[CALL TO ORDER]
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UM, SO JUST AS A REMINDER, UH, COMMISSIONERS, ACTUALLY, EVERYONE, UM, PLEASE KEEP YOUR LINE MUTED, UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK PLEASE.THE INSTRUCTION SAVE UNLESS YOU'RE CALLED UPON.
SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT, THAT I CAN, THAT I ACKNOWLEDGE YOU.
AND THEN YOU CAN SPEAK SINCE WE'RE GOING TO BE RECORDED.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNICATIONS ARE CLEAR, UM, STAFF, UH, DID EMORY COME BACK? I DIDN'T SEE HER.
SO EMORY MEGAN'S WILL BE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL ARE READY TO GO.
IN THAT CASE, UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER ARTS COMMISSION, A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING JULY 20TH AT THREE OH TWO, UH, MEETING VIA TELECONFERENCE HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
UH, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT THEY'RE NOT QUITE ON THE LINE YET.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON, ON THE AGENDA
[2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WITH THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.I TRUST EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO READ, UM, BOTH SETS OF MINUTES, ONE FOR OUR JUNE 24TH MEETING AND ONE FOR OUR JUNE 26 MEETING MOTION TO APPROVE THE JUNE 24TH MEETING MOTION BY PAUL TO APPROVE SECONDED BY FLORES.
MAYBE QUESTION ON ITEM SIDE, THEIR VOTE IS LISTED THOSE SEVEN OH AND TWO, BUT THE WAR AGAINST AND ABSTAIN IS ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE IT'S ACTUALLY EIGHT ZERO ONE OR ONE.
WE'RE GOING TO SEND ANYTHING COVID BRAIN.
JUST TO REMIND YOU TO SOUND LIKE THERE'S SOME ECHO THERE.
JUST REMIND EVERYONE, MUTE YOUR MUTE LINES.
AND, UM, SO WE HAD A MOTION AND WE HAD A MONTH FOR THE JUNE 24TH MEETING.
UH, I'M BETTING IT, SOMEONE ON THE PHONE.
UM, BUT, UH, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, ALL IN FAVOR, UM, COMMISSIONER MOCK COMMISSIONER
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM YOUR NAH, YOU'RE MUTED.
CAN YOU UNMUTE? I STILL DIDN'T HEAR YOU GIVE ME A THUMBS UP IF YOU'RE IN A THUMB TO DOWN.
COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE SAYS, UH, YES.
AND SINCE I FORGOT, ACTUALLY, THAT'S, WE'LL USE THAT ALSO AS OUR ROLE EVERYONE'S HERE.
UM, AND SO, UH, THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY ON A MOVE MOVE ON WITH THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE JUNE SIX MEETING MOTION TO APPROVE BY POLL GUARDS, SECONDED BY MOC, ANY EDITS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS ON THIS ONE.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR COMMISSIONER MOCK FONTAINE, KEATON BARNS, ZISMAN FLORES POLL GUARD, VAN DYKE, AND GARZA.
SO THIS, UH, PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, CHECKING IN WITH STAFF, SEE IF OUR SPEAKER IS, HAS ARRIVED.
UH, IF NOT, UM, I DID HAVE A QUICK, UH, AN IMPROMPTU, UM, SHARISE REPORT AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT WE, UH, SENT OUT OUR RECOMMENDATION, UH, SUPPORTING THE LETTER, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE ARE FUTURE FUNDS AVAILABLE THAT THE, THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION SUPPORTS, YOU KNOW, UH, GETTING FUNDS TO ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT WENT OUT TO COUNCIL.
AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT, THAT WE, AS ARTS COMMISSION ARE, UH, AN ADVISORY
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BODY FOR THE WHOLE CITY.SO WHEN THESE TYPES OF REQUESTS COME IN, UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT IT IS A REQUEST THAT IS COMING FROM THE WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
AND IF IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO HAVE THE PREROGATIVE TO QUESTION IT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE ARE WORKING AS A COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE PARTICIPATES IN THESE EFFORTS TO, TO IMPROVE THE WHOLE ARTS COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I, AND I SAY THAT AS WE EXPECT TO LATER DOWN IN THE AGENDA ITEM ON THE AGENDA, THAT WE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW OUR ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEW.
AND THAT IS PART, OUR GOALS ARE PART OF THAT.
AND OUR GOALS DO STATE THAT, THAT WE ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I DID WANT OUR FRIENDS IN ARTS COMMUNITY TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, AS THEY'RE WORKING ON PROJECTS AND WANT TO BRING FORTH ISSUES, UM, TO US.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I WANTED TO HAND IT OVER TO STAFF OR FOLLOW UP AND FOLLOW ALONG ON THE AGENDA ITEM THREE STAFF BRIEFINGS, UH, WE HAVE A COVID-19
[a. COVID-19 update]
UPDATE, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.I ASKED ANN MARIE TO SEND OUT A MEMO THAT WE JUST RELEASED TO COUNCIL ON FRIDAY THAT PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE STOOD UP AND THOSE THAT ARE TO COME.
SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE THREE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OUT AND ONE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND ONE FOR NONPROFITS, WHICH INCLUDES ART AND CULTURE.
AND TOMORROW WE WILL RELEASE A CHILDCARE GRANT OPPORTUNITY, BUT THE MEMO IS QUITE COMPREHENSIVE AND MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT GETTING IT OUT EARLIER.
DID YOU HAVE, DID YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL FOR THE COVID-19 UPDATE, MEGAN, OR IS THAT FOR THE NEXT ITEM? UM, I THINK I'M UNMUTED NOW.
UM, THAT, THAT'S THE BIG PICTURE UPDATE.
I DID WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN ROLLING OUT SEVERAL PROGRAMS, UH, THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE NEXT ONE, UH, THAT WE ARE WORKING ON STANDING UP IS THE THREE POINT $5 MILLION ALLOCATION OF CARES FUNDING THAT GO, THAT COUNCIL HAS DIRECTED TO GO TOWARDS INDIVIDUAL CREATIVES IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE'VE GOT A TEAM OF INTERNAL FOLKS WORKING ON WHAT THOSE PROGRAM GUIDELINES, UM, MIGHT BE, UM, AND WE'RE HOPING FOR A ROLLOUT, UM, NEXT MONTH.
SO I WILL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED ON THE TIMING OF THAT.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT MEMO THAT, UH, SOME OF YOU SAID WENT OUT ON FRIDAY TO COUNSEL, UH, AND THEN WE GOT AN R WE GOT TODAY IN OUR EMAILS.
IS THAT ADDED INTO THE BACKUP WILL BE, YES, WE'LL BE OKAY.
UM, SO MOVING ALONG, WE'RE A THREE B
[b. Cultural Funding Review Process update]
CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS UPDATE.DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THAT, MEGAN? OKAY.
I'M GETTING A, THERE'S A DELAY ON MY SIDE.
SO I'M HEARING WHAT I JUST SAID.
UM, UH, CULTURAL FUNDING UPDATE.
UM, MJ, OUR PARTNERS IS BACK ON BOARD WITH US.
UH, WE HAVE AMENDED THEIR CONTRACT TO, AND I Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF THIS, BUT JUST TO RECAP, TO INCLUDE A SCOPE OF, UH, WORKING WITH NOT ONLY CULTURAL ARTS, BUT ALSO THE HERITAGE TOURISM, HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMUNITY AND THE LIVE MUSIC, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING WITH THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION STAFF.
SO, UH, MARGIE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THOSE, UH, MANAGERS OF THOSE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS, MELISSA ALVARADO AND ERICA SHAMLEY.
AND I KNOW SHE'S BEGUN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LIVE MUSIC, UH, STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.
AND I THINK SHE SHE'S WORKING ON A PLAN FOR ENGAGING THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMUNITY.
SO THE IDEA IS FOR THEM TO, UH, ALIGN THEIR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WITH OUR TIMELINE, AND THEN WE WILL MOVE TOGETHER INTO THE PHASE WHERE WE WILL START TO VET RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING FAIRLY SOON IN THE NEXT, UM, PROBABLY TWO TO FOUR WEEKS.
I THINK YOU JUST ANSWERED THE QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.
SO THIS IS NOT GOING TO, INCLUDING EVERYBODY OR BROADENING THE SCOPE IS
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NOT GOING TO PUSH THIS BACK FURTHER.IS IT, I MEAN, ALL WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ON OUR SCHEDULE TIMELINE.
I THINK YOU'RE ASKING HIM ABOUT TIMING, TIMELINE, RIGHT? I WAS SAYING, I HOPE THAT THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE.
I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO NOT BE DELAYED BY BROADENING THE SCOPE.
ARE WE STILL GONNA MAINTAIN, WE STILL HAVE THE ULTIMATE DEADLINE IS THE SAME FOR US.
UM, SO THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY JUST BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC AND WE ALSO INCREASED THE SCOPE.
SO IT HAS, UM, GROWN A LITTLE BIT OF A CURVE BALL OUR WAY, BUT WE'RE STILL PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SAME DEADLINE, WHICH IS TO REACH A CONSENSUS ON RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR SO THAT WE CAN VET THEM AND FINALIZE THEM EARLY NEXT YEAR, AND THEN ROLL OUT OUR NEW PROGRESS PROGRAMS IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD, AS USUAL, WHICH IS IN THE SPRING.
AND MEGAN, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IT WOULD NOT BE ACCURATE TO SAY THAT IT'S THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT THAT'S BEING INCLUDED, BUT I'D RATHER THOSE DIVISIONS THAT, UM, DISTRIBUTE FUNDS FROM THE WHOLE ACT VINCI TAX FUND, CORRECT? YES, MARGIE'S SCOPE IS PRIMARILY THOSE HOT FUND, HOT FUNDED PROGRAMS WITHIN EDD PURVIEW.
UM, HOWEVER, WE ARE TRYING TO TRANSFER ANY LESSONS LEARNED AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR EFFICIENCIES AND EQUITY THAT WE CAN ROLL OUT IN SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN OTHER PROGRAMS. BUT OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO FOCUS ON HOT FEMS. OKAY.
UH, CITY HALL STAFF, ANY, ANY WORD FROM OUR SPEAKER? NO, SIR.
[a. Discussion and Action Items]
MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS COMMISSIONER BARNES IS THAT YEAH.I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE PUT ALL OF THE AIPP ITEMS ON A CONSENT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF BAD CONNECTIONS, BUT, UH, A MOTION BY BARNES TO PUT ALL OF AIPP ITEMS ON CONSENT.
UM, SO AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WANT ALL OF THE AIPP ITEMS ON CONSENT.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY THAT WE WANT TO PULL OFF NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO THAT COMMISSIONER MOCK.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AIPP PANEL VACANCY WILL BE DISGUISED.
SO ITEM FIVE 81, THE AIPP PANEL VACANCY NOMINATION IS NOT ON CONSENT.
COMMISSIONER FANTE YOU'RE STILL MUTED.
NO, IT'S STILL NOT HEARING YOU.
UM, CAN YOU PUT IT IN COMMENTS AND THEN HAVE SOMEONE READ IT OUT LOUD? CAN YOU TEXT IT TO SOMEONE? DO YOU HAVE MY COMMISSIONER? FANTE I WILL SEND YOU THE CALL IN NUMBER SO YOU CAN CALL IN ON THE PHONE SO YOU CAN HAVE THE AUDIO.
THANK YOU, ANNE MARIE, UH, ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL OFF OF THE CONSENT WHILE WE WAIT FOR COMMISSIONER FANTE COMMISSIONER FANTA IS ASKED TO PULL THE AIRPORT OFF OF CONSENT.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THAT IS ITEM FOUR, A ONE, FOUR, A ONE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO BE PULLED OFF? OKAY.
SO TO CONFIRM WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FOR ITEM FOUR, A TWO APPROVING COMPREHENSIVE PROSPECT PERSPECTIVES FOR THE 2018 AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR A THREE APPROVING OUR PERSPECTIVES FOR ANDERSON MILL ROAD, REGIONAL MOBILITY, PROJECT ITEM FIVE, A TWO SELECTION PROCESS RECOMMENDATION FOR AIP CORRIDOR, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FREE QUAL ARTISTS POOL, AND FIVE, EIGHT, THREE PERSPECTIVES FROM THE 13 CORRIDOR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
I BELIEVE THOSE ARE ALL THE AIPP ITEMS. IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
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UH, ALL IN FAVOR AND PUTTING THOSE ITEMS ON CONSENT AND APPROVING THEM COMMISSIONER MOCK, MR. KEATON, COMMISSIONER BARNS, COMMISSIONER DIZMAN COMMISSIONER FLORES, COMMISSIONER PULLED OUR MISSION REGARDS THE COMMISSIONER FANTE AND COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE.SO THAT IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, SO THEN THAT LEAVES, UH, OUR NECK.
SO THAT LEAVES MEANS OUR NEXT ITEM IS
UM, COMMISSIONER FANTE I'M ON THE PHONE NOW.
UH, I'M JUST CONCERNED BECAUSE I READ THAT GIANT, UH, PEER PANEL REVIEW AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE NUMEROUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE FINAL DESIGN AND NUMEROUS SUGGESTIONS ABOUT HOW IT COULD BE FIXED.
AND TO ME, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE APPROVING THAT UNTIL WE KNOW THAT THAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN BASICALLY ANSWERED IF NOT TAKEN.
UM, IT DID SEEM LIKE THEY WERE REALLY IN THE WEEDS, BUT I KNOW THAT THE PLANS ARE REALLY IN THE WEEDS TOO.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW CONCERNED WE NEED TO BE, BUT I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN, UM, IN ARCHITECTURE.
UH, BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE, AND THAT'S WHY WE ASK THEM TO REVIEW THE THING.
AND THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, SEVEN OR EIGHT CONCERNS WITH, UH, AND SOME OF THEM WERE AS SIMPLE AS PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, EXTRA LIGHTING, YOU KNOW, KITS SO THAT IT WILL BE EASY PLUG AND PLAY IF SOMETHING HAD TO BE FIXED RATHER THAN HAVING TO TRACK SOMETHING DOWN.
SO, UM, I THINK IF YOU READ ALL THOSE CONCERNS, IT'S VERY HARD TO SAY YES, THIS PROJECT IS READY TO GO WITHOUT AT LEAST ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE.
STAFF, CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT? HI, HI, THIS IS MARJORIE.
EXPLAIN AGAIN WITH ART IN PUBLIC SPACES.
HEY, I DON'T THINK MY VIDEO IS WORKING FOR SOME REASONS I'M HERE.
UH, ALL OF THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND ADDRESSED BY THE ARTIST'S TEAM.
WE USE THE ART CONSERVATION OR REVIEWS TO HELP THEM ADJUST THEIR DESIGNS.
SO THEY HAVEN'T ADDRESSED COMMISSIONER FANTE BECAUSE READING, IT SAID HERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE RAISED AND THIS, SOME OF THEM SAID, THIS IS HOW IT WAS ADDRESSED AND OTHERS WHERE THE HERE'S, HOW I WAS RAISED.
AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD AND ADDRESSED DRAFT YET.
SO YOU'RE SAYING ALL THE THINGS THAT THE PEER REVIEW SAYS, WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A, OKAY.
THE FIRST CONSERVATION, THEY DON'T GET BACK THE DESIGN, THE ARTIST RECEIVES THEIR COMMENTS AND I WORK WITH THEM TO UPDATE ALL OF THAT.
THE QUESTION MARKS BASED ON SOME FEEDBACK.
SO THEY HAVE UPDATED THE DESIGNS, BUT IT DOESN'T GO BACK TO THE CONSERVATOR.
COMMISSIONER FLORES LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE MUTED.
NOT TO PROVE I'M NOT A DOCTOR.
SO A MOTION TO APPROVE BY FLORES, SECONDED BY POLDARK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS? UH, SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR, MOCK FANTE KEATON BARNS, ZISMAN FLORES, PULL GAR VAN DYKE AND GARZA.
SO, UH, COMMISSIONER POLAR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FIVE, A ONE PP PANEL, VACANCY NOMINATION.
SO WE CAN ADDRESS THAT MOTION BY PAUL GUARD TO MOVE FIVE 81 TO NOW, UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES SECONDS, UH, ALL IN FAVOR.
I SERVE ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE AND I KNOW MY TWO OTHER, UM, I GUESS COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, RECOMMEND JONATHAN AND, UM, MY, UH,
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AS, AND THE SECOND CHOICE IS ELAINE SHIN, BUT MY FIRST CHOICE IS ELATION.AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO TALK ABOUT YOUR LANE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO DISCLOSE THAT JULAINE, UH, WAS, UH, HER FATHER WAS MY ARCHITECT.
WELL, MY FIRST HOUSE AND SHE, UH, SHE WAS THE LITTLE GIRL, MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR WHEN SHE WAS LIKE A 10, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE MOVED OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I HAVE NOT, UH, GET IN TOUCH WITH, WITH HER ALL THIS TIME.
UM, AND, UH, I, I JUST FIND OUT THAT SHE ON THE PEN, NO, I MEAN, SHE WAS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CANDIDATE.
SO I DID ASK THE STAFF TO SEE IF I NEED TO RECRUIT MYSELF BECAUSE I KNOW HER, BUT BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER HAD CONTACT WITH HER, AN ID, I JUST FIND OUT ON THE DAY WHEN WE INTERVIEWED HER THAT SHE IS THE LITTLE GIRL, YOU KNOW? UM, SO AT THIS MOMENT OF TIME, WE ARE TRYING TO FIND DIVERSITY.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO FIND INCLUSION AND, UH, SHE OBVIOUSLY HAS THE CREDIBILITY, UM, THE SKILL, KNOWLEDGE, AND THE CREDENTIAL TO SOLVE, BUT, UH, MAYBE SHE'S NOT AS INVOLVED AS JONATHAN IN THE AA, UM, IP, UH, COMMUNITY.
BUT IF WE LOOK AT HER BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW, UM, SHE GRADUATED, YOU KNOW, WITH A, UM, GRADUATE DEGREE FROM YALE AND SHE GRADUATED FROM UT AND SHE HAS BEEN AN AUSTINITE, UM, A LONG TIME AND SHE'S AN ARTIST AND A DESIGNER.
AND ONE THING THAT I THINK THAT, UM, STRIKE ME THAT IMPRESSED ME THE MOST IS ABOUT HOW THOUGHTFUL SHE IS.
UM, WHEN WE WERE ASKING HER HUSBAND, SHE, THE FIRST QUESTION WE ASKED HER THAT DISCUSS YOUR PERCEPTION OF PUBLIC ARTWORK FUNCTIONING AT ITS BEST, WHAT IS WORKING.
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES? AND SHE WAS, UM, AS SUSAN HERE AS SUSAN WITH US, BECAUSE SHE TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE PUBLIC ARTWORK.
UM, UM, IT WAS A BIG, I THINK IT'S IN SALT LAKE CITY.
I ASKED SUSAN TO PREPARE THAT FOR OUR, UM, FOR OUR DISCUSSION.
HI, THIS IS SUE LAMB ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.
I DID, UM, HAVE THOSE SLIDES FROM LAST MONTH, BUT I FORGOT TO MOVE THEM INTO THIS MONTH, UM, BUCKET.
WELL, UM, BECAUSE I THINK A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.
THAT IS A HUGE, UM, PAIR OF HANDS AND THAT I THINK IT'S MADE OF A BRONZE.
SO, SO, AND THEN, UM, AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT AND SHE UNDERSTAND HOW PUBLIC ARTS IS VERY INTERACTIVE AND INVITE THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, AND HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
AND THEN SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS PIECE OF PUBLIC ARTS WAS BASICALLY, UM, YOU CAN CALL IT VANDALIZED BECAUSE PEOPLE CALL SOME GRIT PINK ON IT.
UM, RECENTLY, BECAUSE OF THE, I GUESS, BECAUSE OF THE PEDANTIC OR BECAUSE OF THE, UM, THE, UH, THE, THE MOVEMENT, THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT THAT PEOPLE PAUSE, SOME RED PAINT ON IT.
AND, AND, UH, I MEAN THAT, THAT REALLY SHOW HER THOUGHTS ON US.
IT WAS SAYING THAT, WELL, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC ART, YOU INVITE PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH THE ARTS, AND THEN WHEN THEY POUR THE RED PAINT ON IT, UM, THAT ADD ONTO THE INTENT OF THE ARTISTS.
AND SO THAT CAN BE THE WORST BECAUSE IT, UM, IS, IS NOT, IT IS MORE THAN JUST THE CREATION OF THE ARTISTS, NOT IT IS THE PUBLIC WHO ARE ADDING ONTO THE ARTWORK.
SO I THINK THAT BE, YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST HER THOUGHTFULNESS.
IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HER PERCEPTION ABOUT PUBLIC ART, UH, AND WHAT IT IS, AND YOU KNOW, HOW IN INSPIRE AND HOW YOU INVITE AND HOW IT HAS DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT REALLY IMPRESSED ME.
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AND PLUS I TRULY BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SHE'S NOW WORKING FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM AND THEN SHE WAS ON THE BOARD OF, UH, FUSE, YOU KNOW? AND SO I THINK SHE, SHE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, TRYING TO GET INVOLVED IN A COMMUNITY.AND I, I THINK THAT SHE'S COMMITTED, YOU KNOW, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, TO THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY AND, AND THE, AND THE WORK.
AND I THINK SHE WILL BE A GREAT ADVOCATES, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY AND, AND ALSO, OR THE ASIAN COMMUNITY, WHICH IS, UH, SO LACK OF REPRESENTATION.
SO I, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT, UM, TO HAVE HER, UM, BE SELECTED, YOU KNOW, TO SERVE ON THE AIPP PANEL.
SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YEAH.
SO WHAT I WAS SAYING IS THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAD REALLY GREAT CANDIDATES, UM, AT THE, THERE, IT MADE IT DIFFICULT, MADE IT A DIFFICULT DECISION.
THAT'S WHY WE DID NOT HAVE A CONSENSUS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
UM, BUT I THOUGHT THAT COMMISSIONER BARNES HAD HIS HAND RAISED.
SO COMMISSIONER BARNS, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WAS TAMMY ABLE TO MAKE THE PHONE CALL? I THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE HERE, BUT I'M NOT SEEING HER YET.
CAN ANYONE HEAR ME? I AM ON LEAVE.
CAN WE MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL MUTED? CAUSE I'M GETTING SOME HEAD NODS, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S MUTED.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW, PLUS HELLO? I, I DO HEAR YOU.
I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER COMMISSIONERS CAN, WELL, I CAN HEAR YOU GUYS FINE.
I DON'T, UM, LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU CAN HEAR ME.
VERY FAINTLY, TAMMY, IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO INCREASE THE VOLUME, HEAR ME NOW, IF I YELL, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? BARELY.
UM, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW WE CAN RESOLVE THIS.
CAN YOU HEAR, I I'M GETTING A HEAD SHAKE.
SOME OF US, NOT ALL OF US THOUGH.
HEY TAMMY, I'M WONDERING IF THIS WORKS.
LET ME GET RID OF ALL THEIR CALL THOUGH.
CAUSE I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A YES, ACTUALLY.
NOW I'M AFRAID I'M GOING TO CUT YOU OFF.
WE HAD, UH, SEVERAL CANDIDATES FROM STRONG CANDIDATES.
WE DO NOT HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE MORE DIVERSITY, UM, RACE ETHNICITIES, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, LGBTQ ON THE PANEL AS WELL.
SO IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A, UM, THERE'S NOTHING I CAN I'M I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING AGAINST WHAT AMY IS SAYING.
I THINK THAT WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IS THAT WE, AS WE LOOKED AT THOSE TWO FINAL CANDIDATES, J MUZAK, UM, HER, UH, JV EXEC AND THE LANE OVERLAPS IN SOME, DEFINITELY SOME AREAS, THEY BOTH HAVE OUTREACHES COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEY BOTH ARE, UM, ARTISTS.
UH, THE, THE DIFFERENCE HAS, UH, THE SLIGHT DIFFERENCES ARE THE, IS THE COMMUNITY THAT JAY MUSIC, UM, IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH VERSUS MAYBE THE COMMUNITY THAT LA MIGHT WORK WITH IN THE FUTURE.
AND WHEN I SAYING THAT IS THAT HE'S A 2D ARTIST, A MURALIST HE'S MADE THREE DIMENSIONAL ART AND HE HAS CURRENTLY COMPLETED.
AND TAMMY, I'M GONNA, I'M GOING TO REPEAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
UM, SO THAT'S, WHAT I HEARD WAS THAT
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YOU AGREE WITH WHAT AMY SAID AND, UM, YOU DON'T DISAGREE.YOU, WE DO NEED DIVERSITY, WE DO NEED, UH, LGBTQ REPRESENTATION.
UM, BUT WHAT IT CAME DOWN FOR YOU WAS THAT, UH, JAY'S EXPERIENCE IS THAT HE'S CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THESE COMMUNITIES, UM, WHERE ELAINE MAY POSSIBLY BE WORKING WITH IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND I, AND I REPEAT THAT BECAUSE I STARTED GETTING SOME, SOME, SOME HEAD SHAKES AND STUFF.
UM, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE COULD HEAR WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO PICK IT UP FROM THERE.
AND WHEN I SAY THAT, I MEAN THAT AS A PERSON WHO IS CURRENTLY FINISHING UP A PROJECT AT THE ROSEWOOD BATCH HOUSE, UM, HE'S COMPLETING AN AIPP PROJECT.
HE'S WORTH WORKED WITH THE MEXICAN ART MUSEUM.
AND HE CURRENTLY WORK THERE AS A MURALIST MENTOR.
UM, HE'S WORKING WORKS WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS RAISING IN A SUN, WHICH HELPS MURALISTS, UH, YOUNG MURALISTS REALIZE WORK.
AND SO HE, UM, JUST HAPPENED TO BE A PERSON WHO HAS, UH, THE BEST IN SOME WAYS LIKE HE CAN ADVOCATE FOR AIPP TEMPO TO THE TEMPO BECAUSE HE HAS WORKED WITHIN THE PROGRAMS AND IT'S COMPLETED THE PROGRAM.
SO IT REALLY JUST CAME DOWN TO THE IDEA OF LIKE, WHO CAN BE THE BEST, UM, ADVOCATE RIGHT NOW FOR THE PROGRAM, THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN THE PROGRAM.
AND HE'S BEEN A MURALIST OVER 15 YEARS.
SO THEY'RE BOTH VERY THOUGHTFUL, UM, UM, ARTISTS AND I, THEY BOTH BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PUBLIC ART AND THEY BOTH WANT TO SERVE, BUT IT WAS JUST THE FACT THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT LIKE, WHO CAN ADVOCATE FOR A PROGRAM THAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH AND THEY CAN TALK, UM, SPECIFICALLY TO THE EXPERIENCES OF WORKING FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THROUGH ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE NEEDS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR, OR, UM, I ASSUME THAT YOU GUYS ALL HAVE.
UM, SO, UH, MAY I ASK, UM, ON THE PANEL LIST RIGHT NOW, THE PRESENT, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVING ON THE PANEL RIGHT NOW, UM, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO CAN ADVOCATE, UM, LIKE JONATHAN WILL BE ADVOCATE? YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT I'M SEEING IS, IS, UH, IS THAT ANYBODY ON THE EXISTING PANEL THAT CAN DO, UM, WHAT JONATHAN CAN DO? UM, SO, UH, SO, SO I THINK, I THINK, UM, IN THE PAST WE HAVE SELECT PANELISTS, UM, I GUESS, WITH SIMILAR, UH, CATEGORY.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE THAT IS SPECIAL, THAT IS UNIQUE AND THAT WILL ENRICH THE PANEL.
SO, UH, SHOULD WE NOT PUTTING HER OFF, UH, WHEN THE OTHER, UM, THE OTHER PANELISTS, THE EXISTING IS, CAN ALSO SERVE WHAT JONATHAN CANCER, UH, AMY I'M I'M, UH, I'M LOATHED TO GIVE A QUALITATIVE RESPONSE TO THAT.
I WANT TO, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST NOTE WHAT TAMMY SAID THAT, UM, THIS, THE ARTIST JAMIE ZACK HAS DONE A PERMANENT, OR IS ALMOST COMPLETE WITH A PERMANENT WORK, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ON THE PANEL THAT CAN DO THAT TO YOUR POINT.
WE ALSO DON'T HAVE ANYBODY OF, UH, WHO SELF IDENTIFIES AS, UM, PART OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, I THINK I WOULD RATHER BRETT BE BROUGHT INTO THE CONVERSATION AS FAR AS A QUALITATIVE RESPONSE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
UM, SO THE QUESTION THAT WE WE ASK OR THAT WE HAVE ASKED OVER THE YEARS, OR WHEN RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS IS WHAT COMMUNITIES DO YOU THINK, UM, YOU HAVE SORT OF ENTREE
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TO, HOW WOULD YOU USE YOUR POSITION TO HELP, UM, RAISE THE PROFILE OF AIPP, UM, IN YOUR COMMUNITIES? AND, UM, I THINK WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO ON THE PANEL THAT HAVE INDICATED, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LATINO, UM, OR LATIN X.UM, I DON'T THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS SOMEBODY PLUGGING INTO THE COMMUNITIES OF YOUTH THAT, THAT JAY HAS AVAILABLE TO.
UM, OF COURSE, UM, HEY, BEING A WORKING ARTIST, UM, ALSO, UM, PLAYS TO HIS BENEFIT.
UM, BUT AS YOU SAID, THERE IS NOT SOMEBODY ON THE PANEL THAT IS, UM, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ASIAN COMMUNITY.
MY ONLY CONCERN WITH THAT WAS BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN AWAY BECAUSE THERE WERE SOUTHERN.
UM, SO, UH, OTHER SORT OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT IT'S NOT AN IMMEDIATE FILL IN, IT WAS, I COULD START TO WORK AT BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, UM, BECAUSE SHE HAS NOT BEEN SORT OF IN OUR COMMUNITY OR IN THOSE CIRCLES.
SO, UM, IT, TO ME, WASN'T AN IMMEDIATE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN SORT OF IN AN IMMEDIATE WAY.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THE PIECE OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING BEEN THROUGH THE PROGRAM, BOTH WITH PERMANENT, WITH TEMPO, UM, AND HAVING THE EXPERIENCE OF DEALING WITH THAT, BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO, UM, CANDIDATES IN FRONT OF US ABOUT SORT OF THOSE ISSUES TO ME ALWAYS IS A BENEFIT BECAUSE, UM, IT CAN BE VERY UNIQUE, SO, HMM.
SO, UM, I WAS GONNA SAY FLORES FIRST, AND THEN YOU MARK.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION CAUSE I WAS TRYING TO FLIP BACK AND FORTH AND SEE WHAT THE ACTUAL RECOMMENDATION WAS WITH.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT YOU BRETT OR SUE, TELL ME WHAT THE FINAL, UH, VOTE RECOMMENDATION WAS.
CAUSE I'M, I THINK I'M HEARING THAT MAYBE HE FELT THAT, UH, THE EXPERIENCE, UH, ON SEVERAL LEVELS IN THAT FOOT MUZAK OVER THE TOP FOR THEM, THAT THEY FELT THAT THOSE WERE THINGS THAT WOULD BE COMPLIMENTARY TO WHAT'S ALREADY CURRENTLY ON THE PANEL AND WOULD HELP, YOU KNOW, HELP OUT IN THAT WAY.
AM I, DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY? AND CAN YOU ALSO TELL ME WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE VOTE WAS OR THE, SO THERE'S THREE COMMISSIONER BARNES.
I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO ANSWER, UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES'S QUESTION, UM, ADDRESSING WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS COMING OUT THE COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO GO BACK AND KIND OF EXPLAIN WHY THERE'S A VACANCY AND SORT OF WHAT THE GOALS ARE FOR AIPP PANEL OR FOR AIPP THE PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIND THE RIGHT, UH, NOMINEE.
SO, UM, UM, JUST VERY QUICKLY THE VOTE WAS, UM, TO, FOR J MUZAK AS THE SELECTED, UM, AIPP PANEL MEMBER AND, UM, TWO FOR ELAINE SHANNON AS THE ALTERNATE AND THEN ONE FOR ELAINE SHANNON AS THE, UM, PANEL MEMBER TO BE CHOSEN AND THEN TWO FOR OUR, YEAH.
TO VIRGINIA MUZAK, UM, AS THE UPDATE.
UM, SO THE, THE INTENT, THE REASON THAT WE HAVE A VACANCY IS THAT, UM, FORMER CHAIR, UM, CHRIS MCCRAY HAS, UH, WAS, UH, DONE WITH ALL OF HIS POTENTIAL, UM, TERMS. HE, HE SERVED THREE TERMS AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE LIMIT ACCORDING TO THE AIPP ORDINANCE.
AND SO HE, UH, RETIRED FROM HIS POSITION IN MAY.
HE WAS, UM, VERY, UH, MUCH AN ADVOCATE FROM MURALS AND, UM, HE, HIS GUIDANCE AND HIS LEADERSHIP LED US TO WORKING UP THE TWO D THE TEMPO DUTY
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PROGRAM.AND, UM, AND Y'ALL, UH, WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AS WELL.
AND SO, UM, DEFINITELY IS SEEKING AN ARTIST TO FILL THIS ROLE.
THIS IS AN ARTIST ROLE VERSUS THAT OF A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL.
SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THOSE SORT OF THE PARAMETERS AROUND WHICH THIS, UM, THIS COMMITTEE STARTED THEIR SEARCH, UM, BECAUSE OF COVID, IT WAS A VERY LONG PROCESS OF FINDING PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN WILLING TO COMMIT TO THIS.
AT THIS TIME, IT WAS KIND OF AN UNFORTUNATE TIME.
EVERYBODY WAS UNSURE OF WHAT WAS GOING TO BE COMING IN THE FUTURE.
AND IT WAS HARD TO FIND CANDIDATES THAT WERE WILLING, BUT, UM, WE HAD FOUR GREAT PEOPLE STEP UP.
AND, UM, THE, THE FINAL RESULT IS THAT THE TWO THERE BEFORE YOU, UH, THIS AFTERNOON.
COMMISSIONER MOCK, YOU HAD A COMMENT.
UM, I JUST, I JUST WANT AS TO STAT THINKING ABOUT NOW, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, EXPENSE, UM, THE, THE PANEL, UM, TO HAVE MORE DIVERSITY IN IT OR, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, UM, WE CAN FOLLOW THE TRADITIONAL WAY, YOU KNOW? UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, MY, MY THINKING IS FOR US TO EXPAND OUR, UM, OUTREACH OR RECRUITMENT, UM, TO THE UNDERREPRESENTED, UH, COMMUNITY ASIAN COMMUNITY, WE DO NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO LOOKED LIKE US, YOU KNOW, TO, TO INSPIRE, YOU KNOW, UM, MORE PEOPLE TO BE MORE WILLING TO CONNECT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE AIPP COMMUNITY.
SO I, I'M VERY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
YOU HAVE FIRST, WE HAVE A VACANCY, AND THEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE, UM, THAT WE HAVE A, A, A, UH, WELL-EDUCATED ARTIST.
SHE HAS SOME SOLO EXHIBITIONS, YOU HAVE GROUP EXHIBITION, SHE STEPPED IN THE NEED OF AN ARTIST AND A DESIGNER, AND SHE'S WORKING FOR ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS. SO, UM, AND I THINK, UM, SHE CAN ALSO REACH OUT, YOU KNOW, TO THE YOUTH COMMUNITY, UH, GIVE IT IS REQUIRED.
UM, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I THINK SHE CAN DO, UH, BOTH WHAT JONATHAN CAN DO, YOU KNOW, TO REACH OUT TO THE, UH, YOUTH COMMUNITY, AND ALSO TO THE ASIAN COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, MY THINKING.
SO I'M ASKING COMMISSIONERS TO MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR US TO THINK OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, OF THE TRADITIONAL THINKING AND, UM, TO EMBRACE, YOU KNOW, UM, DIVERSITY, YOU KNOW, UH, IN THIS AIPP, UH, PROCESS, STARTING FROM APPOINTING, UM, A CANDIDATE WHO REPRESENT THE UNDERSERVING OR UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MCQUEEN.
YEAH, WE DID ASK COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
YOU'RE YOU'RE COMING IN AND OUT AND ECHOING.
LIKE, DO YOU WANT TO TRY, TRY THE PHONE LINE? DO YOU WANT EMORY TO SEND THAT TO YOU? CAN'T HEAR YOU.
DO YOU WANT THE PHONE LINE FROM ANNE MARIE?
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MARIE, CAN YOU PLEASE SEND THAT? AND WHILE HE'S GETTING THAT PHONE LINE, I'M SENDING IT NOW.HOPEFULLY I DON'T COVER WHAT COMMISSIONER GARZA WAS GOING TO SAY.
UM, BUT I DID WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, I, I DID SERVE ON ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PANEL.
UM, FOR SIX YEARS, I ALSO DID MY, MY THREE YEAR THREE MAX THREE TERMS MAXED OUT.
UM, AND BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT DID TAKE ME TWO TIMES TO APPLY IN ORDER TO BE ON THE PANEL.
SO I DIDN'T GET IN ON THE FIRST TIME I, I WAS, YOU KNOW, PASSED UP AND THEN ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AROSE AND I WAS ABLE TO APPLY AGAIN.
SO, AND THEN AT THAT SECOND TIME, I WAS ABLE TO, TO JOIN THE PANEL.
UM, I HEAR YOU COMMISSIONER MACH.
YES, WE DO WANT TO SUPPORT AND ENGAGE, MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR BODIES REFLECT THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY, THE DEMOGRAPHICS.
IN FACT, AS I WAS LOOKING OVER THE ANNUAL REVIEW, I WENT TO THE, UM, TO THE CODE SECTION THAT DESCRIBES WHAT THE ARTS COMMISSIONS TO DO.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE BULLET POINTS THAT OUR BODIES SHOULD REFLECT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CITY.
SO THERE WERE ALIGNED, UM, I'M A LITTLE HESITANT TO SAY THIS, BUT IT IS ON MY MIND.
AND I DO WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THIS, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT IT TO COME OFF AS TOKENISM.
I DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT A CANDIDATE JUST BECAUSE THEY FIT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CHECK OFF THE BOX.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, AT THE BEGINNING, IT WAS LIKE THE, WE, WE HAVE TWO GREAT CANDIDATES.
UM, THEY WOULD BOTH DO WELL IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE I DO KNOW BOTH OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE HERE IN AUSTIN.
UM, THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT EITHER ONE OF THEM WILL DO WELL ON THE PANEL.
I THINK IT DOES COME DOWN TO, UH, JONATHAN'S CURRENT EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? HE HAS A, A COMMISSION THAT HE'S BEEN WORKING ON.
HE'S BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS.
HE UNDERSTANDS THAT, AND HE COULD CONVEY THAT INFORMATION TO, TO POTENTIAL APPLICANTS.
HE CAN, YOU KNOW, UM, HELP BRIDGE THOSE GAPS BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT PEOPLE VIEW AS THE CITY AND ACTUAL ARTISTS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S WHERE, WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.
IT'S NOT ABOUT NOT, IT'S NOT ABOUT PASSING UP ELAINE, BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE HER.
YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST LIKE THIS LIKE TINY, YOU KNOW, ONE ADDITIONAL POINT THAT THAT PUTS JONATHAN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YEAH.
IS THAT A WRITER? WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
THE ONLY THING YOU REALLY WANT IS, OH, YOU ARE ECHOING STAR.
HOLD ON MY COMPUTER OFF AND ON.
NOW, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING, ARE YOU STILL THERE? COMMISSIONER GARZA? I REALLY HATE TO CUT COMMISSIONER GARS OUT OF THIS CONVERSATION, BUT I THINK IN, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, SO WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION.
WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE VACANCY IS.
IS THERE, UH, COMMISSIONER BARNES? I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, UM, WE GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF JAY MUSIC AS THE, WITH ELAINE AS THE ALTERNATE.
IT WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE VACANCY NOMINATION.
ACCORDING TO THE COMMITTEES, A RECOMMENDATION OF J MUZAK IS PRIMARY AND ELAINE IS SECONDARY OR ALTERNATE SECONDED BY POLGAR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER GARZA.
IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE, CAN YOU MOVE AWAY FROM YOUR COMPUTER? THE ONLY THING, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE I
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WANTED TO SAY IS THAT I HEARD THE BREAKFAST THING, A PERSON THAT WAS RECOMMENDED, HAD A LOT OF CONNECTIONS TO THE PLACES PROCESS AND WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHATNOT.AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, ONE OF THE MAIN PUSHBACKS THAT I'VE ALWAYS HEARD FROM RECOMMENDATIONS WHERE WE HAVE A BIG, UH, REBECCA MENTIONED IT SEVERAL TIMES AS WE ALWAYS KEEP GETTING THE SAME FOLKS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO IT JUST FEELS KIND OF WEIRD THAT I'M THE ONE HAND, THE FACT THAT THIS GUY KNOWS EVERYONE OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS, IS A POSITIVE.
WAS THE OTHER HAND, I KEEP HEARING THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE PROBLEM, BUT WE KEEP HEARING THIS OVER AND OVER.
AND SO THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN RIGHT THERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SAY ONE THING AND I MEAN, IT MEANS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WERE DONE THE SAME FOLKS, THE SAME KIND OF ARTISTS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SAME CONNECTIONS AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE RECOMMENDING SOMEONE WHO BASICALLY REFLECTS THAT SAME CONCERN THAT WE FREQUENTLY HAVE.
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE STILL TRYING TO CONNECT WITH YOUR HEARD US, BUT WE, WE MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE.
THERE WAS A SECOND AND WE WERE ABOUT TO VOTE, BUT I OPENED IT BACK UP FOR, OR OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION.
SO IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, UH, IN THAT CASE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
THAT'S TAMMY, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS, UH, WHAT GARCIA SAID.
UM, ONE THING THAT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM, UM, JAY, EVEN CONCERNING MYSELF, WHO I'M ALSO A PROFESSOR, I'M A PROFESSOR AND, UH, ELAINE WHO ALSO TAUGHT AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL IS THAT JAY WORKS WITH HIGH SCHOOLERS.
SO THAT WAS, UH, AN ACCESS TO YOUTH, BUT I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO.
AND THAT NO ONE IN THE COMMUNITY HAS, UM, ON THE CURRENT PANEL HAS AS MUCH ACCESS TO IS, UM, THE, LIKE THE GENERATIONS THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP NEXT.
SO AS WE THINK FORWARD ABOUT WHO COULD BE APPLYING TO TEMPO, THEY CURRENTLY COULD BE IN HIGH SCHOOL NOW.
LIKE, AND SO THAT WAS THE OTHER THING THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING IS THAT HE HAS THIS DEMOGRAPHIC TO HIGH SCHOOLERS WHERE, UM, THE OTHER EDUCATIONAL APP, UH, YOU KNOW, NOMINEES, I MEAN, EVEN OTHER PANELISTS WE'RE DEALING WITH COLLEGE.
POLVAR BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UM, I KNOW THAT PIECE ROTATION.
UM, WHEN IS THE CURRENT NEXT, UH, OPENING ANTICIPATED? HI, THIS IS SUE AGAIN.
UM, ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, PROGRAM MANAGER.
UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ANOTHER YEAR BEFORE WE HAVE ANOTHER OPENING.
THAT'S WHAT I RECALL FROM THE ROSTER.
THEY DON'T HAVE IT OPEN IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER YEAR.
AND THAT IS ABOUT HOW LONG IT TOOK ME BETWEEN MY TWO INTERVIEWS.
SO, UM, SO HAVING ALL THAT DISCUSSION, WE'RE VOTING ON THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE OF JAY MUSIC AS THE PRIMARY AND ELAINE AS THE, UH, ELATION AS THE ALTERNATE, ALL IN FAVOR, UH, KEON BARNS, ZISMAN FLORES, WHOLE GAR, UM, GARZA.
YOU'RE NOT ON THE SCREEN, SO I'D, I'D NEED A VERBAL FROM, YOU KNOW, FOR, OR AGAINST YOUR AGAINST.
SO THAT'S AN AGAINST FROM GARZA AGAINST, FROM MOC, UH, AGAINST, FROM FANTE COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE.
ARE YOU, IS YOUR SCREEN FROZEN? NO, YOU'RE YOU'RE THERE, BUT I CAN'T SEE CAUSE BLURRY.
JUST GIVE ME A THUMBS UP OR THUMBS UP.
SO THAT WAS A THREE AGAINST ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.
UH, AND I'LL, I'LL GO FOR, SO THAT'S SIX.
UM, AND THAT PUSHES US OVER THE EDGE.
AM I CORRECT? EMORY SIX DAYS, THREE AGAINST ONE RECUSAL.
UM, SO WE ARE DONE WITH THAT ITEM.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR CONVERSATION.
UH, WE HAD MOVED THAT ITEM UP FROM OLD BUSINESS WHERE IT'S STILL A NEW BUSINESS.
THIS IS AN ITEM THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD.
UH, AS WE'VE BEEN HAVING OUR VIRTUAL MEETINGS, I'VE NOTICED, UH, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN SHARING, UH, RESOURCES REGARDING RACIAL EQUITY
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AND ANTI-RACISM WORK.UM, AND CITIZENS, SINCE OUT WE ARE LEADING WITH RACIAL EQUITY IN OUR CULTURAL FUNDING PROCESS.
UH, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF WE COULD HAVE A SHARED RESOURCE GUIDE SO THAT, UM, AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE EDUCATING THEMSELVES, THAT, THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION IS ALSO, UM, PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, PROVIDING RESOURCES, UM, CAUSE I'M INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT AS WE'RE DOING THIS WORK, THAT WE ARE SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE.
AND SO I THINK THAT, UH, IF, IF A FEW COMMISSIONERS COULD GET TOGETHER, SPEAK TO SOME OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND TRY TO FIND SOME OF THOSE COMMON RESOURCES THAT THEY'RE USING AND, AND BE ABLE TO SHARE THOSE OUT WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY NOT HAVE STARTED THEIR JOURNEY IN, IN DOING THIS RESEARCH.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS, EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF THIS WORKING GROUP, COMMISSIONER BARNS.
SO, UM, CHAIR, I JUST, UM, THIS WAS NOT NECESSARILY A REQUEST OF THE COMMUNITY.
THIS WAS AN OBSERVATION YOU HAD THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO HAVE THE ARTS COMMISSION LEAD WITH.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
I WILL UNDERTAKE A MOTION AT THIS POINT, COMMISSIONER KEATON.
YOU'RE STILL MUTED BEING THAT I'M A LIBRARIAN.
HOW DO I BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT? I THINK I SHOULD JUMP ON THAT.
WE JUST, WELL, THE COMMISSION WOULD NEED TO APPROVE THE FORMATION OF THE WORKING GROUP AND THEN YOU WOULD VOLUNTEER TO BE A MEMBER.
I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION MOTION BY POLDARK TO FORM THE EQUITY RESOURCES WORKING GROUP SECONDED BY MARK.
IS THAT CORRECT? SECONDED BY MOCK.
UH, AND HERE WE'LL ENTERTAIN ANY VOLUNTEERS TO BE PART OF THE WORKING GROUP.
WE HAVE COMMISSIONER KEATON, UH, COMMISSIONER VANDYKE, UM, AND WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS, JUST, WE JUST NEED Y'ALL TO GET TOGETHER AND JUST FORMAL RESOURCE LIST THAT WE COULD THEN SHARE OUT.
UM, MAYBE THROUGH THE CAD NEWSLETTER.
I GUESS EVEN IF WE ARE NOT IN THE GROUP, WE CAN DO SOME MEET RESOURCE TO THE GROUP, RIGHT? YES.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO FORM THE WORKING GROUP, UH, WITH COMMISSIONER KEATON AND COMMISSIONER VANDYKE, VOLUNTEERING TO BE PART OF THIS WORKING GROUP.
UH, WE HAD A SECOND BY MARK ALL IN FAVOR, UH, COMMISSIONER FANTE, MOCK SYSMON POLL, GAR FLORES, BARNS, KEATON, VAN DYKE, AND GARZA, THE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
I JUST WANT TO ASK A QUICK QUESTION.
UM, COMMISSIONER KEATON OR COMMISSIONER VANDYKE, WHICH OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHAIR THIS? I DON'T MIND.
WE ARE MOVING ON TO FOUR, A FIVE APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 21 COMMUNITY INITIATIVE GUIDELINES.
THEY'RE A WORKING GROUP WITH THE REPORT.
UM, I HAD TO HAVE A PRESENTATION IF I'M THE CHAIR OF THE WORKING GROUP WANTS TO DO A LITTLE INTRODUCTION WHILE I GET THAT HOLD UP.
AND WHO WAS, I BELIEVE IT WAS REBECCA.
CAN I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CALL MAN.
UM, IF THE FOLKS AT CITY HALL CAN PULL UP THE PRESENTATION FOR ITEM OR A FIVE, THAT'S A VERY FIRST ONE.
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IS IT VISIBLE TO YOU NOW? THIS IS THE AB TICKETS.I'M JUST WAITING TO SEE IF COMMISSIONER FONTANE IS CONNECTED TO THE AUDIO.
OKAY, WELL I'LL JUST JUMP RIGHT IN.
I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND DATA FROM THE LAST YEAR JUST TO KIND OF GET US KICKED OFF.
UM, SO IN 2019 WE AWARDED, UM, ALMOST $100,000 AND CGI CONTRACTS TO 123 CONTRACTORS.
THAT WAS ABOUT 75% OF THE PEOPLE WHO APPLIED, RECEIVED AWARDS.
AND
UM, WE HAD ABOUT 145 PEOPLE APPLY, BUT WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO FUND, UH, 79 OF THOSE.
SO FEWER APPLICANTS WERE AWARDED, UM, AN
UM, SO HERE YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.
SO PART OF
AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
UM, A LITTLE BIT LATER TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE LITTLE TWEAKS WE MADE, UM, OR RECOMMENDING THAT WE MAKE.
UM, SO IN
UM, AND THAT WENT UP TO 42% OF OUR APPLICANTS.
UM, AND
UM, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT PAGE.
AND THEN, UH, FOR, UM, THE APPLICANTS WHO RECEIVED AWARDS, WE HAD 70% OF THE CONTRACTORS, UM, AND
UM, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE HAVE A FEW, UH, RECOMMENDED CHANGES AND NOT A WHOLE LOT FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR OR TWO THIS COMING YEAR, IF I 21, UM, WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THE
UM, WE'RE ALSO, UM, RECOMMENDING THAT WE WAIVED THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, IF THE EVENTS ARE VIRTUAL AND WE'RE WAIVING THE MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, BECAUSE AGAIN WITH THE COVID RESTRICTIONS, IT'S NOT, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE, TO GET SALES IF THERE'S NOT AN IN PERSON EVENT, ALTHOUGH WE DO HOPE AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF FEE, EVEN IF IT IS VIRTUAL, UM, OR BY DONATION OR WHATEVER, WE JUST DON'T WANT TO MAKE THAT A BARRIER FOR APPLICANTS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE PROGRAM.
SO, UM, WE ARE, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE WAIVE THAT REQUIREMENT BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO WAVING IT IN OUR OTHER FUNDING PROGRAMS AS WELL.
AND IT DOESN'T SEEM VERY EQUITABLE TO HAVE THAT WAIVER AND OUR TWO OTHER FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT NOT IN THIS ONE, UH, NEXT SLIDE
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THEN HERE'S THE SCORING RUBRIC.IF YOU COULD JUST SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, IT'S NOT QUITE ALL THE WAY ON THE SCREEN, THERE'S A LOT.
UM, SO THERE ARE THREE MAIN PRIORITY AREAS PRIORITY.
ALL THOSE, UM, ARE WORTH FIVE POINTS EACH.
WE ESSENTIALLY, UM, KEPT THEM THE SAME.
WE JUST CHANGED THE NAMES TO MAKE THE, THE POINT, UM, THE IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE GOING FOR THOSE POINTS MAKE MORE SENSE.
AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT CLEARER.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT, UM, INSTEAD OF INSURERS AND ENCOURAGES RACIAL AND SOCIAL EQUITY, WE'VE CHANGED THAT TITLE TO REPRESENTATIONAL DIVERSITY, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IN PRIORITY TWO, THOSE ARE WORTH THREE POINTS EACH, AND HERE'S PROBABLY WHERE OUR BIGGEST CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED AS WE'VE MOVED.
UM, TWO OF THOSE PRIORITIES FROM
UM, BUT FIRST-TIME APPLICANTS SINCE WE HAVE THIS, THIS IS GOING INTO, UM, A YEAR THAT WOULD HAVE POTENTIALLY BEEN AN ACCESS POINT FOR NEW CONTRACTORS INTO OUR CORE AND, UH, CULTURAL HERITAGE FESTIVALS.
UM, WE FELT THAT THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF APPLICANTS IN CAI WHO'VE ALREADY, WHO ARE RETURNING, WHO WOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED BEING ABLE TO ACCESS CORE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FESTIVALS AND OUR TRADITIONAL TIMELINE.
UM, AND, AND SINCE THAT WASN'T THE CASE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO OVEREMPHASIZE, UM, BEING A FIRST TIME APPLICANT TO, UM, TO BRING IN A WHOLE LOT OF NEW APPLICANTS INTO THE POOL, BUT TO GIVE SOME PRIORITY TO THOSE GROUPS, UM, AND INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS WHO ARE FIRST TIME APPLICANTS, UM, BUT ALLOW SOME ROOM FOR RETURNING APPLICANTS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE CII FUNDS.
UM, AND THEN FOR DEEPENS LIFELONG LEARNING, WHICH WE CHANGED TO KNOWLEDGE SHARING.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO, ESPECIALLY SINCE A LOT OF EVENTS ARE LIKELY GOING TO HAPPEN ONLINE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO OVERBURDEN APPLICANTS BY MAKING THEM FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO DO AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT OF SOME SORTS.
UM, SO SORT OF WHERE WE WANTED TO LOWER THOSE PRIORITIES A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO THAT WAY PEOPLE AREN'T DOING ADDING A NEW COMPONENT TO THEIR PROGRAMMING THAT THEY WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO JUST SO THEY CAN GET THOSE EXTRA POINTS.
SO WE FELT LIKE MAKING THOSE TWO, ONE POINTERS INSTEAD OF THREE POINTERS, UM, SORT OF BALANCES THAT OUT.
UM, EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
AND THE ONE POINT CATEGORY, THE ONLY THING WE DID IS WE REMOVED THE DEMONSTRATES FINANCIAL RESOURCEFULNESS BECAUSE THAT PARTICULAR COMPONENT, UM, SPECIFICALLY TIED TO THEIR BUDGET ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEIR INCOME SOURCES WERE MORE THAN JUST FUNDS FROM THEIR OWN POCKETS.
AND SINCE WE'RE WAIVING THE MATCHING REQUIREMENT, IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE, UM, A FITTING PRIORITY TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR, UM, BE REQUIRED TO SHOW OTHER SOURCES OF INCOME IF WE'RE NOT MAKING THEM MEET AT MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE JUST TOOK THAT, UH, ONE POINT ELEMENT OUT.
UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND FINALLY WE'RE S WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE ACCESSIBILITY FUNDING PRIORITY PROGRAM.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT IS, IS A PROGRAM WHERE WE ALLOCATED A PORTION OF THE $200,000 THAT'S AWARDED OR AVAILABLE IN THE SEI FUND PROGRAM FUND, UH, TO BE AN ADDITIONAL $500 AWARD TO THE TOP SCORING APPLICANTS WHO ARE PROVIDING EXPANDED ADA ACCESSIBLE SERVICES TO THEIR AUDIENCE MEMBERS.
IT WAS THINGS LIKE, UM, ASSISTED LISTENING DEVICES, HIRING SOMEONE TO DO ASL INTERPRETATION.
UM, THEY COULD BE, UM, CLOSE CAPTIONING IF THEY'RE DOING A FILM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, WE REDUCE THAT AMOUNT TO $8,000, UM, INSTEAD OF 10,000.
SO INSTEAD OF THERE BEING 20 POTENTIAL AWARDS AVAILABLE, THERE'LL BE 16.
UM, AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY FOR THE SAME, SAME THING.
SO THE TOP FOUR SCORING APPLICANTS WHO HAVE AN EXPANDED ADA OFFERING TO THEIR AUDIENCE MEMBERS, WHETHER THAT'S A VIRTUAL, UM, ADA OFFERING OR AN IMPERSONAL ADA OFFERING, UM, WILL BE ELIGIBLE OR WILL RECEIVE THAT ADDITIONAL $500.
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INCLUDED IN THEIR BUDGET, BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO REQUEST IT ON TOP OF THE $3,000 REQUEST AMOUNT, WHICH IS, UM, WHERE WE'RE KEEPING THE REQUEST IN HOUSE IT'S THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR.UM, YEAH, THOSE ARE REALLY THE ONLY, ONLY BIG CHANGES WE'VE MADE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYONE FROM THE WORKING GROUP WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD A COMMENT OR A THOUGHT, HEY, ANN MARIE, UM, DON'T RECALL.
UM, CAN YOU REMIND US HOW, HOW, HOW MANY FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY INITIATIVES FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND.
COMMISSIONER MOB LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE MUTED.
I THOUGHT, YEAH, NO, THERE YOU GO.
DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
I MOVED TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, BY COMMISSIONER MACH, SECONDED BY FLORES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS HEARING ON HALL AND FAVOR T N MOCK FANTE BARNS SYSMON FLORES POLL, GAR GARZA, UH, VANDYKE.
WHAT IS YOUR VOTE ACCUSED? DID YOU GET ALL OF THOSE EMORY? I DID.
SO, UH, GUIDELINES PASS, UH, ITEM FOUR, A SIX DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ANNUAL REVIEW.
UM, WE DO HAVE WE'RE AT 15 MINUTE MARK, SO, UH, HOPE EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW BEFORE IT, I TOLD THE TYPOS THAT I CAN, DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO LIKE WRITE IN AND A FEW OF THE ITEMS DELETED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I GO THROUGH THIS, BUT I'M HAPPY.
I GUESS, ANN MARIE, WE HAVE TO ADOPT, SORRY.
THEY HAVE TO BE APPROVED AT THIS MEETING SO THAT THEY'RE BASICALLY DUE TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE ON THE 30TH OR 31ST.
I CAN SEND IN SOME EDITS AND MARIA IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF TECHNICAL, AND THERE'S A COUPLE THAT I THINK ALREADY ARE LONGER RELEVANT.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING THE TWO MEETINGS ANYMORE OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE'RE ROTATING OUT, SO THAT NEEDS TO BE REVIVED THAT, AND SO I'M MEETING IN OTHER LOCATIONS OTHER THAN, BUT NOW IT'S ONLY ZOOMS OR WHATEVER, BUT, UH, I THINK WE HAD STOPPED DOING OTHER HMM.
UH, COMMISSIONER MOCK, AND THEN I THINK IT'S,
THE MOTION TO APPROVE BY MARK SECONDED BY FLORES.
AS LONG AS YOU WILL SAY APPROVED WITH THE SHOULD MENTION AND THE TYPO CORRECTIONS THAT ALSO WRITING.
UH, DISCUSSION ANY QUESTIONS? UH, THERE IS ONE POINT THAT I WANTED TO RAISE WAS THAT IN THE GOALS SECTION, UH, I'M FORGETTING EXACTLY WHICH ONES, BUT THEY, THEY REFERRED TO, UM, MINORITY COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST WANTED, I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD ALIGN THAT LANGUAGE TO WHAT CAD USES AND USE A LANA GROUPS INSTEAD.
AND COMMISSIONER FANTA IS SAYING, NO, UM, NO ALARMIST.
DOES THAT MEAN, UH, GO FOR IT.
AM I ON? YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I THINK, PERIOD.
THIS SHOULD BE UNDER SERVED GROUPS AND INCLUDE LGBTQ.
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UNDERSERVED AND MARGINALIZED, UNDERSERVED AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS, INCLUDING LGBTQ AND DISABILITY.CAN WE GET IT? CAN YOU GET Y'ALL TO MUTE BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING ECHOES NOW.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE'S COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
SO WITH, UH, THE MOTION EDITS THAT COMMISSIONER FLORES IS GOING TO FORWARD OVER, CAN WE MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S MUTED? CAUSE WE'RE STILL GETTING A LOT OF ECHOES.
SO ALL IN FAVOR, MOCK FANTA, KEATON BARNS, DIZMAN FLORES, GARZA AND POLE GAR VANDYKE RECUSED.
UM, SO WE'LL, IT'S APPROVED WITH THOSE EDITS.
I DIDN'T THINK WE'D HAVE TIME, BUT LET'S KEEP GOING.
[a. Discussion and Action Items]
THAT, DID THAT, UH, UH, FI OLD BUSINESS FIVE, EIGHT, FOUR ELECT AN ARTS COMMISSION, PARLIAMENTARIAN AND OR SERGEANT AT ARMS? UM, THIS WAS, UH, AN AGENDA ITEM THAT WAS ADDED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED DOING OUR VIDEO CONFERENCING.UM, I'M TOTALLY OPEN TO HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK, UH, I THINK WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THESE, UH, TELECONFERENCING VIDEO CONFERENCING MEETINGS ARE BEING RUN.
UM, I DO NOT HAVE CONTROL OF, OF VAULT OF MUTING.
UM, WE'RE ALL AT THE MERCY OF OUR INTERNET CONNECTIONS AS A, AS I'VE LOST CONNECTION A COUPLE OF TIMES, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE BEING RECORDED.
SO WE DO WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHO'S COMMUNICATING.
SO WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MUTED UNLESS CALLED UPON TO SPEAK.
UM, WITH THAT, LET ME, IS THERE ANY OTHER THING THAT, THAT COULD BE COVERED BY THESE TWO POSITIONS? COMMISSIONER FLORES? I HAVE A QUESTION.
IF YOU WANT BARGAINING ARMS USUALLY KEEPS ORDER PARLIAMENTARIAN USUALLY ENFORCES THE ROBERT'S RULES AND OTHERS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ONE PERSON OR TWO OR WHAT ARE YOU? IT WAS A DISCUSSION.
IT WAS BROUGHT UP IN FROM OUR APRIL MEETING WHERE WE, THERE WAS CONFUSION.
UM, WE WEREN'T, I WASN'T REALLY STICKING TO ROBERT'S RULES CAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE GET THROUGH THE 90 MINUTES.
WELL, I, IN MY DEFENSE, IN MY TRAINING AS TERR, I CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT AND IT'S UP TO Y'ALL TO KEEP ME IN MIND.
IT'S UP TO Y'ALL TO KEEP ME IN LINE.
I THINK WE'VE ALL GOT TO KEEP IN MIND ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDERS.
IF WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING BY THE CITY COUNCIL, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS ON OUR THINGS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IS FOLLOW THE RULES AND ORDERS.
AND SO LONG AS WE DO THAT AND WE ALL COMMIT TO DOING THAT.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO ADD ANOTHER POSITION TO, TO THE ONES WE ALREADY HAVE.
MAYBE WE CAN, UH, ASK OUR VICE CHAIR TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE.
MAYBE WE CAN ALL JUST BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSCIOUS ABOUT IT.
AND I THINK EVEN THE VICE CHAIR DOES THE, IT, WE NEED TO THROW MORE, MORE POWER STUFF ON HER, BUT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE MORE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER'S TIME AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGE THE NEWER MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE AND ETHIC.
SO YEAH, I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO REPEAT THAT LAST PART ABOUT NEWER COMMISSIONERS.
YOU'RE ENCOURAGED TO SPEAK UP AND, AND, UM, THAT WE DO THAT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARZA.
UM, SO WITH THAT, THERE'S NO MOTION ON THE TABLE.
UM, NEXT ITEM IS OLD BUSINESS FIVE, A FIVE FORM.
AND IMAGINE AUSTIN TOWN CENTER, JOINT WORKING GROUP WITH ECONOMIC PROSPERITY VETERANS AND MUSIC COMMISSIONS.
UM, I DID PROVIDE A LINK TO THAT ARTICLE THAT WAS WRITTEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, A LITTLE PREEMPTIVE ARTICLE.
UM, BUT AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHAIR OF THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY COMMISSION.
UM, IT SEEMED THAT WE WERE APPROACHING SIMILAR THEMES, SIMILAR ISSUES, AND FELT LIKE IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET IN THE ROOM AND, AND SHARE IDEAS AND SEE WHERE WE COULD HELP, UM, REALLY GET THIS GOING.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY JUST IN THE IDEA PHASE RIGHT NOW.
WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET THESE GROUPS IN THE SAME VIRTUAL ROOM.
UM, SO THAT WE'RE GOING TO START HAVING CONVERSATIONS.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS ABOUT
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THIS GROUP? COMMISSIONER VANDYKE STILL MUTED, STILL MUTED COMMISSIONER.CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? THERE YOU GO.
UM, I THOUGHT I, I, IT'S HARD TO TALK.
UM, IF I MOVED FROM THE COMPUTER NOW THAT HELPS THEM.
UM, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I VOLUNTEERED FOR EARLIER WAS FOR THAT GROUP.
SO DID I VOLUNTEER FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I VOLUNTEERED FOR? YEAH.
YOU'RE PLEADING DOUBLE DUTY NOW.
SO YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS WORKING GROUP? AYE.
WHEN I TALKED WITH YOU THE OTHER DAY, IS THIS IS THE GROUP THAT YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT, I BELIEVE.
SO THIS IS THE GROUP I'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR.
UM, SO YES, THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE, THE FORMATION OF THIS WORKING GROUP.
UM, LET'S MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S MUTED.
WE'RE GETTING ECHO AND THEN COMMISSIONER POLAR, NICE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS, A MOTION BY POLVAR TO F TO FORM THE WORKING GROUP, SECONDED BY MOC.
UH, AND WE HAVE, UH, AT LEAST ONE VOLUNTEER FROM CRENSHAW AND VAN DYKE, ANY OTHER NEW OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES, COMMISSIONER GARZA.
UM, I AM INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING JUST BECAUSE I MADE THE INITIAL INTRODUCTIONS.
UM, BUT I THINK MAYBE I'LL TAKE A ROLE SORT OF LIKE THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND, LIKE WHERE I WAS ENOUGH, AN OFFICIAL MEMBER, BUT I WOULD POP INTO MEETINGS AS NEEDED.
UM, SO IF THAT'S OKAY WITH COMMISSIONER VANDYKE AND COMMISSIONER GARZA, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE THAT SIMILAR APPROACH BE AT THAT FIRST MEETING WITH THE OTHER COMMISSIONS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LEAVE IT IN YOUR HANDS TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATIONS.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WITH TWO OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP, ALL IN FAVOR OF MOCK FANTA, KEATON FLORES, POLE, GAR XMEN, BARNES, VAN DYKE, GAZA, AND PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, MOVING ON, WE HAVE, UH, FIVE MINUTES, BUT UH, OLD BUSINESS TO SELECT A DOWNTOWN COMMISSION LIAISON.
UH, COMMISSIONER GARZA HAS BEEN SERVING IN THIS ROLE, UM, FOR ABOUT THE PAST YEAR, UM, AND UH, RECENTLY STEPPED DOWN.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT, THAT LINE OF COMMUNICATION GOING WITH THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION COMMISSIONER MUCK.
UM, MY QUESTION TO COMMISSION, A GIRLS THOUGH, HOW WAS THE EXPERIENCE BEFORE I COMMIT MYSELF? IT'S, UH, IT'S PRETTY LAID BACK.
THE MEETINGS GO REALLY, REALLY FAST.
UH, YOU ONLY TALK ABOUT STUFF THAT IS AFFECTING THE SPECIFIC CORE OF DOWNTOWN.
SO YOU'RE DOING K TO THE RIVER ICE.
35 TO, I BELIEVE WAS A MOPAC SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT OR A LAMAR.
SO THAT THAT'S BASICALLY ALL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THAT, AND GENERALLY HAS TO DO WITH A LOT OF BUSINESS STUFF THERE.
OCCASIONALLY THERE ARE SOME, UH, ART OPPORTUNITIES AND KNOW THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN A LITTLE BIT.
AND, UH, I'D SAY THE MEETINGS RUN ABOUT AN HOUR IN MOST.
WELL, THE REASON WHY WE DON'T GET VOTES, WE DON'T GET VOTES, UH, WHERE THEY'RE JUST, IT'S ABOUT, WE JUST, JUST SIT THERE AND GOING, HUH? NO, NO, WELL, I'M SORRY.
MY, MY INTENTION IS TO REALLY, I WANTED TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET A TOOL OF ALL THE DOWNTOWN AIPP PROJECT AS SOME KIND OF LIKE A, A, UM, TOURIST ATTRACTION FOR OUR VISITORS.
BUT IF I DON'T GET TOO LOW, I'M NOT GOING TO START.
UNDERSTANDABLE COMMISSIONER KEATON, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
WHAT IS THE TIME COMMITMENT? JUST THAT ONE HOUR, ONCE A MONTH, RIGHT? COMMISSIONER GARZA ONE HOUR, ONCE A MONTH.
AND I REALLY THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO ROTATE IT ANNUALLY.
THAT WAY WE ALL GET A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE, UH, WORKING WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS, SEEING THE OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR COMMISSION AS WELL.
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ONE YEAR, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S, IT REALLY HELPED.IT REALLY OPENED MY EYES TO A LOT OF STUFF.
AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE MORE COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, TAKE A ONE YEAR AT IT, YOU KNOW, AND JUST, JUST REPORT BACK AND WHATNOT.
CAN WE HAVE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT? I'M GOING INTO A PHD PROGRAM.
SO I'M GOING TO PUT TOO MUCH ON MY PLATE, BUT I'M ALREADY DOWNTOWN.
SO THAT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM, BUT CAN WE WAIT UNTIL NEXT, THE NEXT MEETING FOR ME TO ANSWER? I WOULDN'T MIND.
I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT MY SCHOOL SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE FIRST, BEFORE I COMMIT TO IT.
IF NO ONE ELSE IS JUMPING AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO, I THINK WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT A MONTH ANYWAYS, BUT COMMISSIONER POLDER, WELL, OR GO AHEAD.
AND, AND, AND KIMBERLY, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING IT, NOMINATE YOU, AND IF YOU FIND IT'S MORE THAN YOU CAN MANAGE THEM, WE MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT AT THAT POINT.
SO I'VE READ COMMISSIONER FLORES.
HIS, SHE MOVES TO A POINT COMMISSIONER KEATON SECONDED BY MARK, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OR ANY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? NO.
ALL IN FAVOR, MOK VONTAY, KEON, BARNES'S BEEN PULLED AIRFLOW, A UNIT UNANIMOUS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR DOWNTOWN LIAISON COMMISSION LIAISON.
UH, WE HAD AN UPDATE FROM, UH, THE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE GUIDELINES WORKING GROUP.
THEY, THEY HAD HER, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT TO REPORT OUT WE'LL SUNSET, THAT GROUP.
[b. Working Group updates]
JOINT ARTS AND WORKING.SO ELENA, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS? SURE.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE A PANEL, UM, WE'VE HIT A COUPLE BUMPS IN THE ROAD, BUT WE'RE WORKING HARD WITH MUSIC, COMMISSIONS STAFF.
SORRY, IF YOU HAVE BACKGROUND NOISE, UM, TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD, WE HAVE A SECONDARY REVIEW DATE SET FOR THE 28TH WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO GET THROUGH THE REMAINING APPLICANTS, UM, AND TO TRY AND GET THIS BALL ROLLING AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
UM, GIVEN THE, OUR SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT COLLECTING THE MEETING, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF LIKE HOW MANY APPLICANTS WE'RE LOOKING AT? THERE WERE OVER 80 APPLICANTS.
I WANT TO SAY THAT ACTUALLY FINISHED THE APPLICATION AND WENT INTO THE POOL.
THERE WAS SOME QUESTION WITH THE PANEL ABOUT TRUE ELIGIBILITY AND LEVELS OF ELIGIBILITY.
UM, WE WERE TRYING TO FAST TRACK IT BECAUSE IT'S AN EMERGENCY FUND.
UM, AND I THINK IN THE COURSE OF TRYING TO DO IT QUICKLY, WE PUT TOO MUCH ON THE PANELIST PLATE.
SO WE'VE PULLED IT APART AGAIN AND HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT EXPERTISE, LOOKING AT ELIGIBILITY, PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND HOW TO READ A LEASE, HOW TO UNDERSTAND AND CALCULATE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT MUSIC STAFF IS ACTUALLY WORKING WITH CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION STAFF TO FIGURE OUT SOME OF THE ALLOCATION MATRIX OPTIONS.
SO THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT.
AND THE PANELISTS ARE TRULY JUST SCORING AT THIS POINT, WHICH IS A MUCH BETTER USE OF THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE.
SO WE'VE LEARNED A LOT AND IT'S, EVERY TIME IT GETS EASIER, RIGHT.
[6. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
I DON'T SEE ANY, UM, COMMISSIONER MOCK, YOUR IMMEDIATE INSIGHT IN HERE.AH, WHY, WHY DO Y'ALL ALWAYS TRY TO TAKE THAT FROM ME? I LIKE A JOURNEY.
SO THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT FOUR 30.
I REALLY THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO PUSH THINGS BACK A MONTH.
WE GOT THROUGH THE AGENDA BECAUSE OF YOUR, YOUR WORK.
UM, STAY HEALTHY, STAY WELL WHERE YOUR MASK.
IF YOU GO OUT, KEEP YOUR DISTANCE UP TO SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.