[Arts and Culture Advisory Commission on June 18, 2026.]
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FIRM WITH, UH, WITH OUR STAFF, UH, THAT WE DO HAVE A FORUM? YES.BEING THAT WE HAVE A FORUM, UH, I CALL ORDER THE MEETING OF THE ARTS CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, TO ORDER AT 4 34.
UH, AS, UH, WE GO DOWN OUR AGENDA FOR THE DAY, UM, WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE TIME CONSIDERATIONS AND BEING THAT THEY HAVE TIME CONSIDERATIONS, WE'RE GOING TO SHUFFLE THE AGENDA JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO PUT THE DIRECTOR'S, UH, UPDATE AND, UH, THE BRIEFING UPDATE, UH, THE BRIEFING MEMO FOR THE COMMUNITY ARTIST PROGRAM AND ALLOCATIONS, UH, OF JULIA.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE THOSE, UH, RIGHT AFTER THE VOTING AGENDA ITEMS. SO, THE VERY FIRST THING THAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA, WE DO HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKER.
SO, UH, WE HAVE SARAH CARDONA.
UH, CAN SARAH, CAN YOU HEAR US? YES, SHE CAN.
OKAY, SARAH, UH, WE HAVE A PUBLIC SPEAKER.
SARAH, UH, CARDONA, CAN YOU HEAR US? YES.
SO I'M GOING TO, UH, GO DOWN THE RULES FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS, ALTHOUGH, UH, WE KNOW BOTH YOURSELF AND DAVE LOZANO.
BUT I'M GONNA READ OUR RULES, UH, AND I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS YOU KNOW, OF THE RULES AS WELL.
WE'RE GONNA ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
THIS ALLOWS THE CITY STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO FOLLOW-UP CONTACT IF NEEDED.
WE'RE GONNA ASK THAT YOU ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEMBERS OR STAFF.
AND THE SPEAKERS MAY NOT REFER TO ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION BY NAME.
UH, WE ASK THAT YOU OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY AND DECORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSIONERS MAKING PERSONAL AND PERTINENT PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS ARE BECOMING BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE COMMITTEE WILL RESULT IN REMOVAL FROM THE ROOM OR, UH, VIRTUALLY, UH, FOR THE REMAINING SESSION OF THE MEETING.
AND THE PERSON SHALL BE BARRED FOR FURTHER AUDIENCE BEFORE THE PUBLIC FOR THE COMMISSION.
UH, ONLY ONE PERSON MAY APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AT ANY TIME, AND ONLY THAT PERSON AT THE MICROPHONE WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK.
UH, EACH PUBLIC SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
AND, UH, BEING THAT YOU'RE ON THE PUBLIC SPEAKER PORTION OF THE AGENDA, UH, THERE WILL BE NO FOLLOW UP COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
SO, WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, UH, MS. CARDONA, YOU HAVE THE FLU.
MY NAME IS SARAH CARD AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE, UH, FORMER EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF DAAR DALLAS AND THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT.
UM, MY DALLAS ADDRESS IS 6 1 4 6 BRIAN PARKWAY, 7 5 2 0 6.
UM, THANK YOU, UH, TO OAC LEADERSHIP, UH, FOR THE UPDATE.
WE'RE, UM, HOPING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS TO FINALIZE THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE BEGAN IN 2021 AND HAVE BEEN PENDING FOR 14 MONTHS.
I WANNA MAKE A FEW POINTS REGARDING OUR COMPLIANCE AT THE LCC AND ABOUT THE FOUNDATION OF THIS RESIDENCY ITSELF.
IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE WAS A DELAY IN MEETING DUE TO QUESTIONS ABOUT HER RENTAL HISTORY.
TETRA DALLAS HAS PAID EVERY SINGLE CONTRACT SINCE WE BEGAN WORKING UNDER THE AGREEMENTS.
WE HAVE MAINTAINED CLEAR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION WITH THE STAFF ON THE, WITH THE LCC ON EVERY PROJECT, AND WE HAVE AUDITS THAT CONFIRM OUR PAYMENTS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE NOT BEEN LAID ON PAYMENTS IN FEBRUARY, 2026.
WE REQUESTED AN EXTENSION DURING THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL AS WE WAITED FOR OUR FIRST COP PAYMENT, WHICH WAS GRANTED BY THE STAFF.
WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH LCC REQUIREMENTS AND THESE SHOULD NOT BE AN OBSTACLE IN FINALIZING THESE AMENDMENTS, WHICH WERE CREATED IN TANDEM WITH THE LCC MANAGEMENT.
THESE AMENDMENTS THAT WE SEEK ARE NOT COMPLICATED.
THEY ARE ALREADY DRAFTED AND THEY PRO PROVIDE ACCESS ORIGINALLY PROMISED BY FORMER OAC LEADERSHIP THAT ALLOWS US TO WORK PROFESSIONALLY AT THE LCC.
THE OTHER POINT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT WHEN THESE AGREEMENTS WERE CREATED WITH A FORMER OAC DIRECTOR AND MANAGER OF THE LCC, IT WAS IMPRESSED UPON BOTH OF OUR THEATERS THAT, UH, WE WOULD HAVE, OUR RESIDENCY WOULD BE HINGING UPON THE RAISING OF A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, SO THAT THERE WOULD BE NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN OUR RESIDENCY AND THAT OF ANY OTHER ARTS GROUP IN A CITY FACILITY, REGARDLESS OF OUR SIZE, WE WERE TOLD THAT INVESTMENTS IN THE FACILITY IS WHAT EVERY OTHER ARTS GROUP HAD PROVIDED, AND WE WERE SIGHTED THE THEATER CENTER NUMEROUS TIMES.
THIS WAS THE IMPETUS FOR OUR THEATERS
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ENGAGING IN THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN THAT PURCHASED THE LIGHTS, SEATING, AND SOUND EQUIPMENT IN THE BLACK BOX THEATER.WE WERE AWARDED THIS RESIDENCY ON THE ARTISTIC MERIT OF 40 YEARS OF CULTURAL SERVICES TO ALL OF DALLAS'S RESIDENTS.
IN THOSE 40 YEARS, TATRA DALLAS HAS ADVOCATED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LCC ITSELF.
UM, OUR FOUNDERS AND BOARD PRESIDENT WERE CONSULTANTS ON EVERY CULTURAL PLANT SINCE 1990.
AND IN ADDITION, OUR PRESIDENT ADVOCATED ON MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES AT THE COUNCIL PREFERS FOR PRESERVING OAC FUNDING MOST IMPACTFULLY DURING THE PANDEMIC.
WHEN WE FORMED A THEATER COALITION, THE ADVOCACY FOR THE ARTS IN THE CITY, INCLUDING OAC FUNDING, OUR PROFESSIONALISM AS A THEATER PARTNER AT THE LCC LIES IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE DELAYS AND LACK OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAVE MET FROM THE CITY.
COMPLETING THESE AGREEMENTS BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THIS FISCAL YEAR IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND WOULD DEMONSTRATE GOOD FAITH BY THE CITY STAFF IN THIS PROCESS AS STATED IN THE MISSION OF THE CITY SERVICE FIRST.
ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. CARDONA.
UM, AND, UH, I THINK EVERYONE HERE, UH, REALLY APPRECIATES EVERYTHING THAT TRO DOLES DOES, UH, FROM CITY.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION HERE.
UM, GOOD LUCK AS YOU MOVE FORWARD.
UH, OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS DAVID LOZANO ILLA.
DO YOU HEAR IT? UH, SOMEONE HAS ONE SECOND.
YEAH, WE'RE GONNA LET US, LET US TURN OUR, WHATEVER MONITOR THAT IS.
MY NAME IS DAVID LOZANO AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF ACADEMY OF THEATER.
MY ADDRESS IS 8 7 1 0 PARK LANE, UNIT D DALLAS, 7 5 2 3 1.
GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSION CHAIR, SMALL COMMISSIONERS, AND OAC LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EMAIL TO THE OAC LEADERSHIP ON MONDAY.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO COORDINATE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE LEADERSHIP REGARDING A MEETING DATE AND A TIMELINE FOR NEXT STEPS, I DO WANT TO BRIEFLY UPDATE THE COMMISSION.
IN MARCH, 2025, CITY STAFF AND THE TWO THEATERS REACHED AN AGREEMENT ON AMENDMENT TERMS, WHICH WERE FORWARDED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AT THAT TIME, WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE NEXT STEP WAS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DRAFT AMENDMENTS MEMO THOSE AGREEMENTS.
SINCE THEN, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED DRAFT AMENDMENTS, A MEETING DATE OR A TIMELINE FOR FINALIZING THE WORK.
WE ARE ESPECIALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE THE FISCAL YEAR ENDS IN THREE AND A HALF MONTHS AND THE TIME TO COMPLETE THIS WORK IS BECOMING LIMITED IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.
OUR ATTORNEY SENT A LETTER TO OAC LEADERSHIP AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REQUESTING THAT THE AMENDMENT PROCESS BE PRIORITIZED.
THE LETTER EXPLAINED THAT IF THE CITY DID NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH DRAFTING, THE THEATERS WOULD CONSIDER BEARING THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF PREPARING DRAFT LANGUAGE OURSELVES IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE PROCESS MOVING.
WE EVENTUALLY PAID TO DRAFT LANGUAGE OURSELVES AS OF TODAY, AMENDMENT LANGUAGE BASED ON THE AGREEMENTS REACHED BY OAC STAFF AND THE THEATERS HAS BEEN PREPARED AND IS BEING REVIEWED BY THE THEATER ORGANIZATIONS.
WE REMAIN READY TO MEET AT ANY TIME AND WORK THROUGH THAT DRAFT AND ANY REMAINING ISSUES.
WE HOPE THIS DRAFT FURTHER ADVANCES THE PROCESS TODAY.
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A MEETING WITH OEC LEADERSHIP AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE TIMELINE FOR NEXT STEPS.
UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, DOWN THE AGENDA, UH, UH, CHAIR, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
I, I HAD MY HAND UP, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE ME.
UM, IS IT A QUESTION REGARDING, UH, THE PUBLIC SPEAKER? THAT IS CORRECT.
UH, THEN THAT WOULD BE OUT OF ORDER.
UM, SO WE, WE DON'T TAKE COMMENT OR QUESTIONS REGARDING PUBLIC SPEAKER COMMENTS.
CAN I MAKE A REQUEST TO YOU THEN FOLLOW THE RULES? I'M SORRY.
CAN I MAKE A REQUEST TO YOU? UM, IS IT ABOUT THE PUBLIC SPEAKER? I MEAN, IT'S ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT THEY RAISED THAT'S
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BEFORE THE, THE, THE, UH, OFFICE.I'M GONNA ASK THAT YOU RESERVE THAT, UH, TO FURTHER DOWN IN THE MEETING.
BUT, UH, BUT WE WILL NOT END BEFORE I ENTERTAIN THAT.
IN FACT, LET ME MAKE A NOTE HERE.
UH, AS WE MOVE DOWN, UH, THE AGENDA, THE VERY FIRST THING, UH, ON THE VOTING ITEMS, UH, IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MAY 21ST, UH, COMMISSION MINUTES.
UH, CAN WE GET, UH, IF YOU'VE, EVERYONE'S HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THESE, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THESE WENT OUT MM-HMM
UM, IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I, UH, MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THURSDAY, MAY 21ST.
UM, COMMISSIONER BETA, COMMISSIONER JACKSON HAS MOVED.
UH, AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BRAD PEL? YES.
FROM COMMISSIONER PEL, ANY DISCUSSION? THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSITION BEING NONE.
THE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MAY 21ST, 2026, UH, ADVISORY COMMISSION MINUTES PASSED.
UM, NEXT ON THE VOTING AGENDA, UH, OR THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SELECTED ARTIST, UH, THE BARRY AND ASSOCIATES FOR THE HARRY STONE REC CENTER IS OKAY.
AND LYNN RUSTIN MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
SO IF WE WANNA WALK THROUGH THE SLIDES.
THIS IS FOR HARRY STONE, UM, IN OFF FERGUSON ROAD ON MIL MAR STREET, UM, THE FINALIST WAS, UH, CONSORTIUM WORK.
UM, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS WORK IS THAT HE'S VERY INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND INVOLVING, UM, IMAGES AND SYMBOL INVOLVING IMAGES AND SYMBOLS, UM, FROM THE COMMUNITY IN HIS WORK.
UM, THERE'S A STATEMENT ABOUT WHAT HE IS INTERESTED IN AND REALLY ROOTING HIS ARTWORK IN COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, THE, HIS PROPOSAL WAS CALLED RISING TOGETHER.
AND, UM, HIS IDEA IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE FIVE RIBBONS THAT REPRESENT MOVEMENT.
EACH RHYTHM RIBBON HAS A DIFFERENT FOCUS.
WAIT A MOMENT FOR THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, HERE HE IS EXPLAINING WHY THE RIBBON FEELS LIKE IT REACHES, UH, TALL FROM THE GROUND UP AND THAT IT HAS MOVEMENT AND IT, UH, SYMBOLIZES KIND OF A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT.
EACH RIBBON IS GONNA REPRESENT A SPECIFIC TOPIC AND HAS A SPECIFIC COLOR RELATED TO THAT.
SO HE'S KIND OF BAKING, UM, THE IDEAS TOGETHER SO YOU CAN KEEP SEEING HOW THIS WORKS.
THE RHYTHM, THE RIBBONS ALL THEN ARE IN A CIRCLE.
AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE'S VERY INTERESTED IN DOING, UH, ONCE HE'S UNDER CONTRACT, IF APPROVED HERE OR RECOMMENDED HERE, IS THAT HE WANTS TO GO BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY TO AGAIN, UM, UH, REALLY INFORM THIS WORK AND CREATE THE WORDS, UM, AT THE BOTTOM THAT REALLY SYMBOLIZE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY OF HARRIS HAT OF WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
HERE'S THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE HEIGHT, HOW IT'LL LAY OUT IN THE LOCATION.
IT'LL BE AT THE CORNER OF ELMAR AND FERGUSON.
AND THEN ONE, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL IS HE CREATES A PACKET OF CONSERVATION AND MAINTENANCE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO, UM, EASY TO CARE FOR, UH, LASER JET.
THE EDGES ARE ROUNDED SO THERE'S NOT SHARP EDGES, UM, WHICH I KNOW IS ALWAYS A QUESTION THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN THE IMAGERY IN THE RIBBONS ARE NOT, IT'S NOT FINAL UNTIL, UM, HE HAS HIS, UH, UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO THERE'S THE MAINTENANCE PLAN, AND THEN HERE IS THE BUDGET.
UM, IT WAS, UH, SELECTED BY THE ARTIST, PANEL GUEST LAST MONTH AND MOVED
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THROUGH PAC.AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDING THIS PROJECT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AND THIS RECOMMENDATION IS MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT? THAT IS CORRECT.
ALSO, WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.
UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RUSTIN? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY COMMISSIONER VALENTINE AND, UH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BLAZE.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
ANY OPPOSITION? NO OPPOSITION.
UH, THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SELECTED ARTISTS, DEBIAN ASSOCIATES, UH, UNANIMOUSLY PASSES, AND MS. RUSTIN HAS ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION.
SO YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE A CITYWIDE PROJECT ABOUT, UM, USING, UH, WE WORKED WITH THE POET LAUREATE OF DALLAS, WHO CREATED A SPECIFIC FORM, THE TWO ONE FORM WHERE YOU HAD TO HAVE SYLLABLES THAT ARE RELATED AND, UM, OLD, UH, PHONE PREFIX, UM, FOR DALLAS.
AND, UM, SHE WON A GRANT FOR THIS AND HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US TO HELP COME UP WITH SPECIFIC POEMS. THEY'RE SUPER TINY HERE.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, POINTS FOR MOST OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
UM, SHE AND A TEAM OF SPECIALIZED SELECTION PANELISTS WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THIS LIST OF POEM THAT PASSED THEIR SELECTION PROCESS.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TO BE A PRE-APPROVED LIST FOR OUR INSTALLATION OF SIDEWALK POETRY.
SO THAT IS WHAT THIS LIST IS FOR.
AND ONCE AGAIN, I ASK MS. RUSTIN, THIS RECOMMENDATION HAS THE SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY, I SEE COMMISSIONER PEL HAS A QUESTION.
I JUST WANNA SAY, I THINK THIS IS REALLY COOL.
LIKE, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY COOL IDEA.
I THINK, LIKE, NORMALLY OUR PUBLIC ART IS, YOU KNOW, VISUAL ARTS, SO I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL THAT WE COULD TAKE SOME LITERARY ART AND PUT IT ON WHAT'S NORMALLY JUST A GRAY PIECE OF CEMENT.
SO I, I JUST THINK THAT'S REALLY COOL.
UH, IF THERE'S NO OTHER, UH, QUESTION, UH, WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
DO WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION I MOTION? DO WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM PUBLIC ART, UH, TO ACCEPT THESE, THIS, THIS POETRY PROJECT? I'LL SECOND.
BUT I'M GONNA TAKE, UH, COMMISSIONER MEEK SECOND.
UH, SO IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MEEK.
UH, THEN WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION TO INCLUDE THE POEM SELECTED BY THE ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION SELECTION PANEL.
UH, IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSITION? NO OPPOSITION.
UH, THE RECOMMENDATION TO INCLUDE THE POEMS, UH, PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, AT THIS TIME AND GOING DOWN OUR AGENDA, I WANNA BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT OUR DIRECTOR, UH, HAS A HARD FIVE 30.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THINGS OUT OF ORDER AND WE'VE GOT, UM, THE DIRECTOR'S UPDATE.
AND I BELIEVE JULIA HAS A HARD FIVE 30 AS WELL.
JUST SO WE'LL TAKE THE, UH, COMMUNITY ARTIST PROGRAM, UH, RIGHT AFTER OUR DIRECTOR.
UH, GLENN AND I ARE LEAVING TO MEET WITH THE CITY MANAGER, UH, DOWNSTAIRS AT FIVE 30.
SO WE DID REQUEST A SHIFT TO THE AGENDA.
SO THANK YOU TO CHAIR SMALL AGAIN FOR HONORING THAT REQUEST.
UM, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND CONTRIBUTIONS OVER THE LAST MONTH SINCE WE LAST HAVE SEEN EACH OTHER.
I'VE SEEN YOU OUT AND ABOUT, OF COURSE, YOU'VE BEEN SUPPORTING PROGRAMMING ACROSS THE CITY.
YOU'VE, UH, CALLED TO DISCUSS YOUR VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU LIAISE ON BEHALF OF.
AND I APPRECIATE, AGAIN, YOUR TIME AND SERVICE TO THE CITY AND YOUR CAPACITIES.
SO I HAVE A FEW UPDATES FOR YOU TODAY.
UM, WE ARE STARTING MY, UH, WELL, I'M OUT OF ORDER ON THE PAPER, SO I'LL GO TO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON THE NEXT SLIDE, EVEN WHAT I'M READING.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I'M HAPPY TO START HERE.
UM, ONE, WE WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF VISITORS HERE IN THE METROPLEX THIS SUMMER, OBVIOUSLY, WHO ARE ATTENDING, UH, WORLD CUP OR ATTENDING WATCH PARTIES OR VISITING DALLAS, UH, SOME FOR THE FIRST TIME.
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WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE OFFICE IN THE ARTS AND CULTURE, MOSTLY FREE AND ACCESSIBLE ACTIVITIES CAN BE FOUND IN ONE PLACE FOR THOSE VISITORS.AND SO WE LAUNCHED OUR, UH, CITY OF DALLAS ARTS AND CULTURE PLAYBOOK.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT LINK IS LIVE, DREA, YOU COULD, UH, HELP US VISIT THAT LINK.
WE HAVE A PDF VERSION OF COURSE, AND A WEB, UH, BASED VERSION.
IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE LINK ON YOUR MOBILE PHONE OR YOUR IPAD OR YOUR COMPUTER, WHATEVER YOU'RE USING, YOU COULD VISIT DALLAS CULTURE.ORG/PLAYBOOK.
YOU CAN SAVE THE ACTUAL PDF GUIDEBOOK, UH, TO YOUR PHONE OR TO YOUR COMPUTER, IS EASY TO YOUR PHONE.
UH, HIGHLIGHTS WHAT'S HAPPENING AT EACH OF OUR CULTURAL CENTERS THIS SUMMER.
ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES THE, UH, WEB-BASED PUBLIC ART MAP THAT IS INTERACTIVE.
UH, WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL PROJECTS NOTED, INCLUDING THE RED BALL PROJECT THAT IS NOW LIVE, UM, ON VIEW AT THE ARTS DISTRICT, BUT OF COURSE, TAKING A TOUR THROUGH THE CITY THROUGH THE SUMMER.
TEMPORARY INSTALLATION ON VIEW AT FAIR PARK FOR THE FAN FESTIVAL, UH, WINDOW.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME CAP ARTISTS NOTED WITHIN BY NAME.
SO JUST PLEASE SHARE IT, SHARE IT, SHARE IT.
UM, EASY TO EASY TO BREEZE THROUGH.
WE JUST REALLY WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO, UH, FURTHER AMPLIFY THE WORK OF DALLAS BASED ARTISTS.
UM, ENSURE THAT FOLKS HAVE EASY ACCESS TO SEE WHAT OUR DALLAS ARTISTS CREATE.
UM, OF COURSE WE HAVE, UH, ARTISTS WHO ARE NOT FROM DALLAS, UH, ON VIEW, UH, AS IT PERTAINS TO THOSE SPECIAL PROJECTS I MENTIONED.
BUT NATURALLY WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU COME TO ANY ONE OF OUR, UH, CULTURAL CENTERS HAS TO DO WITH DALLAS ARTISTS SHINING.
SO YOU'LL NOTE THAT, UM, ALL THE PROGRAMMING, UH, ESPECIALLY, UH, WHAT WE WANT TO INVITE OUR VISITORS TO ENGAGE WITH AND RESIDENTS ALIKE IS, UH, FOUND WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THAT ARTS AND CULTURE PLAYBOOK.
I'LL PAUSE THERE AND ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT MATTER MR. MEEK? MS. MEEK? YES.
UM, HOW IS THIS BEING DISSEMINATED TO VISITORS? WELL, WE ARE SHARING IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. THERE IS A CITY FACING, LIKE A, A, THE CITY HAS ITS OWN PLATFORM FOR FIFA, UH, RELATED MATTERS PER DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THIS IS ONE OF, UH, THE NOTES THAT WE PUT FORWARD, UH, TO BE DISSEMINATED VIA, UH, CITY'S COMMUNICATION, UH, AVENUES, IF YOU WILL.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE MAIN MODES.
AND OF COURSE, YOU HAVE SOME VISITORS IN MIND.
AND I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTION IS, SO WILL WE HAVE A WAY OF CAPTURING THE, THE, THE DATA ON THAT? CAN YOU GIMME ONE SECOND? THERE WAS SOME BACKGROUND NOISE FROM THE PARKS, UH, DEPARTMENT, SO I COULDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU SAID.
I WAS ASKING DO WE HAVE A WAY OF CAPTURING THE DATA ON THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO'S UTILIZING THIS AND HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS? THE WEBSITE, THE WEBSITE TRACKS THOSE METRICS.
SO IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE ACCESSING THAT INFORMATION VIA CLICKS ON THE WEBSITE, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRACK THOSE AND WE ALSO REPORT THOSE FORWARD WHEN WE DO OUR RECAP, UH, HERE, WHEN I DO THE FISCAL YEAR RECAP, ONE OF THE SLIDES IS THE OAC HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS, UH, PRESENTATION.
WE USUALLY DO, UH, THE MARKETING SLIDES, WE USUALLY CAPTURE REPORT FORWARD ON SOME OF THOSE METRICS.
SO WE, WE CAN BE SURE TO INCLUDE THAT THIS YEAR AS WE'RE WINDING DOWN.
'CAUSE WE'LL BE DRAFTING THAT PRESENTATION HERE SOON.
UH, AND WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT IS THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE CREATED ANYTHING NEW.
I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME, IT'S THAT WE TOLD PEOPLE WHAT WE WERE ALREADY DOING AND JUST PACKAGED IT IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE CONTEXT THAT THEY'RE COMING IN.
SO I LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S A, TO ME, IT'S A REMINDER THAT WE WERE ALREADY DOING DOPE STUFF.
WE JUST NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL KNEW IT AND WE PUT IT, WE LOOKED AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF, UM, THE GAME THAT'S IN TOWN RIGHT NOW.
SO FROM AN EVENTS PERSPECTIVE, I LIKE THAT.
UM, I'M JUST WONDERING KIND OF, UH, DOVETAILING OFF OF WHAT COMMISSIONER MEEK SAID, I'M JUST WONDERING, ARE THERE WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS OUT THERE? BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA OPERATE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT PEOPLE COMING TO EXPERIENCE FIFA ARE GONNA GO TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.GOV TO FIND OUT WHAT'S COOL AND HOT AND HAPPENING IN THE CITY.
UM, AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING, YES, TO US SHARING IT, YES, TO DOING IT ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT ARE THERE OTHER AVENUES? CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR, UM, ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE CONNECTED WITH THE OAC AND
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THESE PROGRAMS ARE SHARING IT THROUGH THEIR PLATFORMS AS WELL? THAT THERE ARE JUST MORE WAYS THAT WE'RE GETTING THIS WORD OUT THERE, BECAUSE I WOULD HATE FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE DONE ALL THIS WORK AND THEN NO ONE, NOT AS MANY PEOPLE ENGAGE WITH IT AS, UH, SHOULD HAVE OR COULD HAVE.SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THERE TO US TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS OUT THERE AND NOT PRESUME THAT JUST BECAUSE IT EXISTS ON THE CITY WEBSITE SOMEWHERE, THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA FIND IT.
BECAUSE I'LL BE HONEST, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER GONE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS WEBSITE FOR ANYTHING CULTURAL.
SO IN ADDITION TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNING, YOU'RE, THE FEEDBACK OR INPUT YOU'RE SHARING IS THAT WE WOULD, UH, LEAN ON OUR PARTNERS EX OTHER EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS TO ALSO SHARE FORWARD VIA THEIR PLATFORM.
WHOEVER CAN TALK ABOUT IT, LET 'EM TALK ABOUT IT AND BEYOND, JUST LET 'EM, LET'S ASK THEM TO TALK ABOUT IT.
LET'S SAY, HEY, WE GOT THIS THING.
IT TELLS A GREAT STORY OF DALLAS BONUS POINTS.
IF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE ASKING ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS BOOKLET, IN THIS DOCUMENT, UM, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DALLAS, PLEASE TALK ABOUT THIS, UH, WITH YOUR PARTNERS AND WITH YOUR CONSTITUENCY IS MY RECOMMENDATION.
YEAH, I ACTUALLY HAD A SIMILAR COMMENT.
UH, MY SUGGESTION WAS ACTUALLY TO MAYBE PARTNER WITH VISIT DALLAS OR SOMEBODY LIKE THAT AND TRY TO GET THIS INTO HOTELS.
LIKE WHETHER IT BE IN THE MATERIAL THAT THE HOTEL, LIKE SENDS THEM UP, WHATEVER THEY'RE GIVING THEM.
IT COULD BE IN THE ROOM, LIKE JUST A LINK SOMEWHERE LINKED.
I MEAN, AND SEE IF WE COULD ACTUALLY GET IT INTO SOME OF THE HOTELS OVER IN ARLINGTON OVER BY THE, THE VENUE.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
MAYBE THEY DON'T LIKE TO DO THAT FOR US, BUT, UM, IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET IT INTO THE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE STAYING SO THAT THEY
YOU KNOW, JUST WHETHER IT'S A SHEET OF PAPER IN THE ROOM THAT HAS A LINK TO THE, TO THE THING OR WHATEVER.
COMMISSIONER ILLA AND SHE HERE AND SHE HEAR US KEEP GOING.
THOUGHT WE SHOULD, COMMISSIONER MEEK THINK SHE WOULD.
UH, JUST TO ADD TO THAT, UM, I UNDERSTAND I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, OF COURSE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE ALL THESE SCREENS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR FAN FEST OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED OUT THERE.
IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE SOMETHING TRAILING ACROSS THOSE SCREENS THAT IS LETTING PEOPLE KNOW, HEY, YOU KNOW, CHECK OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THIS LINK, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
SINCE THEY'RE ALREADY THERE, AND I'M ASSUMING WE'RE INVOLVED WITH THAT.
UM, ONE TYPE
UM, I'LL LOOK INTO THE SCREEN.
FANFEST SCREENS YOU'RE REFERENCING.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, STAFF WORKING ON, UH, SOME LEVEL OF COLLABORATION WITH REGARD TO THE KIOSKS THAT ARE NEWLY, UH, ON VIEW AROUND CERTAIN POINTS OF THE CITY.
UM, BUT WE'LL LOOK INTO THE FAN FESTIVAL SCREENS AS WELL.
YEAH, WHAT I WAS GONNA DITTO, UH, PIGGYBACK ON WHAT THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE SAID.
AT A MINIMUM IT SHOULD BE ON VISIT DALLAS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER MEEK HAS HER HAND RAISED.
ALRIGHT THEN I'LL MOVE FORWARD IN MY ORDER OF OPERATIONS ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
UH, UPCOMING BRIEFING ON HOSPITALITY AND NIGHTLIFE UPDATES.
SO WE, UH, RECENTLY BRIEFED, UH, VIA PRESENTATION, UH, THIS PAST MONDAY STAFF'S, UH, PLANS TO IMPLEMENT WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE HOSPITALITY AND NIGHTLIFE TASK FORCE IN MARCH.
UM, WE ALSO SHARED A DRAFT ORDINANCE, UH, DURING THE MEETING AND AFTER WITH TASK FORCE MEMBERS AND QUALITY OF LIFE COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
OUR NEXT STEPS INCLUDE MEETING, UH, RESUMING A MEETING WITH TASK FORCE MEMBERS, UH, TO SEEK ADDITIONAL INPUT THEY HAVE ON THE DRAFT ORDINANCE, UH, MEETING WITH TASK FORCE LEADERSHIP AND, UH, INTERDEPARTMENTAL LEADERSHIP TO INCLUDE CITY ATTORNEY'S, OFFICE CODE COMPLIANCE SERVICES, CONVENTION, EVENT SERVICES, DALLAS FIRE, DALLAS POLICE, UH, WHO ELSE? OAC NATURALLY.
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PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT, IT TAKES A LOT OF, UM, CHEFS IN THIS KITCHEN, IF YOU WILL, UH, TO, TO GET THIS THING RIGHT.AND SO WE'LL BE MEETING WITH THE TASK FORCE LEADERSHIP, UH, TO KIND OF SHARE A BIT MORE ABOUT ALL OF THE VARIOUS ORDINANCE THAT ARE AT PLAY.
YOU'RE CONSIDERING, UH, WHAT'S NOTED IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE INTEREST IN REVIEWING THE DRAFT ORDINANCE, PLEASE, UH, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL HAVE OUR NIGHTTIME MANAGER SEND IT FORWARD TO YOU IF IT'S OF INTEREST FOR YOU TO REVIEW IT.
HAPPY TO DO THAT, UM, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE WORK AND BUSINESS OF OUR OFFICE NOW.
UM, BUT OF COURSE, COMMISSIONER DANIEL IS A, A LEADERSHIP MEMBER OF THAT TASK FORCE AND, UM, WILL BE TAKING PART IN THE AFOREMENTIONED MEETINGS.
AND THEN WE'RE REVISITING, UH, COLAC AGAIN IN AUGUST, UH, TO, TO FINALIZE THAT, TO PRESENT THE FINALIZED DRAFT.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE INTEND TO DO THAT VIA BRIEFING MEMO WITH THE FINAL DRAFT ORDINANCE ATTACHED.
UM, THAT CHANGES, YOU'LL SEE IT NOTED ON THE POSTED AGENDA IN AUGUST.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE COUNCIL RECESS IN JULY, SO THERE'LL BE NO COMMITTEE MEETINGS TAKING PLACE DURING THAT TIME.
UH, BUT WE'LL BE WORKING AGAIN WITH THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM AND WITH THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS, UH, DURING THAT MONTH OF JULY SO THAT WE CAN GET PREPARED FOR THE AUGUST QUALITY OF LIFE MEETING.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL, I THINK, YEAH, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY IF ANY COMMISSIONERS HAD QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT THIS PROCESS, ABOUT THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEEN PUT FORWARD ABOUT THE, UH, THE, THE POSTPONEMENT UNTIL AUGUST, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME.
UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE, UH, WHERE WE'RE HEADED AS A TASK FORCE MEMBER, NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE OAC, I WANNA CLARIFY THAT AND PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, UH, MOVING FORWARD TO SUMMER PROGRAMMING.
AS NOTED ON THE AGENDA, I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE ON RECORD, UH, TO NOTE, UH, THAT I HOPE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, 18 COMMISSIONERS MAKE A POINT TO VISIT SOUTH DALLAS THIS SUMMER.
TAKE TIME TO GO TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM TO VISIT THE MANDELA EXHIBIT.
UH, WHAT YOU HAVE AS A BACKDROP TO THAT EXHIBIT IS THE $4 MILLION INVESTMENT CITY HAS MADE, UH, VIA THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, UH, DEPARTMENT GRANT FUNDING IN THAT INSTITUTION AND FACILITY.
AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL WORK, UM, FROM THE LIGHTING TO THE SOUND QUALITY, UH, TO THE UPGRADES THROUGHOUT.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'D BE REMISS AS A COMMISSIONER IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE TIME TO GO VISIT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM.
AND WHILE YOU'RE THERE, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK AND A HALF, IF POSSIBLE, TAKE YOUR TIME TO SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER.
AS I NOTED TO VAN ANTHONY, THE MANAGER THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE, I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST FOUR YEARS, AND IT'S THE BEST SHAPE I'VE EVER SEEN.
SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER IN TERMS OF LOBBY ACTIVATION RIGHT NOW.
UM, THERE'S A LITER AS A COMMISSIONER SPELL, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LITERARY ARTS.
THE LOBBY ACTIVATION AT SOUTH DALLAS IS A LITERARY ARTS EXPERIENCE.
THEN YOU HAVE A MUSIC AND SOUND EXPERIENCE IN THE WRAPAROUND VESTIBULE HALL AROUND THE BET GALLERY.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT, UM, THE ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY, UH, FROM THE COHORT THAT TRAVELED TO AFRICA AND BROUGHT THEIR WORK BACK TO INCLUDE ONE OF OUR STAFF FROM OAK CLIFF, UH, ANDREA, WHO'S THE INTERIM MANAGER THERE.
SHE, HER WORK IS ON VIEW, UH, ALONG WITH A GANG OF OTHER TALENTED ARTISTS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT MUCH ARTWORK ON DISPLAY IN THAT PARTICULAR GALLERY AT ONCE.
AND IT IS INSTALLED BEAUTIFULLY.
AND, UM, AGAIN, I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, LET'S TAKE A FIELD TRIP TO SOUTH DALLAS IF YOU'RE ABLE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S, UH, IT IS JUST LOOKING REALLY GOOD.
JACKSON'S SIDE OF THE SIDE OF THE SIDE OF THE CITY.
SO, UH, THAT WAS MY NOTE ON SUMMER PROGRAMMING.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, I AM NOT BIASED, BUT, UH, I WILL SAY THAT THE SOUTH, I AM GIVING A STAMP OF APPROVAL ON WHAT VAN ANTHONY IS DOING AT THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SAY THAT IN A LOT OF YEARS.
SO I'M SO EXCITED FOR EVERYTHING THAT HE'S GOT GOING THERE.
AND, AND WEMI, WHO IS THE, UM, GALLERY DIRECTOR, HAS PUT TOGETHER SOME VERY MEANINGFUL AND POWERFUL EXHIBITIONS.
SO I, I LIKE THE DIRECTOR SAYS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO GET A CHANCE TO GO BY AND AND CHECK IT OUT.
AND MY FIGHT IN, UH, IN CLOSING, AS ALWAYS, I STAFF UPDATES.
I JUST WANNA ENSURE IT'S ON YOUR RADAR, UH, AS
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THE FIFA WINDOW CLOSES.UH, IN JULY, WE'LL BEGIN OUR TRANSITION TO RECEIVE THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS FROM OCTOBER 1ST.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS YEAR WE GREW A DIVISION IN THE NIGHT LIFE DIVISION, AND THAT CHANGED, UH, JUST THE NATURE OF MY ROLE.
UM, THE NATURE OF THE TYPES OF ORDINANCE THAT INFORM OUR OFFICE.
UH, AND WE EXPECT THE SAME WHEN THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS MAKES THEIR TRANSITION OVER AS WELL.
AND I WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
UH, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE HAD ITS BUCKETS, AND OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM WORKED IN A VERY, UH, SPECIFIC WAY IN TERMS OF HOW WE RELATE AND ENGAGE WITH OUR EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS IN GROUPS, ET CETERA.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS MORPHING.
AND, UH, WE INTEND TO CONTINUE TO CORRESPOND WITH OUR EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE ADVOCATES AND LEADERS WHO HAVE HAD, UM, A CERTAIN TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR LEADERSHIP STAFF, WITH THE DIRECTOR, UH, NO MATTER WHO'S SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY, TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS CHANGE AS WE'RE ONBOARDING NEW BUCKETS OF WORK.
UM, AND I, MYSELF, AS A STUDENT OF THESE ORDINANCE AND WORK, THE NEW WORK THAT WE HAVE ASSUMED, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES ME ABOUT A YEAR TO, TO, TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF, OF, OF WHAT, WHAT'S AT PLAY IN THESE NEW DIVISIONS.
AND I APPRECIATE THE GRACE AND FLEXIBILITY Y'ALL HAVE GIVEN ME TO ENSURE THAT I CAN BE INFORMED ABOUT THE NEW WORK THAT WE RECEIVE AS WE RECEIVE IT.
SO WHEN, UH, WE'RE IN TRANSITION COUPLED WITH BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN THAT WINDOW AS WELL THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER, UM, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE, UH, THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS CLOSES OUT THEIR FIFA, UH, UH, TIES, THEY'RE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON SHIFTING OVER WITH US.
AND THAT'S GONNA TAKE OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME JUGGLING TO DO THAT LEARNING, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN RECEIVE THEM WELL AND TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, START TO BECOME INFORMED, UH, INTIMATELY ABOUT THE WORK OF THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS.
AS IT'S NEW FOR US, WE'VE ALREADY, UH, ENGAGED, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN DOING COMMERCIAL FILM PERMITTING, UH, VERY, VERY WELL.
WE RECEIVED COMPLIMENTS FROM THE FILM COMMISSION, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK.
SO THAT WAS GREAT IN TERMS OF, UH, THE NATURE OF THE WORK AND HOW POSITIVE, UH, THAT ECOSYSTEM, UH, EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN, UH, ENGAGING WITH OUR STAFF WHO ARE, UH, CONDUCTING THE COMMERCIAL FILM PERMITTING AND POLE, UH, BANNER MARKET PERMITS AS WELL.
WHAT DID WE GET ANYTHING OFF? OH, WE'LL BE OBVIOUSLY SHADOWING STAFF WHO ARE CONVENTION CENTER STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN LEADING, UM, THE JAZZ FESTIVAL PLANNING AS THAT'S GONNA BECOME OUR, ONE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AS WELL.
SO THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL IN A, IN A ROLE OF OBSERVATION.
IT'S NOT AN OAC EVENT, IF YOU WILL, BUT WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN, UH, OBSERVING LOGISTICS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
NEXT YEAR THAT'LL BE AN OAC SUPPORTED EVENT THAT T-BALL, UH, THROWS, IF YOU WILL, HOSTS, PRODUCES.
BUT ANYWAY, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AGAIN, UH, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM IS, UH, MORPHING AND WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THEM, ANNA AND GLEN AND ASHLEY, AND RUSSELL AND LYNN, AND HOW THEY'VE TAKEN THIS SHIFT IN TURN, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE ALL HAD TO DO A LITTLE SHIFT AND CHANGE IN, IN THE TYPES OF WORK THAT WE'RE EACH DOING, UH, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HISTORICALLY SOUGHT OUT, STARTED TO DO.
AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
UM, 'CAUSE OF COURSE I'VE, UM, LEANED ON QUITE A FEW OF YOU FOR GUIDANCE, UM, UM, TO KIND OF LISTENED TO THE SOUNDING BOARD, IF YOU WILL.
'CAUSE AGAIN, TO ME, UH, THE FACT THAT OUR OFFICE IS CHANGING AND GROWING IS A GREAT THING.
IT'S A TESTAMENT TO WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER.
UM, WE'VE GOT A REALLY GREAT TEAM IN PLACE RIGHT NOW AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS A TRUSTED ALL OF THIS RESPONSIBILITY TO US.
I THINK IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SIGN IF IT'S THE OPPOSITE.
SO I'LL TAKE IT AS A COMPLIMENT TO WHAT THE OAC IS DOING, UM, AND HOW WELL WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE MATTERS SHINE.
I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO IN TERMS OF SUMMER PROGRAMMING, WE DID HOLD, UH, JUNETEENTH FLAG RAISING CEREMONY.
THE JUNETEENTH FLAG IS UP AT, AS YOU'RE EXITING CITY HALL TODAY, YOU'LL SEE IT ON DISPLAY.
HAPPY JUNETEENTH TO ALL OF US WHO ARE CELEBRATING TOMORROW.
THAT'S THE END OF MY, THAT'S THE END OF MY REMARKS.
ALRIGHT,
I DIDN'T TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS, I DIDN'T ENTERTAIN, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE STAFF UPDATES, I CAN ENTERTAIN THOSE QUICK, UH, QUICKLY.
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A MOUTHFUL.COMMISSIONER DANIEL, I WOULD LIKE TO, ON THE RECORD, ECHO THE SENTIMENT OF GO NICKS, UH,
I DO HAVE A STAFF UP, A REAL ONE, A RESIGNATION.
WE DO HAVE A RESIGNATION ON, UH, UH, THAT'S PUBLIC.
UH, WE'RE MANAGER OF THE JUANITA CRAFT HOUSE, KENDALL FERGUSON.
UH, HER LAST DAY IS ACTUALLY SATURDAY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
UM, I, I DON'T HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN TERMS OF HER NEXT CHAPTER, BUT I DO WANNA ON RECORD THANK HER FOR HER LEADERSHIP.
I KNOW SHE'S SERVED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES ON OUR TEAM, UH, DURING HER, UH, TIME IN SERVICE WITH THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
UH, SHE'S DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB, UH, WITH THE OPENING OF THE KRAFT HOUSE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
HERE, UH, HERE, MY TENURE, UM, IN PROGRAMMING.
IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN TO THE KRAFT HOUSE, GO SEE THE GARDEN WHILE YOU'RE DOING YOUR SOUTH DALLAS TOUR.
AS WE DISCUSSED
A LOVELY GARDEN, UH, ON THE CAMPUS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, UH, PLANNING INTERNALLY TO ENSURE THAT WE'LL COVER, UM, GIVEN OUR HIRING FREEZE, ET CETERA, UH, THAT WE HAVE A ROTATION OF STAFF TO ENSURE WE CAN, UH, CONTINUE TO RECEIVE VISITORS THROUGH THE SUMMER UNTIL WE, WE GET A NEW MANAGER FOR THAT FACILITY IN PLACE.
FORGIVE ME, I'M SORRY IT WASN'T IN MY NOTES, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT ON AND I HOPE COMMISSIONER EZ, I BELIEVE THE FRIENDS GROUP RECEIVED AN, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT OR BE RECEIVING AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM VAN ANTHONY TO THAT END NOW I'M DONE.
AND, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR CONSIDERING THIS MEMO.
IT, IT WENT THROUGH ALLOCATIONS LAST WEEK.
UM, SO I'LL LEAN ON THEM TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS TODAY.
THE COMMUNITY ARTIST PROGRAM IS OUR PROGRAM THAT PARTNERS ARTIST SERVICES WITH DALLAS COMMUNITIES BY PAIRING ARTISTS WITH HOST VENUES.
UM, THEY GET FREE ART AND ARTISTS GET PAID BY OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE TO MAKE EVENTS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAVE OUR ARTISTIC AMBASSADORS GO OUT TO ALL OVER THE CITY.
CAP ARTISTS ARE SELECTED TO BE ON A CAP ROSTER ONCE A YEAR.
IF YOU KNOW FOLKS APPLYING, IT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH.
AND WHEN THEY'RE GIVEN A ROSTER PLACEMENT, THEY'RE ALSO GIVEN A FUNDING AWARD THAT'S SORT OF LIKE A DEBIT ACCOUNT.
IT IS A SET AMOUNT OF FUNDING SAVED FOR THAT ARTIST OR ORGANIZATION.
AND THEN WE ARE ABLE TO REIMBURSE THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS THAT THEY GO OUT AND DO THROUGH THAT SORT OF RESERVE.
DEBIT ACCOUNT SERVICES ARE REQUESTED OF CAP ARTISTS ON AN AS NEEDED, WHEN NEEDED BASIS.
AND SO SOME ARTISTS BOOK ALL OF THEIR FUNDING AND GET REIMBURSED OUT OF THAT DEBIT ACCOUNT PRETTY QUICKLY.
AND SOME TAKE THE WHOLE YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS GOOD STEWARDS OF ALL OF THE DOLLARS.
IN THIS PROGRAM, WE DO A REALLOCATION SHUFFLE, BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE MONEY THAT IF IT'S NOT GOING TO GET USED BY THE ARTIST THAT IT'S RESERVED FOR, WE PULL IT OUT OF THAT RESERVED ACCOUNT AND PUT IT INTO AN UNASSIGNED ACCOUNT SO THAT THOSE WHO HAVE RUN OUT OF THEIR MONEY CAN PULL FROM IT.
IT'S THE WAY THAT WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR.
WE TELL THEM ABOUT IT AT ORIENTATION.
UM, IN PAST YEARS WE HAVE, UH, DONE THIS HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR.
WE'RE CONTINUING THAT AND WE'VE ONLY MOVED FUNDS IF ARTISTS HAVE NOT USED AT LEAST 50% OF THE FUNDS THIS YEAR BECAUSE OUR CONTRACT STARTED A LITTLE LATER.
UM, BECAUSE WE WERE ADJUSTING TO OUR FEDERAL MANDATES, WE DIDN'T TOUCH IT, EVEN IF THEY'D ONLY USED 40% OF THE FUNDS.
JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SOME FOLKS NEED MORE TIME.
UM, FOR THOSE $4,000 THAT WE DID MOVE AWAY FROM THOSE RESERVED SECTIONS, THEY HAVE BEEN MOVED TO AN UNASSIGNED FUND AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE ARTISTS USING THAT.
AS SOON AS Y'ALL AUTHORIZE AND GIVE US THE GO AHEAD, WE HAVE FOLKS READY TO DO THAT TO BOOK PROGRAMS FOR THE SUMMER.
UM, SO AGAIN, ALL WE'VE DONE IS SHUFFLE FROM FOLKS THAT, THAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY LOCKED TO A PERSON AND MOVING SOME OF THAT TO AN UNASSIGNED ACCOUNT SO THAT THOSE WHO HAVE RUN OUT OF FUNDS CAN USE IT SO THAT WE ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF ALL OF OUR DOLLARS FOR THIS PROGRAM.
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ANY QUESTIONS FOR JULIA? UM, ASK COMMISSIONER BRAG ALONE IF SHE HAS ANY COMMENTS, ANYTHING TO ADD SINCE THIS COMES OUT OF ALLOCATION? NOT WELL.UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT JULIA HAS A HARD FIVE 30 AS WELL.
IT'S A DAYCARE ACROSS FROM THE DMA DAYCARE.
I KNOW EXACTLY HOW I'M GONNA SUGGEST.
UM, THEN MOVING ON, UH, AS WE ARE KIND OF QUILT WORKING THIS, UH, AGENDA, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO OUR CULTURAL SPOTLIGHT, UH, SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM.
SO IF YOU WOULD COME FRONT AND CENTER.
WHERE'S MY NEIGHBOR? YOU KNOW, NICHOLAS IS MY NEIGHBOR.
WE HAVE KIM BRYAN, AMANDA RULAND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD SEE NEAR AT CAMERA.
I'M THE CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER AT THE SIX FOUR MUSEUM AT DELE PLAZA.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
WE'RE VERY, VERY DELIGHTED AND I WANNA PARTICULARLY THANK THANK COMMISSIONER VALENTINE FOR ARRANGING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE HERE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE SIX FOUR MUSEUM, WHAT'S GOING ON AT SIX FOUR MUSEUM ON OTHER THINGS.
IS A SPECIAL EXHIBITION THAT WE HAVE JUST OPENED UP AT THE END OF APRIL, CALLED ON ASSIGNMENT DALLAS TIMES HERALD, 1963.
SO THIS IS THE TITLE WALL OF THE EXHIBITION, UH, WHICH IS ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR OF OUR BUILDING.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TELL, BUT I WANNA CALL OUT THAT THE OFFICE OF ARTS, OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE LOGO IS AMONG THE SUPPORTERS.
AND THEN NEXT YOU POINTS TO YOU.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS, UH, JUST SO JUST WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON OUR WEBSITE OVER ACKNOWLEDGING THE PEOPLE AND SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING
I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES TO TALK ABOUT THE INSTALLATION, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS A BIGGER, BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER EXHIBITION THAN THE MUSEUM HAS UNDERTAKEN IN QUITE A LONG TIME.
UM, IT'S A REALLY IMMERSIVE, EXCITING EXHIBITION AND, UM, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH OUR VISITORS, INCLUDING MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE FOR VARIOUS SUPPORTING UNITS.
I'M THE CHIEF EXPERIENCE OFFICER FOR THE MUSEUM.
AND I LED THE TEAM THAT CREATED THIS EXHIBITION.
WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE SIXTH FLOOR EXHIBITION.
WE WANTED TO GO FROM A PASSIVE MUSEUM EXPERIENCE TO MORE PARTICIPATORY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE.
AND GOING THROUGH THE COLLECTION, WE FOUND GREAT OBJECTS THAT REALLY LENT TO TELLING THE STORY OF THESE FOUR JOURNALISTS AND TWO PHOTOJOURNALIST THAT WERE THERE IN THE EVENTS OF NOVEMBER 22ND.
SO WE FOLLOW VIVIAN CASTLEBERRY, JOAN LEAR, UH, KEITH SHELTON, DARWIN PAYNE, AND BOB JACKSON AND, UM, AMON KENNEDY.
CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? SO FOR THIS IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE, WE WANTED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE CHAOS, THE UNCERTAINTY, AND THE PROFESSIONALISM THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO JUST WOKE UP TO GO TO WORK THAT DAY HAD TO EXUDE THROUGHOUT, NOT JUST ONE DAY BUT OVER A COURSE OF A WEEKEND.
AND SO, UM, TO DO THAT, WE SET THIS UP.
UM, THE GALLERY IS LAID OUT BY LOCATION.
SO YOU GO FROM DALLAS LUMP FIELD, YOU FOLLOW 'EM ON THE MOTORCADE.
WE HAVE DELEY PLAZA, PARKLAND HOSPITAL, THE DALLAS POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
AND AT THE CENTER OF THAT WE'VE RECREATED A 1960S NEWSROOM BECAUSE ALL ROADS LEAP BACK TO THAT NEWSROOM WHERE WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN A TOUCH AND PUT THEMSELVES IN THE ROLES OF A FEDERAL JOURNALIST AND EDITOR.
UM, CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? AND ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT I WAS WANTING TO DO THROUGH THIS EXHIBITION IS TO ENSURE THAT WE PUT OBJECTS THAT HAD NEVER BEEN ON VIEW ON VIEW FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 130 OBJECTS ON VIEW, OF WHICH 33% HAVE NEVER BEEN ON VIEW TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE.
SO THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.
AND THEY'RE DISPLAYED IN A WAY THAT REALLY ACTIVATES THEM.
IT PUTS THEM, YOU'RE SEEING AN OBJECT THAT WAS TAKEN BY A PHOTOGRAPH OF ONE OF THE PHOTOJOURNALIST.
YOU'RE SEEING THE CAMERAS THAT WERE USED TO TAKE THOSE PHOTOS.
UM, AND IT REALLY LENDS, UM, TO ACTIVATE THOSE OBJECTS AND REALLY IMMERSE THOSE VISITORS IN THAT EXPERIENCE.
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SO, AS I SAID, THE GALLERIES ARE LAID OUT, UM, TO FOLLOW THIS STORY AND YOU CAN CHOOSE TO FOLLOW IT IN A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, BUT TO LEND TO THAT END, THAT NEED OF CHAOS AND HOW THEIR ASSIGNMENTS CHANGED, IF PEOPLE GO OUT OF ORDER, THAT'S OKAY TO EACH SPACE TAKES PLACE ON ITS OWN.IT TELLS FROM BEGINNING TO END WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT LOCATION, BUT WE'VE ALSO DECIDED TO PUT IN MORE TANGIBLE AND TACTILE OBJECTS FOR PEOPLE TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT AND REALLY REFLECT ON THE OBJECTS THAT THEY'RE SEEING AND THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT WHO WERE THERE THAT DAY.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE GALLERY ARE SIMPLE AS A PUZZLE.
UM, SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE AT THE TRADEMARK AND RECREATE THAT PUZZLE.
WE HAVE A ALUMINUM RELIEF PLATE.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL IMAGE TAKEN BY AMY KENNEDY AND IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO TOUCH AND SEE HOW SIMPLE A CHILD PRAYING AT PARKLAND HOSPITAL WAITING TO HEAR THE NEWS THAT HAPPENED.
BUT THERE'S A SINGLE TEAR ON HER FACE, SO IT ALLOWS 'EM TO FEEL WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
WE HAVE AN IMMERSIVE NEWSROOM AND THAT REALLY IS WHERE WE START TALKING ABOUT MEDIA AND MISINFORMATION THAT IS SO RELEVANT TODAY.
SO TAKING THAT STORY FROM 1963 AND BRINGING IT INTO, MAKING A CONNECTION TO WHAT PEOPLE SEE IN HERE TODAY, UM, WE PUT THEM IN THE ROLE OF AN EDITOR.
THERE'S A DESK WHERE PEOPLE GET TO DECIDE WHAT IS PUBLISHED, WHAT IS DISCARDED, AND WHAT IS HELD FOR MORE INFORMATION.
THEY GET TO BE A PHOTO EDITOR.
PROP PHOTOS, THEY GET TO BE AT A REWRITE DESK AND WAIT FOR A PHONE TO RING.
AND YES, THEIR OWN PHONE RINGS.
'CAUSE IN ANOTHER PLACE IN THE GALLERIES, THERE'S A PAYPHONE FOR PEOPLE TO CALL IN TIPS ABOUT WHAT THEY FOUND OUT AND HOW TO CREATE A HEADLINE.
AND THE LAST DESK THAT WE HAVE IN THE NEWSROOM IS OUR DARWIN PAYNE DESK.
OUR OWN PAYNE, ALMOST 26 YEARS OLD THAT DAY.
AND HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE NEWSROOM, BUT HIS ROLE RAPIDLY CHANGED AND HE HAD ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING EXPERIENCES OF ANY OF THE JOURNALISTS.
SO HE CREATED A ORAL HISTORY WHERE PEOPLE CAN LISTEN TO HIM, EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT HE DID.
OVER THE COURSE OF THAT WEEKEND, WE WRAP UP THE EXHIBITION WITH A GREAT REFLECTIVE SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN WATCH, UH, B FOOTAGE AND SEE THESE JOURNALISTS IN THE FIELD TALKING TO POLICE OFFICERS AND EYEWITNESSES AND GATHERING THOSE STATEMENTS AND TAKING THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS.
UM, IT IS A WONDERFUL IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE.
PEOPLE HAVE HAD, UM, NOTHING BUT POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY THEY'RE SPENDING LONGER IN OUR STORIES.
CAN THIS EXHIBITION FIRST BEFORE THEY GO TO SEE THE SIXTH FLOOR EXHIBITION? AND I THINK IT JUST SPEAKS TO THE CALIBER OF WHAT OUR TEAM IS HERE TO CREATE.
SO NOW I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO DR. TORRES, WHO IS GOING TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE CREATING WITH THIS EXHIBITION.
UM, AND I'M THE HEAD OF EDUCATION AT THE SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM AT DAILY PLAZA.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT GOES WITH ON ASSIGNMENT IS OUR FAMILY GUIDES.
SO OUR FAMILY GUIDES ARE AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE, A WAY TO TELL A STORY A LITTLE BIT MORE IMMERSIVELY I SHOULD SAY.
SO THEY CAN PICK THESE UP IN SEVEN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES BECAUSE WE DID KNOW WE WERE GONNA HAVE, UH, VISITORS AND FAMILY FROM OUT OF TOWN, YOU CAN SAY, COMING TO SEE US FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE STORY AND ENGAGE ONCE THEY LEAVE THE MUSEUM AS WELL, TAKE THAT PIECE WITH THEM SO THEY REMEMBER WHAT THEY LEARNED THAT DAY AND JUST KEEP THINKING ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE SHARED.
SO IT'S AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, JAPANESE, SIMPLIFIED MANDARIN, PORTUGUESE IN SPANISH.
UM, AND FUNNILY ENOUGH OR NOT, OR INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, WE'VE HAD 4,700 ALREADY USED STARTING MAY 31ST.
IT'S PROBABLY MORE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE COMPLETELY RAN OUT OF THE JAPANESE FAMILY GUYS THIS PAST WEEK.
UM, SO WE ARE WAITING ON A BIG PINK ORDER TO COME IN THIS WEEKEND SO WE CAN KEEP HANDING THESE OUT TO FAMILIES
UM, IT'S BEEN A GREAT INITIATIVE.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, PRESS PASSES SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG THE STORIES OF THE FOUR JOURNALISTS WHO WERE WORKING OVER THAT WEEKEND AND KIND OF COMPANY AS YOU GO ALONG IN THE EXHIBITION, WHAT THEIR JOURNEY SPECIFICALLY LOOKED LIKE.
SO IT'S ALSO ANOTHER GREAT PIECE TO, UM, INTERPRET THE EXHIBITION AND REALLY ALLOW THEM TO GAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSENESS WITH THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT WEEKEND.
AND THEN WE ALSO USED 2,730, SO IT'S, THEY'RE BEING PICKED UP QUITE, QUITE WELL.
AND TO KIND OF BRING HOME, WE ALSO DEVELOPED THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT A VERY ROBUST CALENDAR.
PUBLIC PROGRAMMINGS JUST COMING WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.
WE HAVE ON JULY 11TH, IT'S ON ASSIGNMENT WITH JOE CARTER.
JOE CARTER WAS ALSO ONE OF THE JOURNALISTS WHO WAS UM, THERE THAT WEEKEND.
THERE'S A GREAT PHOTO OF HIM IN THE, UH, FLYER OR IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, JFK.ORG/EVENT, YOU CAN SEE THIS EVENT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WONDERFUL PICTURE OF HIM STANDING NEXT TO THE LIMOUSINE, UM, BEFORE THEY LEFT DALLAS LEFT LOVE FIELD.
SO WE'LL HAVE THAT PROGRAM ON JULY 11TH AT 10:00 AM THEN WE HAVE OUR FAMILY DAY REPORTING THE NEWS, WHICH MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE THING WE'RE DOING IN SUMMER.
UH, FAMILIES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE THEIR OWN FRONT PAGE AND NEWSPAPER AND REALLY BECOME NEWS REPORTERS AND EDITORS AND JOURNALS THEMSELVES.
SO IT'S GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY FUN.
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HAVE, COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER, WE HAVE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ON ASSIGNMENT WITH WILBURN TON, WHO'S ANOTHER, UM, JOURNALIST WHO WAS PRESENT OVER THIS WEEKEND.BUT I DO INVITE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE PROGRAMS COMING ALONG.
WE HAVE A PROGRAM JULY 23RD CALLED SUDDEN POWER HOW PRESIDENT, UM, JOHNSON TOOK CHARGE IN A TIME OF GREAT IMPACT RIGHT TO THE COUNTRY.
WE ALSO HAVE A GALLERY TALK THAT HAPPENS EVERY FRIDAY AT 1:00 PM AND OUR LAST GALLERY TALK, WE HAD OVER 90 FOLKS ATTEND JUST BECAUSE OF HOW BUSY WE'VE BEEN.
AND PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBITION AND THE STORY THAT WE'RE TELLING AT THE SIX SQUARE MUSEUM IN HUDSON KENNEDY'S LEGACY.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE MY LAST SLIDE.
YEAH, WEEKLY GALLERY TALKS FRIDAY AT 1:00 PM SO PLEASE COME THROUGH THE, TO THE MUSEUM IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN YET.
WE ARE DOING SUCH INCREDIBLE THINGS, UM, ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND COLLABORATING TO CREATE EXPERIENCES THAT ARE NEW AND THAT TELL THE STORY OF WHAT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED HERE TRAGICALLY, BUT HOW WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING, UH, PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S LEGACY LIFE PRESIDENCY AND EVERYTHING THAT CAME FROM THAT AS WELL.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DO JUST WANNA CLOSE WITH A REALLY OPEN INVITATION TO COME TO THE MUSEUM.
WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME YOU, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR BOOK CLUB, WHOEVER YOU WANNA BRING TO THE MUSEUM.
WE WOULD BE HONORED, HONORED TO WELCOME THEM AND SHOW THEM AROUND THIS SPECIAL EXHIBITION.
IT'S, UM, IT'S A REALLY EXCITING MOMENT AT THE MUSEUM AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT, THAT, THAT'S BEEN DONE.
THANKS FOR, UH, REMINDING US THAT IT WAS COMMISSIONER VALENTINE THAT, UH, JUST THIS, SO I USUALLY WE WOULD HAVE THEM INTRODUCE YOU, SO I MISSED THAT.
SO CLYDE, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I DO, I DO.
UM, I THINK WHAT STRUCK ME ABOUT THIS AA THANK YOU PATIENCE SITTING THROUGH ALL THE OTHER BUSINESS.
UM, SECONDLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PARTICULAR EXHIBITION, AS IT'S BEEN DESIGNED IS, IS KIND OF A NEW THING FOR YOU ALL.
AND, AND, AND EXPERIENCING MYSELF MADE ME THINK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVIC CULTURE AND RECOGNIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS PARTICULAR INSTITUTION, UH, REALLY CARRIES THAT ALONGSIDE MAYBE THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM AND OTHERS.
BUT REALLY ALL OF OUR CULTURAL SPACES ARE CIVIC SPACES, RIGHT? IT'S WHERE WE CAN GATHER AND REFLECT ON IDEAS.
UM, SO THE EFFORTS THAT YOU'RE MAKING AROUND THAT JOURNALISTIC CONVERSATION AND RELATIONSHIP TO CIVICS, UM, THE STORYTELLING, THE WITNESSING, WHICH IS, UM, SO PROMINENT TODAY GIVEN MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND ALL OF US ARE PLAYING A ROLE, BUT SORT OF, UH, THE WEIGHT THAT THAT TRULY BEARS FOR THE PROFESSION AND FOR THE NEED RIGHT, OF, UH, JOURNALISM AND BEARING WITNESS, UH, NOW MORE THAN EVER.
SO I JUST, UH, I THINK THERE'S, UM, LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES AROUND THIS EXHIBIT, BUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU AS AN INSTITUTION MOVING FORWARD TO REALLY EXPLORE, YOU KNOW, THAT RELATIONSHIP IN A CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT AS WELL.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS? SIX FLOOR MUSEUM, THE COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONER BLAZE? NOT A QUESTION, JEFF.
I THINK THIS IS INCREDIBLE, REALLY.
IT'S REALLY A GREAT IDEA AND I THINK PEOPLE WOULD'VE A LOT OF FUN JUST DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS.
IT'S REALLY, UH, FUN IS A WORD.
WE'RE ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT HESITANT TO USE THE TANIUM, BUT IT IS FUN AND WE'RE HAVING, IT'S BEEN SO ENGAGING.
WE'RE SEEING YOUNG PEOPLE COME.
WE'VE, IT'S FUNNY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PAYPHONE WHICH AMANDA, UH, SPOKE ABOUT.
I MEAN, YOU'D BE SHOCKED AT THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT A PAYPHONE IS,
IT'S ABSOLUTELY VITAL TO THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED IN 1963.
I MEAN, THAT WAS HOW YOU COMMUNICATED.
SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY, IT'S REALLY BEEN ENGAGING.
IT'S REALLY BEEN, IT REALLY HAS BEEN FUN.
UM, I'LL ALSO JUST MENTION WITH ONE OTHER THING.
I THINK THIS WAS INCLUDED IN THE SLIDES, BUT THIS EXHIBITION, ACCESS'S EXHIBITION IS INCLUDED WITH MUSEUM ADMISSIONS.
SO ANYBODY WHO COMES TO THIS SIXTH FLOOR, THIS IS NOT AN ADDITIONAL COST.
AND WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED TO LOCAL RESIDENTS, INCLUDING DALLAS CULTURE PASS AND THE TEEN ALL ACCESS PROGRAM, WHICH WILL HAPPEN I THINK LATER IN THE SUMMER.
BUT, UM, BUT WE REALLY WANNA MAKE THIS AVAILABLE TO, TO OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
COMMISSIONER BUNNING, I JUST WANNA SAY HAVE, HAVE WE WORKED THERE FOR 12 YEARS.
UM, THE DIRECTION AND COMING UP WITH THESE KIND OF NEW EXHIBITS IS BEYOND EXCITING AND I'M JUST VERY HAPPY FOR YOU GUYS AND THIS AND THE CITY AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER URIEL, I JUST WANNA SAY FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH EDITING AND, UM, CHOOSING THE PART OF THE, THE WITNESSING ASPECT WHEN THE, THE POWERFUL PART TO ME IS THAT WHEN YOU ARE SITTING IN THIS SPACE AND YOU'RE ABLE TO CROP, UH, AN IMAGE,
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YOU'RE ACTUALLY ENGAGING WITH THE IDEA THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CONTROL THE NARRATIVE.AND THAT FOR SOME FOLKS WHO HAVEN'T REALLY ENGAGED WITH THAT IDEA TOO MUCH, THAT, THAT THEIR NARRATIVE IS ALSO BEING CONTROLLED.
I JUST THINK THIS IS REALLY POWERFUL WAY TO, UM, TO BRING THAT CONCEPT TO LIGHT FOR SOME FOLKS WHO AREN'T NECESSARILY AWARE OF HOW OFTEN THAT IS DONE.
AND SO I JUST WANNA SAY GOOD JOB.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND COMMISSIONER VALENTINE, THANK YOU AS WELL FOR BEING, UH, SIX FOUR MUSEUM SPOTLIGHT.
ALRIGHT, UM, AS WE MOVE ON TO CHAIR AND THE COMMITTEE UPDATES.
I'M GONNA START OFF BY, UH, GIVING, UH, GIVING PROPS TO COMMISSIONER.
UH, MEEK, UH, THIS PAST MONTH, SHE HAD AN INCREDIBLE EVENT.
THE BLUES AT THE BOTTOM, FANTA, I MEAN, FANTASTIC FOR THE CITY.
UH, NOT ONLY FROM JUST THE, THE MUSIC AND CULTURAL ASPECT, WHICH SPEAKS TO ME VERY, VERY MUCH, UH, BUT THAT ENTIRE 10TH STREET, UM, HISTORIC DISTRICT, UM, IT, IT IS VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE.
VICKI, I HAD TO SPEAK AT, UH, IN EAST TEXAS, UH, ON BEHALF OF A COMMUNITY OPPOSING, UH, SOME DATA CENTER, UH, THAT WAS COMING UP IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO I WAS THERE, BUT I DID DIRECT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE COME OUT THERE AND GOD IS AMAZING.
I, I HAVE TO SAY THIS, THE RAIN THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME HAD LIKE A, A, A LITTLE DIVIDE THAT WENT RIGHT THROUGH OAK CLIFF.
IT WAS LIKE A LITTLE SWATH OF NO RAIN
SO VICKI, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, UM, YEAH, I THINK FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
I WANNA JUST EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT, YES, THIS WAS MY BRAIN CHILD, BUT THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT I COULD HAVE PULLED OFF WITHOUT PAC AGREEING TO TAKE THIS ON AS PART OF THEIR ARTS BRIDGE, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM.
AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO, UM, WARREN AND HIS TEAM AND, AND PARTICULARLY AUTUMN, FOR MAKING THIS DREAM COME TRUE.
AND OF COURSE, FOR THE RESIDENTS OF 10TH STREET, IT WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT, UM, ACTIVITY FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY ALL KEPT TELLING ME THE PEOPLE WHO WERE, WHO WERE THERE, WHO WERE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HOW MUCH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDED SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT AWARE, IT WILL BE AN ONGOING ANNUAL EVENT.
NOW, UM, MY CURATOR, UM, T FAR WALLER MOHAMMAD IS AN AMAZING NATIONALLY KNOWN, UM, BLUES AFICIONADO.
AND SHE HAS BROUGHT IN, WE STARTED WITH OUR LOCAL, UM, REALLY AS, UH, BLUES LEGENDS, UM, GREG SMITH AND, UH, TAMARA, TAMARA TRAMMELL, FORMALLY, UH, WELL, NOT FORMALLY, HER HUSBAND DIED, UH, PETERSON, TAMARA PETERSON, LUCKY PETERSON IS, WAS A FAMOUS, VERY FAMOUS, UH, BLUES MUSICIAN HERE.
UM, AND, AND THEN ADDED AN EXTRA LAYER WITH A NATIONALLY KNOWN YOUNG MAN WHO'S WON AWARDS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND THE WORD HAS GOTTEN OUT NOW THAT SHE'S INVOLVED.
SO I KNOW NEXT YEAR WILL BE EVEN BIGGER IN TERMS OF THE NAMES, BUT ALSO, UM, WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THIS IS GONNA BE IN 10TH STREET.
WE DON'T WANT IT TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE.
IT'S DESIGNED FOR THAT COMMUNITY TO MAKE THAT COMMUNITY'S HISTORY LIVE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I GOT THE IDEA FROM.
THAT'S WHAT I LEARNED WHEN I DID MY NATIONAL PROJECT.
THAT THIS WAS A, THIS WAS A BIG PLACE FOR THE BLUES.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GENTRIFYING VERY QUICKLY NOW AND IT'S LOSING A LOT OF THAT, UM, HISTORY.
SO THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU WHO CAME OUT AND SUPPORTED, AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL DO THE SAME NEXT YEAR.
ALRIGHT, WELL, VICKI, SO I WANNA TRANSITION, UH, TO OUR COMMITTEE UPDATES CULTURAL PLAN.
WELL, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY NEW MEETINGS, SO THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT AT THIS POINT.
UH, ALLOCATIONS COMMISSIONER BRAGGA ALONE, WAS SHE ABLE TO GET OH, WAS SHE ABLE? YEAH, I'M BACK ON.
I HAD SOME TECHNOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES.
UM, YOU'VE HEARD EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD TO REPORT EARLIER, UM, WITH THE CAP ALLOCATIONS, BUT, UM, WE'LL BE WORKING ON COP RECOMMENDATIONS OVER THE SUMMER, AND WE'LL BE BACK TO YOU, UM, TO THE FULL COMMISSION WITH THOSE IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, COMMISSIONER BODE ANNUAL REPORT, YOU'RE ON MUTE.
I, I THINK YOU WERE MY PROXY FOR OUR MEETING THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK.
I JUST GOT BACK FROM ITALY AT TWO 30 THIS MORNING.
SO, UH, I, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT, BUT I'LL LET YOU REPORT ON MY BEHALF.
COMMISSIONER SPONG, CHAIR SPONG.
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WILL ADD THIS, UM, AT THE MEETING YOU ALL, ALL YOU COMMISSIONERS, YOU REALLY NEED TO GET READY.THIS IS GONNA BE VERY EXCITING.
MS. BURNETT AND GLEN HAVE WORKED ON THE, UH, THEY'VE UPDATED, WE ALL SAW THE, YOU KNOW, THE VIRTUAL FORM.
WE CAN, UH, JUST, WELL, THEY DEBUTED WHAT THE ADVANCES THAT THEY'VE MADE ON THAT SAME THING NOW WHERE, UM, YOU CAN, IT'S LIKE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR COMMISSIONERS WHERE YOU CAN GO ON THERE, CLICK AND JOIN A MEETING WITHOUT HAVING TO DO ANYTHING ELSE.
JUST GO TO THE SITE, JOIN A MEETING, UH, DOWNLOAD THE DECKS.
UH, DO, I MEAN, IT'S LIKE A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR EVERYTHING.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, BRING THAT AS PART OF THE ADVANCING OUR ANNUAL REPORT GOALS, UM, UH, IN AUGUST.
SO, AND I SAY THAT ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER BODE.
SO, UH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS WITHOUT A TEAR IN MY EYE.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, COMMISSIONER ILLA AND COMMISSIONER BLAZE, UH, THIS OBVIOUSLY WON'T BE THE LAST TIME THAT WE SEE YOU,
UM, AND WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, I WANT TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO COMMISSIONER BLAISE AND ILLA AND, UH, COMMENTS, UH, THAT THE COMMISSIONERS MAY HAVE IN HONOR OF THESE TWO INCREDIBLE COMMISSIONERS.
THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A PRIVILEGE.
UH, I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M TERMED OUT.
AND AS OF, UM, NEXT MONTH, I WILL NO LONGER BE A DALLAS RESIDENT, UM, MOVING TO RICHARDSON.
UM, SO THANK YOU ALL, UH, MADE LIFELONG FRIENDS, AND, UM, IT'S NOT THE LAST TIME YOU'LL SEE ME, BUT, UM, I'LL SEE YOU OUT AND ABOUT.
YOU GO TO RICHARDSON RIGHT WHEN YOU TURN OUT.
SO AFTER EIGHT YEARS PLUS NINE MONTHS, HOLD OVER.
THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU'LL SEE MY SMILING FACE AT THIS TABLE.
UM, MY APPOINTED REPLACEMENT WILL PROBABLY BE HERE IN AUGUST.
PLEASE BE NICE TO HER, HELP HER OUT.
AND I MIGHT LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE MAKING AN ONBOARDING DOCUMENT FOR NEW COMMISSIONERS, OR AT LEAST HAVE A MEETING TELLING PEOPLE WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM, WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
I THINK WE ALL CAN REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST GOT ON THE COMMISSION, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD THING TO DO.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, EXCEPT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
THIS IS A GREAT GROUP OF ADVOCATES.
I'M PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS GROUP.
I'M TRYING TO GET, OKAY THERE.
IT'S, UM, SO AS, AS SOMEONE WHO'S PROBABLY BEEN CONNECTED TO THIS OFFICE LONGER THAN MOST, UM, AS I WAS CONNECTED BEFORE IT WAS EVEN IN OFFICE, I JUST WANNA, AND, AND SOMEONE WHO WAS BE A PART OF MAKING THIS COMMISSION HAPPEN.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED TO OUR CITIZENS.
THERE'S NOTHING TO ME MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE CULTURAL LIFE OF A CITY.
AND TO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE YOU VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME.
'CAUSE WE ALL KNOW YOU'RE NOT GETTING A CENT FOR THIS.
UM, BUT TO VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME TO DO THE KINDS OF THINGS YOU'VE DONE ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, I JUST PERSONALLY WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING OUR CULTURAL, UM, COMMUNITIES SO RICH AND PRODUCTIVE.
AND I KNOW I'LL SEE YOU BOTH AGAIN, BUT STILL, YOU KNOW, MR. URIEL, I, SORRY.
NO, I WAS JUST ADDING SOMETHING IN THE CHAT BECAUSE, UH, BUT ALSO, YES, THANK Y'ALL.
AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING SO NICE AND KIND TO ME, UH, WHILE I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UH, WHAT I WAS DOING.
COMMISSIONER SPELL AND THEN COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU AS WELL.
YOU'VE BOTH HELPED ME IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, UM, IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND THEN JOE, WE'VE BEEN ON ALLOCATIONS TOGETHER PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE TIME.
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SINCE I'VE BEEN ON, I KNOW YOU WERE THERE BEFORE ME, BUT I THINK WE'VE MADE SOME REAL MEANINGFUL STEPS THERE TOO, TOWARDS SOME CHANGE IN, IN THE WAY WE WERE DOING SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS. SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR INPUT AND, AND WHAT YOU DID THERE.COMMISSIONER DANIEL AND COMMISSIONER BRAGON.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO AND WE'LL MISS YOU, YOU ALL, YOU TWO HAVE BEEN TWO OF THE ONES THAT I'VE ACTUALLY NOT, NOT ACTUALLY.
UM, THE, FOR MY FIRST TIME, YOU, YOU TWO HAVE BEEN, UH, VERY GRACIOUS, WELCOMING.
IT'S BEEN A MINUTE, UM, FOR ME ON THE COMMISSION NOW.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR HOW MUCH, UM, YOU BOTH BRING, UM, A LEVEL OF HISTORY TO THE COMMISSION, RIGHT? THAT WE, SO WE KNOW THE THINGS THAT EXIST, EXIST, AND YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP US WITH CONTEXT.
UM, DO I STILL GET, UM, CHRISTMAS CARDS? IS MY REAL QUESTION,
AND, UM, YEAH, THANK YOU MR. BRAGGA.
UH, YOU'VE BOTH BEEN A GREAT INSPIRATION AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND ESPECIALLY, UH, YOU'VE BOTH SERVED ON THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT HARD WORK THAT COMMITTEE IS, AND YOU EACH BROUGHT SOMETHING SPECIAL TO THAT WORK.
AND SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU.
WHEN I FIRST TOOK OVER AS CHAIR, I'M NOT SURE THAT, I'M NOT SURE I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING NOW, BUT I KNOW MORE THAN I KNEW WHEN I STARTED.
AND, UH, YOU TWO HAD BOTH PROCEEDED ME ON THE COMMITTEE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH YOU, AND I HOPE I GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH YOU BOTH AGAIN IN SOME OTHER CAPACITY FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND I WANT TO SAY, UM, AND I WOULD SAY MY COMMENTS FOR THE END, UH, FOR COMMISSIONER BLAZE, UH, THE FACT THAT YOU SIT RIGHT NEXT TO ME, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, THESE MEETINGS.
IF I FORGET A PEN, YOU GOT A PEN, YOU KNOW, IF I, NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON, YEAH, YOU CAN POINT TO IT AND, AND LET ME KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, UH, AND ALL OF YOUR, I MEAN, SEEING IT, THE SALMONS AND ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHY THAT YOU DO, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE SOME OF YOU DO, BUT, UH, YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY IS JUST ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, UH, COMMISSIONER TRILLA, UM, THE, THE WAY THAT YOU OPENED UP FOR ME, UH, WHEN I FIRST VERY FIRST CAME ON, UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU WERE SO INVITING AND, AND, AND SHOWING ME THE ROPES AND, AND WHO DID WHAT AND WHERE TO SIT.
THOSE RIGHT DOWN THERE SITTING NEXT TO YOU, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR EVERYTHING.
UM, AND YOU ALL WILL BE MISSED.
AND IT'S NOT, THIS IS NOT THE END.
WELL, I HOPE BOTH THAT WILL BE MISSED AND IT'S NOT THE END
UM, BEFORE WE CONCLUDE, BRAD HAD A QUESTION AT THE END OF THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS TO, YEAH, THANK YOU.
UM, I, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK IF WE COULD REQUEST ANOTHER BRIEFING, UH, UPDATE ON THAT, UM, LCC RESIDENCY THING.
I MEAN, THAT THING'S BEEN GOING ON FOR SO LONG AT THIS POINT.
UM, SO I JUST, AND I KNOW IT INVOLVES THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND O OAC C PLUS BOTH RESIDENT GROUPS, SO IT MIGHT BE NICE JUST TO GET KIND OF AN UPDATE ON WHERE THAT'S AT AND WHAT, WHAT KIND OF PROMPTED THEM TO SPEAK TODAY, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO HELP GET THAT OVER THE FINISH LINE.
OH, SITTING HERE NEXT TO THE DIRECTOR, AND WE WILL TAKE THAT, UH, UNDER ADVISEMENT.
SERIOUSLY, UH, COMMISSIONER BUNNING HAD A, WELL, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE BRIEFING ABOUT THE AUDIT? AND I KNOW THE ALLOCATIONS HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, BUT WHAT'S THE STATUS? YEAH, WE WILL LOOK AT THAT IN AUGUST.
IN AUGUST, WE DIDN'T, WE ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR IT.
YEAH, ORIGINALLY WE HAD PLANNED FOR DEFERRED TO AUGUST.
IT ACTUALLY WAS GONNA BE AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF PIECE, A LOT OF PIECES TO PUT TOGETHER BEFORE THAT COMES.
AND, UH, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AUGUST.
OKAY? UH, WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, SMALL, UH, ADRIANA'S SENT IN SOME PHOTOS OF THE BABY IF YOU WANT.
CAN WE UPLOAD BABY, BABY, BABY? WHAT? IS SHE ON THE LINE? NO, SHE, SHE MIGHT HAVE IN LA SHE CAN'T WORK.
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RIGHT THOUGH, BABY.HOW MUCH DID THAT BABY PLAY? BEAUTIFUL SLIDE.
WELL, UH, ALL BUSINESS HAVING BEEN CONDUCTED, THE ARTS AND CO ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING IS NOW ADJOURN