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[CALL TO ORDER]
AND MY TRUCK, JEAN BROOKS.AND DIANE INDICATED SHE WAS HERE.
UH, ROBERT LASKEY, CATHERINE BROADWATER AND EVERTRUE HALL PRESENT.
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.UM, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THOSE? OKAY.
I WILL ENTERTAIN FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS POSTED BY DAVID.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
IS THERE A SECOND? THIS IS CONVENTIONAL OR LATCHKEY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED.
WANT TO THANK DAVID FOR HIS HARD WORK AS ALWAYS.
CAN WE JUST, JUST SUPPORTIVE ORDER? CAN EVERYBODY MAKE SURE TO TURN OFF THEIR, UM, MIKE'S WHEN THEY'RE NOT SPEAKING SO THAT THERE'S NOT FEEDBACK? YEAH.
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO MENTION THAT.
COMMISSIONER SHAW, TARA FRANK COMMISSIONER BROADWATER HAS JOINED US.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW.
SO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS, UH, DISCUSSION
[2B. Discussion and possible action to adopt a resolution to allow MCPD involvement in the City of Austin Economic Development Corporation – Commissioner Orlowski and full committee]
AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO HAVE MTB MCPD.UM, LET ME JUST, OH, AND OUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER ALLOWANCE.
IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON THAT.
UH, WELL, LIKE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IN THE PRIOR MEETING, UH, THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS PROPOSED A ECONOMIC, UH, THE RESOLUTION.
YES, AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
AND IT'S TO HELP YOU DEVELOP AT PC, UH, STIMULATE ECONOMIC, ARTISTIC EDUCATION.
UH, I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE PERTINENT FOR US BECAUSE HE ALREADY HELPED, UH, BUYS THE ASSETS AFTER THE AUTHOR AND THE CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER RACING MEMBERS, THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UM, ONE OF OUR LONGTERM GOALS, EVEN PRIOR TO THIS INCREASED ANY MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WILL KEEP THEM WITH DISABILITIES.
IT ALSO ADDRESSES HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS IS ALSO CLEAN ISSUES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
HAVING A COURSE IS A SHORTAGE ALL OVER THE CITY, BY TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT A HIGH POVERTY RATE CAN'T NECESSARILY FLY, THEREFORE WE NEED TO BE HELP ADVISE IT.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE A COMPONENT OF THE CITY.
WE DIDN'T LET TURN ABOUT ABEL'S IN THE CITY AND THE CP AWAY TO ENSURE
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IT'S NOT.I'LL READ THE DRAFT AGAIN, RESOLUTION TO GET THE ESTIMATE FOR PEOPLE, COMMUNITY, FOR PEOPLE AND CPD COMPLETION, ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE K TO 12 SPECIAL EDUCATION.
I LOOK FOR SERVICES FOR ALL
I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT BECAUSE HE COULD MAYBE SPEAK A LITTLE MORE DIRECTLY INTO YOUR MIC.
LIKE FOR ME, IT'S FADING A LITTLE BIT IN AND OUT.
UM, SECONDARY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY, HER SECONDARY EDUCATION WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS GIVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC.
ONE OF THE LONG-TIME GOLDMAN CPD INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, WHERE I COULD USE SOME LOCAL AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE HOUSING OPTIONS THAT SUCCESSFUL, WHEREAS EIGHT CHEATING EQUITY CONFERENCE, WHICH SYSTEMATICALLY EXPERIENCES
THIS IS COMMISSIONER SCHRIER, GO FOR IT.
DIDN'T WE DISCUSS THIS SAME RESOLUTION AT OUR LAST MEETING.
AND THEN THIS WAS THE ONE THAT WAS TABLED BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PREPARATION.
THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS IS THAT WE WERE GOING TO INVITE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THAT COMMISSION TO COME SPEAK TO US FROM MY, FROM MY RECOLLECTION OF LAST MEETING.
YES, THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBERED AS, AS WELL.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD, GOOD IDEA.
I WOULD JUST PREFER TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM THE GROUP ITSELF AS FOR THEIR, THEIR GOALS AND WHAT OUR ROLE WOULD BE BEFORE VOTING ON THIS RELAPSED.
UM, I BELIEVE HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO CONTACT SOMEBODY FOR PRESENTATION.
UM, I, I WAS HAPPY TO READ IT AGAIN.
UM, I ASSUMED THAT WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
WHAT IS THAT PRESENTATION WITH HERE? I SAY THAT ON THE AGENDA, UNLESS I'M MISTAKEN, JOE FRANCIS LEE, GO AHEAD.
I DON'T HAVE, UH, ANY INFORMATION ON SUCH A PRESENTATION, BUT AS A STAFF LIAISON, WE WOULD DEFINITELY, UH, TRY TO, UH, GET THAT SCHEDULE.
UM, AND CHAIRMAN FRANK'S, IF I'M AT A SQUISHY LEVEL, GO FOR IT.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE BEEN, UM, HAVING A LOT OF RESOLUTIONS LATELY.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S FINE, BUT I JUST, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE TAKING UP A LOT OF TIME WITH RESOLUTIONS AND I'M NOT SURE
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IF WE, IF WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE LIKE AN AECON CONNECTED CAMPAIGN FOR ADVOCACY AND CONNECTION WITH THESE RESOLUTIONS, THAT THEY'RE MUCH MORE THAN JUST HERE'S OUR OPINION.UM, SO IT IS, I THINK IT IS A BALANCING THAT ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD ON ITEMS. UM, BUT I JUST, I REMEMBER THAT WHEN, EVEN ON OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH I THINK IS THE MAIN THING WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIVE.
WE CAN'T JUST SAY HERE'S OUR OPINION AND ADOPT THEM.
WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT TO DO THE WORK WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS AND IN OUR COMMUNITY TO PROMOTE WHATEVER OPINION WE HAVE ON WHATEVER YOU PUT DISABILITIES ARE AFFECTED IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF WAYS.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE JUST OUR OPINIONS INTO THE SORT OF LIKE WHAT'S OUR ACTIVIST CAMPAIGN TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO FEEL THE SAME WAY AND ACT IN ACCORDANCE THEIR WET.
SO HARD TO SORT OF KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND.
WE THINK ABOUT THESE, THIS IS COMMISSIONER, WILL THAT FEED, UH, SEVERAL OF THE OTHER QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION GRAPH, MANY MORE RESOLUTIONS, UH, UH, SESSION THAN US.
UM, UH, PERHAPS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY HAVE, UH, MORE, UM, CRACKING YOUR REVOLUTION IN, WAIT I BUDGET IN ONE WAY, BUT THAT'S A, ANY WAY DRAFTING A RESOLUTION IS THE BE MORE FREQUENT WAY TO BEFORE COUNCIL, UM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG COMMISSIONER TRAIL, BUT I THINK THE MAIN POINT IS GIVES US GOOD THAT WE'RE DRAFTING THESE RESOLUTIONS AND ADOPTING THEM.
IT'S JUST THAT WE ALSO SHOULD DEVELOP A PLAN OF ACTION, PERHAPS THE WORKING GROUP TO KIND OF GO OVER EACH OF RESOLUTIONS AND DEVELOP A GAME PLAN.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT ONLY ADOPTING RESOLUTIONS, BUT ACTUALLY DOING THE PURPOSE.
ONE OF THE MAIN PURPOSES OF THIS COMMISSION IS TO ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, WITH THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND HOW CAN WE WORK IN TANDEM WITH THEM IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE DISABILITIES IN AUSTIN.
THIS IS COMMISSIONER, GO AHEAD.
AND I BELIEVE THIS SPECIFIC RESOLUTION, UM, IS, YOU KNOW, CALLING FOR AN ACTION THAT IT'S REQUESTING THAT OUR COMMITTEE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE, UM, ON THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKING SURE WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT ENTAILS AND HOW THAT INVOLVEMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, BENEFITS US.
I JUST THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE A CLEAR IDEA ON, SO I, I'M NOT AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION AT ALL.
I WOULD JUST RATHER GET MORE INFORMATION, UH, BEFORE, YOU KNOW, ASKING FOR A SEAT AT A TABLE WHEN WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY SURE WHAT, WHAT THAT WOULD INVOLVE FROM US.
ANY OTHER COMMENTARY? SO DO, SO I JUST WANT TO GET A POST OF THE COMMISSION AS WE PROCEED WITH THIS.
DO WE FEEL AS IF WE RATHER TABLE IT OR DOES SOMEONE FEEL THE URGE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION? NOW THIS IS COMMISSIONER SCHRAG.
I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL WE HAVE HAD A PRESENTATION, UM, FROM THE, THIS GROUP ITSELF SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED HEARING NONE WE'LL WORK WITH DAVID TO REACH OUT TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO, UM, HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE COME PERHAPS AND OUR APRIL MEETING, HOPEFULLY.
SO THE NEXT TIME THE AGENDA, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE IF COMMISSIONER BURKE HAS DROPPED IN BY ANY CHANCE.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE HE WILL BE LEADING A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POSTING OF THE MINUTES.
AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY OTHER, UM, IDEA OF WHAT COMMISSIONER BERT WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, IF HE'S NOT HERE, UH, IF NOT, WE CAN ALSO TABLE THERE'S TWO IN OUR NEXT MEETING AS WELL.
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KARA, FOR INSTANCE, IS LEE.WE DO KNOW THAT A COMMISSIONER BERT WILL NOT BE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, SINCE HE WANTED, THIS IS HIS, HIS, UM, ITEM ON THE AGENDA I'LL I WILL HAVE THIS TABLE TO THE NEXT MEETING.
SO THE NEXT TIME THE AGENDA IS THE BULK OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING.
SO, UH, SO THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM TO DRAFT AND ADOPT RESOLUTIONS.
SO THE WORKING GROUP, YOU ARE, WELL, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
THIS IS JUST, UH, A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
I BELIEVE THERE WAS ONE OTHER, UM, AGENDA ITEM, UM, THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION WITH THE RESOLUTION, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPACTS OF THE WINTER STORM.
MAY I SKIPPED OVER IT WITH ME? WE CAN GO ON AND GO TO THAT ITEM.
I DID ONE OF THE POINT OUT THAT THOSE ITEMS WERE TAKEN THE OTHER TURN AND TWO H SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN THE FIRST, THE RESOLUTION
[2A. Discussion and possible action to adopt a Resolution Acknowledging Impacts of the February 2021 Texas Winter Power Outage on People with Disabilities – Commissioner Orlowski and Chair Franks]
ON THE, UH, FEBRUARY STORM AND ITS IMPACT ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER LASKEY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS TO TALK ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION COMMISSIONER, ALASKA.
UM, THIS IS A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING IMPACT OF THE FEBRUARY, 2021, TEXAS WINTER POWER OUTAGE ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
UH, WHERE IS THE FEBRUARY, 2021, TEXAS WINTER POWER, AVERAGE ADVERSELY IMPACTED PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
WHEREAS THE PREEXISTING CONDITIONS THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES EITHER EXACERBATED BY AN EXTREME COLD OR PROLONG ACCESS, LACK OF ACCESS TO NECESSARY RESOURCES, WHEREAS LOCAL MEDIA DOCUMENTED, IF IT IS WINTER STORM REALLY IMPOSED UPON LOCAL PEOPLE WITH THIS BELIEF THAT CAN BE USE BATTERY TO ATTEMPT TO KEEP ESSENTIAL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT PROPERLY AND FULLY RUNNING.
WHEREAS WINTER STORE ALSO CREATED NUMEROUS SPECIFIC RESOURCE BARRIERS FOR THE HOMELESS OUTSIDE DISABILITIES, WHERE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS FROZE TO DEATH FROM HYPOTHERMIA DURING WINTER STORM, SHELTERS ARE USUALLY CAPABLE OF PROVIDING SERVICES, HAD ALSO LACKED SUFFICIENT, WHEREAS AN EXTENDED LACK OF FUNCTIONING, ACCESSIBLE TOILETS, THREATENED CITY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE STORM POWER, AVERAGE SPECIFIC CHALLENGES FOR SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
THERE'S A PROLONGED LACK OF EASY AND IMMEDIATE ACCESS OR RESOURCES IMPACTS BOTH MEDICATION DOSING AND HYDRATION TO PROPERLY MANAGE CRISIS.
WHEREAS BECAUSE OF A LACK OF KIND OF COMBINATION OF LIMITED RESOURCES TO EFFECTIVELY STAND IMMEDIATE SECONDARY EFFECTS NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED.
THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN GO ON RECORD KNOWLEDGING.
ISN'T REAL FOR FAMILY AND SERIOUS PROBLEM IN OUR CITY, WHICH MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED IN ORDER TO PROMOTE EQUITY US OPEN FOR COMMENTARY OR QUESTIONS.
UM, SO AS FAR AS WHAT THEY ARE KIND OF ASKING OR WANTING AN OUTCOME, IT'S JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT PEOPLE DISABILITIES WERE IMPACTED BY THE STORM.
THAT'S THE ONLY KIND OF THING WORKS FALLING FOR IN THIS.
UM, THEY WERE, WE WERE IMPACTED SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF OUR DISABILITY, UH,
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IN WAGE OR NOT.EQUITY IS AN ANIMAL GOAL, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ACHIEVE IT UNLESS YOU'RE ACKNOWLEDGING DISABILITY.
AND THERE'S THE BARRIER RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY, HAS IT HASN'T ACKNOWLEDGED DISABILITY AS THAT COMPONENT AND THE STORM ILLUSTRATED IT, RESOLUTION ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE WAYS AND THE CITY NEEDS TO BE HONEST AND ADMIT THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE IMPACTED IN SPECIFIC WAYS, SPECIFICALLY THE WAY THAT A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY.
AND THAT'S VERY REAL AND VERY, VERY PROFOUND AT THE WAYS THAT CAN KILL YOU.
IT NEEDS TO, IT NEEDS TO CONFIRM THAT IT HASN'T DONE THAT THIS IS CHAIRMAN FRANK, JUST MY, WHICH I'M DEFINITELY IN AGREEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WERE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED.
I WAS PERSONALLY IMPACTED, HAD TO STAY WITH A FRIEND FOR A MATTER OF WEEKS, BUT I JUST, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH THE LAST PART, WITH THE LAST PART, THE RESOLUTION CALLING OUT THEM AS ABLE AS MEN HAVE.
I MEAN, WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THEM THEN EMPHASIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED THAT THEY WERE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED, BUT JUST STRAIGHT UP CALLING THEM ABLE TO MAY NOT BE THE BEST WAY TO MEAN COST AND MAINTAIN AND EVERYTHING SHOULD WORK.
SO I CAN FEEL, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT GETTING THEM TO, I GUESS, IDENTIFY.
UM, AND THAT IT'S REAL IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.
UH, THEY HAVEN'T, UH, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FACE INEQUITY, COGNITIVE DISABILITY, UM, THEY HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT HOW THAT REAL, WHICH I'M GOING TO IMMIGRANTS WITH YOU IN THAT.
AND, UM, WE SHOULDN'T, WE SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID OF MAKING THEM COMPONENT AGAIN.
IT'S US, IT'S OUR COMMISSION TAKING ACTIONS IS A FORM OF DISCRIMINATION.
SO, I MEAN, I GUESS THIS IS THE THING I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MORE THAN HALF OF THE MEETING TALKING ABOUT RESOLUTIONS TO GIVE HER OPINION, UM, WITHOUT A COORDINATED PLAN TO DO ANYTHING WITH THOSE OPINIONS, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF THESE, THESE RESOLUTIONS PROBABLY.
I MEAN, THERE MAY BE SOME TWEAKS THAT WE COULD MAKE.
I WONDER IF THERE'S NOT A MORE EFFICIENT WAY FOR US TO REVIEW THIS SORT OF THING THAT TAKING UP SO MUCH MEETINGS I'M FIRST OF ALL, I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT NEED TO BE READ OUT LOUD.
UM, THERE IN OUR PACKETS WE'VE BEEN PRESENTED.
WE CAN APPROVE THEM UNLESS WE'RE MAKING EDITS.
THEY DON'T NEED TO BE REFRESHED.
ROBIN, CAN YOU TURN OFF YOUR MIC? THANK YOU.
UM, SO, SO ONE THING WE, MAYBE WE COULD DO, BECAUSE I KNOW COMMISSIONER LASKEY REALLY BELIEVES IN THE RESOLUTIONS AND I, AND I, AGAIN, I MEAN, THERE'S, NO, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE SUBSTANCE OF THE RESOLUTION, BUT IT'S THE TIME THAT WE'RE USING UP THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ELSE.
WE'RE NOT DOING THE BUSINESS THAT THE CUBIT, UM, WE COULD MAYBE JUST TAKE THEM UP SORT OF LIKE A CONSENT AGENDAS AT THE BEGINNING WHERE IT HERE'S THESE FIVE RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA.
YOU'VE ALL GOT THEM IN YOUR PACKET.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL? NOPE, TAKE A MOTION TO TAKE A SECOND.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS? AND THEN IF SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS ONE IS.
THIS WOMAN NEED MORE INFORMATION THAN MOTION TO TABLE AND REMOVE THAT ONE FROM THE GROUP.
BUT I THINK WE COULD END UP MAYBE GETTING TO A PLACE WHERE WE SPEND MORE LIKE FIVE MINUTES ON ALL OF THE STATEMENTS.
AND INSTEAD OF MORE LIKE 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR ON THESE STATEMENTS, I JUST, AS A CITIZEN OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN SERVING IN THIS ROLE, THAT TAKES TIME AWAY FROM MY FAMILY.
AND FROM OTHER THINGS I COULD BE DOING,
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I WANT TO BE PRODUCTIVE AND I WANT TO BE PRODUCTIVE ON BEHALF OF ALL THE CONSTITUENTS OF MY COUNCIL MEMBER.AND I RECEIVED FEEL THAT WE ARE LOSING A LOT OF TIME AND RESOLUTIONS.
SO REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER HAPPENS ON THESE RESOLUTIONS, ONE, I'D ASKED THE NOT ALL BE READ OUT LOUD AGAIN WHEN WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN, UM, SECOND THAT WE, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTED AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET A SECOND TO GO ON THE AGENDA EVERY MONTH THAT WE GET A MOTION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, UH, MEETING ON THE RESOLUTIONS AND A SECOND, AND THEN WE DON'T SPEND TIME PRESENTING THEM IN THIS.
AND NOW WE JUST VOTE ON BECAUSE PROBABLY JUST ALL BE APPROVED AND THEN FOLKS CAN TAKE WHATEVER ACTION THEY WANT TO TAKE ON TRYING TO GET ANYBODY TO PUBLISH THE RESOLUTION OR DO ANYTHING WITH IT.
I'M JUST, IT'S OFTEN VERY UNCLEAR TO ME THAT THESE GO ANYWHERE.
UM, AND ANYTHING CHANGES IN ANY GOVERNMENT.
LET'S SEE MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE CITY BY THESE RESOLUTIONS.
I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE'S A FUNDING CHANGE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S AN ACTION CHANGE.
I'M NOT SURE WE'RE TRYING TO GET ANY NEEDLE TAP AND WE'RE JUST ADOPTING OUR OPINIONS, WHICH I CAN PUT ON FACEBOOK.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT I'M NOT OPPOSED.
I'M NOT EVEN PROBABLY, IF WE NEED AN APPROVAL, I'M HAPPY TO APPROVE THE PROCESS IS TAKING TOO LONG.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER COMMISSIONERS AGREE, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, IF WE COULD STREAMLINE THIS PROCESS, IT WOULD, WE COULD DO MORE WORK IN THIS COMMITTEE.
I FEEL THANK YOU FOR THAT POINT OF JUST ONE SECOND, MR. LASKEY, I WANT TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO THE OTHER TWO MINISTERS.
DID THEY HAVE ANY COMMENTARY JUST SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD, IF THEY WOULD WISH TO SPEAK IN REGARD TO THE SPECIFIC RESOLUTION OR BACK COMMISSIONERS, TREEHOUSE COMMENTS? I CAN PICK EITHER A QUESTION OR COMMENT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THERE COULD BE A CHANGE TO THE PROCESS.
I KNOW SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE SENT OUT AND WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF CONTEXT OR BACKGROUND INFORMATION OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PUT ON THE AGENDA AND THEN WE DISCUSS THEM AND TABLE THEM AND DISCUSS THEM.
SO I THINK IT CHANGED THE PROCESS OR AT LEAST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, REVIEWED AHEAD OF TIME.
THAT WAY WE CAN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET THROUGH THEM A LITTLE BIT FASTER DURING THE MEETINGS.
I AGREE THAT THAT WOULD BE A POSITIVE CHANGE FOR US.
AS, AS FOR THIS SPECIFIC PRESENTATION, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS.
I FEEL LIKE, I MEAN, I WOULD WANT TO DO SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST SAYING, UH, RESPONSE WITH ABELIST.
UM, I MEAN, I, I WOULD FEEL BETTER IF WE HAD SOME ACTION STEPS WE WERE CALLING FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC CHANGES THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE, RATHER THAN JUST SAYING ABLEISM AS A THING AND IMPACTED PEOPLE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS TRUE.
I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH THAT.
UM, BUT KIND OF TO COMMISSIONER TRAIL'S POINT, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT DO OR ACCOMPLISH VERSUS ASKING FOR SPECIFIC CHANGES AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PUTTING, PUTTING SOME, SOME WORK BEHIND THAT.
UH, MR. GOODSON BROADWATER, ANY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS OR DIANE AS POSSIBLE PRESSURE AS WELL? WELL, YEAH, THIS IS, UH, UM, I, I AGREE, UM, WITH WHAT'S BEING SAID ABOUT THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU CAN WORD IT THAT WAY, BUT AS SHE SAID, THERE NEEDS TO BE THE CITY'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING UNLESS WE GIVE THEM A SPECIFIC ACTION.
I MEAN, I'VE HEARD, I'M SURE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS HEARD THAT THERE'S THE LAWSUITS BEING TILED ABOUT THE STORM.
SO WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THAT SERIOUS FOR A LONG TOO, UM, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THEN GO TO THE CITY AND SAYING, UM, YOU NEED TO MAKE THEM BE MORE READY FOR THAT KIND OF STILL ALARM.
ARE THERE ANY BACKUP GENERATORS HAVING BETTER ACCESS TO THE WATER, THE WATER, SHE KNEW MORE OF AN ISSUE.
ONLY ELECTRICITY WAS TO DON'T GET ALMOST SOMEONE FREE IS A BIG DEAL, BUT THERE WAS A BEATEN ENOUGH WATER TO GO AROUND.
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I AGREE.THE CITY, YOU NEED AN ACTION PLAN OF WHAT TO DO.
NOT JUST, WELL, THIS WAS WRONG.
WELL, YEAH, WELL, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA KNOW WHAT TO DO WITHOUT IT, WITHOUT BEING TOLD WHAT TO DO.
I THINK I FEEL JUST THIS REVELATION TO HAVE STUFF ADDED TO IT WITH AN ACTION PLAN.
LIKE WE, HOW, HOW DO THEY RECOGNIZE IT? WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT, WHAT ARE THE NEXT FEATURE STEPS TO HELP IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN, ANY TYPE OF MASS EMERGENCY CITY-WIDE EMERGENCY TO, HOW CAN WE ADVOCATE FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS WE REPRESENT THAT I HAVE A DISABILITY AND HOW CAN WE PUT THESE STEPS IN PLACE WITH THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN? WHERE PEOPLE WITHOUT WATER OR TRANSPORTATION.
I MEAN, FOR ME PERSONALLY, I COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE.
MY WIFE AND I WERE STUCK IN, STUCK IN THE HOUSE AND OUR PARENTS DON'T WE HAD NO HEAT, NO WATER, I COULDN'T REFRIGERATE MY INSULIN.
UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING, UBER LYFT, WEREN'T WORKING, METRO ACCESS MEDS, KAPPA METRO WASN'T WORKING YELLOW CAB, WASN'T WORKING.
THERE WAS NO WAY TO EVEN GET TO A HOTEL UNLESS I HAD A SIGHTED PERSON WHO COULD DRIVE.
AND, UH, NOT EVERY PERSON WHO IS BLIND OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF DISABILITY, DISABILITY MAY HAVE CONTACT OPTIONS WHERE THEY CAN GET TRANSFERRED TO ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION.
THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR ANY MORE COMMENTS.
THIS IS COMMISSIONER OR LASKY.
UM, I, I THINK THAT, UM, I, IT WOULD BE RIGHT TO SEE WHAT OTHER, UH, POLY LIFE CONDITIONS DO, UM, REGARDING TIME FOR RESOLUTIONS AS A, AS A STUDY STUDY.
I, IF WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BEING AN ISSUE, I WOULD ACCEPT AN AMENDMENT TO, UM, MY, UH, MY GRAPH, THOUGHTS, ANYONE, THIS IS COMMISSIONER TRACK.
I FEEL LIKE RATHER THAN SPENDING MORE TIME, KIND OF COMING UP WITH DRAFTS ON THE SPOT, YOU NEED SOMETHING THAT COULD BE WORKED ON OFFLINE AND THEN BROUGHT BACK IN, UH, INNOCENCE, COMMISSIONER, KEARNS, AUSTRALIA.
I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS, BUT I THINK HE'S HAD A TIME LIMIT AND COMMISSIONER WILL ASK IF YOU COULD TURN OFF YOUR MIC, AGAIN, CAUSES SO MUCH FEEDBACK.
SO WE CAN DEFINITELY TABLE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING TO MAKE AMENDMENTS.
AND I FEEL, AND THIS ISN'T ME PERSONALLY, BUT I FEEL AS IF WE SHOULD, UM, MAYBE ON AN AGENDA TOPIC NEXT MEETING, DISCUSS THE, KIND OF THE ACTION PLANS, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THESE RESOLUTIONS, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO COME UP WITH A WORKING GROUP SO THAT WE, THEY CAN COME TO THE COMMISSION AND SUGGEST ACTION, NOT AS ACTION PLANS AND HOW WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH ALL THESE RESOLUTIONS WE'VE BEEN ADOPTING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS OR ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN PUT OUR, THE WORDS THAT WE ARE ADOPTING INTERACTION, BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THEM, LIKE I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN PURPOSES OF OUR COMMISSION IS NOT ONLY JUST TO VOTE ON THINGS, BUT ALSO TO PUT THESE INTO ACTION, TALK TO OUR CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES AND, YOU KNOW, WORK FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS AND ANYBODY ELSE.
HEARING NO WE'LL TABLE THIS TO, UM, THIS RESOLUTION TO THE NEXT MEETING, BROWN, UH, COMMISSIONER LEFT, YOU MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, ALSO WORK ON, UM, SOME EDITS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AMENDMENTS.
[2D. Discussion and possible action to draft and adopt MCPD 2021 City of Austin Budget recommendations –Full committee]
RECOMMENDATION.SO WHEREVER WOULD LIKE TO START ON THAT
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THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR WHOEVER WHICHEVER COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO START WITH THE BUDGET REGARDING THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.THIS IS COMMISSIONER SHREK READING THROUGH THESE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THESE ARE ALL THE ONES THAT WE HAVE THOSE BEFORE AND HAVE NOT BEEN FUNDED.
IS THAT CORRECT? DIDN'T WE HAVE A, A WORKING GROUP TO WORK ON, ON THIS.
ARE THEY, ARE THEY THE ONES KIND OF SUPPOSED TO BE READING THIS CONVERSATION OR REPORTING BACK TO US? YES, BUT I BELIEVE BROOKE BROADWATER AND I CANNOT RECALL THE OTHER, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBER.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO THE OTHER COMMITTEE COMMISSIONER THAT WAS ON THE WORKING GROUP DID Y'ALL HAVE A REPORT ON THE BUCKET RECOMMENDATIONS? OKAY.
UM, ACTUALLY I THINK IF I'M NOT MIXING UP MY MEETINGS, UM, CAUSE I'VE HAD A FEW RIGHT OUT OF THE WINTER STORM AND I'LL HAVE A BUNCH OF THINGS GOING ON AT ONCE.
UM, BUT YEAH, THERE, THERE WAS, UM, A BUDGET MEETING.
UM, THERE, IT WAS A SPECIAL MEETING CALLED AND, UM, FOR THAT ONE, WE DIDN'T THE CORUM AND THEN I DIDN'T GET AN EMAIL OR ANYTHING.
SO, UM, FOR, FOR THIS MEETING, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING NEW BROUGHT UP.
I THINK I'M NOT SURE, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, UM, THERE'S NOT CABLE THAT IT'S TWO, TWO WEEK MORE, I GUESS THIS IS COMMISSIONER CURRENT OSTERWEIL IS THE LATEST, UM, PR ARE THE, THE LATEST BUDGET PROPOSALS.
IS THAT THE EMAIL FROM FEBRUARY 26, I'M GOING BACK, TRYING TO SEE IF SOMETHING WAS SENT OUT.
KIND OF SEE WHAT EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE DAVID, UH, FORWARDED SOME OF THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I DON'T RECALL THERE FOR LAST YEAR THING CARRYING OVER TO THIS YEAR.
I HAVEN'T, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS THE PLAN FROM THE WORKING GROUP OR NOT.
AND W LEE IT'S DIANE, REMIND ME OR JONATHAN, REMIND ME, WHEN DO WE NEED TO HAVE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE BINDER? IT FEELS IF IT'S THIS MONTH, BUT, OR THE BEGINNING OF APRIL, I CANNOT RECALL, UH, COMMISSIONER VICE-CHAIR SCHROCK DO YOU REMEMBER THE DATE? IT WAS EARLY APRIL.
UM, I THINK APRIL 9TH IS THE DATE.
I REMEMBER IT'S RIGHT AROUND OUR NEXT MEETING.
I JUST REMEMBER THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT AND DISCUSS IT AT OUR NEXT MEETING BECAUSE WE WILL MISS THE DEADLINE AT THAT POINT.
FRANCIS LEE, JUST TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS, UM, YES,
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THERE WAS A BUDGET TOWN HALL THAT WAS A SPECIAL CALL MEETING THAT WAS TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE LAST FRIDAY, UM, MARCH DUE TO LACK OF QUORUM, THAT MEETING WAS CANCELED.AND JUST FROM COMMUNICATING WITH DAVID, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE IDEA WAS THAT BASED ON HOW THE AGENDA IS WRITTEN, UH, IT IS ALLOWABLE TO DISCUSS ANY, UH, BUDGET ITEMS THAT ANY COMMISSIONER WOULD WANT TO BRING UP NOW TO SUBSTITUTE FOR THAT TOWN HALL THAT DID NOT TAKE PLACE ON MARCH 5TH.
AND TO CONFIRM OR WHO CAN CONFIRM THE EMAIL THAT DAVID SENT OUT ON THE 26TH, IS THAT OUR LATEST, ARE THESE THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS YEAR OR ARE THEY CARRY OVER FROM LAST YEAR? BECAUSE I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON ONE OF THEM.
IF SO, DIANE, I DO NOT THINK THIS COMMITTEE HAS DONE ANYTHING FOR THIS UPCOMING PROPOSAL WHATSOEVER.
EVERY TIME WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, WE'VE PUNTED TO A WORK GROUP OR LET'S HAVE THIS BUDGET, WHICH DIDN'T HAPPEN.
THE WORKER, IT CLEARLY DIDN'T HAPPEN.
SO BASICALLY THAT'S JUST THE LAST ONES.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE, CERTAINLY WE TALKED ABOUT MOVING FORWARD, ALL THE OLD ONES THAT DIDN'T GET ADOPTED.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR LEE.
I'M A LITTLE, I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, CERTAINLY IT WILL BE THE CASE.
I THINK THAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE REPORT CAN HELP INFORM US ABOUT BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT.
I'M GUESSING WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, IN TIME FOR THIS BUDGET CYCLE, BUT GOSH, EVEN IF WE HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, SO, UH, I WOULD SAY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, RAISE THEM DIANE, AND WE CAN USE THAT AS A TEMPLATE TO WORK FROM.
UM, NO, NONE OF THIS IS NEW, NOTHING.
THERE IS NEW AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND.
SO I KIND OF GOING ON WHAT YOU HAD SAID, COMMISSIONER TREY, HO I KNOW WE GOT FUNDING LAST, UM, LAST YEAR FOR QUALITY OF LIFE SURVEY.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE ALSO GOT BUDGET FOR, UM, PROGRAMS AT, UH, THROUGH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT IS ON THE EMAIL RECOMMENDATION, NUMBER TWO, INCREASE, INCREASED PARKS PROGRAMMING FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.
I THINK THAT'S WORTH, UH, UM, A REVIEW AND UPDATE.
UM, BEFORE WE SUBMIT THESE AGAIN FOR THIS YEAR, I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT I SEE ON HERE THAT I BELIEVE MAY HAVE BUTTONED FUNDING LAST YEAR, COMMISSIONER, CURRENT AUSTIN, WHILE THIS IS LEE.
IF, UH, THERE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN UPDATE ON THAT, WE COULD DEFINITELY, UH, LOOK INTO HAVING PARKS AND RECREATION COME TO A FUTURE MEETING TO DISCUSS THAT.
SO, BECAUSE WE HAVE LIMITED TIME BECAUSE THE, WE DIDN'T HAVE QUORUM AT LAST FRIDAY'S MEETING AND I'M SORRY, I WAS UNABLE TO JOIN THAT.
UM, SHOULD WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DOCUMENT THAT DAVID SENT OUT ON FEBRUARY 26TH AND JUST KIND OF LET THAT ROLL, KNOWING THAT WE'VE GOT LIMITED TIME TO MAKE UPDATES TO IT? UM, UM, THIS IS COMMISSIONER THAT I CALL, I THINK THAT'S THE THING WE OUGHT TO USE AS A TEMPLATE.
I WANT, SINCE YOU'RE BRINGING UP PARTS AND ROCK AND I WAS, UH, I MISSED THE PRESENTATION ON DOTTIE JORDAN AND THE END MIXED FAST THAT, UH, WAS HOW THAT HAPPENED TODAY FOR ROSEDALE PARENTS.
BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE CITY HAS VERY LONG WAITING LESS ON ADULT DAY HAT AND WE, OUR SON IS 21 WILL AGE OUT OF AISD IN A YEAR AND WE'LL NEED TO GET HIM INTO SOME KIND OF A DAY HAVE SITUATION RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY DAY HAVE IN THE CITY, UH, THAT THE CITY PROVIDES IS MACBETH AND ITS SPACE LIMITED.
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DEMAND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR, UM, ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED, UM, TO HAVE SOME MEANINGFUL RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, UM, DURING THE DAY.AND SO I'D ABSOLUTELY LIKE TO ADD INTO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, INCREASED FUNDING FOR DAY HAB PROGRAMS, INCLUDING IN OTHER PARTS OF TOWN BESIDES JUST ON MACBETH.
UM, AND MAYBE DUCK JORDAN AS A PLACE THAT CAN HAPPEN SINCE THEY'VE SORT OF TARGETED THAT IN THE NORTH FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S, IF WE'RE GOING TO WORK FROM THAT DOCUMENT, I THINK THAT'S GOOD.
I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT ONE IN AS A SEPARATE ITEM IN ADDITION NEW ITEMS. OKAY.
AND COMMISSIONER OSWELL, UH, DID IN CONGRUENCE OR IN TANDEM WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER TRAILER'S COMMENTS AND REGARDING THE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE PARKS WAS THERE AND THEN AMENDMENT YOU WANTED TO MAKE TO THAT.
DID YOU SAY, IS THERE A STATEMENT I WOULD HAVE MADE, UM, LIKE AN AMENDMENT TO IT, OR IF YOU WANT TO, YOU STILL WANT TO CARRY THIS ONE OVER TO THIS YEAR, YOU MAKE MORE CHANGE.
AND I, I GUESS I WAS JUST TRYING TO THINK HOW WE MAKE THE, UM, UPDATES TO THAT DOCUMENT.
DO WE NEED TO DO IT IN REAL TIME ON THIS MEETING OR CAN WE DO IT VIA EMAIL? UM, AND THEN WHEN IT'S, UH, WHAT'S THE BEST PATH FORWARD BECAUSE I, I CAN'T, I MAY TRY AND DIAL IN, ON MY, ON MY HOME COMPUTER IF WE'RE GOING TO DO EDITS IN REAL TIME, JUST SO I CAN SEE THIS IS COMMISSIONER CHEYENNE.
I BELIEVE IN THE PAST WE VOTED ON THE KIND OF TOPIC, BUT THEN WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO EDITING AFTER THAT.
SO IF OUR RECOMMENDATION IS INCREASED PARKS PROGRAMMING FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, I BELIEVE WE CAN GO IN AND CRAFT THE LANGUAGE OF THE WORDING AFTER AFTER THAT.
AND I AGREE, I THINK THIS IS A SHOT THAT I WILL GOOD.
WHAT TERMS OF, I THINK THAT DELEGATE TO, UM, MAYBE LIKE A WORKING GROUP TO, UM, DRAFT THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE THAT WE SUBMIT.
UM, SO LONG AS IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE ITEMS THAT ARE APPROVED IN, UM, IN THE MEETING TODAY AS COMMISSIONER TRIAX SUGGESTED I'M GOOD WITH THAT AS WELL.
GET A, SO THE GUS GODLY, MY APOLOGIES, UM, THE IDEA OF THE, UH, THE BUDGET, UH, TOWN HALL WAS TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, ITEMS THAT WOULD COME UP.
AND THEN AS, UH, BOTH, BOTH COMMISSIONERS, UH, TALKED ABOUT, THEN THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN ANY FINALIZED DOCUMENT THAT IS SUBMITTED.
COULD SOMEONE JUST REMIND ME THAT THE OTHER TWO, UH, YEAH.
THE TWO BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CARRIED OVER FROM LAST YEAR THAT WE HAVE ON THE DOCKET.
UH, THE COMMISSIONER CURRENT OFFICER, WHILE THERE'S ACTUALLY FIXED ON THIS DOCUMENT, ONE IS EXPAND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
TWO IS WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
INCREASED PARK PROGRAMMING FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, DISABILITY TRAINING AND COMMUNITY LIAISON FOR IS SORRY.
SCROLL, SCROLL FOR IS IMPROVED CITY HALL ACCESSIBILITY.
FIVE IS SIDEWALKS AT HIGH TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS.
AND SIX IS AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REINTEGRATE BRAILLE ONTO IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
AND DO YOU REMEMBER, WHICH IS THE, WHICH OF THE TWO THAT DID NOT GET FUNDING? OH, YOU MEAN, WHICH ARE THE TWO THAT DID GET FUNDING? I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR THE GUY FUNDING.
IT WAS IN SPACE AND FORMED IT WASN'T TOO THAT GOT FUNDING.
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SOMEBODY WHO'S GOT A BETTER MEMORY THAN ME LEAD.YOU RECALL COMMISSIONER FRANKS? I THINK THAT IS FROM LAST FUNDING CYCLE.
I THINK WE GOT FOUR APPROVED AND TWO D OR I MIGHT ALSO BE GETTING OLD, SO YEAH, THAT COULD BE WRONG.
WE DID NOT GET IMPROVED CITY HALL.
AFTER A WHILE WE DID NOT GET IMPROVED CITY HALL ACCESSIBILITY.
CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONES I WAS PUSHING.
UM, AND I, SORRY, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE OTHER ONES SO THAT ONE, I KNOW WE DIDN'T GET, UM, WE DEFINITELY DIDN'T GET THE BRAILLE YET.
DO THAT, MAKE THEM DO IT? WE DIDN'T GET THE APD LIAISON.
I HAVE TO STEP AWAY FOR ONE SECOND.
CAN I SHOW HER CURRENT THAT'S RIGHT.
SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CARRY OVER THE PARKS AND, UM, THE ADULTS, UH, HAVE, UM, DOES ANYONE FEEL AS IF WE SHOULD CARRY OR TRY TO PUSH ANY OF THESE OTHERS THAT WERE FROM LAST YEAR? THIS IS COMMISSIONER LEAD COMMISSIONER OF OUR SKI.
UM, I FEEL THAT, UM, THE RAIL IN APB, DAYS ON WITH SOME OF THE HOT ISSUES, UM, THAT WE SHOULD PUSH FOR, I DIDN'T SLEEP VERY MUCH CURRENT ISSUES AND YOU SHOULD PUSH FOR THEM ADVOCATE FOR THEM.
ALSO, THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHIEF MANLEY'S RETIRING, UM, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
SO WE'LL BE IN PD, POLICE, CHIEF WORK WITH THE COMMISSURE, UH, BROADWATER.
UM, IF THERE'S, UH, I DON'T KNOW, SINCE WE COULDN'T HAVE LOOSE THE SPECIAL MEETING ON THE FIFTH, THERE WAS A QUORUM.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF THIS ONE CAN BE TO THIS YEAR.
WELL, THE ONE THAT SAID, UH, SIDEWALKS WITH HIGH TRAFFIC, UM, THAT SHOULD BE ONE JUST BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT IMPORTANT, BUT I CAN BRING THAT UP WITH, UH, PROJECT CONNECT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE SIDEWALK.
UM, WHEN THEY'RE REDOING THE BUS SYSTEM WITH, UH, THE PROPOSITION A AND B THREE, GOOD HAVE TO REDUCE SOME OF THE SIDEWALKS.
SO, UM, I'M TRYING TO GET ON THE PROJECT CONNECTED ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT WITH HER, UM, CHEYENNE, I THINK HER NAME WAS IF I'M RECALLING AND I WAS GOING TO TRY AND GET ON THAT COMMITTEE AS EITHER A PRIVATE CITIZEN OR AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE, BUT OUR LEAVING WAS GOING TO BE TOO LATE FOR THE CUT OFF.
SO I GUESS I NEED TO ASK HER IN WHAT CAPACITY, UM, I CAN BEYOND THE OTHER COMMUNITY, UH, AND I'LL GET WITH YOU ON THAT AS WELL.
SO I DON'T THINK I TOO MUCH A MEETING TIME, BUT SINCE SIDEWALKS WERE RICH AND ON BUDGET, UM, MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD GO WITH SIDEWALKS.
AND, UM, LEE, DID I BELIEVE IT CLINTON'S MY WRONGLY, OR YOU DID CLARIFY THAT THIS WE CAN, UM, HERE WE CAN PROPOSE NEW, UH, BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY.
UM, IF HE WAS HE'LL, UH, PERHAPS COMFORTABLE, UH, ONCE WE APPROVE IT, ADOPTED THAT YOU COULD DRAFT BASICALLY DRAFT LIKE WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND WHAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN CAN DO TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE, KARA FRANK'S ASLEEP.
SO THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, W UH, EMOTION WOULD BE MADE TO ADD AN ITEM.
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AND THEN FROM THERE, WHAT I CAN DO IS REACH OUT SPECIFICALLY TO ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE PUT IN ITEMS SO THEY CAN DRAFT THE LANGUAGE.THEN WE WOULD PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER AND THEN SEND IT OUT TO THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW BEFORE ANY FINAL SUBMISSION.
I'M NOT EXACTLY CLEAR, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY CHECK ON THAT IF WE DO MAKE A, IF THE COMMITTEE MAKES MOTIONS HERE TONIGHT TO EITHER ADD OR REMOVE ITEMS ON THE EXISTING DOCUMENT.
SO COMMISSIONER BROADWATER, IF HE FEELS, IF YOU WANT TO ADD THIS AS A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION ITEM, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE A MOTION, UM, TO ADD THIS AS A RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN JUST, WE'LL JUST ASK FOR A SECOND AT THE END, IF THERE'S A SECOND WE'LL VOTE ON IT.
UH, YEAH, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I WOULD JUST ADD TO WHAT, UM, I THINK IS, UH, SIDEWALKS FOR HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS ON THE BUDGET.
UM, BUT YEAH, I COULD JUST ADD THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.
UM, THE, MAYBE THE PROJECT CAN BE HELPFUL, SO, UH, YEAH.
ALL I'LL PUT THE MOTION ALOE FOR THAT.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECRETARY TO ADD THE SIDEWALKS TOPIC THAT COMMISSIONER BROADWATER BROUGHT UP AS A NEW AGENDA BY THE RECOMMENDATION ITEM.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.
SO THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS AN OLD BUDGET RECOMMENDATION ITEMS. SO, SO WE'RE JUST VOTING ON MOVING IT FORWARD.
IT'S A NEW ITEM THAT COMMISSIONER BROADWATER HAS BROUGHT UP REGARDING SIDEWALKS PROJECT CONNECTING CAPITAL METRO.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS IN ADDITION TO RECOMMENDATION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE SIDEWALKS AT HIGH TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS AND ADD THIS NEW ONE OR REPLACE IT.
WELL, UH, WE, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE JUST ADDING HIM.
WE STILL NEED A HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS.
I JUST THOUGHT ADDING THAT LANGUAGE WOULD BE MORE SPECIFIC SAYING THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO HELP IN THAT AREA, I GUESS.
I, THIS IS COMMISSIONER TRACK.
I'M JUST NOT CLEAR ON IF WE'RE WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.
ARE WE VOTING BECAUSE WE HAVE LIKE THESE SIX RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO IS THIS JUST A VOTE TO ADD, THIS IS A NEW ONE.
ARE WE GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL RECOMMENDATION AND VOTE ON THAT? AND THIS IS JUST THE FIRST ONE WE'RE GETTING STARTED ON? WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S A NEW, A NEW RECOMMENDATION TO ADD TO THE DOCKET OF WHAT WE HAVE TO FRANCIS LEE.
IF THE, IF COMMISSIONER BROADWATER IS JUST WANTING TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE AROUND A HIGH TRAFFIC AND SIDEWALK TO INCLUDE SOME LANGUAGE REGARDING PROJECT CONNECT THAT STILL KEEPS THE ITEM, THEN I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S NEW.
I'M NOT SURE IF A MOTION WOULD BE NEEDED ON THAT.
CORRECT? YEAH, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY.
WE ALREADY HAVE THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION.
I THINK WE'VE ALREADY SAID THAT THE LANGUAGE CAN CHANGE IF THE KIND OF SUBSTANTIVE WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING ISN'T CHANGE.
THAT'S MY, UM, MISUNDERSTANDING THEN.
I, I WASN'T SURE WHICH RESOLUTION THIS WAS APPLYING TO THAT WAS ALREADY CURRENTLY, UH, W HAPPENED BEFORE.
WASN'T IT? COMMISSIONER BROADWATER THAT IT WOULD JUST BE KIND OF EXPANDING OR CLARIFYING THAT RECOMMENDATION.
NUMBER FIVE, ABOUT SIDEWALKS AT HIGH TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THEY WERE BEING SPECIFIC AREAS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WITH SIDEWALKS.
IT'S THE SAME, UM, TOPIC THING
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TO DO AS A HIGH CHAIR WHO GARY IS ANYWAY, BUT WHEN I SAW THE, IT SAID SIDE BLOCKS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE DOING ANYWAY.SO YEAH, IT SHOULD ADD TO THAT ONE, NOT A NEW ONE NEW ONE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
SO POINT OF CLARIFICATION, FURTHER ON THAT, WHICH RECOMMENDATION ITEM FROM LAST YEAR DOES THIS APPLY TO CHAIR FRANKS? I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, ITEM FIVE SIDEWALK, HIGH TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS.
AND THIS IS JUST AS LIKE A PROCESS POINT.
UM, WE JUST KEEP, I WOULD SUGGEST WE CONTINUE TALKING AND THINK ABOUT ANY OTHER AREAS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO ADD, BUT THEN WE SORT OF LOOK AT, OKAY, WHAT'S THE MOTION GOING TO SET? SO RIGHT NOW, IF WE STOPPED RIGHT NOW, THE MOTION WOULD SAY MOTION TO APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ALL THE ITEMS THAT WEREN'T FUNDED FOR CLASS CYCLE AND THESE ADDITIONAL ITEMS, UM, OR THE, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SPECIFIED LANGUAGE OR SOMETHING.
UM, BUT THERE MAY BE, I DON'T WANT TO STOP BRAINSTORMING.
AND IF OTHER FOLKS CAN THINK OF ANOTHER THING THAT WE OUGHT TO BE ASKING FOR, THAT'S NOT IN HERE.
I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO STEP UP SO WE CAN MAKE A MOTION THAT INCLUDES THAT.
CAUSE IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANY, UM, ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION ITEMS, IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT.
AND THEN IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE BRAINSTORMING, BUT WE FEEL AS IF WE'RE READY TO VOTE TO KEEP ALL THE ONES THAT DIDN'T COME, UM, GO THROUGH FROM LAST YEAR, THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE, MAKE THE VOTE AND THEN BRAINSTORM ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO ADD TO IT.
SO AS CONCENTRATING ON POINTED OUT, IS THERE ANY ONE WHO FEELS, IF THERE'S SOMETHING NEW, WE CAN ADD A WHOLE ENTIRE NEW BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CAN PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND IS THERE ANY ITEMS, UH, BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE? OKAY.
UM, COMMISSIONER CHAIRMAN FRANKS IS COMMISSIONER OSTERWEIL SINCE YOU SEEM TO BE THE MASTER OF THE DOCUMENT, OR MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE TRY OUT, UM, WHAT OTHER, SOME THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED THAT WE DON'T, UH, WANT TO INCLUDE? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN CUT? LIKE THE, IF THE, IF THE FUNDING FOR THE, UM, THE QUALITY, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, THE DISPARITY STUDY THING IS IN THERE.
THEN WE DON'T NEED THAT ONE IN, FOR INSTANCE, COMMISSIONER, CURRENT OFFICER, WHILE I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN THE DOCUMENT THAT ONE WAS REMOVED.
SO WITH THE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE, WAS IT, I BELIEVE IT'S TWO RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WEREN'T ALREADY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL THAT, UM, WHAT IT WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD.
DOES ANYONE FEELS THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THESE TWO ITEMS FORWARD CHAIR FRANKSTON? SINCE I, I MISSED PART OF THE CONVERSATION, WHICH ARE THE TWO.
CAN YOU RESTATE THAT, JOHN? AND SHE'S ON W I'M CONFUSED ON WHICH ONES ARE, WERE NOT, UM, APPROVED.
I WAS ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION CLARIFICATION EARLIER.
I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE WITH THE POLICE, THE TWO POLICE ITEMS, THE LIAISON AND THE, UM, IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
IT'S THE BROWN CHAIR, FRANCIS LEE.
UH, JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY OF WHAT I KNOW.
AND AGAIN, I CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON THIS FROM STAFF, THE PARKS AND RECREATION ONE WAS APPROVED, UH, AND I'M UNCERTAIN OF THE OTHER SIX ITEMS PRESENT HERE.
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OF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, HAD, HAD ALREADY MOVED FORWARD AS WELL.UM, LEADS, COMMISSIONER KEARNS ASKED HER, WELL, DO WE, DO WE HAVE A NUMBER? UM, W UH, DO WE KNOW HOW BUDGET WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE PARKS LINE ITEM, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, AUSTIN, WHILE I DON'T HAVE THAT FIGURE, BUT I CAN PROBABLY GET IT FROM PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF AS MEETING FOLLOW UP.
UM, MY, I GUESS MY THOUGHT IS THIS COMMITTEE COMMISSIONER CONTEST AWHILE IS LET'S KEEP IT IN THERE, EVEN IF THEY'VE ALREADY APPROVED SOME FUNDS, LET'S ASK FOR MORE.
I SAID, MOVE THE SECRETARY TO ADD, TO CONTINUE HAVING THE TWO ITEMS, THE POLICE ITEMS THAT WERE NOT APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL OR THOSE IN THE CURRENT BUDGET RECOMMENDATION CYCLE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT, COMMISSIONER, UM, FRANK'S TRUCK, TREVOR FRANKS, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS MAY HAVE MORE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD ALL THE PREVIOUSLY UNFUNDED, UM, ITEMS, UH, IN, RATHER THAN TAKING THEM UP ONE BY ONE.
AND THAT BASICALLY WAS ALREADY VOTED ON JEFF FRANCIS IS LEE.
I BELIEVE THE COMMITTEE COULD MOVE TO KEEP ANY OF THE UNFUNDED ITEMS FROM WHAT I'M SEEING HERE, PART OF WHAT'S FUNDED, BUT IF THERE NEEDS TO BE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THERE THAT THAT'S THAT ITEM THAT WAS STILL BE KEPT.
SO THE COMMITTEE CAN MOVE TO KEEP ALL ITEMS AND THEN A SEPARATE MOTION COULD THEN ADD ANY NEW ITEMS ARE STILL UP FOR DISCUSSION.
SO I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THE LETTER RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE CARRIED OVER.
THIS IS COMMISSIONER KEARNS AS TO WHILE I'M MOVED AND ALL SIX ITEMS, UM, MOVE FORWARD FOR, UH, FOR BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR FOR MOVING ALL SIX ITEMS TO THIS BUDGET CYCLE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THEY ALL WILL BE CARRIED OVER TO THIS YEAR.
AND ANOTHER POINT FOR CLARIFICATION, LISA.
SO NOW WE CAN VOTE ON MAKING AMENDMENTS TO DO WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO VOTE ON MAKING AMENDMENTS TO THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS, YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER.
IF ANY NEW ITEMS ARE ADDED THAT ARE NOT ON THIS LIST, THE LANGUAGE, WHAT I'LL DO IS, UH, I'LL SEND IT TO ANY SPECIFIC COMMISSIONERS THAT HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS HERE, THERE A PARTICULAR SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, TOO, JUST SO THAT I CAN, UH, RECOMPILE THAT AND GET A FINAL UPDATED, UH, RECOMMENDATION READY FOR THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND GET OVER TO A STAFF BEFORE THAT APRIL DEADLINE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AND LEE, UM, WHEN YOU SAY THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE A WORKING GROUP THAT WE SET FOR US? BECAUSE WE, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AS A COMMITTEE, RE-REVIEW THIS IN TIME, JUST INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS CONFIRMED BASICALLY, UH, JUST, JUST INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS.
UH, SO THERE WOULDN'T BE QUORUM TO, TO, TO LOOK AT THERE'S PARTICULAR
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ITEMS THAT THEY BROUGHT UP FOR, FOR INSTANCE, THE PARK RECOMMENDATION, INCLUDING LANGUAGE FOR DOTTIE JORDAN, THE, UH, LANGUAGE FOR SIDEWALKS IN HIRING A SECTION AREA TO INCLUDE, UH, LANGUAGE REGARDING PROJECT CONNECT.I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANY, NOBODY'S MADE A FRESH ONE.
IS THAT CORRECT? THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANY NEW BUTTER RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS DOCKET.
LAST CALL FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD A NEW BUDGET RECOMMENDATION TO THE DOCKET HEARING, NONE IS.
SO BASICALLY, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THE PROCESS TO GO LEAD IF YOU LIKE IT, THIS SPECIFIC COMMISSIONER TO REACH OUT TO YOU AND DAVID OR STAFF TO INDICATE THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE TO, OR ANY AMENDMENTS OR ADDITIONS TO ANY OF THE PARTICULAR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS? IS THAT HOW YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO PROCEED THAT THAT WOULD WORK? UH, IF ANY COMMISSIONER HAS ANY TYPE OF LANGUAGE CHANGES, IF THAT COULD BE SUBMITTED, THEN WE, WE CAN GO BACK AND, UH, CHANGE THE LANGUAGE TO REFLECT, UH, WHAT THE FINAL VERSION OF THIS UPDATED RECOMMENDATION BOOKS LIKE BEFORE THAT DEADLINE TO STAFF IN APRIL AND GET IT TO THEM.
WHAT I ALSO HEARD YOU SAY, BUT OTHERWISE, SO FOLKS CAN REACH OUT TO YOU, BUT OTHERWISE YOU ARE GOING TO REACH OUT TO FOLKS WHO MADE COMMENTS TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM ON THE LANGUAGE.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND IS THERE A CERTAIN DEADLINE YOU WOULD LIKE LEE, UM, THAT SHE FEELS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU WOULD PASS ALONG THE FINAL EDITION? THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND THE BUSINESS, UH, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, LUX PLAUSIBLE, THAT GIVES YOU, THAT GIVES US ABOUT GIVE STAFF ABOUT A WEEK TO GET THAT TO, TO STAFF OTHER CITY STAFF BY THE DEADLINE IN APRIL.
SO AS MEETING FOLLOW-UP, I WILL REACH OUT TO SPECIFIC COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE MADE COMMENTS, UH, REGARDING LANGUAGE HERE, UH, SEND THAT PARTICULAR ITEM TO THEM, TO DRAFT THE LANGUAGE THEY'RE PROPOSING.
AND THEN IF ANY COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO REDRAFT, UH, UH, HAVE LANGUAGE ADDED TO ANY ITEMS THAT, THAT, THAT COULD BE DONE, JUST REACH OUT TO ME OR TO DAVID AND WE'LL, WE'LL SEND THEM, UH, THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THEM TO WORK ON, OR THEY CAN SUBMIT IT, THEN WE INCLUDE IT.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTARY ON THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT.
ANYONE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO VOICE TO THE
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COMMISSION COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER PRINTOUTS WHILE, UM, IN THE LLAMAS MEETING? I, I THINK I WAS UNABLE TO UNMUTE MYSELF, SO I WAS NOT ABLE TO CHIME IN WHEN WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION IN THE LAST MEETING ABOUT, UM, CAP METRO.AND I COULDN'T REMEMBER, UM, IF ANYONE HAD VOLUNTEERED OR WHAT THE STATUS WAS ON, ON HAVING SOMEONE FROM OUR COMMISSION, UM, WORK WITH CAP METRO, AND I'M, I'M TRYING TO PULL UP THE, UM, THE MEETING NOTES, THE LIAISON.
YEAH, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
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OH YEAH.UM, THAT'S KINDA WHAT I WAS ALLUDING TO EARLIER.
UM, WE HAD SOMEONE FROM CAP, METRO COMES TO THE MEETING, UM, AND I, UH, I HAD ASKED IF I COULD APPLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE IT'S FOR THE, UH, PROJECT CONNECT, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, IT'S OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL.
SO, UM, I APPLIED ON THEIR WEBSITE AS A CITIZEN, UM, BECAUSE OUR, OUR MEETING THIS WEEK WAS GONNA BE AFTER THEIR APPLICATIONS ARE DUE.
I THINK WE NEED TO ASK DAVID IT BECAUSE OF THE WINTER STORM.
IS THERE EVEN GOING TO BE WILLING TO THINK MORE NOMINATIONS FOR SOMEONE, OR IF THEY'RE JUST GOING TO PICK SOMEONE FOR A COMMITTEE OR WE JUST ARE GONNA BE A CITIZEN ON THE COMMITTEE? I WAS GONNA BRING THAT UP TOO, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE LEAVING THE APPLICATIONS OPEN OR NOT.
YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD QUESTION TO ASK.
CAUSE, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE DID INDICATE TO US THAT WE CAN HAVE A VOTE SINCE OUR MEETING WOULD BE AFTER, UM, THEIR DEADLINE TO HAVE ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS REPRESENT AS A LIAISON.
CAUSE THEY REALLY WANTED OUR INPUT FROM THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY.
SO SINCE WE'RE A COMMISSIONER FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THEY WANTED OUR INPUT.
I, UM, I GUESS THAT JUST WASN'T CARRIED OVER TO THE, THIS AGENDA.
SO MAYBE WE COULD REACH OUT TO SEE IF, UH, AT THE APRIL MEETING WE CAN VOTE ON THE LIAISON.
AND THEN, AND THEN AS I SAID, UM, I DID GO AHEAD AND APPLY ON THE ROADSIDE, I GUESS, AS, AS A THING.
CAUSE SHE SAID THAT MEANING THAT YOU WANT TO APPLY THERE AS WELL.
THAT WAY EITHER WAY YOU PRETTY MUCH GET TO BEYOND IT'S JUST IN WHAT CAPACITY, I GUESS YOU'RE ON THERE, WHETHER YOU'RE JUST THE PRIVATE SYSTEM OR IF YOU'RE REPRESENTING A PARTICULAR COMMITTEE OR GROUP AND IT'S ALMOST OVER, HEY DIANE, TURN OFF YOUR BIKE.
UM, COMMISSIONER, UM, BROADWATER.
I JUST TO ADD, IF YOU DO APPLY AND GET ACCEPTED AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, OUR COMMITTEE COULD RATIFY YOU TO SERVE AS ITS REPRESENTATIVE AFTER A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.
SO DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE VALUABLE? AND I IMAGINE OTHERS WOULD AGREE WITH ME THAT THAT WAS WORTHY OF DOING, UH, SO JUST KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND IF IT'S TOO LATE FOR US TO APPROVE IT.
CAUSE IT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA AND THE APPLICATIONS ALREADY WENT IN.
IF YOU GOT ON, WE COULD CERTAINLY GET ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM TO RATIFY YOU SERVING AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE.
YEAH, I'LL I, I HAVE TO BE HONEST ON THE APPLICATION, EVEN FOR THE GENERAL SUSAN SUSAN ONE, IT SAYS, ARE YOU A PART OF ANY SORT OF ORGANIZATION? SO I DIDN'T PUT THE, YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE.
SO HOPEFULLY THEY SEE THAT ON MY APPLICATION AND KNOW THAT THAT'S WHY I WAS ALSO APPLYING.
AND THEN JUST FOR, UM, SO DAVID SEES THIS.
SO WHEN HE DOES THE MINUTES, IF YOU COULD ALSO REACH OUT TO OR LEAVE YOU, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO AS WELL REACH OUT TO, I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME CAME FROM SCOUT METRO LAST WEEK THERE LAST MONTH TO TALK ABOUT THE LIAISON.
UM, WE COULD REACH BACK OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET A RESPONSES IF IT'S TOO LATE FOR US TO VOTE FOR A LIAISON AT THE APRIL MEETING OR, AND THEN WE CAN KNOW HOW TO PROCEED FORWARD.
IF, UH, COMMISSIONER BROADWATER GETS EXCEPTED AS A ENGLISH, WE CAN RATIFY.
I BELIEVE HER NAME WAS CHEYENNE.
I'LL REACH OUT TO A CAPITAL METRO STUFF ON THAT AS FOLLOW UP JEFFREY.
THIS IS CONDITIONER CORNELL'S WELL, CAN YOU PUT ME DOWN
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AS AN ALTERNATE CAUSE AND UH, COMMISSIONER BROADWATER.I, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP ME IN THE LOOP, I I'D LIKE TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS AS WELL.
I, YOU, YOU, I HAVE LIMITED TIME, BUT I AM VERY INTERESTED IN SERVING AND HELPING OUT AND CHI-MING IN TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, VOICES, OUR VOICES ARE HEARD.
I DIDN'T EVEN STEP ON ANYONE IF YOU WANT TO BE IN THE RUNNING TO GO FOR IT.
UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO IT, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP.
I DON'T MIND DOING THAT, BUT YEAH, I DIDN'T MEAN TO STEP ON ANYONE'S TOES MORE THAN HAPPY BEING SECOND CHAIR BECAUSE MY TIME IS LIMITED, BUT I DO WANT, I DO WANT TO BE INVOLVED.
SO, UM, I'M HAPPY TO BE YOUR ALTERNATE IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND ANY MEETINGS.
I THINK WE'VE DONE THAT PREVIOUSLY WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO ATTEND MEETINGS AS A, YOU KNOW, JUST AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
SO IF YOU COULD KEEP US POSTED, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER FEATURES, AGENDA ITEMS PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO PUT THEM IN THE RECORD? UM, THE, UM, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HIRED A CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICER, UH, AND WE SHOULD CONSIDER INVITING HER TO A FEATURE MEETING AT JOHNSON AND HAVE AN AGENDA.
UM, SHE'S GOING TO SPEAK AT THE FEATURE, UH, POLICING, UH, TOWN HALL.
I, SHE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN DISABILITY ISSUES.
UM, WITH THAT I, SO I, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMISSION, TO WHICH THE COURSE SPONSORS EVERY TOWN HALL TO GET TO KNOW OUR DEFINITELY AND TO KEEP, UM, THE COMMITTEE APPRISED.
I WILL BE HAVING ACTUALLY A CONVERSATION.
THEY REACHED OUT TO ME TOO, SO THAT WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, START THE INITIAL CONVERSATION OF INTEREST AND INTRODUCTIONS.
SO I'LL BE SPEAKING WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICER AND I WILL DEFINITELY INVITE HER TO, UM, A FEATURE MEETING SO THAT SHE CAN INTERACT WITH OUR COMMISSION AND TALK ABOUT HER HURRICANE PLAN AND WE CAN DISCUSS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO AND HOW WE CAN WORK IN TANDEM SO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THE LIVES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN AUSTIN.
SHE SAID SHE WOULD WORK WITH DISABILITY IN SEVERAL CITIES.
UH WE'LL UM, I'LL GET MORE CLARIFICATION.
UM, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S MY, MY CONVERSATION WITH HER IS GONNA BE ON MONDAY.
ANY OTHER FEATURE AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT.
UM, IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
THIS IS COMMISSIONER STRONACH.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT REST OF THE WEEK, A WEEKEND AND BE SAFE.
AND I'LL TALK TO YOU ALL NEXT MONTH.