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4:00 PM ON JUNE 29TH, 2026.THIS IS, UH, THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE.
AND WE HAVE ALL THREE MEMBERS OF THE, UH, COMMITTEE HERE PRESENT, ALONG WITH PLENTY OF STAFF.
AND, UH, SO THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.
AND, UH, OUR REGULAR AGENDA TODAY WILL GO INTO THE FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS A
[2.a. Appoint a presiding officer for the Community Partnership Committee.2.2.]
POINT OF PRESIDING OFFICER FOR THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE.AND SO THERE'S THREE OF US, AND I CERTAINLY AM NOT ONE THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE ME.
I WOULD, UM, RECOMMEND FOR, UH, MARLON TO BE THAT, THAT PRESIDING OFFICER, IF HE WAS INTERESTED IN THAT.
I WAS GONNA NOMINATE YOU, BUT, UM,
OR IF YOU WANT ME TO DO IT, I, YOU KNOW, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO IT.
YOUR CALL, I DIDN'T STOP AND TAKE A BREATH.
UH, YEAH, I GOT, I PICKED UP ON THAT.
THE ONLY ONE THAT'S BEEN ON THE TABLE AS FAR AS I KNOW.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE? ALL RIGHT,
[2.b. Present and discuss the Non-Profit Organization Funding program for the FY2027 cycle, including but not limited to, an overview of applications received by category, funding requests and preliminary budgets, timeline, and next steps.]
TWO B PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FUNDING PROGRAM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 CYCLE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AN, TO AN OVERVIEW OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY CATEGORY, FUNDING REQUEST AND PRELIMINARY BUDGETS, TIMELINE, AND NEXT STEPS.SARAH, YOU WANNA TAKE IT? TAKE IT OVER.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, SARAH KECKLER, CHIEF OF STAFF.
UM, SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU.
WE HAVE THE PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS JOINING TODAY.
THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
UM, BUT BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THAT, WE JUST WANTED TO DO A QUICK STAFF PRESENTATION WITH A REVIEW OF WHAT THE NONPROFIT FUNDING PROGRAM IS, AND THEN THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 27 CYCLE AND NEXT STEPS FOR THE COMMITTEE.
SO YOU HAVE THAT PERSPECTIVE AND CONTEXT AS WE GO INTO THE PRESENTATIONS FROM, UM, ALL OF THE APPLYING ORGANIZATIONS.
SO, UH, THIS FIRST SLIDE, UH, JUST SHOWS THE STEPS IN THE, IN THE PROCESS AND THE PROGRAM.
UM, THERE IS MORE DETAILS IN THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES THAT WERE ADOPTED BY COUNCIL LAST APRIL.
UM, BUT FOR THIS YEAR, UM, OUR CYCLE STARTED WITH THE APPLICATION PERIOD KICKING OFF ON APRIL 17TH.
APPLICATIONS WERE DUE JUST OVER A MONTH LATER ON MAY 22ND.
UM, ALL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPLIED HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND MAKE A PRESENTATION.
UH, WE'VE ORGANIZED THOSE INTO TWO COMMITTEE DATES, UH, BY EACH CATEGORY IN OUR PROGRAM.
SO TONIGHT, THE PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, UH, WILL PRESENT TO YOU.
AND THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING ON JULY 9TH, THE LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS WILL PRESENT TO YOU, UM, PER THE GUIDELINES.
EACH ORGANIZATION HAS FIVE MINUTES TO PRESENT TO THE COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THEN THE COMMITTEE CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT.
UM, WE ARE RECORDING THE MEETINGS AND WE'LL MAKE THEM AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE TO USE THE, THE AUDIO AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN OUR LAST PLANNED COMMITTEE MEETING IS FOR JULY 16TH, AND THIS IS WHERE THE COMMITTEE WILL DIVE INTO DISCUSSIONS AND DELIBERATIONS, UM, FOR ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU REVIEWED AND THAT YOU HEARD IN MAKING THOSE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH WILL GO TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL IN AUGUST AS PART OF THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
AND THEN ANYTHING THAT IS APPROVED AS PART OF THE BUDGET BY COUNCIL, UM, YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE AN, EACH ORGANIZATION STILL MUST HAVE AN AGREEMENT.
AND THOSE AGREEMENTS GO TO CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.
UM, USUALLY END OF SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME.
SO THAT'S JUST A QUICK REVIEW OF OUR STEPS.
UH, AND THEN AS I WENT OVER, UM, THESE ARE THE PLANNED COMMITTEE MEETING DATES THAT WE HAVE, UM, WITH THE TWO PRESENTATION DATES, AND THEN THAT THIRD COMMITTEE MEETING DATE WHERE YOU WILL, UM, GETTING INTO MORE DISCUSSIONS AROUND FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WITH THAT, I WANTED TO GO THROUGH, UM, EACH CATEGORY QUICKLY AND JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW, UM, FOR, AGAIN, SOME PERSPECTIVE.
SO THE FIRST IS THE LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, THE GUIDELINES PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ABOUT ELIGIBILITY, UM, HOW WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, BUT SOME OF THE GENERAL FACTORS, UM, THAT WERE LAID OUT THAT THE COMMITTEE CAN CONSIDER WHEN REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS ARE HERE ON THE SCREEN.
I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
UM, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE, ARE THEY A CURRENT PARTNER OF THE TOWN? HAVE WE GIVEN THEM PRIOR FUNDING? UM, HOW ARE THEY DOING IN TERMS OF ME MEASURING AND DEMONSTRATING THEIR OVERALL IMPACT AND BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF PUBLIC FUNDS? AND THEN WHAT'S THEIR PERCENTAGE OF TOWN FUND FUNDING, UM, FOR THEIR OVERALL BUDGET AND HOW ARE THEY DOING WITH FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND DIVERSIFYING, UH, THE REVENUE SOURCES.
SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS AN OVERVIEW OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THE LOCAL SERVICE CATEGORY.
UH, WE RECEIVED SIX APPLICATIONS
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.THOSE ARE SHOWN IN THE FARTHEST AMOUNTS ARE SHOWN IN THE FARTHEST RIGHT HAND COLUMN IN GRAY.
UM, SO WE HAVE A TOTAL THERE OF 335,000.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE COLUMN JUST TO THE LEFT, WHAT OUR APPROVED BUDGET IS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, SO THE DIFFERENCE BEING 33,500, UM, AND WE ARE SHOWING THE PRELIMINARY CATEGORY BUDGET AT 302, JUST HOLDING IT FLAT FROM THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
AS A COMMITTEE, YOU CAN MAKE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THAT.
WE'RE PROVIDING THAT JUST AS A REFERENCE POINT FOR YOU, THAT TO HOLD IT FLAT FROM THE PRIOR YEAR'S BUDGET.
IT ALSO IS SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GENERAL FUND AND CHILD SAFETY FUND.
LAST YEAR WE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE CHILD SAFETY FUND FOR THE TRAFFIC 9 1 1 ORGANIZATION.
UM, THAT FUND IS LIMITED, UH, WHERE YOU CAN USE IT FOR, AND THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE IDENTIFIED TO REDUCE IT FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, OTHER THINGS TO NOTE HERE THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE ADDISON ARBOR FOUNDATION DID NOT APPLY FOR FUNDING FOR THIS CYCLE.
UM, THEY DO INTEND TO APPLY IN FUTURE YEARS, SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
BUT THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO USE FUNDING FROM THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FOR PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.
ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS CODY'S FRIENDS RESCUE.
UM, IT'S A RESCUE FOR DOGS SPECIFICALLY.
UM, THEY ARE A NEW APPLICANT AND THEY'RE REQUESTING 10,000.
SO THE TOWN IS NEVER PROVIDED FUNDING PRIOR TO THIS ORGANIZATION.
AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE, UM, WOVEN AND TRAFFIC 9 1 1 DID SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS LATE PAST THE DEADLINE OF MAY 22ND.
WE ACCEPTED THEM, WANTED TO PROVIDE THEM TO THE COMMITTEE AND JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE RECEIVED PAST THE DEADLINE.
AND THEN THIS IS MOVING INTO, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
WE DID ROLL THEM INTO THIS PROCESS SO THAT THEY WOULD BE CONSISTENT IN TERMS OF GOING THROUGH APPLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AND FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE RECEIVED TWO, UM, FROM THE CHAMBER AND WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL.
AND YOU CAN SEE HERE, AGAIN, LISTED IN THE CHART WHAT WAS REQUESTED, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR AND THE APPROVED FUNDING AMOUNTS FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THIS IS FOR COMMITTEE REFERENCE.
WE'VE SHOWN THIS IN THE PAST TO THE COMMITTEE SO THAT YOU HAVE A MULTI-YEAR HISTORY OF WHAT HAS BEEN FUNDED BY THE TOWN AND TO WHICH ORGANIZATIONS.
AND SO NEXT I'LL MOVE INTO THE PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION CATEGORY.
AND BEFORE I GET INTO AN OVERVIEW OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UM, JUST WANNA TAKE A, A MOMENT TO GO THROUGH HOW WE GOT HERE WITH THIS CATEGORY AND HOW IT WAS DEVELOPED.
UM, SO STARTING FROM, UH, THE THEATER STUDY, WHICH WAS COMMISSIONED IN 2024, UM, IT CAME UP WITH A VISION AND GOALS FOLLOWING THAT STUDY.
AND WE'VE GONE OVER THE SLIDE WITH FULL CITY COUNCIL BEFORE IN TERMS OF THE GOALS, UM, BUT WANTED TO INCLUDE THEM AGAIN IN TERMS OF THE THREE HIGHLIGHTED HERE FOR INCREASING LIT NIGHTS AND ACTIVATION OF THE THEATER, DEVELOPING A CLEAR BRAND IDENTITY, AND THEN THIRD REDISTRIBUTING RESOURCES AND SUPPORTING A MORE DIVERSE RANGE OF CONTENT PROVIDERS AT THE THEATER.
UM, AND IN THAT LAST ONE, YOU CAN SEE IT INCLUDED EXPANDING THE DESIGNATION OF RESIDENT COMPANIES AS A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY.
AND WHEN THE COMMITTEE WAS CONSIDERING THIS CATEGORY AND HOW TO STRUCTURE IT, UM, THEY CAME UP WITH THIS STRUCTURE TO HAVE RESIDENT COMPANIES BUY FACILITY SPACE.
SO THEY HAD DONE, THE COMMITTEE IDENTIFIED TO HAVE WATER TOWER THEATER, BE THE MAID STAGE RESIDENT COMPANY, BUT THEN THERE COULD BE ONE OR MULTIPLE RESIDENT COMPANIES OF THE STUDIO.
AND THEN THE THIRD CATEGORY HERE WAS GENERAL ASSISTANCE.
SO PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS COMPLY FOR JUST SMALL FUNDING REQUESTS TO HELP THEM WITH PRODUCTIONS OR PERFORMANCES AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
SO FOR ALL OF THESE, IT MUST SUPPORT, UM, PRODUCTIONS OR PERFORMANCES THAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE ADDISON.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, UH, INCLUDED IN THE GUIDELINES.
THESE WERE SOME GENERAL EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT THE COMMITTEE, UM, CONSIDER AS THEY'RE LOOKING AT THESE APPLICATIONS.
UM, THEY'RE NO RANKING, NO SCORING ATTACHED TO 'EM, BUT THEY'RE REALLY ORGANIZED INTO THREE BUCKETS.
THE FIRST BEING THE USAGE OF THE ADDISON.
ARE THEY HELPING TO INCREASE LIT NIGHTS AND ACTIVATION OF THE CENTER, BRINGING IN THOSE RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS AND ACTIVATING THAT CENTER.
THE SECOND BEING AUDIENCE AND COMMUNITY IMPACT, ARE THEY ABLE TO ATTRACT AUDIENCES, UM, DIVERSE AUDIENCES? HOW ARE THEY CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY? AND, UM, IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT.
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THEN THE THIRD BEING ARTISTIC AND MISSION CAPABILITY.SO ARE THEY OFFERING UNIQUE PROGRAMMING, BUT ALSO QUALITY PROGRAMMING AS WELL? AND BEFORE WE GO INTO AN OVERVIEW OF THE APPLICATIONS WE RECEIVED, I'M GONNA ASK STEVEN TO GO THROUGH THE HOTEL FUND PROJECTIONS FOR 27.
IF YOU WANT TO SIT RIGHT THERE AND DO IT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO
UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, SO THIS IS JUST A RECAP OF, OF KIND OF WHAT THE PROCESS IS AND WHAT OUR, UH, REQUIREMENTS ARE UNDER, UNDER, UH, THE HOTEL TAX LAWS IN THE STATE, UH, OF, UH, PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE ARTS.
SO, UM, SO THIS HAS, UH, A COUPLE OF LINES, TOTAL REVENUE.
SO ANY REVENUE THAT'S EARNED DIRECTLY BY THE THEATER CENTER CAN BE REINVESTED DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.
UM, YOU SEE THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND THAT INCLUDES THEIR OPERATING EXPENSES.
AND THEN THE PERFORMING ARTS EXPENDITURES ARE BASICALLY THE GRANTS THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING.
AND THEN YOU SEE A NET INVESTMENT.
SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO.
SO THE MAXIMUM INVESTMENT, UH, IS 15% OF THE TOTAL HOTEL TAX THAT THE TOWN GENERATES.
SO THAT 8 51 400 THAT'S RIGHT BELOW ON THE FAR RIGHT IN THE, IN THE RED LINE, THAT'S THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT, THAT YOU COULD SUBSIDIZE THE ARTS PROGRAMS WITH HOTEL TAX.
SO RIGHT NOW, THAT NET INVESTMENT IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET.
SO IT'S, IT'S ABOUT 40, $47,000 LESS THAN THAT MAXIMUM.
UM, SO THAT JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA THAT WHAT YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH.
SO, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL EXPENSES THAT ARE PROGRAMMED AND UH, AND WHAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE OVERALL, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 460 LITTLE LESS THAN $462,000 IF YOU WANTED TO GO UP TO THE MAXIMUM TO PROVIDE IN, UH, GRANTS.
AND THAT INCLUDES THE TOWN CURATED PROGRAMMING AS WELL.
IS THIS 8 51, IS THAT FOR TOTAL ARTS? I MEAN, THEATER, ANYONE WANTING TO PUT IN ART? IT'S PERFORMING ARTS DOWN JUST THE PERFORMING ARTS.
OKAY, SO THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED, WHICH WAS A TOTAL OF SEVEN APPLICATIONS AND A TOTAL OF 554,000 IN THAT COLUMN TO THE RIGHT IN GRAY.
UM, THAT IS THE DIRECT FUNDING REQUESTS, THE TOTAL OF, UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE IN KIND REQUESTS AS WELL, UM, BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW IT AS DIRECT FUNDING THAT IT GOES BACK TOWARDS THAT MAXIMUM INVESTMENT FIGURE.
UM, WE'VE ALSO SHOWN THE TOWN CURATE EVENTS, BUDGET REQUESTS THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD AS PART OF THE 27 PROCESS.
AND THAT'S IN A TOTAL OF 76,700, UM, FOR A TOTAL OF $630,735.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT NUMBER THAT STEVEN JUST REFERENCED, THAT ALMOST 462,000 TO THE RIGHT, IF YOU USE THAT AS YOUR BUDGET FIGURE FOR THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT COULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO BOTH THE NONPROFIT PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND THE TOWN CURATED EVENTS.
AND THEY CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE.
UM, THERE, UM, IN OUR FINAL COMMITTEE MEETING, WHAT WE'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY, AS WE PULL UP A SPREADSHEET, UM, THE COMMITTEE, AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH EACH APPLICATION AND DELIBERATING FUNDING, UM, CAN ENTER IN DIFFERENT AMOUNTS AND DETERMINE HOW YOU GET TO THE, THE BUDGET FIGURE THAT YOU WANT AND THE FUNDING FIGURE THAT YOU WANT TO RECOMMEND.
UM, SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE HERE TO HIGHLIGHT.
WE DID HAVE A FEW, FEW NEW APPLICATIONS OR ONE NEW APPLICATION FROM SOMEONE THAT HAS NOT APPLIED BEFORE, AND THAT IS THE FULL DANCE CIRCLE AND THEY'RE THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT COULD NOT MAKE IT TONIGHT.
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA PRESENT AT THE NEXT MEETING ON JULY 9TH.
SO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, JUST INCLUDED FOR YOUR REFERENCE, THE, THE MULTI-YEAR FUNDING HISTORY IN THIS CATEGORY.
AND STEVEN, I'M GONNA ASK IF YOU CAN COVER THIS SLIDE AS WELL, WHICH IS PART OF OUR PROCESS.
YEAH, SO AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND YOU RECEIVE BASICALLY, UM, A REVIEW OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT EACH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE, IF THEY'RE IN GOOD STANDING, THEY EXIST WITH THE IRS, IF THEY EXIST WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
UM, SO, UH, THERE IS, AND THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS THERE AS WELL.
SO I WILL SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THAT REVIEW, UH, SO SOME OF THE INFORMATION CAN, CAN VARY GREATLY.
'CAUSE SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATIONS ARE VERY SMALL AND ALL THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THE IRS IS BASICALLY, YES, WE EXIST AND WE CAN GO OUT ON THE IRS
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WEBSITE AND SEE THAT THEY DO EXIST AND ARE IN GOOD STANDING.UH, OTHERS HAVE TO SUBMIT MUCH MORE INFORMATION.
THEY HAVE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
SO THERE IS A BIG GAP BETWEEN THE SMALL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE LARGER ONES.
SO ON SOME OF THEM YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE INFORMATION, UH, RELATED TO WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN SOME OF THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
SO THERE ARE NOTES IN, UH, EACH OF THE, EACH OF THOSE REVIEWS ON THEIR TRENDS, ARE THERE ANY COMPLIANCE ISSUES, ANY NOTES BY THEIR AUDITORS.
UH, AND YOU WILL SEE THOSE ON THE BIGGER ONES.
YOU WON'T SEE THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE SMALLER ONES BECAUSE THEY AREN'T REQUIRED TO BE AUDITED AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO WE CHECK THAT THEY'RE A A 5 0 1 C3, THEY'RE IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE IRS, THE THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, OR WE PLAN TO DO IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS, UH, EACH OF OUR AGREEMENTS, UH, HAS A, A RIGHT FOR THE TOWN TO PERFORM SOME AUDIT PROCEDURES ON, UH, EACH OF THE GRANTEES.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO DO ABOUT 20, AT LEAST 25% OF THE TOTAL AWARDS THAT THE, THAT COUNCIL DOES EACH YEAR.
AND THAT INCLUDES, UH, THE LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PERFORMING ARTS.
AND WE WANT TO BASICALLY REVIEW AT LEAST 25% OF THAT TOTAL BOOKS.
SO, UM, AND THEN BASICALLY THAT'S GONNA BE A RISK-BASED APPROACH.
SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS THE ONES THAT YOU'RE GIVING MORE MONEY TO, RIGHT, OBVIOUSLY HAVE A HIGHER RISK THAN THE ONES THAT WE'RE GIVING A LOT LESS MONEY TO.
SO SOME, SOME THAT MAY BE ON THE HIGHER SCALE, THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE LOOKED AT A LOT MORE OFTEN THAN THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE LOWER FUNDING SCALE.
SO THAT'S OUR PLAN FOR 2027 AND GOING FORWARD.
SO AT LEAST EVERY ORGANIZATION SHOULD BE REVIEWED BY, UH, STAFF AT LEAST ONCE ABOUT EVERY FOUR YEARS.
AND THAT'S MORE IN DEPTH THAN WHAT WE JUST DO AS FAR AS THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
HEY STEVEN, WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK, UH, COULD YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE 13? YEP.
THE, COULD YOU CLARIFY THE, THE, IN THE, ON THE RED LINE, THE MAXIMUM INVESTMENT OF 8 51 400 MM-HMM
AND THEN, AND COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE MATH AGAIN BETWEEN HOW YOU GET FROM THAT TO THE 4 61 7 9 6? SURE.
SO, UH, THE, THE VERY FAR BLUE LINE ON THE BOTTOM IS OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX THAT WE'RE BUDGETING.
UM, 15% OF THAT AMOUNT, UH, CAN BE USED TO FUND THE ARTS SO THAT THAT COMES OUT TO THE 8 51 400.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S CURRENTLY BUDGETED FOR OPERATING EXPENDITURES, UH, THE 5 0 9, UH, WHAT IS THAT, 5 0 9? I CAN'T QUITE SEE THAT.
I DO HAVE GLASSES, BUT I PROBABLY NEED NEW ONES, I GUESS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR 15 JUST AS A CARRYOVER FROM, FROM THE PREVIOUS BUDGET.
SO, UH, IF YOU TOOK THE 5 0 9 AND YOU EXCLUDED THAT 415,000, YOU TOOK THAT FROM THAT 851,000, UM, THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE, UH, TO DISTRIBUTE TO THE ARTS? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THAT'S BY LAW, CORRECT? THAT'S NOT A NUMBER THAT WE CAME UP WITH JUST TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE THE 15, THE 15% IS, IS THE STATE LAW, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM LIKE THAT? YEAH.
AND WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE TO FILE A REPORT EACH YEAR AND, UM, LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WERE, WHAT THE REVENUES WERE, WHAT IT WAS SPENT ON, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
I, IS THAT JUST CASH OR DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE IN KIND OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT, THAT IS GIVEN TO AN ORGANIZATION? YEAH, SO THE IN KIND IS BASICALLY WE'RE GETTING REVENUE FROM THAT AS WELL.
SO BECAUSE I'LL USE THE WATER TOWER THEATER AS AN EXAMPLE.
UH, THE RENT THAT'S GIVEN TO THEM IN KIND WE RECOGNIZE AS BOTH A REVENUE AND AN EXPENSE.
UM, SO IT IS GOING INTO THE REPORTS, BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE 15% DOES NOT HAVE AN EFFECT.
BRUCE, DID YOU GET YOUR ANSWER ON THAT? YEAH, UM, I WANNA, YEAH, I WANNA FOLLOW UP ON, I'M NOT QUITE SEEING HOW THE MATH WORKS.
I WANNA FOLLOW UP ON THE MAYOR'S QUESTION 'CAUSE THAT WAS REALLY, UM, MY, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS TOO IS, UM, THIS FIRST, THIS FIRST BULLET POINT, MAXIMUM INVESTMENT, UH, IS 15% OF TOTAL HOTEL TAX, WHICH IS USED TO SUPPLEMENT TOTAL EXPEND.
IT JUST, I'VE ALWAYS STRUGGLED, UH, WITH THAT, THE WAY THAT THE WORDING OF THAT IS, AND, UM, THE WAY MY BRAIN WORKS IS IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT APPEARS TO BE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT A SUPPLEMENT.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE CALCULATION.
WOULD THAT, IS THAT A WRONG WAY OF THINKING ABOUT IT? THE, THE 15%? YEAH, BECAUSE THE 15% I
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LOOK MAXIMUM INVESTMENT IS, IS 15% OF TOTAL HOTEL TAX.UM, YEAH, THE MAXIMUM IS JUST 15% OF THE HOTEL TAX, WHICH IS $851,000.
WHICH WOULD LEAD ME TO BELIEVE WE'VE GOT 851,000 SOMETHING DOLLARS TO WORK WITH.
THE OPERATION OF THE THEATER THOUGH, SO YEP.
UNDER EXPENDITURES, THAT'S WHAT THE FOLKS THAT WORK THERE TO OPERATE TO KEEP THE BUILDING OPEN AND RUNNING, THE UTILITIES, THE INSURANCE ON THE BUILDING AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO OPERATE, THAT BUILDING IS ESTIMATED AT, AT $509,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.
SO THAT'S PART OF THAT 8 51 I, I, I GET IT IN YOUR NUMBERS, BUT THE, THE, TO ME, THAT BULLET POINT DOESN'T QUITE EXPLAIN WHAT YOU JUST DID.
AND, UM, AND I WOULD JUST SAY ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO, TO ELABORATE OKAY.
WHATEVER THE, THE TRUE DEFINITION IS WOULD, WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO ME AND MAYBE PROBABLY FUTURE, FUTURE, UM, INDIVIDUALS ON THIS COMMITTEE.
IF IT'S NOT, IF IT'S NOT CLEAR TO US, IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR US TO EXPLAIN IT.
IS THAT MAKE SOME, CAN'T QUITE FIGURE OUT HOW WE END UP AT THE 4 6 1 NUMBER DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
WE JUST TAKE, SO YOU 8 8 51 400, WHICH IS THE 15%.
SO YOU SEE THAT 509, 6 0 4 OPERATING EXPENSES.
SUBTRACT 8 51 400, 851 400 MINUS 5 0 9 6 0 4, AND THAT GIVES YOU THE 461,796, WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS.
AND ADD THE 120, SORRY, ADD THE 120,000 IN RENTAL INCOME THAT'S UP THERE AS WELL.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT ADDS UP.
HERE'S, HERE'S, I'M, I'M WHERE I'M WHERE YOU ARE,
UM, I I THINK, I THINK 461,796 IS THE TOTAL AVAILABLE THAT WE HAD TO WORK WITH.
WE ONLY USED 415,000 LAST YEAR OR THIS CURRENT, THIS CURRENT YEAR.
IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THAT, AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE 415 THAT, THAT'S PLUGGED INTO THE CALCULATION, BUT WE COULD HAVE USED IF WE WOULD'VE GONE EXTREME 400 AND UP TO NEAR $462,000.
IS THAT, IS THAT FOR THIS YEAR STARTING TO MAKE, SO, SO BASICALLY WE'VE GOT, I'LL START AT THE TOP.
SO WE'VE GOT A, THE, THE, THE THEATER IS EARNING 120,000 IN REVENUE.
SO THAT THEY'VE GOT THAT 120,000, THEN THEY'RE SPENDING AT LEAST 509, 6 0 4 ON OPERATING THE THEATER.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU NET THOSE TWO, THAT COMES OUT TO 3 89, 6 0 4.
SO IF YOU TAKE THE 3 89, 6 0 4 FROM THE 8 51 400, THAT'S WHERE THE 4 61 7 96 COMES FROM.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT.
5 9 6 0 4, THAT'S MONEY THAT THE TOWN IS PAYING FOR UTILITIES AND ALL THE RUNNING OF THE BUILDING ITSELF.
SO THAT JUST THE OPERATION OF FIXED COSTS, THOSE FIXED MATH AND THE OTHERS ARE THE, THE VARIABLE COST OF WHAT WE'RE GIVEN? THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S WHAT, SO DOES IT, DOES IT MAKE SE DOES IT MAKE SENSE THAT IT SEEMS LIKE WE WOULD HAVE OTHER OPERATING EXPENDITURES THAT WOULD FALL OUTSIDE OF THESE THINGS? IS THAT NOT THE CASE? LIKE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT DON'T RELATE TO ANY OF THESE, UH, THESE, UH, THESE GRANT APPLICATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YEAH, THERE, THERE ARE.
AND I THINK THE, OR OR THAT WOULD BE PAID OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND OR SOMETHING THAT SOME THAT'S NOT FROM THE HOTEL FUND IS EVERYTHING THAT RELATES TO THE ADDISON PAID OUTTA THE HOTEL FUND? YES.
AND SO ALL OF THOSE ARE LUMPED UP INTO THIS OPERATING EXPENDITURES TOTAL? RIGHT.
THAT'S THE PERSONNEL THAT WORK AT THE ADDISON, THAT'S THE UTILITIES, THAT'S ANYTHING THAT IT, THAT GOES INTO THAT BUILDING AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE IS THAT OPERATING EXPENSE.
AND IT WOULD BE ULTRA AGGRESSIVE TO BUDGET ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE 400 AND, AND 61,000, WELL, 7 96, FOR INSTANCE, LAST YEAR, THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE SAME 851,400.
UM, THE TOTAL BUDGET ENDED UP BEING THE NET INVESTMENT OF 8 47.
SO WE GOT WITHIN ABOUT 5,000 OF THAT, OF THAT NUMBER.
UM, IT'S YOUR DISCRETION, THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION NOT TO, TO, TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT OF, OF, UH, OF A GAP THERE.
BUT IT'S YOUR DISCRETION IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT UP TO, TO THAT MAX.
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YOU.UM, WE HAVE TWO LAST SLIDES HERE.
UM, THIS JUST IS FOR REFERENCE, UH, FOR THE COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF, UM, THE ADDISON FACILITY USAGE HISTORY.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST SHOWING LIT NIGHTS AND PERFORMANCES OVER FISCAL YEARS AND YOU'LL SEE IT INCREASING.
UM, AND THE FISCAL YEAR 26 NUMBER HERE IS PROJECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, IT IS BROKEN DOWN THERE BY, UM, THREE MAIN GROUP TYPES FROM THE WATER TOWER THEATER, RENTERS, AND OTHER GROUPS.
SO BASICALLY THAT'S EVERYONE ELSE USING THE FACILITY.
AND THEN TOWN CURATED PROGRAMMING.
AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT ACTUALLY BREAKS IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
THAT SECOND GROUP, UM, OR ACTUALLY ALL OF IT 'CAUSE WATER TOWER IS INCLUDED AS WELL, UM, FOR THE GROUPS.
AND THEN THEIR TOTAL NUMBER OF LIT NIGHTS AND PERFORMANCES PROJECTED THROUGH THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
IT ALSO SHOWS, UM, THOSE THAT THE TOWN HAS PROVIDED GRANT FUNDING TO, UM, RESPECTIVELY.
AND SO THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION TO ABBY COMING UP TO SHARE MORE ABOUT HER REQUEST FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET FOR TOWN CURATED EVENTS.
UM, SINCE THAT WOULD GO INTO THAT TOTAL FIGURE, UH, MAXIMUM INVESTMENT FIGURE, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME HEADS UP AND ADVANCEMENT ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE REQUESTED AS YOU CONSIDER, UM, THE FUNDING FROM THE OTHER PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, FOR STEPHEN OR I ON THE OVERVIEW? NOT FOR ME, NO.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ABBY MORALES, DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND THEATER.
ON THE THEATER SIDE, WE ARE REQUESTING A TOTAL OF 76,700.
THAT WAS PART OF OUR, UM, FUNDING FROM LAST YEAR FOR OUR HOLIDAY PROGRAMMING, WHICH WAS DECEMBER AT THE ADDISON, AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 37,500 FOR A NEW PROGRAM FOR SUMMER AT THE ADDISON.
UM, THIS HIGHLIGHTS OUR VIBRANT, ACTIVE AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR COUNCIL KEY FOCUS AREAS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THE HOLIDAY PROGRAMMING FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, BUT WE'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD SUMMER PROGRAMMING TO IMPACT OUR DAYTIME ACTIVITY AND TO CONTINUE TO DIVERSIFY OUR PROGRAM OFFERINGS.
UM, SOME PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WE LOOK AT.
UM, AS SARAH MENTIONED, WE ARE PART OF THE THIRD TO HELP ASSIST WITH GETTING TO 150 LIT NIGHTS, WHICH IS INDUSTRY STANDARD.
THE TOWN CURATED PORTION OF THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 50 LIT NIGHTS OF ACTIVITY.
UM, IN DECEMBER OF 2025, OUR DECEMBER HOLIDAY PROGRAMMING, UM, EQUATED TO 20 LIT NIGHTS, WHICH WAS 35 PERFORMANCES, AND WE SAW NEARLY 3000 GUESTS IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
UM, AND THEN OUR TOWN PURDUE SPECIAL EVENTS, KABOOM TOWN IN OCTOBER FEST FOR THIS YEAR ARE INCLUDED IN THE FIGURES THERE.
THE VERY LAST LINE IS OUR TOWN CURATED PROGRAMMING IN THE METRICS AROUND THAT.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR LIT NIGHTS DID INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR BY 79% FOR THIS YEAR.
WHEN WE DO A DEEPER DIVE INTO DECEMBER AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, YOU SEE, UM, SORT OF ALL OF THE ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENED IN DECEMBER.
WE HAD JUST UNDER A TOTAL OF 3000 GUESTS THAT CAME THROUGH, UM, FOR OUR 20 LIT NIGHTS.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE BREAKDOWN BY THE DIFFERENT SPACES.
SO WE HAD OVER 2200 GUESTS IN THE MAIN STAGE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND ABOUT 272, 2 76 IN THE STUDIO AND STONE COTTAGE RESPECTIVELY.
YOU'LL SEE THE PERFORMANCES LISTED THERE.
UM, AND THEN ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON, UM, THE NUMBER OF GUESTS FOR EACH OF THE VARIOUS PERFORMANCES THAT WERE HOSTED IN DECEMBER.
WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UM, TO DO, UM, IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UM, REALLY HIGHLIGHTING SORT OF THE SUMMER ACTIVITY TO IMPACT THAT DAYTIME ACTIVITY.
NOT ONLY WOULD IT DIVERSIFY OUR PROGRAM PORTFOLIO, BUT WE WOULD SERVE ANOTHER DEMOGRAPHIC AND THOSE ARE PARENTS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO HAVE THEIR KIDS DO DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ON THE TABLE, UM, HIGHLIGHTING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PERFORMING ARTS AND ART GENRES.
UM, THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE A THEATER CAMP.
UM, WE WOULD HOST AT THEATER CAMP FOR A SET PERIOD, AND THEN AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CAMP, THERE WOULD BE A PERFORMANCE THAT WOULD BE HOSTED FOR PARENTS AND THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO HOST AN ART CAMP.
WE HAVE FERNANDO, THE ARTIST WHO IS A LOCAL ARTIST, UM, THAT RELOCATED FROM CALIFORNIA.
UM, AND HE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HOSTING AN ART CAMP.
AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS ART CAMP, HE WOULD LIKE TO HOST AN ART EXHIBIT, UM, IN THE ADDISON FOR, AGAIN, PARENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE NATIONAL BALLET OF TEXAS THAT HAS TALKED TO US ABOUT HOSTING A DANCE CAMP.
UM, AND AGAIN, AT THE CONCLUSION OF CAMP, THERE WOULD BE A RECITAL FOR THE PARTICIPANTS, FOR FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS, UM, AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.
THE FUNDING REQUEST IS A TOTAL OF 15,000.
WE'RE LOOKING AT 5,000, UM, PER CAMP ACTIVITY THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO OFFER.
THERE WOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES TO
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OFFSET WITH REVENUE AND REALLY IT DEPENDS ON HOW WE STRUCTURE THAT.UM, WE COULD HIRE AN INSTRUCTOR AND THEN CHARGE CAMP FEES.
WE COULD, UM, SOLICIT AN ORGANIZATION TO OFFER THE CAMP OUTRIGHT AND THEN THEY COULD JUST RENT THE FACILITY.
AND SO A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, UM, TO GENERATE REVENUE TO OFFSET, UM, THE EXPENSE ON THIS.
THE PROJECTED LIT NIGHTS ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO SIX.
IT REALLY JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON HOW MANY CAMP OFFERINGS WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER.
UM, AND THEN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE THREE, IF EACH OF THE THREE CAMPS ARE APPROVED AND WE DO A PERFORMANCE AT EACH, AT THE END OF EACH ONE, UM, THERE COULD BE A POSSIBLE MATINEE OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH AS WELL.
SO THE CAMPS THEMSELVES WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED LIT, IT WOULD JUST BE THE RECITALS AND THE YES, SIR.
THE ART SHOWS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, A COUPLE OF OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR, UM, AGAIN, THE SUMMER MONTHS, UM, PARTNERSHIPS ARE IN THE WORKS.
WE HAVE TALKED TO DALLAS COLLEGE, UM, BROOKHAVEN.
WE'VE ALSO HAD A REACH OUT BY GREENHILL SCHOOL WHOSE, UM, FACILITY IS UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A POSSIBLE HOME WHILE THEIR RENOVATIONS ARE BEING COMPLETED.
UM, ON THE SPECIAL EVENTS SIDE, WE JUST ARE, UM, COMPLETED AN AGREEMENT WITH, UM, ODYSSEY.
THEIR PORTFOLIO INCLUDES, UM, A COUPLE OF THE RADIO STATIONS THAT ARE LISTED THERE.
AND UM, THE FUNDING REQUEST WOULD BE FOR TWO DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
ONE WOULD BE SHAKESPEARE ON THE LAWN.
UM, WE WOULD LOOK TO PARTNER WITH BROOKHAVEN COLLEGE ON THAT, UM, TO PROVIDE THE ACTORS, UM, SUPPLIES AND, AND FEES THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
WE'RE ASKING FOR $15,000 FOR THAT.
UM, THE ARTIST IN THE ATELIER, WE HAVE NAMED THE COURTYARD AREA THAT SITS BETWEEN TOWN HALL AND THE ADDISON, THE ATELIER.
UM, AND WE WOULD WORK WITH OUR RADIO PARTNER TO SECURE, UM, VARIOUS ACTS, UM, ON A SET SCHEDULE, UM, TO BE DETERMINED.
UM, AND WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR $7,500 FOR THAT.
THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT THIS WAS A WEEKLY OCCURRENCE WHERE YOU KNEW THAT YOU COULD HAVE LIVE MUSIC, WE COULD ENHANCE WITH THE CONCESSIONS AREA, THE BAR, AND JUST KIND OF HAVE A, IF WE CHOSE THURSDAY NIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IT WOULD BE A THURSDAY NIGHT HANGOUT THAT YOU KNEW EVERY THURSDAY FROM THIS MONTH TO THIS MONTH THERE WOULD BE AN ARTIST IN THE ATELIER.
AND SO LEANING ON OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RADIO GROUP, UM, TO HELP US FULFILL THAT AGAIN, THERE WOULD BE REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WOULD USE TO OFFSET THIS.
UM, CONCESSIONS WOULD BE ONE OF THEM THAT WE COULD LOOK AT.
UM, OFFERING, UM, WE COULD LOOK AT DOING THE REV SHARE.
UM, WE HAVE SOME AMENITIES THAT WE THOUGHT OF WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SHAKESPEARE ON THE LAWN.
LAWN WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO HOST IN THE STONE COTTAGE LAWN AREA.
AND SO HAVING ITEMS FOR SALE, UM, WHETHER IT BE A PICNIC BLANKET, UM, PARTNERING WITH A RESTAURANT IN THE AREA THAT WE MIGHT WANNA OFFER, UM, FOOD AND BEVERAGE AS PART OF THE PACKAGE.
UM, AND SO A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO OFFSET WITH REVENUE AS WELL.
PROJECTED LIT NIGHTS WOULD DEPEND ON THE FREQUENCY OF THE PROGRAMMING OFFERING THAT WE DO.
UM, IF WE DID ONE TIME PER MONTH, WEEKLY FOR THE SUMMER MONTH, WE COULD DO ONCE A MONTH, UM, TO SEE HOW IT GOES.
UM, JUST A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE AROUND WHAT THAT PROGRAMMING COULD LOOK LIKE.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE 23 WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ART, ART CAMP AND SO WHAT, WHAT KIND OF ART ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WITH THAT? SO ALL KINDS OF ART, IT WOULD BE, UM, PAINTING, IT WOULD BE CHALK, IT WOULD BE CHARCOAL.
AND SO A LOT OF THAT, UM, TYPE.
ANY OTHER, IS THIS FOR, I'M ASSUMING THESE ARE CHILDREN CAMPS? YES, SIR.
ARE THESE FOR ADDISON CHILDREN OR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO SIGN UP? WE COULD DO, WE COULD HAVE THAT OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, AND WE WOULD TAKE DIRECTION ON THAT.
WE HAVE ENOUGH, HAVE WE, HAVE WE JUDGED INTEREST IN THIS? UM, WITH, WITH HOW YOU GET, FIGURE OUT HOW MANY YOU WOULD HAVE COMING IN? YEAH, SO A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM THE GROUPS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH US.
AND SO THE THEATER CAMP HAS WANTED TO HOST THIS AND IS DOING SOMETHING THIS SUMMER.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S INTEREST.
NOW THE SPECIFICS ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE JUST ADDISON KIDS, THAT ONE'S NOT, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT BECAUSE THESE ARE RENTERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY USING THE FACILITY THAT ARE INTERESTED IN, UM, EXPANDING THEIR PROGRAM OFFERING.
AND WOULD THERE BE A FEE FOR EACH PARTICULAR DEPENDING ON THE YES SIR.
DEPENDING ON THE STRUCTURE THAT WE CHOOSE TO DO.
IF WE HIRE AN INSTRUCTOR AND PAY AN INSTRUCTOR, WE WOULD CHARGE CAMP FEES JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CAMP ACTIVITY.
IF WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION THAT COMES IN AND OFFERS THE PROGRAM, HOW WE WOULD GENERATE REVENUE WAS, IS WE WOULD CHARGE RENT FOR THE FACILITY.
SO EITHER WAY IT WOULD BE OUR DECISION WHETHER THERE WAS A CAMP FEE AND WE WANTED TO GIVE AN ADDISON RESIDENT
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A DIFFERENT FEE THAN SOMEONE THAT WAS COMING FROM OUT.WE, WE COULD DO THAT IF WE ELECT.
IF WE, WE'VE GOT NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
[2.c. Receive and discuss presentations from scheduled non-profit organizations that applied for funding. Accolade Junior Players Outcry Theatre Plano Symphony Orchestra The Classics Theatre Project WaterTower Theatre]
FORWARD TO, TO TWO C, RECEIVE AND DISCUSS PRESENTATIONS FROM SCHEDULED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPLIED FOR FUNDING STARTING WITH ACCOLADE.AND IF ACCOLADES NOT HERE, WE CAN MOVE TO JUNIOR PLAYERS.
AND I DID WANNA MENTION, UM, FOUR THAT EACH ONE IS TIME FOR FIVE MINUTES.
WE DO HAVE A TIMER HERE, SO ISH IS GONNA HELP US WITH THAT AND, UM, KEEPING TRACK OF TIME.
IS, IS OUTCRY THEATER HERE? ALRIGHT.
I HAVE JUNIOR PLAYERS IF YOU WANNA UP, I JU I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IS JUNIOR PLAYERS NOT HERE? JUNIOR PLAYERS, JUST YOU ARE.
I'M SORRY YOU YEAH, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I HAVE CONTROL OF THE CLICKER.
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
UH, MY NAME IS ROSA CRUZ AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR JUNIOR PLAYERS.
I'M THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR JUNIOR PLAYERS.
LISA, CAN YOU SAY THE ONE MORE? NO, YEAH.
SO, UH, WE ARE REQUESTING $39,550 IN SUPPORT OF OUR NEWEST INITIATIVE, DISNEY'S FINDING NEMO, JR.
A FULL SCALE MUSICAL THEATER PRODUCTION CREATED SPECIFICALLY, UH, FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.
NOW, JUNIOR PLAYERS WAS FOUNDED IN 1955, AND IT IS THE OLDEST YOUTH THEATER IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA.
AND IN THE EIGHTIES, OUR MISSION SHIFTED ITS FOCUS AND EXPANDED OUTREACH TO THE ENTIRE NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY WITH A MYRIAD OF ARTS FORMS AND GENRES.
FOR MORE THAN 71 YEARS, JUNIOR PLAYERS HAS USED THE ARTS TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE DEVELOP CONFIDENCE, LIFE SKILLS, AND A SENSE OF BELONGING.
AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE TOWN OF ADDISON ON THIS INITIATIVE.
SO EACH YEAR, JUNIOR PLAYERS SERVES BETWEEN 11,000 TO 15,000, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH FREE ARTS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, PRODUCTIONS, CAMPS, AND WORKSHOPS AT MORE THAN 153 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
OUR MISSION IS TO ENCOURAGE INTELLECTUAL GROWTH, MENTAL WELLBEING, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, LIFE SKILLS THROUGH MENTORING, CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS.
WE INTENTIONALLY REMOVE BARRIERS BY PROVI PARTICIPATION, BY PROVIDING OUR PROGRAMS AT NO COST TO YOUTH AND FAMILIES.
AND SO THIS YEAR WE'RE LAUNCHING A NEW INITIATIVE, DISNEY'S FINDING, UH, NEMO JUNIOR.
UH, WHILE WE'RE, THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THEATER MIDDLE SCHOOL, STUDENTS ARE OFTEN UNDERSERVED, UH, DURING A VERY CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT TIME IN THEIR LIVES.
NOW, THIS PRODUCTION IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT, AND, UH, WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OVER 100 PLUS STUDENTS TO AUDITION.
AND TYPICALLY WE SEE ABOUT 150 TO 200, UH, STUDENTS AUDITION FOR NEW PROJECTS.
AND WE GENERALLY CAST ABOUT 25 YOUTH, UH, WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO LEARN, UH, HOW TO AUDITION, GO TO CALLBACKS, REHEARSE, AND PERFORM IN A PROFESSIONAL QUALITY MUSICAL THEATER EXPERIENCE.
NOW, STUDENTS WILL WORK ALONGSIDE EXPERIENCED DIRECTORS, CHOREOGRAPHERS, LIGHTING, SET DESIGNERS, AND PRODUCTION STAFF, WHILE DEVELOPING SKILLS THAT EXTEND BEYOND THE STAGE.
SO THE ARTS HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BUILD CONFIDENCE, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, TEAMWORK, PROBLEM SOLVING, ABILITIES, AND CREATIVITY.
AT A TIME WHEN MANY STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING WITH SOCIAL CONNECTION AND SELF-CONFIDENCE.
THEATER PROVIDES A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN DISCOVER THEIR VOICE AND LEARN HOW TO WORK, COLLABORATE COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHERS.
AND AS MENTIONED, THE ARTS ARE NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL DUE TO BUDGETARY, UH, CONSTRAINTS.
UH, CURRENTLY I'M GOING THROUGH THIS.
MY DAUGHTER'S ENTERING INTO JUNIOR HIGH, AND, UH, I'M KIND OF, UH, SHOCKED AT THE LIMITED NUMBER OF, UH, ARTS ACCESS, UH, AND OUR FEEDER PATTERN.
SO, UM, BUT FINDING EMO JUNIOR IS ESPECIALLY POWERFUL BECAUSE IT CENTERS ON THEMES OF PERSEVERANCE, COURAGE, FAMILY, PERSONAL GROWTH, UH, A MESSAGE THAT RESONATES STRONGLY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES ALIKE.
NOW, AS MENTIONED, WE'RE REQUESTING $39,550 TO SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCTION, AND THESE FUNDS WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT PRODUCTION MATERIALS, ARTISTIC PERSONNEL, AND PRODUCTION,
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UH, STAFF NECESSARY TO BRING THE SHOW TO LIFE.NOW, SPECIFICALLY, APPROXIMATELY 19, UH, THOUSAND $250 WILL SUPPORT PRODUCTION EXPENSES LIKE SET SUPPLIES, MICROPHONES, COSTUMES, UH, BASIC SNACKS.
UH, 12,200 WILL SUPPORT ARTISTIC SALARIES, UH, LIKE OUR DIRECTORS, OUR CHOREOGRAPHER, OUR COSTUME DESIGNER, SET DESIGNER, ET CETERA.
AND 8,100 WILL SUPPORT PRODUCTION SALARIES LIKE OUR STAGE MANAGEMENT, UH, AND THOSE OTHER ADDITIONAL DESIGNER TEAMS. UM, THE INVESTMENT ENSURES THAT STUDENTS RECEIVE A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATIONAL AND ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE WHILE AUDIENCES, UH, ENJOY A PROFESSIONAL CALIBER PERFORMANCE.
SO THE PROJECTED OUTCOMES, UH, THIS WILL INCLUDE ONE FULL PRODUCTION, SIX PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, AND 16 TOTAL FACILITY DATES THAT WILL INCLUDE REHEARSAL, TECHNICAL AND PERFORMANCE PERIODS.
UH, BASED ON OUR HISTORICAL ATTENDANCE DATA, WE ANTICIPATE AN AVERAGE BETWEEN 83 AND 210 AUDIENCE MEMBERS PER PERFORMANCE, DEPENDING ON THE VENUE CONFIGURATION COURSE.
UM, BUT THIS TRANSLATES TO AN ESTIMATED AUDIENCE REACH OF APPROXIMATELY 500 TO 1200 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE RUN OF THE SHOW.
UH, AND BEYOND ATTENDANCE, WE WILL EVALUATE STUDENT GROWTH THROUGH, UH, PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK, UH, AND OUR LONGSTANDING PROGRAM ASSESSMENT, UH, PRACTICES.
NOW WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT OFFERS MEANINGFUL BENEFITS TO THE ADDISON COMMUNITY.
FIRST, IT EXPANDS ACCESS TO ARTS PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES.
SECOND, IT ATTRACTS VISITORS FROM ACROSS THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA WHO WILL ENGAGE WITH ADDISON'S RESTAURANTS, THE BUSINESSES AND CULTURAL AMENITIES, UH, BE BEFORE, DURING REHEARSAL PERIODS AND AFTER THE PERFORMANCES.
AND THIRD, IT ALIGNS WITH ADDISON'S COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, CREATIVITY, AND QUALITY OF LIFE INITIATIVES.
WE GOT THAT
ANYWAY, THAT'S A, THAT'S A HARD CUT.
DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO GET IN THERE? I THINK WE JUST, UM, FOR US, THIS PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EVOLVE AN ON INTO AN ONGOING PARTNERSHIP, UM, THAT POSITIONS ADDISON AS A DESTINATION FOR EXCEPTIONAL YOUTH ARTS EXPERIENCES ALREADY COMPLIMENTING THE VIBRANT ADULT ARTS ECOSYSTEM, UM, THAT THE COUNCIL HAS SO THOUGHTFULLY CULTIVATED OVER THE YEARS.
UH, I'M AN ALUMNI OF THIS PROGRAM OF JUNIOR PLAYERS.
I STARTED IN THE NINETIES AT THE AGE OF 14, AND NOW AT THE HELM.
SO I BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE WANT TO DO THIS WITH RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON TO SEE ADDISON STUDENTS, UH, PARTICIPATE MORE ACTIVELY IN OUR PROGRAMS. OKAY.
UM, OR, OR HAVE YOU BEEN, THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME REQUESTING FROM US, IS THAT CORRECT? THIS IS THE SECOND TIME REQUESTING, UH, LAST YEAR REQUEST WAS FOR ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. SO WE WANTED TO START ON A SMALLER SCALE TO SORT OF, UH, CULTIVATE, UH, INTERACTION WITH THE YOUTH AT AGES FIVE TO 14, SINCE WE ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGETING SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH GRADE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
UH, AND SO PRIOR TO THAT, AND ACTUALLY THIS SUMMER, WE INTENTIONALLY SERVED, UH, THE COMMUNITIES AROUND BROOKHAVEN COLLEGE AND, UH, DALLAS RICHLAND, UH, PARTICULARLY TO SET ENGAGEMENT.
ALL OF THE CAMPS WERE, UH, WE DO 25 STUDENTS TO TWO INSTRUCTORS, ONE TO TWO INSTRUCTORS, AND EVERYTHING WAS FULL.
UM, THE REQUEST IS TO COME BACK AND DO MORE.
UM, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM? SO WE HAVE NOT DONE A, THIS WOULD BE THE INAUGURAL MIDDLE SCHOOL PRODUCTION.
TYPICALLY, OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRODUCTIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE, UH, SINCE 1990, UH, PREDOMINANTLY IN THE DALLAS, UH, COUNTY AREA AT, UH, SAMUEL GRAND AMPHITHEATER AND ALSO MOODY PERFORMANCE HALL AND APAC, WHICH, UH, HAMMOND HALL, STRAU STRAUS VENUE, UM, ALL OF THOSE VENUES WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ALMOST SELL OUT.
MOODY PERFORMANCE HOLDS ABOUT, UH, I WANNA SAY CLOSE TO, UH, 7,000, NO, I'M LYING.
UH, A LITTLE SHY OF THAT, BUT WE'VE, UH, SOLD OUT, UH, THE FIRST FLOOR FOR SURE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AND ARE, DO YOU CHARGE ADMISSION FOR THIS, THESE PLAYS AFTER THE END OF IT? OR IS THIS FOR THE FA YES, FOR THE PATRONS, WE CHARGE, UM, WE HAVE EQUITABLE TICKET PRICES SO THAT IT IS AFFORDABLE FOR ANY FAMILY, UH, TO COME TO THESE PERFORMANCES.
ANYWHERE BETWEEN $15 TO 20 TO 25, UH, STUDENT PRICING IS $5 TICKETS, UH, FOR THE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, IT'S COMPLETELY FREE OF COST.
SO ANY STUDENT FROM THE AUDITION PROCESS TO CALL BACK TO, UH, BEING IN THE CAST, THEY ARE NOT CHARGED ANYTHING.
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THANK YOU.UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, MY NAME IS MARISSA SIGNS AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF OUTCRY THEATER, A 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT THEATER COMPANY.
AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE MANY YEARS OF SUPPORT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE TOWN OF ADDISON
OUTCRY THEATER UTILIZES BOLD ARTISTIC VISION, HIGHLY PHYSICAL STAGING, AND AN ENERGETIC AND VISCERAL PERFORMANCE STYLE WITH RIGOROUS REHEARSALS, TENACIOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE.
RY THEATER FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING STELLAR PERFORMANCES AND EXCEPTIONAL STORYTELLING.
OUTCRY THEATER SERVES THE DFW AREA AND, UM, THROUGH OUR PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS, THROUGH OUTCRY READS, UH, PRESENTING WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT BY LOCAL PLAYWRIGHTS, THE OUTCRY COMMUNITY THEATER PROGRAM INVOLVING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND THE OUTCRY YOUTH THEATER PROGRAM, UM, EDUCATING STUDENTS AGES FIVE THROUGH 18.
OUTCRY IS REQUESTING $20,000 TO BE USED TOWARDS PRODUCTIONS COSTS, UH, FOR PERFORMANCES AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
OUTCRY WILL PRODUCE FOUR SHOWS THIS COMING YEAR, UH, SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2027, UM, AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN THE STUDIO THEATER.
THE COSTS OF MOUNTING HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTIONS ARE HIGH, AND OUR COSTS AND EXPENSES HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN RECENT YEARS.
GRANT MONEY FROM THE TOWN OF ADDISON WILL HELP US WITH PRODUCTION SPECIFIC COSTS, INCLUDING SETS, PROPS, COSTUMES, AND OTHER PRODUCTION EXPENSES.
OUTCRY THEATER BRINGS PARTICIPANTS AND AUDIENCE, AUDIENCE MEMBERS FROM ALL OVER THE METROPLEX INTO ADDISON.
WE HAVE PARTICIPANTS COMING FROM PLANO, ALLEN, DALLAS, FRISCO, UH, ROCK ROLL, MCKINNEY RICHARDSON, AND MORE.
OUR PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES DO EAT FREQUENTLY AT NEARBY RESTAURANTS.
UH, FAMILY MEMBERS SHOP AT LOCAL STORES TO FILL THE TIME WHILE THEIR CHILDREN, UM, ARE AT REHEARSALS.
AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR AU AUDIENCES FOR OUR PRODUCTIONS AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ARE COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF ADDISON.
UH, WE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED, UH, AN INCREDIBLY WELL SOLD RUN OF SIX PERFORMANCES OF SHREK THE MUSICAL AT THE ADDISON MAIN STAGE, AND WE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT TWO PERFORMANCES AND THE OTHER FOUR SHOWS, UH, WERE ALSO VERY WELL SOLD OUT OF THE 1,103 TICKETS WE SOLD 1,049 WERE FROM OUTSIDE OF ADDISON, AND THAT'S OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO CAME INTO THE TOWN OF ADDISON, UH, TO SEE OUR PRODUCTION.
WE ALSO HAVE VERY LARGE CAST PARTIES, CAST PARTIES IN ADDISON FOLLOWING THEIR PERFORMANCES.
UM, THEY HAVE TAKEN PLACE AT RESTAURANTS LIKE BJ'S, UH, VELVET TACO, AND OF COURSE, LAZY DOG.
OUTCRY THEATER OFFERS TOP-NOTCH YOUTH COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL THEATER OUTCRY, UM, THEATERS, PROFESSIONAL BRANCH PRESENTS UNIQUE, CHALLENGING, AND RARELY PRODUCED SHOWS THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD MOST LIKELY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE IN THE METROPLEX.
IN 2025, PRODUCED BOTH AN ORIGINAL IMMERSIVE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE, A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR LILY EVERGREEN, UM, AS WELL AS DESCRIBE THE NIGHT BY PULITZER FINALIST RAJIV JOSEPH.
UH, WE ARE ALSO KNOWN FOR DOING ORIGINAL ADAPTATIONS.
IN 2025, WE DID AN ORIGINAL ADAPTATION OF OFF TO TREASURE ISLAND.
UH, WE TREAT OUR PRODUCTIONS YOUTH OR PROFESSIONAL WITH EXCEPT EXCEPTIONAL ATTENTION TO CARE.
WE WORK WITH OUR ACTORS TO CREATE DETAILED POLISHED PERFORMANCES, AND WE INCORPORATE, UM, ENTERTAINING CHOREOGRAPHY WITH SPECIFIC STAGING AND INTERESTING DESIGN ELEMENTS TO ENSURE THAT OUR ALL OUR PRODUCTIONS ARE ENTERTAINING AND MOVING.
HERE'S A QUICK REVIEW OF THE PRODUCTIONS, UH, THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED IN 2025.
UH, THE PRODUCTIONS THAT WE PERFORMED AT THE ADDISON DURING THIS TIME WERE A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR, UM, LILY EVERGREEN, A WRINKLE IN THYME, THE JUNGLE BOOK KITS, JULIUS CAESAR, AND A MONSTER CALLS.
UH, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
ALCART THEATER LOVES PERFORMING AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE 2012.
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AND, UH, WE'RE PROUD TO BE SPONSORED BY THE TOWN OF ADDISON, AND WE HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AND CONTRIBUTE EVEN MORE TO THE AMAZING COMMUNITY OF ADDISON.WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? RANDY, TELL ME WHAT THE ATTENDANCE WAS FOR YOUR, YOU, YOU GAVE AN ATTENDANCE NUMBER A WHILE AGO AND I PRE MM-HMM
YEAH, SO WE JUST COMPLETED, UH, THE SHREK THE MUSICAL HERE AT THE ADDISON MAIN STAGE.
UH, AND WE HAD TWO SOLD OUT PERFORMANCES.
SO WE HAD A THOUSAND, UH, 103 TICKETS SOLD.
AND OUT OF THOSE WE HAD 1,049, UH, FROM OUTSIDE, UH, PEOPLE BUYING FROM OUTSIDE OF ADDISON WITH ONLY TWO SHOWS YOU DID ALMOST 1100 PEOPLE.
WHAT'S OUR THEATER HOLD? HOW DID WE DO THAT ON THE, ON THE SHREK? HOW MANY PRODUCTIONS DID YOU HAVE? OH, SORRY.
YEAH, WE HAD LINED UP OUTSIDE
MARISSA, I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU ALL, YOU ALL DID YOUR SUMMER PRODUCTION HERE.
IS THAT OUR FIRST TIME TO, TO GET THAT? YES.
AND SO THIS, THIS, UH, NEXT YEAR, UM, WHAT, HELP ME, WHAT WAS THE, WHAT'S THE PROPOSED SUMMER PRODUCTION? WE, IT HASN'T BEEN ANNOUNCED YET.
IT'S GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED IN TUMOR WEEKS AT OUR
AND SO ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOMETHING, UH, IT SAYS JULY THROUGH AUGUST YOUTH PLAY.
IS THAT FOR PERFORMANCES AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER? YES.
FOR THIS COMING YEAR? YES, THE SEASON.
AND IS THAT THE SAME THING AS YOUR, YOUR SUMMER PRODUCTION, OR IS THAT SOMETHING DIFFERENT? UM, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE SUMMER PRODUCTION INCLUDES THE COM IT'S A COMMUNITY PRODUCTION, SO WE INCLUDE OUR, UM, MOST OF IT'S ALL THE KIDS THAT PERFORM DURING THE, DURING THE SEASON, UH, PLUS THEIR PARENTS PLUS ALUMNI.
UM, AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT PERFORM DURING THE SHREK.
UM, AND OF COURSE WE OPEN IT UP FOR ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S INTERESTED IN COMING OUT IN, UM, PERFORMING.
UM, BUT THE DURING THE YEAR WITH THE FOUR PERFORMANCES OF THE YOUTH THEATER, THOSE ARE OUR STUDENTS THAT PERFORM.
AND, AND DO WE KNOW THE, THE NAME OF THOSE PRODUCTIONS? OR HAS THAT NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED YET? THEY'LL BE ANNOUNCED IN TWO MORE WEEKS.
THAT, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I, IT'S SECRET.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
UH, ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, RANDY? YEAH.
UH, THIS IS A QUESTION I'M GONNA ASK EVERYONE, EVERYONE, ANY OTHER FUND? WHAT, WHAT ARE YOUR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES? SO WE DO RECEIVE, WE DO APPLY FOR A GRANT, UH, FROM PLANO, UM, THAT WE RECEIVE, AND THEN FROM ADDISON.
AND, BUT, AND YOU PERFORM IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PLACES.
ALL OF THESE PERFORMANCES WON'T BE IN ADDISON.
RUNNING FROM PLANO, YOU'LL BE DOING PERFORMANCE.
WE DO SOME PERFORMANCES IN PLANO.
DO YOU BUILD YOUR OWN PRODUCTIONS OR DO YOU HIRE A PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION COMPANY TO BUILD YOUR PROPS THERE? UM, SO THE MAJORITY, UM, IT DEPENDS.
UH, THE MAJORITY ACTUALLY COMES FROM OUR PARENT VOLUNTEERS.
UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME PRODUCTIONS.
IF IT'S A MAJOR, UH, SET BUILD, WE WILL, UM, HIRE SOMEBODY TO BUILD THIS SET FOR US, PLUS HAVE OUR PARENTS ALSO ASSIST AND BUILD.
SO NEXT WE HAVE, UM, PLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME IN PER TO PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE PLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
MY NAME IS MARGARET FINLEY AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT OUR FUNDING REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
I'M ASSUMING YOU CAN GO RIGHT? YEAH, I CAN GO AHEAD.
UM, WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AND EDUCATE, ENTERTAIN, AND INVOLVE THE CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND ADULTS OF OUR COMMUNITY IN THE ENJOYMENT OF GREAT MUSIC.
AND IN THE PAST, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER AND COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY OF ADDISON IN PERFORMANCES THAT WE HAVE HAD HERE AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
UM, LAST YEAR WE HAD TWO PERFORMANCES, UH, THAT WERE FUNDED, UM, WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT, INCLUDING A FAMILY CONCERT IN OCTOBER, WHICH WE CALLED TOOTS
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AND TAILS FOR, UM, SOME WONDERFUL THINGS THAT CAME ALONG.I'M PERSONALLY GLAD I WASN'T THERE 'CAUSE I DON'T DO WELL WITH THE CREEPY CRAWLIES THAT YOU SEE HERE, BUT THESE ARE PICTURES FROM THAT DAY, UM, UH, SPIDERS AND I, I JUST DON'T DO THOSE THINGS.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A SECOND CONCERT IN FEB, FEBRUARY.
UM, ALL OF OUR CONCERTS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES WITH OUR CHILDREN, WE WILL BRING WHAT WE CALL OUR INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO.
AND YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE HERE ON THE LEFT OF THE YOUNG GIRL WHO IS BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY A VIOLIN FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SEE HOW THAT FEELS AND WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE AT YOUR EAR AND IN YOUR SHOULDER.
AND IT'S JUST AMAZING TO HAVE THAT MUSIC VIBRATING THROUGH YOU.
AND THEN A, UH, PICTURE FROM THAT PERFORMANCE, SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE THAT DAY.
WE ALSO INCLUDED, UM, A PARTNER THAT DAY WITH THE DOGS FOR BETTER LIVES.
AND SO THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT WHAT THEY DO HERE IN THE ADDISON AREA.
WE ARE, UM, ASKING FOR FUNDING OF $9,500, WHICH WILL HELP US IN TO PRESENT ONE CONCERT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE SCHEDULED AT THE ADDISON CENTER OF LET'S GO.
AND THE LOVELY THING THAT WE ARE ADDING THIS YEAR TO THE CONCERT OPPORTUNITY IS AN IMMERSIVE SENSORY FRIENDLY OPPORTUNITY, SENSORY FRIENDLY CONCERT.
THIS WILL BE IN COLLABORATION WITH LIGHT WEAR LABS AND SOUND STARTS MUSIC SOUND STARTS.
MUSIC IS ACTUALLY A MUSIC THERAPY PRODUCTION COMPANY, UM, THAT USES QUALIFIED MUSIC THERAPISTS TO HELP IN THE, UH, ADDITION OF THE ACT, THE ADDED ANCILLARY ASPECTS OF MUSIC BEYOND JUST THE LISTENING OF IT, BUT THE ACTUAL EXPERIENCE OF IT AND WHAT IT CAN PROVIDE FOR THOSE OF AN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE THERE OF ALL AGES.
OUR FAMILY CONCERTS OFTEN ARE THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT, UM, SOME OF THE CHILDREN ARE EVER HEARING SYMPHONY MUSIC FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LIVE, UM, LIVE OPPORTUNITY.
SO IT'S IN A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, A, A, A SHORT INTEGRATED OPPORTUNITY FOR ESPECIALLY THOSE YOUNG CHILDREN OF AGES THREE TO 12 TO LEARN AND TO EXPERIENCE THE MUSIC.
AND THEN ALSO, AS I SAID, THE SENSORY FRIENDLY COMPONENTS.
WE ALSO OFFER BILINGUAL MATERIALS, UH, FOR OUR GUESTS WHO ARE COMING AND, UM, AND VERY OFTEN THAT IS NEEDED AND WE'RE EXCITED TO OFFER THAT OUR PERFORMANCES WILL FEATURE A PROFESSIONAL PSO CHAMBER ENSEMBLE.
THAT ENSEMBLE CHANGES ACCORDING TO, UH, THE REPERTOIRE THAT IS CHOSEN FOR THAT PARTICULAR EVENT.
OUR, AS WE SAY, OUR BELOVED INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO AND UNIQUE GUEST ARTIST, ONE OF THE GUEST ARTISTS THAT IS PLANNED FOR THE ADDISON EVENT IS THE LIGHT WEAR LABS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU THINK OF, UM, THE OLD CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE BOOK WHERE YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, IT SAYS, IF YOU WANT JOHNNY TO WIN, YOU GO TO PAGE SEVEN.
IF YOU WANT MARY TO WIN, YOU GO TO PAGE 10 AND YOU CONTINUE READING THE STORY.
LIGHT WEAR LABS IS GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING TO ACTUALLY PICK UP THEIR PHONES AND INTERACT AND HELP CHANGE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON THIS STAGE.
SO IT WILL BE A VERY INTERACTIVE, UM, OPPORTUNITY.
AND AS I HAD MENTIONED, IT'S OFTEN THE FIRST EXPERIENCE OF LIVE MUSIC.
HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF PREVIOUS FAMILY CONCERTS WE HAVE HAD.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE HAD MARIONETTE PUPPETS OF DINOSAURS.
OUR CHILDREN LOVE TO COME IN, IN DRESS IN COSTUME AT WHATEVER THE THEME.
AND, UH, THE DINOSAUR, AGAIN, KIND OF GLAD THAT I WASN'T THERE THAT DAY,
UM, SO AS UH, MENTIONED BEFORE, OUR FUNDING REQUEST IS SPECIFICALLY FOR $9,500 TO SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR, PARTICULAR PRODUCTION, THE ADDISON BASED MARKETING THAT WE WILL BE, UM, WORKING ON, AND ALSO ASKING FOR THE CONTINUED IN KIND COLLABORATION OF YOUR DIGITAL MARKETING BOARDS WITH OUR, UH, PSO BRANDED SUPPORTED MATERIALS, AND THEN THE ASSOCIATED ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES THAT COME ALONG WITH THIS AS AN IMPACT UPON ADDISON.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER THESE ACCESSIBLE EXPERIENCES FOR YOUR FAMILIES AND ALSO THOSE WHO COME INTO THE COMMUNITY AREA AND THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE ADDISON CULTURE, ADDISON, UH, RESTAURANTS AND PARKS AND OTHER, UM, AMENITIES THAT YOU HAVE HERE IN THE AREA.
WE LIKE TO BE A PARTNER WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE A FORWARD THINKING CITY THAT INVESTS IN THESE EXPERIENCES AND IN THE LIVES OF BOTH YOUR RESIDENTS AND YOUR VISITORS.
AND WE WOULD ARE HAPPY TO HELP WITH YOU IN DOING CULTURAL TOURISM THAT, UM, IN BRINGING THESE PEOPLE INTO THE AREA.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE HAD AND SOME OF THE, UM, PERFORM, UH, SOME OF THE PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST.
SO, SO I'VE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UH, I'VE BEEN TO SOME OF THE PSO EVENTS THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN HELD HERE.
REALLY GREAT FAMILY EVENTS AND, UH, THE INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO, IT'S REALLY
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FUN TO WATCH THOSE KIDS.IT IS, UM, TOUCH THOSE, BUT IF IT'S A VIOLIN OR A FLUTE OR A TROMBONE, IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE IT IN THEIR HANDS.
YOU SAID THERE'S SOME DRUMS OR SOMETHING THEY CAN HIT ON.
DRUMS. SO JUST, I'M GONNA JUST BE CLEAR TO WHAT YOU'RE, THE, THE EVENTS YOU'RE PLANNING.
YOU'VE, YOU GOT THE, IS IT JUST THE ONE EVENT? ARE YOU PLANNING MULTIPLE EVENTS THIS TIME? WE HAVE ONE EVENT PLANNED IN ADDISON.
IT SOUNDS REALLY INTERESTING THOUGH, WITH THAT, WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THING, UH, THAT, WHAT'S IT CALLED? YES, IT'S CALLED LIGHT WEAR LABS IS THE NAME OF THE COMPANY.
AND SO THEY BRING IN AN INTERACTIVE OPPORTUNITY, UM, WHERE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTENDING WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, LINK IN USING THEIR CELL PHONES AND ACTUALLY HELP TO, UH, THERE'LL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO DECIDE BETWEEN RIGHT AND LEFT, RED AND BLUE, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE OPTIONS ARE, AND BASED UPON THE MAJORITY OF WHAT THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS CHOOSE, WILL THEN CHANGE WHAT HAPPENS ON THE STAGE.
THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S REALLY A GREAT WAY TO INTRODUCE KIDS TO LIVE MUSIC.
THEY'RE SO USED TO BEING ON THEIR PHONE, BUT, UM, AS WE LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE, YOU DON'T REALLY EXPERIENCE MUSIC UNTIL YOU ARE EXPERIENCING IT LIVE.
IT'S DIFFERENT TO HEAR IT ON OUR PHONE THAN IT IS TO WATCH IT BEING PERFORMED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, SIR? WHAT WAS THE ATTENDANCE OF THE, THE PROGRAM YOU PUT ON LAST YEAR? UM, WE HAD, UH, AS I SAY, WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES HERE AND ACROSS THE, UM, THE PREVIOUS EVENTS THAT WE HAD AT, UM, MAKING SURE THAT I HAVE THIS, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF ALMOST 400 BETWEEN, UH, TWO PERFORMANCES IN, UM, ON, IN THE OCTOBER ONE, AND THEN ONE PERFORMANCE IN FEBRUARY, UH, THAT WE HAD.
WE HAVE NEVER DONE THE SENSORY FRIENDLY ASPECT HERE IN ADDISON.
WE HAVE DONE THAT IN PLANO AND REACHED ALMOST A 90% ATTENDANCE IN THE PLANO FACILITY THAT WE USE FOR OUR PERFORMANCES THERE.
SO WE ARE EXPECTING QUITE AN INCREASE IN SOME OF THE ATTENDANCE HERE TO, TO, UM, MIRROR THAT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU OFFER THAT, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES WHO HAVE CHILDREN WHO MIGHT NEED SOMETHING EXTRA FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE MUSIC.
FOR BASICALLY THE SAME FUNDING.
IS THERE A REASON THAT WE'RE, WE'VE IT'S TAKEN THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY JUST TO DO ONE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS OF THE, THE CONCERTS FROM LAST YEAR, THE TOTAL PROJECT COST WAS ALMOST 20,000, WHEREAS THE PROJECT COSTS FOR THIS IS JUST OVER 11,000.
SO IS THE MONEY USED FOR JUST PAYING THE SALARIES OF THE, THE MUSICIANS OR, I MEAN, YOU BRING YOUR OWN INSTRUMENTS AND YES.
I ACTUALLY HAVE THE BUDGET, UM, PIECE WITH ME AND THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATION FOR YOU, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO THAT NO, NO, NO, IT'S FINE.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE OUR, OUR ARTISTIC STAFF, THE COST OF LIGHT WEAR LABS IS NOT, UM, THEY ARE NOT OUR EMPLOYEES.
THEY'RE A PARTNER PARTNERING COMPANY THAT WE HAVE TO PAY.
ALSO SOUND STARTS MUSIC THERAPY THAT COMES AND WORKS WITH US, IS A PARTNERING ORGANIZATION THAT WE HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THEM BE PART OF US.
UM, OF COURSE, THE RENTAL OF THE FACILITY, THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE, THE MUSIC THAT WE MUST CURATE OUT OF OUR LIBRARY, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, UH, COPIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE PIECES THAT NEED TO BE PURCHASED TO GO ALONG WITH THIS ADVERTISING PERMISSIONS.
MARGARET, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE AVERAGE TICKET COST? WHAT ARE, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT COST TO $15? 15.
WE TRY AND MAKE IT, UH, VERY EQUITABLE SO THAT IT IS, UM, ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO COME.
SO NEXT UP, WE'VE GOT, UH, THE CLASSICS THEATER PROJECT BEFORE I START.
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TODAY? MY NAME IS JOEY FOLSOM.
I'M THE PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE CLASSICS THEATER PROJECT, AND I AM DEVIN ROSE.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF BRAND MARKETING AT THE CLASSICS THEATER PROJECT, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU TODAY.
SO LET'S START IT OFF IN THE SUMMER OF 2021, WHEN MOST LIVE PERFORMANCES HAD COMPLETELY GONE DARK ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THE RESIDENTS OF ADDISON HADN'T SEEN LIVE THEATER IN OVER A YEAR.
TCTP SET UP NOT IN A BLACK BOX, NOT BEHIND A CURTAIN, BUT ON THE LAWN RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
AND ACTUALLY, OUR DRESSING ROOMS WERE JUST STEPS RIGHT OVER THERE.
WE DID A SHAKESPEARE SHOW ON THE LAWN RIGHT
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IN FRONT OF THE APP PACK.WE HAD NOTHING BUT FOLDING CHAIRS, OPEN SKIES, AND A DETERMINATION TO BRING SOMETHING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS LOST DURING COVID.
THAT WAS OUR FIRST PRODUCTION HERE IN ADDISON.
NOW, NINE YEARS LATER IN TOTAL, AND OUR SIXTH SEASON HERE AT ADDISON, LET'S SEE WHAT THAT TINY LITTLE LAWN PERFORMANCE HAS BECOME, UH, SINCE THAT FIRST LAWN PERFORMANCE.
CCTP HAS UTILIZED MORE PERFORMANCE VENUES AT SPACES AT THIS CAMPUS THAN ANY OTHER THEATER COMPANY.
UH, WE'VE BROUGHT THOUSANDS, UH, PATRONS TO ADDISON CIRCLE, AND WE'VE DONE IT WHILE KEEPING OUR TICKET PRICES LOW.
AND, UM, UH, THE MOST ACCESSIBLE OF ANY PROFESSIONAL THEATER COMPANY IN THE AREA.
UH, WE HAVE NO PARTICIPANT, PARTICIPANT FEES, NO PAY TO PLAY, JUST AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, HIGH QUALITY CLASSIC THEATER FOR THE COMMUNITY.
LAST YEAR, WE DID, WE DID, THE CITY DID APPROVE US $10,000, AND WE ARE EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THAT VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.
HOWEVER, JUST THE WAY THE STRUCTURE OF THE GRANT WAS SET UP, IT WAS JUST UNABLE FOR THOSE FUNDS TO REACH THE STAGE.
HOWEVER, THIS YEAR, WE ARE SUPER EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A STRONGER CONNECTION MOVING FORWARD.
UH, THIS SEASON WE'RE PRODUCING FOUR WORKS DOUBT, NO MAN'S LAND, THREE SISTERS AND A FOURTH PRODUCTION BEING FINALIZED ALONG WITH A SPECIAL SEASON LAUNCH EVENT TO HAPPEN, UH, UH, TO OPEN THE SEASON FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THAT'S 51 INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES AT MINIMUM, BECAUSE IF THE TICKET PRICES, IF THE TICKET SALES ARE THERE, WE LOOK TO ADD PERFORMANCES WITHIN THE RUN.
UH, AND AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO OUR 10TH SEASON, UH, WHICH WOULD BE 20 28, 20 27 IS ESSENTIAL TO CARRY MOMENTUM FOR US.
NOW, WE ARE REQUESTING $50,000, AND WE WANNA BE INCREDIBLY TRANSPARENT AS TO ACTUALLY WHERE ALL OF THAT GOES.
7,700 IS JUST FOR PERFORMANCE RIGHTS.
THAT'S JUST FOR US TO STAND UP ON STAGE AND STAY THOSE WORDS.
SO THAT COMBINED OF 73 THOU, SEVENTY THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR HUNDRED, SO THAT'S 10,700 IS GOING DIRECTLY BACK INTO APAC.
WE ARE PAYING FOR REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE VENUE.
SO OUTTA THAT 50,000, 10,700, GOING RIGHT BACK TO YOU GUYS, $15,000 IS SET ASIDE FOR THAT INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AUDIT THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE GRANT.
UM, AND THEN 36, UH, HUNDRED IS PART OF OUR ADVERTISING BUDGET.
OUR ADVERTISING DOES DIRECTLY REACH OUT TO AS ADDISON RESIDENTS, BUT IT ALSO REACHES OUT TO MANY IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS AS WELL.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, ONLY $13,000 OF THAT 50,000 AS IS ACTUALLY GOING ON STAGE WITH ARTISTS STIPENDS AND PRODUCTION, UH, MATERIALS.
SO THE CLOSER THAT THE COUNCIL CAN GET US TO BRIDGING THAT GAP, THE MORE OF THE IMPACT YOU WILL SEE DIRECTLY ON STAGE.
UH, THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT THEATER, IT'S ABOUT ADDISON, UH, BEYOND WHAT'S ON OUR SLIDES.
IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT OUR AUDIENCES AREN'T ONLY FROM MADISON.
UH, WE DRAW CONSISTENTLY DRAW PATRONS FROM ACROSS DFW TO THIS COMMUNITY, UM, WHILE SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF ADDISON.
MEANING THIS GRANT STRENGTHENS BOTH LOCAL ACCESS TO ADDISON'S REPUTATION AS AN ARTS DESTINATION, AND DRAWS NEW PATRONS TO ADDISON TO CONTINUE THAT GROWTH.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE CRITICAL RESPONSES.
WE, AT THE CLASSIC THEATER PROJECT HAVE RECEIVED NATIONAL ATTENTION, AND SO WE RECEIVING NATIONAL ATTENTION BY EXTENSION.
ADDISON HAS RECEIVED NATIONAL ATTENTION IN THEATER JOURNALS AS WELL AS A VERY, VERY STRONG REGIONAL COVERAGE.
WE ARE CONSISTENTLY PRAISED FOR THE STRENGTH OF OUR ACTING, AND THIS IS EXTREMELY NOTABLE BECAUSE WE ARE DOING THIS ON ONE OF THE SMALLEST OPERATING BUDGETS OF ANY PROFESSIONAL THEATER IN THE ENTIRE DFW AREA.
UM, AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR THIS COMPENSATION IN KIND.
AND I'LL LET JOEY ROUND IT OFF.
UH, CLOSING OUT, UM, COMING OUTTA THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE THE FIRST COMPANY TO BRING LIVE THEATER BACK, AND WE DID IT RIGHT OUT THERE ON THE LAWN IN ADDISON.
UM, SINCE THEN, WE'VE UH, ADDED MANY, MANY MORE, MORE PERFORMANCES IN THAT FIRST SEASON.
AND, UM, WE'VE GROWN FROM THE LAWN TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM.
WE'VE EVEN PERFORMED ON THE MAIN STAGE WHEN WE HAD TO
AND WE LOOK AT THIS INVESTMENT IN TCTP AS AN INVESTMENT IN ADDISON.
WE ARE THE ONLY CLASSIC THEATER IN NORTH TEXAS, AND WE WANT TO BE HERE IN ADDISON, AND WE WANT TO SHOW THAT WE'RE RECIPROCITY BY FEATURING ADDISON IN ALL OF OUR PRESENTATION ADVERTISING.
THAT ROUNDS US UP ONE MORE TIME.
YOU, YOU SAID IT, I DIDN'T CATCH IT.
SO, AND I HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT SOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
SO TO DO WITH THIRD PARTY INDIVIDUAL, UM, INDIVIDUAL, UM, A FINANCIAL AUDIT, COMPLETELY THIRD PARTY.
UM, I WAS GETTING QUOTES FROM THESE THREE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF ANYWHERE FROM 10,000 TO $20,000.
SO I PUT IT RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF 15,000 THAT WE'LL BE SETTING ASIDE FOR THAT.
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IN THE PAST, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE AN AUDIT, HAVE YOU DONE AN AUDIT IN THE PAST OR WHAT, WHAT IS WE HAVEN'T DONE AN, AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT.WE'RE ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES THAT WAS BEING TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WHERE WE FALL BELOW THE, UH, TAX MARK AND WE'VE NEVER HAD TO HAD A GRANT OR ANYTHING THAT WE'VE, WE'VE QUALIFIED FOR.
WE'VE HAD THOSE, BUT NONE THAT ASKED FOR AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT BEFORE.
SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD CAUSE GROWTH AND KNOCK US INTO THAT, I DON'T KNOW, NEW TAX BRACKET.
WE'VE TO PAY AN OUTSIDE AUDITOR.
SO, SO WITHOUT THE INDEPENDENT AUDIT, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT COSTS TO, TO, TO DO WHATEVER YOUR PAPERWORK IS? UH, FINANCIAL PAPERWORK.
IT'S INCLUDED IN OUR, OUR WHAT WE, UH, BUDGETED FOR.
IT IS THAT $15,000 NUMBER? NO, NO.
BEFORE YOU HAD TO DO AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT.
WHAT WAS THAT? WHAT WAS THAT COST? WAS THERE ANY COST OR WERE YOU JUST KIND OF DOING THAT YOURSELF? THAT WAS ME.
AND DOES THAT, DOES THAT UH, ANSWER, DOES THAT KIND OF FOLD INTO WHY, WHY IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ACCEPT THE 10,000 LAST YEAR EXACTLY.
WE, WE DID THE MATH AND WE, WE REALIZED THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE SPENDING MONEY TO TAKE THE 10, 10,000.
WE WANTED TO, BUT, UM, WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOOD FOR US TO SPEND THAT EXTRA MONEY OR FAIR TO ADDISON TO TAKE $10,000 JUST TO GIVE TO SOMEBODY THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
THAT WASN'T GOING ON THIS STAGE.
WE, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND, AND THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER FUNDING SOURCES? UH, SURE.
WE, UH, WE RECEIVE, UH, GRANT FROM THE, UH, CITY OF RICHARDSON.
UH, WE ALSO GET ONE FROM THE, UH, DALLAS FOUNDATION.
WE'VE, UH, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL INDEPENDENT GIFT GIVERS, UH, WHO GIVE, UH, UM, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS TO THE COMPANY TO KEEP US GOING.
UH, WE WERE, UM, UH, DOING CONCESSIONS BY DONATION UP UNTIL 2024 WHEN, UH, THAT OPTION WAS NOT ALLOWED TO US ANYMORE.
UM, UH, BUT WE'VE STARTED TO SUPPLEMENT THAT LOSS WITH, UH, CLASSES THAT I TEACH.
AND HOW MANY FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES DOES THE COMPANY HAVE? JUST ONE.
AND YOU'RE VOLUNTEER? MM-HMM
SO YOU, YOU, YOU ACTORS OR TYPICALLY VOLUNTEER OR THEY, THEY ALL GET TRACK LABOR OR DEPENDING ON THEIR UNION STATUS.
UM, THE, UH, STAGE UNION, A, A ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION, SAG AFTRA, UH, DIRECTORS UNION.
THESE ARE THINGS I'M A PART OF, BUT MOST OF OUR PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATE ARE NON-UNION MEMBERS.
SO THEY ARE GIVEN A, A MODEST STIPEND BASED ON, UH, WE HAVE A MINIMAL THAT WE GUARANTEE IF OUR SALES DO BETTER THAN WE PROJECT, THEY GET A PIECE OF THAT.
UM, AND, UM, LASTLY, WE'VE GOT, UH, WATER TOWER THEATER.
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A CLASSICS THEATER SHOW.
WHERE DO I PUT THE RIGHT, OKAY, I POINT IT HERE.
MY NAME IS JC SCHUSTER, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, UH, SOME BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE WITH ME IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT IN ALL OF WATER TOWER THEATER.
FOR 30 YEARS OF BELIEVING IN WATER TOWER THEATER.
AS WE MOVE INTO A NEW CHAPTER IN A NEW DECADE OF WATER TOWER THEATER, I THINK IT'S HARD NOT TO LOOK BACK ON THE 30 YEAR RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE HAD WITH THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
WHEN ADDISON THEATER CENTER IN 1992 WAS BUILT JUST NEXT DOOR, NOT FOUR YEARS LATER, WATER TOWER THEATER BECAME THE RESIDENT THEATER COMPANY IN 96.
FROM THAT POINT ALL THE WAY TO 2019, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PATRONS CAME TO ENJOY WATER TOWER THEATER'S WORK RIGHT HERE AT ADDISON THEATER CENTER.
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WAS BE BECAUSE OF A SHARED GROWTH AND COMMUNITY IMPACT BECAUSE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP.
OBVIOUSLY, IN 2020 WHEN COVID CAME TOGETHER, UM, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A RESILIENCE, UM, RIGHT AFTER THAT, AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO YOUR BELIEF IN WATER TOWER THEATER.
FROM 2022 TO 2026, WATER TOWER THEATER WAS ABLE TO PUT ON 16 PRODUCTIONS, IN WHICH OVER 25,000 PATRONS CAME TO ADDISON CIRCLE TO SEE WATER TOWER THEATER'S WORK, SEASON 31.
I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT OUR UPCOMING SEASON AND THE OPPORTUNITY CONTINUE WATER TOWER'S ROLE AS THE LEADING PRESENTER ON THE MAIN STAGE, YOUR RESIDENT THEATER COMPANY.
AS WATER TOWER THEATER MOVES INTO THIS NEXT CHAPTER, WE ARE MAKING THOUGHTFUL AND RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS THAT STRENGTHEN BOTH THE ORGANIZATION AND I BELIEVE ADDISON, AS WELL AS THE RESIDENT
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THEATER IN ADDISON.UM, WHILE I'M IN THIS ROLE, I BELIEVE WATER TOWER THEATER WILL DO ALL PRODUCTIONS IN WATER TOWER THEATER, AND, EXCUSE ME, IN THE ADDISON, WE WILL NOT PERFORM AT ANY OTHER THEATER.
THIS IS FOR FOUR PRODUCTIONS, 55 PERFORMANCES.
THIS IS NOT INCLUDING POTENTIAL CONCERT NIGHTS NEW WORK PRESENTATIONS THAT WE DID LAST YEAR AND NEW EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR KIDS AND ADULTS.
YOU SEE, I BELIEVE THAT THE KIDS, YOU START THERE, I STARTED AS A KID, THEN YOU DO THE PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS. AFTER THAT.
I WENT TO NEW YORK CITY AND WAS ON BROADWAY FOR 10 YEARS, AND I BELIEVE WATER TOWER THEATER AND ADDISON IS, IS PREPPING THAT NEXT GENERATION.
WE'RE ALSO BUILDING A BRIDGE FOR PEOPLE TO SEE PROFESSIONAL THEATER HERE IN ADDISON.
AND I BELIEVE WE NEED YOUR HELP TO DO THAT.
OUR REQUEST IS FOR 440,000 FOR SEASON 31.
AGAIN, THAT'S FOUR PRODUCTIONS, 55 NIGHTS, EVERY SINGLE PERFORMANCE IN THE ADDISON.
THIS IS FOR PRODUCTIONS OPERATION AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS COST REFLECTS THE RISING LABOR, WAGES, MATERIALS, LICENSING.
WE HAVE TO DO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES AND A EA CONTRACTS, WHICH ARE EXTREMELY HIGH.
BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS THIS IS JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
LAST YEAR ALONE, WATER TOWER THEATER STAFFED 130 PAID EMPLOYEES.
SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE LOCAL TO ADDISON.
THIS IS WAS, THIS WAS FOR PRODUCTIONS FRONT OF HOUSE BAR CONCESSIONS AND EVENTS AT THE ADDISON.
NOW YOU SEE YOUR MONEY IS NOT JUST GOING TO WATER TOWER THEATER.
WE STAFF BAR AND CONCESSIONS FOR EVERY SINGLE THEATER GROUP THAT IS IN THERE.
WE PAY THOSE EMPLOYEES TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE SAME ELEVATED EXPERIENCE THAT WATER TOWER THEATER DOES.
I ALWAYS TELL MY WIFE, LET'S GO.
LET'S GO HAVE DINNER, SEE A SHOW.
ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN FOR THE ARTS NATIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY, WHICH WAS DONE IN 2022, AUDIENCE MEMBERS SPEND ON AVERAGE $38 AND 46 PER PERSON BEYOND THE COST OF A MISSION.
WHEN ATTENDING ARTS AND CULTURE EVENTS, I PROMISE YOU MY WIFE AND I ARE SPENDING MORE THAN $38 WITH INFLATION BASED ON LAST YEAR'S $360,000 TOWN INVESTMENT.
THAT ESTIMATED SPENDING REPRESENTS ROUGHLY 75% OF TOWN SUPPORT CIRCULATING BACK INTO ADDISON ECONOMY.
BEFORE FACTORING IN HOTELS, ARTISTS, STAFF, AND OTHER RELATED EVENTS, I HAVE TO FLY IN DIRECTORS, WRITERS ALL THE TIME AS AN AA MEMBER AND A PROFESSIONAL THEATER.
WE PUT THOSE PEOPLE UP FOR FIVE TO SIX WEEKS IN HOTELS, RENT CARS RIGHT HERE IN ADDISON.
MY LAST SLIDE, I KNOW I'M PROBABLY RUNNING OUTTA TIME.
COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY.
I'M A FAN OF ADDISON, AND I THINK ALL SHIPS RISE WITH A RISING TIDE.
AND BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO POUR INTO US, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH ALL OF THESE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE.
WE DID TWO EVENTS THIS YEAR AT THE THEATER.
UH, METRO CREST AREA CHAMBER WE'RE NEW WITH THEM.
ANTONIO M, ANTONIO RESTANTE, ASTORIA CAFE, UM, WHO IS ON OUR BOARD.
SO WE JUST ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WATER TOWER THEATER FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I THINK I SPEAK FOR EVERY SINGLE ARTS ORGANIZATION HERE.
NOT JUST THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE ARTS IN EDISON.
HEY, CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE THREE NEAR THE FRONT OF YOUR, I'M, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR THE PRODUCTIONS FOR SEASON 31.
AND IS THIS THE FIRST ONE OVER BROADWAY BY, BY NORTH TEXAS? YES.
THIS WOULD BE BROADWAY NIGHT BY NORTH TEXAS.
SO THIS IS A CHANGE FROM WHAT WE SUBMITTED THERE.
UM, WHEN I TOOK THIS POSITION AS INTERIM, UH, PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, I SAW THAT SOME DECISIONS HAD BEEN BEEN MADE TO PERFORM AT ANOTHER THEATER.
I PERSONALLY THINK AS THE RESIDENT THEATER COMPANY AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, THAT ALL PRODUCTIONS ALL PERFORMANCES NEED TO BE HERE.
SO I'M MAKING THOUGHTFUL CHANGES, UM, OBVIOUSLY TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AS WELL, TO, UH, BRING THAT BACK HERE.
AND THEN, AND THEN ON THIS BROADWAY BY NORTH TEXAS, HOW MANY PERFORMANCES FOR THAT PRODUCTION? THAT WOULD BE 13 PERFORMANCES, I ACTUALLY BELIEVE.
UM, AND MAYBE YOU CAN HELP, I THINK THERE IS A CITY, UH, OR A TOWN HALL MEETING THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE MAIN STAGE ON LIKE A WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT.
AND SO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DATES WORK, WE DECIDED TO NOT DO THAT PERFORMANCE THAT NIGHT.
UM, AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL CLOSE THE MAIN CURTAIN AND USE THAT FOR A, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
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OKAY.UM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.
YOU'VE ALREADY BRAGGED ABOUT ALL THE OTHER COMPANIES COMING UP HERE YEAH.
SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE AND HEARD HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE THAT WE COULD MAXIMIZE.
OF COURSE, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WE COULD SPEND, YOUR ASK IS ALMOST 100% OF THAT.
HOW CAN WE JUSTIFY GRANTING YOUR REQUEST AND KNOCK ALL THESE OTHERS OUT? AND YOU'RE ONLY GONNA BE DOING 50 NIGHTS, SO IT'S ACTUALLY 55 NIGHTS, AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING CONCERT SERIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE COULD BE UP TO ANOTHER 60 NIGHTS AFTER THAT.
SO THE FOUR 40 THAT I DID MENTION HERE, I'LL GO TO THAT SLIDE, THE FOUR 40 THAT I DID MENTION HERE, THAT'S INCLUDING $40,000 THAT Y'ALL PROVIDED WITH AGAINST IN KIND.
SO THE CASH IS 400,000 THAT WE'RE ASKING BASED ON OUR, UM, PROFIT AND LOSSES AND OUR BALANCE SHEETS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, WATER TOWER THEATER, UH, IS, EXPENSES ARE EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY HIGH AS, UM, LIKE I SAID, ALL OF OUR PERFORMANCES MEAN WE HAVE TO USE UNION ACTORS AS A PROFESSIONAL THEATER COMPANY.
UM, THAT, THAT ALONE CAN BE UP TO 60, $70,000 PER YEAR.
UM, AS WE STAFF ALSO 130 PEOPLE, WE PAY 130 PEOPLE.
WE ONLY FULL-TIME STAFF NOW WITH THIS, UM, TRANSITION LEADERSHIP TRANSITION CHANGE.
WE ONLY HAVE THREE FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBERS, BUT A LOT OF THAT MONEY IS GOING TO THE OTHER 130 PEOPLE.
NOW, I WILL SAY THAT OUR OVERHEAD IS A LITTLE HIGH.
I MEAN, I'VE ONLY BEEN IN THIS POSITION 29 DAYS, SO I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT A LOT OF IT AND UNDERSTANDING AND SPECIAL THANK YOU TO STEVEN AND TO ASHLEY AND TO ABBY AND TO ISHMAEL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE POSITION THAT I'M IN RIGHT NOW.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DECIDED TO DO WAS HIRE A FRACTIONAL CFO TO COME IN.
'CAUSE I REALLY WANNA LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN SPENDING OUR MONEY AND WHERE CAN WE ACTUALLY CUT COSTS A LITTLE BIT, GET IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN PUT THAT BACK INTO MARKETING AND GET SOME OF THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND EVEN BUILD MORE SHOWS.
I MEAN, WE, WE, WE ARE YOUR LEADING PRESENTER IN THE MAIN STAGE.
UM, AND AS ABBY SHARED EARLIER, THAT'S ALMOST A THIRD OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE ADDISON.
AND I'M JUST TRYING TO WORK AS DILIGENT AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AS I CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STILL PUT ON THE PRODUCTIONS THAT WE PUT ON.
AND WE'VE BEEN, THE, THE TOWN HAS BEEN FUNDING WATER TOWER FOR 30 YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YEAR, UH, THE TOWN ACTUALLY GAVE THE FIRST THING.
I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
WE'VE BEEN FUNDING WATER TOWER FOR DECADES.
I THINK, AND I HOPE FOR DECADES TO COME.
YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WHEN YOU HAVE TO FUND SOMETHING, IT'S TO GET SOMETHING STARTED.
NOT TO HAVE THAT BE RELIED ON FOREVER.
UH, I CAN'T FIND ANOTHER TOWN OF OUR SIZE THAT SUBSIDIZES A THEATER COMPANY TO THE EXTENT THAT WE SUBSIDIZE WATER TOWER THEATER.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU GIVE ME A, A TOWN OF OUR SIZE THAT SUBSIDIZES TO THE EXTENT OF $440,000? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT A TOWN OF OUR SIZE, BUT I KNEW THERE, I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER THEATER GROUPS, OBVIOUSLY IN DALLAS AND RICHARDSON AND FORT WORTH THAT DO GET SUBSTANTIAL, UM, FUNDING FROM THE TOWN THAT THIS IS JUST AN AWFULLY BIG ASK AND, UH, UM, I WOULD HOPE, I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW WE'RE COMING ALONG ON THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO PULL A NEW PERSON IN OR YOU AS A MM-HMM
I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT PROCESS IS.
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS MM-HMM
OR WHO MAKES THAT FINAL DECISION.
BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO, PARDON ME, I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE US GO DOWN THE ROAD OF LOOKING AT A BETTER BUSINESS MODEL THAT, UH, CAN, CAN GIVE US SOME PRODUCTIONS THAT ARE OF QUALITY AT A BETTER BANG FOR MM-HMM
AND I'M WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, THAT IS THAT IN YOUR PRESENTATION, AND I APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT I, OR AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.
AND WE NEED TO LOOK, WE ALWAYS NEED TO LOOK UNDER EVERY ROCK TO SEE WHAT WE CAN SAVE AND OF COURSE WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND I WOULD HOPE YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AND I MEAN, I HOPE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FOR STEVEN EVEN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER FOR HIM TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT FOR THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR 25 WITHIN THE COMING DAYS.
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AND AS I ASK EVERYONE ELSE, UH, UH, OTHER FUNDING, AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN OUR BUDGET, THAT WE WERE GONNA BE MATCHING FUNDS, NOT JUST FUNDING AT A MAXIMUM LEVEL.AND WE WOULDN'T BE GIVEN THE MAXIMUM FUNDING TO BEGIN WITH UNTIL OTHER MONEY WAS, WAS BROUGHT IN.
WE WE ARE FUNDED BY A FEW ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.
ONE, INCLUDING, UM, THE SCHUBERT FOUNDATION.
WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT THE SCHUBERT FOUNDATION, THEY ARE THE BIGGEST ARTS GRANT FUNDING ORGANIZATION.
THEY ONLY PROVIDE FOUR GRANTS FOR PER, UH, PER FOR THEATERS.
AND WE ARE ONE OF THEM RIGHT HERE IN EDISON.
THAT JUST, THAT JUST BRINGS WORD OF MOUTH HERE TO ADDISON.
UM, TACA IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES HERE IN TEXAS.
NOW, THESE FLUCTUATE, JUST DEPENDS ON THE YEAR.
WE, WE HAVE TO DO, UM, GRANT WRITING FOR THEM.
UM, TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS REALLY EXCITING, IS WE WORKED WITH, UM, WE'VE ALWAYS WORKED WITH AMLIE ADDISON, THEY'RE A SUPPORTER OF US.
WHEN I JOINED IN FEBRUARY 25, WE STARTED TO DO TITLE SPONSORSHIPS.
'CAUSE I WANTED LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, OR AT LEAST IN THE SURROUNDING AREA TO REALLY GET THEIR NAME OUT.
SO, UM, DALLAS PIANO RENTALS RIGHT HERE ON MIDWAY OLIE, ADDISON ANTONIO RESTANTE, UM, A CNA WAS ANOTHER ONE.
WE DIDN'T GET FUNDING FROM ANTONIO ASTORIA, ONLY ON THE LEFT SIDE IS WHERE WE GOT FUNDING FROM.
AND YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU PROVIDE THE CONCESSIONS WHILE ALL THE OTHER UH, GROUPS ARE PERFORMING.
AND YOU DO THAT AT YOUR, FOR, FOR YOUR OWN BENEFIT.
WE, WE, WE DO, WE DO MAKE YOU GET ALL THE FUNDING, YOU GET ALL OF THE REVENUE FROM THAT.
IT'S NOT GOING BACK TO THOSE, IT'S NOT COMING TO THE TOWN.
I MEAN, YOU'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE THAT IS ANOTHER YEAH.
THAT IS, IT'S ANOTHER, IT'S ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO MAKE REVENUE.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING.
UM, DO WE HAVE ACCOLADE? WE HAVE ACCOLADE.
NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
UM, SO THEN YOU COULD JUST GO HIT RIGHT WHEN YOU'RE HIT.
APOLOGIES FOR MY MIX UP ON THE TIME.
I APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO GET TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION.
WE ARE ACCOLADE COMMUNITY THEATER.
WE ARE A NONPROFIT, PRIMARILY CHILDREN'S THEATER.
WE WERE STARTED BY FAMILIES IN THE AREA LOOKING FOR AFFORDABLE AND EXCELLENT, UH, PERFORMING ARTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CHILDREN.
IT WAS STARTED BY TWO MOMS PARENTS GOT TOGETHER AND HAVE CREATED SOMETHING REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
WE HAVE BEEN PERFORMING AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW.
THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD A PRODUCTION OF THE LINE, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE THERE, UH, OVER OVER 80 KIDS WERE IN THAT PRODUCTION.
WE TEND TO ATTRACT, UM, A LOT OF CHILDREN LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AFFORDABLE AND EXCELLENT.
UH, AND THAT'S REALLY OUR MISSION IS TO KEEP PROVIDING BOTH EXCELLENCE AND AFFORDABILITY.
MAKING THEATER AND THE PERFORMING ARTS ACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF ALL INCOME LEVELS AND MAINTAINING THAT EXCELLENCE.
SO OUR STRONG VALUES ARE OF AFFORDABILITY, EXCELLENCE, AND ACCESSIBILITY.
OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW.
WE STARTED WITH TWO SHOWS OUR FIRST SEASON.
WE'VE GROWN TO 10 THIS SEASON, FOUR OF WHICH WILL BE AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
A FEW MORE PICTURES, FROG AND TOAD LINE, THE WITCH IN THE WARDROBE.
OUR FUNDING REQUEST IS FOR OUR FOUR PRODUCTIONS THAT WE WILL HAVE AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
NEWSIES IS COMING UP THE FIRST TWO WEEKENDS OF AUGUST.
WE HAVE OVER 90, UH, TEENAGERS CAST IN THAT PRODUCTION, HOPING TO FILL OUT THAT MAIN STAGE AND ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE METROFLEX AS WELL AS THE COUNTRY.
AS YOU KNOW, CHILDREN'S THEATER ATTRACTS FAMILIES FROM CHILDREN'S THEATER ATTRACTS LARGE AUDIENCES.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE THEIR CHILDREN ON STAGE, THEIR GRANDCHILDREN.
AND SO, UM, IT'S RAISING UP THAT NEXT GENERATION OF BOTH THEATER PERFORMERS AND GOERS.
UH, IN DECEMBER, WE ARE HAVE HOSTING A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS THAT WILL BE IN THE STUDIO THEATER.
OUR HOPE FOR THAT PRODUCTION IS THAT WE CAN FILL OUT THE THEATER WITH LOTS OF HOLIDAY CHEER, INVITE THE COMMUNITY IN CHARLIE BROWN.
CHRISTMAS IS A VERY WELL BELOVED, UM, PRODUCTION STORY.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SANTA COME, WE'RE GONNA HAVE HOT CHOCOLATE, UM, AND PROBABLY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT CASTS AS WELL AS A LIVE JAZZ BAND, UH, PERFORMING
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CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS.SO WE HOPE THAT CAN BE A GREAT EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR ADDISON TO GET PEOPLE TO THE CENTER TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE.
JUNGLE BIT KIDS WILL BE IN JANUARY.
SO WE DO ONE PRODUCTION THAT IS FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN IN THE YEAR.
WE CAST DOWN TO FIRST GRADE FOR THAT ONE.
UH, SO WE WILL BE PERFORMING THAT IN THE STUDIO THEATER AS WELL.
UM, OUR CAMP IS COMING UP THIS SUMMER.
WE ARE FILLING THAT CENTER AGAIN WITH KIDS AND FAMILIES FOR THE WHOLE WEEK.
AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN NEXT SUMMER.
SO THIS FROZEN JUNIOR IS FOR OUR UPCOMING SEASON.
AND IT WILL BE, UM, BOTH A PERFORMANCE CAMP AND A TECH THEATER CAMP, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ALSO DOING WITH OUR ONE THAT'S COMING UP HERE IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
UH, TECH THEATER CAN LEARN STAGE DESIGN, LIGHTING DESIGN, AND SOUND DESIGN WHILE OUR YOUNGER PERFORMERS ARE THE CAMPERS.
THE PRODUCTION, THE PERFORMANCE CAMPERS.
SO, UH, AND THAT WILL, THAT WILL ATTRACT PROBABLY AUDIENCE SIZES.
I THINK WE PROJECTED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SIX TO 800.
UM, WE'LL DO ABOUT EIGHT TO 10 SHOWS OF THAT.
SO THAT IS OUR FUNDING REQUEST FOR THOSE FOUR PRODUCTIONS AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
AND HERE WE'VE KIND OF, UM, DESCRIBED EACH ONE WITH THE PROJECTED AUDIENCE SIZE.
TYPICALLY OUR SHOWS ATTRACT BETWEEN 12 TO 15 AUDIENCE MEMBERS PER PERFORMER.
SO FOR EACH PERFORMER, THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT 12 TO 15 PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA COME SEE THEM PERFORM ON THE STAGE.
AND THAT IS QUITE CONSISTENT, UH, THROUGHOUT ALL OUR SHOWS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE PROJECTIONS THERE FOR JUNGLE B KIDS AS WELL.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING A LIVE JAZZ TRIO AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL ATTRACT EVEN MORE PEOPLE
AND THEN FINALLY OUR FROZEN JUNIOR CAMP TO FINISH OUT OUR SEASON.
YOU CAN SEE OUR NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES AND OUR NUMBER OF DATES.
THIS WILL BE SLIGHTLY GREATER BECAUSE I THINK CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS, WE'RE GONNA ADD A FEW DATES JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH FUN.
SO OUR COMMUNITY IMPACT, OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO KEEP OFFERING AFFORDABLE EXPERIENCES AND THE PERFORMING ARTS THAT ARE ALSO EXCELLENT.
UM, WE ARE A LOW TUITION PROGRAM.
WE CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH.
WE KEEP ADDING SHOWS AND WE NEVER HAVE QUITE ENOUGH SPACE.
THERE'S LOTS OF DEMAND FOR CHILDREN'S THEATER.
UH, OUR STUDENT CAMP, AS I WAS DESCRIBING, WILL BRING FAMILIES TO THE CENTER FOR THAT ENTIRE WEEK, BOTH FOR THE TECH THEATER CAMP AND THE PERFORMANCE CAMP.
UH, WE DID SOME OUTREACH TO THE GEORGE HERBERT WALKER, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THIS YEAR, INVITING THEM.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO INVITE, I HOPE, ESPECIALLY THAT CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS.
PERHAPS WE CAN, UM, IN CONTINUE TO INVITE LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO ATTEND THAT.
YOU, SHE PRETTY MUCH ANSWERED MINE AT THE END OF IT.
SO THESE ARE CAMPERS THAT ARE PAYING TO BE IN YOUR SHOWS.
DO YOU SUPPLY THE, UH, UH, COSTUMES AND THINGS, OR DO THEY HAVE TO SUPPLY THEIR OWN COSTUME SUPPLY THAT AS WELL? SO WE DO BOTH PRODUCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WELL AS ONE CAMP PER YEAR.
IT'S $50 TO BE IN ONE OF OUR SHOWS.
SOME OF THE SHOWS WE PROVIDE COSTUMES.
SOME OF THEM THE PARENTS HAVE TO SUPPLY.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN THRIFT OR THEY CAN AMAZON.
SO LICENSING FEE? A LICENSING FEEING.
UM, A STRAIGHT PLAY IS CHEAPER THAN A MUSICAL.
SOME MUSICALS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE ONES YOU'VE HEARD OF
UM, LICENSING FEES ARE, ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.
SO YOU ARE SUBJECT TO THOSE AS WELL.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S HEARD OF CHARLIE BROWN, CHRIS.
AND THERE'S USUALLY A, A FEE PER PERFORMANCE AS WELL.
YOU PAY FOR THE RIGHTS TO USE IT.
AND THEN PER PERFORMANCE AS WELL.
WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR TOTAL BUDGET NEEDED FOR THE YEAR TO PUT ON YOUR PROGRAM TO OPERATE? AND I, MY ACCOUNTANT IS NOT HERE, BUT I WOULD SAY ROUGHLY FOR EACH SHOW, IT, IT RANGES.
MUSICALS ARE UP TO 15 FOR US, AROUND $15,000 PER MUSICAL.
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I'D SAY A STRAIGHT PLAY IS MORE IN THAT 10, 10,000.SO DOES YOUR CAMP FEES COVER A LOT OF THAT? SO OUR CAMP FEE, WE CHARGE A HUNDRED FOR THE CAMP.
UM, IT, WE, OUR GOAL IS TO BREAK EVEN MM-HMM
WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEER RUN, SO WE TRY TO BREAK EVEN AND THEN RAISE MONEY TO COVER EVERYTHING THAT WE DON'T
EVERYBODY LIKES TO SEE A KID HAVE FUN.
UH, I MEAN, I, I THINK Y'ALL ARE DOING GREAT WORK AND, AND THEATER FOR THE, FOR THE YOUNG ONES IS REALLY GREAT TO HELP THEM DISCOVER WHO THEY ARE.
UH, YOU SAID YOU'VE INVITED, UH, GEORGE BUSH ELEMENTARY FOLKS.
WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL GETTING THEM TO THE LINE, THE WITCH IN THE WARDROBE.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO INVITE AND WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN UP LINE THE WITCH IN THE WARDROBE.
WE HAD A, A HOMESCHOOL, WE INVITED HOMESCHOOLERS TO ATTEND A MATINEE, KIND OF A PREVIEW SHOW.
AND THAT WAS VERY, THAT WAS SOLD OUT IN THE MAIN STAGE.
THE GEORGE HERBERT WALKER, WE'RE GONNA TRY AGAIN.
SO YEAH, WELL, LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP WITH THAT.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, SARAH, I THINK WE'RE, WE'VE COVERED EVERYTHING UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.
THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE AND, AND, AND SHARING YOUR TIME.
UM, YEAH, WITH THAT, THE TIME IS 5 37 AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.