Versión en español a continuación. Arts Commission Special Called Meeting January 21, 2021 Arts Commission to be held January 21, 2021 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (January 20, 2021 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the Arts Commission Meeting, members of the public must: •Call or email the board liaison at 512-974-9315 or jesus.pantel@austintexas.gov no later than noon, (the day before the meeting). The following information is required: speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, email address and telephone number (must be the same number that will be used to call into the meeting). •Once a request to speak has been made to the board liaison, the information to call on the day of the scheduled meeting will be provided either by email or phone call. •Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start time in order to speak, late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. •Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. •Handouts or other information may be emailed to jesus.pantel@austintexas.gov by noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. •If the meeting is broadcast live, it may be viewed here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Reunión del Arts Commission FECHA de la reunion (January 21, 2021) La junta se llevará con modificaciones de distanciamiento social Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los oradores deben registrarse con anticipación (January 20, 2021 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión, los miembros del público deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de junta en 512-974-9315 o jesus.pantel@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). Se requiere la siguiente información: nombre del orador, número (s) de artículo sobre el que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutral, dirección de correo electrónico (opcional) y un número de teléfono (debe ser el número que se utilizará para llamar ). • Una vez que se haya realizado una solicitud para hablar …
Arts Commission: Cultural Funding Review Timeline ● AUG 2017 - Established Cultural Funding Program Responsiveness Working Group ● APR 2018 - Castillo elected chair ● APR 2018 - Established Cultural Equity WG ● MAY 2018 - Arts Commission Retreat: Cultural Funding Responsiveness Working Group update ● JUN 2018 - Established the Funding Matrix WG ● AUG?? - Staff forwards budget recommendations to Council Prepared by Arts Commission Chair Jaime Castillo 1/21/2021 Arts Commission: Cultural Funding Review Timeline ● SEP 2018 - Community speaks about funding issues ● SEP 2018 - Reformed Funding Matrix WG ● late SEP 2018 - Special called Joint Music & Art: CAD & Arts Commission commit to comprehensive review ● early FEB 2018 - Cultural Equity WG meets with Brion Oaks Prepared by Arts Commission Chair Jaime Castillo 1/21/2021 Arts Commission: Cultural Funding Review Timeline ● FEB 2019 - Update on Cultural Funding Program Evaluation Process Scope ● MAR? - Contract MJR Associates ● late APR 2019 - Meet MJR Associate at Arts Commission Retreat ● JUN 2019 - Sunset Cultural Equity WG ● JUL 2019 - Town Hall: Equity, Access & Investment in Arts & Culture Prepared by Arts Commission Chair Jaime Castillo 1/21/2021 Arts Commission: Cultural Funding Review Timeline ● JUL 2019 - Public Participation Principles, City’s Definition of Equity, Cultural Funding Review Process update: Phase 1 Listening Jun-Sep, Phase 2 Analysis Sep-Oct, Phase 3 Share Oct-Nov, Phase 4 Draft Dec-Jan, Phase 5 Feedback Feb-Mar ● SEP 2019 - Attempted discussion with MJR ● OCT 2019 - Cultural Funding Review Process: Phase 1 Listening Jun-Sep, Phase 2 Feedback Sep-Oct, Phase 3 Refine Oct-Nov, Phase 4 Draft Dec-Jan, Phase 5 Recommendations Feb-Mar Prepared by Arts Commission Chair Jaime Castillo 1/21/2021 Arts Commission: Cultural Funding Review Timeline ● JAN 2020 - Joint Arts & AIPP presentation from MJR: Extending the process, interim year & TEMPO hiatus ● late JAN 2020 - Normalizing Equity, Shaping a Vision. A Continuing Community Conversation 1/25: new timeline Phase 3 Refine Jan-Mar, Phase 4 Draft & Vet Apr-Oct, Phase 5 Recommend Nov-Mar from MJR ● JAN 2020 - Recap Joint meeting & community presentation ● FEB 2020 - Cultural Funding Review Process update: Case studies Prepared by Arts Commission Chair Jaime Castillo 1/21/2021 Arts Commission: Cultural Funding Review Timeline ● late FEB 2020 - Organizing Equity, Shaping Mission. A Continuing Community Conversation 2/27 ● COVID ARRIVES ● mid MAR 2020 - …
ENHANCING EQUITY AND ACCESS ACROSS EDD HOT TAX FUNDED CULTURAL PROGRAMMING MEGHAN WELLS, MANAGER, CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION Goal Building off of the progress of the Cultural Funding Review Process, EDD will emerge with a consistent and replicable approach to executing & evaluating HOT tax funded program policy, practice and community engagement, focused on community members Leading with a Racial Equity Lens in the Economic Development Department City goal of achieving a point at which race is no longer a predictor of quality of life outcomes. The Equity Office helps normalize, organize, and operational race‐forward efforts across city departments In Strategic Direction 2023, “Equity” is not a separate effort, but infused throughout Ensure that we are not further “othering,” marginalizing, or displacing through good intentions Commit together to continue this work throughout all of CAD’s programs to broaden and deepen community access to City investment in the arts and remove barriers to participation "These challenges … require a reckoning with the racial disparities that exist in every corner of life in this city. We have to recover, but shame on us if we rebuild systems as inequitable as before. Let us embrace the remarkable gift it is to have so much undecided and up in the air. Let’s celebrate the opportunity born of the necessity to rebuild. Let’s commit to be guided by a search to deliver justice. Let’s join in a DISRUPTIVE RECOVERY, seizing the moment rebuild in a just and equitable way." - Mayor Steve Adler, State of City, August 5, 2020 Historic Cultural Funding Data gathered from past and current contractors shows an acute disparity in the distribution of funds. In FY20 alone, Black cultural contractors account for 5% of total dollars awarded and other BIPOC contractors account for only 20%. White cultural contractors account of the majority for funds awarded at 54%. This inequitable distribution of City funds, if not corrected, would further exacerbate the economic crisis facing many of the City's most vulnerable cultural contractors. Cultural Funding Review Process Listen Refine Recommend Feedback Draft & Vet What We Have Heard Disconnected & Diverging Views Vision & Leadership Effectiveness in the Grantmaking Process Role of the Commission The Meaning of “Diversity” and “Equity” C I T Y O F A U S T I N C U L T U R A L A R T S Organizational Characteristics: Internal Change City‐Wide Priorities: Civic Change Accountability: Capacity …
Cultural Arts Fund – December 2020 Update Sylnovia Holt Rabb, Deputy Director Economic Development Department January 21, 2021 C I T Y O F A U S T I N E C O N O M I C D E V E L O P M E N T 1 Cultural Arts Fund FY20 – FY21 Cultural Arts Fund Beginning Balance 1,758,364 (1,459,886) 2019-20 2020-21 Actual Actua l 25,000 25,000 30,000 30,000 13,320,708 9,304,634 2,728,189 185,879 17,790 701,994 91,162 56,336 849,492 Revenue Interes t Total Revenue Transfers In Other Funds October Novem ber Decem ber Total-to-Date C I T Y O F A U S T I N E C O N O M I C D E V E L O P M E N T 2 Questions? C I T Y O F A U S T I N E C O N O M I C D E V E L O P M E N T 3
