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MEETING ORDER?[Arts & Cultural Advisory Commission on February 16, 2023.]
I'M SURE WE'VE ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GREET SOMEBODY FACE TO FACE.AND FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS IS A VERY GOOD DEAL, THAT WE ARE BACK TOGETHER AND WE TOUCH AND EACH OTHER COMFORTABLY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR COMMISSIONERS.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON WITH THIS MEETING.
WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST AGENDA TODAY, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE THROUGH IS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS WE CAN.
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE PROCLAMATION IN MEMORIAL OF DR.
WE APPROACHING ARNOLD, ARE YOU HERE? I'M HERE, PRESIDENT.
READY? SO TODAY I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS, UH, AT LEAST SOME OF THE COMMENTS OF THE WHERE AS BEHALF OF OUR DEAR FRIEND, YOUR FRIEND, OF COURSE, AN ADVOCATE, ARTS ADVOCATE.
ALSO, UH, MY NEIGHBOR AND A MEMBER OF THE S HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND I KIND OF HAVE A DUAL HAT THERE BECAUSE I'M ALSO SERVING AND HAVE SERVED AS PRESIDENT ASSOCIATION FOLLOWING MR. GEORGE KING.
SO I'M VERY HONORED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS MAGNIFICENT INDIVIDUAL.
HE'S AN ARTIST, BUT ALSO A GREAT COOK, OF WHICH I ALSO BENEFIT FROM MANY OF HIS GO MEALS.
BUT I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THOSE SPRING ROLLS THAT HE WOULD ALWAYS, OH, ISN'T, UH, ENTICE US WITH.
SO, UH, HE'S SOLELY MISSED, BUT WE CANNOT CONTINUE THE BUSINESS AS USUAL WITHOUT MAKING SURE THAT HIS NAME IS REPEATED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND SO AT THIS OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TODAY TO PRESENT A SPECIAL RECOGNITION, IT'S JUST A FEW WHERE ASS FOR THE RECORD.
IT IS HIS LEGACY THAT OF BLACK DALLAS REMEMBERED REMEMBERING THE HISTORY THAT SO MANY PEOPLE AT SOME FROM TIME TO TIME WANT TO PUT UNDER THE RUG.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT THROUGH THE CITY OF DALLAS AND HIS WORK, HE WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENSITY AND A LITTLE BIT MORE VIGOR AND VIM AND HEAT BEHIND MAKING SURE THAT OUR HISTORY IS NEVER FORGOTTEN.
AND SO, WHEREAS THE CITY OF DALLAS TAKES THIS SPECIAL NOTICE, UH, ALWAYS WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL HAS CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANT TIME, KNOWLEDGE, AND RESOURCES TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS DALLAS NATIVE, DR.
GEORGE ELVIN KEATON JR, IS PARTICULARLY DESERVING OF OUR RECOGNITION AS HE WAS A RESPECTED EDUCATOR AND CIVIC LEADER WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO PRESERVING BLACK HISTORY.
KEATON WAS A TALENTED EDUCATOR.
HE WORKED FOR D I S D FOR 31 YEARS.
HE TAUGHT SECOND AND FOURTH GRADES AND SPENT 11 YEARS OF HIS TENURE AS A DEDICATED COUNSELOR.
HE WAS ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIAN WHO SERVED AS MINISTER OF MUSIC IN MULTIPLE CHURCHES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
BUT HE WAS A FERVENT BELIEVER IN THE POWER OF PRAYER AND AN ACTIVE CHURCH MEMBER OF ST.
LUKE COMMUNITY, UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
KEATON AS THE FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF REMEMBERING BLACK DALLAS, ESTABLISHED IN 2015, THE ORGANIZATION HOSTS DALLAS AREA HERITAGE BUS TOURS TO SHARE THE STORIES OF BLACK HISTORY, ENSURING THAT PEOPLE KNOW THE FOOTPRINT AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE CITY'S RESIDENTS.
KEATON WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF OTHER SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY PROJECTS, HE FOUNDED THE DALLAS COUNTY JUSTICE INITIATIVE IN 2020 AND WORKED TO HONOR VICTIMS OF LYNCHINGS AND RACIAL TERROR.
IN 2022, HE CO-EDITED AND RELEASED A BOOK CALLED OUR STORIES BLACK FAMILIES IN EARLY DALLAS, WHICH RECORDED THE MEMOIRS PASSED DOWN FROM THE CITY'S EARLIEST BLACK FAMILIES.
HE SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE GLEN OAKS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION BOARD MEMBER OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF DALLAS AND BOARD MEMBER OF PRESERVATION DALLAS.
KEA PASSED, PASSED ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2022, HE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A LEGENDARY, COMPASSIONATE, HISTORIAN AND CIVIC LEADER WHO CARED DEEPLY FOR OUR CITY AS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE.
HIS CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE CONSIDERABLY ADVANCED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF DALLAS AND
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HOW WE CAN BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL RESIDENTS.AND FINALLY, WHEREAS THE CITY OF DALLAS EXTENDS OUR SINCERE CONDO CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND LOVED ONES OF DR.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ERIC JOHNSON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND CAROLYN KING ARNOLD MAYOR PRO TEM ALSO EXTENDS SPECIAL RECOGNITION IN MEMORIAL MEMORIAL ON FEBRUARY THE 22ND, 2022, TO DR.
THANK YOU MAYOR PROTE, UH, ARNOLD FOR THAT RECOGNITION AND FOR EVOKING THE SPIRIT OF OUR ANCESTOR THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED, I, I BELIEVE, AT THE CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US COMMISSIONERS.
IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE, FEEL FREE TO JOIN US IN CITY HALL CHAMBER.
THAT'S NEXT WEEK, IS THAT CORRECT? NEXT WEDNESDAY.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT, UH, THANK YOU BENJAMIN FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO HELP US PUT THAT TOGETHER.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE, YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT HIM.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT DISTRICT COURT.
OTHER COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? YES.
THIS NEED TO MAKE ONE CORRECTION.
COUNCILWOMAN ARNOLD, HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF REMEMBERING BLACK BALANCE.
MANNY MCKNIGHT WAS THE FOUNDER OF BLACK DALLAS.
BLACK DALLAS BLACK E PRACTICE? NO, NO, NO.
IT'S, UH, SHE DALLAS, BLACK DALLAS IMMIGRANT.
YOU WANNA REPEAT THAT AGAIN SO WE CAN MAKE SURE? YES.
IT'S JUST, IT'S REMEMBERING BLACK DALLAS.
AND THEN MAMIE MCKNIGHT WAS THE FOUNDER OF BLACK DALLAS.
REMEMBERED WHICH HE, WHICH HE WHAT HE TOOK OFF OF.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MS. HALL? YOU'RE STANDING WITH US TO DO THAT? YOU KNOW, I, I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE GOT ALL THE NOTES CORRECTED.
MA, BECAUSE SHE HAS ROOTS IN AUSTIN.
BECAUSE I REMEMBER I WAS DOWN THERE AT THE TIME.
IT'S A SMALL WORLD, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT EVERYTHING.
AND I'M IN ORDER, BUT I'VE ENJOYED JUST BEING HERE WITH YOU ALL AND I'M GONNA MOVE SO ON TO YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR ARTS IN OUR HEARTS, AND FEEL FREE TO STAY.
WE'RE MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
WE HAVE TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS PRESENT TODAY, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM TWO MINUTES A PEACE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
DAVID SMALL, WHO'S APPOINTED BY MARY JOHNSON.
UM, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
UM, AND I'LL BE HONEST, I HAD, UH, I'M LEARNING, I'M, I'M JUST GONNA OBSERVE WHILE I'M HERE TODAY.
I KNOW VICKY WILL PROBABLY JUMP ON ME IF I GET OUTTA LINE, BUT, UH, I'VE, I'M A PLEASURE, UH, TO BE HERE.
UH, AND I DO KNOW OF SOME OF YOU AND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ARTISTIC COMMUNITY.
I'M AN ENTERTAINMENT ATTORNEY HERE IN DALLAS.
UH, MY PRACTICE IS PRIMARILY TELEVISION, MUSIC, FILM, AND NOW SOCIAL MEDIA.
UH, AND I REPRESENT NOT ONLY TALENT, BUT ALSO BUSINESSES IN THOSE AREAS.
AND, UH, I AM THRILLED TO BE A PART OF THIS AND HELP CONTRIBUTE IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN.
AND THAT'S, MY WIFE'S NAME IS BECKY.
UH, MY, UH, MY SON JUST, UH, GRADUATED SMU IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.
HE'S JUST GOT ASSIGNED TO A DIVISION OF SONY RECORDS.
UH, SO HE'S A, UH, A FUTURE R AND B ARTIST.
SO
I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A NEW REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT 13 COUNCIL MEMBER GAY DARNELL WILLIS HAS SENT TO THE COMMISSION, JIM NUGEN, AND I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE.
UH, I'M RETIRED, UH, FIRM ADMINISTRATOR WITH A LAW FIRM.
I STILL DO PART-TIME WORK FOR THEM, BUT I'VE GOT SEASON TICKETS TO THE ELEVATOR PROJECT.
SO SECOND THOUGHT THEATER, KITCHEN, DOG THEATER, AND DALLAS THEATER CENTER.
AND I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF, UH, K R A AND I SEE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT TITUS AND BRUCE WOOD DOES.
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CARIA ALSO, I'M ON THE BOARD OF TAKA.UH, I USE, OR I'M ON THE BOARD OF SECOND THOUGHT THEATER.
UH, I AM SERVED WITH AMAZON, UH, I GUESS MEDIA PROJECT.
AND I KEEP THE BOOKS FOR SEVERAL NONPROFITS ON A PRO BONO BASIS.
CAUSE ACCOUNTING HEALTH IS HARD TO FIND.
AND SO I'M WILLING TO, OR GLAD TO GIVE MY TIME.
NOW, COMMISSIONERS, I KNOW YOU'RE ANXIOUS TO EXCHANGE CONVERSATION WITH OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT TIME ALLOTTED TODAY, SO WE ARE GONNA ASK YOU TO DO THAT AFTER THE MEETING OR ON YOUR OWN TIME.
BUT WE DO WELCOME YOU TO OUR FIRST MEETING BACK TOGETHER BECAUSE SOME OF US, WE HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE BOTTOM HALF, BUT THE BOTTOM
DID WE, DID SYLVIA, UH, GIVE YOU THINGS TO INTRODUCE HERSELF? SYLVIA WAS VIRTUAL.
FIRST OF ALL, I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE.
I GAVE MYSELF 45 MINUTES TO GET HERE, AND THAT WASN'T ENOUGH TIME WITH GRANT.
SO MY APOLOGIES TO THE COMMISSION.
UH, BUT, UH, I, MY BACKGROUND IS HEALTHCARE, MARKETING AND PR AND I'VE DONE THAT REALLY FOR THE LAST 30 PLUS YEARS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE LEARNED IN DOING HEALTHCARE MARKETING, PR, IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE ART TO HEAL.
AND, UM, AND I LOVE, MY BACKGROUND IS ALSO, I DO A LOT OF WRITING, SO ART THROUGH WORD, BUT I, UM, I KNOW THAT ART IS REALLY STORYTELLING.
SO WE COLLECT STORIES THROUGH ART, WHETHER IT'S VISUAL, WHETHER IT'S, UH, PERFORMING, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE SPOKEN WORD OR WRITTEN WORD.
SO I LOVE TELLING STORIES AND I, I, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO JUST SERVING, UH, I'M WITH DISTRICT 10, ADAM MAGU.
I APPRECIATE, UH, I'VE WORKED WITH HIM FOR THE LAST, REALLY SEVEN YEARS SINCE HE'S BEEN, UH, IN DISTRICT 10.
AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE.
I ALSO HAVE AN ARTIST'S HUSBAND WHO'S A DIGITAL ARTIST.
IS EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE? WHO ELSE? WHAT DO YOU WANNA SAY? LINDA? LINDA, YOU WILL, YOU OKAY, VICKY, I JUST WANNA SAY ONE SENTENCE OKAY.
BECAUSE I WANT IT ON THE RECORD.
THE TWO NEW, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
JIM NUGEN, FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN IN DALLAS FOR A LONG TIME, IN NEW ORLEANS, WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR FORCES BEHIND 500 ACRES.
SOME OF YOU WOULD REMEMBER, PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE MONEY, ONE 500 ACRES.
AND, AND, UH, DAVID SMALL WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE TEXAS BLACK FILM FESTIVAL, SO HE DIDN'T MENTION THAT.
I'M JUST GONNA PUT THAT IN, IS OUR RESIDENT HISTORIAN.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
AND IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT WE HAVE SOME VISITORS WHO HAVE SIGNED ON TO TALK TO US TODAY.
ANNMARIE, WILL YOU GIVE US THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE? YES, MA'AM.
THERE ARE NINE REGISTERED PUBLIC SPEAKERS, UH, SPEAKERS.
IF YOU ARE VIRTUAL, WE WILL MOVE YOU TO THE PRESENTER'S STATE OR IF YOU'RE IN PERSON.
AND FEEL FREE TO CUT OFF, SIT OVER HERE SO YOU CAN BE ON CAMERA.
UH, I WILL NOW READ THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
SPEAKERS SHALL OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY DECORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
ANY SPEAKERS MAKING PERSONAL IM PERTINENT, OR SLATE'S REMARKS, SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION OF THE MEETING AT THE DIRECTION OF THE CHAIR.
MEMBERS OF THE SPEAKER PUBLIC WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THE TIME CLOCK WILL SIGNAL WHEN YOUR TIME LOPS.
I APOLOGIZE, WE DO NOT HAVE TIME CLOCKS, SO I WILL KEEP TRACK ON MY PHONE NEXT TO US.
UH, WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP, PLEASE ALLOW THE NEXT SPEAKER THE TURN.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR.
SO, MADAME CHAIR, MAY I NOW START CALLING UP OUR SPEAKERS? YES, YOU MAY.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS KAREN BLESSON.
I'M KAREN GLASSON, AND I LIVE AT 63 27 BAKERY BOULEVARD IN DALLAS, GRACE GLOVES.
REPRESENTING, UM, I'M HERE TO, TO SPEAK ABOUT A SCULPTURE, A PUBLIC SCULPTURE THAT MY ORGANIZATION 29 PIECES DID IN ON THE JEFFERSON BOULEVARD IN DALLAS.
AND IF YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE YOUR PACKETS.
SO I'M GONNA GO VERY QUICKLY THAT THIS IS THE SCULPTURE PEACE 24, MAKE MY HANDS RESPECT THE THINGS YOU HAVE MADE.
AND OUR MISSION IS TO USE ART TO UPLIFT, AWAKEN, AND GIVE VOICE TO THE CREATIVE HUMAN SPIRIT TO MAKE GENUINE POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE.
THERE HAS BEEN, OR A, UH, REQUEST BY A
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LOCAL ARTIST TO HAVE THE PIECE REMOVED.UM, SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND THE, THE ARTIST'S, NATIVE AMERICAN SAYING THAT THERE'S CULTURAL APPROPRIATION.
SO, UH, THE, UH, THIS PIECE OF SCULPTURE WAS DONE AS PART OF A, WHAT WE CALL THE RESPECT PROJECT IN 2015 AND 2016, IT WAS DONE AS A RESPONSE TO DALLAS TEACHERS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE, UH, THE WAY THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN DISRESPECT IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE WAY KIDS WERE TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
SO, UM, WE HAVE A THREE PART PROJECT, THE P THE 20, THE PIECE 24 SCULPTURE PROJECT, THE RESPECT PLEDGE, WHICH ONE OF OUR PEOPLE IS GONNA READ.
WE'LL GO TO THE WATER FOR THEM.
UM, AND THEN WE DID RESPECT LESSON ART WITH THOUSANDS OF KIDS IN THIS AREA.
SO I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE TIME TO LOOK THROUGH THIS TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND ON 29 PIECES AND HOW IT STARTED, WHAT MY ORIGIN STORY IS AND WHY I STARTED.
IT STARTED BECAUSE OF A MURDER THAT HAPPENED IN MY FRONT YARD.
I'VE BEEN IN A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST FOR 30 YEARS.
WE MAKE THE WORLD LESS VIOLENT.
UM, I ALSO HAVE A PAGE THAT SHOWS A LOT OF OUR PAST PROJECTS.
WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN IN OUR HISTORY TO, TO ENCOURAGE KIDS OF ALL COLORS, ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, TO COME TOGETHER, TO WORK TOGETHER, TO, UH, TO CREATE A MORE LOVING CITY.
IS THAT MY TIME? I APOLOGIZE MA'AM.
WELL MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE, I HOPE YOU'LL READ THIS, THIS RESPONSE TO, UM, THE PEACE IS INSPIRED BY NATIVE AMERICAN PASSAGE AND THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER VISUAL ART INSPIRATIONS SENATE IT.
SO SINCE I, I HOPE YOU'LL READ IT.
AND THANK YOU FOR COMING, MADAM CHAIR.
YOUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN ISBELL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
I'M KAREN ISBELL, AND I'VE BEEN PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF 29 PIECES SINCE 2015.
I TEACH FOR DALLAS I S D I'VE BEEN TEACHING FOR, THIS IS MY 27TH YEAR, UH, WORKING AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER.
AND ONE OF THE GREAT HIGHLIGHTS OF MY LIFE HAS BEEN A BEING PART OF 29 PIECES AND THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THIS ORGANIZATION HAS DONE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS OF ALL AGES ACROSS OUR CITY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, I'D LIKE YOU TO JUST BRIEFLY LISTEN TO THE POEM, AND IT'S A POEM PRAYER THAT INSPIRED PIECE 24.
UM, AND THERE'S ONE LINE IN, IN THE POEM FROM WHICH WE WERE ALL INSPIRED TO CREATE THIS SCULPTURE THAT COUNTLESS ARTISTS, YOUNG PEOPLE WORKED ON SCHOLARSHIPS.
SO WE COULD CREATE THIS MASTERPIECE AS A GIFT TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
IT'S CALLED LET ME WALK IN BEAUTY, A GREAT SPIRIT WHOSE VOICE I HEAR IN THE WINDS AND WHOSE BREATH GIVES LIFE TO ALL THE WORLD.
I NEED YOUR STRENGTH AND WISDOM.
LET ME WALK IN BEAUTY AND LET MY EYES EVER BEHOLD THE RED AND PURPLE SUNSET.
MAKE MY HANDS RESPECT THE THINGS YOU HAVE MADE AND MY EARS GROW SHARP TO HEAR YOUR VOICE MAKE ME WISE SO THAT I MAY UNDERSTAND THE THINGS YOU HAVE TAUGHT MY PEOPLE.
LET ME LEARN THE LESSONS YOU HAVE HIDDEN IN EVERY LEAP AND ROCK.
I SEEK STRENGTH NOT TO BE GREATER THAN MY BROTHER OR SISTER, BUT TO FIGHT MY GREATEST ENEMY MYSELF.
MAKE ME ALWAYS READY TO COME TO YOU WITH CLEAN HANDS AND STRAIGHT EYES.
SO WHEN LIFE FADES AS THE FADING SUNSET, I MAY COME TO YOU WITHOUT SHAME.
THIS IS A POEM THAT INSPIRED US TO THINK ABOUT BRINGING RESPECT LIKE NEVER BEFORE TO THE PEOPLE OF DALLAS.
THIS IS WHAT INSPIRED OUR ARTWORK, AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL ALLOW THIS SCULPTURE THAT WE GAVE AS A GIFT FROM OUR HEARTS TO CONTINUE INSPIRING THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY.
YOUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY NASH.
MY NAME IS KELLY NASH OF 63 27
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VIC BOULEVARD.I'M ON THE BOARD OF 29 PIECES.
I SPENT MANY HOURS WITH THE, UH, KIDS FROM THE AREA, HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WORKED ON THE PROJECT, AND UH, ALSO ON THE ART ITSELF, O ONE OF THE, UH, THINGS THAT KAREN MENTIONED AS A THREE PART PROJECT.
THE SECOND PART WAS THE 29 PIECES RESPECT PLEDGE, AND A COUPLE OF OUR PEOPLE, UH, WHO WERE WORKING WITH THE KIDS, UH, TALKED TO THEM FOR SOME TIME ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF DISRESPECT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND TOGETHER THEY WORKED OUT, UH, THE 29 PIECES RESPECT PLEDGE, WHICH I'M GOING TO READ IN A MINUTE, I THINK WAS PICKED TO READ THIS PLEDGE BECAUSE I'M PROBABLY THE ONE THAT NEEDS REMINDING SOMETIMES.
UM, BUT AFTER THE EVERYBODY ON THE PROJECT AGREED TO SIGN ONTO THE PLEDGE, WE TOOK IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR ROWINGS.
AND 13 OF THE 14 CONGRESS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS DID SIGN OFF ON THE RESPECT PLEDGE.
SO IT READS, RECOGNIZING THAT WE LIVE IN A POLARIZED SOCIETY, FRAUGHT WITH FEAR AND HATE, WHERE PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENCES REFUSE TO WORK TOGETHER EVEN WHILE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.
KNOWING THAT OUR NEGATIVITY TOWARDS DIFFERENCES OF OPINION LEAVES US WITHOUT SOLUTIONS AND DISTRACTED FROM POSSIBILITY, UNDERSTANDING THAT TO CIVILLY DISAGREE IS MADE THROUGH THE, UH, IS MORE CHALLENGING THAN TO SIMPLY DISPARAGE AND BELIEVING THAT PROGRESS IS MADE THROUGH THE DIFFICULT PROCESS OF RESPECTFUL AND CIVIL DISCOURSE OR VARIANCE AND DISAGREEMENT ARE WELCOMED AND PROMOTED, NOT SHAMED AND SHUNNED.
I OPENLY AND VOLUNTARILY TAKE THIS PLEDGE, PLEDGE TO RESPECT ALL PEOPLE, THEIR BELIEFS AND OPINIONS, BE THEY SIMILAR TO OR DIFFERENT THAN MINE.
PLEDGE TO LISTEN AS MUCH AS I TALK, LEARN AS MUCH AS I EXPRESS, SOLVE PROBLEMS OF TOLERANCE AND COMPASSION, ACCEPT AND VALUE ALL VOICES AND WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS A BETTER TOMORROW, EVEN IF IT NEEDS SOME MORE DIFFICULT TODAY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS YOLANDA ALAMEDA.
APRIL, COULD YOU MOVE HER OVER? I BELIEVE SHE WAS VIRTUAL.
MS. ALAMEDA, YOU MAY, UH, GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE AND TURN ON YOUR VIDEO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
OUR NEXT, UH, SPEAKER IS GIOVANNI ESPERANZA TREVA ON YOUR WAY HERE, SO THAT THAT PERSON IS NOT HERE YET.
THERE WERE A LOT OF PROBLEMS FOR REGISTERING THE WEBSITE.
THAT'S WHY YOU LOT BLUE WORKS.
BEEN TRYING FOR TWO DAYS TO GET TO SIGN UP.
WE, UM, PUT A MESSAGE UP, MA'AM.
UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CRAIG SCHENKEL.
IS CRAIG SHAMEFUL HERE TODAY? CRAIG CHANK IS NOT HERE.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS WILL RICHIE.
UH, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ESMARALDA GARBE.
I APOLOGIZE FOR MISPRONOUNCING.
CHAIR, IS IT OKAY IF WE CONTINUE AND THEN WE CAN CIRCLE BACK TO THEM AFTER WE FINISH THE LIST? YES, YES.
FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT TOOK THE TIME OUT OF THERE TO COME HERE.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF PEACE 24.
MANY PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS CONTRIBUTED TO THE SCULPTURE TO DO WHAT KAREN BLESSING HAS DONE.
EVERY BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER ISN'T EASY TO WAKE UP AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THE PEACE OF ART THAT'S IN JEFFERSON WAS MADE WITH LOVE AND FROM LOVE BY NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS, INCLUDING MYSELF FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
REALISTICALLY, IT'S SOME FIT TO EVEN CONSIDER REMOVING THE PIECE OF ART SIMPLY BECAUSE ITS TRUE.
MEANING IS BEING MISINTERPRETED AND TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.
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INSPIRED BY A NATIVE AMERICAN POEM.LET ME WALK A BEAUTY AS SOMEONE WHO IS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT THAT CAN GUARANTEE THAT EVERY STEP WAS CAREFULLY TAKEN AND NOT ONCE WAS A NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL MO.
INSTEAD, IT WAS TREATED WITH, WITH REVERENCE AND RESPECT.
AND I TO HAVE A MINUTE, WOW, IT'S CRAZY.
I WISH I COULD DONATE THE TIME.
I WAS ONE OF THE STUDENTS THAT WORKED ON IT.
I ACTUALLY TAKE MY KID AND WHOO, WALKED AROUND AND TAKE PRIDE IN IT, WHICH WAS THE IDEA TO WALK DOWN THAT STREET AND SEE SOMETHING THAT I PERSONALLY WORKED IN AND HAVE TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT I'M IN.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, EVER GO DOWN THERE, BUT IT'S CUTE AND IT'S WAS DONE WITH A LOT OF LOVE BY SOMEONE WHO HAS NOTHING BUT LOVE TO OFFER.
AND I, I JUST HOPE THAT I CAN STAY.
YOUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DARYL RATCLIFFE.
UM, MY NAME'S DARRELL RATCLIFFE, CO-FOUNDER OF ASH STUDIO 3, 2 0 3 ASH LANE.
UH, I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF 29 PIECES AND THE PEACE 24 PROJECT, UM, AS AN ARTIST, POET, WRITER, UH, NATIONAL THOUGHT LEADER ON, UH, CULTURAL EQUITY.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT PEACE 24, THE PROJECT, UM, THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY A NATIONAL EXAMPLE OF HOW TO DO A REALLY THOUGHTFUL, SOCIALLY ENGAGED, RESPECTFUL ART PROJECT AND IS A REAL TESTAMENT TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND, UM, KAREN IS ONE OF MY MENTORS, UM, AND HAS REALLY JUST BEEN, UH, EXEMPLIFYING WHAT ALLYSHIP CAN LOOK LIKE AND THE CITY, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO FIND.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I REALLY HOPE THAT THE COMMISSION AND EVERYONE INVOLVED, UM, YOU KNOW, USES THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE LIZ IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS AROUND CULTURAL, UH, APPROPRIATION, UM, BUT ALSO CULTURAL APPRECIATION AND HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT IS REALLY BRINGING OUR CULTURE PEOPLE TOGETHER.
UM, CIRCLING BACK TO, UM, OUR SPEAKERS IS GIOVANNI ESPARZA.
UH, MY NAME IS, HOPE THEY CALL ME.
WELL, MY NAME IS GIOVANNI, BUT THEY CALL ME HOPE.
AND SO I'M GONNA JUST START OFF INTRODUCING MYSELF.
GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF 29 PIECES.
I'VE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT PEACE 24 HAS CAUSED SOME CONTROVERSY.
HOWEVER, I'M HERE TO SAY THAT PEACE 24 WAS BUILT WITH THE PURPOSE TO SPREAD LOVE AND HAPPINESS.
BACK IN SUMMER OF 2018, MY COLLEAGUES AND I SPENT OUR TIME OFF FROM SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND WORK TO BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND BUILD A MONUMENTAL ART PIECE THAT WOULD BE TIMELESS.
TAKING INSPIRATION FROM A NATIVE AMERICAN PRAYER CALLED LET ME WALK IN BEAUTY, IN WHICH MANY BRILLIANT ARTISTS FROM ALL SORTS OF PATHS CAME TOGETHER AND STRIVED TO TRY TO PASS ON THAT MESSAGE WITH THE SAME INTENT OF LOVE AND COMPASSION THROUGH OUR ARTWORK.
ALSO, MOST IMPORTANTLY, MAJORITY OF US GREW UP IN THAT AREA AND PUT A LOT OF WORK IN TIME TO TRY TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M SURE I SPEAK FOR MOST OF MY FRIENDS HERE WHEN I SAY THAT WE WOULD BE DES DEVASTATED TO SEE OUR WORK, WHICH WE SPENT SO MUCH TIME AND LOTS OF EFFORT TO NOT ONLY SPREAD THE MESSAGE LOCALLY, BUT OVER THE WORLD WITH NO AIM TO TRY TO OFFEND ANYONE OR THEIR CULTURE AND TO BE INSPIRED BY IT.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN.
BUT I JUST WANNA SAY LIKE SINCERELY FROM MY HEART THAT IF THIS WAS TO BE TAKEN DOWN, LIKE I SPENT YESTERDAY, JUST TO GO DOWN, TO TAKE A PICTURE BY IT AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT I WOULDN'T EVER HAVE LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT THERE WITH ME, LIKE IN PHOTO
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PHOTOGRAPHY SO I COULD SHOW NOT ONLY LIKE THE MY GRANDCHILDREN, BUT TO SHOW MY PARENTS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY, THAT I TAKE PRIDE IN.CUZ I DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH A LOT, BUT I KNOW THAT'S WHAT I DID ACCOMPLISH.
AND NOT ONLY I HAVE LIKE SO MUCH TIME, I'M SORRY I'M NOT, I HAVE SO MUCH TIME ON THIS WORLD RIGHT NOW, AND WITHIN THAT TIME I'VE MADE THAT ART PIECE.
AND AFTER I LEAVE THIS WORLD, I HOPE IT'S THERE SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHAT I DID WITH MY LIFETIME.
AND I THANK KAREN FOR SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I AM LIKE ONE IN A BILLION PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THIS BEAUTIFUL ART PIECE THAT I HOPE STAYS FOREVER.
AND I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN SEE LIKE MY TRUE COLORS AND I'M LIKE TRYING TO BE SO SINCERE WHEN WE SAY THAT WE LOVE WHAT WE DID.
I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN SEE WHAT WE LOVE AND HOPE THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF INPUT.
ARE WE ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS? MY UNDERSTANDING IS NO COURSE, UH, NO, THERE'S NO KIND OF INTERACTION AND STRESS TO THE CHAIR AND STAFF MAY FOLLOW UP AFTERWARDS OR COMMISSIONERS MAY FOLLOW UP AFTERWARDS, BUT NOT OH, OKAY.
NOT AS A MATTER OF DISCUSSION, DEBATE OF BUSINESS.
UM, AND THEN OUR NEXT SPEAKER, WE'LL GO BACK TO CRAIG SCHENKEL.
SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER AFTER CRAIG SCHENKEL WAS WILL RICHIE.
I AM THE FOUNDER OF JOURNEYMAN INC.
UH, WHICH IS A FOR-PROFIT AND AND CREATOR OF DIVERSE KNOWLEDGEMENT, WHICH ONE IS A 15 YEAR PROJECT WITH BIG THOUGHT.
UH, I'VE BEEN AN ARTIST AND A TEACHER AND AN EDUCATOR IN NORTH TEXAS FOR A LONG TIME.
MY WIFE'S A TEACHER, FOUR CHILDREN, KAREN AND KELLY ARE ARE DEAR FRIENDS OF OURS.
IT'S BEEN, UH, REALLY AWESOME WATCHING, UH, THEM AND BEING AROUND THEM AND RECEIVING THEIR MENTORSHIP.
AN ANGLE I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT 29 PIECES WAS OFFICED.
THEY'RE ALL IN JEFFERSON BOULEVARD.
UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE, I'M AT PUERTO RICAN.
I CAN KIND OF GET AWAY WITH THE DIFFERENT THINGS EVEN THOUGH SOME PEOPLE INITIALLY THINK I'M JUST, I MAY JUST BE A WHITE PERSON.
AND THE POINT OF POINT I'M SAYING THAT IS KAREN'S FEARLESSNESS AS THE FIRST VISUAL ARTIST EVER TO WIN A CULT PRIZE ON A PROJECT WITH DOMO NEWS AS A ARTIST WHO HELPED REDESIGN TIMES SQUARE IN THE NINETIES, UH, WHEN THEY WANTED TO CLEAN UP THE CITY OR THE INNER CITY RATHER, UH, SHE WAS NOT AFRAID AT THAT TIME.
I WASN'T SAYING SHE WAS OLD THEN, BUT TO HAVE AN OFFICE ON JEFFERSON TO PULL KIDS FROM SUNSET AND ADAMSON HIGH SCHOOL AND TO REALLY LIVE THE WORK, UH, I CAN TALK ABOUT THE SCULPTURE, UH, BUT I THINK THAT THE WORK AND THE RELATIONSHIPS EMBODY, UM, SOMEONE WHO IS REALLY, UH, PUT IN A LOT OF EFFORT TO GET NOTICE TO THAT INVISIBLE BRIDGE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DALLAS.
UH, AND TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE EVEN HERE TODAY, WHO ARE NOW YOUNG ADULTS, UH, AND THOSE OF US AS WELL AS EDUCATORS, AS ARTISTS WHO, UH, ALWAYS TRY TO, UH, LIVE BEYOND THE STARVING ARTIST MENTALITY, HAVE, HAVE SOMEONE LIKE KAREN TO LOOK UP TO, TO SHOW US A CAREER PATH, UH, AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, MAKE A WAY FOR OUR FAMILY.
THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS I WAS THE, UM, UH, THE ARTISTIC PRODUCER OF THE FESTIVAL IDEAS, THE INAUGURAL LEADER.
AND IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO REACH OUT TO ALIO FLORES AND COOPER LALE, UH, NATIVE AMERICAN GROUP TO DO, UH, THE BLESSING TO OPEN THAT FESTIVAL THAT WAS SPONSORED BY BANK OF AMERICA IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.
SO I THINK THAT THOSE OF US WITH A CULTURAL RESPONSIBILITY, UH, ALL SEEK TO PROVIDE OUR STEPS ACROSS THAT BRIDGE.
AND I REALLY BELIEVE THIS PROJECT AND THE MONUMENT, UH, STANCE TO SHOW THAT BEST THAT OUR CITY HAS TO OFFER.
THAT INCLUDES YOUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS, MADAM CHAIR, PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
WE DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING TODAY.
FEEL FREE TO STATE YOUR DIRECTION, THE MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS, AND DUE TO PRESENTER TIME CONSTRAINTS, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE BRIEFING B BEFORE THE NEXT ONE.
SO BRIEFING B IS THE DALLAS CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS PRESENT.
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I'M SORRY, IS THAT MY CUE? YES, IT IS.THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE FROM LAST MONTH.
IT WAS VERY, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
49 WITH THE BUILDING WAS YEAH, THE LEAVE WASN'T LOOKING YESTERDAY.
AMERICA MAD CHAIR BY COMMISSION.
RULES OF PROCEDURE O SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP OR CALLED IN TO SIGN UP ARE ABLE TO SPEAK AT A MEETING.
THEY'RE IN THE NEXT PORTION OF THE MEETING.
UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU SO THAT YOU CAN COME SPEAK NEXT MONTH AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP VIA EMAIL.
KAREN, IF I MAY BE PERMITTED TO DO SO.
I'M VERY SORRY THAT YOU HAVE MADE AN EFFORT TO COME DOWN HERE AND THAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING SOME TECHNOLOGY ISSUES WITH THAT MR. THIS DOCUMENT.
MR. BUT YOU DON'T HEAR WHAT YOU AS A NEIGHBOR, I DON'T HAVE NOTHING WRONG WITH THE PROJECT.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO TELL YOU ABOUT DALLAS CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE FOUNDER.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW US, WE ARE THE ONLY NONPROFIT PHOTOGRAPHY CENTER AND COMMUNITY GALLERY IN THE REGION.
THE CLOSEST ONE IS DOWN IN HOUSTON.
WE BELIEVE THAT PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE LANGUAGE OF MODERN CULTURE AND IT'S ALSO THE MOST DEMOCRATIC OF ART FORMS. IT'S THE ONLY ART THAT CAN BE DONE AND ENJOYED WITHOUT SPECIAL TRAINING.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITH POTTERY OR PAINTING AND GOD FORBID DANCE BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA BREAK SOMETHING
AND WE ALL HAVE SOPHISTICATED CAMERAS IN OUR POCKETS RIGHT NOW.
EVERYONE HAS A SOPHISTICATED CAMERA AND THOSE ARE DEVICES THAT HAVE TREMENDOUS ARTISTIC AND STORYTELLING POWER.
AS A NONPROFIT, WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, SPEAKER EVENTS, GALLERY EXHIBITIONS, YOUTH EDUCATION, AND WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE RECEIVED O AAC FUNDING FOR OUR PROGRAMS. WE'RE ALSO GLAD TO BE CONNECTING WITH PARTS OF THE DALLAS COMMUNITY.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH SOUTH DALLAS AND OAK CLIFF CULTURAL CENTERS, BOOKER T WE HAVE AN UPCOMING COLLABORATION WITH BRUCE WOOD DANCE AND WE THINK PHOTOGRAPHY MATTERS AND WE TRY TO PUT THAT INTO PRACTICE WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
I HEARD DURING THE INTRODUCTIONS THAT ART IS HEALING.
AND AS THE MOST ACCESSIBLE OF ART FORMS, WE THINK THAT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HEALING IS TREMENDOUS.
COULD YOU PUT THE FIRST PICTURE UP, PLEASE? THIS IS OUR GALLERY, WHICH ALSO IT LOOKS LIKE I'M SITTING IN FRONT OF, BUT I'M NOT.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, US IT'S, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE GALLERY.
IT'S ABOUT A 2000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, GALLERY.
WE HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST YEAR, 155 ARTISTS EXHIBIT, UH, SEVEN EXHIBITIONS AND AROUND 500 GALLERY VISITORS A YEAR.
WE CAN RECONFIGURE THE GALLERY FOR OUR SPEAKER EVENTS.
UH, WE HAVE A REALLY EXCELLENT PROJECTION SYSTEM.
I'M KIND OF AN AV NERD, SO I'M PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THAT ONE.
AND A TYPICAL PROGRAMMING YEAR, WE HAVE SIX SPEAKERS AND WE OVERALL HAVE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FOUR AND 500 PEOPLE ATTEND, UM, CUMULATIVELY OF THOSE EVENTS.
WE OFFER WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES.
THIS IS A POPULAR CLASS WE OFFER ON, UM, NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY.
WE USUALLY SHOOT DOWN BY THE TRINITY.
IT IS AMAZING HOW MANY DALLAS RESIDENTS HAVE NEVER BEEN DOWN TO THE TRINITY.
AND WHEN WE HAVE CLASSES IN OAK CLIFF, THE SAME THING HAPPENS.
HALF THE PEOPLE LIVE IN DALLAS, THEY'VE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE.
SO IT'S KIND OF AN INTRODUCTION TO LOCAL CULTURE AS WELL.
IF YOU COULD CHANGE THE SLIDE AGAIN PLEASE.
SO, THE UNDUE, THIS IS OUR CLASSROOM FACILITY, WHICH IS ABOVE THE GALLERY.
OUR UND UNDUPLICATED NUMBER OF STUDENTS IS ABOUT 500 PER YEAR.
WE ALSO DO ABOUT 150 ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING AND MENTORING HOURS.
WE ALSO HAVE A MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM AND AT THE END OF 2023, WE HAD JUST UNDER 200 MEMBERS.
AND THAT'S A BIG PUSH FOR SOMETHING WE WANT TO INCREASE.
SO THIS YEAR WE'VE ROLLED OUT OUR GRANT FUNDED ROOTS OF PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM.
IT GIVES SCHOOL-AGED KIDS A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE HISTORY, ART AND TECHNOLOGY OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
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AN EXPERIENTIAL FIELD TRIP THAT'S BEEN REALLY WELL RECEIVED BY STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, AND IT'S DELIVERED AT NO COST TO THE SCHOOLS.THE, UH, PROGRAM ALIGNS WITH SEVERAL TES REQUIREMENTS AND IT GIVES THE YOUTH A PEEK INTO THE POSSIBILITIES OF PHOTOGRAPHY AS PART OF THEIR FUTURE WORK EXPERIENCE.
HERE YOU SEE A GROUP OF STUDENTS IN THE DARK ROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME MAKING PRINTS BY HAND.
THEIR ENTHUSIASM IS VERY, VERY HIGH, UH, AFTER THEY LEAVE THIS PROGRAM.
AND WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEKING FUNDING FOR A SUMMER DARK ROOM RESIDENCY FOR YOUNG ARTISTS REFERRED BY AREA EDUCATORS AS A WAY FOR THEM TO WORK AT NO CHARGE ON THEIR OWN PROJECTS.
AND THE PROJECT THAT I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT IS TO TAKE THE SPECIAL EXPERIENCE THAT HAPPENS FROM SEEING PHOTOGRAPHY.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT PHOTOGRAPHY IS A VISUAL ART, BUT ONCE IT'S PRINTED AND DISPLAYED, IT BECOMES A PERFORMANCE ART, A PERFORMING ART.
AND WE ARE DESIGNING A SERIES OF LIT, UH, DISPLAY USE THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WILL TAKE OUT INTO THE PUBLIC.
CLYDE WARREN PARK IS ALREADY COMMITTED TO ONE OF THESE.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE, UH, AT AND T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE PARTNERING WITH A RANGE OF VENUES TO GET THIS EXPERIENCE AND IMPORTANT COMMUNITY PHOTOS IN FRONT OF AS MANY PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE.
THE SHOWS WILL ALL BE COMMUNITY PROJECTS SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS.
THAT IS EXACTLY MY FIVE MINUTES.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YES.
I QUESTION, DID YOU SAY THAT THOSE ARE DIGITAL? NO, THESE ARE PRINTS.
THEY ARE WATER WATERPROOF PRINTS.
AND I AM SO SORRY BECAUSE I VERY QUICKLY WANNA SAY THAT WE ALSO JUST STARTED OUR YEAR LONG PROGRAM ON WOMEN IN PHOTOGRAPHY.
IT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH DECEMBER AND THIS SATURDAY THE FIRST EVENT IS A DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER AND HER HUSBAND.
IT'S THREE O'CLOCK THIS SATURDAY.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANY OF YOU COME AND I'M HAPPY TO PASS, UM, AN INVITATION ALONG.
IF I CAN GET AN EMAIL ADDRESS VERY QUICKLY AS A FOLLOW UP.
UH, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU REACH OUT TO APRIL ALLEN WITH THE SOUTHERN GATEWAY PARK BECAUSE PART OF THAT PART THEY WANT TO DO A PROMENADE OF, UH, HISTORIC OAK CLIFF, UH, INDIVIDUALS.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT HAVING THAT THERE, ONCE THE PARK OPENS TO, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATE THE INAUGURAL CANDIDATES, UH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHO JUST SPOKE SO I CAN WRITE THAT DOWN? TINO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIRWOMAN.
UH, PETER, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE STUDENTS GETTING INVOLVED, UM, ARE YOU PRIMARILY WORKING WITH D I S D? WE ARE, THE INTENTION WAS TO WORK WITH D I S D.
UM, GETTING THAT COMMUNICATION CHANNEL SET UP HAS BEEN, UH, A LITTLE BIT SLOW, A LITTLE BIT, LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT.
AND SO THE FOUR PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE COME UP, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO NEXT WEEK.
WE'RE WORKING WITH UPLIFT EDUCATION AS WE GET D I S D.
WE HAVE HAD, UH, ONE SCHOOL FROM GARLAND I S D, BUT THE GRANT WAS WRITTEN AROUND D I S D.
UH, NEXT TIME I WOULD EN ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER DISTRICT 12.
AND WE HAVE NO D I S D STUDENTS.
WE HAVE RICHARDSON, I S D, CARROLLTON FARMERS BRAND AND PLANO, I S D.
UM, AND, UM, SOMETIMES OUR, OUR KIDS DON'T GET THE SAME ACCESS AS THE OTHER DISTRICTS AND I KNOW THEY'RE HUNGRY FOR IT.
AND, UH, THE FUNDING ALSO INCLUDES BUS COSTS, WHICH I HAD NO IDEA WERE AS EXPENSIVE AS THEY WERE, SO, UM, YEAH.
UM, UH, UH, SIR, I WAS WONDERING, YOU MENTIONED THE PROGRAM, UH, AT THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURE CENTER.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? THE, THE FIRST ONE WE'RE DOING IS ACTUALLY A DARK ROOM, UH, PROJECT.
UM, WE, OUR DARK ROOM FACILITY CAN HANDLE UP TO 10 PEOPLE AND THEY ARE GONNA BRING THEM HERE FOR A THREE PART WORKSHOP.
UH, ONE PART IS SHOOTING FILM WITH A FILM CAMERA THAT WE GIVE THEM.
UH, AND THEN THE NEXT TWO SESSIONS ARE THREE HOURS EACH.
AND THEY'RE IN THE DARK ROOM PROCESSING AND MAKING CONTACT PRINTS AND PRINTING.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER WORKED IN A DARK ROOM, BUT IT
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IS THE OPPOSITE OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY.IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY TACTILE.
AND I HAVE FOUND FROM YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS THAT ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY ONLY HAVING TO SOLVE ONE PROBLEM AT A TIME.
AND THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO EVEN BRING THEIR PHONES INTO THE DARK ROOM.
SO THERE'S THIS COMPLETE BREAK WITH THEIR NORMAL DATA OVERLOAD AS THEY SOLVE ONE PROBLEM AT A TIME.
BUT, WELL, THAT'S VERY EXCITING TO ME.
I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER WHO, WHO JUST, WHO JUST SAID, WHO JUST SAID THAT? JESSE HORNBUCKLE.
BUT YES, I, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROGRAM.
I HOPE YOU LET US KNOW WHEN IT HAPPENS.
I I WOULD LOVE TO COME DOWN AND SEE IT.
SO ABSO ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.
I JUST WANTED TO CO-SIGN ON WHAT, UM, PETER WAS SAYING ABOUT SATURDAY.
I, I CAN'T BE THERE CUZ I HAVE TO TAKE BABIES TO THE DANCE CHILDREN'S THEATER
UM, I JUST HAD LUNCH WITH JULIE AND ED AND THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.
AND FROM NEW JERSEY TALKING EYES MEDIA AND THEY'RE, I'M SURE THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE A REALLY WONDERFUL TALK.
A LOT OF WORK, DEEP WORK IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND THE, UH, TALKING EYES MEDIA IS A NONPROFIT PRODUCTION COMPANY, UH, WHICH JULIE RUNS, HER HUSBAND IS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN PHOTOJOURNALIST IN THE WORLD.
AND WE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THEY OFTEN GET IS, HOW DO TWO DRIVEN ARTISTS STAY MARRIED AND RAISE A FAMILY AT THE SAME TIME? UH, SO I'M, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING THAT STORY, ACTUALLY.
COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER SPELL.
UM, THANK YOU PETER FOR THE, FOR THE BRIEFING.
UM, DO YOU EVER DO ANY, UM, YOUTH ORIENTED, UH, CLASSES OFF OF YOUR CAMPUS? DO YOU EVER GO OUT AND DO THEM AT LIKE A SCHOOL OR AT AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OR DO YOU MOSTLY BRING STUDENTS INTO YOUR FACILITY? WE HAVE DONE, WE HAVE DONE SOME, UM, PHOTO WALKS AND, UM, IT'S AN, IT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE WANT I, THAT WE HAVE SPOKEN TO SOUTH DALLAS ABOUT IS DOING PHOTO WALKS.
I I ACTUALLY TEACH OUR SMARTPHONE CLASSES BECAUSE I WAS A LITTLE BIT, BIT OF A LATE ADAPTER TO A SMARTPHONE.
BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT, THE LAST TWO TRIPS I'VE TAKEN ARE THE FIRST TWO TRIPS I'VE TAKEN SINCE I WAS 15 THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A BIG CAMERA WITH ME.
UM, THAT IS THE PROGRAM THAT SEEMS TO REALLY GET THEIR ATTENTION.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT FOR THE ROOTS OF PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM WAS TO TAKE IT INTO THE SCHOOLS.
AND I REALIZED VERY QUICKLY THAT NOT ONLY WOULD THE PRODUCTION COSTS BE HIGHER, BUT KIDS HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ATTENTION WHEN THEY'RE ON A FIELD TRIP.
IF, IF WE TOOK THE PROGRAM INTO THEIR ENVIRONMENT, THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THINGS GOING ON.
SO IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, WE BRING THEM TO US, BUT TAKING THE PROGRAMS INTO THE SCHOOLS IS SOMETHING WE'D VERY MUCH LIKE TO DO.
BUT IT'S, FOR US, IT'S SORT OF ONE STEP AT A TIME AND IT'S BUILDING THE FUNDING PIPELINE TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN TO THE CENTER AT DALLAS CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
I HAVE BEEN IN THEIR DARK ROOM AND IT IS IMPRESSIVE.
I THINK THAT THE FACILITY IS GREAT AND I THINK THAT WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS REALLY GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, I CAN SAY THAT I'VE TAKEN A CLASS THERE AND IT WAS ALSO AMAZING.
I HAVE ALSO, THAT MAKES ME, UH, VERY PROUD.
LIKEWISE, I HAVE ALSO TAKEN A CLASS OVER THERE, UH, MULTIPLE CLASSES IN FACT.
AND, UM, IT IS, UH, ONE OF THE BEST.
I'VE TAKEN A LOT OF CLASSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY THROUGH THE YEARS AND, UM, THIS WAS TAKING A CLASS FROM, UH, THE DALLAS PHOTOGRAPHY CENTER WAS THE FIRST CLASS THAT I TOOK THAT, UM, EXPLAINED MANUAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN A WAY THAT I REALLY PICK IT UP AND GRASP IT.
AND, UM, I HAVE NOT USED AUTO MODE SINCE
PETER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TO COME TO TODAY'S BRIEFING.
AGAIN, WE APOLOGIZE FOR LAST MONTH.
UH, YOU'VE TOTALLY, TOTALLY MADE UP FOR IT.
I REALLY, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THIS.
AND I APPRECIATE, I KNOW Y'ALL HEAR
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THIS ALL THE TIME, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE OAC.IT'S KIND OF FELT LIKE OVER THE YEARS, DALLAS HAS KIND OF GROWN A SOUL.
UM, I DON'T HAVE TO BE AS MUCH OF AN APOLOGIST FOR DALLAS AS I USED TO YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
AND I THINK OAC IS, UH, ACTUALLY A BIG PART OF THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT BRIEFING, K R A ARTS ACCESS BRIEFING.
PRESENTING TODAY IS ANN BOTHWELL, THE VP OF ARTS AT K E R A WITH HER TEAM.
WELL, UM, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.
UH, IT, THE PROGRAM'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT WE HAVE JUST LAUNCHED A VERY NEW PHASE OF IT AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IT.
I AM HERE WITH OUR TWO ARTS ACCESS REPORTERS.
UH, TO MY LEFT IS MICHELLE ASLAM, WHO YOU MAY HAVE SEEN A STORY FROM HER THIS WEEK.
HER FIRST STORY, UH, SHE JUST STARTED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, UM, WITH THE PROGRAM.
AND SHE DID A PIECE EARLIER THIS WEEK ON THE BROWN GIRLS FOOD CLUB, UH, WHICH IS A GROUP OF WOMEN WHO ARE COMING TOGETHER TO SHARE CULTURE AND REALLY GREAT MEALS AT, UH, RESTAURANTS AROUND, UH, DALLAS.
UM, MICHELLE COMES TO US FROM FRESH OFF A FELLOWSHIP, A VERY PRESTIGIOUS FELLOWSHIP, THE CROC FELLOWSHIP AT NPR.
AND SHE WAS AN INTERN AT BOTH THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND AT K E R A.
SO WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE HER.
AND THEN WE HAVE MICHELLE ELIZABETH MAYAN, SORRY, LIZ.
UM, LIZ HAS BEEN WITH K E R A FOR FOUR YEARS NOW, FOUR OR FIVE.
UM, UH, BUT CAME OVER TO ARTS REPORTING, UH, LAST FALL WITH THE ARTS ACCESS TEAM.
HAS WON MANY AWARDS FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR HER COVERAGE OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN OUR AREA, UM, INCLUDING A REGIONAL EDWARD OR MURRO AWARD.
SO, UM, UH, VERY TALENTED REPORTER AND THEIR EDITOR IS SAMANTHA GUZMAN.
UM, SHE COMES TO K E R A FROM THE DECIBEL PROJECT IN AUSTIN.
THIS WAS A COMMUNITY-BASED JOURNALISM PROJECT THAT WAS NOT WORKING WITH THE ARTS SO MUCH, BUT, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE USING A LOT OF THESE TACTICS IN OUR WORK.
UM, VERY, VERY FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY FIRST REPORTING AND, UH, GETTING TO KNOW THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY WERE COVERING AND GETTING CONSTANT FEEDBACK ON THE WORK THEY WERE DOING AND MAKING SURE THAT IT WAS WORKING FOR, FOR THOSE FOLKS.
AND SAM WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.
SHE IS, UM, UNDER THE WEATHER.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WERE GONNA CO-PRESENT.
SO I MAY BE REFERRING TO MY NOTES A LITTLE MORE THAN I I NORMALLY WOULD.
AND I, BEFORE I GET TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD ON ARTS ACCESS, I JUST KIND OF WANNA SHARE WITH YOU THAT THIS IS REALLY AN AMAZING TIME, UH, FOR ARTS LOVERS AT K E R A.
WE ARE REALLY, I CAN FEEL US MOVING TOWARD BECOMING, I'VE BEEN THERE AT THE STATION FOR 15 YEARS AND I CAN FEEL US NOW FINALLY STARTING TO REACH OUR POTENTIAL AS A HUB IN THE DALLAS AND THE NORTH TEXAS ARTS ECOSYSTEM.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER JUST IN THE LAST FIVE OR SO YEARS, BETWEEN K X T, OUR MUSIC RADIO STATION, POPULAR MUSIC RADIO STATION, AND OF COURSE WITH THE CITY'S SUPPORT, W R R, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY ON W R R.
WE'RE A REAL HOME FOR MUSIC LOVERS, K E R A TV, UH, AND ALL OF THE PROGRAMMING WE DO AROUND THE ARTS THERE.
OUR VIDEO TEAM IS CREATING SERIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, UM, BROADCASTING SHORT, SHORT VIDEOS THAT ARE GOING OUT ON TELEVISION ALL OVER TEXAS ON TOPICS LIKE, UM, THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND THE SHAPE OF TEXAS, THE BUILDINGS THAT KIND OF MAKE US WHO WE ARE.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE K E R A F M AND K E RRA NEWS.ORG, WHICH IS REALLY A SOURCE FOR, UH, ARTS AND NEWS AND INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE TO CONNECT MORE DEEPLY WITH THE ARTS.
AND I'LL ALSO TELL YOU JUST A LITTLE HISTORY, MEDIA COLLABORATIONS ARE NOT NEW TO K E R A.
WE'VE DONE QUITE A FEW OF THEM.
ONE OF OUR BIG ONES IS, UH, BEEN NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS THE TEXAS NEWSROOM PROJECT.
AND THAT IS A STATEWIDE COLLABORATION OF PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS AT SHARING CONTENT AND CREATING PROGRAMS LIKE THE TEXAS STANDARD.
WE COLLABORATE WITH BIG PARTNERS
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AND SHARED CONTENT WITH NPR, SMALLER PARTNERS LIKE THE NONPROFIT, UH, NEWS WEBSITE, THE FORT WORTH REPORT.WE SHARE CONTENT WITH EACH OTHER.
UM, BUT THIS ARTS ACCESS PROGRESS OR PROGRAM IS REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL.
UM, IT IS UNUSUAL TO FIND, UH, NOT-FOR-PROFIT MEDIA COMPANY AND A FOR-PROFIT MEDIA COMPANY COLLABORATING IN THIS WAY.
UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY.
OUR TAXES REALLY GOT STARTED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
THE CEOS OF BOTH ORGANIZATIONS, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND K E R A MET AND AGREED THAT WE WOULD BE STRONGER AND MORE EFFECTIVE, UH, FINDING FUNDING PARTICULARLY FOR ARTS JOURNALISM IF WE WORKED TOGETHER INSTEAD OF COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER.
AND WE REALIZED THAT THE COLLABORATION WOULD REALLY ALLOW THESE TWO LEGACY MEDIA OUTLETS TO REALLY START EXPERIMENTING AND INNOVATING WITH WAYS TO REACH YOUNGER AND MORE DIVERSE AUDIENCES.
SO, UM, WE DECIDED TO WORK TOWARD THIS, CREATING THIS TEAM OF REPORTERS AND AN EDITOR, UH, WHO WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE ARTS THROUGH THE LENS OF ACCESS AND EQUITY.
SO OUR FIRST PHASE WAS FUNDRAISING AND FIGURING OUT THE MECHANICS OF HOW WE WORK TOGETHER.
AND BELIEVE ME, THAT HAS BEEN A BIT OF A PROJECT.
WE'RE STILL,
BUT IN THAT PROCESS, THE ARTS JOURNALISTS AT K E R A AND THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS CAME TOGETHER AND TOGETHER AND SEPARATELY PRODUCED OVER A HUNDRED STORIES, UM, ABOUT THAT RANGE FROM THE CHALLENGES FACING, UH, WOMEN ARTS LEADERS OF COLOR TO FINDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ARTISTS.
AND LIZ JUST TODAY HAD A STORY ON, UM, WHAT THEATER COMPANIES CAN DO TO BE MORE ACCOMMODATING TO DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING AUDIENCES.
SO LOTS OF CONTENT THAT WE'VE BEEN CREATING.
ALL OF OUR WORK IS FREE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
EVERYTHING THAT THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS DOES TOGETHER WITH K E R A IS IN FRONT OF THEIR PAYWALL.
AND OF COURSE, IT'S ALWAYS FREE AT K E R A NEWS.
UM, IT'S REALLY NOT A SURPRISE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, BUT WE REALLY HAVE A BROAD REACH FOR THIS TEAM.
MICHELLE'S STORIES ARE SHOWING UP ON BOTH WEBSITES, ACROSS BOTH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. UH, THEY CAN BE PICKED UP BY TEXAS STANDARD AND HEARD AROUND THE STATE IF THERE'S AN AUDIO COMPONENT AND SHARED WITH ALL OUR MANY PARTNERS.
SO IT'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE STORY TO HAVE A TON OF IMPACT.
UM, AND NOW WE'RE HEADING INTO A NEW PHASE BECAUSE WE FINALLY HAVE OUR TEAM ON BOARD AND SAM AND THE TEAM ARE REALLY WORKING TO COME UP AND REFINE THEIR VISION FOR THIS TEAM AND WHAT IS AN ARTS ACCESS STORY AND WHAT IS NOT AN ARTS ACCESS STORY.
WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS AROUND THAT AND WE'LL PRETTY SOON BE ABLE TO, UM, SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
UH, THE TEAM IS STILL WORKING CLOSELY WITH COLLEAGUES AT BOTH ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY'RE NOT OUT ALONE,
UH, AND THEY ARE NOT REPLACING ANYONE.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
UH, THESE ARE NEW REPORTERS, NEW ARTS JOURNALISTS, UH, IN OUR AREA.
UM, K E R A STILL HAS AN ARTS TEAM, UH, WITH TWO REPORTERS, JEROME WEEKS, WHO MANY OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, AND GALILEE ABDULLAH, WHO IS A FAIRLY NEW ARTS REPORTER AT THE STATION AND WHO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET TO KNOW.
SO, UH, WE KNOW THOUGH WE DON'T KNOW EX YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL FIGURING OUT SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE PROCESSES.
BUT WE KNOW THAT THIS TEAM IS GOING TO BE COMMITTED TO INNOVATIVE STORYTELLING, TO COMMUNITY LISTENING AND DIALOGUE WITH AND FOR UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT, UH, HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED IN OUR COVERAGE AND ALSO IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS' COVERAGE.
AND WE REALLY SEE THIS WORK AS A WAY TO BOTH REACH THOSE COMMUNITIES AND HAVE THEM FEEL SEEN AND HEARD, BUT ALSO CREATE A MODEL FOR, UM, OTHER AREAS OF OUR COVERAGE WHERE THIS IS ALSO TRUE.
IT'S NOT JUST AN ISSUE IN THE ARTS.
SO, UM, THAT'S A LOT OF WEIGHT ON THESE SHOULDERS HERE.
BUT, UH, WE REALLY DO BELIEVE AT K E R A THAT ARTS CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
I THINK EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO TELLING STORIES THAT ARE COMPLEX, THAT ARE RELEVANT AND THAT
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EXAMINE SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT CAN MAKE THE ARTS INACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE.UH, THIS TEAM IS GONNA BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY MEETING COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THE K E R A.
WE ARE DOING THIS ALL OF THE TIME, BUT THIS IS A SPECIAL CHARGE FOR, FOR THIS TEAM.
AND, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE LISTENING TO WHAT PEOPLE TELL THEM THAT THEY NEED IN ARTS JOURNALISM, WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION AND WHERE THEY WANNA CONSUME IT.
AND THEY'RE ALSO GONNA BE LISTENING TO WHERE WE FALL SHORT.
AND SO WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO BE CANDID WITH US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING AND WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE.
AND I REALLY THINK THAT THAT IS WHERE YOU ALL CAN REALLY COME IN.
EACH OF YOU ARE INTIMATELY, UM, AWARE OF THE CULTURAL LIFE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU LIVE IN AND WORK WITH AND REPRESENT.
AND, UM, I THINK IT IS JUST AN AMAZING RESOURCE FOR, UH, OUR REPORTERS TO TAP YOU.
AND I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE LINES OF DIALOGUE SO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING TO US AS WELL.
AND I CAN MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW IF I START SPOUTING OUT MY EMAIL AND EVERYBODY'S EMAIL, THAT'S GONNA BE HARD TO TAKE DOWN, BUT I CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO ANNE MARIE SO EVERYONE CAN KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE WHOLE TEAM.
AND SAM REALLY WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU AS WELL.
I'M VERY SORRY THAT, UM, SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU WILL HAVE US BACK TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER PROGRESS REPORT AS WE HAVE MORE MILESTONES TO REPORT ON.
I'D LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD, MICHELLE MSK? NO QUESTION.
DID Y'ALL WANNA ADD ANYTHING? OKAY.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU, UM, FOR SAYING WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT YOUR, YOUR, YOUR COMMITMENT.
UM, I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU DIDN'T MENTION ART AND SEEK AS A STANDALONE BRAND BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH.
YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND JEROME WEEKS HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO, TO PROMOTE ART AND SEEK AND TO REALLY EDUCATE THE ART COMMUNITY ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING THERE LISTING IT'S FREE, YOU KNOW, PUT YOUR EVENTS THERE AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU ALL WOULD GO TO, UH, OTHER ARTS GATHERINGS, UH, TO, TO KIND OF WORK WITH THEM, RIGHT? A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF HIRING A PR FIRM OR SUCH, BUT MAYBE WORK WITH THEM AND, AND KIND OF HELP EDUCATE THE ARTS COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW TO LAND A STORY WITH YOU GUYS, RIGHT? WHAT IS THE ANGLE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? HOW DO WE POSITION IT IN A IN A WAY THAT YOU GUYS COULD PICK IT UP? AND THEN THE OTHER COMMENT THAT I'LL SAY IS THAT, AND YOU MENTIONED THIS TOO, YOU KNOW, DALLAS MORNING NEWS, GREAT PARTNER AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE THE BIG, YOU KNOW, TRIO OPERA DANCE AND, AND THEATER AND SYMPHONY QUARTET.
UM, EVERY CITY NEEDS THAT, RIGHT? WE NEED THAT BECAUSE IT ATTRACTS TOURISM DOLLARS.
UM, BUT THERE SEEMED TO BE A MOMENT IN DALLAS MORNING NEWS HISTORY WHERE IT JUST WAS COVERING THE BIG ONES, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND SO THEY SEEMED TO TRY TO CHANGE THEIR APPROACH AND REALLY GLAD THAT THEY TAPPED IN WITH YOU.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS WAS A COUPLE YEARS IN THE MAKING
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMITMENT IS THERE FROM EVERYONE THAT'S INVOLVED.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND THANKS FOR MENTIONING ALL THOSE THINGS THAT YOU DID BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS ABOUT ART AND SEEK.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT, YEAH, THAT IS A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, BUT AS K E R A GROWS AND AS WE HAVE, WE HAVE OVER 10 POINTS TOUCHPOINTS FOR THE ARTS IN THE STATION, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT K E R A ARTS AND ALL OF THE UMBRELLAS THAT ARE UNDER THAT.
UM, AND THE POTENTIAL THAT WE HAVE TO RAISE AWARENESS THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE, UH, I, I, I HEARD THE, I HEARD THE, THE AD ON I THINK K E R A ONE MORNING, UM, JUST DRIVING TO WORK AND, UM, I'M A, I'M A MUSIC TEACHER, SO, YOU KNOW, I DO IT EVERY DAY.
BUT, UM, I I I LOVE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TAKING THE ANGLE AND THE LENS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT THROUGH, CUZ THAT'S WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY ON THIS COMMISSION.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE CULTURAL PLAN, RIGHT? THE CULTURAL PLAN IS VERY FOCUSED ON THAT.
AND I THINK, UM, I I I ECHO WHAT, UM, COMMISSIONER HALMA JUST SAID.
I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, THAT THOSE STORIES GET OUT THERE.
CUZ I THINK YOU TALK TO PEOPLE AND YOU ASK THEM WHAT THE ARTS ARE, OH, THAT'S ALL THE BIG EXPENSIVE STUFF IN THE ARTS DISTRICT.
BUT, BUT THAT'S NOT IT, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY, WE'RE TRYING TO GET ART OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE'RE TRYING TO BRING UP SMALL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE REPRESENTING, UM, HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED CULTURES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, GROUPS AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
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BRINGING THAT TO A WIDER AUDIENCE THROUGH THIS COLLABORATION.SO, SO THANK YOU AND I'M, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO SEEING AND HEARING ALL THIS STUFF THAT, THAT YOU PRODUCE OVER, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT YEAR BEYOND.
I JUST WANTED TO, ONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UM, THIS NEW DIRECTION, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT ARTS ACCESS IS GOING DEEP.
YOU KNOW, THAT GOING DEEPER THAN JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE ARTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT ALLOWING US TO REALLY HAVE THOSE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, MANY DON'T WANT TO HAVE WHERE THE ARTS ARE CONCERNED.
AND SO I, I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE FOCUSES OF, UM,
WELL, I WANTED TO SAY FOR A VERY SIMILAR THANK YOU, I, I'M AT THIS, AT THE WOMEN, UM, EXHIBIT.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY IN, IN, IN THAT PARTICULAR SPACE, IN THAT PARTICULAR DAY, I THINK IT WAS JUST SUPER IMPORTANT FOR THE GROUP OF WOMEN THAT WE WERE PARTICIPATING WITH, BUT FOR THAT GROUP OF WOMEN TO REALLY FEEL LIKE THEY WERE SEEN AND HEARD BY NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE.
BUT I'M
UM, AND, UM, I THINK AFTER THAT I WENT HOME AND I DID A DEEP DIVE ON THE DECIMAL PROJECT.
UM, SO YOU COULD TELL SAMANTHA THAT I DID DEEP DIVE ON HER
AND, YOU KNOW, BACK TO SOMETHING ELSE YOU SAID.
UM, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, BUT I PROMISE NEXT TIME I WILL BRING CHRISTOPHER WINN WITH ME.
AND WE REALLY ARE CLOSELY COLLABORATING AND, UM, UH, IT'S BEEN KIND OF AMAZING HOW EASY THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WERE GONNA BE COMPLICATED ARE NOT AS COMPLICATED AS I THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE.
IT'S REALLY THE MECHANICS OF SHARING AND PUTTING THINGS IN MULTIPLE PLACES AND, YOU KNOW, THE TOOLS TO USE TO COLLABORATE THAT HAVE BEEN GETTING, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN A LITTLE TRICKIER.
COMMISSION, I WANNA SAY I LOVE YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND WATCHING AND, UH, GOING ONLINE.
AND I SHOULD SAY THAT THE, IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ON KRA NEWS.ORG, I REALLY URGE YOU TO GO CHECK IT OUT.
IF YOU GO TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE PAGE, YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
WE HAVE STORIES FROM THE FORT WORTH REPORT THERE.
WE HAVE OUR ACCESS STORIES THERE.
WE HAVE STORIES FROM JEROME AND GALILEE THERE.
UH, ANYTHING RELEVANT FROM NPR THAT IS, YOU KNOW, OF INTEREST IN OUR AREA.
SO WE ARE REALLY DEVELOPING SOMETHING VERY ROBUST AROUND THE ARTS AND CULTURE.
AND THEN IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE ARTS ACCESS STORIES IN PARTICULAR, IT'S K E R N NEWS.ORG/ARTS ACCESS, OR THERE'S A DROPDOWN BOX ON THE HOMEPAGE TOO.
SO, UH, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK, FOLLOW AND LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS.
AND DON'T BE, DON'T BE STRANGERS AND WE WON'T BE EITHER.
AND YOU DON'T WANNA FORGET IT'S PLEDGE DRY.
SO EIGHT 80 EIGHTS, 8 8 8 6 9 4 6 9.
I'LL SAY THE APP IS WONDERFUL.
I'VE GOT THE APP, THE APP ON YOUR PHONE, AND IT'S EVERYTHING.
YEAH, IT'S, THERE'VE BEEN A COUPLE OF OPTIONS OF THAT GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.
HEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MISSIONERS.
WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION TO OUR AGENDA ITEMS. FIRST ITEM HAS TO DO WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR JANUARY 19TH, 2023 COMMISSION MEETING.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 19TH MEETING BE APPROVED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, I DON'T HAVE MY PACKET WITH ME OR ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
ANYWAY, I THINK THERE WAS A WORD MISSING.
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IT JUST, IT JUST SAIDSHOULD, WE SHOULD PUT TWO IN THERE.
IS THAT, ARE THERE OTHER CORRECTIONS? SO THE MOTION WAS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE NOT BY VOTING.
AND THAT IS TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT.
THOSE WHO VOTE AGAINST THE AYE, HAVE IT IN THE MOTION.
KARENS ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 26TH SPECIAL CALLED ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? THANK MOTION.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 26TH.
SPECIAL CALL COMMISSION MEETING.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY RAISING YOUR HANDS.
HAVE IT IN THE MOTION CARRIES OUR PATIENT'S COMMITTEE REPORT.
DO YOU HAVE, UH, CONNECTION YET? ARE WE COMMUNICATING? UH, I BELIEVE I DO.
UH, CHAIRWOMAN JOHNSON, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.
UH, VOTING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.
THE SUBJECT IS THE RECOMMENDATION IN SUPPORT OF ADDITIONS TO THE CULTURAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS REVIEW PANEL ROSTER.
YOU WILL SEE ATTACHED TO THAT ITEM, A LIST OF THE RECOMMENDED ARTISTS TO BE ADDED TO THE PANEL.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE, UM, A LIBERTY AT THIS MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COMMISSIONER DANIEL, BOTH FOR THE CREATION AND HOSTING OF AN EVENT CALLED GET MONEY, MAKE ART.
UM, AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT ABOUT THAT, TRY TO SPEAK WITH COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
AT SOME POINT AFTER THE MEETING, HE HAD A STANDING ROOM ONLY CROWD TO SHARE WITH ARTISTS HOW TO, UM, TO REACH OUT FOR FUNDING PROGRAMS. AND THE NET RESULT TO OUR COMMISSION WAS THAT WE HAD MORE THAN 20 ARTISTS WHO ATTENDED THAT EVENT, WHO THEN SELF NOMINATED THEMSELVES TO BE ON THE PANEL.
AND OF COURSE, OUR STAFF HAS TAKEN ALL THE REQUISITE SY STEPS TO CONFIRM THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE BRINGS ITS UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION TO THIS COMMISSION THAT THESE ARTISTS BE ACCEPTED.
UM, SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE PANEL OF ROSTERS, THAT THE ROSTER, THE ADDITION TO THE ROSTER OF ARTISTS SET FORTH IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, BE, BE APPROVED.
SECOND, SIR, IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PANEL ROSTER AS SUBMITTED.
AND, UH, IS THAT DISCUSSION? YES.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, AS I WAS REVIEWING, UM, THAT ROSTER AND I WAS NOTICING HOW MANY OF THOSE ARTISTS CAME THROUGH THAT WORKSHOP THAT, THAT, UM, JAY DID, I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE STAFF IS VERY CLEAR WITH THOSE ARTISTS THAT IF THEY ARE SITTING ON THOSE PANELS, THEY CANNOT BE APPLYING FOR THOSE, THOSE FUNDING.
BECAUSE I'VE HAD, UH, UH, A SITUATION WHERE ONE OF THE ARTISTS WAS ACTUALLY ON THE COMMISSION SOME YEARS AGO.
SHE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE REASON HER ORGANIZATION WASN'T GETTING OAC FUNDING IS CUZ SHE SAT ON THE COMMISSION.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE CLEAR THAT THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS WHEN YOU'RE ON ONE OF THESE ARTS ACTIVATE PANELS OR WHATEVER PANEL YOU'RE ON, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THAT MONEY.
OKAY, SHERIFF, YOU MAKE THAT NOTICE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST TO OUR APP.
WE HAVE LET ALL PANELISTS KNOW, AND WE ALSO DOUBLE CHECK THE LIST EVERY TIME WE ASSIGN, UM, APPLICATIONS TO PANELISTS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO, UH, CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
SO WE, WE DO SHARE THOSE NOTES.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ME CHAIR.
AND ALSO THE ARTISTS KNOW THAT THIS IS A VOLUNTEER, RIGHT? THERE'S NO STIPEND, THERE'S NO PAY.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HAL, YOUR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION THAT IT BE KNOWN BY RAISING YOUR HAND, THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE AYE HAVE IT AND THE MOTION IS CARRIED.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, COMMISSIONER BRAG ALONG.
THANK YOU, CHAIRWOMAN JOHNSON.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING YOU AND ALSO VICE, UH, FOR THE APPOINTMENT TO THIS ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE AND TRUSTING ME TO CHAIR IT AND TO VICE
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CHAIR HORNBUCKLE FOR HIS COUNTLESS HOURS IN ASSISTING WITH THIS PROJECT.AND FINALLY, TO THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, WELL, NOT FINALLY TO THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE, ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS, AND ALSO TO OUR EXISTING STAFF.
AND I UNDERSTAND, UH, FORMER STAFF MEMBER, UM, GLENN AYS IS IN THE ROOM TODAY.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND OUR THANKS TO GLENN.
HE FIRST PLANTED THE SEED FOR MUCH OF THE WORK THAT YOU WILL SEE DONE IN THE RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS THE RECOMMENDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2324 CULTURAL ORGANIZATION PROGRAM GUIDELINES.
YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET.
ALSO IN THE PACKET THAT CAME TODAY, YOU RECEIVED A RED LINE AND YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF SOME OF THE SLIDES THAT WE USED IN OUR, UM, ALLOCATIONS, COMMITTEE BRIEFINGS.
I WANTED TO SHARE THOSE WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AS A WHOLE SO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE BEGAN THIS WORK BACK IN OCTOBER.
WE SPENT ABOUT FIVE MONTHS, UM, DISCUSSING VARIOUS CHANGES WITH THE CONSIDERABLE HELP OF THE STAFF.
A SURVEY WAS SENT OUT TO BOTH C O P ORGANIZATIONS AND NON C O P ORGANIZATIONS TO INQUIRE ABOUT, GENERALLY ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE WERE CONSIDERING.
AND ALL OF THESE CHANGES WERE DIRECTED AT THE, UM, EQUITY GOALS OF THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE CULTURAL PLAN.
AND BY THE CITY'S MOST RECENT ADOPTION OF AN EQUITY PLAN.
UM, YOU HAVE A SUMMARY BOTH IN YOUR VOTING AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
UM, BUT I HAD ASKED THAT THE STAFF PUT THIS SLIDE UP THAT YOU SEE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT MORE CLEARLY STATES OUR MAJOR CHANGES.
UM, WE'VE ARRANGED FOR A PROBATIONARY PERIOD IN THE LOWEST TIER, SO THAT IF AN ORGANIZATION DROPS JUST BELOW THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND, THEY HAVE A YEAR TO GET BACK UP.
UH, WE HAD THAT SITUATION HAPPEN THIS YEAR, AND IT, IT RESULTED IN THE NECESSITY OF A RESOLUTION.
SO WE WANTED, WE, WE WANT OUR ORGANIZATIONS TO ABIDE BY THE GUIDELINES, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS CHANGE AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO FALL OUT ARBITRARILY.
UH, WE ALSO CHANGED THE RECOMMENDED CHANGING THE FUNDING MAXIMUM GROUPS FROM FOUR TIERS TO SEVEN TIERS.
MOST NOTABLY, YOU WILL SEE THAT TIER ONE FORMERLY WAS GROUPS 100,000 TO 500,000.
THAT HAS NOW BEEN DIVIDED, UM, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CONGESTION IN THAT GROUP.
IT WAS HARD FOR THE PANELS TO HEAR ALL OF THAT GROUP.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOOKING AT AN ORGANIZATION WITH A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN REVENUE AND A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE.
UH, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT MORE CLOSELY, IT'S ON PAGE SIX OF THE GUIDELINES.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT STAFF ALSO, UH, PROVIDED A CHART TO HELP THE COMMISSION UNDERSTAND HOW THE MAXIMUMS WOULD WORK.
UM, BASICALLY ALL ORGANIZATIONS ARE TREATED THE SAME, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR REVENUE FOR VARIOUS AT, AT VARIOUS LEVELS.
AND THEN AS YOU GET TO THE LARGER LEVELS, THE PERCENTAGE OF THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THEY CAN RECEIVE IS REDUCED.
UM, WE ALSO RECOMMENDED A CHANGE FOR MERGER ACQUISITION LAYER, UH, MERGER ACQUISITION SITUATIONS, WHICH WE HAD OCCUR THIS YEAR.
WE RECOMMEND THAT WE CHANGE FROM LOOKING AT ONE YEAR TO THE BETTER OF ONE TO THREE YEAR REVENUE HISTORY TO GIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONS MORE FLEXIBILITY WHEN WE HAVE, UH, CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CHANGED THEIR REVENUE.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE CHANGED, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE CORRECT THE SCORING PROCESS.
UH, LAST YEAR WE MOVED TO USING THE SM U DATA, CULTURAL DATA PROFILE, BUT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS THAT IS WILL NOT WORK WELL THIS YEAR.
AND SO WE RECOMMEND SCORING BACK TO THE PROJECTION MATRIX FROM FISCAL YEAR 21, 22.
UH, THAT IS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR CHANGES.
AND BASED UPON THE WORK DONE BY THIS COMMITTEE, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 20 24 CULTURAL ORGANIZATION GUIDELINES AS ATTACHED TO YOUR, UH, MATERIALS FOR THIS MEETING BE APPROVED.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUPPORT OF PHYSICAL YEAR 20 23, 24 C O P GUIDELINES BE APPROVED.
IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES, MR. UM, IN, IN THE ON PAGE, UH, THE CHART THAT SHOWS THE, UM, ORGANIZATION REVENUE SIZE, UM, CAN IT READ LIKE THE FIRST ONE SAYS A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO 250 K, THE SECOND ONE NEEDS TO SAY 250 PLUS
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K TO 500 K, OR WE GET STUCK ON THAT 500 K.COMMISSIONER BRA DOES MAKE SENSE.
UH, I'M TRYING TO FIND WHERE, WHERE, TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE SO I CAN PULL UP THE GUIDELINES.
UM, IT'S THE ACTUAL CHART VOTING ITEM I AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
SO IF IT'S, IF IT'S SOMETHING ANNMARIE, CAN YOU ADDRESS WHETHER THAT'S A MISTAKE IN THE CHART YOU CREATED FOR THE MEETING OR A MISTAKE IN THE GUIDELINES? UM, BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE COVERED, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A MISTAKE.
I JUST THINK IT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED AND YOU WELL, IT MIGHT, BUT IT MIGHT POSSIBLY BE A MISTAKE IN THE, IN THE CHART BECAUSE WE HAD A SIMILAR DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS IN ONE OF THE EARLIER MEETINGS.
UM, MIND IT AND ANNEMARIE, ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL IF IT'S CORRECT IN THE GUIDELINES? ARE YOU, UM, COMMISSIONER WEISMAN, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE? SORRY, I'M JUST PIECE PAPER.
AND I'M LOOKING THROUGH THE GUIDELINES AND I CAN'T SEE WHERE IT ADDRESSES THAT.
UH, SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING, IT'S FUNDING MAXIM.
IF IT'S FUNDING MAXIMUMS, IT SHOULD BE PAGE SIX.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND THAT.
YEAH, SIX I IT'S ALL THE WAY DOWN.
I'VE GOT ALL THE WAY DOWN THOUGH.
OKAY, SO IT WAS JUST AN EXHIBIT.
ONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
THIS IS MINOR, UM, MADAM CHAIR, BUT, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE, UM, TYPOS IN THE DOCUMENT.
UM, THE, THE FOURTH, UM, ITEM HAS A TYPO WHERE THE ON IS NOT THE CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER ONES.
IF YOU SEE THAT IT'S WHERE IT SAYS, UM, ORGANIZATIONS MUST HAVE 15% OF THE APPLICANT ORGANIZATION'S REVENUES BETWEEN 1 MILLION AND 3 MILLION IS AT THE TOP OF PAGE FIVE.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE OTHER ON JUST MOMENT.
LET ME SEE WHERE MY HIGHLIGHT LETTER.
THERE'S ONE MORE THAT SAID IT SHOULD BE FOUR.
IT SAYS, UH, F O TYPO WORDS WORKS.
UH, MAY I ASK A PROCEDURAL QUESTION? UM, ANNE-MARIE, IF ANYONE DISCOVERS SIMP, UM, NON-SUBSTANTIVE TYPOS, MAY THEY BE SENT EVEN AFTER WE APPROVE THESE GUIDELINES? THEY MAY THEY BE SENT TO YOUR OFFICE FOR CORRECTION CHAIR.
WE ALSO ARE INTEGRATING CHANGES MADE BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
CAUSE ALL OF US HAS TO GO TO CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BEFORE.
SO THERE MAY BE SMALL LEGAL CHANGES THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEYS ARE TELLING US WE NEED TO DO.
SO THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT THE TYPOS FONT.
UM, SO YOU ALL ARE RECOMMENDING THIS DOCUMENT KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND IF THERE ARE TYPOS OR FONT CHANGES, PLEASE DO LET US KNOW.
I BELIEVE JULIA JUST TEXTED ME AND SAID SHE'S MADE THOSE IN THE INTEGRATION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY CHANGES.
BUT PLEASE KEEP PASSING THEM ON CUZ WE'VE SHARED OUT THIS FOR A LONG, LONG, LONG TIME.
SO THE, UH, UNTIL OF THIS MOTION IS, EXCEPT THE CONTENT PENDING AMENDMENTS, IS THAT CORRECT? AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE TYPOS AND ALL OF THE OTHER CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE? THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, CHAIRWOMAN THE MOTION IS TO ACCEPT THEM AS, AS PRESENTED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES REQUIRED OR NONS SUBSTITUTE CHANGES, THAT THOSE CAN BE MADE WITHOUT COMING BACK TO THE WILL THE SECOND OF THAT MOTION AGREED TO THAT AS THE MOTION, WHICH YOU JUST STATED? YES.
ARE WE STILL COMMENTING? YEAH.
SO I, FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO STRIKE THE ALLOCATION COMMITTEE TO CONVEYING YOU HAVE DONE.
UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO JUST SAY THAT I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT THAT, UM, CAP HAS BEEN RAISED TO 30% FOR THE SMALLER.
AND HOPEFULLY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHAT PUSHING FOR IN FUTURE IS FOR US TO EVEN BEGIN TO EXAMINE ORGANIZATIONS UNDER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT DESERVE TO HAVE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT BECAUSE OF THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE CITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT I THINK OUR NEXT STEP, WE'RE GETTING THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE THAT AS A WAY OF ADDRESSING EQUITY.
WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
WE ARE, WE'RE RIGHT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, THE ATTORNEYS WOULDN'T COME BACK WITH ANYTHING THAT IS COUNTER TO WHAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED.
WOULD IT LIKE MAJOR CHANGES ON THAT SLIDE THERE? I MEAN,
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BECAUSE IF WE'VE APPROVED IT AND THE ATTORNEYS COME BACK, THEN IT'S GONNA WARRANT ANOTHER DISCUSSION, RIGHT? ARE CORRECT.THERE ARE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES, WHICH THE ATTORNEYS MAY DO BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF STATE LAW AND CITY OF HOUSE CODE FAR BEYOND WHAT WE PERSONALLY HAVE.
SO, UM, WE, WE REALLY TRY NOT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BREAK STATE LAW, UM, THAT WE WOULD COME BACK TO THIS BODY IF THERE WERE A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE.
BUT I CAN HOPEFULLY SAY WE GOT SOMETHING BACK AND WE TOOK A TWO HOURS AGO WHEN WE WERE PREPARING FOR THIS MEETING AND WE DID NOT SEE ANYTHING SUBSTANTIVE THAT THEY HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT, BUT THEY DID HAVE QUESTIONS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO INTEGRATE THOSE AND, UM, WE'LL LET YOU ALL KNOW.
ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS? YES.
UM, I'M STILL THOUGHT I'M NEW TO THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM AND SO, UM, IT SAYS, UH, ONE YEAR OR THREE YEARS, IT, YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE BEEN, UH, A NONPROFIT FOR THREE YEARS.
RIGHT? EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE HISTORY, YOU COULD TAKE THE BEST YEAR ONE BEST YEAR, OR YOU COULD LOOK AT THE THREE YEARS AVERAGE, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO BE IN OPERATION FOR THREE YEARS.
I'M GONNA ASK ANNEMARIE TO ADDRESS ON THE THREE YEAR, BUT THE, THE INTENT OF THAT, THAT PARTICULAR PROVISION DOES DOESN'T ADDRESS HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN A NONPROFIT.
IT ADDRESSES ONLY THE REVENUE THAT WE LOOK AT.
UM, IN PASTURES, WE'VE LOOKED AT LAST YEAR'S REVENUE, BUT WE ALL KNOW AFTER THE PANDEMIC MANY ORG THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY IN HOW OUR ORGANIZATION, ORGANIZATIONS HAVE, HOW THEIR REVENUE HAS COME BACK.
SOME, SOME PERFORMING ARTS ARE COMING BACK, SOME PERFORMING ARTS ARE HAVING A HARDER TIME.
UM, AND SO THAT PROVISION RELATES ONLY TO THE REVENUE AND TO GIVE AN ORGANIZATION AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK BACK TO THREE YEARS WHEN THEY'VE HAD THESE EVENTS LIKE A PANDEMIC OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT MIGHT HAVE IMPACTED IT.
IT DOES NOT SPEAK TO HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN A NONPROFIT.
IT DOESN'T CHANGE IT GUIDELINES ELSEWHERE.
OTHER COMMENTS? DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE, MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY? YES.
I DID WANT TO, UM, THANK COMMISSIONER MEEK FOR HER COMMENTS AND I WANTED TO LET THE REST OF THE COMMISSION KNOW THAT HER, THE, THAT VERY MUCH WAS IN DISCUSSION AT THE TIME OF THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE AND WE JUST, UM, WE HAD SO MUCH TO GET DONE THIS YEAR THAT WE KEPT THAT MINIMUM OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
BUT WE HAVE DEFINITELY HAD DISCUSSIONS IN ALLOCATIONS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THEM CHAIR.
JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY, IT, IT IS STILL A REQUIREMENT THAT AN ORGANIZATION BE IN EXISTENCE FOR THREE YEARS TO EVEN APPLY FOR THE C O P GRANT.
ANN MARIE, WILL YOU CLARIFY THAT? YES, THAT IS, UH, CORRECT.
OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR THE RECOMMENDATION? IT'S ON THE FLOOR.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY RAISING YOUR HANDS.
WE'RE CALLING FOR OPPOSITIONS.
DID WE LOSE COMMISSIONER SPY? YES.
I WOULD LIKE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO GIVE A HAND CLAP.
THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE HAS DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE IN OUR BEHALF, AND I'M ASKED OUR CO-CHAIR, MR. HORNBUCKLE IS ASKED FOR TIME TO SPEAK.
I I THINK YOU SAID EVERYTHING AND I WAS GONNA SAY, OKAY.
SO I'LL KEEP IT VERY BRIEF, BUT EVERYONE ON THAT COMMITTEE HAS WORKED VERY HARD AND HAD GREAT INPUT.
THIS IS A VERY EXCITING DAY FOR US.
AND GLENN WAS HERE TODAY, AND HE'S ACTUALLY WORKING IN DISTRICT FOUR WITH ME AND MAYOR PRO TIMM, UM, FROM THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT.
SO HE'S STILL ENGAGED IN, AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO SEE ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS DAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
LET'S LOOK AT WHAT'S NEXT ON THE AGENDA.
OOH, WE HAVE BRIEFINGS COMING UP.
UM, CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? WE CAN CAN THANK YOU MR. LUNA.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
UM, I'LL MOVE THIS IN A PRETTY GOOD CLIP.
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QUESTIONS.UM, WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE EQUITABLE ACCESS PLAN IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, AS COMMISSIONER, UH, MCGANN AND COMMISSIONER BLAZE, UH, ARE WHERE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR AN EQUITABLE ACCESS PLAN WAS CONTAINED IN THE APRIL 18TH, 2019 COLUMBIA TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, WOULD THAT ONE, THE COUNCIL, IT WAS CONTAINED IN THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION THAT WAS ADOPTED ON JUNE 12TH, 2019.
UM, AND THE RELEVANT PART IS SECTION TWO PART B, WHERE IT SAYS THAT THE DTC WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES AS OPERATIONS THROUGH A CITY APPROVED EQUITABLE ACCESS PLAN.
AND THEN SECTION TWO, PART G, UH, SAID THAT THE DTC MUST SUBLEASE THE KHALIDA AND THE HEALTH AND MARKET RATES.
THE ORIGINAL E A P WAS ISSUED ON JULY 1ST.
UM, AS, UH, PART OF THAT, UM, DID YOU, UH, GO ONE MORE? NOPE, NOPE, NOPE.
OH, OH, YEAH, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
UH, UH, THE PAGINATION, I'M SORRY, EMORY.
THE PATION CHANGED THE, THE BULLET POINTS.
SO THERE WERE CONCERNS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT LEASED SPACE ON THE CAMPUS, PRIMARILY RELATED TO THE RENTAL RATES AND SECONDARY RELATED TO THE RENTAL PROCESS.
UM, WE HELD THE PUBLIC MEETING ON THE E A P ON JULY 26TH.
UM, AND AFTER THAT PUBLIC COMMENT, WE WENT TO WORK WITH THE THEATER GROUPS, UH, THAT LEASED THE SPACE, UM, LITERALLY FROM AUGUST THROUGH NOVEMBER, PROVIDE THE RENTAL RATES AND TO IMPROVE, UH, THE RENTAL PROCESS.
UM, THE OAC WAS INCLUDE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND ASSISTED IN THAT REVISION PROCESS.
UM, AS PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND CONVERSATIONS, UM, NEW AND LOWER RENTAL RATES, UH, WERE REACHED AND AN IMPROVED RENTAL PROCESS, UH, WAS ALSO REACHED WITH THE LEASING THEATER ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, UPTOWN PLAYERS SIGNED THEIR NEW LEASE, UH, UH, ON SEPTEMBER 12TH AND SECOND THOUGHT SIGNED THEIR NEW LEASE ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, THE REVISED E A P, UH, WITH THE LOWER RENTAL RATES.
UM, AND THE NEW RENTAL PROCESS WAS ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 23RD.
UM, IMPORTANTLY, THIS NEW AND IMPROVED EAP HAS A RENTAL, RENTAL RATES OUTLINED FOR TH FOR THE THREE YEARS OF THE EAP.
ORIGINALLY, THE E AAP ONLY HAD ONE YEAR, AND THE ARTS GROUP SAID, HEY, FOR PLANNING AND FOR CONTINUITY AND FOR BUDGETING, IT'D BE GREAT IF WE AGREED ON A THREE YEAR, UH, RIPPLE RATE.
SO THAT IS, UM, GLADLY IN THE E AAP AND AS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EEA, WITH THE, UM, OFFICE OF OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
UM, THE REVISED E A P INCLUDES, UM, DEDICATED FOR IPOC PERFORMANT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, UM, WITH SOME SPACE PRIORITIES.
AND, UH, THE OAC WILL PROVIDE DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ONE OR TWO ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE USAGE OF THE KALETA AND OR BRYANT HALL FOR UP TO FOUR WEEKS, WHICH IS WHAT'S THE, THE, THE TERM IN THE FIRST YEAR OF E A P, UH, BEGINNING IN, UH, Q3 AND Q4.
SO JUST PART OF THE ACCESS IS NOT ONLY, UM, MAKING ROOM FOR THE SPACE, BUT ALSO GIVING THEM, UH, THE BIPAR ORGANIZATIONS AND EMERGING ORG ART ORGANIZATIONS, SOME FINANCIAL FUNDING.
SO THAT IS THE UPDATE WE HAVE.
UM, I HAVE EMAILED TO, UM, UH, ANNE-MARIE AND, UH, BENJAMIN, UH, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A ONE PAGER, AND I FORGOT TO SEND IT TO, TO, TO YOU COMMISSIONERS.
UH, WE CAN DO THAT AFTERWARDS.
BUT BASICALLY THERE'S A ONE PAGER THAT OUTLINES THE T THE TIER SYSTEM, UM, FOR THE AUTHORIZATION UNDER EP, THE TIMING FOR SCHEDULING REQUESTS FOR THE CLEANER OF THE HEALTH.
AND ON ONE PAGE, THE NON-PROFIT RENTAL RATES.
SO THAT ONE PAGER, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY SAYS, HEY, WHAT ARE THE RATES OR WHAT'S THE PROCESS, UH, AS PART OF THAT REVISION TO THE E A P, UH, WE HAVE THAT ONE PAGER.
UM, I'M GONNA STOP TALKING MADAM CHAIR AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THIS GROUP.
UM, RELATED TO THE NEW REVISED, UH, E A P COMMISSIONERS.
MR. LUNA HAS OPENED THE FLOOR FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, FIRST OFF, UH, THANKS CHRIS FOR THAT, UM, REPORT.
CAN YOU JUST GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT THE, UM, COST FOR RENTAL IS GOING TO BE FOR THESE BI IPOC ORGANIZATIONS? YES.
SO, SO FOR THE KHALIDA HUMPHREY THEATER,
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UM, UH, IT IS $429 A DAY.UM, FOR BRYANT HALL, IT IS $60 A DAY FOR FRANK'S PLACE, WHICH IS K VISA'S, BLACK BLOCKS, BLACK BOX OR REHEARSAL SPACE IS $60 A DAY.
WIND STUDIO IS $50 A DAY, AND MEADOW'S CONFERENCE ROOM IS $60 A DAY.
OH, THANK YOU ANNE MARIE OR BENJAMIN FOR PUTTING THAT UP.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT'S FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEN THERE IS A SMALL ESCALATOR, UH, FOR THE, FOR 23, 24, AND THEN A SMALL ESCALATOR FOR 24, 25.
BUT THOSE ESCALATORS WERE REACHED IN, UM, CONSULTATION WITH, UM, THE SMALLER ARTS ORGANIZATION.
SO, UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'LL BE FUTURE ISSUES, UM, RELATED TO THE REFER RIGHT.
OTHER QUESTIONS COMING COMMISSIONERS.
I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR, UM, GOING BACK AND REVISITING THIS AND WORKING WITH THE GROUPS THAT READ THOSE SPACES AND COMING UP WITH AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS, UH, SATISFACTORY TO ALL OF THEM.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOU AND COMMISSIONER MCGANNON.
UH, COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE ALL CAME TO THAT, THAT PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE HAD.
UM, BUT WE REALLY DID LISTEN TO PEOPLE, LISTEN TO COMMENTS AND, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK AND, AND, UH, AND REACH THIS REVISED PLAN.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, INPUT COUNSEL AND GUIDANCE COMMISSIONER.
THE SUPPORT, THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE IPOC ORGANIZATIONS, WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM? WILL THAT BE A PART OF AN ALLOCATIONS PROCESS OR IS THAT A WHOLE DIFFERENT BUDGETING PROCESS? CUZ I WANNA BE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE PROMISING MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO PROMISE
AND SO THAT MONEY WILL BE COMING FROM THE CULTURAL PROGRAMS DIVISION FUNDING.
SO IT WILL BE ONE OR TWO ORGANIZATIONS.
I CANNOT, CANNOT STRESS THE FACT THAT THIS IPOC COMPONENT WILL HELP OUR MICRO THEATER COMPANIES OR SMALL PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS GROW.
SO FOR INSTANCE, FOR BRYANT HALL, THE OAC WILL PAY THE ORGANIZATION.
UM, AND THEN, SO THAT WAY THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVES THE FUNDING TO USE TO UTILIZE EITHER BRIAN HALL THEATER IS, SO WHEN YOU SAY CULTURAL PROGRAM FUNDING, THAT'S ALSO WHERE C O P FUNDING COMES FROM.
AND ARTS ACTIVATE, ALL OF THAT COMES FROM THAT.
SO THIS, WILL THIS BE A PROGRAM THAT IS TOTALLY OVERSEEN BY STAFF OR WILL IT, WILL IT BE PART OF THE WORK OF THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE IN FUTURE YEARS? AND WILL THAT BE A TOTAL SEPARATE PROGRAM? NO, THIS WILL BE UNDER STAFF'S JURISDICTION AT THIS POINT.
IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO HOW THE CULTURAL CENTERS RIGHT NOW CONTRACT FOR SERVICES.
SO ANYTHING UNDER $3,000, WE DO WHAT'S CALLED AN ASO OR SERVICE ORDER.
IF THE REQUEST IS OVER $3,000, WE DO NO CALL FOR PROPOSALS.
SO, UM, STAFF IS EXPLORING TWO OPTIONS, OBVIOUSLY.
UH, FOR TRANSPARENCY, WE WILL DEFINITELY DO A CALL FOR PROPOSALS IF AN ORGANIZATION, A BIPOD ORGANIZATION IS REQUESTING WHERE THE $3,000 PER CULTURAL POLICY, UM, AND HOW WE FOLLOW THAT REGARDING, UH, CONTRACTING FOR SERVICES, PRETTY MUCH LIKE COMMUNITY ARTS DOES OR ANY, UM, TEMPORARY MURAL PROJECT OR OTHER COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECTS OR ETHICAL CULTURAL CENTER MANAGERS DO FOR EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN CAN WE EXPECT STAFF TO SHARE WITH US THE SORT OF THE MATRIX? BECAUSE I KNOW IN EACH OF THESE FUNDING PROGRAMS YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF, UM, POINT SYSTEM, UH, BECAUSE I SUSPECT THAT THIS WILL BE A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE MANY ORGANIZATIONS WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH OUR MATRIX THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE IT IS TRANSPARENT.
AND THEN, UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ONE COMPONENT THAT IS BASED ON THE WORK.
I'M SORRY, THE, WHEN AN ORGANIZATION, WHEN AN ORGANIZATION SUBMITS IT IS BASED ON CULTURAL, UM, MERIT.
AND THEN 20% IS ADMINISTRATIVE SCORING.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THE FORMS THAT WE CURRENTLY USE FOR THE CULTURAL CENTERS AND FOR COMMUNITY ARTS, FOR ANY OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE, I MEAN, I THINK WE SENT IT TO ALL OF US, ALL THE COMMENTS.
COMMISSIONERS FOLLOW UP TO WHAT, UH, BENJAMIN AND, UH, COMMISSIONER BRAI SAID, REFRESH MY MEMORY IN THE ANNUAL REPORT, DID WE PUT CULTURAL PROGRAMS, FUNDING AND WHAT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED?
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ANNMARIE WAS, WASN'T THAT INCLUDED? YES.EVERYTHING THROUGH C O P, ARTS ACTIVATE CAP AND THE NONPROFIT SUMMER RESIDENCIES, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND IT LISTED THE, THE PARTICULAR ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVED THAT? YES.
THAT'S FOUR PROGRAMS, CORRECT.
YOU SAID FOUR AND THAT WAS LIKE, OH YEAH, FOUR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LET'S LOOK AT ITEM E, BRIEFING, ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION OPERATIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO THE MANY OF YOU WHO ARE HERE IN PERSON AND FOR THOSE OF YOU VIRTUAL, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME JOIN US.
UM,
OUR WEBSITE, IF YOU'VE SEEN IT, UM, I'VE BEEN HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF CHALLENGES, UH, AND THERE'S ALSO AN OFFICIAL CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WEBSITE FOR ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO PARK BOARD WHO'S ROOM WE ARE GRACIOUSLY BARRING RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND ADVISORY COMMISSION, ALL OF THAT.
SO WE'LL START DOING THE COMMISSION ROSTER OVER THAT WAY.
UH, AND SO WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU ALL THAT LINK AND WE'LL ALSO EMAIL THIS TO YOU SO YOU CAN HAVE THAT.
IF YOU HAVE HEADSHOT, IF YOU HAVE A CURRENT HEADSHOT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE, YOUR ONE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING ON THE WEBSITE, WE'LL ALREADY GO AHEAD AND TRANSFER THAT OVER.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A HEADSHOT, DON'T WORRY.
WE WILL SET UP, UH, A DATE FOR YOU ALL TO COME OVER TO THE, UM, PI PARK, MULTIMEDIA STUDIO AND GET YOUR HEADSHOT TAKEN.
UH, SO WE WILL, NIKKI, WE'LL START RECORDING THAT WHEN SHE'S BACK.
UH, SO WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT ONE DATE WHEN MANY OF YOU CAN SHOW UP AND THEY CAN, UH, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT CAN BOOK A PHOTOGRAPHER TO DO THAT.
UM, I'M GONNA KEEP GOING DOWN THE LIST.
WE THOUGHT WE WOULD MENTION IT TWICE AND SEND IT TO YOU ALL MULTIPLE TIMES.
IT'S ELECTION SEASON, SO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO FOLLOW OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, LIKE I SAID, WE WERE IN PERSON SLASH HYBRID TODAY.
WEBEX WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN OPTION FOR FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
UM, AND, UH, WE ONLY GET THIS ROOM ONCE A MONTH FOR THE PARK QUARTER BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE OTHER MEETINGS IN HERE.
UH, COMMITTEES WILL CONTINUE TO BE A HYBRID AT THE LCC LIMITED SEATING.
IT'S A WEIRD LICENSING TECHNOLOGY ISSUE.
UH, BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ALL, UM, JUST LET THE COORDINATOR FOR EACH ONE KNOW SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ANTICIPATE COMING IN PERSON.
AND MADAM CHAIR, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY PERMISSION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
HELLO? UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY MENTIONED EARLIER TO ADDRESS WHAT THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS WERE, UM, SPEAKING ABOUT.
YOU HAD SAID THAT WE COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION.
I JUST REALLY WANTED TO OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
I JUST WANTED TO REMIND, JUST OKAY.
LIKE WHENEVER THAT I'LL GIVE MY TIME.
ANY OTHER OPERATION, UH, CONCERNS? STAN RELEASE, COMMISSIONER MEET? YEAH, SO I WANNA GO BACK TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THIS MONEY FOR THE, UM, RENTAL, IPOC RENTAL FOR THE THEATER.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE, UM, REPORT THAT WE HAD, C O P ARTS ACTIVATE AND ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT INDICATED A STAFF DIRECTIVE BUDGETING ENTITY, WHICH THIS WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE A STAFF DIRECTIVE, UM, ITEM.
UH, THERE WAS NO BIPO BETA RENTALS LAST FISCAL YEAR.
UH, THERE ARE, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, CULTURAL CENTERS HAVE MORE STAFF DIRECTED BUDGETS, UM, AS DOES COMMUNITY ARTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE MENTIONED THE FBI MURAL PROJECT IN THE MAIN BODY OF THE REPORT, BUT NOT EVERY SINGLE PROJECT, EVERY SINGLE SERVICE ORDER THAT THEY DID.
SO YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE ANNUAL, IF I MAY ADD ON TO THAT.
I RECORD, I'M, I'M REFERRING TO THE ANNUAL ANNUAL REPORT WHERE WE LISTED OUR GOALS AND WHAT WE HAD IN MIND.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING.
THERE WAS NO GOAL TO THAT EFFECT.
UM, SO THE E A P, IT'S FY 2223.
THE ANNUAL REPORT WAS FY 21, 22.
I'M SAYING IT WAS, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A GOAL.
THIS IS BIG AS A STAFF PERSON, AS A FORMER STAFF PERSON OF THE CITY, IF THE STAFF GETS TO DECIDE THINGS THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS TO SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR DISCUSSION AROUND THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED IN OUR GOALS SINCE IT'S A NEW INITIATIVE.
UM, THE EAP WAS NOT FINALIZED TILL NOVEMBER 26TH.
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YES.WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS FOR LIKE ALMOST A YEAR IN TERMS OF THE IPOC ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR ACCESS TO THE DALLAS THEATER CENTER CHAIR, UH, CHAIRWOMAN.
UH, SO WE WILL ACTUALLY, OUR DIRECTOR WILL BE BRIEFING THINGS AROUND THE ANNUAL REPORT SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS ANNUAL REPORT MORE IN DEPTH DURING HER BRIEFING.
UM, I DON'T WANT TO, BUT THERE WILL BE MORE SHARED ABOUT ANNUAL REPORT FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, FY 22 TO 23, UM, DURING HER BRIEFING.
AND WE HAVE, UH, MET THE DEADLINE FOR THE FEBRUARY 1ST.
THAT'S A PARKING LOT NEXT TIME.
DO WE HAVE OTHER, UH, OPERATIONS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO ASK ANDREW? I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM F, WHICH IS THE COMMI THE CHAIR'S REPORT TIME.
AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED REPORTS.
AND I THINK WE HAVE THREE FROM COMMISSIONER MOMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, I'M GETTING THE REPORTS IN AND YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT OUR CONVERSATION EARLIER, AND IF I MAY PLEASE? YES, PLEASE.
SO COMMISSIONERS, UH, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT AS TO, WHILE OF A SUDDEN WE HAD SEVERAL PUBLIC SPEAKERS SPEAKING ABOUT PEACE 24, WHICH IS PART OF 29 PIECES.
UM, SOMETHING THAT I WAS AROUND, UH, IN OAK CLIFFE TO SEE AND JUST HAVE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR THE PROCESS AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT KAREN BLESSON, UM, DID TO LEAD THAT UP.
AN INDIVIDUAL OF THE COMMUNITY, OF THE ARTIST COMMUNITY SHE MENTIONED, HAD PUBLICLY STATED THAT THAT PIECE NEEDED TO GO.
THAT THERE WAS SOME, UM, APPROPRIATION THAT HAD HAPPENED BOTH WITH THE POEM, WHICH WAS THE BASIS FOR THAT, UM, INSPIRATION.
AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE, IT ENDED UP TAKING A TOTEM LIKE STRUCTURE WHEN IT WAS PHYSICALLY, WHEN IT WAS FINISHED AND PUT UP.
AND EVER SINCE THEN, I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET ALL PARTIES INTERESTED, INCLUDING THE INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS TO HAVE A SIT DOWN AT THE OAK CLIFF CULTURAL CENTER BECAUSE COMMUNICATION IS ONE OF THE PILLARS OF OUR DALLAS CULTURAL PLAN.
AND SO EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO THEIR OPINION.
UM, WHEN THAT OPINION GOES AFTER SOMETHING THAT HOLDS SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, EMOTIONAL AND, AND JUST, JUST MEMORABLE SENTIMENT LIKE THAT, LIKE 24 EAST, 24, UM, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
AND SO I HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO HAVE THAT SIT DOWN MEETING, BUT THE INDIVIDUAL ARTIST BEGAN BY SIGNING UP TO PUBLICLY SPEAK AND TO, TO SAY PUBLICLY THAT HE WANTED THE, UM, ARTWORK ON.
THEREFORE, EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO KEEP EVERYBODY IN THE LOOP.
AND, UM, I HAVE ASKED THIS INDIVIDUAL IF HIM SPEAKING AT THE, THIS MEETING WAS IN LIEU OF A SIT DOWN MEETING AND I HAVE YET TO HEAR.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU ANY EMAIL CHAIN THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, OR IF YOU WANT TO ASK ME QUESTIONS OFFLINE.
BUT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT, UM, THAT I HAVE A SENSE OF FAILURE HERE BECAUSE I, I TRIED TO AVOID THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT AND, UM, I TRIED.
I ASKED COMMISSIONER TO BRING INTO CONTEXT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TODAY, BECAUSE WHEN I GOT THE NOTICE THAT WE HAD THAT LARGE NUMBER OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS WHO WERE REGISTERED, I DIDN'T HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING.
SO SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW ALL OF THE HISTORY BEHIND IT, AND WE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO THE FOREFRONT.
UH, SO WE'LL ALL BE ON THE SAME PLAYING FIELD COMING FORTH.
CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE PROBABLY WILL ALL HEAR IT AT ANOTHER TIME.
SO TODAY IT WAS JUST A PUBLIC OUTCRY.
MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YES.
WHAT WAS THE OBJECTION TO PEACE? 24.
SO CHAIR, I, THIS MAY START GOING INTO DEBATE AND I REALLY HATE TO BE OKAY IN BAD PARLIAMENTARIAN, BUT SINCE THIS IS NOT PUBLICLY NOTICED, THANK YOU.
WE CANNOT, I WANNA STAND THE CYTOMA DULY NOTED.
I WOULD SAY, NOT A MATTER OF DEBATE, BUT JUST AS OF, YOU KNOW, PROCEDURALLY AND AS IN TERMS OF KEEPING OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION OR NOT.
IF THIS WAS TO HAPPEN, I WOULD APPRECIATE BEING TOLD ABOUT IT BEFORE THE MEETING.
CAUSE I FELT PARTICULARLY DISADVANTAGED IN THIS MOMENT AND AS THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, UM, FINDING OUT ABOUT IT, BASICALLY UPON WALKING INTO THIS ROOM.
SO, KNOWING THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE NOVEMBER, UM, IF YOU COULD GIVE ME
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OR ANYONE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, UH, SOME HEADS UP, I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.SO MADAM CHAIR, WHAT? THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.
HOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CEASE DISCUSSION.
WELL, IT WAS REALLY ABOUT THE PROCESS.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE NEED BASED TOPIC COMES UP.
WE'LL HAVE TO RESEARCH THAT AND BRING IT BACK IN ANOTHER MEETING.
MADAM CHAIR, I'M SORRY, THIS IS NOT REGARDING PIECE 24, RIGHT? THIS IS REGARDING THE COMMISSIONS, THE COMMISSIONERS, ARTS COMMISSIONERS.
AND WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT, A FELLOW COMMISSIONER WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE NO BEEN NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE.
SO AS A PROCEDURAL QUESTION, SHOULD I NOTIFY ALL THE COMMISSIONERS VIA EMAIL TO LET THEM KNOW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING? I'M LEARNING THIS QUESTION IS ON THE PROCESS TO GETTING THE NOTIFICATION OUT.
CAN WE DISCUSS THAT IN ONE MINUTE? UH, BECAUSE I'M NOT AWARE OF THE PROCESS.
IT NEW TO MEETING MEETINGS ON WALKING FORUMS BEFORE.
SO I'D HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE AGAINST GROUP EMAILS BECAUSE THAT IS CONSIDERED A WALKING FORUM.
MY DEFERRAL, I APOLOGIZE, IS THAT WE WILL NEED TO TALK TO OUR BOARDS AND CONDITIONS ATTORNEYS WHO UNDERSTAND TOMA FAR BETTER THAN I DO TO HELP YOU ALL NAVIGATE THESE WATERS.
SO IF I MAY, MADAM CHAIR, UM, I WILL WORK WITH THEM AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THEM HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, UH, AT OUR NEXT MEETING PENDING AVAILABILITY.
AND I WOULD JUST SAY IF WE ARE FACED WITH THAT, THAT WE DISCUSS IT WITH THE DIRECTOR, SHE WOULD BE OUR POINT PERSON FOR RECEIVING THE INFORMATION.
AND WE'LL HAVE A BETTER ANSWER FOR YOU NEXT MONTH.
CAN WE AGREE WITH THAT, COMMISSIONERS? YES.
WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR HEARING FROM OUR DIRECTOR, ITEM G ON THE AGENDA, FUTURE COMMISSION AND YOUR REPORTS, ORGANIZATION AND STAFFING UPDATES.
I'M SURE EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO MEET HER NOW.
WE'VE HAD ENOUGH RECEPTIONS FOR
OH, MY, THE REAL WORK IS HERE.
UM, FOR THE WORK THAT WAS PUT IN, EXTRA HOURS TO PUT IN TO ENSURING THAT ANNUAL REPORT WAS SUBMITTED ON TIME, I, SAME FEEDBACK.
UM, AND OF COURSE AS A NEWLY ON BOARDED MEMBER OF THE STAFF, I, UM, AND OBSERVANCE FELT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF PUSHED IT TO THE LIMIT IN REGARD TO MEETING THAT DEADLINE.
AND I WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THAT WITH THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO, UM, WE JUST DRAFTED SOME BULLETS, UM, BECAUSE I DO WANT THIS TO BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AS IT IS BY THE COMMISSION'S REPORT, UM, TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE TIME, UM, TO SHARE WHAT YOU SEE FIT, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE, UM, HAVE TIME, UH, TO WORK WITH THE DRAFT, ENSURE THAT IT IS TURNED IN AND IN A TIMELY SESSION, UH, NEXT YEAR.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE STEPS, UH, TO GET US THERE IS TO FORM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, FOR, UH, THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL, YEAR 22, 23.
OUR CHAIR, UM, WILL APPOINT MEMBERS, UM, UM, AND ALSO CHAIR
UM, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK, UH, THROUGH THAT.
I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION OR TWO, UM, TO GET THAT UNDERWAY.
UM, GOD, PERHAPS OUR CHAIR WOULD BE OPEN TO VOLUNTEERS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO SERVE.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO
UH, WE DO HAVE A NEW BOARD AND COMMISSION COORDINATOR, UH, WHO'S ANTICIPATED TO START IN LATE MARCH.
UM, AND THAT STAFF MEMBER, OF COURSE, WILL BE DEDICATED TO, UH, SERVE THE COMMISSION FULL-TIME AND WILL OBVIOUSLY, UH, INTERACT WITH THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE IN A VERY MEANINGFUL WAY.
THE MEETINGS, UH, THAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WILL HOLD, HAVE TO BE PUBLICLY NOTICED AND HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UH, TOMA.
UH, SO AS LONG AS WE'RE DOING WHAT WE NEED BE DOING, PAYING OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND RESPECT TO THAT, UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE, UH, FORMING THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE WILL GET US, UH, GOING.
SO, UM, ASIDE FROM THAT, UH, WHOEVER CHAIR WILL, UH, CHAIRWOMAN WILL SET OUR MEETING SCHEDULE, UH, FOR THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UM, AND WE'LL BEGIN TO CONTINUE COMPILING THE INFORMATION WE NEED AND REPORTING BACK TO THE FULL COMMISSION.
I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT IT'S A STANDING AGENDA ITEM, UM, THAT WHETHER WE HAVE UPDATES OR NOT, BUT JUST TO ENSURE THAT IT DROPS, IT FALLS ON OUR AGENDA AND WE CAN ALWAYS BE IN COMMUNICATION ABOUT IT AGAIN, UH, TO PREVENT US HAVING TO DO ANY EXTRA WORK.
UM, AT THE LAST MINUTE, UM, WE'LL BEGIN WITH REVIEWING, UH, THIS MOST RECENT
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REPORT THAT WAS SUBMITTED EARLIER THIS MONTH.UM, UH, REVIEWING THE SECTIONS OF THE REPORT.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT THE WAY INFORMATION IS PRESENTED, UM, WHERE TABLES LAND, IF WE SHOULD HAVE CERTAIN INFORMATION IN THE APPENDIX WHERE BUDGET INFORMATION FALLS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
BUT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PRESENTING THE INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BY CITY CHARTER, BUT ALSO PRESENTING IT IN A WAY THAT'S, UH, EASY TO DIGEST FOR THE FOLKS WHO NEED TO REVIEW THAT INFORMATION.
UM, THE COMMITTEE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT IS CAN REQUEST, UH, FOR SECTIONS TO BE ADDED, CHANGED OR DELETED, UM, AND CAN ALSO REQUEST, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO BE DRAFTED.
SO, GOALS, REPORTS, PROGRAMMATIC INFO MAJOR INITIATIVES, UM, AND WILL WORK AS STAFF MEMBERS TO ENSURE THAT YOU, THIS DRAFT IS WHO YOU ARE LIKING.
SO I HOPE THAT SITS WELL WITH YOU JUST AS A BEGINNING BLOCK IN THIS FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
UH, THE NEXT STEP, UH, FOR ME IS, UH, TO REALLY FLESH OUT THE REST OF THE QUARTERS OF THE YEAR AND WHAT WE WANT TO ENSURE WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING.
SO THAT AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAY BREAK, THE DRAFT IS ESSENTIALLY ALMOST FINALIZED.
AND THEN WHEN WE RETURN IN THE NEW YEAR, UH, IN 2024, THAT WE'RE REALLY JUST CROSSING, MAKING A QUEUE.
I'M GETTING IT READY TO CONFIRM IN EARLY, CUZ I, UH, DIDN'T FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH TIMELINE THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THIS.
UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO ALSO HAVE THE COMMITTEE LOOK AT THE CITY CHARTER? UH, BECAUSE IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT ON THE FLY, I WAS NOT VERY CLEAR ON WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS WERE.
UM, AND SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE CITY CHARTER, I FEEL LIKE WE STILL DIDN'T EVEN CAPTURE.
SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE WHAT OTHER EXAMPLES THERE ARE THAT THEY'RE ACCEPTING.
BECAUSE I MEAN, PARK BOARD HAD A FLASHY, VERY BEAUTIFUL, AND THE CITY CHARTER SAYS, MUST BE BLACK AND WHITE, EIGHT AND A HALF BY 11
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KIND OF GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITY CHARTER EXPECTATIONS FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT.
UM, AND MY EXPERIENCE, UM, WITH THE FLASHY VERSION, UM, AND IT WAS JUST AN ASSUMPTION BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, BUT I ASSUME THAT THERE'S A VERSION, THE FLASHIER VERSION THAT MIGHT WORK FOR STAKEHOLDERS LIKE YOURSELVES.
AND THEN THERE'S A BLACK AND WHITE BORING VERSION THAT'S JUST BULLET INFORMATION THAT STAFF, CITY STAFF WOULD PREFER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DEAL WITH MY PAPER.
SO THAT WAS JUST MY QUICK ASSUMPTION EVEN WHEN WE EXCHANGED MM-HMM.
BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, TO ME IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE BOTH.
UM, AND WE CAN EVEN CONSIDER DOING THAT, HAVING BOTH BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH SIGNIFICANT AND IMPORTANT IN MY OPINION, AS FAR AS AN ANNUAL REPORT IS CONCERNED, TO HAVE SOMETHING FLASHY THAT YOU CAN SEND AROUND TO, UH, TO, TO CERTAIN STAKEHOLDERS AND HAVING WHOEVER'S CODE INAPPROPRIATE, THERE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA IF WE, ONCE WE GOT THAT REPORT TURNED IN, IF WE STARTED HOLDING MEETINGS IN OUR DISTRICTS TO TAKE 'EM TO A FLASH YEAR REPORT.
WELL THAT SHOULD BE THE PROCESS THAT THIS COMMITTEE PLANS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GATHER THE INFORMATION AND ALL THAT.
THE COMMITTEE THAT I'M GOING TO POINT
SO HOPEFULLY, UH, BEFORE WE MEET AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE, UH, SOME OF AN COMMITTEE FOR EACH OTHER AT THE NEXT MEETING AND JUST MARCH FORWARD FROM
I'M ALL ABOUT TIMELINE AND ENSURING THAT THERE'S SOME CUSHION AND COMFORT TO THAT EVENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON, UH, ANNUAL REPORT SPECIFICALLY JUST ESTABLISH AS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AS OPPOSED TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE? DOES THAT MEAN THEY'LL HAVE TO REESTABLISHED EVERY YEAR TO FOLLOW A SIMILAR PROCESS OR IN YOUR MIND? IT'S ONLY CUZ IT, IT'S GONNA EXIST IN THE WORK THAT IT DOES IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME EACH YEAR.
WELL, THAT'LL BE UP TO, WE'LL DECIDE THAT, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
YOU KNOW, CAUSE IT'S ESTABLISHED JUST FOR A SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENT FOR THAT TIME AND WHEN WE REPORT OUT NORMALLY THAT HOW COMMITTEES GO AWAY.
IF IT NEEDS TO BE A STANDING COMMITTEE, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT.
BUT I'M SURE THERE'S A PROVISION IN THE CITY CHARTER.
GET THE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE.
SO NEXT SLIDE, UH, TO, UM, WHAT WAS A PROPOSED, UH, CHANGE IN
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OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE IS NOW, UM, ACTUALLY CURRENT ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE.AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW CHANGES.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THESE ARE TITLES.
UM, OUR STAFF MEMBERS ARE NOT REFLECTED HERE.
UM, JUST, UM, A MATTER OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR ME TO TAKE, UM, TO FOCUS ON ROLES.
UH, FOR A MOMENT YOU'LL SEE ONE CHANGES THAT THE PUBLIC ARE DEPARTMENT, IF YOU WILL.
UM, THEY ARE HOUSED TOGETHER UNDER ONE UMBRELLA.
UM, FORMALLY WE HAD ONE ROLE THAT WAS SHIFTED UNDER FACILITIES AND CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGEMENT, WHICH THAT ROLE IS NOW BACK, UM, IN THE PUBLIC ART UMBRELLA.
UM, YOU'LL ALSO NOTE THAT, UH, THE MAJESTIC THEATER MANAGER, UM, WHO IS FORMALLY REPORTING TO THE DIRECTOR IS NOW, UH, RETURNED, UH, TO RETURN, UH, AND REPORT TO THE SENIOR MANAGER OF CULTURAL VENUES.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, A SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ROLE.
IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THAT AS COMMISSIONERS.
UM, THAT WE HAVE A SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ROLE.
UH, THE POSITION WILL BE POSTED, UH, HOPEFULLY, UM, THAT'S OUT OF MY HAND, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR MONTH CONDUCTING A CERT FILL THAT ROLE.
UM, AND THAT ROLE IS, UH, TO THE LEFT, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ADMINISTRATION.
SO ESSENTIALLY THAT'S UH, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS FUNCTION, FINANCE FUNCTION, UM, IN THAT SIDE OF OUR SHIP.
UM, I THINK THAT'S THE, ON THOSE ARE THE MOST NOTABLE CHANGES I CAN BRING FORWARD.
UM, BASED ON THE CONTEXT I HAVE OF YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR ORG CHART.
UM, YOU ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE.
COMMISSION COMMISSIONER HAN BUCKLE THE, THE NUMBERS TO THE SIDE.
IT SAYS, UH, NUMBERS OF FULL-TIME REPORTS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UH, STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE DIRECTLY REPORTING TO THE PARTICULAR ROLE WHERE YOU SEE THE NUMBER IN THE BOOK.
SO, UM, PUBLIC ART, UH, PROGRAM MANAGER.
THERE'S NO ONE REPORTING TO THAT.
COULD BE FIVE IN THE CIRCLE ALSO, THESE OTHER, THE BLUE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ON THE LEFT SHOULD ALSO BE A FIVE CUZ THERE'S FIVE BOXES UNDERNEATH IT.
KRISTA, AM I MISSING THIS TOO? IT SAYS DIRECTOR OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE BEING YOU
NO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M SEAT RIGHT.
RIGHT, BECAUSE COMMISSIONER MEETING, I JUST, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
THE, THE PUBLIC ART SIDE OF THIS.
UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS LABELED ON TO US BY SOMEONE ELSE? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ME WE ALWAYS HAD THE PUBLIC ART PERSON REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE DIRECTOR, WHICH MAKES SENSE TO ME BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A MAJOR, UM, PART OF WHAT WE WE ARE DOING AND IN TERMS OF THE WAY THAT IT'S SET UP AS WELL.
BUT NOW IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THAT PERSON IS REPORTING TO AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
UM, SO, UH, LET ME, UH, FIRST SAY THAT, UM, SOME OF THE SHIFTS ON IN OUR ORG CHART ARE REFLECTIVE OF GUIDANCE FROM OUR, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
UM, AND I AM IN AGREEANCE WITH SOME OF THAT GUIDANCE.
UM, WHILE THIS IS THE REPORTING STRUCTURE, THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM MANAGER IS A MEMBER OF OUR CORE TEAM, OUR CORE LEADERSHIP TEAM.
THE CORE LEADERSHIP TEAM CONSISTS OF, UH, BOTH ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, UH, THE DIRECTOR, THE PIO, UH, AND THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM MANAGER, ALONG WITH, UH, SENIOR MANAGER OF CULTURAL VENUES AND THE FACILITIES AND CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGER.
SO THAT ROUND LEADERSHIP TEAM THOUGH THE FORMAL REPORTING STRUCTURE, UM, IS DIFFERENT OBVIOUSLY AND REFLECTED ON THIS CHART.
UM, THAT CORE TEAM IS MEETING WEEKLY, REPORTING FORWARD, UH, COLLABORATING AND ENSURING THAT OUR VOTE IS STAYING AFLOAT.
UM, THIS, UH, CHART TO ME, UM, AS I SEE IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE FORMALITIES, THE HR FUNCTION,
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UH, PERFORMANCE REVIEWS, UH, APPROVING TIME OFF AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY REFLECT HOW MUCH CROSS COLLABORATION IS HAPPENING, UM, HOW MUCH INTERACTION THERE IS BETWEEN, UH, MYSELF AND SOME OF, UH, THESE OTHER, UH, ROLES.
UM, AND HOW MUCH THEY MAY INTERACT, UH, AS DEPARTMENTS, UH, ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
EITHER THIS IS SPECIFICALLY REALLY MORE ABOUT REPORTING STRUCTURE AND SOME OF THAT HR MINUTIA.
I HAVE A QUESTION, NOT REALLY KIND OF, UH, HAVING TO DO WITH THE CHART, BUT, AND, AND BENJAMIN, REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE LIGHTS AND THE BLACK BOX AND YOU KEPT SAYING THAT WAS FACILITIES, IS THAT THIS FACILITIES AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, UM, UH, IS IT THIS FACILITIES OR IT'S THE LIBRARIAN.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M SOMETIMES CONFUSED CUZ WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE VERY MUCH SPACE, CULTURAL SPACE IN, IN THE GROWTH AREA DISTRICT FIVE.
AND SO WE USE THE BLACK BOX THERE.
AND SO, SO THREE CULTURAL CENTERS HAVE BLACK BOXES.
THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER, SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER, AND THE BATHHOUSE CULTURAL CENTER, THOSE ARE MANAGED BY THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE FIVE.
THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS FIVE BLACK BOXES.
UH, THE THREAT'S BRANCH, PUBLIC THREATS BRANCH LIBRARY, LOCKWOOD BRANCH LIBRARY, OMAN LAKE BRANCH LIBRARY, HAMPTON, ILLINOIS BRANCH LIBRARY, AND THE PLEASANT GROVE BRANCH LIBRARY.
THOSE ARE MANAGED BY DALLAS LIBRARY.
WE ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY THIS YEAR TO HOPEFULLY WORK TOGETHER WITH THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY TO BRING PROGRAMMING TO THESE BLACK BOXES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN UTILIZED AS BLACKS ARE UTILIZED CURRENTLY BY THE LIBRARY FROM EVERYTHING FROM ESL CLASSES TO CITIZENSHIP CLASSES.
SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING COLLABORATIVELY, ESPECIALLY WITH ONE OF OUR KEY PARTNERS THAT BEING DALLAS'S PUBLIC LIBRARY.
I WAS JUST WONDERING, BUT I DIDN'T WANNA CALL THEM TO ASK THEM UNDER THEIR BURDEN, SHOULD THEY CLARIFY WHO ARE YOU CALLING FOR? OKAY.
OH, SEE QUESTIONS? I WAS JUST CURIOUS, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, BUT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT ARE ON THERE, WHERE ARE YOU IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE? STAFFING? STAFFING? OH, I WAS ABOUT TO MOVE TO MY STAFFING UPDATES.
SO, UH, TO, TO, TO GET TO THE ANSWER, I DON'T HAVE A PERCENTAGE.
I HAVE SOME NUMBERS FOR THEM, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME TO ROUND OUR TEAM OUT, UM, AS WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS WHO, UM, ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY WITH UNDERSTAFFED AND NOT FOR ME STAFFED.
SO, UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UM, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE A BOARD AND COMMISSIONS COORDINATOR WHO'S ONBOARDING.
UM, AND ONCE, UH, WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM HR, WE'LL HAVE OUR PUBLIC, OUR MANAGER ROLE, UH, FILLED.
I KNOW THAT WAS A POINT OF CONCERN AT THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, IT'S BECAUSE DUE TO THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF THAT TRANSITION, WE, YOU KNOW, JUST CAN'T SHARE, UM, YET WITHOUT OUR CLEARANCE FROM, UM, HR.
SO THOSE ARE TWO ROLES THAT'LL BE FILLED OUTSIDE OF THAT.
WE HAVE SIX, UH, FULL-TIME POSITIONS THAT WILL BE OPEN, UH, WITH THE GOAL OF FILLING AT LEAST HALF OF THOSE IN THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF THIS YEAR.
SO I'LL BE AS TRANSPARENT AS I CAN AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE ROLES.
THE PIO IS OPEN, UH, FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
UH, THE SECOND AD, UH, WE'LL POST TO BEFORE THE END OF THIS CALENDAR MONTH.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL PRIORITIZE, UH, THESE POSTINGS, UM, AS LEADERSHIP TEAM SEES FIT.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE ALWAYS HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF PART-TIME USHER AND INTERN POSITIONS OPEN, OF COURSE.
AND THERE ARE ABOUT 29 OF THOSE THAT, THAT, THAT'S ALWAYS THE CASE.
SO AGAIN, UM, I HAVE MY EYES ON THE PUBLIC ART DEPARTMENT AND, UM, OUR COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAM TEAM WHERE RHONDA IS WORKING TIRELESSLY OF COURSE, UM, AT A TRANSITION IN HER TEAM.
AND SO WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT SHE IS, UH, HER WORK IS SUPPORTED, UM, AND THAT WE DON'T LEAN TOO HEAVILY ON HER TIME.
SHE'S DOING A WONDERFUL JOB BUT DOES DESERVE ADDITIONAL STAFF SUPPORT.
UM, WE HAVE SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC ART PROJECTS HAPPENING, SO I WANNA ENSURE THAT THAT TEAM IS ROUNDING OUT AS THE YEAR GOES ON, SO THAT WE CAN MEET THE TENANTS OF THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN AND THE CULTURAL ARTS PLAN AND ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THE MANAGER HAS TIME TO INTERFACE WITH THE NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS THEY'LL HAVE
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TO INTERFACE WITH, UM, WHOLE TEAM.I DON'T HAVE A PERCENTAGE, AGAIN, JUST THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU.
UM, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
I ALMOST SAID TO GET BUTTS IN SEEDS.
AT ANY RATE, THAT IS, THAT'S MY, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
AND YOU HAVE AN OPEN LINE, OPEN DOOR, RIGHT? OKAY.
LET'S LOOK AT ITEM WE ON AGENDA.
BRIEFING MEMO, JUANITA CRAFT HOUSE UPDATE, AND WE HAVE THE MASTER OF THE PROGRAM.
TALKED TO US TODAY, FORMER COMMISSIONER JOHN, SCOTT.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSION.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND BRIEF YOU ALL ON, UH, THE 180 CRAFT HOUSE.
UM, UH, I'M, UM, REMINDED OF BEING IN THE SAME POSITION THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN IN, UM, THE PERMISSION MEETING AS WELL.
SO IT'S, UH, GREAT TO SEE ALL THIS WORK IN, IN PROGRESS.
UM, SO MY PURPOSE TODAY IS TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON THE JUANITA CRAFT HOUSE.
UM, I CAN LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UH, WE ARE, UH, ABOUT 90% COMPLETE.
UH, THE HOUSE, UH, HAS UNDERGONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND RENOVATION, UM, OVER THE PAST, REALLY THREE YEARS AND MORE LIKE FIVE FOR ME.
BUT, UH, OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS, UH, REVITALIZING THE HOUSE, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY, UH, AS, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE, THE PURPOSE OF TELLING MS. KRAFT'S STORY AND, UH, BRINGING LIGHT TO HER IMPORTANCE.
UM, THIS UPDATE IS REALLY MORE SO ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH, UH, CONSTRUCTION, WITH THE GROUNDS, WITH THE EXHIBITS.
UH, AND SO I'LL START WITH THE GROUNDS FIRST.
UM, UH, WE ARE, UH, COMPLETE AS IT RELATES TO THE GROUNDS AROUND THE HOUSE.
IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE CRAFT HOUSE, YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ADJACENT, UM, UH, PARK AREA, UH, THAT IS A PART OF THE PROPERTY.
AND SO THE LANDSCAPING IS BEING COMPLETED ON THE, UH, EXTERIOR AT THE REAR AND ALSO IN THE FRONT.
AND ALSO, UH, AT THE ADJACENT, UH, UH, PARK SPACE IN THE, UH, AREA AROUND, THERE'S BEEN DRAINAGE THAT'S BEEN ADDED.
THERE'S A NEW FOUNTAIN, AND, UH, THERE WILL EVENTUALLY BE FLOWERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WILL BE ADDED, UM, A, UH, ON THE, UH, UH, PROPERTY.
UH, AS FAR AS THE LITTLE HOUSE, UH, OH, I'M SORRY.
ONE MORE THING I NEEDED TO ADD.
UH, THERE WAS A SIGN THAT WAS ACTUALLY OUT ON THE PROPERTY, UH, ON THE, UH, UH, EXTERIOR OF THE GATE, UH, JUST TO THE RIGHT THAT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN REMOVED AS OF TODAY.
UH, AND THERE WILL BE A NEW SIGN, UH, THAT WILL BE INSTALLED.
IT IS ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH, UH, LANDMARK COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.
AND WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN CLEARANCE FROM THE ARCHITECTS ABOUT WHERE THAT SHOULD BE PLACED, UH, SO THAT IT, UH, IS NOT AN OBSTRUCTION.
UM, UH, ALSO, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE LITTLE HOUSE, WHICH IS THE STRUCTURE AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, THAT WILL BE THE OFFICE SPACE, UH, THAT WILL BE MANNED BY ONE OF MY STAFF, UH, TEMPLE FERGUSON.
SHE'LL BE THE DAY-TO-DAY, UH, OPERATIONS PERSON.
SHE'LL BE MANAGING, UM, TOURS.
SHE'LL BE MANAGING PROGRAMMING, UH, FOR THE HOUSE.
AND SO THAT IS, UH, PROBABLY THE, UH, PIECE THAT, UH, NEEDS THE, THE MOST WORK IN TERMS OF COMPLETION.
UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, UH, HAS BEEN ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE.
UM, OR, OR THE LITTLE HOUSE, UH, THE ROOF, UH, SIDING, WINDOWS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THERE'LL BE A LOT OF CLEANING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A KIND OF A STAGING SPACE IN AREA FOR THE, UH, CONTRACTORS.
THERE'LL BE A NEW KITCHENETTE ADDED ON.
UH, THERE'S, UH, THE BATHROOM HAS GONE, UNDERGONE SOME REMODELING.
AND THEN THERE WILL BE, UM, THE KIND OF CONTROL CENTER FOR THE CAMERA SYSTEM THAT WILL BE INSTALLED.
THERE'LL BE TONS OF CAMERAS ALL AROUND THE PROPERTY.
YOU'LL PRE PRETTY MUCH BE ABLE TO SEE IT FROM EVERY ANGLE.
AND THEN THAT, UH, THERE WILL BE A CONTROL CENTER THAT'LL BE IN THE OFFICE SPACE.
AND THEN WE, UH, WILL BE WORKING TO GET HER SOME OFFICE FURNITURE AS WELL.
CAUSE WE WANT HER TO BE COMFORTABLE WHILE SHE'S DOING THE WORK SHE NEEDS TO DO.
UH, AS FAR AS THE BIG HOUSE IS CONCERNED, THAT'S THE MAIN, UH, UH, HOUSE WHERE THE EXHIBITS WILL BE, WILL PEOPLE WILL BE COMING TO, UM, VIEW THE, UH, EXHIBITS, UH, ON THE INTERIOR OF THAT.
ALL THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
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EXTERIOR WINDOWS, UH, HAVE BEEN, UH, COMPLETE.WE'RE DOWN TO THE FINAL, UH, PUNCH LIST JUST THIS THURSDAY WITH THE ARCHITECT AND THE CONTRACTOR COME OUT AND, UM, MARK UP ALL THINGS THAT NEED TO BE, UM, REPAIRED, FIXED, OR TOUCHED UP.
AND SO THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.
UM, MONDAY, UH, IS THE BIG WORK OF THE EXHIBITION INSTALLATION.
AND SO OUR, UH, CONTRACTOR, WHICH IS ISOMETRIC STUDIOS, THEY'LL BE IN TOWN STARTING MONDAY.
AND IT WILL BE, UH, COMPLETING ALL, UH, AN INTERIOR EXHIBITION.
MATERIALS, UH, THAT WILL BE MOSTLY VINYL ON THE WALLS THAT WILL BE TELLING THE STORY OF MS. KRAFT, UH, THE TEXT IMAGE, ALL DIDACTIC MATERIALS.
UH, ADDITIONALLY THERE WILL BE CASE WORK FOR EXHIBITS AND DISPLAYS THAT WILL BE ON THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE IN PLACE.
OUR DEADLINE, UH, FOR, UH, THE COMPLETION OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS MARCH 10TH.
AND SO WE ARE, UM, EXCITEDLY, UH, MOVING FORWARD, UH, TOWARDS THAT COMPLETION DATE.
AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MEET IT, UM, WITH ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.
UH, WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, UH, DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THE KRAFT FOUNDATION, UH, SAW FIT TO, UH, REACH OUT TO THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT ALREADY HAD A HOLDING OF MS. KRAFT'S, UH, ARCHIVES.
AND, UH, THEY, UH, UH, HAD AN AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY TO, UM, ASSESS ALL OF THOSE OBJECTS, UH, THAT THE CRAFT FOUNDATION HAD TO THE DALLAS PUBLIC LOBBY AND WILL BE IN THEIR CARE GOING FORWARD.
AND WE ARE IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH DPL, UH, TO MOVE THE, THE OBJECTS BACK AND FORTH WHEN NECESSARY IN TERMS OF ROTATION OF, UH, OBJECTS.
SO THE PRIMARY RESTING PLACE WILL BE AT DALLAS PUBLIC, UH, UH, LIBRARY ARCHIVES, THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.
AND THEN WHEN OBJECTS ARE ON EXHIBIT, THEY WILL BE, UH, AT THE CRAFT HOUSE.
AND SO WE HAVE, UH, APPROXIMATELY 200 PLUS OBJECTS THAT WE HAVE, UH, PLANNED OUT FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR.
SO THE FIRST TIME YOU COME TO THE HOUSE TO SEE THE COMPLETE EXHIBITION, THERE'LL BE APPROXIMATELY, UH, A HUNDRED OR SO, UH, OBJECTS.
THESE ARE PHYSICAL OBJECTS LIKE A STOVE TABLE, UM, UH, A UH, SEWING MACHINE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE OTHER OBJECTS THAT WILL BE IN CASES UNDER THE TREES, WHICH WILL BE SOME OF MS CRAFT'S PERSONAL EFFECTS.
AND SO, UH, THE OTHER OUTSTANDING THINGS THAT ARE, UH, THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF ARE THE FENCE ALONG THE LEFT, UH, SIDE OF THE PERIMETER AND THAT CAREER.
UH, BEYOND THAT, THE HOUSE WILL BE, UH, AS I MENTIONED, COMPLETED, UH, BY MARCH, UH, 10TH.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE HAVE AN OPENING DATE OF MAY 20TH, SO IF YOU WOULD ON YOUR CALENDAR.
UH, COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE, UH, WHO WAS THERE, HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST INDIVIDUALS I REACHED OUT TO ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, UH, WHEN I STARTED DOWN THIS ROAD, TRYING TO, UH, GET THIS PROJECT OFF THE GROUND.
WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT IN COMMUNITY.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE'RE, UH, PLANNING FOR MARCH THAT ARE GONNA INVOLVE THE QUEEN CITY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS THE WEEKLY PLACE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THESE ARE THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO APPRISE THEM OF TRAFFIC THAT'LL BE COMING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE.
WE DON'T HAVE A DATE, UH, SET YET, BUT WE'RE, I LITERALLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UH, BOTH, UH, OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TODAY TO TRY TO, UH, IRON OUT, UH, A DATE SOMETIME IN MARCH AFTER, UH, UH, THE 10TH.
UH, WE WANTED TO TRY TO INVITE THEM OUT, UH, LET THEM SEE THE HOUSE KINDA IN ITS END OF PROGRESS.
UH, WELL, NOT IN PROGRESS, BUT IN COMPLETION.
UH, BUT, UM, WE, OUR, OUR INTENTION IS TO TRY TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE INTENDING TO DO.
UM, THIS DOES NOT, UH, BY ANY MEANS, UM, UH, NEGATE ANY OF THE WORK THAT WE DID PRIOR TO.
SO WE HAD SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS, SEVERAL OUTREACH, UH, EFFORTS, UH, ALONG THE WAY.
WE HAD AN ENTIRE REPORT THAT WAS, UH, COMPLETED THROUGH, UH, OUR OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS TO THE, THE COMMUNITY THAT BROUGHT US TO THIS POINT.
SO, UM, THAT'S MY ROLE TODAY IS REALLY JUST TO APPRISE YOU ALL AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, WHAT'S GOING ON, AND WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT.
UM, WHAT DID THEY DECIDE IN TERMS OF PARKING? DID YOU GET THE CHURCH PARKING LOT ACROSS? WE DID NOT GET THE CHURCH PARKING LOT, BUT WE'VE, INTERESTING THING IS THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF EFFORTS TO TRY TO GET COMMUNICATION WITH THAT SPECIFIC CHURCH THAT'S ADJACENT.
UH, OUR HOPE IS THAT WE WILL THROUGH, UH, OUR COMMUNICATION WITH
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BOTH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IDENTIFY, UH, OUR CONTACT, UH, FOR THE CHURCH.OUR, OUR PLAN IS FOR THAT, UH, OPENING IS TO HOPEFULLY USE THE PARKING LOT FOR THAT DAY, UH, BUT THEN ONGOING TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE A STRIKE UP A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHURCH.
UM, I WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH PANDEMIC FLOODS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
I THINK YOU AND NIKKI ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
I HOPE THE COMMISSION GETS GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT WORK, AND THIS IS A GREAT ASSET THAT WE HAVE, SO WE WANT TO SEE IT AT THE FINISH LINE.
SO YOUR MAY 20TH DAY, THAT'S THE PUBLIC VIEWING DATE? YES, MA'AM.
UH, WE WERE PRIZED THAT, UH, THIS, UH, THURSDAY.
AND SO WE'RE MOVING, UH, EXCITEDLY FORWARD.
WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, TO HELP US, UH, PLAN OUT THAT THAT DAY.
UH, SO IT GIVES US A LITTLE MORE RUN TIME, UH, AND LEAD TIME TO GET TO, UH, OUR, OUR, UH, WHAT WE THINK WILL BE A ROBUST, UH, CELEBRATION AND ALSO, UH, UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, JUST OPENING THE DOORS IS NOT THE END, UH, THAT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY ABOUT PROGRAMMING.
UH, PROGRAMMING ACTUALLY HAS, UH, ALREADY BEEN UNDERWAY FOR THE PAST YEAR.
KENDALL HAS COME ON AS THE, UM, THE PERSON WHO'LL BE MANAGING THE HOUSE.
SHE'S BEEN OFFERING OUT OF THE, UH, THE, UH, SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER.
AND HER PROGRAMMING HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE, UH, THE PAST YEAR.
SO WE DIDN'T WAIT ON THE HOUSE TO, TO, TO, TO OPEN IN ORDER TO, TO BEGIN THAT WORK.
AND WE WILL BE, UH, SEEKING MUSEUM ACCREDITATION.
UH, WE'LL NEED TO BE OPEN AT LEAST A YEAR BEFORE WE CAN MAKE THAT APPLICATION.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE A DYNAMIC AND A AWESOME TEAM THAT'LL BE WORKING TO PUT ALL THE PIECES IN PLACE THAT'LL GET US PREPARED FOR THAT ACCREDITATION WHEN THE TIME COMES COMMISSION.
UM, JUST, UM, SO THE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE NEW PARTICULARLY, UM, JUST SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THE CRAFT HOUSE IS ALREADY DESIGNATED NATIONALLY, SO THAT'S LIKE A IMMEDIATE ENTREE INTO THAT WHOLE WORLD OF, UM, WHAT THEY CALL DOMESTIC TOURISM AROUND, UM, HISTORICAL TOURISM, I THINK CULTURAL TOURISM.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A, A LEG UP ON THAT, CORRECT? I JUST WANTED TO SHARE.
UM, IN SAVING THE DATE, MAY 20TH, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT DATE IN MRS. K CRAFT'S HISTORY.
IN 1946 ON MAY 20TH, SHE WAS APPOINTED AS REGIONAL NAACP FIELD ORGANIZER ON THAT DATE.
SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE LINDA ON A DID THAT IS VERY
WELL, I DO KNOW A COUPLE OF CRAFT KIDS.
THEY'RE WANTED TO KNOW THAT DATE.
THERE ARE A FEW UPCOMING BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENTS HAPPENING AND AROUND CITY HALL.
AND SO WE WILL FORMER SAVE THE DATES PRINTED AND WE'LL SHARE THEM ELECTRONICALLY, WELL, UM, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF BUSINESS DATES TO, OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING MR, IS THAT ALL RIGHT IF I ASK? UM, SO THE PROGRAMMING THAT FIELD'S DOING, UM, IS IT GOING TO MOVE TO THE CRAFT HOUSE? IS THERE ROOM THERE TO ACCOMMODATE OR ARE YOU STILL GONNA RELY ON YOUR CENTER TO ACCOMMODATE PROGRAMMING? UH, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
IT IS, IS THE LATTER, UH, OF THE TWO.
UH, THE HOUSE IS OBVIOUSLY, UH, A HOME AND SO IT, IT WILL LIKELY, UH, WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IS SOMETHING, UH, ALONG THE SAME LINES OF THE, UH, MLK HOUSE IN ATLANTA, WHICH, UH, THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 10 TO 15 PEOPLE AT A TIME.
UH, AND SO, UH, WE DEFINITELY, THE, THE, THE CULTURAL CENTER IS THERE FOR SUPPORT, AND SO THE STAFF WILL BE, UM, GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO.
UH, BUT YES, WE WILL NEED LARGER AND, AND MORE, A GREATER AMOUNT OF SPACE.
IN ADDITION, WE DO HAVE, UH, UH, UNDER OUR PURVIEW THE, UH, THE MILDRED DAME RECREATION CENTER, WHICH IS ALSO JUST DOWN SECOND AVENUE, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER FACILITIES THAT I OVERSEE THAT OUR, UM, ARTIST RESIDENCY, UH, IS HOUSED IN.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL SPACE.
SO WE GOT A LITTLE THREE-LEGGED CHAIR WORKING THERE THAT'LL HELP SUPPORT KENDALL AND, UH, AND THE PROGRAMMING THAT SHE'S DOING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO GETTING IN US TO BRIEF.
WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DISCUSS? MY AGENDA IS COMPLETE.
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DID ARTS ACTIVATE NOTIFIED YESTERDAY? I THOUGHT IT WAS THE 15TH AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, SHE'S ASKING ABOUT ODDS ACTIVATE, WHO HAS ANY? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.UM, IT CLOSED ON JANUARY 30TH, AND SO IT'S CURRENTLY WITH PANELS, AND WE WILL BE DOING NOTIFICATIONS IN SOON AFTER THE MARCH ALLOCATION.
I DON'T HAVE TO DATE ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I MUST HAVE LOOKED, PRINT SOME OTHER GUIDELINES.
IT'S PRINTED IN THE GUIDELINES DOCUMENT WHEN NOTIFICATIONS HAPPEN.
I MUST HAVE LOOKED AT AN OLD, I'M DELIRIOUS.
I MUST HAVE LOOKED AT AN OLD BECAUSE I, I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOT CLEAR.
THIS MEETING TURNED AT OH 6:59 PM.