Special Meeting of the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center Advisory Board August 5, 2020 1:00 – 2:30 pm Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center Advisory Board meeting to be held August 5, 2020 1:00 – 2:30 PM held Via Videoconferencing Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance August 4, 2020 by Noon. All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center Advisory Board on August 5, 2020 Meeting, residents must: •Call or email the board liaison at Laura Esparza at 512-974-4001 or laura.esparza@austintexas.gov no later than noon on August 4. Speakers will be required to provide their name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, and a telephone number or email address. •Once a request to speak has been called in or emailed to the board liaison, residents will receive either an email or phone call providing the telephone number to call on the day of the scheduled meeting. •Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start 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 Laura Esparza at 512-974-4001 or laura.esparza@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 this meeting is broadcast live, residents may watch the meeting here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch- atxn-live EMMA S. BARRIENTOS MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING Wednesday, August 5, 2020, 1:00 – 2:30 pm VIA VIDEOCONFERENCING BOARD MEMBERS David Goujon, Chair Arthur Navarro, Vice Chair Olga Campos-Benz, Member Gerardo Gandy, Member Wayne Lopes, Member Claudia Massey, Member Endi Silva, Member Tomas Salas Member Aida Cerda-Prazak, Member Diana Gomez, Member Ricardo Maga Rojas, Member , AGENDA CALL TO ORDER 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 2. CHAIR REPORT 3. PRESENTATIONS a. None 4. STAFF BRIEFINGS events. 5. NEW BUSINESS 1. LAAP 2. Budget 3. Transportation 4. Phase II a. Staff Report by Site Supervisor, Olivia Tamzarian on ESB-MACC programs and a. Review and approve Annual Report. (Goujon, Navarro) b. Discussion and possible action on a proposal being drafted by the Latino Mexican American Music …
Annual Internal Review This report covers the time period of 7/1/2019 to 6/30/2020 Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center ____________________________________ The Board/Commission mission statement (per the City Code) is: The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (ESB-MACC) is dedicated to the preservation, creation, presentation, and promotion of the cultural arts of Mexican Americans and Latino cultures. 1. Describe the board’s actions supporting their mission during the previous calendar year. Address all elements of the board’s mission statement as provided in the relevant sections of the City Code. (Reference all reports, recommendations, letters or resolutions presented to the City Council on mission-specific issues. If some of the elements of the mission statement were not acted on by the board in the past year, the report should explain why no action was taken.) During the period of 7/1/2019 to 6/30/2020 the ESB-MACC Advisory Board’s focus continued to be on increasing the productivity and efficiency of our board meetings, allowing us to focus on serving as advisors that work towards improving current operations and future development of the ESBMACC. The ESB-MACC is a vital community resource for our Latino community that offers us a space where we can come together to celebrate, promote, and share our culture in the areas of music, dance, theater, literature, the visual arts, multi-media arts, genealogy, and history. This year, the board continued to support the ESBMACC staff and the artists in the newly created Latino Arts Access Program by ensuring that they have a fair and working contract. The board also worked with City staff and Council as the Phase II project continued to advance. The board supported the City’s process in selecting an architecture firm and supported Annual Review and Work Plan 2019-2020 Page # 2 the recommendation to enter into contract negotiations with the Miro Rivera Architects in collaboration with Tatiana Bilbao. The board also submitted a request to update our bylaws to reflect our board's current needs. The Finance and Audit approved to officially include Emma S. Barrientos as part of the advisory board name. The board continued to support and promote the signature events held at the ESBMACC as well as continued to support the digital programs that have been created in response to in person programs being cancelled due to COVID-19. 2. Determine if the board’s actions throughout the year comply with the mission statement. (If any of the board’s …
MACC Staff Report August 5, 2020 Website: WWW.MACCAUSTIN.ORG, please sign up for our newsletter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AustinESBMACC, please follow the MACC on Facebook Marketing ∙ Email Campaigns 2x/month to over 9,000 subscribers. (Sent on 5/15, 5/28, 6/9, 6/14, 7/1, 7/23) ∙ Total Facebook Followers: 7,996. ∙ Our ongoing virtual programming has increased our Facebook weekly engagement to 2.2k, which is considerably higher than related Austin Cultural Facebook pages. (It is worth noting that our page has higher engagement than pages with more than 3 times the amount of page likes, such as City of Austin government page and the Parks and Rec page!) Exhibits ∙ Textile Poetics ONLINE EXHIBIT, Chingonx Fire ONLINE EXHIBIT ∙ Coming Soon: Diana Molina XZ At the Crossroads 9/4/20‐11/28/20. Exhibit will be online only, coincides with Diana’s book Release: Icons & Symbols of the Borderland. ∙ Programming will involve artists & concepts from the Juntos Art Association https://www.juntosart.org/ A multi‐media exhibition by Diana Molina of the Juntos Art Association will trace a labyrinth of photography, film, and collage to crisscross dimensions of the Mestiza experience in a storyline that portrays and memorializes decades of border trajectories and ancestral journey leading to 2020. The female perspective is at the core of the storytelling as we re‐imagine, collectively, equity of representation and voice. Events: Desde La Sala ∙ Desde la Sala streamed online on Saturdays nights twice a month from 6‐9pm. ∙ Features 4 performances by local & national Latinx artists, streamed on Facebook & Youtube ∙ Performances are all pre‐recorded, but the DJ is performing live sets between songs. August 8: Easy Compadre, Frederico 7, Bang Data, Pinata Protest August 22: Gio Chamba, Texicana Mamas September 5: Sunbuzzed, Nemegata, É Arenas, Gina Chavez September 19: Mariachi Paredes de la UT, Edna Vazquez, Stephanie Urbina Jones & The Honky Tonk Mariachi, Mariachi Las Coronelas (Viva Mexico week) October 3: Marinero, Irene Diaz, Carrie Rodriguez Events: Spanglish Series ∙ Spanglish Series champions excellence in Creatives with Latinx Roots. Broadcast on Facebook live every other Thursday. July 9: Justin Favela. 407 views July 23: Alán Peláez López 971 views Events: Viva Mexico ∙ Video of Viva Mexico 2019, by Mari Hernandez ∙ Week of Viva Mexico Events: The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican‐American Cultural Center will host its annual Viva México celebration on Wednesday, September 16th from 5‐8pm. This lively celebration will be offered virtually, free of charge, live streamed on Youtube, …
EMMA S. BARRIENTOS MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES Wednesday, July 8, 2020 The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Advisory Board convened in a special called meeting via video conferencing. Board Members in Attendance: Tomas Salas, Chair Aida Cerda-Prazak, Vice Chair Olga Campos-Benz, Member Gerardo Gandy, Member David Goujon, Member Wayne Lopes, Member Ricardo Maga Rojas, Member Art Navarro, Member Claudia Massey, Member Endi Silva, Member Staff in Attendance: Laura Esparza, PARD Division Manager Lucas Massie, PARD Assistant Director Michelle Rojas, ESB-MACC Manager Olivia Tamzarian, ESB-MACC Supervisor CALL TO ORDER: Chair Salas called the Board Meeting to order at 1pm. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: None. A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Member Goujon motioned to approve the minutes. Member Gandy seconded. Vote Passed. (7.0) Members Campos-Benz, Maga Rojas, and Lopes Abstained. B. PRESENTATIONS 1. Presentation by Parks and Recreation staff on FY21 Budget. Nicholas Johnson, Financial Analyst with the Finance division presented a report outlining the FY20 and FY21 Budgets. Johnson explained the impacts COVID-19 has had on the budget. He explained that the city is currently in a hiring freeze and that funding has been used to offset the general revenue projection loss. For FY21 the department is projecting and evaluating what future fiscal years by projecting figures at five instead of three years out to prepare for tax shortfalls. Member Goujon asked how boards could support cultural centers’ future budgets. Johnson expressed that advisory boards could assist to push for advocacy with establishing equity and efficiency. To provide recommendations of how to better manage funds. 1 Member Goujon asked when the ideal time to provide recommendations would be. Johnson responded that the time to make recommendations for FY21 is now and December 2020 or January 2021 for FY22. C. NEW BUSINESS 1. Discussion and possible action to nominate the ESB-MACC as a National Historic Landmark and Texas Historic Landmark (Goujon, Navarro) Braulio Hurtado from Mark Odom Studios and Chair of the Latinos in Architecture Austin Chapter spoke in support of the nomination even though it does not qualify at this time. He discussed the architectural and cultural center significance and what it will represent in the post-pandemic era. Member Massey asked about the process to receive the designation. Member Campos-Benz also inquired on how long the process takes. Division Manager Esparza discussed information provided by Kim McKnight, manager over …
