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          UM, SO WE CAN GET STARTED, UH, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT, UH, OUR STAFF LIAISON AS WELL. 
          AND WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK ON OUR CITIZENS SPEAKER. 
          HELLO, JESSE, ARE YOU THERE SENDING BY HELLO? TIRPITZ I AM HERE AND READY TO GO. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE A CITIZEN COMMUNICATOR SCHEDULED, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THEIR PRESENCE. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE SHE HAS NOT CALLED IN YET. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN WHAT'S OUR, THIS MIGHT BE A NEW, UH, SCENARIO, BUT WHAT'S THE PROTOCOL I KNOW IN PERSON, OBVIOUSLY THEY WOULD BE SIGNING UP. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THEY WOULD PHYSICALLY BE THERE WHEN WE STARTED. 
          SO THEY WOULD USUALLY BE, WE BASICALLY FORM OUR QUORUM WHILE THEY SAT THERE AND WAITED AND THEN WE'D HAVE OUR QUORUM AND THEN WE'D START WITH THEM. 
          SO NOW WE HAVE A QUORUM AND WE'RE ONLINE. 
          THEY'RE NOT HERE. 
          WHAT DO WE DO? TIRPITZ UH, WE CAN BEGIN WHENEVER WE'RE READY. 
          AND UH, IF WE, IF SHE DOES SIGN ON LATER, UH, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO CALL THE ITEM FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION OUT OF ORDER. 
          OKAY, WELL, LET'S, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          I GUESS LET'S GIVE THEM JUST TO NOT DISRUPT THE NORMAL FLOW OF THE MEETING. 
          LET'S GIVE THEM A FEW MORE MINUTES. 
          UM, AND THEN SEE IF WE CAN KEEP TO OUR, OUR AGENDA AS SCHEDULED BY BEGINNING WITH SYSTEM COMMUNICATION. 
          IF NOT, THEN WE'LL TAKE THE, UH, WE'LL DECIDE ON WHAT TO DO WITH THE TIME WHEN IT COMES. 
          ALTHOUGH OF COURSE WE WON'T TURN THEM AWAY, BUT IT'S TOO LATE INTO THE MEETING. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO INVITE THEM TO COME BACK ANOTHER TIME. 
          BUT ALL OF OUR RSVP COMMISSIONERS ARE HERE. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? COMMISSIONER SCOOPED. 
          AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT HE IS EXPERIENCING A POWER OUTAGE, SO HE WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT. 
          AND COMMISSIONER EATS, UH, WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, UH, OUR NEW COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER RAMOS RAMOS WAS I BELIEVE SO, UH, SIGNED UP TO BE HERE. 
          UH, BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE HER ON YET. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, I DID NOT HEAR FROM CHRISTIAN COMMISSIONER GUIRO OKAY. 
          VERY WELL. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WITH THAT, WITH THAT, THEN I SAY WE GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'LL, UH, HANDLE SYSTEM COMMUNICATION AS IT COMES BASED ON THE TIMING. 
          UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, MY NAME 
          [Call to Order]
IS NEHEMIAH FITZ, THE THIRD, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CALLING TO ORDER OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING TODAY, JUNE THE NINTH, UH, 2021 COURSE. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY OF COURSE NOW TO MYSELF AS BEING AN APPOINTEE FROM DISTRICT ONE. 
          AND WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL. 
          UH, IF YOU COULD, JUST IN ORDER OF SUCCESSION, UH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON ME BEING FROM DISTRICT ONE AND YOU, OF COURSE, FOLLOWING IN YOUR ORDER, UH, ANNOUNCING YOUR PRESENCE. 
          SO I JUST WENT FIRST. 
          IF THE NEXT COMMISSIONER COULD COME, JUST LET ME KNOW WHO THEY ARE. 
          SURE. 
          STEVEN UP IN DACA POINTED BY COUNCILWOMAN FUENTES REPRESENTING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SO FROM DISTRICT THREE, WE HAVE NO ONE ATTENDING AT THIS TIME. 
          UH, DISTRICT FOUR. 
          YES. 
          UM, THIS IS DAVID ALEXANDER, UM, APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, GREG FACADE REPRESENTING DISTRICT FOUR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VICE CHAIR, ALEXANDER. 
          HI, THIS IS DAVE LLOYD. 
          I'M REPRESENTING DISTRICT FIVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FLUID. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, UH, DISTRICT SIX, NON REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS APPOINTED. 
          UH, MY, UH, MICROPHONE WAS MUTED AT LEAST THE FIRST VIA POINTED BY CONSOLE MACKENZIE KELLY OR REPRESENTING DISTRICT SIX. 
          OH MY APOLOGIES. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. 
          FIRST SEAT, UH, AND DISTRICT SEVEN, IT SAYS MAXINE ISLAND APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL, WOMAN, LESLIE POOL REPRESENTING DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          COMMISSIONER ISLAND. 
          AND WE HAVE TWO MORE COMMISSIONERS LEFT. 
          UH, DISTRICT EIGHT IS NOT REPRESENTED DISTRICT NINE. 
          HELLO, THIS IS NICOLE THOMPSON. 
          THE POINT BY COUNCIL MEMBER, KATHY TWO OF THEM REPRESENTING DISTRICT. 
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RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, BEAVERS AND COMMISSIONER FLOYD. 
          I BELIEVE YOU'RE OUR LAST COMMISSIONER HERE TODAY. 
          ALREADY WENT FOR FIVE. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. 
          UH, MY APOLOGIES, UH, BUT OKAY. 
          MY APOLOGIES THERE THAT'S OKAY. 
          SO YEAH, SO WE ARE ALL REPRESENTED HERE AND I'M VERY GLAD TO BE CALLING OUR MEETING TO ORDER. 
          WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE JANATA 
          [1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – May 12, 2021]
NUMBER ONE, THE APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES. 
          UH, THEY WERE DISPERSED IN OUR COMMUNICATION, UH, BY OUR STAFF LIAISON IT ALL. 
          PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT CHANGES OR IF I'VE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BEST PRESENTED I MOVED TO APPROVE OR TO APPROVE THE MINUTES THAT A TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONERS FIRST FEE. 
          I SECOND THAT MOTION. 
          SO NOW WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HOLD A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE, AND SHOW YOUR HAND. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE OPPOSED? ANYONE ABSTAINING? OKAY, GREAT. 
          THEN WE APPROVE THE MINUTES, UH, WITH A VOTE ONE SEVEN IN FAVOR, NO ABSTENTIONS AND NO ONE POST. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN WE GO ON TO AN 
          [2. STAFF AND COMMUNITY BRIEFINGS (Part 1 of 2)]
ITEM. 
          NUMBER TWO, STAFF AND COMMUNITY BRIEFINGS. 
          UH, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE REACHED OUT, UH, FOR, UH, UPDATES, WHICH I WOULD LIKE, UH, JESSE TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF, UM, EITHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLLOW-UP OR WHATEVER RESPONSES WE HAVE. 
          WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE A WRITTEN BRIEFING AT THIS TIME BY OUR PROGRAM MANAGER, FROM THE OFFICE OF TELECOM OCCASIONS, REGULATORY AFFAIRS, UH, A WRITTEN BRIEFING, UM, THE UPDATE RATHER UPDATES ON THE RESIDENT'S TECHNOLOGY STUDY. 
          UH, SO JESSE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND PASS THE BATON TO YOU, SO YOU CAN SHARE THAT UPDATE. 
          HELLO COMMISSIONERS, JESSE RODRIGUEZ WITH, UH, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND YEAH, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS. 
          AND, UH, I CAN READ THE MEMORANDUM INTO THE RECORD. 
          I, UH, TO BE, UH, HONEST RECEIVE THIS ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO. 
          SO, UH, I'M HAPPY TO READ THIS, UH, MEMORANDUM INTO THE RECORD AND, UH, ANSWER QUESTIONS AS I AM ABLE. 
          THIS MEMORANDUM IS FROM JOHN SPEARS' MY SUPERVISOR. 
          UH, HOLD ON JESSE. 
          ONE SECOND. 
          LET, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. 
          WE ACTUALLY DID JUST GET, UM, SINCE IT JUST HAPPENED, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FROM OUR CITIZENS SPEAKER. 
          UM, THEY JUST CALLED IN, IT'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO, TO, TO SCAN THAT DOCUMENT A LITTLE BIT, PERHAPS, UH, FOR YOUR FIRST RUN. 
          UM, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND CHECK IN WITH A V UH, THE ALBANY SPEAKER. 
          I SEE AN EMAIL FROM THEM SAYING THAT THEY'RE ON THE LINE. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GREETED SINCE THEY ARRIVED. 
          UH, WE JUST CHECKED, UH, WITH A V AND STILL DO NOT SEE ANYBODY IN THE QUEUE. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT THE EMAIL SAYS IS I'M ON THE LINE, UH, 6 41. 
          UM, SO I DON'T SEE THEM. 
          UM, I SEE THE EMAIL, BUT I DON'T SEE THEM APPEARING ON THE WEBEX. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M NOT SURE FROM THAT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE HER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER RAMOS' MAY HAVE INJURED THE ROOM. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT COMMISSIONER DACA. 
          LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, AND GREET OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONER. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE, OF COURSE OUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND REPERTORY AFFAIRS OFFICER WHEN DELLA HAWKINS ON THE LINE AS WELL. 
          UH, HELLO, COMMISSIONER RAMOS. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? 
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WE'LL GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO GET THROUGH SHE'S ON MUTE IT NOW. 
          OH, NO, SHE'S STILL MUTED. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          WELL, WE'LL GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO GET THROUGH. 
          UM, WE'VE MADE A QUORUM, SO WE'LL, UH, GO AND CONTINUE WITH OUR MEETING, UM, AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. 
          ONCE THEY'VE GOTTEN AUDIO AND VIDEO, UH, WORKED OUT, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, HELLO, COMMISSIONER ISLAND. 
          CAN YOU CONFIRM YOUR AREA CODE ON YOUR PHONE PLEASE? CELL PHONE IS FIVE ONE, TWO. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THAT THE ONE YOU'RE CALLED IN ON? I HAVE A CALL IN THE WEBEX. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE A CALL IN USER WITH THE AREA CODE 2, 1 0. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S ALL THAT'S SAYING. 
          THAT'S WHAT I THINK. 
          THAT'S OUR CITIZEN SPEAKER. 
          YEAH, IT COULD BE OUR CITIZEN SPEAKER. 
          HOWEVER, SHE MAY NEED TO LEAVE THE MEETING AND CALL BACK IN BECAUSE I'M NOT ABLE TO UP. 
          NOPE. 
          NOW IT'S WORKING. 
          I CAN UNMUTE HER NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          CALLING USER, ARE YOU THERE? I'M HERE. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          IS THIS THE NOVIA? HELLO? IS THIS THE NOVIA? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL CHAIR, YOU HAVE YOUR CALL ON SPEAKER NOW. 
          THANK YOU, CITY HALL, AVI. 
          UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          UH, AND UNDERSTANDING AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME AB CHALLENGES HERE. 
          UH, 
          [CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
BUT WE'VE NORMALLY BEGIN OUR MEETING WITH CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS. 
          SO WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FIRST AS IT'S CLEAR, YOU'VE BEEN STANDING BY SINCE THIS CALL BEGAN. 
          YEAH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          UH, WELCOME TO, TO THE TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS MEETING. 
          THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS. 
           I'VE TESTIFIED BEFORE YOU. 
          UM, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN ALMOST A YEAR AS IT RELATES TO THE PANDEMIC AND THESE VIRTUAL MEETINGS. 
          I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COUNCIL HAVE HELD JOINT MEETINGS SINCE SEPTEMBER, 2020, AND THEY POST THE AGENDA, THE ACTUAL MEETING CODE ON THE AGENDA. 
          AND THEY ACTUALLY, FROM THAT SAME DAY REGISTRATION. 
          NOW, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE JUST USING ZOOM. 
          THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. 
          BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO INCLUDE THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY CLERK, MOVING FORWARD, THAT WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING IS ACTUALLY USER FRIENDLY. 
          ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PULL UP THEIR AGENDA AND YOU JUST CALL IN THAT DAY AND YOU GET TO SPEAK. 
          IT'S SIMPLE. 
          SO I KNOW THE CITY CLERK IS LOOKING AT THE HYBRID MODEL, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE DIFFICULTY IT IS AND TRYING TO CONNECT EVEN TODAY. 
          I HEARD EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE SAID, BUT WHATEVER THE ISSUE WAS ON YOUR END, YOU COULDN'T UNMUTE ME OR I COULDN'T UNMUTE MYSELF ON THIS SENSE OF GET YOUR ATTENTION. 
          AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO PLEASE LET THE CITY CLERK KNOW THAT THERE IS A WAY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMUNICATE SIGN UP ON THE SAME DAY AND TO ACTUALLY POST TRANSPARENTLY THE CODE THAT WE'LL TAKE OUT ONE EXTRA STEP, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE STAFF SENDS IT SOMETIMES NOT SOMETIMES I REGISTERED IN ADVANCE AND THEN IT'S TIME FOR THE MEETING AND CHECK MY EMAIL BOX, AND THEN IT'S NOT THERE. 
          AND THEN THE CHAIR'S CALLING MY NAME AND THERE'S NO WAY FOR ME TO CONNECT WITH THE STAFF. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AND THEN ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, I JUST WANT TO, AS A COMMON COURTESY INFORMS THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WE ARE IN, AS IT RELATES TO TRANSIT, WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE WINDOW FOR THE FEDERAL REGISTER FOR PROJECT CONNECT. 
          AND I JUST WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IN YOUR PERSONAL CAPACITY, ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THE RED, THE ORANGE LINE, WHICH IS NOT LAMAR AND THE BLUE LINE. 
          AND I JUST WILL GIVE YOU TWO THINGS TO CONSIDER NORTH OF US. 
          180 3 AT THE TECH RIDGE IS ACTUALLY, UM, THAT'S THE STATE'S RIGHT AWAY. 
          AND AS IT RELATES TO TECHNOLOGY, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE HAD, UM, WIFI THERE USED TO BE WIFI AT THESE TRANSIT STATIONS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE IT ANYMORE. 
          AND THEN I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT'S UNCOMFORTABLE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW, WHICH MAY NOT SEEM LIKE IT'S CONNECTED TO YOU, BUT IT IS. 
          AND THEY ARE USING THE DATA FROM NORTH MEMORIAL TRANSIT CENTER TO JUSTIFY THE RAIL. 
          BUT THE RAIL IS 24 TO 30 YEARS ON NORTH LAMAR UP TO TECH BRIDGE, BUT THEY'RE NOT USING THE DOWNTOWN DATA BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE DEVELOPERS HAVE ACTUALLY PAID A FEE IN LIEU UP. 
          SO IT SKEWS THE DATA. 
          AND THEN ON THE BLUE LINE, RIVERSIDE WAS RESOLVED AND I TOLD HER 17 20 19, AND THEN THE PRESIDIUM IS 
          [00:15:01]
THE DEVELOPER WENT BEFORE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURTS WERE INNOVATIVE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO EARN 80 TO $90,000. 
          AND SO AS YOU LOOK AT YOUR WORK EQUITY WINS, I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY IS THERE. 
          AND, UM, THE DEADLINE IS JUNE 23RD, 2021. 
          I WILL GLADLY SEND YOU SOME INFORMATION, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU CAN GOOGLE ORANGE LINE OR BLUE LINE FEDERAL REGISTER AND CAPITAL METRO. 
          IT WAS POSTED MAY 24TH, 2021. 
          AND SO, UM, IT SHOULD COME UP TO THE TOP AND THEN YOU CAN JUST SUBMIT A FORM COMMENT, BUT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, BUT I KNOW IT, IT MAY SEEM DISCONNECTED, BUT, UM, WHEN YOU CONSIDER ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL GO INTO THE DOWNTOWN STATION, I THINK THE HUB THAT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TRANSIT CENTER SHOULD HAVE A BASIC WIFI AS WELL. 
          AND AS THE LAST THING I'LL MENTION IS THAT, UM, I WAS SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE, UM, MAINLY REPUBLICAN SENATORS TO BLOCK THE BILL FOR THE TUNNEL DOWNTOWN BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS AN EQUITABLE AND IT VIOLATES TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. 
          LAST COMMENT, IT PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN. 
          AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR THE MOMENT TO MAKE MY COMMENTS. 
          WE JUST WANT YOU TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT, UM, THE CITY OF AUSTIN USES EQUITY AT NAUSEUM, BUT JUST SAYING EQUITY AND MUSIC EQUITABLE. 
          DOESN'T MAKE THE SYSTEM EQUITABLE. 
          UM, WE NEED TRANSIT FROM PALMER TO ON PARMER LANE, SAMSUNG, THE APPLE, WHICH THE TECH JOBS ARE THERE AND IT WAS ELIMINATED. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANY INPUT INTO THE BUDGET, IT WAS $4.7 MILLION FROM METRO BY METRO RAPID PALM. 
          AND I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR BUDGET REQUESTS AS WELL, TO GET PEOPLE TO THE TECH JOBS. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM. 
          WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, MS. JOSEPH, UH, FOR, FOR YOUR PATIENCE AGAIN, AND FOR OFFERING THAT COMMENTARY, UH, IT IS A LOT TO REACT TO. 
          I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS REMISS FOR. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF OUR STAFF LIAISON HAD A CHANCE TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION WITH YOU, BUT WE NORMALLY, UH, LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT INTO THE, UM, THE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION BEFOREHAND, SO THAT WE'LL, WE CAN HOPEFULLY HAVE INSIGHTS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ACTIVELY DOING TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS AND, OR BE ABLE TO MORE PRESCRIPTIVELY, TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN REACT TO YOUR CONCERNS. 
          UM, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THAT AHEAD OF YOUR, YOUR, UH, YOUR COMMENTARY TODAY, WHICH IS VERY IN DEPTH. 
          UM, SO AS I WANT TO REACT TO IT, I IMAGINE OTHERS MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS AS WELL. 
          I JUST LIKE TO BEGIN BY, BY SAYING THAT, UM, WE DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO, TO, TO GET MORE INFORMATION, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DISCUSSED, UM, IT'S BEING ILLUMINATED TO ME THAT WIFI AT TRANSIT CENTERS HAS BEEN AFFECTED IN ANY WAY. 
          UH, SO THAT'S NEWS TO ME, AND CERTAINLY WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMISSION, UH, WITH THIS FOCUS ON DIGITAL INCLUSION AND EQUITY, LET ALONE OVERARCHING ADVISORY SUPPORT OF THE CITY, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, CAP METRO AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST, GIVE THEM AN AUDIENCE ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS, INCLUDING PROJECT CONNECT, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE, THE LINES AND, UH, THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE DEFINITELY WANT, UH, TO GET MORE INFORMATION, UH, ABOUT THAT AND, AND, UH, HOW, UH, THOSE CONCLUSIONS WERE ARRIVED AT AND INSIGHTS THAT LED YOU TO YOUR, YOUR PATH, UH, TO WORK WITH STATE SENATORS. 
          UH, I HAVE TO ADMIT, I AM HESITANT TO OFFER A DIRECT OPINION WITHOUT MORE INFORMATION AT THIS POINT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT EQUITY IS A CONCERN THAT I DON'T LIKE TO GET LIFTED LIP SERVICE TO, AND WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT WE DON'T EITHER, THAT WE'D LIKE TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS, UM, AS BEST AS WE CAN. 
          SO, AND THAT IS OFTEN THROUGH OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR NOTICING THAT AND ENCOURAGING US TO SUPPORT THAT. 
          UM, WHEN YOU MADE REFERENCE TO THE AMBASSADORS PROGRAM AND AN IMMEDIATE TECHNOLOGY, UH, CONFLICT TECHNOLOGY, THAT'S SIMPLE AND EASY TO USE. 
          IT RESONATES WITH THINGS I'VE HEARD FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS, UH, ABOUT CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS WITH, UH, THE PLATFORM OF CHOICE BY THE CITY OF BOSTON. 
          NEVERTHELESS, WEBEX REMAINS THE CITY OF THE PLATFORM OF CHOICE. 
          SO THE CITY OF BOSTON, AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE IS THAT, UH, AS WE'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING TO WORK WITH CITY COUNCIL TO EVALUATE OTHER PLATFORMS, IN FACT, IT'S ONE OF THE SPECIFIC THINGS WE WE'VE WORKED ON, UH, TO SPIN UP IS AN EVALUATION OF, UH, PLATFORMS, UH, THAT WOULD WORK BETTER AND, OR BEST. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR INSIGHTS TO BRING, TO BEAR FOR OUR COMMISSION AS WELL, TO THAT. 
          UM, AGAIN, THERE'S SO MUCH YOU'VE GIVEN US TO, TO REACT TO TODAY. 
          UM, MOST MY INITIAL REACTIONS, 
          [00:20:01]
I WANT TO PASS THE MIC OR AT LEAST THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT LET ME, IF I CAN BRIEFLY, UH, SINCE WE DID GET A LATE START, JESSE, HOW MUCH MORE TIME DO WE HAVE FOR REACTIONS? WE DON'T TRADITIONALLY SET TIME LIMITATIONS ON THE, UH, REACTIONS. 
          THE ONLY LIMITATION IS THREE MINUTES FOR SPEAKING. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THEN WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO SHARE ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          UH, MAYBE THIS IS INDEED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DIG IN A LITTLE DEEPER AND GET MORE INSIGHT, UH, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A LIMITATION, UM, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE A ROBUST AGENDA, SO, UH, JUST BE MINDFUL OF THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET EVERYONE A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS. 
          SO IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT HAS ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR MAYBE A WAY TO SPEAK UP. 
          AND I'LL TRY TO, I WAS CURIOUS WHEN DID THE, WE USED TO PROVIDE WIFI IN THOSE STATIONS BEFOREHAND BE PRE COVID. 
          THAT IS, UH, YES. 
          YES. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, AS I BEGAN BY STATING IT, THIS IS A NEWS TO ME, WE USED TO PROVIDE WIFI AT STATIONS AND THEN THE PAST, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT CHANGED, UH, WIFI STATIONS THAT, EXCUSE ME, AT STATIONS, TRANSIT STATIONS, AS WELL AS ON, UH, METRO RAPID ROUTES, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE TRAIN. 
          UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN SOME KIND OF CHANGE AND I'M NOT SURE WHEN THAT HAPPENED. 
          IS THE TRAIN STILL PROVIDED OR IS IT JUST, THE STATIONS WILL STOP PROVIDING IT? WELL, I DIDN'T WANT TO BURDEN OUR CITIZEN WITH QUESTIONS. 
          WE CAN ASK, UH, TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS HERE IN THE CITY OR IN A FAIR, RIGHT. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US CITIZEN, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          DID YOU WANT ME TO RESPOND? OH, YES. 
          IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE A RESPONSE, PLEASE WE'D LOVE YOUR INSIGHTS. 
          YES, CERTAINLY. 
          SO, UM, I NOTICED THAT THE WIFI WORKS AT METRO RAIL CRESTVIEW STATION, BUT IT HAS LONG SINCE PRE COVID STOPPED WORKING AT NORTH LAMAR AND THE TRANSIT CENTER AND RUNDBERG STATION, AND DEFINITELY TECH BRIDGE PARKING AND RIOTS. 
          IT HASN'T HAD IT AT ALL. 
          WE JUST USED THE 8 0 1 MITCHELL LAB. 
          AND SO IT'S STILL IN THE RAPID BUSES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE BUS COMES, IF YOU'RE CLOSE ENOUGH, THEN YOU CAN STILL GET A HOTSPOT IF YOU WILL. 
          BUT IT'S SUCH A MAJOR HUB THAT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME WHY THEY WOULDN'T HAVE WIFI THERE. 
          UM, BUT IT IS STILL AT METRO. 
          THE LAST TIME I WAS, THERE WAS ELECTION NIGHT, SO JUST PRE COVID, BUT IT WAS STILL WORKING AND IT STILL DOES SEEM TO WORK AT METRO RAIL CRESTVIEW STATION, BUT IT'S JUST NOT AT THE TRANSIT CENTER. 
          AND I JUST LEFT NORTH LAMAR, UM, WITH A K U T STORY EARLIER TODAY. 
          UM, IT DOESN'T, I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR PHONE, THE DIGITAL DEVICE WORKS, BUT IF YOU HAVE LIKE, I HAVE MY LAPTOP AND YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO CONNECT IT. 
          THE WIFI IS NOT, IT'S NOT WORKING THERE. 
          UM, AND TO YOUR OTHER QUESTION, MR. CHAIR, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, UM, YOU HAVE INFORMATION FROM ME FROM PAST, UM, CITIZENS COMMUNICATION AS IT RELATES TO THE PLATFORM, NOT THE INFORMATION RELATED TO RAIL OR THE, UH, PROJECT CONNECT, BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE PLATFORM, AND I WOULD JUST CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THE EQUITY OFFICE WAS ACTUALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS, UM, PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL SLASH BICYCLE ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
          THEY HAVE A MEETING WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE, BUT IT APPEARS THAT MAYBE THE EQUITY OFFICE GOT SOME TYPE OF GRANT. 
          SO MAYBE THAT GAVE THEM THE FREEDOM TO USE A DIFFERENT PLATFORM RATHER THAN WEBEX TO USE ZOOM, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, BUT YOU COULD CHECK WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE, UM, AND SEE IF THAT IS WHAT GAVE THEM THE LATITUDE TO USE IT. 
          UM, LIKE SAID IT'S BEEN SINCE SEPTEMBER, 2020 AND, UM, MARCH 16TH, 2020 IS ACTUALLY LIMIT JOINT MEETING, UH, WITH THE THREE PACK BACK. 
          AND I HATE TO USE ACRONYMS, BUT THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL, A BICYCLE ADVISORY KIND ON AN EQUITY OFFICE, UM, HAD THEIR, UM, THEIR MEETINGS, UM, MARCH 16TH, 2020. 
          UM, AND, AND THEN I WOULD JUST SAY, AS IT RELATES TO, UM, UH, THE DOUBLE STANDARD, IF YOU WILL, IS THAT SAME DAY REGISTRATION WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST BECAUSE, UM, COMMISSIONERS AND EVEN COUNSELORS CONTINUE TO PUT LATE BACK UP. 
          AND BY THAT TIME, CITIZENS CAN NO LONGER REGISTER. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, I JUST THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          AND THEN, UM, LASTLY I'LL GLADLY SEND YOU, UM, THE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO PROJECT CONNECT. 
          UM, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S A NARROW WINDOW, IT'S A 30 DAY WINDOW FOR YOU TO SUBMIT COMMENTS AND IT'LL, IT'LL BE AFTER YOUR NEXT MEETING. 
          SO THAT'S WHY, UM, I JUST WROTE THEM IN, IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. 
          UM, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO DO. 
          THANK YOU, MS. JOSEPH OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          OH, MY PLEASURE. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. JOSEPH? 
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OKAY, WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, BUT I THINK, UH, I CAN SAY CONFIDENTLY THAT THERE'LL BE SOME, UH, THERE WILL BE SOME FOLLOW-UP AND SOME REACTIONS TO THE INSIGHTS YOU PUT YOUR SHARE AT THE WORKING GROUP LEVEL. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO DIVING IN WITH, UH, WITH MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. 
          AND SO, UH, TO THE INFORMATION AND BEYOND THAT, I KNOW THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE TO INQUIRE ABOUT, UH, THEIR PLATFORM CHOICES WITH THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL AT, TO SEE IF THAT CAN HELP TO PROVIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UH, AN ALTERNATIVE THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TEST AND OR RECOMMEND, UH, I BROUGHT UTILIZATION ON. 
          SO DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT TOO. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. 
          SO WE REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND UP FOR SEEDING OUR AGENDA. 
          AND THAT IS HAND THE BATON BACK OFF TO YOU, JESSE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO COUPLE OF DO A COUPLE OF DRY RUNS ON THAT READ OR NOT, BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING THE INTERRUPTION. 
          I LIKE TO GET BACK TO OUR AGENDA NOW, AND THAT IS OUR 
          [2. STAFF AND COMMUNITY BRIEFINGS (Part 1 of 2)]
STAFF AND COMMUNITY BRIEFING. 
          UM, OF COURSE OUR SYSTEM INDICATION IS VERY IMPORTANT AND, UH, VERY THANKFUL WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT. 
          BUT NOW ALSO BACK TO THE BUSINESS OF, UH, WITH THE WRITTEN BRIEFING AND UPDATE ON THE RESIDENTIAL TECHNOLOGY STUDY, THIS IS FROM OUR STAFF LIAISON, JESSE, UH, ROGER GUESTS FROM OUR OFFICE OF TELECOM REGULATORY AFFAIRS. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR PITS. 
          AND, UM, UM, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, GO AHEAD AND READ IN THE RECORD, READ INTO THE RECORD, THE MEMORANDUM FROM JOHN SPEARS, THE PROGRAM MANAGER OF THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY DIVISION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND REGULATE REGULATORY AFFAIRS. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEMORANDUM IS TO PROVIDE THE COMMISSION WITH TOP-LINE INFORMATION RELATED TO PRIORITY DIGITAL INCLUSION ACTIVITIES. 
          SOME BACKGROUND ON OCTOBER 9TH, 2020, THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CONVENED A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING FOCUSED ON DIGITAL EQUITY. 
          THIS MEETING INCLUDED A VARIETY OF AUSTIN RESIDENTS RECEIVING SERVICES, POLICY MAKERS, AND THE COMMUNITY LEADERS OF LOCAL NONPROFITS. 
          THE GLOBAL COVID 19 PANDEMIC HAS NECESSARILY ELEVATED THE IMPORTANCE OF SUCH CONVERSATIONS. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE CONVENING WAS TO ALLOW CITIZENS, AUSTIN CITIZENS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIRECTLY COMMUNICATE THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES AND PERSISTENT CHALLENGES WITH ACCESSING INTERNET ENABLED DEVICES AND AN EQUITABLE BROCK BROADBAND INTERNET. 
          THEIR ACCOUNTS PROVIDE CHALLENGE, DATA POINTS FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS STAFF. 
          THE KEY DATA POINTS INCLUDE NO UNIVERSAL SCREEN READER, STANDARD DIGITAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR PARENTS AND WORKING STUDENT FAMILIES INSUFFICIENT HOTSPOT BANDWIDTH FOR COMMON SHARE WHY WIFI ACCESS SCENARIOS, LACK OF CULTURALLY CULTURALLY COMPETENT DEVICE TRAINING AND RESOURCES, ESL DEAF, VISUALLY IMPAIRED, ET CETERA, LACK OF RELEVANCY AND TRUST IN INTERNET OR TECH COMPANIES, LACK OF GEOGRAPHICALLY EQUITABLE BROADBAND. 
          THE FINDINGS OF THIS SPECIAL CALLED MEETING WERE DISCUSSED AT THE SUBSEQUENT REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 19TH AVAILABLE IN THE SPECIAL REPORT ON DIGITAL EQUITY LINKED HERE. 
          THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO FORM A WORKING GROUP IS REPRESENTED BY THE DIGITAL INCLUSION, CIVIC, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOM POLICY WORKING GROUP OF THE COMMISSION TO EXPLORE THE NEXT STEPS, RESPONDING TO THE POINTS, SOME DISCUSSION, THE, THE OFFICE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS IS WORKING TO ADVANCE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE BROADBAND INTERNET. 
          AS OF JANUARY, 2021, THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS A HOST FOR THE 2021 LEADERSHIP AUSTIN INCLUSION FELLOW WHO TAN HARMON. 
          THIS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY HAS LED TO THE CREATION OF THE RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE BROADBAND INTERNET FOR ALL PROJECT. 
          THE INTENT OF THE PROJECT IS TO IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP VIABLE LONGER TERM SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF DIGITAL EQUITY, TO ENSURE RELIABLE, AFFORDABLE BROADBAND FOR ALL THE AVAILABILITY OF THE INTERNET IS CRITICAL TO PARTICIPATE IN A GROWING DIGITAL SOCIETY AND TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. 
          THE DELIVERABLES ALIGNED WITH THE CTC PRIORITY GOALS AND SERVE TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY ASSET MAPPING AND SURVEY OF EXISTING DATA ON MAPPING AND SPEED OF PRIVATE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE AND REASONS FOR BARRIERS 
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TO BROADBAND ADOPTION. 
          SECONDLY, TO, UH, A FEASIBILITY PLAN BASED ON MODELS AND BEST PRACTICES NATIONALLY, THAT COULD BE OFFERED AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION IN AUSTIN FOR AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE BROADBAND FOR ALL IN AUSTIN. 
          AND LASTLY, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, REACTIVATED ENGAGED AND COLLABORATING CROSS SECTOR OF STAKEHOLDERS AND A WIDE REACHING AND COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT. 
          THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY WITH A STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PHASE AND HAS SHAPED THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT WITH THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, COUNCIL ONE HOMELESSNESS TO CHILDCARE THREE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND FOR FOOD ACCESS RECOMMENDATION, TERRORISTS STAFF AFFIRM THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES SET FORTH FROM THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING AND THE COMMUNITY CONVENING HOSTED BY THE CTC IN FALL OF 2020 STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PUBLIC FOR THE RELATED DIGITAL ACCESS OUTCOMES OF THE COUNCIL PRIORITIES STAFF WILL ENSURE THE PROJECT WORK WILL ALIGN NEATLY WITH THE VISIONING WORK OF THE COMMISSION AND TO ENSURE THE PROJECT IS ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH LONG-TERM GOALS. 
          STAFF ANTICIPATES PRESENTING MORE DETAIL FOR THIS INFORMATION IN THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CTC WORKING GROUP MEETINGS AT THE END OF JUNE AND EARLY JULY AND A FULL BRIEFING AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CTC MEETING ON JULY 14TH. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT JOHN. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, WELL THAT WAS A TIMELY UPDATE, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM OUR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT, JESSIE, UM, WITH EQUITY IN MIND, UM, WOULD YOU MIND, UM, SHARING A SCREEN SO THAT, UH, THOSE THAT WON'T, THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE TAKE A LOOK RIGHT NOW THAT ARE FOLLOWING ALONG, CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND WE COULD THEN TALK ABOUT IT AT LEAST, UH, WITH A QUICK LITTLE BRIEF QUESTION AND ANSWER. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SURE. 
          IF WE ARE PULLING IT UP NOW. 
          OKAY, PERFECT. 
          AND BY THE WAY, THIS MEMO WILL BE INCLUDED AT RIGHT ALONG WITH THE, THE, UH, THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS FOR THIS MEETING. 
          YES. 
          WE WILL BE POSTING THIS AS A BACKUP TO AGENDA ITEM TWO A OKAY. 
          I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION AND AT LEAST, UH, TO, TO CHAT ABOUT THIS, ALTHOUGH JESSE, WON'T BE THE BEST PERSON TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS TOPIC OR TO THIS BRIEFING, UM, BECAUSE IT RELATES TO THE ASSISTANCE MEDICATION. 
          SO HOTLY, AND I CAN TELL COMMISSIONERS, FIRSTLY AND OTHERS MIGHT HAVE, UH, THINGS TOP OF MIND. 
          I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR US TO JUST USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE ON THIS IN THE PUBLIC, UH, SETTING. 
          SO AS WE'VE, AS WE DISCUSSED IN OUR LAST MEETING, UM, AND BY THE WAY, UH, COMMISSIONER RAMOS, CAN YOU, CAN YOU, UH, HEAR US, CAN YOU, UH, UH, ARE YOU ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH AUDIO? ARE YOU STILL ON THE CALL? I SEE THEM LOGGED IN, BUT I DON'T SEE, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE ABLE TO HEAR US NECESSARILY, OR IF THEY, IF NOT, THAT'S FINE TOO. 
          WE CAN ALWAYS CIRCLE BACK, UH, JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. 
          BUT THE MAIN THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, AS WAS DISPERSED WITH THE WELCOME PACKAGE THAT JESSE SENT OUT, UH, W OUR COMMISSION IS COMPRISED OF WORKING GROUPS THAT ARE BASED ON OUR TOPICAL FOCUS AREAS AS, AS ALL THE COMMISSIONERS KNOW, AND DIGITAL INCLUSION IS ONE OF THOSE KEY AREAS. 
          THAT INCLUDES THE COURSE, UH, AS PART OF THE SAME WORKING GROUP, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC POLICY IMPACT, AS IT RELATES TO TELECOMM AND, UH, TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY, AND THE COMMISSION ITSELF ALSO ADMINISTERS THE G TOPS GRANT, WHICH PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SERVING, UH, THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT IN ADDRESSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, THE, THE KEY THING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO ADVANCE AS A COMMISSION IS TO PUT TOGETHER AN ECOSYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS THESE EFFORTS STRATEGICALLY AND COLLABORATIVELY, UH, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR, WHICH WE REPRESENT AS APPOINTEES, 
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BUT ALSO POLICY MAKERS AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, CITY STAFF, AND, UH, HIRED FELLOWS, EVEN LIKE COTON, AS MENTIONED HERE, AS WELL AS PRIVATE ENTITIES, UH, WHETHER THEY BE FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES LIKE GOOGLE OR AT, AND T OR CHARTER, OR, UH, OR SPECTRUM OR OTHER TELECOM CASE PROVIDERS THAT WE HAVE, OR NONPROFIT PARTNERS THAT WE WORK THROUGH, UH, TO PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES EITHER THROUGH THE GRANT OR THROUGH SUPPORT. 
          AND THAT'S OFFERED PRIMARILY THROUGH DECA AND THE EFFORTS OF THE DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT COMMUNITY, BOSTON AND THE DIGITAL INCLUSION OFFICE THROUGH, UH, THE TERROR DEPARTMENT AND THIS COMMISSION WITH OUR SUPPORT, THE, THE REASON WHY I TO KIND OF PRESS PAUSE FOR A SECOND AT THE END TO SEE IF WE NEED TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AROUND THE TIMING OF THINGS IS THERE'S A GREAT, UH, COALESCENCE, I THINK OF ATTENTION FOR THE NEED FOR BROADBAND AS A BASIC SERVICE, UH, WHETHER IT AFFECTS PEOPLE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES AND OUTLYING AREAS, OR, UH, THOSE IN MORE TRADITIONALLY, UH, AND THOSE, UH, MORE TRADITIONALLY EFFECTED, UH, HISTORICALLY, UH, BY EQUITY CHALLENGES NOT NECESSARILY RELATE TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR TECHNOLOGY, BUT IN GENERAL. 
          SO THERE'S A NEXUS OF, OF THAT COMMON GROUND ALONG WITH FUNDING, UH, AROUND EFFORTS FOR, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND THAT OF COURSE IS RELATED TO MOBILITY, UH, WHERE WE'VE GOT FUNDING RELATED TO MOBILITY AND, UH, UPLIFT OF THAT TOO. 
          SO WE HAVE IS, UH, ALL THESE ARROWS POINTING THE SAME DIRECTION, UH, GREAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT ALSO GREAT CHALLENGES, UH, AS IT RELATES TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INTENTIONAL AND STRATEGIC, RIGHT? SO THE INSIGHTS OF OUR CITIZENS ARE GOING TO BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN A COMMISSIONER FIRSTIE ASKED, UH, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE CITY, UH, IT PROMPTED ME TO WANT TO ASK THAT THE COMMISSIONERS THAT THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT, THAT, YOU KNOW, I RIDE PUBLIC TRANSIT FROM TIME TO TIME AND AT THE MID IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS SINCE I'VE DONE IT. 
          UM, BUT I WAS SURPRISED TO, TO HEAR THAT THERE WAS ANY CHANGE IN WIFI OFFERING, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT MAKES ME WANT TO HAVE JESSIE REACH OUT FOR A BRIEFING, FRANKLY, FROM KAT METRO ON THE STATUS OF WIFI SERVICE AT, AT CAP METRO FACILITIES, UM, CHANGES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE THING THAT, THAT CITIZEN MEDICATION, UH, WILL INSPIRE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS TOPIC, QUESTIONS I AGREE, AGREE, OR THIS COMMISSIONER APODACA, I THINK WE AGREE WITH YOU SHARE PITS, UM, YOU KNOW, IS, IS IT CERTAINLY AS A NEXT ITEM? UM, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO CAB, MASTRO ASK FOR, UM, THE STATUS OF THE WIFI, UM, FUNCTIONALITY, UH, AT ALL THEIR LOCATIONS, BECAUSE, UM, LIKE YOU, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT, UM, ALL OF THAT WAS, WAS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. 
          SO IT'S SURPRISING TO HEAR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT, PRETTY LIKE THAT. 
          I WOULD JUST ADD TO YOUR PITS AS WELL, THAT THEN SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF PROCESS FOR CONSTANTLY CHECKING THESE TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NOT A BUG OR SOMETHING THAT'S DOWN. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          EMISSION ISLAND, SOME TYPE OF A FAIL SAFE FOR OBVIOUSLY BREAK-FIX METHODOLOGY AND COMMISSIONER PITS. 
          ALSO, IF THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED SOME TYPE OF CHANGE TO THEIR PROCESS ARE IF THEY HAVE, UM, UM, JUST, UH, ANOTHER PLAN THAT DEVIATES FROM WHAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY IMPLEMENTING, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW THAT ALSO, YOU KNOW, UM, ESPECIALLY IN IF THEY'RE REACTING TO THINGS THAT MAYBE HAPPEN BECAUSE OF WEATHER EVENTS, BECAUSE OF COVID OR WHATEVER, IF THEY'VE MADE SOME TYPE OF CHANGE, AND IT HASN'T BEEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED WITH REGARDS TO THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY FORMALLY OFFER THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY OFFERING, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE AND HOW THEY INTEND TO, IF THAT IS THE CASE, HOW THEY INTEND TO PUBLICIZE IT. 
          THAT'S WELL SAID, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, BEAVERS. 
          I AGREE. 
          I AGREE. 
          I KNOW THAT, UH, I'VE SEEN POSTINGS, 
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UH, BY CAP METRO ABOUT DIFFERENT CHANGES THEY'VE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE INTENDED TO MAKE, OR THAT THEY'VE MADE, YOU KNOW, STOP CHANGES, SCHEDULE CHANGES, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THIS, BUT IT DOES MAKE YOU WONDER IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY PERHAPS, UH, FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL AUDIENCES OR A WASTE FOR THAT BOARD TO GET OUT. 
          SO THE COMMUNITY IS NOT SURPRISED AND, OR AT LEAST THERE'S TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE DECISION MAKING WELL SAID. 
          ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS? WELL, THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS GIVEN, UH, AND JESSE FOR SHARING THE BRIEFING. 
          OF COURSE, WE APPRECIATE THE WORK OF JOHN SPEARS AND, UH, THE TERROR OFFICE, UH, JESSE INCLUDED COATS ON, UH, JOHN PENCE AS WELL, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE TEAM AND RIDELL, OF COURSE, AS THE OFFICER THERE. 
          UH, SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT. 
          GETTING BACK TO OUR AGENDA, WE CAN GO OUT AND TRANSITION TO AGENDA ITEM THREE NEW BUSINESS, 
          [Items 3A & 3B]
THE ANNUAL CCTC WORK PLAN, UH, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. 
          I'LL GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN, UH, BECAUSE WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS TO, UH, TAKE US THROUGH A LITTLE HISTORY. 
          UM, THIS WAS SOMEWHAT INTENDED PRIOR, UH, BUT IT WAS ALSO, UM, AND COURAGE FURTHER BY A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED BY COMMISSIONER ISLANDS AT ONE OF OUR WORKING GROUP MEETINGS. 
          UH, REALLY JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE FOR, UM, HOW EFFECTIVE WE'VE BEEN, UH, AS A COMMISSION AND STUDYING THE EVOLUTION OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND OR ACTIVITIES HAVING DIRECT IMPACT. 
          UM, THAT WAS MY INTERPRETATION OF IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO GIVE HER A CHANCE TO, UH, RESTATE THAT. 
          UH, SO IT'S UNDERSTOOD FOR THE DISCUSSION, UM, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S SOMETHING WHICH WE'D ALL APPRECIATE, BUT I DON'T WANT NECESSARILY MISSPEAK FOR HER. 
          UH, I JUST APPRECIATED WHAT SHE SAID. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER ISLAND, WOULD YOU MIND ELABORATING ON OUR DISCUSSION AT THE, UH, WORKING GROUP LEVEL AND, UH, THE QUESTION THAT YOU HAD? SURE. 
          UM, SO I ASKED, UM, RONDELLA TO GO OVER JUST KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND OF WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMMITTEE WHERE IT STARTED, THE HISTORY OF IT, UM, AND KIND OF SOME OF THE TRANSITIONARY, UM, TIMES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE KIND OF GONE THROUGH WHERE HE WENT FROM BEING, YOU KNOW, AT AND T WAS KIND OF A MONOPOLY. 
          WE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HELPED BRING IN MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER COMPETITORS, AND NOW WE KIND OF HAVE STEPPED OUT OF THAT, UM, I GUESS, ADVISORY ROLE. 
          AND WE'RE MORE OF JUST A CONSULTANT, IF YOU WILL. 
          UM, DID I EXPLAIN THAT CORRECTLY ONE WAY TO EXPLAIN IT THAT I KNEW THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT, UH, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE SOME OF THE BACKGROUND SHARED AS WELL? UM, SO THAT'S USEFUL IT'S IN GENERAL, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS MANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE ALREADY AWARE, THERE HAS BEEN AN EVOLUTION. 
          I KNOW, I RECALL SPEAKING TO COMMISSIONER APODACA ABOUT IT. 
          I KNOW COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, BIEBER'S AWARE OF IT. 
          UM, I KNOW OF COURSE, UH, VICE-CHAIR ALEXANDER KRISHNA FLOYD IS AWARE OF IT AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, FOR ANYONE THAT'S NOT AS AWARE, IT IS HELPFUL, RIGHT? TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT EVOLUTION AND HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY IMPACT CHANGE HERE. 
          UM, IT OBVIOUSLY MEANS THAT, UM, WE'VE GOT TO BE STRATEGIC AND, UH, THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT WE DO TO REALLY IMPACT CHANGE. 
          UM, BUT I THINK IT GOES BACK TO THE COMMON DENOMINATOR. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OR THE MAYOR, RIGHT? SO OUR BIGGEST INFLUENCE IS CLEARLY THROUGH OUR COLLECTIVE IMPACT ON CITY COUNCIL AND THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE. 
          AND THAT IS OFTEN BORN OUT THROUGH BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS OR COMMITTEE COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS, OR, UH, THROUGH REPORTS THAT COULD IMPACT ALL THE ABOVE, UH, BUT REALLY JUST HAVING THIS PUBLIC CONVENING AND, UH, MAKING IT CLEAR IF WE HAVE CONSENSUS ABOUT SOMETHING, THEN I THINK IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR LEADERS TO REFLECT THAT CONSENSUS IN THEIR ACTIONS, BECAUSE WE REPRESENT THE WHOLE CITY, UH, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO, I COULD SHARE MY SCREEN, UH, CAV, I THINK, UH, I NEED TO GET THAT CAPABILITY BACK AGAIN. 
          TIRPITZ WE HAVE TRANSFERRED THE SHARE COMMITTEE CAPABILITY BACK TO YOU. 
          LET US KNOW IF THAT'S NOT SHOWING UP. 
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OKAY. 
          LET'S SEE HERE. 
          JUST GIVE ME THE OPTION TO SHARE FILES, BUT NOT TO SHARE SCREEN SO FAR. 
          I NEED IT FROM MY, UH, LAPTOP, OF COURSE NOT THE MOBILE. 
          GOTCHA. 
          I THINK WE TRANSFERRED THE SHARE-ABILITY TO THE WRONG PROFILE THAT YOU HAVE UP. 
          SO WE'RE SWAPPING IT OVER NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, HERE WE GO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WITH JESSE'S HELP, UH, WHAT I'VE CONSTRUCTED HERE IS A LIST OF AGENDA ITEMS, BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, AND COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS, UH, THAT REFLECT OUR ACTIONS TO, TO ADDRESS THE WORK PILOT PLAN AND, UH, THE MISSION OF THIS COMMISSION AND THE GOALS OF THE CITY. 
          AND ALTHOUGH OUR REPORT, THE REVIEW THAT I WILL BE SUBMITTING AT THE END OF JULY, UH, FOR THE REPORT AND OUR FISCAL YEAR IS OF COURSE ONLY RUN FROM OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER. 
          UH, THIS GOES BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN THAT, JUST BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A LITTLE MORE BACK CONTEXT. 
          SO LOOKING AT OUR FISCAL YEAR FROM 2019 TO 2020, YOU SEE HERE MONTH OVER MONTH, I'LL SCROLL DOWN. 
          UM, SO YOU CAN READ ALONG. 
          SO BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER, EXCUSE ME, BEGINNING OCTOBER, 2019, YOU SEE A FOCUS ON OUR STANDARD CADENCE OF MEETINGS, UH, RIGHT. 
          WE'VE ALWAYS GOT OUR STANDARD THINGS TO DISCUSS AT THE AGENDA LEVEL. 
          UH, BUT THEN THINGS THAT GET RECOMMENDED AND THINGS THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THE WORK PLAN. 
          SO AS WE, UH, WE, WE HAD IDENTIFIED MOBILITY AND SMART CELL TECHNOLOGIES AS A FOCUS. 
          WE LOOK FOR KEY AREAS TO INJECT THESE INTO OUR AGENDA. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE, SCROLLING DOWN HERE, AGENDA FOCUSES STRONGLY AROUND THE ABILITY. 
          WE HAVE SMALL CELL TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS INNOVATION AND MOBILITY AGAIN AT CAP METRO PRESENTATION, UH, G TOPS, OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL DISCUSSED AS HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION LATELY. 
          UH, WE RELY UPON UPDATES FROM CTM AND THEY WENT THROUGH A LEADERSHIP CHANGE LAST YEAR, UH, THAT HAS BEEN RESOLVED. 
          IT WAS MISSTATED DURING OUR LAST COMMISSION MEETING, UM, OF THAT IT WAS UNDETERMINED WHO OUR CEO IS, BUT, UH, CHRIS STEWART, THE INTERIM CEO, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE INTERIM CIO IS INDEED HIRED AS THE PERMANENT CIO. 
          SO I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A PRESENTATION, UH, THAT, UH, FROM, FROM THEM. 
          I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR JESS TO GIVE US AN UPDATE THERE, JESSE. 
          UH, IF YOU, BY CHANCE HAVE ANY UPDATES ON OUTREACH TO CTM TIRPITZ YES. 
          WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO CTM FOR AN UPDATE ON THE TRANSITION, UH, WITH THE, THE LEADERSHIP TRANSITION, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS THAT THE COMMISSION WAS LOOKING FOR UPDATES ON FROM CTM, UH, IN GENERAL, UH, WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK YET, SO THE SCHEDULING IS STILL ONGOING, BUT I INVITED HIM TO EITHER THIS SESSION OR, UH, OUR NEXT SESSION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL, UH, BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM BEFORE US, BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN, UH, AND TO ADVISE, UH, AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST. 
          AND AS YOU LOOK AT THE CHRONOLOGY HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS AS WE'RE REACTING TO BECOME IMPORTANT AND, OR ONGOING THINGS AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER. 
          SO ONCE MORE, UH, 2020 WAS THE YEAR OF THE CENSUS. 
          THAT WAS A BIG FOCUS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, UH, PARTICULARLY AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES WHICH ARE UNDERREPRESENTED AND UNDER COUNTED. 
          UH, AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER  AND OTHER COMMISSIONERS HERE, COMMISSIONER FLOYD, UH, COMMISSIONER GATES, UH, CONSTRUCT THOMPSON, BEAVERS VICE-CHAIR XANDER, BASICALLY THE WHOLE BODY WAS INVOLVED IN A ROBUST DISCUSSION 
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ABOUT WAYS TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT, UH, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. 
          AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THAT FEBRUARY UPDATE, THAT INCLUDED AS WELL, A BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AROUND, UH, VOTER VOTING, TABLATURE, AT LEAST VIDEO PROCESSING AND REMOTE PARTICIPATION. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, THE G TOPS AWARDS RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE PREVIOUS AS WE GO ALONG FOR FREE, BY THE WAY, I WANT THIS TO BE AN INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION DISCUSSION AROUND OUR EFFECTIVENESS. 
          UH, ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN. 
          OTHERWISE WE'LL FALL THROUGH THE CHRONOLOGY, NOT TO THE POINT OF OUR CURRENT, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN HAVE A CANDID DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR BEST PRACTICES. 
          SO, UH, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO SPEAK UP, CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE SCREENS JUST KIND OF READ ALONG. 
          SO LET ME KNOW IF HE WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING, UH, AS WE CONTINUE, WE, AS A COMMISSION, AGREED TO ENGAGE IN AN EFFORT TOWARDS COLLABORATION AND CONVENING AS A, AGAIN, THE TOMMY UPDATE AND MEMO THAT JESSE READ SPEAKS TO, WE'RE ABLE TO PULL THAT OFF BY DOING A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING AND BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN THAT SESSION. 
          WELL, THAT BEGAN AS A CONCEPT OF A STAKEHOLDER SUMMIT, WHERE OF COURSE WE IMAGINED BEING TOGETHER IN PERSON AND, UH, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ENGAGING IN A COLLABORATIVE CONFERENCE TYPE FORMAT, UM, ALMOST, UH, REALLY INSPIRED BY DECA, UH, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE DECA BRINGS TOGETHER DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THEN COVID HAPPENS. 
          AND SO WE GOT CREATIVE AND WE FOUND A WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD TO DO IT IN AN ONLINE FORMAT AND BASED ON THE REPORT THAT SEALED IT AND THE MOMENTUM THAT WE'VE GAINED, I'D SAY THAT PROVED US TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE AS A BODY, UH, AND ABLE TO BEING ABLE TO PULL TOGETHER, UH, FROM DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE CITY AND ECOSYSTEM AND SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL INCLUSION TO THEN OFFER THOSE LIVED EXPERIENCES, TO GIVE CITIZENS A CHANCE TO DIRECTLY ENGAGE WITH POLICY MAKERS. 
          I THOUGHT THAT WAS EXTREMELY IMPACTFUL. 
          UH, CONTINUING WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. 
          WE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY 2020 WAS, UH, UH, AN UNPARALLELED YEAR I, IN TERMS OF AWARENESS, UH, AND, UH, FRANKLY, PROTEST OF CIVIL, UH, PARTICULARLY, UH, EXCUSE ME, PROTEST, UH, POLICE BRUTALITY. 
          AND AS A RESULT, OUR ALREADY EXISTING WORK AROUND POLICE VIDEO PROCESSING, UM, FRANKLY COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN ELEVATED. 
          BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY, UH, STARTED SPEAKING ABOUT DEFUNDING AS OPPOSED TO FUNDING. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE WERE LOOKING TO FUND A PART OF, UH, OF, OF THE WHOLE APD EFFORT, WHICH I THINK UNANIMOUSLY IS GREED, UH, SUPPORTS EVERYONE, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S, UM, POLICE REFORM OR, UH, GOOD POLICING OR, UM, OR WHAT HAVE YOU THAT THE POINT IS SWIFT VIDEO PROCESSING WAS GOOD FOR EVERYBODY, WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE HAD ISSUES WITH POLICE BUDGETS, BUT SINCE THE BUDGET WAS REALLOCATED, THINGS CHANGED. 
          SO NOW WE'RE ENGAGED AS A COMMISSION IN EVALUATING WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING WITH THE APD ONE APP, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO HELP TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS THAT POLICE VIDEO DOES. 
          AND YET, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, THOSE WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSION, UH, EXCEPT FOR COMMISSIONER RAMOS, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR SOME INSIGHTS AND TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT PROCESS HAS BEGUN. 
          SO I'D SAY WE'RE DOING WELL IN THAT DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE AGAIN THROUGH THE CHRONOLOGY HERE, PERSISTENT WORK THROUGH OUR DIGITAL INCLUSION OFFICE TO RESPOND AND TO BE AVAILABLE, UH, WITH RESOURCES, WHETHER IT'S AVAILABLE HOTSPOTS OR ACCESS TO, UH, ENTITIES THAT PROVIDED, UH, ACCESS TO, TO THE INTERNET OR THOSE THAT COULD PROVIDE, UH, MITIGATION SERVICES, UH, CREATIVE, UH, TECHNIQUES. 
          THESE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, OF COURSE 
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THE DIGITAL INCLUSION PROGRAMS WE'RE INVOLVED IN. 
          UH, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY OUR SUPPORT OF THAT WAS EFFECTIVE. 
          UH, OF COURSE, IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING CITIZENS A CHANCE TO, TO DIRECTLY COMMUNICATE ABOUT THE NEED, BUT, AND SUPPORTING THOSE EFFORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MOBILE HOTSPOTS AROUND, UH, YOU KNOW, AISD BUSES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONTINUING THE WIFI, UH, THE HOTSPOT LIVING PROGRAM, AND ACTUALLY VOTING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HOTSPOTS AS WE DID WITH A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION. 
          SO THEN OUR AGENDA, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE CONTINUING OUR SAME WORK HERE INTO THE YEAR. 
          UH, AND W YOU SEE HERE IS I THINK A PRETTY CONSISTENT EFFORT, UH, AT THIS COMMISSION TO, UH, WORK COLLABORATIVELY, UH, TO ADDRESS AS BEST AS WE CAN WITH EVOLVING BUDGETS, UH, THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY AND, UH, THE CHALLENGES RATHER THAN THE MISSION OF THIS COMMITTEE COMMISSION AND OUR PRIORITIES TO HELP ALIGN TO THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES OF THE CITY OF GOVERNMENT FOR ALL, UH, AMONG OTHERS, UH, THAT WE'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS, UH, ANY INDIVIDUAL AND ANY GROUP CAN, MAYBE THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE HAVE TELEVISION. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK ABOUT THIS OPENLY AND CANDIDLY, UH, ON THE RECORD. 
          UH, SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO STOP TALKING AND IF ANYONE, A CHANCE TO REACT TO WHAT THEY SEE AND OUR CHRONOLOGY HERE OF EFFORTS AND TASKS AS A BODY AND WAYS THAT WE CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE, I DO WANT TO, UH, GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SEE MORE IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT I'M OPEN AT THIS POINT TO ANYONE'S FEEDBACK. 
          UH, AND I DON'T PLAN ON SAYING ANYTHING AS I JUST SCROLL THROUGH HERE. 
          UM, CHAIR PITS. 
          THIS IS COMMISSIONER ISLAND. 
          UM, I THINK IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD LAST NIGHT, I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRESS WE'VE BEEN MAKING AND ALL OF THE DISCUSSIONS AT THAT HIGH LEVEL, UM, AND KIND OF HOW WE'VE TRIED TO PUSH SOME ACTION. 
          UM, I, I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND OF THESE ONES, WHICH ONES ARE STILL IN PROGRESS, WHICH ONES ARE ONES THAT ARE STILL IN KIND OF THAT DISCUSSION PHASE IN VERSUS SOME THAT ARE, UM, HAVE MAYBE BEEN COMPLETED OR HAVE, UM, BEEN ABLE TO COME TO LIFE. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UH, AND THAT'S REASONABLE. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK ALSO, UM, APPRECIATE THAT. 
          WELL, WITH THAT IN MIND, LET ME GO AHEAD AND TAKE US TO PRESENT DAY CAUSE THAT EFFECTIVELY DOES THAT, UH, OUR LAST COMMISSION MEETING, UH, CENTERED AROUND THE WORK PLAN, THE ONE PRIOR FOCUS AROUND BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS AND BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COOLEY. 
          ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAYS THAT WE IMPACT CHANGE, UH, HERE, UH, AT THE COMMISSION LEVEL. 
          AND WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ARE TWO BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS, BUT WITH VARYING DEGREES OF, UH, UH, PROGRESSION. 
          AND IN FACT, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY AS WELL FOR AN UPDATE, UH, FROM CITY STAFF. 
          WE HAVE ANY ON THOSE BUDGET AGENDA, THOSE BUDGET REQUESTS, AND WE'VE HEARD OF THEM BACK FROM EITHER THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ABOUT, UM, UH, ABOUT, UH, REMOTE DISSIPATION OR IF YOU'VE HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM, UH, CTM, I THINK, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY HEARD AN ANSWER TO, UH, RELATED TO VOTING TABLATURE, UH, JESSE, ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT CHAIR BITS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THE BUDGET, UH, UH, ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED IN THE LAST, LAST, UH, TWO TO THREE WEEKS OR SO. 
          UH, THE LIST OF ITEMS TO RESPOND TO, UH, FROM COMMISSIONS CAME THROUGH DOWN TO THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND THEN, UH, RESPONSES, YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE TO GENERATE RESPONSES TO THOSE ITEMS THAT COME DOWN. 
          UM, AND, UH, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK PERHAPS, OR THE WEEK BEFORE THAT, THAT WE HAD TO TURN AROUND THOSE RESPONSES. 
          UM, SO THAT, UH, THAT'S 
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WHERE WE ARE IN, IN THE LARGER PROCESS, BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FURTHER FROM, UH, THE CLERK'S OFFICE OR THE BUDGET OFFICE ON THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY THIS COMMISSION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE STILL WAITING TO FIND OUT REALLY WHERE WE STAND, UM, AND WHERE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS STAND RATHER. 
          SO TO SPEAK, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, WE CAN SAY THAT THEY HAVE EVOLVED TO THIS POINT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE GOTTEN ATTENTION AT CITY COUNCIL LEVEL THAT ARE OUR STEADY PUSH HAS GOTTEN US TO THIS POINT. 
          UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE CAN, WE CAN MORE ASSUREDLY HAROLD, OUR SUCCESS AROUND G TOPS, UH, BECAUSE AS YOU SEE HERE DOWN HERE ON BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2021, UH, EXCUSE ME, THERE'S 2021. 
          AND THEN 2020, UH, WE RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL FTE FOCUSED ON VIDEO PROCESSING, UH, THAT WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT WORKED OUT YET. 
          UH, ALTHOUGH WE KNOW THAT FOCUSES AROUND THE APP NOW. 
          AND SO THAT'S FINE. 
          SIPPING AHEAD. 
          UH, WE ADVOCATED FOR AN APP DEVELOPER TO BE HARD TO SUPPORT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          WE KNOW THAT'S STILL, UH, KIND OF ON THE DRAWING BOARD. 
          UH, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, SKIPPING BACK THOUGH, TO G TOPS HERE, THE ALLOCATION TO TUFTS FUNDING, A 400,000 AS APPROVED HERE, UH, IN THE COMMISSION, UH, UNANIMOUSLY THAT WAS APPROVED AND THAT HAS BEEN ROLLED OUT AND THOSE AWARDS ARE BEING MADE. 
          UM, SO WHEN I LOOK AT IT OVERALL, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE STILL PUSHING IN AREAS WHERE WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING TO IMPACT EFFECTIVENESS AT THE CITY LEVEL OF OPERATIONS AND, OR CHANGE RELATED TO OUR MISSION, UH, RIGHT, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY, UH, STILL BE DOING THAT, WE CAN, WE CAN SAY THAT IN THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE DIRECT CONTROL, UH, THAT WE HAVE IMMEDIATE IMPACT, UH, AND AREAS WHERE WE HAVE, UH, FRANKLY, MORE, UM, I DON'T WANT TO SAY RESPONSIBILITY NECESSARILY, BUT YOU COULD ARGUE THAT WE DO, UM, RELATED TO DIGITAL INCLUSION AND POLICY TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, GIVE CITIZENS, UH, DIGITAL INCLUSION AND CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, UH, TO GIVE CITIZENS A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE WITH US, SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES WHILE ALSO BEING ABLE TO BE SERVED BY THE G TOPS GRANT, UH, AND DIGITAL INCLUSION OFFERINGS BY NONPROFITS, UH, AND MATCHING ORGANIZATIONS. 
          SO IN MY OPINION, UH, WE'RE DOING QUITE WELL, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET EVERYONE ELSE'S FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT TOO, BECAUSE HERE WE SEE NOW, UH, OR OTHERS, UH, AND I HOPE THAT PROVIDES SOME, SOME UPDATE FOR YOU AS WELL, COMMISSIONER ALMOND ABOUT HOW WE STAND NOW AND, UH, WHERE WE'VE REALLY MADE PROGRESS QUICKLY AND IN THE AREAS WHERE WE'RE STILL KIND OF PUSHING STEADILY CHAIR, BUT IT'S HIS COMMISSIONERS APODACA. 
          UM, CAN YOU TALK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LIST POLICE VIDEO PROCESSING? I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT AND, UH, I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS BEHIND THAT. 
          YEAH, SURE, SURE. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THIS, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEW COMMISSIONERS HERE? UH, WE BASICALLY WERE, I BELIEVE IT WAS CALLED OUT THROUGH CITIZEN COMMUNICATION INITIALLY AND, OR JUST PUBLIC, UH, CONCERN ABOUT THE TIME IT TOOK TO GET POLICE VIDEO BACKLOG PROCESSED IN ORDER TO AFFECT CASES. 
          RIGHT? SO WHETHER IT WAS ISSUES OF, UM, CONCERNED ABOUT POLICING OR ISSUES OF JUSTICE, AND JUST NEEDING AN UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, JUSTICE DEFERRED IS JUSTICE DENIED, AS THE SAYING GOES, AND THAT POLICE VIDEO PROCESSING PLAYS A KEY ROLE, UH, THAT SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, UH, THAT POLICE VIDEO PROCESSING THEN FROM AN EQUITY LENS FELL UNDER THE DIGITAL INCLUSION SPECTRUM AND, AND SOMETHING AS A COMMISSION THAT WE FELT OBLIGED TO, UH, OFFER INSIGHTS INTO. 
          AT THE TIME WE ACTUALLY HAD COMMISSIONERS, UH, WITH EXPERTISE AROUND VIDEO, UH, AND THEY DID PLAY A ROLE IN HELPING TO, UH, STEER HEAD, EH, LOOKING INTO THE CURRENT SYSTEMS BEING USED BY APD. 
          AND 
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WHAT WAS CONFIRMED IS, UH, THROUGH, UH, BOTH SWORN OFFICERS AND THE ASSIGNED MATH UNIT AS THEY'RE CALLED, UM, AND MYSELF AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER COMMISSIONERS, INCLUDING COMMISSIONER, UH, ALEXANDER, UH, MR. GAETZ, UH, MR. FLOYD, OTHERS I'D ASK UTA, UH, WAS THAT THERE WAS A VARIETY OF DISPARATE SYSTEMS THAT THEY WERE USING, UH, INCLUDING A PANASONIC PANASONIC SYSTEM THAT WAS LEGACY, UH, THAT THEY WERE DEPENDENT UPON THAT WAS CREATING THE BACKLOG. 
          AND SO IT, IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR TECHNOLOGY UPLIFT THAT WOULD HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON DIGITAL INCLUSION, EQUITY, JUSTICE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE NINE. 
          AND SO AS A COMMISSION, WE WERE BASICALLY TRYING TO SUPPORT THEM BY GIVING THEM ADDITIONAL STAFF TO PROCESS THE VIDEO. 
          CAUSE AS THEY EXPLAINED, THERE IS SHE WAS HAVING, UH, OVERTIME CHALLENGES AND HAVING STAFF NEEDING TO HAVE A SWORN OFFICER AS WELL AS A NON-SWORN OFFICER BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESSING PROCESS. 
          SO I HOPE THAT HELPS TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON THAT. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF YOU ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS, UH, UH, ABOUT OUR, OUR EFFECTIVENESS AS A COMMISSION HERE RELATED TO OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, DO WE EVER SUSPEND THAT RECOMMENDATION FOR THE POLICE, UH, THING? YES, WE DID. 
          YES. 
          SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE, THESE, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ARE IT'S LITERALLY THE AGENDA ITEMS AND WE'LL MAKE SURE EVERYONE THAT GETS A COPY OF THIS AS A BACKUP DOCUMENT, BUT THESE ARE THE AGENDA ITEMS, THE ACT, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY OFF OF, UH, OUR AGENDA, UH, WEBSITE OFF OF, YOU KNOW, UH, OR A SPREADSHEET DEPEND UPON HOW JESSE PULLED IT OFF. 
          UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE REQUESTS AGAIN THAT I PULLED DIRECTLY FROM THE SITE. 
          AND JUST FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED, UH, LET'S LOOK AT ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S UNFORTUNATE WHEN YOU HAVE TO GET TO THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN AND WEBEX IS MAKING YOU PAUSE. 
          IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          I DON'T WANT TO PAUSE. 
          I JUST WANT TO GET TO MY TOP TAB. 
          OKAY. 
          SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE, UH, THE COMMISSIONER'S FIRST SKI OF THE BOARDING COMMISSION COME INTO BOARDING COMMISSION, COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM REQUEST. 
          THIS IS ONE THAT WE APPROVED AND VOTED ON, UH, LAST COMMISSION MEETING OR, OR, UH, AND YES, OUR LAST MEETING AND THEN SUBMITTED. 
          SO THIS WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UM, AGAIN, GETTING BACK TO THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR, UH, ALTHOUGH I'M HAPPY, UH, WITH THE DEDICATION OF THIS BODY AND OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, STEADFASTNESS TO UPSET, FASTEST TO ADVANCE OUR GOALS ALSO, YOU KNOW, WANT TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE. 
          UH, AND I RECOGNIZE THAT WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH CONTROL OF THE WAYS THAT OTHERS RECEIVE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, RIGHT? WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T RIGHT. 
          WE AS ADVISORS, UH, OUTSIDE OF G TOPS, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 
          SO AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO US. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A WAY RELATED TO VOTING TABLATURE AND REMOTE PARTICIPATION THAT WE CAN THROUGH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS GET MORE DIRECT INPUT, UH, URGING IF YOU WILL, FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, UH, WHICH I THINK IS THE ONLY THING THAT MAY BE, UH, AT PLAY. 
          WE STILL HAVE FOLLOW UP FROM CTM THAT WE'RE WAITING ON. 
          UH, AND WE'LL SEE IF IT'S NECESSARY TO ENGAGE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR THERE. 
          I, THAT IT WILL BE. 
          BUT, UM, AND I, I SERIOUSLY DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE AT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE EITHER, BUT I'M JUST RAISING THE QUESTION. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE 
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MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE'VE BASICALLY COME TO A POINT NOW WHERE FOR ONE OF THESE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION ITEMS, UH, WE MAY BE IN A NO MAN'S LAND. 
          I'M NOT SURE, BUT I'D LIKE TO GIVE, UH, UH, JESSE A CHANCE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AND CHRONOLOGY ABOUT THAT ONLY BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S SOME DATE POINTS BECAUSE WE BEGAN, UM, DISCUSSING REMOTE PARTICIPATION LONG BEFORE COVID-19. 
          UM, AND YET WE'VE JUST RECEIVED, I THINK, ARE LIKE 12TH OR 13TH, UH, EXTENSION OF THE, UH, DECLARATION, UH, BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF OUR, ABOUT MEETINGS. 
          UM, I'M NOT SURE, BUT JESSE, WOULD YOU MIND PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, OF COLOR AND, OR AT LEAST, UH, NOT NECESSARILY COLOR, UH, BUT, UH, FACTS, UH, DATE POINTS ON, UH, NECESSARILY DATES, BUT, UH, BASICALLY CHRONOLOGY ON OUR EFFORTS. 
          WE'VE SPOKEN TO IT BEFORE. 
          UH, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET YOUR, UH, YOUR PERSPECTIVE SURE. 
          OR, UH, HAPPY TO, UM, KIND OF LAY OUT THE BROAD STROKES HERE. 
          UM, I, UH, AS YOU MIGHT SUSPECT, I DON'T HAVE THE PARTICULAR OR SPECIFIC DATES IN, IN FRONT OF ME, BUT, UH, AS CHAIR PITTS MENTIONED, THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN WORKING ON, UH, AN ADVOCATING FOR REMOTE PARTICIPATION CAPABILITY AT COMMISSION MEETINGS SINCE BEFORE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HIT. 
          UH, WE WERE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF PILOTING, UH, REMOTE PARTICIPATION, UH, IN THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE, UH, THE CLOSURES THAT OCCURRED DUE TO COVID-19. 
          UM, AND THEN ONCE IT HIT EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN FULLY, UM, AND THE EMERGENCY ORDERS THAT CAME DOWN FROM THE STATE LEVEL, UH, THEN OPENED UP THE CAPABILITY FOR US TO HAVE FULLY REMOTE MEETINGS, UM, WHICH WAS NOT POSSIBLE BEFORE. 
          UM, AND, UH, THE MORE RECENT, UH, CONVERSATIONS AROUND REMOTE PARTICIPATION ARE WITH THE CONTEXT THAT THOSE EMERGENCY ORDERS ARE GOING TO EXPIRE, UM, LIKELY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. 
          AND ONCE THOSE ORDERS EXPIRE, UH, THERE'S LEGAL CONSTRAINTS AROUND THE ABILITY OF COMMISSIONS TO, UH, PARTICIPATE REMOTELY, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE LEGAL CONSTRAINTS, THERE ARE, UM, UH, THERE'S FINANCIAL CONCERNS OF, UH, THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND CT, UM, AND, UH, ATX N TO COLLECTIVELY BE ABLE TO FACILITATE, UH, HYBRID PARTICIPATION MODELS, UM, WITHOUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          UM, AND SO THE RECENT EFFORT HAS BEEN TO HAVE CITY COUNCIL ADDRESS THIS, UH, CONCERN OR DIRECT SOME ACTION BY, UH, THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER CITY STAFF, INCLUDING CTM, UH, TO PREPARE FOR THE EXPIRATION OF THE EMERGENCY ORDERS, UM, BECAUSE UNLESS THERE IS, UH, SOME TYPE OF CHANGE, IT WILL LIKELY BE AN ABRUPT SHIFT BACK TO FULLY IN-PERSON, UH, PARTICIPATION AND PROBABLY WITHOUT THE OPTION OF, UH, REMOTE PARTICIPATION. 
          UM, IF THERE'S, UH, YOU KNOW, NO PLAN PUT IN PLACE. 
          UH, SO THAT THAT'S, I HOPE THAT THAT FILLS IN SOME OF THE BLANK SPOTS THERE. 
          UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA REQUEST THAT THIS COMMISSION PASSED AND IS NOW IN THE QUEUE OF THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE OF CITY COUNCIL, UM, THAT, THAT, UH, UH, ITEM ONCE IT'S CALLED WOULD ALLOW FOR, UH, THE COMMISSION OR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMISSION, UH, TO SPEAK AT THAT COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, TO THE ITEM, IN ADDITION TO ANY ITEMS THAT THE COUNCIL, UH, CITY COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO SPEAK ON, UH, AT, AT THAT SESSION. 
          HOWEVER, UH, IT'S ALSO DEPENDENT UPON THE ITEM BEING CALLED. 
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UM, SO I I'LL, I'LL PAUSE THERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DETAIL WE WANT TO GO TO IN, IN THAT, UH, CONVERSATION THERE. 
          UM, BUT, BUT I HOPE THAT THAT CONTEXT HELPS THERE. 
          YEAH, I THINK SO. 
          I THINK SO. 
          UH, I DEFINITELY, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, WELL, I'M DEFINITELY CURIOUS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE, UH, THE TIMING OF, OF WHAT IT TAKES TO GET CALLED AND, AND IT DOES SEEM LIKE THAT IS A GOOD, GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE CITY COUNCIL AROUND THIS AGENDA ITEM REQUEST AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, YOU KNOW, CLOSE THEM, SO TO SPEAK ON, ON SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT. 
          UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO THAT? SO, UH, TH THIS, THIS RELATES TO, UM, SO CITY STAFF OR COUNCIL STAFF THAT HANDLED THE AGENDA REACHED OUT TO THE CORKS OFFICE, UH, ASKING FOR AN OPINION ON THAT ITEM BEFORE THEY CALLED IT, UM, AS IS TRADITION, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL OFTEN, UH, LOOPS IN CITY STAFF FOR OPINIONS ON, UH, AGENDA ITEMS. UM, AND THE, THE CLERK'S OFFICE WAS, IS THE PRIMARY UNIT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM. 
          THE CLERK'S OFFICE HAD, UH, BASICALLY REQUESTED A INDEFINITE, UH, OR THAT THEY NEEDED MORE TIME TO RESPOND TO THE ITEM. 
          SO IT ESSENTIALLY IS BACK IN THE QUEUE OF THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO, YOU KNOW, TO CIRCLE BACK WITH, UH, CITY COUNCIL, LIKELY BEFORE IT'S PUT ON THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AGENDA. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I REFER TO AS, UM, A NO MAN'S LAND, BUT, BUT IT'S NOT NO MAN'S LAND BECAUSE WE'RE WHERE IT IS IN A PLACE WHERE, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THEN ASK FOR A TIMELINE OF THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          IS THAT FAIR? BECAUSE AT THIS POINT THEY WERE AN INDEFINITE, UH, WHICH, UH, OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT GIVE US ANYTHING TO WORK WITH THAT THAT'S A, A THAT'S ONE OPTION FOR, YOU KNOW, EACH INTERESTED COUNCIL MEMBER OR COMMISSION MEMBER TO REACH OUT TO THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, TO KIND OF, UH, NUDGE THE ITEM FORWARD. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN, UH, WE HAD A CONVERSATION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, LIKE I CAN NUDGE THE STAFF, UH, UH, PERSON ASSIGNED TO THAT COMMISSION JUST TO PROVIDE THEM WITH ADDITIONAL CONTEXT THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DIDN'T, UH, WASN'T A PART OF THE, UH, COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA REQUEST LANGUAGE TO KIND OF ASK OR REQUEST THAT THEY PLACE IT ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION. 
          UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY I WOULD WANT THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION BEFORE I, UH, YOU KNOW, MOVE, YOU KNOW, OR INJECT MYSELF IN THE PROCESS. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          AS WE DISCUSSED. 
          AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT THIS UP TODAY IS BECAUSE WHAT I, WHAT I WANT TO CONFIRM, UH, WE VOTED ON THIS ALREADY AS A BODY, AND WE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY WITH ONE ABSTENTION FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, FIRSTLY, BECAUSE HE WASN'T ON THE BODY BEFORE. 
          UM, BUT NOW THAT COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER'S FIRST, HE HAS HAD A CHANCE EVEN, AND, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, EVEN ANOTHER COMMISSIONER INVOLVED IN THIS DISCUSSION, IF, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO HEAR, THEY'D LIKE TO WIN. 
          WHAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR IS IF THERE'S CONSENSUS, IF WE ALL AGREE THAT THIS CONSENSUS, THAT CONSENSUS REMAINS THAT WE SHOULD PURSUE THIS. 
          AND, AND IF SO, UH, THEN IT WOULD, I THINK, EMPOWER JESSE TO, UH, SHARE THAT THE COMMISSION INDEED HAS, UH, HAS MAINTAINED ITS CONSENSUS TO PURSUE REMOTE DISSIPATION. 
          AND, UH, WE'D LIKE TO GET ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ENCOURAGE THE CLERK'S OFFICE, TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO THEY EVALUATE IT. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY, UH, UH, A CALL OUT TO ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON THE CALL. 
          UH, WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON THIS ONCE, BUT WE'RE NOW AT A STEP, A STOP WHERE, UH, I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE COMMISSION BASED ON OUR BOATS AND BASED ON, UH, THIS CHRONOLOGY, UH, AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT CARRIES THAT MUCH MORE WEIGHT. 
          IF IT'S CLEAR AGAIN, THAT THIS IS, UH, AGAIN, A ROBUST CONSENSUS AMONGST THE WHOLE BODY HERE TO PURSUE THIS, WHETHER WE THEN NEXT 
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AS A NEXT STEP, GO BACK INDIVIDUALLY AND DO SOMETHING OR NOT. 
          I JUST WANT TO GET THE DISCUSSION HERE AMONGST US OFF. 
          WE COULD JUST TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUY THE REMOTE PARTICIPATION AT $10,000. 
          THE FIRST ITEM THAT CURRENTLY ON THE SCREEN AS WELL, JUST TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          CHAIR PITS IS COMMISSIONER APPETITE. 
          I THINK YOU ARTICULATED, UM, AT LEAST I WILL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, MY POSITION WELL, UM, AND PROBABLY MANY OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, UM, AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, JESSE, UH, MAYBE YOU COULD RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS NEXT STEPS. 
          WELL, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. 
          UH, I DO APPRECIATE YOU, UH, BE WILLING TO SPEAK FOR OTHERS THAT THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF OTHERS ON THE CALL THOUGH. 
          SO I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. 
          COMMISSIONER FLOYD, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, UH, FOR THE $10,000 AND SUPPORTIVE, DRIVEN PURCHASES? UH, I'M IN FAVOR. 
          I MEAN, IT FITS IN WHAT, WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR ALL LONG TIME. 
          SO LIKE A LOT OF THINGS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT YOU'VE BEEN DISCUSSING ARE THINGS THAT, UM, YEAH, I'VE, I'VE WATCHED DEVELOP OVER THE YEARS. 
          I, I SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THE COMMISSIONER OR VICE CHAIR, ALEXANDER. 
          YEAH. 
          YES, I'M, I'M, I'M ALSO IN SUPPORT. 
          I AGREE YOU WITH COMMISSIONER FLOYD THAT, UM, AND THIS REPRESENTS A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE PUT TOWARD THESE INITIATIVES OVER TIME. 
          AND, UM, I THINK WITH THE $10,000 RECOMMENDATION THAT HOPEFULLY THAT WILL SUPPORT THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO KEEP, UM, THE ROPE PARTICIPATION GOING AFTER THE EMERGENCY ORDERS. 
          AND SO, YES. 
          SO I IN SUPPORT OF THIS, YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VICE CHAIR, ALEXANDER AND COMMISSIONER ISLAND. 
          WOULD YOU MIND THAT'S YOUR, YOUR THOUGHTS AS WELL? UM, I AGREE AS WELL. 
          I WOULD BE INTERESTED AS WELL TO, TO HEAR WHAT JESSE SAYS IS WHAT ARE GOOD NEXT STEPS TO KIND OF KEEP THIS MOVING. 
          SO IT DOESN'T JUST SPONTANEOUSLY GO AWAY. 
          WELL, I KNOW HE, I KNOW HE HAS A PLAN, UH, AND I'M, I'M SURE HE'S GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT IT IS BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT IT. 
          UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WITH OUR LAST COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER, UH, NICOLE THOMPSON, BEAVERS, WOULD YOU MIND CONFIRMING YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS TOO? YES, I AGREE. 
          YES. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SUCH A LONG TIME AND I WOULD HATE FOR US TO LOSE ANY TYPE OF TRACTION AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WITH JESSE GOING FORWARD, UM, TO MAKE SUCH INQUIRIES, IT WOULD ALSO BE GOOD IF IT PROACTIVELY, IF THERE WAS SOME, IF WE NEEDED, IF WE NEEDED TO FIND OUT THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE WE NEEDED TO DO, JUST TO ENSURE THAT THIS COULD, YOU KNOW, BE DONE, BE IMPLEMENTED. 
          UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW THAT TOO. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF TRACTION AND WE JUST NEED FOR IT TO CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, THAT I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE, UH, ALL OF YOU, UH, AND TAKING THAT LAST STATEMENT BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED IMAGINING WHAT ELSE WE COULD DO, UH, I KNOW INDIVIDUALLY I COULD, OF COURSE I COULD, UH, REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO MY COUNCIL MEMBER AND I, AND OF COURSE, AGAIN, THAT BEING THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR, THAT'S SOMETHING WHICH WE CAN ALL INDIVIDUALLY DO POTENTIALLY. 
          UM, BUT, UH, WHAT JESSE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING ENGAGING CITY STAFF WAS, UH, FROM A TIMING STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE TIMING WITHIN WHICH HE WAS TOLD, BASICALLY THE WEIGHT AND WE'RE NOW, THEN, YOU KNOW, UH, SO JESSE, WOULD YOU MIND, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT WE HAVE A SOUND CONSENSUS FROM THE COMMISSION, UH, IN SUPPORT OF ENGAGING CITY STAFF ABOUT ABOVE AND THIS UP, HOWEVER WE CAN RESPECTFULLY, UH, SO WOULD YOU MIND SHARING WHAT YOUR PLAN WOULD BE FOR THAT? SURE. 
          TIRPITZ UM, THE, SO, UH, JUST TO DELINEATE TWO ITEMS VERY QUICKLY, THE, UH, PROPOSAL FOR THE FUNDING AND OF $10,000 AND THE ASSOCIATED FTES THAT IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH, THERE, THE THREE FTES FOR THE CLERK'S OFFICE FOR THIS EFFORT AND OTHERS, UM, I ASSIST, I MEAN, THAT, THAT REQUEST, THAT BUDGET REQUEST SHOULD BE GOING THROUGH THE NORMAL CHANNELS. 
          UM, I DON'T, UH, FORESEE ANY CHALLENGES WITH THAT. 
          THE, UH, CONCURRENT ITEM IS THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA REQUEST TO GET THIS ON THE AGENDA OF CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, AND FOR, FOR THAT ITEM, IT'S MADE ITS WAY TO, UH, AS I MENTIONED, HAS MADE ITS WAY TO THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
          UM, AND, UH, IS THAT 
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THE STAFF, THE COUNCIL STAFF ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ITEM, UH, IS AWAITING CLARIFICATION FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          SO WHAT MY NEXT STEP WOULD BE IS TO KIND OF FILL IN SOME OF THIS CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION, UM, THAT, UH, HAS BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT HERE, HOW LONG THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT AND, UH, THE DESIRE TO MOVE THIS AHEAD, UH, HOPEFULLY WELL, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN AND HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE EMERGENCY ORDERS EXPIRE. 
          SO THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE FOR ME TO CONVEY THAT INFORMATION TO THE STAFF PERSON ASSIGNED TO THE, UH, THAT, THAT COMMISSION OR THAT, THAT, UH, UH, COMMITTEE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON WHETHER, YOU KNOW, ON THEM DECIDING WHETHER TO WAIT FOR CLERK'S OFFICE OPINION ON THIS. 
          UM, SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY NEXT STEP IS TO JUST PROVIDE THEM WITH THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S STILL IN, UH, THEIR HANDS TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA OR NOT. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S, UH, THAT THAT'S A STEP THAT I COULD TAKE. 
          AND JESSE, UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS, UH, I WOULD EXPECT THAT THERE ARE OTHER COMMISSIONS PERHAPS MAKING A SIMILAR REQUEST, A REQUEST FOR SIMILAR FUNCTIONALITY MOVING FORWARD. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY VISIBILITY INTO THAT? HOW ARE THEY? NO, OUR REQUEST IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, REQUESTING FUNDING AND AN FPDS, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, HOW ARE THEY REQUESTING, UM, MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE? UM, I DON'T HAVE VISIBILITY INTO ANY OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONS, UH, ACTIVITY ON THIS. 
          I HAVE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          UM, HEARD SOME OF THE COMPLEXITY IN TERMS OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE AS AN OFFICE IN, UH, GOING DOWN THIS ROAD IS THAT THERE IS A HIGH DEMAND FOR ADDITIONAL BROADCASTING, UH, RELATED TO THE OTHER COMMISSION. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, UH, NO, IN TERMS OF BACKGROUND OF, UH, WHAT MEETINGS GET BROADCAST AND WHAT MEETINGS DON'T GET BROADCAST, BUT, UH, OUT OF THE 75 PLUS, UH, COMMISSIONS THAT, UH, THE CITY HAS ONLY IN THE RANGE OF 20 TO 30 GET BROADCAST, UH, ON ATX AND LIVE. 
          AND THIS IS ONE OF THE COMMISSIONS THAT DOES. 
          UM, AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S A VERY, THERE'S A MUCH HIGHER DEMAND FOR BEING BROADCAST THAN THERE CURRENTLY IS CAPACITY TO BROADCAST. 
          UM, AND SO PART, PART OF THAT CONCERN IS THAT THERE'S UNMET NEEDS FOR MANY OF THE COMMISSIONS ALREADY, AND THAT THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS, IS LIKELY CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          UM, BUT I MEAN, TO DIRECTLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER APODACA, I DON'T KNOW, UH, UH, OF THE SPECIFIC REQUESTS COMING FROM OTHER COMMISSIONS. 
          THANKS, JESSE. 
          UH, YEAH, I WAS AFRAID THAT THAT, WELL, NOT AFRAID, BUT I, I KIND OF KNEW THAT TO BE THE CASE PRIMARILY, UM, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER, RIGHT? LIKE, AS YOU SUGGESTED, WE HAVE A FINITE NUMBER RIGHT NOW BROADCAST, AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY PART OF OUR THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION AS WELL, UH, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING TO CONTINUE THE CURRENT LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR REMOTE ANTICIPATION. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE KEY WAS THAT IT WOULD ONLY AFFECT THE CURRENTLY BROADCAST MEETINGS. 
          UM, NOT ALL COMMISSIONED MEETINGS AS A TEST, RIGHT. 
          WE WERE LOOKING IN OUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION TO ONLY IMPACT THE CURRENTLY BROADCAST MEETINGS. 
          UM, SO IF, IF THIS LANGUAGE DOES NOT REFLECT THAT, THAT, UM, WE MAY HAVE COPIED FROM, UH, THE, UH, OLDER RECOMMENDATION ON HERE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE, WAS OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATION, WAS THAT IT ONLY BEFORE THE CURRENT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO TH THERE IS LAST PARAGRAPH, UM, ALL IN SUPPORT, CONTINUING TO FOCUS PATIENT FOR ALL CITY COMMISSIONS, ROLLING OUT THIS PROBABLY THE HYBRID MODEL FOR THE CURRENTLY BROADCASTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN FYI 2022. 
          UM, ONE THING THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR US IS TO CONFIRM, UH, SPECIFICALLY HOW MANY COMMISSIONS THERE ARE BEING BROADCAST, UH, AND TO START SPEAKING TO DATA POINTS. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND PERHAPS ADD SOME OF THAT TO YOUR CONTEXT WITH CITY STAFF, UM, UH, AROUND THIS, BECAUSE I CAN IMAGINE IT BEING A BOOGEYMAN, 
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IF IT'S POSITIONED AS, UH, SOMETHING WHICH WE'RE LOOKING TO SPIN UP FOR ALL COMMISSIONS. 
          IN MY ESTIMATION, IF WE SPIN THIS UP FOR JUST THE CURRENTLY BROADCAST COMMISSIONS, AS AN EXAMPLE, THEN TO SOME EXTENT THERE'S, UH, UH, AN OFFSET OF SUPPORT NEEDED, UH, MAYBE A BALANCING OUT EFFECT, IF YOU WILL, UH, FOR THOSE COMMISSIONS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I MEAN, I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S A SUBTLETY THAT WE HAVE TO MANAGE BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE TO HAVE , UH, AVAILABLE AND WE HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST SO FAR, WE'VE HAD TO HAVE OUR STAFF LIAISON BE AT CITY HALL. 
          UH, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. 
          UH, AM I CORRECT THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE? I MEAN, I'M NOT CERTAIN ABOUT THE CITY HALL COMPONENT COMPONENT ON A HYBRID WITH A V, BUT, UH, STAFF LIAISON, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IS THAT FAIR, JESSE? I THINK IT COULD BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. 
          YEAH, WELL, SO I, THE STAFF LIAISONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO BE AT CITY HALL REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS, BUT THE CHANGES THAT COULD BE COMING DOWN IS THAT AT MINIMUM, THE CHAIRS OF THE COMMISSIONS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE ONSITE AS WELL. 
          UM, AT MINIMUM, AND, AND UP TO POTENTIALLY, UH, F YOU KNOW, ALL PARTICIPANTS WOULD HAVE TO BE IN PERSON, UH, DEPENDING ON, UH, CAPACITY AND TECHNOLOGY AND STAFFING AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, INTERPRETATIONS OF THE, THE CITY ORDINANCE RELATED TO OPEN MEETINGS. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          HMM. 
          WELL, I'D LIKE TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS OR FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE, UH, IT'S, IT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WHICH WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LONG TIME NOW, AND WE AGREE THAT WE SHOULD KEEP PURSUING, UM, WHAT I, WHAT I'VE LIKED TO HOPE IS THAT WE'RE NOT BEING INSENSITIVE TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, OR, UH, YOU KNOW, TO ANY UNDERSTANDING OF OUR CAPACITY CHALLENGES, IF ANYTHING, WE'RE TRYING TO ENABLE, UH, AND, UH, INJECT CAPACITY AND RESOURCES, UH, THAT'S AT LEAST WHAT I'M ASPIRING TO DO. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING TO DO, BUT HAVING SAID THAT, UH, WE, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD, UH, AND SHOULD HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD FEELING GOOD ABOUT OUR ACTIONS. 
          UH, AND AT THIS POINT I PERSONALLY STILL FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT. 
          ALTHOUGH I THINK WE HAVE A PRESCRIBED METHOD TO FEEL BETTER, UH, IF WE CAN GET ADVANCEMENT, UM, EITHER WITH THE STAFF LIAISON THAT YOU MENTIONED, UH, OR THROUGH OTHER MEANS. 
          AND THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT QUESTION, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THOMPSON, BEAVERS, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, BEAVERS ALLUDED TO THAT. 
          AND, UM, I DO SEE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, AND I I'D LIKE TO JUST CONFIRM IF EVERYONE IS COMFORTABLE DOING THAT, OR IF YOU'D LIKE FOR, UH, THE COMMISSION TO HANDLE THAT ENGAGEMENT, ANY THOUGHTS OR FEEDBACK. 
          I MEAN, ISN'T, IT LITERALLY PART OF OUR DESCRIPTION IS TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          SO THAT'S A VERY ASTUTE OBSERVATION. 
          YES, INDEED. 
          INDEED. 
          IT IS. 
          IT IS. 
          UH, UM, CAN, CAN WE, CAN WE DO BOTH PERHAPS, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE NO WORK PARALLEL PATHS THAT JESSIE PURSUE, UM, THE CLERK'S OFFICE ON HIS END, AND PERHAPS WE COULD ALL FOLLOW UP WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I THINK THAT'D BE AWESOME. 
          IN FACT, UH, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE SOMETHING, UH, YOU KNOW, JESSE IS GOING TO ENGAGE AND PART OF HIS ENGAGEMENT IS GOING TO BE A FRAMING. 
          UH, JESSE, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH, UH, SHARING THAT FRAMING, UH, WITH ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS? SO THEY CAN THEN USE THAT AS A POINT OF DEPARTURE, UH, AND THEN ADD THEIR OWN CONTEXT TO THAT WITH THEIR PERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE FINE AS LONG AS IT'S, UH, UH, I'M THINKING THROUGH THE, UH, UH, REQUIREMENTS 
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OF NOT INCLUDING, UH, I CAN SHARE RESOURCES, ONE DIRECTIONALLY TO THE WHOLE COMMISSION. 
          SO AS LONG AS THERE'S NO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, OFFLINE COMMUNICATIONS RELATING TO, UH, THAT ITEM, THEN YES, I AM HAPPY TO DRAFT SOMETHING UP AND SHARE IT TO THE COMMISSION FOR, UH, FOR Y'ALL'S UTILIZATION IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE, UH, WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          GREAT, GREAT. 
          CAUSE YOU KNOW, IT CAN GET, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOU ARE THE BEST JUDGE OF, UH, OF WHAT COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN OTHER CITY STAFF THAT YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, NEED TO SHARE, RIGHT. 
          AND IN YOUR OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU CAN TAKE SOME OR PART OF THAT DIRECT COMMUNICATION THAT RELATES TO THE FRAMING AND THEN SHARE IT WITH US. 
          UH, SO WE CAN THEN, UH, WHEN YOU CAN SEND IT OUT, LIKE YOU SAID, ONE WAY, SO IT DOESN'T VIOLATE ANY QUORUM, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION ISSUES, AND THEN WE CAN ALL AGREE TO ENGAGE. 
          SO WITH THAT, THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR, UH, MAYBE A, A VOTE ON THIS ALL IN FAVOR. 
          UH, ACTUALLY I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE A VOTE NOW, UH, TO ALL AGREE TO ENGAGE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ON THE RECORD. 
          UH, IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION? OKAY, GREAT. 
          I'VE GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. 
          I THINK I SAW NICOLE THOMPSON BEAVERS FIRST. 
          SO WITH THAT ALL IN FAVOR OF ENGAGING YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TO FOLLOW UP ON THE REMOTE PARTICIPATION, BUDGET RECOMMENDATION, UH, SHARING THE FRAMING, UH, THAT JESSE WILL BE SHARING WITH US, UH, ALL PLEASE SAY ARE, AND RAISE YOUR HAND ANY ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. 
          SO WE WILL UNANIMOUSLY TO DO THAT. 
          UH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          I THINK THAT WILL HELP US AS, UH, WELL SUGGESTED LEVEL OF DUAL PATH, UH, RIGHT. 
          AND THEN HOPEFULLY HELP TO TRIANGULATE. 
          AND THIS IS ALL IN SERVICE OF THE CITY. 
          UM, AND, AND THEN IF WE HAVE CHALLENGES THAT WILL BE UNCOVERED, UH, THAT WE CAN ADDRESS AS A RESULT OF THAT THEN. 
          SO BE IT A TUITION AFFORD. 
          SORRY. 
          DID YOU SAY SOMETHING? I DID NOT. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GREAT WITH THAT THEN, UH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND STOP SHARING MY SCREEN AND GET BACK TO THE AGENDA. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW, LOOKING AT THE AGENDA, UH, WE'VE KIND OF DANCED AROUND A THREE, A AND THREE B UM, AS IT RELATES TO , I'LL JUST MAKE ONE LAST STATEMENT AND THEN YOU'LL ANY QUESTIONS. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE BASICALLY HANDLED THE THREE B PORTION, UH, WHEN I OUTLINED, EXCUSE ME, I'M BACK. 
          I USED TO OKAY. 
          THERE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, MY STAND FELL ON ME. 
          UH, SO AS I'VE MENTIONED DURING OUR LAST MEETING, I, WHERE WE WORKED TOGETHER AT THE WORKING GROUP LEVEL, UM, COMBINED WORKING LEVEL TO THEN OFFER THOSE INDIVIDUAL WORK PLANS, I'LL BE SUBMITTING THE, UH, ANNUAL CTC WORK PLAN AND REVIEW. 
          IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING WENT OVER LAST WEEK. 
          UH, IT'S GOING TO MAKE REFERENCE TO THESE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          IT'S ALSO GOING TO, UH, SPEAK TO REALLY THIS EFFECTIVENESS MODEL AND WAYS FOR US TO ENGAGE. 
          I'D LIKE TO GIVE ANYONE A CHANCE ON THE RECORDS, PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK OR THOUGHTS. 
          UH, YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE ON WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITH THAT REVIEW ABOVE AND BEYOND THE THINGS THAT I'VE STAYED WITH THAT I'LL BE INCLUDING FEEL FREE JUST TO SPEAK UP IF YOU'VE GOT ANY INSIGHTS OR THAT JUST, UH, UH, SUPPORT CONFIDENCE FOR, UH, WHAT WILL BE SUBMITTED OR ANY FEEDBACK AT ALL. 
          AND THAT'S FINE. 
          UH, EITHER WAY, YOU'LL ALL GET A COPY OF, UH, THE ANNUAL REVIEW WORK PLAN. 
          WE'VE ALREADY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO IT. 
          SO PROBABLY NOT A WHOLE LOT OF NEED FOR DISCUSSION THERE, UH, WITH THAT, THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER AGENDA ITEM THREE, A AND THREE B, UH, ADDRESSED. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A DISCUSSION, UH, RELATED AROUND OUR ASSISTANT COMMUNICATION PERTAINING TO BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE NOT MADE, UH, THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER. 
          AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO ON THE RECORD SAY 
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THAT AS SOON AS WE GET THE INSIGHTS SHARED FROM OUR CITIZEN, COMMUNICATION WILL DISPERSE THAT, UH, TO THE COMMISSION AND THEN TAKE THOSE AN ADVISEMENT, AS I MENTIONED, UH, ON THE WORKING GROUP LEVEL. 
          SO, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'LL GET THAT QUICKLY BASED ON, UM, MS. JOSEPH'S PASSION, BUT THAT THEN LET'S TRANSITION TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR COMMISSION UPDATES, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION, UH, 
          [4A. Digital Inclusion, Civic Engagement, and Strategic Technology and Telecom Policy Working Group]
BEGINNING WITH DIGITAL INCLUSION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND STRATEGIC TILT TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOM POLICY WORKING GROUP, UH, WHICH I CHAIR, UH, WE'VE ALREADY GONE OVER, UH, QUITE IN-DEPTH DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE DIGITAL INCLUSION WORKING GROUP HAS BEEN AFFECTED, UH, HAS BEEN WORKING WITH AND, OR, UM, THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN AND OUR WORK GROUP HAS, HAS HELPED US TO SUPPORT, UH, I LIKE IT'S A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIVE UPDATE. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, BEYOND, UH, DOG WE'VE HAD ALREADY, UH, FOR THAT WORKING GROUP? I DO WANT TO, UH, SAY THAT, OR WE'LL BE GETTING A MORE IN-DEPTH UPDATE ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, AS WAS SUGGESTED, UH, IN THE MEMORANDUM FROM PROGRAM MANAGER, JOHN SPEARS, AND WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THAT IN THE NEXT MEETING, UH, IN ADDITION, UH, TO ADVANCEMENT OF, UH, OUR EFFORTS AT THE WORKING GROUP LEVEL. 
          SO WITH THAT, LET ME GO AHEAD AND TRANSITION TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR 
          [4B. Knowledge, Information, and Data Stewardship Working Group]
B UH, THE KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION AND DATA STEWARDSHIP WORKING GROUP AND VICE CHAIR COMMITTEE, UH, DAVID ALEXANDER. 
          I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OFF TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIR PITS. 
          UM, AS FAR AS OUR MAJOR UPDATES AS A WORKING GROUP, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE, THE MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH, UM, ATLAS ONE, UM, AND NOT LESS ONES REP WELL, I LIST ONE REPRESENTATIVES. 
          WELL, LET ME REPHRASE THAT. 
          UM, THE MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH EDD REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSSING ATLAS ONE, UM, SO AS CHAIR PITS, UM, DISCUSSED EARLIER, UM, ATLAS ONE IS A NEW, UM, S PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT TYPE OF APPLICATION. 
          UM, IT, ITS MAIN FUNCTION IS TO SEND OUT, UM, PUSH NOTIFICATIONS FROM APD ABOUT, UM, INCIDENTS IN PARTICULAR AREAS THAT, THAT, UM, MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO THE USER. 
          SO THAT'S THE GENERAL IDEA, UH, OF THE APPLICATION. 
          IT'S, UM, IT'S A MOBILE APP AND, UM, AND SO ATLAS ONE IS, UH, UH, A COMPANY THAT'S BASED IN AUSTIN AND, UM, THEY, AND SO APD, UM, HAS A CONTRACT WITH THIS, UM, THIS COMPANY TO PUT OUT THIS, UH, THIS APPLICATION. 
          SO, UM, SOMETHING ELSE TO KEEP IN MIND ABOUT THE APPLICATION IS THAT, UM, IT ALSO HAS, UM, HOW TO IS ESSENTIALLY, UH, JUST GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THINGS, UM, LIKE WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE A FLAT TIRE, UH, REQUESTING ASSISTANCE WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, BEING STRANDED. 
          DID YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST KIND OF, UH, I GUESS, UM, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TYPE OF, UM, FAQ INFORMATION, THAT'S JUST KIND OF STATIC JUST ON, ON THE SITE THAT INDIVIDUALLY CAN, CAN ACCESS THE USERS CAN ACCESS. 
          AND, UM, SO THAT'S JUST, UH, A BIT OF AN OVERVIEW, ANOTHER ELEMENT OF A FUNCTIONALITY, WHICH MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO THE COMMISSION IS THAT USERS CAN ADD, UM, TARGETED LOCATIONS. 
          SO FOR INSTANCE, YOU CAN ADD A LOCATION OF, UH, YOUR HOME ADDRESS, RIGHT WORK ADDRESS, OR, YOU KNOW, A FRIEND'S ADDRESS. 
          YOU CAN TAG THOSE LOCATIONS. 
          AND THE IDEA IS THAT BASED ON THAT GOT TAGGING, UM, ATLAS ONE, WE'LL SEND YOU, UM, AGAIN, THAT, THAT RELEVANT INCIDENT INFORMATION. 
          SO WE, UM, HAD A MEETING THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY MODERATED BY, UM, BY AN INDIVIDUAL 
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WHO WORKS IN THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE OF APD. 
          AND SHE CONNECTED US WITH, UM, A, UH, POLICE OFFICER WHO BASICALLY EXPLAINED A FEW THINGS ABOUT, ABOUT THE APP. 
          SO, UM, JESSE, UM, UH, WAS KIND ENOUGH TO TAKE NOTES ON OUR, UM, DISCUSSION. 
          SO WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, ASK RIGHTY QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, THINGS LIKE HOW THE APP WAS SELECTED. 
          UM, IT, PUBLIC INFORMATION OR PUBLIC INPUT WAS GATHERED, UM, UH, MORE FUNCTIONALITY THINGS THAT I JUST DESCRIBED. 
          UM, SO, SO, UM, THAT SORT OF THING. 
          SO ONE THING TO KEEP AN EYE ON IS THAT THERE WERE LOTS OF, UM, GAPS IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAD ABOUT THINGS. 
          SO THINGS THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW, BUT COMMITTED TO GIVING US FEEDBACK ON, UM, AND INCLUDE HOW THE APP WAS SELECTED, HOW THE COMPANY WAS CHOSEN AS THE VENDOR FOR THIS APPLICATION. 
          UM, THE PUBLIC INPUT QUESTION WAS UNKNOWN. 
          UM, THE QUESTION ABOUT, UM, GUIDES ON HOW TO USE THE APP. 
          SO IT SEEMS BASED ON AT LEAST MY FIRST ONE, WE'LL USE THE VIDEO AND I DOWNLOADED IT JUST TO GET A FEEL FOR IT, UM, THAT THERE WERE NO USER GUIDES. 
          SO THEY SAID, THEY'D LOOK INTO THAT. 
          UM, IT ALSO LOOKED INTO HOW MANY USERS THE APP HAS. 
          UM, ONE THING WE LEARNED IS THAT WELL, THAT, UM, THAT, UH, PROMOTION AS PRIMARILY TAKING PLACE THROUGH, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA AND, UM, ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT IF THEY ARE COMMITTED TO THIS APPLICATION AS THE ONLY SOLUTION TO THIS KIND OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT KIND OF DUMPING KIND OF, UM, WORK, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY. 
          SO, UM, SO IF YOU HAVE THOSE THINGS, WE'LL GET BACK TO US ON ONE THING THAT OF COURSE IS OF INTEREST TO THIS PARTICULAR WORKING GROUP IS THE DATA, HOW IS THE DATA USED? SO THEY RESPONDED BY SAYING THAT ATLAS ONE, THE APP DOES NOT STORE THE DATA AND DOES NOT SHARE ANY OF THAT DATA WITH APD. 
          UM, HOWEVER, THE WAY IT WAS DESCRIBED THAT KIND OF LEFT US WANTING A BIT MORE INFORMATION. 
          UM, SO THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH US ON THAT. 
          AND THAT QUESTION CAME UP AGAIN IN OUR WORKING GROUP. 
          AND AS WE WERE ESSENTIALLY DEBRIEFING FROM THE MEETING AND WE, WE WANTED MORE CLARIFICATION ABOUT THE DATA AND HOW, HOW THAT ALL FUNCTIONS, UM, BECAUSE SEEMINGLY THE DATA WOULD HAVE TO BE STORED SOMEWHERE IN ORDER TO REPEATEDLY PUSH OUT THESE NOTIFICATIONS BASED ON THE LOCATIONS THAT YOU'VE TAGGED. 
          UM, HOWEVER, THEY DID SEEM ADAMANT THAT ABD ITSELF DOES NOT GET THAT INFORMATION, BUT THERE'S STILL, I THINK, UM, PRIVACY QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED SOME MORE CLARIFICATION ON. 
          UM, SO THAT CAME UP IN OUR WORKING GROUP MEETING AND, UM, A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE, UM, THAT CHEER PITS, UM, ELABORATED ON EARLIER TIED TO, UM, THE VOTING TABLATURE THAT WE DISCUSSED THAT, UH, IN MORE DETAIL AND AGAIN, THE, UM, UH, REMOTE PARTICIPATION THAT THEY CAME UP AS WELL. 
          SO THAT, UM, HAS ALREADY BEEN, UM, WELL ELABORATED ON BY, UH, CHAIR PITS. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S THE GIST OF, UM, OUR, OUR MEETINGS AS A WORKING GROUP, IF ANY NEED MEMBERS OF THE GROUP WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN, PLEASE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD OR, UM, REVISE ANYTHING THAT I'VE, UM, MENTIONED. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          OH, SURE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO I DO HAVE NOTES THAT, THAT JESSE SENT OUT AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE DAY GIVING. 
          IT WAS ALMOST A MONTH AGO. 
          HOW HAVE THEY RESPONDED BACK WITH FOLLOWUP TO THOSE OPEN QUESTIONS TOO? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          UM, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY, THEY HAVE NOT SENT ANY FOLLOWUPS. 
          UM, JESSE, DO YOU KNOW IF THEY'VE SENT ANYTHING BACK TO YOU AS I, I REMEMBER, I THINK, I THINK YOU, YOU FOLLOWED UP WITH THEM TOO, IF I RECALL 
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CORRECTLY AS WELL. 
          UM, YES. 
          PURSUANT TO THE WORKING GROUP MEETING, I DID BUMP UP THE REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BUT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSIVE COMMUNICATION. 
          OKAY. 
          I SEE. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. 
          SO I GUESS WE HAVE, WE HAVE NOT AS OF YET RECEIVED ANY, ANY FOLLOW-UP. 
          UM, CAN I JUST CONFIRM, I'M SORRY, I HAVE ONE INTERJECTION, UH, JESSE, PLEASE CONFIRM THE DATE, THE DATE THAT YOU REACHED OUT TO, UH, THE LAST ABOUT THAT. 
          SO WE KNOW, UM, I WILL HAVE TO SCRUB MY SENT ITEMS. OKAY. 
          BUT I DO, I DO SHOW, UH, YOUR LAST UPDATE TO THE WORKING GROUP, UH, AS THE COMMISSIONER APODACA MENTIONED WAS ALMOST A MONTH AGO. 
          IT WAS ON THE 13TH OF MAY. 
          SO IT WILL BE FOUR WEEKS TOMORROW AT LEAST TO THINK. 
          UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S SUMMERTIME. 
          UM, AND THIS IS, UH, AT A TIME, WHICH IS VERY TOUGH. 
          I KNOW, AS A PARENT, UM, AMONG OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES, I HAVE, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT, UH, FOR PEOPLE IN THE SUMMERTIME, UH, TO GET BACK. 
          SO I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS, BUT I DO, UH, LIKE YOU COMMISSIONER, UH, BY SUCH ALEXANDER, I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE ANSWERS AND YES, CHAIR PITS. 
          I JUST WANTED TO NOTE, I SENT THE REQUEST OUT ON THE 25TH OF MAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW, SO, UH, THAT, UH, IS MORE ENCOURAGING, BUT AGAIN, THIS AGAIN, IT'S STILL SUMMERTIME, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME, SOME GOOD STUFF THERE. 
          UH, YES. 
          YES. 
          I, I HOPE SO. 
          I HOPE WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET MORE CLARIFICATION ON, ON, UM, THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I, I THINK THAT ABOUT COVERS IT, UNLESS ANY ONE HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, THOSE FOLLOWUPS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VICE CHAIR, ALEXANDER. 
          UH, THE UPDATE, I LIKE TO GO AND TRANSITION 
          [4C. Technology, Infrastructure, and Innovation Working Group]
TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR C UH, THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND INNOVATION WORKING GROUP. 
          AND BY THE WAY, UH, ALMOST, UH, TIMELY. 
          I NOTICED, UH, DURING OUR LAST DISCUSSION COMMISSIONED A SCOOP HAS JOINED US. 
          AND, UM, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO, UH, VICE CHAIR, UH, EXCUSE ME TO EITHER, UH, MICHELLE ALEXANDER OR COMMISSIONER DASGUPTA FOR THE UPDATE ON THE, UH, TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE, INNOVATION WORK GROUP. 
          WELL, JUST AS, UH, THIS IS, UM, UH, SUBMIT, I MISSED THE MEETING BECAUSE I WAS BUSY MEETING MY NEW GRANDSON. 
          SO, UH, COMMISSIONER FREUD, UH, READ THE MEETING. 
          SO I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT HE GIVE THE REPORT. 
          THERE WAS NO MEETING THAT GOT CANCELED, SO THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S FINE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE LIGHT GOES ON, OBVIOUSLY, UH, CONGRATULATIONS, UH, COMMISSIONER DASGUPTA ON THE BRAVE NEW GRANDCHILD. 
          THAT'S AWESOME. 
          UM, AND I, I KNOW, UM, ALTHOUGH WE MEET, UH, IDEALLY WE, WE MEET MONTHLY, UH, YOU KNOW, OR WHATEVER CADENCE WE CAN MANAGE, UM, TOPICALLY, UH, WE STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR A BRIEF DISCUSSION, ALTHOUGH, UM, BRIEF, I THINK BRINGING THE OPERATIVE WORD, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE ANY COLOR OR ANYTHING ABOUT, UM, THE WORKING GROUPS, ONGOING EFFORTS. 
          I HAVE TO LOOK AT MY NOTES, GIVE ME A MINUTE OR TWO, I WILL LOOK UP MY NOTES. 
          AND THEN I KNOW ONE THING FROM OUR PART, UH, I SHOULD MENTION, UM, THAT I'M ENCOURAGED BY, UH, THIS IS RELATED TO A ONE-ON-ONE I HAD WITH, UH, A CONTACT AT UT. 
          UH, WE, OUR DISCUSSION STARTED, UH, AROUND ENGAGEMENT WAS INITIALLY AROUND DIGITAL INCLUSION, BUT AS IT RELATES TO INFRASTRUCTURE THAT QUICKLY EVOLVED INTO INFRASTRUCTURE AND INNOVATION. 
          AND THAT'S DR. 
          BECKY LENSE WHO HAS BEEN, UH, A INCREDIBLE RESOURCE AROUND DIGITAL INCLUSION STRATEGY HERE, UH, AND WORKS AT 
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THE LBJ POLICY SCHOOL AT UT. 
          AND SHE HAS EXPRESSED EAGERNESS TO WORK WITH US, UH, AROUND ISSUES OF EQUITABLE BROADBAND, UH, WHICH DO AFFECT OF COURSE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING GROUP. 
          UH, AND, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT, UH, WE, WE, WE HAVE MOUNTING, IT SEEMS RESOURCES FROM UT TO HELP US WITH REPORTING AND ANALYSIS AND, UH, AND STUDY. 
          AND I THINK WE, WE HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. 
          UM, ONE THING I THINK THAT WOULD BE A NICE GOAL. 
          UM, IF THIS WORKING GROUP IS OPEN TO, IT WOULD BE TO YIELD A REPORT AND OUR NEXT CALENDAR YEAR, UH, RELATED TO, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUITY, EQUITABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AS WE BASICALLY BEGAN PREPARING TO GATHER THOSE INSIGHTS THROUGH THE ADDED FOCUS, QUANTITATIVE FOCUS OF THE RESIDENTIAL TECHNOLOGY STUDY, I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS WORKING GROUP TO, TO SHOW, TO TAKE THAT DATA AND THE EXPERTISE THAT, UH, THAT YOU POSSESS AS THOUGHT LEADERS AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, ABOUT THAT. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AS A DISCUSSION POINT, IF, IF, UH, THE CO-CHAIRS AGREE THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE COULD DO. 
          AND I THINK IT'D BE AWESOME IF WE COULD, UH, YIELD A REPORT AT THE WORKER LEVEL AROUND, UH, EQUITABLE, UH, BROADBAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, CHRPET, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA. 
          IN FACT, I WAS LOOKING AT MY NOTES FROM THE MAIN MEETING, UH, AS YOU JUST HEARD, WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING IN JUNE, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE MEETING MEETING NOTES FROM THE MAIN MEETING, UH, WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JOHN SPEARS, UM, TALKED ABOUT THE RESIDENT RESIDENTIAL TYPOLOGY STUDY THAT, UH, STEVE AUSTIN IS PARTNERING WITH UT AUSTIN TO COLLECT. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL REPORT TO KEY OFF, AND THEN COME UP WITH A REPORT ON, ON DIGITAL EQUITY, AS YOU HEARD ME SAYING IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS OF THE COMMISSION THAT I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY THAT IS WAY BEHIND THE REST OF THE CITY IN DIGITAL INCLUSION. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, UH, AS YOU HEARD ME RAIL ABOUT, UH, MY EXPERIENCE, UH, WORKING WITH THE CENSUS BUREAU AND COLLECTING DATA FOR THE CENSUS IN HOUSE, HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO COLLECT DATA IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE CITY, PARTICULARLY EAST OF LAMAR. 
          I THINK TYING THAT INFORMATION WITH THE RESIDENTIAL STUDY WOULD BE A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, AND THEN PUSHING THE CITY TO DO SOME, TO MAKE PROGRESS IN THAT FRONTIER. 
          OTHERWISE WE WOULD BE REMISS IN OUR DUTIES. 
          I THINK I FULLY AGREE WITH YOU. 
          I AGREE, BUT I THINK THAT'S VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. 
          AWESOME. 
          ANY OTHER FEEDBACK FROM OTHER, UH, COMMISSIONERS ON THAT AND THIS WORKING GROUP? WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE DATA FROM SPEEDUP AMERICA, SO THAT COULD BE A FACTOR IN OUR REPORT. 
          UM, ALSO WE TALK ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THREE BROADBAND SERVICE AND, UH, WHAT THAT MEANS TO THOSE WHO CANNOT PAY FOR BROADBAND. 
          SO THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MULTIPLE ANGLES, UH, WITH WHICH WE CAN COME AT THIS PROBLEM. 
          RIGHT. 
          I THINK WE HAVE AGREED UPON A FOLLOW UP ACTION THEN I THINK, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          IT'S A GOOD TOPIC TO DISCUSS NEXT MONTH, ISN'T IT? YEAH, I'LL CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, ANY OTHER UPDATES OR, OR, UH, OR FEEDBACK FOR THIS WORKING GROUP? I DON'T DO ANY MORE. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONERS. 
          ALL RIGHT, THEN WHAT'S GOING TO ADVANCE IN OUR AGENDA 
          [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THINGS WE WANT, UH, TO TRY TO PUSH FOR THE NEXT AGENDA. 
          IT'S PRETTY CLEAR BASED ON OUR EARLIER DISCUSSIONS THAT WE LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME UPDATES AND WE'VE GOT SOME NEW REQUESTS TO MAKE. 
          SO THE FIRST BASED ON CITIZEN COMMUNICATION WAS THAT WE REACHED OUT TO CAP METRO, UH, TO GET AN UPDATE ON WIFI FUNCTIONALITY AT CAP METRO PROPERTIES, UH, YOU KNOW, THE STATUS, THE CHANGES, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, ANY KIND OF INSIGHTS WE CAN GET 
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INTO THEIR BREAK, FIX METHODOLOGY AND SUPPORT, UM, AS WELL AS A COMMUNICATIONS, UH, WE HAVE BEEN AND REMAIN, UH, EAGER TO HAVE A, AN UPDATE FROM CTM. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S REMAINED A GOAL FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. 
          UM, AWESOME. 
          SINCE YOU MENTIONED CAP METRO, I THINK, UH, UH, WE SHOULD BE ALSO FOCUSING ON THEIR ONGOING EFFORT MOVING PROJECT CONNECT FORWARD, BECAUSE THAT HAS SUCH IMPLICATIONS ON THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          SO, UH, TO CLARIFY FOR THE CLARIFY, LET ME, YEAH. 
          IN FACT, PRODUCT CONNECT IS CERTAINLY PART OF THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, UH, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO, UH, DIFFERENT LINES, THE RED LINE, THE GREEN LINE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, UH, SHARED, WHICH WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR CALL THAT YOU MISSED, UH, WAS, UH, UH, SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, ENGAGEMENT AT THE STATE LEVEL, UH, STATE SENATOR LEVEL TO AFFECT POLICY CHANGE HERE, UH, OF THE PLANS FOR A DOWNTOWN TUNNEL. 
          THEY'VE COMMITTED TO GIVE US ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, TO DISCUSS AT THE WORKER LEVEL. 
          SO LET'S DEFINITELY PLAN ON DOTTING INTO THAT AT THE WORKING LEVEL, BECAUSE, UH, THAT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING TO, TO RECEIVE AND INTERPRET I DO WANT TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY OTHERS, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT, UH, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? UM, I THINK WE SHOULD, UM, OF COURSE WE'RE, WE'RE REACHING OUT, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO AN UPDATE FROM ATLAS ONE. 
          UM, I THINK IF THERE, IF THE TIMING WORKS OUT, IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE THEM COME PRESENT. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, A PLANNED PRESENTATION FROM, UH, JOHN SPEARS EITHER THE NEXT MONTH OR JULY BASED UPON THE TIMING OF, EXCUSE ME, NEXT MONTH IS JULY, UH, NEXT MONTH. 
          UM, SO THAT'S ALSO PLANNED IN THE AGENDA AND I THINK FRANKLY THAT'S ENOUGH, UH, FOR US, UNLESS ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT THINGS WE MIGHT WANT TO ADD OR OFFLOAD ON THE AGENDA. 
          UM, I THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO DISCUSS THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE $10,000 AFTER WE TALK TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'M GLAD YOU ASKED ABOUT THAT COMMISSIONERS FIRST SKI. 
          SO, UH, TO KIND OF SET EXPECTATIONS FOR THAT, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR AGENDA, UH, WE BASICALLY HAVE READ DIFFERENT SECTIONS. 
          WE HAVE THE, UH, OF OUR MAIN AGENDA, RIGHT? OUR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, UH, IS A VERY, UH, SPORADIC THING, BUT THAT HAPPENS, UH, THEN WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AND THAT'S, UH, A, A FORMAL ACTIVITY THAT WE HAVE TO DO. 
          AND THEN WE GO INTO THE, THE MEAT, THE MEAT OF THE AGENDA AND THE, UH, STAFF COMMUNITY BRIEFING PIECE IS ONE WHERE WE CAN ANTICIPATE, UH, UPDATES FROM STAFF, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, FOLLOW UP ON DIFFERENT THINGS AT THE WORKING GROUP LEVEL, UM, WE COULD EITHER DO ONE OF TWO THINGS AND I'LL GIVE YOU ALL A CHOICE. 
          WE CAN EITHER, UH, ADDRESS IT AS ITS OWN AGENDA ITEM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE TO SPEAK TO IT FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION, OR WE CAN DISCUSS IT AND COMMISSION UPDATES, BECAUSE IT'LL CLEARLY BE SOMETHING WHICH WE'RE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE FOR THAT. 
          DOES THAT MAKE SENSE COMMISSIONERS FIRSTLY? YES. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I THINK BASED ON, ON THE FORMAT WE HAVE, AND THE FACT THAT, UM, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, I, I WOULDN'T COMMIT THAT, UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, IT'LL BE ON THE AGENDA. 
          IT WILL BE ON THE, ON THE AGENDA EITHER UNDER STAFF AND COMMUNITY BRIEFINGS. 
          IF WE INDEED GET STAFF TO BRIEF US ON THAT, UH, FROM THAT DEPARTMENT, OR IT MIGHT BE AT A NEW BUSINESS, IF WE HAVE TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION AND HOLD A VOTE, UH, BASED ON WHERE WE ARE AT THAT TIME, BUT EITHER WAY, IT'LL DEFINITELY BE ON THE AGENDA. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMISSIONER SPARSITY, 
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ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR CATCHES THERE FOR THINGS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE OR OFFLOAD? OKAY. 
          WELL WITH THAT, UH, WE ARE APPROACHING OUR FINAL, UH, FORMAL THING TO DO AND IT'S THE SUN IS ACTUALLY STILL OUT. 
          UM, SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY MOTIONS TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING WITH . 
          OKAY. 
          WE ARE MOST TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MULTIPLE PEOPLE. 
          UH, BUT THIS'LL BOX WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER FIRSTIE AND I THINK I HEARD MR. DASGUPTA, UH, FIRST. 
          SO WITH THAT, LET'S DO A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR OF A JOURNEY, OUR MEETING, PLEASE SAY HI AND WAVE YOUR HAND. 
          ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. 
          ANYONE STANDING, OKAY. 
          WE ARE UNANIMOUS AND ADJOURNMENT. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND SERVICE HERE. 
          IT WAS WORKED THROUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, DELAY FOR THE, THE, THE, THE SPEAKER CHALLENGES THERE, BUT WE GOT IT DONE. 
          SO ANOTHER GREAT MEETING. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          BYE 
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