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UH, EVERYONE, UH,[Arts & Cultural Advisory Commission on August 21, 2025.]
BEING THAT IT IS FOUR 30 AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, UH, HEREBY CALL TO ORDER, UH, THE ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING FOR CITY IN DALLAS.UM, AS WE BEGIN, WE'RE GONNA GO STRAIGHT DOWN THE AGENDA THAT YOU HAVE PRINTED IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS, UH, AS IS, UH, CONFIRMED BY OUR DIRECTOR.
UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND I'M GONNA PASS IT TO GLEN TO MAKE AN INTRODUCTION.
IT'S NICE TO BE HERE AND SEEING ALL TODAY.
UH, IF I CAN GET ADRIAN, I SENT A, WHAT, WHAT'S INTENDED TO BE A MORNING EMAIL.
I SENT IT RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING.
DAVID LINKEDIN, NTRODUCE, OUR NEW COMMISSION COORDINATOR, ADRIANA PORTILLO.
ADRIANA AND I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING BEFORE IN OAC.
SHE SERVED AS OUR CULTURE PROGRAMS COORDINATOR FOR THE FUNDING PROGRAMS TEAM, SERVE AS THE JUSTICE COORDINATOR OVER THERE AND NOW IS BACK TO JOIN US.
NO ONE COULD LIKE FILL EMMANUEL'S SHOES.
BUT THAT'S JUST 'CAUSE ADRIANA'S NOT WIFEY AND THAT'S FINE.
MY NAME'S ADRIANA PORTILLO OR ADRIANA PORTILLO.
OURS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO PRONOUNCE,
UM, I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY AS GLEN SAID, FOR SIX YEARS, AND I HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS.
UM, AS HE MENTIONED, I RECENTLY WAS THE LANGUAGE ACCESS COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
SO MY ROLE WAS CREATING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO MAKE SPACES MORE LANGUAGE ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR MULTILINGUAL RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE BACK HERE IN THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
IT REALLY FEELS LIKE I CAME BACK HOME SINCE THIS IS WHERE I STARTED WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS AND FOND MEMORIES AND FAMILIAR FACES HERE AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO BE BACK.
AND THIS IS MY FIRST DAY, SO PLEASE BE PATIENT AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING I'M DOING THAT YOU'RE LIKE, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.
BUT THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR, FOR HAVING ME.
WELCOME BACK TO YORK AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
UH, NEXT WE'RE GONNA CALL OUR COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT, UH, AS US MARY, I'M GOING, UM, LET OUR DIRECTOR MUCH FULLY MAKE THIS INTRODUCTION.
OKAY, WELL, WE'LL WELCOME OUR, UH, FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO BE BRIEFING US, UM, ABOUT THE LOST ART INITIATIVE.
SO WE'RE ON BRIEFING D FOR, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS' INFORMATION, BUT I'LL ALLOW YOU SPEAKERS.
I'M NOT SURE WHO, IN ADDITION TO ELIJAH KELLUM MAY BE SPEAKING, BUT WHOEVER'S COMING TO BRIEF WITH YOU TO COME FORWARD CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND BE SURE THE MICROPHONE SETUP IS A LITTLE WONKY.
SO PLEASE DO SPEAK UP FOR OUR, UH, COMMISSIONERS IN THE CROWD.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, UM, RIGHT NOW.
SO FIRST, UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.
UH, MY NAME IS CAMERON SANE AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LOST PART INITIATIVE.
AND YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHAT IS THE LOST PART INITIATIVE, BUT I'M CERTAIN MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE TERM LOST PART.
AND SO IN MANY WAYS, I THINK DOUBTS IS IN A SIMILAR SITUATION.
YOU HAVE SO MANY STRONG AND RICH STORIES TO TELL ABOUT OUR ART, OUR CULTURE.
SO WE NEED THE RIGHT SPACE, THE RIGHT TEAM, AND THE RIGHT BRAND TO TELL THAT STORY.
AND I THINK WE PUT THAT TEAM TOGETHER AND WE ARE SEEKING A LONG TERM PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RIGHT PARTNER.
SO THE LOST ART INITIATIVE IS SIMPLY JUST THAT, HOW DO WE TELL THAT STORY? AND YOU NEED A TEAM THAT HAS DONE IT ON A NATIONAL PLATFORM AND SEEING SUCCESS IN A VARIOUS ARRAY OF EXPERTISE TO DO THAT.
SO TODAY WE HAVE TYSON CHANDLER, 19 YEAR MBA VETERAN GOLD MEDALIST.
HE'LL BE JOINING VIRTUALLY FROM PARIS.
IN ADDITION, OSCAR JOINER, UH, FORMER PRESIDENT, COO REACH MEDIA WHOSE KEY STRENGTH IS BUILDING AUDIENCES AND TELLING STORIES ON A NATIONAL PLATFORM.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE MURPHY CHEATHAM, SENIOR EXECUTIVE AT CBRE, UM, SENIOR EXECUTIVE AT CBRE AND UNDERSTANDS THE DATA, THE ANALYTICS OF WHAT AN
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INVESTMENT IN ART ACTUALLY DOES FOR THE CITY AND WHAT IT DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY.UM, THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANGE IN PLANS.
I THINK TYSON IS HAVING SOME DIFFICULTIES LOGGING INTO THE LINK ON FROM INTERNATIONALLY.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THAT OUT.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO, INSTEAD OF STARTING WITH TYSON TO TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS PASSION FOR ART, WE'LL LET OSCAR TALK ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE AS A MEDIA EXECUTIVE IN STORYTELLING, HOW THAT COULD BE AN EXCELLENT TOOL FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS TO CONSIDER.
GOOD AFTERNOON TO MY FELLOW DALLASITE.
I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF DALLAS, TEXAS.
I GRADUATED FROM THE GREENHILL SCHOOL IN 1993 WHEN TOLLWAY STOPPED AT FRANKFORT TRINITY MILL.
I'VE RECEIVED MY MBA FROM PO UNIVERSITY IN 1998 AND SINCE SINCE 20 PLUS YEARS AS PRESIDENT AND C, ALL OF REACH MEDIA REACH MEDIA HAS SYNDICATED RADIO SHOWS SUCH AS THE TOM JOINER MORNING SHOW, THE RICKY SMILEY MORNING SHOW, THE DL EAGLE AFTERNOON SHOW, AND OVER A DOZEN OTHER SYNDICATED RADIO PROPERTIES THAT REACHED 8% OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RADIO AUDIENCE IN THE US UH, THROUGH NATIONAL SYNDICATED RADIO, DIGITAL AND OTHER BROADCASTS AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT AND A LIFELONG DONOR.
AND, UH, ART, UH, AMATEUR AFICIONADO.
I AM A LIFELONG DONOR TO THE URBAN BLACK ARTS COUNCIL, UH, THE, UH, BLACK C ARTS AND LETTERS, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM OF DALLAS, AMONG OTHERS.
TO ENTERTAIN AND INFORM AN AUDIENCE ABOUT THE HISTORY AND BURGEONING OF GREATER DALLAS'S ARTS AND CULTURAL EXPANSIONS.
WE WANT TO DIRECT 'EM TO OUR CULTURAL HUBS AND OUR FUTURE ENTERPRISE THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT OUR VISUAL MUSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ART WORLD THAT WE SHOULDN'T KEEP TO OURSELVES.
TO CELEBRATE AND TO ELEVATE, WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH A NETWORK OF BROADCAST ONLINE AND CURATED PERSON EVENTS TO CELEBRATE THE EQUITY THE CITY HAS INVESTED IN.
ITS DIVERSE ARTIST ECOSYSTEM AND CONTINUOUS PLAN TO SUSTAIN ART WITH IMMENSE ECONOMIC GROWTH.
AND I TURN IT OVER TO MY TYSON.
IS YOUR MIC ON TYSON? HE TOLD ME HE WAS ON.
TYSON, TYSON TOLD ME HE WAS ON AND THAT HE COULD HEAR EVERYTHING.
WHAT'S THE LAST NAME? CHANDLER.
A PANELIST OR AN ATTENDEE? ATTENDEES.
ALRIGHT, WELL, WHILE WE'RE FIGURING THAT OUT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO TYSON
I AM CURRENT DIRECTOR OF OUR PRIVATE CLIENTS DIVISION FOR, FOR CBRE.
UH, MY PAST BACKGROUND WAS ONE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, AND ART.
SO I A MASTER'S IN ACCOUNTING FROM RAMBLING UNIVERSITY.
I MASTERED IN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT FROM ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY.
UH, PRIOR TO WELL AFTER THAT I WAS OVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT.
AND SUBSEQUENTLY THEN, UH, JOINED THE NASHVILLE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, NOW KNOWN AS GROW AMERICA.
UH, WITH THAT, THE NASHVILLE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WAS FOUNDED BY THE KENNEDY FAMILY IN THE LATE SIXTIES, AND WE FOCUSED ON DEVELOPMENTS LEVERAGING NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS OR URBAN ART DISTRICTS IN AREAS.
AND THAT WAS MY CAREER REALLY FROM 2008 TO 2015.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA SPEAK ON HERE.
IT'S, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE I PREACHING TO THE CHOIR TO SAY THAT TO YOU? SAY THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARTS 2023 OVER $1.1 TRILLION, UH, IN VALUE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES WAS CREATED STRICTLY BY THE ARTS COMMUNITY.
THERE'S PARTICULAR TOWNS AS FAR AS ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, UH, DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THAT HAVE REALLY TRANSFORMED THE AREA WITH THAT.
MY FOCUS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, PLANNING AND, AND, AND INVESTMENT AND EVEN NOW REPRESENTING FAMILY OFFICES OF PRIVATE CLIENTS IS REALLY, UH, INVESTING WHERE THERE'S IMPACT, WHERE WE CAN SEE NOT JUST A A PHILANTHROPIC BOND, BUT A TANGIBLE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT EXCHANGE.
THERE'S REALLY TWO AREAS TO TO REVITALIZE THE CITY THAT, THAT WE'VE KNOWN WHEN I WAS WITH THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
ONE IS THROUGH THE ARTS AND, AND THE OTHERS THROUGH ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FIVE KS RUNS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND SO THE ARTS BEAUTIFYING AREA AND WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW IS CONTINUING TO TO BEAUTIFY AND GROW DALLAS, NOT ONLY JUST IN THE BOOM THAT EVERYBODY SEES WITH THE MASS CORPORATION MOVING HERE, SO ON AND SO FORTH, BUT DALLAS AS A WHOLE.
AND THAT'S REALLY OUR FOCUS TO, TO PROVIDE TRUE EQUITY, TRUE DEVELOPMENT, AND TRUE GROWTH TECHNICALLY AND TANGIBLY THROUGH THE ARTS.
AND THEN WITH THAT, I'LL GIVE MY TIME BACK.
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AND I HAVE TYSON ON THE LINE HERE.I WANNA PUT HIM ON SPEAKER PHONE WHERE THE MICROPHONE, TYSON, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM, DALLAS IS AN INTERNATIONAL CITY, BUT THAT, BUT DOES NOT HAVE AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PARK.
BUT WE BELIEVE WE PUT TOGETHER A TEAM THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, UM, THAT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE ON A NATIONAL STAGE THAT CAN HELP THE CITY OF DALLAS BECOME THAT AT THE RIGHT TIME.
THE SOLUTION, WORKING, WORKING WITH OUR ORGANIZATION SUCH AS THE LOST ART INITIATIVE, I CAN DO THAT AT SEEKING LONG TERM PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT IN US, WE THINK ULTIMATELY AS AN INVESTMENT IN EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND, UH, AND ALL THE RESIDENTS HERE.
SO WITH THAT, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO, UH, CONTACT AND BEFORE I OPEN THE FLOOR, UH, QUESTIONS, UH, CAN TYSON HEAR ME? CAN TYSON CHANDLER HEAR WHAT WE'RE SAYING? HEY, TYSON.
BEFORE, BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING ELSE, I JUST WANT TO, UH, THANK TYSON CHANDLER ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE BASKETBALL FANS IN DALLAS FOR HELPING US AND ACTUALLY WINNING THAT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR US, THAT NBA CHAMPIONSHIP.
'CAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE HAD JASON, TERRY, AND DIRK, WE COULDN'T WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP UNTIL TYSON CHANDLER CAME TO THE PAINT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
ALRIGHT, UH, ON BEHALF OF ALL THE BASKETBALL FANS, AND, AND I ALSO WANNA SAY THIS, UH, ONE, ONE LAST COMMENT, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT PRESENTATION, UH, AND ALSO, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I I THINK YOU'RE VERY, VERY HUMBLE IN YOUR PRESENTATION, UH, BECAUSE THE LARGE GUESTS OF REACH MEDIA AND I, I DON'T KNOW, UH, SO, UH, SIR, ARE YOU KILLER OR THRILLER WAS GOING ADD THAT I'M THRILLER.
UM, WHEN, UH, WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE KIDS, HE WOULD INTRODUCE HIS LITTLE KIDS ON THE RADIO SHOW.
I, HE WOULD SAY, OKAY, I GOT THRILLER AND KILLER RIGHT HERE, SO I DIDN'T, I KNEW YOU WERE ONE OF THE TWO.
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, WE HAD A CEREMONY HERE IN THIS BUILDING, DUNVILLE A PHOTO OF MY FATHER THAT STILL HANGS IN THE BLACK ACADEMY STAIRWELL.
AND HE AND FRANKIE CROCKER AND WENDY WILLIAMS ARE THE THREE BLACK DJS FEATURED THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM NOW.
SO, AND FROM THE PEOPLE TO DC YES.
AND, AND I AND, AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR FATHER'S A MEMBER OF FRATERNITY.
WHAT FRATERNITY IS YOUR FATHER A MEMBER OF? UH, I THINK WE'RE AMONGST FRIENDS.
UH, BUT, UH, SO WHAT IS YOUR, UH, AND HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF WORKING WITH THE, UH, ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION? WHAT, UH, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU AND HOW CAN WE ADVANCE THE MISSION OF, UH, OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING? THANK YOU.
IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH TYSON AND MURPHY AND A NUMBER OF OTHER, UH, ATHLETES, CELEBRITIES, ENTREPRENEURS AND ARTISTS, AGAIN, AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF DALLAS AND BE, UH, AN AN INVESTOR AND A CONSUMER OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON HERE IN DALLAS, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE, THE BARRIERS TO ENTRY AREN'T AS STEEP AS THEY WERE WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO CREATE A SYNDICATED RADIO NETWORK.
WITH OPPORTUNITIES AND TECHNOLOGY
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WE HAVE NOW, WE CAN USE PODCASTING, WE CAN USE, UH, DIGITAL, SOCIAL AS WELL AS CURATED IN-PERSON LIVE EVENTS THAT FEATURE OUR 10, THAT FEATURE OUR ARTS DISTRICT THAT FEATURES SOME OF THE, LIKE I SAID, THE, THE, UH, WELL-KNOWN HUBS AS WELL AS THOSE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO CURATE AND MAKE SURE, AS MURPHY SAID, MEET THE DEMAND, THE, UH, ARTIST IMPRESSIONS, THE ECOSYSTEM THAT WE'VE ALREADY DEVELOPED HERE IN DALLAS, BUT ALSO WITH THE IMMENSE GROWTH, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS GROWTH.UH, THERE HAS TO BE SOME ECONOMIC, UH, EDUCATION AS WELL AS THE ARTS AND CULTURE.
SO WE PLAN ON USING OUR EXPERIENCE AND OUR EXPERTISE AND OUR, YOU KNOW, COMBINED GRAVITAS TO COMMUNICATE THE MESSAGES THAT, UH, UNLIKE ANY OTHER CITY.
AND, AND TRUST ME, I'VE BEEN AROUND, UH, WITH, WITH THE TOM DURING THE MORNING SHOWING 20 YEARS, WE DID, UH, 20 SHOWS, A, UH, I'M SORRY, 30 SHOWS A YEAR FOR NINE YEARS.
UH, LIVE BROADCAST SHOWS FROM EVERY C YOU THINK OF, UH, DOING THAT AND KNOWING WHERE THE ARTS AND CULTURE USED TO EXIST IN EVERYWHERE FROM ATLANTA TO MIAMI, INDIANAPOLIS TO DETROIT.
THERE ARE SMALL COMMUNITIES, AS MURPHY SAID, THAT MIGHT EXIST IN AS ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.
I REMEMBER WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED ADVERTISING ON SYNDICATED RADIO, UH, ALMOST 15 YEARS AGO, THOSE WERE, UH, $8,000, 32ND SPOTS THAT A BOARD OF TOURISM WAS SPENDING NATIONALLY ON RADIO AT THE TIME.
AND LOOK WHERE THEY ARE NOW, BUT THEY'RE STILL SMALL.
WHATEVER'S IN SAN DIEGO, SAN FRANCISCO WAS SMALL COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN DALLAS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SHOWING THAT AND ILLUSTRATING THAT WITH, WITH CUSTOM TO THE WORLD.
UH, WE HAVE A QUESTION, THE COMMISSIONER WITH HIS HAND UP, UH, ON LINE, JEFF, UH, COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, UH, CHAIR, YOU HAVE, UH, SAID ALL THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SAY.
SO, UM, UH, BUT I WANTED TO REINFORCE THAT, UH, OSCAR, UH, JOINER HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, AS LONG AS I KNOW, AND I WANTED TO LET HIM KNOW THAT, UH, WE'RE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THEIR INITIATIVES.
AND PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN PART IN PARTICULAR THAT WE COULD DO, UH, TO, TO SUPPORT YOUR ENDEAVORS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
THANK YOU, UH, TO THAT QUESTION.
SO WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE IDEAL SPECIFIC ASK, RIGHT? YOU HAVE HERE? UM, WHAT ARE YOU, UH, LEMME BACK UP.
UH, SORRY, UM, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU GUYS AND SO LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
OBVIOUSLY IT IS IN THE 10 DISTRICT D SIX ALL DAY, LET'S GO.
SO, UM, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE SPECIFIC ASK, RIGHT? AND, AND I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT WE OWE YOU ALL IS TO LISTEN VERY ATTENTIVELY TO FIGURE OUT THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU THINK YOUR NEEDS ARE.
AND THEN WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS SIMPLY EMPOWER YOU.
AND SO IN ADDITION, I'D BE REMISS TO NOT MENTION THE SUPPORT WE HAVE HERE.
THE LOST ART INITIATIVE IS A COMMUNITY WITH A VERY DEEP BENCH OF EXPERTS ACROSS DIFFERENT FIELDS THAT WE CAN USE AND EMPLOY STRATEGICALLY TO IMPROVE, TO, TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO I WON'T SHARE ANY NAMES BACK HERE, BUT WE'VE GOT A DEEP COMMUNITY.
SO THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO WITH THAT, BEFORE WE MAKE A SPECIFIC ASK, WE WANNA UNDERSTAND THE NEED AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO MEET THAT.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE NO, LIKE, I, LIKE I SAID IN MY BRIEF REMARKS, WE WANT TO ENTERTAIN FORM THE GREATER DALLAS ECOSYSTEM OF ARTS.
SO GETTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THOSE TARGETS ARE.
OF COURSE, I COULD RATTLE OFF, AS I'VE SPOKEN WITH MARTINA AND, AND THE TEAM BEFORE ABOUT THE DISTRICTS AND FAMILIARITIES THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH, AND A AND A PERSONAL FAN OF, UH, EVEN THOSE GROWING DISTRICTS THAT HAVE LEARNED FROM INSIDE TRACK OVER HERE ON WHERE THE ARTS DISTRICTS ARE GOING.
BUT TO HEAR YOU ALL AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN BETTER COMMUNICATE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING AND DESIGNING HERE, FOLLOW UP QUESTION, WHAT DOES THAT LISTENING LOOK LIKE? SO WHAT DO YOU, SO THEN I GUESS INVERSELY, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FROM LIKE, FROM US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT LISTENING? DOES THAT MEAN SITTING DOWN FOR YOU ALL? DOES THAT MEAN SITTING DOWN WITH ARTS ORGANIZATION THAT WE REPRESENT? DOES THAT MEAN SITTING DOWN WITH ARTISTS? LIKE WHAT DOES IT, WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR YOU ALL TO GET THE INFORMATION, THE DATA THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO THEN BE ABLE TO GO AND DO THE THING THAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE? RIGHT.
SO IF YOU, IF IF TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE, WHETHER IT BE A, UH, PODCAST OR A BROADCAST SCENARIO OR SOCIAL MEDIUMS THAT ARE TAKING A MUCH GREATER BIRTH AND VISION IN TERMS OF FLOODING, UH, THE SOCIAL NETWORKS WITH WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS, IS ART IN DALLAS AS WELL AS POSSIBLY TAKING ANY ONE OF THOSE OUTLETS, WHETHER IT BE PODCAST AND BROADCASTING OR SOCIAL, TWO CURATED LIVE EVENTS.
THAT COULD BE IN ANY ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS, IN ANY ONE OF OUR AREAS THAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND PROMOTE.
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TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE DOING, UH, FULL ON ONE-ON-ONES WITH SOME OF OUR ARTISTS, WE BRING IN CELEBRITIES LIKE TYSON THAT I WILL NOT NAME THAT ARE, UH, A LOT OF THE FORMER ATHLETES, CELEBRITIES, ENTREPRENEURS THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT ARE MOVING TO THIS GREAT STATE OF OURS.UH, MOST OF THEM TO THE NORTHERN SUBURBS, ALBEIT.
BUT THEY ALL HAVE A SIMILAR STORY.
LIKE, UH, TYSON, NOT, NOT THAT THEY'RE ALL, UH, SEVEN FEET TALL AND LOVED ART AND NEVER HAD A PLACE FOR IT, BUT THEY ALL ARE INTERESTING STORIES THAT COULD BE CURATED, EXPANDED UPON.
SO FINDING, I THINK DISCUSSING WHERE IT IS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE OUR PROMOTION FOR THE 10 DISTRICTS, IF WE WANT TO PROMOTE, UH, A NEW DISTRICTS BUDGETING AND DEVELOPMENT, OR IF WE WANT TO HAVE AN EXPANSIVE, EXPANSIVE DISCUSSION OF DATA DRIVEN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OVER OUR RIVERS, UH, WE CAN TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT ARE THE KEY POINTS, WHAT ARE THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE WANT? AND IT'S MY JOB TO FIND AN ENTERTAINING WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO INFORM.
I WANNA THANK COMMISSIONER DANIEL FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE AS A RESULT, I NOW THINK I HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
SO YOU GOT, UH, IN THE COMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS OF BUILDING, UH, ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, PODCASTS, RADIO PROGRAMS, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT INNOVATIVE, UH, THINGS.
AND THE CONTENT WOULD BE THE ARTS HERE IN THE CITY.
AND SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND HOW TO TAP INTO THEM SO THAT THEY COULD BE THE CONTENT FOR THE PLATFORMS THAT YOU ALL ARE PROMOTING.
IS THAT, IS THAT A FAIR SUMMATION? WHAT HE SAID? COMPLETELY
THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT BECAUSE I, I REALLY DIDN'T GET IT UNTIL HE ASKED THAT.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CAMERON HAS AN ADDITION.
UM, THAT IS DEFINITELY ONE OF OUR STRENGTHS IS GETTING THE WORD OUT, MOVING AUDIENCE, TELLING THE STORY.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANNA DO AS IT PERTAINS TO JUST, UH, UH, SO, UM, THERE'S A LOT MORE DETAIL THERE,
SO A NONPROFIT FOCUS ON OUR EDUCATION AND GETTING EXPOSURE TO, UH, THE BROADER POPULATION TO DALLAS.
UM, BUT ALSO HOW DO WE EMPOWER OUR GALLERIES? UM, ALL ALL THE, ALL THE GALLERIES ACROSS THE, THE CITY.
WE WANNA FIGURE OUT WAYS TO EMPOWER THEM AS WELL, BUT ALSO TELL THEIR STORY.
SO IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH WHERE MEDIA IS ONE MEDIUM, BUT WE THINK THERE ARE OTHER WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN, UH, SUPPORT.
WE DO NEED TO MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU GOT.
AND DO YOU GOT
UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE, UH, HERE.
UH, OUR FIRST VOTING AGENDA ITEM, EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES.
UM, THEY'RE FROM
UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR REVISIONS OR ANYTHING ON THE MINUTES? IF NOT, CAN WE GET A MOTION MOVE, UH, TO SEE, UH, COMMISSIONER GLOVER HAS MOVED THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 12TH MEETING AND, UH, COMMISSIONER ELL, UH, SECONDED.
SO IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
I'M JUST CUS THE VOTE 'CAUSE I WASN'T HERE SO THAT, I MEAN, I KNOW IT STILL COUNTS LIKE I TOLD YOU.
YES, BUT OFFICIALLY, UM, ARE Y'ALL TRACKING THE GALLERY? 'CAUSE WE CAN'T SEE IF ANYBODY HAS THEIR, UH, I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR THIS.
OH, THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.
YEAH, I'M, UH, EXCUSE ME, I, I LIKE, UM, UH, DAMANI WAS NOT HERE, SO I'M, I'M ABSTAINING FROM VOTING
UM, SO ALL IN FAVOR? NO OPPOSITION.
SO THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 12TH, UH, MEETING ARE ACCEPTED AND EMMANUEL, THEY'RE NOW SIGNED.
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OR ADRIANA, I'M SORRY.UM, SO MOVING UH, TO THE NEXT VOTING AGENDA ITEM AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, THREE IN A ROW HERE.
UH, FIRST IS A RECOMMENDATION IN SUPPORT QUALIFIED SELECTION PANEL CANDIDATES FOR THE PUBLIC ART ARTIST, UH, SELECTION PANEL LIST, COMMISSIONER WEINSTEIN.
OKAY, SO JUST TWO QUICK THINGS BEFORE I UM, TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ONE IS, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NAMES ON THIS LIST AND, UM, THE RELATED EXPERIENCE, YOU'LL NOTE THAT A LOT OF THEM ARE IN THE LITERARY ARTS AND THAT'S BECAUSE THIS PANEL, ALL OF THEM EXCEPT ONE ARE IN THE LITERARY ARTS.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THIS PANEL SPECIFICALLY IS GONNA BE INVOLVED IN THE SIDEWALK POETRY PROJECT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THAT GOING.
SO THIS IS, UM, THIS HAS BEEN PASSED BY PAC EARLIER THIS MONTH.
UM, I DO WANNA NOTE ON THE, UM, ITEM SHEET WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE BACKGROUND.
IT SAYS THIS ITEM ADDS 23 NEW PANELISTS THAT COULD READ 11 NEW PANELISTS.
SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S ONLY A LIST OF 11, NOT 23.
SO WITH THAT SAID, CAN I HAVE A MOTION, UM, IN FAVOR OF THIS RECOMMENDATION? YEP.
ANYONE HAVE A UH, I WENT TO MAKE A MOTION.
YEAH, I NEED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER WEINSTEIN? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, UH, THEN WE NOW CALL FOR A MOTION.
UH, SO COMMISSIONER HAS HER HAND UP.
SORRY VICKY, I'M SORRY, I'M PUTTING IT DOWN.
ALRIGHT, SO IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION AND SUPPORT OF QUALIFIED SELECTION PANEL CANDIDATES FOR THE PUBLIC ART ARTIST SELECTION PANELIST.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THEN THE RECOMMENDATION PASSES.
UM, THIS IS THE PUBLIC ART FORECAST PLAN FOR YEARS 2025 THROUGH TO 2028.
IT DOES GET UPDATED YEARLY, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE SEE IT.
YOU WILL SEE IF YOU'VE GONE THROUGH AND READ THIS.
IT TALKS ABOUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS UNDER DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE FUNDING COMES THROUGH.
UM, BOND FUNDING, PARKS, WATER, CITY PLANNING BOND, ET CETERA.
AND THEN IT GOES THROUGH, UM, AND IT KIND OF TELLS YOU WHERE WE ARE IN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE FOUR, FIVE AND SIX, IT GOES THROUGH, UM, WE SORTED THIS OR LYNN WAS NICE ENOUGH TO SORT THIS BY, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE NEXT ARE THE PLANS.
UM, AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
SO, UM, THE PUBLIC ART DEPARTMENT HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING THIS, REWORKING THIS, LOOKING AT NUMBERS, LOOKING AT SCHEDULING.
AND UM, THIS WAS PASSED BY PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS MONTH AS WELL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PUBLIC ART FORECAST AND PLAN? UM, COMMISSIONER PALOMO AND COMMISSIONER BLAZE.
UM, THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL BY THE WAY.
SO THANK YOU FOR PREPARING THIS.
UM, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE DID OUR ONE-ON-ONES WITH, UH, WITH PUBLIC ART AND YOU COMMISSIONER WEINSTEIN, THAT UM, I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS, ARE WE DOING SOME SORT OF STRATEGIC PLAN THAT TELLS US HOW MUCH PUBLIC ART IS NEEDED AND DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PUBLIC ART ACROSS ALL THE DISTRICTS? AND I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM.
UM, NOTHING IN NINE FOR DISTRICT NINE PLANNED.
SO DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PUBLIC ART? ARE YOU REALLY GONNA ASK ME THAT QUESTION? 'CAUSE THE ANSWER IS NO.
DO WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY? NO, NEVER.
UM, SO THIS IS, THIS IS BASED ON WHAT DOLLARS ARE IN THE QUEUE FROM BOND PROJECTS, CORRECT.
LYNN THERE, BUT THERE IS NONE KING ITALIAN PARK.
YOU NEED TO COME CLEAR THAT THE RECORD, MA'AM.
BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE, I'M ON THE RECORD.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR A IS AND OR THE AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET AND NOT THE REALLY CONDENSED SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS A LIST OF 2024 BOMBS, WHICH INCLUDES A DISTRICT NINE PROJECT AT COTILLION PARK.
SO, UM, SADLY, UM, THERE'S NOT A LOT GOING ON
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IN NINE, BUT THERE IS AT LEAST SOMETHING WE FOR SURE WITH OUR HEART PARTNERS TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WITH THAT 2024 BOND MONEY THERE WAS SOMETHING INAND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT PART OF THIS PLAN MEANS PEOPLE LOOK AT THE VIABILITY OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN KIND OF IN QUEUE AND ON THE BOOKS FOR A LONG TIME AND SEE WHAT REALLY CAN BE DONE.
SO THAT'S PART OF OUR PLANNING PROCESS.
THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT EVERY PROJECT'S BEING DONE, THIS IS IN A PLANNING TO SAY WE NEED TO LOOK AT THESE BECAUSE THEY HAVE EITHER BEEN OVERLOOKED, UNFORTUNATELY FOR YEARS BASED ON COVID AND OTHER STUFF, OR THEY HAVE SLOWLY MOVED ALONG.
SO DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES.
SO THEN JUST A FOLLOW UP TO THAT THEN ON PAGE, UM, PAGE FIVE MM-HMM
OF THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, SHOULD THAT COTILLION PARK BE LISTED AS D NINE SO THAT EVERYBODY'S REPRESENTED? OR DO WE JUST LEAVE IT OUT? SO IT SHOULD BE UNDER, I'M GONNA LOOK OVER HERE AND THEN GO BACK.
BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THE WORD DOCUMENT IN THE AGENDA PACKET, SO I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING AND I COMPLETELY MISSED COTILLION PARK AND D NINE, BUT THANK YOU.
NOT LISTED UNDER D NINE, BUT IT MIGHT BE LISTED 'CAUSE IT MIGHT THERE THIS THE SECOND, THE, THE OTHER PAGES AREN'T EXACTLY EVERY PROJECT, RIGHT? LYNN? THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE, SO IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, PAGE TWO OF THE PACKET, UM, IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, 2024 PARKS PROJECT PENDING PACK RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN YOU ALL LOCATIONS FROM PARKS 2020, UM, START, THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2025 OR JUNE, 2025.
THAT LISTS C NINE HASN'T MOVED THE BACKLOG YET.
AND BECAUSE IT'S BRAND NEW, DOES THAT HELP? IT'S A CONFUSING SET OF DOCUMENTS THEN
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ALMO FOR LOOKING OUT FOR DISTRICT NINE
UM, SO MAYBE I'M JUST HERE, BUT I HAVE ALWAYS HAD TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUNDING PROJECTS.
THE PARK, THE WATER UTILITIES, CITY PLANNING, BOND CONSTRUCTION CITYWIDE.
CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE CLARIFY ALL OF THAT? IT'S BASICALLY BOND MONEY, RIGHT? IT'S, I'M GOING BACK.
THESE PROJECTS ARE BASED ON BOND DOLLARS.
AND SO WHEN PERCENTAGE, WHEN A BONDAGE APPROVED, THERE'S A DIFFERENT PERCENTAGE FOR PARKS THAN THERE MIGHT BE FOR WATER.
BUT EVERY PROJECT HAS A PERCENT OF THAT PROJECT THAT WILL THEN BE FOR PUBLIC ARTS.
SO IT DEPENDS ON THE, UM, SO IT'S BASED IN THE ORDINANCE.
SO FOR EVERY CONSTRUCTION BOND THAT HAS, HAS BEEN ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY, THERE IS A PERCENT PULLED OUT FOR, UM, FOR PUBLIC ART.
ANYTHING THAT'S UNDER THE GROUND DOESN'T COUNT ANYTHING THAT'S A RENOVATION OR, UM, A REPLACEMENT DOESN'T COUNT, DOESN'T GO TOWARDS US.
IT'S REALLY NEW CONSTRUCTION OR WE IMAGINE WE HAVE THAT CONSTRUCTION.
YEAH, I'LL LOOK AT THAT AS YOU KNOW, AND CONFIRM OR JUST ASK CHRISTA.
AND UM, AND THAT'S HOW, SO IT'S DIVIDED UP BY WHO GETS THE BOND.
SO THAT'S WHY WE GET WHY THERE ARE VARIOUS SOURCES FOR OUR BANK BECAUSE IT'S OUR, ALL OF OUR DOLLARS STORED IN THE BANKS OF OUR HOST DEPARTMENTS.
IS THAT HELPFUL? IT IS HELPFUL, ALTHOUGH IT'S ALWAYS SEEMS ODD TO ME THAT DALLAS WATER UTILITIES IS FUNDING HEART
ONLY THROUGH BOND PROJECTS THOUGH.
LET'S GET, SO WE NEEDED TO COME FROM SOMEONE.
ALRIGHT, IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT, UH, CAN WE GET A MOTION? STILL MOVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 20 25, 20 28 PUBLIC ART FORECAST AND PLAN.
SECOND, ACCEPT THE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER, UH, BODEL.
AND YOU NEED A, A SECOND? WELL, SECOND.
COMMISSIONER BLA THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE 20 25 20 28 PUBLIC ART FORECAST AND PLAN.
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ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.OPPOSED? THE PUBLIC ART FORECAST AND PLAN FOR 2025.
UM, THIS IS FOR, UM, A COMMISSION FOR, UM, MERU FOR FOREST GREEN BRANCH LIBRARY, UM, ON GREENVILLE AND
UM, AND ARE THERE SLIDES? I DON'T, WE CAN'T SEE IT IN THIS ROOM.
IF WE CAN MAKE THAT BIGGER PLEASE.
OKAY, SO THIS IS FOR SCREEN LIBRARY.
THIS IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10.
THIS WOULD BE COMMISSIONER BRO'S.
SHE'S EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN THE PEOPLE.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS IS LOCATED.
CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? MADAM CHAIR.
WE ARE HEARING A LOT OF EXTRA VOICES ON OUR END, OR AT LEAST MY END.
YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT.
UH, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER BRAGGA ALONE HAD HER MICROPHONE OPEN BECAUSE SHE HAS
THIS IS A PIECE OF ART BY A POLISH ARTIST, AS WE MENTIONED.
IT'S CALLED FRUITS OF KNOWLEDGE.
GLEN, DO YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING TO THIS OR CAN WE JUST KEEP MOVING IT ALONG? KEEP, OKAY.
HERE IT SHOWS YOU DIMENSIONS AND KIND OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
THE INFORMATION IS IN YOUR PACKET, SO HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD TIME TO, TO READ IT.
SO, UM, WE CAN EITHER TAKE A MOTION OR TAKE QUESTIONS.
YEAH, LET'S, UH, SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, COMMISSIONER OMO, VERY MINOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS PROCEDURAL OR NOT, BUT ON OUR VOTING AGENDA ITEM FOR COUNCIL DISTRICTS, IT SAYS CITYWIDE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A BIG DEAL OR NOT.
AS LONG AS IT WAS ON THE, IT'S ON THE AGENDA AS CORRECT.
SO THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT THOUGH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS WAS APPROVED BY A PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS MONTH, AND IT WAS A REALLY FUN SELECTION COMMITTEE.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL LOVES THE PIECE.
SO WOULD, UH, THAT IN THE CASE, UH, CAN WE GET A MOTION AND SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDATION AND SUPPORT OF THE ARTIST FINALISTS FOR THE FLORIDA GREEN LIBRARY PUBLIC ART PROJECT? I MOVE.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON? UH, MOVED.
AND I HEARD SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER.
UNLESS YOU'RE ENTERTAINING IN PERSON ONLY.
SO IT'S BEEN, BEEN PROPERLY, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON, PROPERLY SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER OMO.
ANY OPPOSITION? NO OPPOSITION.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN APPROVED, UH, FOR THE ARTIST FINALISTS FOR THE FOREST GREEN LIBRARY PUBLIC ART PROJECT.
UH, SO, UH, WHO IS MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW PANELS? IT SOUNDS LIKE GLEN.
CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER BRAGGA ALONG.
THE TWO OF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
NO, I'M GONNA LET GLEN TAKE IT.
UM, WE ARE ADDING, AS PER USUAL, UH, MORE PANELISTS TO OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS PANEL ROSTER.
JULIA AND HER TEAM DO A REALLY GREAT JOB WORKING TO RECRUIT, UH, NEW PANELISTS THAT FIT THE CRITERIA.
YOU'LL SEE IN THE A IS UH, OUR MINIMUM CRITERIA TO BECOME A PANELIST, WHICH IS TO BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD, LIVE AND OR WORK WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS ARTS ECOSYSTEM AS AN ARTIST, ADMIN OR STAFF MEMBER, BOARD MEMBER, VOLUNTEER FREEDOM AUDIENCE MEMBER.
AND THEN BE WILLING TO GIVE THOUGHTFUL AND THOROUGH FEEDBACK ON ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL PROPOSALS.
UM, SO THE, UH, LIST, UH, IS AN ATTACHMENT THAT
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YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR PACKET.UH, WE HAVE THE 16 NEW PROPOSED PANELISTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE ON THIS PAST TUESDAY.
THAT'S THE WORD THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
UH, ON THAT, UH, LIST, YOU'LL SEE FIRST AND LAST NAME, PROFESSIONS, UH, RESIDENT CITY, ZIP CODE ARTS BACKGROUND, A REFERRAL FROM, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT SAYS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, OH, IT'S JUST LIKE THE ORGANIZATION NAME.
JULIA, UH, DID SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB CREATING AND, AND CAME UP WITH A WONDERFUL IDEA THAT OUR COP ORGANIZATIONS, UH, SHOULD BE A PART OF OUR PROCESSES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND SO IF YOU SEE THAT ORGANIZATION NAME, IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOMINATED SOMEONE FROM THEIR ORGANIZATION TO PARTICIPATE ON OUR ROSTER AND THEN ON OUR PANELS AS WELL.
AND THEN AGE RANGE, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF SORT OF BROAD VARIETY OF, OF PANELISTS THAT WE'RE BRINGING ON BOARD, I THINK THAT'S, UM, SO THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YES, THESE 16, UH, NAMES THAT HAVE, AGAIN, YOU GUYS APPROVED BY THE ALLEGATIONS COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS WEEK.
SO, COMMISSIONERS, DOES ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE NAMES
UH, SO COMMISSIONER NUGENT HAS MOVED AND COMMISSIONER WEINSTEIN HAS SECONDED THE RECOMMENDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW PANELISTS TO THE FUNDING PROGRAMS PANEL ROSTER.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? NO.
OPPOSED? UH, SO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE NEW PANELISTS IS APPROVED.
UM, MOVING ON, UH, TO OUR BRIEFINGS, UM, WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN TO THE CC BRIEFING C AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, A VERY EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT IN ADDITION TO
SO WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA SHIFT TO BRIEFING ITEM C OUT OF RESPECT FOR OUR NEW TEAM MEMBERS'.
IF YOU, UH, COMMISSIONERS HAVE REVIEWED THE BUDGET BOOK RELATED TO OAC, YOU'LL NOTE THAT WE ARE GROWING AS A DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE ACQUIRING TWO DIVISIONS OVER THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS.
UM, ONE, THE NIGHTTIME ECONOMY AND RESPONSIBLE HOSPITALITY DIVISION, AND THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED IN THE CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
BUT AGAIN, UH, TRANSITIONING TO THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, UH, WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE, THE NEXT TWO, UH, FISCAL YEARS.
AND SO TODAY WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WISE, UH, TODAY AND FOR NEXT MONTH TO ALLOW OUR NEW TEAM MEMBERS TO BRIEF YOU ON THE SCOPE OF WORK AND THE NATURE OF WHAT THEY DO IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ROLES.
AND SO WE'RE SO, SO THRILLED TO INVITE AND INTRODUCE OUR NIGHTTIME ECONOMY AND RESPONSIBLE HOSPITALITY TEAM UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF EDDIE GRANT, UH, WHO IS HERE.
AND SO WE'LL SHIFT TO YOUR SLIDES.
I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF AND THEN, UH, THE TEAM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES BEFORE WE GO ON TO, TO THE NEXT SLIDE OR THE SLIDE PRESENTATION.
SO I COME FROM PROBABLY, I'M HAPPY TO BE OUT HERE BECAUSE I COME FROM AN, AN ART BACKGROUND IS MY FORMAL EDUCATION, UM, SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART DESIGN.
THAT'S, UM, WHERE, WHERE I'M, WHERE I WENT.
AND I'M STILL FINISHING UP ON, YOU KNOW, PURSUING HIGHER EDUCATION.
UM, SO I'VE SPENT THE LAST 25 YEARS IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, UM, AN AMAZING ART COMMUNITY.
SO IT, IT IS REALLY A PRIVILEGE TO BE OUT HERE AND CONTINUE THAT WORK.
UM, MY BACKGROUND IS IN PUBLIC SAFETY PRIMARILY.
AND THEN THE LATER HALF OF MY CAREER OVER THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS, UM, IN PUBLIC SAFETY, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MANAGING MAJOR SPECIAL EVENTS, UM, ANYTHING OF FILM THAT HAS COME TO OUR CITY AND ALL THAT, WHICH SAVANNAH IS A POWERHOUSE FOR FILM.
UM, IN THE LATER HALF OF THAT TIME, I WAS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER OUR SPECIAL EVENTS FILM TOURISM AND TRANSITIONING INTO NIGHTLIFE OFFICE.
SO TOURISM IN, IN THE CITY OF SAVANNAH.
AND IT IS A $6 BILLION BUDGET.
BUT OUR FILM, OUR ARTS, OUR, OUR NIGHTTIME, OUR EVERYTHING FOR THAT SMALL CITY, UM, IS AN, IS AN AMAZING, UH, POWERHOUSE TO OUR ECONOMY.
I CAME OUT TO DALLAS A YEAR AGO FOR OUR NIGHTTIME ECONOMY CONVENTION THAT DALLAS HOSTED, UM, TO MONEY PUT ON A GREAT SHOW FOR THAT OPENING, OPENING SOCIAL, UM, AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH DALLAS.
SO WHEN THE, THIS POSITION ACTUALLY SAT VACANT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
MY PREDECESSOR WAS HERE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
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I WAS ABLE TO BRING ON THESE AMAZING COLLEAGUES IN, IN MAY, APRIL, MAY.UM, AND WE ARE GETTING READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, GOING INTO FISCAL YEAR 26.
UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY IN A VERY CONDENSED PERIOD OF TIME.
SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MARISSA FIRST, AND THEN YOU CAN JUST TELL ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND TOO.
AND THEN, UM, SO I'M MARISSA KING.
I'M ONE OF THE NIGHTTIME ECONOMY COORDINATORS.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE AS WELL.
MOST RECENTLY I CAME FROM THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OFFICE.
AND PRIOR TO THAT I'VE SPENT 25 YEARS IN MARKETING, UM, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND HOSPITALITY.
I AM ALSO FAIRLY INTO TEXAS AS WELL.
I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF COMING FROM CHICAGO.
UM, GOT A LONG HISTORY THERE WITH, UH, WORKING IN MAJOR EVENTS AT SOLDIER FIELD, GO BEARS,
SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH A THRIVING, GROWING CITY AND HOW IMPORTANT OUR SOCIAL, UM, ECONOMY IS TO THAT.
UM, WHEN I CAME HERE TO TEXAS, FIRST JOB I LANDED IS WITH THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENT.
UM, IT'S A PERFECT FIT FOR ME AND IT'S, IT IS BEEN A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE THUS FAR.
AND MY PATH WITH THE CITY HAS LED ME HERE AND I COULD BE MORE EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE TEAM.
SO WE'RE SITTING BACK THERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THIS, THIS, THIS IS A FUN GROUP.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THESE IMPACT OF THE NIGHTTIME ECONOMY, WHICH IS USUALLY SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T COMPREHEND FOR DALLAS.
UM, SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE JUST GONNA HIT YOU WITH SOME NUMBERS REAL QUICK.
SO, CITY OF DALLAS IS A $24.4 BILLION A YEAR NIGHTTIME ECONOMY.
AND I WILL SAY THAT WE WERE THE FIRST CITY TO QUANTIFY THAT FROM 6:00 PM TO 6:00 AM.
SO BEFORE WE DID THIS IN 2023, THERE WERE NO STUDIES THAT EXISTED BEFORE, RIGHT? NEW YORK COULD TALK ABOUT IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT WHEN WE COMMISSIONED THIS FIRST STUDY, WE SAID, WE NEED TO KNOW THE NUMBERS BETWEEN 6:00 PM AND 6:00 AM AND THAT CAME OUT TO SOMETHING MUCH GREATER THAN WE, WE EXPECTED IT WOULD BE.
UM, AND THIS IS THE REPORT THAT LED OFF WHEN, WHEN I WAS DOWN HERE FOR THE CONFERENCE.
THE NIGHTTIME ECONOMY HERE SUPPORTS OVER 256,000 JOBS.
SO IF YOU'VE GONE OUT ANYWHERE, AND TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT, IF YOU GO OUT AFTER 6:00 PM AT NIGHT AND GO TO A RESTAURANT OR A BAR OR THEATER OR THE MAJESTIC OR ANYWHERE ELSE YOU'RE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR NIGHTTIME ECONOMY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE FUNDING JOBS.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE PUSHING THIS ECONOMIC ENGINE AND IN, IN EVERYTHING THAT MAKES OUR CITY UNIQUE AND REALLY BUYS INTO, UH, CREATING ITS CULTURE.
SO THE NEXT QUESTION THAT PEOPLE ASK IS, WHAT DOES A NIGHTTIME ECONOMY MANAGER DO? RIGHT? SO IT'S A BIG LONG TITLE OUT HERE.
NIGHTTIME ECONOMY, RESPONSIBLE HOSPITALITY MANAGER IN EUROPE.
IT'S CALLED A NIGHT MAYOR, NOT NIGHT MAYOR, LIKE THAT DREAM, BUT NIGHT MAYOR, RIGHT? IT STARTED IN 2012, WHAT THE PERSON NAMED MERRICK MILAN, WHO WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF STILL TALKING TO YOU EVERY DAY, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE PART OF A GLOBAL CHAT GROUP, UM, THAT HAS ALL OF OUR NIGHTTIME MAYORS IN EUROPE AND THE 20 OR SO THAT ARE IN THE UNITED STATES.
NOW, I SAY 20 OR SO IN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES IS COMING ONTO THE IDEA OF MANAGING NIGHTTIME ECONOMY.
UH, THIS IS A STRATEGIC POSITION THAT'S NOT IN MANY CITIES, NOT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IMPORTANT, BUT BECAUSE NOT VERY MANY CITIES UNDERSTAND OR COMPREHEND YET THE, THE, THE VIBRANCY AND THE VITALITY OF THEIR NIGHTTIME ECONOMY.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE IN THIS PRESENTATION HOW WE'RE GONNA LEAN INTO IT EVEN HARDER TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT.
AND, AND SO WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT FIFA COMING, RIGHT? WE'RE LIKE, OH, IT'S GONNA BE NON SUPER BOWLS
AND WE'RE INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH THAT FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT AND IN, IN THE VIBRANCY AND COMMUNICATION STANDPOINT.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE MATCHES, MOST OF THEM ARE GONNA GO INTO THE EVENING AND WHERE ARE PEOPLE GONNA GO? FIRST OFF, IT'S HOT IN DALLAS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
SO THEY'RE GOING OUT AT NIGHT AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE PATRONIZING ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE.
BUT WE TALK ABOUT FIFA BEING NINE SUPER BOWLS, RIGHT? WELL, IF A SUPER BOWL MAKES 500 MILLION ON AVERAGE FOR A CITY, THAT MEANS OUR NIGHTTIME ECONOMY BASICALLY EACH WEEK, UH, THE YEAR GENERATES THE FULL INTO A SUPER BOWL FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND THAT'S JUST WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE VALUE, WE'LL TAKE SPORTS TEAMS, I'M NOT FROM HERE, BUT WE'LL TAKE SPORTS TEAMS WITH THE COWBOYS VALUED AT LIKE $11 BILLION.
OR AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I SAW THIS MORNING.
WELL, THE NIGHTTIME ECONOMY MAKES ENOUGH TO BUY THAT TEAM OVER TWICE.
SO IF YOU CAN CONVINCE EVERYBODY IN THE NIGHTTIME ECONOMY TO TO BUY THE TEAM OUT
UM, WE OVERSEE CULTURE, COMMERCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY, RIGHT? SO WE ARE A SPECIALIZED TEAM THAT HAS A VERY STRATEGIC POSITION, UM, THAT LOOKS OVER WHAT KEEPS THIS $24 BILLION ALIVE AND HOW TO MAKE IT BIGGER, RIGHT? WHILE MANAGING IT SAFELY.
UM, IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO, PETE, THE NEXT THING PEOPLE ASK OTHER THAN WHEN DO WE WORK? BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY 24 HOURS A DAY.
LITERALLY POLICY HAPPENS BY DAY, BUT OUR VENUES ARE ALWAYS COMMUNICATING WITH US AT NIGHT AND WE'RE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
WE HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE TO THEM BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RESTAURANTS AND BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS AND VENUES AND THEATERS, THEIR DAY STARTS USUALLY AROUND THREE OR FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO MAKE
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OURSELVES AVAILABLE.SO WHILE WE GO HOME, TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, AROUND THIS TIME, UM, OUR PHONES DON'T STOP BECAUSE THEY DON'T STOP ON THE WEEKENDS.
WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT NOW WHERE OUR VENUES ARE REACHING OUT TO US WHEN, WHEN THEY HAVE ISSUES, WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, AND WHEN THEY HAVE ANYTHING BUT THEY WANNA FIND OUT ABOUT.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE SUCCEED IN, IN HELPING THEM.
UM, SO WHAT COUNTS AS NIGHTLIFE? WELL, IN THIS STUDY YOU SEE THE, THE, THE FRONT PAGE OF THE REPORT THAT IS ONLINE, ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, NOW FROM 2023.
BUT IT'S EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT'S SOCIAL IN IN NATURE.
RESTAURANTS, BARS, VENUES, OUR ARTS AND CULTURE.
YOU SEE THE PICTURE OF THE MAJESTIC THERE, UM, IN OUR SPORTS AND RECREATION.
SO WHEN YOU THINK OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, YOU THINK OF FIFA, YOU THINK OF ALL THAT.
IF IT'S AFTER 6:00 PM IT ALL GOES INTO THAT BIG PORTFOLIO THAT GENERATES THE RNI LIFE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NUMBERS.
NOW WE'LL DIVE INTO THEM JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE OF A GRANULAR APPROACH.
UM, WE ALWAYS THINK YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, OUR BIG ENTERTAINMENT.
BUT IN REALITY, OUR REACH SPANS THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY, RIGHT? SO FOR US, THAT'S ABOUT 5,500 RESTAURANTS, WHICH GENERATE THE LINE SHARE OF THE MONEY THAT WE BRING IN PER YEAR, ABOUT 10 BILLION IN A DIRECT SPEND, 16 IN TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT.
AND THEN IT GOES ON DOWN THE LINE.
ONE OF OUR MISSIONS IS TO IS TO BUILD THAT UP.
RIGHT NOW IT'S A 415 MILLION TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM OUR ARTS AND CULTURE SIDE.
UM, THAT IS WHAT NIGHTTIME ECONOMY MANAGERS COME IN TO DO, IS DEVELOP WAYS TO INCREASE THAT AND, AND, AND BUILD UPON THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE.
YOU ADD IN ANOTHER 6 BILLION OF INDIRECT AND ANOTHER 3.5 HAVE INDUCED.
THAT'S HOW WE GET THAT $24.4 BILLION TOTAL NUMBER.
IT GENERATES JUST OVER 8 BILLION IN, IN A LABOR FORCE.
UM, AND 2.2 BILLION IN, IN IN FISCAL TAXES.
UM, WE JUST GOT THE PERMISSION TO DO THAT.
SO IT'S GOING TO COME OUT IN JANUARY OF 2026.
AN UPDATED REPORT, BUT WE'RE EXPANDING ON IT.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND.
WE EXPECT THAT $24 BILLION NUMBER TO GROW IN COMPARISON.
PHILADELPHIA JUST FINISHED THEIRS.
SO WE'RE IN STRIKING DISTANCE OF PHILLY.
SO WHEN PEOPLE THINK DALLAS, THEY DON'T THINK OF NIGHTLIFE ALL THE TIME.
THEY THINK OF SPORTS AND THIS AND THE OTHER THING.
OUR JOB IS TO SAY NO NIGHTLIFE MATTERS OUT HERE.
AND, AND WE'RE POISED TO TAKE OVER OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTRY.
AND OUR, AND OUR JOB AS NIGHTTIME TEAM IS TO DO THAT SAFELY, MANAGE IT APPROPRIATELY AND MAKE SURE THAT IT CONTINUES TO GROW.
SO IN THE INITIAL REPORT THAT WE DID IN 2023, WE HAD SIX MAJOR DISTRICTS THAT WE LOOKED AT, AT WHAT WE CALL SOCIAL DISTRICTS.
UM, AND THERE SOME OF THE NUMBERS ARE SKEWED A LITTLE BIT HERE.
'CAUSE YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST ONE SAYS UPTOWN HARWOOD VICTORY AND ABOUT 1.165 BILLION, UM, THAT IS SKEWED BECAUSE OF VICTORY, AMERICAN AIRLINE CENTER, RIGHT? SO THAT SKEWS THE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT.
YOU CAN SEE ON DOWN THE LINE, THE TOTAL OF THIS COMES OUT TO, FROM OUR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS THAT YOU SEE HERE, COMES OUT TO ABOUT 3.5 BILLION OF THAT TOTAL $24 BILLION NUMBER, WHICH ABOUT 15, 13 TO 15%.
UM, SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU, YOU LOOK AT THESE DISTRICTS AND YOU SAY, WELL THAT'S, THAT'S 15% OF THE TOTAL THAT JUST SHOWS THE EXPANSE OF DALLAS, RIGHT? AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON.
WE PAY RECOGNITION TO OUR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK GOES IN, RIGHT? THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR VENUES ARE, ARE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES, EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF, TRANSPORTATION, PEOPLE GOING OUT LATE AT NIGHT IN GROUPS AND HOW THEY'RE EXPERIENCING NIGHTLIFE AND CULTURE WHERE THAT ALL GOES INTO 24, 25.
AND WE COME OUT WITH THAT REPORT, WE'RE EXPANDING IT TO NINE DISTRICTS.
SO HOW THAT'S GONNA PLAY OUT OR SEPARATES UPTOWN FROM HARWOOD AND VICTORY PARK SO WE CAN GET BETTER ACCURATE NUMBERS THERE.
AND WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES, UM, AND WE'RE ADDING IN A COUPLE OTHER DISTRICTS.
SO DESIGN DISTRICT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IS UP AND COMING.
UM, THERE ARE MANY, MANY DIFFERENT VENUES GOING INTO THE DESIGN DISTRICT RIGHT NOW.
WE JUST, WE SEE ALL PEOPLE TALK TO US EVERY DAY ABOUT WANTING TO OPEN A NEW CONCEPT IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT.
UM, JUST MONDAY WE'RE TALKING TO A CONCEPT THAT'S GONNA DO AN 18 COURSE TASTING, UH, LIKE SET UP AT THEIR RESTAURANT, RIGHT? BY THE E EVELYN AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF COMING IN.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA ADD THE DESIGN DISTRICT IN THERE AND ALSO TO START FOCUSING ON SOUTH AND SOUTHERN DALLAS AND PARA PARK AND, AND, UH, FIFA COMES IN.
WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT PARA PARK CEDARS, SOUTH SOUTHERN DALLAS AREA.
YOU'LL SEE THEM NOT AS DISTRICTS DEFINED AS ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THIS REPORT, BUT WHERE ALL OF THE, ALL OF OUR FOCUS WILL BE FOR THE BIGGER, THE MORE DRAWN OUT NUMBERS.
THEN WE HIT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THEN WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE NIGHT UNFOLDS, RIGHT? SO NIGHTLIFE, IF, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE FOR US, IS A 12 HOUR PERIOD, RIGHT? IT'S THAT OTHER SIX TO 6:00 PM TO 6:00 AM AND YOU'LL SEE AT THE BOTTOM, I SOMETIMES TALK ABOUT IT AS SINGLES, MINGLES, FAMILIES AND SHINGLES, RIGHT?
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AND THEY KIND OF EXPERIENCE IT BACKWARDS, RIGHT? SINGLES ARE OUT LATE, LATE AT NIGHT, AND THEY ARE OUT INTO THE AFTER HOURS 2:00 AM 6:00 AM TIME PERIOD.THAT SPACE DOES EXIST IN DALLAS RIGHT NOW.
IT'S VIABLE AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCE IT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN A SECOND.
UM, THEY COME DOWN TO THE MINGLES WHO ARE OUT THERE AT YOUR NIGHTCLUBS, FAMILIES THAT ARE GOING OUT IN THE EVENING.
OUR OLDER FOLKS THAT ARE GOING OUT LIKE AROUND ME, ABOUT THE SIX TO 10:00 PM TIME PERIOD, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE EXPERIENCING DINNER AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
EVERYBODY EXPERIENCES NIGHTLIFE IN THEIR OWN WAY.
IT IS NOT ALL BARS, CLUBS, ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
IT IS EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT'S SOCIAL AFTER 6:00 PM.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY I PUT IT ON THERE.
IN ANY, ANY SUCCESSFUL CITY, AS YOU ALL VERY WELL KNOW, HAS A VIBRANT AND SUCCESSFUL NIGHTLIFE.
IF YOU, IF IF CITIES THAT DON'T HAVE THAT AREN'T AS SUCCESS, AREN'T AS SUCCESSFUL AS BEEN PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN, RIGHT NOW IN EUROPE, IN DIFFERENT PLACES, THEY'RE LOSING NIGHTLIFE, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO KEEP IT.
WE FIND WAYS TO KEEP IT GOING ACTIVE AND SAFE.
2:00 AM TO 6:00 AM SCARES FOLKS SOMETIMES, RIGHT? THE REASON WHY HERE IN DALLAS, 2:00 AM TO 6:00 AM EXISTS IS BECAUSE AT A STATE LEVEL, WE CUT OFF ALCOHOL AT TWO, AT 2:00 AM DALLAS IS A LATER CITY.
PEOPLE GO OUT AT 10 OR 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT WHEN THEY START THEIR EVENING ON THAT, ON THE, THE SINGLES AND MINGLE SIDE, RIGHT? WHEN FIFA COMES IN, OUR INTERNATIONAL VISITOR OFTEN GOES OUT LATER AS WELL.
SO THAT SPACE, WE CAN SIT THERE AND SAY, WELL THAT'S, THAT'S A SCARY SPACE.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA LOOK AT IT OR ANYTHING FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.
I WOULD RATHER THAT SPACE BE MANAGED.
I'D RATHER IT BE SOMEPLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO, UM, AND, AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY DANGERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE ARE MANAGING IT SUCCESSFULLY.
THIS IS OUR ROADMAP COMING IN FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 2026.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE IT STARTS FROM ONE TO FIVE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, FIVE BEING ELEVATE NIGHTLIFE AT THE END OF IT BECAUSE THAT'S THE LAST THING WE CAN GET TO, RIGHT? IN ORDER TO HAVE SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL NIGHTLIFE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN.
WE HAVE TO MODERNIZE OUR POLICY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF POLICIES THAT EXIST IN ANY CITY THAT NEEDS TO BE MODERNIZED.
UM, WE ARE WORKING THAT IN THAT HERE FOR DALLAS.
SO IT SUPPORTS OUR VENUES AND WE HAVE TO OFFER TRAINING AND SUPPORT BELOW THAT.
YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN EACH OF THOSE SECTORS.
WE WILL, IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BE WORKING ON ONE THROUGH FOUR SIMULTANEOUSLY JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON.
AND BECAUSE WE NEED TO REACT TO THIS VERY QUICKLY.
SO IF YOU THINK OF THINGS LIKE, UM, WHAT GOES ON IN DEVELOPMENT NIGHTS OR OTHER PLACES, AND I THINK DEVELOPMENT GETS A BAD RAP BECAUSE IT IS NOT WHAT THEY PUT ON THE TV AND IT'S NOT WHAT THEY SHOW YOU IN THE PAPERS, RIGHT? THANK YOU.
AND THAT'S WHY THE NEWS LIKES TO SHOW THAT DEVELOPMENT IS NOT WHAT THEY, WHAT WHAT THEY PLAY IT OUT TO BE, RIGHT? BUT IT DOES DRAW A LOT OF EFFORT ON FOCUSING IN AND MANAGING AND SAFELY.
THAT IS ALSO WHERE WE COME IN WORKING, WHERE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS AS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND REALLY SAYING, THIS IS HOW YOU REACT TO AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN THE EVENING.
HOW YOU MANAGE PEOPLE SAFELY, HOW YOU MANAGE VENUES AND HOW YOU DON'T BLAME VENUES.
AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS DON'T DO THIS.
BUT HOW YOU DON'T PORTRAY THIS IN THE MEDIA AS BLAMING VENUES FOR AN ISSUE, VENUE IS NOT THE ISSUE, RIGHT? THE VENUE IS YOUR ALLY.
THE VENUE IS WHO TAKES CARE OF THE PEOPLE FROM THAT TIME PERIOD AND, AND MANAGES THEIR BEHAVIOR WHILE THEY'RE THERE.
IF THEY DO SO SUCCESSFULLY, THEN NIGHTLIFE HAS NO ISSUES.
OUR JOB IS TO TRAIN THOSE VENUES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT SUCCESSFULLY, RIGHT? BUT ALSO TO EDUCATE AND STORY TELL AND, AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT, THAT THESE SPACES ARE SAFE, RIGHT? ONE OF OUR BIG FOCUSES IS WOMEN'S SAFETY.
YOU WOULD, IMA CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY VENUES WE TALK TO ABOUT RESTROOMS AND, AND HOW THAT RESTROOMS INCREASE YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO GO TO A YUCKY RESTROOM.
AND WHEN THE VENUE PUTS A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY INTO THAT RESTROOM, THEY'RE AMAZED AT HOW MUCH THAT THAT GOES UP FOR THEIR, THEIR THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT.
AND WOMEN'S SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT BECAUSE WOMEN DRIVE 85% OF THE NIGHTTIME ECONOMY IN, IN, IN THE WORLD.
SO, WHICH IS ANOTHER FACT THAT, SO, SO JUST TO CLOSE OUT LATER AND, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
OUR, OUR ROLE IS, IS TO DO SEVERAL THINGS.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UH, SO WE, WE TRANSLATE CITY POLICY BETWEEN THE CITY AND, AND OUR NIGHTLIFE FOLKS, RIGHT? SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND CITY POLICY AND, AND, AND OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE WE TRANSLATE THAT APPROPRIATELY ON BOTH SIDES.
UM, CONNECTING THE VENUES TO THE CITIES TOGETHER AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS, UH, THERE'S DISCONNECTS, RIGHT? THEY HAVE, RIGHT? BUT OUR JOB IS TO COME IN AND MAKE SURE THOSE DISCONNECTS GET BRIDGED, FILL IN THOSE GAPS, AND WE MAKE PEOPLE ON THE NUISANCE THAT MATTERS HERE IN DALLAS.
AND, AND, UM, WE CREATE THAT, THAT SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT, UH, FOR OUR VENUES.
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SHOP WHEN IT COMES TO ASKING QUESTIONS OR WHATEVER AND COORDINATING GROUPS TOGETHER.IT MAY SEEM LIKE WE ARE, WE ARE ALWAYS IN SUPPORT OF THE VENUES.
THAT IS PART OF OUR ROLE, BUT WE ARE NOT ALWAYS IN SUPPORT OF THE VENUES.
WE DON'T LIKE BAD OPERATORS JUST AS MUCH AS YOU DON'T LIKE BAD OPERATORS, RIGHT? OUR JOB WHEN WE FIND BAD OPERATORS IS TO GET THEM EDUCATED.
IF WE CAN'T GET THEM EDUCATED, THEN YOU SEE US MOVE THAT OVER TO DIFFERENT PRACTICES TO ALLEVIATE THE ISSUE.
UM, WE COORDINATE ON A BUNCH, ON A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON MODERNIZING POLICY.
SO WE EXPECT THAT TO COME OUT HOPEFULLY IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY OF THE NEXT FISCAL OF THE NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
AND AT THE END IS WE SAFEGUARD, WE DON'T, NOT ALWAYS JUST SAFEGUARDING VENUES FROM THEM, FROM THINGS THAT HAPPEN OR PEOPLE THAT HAPPEN, BUT SAFEGUARDING PEOPLE FROM THEMSELVES, RIGHT? SO HARM REDUCTION, OPIOID RE RESISTANCE, ACTIVE BYSTANDER TRAINING, ALL OF THE, LIKE, WE OFFER ALL THAT.
SO I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.
BUSY, BUSY, BUSY YEAR AHEAD OF US.
AND THEN, OKAY,
UH, UM, SO EVENTS THAT ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, ART GALLERIES, UH, THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES, THINGS THAT MAY HAPPEN AT A LIBRARY LATE AT NIGHT.
WOULD THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS BE INCLUDED IN YOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY.
AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE THEY JUST DID A ALCOHOL STUDY THAT SAID THE ALCOHOL, UH, CONSUMPTION BY GENERATION Z IS DOWN BY 50%.
THE, THE, THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT IS KETAMINE USE IS ALSO UP A LOT, RIGHT? SO WE NEED TO PROTECT THAT SPACE, BUT ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IS GOING DOWN.
AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE SOCIALIZE MORE NOW, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS LOOKING TO GET DRUNK.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL HEAR IS IT'S A RESTAURANT ACTING AS A CLUB.
RESTAURANTS HAVE DIVERSIFIED POST PANDEMIC TO OFFER NEW AND IMPROVED USES TO GENERATE MORE INCOME SO THAT THEY COULD SURVIVE, RIGHT? SO THEY'LL INCLUDE THINGS LIKE DJS.
THEY'LL INCLUDE THINGS LIKE SPOKEN WORD.
THEY'LL INCLUDE BRUNCH PARTIES.
THEY'LL INCLUDE LIVE BANDS, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.
WE JUST HAVE TO MANAGE IT APPROPRIATELY, RIGHT? SO THAT THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.
UM, SO TO YOUR POINT, YES, WE HAVE LIBRARIES, WE HAVE COFFEE SHOPS, WE HAVE VENUES, WE HAVE EVENT SPACES THAT ALL ARE OFFERING THINGS WITHIN THE EVENING ECONOMY.
NOW WE GOT QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS, UH, ONLINE HERE.
UM, LET'S START WITH COMMISSIONER CUREL, THEN, UH, HORNBUCKLE, THEN OMA.
UM, I WAS WONDERING, AND I'M THANK YOU FOR SAYING WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT DUM.
UM, WHEN STORIES LIKE THAT GET TOLD, I USUALLY AM, I USUALLY START THINKING ABOUT WHO WANTS THE LAND.
UH, 'CAUSE THAT'S THE DALLAS WAY.
AND SO I'M WONDERING ABOUT, UM, DOES YOUR DIVISION OFFER ANY SUPPORT OR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS OR ADVOCACY? I WROTE THIS QUESTION DOWN SO IT WOULDN'T BE TOO LONG, BUT, UM, OR ADV ADVOCACY SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT PRESERVING SMALL OR, OR CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT NIGHTLIFE VENUES THAT ARE AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT DUE TO NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
OR BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, LANDLORDS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TRYING TO SQUEEZE THEM OUT IS, IS KIND OF WHAT I'M REFERRING TO.
YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A HOT TOPIC RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING IN DEBELL, THERE'S A LOT OF UNPRECEDENTED STUFF HAPPENING.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
ONE, IN OUR NEXT STUDY, THERE IS A, A LIVE MUSIC AND INDEPENDENT VENUE PORTION OF IT THAT'S GOING TO FOCUS ON JUST THAT OR VENUE, WHAT THEY NEED TO SURVIVE, BECAUSE THAT IS THE CULTURE OF WHAT CREATED, DEVELOP, RIGHT? OUR LIVE AND INDEPENDENT VENUES.
UM, BUT ALSO TO THAT, YES, WE DO OFFER, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS ON POLICY.
WE ARE FORM FORMING AN OPERATIONS GUIDE FOR OUR VENUES, BUT ALSO WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE GREAT, UM, RELATIONSHIPS WHERE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS WE'RE EXCITED MOVING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR ON WHAT THAT EXPANDS TO BE.
UM, BECAUSE WE ARE SO NEW, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, DEBELL GETS A BAD RAP.
I, I LIVE TWO MINUTES AWAY FROM THERE PURPOSELY BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING.
AND I, I GO OUT AND EXPERIENCE DEBELL ALL THE TIME, ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT AND INTO THE EVENING, AND EVEN AFTER HOURS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AT PLACES I DON'T HAVE ISSUES, RIGHT? WHAT YOU SEE IN DEBELL RIGHT NOW ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THERE SPECIFICALLY TO DO THINGS THAT AREN'T EVEN IN OUR VENUES, RIGHT? SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC SPACE.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE UNDERAGE YOUTH THAT ARE HANGING OUT IN DEBELL, AND WE NEED TO DO SO IN A WAY THAT SUPPORTS OUR VENUES AND KEEPS THEM ACTIVE ALIVE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT AS A YOUTH, I DID GO TO DEEP EL, BUT THERE WERE SPACES FOR ME TO ACTUALLY GO TO,
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LIKE DAVE'S ART AND POND THE DOOR.THERE WERE ACTUAL VENUES THAT WELCOMED ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT EXISTS ANYMORE.
UH, IT IT, IT DOES TO AN EXTENT.
WE'RE HOPING TO, WE'RE HOPING TO EXPAND ON THAT.
UM, AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT LANDLORDS AND THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT, UM, CLOSING THINGS DOWN AT MIDNIGHT, RIGHT? OKAY.
I CAN SAY THIS TO YOU AND, AND I DON'T MIND SAYING IT, WHEN YOU CLOSE THINGS DOWN ON MIDNIGHT, IT JUST GOES SOMEWHERE ELSE, RIGHT? THE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO STOP GOING OUT BECAUSE WE CLOSE THINGS DOWN AT MIDNIGHT.
THAT'S NOT GONNA SOLVE THE ISSUE, RIGHT? THE ISSUE IS MANAGING THINGS APPROPRIATELY.
COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE, UH, WELCOME TO ARTS AND CULTURE.
UM, I HAVE A, A CULTURE QUESTION FOR YOU AND AN EXAMPLE IN, UM, UH, ON JEFFERSON BOULEVARDS ON SUNDAY, ORGANICALLY, THERE HAS BEEN, UH, GROUPS OF FAMILIES THAT COME OUT AND THEY DISPLAY THEIR VINTAGE CARS.
AND IT'S, I DRIVE THROUGH, UH, AND I JUST THOUGHT IT'S THE COOLEST THING, AND IT, IT STARTS IN LATE IN THE EVENING, AND THEN IT GROWS AND FAMILIES ARE OUT.
YOU SEE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY INTO THE CAR CULTURE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS TO SUPPORT AND GET BEHIND, UH, THIS CULTURE.
THAT'S, WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT MONEY BEHIND IT, IT'S ALREADY THERE.
BUT I THINK SOMETHING LIKE, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS, IS TO SUPPORT THAT IN SOME KIND OF WAY.
AND I'M NOT CLEAR ON EXACTLY HOW THAT WORKS, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE JUST NATURALLY HAPPENING AND THEY NATURALLY HAVE AN AUDIENCE.
AND, UM, I WOULD HOPE THAT, UM, THAT'S PART OF WHAT YOU DO.
AND I ALSO HAVE A ANOTHER COMMENT IF YOU WANNA, UH, MAKE A STATEMENT ON THAT.
I THINK, UH, THINGS THAT NATURALLY EXIST WITHIN NIGHTLIFE ARE, ARE PART OF OUR MISSION.
UM, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO STORYTELLING, RIGHT? AND, AND I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING WELL, THEN YOU, SOMETHING, SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS, UNRELATED, AND IMMEDIATELY WE GO, THIS BAD THING HAPPENED BECAUSE THIS, THIS, THIS EXISTS, WHATEVER THIS IS.
RIGHT? SO OUR JOB IS TO GET AHEAD OF THAT, TELL THE PROPER STORYTELLING, GIVE PEOPLE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING, MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE, AND, UH, SUPPORT WHERE WE CAN.
UH, UH, LAST COMMENT, UH, CLUB RODEO.
AND, UH, ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH THAT? ARE YOUR DEPARTMENT INVOLVED WITH THAT? ANY KINDA WAY? SO WE, WE, YES.
THE SHORT ANSWER TO THAT IS YES.
WE, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS GOING WELL, ALMOST EVERYTHING GOING ON IN DEVELOPMENT AND SPECIFICALLY THE VENUE.
UM, BUT I WOULD SAY IN RESPECT TO IT BEING IN THE HANDS OF OUR CITY ATTORNEYS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND ALL OF THAT, THAT WE WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T NECESSARILY TALK ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
BUT OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT VENUES, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE, STAY SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK SOMETIMES VENUES GET BAD RAPS, AND I'M NOT SPEAKING IN PARTICULAR FOR THAT VENUE, FOR THAT VENUE.
AND THAT'S WHERE STORYTELLING COMES IN, RIGHT? UH, BUT YES, WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT.
UM, I FIRST WANNA SAY THAT, THAT, UH, VISIT DALLAS AND THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, STUDY THAT YOU CITED.
UM, THERE ARE SPECIFIC MENTIONS, UM, AND THEY EVEN SHOW IT IN THE ACTUAL STUDY.
UM, CULTURAL VENUES ARE INCLUDED IN THAT.
SO, UM, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH, UM, WITH THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, OR TO GLEN SO THAT HE CAN SHARE THAT STUDY.
WHAT IS INTERESTING, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I'M IN DISTRICT ONE AND WE'RE ORGANIZING THE OAK CLIFF CULTURAL DISTRICT TO BE THE NEXT TEXAS COMMISSIONER OF THE ARTS CULTURAL DISTRICT.
AND THE, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THAT, ACTUALLY YOUR, LIKE OUR FOOTPRINT FITS RIGHT IN, UH, THE BULK OF THE BISHOP ART, UH, AREA.
AND, AND, AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR CITY OF DALLAS AND VISIT DALLAS AND YOU GUYS FOR, FOR DOING THAT STUDY THAT CAME IN VERY HANDY IN OUR APPLICATION.
UM, I, I, I DO WANNA SAY THAT HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN THE EARLY DAYS OF 24 HOUR DALLAS WITH RANDALL WHITE, UM, I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF, OF, OF, OF US OWE SOME GRATITUDE TO HIM FOR REALLY IDENTIFYING AND WORKING WITH THE, LIKE MONTREAL AND OTHER CITIES WHO HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THE NIGHTTIME ECONOMY.
AND HE DID GANGBUSTERS IN MOTIVATING SO MANY VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE ON VARIOUS COMMITTEES.
AND I SHARED THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE, SO I WAS VERY THANKFUL THAT
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24 HOUR DOLLARS ALWAYS IDENTIFIED HOW IMPORTANT ARTS AND CULTURE WAS TO THE NIGHTTIME ECONOMY.UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS, UM, COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE, UH, I, I LOVE THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THE LOW RIDERS ON JEFFERSON, BUT, UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY A RESULT OF HARD WORK BY VARIOUS, UH, ORGANIZATIONS WHO WORK WITH SATO AND SOME OF THE MERCHANTS ON JEFFERSON WHO MADE THAT HAPPEN MANY YEARS AGO.
UM, AND SO, UM, YEAH, I COMPLETELY AGREE THAT WE SHOULD, UH, ENCOURAGE THEM AND, AND KEEP IT UP, UM, BECAUSE THAT THEY'RE PART OF OUR CULTURAL DISTRICT THERE.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU IN PERSON, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR MAKING THE TIME TO BE IN HERE WITH US.
AND, AND TO YOUR POINT, YEAH, FIVE, $500 MILLION, UH, IN, IN ARTS AND CULTURE IN, IN THAT REPORT.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY A STRONG POWERHOUSE.
UM, AND I WOULD SAY, YEAH, WITH RESPECT TO 24 HOUR DALLAS, UM, RANDALL AND BRIAN AND NOW THEIR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UH, ABEL MUTA, WE, WE HAVE A VERY STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH 24 HOUR DALLAS.
UM, THEY ARE NONPROFIT, UH, PARTNERS IN EVERYTHING INVOLVED WITH NIGHTLIFE.
UM, REALLY PROUD TO SEE THAT ABLE IS STEPPING IN AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NOW, EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND, AND REALLY BETWEEN THEM AND OUR NIGHTTIME CO COMPLIANCE TEAM.
THAT'S WHY OUR POSITION EXISTED.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE, AND THAT'S WHY WE CAN DO THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
I, COMMISSIONER DANIEL HAS A COMMENT.
I MARTINEZ KNOWS THIS DIRECTOR PHILIPPE, SORRY, ON CITY HALL.
UH, I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THIS CHANGED.
UM, I THINK THAT, UH, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH THE PREDECESSOR.
I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM, AND THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
LIKE, I, AS A GUY WHO ALSO OPERATES IN THE DAYTIME, BUT ALSO DOES A FAIR AMOUNT OF STUFF AT NIGHT, THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
AND, UM, IT'S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A DIVIDE, UNINTENTIONAL DIVIDE BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND THE PLACES THAT WERE DOING THE ENTERTAINMENT THINGS, THE NIGHTTIME THINGS, MANY OF WHICH WE WORK WITH, RIGHT? MANY OF THEM ARE OUR GALLERIES AND OUR ARTISTS AND OUR PERFORMERS.
AND THERE WAS THIS DIVIDE BETWEEN THE PEOPLE THAT WERE DOING THE WORK, THE PLACES THAT THE WORK WAS BEING DONE, AND THIS OFFICE.
AND SO I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES THAT THIS REPRESENTS, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A BETTER REPRESENTATION FOR THE ARTISTIC COMMUNITY AT THE CITY LEVEL.
UM, THE CHALLENGE THAT I HAVE SEEN, I'VE SAID THIS TO YOU, I'VE SAID THIS TO YOU.
THE CHALLENGE THAT I HAVE SEEN UP UNTIL NOW WITH YOUR ROLE IS THAT YOUR ROLE IS A ROLE WHERE THEY HAVE PAID, WHERE I FEEL AS THAT THE CITY AT TIMES HAS PAID LIP SERVICE TO THE ROLE WITHOUT ACTUALLY GIVING YOU THE TEETH THAT ARE NECESSARY TO DO THE JOB.
AND SO, MY ENCOURAGEMENT, HOWEVER THAT LOOKS, I'M EXCITED ABOUT YOU ALL BEING HERE WHEN YOU ALL WERE UNDER, UM, CO UH, NO WRONG DEPARTMENT, UH, CONFERENCE AND EVENT SERVICES.
THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING IN CONFERENCE AND EVENT SERVICES.
SO I FELT LIKE YOU GUYS WEREN'T ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO THE JOB THAT YOU GUYS WERE BROUGHT ON TO DO.
AND SO, WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT AND WHAT MY CHALLENGE AS A COMMISSION IS TO CONTINUE TO EMPOWER YOU GUYS TO NOT YOU ALL, TO NOT JUST BE ABLE TO HAVE IDEAS, BUT TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE IDEAS.
'CAUSE THAT, I THINK HAS BEEN THE FINAL STEP IS YOU GUYS CAN GO OUT AND MEET WITH ALL THE VENUE, VENUE OWNERS AND THE NIGHTLIFE FOLKS, AND YOU CAN HEAR THE CONCERNS OF PEOPLE IN DEEP, UM, IN UPTOWN AND THROUGHOUT.
BUT IF YOU DON'T THEN HAVE THE POWER TO ACTUALLY GO AND TAKE THOSE CONCERNS AND MAKE SOMETHING ACTIONABLE, THEN IT'S FOR NAUGHT.
AND SO IT IS MY HOPE, UM, THAT THE CITY WILL GIVE YOU ALL, GIVE US, I GUESS NOW, UM, THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY IMPACT THE WORK THAT YOU ALL, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN CALLED TO DO.
THE NIGHTTIME ECONOMY IS MASSIVE, AND IT IS MASSIVE, NOT JUST FROM A FINANCIAL, UH, PERSPECTIVE AS WE'VE SEEN.
IT IS MASSIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE MOVE HERE BECAUSE OF JOBS, BUT THEY STAY IN PLACES BECAUSE THEY HAVE THINGS TO DO.
AND SO I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED, COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UM, IF I TRIED.
UM, MARTIN KNOWS I'VE GOT ABOUT THIS FOR A LITTLE BIT.
UM, AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE TO EMPOWER YOU ALL TO DO THE JOB THAT YOU ALL NEED TO DO, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.
UM, I JUST WONDERED, WHEN YOU HAVE SPECIAL THINGS COME UP, LIKE FFA IS COMING UP AND THE STATE FAIR, UM, WHICH IS COMING UP VERY SOON.
SO THINGS THAT AREN'T ON THE NET, THE, THE ACTUAL BOOKS, YOU KNOW, VENUES THAT ARE NOT ALWAYS THERE, DO YOU ALL STAFF UP FOR THOSE EVENTS, THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS? UM, TO, I MEAN, IN ANTICIPATION OF HOW MUCH MORE ACTIVITY THERE'S GONNA BE? YEAH, SURE.
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CITY LEVEL, I'D SAY ABSOLUTELY.AT OUR LEVEL, WE'RE, WE'RE A STRONG TEAM OF THREE, AND SO WE ARE, THIS IS OUR FULL STAFF.
UM, BUT YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW FROM A CITY LEVEL THAT ABSOLUTELY.
THAT THEY STAFF UP WHEN FIFA COMES IN AND, AND ALL THE OTHER EVENTS OF THAT NATURE.
EXCUSE ME, IF THERE, I HAVE A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF HOW IT'S GOING TO OPERATE MOVING FORWARD WITH YOU, UH, BEING PART OF THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
SO DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES, UH, BEING AN AGENDA ITEM FOR BRIEFING AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR MEETINGS? I GUESS THAT'S A, THAT'S A FIRST QUESTION.
THEN YOU CAN ADDRESS IT, UH, AND ANSWER MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU HAVE AN ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT YOU WORKED WITH, MENTIONED NOT YET.
THEY'RE NOT, NOT BUILT, NOT BAKED INTO AFFORDANCE.
SO, UM, THEY'RE WORKING TO BUILD A GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY INTERSECTING INTERESTS THAT WILL INFORM THE WORK THEY DO, BEING THAT, UH, BASED ON HOW THE ACAC WAS BORN AND BIRTH, YOU HAVE VERY CLEAR DEFINITIONS OF THE WORK THAT WE DO VIA ALLOCATIONS, VIA PAC, ET CETERA.
SO IN FISCAL YEAR 26, WE DON'T HAVE A DIRECT LINE OF ADVISEMENT COMING FROM THE BODY TO THE NIGHTTIME DIVISION.
HOWEVER, AS THE LEADERSHIP TEAM DEEMS NECESSARY, WE'D INVITE THEM BACK FOR A BRIEFING FY 26 REPORT IN JANUARY, I THINK WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, BECAUSE SUCH AS HE REPORTED SOME HIGHLIGHTS TODAY, I'M SURE THE BODY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR UPDATES TO THAT END.
AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
SHOULD, I GUESS THE, THE FLIP THE FLIP SIDE WOULD BE, UH, TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU SEE US, UH, WORKING WITH YOU? WHAT, TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU SEE THE COMMISSION, UH, WORKING? SO YOU KIND OF ANSWERED THAT WELL.
WELL, I THINK FOR, AS AN EXAMPLE, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, NOTING THE, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICTS WHERE THERE ARE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS PRESENT, I'M SURE IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THERE TO BE A ONE, YOU KNOW, A TEAM ON ONE PER COUNCIL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING, UM, IN THE, UNDER THEIR UMBRELLA IN YOUR DISTRICT.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE'LL PLAN FORWARD FROM THERE.
BUT I THINK AS AN INITIAL TOUCH POINT, IF YOU HAVE AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN YOUR, IN YOUR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, YOU MAY WANT TO MEET WITH EDDIE'S TEAM AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS' AWARENESS MM-HMM
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL ADVISED THE COUNCIL
BUT ALSO, SO KIND OF, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS ARE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND SO ANY, UH, DATA THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO, UH, ADVANCE, UH, THOSE, UH, THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH.
AND WE'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE WORKING ON WAYS TO SPREAD THE WORD AND, AND DO OUR STORYTELLING.
SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SOME, SAVE THE DATES THAT ARE COMING OUT.
WE'VE GOT A HUGE SWATH OF EDUCATION COMING UP NEXT YEAR.
UM, OCTOBER 14TH IS GONNA BE OUR FIRST SUMMIT.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BIG EVENT READINESS AND WE'LL ALL BE ANNOUNCING WHERE THAT'S HOSTED AT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
UM, SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT.
AND I'LL HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, WITH OUR NEWLY ONBOARDED ADRIANA, WE'RE STILL FUNNELING COMMUNICATION TO THE BODY THROUGH THE BOARD AND COMMISSIONS COORDINATOR.
JUST TO KEEP THAT PIPELINE, BECAUSE I MEAN, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE SYMPHONY WOULD BE IN YOUR DATA, DATA, UH, T-BALL WOULD BE IN YOUR DATA.
PEOPLE THAT HAVE MAJOR ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE IN EVENING, THEY WOULD ALL BE INVOLVED IN YOUR DATA.
SO WE CERTAINLY WANNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WORKING WITH, UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANKS, YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
SO LET'S LOOK AT, UH, AGENDA ITEM B, PLANNED FISCAL YEAR 2026.
FORGIVE ME FOR FLIPPING TO THE APPROPRIATE PAGE.
OUR TEAM, OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT TEAM, WE ARE GOING TO BE STILL PRESENTING, UM, WHAT'S NOTED IN THE BUDGET BOOK, WHAT'S BEEN NOTED IN A, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP, THE COUNCIL, AND THEN REVIEWING, UH, THE TOWN HALL SCHEDULE, AND OF COURSE THE BUDGET, ONE PAGER THAT HAS BEEN SHARED VIA EMAIL AND PRINTED TODAY FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE TOGETHER.
SO WE HAVE, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, GLEN AYS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ANNA HUBBLE BATANG, I BELIEVE IS ONLINE AND MOAN OUR BUSINESS MANAGER.
IF YOU, WHEREVER YOU WANT, BUT YOU WANNA JOIN PLAN FOR EASE, THEN THAT WILL WORK.
UM, OF COURSE, I NOTICED STATE ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, THIS IS FFY 25, 26, AND FFY 26, 27.
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ELSE SHOULD BE THOSE DATES WE'RE GONNA DO NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? ALRIGHT, FIRST SLIDE.THIS IS WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO, UH, COUNCIL IN THE FIRST SORT OF, UH, BUDGET BRIEFING.
THEY BUDGET WORKSHOP, I THINK THEY CALL IT.
UM, AND SO I JUST THOUGHT I GROUND US IN THE SAME KIND OF INFORMATION, THE WORK ON A BIANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS THAT INCLUDES PROPOSED AND PLAN.
SO OUR PROPOSED FOR FY 25 6 AND THEN PLAN FOR 26 7.
UM, AND THAT HELPS US CREATE A STARTING POINT, RIGHT IN OUR FIRST YEAR.
GIVES US A STARTING POINT FOR THAT SECOND YEAR.
SO THE CITY OF DALLAS OVERALL, 26 PROPOSED IN 27 PLAN BUDGETS ARE BALANCED AND TOTAL 5.2 BILLION FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN 5.39 FOR THE FOLLOWING BILLION.
UH, WHAT WE ARE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON IS OUR PART IN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THAT TOTAL IS 1.97 BILLION FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND SO THAT IS A 61.1 MILLION OR 3.2% INCREASE FROM THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT POLICE AND FIRE INCREASED BY 63.1 MILLION AND ALL OTHER GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS DECREASED BY ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILLION.
UH, AND THEN OUR 26 PROPOSED BUDGET REDUCES PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR THE 10TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S 0.50 CENTS PER $100 VALUATION.
SO THEN YOU'LL SEE HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN, UM, WITH THAT FULL 5.2 BILLION OPERATING CAPITAL AND WHERE WE EXIST IN THAT GENERAL FUND, 1.97 THERE ON THAT NICE CHART.
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE BEGAN LAST YEAR.
SO IT'S NOT TOTALLY NEW, BUT WE HAVE, WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET BASED OFF OF FOUNDATIONAL STRUCTURES THAT ARE INFORMED BY OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES, CONNECT, COLLABORATE, COMMUNICATE, AND THEN OUR SEVEN FOUNDATIONAL STRUCTURES, SAFE, VIBRANT, GROWING, LIVABLE, SUSTAINABLE, FISCALLY SOUND AND CORE.
WE EXIST IN THAT VIBRANT PORTFOLIO.
HERE IS OUR, UH, REPORT CHART IN THAT SAME FOUNDATIONAL STRUCTURE, AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE EXIST UNDER THAT VIBRANT PORTFOLIO WITH LIBRARY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY, AND THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PARKS AND REC IS RIGHT THERE.
UH, PARK AND REC, EXCUSE ME, IS RIGHT THERE.
UM, SORT OF AS THAT ANCILLARY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE NOTE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE VIBRANT PORTFOLIO, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THERE'S A CHANGE IF YOU CALL, BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.
SO THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS, UM, THE RESULT OF SOME CONSOLIDATION ACROSS PORTFOLIOS AND CITY DEPARTMENTS.
SO THAT WAS FORMALLY IN OUR PORTFOLIO, THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE AND EMPOWERMENT.
THEY'VE ABSORBED, UH, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UH, HOMELESSNESS AND HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, AND SOME, UH, MEMBERS OF OUR OFFICE AND EQUITY INCLUSION TEAM ALL UNDER, UH, NOW ONE LARGER GROUP OF, OR ONE NEW DEPARTMENT THAT'S COMING TO OUR PORTFOLIO, UH, FROM A FEW DIFFERENT THANK YOU.
SO ALL VERY HIGH LEVEL STUFF WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR PORTFOLIO STRUCTURES, AGAIN, VIBRANT IS RIGHT THERE.
AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE TOTAL BUDGETS FOR THE ENTIRE PORTFOLIO FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
AND THE FOLLOWING, UH, AGAIN, TOTALING THAT VERY LARGE NUMBER, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT 535 MILLION FOR OUR PORTFOLIO FOR NEXT YEAR AND FIVE 21 MILLION FOLLOWING.
UH, THIS IS MY FAVORITE, UH, VISUAL AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, UM, BECAUSE IT REALLY GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THOSE DOLLARS SPENT VERSUS OUR, SO OUR REVENUE VERSUS EXPENSES BASICALLY, RIGHT? SO THE LARGEST REVENUE THAT WE GET FROM THE CITY IS OUR PROPERTY TAXES, FOLLOWED BY SALES TAX, WHICH MAKES UP ABOUT A QUARTER ISH OF OUR REVENUE.
AND THEN FROM ALL OTHER SOURCES FOR FEES AND OTHER STRUCTURES THAT EXIST IN THE CITY.
SO THAT'S THAT INNER CIRCLE, THAT OUTER CIRCLE IS ALL OF OUR, UH, DIFFERENT PORTFOLIOS OR FOUNDATIONAL STRUCTURES AND HOW THAT SORT OF ADDS UP WITH OUR REVENUE, RIGHT? AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR SAFE, UH, PORTFOLIO, WHICH IS POLICE AND FIRE COUNTS FOR 62% OF OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE.
AND SO THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR, UH, PROPERTY TAX AND ABOUT 17.4% OF OUR SALES TAX REVENUE, THE REST OF THE CITY OPERATES OFF OF THE REST OF THOSE REVENUE SOURCES, RIGHT? UH, AND YOU'LL SEE THERE OUR VIBRANT, UH, STRUCTURE, UH, FOR ALL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE LOOKED AT BEFORE.
UH, IS THAT 209 MILLION, 11% OF OUR TOTAL REVENUE BUDGET? YEAH.
SO HERE ARE DEPARTMENTAL GOALS, UH, SIX, UM, THAT WE HAVE, UH, NOTED HERE.
UM, NOT ONLY IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT ALSO NOTED, UM, IN THE BOOK.
WE INTEND TO FURTHER IMPLEMENT AND REASSESS THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE NOTED IN THE 2018 DALLAS
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CULTURAL PLAN BY ALIGNING AND ACTIVATING TACTICS WITH SOME OF THE SPECIFIC KEY PRIORITIES WE'VE PULLED OUT HERE.UH, ADDRESSING SPACE SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS, SUSTAINABLE ARTS ECOSYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS.
ON THE RECORD ON TUESDAY AND THE ALLOCATIONS MEETING, WE DID DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, OUR INTENT TO SUNSET THE 2018 CULTURAL PLAN AND AN EFFORT TO, ONE, ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY ON SOME NEW STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND PRIORITIES.
AS THAT 2018 PLAN IS NOW SEVEN YEARS OLD WITH A SEVEN TO 10 IMPLEMENTATION PHASE, IT'S TIME TO SUNSET.
AND OF COURSE, NATURALLY THINGS SHIFTED SO MUCH AFTER THAT PLAN AND POLICY CHANGED GIVEN COVID, ET CETERA.
IT'S JUST TIME TO REVISIT, UH, THE STAKEHOLDERS, UM, WISHES AND DESIRES AND NEEDS AND, AND PLAN BOARD WITH A NEW 2.0 IF YOU WILL.
UH, SECONDLY, UH, WE'LL BE FACILITATING CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AS ALWAYS, PRIORITIZING CITY OWNED, CITY OWNED, CULTURAL VENUE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE FOR DEFERRED AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, AND ESTABLISHED A PORTFOLIO, UM, A NEEDS INVENTORY SO THAT WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY TRACKING, UM, AND, AND, AND CARING FOR OUR CULTURAL VENUES.
NEXT, UM, WE WILL BE DEDICATING A HIGH LEVEL STAFF MANAGEMENT TEAM MEMBER, UH, TO FACILITATE OUR BOND COORDINATION WITH THE BOND OFFICE BETWEEN THE CITY AND ALL THE VENUES WHO ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, NOTED AS, UH, CULTURAL VENUES THAT WERE NOTED IN THE PROPOSITION E FOR THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
WE'RE INCREASING OUR PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE AND CONSERVATION TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR PUBLIC ARTWORK ACROSS THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND WE'RE ALSO ALWAYS WORKING TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND STORYTELLING AROUND DIVERSE CULTURES BY INCREASING STORIES ON OUR CITY'S TV CHANNELS AND IN SPECIFIC MEDIA OUTLETS AS WELL.
I'M NOT JUST GONNA READ A WHOLE BUNCH OF NUMBERS TO YOU, BUT I'M GONNA ORIENT YOU IN THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, WHICH IS THE SAME INFORMATION JUST PRESENTED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
SO THIS ONE IS TALKING ABOUT OUR SERVICE BUDGET.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT LARGER BUCKETS OF OUR SEARCH OPERATION IN GENERAL, RIGHT? SO THIS FIRST LINE THAT YOU'LL SEE IS OUR HOTEL ACTIVITY TAX, UM, PROJECTIONS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEAR, OUR CURRENT YEAR IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
SO THAT'S RIGHT, THOSE, THOSE, UH, HOT DOLLARS THAT WE, UH, ABSORB THAT 15%.
OH YEAH, WELL, NOTING THAT THE 15% IS NOTED IN THE FUTURE FISCAL YEARS, NOT THE CURRENT 'CAUSE CURRENTLY WE'RE IN 12.5% ON THE HOT PERCENTAGE THAT WE RECEIVE.
AND THEN AS OF MARCH OF THIS YEAR, WE'LL BE INCREASING TO 15% OF THAT PORTION IN THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.
AND I HOPE THAT AS Y'ALL ARE ATTENDING BUDGET TOWN HALLS, YOU'RE CELEBRATING THAT AND THANKING COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN GETTING US TO THAT 15.
UM, SO THEN, UH, SO THEN THOSE THREE BUCKETS ARE SERVICES, IF YOU WILL, CITY OWNED CULTURAL VENUES.
THAT'S CITY AND PARTNER MANAGED COMBINED, RIGHT? OUR CULTURAL SERVICES CONTRACTS, THAT'S OUR, OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS, OUR GRANT PROGRAMS, AND THEN PUBLIC ART.
AND SO IT NEEDS TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF A STEEP, UH, DIFFERENCE FROM CURRENT YEAR TO NEXT YEAR.
BUT REMEMBER THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE USING THOSE HOTEL ANCY TAX DOLLARS TO HELP MAKE OURSELVES WHOLE.
SO I JUST WANNA POINT THAT OUT 'CAUSE THAT LOOKS VERY JARRING, BUT THAT IS NOT THE ACTUAL SORT OF HOW WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY, IF YOU WILL.
WHAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT FULL COSTS OF SERVICES RIGHT THERE, WHICH IS REALLY OUR EXPENSE BY THAT, IF YOU WILL, IS THAT, IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? THANK YOU.
UM, AND SO YOU'LL SEE A, UH, A SLIGHT DECREASE BETWEEN CURRENT AND NEXT.
AND THAT'S PART OF THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH OUR BUDGET AS CITYWIDE IN GENERAL, RIGHT? AND THEN OUR REVENUE, UH, UPDATES AS WELL.
AGAIN, SAME INFORMATION, DIFFERENT WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST HOW THOSE ARE BROKEN DOWN BY PERSONNEL SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.
THAT'S WHERE OUR ARTIST SERVICES LIVES IN THAT, UH, LINE ITEM AS WELL.
UM, CAPITAL OUTLAY, ALL OF OUR EXPENSES ARE REIMBURSEMENTS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THAT SORT OF GENERAL FUND TOTAL RIGHT THERE UNDER THAT DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S AFTER WE'RE REIMBURSED WITH, THAT'S OUR PUBLIC ART STUFF FROM WRR AND ALSO HOT, RIGHT? UM, AND THEN AGAIN THAT THOSE REVENUE TOOLS, WHICH THERE'S DISCREPANCY THERE.
THIS IS ALSO COPY AND PASTED FROM THAT ONE PICTURE THAT YOU HAVE.
UM, BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THESE, THESE POINTS I THINK SERVE AS SOME CLARIFICATION, UM, TO BE FRANK, THAT I BELIEVE OUR STAKEHOLDERS NEED.
AND OF COURSE WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK DAILY, UM, SEPARATE FROM BUDGET TOWN HALLS, BUT DIRECT INQUIRIES ABOUT WHAT'S NOTED IN THE BUDGET BOOK.
YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE AS STAFF DO A BETTER, UM, DO BETTER AT COMMUNICATING IN LAYMAN'S TERMS ABOUT WHAT'S NOTED ABOUT OAC IN THE BUDGET
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BOOK.AND I WOULD ADVISE IF YOU HAVE LIAISON GROUPS THAT ARE ASKING YOU QUESTIONS OR SHARING CERTAIN CONCERNS OR, UM, MISUNDERSTANDINGS, IF YOU WILL, THAT MOST OF THE CONCERNS THAT ARE FLOATING UP TO US.
UH, THE RESPONSE IS ROOTED HERE ON THIS SLIDE.
SO GLEN WILL GO OVER A FEW THINGS, UM, NOTED HERE AND, AND THEN I'LL CIRCLE BACK, UH, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE POINTS HE'S GONNA MAKE.
SO TO THAT EXACT POINT, A LOT OF THE, UM, CONCERN COMES AROUND THIS, THIS SEMBLANCE OF THIS LARGE REDUCTION TO OUR BUDGET IS 4.2 MILLION.
AND AGAIN, REMINDING OURSELVES THAT WITH THAT INCREASE FROM 12.5% TO 15% IN OUR HOT ALLOWS US TO ALLEVIATE GENERAL FUND EXPENSES AND CONTINUE TO MAKE OURSELVES AS WHOLE AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT? OTHER REDUCTIONS THAT WE MADE, UH, WE'RE VERY STRATEGICALLY TAKEN FROM OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO CONTINUE OUR SERVICE DELIVERY BASICALLY AT, UM, CURRENT YEAR LEVELS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, SO, UH, BOY AND HIS TEAM AND ANNA DID A REALLY, REALLY GREAT JOB FINDING THOSE, UM, THOSE POINTS TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE LARGER MISSION AND GOAL OF OUR BUDGET PRO PLANNING PROCESS THIS YEAR.
UM, AGAIN, TO OUR SERVICE DELIVERIES.
UM, THAT BASICALLY I JUST IS WHEN WE GO INTO OUR NEXT SLIDE, OH, ALSO WIN.
I WILL SAY WE WERE REALLY, REALLY FORTUNATE ALSO BECAUSE OF OUR ABILITY TO KEEP OURSELVES AS WHOLE AS POSSIBLE THAT, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR STAFF AT THE SAME LEVELS AS WELL.
CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE? FORGIVE ME.
AND SO I, THAT IS NOT THE CASE FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THIS CITY AND I AM ECSTATIC AND THRILLED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE ALL FEEL LIKE THIS.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO BEGIN WITH.
AND SO TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO USE THAT AND LEVERAGE TO MAINTAIN OUR STAFFING LEVELS, I THINK IS AN INCREDIBLE IN OUR PROCESS THIS YEAR.
JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THE LAST BULLET DURING THE CCT POSITIONS IN FY 26, SO THE, UM, DIVISIONS THAT ARE COMING TO, UH, OAC FROM THE CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THERE'S A PHASED PLAN FOR THEM TO COME.
AND SO EDWARD AND HIS TEAM OF THREE TOTAL ARE COMING IN FISCAL YEAR 26.
AND WE'RE ALSO RECEIVING TWO ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES WHO WILL BE OVERSEEING COMMERCIAL FILM PERMITTING AND POLE BANNER MARKETING.
UH, WE DIDN'T DIVE INTO THAT 'CAUSE WE JUST DID A LITTLE NIGHTTIME BRIEFING, BUT NEXT MONTH WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, ROLL OUT THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS FACING, UH, TASKS THAT ARE COMING, UH, TO THE OFFICE FIRST AND FISCAL YEAR 26.
UM, AND THEN WE MAY DEFER WHAT'S COMING IN FISCAL YEAR 27 TO A LATER DATE.
BUT JUST SO YOU'RE CLEAR, THOSE TWO, THOSE EXTRA TWO ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSED AGAIN ON COMMERCIAL FILM PERMITTING AND POLLED BANNER MARKETING, UM, WHICH ARE TRADITIONALLY PERMITTING FUNCTIONS OF THE CONVENTION CENTERS DEPARTMENT, BUT COMING TO THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
JUST GOING THROUGH MORE HIGHLIGHTS, I THINK WE CAN MOVE FOR THE YEP.
UM, SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR INCREASED ROOM, 12 AND A HALF TO 15% FOR HOT.
UM, LET'S SEE, WHERE DID IT GO? UH, PUBLIC ART CAN, UH, MAINTENANCE AND CONSERVATION.
THEIR BUDGET REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT YEAR, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY WONDERFUL.
UM, AND OF COURSE MOST OF THE PUBLIC ARTS OPERATION FOR THEIR PROJECTS ARE BOND FUNDED AND REIMBURSED, AS WAS EARLIER DISCUSSED, UH, DURING LYNN'S VOTING ITEMS. AND THEN, LIKE MARTIN MENTIONED, OUR DIRECTOR, PHILIPP, EXCUSE ME, MENTIONED, UM, WE HAVE THOSE POSITIONS FROM OSD AND A COUPLE OF, UM, UH, POSITIONS THAT ARE TRANSITIONING FROM THE OFFICE, FACULTY EQUITY INCLUSION, UM, TO OAC AND I THINK THAT OH, KERA, THAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE NEXT SLIDE TOO.
BUT, UH, THAT'S ALSO ONE OF OUR, UH, REIMBURSEMENT AREAS THAT WE HAVE.
SPEAKING OF WRR MUNICIPAL RADIO, I JUST WANNA GIVE A NICE SHOUT OUT TO KERA FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT PARTNER WITH US.
AND THE FACT THAT WE ASKED FOR, AND RECOMMENDED FOR A, UH, NEW POSITION WITH, UH, WRR TO WORK ON GREECE, UH, A HIGHER LEVEL POSITION FOR THE KIND OF PURVIEW THAT THEY DID.
AND KRA CAME BACK IMMEDIATELY AND SAID, YES, WE'LL MAKE UP THAT SORT OF REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS FOR THEM.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT KIND OF, UM, COLLABORATION WITH KERA.
SO I JUST WANNA, I THINK THAT'S JUST IN MY REALLY GREAT THING.
UM, SO MOVING ON TO FY 26 27, AS OUR PART OF OUR SECOND YEAR BY TANIUM PLAN BUDGET.
AGAIN, WE'RE STILL CONSISTENT WITH THAT 15% HOT RE UH, HOT ALLOCATION.
UH, AND OUR GENERAL FUND IS SET TO INCREASE BY 600, 360 5,000, UM,
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WHICH A LOT OF THAT IS, IS PERSONNEL GENERAL INCREASES, BUT I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE SOME INCREASE IN OUR FACILITY MAINTENANCE BUDGET THAT AS WELL.WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I FORGOT? BUDGET TOWN HALL SCHEDULES POSTED HERE FOR YOUR AWARENESS? THIS IS BEGINNING NEXT WEEK BECAUSE THERE ARE NONE TOMORROW, AND OF COURSE WE'RE HERE TODAY.
I BELIEVE THAT'S IT FOR OUR PLEASURE BRIEFING.
THANK I, UH, ANY QUESTIONS? GALLERY? UM, COMMISSIONER HALAL.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS ALMOST ANSWERED, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, DOES OSC OR WHOEVER COMES FIRST NIGHTTIME, IS THEIR BUDGET ALREADY INCLUDED IN WHAT NUMBERS WE SAW, OR ARE THOSE COMING LATER? 'CAUSE THEY'RE SEPARATE AND THEY'RE MUCH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SUBSTANTIAL.
THE NIGHT PAYMENT ECONOMY, OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, POSITIONS ARE STILL FUNDED THROUGH THE ENTERPRISE FUND FROM WHICH THEY CAME.
SO IT'S NOT A PART OF, OF THESE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE OF OACS SORT OF GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BUDGET, THEY'RE ENTERPRISE FUNDED? YES.
AND NIGHTTIME HAS ITS OWN BUDGET TOO.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING, YOU KNOW, MY EARS KIND OF PRICKED UP WHEN I HEARD YOU MENTION THE WORD SUNSET, BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAD ACTUALLY WRITTEN IN SOMEWHERE EITHER THE, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE, BUT I THOUGHT WHEN WE DID THE DALLAS CULTURAL PLAN, WE HAD WRITTEN IN THAT EVERY 10 YEARS THAT WAS GOING TO BE REVISED AND THEN EVERY FIVE YEARS THE POLICY WAS TO BE REVISED.
SO SUNSET TO ME MEANS THAT YOU ARE DOING AWAY AND IT'S NEVER COMING BACK.
SO IS THAT JUST A, A WRONG USE OF THE WORD? OR IS THAT REALLY THE ATTACK? DOES THE SUN NOT RISE? AGAIN? I THINK SUBSET MEANS FOR, UH, UP FOR REVIEW THAT IT'S LIKE, IT'S UP FOR REVIEW.
THAT'S A PERIOD THAT, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERM SUBSET DIRECTOR IS THAT, UM, WAS, UH, SO 20 18 5 YEAR POLICY REVIEW, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN 2023.
WE DID A STATE OF THE ARTS PROGRESS REPORT 2024.
AND AGAIN, IF I CAN REITERATE, IF WE WERE GOING TO LAUNCH A NEW PLAN, IT WOULD TAKE THE SAME ATTENTION TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS IT TOOK TO GET THE FIRST ONE, WHICH WOULD TAKE TIME.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IF WE EMBARKED ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, FY 26 TOOK THAT INFORMATION AND STARTED TO CRAFT THE NEW PLAN, WORKED IT THROUGH THE CHANNELS, WHICH WOULD START WITH COMMISSION COMMITTEE OR WORK GROUP, FULL BODY COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL TO COUNCIL, WE'D PROBABLY BE WELL PAST THAT YEAR 10, IF THINK ABOUT IT.
AND SO NOW IS THE TIME TO START THE STEPS FORWARD, WHETHER YOU WANNA CALL IT A 2.0 SUNRISE VERSION, NEW VERSION, NEW PO, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT.
I THINK IT'S REALLY CLEAR WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THIS NEXT PHASE OF, OF, OF TIME.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S NOT GOING AWAY.
I, I THINK WE ALSO NOTED IN OUR DEPARTMENTAL GOALS THE PRIORITIES THAT WE INTENDED TO FOCUS ON AS WELL.
SO I THINK THAT'S CLEAR THAT WE, WE DON'T INTEND TO SHY AWAY FROM THOSE SPACE SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS SUSTAINING OUR CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM.
WE'RE GONNA HOLD UP ON ANY FURTHER FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
UH, COMMISSIONER ALMO, LET'S MOVE ON.
LET'S MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER MEEK.
UM, I HAVE JUST ONE, UM, QUESTION.
UH, UM, I'VE BEEN HEARING, AND I DON'T KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT THERE, UM, WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON, BUT IS THERE SOME ISSUE AROUND FUNDING BEING SUSPENDED FOR GROUPS THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH THE, UM, NEW LANGUAGE AND, AND PRIORITIES FROM THE FEDS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF COLORING WHAT WE'RE DOING? UM, SO WE'RE ENTERTAINING, WE'RE ENTERTAINING THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, FEDERAL COMPLIANCE ON TUESDAY THE 26TH AT THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER.
IS THAT GONNA BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ATTENDED VIRTUALLY OR NO? I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S, I I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE YET BECAUSE I WON'T BE BACK, I WON'T BE BACK UNTIL THE NINTH, I'M NOT SURE.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S AN IN-PERSON MEETING.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE ADDRESS FOLLOW UP WITH YOU FOLLOWING THAT MEETING.
THAT DISCUSSION AS IT'S NOT BUDGET RELATED, THAT'S A FEDERAL COMPLIANCE MATTER.
I THINK WHEN, UM, GLEN WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE
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IN NUMBERS, SPECIFICALLY IN LOOKING AT THE GRANT PROGRAM.THERE WAS AN EX EXPLANATION, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY CATCH IT.
SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S 1,000,005 AND THEN IT GOES DOWN TO 362,000 AND THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID ABOUT IT THAT I MIGHT NEED TO REPEAT TO CONSTITUENTS.
I'M GETTING TEXTS AND, UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD REPEAT IT AND MAYBE EXPLAIN IT TO YEAH, SURE CAN.
UH, SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS ESSENTIALLY THE GENERAL FUND, UH, AND SORT OF THE REJECTION IN THOSE DOLLARS THAT WE THEN WILL BE USING BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THAT SPECIFIC LINE ITEM.
WE'LL BE USING OUR HOTEL OEE TAX DOLLARS ARE HOT IN ORDER TO, TO RESTORE WHERE WE'RE AT FOR CURRENT YEAR LEVELS OF FUNDING.
SO YES, IT LOOKS SEVERE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, GOING FROM 1.5 TO, UH, MILLION TO 362,000.
BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THOSE ARE THOSE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS IN REDUCTION THAT WE WERE THEN RESTORING WITH HOP AS THAT, AS PART OF THAT REIMBURSEMENT.
SO, BUT THE GRANT
SO, SO, SO THAT SOME OF THAT MONEY WILL BE MADE UP WITH THE HOT YES.
SO IF, SO WE WERE HOPING TO GET MORE MONEY WITH HOT TAX, BUT WHAT WE ARE NOW DOING IS KIND OF BREAKING EVEN, HOPEFULLY THAT I THINK THAT IT'S A RELATIVELY FAIR ASSESSMENT.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER TRILLA, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
ONE, UH, GLEN, WHY DID OUR CITY OWNED, UH, FACILITIES GO DOWN SO DRAMATICALLY? COULD YOU SPEAK UP, EITHER SPEAK UP OR THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING? HEY, YEAH, SORRY.
IS THIS BETTER? UM, WHY DID OUR CITY OWNED, UH, FACILITIES GO DOWN SO, SO MUCH? UM, PART OF THAT IS OUR, UM, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE, UH, LINE ITEM FOR THE YEAR.
UM, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT SORT OF OUR, UM, OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE CITYWIDE EFFORT TO, TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET, RIGHT? THERE WERE OTHER GENERAL FUND SOURCES THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
AND SO ONE OF THE REASONS FOR, UH, THAT DECREASE WAS, UM, LOOKING AT OUR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE, UH, WITH OAC AND, UH, DOING A DEEP DIVE INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS, WHAT, WHAT OUR ACTUALS LOOK LIKE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.
AND, UH, COMING UP WITH, UH, A REALISTIC NUMBER THAT WE COULD THEN RELIEVE OURSELVES SOME GENERAL FUND DOLLARS IN THAT LINE ITEM.
MY SECOND QUESTION IS THE, THE NEW DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD, YOU SAY THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BUDGETS, BUT THEIR STAFF EMPLOYEES ARE ON OUR BUDGET, BUT NOT THEIR, EXPLAIN THAT TO ME.
THIS GETS INTO SORT OF AN ACCOUNTING THING WHERE WE WILL FRONT SOME OF THESE DOLLARS AND THEN BE REIMBURSED BY THE CONVENTION CENTER OR BY THEIR, UH, UH, ENTERPRISE FUND FUND.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, ON AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNTING LEVEL.
THAT'S AN INTERESTING, UM, DISTINCTION, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN THAT.
SO I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S, WE'RE FRONTING THE MONEY, SO HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE BUDGET, THE FACT THAT IT'S, SURE.
SO WE RECEIVED, UM, SOME GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO HELP SUPPLEMENT FOR THIS, SO, OR NO, THERE'S SOME YOU EXPLAIN THAT PLEASE.
NO,
SO JUST LIKE ANY SORT OF OTHER REIMBURSEMENT KIND OF PROCESS THAT ANYONE WERE TO GO THROUGH, RIGHT? I SPEND, UH, MONEY ON PARKING FOR THE FIRST MONTH AND THEN I GET REIMBURSED THIS MONTH.
SO IT'S THE SAME WITH THESE PERSONNEL.
SO WE WILL SPEND SOME OF OUR DOLLARS TO BE REIMBURSED THOSE DOLLARS FROM THOSE ENTERPRISE FUNDS TO MAKE OURSELVES WHOLE AGAIN.
AND GLENN, IF I MAY, IF I MAY ADD SOMETHING, PLEASE.
SORRY, FIRST I APOLOGIZE Y'ALL COMMISSIONERS FOR NOT BEING THERE, UH, IN PERSON.
AND IF I MAY ANSWER, UH, COMMISSIONER TRU AND, UH, AN IF I MAY PROVIDE AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
AT THE TIME THE BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED, UM, THE CHANGE HAD NOT BEEN MADE YET.
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WE FIND OURSELVES IN BETWEEN WHERE THEIR CURRENT DEPARTMENT HAS BUDGETED FOR THEM, BUT THEY HAVE NOT TRANSFERRED YET.SO FOR THE, FOR THE NEAR FUTURE, THERE'S GOING TO BE A REIMBURSEMENT, BUT IN THE NEXT FISCAL, WE'LL BE BUDGETING FOR THEM IN THEIR ENTERPRISE FUND BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, IN THIS TRANSFERRING MOMENT, WE ARE, THEY'RE BUDGETED SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE TRANSFERRING TO US AND WE WILL BUILD THEM BACK.
AND WE HAVE ALREADY WORKED WITH BMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THOSE NUMBERS AND THAT WE HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR THEM AND WE HAVE VERIFIED THAT THEY ARE ACCOUNTED PROPERLY IN THEIR CURRENT BUDGET SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR ONCE WE GO AHEAD AND BILL THEM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GET IN, IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING BECAUSE WE CAN STUDY.
AND I DID, UH, YES, JUST BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR NUMBERS WERE IN ALIGNMENT.
IF I MAY SAY SOMETHING AS WELL, I'M, I'M SORRY TO BE, UH, SAYING THIS AGAIN.
UM, IF I MAY REITERATE SOMETHING TO ALL COMMISSIONERS, UM, WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF DI DIRECTOR PHILIP, UM, THE, THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE IS REALLY COMING OUT, UM, AND SCALED OUT OF THIS BUDGET SEASON, AS YOU MAY SEE IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
WE HAVE HAD TO MAKE MAJOR CUTS.
UM, THE OEC WITH THE HELP OF THE HOT OF THE, THE, THE, THE HOT TAX.
WE HAVE REALLY BEEN, UM, THINKING DIFFERENTLY OF HOW TO USE THE MONEY.
THE REDUCTIONS THAT YOU SEE WERE, WHAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED WAS ACCEPTABLE ACCORDING TO HOW WE CAN USE HOT MONEY.
SO WHEREVER WE COULD RE WHEREVER WE COULD REDUCE TO REPLACE WITH HOT MONEY, THOSE ARE WHERE YOU SEE THOSE REDUCTIONS.
BUT REALLY THE OAC IS, IS, IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SAME LEVEL, UH, THE THE SAME SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN THE SAME MISSION.
SO WE ARE REALLY, UM, COMING OUT OF THIS BUDGET SEASON VERY, VERY WELL.
AGAIN, THANKS TO DIRECTOR PHILLIP.
JOANNA, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ONE MORE COMMENT AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
COMMISSIONER URIEL, UM, I'M SORRY IF I MISSED THIS.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF, IF ANY OF THE REDUCTIONS IS AFFECTING OUR, OUR NEW PROGRAM THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT ARTISTS AND SMALL ORGANIZATIONS CAPACITY? GO AHEAD.
THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT I BELIEVE WE HAD TO SEND FOR REVIEW.
AND AS SUCH A REDUCTION IN THE BUDGET ITSELF.
COULD IT BE FOR A I GOT MY HAND UP AND NOBODY'S LOOKING.
WE'RE VICKI, WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE ON.
IS IT, UH, IS IT REALLY? UH, YEAH, I'M AT THE MEETING SO I CAN TALK.
WHAT, OKAY, COMMISSIONER MEEK.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, TO LET, UM, COMMISSIONER URIEL KNOW THAT, UH, DIRECTOR PHILIPPE AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT REDUCTION AND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE DON'T JUST GIVE UP ON IT.
SO JUST KEEP, KEEP ON, YOU KNOW, KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD NOW THAT THAT MONEY IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
WHAT DO I HAVE, UH, ALWAYS LIKE TO START MY UPDATE WITH THANKING YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORTS AS PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO SERVES TO OUR OFFICE AND YOUR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
UM, AND FOR ALL THE WAYS YOU SUPPORT THE WORK OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE AMPLIFYING PROJECTS AND INSTALLING PUBLIC ART, ET CETERA, ACROSS YOUR VARIOUS, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICTS AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS SHOWING UP FOR US.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR FEEDBACK AND FOR YOUR ADVICE.
I JUST HAVE A HANDFUL OF STAFF UPDATES.
UM, WE HAVE A FEW VACANCIES ON RHONDA'S TEAM.
EMILY ELLE TRANSITIONED AWAY FROM THE CITY, LISA, BETWEEN THE TIME WE WERE LAST TOGETHER AND NOW, UH, WE HAVE A PUBLIC ART TEAM MEMBER, UH, LEAVING THE TEAM, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AS WELL.
S WILL BE LEAVING THE PUBLIC ART TEAM.
UM, WE SHOULD BE, UH, IN LINE TO HIRE A CULTURAL PROGRAMS COORDINATOR AT SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER.
SO THAT TEAM WILL BE WHOLE, UM, SHORTLY UNDER VAN.
AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ABLE TO COME MEET VAN ANTHONY AT SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER OVER THE WEEKEND.
STILL VERY THRILLED ABOUT HIS ADDITION TO OUR TEAM.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN REGARD TO STAFF IN AND OUT.
I WANTED TO PRESENT, UH, THE ORG CHART FOR
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YOU.I'M ASSUMING IT'S SPREAD OVER TWO SLIDES, THREE, THREE SLIDES BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING
UM, AND THIS IS OUR ORG CHART, UM, AS OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2025.
UM, AND SO, UH, YOU'LL NOTE, UH, IN ORANGE WE HAVE OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS TEAM.
THESE POSITIONS ARE NOTED BY TITLE, NOT BY NAME.
SO YOU'LL SEE THIS IS GLEN AND JULIA ATAL.
UH, RHONDA LIVES IN THIS TEAM AS WELL.
UM, OF COURSE, YOU'LL SEE LYNN'S TEAM IN NAVY BLUE, THE PUBLIC ART TEAM.
AND THEN, UM, ON, IF YOU LOOK WELL ON, ON PAPER, ON SCREEN, IT'S BLOCKED HERE FOR US.
BUT THE GRAY TEAM INCLUDES MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM, ONE, UH, WHO ARE NEW AND WHO ARE CURRENT.
SO YOU'LL SEE OUR SENIOR PIO WHO YOU'RE AWARE OF, ASHLEY, UM, WILL BE ONBOARDING A NEW GLOBAL CITIES LEAD TO OUR TEAM.
THAT ROLE, UH, ESSENTIALLY HAS, UH, THREE FUNCTIONS, IF YOU WILL.
UM, THE ROLE IS CULTURAL TOURISM FOCUSED.
UH, THAT ROLE ALSO SERVES AS A, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR VIBRANT PORTFOLIO, UM, AND ALSO WORKS, UH, TO THE END OF ENSURING OUR WORK LEADS, UM, TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, CONTINUOUSLY BEING CONSIDERED A GLOBAL CITY.
SO ANYTHING FROM FIFA ART ACTIVATION TO, UM, WHAT IT TAKES TO, YOU KNOW, BE IN THE RANKS OF GROUP CITIES, UM, WHO HAVE AN ARTS AND CULTURE FOCUS.
UH, SO THAT, THAT TEAM MEMBER'S COMING IN AND WILL BE LEADING OUR ENTIRE MARKETING GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES GIGI, UM, WHO SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN RECENTLY AT VARIOUS, UH, COMMISSION COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
MOVING ON TO THE SECOND SLIDE, SLY, UH, WE HAVE OUR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND OPERATIONS SUITE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ANNA, WHO IS ONLINE WITH US.
UH, BOY'S TEAM REPORTS UP TO ANNA IN FISCAL YEAR 26.
THE NIGHTTIME ECONOMY DIVISION WILL BE HOUSED, UH, ON THAT SIDE OF OUR OFFICE.
UM, NIKKI CHRISTMAS, WHO'S OUR ARTS PROJECT MANAGER, WILL BE REPORTING ON THAT SIDE, AS WILL OUR W-R-R-K-E-R-A SHARED TEAM MEMBER, UM, JESSE LEADING THE WRR TRAFFIC AND BUSINESS, UH, ANALYSIS.
AND SO, UM, YOU SEE THERE ALSO THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL GREEN PARTS FOR ORANGE, DEPENDING ON WHICH SCREEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, POSITIONS THAT ARE COMING TO US FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER REPORTING UP TO THE MANAGER OF ARTS PROJECTS.
THOSE ARE THE TWO I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT ARE, UH, OVERSEEING COMMERCIAL FILM PERMITTING AND, UH, POLE BANNER MARKETING ACROSS THE CITY.
WHAT ARE THE PARENTHETICAL NUMBERS? IS THERE, THOSE ARE THEIR GRADES, THEIR GRADE, THE POSITION GRADE ARE, ARE NOTED THERE, UH, IN THE PARENTHESES.
OUR VACANCIES ARE ALSO NOTED PER VACANCY, UH, SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE, UM, WITHIN THE CHART ON THE LAST SLIDE, WE HAVE RUSSELL DYER'S TEAM.
RUSSELL SERVES AS OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF FACILITIES OVERSEEING ALL OF OUR CULTURAL CENTERS AND VENUES.
SO ALL OF THOSE MANAGERS REPORTING UP TO HIM, AND THEN THEIR RESPECTIVE TEAM MEMBERS THERE.
I THINK WE USED TO FIT ON ONE SLIDE WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE.
OKAY, SO THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S THAT FOR, FOR, UM, THAT BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR ORG CHART OR GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ROLE.
MS. B, I'M SORRY, UH, COMMISSIONER, MAKE APOLOGIES.
I DIDN'T, I I DIDN'T MEAN TO HAVE MY HAND UP.
I DON'T MEAN TO HAVE MINE UP EITHER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR OUR DIRECTOR? I'M MOVING ON TO THE FEDERAL GRANT COMPLIANCE, UH, NOTED ON MY UPDATE AS MENTIONED TO COMMISSIONER MEEK ON TUESDAY AT 4:00 PM
UM, AS WE ENTERTAINED IN SHORT AND DISCUSSION AT THE ALLOCATION MEETING, ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS, UM, WERE INVITED, DIRECTED OVER THE SUMMER TO, UH, FURNISH INFORMATION FORWARD TO THE CITY'S GRANT COMPLIANCE TASK FORCE, WHICH IS, UH, LED BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LIZ PERERA,
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INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, TO ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, REVIEW, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, AS THEY DEEM NECESSARY, REVISE OR PAUSE OR, YOU KNOW, ET CETERA.THERE, THERE ARE A RANGE OF MEASURES.
UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS GUIDING CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, TO DO IN ORDER FOR OUR WORK TO BE LEGALLY RESILIENT AND FEDERALLY COMPLIANT, UH, IN RESPONSE TO CERTAIN EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT, UH, ADDRESS SOME OF THE WORK OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS.
UM, HOWEVER, TWO, THERE, THERE ARE TWO THINGS I WANNA BE SURE TO SHARE ON RECORD.
ONE IS THAT THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE AS A DEPARTMENT, UH, WAS NOT A TOP PRIORITY FOR THIS REVIEW.
UM, DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE DEEMED AS FIRST PRIORITY, UH, FOR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION, UM, EITHER SIT ON A SOURCE OF FEDERAL FUNDS OR HAVE ACTIVE, UH, PROJECTS, PROCUREMENTS, ET CETERA, UH, THAT WERE DEEMED AS PRIORITIES BY, UH, THE GRANT COMPLIANCE TASK FORCE AND OAC FELL IN THE SECOND TIER.
UH, THE FIRST TIER OF WORK IS JUST NOW WRAPPING UP.
AND SO OUR WORK IS NOW, UH, SUBJECT TO REVIEW.
WE DID SEND THAT LETTER, UH, TO STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING YOURSELVES, UH, TO FRIDAYS AGO, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UH, NOTING, UH, THE IMPACT OF THAT REVIEW TIMELINE ON, UH, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF OUR PROGRAMS, FUNDING PROGRAMS AND APPLICATION REVIEW THAT'S SITTING IN DELAY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
AND SO I JUST, UH, WANT TO ENSURE THAT FOR ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING, WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, COM NOT COMMISSIONED MEMBERS, BUT FOLKS IN OUR AUDIENCE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE SUBJECT TO BEING REVIEWED SO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE WAITING SO PATIENTLY ON US WHILE WE'RE NOT THRILLED, UH, TO HAVE TO IMPOSE, YOU KNOW, A DELAY ON OUR ARTISTS, OUR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, UM, WHO WERE IN THE PIPELINE TO LEAD A CULTURE OF VALUE PRO, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM OR PRODUCTION, ET CETERA.
UM, WE ARE COMMITTED TO BEING ABLE TO DELIVER THOSE PROGRAMS AT A LATER DATE, UM, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS IN A DIFFERENT VEIN, BUT CERTAINLY AT A LATER DATE.
AND SO WE JUST INVITE FOLKS WHO ARE WAITING PATIENTLY TO CONTINUE WAITING PATIENTLY, OF COURSE, INVITE FOLKS TO COME TO THE LCC.
AND IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TO, UH, THE LCC AGAIN, WE'RE, WE JUST HAPPEN TO BE THE FIRST OF FIVE.
SO FOR THE OTHER FIVE, UM, UM, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UM, WILL BE PRESENT AND ABLE TO ENGAGE FOLKS, HAPPEN TO HAVE QUESTIONS AND ATTEND THOSE OTHER, UH, FOR US HAVING TO ATTEND ANY OF THE OTHER MEETINGS.
BUT WE ARE FIRST ADVOCATE, UH, AND THRILLED TO, TO GET, TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO THIS END, UH, AS FIRST DEPARTMENT TO HOLD ONE OF THESE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS.
I'LL PAUSE THERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU GIVE US THE DATES AND TIME AGAIN AT LCC PLEASE? TUESDAY, THE 26TH AT 4:00 PM IN THE BLACK BOX AT LCC.
AND WE CAN GET YOU THE LINK FOR THE OTHER FOUR.
I THEY'RE, THEY'RE BACK TOGETHER.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE THROUGH NEXT WEEK.
THERE MIGHT BE ONE OR TWO IN SEPTEMBER AFTER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, BUT THERE I THINK ARE ABOUT THREE BEFORE THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
THERE ARE NO OTHER, WHAT'S THE TITLE OF THOSE MEETINGS? I'M SORRY, WHAT'S THE QUESTION? THE TITLE? YOU GAVE US THE DATE, BUT WHAT IS THE TITLE OR THE OFFICIAL TITLE OF THE MEETING? THE TIME OF THE PAGE, THE TITLE, HOW OLD? WE DON'T THE TITLE.
WHAT'S THE, I MEAN, I'LL PROBABLY COMMUNITY, WELL, LET ME, I'M GONNA, LET ME READ IT VERBATIM FOR YOU.
THERE'S JUST SO MANY MEETINGS.
I'M GETTING A LITTLE CONFUSED, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M TELLING PEOPLE THE RIGHT THING.
CHAIR, ANY MEETING ON CITY OF DALLAS, FEDERAL COMPLIANCE AND NEXT STEPS.
YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REFERENCING THEM.
IT DEPENDS ON, YEAH, THERE'S AN EVENT, BRIGHT LINK THAT REFERENCES THEM AS COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST SENT IT TO COMMISSIONER, UH, PRIAL.
BUT, UH, THIS CURRENT SLIDE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, I LOST THE, THE CONNECTION 'CAUSE IT'S ALL 2024.
CAN SOMEBODY JUST LET ME KNOW BRIEFLY? WE'RE WORKING
AND AGAIN, UM, I JUST, I HAVE A FINAL NOTE TO NOTE.
THE BUDGET TOWN HALL SCHEDULE THAT WAS PRESENTED DURING THE BUDGET BRIEFING, UM, WHETHER IT'S VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON, YOU'LL SEE AN OAC STAFF PERSON THERE.
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UM, YOU KNOW, ANY VERY SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE OFFICE, JUST TO ENGAGE IF YOU'RE IN ATTENDANCE IN THE VIRTUAL ROOM OR IN PERSON AT YOUR RESPECTIVE BUDGET TOWN HALLS.I'D WANNA ADD TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL.
UH, YOU HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COUNCIL PEOPLE, SO IF YOU HAVE, UH, STRONG OPINIONS ON THIS IN ADDITION TO THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS, UH, UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK TO YOUR COUNCIL PEOPLE AND, UH, AND ADDRESS IT.
UM, IF WE HAVE, UH, FURTHER, DO WE, I'M SORRY, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, NO, I, TWO THINGS.
UM, I JUST WANNA NOTE ON UPCOMING MEETINGS.
THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE MEETING IN SEPTEMBER IS, IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, IS THE NINTH, NOT THE SECOND DUE TO LABOR DAY? THAT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR LIKE THREE OR FOUR MONTHS NOW.
UM, I'M HOPING IT'S NOT OVER 11 WITH THE ALLOCATIONS, BUT I'LL DEAL WITH THAT LATER.
BUT ALSO THE MOST EXCITING THING IS THERE'S A PUBLIC ART DEDICATION TOMORROW.
Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE ALL GOT EMAILS ON IT.
IT'S GONNA BE FUN AND GREAT AND WONDERFUL AND IT'S AN AMAZING MURAL.
AND, AND WEAR YOUR TATTOOS ON YOUR FACE.
WHAT THAT, GIVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE OPENING, THE DEDICATION.
NO, I JUST SAID SKATEBOARDS, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH.
YOU CAN BRING YOUR SKATEBOARD IF YOU WANT.
YOU WANT, WE'D LOVE TO SEE THAT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ONE HAND RAISED, UM, WITH THE LITTLE SCREEN SIDE, UM, FOR OUR VIRTUAL COMMISSIONER PAUL, WE MOVE THAT.
UM, JUST, IT'S KIND OF AN, LEMME TRY THAT AGAIN.
THIRD FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH I HOST, UH, A HAPPY HOUR AT MY OFFICE.
UM, AND IT'S BECOME, IT'S BECOME PRETTY GREAT, RIGHT? IT'S JUST THERE, THERE ARE NO RULES TO IT.
IT'S JUST WE HAVE SOME DRINKS, SOME FOOD, NON-ALCOHOLIC, I'LL CALL IT.
UM, AND IT'S ENDED UP BEING THIS REALLY BEAUTIFUL CROSS SECTION OF PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE CITY THAT I HAPPEN TO RANDOMLY WALK THROUGH LIFE WITH.
AND SO YOU'VE GOT ARTISTS AND CURATORS AND UH, BUSINESS PEOPLE AND PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO, UM, I'LL GET IT TO, UH, SOMEBODY TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, BUT IT'S FOUR 30 AND ALSO IT IS FIXED.
IT STARTS AT FOUR 30, IT ENDS AT SIX.
'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND WE ALL GOT CENSORED TO DO, RIGHT? SO WE START AT FOUR 30, WE ARE DONE BY SIX AND YOU REALLY JUST NEED TO SHOW UP AND JUST MEET SOME FOLKS.
THAT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY IT.
AND THEN WE DO IT, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT EVERY MONTH FOR LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF.
WHAT'S THE ADDRESS? UH, 28 0 3 TAYLOR STREET, UH, IN, IT'S RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF, UH, TAYLOR AND MALCOLM X.
AND SO IF YOU COME IN THROUGH THE COFFEE SHOP, IF YOU'RE THERE AT ABOUT FOUR 30, IF YOU COME IN THROUGH THE COFFEE SHOP, LOCAL COFFEE SHOP AND JUST LET 'EM KNOW THAT YOU'RE THERE.
THEY CAN, BECAUSE OUR OFFICE IS KIND OF TUCK AWAY IN THE PACK, UH, TOMORROW AND THEN, AND THEN THE THIRD FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
COMMISSIONER ME HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
YEAH, I JUST THINK EVERYBODY OUGHTA JUST WISH ME A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
THAT'S ALL YOU, YOU DON'T TURN 75 EVERY DAY.
AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO COME.
JUST REAL QUICK, UH, A A FEW WEEKS AGO THEY DFW UH, THEATER COMMUNITY LOST ADRIAN CHURCHILL AND I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HIM.
UM, OFFICIALLY, UM, HE WAS A TRUE ASSET TO THE THEATER LIFE IN DALLAS AND HE WILL BE MISSED.
UM, I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH THE, MY COLLEAGUES THAT I ENTERED INTO THE STATE FAIR COMPETITION THIS YEAR AGAIN.
AND, UM, YOU ARE PERMITTED TO ENTER SIX PHOTOGRAPHS.
UM, ONE PHOTOGRAPH FOR FAIR, EACH DIFFERENT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TITLE OR CATEGORY.
AND I WAS, UM, HONORED TO HAVE ALL SIX OF MY PHOTOGRAPHS PLACED.
ONE, UH, UH, ONE SECOND PLACE AND THEN THE OTHER ONE HONORABLE MITCH.
SO LET'S YOU GO BY THE CREATIVE ARTS BUILDING DURING THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS.
STARTS ON THE 26TH AND GOES TO OF SEPTEMBER AND GOES TO
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THE 19TH OF OCTOBER.ALRIGHT, WELL GUYS, UM, WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, ALL BUSINESS BEING CONDUCTED, UH, I NOW, UH, ADJOURN THE ARTS CULTURE ADVISORY MEETING.
AND THEN STATE FAIRNESS EXHIBIT.