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[CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT THREE OH TWO, THE ARTS COMMISSION SPECIAL CALLED MEETING VIA VIDEO CONFERENCING ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH.
UM, FIRST STEP OR ACTUALLY TAKE ROLL.
SEE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER BARNES IS PRESENT COMMISSIONER RESISTIN, COMMISSIONER FLORES, COMMISSIONER VANDYKE, COMMISSIONER POLL, GAR, OR VICE POLL, GAR AND MYSELF.
[1. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION]
THAT, UH, WE ARE READY FOR CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, UH, SPEAKERS.YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SIGN UP ARTS, GET THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON A CONCERN THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, FIRST OFF WE HAVE CELLY SHOCK.
UM, I'M ADDRESSING THE DEFINITION OF PEOPLE OF COLOR ORGANIZATION.
I AM EAST INDIAN, IRAQI AND WHITE, AND ALL COMPANY HIGHEST AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINO, ASIAN, AND WHITE DANCES.
SO WHAT YOU'VE DESIGNATED AS FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS IS THAT WE ARE DEEMED A WHITE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE WE'RE ONE OR TWO UNDER PEOPLE OF COLOR ON OUR BOARD.
BUT IN TERMS OF OUR WORK, IN TERMS OF OUR OUTREACH PROGRAMS WITH YOUTH TAKING FLIGHT, THEY'RE ALL TAKE PLACE ON THE EAST SIDE AND HAVE MYSELF WHO IS THE FOUNDER OF THIS COMPANY AND CONSIDERS MYSELF A PERSON OF COLOR, REALLY NOT MARGINALIZING AND DOES NOT HAVE A NICE TO HAVE MAYBE ANOTHER CATEGORY THAT IS NOT DEFINITIVE OF ONE ETHNIC GROUP VERSUS PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY MIXED RACIALLY.
AND, AND TRUST ME, I WENT THROUGH A LOT GROWING UP IN THE UK, HAVING AN EASTERN, YOU KNOW, I WAS IN AN ORPHANAGE FOR EIGHT YEARS AND THEN I HAD WENT TO LIVE WITH MY MOTHER WHO WAS IRAQI EAST INDIAN.
AND TRUST ME, THERE WAS PLENTY OF RACIAL ATTACKS.
SO I, UM, ADDRESSING THIS SITUATION, I'VE WRITTEN TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND I ALSO SENT A LETTER TO MEGAN.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT WAS, THAT WAS FORWARDED TO YOU.
AND I I'M SPEAKING TO YOU ABOUT THIS NOW.
I ALSO SPOKE TO AMY WALL, AMY MOCK.
UM, WE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, SO, UM, I THINK THAT THERE HAS TO BE AN EXPANSION OF THE DEFINITION OF THESE CATEGORIES.
AND THAT'S MY, I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH ELSE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMMENTS.
UM, TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, DO YOU MIND MUTING YOURSELF? UH, WE'VE GOT YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK LATER ON.
YOU'RE YOU'RE WE'VE HEARD YOUR COMMENT AND YOUR TIME IS UP AND THAT'S IT.
THERE'S NO REACTION BACK TO IT.
UH, DURING CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, WE JUST HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
UM, AND YEAH, IT'S NOT AN OFFICIAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA, SO WE CAN'T SPEAK TO IT TODAY, BUT WE WILL, WE WILL ADDRESS IT.
NEXT UP FOR CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, WE HAVE CHARLENE FRANCE.
AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE TO MUTE YOUR LINES CHARLENE ON THE LINE.
CHARLENE DID NOT CALL IN, SO YOU ARE DONE.
SO JUST SO HAROLD IS THE OTHER SPEAKER I PRESUME, UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT HAROLD, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP THE, UH, YOUR ITEM LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THE AGENDA.
AND WE WILL, UM, WE WILL GET TO YOUR AGENDA ITEMS SOON, UH, WITH THAT CITIZENS COMMUNICATION IS COMPLETED.
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UH, WE'RE MOVING[2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ON TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES, UH, TRUST THAT EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW BOTH THE MINUTES FROM OUR REGULAR AUGUST MEETING, AS WELL AS THE MINUTES FROM OUR JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING, UH, MICHELLE OR SWISHER, POLAR, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AUGUST 26, 2020 MEETING MINUTES.IT WAS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER POLVAR TO APPROVE THE AUGUST MINUTE MEETINGS, MEETING MINUTES.
IS THERE A SECOND COMMISSIONER IN REGARDS TO THE SECONDS THAT MOTION? UH, UNLESS, UH, UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY ISSUES, I WILL PASS THAT ON CONSENT.
THAT'S BEEN APPROVED, UH, MINUTES FOR THE JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC COMPANY MEETING MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER.
POLGAR SECONDED BY NO SECOND PLACE I WAS THERE AND IT WAS JUST QUICK LITTLE REMINDER.
SO WE HAVE THAT EDIT TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMISSIONER GARCIA IS REFLECTED AS PRESENT.
I'LL MAKE SURE TO UPDATE THAT.
ANY OTHER CONCERNS REGARDING THESE MINUTES? NO.
SO, UM, MOTION BIPOLAR SECONDED BY GARZA.
UH, AND UNLESS THERE'S ANY CONCERNS WE'LL PASS THAT OR WE'LL HAVE THAT APPROVED.
SO THOSE MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO STAFF BRIEFINGS.
[3a. Cultural Funding Review Process update – Meghan Wells, Cultural Arts Division Manager]
FIRST ITEM UP IS THREE, A CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS UPDATE.I WILL SPEAK TO THAT AS MEGAN IS NOT IN TODAY.
THIS IS HER SOUS PENTEL CULTURAL FUNDING SUPERVISOR.
AS MEGAN WELLS HAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.
WE ARE BEGINNING TO REENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX CULTURAL FUNDING REVIEW PROCESS.
UM, AFTER THAT WE WILL BE DRAFTING THE PROGRAM STRUCTURES AND GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO FINALIZE THE PROGRAMS BY EARLY 2021 FOR MARCH 1ST APPLICATION, UM, OPEN DATE.
AND THAT IS MY UPDATE FOR THE CULTURAL INTERVIEW.
UM, SO I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, SO MAYBE YOU DID COVER THIS AND I WASN'T FULLY PAYING ATTENTION, BUT WHEN WOULD BE THE ARTS, COMMISSION'S NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN THIS PROCESS? UM, SO WE'RE PLANNING ON SOMETHING, UM, THIS MONTH FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IT'S STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGES, SO I'M, DON'T HAVE DEFINITIVE DATES YET, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY SOMETIME THIS MONTH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY NOT AT THIS MONTH'S, UH, EXCUSE ME OVER.
UM, WE'RE NOT QUITE AN OCTOBER YET, SO, UM, SO SOON, BUT NO DEFINITIVE DATES YET.
SO AS, AS WE, AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS AT THAT POINT.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO
[3b. Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) Update – Sylnovia Holt-Rabb]
THREE B HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX UPDATE.SO THIS STAFF, WE HAVE A, THERE WE GO.
JUST IN A SUITE, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE RECEIVED, EXCUSE ME, UPDATES.
AS OF THE END OF AUGUST, 2020, AND THE PROJECTIONS ARE SHOWING THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY RECEIVE A MORE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX THEN PROJECTED, ALTHOUGH WE WILL STILL END UP IN THE NEGATIVE FOR THE YEAR FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS FUND, IT WON'T BE AS NEGATIVE.
SO WE HAVE PROJECTED A NEGATIVE 1,081,000, AND NOW WITH OUR UPDATED NUMBERS, I'M GETTING TO BRING IN 8.8 MILLION THAT WILL NOW LEAVE US ONLY A NEGATIVE $813,000.
SO IT'S STILL NEGATIVE, BUT NOT AS BAD.
NEXT SLIDE ALSO IN YOUR PACKET, I INCLUDED SOME INFORMATION THAT I PROVIDED TO THE MUSIC COMMISSION LAST MONTH, AND I WANT YOU CAN READ, BUT IF YOU GO ON TO THE NEXT TO THE LAST SLIDE, WE PROVIDED SOME DATA ON THE CREATIVE WORKER.
SO HERE'S THE DETAILS ON THE CREATIVE WORKER RELIEF GRANT
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THAT WAS JUST EXECUTED SHOWING YOU THE TOTAL AMOUNT, AWARDED THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS, DEMOGRAPHIC, BREAKDOWNS, AND INDUSTRY BREAKDOWNS.AND SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A FULL AGENDA.
THANK YOU, STEPH, COULD WE GO BACK TO THAT FLIGHT? THE SECOND TO LAST SLIDE? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE TIME TO COMMISSIONERS, UM, COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE.
UM, SO LET'S SEE WE'RE INDUSTRY HAVE AWARDED THE LAST SECTION THERE.
I SEE 42% MUSIC AND THEN, UH, 11%, 8%, 6%, 5% ADDS UP TO 30% TOGETHER.
THAT'S 72%, WHICH LEAVES 28% IS THAT 20%.
THE REST OF IT, ALL THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES WERE FUNDED.
AND IF YOU HAVE FURTHER BREAKDOWN, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO ATX RECOVERS.COM AND ALL OF OUR DASHBOARDS FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. ARE THERE, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA, UM, UH, HOW MUCH, UH, UM, VISUAL ART PERCENTAGE WENT TO VISUAL ART? I CAN, UM, SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT A LITTLE LATER.
I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT ON ME, BUT I CAN GET THAT TO YOU.
THAT'S ALL I HAD COMMISSIONERS.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS.
UM, I'VE BEEN CHECKING THE FOR RECOVERS SITE AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO THIS PRESENTATION THROUGH AN EMAIL BLAST, BUT NOT, I'M NOT SEEING A LINK FOR IT ON THE DASHBOARD.
UM, THERE'S A OFTEN ECONOMY INJURY BRIDGE, BLOWN USER DISASTER, CREATIVE SPACE, MUSIC, DISASTER, SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF GRANTS AND NONPROFIT RELIEF GRANTS.
BUT ON THAT, THAT MAIN BULLETED MENU, THIS IS NOT THERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST AN OVERSIGHT.
UM, CAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE WAITING TO SEE THIS, THESE RESULTS.
SO I'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS THAT PRESENTATION THROUGH, UM, THE MUSIC, UH, DEPARTMENTS, UH, EMAIL BLAST.
AND THEN I WAS JUST HOPING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE OVER HALF OF THE AWARDS WERE ALLOTTED VIA A COMPETITIVE LOTTERY.
IS THERE, CAN WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT THAT MEANS AND UM, JUST FOR TO UNDERSTAND, UM, FURTHER.
SO I'M GLAD STAFF IS LISTENING.
UM, SO JUST A CLARIFICATION ON THE VISUAL.
UH, THERE IS 6% ON THE VISUAL ARTS AND LAUREN I BELIEVE IS ON THE LINE, WAS SPEAK TO THE MODERATE COMPONENTS.
UM, SO JUST TO KIND OF, UH, EXPLAIN THE LOTTERY PIECE JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO ALL 5,502 APPLICATIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED WERE SCORED, UM, AND THEN THE TOP SCORING APPLICATIONS, THEY WERE AWARDED YOU THINK, HALF OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDS.
AND SO THEN THE REMAINING, UM, APPLICANTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, OVER 4,000, UM, FOLKS WERE THEN PUT INTO A RANDOM LOTTERY AND THEY WERE SELECTED BY A RANDOM NUMBER GENERATED GENERATOR, UM, FROM THE BBB.
AND SO THAT'S HOW WE, UM, SELECTED THAT SECOND 959, UM, NUMBER THAT WAS THE LOTTERY PROCESS.
SO THE TOP 907, UM, UM, UM, WHAT'S A REMINDER, EVERYONE STAY MUTED.
CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S JUST REPEATING LAURA'S COMMENTS.
I WAS HEARING AN ECHO OF MYSELF.
I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WAS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT.
UM, THAT, THAT IS DEFINITELY HELPFUL.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LARGE GROUP, ALMOST 2000 PEOPLE THAT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS FUNDING OR THAT, I MEAN, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS OF THE 500, 5,500, NO TO ALL OF THOSE APPLICANTS WERE ELIGIBLE OR ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS WERE SCORED.
UM, AND THEN OUT OF THAT, I THINK THERE WAS MAYBE ONE CLOSE TO 1000 OF THOSE
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APPLICANTS.UM, IT MIGHT'VE BEEN JUST UNDER 1000 OF THOSE APPLICANTS THAT WEREN'T ELIGIBLE AND INELIGIBLE, UM, COMPONENT.
THAT WAS PRIMARILY FOR FOLKS THAT LIVED OUTSIDE OF ONE OF THE AUSTIN COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
THAT WAS THE PRIMARY REASON, UM, THAT PEOPLE WERE INELIGIBLE.
UM, WE ALSO HAD, UM, FOLKS THAT DIDN'T MEET THE ELIGIBILITY OF HAVING TWO YEARS, UM, CREATIVE WORK HISTORY IN AUSTIN.
UM, AND THERE WERE MAYBE A HANDFUL OF FOLKS THAT WERE UNDER 18 THAT APPLIED.
SO THAT MADE UP, UM, THE, THE NUMBERS OF INELIGIBLE.
AND SO, UM, AND SO THE LOTTERY AFTER TAKING THE TOP 907 FOLKS, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THE, I FORGET WHAT THE TOTAL, I CAN PULL UP THE TOTAL NUMBER, UM, THAT WAS BEEN SELECTED FROM THE LOTTERY PROCESS.
AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE MORE AWARDS BEING AWARDED VIA THE LOTTERY THOUGH.
IT IS A SMALL LUMBER VERSUS THE EQUITY NEW TRICKS.
SO MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH APPLIED, UM, I AM CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, UH, SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PRIORITIZED, UH, APPLICANT BECAUSE I'M A FEMALE I'M, UM, LATIN X AND MY HUSBAND IS CIS WHITE MALE.
AND IN OUR HOUSEHOLD, HE WAS AWARDED VIA THE LOTTERY AND I WAS NOT.
AND SO THAT'S IN TERMS OF WHAT I'M SEEING FROM THE COMMUNITY IN FACEBOOK MESSAGE, UH, GROUPS FROM THE MUSIC FROM SOUND ENGINEERS, FROM VISUAL ARTISTS, GRAPHIC DESIGNERS.
AND I'M SEEING, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THE RESULTS VIA THE PRESENTATION, A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, BUT THAT JUST SEEMS TO BE THE WAY THAT IT WENT AND GRANTED THIS ISN'T ALL, YOU KNOW, UH, 1,866 PEOPLE THAT I'M SEEING, BUT I FEEL LIKE I AM GETTING A GOOD SWATH OF THE COMMUNITY IN RESPONSE.
SO IN TERMS OF A LOT POTTERY, CHOOSING THAT AS THE WAY THAT THIS MONEY WAS DISTRIBUTED, WAS THAT FOR TIME EFFICIENCY, YOU KNOW, IT JUST DOESN'T NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE THAT WAS THE MOST EQUITABLE WAY TO A LOT THAT FUNDING GIVEN THAT EVERY APPLICATION WAS ACTUALLY SCORED.
SO, UM, I GUESS IT'S TO RESPOND TO THAT.
UM, WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE AND LEGAL AND THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, UM, AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL SUB PANEL MEETING, UM, GROUP FOR RELIEF EFFORTS.
AND THE CONSENSUS WAS THAT YES, YOU KNOW, STAFF PUT FORWARD, UM, A REQUEST THAT WE SHOULD JUST LOOK AT THE EQUITY MATRIX, AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE FOR THE NONPROFIT RELIEF PROGRAM AS WELL.
UM, ULTIMATELY THE, THAT DIDN'T THAT WASN'T ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH JUST USING THE EQUITY MATRIX FOR THIS FIRST ROUND OF CREATIVE WORKER FUNDING.
UM, AND SO THE DECISION WAS MADE THAT WE WOULD AT LEAST FUND HALF OF THE MONEY WITH THE, WITH THE EQUITY MATRIX AND THEN LEAVING THE OTHER HALF OF THE FUNDING POT, UM, FOR A LOTTERY.
UM, AND I PULLED UP THOSE NUMBERS, UM, THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE 1035 WERE KNOCKED OUT BECAUSE OF INELIGIBILITY.
UM, AND SO FOR THE LOTTERY, THERE WERE 3,560 PEOPLE, UM, THAT WERE BASICALLY IN THE POOL, THE POT FOR THE LOTTERY.
AND SO THE ODDS OF ONE PERSON RECEIVING THOSE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, WERE ONE OUT OF 3,560 PEOPLE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS 0.02, 8%, UM, ODDS, WHICH ISN'T, YOU KNOW, WHICH ISN'T GREAT.
AND I, I UNDERSTAND, UM, THE FRUSTRATIONS OF, OF FOLKS THAT, THAT MAYBE WERE HIGHER UP ON THE EQUITY MATRIX AND DID NOT RECEIVE THE FUNDING IN THE LOTTERY SIDE OF THINGS.
UM, BUT THERE WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS CREATED IN THIS WAY TO TRY TO STRIKE A BALANCE OF EQUITY AND EQUALITY ACROSS COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND DISCIPLINE.
AND ALSO, UM, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THE EQUITY SIDE IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE LOTTERY SIDE TO IT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I, YEAH, YEAH.
I MEAN, I GUESS THEN MY QUESTION IS TO, TO STAFF AND TO MY COMMISSION IS, DO WE FEEL LIKE THIS WAS SUCCESSFUL NOW THAT WE'VE SEEN, UM, THE RESULTS AND, UM, HOW THE MONEY WAS DISTRIBUTED? I MEAN, I, I, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT WHAT'S MY PEERS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF HOW THIS WENT NOW THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THE RESULTS AFTER THE FACT, UM, IS THIS A WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AGAIN WITH FUTURE FUNDING? IS THIS WHAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT? UM, THIS IS,
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THIS IS LAURA AGAIN, I JUST, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I THINK FROM THE PROJECT TEAM SIDE, WE WERE, WE WERE PLEASED WITH THE WAY THAT THE EQUITY MATRIX WORKED.I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD A CITY PROGRAM THAT HAS TURNED AROUND FUNDING SO QUICKLY AND HAS BEEN ABLE TO SHIFT THE NUMBER OF, UM, RACE AND ETHNICITY PERCENTAGES, UM, FROM SUBMISSION TIME TO THE ACTUAL AWARDEES, UM, SEVERAL POINTS TOWARD, UM, YOU KNOW, HISPANIC, MULTI-RACIAL, BLACK, ASIAN, MIDDLE EASTERN AND NATIVE AMERICANS, UM, IN, IN THE WAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, TO PRIORITIZE THOSE GROUPS, AS WELL AS FUND 36% OF THE AWARDEES FOR LGBTQ FOLKS, FOUR WERE TRANS, YOU KNOW, 7% NON BINARY.
SO SOMEONE FROM AN EQUITY LENS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SHEER VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, I THINK THE PROJECT TEAM WAS, WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE WAY THAT THIS WORKED.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SOMETIMES DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF PUSHBACK, BUT THE 907 AWARDEES THAT DID GET, THEY GET AWARDED, UM, FROM THAT EQUITY MATRIX, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE FOLKS THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST VOCAL TO, TO US OR TO CITY COUNCIL ABOUT NOT RECEIVING FUNDS BEFORE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T GET MONEY BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE $10 MILLION TO FUND EVERYONE.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST WHERE, WHERE WE'RE AT, BUT I THINK, UM, SOME OF, YEAH, I'M NOT SURE HOW UNIQUE THAT THE LEADERSHIP TEAM FELT ABOUT THINGS, BUT I THINK, UM, FROM THE PROJECT TEAM SIDE OF IT, WE WERE VERY PLEASED WITH, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO DO THE BEST THAT WE COULD WITH THE FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AND FROM THE LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, UM, LEADING WITH EQUITY AND THE WAY WE DID, UH, WE ARE VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH THIS, KNOWING THAT EVERY PROGRAM COULD BE IMPROVED UPON.
AND SO WE WILL TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK, BUT IT'S, AS LAURA MENTIONED, WE HAD CHAMPIONS REACHING DEEP INTO COMMUNITY AND SOME INDIVIDUALS HAD JUST NEVER ENGAGED.
SO AGAIN, ALONG THAT DEMOGRAPHIC, THAT ETHNIC PERCENTAGE WE DID DID A GREAT JOB.
AND SO LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE PROGRAM AND WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD, HOPEFULLY WITH ANOTHER FUNDING ONE DAY.
I'LL HAND IT OVER TO A WALKER, MR. MOCK FLORES, THEN GAZA, THEN POLVAR HI, MISS LAURA.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS 907 AWARDS THAT USING THE ACQUITY MATRESS.
UM, HOW MANY OF THEM, UM, ARE THE WHITE FOLKS? I WOULD HAVE TO PULL THAT UP.
UM, BUT I, MY, MY GUT FEELING IS THAT NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THOSE TOP 907 WOULD BE WHITE AT ALL.
SO, SO THEN, SO THE 907, THEY ALL FIT INTO THE CATEGORY OF, FOR THE EQUITY.
WE ARE MINDFUL ABOUT THE EQUITY MAJORS OF ALL THESE 907 FOLKS THEY'RE NONWHITE.
COMMISSIONER FLORES, THEN GARZA.
YEAH, MY QUESTION THAT I HAD KIND OF THE REVERSE, I SEE THAT BASICALLY THE POTLUCK I'M DOING SIMPLE, BASICALLY IT'S SPLIT IN HALF 50, 50% OF THE AWARDS WERE TO THE EQUITY BASED AND THEN 50% OF THE AWARDS WERE FOR A LOTTERY, THE FUNDS.
AND SO OF THE 40, UH, OF THE AWARDS THAT WERE IN THE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE LOTTERY, WHERE THERE STILL SOME MINORITY GROUPS IN THERE.
SO THAT PART OF THE PERCENTAGES THAT WE SEE AT THE BOTTOM LISTED CAME FROM THE LOTTERY, UH, AS, AS WELL AS THE EQUITY MATRIX.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU? YES.
UM, THE, THE SECOND HALF THE LOTTERY PIECE, THERE WAS A HUGE VARIETY OF, UM, BOTH DISCIPLINE, RACE, ETHNICITY, UM, ET CETERA, THAT WERE, THAT WERE SELECTED FROM THAT, FROM THAT CHUNK OF THINGS, UM, HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES.
THEN IF YOU WERE A MINORITY GROUP TO NOT ONLY GET IT THROUGH THE COMPETITOR, TO THE EQUITY MATRIX, BUT YOU ALSO HAD ANOTHER BITE OF THE APPLE AT, WITH THE, UH, AT THE LOTTERY AS WELL.
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ENDED UP MAKING UP 47%, UH, ETHNIC GROUPS AND 47% WHITE.IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT THAT'S HOW IT TURNED OUT.
BUT, AND THIS IS FOR INDIVIDUALS.
I JUST FIND A LITTLE BIT INTERESTING THAT YOU SAID YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A BALANCE BETWEEN EQUITY AND EQUALITY AMONG THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
HOWEVER, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEFINITION OF EQUITY AND EQUALITY, THEY SORT OF MEAN TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR FUNDINGS FOR THE RECENTLY, WE'RE LEANING MORE TOWARDS EQUITY, NOT LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF WELL BALANCED.
AND SO THIS IS KIND OF SEEMED A LITTLE BIT OUT OF WHACK WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ORIGINALLY.
AND THEN YOU ALSO STATED THAT THERE WERE SOME FOLKS WHO DIDN'T ENGAGE.
AND I THINK PART OF THAT REASON IS BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES THAT HAVE EXISTED FOR AWHILE.
AND, UH, AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT.
AND UNLESS YOU EXPAND THE TIME A LITTLE BIT LONGER, UH, FOR APPLICANTS, THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET PAST THAT.
LIKE YOU SAID, PEOPLE NOT REACHING OUT OR NOT, NOT DOING, YOU KNOW, NOT PARTICIPATING BECAUSE I BELIEVE PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE THE MESSAGE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING EQUITY, HASN'T REALLY GONE OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE, IT HASN'T BEEN CONSISTENT BECAUSE WE DO ONE THING ONE, ONE TIME, THEN WE DO SOMETHING COMPLETELY ANOTHER TIME, UH, LIKE, LIKE COMMISSIONER, THE COMMISSIONER WAS SAYING IS, UH, SOME FOLKS JUST DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING HERE WITH THE CITY AND WITH ALL OUR PROGRAMS IS THAT, UNLESS YOU'RE A PART OF THE INNER LOOP IN A LITTLE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS, A LOT OF THE TIMES YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT STUFF AND YOU'LL FIND OUT ABOUT IT LATER.
SO I THINK WE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, TO RETHINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING THINGS AND THAT'S JUST, I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY REAL QUICK, UM, ABOUT WHAT, WHAT I MEANT BY FOLKS BEING MORE VOCAL, UM, THAT WAS IN REFERENCE TO, UM, MAYBE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT STAFF AND THE PUBLIC HAVE RECEIVED FROM PRIMARILY WHITE, CREATIVE WORKERS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKING WHY THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE THE FUNDING, UM, LESS SO THAN FOR ARTISTS OF COLOR THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE FUNDING, UM, AND COMPLETELY AGREE WITH ALL YOUR POINTS, COMMISSIONER GARSA.
UM, AND A LOT OF WHAT WE WERE FOCUSING ON FOR THIS, UM, FOR THIS RELIEF PROGRAM WAS WORKING WITH COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS SPECIFICALLY TO TRY TO GET INTO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVEN'T ENGAGED WITH THE CITY FOR PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY WHEN RELIEF FUNDING IS SO CRITICAL RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THE EQUITY VERSUS EQUALITY, A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREED THAT EQUITY IS WHAT WE'RE STRIVING FOR.
UM, WHEN, WHEN MAKING THE PUSH TO COUNSEL, SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO ONLY WORK ON EQUITY VERSUS EQUALITY WHEN, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN CONSTITUENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE PRIMARILY WHITE DISTRICTS.
AND SO IF ONE COUNCIL MEMBER DOESN'T RECEIVE ANY CREATIVE RELEASE, UM, FROM THEIR, FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS, THERE COULD BE SOME PUSH BACK.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THE DECISION ULTIMATELY WAS MADE TO TRY TO HAVE THAT BALANCE BETWEEN AN EQUITY ONLY MATRIX VERSUS, UM, OPEN FOR EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HER, HEY LAURA, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TWO THINGS FOR ME.
ONE IS I AM AWARE WHEN I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OF HOW MUCH THE NEED OUTWEIGHS THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND HAVE BEEN SO PLEASED AND HAPPY ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THE CITY HAS DONE ACROSS THE BOARD TO TRY TO REACH THE NEEDS OF EVERY COMMUNITY, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND HOW MINDFUL WE'VE BEEN TO TRY TO SEE WHO'S WHO'S MISSING, AND WHO'S NOT GETTING THE INFORMATION AND WHO DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK AND YOUR MINDFUL WORK IN THAT REGARD.
QUICK QUESTION, AND ALONG THE LINES OF WHO ARE WE NOT STILL NOT ABLE TO SERVE OF THOSE 5,000 PLUS APPLICATIONS.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO WERE OUTSIDE OF THE JURISDICTION, THE FOLKS WHO WERE LEFT OF THOSE 3000 PLUS THAT WERE IN THE SECOND COMPETITIVE LOTTERY, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT GROUP WOULD, WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED UNDER THE EQUITY MATRIX IF WE'D HAD MORE MONEY? LIKE HOW BIG IT WAS THAT CHUNK? UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UH, CAN WE START POKER? UH, WE WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE SCORING.
I WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, THE SCORES
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19 WAS THE NUMBER CUTOFF.UM, SO IF INDIVIDUALS HAD RECEIVED A 19 OR ABOVE, UM, THEY WERE FUNDED, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY EIGHTEENS VERSUS HOW MANY TWOS WERE FUNDED.
DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M GETTING AT? LIKE, I'M CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING HUGE STRIDES IN THE EQUITY UNIVERSE, WHICH IS GREAT.
WHERE ARE WE MISSING FOCUS? OUR ENERGIES.
WILL YOU A CITY HALL STAFF, WILL YOU TAKE DOWN THE SLIDES? I CAN KEEP A BETTER TRACK OF COMMISSIONERS WITH THEIR HANDS UP.
UM, I, I DO WANT TO WARN Y'ALL WE HAVE A LOT ON OUR AGENDA, SO I WANT TO KEEP THIS MOVING, BUT I DO WANT TO RESPECT THAT A COUPLE ADDITIONAL BARNES HAS NOT SPOKEN YET.
I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT.
AND THEN HERE I AM DOING THAT.
UM, I GUESS I, I MISSED THAT DAY IN CLASS AND I APOLOGIZE FOR ASKING SOMETHING IF IT JUST SO RUDIMENTARY, BUT GOING BACK TO THAT ONE SLIDE WHERE IT HAD THE BREAKDOWNS OF, UM, RACE, ETHNICITY, ETHNICITY, UM, THE TOTALS ADDED UP TO 94, I THINK IT WAS.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT OTHER 6% IS AND HOW THAT'S BEING CALCULATED.
UM, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ALL THE NUMBERS DON'T EITHER ADD UP OR CAN ARE EXPLAINED, AND I'M SURE THEY ARE EXPLAINED SOMEWHERE, BUT IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS SLIDE, I'M CONFUSED THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD EITHER ADD UP OR HAVE AN EXPLANATION, LIKE IF IT WAS ONLY WHAT WAS IT, 40% LGBTQ AND SOMETHING WHERE ARE THE OTHER 60%.
SO AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE THAT THAT IS SUCH A RUDIMENTARY QUESTION, BUT IT'S THE QUESTION I HAVE NOT RUDIMENTARY AT ALL.
UM, THE BULLET POINTS THAT I HAD LISTED IN THE INITIAL MEMO TO THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM JUST HAD THE HIGHEST, UM, LIKE THE HIGH POINT, UM, BEFORE IT WAS TURNED INTO THIS, TO THIS SLIDE, UM, THE MAJORITY THAT MISSING 7% FOR RACE AND ETHNICITY, UM, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME PREFER NOT TO ANSWER INDIVIDUALS.
UM, AND SIMILARLY FOR THE BREAKDOWN OF INDUSTRY AND DISCIPLINE, UM, THE FULL LISTING OF ALL OF THAT IS ON, UM, THE, THE DASHBOARD THAT WE HAVE ON THE WEBSITE.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE, YOU KNOW, THE 0.2% OF FOLKS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE A CERTAIN TYPE OF DESIGNER VERSUS, YOU KNOW, THE WOODWORKERS OR THE FIBER ARTISTS, ET CETERA, SO THAT ALL OF THE DETAILS ARE ON THE DASHBOARD.
THESE ARE THE HIGHEST, UM, NUMBERS TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL.
AND THEN JUST QUICKLY, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SO MANY DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, LIKE THERE'S BEEN ONE FOR, UM, VENUES AND, YOU KNOW, UM, LIVE MUSIC VENUES, I THINK I I'VE SEEN.
AND THEN I JUST, I'M CONFUSED WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE TO CREATIVES.
SO DOES THAT LIST LIVE SOMEWHERE? LIKE JUST ONE COMPLETE DOCUMENT OF, SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED, WE'VE MADE X, Y, AND Z AVAILABLE, UM, TO THROUGH CARES THROUGH HOT TAX THROUGH SPECIAL, WHATEVER THAT IS.
SO THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK AROUND THE CURES FUNDING, WE CAN DEFINITELY GET YOU THE LINK TO THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE OUR HOT FUNDING BRING THAT FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION.
SO NOW WITH THE HOT FUNDED WORD, SO WE BRING YOU INFORMATION ON THE HOT FUNDED PROGRAMS MONTHLY THROUGH THE THINGS YOU APPROVE, LIKE THROUGH CONTRACTORS OR IMMEDIATE INITIATIVES.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, LIKE, FROM COMMISSIONER BARNES'S QUESTION TO YOUR RESPONSE, IS THAT WHAT WE LOOKED AT RIGHT NOW WAS REALLY FUNDING THAT CAME FROM THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HOT FUNDING AND OUR CULTURAL CONTRACTS.
THOSE ARE TWO TOTALLY SEPARATE ISSUES, TWO TOTALLY SEPARATE BUCKETS.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLEAR FOR EVERYONE, BUT I THINK WHAT ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT BUCKETS WOULD HELP ME JUST UNDERSTAND? CAUSE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE ALL IN DIFFERENT PLACES IF THERE WERE ONE PLACE.
UM, AND THAT WOULD JUST HELP ME, BUT THAT WAS MY RESPONSE BECAUSE HE ASKED THE GLOBAL SO I CAN TRY TO GET YOU IN ONE PEDRO WITH THEM.
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I'M SORRY, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON BOTH MICHELLE AND FEMI PEZ COMMENT IN TERMS OF I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP AND I'M SORRY, I SHOULD'VE DONE THIS SOONER, BUT WITH THE HISPANIC POPULATION, EVERY OTHER ETHNICITY SORT OF FELL RIGHT AROUND THEIR PERCENTAGES OF THE CITY POPULATION.AND I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW MANY HAD COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS, DO YOU ALL KNOW THE PERCENTAGES OF THE APPLICANTS? SO FOR THE LA LATINOS THAT ONLY, I THINK THEY LIKE 30% ALMOST OF THE POPULATION IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, 35, 32, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE, AND THEY GOT 18% OF THE FUNDS.
WERE THEY THE HIGHEST? ARE THEY, DID THEY APPLY IN THAT, ABOUT THAT PERCENTAGE OR WERE THEY TURNED AWAY AT A GREATER NUMBER? SO CONDITIONAL FLOORS, LET US GET THAT DATA BACK TO YOU.
UM, SO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION ON APPLICATION POPULATION, I'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, CAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE SEEMS TO FALL WITHIN THEIR PERCENTAGES EXCEPT FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITY.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
Y'ALL I JUST WANTED TO SAY REALLY QUICKLY TO COMMISSIONER RESISTANCE POINT.
UH, I, I THINK WE WERE SUCCESSFUL.
WE PUT MONEY IN THE HANDS OF INDIVIDUAL CREATIVE WORKERS.
UM, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD TODAY, LIKE I THERE'S SPACE FOR IMPROVEMENT.
UM, SO LET'S, LET'S, LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO, TO, TO GET THERE, TO GET TO THAT BETTER PLACE.
UM, THANK YOU, STAFF FOR THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ALONG.
ITEM THREE C I DON'T THINK WE REALLY HAVE AN UPDATE.
SO NOVIA, BUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A UPDATE NEXT MONTH, CORRECT? YES.
[3d. Creative Space Bond]
UH, ITEM THREE D IS A CREATIVE SPACE BOND.UH, IS CHRISTINE HERE? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? OH, YES.
UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO PRIMARILY OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONERS.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME AGAIN.
I, AT THE LAST ARTS COMMISSION AT THE JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSION, I WENT AT LIGHTNING SPEED, UM, THROUGH A PRETTY EXTENSIVE, UH, PROCESS.
AND I WANT TO BRING BACK TO YOU ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, BUT REALLY KIND OF FOCUS ON THE FOCUS ON THE PROCESS AND ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT I'M ABLE TO ANSWER FOR YOU ON THE PROCESS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION OUT AND THAT CLOSED A WEEK AGO.
SO ON MONDAY, LAST WEEK WE RECEIVED 21 RESPONSES THAT WERE VERY ROBUST RESPONSES AND WE'RE STILL REVIEWING THOSE RESPONSES, BUT I AM.
UM, IF YOU COULD GO ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M REALLY PLEASED AT THE DEPTH AND THOUGHTFULNESS AND THE BREADTH OF CREATIVITY THAT IS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS VERY INTERESTED IN, UM, EITHER PARTICIPATING EITHER AS A FUTURE OCCUPANT OF WHATEVER FACILITY OR FLORAL SPACE THERE IS.
UM, THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO REALLY SEE THEMSELVES AS HELPING TO OPERATE THE SPACE DEPENDING ON WHAT SPACE BECOMES AVAILABLE OR SPACES BECOME AVAILABLE.
AND SOME ALREADY HAVE CONTROL OF LAND THAT THEY OWN AND SEE THAT THERE COULD BE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, UM, WITH UTILIZING SPACE IN PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENTLY OWN BIO CREATIVE, OR THERE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY LEASING SPACE AND ARE HOPEFUL THAT MAYBE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WHERE THE CITY TO SECURE THAT SPACE, THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY UNDER A LEASE ARRANGEMENT.
WHAT I'M HERE TO BASICALLY DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS OF IS OUR PROCESS.
THAT REALLY IS GROUNDED IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSION, AND CRITICAL TO THAT UNDERSTANDING IS LEADING WITH EQUITY AND ENSURING THAT THOSE WHO COULD PARTICIPATE IN THE SPACE AND IN THE CURATION OF WHAT GOES INTO THE SPACE
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OF BEING THOSE WHO REALLY HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED.WHO'VE NOT HAD, WHO'S NOT PART OF WHAT COMMISSIONER GARZA HAS STATED.
AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE, KIND OF AN INNER GROUP.
WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL IN OUR VERY INTENTIONAL OF HAVING A PROCESS THAT REALLY HELPS LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD.
UM, PARTICULARLY, UM, SUPPORTING GROUPS THAT DO NOT HAVE A BIG CHEEKY BANK ACCOUNT OR ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RAISE A TON OF CAPITAL MONEY IN ORDER TO, UM, PARTICIPATE AT SOME POINT IN THIS PROCESS.
SO I WILL SAY WE HAVE THIS IN THREE IT'S A THREE PRONGED APPROACH.
SO THE F WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THROUGH LIKE TWO MAIN PROCESSES IS ONE IS NOBODY WANTED THE CITY TO OPERATE THIS FACILITY AND THE CITY W CITY DOESN'T WANT TO OPERATE THE FACILITY.
AND EVERYBODY UNANIMOUSLY SAID FROM EVERYWHERE AS THEY WANTED, YOU KNOW, DEEP SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE TO HELP OPERATE THE FACILITY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR OPERATOR OR OPERATORS WHO REALLY SEE THEMSELVES AS BEING ABLE TO ADD VALUE IN THE SPACE.
AND WE'RE REALLY ASKING THOSE FOLKS TO RAISE THEIR HAND AND SHOW UP AND FOLKS, ADMITTEDLY SAY, HEY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M SHOWING UP FOR, BUT HERE IS MY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE.
AND WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT WHEN WE ISSUE THIS, A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, THAT OPERATORS SHOW UP, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, THE EXACT FACILITIES THAT WE WILL BE POINTING TO BECAUSE WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US IS TO TARGET THROUGH OUR BROKER FACILITIES, THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPERATOR OR OPERATORS TO SUPPORT.
SO WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM RESPONDENTS FOR THOSE REQUESTS, FOR INFORMATION, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF RIGHT NOW, JUST FROM THIS RFI, SOME OF THE DEPTH AND EXPANSE OF ENTITIES THAT CAN OPERATE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FACILITIES.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE GOTTEN SOME EARLY RECONNAISSANCE ABOUT HOW TO DIRECT OUR BROKER TO GO AFTER WHAT PROPERTIES THAT IS THAT SECOND TIER, WHAT IS IN THAT FUCHSIA COLOR THAT'S HAPPENING ROUGHLY IN ABOUT A PARALLEL PROCESS, BUT THE FACILITY OPERATOR REACH OUT OUTREACH FOR FOLKS WHO WE HOPE CAN OPERATE.
BUT WHAT OUR BROKER IS DOING IS REALLY FOCUSING ON THE REAL PROPERTY PORTION OF SPACE.
THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO ARE DEVELOPERS THAT SAY, HEY, I'VE GOT SPACE NEGOTIATE WITH ME ON A LONGTERM LEASE OR A GROUND LEASE.
THERE ARE OTHER TYPES OF FACILITIES, SOME OF WHICH ARE CITY OWNED FACILITIES THROUGH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND THOSE LEGALLY CAN BE CONSIDERED AS FACE.
AND WE'RE NOW WORKING WITH OUR PARTS DEPARTMENT ON THAT SOME OF THE RFI RESPONDENTS HAVE IDENTIFIED PARTICULAR PIECES OF SPACE.
A YES, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT TIME.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OTHER THINGS ON THE AGENDA, AND I FELT LIKE THIS WAS A FAIR POINT TO PAUSE YOU.
AND JUST TO REITERATE THAT WE HAVE TWO PROCESSES THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, THE RFQ IS FOR FINDING AN OPERATOR, RIGHT? AND WE'RE THAT RFQ PROCESS, WE'LL IDENTIFY A BY A GROUP OF POTENTIAL OPERATORS.
AND THERE'S OTHER PROCESSES THAT YOU JUST FINISHED DESCRIBE, OR THAT YOU WERE DESCRIBING IS THE, THE, THE PROCESS TO IDENTIFY REAL ESTATE THAT COULD BE USED.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A GROUP OF REAL ESTATE OPTIONS, AND THEN I THINK THIS IS WHERE YOU WERE GOING TO HEAD TOWARDS, BUT WE'RE FURTHER DOWN.
THE TIMELINE IS WHERE THESE TWO PROCESSES MEET, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A OPERA POTENTIAL OPERATORS LOOK THE POTENTIAL REAL ESTATE SITES AND SEE IF WE CAN COME UP AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IF I'M WRONG, BUT THIS IS WHERE THE RFP COMES INTO PLAY.
WHO HAS, UH, THE HIGHEST YIELD OR THE, YOU KNOW, WHO'S USING THE 12 MILLION TO ITS HIGHEST POTENTIAL.
UM, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURED EVERYTHING.
I APPRECIATE THAT COMMISSION COMMISSIONER.
JUST ONE MORE SLIDE, JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY
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ABOUT WHAT THIS IS NOT AND WHAT THIS IS, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO.I APPRECIATE THIS, WHAT WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT MORE CLARIFICATION OUT ON OUR WEBSITE OF SPEAKUP AUSTIN IS REALLY INFORMING, UH, PEOPLE THAT THIS IS NOT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHAT THIS MEANS IS THE FACILITY NOT ONLY TO BE ON LONGTERM OWNERSHIP OR LIKE OWNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND I MEAN, GROUND LEASE OR A LONGTERM LEASE, BUT ALSO THIS IS NOT FOR EXCLUSIVE USE.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE MESSAGING MORE IN OUR Q AND A THAT WE WILL PUBLICLY POST BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR FROM THE RFI.
SO THIS SHOULD BE FURTHER ARTICULATED THAT THE SPACE NEEDS TO BE OPEN AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC AND PUBLIC USE AND NOT JUST FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE AND BENEFIT OR ONE OR MORE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE I WILL SAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THAT SEAN WILL, IT WILL BE OUR PROCUREMENT OFFICER WITH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT WHO REALLY CAN COME BACK TO THIS COMMISSION WHEN YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND EMPHASIZE TO THE COMMISSIONERS ABOUT THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT.
ONCE WE ISSUE A FORMAL SOLICITATION, WHICH WILL BE THE RFQ IN EARLY NOVEMBER, UM, COMMISSIONERS WILL BE UNDER GOVERNED BY THE ANTI LOBBYING AND NO CONTACT ORDINANCES FOR PROCUREMENT.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS, UH, COMMISSIONER VAN DYKE.
UM, TO ME, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS AT LEAST I'M DEALING WITH.
UM, SO THIS IS REAL IMPORTANT.
I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T MISS ANYTHING.
UM, SO WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING DECISIONS AS THIS MOVES THROUGH THE PROCESS? UH, IS IT SEAN, IS IT A, UH, LARGER DEPARTMENT? IS IT CITY EMPLOYEES? IS IT, WE HAVE ANY INVOLVEMENT IN MAKING DECISIONS? WHAT, UM, OUT OF THE 21 PROPOSALS, THE RESPONSES, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF RESPONSES WHO DECIDES WHICH ONES ARE APPROPRIATE, WHICH ONES ARE NOT NONE OF THE, ARE THE FOLKS WHO RESPONDED FOR THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION THAT WAS NOT PART OF A FORMAL PROCUREMENT THAT HAS HELPED TO INFORM A FUTURE RFQ.
AND, UH, FOR BOTH THE FACILITY OPERATOR AND AN RFP FOR THE REAL ESTATE, IT HAS ONLY TO HELP INFORM OUR PROCESS WHEN WE ISSUE, UM, WHEN WE SCORE AND ACTUALLY GO INTO THE FORMAL SOLICITATION, WHAT WE HAVE BECAUSE OF OUR PROCUREMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES, IT WILL BE INTERNAL CITY STAFF WHO WERE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE FROM A BROAD RANGE, UM, INCLUDING AN EQUITY LENS OF REAL ESTATE LENS ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING, AND FROM THE LENS OF ARTS AND MUSIC WHO WILL BE REVIEWING AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS.
ULTIMATELY THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS MUST BE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN ORDER TO GO INTO AN AGREEMENT.
THE WORK OF THIS COMMISSION REALLY HELPED INFORM WITH THE JOINT ARTS AND WORKING GROUP, THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
SO YOUR INPUT HAS BEEN FOUNDATIONAL BECAUSE BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING IS EXECUTING ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSION.
IF WE HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, DETAILS, WHO'S WOULD SHOW AND BE THE POINT PERSON FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.
YOU CAN CONTINUE SENDING QUESTIONS TO SEAN OR, UM, FEEL FREE TO SEND IT TO A COMPORT TILL SYNOVIA OR WHOEVER'S ON POINT, UH, WITH SYNOVIA AND WE WILL GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO POST ON OUR Q AND A, EVEN THOUGH THE RFI IS OVER.
WHEN WE ISSUE THEIR RFQ, WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THE Q AND A AS A BACKUP TO THE RFQ.
SO KEEP FORMING QUESTIONS AND WE'LL KEEP ANSWERING THEM.
SO I JUST, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN THIS GETS TO THE DECISION PROCESS, AND I UNDERSTAND HAVING SOMEBODY FROM ARTS AND CULTURE INVOLVED, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S, ADVISORING ADVISING ON WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR ARTS AND CULTURE TO HAVE A GOOD FACILITY.
WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THERE, ISN'T GOING TO BE ANYBODY WHO UNDERSTANDS THE LONG HISTORY OF ARTS GROUPS IN THIS CITY AND, UH, HOW THEY HAVE WORKED WITH EACH OTHER OR NOT
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WORK WITH EACH OTHER AND THE SORT OF POSITIONING AND POLITICAL, UM, RIVALRIES OR BACKHANDED DEALS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT, THAT WE'RE PRIVY TO.UH, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WHO ACTUALLY IS IN THE TRENCHES, UH, IT'S LIKELY THAT YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO GET WHOEVER IS THE LOUDEST VOICE, UM, REACHING YOU AND THE LOUDEST VOICE BY FAR IS NOT THE BEST VOICE, UH, IN THIS CITY.
AND SO I STRONGLY, STRONGLY STRONGLY ADVISE THAT THERE BE SOMEBODY FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION IN THIS DECISION PROCESS, EVEN IF IT IS JUST AS IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO SIT IN THOSE MEETINGS AND BE A VOICE OF REASON WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THESE PROPOSALS, BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER YEARS OF BEING ARTS COMMISSION AS TO WHO WORKS WELL WITH OTHERS.
AND THAT IS THE MAIN THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT HAS TO BE A FACILITY THAT IS GOING TO BE RUN WITH THE BENEFIT OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT GROUPS TOGETHER, WORKING TOGETHER.
AND THAT IS ANOTHER REASON WHY I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THIS BEING HANDED OFF TO SOME OTHER GROUP THAT ALREADY EXISTS AND MAYBE ALREADY HAS THEIR OWN PROPERTY AND MAYBE HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, SERVED AS A FISCAL SPONSORS FOR OTHER GROUPS.
YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY JUST THEN GIVING THEM, YOU KNOW, A STRONGER, I DON'T KNOW, PLATFORM TO CREATE SOME SORT OF AUSTIN CULTURAL ARTS DOMINATION.
SO IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A SEPARATE ENTITY, YOU REALLY HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CAREFUL ON, ON WHO IS, IS DOING THIS.
I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, SO HAVING BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE LONG CENTER, UM, IN A PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT AT SORT OF FISCAL PERSON TO RUN THIS, HAVING FISCAL KNOWLEDGE OF RUNNING A MULTIMEDIA PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS SPACE, OR A SPACE THAT CATERS TO PERFORMING THE VARYING PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS.
AND I GUESS AGAIN, MIKE, MY CONCERN IS JUST HAVING SEEN HOW HARD THAT IS TO THE LONG CENTER, MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING SOMEBODY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF RUNNING AN ARTS GROUP.
THAT'S NOT A SINGLE ARTS GROUP, BUT IS ONE THAT CATERS TO BALANCING SCHEDULES AND LOOKING AT EQUITY AND HAVING THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY OF KNOWING HOW TO, HOW TO BALANCE ALL OF THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY'S SORT OF, UM, FINANCIAL INVESTMENT IS PAST THIS 12 MILLION AGAIN, HAVING SEEN THE LONG CENTER, YOU KNOW, NEED DONATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT JUST TO SURVIVE.
I, I JUST, AGAIN, LIKE, UM, COMMISSIONER FANTE, I THINK THAT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERTISE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF A MULTI ARTS GROUP FACILITY, NOT JUST SOMEBODY WHO HAS, YOU KNOW, RUN BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT INTRICACIES.
AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE CITY PUT IN THE REQUIREMENTS OF A $10 MILLION ENDOWMENT FOR THE LONG CENTER IN ORDER, YOU KNOW, FOR IT'S BOND PACKAGE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A RESPONSIBILITY OF, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU'LL HAVE 20 YEARS OR 10 YEARS OR WHATEVER IT WAS TO CREATE THIS ENDOWMENT FUNDING.
AND PROBABLY COMMISSIONER MARK KNOWS MORE ABOUT THAT HAVING BEEN AROUND AND WORKED ON THAT VERY CAREFULLY, BUT I JUST THINK, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS, BECAUSE I KNOW EVERY ARTS GROUPS IN EVERY FACILITY IN A WORLD OF HURT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, LONG CENTER, NOT WITHSTANDING THAT.
SO UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THE JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC WORKING GROUP AS A FIRM BY THE COMMISSIONS IS THAT THE END OF THE 12 MILLION, THERE WASN'T A REAL DESIRE TO WAIT AND, AND SELECT AN OPERATOR AND FACILITY THAT WOULD NEED A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN.
AND I DO THINK THAT NOW THAT WE'RE AT THAT, AND THAT WAS PRE COVID NOW THAT WE'RE POST COVID, I THINK THAT'S EVEN MORE THE CASE THAT IT SEEMED LIKE THIS NEEDED TO BE, UH, ALMOST A TURNKEY, UM, BAD LANGUAGE, BUT IT NEEDED TO BE AT THE END OF THE 12 MILLION, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOMETHING THAT'S READY TO GO.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSION AND NOT THE LONG FUNDRAISING
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RUNWAY THAT SOME OF OUR BOND PROJECTS HAVE HAD TO RUN AS PART OF A JOINT PARTNERSHIP COMMISSIONER VAN VANDYKE.UH, JUST QUICK, I THINK I SAW A TIMELINE ON ONE OF THE SLIDES.
UM, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO TAKE? UM, WHEN WILL WE HAVE A FACILITY? IS IT, DO WE HAVE EVEN AN END DATE FOR THIS? SO I WOULD ESTIMATE FACILITIES ONCE WE LOCK IN ON EVERYTHING, IT'LL TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE BUILDING SOMETHING FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE 18 MILLION.
SO I WOULD, SO HONESTLY I THINK OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS, IF THERE IS NO DELAYS WILL BE ABOUT 12 MONTHS, DEPENDING ON HOW FAST WE CAN NEGOTIATE THE REAL ESTATE AND THE FACILITIES AGREEMENT.
SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN AND LOCKED IN AND 12 MONTHS COUNCIL WILLING, UM, AND THEN MOVE ON WITH IT INTO CONSTRUCTION.
UH, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, UH, AGAIN, FROM THE JOINT MEETING COMMISSIONER PHONTE'S COMMENT WAS THAT THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT A GRANT OF 12 MILLION FOR SOMEONE TO IMPROVE THEIR SPACE.
THIS, THIS PROCESS IS, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WAS THIS THE, THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING A GROUP OF POTENTIAL OPERATORS AND, UH, A GROUP OF POTENTIAL REAL ESTATE SITES.
AND THEN THE PROCESS WILL COME WE'LL CAN JOIN WHERE WE'LL FIND THE BEST MATCH UP.
UM, SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT JUST A, UH, SOURCE OF FUNDING.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, CHRISTINE.
UM, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR THE QUESTIONS
[3e. Creative Space Assistance Program (CSAP) Update]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON OFF THREE E CREATE A SPACE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM UPDATE.WE HAVE JAIME AS PART OF MY POWERPOINT, THERE WAS A LIST OF CREATIVE SPACE IN CURRENTLY WHERE I'M WORKING ON.
I'M GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE CURRENT PROCESS TO INFORM HOW WE MOVE FORWARD NEXT YEAR.
AND SO WHEN WE COMING BACK, ONCE WE HAVE, UM, A PATH FORWARD.
OKAY, SO YOU'LL BE COMING BACK.
[4a. Art In Public Places]
UH, FIRST UP IS AIPP ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, COMMISSIONER PULLOVER, HUH? I'M LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE AND THE CALENDAR AND THE LIST.I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE COMBINE, UH, UNDER NEW BUSINESS, A ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, ITEMS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE, AND PASS THEM ON CONSENT.
SECOND MOTION, UH, TO PASS, UH, ITEMS FOR A ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE ON CONSENT BY POLGAR SECONDED BY BARNES COMMISSIONER FLORES.
QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, THE, UH, THE REVISIONS.
I COULD, I DID NOT FIND A RENTAL THING WHERE THOSE ONLY THREE LITTLE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE.
CAUSE I COULDN'T FIND A REAL BLIND IN MY THING.
MAYBE IT WASN'T LOOKING AT THE RIGHT SPOT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PULL FIVE.
AND I CONCUR, I WANT TO PULL FIVE AS WELL.
SO CAN WE, UH, PLAY WITH COMMISSIONER VANDYKE? UM, THIS MAY BE PRESSING FOR ANOTHER TIME AND WAS LOOKING AT THOSE, UH, ART PIECES THAT ARE RUSTY, THAT ARE FALLING APART, UH, THAT GET PAINTED OVER A GRAFFITI.
UM, WHAT KIND OF, UH, DO WE HAVE IN PLACE TO, UH, ART PIECES, WHICH MADE COMMISSIONER, WHICH, WHICH ITEM IS THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? UH, IS THAT THE, I FORGET THE WORD DICTA MENTIONING THE ART.
ARE WE NOT THERE YET?
BUT IT'S NOT AN ITEM TO BE PAUL.
ANY OTHER ISSUES WITH CONSENT? OKAY.
SO COMMISSIONER PULLOVER, IF WE CAN MODIFY YOUR, YOUR MOTIONS TO PROVE, UM, FOR A ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR, SO MODIFIED, SECONDED BY BARNES.
UH, IF THERE ARE NO ISSUES, WE'RE GOING TO PASS THAT ON CONSENT.
WE ARE HOLDING FOR A FIVE, WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO AIPP ORDINANCE GUIDELINES.
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I WOULD MAYBE LIKE TO PICK IT UP NEXT MONTH JUST SO WE CAN HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION ON IT.COMMISSIONER FLORIDA DIDN'T WANT IT.
IT'S NOT TIME SENSITIVE VISITS.
IT'S, IT'S, WE'VE NEEDED TO DO THIS SINCE, UH, 2004.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
SO WE CAN TAKE ANOTHER MONTH FOR SURE.
ARE WE, ARE WE EVER GOING TO GET LONGER THAN 90 MINUTES? THEY HAVE MEANING IN THE YEAR 2035, WAS I LOOKING AT THE WRONG SPOT? CAUSE I COULDN'T FIND THE HOLE.
I ONLY FOUND A FEW CHANGES IN A DIFFERENT, UH, COLOR, BUT I LOOKED AT THE WRONG DOCUMENT.
UM, THERE WERE I HAVEN'T BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE WHERE ALL THE PROCESS CHANGES WERE BEING MADE.
I GAVE YOU WORD DOCUMENTS AND PDFS TO SHOW THE EXISTS, THE CURRENT GUIDELINES AND THE PROPOSED REVISIONS, ESPECIALLY, UM, LULA, YOU COULD, UH, YOU COULD DO A BLACK LINE COMPARISON.
SO YOU COULD JUST LIKE GO A LITTLE BIT SHORTER, YOU KNOW, GRAD LINE LIKE THEY DO IN LEGISLATIVE, OR YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU'RE STRIKING OUT AND WHAT YOU'RE ADDING IN ONE DOCUMENT SO THAT SOMEBODY THAT'S READING IT CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CHANGES ARE DOING BACK AND FORTH, YOU KNOW, COULD BE VERY CONFUSING.
I WOULD PREFER A RED LINE SHARP, NO SLUT IS BEING CHANGED IN THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU'RE READING EITHER BE STRICKEN OR BEING AT IT'S VERY EASY STRICKEN, A STRICKEN AND ADDED IS UNDERLINED.
I WILL ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION, BUT I WANTED TO SEE IF, IS THERE A MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEM FOUR 55 THE NEXT MONTH MOTION BY FLORA, SECONDED BY BARNS ALL IN FAVOR.
IT'S PASSED UNANIMOUSLY COMMISSIONER FONTAINE.
THERE WAS A MESSAGE THAT WAS SENT BY THE CITY CLERKS TODAY.
I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO FULLY READ IT, BUT THERE DOES SEEM TO BE SOMETHING IN THE WORKS FOR GIVING US MORE FOR LONGER MEETING OPTIONS.
[4b. Approve FY 21 recommended 1st quarter (Q1) Community Initiatives applications]
SO WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR B APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 21, UH, RECOMMENDED QUARTER COMMUNITY INITIATIVES APPLICATIONS.I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY PULL GUARD, TO APPROVE SECONDED BY FLORES, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[4c. Approve recommendation to support long term investment within the African American Cultural Heritage District]
SO NOW ON TO ITEM FOUR C APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO SUPPORT LONGTERM INVESTMENT WITHIN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT.UH, YOU ALL RECEIVED A BACKUP INFORMATION FOR THIS, UH, RECOMMENDATION.
UH, THERE WAS A DRAFT RESOLUTION, UH, PRESENTED BY, UH, HAROLD MCMILLAN.
UH, HAROLD IS, ARE YOU STILL ON THE LINE? YES, I AM.
UH, IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS WE CAN ASK THEM AT THIS TIME, CUMBERSOME FLORENCE YOU'RE MUTED, COMMISSIONER FLORES.
NO, NO, I'LL LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANT TO GET IN QUEUE FOR QUESTIONS.
WELL, I WAS HOPING TO STREAMLINE THIS PROCESS AND THAT'S WHAT PROVIDED THE BACKUPS.
SO THERE ISN'T AN OFFICIAL PRESENTATION, SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO Q AND A AND HAROLD MCMILLAN IS HERE TO ANSWER THEM.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE OUR COMMENT I'M READING IT, OBVIOUSLY I WANT TO SEE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND THE, MAYBE THE URGENCY TO BUY THOSE BLOCKS THAT ARE, OR TO SET ASIDE THOSE BLOCKS AND PRESERVE THEM SO THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST DEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING THAT ISN'T CULTURALLY RELEVANT.
HOWEVER, UH, I HAVE CONCERNS THAT IN PART OF THE, AFTER THE THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED PORTIONS OF THE LENGTHY RESOLUTION, THAT IT, IT SORT OF IMPLIES THAT WE WOULD BE APPROVING IT FOR PART OF THE $12 MILLION BOND FUNDS.
SO THAT'S CONFUSING TO ME, IT'S UNCLEAR IT COULD BE CONSIDERED THAT WAY.
SO I WANTED THEM TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THERE'S A PROCESS FOR HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE ALLOCATED AND SELECTED, ET CETERA.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO TODAY DOES NOT IMPLY THAT WE ARE APPROVING THAT OR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT AS THE RECIPIENT FOR THIS 12 MILLION OR HAS A LEG UP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THAT WOULD BE MY, UH, UH, BUT I'M ALL FOR HELPING THE DISTRICT AND THE PRESERVATION
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OF CERTAIN PROPERTIES, EXCEPT FOR THAT CONCERN OF MINE.UH, MR. MCMILLAN, DID YOU UNDERSTAND THAT COMMENT? YES.
AND MY POSITION WOULD BE, UH, SHOULD YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR AND EXPLICIT? UM, I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO YOU ADDING THAT LANGUAGE AT ALL, UM, OR CONTEXT.
UM, UH, THE CONCEPT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN OUT THERE LONG BEFORE THE BOND MONEY WAS ACTUALLY THERE.
SO IT DID NOT COME THIS PROPOSAL.
IT'S NOT COMING TOGETHER BECAUSE THE BIG LIST OF THE $12 MILLION, I ACTUALLY WROTE UP THE ORIGINAL KIND OF CONCEPT IN 2003.
UM, AND IN TERMS OF THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE PROPERTIES, THAT'S WHERE THIS KIND OF ENDS UP BLEEDING INTO THE POLITICS OF URBAN RENEWAL.
UM, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY DOESN'T TURN THOSE LAST TWO PROPERTIES OVER FOR COMMERCIAL BIG BOXES, WHERE THEY EXPENSIVE, UH, APARTMENT AND RETAIL, THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE COMMUNITY, BUT THOSE ARE THE LAST TWO PARCELS THAT THE CITY OWNED AND THE PROMISE OF DEVELOPMENT, UH, FROM THE PLAN OF 1999 EXPLICITLY SAID PRESERVATION, CULTURAL PRESERVATION, ACTIVE STREET, LIFE NIGHTLIFE IS SECTOR AND SECTOR, AND THEY'VE DONE NONE OF THAT.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THIS CODIFIED SO THAT, SO THAT IT'S, IT BECOMES WRITTEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THEN HAS TO BE MY PROJECT, BUT THOSE SPACES SHOULD HAVE IT CALLED FULL USE.
THAT'S REALLY THE BOTTOM LINE COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND FOR CREATING THIS DISTRICT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO SAY, I WAS SLIGHTLY DISAPPOINTED THAT, UH, SOME OF THE HISTORY THAT BROUGHT US HERE WAS NOT MENTIONED IN ANY OF THAT RESOLUTION.
WE'VE GOT THINGS, UH, LIKE GREGORY TOWN ROBERTSON, THE HILL KAYLEEN'S CLARKSVILLE, WE TILL ALL THESE PARTS OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITIES OF AUSTIN, WHICH WERE WHITEWASHED AND RENT LINED OUT.
AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE NEED TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE HOW WE GOT THERE AND INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION.
SO THAT IN THE FUTURE, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR KIDS WON'T KNOW, WELL, WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT JUST FIXING SOMETHING, WE'RE FIXING SOMETHING THAT WE BROKE AND WE NEED TO OWN UP TO THE MISTAKES IN THE PAST.
AND THAT WAS NOT PART IN THAT RESOLUTION.
AND IT'S JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I, I STOPPED, UH, I STOPPED AT 15 DOUBLE DOUBLE SPACE PAGES.
UM, MY GRADUATE DEGREE IN COASTAL HISTORY IS ACTUALLY ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I HAVE A ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECT CALLED THE CELL SOME BLACK HISTORY PROJECT.
SO I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU, UH, PART OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS CONTINUING TO DOCUMENT THOSE STORIES AND TRYING TO IN THE FRONT.
UM, I, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD HAVE GIVEN A LOT OF THAT KIND OF BACKGROUND, UM, IN A DRAFT RESOLUTION.
I DO HAVE A READING FILE THAT I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU.
UM, UH, ON THE RESEARCH SAID THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, UH, CENTRALLY SALSA HAS BEEN ASKING FOR COASTAL CENTER ON 11TH STREET SINCE 1968 AND IT'S SO EVERY 10 YEARS OR SO SINCE THEN, UH, I'M VERY AWARE OF THAT HISTORY, MR. MCMILLAN, IF YOU SHARE THAT DOCUMENT, UM, BUT COMMISSIONER BOULEVARD, THAT WAS GOING TO SAY, HEY, HELL YEAH, I'M AWARE OF HOW MUCH WORK AND TIME AND INVESTMENT YOU HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND AS COMMISSIONER, ANY DOCUMENTATION OR RESEARCH HISTORY THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US, THEN EMPOWERS US TO HAVE THAT IN OUR POCKET AND CONVERSATIONS
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THAT WERE HAPPENING ACROSS.LET'S MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S MUTED UNLESS YOU'RE SPEAKING COMMISSIONER MACH.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THIS RESOLUTION.
I'M WONDERING THE BLACK HISTORY OF AHSAN IS THERE SOMEWHERE IN THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER THAT IS WRITTEN DOWN HOW IT BECAME, WHERE IT IS, YOU KNOW, UH, ANOTHER THING IS, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TODAY? DO WE NEED TO, UM, APPROVE THE SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND SEND IT TO THE COUNCIL? UH, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO TODAY, IF IT IS, UH, A MATTER OF, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL TO SUPPORT THIS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
I WOULD LIKE WHICHEVER IS THE EASIEST FOR YOU TO DO.
I WOULD LIKE YOUR SUPPORT OF THE NOTION AND IF YOU SUPPORT THE DRAFT RESOLUTION, THEN THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT IT'S ONE OF YOUR COMMISSIONERS SAID, I THINK YOU SHOULD INCLUDE LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT SAYS WE ARE IN NO WAY, ENDORSING THIS ASPECT AS AN EXPENDITURE OF $12 MILLION UPGRADED SPACE BOUND MONEY, FINE WITH THAT.
IT COULD BE A ONE OR TWO PAGE RESOLUTION THAT YOU CRAFT FROM THAT INFORMATION THAT JUST HITS THE BULLET POINTS.
BUT I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE SOME KINDS OF OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT OF THE WORK.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY WILLING TO SUPPORT THE CONCEPT.
THE IDEA I HAVE SOME, I HAVE SIMILAR CONCERNS WITH COMMISSIONER FLORES ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF THE RESOLUTION, BUT I ALSO MIGHT, AND I JUST PITCHED THIS OUT TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
IS THERE A LITTLE WORKING GROUP THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO PUT TOGETHER TO WORK WITH MR. MCMILLAN ON HOW HE CRAFTS THIS? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN DOING MR. FLORES? UM, I WOULD VOLUNTEER IF THAT IS THE WILL OF THE BODY TO KIND OF WORK AND WORDSMITH IT.
SO THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SUPPORT.
AS I SAID, I'M ALL SUPPORTIVE OF THE DISTRICT AND THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT'S JUST THAT ONE LITTLE CAVEAT THAT I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT ENDORSING SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T INTEND TO DO, BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT TO DIGEST, BUT I'M HAPPY TO HELP IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION, MR. MCMILLAN, IS THERE A TIMEFRAME THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITHIN OR WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO WORK ON IT.
I AM TRYING TO GET IT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL BEFORE THE END OF OCTOBER.
UM, AND WHEN I GET THERE, UH, I, I WILL HAVE IN MY POCKET, A HANDFUL OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, ENDORSEMENTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
UM, SO YEAH, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I COULD DO IS THAT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMISSION CONDENSED THAT TO TWO OR THREE PAGES.
I COULD SEND YOU A COPY OF THAT FOR LANGUAGE TO COMPARE AND THE ASIAN QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION DID THE SAME.
PLEASE DO, PLEASE SEND US BOTH.
UM, I THINK I, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION WHERE WE, THIS RECOMMENDATION, UM, WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS DRAFTED BY COMMISSIONER FLORES AND THAT WAY COMMISSIONER FLORES CAN WORK WITH, WITH HAROLD MCMILLAN AND COMING WITH THE RIGHT LANGUAGE.
AND THEN THAT'LL BE BROUGHT BACK TO US FOR, FOR FINAL CHECKOFF.
OH, ARE YOU OKAY? UH, IT LOOKED LIKE COMMISSIONER MOCKED MADE THE MOTION.
I'LL SECOND THAT I'LL ALSO, DO YOU NEED ANY ASSISTANCE OR HELP IF YOU NEED ANY HELP ON THAT? I APPRECIATE IT.
SO I'LL JUST FOR THE SAKE OF IT.
WE CAN DO THAT AND NOT PROBER.
WHAT IS OUR COMMISSION MEETING TO BE BROUGHT BACK? THAT'S JUST CURIOUS DOING NOW.
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CLERK WILL LET US KNOW WHEN WE CAN MEET.IT WOULD TYPICALLY BE SCHEDULE MEANS ANYTHING ANYMORE, RIGHT.
IT WOULD TYPICALLY BE SCHEDULED ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 19TH, SO, OKAY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE AIMING FOR.
SO I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION IS APPROVING SOMETHING WHEN WE DO HAVE THE TIME TO SEE THE FINAL PRODUCT, AS OPPOSED TO GIVING.
AND AGAIN, I TRUST LEWIN AND MICHELLE, BUT JUST GIVING SOMEBODY A CARTE BLANCHE TO WRITE AND REPRESENT ALL OF US.
IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME, I FEEL LIKE YES, BUT BECAUSE THERE IS TIME, I WOULD RATHER WAIT JUST TO THINK A FINAL PRODUCT AT OUR 19TH MEETING.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY IT COULD GO FORWARD 20, WHATEVER 22ND OR 23RD, UM, CITY COUNCIL OR WHEREVER IT NEEDS TO GO.
THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
SO COMMISSIONERS HERE'S WHERE I WOULD NEED SOME HELP ON NON, ARE WE REWORDING THE MOTION OR ARE WE SUBMITTING A SUBSTITUTE MOTION? THAT WOULD, WELL, MY MOTION, MY MOTION.
TONY'S JUST TO, UM, UM, TO, TO ASK, UH, COMMISSIONER FOREST TO DRAFT IT TOGETHER WITH, UH, MICHELLE AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO US FOR APPROVAL.
RIGHT? CAUSE I SAID SOMETHING ELSE, BUT COMMISSIONER MARK'S MOTION IS TO, UH, DIRECT COMMISSIONER FLORES AND COMMISSIONER POLVAR TO DRAFT, UM, SUPPORTING RESOLUTION.
DID I GET THE RIGHT
I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF THAT.
ANN MARIE, DID YOU CATCH THAT MOTION? IT MEANS I'M CONFIRMING THAT ANN MARIE GOT THAT.
AND THE SECOND WAS BY THE SECOND WAS BY MY MOTION BY SECONDED BY BARNES, UH, ALL IN FAVOR.
WE HAVE ONE COMMISSIONER FANTA.
SO MR. MCMILLAN WILL HAVE A COMMISSIONER FLORIDA AND THE COMMISSIONER PULL IT OFF OR IN CONTACT WITH YOU TO DRAFT SOME, SOME NEW LANGUAGE USING THAT ONE POINT AND WE'LL CUT.
WE'LL COME BACK NEXT MONTH FOR AN APPROVAL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I APPRECIATE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
[4d. Approve recommendation to support legislative agenda for the City of Austin]
ALL RIGHT.SO WE'RE MOVING ALONG TO, FOR APPROVING THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
WE HAD A PRESENTATION LAST MONTH BY FREE.
BRANCO ASKED US TO SUPPORT COMMISSION US.
I WAS GOING TO MOVE TO ADOPT MOTION TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS, SECONDED BY MARK.
ANY CONCERNS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED, AND THAT WAS UNANIMOUS.
[5a. Art In Public Places]
ALONG TO OLD BUSINESS ART IN PUBLIC PLACES OR FIVE 50 ONES TO APPROVE A PRIORITIZED LIST OF JURORS TO SERVE ON THE DISSENSION OF AIPP ARTWORK.SPECIAL JURY ASSUMPTION BY MOCK TO APPROVE SECONDED BY BARNS.
CAN I POP IN THE BACKUP? I'M SORRY.
THIS IS FRANK WICCA COLLECTION MANAGER FOR AIPP, UH, I'M SORRY THAT THIS SORT OF BUSTED IN, BUT, UM, THE IDEA IS THAT YOU WOULD PRIORITIZE THE LIST THAT I PROVIDED.
AND IN ORDER THAT YOU FEEL IS, IS ADEQUATE.
UM, THE NAMES THAT I GAVE YOU ARE THE FOUR, BUT I DIDN'T PUT THEM IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER.
IF THAT ORDER IS APPROPRIATE TO YOU, I CAN GO WITH THE ORDER THAT YOU SEE.
UM, BUT OTHERWISE I'D ASK YOU TO REORDER THOSE IN THE WAY THAT YOU SEE FIT.
SORRY, THAT'S A LOT TO ASK IN A SHORT TIME.
I READ IT TOO LONG AGO TO CITY HALL STAFF.
THERE IS A, UM, SOME SLIDES THAT SAY AIP PD SESSION ON THEM.
IF YOU COULD PULL THOSE UP, THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF THAT'S OKAY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME.
IT JUST DOES HAVE THE LIST OF THE, UM, I MEAN, I COULD READ OFF THE LIST, BUT THAT MIGHT BE A BIT CLUNKY GIVEN THE
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NATURE OF OUR TECHNOLOGY.WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND READ THE LIST CAUSE I'M NOT GETTING A RESPONSE ON THE CITY HALL.
UM, SO I HAVE J WALKER, SHE'S A FORMER AIPP MEMBER AND A MFA OF THE UNIVERSITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, UH, DR.
GEORGE VARGAS, HE'S A CURATOR OF EXHIBITIONS AND DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AT MEXICO STAY HERE IN AUSTIN.
UH, MY LIST IS MORE OR LESS FAR AS THOUGH SHE'S DIVISION MANAGER FOR CULTURAL AFFAIRS, WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.
UH, AND THEN LAST ON MY LIST, I HAVE ELISE ANGELO, UM, AND SAY ANGLO, WHO IS THE PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS AND MURALISTS, UH, AS WELL, THE CURATOR HERE IN AUSTIN.
SO THOSE ARE THE FOUR NAMES I'M HAPPY TO REREAD THEM.
WELL, GEORGE VARGAS, UH, AND LUIS, ANGELO AND LUIS MOST RECENTLY APPLIED TO BE ON THE AIPP PANEL AND DID VERY WELL IN THAT, IN THAT REVIEW.
THE INTENT IS THAT WE HAVE A PRIORITIZED LIST.
SO IN CASE THE FIRST PERSON THAT WE GO TO IS NOT ABLE TO SERVE THAT.
WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE TOO, THAT WE CAN GO TO, UM, IN ORDER TO HAVE THEM SERVE.
SO, SO WHO HAS DONE THIS BEFORE? UM, SUE, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS FALL, NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD DONE THIS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD TOO MANY DX SESSIONS IN OUR COLLECTION.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TO MAKE MY OWN LIST WITHOUT YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
SO I DON'T KNOW THE REST OF THE CONDITIONER.
UM, AND I CAN SAY AMY, THIS IS FRANK, WHERE CAN, I CAN VERY BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THAT LAURA SPARS HAS A PRETTY DEEP HISTORY OF PUBLIC ART AND COLLECTION MANAGEMENT.
I'VE WORKED WITH HER FOR SEVEN YEARS, UH, AT PART, UM, AND SHE HAS A KNOWLEDGE OF THIS AS WELL.
GEORGE VARGAS WOULD HAVE THAT AS WELL.
MAYBE NOT IN THE PUBLIC REALM, BUT IN CURATION AND MUSEUMS. UM, AND JENNY JADE WALKER IS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS SHE SERVED LAST TIME.
LAST TIME WE DID A D OBSESSION.
SO SHE IS AWARE OF THAT PROCESS.
IF, IF IT WOULD HELP FOR ME TO THROW OUT MY NAMES, I COULD DO THAT, BUT I WOULD NEED SOME, SOME FEEDBACK.
YEAH, I THINK ACTUALLY COMMISSIONER FLORES HAD HER HAND UP BEFORE I DID SORRY.
SO WHAT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER YOU LISTED? FOUR.
DO WE NEED MORE THAN TWO MORE THAN WHAT IS THE, SORRY, THIS IS FRANK.
DO YOU NEED TO ONLY PICK ONE INDIVIDUAL? UM, THERE'LL BE ONE INDIVIDUAL CHOSEN, BUT YOU'RE PRIORITIZING THE LIST OF FOUR OR I CAN SELECT FROM THAT.
NOT SO NOT SO THAT WE CAN SELECT FROM THAT, BUT SO THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH THE LIST OF PRIORITIZE LIST IN THE ORDER THAT YOU GIVE US SO THAT WE CAN, UM, GET SOMEBODY WHO CAN SERVE IN THE TIME AS NEEDED HOLGER.
DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ALLOW STAFF TO MAKE THAT PRIORITIZE LISTS AND TO, TO APPROVE THESE FOUR AND LET YOU RANK THEM BASED ON YOUR, YOUR BEST JUDGMENT? YES.
THE CHOICES ARE, YOU CAN JUST GO WITH THE PRIORITIZED LIST OF STAFF HAS LAID THEM OUT.
YOU CAN REORDER THAT LIST ACCORDING TO YOUR PREFERENCE, OR YOU CAN COME UP WITH A NEW LIST AND THE WHOLE ARMS PART.
I KINDA LIKED THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO'S ACTUALLY BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS BEFORE AND UNDERSTANDS IT.
SO I THINK I WOULD PUT JADE WALKER AT THE TOP OF THE LIST AND THEN RANK THEM HOWEVER YOU WANT TO REACH THEM AFTERWARDS OR SEE WHO'S AVAILABLE BY SUGGESTION.
I WOULD SUGGEST LAURA SPARS TO BE NUMBER TWO.
SO THAT PRIORITIZED LIST IS JADE WALKER, LAURA SPARS, DR.
AND THEN WE HAD A MOTION TO APPROVE BY NOW.
WAS IT ANN MARIE TOLD ME OUT HERE, UH, IT WAS MOC AND BONDS.
SECOND BY BARNES, WE HAVE OUR PRIORITIZED LIST OF JADE WALKER, LORD, THE DR.
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LEWIS AND GULU, UH, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED ABSTENTIONS, THAT'S A RIGHT AND PASSES.[5b. Working Group updates]
WE HAVE THREE MINUTES.SEE IF WE CAN GET TO THESE OLD BUSINESS WORKING GROUP UPDATES.
SO STAFF IS REVIEWING THE PROCESS AND WE STAND BY TO BE OF ASSISTANCE TO THEM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM THAT WE CAN.
UH, EQUITY RESOURCE WORKING GROUP, UH, COMMISSIONER.
UM, BUT WE, UH, WILL, WE WILL TOUCH BASE WITH HER COMING HERE AND PULL HER AND I, AND ROSS ON THAT WORKING GROUP.
UH, AND THEN THE MASS JEN AUSTIN TOWN CENTER, WORKING GROUP JOINT WORKING GROUP, UH, STILL KIND OF IN A HOLDING PATTERN.
WE'RE WAITING, UH, MEMBERSHIP FROM THE MUSIC COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.
UM, SO I'LL TRY TO, I'LL TRY TO GET THAT COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE, THOSE OTHER COMMISSIONS MOVING.
[6. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
OUR AGENDA, OUR AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE THAT RESOLUTION OCTOBER.WE HAVE A RESOLUTION, WE HAVE THE AIPP ITEM THAT WE TAKE.
AND, UH, AS A REMINDER FOR OLD COMMISSION BARN SORT OF BEEN IN AND OUT, AND MAYBE THIS HAPPENED, OR MAYBE I MADE THE MOTION, I DON'T REMEMBER, BUT, UM, SUE, CAN YOU REMIND ME, DID WE SUNSET THE AIP, PE ARTS COMMISSION WORKING GROUP TO TALK ABOUT SORT OF TEMPO AND EQUITY AND ALL OF THAT.
THAT'S STILL HANGING OUT THERE AS A, JUST TO BE DONE.
IT'S A, IT'S ON THE, TO DO LIST RATHER THAN, AND THEN SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.
AND I THINK WE WERE WAITING TO SORT OF TAKE OUR LEAD FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION AND WHAT CAME OUT WITH EQUITY AND HOW WE WERE PRIORITIZING, UM, FUNDING.
SO THERE IS THAT WORKING GROUP THAT STILL, UM, IS TECHNICALLY ON THE BOOKS.
SO TELL ME, I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO RECONSTITUTE THAT IF WE FEEL THAT THAT'S NECESSARY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT, OR WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT ENOUGH INFORMATION AND WE JUST NEED TO SORT OF INFORM, I HOPE Y'ALL DON'T MIND, BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A CONVERSATION THAT YOU AND I CAN HAVE COMMISSIONER BARNES.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, IF YOU HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL IT TO ME OR GET A SECOND COMMISSIONER TO JOIN YOU AND IT'LL BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA.
OTHERWISE, WHEN YOU SEND IT TO ME, I'LL MORE THAN LIKELY BE THE SECOND TO ADD IT.
BUT WITH THAT, I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK STAFF.
UH, AND I HOPE THE COMMUNITY IS PAYING ATTENTION TO HOW HARD Y'ALL ARE WORKING.
I WANT TO DO IT DURING THIS MEETING.
SHOW UP, TELL MY LOVE THE WAY I TRAVELED ALL THE LONG, SO LONG.
THERE'S BEEN NOBODY TO BETRAY.