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[Dallas Arts and Culture Advisory Commission on August 10, 2023]
COMMISSIONER PALOMA'S CONCERN SO THAT ANYONE PICKING UP THE MEETING, THE MINUTES COULD THEN GO TO THE RECORDING OF THE MEETING.BECAUSE I, THE POINT IS WELL TAKEN IT IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DETAIL IN 'EM.
IT'S ALSO WELL TAKEN THAT WE TRY TO AVOID THAT IN MINUTES BECAUSE OF ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
BUT IF WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE PUBLIC, NEED NOTHING SECRET IN WHAT WE DO, IT IS ALL OPEN.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.
UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING IN PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE THAT WOULD PRECLUDE THAT, WOULD THAT WORK FOR YOU, COMMISSIONER? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
MAYBE NOT IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT WE GET.
IN THE NEXT, JUST IN FUTURE MEETINGS, IF WE COULD JUST HAVE AN ASTERISK THAT SAYS A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING AVAILABLE IN THE WEBSITE, THEN ANYBODY PULLING THE MEETINGS COULD FIND IT.
THERE WERE MANY IDEAS, UH, COVERED IN THAT MEETING, UH, LIKE TINA'S IDEA OF, OR COMMISSIONER PALOMA'S IDEA OF HAVING THE PANELISTS THAT THEIR, THEIR MERIT, UH, FOR US TO TALK ABOUT IN SOME OF THE FUTURE.
AND IT HAS BEEN CALLED MY ATTENTION THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE RETREAT EVOLVING STARTED BEING MADE INTO MOTION ITEMS THAT WE ARE DOING.
SO, UH, MY TEAM WILL PROBABLY REPORT ON THAT WHEN SHE GETS IT.
SO YOUR IDEAS ARE BEING TAKEN UNDER CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A SOLUTION.
MAYBE FOR THE MINUTES TO EXPAND WHAT THEY TELL US IN THE MINUTES IS ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON THESE MINUTES.
HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
THIS IS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MINUTES FROM THE RETREAT.
THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE AYES HAVE IT IN THE MOTION IS CARRIED.
WE'RE NOT DOWN TO RECOMMENDATION AND SUPPORT OF A PROPOSED DESIGN CONTEXT FOR FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC ART.
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL BRING THAT, UH, VOTING TO ITEM FORWARD, UH, WHICH AGAIN IS THE RECOMMENDATION SUPPORT OF ARTIST TEAM JONATHAN AND SAMANTHA ARGO'S AMENDED PROPOSED DESIGN CONCEPT, UH, FOR THE JC ZZA RECREATIONS CENTER.
THE REASON WHY IT'S AMENDED IS BECAUSE WE SAW THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT, WHICH WAS THIS MURAL WALL THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAD ASKED THEM FOR A NUMBER OF CHANGES, ALTHOUGH WE REALLY ENJOYED THE OVERALL CONCEPT AND THE IDEA WE HAD TO SOME CHANGES TO THE, THE IMAGERY, UM, WHICH THEY WERE VERY RECEPTIVE TO AND ACTUALLY PRESENTED US WITH MULTIPLE OPTIONS BASED OFF OF OUR FEEDBACK AND WERE PRESENT IN THE COLORGUARD MEETING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH US.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE AMONG THE VARIOUS DESIGN CONCEPTS THAT THEY'VE PRESENTED AND WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED AS IS THE COMMUNITY TO BRING THIS.
UH, THIS MURAL WALL CAN BE PAINTED ON MULTIPLE SIDES AS YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S FOLDED OUT, UM, AND IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF THERE IS MILITARY SERVICE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS, IS ONE OF THE VALUES PRESENT THERE.
SO I'M HAPPY TO BRING THIS PROPOSAL FORWARD AND WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT TO MAKE IT OUT.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THERE'S ACTUALLY ONE THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PIECE.
UM, WHAT YOU SEE HERE ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE FURTHER RENDERED INTO, UH, A, INTO AN IMAGE THAT IS ALL MADE OUT OF TRIANGLES.
AND THIS PIECE WILL BE PAINTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO THEY, THEY'LL ALL BE INVITED TO PAINT EACH TRIANGLE, LIKE A SPECIFIC COLOR AT THE END AND WE'LL RENDER THIS IMAGE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A VERY COOL, VERY INTERACTIVE PIECE THAT THE COMMUNITY THEMSELF WILL BE ABLE TO, TO CREATE.
WHAT'S THAT LOCATION AGAIN? IT'S TO THE JC SIERRA VISTA RECREATION CENTER.
ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS RECOMMENDATION.
LET IT BE DONE BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE AYES HAVE IT IN THE MOTION IS CARRIED.
WE ARE GRACED TODAY TO HAVE AS OUR SPOTLIGHT ARTIST, MS. KIKA KING SPOT FOR WHICH I CAN, STANDARD RIGHT? WHATEVER'S GOOD FOR YOU.
WE'RE JUST DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU AND I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING SO, UM, WHILE I'M HERE TO SPEAK, UH, AS A SINGER SONGWRITER, ALSO BOARD CERTIFIED MUSIC THERAPIST, I COULDN'T HELP BUT ADD SOME MUSIC
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TO WHAT I'M DOING TODAY.SO THIS IS AN ORIGINAL SONG OF MINE.
IT'S CALLED LIVE LOVE A DREAM, A SONG I'VE CARRIED WITH ME FAR AND WIDE THROUGHOUT DALLAS AND AROUND THE WORLD.
AND EVEN ON THE TEDX STAGE AS I HAVE A TEDX TALK CALLED THE POWER OF SONG.
A LITTLE BIT OF IT, THE STARS IN THE SKY REMIND I LIVE, I LOVE I DREAM FUTURE BRIDE AS I LOOK TOWARDS THE SKY.
YOU CAN WIN EVEN WHEN YOU CAN.
STILL EVER MENTIONED BEING HERE.
I MENTIONED BEING A BOARD CERTIFIED MUSIC THERAPIST.
IS THAT, IS THAT BETTER? ALRIGHT, NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UH, BOARD CERTIFIED MUSIC THERAPIST.
UM, I'M ORIGINALLY FROM CONNECTICUT.
BEEN IN DALLAS ABOUT 13 YEARS NOW, AND, UH, CAME TO DALLAS, WENT TO S M U.
I HAD MY BACHELOR'S FROM WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE.
STUDIED VOICE, UH, AS WELL AS PSYCHOLOGY AND BROADCAST COMMUNICATION FOR MY RADIO AND RADIO PRODUCTION BACKGROUND.
SO I HEARD ABOUT MUSIC THERAPY, UH, AND DOWN TO THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT'S DRAWN TO THE FIELD, I FELT LIKE THAT WAS ME.
THE USE OF MUSIC, UH, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF HOW MUSIC AFFECTS THE MIND, BODY KIND OF SPIRIT AND HOW YOU CAN USE IT IN CLINICAL AND THERAPEUTIC WAYS TO HELP ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF POPULATIONS.
SO I PURSUED MY BOARD CERTIFICATION THROUGH SS M U WENT ON TO GET MY MASTER'S THROUGH TEXAS WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY THEREAFTER.
BUT IN, IN THE MEANTIME AND IN BETWEEN TIME, ONCE I WAS BOARD CERTIFIED, I WAS REALLY BLESSED TO BE IN PLACES LIKE SIMMONS CANCER CENTER AT UT SOUTHWESTERN.
I SPENT SEVEN YEARS, UH, AS AN ONCOLOGY MUSIC THERAPIST HELPING PEOPLE AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THEIR CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT.
I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE UNHOUSED IN THAT SPACE, UTILIZING MUSIC AS A WAY, UH, TO HELP THEM WANT TO, UH, PURSUE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO GET OFF THE STREET OR TO PURSUE HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND THE LIKE AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME BROAD THINGS.
ALSO, WORKING IN SCHOOL SETTINGS, UH, WITH KIDS, UH, WITH A VARIETY OF LEARNING OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS.
THE WAY THAT I CAN ASK ANYBODY IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW TO SING YOUR ABCS, AND YOU CAN RECALL I SAID THERE'S OTHER, WELL, OKAY, I WON'T TEST YOU, I WON'T TEST YOU.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN EXPLORE AND EMBED IN MUSIC.
SO I STUDIED THAT AND I SAID, HEY, I WANNA GO FULL FORCE WITH THAT.
UH, AROUND THAT SAME TIME, I BELIEVE IT WAS 2018, I GOT ONTO THE COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAM ROSTER.
I QUITE FRANKLY, REMEMBER, UH, BEING QUITE TIMID AND UNCERTAIN OF HOW NOW I FINALLY GOT ON IT TOOK ME A TRY OR TWO, FINALLY GOT ON, HOW DO I MAKE USE OF THIS? I MADE AN APPOINTMENT, UH, IN THE OFFICE OVER AT ARTS AND CULTURE, LEARNED THE LAY OF THE LAND, AND WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO, SUPER BLESSED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST REQUESTED ARTISTS OFF OF THAT ROSTER.
SOMETHING THAT IT ALLOWS ME TO DO IS GO FAR AND WIDE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BRINGING WHAT I KNOW HOW TO DO IN MUSIC PERFORMANCE AND BRINGING, NOT MUSIC THERAPY, BUT MY TRAINING THAT INFORMS HOW I CAN SOMETIMES WORK WITH, UH, SENSITIVE POPULATIONS THAT I MAY BE SENT TO WORK WITH AND BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM IN TEACHING WORKSHOPS AND SONGWRITING, UM, IN TEACHING PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUES OR SIMPLY GOING OUT AND BRINGING THE POWER OF MUSIC.
SO WHETHER INDOOR, OUTDOOR, ANYTHING IN BETWEEN, I'VE BEEN REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT HOW CAN I UTILIZE MY SKILLSETS AND FORMALIZE THOSE THINGS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
UH, ONE OF THE BIG BLESSINGS OVER TIME OF DOING PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS ON CAP
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THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, I'M STILL ON THE ROSTER.FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY HAVE FUTURE EVENTS IN MIND, UH, I WAS GOT AN OPPORTUNITY, A BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A UNITED STATES CULTURAL AMBASSADOR.
SO AS A MUSICIAN AND AS A MUSIC THERAPIST AND A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT WITH NAT, HAVING SERVED NATIONALLY WITH THE AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION ON THEIR DIVERSITY AND EQUITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE FOR YEARS IN THE PAST, JUST THE AMALGAMATION OF ALL THOSE THINGS MADE ME A GREAT CANDIDATE TO REPRESENT THE US AND I WAS BLESSED DURING THAT VIRTUAL YEAR, UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC TO GET PAIRED WITH GUEST LECTURING AND SOME WORKSHOP PERFORMANCES OF AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST.
FAST FORWARD A LITTLE BIT MORE, JUST THIS PAST APRIL, I HAD THE BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO ZAMBIA IN AFRICA, IN PERSON, TEACH WORKSHOPS AND HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CULMINATING PERFORMANCE.
THERE'S CLIPS OF IT UP ONLINE IF YOU, UH, CARE TO SEE MORE AFTER I KNEW THEY JUST GAVE ME FIVE MINUTES.
UM, THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER PASSION POINT FOR ME TO JUST REVERSE A LITTLE BIT BACK.
YOU'LL SEE THIS T-SHIRT THAT I HAVE ON TODAY.
IT SAYS MUSICALLY ME UNLIMITED.
AND THAT'S A SPECIFIC PROGRAM AND INITIATIVE OF MINE BIRTH FROM THE UNDERSTANDING OF MY LIVED EXPERIENCE AS, UH, A BLACK WOMAN IN THE U IN THE US OF A.
AND AT ONE POINT IN TIME I WAS ALSO, YOU KNOW, A TEEN AND THE THINGS THAT WE GO THROUGH.
SO I CREATED MUSICALLY MEET UNLIMITED AS A PROGRAM THAT I'M BLESSED TO HAVE INCUBATED, UM, IN OUR OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE SPACE, AND HAS SINCE BEEN SUPPORTED BY ARTS ACTIVATE FUNDING AS WELL.
UH, A PROGRAM THAT SAYS, HOW CAN I TAKE MY SKILLSET AND MUSIC THERAPY AND MY SKILLSET AS AN ARTIST, COMBINE THOSE TWO, BRING MUSIC AND SOCIO-EMOTIONAL LEARNING TO A PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR YOUTH, UH, TO LEARN ABOUT EMOTIONS AND COPING, COMMUNITY BUILDING AND JUST FOSTERING THE RESILIENCE THAT IS A FACT OF LIFE AND THE REALITY OF BEING A NECESSITY.
WE CAN'T BAR THEM FROM ADVERSITY, BUT HOW CAN WE EQUIP OUR STUDENTS OF THE FUTURE, UH, TO BE, UH, MORE IN TUNE WITH THE ARTS, WHETHER THEY PURSUE THAT AS A CAREER OR THEY NOW HAVE AN EXPRESSIVE OUTLET AND A COMMUNITY OF OTHER FOLKS.
WE'VE, UH, PERFORMED AT THE IRVING ARTS CENTER, THE BATHHOUSE CULTURAL CENTER, SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER.
UH, WE'VE DONE PROGRAMMING OVER AT THE LIBRARY AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO I SAY ALL THOSE THINGS AND MAYBE RELATIVELY QUICKLY JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE PASSION THAT I HAVE FOR THE ARTS, BUT ALSO BRINGING IT TO PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY AROUND THE WORLD AND THE, THE BLESSING THAT IT HAS BEEN TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT AND TO STILL DO THAT TO THIS DAY.
SO I, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO ENSURE THAT BOOTS ON THE GROUND ARTISTS LIKE ME HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE DO.
I FORGOT TO MENTION, I'M A FOUNDER AND C E O OF KING CREATIVE ARTS EXPRESSIONS, AND OF COURSE A FOUNDER OF MUSICALLY BEING UNLIMITED AS WELL.
SO WHETHER IN CONCERT OR IN WORKSHOP, UH, I'M ALL ABOUT, UH, PEOPLE, MUSIC, THE ARTS AND THE WAYS THAT I CAN BRING THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, WE START.
HE, INSTEAD OF CELEBRATION, TRY SETTLE THE WE DO ALL SHOULD YOU HAVE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONGRATULATIONS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE FIRST YEAR THAT YOU WERE NAMED A CAP ARTIST, UM, YOU KNOW, ARTIST, BEING AN ARTIST IS, IS REALLY MUCH BEING A HUSTLER, RIGHT? YOU GOTTA GET THE WORD OUT, YOU GOTTA TELL AS MANY PEOPLE ABOUT YOUR CRAFT.
UM, HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT, UM, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE KNEW TO REQUEST YOU AS APP ARTIST? GREAT QUESTION.
UM, A LOT OF THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE, JUST TO BE QUITE FRANK, HAS BEEN WORD OF MOUTH JUST SAYS THAT I CAN GO PLACES.
UH, I WORKED, UH, IN, IN SORT OF WHAT YOU CAN CALL THE EDUCATION SOCIAL SECTOR BEFORE THEN.
SO I FEEL LIKE I HAD A CAREER BEFORE THIS CAREER BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO TRANSITION OVER.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, BEING ON CAP WAS A BIG PROPONENT OF BEING
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ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, I CAN GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS SHIFT BECAUSE IF I WANT TO GO AND WORK IN PLACES THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE BUDGET, THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE TO STILL GO OUT AND SERVE.SO WORD OF MOUTH HAS BEEN HELPFUL, UH, TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT IT AND ASKING THEM TO SPREAD THE WORD, UH, NATURALLY SOME I THINK PEOPLE JUST SAW ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL AND THOUGHT MY PICTURE OR BIO LOOKED INTERESTING.
AND THEN FROM THERE SAYING, HEY, WHO ELSE DO YOU KNOW? OR GETTING HEARING, HEY, WE'D LIKE YOU FOR SO AND SO, HOW'D YOU HEAR ABOUT ME? WELL, YOU WERE OVER HERE AT THIS PLACE.
SO I'M ALL OVER THE PLACE ALL THE TIME.
UH, SO I THINK THAT THAT HAS BEEN, UH, A SUPPORT, ALTHOUGH IT TOOK TIME TO BUILD TO THAT POINT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO, COMMISSIONER, I JUST ALSO WANTED SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
I ALSO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF THE TRINIDAD AUTO BOND CENTER, AND SO JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THEM AS WELL.
I KNOW YOU'RE VERY APPRECIATED THERE.
AND WHILE I WAS TYPING WAY OVER HERE, I WAS LISTENING TO YOU, BUT I WAS LIKE MAKING SURE THAT I CAN KNOW ABOUT YOU AFTERWARDS.
SO, UM, SHE'S GOT A GREAT WEBSITE.
YOU CAN FOLLOW HER ON INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK AND SPOTIFY.
SO IF ANYBODY LIKE ME, I, UM, I INTEND TO DOWNLOAD YOUR SONGS AS SOON AS WE'RE OUT OF THE MEETING.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANNA SAY SHE, SHE, WHEN SHE SAYS ALSO SHE, SHE'S A AN ARTIST SUPPORTER AND SO I SEE HER AT EVENTS OFTEN.
AND SO THAT'S ALSO A WAY THAT, UM, TO CONNECT AND NETWORK.
COMMISSIONER SHIRLEY OLA, I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND.
UM, IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN THAT WE FIND TWO DALLAS PEOPLE THAT WENT TO WESTERN CONNECTICUT IN DANBURY.
I ENDED UP IN TEXAS, BUT I I DID MY FIRST TWO YEARS AT WESTCON.
UM, THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS IN ALLOCATIONS, UH, YESTERDAY, UM, ABOUT, UM, CAP ARTISTS AND, AND WHY SOME ARE MORE POPULAR THAN OTHERS.
WHAT TYPE OF, UH, WHERE ARE SOME OF THE PLACES THAT YOU'VE BEEN REQUESTED AT? UH, LOTS OF STUFF FROM, UH, LET'S SEE, UH, PARKS AND REC, UH, THE SENIORS, UM, UH, JUBILEE PARK, UH, GOODNESS, UH, DIFFERENT CITY EVENTS.
AND ONE OTHER THING THAT I'LL SHARE AS WELL, I SAY THIS WITH THE MOST HUMBLE WAY.
I KNOW HOW TO DO A LOT OF THINGS AND I'M AVAILABLE TO DO A LOT OF THINGS.
SO THAT CAN MIGHT ALSO BE LIKE, OH, LIST 4, 5, 6, 7 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I CAN BE AVAILABLE FOR.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS ANY SORT OF BEARING, UM, ON ANYTHING.
AND UH, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO DO ARE AROUND HOW CAN I TEACH AND SUPPORT AND UPLIFT, UM, AND I KNOW MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE ROSTER ARE, ARE VERY MUCH SO ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
SO I, I COULDN'T TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY, UH, BUT THE TYPES OF REQUESTS I GET, I CAN WORK WITH ANYTHING FROM YOUNG CHILDREN.
I DID A LOT OF YOUNG KIDS, UH, THIS YEAR ALL THE WAY FROM TODDLER TO 10 AND 12 OTHER YEARS.
I MIGHT DO THINGS WITH THE YOUTH TEENAGE AREA.
I CAN DO ADULTS AND SENIOR AS WELL.
SO, UM, I'M CHECKING MOST OF THE BOXES AND I HAVE PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT MOST OF THE BOXES, UM, SPECIAL NEEDS, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.
ANY OTHER HANDS IN THE GOUT? OKAY.
SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT, I KNOW I'VE REQUESTED YOU A NUMBER OF TIMES FOR STUFF WE'VE DONE AND I KNOW, UM, I'M ON THE EDUCATION TASK FORCE FOR JUBILEE, WHICH IS HOW THEY FOUND OUT THEY COULD USE CAP FOR THEIR SUMMER PROGRAM, WHICH THEY LOVED.
UNIVERSITY D C I WAS AT THIS SUMMER AS WELL.
SO, UM, I'M CURIOUS, HAS BEING IN CAP HELPED YOU GET OTHER JOBS TOO? HAS THAT LED TO ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S KIND OF HELPED YOUR CAREER? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, I GOT TO DO A REALLY BEAUTIFUL BAND PERFORMANCE, UM, UH, OVER AT, I GUESS CAN I SAY AND SHARE FREELY, OPENLY SURE.
AT MESQUITE ARTS CENTER, SEVERAL MONTHS BACK.
AND IT WAS SOMEONE THAT HAPPENED TO SEE ME OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND I WILL VENTURE TO GUESS LIKE MOST LIKELY IT WAS SOME CAP EVENT IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, THAT SHE SAID, I I KEPT YOUR CARD.
IT'S PROBABLY BEEN A YEAR OR TWO AND I, I PUT IT, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE SAFE.
AND THEN WHEN IT WAS TIME TO CHOOSE PEOPLE THE NEXT TIME AROUND I CAME ACROSS HER CARD AND I SAID, WE NEED TO SEE IF WE CAN GET HER BOOK.
SO, UM, YEAH, ONE THING HAS, HAS LED TO ANOTHER IF EVEN IF IT'S SOMEONE ELSE ON CAP, UH, SOMEONE ELSE REQUESTING ME THROUGH CAP, BUT THAT WAS A REALLY AWESOME
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LIKE OFF CAP AND OH, I'M ALSO, UH, AN ARTIST ON THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF THE ARTS ROSTER.SO THEY WOUND UP GOING THROUGH THAT AVENUE TO HELP FUND SINCE THEY'RE NOT IN THE CITY TO ACCESS, UH, APP PROGRAMMING FUNDS.
MS. KING, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR COMING TO TODAY.
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TO US TODAY.
HIS NAME IS CHRIS HEIN AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW CHRIS.
ALRIGHT, WELL GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
I'M CHRIS HEBA WITH THE AT AND T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, BUT I'M HERE REPRESENTING DCA TODAY, THE DALLAS AREA CULTURAL ADVOCACY COALITION.
AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM BECAUSE THIS MUST BE A SIGNIFICANT YEAR FOR THE ARTS AND WE NEED YOUR HELP.
WE ARE PRICING FOR AT LEAST 6% OF THE BILLION DOLLAR BOND PROGRAM, AT LEAST $60 MILLION.
THIS WOULD BE SPREAD OVER 15 CULTURAL FACILITIES, UH, VENUES LIKE, UH, SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER, O C THREE L C C, UM, HISTORIC VENUES LIKE DALLAS, BLACK DANCE THEATER, THE SALMON CENTER, BATHHOUSE, KALITA, UH, VENUES LIKE THE MAJESTIC D M A WIND SPEAR, WILEY MOODY AND MORE.
AND I WANNA BE CLEAR, NONE OF THIS, NONE OF THIS IS FOR SHINY NEW VENUES.
THIS IS ABOUT TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE'VE GOT.
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, UH, REPAIRS, H V A C, ROOFS, ELEVATORS, FIRE SUPPRESSION.
AND I WANNA BE CLEAR TOO, KALITA AND D M A, THEIR REQUESTS IN HERE ARE NOT ABOUT THEIR FUTURE PLANS.
IT'S ABOUT STUFF WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW.
IN 2003, UH, WE GOT 5% OUT OF THE BOND.
THAT WAS A GOOD YEAR IN 2006, 60.8 MILLION FOR CULTURAL FACILITIES.
A VERY GOOD YEAR, A RECORD AMOUNT.
WE WERE TOLD THIS ISN'T AN ARCH YEAR, COME BACK THE NEXT TIME, WHICH IS NOW, IT HAS BEEN 17 YEARS SINCE THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN MAINTAINING OUR CULTURAL VENUES.
AND THERE WON'T BE ANOTHER BOND UNTIL 2029.
WE AREN'T ARGUING, BY THE WAY, FOR ONE VENUE OR ANOTHER.
OKAY? OUR STRATEGY IS LOCKING ARMS AND PUSHING FOR THE ENTIRE O A C PACKAGE, OKAY? IN 2017, EVERYONE WENT AFTER THEIR OWN THING.
WE ARE NOT MAKING THAT MISTAKE AGAIN, RIGHT NOW.
OACS REQUEST IS BEFORE THE BOND TASK FORCE AND A CRITICAL FACILITY SUBCOMMITTEE.
THEY'RE MEETING AT CITY HALL ON TUESDAY, OKAY? THEY'RE ABOUT TO MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL.
SO THE TIME IS CRITICAL AND THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT COMPETING NEEDS, STREETS, FLOOD CONTROL, POLICE, LIBRARIES.
IT'S LIKE HUNGER, OKAY? WE NEED YOUR VOICE, WE NEED YOUR PRESENCE AT THESE MEETINGS, AND WE NEED YOU TO HELP US ROUND UP PEOPLE TO GET THERE.
JOANNA AND I WILL HAVE BUTTONS, OKAY? WE'VE GOT BUTTONS FOR YOU.
BUT MOST IMPORTANT, WE NEED YOU TO START ADVOCATING WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, THE PEOPLE THAT WILL APPOINTED YOU.
THEY'RE GONNA BE ULTIMATELY THE DECIDERS.
AND TRUST ME, YOU'RE COUNTERPARTS ON PARKS, ON LIBRARY BOARDS, ON, UH, ANIMAL WELFARE.
THEY'RE SHOWING UP, THEY'RE ALREADY ADVOCATING THEIR WAY AHEAD OF US.
SO NOW IS THE TIME TO START BENDING YOUR FOLKS HERE.
UM, I WOULD NOT ASK YOU IF IT'S NOT IMPORTANT.
WE'RE GOING TO EMAIL YOU THE INFORMATION AND EVERYTHING AND GET IT TO YOU, BUT WE NEED TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IN THIS.
OKAY, LET'S LOOK AT THE SECOND ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
2025 BY ENIO, BUT ANNE MARIE AND MARTIN RED, I I'M SURE WE'LL DO THAT.
UM, AND I APOLOGIZE, BE THERE IN PERSON A LITTLE, BUT VERY PLEASED TO SHARE WITH YOU HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CITY MANAGERS PROPOSED 20 23, 24 AND FY 24 25
UM, SO WE DO A TWO YEAR BUDGET CYCLE.
SO THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDS A PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE FIRST YEAR,
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WHICH WILL START OCTOBER 1ST, 2023.UM, AND THE PLAN BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME CONSISTENCY YEAR TO YEAR IN THE BUDGET.
UM, OUR OVERALL PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET IS $4.6 BILLION AS A CITY.
UM, AND THEN IT GOES DOWN SLIGHTLY IN FY 25 TO 4.57 BILLION.
UM, THE, UH, OVERALL GENERAL FUND, WHICH WE'RE MOSTLY PART OF IS 1.8 BILLION.
AND, UH, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE REDUCES, UM, THE, THE, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS A REDUCTION VERSUS LAST YEAR, UM, GOES SLIGHTLY BELOW 74 CENTS PER $100 OF VALUATION.
UM, SO THERE, YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PART OF THAT ORANGE 1.8 BILLION.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT IN ENTERPRISE FUNDS FOR, OH, IF YOU CAN GO BACK LUIS, W R R.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE PORTIONS OF CAPITAL.
UM, LUIS, CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE PLEASE? UM, SO THE GENERAL PURPOSE CAPITAL IS ALSO IN THERE, AND THOUGH YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE SOME OF THE 2017 BOND FUNDS, UM, THAT ARE PART OF, UM, WORK THAT HELPED COMPLETE A LOT OF THE BONDS, UM, FROM THE LAST, LAST GO AROUND.
UM, SO THE, THE BIGGEST PICTURE UPDATE IS OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS UP SLIGHTLY.
UM, BUT REALLY THE MOST EXCITING PART IS HOT.
WE'VE GONE UP TO 10% THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AND, UH, AND SO WE ARE ARE HAPPY TO, UM, HAVE THAT CONTINUE TO BOLSTER OUR PROGRAMS, OUR OVERALL STRATEGY.
AND MARTINE, I SEE YOU'RE TRYING, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK OVER.
NO, THERE'S A, I'M SORRY IF I'M DISTRACTING YOU.
I JUST WANTED
UM, OVERALL STRATEGY FOR US IS TO CONTINUE ADVANCING.
ARE YOU ON PAGE EIGHT? ON PAGE NINE? UH, OKAY.
OUR OVERALL STRATEGY, UH, FOR WHAT'S NEW THIS YEAR IS CONTINUE ADVANCING LONG-TERM CULTURAL PLAN GOALS.
UM, SOME OF THESE NEW ONES ARE INCREASING MAINTENANCE OF OUR BUILDINGS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF BUILDINGS, THERE'S SOME CAPITAL NEEDS AND THERE'S ALWAYS OPERATING MAINTENANCE NEEDS.
UM, AS WELL OF OUR MAINTENANCE OF OUR 300 PIECE PUBLIC ART COLLECTION.
UM, INCREASING GROWTH FOR ARTISTS OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH C O P ARTS, ACTIVATE AND CAP.
UM, REALLY GETTING FULL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE CRAFT HOUSE NOW THAT WE REALLY KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP IT RUNNING, PROTECT THE CRISIS ARTIFACTS THERE.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY IMPROVING ENGAGEMENT WITH, UM, AND ACCESSIBILITY TO ARTISTS.
THEY'RE MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO WORK WITH ALL OF OUR ARTISTS, UM, AS WE GROW THESE PROGRAMS. AND THEN ALSO A RELOCATION OF OUR HEADQUARTERS, UM, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN THE MAJESTIC.
UM, SO BUDGETING FOR EQUITY IS PART OF OUR BUDGET.
UM, IT'S BAKED IN THERE WHEN YOU MAKE A BUDGET REQUEST.
WHEN WE HAVE TO SUBMIT OUR BUDGET EVERY YEAR, WE DRAW UPON INPUT FROM THIS GROUP, FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS TO SAY, WHERE ARE WE GOING? WHAT, HOW ARE WE CURRENTLY INVESTED IN? WHERE DO WE NEED TO KEEP INVESTING? UM, SO THIS IS A SECTION YOU'LL FIND IN EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT IN THE BUDGET BOOK, WHICH IS ON DALLAS CITY HALL.COM.
IT'S VERY TOP, UM, LINK IF YOU WANNA READ THE FULL 500 PLUS PAGE BUDGET.
UM, AND THESE ARE A FEW OF OUR EQUITY EFFORTS IN THE COMING YEAR.
UM, TWO OF THEM REALLY ARE COMING UP THIS FALL AND CONTINUING INTO THE SPRING AROUND THE, UH, MEMORIAL FOR VICTIMS OF RACIAL VIOLENCE, WHICH YOU ALL WERE BRIEFED ON, I BELIEVE, LAST JUNE MEETING BY DR.
AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY ACCESSIBLE.
CURRENTLY YOU HAVE TO GO BY THE GRASSI KNOLL, UM, UNDERNEATH AN UNDERPASS AND IT'S NOT A VERY ACCESSIBLE PARK.
UM, SO WE'RE ALSO WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THESE DEPARTMENTS TO, UH, INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY FOR THIS REALLY IMPORTANT PARK AND THIS REALLY IMPORTANT PUBLIC ART PIECE.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO ARE CONTINUING TO ADVANCE HOW MUCH FUNDING WE GIVE TO, UH, WHAT THE RACIAL EQUITY PROJECT CALLS A PLAY, AND CALLS HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, WE USE ALANA AS ADOPTED BY OUR CULTURAL POLICY, UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THAT TO 35% THIS YEAR.
SO NOW I'M GONNA GO THROUGH SERVICE BY SERVICE.
WE HAVE THREE MAIN SERVICE AREAS IN THE GENERAL FUND FUNDING PROGRAMS, OUR GRANT PROGRAMS, UH, OUR VENUES AND PUBLIC ART.
AND THEN WE HAVE ONE SERVICE IN A ENTERPRISE FUND OF W R R.
SO ON THE GRANT SIDE, UH, THE C O P IS BUDGETED TO INCREASE TO 6.25 MILLION, UM, UP FROM 5.7 MILLION LAST YEAR ALLOCATIONS.
AS YOU'VE HEARD, IT'S BEEN HARD AT WORK LOOKING AT SCENARIOS, UM, ALL THROUGH THE SUMMER.
SO, UM, THEY'LL HAVE SOME REALLY WONDERFUL RECOMMENDATIONS WE HOPE AT YOUR NEXT MEETING.
ARTS ACTIVATE, UH, THESE PROJECT
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GRANTS THAT YOU HEARD MS. KING TALK ABOUT, THAT WILL INCREASE BY 30% TO 1.3 MILLION, UM, FROM 1 MILLION ACROSS THREE ROUNDS.WE THINK THIS WILL BE REALLY POPULAR, UM, AND CONTINUE TO GET MORE AND MORE APPLICATIONS.
SO THIS WOULD ALLOWS US TO ENABLE, UH, MORE AND MORE ARTISTS PROJECTS.
WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED APPLICATIONS FOR THIS FIRST ROUND LAST MONTH.
UM, CAP, UH, IS ALSO INCREASING BY ANOTHER $75,000, UH, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE OF THOSE WONDERFUL PERFORMANCES ACROSS THE CITY.
AND COMMUNITY ARTS, UM, WILL ALSO GROW AND, UM, THAT TEAM WILL WILL BE ABLE TO GROW.
WE ALSO ARE ADDING, UH, THIS WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE SECOND YEAR PLANNED LAST YEAR AND NOW IT'S ROLLED FORWARD INTO THE FIRST YEAR PROPOSED, UM, ABOUT A NEW ROLE.
UM, AND SOME PROGRAMMING DOLLARS TO FOCUS ON CULTURAL HERITAGE CELEBRATIONS SUCH AS PRIDE MONTH, JUNETEENTH, UM, ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HISTORY MONTH, UM, UH, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WHICH IS COMING UP VERY SHORTLY.
EVENTS SUCH AS THOSE, UM, THAT WE KNOW ARE NEEDED THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD DEDICATED FUNDING FOR, WE'VE DONE ON A ONE-OFF BASIS, BUT REALLY FOCUSING ON THAT IN CITY HALL AND THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT COMMUNITY ARTS TEAM.
AND THEN, UH, WE DID A, WE'RE WE'RE ABLE TO ASK FOR AN AD A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO CONTINUE CULTURE OF VALUE.
THAT WAS THE 2020 PILOT THAT WE RAN OUT OF OUR OWN ARTS ENDOWMENT.
WE HAD, UH, N E A UH, ROUND THAT JUST WAS FINISHED.
AND UM, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS FUNDED, UH, RELAUNCH IN 2023.
UH, THIS IS A VERY SMALL MICRO GRANT, AS WE CALL IT, PROGRAM.
WE TRY TO MAKE IT EASY TO SAY YES TO THESE AND, UM, AS PART OF THIS PIPELINE AND MAKING THINGS EASIER TO ACCESS, UM, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO CONTINUE THAT IN THE GENERAL FUND NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, WE'VE BEEN LISTENING THIS, UH, THIS COMMISSION AND OUR ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN VERY COMP, UH, UH, PASSIONATE ABOUT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS. UM, SO WE HAVE ALSO PROPOSED 150,000 FOR CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS FOR SMALL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, SPECIFICALLY WITH A FOCUS ON ALANA ARTS ORGANIZATION.
RHONDA AND THE COMMUNITY ARTS TEAM HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB WITH OUR SUMMER RESIDENCIES THAT'S BEEN PART OF IT, UH, AND REALLY HAVING MORE SUPPORT TO COME ALONGSIDE HOW WE SUPPORT THESE SMALL AND EMERGING ARTS GROUPS FOR A LONGER TERM SUSTAINABILITY.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED THREE ADDITIONAL STAFF, UM, TWO COORDINATORS AND, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO HELP.
'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE CONTRACTS, THERE'S A LOT MORE INVOICES, THERE'S A LOT MORE PAPERWORK.
UM, AND WE ALSO WANNA BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE ARTISTS AND CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE ARTISTS.
UM, SO RETURNING TO VENUES, WHICH IS A LARGE PORTION OF OUR BUDGET, WE DO ALWAYS HAVE MAINTENANCE NEEDS, THINGS BREAK.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ESPECIALLY AV SYSTEMS, THE ACOUSTIC BANNERS IN THE MOODY NEED TO BE INSPECTED AND THOSE ARE VERY SPECIALTY ITEMS THAT OUR BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS UNABLE TO ADDRESS.
SO WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE MORE MONEY ADDED FOR THIS ONGOING PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME DEFERRED MAINTENANCE TO PREVENT FUTURE PROBLEMS. UM, AT THE CRAFT HOUSE, WE DO HAVE MS. KRAFT'S ARTIFACTS AND HER, UM, HER POLL TAX BAG, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, SO WE WERE, AS PART OF THE SECURITY PLAN THERE, WE HAD FULL-TIME SECURITY AT THE HOUSE, UM, TO PREDICT BOTH THE CONTENTS OF THE HOUSE, THE HOUSE AND ITS VISITORS.
UM, AND THEN A YEAR ROUND INTERN.
WE WERE PREVIOUSLY ERS FOR SUMMER INTERNS AT MOST OF OUR VENUES.
WE ARE THINKING EITHER UM, UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE LEVEL INTERN WHO WOULD BE THERE PART-TIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WOULD BE ANOTHER PERSON, UH, WHO WOULD BE HOPEFULLY ENTERING CULTURAL FIELD WITH A PASSION FOR EQUITY.
AND IT ALSO HELPS WITH STAFFING AT THAT VENUE.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A TWO PERSON FACILITIES TEAM THAT RUNS AROUND TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF OUR 19 FACILITIES.
SO WE ADDED ONE ADDITIONAL, UM, FACILITIES, UH, SUPERVISOR AND THEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE NOT HAD AN IT PERSON.
SO RUSSELL DYER AND I HAVE BEEN PLAYING IT MANAGER FOR YEARS, UH, WHICH IS NOT REALLY MY FORTE OR RUSSELL'S.
UH, WE TRY OUR BEST, BUT TO HELP WITH ALL THESE TECHNOLOGY NEEDS TO HELP MAINTAIN OUR WEBSITE TO HELP WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP UP AND KEEP BEING RESPONSIVE.
WE DO HAVE AN IT COORDINATOR WHO IS PROPOSED.
AND THEN FIND, OH, THIS IS JUST A REPEAT, I APOLOGIZE.
THERE IS MUST, THIS DOES HAVE ONE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT BUDGET, WHICH IS JUST CONTINUING TO SAY THAT OUR CULTURAL CENTERS EACH HAVE THEIR OWN PROGRAMMING BUDGETS.
UM, THE LARGER CULTURAL CENTERS HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH, AND THE TWO SMALLER CULTURAL CENTERS HAVE $75,000 EACH.
UM, THEN OUR LAST GENERAL FUND SERVICE PUBLIC ART, UM, WE CONTINUE TO BUDGET THAT WITH A MANAGER AND FOUR COORDINATORS.
THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ROLES AND THE HOURS THEY ACTUALLY TRACK EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THEY
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DO AGAINST EVERY SINGLE BOND PROGRAM.AND THEN WE REIMBURSE THOSE HOURS AGAINST THE BOND FUNDS.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO LYNN RUSHTON, WHO MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE COLLECTIONS AND CONSERVATION MANAGER WHO IS FULLY FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, THE MAINTENANCE BUDGET WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO SAY HAS BEEN PROPOSED FOR A 50% INCREASE OF $80,000.
CURRENTLY IT'S $160,000, WHICH DOESN'T GO VERY FAR IN THE 300 PLUS WORKS IN THE CITY COLLECTION.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PEGASUS ON TOP OF THE MAGNOLIA IS WELL OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO DO ROUTINE CLEANING ON THE HENRY MOORE IS PROBABLY IN FRONT OF CITY HALLS OVER $10,000 AS WELL AS FOR FREEDMAN'S MEMORIAL, THOSE MONUMENTAL BRONZES, EACH OF THOSE IS OVER $10,000 A YEAR TO CARE FOR.
SO AS YOU CAN TELL, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT KIND OF UNSEXY THINGS, BUT THAT HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LIVING UP TO OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO CARE FOR OUR, OUR, OUR VENUES AND OUR PUBLIC ART COLLECTION.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, BECAUSE I KNOW MANY OF YOU WILL ASK, UM, W R R OUR ENTERPRISE FUND, WHICH MEANS TAXPAYER DOLLARS DON'T GO FOR IT.
OUR FEES THAT WE CHARGE, UH, WILL PAY FOR IT.
UM, ACTUALLY REACHES STEADY STATE BUDGET AT ABOUT $600,000.
SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, WE PAY FOR RADIO TOWER RENTS AND A COUPLE REIMBURSEMENTS TO THE GENERAL FUND.
AND KRAS, UH, CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED AND CONTINUES TO PAY ALL OF THOSE EXPENSES SINCE THE TRANSITION IN JANUARY.
SO THIS IS THE BIG SCHEDULE, UH, TONIGHT.
STARTING TONIGHT THERE ARE GONNA BE 33 BUDGET TOWN HALLS VIRTUALLY OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL BE AT ACROSS THE CITY AT THESE.
THERE'S SOME VIRTUAL, THERE'S IN-PERSON ONES, THE FULL SCHEDULE IS THERE.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THEM, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
WE CAN EMAIL OUT THAT SCHEDULE.
THIS IS THE FULL BUDGET CALENDAR.
UM, YOU'LL SEE KIND OF HALFWAY DOWN THE PAGE.
IT SAYS BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETINGS WITH AUGUST 10TH TO 24TH.
COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE DEBATING CONSIDERING AMENDMENTS.
UM, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, IF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT.
WE REALLY WANNA, UM, ANSWER AS I KNOW THERE MAY BE QUESTIONS.
AND THIS IS A 30,000 FOOT OVERVIEW OF, UM, WHAT'S ESSENTIALLY A $30 MILLION BUDGET WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE GENERAL FUND AND OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
UM, AND WITH THAT, MARTINE, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD WANT TO ADD? SURE, YES.
THE ONE PAGER THAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET TODAY IS, UM, WHAT WE HAVE PREPARED FOR STAFF.
ALL THE MANAGERS WHO ARE ATTENDING TOWN HALLS HAVE THIS INFORMATION, BUT WE REALLY WANT DEEPER DIVES AND WHAT WE PRESENTED, I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE THE TIME AND GO TO THE PUBLIC FACING BUDGET BOOK AND THE SPECIFIC PAGE NUMBERS 'CAUSE IT IS 700 PAGES LONG.
UM, OACS PAGES ARE 3 0 1 TO 3 0 7, AND THEN THE W R R RELATED PAGES ARE, UH, 3 99 TO 4 0 2.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AFTER REVIEWING THE ONE PAGER, THE PAGE IS NOTED IN THE BUDGET BOOK.
PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO AM AND I ADDRESS THOSE.
UM, WE INVITE TO ATTEND YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL.
YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICTS, OF COURSE, BUT ONE OF US WILL BE PRESENT AT EACH OF THESE.
UH, COULD YOU REPEAT THOSE PAGE NUMBERS PLEASE? SURE, SURE.
OACS PAGES ARE 3 0 1 2 3 0 7, AND THEN WRS ARE NOTED ON A 3 99 TO 4 0 2.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER LMO? YES.
UM, PAGE 13, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT ARE CONSIDERED LARGE CENTERS AND WHAT ARE CONSIDERED SMALLER VENUES? YES.
COMMISSIONER HAL LMO, I THINK MY INTERNET CUT OUT FOR JUST A SECOND, BUT YOU ASKED WHICH ONES ARE CONSIDERED LARGE CENTERS AND WHICH ONES ARE SMALLER.
UM, OUR TWO LARGEST BY SQUARE FOOTAGE, UM, CENTERS ARE THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER AND THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER.
AND THE TWO SMALLER CULTURAL CENTERS ARE THE BATHHOUSE AND THE OAK CLIFF CULTURAL CENTER.
I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE INCREASE IN THE MAINTENANCE FOR PUBLIC ART, BUT, UM, IS THAT THE BEST WE CAN DO
WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT.
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I THINK IT'S SIGNIFICANT.AND SO I, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO THINK ABOUT AS WE GO FORWARD IN BUDGETING.
I DON'T, I'M NEW TO THIS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF CITIES USUALLY LOOK AT A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF THE COLLECTION, BUT I, I KNOW I'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE, I CAN'T REMEMBER IN MY HEAD, BUT I KNOW IT'S TENS OF MILLIONS AND IT MIGHT EVEN BE A HUNDRED MILLION.
UM, I MEAN, JUST THE VALUE OF THE HENRY MOORE IS SIGNIFICANT.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE ASKING, WE'RE ASKING THE CITY FOR RESOURCES THAT HAVE TO BE SPREAD AMONG A LOT OF THINGS, BUT THAT'S A REALLY VALUABLE RESOURCE THAT WE OWN.
UM, AND I'M JUST, I WAS ALWAYS SURPRISED THAT IT WAS 160, UH, 80 IS A, THAT'S A HUGE INCREASE, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE US BE MORE MINDFUL ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE PRESERVE WHAT WE HAVE EACH, EACH MEETING.
YOU GUYS BRING US GREAT NEW ART.
LIKE I, I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMISSION FOR I THINK THREE YEARS NOW AND WE KEEP APPROVING THESE NEW PROJECTS, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
I WANTED TO SEE US KEEP DOING THAT.
AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM LOCALLY GENERATED ART TO MAJOR ARTISTS LIKE THE HENRY MOORE OUT IN FRONT OF THE, UM, THE CITY.
I REALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO WHAT WE CAN TO BE GOOD STEWARDS.
I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE POINT ABOUT THE, WELL YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT PROGRAMMING, BUT I ALSO AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER THE BUDGET FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE ON OUR CULTURAL FACILITIES IS SUFFICIENT.
BECAUSE IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THOSE FACILITIES, WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO DO ALL OF THE GREAT PROGRAMMING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE.
AND WE'VE, WE HAVE WORKED HARD THIS SUMMER.
WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE INCREASE IN THOSE BUDGETS, BUT WE HEAR ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE VARIOUS CULTURAL CENTERS, THINGS NOT WORKING.
SO I WOULD REALLY, I KNOW IT'S NOT THE SEXY PART OF THE BUDGET, BUT I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE US TO THINK HARD ABOUT BOTH THE PUBLIC ARTS SIDE PRESERVATION AND THE FACILITIES, THE 19 CULTURAL FACILITIES TO BE SURE THAT WE REALLY DO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF THEM SO THAT THEY OPERATE PROPERLY.
SORRY, THAT'S MY SOAPBOX FOR THE DAY.
'CAUSE UM, I WOULD, DO WE HAVE A PLAN B IF THE, IF WE DON'T GET WHAT WE'RE NEEDING IN THE BOND? BECAUSE I MEAN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO TALK TO YOUR, UM, YOUR DISTRICT'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE, THE BOND TASK FORCE BECAUSE I THINK THE ARTS ARE THE FIRST THING THEY LOOK AT AND THINK, AH, WE COULD MOVE THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UM, AND WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IN THAT LIST IS REALLY NOT STUFF THAT WE CAN LET GO.
IT'S NOT, IT'S ALL, UM, MAINTENANCE.
IT'S ALL DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AND SEE THAT AT T PACKS ON THERE AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, THEY'RE A BIG RICH ENTITY.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THOSE BUILDINGS ARE OWNED BY THE CITY WHO'S THEIR LANDLORD? WHO HAS RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR THOSE BUILDINGS? SO PLEASE GO TALK TO YOUR BOND PERSON.
'CAUSE IF, IF THAT 60 MILLION DOESN'T GO THROUGH, THEN TO ME, THAT'S GONNA AFFECT SOME OF WHAT'S PLANNED HERE TOO.
'CAUSE SOME OF THAT MONEY'S GONNA HAVE TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE.
SO, UM, SO WHAT IS OUR ROLE IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS? I'M NEW TO THIS, SO WHAT DO WE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT? WE'RE, UH, GETTING THIS AS A, UH, FINISHED PRODUCT.
DO WE HAVE ANY INPUT ON THE, WHAT DID IT SAY FIRST PART, AND I DON'T, I JUST DON'T KNOW.
MARTIN TEAM WOULD DIRECT THAT QUESTION.
IT IS A BRIEFING ITEM I, FOR, FROM MY PURVIEW.
WE DO NEED YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR PRESENCE IN YOUR DISTRICT SHOWING UP AT YOUR TIME.
SUPPORT OF AS STAFF, WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET BOOK IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR A CITY MANAGER TO SUPPORT.
UM, I'M FRESH OUT OF MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND HE IS IN SUPPORT OF WHAT WE'VE ASKED AND WHAT WE HAVEN'T ASKED THAT MAKES SENSE.
THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T BROUGHT TO HIS ATTENTION.
HE'D LIKE FOR US TO BE MORE WILLING AND, UH, AT COMMUNICATING WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO DEFERRED MAINTENANCE BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE NEEDS COME ACROSS HIS DESK.
OBVIOUSLY THE BUDGET WE HAVE IS THE BUDGET WE WORK WITH.
WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, RIGHT, TO ENSURE THAT OUR BUILDINGS ARE MAINTAINED AND CONSERVED.
SO WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB.
INTERDEPARTMENTALLY, OF COURSE, COLLABORATING AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING, PRESSING UP THOSE HIGH PRIORITIES TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR CONSIDERATION AND THE SUPPORT IN ADDRESSING WITHIN THE BOUNDS
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OF THIS BUDGET BOOK ANNOUNCE.SO YOUR SUPPORT TO THAT END ON YOUR SUPPORTED TALKING TO, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT YOU REPRESENT, UM, AS IT RELATES TO WHAT'S PRESENTED HERE.
BECAUSE WHAT'S PRESENTED HERE IS THE BOOK, RIGHT? THIS IS THE BOOK.
THERE'S NOTHING'S GONNA BE EDITED.
SO WE'RE IN MY FIRST TOWN HALL SEASON WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING COMMUNITY, BUT THAT CAN IMPACT THE, WE'VE ASKED FOR CAN IMPACT THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE MADE AFTER THE TOWNHOUSE SEASON.
SO IF THERE'S SOME FEEDBACK OR SOME GUIDANCE YOU HAVE, WE'RE GONNA NEED THAT THIS SUB THIS MONTH ESSENTIALLY.
COMMISSIONER MC, COMMISSIONER MEEK ACTUALLY HAS HER HAND RAISED, BUT I WOULD WANT TO KNOW AFTER HER COMMISSIONER.
I HAD A QUESTION REGARDING THE, UM, BUDGET ITEM THAT WAS BEING, UM, ALLOCATED FOR THE SUPPORT FOR SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS.
I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW, UM, WHAT KIND OF PLANS GOING TO BE PUT TOGETHER IN ORDER TO DETERMINE HOW THAT MONEY GETS UTILIZED AND WHAT ARE THE, UH, PA AREAS WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON AS FAR AS THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE CONCERNED? I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO HAVE AN ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL STRATEGY FOR HOW TO, UM, ASSIST THESE ORGANIZATIONS GOING FORWARD IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY.
MEEK, UH, IF I UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THE, UM, CAPACITY BUILDING FUNDS? UM, YES.
WE DON'T HAVE QUITE A FULLY BAKED PLAN YET.
WE WERE, WE SUBMITTED THIS BASED ON, UM, TO ANSWER COMMISSIONER NUGENT'S QUESTION, UH, FEEDBACK WE WERE RECEIVING FROM ALL OF YOU ALL.
UM, SO WE SUBMITTED THIS TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR CONSIDERATION FOR INCLUSION IN HIS PROPOSED BUDGET.
WE IMAGINE IT WILL BE SOME SORT OF PROGRAM WITH GUIDELINES.
WE ARE NOT SURE IF WE RUN THAT OURSELVES OR IF WE WOULD CONTRACT WITH A THIRD PARTY.
WE HAVE, UM, PARTNER DEPARTMENTS IN COMMUNITY CARE AND HOMELESS SOLUTIONS WHO HAVE BEEN EMBARKING ON SIMILAR CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVES, UM, WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND WE KNOW TALK IS ALSO WORKING ON THEIR ARTS ACCELERATOR PROGRAM.
SO WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH THEM AND SEEING WHERE THEY ARE IN ALL OF THEIR PROGRAMS AND ASSESSING WHAT WORKS FOR US, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY HAVE A ROBUST ONE AS WELL AS TALKING TO SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, TWO AND A HALF, THREE YEARS AGO, WE DID FOCUS GROUPS WITH A LOT OF THE SMALL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
WE, UM, WANT TO STAY AROUND AND WE KNOW ARE NEWER OR EMERGING OR SMALL, UM, AND WE WOULD LIKELY WANT TO CONTINUE ENGAGING WITH THOSE GROUPS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE SO WE'RE NOT DESIGNING SOMETHING WITHOUT THEIR INPUT.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER? UM, IT, IT, IT, IT TELLS ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING YET, WHICH IS WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A GREAT LOVE OF MINE AND A GREAT STRENGTH OF MINE.
SO I'D LIKE TO AMEND THAT TO YOU ALL AS YOU ARE BEGINNING TO LOOK AT, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER THE CAPACITY BUILDING COMPONENT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MEEK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMES? I JUST WANTED TO THANK COMMISSIONER BRAGON FOR BRINGING FORWARD THE, THE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC ART COLLECTION.
THE NUMBER HISTORICALLY FOR THAT IS PREPOSTEROUSLY LOW.
ALL 50% IS A BIG SOUNDING PERCENTAGE.
IT'S, IT'S VERY, VERY LITTLE, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE.
I THINK THAT'S A ISSUE THAT EXISTS ACROSS THE CITY.
WE, IT, IT, IT, IT'S ALMOST PREPOSTEROUS TO ME THAT ALL MAINTENANCE IS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
WE SHOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT MAINTENANCE.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS, I KNOW THIS IS ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, MANY DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT I, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE MORE MONEY GOING INTO CONTAINING THE PUBLIC ART COLLECTION AS WELL, ESPECIALLY SINCE WHEN WE ACCEPT A DONATED PIECE, WHICH IS VERY, IT'S RARE AND, BUT IT DOES HAPPEN.
THERE'S THE REQUIREMENT THAT THAT DONATION OF THE PIECE COMES ALONG WITH A PERCENTAGE OF MONEY TO PAY FOR ITS MAINTENANCE.
AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HOLD OURSELVES TO THAT SAME STANDARD OF CARE FOR THE PIECES THAT WE GENERATE, UM, WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT FROM US.
MOST OF THE PUBLIC ART PIECES THAT ARE CREATED COME FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND FROM THE BOND AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT WE CAN JUST KEEP BUILDING NEW THINGS ALL OF THE TIME AND LETTING THEM SLOWLY BROUGHT AWAY AND YEAH, I, I I I, I DON'T KNOW IF INCREASING THAT NUMBER MAKES IT LESS, YOU KNOW, EXCITING OR ACCEPTABLE OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE CUT, UM, OUT AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO PUSH THAT UP HIGHER.
UM, BUT I, I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE, WE SHOULD BE DOING A BETTER JOB THERE.
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THAT A LOT.I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AND THIS DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR EMERGENCIES, LIKE WHEN SOMEBODY DRIVES INTO ONE OF THESE PIECES OR FREEZE OR SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE HAVE TO DEDICATE THOSE RESOURCES NOT JUST TO MAINTAINING THINGS FROM GENERAL WEAR AND TEAR, BUT AN ACTUAL PROBLEM.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PIECES OUT THERE THAT HAVE GOTTEN ZERO CARE AND ARE FRANKLY, THEY BECOME EMBARRASSED OVER A PARTICULAR TIME AND IT'S DISRESPECTFUL TO THE ARTIST.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION ON THE FACILITIES MAINTENANCE.
DOES THAT COMPLETELY, LIKE, I'M LOOKING AT THE ONE SHEETER, UH, THAT GAVE US DIRECTOR AND IT, UM, THE CITY OWNS 19 VENUES.
DID THAT SOLELY COME OUT OF THE O A C BUDGET OR DO WE SHARE, DO WE GET BUDGET FUNDS? LIKE I KNOW PUBLIC ART'S ALWAYS COMPLICATED, NOT THE MAINTENANCE PART, BUT THE BUILDING OF IT ALWAYS COMES FROM OTHER PLACES.
ARE WE THAT SOLELY COMES OUT OF THE OAC C BUDGET? YES.
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S CULTURAL VENUES.
DOES, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE MAINTENANCE? DOES THAT INCLUDE THE, IS THAT THE WHOLE, IS THAT RIGHT? THE FIRST LINE ON THE ONE SHEET IS THE CITY ON CULTURAL VENUES, 19 CITY ON VENUES INCLUDING FOUR, FOUR CULTURAL CENTERS AND THERE'S A BUDGET.
IS THAT BUDGET, IS THAT EVERYTHING, THE EMPLOYEES, THE MAINTENANCE, ET CETERA.
AND THEN MY SORT OF PART B QUESTION IS, WITH RESPECT TO ALL THIS MAINTENANCE ON OUR CULTURALLY OWNED FACILITIES, DOES THAT ALL COME OUT OF THE OAC C BUDGET OR IS THAT BUDGET SHARED WITH OTHER PLACES? AGAIN, I'M STILL, I'M NOT BRAND NEW, BUT I'M STILL NEW TO FIGURING OUT THE BUDGET AND I KNOW THAT THE WAY WE PAY FOR THINGS COMES FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS BUDGETS.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER THAT'S ALL O A C.
SO IF YOU GO, I'M LOOKING AT MY BUDGET BOOK BECAUSE I HAVE RIGHT.
YOU'LL LOOK, UH, IF YOU GO TO PAGE 3 0 1 WHERE WE BREAK DOWN THE SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS FIRST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, RIGHT, CITY OWNED CULTURAL VENUES, UM, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS YOU SEE ARE REFLECTED AND REPRESENT PROGRAMMING AND OPERATIONS AT, UM, THE MANAGED CULTURAL CENTERS AND THE 12 VENUES THAT MANAGE BY SOME OF OUR NON-PROFIT PARTNERS.
UM, SO THAT'S SPECIFIC TO, USUALLY THE FTES ARE LISTED HERE.
UM, AND EMERY SUPPORT ME IN ANSWERING ABOUT THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE COSTS ON THOSE BUILDINGS.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK WE SPLIT COSTS WITH B S D COMES, IT ALL COMES OUT OF THE O IT ALL COMES BUDGET AND SO THAT'S NOT INCLUDED.
THEY SOMETIMES REFER TO US AS A CLIENT DEPARTMENT, SEE BUILDING REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE IN THE BUDGET BOOK AT ONE, JUST UNDER 1.6 MILLION BUDGETED FOR 2324.
JUST UNDER WHAT? JUST UNDER 1.6 MILLION.
ALTHOUGH THAT'S UP FROM 1.045 MILLION 2223.
ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS, I'M ACTUALLY CURIOUS 'CAUSE THE, THE 2223 FORECAST, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY GONNA SPEND, RIGHT? IS THAT RIGHT? SO HOW THAT WAS THE FORECAST AS OF MAY YES.
SO HOW ARE WE ON BUILDING REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE? ALMOST A QUARTER MILLION UNDER THE BUDGETED AMOUNT.
WE WERE ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR THE AV 27 70 OBJECT CODE 27 70 LINE, WHICH SHOULD BE A FEW ABOVE THAT.
I THINK WE'RE ON PAGE 3 0 6 OR 3 0 7 OF THE BUDGET BOOK.
I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE IT NEXT TO ME.
UM, YEAH, BUT THAT WE WERE OVER ON.
UM, SO WE BUDGET CENTRALLY FOR OUR BUILDINGS STUFF LIKE, YOU KNOW, AV SYSTEMS, UM, EQUIPMENT, OUR ACTUAL LIKE SPECIALTY A TWO BANNERS, WHICH IS ON MY MIND BECAUSE WE JUST WORKED ON THE CONTRACT FOR THAT.
SO WE ACTUALLY SHIFTED SOME BUDGET FROM THE 32 10 TO THE 27 70, UH, TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT BUILDING NEED.
UM, GENERALLY WE BUDGET IN 32 10 AND THEN OUR SENIOR CO MANAGER CULTURAL VENUES AND OUR, UM, CULTURAL FACILITIES MANAGER WORK TOGETHER ON THOSE BUDGETS, UM, TO UH, PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS ACROSS BUILDINGS.
WELL, I'M GOING TO WORK, I'M GONNA HAVE AT LEAST MAKE A P D F TO BUNDLE ALL THOSE PAGES SO IT'S EASY FINDING FOR YOU.
SO WRESTLE THROUGH UNNECESSARILY.
I'M SORRY, I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE BUDGET.
IS THERE ANY, SINCE WE, ESPECIALLY ON THE ALLOCATION SIDE, WE
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REALIZE THAT WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX IS DOING.HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CALCULATION, AND THIS IS NOT MY QUESTION, IT ACTUALLY CAME FROM COMMISSIONER DANIEL WHO'S SMARTER THAN ME.
UM, IS THERE BEEN ANY CALCULATION, UM, OR THOUGHT TO WHAT THE VAN, WHAT THE VAN ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS IS GOING TO DO TO THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX? I KNOW OUR PERCENTAGE GOES UP EACH YEAR, BUT THE OVERALL IS GONNA GO DOWN.
THIS IS SOMETHING
BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A PERCENTAGE OF A SMALLER POT IF THE BAN ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS HOLDS.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE METRICS ARE, BUT I THINK IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THAT HOT TAX THAT IS SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S SOMETHING AS WE'RE, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE PROJECTING THE BIENNIAL BUDGET AND WE'RE, AND IN ALLOCATIONS WE KEEP SAYING WE CAN, WE'RE GONNA GET MORE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE HIGH TAX AND WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO MORE PROGRAMMING.
EVEN IF IT'S A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF A SMALLER BUCKET.
YEAH, THERE ARE MORE HOTELS BEING BUILT.
IT'S A COMP I'M SURE IT'S A COMPLICATED CALCULATION FOR SOMEBODY THAT HAS MORE EXPERTISE ON THIS THAN I DO, BUT SORRY JIM.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING I JUST WANTED TO, UH, CALL IT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND MAKE SURE IT WAS SOMETHING WE WERE ANTICIPATING.
SO AIRBNB WAS PAYING INTO THE HUTT? NO INDIVIDUAL SHORT-TERM RENTAL OPERATORS WERE PAYING INTO IT, JUST LIKE DIRECTLY.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER TO ME, YOUR HAND UP
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, KIND OF GO BACK TO WHAT JIM WAS ASKING.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ADVOCATE AND SO I AM GOING TO MY DISTRICT ONE BUDGET MEETING WHERE, YOU KNOW, CHAD WEST CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CHAD WEST WILL BE THERE AND I'M SURE HE'LL PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, ASK ME TO TALK OR, OR SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE BUDGET.
AND SO I'VE PREPARED WITH THIS ONE SHEET.
UM, BUT I KIND OF FEEL LIKE YOU ALSO HAVE TO LISTEN TO CONSTITUENTS AND, AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A, A HAPPY MARRIAGE THAT'S GOING ON, UM, THAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE BEING ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE BUDGET.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY SMALL VENUES AND LARGE VENUES AND ALL THAT.
BUT I MEAN GO GO AND AND ADVOCATE AND YEAH, I'VE GOT IT ON MY CALENDAR.
YES, THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK BEFORE ABOUT THESE SILENT DEPARTMENTS AND I BRING IT UP ALL THE TIME AND I'M SORRY IF YOU'RE TALKING TO HEARING IT, BUT HOW OFTEN ARE CULTURAL, UH, FACILITIES USED FOR, UM, COMMUNITY CARE AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS? IS THAT BEING HIGHLIGHTED WHEN WE'RE ADVOCATING HOW, HOW THEY'RE BEING USED FOR COMMUNITY, UM, OUTREACH AND YOU HELP, YOU KNOW, OTHER DEPARTMENTS USING, ARE USING THAT SPACE AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT THAT SO THAT WE CAN HELP ADVOCATE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, THE MONEY WE NEED FOR THOSE FACILITIES.
I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN IN, YOU KNOW, THE CULTURAL SPACES AND HAVE RECEIVED WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH, UH,
SO I'M WONDERING THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT IT'S JUST A, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
THE OTHER QUESTION IS, AND MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR ANOTHER TIME, BUT IF WE ADVOCATE AS A GROUP FOR THE, YOU KNOW, AS MR. AUGH WAS SUGGESTING, DO WE GET TO HASH OUT LATER WHICH FACILITIES GET THE MONEY OR IS THAT DECIDED? WHO, HOW DOES THAT GET DECIDED, NATHAN? BECAUSE I'M STILL NEW.
SO WE WERE, WE'RE WE'RE ASKING FOR 6%, RIGHT? AND WE GET IT.
HOW DOES IT GET BOND? YEAH, WHEN WE QUESTION CHAIR.
I'M GETTING CONFUSED, RIGHT? UM, SO WEREN'T YOU JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR THE BOND THOUGH? YEAH, JUST NOTHING DID BUDGET.
SO I'M GETTING A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THAT.
AND UM, OKAY, SO THAT'S THE NEXT QUESTION.
WHEN WE GO BACK TO PUBLIC ART, I THINK THIS IS ABOUT, THIS IS ABOUT BUDGET.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE, BUT IT'S JUST THE THOUGHT THAT I HAD THROUGH, HAVE WE EVER CONSIDERED OUR ASK PEOPLE OR ORGANIZATIONS ARE
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THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE PROPERTIES CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC ARTWORK.UM, YOU KNOW, HOW PARKS HAVE FRIENDS GROUPS, YOU KNOW, THAT HELP CARE FOR THE PARK.
I'M NOT ASKING FOR THOSE FOLKS TO ACTUALLY CARE FOR THE ART, BUT MAYBE TO PARTICIPATE IN FUNDRAISING FOR MONEY, TO CARE FOR PUBLIC ART.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS EVER SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN CONSIDERED OR NOT AWARE OF THAT.
I THINK THAT'S KIND OF AN UNDUE BURDEN TO PUT ONTO THE RESIDENTS THOUGH.
HERE'S THE THING TO ME, WELL, NOT TO THE RESIDENTS, I JUST MEANT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE CITY, TO ME, AND THIS IS A QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SPEAKING OF THINGS HAVE NOT BEEN ASKED OR POTENTIALLY ANSWERED.
AGAIN, MOST OF THE PIECES THAT ARE IN THE PUBLIC ART CORRECT, UH, COLLECTION ARE TRIGGERED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVING, YOU KNOW, BUILDING PROJECTS LIKE THE THE RECREATION CENTER.
UM, AND THAT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET OF THAT 'CAUSE IT'S BOND FUNDING.
THERE'S IN THE CITY CODE THAT REQUIRES THAT A PUBLIC ART PIECE BE BUILT, WHETHER THAT'S 0.75 OR 1.5% OF THE BUDGET.
THAT'S HOW ALL THESE PIECES ARE COMING INTO BEING.
WE'RE NOT JUST CHOOSING TO MAKE NEW PIECES.
THEY, THEY, THEY PUSH THAT OVER TO US AND WE FACILITATE THE PROCESS OF CREATING THAT.
WITH THAT COMES TO US WITH THE BUDGET, AGAIN, IT'S A PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL BUDGET OF THE PROJECT AND WE FACILITATE THE PROCESS.
THE QUESTION I HAVE IS IF THEY'RE COM IS THERE ANY WAY FOR THAT THEY'RE REQUIRING THESE PIECES ARE BEING BUILT, WE SHOULD ALSO REQUIRE THAT THESE GROUPS FUND THE MAINTENANCE OF THESE PIECES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO, TO FUND 'EM.
SO CAN A PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET THAT'S BEING GIVEN TO US SAY IT'S, YOU GOT, HERE'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BUILD A NEW PROJECT.
WE SAY, LIKE WE DO WHEN WE'RE ACCEPTING A DONATED PIECE, 10% OF THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IS GOING STRAIGHT INTO OUR MAINTENANCE BUDGET.
ARE WE ABLE TO DO THAT? I MEAN, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE WE HAVE THE ABILITY AND WE'RE TAKING THAT MONEY AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PROJECT COST AND THE ARTIST AND THIS AND THAT.
I MEAN, WE KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN AS IT IS, BUT WE'RE NOT ACCOUNTING FOR WITHIN THE COST OF ACCEPTING THAT PIECE, SOME BUDGET FOR MAINTENANCE.
AND IF WE'RE CONSTANTLY GETTING NEW PIECES THAT ARE TRIGGERED BY THE BOND, WE WOULD CONSTANTLY BE PUTTING MONEY INTO THE MAINTENANCE BUDGET, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR NEWER PIECES BASICALLY TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
THE OLDER PIECES, LIKE PUBLIC ARTS, SOCIAL SECURITY,
EVERYBODY, NOBODY HAS THE LEVEL OF FUNDING THEY WANT.
AND LIKE US GOING TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND SAYING, HEY, CAN YOU GIVE US A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR BUDGET TO TAKE CARE OF THE PUBLIC ART PIECES THAT THE BOND CODE RULES ARE FORCING US TO BUILD? I, I JUST DON'T, I MEAN, MAYBE IF WE HAVE LIKE A REALLY AWESOME
I KNOW THERE'VE BEEN SITUATIONS, AT LEAST IN MY DISTRICT WHERE PARKS HAS STEPPED IN.
AND WE RECENTLY DID SOME MAINTENANCE ON, UM, KIND OF, WELL, MY COUNCIL MEMBER AND, UM, SOMEONE FROM THE OFFICE AND THE PARK BOARD MEMBER.
WE ALL TOURED THE DISTRICT NINE PIECES.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT MEETING, WE PARKS DID DO SOME MAINTENANCE ON, IT WAS PROBABLY WASN'T MAINTENANCE ON THE ART PIECES, BUT THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
AND ALSO DID SOME WORK TO PROTECT SOME EXISTING ART PIECES FROM EROSION.
SO THERE ARE THOSE SORT OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT EXIST.
BUT YOUR POINT IS THE SAME POINT THAT I WAS MAKING AT THE BEGINNING, WHICH IS IT'S SO HARD TO COBBLE THESE THINGS TOGETHER.
IT WOULD, I I'M, I'M REALLY ABOUT METRICS BOTH ON, ON PUBLIC ART AND ON THE CULTURAL FACILITIES.
AND I JUST WONDER IF ANYONE HAS EVER LOOKED INTO HOW DO OTHER CITIES BUDGET FOR THEIR PUBLIC? I MEAN, THERE HAVE TO BE OTHER CITIES.
I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER CITIES NATIONALLY THAT HAVE LARGER PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS THAN WE HAVE.
HOW DO THEY ADDRESS THAT? DO THEY LOOK AT A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF THE COLLECTION? UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN TAKE TO THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY COUNCIL TO SAY, WE KNOW THIS IS A BIG STEP, BUT WE HAVE BEEN REALLY UNDERFUNDED IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
I FEEL KIND OF THE SAME WAY ABOUT THE 19 FACILITIES THAT THE O A C IS CHARGED WITH MAINTAINING.
DO WE KEEP METRICS? AGAIN, TRIAL LAWYER HERE, I'M THINKING IF I WAS TALKING TO A JURY LIKE, GOD, YOU GOTTA GIVE 'EM NUMBERS.
DO WE KEEP METRICS ON WHAT IS THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE 19 FACILITIES? WHAT ARE THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT THEY ARE USED ANNUALLY? WHAT ARE THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS THAT ARE SERVED, YOU KNOW, DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY, AND ANNUALLY BY THESE 19 FACILITIES? AND WHAT ARE THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE DELIVERED, WHETHER THEY'RE DELIVERED FROM THE O A C OR FROM PARKS OR FROM PEOPLE USING THOSE CULTURAL CENTERS.
UM, AND I FEEL LIKE THOSE METRICS PROBABLY ARE PRESENT SOMEWHERE, AND THAT THEY COULD BE REALLY POWERFUL WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE A CASE THAT, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO BUILD NEW PROJECTS AND NEW PROGRAMS, BUT DELIVERING THEM IN A DILAPIDATED HOUSE REALLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
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AND SO I THINK THOSE NUMBERS COULD BE VERY COMPELLING IF WE HAVE THEM AND IF WE CAN GET THEM, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A BRILLIANT STAFF, SO I'M SURE SOMEBODY CAN GET THEM.UM, BUT WOULD BE THE PERSON TO ANSWER.
I MEAN, IT JUST WOULD, UH, THAT, THAT SEEMS TO ME TO BE LIKE A GREAT PATHWAY TO FIND.
I MEAN, I I ALSO LIKE, I MUST HAVE BEEN ASKED AT SOME POINT, IT SEEMS THERE'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC PERCENTAGE OF MAINTENANCE.
SEE, AND THAT'S THE THING WHERE YOU GUYS ARE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER CARROLL, I DIDN'T MEAN TO SHOOT DOWN YOUR IDEA, BUT LIKE TO ME THAT BREEDS LIKE INEQUITY, RIGHT? IN THE SENSE THAT LIKE, OH, IF YOU LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS THE RESOURCES TO TAKE CARE OF THE PUBLIC ART PIECES THAT WE'RE INSTALLING FOR YOU, IT SHOULD BE THE SAME, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
IT'S LIKE, WELL, I WAS JUST THINKING THEY COULD DO IT IN THAT ONE AND THEN WE COULD GET THE REST OF THE MONEY EACH OTHER.
AND IT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THESE PIECES ARE GETTING BUILT.
LIKE THIS IS A TRIGGER, YOU KNOW, CODE.
WE'RE GONNA JUST KEEP ADDING MORE AND MORE PIECES.
BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE, THIS MAINTENANCE BUDGET IS PRETTY STATIC AND THERE'S NOT MAINTENANCE RIGHT NOW ALREADY WHEN CLASS PROGRAM, THERE'S NOT A RESERVE MAIL.
LYNN AND I RECENTLY, WELL IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS NOW, MET WITH INSPIRE ART DALLAS, UM, A NONPROFIT THAT'S INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH US SPECIFICALLY AND STATEMENTS OF OUR PUBLIC ART COLLECTION.
BUT OF COURSE THAT'S, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CITY SUPPORT, RIGHT? THAT'S JUST FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN USING THE PRIVATE FUNDS THEY RAISED TO SUPPORT THE PUBLIC ART COLLECT CITY'S PUBLIC ART COLLECTION.
UM, SOMETIMES MUNICIPALITIES HAVE THIS MAINTENANCE BUDGET CARVED OUT IN THEIR PUBLIC ART POLICY, SUPPOSEDLY.
UM, SOMETIMES IT'S BORN OF A STRATEGIC PUBLIC ART DIVISION'S PLAN THAT MIGHT CHANGE EVERY THREE OR FIVE YEARS.
DEPARTMENT IS OPEN TO ONCE WE HAVE A FUNCTIONING DIVISION MANAGING OUR PUBLIC ART COLLECTION AND PROJECTS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THESE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR.
'CAUSE I'VE GOT MANY QUESTIONS MYSELF IN REGARD TO NOT ONLY MAINTENANCE, BUT SECURITY, UM, MEASURES OR WHAT WE STORE EVEN TOO.
SO, UM, WE'LL BE WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH GRADY AND HIS COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UM, TO IMPROVE THE WAY WE APPROACH OUR PUBLIC WORK.
UM, NOT ONLY, BUT WE CAN CARVE OUT AND
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT SUBJECT.
WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO OTHER AREAS BECAUSE SOME OF US HAVE TO GO TO A BUDGET HEARING MEETING TONIGHT.
AND I SEE THAT COMMISSIONER OMA HAS ALREADY LEFT.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO LEAVE IN A MINUTE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE UPDATE ON THE L C C RESIDENT COMPANIES.
BENJAMIN, ARE YOU READY TO BRIEF US ON THAT ITEM? YES, MA'AM.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, SEND 'EM TO MARTINE.
SHE WELCOMES YOUR THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS.
SHE WAS, I DON'T, I DIDN'T KNOW.
I'VE GOT A TEXT ABOUT HER HAND BEING UP, BUT I I'LL SEE HER.
I'M
SO I'M GONNA FIRST ADDRESS THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, WHICH, UM, WE DISCUSSED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
AND THEN I'LL TALK ABOUT THE RESIDENCIES USE AGREEMENT.
SO THE MEM MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY CLARIFICATION ON THE RESIDENT COMPANY AGREEMENTS.
A DRAFT OF THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WAS SENT BY THE CITY TO
WE HAD A CHECK-IN MEETING WITH ALL PARTIES, INCLUDING OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LIZ CITY OF THE, ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 3RD TO AGREE ON NEXT STEPS AND TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY.
UM, ACADEMY OF THEATER COMPANY IN THAT OF DALLAS COUNCIL WILL SUBMIT A RED LINE OF THE M O U BY NINE 11 SEPTEMBER 11TH AND SUBMIT IT TO THE CITY.
AND THEN FINALLY, ALL PARTIES WILL MEET IN PERSON ON 9 24 TO GO OVER THE DOCUMENT REDEMPTIONS
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REGARDING THE RESIDENCY USE AGREEMENT, UM,UM, THE THEATER COMPANY AND
AGAIN, WE HAVE THE CHECK-IN MEETING WITH ALL PARTIES HELD ON THURSDAY, ON LAST THURSDAY TO AGREE ON NEXT STEPS.
THE CITY WILL REVIEW THE RED LINED COPY OF THE RESIDENCY USE AGREEMENT BY SEPTEMBER 11TH AND PROVIDE COMMENTS BACK TO
AND AGAIN, ALL PARTIES WILL MEET IN PERSON ON 9 24 TO GO OVER DOCUMENTATIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT TROUBLED YOU IN THE RESIDENCY? USE AGREEMENTS PROPOSED BY THE RESIDENT COMPANIES? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
UM, I SPOKE EARLIER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND WE HAVE NOT HAD THE TIME TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS YET, SO IT'S A BIT PREMATURE TO TALK ABOUT THE DOCUMENTS AT THIS POINT.
UM, GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT ONE? SAY, UM, WE, WE HAVE NOT HAD STAFF O A C STAFF AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE RED LINE DOCUMENTS YET.
AND SO THIS MAY BE A PREMATURE QUESTION, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE SCHEDULE OF HOW IT'S GONNA WORK.
HOW IS THAT AGREED? HOW ARE THOSE AGREEMENTS WORKING OUT? LIKE, BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD FROM KAIA AND, UH, TERO AT LEAST TWO TIMES AND MAYBE THREE IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS ABOUT THE COMPLICATIONS REAL AND PERCEIVED, UH, IN WORKING THIS OUT.
SO COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE MORE SUBSTANTIVE REPORT OTHER THAN JUST THE CALENDAR OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, LIKE WHERE WE ARE IN WORKING OUT THOSE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE US? WE'VE EXCHANGED THE DOCUMENTS COMMISSIONER, UM, AND BOTH PARTIES NEED TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT STEP AND RIGHT.
BUT DO YOU HAVE, LIKE, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN SHARE WITH US ABOUT WHAT PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING OR DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS? WE HAVE TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS FIRST CHAIR, IF I MAY.
I THINK I KNOW WHAT MICKEY'S ASKING THE LAST TIME THEY WERE HERE.
I THINK THE ISSUE WAS, UH, A BIG PART OF THE ISSUE WAS ACCESS TO THE FACILITY, IF THAT'S, AND WE WERE JUST WONDERING WHETHER THEY'RE HAPPY AND ARE THEY OKAY WITH, WE FELT THAT THE MEETING THURSDAY WAS A PRODUCTIVE MEETING IN SETTING THE NEXT STEPS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I, MARTINE WAS THERE, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WAS THERE.
I I INVITED DAVID AND SAADA TO JOIN US SO THAT THEY COULD ALSO, UM, ANSWER QUESTIONS.
SO WE FEEL THAT TAKING THESE NEXT STEPS AND HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THIS TIMELINE, WE'LL ENSURE THAT WE REACH A, A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH ACADEMY AND THEATER COMPANY AND
UM, SO I'M KARARA MZ LIAISON AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIVE MOVEMENTS.
LIKE THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT THEIR MAJOR CONCERNS ARE BEING ADDRESSED IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN FLOATED.
AGAIN, THEY'VE WAITED SO LONG ON THIS, SO THEY'RE STILL A LITTLE SKEPTICAL, I GUESS.
SO I THINK WHAT DAVID SAID TO ME IS HE'S PLEASED WITH THE DIRECTION THINGS ARE GOING.
THERE'S STILL A FEW THINGS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDRESSED, BUT, UM, HE'S NOT GONNA BE HAPPY UNTIL EVERYTHING'S SIGNED.
AND SO, UM, BUT IT SEEMS FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM THAT, THAT THE MAJOR CONCERNS ARE BEING ADDRESSED.
LIKE THEY WILL HAVE KEYS TO THE BUILDING AND THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
UM, THERE, THERE WILL BE ACCESS FOR THE HOURS THAT THEY'RE NEEDING IT.
UM, THERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF LIKE SMALLER DETAILS IS MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT THERE'S STILL, I MEAN, NOTHING'S BEEN SIGNED YET, SO THAT'S, SO I'M, I'M JUST GUESSING WE'LL JUST KEEP GETTING UPDATES FROM YOU AS, AS THE PROCESS MOVES LONG UNTIL IT'S ASSIGNED AND DONE.
AND IF THERE WAS A CAUSE FOR CONCERN ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW, THEY WOULD BE HERE TELLING US ABOUT IT.
I'M NOT GONNA LEAVE THAT AT THEIR FEET
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IT.I BELIEVE HE, IF THERE WAS A REAL PROBLEM, HE
AND I'M SURE COMMISSIONER BLAZE COULD SAY THE SAME ABOUT THEATRO.
I I THINK IF WE HAD HAD SOME MAJOR ISSUES WE WOULD KNOW ABOUT IT AND I DON'T, I JUST KNOW SOME KIND OF LIKE OTHER MORE MINOR THINGS.
UM, WE INVITED HIM YESTERDAY AND I SHARED THE SLIDE WITH THEM IN ADVANCE.
WE BE IN THAT ROW ELSE FOR THE SAKE AGAIN, OF COLLABORATION.
SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL HAVE IT DONE ON THE TIMELINE.
BENJAMIN JUST TOLD US WHICH WOULD BE, WE'LL HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.
AND, AND IF I MAY, I I'M CUT OUT THE LIST.
I'M THE MANAGER OF LATINO CULTURE CENTER.
UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE DAY, DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS, I'M MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING, UH, RUNS SMOOTHLY WHEN THEY'RE IN THE BUILDING.
SO, UH, OVERALL WE WANT THEM TO BE HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL.
UH, SAME THING WITH THE CULTURAL CENTER.
UM, SO WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON THE LEGAL SIDE OF THINGS, ON THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS, UH, HOPING THINGS ARE BURNING SMOOTHLY, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BAD YET.
UH, THERE ARE ANY ISSUES THAT MEAN THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION ARE OPEN TO EACH OTHER.
SO, UM, AND I'M ALSO HERE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.
DO THEY HAVE KEYS TO THE BUILDING NOW? NOT YET.
THEY DIDN'T LAST TIME WE, YEAH, NO, WE HAVE TO, ONCE WE COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE M O U, THE M O U STATES OUT THE KEY PROTOCOL MM-HMM.
SO UNTIL THAT, UNTIL THIS IS SIGNED AND DONE, THEY, THEY STILL ARE HAVING TO RELY ON STAFF TO GIVE THEM ACCESS.
BUT YOU'RE, THAT SEEMS TO BE GOING OKAY AS OF NOW, AT LEAST AS A STOP GAP SO FAR.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AND WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS QUICKLY SO WE CAN GET TO THE BUDGET MEETINGS.
UH, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE COMMENTS.
THE FIRST THING I HAVE FOR YOU IS A STATEMENT FROM THE CITY REGARDING THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED ME.
THE RESPONSE IS, AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS IN THE RECOVERY FROM THE MAY 3RD RANSOMWARE INCIDENT AFFECTING OUR CITY, OUR SYSTEMS ARE MORE THAN 97% RESTORED AND WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE RESTORATION OF OUR CITY SERVICES.
MOVING FAST FORWARD TO THE LAST PARAGRAPH.
ANYONE WHOSE INFORMATION HAS BEEN COMPROMISED WILL RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE CITY, SPECIFICALLY INDICATING AND IDENTIFYING WHAT INFORMATION WAS COMPROMISED.
IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED A LETTER BY NOW FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS REGARDING A RANSOMWARE ATTACK, YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IS SECURE.
THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL ADVISEMENT FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE A, UH, CONCERN BY PERSONAL INFORMATION WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE REPORTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN.
WE HAVE SOMETHING TO READ TONIGHT.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC COMMENTS FROM THE RETREAT IN PARTICULAR, DO YOU THINK IT WE NEED TO MAKE THIS ANNUAL OR NOT? WE NEED YOU TO WRITE THOSE DOWN AND SEND THEM TO ME AND OR MARTIN TEAM, UH, FOR YOUR INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET.
WE DO HAVE SOME OF THE NOTES FROM THE RETREAT THAT WITH SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED.
SO YOU HAVE SOME RAW THOUGHTS HERE.
AND LOUISE IS GOING TO, LOUISE IS GOING TO GIVE US MORE OF AN UPDATE ON MORE INFORMATION FROM THE RETREAT, BUT WE NEED TO SERIOUSLY THINK ABOUT IF THAT WAS A GOOD DAY OR NOT.
PERSONALLY, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD.
WE LEARNED SOME THINGS ABOUT EACH OTHER THAT WE DID NOT KNOW.
PLUS WE GOT SOME NEW THOUGHTS.
SO I WON'T ASK YOU TO DO THAT FOR US TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE CRUNCH FOR TIME.
DON'T FORGET THAT, UH, YOU'VE BEEN ASKED TWO OR THREE TIMES TODAY TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE BUDGET, WITH YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE.
YOU NEED TO BE THE VOICE AND THE COMMITTEE OF JUAN TO HELP MAKE THIS WORK.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
ITEM NUMBER E UNDER BRIEFINGS, THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
AND THAT INCLUDES UPDATES ON STAFF, MARTIN TEAM.
UH, I'LL START WITH PUBLIC ART 'CAUSE I KNOW EVERY MONTH I HAVE GREAT NEWS, BUT ANNE MARIE AND I DID RECEIVE AN UPDATE THAT WILL BE CLEARED TO POST THE ROLE, THE MANAGER ROLE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SELECTION PROCESS THAT WE HOPE WILL END BY THE END OF THE FISCAL
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YEAR.SO THAT'S SLIGHTLY AGGRESSIVE, BUT THEY NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT POSTED.
SO WE'VE SEEN THE, YOU KNOW, FINAL VERSION OF THE DOCUMENTATION THAT GOES INTO WORK REVIEW AND GET THAT POST ONLINE SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN REVIEWING SOME CANDIDATES.
UM, AND MOVING FORWARD, UH, SOME OF US WERE TOGETHER LAST MONTH AT THE RETREAT AND GOT TO MEET THE NEW SENIOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.
UM, ASHLEY BERRA, SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY.
SHE WAS AT CITY HALL FOR MOST OF THE DAY, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE THAT SHE CAN COME TO OUR NEXT, UH, COMMISSIONS MEETING SO THAT SHE CAN MAKE A INTRODUCTION OF HERSELF.
UM, WE ARE LUCKY THAT WE GOT HER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS, OF COURSE.
SO SHE IS VERY WELL VERSED IN, UH, THE WAY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN THAT REALM ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE.
UM, SHE'S ALREADY BEEN FIELDING A LOT OF MEDIA INQUIRIES, AS YOU KNOW.
UM, WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF MORE MEDIA INQUIRIES THAN WE USUALLY HAVE DUE TO BOND PACKAGE SEASON AND OUR BUDGET SEASON.
UM, AND A FEW OTHER, UH, THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN AND AROUND THE CULTURAL ARTS SECTOR.
SO IT'S REALLY PERFECT TIMING FOR HER TO HAVE JOINED OUR DEPARTMENT.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE'LL HAVE, WE HAVE SOME OTHER HIRES, UM, THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED.
RHONDA AS A NEW, UH, COORDINATOR OF HER TEAM WHO STARTED THIS MONTH.
SHE WAS PRESENT EARLIER TODAY AT OUR EVENT.
AM I WRONG, EMILY? FORGIVE ME.
UM, SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER IS GOT A NEW COORDINATOR.
UH, THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER WILL BEGINNING ONE HERE SHORTLY AS WELL.
AND SO I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT OUR CULTURAL CENTERS ARE BEEFING UP TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE SERVED ON THOSE SITES.
UM, ONE SHIFT THAT YOU WILL SEE, UM, THERE'S A NEW AND INCREASED INTEREST ACROSS DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY WHO WANT TO BEGIN TO LEAN ON OUR STAFF TO EITHER RUN RFPS FOR ART EXHIBITIONS IN THEIR DEPARTMENTS OR AT THEIR FACILITY OR OUTSIDE AND ON ON.
BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY LEANS HEAVILY ON OUR STAFF, SPECIFICALLY, UH, LATINO CULTURAL CENTER STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE GENERALLY THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT WHEN WE RECEIVE INQUIRIES.
SO THE CULTURAL PROGRAM COORDINATORS BY JOB TITLE, YOU FIND THEM EVERYWHERE ACROSS OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, MANY, SOME OF THEM ARE ONSITE AT THE CULTURAL CENTERS AND SOME OF THEM, UH, WORKING OTHER CAPACITIES, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BAND TOGETHER.
AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO IRON OUT A FORMAL REQUEST PROCESS FOR, UH, FOLKS IN THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO SPREAD THOSE PROJECTS AROUND BECAUSE THAT DOES NOT ONLY ENTAIL POSTING FOR ART OR ARTISTS, IT ENTAILS SOMETIMES THE INSTALLATION AND DEINS INSTALLATION, UM, VETTING AND ALL THESE OTHER PARTS OF THE JOB THAT IT TAKES TO GET OUR WORK UP AROUND THE CITY.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS AND THAT WE DON'T LEAN TOO HEAVILY ON ANY ONE OF OUR CULTURAL CENTER STAFF MEMBERS, UM, OR STAFFS, UH, FOR THAT PURPOSE.
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY MANAGER TO BEGIN TO SEE MORE AND MORE AWKWARD ACROSS NOT ONLY CITY HALL, BUT OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENTS.
IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CHANCE YET TO VISIT, UH, TCS IDEAS, UH, EMPLOYEE ART EXHIBITION, IT'S UP UNTIL SEPTEMBER 29TH.
AND I SIT BRING THAT UP BECAUSE IT'S A FUNCTION OF THE WORK THAT OUR CULTURAL PROGRAM COORDINATORS DO TO SUPPORT OUR WORK BEING INSTALLED AROUND, UH, CITY FACILITIES.
UM, YOU'LL FIND IT ON THE FOURTH, THIRD, AND FIRST FLOORS OF CITY HALL.
AND EACH OF THE ART PIECES, UH, WERE CREATED WAS CREATED BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY.
UM, I THINK GERARDO WAS ON DISPLAY.
MIKE, UH, THE GM AND MAJESTIC THEATERS ALSO ON DISPLAY.
ENRIQUE WHO RUNS THE GALLERY AT BATHHOUSE IS ON DISPLAY.
AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE FOLKS, MANY FOLKS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON DISPLAY.
SO KUDOS TO THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THAT.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BEEF UP THE WAY THAT WE RECEIVE.
'CAUSE WE RECEIVED MANY REQUESTS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON DOUBT TO HELPING THEM INTEGRATE ARTWORK INTO THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, ASIDE FROM THAT, I'M WORKING, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HR ON A FEW SHIFTS, UM, RELATED TO WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO RELATED TO JUST HOW OUR BUDGET IS, IS CRAFTED, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF FOCUSING ON PUBLIC ART AS A DIVISION.
UM, SO ONE KEY SHIFT THAT WILL COME DOWN IS THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT DIVISION.
NOT ONLY ARE WE OBVIOUSLY POSTING, UH, THE ROLE THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS DANCE WITH FOR MY TIME HERE, UM, BUT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK TO, UH, NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE
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INTERVIEWING AND HIRING, INTERVIEWING, EXCUSE ME, UH, THE CANDIDATES WHO ARE IN THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR POSITION.UM, WE HAD A TRANSITION TO TRANSITIONS IN HR THIS SUMMER THAT IMPACTED THE SELECTION PROCESS, TIMELINE FOR THE AD, AND UH, THE PROCESS RELATED TO GETTING THE PUBLIC ART MANAGER ROLE IN SHAPE AND READY TO POST.
SO HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF AUGUST ALMOST, UM, GETTING READY TO INTERVIEW FOR THAT SECOND AD AND, UM, HOPEFULLY POSTING THAT PUBLIC ART MANAGER ROLE BEFORE THE END OF NEXT WEEK WITH MY INTENT TO SHIFT, UH, SOME OF THE WAYS ASSISTANT DIRECTORS SERVE OUR DEPARTMENT, ONE OF WHOM WILL BE FOCUSED SOLELY ON PUBLIC ART DIVISION.
AND I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY SIGNIFICANT SHIFT FOR OUR CORE LEADERSHIP TEAM.
BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO START TO REQUEST SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS IN FOCUSING ON MAINTAINING THAT COLLECTION, STORING THAT COLLECTION, GROWING THAT COLLECTION, WE ALSO HAVE TO BE READY, UM, TO LEAD THE DIVISION A VERY UNIQUE AND FOCUSED WAYS.
YOU'LL SEE PROBABLY IN OUR OCTOBER, UM, COMMISSIONS MEETING.
I'M GOING TO WORK, UH, WITH THE CHAIR.
UM, AND OF COURSE YOU PROBABLY VIA EMAIL, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHICH, IF I NEED TO MAKE ROUNDS TO EACH OF YOUR COMMITTEES FIRST AND THEN COME TO FIRST, UH, COME BACK TO FULL COMMISSION IN OCTOBER.
BUT I'LL FIGURE THAT OUT BY THE END OF THIS MONTH BECAUSE I DO WANT, OF COURSE, YOUR INPUT ON WHAT THE ORG CHART CAN LOOK LIKE.
I RESPECT YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR FEEDBACK ALWAYS, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIT OF A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT AS IT RELATES TO WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT REALLY NEEDS, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, UM, AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH SOME OF THE ROLES THAT ARE GONNA BE BECOME VACANT.
I SAY THAT TO SAY OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN HOLDING A ROLE AS NIKKI TRANSITIONED TO M C C.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO POST HER OPENING, UM, HER POSITION RATHER THAT POSITION, NOT HERS, OURS.
UM, IT'S JUST, UH, AN HR MATTER WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOLDING AS, AS LONG AS SHE'S AN INTERIM IN HER ROLE, WE CAN'T POST AND HIRE FOR A NEW CANDIDATE.
UH, MANY OF YOU INTERACTED WITH NIKKI AS A FACILITIES, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGER, UM, AND WE MOST LIKELY WILL BE HIRING FOUR ONE BECAUSE THAT WASN'T ACTUALLY HER ROLE ON PAPER IS WHAT I'VE LEARNED.
HER ROLE ON PAPER IS AN ARTS PROJECT MANAGER AND THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS AND FACILITIES TO BE FRANK.
SO, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO IRON OUT WHAT, WHAT IS GOING TO BEST SUIT THE OFFICE AND FILLING, POSTING THE ROLE AND FILLING INTO THE BENEFIT OF THE OFFICE.
AND WITH CERTAIN OTHER SHIFTS, IT WON'T NECESSARILY BE A PRIORITY THAT WE NEED TO FILL THE ROLE FOR THE WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE VERSUS FILL THE ROLE FOR WHAT THE JOB DESCRIPTION, UH, REQUIRES.
BECAUSE AS IT'S NOTED ON THE JOB DESCRIPTION IS ACTUALLY WHAT WOULD BE A BEST AND BETTER FIT FOR OUR OFFICE.
UM, AND IT'S JUST AS VAGUE AS IT SOUNDS
I'VE ASKED FOR BOTH OF THOSE ROLES TO GO UP AT THE SAME TIME, THE PUBLIC ART MANAGER ROLE AND THE PROJECT MANAGER ROLE.
UM, AND AS OF THIS WEEK, THE PUSHBACK WAS THAT NIKKI WAS STILL INTERIM.
SO I PUSHED BACK AND SAID, IT'S BEEN THINK WALK THE CRAFT HOUSE WAS OPENING AROUND THAT TIME.
SO SEEMS TO ME WE KNOW IF SHE'S A GOOD FIT, WHERE SHE IS, IF SHE'S GONNA STAY OR NOT.
AND SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH FILLING THAT, THAT GAP ON OUR STAFF.
SO AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED TO THE FOLKS WHO WERE PRESENT LAST MONTH, I'M VERY DEEP IN THE WEEDS, PERSONNEL WEEDS, UM, UH, AND, AND I'M VERY WELL AWARE THAT I CAN'T STAY THERE FOR LONG, BUT I DEFINITELY HAVE TO STAY IN THERE UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST BECAUSE BY OCTOBER 1ST I REALLY WANT TO BEGIN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR IN A BETTER FITTING DRESS.
AND THAT'S THAT, THAT'S MY UPDATE, HAVING TO TAKE QUESTIONS
I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SUPPOSED TO BREAK RULES, BUT I DO WANNA THANK THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ABLE TO ATTEND THE OFFICES CELEBRATION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIP HOP CULTURE TODAY.
UM, IT WAS AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE CITY HALL LOBBY.
I'M GRATEFUL TO, UH, THE CULTURAL CENTER MANAGERS.
UM, THEY DID A BIT OF A LIFT, WE HAD A TIGHT CRUNCH NUMBER ONE BECAUSE THE CULTURAL CENTER MANAGERS HAD A PLAN, WHICH IS A MONTH LONG PLAN.
AND I'LL BE SURE IF HE HASN'T ALREADY, THAT LUIS GETS YOU THE LINK OF ALL
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OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF AUGUST.UM, BUT WHEN I, UH, HAPPENED UPON THE LIST OF EVENTS, I NOTED THAT THERE WASN'T A CITY HALL EVENT.
AND CITY HALL EVENTS HAVE A CERTAIN TYPE OF REPUTATION AND I THOUGHT, WELL, WE DON'T LIVE HERE SO SOME MIGHT AS WELL COME HAVE A PARTY HERE,
AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT THEY WERE, UH, WILLING CULTURAL CENTER MANAGERS SPECIFICALLY WILLING TO ADD THIS EVENT, UH, TO THE FULLER SCHEDULE.
NUMBER ONE, UH, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, WORK WITH THE SCHEDULE WE WERE GIVEN BECAUSE WE WERE GIVEN A DATE BY BUILDING SERVICES.
TODAY WAS THE DAY WE HAD TO WORK WITH.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE DID A GOOD JOB.
AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE PLANNING TEAM HANDS ON DECK, UM, IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUT THAT PARTICIPATED AND ENSURED WE COULD HAVE A NICE, SAFE, INCLUSIVE, WELCOMING, FAMILY FRIENDLY PARTY THAT CLOSED IN BRICK DANCING ON THE CITY HALL, LOBBYING FOR LITTLE WALL
SO AFTER THE, UH, COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE DANCING, COMMISSIONER HORN BBA DID NOT DANCE, DID
I, MY FIRST CHECK-IN WITH TC HAS BEEN ON THE CALENDAR FOR TODAY, 3:00 PM AND I'M LIKE, WHY, WHY THE HELL WOULD I THROW A
HE WAS READY,
BUT YOU KNOW, YOUR PRESENCE AND YOUR SUPPORT WHEN WE HAVE THESE IDEAS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW TO, THE PUBLIC KNOWS HOW TO FIND US.
THE, THE, THE, THE REGULAR, THE FOLKS WHO ARE REGULARLY VISITING THE CULTURAL CENTERS GENERALLY KNOW HOW TO FIND US.
BUT WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF INVITING OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE, THE NATURE OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO ENGAGE IN SOME OF THE LATER EVENING OR WEEKEND EVENTS AND ON AND OFF, COME AT LUNCH, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ABLE TO ATTEND.
THERE ARE SO MANY EVENTS HAPPENING FOR THE REST OF THIS MONTH, THE OFFICIAL, SO HOLIDAY BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW.
SO I'M ALSO GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE TODAY.
BUT AGAIN, UM, WE'LL GET THAT LINK OUT TO YOU.
THANKS AGAIN TO, UH, RAFAEL AND HER AND JOHN AND JESSICA, THE CULTURAL CENTER MANAGERS WHO ARE HOSTING THESE EVENTS AND PLAN TOGETHER, UM, AND COLLABORATE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY PARTICIPATES ALONG WITH OTHER CITIES ACROSS THIS NATION.
TO THAT END DIRECTOR, JUST, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, SHOUT OUT TO LUIS AS ONE OF YOUR NEW EMPLOYEES ABOUT, AND JUST SAY HOW MUCH, UH, HIS PRESENCE HAS HELPED ME AS A COMMISSIONER.
AND I'M SURE OTHERS FEEL THE SAME WAY.
I HAVEN'T MISSED ANYTHING BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
I MISSED IT BECAUSE SAY BEFORE MARCH, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE BASE.
WE WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO STAY, RIGHT, BUT WE
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I THINK WE'RE AT THE END OF IT.
NO ONE ELSE HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY.
ALL BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION BEING DULY CONSIDERED, I CALL THIS MEETING TO A CLOSE AT 6:18 PM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.