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[CALL TO ORDER]
COMMISSIONER COIN, VICE CHAIR.UH, AND MELISSA ROTHROCK, NOT HERE.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE, KELLY HERE, ERICA.
AND I THINK THAT THE CIO IS NOT HERE UNLESS I AM AS IN MANY.
UH, KAREN, MEGAN, THANK YOU NOW.
AND I THINK DAVID IS NOT HERE AND LAWSON, UM, ALBERTA.
YOU'RE NOT SHOWING ON MY THING.
AND BOB, I DON'T SEE STRAWBERRY YOU HERE.
WHY AM I NOT ABLE TO SEE? SORRY.
I NEED TO LIKE CHANGE MY LAYOUT.
UM, LET'S GET INTO OUR AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR CITIZENS COMMUNICATION AND 9:00 AM? NO, WE DID NOT.
UM, LET'S GO INTO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[1.APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK THOSE OVER? I LOVE UPRIVER TURN.HADN'T MOVING APPROVAL TO HAVE A SECOND.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY KIND OF EDITS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE MINUTES OR SHOULD WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE? ALL RIGHT.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR, IF YOU CAN, I GUESS IF YOU ARE ON VIDEO WAVE, WAVE A HAND.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT SAY YOUR NAME, KAREN.
OKAY, SO THAT'S EVERYBODY WITH A YES.
SO OUR FIRST OR OUR, OUR NEXT AGENDA
[2. b)Resolution for consideration in support of COA State Legislative Agenda (Discussionand/or possible action)]
ITEM, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY IS THE SUPPRESS SOLUTION, UM, IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.UM, YOU MAY RECALL WE HAD A PRESENTATION, UM, KIND OF BRIEFING ON SOME OF THE, UH, PIECES OF LEGISLATION AND WE ARE BEING ASKED FOR SUPPORT FOR THIS, UH, LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
I DO THINK THIS IS ONE THAT, UM, WE SHOULD ALL MAKE SURE WE HAVE TAKEN A LOOK AT.
HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT? HAS ANYBODY NOW ALBERTA MOOSE APPROVAL.
JUST POINT POINT OF ORDER TO BE CLEAR.
ARE WE VOTING ON THE RESOLUTION DRAFT THAT WAS IN THE EMAIL OR ARE WE VOTING JUST ON A GENERAL APPROVAL OF THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA? UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT WOULD BE THE RESOLUTION, BUT IS ANYBODY, UH, AVAILABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT? DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S ANY ONE TODAY.
I CAN MOVE WHATEVER WE WANT TO MOVE.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE REQUEST, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UH, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE MATERIALS THAT WE GOT, THERE ARE TWO, UM, TWO ITEMS, ONE IS A WORD DOCUMENT THAT IS THE DRAFT RESOLUTION.
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THE MEMO.AND I BELIEVE THAT THE REQUEST WAS FOR US TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION, UM, WITH THAT, UH, MEMO IS KIND OF BACKUP MATERIALS.
SO, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, ALBERTO, WAS THAT YOUR MOTION TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION? YES, BECAUSE WE HEARD THE PRESENTATION AT THE LAST HEARING.
AND KATIE, YOU SECONDED THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? I DID.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, ANYTHING YOU FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO CHANGE IN THIS RESOLUTION? OR CAN WE MOVE FORWARD AS IS? I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT I'M LOOKING AT THE RIGHT RESOLUTION, THIS IS PERFECT.
IT'S LESS ABOUT ADOPTING AND APPROVING THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND MORE ABOUT THE SENSE OF THIS COMMISSION THAT, UH, THE CITY HAVING A STATE AFFAIRS OFFICE AND, AND LOBBYING AT THE CAPITOL IS APPROPRIATE AND THAT WE SUPPORT THAT.
WELL, IT'S BOTH, IT'S BOTH THE FIRST BULLET POINT IS THAT WE SPECIFICALLY ENDORSE THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S 20, 20 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
AND, UM, AND THEN THE SECOND BULLET POINT IS PRETTY MUCH TO THAT EFFECT AS WELL.
UM, BUT THEN THE THIRD BULLET POINT, I THINK, GETS TO WHAT YOU ARE.
UM, THE THIRD AND FOURTH, I THINK KIND OF GET TO YOUR, WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING AND ESSENTIALLY ALL THE WHEREAS IS THAT'S WHY I WAS THROWN OFF, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT DOES ENDORSE THE AGENCY, WHICH I SUPPORT AS WELL.
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT YEAH, WE'VE GOT WHAT WE VOTING ON.
IT'S, IT'S UH, UM, WE'RE DOCUMENT, UH, TITLE, THE FILE NAME IS B2 DRAFT RESOLUTION.
IT'S THE CORE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
UM, AND THERE SHOULD BE FOUR BULLET POINTS THAT ARE THE, THE MEAT OF WHAT WE WOULD BE ADOPTING.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO UNLESS, UM, AND IT IS UP ON THE SCREEN.
SO UNLESS ANYBODY HAS, UH, ANYTHING ELSE TO DISCUSS OR POTENTIALLY AMEND, I THINK WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT UP ON THE SCREEN.
UM, LET'S DO THE SAME THING AS LAST TIME.
IF YOU CAN TURN ON YOUR VIDEO AND RAISE YOUR HANDS, UH, IN FAVOR, AND IF YOU'RE NOT ON VIDEO AND YOU WANT TO VOTE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME, ALBERTA.
KAREN HAD AN I THANK YOU, KAREN.
SO THAT'S EVERYBODY IN SUPPORT.
OBVIOUSLY, IF, UH, IF WE'RE VOTING AND I PERCEIVE THAT EVERYBODY IS IN SUPPORT, BUT SOMEHOW I'M MISSING YOU, PLEASE SPEAK UP.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS A HELPFUL, UH, PRESENTATION THAT WE GOT BEFORE AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM, UH,
[2. c) Glasgow Food Climate Declaration Overview (Discussion and/or possible action)]
I WILL ACTUALLY JUST TURN IT OVER TO KAREN.UH, IT'S THE QUESTION OF CLIMATE DECLARATION AND, UH, WE'RE BEING ASKED TO SUPPORT THAT.
KAREN, DO YOU WANT TO, I'M HAPPY TO GO, BUT ON THE AGENDA, THERE WAS ALSO THE MEETING CALENDAR.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, GOOD.
READING THE 2021 MEETING CALENDAR WAS, I REALLY DID.
UM, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE CALENDAR, MY BAD.
SO EVERYONE IN THE MATERIALS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A DRAFT, UH, RECOMMENDATION AND THEN TWO SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.
THE MAIN ONE IS THE GLASGOW FOOD AND CLIMATE DECLARATION, AND THEN THERE'S AN ADDENDUM TO THAT, BUT THE DECLARATION ITSELF IS NOT VERY LONG AND IT IS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
AND, AND WE'RE THE IN SHORT, THE RECOMMENDATION IS SAYING WE'RE SUPPORT OR, YOU KNOW, RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY SIGN ON TO IT.
I THINK IT'S IN LINE WITH THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN AND THE F UH, YOU KNOW, THE FOOD GOALS AND STRATEGIES WITHIN THAT.
AND IT ALIGNS WITH OTHER, UM, TYPES OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS THAT THE CITY HAVE SIGNED ON TO.
SO, UM, YEAH, IN THE DECLARATION I'VE USED IN THE RECOMMENDATION, I'VE USED PIECES OF PREVIOUS, YOU KNOW, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT BOAT JSC AND FOOD POLICY BOARD HAD PASSED.
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I'M TAKING THE SAME RECOMMENDATION TO FOOD POLICY BOARD NEXT WEEK.SO WE COULD, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATE FROM BOTH SIDES WHEN, IF IT'S, HOPEFULLY IT GETS PASSED.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO I DON'T WANT TO OVERDO IT.
THE MATERIAL IS THERE AND IT'S, IT'S STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, GETTING THIS PREPARED.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY APPROPRIATE ITEM FOR US.
UM, I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL ALBERTA SECONDS.
ROBERTA QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ITEM.
IF YOU'RE ON VIDEO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, OR RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE, UH, NOT ON VIDEO, PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME ALBERTA.
AND ALSO, THANKS FOR NOTICING THAT I SKIPPED OVER OUR AGENDA BECAUSE, OR I'M SETTING UP THE SCHEDULE BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO DO THAT.
[2. a)Approval of 2021 JSC Meeting Schedule (Discussion and/or possible action)]
TO A, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE ALREADY, WE'RE HAVING OUR, WE'RE HAVING OUR JANUARY 28TH MEETING, BUT, UH, THIS IS SETTING THE SCHEDULE FOR THE REST OF 2021.AND YOU'LL NOTICE A COUPLE DATES IN RED.
SO THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE ONES THAT WE SHOULD PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO BECAUSE THEY'RE NEAR TO THE HOLIDAYS.
AND, UM, FRANKLIN GETS A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING THERE, BUT, UM, IT UP, DOES ANYBODY KNOW THAT, THAT SOME OF THESE DATES MIGHT BE CONFLICTING WITH, YOU KNOW, MAJOR EVENTS? I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.
SO THESE ARE WEDNESDAY DATES, WE'RE AMY, THE FIVE 30 SPLAT SPOT, BUT WHAT WOULD BE THE STRATEGY IF, YOU KNOW, FOR ALTERNATE, JUST BECAUSE I'VE NOW GOT TO WORK EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, LIKE THESE ARE ENDED UP BEING MORNING TIMES.
THEY'LL ALWAYS BE IN CONFLICT FOR ME PERSONALLY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, UH, MY, MY EXPECTATION, I SHOULD SAY, UM, IS THAT SINCE WE'RE ALL ON WEBEX NOW AND I MEAN, LIKE ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND WE'RE ALL SETTING SCHEDULES NOW WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE ON WEBEX, UM, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO LIKE, DO SO MUCH, UM, KIND OF AD HOC, UH, MOVING AROUND, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WELL OUT OF MY CONTROL.
UH, YEAH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF WE SET THE SCHEDULE AND WE PICK THAT EVENING TIME THAT WE'LL GET THAT EVENING TIME.
IN THE NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, THIS IS THE ISSUE WE RUN INTO EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE WE'RE THE FOURTH, WEDNESDAY, THE FOURTH WEEK IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER IS ALWAYS THE HOLIDAY.
SO WE ALWAYS END UP, WE, WE ALWAYS KIND OF AIM FOR THE THIRD WEDNESDAY, AND THEN WE TYPICALLY SORT OF LIKE, COME BACK TO IT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE NOVEMBER 17TH AND DECEMBER 15TH OR THE THIRD WEDNESDAYS.
SO, UM, DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? AND ZACH, DO WE KNOW, LIKE, IS THERE ANOTHER BORDER PERMISSION THAT EATS ON THE THIRD WEDNESDAY? YEAH, THERE IS.
AND THAT'S WHY IT, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO LIKE, COME BACK AND ADDRESS IT.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK FOR RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE CAN ALWAYS LIKE PICK A DIFFERENT DATE OR A DIFFERENT TIME.
LIKE WE SHOULD PROBABLY JUST GO WITH THIS AND THEN COME BACK TO IT IN THE FALL, AS LONG AS EVERYBODY'S GOOD WITH FOURTH, WEDNESDAY AT FIVE 30, FOR MOST OF THE MEETINGS, THAT'LL GET US, GET US THERE.
LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL IS FIRST AND THIRD, WEDNESDAY, YOU'RE TAKING UP TWO WEDNESDAYS GEESH.
UM, IF, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO MOVE APPROVAL, UM, UNLESS THERE'S A SPECIFIC PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE DAY OR THE TIME.
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MATT.IF YOU'RE ON VIDEO, RAISE YOUR HAND.
IF YOU'RE NOT SAY YOUR NAME, KAREN I ALBERTA.
DID I HEAR YOU SAY AYE? YES, MA'AM THANKS.
DOES SOUND LIKE WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO THOSE NOVEMBER DECEMBER MEETINGS, BUT WE'LL THINK ABOUT IT AS IT COMES.
IS THERE ANY, JUST KIDDING? SORRY.
I ACCIDENTALLY CLOSED OFF THE WRONG VIDEO.
UH, NEXT STEP IS AN UPDATE FROM
[2. d) Update from the Climate Program Manager – Zach Baumer, Office of Sustainability (Discussion and/or possible action)]
ZACH, UH, UH, ABOUT I'M GUESSING JUST WHERE WE ARE IN, IN TERMS OF THE CLIMATE PLAN.IS THAT YOUR INTENTION, ZACH? YEAH.
UH, THIS IS THAT THIS IS GREAT.
HE'S GOING TO, UH, PULL UP THE SLIDES AND I'M JUST GONNA TALK THROUGH THEM.
SO I'M JUST GIVING AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.
SO, UH, SO THIS FALL, OH, I THINK I LAST SORT OF GAVE KIND OF MINOR UPDATES AT OUR COUPLE OF MEETINGS IN THE FALL, BUT WHERE WE ARE NOW IS THROUGHOUT THE FALL, WE TOOK IN OVER 53 PAGES OF DETAILED COMMENTS, THOUSANDS OF ONLINE COMMENTS, UM, AND SORT OF, UH, ADDRESSED ALL OF THOSE, UM, AND THEN HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ADVISORY GROUPS, THE STEERING COMMITTEE ABOUT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO CHANGE AND NOT CHANGE, UM, AND CREATED A NOVEMBER KIND OF INTERNAL DRAFT THAT WAS REVIEWED AMONGST THE, THE ADVISORY GROUPS AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS KIND OF ON THE SAME PAGE WITH HOW WE WERE TWEAKING THINGS, UM, FROM, UH, FROM ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS THAT CAME IN.
SO EVEN MAKING ALL THOSE REVISIONS, AND NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING LIKE A DRAFT FINAL VERSION OF THE PLAN, UH, THAT WILL BE DONE, UH, LATER IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
SO, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT IT'S KIND OF LIKE BUILDING A HOUSE LIKE THE, THE FINAL 10% OF ANYTHING, EVERYTHING LIKE POLISHED AND EXACTLY RIGHT.
SO WE'RE AT THE FINAL STAGES THERE.
UM, AND THEN THE PLAN IS THAT WE WILL END UP JUST TRANSMITTING LIKE A SUMMARY OF THE COMMENTS AND THE DRAFT FINAL PLAN TO COUNCIL IN MARCH, UM, WITH A MEMO THAT ESSENTIALLY SAYS, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE PLAN, HERE'S ALL THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED, KIND OF JUST GIVES THEM KIND OF LIKE AN UPDATE ON EVERYTHING FORMALLY.
AND THEN, SO THEY'LL ACTUALLY LIKE HAVE THE DOCUMENT IN MARCH.
UM, AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE FALL, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALKED TO DIFFERENT COUNCIL OFFICES, AS WE TALK TO CITY MANAGEMENT, UM, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE DIRECTION THAT, UH, LEADERSHIP WANTED US TO TAKE WAS FOR STAFF TO BRING THIS TO CITY COUNCIL AS A REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION FROM, FROM THE CITY MANAGER TO ADOPT THE PLAN.
UM, IN THAT, IN THE REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION, IT WOULD JUST BE SIMPLE.
IT WOULD JUST BE LIKE ADOPT THE COMMUNITY CLIMATE PLAN.
UM, AND WE ENVISIONED THAT THERE WOULD ALSO PROBABLY BE, UM, UH, AN ADDITIONAL RESOLUTION THAT WOULD COME DIRECTLY FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ITEM FROM COUNCIL THAT WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, UM, OTHER CONCEPTS, OTHER IDEAS TO SUPPORT THINGS LIKE THAT, GLASGOW FOOD INITIATIVE TO HAVE SPECIFICS ON HERE'S, WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION WOULD GIVE US GUIDANCE ON NEXT STEPS.
AND LIKE TIMES TO REPORT BACK WOULD GIVE US ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS, BUT THAT WOULD COME AS LIKE A PARALLEL RESOLUTION AT THE SAME COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WE ARE AT THE SCHEDULE NOW IS, AS I SAID, WE'RE FINALIZING THE DOCUMENT AND WE WILL TRANSMIT IT WHEN IT'S READY.
UM, WE HEARD FROM MULTIPLE COUNCIL OFFICES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO PRESENT THE PLAN TO, UH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COUNCIL COMMITTEES.
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YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO CURRENTLY NO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL COMMITTEE, UM, IN EXISTENCE AND THE TWO WITH THE ISSUES THAT ARE KIND OF THE MOST CONNECTED TO THE CLIMATE PLAN OR THE PLANNING AND HOUSING COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND THE MOBILITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE.SO, UH, THE NEXT MEETINGS, UM, THAT THEY HAVE SCHEDULED IN, YOU KNOW, AS, AS SOON AS WE COULD GET TO THEM ARE FEBRUARY 3RD FOR PLANNING AND HOUSING, AND THEN MARCH 11TH FOR THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE.
SO WE ARE, UM, REACHING OUT TO COUNCIL OFFICES NOW AND ARE GOING TO BE, UH, GETTING ON THOSE AGENDAS SO WE CAN ESSENTIALLY PRESENT THE PLAN AND THEN TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UM, ISSUES AS, AS IT RELATED TO THOSE COUNCIL COMMITTEES.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, IT, IT DOES, I THINK IT DOES A LOT OF THINGS.
I MEAN, IT GIVES US MORE REAL ESTATE TO SORT OF TALK ABOUT THE PLAN, SHARE THE PLAN, SHARE EVERYTHING THAT'S IN IT, GET COUNCILMEN MEMBERS ENGAGED AND MORE UP TO SPEED WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE PLAN.
UM, SO THAT AS WE GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, LIKE THERE ARE LESS, YOU KNOW, LIKE QUESTIONS AND THERE'S MORE, THERE'S BEEN MORE TIME TO DISCUSS EVERYTHING BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY ADOPT THIS GIANT THING.
SO AFTER THOSE TWO MEETINGS, THEN WE WOULD BE AIMING FOR THE MARCH 25TH COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WE ARE, WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO GET THROUGH THE RCA PROCESS, UM, THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO ACTUALLY HAVE THAT ON THE MARCH 25TH COUNCIL MEETING.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, IN PARALLEL WITH ALL COUNCIL MEETINGS, THERE'S A WORK SESSION TWO DAYS BEFORE.
SO, UH, WE WOULD IMAGINE THAT THIS WOULD BE A TOPIC THAT WOULD BE DISCUSSED AT THE WORK SESSION.
SO THOSE ARE SORT OF THE FOUR DATES TO, UH, TO MARK ON YOUR CALENDARS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE AGENDAS HAVE NOT LIKE BEEN FINALIZED AND THEY'RE NOT LIKE FORMALLY ADOPTED YET.
UM, BUT IT'S WHAT WE'RE AIMING FOR.
AND WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT WE WILL, UM, BE ON ALL THOSE DATES.
SO MARK DOWN THOSE DATES, THAT'S SORT OF WHAT WE'RE ENVISIONING THE, THE ROAD TO THE FINISH LINE TO, TO ADOPT THE PLAN.
SO AS WE SORT OF TALK THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH, UH, MANAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ONE ISSUE FOR ME THAT CAME UP WAS IF WE GOT THE PLANET DID LIKE, UH, IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, LIKE WE ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED, UM, WE WOULD BE WELL ON THE WAY TO LIKE ENGAGING WITH DEPARTMENTS ON IMPLEMENTATION, RIGHT.
AND LIKE POTENTIALLY GETTING STUFF THAT'S APPROVED IN THIS NEW PLAN IN BUDGETS, UM, THAT WOULD FIT INTO THIS BUDGET CYCLE THAT THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE PREPARING BUDGETS RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE WITH DELAYING THIS ADOPTION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENTS DON'T SORT OF HAVE FORMAL DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL THAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING ALL THESE THINGS IN THE PLAN.
SO IN A WAY, LIKE WE'RE LOSING A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, SORT OF LIKE BUDGET PLANNING TIME.
SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SORT OF LIKE WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION LONGER TERM, AND THEN WHAT WE'RE SORT OF GOING TO DO NEXT.
SO THIS SLIDE AND THE NEXT SLIDE ARE, UH, YOU DON'T NEED TO SWITCH TO THIS YET.
UM, THIS SLIDE IN THE NEXT SLIDE ARE JUST, UM, THE, THE STEERING COMMITTEE HAS HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WORKING GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE IN IMPLEMENTATION? LIKE ONCE COUNCIL ADOPTS THIS AND WE HAVE FULL SCALE IMPLEMENTATION IN THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY SORT OF TURNS ITS ENERGY TO, OKAY, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT IT GETS IMPLEMENTED? UM, THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE LIKE THE SUMMARY OF REALLY WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
UM, SO THESE ARE ASPIRATIONAL THINGS, AND THESE ARE SORT OF LIKE THE TENANTS AND THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO TO.
UM, I THINK WE WOULD ACTUALLY PROBABLY NEED COUNCIL SUPPORT AND LIKE COUNCIL DIRECTION, LIKE TO DO SOME OF THESE THINGS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS IS KIND OF LIKE, UM, ABOVE AND BEYOND.
THERE IS JUST THE VISION OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE SECOND SET OF BULLETS.
THERE IS JUST SUSTAINED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT IMPLEMENTATION IS REALLY LIKE AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY, UM, EQUITY SORT OF LIKE FULL SUPPORTED, UM, PROCESS AND NOT JUST LIKE AN INTERNAL CITY IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.
AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE NOT ONLY THINKING ABOUT THE CITY BUDGET, BUT ALSO TRYING TO PURSUE OUTSIDE, UH, FUNDING MECHANISMS, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO THIS IS A LIST OF, OF ADDITIONAL THINGS, UH, THAT CAME FROM LIKE THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE RESOLUTION, UM, ON THE CLIMATE
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EQUITY PLAN.AND THAT HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT WITH THIS GROUP.
SO THINGS LIKE CREATING A, UH, A NEW COUNCIL COMMITTEE, UM, ADDING THE TOPIC OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TO A COUNCIL COMMITTEE, UM, THE CONCEPT OF ADDING NEW MEMBERS TO THE JSC TO SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON, UH, THE NEW, UH, FIVE AREAS IN THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, UM, THINGS LIKE A DAY-LONG CONVENING AND LIKE A FULL ON SORT OF LIKE LAUNCH OF IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, ENGAGING WITH MORE SORT OF LIKE OUTSIDE NON-PAR NON-PROFIT AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS TO LIKE HELP ENSURE THAT WE GET MORE OUTSIDE SUPPORT TO THE PLAN.
UM, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, LIKE THE CITY CAN'T DO ALL OF THIS STUFF, SO THAT'S THE BIG PICTURE.
THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE STEERING COMMITTEE WANTS TO SEE.
THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE.
I SEE IN TERMS OF LIKE FULL IMPLEMENTATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR, FOR THE PLAN AFTER ADOPTION.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS, LIKE THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ALL LIKE BIG ACTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF ENERGY, AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED A CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION AND LIKE MANAGEMENT, LIKE REALLY INVOLVED TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE THINGS.
SO, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE DON'T, SINCE THE PLAN ISN'T ADOPTED YET, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED TO DEPARTMENTS, I WENT, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF TALKING TO DEPARTMENTS ABOUT, OKAY, SO WHAT CAN WE DO NOW? SO, UM, WHILE WE'RE IN THIS SORT OF LIMBO SPOT, UH, AND KEEP THINGS MOVING.
SO THE KEY THING THAT WE SORT OF IDENTIFIED AS THAT, UM, FOR RIGHT NOW, AND FOR LIKE DEPARTMENTS THINKING ABOUT THEIR BUDGET PROPOSALS FOR THIS YEAR, THAT WE SHOULD REALLY FOCUS ON STRATEGIES AND POLICY POLICY CHANGES THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY AND ARE CONNECTED WITH ONGOING EFFORTS.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS SORT OF GOING ON LIKE A, A MEETING TOUR OF TALKING WITH EACH ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS, PULLING UP THE SPREADSHEET THAT HAS ALL THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE SOON TO BE ADOPTED PLAN AND TALKING THROUGH EACH ONE AND SORT OF GETTING, YOU KNOW, A READ AND KIND OF A BASELINE ON WHAT IN THE WHAT'S IN THE PLAN WILL BE IMPLEMENTED, OR BE FUNDED TO SOME EXTENT, UH, THROUGH THE BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT WILL BE PUT FORWARD THIS SPRING.
SO THE IDEA THERE IS THAT WE WOULD REALLY HAVE LIKE A BASELINE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHAT IS ALREADY MOVING.
COUNCIL WILL ONLY ADOPT THE PLAN IN MARCH.
AND THEN AS YOU SAW, I, I PASSED FORWARD THIS MEMO THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL GOTTEN INTO YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, EMAILS ABOUT THE CITY BUDGET PROCESS.
SO THE IDEA IS THAT THIS GETS US SORT OF LIKE THE BEGINNING PIECES OF DEPARTMENTS THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE PLAN, WHAT'S IN THE PLAN AND HOW THAT COMPARES WITH THEIR BUDGET.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET THIS BASELINE OF LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW, THESE 15 OF THE STRATEGY, 15 OF THE 74 STRATEGIES ARE UNDERWAY.
IN SOME EXTENT, WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND, YOU KNOW, AND SHARE THAT WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
SO EVERYBODY CAN KIND OF HAVE THAT, UH, UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S KIND OF ALREADY MOVING AND WHAT KIND OF ALREADY HAS MOMENTUM.
AND THEN WHAT IS LIKE A BRAND NEW THING THAT IS GOING TO NEED A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT AND LIKE A LOT OF SUPPORT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND INTO NEXT YEAR AS WE IMPLEMENT.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK THE KEY BENEFIT IN THE, LIKE THE POINT OF DOING THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE NOW, BUT THEN ALSO LIKE A LOT MORE CLEARLY DELINEATES, WHAT IS BRAND NEW AND WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO NEED, LIKE AN EXPLICIT NEW, LIKE, UH, ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND PLANNING PROCESS TO GET THE RIGHT FUNDING AND THE RIGHT SORT OF LIKE MOMENTUM TO GET IT OFF THE GRID.
SO, UH, SO THE HOPE IS THAT THIS SORT OF LIKE GETS US THROUGH THE SPRING.
UH, THEN WE GET THE GUIDANCE FROM COUNCIL ON THE BIGGER PICTURE IMPLEMENTATION.
THEN WE CAN FULLY BUILD OUT, YOU KNOW, THIS EQUITABLE STRATEGY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT TO REALLY, UM, GET MORE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION AND THEN BUILD OUT THOSE LARGER PRINT PLANS, LIKE FOR ALL THE REST OF THE STRATEGIES.
SO THAT'S SORT OF THE SUMMARY OF WHERE WE ARE NOW.
UM, UM, AS, AS I SAID, THIS, UH, THE MEMO THAT CAME THROUGH, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL SHOULD KNOW, LIKE FOR THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY PURPOSES THAT THEY COMMIT THESE PURPOSES, THAT THE, THAT THEY NEED TO GET ANY BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FROM COMMISSIONS, UH, NO LATER THAN APRIL 9TH.
SO I THINK MY HOPE IS, IS THAT WE WOULD, ME AND MY TEAM, WE'RE DOING THIS INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF KIND OF LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS AS USUAL THAT SUPPORTS THINGS IN THE
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PLAN.WE'D BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BY THE MARCH JSC MEETING, YOU ALL WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, SORT OF DO YOUR ANNUAL THING OF PUTTING FORTH, LIKE WHAT ARE SPECIFIC BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE JSC WANTS TO PUT FORWARD SO THEY CAN FEED INTO THE LARGER CITY BUDGET PROCESS.
SO I THINK THAT'S IT, UH, DOES THAT ALL MAKE SENSE? ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, OR, UH, HOW, HOW WE'RE PURSUING THAT? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.
UM, I GUESS W JUST ONE INITIAL QUESTION IS YOU'RE GOING AROUND TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY ARE DOING, WHAT THEY AREN'T DOING YET.
UM, IS, DOES ANY, DO ANY OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, OR COULD ANY OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS INCLUDE SOME KIND OF ROUGH SKETCHES OF WHAT IT MIGHT TAKE IN TERMS OF BUDGET TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT AREN'T ENVISIONED YET? AND I ASKED THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE EVERY YEAR WHEN IT COMES AROUND FOR THE BUDGET, WE ENCOUNTER THIS KIND OF STRUGGLE WHERE IF SOMETHING ISN'T HAPPENING AND ISN'T CONTEMPLATED THAT THERE'S NOT EVEN A, AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT A COST.
AND SO THEN WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO DO SOMETHING WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, KNOWING WHAT IT WOULD COST.
AND OF COURSE, THERE'S ALWAYS SOME UNKNOWN IN TERMS OF EXACTLY WHAT SOMETHING WOULD COST, BUT LIKE SOME EFFORTS TO ESTIMATE I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UM, I MEAN, I AGREE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO STAY A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE JUST, I GET THE FEELING THAT IF WE JUST ASK THE DEPARTMENT, LIKE, HEY, HOW WOULD YOU DO X, Y, Z PROGRAM? AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE LIKE FULL EQUITY COMMUNITY, LIKE BACKUP BEHIND IT, THAT THEY MIGHT PROPOSE TO DO SOMETHING THE WAY THAT LIKE, THEY WANT TO DO IT WITHOUT LIKE THE FULL INPUT BEHIND IT.
AND I FEEL LIKE SO MANY OF THESE LIKE EQUITY FOCUSED STRATEGIES AND LIKE HOW WE'LL GET THERE AS IN THE PLAN, LIKE ARE GOING TO REALLY NEED THAT, LIKE COMMUNITY PUSH TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSAL GETS DONE IN THE RIGHT WAY.
THAT REFLECTS ACTUALLY WHAT'S IN THE PLAN, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE AREA WHERE LIKE, SOME OF THE, LIKE, IF YOU JUST GLOSS OVER OF THE DETAILS, LIKE ANY ONE OF THESE THINGS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, DESIGN A, YOU KNOW, A STRATEGY FOR TREE PLANNING, LIKE YOU COULD DO IT ONE WAY, OR IF YOU FULLY ARE TALKING TO THE EQUITY OFFICE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LIKE YOU WOULD DESIGN IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO, UM, I MEAN, I THINK WHAT I, THE SORT OF BEST I CAN DO IS JUST LIKE, UM, BE ABLE TO, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ESTIMATES, BUT I CAN AT LEAST LIKE FLAG THE THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE SPECTRUM OF FULLY STARTED TO LIKE, COULD GET STARTED PRETTY SOON IF THE DEPARTMENT HAD FUNDING.
UM, AND MAYBE TRY TO AT LEAST LIKE, SHOW WHERE LIKE, EVERY ACTION IS ALONG LIKE MORE OF A SPECTRUM INSTEAD OF LIKE, NOT STARTED VERSUS LIKE FULLY IN MOTION.
YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING THERE? YEAH.
UM, I HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO, UH, TURN IT OVER TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO HAS THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS.
UH, AND THANKS ZACH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, SO I MAY NOT BE REMEMBERING THIS EXACTLY ACCURATELY, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE LAST YEAR, UM, WHEN WE WERE FIRST HEARING ABOUT THE DESIRE OF THE CITY MANAGER TO SORT OF REVAMP HOW THIS GETS TO COUNCIL AND WHAT COUNCIL DOES YOU WERE SAYING THAT THE CITY MANAGER WAS LIKE, WE'RE JUST GONNA LIKE, PRETEND THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTING THIS AND YOU TO GO AHEAD AND START WORKING WITH THE OTHER APARTMENTS.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT NOW LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T FORMALIZED, MAYBE THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AS WELL AS IT WOULD IF THIS WERE, IF THIS HAD BEEN ADOPTED.
SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD COMMENT ON THAT AND IF THERE ARE ANY SORT OF, I GUESS, MAJOR RISKS TO COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN THAT WE ADOPTED, UM, OR IF THERE'S ANY THING THAT MIGHT GET DELAYED BECAUSE OF THIS, LIKE, AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO BE, EVEN IF THIS IS ALL GONNA WORK OUT FINE AT THE SITE, IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF TO, YOU KNOW, BE TALKING ABOUT OR TRYING TO HELP MOVE FORWARD?
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YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.UM, YEAH, YOU'RE DEFINITELY RIGHT.
THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOT THAT, YOU KNOW, DIRECTION, IT WAS SORT OF VERBAL AND VAGUE DIRECTION OF IMPLEMENTATION.
SO, UM, I, I THINK THAT JUST THE, THE DIFFERENCES THAT WE, ME AND MY TEAM HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT LIKE, OKAY, SO HOW WOULD WE ACTUALLY DO THIS? AND, YOU KNOW, THE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND MARCH, LIKE IT'S ONLY LIKE EIGHT WEEKS AWAY.
AND SO I THINK WHAT WE JUST REALIZED WAS THAT, LIKE, IF WE'RE GOING TO TRULY LIVE UP TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE'S EXPECTATIONS ABOUT LIKE EQUITABLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN LIKE REALLY BUILDING OUT A SOLID IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, WE DID NOT HAVE THE BUDGET OR THE RESOURCES OR THE TIME TO DO THAT, LIKE IN THIS REALLY SHORT TIME PERIOD.
SO WE JUST, I JUST MADE THE CALL, BUT LIKE, IT WAS TIME FOR US TO LIKE REVISE THE EXPECTATIONS AND LIKE DO WHAT WE COULD REALLY GET DONE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE THE FULL BACKING OF COUNCIL, THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLANS, LIKE REALLY AS THE STEERING COMMITTEE, LIKE WANTS TO SEE IT DONE.
UH, AND THEN I GUESS THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION, NO, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANY RISKS.
I DON'T THINK THAT LIKE THERE'S ANY RISKS TO LIKE PORTIONS OF THE PLAN OR PARTS OF PARTS OF THE PLAN OR ANYTHING.
I HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION, UH, SACK.
SO ARE YOU SAYING THEN THAT THIS SPRING, SOMETIMES, I GUESS IN MARCH, WHATEVER, WE WILL BE PUTTING CORE A BUDGET PROPOSAL, UM, THAT THAT'S LIMITED TO WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW.
WELL, AND THEN LATER ON IN 21, 22, AFTER IT'S APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL, COMING BACK WITH A FULL PROPOSAL FUNDING FOR THE PLAN.
SO IN ORDER, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT THOUGH, SO WOULD ANYTHING IN THE CURRENT PLAN, MATT, FOR THIS PLAN THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN APPROVED, WOULD ANY OF THOSE PIECES NEED TO BE FUNDED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, THAT COULD BE PULLED OUT? UM, I MEAN, I THINK THAT THAT FITS WITHIN THE ASSESSMENT THAT THE WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS JUST LIKE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE STRATEGIES, WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU GUYS, LIKE, YEP.
THIS THING HAS STARTED, OR THIS THING IS IN MOTION, OR JUST SAY LIKE, THIS THING IS NOT FUNDED AT ALL.
AND, AND IF YOU ALL THINK THAT, LIKE, IT REALLY NEEDS TO GET FUNDED OR SOMETHING SHOULD GET STARTED, THEN, THEN YOU ALL COULD MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
AND ONE LAST THING, I'M SORRY, MY QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, IS THERE A NEED YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING OUT IN ORDER TO DO EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITHIN THE RESOURCES OF YOUR DEPARTMENT? IS THAT SOMETHING THEN THAT NEEDS ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND SHOULD BE PUT FORTH IN THE SPRING REQUESTS AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THAT CARRY OVER? IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE? YEAH.
YOU'LL HAVE THE BUDGET AND RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED TO GET DONE IN 21, 22, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN OTHER WORDS, AND IF NOT, THEN DOES THAT BECOME PART OF THE ASK THAT WE'RE MAKING FOR THE SPRING? YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
UM, I THINK FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AND LIKE MY BUDGET AND OUR PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, LIKE WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY GIVEN THE GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FOCUS ON LIKE EFFICIENCY AND EXISTING PROGRAMS. SO YEAH, IF OUR BUDGET WAS GOING TO BE INCLUDED, I THINK THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE.
LIKE COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO SUPPORT THAT AND YOU ALL COULD SUPPORT COUNCIL TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT KIND OF OUR INTERNAL DIRECTION IS TO STAY FOCUSED ON LIKE BUSINESS AS USUAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO JUMP IN AND SAY, LIKE, I SEE THAT AS A REAL PROBLEM.
THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN BUSINESS AS USUAL.
UM, AND JUST SPEAKING TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THAT, THAT I, I'M NOT SURE THAT I THINK THAT IT HAS TO BE MESSAGED IN THE FRAMEWORK OF GETTING THIS PROPOSAL DONE, GETTING IT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF BRINGING IT TO, TO THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING AROUND IT THAT HAS TO BE DONE,
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THAT, THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE WELL, I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, LATER WHEN WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW AND THAT YOUR RESOURCES WON'T BE THERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOUR OFFICE IS, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT A GREAT BIG OFFICE.AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO AND MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND THEN THE COMMUNITY PIECE OF THIS.
SO MAYBE THAT'S A BUDGET REQUEST IF YOU HAD SOME IDEA ABOUT IT OR WE'LL HAVE SOME IDEA ABOUT IT THAT WE ATTACHED DIRECTLY TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.
I WILL, YOU KNOW, I'LL TALK TO MY BOSS ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST AN IDEA THAT WE CAN BE THINKING ABOUT TO, IF WE CAN PROPOSE THAT, BUT THEN YOU ALL CAN ALSO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT FROM OUTSIDE SUPPORT SIDE, TOO.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR, UH, STARTING THAT, UM, THIS, THIS PART OF THE CONVERSATION, ALBERTA, I THINK THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED ZACK, THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE IMPLEMENTATION DONE IN THE RIGHT WAY WITH ALL OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT THAT THE STEERING COMMITTEE HAS EMPHASIZED THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS.
AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT.
AND I, YOU KNOW, THINK THAT MOST OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT REALLY EQUIPPED TO DO THAT CURRENTLY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO SOLVE THAT.
ONE COULD BE THE, YOU KNOW, EVERY DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, THE ADDITIONAL STAFF AND RESOURCES THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON EQUITABLE, INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
AND ON THE ONE HAND THAT IN SOME WAYS MIGHT BE IDEAL BECAUSE THE STAFF WOULD BE FOCUSED ON THEIR SUBJECT AREA.
AND, UM, THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I HAVE MY DOUBTS AS TO, UM, WHETHER THAT WILL COME TO FRUITION IN THE NEAR TERM.
AND SO I WONDER IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A ROLE THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON, UM, PROMOTING WITHIN THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, A SUSTAINED ROBUST COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM AND BUDGET FOR, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING THE CLIMATE AMBASSADORS AND, AND MORE TO, YOU KNOW, ASSIST ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS IN IMPLEMENTING IN, IN THAT WAY THAT, THAT WE WANT THIS TO BE IMPLEMENTED WITH THE COMMUNITY REALLY BEING FULLY ENGAGED AND INVOLVED.
THAT'S A, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
IF THIS BODY WERE TO SUPPORT THAT GENERAL CONCEPT, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO WORK OUT LIKE A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A, AGAIN, LIKE A SKETCH DRAFT KIND OF ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT WOULD COST? YEAH.
I MEAN, THAT'S, WE COULD AT THE VERY EASIEST DO IT BACK IN THE NAPKIN.
WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THAT? IS THAT AN AREA WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE COULD, YOU KNOW, MOVE THE NEEDLE ON IMPLEMENTATION? YES.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF MY LAST MEETING THAT ZACH IT'S, IT'S SO CLEAR THAT YOU ALWAYS WORK SO HARD.
AND MY VIEW IS LIKE, THIS IS LIKE REALLY FRUSTRATING PROCESS AND YOU'RE SO DIPLOMATIC ABOUT IT.
I WANT TO SUPPORT YOU IN WHATEVER WAY WE CAN.
I THINK THAT, THAT WE OUGHT TO SUPPORT.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? UM, KIND OF WHAT I WAS GETTING AT, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WORK GETS PUT ON TOP OF THE WORK THAT THE OFFICE IS ALREADY DOING, AND THE RESOURCES ARE SHORT AND WE COME TO THIS POINT, IT SEEMS THAT THIS KIND OF CORK IN THE ROAD, AND THEN THINGS GET DELAYED AND THINGS, YOU KNOW, OR PEOPLE ARE WORKING CRAZY.
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AND SO IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IF WE ARE GOING TO, TO, UH, LIVE OUT VALUES IN TERMS OF THIS PROPOSAL, AND IF THE CITY IS GOING TO LIVE ITS VALUES IN TERMS OF THIS PROPOSAL, THEN THEY HAVE TO KNOW, UM, THAT, THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME RESOURCES.AND, AND I THINK THAT'S NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK IT, IS THIS THE RIGHT THING TO DO? AND THE RIGHT THING TO ASK, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE IN THE POSTURE OF, OF, OF DOING THINGS TO HELP, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AND THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE, UM, TO REVIVE, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN.
AND MOST OF US DON'T LIVE DOWNTOWN.
I UNDERSTAND THAT CONNECTION, BUT THERE OUGHT TO BE, YOU KNOW, A CONNECTION TO GETTING THIS PLAN DONE.
AND IT CAN'T JUST BE THAT WE THROW A PLANT.
WELL, WE DIDN'T THROW IT TOGETHER THAT THE PLAN IS PUT TOGETHER.
IT'S A GREAT PLAN, BUT THEN THE RESOURCES AREN'T THERE TO MOVE IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE IN THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD BE MOVED ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
IT SHOULD NOT SUFFER, UH, LIKE A STEPCHILD.
SO I WOULD FULLY SUPPORT WHAT EVA IS DOING AND, AND IF IT MEANS MORE RESOURCES IN ZACH'S OFFICE AS WELL, WE, WE SHOULDN'T SHY AWAY FROM THAT TYPE OF, IF I MIGHT JUST ECHO THAT, UM, I'VE BEEN VOCAL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE CHIEF EQUITY AND CLIMATE OFFICER OR RESILIENCE OFFICER IS AMONG THE HIGHEST RANK, UH, STAFF IN THE CITY, MAYBE EVEN CREATE A NEW POSITION ON ACM.
I JUST THINK THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IT, IF IT'S A, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S THIS I SHOW, OR, OR, UM, NOT AT THE TOP OF THE LEADERSHIP RANK, UH, IT JUST KIND OF BE UPFRONT JUST SUCH.
UM, I THINK THAT JUST SO MUCH, AND I APPLAUD THIS PLAN FOR HAVING EQUITY FRONT AND CENTER, AND I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO APPROACH, NOT JUST ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN, BUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AS WELL.
I THINK, I THINK WE HERE, I MEAN, UH, I MISS, UH, SOME OF THE OLDER COMMISSIONER, UH, CAUSE THEY USED TO SAY, LOOK, IF, IF THIS COMMISSION IS NOT BEING BROADCAST LIVE ON H YOU KNOW, IDX AND WHATEVER NEW SIX W WE ARE NOT CAUSING ENOUGH COMMOTION.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I QUOTE PLENTY FISK WHO WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE ON, ON THAT.
SO, UM, YEAH, I JUST WANT TO ECHO THAT, YOU KNOW, ZACH AND STAFF GREAT JOB.
AND IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKE MORE NOISE AND POINT PEOPLE TO, TO, TO SUPPORT THIS IN A MUCH MORE MEANINGFUL WAY THAN JUST SAY YEAH.
UM, I MEAN WE SERIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO SO.
UM, WELL I THINK WE ARE POSTED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION TODAY.
SO IF WE WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE ANY SORT OF RECOMMENDATION OR REQUEST OR WHATEVER, UM, WE CAN DO THAT OR WE CAN COME BACK, UM, AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, GIVEN WHAT DID YOU SAY IT WAS THE DEADLINE FOR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, APRIL 9TH.
THE, LET'S SEE, I'M GONNA LOOK OR WOULDN'T WE HAVE TO MEET THE MARCH DEADLINE.
I MEAN, I THINK WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND DO IT TODAY BECAUSE YOU DID SAY MARCH WOULD BE THE CUT OFF FOR GETTING THINGS IN, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT SAYS RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK NO LATER THAN APRIL 9TH.
UM, AND THEN DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
AND THAT GIVES A MONTH AND THEN DEPARTMENT BUDGETS ARE DUE TO THE BUDGET OFFICE ON MAY 7TH.
SO YEAH, TO MEET APRIL 9TH, IT WOULD, THE JSC WOULD NEED TO PASS SOMETHING EITHER AT THE FEBRUARY OR AT YOUR MARCH MEETING.
I THINK WE COULD PASS IT NEXT MONTH.
BUT I THINK THAT, ESPECIALLY GOING INTO COUNCIL WORK SESSION IS ON THE EQUITY PLAN.
AND KNOWING THAT ONE, KNOWING THAT THERE'S CONVERSATION ABOUT COUNCIL PASSING A SPECIFIC RESOLUTION ON IMPLEMENTATION, I THINK THE SOONER REACT THE BETTER.
AND I THINK THAT WE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST GENERALLY VOICE VOICE, THE SUPPORT FOR WHATSAPP HAS ALREADY OUTLINED AS THE KEY IMPLEMENTATION RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN ADD TO IT, YOU KNOW, IF FOLKS WANT TO, AND I'M HAPPY TO, TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
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WITH THE ADDITION OF RECOMMENDING A, AN ASSESSMENT AND ULTIMATELY ADOPTION OF SIGNIFICANT, UH, NEW BUDGET FOR THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY TO SPEARHEAD IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN AND SPECIFICALLY HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF TO CONDUCT COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, IN AN INCLUSIVE, UH, MANNER, YOU KNOW, UH, IN LINE WITH THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN AND TO CONTINUE THE CLIMATE AMBASSADORS, I FEEL STRONGLY THAT THAT SHOULD BE A PERMANENT PIECE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.I THINK JUST, AND MAYBE I SCREWED THIS UP, CAUSE I SAID, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION.
SO MAYBE I HAVEN'T MADE IT YET.
UH, BUT, UM, CAN WE ALSO SAY THAT, THAT THERE'S AN INCREASE IN BUDGET THAT SHOULD BE SHARED BETWEEN THE EQUITY OFFICE AND SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE TO FURTHER THEIR COLLABORATIVE WORK AROUND THIS? I LOVE IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT I SHOULD READ INTO THE RECORD BEFORE I SAY I'M THAT I'M, THAT I'M REAL, REALLY MAKING THIS MOTION? I, I, UM, I, I DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE EVERY, YOU KNOW, THE DIRECTION OF THIS, I GUESS I WOULD ADD ONE VOICE FOR, FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME TIME TO THINK AND CRAFT THIS IN A MORE DELIBERATE WAY.
I AM ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH CRAFTING THINGS ON THE DIAS.
UM, GIVEN THAT WE'VE GOT TIME, IF WE, YOU KNOW, IN FEBRUARY, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, FEBRUARY TO DEVELOP SOMETHING AND I, WHERE I GUESS I'M COMING FROM IS ALSO LIKE, IF THERE ARE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, RIGHT? HOW CAN WE INTERSECT THESE THINGS AND REALLY COME UP WITH LIKE A HOLISTIC VIEW THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, ENABLE THIS IMPLEMENTATION IN A, IN A MORE ROBUST WAY, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S, YES, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY NEED THE SUPPORT, BUT ALSO LIKE SAYING THAT IT ISN'T JUST ON THEM, RIGHT.
RECOGNIZING THAT IT HAS TO GO TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE, FROM THE FOOD POLICY BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THE RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE STARTING NEXT WEEK, BUT THEN ALSO REALLY THE IDEA OF BRINGING RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD.
AND WE'LL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY INTERFACE WITH HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
SO I FEEL LIKE THERE COULD BE A REAL BLESSED LIKE PACKAGE OF RECOMMENDATIONS OR A WAY OF COMBINING THEM IN A WAY THAT SHOWS HOW BROAD THIS IMPLEMENTATION NEEDS TO.
CAN I SEE THIS AS A YES AND MOMENT FOR SURE.
I DON'T THINK THAT WHAT WE DO TODAY SHOULD ALL, UM, PRECLUDE US FROM DOING EXACTLY THAT AND HOPEFULLY IT, OUR NEXT MEETING, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST AT OUR, UM, MEETING, I THINK WE WILL DEFINITELY WANT IT TO WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU'VE GOT.
ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONS CAN BRING FORWARD, UM, YOU KNOW, GUESS A BROADER, UM, STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR A BUNCH OF ACTIONS.
UM, I GUESS WHAT I'M THINKING HERE IS THAT ANY SUPPORT THAT WE CAN GIVE FOR WHAT ZACH HAS ALREADY DOING AND ALSO FOR WHAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK KIND OF OPENED UP, OPENED UP A, UM, STARTED TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES EVEN DOING AN ASSESSMENT CAN HIT A ROAD BLOCK, UH, AMONGST, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WITH CITY MANAGERS.
AND I HOPE THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE HERE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST WITH LIKE THERE TO BE LIKE AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE THIS INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN THEN COME BACK AND MAKE A MORE DETAILED RECOMMENDATION THAT I'M REFERRING TO BEING LIKE, HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, FULL EFFORT SPEARHEADED BY THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY.
AND AS KATIE SAID, THE OPPOSITE EQUITY OR THE EQUITY OFFICE, GO AHEAD, ALBERTA.
I SEE THIS AS A STARTING POINT.
UM, KAREN, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING TO START IT WITH HIS, SOME FACTS AND SOME GUIDANCE, UH, TO START WITH, AND THEN WE'RE STARTING THAT CONVERSATION IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN WE'RE REALLY IN APRIL TO GET THE CONVERSATION FINISHED.
SO THIS IS NOT THE, IT WILL NOT BE THE CLIENT IN THE LEAST WAY.
IT WILL NOT BE THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MAKE IN MARCH, BUT IT CERTAINLY GETS US DETAILS AND GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION, DATA THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO CRAFT SOMETHING IN FEBRUARY, INSTEAD OF STARTING THAT CONVERSATION IN FEBRUARY.
WELL, I WOULD SAY YES, EXCEPT WE NEED TO ALSO DISCUSS THAT IN ADVOCACY PLAN.
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WRECKED A RECOMMENDATION.IT'S, THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN UNLESS WE THEN CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS, GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN OUR OTHER BOARDS, LIKE ADMISSIONS, LIKE PRACTICALLY THE ADVOCACY TO GET THAT MOVING IN ADDITION TO LIKE, WHEN I JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I, THAT'S WHERE I WANT THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO CONFLICT.
THIS IS NOT WAR I, YEAH, I, I HEAR, I JUST, I, I, AND I'M AN AGREEMENT AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT GONNA OBJECT.
I MEAN, I DEFINITELY I'M IN AGREEMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, USE OUR TIME AS EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, SAYING, JUST PASSING YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND THEN IT JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S OUR R DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN LIKE PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, UNLESS WE THEN GO ADVOCATE TO CITY COUNCIL AND REALLY BRING THIS TO ATTENTION TO SAY, LET'S GET THIS MOVING AND IN ADVANCE OF ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALSO BE RECOMMENDING THAT, BUT THIS HAS TO START FIRST.
WELL, I MEAN, OFTENTIMES I THINK, YES, THAT IS THE CASE.
UM, I GUESS PART OF MY HOPE HERE IS THAT EVEN JUST HAVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS BODY WILL HELP GIVE ZACK A LITTLE BIT OF COVER FOR DOING THE WORK THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
UM, SO THAT WE CAN THEN HAVE A REGULAR, ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ABSOLUTELY WILL HAVE TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL AND ADVOCATE FOR.
UM, I DO ALSO THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN USE THIS COMMISSION AS ONE TO KIND OF, UM, DO A SECOND RECOMMENDATION FOR THINGS THAT COME FROM OUR VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE A TWO-WAY FLOW.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE TAKING BACK TO OUR RESPECTIVE COMMISSIONS AND SAYING, LOOK, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY NEEDS SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENT HELPING ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS IMPLEMENT THE CLIMATE PLAN.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS THAT OUR VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MADE.
I WOULD, I WOULD DEFINITELY CONCUR WITH THAT POINT.
I WOULD SAY ON THE OTHER POINT THOUGH, LIKE WE DON'T DIRECT ZACK EXACTLY IN THE OFFICE, THEY GET THEIR NURTURE WITH THE SAME MANAGERS.
WE CAN ONLY REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO THAT'S WHERE I WOULD, I WOULD PUSH BACK ON LIKE WHAT WE'RE PASSING, UNLESS WE ADVOCATE TO CITY COUNCIL AND THEN DIRECT CITY MANAGERS TO DIRECT THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONSIDERING THAT ADVOCACY CASE THEY CAN'T BE DISCOUNTED.
BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM US HAS NO EFFECT ON OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY.
IT'S NOT A DIRECT CHANNEL TO DIRECT THEM TO DO ANYTHING.
I MEAN, WE, IN FACT CANNOT DIRECT ANYBODY TO DO ANYTHING.
ALL WE CAN DO IS RECOMMEND, UM, WELL, IT WAS EXACTLY, BUT I'M JUST EVEN SAYING LIKE, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH, LIKE WE ARE SPECIFICALLY LIKE IN A VERY DIRECTIONAL WAY ACTING I JUST WANTED.
YEAH, I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I, BUT I DO THINK IT SENDS A MESSAGE TOO, AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH SENDING A MESSAGE IN AGREEMENT ABSOLUTELY.
TO ATTEMPT TO TALK THROUGH WHAT EMOTION WOULD LOOK LIKE AGAIN, OR, OR CAN WE GO BACK IN THERE IN THE RECORD? DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING WRITTEN OR, UM, OR IN YOUR HEAD IF YOU DO THEN GREAT.
IF YOU DON'T, I CAN GIVE IT A WHIRL.
I MOVED THAT THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY RECOMMEND, UH, RICK, I GUESS WE, WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS A RECOMMENDATION TO CANCEL, RECOMMEND THE COUNCIL, UH, DIRECT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE ANY AND ALL SUPPORT FOR THE WORK THAT THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, UH, NEEDS TO DO TO ASSESS CURRENT AND FUTURE ACTIONS THAT FALL WITHIN THE AUSTIN.
THE PROPOSED AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN IN PREPARATION FOR THE FYI 21, 22 BUDGET CYCLE.
AND ADDITIONALLY THAT THE CITY MAN THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE DIRECTED TO SUPPORT THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY IN MAKING A BUDGET ASSESSMENT FOR A, FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF AND RESOURCES TO FACILITATE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY OUTRAGE TO ASSIST ALL THE DEPARTMENTS IN IMPLEMENTING
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ACTION ITEMS FROM THE PROPOSED AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, IN ADDITION TO SUSTAINED, UH, FUNDING FOR THE, UH, AUSTIN CLIMATE AMBASSADORS PROGRAM AND THE EQUITY OFFICER'S OFFICE TALKS ABOUT.UM, MAYBE YOU, SHOULD I, OKAY.
SO JUST, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT ALL AGAIN, BUT THE PART ABOUT FUNDING FOR THE, UH, OFFICER SUSTAINABILITY TO DO THAT ADDITIONAL, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, RICH WORK, JUST INSERT, UH, EQUITY, EQUITY, OFFHAND EQUITY OFFICE THERE.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I CAN PICK THAT UP LATER IF THAT'S EASIER, BUT THANK YOU, KATIE.
SO I MADE A MOTION, KATIE, SECOND, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, AND I THINK JUST, AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS NOT THE END OF OUR BUDGETARY IMPLEMENTATION RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT WOULD ONLY BE THE STURT, UM, ALL IN FAVOR, IF YOU ARE ON VIDEO, RAISE YOUR HAND, IF YOU ARE NOT ANY WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT SAY AYE, RIGHT BEFORE THE VOTE, PLEASE.
UM, COULD, COULD WE SAY TO, TO BRING IT BACK TO US IN FEBRUARY IN THE MOTION THAT WE WOULD SO THAT WE KNOW IT'S YES.
SO I THINK WE CAN KIND OF INSERT THAT AT THE BEGINNING, UM, OF ALL OF THIS AND SAC OR PB OR WHOEVER IS GOING TO BE HELPING TO GET THIS ON THE RECORD.
ALRIGHT, ALBERTA, I HEARD YOU SAY HI, CHRIS, KAREN IN THAT, UM, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU WROTE IN THAT I SAY WE'RE ALL RIGHT.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR US TO DO.
WE'LL BE BACK TO THAT CONVERSATION FOR SURE NEXT MONTH.
UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
[2. e) Community Resilience Resident Participation Overview – Phoebe Romero, Office of Sustainability (Discussion and/or possible action)]
ITEM IS, UH, JUST A BRIEF UPDATE FROM PHOEBE AROUND THE, UM, COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, UH, PLANNING THAT IS UNDERWAY.SO IT'S SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T HAVE FIGHTS.
WE DO HAVE, UM, THE LINK THAT MAY BE CAN BREAK PROJECTED, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS WERE AWARE OF A COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT HAS BEEN, UM, UH, IN THE WORKS, I THINK FOR ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT IT IS, UH, FOR THREE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY RESILIENCE EFFORTS.
AND, UM, I CAN JUST BRIEFLY SPEAK ON, ON EACH OPPORTUNITY.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ONGOING COMMUNITY OR EQUITY AND RESILIENCE SERIES, UM, ALONG WITH CITY STAFF, UH, THROUGHOUT FEBRUARY AND MARCH.
AND THAT IS ABOUT A 10 HOUR, UM, IN TOTAL COMMITMENT.
UM, THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE MORE SHORT-TERM COMMITMENT.
UM, IT IS STILL PARTICIPATING AND HELPING ADVISE STAFF ON THE, UH, COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, UH, PLANNING PROCESS, BUT IT IS JUST LESS TIME.
UM, AND THEN THE THIRD OPPORTUNITY, WHICH I THINK IS PROBABLY GOING TO GARNER THE MOST ATTENTION BECAUSE IT'S SPECIFIC, IT'S THE SHORT-TERM PROJECT OPPORTUNITY TO SPECIFICALLY WORK WITH CITY STAFF ON CREATING, UM, AN EQUITY OR FOR FIGURING OUT HOW TO USE THE $300 MILLION OF ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDS FOR PROJECT CONNECT.
UM, AND SO APPROXIMATELY 30 PEOPLE WILL BE CHOSEN FOR THE PROJECT CONNECT, UM, SPECIFIC PROJECT.
AND, UM, THEY'RE REALLY, THE CITY IS REALLY SEEKING PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY DISPLACEMENT.
SO PEOPLE LIVING EAST OF
UM, AND THEN PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, WERE LACKING ACCESS TO A PERSONAL VEHICLE AND ARE MORE RELIANT ON PUBLIC TRANSIT.
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AND SO, UM, THAT SURVEY IS DUE BY FEBRUARY 6TH, AT 11:59 PM.AND ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT, UM, RESIDENTS WILL BE PAID AT $25 AN HOUR.
UM, SPECIFICALLY THE PROJECT CONNECT, UM, PROJECT IT'S ABOUT 30 HOURS OF, OF WORK BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND JULY OF 2021.
AND SO THAT LINK WAS SHARED WITH YOU ALL BY, BY ZACK, ALONG WITH A FLYER.
UM, I ACTUALLY DID JUST RECEIVE A FLYER, UM, THIS MORNING.
UM, THAT'S SPECIFICALLY JUST DETAILING MORE, UM, ABOUT THE PROJECT CONNECT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, SO THOSE ARE DEFINITELY USEFUL FOR YOU ALL TO SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS OR VIA EMAIL.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, AND I CAN SEND THIS, UM, ZACH CAN SEND THIS LINK FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, BUT THERE IS ACTUALLY A SURVEY OUT THAT'S DUE TODAY.
THAT'S REGARDING, UM, SOME IT'S NOT JUST ME TO LOST PHOEBE, IS IT, HI, I LOST CONNECTION FOR A SECOND.
EVERYTHING JUST LIKE THAT EXCLAMATION POINT.
UM, BUT THE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS THAT, UM, THERE IS A SURVEY THAT THE EQUITY OFFICE AND TV EQUITY ACTION TEAM THAT IS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON WHAT, UM, TYPE OF CONSULTANT THERE SHOULD BE FOR THE EQUITY SCORE CARD THAT IS GOING TO BE CREATED.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO HOW AN EQUITY TOOL WAS, WAS CREATED FOR THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EQUITY SCORECARD CREATED.
AND SO, UM, THAT SURVEY IS ALSO AVAILABLE AND WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH Y'ALL, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE PRIORITIES, UM, AND EXPERIENCES THAT, THAT THIS CONSULTANT SHOULD HAVE IN ORDER TO CREATE A, A TOOL THAT'S GOING TO REALLY, UM, EVALUATE THIS PROJECT FROM AN EQUITY LENS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE OVERVIEW, UM, AND YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS I CAN, BUT, UM, AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL DETAILS, THERE IS A, UM, AN EMAIL, UM, DIRECT THAT YOU CAN EMAIL CALLED RESILIENT AUSTIN AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV, AND THAT'LL CONNECT YOU TO ALL THE, WHO IS, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY KIND OF LEADING THE, THE CROSS DEPARTMENTAL EFFORT ON THIS.
I JUST HAVE A QUICK, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
SO PHOEBE, AND MAYBE WE DON'T KNOW THIS YET, BUT, UM, IT FEELS LIKE THE, THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED ARE ORIENTED A LITTLE BIT MORE TOWARD COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, MAYBE NOT, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE FOR JSC MEMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IS THERE, ARE THERE PLANS TO SET UP ANY KIND OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE SIMILAR TO THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN? YES, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO, SO YES, A LOT OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE BEING TARGETED AT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE EXPERIENCING, UM, YOU KNOW, SHOTS AND STRESSORS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AS FAR AS CREATING SOME FORM OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, MORE TARGETED AT, UH, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF THE JSC.
UM, I'M NOT REALLY SURE RIGHT NOW, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE CITY THERE IS, UM, LIKE A CORE TEAM AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN THE, UM, RESILIENCE AND EQUITY SERIES.
BUT I CAN, I CAN ASK ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WILL THERE BE FOR, FOR YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE? UM, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL EVENTS.
UM, THERE WAS AN EVENT FOR, FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UM, IN DECEMBER AND THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL EVENTS TARGETED AT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, BASED ON DEMOGRAPHIC.
UM, I WILL, I WILL GO AHEAD AND ASK AND FOLLOW UP ABOUT THAT FOR YOU.
AND, AND I TOTALLY RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THE PRIORITIZATION OF, OF REALLY THE PEOPLE MOST IMPACTED, UM, BEING, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR, FOR GETTING FEEDBACK, UM, RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN WAS A GOOD MODEL FOR, I THINK SEEING HOW A PRETTY ROBUST STEERING COMMITTEE AND ADVISORY GROUPS CAN COME TOGETHER AND HELP CO-CREATE A PLAN.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE HUGE DRAWBACKS OF THAT WAS JUST THE, THE TIME COMMITMENT OF IT.
UM, BUT I THINK OBVIOUSLY THIS RESILIENCE WORK IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THIS CLIMATE EQUITY WORK.
AND SO I THINK I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT COME OUT, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UM, AND YEAH, AND JUST, JUST TO MENTION IN FEBRUARY AND, UM, WE CAN SHARE THOSE DETAILS
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WITH YOU ALL AS WELL, BUT THERE WILL BE AN EVENT PLANNED FOR THE LIKE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.UM, AND THEN, UH, LATER ON AND THAT, THAT DATE'S NOT SAID, UM, FOR THE API COMMUNITY AS WELL, UM, JUST THINKING OUT LOUD, I'M HAVING A TECHNOLOGY PULL DIFFICULT IN HERE.
I CAN STILL HEAR EVERYTHING, BUT I CAN NO LONGER SEE ANYTHING.
SO, UM, SINCE WE'RE NEAR THE END OF HER AGENDA, KATIE, WOULD YOU MIND JUST FACILITATING? CAUSE I CAN'T SEE IF ANYBODY'S LIKE TRYING TO SPEAK OR ANYTHING HAVING TO DO THAT.
UM, DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE US THROUGH NEXT ITEMS? YEAH.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR PHOEBE THEN? ALL RIGHT.
UH, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU, ME.
[2. f) Commission members report back on any relevant discussions from their respective boards and commissions – (Discussion and/or possible action)]
UM, WE JUST NEED TO REPORT BACK ON ANY RELEVANT DISCUSSIONS FROM OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.THIS IS NOT IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, SO, UH, ON WHAT IN WASTEWATER COMMISSION, THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS ON UPGRADING TREATMENT PLANT, UH, AREA, UM, FOR ATLAS 14 KIND OF FLUFF MUSEUMS. UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF INTERESTING CONCEPT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, FLOODING THE, THAT NOVEL HAS SOME KIND OF A TRAIL SYSTEM.
UH, I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING.
UM, IT IS, UH, SOMEWHAT OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
UM, AND THEY ALSO KIND OF DISCUSS ABOUT, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF FLOOD PROOF, SOME OF THESE, UH, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, I, I INJECTED COMPENSATION RELATED TO ACCESS TO COMMUNITY.
SO A LOT OF THESE COMMUNITIES AND A TREATMENT PLAN ARE LOCATED AS SUCH, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY IN AND OUT.
AND SO THEY ARE TAPPING INTO FEMA RELOCATION TYPE OF, UM, FUNDING.
UH, SO I JUST HAD THAT KIND OF BO WELL WITH THE EQUITY AND CLIMATE CONVERSATION FOR SHEPHERD BECAUSE ADELAIDE'S 14 IS CAUSING A LOT OF, UH, RESILIENCE ISSUE TO MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK UTILITY, UH, PROVIDERS HAS TO THINK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT, UM, ON ECONOMIC PROSPERITY COMMISSION, WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT JUST THE VARIETY OF A PACKAGES THAT ARE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE BOTH TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND TRYING TO THINK ABOUT AREAS THAT MIGHT BE UNDER THE RADAR THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED BY ASSOCIATED NEED FOR ECONOMIC RELIEF, UM, UNEMPLOYMENT, ET CETERA.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SORT OF THE FIRST TIER ARE, WAS RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO HELP COUNCIL EXPAND OUT THEIR VIEW OF WHAT ARTS IN THE AUSTIN ECONOMY AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE FLORIDA.
AND YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THAT IF ANYONE ON THIS CALL THAT IDEAS, YOU KNOW THAT FROM, FROM YOUR VARIOUS COMMISSIONS, CAUSE THAT'S SORT OF A PROJECT WE'RE UNDERTAKING THERE.
ANYONE ELSE? YEAH, THIS IS KELLY.
OR SHOULD I TURN MY VIDEO OFF? WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UH, ON DECEMBER 17TH, THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AT A SPECIAL MEETING PASSED A RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOCUSING ON FOUR SUBJECT MATTERS, UM, CLIMATE BEING THE TOP ONE, AS WELL AS SAFETY EQUITY, AND HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT, UM, URGING TXDOT, NOT TO WIDEN MY 35.
AND, UM, KELLY, WOULD YOU MIND IF IT'S HARD TO HEAR? OKAY, THANKS.
UM, HOW MUCH DID YOU HEAR? WELL, THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION PASSED A RECOMMENDATION URGING TEXAS, NOT TO WIDEN BY 35 AND TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO PRIORITIZE, UM, TRANSPORTATION POLICY THAT WOULD PROTECT THE CLIMATE, BE EQUITABLE AND SAFE.
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AND YEAH, THAT'S ALL I GOT.ANY ONE ELSE, MELISSA? YEAH, ON JANUARY 13TH, THE AUSTIN TO ZERO WASTE ADVISORY COMMISSION MET AND THE FINAL ROLLOUT OF THE CURBSIDE COMPOST PICKUP IS HAPPENING SO THAT ALL OF AUSTIN CITY LIMITS OR SINGLE HOME FAMILIES WILL HAVE PICKUP FOR COMPOST AND THE RECYCLE REUSE DROP-OFFS CENTER CLOSED AGAIN, BUT THEY ARE DOING HOME PICKUPS FOR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE.
UM, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO DROP OFF THEIR RECYCLABLES THERE.
ANYONE ELSE, ROB? HEY, IT'S ROB.
UH, SO, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION CONTINUES ITS REGULAR BREAD AND BUTTER WORK OF APPROVAL OF ZONING CHANGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, UH, THE, UH, I THINK I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE ANY BROADER CODE, LIKE BROAD CODE REVISIONS, LIKE, UM, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHANGES ARE STILL TIED UP IN LITIGATION AND IT'S UNLIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE ANY BROADER CITYWIDE, UH, CODE CHANGES UNTIL THAT STUFF IS RESOLVED.
AT LEAST THAT'S THE APPROACH THAT, UM, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS TAKING.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER THINGS GOING ON.
UH, ONE ON A VERY GRANULAR LEVEL, WHICH IS THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL, UM, THAT, UM, IS ABOUT THINGS LIKE STREET WIDTHS, BUT ALSO SIDEWALKS AND BICYCLE FACILITIES ALONG THE STREETS.
UM, THAT IS, UM, BEING PROPOSED BY STAFF.
IT'S, UH, THERE'S NOT, UH, REALLY THAT MUCH INPUT THAT WOULDN'T BROADLY IMPACT, UM, OR EQUITY BY.
UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE TRANSGENDER, UH, PLANNING.
WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO SAY IN THAT THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER CONDITIONS WITH YOU AS WELL.
ANYTHING ELSE? I WAS JUST GOING TO BRING UP ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONS TRIPPING ALONG TOO ON BUSINESS AS USUAL VARIANCE REQUESTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, BUT I DID WANT TO MENTION UNRELATED TO THAT WELL RELATED.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK OUT, UM, WHAT WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, IN TERMS OF CLIMATE PRIORITIES, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO, UH, TO CHECK OUT.
AND I DO THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR MOMENTUM FOR US TO REALLY PUSH THIS WORK LOCALLY HERE AS WELL.
AND SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO WORKED ON DEVELOPING THOSE PRIORITIES ARE, ARE TEXAS-BASED SO SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF TOO.
WE, WE MET REALLY EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR ON JANUARY 4TH, KICKED THINGS RIGHT OFF.
UM, AND WE ARE, UM, GOING TO BE DISCUSSING, UM, BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
IF ENABLING THAT TWO WAY FLOW, WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THIS BOARD, I'LL DEFINITELY TAKE BACK THERE AND I'LL BRING FORWARD WHATEVER IS COMING OUT OF A FOOD POLICY BOARD.
UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT STILL GOING ON IN THE FOOD SYSTEM RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THEN JUST ON FUTURE AGENDA
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
ITEMS, WE HAVE A FEW THINGS LISTED, UH, AUSTIN AREA, SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS, SURVEY UPDATE, UH, USDA, FORESTRY, ADAPTATION DISCUSSION, AND ONGOING DISCUSSIONS ON, ON THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.UM, ANY, ANYTHING ELSE THAT, THAT WE WANT TO BE LISTING IN OUR, OUR FEATURED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO KIVA AND I, OR ANYTHING OF NOTE RIGHT NOW WE SHOULD ADD TO THE LIST.
WE'LL HAVE A BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS PROBABLY ON THERE.
THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS I WOULD GUESS.
AND I WOULD KINDA LIKE TO ADD ALSO JUST RECURRING UPDATES ON RESILIENT AUSTIN TO THAT LIST.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, UH, YOU KNOW, BE IN TOUCH, LET US KNOW.
UH, BUT IF NOT, I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 10 26.
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