[ City-Community Reimagining Public Safety Task Force]
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WELCOME TO THE APRIL MEETING OF THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE MEETING.
I AM VALERIE, YOUR PRODUCTION LEAD FOR TONIGHT, AND I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO GO OVER BEFORE WE START, UM, THE WEBINAR BEFORE THE TASK FORCE BEGINS ITS WORK.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LISTEN IN SPANISH, PLEASE LOOK FOR THE INTERPRETATION ICON AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR ZOOM SCREEN AND SELECT SPANISH.
ONCE YOU'RE IN THE LANGUAGE CHANNEL, YOU WILL HEAR THE INTERPRETER INTERPRETER'S VOICE A LITTLE LOUDER THAN THE ENGLISH SPEAKERS VOICE.
IF THAT IS DISTRACTING, YOU CAN SELECT MUTE OR ABORIGINAL AUDIO SO THAT ALL YOU WILL HEAR IS THE INTERPRETER SPEAKING SPANISH.
ALSO, PLEASE TYPE THE LETTERS E S IN FRONT OF YOUR ZOOM NAME TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE LISTENING IN SPANISH.
WOULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT THIS IN SPANISH FOR ME? OF COURSE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, ONCE, ONCE AGAIN, FOR EVERYONE JUST SETTLING IN, THIS IS THE APRIL, 2021 REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE MEETING, AND I'M VALERIE HARRIS, YOUR PRODUCTION LEAD FOR TONIGHT.
JOINING ME ON THE PRODUCTION TEAM IS MARIANNA SANCHEZ TO COREY WILSON AND SALUTE GRAY.
WE ALSO HAVE SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS, JACQUELYN, ELIZABETH, AND RAQUEL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MEETING, THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS WILL CONDUCT BUSINESS, BUT NOT TAKE TWO WOULD NOT TAKE FEEDBACK FROM THE AUDIENCE AND WILL NOT QUESTION, ANSWER QUESTIONS LIVE.
IF SO, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR YOU WANT TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR CONCERNS WITH THE TASK FORCE, YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO R P S.SUPPORT STAFF AT AUSTIN, TEXAS DOT G O V.
IF YOU HAVE TECHNICAL ISSUES AND YOU NEED TO DROP OUT OF OUR WEBINAR, OR IF YOU GET KICKED OUT OF THE WEBINAR, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME BACK THE SAME WAY THAT YOU CAN, THAT YOU ARRIVED, THAT YOU JOINED WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO JOIN, CAN BE FOUND ON THE AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV WEBPAGE.
UM, AND THAT ADDRESS IS AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV/PUBLIC SAFETY SLASH EXCUSE ME, IT'S SLASH PUBLIC SAFETY SLASH TASK DASH FORCE IN THE WHOLE ELSE FAILS.
IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, YOU CAN TUNE IN AND WATCH US ON FACEBOOK ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN FACEBOOK PAGE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION, UM, TO THESE HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. AND WITH THE FINAL REMINDER THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, I GIVE YOU OVER TO THE REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.
OUR TASK FORCE LEADS AND BRIAN WELCOME.
THE, THE KNEE, THIS
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
I AM A MIDWIFE, I'M A MOTHER, AND I'M ALSO A REPRESENTATIVE OF CCU COMMUNITIES OF COLOR UNITED FOR RACIAL JUSTICE.
UH, I AM ALSO ONE OF THE TWO CO-CHAIRS FOR THIS TASK
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FORCE.FOR THOSE OF YOU JOINING FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN FROM YOUR PRECIOUS FREE TIME TO TUNE IN WITH US TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL OUT STILL.
AND ESPECIALLY TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE MULTITASKING, PARENTING, COOKING, AND WORKING IN OTHER WAYS, WE APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THIS TIME.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO KIND OF REMIND US HOW WE GOT HERE, WHY WE ARE IN THIS PROCESS, AND THEN I WILL PASS THE MIC TO MY CO-CHAIR AND OUR FACILITATORS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JUST JOINING US, UH, I WOULD SAY THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT IN AT LEAST IN MY LIFETIME THAT, UH, NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY, THERE HAS BEEN A STRONG, UH, KIND OF CALL AN UPRISING FOR COMPLETELY RETHINKING POLICING.
AS WE KNOW IT IN THIS COUNTRY FOR, UH, SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING DEFUNDING POLICING, UH, IN THIS COUNTRY AND, UH, YEARS OF COMMUNITY WORK, UH, HERE LOCALLY AND AROUND THE COUNTRY TO CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE ROLE OF POLICING IN OUR LIVES, IN OUR ABILITY TO BE SAFE AS A RESULT OF THESE UPRISINGS, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS CONVENED THIS TASK FORCE, WHICH IS COMMUNITY CITY, UH, JOINT TASK FORCE TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE SINCE THE FALL, UH, IN MONTHLY MEETINGS, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS TO MAKE ALL OF THESE MEETINGS PUBLIC, TO MAKE THEM HAVE INTERPRETATION INTO SPANISH.
THIS IS PART OF WHAT THE EFFORT TO TRULY MAKE THIS AN ACCESSIBLE CONVERSATION TO FOLKS AT HOME.
WE BEGAN OUR PROCESS BY LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF POLICING BEFORE WE MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE HAVE A TIMELINE THAT LOOKS AT THE HISTORY OF POLICING, STARTING WITH COLONIZATION AND ENSLAVEMENT COMING TO 2020 IN AUSTIN, LOCALLY.
THAT IS ON THE WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, WE THEN DEVELOPED SOME VALUES TO GUIDE OUR WORK AS A TASK FORCE, WHICH IS ALSO ON THE WEBSITE.
AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN PUT THESE DOCUMENTS INTO THE FACEBOOK LIVE, UH, THAT WE'RE STREAMING, THAT WOULD BE A WAY FOR OTHER FOLKS TO SEE IT, THAT THE VALUES THAT WE DEVELOPED TOGETHER HERE ARE KIND OF OUR GUIDING COMPASS TO HELP US RE-IMAGINE TOGETHER, PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE'RE NOW AT A PLACE OF, UH, FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING THE FIRST TIME OF PRESENTING PROPOSALS FROM OUR WORKING GROUPS.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF WORKING GROUPS THAT HAVE A LOT OF MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT TASKFORCE NUMBERS WHO HAVE PUT IN HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS TO THINK TOGETHER, OR, UH, PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, HOW WE MIGHT REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY, NOT JUST POLICING.
UH, THOSE TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM ALL THE WORKING GROUPS, OUR PRELIMINARY PROPOSALS, MANY OF THE WORKING GROUPS HAVE ALREADY HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GET FEEDBACK AND INPUT INTO OUR PROPOSALS.
AND WE'VE PRIORITIZED THE EXPERIENCES AND THE VOICES OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS MOST DIRECTLY HARMED BY POLICEMEN.
BUT AFTER TODAY, WE WILL CONTINUE THAT PROCESS OF LISTENING TO FOLKS DIRECTLY IMPACTED.
AND SO WE WANT WE'RE RECORDING HERE AND YOU CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO COME BACK AND WATCH IT AND HOPEFULLY BRING YOUR PERSPECTIVE TO IT.
UM, LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, TASKFORCE MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, UM, KIND OF THE, THE INTEGRITY OF OUR TASK FORCE HAS, HAS BEEN IN QUESTION.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT IS THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THE POWER OF THIS PROCESS AND WHETHER OR NOT OUR CITY WILL TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
AND FOR ME, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL WITH US IN THIS TASK FORCE SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONTINUE THE PROCESS THAT WE, UH, OUT OF OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITIES, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE EXTRA APPRECIATION TO TASKFORCE MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THE TASK FORCE FOR CONTINUING THIS PROCESS WITH US.
UH, BRIAN, I'M GOING TO PASS YOU THE MIC, MY CO-CHAIR, BUT I WANTED TO ALSO LET EVERYONE KNOW ROSANNA CRUZ IS OUR FACILITATOR FOR THE EVENING.
WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER AND, UH, HAS A WAY OF WORKING MAGIC WITH TIME.
I ALSO WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE TO PUT YOUR PRONOUNS IN YOUR ZOOM BOX, IF YOU HAVEN'T AND TO REMEMBER TO USE, UH, EACH OTHER'S PRONOUNS, UH, CORRECTLY.
AND SO ROSANNA'S PRONOUNS, ARE THEY IN THEM? THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE, MY PRONOUNS, ARE SHE HER AND AI? OKAY, GO FOR
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IT.I'M BRIAN OAKS, CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND ALSO THE CO-CHAIR FOR THE REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.
I'M GLAD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT.
UH, AS PAULA MENTIONED, UM, ONE OF OUR GUIDING VALUES OF OUR TASK FORCES THAT WE WROTE OURSELVES, UH, IN THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE DO.
AND SO TONIGHT, UH, TO GET US STARTED, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID, UH, SOME ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
AND SO, UM, WITH THAT, LET US ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY ON THE LAND OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OR THE TONKAWA THE APACHE, THE EAST LEFT UP WHERE BELOW THE LIPAN, APACHE, THE TEXAS BAN OF THE YAK Y AND OTHER TRAPS THAT I MAY HAVE FAILED TO NAME THESE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN HERE FOR MANY GENERATIONS AND CONTINUE TO BE SYSTEMATICALLY RAISED BY POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT REMOVE THEIR HISTORIES FROM THIS PLACE.
I ALSO WANT US TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR THE ENSLAVED BLACK PEOPLE, UH, WHO BUILT THE WEALTH AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND IF YOU WANT TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON IT, UM, THEY ACTUALLY BUILT THE CITY'S FIRST GRID AND THE CITY'S FIRST BUILDING AS A PART OF THAT.
AND WE NEED TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE, UM, THAT STOLEN LABOR THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THEM, UH, IN HELPING TO CREATE THIS CITY.
ALSO WANT US TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES AS BEING COMPLICIT WITH THE INSTITUTION OF RACISM.
AND AS WE DO THIS WORK, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE DIFFICULT HISTORIES PERSIST AND THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES TODAY, UH, IN WHAT WE CALL RACIAL INEQUITIES OR DISPARATE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE WORKING TO UNDO, UH, LET US COMMIT TO UNDOING RACISM IN EVERY RESPECT, THESE SPACES OF OUR WORK.
AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS, UH, WITH US.
AND WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT TASKFORCE MEMBERS HAVE TO PRESENT A KNIFE THROUGH THEIR WORK IN GROUPS.
AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO RC.
CAN I JUST ASK BRIAN, UM, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE, UM, FOR THE FAITH AND ENERGY IN SHOWING UP THIS EVENING.
UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED AND WE HAVE A BIG TASK AHEAD OF US TO HEAR FROM ALL NINE WORKING GROUPS, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY, UM, MORE THAN USUAL CONSCIOUS OF, UH, ALLOCATING TIME EQUALLY.
SO I'M GOING TO INVITE GROUPS.
UH, ONE BY ONE, THE FIRST GROUP WILL BE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKING GROUP, WHICH WILL BE, UM, THEIR PRESENTER WILL BE AT ECF
AND WHAT I'LL DO IS SET THE TIMER FOR EACH GROUP, A STOPWATCH, SO THAT WHEN YOU HIT THE FIVE MINUTE MARK, UM, YOU'RE AWARE THAT YOU'VE USED HALF YOUR TIME.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE GROUPS ARE ABLE TO SHARE SPECIFICALLY THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN CONCRETE AND ACCESSIBLE TERMS, UH, FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO IT'S OKAY IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND TO SHARE OR SOME RESEARCH DATA, BUT PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU HIT THE LAST FIVE MINUTES OF YOUR PRESENTATION, THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO, UH, SHARE THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WILL SAY IS THAT BECAUSE WE ARE DOING ALL NINE GROUPS, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS CONSOLIDATE THE Q AND A, UM, FOR THESE, UH, GROUPS BY HAVING THE FIRST FIVE GROUPS GO FIRST, THEN WE'LL HAVE A 10 MINUTE Q AND A, FOR THOSE FIVE WORKING GROUPS, WE'LL TAKE A BREAK AND THEN WE'LL DO THE FOLLOWING FOUR WORKING GROUPS AND HAVE A Q AND A FOR THOSE SESSIONS.
SO, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THAT IN SUCCESSION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WHO HAS QUESTIONS AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO ONLY ASK QUESTIONS.
IF YOU HAVE FEEDBACK ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO WRITE THOSE DOWN AND SEND THEM DIRECTLY TO THE TASKFORCE WORKING GROUP LEADERS.
UM, BUT FOR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OF YOUR FELLOW TASK FORCE MEMBERS FOR THE WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS, PLEASE WRITE THOSE DOWN DURING THE PRESENTATION SO THAT YOU HAVE THEM HANDY DURING THE Q AND A SEGMENT.
AND WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, THIS EXERCISE AND FAITH AND HOPE AND IMAGINATION CONTINUES.
THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO EXERCISE IT.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT WE WANT TO SAY, GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
UM, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE END TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS, BUT WE REALLY ASK THAT THE TASK
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FORCE, UM, YOU GIVE YOUR COLLEAGUES, UM, AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND.AND, UM, I'M SORRY TO PRESENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN REAL TIME.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START NOW WITH ALICIA.
WE'RE GOING TO SET 10 MINUTES.
UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH, I KNOW THAT THIS DIFFERS A LITTLE BIT FROM THE TIMING THAT WE HAD, WHEREABOUTS SIX MINUTES OVER ON OUR AGENDA, BUT WE'LL ADJUST AT THE END, ALICIA, AND YOU'RE ON MUTE.
UM, YES, I, MY NAME IS ALICIA TORRES.
UM, I USE SHE FOR A, UH, UH, PRONOUNS AND I AM A MEMBER OF EYES FOR THE AUSTIN.
UM, AND I WILL, IF YOU GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.
UM, SO I WILL BE PRESENTING FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK, UH, WORK GROUP, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY WATCHING US.
UM, I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT THIS IS A, A FIRST DRAFT OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UM, EVERYBODY WILL BE PRESENTING.
UH, WE STILL, UM, HAVE A COMMUNITY AT LARGE LISTENING SESSION HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY, UM, WHERE THE COMMUNITY WILL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO 2%, UM, THEIR THOUGHTS ON, ON THE, ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY AND ALSO JUST OTHER INDIVIDUAL THOUGHTS.
SO, UM, W R AND RECOMMENDATIONS WILL, WILL ALSO, UM, THIS RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE CHANGING AS WE SEEK TO ALSO INCORPORATE WHAT WE HEAR, UM, ON, ON SATURDAYS LISTENING SESSION.
UM, SO JUST SO THAT FOLKS UNDERSTAND, UM, WHO IS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK GROUP.
UM, WE ARE COMPOSED OF, UM, MYSELF,
UM, AND I DO APOLOGIZE TO, TO MY FELLOW, UM, UH, WORK MEMBERS, IF, IF I, I MISPRONOUNCED, UM, NAMES, UM, AND REALLY WHAT I WANT TO PRESENT TO, TO, TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND TRY AND IN KEEPING WITH, UH, ENSURING THAT, UM, THE RE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THAT I'M PRESENTING ARE ACTUALLY BEING UNDERSTOOD AND ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS.
I DO WANT TO NAME, UM, THAT AS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK GROUP, UH, WE CHOSE TO FOCUS ON ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES OF ENGAGEMENT FOR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THAT WAS WITH ACTUAL CITY COUNCIL, UM, ITSELF, RIGHT IN PARTICULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, UM, AND EVERYTHING THAT ENCOMPASSED THE, THE ACCESSIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE, UM, IN ACTUAL MEETINGS TO ENGAGE WITH THE MATERIALS THAT ARE OFFERED, UH, PRIOR TO A MEETING AND AFTER A MEETING AND JUST UNDERSTANDING EVEN THE CULTURE OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SO WE REALLY WANTED TO CENTER, UM, CHOSE TO CENTER OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND THOSE, THOSE POINTS OF ACCESS.
UM, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, UM, THAT WE DID TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT.
UM, A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT MAKE UP OUR WORK GROUP, UM, OUR FOLKS THAT WORK DIRECTLY WITH, UM, IMPACTED, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND KNOWING HOW, UM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN NAMED BEFORE, ESPECIALLY THINGS THAT CAME UP DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT CAME UP DURING THE WINTER STORM OF THINGS THAT WE NAMED, WE WANTED TO, TO CHANGE, UM, ABOUT HOW WE ENGAGE WITH CITY COUNCIL.
SO JUST WANT TO NAME THAT WE, WE CENTERED, UM, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND THAT.
UM, AND ALSO TAKING NOTE THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC, HAVING TO GO FROM DEMANDING FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, DEMANDING FOR PEOPLE TO BE IN PERSON, RIGHT.
TO OFFER TESTIMONY AND ALLOWING PEOPLE TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY OVER THE PHONE AND HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW MUCH MORE ENGAGEMENT RIGHT.
UH, WHEN, WHEN PROVIDING TESTIMONY WAS MADE ACCESSIBLE BY PHONE, UM, WAS MADE, UM, MORE ACCESSIBLE, RIGHT, BY ALLOWING US TO DO IT BY PHONE.
WE REALLY WANTED TO, TO CENTER RECOMMENDATIONS THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AND ON, ON THAT END.
UM, AND SO BASICALLY, UM, I WANT TO OFFER THAT ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DRAFTED UP SO FAR, UH, THE WAY THAT WE WENT ABOUT, UM, IN COLLECTING, RIGHT, THE, THE GATHERING, THE INFORMATION FOR US, UM, WAS, UH,
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BOTH THROUGH, WE DID PROVIDE, WE DID, UM, OFFER UP A, AN THAT LARGE, UM, LISTENING SESSION, PUBLIC LISTENING SESSION.AND WE ALSO, AS A WORK GROUP CREATED, UM, A, UM, SURVEY, UM, THAT WE SHARED OUT WITH DIFFERENT NETWORKS, UH, THAT WORK WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
SO THIS INFORMATION WAS GATHERED, UM, OR INFORMATION THAT INFORMED OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WAS GATHERED IN THAT WAY.
UM, AND AGAIN, UM, AFTER WE DID THE WORK OF COLLECTING AND INTERPRETING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION, UM, WE LED IT THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO CENTER RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY, BUT THAT MEANING INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION SERVICES, UM, COMMUNICATION, COMMUNICATIONS, MEANING LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE PUBLICIZE, UM, INFORMATION, UM, AND THEN COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
UM, AND WE WANTED TO, TO CENTER THIS MAIN AREAS OF FOCUS AS THE, AS THE, UH, WORK GROUP, UM, SO THAT CITY COUNCIL COULD, UH, IMPLEMENT, UM, HOPEFULLY IF THEY TAKE ALL OF THIS RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, A BETTER WAY TO, TO ENGAGE, UM, WITH THE CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY REPRESENT FOUR MINUTES LEFT.
UM, I'LL GO BRIEFLY INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, WHICH, UH, THE FIRST ONE WAS REALLY PRIORITIZING COMMUNITY ACCESS, UM, RIGHT.
TO, TO THE DECISION PROCESS, TO THE DECISIONS THAT THE CITY IS MAKING IN MEETINGS BY PRIOR TYCENE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT IS ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE, UM, WITH THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND LANGUAGES.
SO I REALLY WANT TO ECHO THAT, UM, RIGHT.
A LOT OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE REALLY CENTURY, UM, A CHANGE IN PROCESSES, A CHANGE IN ENGAGEMENT, UM, ON PART OF, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TOWARDS, UM, THE COMMUNITY, UH, BY NOTING THAT WE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ASKING RIGHT.
AND, UM, THAT, THAT IS CULTURALLY, UM, ACCESSIBLE AND LANGUAGE ACCESSIBLE.
SO, UH, WE WANTED MORE PAID FOLKS ARE ASKING, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT OUTREACH TO BE DONE AND MORE BY PAID COMMERCIALS, TV, RADIO, SOCIAL MEDIA, THINGS THAT ARE SO THAT ARE NOT SO MUCH TECH DEPENDENT.
UM, AND, UH, THERE'S ALSO, UM, I WON'T GO INTO EVERY SINGLE DETAIL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE THEN I WOULD JUST BE READING THEM.
UM, ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, A RECOMMENDATION NUMBER, NUMBER TWO REALLY FOCUSES ON, UM, ALLOWING A LESS INTRUSIVE, UH, WAY OF, UH, FOLK FOR FOLKS TO REGISTER, TO SIGN UP, TO SPEAK, UM, SUCH AS ALLOWING, UM, UH, REGISTERED SPEAKERS TO TESTIFY IN WHICHEVER FORMAT THEY CHOOSE.
SO EXPANDING, YOU KNOW, UM, TESTIMONY TO SUBMITTING VIDEO, AUDIO VOICEMAILS, WRITTEN TESTIMONY FOR FOLKS TO CALL IN, UM, ELIMINATING SOME OF THE BARRIERS, UH, FOR HAVING TO REQUEST LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION, UM, AND INSTEAD HAVING THEM BE MADE AVAILABLE AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING, UM, CREATING A PROCESS THAT ENSURES RIGHT, THAT, UH, ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, UH, TESTIMONY SUBMISSIONS HAVE, HAVE GONE ON AND BEEN INCLUDED IN THE, UH, IN THE ACTUAL RECORD AND FOR THAT PROCESS TO ALSO, UH, BE MADE, UM, MADE OPEN SO THAT I CAN GO IN AND CHECK IF MY, TO ENSURE THAT MY, UM, TESTIMONY WASN'T WE DID INDEED GO ON THE POLO RECORD.
UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, UM, WE INCLUDED IN THERE, UH, A FOUR PROCESS, UM, THAT FOR COUNCIL TO REQUIRE THAT BEFORE EACH COUNCIL VOTE TAKES PLACE, IT IS PUBLICLY NAMED HOW MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS REGISTERED OR SPOKE, UH, AGAINST OR IN FAVOR OF, UM, RIGHT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, JUST IN, IN THE, IN ONE EXAMPLE, RIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS, WE'LL SAY 370 PEOPLE THAT REGISTERED AGAINST THE ITEM, THE COUNCIL IS VOTING UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE.
SO JUST CHANGES IN PROCESSES THAT ALLOW FOR MORE CLARITY IN WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING ON WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A COUNCIL MEETING, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE, UM, THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON CREATING AN ASKING THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS CREATE, UM, MORE PROCESSES TO DIRECTLY ENGAGE WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS, UM, IN BETWEEN COUNCIL MEETINGS, NOT JUST AFTER OR PRIOR A BIG COUNCIL MEETING, RIGHT, BUT IN BETWEEN COUNCIL MEETINGS, THERE NEEDS TO BE ENGAGEMENT, RIGHT.
UM, ENGAGEMENT THAT INCLUDES, UH, A, A PRESENTATION OR SOMETHING
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ALONG EIGHT, A TOWN HALL THAT ALLOWS FOR A Q AND A WHERE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE LETTING THEIR CONSTITUENTS KNOW, HEY, I'M SPONSORING THIS ITEM, OR I AM CO-SPONSORING THIS ITEM, BUT SOMETHING THAT IS MORE CONCRETE AND ESTABLISHED THEM IN PROCESS, UM, AND, AND HONORING AGAIN, UH, COMMUNITY CENTERED WAYS OF, OF COMMUNICATION, UM, IN THOSE SPACES.UM, AND THEN THE, THE FINAL, UM, RECOMMENDATION IS ALSO, UH, ALLOWING FOR, UM, PUSHING FOR CITY COUNCIL TO, TO DEVELOP, UM, ACCOUNTABILITY FOR TIMELY W FOR TIMELY RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES.
UM, ONE OF, UH, THAT WAS A BIG THING FOR, FOR FOLKS, RIGHT.
JUST EVEN ENGAGING WITH WHAT, UM, THE COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA WAS, WAS HARD FOR, FOR FOLKS TO, TO, TO FIND AND TO UNDERSTAND.
UM, SO WE REALLY WANTED TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF AN OPT-IN EMAIL SERVICE, WHERE CONSTITUENTS WOULD GET THE AGENDA RIGHT.
AND ACCESS TO, TO A LANGUAGE ACCESSIBLE AGENDA AND AN, A LANGUAGE ACCESSIBLE, UH, MESSAGE BOARD.
UM, SO DOES IT JUST, UH, I ENDED UP PROBABLY GOING TO SHOW THEM MY TIME.
THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE RICK OUTWARD RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, AND AGAIN, HOPING TO INCORPORATE MUCH MORE FROM WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM FOLKS, UM, AT THIS SATURDAY'S LISTENING SESSION, WHICH WE, AS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK GROUP ARE REALLY WANTING TO CENTER THE VOICES RIGHT.
OF, OF OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND THOSE VOICES, UM, THAT, UM, SHOULD BE THE CENTER OF, OF THIS CONVERSATION.
DOES IT HAVE BEEN MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE VIOLENCE OF, OF, OF THE SYSTEMS, UM, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, I'M GOING TO JUST REMIND US THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SATURDAY AFTER THE SECOND BREAK.
SO I'M EXCITED TO HEAR MORE FROM YOU, AND I WANT TO INVITE BOLA.
ARE YOU PRESENTING FOR THE EQUITY RE-INVESTMENT GROUP? I AM.
I'M GOING TO RESTART YOUR TIMER.
THIS IS BILATERAL HAS AGAIN, SHE, HER AREA, AND I'M A REPRESENTATIVE OF CCU.
UH, I'M PRESENTING FOR THE COMMUNITY EQUITY REINVESTMENT WORKING GROUP.
I WANTED JUST TO NAME OUR TASKS, OUR WORKING GROUP MEMBERS, EH, MONICA GUZMAN.
WHO'S ALSO ON THE TASK FORCE WITH ME AND OTHERS WHO ARE NOT ON THE TASK FORCE.
MY DISAPPEARED, ALICE, ANDREA BLACK, LES CORTEZ ALVAREZ NIKA OUR NOTE, AMY MADORIE
AND REGARDING THAT, I, UM, THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE WORKING REALLY HARD TO DEVELOP THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, WE BELIEVE CRIMINALITY AND VIOLENCE STEM FROM SYSTEMIC FAILURES TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY WELLBEING IN A UNIVERSAL AND NONDISCRIMINATORY WAY.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT VIOLENCE OCCURS NOT ONLY INTERPERSONALLY, BUT ALSO FROM STRUCTURAL NEGLECT AND OPPRESSION, AS WE HAVE ALL OBSERVED DURING THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
ALSO THE RECENT WINTER STORM AND REGULARLY IN THE CITY'S LACK OF LOW COST HOUSING, ADEQUATE INTERVENTIONS TO PROTECT FLOOD-PRONE PROPERTY AND RESPONSE TO LOSS OF WAGES.
WE CALL FOR THE CITY TO HALT INVESTMENT IN THE VIOLENT AND OPPRESSIVE PRACTICES OF POLICING.
AND TO PIVOT THOSE DEDICATED RESOURCES, TO REIMAGINE SERVICES, DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES BY GROUNDING OURSELVES IN THE HISTORY OF POLICING IN THE US AND IN AUSTIN, WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THE HISTORICAL ROLE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AS A MECHANISM TO PROTECT PROPERTY AND WEALTH THROUGH THE USE OF VIOLENCE.
THE U S BECAME THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD VIA INTENTIONAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF EXPLOITATION AND GENOCIDE.
THE CURRENT RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE IN OUR COUNTRY IS NOT BY ACCIDENT.
THE SYSTEM OF RACIAL CAPITALISM HAS CEMENTED A RACIAL HIERARCHY IN ALL MARKERS OF LIFE, INCLUDING OUR HEALTH, OUR INCOME, OUR WEALTH AND OTHER AREAS WITH WHITE COMMUNITIES AT THE TOP BLACK COMMUNITIES AT THE BOTTOM AND OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN BETWEEN TODAY IN AUSTIN, BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES HAVE THE HIGHEST RATES OF POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND HOUSING INSECURITY RELATED HISTORICAL PRACTICES, SUCH AS RED LINING AND HOUSING DISCRIMINATION HAVE RESULTED IN GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY THAT ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR RIGHT HERE
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IN AUSTIN, BECAUSE OF THAT, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOCUS ON THESE GEOGRAPHIC COMMUNITIES.SO WHAT WE FOUND IS THERE IS BOTH A NEED FOR IMMEDIATE DIRECT ECONOMIC SUPPORT FOR AUSTIN RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN MADE THE MOST VULNERABLE AND ARE FACING CRITICAL NEEDS, AS WELL AS LONG-TERM AND SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY EQUITY.
SO WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SPEAK TO BOTH.
UM, NUMBER ONE, UH, THE CITY, WE, WE RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY INVEST AT LEAST 10 MILLION FROM THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FROM THE RE-IMAGINING FUND TO BE USED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF 10 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT LIMITED ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE, AND COVID CASES, UH, AS WELL AS NEED FOR BASIC ASSISTANCE ON CALLS TO TWO, ONE, ONE AT ANY POINT, TELL ME HOW MANY MINUTES I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I'M OKAY.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU AT THE HALFWAY POINT.
UH, WE ALSO RECOMMEND THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGICALLY LOCATED NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING THEM MANAGED BY LOCAL GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS AND ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY'S EQUITY OFFICE IN COLLABORATION WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
UH, OUR VISION IS THAT THESE HUBS WOULD DO THE FOLLOWING ONE, OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF A GUARANTEED INCOME PILOT PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS IN THE HUBS, IN THE FORM OF DIRECT RECURRING CASH PAYMENTS.
UH, WE ALSO SEE THAT DIRECT NEW AND EXISTING CITY RESOURCES TO THESE NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS IS ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION.
SO, UH, CURRENT EXISTING CITY RESOURCES FROM A NUMBER OF BUCKETS THAT WE EXPLAINED LATER IN THE PROPOSAL, WE WANT TO, UH, TARGET TO THESE NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS WITH SHORT-TERM PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED VIA A COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS THAT INCLUDES MEANINGFUL INVOLVEMENT BY RESIDENTS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE ALSO RECOMMEND A COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY TO INVEST AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN TO $9 MILLION ANNUALLY PER HUB, BASED ON THE SIZE AND THE NEED OF EACH HUB TO WORK WITH RESIDENTS, TO IDENTIFY LONGER TERM NEEDS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES AND TO PRIORITIZE HOW THE FUNDS ARE SPENT, UH, IN TER IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT WAIT POINT.
I THINK I WON'T NEED ALL MY TIME, SO I'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME BACK THEN, UM, IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CHOOSE THE HUBS.
UM, WE WANT TO LOOK AT, UH, WE RECOMMEND FOLLOWING DATA SETS TO BE USED TO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE THE NEIGHBORHOODS, LOOKING AT THE OVER-POLICING, THE DATA OF POLICING CONCENTRATED SURVEILLANCE PATROL BY, BY APD.
ALSO THE DATE OF CALLS TO TWO, ONE, ONE BY ZIP CODE AND CALL TYPE A, THE DATA ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATES ON POVERTY AND LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND, UH, LOOKING ALSO AT THE CENTRAL HEALTH 2020 DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT, WHICH INCLUDES DATA ON ASTHMA, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, C O P D DIABETES, HEART FAILURE, HYPERTENSION AND INSURANCE COVERAGE.
WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT HOUSING INSECURITY SUCH AS THOSE IDENTIFIED AND THE UP ROOTED REPORT THAT ARE TO IDENTIFY THE AREAS THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT.
WE WANT TO ALSO LOOK AT THE AREAS VULNERABLE TO FLOODING THE AREAS, LACKING TREE CANOPY COVERAGE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE, UH, NEAR BROWNFIELD BROWN FIELDS, LANDFILLS RECYCLING, AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, UH, THE DATA AROUND FOOD INSECURITY, THE AREAS THAT LACK ACCESS TO FRESH FOOD OR GROCERY STORES REFERENCED IN THE RECENT TEXAS APPLESEED REPORTS.
WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT THE PREDATORY LOAN, UH, LOCATION, UH, UH, SITES AROUND THE CITY AND LOOKING AT THE COVID DATA, BUT THE DATA ON NEW CASES, MORTALITY RATES, TESTING SITES, UH, AVAILABILITY AS WELL.
SO, UH, IT'S, UH, A COMBINATION OF PROPOSALS.
SOME THAT I'LL, I'LL JUST GO TO THE BUDGET REAL QUICK, UH, THAT FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, IT ADDS UP TO A LITTLE $11 MILLION, 10 MILLION TO GO TO THESE 10 COMMUNITIES AND 1 MILLION TO ESTABLISH 10 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH POTENTIAL HUBS TO START TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
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SO THAT IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, UH, $44 MILLION.THAT WOULD BE INCLUDING STAFFING ADMINISTRATION AND PROGRAMMING FOR FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS, OR POSSIBLY MORE THAN FIVE BASED ON THE ASSESSMENT OF THE DATA TO HAVE ONE CITY LIAISON WHO WOULD WORK BETWEEN THE HUBS AND, UH, THE CITY EQUITY OFFICE, UH, AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ALSO HAVE FUNDS FOR THE EQUITY OFFICE TO HIRE, UH, TWO STAFF PEOPLE TO OVERSEE THIS PROGRAM, UH, AND 12 MILLION TO GO TO THESE PILOT OF GUARANTEED INCOME, WHICH IF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING MANY CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH, UH, GIVING FAMILIES A GUARANTEED MONTHLY INCOME AND ARE HAVING A REALLY POSITIVE RESULTS.
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE 12 MILLION TO GO TOWARDS THAT.
AND FROM THERE 30 MILLION TO BE FOR A COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND THAT HAS BOTH, BOTH A LOAN PROGRAM TO SUPPORT EXISTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS PIECES THAT WOULD GO FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR HOME REPAIR, EVICTION PREVENTION AND OTHER UNFORESEEN EMERGENCIES, UH, FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE, HOME AND CAR REPAIR, ET CETERA, AND TO CONTINUE THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
I WILL, UH, OH, LASTLY, WE, UH, IN, IN ADDITION TO ADVANCING OUR GOAL, WE SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH RE-INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP.
THAT'S ANOTHER WORKING GROUP REGARDING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, NETWORK AND TRAINING HUB.
WE THINK THAT'S VERY ALIGNED WITH THE EQUITY REINVESTMENT, UH, VISION THAT WE HAVE.
AND WE'D LIKE TO KIND OF SECOND AND UPLIFT THE PUBLIC HEALTH REINVESTMENT WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATION.
JESSICA JOHNSON FROM THE NINE ONE ONE WORKING GROUP TO PRESENT EVERYBODY.
MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HERS? I'M AN ATTORNEY AT TEXAS FAIR DEFENSE PROJECT AND A PART OF THE NINE 11 WORKING GROUP OF THE REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.
OUR WORKING GROUP HAS INCLUDED PRISCILLA, HAIL MYSELF, CHAZ MOORE, SUE GABRIEL, CHRIS HARRIS, CARRIE ROBERTS, RODNEY SIGNS, KATE GRAZIANO, HALEY EASILY.
KRISTIN LINELLE, KATHY MITCHELL, DON HANDILY, MATT SIMPSON, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, JEN MARGOLYES KAY, STELLAR DUTCHER, RACHEL SHANNON AND HILDA GUTIERREZ.
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS LARGELY CENTERED ON THE, ON INCREASING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF FIRST RESPONSE AND A VARIETY OF WAYS.
ACCORDING TO A 2019 STUDY, AUSTIN HAS THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA, EXCUSE ME, PER CAPITA RATE OF POLICE SHOOTINGS DURING MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AMONG THE 15 LARGEST US CITIES WITH THAT BACKGROUND, AS WELL AS THE CURRENT RECKONING THAT OUR COUNTRY FACES WITH REGARDS TO POLICE BRUTALITY, MANY ARE AFRAID OR UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO USE EXISTING FIRST RESPONSE STRUCTURES THAT COULD BE TO THE DISPATCH OF POLICE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE RECOGNIZE THAT MORE EFFORTS MUST BE MADE TO MAKE EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACCESSIBLE FOR CALLERS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, NOT SPECIFICALLY TIED TO THE NINE ONE ONE, UM, TO THE FIRST RESPONSE IN OUR CITY ALSO ADDRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED ROBUST COMMUNITY INPUT ON REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY BEYOND THE END OF THE TASK FORCE, WHENEVER THAT MAY BE.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS CONSISTS OF 10 DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE FIRST HAS TO DO WITH REMOVING ANY STRUCTURAL BARRIERS THAT PREVENT A FULLY FUNDED MENTAL HEALTH, FIRST RESPONSE AND COMMUNITY ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH.
FIRST RESPONSE, INDEPENDENT FROM POLICE BASED ON A PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD WITH CITY STAFF.
IT WAS CLEAR THAT, UM, THERE ARE LIMITATIONS ON THE TYPES OF CALLS THAT MENTAL HEALTH FIRST RESPONDERS CAN RESPOND TO.
WE ALSO, AS A GROUP, WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S, IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE NINE ONE ONE, UH, THAT NINE ONE ONE WILL BE DECOUPLED FROM APD, BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN APPRISED OF WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT IS, AND THAT WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THAT.
UM, WHATEVER THE CURRENT STATUS IS.
UM, AND ADDITIONALLY, IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT NINE ONE, ONE CALLERS ARE NOW TO BE GIVEN, UH, THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS, EMS, FIRE, MENTAL HEALTH, AND POLICE.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION, WE ARE ASKING FOR ANY STRUCTURAL BARRIERS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST.
AND WHILE WE MAY NOT BE PRIVY TO ALL OF THOSE BARRIERS THAT WOULD PREVENT,
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UM, MENTAL HEALTH FIRST RESPONSE FROM BEING ABLE TO RESPOND INDEPENDENTLY POLICE.UH, THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE IS SPECIFICALLY THAT, UH, NINE 11 OPERATORS AND FIRST RESPONDERS SHOULD RECEIVE APPROPRIATE TRAINING WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PRIORITIZING THE RESPONSE TO AND NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OVER RESPONDING TO NON-VIOLENT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR IN OUR CITY.
WE BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE'S NEEDS SHOULD BE MET FIRST BEFORE BEING CONCERNED WITH ANY SORT OF NON-VIOLENT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
UM, OUR THIRD RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CITY SHOULD FUND A COMMUNITY RUN NON POLICE FIRST RESPONSE OUTSIDE OF THE NINE 11 SYSTEM.
AND SO THIS IS IN LEARNING FROM CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SUCH AS SACRAMENTO, WHERE THEY HAVE THE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST RESPONSE PROGRAM THAT FUNCTIONS OUTSIDE OF NINE ONE, ONE, UH, CURRENTLY IN AUSTIN, UH, THIS SERVICE EXISTS THROUGH 10,000 FEARLESS FIRST RESPONDERS, AND WE RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY SHOULD FULLY RESOURCES GROUP AND OTHERS LIKE IT TO ALLOW THEM TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT AUTONOMOUS AND ABLE TO BE SUSTAINED.
UM, WE SPECIFICALLY ARE RECOMMENDING THAT, UM, POLICE SHOULD NOT BE RESPONDING TO THINGS THAT ARE NON CRIME.
AND ACCORDING TO A REPORT RELEASED IN JULY, 2020 REGARDING NINE 11 CALLS, ONLY 21% OF NINE 11 CALLS PERTAIN TO CRIME.
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY RESPONSE IT'S ABLE TO RESPOND TO, UH, THE MAJORITY OF CALLS THAT ARE COMING TO NINE 11 THAT DO NOT INVOLVE, UM, OUR FOURTH RECOMMENDATION CENTERS ON AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ENSURING LANGUAGE ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND EMERGENCY CALL RESPONSE CENTERS.
UM, THAT INCLUDES THAT TEXT MESSAGING SHOULD BE ADDED AS AN OPTION TO ACCESS EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
UM, RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, ASIAN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN TRAVIS COUNTY AVOID USING NINE ONE ONE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES BECAUSE THEY DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH AND ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE CALLING PROCEDURES.
AND SO, UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FIRST RESPONSE IS ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY.
I SEE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY SHOULD UNDERTAKE A MULTILINGUAL PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS REGARDING APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY SERVICE USE.
UM, OVER RELIANCE ON POLICE TO RESPOND TO CRISES HAVE LED TO THE MURDER OF MANY AUSTIN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SUCH AS MIKE RAMOS AND DAVID JOSEPH AUSTINITES SHOULD BE EDUCATED ON THE VARIOUS EMERGENCY SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THEM AS WELL AS HOW THEY WORK.
AND AUSTIN, I SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF THE PROCESS FOR LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION WHEN THEY CALL NINE ONE ONE FOUR MINUTES.
UM, OUR SIX RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN SHOULD CONDUCT A REGULAR AND ONGOING INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE CALLS AS WELL AS A LINGUISTICALLY AND CULTURAL ACCESSIBLE CULTURALLY ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY SURVEY, REQUESTING RESIDENTS OPINIONS REGARDING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE CALLS.
THIS RECOMMENDATION SPECIFICALLY REFERS TO THAT THE PROCESS OF GETTING FEEDBACK FOR HOW THE SERVICES ARE BEING USED SHOULD BE ONGOING SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WEATHER, WHATEVER OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR AUSTINITES ARE ACTUALLY SERVING ALL AUSTINITES AND ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL LAST NIGHT.
UM, OUR SEVENTH RECOMMENDATION IS TO REMOVE ANY REFERENCE TO, OR UNFOUNDED TRAINING ON SOMETHING CALLED AN AGITATED CHAOTIC EVENT OR EXCITED DELIRIUM, WHICH HAS FOUND, UH, IF IT MAY BE IN THE CRISIS CALL CURRICULUM.
UM, AND THEN ALSO EXAMINE IF THE REFERENCES FOR THIS APPEAR IN THE APD ACADEMY OR GENERAL ORDERS.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR TERM, UM, IS A PSEUDO SYNDROME THAT HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE BOTH INCORRECT AND UNRECOGNIZED BY THE AMA, THE APA AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
AND IT HAS ALSO BEEN LINKED TO RACIAL BIAS AGAINST BLACK MEN IN PARTICULAR.
UM, SO OUR LAST COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, SO YES, OUR LAST TWO RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFICALLY INVOLVE COMMUNITY INPUT THAT THE CITY SHOULD SUPPORT A SECOND PHASE OF RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY THAT ALLOWS FOR TRANSPARENT AND THOUGHTFUL COMMUNITY INPUT.
UM, AND THAT LEADS TOWARDS EFFECTIVE RESULTS FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE.
WE, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY SHORT AND HAS MADE IT DIFFICULT TO FULLY, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, EXCUSE ME, I WILL SLOW DOWN.
UM, THE, THE LENGTH OF THE PROCESS HAS MADE IT SUCH THAT, UM, RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY IS A VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TASK IN SUCH A SHORT TIMELINE.
AND SO WE RECOMMEND THAT THIS PROCESS OR A PROCESS, UM, AND OTHER, ANOTHER PROCESS THAT, UH, ALLOWS FOR COMMUNITY
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MEMBERS TO HAVE INPUT ON REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUES BEYOND WHENEVER THIS TASKFORCE.YES, AND OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATION IS ALSO ALONG THOSE SAME LINES.
AND SPECIFICALLY THAT THE TIMELINE FOR AN AUTHENTIC THOUGHTFUL REORGANIZATION PROCESS IS MUCH LONGER THAN SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS AND THE PROCESS OF REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND REINVISIONING HOW RESOURCES ARE USED TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY ARE LONG-TERM PROJECTS AND SHOULD BE INVESTED IN, UM, ON A LONG-TERM BASIS.
UM, AND THEN ONE FINAL RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CITY SHOULD BUDGET A ROLE FOR THE EQUITY OFFICE IN ASSESSING PLANS FOR AN IMPLEMENTATION OF NON-POLICE CRISIS RESPONSE.
AND AGAIN, WE JUST ARE EMPHASIZING THAT IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT NON-POLICE CRISIS RESPONSE FULLY SERVES BLACK PEOPLE, LATINO PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND OTHER COMMUNITIES IN AUSTIN, UM, SPECIFICALLY COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE NOT HAD ACCESS TO VARIOUS SERVICES IN AUSTIN.
SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR RESPONSE, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NINE 11 WORK GROUP.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO INVITE THE PUBLIC HEALTH REINVESTMENTS WORKING GROUP TO PRESENT WHO TO BE.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF, I THINK SO MUCH R C UM, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE THINKING OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH REINVESTMENTS WORK GROUP.
I'M A MEMBER OF THIS WORK GROUP, AND I REPRESENT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR UNITED FOR RACIAL JUSTICE.
SO I DON'T SIT ON THE TASK FORCE JUST TO CALL IT THE NAMES OF THE AMAZING COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES THAT SAT ON THIS, UH, WORK GROUP.
UH, JOANNA SAUCEDO, BRIAN GARCIA, CHRIS HARRIS, AARON FERGUSON, AND ESQUITH THIS SHANNON JONES, JOSHUA ROBINSON, RACHEL LEE, JENNA NESBIT, MARIANNE MCDOWELL STAY HELD PATEL WITH SUPPORT FROM RICOTTA THAT I
ACTUALLY, THERE WERE A FEW TEXTS TASKFORCE PEOPLE ON HERE.
I THINK SO PUBLIC HEALTH IS, IS THE PRACTICE OF PROTECTING AND CULTIVATING HUMAN WELLBEING.
AND THAT IS CENTRAL TO CENTRAL TO THAT IS RECOGNIZING THAT RACISM, SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITY, GENDER, AND AGE DISCRIMINATION, RACIST LAWS, POLICING, UM, HATRED AND IGNORANCE ARE THE FOUNDATIONAL CAUSES OF HEALTH INEQUITY.
SO AS WE THINK ABOUT PURSUING HEALTHY POPULATIONS AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES, PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES LOOK AT SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.
THEY IDENTIFY DISPARITIES AND THE HARMFUL STRUCTURES THAT CREATE INEQUALITY AND THEY IMPLEMENT PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY ACCESSIBLE AND CULTURALLY INFORMED CARE.
SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE LOOKING AT STRATEGIES THAT IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF PEOPLE'S LIVES, THAT IT'S NOT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO CHANGE.
IT'S THE INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND THE PEOPLE.
SO HOW DO WE INCREASE THE PROTECTIVE FACTORS THAT, AND REDUCE THE RISK FACTORS SO THAT, UM, FOR THESE POOR HEALTH AND SAFETY OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, WE ARE CONSTANTLY IMAGINING RE-IMAGINING WITHIN PUBLIC HEALTH, ALL ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESPONSES.
IF WE CAN THINK ABOUT IT AS AN OPPOSITE OF A CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESPONSE, A PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE CAN OFFER US THAT.
SO TO THIS END, WE HAVE FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS WORK GROUP.
AND THESE RECOMMENDATIONS CAN REALLY BE SEEN IN CONCERT WITH THE, THE EQUITY REINVESTMENT WORK GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY SUPPORTS AND ADVANCE EQUITY IN OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS OUTCOME.
SO THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS TO INVEST IN A SUBSTANTIAL COHORT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS OR CHWS OR
UM, BUT WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT INVESTING IN A SUBSTANTIAL COHORT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AND ESTABLISHING A NETWORK OR A TRAINING HUB AND TRAINING HUB WILL BE ESSENTIAL FOR THE WORK THAT WE HAVE AHEAD OF US.
REPLACING POLICE WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IS IN MOST HEAVILY POLICED COMMUNITIES IN AUSTIN HAS MANY
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POTENTIAL BENEFITS.CHWS ARE BASICALLY FRONTLINE, PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS.
WE HAVE MANY OF THEM AND AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT EXPANDING THEM CAN GIVE US A LOT.
THEY HAVE, THEY ARE FROM THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'RE WORKING IN.
THEY HAVE CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE, AND BECAUSE OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS, THEY SERVE AS TRUSTED LIAISONS BETWEEN HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND THEY FACILITATE IT ACCESS TO SERVICES AND IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY.
AND RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AND REDUCE COSTS, IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CARE.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IN THIS CONVERSATION, REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES, CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE OF COLOR IN AUSTIN TO HAVE MEANINGFUL DIGNIFIED JOBS WITH COMPETITIVE SALARIES WILL BE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ACHIEVING EQUITY AND BUILDING RESILIENCE IN THE CITY.
THIS CAN CREATE A, OR BUILDING A COHORT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS CAN CREATE A PIPELINE TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS.
FUNNELING PEOPLE OF COLOR INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT, APD RESOURCES CAN AND MUST BE REINVESTED IN PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE THAT REFLECTS THE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED IT.
MOST COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ARE MOST SUCCESSFUL WHEN THEY'RE PART OF A NETWORK OF OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, AND THEY WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
SO ESTABLISHING A HUB FOR REGULAR AND FREE LOW COST TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION WILL PROVIDE A RESOURCE FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN THEIR SKILLS AND RECEIVE THE SUPPORT AND REFLECTIVE SUPERVISION THAT'S NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE POTENTIAL BURNOUT OR VICARIOUS STRESS THEY MAY EXPERIENCE IN SERVING THEIR COMMUNITY.
SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? YOU HAVE FIVE.
RESOURCES HAVE TO BE MULTILINGUAL.
AND IN THIS INVESTMENTS, WE MUST INVEST IN TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION.
SO WE ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO FUND A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER PILOT PROGRAM TO HIRE 50 COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, PARTICULARLY IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT OF AUSTIN, UM, THAT THAT'S SO HEAVILY POLICED ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER NETWORK AND TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION HUB, AND COMMIT TO BUILDING A MUCH LARGER COHORT BY 2025 OF A THOUSAND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS.
MY SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS TO IN THE SECOND AND THIRD ARE RELATED.
SO I'LL TALK ABOUT THEM TOGETHER TO INVEST.
UM, AND METHADONE INVEST IN METH.
MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT, PARTICULARLY METHADONE PROGRAMS, METHOD, MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT, OR MAT IS A PROVEN, UH, PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE USING OR MISUSING DRUGS THAT ARE GOVERNED BY OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAMS. IT'S THE FACT THAT IT'S FDA APPROVED AND IT'S THE, UM, AND IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR, UH, HELPING PEOPLE OR HELPING COMMUNITIES REDUCE DRUG USE OVERDOSES AS WELL AS, UM, INFECTIOUS DISEASE ACQUISITION.
AND IT'S EXTREMELY COST EFFECTIVE COMPARED TO THE, THE HOW MUCH CAN WE SPEND ON USING PUBLIC SERVICES.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO OPEN TO ADDITIONAL, UM, TREATMENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE CO-LOCATED WITH THE HARM REDUCTION IN CENTER AND FUND PERSON CENTERED METHADONE TREATMENT.
THAT'S CONNECTED TO THIS IS TO EXPAND AND FUND EXISTING HARM REDUCTION SERVICES IN ORDER TO BETTER ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NAVIGATING SUBSTANCE USE AND MISUSE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND HOMELESSNESS, WE MUST EXPAND AND FUND EXISTING HARM REDUCTION SERVICES, SUCH AS SYRINGE ACCESS DROP-IN CENTERS, ACCESSIBLE DETOX AND HOUSING FIRST PROGRAMS, AND ADOPT ADDITIONAL INTERVENTIONS SUCH AS OVERDOSE, OVERDOSE PREVENTION SITES, MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPITE CENTERS TO BROADEN THE HARM REDUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE THAT AUSTIN HAS AND OFFER ALTERNATIVE PEER RUN NON-PUNITIVE SETTINGS AND SUPPORTS.
SO THIS RECOMMENDATION IS TO OPEN TWO ADDITIONAL DROP IN CENTERS, ONE IN NORTH AUSTIN, ONE IN SOUTH AUSTIN CO LOCATED WITH AN WITH OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND TO CREATE A HARM REDUCTION HOUSING FIRST PROGRAM, BECAUSE HOUSING INSECURITY INCREASES THE RISK OF OVERDOSE DEATHS, HIV, HEPATITIS C, AS WELL AS A HOST OF OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES.
AND FINALLY, THE LAST RECOMMENDATION IS TO INVEST IN A TRAUMA INFORMED ASSESSMENT PROCESS WITHIN AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
WHEN SURVIVORS OF TRAUMA SEEK HEALTHCARE SERVICES OR SEEK PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES IN PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS, THEY ARE SOMETIMES FACED WITH FURTHER RETRAUMATIZING EXPERIENCES AND UNDERSTANDING THE, THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TRAUMA HEALTH OUTCOMES AND PATIENT BEHAVIOR IS ESSENTIAL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES AND
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MITIGATE THE HARM OF OPPRESSIVE PRACTICES LIKE EXCESSIVE POLICING.SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO INVEST IN BUILDING A ROBUST TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICE ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND TOOL WITHIN AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
THERE ARE MANY MODELS THAT WE CAN RELY ON FROM SAN FRANCISCO AND THE FEDERAL SUBSTANCE USE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, AND TO ESTABLISH A FUND FOR ONGOING TRAINING WITHIN, UH, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH ON TRAUMA INFORMED CARE AND HEALING CENTERED ENGAGEMENT.
THESE KINDS OF THESE KINDS OF APPROACHES FROM COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICE, TO DIRECT, UH, MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT AND HARM REDUCTION SERVICES HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE NOT ONLY REDUCE THE NEED ON THE STREET, BUT ACTUALLY REPLACE THE POLICE ON THE STREET.
THAT IS WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO SEE IN COMMUNITIES.
COMMUNITIES HAVE TOLD US THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND THESE ARE SOME, UH, WELL-RESEARCHED RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CAN OFFER THAT WE'RE PROUD TO OFFER FROM OUR WORKING GROUP.
NEXT UP IS KATHY MITCHELL WITH, UH, PATROL AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS WORKING GROUP.
HI, EXCUSE ME, I'M A LITTLE LESS SEAMLESS.
I NEED TO PULL UP THE DOCUMENT ONE MOMENT WHILE YOU'RE PULLING THAT UP.
AFTER THIS PRESENTATION, WE'LL TAKE 10 MINUTES FOR Q AND A AT THE END OF THAT 10 MINUTES, WE'LL TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK.
UH, WHEN WE COME BACK FROM THE BREAK PATROL AND SURVEILLANCE WORKING GROUP WILL PRESENT AN AFTER PATROL AND SURVEILLANCE WE'LL HAVE BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE PRESENTERS FOR THE OTHER WORKING GROUPS, PLEASE MESSAGE ME AND LET ME KNOW.
SO I CAN, UM, CALL YOU BY NAME WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME TO PRESENT.
AM I GOOD? SO I'M GOING TO START JUST WITH KIND OF AN OVER VIEW STATEMENT, UM, OF MY OWN, I GUESS, THAT, UM, PART OF WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD, AND WE NEED TO HAVE MANY MORE IN MY VIEW, UM, WAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE IDEA THAT, UM, IN ADDITION TO POLICE DOING THINGS THAT OTHER STAFF MAY BE BETTER AT DOING, WHICH IS A LOT OF WHAT YOU'VE JUST HEARD, UH, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT MAYBE POLICE DON'T NEED TO BE DOING AT ALL.
AND THAT PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THIS BUDGETARY PROCESS OVER THE PAST FOREVER IS THAT WE'VE NEVER LOOKED DEEPLY INTO THIS GIANT CHUNK OF MONEY.
YOU KNOW, THIS $400 MILLION THAT GOES TO POLICE HAS BEEN SORT OF SUBJECT TO THE MOST, UH, FACILE TERMS OF DEBATE.
UM, HOW MANY OFFICERS PER THOUSAND POPULATION WITHOUT ASKING WHAT THE OFFICERS ARE DOING, OR, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH TIME OFFICERS SPEND ON COMMUNITY POLICING WITHOUT REALLY INTERROGATING WHETHER THE COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR THIS POLICING OR WHAT AGAIN, WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE STARTED WALKING DOWN A ROAD WHERE WE'VE LOOKED AT BITS AND PIECES OF IT, AND WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK MORE HOLISTICALLY, BUT I WANT TO START WITH SOME THINGS THAT I THINK WE'VE FOUND PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
UH, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE LAKE PATROL SHOULD BE SWITCHED TO EMS OR THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT LIKE PATROL ENFORCES STATE LAWS AND CITY ORDINANCES ON 28 MILES OF WATERWAY, ALONG WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, LIKE PATROL THE LCRA RANGERS AND TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAPPING POLICING HERE.
APD OPERATES SEVEN BOATS WITH 10 FTES AT A COST OF $1.4 MILLION.
AND A LOT OF WHAT THEY DO IS IN THEIR, IN THEIR OWN DESCRIPTION.
TALK WITH PEOPLE ABOUT SAFETY, PICKUP, FATIGUED SWIMMERS.
SO GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF THE WATER, UH, HELPING STRANDED BOATERS, UH, WATCHING FOR RECKLESS BOATERS AND SUPPORTING THE SEARCH AND RESCUE.
SO, UH, AND OH, AND, UH, PULLING DANGEROUS LIMB TREE LIMBS OUT OF THE WATER.
SO I THINK THAT IS SORT OF SELF-EXPLANATORY, UH, THE MOST COMMON QUOTE UNQUOTE
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CRIMINAL COMPLAINT HANDLED BY AP APD LAKE PATROL IS NOISE.SO SINCE SO MUCH OF APDS WORK IS ACTUALLY RELATED TO SAVING LIVES RATHER THAN ADDRESSING CRIMINALITY AND SEVERAL OTHER POLICE AGENCIES HAVE CONCURRENT JURISDICTION.
WE RECOMMEND THAT APDS PRESENCE AT THE LAKE BE ELIMINATED IN FAVOR OF AN ALLOCATION OF $1.4 MILLION TO EMS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO ADD A TEAM AND BOATS.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE EMS FOLKS HAVE SAID THAT I FOUND TELLING WAS THAT, UM, THEY'RE TOO FAR AWAY TO BE IMMEDIATELY HELPFUL.
AND IF THEY WERE ON THE LAKE, THEY HAVE THE SKILLS TO, YOU KNOW, SAVE PEOPLE FROM DROWNING IN THE WATER.
AND I THINK THAT TRANSLATION, SORRY.
SO THAT IS OUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION.
OUR SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISCONTINUE THE USE OF POLICE DOGS.
UH, WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AND I EXPECT WE'LL HAVE MORE, A LOT OF THE REASONS BEHIND THIS HAVE TO DO WITH, UH, RESEARCH THAT TWO OF THE ORGANIZATIONS ON THIS TASK FORCE HAVE DONE, UH, THAT WAS TEXAS FAIR DEFENSE PROJECT.
AND MY ORGANIZATION JUST LIBERTY LOOKED AT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAW DATA ON A DOG BITE CASES.
WE FINDING THAT THEY PRIMARILY INVOLVE HISPANIC AND BLACK MEN.
UH, IT IS LIKELY BASED ON THE DATA AND MISSING DATA POINTS THAT SOME OF THESE INCIDENTS INVOLVED CHILDREN, AND ONLY ONE OF 55 CASES WE LOOKED AT OR TWO TO THE BITTEN PERSON HAVE A GUN THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT OF CASES APPEARED TO INVOLVE NO CRIME AT ALL.
AND OF COURSE, SO, AND PRIMARILY ANY PERSON ATTACKED BY A DOG WILL EVADE OR RESIST CREATING THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT A PERSON BEING ATTACKED BY A DOG MAY FACE CHARGES RELATED TO RESISTING.
WE HAVE NOT VERY MANY RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO KIND OF SKIPPING THE REST OF OUR RESEARCH AND OUTCOMES.
UH, WE DO RECOMMEND THAT, UH, THE USE OF POLICE DOGS BE SIMILARLY, THE USE OF POLICE HORSES SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED, UH, OTHER CITIES, BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON, BOSTON, TULSA, LAS VEGAS, KANSAS CITY, AND ST.
PAUL HAVE DISBANDED THEY'RE MOUNTED UNITS ARE MOUNTED UNIT, PRIMARILY PERFORM CEREMONIES, CEREMONIAL DUTIES, AND CROWD CONTROL.
DOWNTOWN CROWD CONTROL CAN BE HANDLED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS WITHOUT HORSES AND FREQUENTLY IS THE MOUNTED UNIT SHOULD BE ELIMINATED.
THE HORSES MOVE TO GOOD HOMES BECAUSE THAT REMAINING SARA CEREMONIAL PURPOSE IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO THE CONTINUED EXPENSE.
THESE HORSES ARE EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN.
AND AFTER NEARLY A DECADE, APD HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BUILD THE NEEDED STABLES WITH THE MONEY APPROVED BY VOTERS, UH, OFFICERS IN THE MOUNTED UNIT TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, MOST OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN MIGRATED TO PATROL AND SHOULD BE PERMANENTLY REASSIGNED.
THIS IS A MORE COMPLICATED ONE.
APD SHOULD DISCONTINUE THE USE OF OFFICER'S SELF-INITIATED CALLS.
UH, WE HAVE ALL AS A TASK FORCE RECEIVED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DATA RESEARCH FROM THE INNOVATION OFFICE, BREAKING DOWN OFFICER CALLS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THAT TIME, AS IT TURNS OUT ABOUT 35% OF THE CALL CALL VOLUME IS SELF-INITIATED TIME WHERE OFFICERS DECIDE NOT BASED ON A CALL OR ASKING THEM TO GO TO A SCENE, BUT ON THEIR OWN RECOGNIZANCE TO STOP A PERSON, UH, AND INTERROGATE THEM.
AND IT LOOKS FROM ALL THE DATA THAT WE HAVE SEEN.
AND WHEN WE'VE NOW LOOKED AT QUITE A LOT THAT THIS DOES NOT, UH, PARTICULARLY ADDRESS CRIME, REDUCE CRIME, OR, UH, RESULT IN ACTIONABLE INFORMATION ABOUT CRIME.
AND SO WE'VE RECOMMENDED THAT APD DISCONTINUE THIS PRACTICE AS IT'S STARTING TO OCCUR IN OTHER CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND THEN FINALLY WE RECOMMEND THAT THERE BE A COMMUNITY FULL CURRICULUM REVIEW OF THE CADET ACADEMY TRAINING POLICE ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT AND SERVE ACCORDING TO NUMEROUS REPORTS.
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THE ACADEMY HAS BEEN A PROBLEM CHANGING AN US VERSUS THEM MINDSET INTO A MINDSET OF CONSUMER OF COMMUNITY SERVICE WILL ONLY OCCUR WITH SIGNIFICANT CHANGE ACROSS THE CURRICULUM.
APD OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS HAS ATTEMPTED
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TO MINIMIZE THE DEGREE OF CHANGE NEEDED OR CORRAL THE CHANGE TO A HANDFUL OF COURSES TO ENSURE THAT A NEW MODEL IS WOVEN THROUGH THE ENTIRE CURRICULUM, THE CONDUCT CURRICULUM IN ALL, ALL TOLD AND ITS TEACHING MATERIALS SHOULD BE RELEASED TO THE, TO FOSTER TRANSPARENCY AND CREATE TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY.THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION SO FAR.
WE WILL NOW ALLOCATE 10 MINUTES TO QUESTIONS.
AND I WANT TO SAY SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE ASKING FOR QUESTIONS, NOT FEEDBACK AT THIS TIME.
SO ANYTHING THAT IS A CLARIFICATION OR OTHER QUESTION FOR THE FIVE WORKING GROUPS THAT HAVE PRESENTED SO FAR AND MAYA AND KELLY ARE SUPPORTING, UM, CREATING A STACK.
SO WE'RE LOOKING, YOU CAN IDENTIFY YOURSELF BY RAISING YOUR HAND, UM, EITHER PHYSICALLY LIKE THIS OR RAISING YOUR VIRTUAL HAND LIKE THIS, OR TYPING INTO THE CHAT.
I WANTED TO ASK SORT OF ABOUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH REINVESTMENT GROUP.
SO QUICKLY, UM, FOR THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, WE RECOMMEND A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER PILOT PROGRAM, FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT'S FOR THE 50 COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AND AN EVALUATION OF A PILOT PROGRAM, UM, THEN TO ESTABLISH THE NETWORK AND TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION HUB, ANOTHER $4 MILLION.
AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE 70 MILLION TO COMMIT TO A, BUILD A COHORT OF A THOUSAND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS BY 2025 THAT WE EXPECT TO COME FROM MANY SOURCES.
BUT THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR METHADONE.
I MEAN, SORRY, MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT, UM, 4 MILLION IN THE FIRST YEAR TO CREATE, UM, UH, TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND THEN 3 MILLION A YEAR FOR PERSON CENTERED METHADONE TREATMENT TO EXPAND EXISTING HARM REDUCTION SERVICES AND ADOPTING FURTHER LIKE OPENING THE TWO DROP-IN CENTERS, 3 MILLION OPENING, A STARTING COSTS, AND THEN 3 MILLION A YEAR TO RUN THOSE CENTERS.
AND THEN FOR CREATING A HARM REDUCTION HOUSING FIRST PROGRAM, AND WE ANTICIPATE A NEED FOR ABOUT $14 MILLION AND THEN, UM, TO CREATE A TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICE AND ASSESSMENT PROCESS, UM, INCLUDING A COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP ABOUT $500,000, AND THEN TO ESTABLISH A FUND FOR ONGOING TRAINING WITHIN US IN PUBLIC HEALTH, THAT COULD BE CONNECTED TO THE HUB THAT WAS PROPOSED BY THE EQUITY, UM, REINVESTMENT TASK FORCE, UH, ANOTHER $2 MILLION.
SO A RELATIVELY MODEST AMOUNTS FOR A LOT OF THESE THINGS CONSIDERING WHAT THE, BUT YEAH, REALLY ENHANCING THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORK IN A CITY.
SO DO WE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO ALSO ADDRESS THE, UM, QUESTIONS.
WE CAN'T ADDRESS ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THE CHAT NORMALLY, BUT I DO WANT TO INVITE ONE OF OUR, EITHER OF OUR TASKFORCE, UH, CHAIRS TO PLEASE EXPLAIN, UM, HOW THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY A QUESTION ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE THEM BEFORE SATURDAY.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND US THE IDEA WAS THAT THERE'D BE AN INITIAL PRESENTATION TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION, WHICH WILL GATHER, UM, NOT ONLY FEEDBACK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT JUST GENERAL INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UH, DIRECTLY IMPACTED FOLKS MAY HAVE.
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NEXT WEEK.SO BOWEL OUT OR BRIAN, I ACTUALLY WANTED TO ASK TASKFORCE MEMBERS FOR YOUR WORKING GROUP.
UM, WOULD YOU MIND, UH, US BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY POST YOUR DRAFT RECOMMENDATION ON THE RPS WEBSITE AND IF YOU ALL SEND US TO LINK, I THINK MOSTLY EVERYONE IS USING GOOGLE DOCS, BUT IF YOU COULD SEND US THE LINKS, WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THOSE POSTED UP ON OUR RE-IMAGINED AND PUBLIC SAFETY WEBSITE.
AND SO THEN THAT WAY COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE DRAFT OF YOUR PROPOSALS, UM, BEFORE THE SATURDAY LISTED IN SESSION.
I THINK THAT THIS IS BELLA, SHE, HER AIDEA REPRESENTATIVE WITH CCU AND CO-CHAIR, UH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, BRIAN.
I THINK PART OF WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO IS HAVE A TEMPLATE FOR THE WORKING GROUPS SO THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME, UH, KIND OF A FORMAT, SIMILAR FORMAT BETWEEN ALL OF THE WORKING GROUPS.
AND I THINK WE CAN GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR EVERYONE BY TOMORROW.
UH, AND THEN WE COULD PUT THEM UP ON THE WEBSITE, UM, IN THAT FORMAT MAYBE BY THE END OF TOMORROW.
I THINK, UM, OTHER IDEAS, I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE FACEBOOK LIVE STREAMING HAS BEEN A CHOPPY FROM WHAT I'M HEARING.
UM, SO I WONDER IF THERE'S CAPACITY WITHIN THE CITY TO TAKE THE RECORDING AND, YOU KNOW, SPLICE UP SOME OF THE EDIT, EDIT SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO A, A SHORTER PIECE THAT COULD BE POSTED ON FACEBOOK, UM, BY THE CITY, AS WELL AS BY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S CAPACITY TO DO THAT ON THE CITY SIDE, BUT, UH, I THINK SO THAT FOLKS WHO, UH, PREFER OR NEED TO, TO VIEW A VIDEO VERSUS READING, BECAUSE SOME OF THIS IS REALLY DENSE AND THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF LITERACY.
UH, IF THERE WAS A WAY THAT WE COULD ALSO HAVE A VIDEO, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, I'M GOING TO JUST GIVE US TWO MORE MINUTES, UM, FOR ANY TASK FORCE MEMBERS WHO MAY HAVE QUESTIONS FELICIA.
UH, SO YES, THE QUESTION AND ALSO JUST, UH, ONE AMPLIFIED THINK THAT, UM, AS TASK MEMBERS, UM, WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN A LOT OF WORK AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE, UH, WE STILL HAVE TO BE WORKING OFF OF THIS DRAFTS.
SO I THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR THE CITY TO HELP US OUT TO DO THEIR PART IN ENSURING THAT THIS CONVERSATION IS ALSO, UM, ACCESSIBLE.
AND, UH, THAT VIDEO NEEDS TO, I THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR THE CITY TO, TO DEVELOP, UM, RIGHT.
THAT, THAT VIDEO, THAT THEY HAVE A MORE ROBUST, UM, UH, MEDIA TEAM TO, UM, PUT IT TOGETHER, EDIT IT AND, UM, TASKFORCE, UM, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SHARE IT OUT.
UM, BUT I DO FEEL THAT THAT IS A MUCH BETTER WAY, FASTER WAY, UM, BRIAN OF, OF, UH, GETTING THIS INFORMATION OUT.
UM, AND I WANTED TO ASK A REALLY QUICK FOR BOTH THE, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, WORK GROUP AND THEN ALSO FOR THE IN, UM, ECONOMIC, UH, I'M SORRY, THE, UH, EQUITY REINVESTMENT.
AND COULD IT BE INVESTMENT OR GROUPS? I AM FIND THAT A LOT OF THE, THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED OUT IN HOW INTERCONNECTED THEY WOULD BE A REALLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HOLISTIC APPROACH, UM, RIGHT.
TO, TO SAFETY THEN AS A TASKFORCE WE NAMED EARLY ON, WE WANTED TO DO, UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK A OF THE PROGRAMS THAT, UM, BOTH OF Y'ALL HAVE BROUGHT UP ARE NAMED, UM, ARE THEY, UM, PILOT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE SEEN, UM, IF NOT HERE LOCALLY, RIGHT? LIKE IN, UM, IN OTHER, AND IF NEXT YEAR IN TEXAS OR OTHER CITIES HERE IN TEXAS, OR ARE THERE CDS IN GENERAL, LIKE IN WHAT I'M ASKING IS THERE'S ALREADY A SET, A SAMPLE THAT WE COULD TAKE, AND IT'S A MATTER OF APPLYING IT HERE FOR A LOT OF THEM.
I CAN SEE PUBLIC HEALTH PIECE OF ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS GLOBALLY HAVE SHOWN, HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES, REDUCE HEALTHCARE COSTS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS AND CREATE SAFETY IN COMMUNITIES BECAUSE P SOMEBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY.
UM, SIMILARLY WITH MATT AND, AND HER OTHER HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES, THERE ARE GREAT
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EXAMPLES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.THERE, THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT WE COULD LEARN FROM NOT ONLY LEARN FROM, BUT EVEN REPLICATE BUILD OFF OF, YOU KNOW, UH, WE DO NOT NEED TO INVENT THE WHEEL IN THIS AND THE SAME GOES FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING ASSESSMENTS.
I THINK THAT ALL OF, AT LEAST FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH SIDE, ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BUILT ON VERY, VERY SPECIFIC, SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLES AROUND THE WORLD.
SO TO BE, AND I CAN SPEAK TO THE EQUITY REINVESTMENT WORKING GROUP PROPOSALS.
UH, SIMILARLY THERE'S A TONS AND TONS OF RESEARCH THAT SHOWS US THAT INCREASING POLICE, UH, INCREASING POLICE DOES NOT INCREASE SAFETY IN COMMUNITIES AND THERE'S, UH, AMPLE RESEARCH THAT SHOWS THAT INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES IN DIFFERENT WAYS, ECONOMIC INVESTMENT FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, FOR, UH, HOUSING STABILITY, UH, FOR, UH, OVERALL ECONOMIC, UH, SUSTAINABILITY IS ACTUALLY WHAT HELPS REDUCE CRIME AND CREATE MORE SAFETY IN COMMUNITIES.
UM, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT RESEARCH.
AND FOR ONE OF THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THE GUARANTEED A MONTHLY INCOME PILOT THAT WE WANT TO, UM, ROLL OUT IN THESE NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS.
THERE'S, UH, I GUESS SINCE, UH, ALMOST A DECADE, THERE'S BEEN EXPERIMENTATION HAPPENING IN CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY OF GUARANTEED MONTHLY INCOME.
AND NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, UH, DATA TO SHOW THERE'S EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT IT ACTUALLY MAKES TREMENDOUS POSITIVE IMPACTS THE GUARANTEED MONTHLY INCOME.
AND SO, YES, IT'S APP, THERE'S ABSOLUTE BACKING IT'S EVIDENCE-BASED.
AND THERE'S NOW, SINCE THE PANDEMIC, MANY MORE CITIES ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH THIS AND HAVING GREAT RESULTS.
AND JUST WANTED TO, TO ENSURE, RIGHT, THAT THAT IS HIS NAME.
WE ARE JUST REPRODUCING SUCCESSES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN OTHER PLACES.
WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO OUR BREAK.
WE'RE GOING TO RETURN AT 6:58 PM AND WE WILL HEAR FROM THE PATROL AND SURVEILLANCE GROUP.
I BELIEVE THEIR PRESENTER IS DAVID JOHNSON.
IF FOLKS CAN INDICATE IN THE CHAT THAT THEY'RE BACK, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO TURN YOUR CAMERA ON, I WANT TO INVITE DAVID JOHNSON FROM THE PATROL AND SURVEILLANCE WORKING GROUP.
HI, DAVID, LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE READY.
WILL YOU BE ABLE TO SHARE THE FLOOD SHOW? I BELIEVE THAT'S OUR PRODUCTION TEAM LOOKS LIKE CHARLOTTE IS ON IT.
SO THESE ARE THE PATROL AND SURVEILLANCE WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US AND HANGING ON FOR THE REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY PASSPORTS TO GABRIEL, RODNEY SCION, BETHANY, CARSON, AND MYSELF, UH, PARTICIPATED IN THE WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT EQUAL SAFETY.
POLICE DO NOT AND CANNOT PREVENT CRIME FROM HAPPENING POLICE IN LESS THAN 1% OF THEIR TIME.
RESPONDING TO CALLS ABOUT VIOLENT CRIME.
SO WHENEVER YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAY, WE NEED POLICE BECAUSE OF VIOLENT CRIME.
THE NUMBERS JUST DON'T SUPPORT THAT OFTEN THEY'RE LITTLE THEY CAN DO WHEN THEY DO ARRIVE.
NEXT, LARGELY PATROL POLICING EMERGED OUT OF A NEED TO SURVEIL AND EXERCISE CONTROL OVER BLACK, BROWN AND POOR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE PERIOD.
NEXT LINE FLEET FUNCTION OF PATROL HASN'T CHANGED.
FOR EXAMPLE, FROM 2015 THROUGH 2021, POLICE KILLED AT LEAST 35 PEOPLE OR MORE DIED IN THEIR CUSTODY, BUT APD CLAIMED THAT THEY WERE SUICIDES OR ACCIDENTAL DEATHS NEXT, THOUGH, I BELIEVE AGAIN, THE FUNCTION OF PATROL HASN'T CHANGED RESIDENTS AT AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN OR MIXED RESIDENTS, THOSE IN POVERTY AND NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGHER CRIME RATES AT DISPROPORTIONATE FORCE AND SEVERITY OF FORCE USED UPON THEM.
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FROM THE JOYCE CHANGE REPORT.SO THIS IS A, THAT SHOWS ARRESTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS OF COLOR, JOE JOE, THE RED THROUGHOUT OFTEN.
BUT IF YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE GOLD LIGHT, ALL OF THOSE GOLD DOT DOWN, THEY'RE CONCENTRATED WHERE, WELL, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY'RE CONCENTRATED DISPROPORTIONATELY IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR COMPARED TO WHITE GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE, TO THE, TO THE LAND CODES.
AND OFTEN WHY COMMUNITIES HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN WEST OF 35 OR IN THIS IMAGE TO THE LEFT OF 35.
IF YOU CRY CRIME ENGAGEMENT OR ENGAGING WITH ARRESTS.
SO CONCENTRATED IN THE AREAS OF COLOR NEXT LIVELY.
BUT IF YOU DRILL IN, YOU WILL SEE THAT IT WAS EVEN MORE FINALLY CONCENTRATED AND RESTRICTED.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ARRESTS THAT CAME DIRECTLY FROM PROBABLE COST SEARCHES, WHICH WE KNOW AS A TOOL FOR BEVERLY'S USE DAILY TO MANUFACTURE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMIT HARM AND ENGAGE SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND HERE YOU SEE IT EVEN MORE FINALLY DIALED INTO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DRUG-BASED AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO FAR TO REMEMBER THAT THE WAR ON DRUGS, ACTUALLY JUST AN EFFORT TO KILL AND INCARCERATE BLACK BROWN, BLACK, AND BROWN BODIES, AND THOSE WHO DID NOT AGREE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS OUTLINING JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A, UH, CHAT ABOUT SLOWING DOWN FOR THE INTERVIEW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CALLING AND MY APOLOGIES TO THE INTERPRETATION, SWAT, OUR LONGTERM VISION AND RECOMMENDATION FIRST DIVEST FROM THE ENTIRE RACIST CLASSES, MODEL OF CONTROL, PHASE OUT THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD BASED POLICING LINEUP.
THAT'S OVER $210 MILLION, NO MORE CADET CLASSES.
WE NEED FEWER OFFICERS AND WE SURELY DON'T NEED, WE DON'T NEED ANYONE BEING TRAINED BY THE SAME HORRIBLE AND VIOLENT MURDERERS METHODS TO PHASE OUT ALL USE OF DEADLY WEAPON.
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT SHOULD BE DECOUPLED, REALLOCATE THAT MONEY TO REINVEST IN ECONOMIC HEALTH AND HOUSING RESOURCES THAT CREATE REAL SAFETY FOR OVER POLICE COMMUNITY.
SAFE SPACES WITHOUT PATROL ALREADY EXISTS.
SPOILER ALERT, A FLUENT PREDOMINANTLY WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY KNOW SAFE SPACES WITHOUT PATROL, SO THEY EXIST, BUT NOT FOR MOST OF US.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE SCOPING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE LOOKED AT AREAS WHERE AP COMES MOST DIRECTLY AND FREQUENTLY TO CONTACT WITH PEOPLE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THEM WITHOUT BEING CALLED MET WITH 40 PEOPLE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION, DEPORTATION, AND OR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT SAFETY MEANS TO THEM AND THEIR EXPERIENCES.
WITH POLICE TO DATE, WE HAVE COLLECTED 39 SURVEY, WHICH WERE DISSEMINATED BY WORD OF MOUTH.
THE PEOPLE DIRECTLY IMPACTED IN THEIR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY.
WE FIND THAT A NUMBER OF AMAZING BITS OF DATA, BUT OVER 54% OVER HALF ARE THOSE WHO DO THE SURVEYS.
WE'RE OF THE OPINION THAT THESE FUNDING POLICE GENERALLY OR SPECIFIC AREAS OF POLICING ARE INCARCERATION WITH WHAT THEY, HOW THEY WANTED TO SEE FUNDING AND THE FUNDING MOVE WITH REGARD TO SEEING THE POLICE.
92% FELT FEAR WHEN SEEING POLICE WHILE DRIVING NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, 87% WERE STOPPED BY THE POLICE.
95% OF THOSE WHO COMPLETED THE SURVEY HAD A FAMILY FRIEND OR LOVED ONE STOPPED BY THE POLICE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE OF THOSE STOPPED BY THE POLICE.
EVERYONE EXPERIENCED AN INCREASED PROBABILITY OF EVERYTHING FROM WITNESSING THEIR EXPERIENCING A LOVED ONE, BEING ARRESTED, HAVING IMMIGRATION STATUS ASKED ABOUT ALL THE WAY THROUGH LOSING THEIR JOBS, FAMILY SEPARATION.
WHEN WE ASKED IN OUR SURVEY, WE FOUND THAT 36% SAID THAT THEY HAVE NOT CALLED OR WOULD NOT CALL NINE ONE ONE AND EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF FEAR THAT POLICE INTERACTION WOULD BE MORE HARMFUL TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.
THAT'S OVER A THIRD OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE
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IN THE SURVEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT BECAUSE NINE ONE ONE IS SCARIER FOR THEM AND NOT CALL THEM.AND AN ADDITIONAL 19% SAID THAT THOSE WHO SAID THEY DID REPORT SO THAT NO ONE EVER RESPONDED.
SO YOU'VE GOT OVER HALF OF THE, OF THE, OF THE RESPONDENTS SAYING IT WAS EITHER SCARIER FOR US TO CALL NINE ONE ONE, OR GET, DO ANYTHING FOR US.
WHEN TALKING ABOUT ERIC AND THE WAY THAT OUR POLICE FORCE SURVEILLED AND COLLECT INFORMATION ON PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, 94% OF THE RESPONDENTS WHO FILLED OUT THE SURVEY IN SPANISH REPORTED FEELING FEAR, 94%, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE TAKE AWAY NEARLY ALL OF OUR RESPONDENTS HAVE INTERACTED WITH THE POLICE.
BOTH AS PEOPLE KEEPING COUNT AND AS OBJECTS OF SUSPICION, AND IT HASN'T MADE THEM FEEL SAFE.
POLICE AREN'T ACTUALLY ABLE TO PROVIDE THE RESPONSES THAT PEOPLE NEED TO FEEL SAFE.
POLICE STOPS EXACERBATE MANY OF THE ISSUES AND MOST WRITTEN COMMUNITY SAFETY, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES, FINANCIAL STABILITY, INCARCERATION, DEPORTATION, AND FAMILY SEPARATION.
NEXT SLIDE SAFETY IS AN INTO DISCRIMINATORY AND DANGEROUS PATROL B FUND CROWD MANAGEMENT, GANG SUPPRESSION, UNIT NUISANCE ABATEMENT, RIVERSIDE TOGETHERNESS, PRODUCT, PROJECT WEAPONS, AND MILITARY SUPPLY CADET CLASS, ALL FOR TOTAL SAVINGS OF 12.6 MILLION.
THEN WE ASKED YOU TO FUND THREE, ALLOCATE THE MONEY TO FUND SERVICES THAT WILL HELP MITIGATE THE IMPACT, THE COMMUNITY'S MOST HARM.
AND THIS ARM TRAFFIC PATROL THAT CANNOT BE IMMEDIATELY DECOUPLED.
NEXT SLIDE FLEET SAFETY IS BEING ABLE TO LIVE AND EXIST PEACEFULLY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL SPACES WITHOUT CONSTANT POLICE PRESENCE AND HARASSMENT.
WE CALL FOR YOU TO DCE ON TO OVERTIME PARK POLICE, LAKE PATROL, MOUNTED PATROL, SPECIALIZED PATROL, 10% OF QUOTE, NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING PATROL BUDGET, AND THE MOTOR'S BUDGET.
THAT IS A TOTAL OF 32.9 MILLION.
AND WE WISH TO SEE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
THE COUPLE THAT THAT MEANS UNITS THAT DO NOT INVOLVE DIRECTING TRAFFIC, CONDUCTING TRAFFIC STOPS OR FILING CRIMINAL CHARGES.
A COUPLE OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND HOMELESS, SPECIAL EVENTS AND HOMELESSNESS AND END INVESTIGATOR DISCRETIONARY STOPS FOR NON-MOVING VIOLATIONS.
NEXT FLOOD SAFETY IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND MOVEMENT WITHOUT SURVEILLANCE.
ERIC AUSTIN, REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER, REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER, HALO AND STAR SHAPE PURSUIT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND BAN THE USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE SUCH AS CLEAR VIEW AI BY EAP OFFICER OR SENIOR.
SAFETY IS ENDING THE WAR ON DRUGS AND FOR TREATING DRUG USERS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.
SO DEEP ON CANINE CANINE INTERDICTION NARCOTICS ARE 10.4 MILLION AND FUNDED BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE.
SAFETY IS AN INTIMATE MANIPULATIVE AND SELF-PROMOTING POLICE INTERACTIONS WITH COMMUNITY DIFFERENT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES.
NEXT SLIDE FLEET SAFETY IS EQUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
KATE CONTRACTING OUT OF APD CONTROL.
SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 53.5 BILLION.
WE CALLED IT FUNDED AND REALLOCATE IT, AND WE HAVE 8.5 MILLION APPROXIMATELY THAT WE CALL FOR BB CUP.
AND NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM THE BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP, CARRIE ROBERTS.
THIS IS CARRIE ROBERTS AND REPORTING BACK ON THE WORK SO FAR OF THE BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, WORK GROUP.
I THINK MUCH OF WHAT WILL BE REPORTED BACK TO THE TASK FORCE FROM THIS WORK GROUP.
UM, WON'T BE SO MUCH IN THE FORM OF SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS, ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME BECAUSE THE BULK OF THE WORK SO FAR THAT IS BEING CURRENTLY CONCLUDED IS SURVEY RESEARCH FROM THE GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, UM, THUS FAR AND FROM INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, AND I WILL SAY, UH, MUCH LIKE, UH, KATHY SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE PATROL WORK GROUP.
THERE'S A LOT OF ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HOPE TO HAVE, INCLUDING A COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION.
THE GROUPS THAT HAVE PRIMARILY BEEN INVOLVED,
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UH, SO FAR WITH, UM, WITH THIS WORK GROUP AREA HAVE BEEN THE AUSTIN CHAMBER, THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE, THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF AUSTIN, THE CRIME COMMISSION AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO'VE, UH, LOOKED AT, UM, AND HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT RE-IMAGINED PUBLIC SAFETY LOOKS LIKE FOR THE BUSINESS SECTOR, UM, THAT WORK, WHICH, UH, IS CONCLUDING INCLUDES A, A COMPREHENSIVE LITERATURE AND RESEARCH REVIEW, UH, OF WHAT WE INCLUDING WHAT THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN OTHER CITIES, UH, IN RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY AND TOPICS THAT, UH, ARE IN AREAS THAT TOUCH, UH, BUSINESS ACTIVITY.UM, MOST OF THE GROUPS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THIS WORK GROUP, MOST OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THIS WORK GROUP ALSO HAVE HAD, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEES THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR MANY, MANY FOR MANY MONTHS.
AND THE, THE GROUP WORK OF THOSE GROUPS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE FINAL REPORT BACK TO THE TASK FORCE.
SOME OF THEM LIKE THE AUSTIN CHAMBER HAVE CONCLUDED THEIR WORK.
UH, OTHERS LACK THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF AUSTIN HAVE DONE A, UM, THEY'VE DONE A LARGE SAMPLE OF THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND OTHER BUSINESS.
UM, UH, HAVE DONE A LARGE SURVEY OF THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS, SMALL AND LARGE ABOUT, UH, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES IMPACTING THEM.
UH, THE THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT CREATIVE EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES TO ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE, WHICH AS WE, EVERYONE HERE KNOWS IS A FOCUS OF WHAT THE TASK FORCE HAS BEEN DOING.
UM, MANY OF THE PEOPLE, AND IN FACT, THERE'S SOME TASK FORCE MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE SH THE SUMMIT TO ADDRESS UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN AUSTIN.
UM, THAT'S BEEN AN OVERLAP WITH SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT OUR GROUP HAS HAD, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT.
UM, UH, I APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE THAT FOR THIS INFORMATION, WHICH WILL BE REDUNDANT, BUT THE, THE FIRST PLENARY SESSION OF THAT GROUP WAS HELD VIRTUALLY ON MARCH 23RD.
UM, IT'S BROUGHT TOGETHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AROUND THE ISSUES, UH, DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS, UH, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SIX WORK GROUPS AS PART OF THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
AND THEY EXPECT TO HAVE A SECOND AND FINAL VIRTUAL PLENARY OF THAT SUMMIT ON APRIL 15TH FROM EIGHT UNTIL 10 IN THE MORNING.
SO THERE IS, UM, COMPLIMENTARY, UH, WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES BY OTHER, UH, COMMUNITY, UM, COLLECT OUR GROUPS OR, OR, OR GROUPS OF ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.
UM, ONE OF THE FINAL PIECES FOR OUR WORK GROUP AS A WHOLE, WHICH WE WILL SHARE THE LINK WITH, WITH THE WHOLE TASK FORCE SO THAT WE CAN GET AS MANY, UM, PEOPLE, SMALL AND LARGE BUSINESS OWNERS TO RESPOND TO IS A, UH, IS A PUBLIC SAFETY SURVEY.
UM, AND THE AT WILL ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR PARTNERS WITH, UH, WITH MECCA, WITH THE MULTIETHNIC CHAMBER ALLIANCE TO, UH, SHARE THAT AS WELL, SO THAT WE GET A BROAD VIEW OF COMMUNITY INPUT ON PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES THAT ARE FACING BUSINESS.
SO WE HOPE THAT, UH, ALTHOUGH AS A LOT OF YOU WILL KNOW, THERE'S BEEN THE UNANTICIPATED REALLY PACE AT THE CAPITOL AFTER THE WINTER STORM HAS SLOWED THE WORK DOWN SOME, UM, IT HAS, UH, STARTED GAINING TRACTION AGAIN, AND I'VE HEARD BACK FROM MOST OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY HOPE TO HAVE THEIR, UH, REPORTS BACK IN TO US TO PRESENT A FINAL REPORT, UH, TO THE TASK FORCE AS A WHOLE.
THE LAST PIECE, AS I MENTIONED WILL BE THIS, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY SURVEY FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
UM, THAT WILL BE, UM, THE LINK THAT WILL BE SHARED STARTING THIS WEEK ON THAT.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO INVITE THE VIOLENCE SURVIVORS, UH, SERVICES AND PREVENTION WORKING GROUP.
UM, SO OUR WORKING GROUP, UM, WE DO HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO PUT A NUMBER DOWN, BUT I DO, I'LL KIND OF EXPLAIN THE BUCKETS OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, BUT I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU ALL FOR THE SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS AND VIOLENCE, UH, SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE
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AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORKING GROUP.UM, THE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS ARE, UH, ASIA GARR, KATRINA CLARK, UM, TRISHA FORBES, COURTNEY SANTANA, JENNY BLACK FAIR MUSKET IN FROM THIS TASK FORCE, UH, NEVITA NEVA FERNANDEZ, UM, DENMARK LEAVES, UH, SHELLEY EDGAR LOE IS THE PADA EMILY LEBLENC, UM, JULIE, JULIE SWEENEY, NAUSEA, ZIKA CONNIE GREENHEART DEEPIKA MUDD, DALI, SORRY, MODALLY AND ANGEL CAROL AND MAGGIE MCGIFFERT.
UM, SO WE HAD A GREAT MIX OF FOLKS THAT DO, UM, VIOLENCE, INTERVENTION, AND PREVENTION WORK AROUND THE CITY, UM, AS WELL AS FOLKS, UM, THAT ARE INVOLVED IN DECRIM AND, UM, AND PRISON ABOLITIONIST WORK.
SO I'M JUST REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT, UM, THE MEMBERS HAVE DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO.
UM, I WANTED TO SHARE SOME GUIDING VALUES, UM, FOR THE WORKING GROUP THAT WE ADDED TO ON TOP OF THE TASKFORCE, UH, VALUES, UM, AND JUST SOME OF THE, KIND OF THE GUIDING CONCEPTS AND ONE WAS, UM, VICTIM SURVIVOR.
AND THAT WE REALLY ARE TALKING HOLISTICALLY ABOUT ANYONE WHO, UM, AND EVEN COAL COMMUNITIES WHO'VE EXPERIENCED HARM, UM, AND BEEN IMPACTED FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PROXIMITY WITH VIOLENCE, WHETHER THAT STATE VIOLENCE, UM, UM, PERSONALLY MEDIATED INTERACTIONS WITH VIOLENCE, UM, HISTORICAL VIOLENCE.
SO WE REALLY TOOK A BROADER DEFINITION OF, UM, VIOLENCE, VICTIM AND SURVIVOR, UM, INCLUDING FOLKS THAT ARE ACCUSED OR GOING THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
UM, WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS IN CENTER ON HEALING JUSTICE AND KIND OF SOME OF THOSE, UH, VALUES AROUND, UM, THE FACT THAT PEOPLE HEAL DIFFERENTLY.
PEOPLE ARE, UM, BATTLING AND DEALING WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF HARM, WHETHER THAT'S HISTORICAL TRAUMA OR STATE VIOLENCE, OR, UM, JUST NEEDING, UM, COMPLEX TYPES OF HEALING, MODALITIES AND INTERVENTIONS.
UM, AND I THINK ONE OF OUR ASKS AND, AND THOUGHTS ABOUT HEALING JUSTICE IS THAT THE CITY, UM, REALLY CREATE, UM, A HEALING JUSTICE STRATEGY, UM, UH, AND, AND, AND PARTNER WITH TA PROVIDERS NATIONALLY.
I THINK, UM, KARA PAGE IS A LEADER IN THE HEALING JUSTICE ARENA.
UM, AND AUSTIN SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER, UM, KIND OF IDENTIFYING IT AND BUILDING CAPACITY AROUND HEALING JUSTICE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF OUR BIG CONCEPTS.
UM, ANOTHER ONE IS NONPROFITS AND SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY OUTSIDE OF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
WHAT WE DO KNOW AS A PEOPLE THAT DO SERVICE WORK IN THE COMMUNITY IS THAT WHITE SUPREMACY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT POLICE ARE ALONE IN PERPETUATING.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT ALL OF OUR, UM, SYSTEMS SUPPORT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND SO WE DO CALL FOR, UM, CONSISTENT EVALUATION.
I THINK AN EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, THE EQUITY OFFICE DID AN EQUITY TOOL WITH VICTIM SERVICES, AND WE REALLY SEE THE VALUE OF OTHER NONPROFITS IN THE COMMUNITY DOING THAT KIND OF WORK TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY MEETING THE NEEDS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOLKS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED HARM.
UM, SO, SO WE KNOW THAT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS JUST ONE OF MANY HARMFUL SYSTEMS. YOU YOU'VE GOT TO TELL A PROTECTIVE SERVICES, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION SYSTEMS ARE FUNNELING FOLKS INTO HARMFUL SYSTEMS AS WELL.
SO WE WANTED TO LIFT THAT UPLIFT THAT, AND THAT WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO THERE.
UM, SO MAKING SURE THERE'S MONEY FOR THAT KIND OF EVALUATION OF SERVICES.
UM, AND THEN WE WANTED TO MENTION JUST UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS OF TRAUMA, AND THAT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, TOM WAS PRETTY WIDESPREAD AND PEOPLE THAT WE'RE INTERACTING WITH, UM, ARE, YOU KNOW, JUST ASSUMING THAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH, UM, AND EXPERIENCING TRAUMA AND THAT BEHAVIORS MIGHT BE STEMMING FROM TRAUMA AND THAT WE NEED TO TAKE, UH, A RESPONSE THAT DOESN'T PUNISH TRAUMA, BUT ACTUALLY HEALS IT AND ADDRESSES, UM, BASIC NEEDS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, THIS HAS BEEN UPLIFTED IN DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS BY ANTI-RACISM WORK IS ANTI-VIOLENCE WORK.
AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE OTHER WORKING GROUPS OR ANYTHING THAT REALLY, UM, UH, HELPS PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BELONGING.
THEY FEEL CONNECTED TO THEIR COMMUNITY OR ANYTHING THAT KIND OF UPLIFTS AND, UM, AFFIRMS IDENTITY, UM, IS ALSO HEALING AND IT'S PREVENTATIVE OF VIOLENCE.
UM, SO WANTING TO SUPPORT OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS
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THAT SUPPORT THAT KIND OF DEEP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES LEFT, AMANDA, JUST REMINDER TO SLOW, SLOW IT DOWN FOR THE INTERPRETERS.UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH PROBABLY, I'M GOING TO BE HONEST.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO ALL OF THESE, SO I WILL TRY TO BE CLEAR WITH WHAT I CAN GET TO.
SO THE COMMUNITY BASED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FIRST ONE REALLY CENTERS ON, UM, ECONOMICS.
AND I, I THINK WE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE TALK ABOUT DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE.
ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT I THINK IS A GOOD MODEL FOR THIS IS WE'VE BEEN FUNDING OR THE CITY IS FUNDED THE SAFE ALLIANCE FOR THIS BRIDGES TO SAFETY MONEY.
AND IT ALLOWS FOR DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO BE GIVEN TO SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE, UM, WITHOUT A LOT OF PAPERWORK WITHOUT ANY LIMITATIONS OR, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPORT, UM, TO POLICE TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS.
AND ONE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, THAT, UM, THAT FUND THE EXPEND BE EXPANDED, UM, TO BE ABLE TO BE GIVEN TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT COULD ALSO USE THAT CASH ASSISTANCE FOR PO BOOKS IN CRISIS, UM, FOR DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE.
ONE OF THE ISSUES IS A LOT OF MONEY TO SUPPORT PEOPLE.
WHO'VE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE IS VERY TIED TO REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFTEN WHO HAVE LIMITATIONS FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED OR ARE INCARCERATED, UM, LOTS OF DIFFERENT BARRIERS.
SO PART OF IT IS HAVING CASH ASSISTANCE.
THAT'S NOT TIED TO ANY OF THE SYSTEMS. AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, MORE COMMUNITY-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOUSING AND JUST KINDA KIND OF SKIM THROUGH SOME OF THESE, UM, WE PARTNERED WITH, UM, UM, SWAP AUSTIN AND, UM, BLACK TRANS LEADERS OF AUSTIN, UM, AND THINKING ABOUT INCENTIVIZING RENT AND REDUCE STABILIZED RATE INCOME HOUSING FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
SO THINKING ABOUT FOLKS THAT HAVE LESS ACCESS TO TRADITIONAL, UM, WAYS OF GETTING EMERGENCY HOUSING, THAT THE CITY COMMIT, UM, SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIZING, UM, FOR HOUSING VOUCHERS SPECIFICALLY FOR FOLKS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SIGN A LEASE BECAUSE OF, UM, THE CITY'S KIND OF LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, I WILL HAVE SPECIFIC NUMBERS ON THE PRESENTATION AT THE END.
UM, WE ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UM, COMMUNITY-BASED PREVENTION EDUCATION.
UM, SO WE THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY INVEST IN EARLY EDUCATION, SPECIFICALLY AROUND VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND, UM, UM, AND WHEN WE THINK OF PREVENTION, WE'RE THINKING OF PRIMARY PREVENTION, WHICH IS TALKING ABOUT, UM, DECONSTRUCTING POWER, DECONSTRUCTING, GENDER ROLES, UM, REALLY GETTING TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF VIOLENCE.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE AFTERSCHOOL, UM, UH, EDUCATION THAT CAN INCORPORATE THIS KIND OF EDUCATION.
SO MAYBE LOOKING AT HELPING TO CO-DEVELOP IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT KIND OF PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, UM, RIGHT NOW, NOT EVERY SCHOOL, NOT EVEN CLOSE TO EVERY SCHOOL HAS THAT KIND OF PROGRAMMING.
UM, SO WE THINK THE CITY SHOULD COMMIT TO THAT.
UM, THAT WORK, WE ALSO HAVE GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND JUST, I THINK HOUSING IS SUCH A BIG PIECE.
UM, WE HAVE HOUSING VOUCHERS, BUT ALSO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, ALSO DIVERSIFYING CRISIS HOUSING.
SO SHELTERS ARE NOT SAFE FOR EVERYONE.
UM, I HAVE MORE OF THAT IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, WE ALSO WORK WITH SWAP AROUND, UM, SEX WORKER SAFETY SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THAT WASN'T AN, AN ITEM IDENTIFIED FOR THIS WORKING GROUP TO LOOK INTO.
UM, AND SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED MANY SPECIFICALLY FOR A SEX WORKER OUTREACH BY SEX WORKERS, UM, AND EDUCATION TO DE-STIGMATIZE SEX WORK, UM, FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS, BECAUSE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, BESIDES, UM, THE ISSUES THAT THEY FACED AND ABUSES THAT THEY FACED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY'RE ALSO RECEIVING A LOT OF ISSUES GETTING SERVED, UM, BY SERVICE PROVIDERS.
SO, UM, FINDING THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES AND, UM, DO THEIR OWN OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
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UM, WE ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT, UM, THE TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER MODEL AND, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR AUSTIN TO FIND TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTERS.THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR FOLKS, UM, THAT DO NOT WANT TO REPORT OR BE INVOLVED IN THIS SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO GET HEALING RESOURCES.
SO, UM, PRAIRIE, TAMARA RECOVERY CENTERS ARE BASED OUT OF, I BELIEVE OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, AND I BELIEVE THEY COST ABOUT 1 MILLION TO OPERATE A CLINIC OFTEN.
THEY ARE, UM, THEY HAVE MOU WITH TRAUMA CENTERS, UM, AND ARE A WAY TO KIND OF, UM, ENSURE THAT FOLKS NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE, CONNECT, GET ACCESS TO HEALING, UM, SERVICES AND REFERRALS.
SO YOU WERE AT TIME, AMANDA AND I JUST WANTED, I KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE RECOMMENDATIONS.
IS THERE A LIST, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO JUST LIKE GIVE THE KIND OF TITLE OF EACH RECOMMENDATION IN THE CHAT? UM, MY LIST IS ABOUT 11 PAGES, 12 PAGES LONG.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN PUT THAT IN A CHAT.
WE ARE GOING TO JUST TALK ABOUT MAKING THE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS ACCESSIBLE.
THIS IS JUST THE FIRST GO TO GET THE PUBLIC AWARE OF WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
IS THERE JUST A SUMMARY OR HIGHLIGHT THAT YOU WANT TO GIVE OF ANY OF THEM BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT GROUP? UM, I MEAN, I, YEAH, I, I, I'M NOT EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH, SO THAT THAT'LL PROBABLY BE THE BEST I CAN DO.
UM, UH, BUT YEAH, I WILL MAKE SURE THIS IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, PRETTY SURE.
AND WE'LL HAVE A SECTION TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS, AND SO WILL DEPEND ON THE GENIUS OF THE GROUP TO HELP FIGURE OUT BECAUSE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I REALLY WANT TO HONOR WHAT IT TAKES FOR SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE TO COME TOGETHER AND PUT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY'RE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ALL OF THE OTHER WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS, MAYBE IN SOME CASES MORE SO.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET THEM ALL OUT THERE.
SO, UM, I'M GOING TO ASK, I BELIEVE DAVID IS OUR FINAL FINAL PRESENTER, AND YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION, A SERIES OF SLIDES FOR THE LAST GROUP.
UM, PRODUCTION TEAM ARE Y'ALL READY WITH THOSE SLIDES.
AND I AM COMMITTED TO READING MORE SLOWLY THIS TIME.
THIS IS THE PRESENTATION FOR THE UPROOTING PUNITIVE AND HARMFUL CULTURE AND INTERSECTING SYSTEMS WORKING GROUP FOR THE REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE TO GABRIEL MAYA PILGRIM, BRIAN OAKS, STEPHANIE CARSON, AND MYSELF, OR A MEMBERS OF THIS WORKING GROUP.
WHAT IS A PUNITIVE OR HARMFUL CULTURE? PUNITIVE AND HARMFUL CULTURE IS ONE BASED UPON ASSIGNING BLAME AND PUNISHMENT WHILE REWARDING AND COMMODITIZING VIOLENCE AND OPPRESSION.
SO THIS WAS STRAIGHT OFF OF THE WEBSITE.
I MEAN, I, I TOOK A SCREENSHOT WITH MY PHONE EDIT.
AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN SAID THAT ITS MISSION.
IT SAYS WE WANT TO, IF THIS VISION WE WANT TO OFTEN TO BE THE MOST LIVABLE CITY IN THE COUNTRY AND ITS MISSION IS TO BE THE BEST MANAGED CITY IN THE COUNTRY.
WE WANT TO BE THE MOST LIVABLE CITY IN THE COUNTRY, LIVABLE FOR HOME.
MISSION TO BE THE BEST MANAGED CITY IN THE COUNTRY.
OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS PROVEN TO BE EASILY SWAYED FROM ITS COMMITMENT AND OUR VALUE.
IT HAS BETRAYS THE TRUST OF THIS TASK FORCE AND CITY BY AGREEING TO A NEW CADET CLASS AGAINST OUR UNIFIED RECOMMENDATION.
AND I'LL ADD AS WELL THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING THE BEST MANAGED CITY, OBVIOUSLY OUR CITY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN THE MOST TRANSPARENT NOR HAS IT BEEN THE MOST INTEGROUS IN ITS WORK AS WELL.
AGAIN, PHONE SCREENSHOTS CITY, THE WEBSITE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES RE-IMAGINED AP CADET ACADEMY BLUEPRINT.
HOW DARE THE SEED COUNCIL CONVENE A TASK
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FORCE AND THEN USE THE NAME LOOSELY.WHEN IT, IN FACT IS THE ABILITY TO BE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS.
HOW IS THIS RE-IMAGINED IF YOU IGNORE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE TASKED WITH THE VERY PROCESS OF RE-IMAGINING YOUR FAILED SYSTEM.
SO AGAIN, THE WEBSITE UNDER VISION FOR AUSTIN'S FUTURE, THEY SAY QUOTE OFTEN AS A BEACON OF SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIAL EQUITY AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WHERE DIVERSITY AND CREATIVITY ARE CELEBRATED, WHERE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND VALUES ARE RECOGNIZED WHERE LEADERSHIP COMES FROM ITS CITIZENS AND WHERE THE NECESSITIES OF LIGHT ARE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.
THEY ALSO SAY THAT AUSTIN'S GREATEST ASSET IS ITS PEOPLE SUSTAINABLE FOR WHOM SOCIALLY EQUITABLE FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, FOR WHOM WHERE IS DIVERSITY AND CREATIVITY CELEBRATED AND HOW, WHAT COMMUNITY NEEDS AND VALUES ARE RECOGNIZED.
AND BY WHOM WHAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP COME FROM ITS CITIZENS AND SCRATCH THAT OUT FROM ITS RESIDENTS.
LET'S STOP USING THAT LANGUAGE CITIZENS, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE WORRIED CITY COUNCIL, PEOPLE OF YOUR BOAT ABOUT YOUR BOAT.
PLEASE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO DON'T VOTE THAT ALSO MOVE THOSE WHO DO NEED TO HONOR ALL PEOPLE, NOT JUST THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO DROP A BALLOT, HOW WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE ARE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL QUOTE, SINCE IT HAS FAILED MISERABLY TO DO THIS AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE, DAVID, JUST A REMINDER TO SLOW DOWN FOR OUR INTERPRETERS.
I KNOW THEY'RE COMMUNICATING THE SPIRE ENERGY, SO, UH, JUST KEEP IT COMING JUST A LITTLE SLOWER.
I KNOW HE'S LOOKING AT THE SLIDES.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE BRING WHITE SUPREMACIST CULTURE INTO THIS? AND WE PUT TIME LIMITS ON MOTION FOR OBJECTIVITY WHEN WE'RE DIRECTLY HARM, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND THIS IS WHAT'S DONE, BUT I'LL PLAY PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION.
OUR PROPOSAL IS TO OPERATIONALIZE THE GUIDING VALUES OF THE RE-IMAGINED CLEAN PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE IN ORDER TO CREATE A PROCESS FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TO EVALUATE SOME INITIATIVES FOR EQUITY, POTENTIAL HARM AND HOLISTIC SAFETY.
WE SEEK TO APPLY THIS PROCESS TO ANY SYSTEM AND MECHANISM IN THE SPACE OF PUBLIC SAFETY, WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE HARM OR SAVE LIVES.
OUR GOAL IS TO DISRUPT AND DECONSTRUCT THE PATTERN FOR PUNITIVE CULTURE WITHIN PUBLIC SAFETY.
IN ORDER TO BUILD A PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM THAT LIBERATING SUPPORTING AND HOLISTIC AND ACHIEVING COMMUNITY SAFE.
THIS PROCESS SHOULD BE PILOTED WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE RE-IMAGINED PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.
BASED ON THE INITIAL FRAMEWORK DEVELOPED BY OUR WORKING, THE CITY SHOULD INCREASE FUNDING TO THE EQUITY OFFICE BY $1 MILLION USING THE VESTIGE FUNDS TO DEVELOP A VALIDATING TOOL FULLY AND TO IMPLEMENT THIS AND TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROCESS ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
AND THAT IMPLEMENTATION INCLUDES MOST IMPORTANTLY, EXPANDING THE STAFF AND RESOURCES OF THE EQUITY OFFICE SO THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN FULLY STEP INTO THIS RESPONSIBILITY.
ANY ITEM THAT COMES UP ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE EQUITY OFFICE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THE EQUITY OFFICE CAN CHOOSE WHICH ITEM IT WISHES TO REVIEW.
THE INTENT IS THAT THE EQUITY OFFICE WOULD PRIORITIZE RE-IMAGINED PUBLIC SAFETY PROPOSAL POLICING, INCLUDING THE APD BUDGET AND CONTRACTS, PUBLIC HEALTH, HOUSING, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE EQUITY OFFICE MUST BE GIVEN 10 DAYS PRIOR TO WHEN THE ITEMS PLACED ON THE AGENDA TO REVIEW ANY ITEM IT NOTIFIES COUNSEL THAT IT WISHES TO REVIEW THE EQUITY OFFICE REVIEW WITHIN BE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM.
WHAT IS AN EQUITY OFFICE REPRESENTATIVE MUST BE GIVEN SPACE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE EQUITY REVIEW AS TESTIMONY TO THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE SCHEDULED MEETING PRIOR TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON THIS ITEM, AND THIS IS A PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF THEIR FINDINGS.
AND ALSO, UH, I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE RUN OVER AND THERE IS SO MUCH IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT, UM, I WILL DURING THE PROCESS PORTION, ASK IF WE CAN EXTEND TIME, UM, FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WEREN'T SHARED.
SO THE VALIDATING TOOL WHICH WE SPEAK WILL BE BUILT UPON THE FOLLOWING FRAMEWORK.
STEP ONE, BE ROOTED IN HISTORY AND SHARED
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UNDERSTANDING, COMPLETE A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS IN THE CONTEXT OF SYSTEMIC RACISM IS THIS PROJECT CONNECTED TO A SYSTEM THAT WAS INTENTIONALLY CREATED, ARMS AND DEPRESSION OF ONE GROUP FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANOTHER AND OF CAPITAL.WHAT IS THE IMPACT AND LEGACY OF POLICIES, PRACTICES, PROCEDURES, AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE STEP TO CENTER THE CENTER OF THOSE MOST DIRECTLY HARMED BY SYSTEM GATHERED DATA DIS-AGGREGATED BY DEMOGRAPHIC TO TELL YOU WHO IS MOST HARM OR NEGATIVELY IMPACTED ANALYZE DATA.
TO ALSO TELL YOU WHO HAS BENEFITED NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, EXCEPT THREE, INITIATE AN ACCESSIBLE.
AND CO-CREATE A PROCESS FOR INVOLVEMENT CENTERED THOSE MOST DIRECTLY HARM BY SYSTEM BY COMMITTING TO A PROCESS TO COLLABORATE PROBLEM SOLVE AND DESIGN WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THIS PROCESS SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE AND TRANSPARENT.
IT CAN BE ACHIEVED BY ENSURING LANGUAGE, ACCESS SERVICES, DIGITAL ACCESS, AND OTHER EFFORTS TO REMOVE BARRIERS FOR PARTICIPATION.
NEXT SLIDE, BE HOLISTIC AND TACKLE ROOT CAUSE WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO PROBLEM SOLVE FOR? HOW DO WE FOLLOW THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY PUNITIVE AND HARM JUST TO CLEARLY FRAME AND DEVELOP THE SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONDUCT OR I'M SORRY, OR CONDUCT A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS AND IDENTIFY OPTIONS AND MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS THAT CAN ACHIEVE THE DESIRED OUTCOME.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE DIVEST FROM SYSTEMS ON ANALYZE THE PROJECT OR PROGRAM OR UNINTENDED NEGATIVE IMPACT AND OUTCOMES FOR THOSE MOST DIRECTLY HARM.
HAS THE COMMUNITY BEEN ENGAGED AT A DEEP AND MEANINGFUL LEVEL TO HELP IDENTIFY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE, HAVE MODELING BEEN CONDUCTED TO SEE ROUTES OF POTENTIAL NEGATIVE OUTCOMES WITH SOLUTIONS AND STRATEGIES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY.
HOW WILL YOU ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY COMMUNICATE AND EVALUATE RESULTS? DOES THIS PROJECT REPRESENT SUSTAINABILITY AND LONG-TERM THINKING IN THE FRAME TO JUST MITIGATE HARM OR WILL IT PROMOTE EQUITY AND MAKE THOSE HISTORICALLY MOST HARMED THAT ARE WRONG.
THESE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ANSWERED BY THE EQUITY OFFICERS.
WHAT ARE THE TOP CHALLENGES, BARRIERS WE ENCOUNTERED TO DELIVER THE SERVICES OR DEPLOYED SPECIFIC RESOURCES? DOES THE PROPOSAL DEMONSTRATE PROGRAM DESIGN AND DELIVERY THAT DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THE TOP CHALLENGES, BARRIERS YOU IDENTIFIED? WHAT DOES THE DATA TELL US ABOUT WHO'S MOST VULNERABLE AND THAT RISK TO THE SERVICER IS THE PROGRAM DESIGNED INTENTIONALLY TO DIRECTLY GET RESOURCES TO THOSE.
MOST OF OUR DATA DESEGREGATED BY RACE IN G AND J OR DATA DESEGREGATED BY RACE AND GEOGRAPHY AVAILABLE.
AND ARE YOU UTILIZING WHERE PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AND THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED A PART OF YOUR PROGRAM? DO YOU HAVE A MECHANISM TO GET CONSISTENT FEEDBACK FROM CLIENTS ON THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE TO COURSE CORRECT AS NECESSARY? THIS TELLS US, THIS TELLS US IS THE VENDOR REALLY UNDERSTANDS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE NUANCES, AND WHAT'S NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THE SERVICES EFFECTIVELY BENEFIT THOSE WHO USE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WHO ALREADY HAS ACCESS IS OVERSERVED OR BENEFIT? WHAT DOES THE PERSONNEL FOR THE DELIVERY OF THE SERVICES LOOK LIKE? ARE THEY COMPETENT IN CONNECTING TO THE POPULATION AS HIGH AS RISK? DO THEY HAVE COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS AND ARE TRULY ABLE TO, TO GET TO THOSE MOST IN NEED? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR THIS PROPOSAL? EXAMPLE MASKS ARE RECOMMENDED, BUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR BLACK MEN ALREADY THE SUBJECT OF FACE OR BALANCE EFFICIENT AND VIOLENCE? ARE THERE EXISTING NEGATIVE OUTCOMES OR DISPARITIES, I GUESS FOR THE POPULATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE PROPOSED GOALS OR PROCESSES IN THIS PROPOSAL AND WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES YOU INTEND TO CREATE OR IMPACT WITH THIS PROPOSAL OR PROCESS? NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO SINCE THE COUNCIL SEEMS TO LISTEN TO OLDER DEGREED, WHITE PEOPLE, I THOUGHT I'D BRING ONE UP.
I WOULD ASK THAT SAID INSANITY IS DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS.
IF WE CONTINUE TO INVEST AND REINVEST AND TRIPLE DOWN ON INVESTMENT IN HARMFUL MURDERING SYSTEM THAT HAVE BEEN WE'RE APPROACHABLE AT EVERY STEP OF THEIR EXISTENCE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO GET HARMFUL MURDEROUS RESULTS LAST SLIGHTLY.
I REALLY WANT TO FIRST JUST SLOW DOWN FOR THE INTERPRETERS AND REWORK.
WE ARE RUNNING ONLY ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEHIND OUR ORIGINAL PROPOSED AGENDA.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET
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TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS.AND AGAIN, I'M REITERATING THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ASKING QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK FOR THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND COME LATER AS WE REVISE AND, UH, TAKE ON COMMUNITY INPUT FROM SATURDAY AND FROM COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS THAT ALL THE WORKING GROUPS HAVE CONTINUED TO CONDUCT.
WE ARE GOING TO ALSO TAKE A FULL 10 MINUTES FOR OUR PROCESS QUESTIONS BECAUSE I KNOW FOLKS DO HAVE CONCERNS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED, UM, OR INTIMATED NOT ADDRESSED AT ALL.
UM, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, AS WE'RE SEEKING COMMUNITY INPUT, THAT WE'RE ENSURING THAT THE COMMUNITY TRUSTS THAT THEIR INPUT IS GOING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF IMPACT.
I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT USING THE FULL NAME OF THE GROUP, WHICH IS MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKING GROUP.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO INVITE EVERYONE TO PLEASE EITHER RAISE YOUR HAND, PHYSICALLY MAYA AND KELLY ARE ASSISTING ME IN LOOKING AT ALL OF THE IMAGES.
YOU CAN RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND LIKE THIS, OR DROP IN THE CHAT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, UH, PROCESS QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE FOUR GROUPS THAT JUST PRESENTED ANY TIME THAT WE HAVE LEFTOVER, UM, IN THIS 10 MINUTES I WILL OFFER TO, UM, AMANDA, IF YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ANY MORE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS.
I SEE CHARLES HAND CHASSE, HEY, I'M CHAZ MOORE WITH THE AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION, UM, DAVID, HIS FACE DISAPPEARED.
UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, YOUR PRESENTATION.
I GUESS THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU AND KATHY, CAUSE WE WORKED ON SOME PATROL STUFF TOO, AND WE, I THINK, AND I'M LOOKING AT KATHY, YOU CAN THUMBS UP THUMBS DOWN IF, IF I'M GETTING THIS INFORMATION WRONG, BUT I THINK WE AGREE WITH YOU ON A LOT OF THE, LIKE THE MOUNTED PATROL, THE CANINE STUFF.
UM, SO LIKE, LIKE JUST WONDERING, IS THERE A NEED FOR US TO LIKE PUT THAT RECOMMENDATION TOGETHER, UH, OR WHATEVER, OR WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO, I, I, I GUESS I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT, THAT WE ALSO, UM, SAW THOSE THINGS.
AND I THINK BECAUSE OF THE TIME CONSTRAINT, MAYBE KATHY DIDN'T GET INTO THE WEEDS OF THAT.
UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO ASK YOU, BUT, BUT I FORGOT, UM, OH, THE CADET, THE CADET CLASS.
SO WE KNOW CITY COUNCIL, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST QUITE HONESTLY UNDERCUT THE WORK WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING BY VOTING FOR THE CADET CLASS.
SO W SO THAT NUMBER THAT YOU PRESENTED IN THAT SLIDE IS THAT LIKE THE GENERAL COST OF A CADET CLASS, OR WHAT IS THAT GOING TO BE THE CAUSE OF THIS, UM, OF THIS PARTICULAR, UM, CADET CLASS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT OVERALL, I MEAN, IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
UH, LOOK, IF YOU HAVE AGREEMENT, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT LINE UP, THEN LINE UP WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING FOR MULTIPLE WORKING GROUPS TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT ANY RECOMMENDATION OR GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS, JOIN.
I THINK IT'S JUST LIKE A RECOMMENDATION BY RECOMMENDATION THING, BUT WE'RE ABSOLUTELY END OF THE DAY.
WE WANT AS MUCH HEFT BEHIND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE SUPPORT.
AND THEN I'M, I'M, I'M S I'M SORRY.
I JUST, I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE, ON THE CADET, THE CADET CLASS QUESTION.
WELL, WHAT WAS THAT THE COST OF THIS CADET CLASS THAT THEY APPROVED, UM, ANYWAY, OR IS THAT JUST LIKE THE GENERAL COST GENERAL, GENERAL COSTS, BUT GENERAL COFFERS THAT'S GENERAL COSTS FOR WHAT THEY HAD HERE MARKED IN THE BUDGET PER CADET CLASS, THE CADET CLASS THAT THEY JUST APPROVED AND OUR FACE WITH SPIT IN THE EYE WAS, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK ON THE CAPE OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL IT.
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IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO AMEND OUR RECOMMENDATION AND INSTEAD OF 10 DAYS YOU HAVE THE EQUITY OFFICE 30 DAYS, BECAUSE UPON SECOND THOUGHT THE MANUFACTURED SENSE OF URGENCY THAT TELLS US THAT WE HAVE TO GET SOMETHING DONE WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS OR 10 BUSINESS DAYS IS RIDICULOUS.AND IT'S HOW WE PERPETUATE HAN.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY AMEND OUR RECOMMENDATION OR OUR RECOMMENDATION WILL BE UPROOTING PUNITIVE AND HARMFUL CULTURAL INTER INTERSECTING SYSTEMS WORKING GROUP THAT THE EQUITY OFFICE BE GIVEN 30 DAYS TO REVIEW ANYTHING THAT THEY CHOOSE TO REVIEW FROM AGENDA.
YES, THAT WILL MAKE AGENDA ITEMS TAKE LONGER TO GET PUSHED THROUGH CITY COUNCIL.
BUT I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE SCENE NEEDS ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND I REALLY WANT TO REITERATE THAT THERE IS A VERY STRONG, UM, TENSION AND, UH, NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE, UH, UNDERMINING OF ALL OF OUR WORK, INCLUDING AS THE FACILITATOR.
UM, WHEN WE ARE TOLD, UH, THAT WE CERTAIN INFORMATION OR THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO RUSH, OR WE'RE GIVEN A TIMELINE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROCESS HAS THE INPUT OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH REQUIRES GOING SLOW IN ORDER TO MAKE IT AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN WE ARE, UH, RUSHED AT BEST.
SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE.
THIS IS NOT MY FAVORITE WAY OF FACILITATING, UM, AND RECOGNIZE THAT IT DOES ALSO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME WHEN THE MEETINGS EXTEND FOR SO LONG.
AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO STAY WITH US LATER.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BEDTIME FOR A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE, UM, PARENTING AND CARETAKING.
AND SO JUST WANT TO LIFT THAT UP AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT JESSICA, I SEE YOUR HAND.
AND THEN AFTER, UM, JESSICA, I SEE ALICIA.
YEAH, I WANT TO SAY SO I APPRECIATE DAVID BRINGING ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE.
UM, AND WE'VE ALL SEEN THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE PREVIOUS ACTIONS OF COUNSEL, IT'S, IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STUCK OUT TO ME DURING THE BOAT WAS THE WILLINGNESS TO TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH AND PUT TRUST IN APD.
BUT IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER BASED ON THE ACTIONS OF COUNCIL, THAT THE TASKFORCE WILL RECEIVE THAT SAME AMOUNT OF FAITH.
AND SO THAT SAID, UM, IF WE HAVE TIME, I'D LIKE TO READ A STATEMENT THAT THE TASK FORCE, SOME OF THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS PUT TOGETHER, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU, RC YOU'RE MUTED, ARTSY AT A TWO-STEP MUTING PROCESS, UNMUTING PROCESS.
DO YOU WANT TO READ THAT NOW? OR DO YOU WANT TO READ THAT DURING THE, UM, PROCESS QUESTIONS? IT'S YOUR CHOICE.
YEAH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THAT JUST AGAIN, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GETTING TOWARDS THE END AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAID, UM, SO WE, THE UNDERSIGNED MEMBERS OF THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE BELIEVE THAT BY VOTING TO PREMATURELY RESTART THE SCANDAL, PLAGUED AUSTIN POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY, PARTICULARLY AGAINST THE DIRECT RECOMMENDATION OF THE TASK FORCE AND IN ADVANCE OF THE RELEASE OF OUR OFFICIAL REPORT, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL HAS PUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS VULNERABLE TO POLICE VIOLENCE AND PERIL BY ALLOWING A TRAINING ACADEMY WITH A WELL-DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF RACISM, SEXISM, VIOLENCE, AND HUMILIATION TO TEACH AND CERTIFY NEW INDIVIDUALS TO PATROL THE STREETS OF AUSTIN PRIOR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND MULTIPLE CITIES SPONSORED REPORTS, AND WITHOUT ASSURANCE BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, THAT THE CURRICULUM HAS ACTUALLY BEEN TRANSFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANY RELATED COUNCIL DIRECTIVES CITY COUNCIL HAS DEMONSTRATED THEIR DISDAIN FOR THE TASK FORCE AND THEIR LACK OF COMMITMENT TO THE CONCEPT OF RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY.
THEY'VE ALSO PROVED THAT THE TASK FORCE LIKE SO MANY TASK FORCES BEFORE WAS DESIGNED TO GIVE THE APPEARANCE THAT THE CITY WAS WORKING TOWARD A GOAL.
IT HAD NO ATTENTION OF ACHIEVING AND WASTED THE TIME AND ENERGY OF MANY COMMITTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ADVOCATES, AND CITY STAFF.
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SO IN RESPONSE, WE DEMAND THAT AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL PUBLICLY RECOMMIT TO THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY PROCESS, CREATE AN ADHERE TO A BINDING PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TASK FORCE ARE A MEANINGFUL PART OF CITY.DECISION-MAKING ENSURE THAT EQUAL WEIGHT IS GIVEN TO TASKFORCE RECOMMENDATIONS AS THE INPUT PROVIDED BY OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AND CITY STAFF HOLD A SPECIAL PUBLIC CITY COUNCIL MEETING AFTER THE CITY BRINGS FORTH A PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND BEFORE CITY COUNCIL MEETS TO DISCUSS THAT BUDGET TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE TASKFORCE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH PUBLIC TESTIMONY, AUDIT THE TASK FORCE PROCESS SO FAR AND ENSURE THAT PARTICIPANTS CAN OFFER REFLECTIONS ON THE PROCESS AND HOW IT SHOULD BE ORGANIZED AND COMMIT TO AN ONGOING COMMUNITY PROCESS TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY BEYOND THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS.
THAT INCLUDES COMPENSATION FOR THE LABOR OF REGULARLY INVOLVED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS HARMED BY PUBLIC SAFETY PRACTICES AND WILLING TO GIVE INPUT REGARDING THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE.
THE STATEMENT WAS SIGNED BY ALICIA TORRES, AMANDA LEWIS, KATE GRAZIANI, CHAZ MOORE, CHRIS HARRIS, DAVID JOHNSON, HALEY EASILY, JESSICA JOHNSON, KATHY MITCHELL, MATTHEW SIMPSON, PRISCILLA HAIL SUE GABRIEL, PAULA ROJAS, AND RODNEY SIGNS.
YEAH, IT SITS A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A SHIFTING IN ENERGY, RIGHT? I ALMOST WANTED TO CREATE, BUT DEFINITELY WANT TO HOLD SPACE TO CENTER THAT, UM, THAT US CHOOSING TO EVERYBODY HAS SEEN THE AMAZING, UM, PRESENTATIONS THAT FOLKS HAVE MADE, RIGHT? THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TO IT.
THIS HAS BEEN IN ORDER TO PRESENT, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE THAT.
IT IS NOT WANTED, IT'S NOT TO IT.
IT'S MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE EMAILS BACK AND FORTH TO CD THE CITY ITSELF TO ASK FOR INFORMATION, RIGHT.
UH, FOR PEOPLE EVEN LIKE US, I HAVE THE TIME SOMETIMES TO DWELL INTO THIS, LIKE, TO MAKE SENSE OUT OF IT.
SO THIS WAS A LOT OF WORK, INTENTIONAL WORK, A LOT OF WORK, RIGHT? THAT THE ONE-ON-ONES THE SURVEY CREATION, THE LARGE LISTENING SESSIONS.
IT WAS A LOT OF WORK, UM, THAT, UH, IT REALLY FELT, AGAIN, OUR WORK WAS UNDERCUT AN ENTIRE MONTH BEFORE WE WERE EVEN ALLOWED TO PRESENT THIS.
AND WE WANTED TO SEND HER THAT AN OFFER, UH, UH, UM, A SPACE FOR COMMUNITY TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN THOUGH WE WERE FACED WITH THAT, WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE MAJORITY OF THIS TASK FORCE IS COMPOSED OF DIRECTLY IMPACTED PEOPLE LIKE ME.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE SCARED WHEN THE POLICE COP IS BEHIND ME.
AND THAT IS WHAT THIS RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, ARE HOLISTIC ARE NOT CENTURY POLICING US OR SAFETY BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WERE CHARGED TO DO.
AND SO BRINGING IT BACK THAT AS A MEMBER OF THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, I DID WANT TO ASK DAVID, UM, RIGHT.
I, HE PROVIDED A GOOD, REALLY GOOD WITH A LOT OF, OF NUMBERS, UM, RIGHT.
THAT, THAT, UM, I HOPE TO HAVE MORE TIME TO, TO DRILL INTO, BUT I DID SEE THAT IN ONE OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, DAVID, OR ONE OF THE SLIDES, RIGHT? YOU, YOU NAMED RECOMMENDATIONS ON EQUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
UM, AND I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU COULD EXPAND.
I THINK I SAW SOMETHING ON THERE ABOUT, UM, THE PURCHASE OF DRONES BY, BY APD WITH DONATED MONEY.
AND SO ALL THIS LABYRINTH OF EXTENSIONS OF WHERE APD GETS ITS MONEY FROM, RIGHT.
IT WAS A WHOLE OTHER ARM THAT WE AS TASK FORCE MEMBERS HAD TO ALSO LEARN ABOUT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO OFFER, COULD YOU EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON, ON THAT FOR ME, BECAUSE WHEN I'M THINKING DRONES, AND YOU MENTIONED A RUBRIC IN YOUR PRESENTATION, WHICH I WAS VERY, UM, APPRECIATIVE OF, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IN THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, RIGHT.
ERIC IS THE, UM, UM, THE, THE, THE PLACE WHERE IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT CALLS AND CAN CONFIRM MY ADDRESS AT ANY TIME.
AND APD, UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A, THIS IS HOSTED HERE IN AUSTIN.
ERIC IS, AND THEY HOLD, UM, ALL OF OUR INFORMATION AND THEY SHARE INFORMATION VERY FREELY.
AND SO I WAS APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP IN YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST EXPAND ON, ON THAT APD, DRONE, UM, YOU KNOW, EQUITY, UM, UM, RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU MADE OR THAT
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YEAH.UH, SO THE, ACTUALLY THREE PIECES IN THE EQUITY AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND EQUITY SECTION ON THAT SLIDE.
SO I'LL GO THROUGH THE THREE BRIEFLY AND I'LL END ON THE DRUM.
SO ONE IS THAT, UM, WE WANT ANY NEW CONTRACT OR ONE OF THE RENEWAL OVER $50,000.
WE, WE WANT IT TO PASS THROUGH THE EQUITY OFFICE THROUGH A REVIEW VERY MUCH LIKE THE ONE OUTLINED IN FRUITY, UH, PUNITIVE AND HARMFUL CULTURE AND INTERSECTING SYSTEMS WORKING GROUP.
AND WE WANT THE SCREEN, WE WANT THE SCREEN, THE POTENTIAL RENEWALS OR THE CONTRACTS WITH $50,000.
THE MORE PRIOR TO SOLICITING THE PRODUCT SERVICE AND RECEIVE COMMUNITY INPUT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC REEM POSTED 10 DAYS NOTICE BEFORE IT CAN BE APPROVED.
THE SECOND IS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THE COCKPIT, ANY CONTRACTS OR GRANTS SHOULD NOT BE SOLICITED IF IT RECEIVES A FAILING SCORE FROM THE EQUITY OFFICE AS A RESULT OF THAT REVIEW.
AND SO TO END ON THE ISSUE ABOUT DRONES, THE SECTION READ TO IN, OR IN THE NAME OF EQUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, WE NEED TO CREATE A MANDATORY EQUITY SCREENING PROCESS REQUIRING ALL POTENTIAL AP CONTRACTS, OVER $5,000 TO BE REVIEWED BY THE EQUITY OFFICE.
AND THE PROCESS RECOMMENDED BY THE UPBRINGING PEANUT IN THE HARMFUL CULTURE, WORKING GROUP B FOR APD IS ABLE TO ENTER INTO A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS, SOLICIT TO SOLICIT, UH, THE PRODUCT OR SUBMIT A GRANT FOR SERVICE.
AND WITH REGARD TO THE, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE, THE, THE DRONE IN EARLIER FLIGHT, I NAMED THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE USE OF THE USE TECHNICAL ABILITIES FUNCTION AND LOCATION OF ALL DRUNK.
AND IT NOTES THAT, UH, GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION DONATED 13 IMMEDIATE.
THEY DONATED 13 TO THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO WE ASKED THAT AP IMMEDIATELY CEASE USING THESE DRONES FOR VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND DELETE ANY FOOTAGE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT DATABASE.
SO TO SPEAK SINCE I'M OUT WITH THE GREATER AND GRAND COMMISSION.
AND CARRIE IS, I OFFERED CARRIE TO SPEAK ON THE DONATION OF 13 SURVEILLANCE.
UM, I, I SEE, UM, A QUESTION IN THE CHAT.
DAVID, CAN YOU JUST REITERATE, UM, WHICH GROUPS DONATED THE DRONES? I THINK IT WAS MISSED BECAUSE YOU WERE, AGAIN, SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT QUICKLY.
I DON'T WANT TO PRESSURE YOU IT'S, UH, IT'S UM, PROGRESS, NOT PERFECTION, RIGHT? WE'RE JUST ALL TRYING TO DO OUR BEST, EVERYONE ON THIS CALL, EVERYONE WATCHING LOVE AND LISTS, UM, THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION, WHICH IS A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE.
JERRY'S A REPRESENTATIVE, THEY DONATED 13 SURVEILLANCE ROOMS, SO AUSTIN POLICE.
SO THAT'S WHY I OFFERED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I CAN'T.
AND IS CARRIE CARRIE, ARE YOU WITH US, DID YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? WELL, UM, SO THE CRIME COMMISSION FOR MANY YEARS HAS HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY TO PROVIDE CHARITABLE OVERSIGHT FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO WANT TO PROVIDE, UH, DONATIONS TO THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, AND OTHER PUBLIC REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES.
I AM NOT AWARE OF SPECIFICALLY, UH, OF THE DONATION THAT, UH, UH, DAVID IS MENTIONING.
UH, CERTAINLY, UH, I'M NOT SURE THAT I WOULD CHARACTERIZE THEM AS SURVEILLANCE DRONES, UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO FIND OUT MORE AND REPORT BACK TO THE TASK FORCE ON THAT.
THANK YOU, CARRIE, I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT IN OUR NEXT STEPS.
AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UNFORTUNATELY, FOREGO THIS LAST BREAK AND WE WANTED TO MOVE INTO PROCESS QUESTIONS AND ALSO THE LOGISTICS AND, UM, TECHNICAL INFORMATION OF OUR SATURDAY COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION.
SO WITH THAT, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE, I DON'T WANT TO IGNORE THE FACT THAT JESSICA RAISED THIS LETTER, UM, AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT, UM, WHICH IS PART OF THE PROCESS QUESTIONS.
UM, CAN WE PUT A PIN IN THAT FOR JUST A MOMENT SO THAT WE CAN JUST TALK ABOUT SATURDAY VERY BRIEFLY.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, UM, TO GO OVER THE LOGISTICS AND TEST TECHNICAL
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ASPECT OF SATURDAY, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE PROCESS QUESTIONS.DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE? AND THAT'LL PUT US ABOUT, UH, 15 MINUTES OVER THE HOUR, ASSUMING THAT WE DON'T NEED MORE TIME.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA LEAN ON OUR, UH, CO-CHAIRS AS WELL AS OUR PRODUCTION TEAM AND THE MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKING GROUP TO GIVE US THE INFORMATION THAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS FOR SATURDAY'S COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION.
THIS IS PAULA, EH, CO-CHAIR AND REP FOR CCU, I GUESS I CAN JUST GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT.
AND THEN I THINK ALICIA, WOULD YOU WANT TO GIVE SOME OF THE INFO, UM, UH, ONE OF THE PIECES AS, AS WHAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP HERE, THERE'S A TENSION BETWEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY PROCESS AND, UH, UH, THE TIMELINE BEING, UH, A LOT FASTER THAN WHAT WE'D WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, TRUE PROCESS, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK WHAT, WHERE WE'VE LANDED AS A TASK FORCE FOR THIS ITERATION, BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO EVERYONE, THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING IT THIS WAY IS BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BEFORE THE MID-YEAR BUDGET, UH, REVIEW AND POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS OF THE MONEY THAT IS SITTING IN A SIDE POCKET FOR RE-IMAGINING AND DECOUPLING THAT COULD GO BACK TO APD, UM, DEPENDING ON HOW, WHAT DECISIONS ARE MADE IN THE MID-YEAR BUDGET CYCLE.
SO OUR INTENTION HAS BEEN TO FIND A WAY TO HAVE THE MOST REAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT POSSIBLE AND TO MEET THOSE, WHICH I HEAR COMING OUT, UM, MORE AND MORE THAT THIS WHOLE, ALL OF THESE DEADLINES ARE NOT REALISTIC TO THE TRUE KIND OF RE-IMAGINING THAT WE ARE WANTING TO DO, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO, WE WANT TO INFORM THIS PROCESS COMING UP.
SO ONE OF THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM THE MEETING AND FULL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GROUP WAS THAT THERE'D BE A CITY-WIDE LISTENING SESSION WHERE ANYONE COULD TUNE IN TO PARTICIPATE, AND THAT WE ARE USING THE VALUES OF THE TASK FORCE TO SAY, UH, WE ARE WEIGHING THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO'VE BEEN DIRECTLY HARMED BY POLICING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AS THE PRIORITY OF WHO THIS LISTENING SESSION IS FOR THIS SATURDAY.
UM, PAULA, I'LL JUST FOLLOW UP, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, WITH, UH, WITH THE PORN DETAIL THAT I THINK, UM, NECESSARY FOR, FOR FOLKS THAT ARE LISTENING TUNING IN STILL TO US TO KNOW IS PLEASE KNOW THAT THERE ARE, IF YOU'RE A PART OF IN YOUR ORGANIZATION, YOU CAN FOLLOW MANY OF THE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS HERE WHO ARE PUTTING OUT, UM, THE FACEBOOK, UM, GROUP, UM, EVENT, UM, WITH THERE'S.
IT IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE CITY TASKFORCE, UM, WEBSITE.
UM, IT IS, SO THE LISTENING SESSION WILL BE THIS SATURDAY FROM 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM.
IT IS, UH, GOING TO VB ASSUME.
HOWEVER, I WANT TO DEFINITELY UPLIFT THAT.
UM, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OFFER UP EITHER TESTIMONY, UM, HAVING TO DO WITH YOUR INITIAL FEEDBACK ON WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS WERE HEARD TODAY, OR IF YOU DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING THAT, THAT REALLY, UM, THAT ALLOWED YOU TO FEEL HEARD, PLEASE ALSO USE IT AS A SPACE TO PROVIDE YOUR OWN INPUT INTO THIS CONVERSATION.
UM, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INPUT VIA, UM, DIRECTLY BEING, PARTICIPATING IN THE SOUP, UM, CALL BY PRO YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE WRITTEN TESTIMONY.
YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE AUDIO, UM, TESTIMONY, UM, AND OR IF YOU WANT TO SUBMIT A VIDEO, ALL OF THOSE FORMS OF, OF TESTIMONY ARE, UH, WAYS OF PARTICIPATING OR ENGAGING OR CREATING TESTIMONY ARE AVAILABLE.
UM, AGAIN, IF YOU ARE NOT CONNECTED TO ONE OF THE TASKFORCE, UM, COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE ORGANIZATIONS HERE, UM, THERE IS, UH, YOU CAN ALSO GO TO GOING TO THE CITY, UM, FACEBOOK
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GROUP AND, UM, AND SEEK MORE INFORMATION, UM, THERE AS TO HOW TO, TO WHOM TO SEND YOUR TESTIMONY TO, UH, FOR THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS.UM, I HAVE SHARED AN EMAIL BEFORE THAT STATES, YOU KNOW, TO WHO YOU NEED TO SEND YOUR, TO WHOM YOU NEED TO SEND, UM, EMAIL AND SEND YOUR TESTIMONY.
THERE WILL BE, UM, UH, INTERPRETATION AVAILABLE.
SO IF YOU NEED LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
UH, WE WANT TO MAKE IT AS SUCCESSFUL AS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY AS POSSIBLE.
AND THE LAST THING I'LL MENTION THERE IS AGAIN, REALLY WANTING TO CREATE AND CENTER A SPACE FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN THE MOST HARMED BY THE VIOLENCE OF THE SYSTEMS, RIGHT? THE VIOLENCE OF, OF, OF POLICING, THE VIOLENCE OF BEING EXCLUDED FROM CONVERSATIONS, RIGHT? UH, THE, UM, WE WANT TO CENTER THOSE VOICES AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE ABOUT WHAT, HOW THEY HAVE FOUND SAFETY, RIGHT? IN, IN SYSTEMS IN WAYS THAT MAYBE WE ARE NOT, UM, THINKING OF, UM, RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THAT IS AGAIN, REIMAGINING WAS WHAT'S OURS.
IT WAS THE COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? SO WE REALLY WANT TO STILL HOLD AND MOVE WITH THAT VALUE.
SO PLEASE COME ON SATURDAY, SHARE, UM, YOUR, YOUR BRILLIANCE, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW WE CAN IN AUSTIN STILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UM, I DO WANT TO NAME THAT AS A TASK FORCE, WE DID PUSH, UH, FOR COMPENSATION TO BE MADE AVAILABLE.
WE ARE OFTEN ASKED AS, AS DIRECTLY IMPACTED PEOPLE TO SHARE OUR STORIES, SHARE, UM, OUR, OUR THOUGHTS AND OFTEN WITH, UM, WITH THE HOPE OF EVEN JUST BEING LISTENED, NOT REALLY HEARD, RIGHT.
AND SO, UM, IN HONORING AND IN TREND CHANGED CULTURE AND HOW THE CITY ENGAGES WITH US AS DIRECTLY IMPACTED PEOPLE, WE HAVE DEMANDED THAT THERE BE COMPENSATION FOR OUR TIME.
AGAIN, THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO STAY THE WHOLE TWO HOURS.
IF YOU WANT TO OFFER UP YOUR EXPERTISE VIA AUDIO, VIA WRITTEN TESTIMONY, UM, THERE WILL BE A COMPENSATION GIFT CARD, UM, WHICH WE WILL OFFER UP DETAILS AS TO HOW YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE IT, UM, RIGHT WITH YOU.
UM, BUT PLEASE, IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER OF ANY OF THE CURRENT TASKFORCE, UM, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HERE, UM, THE CITY, UM, WILL, YOU CAN ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UM, REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY WEBSITE AND FIND MORE INFORMATION THERE.
UM, SATURDAY, SATURDAY BE ASSUME 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM.
I HOPE THAT WAS AS CLEAR AND CONCISE AS POSSIBLE.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST LET US KNOW.
THANK YOU, ALISHA, JUST SLOWING DOWN FOR A MOMENT.
CAUSE THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR OUR INTERPRETERS AND PERHAPS SOME OF THE MOST RELEVANT FOR OUR SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION.
UM, WE ALSO WANT TO CONFIRM, UM, VALERIE OR DECOREY, UM, THAT THE MEETING ON SATURDAY WILL BE, UH, ALSO INTERPRETED WE WILL HAVE ASL INTERPRETERS.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE NOW INTO IT, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE FROM OUR CO-CHAIRS OR ANY OF THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE PROCESS QUESTIONS, COME BACK TO, UM, THE STATEMENT THAT JESSICA READ AND, UM, REALLY, I JUST WANT TO INVITE, UM, PARTICULARLY THE FOLKS WHO ARE, UM, MEMBERS OF THE CITY STAFF TO REALLY WELCOME, RIGHT? LIKE I THINK THAT THERE IS A BAROMETER THAT'S BEING OFFERED HERE FOR THIS PROCESS, AND I REALLY WANT TO HONOR, UM, THE PASSION AND THE ENERGY.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE SHARING, UM, AND I'M, I'M IMPRESSED THAT FOLKS CONTINUE TO DO THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT EVERYONE HAS DONE TO OFFER THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS.
UM, AND SO I REALLY WANT TO INVITE, UM, ALL OF US WHO ARE CHARGED WITH LISTENING TO REALLY LISTEN AND HEAR NOT ONLY THE WORDS OF, UM, THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS, BUT THE, JUST THE FAITH THAT THEY CONTINUE TO PUT INTO THIS CONVERSATION.
UM, DESPITE THE ACTIONS, NOT ONLY OF THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT OF CITY GOVERNMENT.
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SO SAY IF I GO TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, UM, I'M SORRY, NERD, UH,UM, I, I WANT TO SHARE HEARING BACK THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE PRELIMINARY BECAUSE YOU ARE WANTING TO GET MORE INPUT FROM COMMUNITY.
BUT PERSONALLY SPEAKING PERSONALLY, I WILL SAY I'M THRILLED TO SEE THE LEVEL OF DETAIL AND THESE RECOMMENDATIONS MOVE FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, I REFLECT WHEN WE STARTED THIS WORK, WE WERE CONCERNED ON A, WHETHER WE WERE MOVING TOO FAST, WHETHER WE NEEDED MORE TIME.
I KNOW I HAVE OFTEN SAID THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE, UH, AT A PACE AND WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO COUNCIL, BUT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU ON A PERSONAL LEVEL THAT MY CONCERN, WHEN WE STARTED THIS WORK, HAVING SEEN SOME REPORTS COME OUT FROM SIMILAR TASK FORCE IN OTHER CITIES, RIGHT.
THAT IT WAS WHAT I SAW FROM OTHER CITIES.
AND I DON'T WANT TO GET IN TOO MUCH TROUBLE WITH THEM, RIGHT, IS THAT THEY WERE SO GENERAL.
AND WHAT I'M SEEING IS REALLY SPECIFICITY AND A VERY DETAILED, THOUGHTFUL PLAN OF ACTION AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE TANGIBLE.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THOSE CONTINUE TO BE DEVELOPED AND TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT THERE'S, THERE'S JUST BEAUTY IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I AM HEARING BROUGHT FORWARD.
AND SO JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE BRINGING TOWARDS THAT.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, PAULA AND BRIAN HAVE ASKED IF WE COULD HAVE TWO HOURS AT THE 20TH, APRIL 20TH WORK SESSION TO BRING FORWARD THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS.
AND WE, UH, HAVE CONFIRMED THAT WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, WE KNOW THAT STAFF WILL BE PUTTING FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE DECOUPLING, UH, SORT OF MOVEMENT.
SOME OF THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE MOVEMENTS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, BUT REALLY WANT TO SAY, HAVE SPACE AND CREATE SPACE FOR THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS TO PRESENT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FULLY AND THEN ENGAGE IN COUNCIL BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS REALLY ARE POLICY QUESTIONS.
UH, AND WE REALLY NEED TO HEAR THAT CONVERSATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO KNOW THAT WE ARE MAKING AND CREATING THAT SPACE FOR THE ENTIRE TASK FORCE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN I, I WILL SAY ON THE CADET CLASSES, RIGHT, I APPRECIATE AND HAVE HEARD FROM, UH, SEVERAL TASK FORCE MEMBERS, THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT AS WE MOVED FORWARD.
UM, I WILL SAY ON A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE, I THINK I HAVE TRIED TO BE AS UPFRONT AS I CAN.
I, I RECALL HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL IN JANUARY AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT I DIDN'T MISREPRESENT THAT STAFF COULD BRING SOMETHING FORWARD.
UM, WE DID NOT KNOW UNTIL WE GOT CROW'S RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT THE TIMELINE WOULD BE, AND EVEN AS RECENT AS OUR LAST, UH, COMMUNITY CITY TASK FORCE MEETING, I DID NOT KNOW ON WEDNESDAY THAT WE WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITH SUCH A BLUEPRINT.
AND SO I WILL CONTINUE TO BE AS HONEST AS I CAN WITH YOU.
AND WHAT I WILL ALSO SAY IS THAT I APPRECIATE THE STATEMENT THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD.
AND WE'LL, UH, AS SOON AS WE HAVE A COPY OF THAT, THAT'S THE OFFICIAL COPY.
I WILL SEND THAT TO ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TO THE CITY MANAGER SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS, UH, WHERE, UH, SOME OF YOU STAND WITH THAT.
UM, AND I'M SURE THAT WE WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT AT THE 20TH MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF MY CITY COLLEAGUES WANT TO ADD, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT OUT.
I, I WANTED, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND WOULD YET OF, OF THE INTEREST AND EXCITEMENT OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE CONCRETE.
AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE ARE SHARING A LOT OF US, MANY WHO ARE NOT IN OUR TASK FORCE, RIGHT.
BUT OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE ALL WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING IN ADDITION TO US, WE'RE VOLUNTEERING, UM, HAVE PUT SO MUCH INTENTION INTO IT.
I THINK WHAT, WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS JUST SKIP OVER TO TALK ABOUT THE 20TH, WITHOUT A RECOGNITION OF A BREAK OF TRUST THAT REALLY OCCURRED AROUND THE CADET CLASS.
UM, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE, THE ACTUAL CONTENT OF WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THE PROCESS OF
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HOW IT HAPPENED.AND I THINK, UM, THE STATEMENT IS VERY CLEAR AND POWERFUL.
AND BEFORE A CITY COUNCIL VOTED ON THE CADET CLASS, THERE WAS ANOTHER STATEMENT, A LETTER THAT MYSELF AND BRIAN HAS COACHERS WROTE TO CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WAVING A FLAG LIKE BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, CAN, CAN YOU PLEASE NOTE THAT SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED HERE, UM, THAT WE HAVE, UH, DISCUSS THE CADET CLASS THAT WE VOTED ON IT, THAT WE HAD VERY SPECIFIC, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT IT.
AND THAT W YOU KNOW, BEFORE THERE WAS STILL TIME FOR, FOR CITY COUNCIL TO, UH, CRITICALLY ENGAGE WITH US, AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND SO I THINK FOR ME AS A CO-CHAIR AND, UH, YOU KNOW, A REP FOR THE COMMUNITY, UH, SIDE OF IT, I KNOW THAT MANY OTHER TASK FORCE MEMBERS, INCLUDING MYSELF HAVE BEEN FEELING LIKE, SHOULD WE EVEN CONTINUE IN THIS PROCESS? BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE THE PROCESS MIGHT NOT HAVE INTEGRITY.
AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO REPAIR THE PROCESS.
AND I THINK THERE THERE'S REALLY, UM, CONCRETE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE STATEMENT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD AS IS, IS, IS WHAT I FEEL IN MY OWN BONES, BUT ALSO WHAT I SENSE FROM, FROM OUR TASKFORCE.
YEAH, I DEFINITELY, UM, THIS IS AMANDA.
SHE HEARD, UM, I, I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CADET CLASS, CAUSE I TOO, UM, WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ASSURED THAT OUR LABOR MATTERS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT MY WORKING GROUP, UM, RIGHT BEFORE THE CADET VOTE WAS ASKING, LIKE, WHY EVEN ASK SURVIVORS WHAT THEY WANT.
LIKE IT, IS IT, IS IT A VIOLATION OF, YOU KNOW, OR IS IT HONEST OF US TO SAY THAT THEIR VOICE MATTERS WHEN THE CITY IS JUST GOING TO DO WHAT IT WANTS TO DO WITHOUT THEIR INPUT? UM, SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO, I MEAN, I THINK WE HAVE GREAT INVESTED PEOPLE IN OUR WORKING GROUPS.
AND I THINK FOR ME PERSONALLY, WHAT I SAW WAS THIS, WELL, DOES IT EVEN MATTER? WHY SHOULD I DO THIS SURVEY? YOU KNOW, WHY SHOULD I, UM, KIND OF OPEN UP THIS TRAUMA IF, UM, IF THE CITY'S JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT IT WANTS TO DO WITHOUT, BUT THAT THEIR INPUT.
SO I THINK IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE FEEL THEY NEED TO ENGAGE IN, WE NEED, I SHARE IT SAYS FROM COUNCIL.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY, I REALLY, REALLY WISH THAT I COULD SHARE MORE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE OF SAID ENGAGEMENT, UM, AND THE COMMUNITY, THE YELLOWS OR RECOMMENDATION.
SO, UM, I DO THINK THINKING OF, I DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS, IF WE'RE VOTING ON RECOMMENDATIONS OR IF WE'RE KIND OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS WHOLE MENU, UM, I WOULD, I WOULD THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY HEAR THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE, UM, GO FORTH IN THE WORKING GROUP.
SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I SEE PRISCILLA AND DAVID AND CARRIE, AND THEN I'M GOING TO ASK JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE, UH, WE'VE, WE'RE ALMOST AT EIGHT 30 TO JUST BE MINDFUL.
UM, I WONDER IF THERE'S EVEN LIKE AN EXTENSION OF THIS PROCESS THAT WE NEED TO ASK FOR.
UM, I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT, UM, THE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CADET CLASS WAS, UM, IN MY OPINION, A WIELDING OF POWER AND, UM, WHAT IT SHOWED US IS THAT, UM, THAT THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE KICKBACK FROM, FROM, FROM RECOMMENDATIONS, RIGHT.
FROM BEING CALLED OUT ABOUT SOMETHING.
AND SO WHEN THE LETTER GOES OUT AND THEN THOSE WHO HAVE THE POWER, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT'S LIKE, WELL, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU.
AND SO, UM, THAT WAS REFLECTED VERY WELL.
AND WE JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT IT WAS DULY NOTED, UM, TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT OFTEN WHEN IT'S, WHEN, UM, WE'RE APPROACHED ABOUT WHY FOLKS DON'T PARTICIPATE OR WHY WE DON'T TRUST THE SYSTEMS. AND I WOULD JUST SAY THE WILTING OF THAT POWER AND LIKE THE STROKE OF A PEN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SORT OF LIKE PUTTING
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US AND OUR COMMUNITIES ON NOTICE.AND, UM, AND, AND WE NOTED THAT.
AND SO WE JUST NEED TO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT KNOWN, UM, FROM SOMEBODY WHO IS FROM THIS COMMUNITY WHO WAS AT, WHO HAS EXPERIENCED, UM, POLICE HARASSMENT, UM, FROM MY GENDER PRESENTATION, NEVER GOTTEN A TICKET, UM, AND BEEN PULLED OVER.
AND SO I JUST WANT THAT TO BE NOTED, UM, THAT WE, WE SAW YOU.
DAVID JOHNSON, GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP, MY PRONOUNS, UM, DURING, UH, I WANTED TO THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'VE BEEN, YOU'VE BEEN VERY LIKE LOOK BLACK FOLKS KNOW WHEN CAN TELL WHEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE BEING MADE TO DO THINGS.
WE CAN SEE IT BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR, IN OUR LEGACY BROWN FOLKS WHO WE KNOW WE CAN SMELL IT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE WAS FORCED TO DO SOMETHING.
SO BE VERY CLEAR WHEN YOU SAY WE AND I, AND I KNOW YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT WE, THE, THE, THE CITY MANAGER'S DEPARTMENT, I JUST WANT TO NAME THAT.
IT HAS TO BE WE, AS FAR AS THE CITY MANAGER'S DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU AREN'T GOING TO BE WITH THIS DEPARTMENT LONG BECAUSE YOU, YOU HAVE, YOU'RE MOVING ON TO BETTER, TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS AND JUSTIFY GREATLY IN PART, BECAUSE OF YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROCESS.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE GONE AND YOUR BLACK IDENTITY, YOUR GRANDMOTHER, YOUR WORD, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR WORDS OF ACCURACY AND TRUTH, WHEN YOU'RE NOT HERE TO AT LEAST STAND UP AND SAY, HEY, WE HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THIS.
WHEN WE TALKED TO YOU WEDNESDAY, WE HAD NO IDEA ABOUT IT.
WE FOUND OUT FRIDAY, WITHOUT YOU SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER FROM YOUR POSITION, WHAT MECHANISM IS THERE IN PLACE TO GUARANTEE THAT SPENCER DOESN'T CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING THAT HE'S BEEN DOING? HE'S ALREADY BEEN DOING IT WITH ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS IN PLACE.
SO I HAVE TO ASK, LIKE, WHAT ARE WE TO DO WHEN THE WE NO LONGER INCLUDES YOU? THANK YOU, DAVID, CARRIE, AND THEN ALICIA, THIS IS CARRIE ROBERTS WITH THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HONORED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS WORK GROUP FOR THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS.
WE SUPPORTED RESTARTING THE CADET CLASSES.
I THINK THAT IT HAS BEEN, UM, THAT THE WORK OF BOTH THE CITY STAFF AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN MIS-CHARACTERIZED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
UH, AS I SAID TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THE DAY OF THAT VOTE, AND I'LL REPEAT AGAIN, HERE TODAY, THERE HAS BEEN AT NO TIME, A WORKING GROUP OF THIS TASK FORCE DEVOTED TO THE TRAINING ACADEMY.
AND SO IF THERE WAS NO OTHER CONTEXT FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER MAKING THAT DECISION, EXCEPT FOR THE SEVEN REPORTS THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE, AND THE WORK MOST RECENTLY DONE BY CRUEL ASSOCIATES TO MAKE THAT DECISION, THEN THEY HAD, THEN THEY HAD TO, THEY CONSIDERED THAT DECISION IN LIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAD.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S DISINGENUOUS TO SUGGEST THAT THIS TASK FORCE WOULD HAVE THEN, OR ANY TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE MADE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT TRAINING ACADEMY CURRICULUM THAT WOULD HAVE ENABLED US TO BEGIN A CADET TRAINING AGAIN IN AUSTIN, CARRIE, OUR ONLY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE PASSED WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE CADET CLASS.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS TRUE THAT FLAG THAT WELL I'LL FLAG AMANDA FOR YOU AND BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT.
WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE FIVE CRITERIA THAT THE TASK FORCE SUGGESTED, UH, FOR STOPPING THE CADET CLASSES.
AND I HAVE A COPY OF IT RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ME, AS A MATTER OF FACT, AND OF THOSE FIVE CRITERIA THAT THE, UH, CADET THAT THE TASK FORCE PUT FORTH FOR THE CADET CLASS, ARGUABLY FOUR OF THEM HAVE BEEN MET.
AND THE FIFTH, WHICH WAS ABOUT DISPARATE, UH, TREATMENT, UH, IN TRAFFIC STOPS IS SOMETHING THAT'S PROBABLY OUTSIDE COMPLETELY THE WORK OF THE TRAINING ACADEMY AND WILL ONLY IMPROVE BY BRINGING NEW CADETS INTO THE ACADEMY AND IMPROVING POLICE CULTURE WITH NEW MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M GONNA ASK THAT, UM, WE JUST HAVE TWO MORE SPEAKERS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CLOSE OUT.
UM, WE DO HAVE INTERPRETERS WHO WERE COMMITTED ONLY THROUGH 8:00 PM.
AND SO I WANT TO HONOR AND RESPECT THEIR TIME.
I SEE ALICIA AND CHAZ, AND THEN WE WILL
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CLOSE.WELL, LET ME, LET ME MAKE ONE, I'M SORRY, CARRIE, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU NOT TO, TO JUST HONOR THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE'RE SO CLOSE TO CLOSING.
WE HAVE TWO MORE SPEAKERS AND ONLY FOUR MINUTES.
I'VE HONORED THE PROCESS FOR SEVEN MONTHS.
AND SO I WILL SAY THIS BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY ACCUSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THE COUNCIL DID YOU GO BACK AND LOOK SPECIFICALLY, EVERYONE HAS, HAS SPOKEN THEIR VOICE.
CARRIE, JUST LET THESE TWO PEOPLE GO BEFORE WE LOSE OUR INTERPRETERS, PLEASE, THE COUNCIL CAN DEFEND THEMSELVES TOO.
WELL, I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHOSE VOICES ARE BEING SILENCED HERE.
UM, I WANT TO, UM, I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH, UH, CREATING SPACES FOR OUR COMMUNITY VOICE TO BE HEARD BY ASKING THAT THE TASK FORCE, UM, I I'M PRESENTING A RECOMMENDATION, UM, IN, IN PROPOSAL FOR A VOTE, UM, IN LIGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT YES, THIS TASKFORCE WORK WILL CONTINUE.
UM, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, UM, SPENCER CRUNK, UM, OUR CITY MANAGER TO ACTUALLY BE PRESENT ON SATURDAY, UM, AND LISTEN TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, RIGHT.
UM, I'M SARAH LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO OFFER US FOR US TO PROPOSE AND VOTE ONE FIRST, OUR CITY MANAGERS, SPENCER CON, TO BE PRESENT, UM, DURING OUR LRP COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION.
UM, WE HAVE NOW HAD, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MEETINGS AND HE HAS NOT BEEN PRESENT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS PERSONS FROM OTHER, UM, CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE ARE SO CLOSE TO THE END OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED RECOMMENDATIONS.
I THINK THAT IT IS, UM, ESSENTIAL RIGHT FOR, UH, FOR, FOR US, UM, FOR HIM TO BE THERE.
AND THEN I WILL ALSO ATTACH TO THAT, THAT, UM, PAULA LIFTED UP, UH, UPLIFTED AND I, SOMEBODY CONFIRMED THAT WE WILL HAVE A TWO HOUR MEETING TO PRESENT THIS RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.
I DO NOT KNOW HOW THAT MEETING, IF THAT MEETING WILL BE PRIVATE CLOSED OPEN.
SO THERE'S A WAY TO ENSURE THAT THAT MEETING IS AS OPEN AS POSSIBLE.
WHEN WE, AS A TASK FORCE ARE ABLE TO COLLECTIVELY PRESENT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, FOR IT TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO I WANT TO PROPOSE A VOTE ON THAT, IF THAT IS POSSIBLE ALEXIA, I'M SORRY, SINCE THAT'S, UM, FURTHER DOWN IN THE PROCESS, CAN I ASK YOU TO JUST DO THE FIRST PROPOSAL AND THEN WE CAN, UM, VOTE ON THE OTHER PIECE NEXT WEEK WHEN WE MEET ON THE 15TH.
SO THEY WILL, IF THERE'S ANOTHER MEETING WHERE WE CAN PUT THAT INTO PLACE AND IT IS WE'RE MEETING NEXT THURSDAY AND IT'S LOGISTICAL STILL POSSIBLE.
AND SO THE ONLY PROPOSAL THAT I'M BRINGING FORTH IS FOR US AS A COLLECTIVE TASK FORCE TO VOTE ON, UM, DEMANDING THAT OUR CITY MANAGERS, PISSER, CRANK BE PRESENT AT OUR LISTENING SESSION ON SATURDAY, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SECOND MY MOTION SECONDED.
AND IF WE WOULD LIKE TO VOTE THAT THE MANAGER BE PRESENT SATURDAY AT THE LISTENING SESSION AND NEXT THURSDAY AT OUR, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT HE, HE DOES SEE THESE AND HE DOES WATCH THESE.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS AVAILABILITY IS, BUT HAPPY TO SHARE THAT AND, UM, HAVE THIS MOVE FORWARD AND, AND IT IS, UH, HE WILL BE PRESENT AT THE 20TH LET'S UH, GO AHEAD AND WE HAVE, UH, THE MOTION SECONDED.
CAN WE VOTE? AYE, CAN YOU REPEAT IT FOR ME PLEASE? PAULA, CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR AMENDED MOTION? EH, YES.
A VOTE, UH, TO, UH, RECOMMEND THAT CITY MANAGER, SPENCER CRUNK ATTEND THE LISTENING SESSION ON SATURDAY AND THE NEXT FULL TASK FORCE MEETING NEXT THURSDAY, APRIL 15TH, CORRECT.
WE'RE GOING TO LOSE MY INTERPRETERS.
UM, AND I JUST NEED A CHECK FROM THE PRODUCTION TEAM THAT Y'ALL ARE RECORDING THE VOTE WELL, OR YOU MIGHT BE MUTED.
THAT WOULD BE FOR, UM, CHARLOTTE AND
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PATRICIA, BUT I COUNT SIX HANDS RAISED.THIS IS CARRYING THE VIRTUAL HANDS RAISING.
IF YOU CAN RAISE FOR VIRTUAL HANDS, I'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, TELE THANK YOU.
ANY OPPOSED, PLEASE? UH, LOWER ALL THE HANDS.
WE'LL LOWER ALL THE HANDS FIRST.
AND THEN I'LL CALL FOR OPPOSITION.
HALEY WILL NOTE THAT THERE WAS A VOTE FOR, IN THE CHAT LAST CALL FOR ANY OPPOSED.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I DON'T THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE A VOTE.
I THINK THAT THIS COULD HAVE JUST BEEN A REQUEST BY THE CHAIRS TO SPENCER.
AND SO I THINK THAT THIS VOTE IS NECESSARY.
SO NOW THAT WE'VE MOVED FROM THAT BOAT, UM, I DID WANT US TO CLOSE OUT TO HONOR AND RESPECT THE INTERPRETER'S TIME.
UM, I WANT TO BRIEFLY MENTION THAT WE HAD, UM, I WAS, I WAS THE LAST PERSON THAT HEARD IT.
I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU AND I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND.
UM, AND I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, I'VE CUT MY CAMERA ON.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO UNDERSTAND THAT A PRIMARY REASON THIS TASK FORCE DIDN'T HAVE A GROUP TO DISCUSS THE CADET TRAINING WAS BECAUSE WHILE WE WERE DOING THIS, THE CITY HAD A PARALLEL PROCESS GOING WITH OTHER COMMUNITY FOLKS THAT SPENT A VERY LONG TIME LOOKING AT ASPECTS OF THE CADET TRAINING.
IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS LEFT THAT PROCESS BECAUSE THEY FELT UNSAFE.
UM, THEY FELT LIKE THEY WOULDN'T TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY.
AND WHILE THAT WAS GOING ON, WE AS A TASK FORCE DECIDED, UM, NOT, NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT ALL OF US, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS A MAJORITY VOTE TO SUPPORT NO CADET CLASSES.
ALSO WANT TO KNOW THAT A MAJORITY OF WHAT THOSE OTHER COMMUNITY FOLKS SAID IN THAT PROCESS SAID, THERE IS NO REASON THAT CADET CLASSES SHOULD CONTINUE.
SO, YOU KNOW WHAT CARRIE IS ACTUALLY RIGHT? UM, TH TH TH THE, THE CITY DIDN'T JUST LIKE US, THEY S THEY, THEY SWIPE IT TO INDIVIDUAL POCKETS OF COMMUNITY FOLKS THAT SAID, THERE'S NO ROOM.
THERE'S NO REASON THERE'S NO RHYME FOR CADET CLASSES TO CONTINUE.
I JUST WANT THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT, LIKE I NEED, AND I'M GLAD IT'S ON RECORD.
THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A COMPLETELY NOTHER PROCESS FOR THAT, IN WHICH THOSE, THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, JUST LIKE THE COMMUNITY FOLKS HERE SAID, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR KID FUCKING DEBT CLASSES IN THE CITY WENT WITH THAT AS WELL.
I JUST THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO JUST REITERATE THAT WE HAVE A FEW NEXT STEPS.
ONE, UM, IS, UH, FOR CITY STAFF TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE WORKING GROUPS HAVE SHARED ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CO-CHAIRS WILL SEND OUT A TEMPLATE FOR, UM, THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE FINALIZED THAT WILL BE SEPARATE, BUT THE URGENT MATTER IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ON THE WEBSITE OF THE TASK FORCE, A WAY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE SNIPPETS OF THIS MEETING, UM, WHERE EACH WORKING GROUP IS BEING GIVEN
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IS GIVING THE RECOMMENDATIONS.SO I JUST WANT TO AFFIRM AND ASK WHO ON THE CITY SIDE IS THAT THE PRODUCTION TEAM IS THAT THE EQUITY OFFICE.
SO OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS DOING THAT.
AND AS SOON AS THIS ENDS, THEY WILL START TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
SO WE CAN EXPECT THAT TOMORROW.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A TIMEFRAME ON THAT, BUT, AND MAYBE ALICIA KNOWS BETTER, BUT WE WILL SEND A NOTE TO THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS AS WE GET THAT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE, WE HAVE THE CITY MANAGERS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE WE'LL HAVE THAT IDEALLY IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
AND I'M SORRY, THIS IS ALICIA WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE.
AND I DID NOT MEAN TO JUMP IN OUR SEAT, BUT I WANTED TO ADD THIS ELEMENT TO THE DISCUSSION.
UM, WE DO HOPE TO HAVE THAT BY FRIDAY.
UM, IT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO ENCODE THE VIDEO AND RECORD THE SNIPPETS.
SO I WANT TO HONOR OUR COMMITMENTS.
UM, SO 24 HOURS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF A STRETCH IF WE CAN DO IT IN 24, WE WILL.
UM, BUT WE'LL ENDEAVOR TO, UM, DEFINITELY HAVE IT BY THE END OF DAY FRIDAY, FOR SURE.
APPRECIATE THAT, ALICIA, THIS IS KELLY.
UH, UM, I WAS GOING TO SAY, ALICIA, MAYBE WE CAN TO GET YOU THE, UM, ACTUAL RECOMMENDATIONS CAUSE AMANDA, DIDN'T GET TO SHARE EVERYTHING.
UM, AND THEN CARRIE ALSO DIDN'T GET TO REALLY SHARE EVERYTHING THAT WAS FLUSHED OUT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING ON PAPER FOR YOU ALL TO, OH, THAT'D BE FANTASTIC.
AND JUST ALICIA, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS.
I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT END OF DAY, FRIDAY, DOESN'T GIVE US 24 HOURS BEFORE THE COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION.
I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S POSSIBLE EARLIER IN THE DAY ON FRIDAY.
SO WHAT I CAN REASONABLY ASSUREDLY PROMISE IS THAT WE CAN HAVE THE LINK TO THE FULL VIDEOS, UM, IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
UM, WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING HOWEVER, IS HAVING THE ABILITY TO HYPERLINK TO THE INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS OF, UM, UH, OF THE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE WORK GROUPS.
AS I SAID, WE'LL ENDEAVOR TO DO THAT.
AND IF THE PROCESS GOES FASTER, WE'LL TRY OUR BEST TO DO THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE IN CASE THERE ARE ANY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, WHICH SOMETIMES WE ENCOUNTER.
SO, UM, AS SOON AS THIS MEETING IS OVER, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL START WORKING ON THAT PROCESS TO GET THAT DONE, TO GET IT UPLOADED INTO ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS, WHICH I WILL NOT BORE YOU WITH.
UM, SO WE CAN GIVE THAT WE CAN, WE CAN BEGIN THAT PROCESS.
SO OUR HOPE IS OUR BEST CASE SCENARIOS.
WE CAN HAVE IT UP BY THIS TIME TOMORROW, WHICH IS WITHIN 24 HOURS.
UM, BUT ONE TO HOLD SPACE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT BY FRIDAY.
WE'RE GOING TO NOW, GIVEN THAT WE'RE AT THAT TIME, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PENDING QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WE WILL MEET AGAIN NEXT THURSDAY.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, HONOR THE TIME OF OUR INTERPRETERS AND CLOSE NOW.
UM, AND I WILL JUST DROP THE LINK TO THE MEETING EVALUATION IN THE CHAT AND ASK FOLKS TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THAT LINK TO EVALUATE THE MEETING.
AND I'LL SHARE THAT ALSO WITH ANYONE WHO MAY BE, UM, OBSERVING OUTSIDE OF THE TASK FORCE.
SO THAT GOES TO ALL PANELISTS AND ATTENDEES, A THREE QUESTION EVALUATION FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
UM, WE, WE AUTOMATICALLY TOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE LAST TASK FORCE MEETING AND MADE CHANGES.
SO THE FEEDBACK IS IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE, AND I REALLY STRESS, UM, THAT WE TAKE EVALUATION SERIOUSLY IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EACH MEETING.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING, UM, ENDEAVOR, I WILL SAY, AND WE'VE GONE 40 MINUTES OVER AND IT'S MY COMMITMENT TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR NEXT MEETING WE DO BETTER ON FACING THESE TIME CHALLENGES.