Oct 05, 2026 Music

[CALL TO ORDER]

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OKAY, 6:34 PM I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION TO ORDER.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? ALL RIGHT.

NO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION TODAY.

[MUSIC PERFORMANCE]

BUT, PETER, STOP.

STOP.

CHINKY.

THANK YOU, SHELBY.

THIS WAS, UH, FROM OUR PAST.

COMMISSIONER ROSENTHAL.

YES.

JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS FROM OUR FORMER PROJECT WITH OUR MUSIC COMMISSION TO HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE MUSICAL TALENT HERE BY WAY OF VIDEO IN COLLABORATION WITH A TXN.

AND THIS WAS FROM 2025.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS? ALRIGHT, UH, MOVING ON.

UH, THAT WAS JUST, UH, FANTASTIC.

I, I JUST LOVE THE, UH, THE VARIETY OF, UH, GENRES THAT WE GET HERE.

UH, THROUGH THIS EFFORT.

I AM REALLY HOPING THAT WE CAN, UM, UM,

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UH,

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

UH, IF EVERYBODY HAD A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, IF, UH, SOMEBODY COULD PLEASE MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ENGLAND.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER CARDIN IS ALL IN FAVOR.

UM, HOLD ON.

SO, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, COMMISSIONER SILVA IS NOT ON VIDEO.

WE WOULD NEED HIM ON VIDEO TO HAVE QUORUM TO MAKE A VOTE.

YES, WE DO.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER.

I'M TRYING.

THERE WE GO.

LET'S TRY ONE MORE TIME FOR THE MINUTES.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

YEAH, SORRY.

CAN WE VOTE ON, REALIZE WE, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER SILVA AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER AGUILAR ON VIDEO AS WELL.

I SEE HE JUST JOINED.

YES.

SO WE CAN VOTE ON THE MINUTES.

AND COMMISSIONER, ANY VOTES MADE, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CAMERAS ARE ON.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

UH, GOING BACK TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER ENGLAND.

I'LL TAKE THAT A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CARDENAS FOR APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER MEETING OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION.

UM, ALL IN FAVOR.

SO, UM, WE HAVE, UH, SIX VOTES IN FAVOR.

COMMISSIONER SILVA, HOW DO YOU VOTE? I'M IN FAVOR.

OKAY.

SO THE MOTION'S UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

MOVING

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

WE HAVE STAFF BRIEFING ON LIVE MUSIC FUND COLLECTIONS BY KIM MC CARSON, PROGRAM MANAGER, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT, AUSTIN ARTS, CULTURE, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU.

AYE, UM, TAKING, TAKING AN ATTENDANCE COUNT IS KIM MCC CARSON HERE TO REPRESENT.

THERE WE GO.

WORKING ON PULLING UP HER PRESENTATION.

IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE MEANTIME, KIM, CAN YOU GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW WHILE WE TRY AND PULL UP YOUR PRESENTATION, WORKING THROUGH SOME TECH DIFFICULTIES OVER HERE.

OH, OKAY.

OKAY.

YEAH.

HI, KIM.

MCC CARSON HERE.

I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER, UM, AND I'M WITH ACME.

UM, AND I'M GIVING THE, UH, PRESENTATION TODAY FOR THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES FOR THE AUSTIN LIVE MUSIC FUND THROUGH AUGUST.

UH, SO THOSE AUGUST NUMBERS ARE 160,688.

UM, THE YEAR TO DATE TOTAL IS 4 MILLION 725 450 $1.

AND THIS IS ABOUT AN 8% INCREASE OVER THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

SO IF YOU COULD SEE THE PRESENTATION, UM, YOU WOULD SEE THAT THE COLUMNS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR.

AH, NEXT PAGE.

THANK YOU.

THAT VERY LAST COLUMN THERE ON THE RIGHT.

UM, SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT INCREASED FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS AND IT'S AN 8% INCREASE OVER THE LAST YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, KIM.

UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS, KIM, ARE THERE ANY, UM, TRENDS THAT ARE SHOWING, LIKE WHAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE 8%, UH, INCREASE THIS YEAR? I DON'T KNOW OF ANY TRENDS.

I MEAN, IT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA SPECULATE.

I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

I DO KNOW THAT WE STARTED COUNTING THE, UM, THE, UM, SHORT-TERM OCCUPANCY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HAVING AN EFFECT, UM, OR IF IT'S JUST, UH, TOURISM IN GENERAL.

UM, BUT, UM, ANYWAY, GOOD TO HAVE AN INCREASE.

UH, AND I THINK LAST MONTH, UM, YOU SAW A BIGGER AMOUNT AND IF YOU COMPARE IT TO THAT TIME LAST YEAR, IT JUST, THE MONTHS KIND OF SWAPPED.

SO IT WAS THE SAME, IT WAS THIS MONTH LAST YEAR THAT HAD THE BIGGER AMOUNT, BUT IT'S REALLY KIND OF THE SAME TIMEFRAME.

UM, SO ALL IN ALL, 8% INCREASE.

SO I'LL TAKE THAT.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER BRYCE JUST MENTIONED QUESTION FOOTBALL GAMES AS WELL, SO YEAH.

UM, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING, UH, FACTOR TOO OUTTA TOWN.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS? OH, THANK YOU, KIM.

NEXT AGENDA.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

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

ACME.

HI LAURA.

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ARE YOU HERE WITH US? OKAY.

ERICA'S GONNA COME OFF WHILE WE TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHY LAURA'S MIC CAN'T WORK, BUT SHE IS HERE WITH US.

PLEASE STAND BY.

OKAY.

I THINK, AM I HERE? WE GOT YOU.

I'M SORT OF HERE.

WE GOT YOU.

THANK YOU.

CITY HALL FOR AT LEAST UNMUTING ME.

UM, WEBEX DID A FUN LITTLE UPDATE BEFORE I JOINED, AND ALL OF MY BUTTONS ARE GONE, SO I, UH, APOLOGIZE THAT YOU CAN'T SEE MY FACE, BUT I AM HERE WITH YOU ALL.

UM, JUST TO DO A QUICK UPDATE, UM, ON MY DIVISION.

SO LAURA ODEGAARD, DIVISION MANAGER FOR CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND INVESTMENTS.

UM, SO THE, THE BIGGEST THING, JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE REVIEW SLASH SCORING STAGE OF THE PROCESS FOR OUR FY 27, UM, APPLICATIONS.

UM, SO IN THE MEANTIME HERE IS OUR FUNDING DISBURSEMENT STATUS FOR OUR 26 AWARDS.

UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE ABOUT, UH, 76% OF THE WAY THROUGH DISPERSING FUNDS FOR ALL OF THE ACME GRANT PROGRAMS HERE.

UM, AND WE'RE ABOUT 64%, UM, THROUGH DISPERSING ALL OF THE 2026 FUNDS FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND, UM, SPECIFICALLY.

SO ALMOST EVERYONE HAS RECEIVED AT LEAST THEIR FIRST PAYMENT.

UM, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THOSE FINAL, UH, FEW FOLKS THROUGH THAT FIRST PAYMENT, UM, HURDLE.

SO WE'VE DISTRIBUTED, UH, FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR LIVE MUSIC FUND TO DATE.

UH, NEXT SLIDE.

THE SLIDES ARE VERY SHORT THIS MONTH.

UM, SO THIS IS JUST A NICE GENERAL REMINDER OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE REVIEW PROCESS FOR ALL OF OUR APPLICATIONS.

UM, SO THAT INCLUDES EVERY TYPE OF REVIEW.

UM, SO THE LONG CENTER IS BUSY SCORING ALL OF THE 923 MUSICIANS AND 65 PROMOTERS AND 56 VENUES.

UM, AND WE ARE ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANEL PROCESS, AND THAT'S FOR THE ELEVATE THRIVE, UM, AND HERITAGE PRESERVATION GRANTS.

AND SO RIGHT NOW THE TEAM IS WORKING THROUGH 60 PANELS OVER FIVE WEEKS.

UM, FROM TUESDAYS THROUGH SATURDAYS.

WE HAVE TWO TO THREE PANELS EVERY DAY.

UM, SO IT'S A HEAVY LIFT, UM, THIS MONTH OF OCTOBER.

AND WE ARE ALSO, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE CLOSING OUR NEXUS GRANT.

SO THIS IS THE SMALLER ONE, THE FIVE AND $10,000 GRANTS.

UM, SO THIS ONE CLOSES NEXT WEEK ON THE 13TH.

UM, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO ALL OF THE THING.

THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

LAURA.

UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS, COULD WE HAVE THE COMMISSIONERS BACK ONLINE? THANK YOU.

LAURA, ARE WE GOOD TO GO WITH THE, UH, THE PANELISTS ON, UH, ON THE CULTURAL ARTS SIDE? I KNOW THERE WAS A, A PRETTY FOCUSED EFFORT TO BRING MORE PANELISTS IN.

CAN SHE HEAR ME OKAY? IN THE MEANTIME? UH, ANYBODY ELSE WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE GRANTS? ERICA, DO YOU MIND MIKE TESTING? YES.

HI EVERYBODY.

YES.

UM,

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WE ALSO HAD A WEB X UPDATE, SO I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO GET LAURA TO GET TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK STILL.

SO, LAURA, TESTING, TESTING.

IS IT WORKING YET? AT LEAST I SEE A MUTE BUTTON NOW.

AND NOW LAURA CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING.

SO WHAT WERE I CAN HEAR STUFF NOW.

WE CAN HEAR YOU.

IT WAS, OH MY GOSH.

OKAY, SO EUREKA.

I DUNNO WHAT'S GOING ON Y'ALL.

UM, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PANEL'S, UM, CHAIR, UH, AND I WAS SHARING THAT WE DO, WE LOST YOU, LAURA, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

WHATEVER WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FILL YOU ON TODAY, WE CAN MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR EMAIL.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

NO WORRIES.

THANK YOU.

WE'RE WORKING ON IT THOUGH.

IT'S NOT THE MOST CRITICAL QUESTION.

I I'M SURE THE DEPARTMENT HAS THAT COVERED.

UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL JUST RESUME THAT AND THEN MOVE FORWARD, UH, UNLESS, UH, OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE, ON THIS TOPIC.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.

UM, UH, SHELBY, I DID WANNA CHECK, THERE WAS SOME AGENDA ITEM EARLIER ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING, UH, WITHIN STAFF BRIEFINGS.

YES.

WAS THAT REMOVED? WE, WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT.

OKAY.

UM, WE WILL BE IN HOPES TO RETURN BY THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT THAT IS IN LEADERSHIP'S HAND AND AS SOON AS I GET WORD, WE WILL REPORT BACK TO YOU GUYS, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

SOUNDS GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

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

ALRIGHT, I SHOULD HAVE UNMUTED MYSELF.

HOPEFULLY THAT WORKS.

YES, THANK YOU.

UM, BEFORE I GET TOO FAR ON THE, WHAT THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION DID, ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS WAS FROM ACME, UH, I GUESS AN UPDATE ON THEIR, THE LATEST STAGE OF THE CULTURAL RESET.

AND I WANNA MAKE SURE, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO TOO MUCH OF THAT IF THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING BACK NEXT MONTH WITH THAT PRESENTATION.

SO, SHOULD I GO AHEAD AND FOR THE CREATIVE RESET? YES.

WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A PRESENTATION SCHEDULED FOR THE CREATIVE RESET.

WE HAVE STRATEGIC PLANS SCHEDULED.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET THAT ON THE BOOKS OR GO AHEAD AND SHARE SO WE CAN SEE HOW WE CAN COME BACK TO PRESENT NEXT MONTH OR FOLLOWING MONTHS.

WHAT, WHAT I CAN DO IS I'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND JUST GIVE A HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT I HEARD FROM THAT MEETING, AND THEN THE COMMISSION DECIDE IF IT WANTS TO GET MORE.

SO I'LL, I'LL DO MY BEST AND I'M SURE OTHERS CAN UPDATE OR, BUT, UH, SO I'M JUST PULLING IT UP REAL QUICK.

THE MAIN THING THAT I HEARD, UM, DURING THAT COMMISSION MEETING WAS THAT THEY'RE MOVING FROM THE, THE INITIAL PHASE, WHICH STILL WAS THE FUNDING PIECE FOR ACME INTO THE MA THE OTHER PIECE OF HOW DO WE, UH, MAINTAIN AND, AND, UH, EXPAND AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CULTURAL CENTERS THAT WE DO HAVE.

AND THEY'D FINISHED AN ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I HEARD WAS THAT THEY, THEY DIDN'T REALLY HEAR A LARGE CALL FOR NEW FACILITIES, NEW CULTURAL EVENT CENTERS OR MUSEUMS. UM, BUT WHAT THEY REALLY HEARD WAS THEY WANTED THE CITY TO IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN THE CURRENT FACILITIES, INCLUDING PROGRAMMING.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE FOCUS WAS.

UH, MOST OF THE PRESENTATION, UM, HOW THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT.

UM, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE GOING INTO A NEW, UM, ENGAGEMENT PROCESS OR THE WRAPPING ONE UP LOOKING AT TIMELINE REAL FAST.

YEAH.

SO THAT WAS THAT ONE.

UM, THIS, THIS NEXT ITEM THAT THEY HAD WAS, UH, FROM, UH, THE, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, TALKING ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN, UH, UH, CENTRAL DISTRICT, CENTRAL CITY DISTRICT PLAN.

UM, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY PRESENTED WAS THE MAPPING OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THE DIFFERENT, UH, UH, THEY CALLED IT A GROWTH CONCEPT MAP THAT SHOWED WHERE NEW, NEW HIGH RISE DEVELOPMENT WOULD OCCUR, WHERE THE CULTURAL EVENTS AREAS WOULD BE, WHERE, UM, THERE'S SORT

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PROBABLY THE MOST, UH, IMPORTANT FOR THIS GROUP WAS THE CULTURAL EVENT, UH, AREA THAT IT HAD MAPPED OUT.

AND BASICALLY IT'S THE SIXTH STREET AND RED RIVER AREA.

AND, AND I'LL JUST READ THIS REAL QUICK, BUT IT DEFINED IT AS AREAS THAT REINFORCE AUSTIN'S CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT FOCUS WITH DEVELOPMENT, SUPPORTING COMMUNITY EVENTS, ACTIVITIES, RETAIL AND DINING.

UM, THE MAIN THING THAT I HEARD FROM THIS PRESENTATION WAS THE IDEA OF MAKING THIS AREA MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, ALL DAY KIND OF PLACE TO GO AND VISIT.

IT'S NOT JUST A NIGHTTIME ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, BUT ALSO ADDING MORE DINING AND, UH, RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE AREAS.

UM, SO I WILL SHARE THAT LINK IF WE CAN DO THAT TO THOSE, ACTUALLY, THEY'RE BOTH ON THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION IF YOU WANNA SEE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

AND THE FINAL ITEM THAT MAY PERTAIN TO A LOT OF THE, UH, TO THE EN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREAS, UM, WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO COUNCIL HAVING TO DO WITH SAFETY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

AND THEY PROVIDED A RECOMMENDATION WITH FIVE PHYSICIAN STATEMENTS.

AND THE FIRST ONE HAD TO DO WITH TRYING, ENCOURAGING THE CITY TO SUPPORT AND SUSTAINED INVESTMENTS IN EMERGENCY SHELTER CAPACITY, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND DIVERSION PROGRAMS THAT MOVE PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE STREETS INTO STABLE HOUSING AND CARE.

THE SECOND WAS TO SUPPORT EXPANDING FUNDING FOR PSYCHIATRIC CRISIS BEDS.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THEY REFERRED TO AS STEP DOWN BEDS AND LEARN LONG-TERM CARE.

SO THAT'S JUST ENCOURAGED THE CITY TO DO MORE OF THAT.

THE THIRD POSITION WAS TO SU SUPPORT EXPANDING INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT AUTHORITY TO PSYCHIATRIC PSYCHIATRISTS, PHYSICIANS AND THEIR DELEGATES.

AND, I DON'T KNOW.

YEAH, SO SOMEBODY CAN BE, UH, YEAH, I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW THAT ENOUGH ABOUT THAT ONE TO GIVE IT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I PROBABLY WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT.

THE FOURTH, THE LAST TWO POSITION STATEMENTS HAVE TO DO MORE WITH SAFETY AND ENFORCEMENT.

SO IT REQUESTED THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT INCREASE AND MAINTAIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA COMMAND STAFFING TO A MINIMUM OF 90% OF THEIR APPROVED LEVEL.

AND THEN THE FIFTH ONE, UH, REQUEST STRONGER ENFORCEMENT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S PANHANDLING ORDINANCE AND THE SIT LIE ORDINANCE.

SO THOSE FIVE POSITION STATEMENTS, UH, WAS APPROVED AND THE, UH, UH, COMMISSION WOULD BE FORWARDED THAT ONTO THE, TO THE, UH, COUNCIL.

AND I THINK THAT IS IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SILVER, UH, FOR THE DETAILED REPORT.

UM, IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE IT AS, UH, ONE WOULD EXPECT THAT THE ITEM AROUND STRATEGIC GOALS THAT WE HAVE INCLUDES ITEMS SUCH AS VENUE SAFETY.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, CULTURAL DISTRICTS IN DISCUSSION WITHIN, WITHIN OUR OWN, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIC GOALS THAT WE ARE, UH, DISCUSSING HERE AT THIS COMMISSION.

WE MIGHT NOT GO AS IN DEPTH WHEN IT COMES TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND HOW THAT SHIFT SAFETY, UH, SHOULD, UH, SHAPE UP AND WHAT THAT INVOLVES, ET CETERA.

BUT THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK THERE IS, UM, THERE IS VALUE IN WORKING WITH THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, SEEING SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY HAVE MADE, ESPECIALLY AS WE ALSO CONSIDER OUR PRIORITIES, UH, AND AREAS OF INTEREST REALLY, AND SEE IF WE CAN DOUBLE UP ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS COMMISSION IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS.

SO I THINK WHEN NEW SAFETY IS VERY CLEARLY ONE OF THOSE, UM, THE OTHER ONE, UH, A MUCH LARGER TOPIC, I HEARD MIXED USE, UH, DAYTIME USE OF, UH, UH, THE, THE, THE AREAS IN DOWNTOWN.

AND, AND THAT'S A MUCH LARGER DISCUSSION, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF FORESEE, YOU KNOW, HOW DOWNTOWN MIGHT EVOLVE.

AND WITHIN THAT PARADIGM, I THINK WHAT THEY'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT, AND WHAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IS THAT CREATIVE SPACES, UH, REMAIN IN DOWNTOWN.

YOU KNOW, EVEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE HOTELS, ET CETERA, UM, AND TOURISM TOURISTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO WALK TO CREATIVE SPACES IN DOWNTOWN.

UH, SOME OF IT MAY STAY WHAT IT IS TODAY.

SOME OF IT MAY WOVE INTO SOMETHING ELSE.

UH, MAYBE, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M HEARING AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MIXED USE SPACES, DATA USE, ET CETERA.

BUT HOW DO YOU PRESERVE, AND WHEN I SAY PRESERVE, I DON'T MEAN IT PURELY IN TERMS OF PRESERVATION, BUT HOW DO YOU PRESERVE CREATIVITY AND CREATIVE SPACES IN DOWNTOWN AS, AS YOU KNOW, UH, THE AREA IS

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AND I THINK THAT IS A TOPIC THAT IS AND SHOULD BE OF MUCH IMPORTANCE TO THIS COMMISSION AS WELL.

SO THERE IS, UM, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY HERE TO COLLABORATE WITH THAT COMMISSION AND ESPECIALLY ON RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE ALREADY PUT IN PLACE, UH, SEE WHAT WE CAN TAKE, WHAT WE MIGHT WANT TO ADD TO THAT AND, AND PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS COMMISSION ON SOME OF THESE TOPICS TO, UH, TO COUNCIL.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER SILVA, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

YEAH, I JUST WOULD ADD ONE MORE THING.

WHEN WE THINK, THINK ABOUT GROWTH IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE STATS THAT THEY PROVIDED WAS A PROJECTION OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND IT'S CURRENTLY AT ABOUT 15,000 PEOPLE.

AND THEY PROJECT THAT THAT WOULD INCREASE TO 25, THAT WOULD INCREASE BY 25,000 PEOPLE BY 2045.

SO BY 2045, THERE'D BE 45,000 PEOPLE LIVING DOWNTOWN.

SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AND, AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT HAPPENS IS NOT JUST FOR THE TOURISTS, THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE DOWNTOWN WHO WANT TO GO AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY LIVE DOWNTOWN TO BE CLOSE TO CULTURAL FEATURES.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE WANTING TO PAY ATTENTION TO AS WELL.

IT'S NOT JUST FOR TOURISTS.

GOT IT.

I GUESS MY MAIN POINT, RIGHT? THANK YOU.

UM, COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS ARE THE COMMENTS? OKAY.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

MOVING ON TO THE NEXT

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

AND, YOU KNOW, AND FROM THAT, OF COURSE, THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR CAN, CAN BE FORMULATED, BUT AS OF NOW, THIS IS MORE OF A DISCUSSION AROUND, UM, GOALS, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION, UH, WHAT THE COMMISSION, UH, MIGHT WANT TO PRIORITIZE.

AND, UH, ALSO IT'S NOT ONLY PRIORITIES, BUT THERE, THERE MIGHT BE AREAS THAT, UH, A COMMISSIONER OR OTHER MIGHT WANT TO, UH, FOCUS MORE ON AND, AND BRING, UH, INFORMATION BACK TO THE COMMISSION TO TAKE SOME ACTION.

SO THAT IS VERY VALID AS WELL.

UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, I KNOW WE HAD STARTED THIS DISCUSSION, UM, LAST TIME, HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, ITEMS THAT WE CALLED OUT FROM, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK FURTHER INTO.

UM, I WOULD LEAVE THIS AS AN OPEN DISCUSSION, AND ALSO I THINK I WOULD HAND IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER RINGLAND TO FURTHER, UH, FACILITATE, UM, UH, THE, THE, THE DISCUSSION AND SEE WHERE WE GO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF REITERATE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE WENT OVER, UH, DURING LAST MONTH'S COMMISSION, UH, FOR THOSE COMMISSIONERS THAT WEREN'T THERE, BUT I'LL KEEP IT SHORT.

UH, AND I'M ALSO HAPPY TO SEND OVER, UH, ANY OF THESE ASSETS FROM, UH, WHAT I PUT TOGETHER FOR A DISCUSSION.

UM, BUT THE GENERAL RECAP, UH, BEFORE WE KIND OF LEND IT AN OPEN TO FOR, FOR DISCUSSION WAS THAT, UH, ACME STAFF AND ITS TRANSITION AND THIS COMMISSION, UH, HAS WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY TOGETHER, UH, WITH A VERY HEAVY FOCUS ON, UM, WHAT THE, THE GRANT PRIORITIES LOOK LIKE, RIGHT? AND NOW THAT THEY ARE, ARE FAIRLY SET AND, YOU KNOW, UH, UM, OFTEN NEED TO BE LOOKED AT AND WHICH IS WHY WE GET THESE REPORTS, UH, FROM ACME STAFF.

UM, I NEEDED TO ASK MYSELF THE QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE MAIN PRIORITIES FOR THIS COMMISSION? WHERE ARE WE MOVING FORWARD, UH, IN WHAT WE'RE DOING? UM, AND WHILE LEAVING SPACE FOR OPPORTUNITIES THAT, UM, COME UP THAT ARE IMPORTANT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES AND, UH, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PRESENT ITSELF NOT JUST AS EMERGENCIES, BUT ALSO AS PERSONAL INITIATIVES AS COMMISSIONERS, UH, HAVING A BIT MORE OF A DISCUSSION AROUND, UM, WHAT OUR FOCUS WOULD BE, I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL, RIGHT? AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE ANYTHING THAT'S ADOPTED, UH, OR TO BE PUT INTO BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

BUT, UM, I THINK HAVING A LITTLE BIT MORE COHESIVENESS AND DISCUSSION AROUND THAT WOULD HELP, UH, IN THE DIRECTION OF WHERE OUR ENERGY AND INTENT GOES INTO, UH, FOR UPCOMING YEAR.

UM, I PROPOSED THREE, UH, SPECIFIC TOPICS OF CONVERSATION AROUND THAT.

ONE IS SPACE PRESERVATION, OBVIOUSLY WITH RED RIVER AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, FOR THE, UM, THE VENUES, UH, THAT WE ARE LOSING.

UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO START BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY A CULTURAL DISTRICT, BUT A CULTURAL DISTRICT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THERE'S ANY SORT OF PRESERVATION MEASURES FOR IT.

UM, AND WHILE THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UH, THAT ARE WORKING, UM, AND BRAINSTORMING AND,

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PLACES ARE STILL GOING TO CLOSE.

UH, AND IF WE CAN HELP FIGURE OUT SOME MORE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES, UH, TO, TO KEEP SOME OF THAT EXISTING CULTURE HERE AND WHATEVER THAT MAY LOOK LIKE, I THINK THAT THAT'S WORTH OUR TIME AND ENERGY AS A, AS A COMMISSION.

UM, THE SECOND ONE IS, UM, PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, BUT SPECIFICALLY AROUND PERMITTING SOUND, SPECIAL EVENT, TRANSPORTATION, INTERDEPARTMENTAL PROCESSES.

UH, FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO I MET WITH THE, UM, SPECIAL EVENT AND PERMITTING OFFICE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH WHAT THOSE PERMITTING KINDA SITUATIONS LOOK LIKE FOR VENUES FOR, UM, LARGER EVENTS LIKE ACL SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, BUT EVEN SMALLER ONES TOO, UH, AND WHAT THAT PERMITTING PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.

AND EVEN THOUGH IN 2012 THEY DID A LOT INTERNALLY, UH, TO REALLY FOCUS ON THAT PROCESS, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF RISK, UH, FOR OPERATORS AND HOW THEY NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT PERMITTING PROCESS.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT'S PART OF THE ACME, UH, THE REASE RIGHT NOW.

SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO REALLY KIND OF LOOK AT AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND MORE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THESE TOOLS AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE FOR PROMOTERS, UH, VENUE OWNERS, UH, UH, WITHIN OUR CITY.

UM, AND THE LAST ONE WAS, UH, WHAT I CALLED PROGRESS TRACKING FOR CITY DELIVERABLES.

BUT WE COULD COME UP WITH ANYTHING FOR WHAT THAT IS, BUT KIND OF UNDERSTANDING NOT JUST WHERE FUNDING IS BEING DISTRIBUTED, BUT WHAT IT'S ACTUAL COMMUNITY IMPACT LOOKS LIKE.

UH, YOU KNOW, ARE MORE MUSICIANS RECEIVING PAID OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE OF HOW THEY'RE UTILIZING THESE GRANTS, UH, VENUES AND ADJACENT SPACES.

ARE THEY REMAINING OPEN OR ARE THEY CLOSING EVEN WHEN THEY'RE AWARDED? UH, THESE GRANTS, UM, YOU KNOW, CULTURAL SPACES, NOT JUST HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED ONE, ARE THEY BEING PRESERVED? UM, AND WITHIN THAT, OUR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS BEING ACTED UPON, UH, FOR THAT.

SO THOSE WERE KIND OF JUST THREE THAT I CAME UP WITH THAT, UM, I THOUGHT WOULD, WOULD BE SOME WORTH SOME DISCUSSION AND PRIORITIES.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I STILL PERSONALLY AM GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO THESE THINGS TO BRING IN TO, TO BE, YOU KNOW, A BIT MORE ACTIVE, UH, IN THIS COMMISSION MOVING THROUGH, UH, 2027.

UM, BUT I AM CURIOUS TO THINK, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE COMMISSIONERS THAT WEREN'T AT THE, UH, LAST COMMISSION LAST MONTH, OR THE ONES THAT WERE ALSO THERE, WHETHER THEY'VE HAD THE MONTH TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UM, THAT DOES LEAD INTO THE OTHER COMMISSION RETREAT.

THAT'S THE NEXT DISCUSSION ITEM, JUST SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

A PART OF THAT TOO IS ACTUALLY ALIGNING THE MUSIC COMMISSION WITH WHAT ACME IS DOING, UH, FOR 2027.

AND, UH, ERICA, UH, I BELIEVE, UM, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, GRACIOUSLY MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A RETREAT FOR THE MUSIC COMMISSION TO SIT DOWN WITH ACME SO THAT WE'RE GETTING ALL OF THE INFORMATION FOR WHAT THE YEAR LOOKS LIKE, SO THAT WHILE WE STILL ORGANICALLY HAVE THINGS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD, WE CAN ALSO WORK IN TANDEM, INDIVIDUALLY, OR AS A COMMISSION WITH ACME, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, INSIGHT, WHICH I THINK IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT.

SO, UM, I JUST KINDA WANNA OPEN IT UP TO, UH, THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONER'S, UM, UH, THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS, UH, WHETHER IF THIS IS THEIR FIRST TIME HEARING IT OR IF THEY'VE HAD SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.

UM, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER.

UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMENTS FOR THE THOUGHTS ON THE TOPIC? COMMISSIONER KA, UM, I GOT TO REVIEW IT LIGHTLY, CLAYTON, SO THANK YOU FOR SENDING THAT OVER.

UM, I LOVE THAT WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE VENUES AND LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, WITH PERMITTING AND ALL OF THAT.

I DO WANT TO INCLUDE, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THOSE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND THE METRICS SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE INCLUDED.

AND I KNOW WHEN WE START GETTING INTO LIKE THE NITTY GRITTY OF THAT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WE'LL HAVE ACTIONABLE.

'CAUSE IT'D BE NICE TO SAY LIKE, AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN, WE'VE MAINTAINED FOUR VENUES AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOW OPEN.

I DON'T WANT TO FORGET THE ARTISTS BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE THAT'S KIND OF THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AS WELL, OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THEM.

OBVIOUSLY THEY NEED TO HAVE A PLACE TO PLAY WITH VENUES AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PLAY WITH PERMITTING.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE.

I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA JUST COMPLETELY LOSE OUT ON, YOU KNOW, HAM AND THE, AND SIMS AND THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WERE ALSO IN THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE GOALS, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CREATING THAT

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SO IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MUSIC CREATIVES, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE, IF WE'RE ONLY PICKING THREE, I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE SOMETHING WITH THE MUSICIANS AND THE ARTIST, AND THEN KIND OF TAKING THOSE PERFORMANCE METRICS AND LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THOSE, LIKE, ARE WE ACTIONABLE ON ALL THOSE THINGS? I THINK THAT SHOULD JUST BE AN AUTOMATIC FOR ALL OF 'EM.

BUT AS FAR AS LIKE SUBJECT, LIKE YOU SAID, I THINK PERMITS, THOSE ARE FANTASTIC.

EVERYTHING WITH, UH, VENUES AND THEN ADDING IN THE MUSICIANS AND THE ARTISTS AS WELL.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, SO THERE'S NO LIMIT OF THREE, UH, SO IF THAT , SO, SO ABSOLUTELY.

I WOULD, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A VERY KEY TOPIC TO CONTINUE FOCUSING ON, UH, EVEN THE GRANTS AND WHAT THE OUTCOMES ARE AND, AND KEEPING THAT FOCUS.

AND ESPECIALLY, AND KNOW, COMMISSIONER KANES, YOUR, UM, FOCUS HAS ALSO BEEN AL UH, HEAVILY ON, UH, HOW IT, THEY'RE ALSO BEING MARKETED TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S AN ASPECT THAT STILL HAS ROOM TO GROW, UM, AND, UH, JUST MAKE THESE GRANTS MORE INCLUSIVE AND BROADER.

SO DEFINITELY, I THINK THAT SHOULD REMAIN AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR US.

UH, COMMISSIONER PRICE.

THANK YOU.

UH, COMMISSIONER PRICE HERE.

FIRST OF ALL, COMMISSIONER ENGLAND, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

I WASN'T HERE, UH, LAST MEETING, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR THE BRIEFING, UM, BEFORE THIS MEETING STARTED.

BUT IT'S JUST AWESOME, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU, YOU JUST KIND OF SAT WITH THAT AND WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT, AS A COMMISSION? WE DON'T MEET OUTSIDE OF THIS, WE MEET 12 TIMES A YEAR IF IT'S JUST THIS FORMAT, RIGHT? MANY OF US DON'T MAKE EVERY MEETING.

UM, AND SO IT'S, IT'S EVEN LESS THAN THAT.

BUT SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS KIND OF LIKE, WELL, WHERE'S THE FOLLOW UP? WE HAVE EMAILS, WE DO KNOW THE PAPERWORK SOMETIMES IS A YES OR IT'S A STAMP OFF, AND THEN WE'RE ON TO THE NEXT THING.

AND WE DON'T REALLY GET LIKE, THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE OF WHAT KIND OF HAPPENS WITH, YOU KNOW, GRAND AWARDEES.

I LOOK AT THE LIST, I MEAN, I'M STILL SEEING PEOPLE.

WE THROW A MONTH, UH, A MONTHLY MIXER, UM, WITH AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS, IT'S TOMORROW HOW MUCH STUDIOS IF YOU GUYS WANNA COME OUT.

BUT IT'S REALLY AWESOME THOUGH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT'LL GET UP THERE AND THEY'LL, AND THEY'LL DO A SHOW AND THEY'LL BE LIKE, OR THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THEY'LL DO THEIR SONG AND THEY'LL SAY, HEY, MY NAME IS SUCH AND SUCH AND I'M A LIVE MUSIC FUND RECIPIENT, YOU KNOW, OF $20,000 IN NO MAKE.

THEN I'M LIKE, THAT'S AWESOME.

WHO ARE YOU? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW, UM, ABOUT ANY OF THEIR MUSIC OR WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND NOT THAT THEY HAVE TO, RIGHT? THEY SIGNED THEIR CONTRACT AND IT'S ON THE TERMS OF WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO.

BUT I THINK, UM, AS A BODY, LIKE, JUST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF CENTRALIZED DATABASE, SOME TYPE OF BIG SHOWCASE, SOME TYPE OF EVENT, TIE THAT IN WITH THE, WITH THE MUSIC VENUES THAT, THAT, THAT ARE AWARDED THE FUNDS FOR BEING AWESOME MUSIC VENUES AND WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO AND MAKE IT INCLUSIVE.

SO WE JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE VISIBILITY, AND IT'S NOT LIKE GRANT CYCLE.

DID YOU GET IT? YEAH.

OKAY.

ONTO THE NEXT, AND IT KIND OF GETS BURIED.

WE SPEND SO MUCH ENERGY LEADING UP TO IT, WHERE EVERY MEETING I CAN LOOK AT THIS, AND PROBABLY THE WHOLE YEAR, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN A BRIEFING FROM ACME ABOUT THIS STUFF, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, NOW THE AWARDEES ARE GONNA GO OUT.

UM, THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL GO OUT IN NOVEMBER, AND THEN WE MAY NOT HEAR MUCH OF IT.

SO I'M, I'M TOTALLY WITH YOU.

I LOVE THE PERMITTING THING.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE, EXCUSE ME, UM, WHERE WE LEFT OFF WITH VICE CHAIR KAJO SAYING, UM, THAT HE WAS HAVING ISSUES WITH, WITH THE, YOU KNOW, PERMITTING JUST ON THE, THE, THE LARGE SCALE EVENTS THAT HE THROWS.

BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S HUGELY IMPORTANT.

AND EXCUSE ME, I FORGOT EXACTLY WHAT THE, THE SECOND ONE WAS, BUT I'M WITH YOU.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GO ABOUT STRENGTHENING OUR PRESENCE AS A COMMISSION.

UM, UM, BUT I, BUT, BUT, BUT I, I THINK IT'S WORTH IT.

I THINK WE NEED TO PUSH THE NEEDLE BEYOND THESE SAME TOPICS.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER PRESS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, AND TO YOUR POINT TOO, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER CARVALLO ACTUALLY ATTENDED THE, UH, THE PERMITTING MEETING WITH ME THAT I SET UP, UH, ERICA AND, AND MORGAN, UM, AS WELL AS THE HEAD OF THE ALLISON, I BELIEVE.

HMM.

IS THAT RIGHT, ERICA? UH, I THINK SO.

YES.

MARIA.

MARIA, EXCUSE ME.

HMM.

UM, YEAH.

BUT, BUT A, A PART OF THAT WAS, UH, AND I THINK THE, YOU KNOW, ORGANICALLY AS A COMMISSION, THINGS WILL COME UP, THINGS THAT WE FEEL PERSONALLY ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE AFFECTING COMMUNITY, LIKE IMMEDIATE NEEDS, LIKE VENUE SPACES AND HOW THEY CLOSE, RIGHT? THIS WAS KIND OF JUST TO GIVE MORE OF A, WHEN THE DOCKET IS SHORT AND WE'RE BEING PRESENTED THE SAME INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, UM, WHERE, WHERE ARE WE MOVING TOWARDS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? AND IF NO ONE HAS ANYTHING VERY SPECIFIC, WELL, THIS KIND OF GIVES US A SPACE TO REALLY KIND OF EXPLORE THOSE AND TALK ABOUT 'EM MORE.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

HOW WE ACTUALLY STRENGTHEN THAT AS A, A COMMISSION SPECIFICALLY, I'M NOT SURE.

UH, BUT I DO THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PERMITTING THING, THE REASON I INCLUDED THAT IN THERE IS BECAUSE THAT'S CURRENTLY SOMETHING THAT ACME WAS, WAS WORKING ON STILL IS.

AND I THINK THAT GETTING ALIGNED WITH

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UH, SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AS WE EITHER COLLECTIVELY OR INDIVIDUALLY HAVE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO FORM WORKING GROUPS AROUND OR, OR RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT KIND OF HAPPENS JUST OUT OF ENGAGEMENT, UH, ORGANICALLY FOR WHAT THAT IS.

UH, SO YEAH, THIS WAS LITERALLY JUST DESIGNED TO BE ABLE TO, HOW CAN WE ALIGN WITH CITY STAFF AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE GET THE BALL ROLLING ON SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE SEE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, LONG-TERM OR IMMEDIATE NEEDS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WE REPRESENT.

SO THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU.

COMMITTEE COMMISSIONERS ONLINE.

ERICA, UH, COMMISSIONER ERICA, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? PLEASE, PLEASE.

UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER SCHES.

JUST GO FOR IT AND I'LL COMMISSIONER.

OKAY.

PLEASE GO AHEAD.

UM, I THINK BECAUSE I'M AT HOME, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING THE STRATEGIC GOALS, UM, UH, THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER, UM, CHARLA PUT TOGETHER A WHILE BACK, BUT WERE WE THINKING ABOUT DOING A SURVEY OR SOMETHING SO WE COULD JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE COULD SIT WITH IT AND KIND OF VOTE ON WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF NARROWING IT DOWN, BUT I STILL THINK JUST LIKE REVIEWING EVERYTHING AND KIND OF PUTTING LIKE THE ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, UM, MAY JUST HELP US MEMORIALIZE WHAT WE'RE THINKING THROUGH.

YEAH, I MEAN, DEFINITELY WE COULD, WE COULD TAKE, TAKE SOME APPROACH LIKE THAT.

UH, COMMISSIONER CASADA, I, I THINK JUST TO STEP BACK, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LAST TIME FOR COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE NOT HERE, UM, WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO PRIORITIZE THESE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, AND AT SOME POINT I HAD PIVOTED THIS MORE TO BEING A, YOU KNOW, A DISCUSSION ON WHAT THE COM DOES THE COMMISSION WANT TO WORK ON, BECAUSE WE RIGHTFULLY SPENT, UH, UH, A GOOD, GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME ON, YOU KNOW, IMPROVING THE GROUNDS, GIVING RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND THAT.

AND, UM, I THINK IT BECOMES, WE ARE DEFINITELY, WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE, UM, IT BECOMES VERY IMPORTANT FOR THIS COMMISSION, UM, TO PICK UP, UH, OTHER TOPICS THAT ARE RELEVANT AND WHERE WE CAN HAVE AN IMPACT, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THIS, THIS, UM, WE, LET'S, LET ME, LET ME THINK THROUGH THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE A RETREAT COMING UP.

SO LET, LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW WE WANT TO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, DESIGN THIS IN TERMS OF, UH, DO WE WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT IT FROM A PRIORITIES PERSPECTIVE, DO WE WANT TO JUST HAVE AN, A MORE OPEN DISCUSSION, UH, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION ALONG WITH GETTING INFORMATION FROM WHAT ACME IS WORKING ON WITHIN THE RETREAT AND GO FROM THERE.

UM, SO, UH, I, I JUST WANNA SPEAK ON A COUPLE OF TOPICS, NOT JUST THIS ONE.

SO HOW DOES THE COMMISSION OPERATE AROUND SOMETHING LIKE THAT? RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S LIKE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'VE WORKED ON IN THE PAST IS IN REGARDS TO ITEMS THAT ACME IS WORKING ON ACTIVELY RIGHT NOW AS PART OF THE CREATIVE RESET.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP THAT EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION WITH, UH, GOING WITH ACME AND BE ABLE TO RE REACT OR RESPOND TO WHAT IS BEING DEVELOPED.

UM, SO THAT IS ONE AVENUE, ESSENTIALLY, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T GET OUR FEEDBACK IN AT THIS POINT, UH, GOOD AND BAD, THEN THAT WINDOW IS LOST AND THEN THE POLICY OR, YOU KNOW, IS MADE AND THEN YOU MOVE ON.

UM, COMMISSIONER CASDA, UM, ACT, I, YOU KNOW WHAT, AS I RECALL ABOUT THE LAST MEETING WE WERE, OR, UH, UM, ERICA WAS SAYING THAT WE NEED TO GET THE DOWNLOAD FROM THE ACME TO YOUR POINT.

YEAH.

UM, NAVAL THAT WE NEED TO GET THE DOWNLOAD FROM WHAT ACME'S ALREADY DOING, BECAUSE, UM, SO I, SO ARE WE SUGGESTING THAT BASICALLY WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THIS RETREAT? UH, I WOULD, OR WHAT I WOULD, I WOULD NOT.

SO WHAT, HOW DO WE GET THE INFORMATION OF WHAT Y'ALL ARE ALREADY WORKING ON, LIKE THE PERMITTING UPDATES AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ELSE THAT MIGHT FALL UNDERNEATH THAT.

WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF THIS BEING OCTOBER 5TH AND BASICALLY WE HAVE LIKE TWO MORE MONTHS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR? I WOULD, SO ERICA, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

HI EVERYONE.

YEAH, ERICA MALI, A MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION MANAGER IN ACME, UH, SORRY, COULDN'T BE THERE.

UH, WE HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY BETWEEN OUR TWO WEEKENDS OF ACL FESTIVAL.

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE CITY

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THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UM, WE ARE DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

SO AS, UH, COMMISSIONER SILVA MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION HEARD ABOUT CREATIVE RESET ONE AND TWO, WE'RE GONNA BE HEADING INTO CREATIVE RESET PHASE THREE, WHICH WILL ENCAPSULATE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU AS A MUSIC COMMISSION.

SO I THINK WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IS IF WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING, AN INTERNAL SURVEY THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD PULL TOGETHER A SURVEY LISTING OUT ALL OF THE POTENTIAL THINGS THAT COULD BE PRIORITIZED SO THAT WE COULD TAKE A POLL AND JUST, AND SEE WHERE THE PRIORITIES LIE.

AND THEN THAT COULD REALLY HELP US INFORM, YOU KNOW, THE PRIORITIES OF OUR NEXT CREATIVE RESET ENGAGEMENT.

UM, AND THEN ALSO THAT COULD PRIORITIZE HOW WE UPDATE YOU ON WHAT THE CITY IS DOING.

UM, I MEAN, I COULD, YOU KNOW, I WOULD PREFER TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON CERTAIN SUBJECTS THAT YOU HAVE THE MOST INTEREST IN OR THAT THE, OR THAT HAVE THE BIGGEST PRIORITY AS FOR A FULL KIND OF UPDATE TO YOU, INSTEAD OF LIKE A REAL HIGH LEVEL, THIS IS TOUCHING ON EVERYTHING WE'RE KIND OF WORKING ON.

UH, 'CAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ACME, IT'S ALSO OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENTS LIKE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT IS DOING A LOT OF WORK AROUND THE VENUE SPACE AS WELL.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK COLLABORATIVELY HAPPENING, NOT JUST WITH THAT, BUT WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT, UM, REPORTS AND COMMISSIONS AND, AND NEW STAFF THAT ARE WORKING ON, UH, PLANS.

AND SO IF WE KIND OF GET HEAR FROM YOU ON THOSE PRIORITIES, THEN WE CAN PRIORITIZE REALLY SOLID UPDATES THAT AREN'T JUST ACME IT'S, IT'S ALL OF THE CITY OF HOW ALL OF THIS, WHAT WHAT'S BEING DONE ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON.

UM, AND SO THEN IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEFORE A RETREAT, WHICH WE HAD DECIDED WOULD BEST BE IN JANUARY, THEN THAT GIVES US SOME SOLID, YOU KNOW, SUBJECTS TO DEEP DIVE INTO IN JANUARY LEADING INTO BUDGET AND BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO IT'S A WAY JUST FOR US, LET'S SEE, HOW CAN WE FUNNEL THIS DOWN? 'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PRIORITIES.

THERE'S ALREADY THINGS LIKE, UH, YOU ALL HAVE SAID THAT WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON AROUND, YOU KNOW, PERMIT ASSISTANCE, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, BUT HONESTLY, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO LEVEL SET AND SEE WHAT ARE YOUR TOP FIVE, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIES AS A COMMISSION.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.

WE'RE WORKING ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.

WE HAVE PROGRAMS COMING UP NEXT WEEK AND, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE ONGOING YEAR ROUND WITH AWESOME MUSIC TRADE ALLIANCE, BUT WE ALSO, UM, ARE ABOUT TO GET REPORTING IN FROM OUR FIRST, YOU KNOW, BATCHES OF, UH, GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING OUT THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AS, AS FINAL REPORTS TO FINALLY DELIVER SOME OF THE FINAL REPORT DATA TO YOU, UH, COLLECTIVELY.

SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WE COULD COVER AND IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR TO HEAR YOUR PRIORITIES.

OKAY.

SO I THINK, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND RUN, UM, RUN, UH, A POLL WITHIN THE MUSIC COMMISSION AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT LANDS.

UM, I, I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE WAITING TILL THE RETREAT TO TAKE ACTION, UH, OR ANY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FURTHER MOVEMENT ON, ON THESE, UM, ITEMS. UM, IT, WHEN IT COMES TO ITEMS LIKE VENUES OR, UH, OR LET'S JUST SAY CREATIVE SPACES IN DOWNTOWN OR CULTURAL DISTRICTS, UM, LAND USE, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF WORK AS WELL AS WHEN WE SPEAK OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND PERMITS, ET CETERA, UM, THIS IS GOING TO TAKE MORE DIGGING IN AND RESEARCH BEYOND WHAT JUST CAN BE COVERED AT THIS COMMISSION.

AND THOSE KIND OF TOPICS DO WARRANT HAVING, POTENTIALLY HAVING WORKING GROUPS WITH THE MUSIC COMMISSION THAT THEN CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE RIGHT LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT EITHER WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, STAFF COMING AND PRESENTING, EVEN GIVING THEM MORE IN DEPTH INFORMATION ABOUT A CERTAIN TOPIC OR BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH, UM, UH, JUST TO GET INFORMATION FROM THE COMMISSION, ET CETERA.

SO I THINK SOME OF THOSE KIND OF DECISIONS AROUND MAYBE, UH, CREATING OR SPAWNING OF A WORKING GROUP OR CHOOSE ON SPECIFIC TOPICS, I THINK WE CAN DO THAT IN, IN NOVEMBER.

SO WE CAN GET STARTED ON THE WORK AND AS WE GET TO THE RETREAT, WE CAN ASK REQUEST STAFF OR SPECIFIC TOPICS LIKE, UM, ERICA AND, UH, COMMISSIONER YOU WERE SUGGESTING.

AND SO THEY, THOSE ARE COVERED MORE IN DEPTH AND, UH, THAT CAN BE BASED ON HOW THE COMMISSION WANTS TO PRIORITIZE WHAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS IN THE RETREAT AND PICK UP.

UM, BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD ENTIRELY WAIT TILL JANUARY TO START DOING SOME WORK AROUND TOPICS THAT

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UH, THAT WOULD BE MY TAKE ON IT.

UM, JUST TO, UH, COMPLETE MY THOUGHT EARLIER, THAT'S ONE WAY IS TO, IS TO SEE WHAT ACME IS ALREADY PICKED UP AS PART OF THE CREATIVE RESETS AND, UH, BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TIMELY FEEDBACK TO THAT SO THAT WE, UM, ARE RESPONDING IN, IN A TIMELY MANNER AND WE CAN GET SOME INPUT IN BEFORE DECISIONS ARE COMPLETELY MADE.

UM, THE SECOND PART OF IT IS WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE SEE IN THE INDUSTRY.

SO, UH, AND, AND WHAT WE SEE AS IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN FRONT OF ACME AS OF TODAY, UH, BUT IT'S, IT, WE SEE THAT AS A PRIORITY.

UM, ONE OF THEM IS, IS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT A TOPIC, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMEBODY LIKE COMMISSIONER BLEVINS IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT.