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BECAUSE WE HAVE AN APP, WE HAVE QUORUM, SO WE CAN DO THAT.
HEY GUYS, IT'S CAM CAN YOU, WHEN YOU CHECK THE OVER THE MINUTES, WILL YOU PLEASE CHECK THE ATTENDANCE? I MAY HAVE MADE A MISTAKE, UM, CAUSE I'M NOT SEEING WARREN'S NAME ON IT AND I'M PRETTY SURE HORN WAS OUT THE BEST MEETINGS.
SO IF YOU'LL CHECK THE ATTENDANCE FOR ME AND I'LL MAKE A POINT TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT LATER.
I'M GONNA DROP THAT IN THE CHAT FOR ME.
WAIT, IS THE CHAT ON THIS THING? I DON'T KNOW.
DOES IT HAVE CHAT? YEAH, I'M NOT SEEING IT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? WE CAN HEAR YOU.
WOULD THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET GOING HERE.
[CALL TO ORDER]
SO THIS I'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE AUSTIN MUSIC COMMISSION.WHAT IS TODAY? TODAY IS FIFTH.
IT'S AUGUST 5TH AND WE'RE MEETING REMOTELY.
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WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START WITH CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.THEN WE'LL GET, UH, I WOULD ASK THAT THE COMMISSIONERS BE PREPARED FOR THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
AS SOON AS COMMUNICATION IS OVER.
UH, WE WILL START WITH GD RAMIREZ.
A GENIE RAMIREZ MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST.
I'M GOING TO SPEAK REALLY FAST AND I HAVE A LOT TO SAY.
UH, I'M SEEING LADY BANANA BREAD, UH, SHAKA SUPPORT, BLACK LIVES, MUSIC FUN, BUT I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU THAT YOU SUPPORT ALL MINORITY, UH, ARTISTS ALSO, ESPECIALLY WOMEN.
UH, IS THERE A LATINO MUSIC, A MUSICIAN IN THE SYSTEMIC RACISM WORK GROUP? NO, WE DON'T HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
YOU SAID WE WOULDN'T HAVE LIVE CAPITOL MUSIC IS NOT FOR BLACK ARTISTS PERIOD.
MARIACHI MUSIC IS DERIVED IN MEXICO, DATING BACK TO THE INCA MAYA INDIANS.
I COME FROM THAT FOURTH GENERATION LATINO AND UM, YOU KNOW, I'M USING OUR THING, ROCK AND ROLL, WHICH IS DERIVED FROM BLACK MUSIC, YOU KNOW, BLACK ARTISTS.
BUT I JUST WANNA, I WANT TO SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD AND AS A MINORITY, I WANT CHANGE.
WHEN YOU HAVE CORRUPTION AT BOARD LEVEL, I CAME TO Y'ALL LAST YEAR AND ALL I GOT SHOCKED FROM YOU WAS YOU CAN'T TELL A BUSINESS HOW TO RUN THE BUSINESS.
AMY CORBIN HAS DONE NOTHING TO UPLIFT MINORITY ARTISTS AT ACL OR SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST.
WE HAVE BEEN IGNORED AS LATINA ARTISTS AND THE CHRONICLE, AUSTIN CHRONICLE AND STATEMENTS.
WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY HOARDING CORRUPTION GOING ON IN THIS BOARD AS WELL.
UH, AND THE ALL THE AUTO BOARDS THAT HAVE THIS BLACK FLAT MUSIC FOUNDATION.
ETQ GRAHAM REYNOLDS IS A PRIVILEGE WHITE ARTISTS ON HIS BOARD.
HE GOT TWO SLOTS OF SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST 2020.
HOW HARD IS IT TO GET ONE QUESTION, QUESTION, QUESTION, QUESTION, MARK.
GAVIN, ALL YOUR LATINO ARTISTS GET HIGH PROFILE.
WHERE DID MONEY GO FROM GARY KELLER GRANTS? I HEARD THIS IN A MEETING THAT SHAKA BROUGHT UP AND HE ALSO PROCLAIMED THAT YOU HAVEN'T HELPED HIM.
UH, WHEN I CAME TO SPEAK OUT TO, Y'ALL NOT ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING ME VISHEN SAID, HEY, GENIE, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR ORIGINAL MUSIC.
I'D LOVE TO SET UP A MEETING TO SEE WHERE YOU WANT TO GO WITH YOUR MUSIC GOES NOT ONE OF YOU, EVEN THE MINORITY ON THIS GROUP.
UM, PATRICE PIKE, I SAW THAT YOU GOT A BOOK, A DICK FOR LA POLUSA 20 20TH, CHILE.
WHAT ARE YOU AS A BOARD MEMBER GOING TO DO TO HELP LATINO ARTISTS LIKE MYSELF, GET THESE KINDA MUSIC BILLS I REACHED OUT TO.
YOU NEVER HEARD BACK ABOUT WHAT? FIVE MONTHS AGO, A STEPHANIE BOGATA YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF ARTIST DEVELOPMENT.
ALL I SEE IS YOU'RE DEVELOPING YOURSELF, OPPORTUNITY, HOARDER.
WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITY AND YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, A DEVELOPER, YOU'RE AN ARTIST DEVELOPMENT, UH, INSTITUTE THERE, AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HELP LOWER POSTS, ARTISTS LIKE MYSELF.
AND OBVIOUSLY JUST ALL MINORITY WOMEN.
I'M REALLY TIRED OF WITH RIGHT NOW IN THIS WORLD WOULD LIVE IN AN, OH MY GROUP, THIS GROUP, I WANT THIS, I WANT THAT.
WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET WHAT WE NEED TO GET.
IF WE'RE NOT UNITED, THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE WHITE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPORTING ALL OF THAT.
THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.
UM, ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO FINISH AND SAY THAT I WANT, I'M CALLING FOR RESIGNATION FROM BOARD MEMBERS WHO DO NOT WANT TO HELP OTHER FELLOW MUSICIANS.
THEY ARE HOPPING OPPORTUNITY, HOARDERS, MANY WHITE ARTISTS STAND WITH MINORITY ARTISTS
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AND THEY NEED TO KNOW THE SCOPE OF REPRESSION ON ALL MINORITY.UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I'M LINDA DOBELA AND, UH, I'VE BEEN A MUSICIAN BASED OUT OF AUSTIN HERE SINCE 1963.
I'VE ALSO BEEN HONORED, UH, BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR, WITH LEONARD DIVALENT STREET PEOPLE DAY TWICE, AND I'M A, I'M A PROMOTER AND, UH, MEXICAN-AMERICAN OF, UM, THE HUDDLE AND MEXICAN AMERICAN MUSIC.
AND I'VE BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.
I WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A SHOWCASE FOR SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST.
I SAID HONDO SHOWCASE AND 2010.
AND THEN, UH, I DID, UH, AN INDEPENDENT SHOWS.
WE STARTED INDEPENDENT SHOW AT THE MIS BY RENTAL MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURE CENTER.
UH, THE MEXICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, UH, THE GROUPS THAT I'VE BEEN, WE WOULD TOUR TOURED ALL OVER ALL OVER THE U S THIS IS BEGINNING, WE'VE HAD AUSTIN'S ON, ON OUR TRUCKS, ON OUR PROMOS AND EVERYTHING.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, NOT FOR ME, THE GOAL OF THE MEXICAN AMERICAN ALLIANCE, WHICH I'M A MEMBER OF IS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MEXICAN AMERICAN MUSICIANS WHO ARE PLAYING ALL GENRES OF MUSIC AND TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE AUSTIN MUSIC SCENE LIKE SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST BLUES ON THE GREEN ACL, WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO BE A PART OF THESE EVENTS AND THE MEXICAN AMERICAN ALLIANCE MUSIC ALLIANCE IS INTERESTED AND THAT LIVE MUSIC FUND SUPPORTS EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
I'VE BEEN TO ONE MEETING OF THAT GROUP OF EDI AND THE MEXICAN AMERICAN MUSIC ALLIANCE.
WE RECOMMEND THAT $1.5 MILLION ALLOCATED TO THE CREATION OF THE LATINO MUSIC FUND.
AND THIS EQUALS TO ABOUT 33% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET AMOUNT AND THE LIVE MUSIC FUND.
THESE FUNDS WOULD BE USED TO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS BY STATE LAW GOVERNING TO USE THESE FUNDS TO BE USED FOR TOURISM PURPOSES.
AND TO ME, THE MUSIC HUB AT THE MAC IS NEEDED.
SO IF THERE IS NO, BECAUSE THERE'S NO SPACE FOR A PROGRAM, EVEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND THE BONDS THAT THE MAC IS RECEIVED, UH, THE MUSIC FUND, UH, THE PROGRAMMING WOULD PROVIDE MUSICIANS WITH INSTRUCTIONAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ALL ELEMENTS OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, THE MEXICAN AMERICAN DID WE LOSE MR. LOLA? WE MIGHT HAVE ALSO, CHOCOLATE WAS SHOCKED AND COULD NOT HEAR EITHER BACK.
BUT YEAH, HE JUST DROPPED OUT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR MR.
AND JEAN HAS COMMENTS ON A RECORDING OF THIS, I THINK, CAUSE YOU WERE IN, YOU GOT CUT OFF, YOU STOPPED BEING ON THE HERE HALF WAY THROUGH COMMENTS AND NOW, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
I GOT YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
I GOT A LOT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO DAN REDMOND AND HOPEFULLY LITTER CAN CALL BACK IN.
DAN, ARE YOU THERE LAST CALL FOR DAN REDMOND? OKAY.
DAN, IF YOU CAN HEAR US CALL BACK, IF YOU CAN, UH, I'LL MOVE NOW TO ALEX VALLEJO FRIENDLY OR MONITORING TO PRESS STAR SIX, IF YOU MIGHT BE MUTED.
CAN YOU REPEAT, REPEAT THAT? THIS IS THE AB TICKET CITY HALL.
JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO PRESS STAR SIX, IF THEY MIGHT BE MUTED.
SO DO WE HAVE, IS DAN REDMOND THERE? I'LL GO BACK TO DAN.
ALEX, ARE YOU THERE? HEY, I'M MOVED DOWN THE LIST AND
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ON THE MAURICIO IS HONOR THERE.ARE YOU THERE? MR. WILLA MOUNTAIN? WHATEVER YOU SAID, WE COULDN'T HEAR IT.
I WAS JUST SAYING THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE SYSTEM.
CAN YOU TELL US IF THE PHONE SYSTEM FOR THE COLLIN IS WORKING CORRECTLY? OUR SYSTEM SAYS IT'S THE CONFERENCES ACTIVE, SO I CAN'T IMAGINE A PROBLEM THERE FOR SURE.
WHAT DOES IT SHOW IF ANYONE IS, IT SHOWS THAT ALL THE CALLERS ARE STILL ON THE LINE, EXCEPT FOR DAN REDMOND LEFT THE MEETING.
AND, UH, IT SHOWS THAT JOHNNY LAMONE IS STILL THERE.
UH, I'M A SALE IS STILL THERE.
UM, WELL I'D LIKE TO START OVER WITH LEONARD, IF POSSIBLE.
YOU SAID THEY NEED HIS STAR SIX, CORRECT? YES.
SO LITERALLY IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE HIT STAR SIX AND YOU SHOULD BE BACK ON THE LINE.
THE OTHER MEETINGS THAT HAVE THESE ISSUES WITH SOUND AND JAVA AND STUFF THAT, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS I GOT TO SAY, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S UP THE SYSTEM, BUT IT'S A LITTLE FRUSTRATING AT THIS POINT.
UM, CAN ANYONE ELSE CAN ALEX
DAN, ARE YOU THERE DAN REDMOND? DAN, CAN YOU HEAR US? ANYONE THAT IS ON HOLD? JUST BE GETTING ANY OF ALL, HEAR US.
AND CAN YOU SPEAK SINCE CITY HALL? WE CAN'T GET ANY MORE COMMUNICATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE? DAN JUST TEXTED ME AND HE SAID THAT HE'S ON HOLD AGAIN AND THEY CAN HEAR EACH OTHER, SIR.
I CAN ATTEMPT TO MERGE THE CALLS AGAIN, BUT EVERYTHING'S MERGED IN THE CONFERENCES ACTIVE SO WE CAN TRY THAT.
SO DAN, CAN YOU HEAR US? AND CAN YOU SPEAK IN? NO ONE IS ON THE STUFF ON, DO WE ANTICIPATE ANYBODY CALLING INTO THE STUFF ON AT THIS POINT? NO.
SO DAN, CAN YOU HEAR US OR LEONARD MR. VILLA, THE AUDIO CONFERENCING CENTER, PLEASE ENTER A CONFERENCE ID FOLLOWED BY POUND.
SO DAN IS TEXTING THAT THEY CAN HEAR US, THE MEETING ORGANIZER, PRESS STAR.
NOW PLEASE WAIT FOR THE LEADER TO ADMIT YOU.
YOU ARE NOW JOINING THE MEETING.
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AWESOME.IS THAT YOU? OKAY, SO, UH, SORRY ABOUT THAT GUYS.
UM, THIS IS DAN REDMOND, FOUNDER OF MOSAIC SOUND COLLECTIVE.
AND AS YOU KNOW, OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE RESOURCES, SERVICES, AND SPACE TO AUSTIN'S CREATIVE COMMUNITY, WHILE COLLABORATING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT OUR MUSICIANS, ARTISTS, AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ON THE $12 MILLION BOND, WE HOPE TO BE CONSIDERED A STRONG EXISTING CANDIDATE THAT CONTINUES TO WORK ON THE INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT OUR DIVERSE CREATIVE CITY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
WE HAVE HAD THE PIVOT DURING THE PANDEMIC TO FIND A NEW WAY TO ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSION.
UH, WORKING CLOSELY WITH STUART SULLIVAN, WE'VE TRANSFORMED HIS, HIS STUDIO PAD MULTI-CAMERA HD VIDEO PRODUCTION, INCLUDING LIVE STREAMING CAPABILITIES FOR UP TO EIGHT LIVES.
THESE VIDEO SHOOTS ARE PRE PRODUCED SIMULTANEOUSLY MULTI-TRACK AND RECORDED WITH STEWART AT THE BOARD.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO ADAPT OUR MOSAIC EDU AND ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING TO A VIRTUAL PLATFORM THUS FAR WE'VE PRODUCED SESSIONS.
UH, SO FAR WE PRODUCE SESSIONS WITH ARTISTS, INCLUDING GROUP OF FANTASMA, JOHN D. GRAHAM, MISS LAVELLE, WHITE RIDERS AGAINST THE STORM THINK NO THINK AND MANY OTHERS WITH A HUGE INTEREST FROM BANDS WHO JUST WANT TO PLAY TOGETHER AGAIN IN A SAFE AND SOCIALLY DISTANCE ENVIRONMENT.
OUR BIG NEWS IS THAT WE JUST RECORDED THE BLACK PUMAS FOR TONIGHT'S EPISODE OF GIMME FALLON, WHICH WE SHOT AT MOSAIC.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
IN ADDITION TO SHOOTING AT MOSAIC, WE'RE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THESE SHOOTS, ALL LOCATION AND MUSIC VENUES TO HELP SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR STAFFING IN THESE TROUBLING TIMES.
I'M GOING TO, I JUST EMAILED YOU A YOUTUBE LINK TO A SHOOT.
WE JUST FINISHED AT SAGEBRUSH LOUNGE, WHICH IS THE SOUTH BOSTON MUSIC VENUE, UH, OWNED BY DENNIS O'DONNELL THAT OPENED RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT.
UM, WE'RE HERE READY TO WORK WITH VENUES AND ARTISTS WHO ARE SUFFERING UNDER THE EFFECT OF THIS PANDEMIC.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COMMISSION IS AWARE OF OUR SERVICES.
UH, PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE BLACK BOOMERS TONIGHT ON FALLON.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GREG YOU'RE MUTED.
AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF LEONARD DIABLO'S BACKED LEONARD.
ARE YOU THERE? LEONARD LEONARD IS NOT ON THE LINE.
UM, ALEX PLAY HO HEY EVERYONE.
WELL, HELLO MUSIC COMMISSIONERS.
AND THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE LATIN MUSIC COMMUNITY.
UH, MY NAME IS ALEX LEHO AND, UH, MOSTLY KNOWN IN TOWN FOR BEING THE DRUMMER OF THE AUSTIN BASED LATIN GROUP VALLEJO, UH, WHEN MY BROTHERS, OMAR AND AIJ AND UH, THROUGH THE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR BAND EXPERIENCES AND MANY RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE'VE CURATED OVER OUR 25 YEARS PLUS IN AUSTIN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE FIRST STARTED INVESTING IN THE MUSIC COMMUNITY, RECORDING OUR FRIEND'S BANDS AND MY BROTHER'S STUDIOS, A BMG AND FIVE ONE, TWO STUDIOS ON SOUTH LAMAR.
UM, AND IN 2008, I WAS A COE FAN COFOUNDER AND CO-PRODUCER OF THE CUT, THE CHUNKA LATINO MUSIC FESTIVAL FOR 10 YEARS, THAT STARTED AT WATERLOO PARK AND EVENTUALLY FOUND ITS HOME FOR THE FESTIVALS REMAINING YEARS AT FIESTA GARDENS.
UH, IN 2011, I HELPED FACILITATE THE CREATION OF THE CREATIVE MEDIA CENTER FOR THE AUSTIN MUSIC FOUNDATION, WHERE, UH, AMF PROVIDED THREE, ONE HOUR BUSINESS MUSIC CONSULTATIONS TO LOCAL ARTISTS, AND ALSO STUDIOS OFF OF, UH, OUR FIRST LOCATION OVER THERE OFF THE FIRST 51ST STREET.
UM, IN 2017, I HAD TO STEP AWAY FOR, FROM THE DAILY DUTIES OF A PET AMF TO TAKE CARE OF, UH, MY TWO DAUGHTERS.
BUT I CAME BACK A FEW YEARS AGO AS A BOARD MEMBER AND, AND NOW THE ART CONSULTANT FOR AMS ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, UH, IN 2018, I STARTED WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL OF ROCK FRANCHISE, OPEN TO MUSIC SCHOOLS AND ROUND ROCK AND SOUTH MEADOWS WHERE I'M CURRENTLY THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR THOSE TWO LOCATIONS.
UM, ALSO WORK WITH EVENT PRODUCTION SERVICES AS A TALENT BUYER WHERE I BOOKED THE LOCAL ARTISTS FOR AUSTIN'S NEW YEAR FROM 2017 TO 2019.
AND I'M ALSO THE SHOW DIRECTOR FOR ONE ROAD AUSTIN, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL CONCERT THAT SHOWCASES
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AND CELEBRATES AUSTIN'S DIVERSE MUSIC COMMUNITY.UM, IN 2017, I WAS A FOUNDING COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE NONPROFIT EEQ AUSTIN, ALONG WITH OTHER MUSICIANS OF COLOR AND ALSO WITH THE SUPPORT OF A MAYOR, STEVE ADLER.
AND TODAY I ACTUALLY STILL SIT ON THE BOARD OF EKU AUSTIN, UM, WITH ALL THAT BACKGROUND.
UM, TODAY I'M CALLING ON THE CREATION OF A LATIN MUSIC COALITION FOR THE LATINO ARTISTS OF BOSTON.
UM, THE GOAL OF THIS LATIN MUSIC COALITION WILL BE TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCESS FOR LATINO, LATIN ARTISTS AND OTHERS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN AUSTIN'S MUSIC ECOSYSTEM.
UM, AS OF TODAY, THERE'S STILL NOT A SIGNATURE LATIN MUSIC VENUE, UM, A RADIO STATION THAT NURTURES LATIN LOCAL TALENT OR A DESTINATION, LATIN CENTRIC MUSIC FESTIVAL, UM, LATINOS HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES TO OTHER MUSIC INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS FROM COMMUNITIES OF COLOR NAMED ME THAT ISSUE AS A SYSTEMIC BIAS, UM, LATIN MUSIC SHOULD BE REPRESENTED PROPORTIONATELY DUE TO THE CITY BEING 40% OF SPENT, ALTHOUGH AUSTIN HAS HAD ITS LATIN SUCCESS STORIES SUCH AS, UM, THE BLACK WAS, UM, GROUP OF FANTASMA, GINA CHAVEZ SUPRAPHONIC GOES TO NAME A FEW.
UM, OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO CONTINUE NURTURING THOSE UP AND COMING ARTISTS THAT NEED THAT EXTRA PUSH TO BREAK OUT OF AUSTIN.
UM, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF ALWAYS RECOGNIZING AND NURTURING THE NEW AND YOUNG, LATIN TALENT THAT WILL ENSURE AS LATIN MUSIC IS ALWAYS PART OF WHAT MAKES AUSTIN THE COOLEST CITY THAT DREW OUR BAND AND SO MANY OTHER ARTISTS TO COME HERE.
UM, WE'LL ALSO FOCUS ON LEGACY MUSICIANS, INCLUDING THE CLASSIC DIANA LEGENDS WHO HAVE MADE HISTORY HERE IN AUSTIN.
UM, VERY CLOSE, VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART AS WELL.
SO, BUT THE LM, THE LMCA IS INTERESTED IN THE LIVE MUSIC FUND AND OTHER SEED DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS TO SUPPORT EQUITY, DIVERSION AND INCLUSION INCLUSION.
UM, IF YOU WOULD REFER TO THE DOCUMENT SENT TO YOU THAT WE SENT FOR THE MEETING, THE LMS RECOMMENDS THAT 1.5 MILLION BE ALLOCATED TO THE CREATION OF THE LATIN MUSIC FUND, WHICH EQUATES TO 33% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET AMOUNT.
AND THE MUSIC FUND FUNDS WOULD BE USING ACCORDING TO, WITH GOVERNING THE USE OF THESE FUNDS TO BE USED FOR TOUR ALEX, THAT YOU'RE THREE MINUTES PAST, BUT I'M NOT.
I'M, UH, I'M AT THE, UM, I'M DONE, BUT I THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR, FOR, UM, THANK YOU.
MUSIC MUSIC, COMMISSIONERS, YOU ALEX, NEXT UP IS ON MLCL THERE PLEASE.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SPEAK ON IMPORTANT MATTERS THAT ARE NOT RACIALLY, UH, RELATED.
UH, MY, MY, MY CONCERN IS THAT THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ARE EQUALLY SCRIPTED.
UH, TWO ITEMS THAT I AM ALLOCATING FOR IS 1.5 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR THE LIVE NEWS FROM, UH, DIVINE MUSIC PLAN, UH, WHICH IS OF COURSE FUNDED BY THE HOT TECH MONEY.
UH, THIS DISH REPRESENTS ABOUT 33% OF THE TOTAL, UH, AVAILABLE TO FUND.
UH, THE SECOND, THE SECOND, UH, UH, ITEMS THAT I AM ALLOCATING FOR IS FOR THE ESTABLISHING ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MUSIC HUB FOR THE IT'S BY MANTLE MOST AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER.
I AM A PAST PRESIDENT OF THIS ORGANIZATION AND, UH, WE DID RECEIVE 27 MILLION BONDS ON A PROGRAM FOR THE MASS EXPANSION, BUT THERE IS NO SPACE AT THE MET BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY, UH, IT'S TAKEN 10 YEARS JUST TO GET AN EXPANSION TO GET STARTED.
MY OTHER, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT I AM INVOLVED WITH GACY, UH, UH, AB COSTUMES, A RECREATION CENTER, UM, BOARD ADVISORY BOARD, I'M THE PRESIDENT.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, UH, THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 62 YEARS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 59 YEARS OF EXISTENCE, WE HAVE NEVER HAD ANY FUNDING SO THAT WE, OR ANY ASSISTANCE FOR ANY OF THEM I'VE BEEN PAYING FOR FREE.
NOW THAT, THAT, THAT TO ME SAYS A LOT ABOUT HOW, UM, DISCONNECTED CULTURALLY
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DISCONNECTED WE ARE FROM, FROM, FROM WHAT THIS MUSIC SCENE IS ALL ABOUT.I, I AM SO, UM, I, I GET VERY UPSET TALKING ABOUT THIS AND VERY EMOTIONAL BECAUSE I TAKE IT TO HEART.
I SEE HOW, HOW HARD THESE MUSICIANS, THESE MEXICAN MUSICIANS HAVE MEXICAN AMERICAN MUSICIANS AND LATINO MUSICIANS HAVE STRUGGLED ALL THIS TIME AND NOT TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, NOT ACKNOWLEDGED BY COMMISSIONER THAT'S HIS, THAT THEIR MUSIC HAS A, WE'RE THE FIRST ONES TO, TO, TO START MUSIC HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
I AM I TELL YOU HOW OLD I AM, A 64 YEARS OLD.
I HAVE NEVER, NEVER IN THIS LIFETIME OF MINE HAS SEEN ANY KIND OF ALLOCATION BEING DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY.
SO THAT IS, THESE ARE MY CONCERNS, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE IT TO HEART.
MY NAME IS JOHNNY RAMONE, VICE PRESIDENT.
HAVE YOU ALL SENT THE HMONG MUSIC COALITION? AND I KNOW ON THE, ON THE COMMISSION THERE KIND OF HEARD ME TALK FOR SURE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, BUT WE'VE BEEN GOING TO HER.
I SIT ON THE HISPANIC QUALITY OF LIFE INITIATIVE IN 2010 FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS.
AND AT THAT TIME, ALL THE LATINO HISPANIC GROUPS IN THE CULTURAL ARTS WERE ONLY GETTING BETWEEN 10 TO 11% OF ALL THE FUNDING.
AT THAT TIME, IT WAS 36% OF THE POPULATION.
NOW WE'RE 40% OF THAT HISPANIC, LATINO POPULATION AND NOT A BAD GROUP.
THOSE OF US OF MEXICAN DESCENT, WHO IS WE'RE A MEXICAN AMERICA, WE MAKE 83% OF THAT POPULATION, BUT MANY OF US CONSIDER IT.
SO THEY'RE HANDLED BECAUSE WE'RE PROUD OF HER, OUR TEXAS HERITAGE AND OUR MUSIC.
THE LAST TIME THAT COVER MUSIC WAS INCLUDED IN ANY EVENT IN AUSTIN, WAY BACK DURING THE AUSTIN AQUA FESTIVAL, THEN WHEN THEY STARTED, BECAUSE THIS FESTIVAL, THEY STARTED, THEY DID INCLUDE IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THEN THEY DID AWAY WITH OUR MUSIC.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SAD PART ABOUT IT IS THAT WE ARE THE NATIVE AMERICANS HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NATIVE AMERICANS, I'LL READ MUSIC TO HOW THE MUSIC IS, WHAT CREATED WAS BORING.
IT'S THE ONLY NATIVE TEXAS MUSIC.
AND YET WE DO NOT PLAY A PART IN ANY OF THE MUSIC SCENE DOWNTOWN.
AND YOU LOOK AT, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE WHO ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BEING LEFT OUT, LOOK AT ALL THE EVENTS.
I THINK IT'S 26 EVENTS THAT ARE HELD ON THE SHORES OF TELE.
AND EVEN WITH THOSE OTHER HUGE MUSIC EVENTS THAT ARE NATIONALLY KNOWN ART MUSIC IN A MUSICIAN, IT'S INCLUDED 0%.
SO THAT SHOULD TELL YOU WHO ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE REALLY BEEN LEFT OUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'RE THE NATIVE PEOPLE HERE WE'VE BEEN HERE, OR MUSIC HAS BEEN HERE FROM MARIACHI MUSIC TO
AND THEN IT BECAME CALLED A TEX MEX MUSIC.
AND THEN WITH THE EVOLUTION OF A MUSIC, WE'D BE CALLING IT THE HANDLE MUSIC.
WE ADVOCATED FOR FUNDING FOR THREE YEARS TO DO, TO DO OUR OWN EVENT, WHICH WE'RE NOT ASKING ANYBODY ELSE THAT YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE AS WELL.
LIKE I SAID, IN THE PAST, ALL WE, ALL WE WANT IS FUNDING FOR THE WEEKEND.
WE HAD TWO GROUPS THAT WERE GETTING FUNDED TO DO AN EVENT AT THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER IN 2018.
THEY'RE FUNDED THE FUNDING GOT CUT COMPLETELY.
SO IN 2019, WE HAD NO TO HANDLE EVENTS AT THE MEXICAN AMERICAN COACHES CENTER BECAUSE THEIR FUNDING WAS CUT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING, ONE MORE THING REAL QUICK.
THIS IS THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT.
IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY, ALL WE WANT IS EQUITY.
AND IF THIS IS NOT ABOUT EQUITY, THEN WHY
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DO WE EVEN HAVE AN EQUITY OFFICE? IS THIS JUST NOT GOING TO BE EQUITY FOR EVERYBODY? AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE MUSICIAN TO HANDLES FAN AND MEXICAN AMERICA, LATINOS.WE SUPPORT EVERY GENRE OF MUSIC.
THAT'S WHY OUR MUSICIANS CAN PLAY ANY A HUNDRED MUSICIANS CAN PLAY ANY GENRE OF MUSIC.
UM, AND I I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO MR. VILLA FOR BEING CUT OFF EARLIER.
UH, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING SITUATION WITH THE PHONE SYSTEM.
AND I HOPE THAT BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE AND GET THAT RECTIFIED.
UM, AND AGAIN, BUT I APOLOGIZE TO ALL THE CALLERS AND ESPECIALLY MR. DAVALA FOR BEING CUT OFF, UM, WITH THAT,
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WE CAN GO TO APPROVAL MINUTES AS KEN MENTIONED, UM, OR IN HIS WAS ADMITTED.UM, YOU HAVE, UM, ANY OTHER CORRECTIONS OKAY.
WITH THAT THEN WITH IT BEING NOTED THAT WE'LL ADD ORRIN TO THE MINUTES.
DO WE HAVE A, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE CORRECTION SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHO IS THE SECOND? ALRIGHT, FANTASTIC.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I'M ON THE PHONE.
I'VE BEEN ON THE CALL FOR HALF AN HOUR.
I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT THAT.
IT WAS THAT WE CAN GO TO BUSINESS
[2.a. Discussion and Possible Action following presentation by Margie Reese of MJR Partners on Roles and Goals for the Music Commission, Live Music Fund Working Group and City Staff, Black Lives Music Fund and Comprehensive Equity Plan to repair and address historic neglect within the Austin music industry towards the Black Community.]
WITH, TO A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FUND PRESENTATION BY MARGIE REESE OF N JR.PARTNERS ON ROLES AND GOALS FOR THE MUSIC COMMISSION, LIVE MUSIC FUND, WORKING GROUP AND CITY STAFF, BLACK LIVES, MUSIC FUND, AND COMPREHENSIVE EQUITY PLAN TO REPAIR AND ADDRESS HISTORIC NEGLECT WITHIN THE AUSTIN MUSIC INDUSTRY TOWARDS THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
AND I, I, UH, AM, I'VE BEEN TAKING NOTES DURING THIS LAST ROUND OF CALLERS AND THEIR COMMENTS AND, UM, I THINK I DON'T REALLY HAVE, UH, ANYTHING TO PRESENT TO YOU EXCEPT TO ASK IS FROM A PROCEDURAL STANDPOINT, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT COME IN FROM THE PUBLIC IN SUCH A PASSIONATE WAY, WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE COMMENTS? HOW ARE THEY RESPONDED TO, UM, ET CETERA? UM, I'M STRUGGLING HERE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE, UH, AS I WORKED WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP TEAM, THE MANAGERS OF THE THREE DIVISIONS, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO, UM, TO MERGE ALL OF THEIR ISSUES AND CONVERSATIONS THAT EACH OF THE THREE DIVISIONS, CULTURAL ARTS, THE MUSIC COMMISSION AND HERITAGE TOURISM ARE HEARING AROUND EQUITY AROUND ACCESS, UM, AND AROUND INCLUSION TO SEE HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAN CRAFT A MORE COHESIVE RESPONSE TO THIS LARGER ISSUE, LARGER THAN JUST ONE DIVISION'S ISSUES, BUT THE AUSTIN CITY OF AUSTIN'S CONVERSATION ABOUT EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
SO I FIRST OF ALL, REALLY APPRECIATE.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, I APPRECIATE HEARING THE COMMENTS THAT YOU'RE GETTING FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS AS WE HAVE FROM CULTURAL ARTS.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH HERITAGE TOURISM AS WELL.
I APPRECIATE HEARING THESE COMMENTS BECAUSE WITH YOUR, OKAY, THESE ARE THE COMMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING INTO MEETINGS WITH THE THREE DIVISION CHAIRS, WHAT IS THE SENTIMENT OF IN THIS CASE MUSICIANS AND THE MUSIC COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND WHAT I'VE, WHAT I'M, UM, I'M KEENLY AWARE OF THIS AFTERNOON IS THE, UM, INADVERTENTLY, BUT GROWING A SEPARATION AND ALMOST, UM, SILOING OF THE DIFFERENT
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CULTURALLY SPECIFIC MUSICIANS, WHICH IS, UH, IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE THING, BUT IT IS A NATURAL KIND OF PROGRESSION OF THINGS.WHEN YOU START SAYING, WE'RE WANT TO ELEVATE THIS PARTICULAR CULTURAL GROUP AND THEIR ACCESS POINTS.
SO YOU COULD BEGIN TO SEE JUST LIKE WITH ANY, IN ANY OTHER BUSINESS DECISION THAT YOU MAKE, SOMEBODY FEELS LIKE THEY'RE BEING LEFT OUT.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE LAST THING THAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
I'M WANTING TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE.
SO THAT'S JUST AN OBSERVATION FOR THE DAY.
AGAIN, I GUESS MY, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION MODE, MY QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS THAT COME TO YOU? I'M NOT LOOKING FOR YOU.
IT'S PRETTY BAD TO ANSWER THAT, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I NEED TO BE TAKING THAT TO THE STAFF GROUP.
THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO BRING YOU SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESPONDING TO THESE ISSUES, BECAUSE WE'D WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS A FRUSTRATION TO GET THE FRUSTRATION LEVELS, TO GET HIGHER, AND THEN UNDERMINE YOUR WORK ON, UH, THE MUSIC FUN TO CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICIANS.
AND NOW WHAT I'M HEARING IS THIS CALL FOR THE SAME KIND OF RESPONSE TO LATINO MUSICIANS AND FEMALE MUSIC.
SO, UM, I AT FIRST WANTED TO, THAT'S MY IMMEDIATE RESPONSE, AND THAT'S WHERE MY HEAD IS AT THIS MOMENT IS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AN AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY AS IT GOES BACK TO THE STATEMENT THAT WE WORKED TOGETHER AND YOU CRAFTED AT YOUR LAST MEETING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT STATEMENT NEEDS TO CHANGE ANY, UM, I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN FIND IT AGAIN.
I DID HAVE IT PULLED UP, BUT I GOT LOST IN LISTENING.
UM, BECAUSE THAT STATEMENT REFERRED SPECIFICALLY TO, UM, LEANING INTO YOUR WORK TO TRY TO ELEVATE THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICIANS EXPERIENCE AND THE EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN WE WENT TO THE GLOBAL, UM, CITY OF AUSTIN.
I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, WHICH IS STILL A STRONG STATEMENT, BUT WITHOUT NEEDING TO ANSWER THAT TODAY, I'M ASKING YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT STATEMENT IS A PART OF THIS MARGINALIZING, UM, OR SEPARATING THE SILOING.
THAT'S STARTING TO HAPPEN JUST ORGANICALLY.
THE MORE YOU TALK ABOUT WANTING TO IMPROVE ACCESS FOR ONE PARTICULAR CULTURAL GROUP, UH, THE MORE ANOTHER CULTURAL GROUP IS GOING TO FEEL LIKE IT'S BEING LEFT OUT.
UM, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TOO, A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE OF FUNDING THE ENTIRE WAY THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS BEEN ATTENDING TO MUSICIANS OF COLOR THAT YOU GUYS PROBABLY INHERITED THESE SYSTEMS AS YOU CAME ONTO THE COMMISSION.
UM, SO, UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT THIS WEEK WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE MANAGERS OF THREE DIVISIONS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
AND AT THE END OF THIS WEEK, WELL, I'M GOING TO BE DOING IS TAKING SOME OF THESE COMMENTS THAT I HEARD TODAY, UM, LISTING THEM WITH THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION AND THE, UM, HISTORIC HERITAGE TOURISM DIVISION.
SO THAT WE CAN SAY HERE ARE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY ACROSS DISCIPLINE, AROUND THEIR DESIRE FOR A MORE EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, UH, PROCESS.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT AUSTIN IS, IS, UM, IS A PROUD OWNER OF THIS MUSICAL DISTINCTION.
AND SO IT IS THIS STATUS PRESENTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN THAT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IMAGE BY OPENING UP OUR MINDS, TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT JUST DEALING WITH ONE OR TWO ISSUES OF A $1.5 MILLION FOR A FUND NAMED THIS, OR A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A FUND NAME TO THIS, WE'RE DEALING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE REBUILT AT THE CITY LEVEL.
AND SO THE COMMISSIONERS, THE PATIENTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IS, IS ADMIRABLE AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.
UM, AND THE COMPASSION THAT I HEARD A WEEK AGO, OR WHENEVER WE MET LAST, UM, FROM GAVIN AND,
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AND SHOCK THAT I N M A CHAIR IS, I THINK IS AUTHENTIC IN WANTING TO COURSE CORRECT WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M TRYING TO STAY FOCUSED ON IS NOT CORRECTING THAT, MAKING THESE ATTEMPT TO CORRECT A COURSE BY DOING A THING BY NAMING A PROGRAM, BY CREATING ANOTHER LAYER OF BUREAUCRACY THAT TRIES TO RESPOND TO THE CONVERSATION WE HAD TODAY, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE ONCE WE DO THAT, WE'VE CREATED A SHORT TERM SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM THAT HAS EXISTED FOR DECADES.OKAY, LET ME PUT A PERIOD THERE.
IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT THE ULTIMATE DEFINITION OF EQUITY, THAT'S GOING TO CALL FOR THE STAFF TEAM AND MY, AND MY TEAM TO LOOK BACK, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY NOW, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START LOOKING BACK.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SPOKE TO THIS, UM, AND, AND THINK ABOUT THE YEARS OF NEGLECT HAVE TO USE IT.
YOU'VE HEARD THAT TERM, THE YEARS OF OMISSION THAT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO MUSICIANS HAVE FELT WHILE OTHER MUSICIANS WERE MOVING FORWARD.
THIS ISN'T, THIS, ISN'T A CONVERSATION ABOUT RESTITUTION.
NOW, IS THIS A CONVERSATION ABOUT EQUITY WITH REQUIRES THAT WE TAKE A LOOK BACK.
AND SO WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS, CULTURAL ARTS MUSIC, AND HERITAGE TOURISM, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME DIFFICULT WORK TO DO BECAUSE THE, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT YOU HAVE ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW IS FINITE.
IT'S A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF MONEY, UM, GIVEN THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX RECEIPTS, BUT YOU'LL SEE, IN 2021 FROM 2020 AND 2022 FROM 2020 AND 2021, THE POTS OF MONEY ARE GOING TO SHRINK.
NOW, THERE IS A JOKE AMONG THE BLACK COMMUNITY, WHICH I AM ABLE TO SAY, IT'S JUST EVERY TIME WE GET TO THE TABLE, UH, THE DISHES ARE EMPTY.
THAT'S ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW.
IT READILY, NOBODY COULD PREDICT COVID-19.
AND THE INTERSECTION OF THAT WITH, UH, THE SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING TODAY, BUT IN REALITY, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED.
SO I JUST CAME HERE TODAY TO TELL, TO BEG YOU, UH, DESPITE THE SENSE OF URGENCY THAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM YOUR CALLERS AND FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS, MOSTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINO, AND YES, THE VOICE OF THE GENDER, UH, VOICE.
I JUST WANT TO URGE YOU TO ALLOW US TO WORKSHOP THE STAFF.
AND I'M GLAD SO NOVIA IS HERE LISTENING TO ME, UH, MAKE THIS PLEA, THE STAFF OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION DEPARTMENT, THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE TOURISM DOLLARS IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND CREATE A UNIFIED RESPONSE.
A SYSTEMIC RESPONSE, UM, PATIENTS, YOU KNOW, IS A VIRTUE, BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE THE SENSE OF URGENCY ABOUT DOING THAT WORK.
SO I DON'T THINK YOU AS COMMISSIONERS, UM, NEED TO DO ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, EXCEPT ALLOW THAT STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU'RE HEARING AS A COMMISSION, TO LOOK AT THE CITY SYSTEMS, THE SYSTEMS THAT EXIST AND HAVE EXISTED FOR SOME TIME, IDENTIFY THE ACTIONS THAT THE STAFF IS TAKING THE RESULTS IN THIS SILOING AND AS EXCLUSION, AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH THEIR BEST THINKING ABOUT HOW TO UNRAVEL THIS HAIRBALL.
THEY COULD CREATE AT YOUR GUIDANCE.
THEY COULD CREATE A FUND FOR THIS, A FUND FOR THIS AND A FUND FOR THAT.
AND IN TWO YEARS, THOSE FUNDS WILL BE DEPLETED AND WE WILL HAVE PUT A BANDAID ON THIS LARGER PROBLEM OF SYSTEMIC EXCLUSION.
AND SO I'M JUST ASKING YOU AND THANKING YOU, FIRST OF ALL, FOR LETTING ME SIT IN ON THESE MEETINGS, BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU AND
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YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE INDUSTRY.THE ONE BIG TAKEAWAY FOR ME, UH, I THINK IT WAS FROM GAVIN HAD TO GO BACK TO MY NOTES, MAKE SURE I'M CREDITING THE RIGHT PERSON.
BUT THE ONE BIG TAKEAWAY FOR ME FROM THE LAST CONVERSATION HAD TO DO WITH THE INDUSTRIES UNDER THE UMBRELLA CALLED THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
MAYBE IT WAS GRANT THAT THERE WAS THIS LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT MUSIC INDUSTRY.
SO WE NEED TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE TO YOUR STAFF, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOUR STAFF IS OPERATING IN A REACTIONARY MODE, REACTING TO THE CAUSE OF THE DAY.
WELL, LET'S MAKE ANOTHER GRANT CATEGORY.
CULTURAL ARTS HAS SO MANY GRANT CATEGORIES.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THEM BEFORE THEY THEY'RE JUST LAYERING AND LAYERING AND LAYERING BUREAUCRACY ON TOP OF YOUR OFFICE.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU.
I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION FOR YOU.
I'M JUST RESPONDING TO THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S SAYING, I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE OPENED THE CONVERSATION IN A BEAUTIFUL WAY, ALLOWING YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO COME TO YOU AND TALK ABOUT THEIR FRUSTRATIONS.
THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT WE NEED TO BE ACTING, BUT I THINK AS COMMISSIONERS, YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELVES AND TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THE CHALLENGE, THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF, TO LOOK AT THE SYSTEMS THAT THEY HAD DESIGNED, OR THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNED OVER TIME AS CITY GOVERNMENT FIND THOSE POOREST PLACES WHERE WE CAN CREATE LONGTERM SOLUTIONS TO THESE ISSUES, BECAUSE THESE ARE LONGTERM ISSUES.
ESTABLISHING A BLACK MUSIC FUND IS A BRILLIANT IDEA, BUT CAN IT SURVIVE THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE FUNDING MECHANISM THAT WE KNOW IS COMING? IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE US ANY LONGER TO DESIGN A STRONG RESPONSE THAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR US TO DESIGN, UM, A SHORT TERM ONE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE CHARGE.
I'LL ASK SOME ELVIA TO WEIGH IN ON THIS TOO.
BUT AS SOON AS THIS FRIDAY, I'M BRINGING THESE NOTES AS WELL AS OTHERS THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM CONSTITUENTS IN THE OTHER TWO CULTURAL SECTORS.
UM, BECAUSE THESE ARE WHAT THIS IS.
THIS IS THESE SAME CONCERNS ARE WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN CULTURAL ARTS.
AND THEY'RE THE SAME CONCERNS THAT WE'RE HEARING AROUND CULTURAL AND HERITAGE PRESERVATION IN AUSTIN.
THIS IS A MUCH, UH, THIS IS A BIG HAIRBALL AUSTIN.
IT KINDA MAKES ME WANT TO SAY, LET'S LOOK AT A COUPLE OF OTHER CITIES, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ON FRIDAY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HOUSTON AND SEATTLE, UH, AND, AND A COUPLE OF PROJECTS IN NEW ORLEANS, UH, TO LOOK AT SOME BEST CASE PRACTICES FOR HOW OTHER CITIES HAVE RESPONDED IN THE AREA THAT YOU'RE MOST INTERESTED IN MUSICIANS AND MUSICIANS OF COLOR AND TRADITIONAL, UM, MUSICIANS AS WELL.
SO I THINK THIS ISN'T A GOOD, NEW THING I'M SAYING TO YOU, BUT THE GOOD NEWS FOR ME IS I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO HEAR THESE ARE AUTHENTIC CONCERNS, AND I AM, UM, I WANT TO TAKE THESE FORWARD SO THAT THE THREE DIVISIONS CAN WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE BARRIERS TO ACCESS.
SO WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM IS DESIGNED AND THE SPECIFICS OF THAT, WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU FOR THOSE KINDS OF SPECIFICS AND MORE GUIDANCE AND ADVICE, BUT I'M, I PROMISE YOU AS A CARD CARRYING BUREAUCRAT, I NEED TO WORKSHOP THE CITY STAFF TO LOOK AT HOW THESE STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN CREATED AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO THROW ELIMINATING SOME OF THOSE STRUCTURES THAT CAN IMMEDIATELY LOWER THESE BARRIERS AS YOU DESIGN THESE NEW ENTRY POINTS FOR PARTICULAR GROUPS OF COLOR SO THAT THESE RESPONSES CAN BE INSTITUTIONALIZED, SEEMS TO BE THAT NEED TO BECOME PART OF WHATEVER THE SYSTEM IS RATHER THAN AN OUTLIER.
UH, IN THE OLD DAYS IN THE SEVENTIES, WHEN I WAS MUCH YOUNGER, WE USED TO CALL THAT, UH, I BET I SAY THIS IN A PUBLIC SPHERE.
BUT WE USED TO CALL THAT COLORED MONEY.
WE USED TO CALL IT DESIGNING PROGRAMS FOR COLOUREDS OF ALL COLORS, THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.
WE CREATED A SEPARATE CATEGORY.
MANY YEARS AGO, IT WAS CALLED EXPANSION ARTS, AND IT WAS A GRANT CATEGORY FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR.
AND WHEN I THINK PRESIDENT REPUBLICAN
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PRESIDENT CAME INTO OFFICE, UM, THAT PROGRAM DISAPPEARED.AND SO WE HAD NOT PREPARED THE ORGANIZATION IN THAT CATEGORY TO COMPETE IN ANY OTHER CATEGORY.
AND SO WE HAD ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, SIX TO EIGHT YEARS OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE UNDERFUNDED, UNDERFUNDED, UNDERFUNDED, INCLUDING SOME OF OUR LARGER NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS NOW.
SO I THINK THAT WHAT WHAT'S, WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ASKING THE STAFF TO DO, AND WHERE THE STAFF IS ASKING ME TO DO IS LET'S NOT MAKE THIS A ONE SHOT.
UH, IT WAS JUST NOT TAKEN ONE ANTACID.
WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO EAT A WHOLE BOTTLE AND SHE WOULD PUT SOME OF OUR PATH EMAILS TO SEE HOW WE CAN STRUCTURE SOME RESPONSES THAT ARE LONGTERM AND POSITIVE.
CAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING TODAY IS DECADES OF FRUSTRATION THAT I DON'T THINK AT $1 MILLION FUND, UH, IS GONNA BE THE ANSWER LONGTERM.
IT MIGHT BE A GREAT CELEBRATORY MOMENT TO SADLY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THEN HOW DO YOU CREATE THOSE? UM, HOW DO YOU PENETRATE THE INDUSTRY? HOW DO YOU PIN, HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT ARTS LEARNING FOR KIDS? HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE TECHNICAL AND BACKROOM OPERATIONS AND PREPARING PEOPLE TO HAVE JOBS IN, WITHIN THE INDUSTRY AND AS YOU THINK ABOUT THE SPACES AND NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITIES.
SO, UM, THAT'S MY, ALMOST A REPORT BACK TO YOU TO SAY, THAT'S MY NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCESS.
UM, AND MAYBE I HELP, I'M NOT OVERSTEPPING, BUT MAYBE IT'S SO NOVIA CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL, WHY THAT KIND OF PROCESS IS IMPORTANT.
UM, RICK, CAN I SPEAK? OKAY, SO THANK YOU, MARGIE.
UH, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A RESTRUCTURING OF THE DEPARTMENT AND DIVISIONS.
SO NOW ALL OF THE DIVISIONS THAT USE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX ARE NOW UNDER ONE, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, WHICH IS NEAT.
AND SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE ON HOW WE ARE PIVOTING AND USING THESE FUNDS AND SAID, UM, AT BASELINE, AS MARGIE SAID, UH, WE MAY IMPLEMENT IN DIFFERENT WAYS OF KIND OF IN, BUT WE WANT TO BE CONSISTENT IN TERMS OF ACCESS ACROSS THE BOARD.
UM, SO WE ARE MEETING THIS FRIDAY TO START THAT JOURNEY IN THAT PROCESS.
AND I THINK IT WILL BE RAPED ONCE WE COME OUT AND COME BACK TO YOU.
BUT IT IS KEY THAT WE COME OUT WITH ONE VOICE, UM, THAT SPEAKS TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AIMING FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I JUST, AGAIN, WANT TO THANK YOU LETTING ME LISTEN IN.
I CAN SPEAK FROM A POINT OF KNOWLEDGE WHEN WE START TRYING TO UNRAVEL.
I'VE HEARD ACROSS, UM, FOR MANY YEARS ACROSS THE TWO DIVISIONS AND NOW WITH HERE IT IS COMING ON BOARD.
UM, WE HAVE S WE HAVE SIMILAR CONCERNS ACROSS ALL THE DIVISIONS.
SO IT IS KEY THAT WHEN WE COME OUT AND ADDRESS IT, WE'RE ADDRESSING IT WITH ONE VOICE.
SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT BOTH.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY ON THE FORM IS A QUESTION, BUT TO ME, WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS SLOWLY IS BOTH SOME SHORT TERM, NOT QUITE SOLUTIONS, BUT ANSWERS TO THE MOMENT.
UM, AND TO ME THAT WHAT CHOCOLATES PROPOSAL, THAT'S A FINITE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
THAT IS A VERY SHORT TERM AND I'M THINKING, BUT AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AN INVESTMENT TOWARDS EQUITY WHILE A COMPREHENSIVE EQUITY PLAN, WHICH ADDRESSES THE MUCH BROADER SPECTRUM OF HISTORICAL DEBT, THE LATINEX THAT THE DEBT TO WOMEN, THE OTHER, EVERY OTHER GROUP.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THE PARADOX OF GROUPS THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY SILOED TO BE, UH, TO BE OPPRESSED.
I, I DUNNO HOW CAN NOT NAME THEM IN ORDER TO, TO START A REPARATION PROCESS.
BUT TO ME, TO ME, UH, YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING
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FOR SOMETHING SHORT TERM TO DEMONSTRATE.THIS IS AN ACTUAL COMMITMENT FOR PUTTING MONEY, ACTUAL MONEY RIGHT HERE.
BUT WE'RE ALSO THINKING GENERALLY GENERATIONALLY, SUPER LONG TERM IN HOW WE'RE GOING TO RESTRUCTURE THAT.
SO IN 30 YEARS, HALF THE PEOPLE ON THE STAGES ARE WOMEN AND IN 30 YEARS, HALF THE OWNERS ARE PEOPLE THAT IT'S, THAT THAT'S WHAT THE GOAL IS, BUT IN ORDER WITHOUT A SHORT TERM, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT'S CONCRETE, UH, THAT IT WILL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EXACTLY A QUESTION I DID WANT TO SAY MARGIE, THAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO THE CALLERS THAT ARE ON AS SOON AS THE COMMUNICATION PART, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT, BECAUSE UNLESS IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, UNTIL NOW THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATE IN THE CONVERSATION, WE CAN'T OPEN A NEW AGENDA ITEM BY ENGAGING.
THANK YOU FOR BOTH OF THOSE NOTES.
UH, GRAHAM, AND I MEANT MY QUESTION ABOUT HOW DO YOU RESPOND IS A MORE, WAS A MORE RHETORICAL KIND OF QUESTION.
UH, AND, AND, AND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS IN FACT, THAT RESPONSE WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO CONTINUE DOWN THAT ROAD.
UM, I'M NOT LOSING SIGHT OF THE SHORT TERM GOAL.
I'M NOT LOSING SIGHT OF, AND I SAID THIS TO SOME MOVIE AND HER TEAM, WE HAVE TO COME OUT WITH THE STRATEGY, WHICH INCLUDES THESE THREE SCAFFOLDED LAYERS, IMMEDIATE REACTION RESPONSE, A MID LEVEL RESPONSE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO, AND THEN THE LONGER TERM GOALS.
UH, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE GUIDANCE FOR US TO COME OUT WITH A PACKAGE SO THAT THE, SO THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED FOR SO LONG, THEY'RE GOING TO, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THERE IS A STRUCTURE TO THE RESPONSE THAT ISN'T A ONE TIME, ONE SHOT BANDAID, AND IT'S ALL RUSHED TO GET UNDER THAT UMBRELLA.
CAUSE EVERYBODY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET UNDER A $1.5 BILLION.
AND, AND, AND IF THAT IS A FINITE AMOUNT OF MONEY, HOW DOES THAT UMBRELLA BROADEN ITSELF THROUGH ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE FIRST SPEAKER TALKED ABOUT, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT TOO, HERE IS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND SOME BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS, OR THAT HELPS US STRENGTHEN THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE, ARE AT A CERTAIN POINT.
SO I, UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY, THAT'S WHERE I AM WITH THIS.
AND I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT JUNCTURE.
AND I THINK MY, OUR TIMELINE, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT, BUT IT'S A SHORT TERM TIMELINE IS THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL THIS WORK IN PLACE BACK TO YOU, WORKSHOPPED WITH YOU AND THE OTHER TWO COMMISSIONS SO THAT WE CAN CREATE THE PACKAGE CONVERSATION THAT GOES BACK TO COUNCIL.
SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE US A YEAR OR SO.
WELL, MARGIE, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, IN REGARDS TO OUR LIVE MUSIC FUND WORKING GROUP, THAT'S WHERE COMMISSIONER SHAKA HAD PROPOSED THE BLACK LIVE MUSIC FUND.
AND IN EFFECT, THE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THAT WORKING GROUP HAS BASICALLY PAUSED THEIR GROUP AND, AND IS TASKED US AS A MUSIC COMMISSION TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROCEED IN THAT MANNER WHERE I WOULD ACTUALLY PREFER THEM TO DO THAT.
CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TASKED WITH, OF COURSE.
AND SO WE'RE AT A BIT OF AN IMPASSE AND I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US ON HOW TO PROCEED, UM, WITH THAT ITSELF.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK I, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION, BUT WE ARE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF SHOCK AS ASKED PRINCIPLE AND IN THE NEED FOR THAT ASK.
AND, BUT WE'RE THE LIVE MUSIC WORKING GROUP, UM, IS, IS HELD UP AS THEY WOULD FUND THAT ASK OR WHETHER THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS FUNDED DIFFERENTLY.
AND THAT'S, I DON'T HAVE A BIAS THERE IT'S, THAT IS SOMETHING I THINK I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE THAN ONE FUNDING MECHANISM THOUGH, JUST SO IT'S NOT TIED TO A FIND OUT AMOUNT THAT IS DIMINISHING IN FRONT OF OUR EYES.
UM, AND SO DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE CAN NAVIGATE TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THAT WORKING GROUP CAN CONTINUE ITS WORK WHILE WE DO OUR WORK? I THINK THAT THE MESSAGE FROM THE LIVE MUSIC WORKING GROUP IS LOUD AND IT IS CLEAR.
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NOW I THINK THAT'S A SPOKE, BUT WHAT THE RIGHT MUSIC WORKING WITH IS ASKING FOR WHAT THE PUBLIC AND THE DIFFERENT SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR WHAT THE FUNDING ALLOCATION IS, IS, UM, IS WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE GIVEN THE FUNDING, THOSE THINGS, THOSE MESSAGES ARE CLEAR.I REALLY THINK THIS IS A, I HATE, I HATE FOR THESE WORDS TO COME OUT, CAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO HAUNT ME.
I KNOW, BUT I REALLY THINK IT'S OKAY FOR THE LIVE MUSIC WORKING GROUPS TO BE ON PAUSE BECAUSE THEY HAVE MADE A FAIR AND SOLID STATEMENT TO BACK TO YOU, WHICH IS THE, THE, UM, THE, THE STRUCTURE HERE YOU'VE ASKED THEM TO, TO MEET AND COME UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO BRING BACK TO YOU.
UM, AND YOU HAVE SAID, UM, THAT YOU AGREE WITH THOSE THINGS, BUT SOME, SOME BODY, AND I MEAN, A BODY OF PEOPLE HAS TO, UM, MANAGE A PROCESS THAT THAT CAN RESPOND TO THOSE MANDATES THAT WE'RE HEARING.
AND IF THE STAFF DOESN'T STOP AND TAKE SOME TIME TO LISTEN AND LOOK AT THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE AND WHAT THE CITY CAN AND CANNOT DO AND RESPOND TO THOSE THINGS, UM, I THINK WE'RE SPINNING OUR WHEELS.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE PEOPLE MORE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY KEEP MEETING AND KEEP MEETING AND YOU'RE AND SOMEBODY HAS TO SAY, HERE'S ALL THE STUFF WE HEARD.
HERE'S, HERE'S THE STRUCTURE WITHIN WHICH WE MUST WORK.
AND THESE ARE SOME POSSIBLE WAYS TO ACHIEVE.
BUT WHAT GRAHAM AGAIN IS SAYING IMMEDIATE MIDTERM AND LONGTERM GOALS, AND BRING THOSE BACK FOR SOME OPEN DISCUSSION CHEWING ON REVISING REVAMPING.
AND SOMEBODY HAS TO BRING A STRUCTURE BACK TO YOU GUYS AND TO THE OTHER TWO COMMISSIONS.
AND SO I THINK THAT THE WORKING GROUP SHOULD BE HONORED FOR HAVING MAY TO JULY ALLOWS THAT AND CLEAR STATEMENT.
NOW, HOW DO YOU OPERATIONALIZE THAT? THAT'S WHERE ARE RIGHT NOW? ALRIGHT, WELL, THE WORKING GROUP HAS NOT COME TO US WITH THEIR FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS YET.
AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THEY WOULD PREFER THAT THIS BODY MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION AND THEN THEY FINISH IT, JUST THE RECOMMENDATION TOWARDS WHAT HAPPENS WITH ZIP SPECIFICALLY WITH A BLACK LIVE MUSIC.
UM, AND WE COULD DO THAT OBVIOUSLY.
UH, BUT I JUST WAS, WAS WONDERING WHAT YOUR PERSPECTIVE WAS, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS MAKING THIS SOMETHING THAT IS LONGTERM SUSTAINABLE AND NOT A ONE AND DONE SITUATION.
CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT ANYONE'S LOOKING FOR.
THAT TO ME, LIKE THE CITY AS BROUGHT YOU A RESOURCE TO THE THREE COMMISSIONS TO RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGE THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW, I DON'T GET TO MAKE DECISIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY, BASED ON ALL THESE BUCKETS OF CURIOSITIES AND QUESTIONS, HERE'S A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE THINK YOU SHOULD CONSIDER TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT YOU'VE HEARD SO FAR FROM THE WORKING GROUP.
UM, NOW IF THEY HAVE OTHER ITEMS ON THEIR AGENDA THAT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE TO MEET AND WORK ON, WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO WANT TO INCLUDE THOSE, THOSE THINGS.
BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THEY'VE GIVEN YOU A PRETTY CLEAR SENSE OF DIRECTION ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE THINKING AND IN ORDER TO RESPOND TO THAT, YOU NEED SOME, UM, UH, YOU AS A COMMISSION NEED TO NEED SOME, AS WE SAID, THE NORTH STAR, AND YOU'VE ARTICULATED THAT LAST WEEK, YOUR GOAL IS TO SERVE THE WHOLE AND TO PAY ATTENTION SPECIFICALLY TO THESE UNDER SERVICED, UH, AREAS OF, OF YOUR, OF YOUR SECTOR.
SO I THINK THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LISTENING AND WE NEED TO PUT SOME, UM, THE MEAT AND STRUCTURE BEHIND THESE, UH, PUBLIC CONCERNS THAT WILL BE AUTHENTIC AND GENUINE, AND WE'LL HAVE A LONGER LIFESPAN THAN THE ONE SHOT DEAL THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO.
THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT, UH, GIVEN I KNOW THAT THESE THREE COMMISSIONS ARE TIED TOGETHER BY THEIRS.
THEY'RE FUNNY FROM THE HEART, BUT IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS, ARE YOU LOOKING AT OTHER
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SOURCES OF FUNDING THAT ARE MORE STABLE POSSIBLY IN COMBINATION OR AS ALTERNATIVES, SOURCES OF FUNDING, OR ARE YOU STRICTLY LOOKING AT THE HOT TECH ON IT? AND I HAVE HAD SOME LIKE LAST, WE HAD SOME HIGH LEVEL IDEAS THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING, SO NO, IT'S NOT JUST HOT I'M FRIENDS.AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AS A STAFF SAYING, YOU COULD USE THIS BECAUSE IT HAS A RIPPLE EFFECT.
THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS IN THE SEA THAT HAVE FUNDINGS THAT REALLY HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT IN TERMS OF THE ARTS AND THE MUSIC.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING, RIGHT? I APPRECIATE THAT.
THEY'RE ALSO SUGGESTING THAT WE DO A LITTLE DABBLING INTO LOOKING AS PARTICULARLY FOR, UH, PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE LOOK AT, UH, THE FOUNDATION COMMUNITY, UH, THAT DOES SUPPORT, UM, ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH AND LEARNING.
SO THERE MIGHT BE ONE OR TWO PROJECTS THAT COME OUT OF THIS THAT WOULD ALLOW ITSELF TO BE CONSIDERED A PRODUCT LINE.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD, UH, MARGIE, I THANK YOU FOR THE TERMINOLOGY YOU'VE BEEN GIVING US.
UH, TODAY FOR ME, A TAKEAWAY THAT YOU USED WAS RESPONSES CAN BE INSTITUTIONALIZED.
SO THAT MEANT A LOT TO ME, TO THE EFFECT THAT THIS BODY, WHERE, SO THAT GATHERS HERE MONTHLY, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, EVERY TWO WEEKS, HOWEVER WE'RE MEETING.
UM, WE CAN ONLY AFFECT THE, THE PUBLIC SECTOR RESPONSE TO MUSIC, NOT THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO COURSE CORRECT VIA CITY HALL, THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, UH, THE INSTITUTIONALIZED, SYSTEMIC EXCLUSION, BIAS, RACISM, WHATEVER THE TERM IS.
UM, ALL WE CAN DO, I THINK IS GIVE A OVERARCHING BALANCE TO TWO THINGS.
WE'RE TRYING TO SAY THE MUSIC INDUSTRY THAT IS FAILING RIGHT NOW BEYOND THE ISSUE OF RACISM OR OUR BIASES.
THAT WHOLE THING IS, IS ON THE ROPES.
NOW YOU SAY THAT IN WASHINGTON.
SO WHILE WE KEEP OUR EYE ON THAT OBJECTIVE OF KEEPING SOLVENT AND MUSIC INDUSTRY AND THE MUSIC CAPITOL HERE, UM, I, UH, AGAIN, UM, APPRECIATE YOURS AND STILL NOVIAS, AND, AND THE STAFF'S FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN BUILD IN THE NEW STRUCTURE, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO REBIRTH THIS MUSIC COMMUNITY OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, ESPECIALLY TO BE THE HOT TAX, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS GOING TO BE POSSIBLY 2024 BEFORE WE SEE 2019 NUMBERS AGAIN.
SO WITH ALL OF THAT, AS YOU STATED, WE CAN'T WORK FROM A SMALL ACCOUNT OF DOLLARS AND SAVE A $2 BILLION INDUSTRY, UH, THAT DIRECTION.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I SELF WORKING WITH SHAKA AND WITH THE, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE ON EQUITY ISSUES.
WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOT OF OUR BUSINESS OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR, INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WHICH IS VERY CHALLENGING, CAUSE IT'S VERY DOMINATED BY A CERTAIN COMMUNITY CENTRIC, RIGHT.
BUT HARRISON, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR OPENING THE PORTAL.
I THINK FOR US TO DISCUSS WHAT WE CAN DO IS INSTITUTES AND LIVES.
THE PUBLIC'S RESPONSE THAT WE REPRESENT, THIS IS PATRICE.
I'D LIKE TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS I CAN.
SO I'M ON THE WORKING GROUP AS WELL AS COMMISSION AND JUST TWO THINGS COME TO MIND, AND THIS IS MY OPINION BASED ON THE EXPERIENCES.
SO I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR EITHER BODY, BUT I CAN SAY THAT TO MY RECOLLECTION IN REGARD TO THE WORKING GROUP, THE RESPONSE IN TERMS OF PAUSE WAS THE NEED TO PAUSE.
UM, AS I REMEMBER IT, BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LEGALITY AND ANY POTENTIAL RESTRICTIONS OF MAKING A FINAL RECOMMENDATION ON THE LIVE MUSIC FUND AND THAT THOSE NEEDED TO BE ANSWERED, BUT THAT THE, THE OVERALL, AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, FEELING AND THOUGHT, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS COMMON WITH THE GROUP IS THAT WE AGREE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE
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EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF WHATEVER AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR ANY FUND THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO.IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THIS ONE FUND AND IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS, BUT WE CAN CONTROL WHAT WE DO WITH THE MONEY WE DO HAVE TO MANAGE.
AND THAT THE OVERARCHING RECOMMENDATION, ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT LEGALITY AND RESTRICTIONS, IS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED NO MATTER WHAT.
AND IT NEEDS TO BE DONE ALSO WITH A PROCESS AND AN, AN, AN, AN ONGOING UNDERSTANDING OF THAT REPARATIONS NEED TO BE MADE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.
SO THAT IN THAT EQUITABLE FORMULA, WHATEVER THAT IS, THAT WE'RE KEEPING IN MIND WHERE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN EITHER SQUANDERED OR NOT DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY.
AND TO MY RECOLLECTION, THAT'S ABOUT WHERE WE PAUSED.
AND THEN IN REGARD TO COMMISSION, I FEEL LIKE THOSE, THOSE THOUGHTS AND GENERAL AGREEMENTS ARE ECHOED ON THE COMMISSION.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A UNIFICATION OF THIS IDEA THAT WE NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY, MAKE STATEMENTS SAYING WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A FORMULA TO DISTRIBUTE THESE FUNDS, EQUITABLY, AND SIMULTANEOUSLY MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT IT'S NOT ENOUGH FUNDING AND MORE FUNDING MUST BE IDENTIFIED.
AND THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FUNDING CURRENTLY WITH THIS ONE FUND THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING, UM, IF WE DO IT EQUITABLY AND PROPERLY WITH AN EYE ON SOME LEVEL OF REPOR OPERATIONS THAT IS NECESSARY, IT WILL CREATE PRECEDENT THAT RIPPLE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE CAN STAND BY.
SO THAT WE'RE NOT DOING OLD SCHOOL PRACTICES OF SAYING, WELL, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH.
SO WE HAVE TO SAVE THIS PART OF THE INDUSTRY, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY THE MEAT OF HOW WE MAKE MONEY, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW OTHER GROUPS THAT NEED TO BE FUNDED, DESERVE TO BE FUNDED.
HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDERFUNDED HAVE ENDED UP GETTING SHORT IN THE BUDGET.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A UNIFIED, UH, PRETTY UNIFIED VIEW OF BOTH THE WORKING COMMISSION, AS WELL AS COMMISSION, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, I JUST HAD A THOUGHT, I MEAN, IF THE LEGALITY IS THE CONCERN THAT STOMPING, THE WORKING GROUP, THAT TO ME IS WHAT'S STAFF IS FOR THERE'S A LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND THINGS.
NORMALLY IT'S STILL NAVI, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT PROPOSAL LIKE THIS WILL BE VETTED THROUGH LEGAL.
AND THEN STAFF CAN TELL US WHETHER IT'S LEGAL OR NOT.
WE, WE DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE OR ANYONE EXPECTS THE WORKING GROUP TO BE STAFFED BY LAWYERS OR HAVE A LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF ITS OWN.
AND SO I, I, I WOULD HOPE TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO I WOULD TRY TO CONVINCE YOUR FELLOW WORKING GROUP MEMBERS TO LET GO OF THE LEGAL QUESTION, SUBMITTED TO COMMISSION SO WE CAN SUBMIT TO STORM.
SO STAFF CAN TELL US, OH, WELL, WE SEE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, BUT THIS PART OF IT'S ILLEGAL, THIS PART OF IT'S LEGAL, HERE'S HOW YOU COULD ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOAL AND DO WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
AND, AND I'LL JUST ADD REALLY QUICKLY THAT I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE WERE IS THAT WE, WE DIDN'T KNOW, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO PR YOU KNOW, EXPERTS TO TELL US THE ANSWERS, BUT IT DIDN'T REALLY CAUSE US TO NOT HAVE.
I MEAN, WE STILL HAD THE CONVERSATION AND THERE WERE STRONG FEELINGS OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP.
AND, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T, I CAN'T ANSWER WHY, UH, THOSE MA I THOUGHT THAT I THOUGHT THAT THAT'S SOME QUESTIONS WERE GOING TO BE ANSWERED, AND I'M NOT SHIRKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS.
CAUSE NOW IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF, IT'S BEEN SOME TIME SINCE WE PAUSED THAT THERE WERE QUESTIONS, BUT THAT THE OVERALL FEELING, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT WAS LEGAL OR WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS ARE, IS WHAT I SAID, WHICH, AND ANYONE CAN CORRECT ME.
THAT'S ON THE WORKING GROUP, IF I'M WRONG ABOUT THIS, BUT WE MADE VERY STRONG STATEMENTS, UH, IN UNITY ABOUT THE FUNDING NEEDING TO BE DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY THAT THE LIFE THAT THERE, WHETHER IT WAS A STRICTLY ALIVE MUSIC FUND, OR IF IT WAS A FUND
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FOR MORE, NOT JUST BLACK MUSIC FUND, BUT A MUSIC FUND FOR A GROUP, A COLLECTIVE, I GUESS, IS A GOOD WAY TO SAY IT.UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE ALSO WHERE THERE WAS KIND OF AN UNCLEAR IDEA ABOUT, IS, IS IT RAW? IS IT, IS IT THE, IS IT THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD AND ISOLATE AND HAVE IT BE A LIVE MUSIC FUND FOR BLACK LIVE MUSIC FUND? BECAUSE WE ALSO, WE HAVE A DIVERSE WORKING GROUP AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE LATINEX COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO, WHAT WE WERE SAYING IS WE DON'T WANT COMMUNITY TO BE FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A PROPER EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION SO THAT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THESE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FIGHTING AMONGST EACH OTHER ABOUT WHO SHOULD GET WHAT, AND WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A FORMULA THAT'S TRULY EQUITABLE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
I KNOW THAT I CAN SAY THAT THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON IT, BOTH ON CONDITION, AS WELL AS THE WORKING GROUP.
AND I'M TRYING NOT TO SPEAK FOR THE WHOLE WORKING GROUP BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HERE.
THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD THE DIRECTION THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING.
AND IT WAS A GOOD, IT SEEMED LIKE PEOPLE WERE HAPPY WITH THAT, THOSE IDEAS.
THAT'S, THAT'S HELPFUL AS WELL.
UM, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING WE WANT TO ADD BEFORE WE MOVE ON? WHEN WE HAVE TO GET TO A FEW QUICK UPDATES, UM, BEFORE OUR TIME RUNS OUT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO IN THE DISCUSSION PREMATURELY, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU ALL FEEL THAT WE NEED TO TO SAY TODAY, WHAT GREAT WITH THAT, THEN WE CAN MOVE ON AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARGIE.
UM, YOUR WISDOM IN THIS MATTER IS MUCH APPRECIATED AND NEEDED.
AND, UH, I THINK, I FEEL LIKE WE ARE MOVING FORWARD, WHICH IS, IS, IS VERY, AT LEAST TO KNOW THAT THE BALL IS IN MOTION.
AND THEN WE'RE TRYING TO, TRYING TO GET ACROSS THE LINE.
SO WITH THAT, WE CAN GO TO, UH, DISCUSS
[2.b. Discussion and Possible Action following update from Systemic Racism Working Group.]
POSSIBLE ACTION FOLLOWING UPDATE FROM SYSTEMATIC RACISM WORKING GROUP.I KNOW SHAKA, WOULD YOU WANT TO GIVE US A QUICK UPDATE ON THE SYSTEMATIC RACISM WORKING GROUP? I THINK HE WAS ON A PHONE LINE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US A QUICK YEAH.
CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YEAH, YEAH.
UM, I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN SAID, BUT, UM, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THEM, BUT, UM, I THINK WHAT I LIKE TO SAY IS THAT MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE MISSING THE, UM, THE POINT OF WHAT I WAS RAISING WITH THE BLACK FLATTENS AND FINE.
NOBODY IN AUSTIN CAN TELL ME THAT I DON'T WORK WITH A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
I STARTED A, UH, A FOREIGN CALLED DAWA, WHICH IS FOR AN ENTIRE GROUP, PEOPLE OF COLOR MUSICIANS, ARTISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, PEOPLE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY.
UM, THE BLACK LIVES MUSIC FUND IS ABOUT ADDRESSING ANTI-BLACKNESS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY IS INFECTED WITH.
AND, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT CALLED IN AND REALLY DIDN'T SPEAK IN FAVOR OF A BLACK LIVE MUSIC FUN, AND REALLY JUST KIND OF CRITICIZED AND, AND MADE IT SEEM LIKE BLACK PEOPLE WERE SOMEHOW SEPARATING THEMSELVES.
UM, WE, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO LOOK, WE HAVE TO LOOK DEEPER INTO THE WAYS IN WHICH, UM, A BIAS, A STRONG BIAS IS LEVIED AGAINST A PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE HISTORICALLY IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY ON THAT, BUT, UM, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT I WANT TO SAY, BUT, UM, IN TERMS OF THE SYSTEMIC RACISM WORKING GROUP, UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING, I GUESS IT'S BEEN ABOUT THREE OR FOUR WEEKS.
AND, UM, AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING THE GROUP.
SO WE DISCUSSED, UM, SOME PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING IN.
I THINK IF ANY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE LAB THAT NEXT COMMUNITY ARE INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF A SYSTEMIC RACISM, WORKING GROUP, ANY OF THOSE FOLKS THAT TALK THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER EVERYBODY, BUT I KNOW ALEX
UM, THESE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AS A COMMUNITY.
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UM, UH, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR VOICE IN THERE, BUT WE MADE SUGGESTION AS TO PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO BRING IN.I DON'T HAVE THE, UM, THE MISSION STATEMENT THAT WE CREATED OUT OF ANYONE ELSE.
IF SOMEONE LIKE SOMEONE CAN CHIME IN WITH THAT AND READ THAT WE, UH, WE I'VE GOT, I CAN READ THAT NORMALIZE THE, UH, MISSION STATEMENT, UM, THIS, UM, FRIDAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING, YOU KNOW, JUST DISCUSSING WHO WE REACHED OUT TO AND WHO WAS CONFIRMED WITH INTERESTED.
UM, IF ANY OF THE, THE COMMISSION MEMBERS HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR PEOPLE THEY THINK SHOULD BE A PART OF THAT, UM, GROUP, THEN, YOU KNOW, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
UM, ANYONE ELSE CAN CHIME IN RIGHT NOW.
I GOT SO MUCH SWELLING IN MY BRAIN RIGHT NOW THAT, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I CAN PRESENT RIGHT NOW.
UH, I'LL JUST JUMP IN REALLY QUICK.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE SHORT ON TIME, SO I'LL BE BRIEF, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE MISSION STATEMENT THAT THE GROUP CREATED.
UM, AND IT IS THE SYSTEMIC RACISM WORKING GROUP SEEKS TO ADDRESS STRUCTURAL AND EQUITY AND RACIAL INEQUALITY AND AUSTIN'S MUSIC COMMUNITY THROUGH PUBLIC DISCOURSE, DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING AND POLICY CHANGE BY MEN OF AUSTIN'S MUSIC ECONOMY, THROUGH THE LENS OF RACE AND HISTORIC LACK OF SUPPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
WE INTEND TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROTECT REPAIR AND BUILD A MORE DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE MUSIC SCENE.
THIS COMMITTEE IS RESOLVED TO DIVE DEEPLY INTO THE VARIOUS WAYS THAT RES SHAPES POLICY AND OPPORTUNITY AT ALL LEVELS OF THE AUSTIN MUSIC INDUSTRY, ANY NEWS ORGANIZATIONS AND FESTIVALS.
UM, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT I'VE BEEN HAVING SOME REALLY THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO EXPAND THE GROUP.
I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC WILL BE REALLY PLEASED AT THE, THE DIVERSE GROUP, UM, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, CULTURALLY PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE, UH, DIVERSITY OF AGE.
UM, SO, UH, WE ALSO ARE PLANNING TO AT SOME POINT HAVE A PORTAL, UM, FOR AN ONLINE APPLICATION.
SO IF THERE'S ANYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT OF, OR, BUT THAT'S VERY INTERESTED, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO US.
UM, AND THEN NEXT STEPS WILL BE TO, YOU KNOW, EXAMINE SOME SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT WE THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS, BREAK THOSE DOWN INTO SECTIONS AND THEN CREATE A COMMUNITY SURVEY, WHICH CAN THEN, UM, REALLY INFORM HOW WE WORK AS A CITY STAFF AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, SO WE WANT TO APPROACH THINGS REALLY METHODICALLY, THOUGHTFULLY.
UM, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE OFF TO A REALLY GOOD START SAY AGAIN, SIR.
AND THANK YOU SHAKA FOR, FOR A YEAR UPDATE AS WELL.
UM, WITH THAT, JUST TO GET THERE, OUR BRIEFINGS IN, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON IF WE CAN, UM, TO,
[2.c. Discussion and Possible Action following Update on Music Disaster Relief Fund by Stephanie Bergara, Artist and Industry Development, Music & Entertainment, Economic Development Department.]
TO SEE DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION FOLLOWING UPDATE ON MUSIC DISASTER FUND BY STEPHANIE ROGAR ARTISTS, INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT, MUSIC, AND ENTERTAINMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME AND SEE ME? YES.
HI, STEPHANIE, BUT GOT A CITY OF AUSTIN MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION ARTISTS AND MINISTRY DEVELOPMENT.
I HAVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON MUSIC, DISASTER RELIEF FUND.
UM, WE ARE AWAITING A COUPLE OF APPROVALS AND FINALIZATIONS, BUT WE WILL BE, UM, REOPENING THE MUSIC DISASTER RELIEF FUND IN THE COMING DAYS, UH, WITH SOME UPDATED ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
SO, UH, WE WILL KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP ON THAT, BUT, UM, WE'RE JUST WAITING ON A COUPLE OF APPROVALS SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS, UH, W WHEN WE'RE READY TO DISCUSS THE DETAILS ON THAT.
UM, IN REAL TIME, YOU GUYS CAN SEE UPDATES ON VIA A DASHBOARD THAT OUR CALL, OUR WONDERFUL COLLEAGUE, CASEY SMITH HAS ESTABLISHED VIA ATX RECOVERS.ORG.
YOU CAN SEE IN REAL TIME A NUMBER OF WAYS IN WHICH THAT FUNDING IS ALLOCATED TOSSED INTO MUSIC COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, FORTHCOMING, YOU GUYS CAN SEE UPDATED ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
WE'RE HOPING TO CAST A WIDER NET AND REACH MORE MUSICIANS WITH, UH, THESE UPDATES.
UM, AM I CORRECT THAT, UH, THE UPDATED CRITERIA IS NOT AVAILABLE YET, AND THAT'LL JUST NOT JUST, NOT JUST YET.
WE'LL HAVE THE IT'S FORTHCOMING AS SOON AS WE GET TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE, IT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO YOU GUYS.
UH, WE'LL GO TO TWO D DISCUSSION
[2.d. Discussion and Possible Action following Update on Creative Space Disaster Relief Program by Kim McCarson, Economic and Business Liaison, Music & Entertainment Division, Economic Development Department.]
POSSIBLE ACTION FOLLOWING UPDATE ON CREATIVE SPACE, DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM BY KIM MCCARSON ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS LEADERS, ZONE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS.AND THIS IS KIM MCCARSON SPEAKING.
AND, UM, SO, UH, THOSE, THE PANEL, THE GRANT REVIEW PANEL IS FINALIZING THE, THEIR SCORES OR WORKING ON THAT.
WE, UH, PREDICT TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED THIS WEEK AND EXPECT THAT WE MAY BE MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT AS
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EARLY AS NEXT WEEK.UM, AND IT, UH, ANY KIND OF DATA THAT YOU MIGHT SEE IS AVAILABLE ON THE ATX RECOVERS, UH, WEBSITE THAT, UH, STEPHANIE HAD MENTIONED, AND THERE WAS ALL KINDS OF WONDERFUL INFORMATION THERE.
UM, ASIDE FROM THE FIGURES THAT I GAVE YOU AT THE LAST MEETING.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE ON THAT? WE'LL GO TO OUR FINAL
[2.e. Discussion and Possible Action following Staff Update on the $12 Million Creative Space Bond.]
ITEM TWO, EACH DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.FOLLOWING STAFF UPDATE ON THE $12 MILLION CREATIVE SPACE BOND.
DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES ON, ON THAT? HEY, EVERYBODY, IT'S ERICA.
I HAD TO CALL IN WITH MY PHONE, MY AUDIO ON MY LAPTOP.
SO, UM, UH, EDD STAFF SENT AN UPDATE TO COUNCIL LAST WEEK.
KIM HAD SENT YOU GUYS JUST A QUICK UPDATE RIGHT BEFORE THE COMMISSION MEETING, UH, REFERENCING THAT, UH, THAT MEMO.
SO PLEASE GO AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT MEMO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.
IT SITS VERY, UH, DETAILED, UH, IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS.
UM, CHRISTINE MCGUIRE WITH REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION IS LEADING THIS PROCESS FOR EDD AND, UM, I'M SURE AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG IN THE PROCESS, SHE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT A FUTURE MEETING.
UM, AND, UH, I APOLOGIZE THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE TO RUSH THROUGH THESE, THESE UPDATES SO QUICKLY AT THE END OF THESE 90 MINUTE MEETINGS ARE, AS WE ALL KNOW, VERY, VERY CHALLENGING.
AND SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING AS FAR AS THAT GOES, UH, WITH THAT WE CAN GO TO FUTURE AGENDA
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
ITEMS. SO YOU WON'T HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO ADD TO OUR NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA, WHICH I WILL ASSUME WOULD BE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.HOPEFULLY YOU CAN REMAIN OPTIMISTIC ON THAT.
WE'LL DEFINITELY CHECK IN WHEN WE'RE DONE HERE.
I MEAN, I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.
WE'LL DEFINITELY CHECK IN FOR YA.
ANY THING ANYBODY WANTS TO ADD TO THE NEXT AGENDA? SO THE SYSTEMIC RACISM WORKING GROUP, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE ANOTHER UPDATE.
DO WE PRETTY MUCH JUST WANT ALL OF THE AGENDA ITEMS FROM TODAY CARRIED OVER THAT'S REASONABLE.
ANYBODY WANT TO SECOND TIME, SO MOTION OR IS MARGIE GOING TO BE STILL BE WITH US? YES.
SO, UH, YEAH, FOUR TO A, TO BE REPEATED AND THE, TO BE, AND CHARLOTTE MENTIONED, UM, AND WE MIGHT AS WELL SEE D OR B A, B, C, D, AND E AS WELL.
ANY ISSUES THERE? WE HAVE MOTION.
DO WE HAVE SECOND KEVIN'S SECONDS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.