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[Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee on April 16, 2026.]
BEING THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM, I CALL THE MEETING, UH, TO ORDER FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION AT FOUR 30.UM, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
IS THAT CORRECT, ADRIANA? THAT IS CORRECT.
WE HAVE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS TODAY,
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GO DOWN THE PRINTED AGENDA.
UH, THE VERY FIRST, UH, VOTING AGENDA ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 19TH, 2026, UH, ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MINUTES.
I HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM.
WE HAVE TO AMEND THIS THING BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABSENT LAST.
SO I MOVE THAT WE AMEND IT SO THAT I AM NOT LISTED AS ABSENT.
OH, IT HAS YOU ON, HAS YOU ON THERE, YOUR HONOR? IT HAS ALSO THE NEW ONE DOES, BECAUSE I'VE TALKED TO YES.
THE OLD ONE THAT CAME IN DID NOT.
SO ONCE AGAIN, I CALL FOR A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES.
SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. JACKSON.
I SECONDED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.
THE, UH, MINUTES FOR THE MARCH 19TH MEETING.
UM, SO THE MINUTES FOR THE MARCH 19TH, 2026 MEETING ARE ADOPTED.
UH, AND OUR DIRECTOR WAS BRINGING SOMETHING TO MY ATTENTION.
UH, WE HAVE AN UNFORTUNATE, UH, PASSING, UH, AND I'M GONNA LET, UH, OUR DIRECTOR CALL FOR THE MOMENT OF SILENCE.
AND THIS IS, UM, AN OFFERING ON BEHALF OF, UH, COMMISSIONER MEEK WHO IS NOT FEELING WELL TODAY.
MR. DID WANT US TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR THE PASSING OF NITA MARTINEZ.
MOST OF US ARE AWARE THAT PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK, ONE OF OUR
SO I'LL INVITE EVERYONE ONLINE AND IN PERSON TO JOIN US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON OUR AGENDA, UM, A LOT OF THIS IS GONNA BE PUBLIC ART.
SO, UH, WE WOULD ASK FOR THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IF I, I WANNA SAY COMMISSIONER WEINSTEIN AND IF, UH, IF KRISTA WEINSTEIN, IF YOU WOULD, PRODUCT CENTER.
SO THIS IS, UM, FOR THE WILLIE B. JOHNSON REC CENTER AND COUNCIL DISTRICT.
AND, UM, I WAS JUST TALKING TO COMMISSIONER BONO ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS LOCATION.
IF Y'ALL, Y'ALL KNOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HAMILTON PARK, THIS REC CENTER IS REALLY A CENTERPIECE FOR IT.
UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING IF YOU COULD CLICK THROUGH TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, IT'S, UH, SURPRISINGLY WOODED LOCATION, VERY NEAR LBJ IN THIS HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'LL JUST ADD CENTRAL AND FOREST.
UM, NAMED AFTER A REALLY INFLUENTIAL WOMAN, WILLIE V. JOHNSON, WHO WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVITIES IN DALLAS.
SOME, JUST SOME VIEWS WE CAN JUST GET TO THE, ARE, WELL THOSE TYPES, THE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, UH, NOT THE STAKEHOLDERS, THE COMMUNITY, UM, MENTIONED THOSE, THE WORDS THAT ARE ON THE SLIDE HERE WAS THE, UM, ARTIST GROUP THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE SELECTION PANEL.
UM, UH, ONE OF THEM IS AN ACTUAL ARCHITECT WORKING WITH, UM, FELLOW ARTIST AND FABRICATOR,
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UM, RUSSELL ROCK.AND THEIR PROPOSAL WAS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ARTWORK THAT REPRESENTED THE COMMUNITY, UM, KIND OF UNFOLDING LIKE PAPER, UM, UM, PAPER DOLLS, BUT THEY WERE ACTUALLY IN HOUSE SHAPES ALL OF THE TEXT AND THE CONTENT IS JUST PLACEHOLDERS FOR FUTURE, UM, COMMUNITY.
SO THIS IS SOME OF THEIR, UM, UH, OKAY.
CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE JUST SO THAT THEY, THE COMMISSION CAN UNDERSTAND THIS IS WORK THEY'VE DONE OTHER PLACES.
SO YOU SEE THEY WORK WITH THESE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES.
PEOPLE CRAWL ON THEM, THEY CRAWL THROUGH THEM.
YOU SEE THERE'S A WORDING THROUGHOUT THERE.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT THEY, UM, BROUGHT FORTH TO THIS COMMITTEE, TO THE SELECTION COMMITTEE.
SO AGAIN, IT'S, AS LYNN SAID, THESE ARE LIKE HOUSES.
LIKE YOU WOULD SEE PAPER DOLLS THAT UNFOLD, BUT THAT ARE HOLDING HANDS.
SO THESE HOUSES ARE HOLDING HANDS, THEY'RE ATTACHED, UM, THEY'RE IN THREE DIFFERENT, FOUR DIFFERENT COLORS.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S, UM, WORDING, THERE'S TEXT WITHIN THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT IS NOT BEEN DECIDED EXACTLY YET, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE SOME MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THEY WILL WORK DIRECTLY, LIKE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHICH WE'LL HEAR ABOUT IN THE NEXT PIECE OF THIS MEETING, UM, WAS DONE WITH THE STAFF, THE PUBLIC ART STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY.
SO THE NEXT PIECE WILL BE THE ARTISTS THEMSELVES WILL COME BACK AND WORK OR ONLINE.
WE'RE NOT SURE HOW WE'LL WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO COME UP WITH THESE THEMES FOR THESE HOUSES AND THE ACTUAL TEXT.
IF THERE IS ANOTHER SLIDE THAT'S THEIR BUDGET, WHICH I CAN'T SEE.
IT WORKS IN THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE SUGGESTED AND IT, UH, MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE SET FOR WHICH AGAIN, WE'LL COME BACK TO HOW WE DO THAT AND WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT AND THE AMOUNT OF, UM, DUE DILIGENCE THAT THE STAFF DOES.
BUT THAT HAS BEEN VETTED BY THE STAFF AND THE SELECTION COMMITTEE.
AND THAT'S JUST MORE, THEY'RE LIKE, UH, ARTIST VISION STATEMENTS ON THIS PIECE.
AND THAT'S IT, I THINK PROBABLY, RIGHT? YES.
SO THIS IS, UM, THIS, AGAIN, IT'S GONE THROUGH THE SELECTION, UM, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE AND THEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO PUBLIC ART EARLIER THIS MONTH.
AND WE HAVE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
AND SO NOW WE NEED YOUR SMILING FACES TO SAY, YES, THIS IS GREAT SO WE CAN GET A CONTRACT AND GET TO WORK IT BEING RECOMMENDED BY THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE TO, UM, APPROVE THE SELECTION OF ARTIST URBAN ROCK DESIGN FOR THE WILLIE B. JOHNSON RECREATION CENTER.
UH, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION OR IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? WELL, I, I DO WANNA SAY I, I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE HOUSES.
AND IF YOU KNOW HAMILTON PARK, IT IS ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD AND ABOUT HOMES.
AND WHEN, WHEN THE COMMUNITY WAS BUILT BACK IN THE, THE LATE FORTIES, EARLY FIFTIES, UH, IT WASN'T COMMUNITY.
IT STILL LIVES A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYBODY INTO EVERYBODY'S HOUSES.
AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW HAMILTON PARK IS.
THIRD GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES HAVE COME BACK TO RAISE THEIR KIDS IN HAMILTON PARK.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S AN INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, HOUSING AND HAVING THAT COMMUNITY AND WHERE EVERYBODY JUST WENT IN, INSIDE EVERYBODY'S HOUSES, THAT REALLY REPRESENTS THAT COMMUNITY SO WELL, IT WAS, IT WAS AN OPEN DOOR POLICY.
SO I DO LOVE, WHEN I SAW THAT IT WAS HOUSES, IT REALLY MADE ME HAPPY.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE BEST REPRESENTATION AND THEY TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THAT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T READ JIM SCHULTZ'S THE ACCOMMODATION.
I MEAN, YOU'RE GONNA LEARN ABOUT COUNCIL PARK.
AND, UM, AND THAT IS A COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE STILL SO TIGHT KNIT AND GRANDCHILDREN ARE THERE WITH THEIR GRANDPARENTS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY PRETTY COOL.
BUT WITH THAT, I WILL SAY, UH, I MEAN THAT WE ACCEPT
SO I TAKE YOUR SUPPORT OF THEIR PRESENTATION AS YOUR MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL.
UH, CAN WE GET A SECOND? COMMISSIONER BRAGGA ALONE SECONDS.
UH, THE RECOMMENDATION ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSITION? NO OPPOSITION.
THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SELECTED ARTIST, URBAN ROCK DESIGN FOR THE WIL JOHNSON RECREATION CENTER.
WE'RE NOT HAVE SEVERAL OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT A LITTLE, WE HAD MORE.
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YES.I JUST NOTICED THAT I WAS COUNTED ABSENT, ABSENT MINUTES OVER THERE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS OUR ACTIVATION.
LET'S, LET'S REVISIT THAT AT THE END.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE, THIS RECOMMENDATION OF THE 26 27 COMMUNITY ARTIST PROGRAM.
UM, I REMEMBER THE CAT PROGRAM IS OUR PROGRAM WHERE WE WILL SELECT A ROSTER OF, UM, MORE THAN 60 ARTISTS TO, WELL THEN, UM, BE SENT OUT TO DO ART IN OUR COMMUNITIES BY REQUEST OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
SO THOSE CAN BE NONPROFITS, THOSE CAN BE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, AND ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL INVITE THEM OUT TO PERFORM ART, UH, FOR FREE TO THEM ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO TRY AND KEEP ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT MAKE THIS PROGRAM GREAT AND CHANGE VERY FEW OF THEM.
BUT THE ONES THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, ARE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, BETTER CONFIRM THE LENGTH OF TIMES THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GO TO THE SAME FACILITY TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
WE REALLY SPECIFY THAT IN THE GUIDELINES THIS YEAR.
THE OTHER THING THAT'S CHANGED AS AN ARTIST REQUEST, AS PART OF OUR ARTIST ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS, UM, THAT WE, THAT RHONDA HELD THIS PAST MAY ARTISTS HAVE REQUESTED SOME MORE HELP SPECIFICALLY WITH VISUAL ARTS FOR TAKE HOME PROJECTS THAT PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE WILL TAKE HOME WITH THEM.
SO WE'LL HAVE A, UH, REIMBURSABLE AMOUNT THAT VISUAL ARTISTS WHO ARE GOING TO BE SENDING THEIR MATERIALS HOME WITH THEIR PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO WORK.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE C-A-C-A-P, UH, GUIDELINES FOR THIS YEAR THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, WE WILL BE DOING OUR BEST TO KEEP THOSE THINGS PRETTY WELL THE SAME, THERE ARE A FEW TERMS THAT HAVE BEEN UPDATED AS WELL OF WHAT COUNTS AS AN ASSISTANT AND A PROTECTED DEMOGRAPHIC THAT I WORK GLEN, TALK ABOUT IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE'LL BE DOING PRETTY MUCH THE SAME PROGRAM THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE FROM GETTING REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THESE ARTISTS.
ALSO, JUST AS A NOTE, UM, AS A REGULAR PRACTICE ABOUT MID-YEAR RUN, IT COMES TO THE ALLOCATED COMMITTEE WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO REALLOCATE FUNDS FROM ARTISTS.
REVANT PARTICULARLY USED ALL OF THEIRS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BASED OFF OF THEIR SORT OF, UM, FREQUENCY OF, OF REQUESTS AND ALL OF THAT.
AND SO AS A PART OF THAT AS WELL, SHE'S PUT IN, UM, A CONDITION THAT, UM, ENTITIES THAT HAVEN'T COMPLETED THEIR CONTRACTS BY MARCH 31ST.
AND SO THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, THAT ISN'T THE FAULT OF OUR OWN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES, OF COURSE, UM, THAT THOSE FUNDING AWARDS MAY BE RESCINDED OR FORFEITED OR REDUCED BASED OFF OF THE LACK OF CONTRACT EXECUTION.
SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE UTILIZATION OF THOSE FUNDS FOR OTHER ARTISTS WHO ARE, WHO HAVE AN EX EXECUTED CONTRACT, UM, AND ARE GETTING REQUESTED AT A RATE THAT THEIR CURRENT FUNDING DOES NOT ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE.
IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE FOR THE WHOLE COMMISSION TO KNOW THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE GET TO OUR ACTIVATE, BUT THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THE STAFF PUTS INTO MAKING SURE THAT THE GUIDELINES ARE NOT JUST REPEATED EACH YEAR.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, OF, UM, ARTIST ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS.
WE TAKE FEEDBACK FROM THE ARTIST, JULIA AND HER STAFF SPEND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME LOOKING AT WHAT WORKED FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT, WHAT DIDN'T WORK, AND ALSO LISTENING TO OUR ARTIST AND LISTENING TO OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE USING CAP ARTISTS SO THAT BY THE TIME IT COMES TO THE COMMISSION, BY THE TIME IT COMES TO THE COMMITTEE, IT HAS BEEN TRULY WELL VETTED.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT BY NOW, I CHAIR A COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE WHO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING GOT MISSED.
SO THEN THEIR VERY HARD WORK, UM, USUALLY GETS QUESTIONED.
PRETTY, UM, PRETTY USED TO GET QUESTIONED, PRETTY STRINGENTLY.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY IN RECENT YEARS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A COMMITTEE FULL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR EVERY I THAT HASN'T BEEN DOTTED, OR EVERY T THAT HASN'T BEEN CROSSED, IT'S SELDOM THAT WE FIND ANYTHING THAT THE STAFF HAS MISSED.
SO I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU ON ONCE AGAIN, DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB IN BRINGING US UPDATING GUIDELINES.
AND I WANTED THE FULL COMMISSION TO KNOW, UH, WHEN THE, WHEN YOU ARE READY, I WILL BE GLAD TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THEM.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CAP GUIDELINES AS, UM, AS PRESENTED BY, IS THERE A QUESTION? OH, UM, COMMISSIONER URIEL HAS A QUESTION.
I'M JUST, UM, I WAS READING THROUGH
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THE, THE DOCUMENT AND I HEARD SOMETHING.SO CAP, CAP MONIES ARE, ARE, YOU CAN START REQUESTING FOLKS FOR FROM CAP IN OCTOBER, AND IF NO ONE HAS REQUESTED SOMEBODY BY MARCH, THEY THEIR FUNDING CAN BE REDUCED.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, YES AND NO.
WHAT GLEN WAS ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT IS IF THEY HAVE NOT ACTUALLY GOTTEN THEIR CONTRACT FULLY SIGNED BY MARCH.
NOW, THAT'S AN ISSUE TOO, IS OFTEN ARTISTS OR ESPECIALLY ORGANIZATIONS MAY NEED INSURANCE TO PERFORM THEIR ART WHERE THEY'D LIKE TO PERFORM.
UM, WE WORK WITH OUR RISK MANAGEMENT OFFICE ON THAT.
AND SOMETIMES BEGINNING OF THE INSURANCE OR THE SIGNING OF THE CONTRACT AGREEING ON THE SCOPE TAKES QUITE A WHILE.
AND IT IS THE PREROGATIVE OF THE ARTIST TO GET THAT DONE BEFORE APRIL IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
IN THE SITUATION THAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED WHERE NO ONE HAS REQUESTED AN ARTIST BY APRIL.
WE MAY REALLOCATE SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THE ONES WHO, OTHER ARTISTS WHO ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF MONEY BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN REQUESTED A WHOLE LOT.
UM, I'LL BE TALKING TO THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE ABOUT THAT NEXT MONTH, I BELIEVE.
DO YOU FIND THAT YOU HAVE SOME INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS THAT GET REQUESTED MORE IN THE SUMMER? I'M JUST WONDERING IF, IF THIS ALIZE PEOPLE WHO PRIMARILY DO MOST OF THEIR TAP WORK IN THE SUMMER, UM, I HAVEN'T HAD THAT EXPERIENCE.
THAT, AND WE WOULD TALK TO THE, WE, WE WOULD TALK TO THEM, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, SO THAT WE WOULD KNOW THAT.
AND IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE THING, THAT THE LANGUAGE, THE LANGUAGE IS NOT, WILL BE TAKEN AWAY OR ALLOCATED IT IS MAY CORRECT.
SO IT, UM, IT GIVES FLEXIBILITY FOR SOME DISCUSSION WITH THE ARTIST.
UM, AND OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS THAT WE, IF WE DON'T SPEND THE FUNDS DURING THE BUDGET YEAR YEAR, THEY'RE LOST.
SO OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE USING ALL OF THE FUNDS FOR THE CAP PROGRAM.
BUT IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A GOTCHA.
IT'S A, YOU GUYS CORRECT ME IF I'M, IF I'M GETTING ANYTHING WRONG, IT'S NOT A GOTCHA.
IT'S A, UM, IT'S A MECHANISM THAT WE CAN USE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THOSE FUNDS GET SPREAD TO ARTISTS.
WOULD COMMISSIONER JACKSON HAD A QUESTION? YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A COMMENT TO SAY HOW IMPORTANT THE, UM, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE'S A STIPEND GOING TO THE ARTISTS FOR, WELL, I DON'T KNOW, YOU DIDN'T CALL IT STIPEND, BUT SOME FUNDS FOR ART SUPPLIES.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE ACCESSING, UM, THOSE PROGRAMS, THEY LIKELY DON'T HAVE ART SUPPLIES READILY AT HOME.
AND ART SUPPLIES ARE EXPENSIVE.
AND SO, UM, THAT IS A, A BIG DEAL.
IT GIVES PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THINGS WITH THEM AND ALSO TO CONTINUE SOMETHING THEY MAY HAVE STARTED, UM, YOU KNOW, LEARNING HOW TO DO.
UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING.
ONE IS, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, ESPECIALLY TO
I KNEW THAT ALREADY ON VACATION, CELEBRATING WHENEVER RETIREMENT.
BUT ALSO HER TEAM, ZOE LIZ, IN FACT ONE OF THEM IS ON THE PHONE, UM, UH, TELLING ME THAT SUMMER REQUESTS MAY BE MADE IN MARCH.
SO ANY REQUEST FOR SUMMER SHOULD BE IN WELL BEFORE THE MID-YEAR AUDIT.
WE'VE ALSO ADDED, UM, BACK RESIDENCY, UH, REQUESTS BY OUR ARTISTS BASED OFF OF THEIR AWARD AMOUNT.
AND SO DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH THEY RECEIVE IN THE YEAR, THEY CAN BE REQUESTED FOR A FOUR, SIX, OR EIGHT SESSION RESIDENCY.
UH, WHICH IS ALSO VERY EXCITING TO ALLOW FOR SORT OF REGULAR PROGRAMMING IN ANY GIVEN LOCATION.
UM, THAT ALSO DOES NOT EXHAUST ALL OF THEIR PHONES IMMEDIATELY, WHICH IS WHY WE SORT OF HAVE THIS TIERED SYSTEM IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION.
UH, I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE CAP ARTIST WHO MAYBE IS NOT HIGHLY REQUESTED, BUT REALLY GREAT ARE, ARE THEY GIVEN TIPS ON HOW TO PROMOTE THEMSELVES? HOW DO WE, HOW ARE THEY PROMOTED? UM, THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO ACTIVELY BE PROMOTING THEIR OWN
WE ALSO WORK WITH OUR LIBRARIES AND REC CENTERS WHO WANNA MAKE THOSE REQUESTS.
UM, BUT THEY'RE ON THE ROSTER ON THE WEBSITE AND WE TRY TO MAKE THAT AS ENGAGING AS WE CAN.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT IS LARGELY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ARTISTS TO BE ADVOCATING FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR THINGS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COMMUNITY ARTIST PROGRAM GUIDELINES, CONSIDERING DISCUSSION? DO YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES TO YOUR MOTION COMMISSIONER? MY MOTION WAS THAT WE ACCEPT THE GUIDELINES AS PER PRESENTED.
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JACKSON IS SECONDED.UH, SO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR VOTING ITEM NUMBER THREE PASSES.
UH, NUMBER FOUR IS PARTS ACTIVATE GUIDELINES.
I, I, I DID DO, I DO KNOW MORE.
UM, ARTS ACTIVATE IS OUR PROGRAM THAT IS PROJECT BASED.
SO AS OPPOSED TO THE CAP ROSTER WHERE THE COMMUNITY REP, THE COMMUNITY REQUESTS THE ARTIST AND SENT OUT THIS TIME, THE ARTIST REQUESTS WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO, AND WE PAY THEM TO DO IT, IS THE IDEA.
UM, THEY ALL HAVE TO BE PUBLIC EVENTS.
THEY ALL HAVE TO HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF DALLAS BETWEEN OCTOBER OF, OF 2026 THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER, 2027.
AND IT'S DONE IN THREE ROUNDS.
UM, LIKE CAP, WE ALSO HELD MULTIPLE ARTIST ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS.
AND WHAT WE HEARD PREDOMINANTLY WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE PROGRAM PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT WE HAD.
THE CHANGES ARE, UM, WE HAVE MOVED THE, THE DATES JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE ROUNDS TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE GRADING AND PROCESSING TIME BECAUSE OF THE REALLY HIGH VOLUME OF APPLICANTS.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO CLARIFIED SOME LANGUAGE THAT WAS CONFUSING TO A LOT OF APPLICANTS.
SO, ARE YOU ALLOWED TO WORK AT A SCHOOL? IS A BIG QUESTION.
AND AM I ALLOWED TO SELL TICKETS? IS A QUESTION THAT WE GET A LOT.
THE BIGGEST CHANGES ARE TO THE WAY THAT WE, UM, DO THE ADMIN SCORING.
WE HAD LAST YEAR, WE HAD TWO QUIZZES BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE REALLY SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD WHAT INSURANCE THEY WERE GONNA NEED.
IN RETROSPECT THAT THAT WAS TOO MUCH.
WE'RE GONNA DIAL THAT BACK JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS UNDERSTAND THE GUIDELINES, BUT WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO HAVE THEM TAKING MULTIPLE QUIZZES TO APPLY.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE DOING REALLY CAREFULLY IS LOOKING AT THEIR BUDGET, UM, AND SPECIFICALLY AWARDING PEOPLE THAT ARE PAYING MORE TO OTHER ARTISTS.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THE ARTS ECOSYSTEM.
AND WHAT WE HEARD WAS THAT MANY ARTISTS ARE IN FACT USING THEIR AWARD TO TURN AROUND AND PAY THEIR, UM, FOLKS THAT ARE HELPING THEM IN THE PROJECT.
SO WE ARE GOING TO AWARD WITH POINTS PEOPLE WHO PLAN TO DO THAT.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE ALSO ADDED SOME TEXT BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM HAS BECOME VERY, VERY, VERY COMPETITIVE.
THAT THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE MAY, AT THEIR OWN DISCRETION, UM, SELECT NEW ARTISTS WITH COMPARABLE SCORES TO RETURNING ARTISTS IN ROUNDS TWO AND THREE OF THE PROGRAM IF FOLKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN AWARDED IN ROUND ONE.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF DISCRETION TOWARDS SPREADING THE WEALTH, UH, LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY AMONG ALL OF OUR APPLICANTS IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE PROGRAM.
COMMISSIONER BRAG, EVERYTHING I SAID THE FIRST TIME ABOUT APP APPLIES.
UM, AND I DID WANNA SPEAK, UH, BRIEFLY TO THE, THE POINT THAT JULIA JUST MADE.
ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT ON THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE.
IT IS A REAL STRUGGLE FOR US EVERY YEAR, UM, BECAUSE WE NORMALLY, THE BREAK COMES SCORING WISE AT A PRETTY GOOD PLACE.
BUT WE DO SOMETIMES FACE THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE IF WE SAID WE WERE GOING THAT YOU, THAT THE RULES REQUIRED US TO DEFER TO PEOPLE WHO HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN OR AWARDED IN ROUND ONE, WE WOULD BE TAKING A AWARD, AN AWARD AWAY FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAD SCORED AT THE VERY TOP.
SO TO SOMETIMES A 20 POINT DIFFERENTIAL IN THEIR SCORE.
AND SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A REAL STRUGGLE, RIGHT? WE WON AWARD AS MANY ARTISTS AS POSSIBLE.
UM, ON THE ONE HAND, ON THE OTHER HAND, TAKING A SECOND AWARD AWAY, AND YOU CAN ONLY, YOU CAN ONLY BE FUNDED TWICE IN ARTS ACTIVATE, TAKING A SECOND OPPORTUNITY AWAY FROM A PROJECT THAT SCORES A HUNDRED TO AWARDED TO A PROJECT THAT'S, THAT SCORES SIGNIFICANTLY LESS, ALSO CAUSES SOME CONSTERNATION.
AND SO, UM, THE, UH, JULIA AND HER STAFF PRESENTED US WITH SOME VERY WONDERFUL LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS FOR DISCRETION BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S MORE THAN WHO GOT THE HIGHEST SCORE AND SOMETIMES IT'S MORE THAN WHO'S HOW MANY WARDS YOU HAVE GOTTEN.
UM, AND AGAIN, UH, THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE IS FULL OF QUESTIONING MINDS.
AND SO I FEEL COMPLETELY CONFIDENT THAT, THAT WITH THE HELP OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE, UM, NOTHING WILL BE ROTE.
AND, AND SO I'M, I AM ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT CHANGE IN THE GUIDELINES BECAUSE WE'VE DISCUSSED IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, UM, HOW TO MAKE A CHANGE.
AND WE HADN'T BEEN READY TO MAKE ONE BECAUSE WE, IT TOOK THIS MOMENT OF HAVING REALLY PERFECT LANGUAGE AND SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE ARTIST TO GET US WHERE WE ARE.
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ALL OF THE PROVISIONS.BUT THAT ONE'S ONE I'M PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT.
I THINK COMMISSIONER URIEL HAS HER HAND RAISED.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR US, BUT YOU'RE MUTED.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN FROM NO, UM, I ACCIDENT I'D ACCIDENTALLY MEANT TO UNMUTE MYSELF, BUT I TOOK MY HAND DOWN.
UM, UM, AND THIS IS PROBABLY, I KNOW THESE ARE FOR GUIDELINES FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UM, ART TO ACTIVATE.
AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
AS A PREVIOUS ARTIST WHO WAS AWARDED THESE, THESE GRANTS BEFORE I WAS ON THE COMMISSION, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT IS PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING A CERTAIN KIND OF WORK IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND WHO UTILIZE THESE FUNDS FOR THAT KIND OF WORK, WHICH IS, UM, MORE OF ART AS A SOCIAL PRACTICE.
I THINK, I'LL USE MY EXAMPLE OF US DOING PLEASANT GROOVE OPEN MIC, THAT WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY WORK.
AND ALSO I WILL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN WITHOUT, UM, A THERAPIST PRESENCE, SOME KIND OF A COUNSELOR.
UM, BUT WHEN A COMMUNITY ARTISTS GENERATE A SCENE WHERE PEOPLE COME BACK OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND THEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO PAY THE, THE, THEIR FEATURES EVERY MONTH BECAUSE, UM, YOU'VE ALREADY AWARDED THEM THAT YOU'VE AWARDED THEM THAT THREE TIMES IN A ROW.
AND THAT ARTIST ISN'T GOING TO BECOME A NONPROFIT 'CAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE A DAY JOB AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO, UM, BECOME A COP ORGANIZATION.
THEY'RE BASICALLY DOING SOME REALLY INTENSE CULTURAL WORK IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
I THINK EITHER WE THINK ABOUT ANOTHER WAY TO, UM, FUND THOSE, THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THAT KIND OF WORK, UM, OUTSIDE OF OUR ATOR OR CULTURAL VALUE, WHEN YOU JUST THINK ABOUT THAT SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES THOSE WILL GET GOING AND THEN SUDDENLY WE'RE LIKE, OH, WE FUNDED THEM FOUR YEARS IN A ROW.
WE DIDN'T NEED TO FUND THAT AGAIN.
AND THEN THEY, THEY HAD NO INTENTION OF ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING ELSE FOR FUNDRAISING BECAUSE THAT WAS THE THING THAT THEY DID IN COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY WERE KNOWN FOR.
SO, SO I JUST, MAYBE I CAN CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO IT'S NOT YEAR OVER YEAR.
YOU CAN GET FUNDED, YOU KNOW, ONE YEAR, THEN THE OTHER, THEN YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO GET FUNDED THE THIRD YEAR.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN A SINGLE FISCAL YEAR, YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO BE FUNDED A MAXIMUM OF TWO TIMES.
AND SO ANNUAL PROGRAMMING, UM, EVEN IF IT'S A SERIES OF EVENTS, UH, IS ELIGIBLE FOR REAPPLICATION EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN SUBJECT TO THE APPLICATION SCORING REVIEW AND ALLOCATION PROCESS.
HI, UH, I WANNA PIGGYBACK ON TABITHA'S, UM, COMMENT.
UH, BECAUSE AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS A SOCIAL PRACTICE THAT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
UM, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, NECESSARILY NEED THESE FUNDS, BUT I KNOW THAT FOR ARTISTS WHO ARE DOING THAT KIND OF WORK, MAYBE WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT A WHOLE SEPARATE CATEGORY, UM, THAT IS A PART OF ARTS ACTIVATE THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ARTISTS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN SOCIAL PRACTICE.
SO I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO.
AND I THINK WE MIGHT BE MEETING THAT ALSO THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ARTISTS PROGRAM CAP, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE REIMPLEMENTATION OF OUR, UH, RESIDENCY REQUESTS.
BUT ISN'T CAP ISN'T CAP PRIMARILY FOR ARTISTS OF COLOR? NO.
UM, THOSE COMMENTS BEAR ANY IMPACT ON THE RECOMMENDATION? UH, NO.
I, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS NOW.
WE CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING NOW, BUT I'M JUST SAYING PERHAPS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT THAT AS AN AREA THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE AND MORE ARTISTS WORKING IN THE AREA OF, OF, UM, SOCIAL PRACTICE THAN EVER BEFORE.
AND TO RESPOND TO THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER MEEK AND COMMISSIONER CURIEL, I HAVE MADE A NOTE OF IT AND I'M SURE GLENN AND JULIA HAVE AS WELL.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE GUIDELINES THIS SUMMER FOR THE NEXT PROGRAM YEAR, UM, THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS THAT I CAN THINK OF THAT WE MIGHT TAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION INTO CONSIDERATION.
THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
UH, SO WE WILL, I'VE MADE A NOTE TO ADD THAT TO THE TIME WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GUIDELINES.
SO THANKS TO YOU BOTH FOR BRINGING IT UP.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WE, UM, ACCEPT THE GUIDELINES AS RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE TO THE COMMISSION.
SO IT IS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BRAGGA ALONE AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER PEL.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NO OTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR? UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
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IT APPEARS.SO, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE YARDS ACTIVATE PROGRAM GUIDELINES, UH, PASSES.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION OF SEVEN ADDITIONAL PANEL OKAY.
FOR, UH, THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURES FUNDING PROGRAMS. EVERYBODY'S RECEIVED THE NAMES, UH, OF THE POST PANELISTS.
UM, JULIA, UM, YET AGAIN, THESE ARE SEVEN WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE ON OUR FUNDING PANELS.
UM, SOME OF THEM HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO JUMP RIGHT IN WITH ARTS ACTIVATE ROUND THREE.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE INDIVIDUALS FOR THE FUNDING PROCESS, UM, I'D BE REALLY HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROPOSED SEVEN ADDITIONAL PANELISTS? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.
CAN WE GET A MOTION? MOTION? OKAY, COMMISSIONER, UH, I WANNA SAY AMBER
COMMISSIONER PICKENS, UH, HAS, UH, MOVED THAT WE ACCEPT THE SEVEN PANELISTS.
SECOND, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
ALL IN FAVOR, COMMISSIONER ING, UH, JOINED US.
SO THE SEVEN ADDITIONAL PANELISTS, UH, WE'RE ALL APPROVED.
UH, MOVING DOWN OUR, UH, AGENDA, UH, AS WE MOVE TO THE CHAIR REPORT, UH, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO OUR, OUR THREE COMMITTEES.
BUT, UH, I'M GONNA FIRST GO TO SYLVIA BODEL.
I BELIEVE, UH, THE ANNUAL REPORT HAS A FANTASTIC, I JUST WANNA SAY THANKS STAFF TO THIS AWESOME TEAM, UH, ADRIANA LYNN, AND OUR IN OUR COMMITTEE.
AND IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO GET A PRINTED COPY.
AS MUCH AS I LOVE THE, THE CONVENIENCE OF DIGITAL, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST SO GOOD TO HAVE PAPER IN YOUR HANDS.
AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES.
I WILL JUST HAVE TO SAY, BECAUSE THE FORMATTING, UH, DESIGN WAS CREATED, IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DESIGN, IT WAS DONE DIGITALLY INTO TO CONVERT IT TO PRINT.
IT TOOK A LITTLE MORE NUANCING AND ADRIANA DID THAT.
AND IF YOU SEE A TYPO IN IT, BE QUIET, ZIP IT UP.
WHAT'S ON THE BACK COVER? WHO TOOK THAT PHOTO? I, A VERY FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER THAT WE KNOW.
AND SHE, SHE, SHE'S OUR EAGLE EYE TOO.
SO, UH, IF YOU SEE A TYPO, IT'S ACTUALLY IN LINDA'S FAULT,
SO YEAH, WE, I'M REALLY PROUD TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PIECE, TO HAVE OUR OWN COMMISSION'S, ARTWORK.
SO I CAN SAY NEXT YEAR WHEN I'M NOT ON THAT C COMMITTEE, WE DON'T, YOU'S GONNA HIRE ME TO TAKE PICTURES.
SO ADRIANA, I BELIEVE WE HAVE HARD COPIES FOR THEM AS WELL.
SO, UH, YOU CAN PICK UP YOUR, THIS CHAIR'S, UH, VALUABLE COLLECTOR'S ITEM ANNUAL REPORT, ADRIANA.
AND WE'LL ALSO MAKE SURE OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO RECEIVE A COPY.
THEY RECEIVE THE DIGITAL, BUT THEY'LL GET A HARD COPY AS WELL.
SO WE CAN DO THE VAN APPLY
WELL, THERE ISN'T VERY MUCH TO REPORT OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT WE DID HAVE OUR MEETING WHERE WE ACCEPTED THE CHANGES THAT WERE, UM, MADE TO, WELL, THE AMENDMENTS OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL THEM, THAT WERE MADE TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE, UH, FEDERAL, NEW FEDERAL, UH, POLICIES.
AND WE WILL BE MEETING ON MONDAY, THIS COMING MONDAY WITH, UM, JOY BAILEY, WITH LORD, UM, CULTURAL, UM, ORGANIZATION.
THAT WAS THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE WERE, THAT, THAT HIRED AS THE CONSULTANTS FOR THE ORIGINAL PLAN TO, TO, TO, UH, STEWARD THE ORIGINAL PLAN THROUGH, UM, TO GET SOME IDEAS OF WHAT WE MIGHT DO MOVING FORWARD IT WHEN WE ARE READY TO START THE NEXT PLAN THAT WE WILL DO.
SO THAT WILL BE, THERE'LL BE A FEW OF US THAT WILL MEET WITH HER.
WE WON'T HAVE THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, AVOID HAVING A, UM, UH, A, A QUORUM.
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HAVE, UM, UH, SOME OF US THERE TO TALK WITH HER TO GET SOME IDEAS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE MIGHT DO MOVING FORWARD.ANY UPDATES FOR THIS? I THINK, I THINK YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING GIVEN HOW MUCH WE WERE ON THE VOTING AGENDA.
SO I THINK THAT IS OUR REPORT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BACK TO THE ANNUAL REPORT.
I'VE HAD AN OCCASION AND WE ALL SAW THIS, UM, DIGITALLY, BUT I'VE HAD AN OCCASION TO USE THIS PAGE A LOT IN RECENT WEEKS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW IT LOOKS DIFFERENT TO ME KIND OF HOLDING IT IN MY HAND, BUT, UH, I WOULD RECOMMEND IF YOU DON'T CARRY THIS IN YOUR CAR ALL THE TIME, THAT YOU MAKE A COPY OF THIS PAGE AND YOU KEEP IT IN YOUR POCKET BECAUSE IT IS PAGE FIVE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY ASKS YOU WHAT WE DO, THESE, I MEAN, THERE ARE OTHER STATISTICS ARE OUT THE REPORT, BUT THESE ON PAGE FIVE, YOU KNOW, 41,780 EVENTS WITH 3.9 MILLION IN ATTENDANCE.
AND I REALLY WANNA THANK THE, UM, ANNUAL REPORT COMMITTEE FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT SUPER EASY FOR US TO USE IT AS A TOOL.
SO I AM ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY USE THIS AS A TOOL.
TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND YOUR CITY COUNCILMEN.
THEY'RE GONNA GET THIS REPORT.
BUT WHEN YOU MEET WITH THEM, UM, AS WE ALL DO FROM TIME TO TIME, I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE YOUR COPY OF THE REPORT WITH YOU TO BE SURE THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT IT AND THEY ARE SEEING WHAT WE'VE PUT IN HERE ABOUT WHAT WE GET EXCITED ABOUT, HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE GIVEN TO THE ARTS.
BUT IT'S A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE CITY SPENDS EVERY YEAR.
AND ONE OF OUR JOBS IS TO BE ADVOCATES FOR THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND THE ARTS AND THE ARTISTS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT BUDGET SURVEY IS STILL OPEN, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT FOR WHY THEY SHOULD FILL OUT THAT BUDGET SURVEY AND TALK ABOUT KEEPING MONEY FOR THE ARTS.
THAT WASN'T WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING ABOUT SINCE I, THE TIME I USED IT, SO THAT'S GREAT.
BACK FOR ALL OF YOU WHO ARE ONLINE, SHE'S, UH, COMMISSIONER BRAG ALONG IS REFERRING TO THE ONE SHEET YEAR IN REVIEW OF THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE AND PAGE FIVE, PAGE FIVE OF DIGITAL.
UH, SO DOES THAT CONCLUDE OUR MR.
IT'S THAT LITTLE QR CODE IS THIS, BUT I THINK YOU CAN RESPOND TO IT ON DIFFERENT DEVICES.
SO THAT, SO THAT YOU CAN DO IT.
IF YOU HAVE THREE DEVICES, YOU COULD RESPOND TO IT THREE TIMES.
I HEARD THAT THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE INTENT.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO NO, I TO FIND THREE PEOPLE TO FILL IT OUT.
AND, UM, IT TAKES ABOUT TWO MINUTES.
AND IF, IF I'M WRONG AND THE SURVEY IS NOT STILL OPEN, YOU CAN STILL EMAIL AND ENCOURAGE, UH, YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO EMAIL THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, TO SUPPORT KEEPING MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR THE ARTS.
MOVING DOWN THE AGENDA NEXT, OUR PUBLIC ART INFORMATION SESSION.
AS LYNN'S WALKING, I JUST WANTED TO RESET THE CONTEXT FOR OUR BRIEFING, UH, THIS AFTERNOON.
SO MANY NEW COMMISSIONERS HERE WITH US AND ONLINE, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PUBLIC
AND SO WE FELT THAT IT WOULD BE WISE TO ENTERTAIN, UH, UH, ONE-ON-ONE STYLE BRIEFING, UH, AS A REFRESHER OF COURSE FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR QUITE SOME TIME AS NEW INFORMATION FOR OUR, UH, NEWLY APPOINTED MEMBERS AND FOR THE PUBLIC WHO ARE ENGAGED NOW OR LATER, UH, VIA REVIEW OF, OF THIS BRIEFING, FOR THERE TO BE ONE PLACE WHERE FOLKS CAN GO AS A FIRST STOP AT THE VERY LEAST, TO GET THE INFORMATION THEY NEED, HOW PROGRAM WORKS, UM, HOW PIECES OF LAND AS NEW INSTALLATIONS, UH, IN OUR PROGRAM AND CITY COLLECTION.
AND OF COURSE, UH, TO HEAR ABOUT THE FACTORS LEADERSHIP FROM OUR CHAIR AND OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM MANAGER AS WELL.
WELL, I'M HAPPY TO BE SITTING HERE DOING THIS.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I'M CHRISTA FAR EINSTEIN AND I SAT ON THIS COMMISSION FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.
UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME WAS ON THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, WHICH I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW ONE GETS OR IS APPOINTED TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THEN I BECAME CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
IT'S A SEPARATE APPOINTMENT THAN THE COMMISSION WORK.
AND, UM, SO WHEN I WAS NO LONGER A COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT 11, I STAYED ON, ON THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE AND ASKED THE CHAIR.
AND, UM, I WAS GONNA SAY FOR MOST OF YOU ON THE ROOM, UM, WHO ARE NOT NEW MIGHT BE DIFFERENT, BRAD
BUT WE, I MET ONE-ON-ONE, LYNN
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AND I SAT DOWN AND WE MET ONE-ON-ONE WITH EVERY SINGLE COMMISSIONER, UM, STARTING ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO SO THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD, UM, THE HISTORY OF THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM.WHO SERVES ON THIS COMMITTEE, WHO'S STEWARDING, WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS, UM, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE STAFF DOES AND WHY THEY DO IT AND WHAT THAT ORDINANCE LOOKS LIKE.
AND THEN WHAT WAS IN YOUR, UM, SPECIFIC DISTRICT? SO LYNN AND I ARE DOING THIS TODAY, BUT FOR ANYBODY WHO'S NEW OR EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT NEW AND YOU WANNA A REFRESHER OR YOU JUST WANNA HAVE A COFFEE WITH LE ME AGAIN, 'CAUSE THEY WERE REALLY FUN.
WE WERE, UM, WE JUST REACH OUT AND LET US KNOW BECAUSE THEY WERE, THEY WERE REALLY FUN.
AND WHAT WE DID IS IF YOU WERE LIKE COMMISSIONER OR I MAKING STUFF, SYLVIA, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC ART THAT IS ON YOURS, BUT DID WE ALSO MET WITH PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO WERE IN YOUR DISTRICT, UM, WHO LIVE IN YOUR DISTRICT, WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE SO THAT YOU GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER IS NOT HAPPENING.
SO THAT WAS REALLY QUITE FUN ACTUALLY.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UM, WHAT ARE WE STARTING WITH? I THINK WE'RE STARTING WITH, OKAY, WE'RE A PERCENT OF THE ARTS PROGRAM, WHICH WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND EXPLAIN TO THAT.
UM, I THINK THE NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE AND WHO IS ON THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
IS THAT RIGHT? WE HAVE DEFINITIONS FIRST.
OH, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU DO SOME DEFINITIONS.
MARTIN, THE INNER CHAIR RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, WE ARE A VERY OLD PERSON FOR THE ART PROGRAM IN THAT WE WERE ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE WITH THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE IN 1989, AND WE'RE THE FIRST STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE, UM, ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE WAS TO INTEGRATE ART INTO PUBLIC SPACES AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THINGS WERE BECOMING PART OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT OF THE CITY, THAT ART WAS ACTUALLY PUT INTO THE VERY FABRIC OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
UM, WE ARE GOVERNED BY THIS COMMISSION, SO ALL OF YOU, UM, WILL SEE THREE TIMES ANY PUBLIC ART PROJECT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
AND, UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF 11 RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THREE OF 'EM COME FROM THIS COMMISSION, AND THEY'RE YOUR AT LARGE COMMISSIONERS.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S, UH, VICKI, CLYDE, AND JEROME.
AND THOSE ARE AUTOMATICALLY, LIKE THEY WANNA SERVE ON THE COMMISSION AND THEY'VE BEEN APPOINTED.
THEY HAVE TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE AND COME TO THAT COMMITTEE.
SO IT'S A GREAT LIAISON ROLL BACK AND FORTH, AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE THEM SERVE.
THE OTHER EIGHT PHYSICIANS ARE RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, AND THEY ARE, UM, VETTED BY MARTINE AND A STAFF AND THEN VOTED ON BY Y'ALL.
UM, AND THEY COME FROM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IT DOESN'T SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, ONE FOR EACH DISTRICT THAT JUST EIGHT RESIDENTS.
AND SO THAT GETS YOU TO YOUR 11 PEOPLE.
AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, YOU KNOW, VISUAL ARTISTS, LANDSCAPE ARTISTS, ARCHITECTS, I MEAN, I'M NOT GONNA READ YOU THE SLIDE.
IT'S PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND HOW PUBLIC ART WORKS IN A SPACE AND WHAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
SO WE DON'T WANT EIGHT ARTISTS AND TWO LANDSCAPE ARTISTS.
WE WANT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
BUT THE POINT KIND OF BAKED INTO OUR POLICY IS THAT, UM, THESE FOLKS HAVE TO BE VERY SKILLED IN THE ARTS AND THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE COMMUNITY ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY IN SOME MANNER.
SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO BEING A VOTER AND, UM, LIVING IN THE CITY, THEY ALSO HAVE TO HAVE THOSE OTHER QUALIFICATIONS.
THIS IS WHO CAN SERVE, UM, NEXT.
OKAY, SO THIS IS THE CURRENT PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
UM, AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHO SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE, THEY WORK AT DIFFERENT MUSEUMS, THEY'RE INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS.
UM, ONE'S A CURATOR AT THE NASHER.
YOU HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
ONE'S AN EXPERT IN, UM, PR, CRISIS MANAGEMENT, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ARTS.
SHE DOES THIS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
SO WE HAVE A VARIETY OF PEOPLE THAT CAN ADD TO, UM, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
SO, UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF MYSTERY ABOUT PUBLIC ART FUNDS AND WE ARE HERE TO
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DEMYSTIFY IT.SO, UM, PUBLIC ART PROJECTS, AS WE'VE SAID BEFORE, ARE PERCENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM, WHICH MEANS THAT FOR EVERY BOND THAT IS ISSUED FOR, FOR THE CITY, A PERCENTAGE OF THAT IS DESIGNATED FOR ART PROJECTS.
AND, UM, FOR THE COURSE OF THAT 50 YEARS, 40 YEARS WORTH MEANS THAT WE HAVE A COLLECTION NOW OF ART.
SOME OF THAT ART HAS BEEN INHERITED FROM, UM, WHAT I CALL THE ERA OF PEOPLE DONATING ARTWORK.
SO WE HAVE KIND OF THREE ERAS IN THE COLLECTION.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE TEXAS CENTENNIAL 1936 CENTENNIAL COLLECTION FROM FAIR PARK.
THEN WE KIND OF HAVE BETWEEN THE WARS WHERE WE HAVE CIVIC-MINDED DONORS WHO ARE DONATING ARTWORK BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM DIDN'T EXIST.
AND THEN NOW WE HAVE, UM, A, A PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN STILL ACCEPT DONATIONS AND LOANS, BUT WE ALSO ARE MAKING ARTWORK INTO THE, THE MIX OF WHAT'S BEING COOKED IN THE CITY.
UM, SO, UH, THE ART THROUGH THAT PERCENT FOR THE ARTS PROJECTS IS FUNDED THROUGH THE BOND, BUT MAINTENANCE AND CONSERVATION, YOU WILL NOTE CANNOT BE FUNDED BY BOND.
AND IT IS FUNDED IN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO ALL OF GUY'S WORK, ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'LL SEE COMING FROM HIM ARE ALL FUNDED IN THAT BUDGET THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE FOR MAINTENANCE AND CONSERVATION THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE A GREATER THAN 50,000, $150 MILLION COLLECTION, THAT CONSERVATION MONEY IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, THESE ARTWORKS THAT ARE BOTH, UM, KIND OF CITYWIDE PIECES AND THEN NEIGHBORHOOD PIECES.
AND I WANNA MAKE TWO, TWO POINTS IN HERE, UM, REAL QUICK.
ONE IS THAT FOR EACH BOND PROJECT, UM, THE PERCENT OF THE, THE PERCENT COULD BE DIFFERENT.
FOR A WATER PROJECT, IT'S 0.75%.
SO ANY KIND OF PAVEMENT STUFF, STREETS, TRAILS, IT'S POINT POINTS UP.
SO IF YOU EVER SEE A DIFFERENCE IN NUMBERS, THAT'S WHERE IT COMES FROM.
WE DON'T GO IN OR THE STAFF DOESN'T GO IN AND SAY, OH, WELL WE'RE GONNA DO THIS.
IT IS ALREADY LAID OUT, UM, FOR US.
AND THE OTHER THING I WANNA, AND, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THERE IS A MYSTERY ON HOW, AGAIN, IF THERE'S JUST A BUDGET, A LINE ITEM FOR MAINTENANCE AND CONSERVATION, WHICH IS GUY, AND THEN ALL THE MAINTENANCE AND CONSERVATION, IF THERE'S JUST A LINE ITEM FOR THAT, HOW DOES THE REST OF THE STAFF GET PAID? WELL, THEY DO NOT GET PAID THROUGH THIS OFFICE.
THEY GET PAID FROM THE BOND PROCESS AND THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, POINT ON HOW WE RUN OR HOW THIS OFFICE IS RUN BY MARTINE AND THE REST OF THE STAFF.
SO HOW, HOW ARE THOSE PERCENTAGES SET? IS THAT, IS THAT THEY'RE SET IN THE ORDINANCE? OKAY, SO THAT'S, THAT'S BY ORDINANCE.
AND SO CAN WE LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE BECAUSE I THINK JUST JUMPED AHEAD.
UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA KEEP SAYING SOME THINGS OVER AND OVER BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE LIKE HARD TO REMEMBER SOMETIMES, EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT BE PRETTY OBVIOUS ONES, YOU'RE LIKE, OH, THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE IT IS NOW THIS.
SO, UM, YOU QUEUED IT UP PERFECTLY SO IT KIND OF EXPLAINS, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, MORE, UM, CONSTRUCTION BUILDING WISE, THAT'S USUALLY SET AT 1.5.
AND THEN THINGS THAT ARE LIKE PAVEMENT IS 0.75.
UM, THIS, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE, THIS APPLIES TO ALL, UM, GENERAL ORDER BONDS.
AND, UM, THE MONIES CAN BE SPENT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE DOCUMENTATION, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE, UM, DESIGN SERVICES, ET CETERA, UM, EX UH, RESTRICTIONS ON THE ORDINANCE FOR FUNDS THAT THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS PUBLIC ARTS.
SO ANYTHING THAT'S A REPLACEMENT IS NOT CONSIDERED CONSTRUCTION.
SO IF A PLAYGROUND IS, LIKE, SINCE WE'RE AT PARKS, IF A PLAYGROUND IS, UM, DESIGNATED AS, UM, REFURBISH, REFURBISHING IT, THERE'S NO SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC ART NEW PROJECTS.
BUT IF IT GETS A NEW FENCE OR LIGHTING, THERE'S A SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC ART.
UM, SO, UH, THE BOND, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, NOT TO, UM, GO DEEP INTO BONDNESS, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THE BONDS ARE SET ASIDE AS AND PROPOSITIONS.
SO, UM, THEY'LL BE LABELED, THEY'RE VOTED ON IN THOSE PROPOSITIONS AND
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THE BONDS ARE LINKED TO THOSE PROPOSITIONS THROUGH THE LIFE OF, OF THOSE PROJECTS.AND THIS IS JUST A REALLY SIMPLE, WHAT IS A CITY BOND
SO THAT MEANS, UM, WHEN SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE BUILT, UM, THEY'LL, UM, THAT REQUIRES, UH, AN INVESTMENT, UM, THAT'S GREATER THAN THE BUDGET.
SO BELIEVE I'M SPEAKING FINANCE, UM, THERE'LL BE A, UM, A, THE VOTERS WILL VOTE EITHER PASS OR NOT PASS THE BOND.
SO WHAT YOU CAN DO, OKAY, SO HERE'S HOW IT REALLY WORKS.
SO THE MONEY PIECE REALLY WORKS.
SO YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT EACH OF OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS LIKE PARKS OR WATER OR UM, STREETS, STREETS, THEY ALL ARE OUR BANK.
SO, UM, THEY ALL HAVE A LITTLE BANK ACCOUNT SET UP THAT JUST HAS BOND.
THE BRAND MONEY THAT'S SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC ART, IT'S OUR BANK ACCOUNT, BUT IT IS NOT HELD IN THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURES.
SO THERE'S NOT AN SCA BOND THAT IS RELATED TO PUBLIC ART IN, IN THE GENERAL SENSE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, I JUST HAD A MEETING WITH, UM, THE ACCOUNT, THE BOND MANAGER HERE AT PARKS BEFORE THIS MEETING, AND WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF MY ACCOUNTS WITH HER, UM, TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE MONEY IS AND HOW MUCH WE'VE SPENT AND ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO THEIR SHEETS.
SO WE GO TO EACH BANK AND, UM, TALK TO THEM ABOUT OUR PROJECTS AND HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA NEED TO WITHDRAW.
AND BEFORE OUR PROJECTS START, YOU'LL SEE THIS IN OUR, LIKE OUR ANNUAL PLAN THAT YOU SEE.
WE'LL ASK THEM, HEY, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT USING THIS MONEY FOR THIS PROJECT.
IS IT STILL IN THE BANK? AND THE ANSWER IS YES, IT IS STILL IN THE BANK.
AND WE ASK THEM FOR THOSE CODES.
I'M GETTING A LITTLE IN THE WEEDS, SO I'M GONNA STOP AND JUST SAY, JUST KNOW WE HAVE BANK ACCOUNTS WITH EACH OF OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN HERE'S THE ORDINANCE WE THOUGHT WE'D JUST GIVE YOU REALLY TO EXTEND SLIDE.
SO WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC ART AND WHAT'S THE PUBLIC ART PROCESS.
SO, UH, DO YOU WANNA TALK THE PROCESS WHAT YOUR STAFF DOES? I, SO I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO LYNN AND HER STAFF.
I MEAN, THIS IS AMAZING WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO TURN TO PAGE 28, 29 IN YOUR ANNUAL REPORT AND YOU WILL SEE HOW MANY DEDICATIONS THERE WERE, DEDICATIONS, INSTALLATIONS, AND DEDICATIONS THAT IS OUT OF INSTALLATIONS AND DEDICATIONS.
AND IT'S A LOT LIKE YEAR OVER YEAR.
SO I KNOW IT WAS VERY HARD DURING COVID AND COMING OUT OF COVID, WE HAD SOME CATCHING UP TO DO.
UM, BUT THIS IS PRETTY AMAZING WHAT'S BEING DONE AND HOW, I WOULDN'T SAY HOW FAST, BUT HOW EFFICIENTLY THESE PROJECTS ARE NOW RUNNING.
SO THANK YOU LYNN, AND THANK YOU TO THE REST OF OUR STAFF BECAUSE IT'S AMAZING.
SO, SO, UM, SO I'M GONNA BACK UP AND JUST SAY THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC ART IS TO MAKE A PLACE IN THE CITY.
AND WHETHER THAT PLACE IS A GATHERING FOR THE WHOLE CITY CITYWIDE OR FOR A GATHERING PLACE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY, THAT IS REALLY THE ROLE OF PUBLIC ART.
IT IS TO BE A PLACE FOR CULTURE TO LIVE, YOU KNOW, IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
AND I HAVE A LOT OF, UM, EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT SPEAK TO COMMUNITY, BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A CAPITAL KEY FOR PUBLIC IN OUR PROGRAM.
SO WHEN I SAID YOU ALL SEE THINGS ABOUT THREE TIMES, SO THESE ARE THE THREE TOUCH POINTS.
THEY'RE IN THE LITTLE GREEN BOXES.
SO YOU'LL SEE THINGS IN OUR ANNUAL PLAN WHEN WE'RE KIND OF ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT THIS WHOLE, UM, BODY OF WORK THAT WE BELIEVE ARE GONNA BE PROJECTS THAT WILL BRING FORWARD.
WE ALSO NEED TO RESEARCH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUDGETS THAT HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE, EITHER BY OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS OR BY US ARE GONNA MAKE SENSE FOR THOSE LOCATIONS.
AND IF WE WANT TO COMBINE THEM WITH SOMETHING ELSE, LIKE HAS SOMETHING HAPPENED WHERE YOU, WE MIGHT NEED TO SHIFT THESE PROJECTS.
SO THAT KIND OF IS WHERE YOU'LL SEE ONE TOUCH, THEN YOU'LL SEE WHERE OUR SCOPE IS BEING DEVELOPED.
AND WHEN WE DO OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THAT'S HOW WE BEGIN TO DEVELOP OUR SCOPE.
I MEAN, WE WILL SEE IF WE HAVE THAT WHOLE EXPLANATION, BUT IN THE LAST COUPLE
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OF YEARS WE'VE DEVELOPED A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOOLKIT, UM, THANKS TO ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO WAS A, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PERSON AT THE DMA AND THEN HAS TAKEN PLACE MAKING CLASSES.SO SHE HAS DEVELOPED THIS REALLY WONDERFUL KIT THAT WE HAVE PROBABLY IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS, REALLY 18 MONTHS REALLY DEPLOYED.
AND WHEN WE GO INTO COMMUNITY, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET IS THEMES AND NARRATIVES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THAT COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT WE DO THEN IS THAT LISTING TOOL IN INFORMS THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE SEND OUT TO THE ARTIST.
SO THE ARTIST HERE IS EXACTLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING ABOUT WHAT THEY WANNA SEE AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THEY SEND US THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND WE KEEP LISTENING.
SO THEN THEY GET ALL OF THE COMMENTS WHEN THEY'RE SELECTED FOR THE THREE THREE DESIGN SITE SPECIFIC DESIGNS, THEY GET ALL OF THE COMMUNITY, THEY MEANING THE ARTISTS? YEAH, THE ARTISTS GET THREE, THE THREE SELECTED SITE SPECIFIC DESIGN CANDIDATES GET, UM, ALL OF, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE CORPUS OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID.
SO THEY'RE ALSO RESPONDING TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT RECOMMENDATION FOR, AND THEN WHAT YOU ACTUALLY SEE, UM, IS THE FINAL WORK THAT THE SELECTION PANEL HAS LOOKED THROUGH.
YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET 75, UM, ARTISTS SUBMITTING TO, UM, THESE CALLS.
THEY GET WINNOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 15 THROUGH MULTIPLE SELECTION ROUNDS, AND THEN THE SELECTION PANEL SELECTS THREE.
AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THAT FINAL ONE THAT HAS GONE THROUGH PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE ROUNDS UNTIL Y'ALL GET TO THAT LAST PIECE WHERE THE ARTIST HAS PRESENTED.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS ON THIS? THIS IS LONG AND COMPLICATED.
IT LOOKS NICE IN THE SLIDE, BUT IT IS, IT'S A LOT OF WORK ON THE, MY HAND IS RAISED, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE IS.
I DON'T KNOW WHO ASKED WHO SAID THAT.
UM, I EMAILED AND I, I'M, I THINK IT MIGHT BE BACK IN THE WEEDS, BUT, UM, WHEN A BOND IS ISSUED FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, SAY SIX FIREHOUSES, UM, AND THE MONEY IS ALLOTTED WITHIN THAT ONE BOND, THE MON THERE'S DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT GO TO THOSE FIREHOUSES WHO DECIDES, OR IS, IS WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR DECIDING, DOES THE MONEY GET POOLED TOGETHER TO CREATE ONE PIECE OF PUBLIC ART OR THAT BOND, OR DOES EACH INDIVIDUAL FIREHOUSE GET THE, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING THAT ART PIECE? OR IS IT THE LARGER PROJECT IN THE BOND THAT GETS ALL OF THE PERCENTAGE FOR THE BOND? AND, AND YEAH.
AND NORMALLY WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS I MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER QUE FOLLOW UP QUESTION THOUGH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING THIS QUESTION.
UM, SO SPECIFICALLY FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR BUILDINGS THAT ARE BEING BUILT, I'M GOING TO USE LIBRARIES AS THE EXAMPLE.
SO EACH LIBRARY THAT IS GOING TO BE BUILT IN 2024 BOND HAS THAT CALCULATION.
SO WE CAN ALSO SAY FIRE STATIONS OR ANY OTHER FACILITY LIKE THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE CALCULATION THAT YOU SAW.
SO 1.5% OF THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET IS ALLOCATED FOR PUBLIC ART.
AND THEN, SO DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? SO IT IS SPECIFIC TO THAT BUILDING SO THAT THE MONEY BUILDING SPENT SOMETHING THAT GOES IN THAT BUILDING? YES.
SO WHAT YOU'LL BE SEEING SOON WILL BE, UM, PRESTON ROYAL, THAT'S THE NEXT KIND OF BUILDING FORT WORK.
AND THE MONEY IS VERY SPECIFIC TO, TO LIKE ALL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TIED TO THAT BUILDING.
AND THE COMMUNITY DECIDED THAT THEY NEEDED A LITTLE MORE SO THE FRIENDS OF PRESTON ROYAL LIBRARY AUGMENTED THAT BUDGET, UM, SO THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE, UM, MORE MONEY PUT TOWARDS THAT PROJECT BECAUSE THE BOND ONLY ALLOWED THE AMOUNT THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR THAT BUILDING.
DID THAT, DOES THAT CLEAR? UM, AND SO IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHEN IT'S STREETS BECAUSE IT, HOW, HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN WHEN IT'S THE STREET AND THAT STREET AND THAT OVER THERE? THANK YOU AGAIN.
SO GENERALLY WITH THE STREETS, THERE'S A, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT IT HAS TO BE A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM THE STREET.
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UM, ATTENDED THE EVERGLADE PARK DEDICATION FOR HARMONY IN COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, THAT WAS ACTUALLY STREET FUNDING BECAUSE IT WAS PROXIMATE TO AN ALLEY THAT HAD BEEN REBUILT.SO, UM, SO WE LOOK FOR STREET PROJECTS, UM, THAT HAVE OPPORTUNITIES IN THEM TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STREET AND TO THE NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL BE ABLE TO USE THAT FUNDING.
THAT, OR IS THAT TOO, I WANNA JUMP IN HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER URIEL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, LET'S LET, UH, LET'S LET THEM FINISH THE PRESENTATION AND HOLD OUR QUESTIONS TILL THE END.
OKAY, LET'S DO, LET'S DO THAT.
OKAY, SO THIS IS THE, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OF PLACEMAKING PIECE.
AND, AND I DON'T WANNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.
THIS IS IN YOUR PACKET AND YOU CAN READ IT.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS GROWN.
WE HEARD NOT JUST FROM COMMUNITIES BUT FROM OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CITY, THAT COMMUNITIES HAD TO BE MORE ENGAGED AND WE HAD TO LOOK AT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIFFERENTLY.
AND SO KUDOS,
AND I JUST WANNA GIVE SOME, LIKE ONE OR TWO EXAMPLES, BUT LIKE ONE
AND, UM, THAT SURVEY WAS TRANSLATED INTO 13, 11 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, 13 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES TO MAKE SURE THAT IF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY COULD INTERACT WITH THAT SURVEY.
SO, UM, SOME REAL, SOME TIME IS BEING TAKEN TO SAY, WHO LIVES HERE? HOW DO WE REACH THESE PEOPLE? HOW DO THEY FEEL INCLUDED AND FEEL SAFE GIVING THEIR FEEDBACK.
SO I'M ALSO GONNA GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT IF Y'ALL, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THIS, BUT I THINK YOU GOT, UM, THE BASEBALL CARDS FOR OUR LOTTERY GAME.
SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY DEVELOPED FOR RIVER SEAN PARKS, UM, ENGAGEMENT.
SO IT'S, WE HAVE LIKE, I HAVE A FAVORITE ONE, WHICH IS THE WISHING TREE, WHICH IS WHAT IS, WHAT DO YOU WISH FOR YOUR COMMUNITY OR WHAT'S UNIQUE AND YOU TIE THEM UP ON THE TREE.
BUT, UM, BUT WE WE'RE, I THINK MY TEAM IS REALLY GOOD ABOUT SEEING WHAT A COMMUNITY NEEDS AND BEING ABLE TO KIND OF, UM, ADAPT, UM, THEIR ENGAGEMENT TO THOSE COMMUNITIES.
OKAY, SO THE ORDINANCE TELLS US WHO, WHAT KIND OF PERSON CAN SERVE ON A SELECTION COMMITTEE PANEL.
AND WE GO OUT, WE ASK ALL OF YOU, WE ASK EV, EVERYBODY AT THE PAC AND PEOPLE TO NOMINATE PEOPLE, THEY GO THROUGH A VETTING PROCESS AND THEN WE VOTE ON IT AND A PAC MEETING AND Y'ALL VOTE ON IT.
AND THAT'S, WE GET THE LIST FOR WHO SERVES ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE.
NOW NOTE, BECAUSE YOU SERVE ON A SELECTION COMMITTEE, YOU COULD BE CALLED AND IT MIGHT NOT BE CONVENIENT FOR YOU AT THAT TIME.
SO WE NEED LOTS OF PEOPLE ON THESE SELECTION COMMITTEES.
SO AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ASK Y'ALL THINK ABOUT MORE PEOPLE YOU MIGHT WANT TO NOMINATE TO SERVE ON A SELECTION COMMITTEE.
THEY DO NOT THE INTERESTING UPDATE.
DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO THEY DO HAVE TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT.
AND THEY NEED TO BE IN THE AREA.
LIKE, PLEASE DON'T CALL YOUR FRIEND IN VERMONT WHO'S AN ARTIST.
UM, SO, BUT THEY HAVE TO AND THEY HAVE TO BE LIVING.
I RECENTLY CALLED SOMEBODY WHO WASN'T LIVING, SO WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW PEOPLE.
SO THIS, UM, THIS ALSO
UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH A VARIETY OF SELECTION PANELS.
WE HAVE SWITCHED FROM, UH, UH, USING, UM, MERELY CAFE CALL FOR ARTISTS, UM, ENTRIES.
WE HAVE SWITCHED TO CODA WORKS, WHICH IS A MORE, UM, PUBLIC ART PLATFORM.
AND THAT'S REALLY BROADENED THE RANGE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONDING.
WE, UM, GET THE QUESTION, HOW MANY LOCAL ARTISTS RESPOND.
UM, WE ARE, WE FAVOR LOCAL ARTISTS.
UM, IF WE SEE THEM IN THE RESPONSES, WE GENERALLY KEEP THEM IN, UH, AS LONG AS POSSIBLE NEXT.
AND THIS IS JUST THE STRUCTURE OF WHAT A PANEL INCLUDES.
AND SO, YEAH, SO WE HAVE VOTING AND NON-VOTING MEMBERS.
ANYBODY CAN ATTEND A SELECTION PANEL.
UM, THE VOTING MEMBERS, AGAIN, ARE VERY SPECIFIC TO POLICY.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A MAJORITY OF, UM, THE QUALIFIED SELECTION PANELISTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE SET FORWARD FOR US.
UM, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY MEMBER OR COMMUNITY COHORT.
WE HAVE SOMEONE, UM, USUALLY THE ENGINEER OR PLANNING PERSON FROM OUR HOST OR DISTRICT DEPARTMENT.
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AND, UM, THAT'S IT NEXT.AND WE ENCOURAGE Y'ALL WHEN YOU HAVE A PROJECT IN YOUR DISTRICT, UM, I KNOW LINDA AND SYLVIA HAVE SERVED ON QUITE A FEW OR BEEN PART OF THE PANEL, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE, ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE, YOU CAN JUST JUMP ON THE CALL.
'CAUSE EVERYTHING'S ONLINE SELECTION COMMITTEES ARE ONLINE.
THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE ARTISTS, UM, FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD PRESENT AND SUPER EFFICIENT ONLINE.
AND SO YOU DO GET NOTICES WHEN THERE IS A PROJECT IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JUST BE A FLY ON THE WALL OR PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK.
YOU DON'T HAVE A VOTE NECESSARILY, BUT WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND YOU LET YOUR, YOUR COUNCIL PERSON KNOW THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED.
AND SO THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF, OF THE SELECTION PANEL IS ACTUALLY TO SELECT THE ART.
THEY SELECT THREE ARTISTS TO MAKE SITE SPECIFIC DESIGNS.
AND THEN FROM THOSE DESIGNS THEY CAN CHOOSE TO RECOMMEND AN ARTIST THAT MOVES TO YOU ALL.
AND SO I JUST WANNA GO BACK TO, UM, BEFORE WE GET TO THIS PIECE, UM, AND TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS.
SO THE SELECTION COMMITTEE, AGAIN, IT'S ALL BASED ON THIS ORDINANCE AND HOW IT GOES THROUGH THAT.
IT IS OPEN FOR ANYBODY TO BE PART OF IF THEY WANT TO.
UM, EVERYBODY ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE COMES.
THEY VOTE ON WHAT THIS FINAL PIECE LOOKS LIKE.
AND SO IT MIGHT NOT BE SOMEBODY'S FIRST CHOICE, BUT THEY HAVE ALREADY VOICED THEIR OPINION.
THEY'VE SIGNED OFF ON IT, THAT THEY ARE FINE WITH THIS PIECE BEING COMMISSIONED.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, THERE ARE PLENTY OF, I'VE SAT ON EVERY ONE OF THESE, BUT ONE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND THERE'S BEEN A FEW, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN MY FIRST CHOICE, BUT HEY, EVERYBODY ON THAT COMMITTEE, THAT'S WHAT THEY CAME UP TO, CAME TO.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE GO FROM, FROM THERE.
I ALSO WANNA GO BACK ABOUT HOW ALL OF THIS IS PAID FOR, BECAUSE LYNN'S STAFF, AGAIN, WE'RE GOING AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS SISTER, UM, SISTER DEPARTMENTS ARE HOLDING THIS MONEY.
AND, AND SO HOW THIS MONEY GETS TO US IS DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT THIS, THE STAFF THEMSELVES, THEY WORK LIKE LAWYERS.
THEY, THEY LOG THEIR TIME PER PROJECT.
AND SO THAT'S HOW THAT MONEY IS DRAWN DOWN.
AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW, AGAIN, THE MONEY FOR THESE PROJECTS AND FOR THE STAFF.
IT'S NOT GOING THROUGH THIS DEPARTMENT.
IT'S GOING THROUGH A CITYWIDE, UM, PROCESS.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR Y'ALL TO KNOW.
WHEN PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THEY HAVE THIS MANY PEOPLE IN PUBLIC ART AND THEY'RE DOING THIS.
AND SO PART OF THE BOND IS THAT 80, THEY SET ASIDE A 20% ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, AND THAT IS AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, 20%, 20% OF THE, UM, IS FOR ADMINISTRATION.
AND THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, WE BILL BACK TO OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS.
SO, UM, BASED ON, AND THEY DO KEEP A LOG OF ALL OF THEIR TIME.
UM, SO YEAH, I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T, I WAS ON THIS COMMITTEE FOR A FEW YEARS AND DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT'S HOW THE MONEY WENT IN AND OUT.
IT'S A VERY EFFICIENT WAY OF HAVING ART IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND BUILDING COMMUNITY AND OTHER PUBLIC PROJECTS.
SO, UM, WE JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE DONE
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD 118 COMMUNITY TOUCHPOINT, WHICH, UM, WE HAD, UH, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY IN YOUR BOOK.
OKAY, SO IT'S NOT IN YOUR BOOK.
SO THIS IS, IT NEEDS TO BE NEXT YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE THINGS.
MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDERS, TALKING, YEAH.
IT'S JUST, WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT LOOK MORE LIKE PAGE FIVE NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UH, THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU, WE'VE PROBABLY TALKED ABOUT.
WE'VE ALSO, UM, SUPPLEMENTED, UM, OUR BUDGETS.
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT HAVING A PERCENT FOR THE ART PROGRAM, IT MEANS THAT WE ARE ONLY, UM, WHEN WE'RE USING THOSE BOND DOLLARS, THEY HAVE TO BE PERMANENT PIECES.
WE CONSIDER PERMANENT AT LEAST 20 YEARS, WHICH MEANS LIKE OTHER PERSON FOR THE ART PRO PROGRAMS, THERE IS NOT A, A CAVEAT FOR TEMPORARY ART.
SO WHEN WE WANT TO DO TEMPORARY ART PROJECTS LIKE LIFELINE, UM, WE REACHED OUT TO PARTNERS TO HELP US FUND THOSE.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAD SUCH GREAT PARTNERS FOR THAT, UM, THAT WE LOVE IT.
UH, SO THESE ARE THE, UM, ART PIECES THAT WERE DEDICATED LAST YEAR.
AND THEN ALREADY THIS YEAR,
UM, MANY OF YOU WERE AT THE DEDICATION IN CROCKETT
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DOG PARK.UM, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE.
UM, AND, UM, WE ARE ANTICIPATING MAY, JUNE FOR TWO ADDITIONAL PIECES.
UM, ONE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 A DONATION.
AND THEN THE OTHER, UM, IS IS ACTUALLY QUITE PRECIOUS.
OUR PARTNER THERE, UNIVERSITY CROSSING PIT HAS PAID FOR, UM, THE RESTORATION AND REFURBISHMENT AND ALL OF THE INSTALLATION.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THE TRAIL AND THAT LOCATION WITH THEM ON THIS PIECE.
AND THEN, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE TOLD Y'ALL THIS, BUT ONE OF OUR PROJECT LEADS WAS REC WAS RECOGNIZED AS, UH, IN INTERNATIONALLY BY CODA WORKS IN THE CODA AWARDS AS ONE OF THE TOP, UM, PUBLIC ART INNOVATORS IN THE WORLD.
SO WE'RE SUPER PROUD TO HAVE THAT.
SO WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MET ONE-ON-ONE OR IN SMALL GROUPS WITH LYNN AND, AND ME, ME AND GUY LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, THAT WE KIND OF SET ASIDE AN HOUR AND SOME WERE LIKE TWO AND A HALF HOURS MAYBE.
AND EACH CONVERSATION GOES A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE OTHER, YOU HAVE SPECIFIC INTEREST OR NEED GAPS FILLED IN, IN CERTAIN INFORMATION THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT NEXT, WHICH IS YOUR ACTUAL DISTRICTS.
SO IF YOU WANNA HAVE THESE MEETINGS, EVEN AGAIN, I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT AGAIN, IF YOU'VE HAD 'EM BEFORE WITH US, BUT YOU WANNA HAVE THEM AGAIN, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO LUNCH, COFFEE.
IF IT'S, IF YOU'RE MEETING US FOR THE SECOND TIME, WE MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE ON TO COCKTAILS
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S, THEY'RE FUN TO TALK.
WE LOVE TALKING ABOUT THE SUBJECT.
WE DON'T GET TIRED OF TALKING ABOUT THE SUBJECT.
UM, AND IT'S COMPLICATED AND IT'S CONVOLUTED BECAUSE THERE'S AN ORDINANCE INVOLVED AND THEN PEOPLE WANNA KNOW THE WHAT IFS.
AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW THE WHAT IFS AND WE HAVE TO TALK TO AN ATTORNEY, BUT A CITY ATTORNEY.
BUT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC ART ALL DAY LONG.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS OR THE SELECTION COMMITTEE? LET'S FINISH THE, THE WHOLE PROCESS.
WELL, THIS IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
YOU WANNA COME UP OR DO YOU WANT GUYS GONNA WALK US THROUGH MAP? OKAY.
CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? OKAY.
SO THE BEST THING TO DO IS REALLY TO USE THE, THE ONLINE GIS MAP.
UM, AND IF IT'S NOT USER FRIENDLY, THERE'S A TUTORIAL THAT CONSTANTLY POPS UP ON THERE.
UM, YOU'LL SEE ON THE, THE LINK THERE, IT'S DALLAS CULTURE.ORG.
AND THEN YOU CAN GET TO THE PUBLIC ART MAP.
'CAUSE IT, IT REALLY DOES, IT CITES IN, YOU CAN ZOOM IN, THERE'S LAYERS ON IT.
YOU CAN CLICK ON DIFFERENT LAYERS.
WHAT, UM, PARKS, LAYERS, UM, SOCIOECONOMIC LAYERS.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF G STUFF THAT GIS DID.
UM, AND THEN, UM, WE BROKE OUT THE PACKETS.
SO
UM, SOMETIMES OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO GET THINGS WHEN WE REQUEST THEM, BUT WE DID GET THEM BROKEN OUT FOR YOU GUYS.
AND THEN I QUICKLY SCRAMBLED AND GOT IT TO A, A GRAPHIC DESIGNER THAT WORKED ON, WORKED ON YESTERDAY.
SO YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO AT YOUR SEAT YOU HAVE WHAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT.
I DID NOT THAT YOUR, IT'S NOT GONNA LOOK LIKE YOUR NEIGHBORS.
AND IF YOU'RE IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS, IT'S NOT GONNA BE VERY THICK.
YEAH, WE TRIED TO PUT COMING SPOON IN THE BACK.
SO YOU SHOULD HAVE WHAT'S EXTENT IN YOUR DISTRICT AND WHAT SHOULD BE KIND OF IN THE, IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE FOR THAT.
I, I'M GONNA, WE CAN DO QUESTIONS AFTER.
I DO WANNA HAVE A CALL OF TO ACTION THOUGH.
LIKE, THE CALL OF ACTION IS, WE NEED Y'ALL TO BE THE ADVOCATES.
WE NEED YOU TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR DISTRICT.
YOU WILL GET AN EMAIL FROM THE STAFF SAYING, THIS PROJECT'S BEING INITIATED.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE, WE ALWAYS REACH OUT TO THE COUNT SAYING, WE, THEY ALWAYS REACH OUT TO THE COUNCIL OFFICE TOO.
BUT WE NEED YOU TO CALL YOUR COUNCIL PERSON SINCE YOU'RE THE ONES WHO KNOWS THEM.
OR JUST SEND THEM AN EMAIL SAYING, HEY, JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW.
WE KNOW YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS, BUT THIS IS HAPPENING AND I KNOW ABOUT THIS.
UM, SO, AND WE DO WANT YOUR FEEDBACK.
SO THAT IS A CALL TO ACTION AND TO GET YOUR NEIGHBORS INVOLVED.
HAVE PEOPLE TAKE SURVEYS OR GO TO THE WHATEVER, THE REC CENTER, WHEREVER, AND PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
BUT ACTUALLY THEY'RE REALLY NOT.
SO OUR CALL TO ACTION IS TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS AND TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR DISTRICT.
I KNOW COMMISSIONER URIEL AND COMMISSIONER VALENTINE HAD QUESTIONS.
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COMMISSIONER CUREL, YOU'RE MUTED.UM, JUST IN REFLECTING LAST YEAR'S REPORT, I, I DO THINK, UH, ANOTHER VISUAL THAT GIVES US A MAP THAT SHOWS US WHERE MAYBE THOSE NEW COMMISSIONS ARE, WHERE THOSE NEW PIECES AND DISTRICTS WOULD BE A GREAT ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE OF THE GREAT NARRATIVE OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE PUTTING A CAPITAL KEY IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
SOME OF THEM ARE ON HERE ALREADY, LIKE I KNOW THE TWO IN PROGRESS IN MY DISTRICT ARE ON THIS.
YOU TALKING ABOUT ANNUAL REPORT? OH, I SEE.
I WAS JUST NOTICING A BUNCH OF THE IN PROGRESS ONES ARE ON THIS INTERACTIVE MAP TOO, WHICH IS COOL.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO COMMISSIONER URIEL.
COMMISSIONER CUREL, YOU HAVE QUESTION? NO.
UM, JUST REAL QUICK, THANK YOU LADIES FOR EVERYTHING.
CAN WE PLEASE ON THE DISTRICT ON THE MAP, YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT, SHE'S A LITTLE BIT UNDER WATER.
YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT JOE SAID.
SHE WANTS TO GET GEORGE'S, UM, THE TOSKI PIECE UPDATED SOMEWHERE.
IT, IT'S, UM, IT WILL BE IN YOUR COMING SOON IN DISTRICT 12 ALONG WITH, UM, CAMPBELL GREEN AND KELLER SPRINGS ROUNDABOUT.
SO IT SHOULD, IT SHOULD SLIDE IN THE BACK.
COMMISSIONER BRAG THIS, WHEN I DID THE SESSION LAST YEAR IS WHEN I WENT AND PLAYED WITH THIS MAP FOR LIKE WAY TOO LONG.
UM, SO IF YOU, SOME OF US HAVE COMPUTERS HERE AND YOU'RE LOOKING IT UP RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO, UM, IT'S ANOTHER GREAT THING TO MAKE SURE YOUR CITY COUNCIL PERSON HAS THE LINK TO IT AND THAT THEY KNOW HOW BE SET.
BECAUSE WHEN THEY WANNA, IF YOU WANNA KNOW WHERE THE $150 MILLION WORTH OF ART IS, IT'S SUPER EASY TO FIND.
WELL, ONE, BE WONDERFUL IS THEY PUT IT, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOUR COUNCIL PEOPLE DO NEWSLETTERS, BUT IT'D BE LOVELY TO LIST THIS EVERY MONTH IN THEIR NEWSLETTER AS A REMINDER OF HOW PEOPLE CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS.
AND IT JUST HAS EVERYTHING YOU WANNA KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE ARTIST HOW TO GET THEIR DESCRIPTION.
IT DOESN'T HAVE, THOSE FILTERS ARE REALLY GOOD.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE DATE OF WHEN THE ART WAS PLACED OR MADE.
SO IT SHOULD JUST A QUICK CODE.
IF IT DOES NOT, THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS CHECK THE ACCESSION NUMBER THE, EXCEPT FOR THE FAIR PARK PORTFOLIO.
'CAUSE THEY ALL SAY 1936, WHICH IS, I GUESS THAT'S ACTUALLY WHEN THEY CAME INTO THE COLLECTION.
BUT ANYTIME THE ACCESSION NUMBER, IT WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHEN IT COMES INTO THE COLLECTION.
SO, BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE DATES ON THEM.
BUT THAT'S JUST AN INSIDER TIDBIT.
ALWAYS LOOK AT THE ACCESSION NUMBER AND, AND HERE'S ANOTHER CALL TO ACTION.
IF YOU GO AND YOU SEE SOMETHING DOESN'T HAVE A DATE OR HAS A SPELLING OR SOMETHING WRONG, REACH OUT TO GUY AND LET HIM KNOW SO HE CAN UPDATE EMPLOYEES.
SO WE NEED ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, WE, THAT WE NEED THAT MANY IS THERE'S THAT MANY PIECES OF ART IN THIS COLLECTION.
I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER SHILL HAD A QUESTION.
I JUST, I I WAS HAVING FUN PLAYING WITH THE MAP AND NOW I'VE GOT ART ENVY.
'CAUSE I ONLY HAVE TWO PIECES IN MY DISTRICT.
I KNOW WE'RE GETTING A NEW ONE SOON, BUT, UM, I, I WANT MORE.
YEAH, I I LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS TOO, SO IT'S HARD.
AND, AND WE DO, IF THERE'S ANY ORDINANCE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ANSWER TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY WITH, WITH AS MUCH CLEARNESS WE HAVE.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT HOW THE ORDINANCE WORKS AND HOW THE SET ASIDES ARE CREATED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COME? YOU GUYS DID A FANTASTIC JOB ON THIS PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND PAYING ATTENTION.
COMMISSIONER HENDERSON HAS A
YEAH, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
I, I BELIEVE I HEARD THE TOTAL FOR THE PUBLIC ART.
AND FIRST OFF, THANK Y'ALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
LEMME SAY THAT FIRST AS A NEW COMMISSIONER, I THOUGHT THIS WAS REALLY VALUABLE, BUT MY SECOND, I REALLY HAVE LIKE A TWO-PARTER QUESTION.
THE FIRST PART, Y'ALL SAID OUR PUBLIC ART THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY'S WORTH ABOUT 150 MILLION.
LIKE THAT'S HOW MUCH WE HAVE, CORRECT?
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YES, THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT.DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY IDEA ABOUT HOW THAT COMPARES TO OTHER MAJOR CITIES? I DON'T KNOW IF I HEARD THAT.
UM, WE DON'T, BUT WE'RE BETTER THAN MOST.
JUST WONDERING, ESPECIALLY FROM AN ADVOCACY PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE ARMED WITH LIKE HOW WE COMPARE, I THINK THAT COULD HELP OUR CASE IN DIFFERENT SPACES.
SO LET ME NOT BE GLIB ABOUT THAT.
SO FOR, WE HAVE, WE HAVE SEVERAL PIECES THAT ARE QUITE VALUABLE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE HENRY MOORE IS PROBABLY OUR MOST VALUABLE PIECE THAT ALONG WITH THE, THE BARBARA HEPWORTH AND PROBABLY AND THE ELLSWORTH KELLY, LIKE, THERE'S A CERTAIN HANDFUL OF PIECES THAT ARE QUITE VALUABLE.
BUT THE THING THAT WE'RE VERY UNIQUE, NO, JUST FLAT OUT UNIQUE IN, IS THAT THAT 1936 TEXAS CENTENNIAL COLLECTION HAS ONE OF A KIND PIECES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE ELLS CAMEOS THAT ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE CENTENNIAL BUILDING, THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE IN THE WORLD THAT THOSE EXIST.
AND HE, YOU KNOW, ONE MOMENT OF BEER PARKING, HE WAS THE SON OF THE ITALIA MASTER OF RODAN.
AND, UM, HE CARVED BACK INTO LAYERS OF CEMENT TO CREATE THOSE.
AND, UM, AND THEY'RE, UM, CHRIST.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, OLAND TRAVIS AND TOM LEE AND A BUNCH OF WOMEN WHO WORK AT THE TEXAS CENTENNIAL AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, ALL THE CULTURAL OBJECTS THAT ARE THERE ARE ACTUALLY PRICELESS.
WE HAVE A HARD TIME, UM, BEING ABLE TO APPRAISE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE SO UNUSUAL.
SO THAT BAKED INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COLLECTION OF, UM, YOU KNOW, MID-CENTURY THREE, YOU KNOW, ARTISTS THAT EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO HAVE IN THEIR CITY LIKE A MARAN AND CITY HALL, UM, REALLY CREATES AN UNUSUAL AND WONDERFUL COLLECTION HERE THAT YOU, YOU WON'T SEE IN OTHER PLACES.
YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU KNOW? YES.
THAT PORTFOLIO OF THE LARGEST ART DECO COMPLEX BUILT IN ONE YEAR IN THE WORLD.
WELL, PRESTON, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OUR AGENDA IS OUR DIRECTOR'S UPDATE.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICES COMMISSIONERS.
I HAVE A FEW UPDATES TO SHARE WITH YOU.
ONE, AS A REMINDER, STILL DALLAS ARTS MONTH.
UM, THE EVENTS CALENDAR IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT THE ARTS MONTH WEBSITE, DALLAS ARTS MONTH.COM.
SO PLEASE BE SURE TO VISIT THAT.
UM, THERE'S ALSO THE LANDING PAGE FOR SENSORY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES, UH, ON THAT WEBSITE.
UM, IF THAT'S OF INTEREST OR, UH, NECESSARY FOR YOU TO SHARE FORWARD WITH FAMILIES WHO MIGHT APPRECIATE THAT.
I'LL, UH, PAUSE THERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT DALLAS ARTS MONTH EVENTS.
I CAN'T SEE THE GALLERY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY HANDS UP ABOUT DALLAS ARTS MONTH OUT THERE.
I WOULD SAY I WAS MUCH APPRECIATIVE OF ATTENDING THE OPENING OF THE DALLAS ARTS FAIR, UM, THIS AFTERNOON WITH DIRECTOR FE.
SAW SOME REALLY AMAZING ARTISTS THERE.
UM, WORKS A CHANCE TO VISIT JACKSON.
UH, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL UPDATE, UH, RELATED TO THE UPCOMING MOVING MINDS AND MONEY EVENT.
UH, IT'S A SERIES OF THREE SESSIONS.
IT'S A THREE PART CONVENING SERIES THAT BRINGS TOGETHER A CAREFULLY CURATED GROUP OF LEADERS TO EXPLORE ACTIONABLE PATHWAYS FOR ADVANCING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND COMMUNITY WELLBEING THROUGH ARTS.
THE FIRST SESSION WILL BE HELD AT THE DALLAS FEDERAL RESERVE ON WEDNESDAY SECOND SESSION, UH, WILL BE HELD AT NATIONAL SCULPTURE CENTER, UH, IN JUNE, ON JUNE 11TH.
AND THEN THE THIRD, UH, SESSION WILL BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER AT A LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED.
UM, THE CONVENING SERIES IS, UM, UH, BEING LED BY DALE RATCLIFFE IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMISSIONER CLYDE VALENTI, UH, AND SOME OTHER, UH, SUPPORT TEAM MEMBERS, UH, INCLUSIVE, UH, OF ME, MYSELF, UH, SUPPORTING THIS LIFT.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE INTENTIONALLY DESIGNING, UH, WHAT WE SEE AS A PROGRESSIVE SET OF CONVERSATIONS, UM, THAT WILL HELP US KIND OF BUILD SOME INSIGHTS AND RELATIONSHIPS, PLANTING SEEDS FOR RELATIONSHIPS,
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UM, THAT, UM, CAN PROVIDE RESOURCES TO FOLKS IN OUR CULTURAL ARTS ECOSYSTEM, UM, TO KIND OF ALLEVIATE THE PRESSURE FROM THE CITY, UH, FROM OUR REGULAR PLAYERS, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, EXISTENCE SUPPORT OF OUR ECOSYSTEM AND TO INVITE, UH, SOME NEW FRIENDS, UH, WHO CAN, UH, SEEK TO INVEST, UH, WITH THE, THE, THE TYPE OF RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE AWARE OF, UM, TO KIND OF EDUCATE THEM ABOUT THAT SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME SOME NEW PARTNERS WHO WILL SUPPORT OUR ECOSYSTEM.AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
UM, OVER, UH, THE THREE SERIES.
UH, SOME COMMISSIONERS WILL BE INVITED, UH, DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF EACH SESSION.
AND SO IF WE DON'T SEE YOU WEDNESDAY, I'M SURE WE'LL SEE YOU LATER THIS CALENDAR YEAR AT, UH, THE ONE OF THE OTHER TWO.
UM, BUT I'LL, UH, BE REALLY THRILLED TO BRING A REPORT BACK ABOUT THIS, UH, FIRST CONVENING AT OUR NEXT ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
UH, A LOT OF THIS IS ROOTED IN THE WORK WE WERE EXPOSED TO, UH, WHEN, UH, AND COMMISSIONER VALENTINA AND I TRAVELED TO NEW YORK FEDERAL RESERVE IN THE FALL IN NOVEMBER, UH, FOR SIMILAR SERIES AND CONVENING.
AND SO WE SAW FIT, UH, TO DO THE SAME AND PLANT SOME SIMILAR SEATS HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO THERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MR. A COUPLE? SO I, COUPLE THINGS HAVE BEEN FLYING AROUND THIS WEEK AND THAT I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT.
ONE IS THE MAJESTIC THEATER THING Y'ALL JUST PRESENTED ON.
AND THEN THE OTHER IS THE, THE MORNING NEWS ARTICLE RELATING TO THE THE AUDITOR THING.
CAN WE GET BRIEFINGS ON THOSE NEXT MONTH? 'CAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO GET MORE INFO.
I HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE ASK.
SO MAJESTIC MAJESTIC WILL BE BRIEFED AT QUALITY OF LIFE ON MAY 18TH.
WHAT'S THIS COMMISSION DATE OF MAY? JUST SO I CAN SEE IF IT'S BEFORE OR AFTER, AFTER THAT THURSDAY AFTER THAT.
SO WE'LL BE BRIEFING QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, ABOUT THE MAJESTIC.
SO I'D INVITE Y'ALL TO TUNE IN THERE.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN, WE MAY BE ABLE TO ENTERTAIN THAT AS A BRIEFING, UH, NEXT MONTH.
AND THEN THERE WAS ONE MORE MATTER, THAT'S THE, THE, THE, THE AUDITOR REPORT.
AND THEN LET, LET ME ANSWER IF YOU DON'T MIND.
SO WE'LL TAKE THAT COMMENT UNDER ADVISEMENT WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOVING MARKET MONEY EVENT BEFORE I MOVE ON? YES.
ARE WE INVITED AND IF SO, CAN WE GET THE DETAILS? UM, AS NOTED, IF YOU ARE IN RECEIPT OF, IN OF AN INVITATION FOR WEDNESDAY, THEN WE'LL SEE YOU THERE.
IF NOT, WE'LL SEE YOU AT ONE OF THE FUTURE SESSIONS, EITHER TWO OR THREE.
UM, WHO'S ON THE PANEL THOUGH? WHO'S ON EACH SESSION? CAN YOU GET A LIST OF IN EACH SESSION THIS, WHO'S IN EACH SESSION? WHO'S IN EACH SESSION? GUESTS.
I CAN SHARE THAT IF I DON'T HAVE IT ON PANEL.
I CAN SHARE, UH, PROGRAM PANELISTS WITH YOU.
UM, AND ONE MORE NOTE, COMMISSIONER SPELL, I HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE BODY VIA EMAIL ABOUT RELATED MATTERS, SO I WOULD INVITE YOU TO REVIEW THOSE EMAILS AND RESPOND TO ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, UH, ABOUT THOSE MATTERS.
UH, INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY, OUR EVENT AT CITY HALL LOBBY WILL BE HELD APRIL 29TH IN THE CITY HALL LOBBY.
OUR THIRD ANNUAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY, WHERE WE TURN THE CITY HALL LOBBY INTO A DANCE STUDIO THIS YEAR.
CAN COMMISSIONERS BRING THEIR OWN SHOES, PLEASE? YES, SURE.
UM, THIS YEAR WE HAVE A BIT OF A TIE IN, UH, TO THE UPCOMING WORLD CUP GAMES IN THAT WE ARE, UH, AMPLIFYING, UM, DANCERS AND PERFORMERS, UH, WHO TIE INTO THE COUNTRIES THAT WILL BE, UH, PLAYING GAMES HERE THIS SUMMER IN THE FIFA WORLD CUP.
AND SO MY REMINDER TO CALL MY CHILD Y'ALL.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE REALLY INVITE, WANT TO WANNA SEE YOU THERE.
UH, DO BRING YOUR DANCING SHOES.
WE'LL HAVE SOME INTERACTIVE COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM BEFORE, DURING, AND AT THE CLOSE, UM, OF THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S, UH, WEDNESDAY.
I'LL SIT IN THE FRONT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29TH AT NOON AT 12:00 PM IN THE CITY HALL.
BOBBY, I'M SURE WILL BE PROVIDING A LIGHT LUNCH AFTERWARDS, AFTER WE, UH, 'CAUSE WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO SPEND THEIR LUNCH HOUR WITH US.
UM, SO JUST WANNA NOTE THAT FOR THE RECORD, 12:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE 29TH, I BELIEVE IT'S NOT A COUNCIL DAY.
PLEASE BRING YOUR RESPECTIVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH YOU.
UM, I THINK I'VE BEEN SLOW TO SAY THAT THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE REALLY WANT YOU TO, UH, YOU KNOW, KEEP YOUR, UH, RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR RESPECTIVE
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COUNCIL MEMBERS.UH, WE NEED THAT NOW, OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT SEASON AS WELL.
UM, AND ON, UH, SOME OTHER MATTERS.
BUT IT'S REALLY, UH, IMPERATIVE FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU ALL MAINTAIN, UH, A LINE OF COMMUNICATION.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, EXTEND WHILE THEY DO RECEIVE INVITATIONS FROM OUR OFFICE, NATURALLY, I THINK IT WOULD BE MEANINGFUL IF THEY RECEIVED INDIVIDUAL INVITATIONS FROM YOU.
SO ASHLEY, UH, WILL BE GETTING, ASHLEY AND ADRIANA WILL BE GETTING YOU THE FLYER, ET CETERA.
AND, UM, THEY'LL HAVE THE SAME, BUT AGAIN, IT, IT, IT WON'T BE HELPFUL FOR US IF YOU WOULD EX BRING THAT AS YOUR, BRING A COUNCIL MEMBER AS YOUR PLUS ONE, THE MAYOR AS YOUR PLUS ONE CHAIR
OR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY AS NOTED ON THE AGENDA.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF STAFF UPDATES, UM, JULIA, UH, MENTIONED IN A WHISPER THERE THAT WE DO HAVE A PENDING RETIREMENT ON OUR STAFF.
UM, AND WHILE, UH, RHONDA IS OUT ON AN EXTENDED LEAVE, SHE'LL RETURN AND WE DO INTEND TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER ON THE RECORD IN OUR JULY MEETING, ALLOCATIONS MEETING.
THAT'S THE ONLY COMMITTEE MEETING WE HAVE IN THE SUMMER, UH, THAT ALIGNS WITH HER, UH, BRIEF RETURN TO THE OFFICE DURING THAT MONTH.
AND SO, UH, WE'LL BE SURE TO, UH, EMAIL ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WHO MIGHT WANT TO MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE ONLINE OR IN PERSON AT LCC FOR THAT DAY PROPERLY SEND OUR AMAZING, AMAZING COMMUNITY ARTS MANAGER OFF TO THE NEXT CHAPTER.
BUT, UM, DIRECTOR, SINCE RHONDA'S NOT HERE, WILL YOU BE DOING THE WILL THE SUSTAINABLE SUMMER RESIDENCY? WHAT, WHAT, SORRY.
TEXTING WHAT YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONER
IT'S A MEMO THAT'S INCLUDED, BUT GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW.
SO I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN THIS MEMO AS AS JUST SORT OF AN OVERVIEW.
UM, AS PART OF COMMUNITY ARTS WORK, THEY RUN TWO RESIDENCIES THROUGH THE SUMMER.
ONE IS FOR NONPROFITS TO DO SORT OF A REGULAR RESIDENCY.
EACH NONPROFIT IS IS THERE'S FIVE NONPROFITS, EACH ARE ASSIGNED TWO EIGHT WEEK RESIDENCIES, EACH AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR, UM, OH, IN DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE A CULTURAL CENTER, RIGHT, FOR OUR WAYS TO SPREAD THE ART CLUB EVERYWHERE.
THEN WE HAVE OUR SUSTAINABLE ARTS RESIDENCY PROGRAM THAT CAME ABOUT DUE TO CCAP, WHICH IS OUR COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE ACTION STANDARD.
SO THAT'S OUR SUSTAINABLE ARTS RESIDENCIES THAT ARE FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS.
AND SO THEY DO THEIR, THERE'S 10 OF THEM, EIGHT OF THEM.
UH, AND SO WE HAVE EIGHT OF THEM DOING, UH, THEIR RESIDENCIES, UH, SORT OF ALL ALL OVER.
AND IF YOU READ, I THINK IT'S IN THE BACKGROUND, THEY ARE MEANT TO BE THROUGHOUT DALLAS, UM, AT SPACES THAT EXIST AS COMMUNITY GARDENS, DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION CENTERS OR LOCAL FARMS, RIGHT? REALLY DIGGING INTO THAT SUSTAINABLE ART, UM, THEME.
WE HAVE THE DOLLARS ALLOCATED TO EACH OF THOSE.
ATTACHMENT A IS FOR THE SUMMER RESIDENCY FUNDED, UM, ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH DISTRICTS THEY'RE IN, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS THE REQUEST BY ONE OF OUR ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
AND THEN ATTACHMENT B IS OUR SUSTAINABLE ARTS RESIDENCIES AND THEIR DESCRIPTIONS AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MEMO? THANK YOU, GLEN.
UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE AGENDA.
I'M GONNA INVITE ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS IF YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
EVERYONE KNOWS HOW TO DISSEMINATE THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, THROUGH THE OFFICE.
OUR MEETING RAN, UH, LONG TODAY, SO ALL BUSINESS HAVING BEEN CONDUCTED, UH, YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE THE SCHEDULE OF THE UPCOMING, UH, COMMITTEE MEETINGS, BUT ALL BUSINESS HAVING BEEN CONDUCTED.
UH, I HEREBY, UH, CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT SIX OH FIVE.