Versión en español a continuación. Music Commission Meeting April 5, 2021, 6:30pm Music Commission meeting to be held April 5, 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 (April 4, by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the April 5 Music Commission Meeting, members of the public must: •Call or email the board liaison at Kimberly.mccarson@austintexas.gov, 512-974-7963 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 Kimberly.mccarson@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 Font Size: 12; Font: Times New Roman; Font Style: Regular Reunión del MUSIC COMMISSION al correo envíe un electrónico enlace de FECHA de la reunion (April 5, 2021, 6:30pm) 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 (April 4 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 en 512-974-7963, la Kimberly.mccarson@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 …
Live Music Fund – Update Sylnovia Holt Rabb, Deputy Director Economic Development Department April 5, 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 FY20 Approved Budget vs. FY20 Actuals *https://assets.austintexas.gov/financeonline/downloads/comprehensive_annual_financial_report/compr ehensive_annual_financial_report_2020.pdf, Page 146 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 00*No data returned for this view. This might be because the applied filter Live Music FundEnding Balance0 2,463,805 1,749,569 Excess (Deficiency) of Total Available Funds Over Total Requirements0 2,463,805 1,749,569 Total Requirements0 0 0 Total Program Requirements000Music and Entertainment Division000Program Requirements Total Available Funds0 2,463,805 1,749,569 Total Transfers In02,463,8051,738,453Convention Center02,463,8051,738,453Transfers In Total Revenue05,60011,116Interest05,60011,116ActualApproved BudgetActualRevenue 2018-19 2019-20 2019-20 * FY21 Approved Budget https://assets.austintexas.gov/budget/20-21/downloads/2020-21_Approved_Budget.pdf, Page 468 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 FY21 Approved Budget vs. FY21 Estimate 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 4 001,749,5692,469,405 *No data returned for this view. This might be because the applied filter Note: Numbers may not add due to rounding.Ending Balance0 2,463,805 980,398 1,700,234 Excess (Deficiency) of Total Available Funds Over Total Requirements0 2,463,805 (769,171)(769,171)1,749,569 1,749,569 Total Requirements0 0 3,000,000 3,000,000 0 Total Program Requirements003,000,0003,000,0000Music and Entertainment Division003,000,0003,000,0000Program Requirements Total Available Funds0 2,463,805 2,230,829 2,230,829 1,749,569 Total Transfers In02,463,8052,225,8292,225,8291,738,453Convention Center02,463,8052,225,8292,225,8291,738,453Transfers In Total Revenue05,6005,0005,00011,116Interest05,6005,0005,00011,116Revenue Live Music FundActualApproved BudgetEstimatedAmendedActual 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2020-21 2019-20 * MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION T H E L I V E M U S I C F U N D, E S TA B L I S H E D BY C I T Y O R D I N A N C E N O. 2 0 1 9 0 9 1 9 - 1 4 9 O N S E P T E M B E R 1 9 , 2 0 1 9 , I S B A S E D O N R E C O M M E N D AT I O N S F …
Cultural Trust Update Austin Music Commission Update: April 5, 2021 Cultural Trust Background and Goals INITIAL GOAL OF CULTURAL TRUST In 2018, the City resolved to support "a community arts stabilization trust, the ‘Austin Cultural Trust’, that creates, through purchase and long-term lease, affordable spaces that supports artists and arts organizations, preserves historic and iconic cultural buildings and spaces for creative and cultural uses, and functions in a way that provides for cultural assets to exist in all parts of the city" - Resolution 20201001-055 In 2020, the City identified “To support acquisition and preservation of cultural spaces within the City of Austin,” as a function of AEDC. - Resolution 20201001-055 Austin EDC Cultural Trust | 2 Cultural Trust Goals – First Initiative AEDC will propose additional measures for the Cultural Trust to address other Austin cultural needs, but this first step is targeted toward acquiring and preserving spaces. • Create a competitive RFP to fund an initial set of organizations • Use AEDC as broker and facilities manager to save City money • Leverage existing funds using AIDC or private debt • Spaces would be owned by the City as permanent cultural infrastructure • Prioritize support for organizations based on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion principles • Spaces would be made available to organizations at affordable rates o Organizations would have to provide an equity match for purchase o Organizations would have to demonstrate capability to make payments Austin EDC Cultural Trust | 3 Program Summary Competitive RFP to fund two types of projects as a first initiative Outcome: Acquire venues with associated qualified operators for long-term ownership by the City of Austin for the public benefit of enhanced access to creative and cultural facilities Priority: Financial and Operating Capacity Outcome: Provide affordable multi-use space for cultural organizations with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Priority: Policy Goal Alignment Anticipated outcome: 1-2 existing venues saved Anticipated Outcome: 4-6 organizations sharing 2 AEDC managed spaces Anticipated funding source: Iconic Venue Fund ("HOT") Anticipated funding source: Creative Facilities Bond ("CFB") Austin EDC Cultural Trust | 4 City of Austin/AEDC Interlocal Agreement authorization Scheduled for April 8 RFP Release Timeline Pre-Issuance City of Austin, CTAC RFP review Host public information session and conduct outreach Present to Joint Arts and Music Commission Publish notice of RFP Issue RFP Post Issuance Pre-Response Meeting Receive & Post Responses to Q&A Pre-Response Meeting #2 Responses Due …
MUSIC COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION 20210405-4b Seconded By: Graham Reynolds Date: April 5, 2021 Subject: Budget Recommendation Motioned By: Gavin Garcia Recommendation Recommendation to City Council requesting a minimum of $20 million per year for two years, from any and all available sources, to provide recovery for Austin music community losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Austin music initiatives and programs for Preservation, Innovation, and Elevation (PIE) of the Austin music industry, venues, festivals, and professionals. Description of Recommendation to Council The Music Commission, in support of the music community, recommends that Austin City Council designate a minimum of $20 Million per year in funding to Austin music professionals, organizations, and enterprises for their use in sustaining operations, fueling Austin music industry growth, and supporting the music community in the face of pandemic-related economic losses, a growing affordability crisis, and substantial institutional equity concerns in Austin. The Commission gratefully acknowledges the support the Austin music industry received from the City of Austin through COVID relief programs, and strongly recommends dedicated funding to support and elevate the Austin music economy. Sources for the requested $20 Million per year could include, but is not limited to the American Rescue Plan, and city general revenue, hotel occupancy taxes, or other funds. Rationale: • Austin is the Music Capital of the World and the music industry here is a major driver of tourism and economic growth for the City of Austin • The music economy all but ground to halt during the pandemic, creating severe economic losses and uncertainty for the future. • The music community, with the direction, encouragement, and support of the Music Commission, is in the process of developing equity & fair pay programming initiatives that will require funding to be viable to historically underserved communities. • The Live Music Fund concept was created in acknowledgement of the need to financially support the growth of the Austin Music Industry with the PIE funding recommendation/overlay which seeks to repair historic equity concerns within live music. • The Creative Space bond was created in acknowledgement of the increasing scarcity of affordable space for venues, studios, and other spaces designated for creative uses. • On March 25, 2021, Austin City Council passed Resolution No. 20210325-111, which directed staff to inventory funding available for relief and recovery, and to identifying four priority areas: Specific recommendations for are for each of the four priority areas as related …
AUSTIN MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES The Austin Music Commission convened on April 5, 2021 via videoconference. April 5, 2021 BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Chair – Jonathan “Chaka” Mahone, Vice-chair – Anne-Charlotte Patterson, Secretary – Oren Rosenthal, Al Duarte, Gavin Garcia, Doug Leveton, Nagavalli Medicharla, Patrice Pike, Graham Reynolds Staff in Attendance: Erica Shamaly, Kim McCarson, Stephanie Bergara CALL TO ORDER 6:35pm MUSICAL PERFORMANCE D-Madness CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL David Goujoun, Chair of Advisory Board for Mexican American Cultural Center speaks on the Creative Space Bond. Aggie Sanchez, Austin Tejano Music Coalition, speaks in support of Tejano music and asks to be included in discussions regarding budget and inclusion in local music events. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approval of minutes from the March 1, 2021 Music Commission meeting. Commissioner Reynolds motions and Vice-chair Patterson seconds. Motion carries 9-0. a. Commission membership participation check-in. 2. CHAIR’S REPORT 3. OLD BUSINESS Discussion and Possible Action following presentation on Creative Space Bond a. by David Colligan, Acting Chief Operating Officer, Austin Economic Development Corporation (AEDC), and Matthew Kwatinetz, Managing Partner, Q Partners. Anna Maciel speaks on slowness of the process. No action taken. b. Discussion and Possible Action on the future of live music in Downtown Austin, focusing on creative space/venues and potential partnerships and resource sharing between public, non-profit, and private entities. Presentation from Cody Cowan, Executive Director of the Red River Cultural District; and Rebecca Reynolds, President & Founder of the Music Venue Alliance - Austin. Anna Maciel speaks on the issue. Commissioner Reynolds motions to reconstitute the Land Use Working Group with Arts 1 AUSTIN MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES April 5, 2021 Commission. Chair Mahone seconds. Motion carries 8-1. Commissioner Rosenthal votes against. Commissioners Reynolds and Leveton volunteer to join working group. c. Discussion and Possible Action on the Live Music Fund following update by Sylnovia Holt-Rabb, Acting Director, Economic Development Department. Anna Maciel discusses her treatment as a speaker. Sonya Jevette, Kevin Russell, Scott Strickland, Patrick Buchta and Tom Van Schaik speak in support of the working group recommendations and getting the money into the music industry soon. No action taken. d. Discussion and Possible Action after update from Systemic Racism Working Group by Paul Pinon, former Music Commissioner. Anna Maciel speaks on not concentrating on one ethnic group. No action taken. e. Discussion and Possible Action on a submission process for live performances at Music Commission meetings. Vice-chair Patterson motions …
