20200408-2b: support of City Council's efforts to fund disaster relief with addendums — original pdf

Recommendation

MUSIC COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION 20200408-2b Date: April 8, 2020 Subject: Music Disaster Relief Fund Motioned By: Chair, Rick Carney Recommendation The Music Commission supports City Council’s efforts to fund disaster relief, especially Council Member Flannigan’s item 91 (March 26, 2020 agenda) and Council Member Tovo’s item 86 (April 9, 2020 agenda) with the following addendums: Seconded By: Graham Reynolds 1. That additional funds are searched for before using the Live Music Fund. If the Live Music Fund is used, Music Commission support is contingent on replenishing the Live Music Fund. 2. The Music Commission recommends an advisory group be formed to guide the distribution of the disaster relief funds. 3. The Music Commission supports that Chair Rick Carney serve as Chair of 4. The Music Commission recommends that a third party be used to distribute 5. The Music Commission recommends that further stakeholder input be the advisory group. the funds. collected. Description of Recommendation to Council The Music Commission recognizes the urgency in bringing about funding for emergency for musicians and the music industry and for that reason it recommends that available funds from current sources be brought forward. This includes HOT funds previously designated for music. The Music Commission notes that this is a one time use of these funds and the Live Music Working Committee will continue its work in crafting recommendations for a future use of HOT funds. The AMC notes that staff capacity may be at its limits and for that reason we recommend that an outside third party may be needed to quickly establish eligibility criteria for the use of funds. Additionally that outside parties be designated to participate in the funding decision making process that have subject matter expertise in the music industry. Vote For: 8 (Chair - Rick Carney, Vice-chair – Jonathan “Chaka” Mahone, Secretary - Anne- Charlotte Patterson, Al Duarte, Gavin Garcia, Doug Leveton, Patrice Pike, Graham Reynolds) Against: Abstain: 0 Absent: Attest: Kim McCarson, Liaison 3 Parliamentarian - Oren Rosenthal, Paul Pinon, Stuart Sullivan 0 1 of 2  2 of 2