I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

IS THAT GOOD? YEP.

YEP.

WE ARE ON A ROLL.

WE'RE A ROLL.

WE ARE NOW ON TO ITEM NUMBER 19, UPDATE FROM JOINT ARTS MUSIC COMMISSION WORKING GROUP ON URBAN CORE ISSUES.

COMMISSIONER SMALL, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? NO REPORT FROM THAT? NOPE.

GROUP COMMISSIONER ANDERSON HAS SENT AN EMAIL OUT TO TRY TO CONVENE BYLAWS, BUT THERE IS NO REPORT AT THIS TIME AS FAR AS I KNOW.

THANK YOU MA'AM.

AND THEN THE BYLAWS WORKING

[20. Update from Arts Commission Bylaws Working Group with Commissioners Houston, Garza, Keys, and Anderson (Chair)]

CORRECT.

COMMISSIONER ANDERSON? CORRECT.

THERE'S NO REPORT.

THERE IS A DRAFT, BUT WE NEED PEOPLE TO LOOK AT IT.

OTHERWISE, I'M A ONE MAN WORKING GROUP.