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OKAY.[Arts and Culture Advisory Commission on October 16, 2025.]
SINCE WE HAVE EVERYONE, UH, I CALL TO ORDER, UH, THE ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING, UH, FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.AND, UH, EVERYONE HAS HAD A COPY, ALL OF THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, WITH YOU AND THE VIRTUAL PEANUT GALLERY.
WE'VE GOT, UH, OUR MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING, SO EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE AS EVERYONE I MOVE, THEY BE APPROVED.
OKAY, WE'VE GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND.
SECOND THAT WE ACCEPT THE, UH, THE MINUTES, UH, OF THE SEPTEMBER 18TH MEETING.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
SO THE MINUTES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2025 ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING, UH, ARE ACCEPTED.
UH, THIS MEETING WE HAVE NO, UH, COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO GO STRAIGHT INTO OUR, OUR AGENDA ITEMS, AND IT'S GONNA BE A PRETTY HEAVY, UH, AGENDA, UH, AS WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW, UH, CULTURAL ORGANIZATION PROGRAM, UH, FUNDING TO DISCUSS.
SO, FOR THE OPENING COMMENTS FOR THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE, I'M GONNA PASS TO, UH, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY, AND MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO BE AT CITY HALL WITH YOU TODAY.
UM, THE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, SUPPORTS DALLAS ESTABLISHED ARTISTIC CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH CONTRACTS OF OPERATIONAL FUNDING FOR ONE YEAR OF CULTURAL PROGRAMMING FOR THE BENEFIT OF DALLAS RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
UM, IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT FUNDING BECAUSE OPERATIONAL FUNDING IS A BIT HARD TO COME BY FOR MOST ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
THE ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED BY THIS PROGRAM ARE DALLAS FLAGSHIP, ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH COLLECTIVELY SERVE MILLIONS OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS EACH YEAR.
THIS YEAR, ALLOCATIONS HAS UNANIM UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO SUPPORT 65 ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH $7.1 MILLION IN FUNDING, INCLUDING EIGHT FIRST TIME COP AWARDEES.
UM, A HUGE THANKS TO THE ENTIRE STAFF OF OAC AND PARTICULARLY TO OUR DIRECTOR FOR, UH, FINDING THE FUNDS IN THE BUDGET TO DO THIS MUCH COP FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS ARE SELECTED THROUGH A RIGOROUS PROCESS, BEGINNING WITH AN APPLICATION IN FEBRUARY AND REVIEW IN MAY, ALLOCATIONS REVIEW ALL SUMMER AND FALL, A VOTE FROM THIS COMMISSION.
AND FINALLY, A VOTE THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS YEAR, FEDERAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS MADE IT NECESSARY TO CHANGE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE TYPICALLY ASK OUR A APPLICANTS IN THE ACCESS AND IMPACT SECTION OF THE APPLICATION.
APPLICANTS WERE ASKED TO COMPLETE A SURVEY WITH YES OR NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR ORGANIZATION'S ACCESS AND IMPACT, WHICH WERE PLACED SUBJECTIVE POINTS IN THIS CATEGORY, TYPICALLY AWARDED BY A PANEL AS AN ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE SCENARIO BECAUSE IT DEMONSTRATES THE COMMITMENT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS TO SUPPORTING THE ARTS AND CULTURE AT A TIME WHEN MANY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS ARE LOSING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
THE CITY IS EXPANDING ITS PROGRAM AND OUR SUPPORT.
WE WILL PARTNER WITH MORE ORGANIZATIONS AT A HIGHER DOLLAR AMOUNT THAN WE HAVE SINCE THE START OF THIS PROGRAM, ALLOWING MORE DALLAS SITES AND VISITORS TO ACCESS ARTS AND CULTURE ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT WE RECOMMEND FUNDING AS PRESENTED TO YOU IN THE PACKET UNANIMOUSLY AS A COMMITTEE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, CHAIR BRAGON.
AND, UH, I WANNA SAY THAT, UH, THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE AND, AND JULIA POST, UH, DOES SUCH AN INCREDIBLE JOB WITH THIS AND, AND WORKS, UH, SO HARD ON THIS.
SO, AS WE'VE JUST HEARD FROM CHAIR BRAGGA ALONE, THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE HAS UNANIMOUSLY BROUGHT A LIST OF 65 ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION AND SUPPORT THROUGH THE 2026 COP PROGRAM.
UM, AT SOME POINT AS WE GO THROUGH THESE, UH, TO AVOID ALL COMMISSIONER CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, UH, THE OAC STAFF, UH, PROPOSES SPLITTING THESE ORGANIZATIONS INTO 10 SEPARATE VOTES.
SO, I WILL READ THE NAMES OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THEN I'M GONNA ASK FOR A MOTION.
SO THESE ARE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE ALL BEEN, UH, PRESENTED, UH, BY COMMISSIONER BRAG ALONE AND, UH, HER ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE FOR THE FIRST VOTE, THE ALLOCATION COMMITTEE ASKED THE ARTS AND CULTURAL ADVISORY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS
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FOR SUPPORT THROUGH THE COP PROGRAMS, EXCLUDING ALL ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A COMMISSIONER WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, UH, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO READ ALOUD EACH NAME FOR A RECORD.SO WE'VE GOT AGAPE BROADCASTING FOUNDATION, UH, DOING BUSINESS AS K AND O AND RADIO.
ANITA MARTINEZ, BALLET FOLK LOCO ART HOUSE, DALLAS ARTIST OUTREACH INCORPORATED, DOING BUSINESS AS THE ARTIST, OUTREACH ARTS MISSION, OAK CLIFF ARTS, ARTILLERY, AVAN, AVAN CHAMBER BALLET, BALLET, NORTH TEXAS, BIG THOUGHT, BRUCE WOOD DANCE, DALLAS
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART, DALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION, INC.
DALLAS WINDS, DEEP VELLUM PUBLISHING FINE ARTS CHAMBER PLAYERS DOING BUSINESS AS BASICALLY BEETHOVEN FLAMENCO FEVER FOREST FORWARD GREATER DALLAS YOUTH ORCHESTRA, THE JUNIOR PLAYERS KITCHEN DOG THEATER, NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER, ORPHEUS CHAMBER SINGERS OUT LOUD, DALLAS PEGASUS CONTEMPORARY BALLET, PEGASUS MUSICAL SOCIETY, DOING BUSINESS AS ORCHESTRA OF NEW SPAIN HERO MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE.
PREMIER LONG STAR WIND ORCHESTRA, SALMON CENTER FOR THE ARTS.
SOLE REP THEATER COMPANY COMPANY, SWAN STRINGS THEATRO, DALLAS TCO THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, DOING BUSINESS AS BISHOP ARTS THEATER CENTER, TEXAS INTERNATIONAL THEATRICAL ARTS SOCIETY, DOING BUSINESS AS TITUS TEXAS WINS MUSICAL OUTREACH INC.
THE DALLAS OPERA, THE FLAME FOUNDATION, THE TEXAS SUPREMACY OF MUSIC AND ARTS CONSERVATORY, THE WOMEN'S CHORUS OF DALLAS, THE WRITERS, GARRETT THEATER, THREE INC.
UNDER MAIN THEATER UPTOWN PLAYERS INC.
URBAN ARTS COLLECTIVE, USA FILM FESTIVAL, VERREE ENSEMBLE, AND THE YOUNG LEADERS STRONG CITY.
UH, ALL THESE BEING CONSIDERED AND UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED BY THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE, UH, ARTS GROUPS AS PRESENTED.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR? I HAVE A QUESTION.
DOES THIS INCLUDE THE NEW AND THE, THE EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS? IS THIS THE, FOR THE COP? YES.
SO JULIA, IT INCLUDES ALL ORGANIZATIONS AND NO ONE HAS A CONFLICT.
SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE, YES, WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. JACKSON.
UH, THEY WERE NOT ALL LISTED ON THE SAME PAGE.
ALL THE ONES THAT YOU, THE ONES YOU CALLED OUT.
SO THE LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT HE JUST READ IS ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT NO ONE HAS A CONFLICT WITH.
THE LIST THAT YOU RECEIVED HAS ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE AMOUNT THEY WILL RECEIVE.
WE'RE GONNA DO THIS IN A SET OF 10 VOTES BECAUSE THERE ARE A COMMISSION OR CONFLICTS, AND YOU CANNOT VOTE ON ONES THAT FOR WHOM YOU HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
SO THIS LONG LIST IS THE ONE NO ONE HAS A CONFLICT WITH.
WE'VE GOT NINE MORE VOTES OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SOMEONE HAS A CONFLICT WITH THAT WE WILL ASK THEM TO LEAVE.
I DON'T SEE THE WOMEN'S COURSE ON THE LIST.
YOU SHOULD BE, BUT YEAH, THE WOMEN'S COURSE OF DALLAS IS ON THE LIST.
IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE TEXAS SUPREMACY OF MUSIC ARTS CONSERVATORY.
I SAID IT, I THINK YOU MUST BE LOOKING AT THE SAME LIST OF COMMISSIONER JACKSON WAS LISTED AND I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THE SAME LIST.
OUR, OUR LIST IS A LITTLE FRIEND.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT IS ON THE LIST.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? AGAIN, IT IS THE LIST THAT WE HAVE SUPPOSED TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST QUESTION.
YES, IT IS SUPPOSED THE LIST, BECAUSE I KNOW ONE ORGANIZATION THAT'S NOT ON THIS, ON MY LIST.
DO YOU HAVE, CAN YOU SHOW ME WHERE THE LETTER SINGER FOR THE SAKE OF REVIEW, IF THERE'S NOT ANOTHER COPY I CAN LETTER HER.
I'M WANNA PASS THIS OVER TO COMMISSIONER BODELL.
YOU CAN PASS IT DOWN TO, UH, THAT THIS IS, THESE ARE WITHOUT A COPY.
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WHAT I JUST READ.THIS IS NOT, THIS MAY BE ONE THAT, YEAH.
THIS, THESE ARE THE ONES WITHOUT A COPY.
YES, THOSE ARE THE ONES WITHOUT A CONFLICT.
SO ALL OF THE ONES THAT YOU READ, ARE EVERYBODY INCLUDING THE CONFLICT? NO, NO.
THESE ARE THE ONES WITHOUT THE CONFLICT.
UM, COMMISSIONER SMALL, I'VE MADE A MISTAKE.
THE CHART THAT'S IN THE AGENDA, THE CHART THAT THEY HAVE PRINTED IS FROM 24 25.
SO IF YOU GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT, I WILL EMAIL THE CHART FOR 25 26.
YOU READ, YOU READ THE ENTIRE LIST.
I AM HAVE A CONFLICT WITH TWO OF THEM, SO I CANNOT VOTE ON THIS WHOLE LIST.
WE'RE GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN NOW WE'RE GONNA BREAK IT DOWN INTO GROUPS OF 10.
WELL LET, LET, LET ME ANSWER A QUESTION.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, DID YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEND IN YOUR CONFLICTS? YES.
YOU, OH, YOU DID SEND THEM IN.
SO, COMMISSIONER BLAISE, THE ONES THAT THE COMMISSIONER SMALL JUST READ, DO NOT HAVE YOUR CONFLICTS.
THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE YOUR CONFLICTS IN IT.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER VOTE FOR JUST YOUR CONFLICTS IN JUST A MOMENT.
THE ONES YOU READ DID HAVE MINE IN IT, BUT, OKAY.
COMMISSIONER, I HAVE A QUESTION.
IF THE LIST OF NAMES THAT YOU JUST READ HAVE TWO THAT COMMISSIONER BLAZE HAS A CONFLICT IN.
SHE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.
SO I'M CONCERNED AND WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT WHAT THOSE ARE.
BUT, UH, COMMISSIONER BLAZE, YOU SAID YOU EMAILED THOSE TO JULIA, UM, ADRIANA
MR. BLAZE, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE CONFLICTS WITH KITCHEN DOG THEATER IN SHAKESPEARE, DALLAS.
SO THOSE NAMES WERE NOT READ? YES, THEY WERE.
UH, JULIA, COULD YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE LIST THAT COM, THAT CHAIR SMALL READ, BECAUSE I DID ACTUALLY HEAR KITCHEN DOG THEATER AS WELL.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO, UH, ACTUALLY, COMMISSIONER CHAIR SMALL, IF I MAY, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO READ THEM ALL AGAIN.
I THINK THAT WE CAN, UH, SOMEONE CAN MAKE A MOTION FOR THE LIST THAT YOU READ, EXCLUDING KITCHEN DOG THEATER AND SHAKESPEARE, AND WE CAN DO A SECOND, AND THAT WAY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT HAVING TO READ THE LIST AGAIN.
I, AND I AGREE WITH YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUGGESTION AND LET ME GO AHEAD AND, AND DO IT THE WAY I'M GONNA DO IT.
UH, SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THOUGH, SO WE'VE GOTTA EITHER WITHDRAW THAT MOTION OR, OR AMEND IT.
YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
UH, SO COMMISSIONER NUGENT MADE THE MOTION AND YOU HAVE TO BE THE ONE TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION.
SO YES, I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER DOING THAT SO THAT WE CAN, I'M WITH, AND SO ARE YOU WITHDRAWING THE MOTION? YES.
SO NOW, UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A NEW MOTION COMMISSIONER SMALL.
I'M THE ONE WHO, WHO? I WAS THE PERSON WHO DID THE MOTION.
I, UM, I WILL REMOVE MY MOTION.
THAT MUST HAVE BEEN THE MINUTES.
UM, SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN ANOTHER MOTION WITHOUT, IT WAS KITCHEN DOG AND COMMISSIONER SMALL.
I WAS GONNA MAKE THE MOTION, BUT NEVERMIND.
SO IT'S KITCHEN, DOG, AND SHAKESPEARE.
I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE, UH, OUR GROUPS AS PRESENTED WITH THE OMISSION OF KITCHEN DOG THEATER AND SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL.
DALLAS OR DALLAS? SHAKESPEARE.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
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ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.SO, UH, THE LIST THAT WE JUST READ FOR THE COP ORGANIZATIONS, UH, EXCLUDING KITCHEN, DOG THEATER AND SHAKESPEARE, IT WAS, UH, SHAKESPEARE DALLAS.
UM, WHAT WAS THE SECOND ORGANIZATION? ONE MORE TIME? KITCHEN DOG.
SHE'S, AND SHE DID NOT VOTE, SHE DIDN'T PARTICIPATE.
OKAY, SO I WANT, I WANNA BE CLEAR.
SO I IS THERE IS ANOTHER VOTE IN HERE THAT RECUSES HER THAT HAS KITCHEN ON IT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T REMOVE IT FROM THE MAIN SHEET.
SO, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER BLAZE, THERE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE REMAINING NINE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH YOUR, UH, ABSTENTION.
THAT WAS THE HUGE BULK OF THOSE.
I'D LIKE TO ASK COMMISSIONERS, QAL AND NUGENT TO EXCUSE THEMSELVES, ADRIANA AND CHAIR, WHEN YOU EXCUSE YOURSELF, YOU HAVE TO TURN OFF YOUR CAMERA AND YOUR SOUND, CORRECT? CORRECT.
I BELIEVE IT'S DONE AT THIS END, OR YEAH, IT'S DONE ON THIS END.
THEY SHOULD DO IT THEMSELVES TOO.
UH, BUT IF THEY DO IT THEMSELVES, HOW DO THEY KNOW WHEN TO COME? THEY DON'T KNOW THEY'RE MEETING THEMSELVES.
UH, BUT THEY CAN, WELL, WHATEVER.
SO FOR THE SECOND VOTE, THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE ASKED THE ARTS AND CULTURAL ADVISORY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATION FOR SUPPORT THROUGH THE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM.
AND THIS IS THE PEGASUS MEDIA PROJECT.
UH, SO, UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON, UH, HAS MOVED, HAS BEEN PROPERLY SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEL, UH, THAT WE APPROVED THE FUNDING FOR PEGASUS MEDIA MEDIA PROJECT.
ANY DISCUSSION? IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.
ANY OPPOSITION? NO OPPOSITION.
UH, THE FUNDING FOR PEGASUS MEDIA PROJECT, UH, IS APPROVED.
I'D LIKE TO ASK COMMISSIONER BLAZE AND BUNNY TO PLEASE LEAVE THE ROOM AND OR MUTE YOURSELF AND TURN OFF YOUR CAMERA FOR THE THIRD VOTE.
IS THIS A PROCEDURAL QUESTION? YES.
COMMISSIONER, DO WE INVITE, UH, DO INVITE, UH, COMMISSIONER NUGENT AND RIO BACK INTO THE ROOM FOR THIS VOTE COMING IN IF YOU, YES.
YOU CAN SEE IT BECAUSE YOU'RE ON, YOU'RE VIRTUAL.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE THIRD VOTE, UM, THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE ASKED THE AND CULTURAL ADVISORY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATION FOR SUPPORT THROUGH THE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM, THE KITCHEN DOG THEATER.
UH, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.
AND FROM VIRTUAL, UH, JOE TRILLA.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION FOR KITCHEN DOG THEATER? IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, THEN UH, LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
ANY OPPOSITION? NO OPPOSITION.
THE FUNDING FOR KITCHEN DOG THEATER HAS BEEN APPROVED.
SO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE NUMBER FOUR.
AND FOR THIS ONE, I BELIEVE BUNNY IS STILL OUT OF THE ROOM.
AND WE CAN WE TURN BACK ON? COMMISSIONER URIEL? I DON'T SEE.
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SHE IS.SO, COMMISSIONER BLAZE, WELCOME BACK.
UM, SO FOR, FOR THE FOURTH VOTE, I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, COMMISSIONER BUNNING, HE'S ALREADY LEFT OUT.
UM, THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE ASKED THE ARTS AND CULTURAL ADVISORY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS FOR SUPPORT THROUGH THE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM.
AND WE HAVE THREE, UH, THE DALLAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM AT DELEY PLAZA AND TURTLE CREEK CORRAL.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
IS THAT COMMISSIONER MEEK? MEEK.
UH, SO IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.
UNANIMOUSLY, UH, FUNDING FOR DALLAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM AT DELEY PLAZA.
TURTLE CREEK AS WELL, UH, HAS BEEN APPROVED AND, UH, WE COULD GET BUNNING.
SO FOR THE NEXT VOTE, UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, COMMISSIONER BLAZE AGAIN.
UH, SO FOR THE FIFTH VOTE, THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE ASKED THE ARTS AND CULTURAL ADVISORY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS FOR SUPPORT THROUGH THE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM, SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL OF DALLAS.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SO COMMISSIONER BODELL, I, SECOND COMMISSIONER JACKSON HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
FAVOR? UH, ANY OPPOSITION? NO OPPOSITION.
SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL OF DALLAS FUNDING HAS BEEN APPROVED.
UH, IF WE COULD GET COMMISSIONER BLAZE BACK ON AND I SEE IES HERE.
ALRIGHT, UH, SO THIS IS VOTE NUMBER SIX.
SO FOR VOTE NUMBER SIX, UH, THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE ASKED THE ARTS AND CULTURE CULTURAL ADVISORY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER, UH, FOR SUPPORT THROUGH THE CULTURAL ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAM.
BUT, UH, DIDN'T HEAR IF ANYBODY NEEDED TO BE RECUSED FOR THIS VOTE.
AND YES, SHE'S, YEAH, SHE'S ALREADY WALKED OUT.
COULD YOU SHARE PLEASE? 'CAUSE I DON'T REALLY OH, SURE.
COMMISSIONER BODELL IS EXCUSED.
UM, IT'S CALLED FOR A MOTION FOR SPARK DALLAS.
SO, MOTION COMMISSIONER NUGENT, UH, HAS MOVED.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON'S PROPERLY.
SECOND, UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON SPARK DALLAS IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? A ANY OPPOSITION TO SPARK DALLAS WITH THERE BEING NO OPPOSITION? UH, SHE WAS THERE, THERE WAS OPPOSITION.
UM, WELL, UH, IS IT, UH, COMMISSIONER HOMO? YES.
UM, WELL, UH, THE AYES HAVE IT, BUT YOUR OPPOSITION IS NOTED.
COMMISSIONER HOMO OPPOSES FUNDING FOR SPARK DALLAS.
UH, WE WOULD ASK COMMISSIONER BODE TO COME BACK IN.
AND IN FACT, COMMISSIONER BODE, I'M GONNA ASK YOU, UH, DO IT OVER THERE.
UH, ON THE NEXT ONE, I AM RECUSING MYSELF.
UM, AND COMMISSIONER BODELL WILL CALL THIS BOARD MOTION.
SO I'D LIKE TO ASK COMMISSIONER SMALL TO PLEASE LEAVE THE ROOM.
FOR THE SEVENTH VOTE, THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE ASKED THE ARTS AND CULTURAL ADVISORY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS FOR SUPPORT
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THROUGH THE CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAM.IT'S THE BLACK ACADEMY ARTS AND LETTERS.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I SECOND.
WHICH ONE? UM, JOE, UH, COMMISSIONER ILLA IN A SECOND.
UM, I WAS GETTING A CALL AND I MISSED THE ENTIRE, LIKE AFTER YOU ASKED, UH, CHAIR SMALL TO RECUSE HIMSELF.
WHO ARE WE VOTING FOR? THE BLACK ACADEMY ARTS AND LETTERS.
SO THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER ZULO AND THEN SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
SHALL WE LET HIM KNOW? THANK YOU.
UH, SO, UH, WITH CHAIR SMALL, PLEASE ENTER THE ROOM.
UM, SO FOR THIS ONE, JIM, COMMISSIONER NUGENT, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO LEAVE THE ROOM.
SO, FOR THE EIGHTH VOTE, THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE ASKED THE ARTS AND CULTURAL ADVISORY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER SUPPORT THROUGH THE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM FUNDING FOR SECOND THOUGHT THEATER.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? A MOTION, SIR? COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
UH, COMMISSIONER MEEK HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON SECOND THOUGHT? THE, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION? NO OPPOSITION.
SO UNANIMOUSLY FUNDING HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR SECOND THOUGHT THEATER, THE NINTH.
FOR THIS ONE, WE'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, COMMISSIONER BRAG ALONE TO PLEASE, UH, MUTE, UH, MUTE YOURSELF AND TURN OFF YOUR CAMERA.
SO FOR THE NINTH VOTE, THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE ASKED THE ARTS AND CULTURAL ADVISORY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER SUPPORT THROUGH THE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM, UH, SUPPORT FOR DALLAS THEATER CENTER AND DALLAS CHILDREN'S THEATER.
WAS IT ALMO? WHO WAS THAT? COMMISSIONER.
UM, SO IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO SUPPORT DALLAS THEATER CENTER AND DALLAS CHILDREN'S THEATER? THERE BEING NO DISCUSSION.
ALL ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? A AYE, ANY OPPOSITION BEING, UH, UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED? UH, THE MOTION FOR FUNDING FOR DALLAS THEATER CENTER AND DALLAS CHILDREN'S THEATER FOR NUMBER 10, FOLKS.
SO, UH, IF WE COULD, WELL, COMMISSIONER BRAGGA ALONE, UH, WE'RE GONNA ASK HER ONCE AGAIN, SO SHE HASN'T COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE.
YOU KNOW WHAT, AT THE TOP HERE, UH, IS, I DON'T BELIEVE COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE IS, IS HE ON, HE'S NOT ON VIRTUAL.
UM, SO JUST, SO MICKEY COMMISSIONER BRAG ALONE.
SO FOR THIS ONE AS WELL, UH, WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO TURN OFF YOUR CAMERA AND MUTE YOUR MIC.
UH, COMMISSIONER BRAG ALONE? NO, JUST, HE'S JUST NOT
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HERE.SO LET'S GET COMMISSIONER BRAG ALONE.
BACK COMMISSIONER BRAGGA ALONE.
UH, IT SAYS, IT SAYS IT HERE, BUT THAT WAS NOT INTENDED.
UM, SO FOR THE KNIFE BOAT, THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE ASKED THE ARTS AND CULTURAL ADVISORY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS FOR SUPPORT.
AND IT IS FOUNDATION FOR AFRICAN ART DOING BUSINESS AS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM.
AND COMMISSIONER TRILLA HAS SECONDED.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY, UH, DISCUSSION? I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER VALENTINE, DID YOU HAVE DISCUSSION? NO.
COMMISSIONER, I JUST JUMPED THE GUN.
ANY OPPOSITION WITH THERE BEING NO OPPOSITION? UH, JUST UNANIM UNANIMOUSLY PASSED, UH, THE FUNDING FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR AFRICAN ART DOING BUSINESS AS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM.
UH, NOW THAT ALL THE VOTES
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMPLETING YOUR SURVEY OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, UH, AND FOR LIAISON FOR THESE GROUPS AND PREFERENCES.
UM, I'M GONNA BE WORKING WITH JULIA ON, UH, THE, UH, LIAISON LIST SINCE WE HAVE NEW COMMISSIONERS AND NEW ORGANIZATIONS AND, UH, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, UH, IF THERE'S ANY LIAISON RELATIONSHIP THAT'S WORKING FINE, THERE'S NO SENSE IN CHANGING ANYTHING THAT'S WORKING FINE.
SO, UH, UNLESS SOMEONE SAYS THAT THEY WANNA MOVE OR DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, UM, THEN WE'LL CONSIDER THAT.
UH, BUT KEEP IN MIND YOU MAY GET SOME NEW ASSIGNMENTS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME NEW ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, IN THE MEANTIME, WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ATTEND AN ORIENTATION, UH, TO THE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR LIAISON ORGANIZATION'S REQUIREMENTS FOR THE YEAR AND CAN HELP THEM STAY ON TRACK.
UH, THERE ARE FOUR OPTIONS, ALL WITH THE SAME INFORMATION PRESENTED.
YOU CAN SELECT ANY THAT ARE CONVENIENT FOR YOU FOR THESE CULTURAL COP ORIENTATIONS.
UH, THE DATES FOR THOSE ORIENTATIONS ARE NOVEMBER 13, NOVEMBER 14, NOVEMBER 18TH, AND NOVEMBER 19TH.
AND THERE'LL BE FOLLOW UP EMAILS FROM ADRIANA ON THOSE AS WELL.
UM, AND THIS WILL GO TO COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 12TH.
UH, SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA.
UH, BUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON, SINCE I MAY HAVE TO SLIP OFF EARLY, IF I COULD, UM, BE PERMITTED A COUPLE OF SECONDS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR HANDLING THE VOTE, UH, THAT HAVING DONE THAT MANY YEARS IN A ROW NOW, THAT IS COMPLICATED AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT IN MY ABSENCE, UM, I WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH THE COMMISSION THAT I HEARD THIS WEEK AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE LENS AWARD.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I WAS SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE IT OUT, BUT IT ACTUALLY CAME IN A SPEECH FROM KEVIN MORIARTY.
UM, AND IN THIS TIME WHEN WE SEE FUNDING SHRINKING, I REALLY WANTED TO COMMEND THE OFFICE, PARTICULARLY GLENN AND JULIA AND EVERYBODY ON THEIR TEAM FOR HOW HARD THEY WORK TO HELP US GET THIS THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD FUND EVERYBODY.
BUT I HEARD A QUOTE IN THIS SPEECH.
I HEARD A QUOTE THAT WAS IN THE INAUGURAL STATE OF THE UNION FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON.
THE ARTS AND SCIENCES ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE PROSPERITY OF THE STATE AND TO THE ORNAMENT AND HAPPINESS OF HUMAN LIFE, AND HAVE A PRIMARY CLAIM TO THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF EVERY LOVER OF HIS COUNTRY AND MANKIND.
I CAN'T THINK OF A TIME WHEN A QUOTE LIKE THAT WAS MORE, IS MORE IMPORTANT.
AND IT WAS REALLY MOVING AND MEANINGFUL TO ME HAVING JUST COMPLETED THIS WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE.
AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO PRESENT IT TO THE COUNCIL, I ENCOURAGE THOSE OF YOU TO WHO HAVE TIME TO BE PRESENT IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
IT IS MONUMENTAL FOR US TO BE PUTTING FORTH
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$7 MILLION IN OPERATIONAL FUNDING TO ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS AT THIS CURRENT TIME IN HISTORY.SO, A HUGE THANKS TO THE OAC STAFF, TO THE COMMITTEE, AND TO EVERYONE ON THIS COMMISSION.
SO AS WE MOVE DOWN, UH, THE AGENDA, OH, JOE HAS HER HAND UP.
UM, UM, JUST TO ECHO, UH, COMMISSIONER BRAGGA LOANS, UH, OR CHAIR BRAGGA LOAN'S, UH, COMMENTS.
I, WE THANK THE STAFF, BUT I PERSONALLY WANNA THANK THE ALLEGATIONS COMMITTEE.
UM, WHILE YOU ALL HAD SUMMER BREAK OFF, WE MET, UH, SOMETIMES, COUPLE TIMES A MONTH.
WE MET, UH, THE, THESE, THESE CONVERSATIONS AND THESE DECISIONS DON'T COME LIGHTLY.
UM, A LOT OF THOUGHT WENT INTO IT AND I WANNA THANK THE, THE COMMITTEE AND THIS COMMISSION.
$7 MILLION IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO THE STAFF DIRECTOR AND HER STAFF, UH, WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY ON ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS. UH, MOVING DOWN THE AGENDA NEXT WEEK.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY BEING ON ALLOCATIONS, UM, THE KEY MESSAGE, AND I, AND I FEEL LIKE, AND I THOUGHT MICKEY MIGHT BRING UP, MICKEY JUST DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB CHAIRING THE COMMITTEE, THAT AS A NEW ALLOCATIONS PERSON, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBER, I THINK MY KEY TAKEAWAY IS IN OUR MESSAGING IS THANKING OUR CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVING THE HOT TAX, RIGHT? YES.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT AND HOW THAT'S MADE A DIFFERENCE IN A, IN A, IN A BUDGET YEAR THAT'S REALLY SKINNY AND TIGHT AND, AND AND TAKEN AWAY.
WE, WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE MORE MONEY TO ARTS THAN WE EVER HAVE.
SO I FEEL LIKE BECAUSE OF THE HOT TAX AND, AND I WAS ABLE TO TELL COUNCILWOMAN STEWART, THANK YOU IN PERSON FOR THAT.
SO WHEN YOU SEE YOUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE TELL 'EM THANK YOU.
AND I DIRECT, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT? THIS ITEM IS GOING BEFORE THE QUALITY OF LIFE COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON MONDAY.
IS THAT CORRECT? VIA MEMO? SO, UH, THAT COUNCIL COMMITTEE IS NEWLY FORMED NEW CHAIR, UH, WITH COUNCILMAN GRACIE AND, UH, HIS NEW CO-CHAIR COUNCILWOMAN KADINA.
WE HAVE, UH, FEW OF YOUR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS SITTING ON THAT COUNCIL COMMITTEE.
I JUST INVITE YOU TO HAVE THEM REVIEW THE INFORMATION AND, AND GAIN THE SAME UNANIMOUS SUPPORT WE'VE GOT HERE BECAUSE IT HAS TO PASS THROUGH THAT COMMITTEE, UH, TO GET TO COUNCIL NEXT MONTH.
SO, UH, YOU'RE INVITED TO WATCH OR ATTEND IF YOU'D LIKE, UH, BE THERE BRIEFING BY MEMO FOR A FEW ITEMS. AND SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, IF WE DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU WON'T SEE US AT THE HORSESHOE.
UH, BUT IF THEY HAPPEN TO HAVE QUESTIONS, THEN YOU'LL SEE US.
BUT EITHER WAY YOU ARE PRESENT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE MATTER, AND AGAIN, TAKING MORE, UH, SUPPORT FOR THE ITEM FORWARD TO YOUR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
I SEE COMMISSIONER BRAGGA ALONE.
I JUST FORGOT TO TAKE IT DOWN.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA.
UH, THE NEXT THING ON OUR VOTING AGENDA IS THE RECOMMENDATION AND SUPPORT OF THE ARTIST FINALIST.
FOR THE V IS IT, IS IT VICTORY OR VICTORIA VICTORY? IT SAYS V.
VICKERY PARK BRANCH LIBRARY ART PROJECT.
AND WE'RE GONNA ASK LYNN RUSH TO, IS IT THE RECOMMENDATION? SEE WHAT Y'ALL SEE.
SO YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT, UM, YEAH.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A WONDERFUL, UH, PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S A PARTNERSHIP, UM, WITH THE LIBRARIES AND THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAS THE, UM, LAND RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THIS LIBRARY AND JUST KIND OF A GREAT SHOUT OUT TO THE LIBRARY.
IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT SUSTAINABLE.
SO IT'S POWERED BY THE SO SOLAR POWER AND IT'S JUST REALLY WONDERFUL.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD REALLY GREAT PIECE OF ART THAT, UM, TO BE HONEST, FALLS.
UM, THE LIBRARY HAD MENTIONED THAT IT WANTED TO HAVE A MURAL TYPE OBJECT.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE 3D ELEMENTS TO IT.
AM I TALKING TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS? ANYWAY, SO TURN TO PH NINE AND YOU'LL SEE 3D ELEMENTS ARE AC ACTUALLY LED IMAGES UNDERNEATH EDGE ACRYLIC GLASS THAT WILL KIND OF TELL PART OF THE HISTORY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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AND BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, TO KIND OF KNOW WHAT THE STORIES ARE.UM, THANKS TO OUR WONDERFUL TEAM, THE ANIMALS THAT ARE MADE OUTTA THE LED ARE GROWING, SO THEY'LL BE AS BIG AS THE SHEETS POSSIBLY CAN MAKE IT.
AND THE ARTIST HAS ALSO AGREED TO, UM, POP UP BILLBOARD STYLE, SOME OF THE IMAGES TO GO, TO GO OVER THE ROOF.
WE'RE ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITED.
WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO VICTOR, HE HAD AN EXHIBITION THAT HE WAS WORKING ON AT THE ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER, WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MUSEUMS WORLDWIDE IN BOSTON.
SO, UM, AND HE IS A NATIVE DALLAS SIDE, OR GREW UP HERE IN EAST DALLAS.
SO, DO YOU HAVE YES, I, SO I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, UH, WE APPROVE VICTOR QUINONE AS THE ARTIST FOR THE PROJECT FOR VICTORY PARK.
I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THE RECOMMENDATION.
SO THIS IS JUST A GORGEOUS MURAL, AND I KNOW THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, SO I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT, BUT I, I NOTICED WHEN I READ ABOUT IT THAT, THAT THEY SAID THEY WERE PUTTING FAMILY ON HERE IN MANY LANGUAGES.
IS IT GONNA BE ON THERE IN ENGLISH? 'CAUSE I COULDN'T SEE IT ANYWHERE IN ENGLISH.
YOU, SO YES, IT WILL BE, THIS IS IN APRIL THAT WE DID OUR SURVEYS.
I THINK WE TRANSLATED 'EM TO 14 LANGUAGES.
UM, BUT YES, HE WILL GO THROUGH AND IDENTIFY AS PART OF HIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WHAT ARE THINGS THAT RESONATE WITH THAT COMMUNITY? OKAY.
ONE, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
UH, COMM COMMISSIONER MON, AND THIS IS IN BICKERY MEADOW, IS THAT CORRECT? BICKERY PARK IN BICKERY MEADOW? YES.
AND IS THIS THE NEW LIBRARY THAT WAS BUILT? YES.
COMMISSIONER T IT IS IN DISTRICT 13
SO I HAVE APPLAUDED THE PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE RECOMMENDATION? ARE WE READY FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION? SO I ALL FOR MOTION, MR. LUCHA
UH, WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ARTIST FINALIST VICTOR EZ.
ANY OPPOSITION? NO OPPOSITION.
UH, SO THAT RECOMMENDATION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, OUR NEXT VOTING AGENDA ITEM, UH, IS TO VOTE TO RECOMMEND ADDITIONAL PANELISTS TO THE OFFICE OF ARTS CULTURE FUNDING PROGRAMS REVIEW PANEL ROSTER.
UM, WILL SOMEONE FROM STAFF GOING THROUGH THAT RECOMMENDATION? JULIA IS APPROACHING.
UM, THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF OUR YEAR ROUND PROJECT OF ALWAYS INCORPORATING NEW MEMBERS TO OUR OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE PANEL VERSUS THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL READ AND SCORE OUR MANY APPLICATIONS THAT COME THROUGH THE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM, ARTS ACTIVATE, UM, AND THE CAP PROGRAM, THE CULTURAL COMMUNITY ARTISTS PROGRAM.
UM, THIS LIST IS 300 AND SOME STRONG.
AND THIS LATEST GROUP, UM, THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKET, UM, HAVE VOLUNTEERED IN MANY OF WHOM HAVE STARTED RIGHT AWAY WITH OUR ACTIVATING ROUNDS, ONE AND TWO.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FROM THE COMMISSIONERS TO JULIA REGARDING, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL PANELISTS, UH, FOR FUNDING REVIEW? ANY QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, CAN WE GET A MOTION IN SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDATION ONE WANTS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
UH, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.
UH, MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BRAGGA ALONE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MEEK, UH, THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL PANELISTS FOR, UH, OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS REVIEW PANEL ROSTER THERE IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY APPROVAL.
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NO OPPOSITION.UH, SO IT'S BEEN UNANIMOUSLY, UH, APPROVED TO ACQUIRE THE ADDITIONAL PANELISTS FOR FUNDING PROGRAMS REVIEW PANEL ROSTER.
UM, ON THE AGENDA, YOU GUYS, YOU SEE THE, UH, THE SCHEDULE, THE UPCOMING SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS, UM, PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 4TH ALLOCATIONS NOVEMBER 6TH, UH, ANNUAL REPORT COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 12TH.
AND THEN OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, NOVEMBER 20TH.
UH, WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT SCHEDULE OR DISCUSSION REGARDING THAT SCHEDULE.
MOTION, SIR? WE'VE GOT A MOTION.
AND COMMISSIONER OMO, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, CAN WE GET A SECOND ON THE MOTION? SECOND MR. NUGENT SECONDS.
AND SO COMMISSIONER MALOMO HAS A QUESTION.
UM, ARE WE COMMITTING OURSELVES TO THE ALTERNATIVE MAY 28TH, DAY TWO IF WE VOTE ON THIS? UH, SURE.
UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY ON THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 26 ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISOR POSITION MEETING SCHEDULE.
SLIDE, WHICH IS GONNA, UM, GO THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF OUR CALENDAR FOR THE CALENDAR 2020 IN YOUR PACKET.
SO, UM, SO THE MAY, ARE YOU QUESTIONING THE MAY MEETING? CORRECT.
IF, IF WE APPROVE THIS, THIS MOTION, IF WE CARRY THROUGH WITH THIS, ARE WE ALSO APPROVING THAT WE ARE COMMITTING OURSELVES TO MAY 28TH AS AN ALTERNATE DAY FROM MAY 21ST? UH, ACCORDING TO THIS SCHEDULE, THE ANSWER WOULD BE YES.
SO, UH, ARE YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION OR AN OPPOSITION? WELL, NO, I JUST, UH, I MAY NOT BE PRESENT FOR MAY 28TH, SO, BUT RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE THAT I
SO, UH, AS AN EFFORT TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE NOT GONNA BE CONFLICTING WITH ANY MAJOR HOLIDAYS, WE WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE FOUND A HOLIDAY, UH, THAT CONFLICTED WITH MAY 21ST.
THAT, UM, AND SO THERE, THE ALTERNATE HAS BEEN PLACED THERE AS A REFERENCE.
BUT IF THAT IS NOT THE WILL MAY 21ST FOLLOWS THE STANDARD THIRD THURSDAY MEETING DATE.
UM, JUST FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, IS SHAVA A CITY RECOGNIZED HOLIDAY? IT IS NOT, IT'S NOT A CITY RECOGNIZED HOLIDAY.
HOWEVER, WHEN ANY COMMISSIONER OR STAFF MEMBER BRINGS FORWARD AN A, A DATE THAT MAY IMPACT QUORUM, WE HAVE TO BRING IT FORWARD FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
'CAUSE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, IT MAY IMPACT MEETING FORM, WHETHER IT'S A CITY OBSERVED HOUSING OR NOT.
AND I APPLAUD THAT, JUST FOR THE RECORD.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? SCHEDULE MEETINGS? SO COMMISSIONER? YES.
MAY 28TH AS THE ALTERNATE WITH THIS VOTE? VOTE IF NEEDED.
JACKSON, THERE'S A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER PALOMO IS SAYING THAT THE 21ST, HE WOULD NOT BE HERE.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO, UH, VOTE TO HAVE THE MOVE THE, THE MEETING ON MAY 28TH.
I BELIEVE WE WOULD HAVE A, A QUORUM? NO, ACTUALLY WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT I'M QUESTIONING IF OUR VOTE IS TELLING EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE COMMITTING OURSELVES TO MAY 28TH IF WE NEED TO.
BUT I CANNOT COMMIT MYSELF TO THAT.
SO I DON'T WANNA BE DINGED FOR ATTENDANCE BECAUSE I CAN'T MEET AN ALTERNATE DATE THAT'S ALREADY ESTABLISHED THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON.
OH, YOU CAN'T MEET ON THE 28TH, BUT YOU CAN MAKE THE 21ST, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
BUT MY EARLIER COMMENT WAS, I AM APPLAUDING THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO HAVE CONFLICTS, WHO, WHO ALREADY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AND PUT IT FORWARD.
SO, UH, LET, LET'S, UH, IS THERE ANY COMMISSIONER THAT FORESEES A CONFLICT WITH SHABBAT ON MAY 21ST? THERE BEING SILENCED AND
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE NEEDED TO MOVE THE DATE TO THE 21ST.
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SO ARE YOU STILL OPPOSED TO THIS SCHEDULE? UH, NO.IF NONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE, ARE GOING TO OBSERVE THAT, I'M, I'LL BE THERE.
SO, COMMISSIONER JACKSON MADE THE MOTION TO COMMISSIONER BODE.
SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS SCHEDULE BEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION? UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSITION? NO OPPOSITION.
UH, THE SCHEDULE AS PRINTED WILL BE OUR, UH, UPCOMING YEARLY SCHEDULE, UM, THAT HANDLES OUR VOTING AGENDA ITEMS. UH, SO FOR THE FIRST, FIRST BRIEFING, UH, WOULD'VE BEEN MINE, BUT EVERYTHING I WAS GONNA DISCUSS IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER HAS ALREADY COME UP.
SO I'M GOING TO PASS, UH, TO COMMISSIONER.
YOU RECORD MR. RONNIE MEETING.
UH, AS YOU ALL HAVE OBSERVED, WE HAVE TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS,
UH, SO WE WANT TO WELCOME THEM, UH, AND ALLOW THEM TO, UH, INTRODUCE THE, WE'RE GONNA ALLOW THEM TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
I'VE HEAD A PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO, CORPORATE STUDIO IN DALLAS FOR 35 YEARS.
I'VE LIVED HERE FOR ABOUT 45, LEFT THE COLD COUNTRY IN MINNESOTA TO GET HERE AS FAST AS I COULD.
AND, UM, I'VE JUST BEEN INVOLVED IN, UM, PHOTOGRAPHY, SEWING, FIBER ARTS, MUSIC AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS FOR MANY YEARS.
SO MY COUNCIL MEMBER THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD POSITION FOR ME.
UH, MR. JACK LU AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ARTS FOR, SINCE 1986 AND ACTUALLY, UH, SAT ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE DALLAS C FOR THE ARTS AT THE TIME THAT FORMED THE OFFICE OF CULTURE, UH, WAY BACK OLDER THAN I LOOK
AND WITH THE HELP OF A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE ACTUALLY ON, ON THE COMMISS, UH, ALREADY, UM, I HAVE WORKED FOR, UM, BROAD RANGE PEOPLE, CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN DALLAS.
I'VE SAT ON PANELS NATIONALLY, REGIONALLY, STATEWIDE, UH, JUST GOT BOOTED OFF THE ARTS ACTIVATE PANEL THIS YEAR.
UM, I ALSO CHAIRED THE HUMAN SERVICE COMMISSION FOR MAYOR KIRK AND JUST FINISHED THE, THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK TRUST FUND BOARD AND HAVE SERVED ON A NUMBER OF
SO WE BOTH, WE BOTH, WE WELCOME BOTH.
I'M GETTING IT FROM BOTH SIDES.
MY DIRECTOR, YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE DISTRICTS THEY REPRESENT.
UH, I I THINK THEY CAN SAY IT THEMSELVES.
YOU WANT TO, UH, IDENTIFY THE DISTRICTS YOU REPRESENT 14 DISTRICT.
ALRIGHT, WELL THE BOND MONEY IS
AND I, WHILE WE'RE ON THIS NOTE, UH, WE DO HAVE A, A, AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT'S VERY SAD TO ME AND VERY, 'CAUSE IT'S SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE WE JOINED ON THE VERY SAME DAY, UH, THIS COMMISSION.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER JIM NUGENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT, UH, HE WILL BE, UH, RESIGNING FROM THE COMMISSION.
AND JIM, WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE, UH, CHAIRING THE ANNUAL REPORT COMMITTEE, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE THROUGHOUT, UH, THIS WHOLE TENURE.
UM, AND I'M GONNA PASS IT TO YOU AND LET YOU MAKE YOUR OWN COMMENT.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE NOT ACCEPT HIS RESIGNATION.
I SECOND I, I WISH, I WISH, UH, OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BIND HIM TO, TO STAY.
BUT HE, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY HAS MADE THAT DECISION.
BUT I KNOW YOU'VE GOT YOUR OWN REASONS.
THE JIM, IT'S BEFORE STILL YOURS.
UH, I'VE MADE, UH, LOTS OF FRIENDS OF
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EVERYBODY ON THE COMMISSION, SO I REALLY REGRET RESIGNING.UH, BUT MY SPEECH IS DIFFICULT, SO YOU SOUND BETTER.
AND I CAN'T BE AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR OR MY DISTRICT.
AND CAN WE GET ROUND, JIM IS SUCH A, I MEAN, SUCH A TROOPER AND SUCH A, A KNOW, A DILIGENT GUY.
HE ACTUALLY BROUGHT HIS REPLACEMENT TO THE MEETING.
THE DIRECTOR'S REMINDING ME SHE HASN'T GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
BUT WE ANTICIPATE, UH, THAT SHE WILL AND SHE'S, UH, A BIG ART SUPPORTER.
SO WE JUST WANNA SAY HI TO ANNE STA UM, MOVING DOWN, UH, THE AGENDA.
SO MY REPORT, UH, PRETTY MUCH ALL SAID.
SO I'M GONNA PASS TO COMMISSIONER OMO WHO WANTED A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE OAK CULTURAL DISTRICT.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING THERE WITH MY HANDOUTS, BUT, UM, THIS WILL BE QUICK.
SO FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS, A GROUP OF US HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE OAK OF CULTURAL DISTRICT AND WE FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE NOT APPROVED AS A CULTURAL DISTRICT BY THE TEXAS COMMISSIONER OF THE ARTS.
UM, IT IS EXCITING AND, AND AND MOTIVATING TO KNOW THAT WE GARNERED 860 POINTS OUT OF A TOTAL OF A THOUSAND.
AND THE FOUR NEW CULTURAL DISTRICTS THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY READ ABOUT, UM, GOT AT LEAST 900 POINTS.
SO WE ARE REGROUPING, WE'RE GOING TO APPLY AGAIN.
AND AS, UH, INDICATED IN OUR CULTURAL PLAN THAT WE SUBMITTED, THIS IS ALL TO SUPPORT THE 16 NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE FOOTPRINT, IN ADDITION TO THE THREE NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO SOME RESIDENTS, UH, IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
SO WE ARE, UH, WE HAD A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I'VE MET ONE-ON-ONE, I'VE SHARED THE SCORING, UH, WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS I CAN.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SEND IT TO YOU IF I HAVEN'T ALREADY.
UM, TO FORMULATE ALL OUR QUESTIONS AT ONCE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A CALL, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO SCHEDULE WITH TEXAS COMMISSION OF THE ARTS TO ASK ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR NEXT APPLICATION WILL MEET THE THRESHOLD.
NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, SIMILAR TO THE OAC GRANTS PROGRAMS, WE COULD HAVE SIX NEW PANELISTS SCORING OUR APPLICATION AND THEY MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY, UM, MIGHT COMMENT ON.
SO THESE, THESE PANELISTS COME FROM ACROSS THE STATE.
THEY DO HAVE BACKGROUND IN THE ARTS AND ESPECIALLY THE CULTURAL DISTRICTS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW, AND REALLY THANK YOU, MARTINE.
YOUR TEAM HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE, ESPECIALLY AT THE OAK CLIFF CULTURAL CENTER FOR YOUR SUPPORT, UM, AND, AND YOUR MOTIVATION, UH, THAT YOU GIVE US.
SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UM, WE DIDN'T MAKE IT THIS ROUND, BUT THERE IS, UH, BIG HOPE ON THE HORIZON.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF ALL OF US INDIVIDUALLY AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO, PLEASE LET US KNOW 'CAUSE WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS TO COMMISSIONER ALMO REGARDING THE OAK CLIFF CULTURAL DISTRICT? IF THERE ARE NONE, UH, I'M GOING TO MOVE THE AGENDA TO THE ANNUAL REPORT UPDATE AND COMMISSIONER BODE.
AND I, I WANNA SAY COMMISSIONER ALMO, I'M DIGGING YOUR YELLOW BLAZER.
SO, UH, OKAY, SO IN YOUR PACKET ON PAGE 17 DESIGNED, AND SO THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR TO BE ON THE ANNUAL REPORT COMMITTEE, AND EVERY YEAR IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER.
AND I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT'S A SHOUT OUT TO STAFF.
UH, THEY'VE JUST, THEY'RE SO, UH, VERY HELPFUL.
THEY, UH, HAVE MADE IT REALLY A FUN PROCESS AND WE'VE ENJOYED GETTING HERE SO FAR.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA SEE IN THIS ANNUAL REPORT, AND I HAVE SAID THIS EARLIER, WE WANT THE ANNUAL REPORT TO LOOK LIKE A VISIT DALLAS, YOU KNOW, PROMO PIECE BECAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE THE MOST FUN ANNUAL REPORT OF ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS FOR THE CITY.
AND WE'RE GETTING THERE, GUYS.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO AS A COMMISSION IS COME UP WITH OUR COMMISSION GOALS AND IT'S OUR GOALS AS A COMMISSION AND NOT FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
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WHAT WE'VE DONE IN YEARS PAST, WE'VE HAD UP TO, I DON'T KNOW, 17 GOALS.AND REALISTICALLY THAT WASN'T A WAY TO, UH, TO MEASURE AND TO, TO REALLY LOOK AND EVALUATE OUR GOALS.
SO WE'VE DRILLED IT DOWN TO FIVE GOALS AND, UH, GLEN WAS VERY HELPFUL IN ALSO GIVING DESCRIPTIONS.
AND WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT WITH OUR GOALS THIS YEAR IS THEY'RE GONNA BE MEASURABLE.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE MEASURABLE GOALS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS COMMISSION.
SO THE GOAL NUMBER ONE, SO WE'RE DOWN FROM 17 TO 12 TO NINE TO FIVE THIS YEAR.
SO FIRST GOAL, AND WE'VE JUST GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, IS FUNDING PROGRAMS AND ALL ALLOCATION PROCESSES.
AND THE DESCRIPTION IS ATTEND AT LEAST ONE PROGRAM SPONSORED BY OEC THROUGH A FUNDING PROGRAM, CULTURAL CENTER OR OTHER CULTURAL EVENT AT LEAST ONCE PER QUARTER.
AND THEN THE METRIC IS EACH COMMISSIONER PROVIDES A CONFIRMATION AND REPORTS ON ATTENDED PROGRAM OR EVENT DURING A COMMISSION MEETING, AT LEAST ONE PER QUARTER.
GOAL NUMBER TWO IS ACCESS TO FACILITIES AND RESOURCES.
AND THE DESCRIPTION IS IDENTIFY SPACES AND OR VENUES FOR ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS ALL CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO MAINTAIN AND EXPAND A LIST OF SPACES ACROSS DALLAS.
AND THEN THE METRIC ON THAT FOR MEASURING IS EACH COMMISSIONER PROVIDES A MINIMUM OF ONE FACILITY, VENUE, OR SPACE TO OEC FOR CONSIDERATION.
GOAL THREE IS COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION.
SO THE DESCRIPTION ON THIS IS MAINTAIN REGULAR ENGAGEMENT WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS REGARDING PUBLIC ART PROJECTS AND OTHER ARTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS IN THEIR DISTRICTS.
LIKE, THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOUR COUNCIL PEOPLE FOR THE HOT TAGS.
UH, THE METRIC IS THE MEETING DATE, UH, REPORT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
GOAL FOUR IS COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION.
ATTEND A STANDING OR AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING OTHER THAN ONES ASSIGNED TO STAY ENGAGED WITH ALL COMMISSION ACTIVITIES.
AND THE METRIC IS NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS ATTENDED WITH A MINIMUM OF ONE PER YEAR.
FIVE IS THE ORGANIZATIONALLY IS ON AN ENGAGEMENT, IMPROVE COMMUNICATION WITH ASSIGNED LIAISON REPORTS SUBMITTED TO OAC ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
THAT'S, THIS IS ONE I'M GONNA BE WORKING ON SUBMISSION OF AT LEAST FOUR LIAISON REPORTS ASSIGNED PER ORGANIZATION THROUGH THE 25 26 FISCAL YEAR.
SO I FEEL LIKE THOSE ARE FIVE GOALS THAT WE CAN ALL DO, WE CAN GET OUR HANDS AROUND AND, UM, GO FROM THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER BODELL? IS THIS THE TIME TO QUESTION THESE GOALS OR, OR WE'RE JUST GONNA ACCEPT THEM OR IT'S DISCUSSION? YES, THERE'S, UH, YES.
THERE'S ALREADY, THERE'S ALREADY BEEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND, AND SUBMIT GOALS AND REVIEW THEM.
UH, SO YEAH, THOSE HAVE, THAT TIMELINE HAS, UH, CERTAINLY GONE, BUT SURE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT OR QUESTIONS.
I JUST MISSED ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FIFTH GOAL ABOUT LIAISON REPORTS AS IT'S NEVER BEEN A REQUIREMENT AS TO A MINIMUM.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO HOW THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS FEEL.
AND I COULD HAVE MISSED THIS AT THE LAST MEETING OR, BUT I JUST DON'T, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GONNA SUBMIT? YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HAVING ANOTHER PLAY, THEY'RE ANOTHER PERFORMANCE.
IF THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENT.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THE LIAISON REPORTS NEED TO BE SUBSTANTIAL AND PUTTING A LIMIT OR A, A MINIMUM.
IT'S JUST QUARTERLY GIVING US MORE WORK PLUS GOING TO AN ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING.
I DO FEEL LIKE A QUARTERLY REPORT, WHICH I'VE NOT DONE EITHER, SO I, YOU KNOW, I, I DO FEEL LIKE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING THAT WE CAN DO.
WE ALL NEED TO FOLLOW COMMISSIONER G GLAD'S EXAMPLE OF A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, SHE KEPT US INFORMED AND I THINK THE REPORTS HELP KEEP EACH MEMBER INFORMED, EACH COMMISSIONER INFORMED.
UM, I THINK EVERYBODY DO THE BEST THEY CAN.
SO THESE ARE THE GOALS AND WE WILL SEE HOW WE DO.
COMMISSIONER MEEK, UH, EXCUSE ME, I JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON, UH, COMMISSIONER HAL'S STATEMENT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT WHAT I'M MOST INTERESTED IN IS THAT THE LIAISON REPORTS BE SUBSTANTIVE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY BE MAYBE FOUR, MAY BE, MAY NOT HAVE TO BE FOUR.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT PUTTING A LIMIT ON IT, A MINIMUM ON IT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY EFFECTIVE FOR WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET AT.
OH, IS, AND I, I TOLD RESPONDED A LITTLE BIT, IT'S NOT A LIMIT, IT'S A GOAL.
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YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT, UH, IF YOUR ORGANIZATION, YOU DON'T FEEL THAT THERE'S ANYTHING TO REPORT, BUT I, I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LIAISON REPORTS ARE ALSO, UH, FUNDED.UH, THEY ASSISTED FUNDING LOOKING AT, UH, THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS COMMISSIONERS WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHERE THIS MONEY IS GOING AND THAT WE DO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, NO, I'M NOT, I'M NOT QUESTIONING THAT.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
BUT I THINK THEY NEED TO BE SUBSTANTIVE REPORTS AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE, LIKE, UM, COMMISSIONER OMO SAID THEY HAD, THEY HAD A THEATER PERFORMANCE OR, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? UM, I, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO BE, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE IN THERE ABOUT THEM BEING SUBSTITUTE.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE THAT EDIT COMMISSIONER MEEK.
UH, AND WE, WE ARE NOT SAYING MONTHLY OR WEEKLY.
SO THAT'S FOUR REPORTS A YEAR.
I THINK WHEN YOU DRILL IT DOWN TO THAT, YOU CAN DO SUBSTANTIVE REPORTS FROM THAT.
UH, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A REPORT, YOU DON'T HAVE A REPORT.
COMMISSIONER CHAIR, UH, CHAIR SMALL.
COMMISSIONER
AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE EACH HAVE THREE OR FOUR ORGANIZATIONS FOR COP, WHICH MAKES A LIST LONG.
UM, DEVELOPING A CALENDAR OF SPOTLIGHT ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT WE'RE NOT REPETITIVE.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE RECEIVED THAT COMMENT FOR COMMENTS.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE RECEIVED THAT, BUT NOW THAT YOU'VE MADE IT, WE'LL ACCEPT IT AS A COMMENT RECEIVED.
COMMISSIONER, I, COMMISSIONER M**K, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T PUT MY HAND DOWN.
UM, I JUST TO, UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA, I LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S A GOAL.
THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A GOAL, NOT NECESSARILY A REQUIRED, BUT, UM, WE DO HAVE TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN MADE BEFORE WE WERE GOING TO BE EXPANDING OUR NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE A LIAISON WITH.
I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE.
SO WHEN YOU SAY FOUR PER QUARTER, IF YOU HAVE FIVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU ARE LIAISONING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOT.
I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT, THAT'S A GOOD COMMENT.
JUST MAKE THAT, AND THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S CERTAIN, THAT'S CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
COMMISSIONER, SMALL CHAIR, SMALL COMMISSIONER OMO, GOING BACK TO THE, UH, GOING TO ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK I WENT TO TWO OF MY LIAISON ORGANIZATIONS MEETINGS.
A BOARD MEETING AND THEN A COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, SO I JUST THINK WHILE IT'S A, A NICE GOAL TO HAVE, AGAIN, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST ONE MORE MEETING.
I THINK YOU CAN DO A REPORT, UH, WITH A PHONE CALL, UH, WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT A WEBSITE, SEEING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, UH, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO ATTEND BOARD MEETINGS TO KNOW, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON AT AN ORGANIZATION.
I MEAN, THERE YOU CAN, UH, THERE ARE WAYS TO SIMPLIFY IT.
I MEAN, I GUESS GOING TO A MEETING WOULD BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE THING.
YOU COULD SIT THERE AND TALK TO NUMEROUS PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT, UH, JUST TO, UH, KIND OF PROVIDE SOME SORT OF OVERSIGHT TO THE CITY FUNDING, UH, AND, AND GET SOME SORT OF IDEA AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE MONEY THAT'S BEING SPENT.
YOU KNOW, JUST SOME SORT OF, UH, PARTICIPATION IN IT.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK FOURS TOO MANY, I, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET KICKED OUTTA SCHOOL FOR NOT HANDING IN A LIAISON REPORT, BUT, UH, THERE, THERE HAS TO BE SOME EFFORT.
UM, I THINK UP IN LIAISON TO PEOPLE WHO, UM, TO A FEW ORGANIZATIONS WHO'VE BEEN AROUND A REALLY, REALLY LONG TIME, BUT SOME WHO HAVE LIKE, UM, RESPOND TO AN EMAIL ABOUT MEETING AND GETTING THIS INFORMATION FROM THEM.
UM, I MEAN I, OBVIOUSLY I CAN GO TO A PLAY, BUT I CAN'T FILL OUT A LIAISON REPORT JUST BECAUSE I GO TO PERFORMANCE OR EXPERIENCE.
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THAT CAN GO IN THE LIAISON REPORT, BUT, UM, SOME PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY RESPOND TO EMAILS.IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE THEY ALSO ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, SURVIVING
AND I DON'T WANNA BUG THEM, BUT I ALSO GUESS I NEED THEM TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO RESPOND.
LIKE, UH, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST IF I'M NOT GETTING A RESPONSE FROM AN ORGANIZATION? I THINK THAT WOULD JUST BE PART OF A REPORT.
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE JUST ASKING MY OPINION, I MEAN, I THINK IF SOMEONE'S GETTING, UH, MONEY FROM THE CITY AND THEN A COMMISSIONER CONTACTS THEM, UH, AND SAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THINGS ARE GOING OKAY.
UH, WE SEE THIS IS A FUNDING, YOU KNOW, YOU RECEIVE WELL DO THEY, WELL THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE, THIS IS PART OF OUR GOALS AND THAT IT'S PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE, THIS PROGRAM, THE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND JULIA HAS A QUESTION OR A COMMENT OF HERE.
NO, I I CAN JUST QUICKLY CLARIFY.
THE ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE TOLD AN ORIENTATION THAT, THAT WHAT THEIR LIAISON RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE.
UM, AND IF THEY'RE NOT FULFILLING THOSE WITH YOU OR YOU'RE HAVING TO WORK REALLY HARD TO FIND THEM, UM, ADRIANA AND I ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO REALLY MAKE THAT CONNECTION FOR YOU.
I THINK THAT WOULD HELP ME BECAUSE I THINK ALSO IN THE MIDDLE MAYBE THERE WAS SOME STAFF CHANGE AND YEAH.
MANY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE UNDERGONE STAFF CHANGE THE SHERIFF, DEFINITELY.
UH, WILL WE BE, WHENEVER THE, UH, ASSIGNMENTS HAPPEN, WILL THERE BE A KIND OF A EMAIL INTRODUCTION TO THE ORGANIZATIONS? OR WILL WE NEED TO BE MAKING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD THAT PROCESS, YOU CERTAINLY HAVE THE INFORMATION AS TO WHO TO CONTACT.
THERE'S AN EMAIL INVITATION THAT WE'LL MAKE THAT WILL, YOU'LL GET ONE EMAIL THAT SAYS, DEAR DR. JACKSON, HERE'S YOUR LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE YEAR.
AND THEN YOU'LL GET A SEPARATE, IT'LL SAY LIKE, A LIST OF FOUR ORGANIZATIONS.
THERE'LL BE SEPARATE FOUR EMAILS THAT GO OUT SAYING, DEAR DR. JACKSON AND DALLAS SYMPHONY, THIS IS YOUR LIAISON FOR THE YEAR.
HERE'S A LIST OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND WHAT YOU'LL BE EXPECTED TO DO, AND THE EMAIL CONTACT WITH THE PEOPLE YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH.
CAN I ASK WHEN YOU'LL BE MAKING THOSE, ROUGHLY YOUR TIMELINE, YOU'LL BE THREE, FOUR OH NO, IT'LL BEFORE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BEFORE COP ORIENTATION.
SO AS YOU ARE ATTENDING COP ORIENTATION, UM, YOU MIGHT, YOU MIGHT SEE YOUR ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE AT ONE OF THOSE.
I'M KIND OF HOPING THAT THAT WOULD BE A REALLY EASY TIME FOR YOU TO GET TO KNOW THEM WITHOUT ANY EXTRA WORK.
UM, AND, AND, AND YOU ALSO WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT ORGANIZATION IN MIND AS YOU'RE LISTENING ORIENTATION.
AND ONCE AGAIN, AS IT RELATES TO THE ASSIGNMENTS, UH, IF EVERYTHING'S GOING FINE WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, A LIAISON, THERE'S NO SENSE IN CHANGING IT, YOU KNOW? UH, SO, BUT IF YOU, IF SOMEONE SAYS THEY WANNA SWITCH OUT, PLEASE SEND THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE'LL KNOW THAT YOU WANNA SWITCH OUT.
AND COMMISSIONER PALOMO, I WANT, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS ISN'T ABOUT BUSY WORK.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE IT'S BUSY WORK ON THE REPORTS.
SO I'S NOT, I DON'T, THAT'S NOT THE INTENT.
SO, JULIA, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE COP ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO ASSIGN US AS THE, THEIR LIAISON IN A MANNER THAT IS COMPARABLE TO WHAT OTHER SPONSORS GIVE AT THAT LEVEL.
SO, IN, IN MY SITUATION, TWO OF MY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CHOSEN TO PUT ME ON AS THEIR BOARD MEMBER EX-OFFICIO.
SO, OTHERS HAVE NOT, AND I STILL CHECK IN WITH THEM AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT AS PART OF THE COP ORIENTATION, WILL YOU BE DEVOTING AS MUCH TIME AS YOU CAN GIVE TO HELPING THESE ORGANIZATIONS DETERMINE HOW BEST TO FIT US IN THEIR ORGANIZATION? I CERTAINLY CAN.
I I USUALLY, I, I DO HAVE A, A SLIDE ON THAT, AND I WOULD BE SO HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO MAKE ABSOLUTELY.
AND, AND I HAVE THOSE DATES ON MY CALENDAR.
I'M GONNA SEE WHICH ONE I CAN GO TO, BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO ATTEND ONE JUST FOR, UM, MY OWN EDIFICATION.
I'D BE THRILLED TO HAVE ANY OF YOU.
IF IT INVOLVES YOU, IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME.
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I, I, STRIKE THAT.I, I'LL TRY REALLY HARD NOT TO MAKE IT BORING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT.
WELL, I WAS JUST, THIS, THIS MAY BE MORE FOR JULIA.
UM, IT, IT WOULD BE NICE IF, IF IN THE OFFICE MAYBE YOU GUYS COULD HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS AND, AND DISCUSS REALLY WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AS, AS THE LIAISON.
BECAUSE WHEN I STARTED, WHICH WAS, WHAT, SIX YEARS AGO NOW, UM, WE WERE EXPECTED TO BE AN EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBER FOR OUR LIAISON, LIAISON ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH MEANT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO THEIR BOARD MEETINGS.
UM, BUT WE HAVE US, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COP ORGANIZATIONS NOW, WHERE IF WE'RE GETTING FOUR TO FIVE LIAISON GROUPS, THAT, THAT, THAT'S REALLY NOT VERY TENABLE TO BE GOING TO BOARD MEETINGS FOR FIVE ORGANIZATIONS, PLUS OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS, PLUS OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS, RIGHT? SO IT, IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU GUYS COULD HAVE SOME KIND OF TALKS AND LIKE, LIKE, IT'S NOT GONNA BE EQUITABLE IF ONE COMMISSIONER HAS FOUR GROUPS THAT ALL WANT THEM TO ATTEND ALL THE BOARD MEETINGS.
AND ANOTHER COMMISSIONER HAS FOUR GROUPS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO ANY OF 'EM, YOU JUST WANT TO DO A CHECK IN WITH THEM AS IT FITS YOUR SCHEDULE.
RIGHT? SO IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD MAYBE, NOW THAT WE HAVE SO MANY COP ORGANIZATIONS, IF WE COULD PUT IN SOME PLACE, SOME KIND OF, THESE ARE THE EXPECTATIONS.
THIS IS WHAT WE WANT YOU TO BE DOING WITH YOUR COMMISSIONER, ET CETERA.
UM, SO, SO IT COMES FROM YOU GUYS.
WE'LL HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT OUTLINES THAT.
THAT'LL BE PART OF THE INITIAL EMAILS THAT YOU GET AND YOUR ORGANIZATION GETS.
SO DEFINITELY THANKS FOR THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR COMMISSIONER BODE? THIS IS AN ANNUAL REPORT.
SO IS THIS EVERYBODY THAT'S LEFT VICKY'S OFF? COMMISSIONER BODELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, OUR DIRECTOR, CHIEF
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR TALENT AND SERVICE TO THE COMMISSION.
I'M SO, SO, SO GRATEFUL TO BE AT THIS POINT, THE BEGINNING OF A NEW FISCAL YEAR, UM, FOLLOWING THE CLOSE OF THE LAST.
AND SO I WANTED TO START, UH, WITH A REVIEW AS WE DID LAST FISCAL YEAR, A REVIEW OF FISCAL YEAR 25, THIS TIME AROUND WITH A FEW HIGHLIGHTS, UH, FROM AROUND OUR DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL START WITH OUR CULTURAL CENTERS.
UM, HERE ON THE FIRST LINE, YOU SEE, UH, SOME REPORTS FORWARD, UH, BATHHOUSE AND OAK CLIFF CULTURAL CENTER, MANAGED BY JESSICA TRIVIO AND RAFAEL TAMAO RESPECTIVELY.
I HOPE THAT IF YOU'VE HAD TIME, UH, OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, THAT YOU'VE SPENT SOME TIME AT EACH ONE OF OUR FOUR CULTURAL CENTERS.
SO WHAT WE'LL SEE HERE ARE NOTABLE INCREASES IN THE TYPES OF PROGRAMMING THEY'RE DELIVERING TO THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, AND THEN THE BREADTH AND NUMBER, OBVIOUSLY IN EVENTS.
SO IN DISTRICT NINE, WE HAVE THE BATHHOUSE CULTURAL CENTER WITH AN INCREASED NUMBER OF GALLERY EXHIBITS AT 18.
UH, THEY HELD SEVEN SIGNATURE EVENTS AND FESTIVALS, A RANGE OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS SUCH AS THEIR THEATER PARTNERSHIPS AND TEEN ART WORKSHOPS.
I SAW A FEW OF YOU ALL AT THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL, WHICH IS, UH, WHICH HAS QUICKLY AFTER THE SECOND ANNUAL BECOME ONE OF THE KEY SIGNATURE EVENTS AT THE BATHHOUSE THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAM DIVISION, OAK CLIFF CULTURAL CENTER, NOTED ALSO IN DISTRICT ONE.
UM, THEY HELD A TOTAL OF 21 EXHIBITS IN THAT SMALL MIGHTY SPACE AND HELD 30 SIGN, UH, SIGNATURE EVENTS AND FESTIVALS, UH, FROM THAT VERY SPECIAL SPACE.
UM, YOU'LL NOTE THAT RAFA'S TEAM HAS INCREASED THEIR, UH, TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND RUNNING CLUB, UH, WHICH WAS A NEW LAUNCH.
AND OF COURSE, THEIR WEEKLY SALSA AND GUITAR CLASSES THEY WANTED TO MERGE FORWARD.
NEXT, WHERE WE ARE FOCUSING ON OUR OTHER TWO CULTURAL CENTERS ON THIS SLIDE, THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER IN DISTRICT 14 AND SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
UM, THIS FISCAL YEAR, OF COURSE, WE HAD A MANAGEMENT CHANGE AT THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER.
SO IF YOU'VE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE NEW MANAGER, VAN ANTHONY WILLIAMS, YOU SHOULD BE SURE, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT ADRIANA SENDS THE LINK FORWARD TO VAN ANTHONY'S RECENT, UM, INTERVIEW.
HE DID A ROUND TABLE TALK WITH THE NEW, UH, DIRECTOR OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND, UH, THE NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF FOREST FORWARD THEATER.
AND THE THREE OF THEM SAT WITH DALLAS FREE PRESS TO DISCUSS, UM, THE FUTURE OF THE ARTS IN SOUTH DALLAS, AND THE IMPACT
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THEY TEND TO HAVE AND THEIR VISION FORWARD FOR THE FUTURE THERE.SO WE'LL SEND THAT LINK FORWARD SO THAT YOU CAN GET TO KNOW, UH, VAN ANTHONY, UH, A LITTLE BETTER GET TO UNDERSTAND HIS VISION FOR, UH, THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER, AS IT IS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT INSTITUTION IN THAT, UH, DISTRICT.
UM, YOU'LL NOTE AT OUR LATINO CULTURAL CENTER, UH, THEY HOSTED FOUR GALLERY EXHIBITS AND SIX SIGNATURE EVENTS AND FESTIVALS AND, UM, NUMBER OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE LCC WORKSHOPS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS WANNA HIGHLIGHT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR RESIDENT THEATER COMPANIES THERE.
UM, AND WE ARE SO, SO, SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR PRESENCE ON THAT CAMPUS.
UH, THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER NOTES TO GALLERY EXHIBITS, TWO SIGNATURE EVENTS AND FESTIVALS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE MUSIC LOUNGE AND THE INTRO MIXER AND MASTERCLASS SERIES IN THE NEWLY OPENED, UH, RECORDING STUDIO THERE THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE FREE ACCESS BY RESERVATION TO THAT RECORDING.
NEXT, UM, THE JUANITA J CRAFT CIVIL RIGHTS HOUSE AND MUSEUM, UM, THAT'S NOW BEEN OPEN FOR TWO CALENDAR YEARS IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UM, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF KENDALL FERGUSON, UM, THEY'VE HELD SIX SIGNATURE EVENTS AND FESTIVALS THERE TO INCLUDE READING OUTSIDE WITH THE HOMIES BALL AND BRAVEHEARTS.
UH, THEY HOST A PRETEEN BOOK CLUB.
THEY HOSTED A VERY, VERY, VERY RELAXING MEDITATION AND ACUPUNCTURE WORKSHOP.
UM, AND THEY ALSO ARE THE HOST SITE FOR THE GIRL TR GIRL TREK WALKING CLUB.
WE DO HAVE, UM, UH, AN HONOR IN THE PIPELINE, UH, FROM A STATEWIDE, UH, PRESERVATION, UH, AWARD THAT'S COMING TO THE CRAFT HOUSE AND MUSEUM.
I WANNA SAY LATER THIS MONTH, WE'LL BE RECEIVING THAT AWARD IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO WE'LL BE EXCITED TO PRESENT IT, UH, TO YOU IN OUR UPCOMING COMMISSION MEETING NEXT MONTH.
AS FOR OUR VENUES, UM, THE MAJESTIC THEATER ALSO IN DISTRICT 14 PROGRAMMED AND PRESENTED OVER 150 BROADLY DIVERSE SHOWS AND EVENTS FEATURED LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS IN MUSIC, DANCE, THEATER, FILM, AND COMEDY.
I MEAN, THE MAJESTIC IS HOSTING SOME REALLY AMAZING SHOWS.
I MEAN, I THINK I WAS MOST EXCITED TO GET TO AND TO ATTEND THE 20TH, UH, ADAM ANNIVERSARY OF NAPOLEON DYNAMITE.
MY FAVORITE MOVIE, NO
AT ANY RATE, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS VISITING US AT THE MAJESTIC, AND YOU ALL PLEASE KEEP US IN THE MIX.
IF YOU EVER WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE SHOW AT THE MAJESTIC WE WEEKEND, ENSURE THAT YOU CAN.
SO, UM, AT ANY RATE, UH, THE MAJESTIC SOLD IN EXCESS OF 170,000 TICKETS, UH, WITH A SELL THROUGH RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 80%.
WE HAVE NOTABLE SHOWS HERE, LISTED LA LOVE, ORCHESTRA NOIR, UH, JOHN CLE AND DANCE, OF COURSE, DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER AT WORLD BALLET.
MOVING ON TO THE MOODY PERFORMANCE HALL.
ALSO IN DISTRICT 14, THE MOODY HOSTED OVER 250 SHOWS AND EVENTS FEATURING PRIMARILY LOCAL NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH, UM, AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, IS THE PREMISE OF THE MOODY PERFORMANCE HALL.
UM, THE NUMBER NOTED INCLUDES ALL RENTAL DAYS AT THE MOODY TO INCLUDE LOADING AND REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES.
AND WE WELCOMED OVER 7,000 PERFORMERS AND OVER 55,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS.
NOTABLE SHOWS TAKING PLACE THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE AT THE MOODY IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, INCLUDED ON CHAMBER BALLET IN BALLET NORTH TEXAS, WHO BOTH PRESENTED THEIR NUTCRACKER PRODUCTIONS IN DECEMBER.
CAROL IN THE ARTS DISTRICT WAS HOSTED BY OUR PARTNER, WRR, OR WRR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AND MANAGEMENT BY KERA IN DECEMBER AT PAC.
PRESENTED SEVERAL PRODUCTIONS AT THE MOODY AS USUAL TO INCLUDE NO REED JOHN ANDERSON, AND ANDY, ANDY SUMMERS, AND ANDY SUMMERS.
AND WE ARE ALWAYS GLAD TO HOST MULTIPLE, UM, DFR AND DPD GRADUATIONS AS BOTH OF THOSE DIVISIONS OF OUR CITY ARE GROWING.
UH, AND ALSO TOO, I NOTE THAT I'VE RECEIVED OVER TIME, UM, NOTES FROM SOME COMMISSIONERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE AWARE OF SOME OF THOSE GRADUATION CEREMONIES.
SO ADRIANA AND I WILL FIGURE OUT A PIPELINE, UH, TO BRING THOSE, UM, EVENTS TO YOUR ATTENTION.
NEXT, OUR LOVELY ILLUSTRIOUS PUBLIC ART DIVISION.
UH, FIRST WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT THE WORKS COMMISSION BY THE PUBLIC ART DIVISION.
THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR, UH, THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED, AND THE ARTS AND CULTURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE RECOMMENDED THE INITIATION OF FIVE PUBLIC ART PROJECTS AND ONE LOAN
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IN FISCAL YEAR 25.UM, THESE PROJECTS ARE IDENTIFIED BY LOCATION NAME UNTIL THE ARTIST, UM, IS SELECTED.
SO WE HAVE TWO FINALISTS SELECTED FOR PROJECT AND DISTRICT DATE, ONE, FOUR, DISTRICT TWO, AND ANOTHER FOUR, DISTRICT 10.
UH, WE ATTENDED SOME OF THE AMAZING INSTALLATIONS AND DEDICATION CEREMONIES, UH, LAND AND HER TEAM PLANNED AND HELD.
UH, YOU'LL SEE IN DISTRICT SEVEN, UM, THERE WAS THE BOOK OF JEAN BOULEVARD ART WALK, WHICH WAS COMPLETELY FUN DAY FOR US.
UH, FAMILY LIFE BY MADELINE WEINER IN DISTRICT FIVE.
THE STORIES OF CANCER'S JOURNEY, UH, PRODUCED BY THE ORGANIZATION THAT THEY MAY, UH, WHICH IS JOSHUA KING, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR.
AND HIS WIFE IN DISTRICT 14, THE DRAGONS OF BUCKMAN LAKE AT THE SKATE PARK IN DISTRICT SIX.
AND THEN WE HAVE, BUT STREET SIDE A AND SIDE B, THE COMMUNITY QUILT AND LANDMARK BY CALCIUM PROJECTS, UM, IN DISTRICT SEVEN, WHICH WAS OUR MOST RECENT, UH, DEDICATION CEREMONY THAT WE HELD AT BONTON FARMS. UM, SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL.
I KNOW THAT THESE EVENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, PRIMARILY A KEY FOCUS FOR THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, BUT MANY OF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO SHOW UP AT THESE CEREMONIES.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME, UM, AND YOUR SUPPORT AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH MORE PUBLIC ART ACROSS THE CITY.
YOU SEE THAT THE PUBLIC ART TEAM RECEIVED SEVERAL RECOGNITIONS AND CONDUCTED A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR.
UH, THEY RECEIVED A PRESERVATION DALLAS AWARD FOR THE TOWER BUILDING, UH, COMMUNITY DAD BY BRAD GOLDBERG, WHICH IS THE BEAUTIFUL LONG TABLE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
UM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF THE TOP 100 PUBLIC ART PROJECTS IN THE NATION.
UM, WE ARE PROCESSING A DONATION TO THE CITY OF DALLAS FROM GEORGE KLOWSKI IN DISTRICT 12.
WE ALSO RECEIVED $100,000 IN DONATION TO INCREASE THE DESIGN DISTRICT ART PROJECT BUDGET.
IN DISTRICT SIX, A STAFF ON THE PUBLIC ART TEAM SERVED AS A PRESENTER AT THE ARTS IN THE AIRPORT CONFERENCE FOR THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION AIRPORT EXECUTIVES.
THAT STAFF MEMBER BEING GUY PRESENTER LIKE HE'S NOT NAMED.
UM, AND WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE HIM.
MEAN GUY GUY'S BEEN QUITE THE GEM SINCE HE JOINED OUR TEAM.
UH, FROM FROM LOVE FIELD'S DIVISION, UH, STAFF ALSO PRESENTED AT THE TRB WEBINAR, UM, WHICH, UH, COVERED METHODS OF AIRPORT ARTS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.
UH, THROUGH VARIOUS PARTNERSHIPS, THE PUBLIC ART DIVISION RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL $45,000 FOR PUBLIC ART CONSERVATION EFFORTS.
AND THAT WONDERFUL TEAM HELD 120 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOUCH POINTS TO INCLUDE SURVEYS, OFFICE HOURS, STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, INFORMATION SESSIONS.
AND THAT, TO ME IS THE BEST OF ALL BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR PUBLIC ART WORK IS INFORMED BY THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WILL GET TO ASK IN THE FUTURE INSTALLATIONS FUTURE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, A CALLING, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC ART.
I SAY, YOU KNOW, WE CREATE SAFE PLACES IN ART SPACES, AND WE ALSO CREATE SPACES FOR FOLKS TO BE EDUCATED.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE PUBLIC ART DIVISION HAS MADE SOME REALLY SUBSTANTIAL EFFORTS TO THAT END, UM, TO INCLUDE DOCUMENTARY SERIES THAT HAVE BEEN FEATURED ALL AROUND TO INCLUDE THE EXPANSION OF OUR WEB PLATFORM, DEVELOPING THE PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION PLANNING MAP THAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO ALL WHO CAN REACH US ONLINE.
UM, THEY, WE HAVE REIMAGINED THE CANCER SURVIVOR PLAZA WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS NOTED BELOW, INSPIRE ART DALLAS, BAYLOR SCOTT WHITE PLAZA OF THE AMERICAS, THERE DDI AND SPEED THROW.
AND IF YOU'VE, UH, DRIVEN DOWN UNDER THAT OVERPASS, I HOPE THAT IT CATCHES YOUR EYE BECAUSE IT'S THE, THE WORK THAT THEY MAY PRODUCE THERE ON THE SKY BRIDGE INSIDE AND OUT IS QUITE BEAUTIFUL.
SO IF YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THE SKY BRIDGE, UM, YOU'LL GET TO INTERACT WITH THE STORIES OF THE CANCER SURVIVORS THAT WERE FEATURED AND INSPIRED THAT WORK.
UM, AND THE TEAM ALSO DEVELOPED A NEW PLACEMAKING TOOLKIT FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS, I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID THIS LAST YEAR, I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I SAY THIS, BUT PUBLIC ARTISTS ALWAYS MOVES IMPROVE.
LIKE THEY'RE ALWAYS FINDING WAYS TO REINVENT THE WAYS IN WHICH WE ARE CONDUCTING WORK IN THAT DIVISION.
AND I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU, LYNN, AND VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
HERE ARE, UM, I'M NOT SURE WE HIGHLIGHTED THE WORK OF OUR BUSINESS OPERATION SUITE, BUT THAT WOULD, THAT WAS A MISSTEP LAST YEAR.
IF THAT'S THE CASE THIS YEAR, I DID
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WANNA BE SURE TO BRING THIS WORK FORWARD.'CAUSE THIS IS MORE QUIET WORK THAT MAYBE YOU DON'T GET BRIEFED ON SO OFTEN, BUT CERTAINLY IS, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THE BOAT AFLOAT.
SO OUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS LED BY OUR SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT A HUBBLE BATANG, UM, AND OUR BUSINESS MANAGER.
WE'VE MET, UH, FROM TIME TO TIME ON A SOLE CONDUCTED QUITE A LOT.
UM, FIRST, AND, YOU KNOW, ENSURING THAT WE HAD THE BUDGET TO DO THE WORK THAT WE DO SEE OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, AN ENTERPRISE FUND NOTED FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR.
UM, OUR INVOICE PAYMENT FOR SUPPLY MATERIALS AS NOTED IN CASE THAT'S OF INTEREST TO YOU, OUR INVOICE PAYMENT FOR OUR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDE SOME OF OUR CON YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR CONTRACTS FOR ART SERVICES IS ALSO NOTED.
AND I, I, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T NOTE THE PIPELINE THAT IT TAKES.
WE HAVE HIRED 12, 12 NEW OAC STAFF MEMBERS ON THAT SIDE OF SIDE OF OUR FARM BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO TRANSPIRE TO GET OUR ARTISTS WHAT THEY NEED IN TERMS OF RESOURCES FROM OUR OFFICE, AND TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOCUMENTING THAT WORK APPROPRIATELY, WORKING IN CLOSE, UM, UH, RELATION WITH THE CITY CONTROLLER'S OFFICE AND THE BUDGET MANAGEMENT SERVICES OFFICE AS WELL.
UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, DOING WHAT WE CAN DO TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE CONTRACTING, CONTRACTING IN A TIMELY MANNER SO THAT FOLKS ARE BEING, UH, PAID OR REIMBURSED IN A TIMELY MANNER.
UM, ON THE BUSINESS OP SIDE, YOU ALSO SEE THAT WE'VE NOTED THE EXPANSION AND FURTHER USAGE OF OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX DOLLARS TO ALLEVIATE GENERAL FUND AND FURTHER SUPPORT OF OUR CULTURAL PROGRAMMING AND OUR VENUE, AS NOTED DURING OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND BUDGET BRIEFING, UH, TWO MONTHS AGO.
NEXT SLIDE, RIGHT? OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS DIVISION LED BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GLEN AYS.
UM, WE SEE OUR COP PROGRAM LAST YEAR FUNDED 55 ORGANIZATIONS WITH A BUDGET OF, UH, $6 BILLION.
AND SO, AGAIN, AS, UM, CHAIR BRAGGA ALONE NOTED DURING HER REMARKS, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT AS WE ARE GOING TO BE ALLOCATING, UM, THE MOST MONEY THAT WE'VE EVER ALLOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE COP PROGRAM.
ARTS ACTIVATE FUNDING 78 ARTISTS AND 64 ORGANIZATIONS WITH A BUDGET OF ROUGHLY $1.3 MILLION.
AND OUR CULTURAL VALUE, UM, SMALLER PROJECT BUCKET THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BUILT INTO MANY OF YOU WERE AROUND, YOU KNOW, IT'S FORMALLY FUNDED BY, UH, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE ARTS GRANT.
AND THEN WE BUILT IT INTO OUR BUDGET AFTER THAT INITIAL PILOT PROGRAM LAUNCHED.
I THINK BOTH JULIA AND I WERE NEW THAT YEAR.
IF I'M NOT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE WERE BOTH NEW TO THE, TO THE PROJECT, BUT CERTAINLY UNDERSTOOD THAT IT MEANT A LOT TO THE PROGRAM RECIPIENTS AND WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP THAT PROGRAM ON BOARD.
SO, AT ANY RATE, CULTURE OF VALUE LAST YEAR FUNDED 50 ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS WITH A BUDGET OF $150,000.
AND THAT ALSO IS OUR AVENUE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING ARTS PROGRAMMING IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
SO WE CAN AT LEAST SAY THAT ON THE RECORD.
A COMMUNITY ARTS DIVISION LED BY THE WONDERFUL RI AGREE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE FOUNDED TWO KEY SIGNATURE EVENTS AND FESTIVALS.
I NOTED, UH, THE A API, HERITAGE AND DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL AND THE COMMUNITY CIRCUS WITH LONE STAR CIRCUS.
IF YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT, I HOPE THAT WE'LL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, PUSHING THAT SAME INITIATIVE FORWARD THIS FISCAL YEAR, BECAUSE THAT IS A MUST SEE TV MATTER.
IT'S QUITE AMAZING WHAT HAPPENS.
UM,
AND THE REIMAGINED VACANCY, UH, PROGRAM IS OUR INITIATIVE THAT WE CONDUCT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY'S, UH, CODE AND CODE OF COMPLIANCE SERVICES DIVISION.
UM, YOU'LL SEE PHOTOS THERE OF, UM, I SEE DRAGON VOTE AND I SEE LONE STAR.
UM, FORGIVE ME 'CAUSE I CAN'T SEE THE THIRD PAGE WITH THE OVERLAP.
UM, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO, SO HERE WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE'VE EITHER HOSTED OR SUPPORTED.
UM, SO LAST FISCAL YEAR, I SAW YOUR FACES AT MANY OF THESE EVENTS.
UM, WE LON WE HELD OUR INAUGURAL DALLAS LOVE, OR, YOU KNOW, 2 1 4 DAY, 2 1 4 DAY, IF YOU WILL.
BUT THAT WAS OUR 2 1 4 DAY AT CITY HALL.
UM, WE SUPPORT THE, UH, CITY MANAGERS BIANNUAL EMPLOYEE ART EXHIBIT ACROSS, UH, SEVERAL FLOORS OF CITY HALL.
WE LAUNCHED THE FREEDOM TRAIL APP IN DEBELL WITH A FOCUS ON DEBELL, UM, OF COURSE HELD OUR INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY CELEBRATION WHERE WE TURNED TO CITY HALL LOBBY TO A DANCE STUDIO.
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OUR ANNUAL DALLAS ARTS MONTH KICKOFF PRESS CONFERENCE, UH, THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR WAS HELD BACK AT THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER.AND WE HAD THE HONOR OF, UM, CHAIRING THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THIS WEARING IN CEREMONIES FOR OUR NEW POLICE AND FIRE CHIEFS IN THE SPRING.
AND SO THAT WAS QUITE, QUITE THE TIME, QUITE THE EXPERIENCE.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN, MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BRING SOME POSITIVITY, CHEER GOOD SPIRITS TO, TO THE CITY, WHETHER THAT'S AT CITY HALL OR ACROSS CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT HERE ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE INFORMATION FROM OUR MARKETING DIVISION, UM, LED BY ASHLEY NAVARRA.
UH, SHE'S TRACKED ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS HERE FOR YOUR REVIEW AND OUR REACH.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE CONSTANTLY, YOU KNOW, TURNING WITH THE TIMES AND ENSURING THAT AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND, AND RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, UM, UNDER OUR PURVIEW AND CAN HAVE ACCESS TO EVENTS THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY OUR OFFICE, UM, OR PROMOTED BY OUR OFFICE, AND ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO OTHER CITY SERVICES BY WAY OF BEING ENGAGED WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
OH, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, FOR THE RECORD, OUR WEBSITE, DALLAS CULTURE.ORG IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE SENSE THAT WE ARE STILL NAVIGATING FORWARD TO A.GOV PLATFORM BEING THAT CITY DIVISION.
AND SO WE'LL, UM, BRING FORWARD SOME UPDATES AS, AS WE ARE RECEIVING THEM, BUT THAT IS STILL UNDER WAY CAN MOVE FORWARD.
UM, SO I'LL PAUSE THERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD THOSE HIGHLIGHTS, UH, FOR YOUR REVIEW.
AND IN THE EVENT THAT YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK FOR US, WE'LL TAKE THOSE COMMENTS NOW BEFORE I MOVE TO MY NEXT BRIEFING.
YOU WANNA MAKE A COMMENT DIRECTOR? SURE, GO.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, GIVE KUDOS TO YOU AND THE STAFF AND, UH, EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR, UM, FOR PROMOTING ARTS IN SUCH A WAY THAT EVERYBODY IN THE CITY FEELS INCLUDED.
AND, UM, THE ONE, UH, I'VE GONE TO A COUPLE, I HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAKE ALL OF THEM, BUT, UH, THE ONE PUBLIC, UH, PART, THIS ONE IN, I FORGET.
UM, AND WITH THAT BEING AN EXAMPLE OF THE WAY THAT YOU GUYS DO THESE PUBLIC ART MEDICATIONS, UH, AND INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU BROUGHT THE, I BELIEVE THAT ONE, THE ARTIST WAS FROM, UH, SHE CERTAINLY WASN'T FROM HERE CALLED COLORADO.
UH, BUT THE WAY THAT SHE INVOLVED HERSELF WITH COMMUNITY AND THE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY AND INCLUDED EVERYONE THERE AND, AND HAD THE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COULD COME AND JUMP ON THE YARD AND PARTICIPATE WITH IT.
AND, UM, AND I SAY THAT IN CONNECTION WITH THE, UH, I WAS AT A, ANOTHER MEETING, A COMMUNITY MEETING, UH, JUST TALKING ABOUT, UH, DALLAS AND THE STATUS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW PEACEFUL IT IS COMPARATIVELY WITH, UH, WITH OTHER CITIES.
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO WORK TOGETHER AND INTERACT, AND IT'S A BIG PART OF IT.
AND, AND YOU ALL ARE SUCH A BIG PART OF THAT ELEMENT.
SO, UH, AS A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS.
I HAVE A FEW UPDATES, UM, RELATED TO BRIEFING ITEM D, EXCUSE ME.
UM, SO I HAVE, UH, FOUR, UH, STAFF SUPPORTED INITIATIVES TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, AND THEN SOME GENERAL STAFF UPDATES AS A FOLLOW UP FROM RECENT BRIEFINGS.
SO I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, UH, ONE THAT ART WALK WEST WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN DISTRICT SIX NEXT WEEKEND ON SATURDAY THE 25TH, SUPPORTED BY OUR COMMUNITY ARTS, UH, PROGRAM DIVISION.
UM, WE WILL EMAIL FORWARD A FLYER FOR YOUR AWARENESS.
UM, AND IF YOU CAN ATTEND, UM, PLEASE DO.
UH, NEXT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, FOUR DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR.
I'VE ALREADY EMAILED, UM, RELEVANT COMMISSIONERS, UH, PER EVENT, BUT, AND I WILL SEND A FULL EMAIL FOR THE REST OF THE BODY.
BUT, UM, WE HAVE OUR DALLAS CULTURAL TRAIL, UH, INITIATIVE STILL PRESSING FORWARD,
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AND WITH BEHOLDING THREE PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSIONS IN THE RELATED DISTRICTS.SO DISTRICT TWO, DISTRICT SEVEN, AND DISTRICT 14.
UM, WE'LL BE HOSTING EACH A PUBLIC INFO SESSION ON THE 21ST, THE 23RD, AND THE 30TH THERE.
UH, STEPHANIE BERG OF THE D BEUM FOUNDATION, AND I WILL BE SHARING AN OVERVIEW, UH, FOR ATTENDEES, UH, WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THE CONCEPT OR THE INITIATIVE, UM, AND GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF STATUS UPDATES RELATED TO THE PLANNING, UH, FOR THAT INITIATIVE.
AND, UH, WE WOULD LIKE FOR, UM, RESPECTIVE COMMISSIONERS IN EACH OF THOSE DISTRICTS TO BE IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, THESE ARE THE FIRST OF SEVERAL PUBLIC INFORMATION SERIES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.
SO IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TO THIS FIRST ONE, UH, DO
UM, BUT WE WILL BE, UH, SHARING THAT INFORMATION, UH, FORWARD THROUGH ADRIANA FOR YOUR AWARENESS IN THE EVENT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND, UH, THOSE PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSIONS.
THIRD, UM, THE 24TH, WHICH IS NEXT FRIDAY.
UM, ASHLEY, UH, HERARDO OF THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER, AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN SUPPORT OF THE CREATIVES CARE INITIATIVE.
THE CREATIVES CARE INITIATIVE WILL BE HERE BRIEFING THE COMMISSION NEXT MONTH.
UM, UH, HOWEVER, THEY'LL BE HOSTING A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER NEXT FRIDAY AT 10:00 AM UH, TO, UH, ANNOUNCE VIA THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
ALTHOUGH I THINK THERE IS SOME ANNOUNCEMENT MADE ONLINE ALREADY, UH, ABOUT A HEALTHCARE, UH, SERVICE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO, UH, FOLKS IN THE CREATIVE SECTOR OF THE GIG INDUSTRY AND THE CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY
UM, AND, AND AGAIN, IN SUPPORT OF THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF FOLKS IN THE CREATIVE SECTOR, UM, TO ENSURE AGAIN, THAT THEY HAVE AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.
SO IF YOU CAN, WE'LL FURNISH FORWARD VISIT, I BELIEVE CHRISTINA HART HAS BEEN, UM, EMAILING FOLKS DIRECTLY.
SO IN THE EVENT THAT YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED, UM, AN INVITATION AS A COMMISSIONER, LET US KNOW SO WE CAN ALERT HER, UH, TO THAT.
UH, IN THE EVENT THAT YOU CAN MAKE IT TO THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER FOR THAT EVENT NEXT FRIDAY.
I SAID FORTH, UM, HOLD DIRECTOR MARTIN.
UM, JUST FYI, THE, THE NEWS, THEY, THEY'VE ALREADY ANNOUNCED THAT, UM, PUBLICLY, SO IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT, WE'RE SIMPLY HOSTING, UH, THE PRESS CONFERENCE AT LCC.
IT'S NOT FOR US TO KNOW WHAT THEIR PIPELINE OR PLANS HAVE BEEN ELSE OTHERWISE, BUT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, PLANNING TO HOST THEIR PRESS CONFERENCE, UH, THERE AT THE LCC NEXT FRIDAY.
ALSO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU MENTIONED THAT COMMISSIONER OMO, I KNOW THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S A DATE THAT IS SIGNIFICANT TO BYRON SANDERS AS IT RELATES TO THE LAUNCH.
SO PERHAPS SOME OF THAT INFORMATION AT THE MEDIA WAS RELEASED ON THAT PARTICULAR DATE.
SO I WANNA SAY IT'S ONE OF THE, LIKE OCTOBER 13TH OR SOME, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO HE MAY HAVE WANTED SOME INFORMATION TO COME OUT ON THAT SIGNIFICANT DATE, AND I IMAGINE HE MAY SPEAK TO THAT DURING THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
UM, AND MY OTHER UNDERSTANDING IS THE DATE WAS, UM, THEY LANDED ON THAT DATE BASED ON THEIR TRAVEL SCHEDULE FOR THIS MONTH AS WELL, BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM WERE QUITE BUSY.
AT ANY RATE, AGAIN, ADRIANA WILL, UH, FURNISH ALL OF THIS INFORMATION FORWARD FOR YOU, UM, SO THAT AS YOU'RE AVAILABLE, BUT YES, SIR DANIEL, I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE DOWN SPECIFICALLY ON A CREATIVE CARE THING.
IF YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE, I HIGHLY, UH, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE, I KNOW MY VIDEO'S OFF.
UM, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN.
UM, IT IS, I DON'T USE THIS HYPERBOLICALLY, IT IS GENUINELY A REVOLUTIONARY
AND SO IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR FOREVER, WHICH IS ACTUAL HEALTHCARE AND MENTAL HEALTH GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT.
SO I, I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO SHOW UP, UH, NOT JUST IN SUPPORT OF THE INITIATIVE, BUT TO LET ARTISTS AND, AND, UH, PEOPLE IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE IN YOUR CIRCLE KNOW, UH,
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ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE.BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL ELIGIBLE EV EVERY SINGLE ARTIST THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
THAT ONE TOO IS ELIGIBLE AND SO THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.
UM, ALL RIGHT, SO TWO, I HAVE TWO LAST UPDATES BEFORE I'M WRAPPING UP.
UM, WE HAD, UM, A BRIEFING RECENTLY IN OUR AUGUST MEETING FROM, UM, THE NIGHTTIME DIVISION.
UM, AND SINCE THAT TIME, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY LIVED IN ANOTHER PORTFOLIO.
AND SO, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BENTLEY OF THAT PORTFOLIO THOUGHT IT BEST TO CONSOLIDATE THE CITY'S NIGHTTIME EFFORTS AND SHIFT THAT DIVISION TO THE CODE COMPLIANCE, UH, DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THEY ARE THAT, THAT WORK HAS BEEN CONSOLIDATED THERE.
UM, AND WE ARE STILL, UH, WE'VE REC, UH, IN RECEIPT OF SOME OF THAT PORTFOLIO OF WORK FROM THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS, UM, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO COMMERCIAL FILM PERMITTING AND PULLED BANNER MARKET, UH, PERMITS AS WELL.
SO WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD ON THAT END FOR THIS PARTICULAR FISCAL YEAR, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD THAT UPDATE.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL, I'M SAYING THIS SO THAT IT'S ON THE RECORD, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT WASN'T OUR DECISION, UH, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
SO I'M SAYING THIS PURELY, UM, SO THAT IT IS ON THE RECORD FOR OPEN OPEN ME MEETINGS OR WHATEVER THE THING IS.
UM, I THINK, AND I, AND I PLAN ON SENDING A LETTER TO MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED.
I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE WORST DECISIONS FOR CREATING A CULTURE OF THE ARTS THAT TIME IN
UM, WE HAD AN ADVOCACY FOR NIGHTLIFE AND ENTERTAINMENT, AND WHEN I SAY NIGHTLIFE AND ENTERTAINMENT, I DON'T JUST MEAN CLUBS.
I MEAN EVERY RESTAURANT, EVERY VENUE, EVERYTHING THAT WE ENJOYED THE CITY HAS ENJOYED ADVOCACY FOR.
AND I THINK THAT MOVING TO DEPARTMENT OF CODE COMPLIANCE MOVES IT OUT OF THE REALM OF ADVOCACY AND MAKES IT ABOUT THE RULE AND MAKES IT ABOUT, UM, LESS ABOUT ENGAGEMENT AND MORE ABOUT ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS NOT WHAT THE GOAL IS.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS COLOSSALLY BAD IDEA.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, I'M SAYING IT HERE, THAT IS ON THE WEAKER SO THAT WHEN I SHOW UP AT CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE I HAVE TO SAY IT, I'LL HAVE SENT BOTH AS A COMMISSIONER AND AS ASSISTANT, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
YOU WANNA GO TO CITY COUNCIL MARTINO? SURE.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS, SIR.
SIR, I HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL AND CLOSING UPDATE.
UM, UH, AND THIS IS COMING FROM JULIA'S SIDE OF THE FENCE.
WE ARE PARTNERING AGAIN, UH, ABOUT CULTURE OF VALUE, SPECIFICALLY, FORGIVE ME.
WE'RE PARTNERING AGAIN WITH DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATION TO HOST 50 EVENTS OVER 30 DAYS.
WE'RE SUPPORTING 50 LOCAL ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING TEN FIRST TIME ARTISTS, UM, NEW TO OAC SPECIFICALLY.
SO IN EVERY DISTRICT, WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST TWO EVENTS.
AND IF YOU WANNA SEE EVENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT IN THE FALL CALENDAR, UM, YOU CAN GO TO DALLAS CULTURE.ORG, UH, TO THE CULTURE OF VALUE MONTH, UH, WEB PLATFORM OR WEBPAGE.
AND WE'LL ALSO MAKE SURE TO SEND THE DIRECT LINK, UH, VIA ADRIANA.
WE'LL BE SHARING EMAILS SPECIFIC TO YOUR DISTRICT, TO YOU AND YOUR RESPECTIVE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER NEXT WEEK, UM, WHICH IS THE STANDARD PRACTICE FOR THE ROLE, THE CULTURAL VALUE ROLLOUT.
AND IF YOU NEED ANY MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE BE SURE TO REACH OUT TO CEL OR JULIA, UM, SO THAT WE CAN, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU GET THAT INFORMATION NEXT WEEK AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THEN.
BUT AGAIN, VERY EXCITED, UM, ABOUT THIS AVENUE THAT HELPS US TOUCH EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY.
UH, HOLD FOR ANY FINAL QUESTIONS FOR ME.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO OUR DIRECTOR? IS THAT A QUESTION? UH, COMMISSIONER HALALO, IT, IT'S NOT A QUESTION, IT'S MORE OF A STATEMENT, BUT THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THE OVERVIEW OF ALL THE CULTURAL CENTERS.
UM, THE OAK CLIFF CULTURAL CENTER, WHICH IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
UM, I OUTLIVED ITS SPACE AND I WILL BE PUSHING FORWARD FOR A NEW FREESTANDING SPACE IN THE SPIRIT OF EQUALNESS EQUAL FOR ALL TO BE A, A, A FREESTANDING CULTURAL CENTER LIKE THE OTHERS, BECAUSE CLEARLY THEY HAVE, THEY
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HAVE EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS AND SURPASSED, AND THEY JUST DO NOT HAVE THE ROOM.SO I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD THAT IN ADDITION TO GOING TO CITY HALL WITH COMMISSIONER DANIEL, I'M GOING TO BE, UM, FULL FORCE IN MY ADVOCACY.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO THE DIRECTOR, WE ARE NOW IN OUR PART OF OUR MEETING.
UH, DO YOU, WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS, UH, UH, ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES THAT, UH, YOU'RE GONNA BRING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO, UH, IN YOUR DISTRICT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL THE COMMISSIONERS? ANYONE? COMMISSIONER OMO, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT IT.
WELL, UM, THE PAY FORUM FESTIVAL IS GOING ON THIS WEEKEND.
IT STARTS THIS WEEKEND, UM, AND THE WILD DETECTIVES BOOKSTORE SLASH COFFEE HOUSE AND, AND, AND BIG FRIEND TO THE ARTS HAS BEEN BEHIND THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
THE HAY FORUM IS A INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE, AND WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE IT IN DISTRICT ONE.
AND SO THAT STARTS, UM, THIS WEEK, THIS WEEKEND.
AND THEN THE FRIENDS OF WRR, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO JOIN ME AT THE AD OFFICE, UH, NOW, UM, THEY'RE HAVING A, AN APPRECIATION PARTY IN JESS GARLAND.
IT'S AMONG THE, UH, PERFORMERS AND, UH, FLAMENCO FEVERS HAVING THEIR FIRST GALA, WHICH I THINK TAKES A LOT OF, UM, THEY SHOULD BE COMMENDED BECAUSE A LOT OF ARTS ORGANIZATIONS FIND GALAS AS A MEANS OF, OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
AND SO FLAMENCO FEVER IS HAVING THEIRS, UH, IT'S CALLED THE DALI GALA THIS SATURDAY.
UM, AND I KNOW IT CONFLICTS WITH A LOT OF OTHERS, BUT KUDOS TO THEM.
OH, DID I, I THINK YOU RAISE MY HAND, BUT, UM, I'M PART OF SOMETHING, UH, NOVEMBER 7TH THROUGH NINTH CALLED, UM, UH, CONVERGENCE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, YEAH, WE JUST HAVE SOME THINGS COMING UP AT GALLERY 86 IN RIO, 2 1 4, UH, IN, IN MY DISTRICT.
BUT, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATES AT THE MOMENT, BUT I'LL SEND THEM VIA EMAIL IF THAT'S OKAY.
WHAT ELSE? COMMISSIONER JACKSON, IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE TO THE FAIR, THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND.
AND PLEASE, BY ALL MEANS, STOP BY THE CREATIVE ARTS
NOT TO JUST SEE MY WORK, BUT ALSO TO SEE ALL THE OTHER WONDERFUL WORK.
I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE, JIM, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU.
AND ON THAT NOTE, UH, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.