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SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM CHAIR, DAVIS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING.
I SEE MANUAL JONATHAN, BECKY, YOU JEFFREY.
AND SALLY, PATRICIA, YOUR AUDIO IS PRETTY FAINT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FOR ME AS WELL.
I'M JUST NOW BARELY ABLE TO HEAR YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? IT'S MUFFLED, BUT MAYBE THAT'S YOUR MASK.
WELL DON'T I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU IN ANY DANGER.
[CALL TO ORDER -9:00am]
IS 9:05 AM ON JULY 23RD, 2021.I'M THE CHAIR OF THE CITY OF BOSTON'S WINTER STORM REVIEW, TASK FORCE.
AND I NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
SO PATRICIA, DO YOU HAVE THE DOC WITH THE COMMENTS IN THE MARGINS? AND ALSO ALETHA IS THE TWO OUTLINE SHE SENT TO US VIA EMAIL FOR THE CITY STAFF TO DISPLAY.
I WILL HAVE TO WORK ON GETTING THOSE OVER TO THE TECH SO THAT YOU CAN DISPLAY THEM.
AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, SO HERE'S WHAT I DID, EVERYONE.
I WAS UP LAST NIGHT, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE COMMENTS IN THE MARGINS.
UM, SOME ARE SPARSE, SOME MAY MEAN JUST AT A SENTENCE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALSO ADD IN SUPPLIES OR ALSO SAY THIS.
UM, MY PLAN AND I'LL BE HERE FOR AN HOUR.
BECKY WILL NEED TO TAKE OVER AFTER THAT.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE FORM AFTER THAT, I'M SO SORRY THAT I HAVE PROFESSIONAL OBLIGATIONS.
SO I CANNOT ATTEND THE ENTIRE TIME.
UM, I THOUGHT WE MOVED THESE MEETINGS TO 11.
UM, THAT'S A TIME WHERE I COULD ATTEND MORE FULLY, BUT, UM, I MOVED SOME THINGS AROUND TO MAKE SURE I COULD BE HERE NINE TO 10.
SO THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GOING TO SIT HERE AND DRAFTS AND WRITES.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, FROM THE WORKING GROUP, IF THEY WERE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE INDIVIDUALS, THEY WERE GOING TO REACH OUT TO, TO GET MORE INFORMATION.
SO, UM, UNLESS PATRICIA HAS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
UM, BECKY AND I WILL LATCH ONTO THAT OUTREACH AT THIS POINT.
UM, ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS FOR EXAMPLE, IS SOMEONE WHO IS VERY EXPERIENCED IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY AND SAID HE COULD PROVIDE US WITH A REPORT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE USEFUL TO INCLUDE, UM, IN OUR PRESENTATION TO THE CITY AND OTHERWISE JEFFREY, ARE THERE ANY UPDATES THAT WE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT FROM THE WORKING GROUP? WERE YOU ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE CRT REPORT FOR EXAMPLE, AND PULL OUT SUBSTANTIVE INFORMATION? I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE CRC REPORT.
UH, BUT I, I DON'T BELIEVE, I'M NOT SURE OF WHAT OUTREACH HAS HAPPENED, UM, IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, UM, PERSONALLY, SO YOU BE ABLE TO, UM, AND I'LL DO IT WITH BECKY, UM, AFTER OUR MEETING, UM, TO GIVE YOU ALL MY TIMELINE, I'LL START, UM, JUST FINISHING IT UP THIS WEEKEND TO, UH, ASK PATRICIA, TO SEND TO EVERYONE FOR ANY LAST COMMENTS.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE OUTREACH, BECKY, AND I WILL DO TWO SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS TO TRY TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
UM, BUT AT THIS POINT WITH THE CRT REPORTS, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE AT LEAST A THREE PARAGRAPH SYNOPSIS OF THEIR FINDINGS, BUT THEN ALSO ATTACH THEIR REPORT AND I DO HAVE THEIR PERMISSION TO DO SO.
UM, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVEN'T YET PRESENTED IT TO THE CITY THEMSELVES, TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, WE CAN ATTACH IT AS AN EXHIBIT TO, UH, WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO CITY COUNCIL.
IF EVERYONE'S IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT, WE CAN ALSO ATTACH OTHER EXHIBITS AS WELL.
AND THEN JEFFREY, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD FOR YOU IN TERMS OF GRAPHICS, DID YOU, HAVE YOU HAD TIME TO BRAINSTORM WHERE YOU'D WANT TO INCLUDE THOSE BASED ON THE CURRENT OUTLINE AND CATEGORIES INCLUDING NO, I HAVEN'T.
UM, I'VE BEEN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
I'VE BEEN QUITE HECTIC FOR ME.
AND SO I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY ABSENCE I MAY HAVE HAD.
UM, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY, UM, WORK TO, UM, GET THOSE, GET THE IDEAS FOR THE GRAPHICS IN THERE.
UM, AND MAYBE EVEN PUT SOME TOGETHER THIS UPCOMING WEEK.
YOU AND I HAVE A CALL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
ARE YOU BUSY OR SUNDAY? UM, TOMORROW AFTERNOON SHOULD WORK.
SO IF YOU AND I CAN AGREE ON IS THREE, O'CLOCK GOOD FOR YOU IF WE COULD POSSIBLY DO A BIT LATER, UH, MAYBE FIVE.
AND I'LL SEND YOU A ZOOM LINK.
SO WE CAN GO OVER WHAT'S THERE IN THE REPORT BY THAT TIME.
AND WHAT GRAPHICS DO YOU THINK YOU COULD INCLUDE OR JUST BRAINSTORM WHAT YOU THINK YOU CAN PULL FOR US TO ADD IN? BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT AS A PORTION
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OF THE REPORT, THEN I'LL NEED TO BE ABLE TO REACH YOU REAL TIME TO GET THE REPORT TO YOU TO HAVE THOSE THINGS INSERTED.AND AGAIN, I'M JUST ASKING WHERE WE'RE AT.
I'M NOT, I KNOW WE'VE ALL BEEN BUSY.
I'VE HAD MY FLOORS AND CARPETING TORN OUT AND REPLACED AND BEEN IN AN AIRBNB AND LOST WATER IN THE AIRBNB FOR 12 HOURS.
UM, BEFORE I GO FURTHER, PATRICIA, IS THE TECH STILL WORKING ON BRINGING THOSE ITEMS UP, WE'RE HAVING THE ABILITY TO DO SO, SO THEY CAN DO ONE DOCUMENT AT A TIME, RIGHT? THAT'S FINE.
WE CAN START WITH THE REPORT WITH THE, UH, COMMENTS IN THE MARGINS.
OH, AND I RECEIVED A TEXT FROM A TASK FORCE MEMBER CONNOR THAT SHE HAS BILL THIS MORNING, BUT SHE'S TRYING TO KIND OF SHAKE OFF A MIGRAINE SO THAT SHE CAN JOIN AT SOME POINT.
LET ME ASK YOU SO ON MY COMMISSION, MY LIAISON PREFERS TO TYPE IF WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONS, ET CETERA, OR DO YOU PREFER, I DO IT AS WE'RE ABOUT TO GET INTO THIS EITHER WAY IS FINE WITH ME.
I WOULD PREFER THAT YOU DO IT.
SO WE WILL GIVE YOU, UM, ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO TERM EDIT.
ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO TYPE IT RIGHT IN.
IF YOU WANT TO SHARE IT ALSO, WE CAN GIVE YOU THAT ACCESS.
WOULD, WOULD IT BE EASIER IF I SHARE MY SCREEN AND TYPE WHILE WE GO, I DIDN'T WANT TO BURDEN YOU, BUT I DID SEE YOUR FACE.
IT'S LIKE BECKY READS MY MIND.
THAT'S A LITTLE SCARY JUST IN CASE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE DROPPING AND WE'RE MIDSTREAM, AT LEAST I'LL HAVE THE DOCUMENT AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL STILL HAVE FORUM.
IF, UM, TASKFORCE NUMBER CONNOR CAN ATTEND.
I'M NOT SAYING COMMISSIONER CONNOR BECAUSE SHE'S NO LONGER ON HER COMMISSION.
I'LL MAKE SURE I'LL HAVE ONE FROM THE NINTH AND THEN THE 15TH.
WE'RE STILL PATRICIA AT SIX MEMBERS PRESENT.
I DON'T SEE ANY MORE THAN THAT.
AND IF ANYBODY DROPS OFF, WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING.
IT'S JUST, WE CAN'T VOTE, MAKE A VOTE ON IT.
SO BECKY, LET US KNOW WHEN YOU, YEAH.
IT'S, UH, IT'S CHUGGING ALONG HERE SLOWLY.
DOES ANYONE ELSE, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR EVERYTHING TO COME UP, HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? BASED ON THE LAST MEETING, IF YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND, I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS TO COMMENTS YOU ALREADY RECOMMENDED OR ANY ANYTHING'S TRANSPIRED SINCE OUR LAST MEETING THAT YOU, UH, YOU FOUND OUT SOME NEW INFORMATION DISCOVERED SOMETHING NEW THAT WE SHOULD INCLUDE.
UM, I MEAN, UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW WE MIGHT INCORPORATE, UH, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE NOTE THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING, WE'RE TRYING TO STEER AWAY FROM HAVING RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORT.
UM, IN MOSTLY FOCUSING ON SUMMARIZING THINGS.
UM, ALTHOUGH, UM, I'VE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH ABOUT THE, UM, CONSERVATION COURTS HERE IN AUSTIN.
UM, AND I JUST THINK THAT, UM, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN PART OF, UH, THE RESPONSE TO, UM, THE STORM, UM, IN TERMS OF, UM, FIXING PEOPLE'S HOMES OR RESPONDING TO PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE CONSERVATION COURTS IS TO JUST LITERALLY DO THAT COMMUNITY WORK, UM, THAT ISN'T GETTING DONE AND NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UM, LOTS OF GIVING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY TO JOBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO, UM, I I'M, IF THERE'S ANY WAY FOR US TO INCORPORATE PERHAPS, UM, HOW THEY SHOULD BE TAPPED IN THE FUTURE IN THE REPORT.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
SO AT THE LAST MEETING, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE AVOID MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN WE HAD SPEAKERS THAT PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO I WILL BE DRAFTING IT IN A MANNER WHERE IT WILL LOOK LIKE RECOMMENDATIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO, IF, IF IT PROVES OUT WHEN BECKY AND I REACH OUT THAT THEY ARE EXPERTS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DON'T INCLUDE THAT.
I MEAN, WHETHER THEY TAKE IT AS AN FYI OR WHAT HAVE YOU, I THINK WE'D BE REMISS IF WE DID NOT.
SO, UM, I THINK YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PRELIMINARY REPORT, UM, AND AT THAT TIME I ASKED BECKY TO BRING TO THE GROUP, YOU KNOW, WHAT FLOATED WE WANT TO HAVE HERE?
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DO WE WANT HYPERBOLE? DO WE WANT TO JUST KEEP IT JUST THE FACTS? YOU KNOW, UM, HOW WE WANT THIS TO GO, THAT'S FINE.BUT I THINK PART OF OUR JOB PERSONALLY IS TO, UM, MAKE SOME KIND OF RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CITIZENS HAD, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ALL CAME TO A SAYING BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE FOR THE MOST PART, THIS NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE.
IF ANOTHER CATASTROPHE OCCURS.
POINT TAKEN, UM, I JUST REALIZED, HAD OPEN THE WRONG DOCUMENT.
UM, DO WE NEED TO APPROVE IT BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS? WASN'T EVEN THE AGENDA, BUT YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TECH IS WORKING SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, BUT ARE, DO YOU, ARE YOU SAYING BECKY, THE DOCTOR YOU HAVE UP IS NOT THE DOC THE CITY HAS RIGHT NOW.
SO JUST BEFORE I SHARED IT, I JUST WANTED TO CHECK AND SEE IF YOU TAKE THEM TO TAKE CARE OF OTHER BUSINESS.
SO WE'RE ALL CUED UP WITH BECKY.
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – July 9, 2021]
UM, CAN CITY STAFF JUST BRIEFLY DISPLAY OUR MINUTES AND I DID REVIEW THEM BEFORE THE MEETING.SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED TIME TO REVIEW THE MINUTES.
SO I MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM OUR, WE GET THE DATA OUT IF SHE'S WORKING ON GETTING THEM AND SPLIT IT'S OKAY.
WELL, IN THE MEANTIME, I'LL SAY I HOPE EVERYONE'S FAMILIES HAVE BEEN OKAY WITH THE NEW DELTA VARIANTS SEEMING TO TAKE HOLD OF OUR CITY.
AND WHENEVER I BELIEVE WE'RE IN STAGE FOUR NOW, UM, I'VE HAD SOME FRIENDS WITH SOME VERY SICK CHILDREN, UH, THREE DIFFERENT CHILDREN, AGES 10 TO 13, UM, AND, UH, FEVERS LASTING 12 TO 14 DAYS OF 102 OR MORE.
AND EVEN WHEN THEY'RE, WELL, THEY'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, FIGHTING THE SIDE EFFECTS, THE FATIGUE, THE MIGRAINES, THE LOSS OF TASTE, UM, SEEMS TO BE LINGERING EVEN AT THEIR AGE.
SO EVERYONE PLEASE BE SAFE OUT THERE.
SO I'M SORRY, I'M NOT IN AUSTIN.
UM, HAS IT GONE TO STAGE FOUR ALREADY? I KNEW IT WENT TO STAGE THREE.
WE'RE ABOUT TO BE AT FOUR, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
DOES, UM, I HAVE A FRIEND WHOSE, UM, ROOMMATE GOT IT.
AND SO, UM, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO COME SORT IN BED WITH ME AND SHE HAD TO PULL OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE BECAUSE SHE HAD GOTTEN IT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S, IT'S PRETTY SCARY, YOU KNOW? UM, AND NOW I, I SAW SOMETHING TODAY.
THE GOVERNOR IS NOT GOING TO ALLOW A SCHOOL TO QUARANTINE KIDS WHEN THEY GET THE, THE VIRUS, UM, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM, IT SEEMS VERY BONEHEADED.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IF THE GOAL IS JUST TO ALLOW IT TO RUN THROUGH EVERYONE AND IT IS WHAT IT IS, WHETHER YOU HAVE LIFELONG SIDE EFFECTS FROM IT THAT MEDICALLY RIGHT NOW, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE OR NOT.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHY I HAD AN EVENT.
UH, ANOTHER BOARD I SERVE ON, UM, LAST NIGHT THAT HAD BEEN FREE PLAN, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD BE ALMOST IN STAGE FOUR IF WE'RE NOT THERE YET, AND THIS WAS GOING ON.
AND SO I THINK SOME PEOPLE WEREN'T HAPPY WITH ME FOR NOT ATTENDING IN PERSON, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY I'D RISKED MY LIFE FOR A POOL PARTY.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME, BUT SO WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES ON OUR SIDE THAT I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY I CAN READ THEM, LET ME BRING THEM UP.
I'VE ACTUALLY GOT THE MINUTES OPEN.
CAUSE THAT WAS THE FIRST THING.
AND IF YOU CAN NOT PLEASE READ THEM.
OR LET ME ASK, HAS EVERYONE REVIEWED THE MINUTES PRIOR TO NOW MANUAL? DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE? OKAY, THERE WE GO.
SO, UH, I HAVE MOTIONED THAT WE ADOPTED MINUTES FROM OUR REGULAR MEETING FRIDAY, JULY 9TH, 2021.
I WAS NOT PRESENT AT THAT MEETING, BUT I CAN STILL VOTE ON IT.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER JEFFREY.
CLEMENTZ ANYONE OPPOSED? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
SO OUR, OUR MEETING MINUTES FROM OUR JULY 9TH, 2021 MEETING ARE ADOPTED.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
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YES.CAN YOU MAKE IT A BIT BIGGER? YOU'RE ABLE TO ENLARGE TO DO THAT.
WHAT ABOUT, I MEAN, UM, FOR ME ANY WAY IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S AS LARGE AS IT CAN BE WITH THE SQUARE IN YOUR UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER AND THE BLUE.
UM, IS THAT BETTER TOOL? IS THAT, IS IT THERE? YES.
IF THAT'S AS LARGE AS YOU CAN MAKE IT, UM, THAT'S BETTER.
[2. a. Planning and preparation for Task Force’s final report and Council Work Session presentation.]
SO I DID ALREADY REMOVE VACANT THE VACANT, UH, CHAIR MEMBER.I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I DID THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT I ALSO WANTED INDIVIDUALS TO KNOW WHY THAT SLOT WAS NOT FILLED, THAT IT WASN'T THAT WE EXCLUDED THEM.
SO THAT'S WHY I HAD THAT POSITION THERE IN TERMS OF THAT AS WELL.
I KNOW SOMEONE, UH, IT SEEMED LIKE SOMEONE WANTED IT TO BE THERE FROM MY REVIEW OF THE NOTES, OR IT DID NOT WANT IT TO BE THERE RATHER WAS THERE SOMEONE AT THE MEETING IN JULY ON JULY 9TH, BECKY, THAT DIDN'T WANT THAT TO BE THERE THAT WANTED IT DELETED.
THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE NOTE IN THE MAIL.
I DON'T RECALL THAT ONE, BUT I WAS JUST NOTING THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER VACANT ONE HERE AT THE BOTTOM.
SO FOR THE HISPANIC, LATINO QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, RICARDO GO, RIGHT.
I MISSED, I MISSED ADDING HIM.
HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A FEW LISTENING SESSIONS AND HE WAS AT THE LAST NAME.
THE SPELLING OF RICARDO'S LAST NAME.
AND JUST GO TO THE NEXT NOTE HERE.
SO, UM, MY, UH, IF YOU, WILL YOU GO BACK UP TO THE LAST PAGE, PLEASE? THANK YOU.
SO THIS IS MY BRIEF INTRO BASED ON OTHER SIMILAR TASKFORCE REPORTS.
UM, I DID NOT WANT TO ASSUME WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT THERE.
SO WHAT MORE DO WE WANT TO SEE IN THE INTRO? AND LET'S POUND IT OUT.
LET'S TYPE IT OUT HERE AND EVERYONE, PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME.
WE'RE JUST WORKING TOGETHER TO DRAFT HERE.
I THINK THE MAIN THING THAT CAME UP WAS THAT WE JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE WERE NOT ENDORSING ANY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE WERE SIMPLY SHARING WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO GOING BACK UP TO THE TOP, UM, UH, SO I PUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WERE OUR CHARTER, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE WERE TASKED WITH.
UM, DO WE WANT TO INDICATE THAT NONE OF OUR, UH, NONE OF THE CONTEXTS OF THIS REPORT ARE AN ENDORSEMENT OF HOW DO WE WANT TO SAY THAT IF THAT WAS, UM, WHAT THE NOTE WAS PERTAINING TO? I HONESTLY HADN'T PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO WHAT IT SHOULD SAY.
UM, BUT, BUT I WAS THINKING MORE OF, OF A BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT WE DID FIVE LISTENING SESSIONS WITH X NUMBER OF SPEAKERS OR INPUT RECEIVED.
UM, SO I HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
I STILL OWE YOU GUYS HOW MANY SPEAKERS WE LISTENED TO THE DATES OF THE MEETINGS, THE PRE-PLANNING MEETINGS.
I HAVE A LIST OF THOSE, SO I CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU ALL.
IF NOT, UM, BECKY'S GONNA MAKE A NOTE IN THE MARGIN, UM, THAT I WILL ADD THAT IN AS SOON AS I RECEIVE IT FROM YOU.
AND I'LL ALSO ADD, UM, HOW WE ADVERTISED THE LISTENING SESSIONS.
UM, AS FAR AS, UM, THE, UM, TRYING TO CREATE A DISCLAIMER FOR, UM, NOT MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS AS FAR AS HOW IT CAN POSSIBLY BE PHRASED.
UM, I THINK AFTER WE'VE LISTED, UM, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS, ALL OF THOSE METRICS, PERHAPS WE COULD SAY, UM, ALTHOUGH WE HEARD MANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR, UH, MANY IDEAS ON WHAT THE CITY CAN DO, WE ARE NOT ENDORSING ANY OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS TIME OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
AND I HAVE ACTUALLY, I'M, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT RECALLING IN THIS MOMENT.
I PROBABLY HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH COFFEE.
UM, UH, THERE ARE TWO COMMISSIONS THAT HAVE SENT ME REPORTS SAYING
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JUST FYI AS TO YOUR REPORT.UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'M HOPING BECKY AND I CAN REVIEW TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THEY HAVE, FROM WHAT I CAN SEE.
THEY'RE ALL PRETTY PARALLEL TO WHAT WE'VE WE HAVE FOUND.
AND WHAT WE HEARD IS THIS OKAY? WHAT I DECIDED HERE.
EVERYONE TAKE A LOOK AT THE BLUE, PLEASE.
UM, I GUESS PERHAPS AT THIS TIME, SINCE WE KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD THOSE REPORTS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONS, WE RECEIVE REPORTS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OTHER COMMISSIONS.
UM, I KNOW THAT'S A LOT AS AN ORGANIZATIONS.
I DO THINK THAT SOUNDS A BIT HEAVY HANDED.
IT IT'S ALMOST AS IF I DON'T WANT IT TO COME ACROSS AS WE DON'T CARE WHAT THEY SAID THIS, IF WE COULD WORD IT IN A WAY WHERE IT'S, THIS IS AN, UM, YEAH, OR JUST A THOROUGH REPORT BACK ON, ON, ON THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVED, MAYBE JUST DOES NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT AN ENDORSEMENT THAT I, THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY BETTER.
I DON'T THINK POSSIBLY JUST SAYING THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND NOT REALLY SAYING THAT WE DIDN'T ENDORSE IT, BUT WE'RE SAYING THEY CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S NOT SAYING THAT WE HAD ANY RECOMMENDATION IN THAT.
SO DOES THIS CAPTURE THAT OR, OR IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD CHANGE? SO YEAH, TAKE WHERE IT STARTS WITH AND DOES NOT REFLECT AN ENDORSEMENT, UM, BASED ON MANNING'S INPUT, WHICH I SUPPORT, UM, JUST NEW TESTAMENT NUMBER.
IT'S A SUMMARY OF FINDINGS WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, FROM COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, OTHER TASK FORCES AND OTHER COMMITMENTS.
SO I THINK THAT COVERS SAYING IT'S NOT AN ENDORSEMENT.
I MEAN, OUR CHARTER SAYS WHAT WE WERE TASKED TO DO TO GET THE FEEDBACK OF THIS COMMUNITY AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL.
I MEAN, MAYBE THAT COST HER FEE OR A COMMA AFTER FINDINGS.
BUT WE STILL WANT THE, IT IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT IN THERE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ENDORSING ANYTHING WE HEARD.
CERTAINLY YOU OKAY WITH THIS WORDING, WE CAN COME BACK TO IT AS WELL.
SO THEN WE, UM, SO I THINK WE CAN STRIKE THIS THEN.
WE SEEM TO HAVE ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE IN RED.
WELL, I GUESS I STILL HAVE A FURTHER QUESTION, MAYBE ABOUT AN INTRO.
UM, WAS THERE A DISCUSSION ABOUT DOING SOME KIND OF JUST EXECUTIVE SUMMARY? UM, CAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT WAS CAPTURED IN THAT ORIGINAL BRACKET IS THE IDEA THAT YOU WOULD KIND OF FRAME THE REPORT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS ORIGINAL, I THINK THIS FIRST PART JUST GIVES A KIND OF A BLACK AND WHITE.
THIS IS WHAT THE, THIS IS WHAT THE TASKFORCE IS, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY HELP SET UP THE CONVERSATION WITHIN THAT FOR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, UM, IN WORKING BACKWARDS.
UM, AND IN WORKING IN THE LAW, SOMETIMES I READ THINGS FROM THE END TO THE BEGINNING FOR THAT REASON.
UM, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT ALL THE CATEGORIES ARE GOING TO BE IN FINALIZE THAT TO SOME DEGREE, I THINK BEFORE I CAN PROVIDE A COGENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
AND I CAN, I COULDN'T DO THAT HERE, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE'RE DONE HERE.
UM, SO I DID SEND THEM, I FIND ANY SWEETS, UM, AND I'LL, I'LL JUST LIST THEM AND THAT WAY WE'D HAVE, YOU KNOW, SO PEOPLE KNOW FINDING, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATIONS, SAFETY, WHATEVER.
SO THEN WE'RE INTO EACH OF THE SECTIONS, UH, MENTIONED FACEBOOK MEANS WERE NOT HELPFUL.
YOU MENTIONED NEIGHBORHOOD ESTABLISHED PHONE TREES.
SO THIS IS, AGAIN, THIS WAS AN AREA WHERE I THOUGHT, OKAY, SO YOU WANT ME TO ADD IN A SENTENCE JUST MENTIONED, OR, OR THIS, HOW DO WE WANT TO WORK THIS? HOW DO YOU FIRST, UM, HOW DID YOU ENVISION THIS BEING WOVEN IN OR, UH, IS THAT FOR THE FACEBOOK OR BOTH? YEAH.
AND SINCE SALLY'S HERE, I'LL ASK FOR HER SCORES.
UM, I KNOW, UM, ALETHA CAN'T BE HERE IN MIRIAM'S RETURNING LINCOLN, BUT AT LEAST SO MY THOUGHT WAS ON THE, UH, IN TIMES OF SUCH EMERGENCIES INPUT RECEIVED, INDICATES COMMUNICATION VIA READ, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, THE MOST EFFICIENT, UH, SORRY, I'M TRYING TO READ IT AND THINK AT THE SAME TIME.
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I'LL, I'LL START TYPING SOME THINGS AND THEN WE CAN, UH, KIND OF SIT WITH THAT FOR A MINUTE.I, AND I'LL JUST SAY, I REMEMBER THE GAL FROM, UH, THINK IT WAS, UH, NOT ONION CREEK DELVAL OR DEL VALLEY, ALICE SPRINGS, WHERE THEY'D HAD FLOODS BEFORE THEY SET UP A NEIGHBORHOOD PHONE TREE.
AND IT HAS BEEN, IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL IN ENSURING THAT EVERYONE HAD CONTACT AND COMMUNICATIONS.
AND SO I WANTED TO JUST HAVE A REFERENCE TO THAT.
AND, UM, FURTHER, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE FOR A GRAPHIC.
SO JUST VISUALIZING WHAT A POULTRY LOOKS LIKE.
WE'RE GOING TO ADD A VISUAL THERE WHEN YOU GET A SECOND BECKY.
SO I THINK I'VE ADDRESSED THE FACEBOOK PART, THE PHONE TREE, AND IT WAS SIMPLY VISITING WITH NEIGHBORS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE OKAY, WE'LL HAVE THE PHOTO.
UM, WE CAN PUT A TABLE OF CONTENTS IN UPFRONT.
I THINK THAT ACTUALLY, AND THEN THEY'RE THERE OF COURSE WILL BE AN INDEX AND A TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THAT.
I THINK I SAID THAT TO BECKY BEFORE SHE JOINED THE MEETING ON THE NINTH AT, PLEASE LET EVERYONE KNOW.
OF COURSE THESE THINGS WILL BE INCLUDED.
UM, I THINK WE'VE CAPTURED THESE ITEMS, UM, TO THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING ON THE NINTH, UM, FROM ALETHA.
DID SHE JUST WANT TO NOTE ABOUT THAT MENTIONED FACEBOOK MEETINGS ARE NOT VERY HELPFUL.
COULDN'T HEAR QUESTIONS, MEANING THE CITY'S MEETINGS I'M ASSUMING IS WHAT SHE WAS REFERRING TO WHEN THE CITY WOULD CONVENE THERE TO PROVIDE UPDATES.
IS THAT WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT? YEAH, I WASN'T AT THE MEETING AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN FOR ANYONE WHO WAS THERE, BUT, UM, I THINK THE OTHER PROBLEM WITH THE FACEBOOK MEETINGS WAS THAT NOT ONLY COULD YOU NOT HEAR THE QUESTION, BUT PEOPLE WERE NOT ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS DURING THOSE MEETINGS.
I MEAN, IT WAS A ONE WAY JUST, THIS IS NOTHING I BELIEVE.
I MEAN, AS, AS A CITIZEN OF AUSTIN, I W I WOULD SAY, AND I THINK IT CAME UP AT LEAST FROM A COUPLE OF OUR SPEAKERS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S QUITE DISTURBING WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO ACCESS SOCIAL MEDIA, TO, UM, WATCH, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL AND, AND OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS WITH THE CITY CONVENE IN A MEETING WHERE YOU, YOU CAN'T PROVIDE INPUT.
I THINK YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE A COMMENT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DIDN'T LIKE WHAT WAS BEING HEARD, BUT YOU SEE IN THEIR BACKGROUNDS, THEY HAVE EXPENSIVE ART LIT, UH, UM, OR WERE CLEARLY WEARING SHORT-SLEEVED SHIRTS AND COMFORTABLE WHEREVER THEY ARE.
THEY MUST HAVE HEAT, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, DRINKING COFFEE, YOU MUST HAVE WATER.
SO THAT WAS ALL, UM, EXTREMELY, UM, TONE DEAF ON THE BARGE OF, OF THE CITY.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ABOUT HIDING THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT I MEAN, JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE SHIVERING AND FREEZING TRYING TO WATCH THIS.
UM, THE CITY IS IN SHAMBLES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVING, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF ART, UM, LIT UP IS NOT REALLY SENDING THE MESSAGE THAT YOU CARE ABOUT.
THESE SO-CALLED COMMON MAN AND WOMAN SERGIO SAID SOMETHING.
YOU WANT ME TO, UM, COMMENT ON A FEAR.
AND I WAS GOING TO ASK, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH TO TRY AND PULL, SO THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN I'M FORGETTING HIS NAME, BUT HE INCLUDED A PICTURE OF ABBOTT IN HIS OR NOT AVID, UM, UM, ADLER AND YEAH.
AND THEN MAYBE EVEN PULL A QUOTE FROM THEM, OR JUST MAYBE A BLOCK QUOTE ON THE SIDE OF SOMETHING THAT HE MAY HAVE SAID IN THAT HIS WRITTEN TESTIMONY, UM, AS A STANDOUT, YOU KNOW, ALSO I'M NOT, I WASN'T ABLE TO VIEW THE MEETING I'M ON, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW IT LOOKED VISUALLY TO Y'ALL, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY TYPE OF CLOSED CAPTIONING OR ASL INTERPRETATION.
SO THAT WOULD HAVE PUT ANOTHER BARRIER ON THE DEAF COMMUNITY HERE IN AUSTIN.
UM, I BELIEVE WE DID HAVE, UM, WE ALWAYS HAD SOMEONE WHO COULD SIGN OKAY.
MY RECOLLECTION AT ALL THE MEETINGS WITH
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SPEAKER INPUT, NOT, NOT THESE NAMES, BUT WHERE WE, WE TOOK SPEAKER INPUT FOR CITY COUNCIL.I DON'T RECALL, BUT UNLESS THEY'VE TAKEN THOSE DOWN, I CAN TRY TO GO BACK AND LOOK, OKAY.
CAN WE ALSO SAY, WE ALSO HAD THE UNDER UTILIZATION OF THE TEXT SERVICES THAT THE CITY HAS AND WELCOME, UH, TEST FORCE NUMBER CONNOR.
I THINK IN THE, UM, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S A LATER SECTION, UH, LOSS OF COMMUNITY TRUST.
UM, I THINK THAT WE CAN ADD ANOTHER PART ABOUT THE FACEBOOK AND SEEING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WELL AT HOMES THAT THERE WAS JUST A LACK OF SOLIDARITY WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS AN ASPECT OF LOSING COMMUNITY TRUST, WHICH PERSISTS TODAY.
I'LL JUST MAKE A NOTE THERE TO, CAN BE GOOD AND I'LL MAKE SOME EDITS ONE MORE TIME.
AND THEN I, I NOTED HERE TEXT OPTIONS THAT THIS STUDY HAS AVAILABLE APPEAR TO BE UNDER UTILIZED.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION THAT HEADING JUST MEANS OF COMMUNICATING? YEAH.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT, SO THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO PROVIDE SPORADIC UPDATES WAS PROBLEMATIC.
I THINK THAT, UM, I THINK THAT'S CORRECT, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT COULD BE THE CASE THAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS STILL A USEFUL TOOL IF IT'S USED IN THE RIGHT WAY.
AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD NOTE THAT PERHAPS YES.
I MEAN, IT WAS PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY ONE OF THE ONLY PRIMARY SOURCES.
SO IT WASN'T PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE THEY USE IT, THEY NEED TO USE EVERY MEANS OF COMMUNICATION AVAILABLE.
SO I DON'T THINK ANYONE SAID THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO USE IT.
THEY JUST SAID, PLEASE CONSIDER THOSE WHO, BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ELECTRICITY CANNOT ACCESS IT, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT HAVE CHARGING BLOCKS, LIKE SOME OF US DO, UM, OR GENERATORS.
AND ALSO IN ADDITION TO THEN THEY NEED TO, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO, UM, SUFFERED A CERTAIN DISABILITIES, UM, ARE OLDER AND MAY NOT SOCIAL MEDIA SAVVY.
THEY JUST, THEY NEED TO USE EVERY MEANS POSSIBLE TO COMMUNICATE, ESPECIALLY WITH UPDATES.
AND I THINK THAT WE HAD THE DISCUSSION AT SOME POINT ABOUT, UM, THE NEED FOR THE CITY TO BE CALLING PEOPLE RATHER THAN PEOPLE CALLING THE CITY BECAUSE A FULL BACKLOG OF CALLS.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO PUT THAT, UM, THAT NEEDS PREVENTION AS WELL.
OR EVEN IN MY OPINION, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU HAVE THE NATIONAL BAR BEING CALLED IN, I EVEN FROM A DISTRICT WIDE STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, I THINK A CITY COUNCIL PERSON SHOULD HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH, UM, GETTING INDIVIDUALS TOGETHER, VOLUNTEERS, ET CETERA, TO, TO DISSEMINATE THROUGHOUT THEIR DISTRICT.
I MEAN, YOU CAN GO DOOR TO DOOR WHEN YOU'RE CAMPAIGNING, YOU KNOW, AND WEAR OUT YOUR SHOE LEATHER.
YES, IT WAS COLD OUTSIDE, BUT YOU HAVE SHOES AND A COAT, YOU KNOW, AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS, ELECTRICITY, LOOKING AT YOUR HOME ON FACEBOOK UPDATES, UM, YOU CAN GET OUT THERE AND REALLY, UM, TRY TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IN PERSON, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHERE THERE WILL BE WATER.
HERE'S WHAT THERE WILL BE FOOD.
DO WE NEED TO TRY TO BRING IT DIRECTLY TO YOU? WHAT IS YOUR SITUATION? YOU KNOW, MAYBE CAN'T TOUCH EVERY PERSON, BUT YOU CAN GET TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WAY.
AND THEY IN TURN CAN GET TO OTHERS AND TALK TO THEIR NEIGHBORS, ET CETERA.
PERHAPS, UH, A WAY OF SAYING IT, UM, OR THE WAY THAT I WOULD SAY IT IS, YOU KNOW, DURING A DISASTER OR AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, EVERYONE IS AN ORGANIZER, UM, INCLUDING OUR LEADERSHIP.
UM, AND THEY HAVE TO GET OUT THERE.
SO I'D SAY PORTLAND UP IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY AREA, THERE'S A RESPONSE SYSTEM WITH REGARDS TO FLOODS AND HURRICANES THAT HIT A CERTAIN WAY GROWING UP IN THE MIDWEST.
UM, YOU KNOW, TORNADOES ARE A BIG DEAL.
AND NOW WITH FRACKING, UM, EARTHQUAKES, AND THERE ARE LARGE SIRENS AND RESPONSE SYSTEMS. AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS BORN IN WICHITA, KANSAS.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE ROLLING IN THE DOUGH, BUT THAT CITY COUNCIL, BUT THE FUNDS ARE PUT INTO EMERGENCY MECHANISMS LIKE THAT.
YOU KNEW IF THERE WAS A CERTAIN TONE ALERT FROM,
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UH, UH, JUST TO BE FORWARD IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.IT'S JUST A TALL POLE WITH A HORN ON IT, BASED ON THE SOUND OF IT.
YOU KNEW WHAT THE CITY WAS TRYING TO TELL YOU WHERE, WHERE THEY WERE TRYING TO TELL YOU TO LOOK OR TO GO OR TO JUST, YOU KNOW, FIND SHELTER.
BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO COMMUNICATE IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
UM, OTHER THAN, AND, UM, AND I, I FEEL LIKE THE CITY OF AUSTIN COULD AFFORD SOME OF THESE EMERGENCY MECHANISMS AND FEATURES THAT ARE ACTUALLY KIND OF SOME OF THEM QUITE ARCHAIC.
I MEAN, I'M REMEMBERING THIS FROM BEING 5, 6, 7 YEARS OLD, YOU KNOW, SO CERTAINLY WE COULD HAVE IT TODAY.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF I CAPTURED THIS.
I SAID COMPACT CITIZENS RATHER THAN RELYING ON CITIZENS TO CONTACT THE CITY.
DOES THAT CAPTURE WHAT YOU SAY? YEAH.
SO THE NEXT SECTION WE HAD CALLED IT, UM, INFORMATION, BUT THE CITED IN LAST MEETING TO CALL IT TRANSPARENCY OF INFORMATION.
THERE IN RED KNOW, I'LL JUST ADD A SENTENCE IT'S BEEN ADDED OR IS THAT A COMMENT? SO NO, IT'S ALL, I'LL MAKE THAT FUNNY.
AND TRANSPARENCY WAS A, A BIG PROBLEM IN THAT VERY FIRST SENTENCE.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE ELECTRICITY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL AS, UM, APPARENTLY THERE'S ABOUT TO BE A HEAT WAVE THAT MAKE THINGS 15 DEGREES HOTTER THAN EVEN THE NORM AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
DO WE KNOW WHAT TIME THAT PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE? DO WE KNOW THAT YET? PATRICIA WAITING TIME, WE'VE HAD TO DATE AND TIMES WE, WE DO NOT.
UM, I BELIEVE, LET ME JUST CHECK ON THAT.
I JUST WAS WANTING TO GET INTO MY CALENDAR.
IT COULD, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, I DON'T KNOW.
IT COULD BE AS EARLY AS 10:00 AM OR, UM, AT 2:00 PM OR AT 1:00 PM AFTER LUNCH, IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW, UM, THE COUNTY, THE WORK SESSION AGENDA SHAPES UP.
BUT AS SOON AS I KNOW, UM, I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW.
I'D PREFER THAT WE GO IN THE MORNING, UM, BE AT THE TOP OF THEIR BRIEFING.
UM, I, I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT IF THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE TO MAKE IT WORK.
SO I, UM, I THINK I'VE CAPTURED THE ISSUE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KNOWING EVERYBODY HAS TO BE ABLE TO PREPARE AND TAKE ACTION.
UH, SO I KNOW THAT THERE WAS THE MENTION OF, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE USE OF THE WORD ROLLING BLACKOUT.
UM, I WANTED TO KNOW IF WE COULD MAYBE IDENTIFY OTHER PROBLEMATIC WORDS THAT WERE MISLEADING TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, I CAN'T REALLY THINK OF THEM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, SO I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF UNHELPFUL MAKING A RECOMMENDATION, BUT, UM, I THINK SO THAT COULD BE INTERMITTENT INTERMITTENT ELECTRICITY OR HAVING ELECTRICITY INTERMITTENTLY TURNED INTO DAYS WITHOUT POWER FOR MANY.
NO, NO, NO, I'M JUST, NOW I'M JUST THINKING, UM, I FEEL LIKE PERHAPS ANYTHING WITH, UM, THE PIPES EVEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S A DRIP OR ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, AND MAYBE I'LL JUST HAVE TO LOOK OVER MY NOTES AND SEE WHAT WERE SOME OF THOSE PHRASES I HAVE.
UM, I HAVE SOME OF THOSE NOTES AS WELL, SO, BUT, UM, I DID NOT WANT TO SEEM TOO HEAVY HANDED AND INCLUDING MY OWN OUTLINES FROM EACH MEETING, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND.
I THINK THERE WAS ONE I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE, UM, WE MISSED OUR DEADLINE FOR, UM, OUR AGENDA.
SO WE, IT HAD TO BE MOVED TO A DAYTIME DAY THE NEXT WEEK.
BUT, UM, YES, I'D RATHER WAIT TO INCLUDE THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THEN I CAN SEE WHAT WOULD BE REPETITIVE, WHAT WE'VE ALREADY INCLUDED AND THEN PERHAPS WHAT SEEMS IMPORTANT THAT I COULD INTERJECT, UM,
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AS WE HAVE WITH D TWO OUTLINES FROM ALETHA.UM, FOR THE LANGUAGE SECTION, UM, I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO INCLUDE.
UM, SO I DID END UP MAKING, UM, IN PATRICIA HELPED ME ALONG WITH SOME OTHER FOLKS WHO WERE TRANSLATING CREATE, UM, DIFFERENT TRANSLATIONS FOR THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE TASKFORCE.
AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT FROM THE CITY, BUT I THINK THAT IT GOES TO SHOW HOW EASY IT IS TO CREATE SOME OF THOSE OTHER, YOU KNOW, INFOGRAPHICS AND OTHER LANGUAGES, UM, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT AND PUT IT TOGETHER.
UM, THE CITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO AS WELL.
AND EVEN IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK SOMETIMES PERHAPS WITH THE CITY, THIS IS JUST MY OWN COMMENT THAT THEY'RE AFRAID OF, OF SOMETHING NOT BEING TECHNICALLY ACCURATE OR WORD BEING MISSED.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS IN AN EMERGENCY, GET EVERYONE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT I'M SAYING ABOUT IF YOU HAVE HORNS THAT CAN, YOU KNOW, GET WITH DIFFERENT SOUNDS AND BECAUSE YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE EMERGENCY RESPONSES, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT SOUND IS SUPPOSED TO TELL YOU.
I MEAN, THERE ARE WAYS TO COMMUNICATE.
I THINK IT CERTAINLY, UM, THEY SHOULD JUST BE DOING IT PERIOD, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IF SOMETHING WAS TRANSLATED IN PROPERLY, I'D RATHER DEAL WITH THAT VERSUS SOMEONE JUST HAVING NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT IS HAPPENING OR WHAT'S GOING ON OR HOW THEY CAN GET HELP AND SERVICES.
WELL, I THINK THERE ARE COMMISSIONS THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, THE THEY'VE BEEN CALLED UPON.
THEY COULD HAVE HELPED WITH TRANSLATION.
THEY, ASIAN, ASIAN AMERICAN COMMISSION TOOK THAT INTO THEIR OWN HANDS, I THINK.
UM, SO WE HAVE FEEDBACK IN THE LAST MEETING ABOUT, UM, MAKING SURE THAT NOT ONLY WERE THINGS TRANSLATED, BUT THAT THEY WERE CULTURALLY COMPETENT, UM, UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HOW PEOPLE CONNECT.
PEOPLE ARE GONNA LISTEN TO A CITY LEADER.
OTHERS MAY LISTEN MORE TO A COMMUNITY OR A FAITH LEADER.
UM, SO JUST AGAIN, JUST IN KIND OF ALL MEANS AVAILABLE TO COMMUNICATE.
AND I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE HAD BEEN DISCUSSING IN TERMS OF THERE NEEDS TO BE COMMUNITY LEADS.
UM, SO IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAINED IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WHO ARE READY TO RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY, UM, THEN THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND BE CULTURALLY COMPETENT, UM, AS OPPOSED TO, AGAIN, WAITING FOR THE CITY TO, UM, UH, MAKE SOMEONE BASICALLY.
WELL, I AGREE WITH THE SENTENCE.
DOES, IS THAT A RECOMMENDATION? THEY SHOULD HAVE LEVERAGE.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE FED FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED THOUGH.
SO TO ME, I MEAN, IF WE'RE, I'LL TAKE THAT BECAUSE WE, WE ALREADY HAVE OUR DISCLAIMER AT THE TOP.
I MEAN, IF WE REALLY WANTED TO SOFTEN THE BLOW, I MEAN, YOU COULD SAY, UM, THERE WAS A FEELING AMONG, UM, THOSE WHO SPOKE THAT THE CITY SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS.
AND I AGREED THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE WHOLE HEART EXPERIMENTATION.
WE COULD SAY ALSO, YOU KNOW, UM, MUCH COMMENTARY REVOLVED AROUND WHY DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK THAT'S FOR EVERYTHING IN THIS REPORT, WHY DIDN'T THEY DO THIS? WHY DIDN'T THEY HELP ANY REALLY, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
I'M SURE THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE PUT INTO THE, UM, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, YOU KNOW, I'M A CONSISTENT QUESTION THROUGHOUT THIS REPORT WITH WHY DIDN'T THE CITY DO X, YOU KNOW, UM, AND JUST PUT IT OUT THERE.
SO I THINK THIS WAS A DISTINCT THING THAT CAME UP THE WARMING CENTER IS, UM, NOT EQUIPPED.
SO I, I THINK, UM, IS THAT A TRANSPARENCY THING OR IS THAT MORE ABOUT JUST THE DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS? I MEAN, I THINK DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS, BECAUSE TRANSPARENCY WOULD BE, OH, YOU DID HAVE ALL THESE FACILITIES SET UP FOR US.
WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO ACCESS THEM BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T TELL US THIS WAS A TOTAL LACK OF, OH, IT BELONGS.
UM, I WOULD SAY 42, I THINK WHERE THE TRANSPARENCY OF INFORMATION MAYBE COMES IN IS, UM, IF THEY PROVIDE A REASONS WHY, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T ACCESSIBLE TO ALL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HOW WAS THE INFORMATION DISSEMINATED AND HOW ARE DECISIONS BEING MADE IN THE MOMENT? YOU KNOW? UM, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE TRANSPARENCY COMES IN.
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UH, IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIFIC JEFFREY THAT I SHOULD, UH, UPDATE OR ADD? UM, LET'S SEE.I THINK SOMEWHERE IN THIS, THIS FIRST TOP PARAGRAPH, YOU CAN, UM, JUST SAY THAT IT WAS NOT CLEAR HOW DECISIONS ABOUT, UM, THE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES OR THE, UM, ESTABLISHMENT OF THESE DIFFERENT MORPHING CENTERS WAS BEING, UM, ESTABLISHED HOW THOSE DECISIONS WERE BEING MADE RATHER.
SO MARIANNE HAD HAD SOME COMMENTS HERE ABOUT SOAP USE OF 3, 1, 1 VERSUS TWO ON, ON TEXT.
UM, SO I THINK THESE ACTUALLY ALSO GO UP HERE.
WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER COMMENT FROM MIRIAM ABOVE, UM, BEFORE, WELL, BEFORE THIS PORTION THAT I DON'T, I CAN'T RECALL IF WE RESOLVED IT OR NOT.
AND THEN I WANT TO WELCOME OUR COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, WHO I SEE AS HAS JOINED US IS THE SAME ABOUT 3 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, JUST THAT IT WAS UNCLEAR WHAT TO USE UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONTEXT OF THAT WAS, BUT I, I KNOW THAT I SAT ON HOLD FOR TWO HOURS WITH 3, 1, 1, BECAUSE THERE WAS, WERE GALLONS OF WATER POURING DOWN OUR STREET.
AND I, UM, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS 10, 10:30 PM THE EVENING OF THE WEEKEND, THE STORM ARRIVED.
CAUSE I THINK IT CAME IN THAT SATURDAY, UM, WITH 3 1, 1 AND 9 1, 1 TELLING ME THAT, UH, THEY WERE NOT GOING OUT TO ASSIST ANYONE BY THAT TIME, THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TRUST, UH, HAD WORD OF FOUR DIFFERENT CAMPS.
AND WE KNEW SPECIFICALLY WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A TOTAL OF OVER 75 PEOPLE WHO WERE ASKING FOR HELP TO GET TO SOMEPLACE WARM BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID OF FREEZING TO DEATH.
UM, AND IT WAS MYSELF AND, AND RUBEN WITH, UH, THE RESILIENCE TRUST AND JANICE BOOKOUT WHO FINALLY WERE ABLE TO GET TO AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WHO WAS REAL TIME SPEAKING WITH SPENCER CRUMP, WHO WOULD NOT SPEAK TO US.
AND, UH, THEY DID END UP SENDING OUT, UM, THEY, THEY FOUND SALT TRUCKS TO SEND IN FRONT OF A COUPLE OF CITY BUSES, UM, WITH A COUPLE OF POLICE UNITS ATTACHED TO GO TO THESE LOCATIONS.
I THINK THEY ONLY WENT TO TWO OF THE FOUR AND THEN CAME BACK TO US LATER AND SAID, UM, BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE, UH, WEREN'T THERE ANY LONGER OR AFRAID TO GO WITH THEM, UH, BECAUSE THEY FELT THREATENED THAT, UH, IT WAS A WASTE OF CITY RESOURCES WITH THE 20 PEOPLE.
THEY DID HELP AND THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO IT AGAIN.
JUST LOCKED THAT I'D HAVE THAT ON RECORD SOMEWHERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN WORK THAT INTO OUR REPORT, BUT IN TERMS OF 3, 1, 1 AND 9 1, 1, THEY ESSENTIALLY SAID THEY WERE TOLD TO SHUT DOWN AND THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.
IT WAS REALLY SAYING, HEY, I'M THE CHAIR OF THE CITY'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE COACHES OR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TRUST.
WE JUST WANT TO ABSOLVE OURSELVES.
IF WE'RE TELLING YOU, INDIVIDUALS ARE SAYING HELP ME.
AND YOU'RE SAYING, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO AND HELP THEM.
WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD DO.
SO, UM, WE ALSO HAD A COMMENT HERE, MAKE SURE INTERPRETERS ARE IN PERSON.
WAS THAT, UH, LIKE SPECIFICALLY AT SHELTERS AND THINGS? CAUSE IT'S, I THINK, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE COMMUNICATIONS COULDN'T HAPPEN IN PERSON INTERPRETERS THAT WORKED IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
WE'RE JUST NOT SURE WHAT TO SAY THERE.
UM, CAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER THE CONTEXT THAT THAT CAME UP IN, IF IT WAS JUST FOR PHYSICAL SPACES, LIKE WARMING SHELTERS, I THINK IT WAS IN WARMING SHELTERS.
SO WE ALREADY HAD SOMETHING THERE AND I SELL FOR 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1 MAKING SURE THAT THERE, LIKE THERE, THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY USE IS ALL LIKE PEOPLE I CAN ADD THEM.
AND THEN JUST TO SLOW DOWN, JUST SLOW DOWN, BE HUMAN.
IT'S ENGLISH, BUT THEY'RE TALKING SO FAST THAT YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
WHAT LOAN IS ANOTHER LANGUAGE THAT WOULD BE ME.
AND ONE THING ALSO WANTED TO INCLUDE WAS
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WITH 201, 3 0 1 THAT DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR TRANSPORTATION TO HEATING WARMING CENTERS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO UTILIZE SUCH SERVICES AS METRO ACCESS CAPITAL METRO DID THOSE BORN IN SERVICE, UBER LYFT TAXI SERVICES.THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS TO GET TO THESE WARMING CENTERS WHERE USUALLY THEY'LL UTILIZE THESE SUCH SERVICES.
SO THAT WAS A THING THEY CAN NOT DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION.
UM, PERSONALLY WE TRIED NINE 11.
THEY SAID A POLICE OFFICER COULD TAKE US THERE, BUT IT WOULD BE A LONG TIME UNTIL THEY CAN GET TO US.
I WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF WE HAD I JONATHAN, I REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION.
AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT WAS ALSO A COMMUNICATIONS ISSUE.
JUST A LACK OF DISSEMINATE OR LACK OF DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION OF RESOURCES.
I MEAN, WE HEARD ABOUT THE WARMING CENTERS, BUT THERE WAS NO TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, UM, EVEN MENTIONED, UM, POSSIBLY WE CAN GET A, A POLICE OFFICER TO TAKE US, BUT THEN WE'RE ON OUR OWN AFTER THAT.
WHAT'S YOUR, JUST A NOTE THERE AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT ONE.
UM, I KNOW STREET, YOU'VE ONLY GOT A FEW MORE MINUTES WITH US.
IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY SECTIONS YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, WELL, I MEAN WE'VE ESTABLISHED THE FLOW AND THE DIRECTION I WANTED TO GO IN THIS MEETING WAS TO JUST ADDRESS EVERY TOPIC AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL HAVE TIME IN THE SECOND HOUR TO BRING IN, UM, THE TWO OUTLINES ALETHA HOUSTON SENT TO US.
UM, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THOSE AND SEE WHERE THEY OVERLAP WITH THE INFORMATION THAT'S ALREADY HERE.
AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING LACKING, WHAT, UM, YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE.
AND THEN I KNOW WE'VE HAD ANOTHER, UM, WORKING GROUP MEMBER TO JOIN OUR MEETING NOW.
UM, SO REVISIT THE QUESTION OF WHAT OUTREACH WITH SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS.
WE TALKED ABOUT HAZARD HASN'T OCCURRED SO THAT YOU AND I BECKY KNOW WHO WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO IN THE NEXT WEEK.
WHY DON'T WE COVER THAT LAST THING FIRST? UM, JUST SO THAT WE KNOW WHO WE'RE MISSING.
I, I THINK I CAN ACTUALLY, UM, CAUSE I WAS HERE AT THE LAST MEETING.
I COULDN'T INTERPRET MORE OF THESE COMMENTS AND JUST TURN THOSE INTO SENTENCES AND PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT PLACES.
I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO DO THIS AS A GROUP.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE BEST USE OF OUR TIME TOGETHER, THIS DOCUMENT FIRST.
CAUSE WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THAT AS A GROUP, I THINK DO THAT.
BUT IF THERE'S A COMMENT FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE SALLY'S HERE AND SHE WAS ABLE TO FLESH OUT WHAT SHE MEANT BY ADD TO AN INTRO THAT'S THERE, WHICH WAS VERY HELPFUL TO ME BECAUSE WITHOUT IT IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT THEN I THINK ADDRESS IT HERE, YOU KNOW, FOR THINGS THAT ARE CREATING.
SO YEAH, NEXT HOUR AND THEN NOT GET TO A LETHAL DOCUMENT.
WE'VE NOT GONE THROUGH THAT AS A GROUP.
UM, SO CAN WE GET A COUPLE MINUTES JUST TO HEAR ABOUT, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE SORT OF, YOU KNEW SPECIFIC OUTREACH THAT WE HAD.
SO THERE WAS, THERE WAS SPECIFIC OUTREACH, UH, THE MEETING BEFORE A MEETING ON JULY 9TH, UM, THAT I BELIEVE CERTAIN, UM, WORKING GROUP MEMBERS SAID THEY WOULD PERFORM WITH CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.
SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.
IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED, THEN BECKY AND I WILL, WE'LL DO THAT AT THIS POINT.
AND I, I HAVE NOT BROUGHT UP THE EMAIL WHERE PATRICIA CHRONICLES, WHO WAS REACHING OUT TO HIM, BUT WE DO HAVE IT THERE.
SO, UM, JEFFREY, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU HADN'T, HADN'T DONE ANY OUTREACH.
UM, KATHERINE GONZALEZ, HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO REACH OUT TO ANYONE? I THINK CATHERINE'S HERE.
SEEING HER NAME SHE'S ON MUTE.
SHE MAY JUST BE BUSY IN THE MOMENT.
UM, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYONE'S WORKDAY, SO YES.
SO DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE THE, THE NOTES THERE ON WHO ELSE WAS GONNA MAKE CONTACT? JUST SO WE CAN CHECK IN ON THOSE? UM, THEY WERE FROM THE MEETING MINUTES.
LET ME, LET ME CHECK IT'S FROM OUR JUNE 25TH MEETING, I BELIEVE SO, CORRECT? YES.
AND THEN BECKY, THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAD IS IF IT'S POSSIBLE NOW THAT, UM, THE TASK FORCE MEMBER CONNOR HAS BEEN ABLE TO JOIN, UM, IF, UH, SHE IS, UM, ABLE TO HELP US SEMIS THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TRUST REPORTS, WE COULD DEVOTE A SECTION, MAYBE THREE PARAGRAPHS TO IT WITH THEIR INPUT.
UM, IF NOT, UM, JEFFREY AND I CAN DO THAT TOMORROW WHEN WE MEET.
AND THEN LAST THING, BECKY, IF YOU WANT TO JOIN THE MEETING AT FIVE TOMORROW, IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE.
YEAH, I'M SELLING A CAR AT FOUR, SO IT JUST DEPENDS HOW LONG THAT TAKES.
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I'M DONE, THEN I CAN JUMP ON.I WILL ALSO JUST LET ME KNOW THE NUMBER THAT IF I CAN AND THEN LET ME CHECK, CATHERINE, CAN YOU HEAR US OKAY.
AND I'LL TRY TO WORK ON IT TODAY, BUT IF I CAN.
UM, BUT CATHERINE, ARE YOU THERE? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE, UM, CAN ANYONE ELSE SEE CATHERINE THERE? I SEE, I THINK CATHERINE'S ON.
I JUST, MAYBE SHE CAN'T HEAR US.
UM, PATRICIA, ANY LUCK FINDING THE, THE JUNE 25TH NOTES? SO WHAT I HAVE DOWN IN THE JUNE 25TH NOTES IS THAT, UM, UH, MIRIAM, MIRIAM CONNOR KIND OF WEAVE IN ELEMENTS FROM THE CRT COMMUNITY REPORT AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCY INTO THE REPORT.
THAT'S ONE THING THAT I HAVE INCORPORATE A PORTION INTO THE TASKFORCE REPORT.
I HAVE TASKFORCE CLEMENS AND KATHERINE GONZALEZ.
THEY WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO SPOKE, UM, DURING CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
UM, CLEMENS WILL EMAIL CECIL DOMO AND TASKFORCE MEMBER.
KATHERINE GONZALEZ WILL EMAIL MIKE BATES, UM, AND COPY TASKFORCE CLEMMONS ON THAT EMAIL TO THE BATES.
AND THEN, UM, TASKFORCE MEMBER CON KATHERINE GONZALEZ WILL, AND WE'LL REACH OUT TO AUSTIN TENANT'S COUNCIL.
SO THOSE ARE THE POINTS BECKY WHERE, UM, JUST FIND OUT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THOSE AND HOW WE CAN GET INTO HELP.
UM, CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE ALL BUSY SO WE CAN TRY TO INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION IN OUR REPORT.
SO, SO WHAT I HEARD HERE IS, UM, MARIAM IS ON THE HOOK FOR THE CRT REPORT, JONATHAN AND KATHERINE, TO DO THAT ADDITIONAL CITIZEN OUTREACH AND TO JUST LET SERITA, AND I KNOW IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN CASE WE NEED TO DO THAT INSTEAD.
AND IDEALLY IF YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, SHOOT SOME EMAILS OUT TODAY TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE EARLY NEXT WEEK, THAT WAY WE HAVE THEIR FEEDBACK BEFORE, YOU KNOW, OUR TIME IS UP ON COMPOSING THE REPORT.
UH, CHAIR SERITA DAVIS HAS TO LEAVE THE MEETING.
UM, AS I ALWAYS DO, I WILL TOUCH BASE WITH BECKY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THIS MEETING ENDS.
SO HOPEFULLY SOMETIME THIS EVENING, IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE BECKY, UM, HELPING YOU, AND THEN I WILL BE WORKING REAL TIME ON THE EDITS FROM THIS MEETING AND ANY ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND JEFFREY AND I ARE MEETING AT 5:00 PM TOMORROW TO GO OVER GRAPHICS THAT CAN BE INCLUDED CREATING A CALENDAR INVITE RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, RIGHT, EVERYONE.
SO, UM, WHILE WE STILL GOT THE STUFF, I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO THEN IS JUST QUICKLY LOOK AT THE COMMENTS AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY MORE CLARIFICATION.
AND IF NOT, I'LL BE ABLE TO JUST TAKE A PASS PASSAGE, TURNING THOSE INTO PROPER ENGLISH.
UM, SO WE'VE HAD, UH, STATEMENTS HERE ABOUT DISTRUST OF CITY AUTHORITIES.
AND I THINK I CAPTURED SOME OF THAT.
I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S INCLUDED.
WE HAD ALREADY NOTED ABOUT EMBEDDING PICTURES AND VIDEOS AND, UM, JEFFREY WILL RELY ON YOU TO HELP FIGURE OUT HOW AND WHERE TO DO THAT.
UM, WE GOT, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS POINT OF THE MAYOR SHOWING UP IN HIS OFFICE, WELL LIT AND COMFORTABLY DRESSED.
UM, I THINK THIS NOTE HERE IS PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT OUTREACH TO FAMILIES, ELDERLY STUDENTS, AND THEN SHELTER PEOPLE.
THIS ONE, WE HAD THE NOTE FROM JULIE
SO SERITA AND I CAN TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THAT JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL POINTS THERE, UH, TO BE NATE OR, OR REFERENCE SOME OF THE CITATIONS THAT YOU REFERENCED.
SO LET ME JUST MAKE THAT NOTE.
UM, I THINK WE ALREADY CAPTURED THE ISSUE AROUND THE ROLLING BLACKOUTS AND THEN THE HEAT.
THE POINT HERE IS THAT THIS IS A, THIS WILL BE A FUTURE PROBLEM, NOT JUST A WINTER STORM PROBLEM.
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OKAY.WE HAD LOTS OF NOTES HERE ABOUT OTHER RESOURCES.
I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE EVEN HAVING A SECTION JUST DEVOTED TO, YOU KNOW, FOOD AND OTHER SUPPLIES.
CAUSE IT WAS MORE THAN JUST AN ISSUE OF WATER.
WELL, WE'VE, THAT'S ALL PRETTY CLEAR AND EVERYBODY JUST TRYING TO, AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ADD, THE QUESTION OF, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE FOOD PIECE.
DO WE HAVE A CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE NOTED IN THERE IN ANY WAY? PROBABLY NOT.
AND, UM, I DON'T MEAN TO INSERT MY OWN COMMISSION, BUT, UM, OF SORTS, BUT UM, OBVIOUSLY COLLEGE STUDENTS, UM, AND THEIR ACCESS TO FOOD IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, I LIVED DOWN THE STREET FROM AN HEB, BUT I COULD NOT GET TO IT, UH, FOR MOST OF THE WINTER STORM.
UM, BUT ADDITIONALLY, UM, THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING PASSING A FOOD INSECURITY GRANT THAT OUR COMMISSION ACTUALLY CREATED.
UM, BUT THAT'S TO SAY THAT PHONES NEED TO BE AVAILABLE, UH, SO THAT STUDENTS COULD USE THEM OR ABOUT VOLTS IN THE COMMUNITY COULD USE THEM.
UM, I REMEMBER I KEEP COMING BACK TO, UM, MACDONALD'S TESTIMONY ABOUT HOW THEY GIVE OUT GIFT CARDS.
AND I THINK SHE SAID THEY GAVE OUT LIKE 25 GIFT CARDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND SEND PEOPLE OUT.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY JUST HAVING SOME KIND OF STOCK PILE OF CASH, I GUESS, UH, TO USE FOR FOOD IN THESE SITUATIONS IS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU KNOW, YOUR, UM, CARD SERVICES GO DOWN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T CARRYING CASH ANYMORE.
UM, AND SO THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CALLS TO 3, 1, 1, AND I'LL, I'LL LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF WE NEED TO JUST MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND IN THE SEQUENCE OF DOCUMENT.
UM, MOST, ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND THOSE THAT FAILED.
IS THERE SOME REAL TIME FEEDBACK HERE? CAUSE I'M NOT SURE I CAN THINK OF ALL OF THEM.
I THINK SOME OF THEM MAY BE IN THE CRT REPORT.
UM, AND MIRIAM YOU'RE FREE TO, YOU KNOW, UM, BREAK ME ON THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF LISTS AT THE END OF THAT REPORT OF, THEY MIGHT GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE.
AND SO WE CAN MAYBE TALK ABOUT THAT TOMORROW WITH, UM, SERITA.
30 HAD REFERRED TO CRT REPORTS.
WE WERE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THAT.
UM, THIS ONE I CAN RESOLVE THE ISSUES WERE BEYOND THE CITY STATEWIDE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE TALKED ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSIT AND THAT ALSO CUT OFF ACCESS TO FOOD, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, INFORMATION ABOUT TRAINING, TRANSPORTATION, SNOW EQUIPMENT.
I CAN TURN THAT INTO A SENTENCE.
SO THIS WAS THE PRICE GOUGING HOTELS.
I DON'T THINK SOMEBODY IS JUST, WE MAY HAVE TO REFER BACK TO A REPORT HERE TO INSTRUCT SOME OF THE DETAILS I LIKED.
MIRIAM'S COMMENT ABOUT DOING, MAYBE DOING A HOTEL SECTION VERSUS A PRICE GOUGING SECTION.
OH, LET ME JUST MAKE THAT CHANGE OR, OR LODGING, UH, ACCESS TO SHELTER EVEN BETTER.
AND WE ALSO HAD SOME NOTES HERE ABOUT SPECIFIC RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR OTHERWISE NOT IN A SAFE PLACE.
NON-PROFITS AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
UM, I GUESS THERE'S JUST A LOT MORE DETAILED TESTIMONY HERE TO PULL IN, UH, FROM SPECIFIC NONPROFITS THAT SHOWED UP ON THEIR FACES, WATER CALLS, ONGOING ISSUES, ANIMAL WELFARE
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INDUSTRY, OR CHECKS AND LODGING FOR JUST A SECOND.I, I, I'M THINKING ABOUT, UM, ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT ARE UNABLE TO GET ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ISOLATED AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NEEDED IN HERE.
IT'S PROBABLY POSSIBLY COVERED IN ANOTHER SECTION, BUT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WERE STUCK IN THEIR HOMES AND FREEZING WITH NO WAY, NO ONE TO HELP THEM, NO ONE TO GET THEM OUT, GET THEM TO A WARMING PLACE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE POINT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, AS WE ADD ANY KIND OF PICTURES OR VIDEO THAT WE INCLUDE AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION IN THE TEXT.
SO WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE THAT? OKAY.
I THINK THAT CAPTURES ALL THIS, BUT ME, I'M SURE THIS YOU'LL FIND WE SEND THROUGH A REPORT.
SO TAKE A MENTAL BREAK FROM THAT.
AND PATRICIA, IF YOU HAPPEN TO JUST REMEMBER THE, THE DATE OR THE SUBJECT OF THAT EMAIL, I CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
I DON'T RECALL, BUT I'M LOOKING ALSO, OKAY.
I HAVE, I HAVE LOTS OF PHISHING EMAILS HERE, SO I'M LIKE A DATE I'VE FOUND IT.
SO THIS WAS THE, UM, OUTLINE ISSUE IS SO LET'S JUST KIND OF SCAN THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE COLLECTED ALL OF THAT.
AND SO YOU SHOWS COMMUNITY TRUST.
I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE SOME OF THESE ONES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED AND THE UNPACK, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE, I THINK CAME IN AFTER SERITA HAD GOTTEN ELISA'S NOTES AND DROPPED IN THAT FIRST DRAFT.
UM, BUT THERE WAS THIS POINT ABOUT NOT HAVING IDS, SO THEY COULDN'T ACCESS THE HOTEL RESOURCES.
SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S IN THERE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD CELL TOWERS AT FROZEN AS WELL.
SO YOU CAN WATCH, I DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, MAKE SURE WE SPECIFICALLY CAPTURED THIS ISSUE AROUND ORBITING REAL PEOPLE.
WHAT ABOUT WATER DISTRIBUTION? OKAY.
I'LL INCLUDE THIS NOTE AROUND SANITATION.
UM, I THINK WE'VE CAPTURED MOST OF THESE FOOD ITEMS, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE IN THAT FOOD SECTION THAT WE INCLUDE THESE COMMENTS, I BELIEVE WE DID CAPTURE THE NOTION ABOUT REIMBURSING, UH, EITHER ORGANIZATIONS OR INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS WHO PAID OUT OF POCKET.
OH, THIS IS INTERESTING THERE'S SHELTER FOR STRAINER DRIVERS, INCLUDING THOSE IN EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
SO THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE BEING STRANDED AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE RESOURCES EITHER.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOMELESS ANIMALS, ROLES AND TRAINING.
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CAPTURED THIS.THE CITY VEHICLES WERE UNPREPARED AS WELL, PRICE GOUGING.
SO THIS ONE NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND HOW RED CROSS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HELPED.
I KNOW WE HEARD FROM SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS, NOT RED CROSS, BUT ANYTHING THERE THAT, THAT OTHERS CAN RECALL.
I THINK THAT THE POINT HERE IS AROUND A COORDINATED RESPONSE TO THE CITY, HAVING A PLAN AHEAD OF TIME AND A LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN BE MARSHALED IN AN EMERGENCY CRT REPORT MIGHT HELP WITH THAT.
THEY SEEM TO DO A REALLY GOOD JOB.
I KNOW FAMILY ELDERCARE ALSO HAD AN ORGANIZED RESPONSE.
AND THEN WE CAPTURED THE MENTAL SALTS AND THE ONGOING.
SO ANYTHING ELSE FROM THIS DOCUMENT THAT TO MIND? I THINK IT'S A PRETTY THOROUGH READING OF THE SITUATION.
LET ME BRING UP THE OTHER ONE.
SO THIS IS THE, WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE FUTURE.
AND, AND I RECALL THAT OUR SUGGESTION IS WE WOULD HAVE KIND OF A HEADING IN EACH SECTION, SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HEARD AND THEN WHAT, LIKE WHAT WE JUST HEARD THE FEEDBACK.
AND THEN WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT RECOMMENDATIONS, NOT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT JUST WHAT WE HEARD.
UM, SO I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I WAS THINKING I WOULD JUST KIND OF COPYING AND PASTE THESE IN, UH, AS LONG AS THEY'RE CLEAR OR CLARIFY THE MOST NEEDED.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO THE SECTION BY SECTION OF THOSE WHAT'S NEEDED ANGLES.
SO I'LL JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS SOLELY.
SO FOLKS HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S THERE.
I THINK ON THIS ONE, THE NATIONAL GUARD, UM, ALSO JUST THE KIND OF A COORDINATED RESPONSE WITH OTHER, YOU KNOW, STATE OR FEDERAL RESOURCES.
UM, HAVE WE CAPTURED THAT MAYBE I'VE MISSED IT, BUT DID WE EVER CAPTURE LIKE THE RECORD KEEPING AND NEEDING TO KEEP A GOOD RECORD OF LIKE WHAT DAMAGES HAVE BEEN DONE FOR LIKE RE COMPENSATION INSURANCE AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S IN THERE SINCE WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND I DON'T RECALL THAT WE HAVE THAT ANY WINNER, SO I CAN HAVE THAT IN AS WELL.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT SECTION THAT WILL GO IN, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S A PLACE FOR IT.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE AROUND US? DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.
I GIVE HIM A LITTLE ABOUT JULIUS TESTIMONY AND BRING THEM ON FOR MY FACE.
SO IT WAS WATER ORGANIZATION EDUCATION.
I THINK WE CAPTURED THESE ITEMS. YES, ABSOLUTELY.
I DON'T RECALL THIS AUSTIN SPECIFIC VIDEO LIBRARY.
I'M NOT PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES.
I LEARNED HOW TO TURN OFF WATER AFTER THAT, BUT I KNEW I KNEW IT AN OLD HOUSE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I LIVE NOW.
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ALL RIGHT.WELL, LET'S SEE, ARE THESE, ALL THINGS WE'VE HEARD FROM CITIZENS ARE THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE WORKING GROUP ALSO CAME UP WITH.
AGREE, BATES, VIDEO INSPECTIONS, ALL THAT.
UM, IT'S KIND OF LOOKING TO ME LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A, A MIXTURE.
UM, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS ARE CITIZENS AS WELL AND HAVE A LOT OF INPUT ON THAT.
SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT, I JUST DON'T REMEMBER THAT.
WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS IN THE MAIN REPORT, SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE JUST I'LL PASTE THESE IN AND INCLUDE THOSE AS A LIST.
UNDER THE TRANSPORTATION, THE LAST POINT, SPECIAL TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IS THAT INCLUSIVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO INCLUDE ANYONE WHO, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING SENIORS IN PARTICULAR.
DOES THAT FEEL INCLUSIVE ENOUGH TO EVERYONE THAT, THAT IT IS ALL PEOPLE IT'S PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAS IN SOME PEOPLE'S MINDS OR PARTICULAR SET? YEP.
SO I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S MORE EXPENSIVE.
COULD ALSO INCLUDE FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUNG LADIES AND THEY CAN'T GET OUT.
UM, HOW ABOUT POLICY, DISASTER PLANNING CENTRAL HEALTH EQUITY POLICY COUNCIL? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GOT FROM TESTIMONY OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO SEEK OUT? DO YOU RECALL? AND IT MAY JUST MAKE A REFERENCE TO THAT OR I CAN LOOK THAT UP AND SEE IF THERE'S A LINK TO THAT.
UM, UNDER DISASTER PLANNING, INVOLVE ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS FROM THE EASTERN CRESCENT.
UM, MAYBE ALSO, UM, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSIONS OR SOMETHING.
UH, BECAUSE WE, IN OUR, UH, RESOLUTION WE'VE SAID THEY NEED TO INCLUDE SENIORS IN, IN THAT PLANNING.
WHEN WE HAD MEDICATION MENTAL HEALTH, I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT, CALLS WE'LL CLICK THE SEVERE MORE ON SOCIAL WORKERS DOING OUTREACH, IMMEDIATE RESPONSIBILITY IS FOR BILLING.
I THINK ALL OF THE REST OF THESE HAVE BEEN CAPTURED AND I'LL USE THE VERBIAGE HERE TO FILL IN THE BLANKS.
SO WE SAID, WE'D GO THROUGH A LEAFLESS DOCUMENTS.
WE WENT THROUGH THE REST OF THE REPORT.
WE TALKED ABOUT ADDITIONAL OUTREACH.
UM, AND I, I KNOW SERITA WAS, YOU KNOW, OFFERING THAT SHE, AND I WILL PICK UP IF FOLKS HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DO THAT, BUT OBVIOUSLY IF WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THAT LOAD AND PEOPLE STILL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT EXTRA OUTREACH, WE'LL PROBABLY GET THERE FASTER, UM, FOLKS DOING THAT IN PARALLEL.
SO JUST LET US KNOW IF YOU CAN'T AND WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT, BUT IF YOU'RE STILL ABLE, UM, JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE THOSE CALLS OR EMAILS AND LET US KNOW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PACKAGE INTO THE REPORT.
COULD I ADD ONE, ONE THING TO THE, UH, UH, RIGHT THERE, UM, RECOGNITION OF COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITIES.
THIS IS TO SAY THAT BETWEEN THE CITY BUSINESSES, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AND INDIVIDUALS, I WOULD ADD NONPROFITS IN THERE AFTER MAYBE, MAYBE AFTER BUSINESSES BECAUSE OKAY, THANK YOU.
CAUSE I THINK WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF NON-PROFIT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, MAYBE I'LL JUST SAY THAT BECAUSE SOME ARE NOT DESIGNATED AS NONPROFITS, BUT THEY ARE ACTING COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS.
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OKAY.I'M NOT HEARING ANYTHING ELSE.
SO I WILL, I'LL TAKE ANOTHER PASS OF THE EDITS.
UM, AND THEN NOT SURE SHARING MY SCREEN HERE AND THEN, UH, SERITA AND JEFFREY WE'LL MEET TOMORROW.
I'LL JUMP ON THAT IF I CAN, UM, WE'LL HEAR BACK FROM OTHER TASKFORCE MEMBERS TO DO ANY ADDITIONAL OUTREACH EARLY IN THE WEEK.
AND THEN I ASSUME PATRICIA THAT BETWEEN SERITA AND I WILL GET, UH, ANOTHER DRAFT OUT FOR A FINAL, FINAL LOOK BY THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS BEFORE THE END OF NEXT WEEK, JUST IN CASE THERE'S ANY FINISHING TOUCHES, IS IT DUE ON THE 30TH, RIGHT? UM, YES, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET IT OUT BY THAT DATE.
UM, SO WHAT WE WILL DO, I WILL CREATE A, A MEMO ESSENTIALLY FROM MY BOSS, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, RAY ARIANO.
SO IT WILL BE FROM HIM AND IT WILL JUST UPDATE CAMARO AND COUNCIL OF THE PROCESS AND THEN ATTACH, UH, THERE, IT'S GOING TO BE JUST A VERY SHORT COVER MEMO AND I CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU IN THE CHAIR, UM, PRIOR TO THE RELEASE.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL ATTACH IT TO YOUR REPORT AND SEND IT TO MARIN COUNCIL.
SO WE'LL AIM TO FINISH, YOU KNOW, BY THURSDAY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN GET THAT OUT ON FRIDAY.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE JUST PROCEDURALLY PATRICIA, THAT, THAT WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW? I THINK THAT'S IT.
UM, ONCE I HAVE THE REPORT AND, YOU KNOW, PUT THE COVER MEMO WHEN COMPARING IT TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I THINK JUST THE ONLY OTHER THING IS IF YOU DO CREATE A POWERPOINT, UM, I WILL NEED THAT A FEW DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE 24TH.
IF I COULD HAVE IT BY THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, I CAN GET IT TO THE AGENDA OFFICE SO THEY COULD HAVE IT POSTED AS BACKUP AND SHARE IT WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, AND AS SOON AS I KNOW THE TIME THAT WE WILL, UM, BE ABLE TO PRESENT, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU GUYS THAT INFORMATION.
SO, SO LET ME MAKE SURE I GET THE DATE, RIGHT.
SO YOU SAID, UM, A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE 8 24 MEETING, IS THERE A SPECIFIC DATE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO POST THAT BY THE MATCH? THE RULES OF POSTING? UM, NO.
AS LONG AS WE GET IT, IF WE CAN HAVE IT POSTED ON THAT MONDAY AND SHARED WITH MAYOR COUNCIL THEY'LL KNOW, THEY LIKE TO HAVE IT IN ADVANCE SO THEY CAN REVIEW.
THE 24TH IS THAT THE 23RD? I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR RIGHT NOW.
IT'LL NEED TO BE POSTED ON THE 23RD, BUT IF I COULD GET IT LIKE THE 19TH OR THE 20TH, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO THAT WOULD JUST BE THE POWERPOINT FOR THAT REPEATING.
UM, TASKFORCE MEMBERS, ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVEN'T ALREADY COVERED? ALL RIGHT.
AS ALWAYS, UH, GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY'S SUPPORT AND HELP ON THIS.
WE'VE GOT ONE MORE WEEK TO GO.
WE'LL WE'LL PUSH THROUGH AND GET IT DONE.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I'LL OFFICIALLY ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING.