Versión en español a continuación. Music Commission Meeting June 7, 2021, 6:30pm Music Commission meeting to be held June 7, 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 (June 6, by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the June 7 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 (June 7, 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 (June 6 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 …
Budget Calendar Sylnovia Holt Rabb, Deputy Director Economic Development Department June 7, 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 Budget Calendar January 2021: Budget Kickoff • • February – March: Boards and Commission Town Hall Meetings • April 2021: • April 16, 2021: • May 7, 2021: • May-June 2021: Boards and Commission Submit Budget Recommendations Financial Forecast Report Delivered Budget Submission to the Budget Officer Staff responds to Boards and Commission Recommendations Proposed Budget Presented Budget Public Input Meeting Budget Work Session Set Max Tax Rate and budget & tax rate hearings Budget Work Session Public hearing on tax rate • July 9, 2021: • July 22 &29, 2021: • July 27, 2021: • July 29, 2021: • August 3, 2021: • August 11, 2021: • August 11-13, 2021: Budget reading including ratify tax rates increase and adopt tax rate 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
AUSTIN MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES The Austin Music Commission convened on June 7, 2021 via videoconference. June 7, 2021 BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Chair – Jonathan “Chaka” Mahone, Vice-chair – Anne-Charlotte Patterson, Parliamentarian – Graham Reynolds, Gavin Garcia, Lauryn Gould, Nagavalli Medicharla, Patrice Pike, Stuart Sullivan Staff in Attendance: Erica Shamaly, Kim McCarson, Stephanie Bergara CALL TO ORDER 6:39pm MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Char min Greene CP Loony CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 10 speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. Ray Price speaks in favor of preserving Doris Miller Auditorium as a music venue. Scott Strickland speaks in favor of the Creative Space Bond. Sarah Hall speaks in favor of Live Music Fund. Jeska Forsyth speaks in favor of launching Live Music Fund as soon as possible. Guy Forsyth speaks in favor of the Live Music Fund. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approval of minutes from the May 3, 2021, Music Commission meeting. Commissioner Reynolds motions Vice-chair Patterson seconds. Motion carries 8-0. 2. CHAIR’S REPORT 3. OLD BUSINESS action taken. action taken. a. Introduction of new Commissioner for District 3, Chris Limon. b. Juneteenth, Freedom, and Pride. a. Discussion and Possible Action on Live Music Fund following update from staff. No b. Discussion and Possible Action after update from Systemic Racism Working Group. No c. Discussion and possible action on Downtown Commission update from Vice-chair Patterson, upcoming joint meeting on the future of downtown music venues and land use, and appointment of new music commissioner liaison to Downtown Commission. Chris Limon will serve as liaison to the Downtown Commission. 1 AUSTIN MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES 4. NEW BUSINESS June 7, 2021 a. Discussion and Possible Action following presentation by Sylnovia Holt-Rabb, Deputy Director, Economic Development Department, on the budget and funding process, how and when to engage in it, including calendar and steps. No action taken. b. Discussion and Possible Action following Gender Equity Working Group update. No action taken. c. Discussion and Possible Action following presentation by Dusty Saxton on innovative retirement for Austin musicians. No action taken. d. Discussion and Possible Action on joint efforts between the Music and Arts Commissions to identify funding sources. Vice-chair Patterson motions to form joint working group to explore public-private partnerships philanthropy to fund arts and music. Commissioner Sullivan seconds. Motion …
Gender Equity Working Group Recommendation to Austin Music Commission Draft 6/4/2021 RECOMMENDATION The Gender Equity Working Group of the Austin Music Commission recommends that the Austin City Council direct the City Manager to allocate a one-time use of the $650,000 transferred into the Live Music Fund immediately during the remainder of FY2020-21 to be used for the following: RATIONALE & DESCRIPTION Musician Reimbursement Program ꞏ Establishing a grant program to reimburse booking guarantees for local musicians in which venues pay musicians a fair wage and are thusly reimbursed through the program. Additionally, this program will provide funds to reimburse guarantees for local acts hired as support for touring artists. Individual musicians will also be able to apply to use this funding to support independently produced public live music events. This is intended to offset real costs during reopening, incentivize booking, provide a boost to our music ecosystem, and ultimately to drive income for local musicians. ꞏ Musician Reimbursement program should establish a set of eligibility criteria through engagement with stakeholders and such criteria should prioritize diversity of race, gender, sexual identity. Eligibility requirements should also consider geography of Live Music Venue recipients to incentivize diversity of representation of music throughout the City of Austin and Extraterrestrial Jurisdiction (ETJ). ꞏ As originally recommended by the Visitor Impact Task Force, which provided the original HOT recommendations for music in 2017, the Musician Reimbursement Program should be administered by a third-party entity and the cost of such administrations should not exceed 5% of the total allocation. Third party administration will allow for significant fund growth through private matching. ꞏ This Program is meant to provide immediate assistance during reopening and is meant as a one-time appropriation pending the successful development of a long-term plan for administration and use of the Live Music Fund. It is imperative that existing funds be administered in a timely manner in order to provide needed stimulus to restarting Austin’s live music economy. The Musician Reimbursement Program would serve as a starting point upon which industry stakeholders and city partners can build sustainable long-term programs that address industry development and investment through a lens of equity for all Austin musicians, venue owners and industry workers. ꞏ The Gender Equity Working Group presents these recommendations Music Commission with the hope that the Live Music Fund will achieve its intended purpose of supporting Austin musicians, venues, and industry workers so that …
