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SO, UM, MAY 7TH, I SEE 10:07 AM.
[CALL TO ORDER]
AND CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.THIS IS OUR DEBRIEF MEETING FOR THE WINTER STORM TASK FORCE AND THE FIRST STEP ON THE AGENDA.
WELL, FIRST LET ME ASK, ARE THERE ANY CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS, PATRICIA.
WE HAD ONE PERSON SIGN UP, BUT THEY HAVE NOT CALLED IN, SO WE'RE GOOD TO CONTINUE.
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 29, 2021 ]
THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR MAY 7TH MEETING.SO LOOKS ONE OF A COUPLE OF MOMENTS TO LOOK AT THAT AND THEN WE'LL CALL IT FEEDBACK.
I MOVE, WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
I JUST FIND THAT MAYBE I'M SURE I'VE GOT THE WRONG.
I THINK I HAVE THE WRONG AGENDA OF THE FIVE 14 AGENDA.
UH, CAUSE IT SAYS LIKE START THE LISTENING SESSION.
WE'RE NOT DOING THAT WHEN WE GO BACK, MAKE SURE I GOT THE RIGHT PATRICIA.
I HAVE, UH, A PLETHORA OF EMAILS FROM YOU, SO LET'S TRY TO FIND IT.
[2. a. Discuss Listening Session input and plan for next Listening Sessions. ]
TO DISCUSS THE LISTENING SESSION.SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THAT.
UM, I WAS ALSO JUST TRYING TO CONNECT WITH SERITA AT THE SAME TIME HERE.
SO, UM, LET'S JUST OPEN IT UP TO THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS HERE.
FEEL FREE TO OFFER ANY FEEDBACK, INSIGHTS, UM, OR EVEN SUGGESTIONS.
IF WE WANT TO CHANGE UP ANYTHING ABOUT THE FORMAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WAS TAKING OFFICIAL NOTES.
IS THAT, WAS THAT HAPPENING? UM, I BELIEVE THAT WAS MY ROLE.
I DID TAKE PRETTY EXTENSIVE NOTES.
UM, I HAVE IT ALL IN A GOOGLE DOC.
UM, IT'S ABOUT SIX PAGES WORTH OF, UM, FROM THE TESTIMONIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I DO HAVE THAT, UM, THAT I CAN TAKE US THROUGH.
UM, CAUSE I HAVE NOTES FOR EACH OF THE FOUR SPEAKERS THAT WE HAD, UM, OR I CAN SHARE IT WITH FOLKS OVER EMAIL REALLY QUICKLY.
JEFFREY, MAYBE YOU SHARE THE DETAILS THROUGH EMAIL, SEND THOSE TO PATRICIA AND SHE CAN CIRCULATE THEM TO THE TASK FORCE.
AND IF YOU WANT TO GET SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM YOUR NOTES, THAT'LL HELP REFRESH EVERYONE'S MEMORY.
I THINK MOST OF US WERE ON THE LISTENING SESSION, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME FOLKS HERE THAT MISSED IT.
UM, SO THAT WOULD HELP THEM JUST KNOW LEVEL SET ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD.
UM, LET ME TAKE A MOMENT TO SEND IT TO YOU.
I DID WANT TO MENTION, UM, VICE-CHAIR AUSTIN THAT THE COLOR DID HE, HE HAS ARRIVED.
IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT UP, WE CAN HAVE HIM JOIN THE MEETING.
UM, LET'S TAKE A BREAK FOR A MOMENT.
UM, WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR CITIZEN AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU JEFFREY.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE MEMBERS FROM THE EQUITY OFFICE AND THE MEETING SPACE, IF Y'ALL WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, HOW WE PLAN ON DOING OUTREACH AND UM, EVERYTHING ELSE ONCE WE GET STARTED ON THE NEW BUSINESS.
SO, UM, THE FIRST THERE ARE SPEAKER FOR CITIZENS.
COMMUNICATION IS CHAD RE-WRITTEN BARRY.
UM, SO CHAD, WITH, IF YOU'RE CONNECTED, YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
OH, IT WAS JUST SAYING HELLO AND INTRODUCING MYSELF.
HOW IS EVERYONE TODAY DOING WELL, THANK YOU.
UH, SO YES, UH, MY NAME IS CHAPMAN BERRY.
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I WAS THE LOGISTICS COORDINATOR FOR AUSTIN NEEDS WATER.UM, I ALSO, WHEN THE STORM HIT, I, UH, IMMEDIATELY JUMPED ON TO, UH, CUTTING FIREWOOD FOR, UH, FRIENDS AND RESIDENCES AND UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I PUT A CALL OUT ON, ON FACEBOOK AND, UH, NEXT THING I KNOW I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, DOZENS AND DOZENS OF PEOPLE SENDING OUT TRUCKLOADS AND TRUCKLOADS OF WOOD TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN I JUMPED ON TO AUSTIN NEEDS WATER AND, UH, KIND OF DID THE SAME THING, BUT JUST IN LARGER SCALE WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, AT THE 10,000 GALLONS WE'RE SITTING OUT OF WATER AT WATER A DAY.
UM, SO YEAH, SO, UM, MOSTLY I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, LISTEN IN, ON, ON THIS CONVERSATION AND, UH, MAKE SUGGESTIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, OR, UH, OR THINGS THAT I, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, UM, HELP, UH, WITH THE NEXT CRISIS WHEN IT HAPPENS.
UM, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I CAN JUST KEEP RAMPING ON ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WE DID AND WHAT WE, WHAT WE'VE DONE.
UM, BUT MY BIGGEST QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, WELL, FIRST OFF I ONLY SAW MY VIEW OF, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT HAPPENED FROM, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW.
SO I GUESS MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY WAS LEANING ON US SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, HELPING PEOPLE OUT WITH WATER, UH, I DIDN'T SEE WHAT THE RESPONSE WAS WITH THE UFC OR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY, UM, I MEAN DAY IN AND DAY OUT, I WAS JUST KIND OF WAITING FOR FEMA TO COME IN AND LIKE START HELPING AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING OVER MY POSITION OR OUR POSITIONS TO LIKE, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU GUYS DID A GOOD JOB, WE'VE GOT IT FROM HERE.
YOU KNOW, LIKE I WAS ASSUMING THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT APPARENTLY IT WAS THE CASE.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, SO THE BIG QUESTION I HAVE IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT WENT WRONG AND WHY WAS THE CITY LEANING ON US SO MUCH TO, UH, I GUESS FOR LACK OF A BETTER AS SAVE IT, YOU KNOW? SO I'M NOT, I'M DONE SPEAKING FOR THE MOMENT.
THANK YOU CHADWICK SO MUCH AGAIN, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SHOWING UP THIS MORNING AND SHARING THAT FEEDBACK WITH US.
UM, OF COURSE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY THROUGH THE MEETING AND, AND LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION HERE.
UM, JUST THE WAY THE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION RULES WORK.
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO ENGAGE YOU IN A KIND OF A BACK AND FORTH DIALOGUE IN THAT I'M GOING TO BE HERE AS AN OBSERVER, BUT YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME TO COME BACK TO ANY OF THE OPEN LISTENING SESSIONS THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
NOW MAY, MAY AND JUNE, AND, AND THOSE FORMAT SOFTWARE A LITTLE BIT MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR DIALOGUE, JUST DEPENDING ON HOW MANY FOLKS SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
SO, UM, MAYBE MORE OF THAT CONVERSATION AROUND THE CITY'S RESPONSE, OR YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS OR OTHER CITIZENS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT THEIR, THEIR OBSERVATIONS WERE AS WELL.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I THINK THAT MIGHT HELP OUT FOR THE NEXT, UH, FOR THIS MEETING THEN FOR THE NEXT DISASTER? IS THAT WHAT I SHOULD SUGGEST? UM, YEAH, THE, THE WAY OF THE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION WORKS IN THESE MEETINGS, WE HAVE A THREE MINUTE LIMIT.
SO I, I THINK YOU HAD ALREADY USED UP A COUPLE OF MINUTES OF THAT WITH YOUR INTRO REMARKS.
YOU WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER MINUTE OR SO TO SAY SOME THINGS BRIEFLY OR GET, IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK TO THE LISTENING SESSIONS THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC INPUT, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S JUST A BIT MORE TIME IN SPACE THERE TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS AS, AS WELL AS YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE AND OBSERVATIONS, IF YOU WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SIGN UP FOR ONE OF THOSE, THIS SESSION IS JUST A DEBRIEF FOR OUR TASK FORCE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE SO MUCH TIME FOR, UH, COMMUNITY INPUT HERE.
THEN, UM, I GUESS I'LL JUST FOCUS MORE ON THE LISTENING SESSIONS.
UH, UH, MY, MY BIGGEST THING IS JUST WANTING TO SEE IF WE CAN SOMEHOW CREATE THE BRIDGE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, NONPROFITS OR JUST SMALL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURSELVES AND, AND MAKE THAT BRIDGE OF FASTER, YOU KNOW, MORE QUICKLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T START GETTING HELP FROM THE CITY UNTIL LIKE A WEEK OR TWO AFTER, UH, YOU KNOW, THE STORM HIT.
UM, SO MY CURIOSITY, IF THERE IS A WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT BRIDGE A LITTLE BIT QUICKER AND EASIER FOR, FOR ACCESS WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS.
IF WE'VE GOT THAT NOTED AND AGAIN, HOPE TO SEE YOU, UM, AT ANOTHER SESSION COMING UP AND AGAIN, FEEL FREE IF YOU WANT TO STAY THROUGH THE SESSION AS WELL, UH, TO LISTEN IN.
PATRICIA, ANYBODY ELSE? AND CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS, THERE ARE NO MORE COLORS, SO.
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RIGHT.UM, SO JEFFREY, WE'LL GO BACK OVER TO YOU.
UM, PATRICIA, I'VE JUST SHARED, UM, THE NOTES THAT I WROTE WITH YOU.
UM, THEY ARE QUITE MESSY RIGHT NOW, SO I HOPE TO HAVE LIKE A PRETTIER VERSION OF THEM, UM, AT SOME POINT, BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS MEETING, UM, I'LL HOPE TO JUST TAKE US THROUGH THEM AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH EVERYONE.
UM, IS THERE, I DON'T KNOW, WOULD YOU ALL PREFER IF I SHARE MY SCREEN OR JUST TO GO THROUGH THEM? UM, I THINK IF, IF YOU CAN SHARE, UH, IF NOT, WE MIGHT NEED TO HAVE, UM, TRISHA AND OUR A B TECH SUPPORT DO THAT FOR YOU.
TECH SUPPORT IS GOING TO GIVE YOU ACCESS TO FREE TO SHARE YOUR SCREEN.
UM, YEAH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT AND I'LL STILL READ OFF OF IT.
UM, AGAIN, JUST BEARING IN MIND, THEY'RE NOT WE'LL SHARE.
IS EVERYONE SEEING MY SCREEN NOW? EXCELLENT.
SO THE FIRST PERSON WHO WE HAD, UM, COME SPEAK TO US, UM, I'LL REMIND EVERYONE WAS, UM, THE CHAIR OF THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY COMMISSION, AMY NOEL.
UM, AND SHE JUST HAD A, A COUPLE OF BRIEF REMARKS FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND, BUT, UM, IF WE DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH AND READ EVERY WORD HERE, UM, I THINK THE BIG TAKEAWAYS ARE THAT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
UM, IN ADDITION TO JUST NOT HAVING STILL ACCESS TO THOSE RESOURCES.
UM, SO I BELIEVE, UH, HE OR SHE, SHE MENTIONED HOW, UM, SHE'S ON DAY 70 OF NOT HAVING DRINKING WATER AT THE TIME THAT WE MET WITH HER.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S STILL TRUE NOW, BUT, UM, THIS IS CERTAINLY THE CASE, UH, FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS.
AND THERE'S PROBABLY PEOPLE YOU'VE TALKED TO WHO HAVE ALSO MENTIONED HOW THEY STILL DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THESE BASIC RESOURCES, UM, FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS.
UM, ANOTHER BROAD AREA THAT I THINK WAS TOUCHED ON MANY TIMES WAS, UM, DIGITAL LITERACY AND ACCESS TO THESE MATERIALS.
UM, WE HEARD NOT ONLY FROM AMY, BUT FROM PRETTY MUCH EVERY SPEAKER, HOW, UM, THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CITIZENS, THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS WAS NOT VERY, UM, PERHAPS A WELL THOUGHT OUT, OR IT WAS NOT, UM, I GUESS IT JUST WASN'T ROBUST ENOUGH TO REALLY CAPTURE EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED IN THAT MOMENT.
UM, IN, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WITH THE DIGITAL LITERACY, THERE'S ALSO THE ACCESSIBILITY ISSUE.
UM, SO ONE OF OUR LATER SPEAKERS, UM, AND UGLIER, UM, SHE MENTIONED HOW, UM, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PHONE OR YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, THEN THERE'S NO REASON TO SEND OUT MESSAGES AND THIS INFORMATION OVER THE INTERNET.
UM, AND SO THE CITY SHOULD PROBABLY BE THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO, UM, GET AROUND THIS GO OFFLINE, UH, FOR INSTANCE.
SO I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH ENCAPSULATES OUR COMMENTS, BUT MOSTLY, UM, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD.
UM, SHE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE, UM, $8,000 DEEP PAYING FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE, UM, WHICH IS QUITE A BIT FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL, BUT, UM, OBVIOUSLY I DON'T THINK ANYONE SHOULD BE PAYING THREE $88,000 FOR SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD NO CONTROL OVER.
SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER WAS, UM, KIRK ISHITA, WHO IS A CHAIR OF THE ASIAN-AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION.
UM, AND I, THE BIG CRUX OF HIS, UH, DISCUSSION HIS CONVERSATION HAD TO DO WITH OUTREACH TO OUR COMMUNITIES WHO ARE, UM, PERHAPS LESS ENGLISH PROFICIENT.
UM, AND W THERE ARE A LOT OF CITY MATERIALS THAT ARE NOT TRANSLATED INTO ENOUGH DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, UM, TO BE ABLE TO DISSEMINATE TO POLLS.
OF COURSE, WE DID HEAR SOME COUNTER TESTIMONY, UM, NOT LONG AFTER THAT SAYING THAT, UM, WHILE WE CERTAINLY COULD MAKE A VERY LARGE INVESTMENT IN THIS, UM, KIRK HAD SUGGESTED THAT WE INVEST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS INTO EFFORTS TO TRANSLATE MATERIALS AND CREATE, UM, UM, ACCESSIBLE COMMUNICATION FOR ALL COMMUNITIES, BUT THAT THIS COULD BE DONE POTENTIALLY WITH VOLUNTEERS, OR IT COULD BE DONE WITH PEOPLE WHO, UM, ARE, ARE PROFICIENT ALREADY AND ARE WILLING TO DO THE WORK AND HELP THE CITY IN THAT WAY.
UM, AFTER THAT, AND I GAVE US SOME REALLY DETAILED AND GREAT TESTIMONY, UM, SHE TOUCHED ON WHAT I ALSO THINK IS ONE OF THE LARGER ISSUES THAT FOLKS WERE, UM, QUITE UPSET ABOUT UNDERSTANDABLY, BUT WHICH WAS THE MISMANAGEMENT OF THE ENTIRE SITUATION.
UM, SO, UM, ONE POINT THAT SHE MENTIONED WAS THE DISORGANIZATION OF THE SHELTERS, FOR INSTANCE.
UM, WE ALSO, AGAIN HAVE THE FACT THAT CITIZENS WERE DOING A LOT MORE ORGANIZING, UM, AMONGST THEMSELVES AND HAVING TO COME UP WITH THEIR OWN SOLUTIONS THAN HAVING SOMETHING IN PLACE FROM THE CITY, UM, OR EVEN THAT ROLE BEING TAKEN UP BY THE CITY ITSELF.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, SHE MENTIONED THAT MANY CITIZENS ALSO HAD NEVER HAD THOUGHTS.
YOU HAVE THINGS, A WINTERIZED, UH, KIT FOR THESE KINDS OF EMERGENCIES, CAUSE IT DOESN'T GET THAT COLD IN TEXAS USUALLY.
UM, BUT JUST THAT PREPARATION THAT WASN'T THERE.
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AND LASTLY, WE HAD, UM, JEFF, I DIDN'T GET HIS LAST NAME, UM, BUT HE WAS JEFF FROM PFLUGERVILLE.UM, HE WAS, UM, WITH AUSTIN NEEDS WATER WHO YOU'VE HEARD A LOT FROM, UM, HE GAVE US, UM, UM, VERY GOOD TESTIMONY.
HE GAVE US HIS THREE KEYS TO SUCCESS, UM, AND AUSTIN NEEDS WATER, WHICH WAS VOLUNTEERS, DRINKABLE WATER, UM, BEING PROVIDED BY LOCAL BUSINESSES AND WHOEVER JUST HAD THAT, THOSE RESOURCES, UM, ADDITIONALLY JUST HAVING MONITORED RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO SPEND ON ALL OF THESE THINGS.
SO, UM, I CAN CERTAINLY, I KNOW THAT WAS PRETTY BRIEF AND QUICK.
UM, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY LIKE TAKE US TO ONE PARTICULAR SPEAKER.
UM, OR IF THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS THAT, UM, I CAN ELABORATE ON FROM MY NOTES, BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE OVERVIEW.
I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR TAKING REALLY DETAILED NOTES LIKE THAT WHAT'S APPRECIATED.
AND THEN I KNOW THAT, UM, I ALSO READ THE, THE CITIZEN INPUT THAT WE HAVE FROM TWO FOLKS THAT CAN MAKE THE MEETING.
UM, SO THAT WAS RECORDED AS WELL.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION FROM FOLKS, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU, ARE, I THINK WE'RE ALL PICKING UP SOME COMMON THREADS FROM SOME OF THAT.
UM, SALLY, I SEE YOUR HAND RAISED, BUT THAT WAS MY COMMENT WAS WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF INFORMATION AND, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TELLING SIMILAR STORIES.
SO IF WE CAN FIND WAYS TO GROUP THE INPUT THAT WE'RE GETTING, KIND OF LIKE CASAR DID IN THAT, UM, OUTPUT THAT WE RECEIVED YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE, WHETHER IT'S WATER ISSUES, FOOD ISSUES, COMMUNICATION, MEDICAL, TRANSPORTATION.
I THINK IT'S VERY EASY TO PICK UP ON THOSE COMMON THREADS THAT WE'RE HEARING.
UM, SO LIKE AGAIN, JUST DURING DOING THE NOTES AND READING IT, UM, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THE COMMUNICATION ISSUE AND THEN THE MISMANAGEMENT ISSUE I THINK IS PRETTY LOOMING.
UM, SO I FEEL LIKE THOSE ARE AT LEAST TWO BUCKETS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN LOOK TO PULL MORE INTO AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE NOTES.
UM, SEEMS TO ME THAT THE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO COME OUT WITH IS BETTER PREPARATION.
UM, AND I WAS STRUCK WITH THE FACT THAT THE SHELTERS DIDN'T LET PEOPLE STAY OVERNIGHT.
I MEAN, WITH HER, THEY SET UP SHELTERS WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN DOING THAT VARIOUS TEXAS CITIES.
SO IT MAY BE, WE DON'T GET SO MUCH HURRICANE PROBLEM, BUT HOUSTON DOES, AND MAYBE LOOKING MORE CLOSELY AT THE KIND OF PREPARATION THAT THEY DO MIGHT BE ANOTHER, UM, KIND OF THING THAT WE MIGHT, AND WE'VE HEARD SO FAR.
I GUESS SOME IDEAS THAT I WAS SPEAKING IS LIKE A CAMPAIGN FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO WINTER, UH, TO GET THAT COMMUNICATION OUT TO, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
SO THEY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, PREPARATION FOR WINTER STORMS. AND ALSO, UH, THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WEREN'T PREPARED FOR LIKE A WINTERIZE KIT.
UH, MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING, UH, LIKE THEY DID IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY AFTER THE FLOOD, THEY PREPARED SOME EMERGENCY KITS, ESPECIALLY FOR LOWER INCOME FAMILIES THAT CAN'T AFFORD THOSE TYPE THINGS.
SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY CAN, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING PEOPLE WITH LOWER INCOMES, PREPARING THOSE KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING SOME FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO GET THOSE.
SO THAT'S JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT FROM LISTENING TO EVERYBODY THAT HAS SPOKEN SO FAR, GIVING US INPUT EXCELLENT FEEDBACK.
AND I THINK RELATED TO THAT, MANUEL WAS, WAS, UH, ALSO REACHING COMMUNITIES IN THEIR LANGUAGE AND, AND THROUGH THEIR COMMUNICATIONS MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE USING SOCIAL MEDIA AND NOBODY HAS WEB ACCESS, THEN THAT KINDA FALLS APART.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO FINDING CREATIVE WAYS TO COMMUNICATE, UM, BUT ALSO IN THE LANGUAGES AND, AND THROUGH THE METHODS THAT ARE MOST ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE COMMUNITIES.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROACTIVE AND DO THE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS PRIOR TO WINTER STARTING.
THOSE CAN BE DONE IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND CAN BE REACHED OUT TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
SO DIFFERENT, UH, COMMUNITIES CAN POP THOSE UP PSA'S OUT AHEAD OF TIME AND, YOU KNOW, START GETTING PREPARED.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME UP NORTH, OF COURSE, I'M ORIGINALLY FROM THE AUSTIN AREA, BUT YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY WENT TO NORTH DAKOTA, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WOULD TEACH YOU, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR.
ESPECIALLY FIGURED THEY KNEW YOU WERE COMING FROM, UH, FROM TEXAS OR SOMEWHERE DOWN SOUTH, THEY WOULD PREPARE YOU FOR THAT AHEAD OF TIME.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WORK ON.
IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE MANAGEABLE THAN TRYING TO COMMUNICATE DURING THE CRISIS, AT LEAST GIVE OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION.
AND WITH, YOU KNOW, CITY PLANNING SAYING THE CITY NEEDS TO PLAN AND PREPARE FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE STEPS ARE AND THEN PEOPLE CAN KNOW THIS IS WHAT YOU DO OR LISTEN TO, YOU KNOW, WHO YOU CAN CONTACT WITH THE CITY.
SO, YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT I THINK A REAL PROACTIVE APPROACH NEEDS TO BE TAKEN.
THE OTHER THING THAT I THOUGHT CAME THROUGH WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
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AND CITIZEN ORGANIZATIONS.AND, UH, I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD BE IN COMPETITION WITH THE CITY.
I THINK THEY SHOULD BE, THE CITY SHOULD BE WORKING WITH THEM.
THEY'RE OFTEN MUCH MORE NIMBLE THAN CITY INSTITUTIONS.
AND SO MAYBE ONE PART OF THIS PREPARATION IS TO REALLY HAVE A, A BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH NONPROFITS THAT CAN STEP IN AND DO A LOT OF THE KINDS OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UM, I'M ALSO INVOLVED WITH THE AGING SERVICES COUNCIL, WHICH IS A COMPILATION OF NONPROFITS FOR PROFIT AND, AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES THAT ARE SUPPORTING SENIORS.
AND WE FOUND THAT THE NONPROFITS AND THE BUSINESSES HELPED, BUT THEN EVEN AT A LOWER LEVEL, THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WE HAD ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS, TALKED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS, HELPING NEIGHBORS.
AND I THINK IT'S GOTTA BE A TIERED APPROACH OF CITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT AND THEN INDIVIDUALS THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE ON IT.
AND I KNOW, UM, SOME OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SET UP PHONE TREES TO CONTACT IN OUR CASE, IT WAS CONTACT ELDERLY PEOPLE.
UM, DURING IT WASN'T DURING THE STORM, IT WAS EARLIER ON, BUT JUST ABOUT COVID TO SEE IF THEY WERE OKAY AND IF THEY NEEDED GROCERIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, UM, IT, UH, I THINK IT'S NOTHING ELSE THAT IT HELPS PEOPLE FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY IS CARING ABOUT THEM, BUT IT ALSO HELPS IDENTIFY NEEDS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THIS CONVERSATION, WE DON'T LOSE THE ONE THREAD THAT WE HAVE HEARD, BUT IS PERHAPS THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE THAT NOT ONLY IS THERE A NEED FOR INCREASED PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND NON-PROFIT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THESE SPECIFIC INSTANCES WHERE CITY STAFF WERE WORKING AGAINST THE EFFORTS BLOCKING ACCESS TO WATER, UH, IT WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT, NOT AS AN EFFORT TO GET ANYONE FIRED NECESSARILY NOT FOR RETRIBUTION, JUST WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS AS TO WHY ARE WE PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM HAVING WATER, FOR EXAMPLE, NOT SURE HOW WE GO ABOUT THAT.
I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT THING GOING FORWARD.
IF WE ARE CALLING FOR INCREASED COORDINATION, COOPERATION, AND COLLABORATION, THAT WE HAVE TO KNOW WHY EGO GOT IN THE WAY OR PROCEDURE OR RED TAPE OR WHAT HAPPENED.
UM, PATRICIA IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS TASK FORCE TO, UM, ALSO REQUEST INPUT FROM CITY ORGANIZATIONS.
I KNOW THE MAIN PURPOSE IS, IS COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND, AND RUNNING THE LISTENING SESSIONS.
BUT IF THERE ARE AREAS LIKE KATHERINE MENTIONED THAT WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, JUST TRY TO INVESTIGATE MORE OR UNDERSTAND MORE, CAN WE INVITE CITY STAFF TO THESE DEEPER NEEDED, SO TO SPEAK, OR HAVE SOME OTHER FORMAT FOR THAT.
SO THE RESOLUTION STATES THAT Y'ALL ARE TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS, UM, LIKE THOSE NON-PROFITS ORGANIZATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES.
IT DOES NOT GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE CITY STAFF OR THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, UM, ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS AND PROVIDING, UM, YOU ALL WITH INPUT OR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF IN LIKE AN ACTOR AFTER ACTION.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION, UM, CATHERINE, WHAT WE MAY NEED TO DO THERE AS PRO MORE WITH THE LEADERS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE REALLY CLEARLY WHERE ACCESS WAS BLOCKED OR BARRIERS EXISTED FOR COOPERATION WITH THE CITY AND JUST GOING TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENT AND ARTICULATE THOSE REALLY EARLY COUNCIL WILL BE MEETING, UM, THAT WILL BE HOLDING SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, THE AFTER-ACTION AND YOU KNOW, WHAT ACTUALLY HAS OCCURRED DURING, AND IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE WINTER STORM WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.
SO THEY WILL BE INVITED TO, TO MEET WITH COUNCIL, TO GO THROUGH THAT INFORMATION, PATRICIA, YOU, AS YOU ARE ABLE, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH US SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN TO TUNE IN AND OBSERVE, BECAUSE I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO MAKE PEOPLE TESTIFY OR WHATEVER WE CALL THIS PLACE.
UH, DEFINITELY, UM, THOSE MEETINGS WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THEY WILL BE RECORDED.
SO I WILL SHARE THOSE VIDEO, THE VIDEO OF THOSE MEETINGS WITH YOU ALL.
AND I SHARED, UM, WITH CHAIR DAVIS MEETING TWO PRIOR MEETINGS, UM, THAT OCCURRED
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WHERE THEY CO THEY TOUCHED ON, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WINTER STORM.SO I CAN SERVE THAT WITH THE ENTIRE TASK FORCE AS WELL.
HI, THIS IS COMMISSIONER FRANKS.
ONE THING I REALLY WANTED TO ALSO POINT OUT IS I HAVE MY OWN NETWORKS, BUT IF YOU HAVE NETWORKS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WITH DISABILITIES THAT WERE HIT HARD, BECAUSE AT LEAST FOR ME PERSONALLY, FOR MY WIFE AND I WE'RE BLIND, WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION AS WELL.
MAY HAVE SOMEBODY YOU MAY HAVE TO YOUR OWN CAR.
AND SO ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS THAT WERE HIT IN ASPECTS OF PEOPLE DISABILITIES WAS TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE UBER LYFT, PARATRANSIT CAPITAL METRO YELLOW CAB, ANY TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE PROVIDED.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT THE POLICE COULD DO WAS TAKE YOU TO EMERGENCY SHELTER.
AND I MEAN, PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND THE BLIND COMMUNITY IN AUSTIN, THAT MEANS THEY CAN'T BE SOCIALLY DISTANCE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T ACTUALLY SEE WHO IS ACTUALLY AROUND THEM IN THOSE TYPES OF SHELTERS.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO WALK A FRIEND WHO HAS SOME SIGHT, WAS ABLE TO WALK FOUR MILES TO OUR HOUSE, AND WE WALKED FOUR MILES TO HIS HOUSE, THANKFULLY, BUT THOSE WITH THE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, THAT REQUIRED EQUIPMENT THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO THEIR DAILY LIFE FUNCTIONS.
I MEAN, WITHOUT THE ELECTRICITY, THEY CAN'T CARRY THOSE THINGS OUT.
SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN NETWORKS, I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO REACH OUT TO ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE A DISABILITY THAT WAS AFFECTED TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN TESTIMONY.
I WILL DO THAT AMONGST MYSELF, AMONGST MY COMMISSION.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT, JONATHAN.
AND JONATHAN ALSO, IF THERE ARE, UM, IF THERE ARE MEDIA OUTLETS THAT THAT SPECIFICALLY REACH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THAT PATRICIA KNOW THAT TOO, AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE LISTENING SESSION INFORMATION GOES OUT THROUGH THOSE OUTLETS AS WELL.
IN ADDITION TO THE DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD SO FAR HERE, IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THE FORMAT THAT YOU FELT WORKED EITHER REALLY WELL OR THAT WE WOULD WANT TO MODIFY FOR THE FUTURE LISTENING SESSIONS? DID YOU ALL APPRECIATE, OR, OR NOT THE SUSPENSION OF ROBERT'S RULES, FOR EXAMPLE? UM, I FEEL LIKE THAT HELPED TO INVITE MORE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND FLEXIBILITY.
YEAH, I DEFINITELY AGREE THAT SUSPENDING THE RULES.
UM, I THINK THAT WE STILL HAD A PRUDENT, PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION.
UM, I THINK I, I MEAN, I THINK AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE CONTINGENT ON JUST HOW MANY SPEAKERS WE GET IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THE FIRST TIME WE HAD THE LUXURY OF, WELL, NOT THE LUXURY, BUT, UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ONLY HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS SO WE COULD HAVE THOSE DRAWN OUT DISCUSSIONS.
UM, SO, AND I THINK THAT THE ABILITY FOR MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS AND STILL VERY HELPFUL.
UM, SO I THINK A FORUM FORMAT IS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO CONTINUE GOING FOR THIS, BUT AYE, AYE, AYE.
AND I THINK THAT SINCE WE WILL HAVE ADVANCED NOTICE ABOUT HOW MANY SPEAKERS THERE WILL BE, THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH ONE, WE CAN CONSIDER TIME LIMITS BECAUSE IT REALLY IS HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO ASK PEOPLE QUESTIONS AND TO HAVE SOME BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM.
BUT IF WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS, WE MAY HAVE TO, UH, CHANGE THE, THE LUXURY OF LETTING PEOPLE SPEAK AS FOR AS LONG AS THEY WANT TO AND HAVE SOME KIND OF TIME LIMIT.
AND WE CAN, WE CAN DECIDE THAT AT EACH, AT EACH SESSION.
UM, AS FAR AS NOTE TAKING, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HUGE TASK AND DEFERRED, I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT FOR THE FIRST ONE.
DID WE AGREE THAT WE WERE GOING TO ROTATE THAT FROM MEETING TO MEETING SO THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING THAT BURDEN ON ANY ONE MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE? AND IF SO, DO WE HAVE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE FUTURE MEETINGS OR JEFFERY, IF YOU LOVE THAT AND YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT RESPONSIBILITY, YOU CAN SPEAK UP AS WELL, BUT, UM, JUST LOOKING AFTER YOUR, YOUR TIME AND YOUR COMMITMENT, UM, ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE, UM, I, I HAVE NO PROBLEM NECESSARILY TAKING THE NOTES.
UM, I'LL, I'LL ALWAYS TRY TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DILIGENT ABOUT LIKE CLEANING THEM UP SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE THEM BEFOREHAND.
UM, BUT ALSO IF WE WANT TO ROTATE IT, THAT'S FINE AS WELL.
UM, BUT YEAH, THE OVERALL THING IS I DON'T MIND CONTINUING TO WRITE THEM OUT.
I'M WELL, THE WAY JEFFREY DID THE NOTES, I DON'T THINK I COULD DO IT ANY JUSTICE IF MY DATA COMPARED TO WHAT HE, WHAT HE DID FOR THE LAST MEETING.
SO I THINK IT'S VERY EASY TO READ AND IT'S VERY ORGANIZED.
SO I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT.
I SEE, I SEE A FEW OTHER NODDING HEADS DIFFERENT.
THIS FEELS LIKE THE MOMENT WHEN, UH, SERENA AND I GOT VOTED AS CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR OUR PEERS.
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THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF PEER SUPPORT FOR YOU CONTINUING IN THAT ROLE.BUT IF, AGAIN, THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR IF THERE'S A MEETING THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE OR YOU'RE MULTITASKING, UM, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT HERE.
WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE ON THIS TASK FORCE.
AND I APPRECIATE IT, BUT, UM, I THINK AS WE GO FORWARD, I CAN ALSO TRY AND START INTEGRATING SOME OF THOSE THREADS THAT WE'RE PICKING UP AND REALLY JUST FOCUSING ON GETTING THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR ONCE WE STARTED DISCUSSING THE REPORT LATER ON.
ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE FORMAT? WHAT I WAS HEARING ALSO IS JUST DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS FOR SIGNED UP, WE MAY HAVE TO REVERT TO THE THREE MINUTE LIMIT AND NOT SO MUCH BACK AND FORTH IF WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS, BUT AS LONG AS WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS, UM, AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE JUST LESS BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO THAT FIRST MEETING.
WE HAD SOME JUST TASKFORCE BUSINESS TO COVER AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THAT TOOK US ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
SO GIVEN THAT WE'LL BE MOSTLY ENLISTING MODE FOR THE FUTURE SESSIONS, UM, WE'LL TRY TO CREATE AS MUCH SPACE AS POSSIBLE FOR DIALOGUE AND QUESTIONS.
CAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL AS WELL.
I CAN SHARE WITH THE GROUP THE DAY BEFORE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
SO Y'ALL CAN JUST START THINKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TIME LIMITS, UM, BEFORE WE ENTERED THE MEETING SPACE.
UM, I DO SEE SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE EQUITY OFFICE HERE.
SO FEEL FREE IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO CHIME IN ALSO JUST ON, UM, EITHER OBSERVATIONS, IF YOU WERE AT THE LISTENING SESSION OR SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS, IF YOU'VE GOT THEM, WE ALWAYS LOOK TO HEAR FROM YOU AS WELL.
UH, AUSTIN, THIS IS CATEGORIZED FROM, UH, FROM THE LATINOS PIRATE CORNER BLACK COMMISSION.
UM, I WANTED TO ASK, HAS THERE BEEN CONSIDERATION TO HAVING, UM, PEOPLE SUBMIT VIDEOS AS A WAY, UH, TO, UM, AS, AS A WAY OF INPUT FOR FOLKS THAT CAN NOT MAKE THESE MEETINGS, PATRICIA IS NOT AN OPTION ON THE SPEAK-UP SITE OR IS IT JUST WRITTEN THE TESTIMONY? YES, THAT IS AN OPTION.
AND SO THE SITE WENT LIVE YESTERDAY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT WENT LIVE LAST NIGHT.
UM, AND IT'S IN, UH, VARIOUS DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
I WILL SHARE THAT LINK WITH YOU GUYS TODAY.
UM, IT, IT ALLOWS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PROVIDE WRITTEN TESTIMONY, VIDEOS AS WELL AS PHOTOS.
IS THAT ALSO PART OF THE COMMUNICATION THAT'S GONE OUT TO THE FOLKS ABOUT THE MEETINGS SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THAT OPTION IS THERE WHEN THEY CAN'T MAKE IT? YES.
AND SO OUR CP ARE OUR HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICE.
THEIR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE IS, UH, CREATING A MESSAGING.
THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING OUT ACROSS ALL CITY CHANNELS STARTING ON MONDAY.
UM, I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA, HIS OFFICE IS ALSO SENDING OUT MESSAGING STARTING TODAY AND WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE THE SPEAK-UP AUSTIN LINK, UH, AS WELL AS HOW TO SIGN UP.
WE'VE CREATED A WINTER STORM TASKFORCE, EMAIL INBOX.
SO ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED IN SIGNING UP, THEY CAN START SIGNING UP TODAY FOR ANY OF THOSE.
UH, FOR ANY OF THOSE MEETING DATES, I'D ONLY ASK THAT THEY INCLUDE THEIR NAME, THE PHONE NUMBER THAT THEY'LL BE CALLING FROM AND WHICH DATE THEY'D LIKE TO SPEAK AT.
SO, UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE SENDING OUT THAT MESSAGING THROUGH THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO YOU ALL, AND AS WELL AS ALL OF THE OTHER CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS CAN REALLY SEND OUT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT SIGN UP.
AND, UM, I'VE ALSO BEEN TALKING TO THE EQUITY OFFICE TO SEE IF THEY COULD SEND IT OUT THROUGH THEIR EQUITY ACTION NETWORK.
THIS IS IAN I'M THE, UM, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AT THE EQUITY OFFICE.
I, UH, I WAS JUST WONDERING, IS IT THE SAME LINK? UM, PATRICIA, BECAUSE I KNOW I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? THAT'S MUCH BETTER.
UM, I WAS WONDERING IF, UM, I DON'T THINK I'VE RECEIVED A NEW LINK FOR THE NEXT LISTENING SESSION FOR PEOPLE TO REGISTER.
IS IT JUST THE SAME PROCESS PATRICIA, AS PEOPLE JUST EMAILING YOU OR IS, IS, ARE, Y'ALL DOING IT DIFFERENT FOR THE NEXT SESSION? IT'S THE SAME PROCESS THEY WILL WANT NEED TO EMAIL, UM, THAT WINTER STORM TASKFORCE EMAIL ADDRESS, UM, AND THEY WOULD NEED TO SIGN UP THE DAY PRIOR, WHICHEVER LISTENING SESSION THAT THEY PLAN ON SPEAKING ON, THEY WOULD NEED TO EMAIL THAT EMAIL ADDRESS THE DAY PRIOR BY NOON.
SO WE WILL INCLUDE THAT FOR THE, UH, FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS, FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FROM.
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ALL RIGHT.ANYTHING ELSE ON THE FORMAT, COMMUNICATIONS GETTING THE WORD OUT.
I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE'RE SENDING THIS MESSAGING TO THE OTHER, NOT JUST TOGO'S OFFICE, BUT THE OTHER, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT OR COUNCIL OFFICES, SO THEY CAN SHARE IT AS WELL.
YEAH, I KNOW THAT FIRST MEETING WAS A BIT OF A DRY RUN BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE, ALL THE SYSTEMS AND SITES AND THINGS SET UP.
UM, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'LL HAVE CONSIDERABLY MORE AVENUES OF COMMUNICATION FOR SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS, WHICH MEANS WE MAY SEE A LOT MORE FOLKS SIGN UP, BUT WE'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GAUGE THAT FROM ONE TO THE NEXT.
AND WE DO HAVE A DEBRIEF AFTER EACH ONE, SO WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP FINE-TUNING AS WE GO.
AND WE HAVE, UM, JUST ANY OTHER FEEDBACK ON THE LAST SESSION? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
YES, CATHERINE, THE, IT FEELS SO SILLY TO KEEP BRINGING THIS UP, OR WHAT DO I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UM, ARE ALL OF THE COMMUNICATIONS GOING OUT ABOUT THE NEXT MEETING'S GOING TO INCLUDE OUR PARENTS' MEDICAL NOTATION ABOUT THIS IS MEETING TWO OF FIVE, THREE AT FIVE, FOUR OR FIVE.
SO THAT FOLKS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN A, IN AN, IN A IN-PERSON LISTENING SESSION VERSUS THE WEBSITE.
SO YES, I'VE COMMUNICATED THAT TO MY CONTACT AT, UM, HAYSOM SO THAT THEY CAN INCLUDE THAT IN THE MESSAGING THAT'S GOING OUT.
I'M ALSO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S POSTED ON THE AGENDA.
SO THE OFFICIAL AGENDA FOR THIS MEET FOR, FOR NEXT WEEK'S MEETING, IT SAYS LISTENING SESSION TO A FIVE.
AND PATRICIA, UM, ARE YOU ALSO, UH, SENDING OUT CALENDAR HOLDS FOR ALL OF US SO THAT WE'VE GOT THOSE DATES ON OUR CALENDAR NOW THAT THEY'RE SET? YES.
I'LL BE SENDING THOSE OUT AS WELL.
ANY OTHER FEEDBACK? I THINK, UM, HI, THIS IS ROSIE I'M WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE.
UM, ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION SINCE, UH, IT SORT OF CAME UP IN PEOPLE'S COMMENTS, WAS TYING THE RESPONSES OR RECOMMENDATIONS TO SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING AROUND THE RESILIENCE HUBS, AS WELL AS THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.
UM, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE CREATING COMMUNITY HUBS.
THAT WOULD, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE OVERLAP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY HUBS FROM THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE, AS WELL AS THE RESILIENCE HUBS.
UM, SO JUST WANTING TO FIND THAT AS THE ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND AS, AS, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS COME OUT OF THIS TASK FORCE.
I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THIS GROUP? THAT'S ALSO ON THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE SO THAT WE HAVE A LINK THERE.
WE MAY, WE MAY WANT TO RELY ON THE EQUITY OFFICE TO HELP KEEP US INFORMED THERE.
CAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY IN PARALLEL AS WELL.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE DEBRIEF MEETINGS, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE OR OTHERS CAN SHARE ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK AND THE ACTIVITY AROUND THE RESILIENCE, SUBSETS, THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR US AS WELL.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE CAN ALSO, UM, MANY OF US ARE ON THE JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE, SO WE CAN PASS RECOMMENDATIONS BACK THROUGH THE GIC.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE RELATED TO SOME OF THESE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON, UM, WITH OTHER TASK FORCES.
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TAKE A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT NEW BUSINESS ITEMS. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE WANT TO ADD TO A FUTURE AGENDA EITHER FOR THE LISTENING SESSIONS OR FOR THE DEBRIEF MEETINGS? I DON'T HAVE ANY BUSINESS.THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
NO, NO NEW BUSINESS ITEMS, JEFFREY.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S NECESSARILY HAS TO BE A NEW BUSINESS ITEM, BUT, UM, I WAS GOING TO VOLUNTEER TO MAYBE GRADE A GRAPHIC FOR US TO SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
JUST TO FURTHER GET THE WORD OUT.
UM, UM, I WOULD CERTAINLY SHARE WITH MY CIRCLES, BUT, UM, I GUESS A NEW BUSINESS ITEM WOULD BE JUST BRINGING THAT GRAPHIC TO YOU ALL TO, UM, APPROVE, I SUPPOSE.
UM, IF YOU ALL LIKE IT, OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO IT, UM, OR DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO CREATE, UH, FOR THOSE PURPOSES.
SO, UM, JUST TO REVIEW OF POTENTIAL GRAPHICS FOR THE TASK FORCE, I WILL ALWAYS ACCEPT A VOLUNTEER.
WHO'S WILLING TO CREATE GRAPHICS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO I DID, AND POTENTIALLY WE CAN INCLUDE THAT ON THE NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT DEBORAH SCOTT
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AGREED TO SHARE THAT OUT.THIS IS COMMISSIONER FRANKS IN REGARDS TO THAT, IF YOU COULD ADD MAYBE A DESCRIPTION OF THE GRAPHIC YOU'RE CREATING SINCE THE BLIND POPULATION WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE GRAPHIC, MAYBE SOME OLD TEXT AS THEY CALL IT.
ANY OTHER FUTURE BUSINESS ITEMS? ALL RIGHT.
PATRICIA, DID WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA OR ARE WE SET FOR TODAY? I THINK WE'VE CAPTURED EVERYTHING.
I THINK WE ARE SET, WE TALKED ABOUT OUTREACH, UM, FORMAT OF THE NEXT LISTENING SESSIONS.
UM, NOTE-TAKING DIFFERENT SHARE HIS NOTES.
UM, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE PRETTY SET.
WELL, AS ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU TAKING A LITTLE LESS THAN AN HOUR OUT OF YOUR FRIDAY MORNING HERE BEFORE LOVELY WEEKENDS.
SO, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE CAN ADJOURN EARLY WELL OFFICIALLY DURING THE MEETING.
AND WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT SESSION.
I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT THANK YOU.