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[Arts & Cultural Advisory Commission on November 21, 2024.]
HAVING IT BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM, UH, DO NOT CALL TO ORDER, UH, THE ADVISORY COMMISSION TO ARTS AND CULTURE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING.UH, HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA? YES.
SO, UH, AGENDA, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT INSTEAD OF A CULTURAL SPOTLIGHT, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION HOPEFULLY BY, UH, COMMISSIONER PALOMO, ASSUMING HE COMES OVER CAMP HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER OMO, ARE YOU, CAN YOU TURN YOUR CAMERA ON? IS HE BACK IN TO TRY TO SEE IF THAT WAS, UM, SO SUMMARY, WHICH IS REALLY JUST A BRIEF FINISH.
I'M STILL TRYING TO GET ON MY PHONE.
WHILE WE, UH, WHILE WE WAIT FROM, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, UH, WE HAVE A FEW PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
UH, SO WE HAVE FOUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS, UH, TODAY AND THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
WE HAVE SUN DREWS DANTA IS HERE.
IT'S NILE RUFF SITTING OUT THERE.
ROSIE CURTIS AS A PUBLIC SPEAKER, MA'AM.
SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ROSIE CURTIS AND DAVID LOWRY ATTEND.
I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER, BUT THIS IS STRANGE.
I DUNNO IF I'M THE ONLY ONE RECEIVING THIS STRANGE FEEDBACK.
READY? ALRIGHT, SO, UH, LET'S GET STARTED.
UM, SO OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS, UH, SINCE NILE, ROSS, DAVID, LARRY, HAVE NOT CHECKED IN.
LET'S DO THREE MINUTES, UH, FOR OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
AND DO WE, UH, MANNY, DO WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT CAN KEEP TIME FOR US? OKAY.
AND IF YOU COULD GIVE THEM A ONE MINUTE, UH, SAID APPROACHES.
ONE MINUTE REMAINING WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
UH, SO, UH, NDA, DREW, FIRST PUBLIC SPEAKER, IF YOU WOULD COME AND SEAT RIGHT HERE IN THE FRONT.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
ON BEHALF OF DALLAS BY DAD THEATER, I HAVE JOINED ME FIVE BOARD MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE.
ALSO LET YOU KNOW THEIR PRESIDENT.
AS YOU KNOW, DALLAS SPIKE DAD CENTER HAS BEEN WORKING TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTIST AGMA.
SINCE OUR MAIN COMPANY DANCERS VOTED TO UNION UNIONIZE LAST MAY, THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD HAS ISSUED A COMPLAINT RELATED TO ALLEGATIONS OF UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES BROUGHT BY AGMA.
A HEARING IS CURRENTLY SET TO BEGIN ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2024, BEFORE A NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE FOLLOWING THE HEARING, WHICH COULD TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE ISSUES THEIR DECISION AS TO THE MERITS OF THE ALLEGATIONS.
AT THAT POINT, EITHER DVDT OR AGMA MAY FILE AN APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF LABOR RELATIONS.
HOWEVER, DALLAS BY DEATH SITTER DOES NOT CONTROL THE TIMELINE OF THE NLRBS PROCESSES.
THE MOTION PRESENTED BY THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE SETS AN APRIL 15TH DEADLINE ON FINALIZING AN AGREEMENT.
DALLAS BY DEATH SITTER WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT DUE PROCESS BE ALLOWED TO INCLUDE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION TO ALLOW FOR DALLAS BY DEATH SITTER TO APPEAL AND SETTLE BY APRIL 15TH.
SHOULD THERE BE A NEGATIVE RULE? SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS IS FOUNDATIONAL TO DALLAS BY DEATH SITTER'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE 2000 SERVICES TO MORE THAN 104,000 CITIZENS, OF WHICH 81,000 ARE CAPABLE OF DEAF STUDENTS.
IN THE MEANTIME, DALLAS BLACK DANCE CENTER IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO PROVIDE ALL PROGRAMS, PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, MASTER CLASSES, ACADEMY CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN SCHOOL RESIDENCY, STUDENT MATNEY PERFORMANCES, AND FREE FESTIVALS.
DESCRIBED IN OUR SCOPE OF SERVICES SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR THE 24 25
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YEAR, THE CITY'S SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT OF STYLE CENTER TO LEVERAGE PRIVATE DONATIONS FROM CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, AND INDIVIDUALS, WHICH HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE CITY'S DECISION TO PAUSE FUNDING.IT IS CRITICAL THAT DALLAS, BY DEATH BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ITS FULL LEGAL CASE AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE INCLUSION OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DUE PROCESS THAT ALLOWS US TO APPEAL A NEGATIVE RULING AND FINALIZE AN AGREEMENT BY APRIL 15TH, 2025.
UH, THE NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE LISTED IS NILE.
MY NAME IS NILE R I'M ONE OF THE 10 DANCERS OF DALLAS BLACK DANCE ERA, WHO WERE FIRED IN AUGUST AFTER FORMING A UNION.
I'M ORIGINALLY FROM CHOCOLATE CITY WASHINGTON.
DC AND I, ALONG WITH EACH OF MY FELLOW DANCERS, USE MY OWN RESOURCES TO MOVE TO DALLAS TO DANCE WITH THIS DANCE COMPANY.
I WAS WITH THE COMPANY FOR ONE SEASON BEFORE BEING FIRED AT DALLAS BLACK.
I RARELY SAW THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP.
IT WAS US, THE DANCERS WHO WERE IN THE STUDIO EVERY DAY DOING ALL OF THE HARD WORK.
MY ONLY INTERACTION WITH THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP WAS THAT PERFORMANCES AND AT THE COMPANY HOLIDAY PARTY IN WHICH TTA DREW, WHO JUST SPOKE, TOLD ME A NEW DANCER, THAT MY PAYCHECK COULD DISAPPEAR.
THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP SAW US DANCERS AS DISPENSABLE.
I AM JOINED TODAY BY SEVERAL OF MY FELLOW DBDT ARTISTS.
WE ASK, WE ASK YOU THE COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND CONTINUING TO WITHHOLD ALL CITY FUNDING TO DALLAS FLAG DANCE LEADER.
I'M SURE YOU ARE ALL AWARE THAT THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD RECENTLY ISSUED A COMPLAINT AGAINST DALLAS BY THEATER WITH NEARLY 40 COUNTS OF UNLAWFUL BEHAVIOR AND PRACTICES.
THE NLRB RECOMMENDS SEEKING EMERGENCY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FOR US IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT.
A STEP ONLY TAKEN IN THE MOST EGREGIOUS CASES.
WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW YET IS THAT DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER'S RESPONSE TO THE NLRBS COMPLAINT IS THEY ARE CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD ITSELF.
AN INSTITUTION THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 90 YEARS BY DOING THIS.
DBDT TRIES TO NOT ONLY SILENCE AND ERASE US, THE 10 DANCERS WHO WERE, UH, WHO OUR RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED AND VICIOUSLY VIOLATED.
BUT EFFECTIVELY, THEY'RE TRYING TO DESTROY THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF ALL WORKING PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES.
YOU THIS COMMISSION AND THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE SENDING THE MESSAGE TO DBDT LEADERSHIP THAT SUCH ACTIONS DO NOT ALIGN WITH THE VALUES OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WONDERFUL DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER IS AN IMPORTANT DANCE IS AN IMPORTANT INSTITUTION IN THE DANCE WORLD AND IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
BECAUSE OF THIS, IT NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AGAIN.
WE CALL ON YOU TO RECOMMEND WITHHOLDING ALL FUNDING TO DVDT UNTIL THERE IS JUSTICE FOR US, THE FIRE DANCERS AND REAL CHANGE AT DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER FOR THE FUTURE.
THE NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER WE HAVE LISTED IS ROSIE KURTZ.
MY NAME IS ROSIE KURTZ AND I AM A EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER OF THE DALLAS A-F-L-C-I-O, REPRESENTING MY UNION AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS.
WHEN YOU VOTE TODAY ON WHETHER TO WITHHOLD A RECOMMENDATION FOR A GRANT FOR, FOR DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHO YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO SUPPORT AND WHAT PRINCIPLES YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO HOLD UP IN YOUR POSITION ON THIS COMMISSION.
I KNOW THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ARE VERY INVESTED IN THE ARTS.
THAT'S WHY YOU WERE PICKED TO BE HERE.
MANY OF YOU ARE ARTISTS YOURSELVES.
YOU THINK ABOUT, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE RECOGNIZE NOT JUST THE INCREDIBLE TALENT AND PASSION THAT GOES INTO CREATING ART, BUT THE LABOR AND EFFORT ARTISTS PUT IN DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
MANY MAKE GREAT SACRIFICES TO PURSUE THEIR ART.
THE DANCERS OF DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER EXERCISED THEIR LEGAL RIGHT TO STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES AS A UNIT, AS A UNION TO DEMAND FAIR TREATMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR EFFORT AND TALENT AND PASSION.
THE NRB WAS NOT CONVINCED BY ANY OF THE LAME EXCUSES IN RED AIRINGS THAT THE DVDT LEADERSHIP TRIED TO CLAIM WAS THE SUPPOSED REASONS FOR THE FIRINGS.
THAT'S WHY THEY FILED OVER 40 DIFFERENT CHARGES OF UNLAWFUL CONDUCT.
THIS COMMISSION'S MISSION, ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE, IS TO ENCOURAGE CONCERN ABOUT CULTURAL AFFAIRS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF CONCERN RIGHT NOW, BUT I ASSUME THAT THIS ALSO INCLUDES RAISING SUPPORT, INTEREST, AND ENTHUSIASM.
AND THAT IS AT AN ALL TIME LOW WITH DVDT AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO THE BRILLIANT ARTISTS WHO UPENDED THEIR LIVES TO COME DANCE FOR THEM, IF THEY'RE GIVEN THE GRANT THAT THEY DON'T DESERVE, THEN IT WILL BE WASTED MONEY
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BECAUSE THE ORGANIZATION WILL FAIL NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY THE DALLAS CITY OF DALLAS GIVES IT.BECAUSE DALLAS DOES NOT SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT MISTREAT THEIR ARTISTS.
AND GRADUALLY, AS THE REPUTATION PRECEDES THEM, FEWER AND FEWER DANCERS WILL ADDITION.
EVENTUALLY THEY'LL EVEN START TREATING THEIR SCAB DANCERS AS POORLY AS THEY DID THE DANCERS.
AND THEY'LL LEAVE TOO BY GIVING THIS GRANT TO DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER.
RIGHT NOW, YOU WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTING THE ARTS IN DALLAS.
YOU WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTING ARTISTS IN DALLAS.
YOU WOULD ONLY BE SLIGHTLY PROLONGING THE LAST GASPS OF AN EGOCENTRIC POWER TRIP BY TWO OR THREE PEOPLE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WHO ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT MAINTAINING DICTATORIAL POWER THAN THEY ARE ABOUT THE ACTUAL MISSION AND LEGACY OF THE DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER.
WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS INSTITUTION IS TO OUR CITY, BUT SINCE THEIR LEADERSHIP DOESN'T CARE ANYMORE ABOUT THE REPUTATION AND SUCCESS OF THE ORGANIZATION, IT FALLS UPON PEOPLE LIKE YOU TO SAVE IT.
AND YOU CAN EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS BY CONTINUING TO WITHHOLD THIS GRANT AND PUTTING FURTHER PRESSURE ON LEADERSHIP TO FINALLY START RESPECTING THE LAW AND START RESPECTING BLACK ARTISTS.
THE FOURTH, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKERS, DAVID LOWRY.
UH, MY NAME IS DAVID LOWRY, CO-CHAIR OF THE YOUNG ACTIVE LABOR LEADERS HERE IN DFW.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE DANCERS AND THEIR RIGHT TO UNIONIZE PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH GUARANTEES THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH ASSEMBLY AND PETITION, AS WELL AS GUARANTEES FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION.
FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SHARED VALUES IS ALSO INSEPARABLE FROM LIBERTY, WHICH IS ASSURED BY THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT.
RECENTLY THE NLRB ISSUED A COMPLAINT BINDING REASONABLE CAUSE THAT THE DVPT COMMITTED NUMEROUS UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES, WHICH SOME OF THESE ARE THREATENING DANCERS WITH LOSS OF BENEFITS, DISCIPLINE OR DISCHARGE PROMISING BENEFITS IF DANCERS STOP SUPPORTING, UH, PROMISING BENEFITS IF DANCERS STOPS SUPPORTING THE UNION.
SHORTENING DANCERS SUMMER CONTRACTS, EXCLUDING DANCERS FROM TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES AT BOTH THE COMPANY AND AT THE DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATERS ACADEMY.
FAILING TO PAY DANCERS FOR WORK THAT THEY HAD PERFORMED, DECREASING THE, THE NUMBER OF MAIN COMPANY DANCERS FROM 14 TO 11, AN UNSUSTAINABLE AND UNSAFE NUMBER REFUSING TO HIRE THREE DANCERS WHO STOOD IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE FIRE DANCERS, MAINTAINING AN EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK THAT IN MULTIPLE WAYS VIOLATED THE DANCER'S RIGHTS TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS AND CONDUCT INVOLVING AND CONDUCT INVOLVING THEIR TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, FAILING TO NOTIFY OR BARGAIN WITH THE UNION AS LEGALLY REQUIRED.
ONCE THE DANCERS WON THEIR UNION ELECTION OVER MULTIPLE CHANGES TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND FIRING EACH AND EVERY MAIN COMPANY DANCER RECENTLY, MANAGEMENT AT THE DBDT RESPONDED TO NEW THESE NEARLY 40 CHARGES OF, OF UNLAWFUL CONDUCT BY THE NLRB BY QUADRUPLING DOWN ON THEIR ORIGINAL ACTIONS.
BY SAYING NONE OF THESE ARE, ARE CONSTITUTIONAL AND DENYING THAT THESE CHARGES, ALL OF WHICH ARE, UH, REASONABLE CAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAS RESPONDED PROMPTLY BY NOT ATTENDING SHOWS AND MANY DONORS HAVE PULLED THEIR ENTIRE SUPPORT.
I'M ASKING FOR THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, WE'VE HEARD FROM ALL OF THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND OKAY.
UH, WE'VE HEARD FROM ALL THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS, PASSIONATE STATEMENTS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON WITH OUR VOTING AGENDA ITEMS EVERYONE HAS IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE'RE GONNA START, UH, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 17TH, 20, 24 MINUTES.
EVERYONE HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THEM.
UH, CAN WE GET A MOTION? I MOVE THE COMMISSIONER.
COMMISSIONER GLOVER, UH, HAS, UH, PROPERLY MOVED THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES.
SECOND, UH, HEARD IT IN THE GALLERY.
UH, BUT, UH, MEEK COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER MEEK HAS SECONDED.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.
UH, THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES.
IT IS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED AT THE OCTOBER 17TH, 20, 24 MINUTES, UH, HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
UH, NEXT VOTING, UH, AGENDA ITEM, UH, IS A RECOMMENDATION TO INITIATE THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR A PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION TO BE LOCATED AT THE DALLAS POLICE ACADEMY AND COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE AND FUNDED USING 2024 BOND FUNDS.
COMMISSIONER WEINSTEIN, YOU WANT TO, IT'S JUST INITIATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? LYNN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER ON THE RECOMMENDATION?
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SO IF YOU ANY I'M HEADING TO THE MIND.NO, ACTUALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE READING PACKET, YEAH, IT WAS ALL IN THERE.
NEED TO SAY ANYTHING UP HERE? WELL, ONLY IF YOU WANT TO, YOU DON'T
THEN, UH, LET ME ASK, UH, SO THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC CARE COMMITTEE.
IT'S BEEN VETTED AND EVERYONE ON COMMITTEE SUPPORTS IT.
CAN WE GET A MOTION TO INITIATE THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR PUBLIC GUARD INSTALLATION TO BE LOCATED AT THE DALLAS POLICE ACADEMY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE AND FUNDED USING 2024 BOND FUNDS? CAN WE GET MOVED? COMMISSIONER WEINSTEIN IS PROPERLY MOVED.
UH, COMMISSIONER PEL HAS SECONDED.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.
ALL I BELIEVE TINO, I BELIEVE TINO HAD HIS HAND RAISED PRIOR TO THE, PRIOR TO THE MOTION BEING MADE.
OH, HE IS GOT TWO, TWO, GOT TWO SUMMARY.
UH, 'CAUSE I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE CAMERA STOPPED WORKING ON MY LAPTOP.
SO YOUR HAND IS UP AND YOUR QUESTION.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHERE IT SAYS ON, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PAGE NUMBER IT IS, BUT IN THE PUBLIC ART PROJECT ALLOCATION, IT SAYS TBD 20% OF THE ALLOCATION TBD ART PROJECT BUDGET.
ARE WE JUST VOTING TO INITIATE THIS PROJECT? OR ARE WE A VOTE ALSO INCLUDING THE 20% ALLOCATION OF THE TOTAL TBD BUDGET? I, I CAN ANSWER.
20% OF THE BUDGET IS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
THIS IS WHAT THAT IS, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO WHAT, WHATEVER THAT BUDGET IS BASED ON THOSE BOND DOLLARS, 20% OF THAT BUDGET WILL BE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS STANDARD AND IT JUST MAKES ME NERVOUS TO SEE A TBD WHEN THERE'S A DOLLAR SIGN IN FRONT OF IT OR BACK.
SO, UM, THE 20%, UM, ALLOCATION IS ACTUALLY PER ORDINANCE.
AND THE TBD PART IS, UM, THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE BOND CONSTRUCTION OFFICE.
THEY'VE ACTUALLY, UM, ASKED US TO INITIATE THIS PROJECT AND, UM, THEY ARE STILL, UH, WORKING WITH THEIR BUDGETS.
AND WHEN THEIR BUDGET IS SOLID, THEY'LL SEND US A FINAL NUMBER.
SO WE ARE JUST IN THAT PLANNING PHASE OF WORKING WITH THE BOND, UM, CONSTRUCTION OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN LOCKSTEP WITH THEM AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS, UM, FACILITY MOVES FORWARD SO THAT WE'RE NOT BEHIND.
VICKY, DID SOMEBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? IS THERE A HAND RAISED? OKAY.
IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION, IT'S ALREADY BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR? THINK COMMISSIONER URIEL HAD A QUESTION.
AMITHA, YOU'RE, YOU ARE MUTED.
CAN YOU, IF YOU CAN HEAR US, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR, UH, MICROPHONE.
COMMISSIONER CUREL? UH, SHE'S NOT, UH, SHE COULD PUT IN SNAPCHAT.
UH, I COULDN'T FIND THE UNMUTE BUTTON FOR SOME REASON.
AND SO, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN.
UM, I JUST WANT A QUICK QUESTION.
WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT BOND MONIES, THAT'S NOT OUR BOND MONEY.
THE 6% THAT WE FOR, THAT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S BOND MONEY.
IF YOU, IF YOU COULD UNDERSTAND THAT QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER WEINSTEIN OR LYNN? IT WAS BREAKING UP, BUT I'LL LET YOU.
YEAH, I I BELIEVE YOU'RE ASKING IF IT'S PUBLIC OR BOND MONEY OR IF IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S BOND MONEY OR IF IT'S, WELL, I GUESS, AND, AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS, I'M STILL NEW TO SOME OF THESE THINGS, BUT WHEN WE WERE, YOU KNOW, CANVASSING, I GUESS, OR ASKING FOR BOND MONEY FOR 2024, LIKE WE WERE ASKING FOR THAT 6%, IS THAT THE SAME MONEY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE? I'M JUST, UM, HEY, THIS IS DIRECTOR PHILIPPE AND YOUR CAMERA'S OFF, BUT I'LL RESPOND.
YOU, UM, ARE REFERRING TO PROPOSITION.
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INTERESTING.YOU'RE REFERRING TO PROPOSITION E, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, THE BOND PROGRAM THAT'S GONNA ADDRESS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AT OUR 15 CULTURAL FACILITIES.
UH, BUT OUR PUBLIC ART DIVISION, UH, PROJECTS ARE 50 PERCENTAGES OF BOND FUNDING FROM OTHER PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
STREETS, PARKS, WATER, WHOEVER PUBLIC WORKS, OTHER PEOPLE'S MAINTENANCE.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE BEING CHIPPED AWAY BY A WONDERFUL, I'LL JUST MAKE SURE ALSO, I, SO I'M NOT SURE WHY I'M NOT SHOWING UP.
NOW YOU SEE, YOU NOW, NOW YOU NO, NO, YOU'RE NOT, UH, IN ANY EVENT, YOU, YOU'LL HAVE TO MUTE.
THERE'S THE ION IS NOT APPEARING HERE.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION THAT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED? ALL IN FAVOR,
THE RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN APPROVED.
UM, SO WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE THIRD VOTING AGENDA ITEM, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR QUALITY OF LIFE, ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE REGARDING, UH, THE FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 25 CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM FUNDING ALLOCATION FOR THE DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO REMAND BY CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 23RD, 24.
UH, COMMISSIONER BRAGGA ALONE.
UM, BY LAY BACKGROUND, UM, YOU ALL HAVE THE MATERIALS IN YOUR PACKET, BUT I WILL BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE WHERE WE ARE AND THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION.
UH, IN SEPTEMBER, THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE BROUGHT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COP PROGRAMMING TO THE COMMISSION, RECOMMENDING FUNDING FOR 56 ORGANIZATIONS NOT TO EXCEED $6.4 MILLION.
INCLUDED IN THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR FUNDING UNDER THE COP PROGRAM TO DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER FOR $248,435.
WHEN THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS PRESENTED TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 21ST, 2024, THE COMMITTEE HAD QUESTIONS FOR THE OAC AND FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING REGARDING WHAT CONSIDERATION HAD BEEN GIVEN TO THE LABOR DISPUTE BETWEEN DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER AND THE DANCERS WHO HAD BEEN FIRED.
AS A RESULT OF THAT MEETING, THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF ALL OF THE COP FUNDING, EXCEPT THE FUNDING THAT HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER.
AND THEY PULLED THAT ITEM FROM THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON OCTOBER 23RD.
THE MATTER WAS FULLY DISCUSSED.
A PRESENTATION WAS MADE BY OUR OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE STAFF.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS REPRESENTING ALL OF THE INTEREST, AND AT THE END OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, IT WAS REFERRED BACK TO THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE.
UM, DO WE HAVE THE SLIDE WITH THE LANGUAGE OF, OF, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY HANDY? YEAH, THAT'S NOT ON THIS SLIDE.
SO, UH, IT WAS SENT BACK TO OUR COMMITTEE TO REMAND THE FUNDING ALLOCATION FOR DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE FOR ADVISORY COMMISSION'S ALLOCATION COMMITTEE FOR RECONSIDERATION AND REFERRAL BACK TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE.
FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION, OUR COMMITTEE MET ON NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH TO RECONSIDER TO RECONSIDER THE ALLOCATION, UH, AS REQUESTED.
WE HAD ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER AT THE MEETING, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DVDT, MS.
AFTER A FULL DISCUSSION IN WHICH EVERY MEMBER OF THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE WAS PRESENT AND PARTICIPATED, WE, UH, HAD A MOTION FOR THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION.
AND THAT MOTION ASKED UNANIMOUSLY, THE RECOMMENDATION TO YOU TODAY IS AS FOLLOWS, ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPORTANCE OF DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES.
THE ALLOCATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL PRESERVE THE INITIAL FUNDING RECOMMENDATION OF $248,435 FOR DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER PENDING.
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES, IF A RULING IS MADE IN DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER'S FAVOR BY THE NATIONAL LABOR REVIEW
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BOARD ON OR BEFORE APRIL 15TH, 2025, THE FULL $248,435 FUNDING RECOMMENDATION FOR DBDT BE IMMEDIATELY APPROVED.IF AN AGREEMENT OR SETTLEMENT IS REACHED BETWEEN DBDT AND THE NLRB ON OR BEFORE APRIL 15TH, 2025, THE FULL $248,435 FUNDING RECOMMENDATION FOR DVDT BE IMMEDIATELY APPROVED.
ALTERNATIVELY, IF DVDT IS FOUND TO BE AT FAULT IN THE PROCEEDINGS CONDUCTED BY NLRB ON OR BEFORE APRIL 15, OR I'M ACTUALLY, I MAY BE USING THE INPUT YEAH.
ON OR BEFORE APRIL 15TH, 2025, I AM ON TRACK.
UH, THE FULL $248,435 FUNDING RECOMMENDATION WILL BE REALLOCATED TO OTHER OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMS FOR THE 2025 FISCAL YEAR, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO COMMUNITY ARTS, COMMUNITY ARTISTS PROGRAM, CULTURE OF VALUE OR ARTS ACTIVATE WITH THE DIRECT INSTRUCTION THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO FUNDING ALANA PROGRAMMING.
OR IF NO RULING DECISION OR RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MADE ON OR BEFORE APRIL 15TH, 2025, THE FULL $248,435 FUNDING RECOMMENDATION WILL BE REALLOCATED TO OTHER OAC PROGRAMS FOR THE 2025 FISCAL YEAR, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMMUNITY ARTS, COMMUNITY ARTIST PROGRAM, CULTURE OF VALUE OR ART ACTIVATE WITH THE DIRECT INSTRUCTION THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO FUNDING.
THAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION TO SHARE WITH YOU BRIEFLY THE DISCUSSION THAT LED OR THE RATIONALE THAT LED TO THAT RECOMMENDATION.
THE COMMITTEE WAS OF A MIND THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD GIVE THE PARTIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE THE FUNDING TO, TO RECEIVE THE FUNDING IF THEY CAN REACH A RESOLUTION.
GIVEN THAT THAT WAS THE CONCERN OF THE COMMITTEE, WE ASKED FOR GUIDANCE FROM THE OAC STAFF REGARDING HOW LONG WE COULD PUSH THAT DATE OUT AND STILL BE ABLE TO USE THE FUNDS TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE ARTIST IN THE CITY OF DALLAS IN THE EVENT OR RESOLUTION COULD NOT BE MADE.
OUR THOUGHT PROCESS WAS THAT THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS WOULD BE FOR THE DISPUTE TO BE RESOLVED AND THE MONEY TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
BUT IF THAT CANNOT OCCUR IN A TIMELY FASHION DURING OUR FISCAL YEAR, WE DID NOT WANT TO SEE THAT MONEY, UM, IN EFFECT, DISAPPEAR AND NOT BE ABLE TO BENEFIT ARTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE CITY.
THE DATE PROVIDED WAS APRIL 15TH.
THAT DATE WILL STILL ALLOW THE MONEY TO BE USED TO FUND ARTS PROGRAMMING.
WE FELT IT IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE THE INSTRUCTION THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO FUND ALANA PROGRAMMING AND ALANA ORGANIZATIONS IN ORDER FOR THE BALANCE OR THE MIX OF THE FUNDING TO REMAIN THE SAME IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL, UM, UH, IN OVERALL BEING, IN KEEPING WITH THE INTENT OF THE CULTURAL PLAN.
UM, SO I HOPE THAT GIVES YOU A BRIEF, UM, IDEA OF THE RATIONALE BEHIND WHAT WAS A VERY INVOLVED AND VERY ACTIVE DISCUSSION FROM ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
SO YOU HAVE BEFORE THE COMMISSION OUR RECOMMENDATION, AND I BELIEVE, UM, YOU COULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR ME.
UM, UH, MIKE, UH, STATEMENT AND QUESTION TO THE COMMISSIONERS.
UH, YOU'VE HAD THIS IN YOUR PACKET.
EVERYONE HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT.
UH, COMMISSIONER BRAG ALONE HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF EXPLAINING IT AND BREAKING IT DOWN.
DOES EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THE RECOMMENDATION? WE HAVE ONE HAND UP.
WE HAVE NO ONE INDICATING THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
UM, COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE, UH, I BELIEVE HE HAD HIS, HANNAH WAS THERE, WAS THERE A QUESTION ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE MOTION ITSELF? NO.
OR NOT ON THE MOTION RECOMMENDATION? I MEAN, I, ARE WE GONNA HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS? YES, WE WILL.
YEAH, THE PROCESS WILL BE, UH, YEAH, WE'LL HAVE THE MOTION AND A SECOND, AND THEN WE WILL ACTUALLY DISCUSS IT.
UH, COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AND I'LL SECOND
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WHAT WELL, BUT WAIT A MINUTE.COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE, YOU SAID YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
AND WHAT WOULD THAT MOTION BE? UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, HAVE THE COMMITTEE, UH, SUPPORT THE, UM, MEASURE AS IT WAS READ, UM, BY A CHAIRWOMAN.
BRAG ALONG THAT IS SUFFICIENT.
VICKI, UH, COMMISSIONER MEEK HAS SECONDED.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.
UH, IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION, LET'S, UH, ALLOW A COUPLE OF MINUTES ON MINUTES FOR EACH COMMISSIONER, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
WE JUST WANNA PUT SOME KIND OF PARAMETER ON IT.
UH, COMMISSIONER GLOVER, UH, QUICKLY, BECAUSE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A, I'M TRYING TO STILL KIND OF SORT THIS OUT.
WHEN THIS INITIALLY HAPPENED AND THE DANCERS WERE FIRED FOR TRYING TO UNIONIZE WHO ACTUALLY FIRED THEM, UH, AND I, I WANNA KEEP, I WANNA KEEP THINGS IN ORDER.
THAT QUESTION MAY BE SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER.
WE'RE JUST, UH, WE'RE NOT DELVING INTO FACTS.
WE WERE, UH, INSTRUCTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE ALLEGATIONS EXIST.
SO, SO THAT'S BASICALLY, SO WE'RE NOT VOTING, WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING ANYTHING OTHER THAN WE'RE REALLY JUST VOTING ON IT.
WE'RE VOTING ON THE RECOMMENDATION.
CHAIR, UH, COMMISSIONER BRAG IN MY COMMENTS.
I, I NEGLECTED TO, TO SAY JUST THAT.
AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMISSION TO UNDERSTAND WE WERE NOT ASKED TO MAKE A RE RECOMMENDATION OR A FINDING REGARDING THE DISPUTE.
ONLY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO THE MONEY THAT HAD INITIALLY BEEN ALLOCATED TO DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER IN LIGHT OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE ALLEGATIONS AT WHATEVER STAGE THEY MIGHT BE THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO THE CONSEQUENCES, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
NOT SO, UH, I'M GONNA BACK UP IT, I THINK I CAN DO THIS QUICKLY.
SO WE INITIALLY, UM, RECOMMENDED WE HAD A BIG BUCKET OF MONEY.
WE INITIALLY RECOMMENDED THAT 248,000 AND SOME ODD DOLLARS OF THAT GO TO DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER.
THERE IS PENDING A DISPUTE BETWEEN DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER AND ITS DANCERS.
WE DON'T REALLY NEED, AND FOR THE, FOR WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING TODAY TO DELVE INTO THE FACTS OF THAT DISPUTE.
BUT WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL ASKED US IS THAT IN LIGHT OF THE EXISTENCE OF THAT DISPUTE AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD, THAT SURROUNDS THAT DISPUTE, WHAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE MONEY? AND EVEN THOUGH I READ A VERY LENGTHY RECOMMENDATION, THE SHORT VERSION IS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE GIVE THE ORGANIZATION AS MUCH TIME AS IS POSSIBLE TO RESOLVE THAT DISPUTE UP TO A POINT WHERE IF WE LET IT GO ANY LONGER, WE WOULD RISK THAT MONEY NOT BEING ABLE TO BE USED DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE TRIED TO FASHION A RECOMMENDATION THAT SHOWED SUPPORT FOR THE ORGANIZATION, GIVEN ITS IMPORTANCE TO THIS COMMUNITY, BUT RECOGNIZING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EXISTING DISPUTE AND NOT RECOMMENDING AWARD OF THAT FUNDING UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THAT DISPUTE HAS BEEN RESOLVED.
AND THE CONDITIONS OF THAT RECOMMENDATION IS THE LENGTHY PORTION THAT I READ OUT.
UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION ITSELF? HI, COMMISSIONER.
AS I SPEAK, BUT WANTED TO SEE, I APPRECIATE ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE TAKING.
UM, THIS WAS A VERY SITUATION, I THINK A GREAT
UM, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, AND WE ASK COMMISSIONER TO ALSO, UH, CONSIDER THAT WE HEARD THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, EARLIER IN OUR MEETING.
WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID AND DONE, IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I'M GONNA CALL IT, UH, FOR A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF A DOCUMENT OF RECOMMENDATION? AYE.
I'M LOOKING AT, I DON'T SEE ANY, UH, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? COMMISSIONER URIEL? ARE YOU, IS YOUR HAND UP? YOUR HAND WAS UP.
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YOU OPPOSE THE RECOMMENDATION.NO, SHE WAS, YOU'RE UP, YOU'RE IN SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE THUMBS UP.
UH, SO THAT, UH, NO OPPOSITION, UH, NO ABSTENTION.
AND THERE'S NO NEED TO REREAD IT, BUT WE HAVE IT HERE.
AND THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ALSO ATTENDED THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE.
I KNOW THERE WERE A NUMBER OF COMMITTEE OF COMMISSIONERS WHO LISTENED AND, AND THANK YOU.
AND ON THAT NOTE, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL THAT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER TRILLA, UM, HORNBUCKLE, UH, WILL IS ON THE HAL COMMISSIONER DANIEL, UH, EVERYONE.
COMMISSIONER ILLA, COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE, COMMISSIONER PEL, COMMISSIONER PALLO.
YES, BUT I THINK I NAMED THE, UM, THOSE WERE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND I BELIEVE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER BLAZE ATTENDED.
AND, AND COMMISSIONER NI YOU WERE THERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF FOLKS WERE EITHER THERE, UH, VIRTUALLY OR, UM, IN PERSON.
SO WE, UM, WE TOOK OUR CHARGE VERY SERIOUSLY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, IN LIGHT OF, UH, THE COMMITTEE REPORTS, UH, MOVING ALONG WITH OUR AGENDA, THE CHAIR REPORT, UH, IS PRETTY BRIEF.
UM, SO I'M GONNA MOVE THE NEXT BRIEFING.
CAN WE DISCUSS THAT
THE NEXT BRIEFING ON CITY HOME NON-COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION.
AND NICO LEONI, IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD, YOU'D AGREE.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
UM, JUST GIVING A MINUTE FOR THE SLIDES TO CATCH UP.
UM, I CAN RUN THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT 20 SLIDES THAT GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING WITH WRR SINCE IT TRANSITIONED TO A YEAR, A MANAGEMENT BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR.
IF YOU HAVE HAD TIME TO REVIEW THE PRESENTATION ALREADY AND WOULD RATHER JUST JUMP STRAIGHT TO QUESTIONS, JUST LET ME KNOW.
OTHERWISE, I'LL, I'LL WALK THROUGH QUICKLY.
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, YOU SHOULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS WILL JUST GIVE YOU A, A TOP LINE BOOK AT THE AUDIENCE METRICS AND TRENDS.
AGAIN, THE THING WE FOCUS ON MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IS THE WEEKLY QUEUE OF CUMULATIVE AUDIENCE.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO LISTEN IN THIS IS A THREE YEAR SNAPSHOT, WHICH WAS A YEAR PREDATING, UH, KEA, STARTING TO MANAGE THE STATION, ALL OF 2023 AND 2024.
OUR ROLLING AVERAGE OF THAT THREE YEAR PERIOD IS A LITTLE OVER 220,000 PEOPLE TUNING IN DEEPLY.
UH, BUT THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A DOWNWARD TREND OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WHICH IN OUR VIEW IS NOT TERRIBLY SURPRISING.
IF YOU PULL BACK TO A LARGER VIEW, IF YOU LOOK FIVE YEARS OR SEVEN YEARS, THERE'S A LITTLE MORE NUANCED PICTURE.
BUT I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 2024, SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING, WHAT WE'RE WATCHING, AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING MOVING FORWARD.
CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? UM, AS ALL OF YOU HAVE NOTICED, I'M SURE, UH, 2024 HAS BEEN A BIG NEWS YEAR.
ONE OF THE OTHER TRENDS, YOU KNOW, OVER ABOUT A FIVE YEAR PERIOD IS THERE WAS A MAJOR SURGE IN LISTENING TO CLASSICAL MUSIC DURING THE PANDEMIC.
A LOT OF PEOPLE TUNED IN, WHETHER IT BE A STREAMING TO CLASSICAL RADIO STATIONS OR OTHER WAY, JUST AS A SOURCE OF CALL AND VERY, VERY TURBULENT TIME.
SO, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE SAW A HUGE SURGE.
20 20, 20 21, 20 22 THAT STARTED TO FALL.
EVERY FOUR YEARS IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS, WE SEE A MOVE TOWARDS BLIST TO NEWS PEOPLE PAYING ATTENTION TO NEWS IN ELECTION CYCLES, KERA NEWS, THE STATION WE RUN THERE.
IN FACT, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY, HIT NUMBER ONE IN THE ENTIRE NORTH TEXAS MARKET IN THE RATINGS THIS SUMMER.
AS A RESULT OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TUNING IN TO NEWS DURING AN ELECTION CYCLE, WAS ACTUALLY THE MONTH IN WHICH PRESIDENT BIDEN DROPPED OUT.
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS BECAME THE NOMINEE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE YEAR THAT MONTH.
SO A LOT OF THINGS DRIVING LISTENERS TOWARDS NEWS, THEY COME
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FROM SOMEWHERE.WE SAW OTHER MUSIC FORMATS LOSE LISTENERS DURING THE YEAR, LIKE THEY OFTEN DO DURING ELECTION CYCLES 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE TURNING INTO NEWS.
WE ALSO TRACK KIND OF WHAT'S AFFECTING, UH, AUDIENCES AND OUR RATING MEASUREMENTS.
AND THERE'S SOME PANEL EFFECTS AS WELL.
SO WHAT WE WANNA TALK WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT IS JUST THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING KIND OF UNDER THE HOOK FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR SO SINCE WRR MOVED OVER TO KATE MANAGEMENT.
UM, SO THE FIRST THING WE'VE DONE IS SHIFT TO A NON-COMMERCIAL BUSINESS MODEL.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS PART OF THE AGREEMENT.
SO MOVING FROM A COMMERCIAL STATION TO NON-COMMERCIAL, THAT MEANT BUILDING A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT REVENUE MODEL AS WE THOUGHT ABOUT LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY AND OUR ABILITY TO KEEP THE STATION AS A CLASSICAL STATION SERVING LISTENERS THROUGHOUT DALLAS, AS REQUIRED BY OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
UH, THIS WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT GOAL FOR US.
SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED WITH HOW THAT'S BEEN GOING.
WE'RE REALLY TRACKING THE BENCHMARKS THAT WE PUT IN THE PROPOSAL AND OUR INTERNAL GOALS FOR WHAT THAT CONVERSION WOULD LOOK LIKE.
A HUGE PART OF OUR WORK BEYOND BUILDING THE REVENUE MODEL IS FOCUSING ON LOCAL AND FOCUSING ON REV PRESENTATION.
I THINK THAT'S VERY WELL ALIGNED WITH A LOT OF THE WORK THAT THE CITY DOES WITH OTHER ORG ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL START TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE MORE DETAIL OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.
LET'S REALLY TAKE FEW FORMS ON THE DIVERSIFICATION AND IMPROVING REPRESENTATION OF THE MUSIC THAT WE HEAR ON WRR.
WE'VE HAD A TWO PART STRATEGY.
WE USE HERITAGE MONTH, UM, TO BROADEN THE PLAYLIST TO CELEBRATE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF CULTURE DURING THOSE MONTHS.
AND THEN WE'LL KEEP A SMALLER SELECTION OF WHAT WE PLAY IN THOSE MONTHS TO THE PERMANENT PLAYLIST.
SO WE USE THAT AS A WAY TO GO DEEP AND THEN TO DIVERSIFY THE PLAYLIST ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
FOR EXAMPLE, DURING PRIDE MONTH 2024, WE ADDED ALMOST 2000 PIECES TO OUR LIBRARY, UH, THAT HELPED REPRESENT AND CELEBRATE THAT THAT MONTH THERE'LL BE A SMALLER SELECTION THAT STATE PERMANENTLY.
BUT THAT'S OUR STRATEGY FOR INCREASING REPRESENTATION WITHIN THE MUSIC LIBRARY.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE INSTRUCTION WE'VE GIVEN THE TEAM IS TO
AND TO SAY THAT JUST TO HELP US BE MORE LOCAL, TO CELEBRATE THE GREAT ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN DALLAS AND ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THAT WE SERVE THROUGH WRR.
SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THOSE FRONTS.
WE'RE DEDICATING AN HOUR EVERY WEEK TO SPOTLIGHTING CONCERTS BROADCAST FROM RIGHT HERE IN NORTH TEXAS.
THE CORNERSTONE OF THAT REALLY IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DALLAS SYMPHONY.
BUT BEYOND THAT, IT'S ALSO THE GREATER DALLAS YOUTH ORCHESTRA, DALLAS WINDS, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS ACROSS THE METRO AREA.
WE'VE ALSO GOT OUR AGREEMENT, UM, WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS OFFICE OF, OF ARTS AND CULTURE UP AND RUNNING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO NONPROFIT CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CITY OF DALLAS DEPARTMENTS.
AND THESE ARE THE FIRST FOUR THAT WERE SELECTED THAT WE ARE PROVIDING FREE, UH, UNDERWRITING AND SPONSORSHIP MESSAGES TO AS WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH NEW AUDIENCES IN PERSON.
'CAUSE WE THINK THAT'S A LOT OF THE STRATEGY FOR REACHING NEW AUDIENCES AND ALIGNS WELL WITH THE WORK
SO WE'VE HAD A, A REALLY SUCCESSFUL BING SUBWAYS EVENT, A WAY TO GO OUT WITH BRIEF PERFORMANCES.
WE DID OURS AT MOCKINGBIRD STATION ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SOME OF OUR WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DISD AND THE DSO AROUND AMPLIFYING THE VOICES AND PERFORMANCES OF YOUNG MUSICIANS, BEEN A REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND A GREAT WAY FOR US TO BRING IN YOUNGER AUDIENCES TO OUR WORK.
WE'VE HAD A SUMMER CLASSICAL SERIES, A SERIES OF FREE CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERTS AT MOCKINGBIRD STATION, AGAIN, FEATURING LOCAL MUSICIANS AND COMPOSERS DONE IN THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AGAIN, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO REACH NEW AUDIENCES.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK ON OUR DIGITAL PLATFORMS. WE LAUNCHED A NEW WEBSITE, WE UPDATED THE APP.
WE'VE BEEN DOING AN AUDIT OF ALL OF OUR DIGITAL SOCIAL PLATFORMS AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO REACH NEW ITEMS IS THROUGH THOSE.
AND WE'VE SEEN SOME GOOD GROWTH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE'VE ALSO LAUNCHED A NEW CATALOG THAT KIND OF REFLECTS THAT STRETCHING OF THE PLAYLIST, OUR EFFORTS TO REACH NEW AUDIENCES, TO BE ABLE TO BRING NEW PEOPLE IN.
SO WHAT YOU'LL HEAR OVER AND OVER ON AIR IS CLASSICAL FOR EVERYONE.
AND I REALLY THINK THAT REFLECTS BOTH KERA, THE WORK WE DO ACROSS ALL OF OUR STATIONS.
IT'S VERY WELL ALIGNED WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.
I KNOW I RAN THROUGH THAT REALLY QUICKLY, BUT THAT'S JUST AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT.
UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR WRR?
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WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I LISTEN TO YOU EVERY DAY.I MEAN, EVERY DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
UM, ALSO, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LOT MORE WORK FOR ALL OF YOU TO RAISE MONEY, AND OF COURSE IT'S WRAPPING UP AT 7:00 PM THIS EVENING.
UM, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT GOING FORWARD NEXT YEAR, I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU HAVE PLANS TO, I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOUR PROGRAMMING GOALS AND WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING BECAUSE LISTENERSHIP HAS GONE DOWN THAT IS KIND OF, AS YOU SAY, IS SEASONAL, DEPENDS ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD.
UM, NOW THAT THE ELECTION IS OVER, WHAT OTHER IDEAS AND REVENUE STREAMS ARE YOU LOOKING AT? YEAH, SO THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
ONE, THINKING ABOUT BOTH WRR, BUT OUR OTHER STATIONS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE INTERACT WITH THE ARTS COMMUNITY.
WE NEEDED TO GIVE THIS A LITTLE TIME TO SETTLE IN, TO DO SOME OF THE BACKEND WORK, TO DO THE WORK ON THE LIBRARY AND OTHER THINGS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE HAD THE TEAM WORKING ON IS HOW DOES WRR WORK WITH OUR OTHER STATIONS AND OUR OTHER ARTS GROUPS BE THAT RISING TIDE FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND FOR REACHING AUDIENCES.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF OUR FOCUS OVER THE NEXT YEAR IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE STARTED EXPERIMENTING A LITTLE BIT WITH THINGS LIKE WRR ON K-E-R-A-T-B WHERE WE CURATE GREAT PERFORMANCES, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE W'S HOSTS INTRODUCE THEM AND IT'S A WAY OF CROSS-PROMOTING.
SO WE'RE STARTING TO DO MORE OF THAT.
AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE EVEN MORE OF THAT AS WE MOVE INTO 2025.
WE STARTED SOME REALLY EARLY FEW MONTHS OF MARKETING CAMPAIGNS FOR WRR.
AGAIN, WE WANTED TO DO THE BACKEND WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE PUTTING ON AIR REALLY REFLECTED UNITY, THAT IT WAS MORE LOCAL.
WE KNEW 2024 WOULD BE A CHARITABLE TIME TO BE OUT MARKETING A CLASSICAL STATION WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE WERE TUNING INTO NEWS.
WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THAT YET, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE CONSIDERING COMING 25.
SO THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE, THE TWO BIGGEST THINGS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
DID YOU ALSO PLAY MORE OPERA
I JUST HAD TO SAY IT HAD TO THANK YOU PROFESSOR, COUPLE PEOPLE AHEAD OF ME ON THE SCREEN.
UH, WHO DID YOU NOTICE? ALL OF THEM WERE AHEAD OF ME.
LET'S START WITH, UH, JOE ILLA.
UH, AND, AND THANK YOU WRR AND KERA FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.
I DID MENTION, I DID HEAR, UM, AND LOOKED INTO YOUR WORK WITH DISD AND, UM, AS A COMMISSION WELL KNOWS, UM, I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR, UH, DISTRICT 12, WHICH HAS NO DISD, UM, STUDENTS.
UH, WE HAVE THREE OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS. SO AS YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR PROGRAMMING AND WHAT YOU DO FOR STUDENTS, I BEG YOU TO PLEASE LOOK AT RICHARDSON, UM, AND CARROLLTON AND PLANO, ISD BECAUSE THEY ARE DALLAS RESIDENTS.
UH, MANY OF THEM, UH, THAT MISS OUT ON A LOT OF THE PROGRAMMING BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DISD.
AND THAT IS VERY TOP OF MIND FOR US, YOU KNOW, AS WE WORK TO BRING OUR TEAMS TOGETHER ON OUR, SORT OF THE NEXT STEP FROM THAT IS WHO ARE OUR PARTNERS? WHERE ARE OUR PARTNERSHIPS, YOU KNOW, BROADLY, UH, FOR NEW PEOPLE WHO DON'T JUST LIVE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES AS WELL.
SO THAT IS A QUESTION THAT WE'LL BE TACKLING IN 2025 AS WELL, UH, AS WE TRY TO BRING OUR INTERNAL TEAMS TOGETHER.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC.
AND, AND IN THAT VEIN, I'M WONDERING, I, I HEARD SOME COMMENTS, UM, THAT YOU MIGHT BE ONCE AGAIN CONSIDERING JAZZ AS, UM, UH, A PART OF THE FORMAT.
IS THAT ON THE TABLE OR OFF THE TABLE OR WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE IDEA OF HAVING JAZZ AS A PART OF THE CLASSICAL MUSIC LINEUP? YEAH.
UM, I HAVEN'T HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT WITH THE WRR TEAM IN A LITTLE WHILE.
THE LAST CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THEM, WE'RE TRYING TO STAY TRUE TO OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, THAT IT WILL BE A CLASSICAL STATION.
BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM TO PLAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF CLASSICAL.
AND SO CLASSICAL AND JAZZ, I MEAN, WE THINK OF OPERA IN THE SAME WAY.
AS LONG AS WE CAN TIE IT BACK TO CLASSICAL, WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE AT THE INTERSECTION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BOTH FROM A PROGRAMMING STANDPOINT TO BE ABLE TO BUILD ARGUMENT AND UNDER THE
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TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, IT DOES, WE NEED, DO, NEED TO BE ABLE TO POINT TO OUR PROGRAMMING AND HOW IT IS STILL CLASSICAL.SO THAT CONTINUES TO BE HOW WE ARE THINKING ABOUT JAZZ AS THE INTERSECTION.
JAZZ AND CLASSICAL IS A COMFORTABLE ONE FOR US WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
FOLLOWING UP ON, UH, COMMISSIONER MEEK'S QUESTION, AND I, UH, MR. LEONI, I SEE THAT YOU'RE THE CEO ARE YOU INVOLVED IN PROGRAMMING AT THE STATION? NO, I'M NOT INVOLVED IN THE DAY-TO-DAY PROGRAMMING OF ANY OF OUR INDIVIDUAL STATIONS.
WE HAVE PROGRAM DIRECTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH ONE.
YOU ARE EXPERTS IN THE FORMAT AND THE STYLE OF MUSIC OR NEWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO NO, I'M NOT INVOLVED IN THAT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
UM, I, HORN COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE HAD HIS HAND RAISED.
BEFORE I ASK MY QUESTION, I I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
UH, THE PRO, UH, YOUR PREDECESSOR, UH, PROMISE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ADVERTISING FOR ALANA GROUPS AND, UH, WHEN THEY CAME TO OUR COMMISSION A FEW YEARS AGO, AND WHEN I ASKED HIM ABOUT HOW IS THAT GOING, HE HAD NO ANSWER FOR ME.
I I, I HEARD YOU MENTION SEVERAL THINGS.
YOU'RE UNDERWRITING, UH, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
I, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING EXACTLY WITH ALANA GROUPS AND, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, CAN YOU DIG A LITTLE DEEPER JUST SO I COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT'S UH, GOING ON? YEAH, SO THE PART OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS WAS TO PROVIDE UNDERWRITING, WHICH IS THE NON-COMMERCIAL VERSION OF ADVERTISING.
SO SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL USE THE WORD ADVERTISING, BUT TECHNICALLY IT, IT'S UNDERWRITING SPONSORSHIP MESSAGES.
UM, I THINK IT WAS THE, I DON'T REMEMBER LIKE ABOUT 15 SLIDES INTO THE PRESENTATION.
THERE WAS A LIST OF THREE OR FOUR ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS ONE CITY OF DALLAS DEPARTMENT.
THAT WAS THE FIRST GROUP THAT WE STARTED WORKING WITH.
UM, THAT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO GET UP AND RUNNING.
I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WAS SOME CHANGE WITHIN STAFFING THE CITY OF DALLAS AND OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO PUT THE PROCESS TOGETHER FOR THAT.
THERE'S AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
IT RUNS THROUGH AN APPROVAL PROCESS.
THERE'S A SELECTION PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE REALLY ARE ABLE TO SERVE THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THIS WAS JUST THE FIRST GROUP THAT'S UP AND RUNNING.
NOW THAT THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN SET UP, YOU SHOULD EXPECT THAT TO BE OCCURRING ON AN ON ONGOING BASIS.
JESSE, ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? NOPE, THAT'S CORRECT.
COMMISSIONER, ONE MORE, ONE MORE FOLLOW UP.
UH, WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE ALANA GROUPS ADVERTISING AND, UH, WHAT IS YOUR GOAL, UH, FOR ALANA GROUP GROUPS ADVERTISING GOING FORWARD? GOT IT.
SO OF THE FOUR ORGANIZATIONS WE SELECTED, UH, INITIALLY I, LIKE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE WAS, BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE SELECTION CRITERIA I WOULD'VE TO LOOK BACK SPECIFICALLY.
I ACTUALLY DON'T, UM, I PAID A, MY COMMENT WAS I PAID ATTENTION.
AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH YOUR SLIDES, YOU HAVE, UM, OF THE FOUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UH, NOT THE MARKETING PORTION, BUT THE CONCERT HALL, RIGHT? IS THAT RIGHT? YES.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
OF THOSE FOUR ORGANIZATIONS, TWO OF THEM ARE OAC ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVE COP FUNDING, UH, DALLAS WINDS AND GREATER DALLAS YOUTH ORCHESTRA.
I DON'T THINK EITHER ONE OF THOSE ARE IDENTIFIED AS ALANA.
WE'RE DOUBLE CHECKING, BUT, UH, BUT THEY ARE NOT.
BUT, UH, WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY TO YOU GUYS, AND, AND I SHOULD HAVE STARTED TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, IS, UM, THAT IS EASY INFORMATION FOR YOU TO GET FROM OUR OAC STAFF.
WE FIND, UH, I SAID IT EARLIER TODAY, 50 SOME ODD ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE PROVIDE, UH, COP FUNDING, WHICH IS GENERAL OPERATIONAL FUNDING.
SO THAT SHOULD SAY TO YOU, UM, THESE ORGANIZATIONS OR ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT VETTING PROCESS, THEY RANGE FROM, UM, THE SMALLEST BUDGET IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE DMA, THE DSO, THE, UH, OPERA, ALL GET COP FUNDING.
AND THAT'S A PUBLIC LIST THAT, THAT'S A GREAT LIST FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT LIST, YOU CAN LOOK AT WHICH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS IDENTIFY AS ALANA.
SO THAT'S JUST A HELPFUL TIP WITH BOTH YOUR CONCERT HALL AND YOUR MARKETING.
AND THEN ON YOUR MARKETING LIST, UM, CITY OF DALLAS IS NOT, NOT ONE OF OUR OAC C ORGANIZATIONS, BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE SUPPORT.
ALL THREE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING MARKETING FOR ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE FUND, BUT ONLY ONE OF THEM IS ALANA, AND THAT
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IS THE SOUTH DALLAS CONCERT CHOIR.WE DON'T PROVIDE COP FUNDING TO THEM, BUT THEY ARE CAP ARTISTS.
UM, AT AT LEAST ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING MARKETING FOR ARTS MISSION, OAK CLIFF IS NOT AN ALANA ORGANIZATION AND IT DOESN'T PROPERLY, DOES NOT IDENTIFY AS ALANA, BUT IT DOES DO A LOT OF PROGRAMMING TO THE ALANA COMMUNITY.
BUT AGAIN, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT BOTH AT MARKETING OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT FEATURE ON THE STATION, UM, PLEASE LOOK AT WHO WE'RE FUNDING ON COP AND ON ARTS ACTIVATE.
AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR LOCAL ARTIST, PLEASE LOOK AT OUR CAP LIST.
THAT'S THE COMMUNITY ARTIST PROGRAM.
THEY GO THROUGH A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT VETTING PROCESS AS WELL.
AND YOU, THEY CAN BE FOUND, UH, ON THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND GO, YOU CAN JUST GOOGLE COMMUNITY ARTIST PROGRAM ARTIST LIST AND IT'LL POP RIGHT UP.
AND, AND JUST FOR CLARITY, THAT SECOND LIST YOU MENTIONED WITH KITCHEN DOG, SOUTH DALLAS, CONCERT CHOIR AND ARTS MISSION, OAK CLIFF, THOSE ARE THE ACTUAL ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT ARE RECEIVING THOSE RECEIVING PARTS.
AND SO THE FIRST THING YOU DID WHEN YOU PULLED THAT SLIDE UP IS I WENT, OKAY, I KNOW, I KNOW ALL THREE OF THESE, UH, AND I WANTED TO TO CHECK THEIR ALANA STATUS, BUT, UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY AS YOU MOVE FORWARD LOOKING FOR WHO IS GONNA BE ON THIS SLIDE, WHEN YOU COME BACK TO US NEXT YEAR, WE'VE GOT THE LIST FOR YOU.
UM, AND IT WILL ALREADY HELP YOU IDENTIFY WHICH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS IDENTIFY AS ALANA ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY'RE GETTING MONEY FROM US.
SO YOU SAT THROUGH THIS MEETING, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE THAT PRETTY SERIOUSLY.
WE'RE ONLY GONNA TAKE TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
I SEE, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER URIEL HAS HER HAND RAISED AND COMMISSIONER, UH, OMO, UH, HAS HIS HAND RAISED.
LET'S START WITH COMMISSIONER URIEL.
UM, IT'S REALLY KIND OF REITERATING SOMETHING THAT, UM, I THINK YOU SET ABOUT JAZZ.
KTU STOP PLAYING JAZZ IN 2022, MARRIED TO A JAZZ MUSICIAN.
I'VE SPENT THE LAST THREE NIGHTS LISTENING, TOWYN MARCELLUS, I THINK LAST NIGHT WAS THE, WHEN ALL FIVE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY PLAYED TOGETHER, MY HUSBAND JUST LISTENING AND LISTENING.
AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT AT LEAST START IT ON YOUR, UM, YOUR ONLINE PLATFORM AT LEAST.
LIKE IF THAT MIGHT BE A WAY TO MEET A NEED, I GUESS.
UM, FOR THE JAZZ MUSICIANS, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE UNC NOT TOO FAR AWAY.
AND I THINK IT ALSO MIGHT END UP HELPING YOU WITH NUMBERS, UM, IF YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION.
I AM, UH, ALSO A DAILY LISTENER OF KRA AND APPLAUD THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN ON WRR AS A FORMER, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FRIENDS OF WRR.
UM, I'M REALLY, REALLY, UH, GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE, UH, TAKEN THEM ON AS WELL.
SO MY QUESTIONS ARE, WELL, I GUESS ONE'S COMMON.
AND THEN THE QUESTION, THE COMMENT IS, AREN'T MANY LOCAL GROUPS OR OR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN GENERAL CREATING THEIR OWN PLATFORMS, UH, FOR STREAMING AND SHARING TO, TO READ A, REACH A BROADER AUDIENCE? AND IS THAT AFFECTING YOU ALL? UM, AND THEN OF THE TOTAL GROUPS, ARTS GROUPS SPECIFICALLY THAT APPLIED FOR THE FIRST COHORT, UM, OF ADVERTISING, HOW MANY TOTAL APPLIED? YEAH, UH, I'LL LET JESSE ANSWER THAT FIRST QUESTION 'CAUSE SHE WAS ACTUALLY MORE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF THAT THAN I WAS.
HI, I'M JESSE GEIGER, I'M THE BUSINESS ANALYST FOR WRR.
UH, WE RECEIVED 36 APPLICATIONS, AND THEN WE HAD A PANEL OF CITY OF DALLAS, UH, WHO WENT THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE APPLICATIONS AND THEY GAVE PRIORITY TO, UH, SMALL MID-SIZE DALLAS BASED ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THEY HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE CRITERIA THAT THEY HAVE TO BE A FIRST TIME CLIENT ON WRR.
SO OUT OF THOSE 36, WE WERE ABLE TO PICK FOUR THAT WE FELT, UH, REALLY SPOKE TO THE, THE VIBRANCY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT MET EVERY ONE OF THOSE CRITERIA.
WITH REGARDS TO YOUR, YOUR COMMENT AND QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPING THEIR OWN CONTENT AND STREAMING IT OR RELEASING IT DIGITALLY IS AFFECTING OUR AUDIENCE.
WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTNERSHIP.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID NOT WITH WRR, BUT WITH KA TV LAST YEAR WAS TERRANCE BLANCHARD CAME IN FOR A PERFORMANCE, UH, WITH THE DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
WE WORKED WITH THEM, THEY FILMED THE PERFORMANCE, WE DID SOME INTERVIEWS WITH TERRANCE, AND THEN WE WORKED WITH OUR NATIONAL PARTNERS AT PBS
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TO PACKAGE IT.AND WE WERE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE IT THROUGH PBS TO APPROXIMATELY TO STATIONS THAT COVER ABOUT 95% OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
SO THAT'S PART OF HOW WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IS WHEN THEY'RE DOING THAT, TO THEN LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITY TO USE OUR PLATFORMS AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS TO REACH EVEN MORE AUDIENCES WITH.
SO FOR NOW, WE'RE SEEING IT AS AN ADDITIVE AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE WAYS TO WORK WITH OTHER DALLAS ARTS ORGANIZATIONS SO WE CAN ALL REACH GREAT
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, ATTENDING AND SPEAKING TO OUR GROUP.
UM, WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA, BUT THANK YOU.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, UH, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER ALMO, UH, LIKE I SAID IN IN LIEU, UH, THE CULTURAL SPOTLIGHT.
UM, HE'S GOING TO UPDATE US AND BRIEF US SOME PLANS FOR AN OAK CLIFF CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION.
UM, AND MANUEL, CAN I SHARE MY SCREEN? MANY QUESTION.
IS IT WELL, IS HE THERE? YES, HE'S WORKING ON IT.
DID YOU HEAR ME? OKAY? COME ON,
SO WHILE HE'S TRYING TO BRING THAT UP, I WILL JUST GO AHEAD AND START.
SO, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WERE SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN OAK CLIFF ABOUT STARTING A NEW CULTURAL DISTRICT IN AN AREA, UM, THAT IS VERY VIBRANT, UM, WITH LOTS OF ARTS AND CULTURAL ENTERTAINMENT, UH, OFFERINGS.
AND SO I CA I BROUGHT THEM ALL TOGETHER AND A LOCAL GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.
UM, WE RECENTLY PRESENTED THE QUALITY OF LIFE MEETING, UM, COUNCIL WEDLEY, AND THEN LAST NIGHT I WAS ABLE TO, UM, BRIEF MORE RESIDENTS AT A DISTRICT ONE TOWN HALL COMMUNITY MEETING.
AND SO THAT WAS THE PRESENTATION THAT I SENT TO EMMA MANUEL.
UM, BUT WHAT IT DOES, IT JUST SETS IT UP BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW THE DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT, DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION OR FAIR PARK, YOU KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED A CULTURAL DISTRICT AS DEFINED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF THE ARTS.
UM, AND SO THE NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT RESIDE IN THE FOOTPRINT OF THESE CULTURAL DISTRICTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR STATE MATCHING GRANTS.
AND THE GRANTS ARE SPECIFICALLY EITHER FOR PROGRAMMING OR FOR, UM, BRICK AND MORTAR WAY, FINDING SIGNS, MARKETING, UM, THAT, THAT, UH, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO THIS IS WHAT, UM, I, UH, WHAT WE PRESENTED LAST NIGHT.
SO IF YOU WANT TO FAST FORWARD A FEW SLIDES, BUT WE CAN KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING.
THERE'S A LIST OF ALL THE CULTURAL DISTRICTS.
THIS IS ALL AVAILABLE ON THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF THE ARTS.
SO WHEN WE GET TO OAK CLIFF, UM, THE CULTURAL DISTRICT, OUR MANAGEMENT ENTITY IS GOING TO BE THE OAK CLIFF SOCIETY.
FINE ARTS, WE HAVE ENTERED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR A CULTURAL DISTRICT, YOU MUST BE A NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAS AT AT LEAST 50,000 IN, UH, REVENUE FOR TWO YEARS AS DEMONSTRATED BY YOUR NINE 90.
AND OAK CLIFF SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS WAS DEVELOPED, UH, ESTABLISHED IN 1926.
SO AFTER TALKING TO THEM, IT WAS A NO-BRAINER, ALL OF THE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING THAT THEY'RE DOING FOR OAKCLIFF.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE ACTUAL FOOTPRINT, THE PROPOSED FOOTPRINT OF WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
SO IMAGINE YOU'RE THE YELLOW LINE AND YOU'RE COMING DOWN THE STREET CAR, AND YOU GET OFF AT DAVIS AND ZANG, RIGHT AT, UM, WELL, IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY THE BISHOP ARTS, BUT IT'S NOW BEING KNOWN AS BISHOP ARTS.
UM, THAT OUTER BLUE RECTANGLE WITH THE LITTLE CUTOUT FROM THE BOTTOM, THAT'S OUR FOOTPRINT.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY WALK IT, UH, EAST TO WEST IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES, UM, OR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 12 MINUTES, DEPENDING ON HOW FAST YOU WALK.
BUT IT COVERS, IT INCLUDES THE BISHOP, NORTH BISHOP AVENUE COMMERCIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT TYPO, UH, WHICH IS TYLER AND POLK.
THE LARGE RED IS THE WINNETKA HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT.
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THEN I DID WANNA INDICATE THE SOUTHERN GATEWAY PARK, UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR DALLAS STREET CAR.SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT WINNETKA HEIGHTS DISTRICT BECAUSE THE TCA REALLY LOOKS FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU ALL OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE THAT IS AVAILABLE IN OUR FOOTPRINT FROM ARTS MISSION, OAK CLIFF TO FLAMINGO FEVER, TO THE WRITER'S GARRETT OR BISHOP ARTS THEATER, UM, TEXAS THEATER, UH, TOP 10 RECORDS.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME AMAZING EVENTS THAT HAPPEN IN THIS FOOTPRINT.
UM, AND WE HOST A, A LOT OF, UH, OR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, BE MORE DANCE IS THE RESIDENT COMPANY THIS YEAR FOR ARTS OAK CLIFF, UH, OAK CLIFF SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS.
SO WE HAVE THE ARTS AND CULTURE IN THIS FOOTPRINT.
IT ALREADY EXISTS, SO WHY NOT HELP OUR NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, UM, BY HELPING THEM GET THE LOWEST HANGING FRUIT, WHICH ARE THE STATE MATCHING GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR THEM.
LET'S JUST JUMP TO THE OVERVIEW OF AGAIN, THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE ARE SUBMITTING OUR, OUR LETTER OF INTENT BY JANUARY 31ST, 2025.
AND THEN WE SUBMIT THE APPLICATION BY JUNE 15TH, 2025.
AND CURRENTLY, THIS IS THE LIST OF THE TASK FORCE.
THESE ARE THE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE COMING TOGETHER, WHO ARE HELPING US.
UM, AND SO RIGHT NOW, UM, LAST NIGHT WE WERE ABLE TO GET CHAD COUNCIL MEMBER CHAD WEST'S SIGNATURE ON OUR LOI.
UH, AND THEN WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO GET SOME, UH, OTHER RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SIGN.
UM, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT MORE WORK, A LOT MORE EFFORT, AND WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR SUPPORT.
AND THAT IS SOON TO BE THE OAK CLIFF CULTURAL DISTRICT THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS IN NOW.
UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION FOR TINO ON HIS BRIEFING? CAN WE HAVE A A COPY OF THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
AND A FOLLOW UP QUESTION IS HOW DID YOU, UM, DECIDE ON THE PARAMETERS? SO WE, WE LOOKED WHERE THE ACTION WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING, WHAT WAS GOING ON, UM, WHAT WAS WALKABLE, BECAUSE WALKABILITY IS VERY KEY FOR THE, UM, TCA WHEN THEY'RE DETERMINING THE CULTURAL DISTRICTS.
UM, SO GIVEN THAT OAK CLIFF SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS HAS A LOT OF THEIR, UM, HAPPENINGS GOING ON AT THE TURNER HOUSE.
AND WHEN YOU GO SOUTH OF THAT ON ROSEMONT, YOU HIT ARTS MISSION, OAK CLIFF, AND THE GRINDER FINE ARTS PREPARATORY SCHOOL, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, AND THEN YOU JUST HEAD BACK ON 12TH STREET, WHICH IS ALSO AN ACTIVE STREET.
AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GETTING THE LATINO CULTURE IN THERE AS WELL AS THE, YOU KNOW, BISHOP ARTS AS LIMITED AS IT AS IT IS PHYSICALLY, UM, AS, AS PART OF IT.
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT'S WHAT'S SHAPED THIS DISTRICT.
WE CAN ALWAYS ADD TO IT, JUST LIKE DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT ADDED ROSS AVENUE, THE, UH, WEST SIDE OF ROSS AVENUE, WE CAN ALWAYS ADD TO IT.
AND WE DID TALK TO SOUTHERN GATEWAY ABOUT EXTENDING IT UP THERE TO GET THEM IN THE ZOO, BUT, UM, MAYBE IN A PHASE TWO.
UM, LET'S TAKE, I'M SORRY, SORRY, ONE MORE THING.
I WENT TO ROSEMONT, SO I LOVE THAT IT'S IN THE AREA.
UM, MY, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT TO YOU, BUT IT'S GONNA COME OUT THIS WAY.
MY ISSUE IS THAT PEOPLE ALREADY FEEL LIKE OAK CLIFF STOPS ON DAVIS.
UM, AND AS SOMEONE THAT IS A SOUTH OAK CLIFF NATIVE, TO SEE THAT THE OAK CLIFF CULTURAL DISTRICT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN PLACES THAT ALREADY HAVE THE INVESTMENT.
IT'S LIKE, OKAY, HOW DO WE HELP THE PLACES THAT DON'T HAVE THE INVESTMENT? AND SO I LOVE THAT THERE'S AN OPTION TO EXTEND IT, UM, AND TO POTENTIALLY SEE A PHASE TWO.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT FOR FUTURE PLANS.
AND WE WERE VERY DELIBERATE, NOT IN ONLY ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT IN OUR LETTER OF INTENT THAT THIS WAS TO BE A GATEWAY TO THE CULTURE THAT IS FOUND IN OAK CLIFF.
SO WE REALIZE THAT THERE IS, THAT OAK CLIFF IS MUCH BIGGER, AND IF YOU'RE TALKING TO THE CHAMBER, IT'S PROBABLY AS BIG AS YOU CAN.
COMMISSIONERS, WE REALLY WANNA MOVE ON AGENDA.
SO YOU'RE ONLY GONNA TAKE TWO MORE COMMENTS.
UH, COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE AND COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
UM, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ANNUAL REPORT.
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AS A COMMISSION, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT AND HELP, UH, HELP YOU? THANK YOU.UH, IF YOU'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE AND, AND, AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT ARTS DISTRICTS OR THE CULTURAL DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN DALLAS, UM, PLEASE POINT 'EM TO OUR WEBSITE, OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
UM, IF THEY WANNA GET INVOLVED, WE CERTAINLY WELCOME THAT.
'CAUSE WE'RE, LIKE WE SAID, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS.
SO WE'RE ALL DOING THIS AS A LABOR OF LOVE, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT EXIST IN THIS FOOTPRINT.
UH, REALLY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATE PRE, I LIKE TO SAY PRE CONGRATULATIONS.
UM, I LOVE, ANYTIME WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO LIFT UP THE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT DALLAS THAT ARE, THAT ARE DOING DOPE S**T STUFF, WHATEVER Y'ALL KNOW BY NOW.
UM, AND JUST WANTED TO APPLAUD YOU AND THE TEAM FOR, FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
I JUST, I WANT MORE CULTURAL DISTRICTS IN THE CITY BECAUSE MORE CULTURAL DISTRICTS IN THE CITY MEAN THAT WE GET TO CONTINUE TO TELL THE STORY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF THE ADULT CULTURAL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON WITH THE KIND PERMISSION OF, UH, COMMISSIONER
UH, COMMISSIONER MEEK HAS INDICATED THAT SHE HAS A SCHEDULING ISSUE.
SHE WOULD LIKE TO DO THE CULTURAL PLANNING AND EQUITY, UH, REPORT.
BEFORE WE GET INTO THE ANNUAL REPORT, IF WE COULD SHIFT THAT AGENDA ITEM, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH NO PROBLEM.
COMMISSIONER MEEK, THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, JIM, FOR RELINQUISHING YOUR TIME.
UM, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY STILL IN CONVERSATION WITH THE CULTURAL PLAN AND EQUITY COMMITTEE ON THE, UM, ISSUE OF, UH, FACILITY ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UM, HOW CAN WE INCLUDE THE IDEA OF, OF SPACE BEING A, UM, UH, ONE OF THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN FINDING EQUITY FOR SOME OF THE, A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS SPECIFICALLY.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT VERY INTENT INTENTIONALLY, IS THE CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE THAT WE HIRED A CONSULTANT, YOLANDA ENA, TO DESIGN A PILOT PROJECT FOR US.
WE ARE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH THAT PROGRAM IN THE NEXT QUARTER.
UM, AND WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS DEVISING A, UM, SYSTEM OF, OF HOW WE WILL HAVE APPLICANTS, UH, APPLY FOR THAT PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
AND, UM, I, I WELCOME ANY OF YOU COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING OUR MEETINGS, UH, TO SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE DOING ALL THIS WORK, UH, TO BY ALL MEANS, COME AND, AND JOIN US.
I KNOW YOU'RE IN A HURRY THERE.
I'M AN ANNUAL REPORT, SO I'M GETTING WORSE AT SPEAKING OFF THE CUFF.
THE COMMITTEE IS, THE ANNUAL REPORTS COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF, UH, COMMISSIONER SMALL, ODELL, BLAZE, AND VALENTINE, AND CHAIRED BY ME.
WE HAVE HAD FOUR MEETINGS AND GONE THROUGH TWO DRAFTS, THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE AND THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, AND THE DIVERSITY AND EQUITY COMMITTEE SUBMITTED GOALS FOR 25 COMMISSIONERS.
REEL, BLAZE AND OMO ALSO SUBMITTED GOALS FOR 25 TO THE COMMITTEE.
ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, COMMISSIONER DEL UH, REDRAFTED THE GOALS, AND I, UH, SENT THE DRAFT TO EVERYBODY THAT RECOMMENDED GOALS FOR 25.
I'VE HEARD BACK FROM THREE OF THEM, AND THE GOALS LOOK FINE.
I'M STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM TWO OF THEM, BUT I JUST SENT THE GOALS FOR 25 THIS MORNING.
THE COMMITTEE IS SUPPOSED TO GET A THIRD DRAFT ON WEDNESDAY 12TH FORM.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DISCUSS OUR REVISIONS AT OUR MEETING ON 1211.
YOU WERE ALL INVITED TO JOIN THE COMMISSIONERS.
YOU COMMISSIONERS ARE SUPPOSED TO GET THE THIRD DRAFT ON THURSDAY,
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1212.YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT IT FOR THE REMAINDER OF DECEMBER AND RESPOND TO US BY 1 3 25.
THE COMMITTEE IS SUPPOSED TO REVIEW THE FINAL DRAFT BY 1 8 25 AND APPROVE IT.
THE COMMISSION IS A WHOLE, AS A WHOLE IS BEING ASKED TO PROVE, APPROVE, THE ANNUAL REPORT AT OUR JANUARY 16TH MEETING.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER NEW? IF NOT, I WOULD, UH, ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, PLEASE THE ANNUAL REPORT, FLEX THE WORK THAT WE'VE ALL PUT IN, AND, UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET YOUR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS IN NOW BEFORE THE NEXT DRAFT.
UH, AND ONCE AGAIN, THAT DEADLINE DATE FOR THOSE COMMENTS IS WHAT JIM? UH, 1 3 25.
SO YOU COULD SPEND YOUR WHOLE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS LOOKING ON THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR JIM BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
UH, WELL, UH, OUR DIRECTOR'S UPDATE IS NEXT ON OUR AGENDA.
UM, ONE, I WANTED TO INFORM YOU ALL THAT ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE COMMISSION AND THE OFFICE.
WE SENT FLOWERS TO, UH, MS. JADA WHO, UM, WAS VICTIM SHOOTING AT.
UM, AND I, I JUST, I DIDN'T EMAIL YOU TO MAKE YOU AWARE, SO I WANT YOU TO BE SURE TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SENT SOME WELL WISHES AND HOPE THAT SHE IS RECOVERING WELL.
UH, SECONDLY, UM, AS I NOTED LAST MONTH, OR PERHAPS THE MONTH, THE TIME IS FLYING, LAST MONTH, I SHARED WITH YOU THAT WE'RE SHIFTING FROM THE MONTHLY, UH, DISTRICT NEWSLETTER FORMAT TO QUARTERLY.
AND I'M REALLY THRILLED, UM, THAT WE'LL BE RELEASING THE FIRST QUARTERS, UH, DISTRICT UPDATE RIGHT BEFORE, UH, THE WINTER BREAK IN DECEMBER.
AND JUST LIKE LAST YEAR, LAST FISCAL YEAR, I'D INVITED FEEDBACK AT THAT TIME.
UM, AND I WANTED TO DO THE SAME.
UM, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE SHIFTING TO, UH, LESS FOCUS ON EVENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT ARE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, READILY AVAILABLE IF YOU FIND THE OTHER OAC NEWSLETTER OR SEE US ONLINE OR COME TO THE WEBSITE AND, AND FUMBLE AROUND, IF YOU WILL.
WE NEED TO BE SPEAKING TO YOU ALL AND YOUR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, THROUGH THE VEIN OF POLICY RELATED MATTERS.
YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE DELIVERING ON THE CULTURAL PLAN, PROGRESS MEASURES NOTED, AND HOW THAT'S HAPPENING, UH, WITHIN THE BOUNDS, UH, IN AND AROUND YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT.
SO IT'S JUST MORE ABOUT TRACKING REAL PROGRESS AND NOT, YOU KNOW, TELLING YOU WHAT Q PLAY IS HAPPENING.
ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY THAT'S SIGNIFICANT AND SOMETIMES THAT IS THE ANSWER TO THE GOAL WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
IT'S JUST, UM, I'D MUCH RATHER HAVE, UH, MORE MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION, UH, VIA THAT NEWSLETTER WITH Y'ALL AND YOUR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND, UM, AS FAR AS HR IS CONCERNED, WE HAD OUR, WE'VE BEEN HAVING QUARTERLY FULL STAFF MEETINGS, UM, UM, SINCE LAST YEAR.
AND WE JUST HAD ONE ON TUESDAY AT LCC.
AND WE WELCOMED ABOUT SEVEN NEW FACES, UH, THIS QUARTER, UH, WHO ARE NEW TO THE QUARTERLY BREAKFAST WITH US.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT TODAY.
OUR BUSINESS MANAGER, MOINE, WHO I BELIEVE YOU MET, UH, ONCE OR TWICE BY NOW IN THIS PARTICULAR ROOM, UM, HE WAS AWARDED AN ETHICS AWARD.
UM, OUR NEW ETHICS OFFICER HAS, UM, NOW FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, UH, PLANNED A REALLY WONDERFUL WEEK OF EVENTS AROUND ETHICS.
UM, YOU REMEMBER BARON, OUR IG HAD COME TO SHARE WITH US SOME TIME AGO ABOUT THE GIFT POLICY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND THEY'VE JUST REALLY BEEN WORKING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS TO, UM, ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ANY KIND OF COLD AIR BECAUSE SOME FOLKS, YOU KNOW, YOUR MUNICIPALITY HAS AND IT'S OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OR ETHICS STAFF.
SOMETIMES THERE'S JUST LIKE WEIRD RELATIONSHIP, BUT THAT'S UNNECESSARY.
AND THEY'VE REALLY MADE THEIR WORK, UM, YOU KNOW, MANAGEABLE BITE-SIZED, UM, HIGH LEVEL, UH, FOR MANY STAFF MEMBERS ACROSS, UH, THE CITY.
AND SO, AS I MENTIONED, MOS ON OUR TEAM, UH, RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM THE ETHICS OFFICE.
UM, HE'S REALLY BEEN, UM, QUITE A SIGNIFICANT ADD TO OUR OFFICE ON THAT.
NOT ONLY ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL, UM, BUT UM, CULTURAL CENTER MANAGERS ARE FEELING HIS POSITIVE IMPACT.
AND WE'LL BE, HOPEFULLY VERY SOON, UH, ONBOARDING A NEW BUDGET SUPERVISOR, UM, WHO CAN BE WITH US FOR THE FULL, UH, LIFE CYCLE OF THIS, UH, FY 26 PLANNING YEAR.
AND SO, AGAIN, HE'S DOING GREAT THINGS AND I, UM, WANTED TO ELEVATE AND AMPLIFY THE AWARD THAT HE RECEIVED, UH, TODAY.
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UH, ONGOING WITH OTHER SELECTION PROCESSES.OUR, UH, SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR POSITION THAT IS OPEN, ONGOING SELECTION PROCESS THERE.
UH, WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, UH, POSITION THAT'S OPEN THAT IS CLOSING THIS WEEK, UH, MAYBE TODAY.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY, THEY MIGHT WANNA GET THAT APPLICATION IN TODAY, UH, BECAUSE WE'LL BE, UH, PROBABLY MOVING A BIT MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY, UH, WITH, WITH THE LATTER.
UM, BUT MY TRUE GOAL IS TO HOPEFULLY FILL THOSE BEFORE THE TURN OF THE NEW YEAR.
AND SINCE IT'S THANKSGIVING, YOU MIGHT RECEIVE THAT NEWS AS QUITE, UM, AGGRESSIVE.
UM, SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE.
UM, BY WAY OF UPDATES, UH, LEADERSHIP STAFF, I'M NOT GONNA LIE, WE'RE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE AROUND MUCH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE'RE JUST OUT OF OFFICE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
AND SO, UH, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM US, YOU KNOW, PLEASE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE FOR THE WINDOWS OF, THERE'S A BIT OF OVERLAP THAT'LL BE HAPPENING.
GLEN AND I HAVE SOME, UH, LIGHT DAYS OUT OF OFFICE, UH, RUSSELL AND LYNN PERHAPS AS WELL.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT 'CAUSE YOU DON'T, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR CATCH KEEPS ANYWAY, BUT I'LL, I'LL HOLD THERE.
SOMEBODY GIVE US A REMINDER ON WHEN GIFT RECORDED ARE DUE.
WHAT HERE, WHAT THEY DO OCTOBER? NO, THEY'RE THE NO COMMISSIONER, BLA HAS TO KNOW
THEY QUARTER, IT'S A STICKER THING TO LOOK AT AND THE, WE USED TO GET A LITTLE REMINDER.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THEM LIKE THEY USED TO.
'CAUSE WASN'T IT CUMBERSOME AND COMMISSIONER, I THINK COMMISSIONER 30.
SORRY, COMMISSIONER NUGENT, YOU PLEASE.
AND I REPORTED ON JULY 1ST THROUGH NINE 30.
I'VE GOT MYSELF A QUARTERLY REMINDER TO SUBMIT THE, SO WHY DON'T WE, LET'S LET, LET ME MAKE A COMMITMENT ON BEHALF OF STAFF.
WE'LL, UM, DO OUR BEST TO DO A CARBON COPY OF WHAT COMMISSIONER NUGENT HAS FOR HIMSELF THROUGH EMANUEL, SOME FORM OF FASHION TO HAVE A STEADY EMAIL COMING.
WELL, AND IT'S A FORM SO IT'S EASY OKAY.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I DO THAT.
OH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR SHARING HOW YOU GET YOURS DONE.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET INTO THE FOLD SO WE CAN BE SENDING THOSE REMINDERS TO YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR OUR DIRECTORS? IF THERE ARE, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE DIRECTOR, ALL BUSINESS OF THE ADVISORY COMMISSION,
OH, UM, COMMISSIONER DANIEL, THERE WAS A THING, THIS ISN'T A QUESTION FOR THE DIRECTOR.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, INVITE EVERYONE TO, UM, THE DEEP EL BLOCK PARTY THIS WEEKEND, WHICH WILL FEATURE, IT'S AN ALL DAY, IT'S AN ALL DAY PARTY FEATURING SOME OF THE BEST ABOUT CULTURE AS WELL AS, UM, THE LATIN QUARTER, WHICH WILL FEATURE, UH, PERFORMERS FROM THE OAC CAP PROGRAM.
SO DEEP EL AND BLOCK PARTY.COM.
ALSO, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN COMING AND JOINING US, A VIP GUEST, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME.
UM, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT DAY IN DEEP EL WITH HEADLINING PERFORMANCES AT THE END BY RAYQUAN AND THE GRAYS AND POLYPHONIC SPREE.
IT'S A FREE SHOW AND IT'S FAMILY FRIENDLY.
WE'VE GOT RIDES, WE'VE GOT GAMES, WE'VE GOT FACE PAINTING, CAR SHOWS.
WHAT TIME, UH, AT THE, WE START OUT WITH TRAP YOGA, WHICH IS, UH, YOGA WITH TRAP MUSIC AT NOON.
UH, AND THEN THE ACTIVATIONS OPEN UP AT ONE AND LIVE MUSIC STARTS ON THE OUTDOOR STAGE AT THREE AND GOES UNTIL SEVEN.
AND THEN FROM SEVEN UNTIL TWO, UH, YOU CAN GO AND EXPERIENCE MUSIC IN 10 DEEP EL VENUES, UH, WITH LOCAL SHOWCASES.
WHAT WAS THAT? SATURDAY? SATURDAY, YES.
SAT THIS COMING SATURDAY FROM, UH, NOON TO SEVEN.