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          FOCUS ON THE HERE AND ANTONIO AND SAN ANTONIO AL. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION. 
          THE TIME IS 2:10 PM ON THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 2022. 
          WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET OUR MEETING TO ORDER. 
          UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CUDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALIS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          MAYOR NIERENBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ONE ITEM 
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ON THE AGENDA TODAY. 
          SO LET ME KICK IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH TO GET US STARTED. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY. 
          IT'S A BRIEFING ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE, UH, 2017 TO 2022 PUBLIC ARTS STRATEGY, AS WELL AS, UM, OUR PARTNERING AGENCIES, UH, WITH THE CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO ARTS EVERYWHERE INITIATIVE. 
          SO WITH OUR RECENT DISCUSSIONS, UH, ABOUT THE 2022 BOND AND THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR PUBLIC ART, UM, I, I ASKED CRYSTAL JONES, OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR OF, UH, ARTS AND CULTURE, TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM, UM, AND WHAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY AS THE COUNCIL HAS DIS DISCUSSED, PUBLIC ART IS AN IMPORTANT INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PUBLIC ART PROCESS RELIES HEAVILY ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          AND SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TODAY. 
          THE DEPARTMENT WORKS ALONGSIDE, UH, ARTISTS, UH, YOUR DISTRICT'S COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION, TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO LEAD THE WAY AND, AND IMPROVE IN THOSE AREAS. 
          UM, WE ALSO ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN COLLABORATING AND PARTNERING, UH, WITH SEVERAL OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS THROUGH ART. 
          AND ONE OF THOSE AGENCIES WILL BE HERE, IS HERE TODAY, UM, CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO, UM, WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THEIR, UH, ART PROGRAM, THEIR ART EVERYWHERE INITIATIVE. 
          UH, ANDY RODRIGUEZ IS HERE JOINING US TODAY. 
          UM, UH, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          SHE'LL, UM, GO AFTER CRYSTAL AND, UM, IT'S A, UH, THE EVERYWHERE INITIATIVE IS A PROGRAM THAT INCORPORATES AND DISPLAYS TEMPORARY MUR MURALS IN THE PUBLIC, UM, UH, SPACE, UH, WITH THE GOLD TO DRIVE FOOT TRAFFIC AND, AND DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING SAN ANTONIO ARTISTS. 
          SO IT'S A UNIQUE WAY, UM, UH, THAT CENTRO HAS, HAS, UH, UNDERTAKEN. 
          SO I'M SURE YOU'LL BE HEARING A LOT FROM CRYSTAL AND, UH, ANDY. 
          AND WITHOUT, UH, FURTHER ADO, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CRYSTAL TO KICK US OFF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          SO GLAD TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF MY MANY FAVORITE TOPICS WHEN IT COMES TO ART, PUBLIC ART. 
          SO, UH, AS THE CITY MANAGER STATED, I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE SERVES OUR COMMUNITY BY CONNECTING ARTISTS AND OUR COMMUNITY TO PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITIES AND TO ALSO CREATE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL THROUGH PUBLIC ART. 
          AND SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL MOVE FORWARD TO REALLY WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT FOCUSES ON. 
          EVERYTHING IN OUR DEPARTMENT FALLS UNDER OUR CULT TO ART PLAN. 
          THIS IS A COORDINATED STRATEGY DOCUMENT THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON, AGAIN, BUILDING THAT CREATIVE LIFE AND CREATIVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL. 
          WE HAVE STRATEGIC AREAS IN WHICH WE FOCUS OUR EFFORTS, AND I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THESE STRATEGIC AREAS AND MANY OF THE SUCCESSES THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THESE AREAS BEFORE WE GET RIGHT DOWN INTO THE HEART OF PUBLIC ART. 
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SO, FOR FILM, UH, WITH FILM AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHEN WE PASSED THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, WE IMPLEMENTED A PROCESS FOR DOING FILM PERMITS IN OUR CITY TO MAKE IT VERY COHESIVE, UH, VERY, UH, EASY TO ACCESS FOR FILMMAKERS. 
          AND WE INCREASED OUR FILM PERMITS IN THE CITY BY 79% IN THAT FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTING THAT PROCESS. 
          SINCE THEN, YOU HAVE SEEN SAN ANTONIO RECOGNIZED FOR FOUR YEARS IN A ROW AS A TOP PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK AS A MOVIE MAKER IN MOVIE MAKER MAGAZINE. 
          AND WE ARE ISSUING APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 200 FILM PERMITS A YEAR FOR FILM. 
          AND YOU'LL BE SEEING VERY SOON SOME NEWS ABOUT AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR RETURNING. 
          THAT'S REALLY WHERE IT ALL STARTED WHEN WE FIRST PASSED THE FILM STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          THEY'RE RETURNING TO THE ALAMO DOME AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT FILMING IN PERSON CENTER TO ART. 
          THAT IS OUR GALLERY IN HISTORIC MARKET SQUARE. 
          IT IS A GALLERY THAT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON LATINO ART, TELLING THE STORIES OF THE LATINO EXPERIENCE, THE SOUTH TEXAS EXPERIENCE THROUGH ARTISTS THAT ARE RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UH, ONE OF OUR RECENT SUCCESSES IS THE FABULOUS NEW YORK FOR THE FOUNDATION OF THE ARTS, UH, IMMIGRANT ARTISTS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM EXHIBIT. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE, UH, OVER, UH, 30 ARTISTS THERE REPRESENTED HERE FROM THE SOUTH TEXAS COMMUNITY THAT WENT THROUGH THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. 
          AND I'LL TELL YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THAT GALLERY, I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TWO STORIES OF FANTASTIC WORLD CLASS ART, UH, MUSIC TOMORROW, UH, CITY COUNCIL WILL START WITH A NEW SONG, AND THAT IS PART OF OUR MUSIC STRATEGIC PLAN WHERE WE ARE WORKING TO ELEVATE THE, THE, UH, ORIGINAL WORKS OF OUR FANTASTIC MUSICIAN MUSICIANS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO BY SHOWCASING THEM AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. 
          AND SO, UH, I WON'T STEAL THE THUNDER OF THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT I THINK, UH, YOU'LL BE VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT SONG TOMORROW. 
          UM, OUR CORE GRANTS PROGRAM, WE REALLY LED THE WAY WITH OUR CORE GRANTS PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE NATION OF INCORPORATING, UH, POINTS OF EQUITY THROUGHOUT OUR GRANTING PROGRAM. 
          WE HAVE OUR OPERATIONAL GRANTS THAT ARE GRANTING 37, UH, OPERATIONS GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WE HAVE A CULTURALLY SPECIFIC EFFORT, UH, THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE MISSIONS TO PRESERVE THE CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES. 
          AND SO THAT WAS REALLY LEADING THE WAY, AND WE'VE MET WITH OUR PEERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO SHARE THOSE BEST PRACTICES BECAUSE THEY SAW SAN ANTONIO AND SAID, WE REALLY WANNA DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          THAT GRANT PROGRAM THIS YEAR, UH, LAUNCHED A NEW EVENTS GRANTS PROGRAM. 
          SO WE HAVE 23 EVENTS, UH, THAT WILL BE CREATED THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT'S OPEN TO NON-PROFITS THAT DON'T JUST HAVE TO BE FOCUSED ON ART. 
          THESE ARE NONPROFITS THAT IF THEY HAVE EVENTS THAT ARE, UH, HAPPENING THAT, UH, INCLUDE ARTISTIC PERFORMANCES, THEY CAN APPLY THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. 
          OUR CULTURAL DISTRICTS, DISTRICTS PROGRAM, WE HAVE, UH, FOUR AMAZING CULTURAL DISTRICTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND WE WANT MORE. 
          AND SO OUR CULTURAL DISTRICTS PLAN INCORPORATES A TOOLKIT SO THAT WHEN A CULTURAL DISTRICT WANTS TO, UH, BE FORMED AND, AND THERE'S A VERY, UH, ELABORATE EFFORT, WHICH ANDY RODRIGUEZ HERE KNOWS, UH, ABOUT AS SHE LEADS THE ZNO CULTURAL DISTRICT, UH, FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, THERE'S A TOOLKIT THAT HELPS 'EM ALONG THE WAY. 
          AND WHEN THEY ARE READY TO APPLY, WE HAVE A SMALL GRANT TO HELP WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF PULLING TOGETHER THE PLAN THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE APPLICATION FOR THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS TO DO SO IN PERFORMING ARTS. 
          UM, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL GRANT PROGRAM. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY TWO GRANT PROGRAMS THAT WERE CREATED AS A PART OF THIS STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          ONE IS FOCUSED ON FACILITY IMPROVEMENT GRANTS. 
          THIS GRANT, I WILL SAY CAME, UH, A REALLY, UH, AN IMPACTFUL WAY TO OUR COMMUNITY WHEN PANDEMIC HAD SHUT PERFORMING ARTS VENUES DOORS. 
          THIS GRANT IS A $10,000 GRANT, OR UP TO TWO $10,000 GRANTS TO IMPROVE FACILITIES. 
          AND WE INCLUDED, UH, UH, UH, EQUIPMENT THAT HELPS WITH COVID RESPONSE WITH SOCIAL DISTANCE EFFORTS. 
          AND SO WE OPENED THAT PROGRAM LAST YEAR AND WE WERE TO HELP, UH, 10 ORGANIZATIONS, UH, WITH THOSE GRANTS TO HELP THEM PREPARE FOR WHEN THEY OPEN THE DOORS TO MAKE SURE THEIR FACILITY WAS SAFE FOR GUESTS AND ALSO READY WITH EQUIPMENT. 
          OUR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, WE HAVE 60 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE WORKING ON THEIR PROJECT GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY RECEIVED $5,000, AND THEY WILL BE ACTIVATING THEIR EVENTS THAT ARE CORRESPONDING WITH THEIR PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THIS CITY. 
          AND, UH, JUST BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MORE. 
          WE'LL ALSO SEND INFORMATION ABOUT ARTISTS THAT ARE PLANNING THOSE EVENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT BECAUSE IT RANGES, UH, FROM FASHION SHOWS TO MUSIC PERFORMANCES, UH, TO THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES, POETRY, READINGS, NOVELS, UH, THE TALENT OF OUR ARTIST COMMUNITY IS JUST EXPANSIVE AND FINALLY PUBLIC ART. 
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SO I WILL GET INTO THE DETAILS OF OUR PUBLIC ART STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW. 
          SO MANY PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK US, WHAT IS PUBLIC ART? WHAT IS, UH, WHAT IS A PUBLIC ART PIECE? AND SO, PER OUR ORDINANCE AND HOW WE DEFINE PUBLIC ART IS ART THAT IS PLACED IN A PUBLIC PLACE. 
          AND IT'S WENT THROUGH A PUBLIC AND, AND VERY EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. 
          REALLY, WE'RE FOCUSED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE BY BUILDING PUBLIC ART. 
          THAT'S FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND BY OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND OUR COMMUNITY DECIDES WHERE THE ART'S GOING TO BE PLACED, WHAT ARE THE THEMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE REPRESENTED THROUGH THIS PUBLIC ART PIECE, AND ALSO, UM, WHO WILL BE THE ARTIST. 
          WE WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO SELECT ARTISTS FOR THESE PROJECTS. 
          UH, IT IS ALSO DEVELOPED AGAIN BY ARTISTS. 
          IT CANNOT BE MASS PRODUCED. 
          THIS IS VERY UNIQUE PIECES THAT WE CAN CALL A SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC ART PIECE. 
          UH, AND THEN IT'S ALSO GOES THROUGH A RIGOROUS PROCESS WITH OUR SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION AND IT'S PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, WE'RE TOUCHING BASE WITH THEM FOR APPROVALS, AND IT'S ALSO MANAGED BY A PUBLIC ART PROJECT MANAGER. 
          WE HAVE A FANTASTIC TEAM THAT'S LED BY OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM MANAGER, VERONICA RIPPLE. 
          I WOULD LIKE YOU TO WAIVE. 
          UM, AND, UH, THEY ARE JUST OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE OUT WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WORKING WITH YOUR COUNCIL OFFICES BECAUSE AGAIN, ONE BULLET THAT'S NOT ON HERE, BUT YOU ARE VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TO THIS, TO THIS PROCESS AS YOU ARE SITTING HERE AND ENGAGING WITH US TO CREATE THIS ART. 
          AND IT'S USUALLY PAID FOR, UH, WITH PUBLIC FUNDS. 
          BUT TODAY, WE'RE GONNA BE LEARNING ABOUT SOME EFFORTS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT ARE REALLY HELPING AMPLIFY OUR EFFORTS. 
          OKAY, THE BENEFITS OF PUBLIC ART. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, THAT I REALLY TAKE TO HEART, UM, TRULY, UH, IS BEING ACCESSIBLE TO RESIDENTS. 
          THIS IS ART THAT YOU CAN ACCESS, UM, BY SIDEWALK, BY STREET, BY, UM, BIKE, BY, I MEAN ANY, ANY WAYS BY BUS. 
          THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT'S ACCESSIBLE AND DOES NOT REQUIRE A TICKET TO SEE IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND AGAIN, TURNING THE CORNER TO PROVIDE THAT INSPIRATION. 
          UM, AND IT ALSO, UH, PROVIDES ECONOMIC GROWTH. 
          UH, THIS IS NOT ONLY, UH, PROVIDING ECONOMIC GROWTH BY THE DIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT WE HAVE, AS WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH TODAY TO OUR ARTISTS AND TO THE BUSINESSES THAT HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          BUT THIS IS ALSO DRIVING TRAFFIC TO A SPECIFIC AREA SO THAT, YOU KNOW, QUITE OFTEN WHEN I GO AND VISIT ONE OF OUR PUBLIC ART PIECES, I MAKE SURE I FIND A COFFEE SHOP THAT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HAVE THAT CUP OF COFFEE AND TAKE A LOOK, UH, AT THAT PUBLIC ART PIECE. 
          SO IT'S REALLY DRIVING BUSINESS, UH, TO OUR AREAS. 
          AND THEN ALSO IT HELPS US HAVE A CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING. 
          WHERE ARE WE, UH, WHAT IS OUR HISTORY? WHAT IS OUR PRESENT? WHERE DO WE HELP TO, UH, WANT TO GO IN THE FUTURE? UH, THESE ARE REALLY SNAPSHOTS IN OUR, IN OUR PRESENT TIME OF WHERE WE ARE, UH, ESPECIALLY THE THEMES THAT WE'VE SEEN REPRESENTED IN MANY OF THE DISTRICTS AND, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UH, THIS IS REALLY, UH, SHOWCASING WHAT'S CULTURALLY IMPORTANT TO US. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, IT CREATES A SENSE OF BELONGING. 
          IT REALLY SHOWCASES AGAIN, THAT PRIDE. 
          IT INSTILLS PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UH, ONE, UH, GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT WAS IN DISTRICT TWO, A RECENT, UH, PROJECT SPHERES OF REFLECTION. 
          THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT BROUGHT HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER TO THAT PIECE. 
          SHE LOOKED AT THAT PIECE AND SAID, DADDY, IS THAT YOU? I MEAN, IT'S LIKE, WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY CAN SEE OUR COMMUNITY REFLECTED THROUGH OUR ART. 
          AND THOSE ARE THOSE STORIES, UH, THAT YOU JUST REALLY CAN'T PUT THAT DOLLAR FIGURE ON. 
          SO AS A PART OF OUR 2017, 2022, UH, PLAN, JUST A SNIPPET OF IT, IT WAS PART OF, OF COURSE, THE OVERALL TOTAL, UH, GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. 
          AND WE HAD ONE, OR WE HAD 8.3 ALLOCATED FOR PUBLIC ART, $8.3 MILLION, AND IT WAS 1% FOR ART AND EACH OF THESE PROPOSITIONS. 
          SO THAT IS WHAT THAT SNAPSHOT LOOKED LIKE FOR THAT 2017 2022 BOND. 
          I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT IF IT'S A PART OF THE BOND OR IF IT'S ANY OTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING, AGAIN, IT'S GOING THROUGH THIS RIGOROUS PUBLIC ART PROCESS. 
          THIS PROCESS, UH, EXEMPLIFIES WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE PROJECT LOCATION IS SELECTED, WHICH AGAIN, THOSE PROJECT, UH, LOCATIONS GO THROUGH A COMMUNITY FEEDBACK PROCESS. 
          WE MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY TO FIGURE OUT WHICH PROJECTS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THEIR DISTRICTS AT WHAT LOCATION, UH, THAT ARE TIED TO THOSE BOND PROJECTS. 
          AFTER THAT, IT'S GOING THROUGH FIGURING OUT THE ARTWORK THEME, THE ARTIST SELECTION DESIGN CONCEPT. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO THOSE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE ARTIST. 
          UM, THE DESIGN CONCEPT AND THE FINAL DESIGN ALWAYS HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE AND THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION. 
          AND ONCE THE PIECE IS FABRICATED AND INSTALLED, WE WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK TO MEET FOR THAT WONDERFUL DEDICATION CEREMONY THAT WE ALL REALLY LOVE, THAT WE LOVE THAT PART. 
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UH, OH, AND I DO WANNA MENTION THAT A PART OF THE ARTIST SELECTION IS THAT PRE-QUALIFIED LIST. 
          AND I KNOW WE'VE EACH WORKED WITH YOUR, UH, OR WE WORK WITH EACH OF YOUR COUNCIL OFFICES TO HELP BUILD UP THAT PRE-QUALIFIED LIST. 
          UH, THAT WILL BE ON TOMORROW'S, UH, AGENDA FOR A SESSION, UH, TO APPROVE 100, UH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY APPROVE 187 MORE PUBLIC ARTISTS TO BE A PART OF OUR LIST. 
          WE USE THAT LIST TO CREATE AN ARTIST SELECTION PANEL WHO WILL, UH, DECIDE ON WHO THE ARTIST IS FOR PROJECTS. 
          SO AGAIN, THIS IS A PRE-QUALIFIED LIST TO MAKE THOSE SELECTIONS. 
          AND JUST HIGHLIGHTING, AGAIN, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES DO FOLLOW THE ESSAY SPEAKUP GUIDELINES. 
          UH, AND THE BOND PROJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY DRIVEN BY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          ONCE A BOND IS PASSED BY OUR COMMUNITY, THAT IS WHEN WE PLAN ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY, TO GO THROUGH THE BOND PROJECT LIST AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE PUBLIC ART, UH, IMPLEMENTED IN THOSE PROJECTS. 
          AND WE DO PROJECT SPECIFIC OUTREACH PLANS. 
          MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN A PART OF THESE PLANS WHERE WE HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS WHERE YOU COME AND SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, AND, AND MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN VERY GR GRACIOUS TO BE ON WEBEXES OR SUBMIT VIDEOS FOR THOSE WEBEXES. 
          THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO DO TABLING EVENTS, AND WE PARTNER WITH OTHER CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE HAVING EVENTS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALWAYS THERE COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLIC ART. 
          AND AGAIN, UH, ALL OF THE MEETINGS AND REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. 
          FOLLOWING THOSE ESSAY SPEAKUP GUIDELINES, JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE 2017 22 BOND PUBLIC ART, WE HAD 24 TOTAL PROJECTS. 
          NOW, I WANT TO REALLY EMPHASIZE AS A PART OF A PROJECT SITE, THERE COULD BE MULTIPLE PIECES OF ART AT, AT THAT SITE. 
          UH, SO FOR INSTANCE, YOU SEE COMANCHE LOOKOUT PARK HERE ON TOP OF THAT LOOKOUT, YOU HAVE FOUR INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF ART THAT WERE CREATED BY SAN ANTONIO ARTISTS, CARLOS CORTEZ AND DOTE GARZA. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE 55 PIECES OF ART TO DATE THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED AT THESE PROJECT SITES. 
          WE ARE ON TRACK TO COMPLETE 18 OF THOSE 24 BY THE END OF 22, AND ARE REALLY WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET THE REST OF THOSE PROJECTS DONE BY 2023, UM, AND ENGAGING THE PUBLIC ART PROCESS, UH, AS SOON AS WE CAN. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE LEAD ARTISTS, AND I WANNA EMPHASIZE AGAIN, THESE ARE LEAD ARTISTS. 
          WE HAVE 19, BUT THERE'S PROJECTS LIKE CEILING CHANNEL IN DISTRICT SEVEN, WHERE YOU HAVE TWO LEAD ARTISTS, KIM BISHOP AND LUIS VALEZ VALEZ, WHO, UM, HAVE BROUGHT IN SEVEN POETS AS A PART OF THE PROJECT. 
          AND SO THEY ARE ENGAGING IN COLLABORATION. 
          AND MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD, UH, SO MUCH EXPERIENCE WITH OUR ARTIST COMMUNITY. 
          THEY ARE SO COLLABORATIVE AND WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          AND SO, UH, THERE'S SO MANY MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THESE PROJECTS. 
          16 OF THOSE 19 ARE SAN ANTONIO ARTISTS. 
          FIVE ARE FEMALE, AND WE DO HAVE 14 THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED AS BLACK, INDIGENOUS OR PERSONS OF COLOR AS A PART OF OUR ARTIST COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, HELPING THAT THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL. 
          SO WE'VE HAD 46 SAN ANTONIO CONTRACTORS WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH OUR ARTISTS TO MAKE THESE PUBLIC ART PIECES HAPPEN. 
          NOW, EACH OF YOU IN FRONT OF YOU HAVE A LIST OF THOSE PROJECTS, AND I'VE, UH, ORGANIZED THEM ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, IN WHICH DISTRICT THEY'RE LOCATED IN. 
          BUT, UH, SO YOU CAN REVIEW THAT AND, AND SEE THOSE PIECES. 
          UM, BUT I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS 2017 2022 BOND DID FALL ON A TRICENTENNIAL YEAR. 
          SO THERE WAS A SIGNATURE PROJECT AS A PART OF THIS BOND. 
          AND THE, THERE WAS REALLY A THREE PRONG PURPOSE FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          IT WAS TO CONNECT WITH THE TRICENTENNIAL, UH, SIGNIFY THAT THIS IS A TRICENTENNIAL YEAR. 
          ALSO BRIDGE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PIECES OF ART THAT ARE ALREADY IN OUR, IN THAT AREA, UH, THAT ARE HISTORIC. 
          AND MANY OF THEM WERE COMMISSIONED FOR THE 1968 WORLD'S FAIR AND CREATING THAT CONNECTION THROUGH HEMISPHERE. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE PIECES REPRESENTED AND OUTLINED AND, AND READ. 
          UH, IN THE MIDDLE IS WHERE THE PUBLIC, UH, THE RIVERWALK PUBLIC ART GARDEN IS LOCATED. 
          NOW, THIS IS WHAT THE RIVERWALK PUBLIC ART GARDEN, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKS LIKE TO DATE. 
          UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS, UH, BUT WE HAVE A BLOOM BY LETICIA ERTA. 
          SHE'S OUR SAN ANTONIO ARTIST THAT HAS THESE BLOOMS IN A TOTAL OF SEVEN LOCATIONS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS. 
          WE HAVE LABOR PLAZA, WHICH WILL BE DONE BY SAN ANTONIO ARTIST AND POET, AND FORMER POET LAUREATE OCTAVIO NIA. 
          UM, AND THAT WILL BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, STARGAZER, IF YOU HAPPEN, AS YOU LEAVE CITY HALL TO JUST, UH, TAKE A LITTLE QUICK DRIVE DOWN TOWARD A 37. 
          UH, YOU WILL SEE THE, THE, UM, HEAD OF STARGAZER BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN UNCOVERED. 
          UH, THIS WEEK WE'RE STILL DOING SOME CONSTRUCTION, BUT JUST IN TIME FOR SPRING BREAK, WE HAVE THAT FANTASTIC 
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SCULPTURE THAT'S LOCATED RIGHT THERE AT THE, UH, SPLIT WHEN IT GOES TO THE SHOPS AT RIVER CENTER AND THE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          UH, SO I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO JUST TAKE A PEEK AT THAT PIECE. 
          AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, WHAT WHAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS THIS CONNECTION PIECES. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SO MANY VISITORS THAT COME TO SAN ANTONIO, AND QUITE OFTEN THEY, THEY HIT THE RIVERWALK. 
          AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SEE THESE PIECES, LIKE A SPHERES OF REFLECTION, UH, CONNECTION PIECE, NAHAM THAT CONNECTS TO THE COMANCHE LOOKOUT PARK, SO THAT WHEN THEY READ THE LABEL THAT'S AT THAT PIECE, THEY'LL REALIZE THAT THERE IS A LARGER PUBLIC ART PIECE IN A DISTRICT THAT THEY SHOULD GO AND EXPLORE. 
          AND SO IT'S BUILDING THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN DOWNTOWN OUR VISITOR COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE CONNECTED TO OUR PUBLIC ART. 
          NOW, I DO WANNA MENTION THAT OUR PUBLIC ART TEAM STAYS VERY BUSY EVEN BEYOND, UH, THE 2017 BOND. 
          THIS IS A VIEW OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKED ON IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          UH, WE HAVE THE CI, CITY HALL, INTERIOR PUBLIC ART, WHICH YOU'VE ALL SEEN, UH, AGAIN, WENT THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. 
          AND WE HAVE, UH, SIX FANTASTIC SAN ANTONIO ARTISTS REPRESENTED THROUGH THE THOSE ARTWORKS. 
          IN PUBLIC ART. 
          WE HAVE A JOAN FABIAN PIECE, WHICH YOU SEE AT THE TOP LEFT, THAT IS A VERY SMALL PORTION OF A VERY LARGE PIECE. 
          UH, AND WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR, UM, UH, SOMETHING RELATED TO FIESTA THAT'LL BE COMING OUT, UH, AS A PART OF OUR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CELEBRATION OF THAT PIECE. 
          UH, YOU SEE AN ANOTHER BLOOM SERIES. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE FINALIZING OUR BLOOM SERIES, A TRAIL OF FLOWERS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AT SEVEN DIFFERENT SITES. 
          UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE STAR OF TEXAS THAT, UH, WAS UNVEILED BY THE TEAM DURING THIS TIME PERIOD AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 
          AND AGAIN, WE HAVE THE, UH, ONE MORE PROJECT THAT'S UPCOMING, THE LATA MAVERICK PLAZA MURAL, AND AGAIN, FINALIZING THAT LAST BLOOM. 
          UM, AND WRAPPING THAT UP. 
          AND FINALLY, UM, WE ALSO, UH, KNOW THAT WE HAVE A BIG RESPONSIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING OVER 600 PIECES OF ARTWORK IN OUR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S COLLECTION. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT IS MAINTAINED, IT IS REPAIRED, UH, SO THAT IT CAN LAST FOR GENERATIONS. 
          AND SO OUR TEAM MANAGES THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THESE PROJECTS. 
          WE DO HAVE A MAINTENANCE PLAN. 
          WE'VE WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT OUR PUBLIC ART PIECES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OLDER PIECES, TO SEE WHAT STATE THEY'RE IN WHEN THEY MAY JUST NEED THAT FRESH COAT OF PAINT. 
          BUT WE ARE ALSO VERY RESPONSIVE WHEN IT COMES TO THE UNFORTUNATE, UM, INSTANCES OF VANDALISM. 
          WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, UH, AND ANY TEAM, UH, WHERE MAYBE A PIECE IS IN A PUBLIC PARK AND THERE'S BEEN VANDALISM TO OUR PIECE AND MAYBE THE AREA AROUND THAT. 
          SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE THESE FIXES HAPPEN. 
          AND WE AVERAGE ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT PROJECTS A YEAR. 
          MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING. 
          YOU CAN SEE, UM, VERY MUCH SO. 
          AND ONE PIECE THAT WAS REALLY NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR ARTIST COMMUNITY'S HEART IS, UM, THE PIECE HERE AT THE LACKLAND SKATE PARK. 
          AND THIS WAS A PIECE, UH, UH, BY ARTIST KATIE PELL. 
          SHE WAS A FANTASTIC MEMBER OF OUR ARTIST COMMUNITY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN AND REPAIR THAT PIECE SO THAT WE CAN KEEP NOT ONLY THE PUBLIC ART LEGACY GOING ON, BUT OUR, THE LEGACY OF AN ARTIST THAT LEFT US WAY TOO SOON. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT WE'VE HAD MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR, UM, AT THE, UH, WORLD HERITAGE AND THE MISSION TRAILS, UH, PIECES, AND ALSO OUR BUS STATIONS HERE. 
          SO REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WHEN ANYBODY SEES ANY, UH, KINDA ACTIVE VANDALISM, THEY OFTEN CALL THREE 11 AND WE CAN BE OUT THERE IMMEDIATELY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF CARE OF. 
          AND SO, THE PLANNING FOR THE 22 TO 2027 BOND, UM, WE WILL, AGAIN, FOLLOW ESSAY SPEAK UP, UH, TO DETERMINE THE PROJECT PRIORITIES WE'RE GONNA BE ACTIVATING THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ENGAGED. 
          WE'RE GONNA FOCUS, UH, THROUGH EQUITY, EQUITY THROUGHOUT THE COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          SO WHAT WE'VE HEARD THROUGH THIS BOND PROCESS IS THAT YOU REALLY WANNA FOCUS ON DISTRICTS. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THE INVESTMENT MADE THROUGHOUT OTHER, OTHER BONDS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, INVESTING IN DISTRICTS THAT MAY HAVE NOT HAD OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ART IN THE PAST. 
          WE ALSO HAVE HEARD THAT THERE'S, UH, COMMUNITIES AND, AND, AND, UH, DISTRICTS THAT MAYBE THERE'S A LARGE CONCENTRATE CONCENTRATION OF PUBLIC ART. 
          SO LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN ACTIVATE PUBLIC ART THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT SO IT'S NOT JUST IN ONE CERTAIN AREA. 
          AND IF THERE'S A BOND PROJECT THAT ALIGNS WITH THAT AREA, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT DOING THAT OVERLAY WITH OUR EXISTING PUBLIC ART. 
          WE'RE USING THAT GROWING PUBLIC ART PRE-QUALIFIED LISTS. 
          SO ANY ARTISTS YOU HAVE, SEND THEM OUR WAY, WE'RE HAPPY TO KEEP ADDING THEM TO OUR LIST. 
          AND CONTINUING TO PRIDE PROVIDE MENTORSHIP THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, SOME REAL SUCCESS IN ESPECIALLY OUR SAN ANTONIO ARTISTS ELEVATING THEIR PORTFOLIOS. 
          MAYBE THEY'VE BEEN HISTORICALLY TWO D ARTISTS AND THEY'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO A SCULPTURE. 
          WE ARE WORKING HAND IN HAND 
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WITH THEM TO, TO REALIZE THAT VISION AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY TOO CAN DO THREE D ART AS WELL AS TWO D ART. 
          AND MY FINAL SLIDE HERE IS OUR MARKETING AND PARTNERSHIPS. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO GO TO SAN ANTONIO.GOV/ARTS. 
          WE HAVE A ROBUST PUBLIC ART MAP. 
          YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT MAP, UH, IDENTIFY PUBLIC ART PROJECTS NEAR YOU, AND THEN IT'LL ALSO POPULATE WHAT OTHER PROJECTS REALLY CREATING KIND OF A TRAIL OR A JOURNEY THROUGH OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM, THROUGH OUR CITY, WE HAVE A ROBUST MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTREACH. 
          IT COMES WITH OUR DEDICATION PLANS, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THOSE STORIES TO TELL. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE RECENTLY, UH, HAD A PIECE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, UH, SAYING THAT THE SPHERES OF REFLECTION PIECE IN MARTIN LUTHER KING PARK IS A MUST SEE SCULPTURE. 
          SO WE ARE WORKING TO ELEVATE OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE'VE HAD COVERAGE IN GLASS TIRE, UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, COVERAGE IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ABOUT OUR PUBLIC ART PIECES. 
          AND AGAIN, JUST GETTING THAT WORD OUT. 
          AND TO DO THAT, IT REQUIRES A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS TO GET THE WORD OUT. 
          WE MEET ON A WEEKLY BASIS WITH, UM, VISIT SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE REALLY HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ALL THE TIME. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN ACTUALLY, UH, JOINING THEM FOR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT I P W WHEN IT COMES HERE IN 2023, MAKING SURE THAT THE OVER 500 INTERNATIONAL MEDIA THAT ARE COMING TO OUR TOWN ARE ABLE TO GO ON AT LEAST TWO TOURS AND ONE WILL BE FOCUSED ON PUBLIC ART WHEN IT COMES TO THE ARTISTIC TOURS. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, JUST ELEVATING THAT MESSAGE. 
          WE EVEN RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE PICTURE, TO TAKE TWO ARTISTS, UH, KELLY KELLY KAVANAUGH AND LUIS VATAS TO NEW YORK CITY TO MEET WITH MEDIA THERE AND TALK ABOUT OUR ART PROGRAM, INCLUDING PUBLIC ART. 
          AND THEN, UM, AGAIN, JUST THOSE CONNECTIONS, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, WE'VE, WE DO TALKS WITH U T S A ABOUT OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE HELPING THEM THROUGH A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR THEIR MURAL PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN THAT REALLY LEADS ME TO A CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE HAD WITH CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, THEY'RE REALLY MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS AND EXPANDING ART AND, AND WHAT ART LOOKS LIKE. 
          UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD AN INCREASED INTEREST FROM, UM, PRIVATE ENTITIES WHEN THEY SEE THIS ART THAT THE CITY'S DOING, THEY WANNA GET INVOLVED. 
          AND SO, UM, ANDY RODRIGUEZ WITH CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO IS HERE. 
          WE PARTNER WITH THEM ON THEIR OPEN CALLS AND ALSO DOING PRESENTATIONS LIKE THIS TO JUST TALK ABOUT OUR JOINT EFFORTS. 
          SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BRING HER UP AND TALK ABOUT HER ART EVERYWHERE PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR NURENBERG, COUNCIL MANAGER WALSH. 
          I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE AND, UH, CRYSTAL HAS DONE AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB, AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE ON HER TEAM. 
          MAKE SURE I'M DOING THIS. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          UM, AS CRYSTAL MENTIONED, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR ART EVERYWHERE PROGRAM TODAY, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. 
          I LOVE ART AND I'M SO PROUD TO REPRESENT OUR AMAZING TEAM AT CENTRO. 
          IT'S ONLY PART OF MY JOB, BUT I LOVE IT. 
          AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING IMPACT. 
          SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF AN ART EVERYWHERE OVERVIEW. 
          WE ARE A RELATIVELY YOUNG, UM, PROJECT INITIATIVE. 
          WE STARTED IN APRIL OF 2020, AND I ACTUALLY STARTED AT CENTRO IN FEBRUARY OF 2020. 
          AND WE HAD THIS GREAT IDEA, WE'RE GONNA START AN ART PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE GONNA FUSE DOWNTOWN WITH LOTS OF, UM, CREATIVE EXPRESSION, AND THEN THE PANDEMIC HIT. 
          AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES WHERE YOU KIND OF THINK, GOSH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS THAT ARE BIGGER THAN ART. 
          SHOULD WE REALLY PROCEED? WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS JUST PUT THIS ONE PIECE UP AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 
          AND THE RESPONSE WAS REALLY OVERWHELMING. 
          WE WERE SO EXCITED AND GOT SO MUCH FEEDBACK, SOCIAL MEDIA, SHARING EMAILS AND TELLING US HOW MUCH IT MEANT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WAS JOYFUL. 
          AND SO WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S JUST GO FOR IT. 
          AND SO WE CONTINUED AND HERE WE ARE. 
          UM, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE, UM, CRYSTAL AND HER TEAM ARE EXTRAORDINARY IN WHAT THEY DO. 
          BUT REALLY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WHAT A PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP DOES IS TO REALLY BOLSTER AND LEVERAGE THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT. 
          SO IT'S WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING THAT WHERE WE CAN PLAY A PART, AND WE'RE REALLY PLEASED AND HONORED TO DO THAT. 
          UM, AS I HAD MENTIONED, CENTRO, WE STARTED IN 2020, AND TO DATE, WE'VE PRODUCED 24 PROJECTS DOWNTOWN, AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT. 
          WE'RE DESIGNED TO BE A PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNER. 
          SO AGAIN, NOTHING REPLACES THE, THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          WHAT THEY'RE DOING ARE BIG, AMAZING PROJECTS, BUT WE KIND OF FILL IN THE CRACKS. 
          SO WE'RE, UM, PLEASED TO DO THAT. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS SO IMPORTANT IS WE PARTNER WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN, AS COUNCILMAN BRAVO KNOWS, WE NEED MORE STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          BUT MANY TIMES 
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ART IS A LITTLE BIT INTIMIDATING. 
          SO WHAT WE DO IS WE GO IN AND WE HELP WORK WITH THEM AND FIND SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR THEM. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE TALK ABOUT DOWNTOWN, WE TALK ABOUT OUR ENTIRE CITY. 
          THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN HARD, BUT ART CREATES A VIBRANCY THAT HELPS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME DOWNTOWN. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BY STRENGTHENING WHAT WE DO, WHO WE ARE AS A CITY AND DOWNTOWN, IT ALSO MAKES SURE THAT WE ARE KNOWN AS A CULTURAL HUB. 
          SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ABOUT WHAT ART EVERYWHERE ACTUALLY IS. 
          AND SO OUR IDEOLOGY, AS CRYSTAL CRYSTAL HAD REFERRED TO, IT'S A COMMUNITY-BASED COLLABORATION. 
          AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE, WE ARE NOTHING WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE THOUGHTFULLY SEEK OUT ARTISTS AND ART IDEAS WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES FROM ACROSS THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REPRESENTING EVERYONE BECAUSE DOWNTOWN BELONGS TO EVERYONE. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT IS REALLY, UH, A FOCUS OF WHAT WE DO IS WE REALLY STRIVE TO GIVE, UH, EMERGING ARTISTS OPPORTUNITY. 
          MANY TIMES IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE REALLY, UM, WELL-KNOWN OR VERY INFLUENTIAL IN THE GLOBAL ART WORLD. 
          WELL, OUR ARTISTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO ARE SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE. 
          AND SO THIS PROJECT KIND OF FILLS IN THE BLANKS AND HA HELPS THEM TO HAVE A PRESENCE DOWNTOWN. 
          ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT, UM, I THINK IS ALSO REALLY INTERESTING, AND I'LL GET TO THIS IN, UH, WHEN I TALK ABOUT O H P, BUT WE WANT TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO EXPRESS ART. 
          SOMETIMES IT IS, IT'S A MURAL ON A WALL, SOMETIMES IT'S A SCULPTURE. 
          BUT TRYING TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO, UM, EXPRESS THIS ART AND TO INSTALL IT IS A BIG FOCUS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          AND WE'RE EXCITED WITH OUR PROGRESS. 
          I HAD MENTIONED THE IDEA OF THE OUTREACH AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PRIVATE BUSINESSES, PRIVATE BUSINESS, PRIVATE, UH, BUILDINGS, OWNERSHIP. 
          THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE DOWNTOWN I'VE BEEN TOLD, UM, CAN BE A LITTLE BEIGE. 
          UM, AND, AND AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE, YOU KNOW, I'M ALL ABOUT COLOR, BUT, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE VISUAL ASPECT OF IT, BUT THE STORIES THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS TO TELL. 
          SO WHAT WE DO IN R O EVERYWHERE, WE OFFER A TURNKEY PROGRAM. 
          SO WE HELP, WE HELP WITH THE SELECTION, WE HELP WITH THE CURATION, AND THEN THE INSTALLATION OF ALL OF THIS ART, UH, INSTALLED IN THE PRIVATE REALM. 
          AND IT'S INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE LIKE COCA-COLA, OTHERS LIKE PEPSI, SO EVERYBODY HAS THEIR UNIQUE TASTE. 
          EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT IDEA OF PERHAPS WHAT ART IS, BUT WE WORK WITH EVERY PROPERTY OWNER AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS TO HELP THEM FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH ART SO THAT THEY, WHEN THEY'RE SELECTING A PIECE PIECE AND GIVING US THE PERMISSION TO PUT ART ON THEIR BUILDING, THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT. 
          IT WORKS FOR THEM, IT WORKS FOR THEIR CLIENTS. 
          AND THAT'S A REALLY BIG PART OF WHAT ART IS. 
          THE OTHER PART OF IT IS, I THINK THE PARTNERSHIP, UH, THIS IDEA OF FOSTERING TRUST IS VERY CRUCIAL BECAUSE AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC SUPPORT, BUT DO WE HAVE THE PRIVATE SUPPORT? AND IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO BE KNOWN AS A CITY THAT SUPPORTS ART AND ARTISTS, THIS IS A, A GOOD FIRST STEP. 
          I LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, ART IS MORE THAN PAINT ON A WALL. 
          UM, IT'S INTERESTING, WE ALL KNOW THAT DOWNTOWN LIES WITHIN A DESIGNATED HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND SOMETIMES THAT PROVIDES CHALLENGES FOR US, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT BECAUSE AS THEY SAY, IF YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH THE BACK DOOR, GO THROUGH A WINDOW. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO STRESS IS THAT EVERY PIECE THAT WE PUT UP FOR ART EVERYWHERE GOES THROUGH THESE STRICT GUIDELINES. 
          WE ADHERE TO THE PROCESSES AND THE APPROVALS FROM THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          I LOVE HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          AND THE, THE, UH, KEEPING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR HISTORIC FABRIC DOWNTOWN IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AS WELL, TO ALL OF US. 
          BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT AND YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT ART CAN BE EXPRESSED AND WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER DOWNTOWN, WELL, MAYBE THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. 
          THERE ARE WINDOW, THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF WINDOW FILM ON THE BASE OF THE FROST TOWER. 
          THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, LARGE SCALE MURAL THAT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE HYATT REGENCY HOTEL. 
          AND THAT WAS DONE ON A SUBSTRATE ADHERED TO A PANEL. 
          SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT. 
          WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW, AS I HAD MENTIONED, WE HAVE, UM, MANY PARTNERS, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO CREATE ART. 
          SO WE WORK, AS I'D MENTIONED WHAT THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          WE WORK WITH SETTER CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS WITH DOWNTOWN OWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS WITH THE COMMUNITY, WITH SCHOOLS, OBVIOUSLY OUR, OUR VERY STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE, AND OF COURSE, ARTISTS AND THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS, AND CRYSTAL HAD TOUCHED ON THIS, WAS MENTIONING THAT ART TELLS OUR STORIES. 
          THESE DAYS, IT'S SO CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE COME FROM AND WHO WE ARE, AND THESE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ART PRESENTS 
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TO US HELP US, HELP US REALIZE HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN COMMON. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE VULNERABLE AND YOU SHARE THESE STORIES, YOU REALIZE, OH MY GOSH, LIKE, THAT'S HOW I FELT. 
          OR, THIS, THIS HAPPENED TO ME, OR I FELT THE SAME WAY. 
          AND THESE KIND OF, THIS CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT ART ESTABLISHES IS REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY TODAY. 
          UM, I KNOW YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING TO HEAR THIS SLIDE, THE FOCUS AND FUNDING. 
          UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE'RE, WE ARE ALSO VERY FOCUSED ON OUR PRIMARY GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, UH, WHERE BOUNDARIES ARE WITHIN OUR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. 
          SO BASICALLY THAT'S THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT, THE EAST AND WEST SIDE WITH THE INTERSTATES, THE NORTH SIDE WITH I 35, AND THEN THE SOUTHERN BORDER, WHICH IS CESAR CHAVEZ. 
          SO BASICALLY WITHIN THAT REALM, THAT IS WHERE WE PUT OUR ART EVERYWHERE PROJECTS, AND WE HOPE TO EVENTUALLY EXPAND SOMEDAY. 
          BUT FOR NOW, THAT'S WHERE OUR FOCUS IS REGARDING OUR FUNDING. 
          WE HAVE A SMALL BUDGET. 
          WE ARE NOT A, A A, WE'RE NOT A PUBLIC ART DEPARTMENT. 
          WE ARE NOT THE ARTS DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE, BUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS LEVERAGE OUR DOLLARS. 
          OUR ANNUAL BUDGET IS $150,000, AND WE WERE FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE A CHURCH GRANT, AND THEN OUR MURALS ACTUALLY RAISED IN SIZE. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK, HOW MUCH IS A, HOW MUCH IS A PIECE OF ART? HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE ARTIST. 
          IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF SPONSORSHIP AND OTHER FUNDING WE CAN PULL IN. 
          BUT ALL ARTISTS ARE PAID BECAUSE YOU DESERVE, EVERYBODY DESERVES TO BE PAID FOR THE WORK, AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF DIGNITY. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS, ALWAYS OCCURS. 
          THE DOLLAR LEVERAGE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IN, UH, 2020 AND 2021. 
          SO OUR FISCAL YEAR WAS $160,000, AND WE'RE EXPECTING AN EVEN HIGHER LEVERAGE AMOUNT THIS YEAR. 
          THIS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE INITIALLY WHEN WE STARTED OUT, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD FUND, BUT WE HAD PARTNERS, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT HAVE UNDERWRITTEN ART, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME IN TO SPONSOR US. 
          WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND DONATE. 
          SO ALL OF THESE THINGS HELP US CREATE THIS LEVERAGE, WHICH ACTUALLY GIVES US, UH, OVER A ONE-TO-ONE AMOUNT OF, UH, OF LEVERAGE. 
          I WANTED TO SHOW YOU JUST QUICKLY, WE TALK ABOUT LEVERAGE, AND BASICALLY THAT JUST MEANS STRETCHING OUR DOLLARS. 
          AND SO THESE ARE A FEW OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE, AND ALSO PROJECTS THAT ARE, UH, UPCOMING TO THE LOWER RIGHT. 
          YOU'LL SEE TRAVIS PARK CHURCH, THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT WE DID WITH SIX MURALISTS AND ON THE SIDE OF THE CHURCH. 
          AND THEY'RE EXTRAORDINARY. 
          THEY'RE JUST AMAZING. 
          AND ALL OF THESE YOUNG EMERGING ARTISTS, WE PUT IN $10,000 AND WE WERE ABLE TO LAB LEVERAGE, EXCUSE ME, $20,000 MORE. 
          SO AGAIN, IT'S THESE PARTNERSHIPS AND THESE THINGS THAT WE DO WITH OTHERS THAT, UM, HELP US GET MORE ARTISTS AND ART OUT THERE, OTHER PROJECTS WITH, UH, LIVING IN MY SKIN. 
          WE HAVE A, A NEW AMAZING PIECE OF SCULPTURE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING. 
          IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY, WE DID NOT INVEST MONEY IN IT, BUT WE USED A LOT OF OUR TIME AND RESOURCES THAT WILL BE DONATED TO THE NEW U T S A SCHOOL OF DATA SCIENCE. 
          IT IS A SCULPTURE BY, UH, FLETCHER BENTON, WHO'S VERY KNOWN, AND WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT, UH, GIFTED TO U T S A. 
          AND THAT WAS JUST, UH, APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS THIS PAST WEDNESDAY. 
          SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          ON THE LOWER LEFT, YOU'LL SEE, UM, A GROUP OF WINDOWS THAT MAY LOOK FAMILIAR THAT'S IN THE BASE OF THE GRANT AND CREST BUILDING ON HOUSTON STREET. 
          SO WE HAD AN OPEN CALL WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE, AND KASA AND KAZA, AN ARTS COLLECTIVE, AN ARTS NONPROFIT COLLECTIVE. 
          AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET SO MANY ENTRIES. 
          WE WANTED TO SHOW THEM ALL. 
          WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT JUST DO 10, BUT WE'RE LIKE, NO, THERE ARE TOO MANY GREAT PIECES AND TOO MANY WONDERFUL ARTISTS. 
          SO WE'RE ACTUALLY USING WINDOW FILM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE COVERING 20 OF THE WINDOWS ON HOUSTON STREET, FORMERLY EMPTY, KIND OF A DERELICT SPACE, UM, THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE TURNED INTO SOMETHING REALLY BEAUTIFUL, VERY POSITIVE AND COLORFUL. 
          SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A SCULPTURE IN THE CENTER THAT WE WORKED WITH, UH, A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL TO, UM, HELP BRING IT ACROSS FROM CANADA. 
          AGAIN, WE DID NOT PAY ANY MONEY FOR THIS, BUT WE'RE HAVING IT ON LOAN IN A, IN A SPACE IN ZUNA. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT AS WELL. 
          THE, I MENTIONED THAT PIECE IN ZUNA, THE IDEA OF ART IS VERY CRITICAL TO THE IDEA OF PLACEMAKING. 
          SO WHEN YOU HAVE ONE, IT CAN CATALYZE ANOTHER. 
          AND I SHOWED TWO PICTURES HERE. 
          THESE IMAGES ARE PEACOCK ALLEY, AND IF YOU HAVE HEARD OF PEACOCK ALLEY, YOU KNOW THAT AT ONE POINT IN TIME IT WAS AN EMPTY ALLEY. 
          UM, NOT LOVED AT ALL, JUST VERY SAD. 
          AND WE TRIED PUTTING LIGHTS UP, YOU KNOW, IT HELPED A LITTLE BIT. 
          BUT WE INSTALLED AN AMAZING MURAL, UM, BY AN ARTIST NAMED SCOTCH, AND THAT KIND OF BROUGHT MORE LIFE INTO THIS SPACE. 
          AND SO WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND WE STARTED ACTIVATING IT. 
          AND IT REALLY HAS BEEN BRINGING PEOPLE OUT. 
          IT'S, IT'S SO EXCITING BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING SPACES THAT ARE FORMERLY NOT USED FOR PEOPLE, AND WE'RE MAKING THEM A SPACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO ART HELPS US DO THAT. 
          SO WHAT'S NEXT FOR ART 
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EVERYWHERE? WELL, OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA CONTINUE TO CREATE MORE BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS. 
          WE WANNA EXTEND THIS BECAUSE THE ADVOCACY, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PUTTING ART OUT THERE, BUT THE MORE ART THAT IS ON WALLS IN THE PUBLIC REALM, THE MORE ADVOCACY THERE WILL BE FOR ART AND ARTISTS. 
          AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF OUR MISSION. 
          WE ALSO WANNA INCREASE ART AND ACTIVATION. 
          THIS IDEA OF HYPER-LOCAL PLACEMAKING, THAT'S SOMETHING, AGAIN, THAT'S HELPFUL NOT JUST TO US LOCALS, BUT ALSO FOLKS THAT VISIT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT VISITORS WANNA HANG OUT WHERE THE LOCALS DO. 
          SO TAKING SOMETHING THAT WAS NOTHING, AND THEN MAKING IT SOMETHING IS AMAZING. 
          IT'S, IT'S MAGICAL. 
          WE ALSO WANNA DO OUR PART TO INCREASE THE, THE, UH, VALUE, THE PERCEIVED VALUE OF ART AND ARTISTS, BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S CRITICAL TO KEEPING ARTISTS AND ART IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THE MORE VALUE THAT WE HAVE FOR ARTISTS AND ART, THE MORE LIKELY WE'LL HAVE MORE ARTISTS MOVING HERE AND THE MORE ART WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH OUR, OUR FRIENDS, OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, ENHANCING OUR CENTRO ART CRAWLS AND INTERACTIVE ART WALK MAP. 
          WE JUST PREMIERED THIS, UH, RECENTLY AND WE'VE BEEN VERY EXCITED. 
          UM, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THE IDEA OF DOING AN ART WALK SOUNDS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, INTERESTING TO SOME, MAYBE NOT TO OTHERS, BUT, UM, OURS IS, UH, CONCENTRATED ALL OF DOWNTOWN. 
          IT EXTENDS FROM THE WEST, WHICH IS IN MARKET SQUARE ALL THE WAY ALMOST TO, TO THE ALAMO, 2.7 MILES. 
          AND THESE LITTLE BREADCRUMBS REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO EXPLORE DOWNTOWN AND TO SEE ALL THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER WAY BEYOND ART. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO END WITH THIS QUOTE. 
          UM, IT'S, I FEEL THAT IT REALLY, UM, EXEMPLIFIES PUBLIC ART. 
          PUBLIC ART IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AN ARTWORK IS NEVER REALLY FINISHED UNTIL IT HAS AN AUDIENCE. 
          THE VIEWER COMES TO THE WORK AND ESSENTIALLY REMAKES IT THROUGH THEIR EYES. 
          AND THIS INITIATES THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN ARTISTS AND THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND HAVING YOUR ART IN THE PUBLIC REALM IS VERY IMPORTANT TO AN ARTIST. 
          IT'S VERY POWERFUL BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING MORE DEMOCRATIC THAN BEING ABLE TO ACCESS ART, NOT HAVING TO GO INTO A MUSEUM. 
          NOT EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE GOING INTO A GALLERY, BUT IF YOU HAVE IT IN THE PUBLIC REALM, YOU CAN APPRECIATE IT, ENJOY IT, COMMUNICATE WITH IT AS OFTEN AS YOU WANT. 
          AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, I REALLY LIKE TO THINK THAT THE MORE THAT YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY THE ARTS, THE MORE YOU REALIZE YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT. 
          AND SO, PLEASE, UH, THANK, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, UM, HAVING ME HERE TODAY FOR KEEPING THIS MAGIC ALIVE. 
          AND, UM, APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE AND ARTISTS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANDY, UH, AND CRYSTAL FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THIS IS A VERY UPLIFTING, UH, PRESENTATION TO START US BACK FROM THE BREAK, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND NOT SURE WHO'S BEST TO ANSWER THIS, PROBABLY YOU, CRYSTAL, IF YOU COULD, UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC ART PIECES THAT ARE IN OUR INVENTORY NOW, DO WE HAVE, UH, SORT OF A, A, A, A GRAPH OF HOW THAT HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS SINCE WE'VE BEEN MAKING THESE MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN THE BOND? YEAH. 
          SO WE AND WHERE THEY ARE ON THE MAP? YEAH. 
          SO, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LIST OF ALL OF THE PUBLIC ART PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF EACH BOND. 
          UM, AND THEN WE DO, OF COURSE, HAVE AN INCOMPLETE INVENTORY LIST OF OUR PUBLIC ART PIECES AND HOW THEY CAME ABOUT AND WHICH DISTRICT THEY'RE IN. 
          UM, WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK INTO MAKING A GRAPH THAT SHOWS THAT INVESTMENT AND HOW IT'S INCREASED, YOU KNOW, EACH YEAR. 
          UH, BUT OUR PUBLIC ART MAP, WE DO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY DOES SHOW EXACTLY WHICH AREA WITH RED PIN POINTS, AND YOU CAN REALLY SEE WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED ON THE MAP. 
          AND I NOTE THE IRONY OF ME STARTING MY QUESTIONS ABOUT PUBLIC ART WITH, CAN YOU PUT IT ON A GRAPH? BUT IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE, UH, WHERE THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE OCCURRING BECAUSE THIS IS A, A PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND, AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, A LOT ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS AND, AND MORE OF THE REASON WHY WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OR LOOK FORWARD TO BEING SUPPORTIVE OF THE, UM, ONE AND A HALF, UH, PERCENT INVESTMENT FROM THE CAPITAL, UH, SIDE OF THE BOND AS WELL. 
          THE ONE AREA OF FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN FROM PUBLIC ARTISTS OVER TIME, AND I THINK THIS HAS ALSO CHANGED, UH, FAVORABLY, IS THAT THERE ART DOES TELL A STORY. 
          WE HAVE TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE EQUITY PART OF IT. 
          UH, AND I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN, UH, HISTORICALLY AN UNDERREPRESENTATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN PUBLIC ARTISTS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN DISPLAYED IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          HOW HAS THAT, UH, BEEN CHANGING? SO WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF, UM, BLACK ARTISTS ON OUR PRE-QUALIFIED LISTS, BUT THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. 
          AND SO, UH, WE'RE ARE REALLY LOOKING TO WORK WITH COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU MAYOR AND REALLY IDENTIFYING WHERE THOSE ARTISTS ARE. 
          WE HAVE MADE PARTNERSHIPS, UH, WITH ORGANIZATIONS, UH, LIKE THE ART OF FOUR 
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WITH MARIA WILLIAMS TO REALLY IDENTIFY WHERE ARE OUR ARTISTS COMMUNITY, WHERE DO THEY LIVE, AND HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS APPLICATION PROCESS IN PUBLIC ART IS TRULY FOR THEM. 
          AND SO WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE THAT OUTREACH TO THOSE COMMUNITIES AND ALSO ENSURE THAT OUR TEAM IS AVAILABLE TO WALK THEM THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WHAT IT MEANS. 
          WE'VE SEEN THAT SUCCESS, UH, TRULY WITH ALDRICK DOW. 
          HE WAS A NEW ARTIST ON OUR LIST THAT WE WERE ABLE TO INCLUDE ON THE LIST BECAUSE OF OUR OUTREACH AND TO ALSO SHOW HOW MENTORSHIP WORKS. 
          SO HE IS HISTORICALLY A TWO D ARTIST, AND HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE THIS THREE D SCULPTURE HAPPEN THAT'S BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. 
          SO I THINK THAT WITH, UH, ALSO THAT CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THAT STORY, WE CAN HELP IDENTIFY THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND THOSE ARTISTS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH MORE COLLABORATIVELY BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THAT PROGRESS. 
          AND I LOVE IT WHEN, UM, YOU KNOW, CURRENT EVENTS INTERSECT WITH OUR PUBLIC ART SPACE AS THEY HAVE DURING THE, DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          AND WE HAD MURALS THAT WERE IN COLLABORATION WITH METRO HEALTH. 
          THERE WERE A SERIES OF MURALS THAT WERE CREATED, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO, TO MASK UP AND GET VACCINATED, ET CETERA. 
          ARE THOSE MURALS GONNA BE THERE? UM, ARE ARE, I MEAN, FOREVER OR HOW ARE WE GONNA HANDLE THOSE? SO FOR THE METRO HEALTH PIECES IN PARTICULAR MM-HMM. 
          , SO, UM, THOSE PIECES ARE ON PRIVATE BUSINESSES. 
          SO WHEN THEY ARE ON PRIVATE BUSINESS, UH, THE EXTERIOR, SOMETIMES THOSE BUSINESSES DO CHANGE. 
          IT IS REALLY UP TO THE, UH, INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS OWNER. 
          UH, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO METRO HEALTH AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THOSE, YOU KNOW, BEST PRACTICES ON WHAT TO DO WITH THAT ARTWORK. 
          BECAUSE QUITE OFTEN IT IS RETURNED TO THE ARTIST TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF THAT MOMENT AND MAKE SURE THOSE PIECES STILL EXIST. 
          BUT THEY ARE, THEY WERE ON PRIVATE BUSINESSES MORE OF AN ADVERTISING PIECE. 
          SO, UM, WELL, I THINK SOME OF THOSE, UH, ARE TIME PIECES THAT WE SHOULD WORK TO, TO MAINTAIN IF IT'S POSSIBLE. 
          UM, AND SPEAKING OF WHICH, YOU MENTIONED WE'RE MARKETING, UH, FOR THIS, AND IF I CAN JUST PUT IN A PLUG, THERE IS GONNA BE A BOOK RELEASED. 
          I THINK YOUR OFFICE IS ENGAGED WITH ARTHUR DE PUEBLO AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT, BUT, UH, YEAH. 
          SO THAT IS A FANTASTIC BOOK BY PHOTOGRAPHER, DR. 
          FREDERICK PRESTON. 
          ALSO CARMEN TAFOYA IS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT, AND WE ARE WORKING TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM FOR A BOOK RELEASE AT LATA. 
          IT IS REALLY A CELEBRATION OF PUBLIC ART. 
          HE HAS WENT AND TAKEN PICTURES OF EACH PUBLIC ART PIECE IN OUR CITY, AND IT'S A CELEBRATION OF, OF THOSE ARTISTS THAT WERE PART OF IT. 
          SO ALL OF THOSE PUBLIC ARTISTS ARE GOING TO BE INVITED, UM, EMERGING AND PROSPECTIVE PUBLIC ARTISTS WILL BE INVITED TO THAT SPACE FOR THAT BOOK RELEASE. 
          AND DR. 
          PRESTON HAS BEEN SO GRACIOUS BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING ON A PARTNERSHIP WITH HIM AND A LICENSE AGREEMENT WHERE HE IS JUST DONATING THOSE IMAGES TO US TO USE FOR MARKETING PURPOSES SO THAT WHEN WE'RE REACHING OUT TO MEDIA OUTLETS, WHEN WE HAVE THOSE STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, WE HAVE THESE FANTASTIC, UM, PHOTOS BY THIS PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, THAT WE CAN USE. 
          SO IT'S JUST, THEY'RE FANTA FANTASTIC. 
          WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL GET AN INVITE TO THAT OPENING OF RECEPTION. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, AND LAST QUESTION. 
          I, I WAS STRUCK BY A MURAL THAT, UH, AND, AND FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION AROUND THE ART EVERYWHERE MURAL PROGRAM, AND LET ME JUST TELL YOU HOW BIG A FAN I AM OF THE PROGRAM, CONTINUE YOUR EFFORTS AND WHEN THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FRICTION CREATED WITH THE ART, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. 
          SO KEEP AT IT. 
          UH, CENTRO AND ANDY AND, AND DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE, I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING DOWN THERE. 
          I WISH IT COULD SPREAD IN, IN MORE PLACES IN TOWN AND I HOPE IT DOES. 
          UM, ON SLIDE 25, I SWEAR I HAVE DRIVEN BY, AND I THINK I PROBABLY DRIVE BY THIS MURAL EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT WHAT IS THE AMISTAD? CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE AMISTAD MURAL IN THE BOTTOM MIDDLE OF THAT? I THINK IT'S IMAGE THAT'S YOURS, ANDY. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR NUREMBERG. 
          UM, THE AMISTAD, UH, MURAL IS ACTUALLY IN MARKET SQUARE AND IT'S KIND OF IN THE BACK OF WHERE, UH, LA MARGARITA IS, WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND IT WAS INTERESTING, AGAIN, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR, UM, PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UH, THE CORTEZ FAMILY, LA FAMILIA CORTEZ. 
          AND INTERESTINGLY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT AND BASICALLY WHAT I DO IS I TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND TRY TO GET THEM TO THINK ABOUT PUTTING SOME ART ON THEIR BUILDING OR FIND A WAY THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. 
          AND SO I APPROACHED, UM, MR. PETE CORTEZ AND ASKED IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WE COULD DO, THAT WALL COULD REALLY USE SOME LOVE AND SOME ART. 
          AND SO WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UM, WHAT KIND OF CONCEPT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO WITH OUR PROGRAM. 
          WE TALK, WELL, WHAT WOULD WORK FOR YOU? WHAT DO YOU THINK? AND SO THIS IDEA OF AMISTAD WAS ACTUALLY AN IDEA OF HIS FATHER'S, UM, MR. JORGE CORTEZ AND THIS IDEA OF WORKING TOGETHER, OF OUTSTRETCHED HANDS. 
          AND SO IT'S INTERESTING IT, THERE, YOU MIGHT NOTICE A LITTLE HOMAGE TO, UM, MICHELANGELO, A MICHELANGELO PAINTING WHERE THERE ARE, IT'S IN HEAVEN AND THEY'RE REACHING OUT. 
          BUT THIS IDEA IS REALLY ABOUT IF 
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WE, IF WE STRETCH, IF WE TRY, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND COMMONALITY, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. 
          AND SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THE MEXICO, THE FLAG OF MEXICO, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THEN TWO HANDS. 
          AND SO, UM, AND THEN THE LITTLE  AT THE TOP. 
          BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO HIM AND HIS FATHER AND WE WERE HONORED AND PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO INSTALL THIS. 
          YEAH. 
          LONG ANSWER, SHORT QUESTION. 
          SORRY. 
          NO, IT'S GREAT. 
          I THINK THAT THIS IS AN IMAGE AND A MURAL THAT WE SHOULD PUT EVERYWHERE WE POSSIBLY CAN BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO HOW WE TRY TO MARKET OUR CITY IN GENERAL. 
          SO I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANDY. 
          UH, AND CRYSTAL, UH, LAST PART, CRYSTAL, IT'S NOT A QUESTION BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER IT 'CAUSE ANDY WILL JUMP ON ME BECAUSE IT'S NOT GERMANE. 
          BUT YOU DID MENTION FILM AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FUNDING OUR FILM INCENTIVE PROGRAM, UH, THIS YEAR. 
          I KNOW IT'S NOT LATE AND THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE, MAYOR, THAT'S, YEAH, WELL, OKAY. 
          ANDY SAID YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ANSWER IT THEN. 
          CRYSTAL THOUGHT I WOULD BE OFF THE HOOK. 
          NO. 
          UM, SO YEAH, SO, UH, OUR FILM INCENTIVE, UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE COVID IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET WAS SUSPENDED, BUT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO, UH, HOPE TO HOPEFULLY REINSTATE THAT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          SO, AND LET ME PUT IN EARLY WORDS OF SUPPORT FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S, UM, A LOT OF ACTION HAPPENING THAT, THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IF WE PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ASSIST FOR THE INDUSTRY. 
          SO. 
          GREAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU CRYSTAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION NOW WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU CRYSTAL AND ANDY FOR, UM, YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR ART. 
          SO I I I LOVE HAVING PRESENTATIONS BY YOU ALL BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS JUST MAKE EVERYTHING SO MUCH BRIGHTER. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA JUST SAY THAT, THAT, UH, THE STAR OF TEXAS IS BEAUTIFUL AT THE AIRPORT. 
          I THINK WE DID NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          UM, AND I'M A BIG FAN OF LIVING IN MY SKIN AND THE COVID MURALS AS WELL. 
          I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR JUST MENTIONED THEM. 
          SO ANYTHING THAT THAT WE CAN DO TO KEEP THEM UP, I DO THINK IT'LL BE A PART OF OUR HISTORY, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE LOCATIONS THAT THEY WERE SELECTED AND IT AFFECTED OUR COMMUNITIES A GREAT DEAL. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO TO HELP, UM, WITH THAT ADVOCACY? PLEASE COUNT ME IN. 
          UM, I WAS RECENTLY IN EL PASO AND THEY, UH, HAVE THEIR TRANSFORMERS, THEIR ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS ARE, UM, PAINTED, UH, WITH DIFFERENT, UH, FLOWERS AND JUST, IT, IT, IT LOOKS SO NEAT AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER EVER CONSIDERED DOING THAT OR IF C P S WOULD LET US, UM, BUT I'M WONDERING IF ANYBODY HAS EVER THOUGHT OF THAT. 
          IT JUST LOOKED SO NEAT AND WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE SOME OTHER ARTISTS AROUND DOWNTOWN SPECIFICALLY. 
          HAVE Y'ALL EVER WORKED ON THAT OR, OR THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? AND IT WAS A BIG TRANSFORMERS, LIKE THE GREEN ONES, AND THEY, IT WAS JUST ANOTHER CANVAS BASICALLY FOR ARTISTS. 
          I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          I KNOW, UM, ON A VERY SMALLER SCALE ON NEIGHBORHOODS, THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, COMPANIES LIKE, UM, I'M FORGETTING THE ACTUAL INTERNET COMPANY, BUT THEY ACTUALLY DECORATE THEIR GOOD, THEIR BOXES WITH ART. 
          SO, UH, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS DONE TO DATE, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY CONVERSATIONS THAT WE CAN HELP SPUR, UM, MAYBE EVEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARTNERS LIKE, UH, CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO TO TALK ABOUT WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR BUSINESSES TO INVEST IN ART. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU CRYSTAL. 
          AND THEN, UM, I KNOW THAT, THAT TIM SENT YOU A ONE PAGER, BUT WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN SPRUCING UP. 
          WE'RE PLANNING ON OUR SOLAR WALK PARTNERSHIP WITH U T S A AND, AND SOME OF THE TEAM THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THE ECLIPSE, IT'S COMING IN 2024. 
          AND SO I'VE BEEN MAKING A BIG PUSH FOR SCIENCES IN, IN MY DISTRICT, AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE HAVE THE SOLAR WALK SET UP AT PEARSALL PARK SOON. 
          CROSS YOUR FINGERS RIGHT? UM, THAT WE GET FUNDING FOR IT. 
          UM, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE THAT IN INTERACTIVE ART PIECE AS WELL. 
          SO INVOLVES SOME, UM, ADDITIONAL PARTNERS IN THERE. 
          UH, PALO ALTO ORIGINALLY SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE ALL IN PORT SAN ANTONIO IS IN, AND SO, UM, BRIDGING THE ARTS WITH THE SCIENCES OF STEAM INSTEAD OF STEM IS IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          SO, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT OFFLINE CONVERSATION, BUT I KNOW THAT TIM SENT THAT ONE PAGER OVER TO YOU ALREADY. 
          UM, I ALSO WANTED TO, UH, THANK ANDY BECAUSE I MET EARLY ON WITH MATT BROWN LAST YEAR, UM, ABOUT THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AIR FORCE. 
          AND I KNOW THAT, UM, HE HAD COMMITTED TO SOME OF THE DOWNTOWN ARTWORK THAT'S COMING UP TO CELEBRATE THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY. 
          AND SO WE HAVE, UH, THE 50 OUTTA 52 WEEKENDS THE GRADUATION. 
          AND NOW THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE FAMILIES COME BACK TO THE RIVER WALK, UH, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO FOCUS ON OUR MILITARY. 
          UM, AND SPECIFICALLY THE 75TH IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO ANDY, I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE ARE ON THAT, BUT I, I THINK THAT MATT WAS PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, UH, GARCIA? UH, YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT. 
          WE HAVE SO MANY IDEAS. 
          I'M A DEPARTMENT OF ONE. 
          BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. 
          AND IT'S INTERESTING, THE, UM, THE, UM, UH, MURAL THAT, UM, MAYOR NURNBERG HAD POINTED OUT, THE AMISTAD MURAL WAS PAINTED BY A REALLY WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN. 
          UM, HE GOES BY THE NAME OF GHOST, BUT HE WAS A 12 YEAR IRAQI WAR VETERAN. 
          AND SO HE'S ACTUALLY DONE TWO MURALS 
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FOR US. 
          THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S UP CLOSER TO THE LOCK AND DAM UP, UP ON THE RIVER, BUT HE CAME, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE CRAZIEST THINGS. 
          HE LIKE, I HAVE AN IDEA, AND YOU'RE LIKE, LET'S HEAR IT. 
          MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING. 
          AND IT WAS INTERESTING, AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IT, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A MICROFILM ON OUR WEBSITE TALKING ABOUT HOW ART HELPED HIM HEAL. 
          HE HAD A LOT OF P T S D A LOT OF STRUGGLE GETTING BACK INTO CIVILIAN LIFE. 
          A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE, THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE DIFFICULT FOR HIM, BUT ART HELPED HIM HEAL. 
          ART HAS GOTTEN HIM TO WHERE HE IS TODAY. 
          AND SO IT'S THOSE KIND OF STORIES, EVERY PIECE OF ART THAT WE'VE DONE. 
          THERE'S AN AMAZING STORY. 
          I WON'T, I WON'T WEAR YOU OUT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STORY AND SO ABSOLUTELY. 
          IF YOU WANNA TALK MORE ABOUT THAT, COUNCILWOMAN, HAPPY TO, BECAUSE IT'S ON MY LIST, SO THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANDY. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, WHEN WE, WE HAD, LAST FRIDAY, WE HAD, UH, A LOT OF STEM TEACHERS HERE AT THE INVITATION OF U T S A. 
          AND SO I WAS KIND OF PITCHING THE SOLAR WALK PROJECT TO THEM AND, AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN IT. 
          AND SO, UM, THEY ASKED ME, AND I COMPLETELY FORGOT WHAT THE ANSWER WAS, BUT HOW OFTEN DOES THE ART AT CITY HALL CHANGE? THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED. 
          AND HOW DOES IT GET SELECTED? ALSO, CRYSTAL, WHILE YOU'RE COMING UP HERE? SO THE PIECES AND THE, THE NICHES IN PARTICULAR, YES. 
          IN THOSE ENT ENTRY AREAS, THAT'S, THOSE ARE PERMANENT PIECES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THE IDEA FOR THE ARTWORK THAT'S THERE CURRENTLY IS TO BE THERE FOR, UH, QUITE SOME TIME. 
          SO IF THERE IS, UH, A REQUEST IN THE FUTURE FOR THAT ARTWORK TO, UH, SWITCH OUT, WE'D HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE THOSE PIECES WERE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED FOR CITY HALL. 
          UM, AND, UH, AGAIN, THAT THE PUBLIC ART PIECES IN THAT, IN THAT, UH, PROJECT WERE THROUGH A PUBLIC ART PROCESS. 
          UM, THOSE NICHES IN PARTICULAR, UH, THOSE ARTISTS SUBMITTED PROPOSALS WHICH WERE EVALUATED AND REVIEWED AND SCORED. 
          UM, AND, UH, THEN THE OTHER ART PIECES WERE A PART OF OUR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S COLLECTION, AND WHERE WE WORKED WITH THE CLIENT DEPARTMENTS WITH CITY HALL TO REALLY IDENTIFY PIECES THAT WOULD REFLECT, UH, SAN ANTONIO AND SAN ANTONIO ARTIST. 
          SO THAT'S HOW THOSE PIECES CAME TO BE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, CRYSTAL. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, I HAD A MEETING THE OTHER DAY WITH, UM, COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ, AND HE WAS, UH, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT A MURAL PROJECT THAT HE HAS BEEN TALKING TO YOU ALL ABOUT. 
          AND, UM, WHENEVER THAT GETS GOING, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT D FOUR ONE'S IN AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, AND, AND COUNCILMAN MCKEE HAS SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS ABOUT THAT. 
          SO I'D LOVE TO JUST KIND OF SEE WHERE YOU ALL ARE GOING WITH THAT AND, AND ADD MY PLUG AGAIN TO, TO SEE IF WE COULD PARTICIPATE. 
          UM, MY NEXT QUESTION IS ON DIGITAL ART. 
          HOW DO YOU HANDLE DIGITAL ART? OR HOW ARE YOU ENCOURAGING DIGITAL ART? SO, UM, DIGITAL ART IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS WELL WITH SIGN ORDINANCE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO REALLY ENSURE THAT IT IS UNIQUE. 
          IT CAN BE, UM, REPLICATED. 
          IT REALLY HAS TO BE ARTISTIC. 
          SOMETIMES PROJECTS WILL COME AND SAY, THIS IS A DIGITAL ART PIECE, BUT IT MAY BE MORE OF AN ADVERTISEMENT OR A BILLBOARD OF SORTS. 
          SO IT'S REALLY A CASE BY CASE BASIS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR, WE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN EXPANDING OUR PRO OUR PROGRAM, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON MURALS, ON, UH, SCULPTURES, ON THOSE KIND OF ARTS TO SIGN ENHANCEMENTS, THINGS THAT CAN LAST A LONG TIME WHEN IT COMES TO DIGITAL ART. 
          THERE IS A, A MAINTENANCE THAT THAT COMES ABOUT. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT, WHEN IT COMES TO DIGITAL, DIGITAL ART ABOUT THE LONGEVITY OF A PROJECT. 
          BUT CERTAINLY IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER, UH, LIGHTING AND, UH, PROGRAMMED, UH, ART, YOU SEE BILL FITZGIBBONS PIECE, UH, UNDER, UH, THE BRIDGE THERE THAT'S CONNECTING DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT ONE, UH, YOU EVEN SEE, UM, CITY HALL. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF DIGITAL TO CHANGE OUT THOSE LIGHTING, BUT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT ADVANCING IN WAYS THAT WE CAN EXPLORE BRINGING OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM INTO THE FUTURE, BUT ALSO IN A VERY THOUGHTFUL WAY TO ENSURE THAT IF ONE TECHNOLOGY PIECE, UM, GOES HAYWIRE, THAT IT DOESN'T BRING THE ENTIRE PIECE DOWN FOR YEARS. 
          SO, UM, UH, BUT WE'RE INTERESTED IN HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND SPEAKING TO ARTISTS ABOUT DIGITAL ART AND OTHER COMMUNITIES, HOW IT'S DONE, BECAUSE WE DO WANNA BRING IT TO THE FUTURE. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND I WAS LOOKING LIKE EVEN AT REPLICATING SOMETHING, LIKE WHAT'S DONE AT THE CATHEDRAL RIGHT. 
          AT, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE REASON IN, IN D THREE AT THE MISSIONS, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S JUST SO BEAUTIFUL. 
          AND HOW CAN WE GET THAT DONE IN OTHER LOCATIONS? AND I KNOW WITH THE MISSIONS IT'S A LITTLE BIT SENSITIVE, OBVIOUSLY. 
          UM, BUT WHAT ARE SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE MAYBE ACROSS THE CITY TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING LIKE THIS OR, OR SIMILAR TO THE SAN FERNANDO, THE, THE SAGA, RIGHT? YES. 
          THE SAGA. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO JUST SOMETHING TO, TO CONSIDER. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UM, JUST IF LATER ON YOU CAN GIVE ME A BREAKDOWN OF THE PARTICIPATION FROM D FOUR, UH, IN FEEDBACK AS WELL AS IN ARTIST, UM, I'D, I'D LOVE TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL ONES IN THERE. 
          BUT THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, CRYSTAL, AND THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
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THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE MET QUITE A BIT ACTUALLY AT COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND THEN THE, THE TEAM MEETINGS AND ALL OF THAT. 
          SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE, UM, WITH EVERYONE. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'VE ASKED EACH OF THESE QUESTIONS, BUT YOU'VE PROBABLY GOTTEN THEM BEFORE. 
          UM, BUT I DO WANT TO STRESS THAT, UM, SO FOR THE BOND PROJECTS, I NOTICED THAT 14 WERE BLACK INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
          UM, I STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT INDICATOR OR WITH THAT, UH, CATEGORY BEING SO BROAD, UM, RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE IN A MAJORITY LATINO HISPANIC COMMUNITY, I WOULD EXPECT THAT A MAJORITY WOULD BE, A MAJORITY OF OUR ARTISTS SHOULD BE REPRESENTED, UM, FROM THAT COMMUNITY. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BLACK SPECIFIC CATEGORY. 
          UM, THE REASON BEING IS THAT IF WE PUT EVERYONE TOGETHER AS BIPO, THEN YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE BLACK. 
          UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE AN INCREASE. 
          I MEAN, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST BE MORE SPECIFIC IN GENERAL. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE A CATEGORY FOR ASIAN MIDDLE EASTERN, PACIFIC ISLANDER, UM, AS WELL AS OTHER, OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS SUCH AS DISABLED ARTISTS OR L G B T Q ARTISTS, OR, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING WE CAN THINK OF. 
          I THINK IT'S GOOD TO JUST HAVE A DIVERSE ARRAY OF EXPERIENCES AND TO NAME THOSE. 
          UM, I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT ONLY FIVE OF THE LEAD ARTISTS WERE FEMALE. 
          AND SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN, UH, INCREASE THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN ARTISTS. 
          AND I KNOW, I, I THINK ALL, MANY OF THE ARTISTS THAT I CAN THINK OF ON THE EAST SIDE ARE WOMEN. 
          AND SO IF YOU NEED RECOMMENDATIONS, I GOT YOU. 
          UM, I ALSO, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REPRESENTATION, I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THIS CITY WAS BUILT BY THE WORKING CLASS AND OUR HISTORY AND OUR CULTURE AS A RESULT OF THE CREATIVITY OF WORKING CLASS FAMILIES. 
          AND SO OUR INVESTMENT ARTS AND CULTURE, UM, SHOULD REFLECT THAT HISTORY AND SHOULD REFLECT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS POPULATION AND REFLECTED IN HOW WE SPEND OUR MONEY AS WELL, AND THE TI AND WHICH ARTISTS ARE GETTING, UH, FUNDING. 
          AND I ALREADY HIT ON DEMOGRAPHICS. 
          SORRY. 
          I KNOW IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT. 
          I WRAPPED THAT ONE UP WITH A PRETTY BOW, BUT YOU KNOW, WHERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING FOR. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PRE-QUALIFIED LIST. 
          AND SO FOR THE PRE-QUALIFIED LIST, THE BIG LIST WITH ALL THE ARTISTS, DO WE KNOW, IS THERE A PERCENTAGE OF, UH, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT LIST HAVE COMPLETED PROJECTS OR HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY THEIR WORK OR, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONES HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITIES? SO FOR THAT LIST, WE COLLECT THEIR PORTFOLIOS. 
          THEY HAVE TO BE A PART OF OUR SAN ANTONIO ARTIST REGISTRY. 
          UH, SO WE DO HAVE EXAMPLES OF THEIR WORK. 
          THEY CAN SELF-IDENTIFY CURRENTLY IF THEY'RE MERGING, IF THEY HAVEN'T HAD A PUBLIC ART PIECE, IF THEY ARE ESTABLISHED, IF THEY HAVE HAD A PUBLIC ART PIECE. 
          UM, SO THAT IS CONSIDERED WHEN IN THAT, IN THAT LIST, WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT BROKEN OUT BY, IF THEY'RE MERGING, IF THEY ARE ESTABLISHED, IF THEY'RE MID-CAREER, IF MAYBE THEY'VE EXHIBITED, BUT THEY HAVEN'T HAD A PUBLIC ART COMMISSION. 
          UH, SO WE DO COLLECT THAT INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR CAREER AND ALSO THEIR ENTIRE PORTFOLIO, UH, WHICH EXTENDS ANY EXHIBITS THEY'VE HAD, ANY PIECES OF PUBLIC ART, ANYTHING THEY'VE CREATED AS A PART OF THAT PORTFOLIO. 
          I GUESS MORE WHAT MY QUESTION IS, IS DO WE KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM WE'VE GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO, OH, LIKE IF THEY ALREADY HAVE A PUBLIC ART, UM, OPPORTUNITY, YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN TAKE A BREAKOUT OF, UH, HOW MANY ARTISTS THERE ARE IN OUR THAT HAVE RECEIVED PROJECTS AND THEIR NAMES AND, AND THEN COUNT THOSE UP IF, UH, WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE, UH, SPREAD THE LOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT THE SAME ARTIST EVERY TIME. 
          UM, SO, UH, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY BREAK THAT OUT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND WHEN YOU, UM, SAID THE PHRASE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ARTISTS THAT WE'VE LOST TOO SOON, OR, UH, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, IT, IT IS CHILLING AND IT'S HEARTBREAKING. 
          AND SO I'M WONDERING HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT OUR ARTISTS ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF? AND I'LL SAY SPECIFICALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A $5,000 GRANT, RIGHT? UM, THAT TO ME DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT WOULD, IT FEELS LIKE IT MIGHT COVER MATERIALS, IT WOULD COVER SPACE. 
          UM, BUT I, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS FOR THEM? AND, YOU KNOW, SO I I, ONE, I SAY THAT TO, YOU KNOW, GET AN ANSWER AND LIKE, WHAT DO WE DO TO PROTECT, TO TAKE CARE OF ARTISTS? AND THEN ALSO I WOULD, LIKE I SAY IT BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US INCREASE THAT GRANT SIZE EVENTUALLY. 
          AND I'M SAYING THAT AWARE THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO ENTER BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. 
          AND SO, SO THAT PARTICULAR GRANT, UH, THE PREMISE, UH, OF A PART OF OUR INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT WAS LOOKING AT US SUPPORTING PROJECTS, SUPPORTING PART OF THE PROJECTS. 
          AND THE REALLY, THE, THE REASONING BEHIND THE $5,000 IS TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN SHOW THAT THEY HAVE CITY SUPPORT. 
          THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER GRANT PRO PROGRAMS OUT THERE FOR THEM TO 
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LEVERAGE THAT CITY SUPPORT. 
          UM, AND I WILL SAY THAT PART OF OUR GRANT PROCESS, WE ARE COLLECTING FEEDBACK FROM OUR ARTIST, NOT ONLY ABOUT THE APPLICATION PRO PROCESS, BUT ALSO THE ACTUAL PROCESS. 
          AND A PART OF THAT, UM, FEEDBACK, WE ARE ACTUALLY ASKING HOW, UH, MUCH OF THIS DID IT COVER, UM, IN TERMS OF YOUR BUDGET, THAT WAS PART OF THEIR SUBMISSION, BUT HOW MUCH DID IT ACTUALLY COVER SO THAT WE CAN SEE IS THIS POTENTIALLY COVERING AN ENTIRE PROJECT BECAUSE THERE MAY BE, OR WHERE IS THAT GAP? AND THEN WE CAN USE THAT INFORMATION, UH, TO POTENTIALLY INFORM FUTURE POLICY DISCUSSIONS OR PROCESS DISCUSSIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, YOU KNOW, I DID HAVE A VERY BEAUTIFUL CONVERSATION WITH COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA, UH, YESTERDAY, I THINK IT WAS RIGHT. 
          UM, AND I, I JUST EXPRESSED THAT ONE OF MY BIG GOALS IS FOR THE EAST SIDE AND FOR DISTRICT TWO, I WANNA SEE ART EVERYWHERE. 
          UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO EXPAND THE TYPES OF ART. 
          AND I WANT, I, I LOVE ART. 
          UM, I'M A WANNABE MURALIST. 
          I HAVE MURALS IN MY HOUSE THAT I DID. 
          BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS ARTIST RESIDENCIES, UM, VERY EXPANSIVE MURAL PROGRAMS, GRAFFITI PARKS, UM, BUT ALSO LOOK INTO LIKE THE HUMAN SIDE OF IT AND DO THINGS LIKE MENTORSHIP. 
          AND I KNOW MENTORSHIP IS ALREADY A PART OF, AND THE CAPACITY BUILDING IS A PART OF, BUT EVEN INTERVENTION. 
          SO WHEN WE KNOW THERE'S INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE WHO ARE GRAFFITIING, HOW CAN WE CONNECT THEM WITH ARTISTS AND TURN THAT INTO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE OR BEAUTIFUL? UM, AND I'VE SPOKEN TO A NUMBER OF ARTISTS AND SPECIFICALLY, UH, STREET ARTISTS WHO HAVE, WHOSE LIVES WERE CHANGED BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, AS WELL, I'M GOING TO DO A MODERATE, A MODERATE PLUG FOR, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY I THINK SAN ANTONIO HAS, RIGHT? SO SOCIAL MEDIA IS BIG, IT FEELS LIKE, I CAN'T REMEMBER A TIME WITHOUT SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT IT'S, IT'S RELATIVELY RECENT AND IT'S A NEW, IT'S A NEW TYPE OF ART. 
          AND I THINK SAN ANTONIO SHOULD INVEST IN LEADING, IN DEVELOPING ARTISTS WHO ARE CONTENT CREATORS WHO CAN BECOME LEADERS IN THE INDUSTRY, IN THE NATION, BECAUSE CONTENT CREATION IS GRAPHIC AND DIGITAL DESIGN, IT'S VISUAL AND PERFORMING ART, IT'S FILM AND ANIMATION, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ART. 
          AND SO I REALLY WANT TO EXPLORE AND HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN INVEST IN THAT AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE FOR THAT. 
          BUT OVERALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER KIO. 
          HDA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, CRYSTAL AND ANDY. 
          UH, CRYSTAL, I THINK YOU SUMMED IT UP NICELY WHEN YOU SAID, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO ART IN SAN ANTONIO, WHEN YOU SAID, WE WANT MORE, I THINK THAT'S MAYBE THE THEME OF, OF WHAT SOME OF US ARE SAYING UP HERE. 
          I FEEL STRONGLY THAT ARTS IS THE WAY TO, UM, I THINK WE ARE A WORLD CLASS CITY, BUT I THINK I, I, I REALLY THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S, UM, PART OF OUR IDENTITY AND IT REALLY SHOWS THAT YOU'RE IN SAN ANTONIO AND, UM, WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, WHEN YOU SEE THE, UM, THE TORCH, YOU KNOW, THAT SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE TAKEN THAT, UM, SO SERIOUSLY AND, AND REALLY BRING THAT IMPORTANCE TO ART IN OUR CITY. 
          AND I LOVE HEARING ANDY TALK SO PASSIONATELY ABOUT ART DOWNTOWN AND THE EFFECT THAT IT HAS ON OUR LOCALS AND OUR VISITORS, AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED, AND REALLY OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL, THEY, THEY ALL BENEFIT. 
          UM, SO IT'S, WE ALL BENEFIT FROM ART. 
          SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND YOUR PASSION FOR IT. 
          AND, AND FOR BOTH OF YOU, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. 
          UM, AND I WANNA KNOW HOW WE CAN DO MORE. 
          I, I DO WANNA MENTION PUBLIC ART IS VITAL TO ALL PARTS OF OUR CITY, AND THERE, THERE ARE HIDDEN PEACOCK ALLEYS ALL OVER THE CITY, AND I'D LOVE TO SEE US FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS AS WELL. 
          I KNOW THAT CENTER WAS FOCUSED ON DOWNTOWN, BUT I, I AM, I WONDER IF THERE'S ANY CHANCE OF EXPANDING THE ART EVERYWHERE PROGRAM TO OTHER REGIONAL AREAS OF THE CITY. 
          IF THERE'S A PATH FOR THAT ALL OF YOU COME UP . 
          UM, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE, UM, WE HAVE A MODEL HERE WITH CENTRO SAN ANTONIO AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO WELL. 
          AND CERTAINLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, COULD BE REPLICATED. 
          UM, IF THERE'S, UM, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE IN DISTRICTS, AND I'LL ADD THERE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OTHER THAN CENTRO THAT CAN DO THIS WORK. 
          AND SO I KNOW BLUE STAR, I KNOW THERE'S ONE THAT COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ IS WORKING ON ABOUT DOING, UM, MURAL PROGRAM IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          SO WE'RE OPEN TO THOSE PARTNERSHIPS. 
          AND AS ANDY MENTIONED, I MEAN, THERE WAS A MURAL THAT WAS $30,000 PUBLIC INPUT BY PUBLIC WAS 10,000. 
          THEY LEVERAGED 20,000. 
          SO THOSE TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I CAN IMAGINE THEY CAN BE EXPANDED WHEN WE GO TO YOUR DISTRICTS. 
          IS IT, ARE YOU, WOULD YOU BE LOOKING FOR A NONPROFIT TO PARTNER WITH? IDEALLY, YES. 
          TYPICALLY IT'S A NONPROFIT, AND I KNOW WITH DISTRICT TWO, WE'RE LOOKING AT GETTING FUNDING THROUGH THE INNER CITY TOUR FOR A PROGRAM, AND THEN THEY WOULD LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL FUNDING 
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IN THAT AREA. 
          NICELY DONE. 
          YOU PUT THE BALL BACK IN MY COURT. 
          I WILL, I WILL TAKE ON, I WILL TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE. 
          , WE DO HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF PUBLIC ART PIECES IN DISTRICT SIX, AND, AND THEY'RE WELL DISTRIBUTED, UH, I THINK THROUGHOUT MY, UM, DISTRICT. 
          BUT AGAIN, THE THEME WE WANT MORE, UM, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ARTISTS, UM, ON THE PREQUALIFICATION LIST AND HOW MANY WILL BE ADDED THIS YEAR, OR HOW MANY ARE TYPICALLY ADDED, I GUESS EVERY YEAR? UM, TOMORROW'S A SESSION WILL BE LOOKING AT ADDING 187. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THAT TYPICALLY HOW MANY YOU, YOU ADD EVERY YEAR? UH, WE HAVE, UH, AN INCREASE THIS YEAR. 
          UM, WE'VE REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON SAN ANTONIO BASED ARTISTS, AND WE HAVE 123 OUT OF THIS 180 7 THAT ARE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, SO WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE, UH, THIS YEAR, BUT ESPECIALLY THAT INCREASE IN SAN ANTONIO BASED ARTISTS. 
          BUT TYPICALLY IT'S AROUND THAT, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED, 150. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I MEAN, I, I I LIKE TO HEAR THAT, THAT NUMBER. 
          I'M, I'M CURIOUS OF, UH, IF WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REACH OUT OR IF WE CAN IN THE FUTURE, REACH OUT TO HIGH SCHOOLS, I EXPECT THAT THERE'S SOME, UM, UNTAPPED TALENT, UH, OUT THERE THAT, THAT WE CAN REALLY, UM, AND YOU MENTIONED EARLIER HOW YOU, YOU BROUGHT A TWO D ARTIST, OR SORRY, WAS IT A TWO D ARTIST INTO THREE D MM-HMM. 
          , UH, AND HOW YOU, AND, AND IN MANY WAYS, UH, FOSTER THAT, THAT ARTIST THROUGH A PROCESS AND, AND HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN DO MORE. 
          UM, SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THIS, IF THERE'S A WAY TO DO THAT WITH HIGH SCHOOL KIDS. 
          YEAH, CERTAINLY. 
          AND WE, WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH HIGH SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY THROUGH OUR FILM ESSAY CONTEST, WHICH IS OPEN TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. 
          SO WE CAN PACKAGE UP ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS AS A WHOLE AND WORK WITH THOSE HIGH SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT BE TAKING THAT COLLEGE TRACK. 
          BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY VERY ACCOMPLISHED ARTISTS, SO WE CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT MESSAGE OUT THERE. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND ANY WAY I CAN HELP, I, I'D BE VERY HAPPY TO DO THAT. 
          UM, I THINK WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT A SECOND AGO, BUT VETERANS AND, AND MILITARY REACH RETIREES, RETIREES ARE 20% OF SAN ANTONIO'S POPULATION. 
          AND, UM, AS DIVERSE AS THE CITY ITSELF, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, HOW MAYBE WE CAN INCORPORATE VETERANS IN, IN MILITARY RETIREES MORE SPECIFICALLY? SURE. 
          I THINK THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND INFORMING WHAT ART LOOKS LIKE, UH, YOU SEE THAT WITH THE GREAT TRIBUTE TO FREEDOM, UH, PROJECT BY GEORGE SCHRADER. 
          AND SO I THINK WHEN WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT ENGAGING COMMUNITIES, WE REACH OUT TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. 
          WE REACH OUT THROUGH THE CO COUNCIL OFFICES, THROUGH OUR ESSAY SPEAKUP THROUGH DEDICATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS. 
          SO WE CAN CERTAINLY PARTNER WITH MILITARY AFFAIRS. 
          UH, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT MESSAGE IS GETTING TO THE VETERAN COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN AND INFORM OUR PUBLIC ART DECISIONS. 
          THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          PARTNERING WITH, UM, VETERAN AFFAIRS. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT SAME, WELL, I'M GONNA CHANGE TRACKS A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO WE HAD AN OCCASION IN, IN DISTRICT SIX WHERE A BUSINESS OWNER HAD A BIG BLANK WALL THAT THEY WANTED TO DONATE THE SPACE FOR A MURAL. 
          AND I CAN'T RECALL RIGHT NOW WHY IT DIDN'T WORK OUT, UM, BUT I THINK IT WAS WHEN DEBBIE WAS HERE. 
          BUT, UM, BUT, UH, IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT, FOR, FOR A BUSINESS TO BE ABLE TO DONATE A SPACE FOR A MURAL OR, UH, EVEN A SPACE FOR A SCULPTURE? UH, WE REALLY ENCOURAGE, I WILL SAY WE REALLY ENCOURAGE ARTISTS TO BE PAID. 
          SO, UM, IF THERE IS A WALL THAT A BUSINESS WOULD LIKE TO DONATE ALONG WITH THE PAYMENT, OR IF THERE'S A PAYMENT OPTION, WE ARE HAPPY TO MEET WITH THEM. 
          UM, WE ACTUALLY MEET WITH A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES, UM, AND EVEN, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, REALLY INTERESTED IN INCORPORATING ART IN THEIR BUSINESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO OUR ARTIST REGISTRY LISTS. 
          WE HAVE OVER 300 ARTISTS THAT AREN'T JUST PUBLIC ARTISTS. 
          IT'S PERFORMING ARTISTS THAT THEY CAN GAUGE, UH, IN THEIR BUSINESS SPACES. 
          AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND TO SEND, SEND BUSINESSES OUR WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE CONNECTIONS AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          WELL, IN THIS CASE, IT'S A, IT WAS A VERY SMALL BUSINESS, SO, UH, HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, THE ARTISTS' FEE. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE DO WANT ARTISTS TO GET PAID. 
          IS THERE A, A PROGRAM THROUGH THE CITY THAT, UM, I MEAN, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC DOLLARS WHEN A, UH, WHEN A BUSINESS DONATES A SPACE? UH, THERE, WE DO NOT HAVE A FORMALIZED PROGRAM THROUGH OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY, BUT, UM, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH NONPROFITS LIKE SANTO CULTURAL ARTS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE THOSE CONNECTIONS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          UM, MAYBE THERE IS THAT PARTNERSHIP ELEMENT BECAUSE, UM, WE HAVE NONPROFITS THAT ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO ACTIVATE THEIR ARTISTS, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT AVENUE OF THAT PAYMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          I MAY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT LATER. 
          I KNOW HE STILL HAS, HE STILL WANTS TO DONATE THAT WALL, BUT, UM, MAYBE WE CAN, WE CAN LET ME KNOW ABOUT SOME PARTNERS THAT WE CAN, UH, TALK WITH. 
          UH, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA, ACCOUNTS MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU CRYSTAL. 
          AND ANDY AND CRYSTAL, THAT WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT THAT YOU PUT ON JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, UM, ON THE, UM, I GUESS IT WAS A GALLERY OPENING 
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FOR IMMIGRANT ARTISTS THAT HAD BEEN MENTORED HERE, AND, UM, WELL DONE ON THAT. 
          IT WASN'T, I GUESS I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST EVENT THERE THAT HAD HAPPENED SINCE COVID. 
          RIGHT? AND IT WAS A FANTASTIC TURNOUT AND A REALLY GREAT EVENT. 
          UM, I, SO I'M LOOKING AT STACKED BENEFITS HERE, AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE HAD JEFF BECK COME TO OUR, OUR CITY AND LOOK AT OUR DOWNTOWN AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE HAVE GREAT SPACES, BUT IT'S KIND OF A PATCHWORK OF SPACES. 
          NOT ALL OF THEM ARE CONNECTED, AND HOW CAN WE CONNECT SPACES BETTER? UM, AND SO I THINK ABOUT THAT, AND THEN I HAD SOME PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY APPROACH ME, GOD BLESS MAESTAS, AND THEN ALSO BEEN TOMIA WITH SAN SANTO CULTURAL ARTS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, GODLESS WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN HOW DO THEY CONNECT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO DOWNTOWN? AND THEY'RE IN FIVE POINTS. 
          AND SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT NORTH FLORIDAS AND HOW IT GOES UNDER THE BRIDGE, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO, IF THEY THINK IF, IF YOU LIGHT THAT SPACE UP AND, AND IF YOU PUT SOME ART THERE, IT'S, IT'LL MAKE THAT SPACE FEEL SAFER. 
          AND, UM, IT'LL BE MORE, MORE OF AN INVITING SPACE GOING UNDER THAT BRIDGE AND CONNECTING THEM TO DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, BUT THEN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S I 35, RIGHT? SO WHAT DO WE DO IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT WHEN IT'S NOT CITY PROPERTY? YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GO TO TDOT OR HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE WORK WITH THAT? UM, I, I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN MAKING THOSE COMMUNICATIONS CONNECT. 
          UH, SO WHAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY SITTING DOWN AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR OFFICE, UH, WITH THESE ENTITIES THAT COME TO YOU AND TALKED ABOUT THOSE COLLABORATIONS SO THAT WE CAN PARTNER TO, YOU KNOW, PRESENT THE, THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE ENTITIES THAT WE WOULD NEED TO THAT OWN THAT PROPERTY. 
          UH, IT WOULD BE JUST MAKING THOSE COMMUNICATIONS, UH, HAPPEN IN COLLABORATING TO ACTIVATE THOSE SPACES. 
          AND I WOULD LOVE TO SIT WITH YOUR OFFICE AND REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY, UM, BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, IF IT'S, IF IT'S NOT CITY OWNED PROPERTY, IF IT'S NOT PART OF THE BOND, THERE MAY BE THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE CAN WORK TO CONNECT, JUST LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, C P S ENERGY, ENERGY BOXES. 
          SO I'D TO SIT DOWN AND EXPLORE THAT MORE. 
          SOUNDS GREAT. 
          I'D LOVE TO DO THAT. 
          UM, ON THE PUBLIC ART PROCESS, I, I'VE, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN ON A COUPLE OF THOSE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE DESIGN CONCEPT, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY. 
          I KNOW THIS ISN'T EASY TO DO, BUT TO JUST TRUST THE ARTISTS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO SOMETIMES I, I FELT LIKE WE'VE BEEN INVITING PEOPLE TO GIVE TOO MUCH DIRECTION TO AN ARTIST, AND AT WHAT POINT DO WE LET THE ARTIST DO THEIR ART INSTEAD, INSTEAD OF CONFINING THEM? AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT WE WANT TO GET PUBLIC INPUT AND WE WANT THE FINAL PIECE TO REFLECT WHAT IT IS. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS COME TO CONSENSUS ON AND WHAT THEIR VISION IS. 
          UM, BUT I, I AM INTERESTED IN MAKE, MAKING SURE THAT WE GIVE THE ARTISTS THAT PROPER AMOUNT OF FREE REIGN TO DO THEIR ART. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT, UM, I'M NOT AN ARTIST, BUT IF I WAS, I WOULD PROBABLY BE, BE MORE INSPIRED IF I WAS GIVEN MORE FREE REIGN TO, TO CREATE MY VISION. 
          AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK IS, I, I KNOW IT'S CHALLENGING TO DO, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE US GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE LEEWAY IN THAT, UM, ON, UM, DIGITAL ART. 
          I'M, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN SEEING WHERE WE COULD LEAD ON THAT. 
          AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT DIGITAL ART, I, I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD DIGITAL BILLBOARDS, WE COULD PROGRAM THEM. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE CURATING. 
          WE COULD PROGRAM THEM FOR WHATEVER WE WANT, AND SO WE COULD DECIDE HOW LONG THING, IT'S, IT JUST, IT'S VERY OPEN-ENDED AS FAR AS THE FLEXIBILITY THAT, THAT IT GIVES US FOR HOW LONG WE WANT TO KEEP CERTAIN IMAGES UP, AND WE CAN BE ROTATING THEM. 
          WE COULD DO, YOU KNOW, ART GALLERY OPENINGS THAT ARE PUBLIC AND OUTDOORS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT'D BE AMAZING. 
          THERE'S A NEW MOVEMENT FOR N F T ART. 
          I THINK IT'D BE AMAZING IF WE COULD ESTABLISH SAN ANTONIO AS THE CITY IN THE UNITED STATES TO DO, TO LAUNCH YOUR N F T ART AND THEN, UH, ASSIST LOCAL ARTISTS IN DIGITIZING THEIR ART AND EMPOWERING THEM TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH THEIR N F T ART HERE, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO, TO, UM, MAKE AN INCOME AS AN ARTIST AND BE ABLE TO SELL THAT STUFF INTERNATIONALLY. 
          SO I'D LOVE TO, I'D LOVE TO SIT DOWN AND, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT THAT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU CRYSTAL. 
          ANDY AND VERONICA AND TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, THE, THE ART MAP TOOL IS FASCINATING. 
          I APPRECIATE HOW WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE THE TAB, IT POPS UP THE ART, IT POPULATES THE PIECE THAT'S WITHIN THAT AREA. 
          UM, AND LOOKING AT 
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THAT MAP, I SEE THAT THERE'S A, A DRY AREA IN DISTRICT FIVE, UH, IN THE EDGEWOOD I S D AREA. 
          AND I KNOW THERE'S AN APPETITE FROM COMMUNITY, UM, TO HAVE PUBLIC ART IN THE CASTROVILLE, GENERAL MCMULLEN AREA. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO WORK TOGETHER ON HOW WE CAN PULL SOME, UH, AND INSTALL SOME PUBLIC ART WITHIN THE FAR WEST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT. 
          UM, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE UP HERE, RIGHT? THE ARTS  AND TWO OF MY FAVORITE CITIES ARE ATLANTA AND ASHEVILLE, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE ART. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, ATLANTA HAS THE ATLANTA BELTLINE, SIMILAR TO OUR CREEKWAY TRAILS. 
          AND ALL ALONG THAT CREEKWAY IS ART. 
          UM, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UH, GRAFFITI ALONG THE CREEKWAY, RIGHT? BUT GRAFFITI IS A FORM OF ART. 
          SO I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PARTNER WITH THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY TO, UM, HAVE A GRAFFITI WALL OR, YOU KNOW, LEND THE WALLS AS A CANVAS WITHIN SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE TRAIL, UM, RIGHT WHEN IT'LL ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO USE IT FOR LEISURE. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH TOURISM, FOLKS WILL WANNA, UM, RIDE THEIR BIKE ALONG THE TRAILWAY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, I KNOW WITH ME, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I GO TO ATLANTA, THE FIRST THING WE DO IS WE GO CHECK OUT A BIKE AND THEN WE GO ALONG THE ATLANTA BELT, LIKE ALL THESE PHOTOS OF ME IN FRONT OF MURALS AND ART . 
          UM, AND, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, I KNOW WITH THE DISTRICT FIVE IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE MANY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT SIT ALONG THE CREEKWAY. 
          UM, SO CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEVERAGE FUNDING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY TO POTENTIALLY, UH, ADD MORE ART ALONG THE CREEK WAYS? I THINK THERE'S CERTAINLY THAT OPPORTUNITY, AND IN FACT, WE, UM, ARE SPEAKING TO THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS ABOUT THEIR PROJECTS, THEIR PUBLIC ART PROJECTS AND THEIR FUNDING. 
          SO, UM, I DO THINK THAT THERE'S, UH, CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS THAT WE CAN HAVE AS WE'RE ALWAYS COLLABORATING AND, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT ART ALONG THE CREEK WAVES, ESPECIALLY. 
          UM, WE ALREADY HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WONDERFUL PIECE, UM, ON BRAZOS, THAT BLOOM PROJECT AND MAYBE EXPANDING THAT BECAUSE ONCE YOU PASS THAT, UM, IT IS EVEN ON THE CREEKWAY RIDING YOUR BIKE, 'CAUSE I'VE RODE MY BIKE DOWN THERE, UM, THERE WOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPLEMENT THAT. 
          SO I THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK TO THEM AND WE CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND TALK ABOUT WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FILL IN, UH, THOSE GAPS. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS WHO OWN BUSINESSES ALONG THE CREEKWAY IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, AND I THINK IT WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO RIDE THEIR BIKES AND THEN STOP TO GRAB A DRINK COFFEE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE ALONG THE CREEKWAY. 
          UM, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, DR. 
          ROCHA GARCIA BROUGHT UP A REALLY GOOD POINT ABOUT THE AMAZING EVENT THAT WAS HOSTED IN DISTRICT THREE WITH THE WORLD HERITAGE, UM, ORGANIZATION. 
          AND WHAT I REALLY VALUED ABOUT THAT WAS THE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LOCAL IDS. 
          UM, OUR OFFICE WENT OUT AND PRESENTED OUR STUDENTS WITH THE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS FOR ART EXCELLENCE. 
          AND, UH, IT WAS JUST, I WAS SO IMPRESSED BY THE STUDENT ART, UM, AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME, OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUTSIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, VISIT DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. 
          AND IT, IT WAS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT CONTINUED, UH, WITHIN OUR PUBLIC SPACES. 
          UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, THAT CITY IS COVERED IN MURALS, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT CENTRO IS DOING DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, RIGHT, IT ENCOURAGES YOU TO BE OUTSIDE. 
          UM, AND I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO RECOVER FROM COVID, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED MORE OF. 
          UM, AND THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS, UM, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING, UH, TO INSTALLING MORE ART IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, CRYSTAL, COULD YOU TELL US HOW MANY OF OUR CITY PARKS AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES HAVE PUBLIC ART PROJECTS? IF YOU DON'T MIND, COUNCILMAN, I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT FOR THE TOTAL. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING. 
          I THINK PARK ART, UH, WHETHER IT'S A LARGE PIECE OR A SMALL PIECE, WOULD REALLY ENHANCE OUR PARKS. 
          AND, UH, I KNOW THAT ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT BOND ISSUE OR WAS IN THE LAST ONE PROBABLY HAD A PIECE OF ART INCLUDED WITH IT. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST TRYING TO THINK IN MY OWN DISTRICT. 
          UH, I KNOW THERE'S ART AT MCALLISTER PARK AND THERE'S ART AT HARDBERGER PARK, BUT, UH, I HAVE A LOT OF OTHER PARKS THAT I DON'T RECALL SEEING ANY. 
          NOW, THERE, THERE MAY BE SOME, ALONG SOME OF THE CREEK WEIGHT TRAILS THAT INTERSECT WITH PARKS HERE AND THERE, BUT, UH, I, I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, KNOW HOW MUCH ART WE HAVE IN OUR PARKS AND, AND AT OUR LIBRARIES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRIME. 
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THANK YOU. 
          UM, UH, THANK YOU CRYSTAL FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          I'VE ENJOYED TALKING WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM. 
          UM, WE REALLY DO NEED TO WORK ON MOVING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FULLY STAFFED IN THAT ARTS DEPARTMENT. 
          YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AS INTERIM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TEAM FOR, FOR DOING THAT. 
          UM, THE ONE THING I WANNA WANT TO SAY IS PUBLIC ART IS ONE FACET OF BUILDING SAN ANTONIO'S ART COMMUNITY. 
          AND I LOVE THE ENTHUSIASM THAT ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE FOR THE ARTS AND WANTING MORE ART, BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE THIS IS YOUR JOB ALONE, BECAUSE IT IS OUR JOB AS COUNCIL LEADERS IF WE FEEL ART IS IMPORTANT. 
          AND IT'S OTHER, IT, IT IS, IT IS THE COMMUNITY'S JOB. 
          UM, AS YOU, AS YOU KNOW. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU AND ANDY WERE THERE. 
          I DID A D THREE SOUTH SIDE ARTIST, UM, MEETING. 
          I HAD CENTRO THERE. 
          I HAD, UM, OUR, OUR COSA ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE HAD VISIT SAN ANTONIO THERE, AND WE HAD A LOT OF OUR THEATERS THERE REMINDING US THAT PUBLIC ART IS, IS JUST ONE FACET OF THIS. 
          AND I WANNA THANK JIRA LOZANO, UH, WHO IS MY D THREE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ARTS COMMITTEE WHO IS WORKING AT LUMINA AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND SO I SUPPORT PUBLIC ART. 
          I LOVE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          UH, AS Y'ALL KNOW, AS I SAT HERE AT THE DAAS, I WAS LIKE, PUBLIC ART THOUGH IS CENSORED ART, AND HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THIS? BUT THE MINUTE PEOPLE CAME AND SAID, LET'S CUT PUBLIC ART, I WAS LIKE, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING BECAUSE I KNOW THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU FACE. 
          UM, AND I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A CALL TO OUR PRIVATE PATRONS OF THE ARTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET INVOLVED IN THIS. 
          AND WE CAN LEAD BY EXAMPLE BY DOING QUALITY PUBLIC ART AND REALLY MOVING FORWARD AND IN THOSE MORE CONTROVERSIAL PIECES, BECAUSE I, YOU HAVE TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND Y'ALL KNOW, ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, IN PARTICULAR THAT'LL SAY NO TO EVERYTHING , BUT ONE, UM, WE NEED TO GET OUR PRIVATE INVESTORS TO DO THAT, TO TELL THE WHOLE STORIES. 
          WE ALSO NEED THE FIESTA COMMISSION, OUR VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, OUR SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES, UM, TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ARTS TOO. 
          THE ONE THING I WANNA CHALLENGE IS WE NEED TO DO BETTER WITH OUR PRESS OF THE RECOGNITION WE GET FOR OUR ART PIECES AND THE THINGS WE DO. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S YOUR DEPARTMENT, CRYSTAL, UH, C AND E, FORMERLY G P A, WE NEED TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT. 
          I JUST HEARD ABOUT THAT NEW YORK TIMES STORY. 
          IF I HAD KNOWN ABOUT IT, I WOULD'VE TWEETED ABOUT IT AND GIVEN IT PRAISE. 
          AND THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          I THINK WE FACED CHALLENGES BECAUSE THERE'S A HISTORIC FEEL DOWNTOWN, AND WE HAVE TO MEASURE THAT HISTORIC FEELING OF SAN ANTONIO BEING HISTORIC AND HAVING THE ALAMO WITH THE PUBLIC ART PIECES. 
          CENTRO, I THINK, HAS DONE A GOOD JOB. 
          I THINK THE WOMEN INVOLVEMENT CAN BE MUCH BETTER, BUT I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS YOU WERE CREATIVE ON THOSE TWO D ARTISTS, I THINK WE NEED TO GO TO THESE CRAFT FAIRS AND, UM, THE THINGS WE HAVE AT BROOKS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENTED ARTISTS THERE. 
          BUT THEY'RE SITTING THERE AT CRAFT FAIRS DOING THEIR SIDE HUSTLE, SELLING THEIR EARRINGS, SELLING THEIR STICKERS OR THEIR, THEIR, UH, THEIR CLOTHES. 
          AND THAT COULD BE TURNED INTO PUBLIC ART, UH, IF WE, IF WE GIVE THEM A MENTOR AND ASK THEM TO GET CREATIVE. 
          SO I AM, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS PROJECT COME, THESE PROJECTS COME TO FRUITION. 
          I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE LIST WE'RE GOING TO SEE, UM, TOMORROW. 
          BUT I DO AGREE WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN COURAGE, THAT I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR ADOPT A SPOTS WITH OUR PARKS TO PUT SOME PUBLIC ART THERE. 
          AND I THINK, THINK WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY GET ON THE MAP TEXAS WISE AND NATIONALLY FOR, FOR THE VOICES THAT WE REPRESENT. 
          AND, UM, WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, UH, WITH THE, THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS IF WE CAN GET THE BUDGET, UM, MAYBE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, UH, OR FROM THE LAST BOND TO THIS BOND WITH THE PUBLIC ART FUNDING, AND THEN WHAT WE'VE HAD WITH HOT TAX, BECAUSE LIKE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE MCKEE RODRIGUEZ SAID, I LOVE THAT WE LOOK TO HOT TAX TO FUND OUR ARTS, BUT WE MAY NEED TO DO A LITTLE BETTER WITH THAT, UH, IN OUR BUDGET AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANKS. 
          I'M CHIMING BACK IN BECAUSE, UH, ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS EMAILED ME SOME QUESTIONS TO ASK AND I FORGOT TO DO THAT. 
          UM, THEY WERE ASKING, WHO ARE THE INITIAL DECISION MAKERS REGARDING ARTIST SELECTION? SO 
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WHO'S SELECTING THESE ARTISTS WHO ARE BROUGHT INTO THE COMMITTEE TO BE VOTED ON? SO WHAT WE DO IS WE LOOK AT THE PARAMETERS OF THE PROJECT, WHICH DISTRICT IT IS LOCATED IN. 
          UH, IF IT'S GOING TO BE A SCULPTURE, A MURAL, WHAT IS FEASIBLE FOR THE SITE. 
          OUR STAFF WILL TAKE THAT FULL LIST, CALL IT DOWN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT, WHO SPECIALIZE IN THAT PARTICULAR ART, AND THEN HAVE THAT SELECTION PANEL. 
          AND THE STAKEHOLDERS ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, MEMBERS OF CLIENT DEPARTMENTS. 
          IF IT'S AT A LIBRARY, WE MAKE SURE THE LIBRARY IS A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE AREA, AND THEY, UH, EVALUATE THAT SHORT, SHORTER LIST, UH, OF ARTISTS TO, UM, EVALUATE FOR THE FINAL SELECTION THAT THEN GOES ON TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE IN THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND THEN IF YOU'RE ON A PRE-QUALIFIED LIST FROM LAST YEAR, DOES THAT MEAN YOU, YOU GET TO STAY ON THAT LIST FOR THIS YEAR? IT'S, YES. 
          SO IT'S A THREE YEAR QUALIFICATION, SO WHEN YOU APPLY FOR THE LIST, YOU'RE ON FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK YOU'VE COVERED MOST OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          THANKS SO MUCH. 
          I'M ALL DONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SORRY. 
          UM, I, I FORGOT TO ASK THIS, UH, BUT CRYSTAL, LAST YEAR I ATTENDED, I'M, UM, THE LIAISON FOR CITY COUNCIL TO EUROPE, AND I ATTENDED THIS BEAUTIFUL EVENT IN AUGUST WITH THE UKRAINIAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. 
          IT WAS A FASHION SHOW, IT WAS VERY WELL DONE. 
          THEY SET UP A TRAVELING DISPLAY, ALSO A PHOTOGRAPHY OF PEOPLE OF UKRAINE. 
          AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT, AND I WAS TRYING TO GET US TO SHOWCASE IT HERE EVEN SINCE AUGUST TO SEE IF WE COULD JUST SHOW THOSE FACES. 
          THEY, THE, THE ARTISTS WHO TOOK THESE PICTURES JUST DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. 
          AND THE COLOR, I MEAN, EVERYTHING. 
          I THINK THAT IT'S DUE TIME, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT'S GOING ON THAT WE SHOWCASE THEM. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF YOU WOULD MAYBE HELP MAKE THAT CONNECTION. 
          MAYBE IT'S AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AND WE JUST PLACE THEM UP. 
          THEY HAVE THEM READY TO GO. 
          THEY HAVE THEM, UH, JUST READY TO TRAVEL. 
          THEY GO AND TAKE PICTURES EVERY YEAR OF, UM, THEIR FAMILIES BACK IN THE UKRAINE. 
          AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. 
          SO ANY HELP THAT I COULD GET, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, A NICE SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR OUR UKRAINIAN FAMILIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WHICH WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM HERE. 
          AND, AND THEY COME DOWN FROM HOUSTON FOR THE UKRAINIAN AMERICAN CELEBRATION EVERY YEAR, BY THE WAY, SO. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, WE'LL, WE'LL CONNECT WITH YOUR OFFICE TO GET THE PARAMETERS OF THE, UH, THANK YOU EXHIBIT AND, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH POTENTIAL SPACES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. 
          UM, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES EXPLAINING TO US IN MORE DETAIL THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH CULTURAL CORRIDORS AND WHICH ONES EXIST RIGHT NOW? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UH, THERE ARE SOME IN, IN MY AREA, BUT THAT, THAT WAS A COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY, SO, UM, UH, WOULD JUST LIKE MORE DETAILS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WE HAVE, UM, THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT IS RUN BY TEXAS, TEXAS COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS. 
          UM, AND THEY, UH, DESIGNATE THESE CULTURAL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 
          AND IT'S A RIGOROUS APPLICATION PROS PROCESS THAT IS LED BY A NONPROFIT IN THE AREA AND HAS TO HAVE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. 
          AND SO WE HAVE THE KING WILLIAM HISTORIC DISTRICT, WE HAVE ZONA CULTURAL, WE HAVE THE, UH, BRAND NEW WEST SIDE CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT, WHICH IS IN THE GUADALUPE C C AREA. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN, UM, THE, UH, UH, OLD SPANISH TRAIL, UM, WHICH WAS LED BY, UH, CENTRAL CULTURAL SLAN. 
          AND SO THESE DISTRICTS HAVE TO CREATE AN ENTIRE STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, FOR THEIR DISTRICT, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MARKET IT, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ACTIVATE SPACES, EVENTS, CALENDARS, UM, AND SO WHAT WE DO, IF YOU'RE APPLYING FOR A CULTURAL DISTRICT, YOU LET US KNOW. 
          WE HAVE A TOOLKIT THAT GIVES YOU ALL THE RESOURCES, HOW TO FIND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS, HOW TO GET PEOPLE TOGETHER, SAMPLE SIGN-IN SHEETS, UH, AND THEN WHEN THEY GET PAST THAT INITIAL INTENT TO APPLY THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WHICH IS HELD IN THE JANUARY TIMEFRAME, UH, WE HAVE THAT SMALL, IT'S A, A $2,500 GRANT TO HELP WITH THE ADMINISTRATION THAT COULD HIRE, UH, SOMEONE TO JUST PUT THESE PACKETS TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS. 
          UM, AND FROM THAT AREA THEN YOU HAVE THAT NON-PROFIT LEAD, UH, THAT IS LEADING, UH, THE, UM, THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, MAKING SURE THOSE ASPECTS ARE MET, WHICH IS CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO DOES THAT FOR THE ZNO CULTURAL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COULD WE DO A FOLLOW UP ON THE OLD SPANISH TRAILS? OH, SURE. 
          AND LAN, THANK YOU. 
          YES, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT IS THE DURATION OF OUR MAYOR DISCUSSION TODAY. 
          MAYOR, JUST REAL QUICK, UH, COUNCILMAN GRO HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON THE FUNDING AND, AND JUSTINA HAS THAT INFORMATION. 
          SURE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. 
          SO 
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OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND THIS IS FROM UH, 2018 TO 20 20, 20 22, OUR TOTAL OPERATING IS ABOUT $52 MILLION. 
          AND THAT DOES INCLUDE THE FILM COMMISSION. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 15.7 MILLION THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. 
          THE 52 MILLION WAS FOR THE PAST FIVE, FIVE YEARS. 
          FIVE YEARS, 2018 THROUGH 2022. 
          AND THAT'S THE ANNUAL OPERATING THE ART AGENCY AS WELL AS THE FILM COMMISSION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU JUSTINA. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANDY CRYSTAL AND STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR DISCUSSION, UH, FOR MY COLLEAGUES. 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION
At any time during the meeting, the City Council may recess into executive session in the Presidio Conference Room or the B Room to consult with the City Attorney's Office (Texas Government Code Section 551.071) and deliberate or discuss any of the following:
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WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE INTO EXEC SESSION AT FOUR 30, AT FOUR 30 ACROSS THE STREET IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ROOM. 
          WE'RE GONNA RECESS BEFORE THAT. 
          SO I'M GONNA READ THE CAPTION FOR THE EXEC EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT WE'RE GONNA RECESS UNTIL FOUR 30. 
          SO THE TIME IS NOW 3:45 PM ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2ND, 2022. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE'LL NOW MEET IN ANTONIO, WILL NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND DELIBERATED, DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.07. 
          TWO. 
          LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS AND LEGAL INPUT ON C P S GOVERNANCE. 
          QUESTIONS UNDER SECTION 5 5, 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND WE ARE RECESSED UNTIL FOUR 30. 
          THANK YOU.
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