[CALL TO ORDER]
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WHEN THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT A THREE OH TWO ARTS COMMISSION ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 HERE VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE, UH, JUST A REMINDER TO KEEP OUR LINES MUTED UNTIL WE ARE GOING TO SPEAK.
UH, JUST SO WE CAN HAVE A CLEAR RECORDING, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO KNOW, BUT WE ARE BEING BROADCAST ON ATX AND TO, UM, THEY'RE HOLDING ATX ONE AS FOR EMERGENCY, UM, COMMUNICATIONS TODAY.
UM, SO THAT, UH, WANT TO DO ROLL.
AND SO LET'S SEE, WE'LL START WITH, UH, DISTRICT ONE.
COMMISSIONER KEATON IS HERE, UH, DISTRICT TO MYSELF.
I'M I'M HERE DISTRICT THREE, UH, COMMISSIONER GAZA.
UH, FOR AS COMMISSIONER BARNS ON THE LINE YET, UH, FIVE IS COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE, AND HE'S NOT ON THE LINE.
UM, THIS IS WHERE I START TO FORGET WHICH, WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHICH BECOME DISTRICT SIX COMMISSIONER FONTES HERE.
UH, SEVEN IS OUR MTC, OUR VACANTS FEET, EIGHT COMMISSIONER LISMAN IS HERE.
NINE IS A COMMISSIONER FLORES SHE'S HERE.
AND THEN COUNCIL'S 10 COMMISSION, A MOM, AND, UH, SHE'S HERE AND, UH, MAYORS APPOINT A COMMISSIONER POLGAR SO WE HAVE A STAFF.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT WE STILL HAVE NO, UH, CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS ON THE LINE? IT LOOKS LIKE NO ONE HAS CALLED IN.
SO WE WILL MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH THE NEXT ITEM
[2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES, MOTION TO APPROVE BY POLGAR SECONDED BY FLORES INNER CORRUPTION.UH, UH, UH, I BELIEVE ANN MARIE SAID THAT THE
AND MARIE, DID YOU GET, GET THAT EDIT CORRECTION? THANK YOU BESIDE MYSELF, BUT THANK YOU.
AND JUST A REMINDER, EVERYONE TO KEEP YOUR LINE MUTED, UNLESS YOU'RE SPEAKING HAD SOME BACKGROUND NOISE THERE WHILE COMMISSIONER FLORES WAS SPEAKING.
UM, SO THAT WAS ONE, ONE EDIT.
I BELIEVE THERE WAS ANOTHER EDIT REGARDING, UM, THE WORKING GROUPS.
UH, I WANTED CLARIFICATION FROM, FROM STAFF.
UH, THE MINUTES DID REFLECT THE VOTE IN THE CONVERSATION, UM, THE EQUITY RESOURCES WORKING GROUP.
COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE WILL, DID WANT TO BE THE CHAIR OF THE, UH, TOWN CENTERS WORKING GROUP, AND ALSO IS NOT ON THE EQUITY RESOURCES WORKING GROUP.
AND INSTEAD, UH, MYSELF AND OR COMMISSIONER POLO, GAR WILL BE ON THAT.
UM, SO I WASN'T SURE LIKE, BECAUSE THAT DECISION WAS SORT OF CLARIFIED AFTER THE MEETING AND NOT DURING LIKE, SHOULD THE MEETING MINUTES REFLECT THE CONVERSATION OR THE CORRECTED, UH, MEMBERSHIP OF THOSE WORKING GROUPS.
UM, I THINK IT SHOULD REFLECT WHAT WAS APPROVED IF I CAN MAKE THE UPDATED WORK IN GROUP NOTES FOR FUTURE AGENDAS.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS ALL THE EDITS THAT WE HAD.
JUST THE EDITS FROM, FROM COMMISSIONER FLORES.
UH, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, WE'LL PASS ON CONSENT, SEEING NO OBJECTIONS PASSES.
UM, SO NEXT UP WE HAVE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, UH, FROM
[3a. State Legislative Update – Brie Franco, Intergovernmental Relations Officer, City of Austin]
A STATE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE BY BREE FRANCO.UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
I'M THE, UH, LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR OFFICER.
IN A GOVERNMENT RELATIONS OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY, UM, ON THE STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE UPCOMING TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
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UH, WE'RE NOW IN AUGUST, ALMOST IN SEPTEMBER.SO WE'RE NOT THAT FAR AWAY FROM THAT STARTING IN JANUARY.
I'D LIKE TO ASK IF, UH, THE STAFF COULD PLEASE PULL UP MY POWERPOINT.
THAT'S CALLED 87TH LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE GROUP.
AND IF WE COULD START ON SLIDE TWO, THE STAFF CAN CONFIRM WHAT SETS UP FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, SO I LIKE TO SHOW THIS SLIDE TO EVERYBODY.
THIS ISN'T 10 YEAR, LOOK BACK OVER THE NUMBER OF BILLS THAT GO THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE.
UM, AND I WANT YOU TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THAT TOP LINE AND MY SPENDING AND COMPARE IT TO THAT BOTTOM LINE IN 2019.
AND WE'LL SEE, THAT HAS INCREASED ABOUT 1500 TOTAL NUMBER OF BILLS PASSED HAS ACTUALLY DECREASED SLIGHTLY.
WE ALWAYS SAY IT'S HARDER TO PASS THE BILL THAN IT IS TO KILL A BILL IN THE LEGISLATURE.
THAT'S HOW THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED.
UM, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TOTAL NUMBER OF CITY RELATED BILLS, THAT NUMBER HAS JUMPED SUBSTANTIALLY.
IT ALMOST REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE OVERALL INCREASE OF 1500 BILLS.
AND THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE BILLS DON'T HELP CITIES, UH, DO WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.
THEY'RE VERY MUCH ABOUT PREEMPTING CITIES AND RESTRICTING THE ABILITY OF CITIES TO DO THE WORK THAT THEIR RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED THEM.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF CITY RELATED BILLS THAT HAVE PASSED AGAIN, THERE'S BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF THAT.
AND ON THE SIDE, YOU'LL SEE TWO BULLETS THAT SUMMARIZE THAT INCREASE OF ABOUT 182 MORE CITY RELATED BILLS HAVE PASSED IN THAT 10 YEARS ALONE.
SO WE, WE FACE THE CLIMATE OF HAVING TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF LEGISLATION AND HAVE VERY DEFENSIVE MODE.
UM, I KNOW THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS OFTEN SEEKING, UM, NEW LEGISLATION INITIATIVES, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I WISH I COULD SPEND MORE TIME ON THAT AT THE SAME TIME.
OUR OFFICE DOES HAVE TO DEDICATE A LOT OF TIME TO JUST, UM, KILLING BAD BILLS.
SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE SLIDE THREE.
UM, THIS SLIDE SHOULD SHOW YOU ALSO A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE DEAL WITH DURING SESSION, UH, SESSION BILL FILING, WE'LL SEE, NOVEMBER EARLY NOVEMBER SESSION WILL START IN JANUARY, BUT THEY HAVE UP UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF MARCH TO FILE BILLS.
AND AS YOU SEE ON THAT, HER SCHOOL AT LAST SESSION, THEY FILED ABOUT 4,000 BILLS JUST IN THE LAST 10 DAYS OF THE BILL FILING.
AND SO MY DEPARTMENT HAS TO GO THROUGH ALL THOSE BILLS, ANALYZE THEM, ASK ALL THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO HELP US ANALYZE THEM AND DETERMINE OUR LEGISLATIVE RESPONSE.
WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO HAVE HEARINGS.
SO IT'S A VERY CHAOTIC, UM, SCHEDULE.
AND I THINK SOME OF YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT, BUT THIS JUST GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WHAT THAT'S LIKE, UM, IN ACTUAL NUMBERS.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TALKS ABOUT THE UPCOMING ELECTION AND WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT A BLUE WAVE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE MAY LOOK LIKE, OR MAY NOT.
I DON'T, UM, WORK ON CAMP HAD NEVER WORKED ON CAMPAIGN HAIR PROGNOSTICATE ON THAT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU TWO THINGS THAT AREN'T GOING TO CHANGE, AND THAT'S WHY THAT THE GOVERNOR SEAT WON'T CHANGE, BUT I DOUBT IT WILL STILL BE OUR GOVERNOR.
AND HE HAS GONE ON RECORD ON SAYING THAT HE THINKS THE STATE PREEMPTING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IS A SUPERIOR APPROACH.
UM, HE, IN FACT, THE ONLY SET SPECIAL SESSION HE'S EVER CALLED, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF, UM, MAJOR EVENTS IN TEXAS THAT OTHER GOVERNORS MIGHT CONSIDER CALLING A SPECIAL SESSION FOR THERE.
THERE WAS THE SHOOTING IN SANTA FE, OUTSIDE OF HOUSTON.
THERE HAVE BEEN THE PAM DAMMIT AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A SPECIAL SESSION CALLED ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS, BUT THE ONE SPECIAL SESSION HE HAS CALLED SO FAR, HE PUT 10 ITEMS ON THAT CALL THAT DEALT WITH CITIES AND RELATED TO ISSUES LIKE TREES AND TREE ORDINANCES AND PERMITTING AND SO FORTH.
SO HE IS VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT WE DO AS A CITY.
AND THE NEXT SIDE, PLEASE, TO STAFF WE'RE ON SLIDE FIVE.
ALSO, PATRICK WILL CONTINUES TO BE THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND CONTROL THE TEXAS SENATE.
AND SO THAT'S ALSO HASN'T CHANGED.
UM, AND AGAIN, HE'S GONE ON RECORD TO SAY THAT HE SEES THIS FIGHT WITH CITIES AS A REPUBLICAN VERSUS DEMOCRAT SIDE.
UM, AND HE ALSO LEADS ON VERY, UM, HEAVY ANTISEMITIC.
NEXT SLIDE SLIDE SIX IS, UM, WE WILL HAVE A NEW SPEAKER.
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PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH IT.THE CURRENT SPEAKER, THE SPOT AND WHAT'S CAUGHT ON WAS RECORDED BY A MEMBER OF A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ASKING THAT COMMITTEE TO ATTACK MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY WHO HAD VOTED AGAINST A BILL AFFECTING CITIES THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE.
AND, UM, THESE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS HE SAID IN THAT RECORDING ABOUT CITIES, ABOUT MAYORS AND COUNTY JUDGES THAT MET WITH HIM WERE DUMB ASSES.
AND I'M QUOTING HIM THOSE, AREN'T MY WORDS.
UM, AND SO WE'RE COMING OFF OF THAT TONE, BUT THERE WILL BE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
BY SEVEN, THERE WILL BE A NEW SPEAKER.
THAT WILL BE THE FIRST THING THAT HOUSE WILL HAVE TO DO WHEN THEY COME TO ORDER.
UM, WE'LL HAVE THE ELECTION RESULTS.
WE'LL SEE IF THE NEW SPEAKER WILL BE FROM THE DEMOCRAT PARTY OR THE REPUBLICAN, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SPECIAL SESSIONS CAUSE WE'RE, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO DO WITH DISTRICT DEAN AND THE NUMBER FROM THE FENCES WON'T BE AVAILABLE IN TIME FOR THEM TO DO THAT DURING THE REGULAR SESSION.
UM, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH SCHOOL FINANCE AGAIN, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM THE BUDGET, THEY ALREADY SET UP A SYSTEM THAT WORKED HIM TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO DEAL WITH IT THIS SESSION.
AND NOW WITH THE BUDGET WARS THAT THE NATION HAS SEEN FROM THE PANDEMIC, MAKE THAT ISSUE MORE DIFFICULT AND WILL AFFECT ALL THE OTHER, THE REST OF THE STATE BUDGET AS WELL.
SO IT WILL BE WHAT'S CALLED A BUDGET SESSION ALSO PUT ON HERE.
AND WE ALSO DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SESSION WILL LOOK LIKE WITH A PANDEMIC.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THE WHOLE CARING REMOTELY, WE DON'T KNOW YET.
IF THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED VOTING REMOTELY, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY'RE NOT LET IN THE CAPITOL, IF AT ALL, UM, THESE THINGS ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE.
AND SO WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT THIS SESSION'S GONNA LOOK LIKE BECAUSE OF THOSE FACTORS.
I DO THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GROWER SESSION.
I DO THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE LESS BILLS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE THE LESS BAD BILLS HAD THOSE OVERALL THAT GO THROUGH THE GETTY HEARING AND GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, EVERY SESSION I GO TO COUNCIL AND I PUT THIS PYRAMID IN FRONT OF THEM AND I SAY, HERE'S THE ISSUES.
THE LEGISLATURE IS ALREADY THE FINE THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
UM, AND ALL OF THESE ISSUES ARE VERY DEFENSIVE.
UM, SO RIGHT OFF THE TOP, WE HAVE, WHAT'S CALLED SUPER PREEMPTION.
THERE'S BEEN A GROWING EFFORT AT THE LEGISLATURE CAN SAY, UNLESS YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED CITIES, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO REGULATE IN AN AREA.
UM, RIGHT NOW, IF A STATE DOESN'T SPEAK TO IT, CASE LAW AND, AND LAWS, THE CITIES CAN REGULATE IN THOSE AREAS.
WELL, THIS BILL WOULD SAY, NO, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ACT BY COUNTY AND YOU'LL HAVE TO COME GET PERMISSION FROM US EACH TIME, EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO LET US LEGISLATE ON ANYTHING OR AN ACT ORDINANCES AND AREAS THAT AREN'T SPECIFICALLY ALREADY GIVEN TO YOU THAT WOULD HAVE AFFECTED A NUMBER OF THINGS.
THE CITIES DO, EVEN THINGS RELATED TO, UM, REGULATING, YOU KNOW, FOOD CONTROL AT RESTAURANTS, OR EVEN SAY CARE, QUALITY, UM, EVEN BILLBOARD SIGNAGE, IT JUST IT'LL RUN THE GAMBIT OF THINGS.
UM, BUT THAT BILL HAS BEEN FILED THE LAST TWO SESSIONS AND, AND GOT A HEARING IN THE HOUSE LAST SESSION, DIDN'T MAKE IT TO GOD OUT OF THE SENATE, GOT TO THE HOUSE, GOT A HEARING, DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE HOUSE FLOOR, BUT, UM, IT'S OUT THERE.
UM, YOU ALSO SEE, AND I'M SURE YOU'RE WATCHING IN THE MEDIA, THERE'S A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND THE MAYORS OVER WHAT THE MAYOR NAN COUNTY JUDGES CAN DO WITH COVID RIGHT NOW, WHETHER THEY COULD HAVE MASS ORDINANCES OR SHE SAID, WE COULDN'T NOW, THEN HE SAID HE COULD.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND THEN THERE'S BEEN AN ELEMENT OF HIS PARTY ATTACKING HIM FOR ALLOWING SOME OF THOSE THINGS TO GO IN PLACE.
AND THEY WANT TO HAVE PREEMPTION TO NOT ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE IN THIS AREA, EVEN THOUGH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A NUMBER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS.
AND THAT'S WHY THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS THE LEAD AUTHORITY FOR US ON THIS ISSUE.
BUT WE WILL SEE COVID PREEMPTION LEGISLATION.
WE WILL SEE LEGISLATION PROPERLY AGAIN, RELATED TO EMPLOYEES, RIGHTS AND BENEFITS.
AND THOSE ARE ISSUES RELATED TO THINGS LIKE PATE SICKLY.
IT'S ALSO OUR NONDISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE.
YOU GUYS PROBABLY REMEMBER NOT TOO LONG AGO, DAN PATRICK REALLY WANTED THAT BATHROOM BILL, UM, AND THAT AFFECTED OUR NONDISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE.
UM, AND THEN LAST SESSION, HE WANTED TO HAVE SIMILAR LANGUAGE PUT ON THE PAGE FISCALLY FILL, WHICH WOULD HAVE AFFECTED OUR NONDISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT NEW WAY THEY'LL TRY TO ATTACK THOSE RIGHTS.
UM, THERE'S ALSO BEEN A TAX ON OUR ABILITY TO RESOLVE.
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I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO THE NO CITY LOGGING IN A MINUTE.UM, ALSO OUR ABILITY TO REGULATE WHAT'S CALLED THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION THAT AFFECTS OUR WATER QUALITY.
UM, WE HAVE A TAX ON OFTEN ENERGY AND OFTEN WATER BY BY FOLKS WHO WANT TO BE REGULATE THEM AND PRIVATIZED THEM, TAKE THEM AWAY FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TAKE THEM AWAY FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TAXPAYERS AND RATE WOULD'VE INVESTED IN THOSE UTILITIES.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO PRIVATIZE THEM OR PUT THEM UNDER MORE STATE CONTROL.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S LEGISLATION ON HOW WE'RE GOING, HOW WE MANAGE, HOW WE RAISE REVENUE.
THERE WAS LEGISLATION FILED LAST THAT LIMITS THAT.
AND THEN EVEN MORE RECENTLY, UM, THERE WAS, THERE'S BEEN A COMMENTS BY THE GOVERNOR ABOUT WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE WITH THE POLICE BUDGET.
HE WANTS LEGISLATION FILED THAT WOULDN'T LIMIT THE ABILITY OF CITIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES TO MAKE CHOICES ON THEIR LOCAL BUDGET.
AND THEN LASTLY, THERE WAS A BILL LAST SESSION THAT, UM, GOT OUT OF THE SENATE, GOT THROUGH THE BACK TO THE HOUSE FLOOR AND, AND GOT VOTED DOWN ON A HOUSE FLOOR VOTE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, THAT'S RARE THAT THAT RARELY HAPPENS, BUT WHAT THIS BILL WOULD HAVE DONE, IT WOULD HAVE REALLY LIMITED HOW CITIES CAN PETITION THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
AND WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? IT WOULD HAVE LIMITED US IN TWO WAYS, AND I HOPE WE'RE ONSITE EIGHT.
I'M SORRY IF I HAVE NOT KEPT UP, BUT, UM, IT WOULD HAVE LIMITED IT BY SAYING ONE, UH, CITY OFFICIALS COULD ONLY SPEAK AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE IF THEY WERE ASKED A QUESTION BY A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, OR IF THEY'RE INVITED BY A COMMITTEE TO TESTIFY.
SO RIGHT NOW WHEN THEY OPEN UP PUBLIC TESTIMONY, PUBLIC MEANS EVERYONE AND ANYONE, BUT THIS BILL WOULD HAVE LIMITED THAT, THAT IT WAS BEEN BY INVITATION ONLY.
UM, AND THEN IT HAD ALSO SAY THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE A LOBBY TEAM.
I DO HAVE A LOBBY TEAM FOR BOTH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL.
UM, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS A NUMBER OF BILLS.
WE HAVE TO COVER A NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES WE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO.
AND HONESTLY THIS JOB CAN'T BE DONE WITHOUT THAT.
UM, OUR LOBBY TEAM IS A VERY SMALL COMPARISON TO SOME OF THE PRIVATE INTERESTS IN CORPORATION.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE THOSE THINGS AND THEY WANTED TO SAY THAT WE CAN NO LONGER HAVE THAT EITHER.
SO IT WOULD, UM, SEVERELY LIMIT HOW CITIES COULD, WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THROUGH, ON WHAT THEIR RESIDENTS WANT, COULD THEN PETITION THE GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT THOSE INTERESTS.
SO HOW DO WE DEVELOP THE LEGACY OF IT? UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE, WE START WITH COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS THAT HAVE PASSED THROUGH THE PAST TWO YEARS AND ALSO, UH, OTHER PRIORITY ITEMS THAT THEY'VE DISCUSSED.
UM, WE GET, UH, REVIEW AND INPUT FROM DEPARTMENTS.
I'M SEEKING INPUT FROM YOU ALL RIGHT NOW.
SO I'M HERE TODAY TO, UM, GIVE YOU A LINK TO WHERE THE AGENDA IS, ASK YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
I'M GONNA HAVE SOME SLIDES HERE IN A MINUTE.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, GET YOUR INPUT ON THE LANGUAGE AND THE AGENDA.
UM, WE ALSO TALKED TO OUR DELEGATION ABOUT THE AGENDA, AND THEN WE TAKE IT UP.
UM, THE AGENDA COVERS A WIDE AMOUNT OF ISSUES, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS IS JUST SOME OF THEM, UM, ON SLICE HEN.
AND SO IT COVERS EVERYTHING THAT CITIES DO THAT YOU WOULD THINK OF LIKE OUR LIBRARIES ON PARKTOWN SERVICES, BUT ALSO ISSUES RELATED TO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, LIKE HEALTH ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND SO FORTH.
UH, HERE'S SOME STATEMENTS ON THE AGENDA THAT JUST GENERALLY GOES TO PRINCIPLES OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
UM, SO THAT WE, I ASKED THE STATEMENTS TO BE BROKEN.
I DON'T LIKE THE AGENDA TO HAVE THEIR SPECIFIC BILLS IN THERE BECAUSE WE NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL CHANGE, WHETHER OUR BILL BECOMES AN AMENDMENT, WHETHER A BILL ITSELF CHANGES, BUT WE STILL GENERALLY WANT TO OPPOSE IT OR SUPPORT IT.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE SLIDE 12.
THESE ARE THE BULLETS THOUGH THAT ARE IN THE AGENDA THAT I THINK BIG TO THE GOALS OF THE ARTS COMMISSION OF YOUR COMMISSION.
AND WE DO SUPPORT LEGISLATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, SUPPORTS THE AUSTIN CREATIVE SECTOR AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT, OR SEVERAL ORDINANCES SO THAT WE ALREADY INCLUSIVE COMMITTEE FOR ALL, UM, LEGISLATION THAT PROMOTES EQUITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING PAY EDUCATION, HOUSING, AND THEN ALSO SUPPORTING LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS US OR ENHANCES OUR ABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY TO USE EXISTING REVENUES.
AND SO IN THIS AREA, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THAT WOULD BE THE HOTEL TAX.
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UM, NEXT SLIDE.SO GOING FORWARD, UM, I, LIKE I SAID, I'M, I'M ASKING YOU TO REVIEW THE, UM, AGENDA.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS AND IDEAS, THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS YOU CAN COMMUNICATE THAT YOU CAN EITHER PASS THE RESOLUTION AS YOU GUYS ARE USED TO DOING.
YOU ALSO CAN SPEAK INDIVIDUALLY TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT YOU, WHOSE DISTRICTS YOU LIVE IN OR REPRESENT.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT ME WITH YOUR THOUGHTS TOO, AS WELL DIRECTLY.
MY EMAIL IS AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, I'M GONNA TAKE THE AGENDA, THE COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 17TH FOR THEIR APPROVAL, BUT THE AGENDA IS A LIVING BREATHING DOCUMENT THAT CAN BE AMENDED AT ANY TIME.
SO I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING RIGHT UP ON THAT DEADLINE, BUT PLEASE DON'T LET THAT STOP YOU FROM OFFERING INPUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO SO.
CAUSE THAT'S NOT A DEADLINE TO SAY NO NEW ADDITIONS CAN BE MADE OR CHANGES.
I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED THROUGHOUT SESSION LAST SESSION, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ON THE COMMISSION, WE SEND OUT EMAILS, UPDATING EVERYBODY, WILL WE PLAN TO DO THE SAME THIS SESSION? AND THEN ALSO I MAY COME BACK TO YOU MYSELF, ASKING FOR MY OWN RESOLUTION ABOUT SUPPORTING THE AGENDA AND THE CITIES.
I USE SOME, A LOBBY TEAM TO ADVOCATE AT THE CAPITOL.
WE KNOW THAT NO CITY LOBBYING BILL IS GOING TO BE FILED AGAIN AND SUPPORTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
AND, UM, SO I MIGHT NEED YOUR GUYS' HELP ON THAT.
AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME COMMISSIONER.
HELLO? OKAY, MS. BREE, I CAN HEAR YOU.
MY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I READ ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR AND THE NEW LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S, UH, INTENTION TO CAP OUR REVENUE.
I MEAN THE CITY'S AVENUE BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE SOUL CITY THAT IS, UH, CUTTING THE BUDGET OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT, I THINK AT THIS POINT.
SO MY, MY QUESTION IS, UM, IT IS GOING TO AFFECT THE GENERAL FUND, RIGHT? SO, UH, OUR CULTURAL DIVISION, I FUNDED BY THE, BY THE GENERAL FUND.
SO SHOULD, SHOULD THE GOVERNOR AND THE NEW TENANT GOVERNOR TRIED TO CAP OUT REVENUE.
YOU THINK THAT AFFECTED THE STAFF, THE MAKEUP OF THE STAFF? I MEAN, IS IT A REAL THREAT THERE? I MEAN, I'M JUST WORRIED.
SO LET ME TAKE US A STEP BACK, BUT THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ALREADY CAST OUR REVENUE LAST SESSION BY PUTTING IN THE 3.5 CAP, THEY ALREADY DID THAT.
UM, AND THE TRUTH IS THERE, THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF ART FUNDING OR FUNDING FOR LIBRARIES IN PART.
LET ME JUST BE FRANK ABOUT THAT.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LEGISLATION THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, I FIND IT INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR HAS PUT DPS MUNDANE IN THE PAST.
UM, I'LL FIND IT NOW, WE'LL SEE HOW THEY APPROACH IT.
AND EVEN THOUGH THE FUNDING WAS TAKEN FROM APB, IT'S BILL AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS, SO PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING WASN'T IN AUSTIN.
UM, BUT NONETHELESS, THEY ARE GOING TO FILE SOMETHING.
I EXPECT THEM TO BE TRUE, THEIR WORK.
AND, UM, WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT THAT LINK ON THAT LAST SLIDE WILL BE SHARED WITH US VIA EMAIL OR SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN ACCESS IT LATER.
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? UH, THAT LINK THAT WAS ON THE LAST SLIDE, UH, THAT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSION, UM, PROBABLY VIA EMAIL SO WE CAN, UH, ACCESS THE AGENDA AND, AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
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YEAH.I CAN SEND YOU THE COMMISSION, THE PRESENTATION WITH THAT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FLORES.
UM, UH, HAVE I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY? YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, SUPPORT YOUR, UH, UH, THE LEGISLATION HERE YOU'RE PROPOSING.
UH, IS THAT, I MEAN, I ASSUME THAT WE JUST WOULD DO THAT VIA A RECOMMENDATION TO OUR, TO CITY COUNCIL THAT WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT MEASURE.
IS THAT THE PROPER PROCESS AND PROTOCOL? YEAH.
SO IT ACTUALLY BE OPPOSING THE LEGISLATION AND, UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ALL ON A DRAFT RESOLUTION TO THAT EFFECT AND FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER.
AND THEN OF COURSE, IF YOU WANT TO EDIT IT OR MAINTAIN THIS, WE CAN WORK ON IT FROM THERE.
BUT WE WOULDN'T BE MAKING OUR RESOLUTION TO CITY COUNCIL, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T GO AROUND.
SO IT WOULD BE THE SAME PROCESS FOR ANY LEGISLATION WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL TO EITHER SUPPORT OR OPPOSE A PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION, CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, FOR BRI? UH, SEEING NONE, UH, THANK YOU, BREE FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, WHEN WE GET THAT LINK, THE SLIDE DECK, WE'LL PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK AND WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.
UH, ANNE MARIE, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE JOINED US AT SOME POINT DURING THAT PRESENTATION, MAKE SURE THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE MEETINGS MINUTES.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA, UM, OUR CASIO, I HAVE IT SET IN THE MINUTES.
UM, NEXT PRESENTATION, UH, LULEA ROSA, UH, CITY HALL STAFF IS THERE.
WE HAVE A SPEAKER ON THE LINE.
SO SPEAKER, MAKE SURE TO UNMUTE YOUR PHONE, THAT YOU LILLIA.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU ONLINE? WE DON'T HEAR YOU IF YOUR FIGURE ON THE LINE WITH US.
AND THIS IS FOR A, THE BUDGET UPDATE, RIGHT? THIS IS, UH, ITEM THREE, B O THREE B.
UH, I THINK IF, IF THE COMMISSION IS OKAY, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO, UNTIL WE GET CONFIRMATION THAT SHE IS ONLINE.
[3c. Peter Ortiz, Visual Artist]
WE GET CONFIRMATION THAT PETER OR TEAS WOULD, WOULD BE SPEAKING TODAY PRESENTING TODAY? YES.WAS THAT, WAS THAT CITY HALL STAFF OR, OR WAS THAT PETER
UM, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO, UH, TO GIVE US TO SPEAK TO US TODAY.
UH, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AND I WANT TO THANK UP FOR THIS INVITATION.
UM, I, UM, I BELIEVE MY PURPOSE HERE IS TO ACTUALLY SPEAK ABOUT THE, THE, UM, ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES, PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
UM, IT'S BEEN, UH, UM, QUITE A JOURNEY IT'S BEEN INFORMATIVE.
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ARE, UM, UM, WE HAVE A COHORT OF FORM ARTISTS THAT HAVE, UM, PRETTY MUCH I'M NEW TO ALL OF THIS.AND, UH, BUT, UH, I WISH TO SHARE THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF WHAT Y'ALL HAVE CREATED HERE, UM, WITH THE, UM, ALLOWING, UM, THE, WELL, THE, THE, UM, UM, PEOPLE WHO, UH, STAKEHOLDERS, THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE, UM, INVOLVED IN HAVING US CRAIG, UH, PROJECTS, UH, ART PROJECTS FOR THE NEWMAN COMPETENCE, RECREATIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH IT'S UM, IT'S A PLACE THAT'S VERY DEAR TO A LOT OF US HERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WAS, UH, PRETTY MUCH BORN AND RAISED HERE.
UM, AND, UM, THAT, UH, IT'S GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOICE AND TO REFLECT WHAT IT IS THAT, UH, WE, UH, AS PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY HAVE, UM, UH, UM, SPEAR AGAINST AND ALSO REFLECT ON TO THE HISTORICAL PORTION OF, OF AUSTIN, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN, UM, KIND OF CAST OUT.
AND NOWADAYS WE REALIZE THAT ENCOMPASSES, UH, UH, UM, AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CITY THAT HAS HISTORY, UH, UH, BE, UM, PRIOR TO WHEN THE CAMP WAS BUILT.
UM, THE AIPP HAS, UH, PULLED TOGETHER THIS, UM, UH, GROUP OF ARTISTS THAT, UM, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE'RE PRETTY NEW, UM, NOTE SPIRIT'S REALLY WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE WHAT WE AS ARTISTS OR, UM, TRYING TO EXPRESS IN OUR CREATIVE THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES OF WHAT WE KNOW OF THIS AREA.
AND I THINK THAT WAS THE BEST PART ABOUT, UH, WORKING WITH, UH, STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH, UH, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO REFLECT THEIR THOUGHTS, THE IDEA THAT, UM, UM, THAT WE'RE BEING KNOWLEDGED, WE WERE, UM, ARCHING PUBLIC PLACES HAD, UM, UM, GAVE US A MENTOR, UH
ALSO, HE WOULD SAY HE WAS, UM, VERY SMART ENOUGH TO, TO, UM, HELP, UH, GET KEEN.
I BELIEVE IT WAS GENE GRAHAM, I THINK, UH, TO ALSO ASSIST THEM IN AND HELP US IN, IN WRITING, UM, ALL THESE TECHNICAL THINGS THAT WERE NOT, UM, WELL, FOR ME, WAS IT NORM, UM, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, WORK WITH THE PUBLIC AND, AND, AND EXECUTE, I BELIEVE.
UM, UM, THE REFLECTIVE IDEA OF WHAT MONTOPOLIS IS, THIS HAS BEEN, UM, IT'S OPENED THE DOORS FOR SOME OF US WHO WOULD HAVE NEVER ATTEMPTED, I WOULD HAVE, UM, WITHOUT THIS IDEA OF WHAT ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES HAVE DONE, I WOULD HAVE NEVER, PROBABLY NEVER WOULD HAVE APPLIED.
I, IT HAS NOW, UH, AFTER GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, IT HELPED ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IT REALLY TAKES, WHAT IT IS TO, TO, TO APPLY ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT PART OF THE PROCESS OF, OF CREATING A PIECE PIZZA BAR OR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, SO IT'S BEEN VERY INFORMATIVE, IT'LL BE LONG LASTING, UH, FOR MYSELF, UH, FOR THE FUTURE.
AND I'M SURE, UM, I'M SURE, UH, SAME FOR SOME OF THE COHORTS, UH, UH, THE COHORTS, MY ARTISTS THAT WE WORKED WITH, WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND I'M SURE SOME OF THEM WERE ALSO THINGS AS WELL, THAT, UH, THE COHORT OF OTHER ARTISTS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS THROUGH CREATING THE ART, THE, UM, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE OTHER ARTISTS TO HAVE OTHER ARTISTS THAT YOU CAN LEAN ON, UM, TO, TO, TO HELP EACH OTHER THROUGH THE PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND ALSO BOUNCE OFF YOUR IDEAS AND UNDERSTAND THE, UM,
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THE IDEA THAT WE'RE ON A MISSION TO ACHIEVE, UH, THE BEST WORK THAT WE CAN CREATE, THE, THE, WHAT IS OUR BEST RESOLUTION TO CREATE THE WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY.AND I THINK I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS PHONE THING, SO Y'ALL GOING TO HAVE TO HELP ME OUT.
WELL, IF NOT, I'LL CONTINUE SPEAKING, SO HELLO.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR US, BUT THANK YOU.
WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN HOPEFULLY ELABORATE ABOUT? I THINK THE CHAIR IS ON MUTE, BUT I SEE A HAND FROM PHILIPPE, UH, COMMISSIONER GARZA.
PETER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOUR PROGRESS OVER MANY YEARS AND I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO.
UH, WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT KIND OF BOTHERED YOU ABOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROCESS OR SOMETHING YOU THINK MAY IS MAYBE TOO FAR REACHING OR TOO TIME CONSUMING? JUST CURIOUS.
I, WELL, THE, THE IDEA, WELL, WHAT'S NOT UNDERSTANDING THE IN DEPTH NESS OF, OF, BECAUSE WHEN WE CREATE OR I'M GOING TO SPEAK FOR MYSELF AS AN ARTIST, AS A FINE ARTIST, UM, WHAT WE, WHAT I BELIEVE IS THAT, UM, I, I, WHEN I CREATE, I KIND OF CREATE, I CREATE FOR MYSELF AND I SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC, THE AMOUNT OF, OF, UH, UH, PAPERWORK LET'S SAY MAYBE, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THE, THE AMOUNT OF NEEDING TO KNOW, UM, ALL THE, UH, INFORMATION THAT, THAT, THAT IT ENTAILS IS SOMETHING NEW TO ME.
SO THAT'S HARD FOR AN ARTIST THAT IS NOT, UM, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT USED TO, UM, ALL THE PAPERWORK AND STUFF.
UM, BUT, UH, THAT'S, I THINK THAT THE HARDEST PART IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THERE, BECAUSE WHEN, UM, WHEN I CREATE, I, I CREATE AND, UH, THE, THE ACTUAL OTHER STUFF I'M GETTING TO ARE OUR MEANS OF CREATING IT'S VERY, UM, UM, IN DEPTH.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WITH THIS, UM, UM, THE, THE WHOLE, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CREATE A PIECE OF ARTWORK LIKE THIS, IT'S, IT'S, UM, VERY REWARDING.
IT'S VERY WORTH OUR TIME TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND, AND THAT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ALMOST, UH, IT'S KIND OF A DREAM FOR MANY ARTISTS.
IT'S OPENED THE DOORS FOR NOT ONLY MYSELF, BUT LIKE I SAID EARLIER, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE, WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS.
I HOPE THAT ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THIS IDEA OF, OF USING THE COHORTS AND YOUR MENTOR AND, UM, UM, IRRITATING THE ARTISTS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S JUST ENRICHMENT OF ALL THE WONDERFUL ART THAT'S OUT THERE FOR ALL THE OTHER ARTISTS THAT, UM, HAVE NOT, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE, UM, A PUBLIC PIECE UPON AT WORK.
AND I JUST THINK IT'S, UH, A GOOD THING.
ONCE AGAIN, IT'S JUST A, THE, THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OF GETTING THIS THROUGH THIS WHOLE, UM, UH, UM, JOURNEY IN A SENSE, UH, TO, TO GET TO YOUR FINAL WORK.
AND, UM, THAT'S WHEN I KIND OF THINK, I HOPE THAT WAS ENOUGH OF AN ANSWER.
I'M NOT SURE CAN, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME NOW.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR PETER OR THE COMMISSIONER KEATON? YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. DOROTHY'S MR. ORTIZ.
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I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW ARE YOU, HOW ARE YOU DOING DURING THIS PROCESS RIGHT NOW? MMM, I THINK AT THIS POINT I'M REALLY GOOD BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH THE, THE HURDLES, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW HURDLES TOO, IF WE CAN REFLECT BACK WHEN WE STARTED IN MARCH, WHEN, WHAT OUR, OUR ACCEPTANCE TIME PERIOD.UM, UM, IT, IT IT'S, I THINK, I MEAN, EVERYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE CHANGES THAT HAPPENED IN MARCH WHEN COVID HIT, BECAUSE, UM, I HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED, UH, FOR, TO HAVE, UH, UH, PEOPLE VOLUNTEER AND HELP OR EVEN GET, UH, UH, WORKERS SHOULD HELP ME BECAUSE I HAD TO REDO MY STUDIO IN CONSTRUCTION TO RAISE THE ROOF, TO PUT DOORS IN DOUBLE DOORS, TO GET THE PANELS IN AND OUT OF THAT, MY, MY STUDIO HERE, BUT WHEN COLVIN HIT, IT WAS A BIG CHALLENGE.
UM, MY FATHER IS 76 YEARS OLD.
AND, UH, SO AT THAT POINT, EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS, UM, KIND OF LIKE A POINTING, YOU KNOW, DON'T GET NEAREST, NOBODY COMBINED.
SO A LOT OF THE WORK HAD TO BE DONE BY MYSELF, UH, MOVING THESE PANELS METAL PANELS IN THE FUTURE.
YOU'LL SEE THE PANELS THAT ARE THERE, UM, FOUR BY EIGHT FOOT, THREE INCHES, UM, ALUMINUM PANELS.
SO I HAVE TO MOVE ALL OF THIS BY MYSELF.
AND SO IT WAS A LITTLE, UH, TRYING, UH, IT'S STILL, IT'S STILL A LITTLE WORK, BUT, UM, THAT WAS WORK, UH, WHERE, AND ALSO THAT I HAD PLANNED TO HAVE PEOPLE, UM, COME IN AND DO CERTAIN COLOR BLOCKING, AND THAT MEANS JUST DROPPING ONE SOLID COLOR IN FOR ME.
SO I COULD, UH, PAINT ON TOP OF ALL OF THESE THINGS I HAD TO DO BY MYSELF, WHICH, UH, UM, UM, EVEN TODAY I HA I MOVED PANELS AND STUFF BY MYSELF, BUT IT'S, UM, IT HAS AFFECTED THE WAY, UH, I HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO CRITIQUE THIS PROJECT.
SO ALL OF THAT, UH, IN, IN HAND HAS, UM, HAS, UH, THE STRESS LEVEL WENT UP, OF COURSE, BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING THINGS BY YOURSELF, OR YOU WISH THAT YOU HAD ALL THIS OTHER HELP THAT YOU HAD PLANNED FOR THE POSITIVE IS THAT I WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE IT.
IT JUST MEANT, UM, MORE, UH, A BIT MORE TIME DEDICATION TO TRY TO, TO GET MYSELF THROUGH THAT, UH, UH, FINAL PHASE OF, OF, UM, FINALIZING MY WORK.
AND, UM, BUT IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY.
UM, I THINK THE COVID, WHICH IS VERY REAL, UH, THERE'S, UH, UH, TWO DOORS DOWN, SOMEONE WHO'S, UM, BEING ALSO, UM, UH, PRESENTED IN TWO OF THE WORKS THAT ARE GOING UP, UM, IS IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, IT'S, UM, IT'S JUST THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, KEEP TRYING TO KEEP YOURSELF SAFE AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO WORK AND ALL THIS, UH, WORK THAT IT ENTAILS TO CREATE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS, IT'S A LITTLE LIMITING AT TIMES, BUT THE POINT IS ALSO THAT THE COVID HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING.
EVEN THAT MY, MY METAL PANELS DIDN'T GET HERE FOR ANOTHER MONTH AFTER PLAN.
AND SO, UM, BUT TODAY IT'S GREAT BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE SKETCH THAT I PRESENTED TO DO ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES COME INTO FRUITION.
AND, UM, THOUGH I HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING, UH, IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL THING TO KNOW THAT, UH, YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOING TO THE FINISH LINE AND I THINK, UM, THAT, UH, A BIT THING.
ALRIGHT, PETER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR TIME HERE.
THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER GARZA FOR INVITING
[3b. Lilia Rosas with Red Salmon Press]
HAVE, IS CAN WE CONFIRM IF LILLIAN ROSS IS ON THE LINE? I AM ON THE LINE.UH, LILYA YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
OFTEN ARTS COMMISSIONERS, WHEN A SPOTLESS I'VE BEEN, UM, RUNNING AROUND IN THIS WORLD CALLED ZOOM.
SO I, IF I SEEM A LITTLE OVEREXCITED, IT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE I, I WORRY ABOUT GETTING
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SLEEPY THESE DAYS AND ACTUALLY CAN LOOK AT YOUR ALL FACES.I FOUND THE CHANNEL, UH, I, I KNOW THAT BENISA DIDN'T NECESSARILY GIVE US ANY GUIDELINES, UM, THAT I RECALL ABOUT WHAT WE CAN SPEAK TO, BUT AS RED SEMINARS, I HAVE TO COMMUNICATE THAT, UM, PRIOR TO THIS HAS BEEN A CONTINUOUS SEVERAL FOR US, WE, UM, MOVED LAST YEAR, VERY ABRUPTLY, UM, AND WITH A LOT OF CHALLENGES, UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE A PLACE ON TOP OF LIST, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SLOWLY BUILD THAT PLACE.
AND WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMMING WE WOULD BE ABLE TO LAUNCH, AND THEN COVERT HAPPENED.
AND LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, WE HAD TO REALLY PIVOT AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US.
WE ARE AT OUR MOST ROBUST FOUR PEOPLE ALL PART TIME.
AND SO PEOPLE HAVE OTHER OBLIGATIONS INCLUDING ME, UM, WITH THAT SAID, UM, AS ONE OF THE FEW CHICANO, CHICANO, CHICANO, LATINO, LATINO LATINEX, NATIVE AMERICAN CENTERED ORGANIZATIONS, WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO THE WORK WE DO, BUT WE'VE BEEN A BIT APPREHENSIVE ABOUT SIMPLY BECOMING CULTURAL PRODUCERS IN THE TIME OF COVID AS LARGER ENTITIES WE'RE ABLE TO DO QUITE EASILY.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONLY MORE RECENTLY WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE NEW ACCOUNT AND ONLY MORE RECENTLY WERE WE ABLE TO REALLY HAVE A GENUINE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT OUR PRESENTATIONS WOULD LOOK LIKE VIA A ZOOM PLATFORM? THIS IS NOT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK EVERY SINGLE STEP UP AND TAKEN TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SAFE.
HIS WHOLE FILE IS ABSOLUTELY WERE FILED AND WE'RE FULLY COMMITTED.
SO MY PRIMARY GOAL AS A DIRECTOR HAS BEEN SIMPLY TO ENSURE THAT THE FOLKS WHO ARE PART OF OUR ORGANIZATION PLEASE, AND THAT HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE, UM, FOLKS HAVE DIRECTED US TO DIFFERENT FORMS OF FUNDING AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, UM, WE'VE BEEN REJECTED BY ALMOST ALL OF THEM, MOSTLY BECAUSE ON PAPER, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SAVING MONEY SO WE CAN PAY RENT.
UM, WE LOOK GOOD, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE GOOD BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WE DID APPLY FOR THE CRITIC, UM, THE CRE, UM, RENT ASSISTANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK I'M GETTING THE ACRONYM WRONG AND WE WERE DENIED, AND I'M NOT SURE WHY WERE WE DENIED IF WE ACTUALLY WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH FOUR OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE ALSO POC, BLACK LED OR NATIVE AMERICAN LED ORGANIZATIONS, BUT APPARENTLY WE DIDN'T RANK HIGH ENOUGH IN THE FORCE THAT WAS DISTRESSING.
UM, WE APPLIED FOR THE MONEY TO BUY THE, UM, THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU, DIFFERENT ACRONYM, WHICH WAS MOSTLY ME IN BERLIN.
WE ASKED FOR 20,000, WE DIDN'T EVEN GET 2000 FOR IT.
CAUSE ONCE AGAIN, ON PAPER, I GUESS WE LOOKED GOOD.
OR MAYBE I SIMPLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN A WAY THAT REFLECTS THAT WE'RE NOT DOING SO GOOD.
I, I'M MORE OF A QUALITATIVE PERSON.
UM, HENCE THAT SEMINARS STORY TELLING THE STORY, I CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU THE STORY, WHY WE ARE STRUGGLING, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO MATRIX AND POLITICS, WHAT IS QUANTITATIVELY, WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE THAT GETS LOST IN TRANSLATION? YOU KNOW, MY WORK AS A GRANT WRITER HAS BEEN ON TRIAL BY FIRE.
UM, SO SOMETIMES I THINK I I'VE BEEN TOLD I'M NOT FULLY REPRESENTING THIS AS I SHOULD BE.
AND OF COURSE, RIGHT NOW WE ARE WAITING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF FUNDS WE WILL GET FROM CULTURAL ARTS.
AND, UM, I HEAR LOTS OF RUMORS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S TRUE, BUT WHAT I CAN EXPECT IS THAT WE WILL PROBABLY BE REDUCED CAUSE EVERYONE'S BEING REDUCED.
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR US? I HOPE IT MEANS WE'RE NOT REDUCED TO NOTHING, BUT, BUT, UM, MY ARGUMENT ABOUT ALL THE WORK WE DO IS SIMPLY THIS, HOW, HOW CAN THE ARTS NOT BE THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACE THAT WE SENT HER ON THE ENTIRE PANDEMIC? WE HAVE TURNED TO NETFLIX.
WE HAVE TURNED TO HBO, WHICH HAVE TURNED TO BOOKS.
WE HAVE TURNED TO HER ARTS AS A PLACE OF REFUGE.
SO WOULDN'T THIS NOW BE THE MOMENT IN WHICH THE ARTS THAT ARE BEING DONE BY PEOPLE OF COLOR, BY A LOT OF LATINEX INDIGENOUS FOLKS BY NATIVE AMERICAN FOLKS, BY BLACK FOLKS WHO WORK MORE NOW THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
AND I GUESS IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I,
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I HERE ON THE LINE.ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONER GARZA.
HI, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
WILL YOU, UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME GUYS GOOD? YES.
WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT I WORK WITH AUSTIN? INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE NOTICED SO FAR IS THAT, WELL, THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN ABLE TO GIVE COMPUTERS TO JUST ABOUT EVERY STUDENT.
UH, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE GOT THE INTERNET CONNECTION.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS THAT HIGH-TECH AND EQUITY THAT HAD EXISTED IN THERE.
UH, WE JUST HAD ATTRIBUTED SOME FUNDS LAST MONTH AND WE'RE ADDRESSING EQUITY MAINLY ON MONEY NUMBER.
SO WE GAVE PEOPLE A LOT MORE MONEY, BUT WE MISSED SOMETHING AS FAR AS PROVIDING EQUITY FOR TECHNOLOGY.
OR DO YOU SEE, ESPECIALLY IN THE MONTOPOLIS AREA WHERE THERE'S SOME NEED FOR TECHNOLOGIES TO HELP OUR ARTISTS, OUR ORGANIZATIONS, TO BETTER REACH OUT AND IN ORDER TO FUND BETTER THAT WE MISS SOMETHING THAT BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING, I FEEL THAT WE DIDN'T MISS SOMETHING.
I FEEL THAT, THAT WE DIDN'T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE MORE EDUCATION AS FAR AS ARTISTS WAS HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, TO PUT IN SOMEBODY THERE TO, TO ADDRESS THAT INEQUITY.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL THAT MAYBE WE MISSED? YES, I ACTUALLY DO THINK YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THE, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE, YOU, YOU HIT THE, HIT THE NAIL.
UM, WE'RE TOLD WE NEED TO MOVE TO THESE OTHER PLATFORMS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE NOT GIVING THE FULL TOOLKIT TO BE ABLE TO DO THEM.
UM, WE, WE HAD TO PAY FOR ZOOM OUT OF OUR OWN, UM, OTHER FUNDING THAT WE HAD TO FUNDRAISE BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY THAT THROUGH OUR CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING, WE CAN JUSTIFY PAYING PRESUME.
UM, WE HAVE TO RESEARCH, UH, UM, MAKING OUR INTERNET THAT MORE ROBUST.
CAUSE I LEARNED THIS AT HOME CAUSE I ALSO TEACH BECAUSE, UM, PART OF WHAT I LEARNED IS WHEN YOU ARE DOING ZOOM IN REAL TIME, YOU NEED HIGHER UPLOAD BANDWIDTH THAN WHEN YOU'RE DOWNLOADING IT.
AND SO I LEARNED THIS JUST CAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE REEL OFF A HAT.
SO TO MY OTHER WORK, I REALIZED THE REASON ALL MY ZOOM INITIALLY WAS A FAILURE.
IF I SIMPLY DIDN'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO BE ABLE TO AUTOMATE IT, UM, I'M, I AM MIDDLE AGE.
SO I'M KIND OF AT THAT DIVIDE WHERE I KIND OF KNOW WHAT TO DO AND KIND OF NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO.
BUT, UM, ONE OF OUR, UM, OUR ARTISTS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH CLOSELY IS, IS, UM, IT'S A LITTLE OLDER, UM, MAYBE HE CAN CALL HIM FULL SENIOR CITIZEN.
UM, AND HE, HE WAS FINDING IT INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING AS WELL, VERSED, INCREDIBLY TALENTED ARTISTS.
HOW TO JUST NAVIGATE ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS WHERE YOU WERE EXPECTED TO, TO PRESENT OUR WORK, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ACTUALLY FLOATED ALL DOWN.
UM, A LOT OF WHAT I'VE BEEN CONTEMPLATING IS AS RED SALMON ARTS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST STRENGTHS IS RED TIME AND PRESS AND PHILLIP AND MOSES, CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S THE ORIGINAL NAME.
RIGHT? UM, SO WHAT DOES LOOK LIKE ON A SLOW PLATFORM? SO I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN TURNING AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING TO BLOG AND INSTAGRAM AND OTHER KIND OF FORKS OR WEBSITES TO KIND OF DETAIL THE WORK.
AND MIMI AS CHORE THAT IT IS MORE AVAILABLE THAN SIMPLY EXPECTING THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE, THE TIME, THE ENERGY AND WHEREWITHAL TO SIT DOWN AND DO A VIEWING PARTY, YOU KNOW, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK WHEN MAYBE THEY HAVE A FULL LOAD WITH THEIR FAMILY OR SIMPLY TO GET SOME DINNER.
SO NOVI, I KNOW YOU HAVE A COMMENT, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT MIGHT BE BETTER WITH BEING WRAPPED INTO THE STAFF BRIEFINGS NOW FLORES THEN SYNOVIA, I THINK MAYBE SO NOBODY WANTS TO SPEAK TO HER.
THE QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT WHY WOULDN'T ZOOM ARE THE COSTS OF ZOOM, EXPANDING A PLATFORM VIA LEGITIMATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS LIKE RENT OR ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE IT'S VIRTUAL RENT IN THE SENSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THAT SPACE, UH, IS THAT NOT, UH, THEY'RE NOT FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO COVER THOSE EXPENSES UNDER, UH, CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING, UM, MONIES.
SO CHAIR CAUSE DAYO, THANK YOU.
I DON'T, I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE, THE NONPROFIT RELIEF GRANT THAT RED SALMON APPLIED FOR.
WE HAD PLANNED TO CALL IT LILYA UM, BEFORE THIS MEETING, IT WAS A TYPO IN HER LETTER.
SHE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO RECEIVE $19,241.
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NOT 1900 WAS IT WAS AN ERROR.SO I DIDN'T, I, I APOLOGIZE THAT WE HAVE JUST BEEN BACK TO BACK.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP AFTER THIS MEETING WITH A PERSONAL CALL AND MY ECONOMIC RECOVERY OFFICER, VERONICA PRESIDIO IS ON THE CALL.
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.
UH, SO CAN YOU ADDRESS COMMISSIONER FLORES, HIS QUESTION? SORRY.
I WAS SO EXCITED TO TELL HER THE NEWS.
I WAS JUST SAYING, WHY WOULDN'T I, SHE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, AND I WASN'T SURE IF SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE RELIEF FUNDS OR JUST IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, OUR CAD, UH, CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING, WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR A ZOOM PLATFORM FOR THE ADDITIONAL COSTS.
WHY WOULDN'T THAT BE JUST A CONSIDERED AN ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AS PART OF YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET? UH, AND WOULD THAT BE AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE I'M GOING TO DEFER TO, HEY, SUSAN FANTAIL, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
HI, HAS HE SPENT HELL I MEAN, SUPERVISOR, UH, SO CULTURAL FUNDING, UM, MONEY OR THE MATCH, WHICH, UM, CAN AMOUNT CAN BE A WAY IF THE AMENDMENTS ARE ASSIGNED WOULD ACTUALLY BE OKAY TO USE BECAUSE, UM, STUFF LIKE RENT, LIKE A COLLECTION OF PHOTOS IS TALKING ABOUT, UM, ANY KIND OF, UM, RECURRING EXPENSE, UM, WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S OKAY.
SO PAYING FOR A, UH, A BETTER ZOOM SUBSCRIPTION, AS LONG AS IT'S A SUBSCRIPTION OR SOME KIND OF LIKE MONTHLY FEE, ET CETERA, IF IT'S A ONE TIME, YOU KNOW, LIKE BUYING EQUIPMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD NOT BE OKAY, BUT USING IT FOR A BETTER INTERNET CONNECTION OR FOR A BETTER ZOOM ACCOUNT WOULD BE TOTALLY FINE TO USE QUOTE FOR ARTS FUNDING.
UM, AND THE CULTURAL CONTRACTS.
IF I COULD ADD TO THAT, UM, CHAIR RUNNING EVERY SUNDAY OR THE CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT, CHIEF ECONOMIC RECOVERY OFFICER, WE'RE ALSO, WE GET THAT THAT'S A NEED.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW, UM, WITH ANY REMAINING RECOVERY FUNDS OR CERTAINLY ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE, HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE THOSE FUNDS FOR THROUGH, UM, UH, THROUGH OUTREACH TO WEBINARS.
THEY'RE REALLY GETTING THAT WORD OUT.
SO THAT'S CERTAINLY A NEED AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY AND OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY NEED TO CONTINUE, UM, ON DURING THIS TIME.
UH, LILY, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY AND AGAIN, THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONER CARS ARE FOR INVITING YOU.
UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM FOUR, A
[4a. Council approved budget and CYE – Sylnovia Holt-Rabb, Acting Director Economic Development Department]
STAT BRIEFINGS COUNCIL APPROVED BUDGET AND SEE WHAT YOU, YES.LET ME PASS YOU THE CHAIR HERE OR YOU CAN DO IT.
I'LL BE QUICK BECAUSE I KNOW WE ONLY HAVE 30 MINUTES.
SO JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE CYE AND THE APPROVED BUDGET AS MENTIONED SINCE I DIDN'T USE YES.
WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION SCREEN AND NOT THE ACTUAL SLIDE.
HOW ABOUT THAT? I'M STILL SEEING IT.
UM, BUT I GUESS IF NO ONE ELSE HAS AN ISSUE, WE CAN JUST MOVE FORWARD.
WELL, HOW ABOUT THIS? UM, HOW ABOUT THIS? I'LL JUST WALK YOU THROUGH IT.
UM, JUST FYI, UM, NOT, NOT A LOT OF GOOD NEWS, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE, UH, COMING IN, UH, SLIGHTLY ABOVE, UH, WHAT WE THOUGHT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR ESTIMATE.
WE WILL STILL BE IN THE NEGATIVE, BUT WE ARE BRINGING IN ABOUT A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE REVENUE THAN WE THOUGHT.
SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS, EVEN THOUGH WE WILL BE IN THE NEGATIVE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED, UM, UH, AS PRESENTED BEFORE.
SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 7.7, $7.2 MILLION TO GIVE OUT.
AND SO MEGAN WILL BE SPEAKING TO THAT A LITTLE LATER.
IN ADDITION WANTED TO REMIND YOU GUYS OF OUR RELIEF PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, UM, LAUNCH AND SOME HAVE CLOSE, UH, THE CREATIVE SPACE DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM, WHICH ERICA WILL BE SPEAKING ON THE MUSIC
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PROGRAM, THE NONPROFIT GRANT PROGRAM THAT I JUST ALLUDED TO AT RED SALMON AND THEIR CORRECTION, AS WELL AS WE HAVE THE CREATIVE WORKER, UH, PROGRAM OPEN.AND JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT OUR DASHBOARD ON ATX RECOVERS.COM IS UP AND HAS BEEN UPDATED.
AND YOU CAN DRILL DOWN AT A HIGH LEVEL TO SEE, UH, HOW MANY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN FUNDED.
AND YOU CAN EVEN DO A DEEP, DEEPER DRILL IN EACH OF THE FIELDS TO GET MORE INFORMATION.
AND SO JUST WANT IT TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
WE BROUGHT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE REVENUE THAN WE THOUGHT, UM, IN THE YEAR AS A NEGATIVE AS WE THOUGHT.
AND I WILL SEND THAT PRESENTATION OUT TO YOU GUYS.
UM, SO IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION WE'RE GONNA SEEING ON
[4b. Cultural Funding Review Process update – Meghan Wells, Cultural Arts Division Manager]
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH, FOR BD FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS, UPDATE MEGAN WELLS, CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER.I WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU A VERY BRIEF RECAP ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE REVIEW PROCESS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE STARTED OUT WITH CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION BEING THE PRIMARY CLIENT OF MJR PARTNERS, OUR CONSULTANT ON THIS.
AND THEN WE REALIZED THAT HER SCOPE IS REALLY MORE EFFECTIVE IF SHE ASSISTS ALL THREE DIVISIONS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO REIMAGINE OUR SHARED PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES THROUGH OUR SHARED USE OF THE HOT FUNDS.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MARGIE REESE AND HER TEAM, UH, TO IN THE, IN THE TIME WHERE WE'VE BEEN, UH, KIND OF REPOSITIONING OUR CONVERSATION, UH, WITH THESE THREE, UH, DIFFERENT DIVISIONS AT HAND.
AND, UH, THE ALIGNMENT IS REALLY INTENDED TO STRENGTHEN OUR WHOLE DEPARTMENTAL VISION FOR PROVIDING CULTURAL SERVICES WITHIN THE OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH OUR HOT FUNDS, UH, AND REALLY TO, UH, UNITE THREE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS WHO CURRENTLY OPERATE FROM DIFFERENT STRUCTURES, DIFFERENT OVERSIGHT, DIFFERENT YEARS OF HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND UNITE US REALLY UNDER OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVING A RACIAL EQUITY AND EQUAL ACCESS TO FUNDING AND DEVELOPING OUR CULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS BUILDING SERVICES AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO ENSURE THAT ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ARE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THESE AMAZING CULTURAL RESOURCES IN THE CITY AND REALLY, UH, UH, SHIFT BRINGING FORWARD SOME SHARED INITIATIVES THAT WILL SERVE OUR, UH, OUR GOALS TOGETHER.
SO JUST AS A RECAP, UM, THESE, UH, INTERVIEWS AT MAR MGR PARTNERS HAS CONDUCTED, HAVE CONDUCTED WITH THE CONTRACTORS TOWN HALL MEETINGS, LISTENING SESSIONS, UH, SESSIONS WITH THE COMMISSION, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS HAVE ALL ALSO BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE MUSIC COMMISSION AND THE, UH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UH, COMMUNITIES, AND ALSO THE CITY'S OFFICE OF DESIGN AND DELIVERY, WHICH IS PROVIDING, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A PROCEDURAL ROADMAP SO THAT WE CAN, UH, PROVIDE EFFICIENCIES AND EFFECTIVENESS WITHIN THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES THAT GOVERN OUR WORK.
AND SO JUST, UH, VERY BRIEFLY THE PRIORITIES THAT GUIDE OUR GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS IN THIS PROCESS ARE WORKING TOWARD A VERY AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE THAT WILL ENSURE THAT OUR PUBLIC INPUT IS OBJECTIVELY HONORED THE ADVICE AND THE RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, AS WELL AS THE COMMISSION ADVISORY GROUPS WILL STILL BE SOLICITED, UH, PERSPECTIVES FROM A BROAD RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS.
TRADITIONALLY MARGINALIZED PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE, IT WILL BE A MAJOR FACTOR IN BUILDING RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE STRUCTURES, UH, STRUCTURING IMPLEMENTATION STEPS, UH, EXISTING DIVISION PROCESSES THAT ARE WORKING WELL.
WE'LL ALSO BE SHARED AMONG DIVISIONS AND ADOPTED AS APPROPRIATE TO CREATE A MORE UNIFIED SET OF PRACTICES.
AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT INNOVATIVE WAYS TO RESTRUCTURE AS WELL.
SO LEADERSHIP AND STAFF OF OUR THREE DIVISIONS AGREE THAT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS HIGHLY VALUED, PARTICULARLY DURING PROGRAMS, A PROGRAM REDESIGN, UH, IN ORDER TO FOCUS ON RESHAPING OUR EXISTING PRACTICES AND ACCESS.
UH, WE AS STAFF ARE CURRENTLY EXAMINING CITY PROCESSES, PRACTICES, AND CAPACITIES, AND WORKING CLOSELY TO IDENTIFY NEW WAYS TO OPERATE.
SO OUR TIMELINE FOR COMPLETING THIS WORK, AS WE KNOW, WE'RE ON A TIGHT TIMELINE, UH, WE PLAN TO CONTINUE OUR INTERNAL WORK, UH, THROUGH THE EARLY FALL PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE ARE HOPING TO ROLL OUT IN THE OCTOBER TIMEFRAME, UH, AND THEN CONTINUE TO VET THOSE PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGHOUT THE FALL, UH, WITH A PRELIMINARY FINAL REPORT SUBJECT TO COUNCIL INPUT GOING FORWARD TO THEM POTENTIALLY
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IN JANUARY.UH, WE ARE STILL ON AN IMPLEMENTATION TIMEFRAME TO DELIVER, UH, THE LAUNCH OF NEW PROGRAMS, UH, BY MARCH OF 2021.
SO ALL OF THAT TO SAY THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH MTR PARTNERS, WE HAVE HAD TO IN THIS TIME OF, OF COVID JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, UH, EDD ITSELF HAS STOOD UP, UH, APPROXIMATELY EIGHT OR NINE RELIEF PROGRAMS IN THE TEAM, THE TIME THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FROM HOME.
SO IT HAS BEEN EVEN MORE CHALLENGING TO, UM, THE DEVOTE TIME TO THIS PROCESS, BUT WE ARE STILL COMMITTED TO IT.
SO HAPPY TO BRING YOU UPDATES AS THIS MOVES ALONG AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS 10 GENERALLY RELATED.
UM, YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, HAVING, HAVING THIS PROCESS RECEIVE INPUT OR FEEDBACK FROM THE ADVISORY BODIES, INCLUDING US.
UM, I GUESS I AM CONCERNED THAT WE MAY NEED A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING AT SOME POINT.
AND W WE'RE CURRENTLY PLANNING A JOINT MEETING WITH MUSIC COMMISSION NEXT MONTH.
UH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, THAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING HOW ALL OF THIS FITS IN AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S BEING COMMUNICATED TO US.
I THINK THE CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS, UH, WITHIN THE CURRENT CONSTRAINTS OF DIGITAL PARTICIPATION WITH, WITH COMMISSIONS, WE ARE AT THE MERCY OF SOME OF THE, THE BANDWIDTH, UM, YOU KNOW, RESTRICTIONS THAT, THAT CARRY, THAT ARE CARRIED WITH IT WITH IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF MEETINGS, THE NUMBER OF HOURS WE CAN HAVE AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE MEETINGS, UM, MAKING SURE THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETINGS.
IT'S ALL MORE OF A CHALLENGE FOR US.
IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T NEGATE YOUR DESIRE FOR, FOR THAT INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD IN A SHARED WAY BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONS.
UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL WORK ON DESIGNING.
UH, IT MAY BE A SPECIAL MEETING.
IT MAY BE A SEPARATE MEETING THAT WE DESIGNED SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST FOR, UM, SOME TOWN HALL EVENTS WHERE THE COMMISSIONERS ARE WELCOMED, BUT IT'S NOT AN OFFICIAL MEETING OF THE TWO COMMISSIONS OR READMISSIONS.
UM, SO I'M, I HEAR YOU, I'M COGNIZANT OF THAT, THAT NEED, I'M JUST NOT TOTALLY SURE HOW WE CAN DESIGN THAT WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN CONCERNED THAT THE GOVERNOR'S, UH, UM, GUIDANCE FOR OPEN MEETINGS WILL BE, COULD POSSIBLY BE CHANGING SOON.
THAT WOULD GO BACK TO REQUIRING AN IN PERSON, UH, PARTICIPATION FORMAT.
I'M JUST NOT TOTALLY SURE WHAT, WHAT THE FUTURE WILL HOLD FOR US, WHAT WE SHOULD KNOW FAIRLY SOON.
IF THAT'S GOING TO BE A FACTOR THAT WE'LL HAVE TO ANTICIPATE CHANGING.
SO NOW NO YOU'RE LIFTING MOVING NEXT WEEK.
WE SHOULD KNOW IF THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS WILL CHANGE.
UM, AND I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM I'M, I WASN'T SURE.
I LOOKED LIKE I SKIMMED THE NEWSLETTER REALLY QUICKLY, SO I WASN'T SURE IF, IF THE JOINT MEETING NEXT MONTH MUSIC WAS, WAS ANNOUNCED, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT LIKE, HERE'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO AMPLIFY, LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE KIND OF PLANNED FOR THAT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED IN TERMS OF THE SCHEDULING.
THERE WAS A DOODLE POLL THAT WENT OUT TO THE MUSIC AND ARTS COMMISSIONS AND THE, UH, THE DATES I, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY WERE FOR NEXT WEEK AND MARIE, UH, IF YOU'RE ON, MAYBE YOU COULD COMMENT ON THE STATUS OF THAT DOODLE.
SO WE'VE HAD ABOUT HALF A LITTLE OVER HALF OF THE ARTS COMMISSIONERS, COMPLETE THE DOODLE POLL AND ABOUT CLOSE TO HALF OF THE MUSIC COMMISSIONERS, BUT NOT QUITE ENOUGH, UH, TO MEET QUORUM FOR EITHER COMMISSION.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T COMPLETED THE DOODLE POLL, I'LL SEND IT OUT AFTER THIS MEETING.
SO WE CAN GET THAT ON THE CALENDAR.
THE REASON WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT NEXT WEEK IS BECAUSE IT'S A LIGHT MEETING WEEK FOR THE CLERK'S OFFICE, WHEREAS THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER IS REALLY HEAVY AND THERE WOULD BE NO GUARANTEE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A SLOT.
SO, UM, BE SURE TO FILL THAT OUT RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, PROBABLY WEDNESDAY OR FRIDAY IS GETTING THE MOST RESPONSES.
UM, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL TIMES ON, ON THOSE DATES THAT YOU CAN RESPOND TO COMMISSIONER SYSMON.
I BELIEVE ONE OF THE DATES THAT WAS ON THE DOODLE POLL, UH, DIRECTLY CONFLICTS WITH A MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING, UM, THEY'VE BEEN MEETING TWICE A MONTH.
SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER FOR ONE TO REMOVE THAT DATE FROM THE DOODLE POLL IS THAT I'D BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
AND, UH, WE CAN COORDINATE WITH THE MUSIC DIVISION ON THAT
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SCHEDULING.I GUESS I WANTED TO BRING UP THE ISSUE, THE, JUST THE ISSUE THAT WE ARE PLANNING ON HAVING A JOINT MEETING AND WE ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING OR REVISITING THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND.
LIKE THAT'S WHAT I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE INPUT, AND I DON'T WANT TO WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO INVITE EVERYBODY.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE IT PUBLIC.
THINGS ARE MOVING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN GET THEM GOING WITH THE NOTICE THAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO GIVE.
UM, WE, WE DO HAVE TWO MAJOR ITEMS, AS YOU MENTIONED, ONE IS THE CREATIVE SPACE BOND, AND ANOTHER IS AN UPDATE TO THE TWO COMMISSIONS ON THE PROPOSAL TO RECOMMEND A FORMATION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENTITY THAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.
BOTH OF THOSE ARE REALLY, UM, RELEVANT TO THE WORK OF BOTH COMMISSIONS AND PROVIDE SOME REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC DIALOGUE AND DEVELOPMENT.
WE DEFINITELY WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AND WITH AS MANY EYES AND EARS IN THE MEETING AS POSSIBLE.
UH, SO WITH THAT, WE WANT TO MOVE ON.
I DID HAVE TWO OTHER LIKE MINOR THINGS TO MENTION.
I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING SHORT ON TIME, BUT ONE, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE CREATIVE WORKER RELIEF GRANT IS OPEN THROUGH THIS FRIDAY AT 5:00 PM.
I SENT YOU INFORMATION ON IT PREVIOUSLY, IF YOU GO TO ATX RECOVERS.COM, YOU CAN FIND THAT INFORMATION.
IT'S OPEN TO A VARIETY OF INDIVIDUAL CREATIVES.
AND ALSO, UM, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT SYNOVIA MENTIONED ABOUT CULTURAL CONTRACTS GOING FORWARD TO COUNCIL, AS YOU KNOW, AFTER THE BUDGET HAS PASSED EACH YEAR, WE BRING FORWARD THE CONTRACTS INDIVIDUALLY FOR A COUNCIL APPROVAL.
TECHNICALLY THEY HAVE TO BY LAW APPROVE ANYTHING OVER THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY, WHICH IS 62,000, BUT WE TAKE THE WHOLE LIST JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT, UH, THAT DATE OR, UH, COUNCIL ACTION IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 17TH.
WE ARE PLANNING TO SEND AN EXPLANATORY MEMO WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS EXPLAINED IN MORE DEPTH OUT TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.
UH, WE'RE SHOOTING FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH RIGHT NOW, ONCE THAT GOES OUT, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH THE COMMISSION AND ALSO WITH OUR CONTRACTORS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR HOW THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMING FORWARD AND WHAT RATIONALE IT'S BASED ON.
JUST WANTED TO ADD THOSE TWO THINGS.
[4c. CSAP Update]
FOUR CC SAP UPDATE.DO WE KNOW WHO'S PRESENTING ON THAT? OKAY.
IT'S STILL NOT ON THE LINE STILL OR DOES SHE KNOW I'M HERE? OKAY.
ERICA, DID YOU WANT TO, YEAH, JUST TO GIVE YOU JUST A QUICK UPDATE, UM, WE ARE ALIGNING THE UPDATE OF C-SAT ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE RELIEF AND RECOVERY PROGRAMS TO GIVE YOU A, A FULL PRESENTATION ON, UM, THE OUTCOMES.
UH, CAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, AND SO WE'RE WORKING AS A DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW TO, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCT THAT PRESENTATION FOR YOU.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE GO VISIT ATX RECOVERS.COM TO LOOK THE DASHBOARD DOES GIVE 'EM THE NUMBER TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, TOTAL NUMBER OF AWARDS, YOU KNOW, THE TOTAL BUDGET AND HOW IT'S BROKEN UP THE NONPROFITS, FOR-PROFITS VENUES, CREATIVE SPACES, ET CETERA.
SO PLEASE GO TO ATX RECOVERS.COM TO THE LIST OF DASHBOARDS, AND YOU CAN FIND A LOT OF DATA THERE TO START PUNCHING THROUGH.
AND THEN WE WILL PROVIDE A MORE FULLER UPDATE ALONG IN TANDEM WITH THE OTHER RELIEF PROGRAMS. AND WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE AT A JOINT MEETING OR AT BOTH OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS.
THE NEXT ONE AND THE NEXT MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING IS WEDNESDAY THE SECOND FROM THREE TO FOUR 30.
SO ALL THE SISEP IS DONE FOR THIS ROUND.
ALL THE MONEY HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION CAN BE LOOKED UP ON THE DASHBOARD.
AND ALL APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN INFORMED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSION SEEING NONE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON.
THANK YOU, STAFF FOR THE UPDATES.
UM, I ACTUALLY, I DID WANT TO MENTION LIKE A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY ALL WENT OVER WAS PROVIDED IN THE NEWSLETTERS.
SO IF ANYONE'S LISTENING, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP.
UH, I RECEIVED THE AIPP NEWSLETTER, THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION NEWSLETTER AND THE SMALL BUSINESS NEWSLETTER.
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VERY SIMILAR CONTENT.UM, OF COURSE THEY, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC TO EACH OF THOSE AREAS, BUT THEY ALL SHARE THE SAME, SAME INFORMATION REGARDING RELIEF EFFORTS AND UM, DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR THOSE NEWSLETTERS, SIGN UP AND STAY INFORMED, UM, MOVING
[5. NEW BUSINESS]
ON TOUM, CAN I MOVE PLEASE TO MOVE FIVE EIGHT, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE ABOVE FIVE 81.
UH, SO YOU HA YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN OLDER VERSION OF THE AGENDA.
THE MOST RECENT ONE HAS FIVE 81 AT THE BOTTOM.
WE HAVE OUR FOUR AIPP AT THE TOP.
THEN CAN I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TAKE THEM ON CONSENT MOTION TO TAKE ON CONSENT BY POLGAR SECONDED BY GARZA, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF TAKING ON CONSENT AND PASSING, UH, MOCK SYSMON, KEATON GARZA, HOGAR FLOREZ VAN DYKE, UH, COMMISSIONER FANTE.
DID YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC ITEM THAT YOU WANTED TO NOT HEARING YOU? I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BICENTENNIAL FOUNTAIN SESSION.
SO THAT'S A FIVE, A FOUR, EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR, FOR JUMPING THE GUN THERE.
UM, WE'RE REMOVING 500 FOR CONSENT.
UM, SO WE ARE PUTTING FIVE, A ONE, FIVE 82, FIVE 83 ON CONSENT.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND REVOLTING ON THAT, PUTTING THAT ON CONSENT AND PASSING THEM.
AND AGAIN, COMMISSIONER MOCK ZISMAN HOLD OUR GARZA FANTE, UH, VANDYKE, UH, FLORES AND KEATON, AND THAT PASSES.
THOSE PASS ON CONSENT TO NOW WE HAVE FIVE 80 FOR APPROVING THE DISSENSION OF AIPP.
HI, HI COLLECTION MANAGER FOR ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.
UM, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL FIVE VIA SESSIONS OR SHOULD I FOCUS SOLELY ON, UH, BICENTENNIAL SILENCE? CAN I JUST BRING UP THE ISSUE I HAVE AND MAYBE THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED AND WE DON'T NEED TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION.
LET'S DO THAT IF YOU DON'T MIND.
I'D LOVE TO KEEP TAKING STREAMLINED THINGS.
THAT'S BURIED AS PART OF THIS FOUNTAIN.
AND IF WE TAKE DOWN A PIECE OF ARTWORK, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ON COUNCIL IS RE BURIED SOMEWHERE WHERE WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF IT, MAYBE AT THE SITE OF THE SAME THING.
I MEAN, IT'S AWFULLY ASHAMED TO HAVE A TIME CAPSULE THAT GETS PUT ON THE EARTH BEFORE IT'S A HUNDRED YEAR TIME AND IT WOULD BE EVEN WORSE TO LOSE IT.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO SOMETHING.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I'M WORKING WITH A PART TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THOSE, THOSE SORTS OF QUESTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT WILL BE TREATED VERY SMARTLY.
UM, I'M, I'M ONBOARD WITH THAT AS WELL.
I WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT SORT OF LOST IN THE MIX.
UH, I CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE WITH THAT, AND THEN THAT CAN GO TO A SPECIAL PANEL, THAT INFORMATION.
UM, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY NOT BE GETTING RID OF THAT.
YOU SAID SOME NIGHTS WE DIDN'T CATCH THAT.
I SAID, THAT'S ALL I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT.
OKAY, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FLORES, JUST THE DESIGN.
THAT THE FOUNTAIN IS REALLY NOT WORKING ANYMORE AND THAT'S EXPENSIVE AND YOU CAN'T USE THE WATER, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PIECE OF ART? IS THAT GOING TO BE PUT SOMEWHERE ELSE OR IS IT GOING TO BE, I DON'T KNOW, PRESERVED SOMEHOW, ARE YOU JUST GOING TO DESTROY IT? UM, SO ARE YOU, AND THAT QUESTION IS A PROCESS.
SO INDIVIDUALLY I DON'T MAKE THE PARKS AND REC WILL BE IN ON A LONGER DISCUSSION AND JUST THE, YOU KNOW, DO A SESSION DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE OBJECT OR THE ARTWORK IS GOING TO GO AWAY.
UM, SO WE, I, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR PARK AND THEY PROBABLY WANT TO DO THIS VERY CAREFULLY OVER THE NEXT SO MANY MONTHS.
UM, BUT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, JUST GIVEN THE NATURE OF ITS, YOU KNOW, DESTRUCTION, I CAN'T SEE HOW IT COULD BE REFABRICATED AFFORDABLY.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH PART IN THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ANTHONY CIGARETTES IS WATCHING THE PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW, SO HE'S DEFINITELY TAKING
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THAT TO HEART.AND FRANK, YOU WOULDN'T MIND REMINDING US THE, THE DESCENSION PROCESS WITH OUR APPROVAL OF THE DISSENSION.
DOES THEN THE PANEL GET FORMED OR HAS THAT ALREADY HAPPENED? AND WE'RE THE FINAL STEP? NO, THIS IS, I MEAN, THIS IS NOT THE FINAL STEP.
UH, THE PANEL IS UNDERWAY AND IT WILL BE GOING TO, UM, UH, THE SPECIAL JURY, UH, AT THE NEXT AIPP PANEL MEETING.
THEN THE WHOLE SESSIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WILL BE AHEAD.
AND THEN THEIR RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDATION WILL BE SHARED WITH YOU GUYS AGAIN NEXT MONTH.
UM, SO YOU WILL BE REVISITING THIS, YOU'LL SEE THIS AGAIN, UH, WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
YEAH, I THOUGHT WHEN I READ THE POLICY UP UP THIS MEETING, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BEGIN THE PROCESS BY APPROVING BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS AND THEN GO THROUGH AND APPOINT THE PANEL, THE JURY AND ALL THAT.
AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO US FOR FINAL VOTE AS TO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS TO THE PIECES.
WELL, WE ALREADY HAD THE PANEL MEETING AND INDIVIDUALS RECOGNIZED THAT WE HAD A RECENT PANEL MEETING WHERE THIS WAS INTRODUCED AND THEY TOOK PROACTIVE STEPS JUST TO ASSEMBLE THEIR, THEIR SQUAD.
SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE SELF SELECTED.
UH, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
LIKE YOU WERE DECISION TODAY, INITIATE THAT, THAT PANEL.
AND JUST, SO YOU ALSO UNDERSTAND, I MEAN, AFTER YOUR VOTE NEXT MONTH, UH, THIS'LL GO TO OUR, UH, CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO IT'S A MULTI TIERED APPROACH.
ALRIGHT, MOTION TO BEGIN THE PROCESS MOTION BY FLORES TO APPROVE THE DISSENSION OF AIP ARTWORKS SECONDED BY POLGAR ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION, SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR, A MOCK CONTE KEATON ZISMAN GARZA PULLED OUR FLORES VANDYKE, AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, SO FIVE, A FIVE, UH, WELLNESS CHECK.
I JUST WANT TO JUST CHECK IN WITH EVERYONE, SEE HOW Y'ALL ARE DOING.
UM, I KNOW PERSONALLY THAT, UM, OUR JULY MEETING, OUR JUNE JULY MEETINGS WERE, WERE PRETTY, PRETTY ROUGH ON ME.
I LIKE TO TAKE AT LEAST TWO WEEKS AFTER A COMMISSION MEETING TO JUST RESET.
UM, BUT THOSE BACK TO BACK MEETINGS WERE A LOT.
UM, AND I FIGURED IN, IN, SINCE THAT WAS MY STATE OF MIND, I WANTED TO CHECK IN WITH Y'ALL MAKE SURE Y'ALL Y'ALL WERE GOOD, COMMISSIONED FLORES, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COMMISSIONER BARNS.
SO BIRTHDAY BRETT, AND THAT LIKE A REAL VACATION, NOT HAVING TO HAVE BACK TO BACK TO BACK.
AND FOR ME, ESPECIALLY SINCE I WAS ON ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS FOR THE FUNDING PROCESS AND ALSO CONTINUED INITIATIVES, IT WAS PRETTY HAIRY JUNE AND JULY.
SO ANYWAY, SO I FELT LIKE I HAD A MINOR, A MINOR VACATION HERE, UH, AND HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAYS TO COMMISSIONER POLGAR.
AND TO ME, SORRY, YOU'RE NOT ON MY LINKEDIN.
UH, ANYONE ELSE WANT TO CHIME IN? I, IT REALLY IS JUST TO, YEAH.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING TO EVERYBODY HERE.
SO GLAD TO SEE EVERYBODY'S FACES LOOK GOOD TO BE PROUD OF YOURSELF.
I'VE ONLY BEEN BACK IN MY OFFICE ONE TIME.
UM, I'M A VERY EMOTIONAL PERSON, BUT I'M GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH THIS AS ARE CRYING.
I THINK WE NEED TO TELL EACH OTHER THAT MORE OFTEN WHEN WE SEE EACH OTHER, I'M NOT JUST SPEAKING OF THE COMMISSION.
I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE, HUMAN BEINGS.
I'M LOOKING AT EACH ONE OF YOU.
I WANT YOU TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC REGARDLESS OF WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS SAYING ON A NATIONAL OR LOCAL LEVEL, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES, TAKE CARE OF YOU.
PLEASE LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M SAYING THAT I GET MY FRIENDS FROM MY GRANDMOTHER.
SHE'S WITH ME NOW TO PREPARE YOURSELF, PLEASE DO THAT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU ON THE FALL, OKAY.
THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF LOVE AND MY DOG, ROXY BLUE.
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LIVING IN HISTORY.I LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT I, I, YOU KNOW, EVERY NIGHT I HEAR SOMETHING THAT REALLY OBSESSED ME, YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEMATIC, YOU KNOW, UM, RACISM AND INEQUITY.
AND, BUT I ALSO FEEL THAT'S A LOT OF HOPE THAT THIS IS A TIME IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE ARE GIVING A SECOND CHANCE TO TAKE A HOT LOOK AT THE, UM, CIVIL RIGHTS ACT AND ALSO THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ACT THAT WAS PASSED IN 1964.
UM, SO I, I THINK, I THINK ON, ON, ON TOP, I MEAN, WE, WE NEED TO SUSTAIN, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE, THAT WE CAN SUSTAIN THAT, THAT HOPE AND DREAMS, AND ALSO DO OUR HOT WORK BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE BEEN OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, UM, TO RIGHT.
A WRONG, UM, SO I'M VERY HOPEFUL, BUT VERY TIRED, BUT I'M HOPING TO HAVE YOU ON THE TEAM AS WE MARCH FORWARD.
DO TAKE GOOD CARE OF EACH OTHER AND YOURSELF, UM, BECAUSE WE NEED OUR HELP TO MARCH ALONG AND FORWARD SO THEY CAN TAKE GOOD CARE.
SO, NOVA, DID YOU, WERE YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING? UM, I AGREE WITH, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER KEATON AND COMMISSIONER MACH, UH, EACH WEEK, UH, WE TOUCH BASE WITH STAFF ON EVERY FRIDAY WE HAVE WHAT CALLED LET'S CONNECT.
AND AS MEGAN SAID, WE, IN THE LAST, YOU GET OUR NEWSLETTERS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SPENT $27 MILLION IN THE LAST TWO TO THREE MONTHS, AND IT'S UNHEARD OF THE STEM PROGRAMS UP THAT QUICKLY.
AND SO I REMIND STAFF, BUT THEIR HEALTH IS THERE.
WELL, WE HAVE BROUGHT IN RESOURCES, HAVE OUR MINDFULNESS MOMENTS EVERY FRIDAY, UM, BECAUSE, UH, WE LOVE WHAT WE DO.
SO WE TAKE A LOT OF THE CALLS AND THE STORIES WE HEAR TO HEART.
AND SO I'M ENCOURAGING STAFF TO DEFINITELY SEEK THAT ASSISTANCE THAT YOU NEED TAKE THE TIME, SEND TO YOURSELVES.
WE DO BREATHING EXERCISES AND WE ARE HERE TOGETHER TO DO THE WORK.
UM, AND JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EACH OF YOU AND TO MY STAFF, THAT THEY, THEY JUST WALK ACROSS THE BOARD.
I JUST WANTED A FEW MORE MINUTES.
I HOPE YOU DON'T JUST CUT US OFF AT FOUR 30.
WE JUST NEED A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO WRAP UP OUR AGENDA.
UM, I HOPE THAT'S OKAY WITH Y'ALL.
AND ANYONE ELSE WANT TO CHIME IN, UM, COMMISSIONER VANDYKE? NOT QUITE.
I KNOW FOR ME, I WAS CLICKING IT.
UM, BEING NEW, I FEEL LIKE AN IDIOT ALL OF THE TIME.
AND EACH PERSON THAT HAS REACHED OUT TO ME HAS REALLY MEANT A LOT TO ME.
AND IT'S BEEN REAL COMFORTING.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST SAYING THAT I HAD SOMEBODY FROM A DIFFERENT COMMISSION, TELL ME TODAY, THEY'VE BEEN ON IT FOR A YEAR AND A HALF AND THEY STILL FEEL LIKE AN IDIOT.
SO THANK YOU FOR EACH PERSON THAT'S REACHED OUT TO ME.
DON'T, DON'T FEEL LIKE AN IDIOT.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL HERE TO HELP EACH OTHER, UM, WORK ON THESE VERY IMPORTANT TOPICS.
UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE ANYONE ELSE WANTED TO CHIME IN ON THE WELLNESS CHECK.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING.
PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF DURING THESE TIMES.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU, STAFF FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
UM, YEAH, WE'LL, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TAKE OUR BREAKS.
FANTE UM, YEAH, SO LET'S TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.
LET'S KEEP, KEEP, KEEP MOVING ON.
THEY HEALTHY AND, AND WE'LL KEEP WORKING ON THINGS.
UM, SO BACK TO THE AGENDA, I WOULD JUST WANT IT TO, I THINK OUR UPDATES WILL BE REALLY QUICK AND WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE RIDDEN IN A MINUTE.
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WORKING GROUP UPDATES.SISEP UH, IS THE UPDATE THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY CLOSING OUT OR, YEAH, I MEAN, I WANT TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONERS THIS MAN WHO WAS IN THE ROOM FOR ALL THOSE MEETINGS AND JUST DID YEOMAN'S WORK, HUGE
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LIFT, HUGE LIFT, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR, FOR YOUR TIME.UM, I WISH WE HAD HAD MORE INFORMATION FROM STAFF TODAY, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO GO AND DIG IT UP AND ACTUALLY SYLVIA, THANK YOU FOR SHOOTING ME THE APPRENTICED, ME MY QUESTION RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU SENT, UM, AND BIG THANKS TO OUR PANELISTS, WHO ALSO HAD A BIGGER LIFT THAN THEY ANTICIPATED INITIALLY, AND WHO REALLY, REALLY DUG IN AND TO STAFF, UM, FROM CULTURAL ART STAFF FOR HELPING OUT MUSIC AS THEY WERE FIGURING STUFF OUT TOO.
I JUST, IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND I AM SO HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO BE PART OF THIS ONE.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DO.
SO THAT, THAT WORKING GROUP IS BEING SUNSET.
SINCE WE GOT OUR, UH, OUR REPORT TODAY, UM, A TO THE EQUITY RESOURCE WORKING GROUP, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, THAT WE DID DO SOME EMAILING AND SAID, COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE IS NOT ON THIS WORKING GROUP, UH, COMMISSIONER PAUL GUARD.
IF YOU WANTED TO JOIN THIS GROUP, IF NOT, DEFINITELY PUT ME DOWN, UH, ANN MARIE FOR THIS WORKING GROUP, I'M HAPPY TO SERVE IN WHATEVER WAY.
CAN I BACK YOU UP FOR A HOT SECOND THOUGH? UM, I'M A, ON THE SISEP WORKING GROUP, I SUSPECT THAT WE'RE GONNA WANT TO DO ONE FINAL READING AS A POSTMORTEM BECAUSE THERE'S STILL WORK TO DO.
SO EMORY, THAT'S NOT SUNSET, NOT YET.
UM, EQUITY RESOURCE WORKING GROUP MEMBERSHIP HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE MYSELF.
AND IF MICHELLE WILL COMMIT, THEN WE'LL ADD HER.
UM, AND COMMISSIONER KEATON, WE WILL HAVE A MEETING LATER.
UH, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN COMMUNICATING VIA EMAIL.
UH, THE IMAGINE AUSTIN TOWN CENTER.
UH, THIS IS THE ONE THAT COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE WOULD, WAS, UH, VOLUNTEERED TO BE THE CHAIR OF, UH, WE'RE KIND OF WAITING.
I THINK IT WAS NO, NO PROBLEM.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT, NOT A PROBLEM.
WE DO HAVE COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE AND COMMISSIONER GARZA ON THIS WORKING GROUP.
IT IS A JOINT WORKING GROUP, SO WE'RE WAITING FOR THE MUSIC COMMISSION TO APPOINT THEIR MEMBERS.
UM, AND THEN ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THEN THIS, THIS GROUP WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO MEET, UH, AND START HAVING CONVERSATIONS.
UM, BUT WE KNEW IT WOULD TAKE A WHILE JUST BECAUSE BOTH OF OUR COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN BUSY THIS SUMMER.
UM, OH, AND MY ROLE, I WAS SORT OF THE, THE LIAISON AND I I'LL CONTINUE THAT ROLE UNTIL ALL THE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
AND THEN I WILL, UH, TAKE A STEP BACK AND LET, LET Y'ALL DO THAT WORK THERE.
AND THAT'S, SO THOSE ARE THE UPDATES,
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FUTURE GEN ITEMS, COMMISSIONER FLORES.YOU HAVE SOMETHING I COULD ASK IT UNDER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ONLY BECAUSE I'M SORRY.
I JUST WAS WONDERING, AND I DON'T KNOW IT WASN'T, IT'S NOT ON THIS AGENDA, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE.
WE TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAD HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT OUR RESOLUTION TO COUNCIL AND WHERE THAT IS.
CAN WE HAVE AN UPDATE NEXT MONTH IF THEY BLOWN IT OFF OR ARE THEY CONSIDERING IT? I DON'T KNOW.
SO MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING OR, OR NOT.
WE'LL TRY TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT.
WELL, THE ONE WHERE WE REQUIRED, UH, WORKING WITH TOOK A LOT OF WORK, UH, WITH THE ARTS AND ALL THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND EVERYTHING, BUT THE ART GROUP ASKING FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT UNDER COVID AND WE HAD WRITTEN A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE IDEA OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR, UH, CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS APOLOGIES.
AND SO I JUST WONDERING, I WONDERED IF ANYTHING EVER HAPPENED OR YEAH.
SO THE BUDGET HAS BEEN APPROVED AS WELL AS THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK HAS BEEN APPROVED.
SO IT WASN'T PART OF EITHER ACTION.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT UNLESS THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ARE RELEASED, THE CITY IS TAPPED AS FAR AS ITS OWN RESOURCES AND THE CARE'S FUNDING THAT IT'S ALREADY RECEIVED.
I JUST HADN'T HEARD, SO I DIDN'T, I ASSUME NOTHING HAD HAPPENED, BUT COMMISSIONER YOU'RE MUTED.
I AM I'M IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, PUTTING IN INFORMATION FOR THE ARTISTS POOL, FRANK, WOULD I SEND ID ADDITIONAL PLACES TO PLACE INFORMATION TO NEW OR WHO SHOULD I SEND MORE IDEAS TO IN TERMS OF PEOPLE TO ADD TO THAT DIRECTORY? THIS IS MEGAN.
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AND SHE CAN ROUTE IT TO THE APPROPRIATE AIPP STAFF ON HER TEAM.PERJURY NOW, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN, ON THAT LETTER REQUESTING THE ADDITIONAL 5 MILLION.
UM, IS ANYBODY GOING TO BE GIVING ANY KIND OF FEEDBACK TO THEM? IF, I MEAN, IF WE DIDN'T KNOW, ARE THEY GOING TO KNOW THAT THAT WAS NOT APPROVED? WELL, ULTIMATELY IT'S UP TO COUNCIL YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOUR RECOMMENDATION WENT TO COUNCIL, SO THEY WOULD BE THE ONES TO RESPOND.
IF THERE WAS ANY FEEDBACK TO SHARE.
YOU'RE CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR RESPECTIVE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SEE IF THEY HAD SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, BE BACK TO SHARE THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST AVENUE TO DO THAT.
AND I'LL, I'LL JUST REMIND US THAT WE SUPPORTED THEIR LETTER.
SO IT WAS THEIR ASK, UM, THAT WE WERE SUPPORTING, SO IT WASN'T US DOING WORK, BUT COMMISSIONER PULLS OUR, WAS THAT WHAT YOU CAN SAY? AND ALSO REMEMBER THAT AS SOME OF YOU POINTED OUT, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF MONEY AND MANY, MANY EMERGENCY PROGRAMS COMING THROUGH AND SUPPORT OF THE ARTS COMMUNITY.
THESE ARE EXTRAORDINARY TIMES, BUT WE ARE BEING MINDFUL OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE IN TRYING TO FILL LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF SOMEBODY'S EVERYBODY'S POCKET.
AND IF SUDDENLY THERE ARE MORE FEDERAL FUNDS AVAILABLE THAT IS NOW STILL IN THE HOPPER, IT HASN'T GONE AWAY.
IT JUST WAS NOT PART OF WHAT THE CITY COULD MANAGE AT THE MOMENT.
SO I DRIVE RIGHT BEFORE WE ADJOURN.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THERE ARE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, ALL YOU NEED IS A SECOND COMMISSIONER TO BACK YOU UP AND IT WILL BE ADDED TO THE NEXT AGENDA.
UM, SO JUST, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THAT DURING EMAILS.
UM, SO SEEING, SEEING NO OTHER CANS, THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
THIS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
AND PLEASE DO THE DOODLE POLL.