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[CALL TO ORDER]
ALL RIGHT.CAN WE DO A ROLL CHECK? UH, SO I SEE HERE, I HEAR TWO MYSELF AND COMMISSIONER TREY HILL.
WHO ELSE IS HERE? YOUR MISSION? NATIONAL LAB SKI MISSIONER GETS EGG ROLL BARS HERE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ANNOUNCING WHO IS HERE.
[CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL ]
UH, WE DO HAVE A CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.DID YOU, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE SPEAKING ON TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WHERE YOU WERE, THEY BOTH SEPARATE TOPICS.
ARE YOU ASKING ME TO SPEAK NOW? UM, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU WERE SIGNED UP TO BE GONE TO DIFFERENT ITEMS. I SEE.
ONE IS REGARDING, UH, PROJECT CONNECT.
WE'RE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON ANOTHER ISSUE AS WELL.
WELL, I CAN, I CAN SPEAK AT BOTH.
EVERY COMMISSION IS DIFFERENT, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY TOOK THE COMMENTS AT THE TIME THEY WENT THROUGH THE ITEM OR IF IT WAS JUST AT THE BEGINNING.
UM, AS CHAIR, I CAN SHUFFLE THE, UM, THE AGENDA AROUND A LITTLE BIT WITH APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION, JUST TO RESPECT YOUR TIME IF NEED BE, BUT YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON, UH, THE DIFFERENT ISSUES.
IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ON TWO DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY.
I'LL JUST SPEAK TO PROJECT CONNECT SINCE IT'S JUST ONE.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR MEMBERS, I'M SYNOVIA JOSEPH.
I DID SEND A MEMORANDUM AND PLEASE LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO SEND IT IN ADVANCE, BUT I WAS TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, AS IT RELATES TO AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND HOW INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED CAN GIVE INPUT.
SO WE'RE IN THE 30 DAY COMMENT WINDOW AS RELATES TO PROJECT CONNECT, THE ORANGE LINE AND BLUE LINE.
I HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH THE LINK.
YOU CAN ALSO GOOGLE IT IF NEED BE.
I PROVIDED YOU WITH SOME INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO ORANGE LINE, WHICH IS 24 TO 30 YEARS.
OFTENTIMES THAT'S NOT DISCLOSED BY CAPITAL METRO.
SO I PROVIDED YOU WITH THE CHARTS FROM MARCH 9TH, 2020 FROM THE JOINT WORK SESSION.
I ALSO MADE A COMMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE GOLD LINE.
THAT'S THE NEW RED LINING WHERE 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, EXCLUDES AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND HISPANICS 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME WAS $54,700 IN 2020.
ACCORDING TO CDBG COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS EARN APPROXIMATELY $42,000 IN HISPANICS EARNED ABOUT $50,000 AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE BLUE LINE.
I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT COUNCIL REZONED THE BLUE LINE ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2020, AND THEN THERE'S AN ARTICLE FROM THE UPROOTED AUTHORS.
THE THREE PROFESSORS THAT WROTE THE ARTICLE BASICALLY SAID, COUNCIL DID NOT LISTEN TO THEM IN REZONING THAT AREA.
AND SO IF YOU SCROLL THROUGH THE DOCUMENT THAT I PROVIDED YOU, I DID GIVE YOU WHAT'S CALLED INNOVATIVE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE BLUE LINE.
AND THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS YOU WHERE ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE UNITS WOULD BE SET ASIDE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO EARNED 80,000 TO $90,000 WITH VERY FEW, FOR PEOPLE WHO EARN $54,000, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
AND I DID PROVIDE YOU WITH A COMMENT FROM CHAIR WAYNE COOPER, WHERE HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE DISPARATE IMPACTS IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN.
AND THAT'S ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THE DOCUMENT.
BASICALLY HE MENTIONED THAT, UM, PROJECT CONNECTS DISENFRANCHISED, OR HE BASICALLY SAID THAT HE UNDERSTOOD AND FELT THEIR PAIN.
AND SO I PROVIDED YOU WITH THE FM 9 69 VISUAL OF A GENTLEMAN IN HIS WHEELCHAIR BECAUSE THERE IS NO CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK ON FM 9 69.
AND THEN I ALSO PROVIDED YOU WITH A COPY OF THE PROPAGANDA THAT WENT OUT THAT SAID THAT PROJECT CONNECT WAS AN EQUITABLE SYSTEM FOR US ALL.
AND THERE'S AN ARTICLE I ALSO GAVE YOU THE AS BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS PROJECT CONNECT ARE BASICALLY, UH, CAPITOL METRO'S SURVEYS FROM 20 15, 20 16 WERE FROM WHITE MILLENNIALS.
AND THE SLIDE OFF FLOW SHOWS THAT 70% OF THE METRO REAL WHITE WRITERS ARE WHITE.
AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO CAMPO THE CAPITAL AREA.
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION HAS A MEETING ON MONDAY, AND FOR ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN THAT MEETING, YOU CAN GET AN UBER PASS AND ROUTE 19 TAKES YOU TO A TRANSIT STATION.
YOU CAN GET A PASS, UH, TO TAKE YOU FROM THERE.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME, BUT I DID INCLUDE THE EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT SLIDE AS WELL.
IT'S A DENSE DOCUMENTS, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO HAVE THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO MAKE THE COMMENTS AND TO JUST, UM, RESPECT YOUR TIME AND TELL YOU, MR. CHAIR, THAT I KNOW LAST TIME YOU MET, YOU HAD, UM,
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A SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.AND I JUST WANTED YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT SLIDE, WHERE ALL OF THE PROPERTIES WERE ONE TO FIVE MILES AWAY AND ONLY ONE OF THE NINE.
UH, WE WOULD SERVE PEOPLE WHO RELY ON METRO ACCESS BECAUSE THE BUS STOP IS NOT WITHIN THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE AS THE CROW FLIES.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU, MS. JOHNSON, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS IS A COMMISSIONER GETS A LIKE, AND MY, MY ONLY QUESTION IS FOR SOME REASON, I ONLY HAVE A TWO PAGE DOCUMENT THAT I WAS SENT.
UH, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THE MEMO, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAT YOU WERE PROVIDING.
AND I WANTED TO ASK IF WE WERE GOING TO BE PROVIDED WITH THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
UH, YES, COMMISSIONER I, UH, COPIED, I BELIEVE THE CHAIR AND THE LIAISON AND WHOEVER ELSE WAS ON, UH, IN THE EMAIL, BUT I I'M GLAD TO FORWARD IT TO YOU, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, I DID HAVE, UM, IT'S ABOUT EIGHT PAGES, 11 PAGES IS WHAT I'M SEEING ON MY SCREEN.
UM, AND IT DOES SHOW YOU THE COMMUTER SLIDE FROM, UH, NOVEMBER, 2017, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2017, WHEN THE CONNECTIONS 2025 WAS ACTUALLY CREATED.
AND IT TALKS ABOUT IT INCREASES COMMUTER FREEDOM, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE MARKETING MESSAGE, UM, AND WHAT THE VOTERS APPROVED, BUT GLAD TO SEND IT TO YOU.
UM, AND JUST ONE LAST COMMENT, I'LL TELL YOU THAT THERE WAS ONE, UM, UH, PROVISION THAT TALKS ABOUT RENTERS ACTUALLY PAYING FOR PROJECT CONNECT.
AND SO I SENT YOU THAT AS WELL.
UH, I HAVE THE SAME, UH, ISSUE IS COMMISSIONER GOOD THING, UH, SAID, UH, I DON'T THINK I RECEIVED EVERYTHING, UH, THAT SHE'S SPEAKING ON.
AND, UM, ESPECIALLY IF I COULD GET THAT, I COULD BRING THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DUMB ON THE PROJECT CONNECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I COULD BRING THIS TO THEIR ATTENTION AND SEE IF I COULD GET THE CLARIFICATION, UM, CAUSE THEIR, THEIR NEXT MEETING IS 30TH.
UM, BUT I'M SURE I CAN SOMEONE, UM, BEFORE THAT MEETING, IF NEED BE, UM, AS LONG AS I GET THE DOCUMENTS, I ONLY GOT THE TWO PAGE, UM, JUST LIKE THE OTHER COMMISSIONER.
SO, UM, JUST, HE SAID TO ME, UH, I'M HAPPY TO HELP OUT THAT.
UM, I WOULD JUST MENTION TO YOU THAT, UH, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS, I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO SUBMIT IT IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BECAUSE THAT 30 DAY WINDOW IS THROUGH JUNE 23RD AND I THINK IT WILL BE AFTER YOUR NEXT MEETING.
AND SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY COMMENT, BUT GLAD TO HAVE YOU REVIEW THE INFORMATION, UM, AND TO, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP IF YOU NEED ME TO ANSWER ANYTHING OR CLARIFY ANYTHING FOR YOU.
I CAN TRY AND GET AHOLD OF SOMEONE THAT I KNOW, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST BRING THIS, UH, TO THEIR ATTENTION.
SO YEAH, IF I COULD EMAILED THE BEST OF THE PAPERS, I WILL TRY AND GET THAT, UH, TO, UM, SOMEONE THAT I KNOW IN THIS OTHER COMMITTEE BEFORE.
THAT SOUNDS GOOD WHILE YOU'RE IN YOUR MEETING.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY I'LL FORWARD IT, UM, WHILE YOU'RE IN YOUR MEETING, SO YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHECK YOUR MAILBOX AND HAVE THE DOCUMENT.
AND I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE THE COMMISSION WE'RE RIGHT NOW IN A TRANSITIONAL PHASE WITH, UH, DAVID AND LEE LEAVING AND WITH A NEW, UM, ADA LIAISON.
AND THERE'S BEEN LITTLE KINKS HERE AND THERE, UH, PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AND JUST A LITTLE BIT, UH, UH, GETTING INFORMATION OUT, UM, MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN HOW WE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM DAVID, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY WORK TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE.
IS THERE ANY FINAL ONE QUESTION FOR MS. JOHNSON
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HEARING NONE.I ALSO WANT TO, UH, MANAGE TO REFLECT THAT.
I SEE, I FINALLY SEE THE PARTICIPANT LIST FULLY.
I SEE COMMISSIONER BERT AND COMMISSIONER CURRENTS OSTER WAS A, PLEASE LET THE MINISTRY REFLECT THAT THEY ARE IN ATTENDANCE.
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
NEXT IS MOVING ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF VICE CHAIR.SCHRAG DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT FOR THIS PART OF THE DISCUSSION? WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT A NAME AND YOU CAN VIEW ME MR. CHAIR, BUT IT'S JOSEPH.
THIS IS COMMISSIONER TRIAC AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SOME CLARIFICATION AND INPUT FROM THE COMMISSION ON HOW WE PREFER TO RECEIVE, UM, THE UPCOMING MEETING AGENDA, AS WELL AS MEETING MINUTES.
UM, I KNOW DAVID HAD DAVID AND LEE HAD FORWARDED THOSE TO US, UM, VIA EMAIL AHEAD OF THE MEETING.
UM, I BELIEVE THE LAST TWO MEETINGS, THOSE HAVE JUST BEEN, UM, POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.
SO JUST WANT TO GET CLARIFICATION ON WHAT WE PREFER.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF, UH, JONATHAN HAS ANY INPUT ON WHAT WORKED WELL ON, ON HIS END AS WELL.
I LOOKED AT THE INVITE TODAY, THE CALENDAR INVITE AND THE AGENDA, AND THE MINUTES ARE POSTED IN THERE, BUT FOR ME AS AT LEAST ON THE IPHONE, THEY'RE NOT ACCESSIBLE.
SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, I WOULD CONSIDER US KEEPING THE TRIPLE TRADITIONAL METHOD WHERE THEY WOULD SEND OUT THE MEETING AGENDA.
AND MINUTES AHEAD OF TIME, PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AT LEAST A COUPLE OF DAYS, WE HAVE TIME TO REVIEW.
I WANT TO HEAR, UH, ALSO THE COMMISSIONER HAS TO SAY AS WELL, I LIKE PROCEEDING THE AGENDA, UM, MEETING AND MINUTES AT A, A TIME, UH, TO SEE WHAT WILL BE THIS FASCINATING.
UM, I DO WHAT TO STRESS, UH, REGARDLESS OF, UM, WHETHER I GET AN INVITE, UH, THE JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE ALSO DOES THAT, UM, THEY DO THE INVITE AND THEY STILL SEND OUT THE MAINTENANCE AND REVIEW.
UH, SO
UM, IT POSSIBLY COULD BE BOTH.
UM, THIS IS COMMISSIONING, UM, THE EMAIL ASKED FOR ART KIND OF LIKE ART TO RESPOND, UM, TO THE, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO BE ATTENDANCE IN THE MEETING.
AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT KIND OF HAD BEEN AN EXPECTATION BEFORE.
SO JUST IN THIS TRANSITION, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A WORKS FOR US, BUT WE'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, DOING WHAT WORKS BEST FOR, UM, OUR LIAISON AS WELL.
AND I DID NOTICE THAT AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS NOT, UH, FROM, FROM IN THE PAST WITH, UM, PREVIOUS COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE PREVIOUS ON THIS COMMISSION, NOT EVERYONE HAS THE CAPABILITY DURING THE WEEK TO RESPOND TO THEIR COMMISSIONER'S EMAILS.
SO THEY, THEY MAY NOT SEE IT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE.
AND HE LOOKED AS IF HE WERE TO CANCEL THE MEETING PRIOR TO THE MEETING, EVEN STARTING WHERE WE STILL GIVE THAT 30 MINUTE WINDOW UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR ALL TO, UM, RECEIVE QUORUM.
AND SO I THINK THERE SHOULD BE MORE COMMUNICATION AMONGST THAT, THAT WE DO WAIT UNTIL 6:00 PM ON THAT FRIDAY IN ORDER TO SEE IF WE ACQUIRE, UM, QUORUM.
SAYS ACCORDING TO THE EMAIL, HE WAS LOOKING LIKE HE WAS GETTING PAPERS READY TO CANCEL THE MEETING PRIOR TO, UM, NOT RECEIVING SIX RSU P RESPONSES.
THIS IS CONDITIONAL OR ALLOWS TO BE, I THINK THAT THE VERY IMPORTANT POINT, UM, DIFFERENCES IN COMMUNICATION STYLE MIGHT BE INTERPRETED DIFFERENTLY, UH, BECAUSE OF DISABILITY, UM, DIFFERENT DISABILITIES AND, UM, DIFFERENT, UM, COGNITION CAPABILITIES.
UH, IF SOMEBODY GETS A EMAIL ASKING, UM, FOR AVAILABILITY, UH, AND THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT BEFORE, UH, EITHER ON THIS COMMISSION OR IN ANOTHER CAPACITY, THEY MIGHT, UH, NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS OR HOW TO REPLY TO THAT APPROPRIATELY.
UM, AND THEY MIGHT SAY, UH, OH, THEY MIGHT INTERPRET THAT AS OH, THE MEETING IS NOT GOING BE HELD.
UM, SO THEY MIGHT'VE RESPONDED, UM, OH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THIS, UM,
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OR, OH, HE'S TRYING TO CANCEL IT.UM, SO I THINK THAT, UH, HAVING THE PYRE, UH, WAY OF DOING THAT, UH, WOULD BE, WOULD WORK BEST.
UH, I THINK SENDING OUT THE W FOR OUR PARTICULAR COMMISSION BECAUSE OF WHAT IT IS, UM, AND THE POPULATION IT SERVES, BUT I THINK THAT, UM, HOSTING THE, UH, AGENDA AND THE MINUTES, UH, IT'S SENDING OUT THE AGENDA AND MINUTES STILL IS IMPORTANT.
I MEAN, SHE STILL SHOULD GIVE THAT.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER LASKIN CONSTRUCT.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS IF THEY FEEL THAT IF YOU MAKE ANY TYPE OF CHANGES OR TRY TO STICK TO THE TRADITIONAL WAY WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
SO I'M A COMMISSIONER FOR, I'M SORRY, I WASN'T, UH, I WAS MUTED, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY NAME, I DIDN'T SEE MY NAME ON THERE.
UM, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE THE COMMUNICATION HAS IMPROVED.
UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MY NAME WAS ON THE LIST BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT THERE, UH, REGARDING WHICH LIST COMMISSION NUMBER, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES WE HAVE, WE ARE ON THAT SUBJECT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GETTING THE LAST MEETING MINUTES.
WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW, THERE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH CIRCULATING THE MINUTES AND AGENDA PRIOR TO THE MEETINGS.
AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY HOW WE WANT THEM TO BE SENT OUT TO THE COMMISSION PRIOR TO MEETINGS.
UM, I, I AGREE, UM, THAT IT WAS, UH, I DON'T WANT TO SAY EASIER THAN THE BAGS THAT WE CAN'T GO LOOK IT UP OURSELVES.
LIKE ANGELA LOOKED AT THE AGENDA ON THE, ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, BUT LIKE HERE TODAY'S READINGS INVITE, UM, REALLY THING THAT WAS DIFFERENT WAS, UM, I ONLY GOT THE LITTLE WEBEX, UM, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE ADDRESS THERE WAS A, UH, AN OPTION TO CALL IN ON THE PHONE.
SO WAS MY OTHER QUESTION, ARE WE STILL GETTING A CHOICE TO CALL HIM ON THE PHONE OR DO YOU HAVE TO PICK, YOU KNOW, ONLINE OR PHONE BECAUSE WHAT IS INTERNET CONNECTION PROBLEMS THAT PARTICULAR DAY? AND YOU NEED TO THEN CALL IN ON YOUR PHONE, BUT YES, TO THE OTHER ONE WAS MORE CONVENIENT AND LESS CONFUSING TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN ONE EMAIL, YOU THE AGENDA, THE MINUTES, YOU KNOW, THAT EMAIL IS THE ONE YOU'RE GOING TO GET BEFORE, BEFORE.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO EITHER UTILIZE THE WEBEX LINK OR THE PHONE OPTION.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS SENT OUT, UM, BEFORE THE TRANSITION.
AND SO I COULD, UM, ANSWER WORK ON EMPHASIZING THESE DIFFERENT POINTS WITH JONATHAN AND THE CITY STAFF TO, UM, BE ABLE TO CIRCULATE THINGS AROUND HEAD OF TIME, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT CALL-IN OPTIONS.
CAUSE I MEAN, NOT EVERYONE MAY HAVE A SMARTPHONE, FOR EXAMPLE, SO THEY MAY HAVE TO UTILIZE A FULL, A FLIP PHONE NOR TO USE THE CALL FITA THE DIAL IN FEATURE.
I'LL TAKE ONE MORE COMMENT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET A CLARIFICATION FROM THE COMMITTEE OF HOW WE WANT TO PROCEED.
UM, NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
IS THERE, UM, SOMEONE WHO LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM? IS THERE A SECOND? HOLD ON ONE SECOND BEFORE YOU APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES.
I STILL WANT TO MAKE SOME, UH, CRITIQUES RELATED WITH THAT FOR
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COMMISSION NUMBER.MY FRIEND, YOU'RE STILL AS I STILL ARE YOU ON THE LAST MEETING'S AGENDA OR THIS MAY BE THE JIM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE, WE ARE APPROVING LAST MONTH, UH, MINUTES.
SO IF YOU HAD SOME CORRECTIONS MAKING THEM CHANGES WHERE YOU PUT MY NAME THERE, IS THAT CORRECT? I DID NOT SEE THOSE.
IF YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES, UM, YOU CAN VOICE THEM NOW AND WE CAN MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS AND REPOST THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING MINUTES.
MY NAME IS NOT THERE FOR ATTENDING ON THE LIST.
I WANT TO DO TO ADD MY NAME ON THERE AS AN ATTENDING.
AND THIS IS COMMISSIONER TRIAC AND AGAIN, THIS MAY BE, UH, JUST KIND OF STYLISTIC THINGS, BUT UNDER, UM, SO ON THE MEETING MINUTES, POST FOUR, A AND FOUR B, UM, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENTATIONS BY AUSTIN ENERGY AND ALSO THE WATER.
UM, SO THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN IN ANY DID NOT DISCUSS THIS ITEM, SO ACTION WAS TAKEN IT, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO INDICATE THAT THAT WAS POSTPONED, UM, BECAUSE IN THEORY, THEY COULD HAVE GIVEN US A PRESENTATION AND WE MIGHT NOT HAVE DISCUSSED IT.
SO I JUST TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR, I WOULD PREFER TO SAY THAT THOSE ITEMS WERE POSTPONED DUE TO THE AVAILABILITY OF STAFF RATHER THAN HOW IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN, WHERE IT JUST SAYS WE DID NOT DISCUSS THE ITEM AND NO ACTION AGAIN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER CORRECTIONS OR POINTS OF WATER THAT NEEDED TO BE PUT INTO THE THESE MINUTES IS COMMISSIONER BURKE WAS GONNA PUT A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MEETING MINUTES.
CAUSE YOU'RE SURE I, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER CORRECTION? OKAY.
WHO IS, WHO IS OUR LIAISON? WHO'S TAKING NOTES HERE.
JONATHAN,
I DIDN'T SEE YOU IN THE ATTENDEES LIST.
I WILL SECOND THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED.
SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[2A. Discussion and possible action regarding community access and participation for people with disabilities during City Council meetings.]
UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO, A DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM REGARDING COMMUNITY ACCESS AND PARK GESTATIONAL FOR PEOPLE DISABILITIES.UM, I DON'T HAVE THE OFFICIAL AGENDA ACCESSIBLE TO ME.
SO WAS THERE A PARTICULAR COMMISSIONER WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS? YES.
IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE LAST EVENING, I RECEIVED SOME CONCERNS FROM THE DEAF COMMUNITY CONTACTING ME AND SAY THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH ACCESSING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
THEY DON'T HAVE A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS.
THEY'RE IN THE MEETINGS THAT ARE ON THE VIDEO.
YEAH, BUT YOU HAVE THE VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
THERE'S NO INTERPRETER OR THE DEAF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
AND SOUNDING PEOPLE PICK, COME HERE THAT ARE TALKING AND I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE NEED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM AND TELL THEM THAT THEY NEED TO BRING A SILENCER.
INTERPRETER IS ON THE SCREEN FOR THEIR VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
I'M NOT SURE HOW WE START THIS PROCESS.
SO POINT OF CLARIFICATION, COMMISSIONER BIRD, I SEE TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS REGARDING COMMUNITY ACCESS.
AND THEN ITEM TWO B, WHICH IS REGARDING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION THROUGH FOR COVID-19, UM, RELATED MEETINGS.
ARE YOU SPEAKING ON BOTH OF THESE ISSUES AS ONE? NO, THOSE ARE SEPARATE ISSUES.
THE ONE FOR, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS ONE AND THE OTHER ONE WAS FOR THE COVID INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE ARE TWO SEPARATE ISSUES.
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FOR ANY COMMENTS.OH, KEEP IN MIND THAT WE PRESERVED COMMUNITY CONCERN, SOME DEAF COMMUNITY THAT THEY'VE GIVEN TO ME.
SO I WASN'T SURE WHERE TO START WITH THIS COMMISSIONER.
SCHROCK DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON EITHER HOW THINGS USED TO BE DONE WHEN THEY WERE IN, IN PERSON, UM, WERE KIND OF WHAT THE ACCESSIBILITY POLICY IS CURRENTLY.
THEY TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN PIRACY THAT EVERYTHING WAS VIRTUAL DUE TO UH COVID-19.
AND SO ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE HOMELESS SHELTER AND ALL OF THAT.
SO THE DEAF COMMUNITY WAS REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE ISSUES AND WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM.
THEY REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE HOMELESS ISSUE AND THAT THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO TO CLARIFY, THERE WAS NO WAY TO REQUEST ASL INTERPRETATION FOR THOSE MEETINGS AT ALL.
REALLY HONESTLY, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SET UP A REQUEST FOR THAT.
THEY SHOULD JUST PERMANENTLY HAVE THAT ACCESS AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK, UH, AT SETTING SOMETHING FOR PERMANENT, YOU KNOW, SET UP INSTEAD OF HAVING TO REQUEST EVERY TIME THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE THE PRESIDENT DOES IT NOW.
WHAT'D YOU SAY? I LIKE HOW THE PRESIDENT HAS ASL INTERPRETATION AT ALL HIS PRESS CONFERENCES.
SO I WANTED TO OPEN, UH, PULL THE COMMISSION TO SEE HOW WE GET OUR BEST WORK AND THEN ADVOCATING FOR THIS.
UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR DEPTH CITIZENS AND HARD HEARING CITIZENS ARE NOT LEFT OUT OF CITY COUNCIL ACCESS.
I BROUGHT HIM THAT LAST ELEMENT IN IT MAKES SENSE.
PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO REQUEST TO HEAR THEIR GOVERNMENT TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT A FAVOR OR AN EXTRA, UH, ACCESS TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO YOUR, TO YOUR, TO BE, UH, UM, A BASIC RIGHT, AS PART OF ACCESSIBILITY, THAT PART OF OPENNESS THAT'S PART OF DEMOCRACY.
UH, WE SHOULD BE, UH, FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENT LEAD, UH, AND I WANTED STEPPING BACK, UH, THAT IT'S A VERY PRACTICAL, VERY REASONABLE, UM, LAST QUESTION, WHAT'S THE TOILET ANYMORE.
YOU SHOULDN'T REQUEST, UM, MEANS TO COMMUNICATE.
I GET SICK DEFINITELY SLASH THIRD.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE AGREEMENT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENED NAMING.
IT SOUNDS LIKE KIND OF WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.
UM, JONATHAN ACT, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN SHARE ON THAT AS FAR AS KIND OF, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COULD JUST BE KIND OF AN INTERNAL REQUEST OR IS THIS SOMETHING WHERE A RESOLUTION WOULD BE BENEFICIAL? WE SHOULD CONTACT OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT ON THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS? UH, I, THE ONLY, THE ONLY METHOD I'M AWARE OF WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION TO, TO COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROCEDURE, TO SIMPLY HAVE, UH, THE SERVICES HAD THE REGULAR OR SPECIAL, UH, REALLY ANY COUNCIL MEETING OR WORK SESSION OR, OR PRESS CONFERENCE, UH, COMMISSIONER BIRD.
I KNOW THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION, BUT I'M JUST ASKING THIS AS A VIABLE OPTION SINCE I'M NOT PART OF THE DEAF COMMUNITY.
SO I'M TRYING TO, UM, GET IT MORE OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS AVAILABLE IS CLOSED CAPTIONING AVAILABLE AT THESE MEETINGS AT THE VERY LEAST
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THAT, UH, QUESTION WAS NOT, UM, I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT.THEY WERE TALKING TO MANY DEAF PEOPLE DON'T READ ENGLISH.
SO CLOSE CAPTION REQUIRES YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO HAVING AN ASL INTERPRETER THERE, RATHER YOU HAVE TO CATCH SOMETHING OR NOT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING THAT ACCESS TO ALL PEOPLE FOR THE COMMUNICATION.
I JUST WANT TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR.
AND AS FAR AS THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I HAD TO BE AGENDA COMMISSIONER TRACK I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF ASL BEING PROVIDED, REGARDLESS OF REQUEST.
I'M ALSO WONDERING IF THERE CURRENTLY IS A PROCESS FOR REQUESTING INTERPRETERS AS AN ACCOMMODATION, UM, AND THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO START REQUESTING THOSE FOR EVERY SINGLE MEETING.
UM, IF THAT WOULD KIND OF SHOW THE NEED.
UM, WELL, AS IT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE RECEIVING MULTIPLE REQUESTS TO SET THAT UP PROACTIVELY RATHER THAN HAVING TO COORDINATE EACH REQUEST INDIVIDUALLY, UM, AND COMMUNICATE WITH THAT PERSON.
SO JUST AS KIND OF IN THE SHORT TERM, WHILE WE ALSO WORK TOWARD, UM, TRYING TO GET THAT AVAILABLE WITHOUT OUR REQUEST, UM, COMMISSIONER BERT, JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO PASS ALONG TO THE FOLKS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS AS THIS IS HOW YOU CAN SHOW THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO WHO ARE CURRENTLY BEING DENIED ACCESS.
UM, IF AN ACCOMMODATION IS REQUESTED, THEY SHOULD BE PROVIDING THAT.
SO JUST A, AN IDEA IN THE SHORT TERM TO TRY TO SHOW THAT NEED, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT'S PROVIDED WHILE WE ALSO WORK ON THAT MORE PROACTIVE APPROACH TO PROVIDE IT, REGARDLESS OF REQUEST A COMMISSIONER, UM, FRANK'S UH, THIS IS COMMISSIONER TACKLE.
UM, UM, LET'S LET COMMISSIONER, UH, MR. BERT ANSWER THE QUESTION AND THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND AFTER THAT COMMISSION TRAIL, OKAY.
THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT I WANT TO ADD SOME INFORMATION ON, BUT THAT SHOULD BE THE TWO DID THROW THAT OUT THERE.
AND THEY LEFT A COMMENT UNDER SOMEWHERE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA YEAH.
AND I ASSUME THAT THAT WAS, UH, THEY HAD MATCHED THE MESSAGE SAYING THAT I DON'T HAVE, IT WAS FACEBOOK LIVE, BUT ANYWAY, THEY DID SEND ME THAT INFORMATION.
THEY MADE MENTION SOCIAL MEDIA TO THEM.
AND I WANTED TO KNOW THAT AUSTIN AND THE CITY, WE HAVE A HUGE POPULATION OF DEAF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE COMPUTER TOO.
SO YOU, THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 30,000 TO SIX ACCIDENTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO YOU HAVING A BOWEL PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, 2000 THAT NEEDS TO DO RIGHT.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DEAF, THAT ARE MOVING INTO AUSTIN FROM OTHER STATES AND THEY KEEP MOVING HERE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
AND SO JUST KEEP THAT AT THE BACK OF YOUR MIND.
I WANTED TO NOTE THAT IN RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER TRIAC THAT, UH, STANDARD OPEN MEETINGS ACT NOTICE FROM THE CITY AND EVERYBODY ELSE HAS A LITTLE TINY FONT THING AT THE BOTTOM THAT SAYS, IF YOU, IF YOU NEED ACCOMMODATIONS, UM, CONTACT THE COORDINATOR FOR WHATEVER IT IS, UM, IN ADVANCE, USUALLY IT'LL SAY SOMETHING LIKE TWO DAYS.
SOMETIMES IT'S JUST ONE, SOMETIMES IT'S THREE, UM, AND MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO REQUEST AN INTERPRETER OR WHATEVER.
UM, SO THAT IS ON THERE AND THAT IS POSSIBLE.
UM, WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD, I WAS KINDA THINKING TO MYSELF, UM, THAT A GOOD STRATEGY WOULD BE FOR EVERY SINGLE MEETING FOR A WHILE MORE, AT LEAST ONE PERSON MAKE A REQUEST FOR A INTERPRETATION SERVICES AND THEN SAY TO THE CITY, LOOK, JUST DO IT EVERY TIME.
THIS IS TOO BURDENSOME, BECAUSE THEN YOU BASICALLY THE ARGUMENT, IS IT A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION THAT PEOPLE CALL AN ADVANCE TO HAVE TO ASK? MY GUESS IS THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A DECISION ON THIS THAT THAT'S REASONABLE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE CITY OF AUSTIN CAN'T CHOOSE TO PROVIDE
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IT EVERY TIME.SO CAN WE, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT THIS AS A LIST OF AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE I ALSO DIDN'T SEE THE AGENDA IN ADVANCE, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE IT LISTED FOR ACTION, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT WE PUT IT ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA, UM, TO, UH, MOVE FOR THE CITY TO PROVIDE AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION.
BUT WE PROBABLY NEED TO WORK ON A DRAFT DOCUMENT BEFORE THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT LET'S PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND THEN WE CAN FINALIZE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE WHAT COMMISSIONER TRIAX HAD THE STRATEGY OF ASKING FOR ACCOMMODATIONS AND STARTING ASKING FOR THEM.
CAUSE THEN WE CAN ADD THAT IN.
LOOK, THERE'S A LOT OF DEMANDS, RIGHT? AND THIS, UM, THE AGENDA, THIS ISN'T A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS, SO WE CAN MAKE A MOTION.
BUT WE DO WE HAVE A DRAFTED RESOLUTION NOW, RIGHT.
OR WE CAN MOVE TO MAKE A REVOLUTION.
WELL, WE COULD RIGHT NOW APPROVE, UM, REP YOU KNOW, MAKING, OKAY.
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, MOVING THAT THE, THE, UH, THAT THE COMMISSION SUBMIT A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY THAT THEY, UH, PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES, DEAF TRANSLATION SERVICES AT EVERY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND I THINK Y'ALL ALSO SAID PRESS CONFERENCE, AND THEN WE COULD JUST SEND IT AS THE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD CERTAINLY THEN, UM, LET THE CITY KNOW, LIKE COMMUNICATE WITH THE CITY AND SAY THE COMMISSION, UM, RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S NOT IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION, SO WE COULD ALSO PUT IT ON NEXT, WE CAN DO THAT.
AND ALSO PUT IT ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION.
WE THINK THAT WOULD BE EVEN MORE HELPFUL, BUT THERE'S NO REASON WE COULDN'T SAY SOMETHING NOW, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
CAUSE THEN WE HAVE THE WEIGHT OF SAYING, HEY, IN THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE ALSO RECOMMENDS THIS.
UM, I DID WANT TO BE A QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, STUDIES LAST WEEK.
AND I GOT THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF A WOMAN THAT, UM, HAS A LOT OF INFLUENCE IN, UH, THE DEATH BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
UH, I, I THINK I TRIED TO CIRCULATE HER INFORMATION.
UM, BUT IF IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH EVERYTHING, I BELIEVE I STILL HAVE IT.
UM, SO I WILL TRY AND CIRCULATE HER INFORMATION OR JUST, UH, GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH HER MYSELF.
UM, AND MAYBE IT'S IN CHEESE WITHIN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAVE HEARD HER IS SIGN UP OR GET PEOPLE SHE KNOWS, UH, AS YOU WERE SAYING, MORE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP AND BRING MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, ACCOUNTABILITY ON THIS.
CAUSE YEAH, I GUESS I LEARNED, UNDERSTAND LIKE A VERY SMALL TOWN, YOU KNOW, BUT THIS IS AUSTIN.
THERE IS A DEAF BLIND SCHOOL HERE.
WHY IS THIS NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, EVERY MEETING THING, WE'RE NOT IN SOME SMALL TOWN WHERE IT'S ONE PERSON WHERE YOU COULD JUST SIGN UP, THERE'S A TIRE COMMUNITY, AS HE WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SCHOOLS, THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY SHOULD JUST DO IT REGARDLESS.
COMMISSIONER BROADWATER AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF BLINDNESS COMMUNITY HERE IN AUSTIN, WE GO THROUGH VERY SIMILAR STRUGGLES FOR OUR OWN NECESSARY MEDIUMS IN ORDER FOR ACCESSIBILITY.
SO I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAY S SO IT LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER BIRDIE SOUNDED LIKE YOU WERE MAKING A MOTION.
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE AN OFFICIAL MOTION? YEAH.
I WANTED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OR THE COMMENT THAT, UM, I GOT THE SAME MESSAGES, LIKE FROM THE BUSINESS, THE DEAF BUSINESS OWNER GROUP, THEY ARE CONCERNED.
THEY END THAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE, IT'S LIKE A DIFFERENT TIME SLOT.
THERE SHOULD HAVE DIFFERENT TIME SLOTS.
THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE FOR MANY OF THE DEAF PEOPLE TO GO TO THAT SURVEY.
SO I WANTED TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM FOR THE
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QUALITY OF LIFE TO ASK MORE ABOUT THAT.BUT ANYWAY, ON THE SECOND THING, YES, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, DO A MOTION TO WRITE A RESOLUTION, I GUESS, A DRAFT RESOLUTION ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION PERMANENTLY ON THEIR SCREEN.
AND SINCE, UH, IT WAS ALSO DISCUSSED ABOUT MAKING AN, ALSO A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.
DID YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THAT INTO YOUR YES, YES.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL FUCK IT.
ALL RIGHT, MR. LASKEY SECONDS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WE'LL DEFINITELY GET TO WORK ON THIS AND TRY TO MAKE THIS A MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SO MOVING ONTO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER BERT AS WELL REGARDING COVID 19 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ASL INTERPRETATION.
SO AGAIN, I RECEIVED SOME CONCERNS FROM THE DEAF COMMUNITY AND THEY WERE SAYING THAT THE AUSTIN CITY THROUGH THE TV, UM, THROUGH THE PRESS THAT THEY HAVE NOT HAD SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS WHEN THEY'VE BEEN EXPLAINING THINGS ABOUT COVID-19.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ALSO THE AUSTIN CITY WEBSITE, UM, THEY DON'T SEE ANY ASL ACCESS, LIKE ANY VIDEOS EXPLAINING ANYTHING ABOUT COVID-19.
SO WE JUST KIND OF WANT TO AGAIN, REMIND THEM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DEAF PEOPLE WITH A THIRD GRADE OR BELOW READING LEVEL.
SO A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT SKILLED IN READING, SO THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GRAMMAR AND THE WORDS THEY PREFER IT IN ASL.
SO WE NEED TO BE CREATIVE WITH ACCESS FOR THE ASL USERS ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE ACCESS FOR THE DEAF COMMUNITY.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE MANY, MANY DEAF PEOPLE LIVING HERE IN AUSTIN AND THEY RELY ON THE ASL AND THAT VISUAL COMMUNICATION, I FEEL AS IF WE CAN DO THE SAME TYPE OF, UH, WORKING WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO MAKING THIS MORE INCLUSIVE AND MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION AND WORKING ON POSSIBLE RESOLUTION AND, AND THEIR, UH, COVID-19 AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AND SO SHE'S TALKING ABOUT VIDEOS, ESPECIALLY WITH A LOWER LITERACY RATE ISN'T IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO BE ABLE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS OR YOUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS AND THE PREFERRED METHODOLOGY THAT WORKS BEST FOR THEM, BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT SAME KIND OF ARGUMENT AND, UH, THE BLINDNESS COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, TEXT TO SPEECH OR IT'S BRAILLE IT'S, EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN MEDIUM.
AND, UM, SOME DON'T HAVE THE SAME LITERACY RAY BECAUSE, UH, WITH TEXT TO SPEECH SOFTWARE WHERE IT JUST READS IT OUT TO YOU, YOU DON'T LEARN GRAMMAR, STRUCTURE, SYNTAX, AND ALL THAT STUFF WHERE YOU CAN LEARN THAT IN BRAILLE.
SO, UM, I WANT TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION.
I WANT TO, UH, EXPRESS MY SUPPORT, UH, FOR THESE MEASURES.
I EMOTING THE CITY DISABILITY CULTURE.
UH, THIS IS, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE CITY'S HISTORY AND CULTURE.
UH, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS SUPPORTING THIS, UM, THAT THE CITY IS, UH, PROVIDING THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THIS.
UH, THIS IS A PART OF THE CITY'S ERIC INCH, UM, AND THE CITY NEEDS TO, UH, THIS IS A PART OF EQUITY, UM, PROVIDING THE NETFLIX ALREADY INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND NOT JUST IGNORING IT, CHATTING IT OFF TO THE SIDE, UH, BUT PROVIDING, UH, THE APPROPRIATE, UH, DAILY SUPPORT, UM, NOT JUST PICKING AND CHOOSING WHAT, UH, WHAT IS NICE IS FOR, UH, WHAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, WHAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH.
THIS IS EVERYTHING'S INTERCONNECT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, KIM? YOU CAN'T ADDRESS A DIVERSITY WITHOUT ENABLING, UM, DISABILITY
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COMMISSIONER BERT SAID.I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT 100% AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GO AHEAD AND ADD THAT TO THE RESOLUTION TO SAVE TIME TO THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION.
I WOULD TEND TO AGREE, BUT SINCE THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE SOME INFLUENCE OVER THIS AS A WHOLE IN GENERAL, WE COULD DEFINITELY INCLUDE THAT WITHIN THE, THE RESOLUTION AS WELL AS THE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
MR. BURKE SAID, YEP, THAT'S FINE.
THIS IS COMMISSIONER THREDBO DRAFTING, THE RESOLUTION, MR. HERBERT SAID, I AM HAPPY TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION TO BEGIN WITH.
AND THEN I CAN SEND IT FOR REVISIONS AND EDITS.
WE CAN PUT IT AS AN, A DEVOTE ON IT FOR NEXT MEETING, IF YOU WOULD LIKE MICHENER, BURT SAYS THAT'S GREAT.
SO WITH THE MODIFICATION OF ADDING THE COVID-19 ANNOUNCEMENTS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER INTO THE AFOREMENTIONED RESOLUTION REGARDING CITY COUNCIL? ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS HEARING NONE.
[2B. Discussion and possible action regarding American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation services during COVID-19 announcements.]
[2C. Update, discussion, and possible action on Project Connect Community Advisory Committee.]
UM, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM TWO C REGARDING PROJECT CONNECT, UH, COMMISSIONER BROADWATER.WAS THIS YOUR AGENDA ITEM AS YOU ARE ON THE COMMITTEE? YES, SIR.
UM, I THINK I HAVE BROUGHT UP AS A FUTURE.
I KNOW, UM, I GUESS WE'D ONLY HAD ONE, UH, MEETING.
I ACTUALLY, UM, WHEN I BROUGHT THAT UP AND WE'VE NOW HAD, UH, TWO MEETINGS AND THEN, UH, AS I SAID, UH, DURING THE PRESENTATION, THE NEXT, UH, MEETING IS, UH, JUNE 30TH.
SO AT LEAST THEY HAD PUT HANDS THAT MEAN, UM, I'M SORRY TO SAY.
IT'S, IT'S TAKING A LONG TIME WHEN WE HAVE A MEETING, UM, FOR THAT ADVISORY, THEY HAVE TO ASK HILL 30 FLOOR.
WHAT TIME IS GOOD FOR THEM WITHOUT INTERRUPTING? I DON'T, DON'T DO IT ON THE SECOND FRIDAY BECAUSE THIS IS OUR MEETING DAY.
UM, SO I JUST WASN'T SURE HOW OFTEN, UM, YOU ALL WANT IT TO BE, TO UPDATE YOU? CAUSE IT TELLS LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE MEETING IS GOING TO BE AFTER OURS.
UM, AND WE REALLY HAVEN'T EVEN SINCE REALLY HAD TO, UM, THEY'RE STILL ESTABLISHING, UM, YOU KNOW, CHAIR POSITIONS, UH, GOVERNANCE, HOW WE'RE GONNA RUN.
HE, SO WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOT OUR FOOTING THERE YET.
UM, I DO KNOW THEY HAVE CREATED, UM, WORKING GROUPS IS WHAT THEY'RE CALLING IT FOR ORANGE LINE BLUE LINE AND DOWNTOWN, UM, IS WHAT THEY'RE CALLING IT.
AND ANYONE, THESE AREN'T PULLING APPOINTEES, LIKE I WAS, THIS IS FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE ON THE WORKING GROUP TO INPUT, YOU KNOW, UM, ANY CONCERNS, UH, TO JUST LIKE THE SPEAKER SAID EARLIER, IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT PROJECT CAN AG IT ALL, HE WILL BE VERY HELPFUL.
SO EITHER EMAIL THEM OR IF YOU WANT TO GET REALLY INVOLVED, UM, WORKING GROUP READINGS AT LEAST TO ONCE A MONTH, IF NOT, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ONCE A MONTH.
UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S A COUPLE, UM, LIKE THE 14TH AND 15TH OF JUNE.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE, UH, ALL THIS CAN BE FOUND AT, UM, PROJECT CONNECT.COM.
UM, I THINK IT'S UNDER THE TAB GET INVOLVED, I BELIEVE, BUT I CAN SEND, UM, GUY OUT TO EVERYONE.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE WELL THAT, AND THEN
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ASK HOW OFTEN, UM, YOU WANT ME TO GIVE UPDATES.UM, AND THEN I GUESS FOR, I HAVE THE SCORE, UM, I, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT EMAIL, BUT THE SPEAKER WAS, SHE SAID SHE WAS TRYING TO GET IT BEFORE THE END OF OUR READING ABOUT THE DOCUMENT.
AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN EMAIL YET, BUT JOHN, I THINK YOU GET WITH ME AFTER THE MEETING AND MAKE SURE I'M SENT, UH, THE REST OF THOSE, UH, DOCUMENTS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BROADWATER.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT EMAIL EITHER.
UM, BUT I CAN REACH OUT TO HER AND ASKED FOR HER TO, UH, SEND THAT INFORMATION TO JONATHAN BABY X.
WE CAN CIRCULATE THAT AMONGST THE COMMISSION SO THAT Y'ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THOSE OTHER DOCUMENTS.
SO THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR ANY DISCUSSION OF FREQUENCY.
I WOULD, I, MY OPINION WOULD BE WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING OF SUSTENANCE, I MEAN, YOU, RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE IN THE BEGINNING STAGES, SO THERE'S NOT MUCH TO REPORT, BUT I MEAN, IS THERE, CAUSE I MEAN, WE HAVE THE JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE.
UH, WE HAVE THAT AS A QUARTERLY, BUT SOME THINGS MAY ARISE WHERE IT MAY BE OF IMPORTANCE TO THIS COMMISSION WHERE YOU COULD REQUEST TO HAVE IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
AND THAT WOULD BE PERFECTLY FINE TOO, BUT I WANT TO GATHER EVERYONE ELSE'S, UH, POLLS ON HOW OFTEN YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THE PROJECT CONNECT, UM, REPORTS IN THE FUTURE.
ONCE THEY HAVE MORE SUSTENANCE TO REPORT, JUST COMMISSIONER GETS A GUY.
I AM INTERESTED IN RECEIVING THEM AS THEY COME UP, BUT THAT'S ME POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
THIS IS CONDITIONAL OR LATTER SK-II.
UH, THE JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE ACTUALLY MEETS MONTHLY.
I WAS REFERRING TO THE REPORTS RATHER THAN, BUT THANK YOU.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE VOTED ON MORE FREQUENTLY THAN WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT.
SO THAT WAY LASZLO HAS MENTIONED A COMMISSIONER BROADWATER REGARDING HER COMMITTEE, IF ANY OF THOSE NEED TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO OUR COMMISSION BEFORE QUARTERLY REPORT, THEN THAT OBVIOUSLY CAN BE REQUEST TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA.
UM, SO THAT I CAN PASS THAT ALONG AND ACTUALLY, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE TO DO IT EVERY SINGLE MEETING.
UM, LIKE YOU SAID, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COMES UP, UH, ACTUALLY INSTEAD THEY NEED, THEY NEED MORE INPUT THAN ME, I GUESS, TELLING ME WHAT'S GOING ON.
THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED, UM, THE GET INVOLVED, UH, TAB, UM, BECAUSE I GUESS IT WASN'T CIRCULATED ENOUGH.
THIS GOES TO THE, UM, PROBLEM WITH THE DESK COMMUNITY TOO.
UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING, BUT ALL IT IS IS ON THE WEBSITE, PROJECT CONNECT.
EMAIL YOUR EMAIL AND YOUR FEEDBACK.
WELL, NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP TO THESE, UH, UH, GROUPS EITHER.
SO THEN THEY ASK, UM, WHAT THE WANT FROM US, YOU KNOW WHAT, AND WE USUALLY END UP SAYING, WE DON'T KNOW YOU HAVEN'T FLYING WITH ENOUGH INFORMATION YET.
YOU'RE STILL IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGES THEMSELVES, BUT YEAH, THEY'LL ASK LIKE WHAT TIE DO WE WANT, UM, THE PLATFORM ON DUI AND ON THE LEFT, RIGHT? OR IN THE MIDDLE, IN BETWEEN, UH, TWO RAIL SYSTEMS. AND WE WERE LIKE, UH, UH, WE, WE DON'T KNOW, YOU'RE NOT WRITING US WITH INFORMATION TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UM, SO I GUESS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY PREFERENCES, HOW YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR BUS STATIONS, IF YOU PREFER LIGHT RAIL BUS, ONE NEC THAT YOU CAN BRING AS A CITIZEN OR AS OUR CAPACITY IS COMMISSIONERS, JUST GET IN TOUCH WITH PROJECT
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CONNECT AND LET THEM KNOW.CAUSE AT LEAST IT'S THERE IN THE LARRY
SO IT'S NOT LIKE ANYTHING'S GONNA BE BUILT ANYTIME SOON.
UM, THAT TAKES A YEAR OR TWO TO GO TO THE FEDERAL STUFF.
UM, SO I GUESS JUST GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THEM AND LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU WANT THEM, UM, YOUR BEST MINDS.
SO IN WHICH AREAS YOU THINK ARE NOT BEING SURE.
YOU WANT MORE ON THE EAST SIDE? UM, IF YOU PREFER LIGHT RAIL BUS, UH, MORE PERSONALIZED, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT DRIVE, UM, JUST THE, ANY INPUT.
SO THE, WHEN WE GET TO OUR ADVISORY MEETING, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO, UH, DEFER TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THEN THE PUBLIC SAYS, WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES SENSE, BUT THERE'S THIS SCENE THREE, TWO MINUTES TO FUSION, UM, WITH WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND REGARDING THAT EMAIL, IT WAS JUST SENT OUT TO THE COMMISSION.
SO, UM, FROM THE CITIZENS, SO IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR BOXES, BUT RIGHT NOW, BUT DEFINITELY WANT TO ENCOURAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO YOUR OWN PERSONAL NETWORKS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH DISABILITIES TO GET, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO BRING FORWARD THEIR, UH, THEIR COMMENTARY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE, A WEEKS WEEK OR SO UNTIL THIS, UH, COMMENTARY PERIOD IS CLOSED.
AND THEN DO THE, DO YOU FEEL AS IF THERE'LL BE OTHER OPTIONS AFTER THAT COMMISSIONER BROADWATER, SINCE THERE WAS SEEKING COMMENTS ABOUT, WELL, I BELIEVE IT WAS JUNE 23RD.
I MAY BE INCORRECT ON THAT DATE, BUT WOULD THEY STILL BE WILLING TO TAKE COMMENTARY AFTER THAT REGARDING CONCERNS OR PUBLIC TESTIMONY? OH, YES.
I GUESS THEY HAVE TO PUT, THEY, YOU KNOW, JUST DOESN'T GO ON FOREVER FOR LIKE EACH, UH, EACH LINE THEY'RE DOING LIKE ONE FOR ORANGE, ONE FOR BLUE, ONE FOR GOLD.
UM, SO THEY CAN'T GO ON FOREVER FOR EACH LINE, BUT YES, THERE'S A FACEBOOK, UM, AN EMAIL, I THINK IT'S SPEED FEEDBACK, FEEDBACK AT PROJECT CONNECT.
UM, BUT THERE'S EMAIL ADDRESS, UM, A PHONE NUMBER.
I CAN CIRCULATE THAT TO, UM, THE THERE'S ANY FEEDBACK AT ALL THAT THEY ARE OPEN AND THEN YOU CAN, KYLE, UH, WE HAVE TO REQUEST TO SPEAK AT ARMY.
YOU CAN REQUEST TO SPEAK AT THE ADVISORY, UH, MEETING AS WELL BECAUSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND STOPS DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A VOICE IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR COMMISSIONER BROADWATER? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT COMMERCIAL BROADWATER.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE REPORTS AND, UM, WAYS WE CAN GET MORE INVOLVED AS A COMMISSION.
[2D. Update by Chair Franks followed by discussion regarding the Winter Storm Task Force.]
ITEM IS THIS'LL BE ME TALKING ABOUT THE WINTER STORM TASKFORCE.I'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND TWO MEETINGS BECAUSE TWO OF THE MEETINGS ARE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND A PREVIOUS MEETING GOES ON THE SAME TIME AS THIS COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND SO I'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND TWO DIFFERENT EVENTS, UH, BUT WE'VE HAD A GOOD RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY WITH EITHER FROM PUBLIC TESTIMONY, FROM DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COMMITTEE, FROM CITIZENS.
WE'VE HAD, UM, TESTIMONIES WRITTEN FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ABLE TO SHOW UP, BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO ENCOURAGE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE MAYBE ONE MORE MEETING LEFT THIS MONTH BEFORE WE WORKED TOGETHER AND TO FORMULATING A DRAFT, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL FOSTER PROCEED.
UH, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO ENCOURAGE, UM, CONTINUED, UM,
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TESTIMONY.THERE IS AN EMAIL ADDRESS THAT, UM, HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND I CAN, UM, SEND US JONATHAN TO CIRCULATE AGAIN, UM, REGARDING AN EMAIL ADDRESS WHERE THEY CAN SEND THEIR TESTIMONY TO, UH, UH, STEPHANIE HALL SENDS OUT, UM, INFORMATION OF WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE, UH, WHEN THE NEXT UPCOMING MEETINGS ARE.
AND IF I DON'T SEE THAT I CAN CIRCULATE THAT WITH JONATHAN AS WELL FOR THE, OUR NEXT MEETING REGARDING, UM, OUR LAST POINT OF WHERE WE'RE TAKING PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
AND THEN, UM, WE'LL LIKE, AS I MENTIONED, WE WORKING ON OUR REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THE IMPACT OF WHAT THE WINTER STORM HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY.
WHEN DOES COMMISSIONER ORLOVSKY? WHEN IS THE LAST MEETING THAT I WILL, I CAN GET Y'ALL I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT, UH, I WILL LET THE COMMISSION KNOW THROUGH, UM, CIRCULATION THROUGH JONATHAN BOBBY OUT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WHEN THE MEETING IS, BUT IT WILL BE THIS MONTH THOUGH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, YOUR TIME.
[3. STAFF BRIEFINGS AND COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS:]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ANY, UH, STAFF ANNOUNCEMENT OR COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS THEY WANT TO MAKE, OH, IS IT PUNISHMENT OR LASKY? I GOT APPOINTED TO THE TEXAS BAR.SHE USED ANY, UM, AND, UH, IT BECOMES ACTIVE AT THE JUNE MEETING.
UH, THAT'S UH, SEPARATE FROM THIS VISITS, THE STATE BAR, UH, DISABILITY ISSUES COMMITTEE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, UH, THEY, I, I NOMINATED AND ACCEPTED THAT.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING SOME MORE ABOUT THAT ONCE YOU BECOME MORE INVOLVED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT INVOLVES.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES, OF COURSE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SECOND TO LAST ITEM OF THE AGENDA
[4. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
FEATURE AGENDA ITEMS. IS ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO SEE NEXT MONTH OR FUTURE AGENDA? OKAY.UH, COMMISSIONER BURKE AND I HAVE ONE, UH, WE, UH, BAND, WHICH WE WERE THINKING ABOUT, UM, A RESOLUTION FOR SOME TIME DOWN THE ROAD, UH, ABOUT, UM, HAVING, UM, THE MOVING THE ADA AROUND INTO THE CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, UM, THE WE'RE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICE, THEY'RE STILL IN HUMAN RESOURCES AND THAT CREATED THE PROBLEM, GETTING THE ACCOMMODATIONS.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME ISSUES IN THIS MEETING, UM, BUT, UH, LIKE WHEN WE HAD THE, UH, POLICE FORUM, UH, WE, UM, IF PEOPLE STILL HAD TO, UH, PEOPLE STILL HAD TO APPLY FOR COMBINATIONS FROM THE RESOURCE NEEDS, THE PARK APARTMENT.
AND, UM, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE TRYING, WE WERE TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE, PLEASE ADDRESS YOU, PLEASE ADDRESS CIVIL RIGHTS.
YOU HAVE TO APPLY TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
IT LOOKED VERY, IT LOOKS VERY DISJOINTED TO JUST HAVE DISABILITY, UH, IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN MOVING INTO THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT.
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IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE AGAIN, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, ASL, THE MEETING TO BE WIDENED AUTOMATICALLY AT EVERY MEETING, UM, IN A CITY WITH A VERY LARGE, JUST THE WAY COMMUNITY.UM, AND, UH, WE FEEL THAT BECAUSE, UH, THE CIVIL RIGHTS AREN'T ON THEIR ACCRUED AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, IT'S REALLY IDENTIFY THE AVIDS AND MORE RIGHT.
IT'S NOT A BENEFIT YOU HAVE TO EARN GRADUATE.
THEREFORE IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE CIVIL SPECIFICALLY IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICE, WHICH THE CITY HAS A RIGHT PROACTIVELY ESTABLISH, UH, THAT'S PART OF, UH, PEOPLE, THE STATUS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IMPROVING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, BECAUSE OUR COMMITTEE CAN'T ORIENT THE ACCOMMODATIONS, UM, ONLY THE, UH, ADA PROGRAM ITSELF.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED THE 88 PROGRAM.
UM, IT REFERS TO A SPECIFIC LEGISLATION.
UM, UM, UH, EVERYTHING IN THE SAME DEPARTMENT BENEFITS US.
IT BENEFITS THE THREE, UH, EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME TEAM.
UM, IT SHOWS THE CITY'S OWN SIDE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, UH, SIGNED CIVIL RIGHTS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
WELL, IT HEARING MORE ABOUT, UM, YOU AND COMMISSIONER BIRDS RECOMMENDATION BEING MADE IN A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
UH, WE DO HAVE A DRAFT AND, UH, BOTH OF US REALLY LIKE THIS DRAFT AND WE CAN SEND IT, UH, FOR YOU, UH, THE, UH, SNAP LIAISON SOUNDS GOOD.
ANYBODY ELSE FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? HI, COMMISSIONER FRANKS IT'S COMMISSIONER KERN DUSTER WHILE I THERE, UM, THE QUALITY OF THE DISABILITY QUALITY OF LIFE STUDY.
I KNOW THAT THE, UM, THERE WERE A BUNCH OF FOCUS GROUPS.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE DONE ALREADY.
UM, I'M WONDERING HOW DO WE HAVE AN IDEA HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE FOR THEM, UM, TO DO, TO GENERATE THE, THE DATA FROM THOSE FOCUS GROUPS.
AND CAN WE, ONCE WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHEN CAN WE GO AHEAD AND ADD THAT TO A FUTURE AGENDA? YEAH, I DON'T SEE WHY NOT.
I MEAN, THAT'S PLENTY INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY THESE FOCUS GROUPS, UH, JONATHAN DEVIC, HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT RECEIVING THAT INFORMATION FROM THE FOCUS GROUPS? UH, WE CAN, UH, PUT THEM ON THE AGENDA TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE FROM THE DEVELOPERS OF THIS STUDY, CORRECT? YES.
IF YOU COULD MAKE THAT REQUEST TO HAVE THEM ON MAYBE NEXT MONTH AGENDA, THAT'D BE AWESOME.
I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I MOTION COMMISSIONER BERT WHILE I SECOND.
I JUST MOVED AND SECONDED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING, THE MEETING SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
STAY SAFE, STAY HYDRATED, STAY COOL.