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YOU SO MUCH.[Arts and Culture Advisory Commission on February 19, 2026.]
BEING THAT WE HAVE QUO A CALL TO ORDER, UH, THE ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, AT THIS TIME, UH, I WOULD ASK, UH, STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS FOR THE RECORD? WE DO NOT.WE HAVE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS, SO, UH, BEING THAT WE HAVE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN OUR AGENDA AND WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START WITH OUR CULTURAL SPOTLIGHT.
AND I BELIEVE, UH, AUGUSTA, UH, AUGUSTA PALOMO YOU AGAIN, YOU RECOMMENDED THIS PARTICULAR, UM, CULTURAL SPOTLIGHT AND SO WOULD YOU MAKE THE INTRODUCTION? SURE THING.
SO LAURA, UM, IS THE FOUNDER OF, UH, THE BECKELS DANCING COMPANY.
HE IS ORIGINALLY FROM GUYANA, UM, AND CAME HERE AT THE AGE OF 14 AND WANTED TO DO DANCE LIKE SO MANY LITTLE BOYS
UH, AND, UH, WAS, I GUESS YOU WERE, YOU GOT, YOU SAW SOMEBODY DANCE AND DECIDED ANOTHER GUY DANCE AND YOU DECIDED YOU WANT TO GET INTO IT.
YOUR PARTNER CAME HERE IN 1994 TO START THE, OR TO DO HIS DANCE COMPANY AND YOU, YOU TOOK IT OVER AND KEPT IT GOING.
YOU CELEBRATED YOUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY LAST YEAR.
AND I'M NOT KIDDING, HE'S GOT DANCERS WHO ARE RETURNING TO GUEST PERFORM TO BE CHOREOGRAPHERS, TO BE IN THE LION KING, YOU NAME IT.
UH, AND I WAS LUCKY TO SEE YOUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY AT THE LCC AND LAST YEAR YOU ALSO RECEIVED THE JACK ALDER AWARD, UH, FOR ARTS ADVOCACY BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS THERE.
HE'S ALWAYS THERE WITH HIS ARTS BUTTON.
AND YOU HAVE JUST TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES IN SOUTH DALLAS, UH, ESPECIALLY AT THE SOUTHERN, UH, SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER.
SO, UH, LAURAS AND DEIDRE IS HERE TO TELL US ABOUT DANCING COMPANY.
I, UM, FIRST I DIDN'T KNOW YOU KNEW THAT MUCH ABOUT ME BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE.
SO, UNDER R GEORGE STARTED A COMPANY IN, HE CAME HERE TO DALLAS IN 94 TO TO DALLAS WEST.
BUT IN 95 HE WANTED TO HAVE HIS OWN GROUP.
HE PASSED THE NEXT YEAR AND I WAS HIS PARTNER, SO I JUST TOOK IT OFF AND KEPT IT GOING.
SO HE IS ACTUALLY THE ORIGINAL FOUNDER, BUT IT'S BEEN MY BABY FOR THAT MANY YEARS, 30 YEARS.
ADRIANA SAID SHE HAS SOME SLIDES, BUT I'M GONNA SAY A BRIEF INTRODUCTION FIRST AND THEN SHE CAN DO SLIDES AND MAYBE I'LL TALK SOME MORE.
WELL, I'M LAURA SANDY BECKS, AS YOU MIGHT HEARD,
I'M THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND DO THE VANTAGE IS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF BACK JAMES COMPANY.
UH, WHAT ELSE? OH YEAH, WE ARE NOW IN OUR 31ST YEAR.
I NEED A SCRIPT 'CAUSE I'LL REMEMBER EVERYTHING UNTIL I HAVE TO SAY AND THEN
UM, WE DO HAVE A PERFORMANCE NEXT WEEKEND, NEXT FRIDAY.
I GOT THE FILES FOR IT SO EVERYBODY CAN HAVE ONE.
AS A REMINDER, IT DOESN'T SAY THAT THIS PARTICULAR ONE DOESN'T SAY BACK GAMES COMPANY, BUT IT'S THAT EVENT.
IT'S GOT THE RIGHT DATE AND TIMES.
PASS AROUND WHILE, CAN YOU GRAB THOSE FLYERS PLEASE? AND PASS THEM OUT? DE WILL TAKE THEM THIS, WE HAVE OUR OWN D WE LOOKING FOR A LOT STAFF
WE AND ONE OF THE PERSON, OUR ASSISTANT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, CYNTHIA BAGLEY CC.
SO BETWEEN THE DANCE CAPTAIN OF ROSA CENTERS, UM, AND CC BAGLEY, WE'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN A STEP FORWARD TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN THE STAFF, BUT IT ALL COMES BACK TO US, BUT THEY'RE GOOD.
SO ANYWAY, WHERE WAS I? SO YEAH, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT PERFORMANCE.
SO HAVE SEVEN DANCERS, INCLUDING TWO WHO ARE WITH US SINCE 1999.
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WASN'T EVEN THE 2020 FIRST CENTURY ANYWAY.SO
AND THEN IN MAY, MAY 1ST AND SECOND WE'LL HAVE OUR SPRING PERFORMANCES AT THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER.
THERE WAS SEVEN O'CLOCK, UH, AND I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL KNOW I HAVEN'T BEEN SO GOOD MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HERE, BUT I'M GETTING BETTER.
IT GOTTA MAKE SURE YOU HEAR ANYWAY ON THE FIRST AND SECOND THING, PERFORMANCE FIRST ANNUAL PURSUIT PERFORMANCE.
LIKE T SAID, UM, LAST YEAR WE DID OUR 30TH LATINO COURSE CENTER.
IT WAS A BIGGER HOUSE THAN THE USUAL HAVE, BUT, UM, BIGGER HOUSE, BUT WITH BIGGER SPACE.
BUT THE, UM, THAT'S SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WE, BUT THE HOUSE ITSELF WAS NOT FULL READ.
OH, AND THE RECEPTION THAT DEIDRE, I'M LIKE, HOW MUCH DONE SHE'S GONNA DREAD.
SO THERE WAS NICE LITTLE RECEPTION BEFORE TOO.
UM, OUR YEAR USUALLY INCLUDES SOUTH DALLAS, DAN STRESSFUL, WHICH HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER.
IT SERVES AS A PLATFORM FOR DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO BOARD.
THEIR USUALLY RESET HERE AND THERE TO GET TO PERFORM.
THAT'S A SOUTH DALLAS DANCE VESSEL.
PEOPLE FROM SOUTH DALLAS AND FATHERS.
AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THIS CULTURE RECIPIENT THROUGH THE DANCE COUNCIL.
UM, AND WE ARE ON THIS YEAR CAP CULTURE, CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAM.
UM, SO WE, WE DID OUR FIRST PERFORMANCE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AT THE CU CENTER, THE NURSING HOME.
AND BEING A SENIOR MYSELF, I'M LIKE, I'M THERE
BUT, BUT I ALWAYS LIKED DOING THAT.
WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE, BUT THAT WAS YOUR FIRST THING THIS YEAR.
SO THAT'S ALL I REALLY HAVE TO SAY.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ASK ME.
UH, MR. BECK? NO, YOU SAID IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO HOW CAN, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION? WHAT WOULD YOU DO FIRST? GIVE US MONEY.
CONSIDER BECOMING A SPONSOR OR SUPPORT.
AS AN OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE COMMISSION PARTY, TO THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
'CAUSE THEM FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST ONE PERSON'S, A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND, UM, OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR CHEERLEADERS
BUT YEAH, IT'S NICE TO HAVE A, AN ADVISORY COMMISSION ANYWAY.
UM, YEAH, ADRIANA, ADRIAN, THIS IS SHOW WE OH, EVERYBODY DANCING.
ANYWAY, THIS WAS THE
WHERE IS THIS BIGGER SCREEN? YEAH.
IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO LOOK HERE.
YOU FORGOT ABOUT THE YOUTH, YOUTH PANTHER FESTIVAL.
PART OF THE, UH, SUB DOS DANCE FESTIVAL.
THAT'S WHAT THE PLATFORM WE, WE PRESENT, MAKE AVAILABLE.
SO THERE YOUTH AND OTHERS AND ESPECIALLY SHOWCASE.
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WERE IN THE SOUTH DALLAS.I BROUGHT, UM, THOSE SLIDES BECAUSE THAT'S OUR MOST RECENT PHARMACY EXCEPT FOR THE ONE WE DID AT THE NURSING HOME.
YOUTH SHOWCASE TO ME, THEY'RE DEAR AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DEAR PEOPLE.
UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO, SO WE HAVE FIND THAT PLATFORM.
THERE'S SOME TAPPERS YOU CAN'T HEAR.
IT'S HARD TO HEAR TAPPERS, BUT ON THE TOP LEFT, THERE ARE CHAPTERS TO HISPANIC, YOU KNOW, THAT SPAN OF TEXAS.
AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
COMMISSIONER MAY UH, UH, LOUIS, I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR YOU TO TELL THIS COMMISSION HOW LONG THE SOUTH DALLAS DANCE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN GOING ON AND WHY YOU STARTED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WELL, I, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 25 YEARS NOW.
UM, I STARTED BECAUSE I JUST WANTED PEOPLE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO DO STUFF.
SO WE HAD THE VARIOUS PEOPLE I SAID, WE'RE PUTTING ON A SHOW AND YOU WANT TO BE PART OF IT.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID, YES, WE DO HAVE.
HUH? MAYOR LOW MAYOR LEWIS WAS THERE.
OH, DOES ANYBODY KNOW? MAYOR LOW? YES MA'AM.
OH, OH, YOU, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF ADVOCATES ON.
I'M GONNA GIVE HIM, I'M GONNA GIVE HIM A PLUMP 'CAUSE HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT STONE
UM, WHEN HE WAS, WHEN HE WAS, UM, FIRST IN AT THE CENTER, 'CAUSE WE BROUGHT HIM IN, UH, AS A RESIDENT COMPANY, HE COMPLAINED THAT THE DANCE COMPANIES IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR GOT VERY LITTLE LOVE IN THE CITY.
AND WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF THERE WERE A DANCE FESTIVAL THAT MADE SURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE DOING DANCE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR COULD HAVE A SHOWCASE.
AND AT THAT TIME, MARY LO SWEAT, WHO WAS A PIONEER IN THIS CITY FOR, FOR DANCE, HAD ONE OF THE ONLY MAJOR DANCE SCHOOLS IN THE CITY AND HAD A COMPANY THAT WOULD PERFORM.
UM, SO MARY LO WAS ONE OF THE, WITH LO SHE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT STARTED THIS WHOLE IDEA OF WE GOTTA HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOWCASE.
I MEAN, YOU REALLY ALMOST OUTGREW THE CENTER WITH THAT.
HOW MANY GROUPS? I DON'T KNOW.
20 SOME ODD GROUPS PERFORMING.
YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE WERE THAT MANY.
SO YEAH, HE'S, HE'S VERY MODEST ABOUT THIS.
BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP UP FOR THE CITY TO HAVE A, UM, WAY TO SEE ALL THE DANCE THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
MR. PEL JOINING US, UH, WE'RE STARTING AROUND A LITTLE BIT, UH, LONG ON TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY, UH, LET'S TAKE A COUPLE MORE MINUTES.
I DON'T THINK HE HAS ANYTHING FURTHER.
I THINK MR. STATE, I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT, UM, COMMISSIONER LEE A LOT ON WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO US.
SO WE PERFORM FULL PERFORMANCES EXCEPT YOUTH SHOWCASE.
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IN TERMS OF YOUTH COMPANIES, THEY'RE, WELL, YOU SAW THEM, SOME OF THEM ARE JUST BEGINNERS, SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO, THEY DO EVERY LITTLE THAT THEY CAN.
AND WE WERE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM SO YOU CAN SHOWCASE.
AND THEY USED TO BE A
SO THERE WERE FRIDAY, TWO SATURDAY, AND ONE ON SUNDAY.
YOU COMMISSIONER BODE? I BELIEVE YOU WERE NO, I WAS GONNA SAY, I WAS JUST REFERENCING COMMISSIONER.
UH, A SHE'S GOT HER HAND ON, SHE HAS HER IN THE GALLERY.
I JUST BRIEFLY, BRIEFLY WANT TO SAY HELLO, MR. BECKELS.
AND HI, MS. BRENT, THIS IS AMBER PICK.
MS. BRENT, LITTLE AMBER FROM CONCORD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND, UM, AND MS. MARY LOIS WAS ONE OF MY FIRST DANCE TEACHERS.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH MEMORIES OF MY TIME WITH HER, BUT MY MOM ALWAYS REFERENCES MARY LOIS NEVER FORGET THAT.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU.
FIVE YEARS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING MAYOR ROSE, WHO WAS ON THE BOARD AND ALWAYS VOLUNTEERED FOR THE
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AND IF SHE DIDN'T GET YOU THE FIRST TIME, SHE'LL ASK TO AGAIN UNTIL SHE SPOKE WITH YOU, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, STUFF GETS UNDER MORE STUFF COMES IN.BUT IF SHE TALKS TO YOU AND I LEARNED THAT SHE NEEDS TO, YOU NEED TO TALK TO THAT PERSON.
I JUST WANNA SAY ALSO WITH THE FIFTH ONE, WE DO A MASTERCLASS.
USUALLY HAVE 40 TO 50 YOUNG PEOPLE.
UM, IT IS A COMBINATION OF PEOPLE, THE YOUTH THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE FESTIVAL, BUT IT'S ALSO OPEN.
UM, EVERYTHING WE DO IS OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO, UM, OFFER FREE COMMUNITY DANCE CLASSES.
UH, WEDNESDAY, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A, A, A, UH, YOUTH CLASS THAT WE'VE STARTED.
WE'RE LOOKING TO GROW THAT AND EXPAND THAT.
UM, AT THE CULTURAL CENTER, YOU KNOW, A SPACE IS MADE AVAILABLE FOR US.
UM, 'CAUSE WE WANNA TRY TO REACH 'EM YOUNG AND HELP WITH THE TRAINING, THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE GROWTH.
LIKE MY TWO DAUGHTERS, THEY WERE WITH MR. BECKELS SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON UP, AND NOW THEY'RE IN NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, DANCING PROFESSIONALLY.
AND SO A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS, UM, THEY BASICALLY GREW UP WITH WITH LAURAS.
AND SO THAT'S WHO WE'RE LOOKING TO OFFER TO HAVE THAT PLACE.
UH, THEY GET THE TRAINING, THE DEVELOPMENT, THE SUPPORT, AND YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT TO NORTH DALLAS OR PLANO OR RICHARDSON.
THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET THAT QUALITY SUPPORT TRAINING AND LOVE FROM THEIR OWN COMMUNITY IN SOUTH DALLAS.
AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE DOING WORLD CLASS WORK THERE.
IF, UH, COMMISSIONER AMBER PICKENS IS AN EXAMPLE OF YOUR STUDENTS AS, UH, WE ALL KNOW HERE IN THE COMMISSION.
UH, SHE WENT ON TO BE ADMITTED TO THE JULLIARD SCHOOL OF DANCE.
UH, YOU'RE DOING WORLD CLASS HUNTING, SO THAT'S GOOD AT TOOTING MY OWN HORN
AS A MATTER OF FACT, JARED BROWN, I STARTED DANCING ONE YEAR, GOT A SCHOLARSHIP TO UNIVERSITY AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSITY.
I STARTED DANCING PROFESSIONALLY.
I DANCED WITH MODERN COMPANIES, ELLIOT PROMAR DANCE COMPANY, JOHN MILLER, DANCE PLAYERS IN NEW YORK.
UM, DAILY TWO AS WELL, AND CAPITAL BALANCE.
SO I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I WON'T TALK ABOUT IT EXCEPT PEOPLE,
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHO I AM.
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO OFFER ACTUAL EXPERIENCE TO YOUNGER PEOPLE.
AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE, THE COMMUNITY THAT'S BASICALLY UNDERSERVED.
I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE TO THEM BECAUSE YOU'LL FIND PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT HAD THE CORRECT TRAINING.
BUT I HAVE, AND I'LL GO VERY SLOWLY AND TEACH 'EM, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT DO THIS AND THEREFORE, AND GROW.
WE'VE HAD THREE GUYS AND TWO LADIES IN PARTICULAR WHO ARE WORKING VERY HARD.
HE GOT INTO SCHOOL WITHOUT AN AUDITION.
THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE DOWN, UH, OUR AGENDA BEFORE WE GET TO THE VOTING ITEMS, WE'RE GONNA TAKE, UH, ONE THING OUT OF ORDER.
WE HAVE, UH, A VERY SPECIAL PERSON, UH, IN OUR, UH, IT'S HARD TO SAY.
HE'S SEATED IN THE GALLERY RIGHT NOW.
COMMISSIONER JESSE HORNBUCKLE, COULD YOU PLEASE, IT'S NOTHING SPECIAL FOR JESSE.
JESSE, WE HAVE A, AN AWARD FOR YOU FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS.
ALRIGHT, SO LET ME READ IT FOR THE RECORD FIRST BEFORE WE PRESENT IT TO YOU.
UH, OUTGOING COMMISSIONER JESSE HORNBUCKLE FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE ON THE ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
AS BOTH AN AT LARGE MEMBER AND COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT FOUR, WE COMMEMORATE YOUR ADVOCACY AND LEADERSHIP, WHICH HAVE PROFOUNDLY ENRICHED THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND CREATIVE SPIRIT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE ARE NOTED AS 2017 THROUGH 2025.
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COME ON NOW.JESSE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE REMARKS IF YOU WOULD.
I PROMISE YOU IT IS 30 SECONDS, ACTUALLY.
I FIGURED OUT IT WAS NINE YEARS.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT TILL TODAY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I OBSERVED.
UH, THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS BEING REMOVED.
I DIDN'T SAY THAT FOR AN APPLAUSE.
I SAID THAT BECAUSE NOTHING LIKE THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
OUR PUBLIC ART DEPARTMENT MAKES SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S INPUT IS IN WHEN WE HAVE A PIECE OF PUBLIC ART COMING OUT.
AND SHE'S NOT HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT YOU DO.
WE WILL NOT SEE ART THAT OFFENDS ANYONE.
AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
AND THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED THAT EVERYBODY HAS A VOICE.
SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT CONTINUES.
AND EVERYBODY REALIZE IN THE PAST WHAT HAPPENED AND THEIR CORRECTING THOSE PROBLEMS AND BRING ATTENTION TO THEM.
SO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, IT'S GONNA BE THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS HARD SHOOTING.
UH, ALSO JUANITA CRAFT WATCH THAT HAPPEN.
AT THE TIME THAT I CAME HERE, UH, PLACE WAS IN DISREPAIR.
AND NOW IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BE PROUD OF.
BUT THE COMMISSION, THE COMMISSIONER DID A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING IN THE SEAT REALLY BRINGS IMPACT.
WHAT ELSE DID I HAVE HERE? UH, ORGANIZE BETTER.
AND I WATCH DIFFERENT DIRECTORS GO.
UM, BUT I'M STILL CONFIDENT THAT WITH CHANGE, IT'S GONNA CONTINUE.
UM, THE GIST OF WHAT I'M SAYING IS I'VE MET PEOPLE FROM ALL PARTS OF THE CITY WITH DIFFERENT ORIENTATIONS, SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS, DIFFERENT HUES, DIFFERENT UH, RELIGIONS.
AND WE CAME TOGETHER, THE ALLOCATION COMMITTEE.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE HAPPEN HAPPENED.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT OPINIONS GOT TOGETHER AND THEY MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
IT'S GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
IT'S NOT HAPPENING OVERNIGHT, BUT IT'S, IT'S CHANGING.
AND I, I LOOK AT PEOPLE LIKE MR. HELS WHO CAME ALONG AT A TIME THAT IT WAS, IT WAS NOT A GOOD TIME, BUT WE'RE SLOWLY GETTING A RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO I'M REALLY PROUD TO SERVE AS YOU PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN OUR CITY.
AND MY PREDECESSORS, UH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I COULD HELP WITH OR SHARE, I'M OPEN TO THAT.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A POWERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ME PERSONALLY, TO SAY THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.
UM, I'M PROBABLY THE ONLY PERSON AROUND THIS HORSES, YOU WHO CAN SAY THAT I KNEW HIM SINCE HE WAS THAT BIG
UH, AND I SAY THAT WITH, WITH LOTS OF LOVE BECAUSE IT WAS HIS MOTHER.
AND I'M GONNA TEAR UP A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE I LOVED HIS MOTHER INTENSELY.
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DALLAS WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE AND WAS ONE OF MY CHAMPIONS FOR EVERYTHING I WANTED TO DO.AND SO I MET JESSE AS A VERY YOUNG PERSON AND WATCHED HIM MATURE INTO THE WONDERFUL COMMISSIONER THAT HE BECAME.
UM, BUT ALSO JUST HIS INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY.
UM, HE'S MENTORED MY SON AS MY EX MENTORED HIM.
UM, AND WE HAVE A VERY LONG RELATIONSHIP.
BUT I'M MOST PROUD OF THE FACT THAT JESSE GREW IN THIS POSITION.
'CAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN YOU TOOK IT AND YOU WERE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, VIC, I'M NOT SURE SURE ABOUT THIS.
AND HE GREW INTO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMISSIONERS WE'VE EVER SEEN ON THIS COMMISSION.
SO JESSE, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND, UM, WELL, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE SEEING YOU SERVICE
UM, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY IT HERE.
UM, I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MENTORS ON THIS COMMISSION AND JESSE IS ONE OF MY PRIMARY MENTORS.
I HAVE ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION, BUT I THINK I REALLY GOT MY FEET AND BECAME AN EFFECTIVE COMMISSIONER BECAUSE OF WHAT I LEARNED FROM JESSE HORNBECK.
UM, AND, AND HE DID IT SO PATIENTLY AND NICELY AND SWEETLY AND NEVER REALLY CALLED ME OUT DIRECTLY, BUT, UM, BUT JUST POINTED ME THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND GAVE ME INFORMATION AND HELPED ME GROW NOT ONLY AS A COMMISSIONER, BUT AS A PERSON AND AS A CITIZEN OF DALLAS.
AND I, I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE ENJOYED MY WORK ON THE COMMISSION NEARLY AS MUCH WITHOUT YOU, JESSE.
AND I KNOW I WOULDN'T BE THE PERSON THAT I AM TODAY WITHOUT YOU BEING MY MENTOR AND MY FRIEND.
AND THIS IS NOT THE END OF THAT RELATIONSHIP, THAT'S FOR SURE.
I'LL BE SITTING YOU, SO I CAN'T CLAIM, UH, CLAIM TO, UH, TO WHAT VICKI CAN CLAIM TO IS HAVING KNOWN YOU FOR AS LONG.
BUT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR DECADES.
AND I THANK YOU SINCERELY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR MAKING THIS, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID AND FOR MAKING ALL OF US AROUND THE COMMISSION BETTER AT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, SO I, WHEN I WAS INVITED TO BE ON THE COMMISSION, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS REALLY GETTING INTO
BUT I WAS EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
AND JESSE, YOU WERE THE PROBABLY THE FIRST PERSONS, ONE OF THE FIRST PERSONS THAT I MET.
AND WE PROBABLY HAD, UM, THE LONGEST CONVERSATION.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, HA HAVE SHARED INTEREST IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND WE TALKED AND IT WAS JUST LIKE, IT'S ONE OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WHERE YOU MEET SOMEBODY AND YOU INSTANTLY JUST SEEM TO CONNECT.
AND SO, UM, YOUR MENTORSHIP, AS M HAS SAID, HAS BEEN, UM, PHENOMENAL.
WE, I LOVE OUR RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WIFE THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN CALL YOU AT SIX, SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND I'M LIKE, WHAT? WHY IS THIS WOMAN CALLING YOU? AND WE CAN TALK, YOU KNOW, FOR HOURS AT A TIME.
AND I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE SUPPORT AND NOT JUST IN TERMS OF BEING ON THE COMMISSION, BUT ALSO IN MY ART AND, UM, ENCOURAGING ME, YOU KNOW, ALONG THAT LINE.
UM, I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I'VE MET YOU AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUED BROTHER AND SISTERHOOD AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M PROUD OF YOU TOO.
'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN ADDITION TO THE COMMISSION, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GOALS THAT YOU'VE WANTED AND THAT THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE AS NECESSARILY POSSIBLE THAT YOU ARE NOW ABLE TO DO AND EXPERIENCE.
SO I KNOW FROM HERE YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, GREAT THINGS, YOU KNOW, AHEAD.
I'M, UH, I'LL BE CALLING YOU
JESSE IS HEALTHY AND AVAILABLE AND HE'S HERE.
THIS IS NOT A FUNERAL, RIGHT? COMMENTS TO TWO MINUTES BEFORE JUDGE.
UH, WE HAVE COMMENTS IN THE GALLERY, UH, AND LET'S GO.
COMMISSIONER, UH, DANIEL PICKINS AND URIEL AND TRILLA.
I, UH, JOINED THE COMMISSION DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHICH IS A REALLY WEIRD TIME TO JOIN A BODY OF PEOPLE THAT GATHERED TOGETHER.
UM, AND WHAT I APPRECIATE MOST ABOUT YOU THAT YOU KNOW THE STORY, THE, THE, THE NARRATIVE THAT YOU KEEP HEARING IS ONE OF LIKE, MENTORSHIP.
UM, AND YOU ARE A TEACHER AND WE KNOW THIS.
AND SO I THINK THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE LEGACY AND THE LEGACY EVEN HERE.
YOU KNOW, I CAME IN, UH, VERY EXCITED ABOUT JOINING THE COMMISSION, BELIEVING STRONGLY AND WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO.
UH, AND WHAT I APPRECIATE MOST ABOUT YOU THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS YOU'VE HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND THE WEIGHT AND THE GRAVITY OF
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WHAT WE DO.UM, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES, YOU KNOW, HE, HE JOKINGLY, BUT NOT SO JOKINGLY TALKS ABOUT THE THE WORKING ALLOCATIONS.
UH, AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THINKING AWAY AND, AND FOCUS ON A THING.
AND JESSE WILL CALL ME AND BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, HEY, COMMISSIONER DANIEL, UH, YOU HAVE A SECOND, SECOND BROTHER.
AND THEN HE'LL SAY, HEY, I KNOW I, I'M NOT TRYING TO INFLUENCE YOUR DECISION.
BUT HE'D SAY, I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.
AND WE'D TALK FOR 15, 30 MINUTES, HOWEVER LONG IT TOOK.
AND AT THE END THERE WAS A DECISION THAT WOULD MAKE, SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE A CHANGE OF MY MIND.
UM, AND SOMETIMES I'D SAY, I HEAR YOU JESSE, AND I GOTTA STAND WHERE I STAND AND HERE'S WHY.
AND HE WAS ALWAYS, AND YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN GRACIOUS, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN KIND, YOU'VE ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD THE POSITION THAT I BROUGHT, EVEN IF IT WAS DIFFERENT THAN YOURS.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, UM, TO YOU.
UH, I, I TOO HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE HELL I WAS DOING WHEN I JOINED THIS COMMISSION.
UM, AND WATCHING YOU AND THE WAY THAT YOU NAVIGATE IT WITH GRACE, UM, AND ALSO WITH STRENGTH HAS BEEN REALLY ENCOURAGING.
I JUST WANNA SAY BRAVO, MR. JESSE.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DECADE OF SERVICE ON THE COMMISSION AND DECADES OF SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE DALLAS METROPLEX AND BEYOND.
AND I ALSO JUST WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING SO WELCOMING AND WARM TOWARDS ME.
YOU HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN A MENTOR AND HELPS ME IMMENSELY IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND I DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING AND CREATING WITH YOU.
BUT YOU DEFINITELY ARE THE EPITOME OF THE MENTOR THAT ALL OF US HOPE TO BE.
AND ESPECIALLY IN ALL THESE COMMUNITIES IN DALLAS, ALL THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND BEYOND.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, BRAVO AND CHEERS TO YOU.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER URIEL, YOU'RE MUTED, YOU'RE ON MUTE.
LET'S GO TO COMMISSIONER ILLA AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO COMMISSIONER CUREL ONCE YOU GET YOUR, UH OH NO.
OH, IS IT, IS IT THEM OR IT US? IT IS IT ON OUR END? ON END.
COMMISSIONER ICONS, YOU, THEY'RE ICON SHOWING.
WELL, FOR HERE'S THE THING, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE WISHING JESSE WELL.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? THERE WE GO.
WE STARTED TOGETHER AT THE, UH, CONFEDERATE MONUMENT TASK FORCE, AND I THINK WE WERE THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND.
NOT REALLY SURE WHAT WE WERE DOING, BUT IT HAS, UH, I'M NOT GONNA GO ON WITH ALL THE ACCOLADES BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S BEEN SAID, HAS BEEN TRUE.
BUT, UM, WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS AGREED, UH, ON SOME THINGS.
BUT I THINK WE ARE A TRUE TESTAMENT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ALWAYS AGREE TO STILL HAVE RESPECT.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE AND I CANNOT WAIT TO WORK WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.
LET'S TRY COMMISSIONER CUREL AGAIN.
ARE YOU, CAN YOU HEAR US? ARE YOU ON MUTE? YOU'RE MUTED.
IS YOUR VOLUME TURNED UP ON YOUR LAPTOP? 'CAUSE OF THE MUTE TIME IS OFF, BUT FOR SOME REASON WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
THE VOLUME IS ALL THE WAY UP ON YOUR LAPTOP.
TABATHA, IT MIGHT BE ONE OF YOUR SOUND SETTINGS, YOU MIGHT NEED TO GO INTO YOUR MICROPHONE AND OR, AND CHANGE IT, BUT HERE, HERE'S THE, IT'S ON AND ON THE SCREEN AND IT'S OFF.
BUT SHE'LL, SHE'LL UNMUTE AND IT STILL HAS THAT ISSUE.
IT'S PROBABLY A MICROPHONE SITTING ON HER END.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, KIRSTEN HERE.
WE KNOW THAT YOU WISH JESSE THE BEST, UM, AND WE SEND HIM YOUR LOVE FOR YOU
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OH, OKAY.
IT WAS A SETTING, I GUESS IT WAS ATTACHED TO, UM, TO A HEADPHONE.
ANYWAY, I BASICALLY JUST WANTED TO SAY, I DON'T ALWAYS FEEL WELCOME IN CERTAIN, IN SPACES LIKE THESE.
AND YOU WERE A VERY, A VERY WELCOMING SPIRIT TO ME, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
YOU THINK I WAS THERE WHEN YOU CAME? YES,
AND I WAS SO EXCITED BECAUSE THERE WAS ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPHER.
AND AT THAT POINT, YOU AND I WERE REALLY PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY ARTISTS ON THE COMMISSION.
THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION, BUT NOT MANY ARTISTS.
AND I SWEAR IF THE TWO OF US, I JUST, I, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR EVERYBODY HERE.
AND I LOVE YOU AND I LOVE THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
I KNOW ABOUT THE HARD WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR LOTS OF PEOPLE.
THANK YOU, MR. YEAH, I MEAN, I CAME IN RIGHT BEFORE COVID, LIKE DECEMBER, 2019, AND JESSE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT CALLED ME UP AND
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SAID, OH, US SOUTHERN SOUTH DALLAS, PEOPLE GOTTA STICK TOGETHER.AND SO WE, WE GOT COFFEE AND HE KIND OF SHOWED ME THE ROPES AND WE'VE BEEN ON ALLOCATIONS TOGETHER PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE TIME.
UM, MOST OF THE TIME WE AGREE
THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M A TEACHER TOO, SO I KNOW WHAT HE DOES AND HE'S JUST HAS THAT PASSION AND IT'S, YOU'VE BROUGHT IT HERE AND IT'S AMAZING.
SO THANK YOU J UM, WE DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER VERY WELL, BUT WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER.
I WAS ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR POINT TO CRAP.
SO, SO I SAW YOU AND CANON MANEUVER THROUGH THE CITY WITH SUCH GRADES, UM, OVERCOMING LOTS OF HURDLES FOR THE HOUSE.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU.
FOR ONE, TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR DISTRICT.
AND, UH, I CAN ALREADY TELL FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD BEFORE THIS MEETING, AND OF COURSE THESE INCREDIBLE REMARKS TODAY THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT I CAN LEARN FROM YOU.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, OFFER.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, SOMEBODY JUST IN THE, IN THE DISTRICT, D FOUR, UH, YOUR, YOUR VOICE, YOUR LEGACY, LIKE THAT'S THE TYPE OF IMPACT THAT WHEN I TALK TO YOUNG PEOPLE, THAT'S WHAT I WANT THEM KNOW TO.
SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I'M JUST NOW REALIZING HOW MANY OF YOU THAT WE'RE HERE I GOT HERE ARE OLD ON THIS COMMITTEE,
UM, AND I CAME HERE TO DALLAS, OF COURSE, I'M ABSENT HISTORICAL CONTEXT 'CAUSE I'M NEW TO THE CITY AND I'M ALSO ABSENT SUPPORT FROM MY PREDECESSORS.
AND SO THAT LEFT ME TO LEAN VERY HEAVILY ON THOSE OF YOU ON THIS COMMISSION WHO ARE WILLING TO FILL IN THAT GAP.
AND A FEW OF YOU DID THAT ON YOUR OWN ACCORD AND YOU ARE ONE OF THEM.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ENSURING THAT I DIDN'T HAVE ANY BLIND SPOTS WHEN I GOT HERE, UH, FOR HELPING ME UNDERSTAND, UH, THE CULTURE AND CLIMATE HERE, UM, HELPING ME DODGE, UH, CERTAIN BULLETS AND BARRIERS.
UM, AND IT MEANT A LOT BECAUSE ONE, I WAS ABLE TO AVOID, UH, MESS AND CONFUSION AND, YOU KNOW, JUST UNNECESSARY BARRIERS.
PERHAPS SOMEONE WHO'S NEW TO THE CITY WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF COMMISSIONERS LIKE SELVES, UM, WOULD HAVE TO ENDURE.
UM, BUT YOU WERE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHY YOU WOULD OFFER GUIDANCE AND ADVICE AND INFORMATION, UM, AND HOW I COULD, UH, USE THAT INFORMATION TO THE BENEFIT OF MYSELF AND MY STAFF.
I WANNA ALSO THANK YOU FOR CHAMPIONING ON BEHALF OF RHONDA'S TEAM AND RHONDA ON BEHALF OF GLEN TO ENSURE THAT GLEN COULD RETURN FROM SANITATION AND CHECKING ON ME AND MY GIRL MILES.
SO I JUST, I'M GONNA MISS YOU AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M CHILLING IN MY ROLE, NOT STRESSED IN MY ROLE IS BECAUSE OF THE GUIDANCE THAT YOU'VE OFFERED ME IN THESE LAST THREE YEARS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA, UH, MOVE DOWN THE AGENDA AND CONSISTENT WITH, UH, TAKING THINGS OUT OF ORDER,
MAY I, MAY I SAY A FEW THINGS? YES, PLEASE.
I WANNA INTRODUCE MY TWO FRIENDS, CHRISTINA HART, DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL TOURISM IN THE DALLAS MUSIC OFFICE AT VISIT DALLAS.
AND MY OTHER DEAR FRIEND, BRIAN SANDERS, WHO IS A DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, FORMERLY OF OUR FAVORITE BIG THOUGHT
UM, BUT WE'RE SO EXCITED, UH, TO TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL ABOUT THIS NEW SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANT INITIATIVE AND SUPPORTIVE ARTISTS AND THEIR HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
THANKS EVERYBODY FOR HAVING US.
UM, I, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW EVERYBODY SITTING AROUND THE TABLE, I I
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WANNA TAKE JUST TWO SECONDS TO, UM, EXPLAIN MY ROLE AND HOW WE GOT HERE AND WHY THIS THING WAS, UM, CREATED.SO I'M THE DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL TOURISM AND THE DALLAS MUSIC OFFICE AT VISIT DALLAS.
BUT WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU IS THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO A MARKETING FIRM THROUGH THE LENS OF SOMEBODY WHO UNDERSTANDS THE ARTS AND CAN SUPPORT YOUR ORGANIZATIONS IN ALL OF YOUR DISTRICTS.
I MANAGE THE TPI MARKETING EVENT MARKETING FUND.
UM, THERE'S 89 ORGANIZATIONS THIS YEAR THAT ARE RECEIVING FUNDING.
THEY GET UP TO $25,000 THROUGH THIS FUND.
UM, I HAVE 96 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ON MY BOARD.
I TRY TO GO TO AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.
UM, SO I, UM, I PRIDE MYSELF ON BEING TAPPED IN AND, UM, ACCESSIBLE.
I, UM, AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MOST OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS.
EVEN IF I HAVEN'T GONE TO THE EXHIBIT FOR PERFORMANCE, I CAN SPEAK TO IT.
UM, BUT ALSO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW.
SO, I, IN, IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, IF THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HASN'T TAPPED INTO WHAT WE HAVE AT VISIT DALLAS, MEANING OUR CALENDAR AND SOCIAL MEDIA AMPLIFICATION AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, UM, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME AND, UM, LET ME HELP YOU HAVE THEM GET ACCESS TO, UM, OUR MARKETING AND AND STUFF BECAUSE WE, WE ARE ONLY BETTER IF WE SHOW OFF ALL OF THE AMAZING ARTS AND CULTURE WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
UM, I AM ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF THE DALLAS MUSIC OFFICE, WHICH IS TWO YEARS YOUNG.
UM, AND UPON STARTING, UM, I VISITED WITH 30 OR SO PLUS, UH, PEOPLE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND ASK THEM, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THIS OFFICE? WHAT, UH, I COME FROM THE FINE ARTS SPACE.
SO MUSIC INDUSTRY WAS A WEAKNESS, A WEAK POINT FOR ME, AND I WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHAT DO YOU NEED? THREE, THREE THINGS CAME TO THE TOP.
ONE IS, IF WE'RE A MUSIC FRIENDLY CITY, WHY ISN'T THERE MUSIC, UH, IN PUBLIC SPACES? TWO WAS A PIPELINE FOR YOUNG AND, UM, EMERGING ARTISTS INTO AND SORT OF HAVING ACCESS TO NEXT STEPS, UH, INTO THE, THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREER.
SO I CONQUERED THE FIRST TWO WITH, UM, AN ASKING PROGRAM PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN GOING FOR A YEAR AND A HALF NOW.
WE HAVE 30 PLUS ARTISTS, IT'S BASED ON UNI, WHICH IS MUSIC UNDER NEW YORK.
THEY'RE AUDITIONED, THEY'RE VETTED.
UM, THEY ALSO, THROUGH THAT COHORT AND YEAR WITH US IN THE BUSKING PROGRAM, RECEIVE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO PROFESSIONALS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH HAPPY HOURS NETWORKING.
UM, AND, UM, IT, THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.
MANY WON, UH, DALLAS ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS, UH, IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
UH, I'M NOT SAYING WE MADE THAT HAPPEN, BUT WE ACCELERATED THEIR, THEIR, UM, VISIBILITY INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, THEY'VE BEEN CHOSEN TO PLAY IN FESTIVALS THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE, UH, OTHERWISE HAD ACCESS TO.
UM, AND LOTS OF EXTRA GIGS THROUGH, UM, CONVENTIONS AND MEETINGS AND THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE CORPORATE SPACE THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN KNOWN ABOUT.
UH, AND THEN THE THIRD WAS HEALTHCARE.
SO, UH, DAMANI KNOWING, UH, SORRY, COMMISSIONER DANIEL
UM, I'VE BEEN TO PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, UH, HEALTHCARE RESOURCES AND IT WAS EITHER THEY DIDN'T WANNA PUT THE EFFORT IN AND DIDN'T WANNA WORK WITH ME OR, UH, IT WAS JUST GONNA STAY TOO EXPENSIVE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HANGING MY HEAD ONE DAY, DIDN'T
AND SO WE WENT TO LUNCH AND WITHIN 10 MINUTES, UM, REALIZED THAT THIS THING WAS GONNA HAPPEN AND THAT WE COULD MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO THAT WAS AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
WE LAUNCHED AUGUST 20, I MEAN, SORRY, OCTOBER 24TH.
AND, UM, SINCE THEN HAVE HAD, UM, NOTHING BUT WONDERFUL RESULTS FROM IT ARE ARTISTS THAT ARE STARTING.
SO I'M GONNA KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE FRONT END OF THIS AND, UM, THE ACCESS.
AND THEN HE WILL GIVE SORT OF THE MEAT AND POTATOES HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE.
UM, SO, UH, IT IS CALLED CREATIVE CARE DALLAS, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO, IS CREATIVE CARE DALLAS RIGHT FOR YOU? THIS IS WHERE YOU GUYS SAY YES TO ALL OF YOUR CREATIVES IN YOUR DISTRICT.
UH, WE STARTED WITH SOLELY, UH, HAVING IT FOR
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GIGGING CREATIVES, UM, MEANING, YOU KNOW, 10 99 WORKERS.BUT WHAT, WHAT WE'VE EXPANDED IT NOW.
UM, SO IT IS NOT ONLY, UM, ANYONE WHO HAD, YOU KNOW, IS EMPLOYED GE CREATIVES, BUT ALSO ORGANIZATIONS THAT EMPLOY, UM, CREATIVES.
SO THE TEXAS THEATER IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
THEY CAME TO US AND THEY WOULD ASK US, HOW, HOW CAN WE MAKE, HOW CAN WE GET OUR EMPLOYEES UNDER THIS? UM, SO THOSE THREE.
SO PRETTY MUCH ANYONE IS THE POINT, LIKE ANYONE WITHIN THE CREATIVE FIELD CAN RECEIVE THIS CARE.
SO DO THEY RECEIVE INCOME DUE TO CREATIVE WORK AND DO THEY LIVE IN DALLAS COUNTY? SO, VISIT DALLAS IS ACTUALLY BEHOLDEN TO DALLAS PROPER, BUT I WAS ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS TO GO OUTSIDE OF THAT INTO DALLAS COUNTY, WHICH CAN
UM, THEY MAY NOT WORK, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, BUT THEY, THEY LIVE THERE.
SO THIS GETS INTO SORT OF THE, THE, THE MEAT AND THE POTATOES AND THE, THE WHAT AND THE HOW IT, UH, IS ACCESSIBLE TO MASS.
SO, UM, BY WAY OF QUICK INTRODUCTION, BYRON SANDERS, CEO OF RATES HEALTH, AND, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKSTORY, AN ORIGIN STORY BEHIND HOW THIS THING EVEN CAME TOGETHER.
UM, SO YOU ALL KNEW THAT I WAS, WELL NOT EVERYBODY I WANNA ASSUME, UH, I WAS CEO OF BIG THOUGHT FOR PAST SEVEN YEARS, AND FOR THAT WAS ON THE BOARD OF BIG THOUGHT.
BUT THREE YEARS, YOU GUYS ARE VERY FAMILIAR AND Y'ALL HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL SUPPORTERS OF THE WORK THAT BIG THOUGHT HAS DONE NOW FOR YEARS.
UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, IT'S ARTS AND CREATIVE EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.
SUMMER, EVEN IN THE JUVENILE SYSTEM, JUST EVERYWHERE.
AND ONE OF OUR BEST ARTISTS TEACHING ARTIST WAS A GUY THAT SOME OF YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
RAGE, NOT POET, ADAM RAGE TINCH.
AND, UM, HE WAS BELOVED BY THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
HE'S A NATIONALLY AWARD-WINNING SPOKEN WORD ARTIST.
AND HE WAS WORKING FRONT LINES WITH US.
HE WAS WORKING IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. HE PASSED AWAY IN 2019.
HE PASSED AWAY TO SUM IT UP, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH, UH, LIKE SO MANY OF OUR ARTISTS, HE WAS USING THE ER FOR HIS, UH, PRIMARY CARE.
HE WAS GETTING HIS MEDICINE IN ATYPICAL WAYS, RIGHT AT THE, BY SECOND SECONDHAND HALF USE, LIKE HIS INHALER, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IN A WORLD WHERE WE GET SO MUCH FROM ARTISTS, WE HAVE TERRIBLE SYSTEMS TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.
AND THAT STRUCK ME REALLY HARD, UM, AND I WAS LIKE, THIS CAN'T BE.
SO I WENT DOWN A RABBIT HOLE, GOT A BUNCH OF HYPHENS IN MY BACKGROUND.
ONE OF THEM IS A PHARMACEUTICAL WORLD.
UM, IT WAS ONE OF MY EARLIEST, UH, CAREERS.
AND SO I HAD CONTEXT FOR A LOT OF THIS WORLD.
WENT AND GOT WITH SOME GREAT PEOPLE AND HURDLE, HURDLE, HURDLE.
WHAT WE FOUND OUT WAS THAT IT'S NOT THAT THIS CAN'T BE DONE, THAT IT WASN'T A PRIORITY FOR MANY OF THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND CARRIERS OUT THERE.
SO WE SAID WE'RE GONNA DO IT OURSELVES.
AND WE BUILT A RATES OF HEALTH AND THERE'S A RANGE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO.
ONE OF THE DREAMS THAT I HAD WAS TO BE ABLE TO DO AN ARTIST CARE INITIATIVE FOR DALLAS OUT THE GATE.
AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED, UH, BECAUSE OF COMMISSIONER DANIEL CONNECTING US TOGETHER, WE WERE BOTH, I HAD BUILT THE THING AND I NEEDED THE PEOPLE AND CHRISTINA HAD ALL THE PEOPLE AND NEEDED TO THING.
SO OUR POWERS COMBINE, WONDER TWINS ACTIVATE, UH, WE HAVE CREATIVES CARE IN DALLAS.
AND SO, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT IT'S RIGHT FOR, UM, IF YOU'RE UNINSURED, THAT'S OBVIOUS, RIGHT? BUT EVEN THERE'S SOME FOLKS WHO MIGHT HAVE HEALTHCARE OFF THE EXCHANGE.
IF ANYBODY'S BEEN ON THE EXCHANGE ANYTIME LATELY, THEN YOU'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, 300, 500, $600 PLANS HAVE JUMPED TO $1,500 A MONTH.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE THE, AND THEN YOU STILL HAVE YOUR DEDUCTIBLE, UH, THAT COULD STILL BE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN REALLY BENEFIT FROM ALL THIS MONEY YOU'RE PAYING.
THIS PLAN COULD GO AND COMPARE WITH THAT, UH, OR IN SOME INSTANCES ALLOW YOU TO NOW GET A LESS EXPENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF IT COVERED.
LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A PLAN, YOU'RE COVERED, BUT DEDUCTIBLES ARE HIGH.
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ABOUT THAT TYPE OF PERSON, AND I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU ALL CAN NAME THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.YOU MIGHT EVEN BE YOURSELF ONE OF 'EM.
SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, DESIGN FOR REALLY EASY ACCESS ZERO COPAYS IS KIND OF THE NAME OF THE GAME WITH, TO MAKE SURE IF YOU SAW A BENEFIT, YOU HAD ACCESS TO THAT BENEFIT.
WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN A SECOND.
BUT THEN, YES, ALL OF THIS COMBINED FOR SOME SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS IN YOUR HEALTHCARE, HEALTHCARE COSTS.
ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? THIS IS ALL TELE, UH, TELE
SO THROUGH YOUR APP, THAT'S HOW YOU GET ACCESS TO ALL OF THESE.
AND I'LL DESCRIBE WHAT THEY ARE.
YOU HAVE THREE TYPES OF TELEMED THAT COMES IN THE PLAN.
ONE IS YOU GET A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.
SO YOU HAVE A, YOUR PERSONAL PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN THAT IS FOLLOWING YOUR JOURNEY THAT YOU CAN GO BACK TO.
THINK ABOUT THEM AS HOME BASE TWO, YOU HAVE 24 7 URGENT CARE, WHICH MEANS, YOU KNOW, NINE O'CLOCK ON A SUNDAY AND YOU'RE STARTING TO GET THAT FLU FEELING, FEELING AND YOU WANT TO GET AHEAD OF IT.
YOU SET UP A REALLY QUICK 24 7 URGENT CARE B, THINK ABOUT THAT AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WOULD'VE WALKED INTO A CARE NOW OR A MINUTE CLINIC.
SO WE ALL KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH ARTISTS, HOW CRITICAL MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS IS AND HOW OFTENTIMES IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO, YOU HAVE EIGHT MENTAL HEALTH SESSIONS THAT ARE PART OF THIS PLAN THAT YOU CAN USE.
THE NEXT THING IS ONE I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, IF YOU GO TO THAT NEXT, KEEP, KEEP ON THIS SLIDE, BUT THE, UH, NEXT ROW PRESCRIPTIONS.
SO PRESCRIPTIONS, 30% OF WHAT MOST PEOPLE USE THEIR, THEIR HEALTHCARE FOR THIS PLAN IS ONE OF THE MOST ROBUST YOU'RE GONNA FIND WITH ZERO COPAY.
2000 OF THE MOST COMMONLY PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS.
SO THAT'S YOUR RESPIRATORY, YOUR DIABETES, CARDIOVASCULAR, WOMEN'S HEALTH VITAMINS.
AND WE PUSHED FOR AND WAS ABLE TO GET, THE ONLY THING THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A COPAY FOR IN THIS, THAT'S INSULIN, BUT IT'S $5, $5 HUMALOG, UH, IS PART OF THIS PLAN.
LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT THE SUBSCRIPTION COMES WITH THE SUBSCRIPTION, BUT IT'S NOT JUST FOR YOU, IT'S FOR YOU AND FOR ADDITIONAL OTHERS.
SO FIVE PEOPLE TOTAL IN A HOUSEHOLD TAKING CARE OF FOR $65 PER MONTH.
THE LAST COMPONENT OF THAT IS THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT COME IN THE, IN THE SUBSCRIPTION, BUT WE'VE ALSO GONE OUT AND NEGOTIATED DISCOUNTS.
SO DENTAL, VISION AND MEDICAL PROCEDURES DISCOUNTS COME WITH THIS PLAN.
GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE MEDICAL PROCEDURES DISCOUNTS LOOKS LIKE.
LET'S SAY YOU'RE TALKING TO YOUR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO GO GET AN MRI, YOU UNCOVERED $2,000, $5,000 JUST FOR AN MRI WITH CONTRAST, IF I WOULD'VE, IF I WOULD'VE BROUGHT THE PHONE WITH ME, I WOULD'VE GIVEN YOU A VERY CLEAR DEMONSTRATION.
BUT YOU PULL UP THE APP, I ALREADY HAS YOUR ZIP CODE WHEREVER YOU ARE, TYPE IN MRI AND IT'LL PULL UP ALL OF YOUR OPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HEAVILY DISCOUNTED AND NEGOTIATED.
AND IN THE DALLAS AREA, YOU'RE SEEING MRIS FOR $400, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, UNDER $400 IN ORDER TO GET THAT DONE.
IS THAT CHEAP? NO, BUT IT SURE IS A HECK OF A LOT CHEAPER THAN 5,000.
AND THAT'S EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE INSURANCE, YOUR DEDUCTIBLE IS BEING HIT ON THAT.
ALL THAT SAID, $65 OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
AND WE DEFINE HOUSEHOLD VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN TYPICALLY.
SO IT'S NOT JUST SPOUSE, IT'S NOT JUST KIDS AND INDEPENDENCE.
WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO IS LIVE IN THE SAME STATE.
IT COULD BE YOUR MAMA, IT COULD BE YOUR FRIEND.
WE HAVE SOME WHOLE BANDS
SO, UM, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PLAN.
GO AHEAD AND HIT THAT NEXT SLIDE.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU TWO LITTLE QUICK ANECDOTES JUST TO LIKE, CONTEXTUALIZE, CONTEXTUALIZE THIS WITH THE ACTUAL ARTIST.
SO ONE ARTIST REACHED OUT AND HE, HE HAD JUST JOINED AND HE WAS DOING A MURAL IN SEATTLE AND HE GOT STREP THROAT WHILE HE WAS THERE AND WENT TO URGENT CARE THROUGH THE APP, AND THEY FOUND THE NEAREST, UM, YOU KNOW, CVS OR SOMETHING AND, AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET IT RIGHT THEN AND THERE AT NO EXTRA COST OTHER THAN HIS MEMBERSHIP TOO, YOU KNOW, MONTHLY PLAN.
UH, AND IT WAS HUGE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ARTISTS ARE MIGRATORY
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BY NATURE, RIGHT? THEY, THEY ARE GOING TO LEAVE US AND GO SPREAD THEIR ART, BUT WE WANT 'EM TO COME HOME AND WE WANT 'EM TO FEEL CARED FOR HERE.SECOND IS, UM, ANOTHER ARTIST WHO IS ON THE PLAN, UM, TEXTED ME THE OTHER DAY AND SHE WAS LIKE, NORMALLY, WHAT IS A MONTHLY, AT LEAST $150, I JUST PAID ZERO FOR 90 FOR ALL OF MY PRESCRIPTIONS.
AND YOU KNOW, TO TRUTH BE TOLD, LIKE, I'M NOT SEEKING, I'M NOT ASKING PEOPLE IF THEY'RE DOING IT BECAUSE IT IS, HEALTHCARE IS PRIVATE AND I, I DON'T, SO WHEN PEOPLE COME TO ME, I, I FEEL LIKE IF IT'S BIG ENOUGH FOR THEM TO TELL ME THE STORY, IT MEANS THAT THE PROOF IS IN THE PUTTING ISSUE.
UM, THIS IS UNLIKE ANYTHING IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
UH, YOU MIGHT SEE SOME ADS FOR AMAZON ONE MEDICAL OR MV LIVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
NOTHING PULLS IT ALL TOGETHER THE WAY WE HAVE FOR THE PRICE THAT WE'VE PUT IT TOGETHER FOR.
AND SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? WELL, WE'VE NEGOTIATED OURSELVES INTO SOME SUPPLY CHAINS THAT QUITE FRANKLY, WE DON'T BUSINESS-WISE BELONG IN
SO IF YOU GO TO THE CREATIVES CARE DALLAS WEBSITE, WHICH IS CREATIVES CARE DALLAS.COM, COMCOM, THEN YOU SCROLL DOWN, CLICK ON THE ENROLL BUTTON, IT'LL TAKE YOU OVER, YOU SIGN UP RIGHT THERE, AND AS LONG AS YOU SIGN UP WITHIN THE MONTH BEFORE THE 25TH OF THE MONTH, THEN YOUR SERVICES START THE FIRST OF THE NEXT MONTH.
UM, AND THE BENEFIT'S ONLY GONNA GET BETTER.
UH, WHAT WE'VE SAID IS OUR COMMITMENT IS IT'S GOING TO STAY $65 A MONTH.
UM, AND WE HAVE SOME STUFF THAT WE'RE COOKING UP AND I, I AIN'T GONNA SAY IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S GOING TO BELOW YOUR MIND EVEN MORE ON, ON THE HEALTHCARE ACCESSIBILITY IN THE ROOM TIME HERE.
SO I'LL SAY, YEAH, TAKE ANY QUESTION.
WELL, I'M GONNA ADD ONE, ONE QUICK THING JUST TO KIND OF, UM, UH, VERY SIMPLY, UM, UM, CLARIFY THIS.
SO THIS IS HEALTHCARE, NOT HEALTH INSURANCE.
IT IS PREVENTATIVE, NOT MAJOR MEDICAL.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS YOU ARE SPEAKING TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THAT, THAT YOU, THAT IT IS, IT IS ABOUT PREVENTATIVE CARE, NOT IF THEY BREAK THEIR ARM OR YOU KNOW, CANCER OR RIGHT.
SO IF THEY DO HAVE INSURANCE, THE BEAUTY IS THIS COULD OFFSET SOME OF THOSE, UM, AGAIN, WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, COSTS ON THEIR INSURANCE, RIGHT? AND THE COPAYS AND ALL THE THINGS.
AND, UM, BUT THEN THEY WOULD STILL HAVE THAT MAJOR MEDICAL, UM, COMPONENT.
THIS WON'T, THIS WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU HAVE GOING ON.
WHETHER YOU HAVE MAJOR MEDICAL INSURANCE, WHETHER YOU HAVE AFLAC OR WHETHER YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, WON'T INTERFERE WITH ANY OF THAT, RIGHT? UH, YOU CAN HOWEVER USE AN FSA OR HSA IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THIS IF YOU WANT TO.
SO KNOW THAT THAT'S A REALITY AS WELL.
BUT REALLY IMPORTANT POINT, THIS IS NOT INSURANCE.
UH, THIS, IF, IF YOU GO INTO A PHYSICAL SPACE, IT'S NOT LIKE, HEY, HERE'S MY CARD AND THIS IS MY INSURANCE.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU GET THROUGH THE APP IS THROUGH THE APP.
ALL OF THOSE PROVIDERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN, UH, SUBSCRIBE TO AND THEY ARE YOUR PROVIDERS THROUGH THERE.
SO IF YOU HAVE A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN, YOU GOTTA KNOW, RIGHT? THIS WOULD NOT REPLACE WHAT YOU HAVE IN REAL TIME.
OKAY? SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO BE ABLE TO IS, IS EARN SOME INCOME AS A CREATIVE CORRECT.
AND THEN I GUESS, I'M SURE YOU'RE MARKETING THE HECK OUT OF THIS, BUT MY QUESTION IS HOW CAN WE HELP YOU MARKET IT TO, UM, TO ARTISTS? AND THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
UM, THAT WAS THE CALL TO ACTION TODAY FOR YOU GUYS WAS FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU HAVE COLLECTIVES OF ARTISTS IN YOUR DISTRICTS, AND WE WILL COME AND TALK TO THEM.
AND NOT JUST ONCE, WE WILL COME MANY TIMES IF NEEDED.
UM, BUT YEAH, JUST REALLY THINK ABOUT EVEN, AND WHEN I SAY COLLECTIVE, IT CAN BE LIKE 10 PEOPLE.
I MEAN, LIKE, I, I DON'T MEAN LIKE IT HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, MASSIVE.
UM, BUT JUST WHERE, WHERE ARTISTS GATHER, WE WILL COME AND SPEAK WITH THEM.
AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF IDEAS ABOUT THAT.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER URIEL, UM, I HEARD EARLY ON IT WAS DALLAS COUNTY AND THEN I HEARD, UH, BYRON SAY, UM, ALSO THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO I'M THINKING ABOUT FOLKS WHO MIGHT HAVE HOME BASE HERE, BUT MAYBE OUR A SCHOOL IN AUSTIN OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
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WOULD THAT WORK ALSOUM, THE OTHER QUESTION THEN IS, UM, THE EIGHT MENTAL HEALTH VISITS, UM, SAY SOMEONE NEEDS ONE A MONTH, UH, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A DISCOUNT FOR FOUR, FOR THE OTHER FOUR? OR IS THAT, UM, GREAT QUESTION.
YOU, YOU ACTUALLY CAN PURCHASE, UH, ADDITIONAL AND THEY ARE AT A, UH, LOWER COST THAN YOU WOULD TYPICALLY, TYPICALLY FIND, BUT YES, YOU COULD PURCHASE ADDITIONAL.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL AND COMMISSIONER VALENTINE.
CLEARLY I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
UM, THESE ARE, UH, CHRISTINA AND BYRON ARE TWO OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, BUT DON'T TELL BYRON 'CAUSE IT GOES TO HIS HEAD.
UM, BUT
UM, WHEN, UH, BYRON AND CHRISTINA MET, I, I LOVE TO TELL THIS STORY 'CAUSE THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS, HONESTLY, AS A, AS AN ARTS PERSON, AS A DOUBT, AS A COMMISSIONER.
SO, YOU KNOW, CHRISTINA HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH ME.
BYRON HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS THING, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE LEFT THIS THOUGHT, I'M NOT GONNA LIE.
I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING
AND, UH, CHRISTINA CALLED ME, AND I'M NOT GONNA LIE, I, I HIT IGNORE 'CAUSE I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF, OF WORKING.
AND THEN NOT FIVE MINUTES LATER, BYRON CALLED AND I REMEMBERED THAT THEY WERE MEETING.
AND I PICKED UP THE PHONE AND I SAID, HEY BYRON, ARE YOU CALLING ME TO TELL ME THAT YOU JUST MET WITH CHRISTINA AND IT'S REALLY GREAT AND Y'ALL ARE GONNA DO SOMETHING TOGETHER? HE SAID, YEP.
AND I CALLED CHRISTINA BACK AND I SAID, I SAID, WERE YOU GETTING READY TO CALL ME AND TELL ME THAT YOU WERE WORKING WITH BYRON AND YOU'RE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE YOU GOTTA DO STUFF TOGETHER? SHE SAID, YEP.
I SAID, OKAY, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
I CONFERENCE THEM IN AND IT WAS, THE ANALOGY I USE IS, IT'S LIKE THE MEET CUTE THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT WHERE YOU KNOW, YOUR GIRLFRIEND OR YOUR BOY OR YOUR FRIEND OR BOY COMES HOME AFTERWARDS.
YOU'RE LIKE, OH MY GOD,
AND SO THAT WAS GENUINELY THE ENERGY BEHIND THAT FIRST MEETING.
AND WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE IS ASTOUNDING.
I, MY WIFE AND MY SON HAD THE FLU AROUND THANKSGIVING AND FOR ALL THAT I KNOW ABOUT CREATIVES CARE, I HADN'T SIGNED UP YET.
I HADN'T SIGNED UP AND I SPENT OVER $500 GETTING ME AND MY FAMILY HEALTHY FROM THAT BOOK.
I CALLED BYRON AND I SAID, DUDE, I KNOW IF I HAD LITERALLY PAID $65, EVERYTHING I JUST PAID $500 FOR, 'CAUSE IT WAS ALL TELEHEALTH, IT WAS ALL CVS PRESCRIPTION PICKUPS, EVERYTHING THAT I HAD PAID FOR WOULD'VE BEEN COVERED.
UM, SO THAT WAS, SO LITERALLY THE NEXT DAY I SIGNED UP.
UM, SO I AM PROUD OF YOU GUYS.
SO PROUD OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE OFFERING TO THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS IS LIFE CHANGING FOR SO MANY ARTISTS.
AND BEYOND IT BEING LIFE CHANGING TO SO MANY ARTISTS, IT'S NARRATIVE CHANGING FOR DALLAS BECAUSE NOW DALLAS, EVEN MORE SO, I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY OF THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE AS A CITY GIVE TO ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
BUT NOW TO SAY THAT PEOPLE SEEING THE NEED FROM WITHIN DALLAS ARTS COMMUNITY SAID, WE GOT YOU, IS HUGE.
SO LITERALLY TELL EVERYBODY, COMMISSIONERS, TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT THIS.
MR. JE, THIS IS A COMMENT AND A QUESTION FOR STAFF, UH, COMMENT WISE, FIRST AND FOREMOST.
I MEAN, WHAT A NICHE YOU'RE FILLING.
AND I KNOW IT'S INCREDIBLY SCALABLE AND IT'S GONNA GO BEYOND DALLAS, BUT WE GET TO SAY, YEAH, THAT IT STARTED HERE.
AND THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FROM A NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVE.
SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DAMANI FOR LIKE, LIKE MAKING THE INTRODUCTION AND RECOGNIZING THE MENT.
'CAUSE I THINK WE CAN ALL FEEL THE ENERGY, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE GROWTH.
MY QUESTION FOR US, UM, AND THE STAFF IS KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A PORTFOLIO OF GRANTEES, UM, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, AND WE'RE AN ADVOCACY, UM, COMMISSION, HOW CAN WE CONNECT THAT.AS SORT OF AN IMMEDIATE, YOU KNOW, GUIDE WAY TO CREATE JUST MORE AWARENESS? WELL, NATURALLY, OUR OAC NEWSLETTER IS A QUICK AND FAST AVENUE.
UM, THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT TOOK PLACE AT THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER.
'CAUSE WE CERTAINLY WANTED TO OFFER A SAFE, WELCOMING PLACE, UH, WHERE FOLKS KNOW ARTISTS LIVE AND WORK AND PLAY, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THEY COULD SHARE THEIR INITIAL
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ANNOUNCEMENT AND ONGOING AS IT RELATES TO THE CONTRACTED RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE, THOSE FOLKS ARE ALREADY IN OUR ORBIT AND RECEIVING UPDATES VIA NEWSLETTER.AND THAT'S JUST FOR US, UM, FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, SHARING INFORMATION AND PROVIDING A DIRECT CONNECTION TO OUR FRIENDS HERE.
UM, AND OF COURSE WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS WHO WILL BE VERY SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IF THEY HAVE, UH, CULTURAL CENTERS IN THEIR DISTRICTS.
AND IF THEY DON'T, WE'LL FIND WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, WEAVE THEM INTO SOME OF OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS.
F-A-A-P-I, COMING UP IN THE SPRING, DALLAS ARTS, WE HAVE DALLAS ARTS MONTH AND ADVOCACY DAY UH, UH, SPONSORED BY DACAC INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
WE WILL NOT ONLY INVITE YOU TO PRESENT OR TABLE OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER WE CAN ENSURE THAT FOLKS ARE INVITED TO THEIR TABLE TO ENGAGE, LEARN, AND IF THEY CHOOSE TO ENROLL.
THANK, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.
COMMISSIONER PEL, UH, AS HAND, I WAS JUST GONNA QUICKLY SAY THAT FEEDBACK ON THAT AND WHAT YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT.
WE, WE DO ORIENTATIONS FOR ALL OUR GRANT RECIPIENTS, RIGHT? COULD WE NOT PROVIDE THIS JUST AS SOMETHING, AS PART OF THE ORIENTATION, HEY, THIS IS AVAILABLE TO YOU IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO PUSH IT, BUT WE COULD PROVIDE THEM THE INFO THAT THEY COULD THEN, WHICH WOULD THEN IT KIND OF GET IT TO EVERYBODY THAT WE GIVE GRANTS TO CAP, UM, ARTS ACTIVATE, COP, ALL OF THAT STUFF.
HIT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY.
SO, AND THE MECHANISM TO CONSIDER STAFF TO CONSIDER.
WELL, AND I THINK ALSO WHEN WE MEET WITH AS THE LIAISONS WITH THE DIFFERENT, UH, GROUPS THAT WE'RE ASSIGNED TO, WE DEFINITELY, WE ALL HAVE FOUR ORGANIZATIONS, SO WE MEET WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
WE TAKE THEM THIS INFORMATION, LET THEM KNOW ABOUT IT.
COMMISSIONER, I SHOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT HAVE YOU PRESENTED AT RA ADVOCATES MEETING AT DACAC? NO.
WELL, WE'LL GET, WE SHOULD DO THAT, YES.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR JUST REALLY QUICKLY, WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I NEEDED
YOU GUYS, UM, TAKE A PICTURE OF THE FLYERS.
SO IT'S ON YOUR PHONE AND AS YOU'RE SPEAKING TO ARTISTS AND STUFF, YOU CAN, AND POST IT.
WELL, YOU CAN BLOW UP THE QR SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
THE OTHER THING IS WE CAN THEN SEND A PDF TO YOU AND SORT OF THE, THE VERY QUICK, LIKE BULLETS FOR YOU TO, YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU'RE OUT IN PUBLIC TALKING ABOUT IT, YOU HAVE SOME VERY QUICK, UM, EASY ANSWERS BEFORE SENDING THEM OUR WAY.
BUT WE, I, I WILL SAY THE, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS INCREDIBLE.
WE DID HAVE ONE ARTIST THAT HAD SOME COMPLICATIONS WITH MEDICINES AND DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THE, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE, LIKE, SHE SENT ME AN EMAIL SAYING IT WAS PHENOMENAL.
HER, SHE FELT CARED FOR, HER HAND WAS HELD AND, AND THAT THEY EVERY, THEY CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION.
SO, UM, BECAUSE IT'S US, I MEAN, WE'RE REALLY LIKE, IT'S NOT OTHER PEOPLE DOING THIS, RIGHT? IT, YOU, YOU KNOW, THE FACES OF THIS THING.
CAN YOU GUYS TAKE ON NATIONAL HEALTHCARE NEXT?
OH, I WANNA, I WANNA GIVE A A ANOTHER CLARIFIER AS WELL.
SO WE SAID YOU, IT COULD BE ANYONE WORKING IN THE, A CREATIVE OR ARTIST BASED ORGANIZATION.
SO EVEN IF THEY WORK RECEPTION, THEY WORK THE TICKET OFFICE SPOTS OFFICE.
THEIR CUSTODIAL THEIR SECURITY.
DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE AN ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTOR.
WE CONSIDER THEM PART OF THE ARTISTIC FABRIC YEAH.
SO PRODUCTION, EXACTLY, LIKE WIDE OPEN.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT'S ALSO CLARIFICATION.
DO NOT HAVE TO BE IN THE ARTS.
THEY CAN JUST BE WHO YOU CALL YOUR FAMILY.
NO, I THINK IT, I JUST WANNA SAY I SUCH A BRILLIANT PROGRAM BECAUSE YOU'VE TAKEN SUCH A COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO, UM, I I, IT MAKES ME THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THIS IN MORE THINGS, IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE, BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY FILLING THAT PLACE THAT EVERYBODY AROUND THIS TABLE CAN IDENTIFY WITH.
THE FLU STORY REALLY HIT ME, RIGHT? UH, I HAVE GREAT INSURANCE AND STILL A LOT OF TIMES SPEND A LOT OF MONEY.
AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU TOOK SUCH, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE'RE SERVING OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY.
BUT IT'S SUCH A BRILLIANT WAY TO BE DOING IT.
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KUDOS TO YOU GUYS.UM, I JUST WANNA ON RECORD, ASK GLEN TO ENSURE OUR EVENT SUPERVISOR GETS IN TOUCH WITH YOU ALL.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THREADS WE'RE WEAVING FOR DALLAS ARTS MONTH IS ARTS AND HEALTH.
AS ONE OF THE PILLARS OR THEMES, IF YOU WILL, UM, WE'RE, LYNN AND I ARE WORKING, UM, ON A CITY HALL LOBBY EXHIBIT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ARTS MEDICINE PROGRAM AT BAYLOR.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR PRESS CONFERENCE AT LCC END OF MARCH, SO MIGHT BE WISE FOR WHAT LIMITED TO MAKE SURE THEY GET, UH, INVOLVED IN THE, UH, PROGRAM PRODUCTION.
AND THEN OF COURSE, TABLING EFFORTS FOR WHEN WE DO INTERNATIONAL DAY PROGRAMMING AT CITY HALL AT THE END OF APRIL.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL DECK HACK WISE WITH ARTS ADVOCACY, MAKE SURE Y'ALL ARE IN THE FOLD, UH, FOR THAT.
I JUST WANNA MOVE BACK MORE FROM MY MEMORY AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION SO WE CAN STAY CLOSE IN TOUCH FOR THAT.
YOU, YOU HAVE, AS A SONG OF DANCE, WE DON'T HAVE A SONG OF DANCE, UH, BUT AS WE GET UP AND WALK AWAY,
WE, THE PART OF THE PROCEEDS OF THIS INITIATIVE WILL GO TO A NONPROFIT SERVING THE ARTIST COMMUNITY EVERY YEAR.
ANNUAL DALLAS BASED NONPROFIT OR SALAD SPACE.
AMPLIFIED MINES IS THE ONE THIS YEAR, UH, BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FREE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO ARTISTS.
UH, BUT EVERY YEAR IT'LL BE SOMETHING BECAUSE WE'RE, THAT IS THE THING THAT WE'RE DOING IN HONOR OF RANGE.
WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GONNA BE A VERY SHORT TIME THAT HAS TURNED INTO LIKE A REGULAR LINK.
SO BEFORE WE GO TO, UH, COMMISSIONER COURT, UH, WE, AND I WANNA INTRODUCE OUR NEWLY, UM, BEFORE WE DO THAT
EVERYBODY HAS SEEN THE MINUTES.
UH, IF YOU'VE SEEN THE MINUTES, UH, UNLESS YOU HAVE A QUESTION, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UH, COMMISSIONER MEEK HAS MOVED.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON HAS BEEN, UH, PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.
UH, WITH THERE BEING NO DISCUSSION, WE'LL CALL IT FOR A VOTE.
SO FOR THOSE IN THE GALLERY, WE JUST TOOK A VOTE ALL IN, UH, IN THE GALLERY.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES.
IF YOU WOULD SIGNIFY BY SHOWING THE AFFIRMATIVE, UH, THAT WOULD INCLUDE MR. RAISE THE OTHER HAND,
MAYBE IT WAS THE OTHER
SO, UM, THE MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 15TH MEETING, UH, HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED, UM, THROUGH THE AGENDA, UH, FOR CHAIR REPORT.
THE VERY FIRST THING I WANNA DO IS INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR BRAND NEW COMMISSIONER FROM DISTRICT FOUR, XAVIER HENDERSON.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
MY NAME IS XAVIER ANDERSON, AND HONORED TO BE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
AND, UH, JUST BEEN SERVING IN D FOUR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
UH, UH, FULLTIME SERVING IN ORGANIZATION CALLED FOUR OH CLIFF IN DISTRICT FOUR, PROVIDING, UH, PROGRAMS FROM CRADLE TO CAREER, PLACE BASED ORGANIZATION.
UH, I GRADUATED FROM SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, FROM THERE I WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AND GOT A BA IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES.
UH, AFTER THAT I BECAME AN EDUCATOR, DISTRICT FOUR, ACTUALLY I WAS A TEACHER, MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, I'VE BEEN PRETTY MUCH IN EDUCATIONAL NONPROFITS EVER SINCE, MAINLY BEFORE CLIFF.
UM, AND IT'S BEEN A, AN HONOR TO SERVE.
I, UM, CRAIG CARE, A GREAT DEAL ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY.
UM, SO I'M HONORED TO JOIN THIS GROUP.
UM, AND I'VE BEEN A FAN OF THIS OFFICE, SO I HOPE TO BE AN ADVOCATE ALONGSIDE THIS INCREDIBLE CHOIR, UH, OF FOLKS THAT ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ARTS.
LAST THING I'LL SAY IS, UH, I'M A PRODUCT OF ARTS.
MY FATHER'S BEEN A PUBLIC SCHOOL ART TEACHER IN DALLAS FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
AND I THINK ONE THING SOME OF Y'ALL APPRECIATE, MY PARENTS ACTUALLY MET AT HAR FEST, SO I'M
I JOIN US COMMISSION AS WELL,
HE, UM, FOR OUR, UH, COMMITTEE CHAIRS, DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES FROM ALLOCATIONS? WE DID OUR WORK SO WELL IN JANUARY THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A FEBRUARY MEETING
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DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES? I DIDN'T.ANNUAL REPORT COMMITTEE, COMMISSIONER BODELL, IT GOT SUBMITTED.
WELL, WE'RE IN PROCESS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THE, UM, SITUATION LAID OUT FOR US.
IN THE NEXT MEETING, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AS FAR AS THE CITY'S, UH, COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL NEW ANALYSIS ASKING.
UM, SO I WILL PASS TO OUR DIRECTOR FOR THE DIRECTOR'S UPDATE.
THANK YOU ALWAYS FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE.
UH, TO OUR OFFICE AND TO THE CITY, I HAVE THREE UPDATES TODAY.
FIRST LAST NIGHT, WE HELD A MANDATORY PUBLIC MEETING RELATED TO OUR HOSPITALITY AND NIGHTLIFE TASK FORCE.
IT'S, FORGIVE ME AS WE ABBREVIATED ON THE AGENDA, BUT THE, UH, FORMAL NAME, UH, FOR COUNCILMAN WEST'S COMMITTEE, UH, THAT HE FORMED VIA MEMO IN OCTOBER IS THE HOSPITALITY AND NIGHTLIFE TASK FORCE.
THEY HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH LOOKING AT, UH, CITY'S ORDINANCE AND UPDATING, UH, CHAPTER 51 AND A FEW OTHER, ELIMINATING CHAPTER 14, UM, AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN BETTER SERVE OUR NIGHTLIFE STAKEHOLDERS.
THE TASK FORCE, UH, INCLUDES MANY VARIOUS MEMBERS FROM THE NIGHTLIFE AND, AND, AND RELATED INDUSTRY.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL IS ON THERE.
UH, CHRISTOPHER HEBA FROM PAC, UH, MEMBERS OF STAFF FROM PLANNING OAC, UH, THE CODE OFFICE, MARSHALLS FIRE, A LOT OF US ARE THERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS LARGE TASK FORCE.
AND THEY'VE BEEN MEETING WEEKLY, UH, SINCE THE END OF OCTOBER.
AND SO, UH, UH, NOTED IN COUNCILMAN WEST MEMO WAS THIS, UM, INVITATION TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC TO ENSURE THAT THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE COUNCIL COMMITTEE NEXT MONTH INCORPORATE INPUT AND FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC.
SO WE HELD A PUBLIC MEETING LAST NIGHT IN BEUM AT LIFE IN BEUM.
UH, MANY, UH, FOLKS, UH, FROM THE INDUSTRY SHOWED UP AND SHARED THEIR FEEDBACK AND SHARED THEIR QUESTIONS.
AND WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN REVIEW, UNDER REVIEW NOW ON OUR STAFF WITH THE NIGHTTIME TEAM.
AND WE WILL BE FURNISHING THAT INFORMATION FORWARD AT THE END OF THIS MONTH TO CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN PREPARATION FOR OUR OFFICE'S BRIEFING, UH, ALONG WITH THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS, UH, BRIEFING THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO QUALITY OF LIFE.
I INVITE YOU TO WATCH THAT MEETING.
IT'S THE MARCH QUALITY OF LIFE MEETING.
UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE ADRIANA CAN MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT DATE AND WEBEX LINK SO THAT YOU CAN WATCH US BRIEF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, I'LL PAUSE THERE FOR QUESTIONS.
I I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE I PASS YOU.
UH, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, UH, UH, THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, ON THE ENTERTAINMENT SIDE WAS WHETHER RESTAURANTS COULD HAVE A COVER CHARGE FOR, UH, IF THEY HAD LIVE MUSIC.
UH, AND WAS THERE ANY, UM, WHAT WAS THE, WAS THERE ANY RESOLUTION OR ANY, UH, PATHWAY? WHAT WAS THE CONSENSUS ON THAT? I'M GONNA DEFER TO COMMISSIONER DANIEL TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INFORMATION ON BEHALF OF THE TASK FORCE.
THERE, THAT HAS BEEN THE, THAT WAS THE MOTIVATION, UH, FORCE TO BEGIN WITH.
THE INITIAL MOTIVATION WAS TO FIGURE WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
BUT, UM, WHAT IT EXPOSED EVEN MORE WAS THAT THERE WERE CODES, UH, THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS ENFORCING THAT HADN'T BEEN LOOKED AT IN DECADES.
THERE WAS, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, CAN WE CHARGE A COVER CHARGE? THERE WAS ACTUALLY A CODE, UH, THAT, THAT WE ARE EVALUATING THAT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PORTION OF THE CODE EXPIRES IN 1995.
AND SO ONCE WE STARTED TO REALLY UNPACK IT, YES, THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
AND THE GOAL IS TO CREATE AN ENTERTAINMENT LICENSE THAT ADDRESSES THAT AS WELL AS SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE UNPACKED SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE ARTISTIC CULTURAL AND PERFORMANCE COMMUNITY IN DALLAS IS ABLE TO SUCCEED WHILE THE COMMUNITY CAN FEEL SAFE.
SO THAT IS BEING ADDRESSED, BUT WE'RE HOPEFULLY PICKING UP.
WE'RE HOPEFULLY PICKING UP, UM, SO MUCH MORE TO GENUINELY MAKE THE OVERALL E ECOSYSTEM OF THE DALLAS, UH, NIGHTLIFE AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITIES AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE AND AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.
I WAS GONNA OFFER THE COMMISSION THE CONTEXT OF OH, OKAY.
THAT, BECAUSE IT DID START AT ERS HALL IN DISTRICT ONE.
WE HAVE SLIDES, UH, RELATED TO OUR 2 1 4 DAY RECAP.
UH, ON THE 13TH AT CITY HALL IN THE LOBBY, WE HELD OUR SECOND ANNUAL
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2 1 4 DAY CELEBRATION, SIMPLY, UH, CELEBRATING THE CITY FOR ALL THAT IT IS.I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS TO SHOW AND REVIEW, AND WE ALSO HAVE GIFTS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.
YOU KNOW, WE TRIED TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE ARTISTS, UH, VARIOUS DISCIPLINES.
ON 2 1 4 DAY, WE HAD PEGASUS CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY PERFORMED OUR CURRENT DALLAS POET LAUREATE PERFORMED MAG LABARD.
AND FOR ME TO YOU IS OF COURSE TO CELEBRATE FASHION.
WE HAD, UM, THE DESIGNERS AT YOUNG KING PRODUCE A SWEATSHIRT FOR STAFF AND COMMISSION, UH, AND OTHER, UH, SUPPORTERS OF 2 1 4 DAY.
SO IF YOU WERE NOT PRESENT, YOU'LL RECEIVE YOUR SWEATSHIRT FROM STAFF TODAY.
OH, CELEBRATING PEGASUS THERE SIZING.
SEE ADRIANA ABOUT, UH, YOU'LL SEE PHOTOS THERE AGAIN, AS NOTED, WE ALSO HAD, UH, DELTA MAVS MANIACS, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE ARTISTS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO OUR SECOND ANNUAL COMMUNITY QUILT.
YOU KNOW, IN, UH, THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO 2 1 4 DAY, YOU CAN VISIT ONE OF OUR FOUR CULTURAL CENTERS AND, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE QUILT PATCH ART ACTIVITY AND YOUR ARTWORK LANDS ON THE FINAL PRODUCT, WHICH IS OUR COMMUNITY QUILT.
THERE IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE BOTTOM CENTER PHOTO ARTIST, DIY ONE OF THE FOLKS, UH, ONE OF THE ARTISTS WHO CONTRIBUTED A TEMPLATE, UH, PATCH PORTION OF THAT QUILT, WAS ABLE TO GIVE REMARKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT INSPIRES HIS WORK AND HIS APPROACH TO, UH, COMMEMORATING THE CITY ON HIS TEMPLATE.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE ARTISTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY IN THE CITY'S BLACK HISTORY ON ART EXHIBIT, WHICH WE ARE CLOSING AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
ADRIANA, I BELIEVE, HAS ALREADY SENT YOU THE INVITATION AND FLYER FOR THAT CHAIR SMALL.
AND I, AND, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LIZ, AND SOME OF THE ARTISTS ON DISPLAY IN THE LOBBY WILL BE GIVING REMARKS AT THAT EVENT.
AND OF COURSE, I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE SOME OTHER WRAPAROUND, UH, ARTS PERFORMANCES YOU, YOU DO WHEN WE'RE AT CITY HALL.
SO I HOPE YOU ALL CAN MAKE THAT AT THE END OF THE MONTH ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, CITY MANAGER TOLBERT WAS ABLE TO PRESENT, IF YOU ARE AWARE, THAT DAY FRIDAY, IT WAS THE SAME DAY.
THERE WAS A STATE OF THE CITY STYLE ADDRESS EARLIER THAT MORNING, UM, NEARBY.
AND SO SHE WAS ABLE TO COME AND OPEN US UP AT OUR EVENT, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GREAT DEAL.
YOU KNOW, SHE EXPECTS FOR US TO TURN CITY HALL LOBBY TO A WELCOMING PLACE WHEN WE ARE THERE ON THE CAMPUS.
AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS PROUD TO GET TO DO THAT.
AND I BELIEVE SHE GAVE YOU A, A NEW NICKNAME.
IT'S SO
SO MAKE SURE YOU CAN MAKE IT NEXT YEAR, UH, FOR YOUR AWARENESS.
WE'LL SHOOT TO, WE'LL AIM, EXCUSE ME, TO HAVE THE EVENT ON A THURSDAY OF, OF THAT SAME WEEK OF THE MONTH.
UM, NATURALLY, YOU KNOW, FRIDAYS IT'S A LONG WEEKEND AS WELL.
UM, FRIDAYS, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF STAFF ON THURSDAYS WOULD BE BEST, SO WE'LL AIM FOR THURSDAY IN 2027.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING I'M PROUD TO BRING HERE TO THE CITY TO SUB YOU, ESPECIALLY NOW.
WE JUST NEED SOME MOMENTS OF JOY TO CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER AND CELEBRATE AND AMPLIFY OUR ARTISTS.
I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR THAT, UH, RECAP.
I'LL PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK, COMMENT.
MR.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'S JUST GREAT TO GATHER IN CITY HALL AND HAVE IT JUST BE ABOUT BEING TOGETHER AND ENJOYING SOME ART AND EXPERIENCES.
IT'S A CHANCE TO JUST BE IN TOUCH.
AND I APPRECIATED THE AMOUNT OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS SOCIAL SHUTTLE THIS YEAR.
I GAVE IT TO MISS IT, BUT I HEARD FABULOUS THINGS ABOUT VARIOUS PEOPLE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THE WRITE UP IN THE DALLAS WEEKLY ABOUT IT, BUT I GUESS IT GOT GOOD PRESS DOING IT.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL, COMMISSIONER DANIEL MINE.
SORRY, I WAS GETTING MY MUTE BUTTON.
MINE IS A PRACTICAL THING FOR THOSE OF YOU, WHEN YOU GET YOUR SWEATSHIRT, WASH IT BEFORE YOU WEAR IT.
UH, UH, WHAT 'CAUSE IT, IT, IT, YOU WILL BE, YOUR CLOTHES WILL BE THE COLOR OF THE INSIDE OF THAT SWEATSHIRT.
UH, I KNOW NOT FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, BUT FROM OBSERVING SOMEONE WHO, WHO WORE IT.
UH, SO MAKE SURE YOU WASH IT BEFORE YOU
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PUT IT ON YOUR BODY SO YOU CAN JUST GET ALL THE FUZZ OUTTA THE INSIDE.THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT TOO LATE
OKAY, I'LL MOVE FORWARD IF WE HAVE NO OTHER COMMENTS.
AN UPCOMING PUBLIC ART 1 0 1 INFORMATIONAL SESSION FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR NEW AND NEW COMMISSIONERS.
UM, LET ME, UH, TAKE A STEP BACK.
SOME OF US LAST FISCAL YEAR SEEMS SO LONG AGO, WERE INVITED BY, UH, OUR CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, UH, KRISTA WEINSTEIN AND PUBLIC ART STAFF, UH, FOR ONE-ON-ONES IN THE SENSE OF COMMISSIONER ON PUBLIC ART, UH, TEAM OVERVIEWS OF PUBLIC ART IN YOUR DISTRICTS.
ONE, ONE ABOUT THE PUBLIC ART PROCESS, ET CETERA.
THOSE SESSIONS WERE HELD AT MC MEADOWS.
WELL THEN YOUVE, YOU MET AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS? YES, AND I ATTENDED ONE OF THE MEMBERS.
I NOTED SO VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND THEY WERE DISTRICT SPECIFIC.
WE ARE NOW AT A PLACE DUE TO SCHEDULING WHERE, UH, THE CHAIR AND, UH, PUBLIC ART MANAGER SAW FIT TO HOLD A GROUP SESSION FOR OUR INCOMING MEMBERS.
UH, COMMISSIONER PICKENS AND COMMISSIONER HENDERSON AND COMMISSIONER BUNNING AND COMMISSIONER NORD SAYS, AND COMMISSIONER STARHILL.
AND AS I'M LISTING, YOU'RE HEARING WE'RE MEETING A QUORUM,
AND SO ONCE WE START TO PUSH THOSE NUMBERS, KNOWING THAT MANY OF OUR, UH, OLDER, MORE SENIOR, EXCUSE ME, MORE SENIOR COMMISSIONERS MAY WANT TO ENGAGE IN THIS SESSION AS WELL AS FOR REFRESHER OR TO, UH, WELCOME AND SHARE TIME WITH OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS, UH, THAT HAS INVITED THE NEED FOR US TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING.
AND SO I AM ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE'LL NEED TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BODY FOR THIS 1 0 1 SESSION, INFORMATIONAL SESSION.
UH, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS MEETING TAKES PLACE DURING DALLAS ARTS MONTH.
FOR SOME OF YOU ARE AT LARGE, COMMISSIONERS ARE AWARE, UH, VIA PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, THAT IN SOME OF OUR RECENT PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE MEETINGS, REGISTERED SPEAKERS, RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY HAVE INQUIRED ABOUT THE PUBLIC ART PROCESS, UM, HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT THERE'S SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THE PUBLIC ART PROCESS.
AND I LOVE THAT IN THIS SPECIAL CALL MEETING, THEY'LL SEE THE AGENDA POST AND THEY MAY, BASED ON THEIR INTEREST, COME AND ATTEND ONLINE OR IN PERSON TO HEAR, UH, THIS 1 0 1 SESSION.
BECAUSE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THAT'S TWO BIRDS, ONE STONE.
TWO VERY NECESSARY BIRDS, ONE NECESSARY STONE.
UM, AND SO THE MEETING ORIGINALLY THERE WAS A PLAN TO HOLD IT, UH, THIS MONTH, BUT DUE TO THE NUMBER OF NEW COMMISSIONERS WE HAVE AND YOUR OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND OUR DUE DILIGENCE RELATED TO STAYING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF LAW, WE WILL BE HOLDING THAT SPECIAL MEETING.
SO PLEASE, UM, I I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST IF WE LAND ON A DATE, UH, VIA EMAIL FROM ADRIANA WHO CAN SEND OUT SOME OPTIONS, UH, WHEN SHE CHECKS WITH CHAIR WEINSTEIN ON BEST TIMES AND DAYS.
I JUST FEEL LIKE UNDER THE, UM, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF DALLAS ARTS MONTH, WHY NOT HAVE AN OPEN MEETING TO SUPPORT THE ONBOARDING OF OUR COMMISSIONERS TO, AND CLARIFY SOME OF THAT CONFUSION THAT'S BEEN HIT THE RECORD OF LATELY, UH, TO, TO WALK, UH, THE PUBLIC THROUGH AND OFFER THEM A TRANSCRIPT IF THEY, IF THEY MISSED THAT MEETING OF, UH, THE PUBLIC ART PROCESS IN THAT 1 0 1 FORMAT.
UM, IN CASE SOME OF US CANNOT ATTEND THAT MEETING, HOW THAT IMPACTS THE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS, WHETHER THAT FALLS INTO SPECIAL MEETINGS ARE ON SITE, THE SPECIAL MEETINGS AND EXCEPTION, OR DO THEY COUNT? YES.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT WELL, I'LL LET, CAN CAN WE JUST DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT? YES.
BEFORE THE MEETING SO THAT WE ALL KNOW, BECAUSE WE, SOME OF US WERE CONFUSED ABOUT THAT ROLLING CALENDAR AND I JUST DON'T WANNA LOSE ANY COMMISSIONER'S ACCIDENTALLY.
BUT I, I DO BELIEVE CHAIR'S CORRECT IF IT'S A SPECIAL CALL MEETING, IT DOESN'T GO BASED OFF OF YOUR ATTENDANCE, BUT WE DO, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE QUORUM IN ORDER TO HAVE THE MEETING.
AND IT WOULD BE THE SAME LIKE RECORDED OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT IT WOULDN'T AFFECT YOUR ATTENDANCE.
BUT I WILL DOUBLE CHECK, UM, WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO VERIFY THAT INFORMATION AND I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW.
ON THAT POINT THOUGH, UH, I THINK THE SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS AS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, UH, IT'S NOT MANDATORY THAT
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YOU SHOW UP AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON.SO IT DOESN'T COUNT IN THE ROLLING.
JUST WANNA BE SURE IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT REGULARLY AND NO BUSINESS IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE OTHER THAN THE INFORMATION.
SO DOESN'T INFORMATION CORRECT AND THEN IT WILL BE POSTED AND WE'LL STICK WITH THE CONFINES OF THE POSTED AGENDA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? IF NOT, MY UPDATE IS FINISHED.
WELL EVERYBODY HAS THE AGENDA AND YOU SEE THE, UH, UPCOMING MEETINGS, UM, THAT ARE POSTED FOR THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES.
UH, WE DIDN'T GET A PUBLIC ART, UH, UPDATE.
UH, BUT UM, CHAIR FOR THAT COMMITTEE IS NOT HERE, SO WE'LL PASS ON THAT.
UH, DOES ANY COMMISSIONER HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON, DOES YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? OH, SURE.
UM, IT'LL RUN FOR SEVEN WEEKS AND, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS I WAS, UH, JUST LEARNED THIS, OR THE END OF LAST WEEK THAT I WAS ACCEPTED INTO A MENTORSHIP, UM, ARTIST MENTORSHIP PROGRAM WITH THE DARYL, UM, CHAPPELLE FOUNDATION.
SO OPPORTUNITY TO MEET FOR SIX MONTHS AND, UM, HAVE VERY SPECIFIC, UM, SUPPORT WORKING ON, UM, GOALS TO HELP, UM, MOVE MY ART CAREER, ACTUALLY.
SO, YOU KNOW HOW I HATE TO TOOT MY, UM, I AM GONNA BE FEATURED ON SOMETHING KERA IS DOING, 'CAUSE I'M DOING SHOOT WITH THEM ON THE 24TH OF, OF, OF BEING AN ARTIST IN A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST IN DALLAS.
AND THEN GLASS TIRE IS CELEBRATING GLASS TIRE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT IN VISUAL ARTS WORLD.
THAT'S THE ONLINE TEXAS BASED, UM, PUBLICATION ABOUT VISUAL ARTS.
UM, THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE CELEBRATING THEIR 30TH ANNIVERSARY AND I'VE BEEN SELECTED AS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ARTISTS IN TEXAS TODAY.
SO I DID A LIAISON REPORT BECAUSE, UM, THE CITY OF DALLAS IS GONNA LOSE ONE OF THE BEST ARTS LEADER, UH, IN IAN DERA WHO HAS ACCEPTED A JOB WITH THE TORONTO OPERA.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE DO, IT REALLY CAME INTO STRIDE WITH IAN.
UM, AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT 'CAUSE WE WERE CLASSMATES OLDER THAN HIM, BUT I WANTED YOU ALSO KNOW THAT, UM, IN THE REPORT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I DIDN'T DO, AND I I WILL DO IT, UM, IS THAT THE DALLAS SYMPHONY, THANKS TO, UH, COMMISSIONER TLA, WHO'S KIND OF MADE THE HANDOFF TO ME, UM, THEY ANNOUNCED THE DISSOLVING OF THE CHILDREN'S CHORUS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THE DALLAS CHILDREN'S CHORUS IS WHAT WENT OVER TO THEM.
DSO HAD ABSORBED THEM YEARS AGO, AND THEN IN JANUARY THEY SENT A NOTE.
I MEET WITH THEM ON EARLY MARCH AND I'LL GET SOME MORE INFORMATION, BUT I JUST WANTED Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE THAT IS A, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S AN IMPACT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.
UH, JUST LET EVERYONE KNOW, I HAVE STARTED A NEW NON-PROFIT.
SO, YOU KNOW, SMALLER NON-PROFITS STRUGGLE WITH BRANDING, LOGO, WEBSITE, AND MARKETING.
SO IF YOU'RE A NONPROFIT, THEN EARN 500,000 OR LOWER WOULD BE, WE HAVE AN 80 20 MODEL WHERE WE TAKE 80% OF THE COST AND THE NONPROFIT PAYS 20.
UH, SO MAKES IT ACCESSIBLE AND LETS THEM BRAND TO THEIR MISSION.
SO WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM WITH, IS THIS FOR AUGUST, UM, NON-PROFIT SUMMIT OR IS IT TO, FOR NON-PROFITS? IT'S ANY NONPROFIT.
BUT THE 80 20 MODEL, UH, GOES FOR THE NONPROFIT MAKING A 500,000 OR LESS MM-HMM
LINK TO YOUR SITE JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, BUT I'LL SHARE IT'S CREA TIO.ORG AND IF YOU'VE GOT ANY OTHER FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, UH, WE GET IT.
UH, DAM UH, COMMISSIONER DANIEL, I YOU AGREE? UH, THANK, BE QUICK.
UM, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY IT BEFORE.
UH, ONCE A MONTH, THIRD FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH, UH, I AM PRIVILEGED TO HOST A CREATIVE KICKBACK AT MY OFFICE IN DEVELOPMENT, LIFE AND DEVELOPMENT.
THE NEXT ONE IS THIS COMING FRIDAY.
THERE ARE PEOPLE, I LET Y'ALL FIGURE
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IT OUT.WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENED IS YOU START TO SEE THIS CONVERGENCE OF ARTISTS AND PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PEOPLE IN BUSINESS JUST COMING OUT TO HANG OUT, JUST COMING OUT TO CONNECT, JUST COMING OUT TO CHAT.
AND SO ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS, IF YOU'RE IN THE, IF YOU ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE START AT FOUR 30, WE END AT SIX 'CAUSE IT'S FRIDAY.
UH, AND I SET THE ALARM AT LIKE SIX 15, SO WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT IT.
UM, WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO HAVE YOU ALL JOIN US.
SOME OF YOU ALL HAVE, HAVE, HAVE JOINED.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE SHOOT ME AN EMAIL REALLY JUST SO WE CAN KEEP TRACK SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH DRINKS AND FOOD FOR EVERYONE THAT SHOWS UP.
BUT IT IS, UH, TOMORROW AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME THROUGH, UH, AT LIFE AND DEVELOPMENT.
WELL, ADRIANA, I CAN'T SEE ANY OTHER FACES ON THE GALLERY SCREEN.
IS THAT EVERYONE THAT'S LOGGED? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T MISS ANYONE THAT MAY HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
UH, ALL BUSINESS HAVING BEEN CONDUCTED AND WHERE THE MEETING ADJOURNED.