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From YouTube: Mayor's Magazine - September 2012
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Mayor Mick Cornett welcomes guests from the Arts Council of OKC, YWCA OKC and the Civic Center Foundation.
A
Hello
there
and
welcome
once
again
to
the
mayor's
magazine,
I'm
Mick
Cornett,
the
mayor
of
Oklahoma
City,
and
this
is
the
mayor's
magazine,
our
show
for
September
2012
glad
you're
with
us
we're
going
to
get
started,
learning
more
about
the
art,
Council
and
an
assessment,
that's
going
on
to
determine
the
quality
and
the
the
value
of
certain
programs
that
are
going
on
and
with
me
or
sherry,
roads
and
councilman.
Gary
mars,
they
are
the
co-chairs
of
the
Arts
Council
for
Oklahoma
City.
Welcome
to
the
mayor's
magazine
to
both
of
you.
Thank.
A
B
C
A
The
Arts
Council
does
so
many
different
things.
People
are
familiar
with
the
arts
festival,
which
takes
place
every
spring,
usually
in
April,
but
there
are
so
many
other
projects
and
really
I
think
that's
the
focus
of
this
new
assessment.
That's
going
on
Sheri
once
you
tell
us
about
some
of
the
areas
that
you
all
are
looking
at
and
really
some
of
the
offerings,
because
a
lot
of
people
in
Oklahoma
City
might
not
know
all
of
the
different
things
that
the
art
Council
does
for
the
community.
I
think.
B
That's
probably
true
the
Arts
Council.
A
large
thrust
is
what
they
call
their
community
arts
programs
that
is
focused
on
trying
to
bring
the
Arts
to
what
we
would
say:
underserved
populations,
predominantly
children
and
adults,
and
to
do
that
they
have
five
separate
programs
that
they
operate
at
50
locations
that
literally
serve
17,000
people,
and
you
know
pretty
much
just
down
the
street
at
the
Metropolitan
library
system.
They
do
neighborhood
neighborhood
arts,
where
you
have
artists
who
come
in
and
have
performances
for
the
kids
they
have
play
in
the
parks.
Probably.
A
B
And
then
we
also
serve
special
populations,
the
elderly,
that
you
know
often
that's
a
very
difficult
access
for
them
to
get
is
to
the
arts.
So
it's
been
a
program,
that's
been
operating
for
30
years
and
we've.
Never
this
is
we
were
talking
today.
We
kicked
out,
kicked
it
off.
Our
assessment
is
the
first
time
we've
ever
really
been
public
about
it.
So
we
appreciate
so
much
being
here
today.
Yeah.
A
C
Unfortunately,
when
school
systems
have
to
cut
which
they've
had
to
do
in
recent
years,
typically,
arts
is
one
of
the
things
that
goes
first,
so
we've
been
able
to
get
into
a
few
of
those
schools
and
offer
programs
after
school
with
actually
have
artists,
go
in
and
teach
art
and
for
some
some
of
those
children
it's
the
only
exposure
they
have
the
arts
at
all
and
that
that's
what
really
interests
us
is
to
catch
them
early.
You
know
if
you
catch
kids
earlier
with
something
to
get
them
interested.
C
A
C
So
to
speak
and
again
it's
another
exposure
to
the
arts
and
it
may
be,
if
they're,
not
in
an
arch
after-school
program,
it
may
again
be
the
only
arts
that
they're
put
in
front
of
them,
and
so
it's
it's
an
integral
part
of
the
total
park
program
during
the
summer
and
the
Arts
Council
has
been
involved
in
that
for
quite
a
few
years.
Sure.
B
It's
predominantly
visual
art
that
is,
you,
know,
inexpensive
art
supplies
that
the
kids
can
have
access
to
you
know
so
often
they
don't
have
those
supplies,
and
so
I
think
the
Arts
Council
supplies
those.
The
artist
does
that
there
are
also
as
great
programming
for
theater
participation,
that
the
kids
can
learn
how
to
play
act
and
do
things
like
that
that
allow
them
to
find
their
own
creativity
in.
A
C
Teen
Advisory
Council
is
it's
kind
of
like
a
teen
board
for
the
Arts
Council.
You
get
teenagers
involved
in
it.
They
they
actually
stay
focused
on
what
they
can
do
to
help
the
Arts
Council.
They
help
us
with
some
of
our
events
during
the
year
and
then
they
have
their
own
agenda.
Where
they'll
talk
about
arts
for
themselves,
they
do.
They
do
actually
do
some
art
and
have
a
little
arts
festival
sell
some
of
their
art.
A
B
We've,
you
know,
as
I
said,
we've
been
operating
these
programs
for
30
years.
We
have
participants,
but
we've
not
yet
taken
a
serious
look
at.
You
know
how
we're
doing
it,
who
we're
serving.
Can
we
do
it
any
better?
Can
we
perhaps
create
a
model
that
other
organizations
might
use?
You
know
we
want
to
look
at
it
and
try
and
assess
it
and
then
look
ahead
to
what
should
it
be?
C
C
A
B
I
can
say
from
a
volunteer:
it
certainly
does
I
mean
it.
You
know,
I've
been
on
various
committees.
Gary
certainly
has
led
more
than
that,
but
it
is
one
of
the
top
festivals
in
the
country
continues
to
be
one
of
the
top
festivals.
It
is
actively
sought
by
artists
to
participate
in
I,
mean
there's
a
jury
that
goes
on
each
year.
B
C
I
think
it
is
to
it,
and
yet
the
exciting
thing
for
the
arts
festival
in
the
last
few
years
is
our
involvement
in
the
new
myriad
gardens
park
and
we
took
over
like
half
of
it
the
first
year
because
it
was
still
under
construction
and
then
we
had
the
whole
part
to
be
involved
in.
So
when
you
take
the
mirrored
gardens,
the
revamp
married
gardens
park-
and
you
add
that
to
our
artist
row-
and
you
add
that
to
our
food
court,
which
is
everybody's
favorite
down
there,
it's
one
of
the
most
dynamic
festivals.
B
A
Right
now,
the
bottom
of
the
screen,
thank
you.
That's
much
easier
on
there,
but
like
to
volunteer
and
be
a
part
of
the
Arts
Festival.
Your
help
is
is
very
much
needed.
If
you
just
want
to
do
something
besides
eat
and
and
by
art
and
be
a
part
of
it,
they
would
love
to
have
you
Cherie
roads
and
Gary
Mars.
A
Are
the
co-chairs
of
the
Arts
Council
of
Oklahoma's
city
undergoing
an
assessment
on
all
of
the
offerings
that
their
organization
offers
and
I
know
that,
on
behalf
of
the
citizens
of
Oklahoma
City,
and
certainly
the
volunteers
that
you
all
helped
coordinate?
Thank
you
very
much
and
and
we're
certainly
a
better
off
city
because
of
your
efforts.
Thank.
E
Did
you
know
one-third
of
an
average
landfill
is
made
up
of
packaging
material?
Why
be
part
of
the
problem?
Recycling
is
as
easy
as
rinsing
and
throwing
no
need
to
sort
set
out
the
little
blue
bin
on
your
regular
trash
day.
Now
it
even
pays
to
recycle
each
week.
One
lucky
Oklahoma,
City
resident
will
win
one
hundred
dollars
just
for
setting
out
their
little
blue
bin
full
of
the
proper
recyclable
materials.
Be
part
of
the
solution
start
recycling
today.
A
Welcome
back
to
the
mayor's
magazine
in
this
segment
we're
going
to
talk
about
the
YWCA
and
its
attempts
to
take
on
domestic
violence
and
with
us
we
have
Jan
Perry.
She
is
the
CEO
of
the
YWCA
for
Central,
Oklahoma
and
then
Chris
Frankfurt
is
one
of
six
members
on
the
board.
Welcome
to
the
mayor's
magazine
to
both
of
you.
Thank
you
good.
A
G
Oklahoma
CA
for
16
years
now,
and
as
long
as
I
can
remember,
we've
been
in
the
top
15
for
women
killed
by
men.
We
are
currently
11th
in
the
nation.
In
the
first
10
weeks
of
the
year
in
oklahoma
city,
we
had
22
homicides
11
of
those
were
domestic
violence
deaths.
The
number
just
continues
to
rise
and
there's
such
a
link
with
child
abuse.
So
when
you
look
at
where
we
rank
for
domestic
violence,
one
in
four
women
will
be
a
victim
and
then
look
at
child
abuse,
teen
pregnancy.
G
A
F
First
of
all,
I
think
they
need
to
be
made
aware
or
the
fact
there's
a
real
problem
up
there,
and
so
that's
part
of
our
campaign
is
to
bring
public
awareness
and
to
work
with
the
corporations
and
let
them
know
how
much
it
really
does
affect
their
employees
and
the
time
loss
and
how
many
employees
they
lose
because
of
domestic
violence.
So
number
one
is
an
awareness
thing
that
we
have
to
do
to
bring
to
them
we're
hoping
to
create
enough
awareness
that
they
want
to
do
some
volunteer
work
with
why
and
to
just
spread.
F
The
word
around
that
there
is
a
safe
place
for
women
who
are
victims
of
domestic
violence
that
there's
a
place
for
them
to
go
and
there's
that
is
really
one
of
the
big
issues
is
laying
people
know
there
is
a
safe
place
for
them
to
go.
Even
though
there
a
safe
place
a
lot
of
times,
it's
very
full,
so
that
so
we're
getting
ready
to
trying
to
cure
that
and
build
a
larger
place.
Well,.
A
Jen,
the
resources
can
go
in
a
lot
of
different
directions.
Here
you
can
put
efforts
in
to
try
and
combating
domestic
violence
on
the
front
end,
keep
it
from
happening,
having
lessen
the
impact.
At
the
same
time,
you
have
real
problems
and
and
and
women
and
children
who
need
help,
and
so
you
have
resources
you
have
to
direct
in
those
areas.
How
do
you
deal
with
that?
With
that?
The
conundrum
of
having
really
two
sets
of
a
funding
issue?
Well,.
G
F
F
Unfortunately,
we
need
the
space.
People
have
been
turned
away
and
the
statistics
are
very
bad
for
people
who
do
not
get
help.
The
numbers
are
people
they
are
killed
because
of
domestic
violence.
They
don't
get
help,
so
we
really
are
stressing
trying
to
build
a
big
builder,
a
bigger
shelter
for
the
emergency
shelter
and
then
the
old
emergency
shelter
which
holds
55
people.
Now
we're
going
to
read
make
into
a
facility
that
well
all
people
to
stay
up
to
six
months
so
that
it's
not
a
short-term
thing.
H
F
Have
counseling
we
have
services
that
why
it
is
wonderful
that
all
the
services
they
provide,
but
you
have
to
give
them
some
people
need
just
longer
time,
so
this
extended
stay
area
is
simply
new,
most
shelters
six
weeks.
You
know
it's
as
far
as
you
go,
but
this
is
going
to
be
up
to
six
months
and
it's
something
we
don't
think
anyone
else
is
doing
in
the
United
States.
It's
giving
people
more
time
to
get
their
feet
on
the
ground
right.
A
F
A
Jen
there's
there's
two
sets
of
information.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
get
out.
One
is
if,
if
a
woman
is
watching
this
show
and
and
is
the
victim
or
feels
that
she
might
soon
become
a
victim,
what
should
she
do
and
then
the
second
part
of
the
discussion
I
think
is,
is,
if
maybe
you
yourself
are
not
a
victim,
but
you
know
someone
who
is
or
might
be
what
you
should
do.
So,
let's
first
take
this
first-person
incident.
A
G
The
very
first
thing
is
to
call
the
hotline.
We
have
staff
that
are
on
call
24
hours
a
day,
seven
days
a
week
who
can
help
them
assess
the
lethality,
the
dangerous
of
their
dangerous
of
their
situation
and
help
them
establish
a
safe
plan
if
they
need
to
help
them,
get
them
into
shelter
or
connect
them
with
services,
so
it
that
that
number
is
1,
800,
522,
safe,
that's
actually
a
statewide,
safe
line.
G
We
answer
that
at
the
YWCA
it's
an
attorney
general's
man
are
operated
through
them,
but
we
facilitate
that
and
we
can
connect
people
to
anywhere
they
need
to
if
they
need
to
get
out
of
this
area
or
get
from
another
area
here,
and
we
can
help
them
with
those
immediate
needs.
There's
trained
staff,
that's
key!
There's
somebody
on
the
other
end
that
understands
the
situation
and
realizes
how
dangerous
it
can
be,
especially
if
a
victim
consider
sleeping
so.
The
second
part
of
that
is
really
the
same
thing.
A
G
Do
most
of
them
have
a
degree
in
a
social
service
type
background
somewhere
connected
with
that,
and
then
we
do
extensive
training.
We
are
the
only
certified
shelter
and
by
law
in
oklahoma.
You
have
to
be
certified
through
the
attorney
general's
office,
we're
the
only
one
in
oklahoma
county
and
we
serve
oklahoma
county
and
surrounding
areas.
So
they
go
through
extensive
training,
both
hard
copy
and
hands-on,
to
make
sure
that
they're
answering
appropriately.
How.
G
Depends
on
the
point
in
time
that
they
happen
to
call,
we
try
to
make
sure
that
we're
connecting
with
them
immediately
not
to
put
someone
on
hold.
Sometimes
that
happens.
If
so,
we
try
to
have
a
quick
assessment
of
which
call
do
I
have
to
get
to
first,
but
we
try
to
answer
all
of
them
in
a
in
a
very
timely
manner
and
remember
we're
getting
them
calls
from
all
over
the
state.
So
we
do
try
to
make
sure
the
resources
are
there
to
handle
that
right.
A
F
We've
gone
to
many
sources
and
the
response
is
wonderful.
When
people
hear
the
problem,
so
many
people,
you
know
I,
guess
we
live
in
a
bubble,
and
we
just
don't
realize
that
it's
going
on
when
people
hear
about
really
hear
about
the
statistics
about
what
is
happening,
people
are
more
than
willing
to
help.
It's
not.
You
have
to
do
a
sales
job,
it's
a
matter
of
just
informing
people
and
they
say
what
can
I
do
the
help
and
it's
been
very
gratifying.
F
A
A
Right,
Jen,
Perry
and
Chris
Frankfort
with
the
YWCA
such
a
good
cause,
get
out
there
and
support
it
if
you
can
and
if
you
are
a
victim
of
domestic
violence
or
know
someone
who
is
please
take
action
as
Jan
gave,
those
numbers
are
startling,
so
many
in
our
homicide
rates
are
victims
of
domestic
violence
and,
as
we
all
know,
these
are
the
types
of
events
that
we
can
avoid.
If
we
get
action
early,
so
I
urge
you
to
do
so.
We'll
have
more
on
the
mayor's
magazine
right
after
this.
I
J
K
K
A
Back
to
the
mayor's
magazine,
75
years
ago,
the
citizens
of
Oklahoma
City
were
preparing
for
a
very
big
event.
They
were
preparing
to
open
the
Civic,
Center
Music
Hall
and
now,
75
years
later,
we
are
ready
to
proudly
have
a
75th
anniversary.
Elizabeth
gray
is
here
she's
on
the
board
of
directors
of
the
Civic
Center
Foundation.
Welcome
to
the
mayor's
magazine.
Thank.
A
L
Absolutely
on
a
sep
tember
27th
will
be
as
celebrating
the
75th
anniversary,
it'll
start
out
with
a
grand
dinner
for
all
the
sponsors
that
have
generously
donated
to
this
grand
event.
And
then
it
goes
to
the
Velma
Gaylord
theater,
where
the
resident
companies
of
the
Civic
Center
Canterbury
club,
lyric
theater,
the
Philharmonic
they're,
going
to
be
putting
on
a
performance
for
the
history
of
all
75
years
of
the
Civic
Center
and
then
after
intermission.
The
big
feature
performance
will
be
Frankie
Valli
in
the
four
seasons.
Well,.
A
That's
pretty
exciting,
it
is
Frankie
Valli
coming
to
Oklahoma
City,
that's,
that's!
That's
pretty
cool,
as
many
of
our
citizens
will
recall
the
the
Civic
Center
Music
Hall
or
what
was
then
known.
Municipal
Auditorium
opened
in
1937
as
a
WPA
Jack,
and
it
was
really
the
result
of
a
problem.
The
city
was
facing
with
railroad
lines,
so
they
moved
a
series
of
railroad
lines
and
built
three
wonderful
art,
deco
buildings
in
their
place,
the
County
Courthouse
City
Hall
and
what
is
now
called
the
Civic
Center,
Music
Hall,
and
so
through
75
years.
A
L
It's
just
all
the
memories
of
how
it
started
out
as
the
Municipal
Auditorium
holding
a
political
speeches,
political
debates
at
garden,
clubs,
garden
shows
dog
shows
that
came
out
the
Oklahoma
Kennel
Club.
You
know
fantastic
boxing
tournaments
basketball,
tournaments.
It's
really
just
been
a
great
venue
for
the
city
for
all
types
of
performances
and.
A
L
A
Citizens
of
Oklahoma
City
of
twice
offered
additional
funding
into
the
building
back
in
the
1960s.
There
was
considerable
funding
and
that,
but
that
ended
its
athletic
days
and
since
then
it's
been
pretty
much
a
music
hall
and
then,
of
course,
in
maps,
there
was
53
million
dollars
so
that
original
penny
on
the
dollar
sales
tax
that
went
in
there
to
really
create
a
modern
facility
inside
that
same
art,
deco
facility.
A
L
It's
the
renovations
that
both
the
maps
program
and
the
Civic
Center
Foundation
have
put
in
the
building
has
been
extraordinary.
It's
nationally
renowned
for
its
acoustics.
We
recently
did
a
hand
rail
project
to
make
the
theater
safer
for
all
visitors
and
guests,
and
we
have
great
plans
for
the
future
and
they're
going
to
continue
to
raise
funds
to
help
the
building
stay
in
pristine
condition
like
it
is
now.
If.
A
A
A
You
are,
we
are
airing
the
show
throughout
the
month
of
September's,
so
be
sure
and
get
by
and
check
out
the
progress
of
the
park,
but
we
we
think
it's
going
to
be
a
real
addition
to
downtown's
park
offerings
and
along
with
the
Botanical
Gardens
that
opened
up
last
year
and
then,
of
course,
the
match
3
Park,
which
will
be
opening
up
here
in
the
next
few
years.
The
parks
in
downtown
Oklahoma
City
have
have
certainly
changed
all
right.
Let's
sell
some
tickets
for
this
event
on
September
27th.
What
should
people
do?
There's.
L
L
Couple
our
sponsorships
have
been
really
extraordinary.
That's
the
reason
why
the
ticket
price
of
$75
is
what
it
is,
because
our
sponsorships
have
been
great.
The
Chickasaw
Nation
has
been
as
our
presenting
sponsor
along
with
Devon
and
Chesapeake,
and
they've
really
made
it
possible
for
this
to
be
a
great
night.
So.
A
L
A
A
We
thank
all
of
our
guests.
I
hope
you
will
take
a
chance
to
come
out
and
visit
downtown
Oklahoma
City
I'll
in
September
27th
and
be
a
part
of
the
75th
anniversary
of
the
Civic
Center
Foundation,
and
if
you
can't
make
it
then
be
sure
and
visit
the
Civic
Center.
This
fall
you're
going
to
really
enjoy
the
new
park
and
certainly
that
building
deserves
your
attention
and
the
gratitude
all
the
people
that
are
behind
the
scenes,
helping
us
allow
to
enjoy
its,
and
that
includes
Elizabeth
gray.