Closed Caption Log, Council Meeting, 9/11/01

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MAYOR WATSON: $165,500. AT THE TIME THE MOTION TO POSTPONE WAS MADE, THE MAYOR PRO TEM FOLLOWED BY A SECOND -- FROM COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH -- HAD MADE A MOTION THAT INCLUDED A MOTION TO AMEND. THE MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION WITH A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT HAS HAD BEEN OFFERED BY COMEARZ AND THE FRIENDLY -- BY COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ, AND THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WAS AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD TAKE, AS YOU KNOW, AN ADDITIONAL $90,000 AND PUT THAT INTO THE AUSTIN MUSIC NETWORK FOR LATINO, AFRICAN AMERICAN AND SOUTH-BY-SOUTWEST MUSIC AND PLACE THE REMAINDER IN THE CONTINGENCY FUND OF THE CULTURAL ARTS FUND. WHAT WE INDICATED WE WOULD DO TODAY IS I WOULD RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TEM TO MAKE THAT SAME MOTION AND WE WOULD GET THAT ON THE TABLE AND THAT WOULD BE THE MOTION FOR WHICH WE WOULD BEGIN THE DISCUSSION.

GOODMAN: SO MOVE.

MAYOR WATSON: THE MAYOR PRO TEM MAKES THAT MOTION, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH.

GRIFFITH: IT IS NOT SECONDED --

MAYOR WATSON: EVEN THOUGH YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT YESTERDAY.

GRIFFITH: I WILL DO THAT FOR DISCUSSION. CAN WE WORK IT THAT WAY?

MAYOR WATSON: CERTAINLY, THAT'S WHAT I SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO. NOW WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO THAT -- THE ITEM IS ON THE TABLE FOR DISCUSSION. MAYOR PRO TEM?

GOODMAN: I SENT YOU ALL AN E-MAIL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT OR NOT. AND PLEASE CHANGE THE BRIDGE THAT I MENTIONED TO THE RIGHT BRIDGE FOR WILL. I WAS IN A HURRY TRYING TO WATCH TV. THIS YEAR IS SO EXTRAORDINARY, I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S A MESS, BUT IT IS SO EXTRAORDINARY THAT THE PROCESS IS CHALLENGED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS FOR ALLOCATING CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING. AND THE THREE PROJECTS PROPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBERS REALLY HAVE NO LOGICAL PROCESS OTHER THAN COUNCIL ACTION TO GO THROUGH, WHICH IS WHAT I -- WHY I LOOKED AT THEM ALL AGAIN. AND I LAID OUT WHY I SUPPORT THE TWO -- THE TWO MUSICAL PRESENTATION PRODUCTION PROJECTS FROM COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ, WHICH WAS THE LATINO AND SOUTH-BY-SOUTWEST. SOUTH-BY-SOUTWEST WAS TRADITIONALLY COVERED BY AMN AND HAS NOT BEEN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND I THINK THAT'S -- THAT'S A DEFINITE OPPORTUNITY THAT HAS BEEN LACKING, SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT. AND WILL SUPPORT IT. FIGURING THE 30,000 PER PRODUCTION, THAT'S 60,000 THAT I CAN SUPPORT. THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR MINORITY ARTISTS HAS BEEN LONG NEEDED, HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED MANY TIMES, NOTABLY IN DISASTER THE LAST TIME. SO THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED AND IN FACT THAT ALL OF THE ARTISTS NEED AND SO I SUPPORT IT WITH $60,000 FUNDING AS THE SEED PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE EXPANDED IN COMING YEARS TO HELP WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR ALL ARTISTS WHO ARE TRYING TO CONNECT TO OUR PROGRAM. AND THE THIRD PROJECT WAS THE DESIGN FOR THE MURAL UNDER THE BRIDGE. I WANTED TO SAY FOR AN ARTIST, THIS IS NOT A QUICK KEY JOB, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS -- QUICKY JOB, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS MERITED BY THE AMOUNT OF WORK AN ARTIST PUTS IN. WE HAVE GOTTEN USED TO ALL ARTISTS BEING UNDERPAID AND STRUGGLE. I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE IN THAT, SO I CAN ALSO SUPPORT 50 TO 60,000ccccc THAT. KNOWING THAT THIS GETS US INTO OUR RESERVE FUNDS, WHICH IS A NO-NO, AND I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HAVING TO DO IT, BUT FOR COUNCILMEMBERS, THERE CONTINUES NOT TO BE A PROCESS. I'M HOPING THAT BECAUSE WE COMMITTED TO THE CONSULTANT, THAT BY NEXT YEARrrrr A ANY OTHER REQUEST FOR CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING WILL BE SAFELY WITHIN A LOGICAL, REASONABLE, FAIR PROCESS WITH INTEGRITY AND TRUST FOR THIS YEAR AND THIS ONE YEAR. I -- I'M NOT EXACTLYRELUCTANTLY, BUT OUT OF NO OTHER CHOICE, I THINK THESE AREImImImImIm THAT HAVE MERIT. AND I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER PROPOSALS THAT MAY TWEAK ALLOCATIONS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY GIVEN BY THE COMMISSION, SO LEAVING THAT ASIDE, I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM YET. I CAN TELL YOU THAT -- THAT THIS YEAR ONE TIME I CAN SUPPORT THESE.

MAYOR WATSON: FURTHER DISCUSSION?

GOODMAN: TH MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE BY THE WAY.

MAYOR WATSON: 33333 IT ISN'T. LET ME GET SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION, THEN I WILL DETERMINE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF CHANLET ME SAY SOMETHING REALoooo QUICKLY. I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THIS AND I DON'T DISAGREE. I DON'T BELIEVE I DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING THAT YOU JUST LAID OUT. INCLUDING THE PROGRAMS NECEwww WE GETwnnnnTO THOSE PROGRAMS AND DIFFERENT YESTERDAY, WHENnnn VOTED TO RAISE THE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT, FROM 30 TO 50, YOU USED THE TERM THAT IT MAY EVEN JUST BE SYMBOLIC. AND THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT I DISAGREE WITH BECAUSE I HOPE IT'S NOT JUST SYMBOLIC. I HOPE IT IS IN FACTm NEED TO DO INooooo TOccccclllll GET YOUR POINT AND I AGREE WITH THE SPIRIT OF WHAT YOU SAID ON THAT, TOO. THAT WE NEED TO FIX THE SYSTEM THAT IS DOING THE ALLOCATION OF DOLLARS. AS A RESULT OF THAT, I AM UNCOMFORTABLE AT THIS POINT VOTING FOR ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ALREADYooooo ALLOCooooz:z:z:z:z:tototototo AND SO IN..... ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I HAVE COME AT IT AND I THINK -- REASONABLE MINDS ARE GOING TO DIFFER ABOUT HOW WE GET TO -- I THINK WE ALL MAY AGREE ON THE CORE THAT WE NEED TO FIX THE WAY FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED, BUT THEN WE MAY DISAGREE ON WHAT WE DO THIS YEAR WHILE WE TO FIX THAT. I HAVE ON -- FOR MYSELF, I HAVE DECIDED THAT THccccc GOING TO VOTE TO FIX THAT IS I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ALLOCATE MONEY UNTIL WE'VE HAD THE CONSULTANT FIX THE SYSTEM. OR GIVE US ADVICE ON FIXING THE SYSTEM. AND THEN WE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S THE WAY TO GO. THATh)AAA.....AUTION IN AND THE WAY THAT I'M GOING TO APPROACH THAT. THAT IS NOT TO SAY I DITS AGREE -- IN FACT I AGREE WITH THE PROGRAMS, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT I AGREE WITH THE PROCESS THAT GETS US TO THE PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S -- THAT'S THE LAST TIME THAT I WILL TALK ABOUT IT. THAT GIVES EVERYBODY A FEEL FOR WHY I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR ANYTHING THAT TAKES MONEY FROM 165-5, INSTEAD I'M GOING TO VOTE THAT IT BECOME PART OF THE CONTINGENCY UNTIL A LATER DATE. OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH?

GRIFFITH: YES. LIKE YOU, MAYOR, I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING A LOT WITH THIS. I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. NOT THAT -- ALL OF THE IDEAS THAT HAVE COME TO US, THE LAST -- WELL, SINCE WE FOUND OUT THERE WAS GOING TO BE MORE MONEY, THERE'S NOT A BAD IDEA OR A BAD GROUP OR A BAD OPERATION. THEY ARE ALL GOOD. AND THEY ARE ALL WORTHY. AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM. THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE ARTS COMMISSION WAS CREATED. ONE OF THE REASONS THE ARTS COMMISSION WAS CREATED IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS TO DEAL WITH THIS VERY THING WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE LAST FEW DAYS. I SERVED ON THE ARTS COMMISSION FOR SIX YEARS. THIS IS NOT A NEW THING. I'M DELIGHTED THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE CONSULTANT AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY HOPEFUL. ALSO THERE'S THE ISSUE OF -- OF CREATING A NON-PROFIT. EVEN IF IT IS A GREAT UNPROFIT, A NEEDED, THEN AN IMPORTANT NON-PROFIT. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY MORE FUNDING FOR THAT NON-PROFIT. IS IT RESPONSIBLE TO CREATE ONE? I'M HEARING WHAT THE MAYOR IS SAYING. ANYBODY ELSE WILL TALK, TOO.

MAYOR WATSON: FURTHER DISCUSSION? I WILL RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TEM BECAUSE I BELIEVE SHE WAS OFFERING A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. SHE CAN OFFER IT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IF COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH AGREES WITH IT AS THE MAKER OF THE SECOND. BUT LET'S GET IT ON THE TABLE AND THEN I WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION OR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

GOODMAN: WELL, MAYOR, SINCE MY SECONDER WAS ONLY COMING IN TODAY FOR DISCUSSION, WHY ADOPT I WITHDRAW MY MOTION AND OFFER A SECOND MOTION.

MAYOR WATSON: ALL RIGHT. WE WILL DO THAT.

GOODMAN: MY SECOND MOTION WOULD BE AS I READ FROM YOUR E-MAIL, WHICH IS 60, 60, 60, TO MUSIC -- TWO MUSIC PRODUCTIONS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AS A SEED PROGRAM AND THE MURAL DESIGN FOR THE LAMAR BRIDGE.

MAYOR WATSON: THERE IS A SECOND?

THOMAS: SECOND.

MAYOR WATSON: SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION?

SLUSHER: MAYOR PRO TEM, WOULD YOU REPEAT THE FUNDING AMOUNTS?

GOODMAN: THE MUSIC PROPOSAL HAD TWO PROJECTS IN IT THAT I THOUGHT WERE GOOD TO GO FORWARD WITH. AND THAT WAS THE LATINO MUSIC AND THE SOUTH-BY-SOUTWEST COVERAGE AND PERFORMANCES. THE SECOND WAS THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS. AS A SEED PROGRAM. AND THE THIRD WAS MURAL DESIGN FOR THE LAMAR BRIDGE UNDER THE LAMAR BRIDGE. ALSO AT 60. ALTHOUGH UNDER THE LAMAR BRIDGE IS A SMALLER JOB THAN I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. SO ACTUALLY THAT'S MORE LIKE A 50. BUT IT'S ALSO A DIFFICULT SITE. SO -- SO 60.

SLUSHER: THAT 50 IS JUST TO -- YOU ARE PROPOSING TO PUT 60 IN? NOW THAT -- THAT DOES WHAT? BECAUSE THAT'S -- THAT'S A STUDY OR IT'S PRELIMINARY BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE READ IS THE MURAL COULD COST FROM 350,000 TO HALF A MILLION.

GOODMAN: THIS IS DESIGN, THIS IS PRELIMINARY WORK ON DESIGN.

SLUSHER: DESIGN. THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE FOR NOW, THE MAYOR LEFT, I GUESS THAT YOU ARE IN CHARGE.

GOODMAN: I GUESS SO, OH, GOOD. OKAY. FURTHER COMMENTS?

WINN: MAYOR PRO TEM?

GOODMAN: COUNCILMEMBER WYNN AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS.

WINN: SO WITH YOUR MOTION, THERE'S -- IF MY MATH IS RIGHT, THERE'S LIKE A $14,000 500 SHORTFALL, IF YOU WILL, SO THAT'S WHAT WILL BE COMING OUT OF THE RESERVE? AND REMIND ME HOW LARGE IS THE RESERVE NOW?

165 --

THE RESERVE AMOUNT IS CURRENTLY 393,906.

WINN: 393. VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE EXISTING RESERVE.

CORRECT.

WINN: OKAY, THANK YOU.

GOODMAN: COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS?

THOMAS: YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. AND ABSENCE OF THE MAYOR. LISTENING TO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID AND MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH WAS TALKING, I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT RESERVING THE MONEY, BUT I HAVE LOOKED AT HOW THE MONEY WAS ALLOCATED THIS YEAR AND I LOOKED AT -- I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PROBLEMS IN THE PROCESS. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT -- SHOW YOU -- GIVE YOU SOME OF THE MISSION STATEMENTS AND SOME OF THE CONCERN -- PURPOSES THAT THE -- THAT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ART COALITION IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND HAS ALWAYS TRIED TO ACCOMPLISH. THE MISSION STATEMENT SAYS THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ART AND TECHNICAL CENTER IS TO -- TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHEREBY AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN CAN -- CAN FLOURISH AND REACH THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL. THUS IN EVALUATING THE HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF ART TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AS A LARGE -- THE PURPOSE -- THEY WERE SAYING THE PURPOSE OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ART TECHNICAL CENTER IS TO FACILITATE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS AND ART ORGANIZATIONS. WHEN THEY CAME TO ME, THEY CAME TO ME -- WITH SOME CONCERNS IN THE PROCESS, ALSO. BUT ALSO I MET WITH THEM, ME AND MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS, AND I TOLD THEM I THINK THE BEST APPROACH WOULD BE IF THEY WOULD COME TOGETHER AND DO A COALITION AND SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET ALL OF THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO MEET THE ARTISTS THAT ARE INVOLVED. THEY CAME WITH A BUDGET PROPOSAL WHICH I SHARED WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS, WITH 225,000. THEY WERE WILLING TO DROP DOWN TO 60,A00 T GET STARTED. THE ARTISTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS COALITION ARE ARTISTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN AUSTIN NOT JUST ONE O6 TWO YbbbPbPbPbPbE BEEN I FOR 10 AND 15 YEARS. AND THEY ARE TRYING TO REACH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICIANS, THE THEATER ARTISTS, DANCERS, THEY ARE -- THEY ARE GRAPHIC ARTISTS AND ALSO WRITERS. MY THING IS THAT I WOULD HOPE THAT WE SUPPORT THIS. I WILL GO ALONG WITH HAVING A CONSULTANT TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE -- THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH NOW. BUT T THAT IS TRYING -- TO HINDER A GROUP THAT IS TRYING TO BET

GOODMAN: FURTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. WITH THAT THEN THE MOTION ON THE TABLE -- CAN I DO THIS? IT'S MY MOTION, DOESN'T MATTER.

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GOODMAN: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, WE HAVE TRIED TO DOFUNDING IN THIS WAY.

GRIFFITH: REALLY.

GOODMAN: THESE THREE PROJECTS, THOUGH, AT LEAST T OF THEM ARE VERY DEFINITELY OUT OF THE MOLD OF THOSE KIND OF PROJECTS THAT CAN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. WE HAVE NO PROCESS, REALLY, ,[R THEM. THE THIRD PROJECT, THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER, WOULDN'T HAVEggggggg BEEN IN THE S BECAUSE IT WASN'T PUT TOGETHER YET. THAT WAS AT THE INITIATIVE OF A COUNCILMEMBER. SO OUT OF COURTESY FOR THAT, THE FACT THAT THERE IS A NEED AND THAT OTHERS HAVE NOT BEEN TO PULL TOGETHER THE RESOURCES < O THAT AND COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS DID, I DO SUPPORT IT. CURRENT PROCESS, I WOULD EXPECT IT TO GO THROUGH THE FUNDING REVIEW THAT ALL APPLICANT' DO. AND I EXPECT, ALSO, THAT THE CONSULTANT WILL GIVE US THE KIND OF FRAMEWORK WE NEED, IF YOU NOTICE IN MY PROPOSAL, IT ALSO HAD ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES IN IT FOR THEONSULTANT AND THE -- THE INTEGRATION AND COOPERION AND COORDINAt THAT WE NEED WITH THAT PROGRAM AND OUR CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE CONSULTANT ALSO LK' AT. SO THAT'S WHY -- THAT'S WHY I DO SUPPORT THIS. THESE THREE PROJECTS AS A ONE-TI

SLUSHER: ALL RIGHT. WELL, I DON'T THINK THE MAYOR IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK. I'M TOLD HE'S ON A CONFEREN CALL RELATED TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY. SO I GUESS WE OUGHT TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE. I WANTED TO SAY,N, THAT I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE YES ON@(S. ONE REASON IS BECAUSE IT TROUBLES ME THATHI- THE 175 THOUSAND DOLLARS OR I GUESS IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT THAT WE SPENT YESTERDAY WAS -- WAS JUST DISCOVERED ON FRIDAY. AND THAT'S WHEN THE COUNCIL No(D OF IT ANYwY AND No. THIS MOTION IS ALREADY DIPPING, SPENDING ALL OF( AND DIPPING INTO THE CONTINGENCY. SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT. AND THE -- TWO OF(HE -- WELL, THERE'S BEEN NO PROCESS ON THESE -- OR( THROUGH THE REGULAR PROCESS, NEITHER THE -- NEITHER T AMER LAMAR BRIDGE, NOTORIETY ONE HAS BEEN THROUGH A PROCESS -- NEITHER ONAS N THROUGH A,A[ PROCESS.A TH@MYR PRO TEM@ENTIONED THAT AREVIOUS EFFORT HAD ENDED IN DISASTER AND MY RECOLLECTION OF THAT IS(HAT WAS ONE THAT WASAED ON THE COUNCIL DIAS. I KNOW SOME OF THE FOLKS INVOLVED IN THIS AND IELLY RESPECT THEM. SO I DON'T THINK THAT THIS ONE WOULD END UP EXA(LY LIKE THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S NOT A GOOD PRINCIPLE TO CREATE A NEW MONDAY PROFIT FROM THE[ COWBOY -- TO CA NEWA NOPRA A', SO.ON'T SUPPORNG THIS.[ GUESS WE CAN CALL -- ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?,[ COCILMEMBER GRIFFITH?4>GRIFFITH: YES, SL'HER: MAYOR PRO TEM?

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