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ARTS COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION Date: December 15, 2025 Subject: Recommendation that Legal be instructed to translate Cultural Contracts into the language used on the Application for Funding. Motioned By: Commissioner Houston Seconded By: Commissioner Recommendation Council instruct City Legal Department to issue Cultural Contracts in the language most familiar to the contractor; the language used in the Application for funding. Rationale Austin Artist must be able to fully and completely understand their rights and their obligations to the City under any contract they sign. Recent efforts by third parties to translate the Cultural Funding Contracts into Spanish have resulted in errors, such as the use of the word ‘financiamento’ when there is no financing component to any of the contracts. The City has the capability to translate contracts to ensure complete and thorough understanding. It is disingenuous to offer the Application in another language and then expect the Applicant to understand a contract that is not translated into that same language. Vote: For: Against: Abstain: Absent: Attest: 1 of