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ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY READY ON THAT END THEN I'LL CALL TO ORDER.[CALL TO ORDER -9:00am]
MORNING, EVERYONE.WE'LL OFFICIALLY CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
THIS IS THE MEETING OF THE WINTER STORM TASK FORCE.
UM, AND THIS IS PRIMARILY WORKING SESSION AS WE PREPARE OUR REPORT.
UM, IF THE AB TECH COULD POP UP THE AGENDA, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING TODAY.
UH, PATRICIA, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS? WE DO NOT KNOW.
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – June 25, 2021]
UM, SO THE FIRST STEP ON OUR BUSINESS AGENDA HERE IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR JUNE 25TH MEETING.YOU SHOULD HAVE THOSE IN YOUR INBOX FROM PATRICIA.
SHE SENT A DRAFT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, SO LET'S JUST HAVE EVERYONE TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK THAT OVER AND JUST SPEAK UP IF YOU'VE GOT ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DOCUMENT.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 25TH WINTER TASKFORCE MEETING.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SEE SALLY SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.
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NEXT UP OUR NEW, OLD BUSINESS, ANY BUSINESS ITEMS ARE EFFECTIVELY THE SAME, BUT THAT'S, UM, PREPARATION FOR OUR FINAL READOUT REPORT AND OUR COUNCIL WORK SESSION.SO WE'VE GOT SEVERAL THINGS, UM, THAT WE'LL GO OVER TODAY.
UH, SARITA SENDS HER APOLOGIES KIND OF SHE'S ENJOYING A, A REALLY NICE VACATION RIGHT NOW AND HAS VERY POOR INTERNET CONNECTION.
SO SHE WAS ABLE TO GET SOME DOCUMENTS TO US, BUT NOT ABLE TO CONNECT TO THE MEETING TODAY, BUT SHE SENT SOME THINGS THAT PATRICIA FORWARDED THAT WE'LL GO OVER.
UM, THANK YOU, ALETHA, AND TO THE WORKING GROUP FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING BEHIND THE SCENES.
WE'VE GOT DOCUMENTS TO REVIEW THERE AS WELL.
BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THOSE, I DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE RECEIVED ALSO A COMMUNICATION FROM ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE PUBLIC TESTIMONY WE HAD READ IN OUR LAST PUBLIC LISTENING SESSION.
UM, LET ME JUST GET THAT IN FRONT OF ME SO THAT I'VE GOT THAT FOR REFERENCE.
YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT ALSO IN YOUR INBOX FROM PATRICIA.
IT WAS FROM JULIE QUENTIN AND SHE RAISED A CONCERN ABOUT THE READING OF OUR TESTIMONY.
SO, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF COMPLETENESS, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST READ HER FOLLOW-UP EMAIL INTO THE RECORD SO THAT WE HAVE THAT AND THEN OPEN UP TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ON THAT.
UM, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THAT.
AND THAT WAY WE HAVE ALL OF THAT TESTIMONY AS A BASELINE FOR OUR PREPARATION OF THE REPORT.
IT SAYS TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
MY NAME IS JULIE
UNLIKE THE OTHER TESTIMONIES READ THAT EVENING, MY TESTIMONY DID NOT RECEIVE A CALL FOR DISCUSSION AND OR QUESTIONS FOR THE TASK FOR THE TASKFORCE MEMBERS LIKELY DUE TO THE LATE HOUR.
AS MY TESTIMONY OFFERS SOLUTIONS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES FACING AUSTIN, I WAS HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE MEETING WAS IMMEDIATELY ADJOURNED AFTER ITS READING, WITHOUT DISCUSSION MY GROUP.
AND I HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING RESEARCH SINCE THE FEBRUARY CRISIS.
AND THE TESTIMONY ITSELF WAS THOUGHTFULLY AND RESPECTFULLY PREPARED.
I'M ATTACHMENT HERE, AND THE SINCERE HOPE THAT YOU WILL ADDRESS IT IN YOUR NEXT TASK FORCE MEETING AND ULTIMATELY IN A CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR SOLUTION WITH NOT A NEW ONE, AS YOU WILL SEE WITHIN THE BODY OF MY TESTIMONY, I'M AN ACADEMIC AND I'VE INCLUDED CITATIONS OF PAST STUDIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL PRESENTED BY THE UTILITY COMMISSION AND HEADS OF AUSTIN ENERGY.
I AFFORDED ALL OF MY FOIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION, ACT DOCUMENTATION TO JESSICA CORNADO OF COUNCIL WOMAN, VANESSA FRANCIS'S OFFICE, WHO I'M COPYING HERE.
I'VE ALSO POSTED MY COMMENTS ON SPEAK UP AUSTIN AND NOTICED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER POSTS IN THE IDEA SECTION OF THE PAGE THAT ADDRESSES SIMILAR ISSUES.
LASTLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IN THE 6 23 21 TASK FORCE MEETING YOUR GROUPS SEEM TO HAVE, SEEM TO BE TAKEN WITH THE SUGGESTIONS OF MR. MICHAEL BATES OF INTEL.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND WHEN RESEARCHING YOUR SOLUTIONS TO OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT PEER REVIEW IS NECESSARY FOR VETTING IDEAS REFERENCE CAN BE MADE TO THE EXTREMELY POOR DECISION TO OPEN AND CLOSE A WEEK LATER, AN ENERGY PLANT THAT WILL COST TO AUSTIN RESIDENTS FOR DECADES TO COME.
WELL, I TOO WAS IMPRESSED WITH HIS SUGGESTIONS LIKE MOST OF CITY COUNCIL,
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I'M NOT AN ENERGY PROFESSIONAL, AND THEREFORE, IF I WAS IN YOUR POSITION, I WOULDN'T JUMP TO ANY CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT THOROUGH PEER REVIEW.THE ISSUE OF PROPER VETTING, FURTHER REINFORCES WHY CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO ESTABLISH A PROFESSIONAL AND INDEPENDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES, INDEPENDENT OF COUNCIL, BUT WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH COUNCIL WHILE IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, THE AUSTIN HAS A UTILITY COMMISSION THAT ENTITY DOES NOT FULFILL THE GOVERNANCE MODEL THAT WOULD SERVE AS AN INDEPENDENT BOARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONSIDERING MY COMMENTS.
I HOPE TO RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK MOST SINCERELY, JULIE COORDIN.
SO AT THIS POINT, I'D JUST LIKE TO OPEN IT UP, SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION COMMENTARY, EITHER ON HER MOST RECENT EMAILS THAT I JUST READ OR ON HER ORIGINAL TESTIMONY, WHICH WE DID READ AT THE VERY TAIL END OF THAT LAST PUBLIC TESTIMONY MEETING WE WERE AT OR PASS TIME.
AND WE OPTED TO JUST ADJOURN THE MEETING AT THAT POINT WITHOUT DISCUSSION, UH, BECKY, THIS IS BETH.
UM, THE, THE WORKING GROUP WAS ASSIGNED THE TASK OF INCLUDING THE, ALL OF THE DISCUSSION AND TESTIMONY FROM THE LAST MEETING.
UM, AS I NOTED IN MY EMAIL, IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET TOGETHER AND WE PREDICT NEVER QUITE DID, BUT SO, UM, I PUT TOGETHER AS MUCH AS WELL AS I COULD, AND THE FAULTS OF THE THING ARE MINE, BUT I DID ADD HER.
UM, I DID ADD HER TO THE OUTLINE WE PUT TOGETHER AND, UM, I'M, I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH WHAT SERITA SANTOS AND SORT OF MAKE NOTES FROM WHAT WE ADDED.
CAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE THAT WHEN SHE WAS WORKING ON HER DRAFT.
SO NOTE THAT THAT'S A GUEST SUGGESTION FOR AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW BOARD IS SOMETHING WE DID INCLUDE AND, AND HER ORGANIZATION.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT.
I'M GLAD THAT IT'S PART OF THE COMPLETE BODY OF MATERIAL THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN SYNTHESIZING.
AND I KNOW HOW MUCH OF A POTASSIUM THAT'S BEEN JUST TO DIGEST ALL OF THAT AND ORGANIZE IT.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE FROM OTHER TASK FORCE MEMBERS, JUST AS YOU REFLECT ON HER ORIGINAL TESTIMONY AND HER FOLLOW-UP? I THINK SHE MADE A VALID POINT THAT, UM, THAT, THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION FROM THE GENTLEMEN FROM INTEL, BUT IT DOES NEED THOROUGH REVIEW.
AND I, I THINK THAT WE MENTIONED, AND I, I READ IT 15 MINUTES AGO.
WE MENTIONED HIM IN THE REPORT AND IT, IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO, TO REWORD THAT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY IN THAT NOT THAT WE'RE NECESSARILY RECOMMENDING IT, BUT THAT WE RECOMMEND THAT THEY DO FURTHER ANALYSIS OF IT.
AND, AND I WAS GONNA, UH, MAKE A SIMILAR OBSERVATION THAT I, I BELIEVE AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR REPORT IS GOING TO BE A SYNTHESIS OF ALL OF OUR LISTENING SESSIONS AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE HEARD, WE WILL PASS THROUGH RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE ALL ARE EXPERTS ON ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL THOSE THINGS EITHER.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE MAKING, YOU KNOW, A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION OR DECISION ON SOMETHING RATHER, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE POINTS OF VIEW THAT WE HEARD ARE REPRESENTED AND, AND RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL THAT THEY PUT THAT IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE RIGHT EXPERTISE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
I MEAN, EVEN IF THERE WAS ENTHUSIASM FOR ONE SUGGESTION OVER ANOTHER, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, COME ACROSS AS US WEIGHTING ONE RECOMMENDATION OVER ANOTHER, RATHER WE WILL PRESENT ALL AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ALLOW COUNCIL TO FORM A GROUP OR DO WHATEVER THEY FEEL IS NECESSARY TO THAT, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND COME UP WITH A GOOD SOLUTION.
I THINK OUR JOB IS TO SAY WHAT PEOPLE THAT WE HEARD FROM RECOMMENDED AND MAKE IT THAT WE'RE NOT PARTICULARLY ENDORSING ANY OF THESE, BUT THAT THIS IS WHAT CITIZENS WERE SAYING TO US.
SO I THINK WE'RE IN AGREEMENT ON THAT.
AND WE SHOULD JUST BE MINDFUL OF THE LANGUAGE THAT WE USE WHEN WE WRITE THE REPORT, UM, THAT IT DOES CONVEY THAT, UH, I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SERITA HAS ASKED US TO, TO DIGEST A BIT AND GIVE HER SOME FEEDBACK ON IS JUST THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE TONE THAT WE SET WITH THAT REPORT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTARY ON, ON THAT, UM, TESTIMONY.
APPRECIATE THE EXTRA TIME THAT WE SPENT ON THAT.
AND, UM, IF YOU'RE LISTENING JULIE TO THE REPLAY OF THIS MEETING, UM, NOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARD HERE AND REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU SENT THAT FOLLOW-UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO DISCUSS YOUR TESTIMONY.
WITH THAT, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND START TO WALK THROUGH THE ITEMS THAT WE RECEIVED.
SO AGAIN, THE, THE MAIN DELIVERABLES HERE ARE THE DOCUMENTS, THE ELISA AND THE WORKING GROUP HAVE PREPARED, AND THEN SERITA'S DRAFT
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SERVICE DRAFT, AND HER EMAIL ALSO INCLUDES SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT SHE HAS FOR THE GROUP.UM, SO ANYBODY HAVE A, JUST A SUGGESTION ON WHETHER YOU WANT TO START WITH SERITA'S DRAFT AND WORK BACK FROM THAT, OR DO YOU WANT TO START WITH THE WORKING GROUP DOCUMENT AND KIND OF WORK FORWARD OR LISA MAYBE PROVIDE JUST A KIND OF HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY OF WHAT Y'ALL PUT TOGETHER.
I SEE NODDING HEADS, LET'S GO WITH THAT.
UM, SUMMARIZE, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF JUMP BACK AND FORTH AS WE NEED TO.
I THINK WE MIGHT JUST WALK THROUGH SERITA'S DRAFT AND IF YOU DON'T MIND MY INTERRUPTING THINGS, I WILL JUST MAKE NOTES OF WHERE ARE, WHERE OUR ADDITIONAL POINTS SHOULD BE INSERTED OR MIGHT BE INSERTED.
UH, SO I THINK THESE WOULD BE WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.
THERE IS A KIND OF A TONE OF THIS MUST HAPPEN THROUGHOUT, AND WE MAY WANT TO THINK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TONE OF THIS REPORT, UM, WITHOUT BEING, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CHANGE THAT.
WE WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THERE'S URGENCY HERE, BUT, UM, JUST TO THINK A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST BRING IN POINTS THAT THAT NEED TO BE ADDED OR MAYBE MODIFIED.
I, I WOULD ERR ON THE SIDE OF, UH, STATING THE FACTS, UM, WE CAN BE TECHNICAL.
WE CAN BE, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE DID RECEIVE A LOT OF REALLY SPECIFIC INFORMATION FROM CITIZENS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TH THAT WE STATE WHAT WE HEARD, WE SUMMARIZE IT IN THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN DIGEST THAT, BUT THAT WE NOT, UM, WE NOT BIAS IT OR INFLUENCE IT WITH A TONE OR A SEEMING ENDORSEMENT OR LACK OF ENDORSEMENT OF A PARTICULAR POINT OF VIEW OR FOLKS IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
WELL, I'LL SHARE THAT BACK WITH SERITA, JUST SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF ADJUST THE TONE OF THAT.
UM, PATRICIA, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO POP UP SERITA'S DRAFT ON THE SCREEN HERE AND THEN WE CAN JUST PAGE THROUGH AND WALK THROUGH THAT AS WE GO.
IT'LL TAKE JUST ABOUT A MINUTE.
THANK YOU FOR POSTING IN THAT.
UM, SO THE, THE BEGINNING OF THE DOCUMENT IS JUST THE LIST OF ALL OF OUR, UH, TASK FORCE MEMBERS AND THEIR TITLES.
SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE JUST SCAN THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR NAME AND YOUR TITLE ARE REPRESENTED CORRECTLY THERE, AND YES, THANK YOU FOR ZOOMING IN SO WE CAN ALL SEE EVERYTHING HERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, ON, ON YOUR OWN TIME, YOU CAN JUST EMAIL BACK IF YOU SEE ANYTHING IN THERE THAT'S INCORRECT.
SO THEN LET'S JUST TAKE A QUICK LOOK HERE AT THE FIRST SECTION, WHICH IS A REFERENCE TO THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION AND THE PURPOSE OF THE TASK FORCE.
YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SCROLL DOWN A BIT? I'LL TRY TO KEEP PACE HERE WITH PEOPLE'S READING SPEED.
UM, SO IF I'M GOING TOO FAST, JUST TELL ME AND WE'LL SLOW DOWN.
HEY, IS EVERYONE OKAY WITH THAT INTRODUCTION? OKAY, SO LET'S CONTINUE TO PAGE DOWN.
SO 3D, I HAD A QUESTION HERE, JUST ASK ME IF WE WANT, UH, ANYTHING FROM THE AUTHORS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A SUMMARY THERE WITH, FROM THE AUTHORS SPECIFICALLY.
I'D LOVE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR WRITING ALL THIS, BUT, BUT I DIDN'T, I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO RESTATE THE IDEA THAT WE'RE NOT ENDORSING THESE IDEAS, BUT THAT THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD IN FORM OR OTHER.
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ALL RIGHT.SO SINCE A GROUP WE'LL, UM, WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
I DON'T THINK YOU FOR EDITING ON THE FLY THERE, BUT WE WILL, UH, WE LEAVE IT STRAIGHT BACK TO SERITA.
SO THE, THE REPORT THEN IT'S ORGANIZED INTO DIFFERENT SECTIONS, UM, OF ISSUES.
AND, UH, AGAIN, HAVING DISRESPECT REPORT, I HAVEN'T CROSSED REFERENCE THIS SOLELY FOR WHAT'S THE, THE OUTPUT OF THE WORKING GROUP, BUT I, I THINK YOU WERE TAKING, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME SIMILAR APPROACHES.
SO SHE'S BASICALLY CHUNK THINGS TOGETHER INTO GROUPINGS AROUND THE MAJOR ISSUE AREAS AND THEN HIGHLIGHTING WHAT THOSE ISSUES WERE.
UM, AND, AND SO AGAIN, LET'S JUST ALL TAKE A MINUTE HERE TO READ WHAT'S THERE.
AND THEN WE CAN JUMP IN WITH FEEDBACK.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I NEED TO INTERVENE ALL THE TIME WITH, WITH LITTLE POINTS OUT OF OUR OUTLINE.
CAN I JUST, JUST SEND SOME OF THOSE AROUND LATER? SO UNLESS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, I DON'T KNOW.
OR DO, SHOULD WE HAVE IT FOR THE RECORD HERE? UM, AT LEAST I THINK IT'S FINE, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S MORE EDITORIAL COMMENTS AND LANGUAGE AND, YOU KNOW, AND ADJUSTMENTS LIKE THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO JUST MARK UP THE DOCUMENT AND SEND IT BACK, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE EASIEST, BECAUSE THEN WE CAN ACCEPT THE MARKET CHANGES.
THIS IS A LITTLE MORE CONTENT.
SOME, UH, ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE CITY ORGANIZED MEETINGS ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER THAT WERE NOT VERY USEFUL BECAUSE PEOPLE TALKING AND COULDN'T HEAR THE QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, IT'S JUST ANOTHER POINT ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH COMMUNICATION.
AND YEAH, YOU ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, TO CAPTURE THOSE AS, AS WE GO AND SEND THOSE BACK.
AND JUST SO WE DON'T MISS ANYTHING, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD INTO THIS COMMUNICATION PIECE, THE FACT THAT THERE WAS ONE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I, I THINK IT WAS DOVE SPRINGS OR ONION CREEK WHO HAD BEEN THROUGH THE FLOODING AND THEY HAD CREATED A PHONE TREE, A NEIGHBORHOOD PHONE TREE THAT WAS, SOUNDED TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL, NOT JUST, WE MENTIONED PORTABLE RADIOS, BUT I THINK THAT THAT PHONE TREE, DIFFERENT METHODS OF COMMUNICATION CAN BE VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY HELPFUL WHEN YOU HAVE COMMUNITIES THAT AREN'T AS CONNECTED AS OTHERS.
I THINK WE ALSO HEARD ABOUT JUST NEIGHBORS REACHING OUT TO THEIR NEIGHBORS.
YOU REALIZING POWER WAS DOWN AND PHONES WERE OUT OF POWER AND EVERYTHING THAT FOLKS THAT COULD WERE, WERE LITERALLY WALKING DOOR TO DOOR TO CHECK IN ON OTHER NEIGHBORS AS WELL.
GOOD POINT, WHICH MAY BE WHAT HAS TO BE DONE IN A DISASTER.
ANYTHING ELSE ON COMMUNICATION THAT Y'ALL RECALL AFTER EACH, UH, SECTION, CAN WE PUT RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT WAY THEY FOLLOW? YEAH.
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING, CAUSE IT'S KIND OF MIXED TOGETHER HERE.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST A FORMAT WHERE IT'S JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE WHAT WE HEARD AND THEN, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS OR OBSERVATIONS AND THEN RECOMMENDATIONS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO WE CAN BREAK EACH OF THE SECTIONS THAT WAY IN THAT BECOMES CLEAR MAYBE WITH BULLETED POINTS ON WHAT FOLKS RECOMMENDED.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN ANYWAY, BUT WE DO NEED THE TABLE OF CONTENTS.
UM, NEXT THING WAS AROUND INFORMATION.
SO LET'S JUST READ THAT FOR A MINUTE AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS ALSO WE, IF WE COULD GET LIKE THE DATA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE CALLED IN AND SOME KIND OF DATA SURROUNDING THAT, THAT'D BE GOOD TO PUT IN.
AND I KNOW WE DIDN'T DO THIS CONSISTENTLY EARLY ON, BUT WE DID START ASKING FOLKS WHERE THEY HEARD ABOUT IT.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANY KIND OF METRICS AROUND HOW FOLKS HEARD ABOUT THE SESSIONS TO INCLUDE THAT AS WELL, PATRICIA, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO PULL TOGETHER FROM WHAT YOU HEARD? I CAN PUT TOGETHER HOW MANY PEOPLE PROVIDED COMMENTS.
UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THE DISTRICT.
I KNOW THAT WOULD REQUIRE ACTUALLY GOING BACK AND LISTENING TO EVERY MEETING.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT IF THAT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING.
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OKAY.ANY FEEDBACK ON THE INFORMATION THAT WAS RECEIVED, EITHER TRANSPARENCY OR INCONSISTENT INFORMATION OR NO INFORMATION, I WOULD LABEL THAT SECTION TRANSPARENCY INSTEAD OF INFORMATION OR MAYBE TRANSPARENCY OF INFORMATION.
THAT WAS A BIG ONE WE HEARD ABOUT, YEAH.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WOULD REFLECT ON IF SHE HASN'T COVERED IT ELSEWHERE IS THAT WE HAD FAIR WARNING OF THE STORM.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE DAYS AHEAD OF TIME, THERE WERE FORECASTS OF THE ICE AND, AND THE COLD WEATHER AND THE OFFICIALS WERE WELL AWARE.
THIS WASN'T A, YOU KNOW, A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE A VOLCANO ERUPTING, THIS WAS, UM, KNOWN AHEAD OF TIME.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM CITIZENS IS HAVING KNOWN AHEAD.
WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER INFORMED ABOUT HOW TO PREPARE OR WHAT TO NUMBER PEOPLE REFERRED BACK 2011 TO, AS A SIMILAR EVENT THAT SHOULD HAVE LED TO BETTER PREPARATION.
UM, BUT IT IS, I, I NEED TO SIGN OFF NOW, SO I WILL LISTEN TO THIS RECORDING.
AND THEN IF I HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, I'LL SEND IT ON TO YOU.
ANY OTHER, UM, FEEDBACK ON THIS SECTION? OKAY.
UM, I'M PATRICIA IS WE'RE MAKING NOTES HERE.
I THINK THE ONE THING THAT WE WANTED TO CAPTURE WAS JUST THE, UM, THE INFORMATION WAS KNOWN WELL IN ADVANCE.
UM, SO THE EXPECTATION WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER COMMUNICATION ABOUT HOW TO PREPARE.
I THINK ONE OTHER THING THAT I HEARD IN ADDITION TO JUST HAVING LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH, UH, AND ALSO ADDRESSING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE VISUALLY OR HEARING IMPAIRED IS, UH, A NOTION OF CULTURAL COMPETENCE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND INFORMATION IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO EVEN IF IT'S COMMUNICATED, YOU KNOW, IN A TRANSLATED FORM, THERE, THERE ARE NUANCES IN HOW PEOPLE CONNECT AND, AND HEAR AND RESPOND TO INFORMATION AND WHO THEY HEAR IT FROM.
UM, AND, AND THE NOTION THAT, UH, THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE WAS COMMUNICATION FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR, OR CHURCHES OR OTHER IN THE FAITH COMMUNITY, UM, THAT WORKED OR AVENUE FOR COMMUNICATION TO THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES VERSUS, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION COMING FROM THE CITY BECAUSE IT WAS DELIVERED IN THAT WAY.
THAT WAS MORE COGNIZANT OF THE CULTURE AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE BACKGROUND OF THE FOLKS IN THEIR OPENINGS.
ANY OTHER FEEDBACK ON LANGUAGE? I THINK FOR COMMUNICATION ALSO MENTIONING THE 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1 THING, UM, IS IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD GO UNDER COMMUNICATION.
CAUSE YEAH, AND ALSO I SKIMMED IT REALLY QUICKLY BY, UH, THE TEXT LIKE USING EITHER WHAT AMBER ALERT DOES OR USING WHAT THE CITY, EVEN A CITY TRASH, LIKE THEY HAVE THOSE TEXTS PLATFORMS, THEY REALLY UTILIZE IT.
THE ONE OTHER THING I RECALL IS THAT I BELIEVE WE EVEN HAD TESTIMONY FROM AN INDIVIDUAL WHO I THINK THEY WERE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND HAD, HAD GONE TO ONE OF THE WARMING SHELTERS AND THERE WAS REALLY NO BE THEY'RE EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS.
SO JUST IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, GOING AND SEEKING HELP AND THEN NOT BEING ABLE TO GET, UH, THE RIGHT KIND OF HELP OR EVEN CONNECT WITH SOMEBODY THAT UNDERSTOOD HOW TO HELP YOUTH.
UM, AND THAT'S BEYOND THE LANGUAGE
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ISSUE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST NEEDED OTHER KINDS OF SUPPORT, UM, THAT WEREN'T AVAILABLE TO THEM.AND REBECCA TOO, TO THAT POINT, I ALSO WONDER IF, IF, IF THERE SHOULD BE SOME MENTION ABOUT INTERPRETATION, BECAUSE I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE PHONE TREES WILL SOMETIMES JUST BE IN ENGLISH AND WE'LL ALSO MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK IN OTHER OTHER LANGUAGES.
AND SO I THINK HAVING INTERPRETERS BOTH IN PERSON AND, AND OVER THE PHONE CAN ALSO HELP NAVIGATE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE OPTIONS.
AND THAT GOES BACK TO, UH, ASD AND THEIR, UH, PARENT TEACHER FORGERIES.
I CAN BE UTILIZED AS WELL, CAUSE THEY'LL KNOW THE BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE.
ANYTHING ELSE ON COMMUNICATION? OKAY.
UH, THE NEXT MAJOR SECTION WAS AROUND A LOSS OF COMMUNITY TRUST.
I THINK HERE THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PICK UP SOME OF THE SIMILAR THREADS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MAY HAVE A DISTRUST OF HEARING INFORMATION FROM CERTAIN CITIES AND FEEL, YOU KNOW, MORE TRUST HAVING THAT COME FROM, UH, ADJACENT COMMUNITY MEMBER OR FAITH LEADER OR A SCHOOL LEADER, OR, YOU KNOW, OTHERS THAT THEY, HER IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY AND THAT THEY CONNECT WITH.
SO WE SHOULD BE USING ALL AVENUES OF CONNECTION THAT WAY.
BUT I THINK THAT HERE IS THAT COMMUNICATIONS NEED TO BE TRUSTWORTHY.
AND WHEN YOU'RE TOLD ONE THING ONE MINUTE AND SOMETHING ELSE THE NEXT MINUTE YOU DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THEM.
I WAS SO STRUCK BY SOMEBODY AS EXAMPLE OF WATCHING THE MAYOR IN HIS OFFICE WITH HIS PICTURE LIGHT AND IN HIS SHIRTSLEEVES WHILE THEY WERE FREEZING TO DEATH.
THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD FIRE, A LOT OF CONFIDENCE THAT HE REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS GOING ON.
MAYBE WE CAN'T SAY THAT IN THIS REPORT, BUT NO, THIS IS NOT A PLEASANT ONE.
I KNOW WE SHOULDN'T BE WHITE WASHING ANYTHING HERE AND, AND, AND WORRYING ABOUT THE AUDIENCE, OUR PURPOSES TO SHARE WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT WAS A PRETTY POINTED EXAMPLE OF THE STARK DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT LEADERSHIP WAS SAYING AND WHAT INDIVIDUALS WERE EXPERIENCING IN THAT MOMENT.
SO, UM, I THINK THERE WAS SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UM, SERITA MAY RAISE JUST THE, ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EMBED PICTURES OR LINKS TO VIDEO IN THE REPORT.
UM, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE REALLY COMPELLING BECAUSE THERE ARE INSTANCES LIKE THAT WHERE A PICTURE SAYS A LOT MORE AND, YOU KNOW, CAN INCLUDE THOSE IN AN APPENDIX OR EVEN EMBEDDED WITHIN THOSE SECTIONS.
WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT ALSO COMMUNICATION IS RADIO.
I THINK THAT WAS CAPTURED IN THE COMMUNICATION SECTION, BUT WE'LL CHECK THAT.
ANY OTHER THINGS AROUND, UH, TRUST OR DISTRUST? OKAY.
UM, THIS NEXT SECTION THEN IS AROUND OUTREACH.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A DIMENSION OF ANOTHER VULNERABLE POPULATION AND THAT'S PEOPLE WITH BABIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN, WHICH WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM ANYBODY ABOUT, BUT I KNOW IT'S THERE.
LET'S PUT THAT UNDER THE OUTREACH SECTION, PATRICIA.
SO KRISTA ELDERLY FOLKS WITH MEDICAL ISSUES, UM, SO INCLUDE, UM, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY BABIES, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT HAD TO BE INCREDIBLY HARD.
I THINK WE ALSO HEARD FROM STUDENTS, UM, AND I KNOW JEFFREY HAS COMMENTED ON THIS AS WELL, JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM THERE, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT OTHERS MIGHT HAVE.
I THINK THE ONLY THING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT BELONGS HERE OR SHE'S CAPTURED AT SOMEWHERE ELSE IS THAT, UH, WE HEARD IN SEVERAL INSTANCES OF FOLKS THAT HAD LANDLORDS THAT WERE, UH, EITHER NOT IN TOUCH AT ALL, OR LOOKED AT A STATE OR WHO WERE JUST NOT AS INVOLVED AS THEY NEEDED TO BE IN THE CARE OF THE FOLKS THAT LIVED IN THEIR FACILITIES, IN THEIR APARTMENTS, THAT IS ELSEWHERE IN THE REPORT.
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BECAUSE TO ME THAT'S ANOTHER PART OF THE COMMUNICATION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR LANDLORD SHOULD BE IN TOUCH WITH HER.CAN WE ADD UNSHELTERED PEOPLE TO THAT LIST? YEP.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS SECTION? ALL RIGHT.
SO NEXT ONE IS AROUND THE FAILURE OF THE ELECTRIC GRID.
WELL, THIS IS PLACE THAT JULIE I'VE FORGOTTEN HER LAST NAME NOW WAS REFERRING TO BECAUSE THERE IS A MENTION HERE OF MY AIDES.
AND SO I THOUGHT WE MIGHT NOTE THE COMMENTS FROM HER EMAIL THERE, UM, THAT FROM HER ORGANIZATION, THIS SOMETHING TEAM T A M.
SO I THINK IN ADDITION TO MENTIONING HIS TESTIMONY, HE COULD TALK ABOUT HERS AND SAY, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.
I THINK THE OTHER THING WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF FOLKS WAS JUST THAT, UM, SHEER ANXIETY, I GUESS, OF HEARING THAT, THAT ELECTRICAL OUTAGES WERE GOING TO BE ROLLING AND THEN NOT ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING THAT, OR, YOU KNOW, SO EXPECTING, OKAY, I CAN GET THROUGH THIS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.
IF I KNOW MY ELECTRIC ELECTRICITY WILL COME BACK ON AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY JUST KEPT HEARING THAT AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE EXTENDED PERIODS WITH NO ELECTRICITY OR COME ON A MOMENTARILY AND THEN GO BACK DOWN OTHER COMMENTARY ON THE ELECTRICITY ISSUES.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE MAYBE IT COULD BE A DIFFERENT SECTION, BUT NOTING THAT THE SAME ISSUE IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE HEAT SOMEWHERE.
CAUSE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE ELECTRIC GRID, RIGHT.
THERE WERE FOLKS THAT SAID THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY STILL HAVE LIKE GASSY OR THEY'RE ABLE TO POWER THEIR STOVE OR THEIR GAS FIREPLACE.
AND THEN HE DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY.
I REMEMBER THERE WAS THIS ONE LADY THAT SAID THAT THEY THEY'VE HAD 10.
THIS WAS LIKE TWO MONTHS AGO THAT THEY'VE HAD 10 BLACKOUTS ALREADY.
AND I KNOW EAST AUSTIN, CENTRAL EAST AUSTIN ALREADY HAD ONE.
UM, SO IT'S GOING TO JUST, UM, I THOUGHT THIS SECTION ON WATER MIGHT ADD FOOD AND SAY WATER AND FOOD, BECAUSE WE DID HEAR ABOUT THE LONG LINES AND EMPTY SHELVES AT STORES.
RESTAURANTS WERE NOT OPEN PEOPLE LITERALLY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD IN SOME PLACES.
ALSO SANITARY SUPPLIES TALKED ABOUT NEEDING DIAPERS, FOR INSTANCE, SORRY.
UM, AND ALSO DOG FOOD AT FOOD, BABY FOOD.
ONE THING TO NOTE IS, UM, THAT A LOT OF, UH, AREA RESTAURANTS, BREWERIES, ET CETERA, YOU KNOW, ROSE TO THAT CHALLENGE AND PROVIDED DRINKING WATER TO FOLKS.
UM, WE ALSO HEARD FROM AT LEAST ONE, IF NOT MORE ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UM, FOLKS JUST TOOK MONEY FROM THEIR OWN POCKETS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOOD AND WATER AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES TO THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS AND HAVE GOTTEN NO REIMBURSEMENT FOR THAT SERVICE.
SO MAYBE IT'LL SHOW UP SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT TOO.
AND MAYBE WATER SHOULD BE SEPARATE AND THEN FOOD IS SEPARATE AND THEN THE OTHER CENTRALS ARE TOGETHER.
UM, ALSO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOT MEALS AND NOT HOT MEALS, UM, NONPERISHABLE MEALS, BASICALLY, UM, WHAT
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ACROSS CROSS IN WHAT THEY PROVIDE ARE MRAS.SO MENTIONING THAT PART IS SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT EASY TO MAKE NOR, UM, AND THIS IS MENTIONED ACTUALLY IN THE CRT REPORT.
UM, THEY'RE NOT EASY TO PUBLISH, WELL ALSO THE BOIL WATER INSTRUCTION WHEN YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN, ALL THAT YOU HAD AN ELECTRIC STOVE AND THERE WAS NO WAY HE COULD BOIL ANYTHING WAS, HAD TO BE THAT DIFFERENT FOR PEOPLE.
UH, I THINK THE OTHER THING WAS IN ADDITION TO CITIZENS, JUST INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS BUYING AND SUPPLIES FOR OTHERS.
UM, WE HEARD FROM, UH, WE'RE FORGETTING THE NAME, BUT THE, THEY SPOKE AT THE LAST MEETING AND, AND THE, THEY WERE BASICALLY, IT'S A NONPROFIT, BUT THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, RAISING LOTS OF MONEY AND, AND NOT GETTING ANY REIMBURSEMENT FOR THAT EITHER.
SO THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THAT SOUNDS AWESOME.
AND SASHA CAME TO THE, TO THE WRITING MEETING SHEETS.
UM, YEAH, THEY, I MEAN, THEY SPENT SOMETHING LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, A LOT OF MONEY PUTTING HOTELS ON THEIR OWN CREDIT CARDS AND WE MIGHT PUT THAT UNDER THE ROLE OF THE NONPROFITS RATHER THAN IN THIS SECTION.
BUT, BUT CERTAINLY IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED.
AND THERE'S A LIST OF OTHER NONPROFITS THAT ALSO PUT INFORMATION IN, UM, THAT HAVEN'T GOTTEN REIMBURSED OR ANYTHING AS WELL.
SO I THINK THAT COULD GO UNDERNEATH THE NONPROFIT.
THAT IN ALETHA, IN YOUR TELL REPORT.
OH, KAREN YET ELLIOT THE HERE ON ME YET.
UM, THERE'S A SECTION IN HER DRAFT NEAR THE END OF THAT ROLE OF NONPROFITS AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
AND I THINK WE MIGHT CONSOLIDATE A LOT OF THIS THERE AND I'M GLAD THERE'S A LIST LIKE THAT NEAR HIM.
OR THERE'S KIND OF A LIST THERE'S WHATEVER WE CAN DO CAN MUSTER.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THE SECTION AROUND WATER? YES.
SO CITY OF BOSTON PROVIDES WATER BOTTLES, NOT SUSTAINABLE.
WE NEEDED TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER SOLUTION, WHICH IS LIKE THE TOTES AND THE GALLONS AND GALLONS OF WATER, BUT THEN PEOPLE NEED THE, THE CONTAINERS TO PUT THE WATER IN.
UM, BUT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF WATER BOTTLES NOW IN OUR LANDFILLS ARE RECYCLING.
WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THAT? WELL, I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER POINT HERE.
SHE CITES THE ISSUE ABOUT FIRE HYDRANTS.
THAT'S ANOTHER CASE IN WHICH WE HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF TESTIMONY, UH, BECAUSE APPARENTLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONCERNED.
SOME OF THE HYDRANTS FROZEN, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH WATER TO FIGHT FIRES.
SO PART OF THE ISSUE OF NOT LETTING PEOPLE RUN THE HYDRANTS WAS BEING ABLE TO HAVE WATER, TO FIGHT FIRES.
AND SO IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A COMPLETELY CLEAR STACEY IS I THINK ALSO THE PROCESS OF UNLOCKING OF FIRE HYDRANT WAS VERY BUREAUCRATIC.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT AUSTIN NEEDS WATER CREATED A WHOLE DIFFERENT KIND OF SYSTEM TO GET NON-POTABLE WATER, I BELIEVE, UM, TO PEOPLE AND RESIDENTS, BUT IT WAS HARD TO DO SO.
IT IS MAKING THINGS LESS BUREAUCRATIC IN TIMES OF NEED AND ARE TO MOVE QUICKLY INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT IT.
YOU'VE PUT, YOU'VE MADE A NOTE HERE, CREATE A SECTION.
THERE IS A SECTION ON NONPROFIT PARTNERS AT THE END OF THE ROAD NEAR THE END.
SO WE WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE, THAT SECTION, RIGHT? OKAY.
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HMM.UH, I THINK WE NEED TO LIST ALL OF THE SENIOR DEPARTMENTS THAT SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
UM, AND THAT OBVIOUSLY FAILED AND THEN I WANT TO FUCK ON THERE.
SO I THINK THAT WE ALSO HEARD FROM SOME FOLKS THAT WORK FOR THE CITY AND THEY ALSO FELT THE TENSION OF, YOU KNOW, PLACES WHERE THE CITY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE AND PLACES WHERE THE STATE OR FEMA OR OTHERS WOULD HAVE RESPONSIBILITY.
AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, CLEAR LINES OF ACCOUNTABILITY AMONG THE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IN THE CHAIN.
SO WHETHER IT'S CITY OFFICIALS, STATE, AND FEDERAL HELP, THAT THERE'S CLEAR SENSE OF WHO NEEDS TO PROVIDE WHAT AND, AND NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ON POINT, WHICH THAT GOES BACK IN THE COMMUNICATION AND HOW THE CITY AND STATE AND FEMA AND ALL THE OTHER RESOURCES ARE COMMUNICATING TOGETHER.
UM, AND HOW THEY'RE NOT ONLY COMMUNICATING, BUT HOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY TAKING ACTION TOGETHER.
CAUSE COMMUNICATIONS JUST EITHER.
WE PROBABLY MENTIONED THE CAMPY IN THERE.
AND THEN ALSO LIKE BEING ACCOUNTABLE, ALL OF THE PLANS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO BY, WE NEED TO HOLD THOSE BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE TAKEN PART OF MAKING THOSE PLANS LIKE HDR, H2O PARTNERS, OR THERE'S A LIST OF THOSE TOO.
I CAN SEND THE CRT REPORT FOR REFERENCE MATT CAUSE IT'S IN THERE ALREADY.
LIKE THE TRAVIS COUNTY IS DISASTER RESPONSE AND OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS SECTION ALSO MAYBE MENTIONING FELLOW AD, WHICH IS THE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING IN DISASTERS, UM, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF TRAVIS COUNTY DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND LIKE HOLDING THEM UP AS LIKE A PART OF THE LIST OF HR PARTNERS AND EVERYTHING THAT THAT'S A HUGE NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT, OR LEARNING.
I'LL JUST SAY, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE, OF THE NETWORK? NO.
SO IT'S VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING AND DISASTERS AND IT'S NOT EQUITABLE, LIKE NOT IDEAS, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE, THAT IT'S EQUITABLE.
SO THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY TAKING CARE OF COMMUNITIES.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS SECTION? ALL RIGHT.
NEXT ONE WAS INFRASTRUCTURE BREAKDOWN.
SEEMS LIKE WE OUT SIZE A LITTLE BIT MORE, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE STUCK IN THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T DRIVE ANYWHERE BECAUSE OF THE ROADS.
AND, UM, THAT, UH, THE FACT THAT THAT CITY DIDN'T HAVE ANY WAY OF CLEARING THE ROADS, TURNED OUT INTO A BARRIER TO PEOPLE GETTING HELP AND TO THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
I KNOW WE HEARD FROM SOME OF THEM THAT THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, ALONG WITH EVERYBODY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE EVEN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE.
AUSTIN IS IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN STATE A SUMMARY OF EACH SECTION FOR ONE OF OUR TASK FORCE MEMBERS BEFORE WE DISCUSS.
SO, UM, TASKFORCE MEMBER PRANKS, HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE YOU THE REPORT.
SO IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN KIND OF SUMMARIZE IT BEFORE WE GO INTO A DISCUSSION, OKAY, THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT.
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WE'RE NOT SENSITIVE TO THAT.AND WE'LL DO THAT IN SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS.
UM, SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I DO THAT.
SO THIS SECTION IS AROUND THE LACK OF EQUIPMENT FOR CLEARING ROADS, UH, LACK OF THE RIGHT SKILLS OR RESOURCES AMONG EMERGENCY SERVICES, FOLKS TO RESPOND.
UM, FOLKS COULDN'T DRIVE TO SHELTERS OR PLACES WITH POWER CAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
THIS IS CHAIR, UH, COMMISSIONER FRANKS.
UM, ONE THING I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE ALONG WITH THIS IS, UM, LIKE PATRICIA SAID, I WASN'T ABLE TO VIEW THE DOCUMENTS SO FAR CAUSE I'M AT A CONFERENCE.
BUT ONE THING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IS THAT, UM, THE IMPACT OF THIS HAD ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
THIS SOUNDS LIKE THIS COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE SECTION.
UM, MANY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES RELY ON SPECIAL PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND, LIKE MYSELF, RELY ON AVENUES OF PARATRANSIT, PUBLIC TRANSIT, SUCH AS UBER, LYFT, TAXIS, UM, YOU KNOW, CAPITAL METRO.
AND THAT SINCE THE, THE, ALL THIS WAS SHUT DOWN DURING THE WINTER STORM, THAT THE HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? UH, WE LOST JUST THE LAST LITTLE BIT.
WE HEARD UP TO THE POINT WHERE YOU SAID THAT, UM, FOLKS CAN'T GET ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT.
SO THIS REALLY WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
SINCE MOST OF THEM, YOU RELY FOR TRANSPORTATION ON SUCH SERVICES AS CAPITAL METRO, A COUPLE METRO METRO ACCESS, UM, UBER LYFT ACTUALLY SERVICES, AND MANY OF THEM WERE KEPT IN THEIR HOMES DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WERE NO TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO GROCERIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST ANY TYPE OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THAT THEY MAY HAVE NEEDED OR ANY TYPE OF MEDICAL NECESSITIES.
AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO HAVE THAT EMPHASIZED.
AND, AND ONCE I LOOK OVER THE PAPER AGAIN AND POINT ON ANYTHING ELSE WHERE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN BE INCLUDED, BUT THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS SECTION PARTICULARLY WAS, COULD BE IMPACTED ON OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'VE GOT THAT NOTED HERE AND APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP AS WELL.
UM, THERE IS A, THERE SHOULD BE A VIDEO SOMEWHERE, UM, BUT TXDOT LITERALLY SAID WE DON'T HAVE, UM, WHAT SNOWPLOWS IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
WELL, MIRIAM, AND TO THAT POINT TOO, I THINK JUST GENERAL EQUIPMENT AND NOT JUST, UH, SNOW EQUIPMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR, FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.
AND SO, UM, I WOULD JUST ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT BROADER.
UM, LIKE WE NEED EXTRA CHAINS FOR TIRES.
YEAH, I THINK, UM, WELL YOU HAD MENTIONED FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ON VEHICLES AS WELL, BECAUSE I MEAN, THIS IS NOT JUST A WINTER ISSUE THAT IF WE HAVE FLOODING OR, YOU KNOW, OTHER, OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS AND ISSUES THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES, WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK IN THE SAME SITUATION.
I THINK ALSO JUST THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE WAS SO WIDESPREAD THAT EVEN THE RESOURCES THE CITY HAD WERE OVERTAXED.
SO I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TROUBLE GETTING THE, UM, FOLKS OUT TO CLEAR TREES THAT WERE DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAS IMPACTING THE ELECTRICITY CAUSE IT WAS FALLING DOWN POWER LINES.
IT WAS IMPACTING THE ABILITY TO CLEAR THE ROADS CAUSE PEOPLE GET IN, COULDN'T GET THROUGH THE ROADS WITH ALL THE DEBRIS.
UM, AND THAT ACTUALLY WENT ON FOR A LONG TIME AFTER THE STORM.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS SECTION? OKAY.
SO THE NEXT SECTION, THIS ONE'S SHORT, SO I'LL JUST READ IT FOR SCOUTING.
HOTELS WERE FULL WE'RE CHARGING A THOUSAND A NIGHT.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE IN THE CITY'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICE MUST REVIEW VALIDATED REPORTS OF SUCH CONDUCT AND PUNISHED WITHIN THE BOARD STANDARD OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW.
I THINK ON THIS ONE, WE CAN, WE CAN CITE SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF, WE THOUGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE ARE CAPTURED IN YOUR REPORT, BUT I KNOW THAT WE DID HEAR, UM, FROM A FEW CITIZENS THAT HAD SPECIFIC INSTANCES OF BEING TURNED AWAY FROM HOTELS AND OF BEING, YOU KNOW, CHARGED EXORBITANT RATES OF BEING TOLD THEY HAD A RESERVATION I'M NOT SHOWING UP.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT WAS NOT HONORED BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE PAID A HIGHER PRICE TO GET THE ROOM.
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EXAMPLES.WELL, I THINK WE ALSO, WE DID HEAR FROM SOMEBODY FROM THE AUSTIN HOTEL HOTEL ASSOCIATION WHO SAID, THIS IS STRICTLY AGAINST THEIR POLICIES AND THAT THEY ALSO ACCEPT REPORTS OF THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPENING.
SO I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO PUT THEM IN AS WELL.
I WONDER, INSTEAD OF PRICE GOUGING, WE DO A HOTELS SECTION BED BECAUSE THEN IT'S ALSO LIKE SHELTERING THE UNHOUSED COMMUNITY THAT HAPPENED A LOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN OUR REPORT.
UM, AND THE WAY THAT SOME PEOPLE WERE TREATED BY HOTELS, UM, AND TURNED AWAY SOMETIMES.
I THINK THERE'S ALSO THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF THAT STORY, WHICH WAS THE, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE ABLE TO RAISE FUNDS TO HOUSE PEOPLE IN HOTELS AND GET THEM TO SAFETY.
SO KIND OF THE UPSIDE AND THE DOWNSIDE OF, OF, UM, YOU KNOW, HIS ACCESS TO SHELTER AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, AND THEN IF WE'RE DOING SHELTER, THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE WORD SHELTERS AS WELL.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY, SO IN, IN THAT VEIN, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE KEY CONCERNS WAS THAT THE WARMING SHELTERS WERE DAYTIME ONLY.
UM, SO FOLKS WHO SHOWED UP THERE, YOU KNOW, THEN WHEN IT GOT TO THE COLDEST AND MOST DIRE PART OF THE NIGHT HAD TO FIND THEIR WAY BACK HOME OR FIND THEIR WAY TO ANOTHER PLACE, UM, TO BE SAFE, THAT THERE WERE VERY FEW OPTIONS FOR OVERNIGHT STAYS AND THAT THEY WERE, UM, ADVERTISED AS BEING AVAILABLE TO FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T FEEL THAT THAT WAS AN OPTION FOR THEM.
AND THEN ALSO THE WORD SHELTER STARTED DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS NOT ACCESSIBLE.
AND SO WE DID AND ALSO TRANSPORTATION TO WARMING SHELTERS.
WE NEED LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, CAPITAL METRO TO GET FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ON THEIR BUSES.
THAT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE, BUT IT'S WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS.
OR AGAIN, IF, IF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE EMERGENCY VEHICLES THAT HAVE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AND CAN TRANSPORT PEOPLE, THAT SHOULD BE AN OPTION.
UM, THE PEOPLE AT MUTUAL AID WHO DID A LOT OF THIS, TALKED ABOUT CONTACTING PEOPLE WHO WERE LIVING IN TENTS AND SOME OF THEM DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THEIR STUFF.
SOME OF THEM PROBABLY ALSO HAVE ANIMALS, UM, THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE.
SO, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES IN FINDING SHELTER FOR PEOPLE UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
GET CORRECTLY THAT WE ALSO HEARD THAT THERE WERE SUPPLIES AT SOME SHELTERS THAT FOLKS WEREN'T GOING TO, AND THEN THOSE SUPPLIES AT OTHER SHELTERS, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE WERE THINGS THAT COULD HAVE HELPED PEOPLE, BUT THEY WERE NOT IN THE PLACES WHERE THEY WERE NEEDED.
SHE GOES BACK TO COMMUNICATION.
AND ALSO WE KEEP MENTIONING AMA, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE SURVIVE TO THRIVE.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER LIKE ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT DID WORKS AND VOLUNTEERED AS WELL AND PEOPLE 10,000 FEARS.
UM, NEXT SECTION THEN IS ON THE ROLE OF NONPROFITS AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
SO, UH, MANY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS STEPPED UP QUICKLY ORGANIZED IN GROUPS TO DELIVER AND DISTRIBUTE WATER FOOD, AND SANITARY SUPPLIES IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY, VARIOUS PRODUCED BOTTLED WATER QUICKLY.
WE NEED AN ORGANIZED DISPATCH CENTER EQUIPPED TO OPERATE IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND WITH THE ABILITY TO COORDINATE WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE RED CROSS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELPED OUR COORDINATED, UH, RESPONSE ON THE GROUND DURING AND AFTER THE STORM.
I THINK THIS IS WHERE IF I'M ALETHA MARIE MOTHERS, IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ALL HAVE MORE DETAIL IN THE DETAILED NOTES, IF WE CAN CITE, YOU KNOW, AS MANY OF THOSE NONPROFITS THAT PROVIDE A TESTIMONY OR WERE REFERENCED, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE THIS, THIS ISN'T ALL ON THE SHOULDERS AT THE CITY.
THE POINT HERE IS THAT A COORDINATED RESPONSE AMONG ALL THESE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS,
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UH, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS AND OTHER ASSISTS, WHAT'S GOING TO GET US THROUGH, UH, EMERGENCY SITUATIONS LIKE THIS.SO I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WOULD GO IN THIS SECTION, BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, CAPITOL METRO FOR THEIR METRO ACCESS CUSTOMERS.
UM, REQUESTS DID DELIVER CASES OF WATER.
UM, I THINK IT WAS BI-WEEKLY IF GABE, SO IF YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AT SOME POINT IN THIS PAPER.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN CAPTURED ANYWHERE HERE, BUT WE DID HEAR FROM FOLKS THAT THE PANDEMIC REALLY EXACERBATED THE ISSUES AND THE RESPONSE HERE.
SO FOLKS, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE WERE LIMITED SHELTERS BECAUSE WE HAPPEN TO MAINTAIN SAFE DISTANCE WITH PEOPLE.
PEOPLE ARE RELUCTANT TO GO TO SHELTERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION BETWEEN RISKING EXPOSURE TO COVID OR FREEZING TO DEATH, YOU KNOW, SO, SO REALLY DIFFICULT LIFE-THREATENING DECISIONS HAD TO BE MADE BECAUSE OF COVID.
AND ALSO THE NONPROFITS PROVIDING SUPPORT WERE ALREADY STRAPPED BECAUSE OF COVID EITHER IN TERMS OF THEIR OWN ABILITY TO DELIVER RESOURCES AND, AND THEIR STAFF AND, OR A LACK OF FUNDING, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WERE ALREADY LOSING FUNDING SOURCES ARE NOT ABLE TO HOLD FUNDRAISERS AND DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
SO THEY WERE ALREADY CASH STRAPPED AND THEN THIS MADE IT CONSIDERABLY WORSE.
ANYTHING ELSE I SAID COVID AND THEN PATRICIA PUT ON HER MASK, I STARTED HAVING A COUGHING FIT, BEARING THE GUY NEXT TO ME.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS SECTION? OKAY.
THE NEXT SECTION IS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES THROUGH THE COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE ISSUES, A GENERAL SENSE OF UNCERTAINTY CREATED A GREAT ANXIETY FOR AUSTINITES.
AS WE CONTINUE TO WEATHER EXTREME EVENTS FOR POWER AND OTHER RESOURCES WILL BE TENUOUS.
PEOPLE MAY FEEL INCREASED DISTRESS, EMERGENCY SERVICES MUST BE PROVIDED THE RESOURCES TO HAVE TRAINED MENTAL HEALTH PERSONNEL ACCESSIBLE TO AUSTINITES DURING CATASTROPHES TO HELP THEM MANAGE THE TRAUMA AND ANXIETY PRODUCED BY LIVING THROUGH A CATASTROPHE.
AND I WOULD SAY HERE ALSO, UM, ONGOING MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES.
I THINK WE HEARD THAT FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT FOLKS THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE IMMEDIATE TRAUMA.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF HAVING EXPERIENCED THAT, OR HAVING CONTINUED TRAUMA FROM HAVING A LACK OF UNSAFE SHELTER OR ONGOING ISSUES WITH WATER DAMAGE TO HOMES, UH, YOU KNOW, AN ABILITY TO GO BACK TO YOUR HOME.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY COMPOUNDED.
AND I THINK AGAIN, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ALREADY MARGINALIZED OR, OR HAVE FEWER RESOURCES, THIS JUST MAKES IT THAT MUCH WORSE.
ALSO, CAN WE MENTION ANIMAL WELFARE AND SERVICE ANIMALS, UM, AS A PART OF MENTAL HEALTH? YEAH.
ON, ON HER ONE, PATRICIA ON SERVICE ANIMALS AS WELL.
THIS IS, THIS IS AN INSTANCE WHERE I THINK I WOULD GET A LEAD FROM THE MUST LANGUAGE AND SAY, WHAT IS NEEDED, WHAT IS NEEDED.
ALSO, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT THIS, BUT THE, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE FOOD INDUSTRY, UH, LIKE FROM FARMERS, NOT HAVING CROP TO RESTAURANTS, DONATING A BUNCH OF FOOD AND THEN NOT HAVING PRODUCE PRODUCE, AND THEN RESTAURANTS THAT BEING ABLE TO KEEP UP THEIR RESTAURANT, LIKE KEEP UP THEIR, THEIR PRODUCTION BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS PAUSED.
UM, AND THEN THAT MEANS GROCERY STORES COULDN'T DIDN'T HAVE FOR THESE EITHER.
I DUNNO TO PUT THAT, BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
MAYBE JUST A, KIND OF A BUZZ WORD.
ANYTHING ELSE AROUND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES? OKAY.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THE LAST SECTION IN THE DOCUMENT.
UM, ALICIA, IS THERE ANYTHING IN YOUR SUMMARY THAT ISN'T REFLECTED HERE? SO IS THERE A MAJOR CATEGORY OR SECTION THAT YOU ALL CAPTURE THAT
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ISN'T ANY OF HER OUTLINE? WELL, NO, BECAUSE SHE PRETTY MUCH FOLLOWED OUR OUTLINE, BUT IN THE REVISED VERSION WE DID SEPARATE OUT.UH, AND I THINK MIRIAM'S SUGGESTION IS A GOOD ONE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF STUFF HERE ABOUT MITIGATION, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, DISASTER PREPARATION, BUT THINGS LIKE HELPING PEOPLE, UH, REPAIR THE DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTIES AND GET HELPING THEM GET INSURANCE CLAIMS. AND, UH, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT COORDINATING WITH TXDOT TOO FOR TRANSPORTATION, UM, QUICKLY.
OH, WELL, THE OTHER THING, AND MARY, THIS WAS YOUR, YOUR SUGGESTION.
I THINK WE NEED TO, TO HIGHLIGHT INEQUITIES HERE.
PART OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES COMMUNITY, UM, IN A, IN A BROAD SENSE.
SO WE MIGHT WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, VERY QUICKLY, WHAT ELSE IS IN HERE? UM, NO, I PROBABLY, MOST OF THE REST OF THIS IS IN HERE SOMEWHERE, BUT, BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF PULLING OUT A SECTION AT THE END FOR RECOMMENDED WAYS OF DEALING WITH THE, FOR THE FUTURE.
SO IF, UM, IF THE WORKING GROUP HAS THE CAPACITY, IF, IF YOU'VE GOT CONTENT IN YOUR DOCUMENT, THAT'S NOT REFLECTED IN SERITA'S.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PASTE THAT IN OR, OR AGAIN, JUST MAKE, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT MARKUP, EDITS, OR REFERENCED BACK TO PARTS OF YOUR DOCUMENT, THAT'LL MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MISSING THE IMPORTANT POINTS THAT YOU GUYS COME THROUGH.
WELL, WHAT I CAN, MY, MY BANDWIDTH IS CERTAINTY CAUSE I'M ABOUT TO GO OUT OF TOWN, BUT, UM, BUT I CAN GO THROUGH THE OUTLINE THAT I SENT YESTERDAY AND JUST HIGHLIGHT ANYTHING, I THINK THAT MAYBE NEEDS TO BE EMPHASIZED OR ADDED AND SEND IT TO EVERYBODY ELSE.
THAT WOULD BE PERFECTLY, EVERYBODY SHOULD FEEL FREE TO DO THAT AS WELL, BUT PROBABLY SOON IF IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
UM, SO, SO THAT REALLY IS A CALL TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE TASK FORCE.
IF FOLKS CAN MARK THAT UP AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SERITA AND I CAN DO THE EDITING AND THEN THE MERGE THAT TOGETHER, HOW SOON WOULD YOU LIKE THESE TO BE SUBMITTED? UH, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS? IDEALLY JUST CAUSE WE'RE ON A PRETTY SHORT WINDOW, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER WORKING GROUP MEETING LIKE THIS IN TWO WEEKS.
I'M NOT SURE WHEN SARITA'S BACK FROM HER TRAVELS.
UM, BUT I I'VE GOT SOME TIME I CAN DO SOME EDITING AS WELL.
SO IF YOU ALL HAVE FEEDBACK EARLY NEXT WEEK, THEN YOU KNOW, THAT GIVES US ANOTHER WEEK OR SO TO MERGE TO ANOTHER UPDATE.
AND THEN WE'RE CLOSER TO A FINAL REVIEW WHEN WE GET BACK TOGETHER IN TWO WEEKS.
JUST WHEN I MENTIONED IT, DID WE PUT, UM, SOCIAL WORKERS ANYWHERE IN THE REPORT? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CALL THAT OUT.
SO THAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED MAYBE IN THE SECTION ON NON-PROFIT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS PROBABLY
CAUSE IT SHOULDN'T ACTUALLY BE POLICE.
UM, IF WE COULD, I'D LIKE TO JUST, I REFER BACK TO SERITA'S NOTE FROM THIS MORNING AND I'LL JUST READ THESE OUT.
SHE GOT A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE THEM.
UM, SO SHE SAID, PLEASE ASK THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS TO AGREE ON OR PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF GRAPHICS.
THEY WOULD LIKE ME TO INCLUDE IN EACH SECTION OF THE REPORT.
SO THIS IS ONE WORTH, UM, YOU KNOW, FOLKS RECALL, WE TALKED TODAY ABOUT THE PHOTO OF THE MAYOR, BUT IF HE RECALLED OTHER, YOU KNOW, PHOTOS OR VIDEO OR YOU KNOW, OTHER GRAPHICS, AND I KNOW, UH, JEFFREY'S NOT HERE, BUT HE WAS COMBING THROUGH TWITTER.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT, SEND THAT OUR WAY.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE EMBED THAT IN THE REPORT TO HELP ILLUSTRATE THINGS.
THIS IS COMMISSIONER FRANKS AGAIN, AND ALSO IN REGARDS TO THAT, IF I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS DON ALREADY, BUT IF WE CAN PUT SOME ALTERNATE TEXTS OR SOMETHING THAT WILL, UM, PEOPLE WHO MAY BE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED WHO ARE REVIEWING THIS REPORT CAN ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GRAPHIC IS LIKE A DESCRIPTION, UH, SO THAT THEY HAVE A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE GRAPHIC IS, UH, PORTRAYING SUCH AS PICTURE OF MAYOR ADLER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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WAS PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN A SUMMATION OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TRUST WILL BE SENT TO ME BY THE WORKING GROUP SO THAT I MIGHT INCORPORATE IT INTO THE REPORT.IS THAT IN THE REPORT NOW? OR WAS THAT SOMETHING Y'ALL WERE EXPECTING FROM SOMEBODY I WILL SEND OVER THERE PRACTICING IS DONE.
IT'S LIKE, UM, PLEASE SEND ME SPECIFIC INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM OUTREACH TO SPECIFIC COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE WILL RECEIVE AS DISCUSSED AT OUR DEBRIEF SESSION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I'LL ADD THIS INFORMATION TO OUR REPORT.
YOU'LL RECALL THAT SPECIFICALLY WAS, YEAH, WE MAY HAVE TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION FROM HER.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S REFERRING TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT JOINED THE WORKING GROUP THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR IF SHE HAD SOMETHING ELSE IN MIND.
WELL, THE ONLY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT JOINED THE WORK GROUP WERE THE AWESOME MUTUAL AID PEOPLE AND I'VE INCLUDED WHAT THEY, I THINK WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
SASHA WAS GOING TO SEND SOME MORE INFORMATION.
SO SHE MAY BE SENDING SOMETHING TOO.
THAT'S THE EXTENT OF SERITA'S ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SO THE MAIN HOMEWORK AT THIS POINT IS FOR EVERYONE TO CONTINUE TO COME AND PREFER THE DRAFTS AND THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE RECORDED FROM THE WORKING GROUP, UM, MARKUP PLACES WHERE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE THAT COPY INTO THE MAIN REPORT AND THEN FOR SERITA AND I TO TAKE ANOTHER PASS AT THE REPORT TO GET IT CLOSER TO FINAL, INCLUDING AN INTRODUCTORY LETTER, AND ALSO INCLUDING A SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE END OF THE REPORT.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT, AND ALSO JUST ADJUSTING THE TONE TO BE STATING FACTS AS WE HEARD THEM, UM, AND GORE TESTIMONIES, WE'VE HEARD THEM AND PRESENTING ALL OF THE POINTS OF VIEW AROUND RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT THE CITY HAS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROCEED.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU FEEL WOULD BE NEEDED IN THE REPORT OR ANY OTHER, UH, INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO GATHER OR SYNTHESIZE JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS GOES, BUT I THINK GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS PUSHING, DOING A MAJOR PUSH ON, UH, HOUSING, PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE HOUSING, THIS, THIS WHOLE THING JUST EMPHASIZES HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
AND IT'S KIND OF A GENERAL POINT THAT I THINK MIGHT RUN THROUGH THIS GOOD POINT.
UM, PATRICIA, THANK YOU FOR, UH, RACING TO TAKE NOTES AS WE SMOKE.
ESPECIALLY TO THE WORKING GROUP.
I KNOW THAT WAS A REALLY HEAVY LIFT TO COME OVER EVERYTHING AND PUT THAT INTO AN ORGANIZED REPORT.
THAT'S MADE OUR WORK A WHOLE LOT HERE, SO REALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU AND TO THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS WHO AREN'T HERE, BUT THAT, WE'RE A PART OF THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND I THINK WITH THAT, WE CAN ADJOURN.
I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER ITEMS AND WE'RE ACTUALLY AT TEN THIRTY THREE.
SO, UH, I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING, OPPOSED.
UH, WE HAD A SECOND, SORRY FROM JONATHAN.
WE WERE ACTUALLY BELOW QUORUM.
SO MAYBE I CAN'T OFFICIALLY MAKE A MARCH IN HERE.
I CAN SIMPLY ADJOURN THE MEETING.
WE'LL SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS AND WE'LL HEAR FROM YOU OVER EMAIL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
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