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SHAQ IS TRYING TO LOG BACK IN.ARE YOU STILL THERE? GAVIN? YEAH.
SO SINCE GAVIN IS CALLED IN, UM, HE WILL NOT BE APPEARING ON THE SCREEN WITH YOU GUYS.
UM, SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO USE, UH, HIS VOICE, HIS, UH, HIS ATTENDANCE SHAKA SAYS HE IS NOT ABLE TO GET BACK IN ON THE TIME JUST TO CALL IN.
YES, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
YEAH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S ALL GOING ON, BUT, UH, I GUESS I'M HERE.
WELL, YOU AND GAVIN ARE BOTH JUST ON PHONE, SO YOU GUYS WILL JUST FOR THE VOTES, HAVE TO SAY IT OUT LOUD.
[CALL TO ORDER ]
WITH THAT, I WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.THIS IS A SPECIAL CALLED ORDER, OUR SPECIAL MEETING, UM, OF THE AUSTIN MUSIC COMMISSION.
IT'S OCTOBER 2ND AND WE'RE MEETING REMOTELY.
UM, WE WOULD NORMALLY START WITH CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, BUT THERE IS NONE THIS EVENING.
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
WE'LL HAVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A SECOND TO LOOK OVER THEIR MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 19TH.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WE HAVE A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER DUARTE? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[2.a. Discussion and Possible Action following update by Brie Franco, Intergovernmental Relations Officer, on what issues to expect regarding the 87th Legislative Session beginning on January 12, 2021, and adoption of the City’s State Legislative Agenda. ]
THEN WE CAN GO RIGHT TO NEW BUSINESS, TO A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOLLOWING UPDATE BY BRIEF BRONCO, INTER GOVERNMENT MENTAL RELATIONS OFFICER, UM, ISSUES TO EXPECT REGARDING THE 87 BLOOD SESSION BEGINNING ON JANUARY 12TH, 2021, AND ADOPTION OF THE CITY'S STATE LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, LIKE TO WELCOME BREE TO THE MEETING.UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, I KNOW WE'RE ALL ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
IT'LL HAVE, UM, DEFINITELY SOME SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON WHAT WE CAN EXPECT AT THE TEXAS CAPITOL, UH, THIS SESSION.
UH, THANK YOU IT FOR PULLING UP
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MY PRESENTATION, IF WE CAN START WITH THE NEXT SLIDE.UM, AND FOR THOSE ON THE PHONE, I'LL TRY TO, UH, NARRATE FOR YOU AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IS WHAT I'M SHOWING IN THESE POWERPOINTS.
AND SO THIS FIRST SLIDE SHOWS A TEN-YEAR OVERVIEW OF LEGISLATION AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BILLS FILED AT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
IT COMPARES FROM 1999 TO THE LAST SESSION IN 2019, AND IT SHOWS THAT THERE'S BEEN IN TOTAL BILLS, INTRODUCED ABOUT A 1500 BILL INCREASE FROM 1999 WHEN THEY INTRODUCED ABOUT 5,800 BILLS.
AND THEY NOW LAST SESSION, THEY INTRODUCED 7,300, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INCREASING, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY SESSION.
UM, AND THEN YOU GO TO TOTAL BILL CITY RELATED BILLS INTRODUCED, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S BEEN A HUGE JUMP AS WELL.
IN 10 YEARS IN CITY RELATED BILLS INTRODUCED FROM 1,230 IN 1999 TO 2300 IN 2019.
SO ABOUT 1100 BILL INCREASE AND 10 YEARS.
AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE BILLS LIMIT THE CITY'S POWERS AND ABILITIES TO DO CERTAIN THINGS ARE VERY RESTRICTIVE BILLS.
YOU ALSO LOOK AT THE COLUMN ON CITY RELATED BILLS PASSED AND YOU SEE A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THAT TOO.
IT'S ALWAYS HARDER TO PASS A BILL AND TO KILL A BILL AT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, TOTAL BILLS PASS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT COLUMN, THAT NUMBER IS RELATIVELY LOW 1400 OUT OF 7,300 OR FOR SITTING RELATED BILLS.
THE NUMBERS JUMPED FROM 130 IN 1999 TO 338.
AND SO THAT'S 182% INCREASE OVER THOSE 10 YEARS.
UM, AND AGAIN, THOSE BILLS, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE BILLS ARE VERY RESTRICTIVE AND LIMIT CITY'S AUTHORITY.
UM, THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MANY BILLS THE CITY ITSELF ENDS UP REVIEWING.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THEY HA THEY'LL BEGIN BILL FILING IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ELECTION STARTING NEXT WEEK.
AND THEN THEY GET TO FILE BILLS ALL THE WAY UP TO MARCH EIGHT.
UM, THE LAST SESSION DURING THE LAST 10 BUSINESS DAYS OF BILL FILING, THAT'S WHEN THEY DUMPED ABOUT 4,000 OF THOSE 7,000 BILLS.
SO WE REALLY DIDN'T SEE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE BILLS UNTIL, YOU KNOW, APRIL 28TH TO MARCH 8TH.
AND WE HAVE TO REVIEW THOSE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WITH THE DEPARTMENTS WE WORK WITH AND, UM, THEN PROVIDE A LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY ON WHO'S GOING TO TESTIFY OR WHETHER WE TESTIFY, WHETHER WE TRY TO AMEND THE BILL AND SO FORTH.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE OUR DEPARTMENT ANALYZES AND REVIEWS A NUMBER OF BILLS, ULTIMATELY WE HAD ABOUT 1300 BILLS LAST SESSION THAT WE TOOK ACTION ON.
UM, I KNOW WE'RE VERY ANXIOUS ABOUT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW, BUT CERTAIN THINGS WON'T CHANGE TOMORROW AND THAT'S LIKE THE GOVERNOR ABBOTT FOR INSTANCE, IS NOT ON THE BALLOT.
UM, SO, AND WE KNOW THAT HE'S ALREADY TAKEN A VERY ANTI CITY TONE AS PART OF HIS GOVERNORSHIP.
AND THIS WAS A QUOTE FROM 2017 WHERE HE BASICALLY SAY THAT SAYS THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THE STATE PREEMPTING LOCAL REGULATIONS IS A SUPERIOR APPROACH.
UM, HE HAS BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THIS, UM, LINE OF THINKING EVEN, UM, IN THE WAY THAT HE'S CALLED SPECIAL SESSIONS.
HE HAS NOT CALLED A SPECIAL SESSION WHEN WE HAD HARVEY, HE HASN'T CALLED A SPECIAL SESSION ON THIS PANDEMIC.
THE ONE TIME HE DID CALL A SPECIAL SESSION.
UM, HE HAD 10 ITEMS ON THERE RELATED TO CITIES, AND IT WAS RESTRICTING CITIES AUTHORITIES ON THINGS LIKE OUR TREE ORDINANCES.
UM, SO WE KNOW WHERE HE'S COMING FROM AND AS WENT TO CITY SLIDE, PLEASE, WE ALSO KNOW THAT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, DAN PATRICK WILL NOT BE ON THE BALLOT.
SO HE'LL STILL BE HEAD OF THE SENATE.
SO THAT'S TWO, YOU'VE GOT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH UNCHANGED AND ONE OF THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGE YOUR CHAMBERS ON TRAIN UNCHANGED.
AND THIS QUOTE AGAIN IS FROM 2017 AND IT IS KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, PRECURSOR TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY.
AND THAT'S THAT HE BELIEVES THAT CITIES ARE STILL CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRATS.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE HIGH TAXES AND STREET CRIME.
YOU STARTED SAYING THIS IN 2017, THERE ALSO WON'T BE MUCH CHANGE IN THE SENATE.
THERE'S ONE SEAT THAT MAY GO, UM, THAT'S IT PART OF SAN ANTONIO THAT MAY GO FROM A REPUBLICAN PETE FLORES TO A DEMOCRAT FOR GUTIERREZ.
HE HAD NONE, NONETHELESS, I DON'T THINK IT CHANGES HOW DAN PATRICK RUNS HIS CHAMBER.
UM, WE WILL HAVE A NEW SPEAKER THOUGH, BECAUSE SPEAKER BONNEN IS DECIDED NOT TO RUN AGAIN FOR ELECTION.
THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS THAT HE WAS RECORDED SAYING ABOUT SOME OF HIS FELLOW REPUBLICAN MEMBERS.
HE WAS CAUGHT ON TAPE SAYING THESE THINGS AND, UM, HE ULTIMATELY RESIGNED BECAUSE OF IT.
HE WAS ASKING A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE AND POWER TEXAS TO GO AFTER SOME OF THESE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, BUT HE ALSO WAS VERY NEGATIVE ABOUT CITIES THAT BASICALLY SAID
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IN THAT TOP QUOTE, THAT ANY MAYOR COUNTY JUDGE THAT CAME TO MEET WITH HIM WAS A DUMB ASS.AND I'M QUOTING HIM FROM THAT TAPE, BUT HE WILL NOT BE BACK NEXT SESSION, NEXT SIDE.
SO THE ELECTION OUTCOME WILL DETERMINE WHO THE NEW SPEAKER IS, WHETHER IT'S A DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, EVEN IF THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER THE HOUSE, IT WILL BE BY A VERY SLIM MARGIN, ONE TO TWO SEATS.
UM, IF THE REPUBLICANS HOLD ONTO THE HOUSE, IT'LL BE BIAS IN MARGIN TOO.
SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.
UM, WE WEREN'T TOLD THAT REDISTRICTING WOULD REQUIRE A SPECIAL SESSION AND THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
THEY ARE, WE'RE NOW HEARING THAT THEY WILL RE SEE THE CENSUS RESULTS IN TIME TO DO, UH, REDISTRICTING DURING THE SESSION.
UM, BUT YET THEY COULD STILL CALL THE GOVERNOR CAN STILL CALL SPECIAL SESSIONS ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES.
AND IF THEY CAN'T GET ALL THEIR BUSINESS DONE DURING THE REGULAR SESSION, HE WILL HAVE TO, UM, THEY WILL ALSO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEIR SCHOOL FINANCE BUDGET.
I MEAN THE SCHOOL FINANCE FUNDING SYSTEM, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY SET UP A BILL THAT THEY KNEW THEY'D HAVE TO FUND EVEN MORE THIS SESSION.
AND THEN THEY HAVE THE BUDGET, UM, THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN THEIR BUDGET AS CITIES IN TEXAS DUE TO BECAUSE OF LOWER SALES TAX AND THEN ALSO OIL AND GAS COMING IN LOWER.
THERE'S A BULLET THAT ACCIDENTALLY WAS RAISED ON THIS SLIDE.
AND THE LAST BULLET IS ABOUT COVID AND THAT'S THE THING THAT REMAINS THE MOST UNKNOWN FOR NEXT SESSION.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE DON'T KNOW THE CAPITOL IS CLOSED RIGHT NOW.
I CANNOT GO INTO THE CAPITOL TO VISIT WITH THE DELEGATION OR ANY MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE.
AND SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SESSION'S GONNA LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF HOLDING HEARINGS OF ALLOWING THE PUBLIC INTO THE CAPITOL OF ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY, UM, OF ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO VISIT MEMBERS, OFFICES, THEY HAVE THEIR MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS PROTOCOL, BUT THEY HAVEN'T MADE ANY DECISIONS ABOUT THESE THINGS.
YET WE ARE HEARING THERE'S GOING TO BE LESS HEARINGS BECAUSE THERE'LL BE LESS ROOMS AVAILABLE THAT ALLOW FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING.
UM, AND MY CONCERN IS ACTUALLY THAT THERE'LL BE LESS TRANSPARENCY IF THERE'S LESS PUBLIC ACCESS OR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT THAT ULTIMATELY RESULTS IN LESS TRANSPARENCY.
UM, I ALWAYS PROVIDE TO, TO THE, UM, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, SO AN OVERVIEW OF, UM, WHAT ISSUES THEY CAN EXPECT FROM THE LEGISLATURE THAT TOP ROW IS MISSING A SQUARE.
THERE'S ALSO POLICE PREEMPTION.
YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT.
THAT TOP ROAD IS JUST PREEMPTION, PREEMPTION PREEMPTION.
SO WE HAVE SUPER PREEMPTION, WHICH IS A BILL THAT COMES OUT OF THE SENATE.
IT'S BEEN COMING OUT OF THE SENATE, THE LAST TWO SESSIONS SESSIONS.
AND IT BASICALLY SAYS THAT THE CITIES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LEGISLATE IN AREAS, NOT EXPLICITLY ALLOWED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
UM, AND THAT'S NOT HOW IT'S CURRENTLY DONE.
AND THAT BASICALLY IS A STATUTORY AND RUN AROUND HOME RULE AND HOME RULE AUTHORITY FOR CITIES COVID PREEMPTION.
THERE ARE, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE THAT THE COUNTY JUDGES AND THE MAYORS HAVE EXERTED THEIR AUTHORITY WITH THE CURRENT COVID SITUATION.
AND SO THERE'LL BE FILING BILLS TO LIMIT THAT AUTHORITY.
AND THEN AS YOU GUYS PROBABLY HAVE HEARD, THE GOVERNOR HAS TO GET A STRONG STANCE AGAINST WHAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN DID AND THEIR BUDGET WITH THE, UH, AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SAYS HE'LL, UH, INITIATE A NUMBER OF BILLS THAT WILL PREEMPT THE CITY'S AUTHORITY IN THAT WAY, AND EVEN GO SO FAR AS TO ALLOW COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY TO DE AMEX FROM THE CITY AS A RESULT.
UM, WE'LL SEE AGAIN, UM, POSSIBLY EMPLOYEES RIGHTS AND BENEFITS REFER TO CITY INITIATIVES, SUCH AS PAID SICK LEAVE.
IT'S ALSO ABOUT OUR NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, TWO SESSIONS AGO, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DAN PATRICK FILED THE BATHROOM BILL LAST SESSION, THAT WAS STILL, UM, PART OF THE, THE CONVERSATION WITH THE PAID SICK LEAVE BILL.
THEY TRIED TO PASS TO PREEMPT OUR ORDINANCE ON PAID SICK LEAVE.
AND THEN THERE WAS A CHICK-FIL-A BILL THAT CAME OUT OF SAN ANTONIO.
THERE'S BEEN BILLS THAT TRY TO PREEMPT OUR ZONING AUTHORITY AND SPECIFICALLY THE CITY'S ORDINANCE RELATED TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS, THE NO CITY LOBBYING BILL THAT GOES BACK TO THE SPEAKER BONDING CONVERSATION.
THERE'S A BILL THAT WAS FILED LAST SESSION, AND WE EXPECT IT TO BE FILED AGAIN.
UH, THE GOVERNOR AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAVE ALREADY SHOWN THEIR SUPPORT FOR IT AGAIN.
AND BASICALLY IT WOULD SAY THE CITY CANNOT HIRE LOBBYISTS TO LOBBY AT THE CAPITOL.
RIGHT NOW I DO HAVE A LOBBY TEAM.
I COULD TAKE THE LOBBY TEAM TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AT A MEETING EVERY YEAR AND FOR APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET TO SPEND ON THEM.
UM, IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE OVER 180 MEMBERS AND STAFF ON THE OVER, YOU KNOW, 1300 BILLS YOU SAW THAT WE TAKE ACTION ON AND NEED THAT NUMBER OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE AS EVERY OTHER ENTITY HAS THE ABILITY TO USE.
UM, BUT NOT ONLY DOES THIS BILL SAY WE COULDN'T
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USE LOBBIES LOBBYISTS ANYMORE.IT ALSO SAID WE COULD NOT COMMUNICATE WITH A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE UNLESS THEY REQUESTED THE INFORMATION FROM US.
SO RIGHT NOW I RARELY PROVIDE TO OUR DELEGATION, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE INFORMATION, WITHOUT THEM ASKING ON INITIATIVES AT THE CITY.
AND THIS BILL WOULD SAY, I CAN ONLY DO THAT IF YOU WERE REQUESTED.
AND WE WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED TO TESTIFY AT THE CAPITOL, IF WE'RE REQUESTED BY THE COMMITTEE ITSELF, RIGHT NOW, WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS AS ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC COULD.
AND THIS WOULD DEFINITELY, UM, LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS.
THE BOTTOM HALF OF THAT SLIDE ALSO HAS THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH REGULARLY ANNEXATION.
THERE WAS A BILL PASSED TWO SESSIONS AGO THAT LIMITS CITIES, ANNEXATION AUTHORITY.
SO NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO LIMIT OUR AUTHORITY IN THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
THIS PARTICULARLY IS IMPORTANT TO AUSTIN BECAUSE OF OUR INTEREST IN PRESERVING WATER QUALITY.
AND AS WE KNOW, WATER, UM, PROCESS CITY BOUNDARIES AND COUNTY BOUNDARIES, UM, ALSO THERE'S OFTEN ATTEMPTS TO DEREGULATE AUSTIN ENERGY AND AUSTIN WATER, AND ALLOW THEM TO BE TURNED OVER TO THE PRIVATE MARKET.
AND THEN REVENUE CHAPS HAS TO DO WITH HOW WE RAISE REVENUE, PROPERTY TAXES.
UM, THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WAS ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 17TH BY THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, BUT IT CAN BE AMENDED AT ANY TIME.
IT IS A LIVING BREATHING DOCUMENT.
AND SO IT CAN BE AMENDED ON THERE.
THE NEXT MEETING WE HAVE, THEY HAVE, IT CAN BE AMENDED DURING SESSION, BUT THE WAY WE DEVELOP THE AGENDA IS WE TAKE THE COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS AND THE THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL IS DISCUSSING DURING THE INTERIM, WE ASKED HER THE DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE REVIEW AND INPUT.
I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT, TO SEEK YOUR INPUT ON THE AGENDA.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE MINUTE.
AND WE ALSO WORK WITH HER DELEGATION.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THERE'S A LINK ON THE LAST SIDE THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE AGENDA AND IT COVERS A NUMBER OF ISSUES.
THIS ISN'T EVEN ALL OF THEM, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE A CITY, OF COURSE, WE DEAL WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT AFFECT EVERYONE'S LIFE.
THE THEMES IN THE AGENDA ARE VERY BROAD IN SOME AREAS SUCH AS THESE, WHICH IS BASICALLY WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, SOMETIMES THEY ACTUALLY GET VERY SPECIFIC WITH SOME BILLS, BUT ON SOME THEY'RE BROAD ENOUGH TO SAY WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PRESERVE OUR AUTHORITY TO ADOPT AND ENFORCE ORDINANCES.
THAT GOES TO THE ISSUE OF SUPER.
AND I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT EARLIER, AND WE'LL ALSO OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS OUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE OR ADVOCATE WITH LEGISLATORS.
THAT'S THE CITY LOBBY BILL WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
BUT AS TO THIS COMMISSION ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS IN THERE THAT, TO WHAT THIS COMMISSION OVERSEES YET, NONETHELESS.
AND SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THEM FOR YOU TO LOOK AT NEXT SLIDE, BUT NONETHELESS, ONCE YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA, IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND OR DISCUSS, I'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ALL ON, UM, DRAFTING, A RESOLUTION FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER OR TO YOU CONDEMN TO SEND SOMETHING TO A COUNCIL MEMBER, TO ASK THEM TO, UM, AMEND THE AGENDA WITH.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO KEEP YOU UPDATED THROUGHOUT SESSION ON WHERE LEGISLATION IS GOING AND WHAT'S HAPPENING THROUGH YOUR BOARDING COMMISSION EMAIL.
AND I MAY COME TO YOUR, UH, MYSELF ASKING FOR A RESOLUTION THAT SUPPORTS THE AGENDA AND SUPPORTS THE, UH, CITY'S USE OF LOBBYISTS, UM, AND SO FORTH.
SO NEXT SLIDE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
MY NAME IS BREE FRANCO, AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND IT, IF YOU CAN JUST HIT THAT BUTTON ONE MORE TIME, THERE'S IT HAD MY NAME AND THE LINK TO THE AGENDA ON THAT SLIDE.
SO YOU CAN GUYS CAN ACCESS IT THERE.
AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTION QUESTION.
CAN WE, CAN WE PLEASE GO BACK TO SLIDE 12? OKAY.
SO IF I'M, IF I'M RIGHT, THESE ARE THE AREAS WHERE THERE CAN BE, UH, ACTIVITY AT THE LEGISLATURE THAT COULD IMPACT THE MUSIC IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, CORRECT? YEAH.
I MORE THINK OF THE LANGUAGE MORE HAS PROVIDED ME THE AUTHORITY TO WORK.
THESE ARE THE AREAS WE WANTED, EITHER SUPPORT LEGISLATION OR WORK TIME PROS LEGISLATION.
I WANTED TO GET A QUICK SCREENSHOT OF THAT.
UH, MY, MY QUESTION BREE IS, UM, THERE IS A LOT OF PARTISAN FIGHTING ON TOPICS, UH, ENVIRONMENT, POLICE, VOTING RIGHTS, EVEN COVID AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, WHERE THERE IS A CLEAR, UM, WHERE THERE, THERE ARE CLEAR POLICY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTIES
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AS MANIFESTED IN CONFLICT BETWEEN CITIES AND STATE GOVERNMENTS.MUSIC IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD EXPECT EVERYBODY SHOULD LOVE.
UH, DEMOCRATS LOVE MUSIC, REPUBLICANS, LOVE MUSIC.
IS THERE ANY WAY OUT OF THIS FOR US? SO I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT REPUBLICANS DON'T LOVE MUSIC.
THEY DON'T LIKE FUNDING THINGS.
SO THAT'S WHERE IT GETS DIFFICULT IN TERMS OF ASKING FOR SUPPORT WITH, UH, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT EVEN THE, THE TOURISM COMMISSION AT THE GOVERNOR'S LEVEL AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, OR THERE WAS THE BILL EVEN LAST SUCH, AND THAT, UH, THE BEVERAGE TAX THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED TO SUPPORT MUSIC VENUES IN TEXAS AND DIDN'T GET OFF THE SENATE FLOOR.
UM, AND SO THERE'S THE, REGARDLESS OF THE ISSUE, WHEN IT COMES TO PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT, THERE IS STILL, UM, A LOT OF OPPOSITION ON THAT AND IT'LL BE JUST AS HARD OR EVEN HARDER THIS SESSION, AND THEY HAVE A BUDGET HOLE TO FILL TRUE.
UM, HOWEVER, I, I IMAGINED THAT THE GOVERNMENT, THE STATE GOVERNMENT STILL SUPPORTS THEY DON'T LIKE TO SPEND MONEY, BUT THEY VERY WELL MIGHT SPEND MONEY TO SUPPORT, UH, GAS DRILLING OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT SUPPORT BUSINESS INTERESTS THAT ARE POWERFUL, THAT ARE POWERFUL.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT MUSIC BEING A GREAT RESOURCE THAT IS NONPARTISAN COULD BE VIEWED FAVORABLY BY THE LEGISLATURE AND NOT SUBJECT TO THIS, JUST MAYBE I'M BEING NAIVE AND MAYBE I'M BEING OPTIMISTIC, BUT I JUST, I JUST HATE TO SEE MUSIC BEING, BEING A PARTISAN ISSUE.
YEAH, I WISH, UM, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T DESCRIBE MUSIC AS A PARTISAN ISSUE.
AGAIN, I THINK IT'S FUNDING, IT'S JUST LIKE MUSIC PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ARGUE THEY DON'T RECEIVE THE FUNDING LEVELS.
THEY DESERVE, I WOULD ARGUE EDUCATION, SHOULDN'T BE A PARTISAN ISSUE AND IT IS, AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND DEFINITELY MUSIC AS A PART OF EDUCATION AS WELL.
WHEN YOU SPEAK OF OIL AND GAS.
I MEAN, THE, THE ISSUE THERE TOO, IS THAT A SIGNIFICANT BUDGET IS SUPPORTED BY OIL AND GAS.
THEY RECEIVE OIL AND GAS REVENUES, AND HE USED THAT TO BALANCE A BUDGET.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, SO NO AS MUSIC ITSELF, A PARTISAN ISSUE, OBVIOUSLY NOT.
UM, BUT IT COMES DOWN TO FUNDING, UH, AND WHEN YOU'RE SEEKING FUNDING REQUESTS, WHICH IS GENERALLY, I THINK WHAT MUSIC LEGISLATION AT THE CAPITOL WOULD INVOLVE THEM THAT BECAUSE A PARTISAN ISSUE, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO ON YOUR LIST THERE, YOU HAD A CREATIVE INDUSTRIES RESILIENCY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, IF FUNDING IS NOT LIKELY, THEN WHAT ARE THE RESILIENCY EFFORTS THAT ARE WORTH SPENDING TIME ON FOCUSING ON DRAFTING RESOLUTIONS FOR THAT HAVE SOME CHANCE OF ACTUALLY BEING IMPACTFUL? WELL, I THINK WE TAKE ANOTHER SHOT AT THAT BEVERAGE TAX VENUE, BILL, FOR INSTANCE, I MEAN, I THINK THAT IT DIDN'T GET OVER THE FINISH LINE, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU GIVE UP ON IT.
AND EVEN IF THESE ISSUES ARE PARTISAN, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE ISSUE AND FIND THE MEMBERS THAT TREAT IT AS PARTISAN, UM, BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, PARTISAN POLITICS ASIDE, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M VERY FRANK WITH EVERYBODY I SPEAK WITH, I TRY NOT TO GIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, OVERLY UP, UM, YOU KNOW, SAYING, OH, WE'LL GET THIS DONE, BUT I DEFINITELY BELIEVE IN FIGHTING FOR THESE THINGS.
AND I THINK THAT WE ALL HAVE SEEN, UM, THAT, THAT VENUE BILL WASN'T EVEN REALLY IT INVOLVED AUSTIN, BUT IT'S ABOUT A NUMBER OF VENUES BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, TEXAS HAS A NUMBER OF CITIES THAT HAVE STRONG MUSIC SECTORS GOING FROM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ZZ TOP IN BEAUMONT AND THEN FORT WORTH AND DALLAS AND US.
SO I THINK THAT IT'S, AND THAT BILL ALSO WAS LED BY A REPUBLICAN HOUSE MEMBER WHO FILED FOR THE SPEAKERSHIP RIGHT NOW.
SHE'S ONE OF THE CAMP PEOPLE HAD TO PUT HER NAME TO BE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
DO YOU NEED MORRISON? SO I THINK WE STILL WORK ON THOSE ISSUES AND FIGHT FOR THEM TOO.
AND YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S GOING TO SHOW UP AT THE SESSION KNOWING THAT THEIR COMMUNITIES ARE HURTING AND THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE HURTING, COME, ESPECIALLY COME JANUARY, UM, AND NEED HELP.
AND THAT THEY HAVE, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PUSH HER THOSE WAYS THAT DON'T, UM, IT DOESN'T
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AFFECT THE STATE TO PROVIDE THAT FUNDING.AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE, YOU KNOW, TO, IF I'M A PERSON THAT I WANT TO HAVE THREE VODKAS AT A BAR AND, AND THAT MONEY I'M WILLING TO PAY THAT TAX TO GO TOWARDS IT.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, ONE OF THOSE CONSUMPTION TAXES THAT REPUBLICANS TEND TO FAVOR BECAUSE YOU GET TO CHEAT, YOU HAVE A CHOICE IN THERE, RIGHT.
HOW YOU LIMIT YOURSELF OR NOT.
UM, SO I THINK WE STILL WORK ON THOSE THINGS.
AND DO YOU ANTICIPATE, OR HAS THERE BEEN ANY RESISTANCE TO AUSTIN'S EQUITY EFFORTS, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EQUITY OFFICE AND THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM OR WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THEM? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THERE'S ANY RESISTANCE TO AT THE STATE LEVEL? NO, NOT YET.
NOT SPECIFICALLY THAT I'VE HEARD OF, NO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR BREAK? YEAH.
I UNDERSTAND THAT CITY LOBBYISTS ARE, UM, ARE DISCOURAGED, UH, BUT ARE THERE LOBBYISTS FOR THE MUSIC INDUSTRY DIRECTLY? SO FOR EXAMPLE, REBECCA REYNOLDS, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE LOBBIES AT THE, AT THE STATE LEVEL, ARE THERE THOSE WHO CAN LOBBY ON BEHALF OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY? IF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY WANTS TO HIRE LOBBYISTS, THEY CAN, UM, I WORK WITH REBECCA ON THESE ISSUES AND WE KEEP IN TOUCH ON THESE ISSUES AND SO FORTH, BUT I, WHEN MUSIC INDUSTRY CAN'T AFFORD LOBBYISTS, THAT THEY WILL LOOK TO THE CITY TO HELP FILL THAT GAP.
AND THAT'S, IT'S SO FAR, WE ARE STILL ALLOWED TO LOBBY AND INTEND TO DO SO, AND WE'LL FIGHT FOR THE ABILITY TO DO SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU.
THAT WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE AND, UH, IT'S GOOD INFORMATION FOR US TO HAVE AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AGAIN, PLEASE.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME AND LIKE INFORMED DURING SESSION TWO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT.
[2.b. Discussion and Possible Action following update by David Colligan, Acting Chief Operating Officer, Austin Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) on the AEDC. ]
B DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION UPDATE.IF I GET A CALL AGAIN, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, FOUNDER DEVELOPMENT, CORPORATE RATION.
AEDC SO LIKE TO WELCOME DAVID COLLAGEN.
COMMISSIONERS DAVID COLLAGEN HERE WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UH, I AM CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE ROLE FOR AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND TODAY'S CONVERSATION WAS INTENDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THE FENCES OR WHAT IT IS YOU MAY BE HEARING ABOUT THE CREATION OF AN ENTITY AND HOW IT IS, COULD BE SUPPORTIVE OR I'M HYPO TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO WITH THAT, THE MUSIC AND THE CREATIVE, UH, AS WELL AS CULTURAL CENTERS HAVE BEEN STRONGLY PUSHING, UH, ESPECIALLY AROUND AFFORDABILITY ISSUES AND THOSE THAT RELATE TO COVID.
UH, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, ANY ACTION TO TAKE.
HOWEVER, WE WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME DISCUSSION, UH, ON SOME OF THE, THE DELIVERABLES.
AND THAT'S THE PLAN LINE THAT I SET OUT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A REQUEST, UM, FOR THE MUSIC COMMISSION AND A FEW OTHER BODIES.
I WANTED TO START, UH, AND IT APPEARS AS THOUGH MY SLIDES ARE CUT OFF HERE, SO I APOLOGIZE THERE, UH, BUT WE CAN SURELY GET A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION TO YOU ALL.
UH, AS THERE ARE LINKS WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT THAT YOU CAN USE FOR FURTHER RESEARCH, UH, BUT THE REQUEST FOR THE EVALUATION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENTITY EXTENDS BACK BEYOND 2014, AND IT WAS JUST RESURRECTED AS WE BROUGHT ON OUR NEW MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, AND, AND WE WERE ASKED FOR A REPORT THAT HELPED YOU EXPLORE THE, THE CREATION OF A PARTICULAR TYPE OF ENTITY.
UH, COUNCIL WAS LOOKING FOR A CORPORATION OR AN ENTITY THAT COULD BE MORE HOLISTIC IN NATURE.
JUST THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT DID EXIST ALREADY WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN WERE MORE SPECIAL PURPOSE FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
SO THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A LITTLE MORE COLLABORATIVE IN NATURE IN NATURE.
AND THEY CAME BACK TO US REQUESTING A FEASIBILITY STUDY.
ONCE WE RETURNED THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY, UH, THEY ASKED THAT WE TAKE OUR COURSE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THE ENTITY.
SO WE BROUGHT ON BOARD, MATT CONTINENCE, A CONSULTANT THAT SHOULD BE FAMILIAR TO A NUMBER OF YOU BECAUSE HE'S WORKED IN A NUMBER OF THE CULTURAL AND CREATIVE SPACES
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HERE WITHIN AUSTIN OVER MANY YEARS.AND WE'RE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CREATION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENTITY OF WHICH THE COUNCIL ACTION OR AN OCTOBER 1ST TO CREATE.
SO WE ARE NOW JUST ABOUT A LITTLE MODERN THING TO EXECUTION AND THE CREATION OF THE ENTITY AND THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS DESIGNED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON AS TO WHERE WE STAND, AND THEN ALSO THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENTS OF GOVERNANCE, UH, THE TICKET.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE CITY OF AUSTIN ACTUALLY CREATED A PUBLIC REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER.
AND AS I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE ARE FOCUSED ON BEING MORE COLLABORATIVE BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS US TO SECURE MORE INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND WE STRONGLY HEARD THE NEED FOR MORE OF THAT AS WE'VE REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS, OTHER TAXING AUTHORITIES OR INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE CITY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW WE COULD ACHIEVE COLLABORATIVE AND INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PARTNER WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT ARE STRONGLY FOCUSED ON THE BENEFITS AND THE VALUES THAT THE CITY SEEKS TO ENGAGE WITH OR INCLUDE WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
THE ENTITY CAN WORK QUICKLY, UH, AND IT HAS THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO A NUMBER OF THE THINGS THIS DID HERE, LIKE GENERATE CASH OR REVENUE OR SUPPORT ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.
AND I'LL KIND OF TALK THROUGH MORE OF THOSE ACTUAL ROLES, BUT THIS WASN'T A NEW CONCEPT.
WE ACTUALLY LOOKED TO 17 HERE IN ASPIRATIONAL CITIES AND SAW THE STRUCTURE THAT WE WERE RECOMMENDING TO MARIN COUNCIL IS SOMETHING THAT WAS QUITE COMMON ACROSS MAJOR CITIES LIKE ATLANTA THAT'S SLIDE.
SO WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY CREATED WAS A PUBLIC REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER THAT IS A FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS.
AND WHEN WE SPEAK TO THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WE WERE ABLE TO COLLAPSE ANOTHER CORPORATION AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING OTHER ENTITIES OR OUR BODIES UNDERNEATH THAT UMBRELLA OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
AND THAT ALLOWS US TO DO SOME PRETTY UNIQUE THINGS IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO STRUCTURE DEALS OR, OR BRING FORWARD A STRUCTURE FOR POTENTIAL DEALS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
AND IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT WE'LL SHOW IS JUST HOW IT IS THIS ENTITY IS, HAS MORE RULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WANTED TO POINT OUT THIS WAS A VERY FAMILIAR MODEL IN TERMS OF HAVING AN OVERARCHING, UH, ESTABLISHMENT THAT IS SUPPORTED BY A VARIETY.
AND, UH, YEAH, SO, OR THE ENTITIES THAT WE ROLLED UNDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WAS THE AUSTIN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
AND THIS ENTITY ALREADY EXISTED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
UM, AND IT HAD A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING INTO THE FIRST YEAR OF FUNDING FOR THIS, UM, B THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
HOWEVER, WE'RE STRUCTURED A LITTLE MORE UNIQUELY UNDERNEATH THE, THE TRANSPORTATION, BUT ALSO HAS FIVE OH ONE C3 STATUS.
IT CAN WORK WITH TERM OR THEIR NATIONS, AND IT CAN MANAGE DIFFERENT INVESTMENT DOLLARS OR PROGRAMS OF WORK.
NOW, THIS ENTITY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND THEN PEOPLE QUITE OFTEN ASK, WHAT DOES THIS COMPETE WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OR IT COMPETE WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND IN FACT, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
WE WERE NOT LOOKING TO CREATING ANYTHING THAT WAS REDUNDANT, UH, AND ALL PARTNERS SEE THIS AS A COMPLIMENTARY SERVICE.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY A ROLE IN, IN DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY AROUND POLICY AND PROGRAMMING THAT HELPS US SUPPORT IT, THAT WORD ISN'T, STEVE WILL JUST BE THERE AS A PARTNER TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT THE CITY SEES.
THANKS, LIKEWISE, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, UM, IT'S FAIRLY SMALL OR THIN FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS IS AS WE PROJECTED.
BUT WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE CITY COUNCIL STILL HAS OVERSIGHT AS THE ENTITY WILL BE COMING FORWARD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE PROGRAM OF WORK FOR THE FORTHCOMING YEAR, AS WELL AS THE BUDGET THAT IS GOING TO ALLOW FOR THAT PROGRAM OF WORK.
SO IT'S STILL SMALL OVERSIGHT THERE.
WE DO HAVE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE BOARD STRUCTURE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WAS SHOW MAN COUNCIL THE BENEFITS OF HAVING MORE OF A VIEW WITHIN BOARD, ESPECIALLY IN, UH, IN ACHIEVING MORE OF THE MOVEMENT.
THEY WERE LOOKING WHERE THEY SAW IT.
AND I COLLABORATIVE AND INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT.
THE PRESIDENT AND CEO, WHICH IS, UH, CURRENTLY BEING SERVED
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BY OUR INTERIM CEO, WHICH IS VERONICA, WHO WAS ALSO THE CITY'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY OFFICER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.UH, SHE'S CURRENTLY SERVING WITHIN THAT SEAT, BUT WILL BE BROUGHT INTO THE HEARING NATIONAL SEARCH PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD THE FIRST PRESIDENT AND CEO OF BMT.
AND UNDERNEATH THAT PRESIDENT, HE WOULD HAVE A NUMBER OF EXECUTIVES AND THEN STAFF MEMBERS WHO WERE SUPPORTING, UH, IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WALLS.
AND WHAT'S KEY HERE IS THE, THE EXPERTISE THAT WILL BE BROUGHT INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE IN PRESENT DAY.
AND CERTAINLY SOME OF THE INSTITUTIONS THAT EXIST WITHIN THE CITY, UM, WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS TYPE OF EXPERTISE AND SKILL SETS AND TALENTS TO SUPPORT POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OR PROJECTS WITHIN, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR PORTFOLIO.
AND I'LL TALK MORE TO THAT IN, IN A COMING SLIDE, BUT THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THE BOARD STRUCTURE IS KEY HERE, AND WE'RE MISSING PLACE 20, UH, FROM WHAT I CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, WHICH IS THE, THE CEO.
UM, AND SO WHAT'S KEY HERE IS THAT WE ENDED UP WITH 20 POSITIONS, UH, VIA OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH MARIN COUNCIL.
AND WITHIN THIS, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY PLACED SIX OUT OF OUR 20 POSITIONS.
SO THOSE THAT ARE IN RED FARM TO THOSE SEEDS THAT HAVE ALREADY HAD, YOU KNOW, ON THE STATUS.
SO WE HAVE A RECORDING WHO IS SERVING AS THE BOARD MEMBER FROM THE MUSIC COMMISSION, BUT THE GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL OVER A PERIOD OF TIME TO BRING FORWARD A NOMINATION FOR, FOR YOUR FIRST SEAT AND THEN, AND LONGER TERM, HAVE MORE OF A SUSTAINABLE PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD THE FUTURE NOMINATIONS.
NOW, EACH OF THE PLACES THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THIS SLIDE ARE NOMINATING BODIES.
AND SO IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THE REMAINING NAMES ARE REMAINING PLACES NAMED FOR THOSE BODIES THAT WILL NOMINATE INDIVIDUALS FROM THEIR IN COUNCIL TO APPROVE AS BOARD MEMBERS.
WHAT WE WERE ASKING THAT IS A LITTLE MORE UNIQUE IN TERMS OF STRUCTURE IS THAT THIS ENTITY OR THE ENTITIES THAT ARE NOMINATING PUT FORWARD, SOMEONE WHO IS VERY FAMILIAR OR HAS A STRONG BACKGROUND OF THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU SERVE, THAT INDIVIDUAL SHOULD ALSO POSSESS OR BRING FORWARD SKILLSETS AND EXPERTISE IN AREAS LIKE REAL ESTATE OR DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE, A VARIETY OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT RELATED SPACES THAT WE NAMED HERE.
SO AGAIN, THAT HELPS TO, TO START NARROW THAT NARROWING DOWN, THAT THE TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD, UH, THAT, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE WITH YOUR STATUS AS A NOMINATED THAT'S FINE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENTITY.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU AND COUNCIL ON AN ANNUAL BASIS JUST TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE, THE PROGRAM OF WORK FOR THE FORTHCOMING YEAR AND THE BUDGET.
THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE AN AGREEMENT THAT WILL EXIST THAT OUR INTERIM AND OUR INITIAL BOARD WILL BE WORKING THROUGH THAT HELPS TO NAIL DOWN THE HALLS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ENTITY.
AND THAT WOULD BE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND AUSTIN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
WHAT'S KEY HERE IS TO LOOKING AT THE THREE SPECIFIC TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT THE ENTITIES GOING TO INITIALLY BE INVOLVED WITH AND THAT'S LEASE ADMINISTRATION, TRANSACTION SUPPORT, AND PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'VE OUTLINED WHAT THOSE ACTIVITIES LOOK LIKE HERE.
AND THERE WILL BE A FURTHER OUTLINE IN THE AGREEMENT THAT EXISTS, BUT THIS REALLY HELPS TO PAINT A STRONGER PICTURE OF THE TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL THAT CAN COME ONTO THE BOARD INITIALLY TO REALLY SUPPORT EXECUTION OF PROGRAMMING AND PROVIDE MORE OF THOSE SKILL SETS AND EXPERTISE.
THIS WILL BE A WORKING BOARD IS INITIALLY SO LESS OF A BOARD THAT'S MORE POLITICALLY INCLINED OR AGILE FOR, FOR MOVING ON.
SPEAKING WITH COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP.
THIS GROUP WILL BE NAMED UPON FOR, FOR VARIOUS EXPERTISE AND HELPING US TO THRIVE TOGETHER THAT MORE COLLABORATIVE AND INCLUSIVE VISION.
NEXT SLIDE, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE, THE, THE CREATION OF THE ENTITY, WE DEFINE THE NEEDS, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, BY USING SOME OF THE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT COULD EXIST.
SO THIS IS AN OUTDATED SLIDE, MOSTLY BECAUSE IT WAS CREATED, UH, VERY EARLY WITHIN, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW HAVE COME FORWARD THAT CERTAINLY BEYOND THIS SLIDE AS WELL, BUT WE'LL BE WANTING TO SHOW MARIN COUNCIL WAS HOW IT DOES THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS KIND OF INTERACTED WITH ONE ANOTHER.
AND WE HEARD A NUMBER OF PRIORITIES FROM THEIR OWN COUNCIL.
I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE NOTES REAL QUICK.
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SO SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, UH, CERTAINLY NEEDS LEADERSHIP AND HAS REQUESTED THE CREATION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR QUITE SOME TIME, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE, THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE TOOLS THAT EXIST TO SUPPORT PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.AND IF THOSE TOOLS WILL SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OR FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS OR AUTHORITIES WITHIN AUSTIN, THERE CERTAINLY NEEDS TO BE SOME TYPE OF VALUE CAPTURE IN THERE ALSO TO BE THOSE, THE DIFFERENT BENEFITS THAT EXIST, THAT SUPPORT WHAT IT IS, THE COMMUNITY VALUES YOU'RE LOOKING TO ACHIEVE WITHIN DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S NOT CENTRAL WATERFRONT IN TERMS OF A PROJECT THAT THIS ENTITY COULD SUPPORT STANDS TO BE SOMETHING, UH, A MAJOR DRIVER FOR POTENTIAL REVENUES IN THE FUTURE FOR THE ENTITY, THOSE REVENUES SUPPORT, BRINGING ON BOARD, THE STAFF THAT CAN LEND ITSELF TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND, AND OVER TIME YOU WOULD SEE THOSE REVENUES BE ABLE TO SUPPORT, UM, MORE PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENT OR THE SUPPORTS OUT OF ADDITIONAL WHO THE SOURCING FOR THE ENTITY ITSELF.
NOW, MARION COUNCIL, OR ARE GOING TO PUT FORWARD, OR FOR BREEDING TO PUT FORWARD THREE YEARS WORTH OF FUNDING FOR THIS ENTITY.
THAT'S $700,000 OVER OUR THREE YEARS, EACH YEAR, WHICH IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DOLLARS, BUT AFTER THAT THREE YEAR SPAN OF TIME, THIS ENTITY SHOULD BE GENERATING REVENUES ON ITS OWN.
SO IT IS SELF-SUSTAINING NOW ONE OF THE, THE, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT AND SPOONS OF CROSS SUBSIDIZATION WAS THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH USING TILLOTSON ON THAT MASTER PLANNING PROCESS.
UH, IT WAS A NOTION THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY CONNECTING WITH THE UNIVERSITY AND OUR PRESIDENT, UH, AND HEARING ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE COME FORWARD TO THE UNIVERSITY THAT THEY'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REALIZE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE EXPERTISE ON STAFF AND THEIR CURRENT FOCUS AND ENTERTAINED IN SUCH DISCUSSIONS IS TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THEIR SPACE AND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, THE BEST, UM, MOANING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
AND ALSO CONTINUING TO BE A STRONG CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE UNIVERSITY.
SO THEY SEE THEMSELVES PARTICIPATING IN SUCH A WAY THAT THIS ENTITY COULD SUPPORT THEM BY HELPING TO GUIDE, HELPING TO FACILITATE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, AND THEN ALSO HELP THEM TO SUPPORT SOMETHING.
OF COURSE, THE CULTURAL TRUST WAS A PRIORITY THAT WAS NAMED MY MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND WE WILL BE LOOKING TO TAKE ACTION WITH OUR BOARD AS WE FINISH OUT MORE OF OUR GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND THE FINALIZING OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE CREATED THIS PARTICULAR ENTITY MORE EFFECTIVE.
UM, BUT, UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE POTENTIAL FOR, UH, ANY DOLLARS THAT CAN WITH CULTURAL TRUST AND OUTLINING THE PROGRAM OF WORK THAT SUPPORTS MORE OF OUR CULTURE, CULTURAL, CREATIVE, AND MUSIC VENUES HERE WITHIN THE CITY TO BE SUSTAINABLE IN THE FUTURE.
WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME, UH, PRIORITIZATION IN TERMS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE IMPACT OF COVID WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF THE GROUND FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
SO, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE KEY PRIORITY AREAS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DISCUSS WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS WE CREATED THE INSTITUTE NEXT, LIKE IN TERMS OF OUR NEXT STEPS, MOVING FORWARD, WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH EACH OF THE DIFFERENT BOARD LACY ENTITIES THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO RECOMMEND A STAFF OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST TWO WEEKS.
WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING OUR INTERIM BOARD NEEDS ON NOVEMBER 9TH.
AT THAT TIME, WE'LL TAKE UP MORE DISCUSSION AS WE LOOK TO BRING FORWARD THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN COMPLETELY VETTED YET.
BUT ONCE WE HAVE HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH HER AND OUR BOARD AND WITHIN THEN TURN BACK TO THE STAKEHOLDERS OR FINAL DISCUSSION, OR WE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOUR ON COUNCIL.
NOW NOVEMBER 20TH, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR, TO APPROVE THE NOMINATING BODIES OF THE BOARD ON DECEMBER 3RD.
AND AT THAT TIME WE WILL STEP BACK AND START HELPING EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT NOMINATED BODIES TO EXECUTE THEIR PROCESS, TO BRING FORWARD AND NOMINATION.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR SOME OF THE FORMATTING ISSUES HERE.
UM, JUST AS IT'S TRANSLATED, I THINK IT'LL BE EASIER FOR YOU TO READ ONCE WE SEND OUT A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT THEY'D THE GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE THE FIRST BOARD AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BY MARIN COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY 18TH OF 2021.
SO THAT MEANS STARTING TO ARRIVE AT THOSE INITIAL NOMINATIONS IN JANUARY.
NOW, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A TIMELINE.
THAT'S A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC FOR THE CONNECTIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
AND IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE IS THE DIFFERENT SKILLSETS
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THAT WE'VE LAID OUT IN PREVIOUS SLIDES.I JUST WANT TO SAY, TO CONSOLIDATE ALL THE INFORMATION OR CONDENSE IT INTO ONE SPACE, RIGHT? BUT THE AREAS THAT WE WERE ASKING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER IN BRINGING OVER TO NOMINEE, UH, WAS A, A PERSON WHO HAS THE SKILL SETS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT AROUND DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS THE UNDERSTANDING, UM, THE MUSIC COMMUNITY NEED THE MUSIC COMMISSION IS GOING TO HAVE A ONE YEAR TERM, UM, FOR ITS FIRST NOMINEE.
AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE WE, WE WILL HAVE THREE YEAR TERMS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO SCATTER THOSE TERMS. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH OUR DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS FOR MORE OF A SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM TYPE OF NOMINATION PROCESS.
SO THE FIRST PERSON THAT YOU BRING FORWARD, UH, THROUGH MORE OF THIS CONDENSED FORMAT WITH WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN NOW AND END OF JANUARY, THAT PERSON WILL ONLY BE SERVING FOR ONE YEAR.
AND THEN WE'LL LOOK TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN, TO RENEW AN ADDITIONAL PERSON, OR MAYBE THAT SAME PERSON FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE YEARS.
UM, AGAIN, THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL BE WORKING IN MORE OF A WORKING OR FORMAT AND NOT SO MUCH A POLITICAL BODY.
UH, AND WE OUTLINED SOME OF THOSE THREE DIFFERENT TRANSACTIONS WE WOULD BE SUPPORTING WHEN IT COMES TO THE ACTUAL CAPACITY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU BE LOOKING FOR.
PLEASE REMEMBER, UH, YOU'VE GOT THE INITIAL TERM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THOSE THREE YEAR TERMS THAT EXIST.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS INDIVIDUAL ATTENDING ONE BOARD MEETING A MONTH, UH, AND FOR YOU ALL, WE WOULD SEE THAT PERSON WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CULTURAL TRUST.
SO WE KNOW THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU'VE GOING FORWARD, UM, WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE WORK THAN SOME OF THE OTHER BOARD POSITIONS AS WE INITIALLY GET THIS ENTITY BUILT, UH, AND MOVING TO SUPPORT THE CULTURAL TRUST.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS MY LAST SLIDE.
AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THE, THE PROCESS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED IN BRINGING FORWARD A NOMINATION FOR THE MUSIC COMMISSION, UM, AND HOW IT IS THE STAFF WE CAN SUPPORT BRINGING FORWARD THAT NOMINATION BY JANE.
SO NOW WE'LL DRIVE IS ALSO ON THE LINE.
UH, AND IF THERE'S ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT SHE WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT CONVERSATION.
MY HOPE IS NEAR THE SAME PROCESS ON THE ARTS COMMISSION, AS WELL AS THE MUSIC COMMISSION.
SO MY ASK TONIGHT IS THAT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE SHORT TURNAROUND TIME, WE, WE WOULD ASK THAT EACH COMMISSIONER REPORT ONE OR TWO NAMES, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WOULD SUBMIT RESUMES TO BE EVALUATED BY AN ESTABLISHED WORKING GROUP.
UM, AND THAT WORKING GROUP COULD DEFINITELY FIGURE OUT THE TIMELINE BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY, UM, WHO YOU WOULD BRING FORTH AS A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ENTIRE MUSIC COMMISSION TO CONSIDER NO LATER THAN YOUR JANUARY MEETING.
SO AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME PROCESS.
THE ARTS COMMISSION I'VE ALREADY MET WITH THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR.
THEY WILL EACH COMMISSIONER BASED ON THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT DAVID HAS OUTLINED WOULD BRING ONE OR TWO NAMES.
WE WOULD THEN ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP TO VET THOSE NAMES AND BRING FORTH A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER.
IT COULD BE ONE INDIVIDUAL, OR IT COULD BE TWO INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THESE INDIVIDUALS WOULD THEN GO ON TO SEEK COUNSEL.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS A PROCESS SIMILAR TO THE WAY ART IN PUBLIC PLACES BRING FORTH RECOMMENDATIONS OR THEIR ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.
NOW YOU WOULD THEN ONCE THIS INDIVIDUAL IS APPOINTED, WE HAVE ANOTHER YEAR TO DO A MORE IN-DEPTH EVALUATION OR DIFFERENT PROCESS, BUT AGAIN, TO BE CONSISTENT BETWEEN BOTH COMMISSION.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO ALSO REPLICATE THIS WITH THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION FROM THEIR RECOMMENDATION, BUT JUST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH BOTH COMMISSIONS, THAT EDD, UH, IS LAY AS I'M TOO.
THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT ARE MARKED WITH MENDING.
SO SYLVIA, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROCESS? YES.
UM, THIS IS A POSITION THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF INVESTMENT OF TIME.
IT REQUIRES A LOT OF EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE, NOT JUST ABOUT MUSIC, BUT ABOUT FINANCE AND REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WAS THERE ANY THOUGHT GIVEN TO PROVIDING AN HONORARIUM OR A STIPEND OR SOME TYPE OF MONEY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS? UM,
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YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.IT WAS A AS A MATTER OF A CONVERSATION WITH MARIN COUNCIL AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS WOULD BE A AT THE BOARD, MARIN COUNCIL DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, UH, THE POSITIONS ON THE BOARD BEING PAID.
AND SO THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT AT THIS TIME.
ANY OTHER, I MEAN, I TOOK A BUNCH OF NOTES AND, UH, I DON'T WANT TO ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS, BUT CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THE CULTURAL TRUST? IT SAID NO, NO ENTITY, UH, IN THE PARENTHESES NEXT TO IT IN THE EARLIER SLIDE, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE IS A CULTURAL TRUST RIGHT NOW.
SO WHAT IS, WHAT IS THAT ENTITY, IF IT'S NOT A NUISANCE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
TO BE THE CULTURAL CROSS WOULD BE A NEW ENTITY THAT WOULD BE ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD, UM, OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
AND SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIMING AND EACH TIMES, UH, THE, THE BOARD MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE, AND THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT WILL BE A PART OF THIS ARE, ARE ALSO COMING FORWARD TO THE, THE PROGRAM OF WORK.
WE WERE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING TO, UH, BUILD OUT A, A COMMITTEE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE SERVING TO SUPPORT THE CULTURAL TRUST AS WELL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, OREN BRINGS UP A GREAT POINT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK INCORPORATED HERE.
UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT SKILLSETS THAT WE ASK FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AS WELL.
AND I THINK AS WE STEP BACK AND START THINKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE SKILLSETS AND INDIVIDUALS, UH, WE CAN MAYBE FIND SKILLSET IN ONE PERSON AND THEN MAYBE ANOTHER AND A DIFFERENCE.
AND SO I THINK HAVING THE, THE COMMITTEE WILL HELP TO BALANCE OUT THE AMOUNT OF WORK.
UM, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO CREATE THE CULTURAL TRUST, WHICH WILL BE THAT FUNDING, UM, AUTHORITY FOR, OR THE PROGRAM OF WORK.
AND SNAPPOST THROUGH THE COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, WHAT WOULD YOU USE USE THE WORD INCLUSIVE SEVERAL TIMES IN YOUR PRESENTATION? I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU MEANT BY THAT WORD IN THIS CONTEXT, AS WELL AS ASKING IF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL DISTRICT IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED, UH, AS A FOCUS AND SUPPORT.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF INCLUSIVE, WHAT WE MEAN AS THE THREADING TOGETHER OF DIFFERENT, UM, PROGRAMS WORK TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE VALUES OF THE CITY.
RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A STRONG FOCUS ON EQUITY WITHIN OUR DISCUSSIONS.
UH, BUT WITHIN EQUITY, THERE ARE CERTAIN OPPORTUNITIES, OR THERE ARE CERTAIN COLLABORATIVE POINTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ADDRESS THAT WE BELIEVE DEVELOPMENT CAN BE A PART OF THAT.
SO IN TERMS OF THE, THE DISTRICT, THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS ENTITY TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH HOUSING, UH, WHICH HAS A STRONG CONNECTION TO THAT DISTRICT, UM, OR IS IT THAT WE ARE BEING INCLUSIVE AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR, FOR JOB CREATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT? WHAT ABOUT CHILDCARE? WHAT ABOUT CULTURE AND ARTS WITHIN THAT SPACE? SO YOU SPEAK ALEX IN INCLUSION, IT'S A, IT'S BRINGING TOGETHER OUR MERGING THE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS THAT SUPPORT THE HOLISTIC VISION FOR OUR LOCATION.
IS THAT HELPFUL? YEAH, THAT IS HELPFUL.
AND THEN I JUST HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION, WHICH WE MAY BE ADDRESSING LATER, BUT, UH, THAT THIS INITIAL FUNDING OF 12 MILLION THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, AND NOW THE EFFORTS WE'VE BEEN FOR THE ON BOND, THE $12 MILLION BOND IS THAT SWITCHING TO, SO THERE'S NO PIVOT.
UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE ARE EXPLORING AS WE BUILD UP THE ENTITY AND WE BRING ONBOARD THESE EXPERTISE AND START HELPING THE CITY OR PARTNERING IN THESE PARTICULAR TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO EXPLORE, UH, BY WORKING WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT BRING ONE WOULD AGREE.
WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT WAYS TO POTENTIALLY LEVERAGE ANY DOLLARS THAT'S COMING INTO THE CITY FOR CULTURAL, CREATIVE MUSIC SUPPORT.
SO HOWEVER, THIS ENTITY IS DESIGNED AND ULTIMATELY AGREED UPON SO RULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, WE'LL BE MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS TO, TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
SO AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO PIVOTS.
THE ENTITY IS STILL TRYING TO BE STOOD UP.
SO IF AT A POINT IN TIME, WE CAN LEVERAGE, WE WILL, BUT AT THIS POINT WE'RE PROCEEDING AS WE ARE.
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OKAY.SO BECAUSE ON THE SIDE IT SAID 12 MILLION LEVERAGE TO 100 MILLION.
I'M ASSUMING THAT $12 MILLION NUMBER COMES FROM THE BOND MONEY IN UBER.
IT WAS ENVISIONED THAT WAY, BUT AT THIS TIME WE'RE NOT PAYING, IT'S AN OLDER, WE JUST DIDN'T UPDATE IT, BUT THIS TIME, JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
ARE YOU GOING TO, I DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA.
ARE WE TAKING ACTION TO FORM THE WORKING GROUP TONIGHT? UM, WE CERTAINLY COULD THE WORKING GROUP TO NOMINATE A BOARD.
SO EACH COMMISSIONER, ONCE WE MEET WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION WILL THEN SEND OUT INSTRUCTIONS ONTO EACH COMMISSIONER TO THEN BRING BACK ONE OR TWO NAMES.
AND THEN THE WORKING GROUP WILL TAKE WHETHER IT'S 10 NAMES OR WE ENDED UP WITH 23 TO VET THEM DOWN TO SOMEONE THAT ARTS COMMISSION CAN VOTE ON.
IT COULD BE ONE PERSON, IT COULD BE TWO, UM, JUST DEPENDS ON WHO YOU RANK FOR.
AND SO THE WORKING GROUP WOULD EVALUATE RESUMES.
I KNOW EVERYBODY'S DYING TO BE ON A NEW WORKING GROUP.
WHO'S HEY, WHO'S NON WORKING GROUP ALREADY.
WE'RE GOING TO DO OUT SMILING.
SO IF I'M A CHAIR, IF I MAY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, THERE'S, THERE MIGHT BE SOME WORK IN GROUPS ABSOLUTELY.
AT THIS POINT, BUT IT MAY BE HELPFUL IF THE, THE WORKING GROUP THAT SUPPORTED THE BOND, UH, ALSO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SKILLS, THAT'S AN EXPERTISE THAT THEY BUILT DURING THAT TIME.
UH, THEY MAY BE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T RECALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ON THAT BOND WORKING GROUP, BUT THAT COULD BE A GREAT START AND SIMPLY HAVE THOSE NAMES OR RECOMMEND NORMAL.
I BELIEVE IT WAS COMMISSIONER
WASN'T HE POSSIBLY, WELL, CAN WE MOTION TO VOLUNTEER THEM TO CONTINUE THAT GOOD WORK? YEAH.
BUT, BUT HERE'S, HERE'S THE THING IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORKING GROUP TO FIGHT, TO GET 22, RIGHT.
TO PREACH DO PER EACH, UH, MEMBER 22 POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS ON THIS BOARD AND PICK THE BEST ONE TO BE ON THE BOARD IS THAT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS WORKING GROUP, THE WORKING GROUP WILL NARROW DOWN THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
SO EACH COMMISSIONER CAN PUT FORTH A NAME.
THEN THOSE NAMES ARE SUBMITTED TO THAT WORKING GROUP TO VET THAT WORKING GROUP WILL THEN PRESENT EITHER ONE OR TWO BACK TO THE COMMISSION TO SAY, THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS WE RECOMMEND GIVING TO CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE ON.
THE BOND WORKING GROUP TO BECOME THE CULTURAL TRUST OREGON GROUP SECOND.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND I'LL FAVOR, SAY AYE.
CAN JUST FOR THE RECORD, CAN YOU REPEAT OREN ROSENTHAL SECOND.
UH, THE WORKING GROUP WAS A JOINT WORKING GROUP WITH ARTS AS WELL.
THIS, THIS ALSO MANY, MANY PEOPLE FROM THE CITY ENDED UP ON THAT WORKING AS WELL.
WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE COMMISSIONERS.
UH IT'S IT'S, IT'S REALLY JUST A SUCK.
IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE LIKE ME CHAKA, UH, MA MAYBE YOU RENT, RIGHT? SO IT'S JUST GONNA, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE LIKE, UH, UP TO FIVE OF US TO, UH, TO SET UP A PROCESS, TO GO THROUGH THE, UP TO 22 NAMES THAT WE'VE GATHERED AND PICK THE BEST FOR YOU TO BRING FORWARD TO, TO THIS GROUP.
IT'S NOT IT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF IT.
THE ARTS COMMISSION HAS JOINED THEIR OWN PROCESS.
HE'S A COMMISSION IS DOING THEIR PROCESS.
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OKAY.CAN WE CALL US A REVIEW PANEL INSTEAD OF A WORKING GROUP? I DON'T LIKE THE NAME OF THAT.
I MEAN, I, IT'S A RE A REVIEW PANEL.
IS THERE, IS THERE SUCH A, IS THERE SUCH A THING? I'M NOT SURE.
THERE'S, THERE'S SUCH AN ENTITY.
WE CAN SAY WE CAN WORK IN WORKING GROUP.
AND SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CARRY OVER THE, THE MUSIC COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE ALREADY ON THE JOINT WORKING GROUP TO BECOME THIS NEW WORKING GROUP.
AND SO FOR THE VOTE, WE'LL DO THE VOTE NOW, UH, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
DID, DID I HEAR, UM, DID I HEAR GAVIN SAY I UNDER THE OPPOSED THING OR WAS THAT JUST, I THINK THAT, THAT THERE WAS ECHOING HE WAS ON THE PHONE STALE.
THOSE ARE ALL, THOSE ARE ALL POSITIVE.
NOTICE ANY OF THAT? OKAY, FANTASTIC.
[2.c. Discussion and Possible Action on election of Board Chair. ]
GO TO NEW BUSINESS TO SEE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ELECTION OF BOARD CHAIR.UM, I WILL, IF ALL HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT, UH, THIS EVENING IS MY FINAL MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, AND I WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AS AN HONOR TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF.
UM, MY, UH, MY JOB, MY PROFESSIONAL JOB ROLE HAS BASICALLY MADE IT SO THAT I CANNOT, NO, I CAN NO LONGER PUT FORWARD THE TIME NECESSARY FOR THIS POSITION.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO GO AHEAD AND STEP ASIDE.
UH, WE HAD PLANNED TO HAVE AN ELECTION THIS EVENING FOR THIS POSITION.
UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, PROPOSE THAT WE POSTPONE THE ELECTION WITH ONLY SIX OF US HERE.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO HAVE SUCH AN ELECTION WITHOUT FULL REPRESENTATION.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD EVEN PARTICIPATE IN THAT VOTE.
UM, I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF ANYWAY.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO HAVE A, DO WE NEED TO HAVE A FORMAL MOTION AND SECOND FOR THAT? WELL, I'LL MAKE A FORMAL MOTION FOR THE VICE CHAIR TO CHAIR THE, THE NEXT MEETING AND LIVE THERE, NOT BEING A CHAIR AT THIS POINT.
SO MY MOTION IS TO SHAKA, TO CHAIR THE DECEMBER MEETING.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER REYNOLDS? UH, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[3.a. Discussion and Possible Action following an update by the Systemic Racism Working Group. ]
WE CAN NOW GO TO OLD BUSINESS, WHICH SHOULD BE THREE, A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOLLOWING AN UPDATE BY THE SYSTEMATIC RACISM WORKING GROUP.UM, I BELIEVE SHAKA, YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON FROM THE WORKING GROUP HERE TODAY.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE? CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES.
UM, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER 50% WAS NO.
UH, THERE WERE SOME FOLKS RAISING, UM, CONCERN THAT, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE MORE THAN 50%.
UH, WE DIDN'T REALLY FINISH THAT CONVERSATION, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT PUT FORTH ON THE 19TH WAS THAT THE SYSTEMIC RACISM GROUP WILL KIND OF TAKE OVER THAT DECISIONS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT, HOW IT WOULD PLAY OUT OR, OR, OR YOU KNOW, HOW TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDS AND THINGS THAT I NEED.
YOUR, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST BEGINNING THE CONVERSATIONS ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS, WHAT THIS EQUITY FUND CAN LOOK LIKE.
UM, IT WAS A REALLY POSITIVE, GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM IT.
UM, IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE ARE READY TO KIND OF DIG IN.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE UNDOING RACISM WORKSHOP AND SOME FOLKS, UM, EXPRESSED THEIR INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN, I KNOW THE MUSIC COMMISSION HAS 10 SEATS.
UM, SO SOME FOLKS, YOU KNOW, UM, VOICED THEIR, YOU KNOW, DESIRE TO BE A PART OF THAT, UH, UNDOING
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RACISM WORKSHOP.AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT KIND OF THIS, THE CALENDAR FOR, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE 2020 AND WHAT WE COULD LOOK, LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, AS A GROUP IN TERMS OF OUR NEXT MEETINGS.
SO THAT NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE ON THE 10TH.
UM, WE WERE, WE WERE SCHEDULED TO MEET THAT SO TOMORROW, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S ELECTION DAY AND ALL OF THAT.
SO, UM, YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SHOTGUN? FANTASTIC.
[3.b. Discussion and Possible Action following update on $12 Million Creative Space Bond. ]
THAT WOULD GO TO THE THREE B DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FALLING UPDATE ON $12 MILLION CREATIVE SPACE BOND.I'M NOT SURE WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GIVING THIS, THIS UPDATES STAFF UPDATE.
UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO PROCEED WITH THE PROCESS AROUND THE 12 MILLION, SO THERE'S NOTHING NEW TO US.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ]
SO WE CAN GO TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PROPOSE A FUTURE GEMINI? I WAS CURIOUS, UH, SHAKA, YOU WERE TELLING YOU ABOUT YOUR SCHEDULE FOR WHAT TO TRY TO ACHIEVE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.IS THERE ANYTHING ON THAT LIST THAT WE WANT TO PUT ON THE AGENDA? UM, I THINK, UH, I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON THAT WHERE WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF REALLY, UM, TALKING ABOUT RACISM AND ITS IMPACT.
I THINK THAT I'M DOING RACISM WORKSHOP WAS FOUNDED LIKE OUR, OUR NEXT STEP.
UM, WE'VE GOT TO WAIT TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY IN TERMS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHATNOT.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST MOVING THINGS ALONG, BUT, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO AN UPDATE NEXT TIME AS TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN NOVEMBER, BUT I DON'T EXPECT ANY MAJOR, YOU KNOW, THINGS TO BE HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR FROM THE STEM GRADES AND THE WORKING GROUP.
AND THEN, UH, UH, CAN SOMEBODY REMIND ME WHERE WE WERE ON THAT BEVERAGE TAX THAT BRIE WAS TALKING ABOUT? SHE SAID THAT CAME UP AS THE, LIKE SOMETHING THAT WAS A VIABLE THING TO PUSH AT THE STATE LEVEL.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WEREN'T IN A PLACE WHERE ANY MORE FEEDBACK FROM US OR FROM US IS RELEVANCE NEEDED ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT REBECCA WAS WORKING ON AND THEY GOT SPONSORSHIP, BUT IT WAS JUST GETTING THE BILL TO THE FLOOR.
THEY FAILED TO GET TO THE FLOOR IN THE VERY, LIKE THE 11TH HOUR.
AND THEY HAD, THEY HAD, BY MY PARCEL SUPPORT, UH, LOOKED VERY PROMISING AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WAY THAT THE LEGISLATURE WORKS, THEY CAN CONTROL THE AGENDA.
AND IF IT'S NOT, IF IT DOESN'T GET HEARD, THEN OBVIOUSLY IT CAN'T BE ACTED ON.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT DIED IN THAT LAST SESSION.
SO IT SOUND LIKE WE NEED TO WORK ON IT ANYMORE.
AT THIS POINT, I THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO PURSUE FURTHER, TAKE ANOTHER, ANOTHER RUN AT IT, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE NOT MEETING, THEY BEGAN MEETING IN JANUARY, IT PROBABLY BE, WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN UPDATE MAYBE FROM REBECCA OR FROM SOMEONE ELSE INVOLVED WITH THE BILL, SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO HELP PUSH THEM ALONG.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS.
THEN THE OTHER AREA I WROTE DOWN WAS I STILL HAVE A BIG HOLE OF WHAT A CULTURAL TRUST LOOKS LIKE AND HOW THAT IS DEFINED AND WHAT ITS PRIORITIES ARE AND HOW FUNDS GET ALLOCATED, ESPECIALLY AS A PUBLIC PRIVATE ENTITY.
SO I, UM, I, THE THREE, MAYBE THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE COULD GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF AND SEE WHAT OUR ROLE AND HELPING DEFINE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
SO I WOULD MOTION TO HAVE A DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON CULTURAL TRENDS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND? OKAY.
WE HAVE A SECOND, UH, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
WE'LL ADD THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANT TO ADD AT THIS POINT? UM, FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
WELL, WE'LL NEED THE ELECTION FOR NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER REYNOLDS ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
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ALL OPPOSED.ANYTHING ELSE THIS EVENING? EXCUSE ME, RICK.
DID WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY THE SYSTEMIC RACISM WORKING GROUP? UM, WE DID.
AND THAT WAS, I DON'T THINK WE ADDED THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM.
UH, UNDOING RACISM WAS TO THE GOAL AND THAT'S MOVING FORWARD.
SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE ADDING THAT AS AN AGENDA.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST SEND, SEND SOME LOVE TO YOU, RICK, FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR LEADERSHIP, UM, DURING A DIFFICULT TIME.
AND, UM, YEAH, I KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE DEFINITELY PUSHED, PUSHED YOU AND, UH, A LOT OF RESPECT YOUR EAR AND YOUR LISTENING AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON SOME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING IN A SENSE.
BUT I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DID A GOOD JOB, UM, LEADING THE MUSIC, UM, DEFINITELY A DIFFICULT TIME.
SO I JUST WANT TO SEND LOVE TO YOU.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WHAT YOU CONTRIBUTED.
ANYTHING ELSE WHERE WE WRAP IT UP? WHAT WOULD THAT WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS MOTION TO ADJOURN.