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[CALL TO ORDER]
WE WILL, UH, START HERE WITH THE, UH, APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES FROM OUR MAIN MEETING.IS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO, OR ACTUALLY A CITIZEN COMMUNICATION IF WE HAVE ANY, ANYBODY ON THE LENDERS SPEAK WITH US TO TONIGHT? NO.
[1a) May 26, 2021 meeting of the Joint Sustainability Committee]
MOVE INTO THE WORK.ONE QUESTION ON THE MINUTES, UM, I LOOKED AT THEM AND, UM, IT SAID ALBERTA WAS NOT THERE, BUT I THINK IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, SHE CAME, UM, BUT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
SO I THINK THAT WITH THAT CORRECTION, I'M READY TO MOVE APPROVAL.
ANY OTHER CHANGES THAT ANYBODY WANTS? MADE THE MINUTES? OKAY.
UM, DID I HEAR A SECOND OR WAS THAT JUST A SECOND? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, DIANA.
SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY'S GOOD WITH THE MINUTES.
SO IF YOU'RE ON SCREEN, IF YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND FOR I, OR IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT, SAY YOUR NAME AND HOW YOU'RE VOTING.
AND I THINK, DID I HEAR YOU SAY AYE? AYE.
[2a) Legislative Session Debrief – Brie Franco, Intergovernmental Relations (Discussion and/or possible action)]
SO ON TO OUR LEGISLATIVE SESSION, DEBRIEF BRAY.THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, OBVIOUSLY NOW, NOW BY NOW WE ARE INTO ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT, UM, NOT SO RELEVANT TO CHAR WORK ON THIS COMMISSION.
SO I PRESUME THIS WILL STILL BE JUST A DEBRIEF FROM THE REGULAR SESSION, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
EVERYONE BRIEF BRONCO INTER-GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND YES, I'M MOSTLY HERE TO PROVIDE A DEBRIEF FROM THE REGULAR SESSION.
AND, UM, GIVE YOU A LITTLE, WHAT LITTLE WE KNOW ABOUT THE CURRENT SESSION AND ANY POTENTIAL OF FUTURE SESSIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS MY PRESENTATION OR IF I'M SUPPOSED TO SHARE MY SCREEN.
AND WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD TO SLIDE THREE WHEN YOU'RE READY.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH WHAT I GUESS SOME WOULD CALL THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY AND START OUT THOUGH, ACTUALLY WITH US SOME, I THINK THIS IS, YEAH, THIS IS WHAT I WOULD CALL THE GOOD.
WE ACTUALLY DID GET SOME BILLS PASSED, WERE POSITIVE FOR THE CITY.
THIS SESSION WE HAD TO REFORM OUR POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THAT WAS DONE.
UM, THERE WAS A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, MEDICAID BILL THAT WILL ASSIST AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, REGARDS TO VACCINES, ASSISTING WOMEN WITH PREGNANCIES AND SO FORTH.
UM, AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THAT OUR BROADER COMMUNITY WAS INVOLVED IN AND CARED ABOUT.
FOR INSTANCE, THAT MUSIC INCUBATOR BILL WILL ASSIST LIVE MUSIC VENUES, UH, RECEIVE A PORTION OF THE BEVERAGE TAX TO ASSIST THEM, TO KEEP, TO STAY, KEEP OPEN.
BUT AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THERE WERE DEFINITELY BILLS THAT AFFECTED THE CITY THAT WE WOULD SAY ARE NEGATIVE FOR THE CITY.
THE ONES OUTLINED IN RED ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WE DISCUSSED IS THE GAS PREEMPTION BILL HB 17.
THAT BASICALLY I DIDN'T ALLOW FOR EFFORTS THAT WOULD PREEMPT THE USE OF GAS OR PREEMPT THE, UM, ONLY NOT ALLOW THE REQUIREMENT OF GAS TO BE USED IN DEVELOPMENTS.
SO ALONG WITH THAT ALSO, WHAT WAS IN THE HEADLINES YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH REGARDING POLICE FUNDING THAT SETS US THE, UM, STANDARD OR THE LEVEL OF WHICH THE CITY HAS TO FUND POLICE AT THE PREEMPTION OF THE LOCAL CAMPING BAN, MEANING THAT YOU CAN'T ALLOW CAMPING AND PUBLIC SPACES COME SEPTEMBER 1ST.
UM, THE DISASTER ROLL BACK HAS TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY TAX RATE AND HOW IT CAN BE USED DURING A STATE DECLARED DISASTER.
UM, AND THEN THERE WERE SOME OTHER BILLS AND YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THESE IN THE NEWS TO THEIR PERMANENT WAS CARRIE IS NOW GOING TO BE THE LAW OF THE STATE, UM, MEANING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET A PERMIT ANYMORE TRAINING TO CARRY HANDGUN, AND THEN EVEN GOING FURTHER IN TERMS OF THEIR AGENDA FOR WHAT THEY CALL TEXAS TO BE A SANCTUARY STATE FOR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
THEY ALSO PASSED A BILL SAYING THAT GOVERNMENTS AND STATE AGENCIES COULDN'T CONTRACT
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WITH COMPANIES THAT HAVE WHAT THEY CALL THE FIREARMS BOYCOTT.SO BANK OF AMERICA DOESN'T DO BUSINESS WITH FIREARMS DEALERS AND THE CITY ACTUALLY BANKS WITH BANK OF AMERICA.
WE WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO THINK OF A BANK WITH BANK OF AMERICA BECAUSE OF THAT LEGISLATION.
AND THAT GOES INTO EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.
UM, BUT I SHARE THAT WITH YOU TO SEE THE, YOU GUYS CAN GET A SENSE OF THE BREADTH OF HOW FAR THEIR SANCTUARY STATE AGENDA FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT GOES.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS NOW.
I'M GONNA LEAVE IT UP TO THE CHAIR IF I SHOULD, IF YOU WANT ME TO TAKE QUESTIONS NOW OR WAIT UNTIL THE END, I'VE GOT A QUICK PHONE.
UM, YEAH, I THINK LET'S, LET'S DO QUESTIONS AS WE GO.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE PERMIT LIST.
CARRIE, IS THERE ANYTHING AT ALL THAT LOCAL COMMUNITY CAN DO TO, UM, CHANGE, UH, THE LOCAL REQUIREMENTS OR IS IT JUST STATE LAW AND THAT'S IT? I'M SORRY.
MY DOGS I'M AT HOME SO THEY COULD NOT HEAR YOU.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT AND ASK IF THERE ARE ANY OUTSTANDING LAWSUITS YET.
I'M ASKING THE PERMITLESS CARRY IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT A LOCAL COMMUNITY CAN DO TO HAVE STRICTER ENFORCEMENT.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY LAWSUITS YET, LIKE, IS THAT THE ONLY WAY IS THE ONLY WAY TO, I AM SO SORRY.
I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S DRIVING MY DOGS CRAZY, BUT THERE ARE, IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE THE LAW HAS NOT TAKEN EFFECT YET THESE BUILT LAWS DO NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1ST, THEN THERE ARE NO LAWSUITS YET.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANY IN THE WORKS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE WON'T BE, BUT IT'S NOT IN EFFECT YET.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, DOES THE CITY NOW THOUGH, IS THE CITY WORKING TO MOVE AWAY FROM BANK OF AMERICA, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PERMITLESS CARRY, BUT IF THESE AREN'T IN EFFECT YET, BUT THE DAY THEY GO IN EFFECT, IF CITIES AREN'T IN COMPLIANCE, I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY IS WORKING TOWARDS THAT.
I THINK IN THE BANK OF AMERICA CASE, IT WOULD BE BANK OF AMERICA THAT WOULD BRING US SUIT THE ACTION.
THEY WOULD BE THE BEST IN THE BEST POSITION TO HAVE A SUIT.
BUT THEN AGAIN, GUYS, I'M KIND OF GETTING OUTSIDE MY LANE, TALKING ABOUT LITIGATION HERE.
UH, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF BILLS AND YOU, YOU SAW ON THAT SECOND SLIDE, I DID HAVE A PICTURE OF OUR DELEGATION.
AND WHEN YOU DO SEE MEMBERS OF OUR DELEGATION, PLEASE THANK THEM FOR ALL THEIR SERVICE.
UM, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF BILLS THAT THEY ASSISTED US WITH AND MAKING SURE DIDN'T PASS.
UM, ONE OF THEM THAT I KNOW THIS COMMITTEE IS FAMILIAR WITH WAS THE AAE WRIGHTSVILLE.
UM, THAT WAS CAME DOWN TO A POINT OF ORDER THAT REPRESENTED GOODWIN CALLED ON THE FLOOR.
THERE WAS BILLS RELATED TO A LOT NUMBER OF DISAMBIGUATION BILLS.
YOU SEE THAT WHOLE SECOND ROW, AND THOSE ARE ALL THREE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT ATTENDED TO
UM, THERE WAS A BILL THAT WE WEREN'T AWARE ABOUT TILL SESSION THAT WAS FILED BY A NUMBER OF BAR OWNERS IN THE CITY THAT WOULD HAVE, UM, PREEMPTED THIS CITY'S NOISE ORDINANCE.
IT WOULD HAVE ONLY PREEMPTED AUSTIN'S NOISE ORDINANCE, UM, AND IT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED, UH, BARS TO LAST MUSIC AT THE HIGHEST DECIBEL ALLOWED IN THE STATE.
AND WE'D BE THE ONLY CITY WOULD HAVE BEEN AT THAT HIGH DECILE OR MAJOR CITY AT THAT HIGH DECIBEL.
SO THIS IS A NUMBER OF THOSE BILLS.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER PAGE.
THAT ONE IS SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE AND THAT THERE IS NOW A MOVEMENT TO LIMIT WHAT CITIES CAN REGULATE.
WHAT'S CALLED THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JUDGE JURISDICTION.
THAT'S THE AREA RIGHT OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR WATER QUALITY REASONS.
UM, WATER DOESN'T STOP AT THE CITY LIMITS AND OUR, OUR WATER NEEDS CROSS THE CITY LINES.
UM, SO LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO EITHER AMEND THAT TO BE MORE POSITIVE AND ULTIMATELY THE BILL DIDN'T PASS, BUT THERE WAS A NUMBER OF OTHER BILLS THAT DID PASS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, SB SEVEN ON ELECTION INTEGRITY DID NOT PASS AS WELL.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN A SPECIAL SESSION RIGHT NOW.
UM, THERE WERE OF COURSE BILLS.
WE WERE TRYING TO ALSO GET PASSED THAT DIDN'T HIT PASS AS WELL.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S SOME OF THESE HERE, UM, AND I CAN GO INTO
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MORE DETAIL IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S THE SAKE OF TIME I'M GOING TO ASK IT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE ONE BILL.I THINK THAT THERE WERE ALSO EFFORTS WHERE WE JUST HAD TO MAKE BILLS BETTER AND WE DID HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, AND ONE THAT THIS COMMITTEE PROBABLY MIGHT'VE SEEN IN THE NEWS WAS THERE WAS A BILL ABOUT, UH, NOT ALLOWING CITIES TO TAKE ACTIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIPELINES.
AND THIS IS IN REACTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PIPELINE SOUTH OF AUSTIN, BUT THAT LANGUAGE WOULD HAVE AFFECTED OUR ABILITY TO MANAGE OUR PERMIT, TO OPERATE BARTON SPRINGS.
UM, LUCKILY THE AUTHOR OF THAT BILL LAND GRAPH, UH, LISTENED TO US ABOUT THESE CONCERNS AND HEARD US OUT AND WAS WILLING TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO NOT CREATE THAT DAMAGE.
THE BILL ULTIMATELY DID NOT PASS, BUT, UH, IF IT HAD PASSED, WE WOULD HAVE AT LEAST LIMITED THE APPLICABILITY TO OUR ABILITY TO OPERATE BARTON SPRINGS.
AND SOMETIMES AUTHORS JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF BILLS.
AND THAT WAS POTENTIALLY ONE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, AND THEN THERE WERE A NUMBER OF BILLS THAT EITHER DIDN'T AFFECT THE CITY OR HAD A NEUTRAL OUTCOME.
UM, SB THREE IS ON HERE BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THERE WAS LANGUAGE IN THAT BILL.
AND LET ME PULL UP FROM MY OWN NOTES SO I CAN GIVE YOU MORE DETAIL ON THAT ONE.
UM, ONE SECOND
UM, THE, THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT IN THE STATE'S GENERATION, THE BILL WAS AMENDED TO NOT HAVE THAT.
SO IF, UM, INSTEAD WHAT STATE REGULATORS WILL DO, WE'LL REVIEW WHETHER THERE IS ENOUGH RESERVE POWER AVAILABLE, AND IF ADDITIONAL RESERVES FROM NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES ARE NECESSARY.
SO LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO LIMIT, UM, THE IMPACT OF THAT, THE IMPACT OF THE USE OF RENEWABLE SOURCES BY AAE.
AND SO THE BILL BECAME NEUTRAL MORE NEUTRAL TO THE CITY.
AND THEN THERE WAS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS RARE, BUT THERE WERE, UH, THE OTHER BILLS THAT WE, YOU GUYS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN RELATED TO YOUR CHARGE IS, UH, THE HB 2225 AND SB 22 4 2 24.
AND AGAIN, LET ME PULL UP MY NOTES TO GIVE YOU THE DETAILS ON THAT ONE.
IT RESTORED THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT'S ROLE IN SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT OR THE TEXAS WATER TRUST.
IT'S A DIRECT THE WILDLIFE DEPARTMENTS TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN EXPANDING THE USE OF TEXAS AS WATER TRUST TO PRESERVE IN STREAM FLOWS AND THE STATE'S RIVERS AND FRESHWATER INFLOWS TO OUR COASTAL BAYS.
SO THAT WAS A PART IS POSITIVE STEP.
WE WERE ALSO VERY HAPPY TO SEE SB 2 24 PATHS, WHICH SIMPLIFIED SNAP CERTIFICATION AND RECERTIFICATION FOR SENIORS AND DISABLED.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL KEEP MORE OF THAT POPULATION ENROLLED IN SNAP ELIGIBLE FOR SNAP AND EXPANDED IN THAT WAY.
ON THE OTHER END, AGAIN, JUST LIKE YOU SAW THE BANK OF AMERICA, THEY ALSO PASSED A SIMILAR BILL ABOUT, UH, FOR COMPANIES THAT HAVE A FOSSIL FUEL BOYCOTT.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A TREND THAT YOU'LL SEE GOING OUT INTO THE VARIOUS F YOU KNOW, AREAS.
AND SO NO LONGER ALLOWING STATE CONTRACTS WITH COMPANIES THAT HAVE A FOSSIL FUEL BOY CON I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY OFFHAND WHICH COMPANIES THOSE ARE, BUT I DID WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS NEXT SLIDE
SHE'S GOT 10, SHE'S GOT JUST A FEW MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT WE CONSIDER A PART OF OUR OUTER DELEGATION TRYING TO PASS SOME ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY LEGISLATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, UH, GOODWIN, AN ECKHART HAD FILED BILLS ON THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
AND EITHER BILL RECEIVED A HEARING, UM, WE DISCUSSED, UH, PRIOR BOTH THE GAS PREEMPTION BILLS, HB 1501 BY DEAN AND SB 1261 BY BIRDWELL THAT BIRDWELL BILL.
UM, IT DID GO FURTHER ALONG THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD, BUT IT ULTIMATELY DID NOT PASS, BUT THAT ALSO HAD A STRONG LANGUAGE ABOUT PREEMPTING AND ABOUT WHETHER CITIES CAN DIRECTLY.
AND THEN THERE'S THAT LANGUAGE WE TALKED ABOUT OR INDIRECTLY INFLUENCE, UH, GAS EMISSIONS AND SO FORTH.
IT'S VERY HARD TO KNOW WHAT INDIRECTLY INFLUENCED MEANS, NOT AND VAGUE AND, UM, THEREFORE DIFFICULT FOR CITIES TO KNOW WHAT THE CORRECT REGULATION OR WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO OR NOT TO, BUT THAT BILL DID NOT PASS NEXT SLIDE.
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SO THAT SUMMARIZES WHAT WE JUST CAME OUT OF.I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO TOUCH ON ALL THE AREAS THAT THIS COMMITTEE IS INTERESTED IN.
WE ARE IN THE FIRST SPECIAL SESSION.
UM, WE HAVE SOME ITEMS IN THE APPENDIX ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE CALL, INCLUDING THE ARTICLE 10 FUNDING, WHICH THAT FUNDING IS FOR NOT ONLY THE EMPLOYEES OF ALL THE ELECTED MEMBERS, BUT IT'S ALSO THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD THAT OPERATES THE BUDGET.
IT'S ALSO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT DRAFTS THE BILLS AND EVEN THE REFERENCE LIBRARY, WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE POOR EMPLOYEES HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
BUT IN ALL THERE'S 2,500 EMPLOYEES IN ARTICLE 10 THAT HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO THIS VETO.
UM, WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A PLAN IN PLACE TO, UM, TAKE CARE OF THEIR FUNDING IF THIS SPECIAL SESSION, IF IT DOESN'T OCCUR IN A SESSION, UM, THERE IS POTENTIALLY A DEADLINE, THE, THE TAKES EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE DOES.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT AS YOU ALL KNOW, DEMOCRATS BROKE QUORUM.
SO RIGHT NOW THE SENATE IS CONDUCTING WORK, BUT NOT MUCH WORK AND THE HOUSE IS NOT CONDUCTING ANY WORK AND THEY'RE JUST MEETING AND, AND THEN RECESSING.
UM, WE WILL PROBABLY, THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID, HE'LL CALL ANOTHER SESSION.
I IMAGINE THAT HE WILL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLANS FOR THE DEMOCRATS IN DC ARE.
I, AND I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE HERE DOES.
UM, AND THEN WE STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH REDISTRICTING, ALTHOUGH THAT COULD BE DONE BY THE COURTS.
AND THEN THERE IS THE FEDERAL FUNDS COVID FUNDS.
THE STATE GOT RECEIVED JUST LIKE THE CITY RECEIVED FUNDS THAT THEY NEED TO DISPERSE.
THEY ARE ALSO ENDED UP WITH A SURPLUS IN THEIR BUDGET TO DISPERSE.
AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S THE TALK NOW OF THE 13TH CHECK FOR THE RETIRED TEACHERS AND ALL THESE INITIATIVES NOW TO SPEND THAT MONEY.
UM, SO THERE'S, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS.
IT'S A BIG CRYSTAL BALL OF UNKNOWNS AND, UH, WE'LL ALL FIND OUT.
AND AT THIS POINT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT OVERVIEW.
UM, WHO HAS QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COUPLE, BUT WANT TO SEE WHAT OTHERS HAVE FIRST? ALL RIGHT.
KAREN, WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY? SOMETHING JUST, THANK YOU.
DO YOU THINK, UM, I GUESS KIND OF BACK TO THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, THE BANKS, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I DO FIND THAT TO BE A REALLY KIND OF DISAPPOINTING, UH, MOVE FOR THE STATE TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, AT A TIME WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, ACTIVISTS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE DIRECTLY CALLING FOR BANKS TO GET OUT OF FUNDING, FOSSIL FUELS, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, I FEEL LIKE IT HAS RAMIFICATIONS, WHICH I'M SURE ISN'T OBVIOUSLY AS INTENTIONAL.
UM, BUT I AM WONDERING, YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY HAS EVALUATED, LIKE, IS THAT LIKE A, A LAW THAT IS LIKELY TO WITHSTAND LEGAL CHALLENGE, YOU KNOW, HAS, HAS ANY ANALYSIS HAS BEEN DONE ON THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, I AM AN ATTORNEY, BUT I'D BE WAY OUTSIDE MY LANE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT.
I, AND I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE PURSUING AGAIN OR WHETHER THE DAMAGES, LIKE, EVEN MORE WITH THE COMPANIES THAT WILL BE BOYCOTTED BECAUSE OF THAT.
UM, YEAH, I GUESS I'M, I GUESS IF THERE, IF THERE IS ANY ANALYSIS BEING DONE, CAN THIS COMMITTEE GET UPDATED ON, ON THAT IN THE FUTURE? AND CAN SOMEONE REMIND ME THE DATE THAT THESE THINGS, THESE LAWS IS NEW LAWS? SEPTEMBER ONE, THANK YOU.
UM, WHETHER IF THERE, SO ZACH, ZACH, AND I CAN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY DOES ANYTHING THE MOST THAT'LL BE ANNOUNCED IS THAT THERE IS A LAWSUIT FILED.
I DON'T THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY WILL SHARE A ATTORNEY, CLIENT, UM, ANALYSIS ON IT.
UM, BUT ZACH, YOU AND I CAN TALK LATER.
I MEAN, AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WOULD HAVE TO WEIGH ON WEIGH IN ON MORE THAN ME.
I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S IT'S BANKS, WHAT IS GOING TO BE NEXT? IF THE CITY IS TRYING TO USE LOW CARBON CONCRETE, IS THAT GOING TO BE OUTLAWED? UM, I DON'T KNOW.
IT SEEMS LIKE AN OVERREACH TO ME, BUT I'M NOT AWARE.
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IT SEEMS JUST PURELY POLITICAL, BUT I GUESS THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S ILLEGAL.UH, I GUESS, UH, AND MAYBE THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE MORE OF A CONVERSATION WITH LEGAL, BUT I KNOW WE'VE STARTED TO HAVE SOME, UH, CONVERSATIONS, UH, AT THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND, UH, SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS WORKING GROUP AROUND GETTING, UH, WHAT, IF ANYTHING, UH, HB 17, YOU KNOW, MEANS FOR THE CLIMATE PLAN AND LOOKING AT THAT LEGISLATIVE INTENT, UH, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HOW IT DIVERGES FROM THE TEXT OF THE BILL.
SO JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON THAT TOPIC.
ZACH, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT FIRST? AND I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO YOUR OFFICE BRIEFLY ABOUT MOVING FORWARD, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS TO UPDATE THIS COMMITTEE ON THAT.
OH, I MEAN, I THINK THE QUESTION WAS KIND OF FOR YOU, LIKE, IF YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT, SO IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION CORRECTLY AND LET ME SEE IF I DO, I DON'T KNOW THE MAIN EFFECT ON THE, I ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU CAUSE I I'VE TALKED BRIEFLY TO WHAT SHE ABOUT IT.
I DON'T KNOW, IN TERMS OF KNOWING THE ENTIRE CLIMATE PLAN, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO SPEAK TO THE ENTIRE PLAN ABOUT THE EFFECT OF THE LEGISLATION ON THE PLAN.
I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE LEGISLATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE EFFECT OF THE LEGISLATION ON YOUR PLAN RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT LET ME AGAIN, FOLLOW UP WITH ZACH AND CHIA ABOUT THAT TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER BACK ON THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY I WAS ASKING IF YOU, I ASSUME YOU ARE AWARE OF THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT WAS, UH, ENTERED INTO THE HOUSE JOURNAL, LEGISLATIVE INTENT ON THAT BILL.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY CONFUSING TO ANYBODY READING THE BILL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO THIS OTHER DOCUMENT FOR ADDED INTERPRETATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT, WELL, I DO THINK IT HELPS THOUGH.
AND SO GOING BACK TO THAT, AND THAT WAS CLARIFIED ON BOTH SIDES.
I DO THINK THAT THEY, SO WHAT SHE'S SPEAKING ABOUT IS THAT THERE WAS LEGISLATIVE INTENT ON THE FLOOR ABOUT THAT.
IT WAS THAT THE HB 17 DID NOT SEEK TO PREEMPT, UM, CITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM INCENTIVIZING, UH, OTHER SOURCES OTHER THAN GAS.
AND SO THERE, THAT WAS CLEAR THAT WHAT LEGISLATIVE INTENT WAS ESTABLISHED.
AND SO I THINK WE'RE STILL WE'RE.
I THINK WE DIDN'T NEED A PROCEED AS IT WAS LAID OUT ON THAT.
SO, AND IF THAT THERE IS A, UM, ATTEMPT TO INTERPRET THAT LAW DIFFERENTLY THAT COULD POSSIBLY END UP IN THE COURTS AND THEN BACK IN THE LEGISLATIVE REALM, BUT BASED ON THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATORS, I DO THINK THAT'S SIGNIFICANT WHAT THE LEGAL IMPACT OF THAT LEGISLATIVE IMPACT WOULD HAVE IN A, UH, A LAWSUIT.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO, AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE LAW, BUT WE DID, WE DO HAVE THAT INTENT AS WE REPORTED OUT TO YOU ALL.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? REALLY LIGHT BREAKOUT.
I WAS WONDERING ABOUT SB 1 7, 2 8 REGARDING THE, UM, SEE THE TAX SKI ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
I DON'T THINK I, IF MY MEMORY SERVES, I DON'T THINK THAT PASS.
OH, I REMEMBER READING AN ARTICLE ABOUT THAT.
THAT PART OF WHAT HAPPENED IS I THINK TESLA SPEARHEADED, UM, THERE WERE, IT, WASN'T JUST THE LIBERALS WHO WROTE IN WHO DIDN'T WANT THAT.
I THOUGHT IT COULD THINK IT WAS AN NPR ARTICLE, NPR ARTICLE, SOMEBODY, THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT, THERE WAS WIDESPREAD, UM, DESIRE NOT TO PASS THAT.
AND THAT A LOT OF THE MORE THE AREAS OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN, THEY HAD PEOPLE WHO HAD CARS WHO CAN BE PROGRESSIVE OR, YOU KNOW, CONSERVATIVES WRITING IN, UM, IN OPPOSITION TO THAT.
AND THERE WAS A POINT OF ORDER.
UH, IT'S WHAT IT WAS, IT WAS A POINT OF ORDER BY REPRESENTATIVE SLAYTON, WHICH IS INTERESTING.
SO REPRESENTS LEIGHTON WAS MORE KNOWN FOR TRYING TO AMEND ANTI-TRANS GENDER LANGUAGE ONTO EVERY BILL.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WOULD BRING THE POINT OF ORDER
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ON THIS LEGISLATION.SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S, WHERE THE STORY THAT YOU READ CAME FROM, BUT YEAH, MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT, BUT SO IT MIGHT COME BACK THEN OR IS IT DEAD, DEAD, DEAD NOW? I THINK THAT COULD COME BACK.
I MEAN, I THINK IN A, IN A FUTURE SESSION, I MEAN, THINGS COULD.
UM, WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN, BRI, YOU GUYS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK FIGHTING FOR THE CITY'S PRIORITIES.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP.
[2b) Austin Climate Equity Plan Update – Zach Baumer, Office of Sustainability (Discussion and/or possible action)]
ON.OUR AGENDA IS ZACH IS GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE PLAN PROCESS.
YOU GOT TO SHARE THOSE SLIDES.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A REALLY QUICK UPDATE HERE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN AND TAKING IT TO THE FINISH LINE.
THAT'S THE COVER, THE CUPBOARD.
SO JUST SOME QUICK REMINDERS, UM, TO THE WHOLE GROUP ON THIS.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME AND WE HAVE NUMEROUS, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE HERE THAT, UH, THAT WEREN'T HERE ALL ALONG.
SO WE STARTED BACK IN 2019 TO REVISE THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY CLIMATE PLAN.
IT STARTED WITH THE FULL ON A STEERING COMMITTEE AND ADVISORY GROUPS IN NOVEMBER, 2019 AND ACTIVELY MET THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2020.
SO IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR TO SORT OF COME TO FINAL, UM, COMPLETION OF, UM, OF THE SORT OF PROCESS, THE PLAN ADOPTION AND STALLED OUT AND JANUARY OF 2021 DUE TO TEXAS LEGISLATIVE CONCERN.
SO BRI FRANCO, WHO WE JUST HEARD FROM AS PART OF THE WHOLE CONVERSATION, UM, WITH CITY MANAGEMENT, UM, ABOUT BRINGING THE PLAN, UM, TO LIGHT AND ADOPTION DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICH COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY INCITED SOME MORE OF THOSE NEGATIVE BILLS TO BE PASSED.
SO WE WERE TOLD SORT OF PUT THE WHOLE PLAN ON HOLD.
UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THE FEEDBACK.
UM, WE HAD PUBLISHED THE ORIGINAL, UH, FIRST FULL DRAFT OF THE PLAN IN SEPTEMBER, 2020.
UH, WE DID A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
WE PRESENTED TO 25 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UM, WE WENT THROUGH NUMEROUS KIND OF INTERNAL REVISIONS WITH OUR STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE PLAN.
UM, AND WE ARE SORT OF STILL IN NEED OF PUBLISHING KIND OF LIKE WHAT'S THE FINAL, UH, LIST OF CHANGES MADE AND FINAL LIKE COMMENTS, UM, ON THE DOCUMENT.
UM, SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A MORE RECENT VERSION OF THE DRAFT PLAN, UM, JUST AS THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT A MINUTE AGO, DUE TO THIS HB 17 LEGISLATION, THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW DIFFERENT MEETINGS WITH THE SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS ADVISOR GROUP TO DISCUSS HOW EXACTLY THE PLAN SHOULD BE MODIFIED BASED ON THAT, UH, PREEMPTION LANGUAGE, UM, ON, UH, NOT BEING ABLE TO USE THE ENERGY CODE TO SORT OF PAY IN GAS CONNECTIONS OR, OR DICTATE, UM, IF A BUILDING COULD OR COULD NOT CONNECT TO A CERTAIN TYPE OF UTILITY.
SO WE'VE BEEN JUST GOING BACK THROUGH THAT SECTION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SAYING ANYTHING THERE THAT WOULD LIKE BE SEEN AS ILLEGAL.
UM, SO THOSE THINGS, UH, THOSE CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE RATS UP LIKE IN THE COMING DAYS.
AND THEN WE WILL RELEASE A DRAFT FINAL VERSION OF THE PLAN IN AUGUST.
SO WITHIN LIKE THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS, UM, AND THEN WHERE WE ARE WITH FINAL STEPS IS NOT ONLY ENGAGEMENT WITH CITY COUNCIL OFFICES ON, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE PLAN, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THEY'RE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE PLAN.
NOW, ME AND MY TEAM HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME ALREADY MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL OFFICES, BUT SOME TIME HAS PASSED NOW.
SO WE NEED TO SORT OF RE-ENGAGE WITH THEM THEN IN THE PATH THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO TAKE IS IN AUGUST WHEN WE RELEASED THAT DRAFT PLAN, UH, THE DRAFT FINAL VERSION OF THE PLAN, WE WILL FILE A REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION,
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WHICH IS, UM, WHAT YOU WERE, WHAT YOU FILE BASICALLY TO REQUEST THAT CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE PLAN.UM, AND, UH, THEN THE WAY THAT WE WOULD SORT OF MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, DISCUSSION WITH CITY COUNCIL IS WE WOULD PROBABLY PRESENT TO, UM, A CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION, WHICH, UM, IN CASE YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR.
SO THE COUNCIL ALWAYS SAYS WORK SESSIONS TWO DAYS BEFORE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SO, UM, AT, UH, ANY OF THE WORK SESSIONS, YOU KNOW, AFTER SORT OF MID AUGUST THROUGH SEPTEMBER, UM, WE WILL LOOK TO, TO GET ON A COUNCIL WORK SESSION AGENDA AND PRESENT THE PLAN TO COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, UM, THE FULL COUNCIL AND HAVE IT, ESPECIALLY WITH CITY COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE PLAN, WHAT THEIR QUESTIONS ARE.
SO JUST A REMINDER OF WHAT'S, UM, WHAT'S ALL IN THIS PLAN, UM, AND I CAN SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER, HAVEN'T SEEN THE, UM, THE, THE, UH, BLAST DRAFT THAT WE HAD OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, THERE ARE THESE FIVE SECTIONS, UM, IN THE PLANTS, SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS, TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRIFICATION, TRANSPORTATION, LAND, USE, NATURAL SYSTEMS AND CONSUMPTION.
UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST SORT OF CHANGES IN THIS PLAN, UH, ARE TWO THINGS.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS MOVING, UH, THE PROPOSED GOAL FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY EXISTING GOAL IS TO TRY TO GET TO NET ZERO COMMUNITY-WIDE EMISSIONS BY 2050.
AND WE'RE NOW PROPOSING IN THIS PLAN TO MOVE THAT UP 10 YEARS AND TRY TO AIM TO GET TO A NET ZERO COMMUNITY-WIDE EMISSIONS BY 2040 WITH LIKE A VERY STEEP REDUCTION CURVE.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF ENERGY MAKING SURE THAT THE PLAN FOCUSED ON EQUITY.
SO WE HAVE THESE EQUITY VALUES THAT WE DEVELOPED DURING THE PLANNING PROCESS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BAKED THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES IN, UH, IN THE PLAN IS THE CENTERING ON EQUITY AND TRYING TO ADDRESS SORT OF, UM, EQUITY ISSUES AND CLIMATE ISSUES, UM, IN CONJUNCTION.
SO OVERALL THERE'S THESE FOUR CROSS CUTTING STRATEGIES, 17 QUANTITATIVE GOALS AND 74 STRATEGIES THAT ARE DETAILED IN THE PLAN.
SO WE ARE NOW IS HERE IN JULY.
WE ARE, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE FINALIZING THESE, UH, MINOR CHANGES TO THE SUSTAINABLE BUILDING SECTION.
UM, WE HAD A STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO GET EVERYBODY KIND OF BACK ENGAGED.
THE STEERING COMMITTEE IS THE, UM, GROUP THAT KATIE AND KAVA AND ALBERTA ARE ON.
UM, THAT IS, UH, CITIZENS THAT ARE OVERSEEING THE SORT OF WHOLE PLANNING PROCESS.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, IN EARLY AUGUST, AND THEN WE'RE JUST MAKING THE FINAL TWEAKS TO THIS DOCUMENT.
SO, UM, THE KEY DATES REALLY, AND THE KEY DATES TO, TO TAKE THIS TO THE FINISH LINE FOR ADOPTION ARE AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
SO WE ARE ESSENTIALLY THERE NOW.
UM, AND WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF CITY MANAGEMENT TO TAKE US TO THE FINISH LINE.
SO WE WILL BE RELEASING THIS MEMO TO COUNCIL WITH CHANGES AND WITH THE DRAFT FINAL VERSION OF THE PLAN.
SO THAT WILL BE A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP TO GET THIS OUT THERE IN OTHER WORLD AND FILE THAT REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION, UH, AND, AND GET ON THIS, UH, CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION.
WE ARE AIMING FOR, UM, WE ON, UH, ON THE STAFF SIDE, WHEN WE FILE A REQUEST FOR A COUNCIL ACTION, IT'S FILED BETWEEN LIKE FOUR AND SIX WEEKS AHEAD OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WE ARE AIMING TO RELEASE THESE, THE DRAFT FINAL DOCUMENT IN, UH, AND FILE THIS RCA IN LATE AUGUST, UH, AIMING FOR THE SEPTEMBER 30TH COUNCIL MEETING FOR ADOPTION.
UM, SO ONCE WE WILL HAVE TO PUT THE PLAN OUT THERE AND SPEAK TO A COUNCIL WORK SESSION, THEN THERE WILL BE, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS, UH, FROM COUNCIL.
THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO MEET WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND, UH, AND WE WILL PRESENT ANYTHING WE HEAR BACK TO THIS GROUP, UM, AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY, YOU KNOW, CHANGES OR, OR THINGS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP BY THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ADDRESS.
AND THEN WE WILL AIM TO HOPEFULLY BE AT THAT SEPTEMBER 30TH MEETING, UM, HAVE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE PLAN AND THEN MOVE FORWARD TO COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, FULL SORT OF MOVE TO IMPLEMENTATION, VOTE AND COMMUNICATE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT LIKE THAT THIS IS NOW OUR NEW DIRECTION.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT OR WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, YOU PLEASE REMIND ME OF THE DATE OF THE AUGUST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, WELL, THE, SO THERE ARE, LET'S SEE, NOT FRESH IN MY HEAD.
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WE'RE AIMING FOR FOR ADOPTION IS SEPTEMBER 30TH IS ADOPTION SEPTEMBER 30TH.THERE ARE TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS AT THE END OF AUGUST.
UM, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE BUDGET PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
UH, THE BUDGET WILL BE ADOPTED AUGUST 11TH, 12TH, 13TH, AND THEN I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THERE ARE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ON AUGUST 26TH AND SEPTEMBER 2ND.
SO THAT'S SORT OF THE END OF AUGUST INTO SEPTEMBER.
THAT'S WHEN WE'LL RELEASE THE PLAN, IT'D BE AIMING FOR A, UM, COUNCIL WORK SESSION AROUND THAT TIME.
AND THE NEXT ONE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEETING IS AUGUST 25TH.
YOU ARE THERE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, CELEBRATIONS, UH, AND CITY HALL, IF YOU, IF YOU SEE KATIE COIN AND KATIE POINT IS TRYING TO REJOIN THE MEETING.
JUST TO CLARIFICATION ON WHAT WAS THE, UM, FROM ZACH, UM, WHAT WAS THE AUGUST 25TH DATE? WHAT HAPPENS THEN? UH, WELL, AUGUST 25TH IS THE NEXT MEETING OF THE DRUG SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE AND THAT IS OKAY.
THE, THE TWO CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSIONS THAT WE WILL LIKELY BE AIMING, THAT, THAT WE MAY BE MEETING THAT WE MAY BE PRESENTING THIS PLAN AND DISCUSSING THIS ON OUR EITHER AUGUST 24TH OR AUGUST 31ST.
SO, UM, YEAH, THERE WILL BE NUMEROUS THINGS HAPPENING AROUND THAT TIMEFRAME AGAIN, JUST TO RECAP, IT'S THE SEPTEMBER 30TH MEETING AT WHICH THE CITY IS THE CITY COUNCIL, SEPTEMBER 30TH MEETING AT WHICH YOU'RE HOPING TO GET ADOPTION OF THE PLAN.
AND I GUESS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING THAT, UH, THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, AND I THINK, UH, WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO POTENTIALLY WORK ON AS A COMMITTEE IS SOME SORT OF, UM, RESOLUTION THAT IS FOCUSED ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN ALONG WITH ADOPTION.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT COULD LOOK NUMEROUS WAYS, BUT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AND THAT I THINK THAT THIS BODY HAS EVEN SUPPORTED IN THE PAST RECOMMENDATION AND, UH, YOU KNOW, INCLUDES HAVING A CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOCUSED ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN, POTENTIALLY EXPANDING THIS COMMISSION, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, ADD CAPACITY AND PERHAPS, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME MORE KIND OF OUTWARD POSITIONS RIGHT NOW.
OPRAH IS KIND OF THE ONLY ONE WHO IS NOT A REPRESENTATIVE OF SOME OTHER CITY COMMISSION.
SO, UM, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PERHAPS EVEN JUST FORWARD WHAT WE ALREADY, UH, YOU KNOW, PASSED, I THINK LAST YEAR ON THAT TOPIC.
UM, OR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ANY, ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT TOPIC THERE, JUST TO PUT QUESTION, DOES THIS PLAN, IT MIGHT NOT BE THE RIGHT TIME OR PLACE, YOU KNOW, BUT I KNOW THE CITY NEEDS TO WORK ON IT.
DOES THIS PLAN INCLUDE ANY RESILIENCE MEASURES? UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THINGS THAT COULD BE USED TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CATASTROPHES, UM, LIKE SNOWPOCALYPSE, ET CETERA, THERE HAVE BEEN, UM, THE SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS ADVISORY GROUP HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE WINTER STORM AND ABOUT BUILDINGS OBVIOUSLY, AND THEIR, THE INTERCONNECTION OF THAT ISSUE.
SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN, THAT WERE, UM, ADDED TO THE SUSTAINABLE BUILDING SECTION ABOUT PASSIVE SURVIVABILITY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RESILIENCE OF BUILDINGS.
UM, BUT I GUESS MORE BROADLY THAT THIS IS NOT A FULL, THIS IS NOT THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE PLAN, BUT THERE ARE OTHER EFFORT, PARALLEL EFFORTS, LOTS OF WORK GOING ON ABOUT RESILIENCE, HUBS WORK TO HIRE A CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK HAPPENING ON RESILIENCE, BUT IT'S NOT IN THIS PLAN.
I REMEMBER SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT CAME OF IT.
THERE'S STILL, STILL, STILL HAPPENING.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON WHAT ZACH PRESENTED OR, UH, WHAT I SHARED ABOUT POSSIBLE CONSOLE RESOLUTION?
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I THOUGHT I'D LOVE TO HELP ON ANY WORKING GROUP THAT HAS STARTED AROUND THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALL ALREADY HAD ENVISIONED SOMETHING FROM LAST YEAR THAT YOU MIGHT ALSO SUBMIT, UM, WITH THE PLAN, BUT IF HE NEEDED ANY OTHER SUPPORT, I'D BE HAPPY TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU ON THAT.
I MEAN, DO YOU FOLKS THINK THAT WE SHOULD PERHAPS CREATE A WORKING GROUP, UH, OF THIS BODY TO, YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON THAT IN THE COMING? I GUESS IT COULD GO PAST A COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT AT LEAST TO GET THE BALL ROLLING.
WOULD OTHERS BE INTERESTED IN THAT IS DIANA.
MY PHONE IS THE LAST VIDEO BECAUSE I WENT TO 10%.
SO IT'S ALL GOOD FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, YOU WANT TO CREATE A GROUP TO HELP THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN AFTER IT GETS ADOPTED? WELL, I THINK, UM, IT COULD BE FOR AFTER IT'S ADOPTED, BUT I THINK ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, COULD, WHAT, WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, I THINK IN PAST MEETINGS OF THIS BODY, ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT ALSO AT THE STEERING COMMITTEE IS PERHAPS HAVING A RESOLUTION THAT IS ADOPTED ALONG WITH THE PLAN.
SO IT'S BASICALLY THE PLAN IS ADOPTED AND THERE'S THE IMPLEMENTATION RESOLUTION MOVING FORWARD.
SO THERE'S NOT, YOU KNOW, ANY MORE WASTED TIME AND WE CAN KIND OF JUMP, WE, WE, THE BIG WAY THAT CITY I'M GOING TO KIND OF JUMP RIGHT INTO DOING THE WORK.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AND IS THE THINKING THAT THAT RESOLUTION FROM OUR COMMITTEE WOULD HELP CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD SUPPLEMENT APPROVAL.
WE'D BE LIKE FRIEND OF THE COURT OR, YEAH, I THINK I WISH I HAD IT, UH, AND I, I COULD PICK IT UP HERE PROBABLY PRETTY QUICK.
UM, I THINK WHAT WE DID BEFORE WAS, WAS A RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY DO A VARIETY OF THINGS, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, ADOPT THE PLAN, UH, YOU KNOW, CREATE THIS NEW COMMITTEE, EXPAND THIS BODY TO GIVE OUT A CITY AND, AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE DIVERSITY IN THIS BODY AS WELL.
UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A COUPLE OF THE GOALS INITIALLY WERE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING IN WHAT WE RECOMMENDED, BUT I THINK THOSE WERE THE MAJOR THINGS WAS, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT CITY COUNCIL, UM, YOU KNOW, HAS KIND OF REGULAR, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THE PLAN.
SO IT, YOU KNOW, IS KIND OF TOP OF MIND MORE SO PERHAPS THAN, THAN THE CLIMATE PLAN HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.
AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, DIANA, BUT THE, THE REQUEST FOR COUNSEL ACTION THAT WE WILL PUT FORWARD AS STAFF IS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE PLAN.
UM, UH, BUT LIKE WHEN THE FIRST PLAN WAS ADOPTED COUNCIL THEN ALSO WOULD LIKELY PASS THEIR OWN RESOLUTION WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR DIRECTIVE AND THEIR POLICY DIRECTION ON HOW THEY WOULD WANT TO GO FROM HERE.
SO, SO MAYBE COULD HAVE A RESOLUTION ON THE, UM, ON THE PRESENTATION OR ON, ON WHAT'S ABOUT TO BE VOTED ON.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD HELP BOLSTER THE CASE BECAUSE THERE'S, I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST CITY STAFF AND CITY STAFF AND THIS COMMISSION, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND GIVE YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS TO CITY COUNCIL ON WHAT ELSE, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? YEAH.
SO I DID FIND THAT A RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED, WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT WAS IN, OH, ABOUT IT ALMOST A YEAR AGO, AUGUST 26TH, 2020.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR ME TO SHARE MY SCREEN IS THAT, THAT WAS ONE THING I CAN DO.
I THINK I COULD MAKE PRESENTED TO THE WRONG PERSON.
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JUST POPPED UP HERE.SO, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL BUNCH OF, WHEREAS THEN AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FIRST ONE IS ADOPT THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE AS SEX
SO YEAH, THAT, THAT PART WILL BE TO BE RELEVANT AND IN A RESOLUTION NOW, BUT A TWO, THREE AND FOUR STILL RELEVANT.
ANYBODY ELSE HAS THOUGHTS ON THIS? SO, YEAH, I WOULD, ESPECIALLY, THIS IS KAREN HADDEN.
I WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO HEAR PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS ON THE NEW COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, IF ANYBODY IS IN FAVOR OF THAT.
I THINK IF WE CAN DO SOME PREP WORK ON THE FRONT, END ON THIS, IT WILL BE HELPFUL.
AND WHILE I DIDN'T VOLUNTEER FOR THE COMMITTEE, I'D LOVE TO SEE WHERE THINGS ARE AT EVERY NOW AND THEN, UM, THROUGH THE PROCESS, IF, IF POSSIBLE.
WELL, I THINK IF WE WERE TO DO A WORKING GROUP, UH, DEFINITELY THAT BODY WOULD NEED TO REPORT BACK, UH, IN OUR REGULAR MEETINGS HERE.
UM, THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SPOKEN UP ON THIS, UM, ANY, ANY THOUGHTS ON IF WE SHOULD, UH, HAVE A WORKING GROUP TO, YOU KNOW, UM, TRIED TO MOVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS FORWARD, OR WE THINK THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THOSE IN SOME OTHER WAY.
UM, AND THEN MOVING FROM PLANNING LIMITATION, UM, CERTAINLY IN SUPPORT AND FOR YOU, BUT I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT I'M HAPPY TO BE A PART OF IT, BUT, UM, I THINK DOES THE WORKING GROUP ALLOWANCE TO INCLUDE BASICALLY THE STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ALSO WANT TO BE YEAH.
THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE WORKING GROUP IS ADVISE, GIVE US THAT FLEXIBILITY.
UM, I ALSO, UM, LIKE THE IDEA OF THE WORKING GROUP, UNFORTUNATELY, I WON'T BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF IT THAT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
WELL, I'M HEARING SUPPORT, I'M NOT HEARING OPPOSITION, SO I'M GOING TO PUT THIS ON THE FORM OF A MOTION THAT WE CREATE A WORKING GROUP, UH, FOCUSED ON, UH, INITIATING.
AND, UM, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY WORKING GROUP ON CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, IT WOULD BEGIN IMMEDIATELY STARTING WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, UH, CONTRIBUTE TO WHAT THE PROCESS WILL BE FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND PERHAPS CONTINUALLY, DEPENDING ON WHAT, UH, COUNCIL SETS UP IN TERMS OF OTHER BODIES THAT MIGHT BE FOCUSED ON IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, SO IN YOUR MIND AND MAYBE OTHER WORKING GROUP MEMBERS, UM, AND I SUPPORT THAT MOTION, BY THE WAY, ARE YOU THINKING OF DEVELOPING SOMETHING OF ABOUT THIS, UM, LIKE THIS IS A FAIRLY STRAIGHT FORWARD RESOLUTION THAT MAKES IT EASY TO WORK WITH AND TALK ABOUT, UM, IT'S BIG IDEAS, BUT IT'S WRITTEN WELL.
UM, ARE WE THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING SIMILAR IN TERMS OF STRUCTURE? I KNOW THAT OUR GOALS MIGHT CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.
ARE, IS THAT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING? THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION SINCE WE ALREADY ADOPTED THIS, THAT WE USE THIS, WE ADOPTED THIS, AND THEN I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS ALSO, UM, FOR THOSE WHO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER DON'T REMEMBER IF I WEREN'T HERE, UM, THIS ACTUALLY, UH, ORIGINATED AT THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND, UM, SO A SUBSET OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE WORKED ON DRAFTING THIS RESOLUTION AND THEN THIS BODY ADOPTED IT.
UM, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, BOSSES ASIDE FROM NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE
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PROCEDURALLY THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING, UM, IN TERMS OF ADOPTING IT THROUGH RESOLUTION, I WOULD SUGGEST WE KEEP ROLLING WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE, SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PHASE AND, YOU KNOW, THIS WORKS IN GROUPS, BUT I THINK THE MAIN THING THAT WE NEED TO DO NOW IS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING WITH THE VARIOUS COUNCIL OFFICES, TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, RECRUIT COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO GOING TO SERVE ON SOME NEW COMMITTEE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, CAN COME WITH AN EXTRA WORKLOAD, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, AND PROVIDE, BE A CONDUIT BACK TO THIS BODY, UM, KIND OF HOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS MIGHT GO.UM, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US WILL BE DOING THAT WORK REGARDLESS OF WORKING GROUP, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME WAY FOR US TO COORDINATE THAT CONNECTED TO THIS BODY.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? UH, YEAH.
I THINK BASICALLY YOU'RE THINKING OF SOMETHING SIMILAR IN TERMS OF SCOPE OR SIZE OF RESOLUTION.
I THINK THAT LIKE, SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UH, ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IS THE NEXT STEP THAT YEAH.
THAT I'M ENVISIONING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ALONG WITH THE CLIMATE PLAN.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE A SECOND.
DOES ANYBODY SECOND THIS MOTION OR WE SHOULD GO SECOND.
I'M NOT SURE IF TWO PEOPLE SPOKE OR NOT.
I DON'T, I DON'T, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYONE ELSE.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION.
UM, I THINK WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION.
UH, SO LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS.
IF YOU ARE ON SCREEN AND, UH, SUPPORT, UH, RAISE YOUR HAND, IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO BE ON SCREEN, UH, SAY YOUR NAME AND WHATEVER WAY YOU WANT.
UH, ALBERTA MESSIAH, IF YOU SPOKE, I COULDN'T HEAR BECAUSE MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE SPEAKING.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE? YEAH.
BURDEN BABY HEAVY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
UM, I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY JUST, UH, LIST HER AS, AS OFF THE DIOCESE FOR THE BOAT, UNLESS SHE CAN VIRTA SHE SAID SOMETHING.
I BET WE CAN GET IT CLARIFIED.
I THINK SHE SAID YES, BUT ALBERTO, ARE YOU HEARING US? CAUSE WE, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
WELL, IF SHE REJOINS US AND WANTS TO BE LISTED VOTING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, THEN, THEN YES.
I BEEN HERE, BUT HAVING A LITTLE PROBLEMS AND TRYING TO GET MY PHONE FROM DOWNS, UH, FROM GOING OFF.
SO BERTA, I FEEL YOUR PAIN I'VE BEEN THERE.
AND I'LL, I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THIS PHONE WORKING, BUT THE BATTERY IS LOW AND FOR SOME REASON THIS, UM, MY, MY, UH, PLUGIN CHARGER IT'S, IT'S NOT CHARGING, SO YEAH, I'M JUST CONSIGNED TO FIND ANOTHER ONE.
SO THAT'S WHY I HAD TO RUN AWAY AND THEN RUN BACK.
SO I'M TRYING TO FIND ANOTHER CHARGER.
I FIGURED THERE WERE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, SO, ALL RIGHT.
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LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.UM, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL REVIEW, UH, DUE THIS MONTH, UM, THANKS TO PHOEBE FOR, UH, REALLY DOING THE BULK OF THE LEGWORK AND GATHERING UP ALL OF OUR, UM, BASICALLY ALL OF OUR ACTIONS THAT WE HAD TAKEN OVER THE PAST YEAR.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I DID RECYCLE A LOT OF OUR, UM, KIND OF GOALS FOR THE COMING YEAR, BUT I DID MAKE SOME, SOME TWEAKS TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T INCLUDING ANYTHING THAT WAS NOT TIMELY ANYMORE.
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BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAIN AREA IN WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANYBODY.IF THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE ADDED OR THAT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH IN THERE, OR IF YOU SEE ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS MISSING OR ERRONEOUS, PLEASE SPEAK UP.
DID EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT? WOULD IT BE HELPFUL IF I SHOULD SHARE, UH, THE DRAFT AND THE SCREEN? OKAY.
WE ALSO HAVE IT HERE KIBO, SO WE CAN JUST PULL IT UP.
YEAH, I THINK IT DIDN'T LIKE IT, CAUSE THAT WAS LIKE OPINION AT THE SAME TIME I WAS TRYING TO, TRYING TO RUSH, RUSH THE COMPUTER DID NOT LIKE THAT.
SO I'M GOING TO JUST POP DOWN TO THE SECTION.
THAT'S ABOUT OUR GOALS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN THING.
THAT FEEDBACK WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO, LIKE I SAID, MOST OF THESE ARE RECYCLED FROM, YOU KNOW, THE YEAR THAT WERE JUST ENDING.
UM, SO IF ANYBODY TELLS LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM AREN'T RELEVANT ANYMORE, DEFINITELY LET ME KNOW.
HEY, ABOUT THE NUMBER ONE, FOUR, WHERE IT SAYS TO EXPAND OFFERS TO REDUCE THE EMISSIONS ETERNALLY.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE I UNDERSTAND INTERNALLY.
OH, I THINK YOU SAID ETERNALLY.
AND I WAS LIKE, AH, UM, INTERNALLY.
YEAH, I GUESS I WAS THINKING, UM, BOTH WITHIN THE CITY, LIKE CITY OPERATIONS.
UM, MAYBE I SHOULD JUST SAY THAT WITHIN CITY OPERATIONS AND, AND MAYBE ACTUALLY TELL YOU THAT IF WE'RE UPDATING THAT MAYBE JUST SAY EXPAND EFFORTS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS, EQUITABLY, BE EQUITABLY REDUCED OR EQUITABLY.
AND I FEEL LIKE YOU COULD JUST DELETE LEAD EFFORTS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS ON THE SECOND PART.
SO THEN IT'S JUST CITY OPERATIONS AND IN THE COMMUNITY, CAN I SIGN ON LINE 12 AND IT SAYS MAKE EQUITY A PRIORITY IN ALL OF THESE INITIATIVES? UM, CAUSE I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY PUT EQUITABLY AS A QUALIFIER IN OTHER ONES OF THESE TWO.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY 12 IS A GOOD CATCH-ALL.
SO JUST NOTING THAT SINCE WE ADDED IT TO NUMBER ONE, UH, YEAH, I WOULD AGREE THAT, UM, I THINK THAT WAS THE INTENT.
THAT WAS SOMETHING WE HAD IN LAST YEAR.
UM, ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE SHOULD REMOVE THE WORD THAT WE JUST ADDED REMOVE EQUITABLY FROM NUMBER ONE FIST? UH, WE'RE JUST POINTING OUT THAT WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT.
I'M POINTING IT OUT, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE EITHER REMOVE EQUITABLY FOR NUMBER ONE OR WE ADD EQUITABLY AND TO EVERY ONE OF THESE TO BE VERY CLEAR,
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JUST TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT, WE CAN REMOVE IT.I JUST SEEMED PERTINENT FOR THAT PLAN IN PARTICULAR.
ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, ISN'T ON THIS LIST THAT SHOULDN'T BE ON THIS LIST? UM, I CAN'T REALLY SEE EVERYBODY REAL WELL, SO I GOT IT.
I WOULD SUGGEST AN EDIT FOR NUMBER NINE, UM, TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT'S MORE AROUND SUPPORTING OF THIS FOOD SYSTEM.
I WOULD WANT TO SEE A BROADENED JUST WORDING ISN'T LACKING THE EXACT WORDING TONIGHT, BUT, UM, ELABORATE WITH AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY POLICY BOARD TO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL OR REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEM, INCLUDING CLIMATE FRIENDLY DIETS AND REDUCTION IN FOOD WASTE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, TO SUPPORT THE IT'S, NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEM TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, ENHANCE HOW ABOUT ENHANCED THE REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEM? OKAY.
DOES THAT LOOK GOOD TO YOU KAREN? IT'S IT'S BETTER.
ANY OTHER CHANGES OR EDITS HERE OR I SHOULD HAVE SAID CHANGES OR ADDITIONS.
UH, I'LL HAVE I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR A NUMBER SIX, THE ENDING WHERE IT'S AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS VISION? ZERO.
HOW ABOUT WORK TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT VISION C ROW AS WELL AS POLICY IS THE ONE.
SO MOVE VISION ZERO UP TO THE TOP OF THE SENTENCE.
IS THAT BECAUSE THE POLICIES THAT WE'RE EXPLAINING BELOW, OR, YOU KNOW, A PART OF THAT VISION ZERO PLAN.
SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED THEN RISERS, SHOULD WE TAKE OUT DEVELOP AND MORE IMPLEMENT? GREAT.
AND IS THIS GOOD BILL? WE WANT VISION ZERO POLICIES.
UH, AND THEN IT DOES THE REST OF THIS SENTENCE FLOW CORRECTLY AND JUST REMOVE AND IMPLEMENTED AGAIN.
I THINK, I THINK THE REST OF THAT SOUNDS GOOD THOUGH.
THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE YOU ALL WHO ARE, UM, WHATEVER, CLOSER TO SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES WEIGH IN.
SO ANYTHING ELSE, UH, THAT WE NEED TO EDIT BEFORE WE ADOPT THIS? ALL RIGHT.
ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
I'M GOING TO STOP SHARING SO THAT I CAN ACTUALLY SEE.
AND IF EVERYBODY WHO TO BE ON THE SCREEN CAN RAISE YOUR
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HAND TO SUPPORT IF YOU DO.AND IF YOU CAN'T BE ON THE SCREEN, PLEASE, MAYBE I'LL IN THE INTEREST OF NOT HAVING PEOPLE TALK AT ONCE.
DIANA, CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU, UH, SAY HOW YOU'D LIKE TO VOTE? OKAY.
CAUSE SHE MIGHT'VE LOST SOME BATTERY POWER AND NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK ANYMORE EITHER.
UM, KAREN HADN'T ASYA OTHER PEOPLE ARE HEARING ME.
DID YOU HEAR ME? I SAID I HAD TO GET UP.
UH, NO I DIDN'T BUT I HEAR YOU NOW.
UM, KAREN HADN'T CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, DIANA.
IF THEY COME BACK AND WANT TO CAST A VOTE, WE CAN DO THAT.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS CLEMMIE TO, UH, ADOPT THIS ANYMORE SO WE CAN FORWARD, UM, ALL RIGHT
[2d) Discussion on JSC Schedule Planning and Recommendation Tracking – (Discussion and/or possible action)]
ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION OF OUR SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.UM, AND, UH, THIS IS A POTENTIAL KIND OF CHANGE FOR US.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A SCHEDULE IN THE PAST, BUT, UM, KATIE PHOEBE, ZACH, AND I HAD SOME DISCUSSION AND THOUGHT THAT THIS MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF JUST KIND OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING ON TRACK OF ALL OF THE MANY TOPICS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE CLIMATE PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN PLANS.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT TOO, BECAUSE A PRESENTATION TO SHARE WITH US, WE'RE PULLING IT UP HERE IN A SECOND, SWITCHING OVER THE PRESENTER MODE, UH, IN THE MEANTIME, KAREN HADN'T AND DIANA, JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CARE TO VOTE ON THAT LAST ITEM, JUST LET ME KNOW.
I VOTE AYE, BUT I DO HAVE TO HAVE OFF NOW AND I APOLOGIZE.
WE'RE SEEING THE PRESENTATION.
UM, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO THIS CAME OFF OF A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH, UH, KATIE AND COHIBA AND SACK.
AND IT WAS REALLY ABOUT THINKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT HOW TO PLAN A FULL, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE YEAR AND THEN UPCOMING, UM, YEARS AND, AND REALLY GET A SCHEDULE THAT ALIGNS WITH THE GOALS OF, UM, THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THE INTERNAL REVIEW.
AND SO, UM, WHAT WE DID WAS PUT TOGETHER A SPREADSHEET THAT TRACKS THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED IN, IN THE PAST YEAR BY THE COMMITTEE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPS IT A FRAMEWORK FOR PUTTING IN FUTURE ACTIONS.
AND, UM, THIS WILL HELP IN FACILITATING, YOU KNOW, ANNUAL REPORT AND ALSO KEEPING TRACK OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS AFTER, UM, ANY RECOMMENDATION IS TAKEN, YOU KNOW, DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT HAS LED TO ACTUAL ACTION IN, IN, IN THE CITY OR COMMUNITY AND OTHERWISE.
AND SO THAT WAS THE CONTEXT OF HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
IT'S JUST A WAY FOR US TO, UM, BETTER PLAN THE YEAR AND, AND SCHEDULE SPEAKERS AND SESSIONS AND ALL THAT DURING MEETINGS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, TRACK ANY AFTER ACTION FROM THE MEETINGS.
SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO, UH, I MENTIONED THERE WAS A SPREADSHEET THAT WAS DEVELOPED WITH, UM, BASICALLY THINKING ABOUT THE TOPIC AREAS AND THEN THINKING ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND TRACKING PROGRESS.
AND SO I CAN PULL UP THAT SPREADSHEET NOW, UM, IF Y'ALL WANTED TO TAKE A PEAK, UM, BECAUSE THERE WERE A COUPLE OF, I THINK, QUESTIONS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AS TO LIKE WHAT, HOW WE WOULD ORGANIZE THE TOPIC AREAS.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT AND READ THAT VERY WELL.
UM, BUT BASICALLY THERE'S, THERE'S TWO TABS HERE AND THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, JUST THE, YOU
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KNOW, THE MEETINGS.THE FIRST ONE IS ACTUALLY THIS MEETING, SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT IF YOU OPEN THE SHEET, I CAN'T SEE IT.
I THINK I'LL PROBABLY JUST SHARING JUST ONE APPLICATION.
SO YOU'D HAVE TO GO TO SHARE THAT.
YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE TO PROBABLY EXIT AND THEN MAYBE OPEN UP THE SPREADSHEET.
THERE MIGHT BE AN OPTION TO JUST LIKE SHARE YOUR DESKTOP AND THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO SWITCH FROM ONE APPLICATION TO THE OTHER, BUT I'M NOT SURE
CAN YOU SEE THE SPREADSHEET NOW? OKAY, PERFECT.
YEAH, WE HAD TO BASICALLY EXIT OUT OF THE OTHER ONE AND GO INTO THIS ONE.
SO HERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, UM, IT'S JUST THE DATES AND THEN THE TOPIC AREAS.
AND SO I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU ALL WAS WHETHER WE WANTED THE TOPIC AREA TO BE, YOU KNOW, VERY, UM, LIKE EITHER ALIGNED WITH THE TOPICS IN THE, IN THE CLIMATE PLAN AND ANY OTHER ONES.
SO TOPIC AREAS, BEING ENERGY, WATER, ET CETERA.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER OPTION, WHICH I THINK IS, IS WHAT THE PULL-OUT PULL DOWN MENU IS RIGHT NOW, UM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY HAVING IT, UM, ORGANIZED BY DEPARTMENT WHERE EACH MEETING WOULD FOCUS ON A SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT AND ANY INITIATIVES THAT ARE BEING DONE BY THAT DEPARTMENT AND THEN BRINGING IN SPEAKERS FROM THAT.
UM, AND THEN FIGURING OUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AFTERWARDS, IF THERE ARE ANY, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE DONE DURING THAT MEETING AND, UM, YEAH, ANY APICAL DEPARTMENTS FOR WHICH THAT RECOMMENDATION WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, AFFECT.
UM, YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE THE LINK FROM THE, FROM THE POWERPOINT THAT WAS PROVIDED OR THE PDF THAT WAS PROVIDED, BUT I THINK I'LL STOP NOW.
AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF KAYLA, YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF YOUR THOUGHTS AND TRY TO GET SOME, SOME INPUT ON THIS TAB BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THERE ARE PROS AND CONS OF GOING KIND OF IN EITHER OF THOSE TWO DIRECTIONS, UH, THAT TB JUST DESCRIBED.
YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PRO OF, OF GOING BY TOPIC AREA IS, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY YOU COULD HAVE A MEETING, YOU KNOW, THAT IS FOCUSED PRIMARILY JUST ON ONE SUBJECT AREA AND REALLY GETTING DEEP DIVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE BENEFIT OF HAVING A DEPARTMENT COME IN AND KIND OF DO AN UPDATE ON ALL OF THEIR ACTIVITIES, THOSE THAT ARE WITHIN MAYBE WHAT'S CONSIDERED THEIR CORE MISSION, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT AREN'T.
SO, YOU KNOW, EVERY DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE DOING THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WASTE DIVERSION, FOR EXAMPLE, INTERNALLY.
UM, AND SOME OF THEM PROBABLY SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT PROVIDING RECEPTACLES FOR THE PUBLIC, IF THEY'RE PUBLIC FACING.
UM, BUT THAT'S NOT MAYBE THAT IT'S NOT THE CORE MISSION OF EVERY DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS TRYING TO THINK THROUGH IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE TRY TO GET INTERNAL CITY OPERATIONS, UM, KIND OF COORDINATED WITH EACH OTHER, UM, AND ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY BEST, I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ONE RIGHT ANSWER THERE, BUT JUST SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.
AND I'LL ALSO SAY THAT WHILE I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO HAVE SOME SORT OF SET SCHEDULE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE I DO THINK WE ALL SIGNED TO DO STAY FLEXIBLE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY MOST OF OUR AGENDAS WOULD ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN ITEM OR TWO THAT MAYBE IT'S OUTSIDE OF WHATEVER THE CORE TOPIC IS FOR MONTH SO THAT WE CAN ALSO BE, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIVE TO WHATEVER IS HAPPENING.
BUT, UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS KIND OF AT THE START HERE.
I THINK THE LAST THING I'LL JUST ADD TO KILL EVA IS I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY FOLKS HERE WHO LIAISE WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, MORE IN DEPTH THAN WE CAN EVER GET TO AT THE JSE THAT I ALSO JUST SAW THIS LIKE AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH MEMBER OF JC TO ALSO TAKE A LITTLE MORE OWNERSHIP OVER SOME DEEPER DIVES INTO THE SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES THAT MAYBE EACH OF YOUR LIAISON DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING ON OR, OR, OR OTHERWISE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT I'M ALSO HOPING THAT THAT HELPS FOLKS TO REALLY FEEL ENGAGED, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST
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ON THIS COMMITTEE AND LIKE WE'RE BEING IMPACTFUL RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT SPEND FIVE MINUTES ON LIKE REALLY SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF, LIKE OCCASIONALLY, AND IT FEELS SUPERFICIAL AND IT'S THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT LIKE DOING THAT DEEP DIVE, I, I DUNNO.SO I, I GUESS LIKE THE OWNERSHIP AND THE BUY-IN FROM Y'ALL ON REALLY STEWARDING WITH STAFF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT DEBRIEF LOOKS LIKE.
AND, AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS ALSO AT LEAST PART OF MY INTENT.
PLUS ONE, AND TO ME THAT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SCROLL OVER TO, TO JAY, UM, TO CALL HIM J AND L AND THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE THE LIST OF EITHER TOPIC AREAS OR DEPARTMENTS.
SO THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO SEE KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND ONCE WE GET THESE LAID OUT, THEN YOU CAN DO A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE FUTURE PLANNING TO BE LIKE, OH, IN TWO MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL THINGS, FOOD SYSTEMS AND AGRICULTURE.
AND THEN THAT SORT OF GIVES KAREN SOME TIME SHE CAN TALK TO HER, HER GROUP.
I CAN TALK TO EDWIN, WE CAN SORT OF TRIANGULATE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE ORGANIZED REPORTING TO SORT OF MAKE SURE WE COVER ALL THE TOPICS.
SO, SO ANY, ANY THOUGHTS, UM, ON THESE TWO DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT WOULD BE WELCOMED HERE, AND I'M NOT ABLE TO SEE EVERYBODY AT ONCE.
SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, FEEL FREE TO SPEAK UP IN YOUR EYES, THIS IS KAREN MAGGOT.
SO I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU THIS DEEP DIVE, THIS APPROACH.
WHAT I ALSO, SO WE, ON THE FOOD POLICY BOARD DO AN ANNUAL STRATEGIC PLANNING WHERE WE'VE TRIED TO SORT OF MAP OUT OUR YEAR IN THIS WAY.
AND ONE THING THAT I, UM, FEEL LIKE WE ALSO PIN OUR CALENDAR TOO, CAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE MOST, IT'S ONE OF THE AREAS IN WHICH WE, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE IT'S, IT'S REALLY CRITICAL AS THE END IS THE CITY BUDGET.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IN A WAY LIKE THERE'S A TIME OF YEAR, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF A MOVING TARGET, BUT USUALLY WE KNOW IT'S LIKE MARCH, WE, WE NEED TO GET RECOMMENDATIONS APPROVED TO GET THEM INTO CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THAT GETS INTO THE PLANNING BECAUSE THAT TAKES US, YOU KNOW, THAT IDEALLY THAT TAKES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME, RIGHT.
THAT WILL MAKING ENOUGH SIGNIFICANT BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'D REALLY NEED TO DISCUSS THAT AND PROBABLY HAVE ITS OWN DEDICATED TIME.
UM, AND THEN OTHER THINGS RELATED TO LIKE BROADER CITY BUSINESS.
SO LIKE BUDGET, THIS LEGISLATIVE UPDATES I THINK HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY VALUABLE.
SO THERE'S SOME OTHER SORT OF TOPIC AREAS THAT ARE MORE GENERAL, UM, THAT I WOULD ALSO SAY NEED TO BE IN THE CALENDAR EXPLICITLY AS WELL.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
WE WERE GOING WITH THE KIND OF DEPARTMENTAL DEBRIEF.
WE HAVE ONE SLOT FOR OTHER, AND CERTAINLY I THINK THAT BUDGET, UH, WILL BE AN IMPORTANT ONE TO FILL IN THERE.
I WONDER KAREN, YOU MENTIONED SOME OTHER KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BROADER THINGS JUST, YEAH, I'M SURE I'M PROBABLY NOT THINKING OF SOMETHING.
ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN THINK OF NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, COULDN'T UM, THAT WOULDN'T FALL WITHIN LIKE DEPARTMENTAL ANY BRAVES BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE WERE THE TWO THAT CAME TO TOP OF MIND, BUT THAT'S ALSO BECAUSE WE'RE JUST IN THAT RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S OTHER, THE OTHER THING THAT WE ALWAYS RUN UP AGAINST IS THAT THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT COMES UP, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT, LIKE WHEN THERE'S GOING TO BE PROJECT CONNECT THINGS.
SO THERE'S, I MEAN, OF COURSE NOT SAYING THAT THIS IS WHERE SOMEHOW GOING TO BE LOCKED IN AND SKIP THOSE TOPICS, BUT IT LIKE YES, OF COURSE, SETTING OUT WITH THE BEST INTENTION TO MAINTAIN THIS, BUT ALSO TRYING TO PLAN IN A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, LIKE JUST ADAPTABILITY SO THAT IT, I DON'T KNOW.
OTHERWISE IT'S, YEAH, IT GETS FRUSTRATING WHEN WE KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING A TOPIC AND WE MISSED THAT TOP OF THAT MONTH.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S JUST BASED ON EXPERIENCE.
UM, BUT WE OFTEN HAVE THAT'S YEAH.
I DIDN'T, I WAS A LONG ANSWER FOR YOUR QUESTION AND I CAN'T RIGHT NOW THINK OF REALLY SPECIFIC OTHER THINGS BESIDES THOSE TWO THAT I MENTIONED, I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK
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AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH MIGHT BE ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT WE DON'T INTERACT WITH VERY MUCH THAT I THINK IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE THINK ABOUT.UM, AND THEN I, I THINK ALSO MAYBE, MAYBE EVEN SETTING UP SOME LIKE COMMON, LIKE EACH, EACH ONE OF THESE IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, WHETHER TOPIC OR DEPARTMENT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONSISTENT THINGS THAT WE WANT TO ASK.
FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU KNOW, THE OTHER DOCUMENT THAT WE JUST APPROVED IS LIKE PROMOTE EQUITY IN ALL THINGS LIKE MAKING SURE THAT ANYONE WHO'S PRESENTING TO US ON WHAT THAT DEPARTMENT IS DOING IS ANSWERING QUESTIONS AT THE INTERSECTION OF, OF EQUITY AND JUSTICE AND CLIMATE ACTION AND RESILIENCE.
LIKE, AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT TOPIC AREA WISE, WE NEED A SEPARATE CATEGORY JUST FOR EQUITY.
ALTHOUGH I THINK THE, HAVING THE EQUITY OFFICE ALSO ON OUR DEPARTMENTAL DEBRIEF WOULD BE GOOD.
BUT I THINK HAVING THAT AS A COMMON THEME, UM, THAT WE ASK EVERYONE TO SPEAK TO IS IMPORTANT.
I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID, KATIE.
UM, I MEAN THE ONLY THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS I LOVE THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND TALKING ABOUT KIND OF PLANNING OUT WHAT DOES OUR NEXT YEAR LOOK LIKE AND ENSURING THAT WE COVER ALL OF OUR BASES THROUGH OUR NEXT MEETINGS AND THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO OVERSEE.
SO THIS LOOKS GREAT TO ME, I'M IN FULL SUPPORT.
UM, I THINK I LIKED WHAT YOU SAID BEFORE ABOUT BEING FLEXIBLE WITH THE DATES AND THE DEPARTMENTS TOO, ON THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY COMMISSION.
WE TRIED TO PLAN EVERYTHING OUT FOR ALL OF OUR MEETINGS, BUT YOU KNOW, NEW THINGS COME UP, BUT WINTER STORM ERIE COMES UP OR SOMETHING HAPPENS AND YOU HAVE TO READJUST.
AND SO I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL THAT IT'S MAPPED OUT HERE SO WE CAN ADAPT AS WE GO ALONG THE PROCESS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPRIORITIZED AND WHERE CAN WE FIT THINGS IN IF WE HAVE A LOWER MONTH IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS THAT ARE CRUCIAL.
SO BEFORE WE KIND OF LOSE THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE MADE, I'M PHOEBE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE EDITS IN HERE, BUT I HEARD, UM, EQUITY OFFICE, WHICH I THINK MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
UM, MAYBE COULD PAIR THAT WITH OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, UM, BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE UPDATES, NOBLE, LEGISLATIVE.
I THINK WE COULD MAYBE DO THAT A LITTLE BIT AD HOC SINCE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT EVERY YEAR.
UM, AND THEN, OH, SOMEBODY MENTIONED PROJECT CONNECT, WHICH MADE ME THINK THAT MAYBE A LONG REALIZED THEY'RE NOT A CITY DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE LINKED.
UM, MAYBE TRY TO PUT THEM ON IN THE SAME MONTH IS TRENT COST OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE, WE ONLY HAVE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW, DO WE GENERALLY HAVE 12 MEETINGS IN A YEAR? WE HAVE 11.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME OF THESE NEED TO BE A PAIR WOULD NEED TO GET PAIRED UP, BUT, UM, I AGREE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO MISS THINGS THAT, WHAT ELSE DID I MISS? DID SOMEBODY BREAK, MAKE ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION FOR ADDING? IS THAT IT? DID YOU SAY CAP METRO? IS THAT THE ONE I'M MISSING? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SOMEHOW I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE, MAYBE THAT'S OKAY.
UM, MAYBE, DO YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS TO SHARE WITH US ON THIS OR IS THIS KIND OF WHERE WE NEED TO? UM, SURE.
SO THE, THE SECOND TAB IS, UH, RECOMMENDATION TRACKING.
AND SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE SECOND TAB.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT THE RECOMMENDATION AND THE DATE, AND THEN JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT, UM, THE OUTCOMES FROM THE, THE RECOMMENDATION WERE TO BE AS WRITTEN AND THEN THERE'S A STATUS OF LIKE ONGOING OR COMPLETE.
AND, UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SCROLL OVER TO, UH, WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE STATUS LEGEND RIGHT THERE, UM, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL ABOUT, UM, WHAT EACH OF THOSE, UM, STATUS IS MEAN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, SUPER OPEN TO KIND OF EDITING THAT BASED OFF OF CATEGORIES Y'ALL THINK WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE, BUT THIS WAS JUST A SAMPLE WHERE I, YOU KNOW, WENT THROUGH AND FILLED OUT ALL OF THE, THE ACTUAL RECOMMENDATIONS, MADE SOME KEYNOTES ON SOME ACTIONS.
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CON YOU KNOW, FILLED OUT MORE COMPLETELY, BUT WANTED TO JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE AND GET ANY FEEDBACK OR CHANGES ON THAT.UM, YEAH, THIS IS, I THINK A REALLY HELPFUL TOOL FOR US TO HAVE, BECAUSE SO OFTEN I THINK WE'VE SEEN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO CRAFTING THEM SOMETIMES.
AND THEN, UM, WE, WE FORGET ABOUT THEM AND MAYBE COUNCIL DOES SOMETHING MAYBE NOT TRACKING WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
ANYBODY HAS THOUGHTS OR SUGGESTIONS ON THAT'S THIS SOMETHING PEOPLE WOULD FIND HELPFUL AS WE DO OUR WORK HERE.
I WISH THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY COMMISSION HAD THIS AND I'M DEFINITELY TAKING, TAKING NOTES AND GOING TO SEND THEM BACK TO THEM.
AND I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE WILL PROBABLY JUST PROVIDE A LINK AND JUST INCLUDE THIS WITH EVERY, LIKE THE LINK TO THIS ONGOING SPREADSHEET, JUST IN ALL OF THE AGENDA.
SO, AND CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH THE TOPICS YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR COMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED AT POOL.
IT'LL JUST BE ALWAYS AVAILABLE JUST SO IT'S, IT CAN STAY TOP OF MY PER I LOVE IT.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND FOR DOING THE TRACKING ON THIS, BECAUSE I DO THINK IT WILL BE SO HELPFUL.
UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY, ANY DIVERGING THOUGHTS? UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF, IF NOT THEN, UM, WE CAN, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THESE IDEAS.
I'M NOT HEARING OPPOSITION TO HAVING US THE DOOR.
UM, I DO THINK WE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO, YOU KNOW, HERE, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE MAYBE KIND OF HONING IN ON SOMETHING THAT'S, UM, DEPARTMENT BASE, BUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ALSO WITH SOME TOPICAL, UM, KIND OF THEMES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T LEAVING THINGS BEHIND, UM, ANY, ANY THOUGHTS ANYBODY WANTS TO SHARE THERE THAT KIND OF HELP US, UM, YOU KNOW, KATIE AND MYSELF, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MONTHLY CHECK-INS, UM, WITH BETWEEN ZACH.
AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THIS AND, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, QUIET TO THOSE, UH, AGENDA SETTING MEETINGS, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT IN A WAY EVERYBODY SUPPORTS, OH BOY, I'M GOING TO TAKE SILENCE IS THAT PEOPLE ARE READY TO GO HAVE THEIR DINNER.
SO, UM, I, I LOVE ALL OF THIS AND WHENEVER WE DO DO MAKE A SUGGESTION, OR WE WANT TO INCLUDE A NOTE IF FROM THE LINK, IF WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE LINK AND WE WRITE IN OUR NOTES, SHOULD WE BE PUTTING OUR INITIALS DOWN OUR NAME DOWN TO PUT DOWN, WHO'S MAKING A NOTE OR WHO'S MAKING AN EDIT, OR, WELL, MAYBE IT'S A QUESTION FOR PHOEBE, BUT I'M GUESSING THAT THE ANSWER IS THAT WE CAN'T ALL BE WORKING IN THIS GOOGLE DOC FOR QUORUM AND THAT THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE PRESENTED TO US AS A VIEW ONLY.
AND SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SUGGESTIONS AND MEETINGS OR, UM, YOU CAN SEND SUGGESTIONS TO MAYBE, UM, OR MYSELF AND KATIE, SINCE WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER GENDA, UM, FOR ANY GIVEN MEETING.
BUT I THINK PROBABLY CAN'T WRITE THEM DIRECTLY INTO THIS DOCUMENT.
MAYBE SET YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU WERE SUGGESTING.
I MEAN, I, I KNOW THERE'S LIKE ISSUE WITH, YOU KNOW, SENDING AN EMAIL THREAD WITH EVERYONE.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT'S COLLABORATIVE SAC.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHTS? YEAH, I THINK I KIND OF AGREE WITH EVA THAT THIS, THE POINT OF THIS ISN'T REALLY
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WORKING THE POINT OF THIS IS YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.SO LIKE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, PHOEBE AND I WILL UPDATE THE RECOMMENDATION TRACKING.
YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S JUST SO YOU CAN SEE IT, THE PLANNING SCHEDULE, I THINK KIVA, KATIE, YOU KNOW, CO-CHAIRS AND CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, PB, AND I LIKE WE'LL HAVE CONVERSATIONS OR THE GROUP WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND THEN WE'LL JUST UPDATE, SCHEDULE A GAS.
SO IT'S MORE JUST TO LIKE KEEP ORIENTED IN YOUR MIND.
UH, BECAUSE I THINK THE GOING BACK TO THE BEGINNING CONTEXT ON THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'VE BEEN, THERE'S SO MANY TOPICS THAT THIS COVERS SO MUCH TIME PASSES AND IT'S LIKE, SOME OF IT GETS LOST ALONG THE WAY.
SO THE IDEA IS JUST TO KEEP US ALL.
OH YEAH, WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE MAP AND IT'S ALL RIGHT THERE.
APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.
ANY OTHER FINAL THOUGHTS ON THIS? OR SHOULD WE MOVE ON TO OUR FINAL AGENDA? ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANKS.
UH, YOU DID SOME GREAT WORK FOR US, SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
[2e) Commission members report back on any relevant discussions from their respective boards and commissions – (Discussion and/or possible action)]
ITEM IS A MISSION REPORT OR REPORTS BACK FROM YOUR RESPECTIVE COMMISSIONS.UM, SO ANYTHING YOU I'VE WORKED ON IN THE PAST, I GUESS TWO MONTHS SINCE WE MET, SO ANYTHING RELEVANT TO SHARE JUST REAL QUICK.
UM, THERE'S JUST BEEN SOME REORGANIZATION THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.
UM, THE, THAT WE'RE HEARING MORE AND MORE ABOUT, UM, THE, THE NEW DIRECTOR WHERE HE MIRALIS.
I MEAN, HE'S NOT THAT NEW, HE'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE, BUT HE'S BEEN WORKING TOWARD, UM, AND SO, SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT, LET ME KNOW.
UH, THERE'S ALSO A CHIEF ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER POSTING, UH, IT'S POSTED AS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR POSITION IN WATERSHED THAT, UH, IS POSTED RIGHT NOW IN CASE ANYONE WANTS TO PASS THAT ON.
ANYBODY ELSE COMMISSIONED SPEND MEETING? I KNOW THAT THERE'VE BEEN SOME CANCELLATIONS LATELY.
OURS WAS CANCELED LAST MONTH AND THEN OUR ONE TODAY, WHICH IS WHY I ALMOST COULDN'T MAKE THIS MEETING.
UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM AND IT WAS JUST HARD FOR THE SUMMER, SUMMER MONTHS WITH PEOPLE WHO CAN TRAVEL THING ABLE TO DO THAT.
BUT HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE AN UPDATE MAYBE LIKE A MONTH.
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CONVENTION HAS ALSO HAD A CANCELLATION AS DID THE ZERO WASTE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
SO THAT'S TWO OF US THAT, OKAY.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE? UH, ALBERTA, THE CIO, KAREN DANA, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SHARE? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA RAISE ONE QUICK THING ABOUT THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND, UM, THE ISSUES AROUND EVEN COVID TESTING AND VACCINATIONS AROUND THAT.
IT'S PRETTY, IT'S PRETTY MUCH INTERNAL RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT.
WHERE ARE WE GOING TO, WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE GOING TO GO? WHERE, AND, UH, ESPECIALLY SINCE NOW THOSE TWO ENCAMPMENTS HAVE BEEN, ARE, DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE A HOLD THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FRUSTRATION AMONG CITY STAFF, AND I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DID TO BRING THOSE, UH, SITES TO, TO THE PUBLIC.
AND NOW IT LOOKS POLITICALLY LIKE THEY'RE JUST GOING NOWHERE.
AND SO NOT SURE WHERE ALL, HOW ALL THAT'S GOING TO SHAKE OUT, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND, UM, IN YOUR, YOUR WORK, UH, AS YOU GO ALONG, YOU KNOW, AND DO THE THINGS THAT YOU DO, THAT THERE'S REALLY A TERRIBLE ISSUE AROUND THAT.
AND, AND I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS, UH, COMPRISE ABOUT 40% OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY, WE ARE LESS THAN 8% OF THE POPULATION.
SO IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S MORE THAN FIVE TIMES I'LL, UM, AND IT IS REALLY JUST
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TRAGIC.SO JUST KEEP THOSE THOUGHTS IN MIND.
ALBERTA APPRECIATE YOU ELEVATING THAT AS AN ISSUE THAT MAYBE, UM, MOST OF OUR COMMISSIONS AREN'T, UH, SUPER DIRECTLY FOCUSED ON, ALTHOUGH ARL HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK ON, YOU KNOW, BATTERY UP FOR THEM.
I THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, VERY UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES.
ANYBODY ELSE? UM, NOT, UH, IF ANYBODY HAS
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
AGENDA ITEMS AND THAT YOU WANT FOR THE UPCOMING AGENDAS, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE WILL MOVE INTO THIS KIND OF A SCHEDULE THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'LL COME TO FRUITION FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, NOT LIKE OUR BUS, EVERYONE SHOULD ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO STILL, YOU KNOW, SUGGEST THE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE TIMELY, BUT EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT, WE'LL GET THEM SCHEDULED THEN.WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL US.
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