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WE CAN GET GOING ATX AND IF Y'ALL ARE READY.[CALL TO ORDER]
HELLO EVERYONE.THE THIRD I'M CALLING TO ORDER THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE ROLL CALL.
UH, I'LL ASK EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, UH, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT MY LEFT TO RIGHT TO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND THE DISTRICT THAT THEY WERE APPOINTED TO REPRESENT BEGINNING WITH OUR FAR LEFT HERE AND OUR BRAND NEW COMMISSIONER.
HI, THIS IS COMMISSIONER CHRISTINA GARCIA REPRESENTING DISTRICT FOUR, MALCOLM YATES REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE.
AS I MENTIONED, NEHEMIAH PITS, A THIRD, AND I'M REPRESENTING DISTRICT ONE, DAVE LLOYD DISTRICT FIVE, AND THEN GOING TO ONLINE, UH, BEGINNING WITH OUR VICE CHAIR, EVEN AFTER DACA REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO.
AND NOW FOR COMMISSIONER DUSK.
I'M JUST GOING TO GO ON THE ORDER OF THE SCREEN.
I SEE HERE, I'M A, DASGUPTA REPRESENTING DISTRICT 10 AND COMMISSIONER ISLAND, UM, MAXINE ISLAND REPRESENTING DISTRICT SEVEN.
GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH WITH THAT.
THEN WE'LL PROCEED IN OUR AGENDA.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
IS PUBLIC COMMUNICATION GENERAL AND WE HAVE THE WONDERFUL ADVANTAGE OF HAVING A CITIZEN SIGN UP.SO WITH THAT, THEN IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE MS. ROSENTHAL, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
HI, UH, THANK YOU, CHAIR PITS AND COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS COURTNEY ROSENTHAL.
UH, MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER HERS? UM, SO YOU KNOW, UH, I'M A FORMER MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION.
I SERVED FOR 12 YEARS UP TO 2014.
UM, CURRENTLY I'M ON THE LIBRARY COMMISSION.
ALTHOUGH MY PRESENCE TONIGHT IS UNRELATED TO THAT.
I WISHED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY AHEAD THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM YOUR INVOLVEMENT.
UH, THIS RELATES TO TWO REPORTS BEING PREPARED BY CITY STAFF, CONCERNING CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY.
BACK IN MARCH, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT DIRECT CITY STAFF TO PREPARE REPORTS ON THESE MATTERS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF PUBLIC INTEREST AT THE TIME THEY GENERATED SIGNIFICANT MEDIA COVERAGE, BOTH NATIONAL AND LOCAL, A ONE K EXXON NEWS STORY, FRAMED IT AS AUSTIN CONSIDERING WHETHER IT WOULD BECOME A QUOTE CRYPTO CD AND QUOTE.
NOW THAT THE REPORTS ARE COMING, DO I THINK THERE SHOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION THAT'S IN THEM? UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO PUBLIC PRESENTATION PLANNED.
THEY JUST WOULD BE ISSUED AS MEMOS TO COUNSEL GIVEN THE INTEREST AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THESE ISSUES.
I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME PUBLIC VISIBILITY INTO THESE REPORTS.
THEREFORE, I RESPECTFULLY PROPOSE THAT YOU REQUEST THE BRIEFING FROM CITY STAFF ON THESE REPORTS AND THEIR FINDINGS.
I THINK THIS COMMISSION IS ESPECIALLY WELL-SUITED TO RECEIVE THIS BRIEFING.
YOU'RE USED TO EVALUATING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND HOW THEY MAY BENEFIT OUR RESIDENTS.
MOREOVER, YOU ARE ESPECIALLY ADEPT AT EVALUATING THESE THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS.
ONE REASON I'M CONCERNED IS BECAUSE SHOULD AUSTIN CHOOSE TO ACCEPT PAYMENTS IN THE FORM OF CRYPTOCURRENCY? IT WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO RESIDENTS THAT IT'S OKAY TO GO ALL IN ON CRYPTO AS SOMEBODY WHO BOUGHT A SMALL AMOUNT OF CRYPTO BACK IN MARCH AND WATCH MY PORTFOLIO SHED ABOUT 40% IN VALUE.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE HARMFUL.
ANOTHER KEY POINT IS THAT THE BLOCKCHAIN RESOLUTION CALLS FOR EXPLORING OTHER TECHNOLOGIES UNRELATED TO BLOCKCHAIN THAT MAY SERVE THE PUBLIC GOOD, SUCH AS PUBLIC BANKING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HOW THE REPORT ADDRESSES THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
A PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF THESE TWO REPORTS WOULD SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND WOULD BENEFIT FROM YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THAT'S WHY I HOPE YOU'LL REQUEST A BRIEFING FROM STAFF ON THESE REPORTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SHARE.
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I'D LIKE TO GIVE A CHANCE FOR, UH, COMMISSIONERS TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE IN A BRIEF TIMEFRAME.UH, BUT BEFORE I DO, I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO EXPRESS MY THOUGHTS.
UM, I CONCUR WITH YOUR SENTIMENT, UH, AND ALTHOUGH I ANTICIPATE THERE WOULD BE BROAD SUPPORT FOR, UH, A BRIEFING AMONGST THIS COMMISSION.
UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WILL ADVOCATE FOR PERSONALLY.
UM, I HAVE ALSO BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT THE APPLICATIONS FOR BLOCKCHAIN, WITH, UH, SOLUTIONS FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UH, AS IT COMES TO DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES AND OTHER THINGS.
UH, SO I THINK THERE IS PROMISE IN THE, UH, AND AT THE SAME TIME, UM, HAVING HAD LOTS OF WHO'VE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR DYNAMICS RELATED TO CRYPTO, UH, THERE'S ALSO NATURAL PAUSE WITH CRYPTO AND WHAT THAT COULD MEAN IN MASS.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE EVERYONE ELSE A CHANCE, UH, JESSE, UH, POINT OF ORDER HERE, CAN WE DISCUSS ANYTHING THAT IS PRESENTED DURING CITIZEN COMMUNICATION? WE CAN HAVE BASIC Q AND A, UM, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION WITHIN THE COMMISSION, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE POST IT AS AN AGENDA ITEM ON THE NEXT MEETING.
OKAY, WELL, UM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.
I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THIS COMMISSION NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS.
SO, UH, THAT'S MY THOUGHTS ON THAT, PLEASE? YES.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.
I THINK WE DO NEED TO REQUEST THIS REPORT.
I MEAN, LIKE I CONCUR THANKS FOR THE SAME THING SAYING WE'RE SAYING, BUT THANKS FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED, UM, BY US, UH, WITH THE CITY AND AN OPEN DISCUSSION WHERE WE CAN ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS AND GET MORE INFORMATION OUT FOR THE PUBLIC TO, UH, DIGEST AND FOR OUR COMMISSIONS ONLINE AND SEE COMMISSIONER DASGUPTA RAISING HIS HAND.
I WANT TO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID SO FAR.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
I'VE HAD SOME EXPOSURE TO THIS, TO MY COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I THINK THIS COMMISSION DEFINITELY NEEDS TO DIG DEEPER INTO IT.
AND ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS ONLINE WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN FEEL FREE.
I THINK THIS IS A VERY, UM, IMPORTANT TOPIC THAT NEEDS TO HAVE SOME VISIBILITY FROM THE COMMISSION.
YEAH, I, UM, I WOULD CONCUR NOT SURE I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD OTHER THAN, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THIS, UH, MORE DEEPLY AT A FUTURE COMMISSION MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK COMMISSIONERS AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME, MS. ROSENTHAL REALLY APPRECIATE IT AS WELL AS YOUR SERVICE TO THE LIBRARY COMMISSION AND THIS COMMISSION IN THE PAST WITH THAT, THEN WE'LL PROCEED IN OUR
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES –April 13, 2022 and May 11, 2022]
AGENDA NOW TO END IN ITEM ONE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 13TH, UH, AND EXCUSE ME, APRIL 13TH, 2022 AND MAY 11TH, 2022 MEETING, UH, AS, UH, THE RECORD REFLECTS, WE DID NOT HAVE A SUFFICIENT VOTE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES BASED UPON ABSTENTIONS AND THOSE WHO WEREN'T IN ATTENDANCE AND HAVE A CHANCE AT THAT POINT TO REVIEW THE MINUTES.SO HOPEFULLY AT THIS POINT WE DO HAVE THAT.
SO I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE MINUTES AS PRESENTED UNLESS THEIR EDITS.
UM, I, I HAVE A MINOR EDIT HERE.
UH, THE CURRENT COMMISSION MEMBER FOR DISTRICT OR COUNCIL MEMBER RATHER IS IDENTIFIED AS GREG KS.
DAR I BELIEVE THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER OF BELLA WAS WORN IN AT THAT POINT.
LET'S LOOK AT CATCHING TO BE CLEAR.
WELL, I THINK WE HAVE AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC.
I'M NOT SURE IF, UH, THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU HAVE ONLINE ARE THE SAME, BUT BASED ON WHAT I HAVE IN MY FOLDER, WE MAY HAVE TO TABLE THIS VOTE AGAIN BECAUSE I HAVE, WELL, I JUST MAKE OTHER CHANGES.
FOR THE MINUTES THAT I HAVE DATED FOR THE MEETING, APRIL 13TH, I DO LIST FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, GREG CASAR, HOWEVER, FOR THE ONES LISTED MISTAKENLY FOR APRIL 13TH, WHICH IS AN EDIT THAT I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE AMEND THIS DATE
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TO REFLECT THE DATE OF THAT MEETING, WHICH IS ACTUALLY MAY THE 11TH THAT DOES ACTUALLY REFLECT THE CORRECT APPOINTMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VELA.SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MAKE AN EDIT OF THE DATE, BUT I WANT TO STAND.
I WANT TO GIVE JESSE A CHANCE TO CONFIRM THAT YES, I WANTED TO HOP IN REAL QUICK.
I, I TOLD THIS TO COMMISSIONER GATES.
I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO TELL EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT I DID CATCH THAT, UH, DATE ERROR, UH, IN, AFTER PRINTING.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO REPRINT ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS SO THAT THE DATA'S CORRECT ON THE DIGITAL VERSION.
SO THEN COMMISSIONER, OUR VICE CHAIR ON THAT VERSION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT DATED FOR MAY THE 11TH, ARE YOU STATING THAT AT THAT POINT, THAT THAT DOCUMENTS INCORRECT, ALTHOUGH IT SHOULD SHOW COUNCILOR VELA AND THAT THE, AT THE POINT OF THE APRIL 13TH MINUTES, UH, THAT, THAT THAT'S THE NOMINEE TO MEN.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR, YOU WERE CONCERNED.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.
UH, I HAVE TO ADMIT I'M UNABLE TO LEVEL SET THAT BASED UPON MY REMEMBRANCE OF THE CALENDAR.
UH, BUT I WILL CERTAINLY TAKE THAT.
UH, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO LOOK FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO BE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT IN ORDER TO GET A SECOND, I CAN CONFIRM THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA WAS SWORN IN ON JANUARY 25TH, SO HAPPY TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT.
SO THEN, UH, I WILL GO AHEAD AND SECOND, UH, THE, THE MOTION AND WITH THAT THING WE CAN HOLD WELL, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OTHER, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND HOLD THE BOAT TO AMEND THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED WITH, IN PERSON WITH THE CORRECT DATE TO MATCH.
UH, THE ONE THAT'S PRESENTED TO OUR COMMISSIONS ONLINE AND ALSO TO REFLECT THE ELECTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER VELA EFFECTIVE JANUARY 25TH, WHEN THEY WERE SWORN IN ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT AMENDMENT TO THESE MINUTES, PLEASE SAY, AYE, AND SHOW YOUR HANDS.
AYE, ANYONE OPPOSED? AND ANYONE ABSTAINING, I AM ABSTAINING SINCE I WAS NOT HERE FOR EITHER OF THOSE MEETINGS.
SO WITH THAT, THEN WE HAVE A VOTE TO APPROVE THESE MINUTES WITH ONE EXTENSION, A SIX IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE UPSET, ONE ABSTENTION.
AND TO CLARIFY THAT WHAT BOAT WAS FOR BOTH SETS OF MINUTES AS WAS REFLECTED IN THIS AGENDA ITEM, RIGHT.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM BOTH DATES.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL PROCEED IN OUR AGENDA TO AGENDA ITEM TWO, A
[2. STAFF AND COMMUNITY BRIEFINGS]
STAFF AND COMMUNITY BRIEFINGS, UH, BEGINNING WITH THE UNITED WAY PRESENTATION ON CONNECT ATX.UH, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR SPEAKERS.
WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU JOIN US ANNABELLA TARANGO AND FRANCISCO GUYAGUS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, EVERYONE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE, UH, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
UH, THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE GOLDIE LOCKS, UH, STILL IN PLAY, UH, MAYBE JUST A TAD LOUDER.
UM, OKAY, NOW I CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT, RIGHT.
CAN I GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN AS WELL? YES, WE ARE TRANSFERRING, UH, TO YOU MOMENTARILY.
UM, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE CONNECT ATX TEAM, I'M HERE JUST TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT CONNECT ETX, UM, IT'S ONLINE FEATURES AND IT'S NON ONLINE FEATURES AND ALL OF THE FUNCTIONS AND CAPABILITIES THAT IT CURRENTLY HAS, UM, ALONGSIDE WITH ME IS, UM, ALSO FRANCISCO GIEGOS, UM, WHO IS ALSO A PART OF UNITED WAY.
AND, UM, I'LL LET HIM INTRODUCE HIMSELF ACTUALLY.
AND KEN ABELLA, UH, UH, HAPPY TO BE HERE, UH, PRESENT, UH, ON THIS, UH, I THINK VERY, UH, PRODUCTIVE PLATFORM.
UH, MY NAME IS WENDY
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AND, UH, I OVERSEE, UH, THE DRUG INCLUSION INITIATIVES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AND ABILITY.YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHARE YOUR SCREEN NOW.
UM, IT'S STILL BLACKED OUT FOR ME.
WE ARE, UH, DIAGNOSING OVER HERE.
UM, I CAN, I CAN GO AHEAD AND START.
I DON'T REALLY, I THINK THE VISUALS ARE MORE SO FOR Y'ALL SAKE, SO YOU'RE NOT ONLY HAVING TO LISTEN TO MY VOICE.
UM, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY, UH, UH, JUST GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UM, SO YEAH, LIKE I SAID, MY NAME IS ANNABELLA AS
UM, MY ROLE IS TO REALLY CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, UM, IN THE UTILIZATION OF THE PLATFORM, UM, AND REALLY SUPPORT THEIR NEEDS IN WHATEVER WAY THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM.
UM, AS PART OF THIS WORK, UM, I LIKE TO SEE THAT CONNECT DGX IS REALLY WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS WE'RE CONNECTORS OR CONNECTORS OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND WHATEVER MAKES SENSE.
UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF, UM, I GUESS, FOUR KIND OF DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN CONNECT DTX.
ONE IS THAT IT IS AN ONLINE COMMUNITY TOOL, UM, THAT AGAIN, CONNECTS THOSE PEOPLES PROGRAMS, SERVICES THAT ARE FREE OR REDUCED COSTS, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD.
UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE ONLINE COMPONENT AND WHAT I'LL SPEND THE BULK OF TODAY KIND OF DEMONSTRATING AND TALKING TO YOU ALL ABOUT.
UM, AND I THINK I CAN, I SEE THAT I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN NOW.
SO WHEN YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, ALL RIGHT.
CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN? OKAY, PERFECT.
UM, SO LIKE I WAS MENTIONING, UM, CONNECTING TO YOUR EX, UM, IT IS PART, UM, COMMUNITY TOOL THAT I'LL SEND THE BULK OF TODAY AND THEN PART OF THE ONLINE, UM, UH, I'M SORRY TO HELP LINE THAT WE ALSO HAVE AVAILABLE.
UM, SO THIS IS REALLY, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE THAT EITHER DON'T HAVE ONLINE ACCESSIBILITY OR REALLY JUST PREFER TO TALK TO SOMEONE IN PERSON TO BE ABLE TO CHAT TO SOMEONE LIVE.
UM, THIS HELPLINE IS AVAILABLE VIA PHONE, TEXT, AND CHAT, UM, WITH BILINGUAL STAFF.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A LANGUAGE LINE, UM, AVAILABLE.
WHAT'S REALLY GREAT IS THAT, UM, ALL THE, WHAT WE CALL THEM NAVIGATORS OR FRONTLINE STUFF IS THAT THIS HELPLINE, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE LEARNED IS THAT ESPECIALLY DURING A WINTER STORM, IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TEXTING, RIGHT? BEING ABLE TO BE CONNECTED TO THOSE RESOURCES, TEXTING IS ONE OF THOSE WAYS.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALSO RECENTLY LAUNCHED, UM, WITHIN THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND HAVE REALLY BEEN UTILIZING A LOT.
UM, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, A PART OPEN UP BTX, UM, IS, IS WHAT REALLY PEOPLE LIKE IS THE, WHAT WE CALL THE CLOSED LOOP REFERRAL SYSTEM.
UM, SO THIS ALLOWS ORGANIZATIONS TO DIRECTLY RECEIVE REFERRALS, BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT SOMEONE DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY, THROUGH THE ONLINE APP, UM, AND ULTIMATELY REALLY IS JUST A GREAT WAY FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO NETWORK, UM, USING IN A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT I'LL DEMONSTRATE TODAY TO REALLY HELP AND SERVE THOSE IN NEED.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF THE ONLINE FEATURES, UM, IS ONE BEING ABLE TO HAVE ANY PROGRAMS LISTED ON THE, UM, THE SITE ITSELF, IF AN, UM, A SITE IS LISTED ORGANIZATIONS ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WHAT WE CALL CLEANING, WHICH MEANS TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THAT LISTING AND BEING ABLE TO UPDATE ME UP, UH, HAS THE LISTING, UM, UPDATED IN REAL TIME.
SO ESPECIALLY DURING COVID, THERE IS A LOT OF CHANGES GOING ON ALL THE TIME.
WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES HOURS CHANGE LOCATIONS, CHANGE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT.
UM, SO ORGANIZATIONS THEN CAN REALLY SAY, WE CAN UPDATE THIS INFORMATION REAL TIME, MOVING FORWARD.
SINCE WE HAVE OWNERSHIP OF THIS PROGRAM LISTING, UM, ANYONE THAT, UM, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY CAN REALLY SEARCH FOR RESOURCES AND REFER CLIENTS TO OTHER PROGRAMS, ONLINE RESOURCES, UM, AND I'LL SHOW YOU AGAIN, WHAT, UM, KIND OF THOSE SEARCHING CAPABILITIES ARE, UM, AND HOW TO UTILIZE THE PLATFORM TO ITS BEST ABILITIES.
UM, THE THIRD ONE THAT, UM, THAT I LIKE TO VERY, VERY LOOSELY LOOSELY USE IS WHAT WE CALL A CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
AND I LIKE TO SAY VERY LOOSELY BECAUSE IT WILL NEVER TRULY REPLACE AN ENTIRE SYSTEM.
UM, IF YOU'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, ON PEN TO PAPER OR STILL USING SPREADSHEETS, THIS IS A NICE UPGRADE IN THAT.
UM, YOU'RE ABLE TO MANAGE CLIENT PROFILES, YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THE INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION, YOU'RE ABLE TO ATTACH GOALS, AND YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE ALL
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OF THEIR REFERRALS THAT WERE SENT OVER AND SENDING IN ONE SYSTEMIZED LOCATION.UM, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, UM, BEING ABLE TO ACTIVELY RESPOND, UPDATE REFERRAL STATUSES.
UM, THIS IS WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE'RE SAYING, UM, THIS CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM IDEA THAT NOT ONLY ARE YOU ABLE TO SEND AND RECEIVE REFERRALS, BUT YOU'RE ALSO ABLE TO FOLLOW THE TRAJECTORY OF THAT INDIVIDUAL.
SO YOU'RE ABLE TO SAY THIS PERSON GOT HELP.
MAYBE THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE HELP.
UM, THEY WERE REFERRED ELSEWHERE, REALLY BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL ACTUALLY GOT THE HELP THAT THEY WERE WANTING TO RECEIVE.
UM, AND THEN THE FOURTH FUNCTION IS THAT WE KNOW THAT DATA AND ANALYTICS ARE SUPER IMPORTANT.
SO MAKING SURE THAT, UM, ALSO ON THE BACKEND, THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO VIEW ALL OF THIS.
THEY'RE ABLE TO VIEW, UM, KIND OF IN REAL TIME, THE IMPACT THAT THEY'RE HAVING ON THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT DOES CONNECTED TX? UM, IT IS AN ONLINE DATA TOOL, UM, TODAY, UM, CONNECTING TX IS COMPLETELY FREE AND AVAILABLE TO ANYONE.
UM, IT CAN BE DONE ANONYMOUSLY OR BY CREATING A FREE ACCOUNT.
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO CHARGE, NOTHING.
UM, ON OUR END, UM, AS A PART OF CONNECTING TX, WE DO HAVE SOME WHAT WE CALL NETWORK PARTNERS.
AND THESE ARE JUST ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE, UM, COMMITTED TO NOT ONLY, UM, BEING ON THE SYSTEM AND UPDATING IT, BUT REALLY COMMITTED TO UPDATING THOSE STATUSES ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND SO THOSE PARTNERS YOU'LL SEE KIND OF LISTED HIGHER AT THE SEARCH RESULT LIST, BUT ALSO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, UM, THEY HAVE, THEY'LL HAVE LIKE A CONNECT ETX PARTNER TAB NEXT TO THEIR NAME.
AND THEN ON THE SCREEN, I ALLUDED TO THE HELPLINE.
UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS ALSO VISIBLE.
UM, SO WE HAVE THE PHONE NUMBER LISTED ON HERE AGAIN, THAT'S, UM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 8:00 AM TO 6:00 PM OR, UM, THEY CAN ALSO GET AVAILABLE TO THOSE TWO THAT HELP FIND VIA TEXTS ON THAT ZIP CODE TO EAT BY 5 1, 1.
UM, SOME THINGS TO NOTE WITH OUR HELPLINE IS THAT IT IS NOT ANONYMOUS.
UM, IT IS SOMETHING WHAT WE REALLY STRIVE TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE AGAIN, THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE TRAJECTORY OF THAT INDIVIDUAL.
UM, AND SO USUALLY WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS IN OR THEY TEXT IN WHAT WE DO IS GO THROUGH A, UM, AN ASSESSMENT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING ALL OF THEIR NEEDS.
AND SO WE ASK THEM QUESTIONS LIKE, WHAT IS YOUR TOP PRIORITY? WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH? UM, AND THEN WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS, FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AS WELL.
LIKE, DID YOU GET YOUR SERVICES, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WE CONNECTED YOU WITH WHERE YOU ABLE TO RECEIVE HELP, IF NOT, HERE'S ANOTHER RESOURCE WE CAN ALSO POINT YOU TO.
SO AGAIN, REALLY ALL ABOUT NOT LIKE CONNECTING, BUT FOLLOWING THEIR JOURNEY.
SO THE FIRST THING THAT I WILL TALK ABOUT IS E THE SEARCHING AND KIND OF ALL THE FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
UM, WHEN ANYONE IS SEARCHING ON CONNECT AGS, UM, IT IS COMPLETELY FREE OR REDUCED COSTS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ACTIVELY STRIVE FOR.
UM, AND WE HAVE A WHOLE DATABASE TEAM COMMITTED TO THAT CHAIN CAN BE DONE COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS AGAIN, OR YOU CAN BE LOGGED IN AND CREATE A PROFILE.
CREATING A PROFILE, REALLY ALLOWS YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE AND VIEW THE HISTORY OF ANY ONE THAT IS EITHER YOU'RE REFERRING OUT OR YOU'RE RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM THEM.
UM, BECAUSE CONNECT TTX IS POWERED BY THIS LARGER NETWORK CALLED FIND HELP.
UM, IT IS ALWAYS, UM, WHEN WE START OUR SEARCHING PROCESS, WE START BY THE ZIP CODE.
UM, AND THEN ESPECIALLY HERE IN AUSTIN, AS WE THINK ABOUT THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SEARCHING BY THE CLOSEST AVAILABLE RESOURCE TO THAT INDIVIDUAL, UM, ON CONNECTING TEXTS, THERE'S ALSO LANGUAGE FEATURES.
SO WE KNOW THAT THERE IS MORE, MORE THAN ONE, ONE LANGUAGE OR MULTIPLE LANGUAGES THAT ARE HERE IN OUR CENTRAL AUSTIN REGION.
AND SO, UM, BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT MOVING FORWARD IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS AVAILABLE.
AND I'LL DEFINITELY DEMONSTRATE KIND OF A COUPLE OF OTHER THOSE OPTIONS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, WE KNOW THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS A UNIQUE NEED.
EVERY PERSON IS INDIVIDUALIZED TO WHAT THEY NEED, UH, AGAIN, WHAT THEY NEED.
UM, AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF NARROW IN OUR SEARCH RESULTS, USING FILTER OPTIONS.
WE CAN FILTER BY AGE, WE CAN FILTER BY INCOME AND I'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU ALL, EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN THE FOURTH THING, UM, WHEN WE'RE SEARCHING IS ALSO BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE SAVED.
SO IF YOU'RE SOMEONE THAT, UM, REALLY ENGAGES WITH A PLATFORM REALLY REGULARLY, AND, YOU KNOW, AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS TRUSTED AND RELIABLE, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SAVE THAT ORGANIZATION TO YOUR PROFILE.
UM, YOU CAN SEND MULTIPLE RESOURCES OF WHAT WE CALL A RESEARCH SHOPPING CART, UM, TO AN INDIVIDUAL, UM, AND YOU GO TO SHARE THEIR SEARCH RESULTS.
SO YOU CAN SEND IT THROUGH THE PLATFORM OR YOU CAN SHARE IT IN A MULTITUDE OF WAYS.
UM, SO WHAT THAT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, UNDERSTANDING THE PROGRAM CARD.
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CONNECT, ETX ANYTIME THERE IS THIS WHITE BOX THAT YOU SEE ON HERE, THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A PROGRAM CARD.THIS IS A RESOURCE, UM, UM, THAT IS LISTED ON CONNECT ETX.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE ON HERE AT THE VERY TOP IS GOING TO BE THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM AND AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT BELOW IT, IT'S GOING TO BE THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION ON HERE.
YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A REALLY BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM THAT, THAT ORGANIZATION, UM, WHAT KIND OF THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE, THE MAIN SERVICES.
UM, THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL WHEN DOING THE SEARCHING PROCESS.
YOU'LL SEE SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TAGS LISTED ON HERE, AND THEN ALSO THE POPULATION THAT THEY'RE SERVING.
SO IF THERE'S, UM, A SPECIFIC POPULATION THAT AN ORGANIZATION SERVES, THEY CAN DEFINITELY FILTER THROUGH THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN AT THE TOP, UM, RIGHT HERE, WE SEE A CHECK MARK.
SO, UM, THAT CHECK MARK, WHAT ESSENTIALLY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT AN ORGANIZATION HAS LOGGED IN AND HAS CLAIMED THAT PROGRAM CARD MEANS THAT HAVE OWNERSHIP.
THEY'RE AWARE THAT THEIR PROGRAM IS LISTED ON CONNECT PTX AND THEY'RE ACTIVELY USING IT.
UM, AND SO YOU'LL ALWAYS SEE THIS CHECK MARK AT THE VERY TOP, RIGHT? UM, AT THE VERY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE HERE, WE SEE A NEXT STEPS.
SO INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION, THEIR PREFERRED CONTACT INFORMATION, THEIR EMAIL, UM, BUT SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANTLY.
UM, AND WHAT I'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER IS THIS SCREEN, UM, THIS GREEN BUTTON THAT WE HAVE LISTED ON HERE, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS GREEN BUTTON MEANS IS THIS IS THE WAY THE ORGANIZATION PREFERS TO BE CONTACTED.
AND THIS IS ALSO THE BEST WAY.
UM, IF YOU'LL KNOW, IF AN ORGANIZATION HAS A REFERRAL TO, AND IS ACCEPTING REFERRALS THROUGH THE PLATFORM ITSELF, UM, AND THEN YOU SQUIRREL A LITTLE BIT TO THE LEFT HERE.
UM, THIS IS JUST A, UM, PICTURE OF IT, BUT WE'LL GO INTO THE DEMONSTRATION IN JUST A SECOND.
YOU'RE ABLE, IF I CLICK ON HERE, I'M ABLE TO SEE MORE INFORMATION, AND THIS IS ALL THE FOUR DIFFERENT BUTTONS.
SO I CAN SAVE THIS PROGRAM CARD.
IF I KNOW I UTILIZE IT REALLY FREQUENTLY, I CAN SHARE THIS INFORMATION TO A CLIENT, A VARIETY OF WAYS.
I CAN ALSO TAKE INTERNAL NOTES.
SO WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THAT CASE MANAGEMENT PIECE, IF I WANTED TO, IF I KNOW, LET'S SEE, I KNOW THAT I, UM, REGULARLY SEE CONNECT ETX THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
AND I KNOW THAT FRANCISCO IS A GREAT POINT OF CONTACT.
I CAN WRITE IN THAT NOTE FOR MYSELF TO MAKE SURE THAT I REMEMBER TO CONTACT FRANSISCO.
AND THEN HERE, UM, LET'S SAY I HAVE A, UM, I SEE THAT THE HOURS MAYBE ARE NOT ALIGNED, THEN I CALL AND THEY SAY, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT, OUR HOURS ARE FROM EIGHT TO 4:00 PM, I CAN GO AHEAD AND SUGGEST, UM, TO HAVE THAT UPDATED.
SO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY IS ALSO AWARE.
UM, SO THAT WAS JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW.
I'M GOING TO GO INTO THE DEMONSTRATION NOW OF CONNECTING TX LIVE SO THAT YOU ALL CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
UM, SO WHEN WE GO TO CONNECTING TX, UM, THIS IS ALL, UM, ALWAYS WHAT I'M GOING TO SEE.
I CAN SEE AT THE VERY TOP IT'S HELP STARTS HERE.
AND THEN I'M ALWAYS GOING TO START BY ZIP CODE.
UM, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A TRAINING FOR TODAY, WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT INSTEAD IS I WANT TO SCROLL ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM, BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS TRANSLATE, THIS BEACH FUNCTION.
UM, THIS IS POWERED BY GOOGLE TRANSLATE, UM, THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS PAGE, UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S ONLY A LIMITED AMOUNT OF, UH, LANGUAGES.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST FOR THIS PAGE.
THIS IS NOT FOR ALL OF THE SEARCHING FUNCTIONS.
UM, IF I SCROLL A LITTLE BIT UP, I CAN ALSO SEE, UM, ALL THE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN CONNECT PTX, AND THESE ARE LIVE.
AND SO IF YOU ARE, UM, WE HAVE THOSE PERIODICALLY, UM, IF YOU'RE WANTING MORE OR IF YOU WANT SOMEONE ELSE TO ALSO PARTAKE IN SOME OF THESE TRAININGS, UM, THEY'RE ALSO CONSTANTLY AVAILABLE EITHER LIVE, OR YOU CAN WATCH A PRERECORDED SESSION ON HERE.
YOU WANT TO TELL SOMEONE, HEY, I GOT THIS GREAT TRAINING ON 19 TX.
UM, THIS IS WHERE YOU WOULD, YOU CAN DIRECT THEM TO FOR MORE INFORMATION.
UM, ALSO, UM, IF YOU WANT TO GET AHOLD OF US, UM, THIS IS THE BEST EMAIL TO BE ABLE TO REACH US, IS THE INFO APP, NICK BTX.ORG.
UM, YOU'LL PROBABLY GET CONNECTED TO ME SINCE I'VE WORKED WITH MEDIA BASED ORGANIZATIONS ON A REGULAR, UM, LEARN ABOUT HOW TO BECOME A PARTNER UPDATING RESOURCE CARDS, OR REALLY ANY SORT OF GENERAL INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE ALREADY NEEDING.
UM, SOMETHING ELSE THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WITHIN CONNECT BTX IS A LIFT PARTNERSHIP.
SO WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH LYFT AND ANYONE CAN GET FREE RIDES FOR ANY BASIC NEEDS.
UM, THEY CAN GET ACCESS TO FOOD APPOINTMENT, HEALTHCARE SCHOOL, UM, VACCINE REALLY, LITERALLY ANYTHING, UM, TO GET ACCESS TO THAT LYFT PARTNERSHIP.
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TO CALL THE HOTLINE OR THE HELPLINE THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, UM, AND TO BE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THAT.UM, AND THEN, UM, AGAIN AT THE VERY TOP, IF I SCROLL UP A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, IT'S THE NEED HELP.
UM, SO IF I FORGET, OH, I DON'T REMEMBER THE PRESENTATION THAT SHE GAVE ME, WHERE DO I FIND THAT INFORMATION? WHERE DO I FIND THAT PHONE NUMBER? THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND THAT INFORMATION.
SO HERE'S A WAY TO CALL CHAT WITH A TEAM MEMBER OR TEXAS ZIP CODE.
UM, SO EVERYTHING IS ON THIS FIRST WEB PAGE IN CASE WE FORGET.
AND THEN I'M ALSO ON THE VERY RIGHT.
UM, IF I GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION AND I REALLY LIKE IT, AND I WANT TO CREATE A PROFILE TO LOG IN OR SIGN UP, THIS IS ALSO WHERE I'M ABLE TO FIND THAT.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SCROLL ALL THE WAY BACK UP, UM, TO BE ABLE TO REALLY START SEARCHING, UM, AND UTILIZING CONNECT ETX.
UM, I'M GOING TO BE USING FRANCISCO'S NAME A LOT THROUGHOUT THE DEMONSTRATION, JUST AS HE IS MY TEST PERSON FOR TODAY.
SO I'M GOING TO BE PRETENDING THAT I'M NAVIGATING FRANCISCO THROUGH THIS, UM, SAN FRANCISCO, LET ME KNOW THAT HIS PREFERRED ZIP CODE IS 7, 8, 17 4.
SO I'M GOING TO CLICK ON SEARCH.
AND THEN WHEN I DO THAT, UM, I'M REDIRECTED TO THIS PAGE.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS THAT I CAN HELP FRANSISCO OUT.
ONE IS BY CATEGORY AND SUB CATEGORY.
SO IF I GO TO THE TOP, I CAN SEE THERE'S MULTIPLE ITEMS ON HERE, SO THERE'S FOOD.
AND THEN WHEN I SCROLL OVER FOOD, I CAN ALSO SEE THE SUB CATEGORIES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
UM, SO I CAN SEE FOOD, FOOD, PANTRIES, SNAP, AND WIC, ET CETERA.
AND THIS WILL BE THE CASE FOR EVERY SINGLE CATEGORY THAT I HOVER OVER.
AND YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE, UM, QUITE A FEW CATEGORIES LISTED ON HERE.
SO THAT IS ONE WAY TO BEGIN THE SEARCHING PROCESS.
THE OTHER WAY IS JUST TO BE ABLE TO DIRECTLY TYPE IT IN.
SO, UM, I FIND OUT DIRECTLY THAT PRESENCE IS GOING TO NEED HELP WITH FINDING DIAPERS.
I CAN CLICK IN DIAPERS, AND THAT IS, UM, UM, A TAG THAT IS LISTED ON HERE AND I CAN CLICK ON THAT DIRECTLY AS WELL.
UM, I CAN ALSO, UM, WHILE I'M HERE, UM, CHANGE THE LANGUAGE.
UM, SO HERE YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE LANGUAGE FEATURES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS LISTED, UM, AND, AND POWERED VIA GOOGLE TRANSLATE.
SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS A HUNDRED PERCENT, I WILL SAY THAT.
UM, BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY A MORE, UM, COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL THE LANGUAGES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, IF I EVER, WHILE I'M IN THE SEARCHING PROCESS, WANT TO CHANGE THE ZIP CODE, I CAN ALSO DO THAT THE VERY TOP, UM, IN THIS SEARCH BAR.
UM, SO NOW I'M GOING TO SAY, SO FRANCISCO AND I ARE TALKING AND HE LETS ME KNOW HE REALLY NEEDS SUPPORT IN FINDING A FOOD PANTRY.
SO AT THE VERY TOP, I'M GOING TO CLICK ON FOOD AND THEN CLICK ON FOOD PANTRIES, AND I'M HERE.
I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
UM, SO FIRST THING THAT I ALWAYS HIGHLIGHT IS THIS MAP FEATURE.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY HERE IN AUSTIN.
IF I EXPAND THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE FOOD PANTRY OPTION OPTIONS WITHIN HIS AREA.
UM, THIS IS ALSO REALLY HELPFUL, LIKE, LET'S SAY FRANSISCO WORKS UP NORTH, UM, BUT HE LIVES DOWN SOUTH.
UM, WHAT IS HIS PREFERRED AREA? DOES HE PREFER, UM, TO LOOK AT FOOD PANTRIES UP NORTH, DOWN SOUTH, SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THAT IS ON HIS ROUTE, ON HIS WAY HOME.
UM, REALLY BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THE, UH, THAT, UH, FEATURE FOR THIS.
SO IF I EXIT OUT OF THIS, UM, THEN I CAN ALSO SEE WHAT I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WHICH WAS THIS PROGRAM CARD.
UM, AGAIN, EACH PROGRAM CARD IS AN INDIVIDUAL RESOURCE THAT IS LISTED ON CONNECT ETX AT THE VERY TOP.
UM, I CAN SEE THAT IS, UH, THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM.
IN THIS CASE, IT'S GOING TO BE FRESH FOOD FAMILIES.
UM, IT IS BY THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK.
AND I ALSO SEE THAT THEY ARE A CONNECTED TX PRINTER.
SO I KNOW THAT THEY ARE ACTIVELY ACCEPTING REFERRALS THROUGH THE PLATFORM, WHICH MEANS THAT I CAN SEND OVER BASIC INFORMATION, UM, TO THEM AS WELL.
AND THEY'RE REGULARLY UPDATING AND BEING ABLE TO SEE THE STATUSES OF ALL THIS.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO SEE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION.
UM, I CAN SEE THE MAIN SERVICES, WHICH IS A FOOD PANTRY, AND I CAN ALSO SEE THE POPULATION THAT THEY'RE SERVING.
SO THIS ONE SAYS ALL AGES, COVID-19 FAMILIES, LOW INCOME AND LIMITED ENGLISH.
IF I'M LIKE, I'M STILL NOT REALLY SURE IF THIS IS A RIGHT FIT.
I CAN ALSO CLICK ON MORE INFORMATION.
I CAN SEE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE.
UM, AND SOMETIMES, UM, ORGANIZATIONS VIEW THEIR WE'LL HAVE LIKE LOW CAPACITY OR THEY'LL HAVE LIMITED FUNDS.
AND SO YOU'LL ABLE TO SEE THE DIFFERENT UPDATES ON HERE, AND THEN I CAN FEEL, SEE FULL DESCRIPTION OF, UM, THIS EXACT PROGRAM CARD.
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FOOD BANK HAS DECIDED TO HAVE THEIR ENTIRE SCHEDULE LISTED ON HERE, BUT EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM, DEPENDING ON THE ORGANIZATION WILL HAVE THIS VIEWED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.I CAN ALSO VIEW THE LANGUAGES THAT ARE ON HERE.
UM, THE COST OF THE PROGRAM, I CAN SEE IT'S FREE, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT.
UM, AND THEN ALL THE DIFFERENT COVERAGE AREAS.
AND THEN ALSO ON HERE, IF I SCROLL A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN, I CAN SEE THAT THE NEAREST LOCATION IS THE GREATER LOVE BAPTIST CHURCH.
UM, AND IF I SCROLL A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN, I CAN START, UM, SEEING THE OTHER AREAS AS WELL WITHIN THAT LOCATION.
UM, AND THEN ON HERE, UM, SO I'M REALLY WANTING TO ASK 20 SCHOOL.
LIKE, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THIS INFORMATION TO BE RECEIVED? SO ONE, UM, HE JUST SAID TO ME, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHY I JUST WANT IT TO BE PRINTED AND I WILL DO THE REST ON MY OWN, WHICH IS COMPLETELY FINE.
WE CAN DO A PRINT VIEW AND, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE IN THE OFFICE AND GIVE IT TO HIM THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE ON HERE.
UM, AND WE'RE TELLING SOMEONE IN THE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS TO BE ABLE TO SEND AN EMAIL.
SO BECAUSE I'M LOGGED IN, YOU CAN SEE MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS ALREADY LISTED.
UM, BUT I CAN SEND THIS EMAIL TO FRANCISCO AND LETTING HIM KNOW, HEY, THIS IS A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM.
UM, AND REALLY IMPORTANTLY, I CAN ALSO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE OF THE EMAIL.
SO IF I KNOW THAT HE HAS EIGHT DIFFERENT PREFERRED LANGUAGE, UM, I CAN SCROLL THROUGH AND LOOK THROUGH, AND THAT EMAIL WILL BE SENT IN HIS PREFERRED LANGUAGE.
UM, I COULD ALSO SEND THIS VIA TEXT IF I WANTED TO.
UM, SO AGAIN, MY, MY NAME IS LISTED ON HERE.
UM, I CAN ASK FOR A FANCY SCHOOL'S PHONE NUMBER AND THEN, UH, THE TEXT MESSAGE OF THAT LANGUAGE THAT HE'S GOING TO BE RECEIVING.
AND THEN FOR IF WHATEVER REASON YOU ALL HAVE AN AWARENESS OF HIS, UH, THEIR FACEBOOK, YOU CAN ALSO SHARE IT VIA FACEBOOK.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ON HERE, UM, IS THIS GREEN BUTTON.
SO THIS GREEN BUTTON IS WHAT WE CALL THE REFERRAL TOOL, UM, AT ALL.
UM, YEAH, LET ME, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THIS.
SO IF I CLICK ON THIS REFERRAL TOOL, I SEE THAT IT'S CALLED A BASIC, SO ONE STEP, AND ESSENTIALLY THIS MEANS, UM, THAT I CAN REFER.
I KNOW IN THIS CASE I'M REFERRING SOMEONE ELSE.
UM, I CAN ALSO TYPE IN THEIR NAME ON HERE.
UM, I FEEL LIKE I'VE, YOU HAVEN'T USED FRANSISCO AS A DEMONSTRATION, BUT I'VE USED OTHER CO-WORKERS.
SO LET'S SAY, UM, MARCELLA REMITTANCE, I TYPE IN THEIR INFORMATION AND THEIR PREFERRED LANGUAGE.
UM, AND THEN SHE LET ME KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE BEST WAY TO REACH ME IS ACTUALLY THE TEXT MESSAGE.
IS THAT AN, IT PROMPTS ME TO, UM, PROVIDE A PHONE NUMBER ON HERE.
I CAN ALSO ADD A COMMENT IF I SO CHOOSE.
SO LET'S SAY THAT, UM, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY'RE, UM, WORKING BETWEEN THE HOURS OF, UM, NOON TO FIVE AND THEY PREFER TO BE CONTACTED IN THE MORNING.
SO I CAN WRITE A NOTE TO THE AGENCY, TO CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK AND LET THEM KNOW, HEY, UM, UH, UH, MARCELLA WOULD BE PREFERRED TO BE CONTACTED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF NINE TO 11:00 AM, AND THEN SUPER IMPORTANTLY IS CONFIRMING CONSENT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE THE APPROPRIATE CONSENT, UM, FROM MARCELLA TO BE ABLE TO SEND THEIR INFORMATION OVER TO THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK.
UM, SO THAT IS THE PROGRAM CARD ITSELF.
UM, AND, UH, I CAN ALSO NARROW DOWN THE SEARCH FURTHER BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I SEE THERE ARE 80 RESULTS.
UM, BUT IF I WANT TO DO THIS, I CAN ALSO BLUE BY PERSONAL FILTERS.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A TON OF OPTIONS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I CAN SEE, UM, IF THEY HAVE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, UM, CITIZENSHIP, VETERAN STATUS, ET CETERA.
UM, I CAN ALSO FILTER, UM, BASED ON, UH, THE PROGRAM ITSELF.
SO LET'S SAY FRANSISCO HAS, LET ME KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT I REALLY PREFER.
UM, I WANT TO VISIT THE LOCATION.
AND SO THEN IT PROMPTS ME TO BE ABLE TO LIKE, TO NARROW THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
I ALSO KNOW THAT FRANCISCO WORKS WEEKENDS.
SO, UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE OPEN NOW AND THEY'RE OPEN FAMILY AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE, UM, I KNOW THAT FANCY SCHOOL ALSO HAS A KID, SO, UM, MAKE SURE IT'S AVAILABLE DURING SCHOOL AND THEN, UM, BEING ABLE TO SELECT, UM, WHAT, UH, THE LANGUAGE OF THE PROGRAM COMMUNICATES IN.
AND THEN THE THIRD OPTION ON HERE IS AN INCOME ELIGIBILITY.
UM, SO INCOME ELIGIBILITY JUST HELPS YOU NARROW IN ON THAT, UM, SEARCHING PROCESS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
I WILL SAY THIS IS OUR LEAST COMMONLY USED, UM, UH, FEATURE ON HERE.
UM, JUST BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS HAS ALREADY FREE OR REDUCED COST.
SO I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT, UM, AND THAT IS JUST A BASIC SEARCHING AND HOW TO UTILIZE THE CONNECTING TO PLATFORM.
UM, PART TWO IS GOING INTO THE MORE
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DETAILED FEATURES OF WHAT IT MEANS TO TURN ON REFERRAL TOOLS AND ALL THOSE CAPABILITIES.BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO PAUSE HERE AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THE PRESENTATION SO FAR, UH, I KNOW I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS MYSELF AND, AND OTHERS MIGHT AS WELL, UM, AND, OR AT LEAST OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT IS PERTAINING TO THE WAYS WHICH PARTNERS ARE ADDED PARTNERS, PROGRAMS, AND RESOURCES.
IT SEEMED AS THOUGH WHEN YOU FOCUS ON THE WEBSITE, THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN REALLY, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF JUMP IN ON THAT, BUT I WANT IT TO WAIT.
UH, WOULD YOU MIND FOCUSING ON THAT PIECE AGAIN? YEAH.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS CONNECTED CHECKS, PARTNER TAG, LIKE HOW ORGANIZATIONS GET ADDED THAT FUNCTIONALITY.
SO WITH THAT, UM, THEY HAVE TO COMMIT TO ONE TURNING ON THE REFERRAL TOOL.
UM, MOST ON HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT HAPPENED AT ATX BURNER, HAVE OUR REFERRAL TOOL, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'RE ACCEPTING, UM, REFERRALS DIRECTLY THROUGH THE PLATFORM.
THEY DON'T HAVE THAT YOU CAN, SOMETIMES YOU CAN SEE LIKE A SEE NEXT STEPS.
UM, SO IF I CLICK ON THAT, I'LL, IT'LL JUST DIRECT ME TO THE PROGRAM'S WEBSITE INSTEAD.
UM, THE SECOND ONE IS TO UPDATE THE STATUSES OF THE REFERRAL WITHIN A, UM, A TIMELY KIND OF MANNER.
SO INTERNALLY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IF WE'RE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THE CLIENTS, UM, THAT IT'S WITHIN AT LEAST LIKE A TWO WEEK RETURN, THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING UP WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL.
UM, AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS REALLY HAVING, UM, WHAT WE CALL WORKFLOW DOCUMENTATION IN PLACE.
SO KNOWING WHO IS GOING TO BE UPDATING IT, KNOWING WHO IS GOING TO BE RESPONDING TO THE REFERRALS, WHO'S GOING TO BE, UH, RESPONDING TO THE REFERRALS, WHETHER THAT'S LIKE THE PR THEY'RE CALLING THE INDIVIDUAL OR TEXTING THE INDIVIDUAL SEEKING SERVICES, OR, UM, THEY'RE UPDATING THE STATUS OF IT.
SO WE GO WITH THEM, I GO THROUGH A WHOLE KIND OF PROCESS, UM, KIND OF A LENGTHY PROBABLY ABOUT A MONTH OR SO PROCESS.
UM, AND YEAH, THOSE ARE THE THREE MAIN WAYS.
MY LAST QUESTION, BEFORE I PASS IT ONTO MY PEERS, UH, IS, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY PERTAINING TO A SLIDE THAT SHE DIDN'T REALLY FOCUS ON IN YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
SO I DON'T WANT, UH, I'D LIKE TO LEVEL SET.
THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT WE HAD INCLUDED THAT I GUESS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE THIRD SLIDE THAT REFERRED TO 2, 1, 1, TEXAS.
I'D LIKE TO JUST SPEAK TO THAT BRIEFLY AND THEN TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ANY COLLABORATION THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE, UH, OR, UH, THOUGHTS ABOUT COLLABORATION WITH AUSTIN 3, 1, 1, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH THEIR NEW SMART APP.
SO, UM, I JUST ORIGINALLY HAD TAKEN IT OUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, BUT I'M HAPPY TO GO INTO THE HISTORY OF THAT.
SO, UM, AS WE KNOW, 2, 1, 1 IS A STATE FUNDED AGENCY, UM, AT THE VERY BEGINNING, UM, THE IDEA WAS THAT TO BE ABLE TO, UM, INSTEAD OF HAVING A 2, 1, 1, AND A CONNECTED TO HELPLINE THE WAY THAT IT IS NOW BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE TO, AND ONCE I REALLY, UH, BOTH DO THOSE ASSESSMENTS, UM, BUT THEN COVID HAPPENED.
AND, UM, THE WAY THAT 2, 1, 1, UM, GOT WAS UTILIZED GOT DRAMATICALLY CHANGED.
SO CURRENTLY TO ONE-ON-ONE OR PREVIOUSLY TO ONE-ON-ONE, UM, USED TO BE ABLE, YOU WOULD CALL IN AND YOU WOULD GET, UM, SENT TO YOUR NEAREST PERSON TO THE NEAREST, LIKE WITHIN YOUR ZIP CODE.
NOW IT'S THE NEAREST TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE, UM, KIND OF ONLINE PERSON.
SO I CAN TALK TO SOME, IF I CALL 2, 1, 1, THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT I COULD TALK TO SOMEONE WHO'S CURRENTLY, UM, LISTED OR IN HOUSTON.
SO WHEN THAT HAPPENED, UM, THEN WE KIND OF HAD TO CHANGE GEARS A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO BRING UP IS THAT WE, WE SEE THAT T1 ONE AND CONNECT DTX ARE VERY COMPLIMENTARY TO EACH OTHER.
2, 1, 1 IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE BASIC MEETINGS.
IF YOU NEED IMMEDIATE HELP RIGHT AWAY, THEY ARE 24 HOURS.
UM, THEN YOU GO AHEAD AND WE SAY, YES, GO AHEAD AND CALL 2, 1, 1, UM, VERSUS CONNECT.
BTX IT'S MORE ABOUT THAT, LIKE HOLISTIC JOURNEY.
IT'S MORE ABOUT LIKE, WE'RE TAKING TIME, WE'RE TAKING 15, 20 MINUTES TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH A FULL ASSESSMENT BEYOND JUST BASIC NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY OTHER RESOURCES AND THEN ALSO FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM AND SEEING WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT INDIVIDUAL.
SO THAT I THINK THE MAIN TWO DIFFERENCES.
I GUESS ONE THING I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE TO INTERJECT THAT BEFORE I PASS IT OFF AGAIN AND GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND IS TO CLARIFY,
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UH, I WAS REFERRING TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S 3 1 1 3 1 1 SMART APP.AND CURIOUS ABOUT AMY PLANS TO INTERACT OR INTEGRATE THEIR IT'S VERY DIFFERENT.
WELL, I WON'T SAY VERY, UH, IT'S DIFFERENT PRIMARILY IN THAT, UH, IT IS MEANT TO BE A WAY FOR CITIZENS TO ALSO, UH, INPUT SERVICE REQUESTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, YOU KNOW, OVERGROWN GRASS, UH, YOU KNOW, GRAFFITI REMOVAL, THINGS LIKE THIS, HOWEVER, UH, IT HAS GREAT POTENTIAL AS WELL, UM, FOR, UH, RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION ACCESS TO A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES THAT COULD SHARE SPACE WITH CONNECTING ATX.
SO NATURALLY IT INVITES A QUESTION ABOUT ANY TYPE OF INTEGRATIONS THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE, OR THAT HAVE BEEN CONCEIVED OF TO DATE.
CAN I, UH, CAN I TAKE GX IS FOCUSED ON THOSE LIKE SOCIAL SERVICES, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
AND SO CURRENTLY I AM THAT'S MIGHT BE ABOVE MY PAY GRADE, BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
UH, THAT JUST MEANS I'M NOT AWARE OF IT.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN DEFINITELY CHECK IN.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, WITH THAT, THEN I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO ANYONE ELSE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR FINDING FEEDBACK.
UH, I SEE, UH, COMMISSIONER GATES AND THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER.
YEAH, WELL, YEAH, TIRPITZ, UH, I THINK, UH, YOUR, YOUR QUESTION WAS THE SAME AS MINE, AND THAT WAS, IF A CITIZEN CALLS 3, 1, 1, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO BE CONNECTED TO THIS SERVICE? I, IF THEY CALL 3, 1, 1, NOW I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT.
ONE THING WILL BE WITH 3, 1, 1, BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF SERVICE, I DON'T BELIEVE SO UNLESS THEY HAVE AN AWARENESS OF THROUGH.
OKAY, WELL MAYBE A 3, 1, 3, 1, 1 OPERATOR WOULD REFER THEM TO THE 2, 1, 1 SERVICE AND 2, 1, 1 SERVICE POSSIBLY MIGHT CONNECT TO YOU, RIGHT? YEAH.
THAT'S CURRENTLY HOW WE OPERATE IS LIKE 2, 1, 1 REFERS TO CONNECT ETX.
THANKS, MR. GARZA, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ABELLA UM, HOW LONG HAS THIS SITE BEEN LIVE? GOOD QUESTION.
SO IT IS NOT BEEN LIVE FOR LONG.
THE VIRGIN THAT YOU SEE HERE TODAY HAS ONLY BEEN EXISTENCE, I WOULD SAY ABOUT A YEAR OR SO.
I'M CONNECT DTX OFFICIALLY, OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED AT THE PEAK OF COVID IN MARCH OF, UH, 2020.
UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING HAPPENED AND IT LOOKED SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
UM, SO IT'S ABOUT, I WOULD SAY TWO YEARS OLD, HOW WOULD SOMEONE FIND THIS RESOURCE? CAUSE I JUST GOOGLED PRE DIAPERS IN AUSTIN ARE BASIC NEEDS IN AUSTIN AND IT WOULDN'T COME WITHIN THE FIRST FOUR PAGES OF GOOGLE.
SO HOW WOULD SOMEONE KNOW THAT THIS RESOURCE EXIST? YEAH.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF LIKE OUR CURRENT OUTREACH PLAN, UM, WE TRY OUR BEST TO REALLY, UM, TABLE, AS IN AS MANY EVENTS TALK TO AS MANY ORGANIZATIONS GIVE AS MANY PRESENTATIONS, UM, AS WE, AS WE ARE HERE TODAY, UM, I WILL SAY THAT IT IS CURRENTLY WORD OF MOUTH, UM, AS MUCH.
UM, WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP, UM, WITH AISD.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE HAVING PARTNERSHIPS WITH A COUPLE OF CLINICS AND SO SLOWLY BUT SURELY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING OUT THERE AND GETTING IN FRONT OF INDIVIDUALS.
UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T DO MORE.
UM, I WILL SAY, UM, AND I THINK ALSO BECAUSE IT JUST SO NEW THAT, UM, WHEN YOU DO LIKE A BASIC GOOGLE SEARCH, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO BE THE FIRST THING THAT POPULATES AND BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A GENERALIZED RESOURCE.
UM, IF I, UNLESS I KNOW SPECIFICALLY TYPE IN THE KEYWORDS FOR LIKE GENERAL SERVICES VERSUS LIKE A DIAPERS, I CAN DEFINITELY SEE CONNECT ETFS, NOT PUMPING, MEANING, UM, AT THE VERY BEGINNING.
UM, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN USING THIS THE SIGHTLIFE FOR TWO YEARS A YEAR, UM, DO YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW, WHAT, WHO IS YOUR USER WHO'S ACTUALLY USING THIS, UH, SERVICE? YEAH, MOST OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU'LL FIND SOME PLATFORM.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST TARGETED OUTREACH PLAN, UM, IS FOR ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HAVE THEM BEING ABLE TO TURN ON THE REFERRAL TOOL.
UM, AND THEN WITH THE HOPE THAT EVENTUALLY, UM, AS WE ARE ABLE TO BUILD UP THE PLATFORM, THEN MORE AND MORE INDIVIDUALS ARE UTILIZING IT.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, AND THEN I'LL LET OTHER PEOPLE SPEAK.
UM, HOW DO RESIDENTS WERE UNDOCUMENTED
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INTERACT WITH THIS APP IN TERMS OF, YOU SAID THAT YOU COLLECT INFORMATION IF THEY CALL THE HOTLINE, UM, WHAT INFORMATION IS THERE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS SAFE FOR THEM AND NOT, MAYBE NOT SO SAFE FOR THEM TO, UM, TO REACH OUT TO, YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.UM, SO RIGHT NOW I'M CURRENTLY LOGGED IN, BUT I DON'T HAVE TO BE LOGGED IN.
UM, I CAN SIGN OUT AND, UM, START THIS LIKE SEARCHING PROCESS ANONYMOUSLY.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO GO BACK TO PERSONAL FILTERS AND I CLICK ON UNDOCUMENTED.
IT'S BEEN GLITCHY LATELY FOR ME.
UM, IT'S ONLY BEEN FOR ME, SO I THINK IT'S MY COMPUTER, BUT IF I, UH, UM, I'M SORRY, I WENT THERE.
I REALLY FAST, IF I CLICK ON A PERSONAL FILTERS AND I CLICK ON ODD UNDOCUMENTED AND FILTER SEARCH, UM, THEN IT WILL POPULATE SPECIFIC RESOURCES FOR THOSE UNDOCUMENTED FOLKS.
UM, AND THEN ON HERE I CAN THEN SEE EXACTLY LIKE IF I, IF IT'S FRESH FOOD FOR FAMILIES, UM, THEN I'M ABLE TO UTILIZE AND GO DIRECTLY, HOWEVER, I FEEL SAFE AND COMFORTABLE WITH DOING SO MOVING FORWARD, UM, THIS IS THE PLATFORM ITSELF IS HIPAA COMPLIANT.
AND SO LIKE I HAVE NO, UM, EVEN THOUGH I'M LIKE, UH, A USER OF THE PLATFORM ITSELF, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY VISIBILITY OF LIKE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE.
THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT I CAN SEE IS ANYONE THAT CONTACTS US DIRECT.
YEAH, SO THEY CAN EITHER, IF THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE, THEY CAN REFER THEMSELVES OR THEY CAN JUST, UM, GO TO MORE INFORMATION, UM, AND SEE HOW TO BEST GET CONTACTED, UH, LIKE TO SUPPLEMENT, UH, THE, UH, RESPONSE, THE FIRST ONE THAT ANNABELLA PROVIDED, UM, UH, MANY MEMBERS OF THE
UM, SO THEY ARE, UH, VERY MUCH IN THE WEEDS OF OUR BROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH MULTITUDE OF ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN AUSTIN.
AND, UH, THERE'S OFTEN A REFERRAL TO THE SPECIFIC PLATFORM TO CALL THEIR KIDS SERVICES AND ALLOW THEM TO UTILIZE THIS AS A STANDARD CASE MANAGEMENT TOOL, AS SHE'S ALREADY EXPRESSED.
AND I DO KNOW YOU, UM, I WILL DISCLOSE MY ORGANIZATION IS LISTED ON THIS WEBSITE AND WE'RE PART OF ALL THE UNITED WAY COALITION.
SO, UM, THIS WAS JUST A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO DIG DEEPER.
I THINK FOR THOSE QUESTIONS, UM, I GUESS I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO LET US KNOW WHAT ORGANIZATION YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
UM, AVANT SAY AUSTIN, WHICH IS NOT LISTED AS A PARTNER OF, UH, CONNECTING TAX, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ONE OF THE FOUNDING PARTNERS OF ALL OF YOUR COALITIONS, BUT SO THAT'S ALSO, I'M GLAD THAT YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION, CAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF MINE.
UM, WE DO REFER OUR, THIS HAS BEEN A USEFUL WEBSITE FOR OUR HOME VISITORS FOR OUR HOME EDUCATORS, BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE, IT'S A NICE SUMMARY OF A LOT OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES.
WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY REFERRALS, UM, FROM THIS WEBSITE TO US, WE HAVE USED IT TO GET REFERRALS.
SO USUALLY, UM, LIKE THERE WOULDN'T BE ANYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WOULD KNOW ABOUT YVONNE, SAY AUSTIN THROUGH THIS HEIGHT AND NOT THROUGH LIKE OUR WEBSITE OR A FACEBOOK PAGE OR WORD OF MOUTH.
UM, BUT IT IS HELPFUL FOR OUR HOME VISITORS, OUR PARENT EDUCATORS AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS TO HAVE A LIST OF ALL THESE, UH, SERVICES.
NOW THAT THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIVE IN A LITTLE DEEPER IN OUR WORKING GROUP DISCUSSION.
UM, BUT APPRECIATE THAT, THAT SHARE HERE NOW.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALSO MIDWAY, SO I WANTED TO LEVEL SET FROM A TIMING STANDPOINT OR HOWEVER WAY I THINK WE STILL HAVE A PORTION TO STILL TO COMPLETE.
AND I WILL SAY, UM, I DID, UH, THAT'S A GOOD REMINDER TOO, THAT I DID GIVE A PRESENTATION TO ATLANTA, LIKE A COUPLE OF TRAINING SESSIONS COMPLETELY IN SPANISH, UM, TO THE HOME.
SO I KNOW I, I WORKED A LOT, I THINK WITH THE, I CAN'T REMEMBER HER TITLE, BUT I WORKED A LOT WITH MAGGIE.
UM, AND I THINK HER AND I ARE STILL WORKING ON, UM, UPDATING THAT CONNECT DTX PARTNER AS WELL.
UM, USUALLY THE CONNECT DTX PARTNER TAG, UH, THE HIRE OR WHEN YOU HAVE IT, THEN THE MORE LIKELY MORE TO POPULATE HIGHER ON THE LIST.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, I WAS TRYING TO CONFIRM HOW MUCH MORE TIME IT NEEDED FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
UM, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY LIKE JUST ANOTHER, I DON'T KNOW, PRETTY CLOSE TO TIME, LIKE 15 MINUTES AT THE MOST WITH QUESTIONS.
UH, WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE.
WELL, I GUESS BEFORE WE PROCEED, UH, IF I CAN GET A VISUAL ON OUR ONLINE COMMISSIONERS, UH, OR, UH, GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO WHAM WITH ANYTHING THEY MIGHT HAVE BEFORE WE PROCEED ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT, UH, I HAD A QUESTION, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE WEBSITE, DO YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF METRICS OR STATISTICS IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS ON WHAT ZIP CODES ARE GETTING THE MOST SEARCHES
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IS OR WHAT TYPES OF FILTERS OR PROGRAMS ARE GETTING THE MOST TRACTION I DO.UM, AND IF I, I, I CAN GO TO THE, MY PROGRAM TOOLS AND THE PROGRAM ANALYTICS AND, UM, IT'S JUST A L THAT'S A LOT OF DATA AT THE CURRENT MOMENT.
I WILL SAY JUST FROM THE LAST TIME THAT I SAW IT, UM, IS ALWAYS THE HIGHEST, MOST, UM, SEARCH TREND WITHIN CONNECT ETX.
AND I CAN'T REMEMBER, I HAVE A TERRIBLE MEMORY, UM, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE TOP SEARCH ZIP CODE RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE IS, THERE IS CAPABILITY AND ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO BE WITH THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ALSO, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT DATA AND FIGURE OUT IF WE NEED TO ADDRESS CERTAIN, UM, INEQUITIES IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF TOWN.
UM, AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS WHEN THERE ARE, UM, AREAS OR THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE STATE OF THE WORLD, LIKE SAY THE BABY FOOD, SHERBET FORMULA SHORTAGE, ARE THERE ANYTHING SPECIAL THAT IS DONE ON THE WEBSITE TO HELP USERS FIND THAT TYPE OF, UM, RESOURCE? YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT WE'VE, UM, WE'VE REALLY DONE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UP TO DATE ON ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE IT, OUR DATABASE TEAM ARE THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY UTILIZING EVERY SINGLE DAY AND UPDATING THE PROGRAM, UH, STAINS.
UM, THAT'S AS MUCH AS I THINK WITHIN THIS WITHIN SPECIFICALLY CONNECT HEX, UM, I WILL SAY WITHIN THE LARGER UNITED WAY AND THERE'S COALITIONS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE A PART OF, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PLATFORM, IT'S JUST ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS UP TO DATE WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SEARCH, THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER AREA WHERE, UM, WHEN THERE ARE BIG THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAYBE PROMOTE IT OR CREATE A SEPARATE CATEGORY JUST FOR THAT TO HELP PEOPLE EASILY FIND THAT INFORMATION.
CAUSE I, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST TYPE TRIED TO TYPE IN BABY OR FORMULA AND NOTHING SHOWED UP.
UM, SO IF I WAS LOOKING SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FIND ANY RESOURCE TO HELP ME.
THIS WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
I WANT TO ADD THAT WE DO HAVE A REPORT AS WELL, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND TRENDS REPORT THAT AGGREGATES SOME OF THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE AS WELL.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER ISLAND, UH, OUR ONLINE COMMISSIONERS AND OTHER QUESTIONS FOR PROCEED HERE.
COMMISSIONER DASGUPTA PLEASE RUN AHEAD.
OKAY, SO I'VE UH, SEVERAL QUESTIONS I TOLD US WHY IN ONE OF YOUR SLIDES, THIS IS WEEKDAYS ONLY, IS THAT TRUE? I MEAN IT'S WEEKDAYS ONLY, OR, YEAH.
SO THAT'S WHERE OUR HELPLINE FOR THE CONNECT DTX HELP SPECIFICALLY.
UM, THAT'S ONLY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 9:00 AM TO 6:00 AM.
UM, TO BE ABLE TO SEARCH, UM, THAT CAN BE DONE AT ANY TIME.
AND IT'S JUST MORE SO TO BE CONNECTED SPECIFICALLY TO OUR NAVIGATORS.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO EXTEND IT TO SEVEN DAYS SERVICE 24 7? BECAUSE IT'S A PARTICULARLY, I'M THINKING OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF PEOPLE MOVING INTO THIS TOWN.
RIGHT? A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, VERY TECH SAVVY PEOPLE MOVING IN, BUT GUESS WHAT? FOLLOWING THEM, THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF RETIREES MOVING IN FOLLOWING THEIR CHILDREN.
WE KNOW OF THREE COUPLES WHO HAVE MOVED HERE BECAUSE THEIR KIDS MOVE HERE.
AND THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY THAT TECH SAVVY.
SO IT RELATES TO TWO QUESTIONS THAT YOU CHOOSE CLEAR STATEMENTS.
ONE IS CHAPTER TEST ABOUT THREE, ONE MONTH.
THE MORE YOU UNIFY THIS INTO A COMPLETE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TEMPLATE, A COMPLETE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CANVAS OF SERVICES WHERE ONE CONNECTS TO THE OTHER WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO DIAL THREE DIFFERENT NUMBERS TO GET TO THE SOURCE.
THAT WOULD BE OF IMMENSE VALUE BECAUSE I KNOW OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO ARE LOST IN THE TECH WORLD.
AND IF THEY'RE MOVING INTO TOWN, THEY NEED HELP IMMEDIATELY.
SOMETIMES LIKE THEY'RE LOST THEIR, THEIR MEDICATIONS, ET CETERA.
SO THE MORE, YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO 24 7 SERVICE THE BETTER OFF, AND ALSO CONNECTIONS TO OTHER SIMILAR SERVICES.
AND I WILL ALSO SAY ANYTIME, LIKE, CAN I BE JACKSON'S IS DEFINITELY NOT FOR NEED, UM, ANYTHING FOR IMMEDIATE NEED.
WE ALWAYS REFER TO 2, 1, 1 CONNECTING BECAUSE WE WILL BE ON THE PHONE WITH NIKE TAX FOR A REALLY KIND OF A LENGTHY AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO I ALWAYS RECOMMENDED, BUT YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
I THINK THAT, UM, I TOTALLY HEAR YOU.
WE, UM, AS WE THINK WE'VE BECOME MORE TECH SAVVY, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OTHER OTHER FEATURES IN UTILIZATION STILL, UH, THE, THE NEXT QUESTION IS I ASSUME THE SERVICE IS FREE, RIGHT? YES.
I NOTICED THEM IN, I'M LOOKING AT THE FRESH FOOD FOR FAMILIES EXAMPLE, FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S A MAP THAT SHOWS THE LOCATIONS OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, SUPPLIERS OR OUTLETS
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THAT YOU CAN GET FOOD.UH, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY DRAW THE MAP FOR THEM WITH THEIR, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING THIS WITH THEIR SMARTPHONES, THAT WE COULD IMMEDIATELY GET A MAP AND FOLLOW THE MAP AND GET TO THEIR DESTINATION.
IF THEY'RE IN A CAR TO GET TO THIS DESTINATION, NOW YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE GOOGLE MAPS PRODUCTION.
SO THIS IS CURRENTLY LIKE, IF I CAN SEE IT, BUT IT IS, THIS IS CURRENTLY POWERED THROUGH GOOGLE ITSELF.
UM, AND SO I, I DON'T REMEMBER.
THERE IS A WAY TO, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN DO IT ON YOUR PHONE, BUT THIS ITSELF IS ALREADY PARKED IN GOOGLE.
I WAS HOPING I WOULD, MY QUESTION WAS SPECIFICALLY LIKE, CAN I GET DIRECTIONS TO A PLACE? OH, GOOD.
CAN I DRAG HIM TO GET DIRECTIONS FROM HERE.
YEAH, YOU WOULD HAVE TO LIKE COPY AND PIECE IT OVER.
CAN I CONFIRM SOMETHING REAL QUICK JUST TO INTERJECT THERE BECAUSE I'M ON ONLINE RIGHT NOW ON THE PLATFORM.
AND WHEN I CLICK ON THE MAP, IT'S GIVES ME THE OPTION TO VIEW ON GOOGLE MAPS.
AND FROM MY KNOWLEDGE POCKET MAPS WORKS.
YOU CAN GET DIRECTIONS FROM GOOGLE MAPS.
IF SOMETHING CAN BE VIEWED ON GOOGLE MAPS AND I'M MISSING SOMETHING, WE'RE NOT MISSING SOMETHING.
I THINK I'M MISSING SOMETHING, UM, IS I DON'T HAVE THAT FUNCTION.
I DON'T SEE THAT FUNCTION ON MY END.
I THINK JUST BRIEFLY DIAGNOSING WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER, MAYBE THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WITH YOUR, YOUR SYSTEM.
UM, BUT, UH, COMMISSIONER DASGUPTA, IF YOU FOLLOW ALONG ON THE WEBSITE, ARE YOU ABLE TO, TO DO WHAT I'M ABLE TO DO ON MY TABLET? NO, I WASN'T ACTUALLY FOLLOWING IT.
NO, I'M JUST, I'M JUST LOOKING AT HER SLIDES AND FROM THE SLIDES AS IF I CAN SEE THE MAP.
CAN I SEE THE DIRECTIONS ALSO? WELL, MY QUESTION, I'M NOT WONDERING.
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW HOW, FROM MY PART HERE ON MY TABLET, WHEN I CLICKED ON AN ORGANIZATION, IT BROUGHT UP GOOGLE MAPS AND IT GIVES ME THE OPTION TO BE ON GOOGLE MAPS.
AND THEN YOU SEE GOOGLE MAPS IS LOADING UP.
MAYBE THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.
IF I COULD INTERJECT, IF YOU'VE ACTUALLY CLICKED ON THE, UH, THE ADDRESS THERE, LIKE I SEE YOU HAVE IT UP 6, 6 0 1 MAIN ROAD.
THAT'LL OPEN UP A GOOGLE MAPS TAB AND THAT'LL GIVE YOU DIRECTIONS.
BUT AGAIN, EASE OF USE FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP, WHO ARE NOT THAT TECH SAVVY WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
AND LASTLY, THE QUESTION IS YOU USING THIS FOOTPRINT GAME PANTRY EXAMPLE, SO IS IN YOUR SYSTEM SUCH THAT YOU'RE MAKING REALLY, REALLY A CONNECTION SO THAT IF THEY NEED FOOD DELIVERED, WOULD FOOD PANTRY BE CONTACTING THEM AND SAY, OKAY, WE JUST GOT THIS NOTIFICATION.
WHEN IS A GOOD TIME BECAUSE DATA SERVICE THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING, OR IS THAT SOMETHING IF YOU KNOW THAT I PLAN TO DO THAT? YEAH.
SO IT DEPENDS PER ORGANIZATION.
IF THE ORGANIZATION HAS THIS, WHAT WE CALL A REFERRAL TOOL TURNED ON, UM, THEN YES, THE ORGAN, WE WILL SEND OVER THAT BASIC INFORMATION.
SO I CAN SEND OVER FANCY SCHOOLS INFORMATION TO FRESH FOOD FOR FAMILIES, THEN FRESH FOOD FOR FAMILIES WILL CONTACT FRANSISCO TO SET UP EVERYTHING FOR HIM.
AND MY LAST QUESTION IS YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MAKING THIS FACILITY, THERE'S THIS, THERE'S THIS FEATURE, THERE'S A CAPABILITY AVAILABLE TO ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, ARE YOU ALSO CONNECTING WITH, UH, WITH COMPANIES LIKE DELL, LIKE, UH, UH, SAMSUNG, ET CETERA, THE BIG, THE GIANTS WERE HIRING LIKE CRAZY SO THAT THEY CAN IN TURN, MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THEIR OBLIGED.
YOU'RE MOVING INTO TOWN OR THEIR RELATIVES.
UM, THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT PART OF OUR OUTREACH PLAN.
UM, IT WAS JUST MAINLY FOR ORGANIZATIONS, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS FOR MR. DASGUPTA.
WE ARE RUNNING REALLY LOW ON TIME.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY THOUGH, TO OUR VICE CHAIR AND ANYONE ELSE STANDING BY, I GUESS, COMMISSIONER ISLAND.
UM, AND, UH, ANNABELLA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RUNNING THROUGH THIS.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THIS LOOKS TO BE AN AMAZING TOOL TO AT THE VERY LEAST CONSOLIDATES, UH, ALL OF THE ORGANIZATION'S ADVOCACY, AS WELL AS ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES ALMOST AT A ONE-STOP SHOP.
SO I, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN ANYTHING THIS COMPREHENSIVE, UH, WITH, WITH THIS BROAD ACCESS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS GREAT.
A COUPLE OF HIGH-LEVEL QUESTIONS.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MARKETING OR ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY
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WITH COMMUNITY WITH, UH, UH, PERHAPS CASEWORKERS THROUGHOUT AUSTIN, OTHER NONPROFITS, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE, WHAT SORT OF THE STRATEGY TO GET THE WORD OUT ON THIS? YEAH.SO IN THE BEGINNING, WHEN WE FIRST LAUNCHED, UM, IT WAS KIND OF A, UM, BECAUSE UNITED, BECAUSE IT'S CURRENTLY HOSTED WITH ANY UNITED WAY, UM, THE FIRST STRATEGY WAS YOU CURRENTLY UTILIZE ALL THE NETWORKS, RIGHT? SO EVERYTHING, ALL OF OUR COALITIONS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, UM, THAT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON EARLY CHILDHOOD.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE IT JUST KIND OF SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE.
UM, WE STARTED, UM, GOING TO ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, SO THOSE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UM, HAVE A LARGER CAPACITY, UM, REACHING OUT TO THEM, LETTING THEM KNOW THE PLATFORM ITSELF, OFFERING TRAINING, OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS DEFINITELY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LUNCH, UM, AS OF A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, NOW THAT WITH EVERYTHING OPENING BACK UP, UM, WE'VE, UM, BEEN DOING A LOT MORE, UM, IN-PERSON TABLING EVENTS, UM, THAT WASN'T THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE.
AND THEN, UM, THE THIRD THING IS JUST, UM, BROADER NETWORK OUTREACH TO THE DIFFERENT COALITIONS WITHIN THE AUSTIN REGION THAT WE KNOW THERE IS LIKE AN ABUNDANCE OF.
UM, SO ALL OF THOSE HAVE BEEN THE MAIN OUTREACH.
UM, USUALLY I'M THE ONE THAT NEEDS IT, THAT ORGANIZATION.
UM, THERE'S ALSO, UM, SOMETIMES ORGANIZATIONS JUST TAKE THE TRAINING THEMSELVES THAT ARE LISTED ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING, IT WAS DEFINITELY LIKE A WIDER NETWORK.
AND NOW WE'RE, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF BEEN THE OPPOSITE WHERE MORE ORGANIZATIONS ARE REACHING OUT TO US, UM, TO BE ABLE TO GET CONNECTED TO THE PLATFORM.
THAT'S, THAT'S EXCITING TO HEAR.
UM, ANOTHER QUESTION OR THE LAST QUESTION I HAD IS, UM, YOU MENTIONED THE REPORTING FUNCTIONALITY.
I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT TYPES OF REPORTS, ANALYTICS DATA, UM, IS UNITED WAY CURRENTLY FOCUSING IN ON I'M JUST CURIOUS.
SO ONE IS, UM, THE NAVIGATION COMPONENT.
SO THE NUMBER OF, UM, PEOPLE CALLING IN THE SERVICES, UM, THAT ARE HIGHLY BEING REQUESTED, UM, THE SEARCHING TRENDS AS WELL, THAT ARE ON THERE, UM, HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THE PLATFORM, UM, WHAT IS LIKE THE MOST HIGHLY REFERRED TO ORGANIZATIONS, UM, REALLY TRYING TO GET A, MORE LIKE A NEEDS, LIKE WHAT ARE TRYING TO GET A LANDSCAPE OF THE NEEDS CURRENTLY WITHIN AUSTIN.
AH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
UH, THOSE QUESTIONS, MY SHEER APODACA, UH, COMMISSIONER ISLAND, UH, YOU'D BE THE LAST ONE.
UH, GIVE YOU A BRIEF CHANCE IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
NO, NOTHING FURTHER THAN THE ONES THAT I HAVE ASKED ALREADY.
UH, SO WITH THAT, THEN I'D LIKE TO HAND IT BACK OVER TO YOU ALL.
AGAIN, WE WON'T HAVE MUCH TIME FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, BUT LIKE FEED IT, GIVE YOU THE CHANCE TO PRESENT ON THE REFERRAL TOOLS PIECE.
AND I WILL TRY TO GO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ON HERE AS WELL.
UM, SO WHAT I DID JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS, UM, SO THAT WHAT I WENT THROUGH THE FIRST HALF WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SEARCHING ITSELF.
UM, THIS IS REALLY NOW BEING ABLE TO SEARCH I'M SORRY, ACCEPT AND RECEIVE REFERRALS CONNECT BTX.
UM, SO THERE'S THREE FUNCTIONALITIES ARE AVAILABLE.
SO ONE IS WHAT WE CALL THE ONE-STEP AND IT ALLOWS AN ORGANIZATION TO CAPTURE A SECRET INFORMATION AND THEN CONTACT THAT INDIVIDUAL.
THAT WAS THE DEMONSTRATION THAT I MENTIONED.
IT'S JUST BASIC INFORMATION, THEIR NAME AND THEIR PREFERRED METHOD OF CONTACT.
THE SECOND ONE IS WHAT WE CALL A SCREENER, A TWO-STEP TOOL.
UM, ALSO KIND OF, IT'S BASICALLY LIKE A GOOGLE FORM.
SO IF ORGANIZATIONS WANT TO ASK ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, THEY CAN DO THAT THROUGH THE PLATFORM ITSELF.
IT CAN ASK ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONS, THEY CAN ASK ANYTHING TO BE REALLY ABLE TO DETERMINE IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR SERVICES.
AND THEN THE THIRD OPTION THAT WE HAVE IS A SCHEDULER.
SO PEOPLE CAN BOOK APPOINTMENTS DIRECTLY THROUGH THE CONNECT PTX PLATFORM.
UM, AND, AND THE SCHEDULE IS INTEGRATED WITH GOOGLE CALENDAR AND OUTLOOK.
I WILL SAY, THIS IS, UM, OUR LEAST AND MOST, OR AT LEAST USED FEATURE IS THE SCHEDULER.
UM, BUT IT IS AN OPTION OF ORGANIZATIONS CHOOSE TO USE IT.
UM, SO THEN WHAT HAPPENS, LET'S SAY AN ORGANIZATION HAS CHOSEN TO TURN ON ONE OF THOSE THREE OPTIONS IN THOSE REFERRAL TOOLS.
THEN WHAT HAPPENS, UM, YOU CAN SEE ON HERE THAT THEY ARE THEN, UM, EVERYTHING IS TAKEN TO THE INBOUND REFERRALS.
THEY'RE ABLE TO VIEW THE, UH, INFORMATION OF THAT INDIVIDUAL, THE OTHER DETAILS OF THE PERSON REACHING OUT AND ALSO IN REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANTLY, BEING ABLE TO UPDATE THE STATUS OF THESE REFERRALS.
UM, THIS ALSO TRANSLATES YOUR PROGRAM ANALYTICS.
UM, EACH ORGANIZATION HAS ALL COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THEIR PROGRAM ANALYTICS AND WE AS A CONNECT ETX, UM, ART HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THE LARGER LANDSCAPE, BUT WE JUST BECAUSE OF HIPAA AND CLIENT CONFIDENTIALITY, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SEE THE SPECIFIC PROGRAM.
I KNOW WHAT EXPERT EACH INDIVIDUAL
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OR, UM, ON HERE IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS TO THE REFERRALS.UM, SO ON THE LEFT IS A DEMONSTRATION THAT I'VE WENT THROUGH, UM, AND HERE ON THE DEMONSTRATION, UH, PRISCILLA SENT OVER A, UM, A REFERRAL, I BELIEVE.
AND SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT IS THE REFERRAL THAT WAS RECEIVED.
UM, IT IS IN THE PREFERRED LANGUAGE OF THAT INDIVIDUAL.
YOU CAN SEE ON HERE, UM, THERE, THE INFORMATION OF THE PROGRAMS CARD AND THE PREFERRED LANGUAGE IS LISTED ON HERE AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS, UM, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, FROM THE ORGANIZATION'S PERSPECTIVE.
SO THIS IS THE EMAIL THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE.
UM, THEY CAN SEE THAT FACILA, UM, REFERRED, UM, THE CONNECTED TEXT DEMO TO ANNABELLA.
I CAN SEE THE NAME, UM, THE EMAIL AND THE PHONE NUMBER ON HERE AS A WAY TO CONTACT.
AND I CAN SEE THAT PRISCILLA LEFT A FALLEN COMMENTS.
SO THAT IS ONE WAY THAT ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION IS VIA EMAIL.
AND THE SECOND WAY IS VIA THE ARMORING PLATFORM.
UM, UM, ORGANIZATIONS ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDIT PROGRAMS, SEE ALL THE ANALYTICS AND, UM, BEING ABLE TO ACCESS, UM, MY TEAM, ESSENTIALLY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE DIFFERENT TEAM MEMBERS INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, THEY CAN JUST DIRECTLY INVITE INDIVIDUALS FROM THERE.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'M JUST GOING TO GO DIRECTLY INTO, UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FROM THEIR END, FROM AN ORGANIZATION.
SO AGAIN, UM, MY ORGANIZATION HAS CHOSEN TO TURN ON A REFERRAL TO, TO RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION.
SO THEN I WOULD GO TO MY PROGRAM TOOLS, UM, ON HERE, I CAN SEE THE FOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS BEING ABLE TO DO INBOUND REFERRALS.
UM, I CAN ALSO EDIT MY PROGRAM LISTINGS.
I CAN DO MY TEAM AND ALSO VIEW MY PROGRAM ANALYTICS FOR MY SPECIFIC PROGRAM CARD FOR TODAY.
I'M JUST GONNA GO INTO THE INBOUND REFERRALS.
UM, SO YOU ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FROM A, UM, ORGANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVE TO SEE THAT OPTION.
UM, AND THEN ONE THAT I CLICKED ON FOR TODAY, THIS IS OUR HOUSING DEMONSTRATION.
SO NONE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE REAL.
UM, SO WE CAN SEE ON THE VERY LEFT HAND SIDE IS A STATUS.
AND THIS IS WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLOSING THE LOOP, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE REFERENCING, RIGHT? LIKE ON HERE, I CAN CHANGE THE STATUS OF THAT INDIVIDUAL.
SO I KNOW THE PERSON THAT IS INQUIRING IS TEST A MEAL AND I CAN, AS AN ORGANIZATION AS UNITED WAY, I CAN SAY A MEAL GOT HELP.
THEY WERE ELIGIBLE, THEY COULDN'T CONTACT.
I HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT I CAN COMMUNICATE, UM, WITH THE PERSON THAT THEY REFERRED OR THE REFERRER, WHICH IS MARCELLA RANITA.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UM, SO REALLY, AGAIN, BEING ABLE TO UPDATE THE STATUS AND FOLLOW THE TRAJECTORY OF THAT INDIVIDUAL I'M HERE, I CAN ALSO QUICKLY VIEW THEIR PROFILE.
UM, AND WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE CASE MANAGEMENT FEATURES, UM, IT'S THROUGH THE VIEW OF THE PROFILE.
SO I CAN SEE IN THE PEOPLE THAT I'M HELPING THE INFORMATION, I CAN SEE THE GOALS THAT ARE LISTED ON HERE.
UM, I CAN ALSO SEE THEIR NAVIGATION HISTORY, UM, AND ANY NOTES THAT I WANT TO MAKE ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL, THE ONLY PEOPLE, BECAUSE THIS IS AGAIN, HIPAA COMPLIANT, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE, HAVE, HAVE ACCESS TO THIS, UM, IS PEOPLE THAT WERE ADDED WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
I AS UNITED WAY, CAN NOT SEE ANY OF THIS INFORMATION ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.
UM, AND IT'S COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL TO THEM.
UM, OKAY, I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, AND THEN I CAN ALSO SEE ANY DOCUMENTATIONS ON HERE.
I CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT CHANGES IN STATUSES AND WHO CHANGES STATUS, UM, THE ORGANIZATION THAT RECEIVE, UM, UH, FRANCISCO'S INFORMATION HAS THE ABILITY TO UPDATE IT.
UM, AND SO, SO THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS, UM, BUT ALSO FRANSISCO HIMSELF, IF HE WANTED TO UPDATE HIS OWN STATUS, UM, HE COULD HAVE THAT OPTION ON THERE AS WELL.
THAT IS ACCESSED, UM, THROUGH THE VERY TOP, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN SEE MY REFERRALS ON HERE AND I CAN SEE REFERRALS FOR AS WELL.
UM, SO THIS IS AGAIN, COMPLETELY OPTIONAL FOR THE CLIENTS OR THE PERSON SEEKING SERVICES TO CREATE A LOGIN PROFILE.
THEY DO NOT HAVE TO, IF THEY DON'T WANT TO, UM, THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO FIND THAT INFORMATION, UM, OKAY.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, IS THE SIMPLE SEARCH BOX.
SO THE SIMPLE SEARCH BOX IS, UM, WHAT WE CALL A FRONT DOOR.
UM, SO ANY ORGANIZATION CAN HAVE, UM, THE SEARCH BOX THAT I SHOWED IN THE BEGINNING DISPLAYED ON THEIR WEBSITES, UM, AND IT'LL DIRECTLY TAKE THEM TO, UM, THE UNITED WAY, UM, PORTAL.
SO IF I HAD A SIMPLE SEARCH BOX, IT WENT DIRECTLY LINKED ME TO THIS LANDING PAGE ON HERE.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO BE ABLE TO
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LINK ORGANIZATIONS TO I'M SORRY, INDIVIDUALS TO THIS PAGE, UM, AS ALWAYS, UM, CONNECTING TX IS COMPLETELY FREE.UM, YOU CAN START SEARCHING AND MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS WHAT'S IT ON THERE.
TRY TO GO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
I KNOW IT WASN'T AS COMPREHENSIVE, BUT IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND GIVE TIME FOR THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, ANNABEL.
WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, UM, PRESENTATION AND FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS YOU ANSWERED EARLIER, UH, I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE GREAT ADVANTAGE.
I THINK TO HAVING YOU BOTH VISIT WITH US AT A WORKING GROUP MEETING, PERHAPS TO DISCUSS THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER AROUND 3 1, 1, UH, IN ADDITION TO OTHER QUESTIONS WE MIGHT HAVE.
SO RATHER THAN TO TAKE ANY MORE TIME NOW, IF I CAN, I'D LIKE TO JUST GIVE US ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SAY OUR THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY HOT BURNING QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS BEFORE WE BREAK, UH, THEN WE'LL DO THAT NOW.
UH, BUT, UH, AND I HAVE ONE IN THE ROOM AT LEAST.
SO LET ME GIVE, UH, COMMISSIONER GATES A CHANCE TO ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION HERE, YOUR OUTREACH PLAN, WOULD THAT INCLUDE IN-PERSON, UH, AVAILABILITY FOR A DEMONSTRATION SAY IN SPANISH AT A NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE FAIR? IS IT, WOULD THAT BE A POSSIBILITY? YES, THAT IS DEFINITELY A POSSIBILITY.
UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE, UH, SPANISH DEMONSTRATIONS ON THE WEBSITE, BUT, UM, AND WE HAVE THOSE, WE'VE HAD THOSE LIVE AS WELL, BUT WE'VE NOTICED THAT WE GET A BETTER VISIBILITY AND BETTER USAGE OUT OF THEM WHENEVER WE GO INTO THE COMMUNITIES SPECIFICALLY AND GIVE THOSE IN SPANISH.
SO, UH, WE MAY HAVE, UH, UH, AVAILABILITY, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT AT SOME IN THE FUTURE.
SO I'D LIKE TO CONTACT YOU AT SOME POINT ABOUT THAT.
AND I CAN SEIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
OUR COMMISSION DEFINITELY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO JOIN US AT FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS.
WE'RE ACTIVELY SCHEDULING TOWN HALL, LISTENING SESSIONS IN COORDINATION WITH OUR LIBRARY COMMISSION AND THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY, UH, WHERE, UH, AS FRANCISCO KNOWS, HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN PART OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE.
AND SO IT'D BE GREAT IF YOU WERE ABLE TO TABLE AT FUTURE EVENTS, UH, NOW WITHSTANDING WHATEVER COMMISSION GATES HAS IN MIND AS WELL.
WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO MORE KIND OF ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO PLUG IN AND WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PRESENT ANY OF THIS INFORMATION.
I DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE FOCUSED ON THAT IN THE WORKING GROUP, BUT COULDN'T LET THE MOMENT PASS TO LOCK YOU IN NOW.
WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING WITH THAT.
WE HAVE TO LET YOU GO, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION AND FOR ALL THE QUALITY INFORMATION THAT, AND REALLY THE QUALITY WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IN THE SPACE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE PANDEMIC OBVIOUSLY PUT UP, YOU KNOW, AS, AS I'VE REFERRED TO IT AS A BLIP TO MANY PLANS.
AND SO THANKS FOR GETTING BACK AT IT AND TO BRING IN THIS GREAT REFRESH TO US ALL.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AND JUST TALK ABOUT THE PLATFORM ITSELF.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED IN OUR AGENDA NOW TO AGENDA ITEM THREE NEW BUSINESS COMMISSION
[3.a. Commission Discussion on FCC Broadband Standards (Discussion and Action)]
DISCUSSION ON THE FCC BROADBAND STANDARDS AND POSSIBLE ACTION.UH, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY CALLING ATTENTION TO SOME DOCUMENTATION AND SET A LITTLE CONTEXT VERBALLY.
UH, AS WE DISCUSSED IN OUR LAST MEETING, UH, WE AGREED AS A BODY THAT, UH, WE WOULD TAKE ON THE ISSUE OF BROADBAND STANDARDS AND THERE WAS CONSENSUS AS WELL IN OUR DISCUSSION THAT WE COULD PUT FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR BROADBAND STANDARDS, AT LEAST IN A RESOLUTION FORMAT THAT WE HAVE ONE, UH, SO FAR THE DISCUSSION INCLUDED INVOLVING OUR LOCAL CARRIERS IN THAT DISCUSSION.
SO WE WOULD GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO HAVE DIRECT INPUT ON WHAT IS TRULY ACHIEVABLE FOR ELEVATING A BROADBAND STANDARD THAT AUSTIN WOULD OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, WE BEGUN THAT PROCESS, UH, ALREADY STATING THE EFFORT AND THE PLAN TO OUR CONTACTS AT GOOGLE AND AT T-MOBILE.
AND SO WE NEED TO FINISH THAT PROCESS BY ANNOUNCING THAT TO THE REST OF THE CARRIERS.
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WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO BE THOROUGH ABOUT THIS PROCESS IN FACTOR IN MIND FROM A CONSUMER PROTECTION STANDPOINT, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS, UH, COMMISSION, UH, THE CURRENT FCC GUIDE.AND SO WHAT I'VE SHARED WITH YOU ALL ARE THREE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO BROADBAND FROM THE FCC.
THE FIRST HERE AS DISPLAYED IS THE BROADBAND CONSUMER GUIDE.
I'LL GIVE YOU ALL A CHANCE TO PULL IT UP AS I PULL IT UP AS WELL.
SO THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS.
THERE'S THE FCC BROADBAND SPEED GUIDE, WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW, THERE IS THE FCC HOUSEHOLD BROADBAND GUIDE, AND THERE'S FCC GETTING BROADBAND Q AND A TIRPITZ CITY HALL MAY NOT BE SHARING, UM, THE CORRECT FILE OR, OR SCREEN.
THANK YOU FOR THAT VICE CHAIR.
UH, UH, THE ONE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, UH, THIS IS FINE, BUT, UH, CAN YOU SEE IT NOW? VICE-CHAIR APODACA AND THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS ONLINE, I CAN SEE IT ON THE ITEM THREE, A SCREEN.
I'M JUST SEEING, UH, THE, THE FOLDER WITH THREE FILES AND NOT SEEING THE ACTUAL PDF.
WHAT I DID WAS I LOOKED AT THE EMAIL THAT JESSE HAD SENT AND, UH, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG.
YOU CANNOT REALLY OPEN IT RIGHT ONLINE.
SO I JUST DOWNLOADED ALL THREE DOCUMENTS AND I OPENED IT UP, OPENED THEM UP IN A SEPARATE WINDOW.
SO THAT'S HOW I MANAGED TO GET ALL OF THOSE DOCUMENTS.
YEAH, I CAN SEE IT ON, ON MY END, UH, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE WELL, JUST TO CLARIFY SOMETHING AS WELL AS CHAIR, UH, OUR DISCUSSION, UH, WE WILL HAVE TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENT AS A GROUP IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT IT ALL TOGETHER WITHOUT REACTION.
AND, AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO OUR DISCUSSION, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO ALL BE VISIBLE.
SO THE DOCUMENT WON'T BE DISPLAYED AT THAT TIME.
HOWEVER, I SAW A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS INITIAL PART AND AS IT IS PURELY STATING, AND INDEED READING THE DOCUMENT, UH, FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT HAVE VISUAL CHALLENGES, I'M GOING TO READ THIS INITIAL PART AND THEN WE CAN REACT TO IT.
SO AS IS LISTED HERE, THIS IS THE FCC CONSUMER GUIDE, THE BROADBAND SPEED GUIDE AND WHAT THIS PURPORTS TO DO.
IT STATES COMPARE TYPICAL ONLINE ACTIVITIES WITH THE MINIMUM DOWNLOAD SPEED MEGABITS PER SECOND, OR M BPS NEEDED FOR ADEQUATE PERFORMANCE FOR EACH APPLICATION.
DIGITAL SPEED MAY ENHANCE PERFORMANCE SPEEDS.
ADDITIONAL SPEED MAY ENHANCE PERFORMANCE SPEEDS ARE BASED ON RUNNING ONE ACTIVITY AT A TIME FOR HOUSEHOLD ROM BED NEEDS USE OUR HOUSEHOLD BROADBAND GUIDE TO COMPARE A MINIMUM M MEGABIT PER SECOND NEEDS FOR LIGHT, MODERATE, AND HOW HIGH HOUSEHOLD USE WITH 1, 2, 3, OR FOUR DEVICES AT A TIME SUCH AS A LAPTOP TABLET OR GAME CONSOLE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BROADBAND SPEEDS, SEE OUR MEASURING BROADBAND AMERICA REPORT.
THESE NUMBERS ARE ROUGH GUIDELINES THAT ARE NOT BASED ON SURVEYS OR EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED AT THE FCC BY THE SEC, EXCUSE ME.
YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT WHEN CHOOSING YOUR BROADBAND SERVICE.
I COULD LIKE TO SCROLL DOWN SO WE CAN DISPLAY THE BOTTOM PORTION RIGHT THERE, STARTING THERE.
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AND I'M GOING TO READ THIS AGAIN FOR THE SAKE OF OUR AUDIENCE.IT DESCRIBES ACTIVITIES AND MINIMUM.
DOWNLOAD SPEEDS IN MEGABITS PER SECOND, WHICH IS MBPS FOR GENERAL USAGE.
IT STATES GENERAL BROWSING AND EMAIL ONE MEGABIT PER SECOND, MINIMUM FOR STREAMING ONLINE RADIO, LESS THAN 0.5 MEGABITS PER SECOND, FOR VOICE OVER IP CALLS LESS THAN 0.5 MEGABITS PER SECOND, FOR STUDENT FIVE TO 25 MEGABITS PER SECOND FOR TELECOMMUTING FIVE TO 25 MEGABITS PER SECOND.
THESE ARE DOWNLOAD SPEEDS AGAIN FOR FILE DOWNLOADING 10 MEGABITS PER SECOND FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, ONE MEGABIT PER SECOND.
FINALLY, COULD YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT? THEY'RE WATCHING VIDEO.
IT LISTS STREAMING STREAMING STANDARD DEFINITION, VIDEO THREE TO FOUR MEGABITS PER SECOND, STREAMING HIGH DEFINITION HD VIDEO FIVE TO EIGHT MEGABITS PER SECOND.
AND THEN LASTLY, STREAMING ULTRA HD 4K VIDEO 25 MEGABITS PER SECOND.
NOW SCROLLING DOWN FURTHER FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING.
IT LISTS STANDARD PERSONAL VIDEO CALL EEG SKYPE ONE MEGABIT PER SECOND FOR HD PERSONAL VIDEO CALL EG SKYPE 1.5 MEGABITS PER SECOND FOR HD VIDEO TELECONFERENCING SIX MEGABITS PER SECOND.
AND THEN FINALLY GAMING GAME COUNCIL CONSOLE CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET THREE MEGABITS PER SECOND FOR ONLINE MULTIPLAYER FOUR MEGABITS PER SECOND.
AND THEN IT CONTINUES TO LIST THE HELP CENTER LINE AND ALTERNATE FORMATS.
THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN NOW.
I WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE AND GIVE US ALL A CHANCE TO SHOW OUR, OUR HAPPY SMILING FACES.
UH, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE SMILING RIGHT NOW, UH, AS WE GET A CHANCE TO DISCUSS THIS INFORMATION, I'D LIKE TO JUST BEGIN BY STATING, UH, WHAT IS ESTABLISHED BASED ON THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMISSION, UH, THAT, UH, THERE HAS BEEN BROAD AGREEMENT THAT THESE STANDARDS ARE WOEFULLY INADEQUATE.
AND AS WE GET INTO THE DIFFERENT AREAS, PARTICULARLY WITH THE STATEMENT THAT ADDITIONAL SPEEDS, EXCUSE ME, SPEEDS ARE BASED ON RUNNING ONE ACTIVITY AT A TIME.
WELL, WE ALL KNOW AS TECHNOLOGY ADVISERS, HOW EXTRAORDINARY THAT SCENARIO IS, WHAT THIS MEANS.
UH, I'VE GOT VERY STRONG FEELINGS ON THIS, BUT I'D LIKE TO JUST OPEN IT UP, UH, FRANKLY TO THE GROUP, UH, TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS.
AND I SEE COMMISSIONER DASGUPTA HAS RAISED HIS HAND, AND I KNOW HE HAS STRONG FEELINGS ON THIS TOPIC AS WELL.
SO PLEASE GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.
I SKIPPED, UH, LARGER HALL, BUT YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BACK UP TO THE TEXT BEFORE THAT IT SAYS FOR HOUSEHOLD BIRDMAN NEEDS USE OUR HOUSEHOLD BROADBAND DIED.
UH, I TRIED, I TRIED TO OPEN THAT I COULDN'T ULTRA ULTRA GLITTER TO COMPARE MINIMUM MEGABITS PER SECOND NEEDS FOR LIGHT, MODERATE, AND HIGH HIGH HOUSEHOLD USE WITH 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR DEVICES AT A TIME PICK ONE, WHICH ONE IS THE RIGHT ANSWER.
LET'S SAY WE HAVE A TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD OR HUSBAND, WIFE, TWO KIDS, TWO KIDS ARE DOING HOMEWORK.
I GO DOWN THE LIST AND LOOK AT STUDENTS WHERE IT SAYS 1, 2, 3 OR FOUR DEVICES CONNECTED.
AM I TO SUSPECT THAT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THAT YEAH, THE TWO STUDENTS COULD PLUG IN THEIR LAPTOPS LAPTOPS AT THE SAME TIME AT 25 MEGABITS AND CAN GET REAL WORK DONE.
VERIFIED MEGABITS IS DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY'S TECHNOLOGY.
TODAY'S STUDENTS ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS.
I LOOK AT MY GRANDKIDS, THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING ON THEIR LAPTOPS AND THEIR IPADS ARE AMAZING.
I'M LOOKING AT AT LEAST 25 PER STUDENT.
SO MINIMUM 50 MEGABITS, NOT FIVE TO 25.
AND AFTER CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
CAN I SHOULD ASK YOU TO WRITE, UH, IN ANY OF THE BRIEF COMMENTS NOW, BECAUSE OF THAT, MAYBE SUGGEST THAT WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND PIVOT TO THAT HOUSEHOLD DOCUMENT.
I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER ISLAND.
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WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I CAN OPEN THE HOUSEHOLD ONE AND YOU COMPARE THE TWO AND IT'S, IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING ADEQUATE, RIGHT? WELL WITH THAT, THEN I THINK WE DO HAVE BROAD CONSENSUS.LET'S GO AHEAD AND PIVOT THEN.
UM, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND SHOW IF WE CAN THAT FCC HOUSEHOLD BROADBAND GUIDE.
SO I'LL BRIEFLY SPEAK TO IT AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT IT AS A GROUP.
SO AGAIN, FOR THE SAKE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, JUST TO GET THIS OUT THERE, I'M GOING TO READ HOUSEHOLD BROADBAND GUIDE, USE THE CHART BELOW TO COMPARE MINIMUM, DOWNLOAD SPEEDS, MEGABITS PER SECOND NEEDS FOR LIGHT, MODERATE, AND HIGH HOUSEHOLD USE WITH 1, 2, 3 OR FOUR DEVICES AT A TIME SUCH AS LAPTOP, TABLET, OR GAME CONSOLE.
YOU CAN ALSO COMPARE A TYPICAL ONLINE ACTIVITIES WITH THE MINIMUM MEGABIT PER SECOND NEEDED FOR ADEQUATE PERFORMANCE FOR EACH APPLICATION BY USING OUR BROADBAND SPEED GUIDE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BROADBAND SPEEDS, SEE OUR MEASURING BROADBAND AMERICA REPORT.
THESE NUMBERS ARE ROUGH GUIDELINES AND ARE NOT BASED ON SURVEYS OR EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED BY THE SEC, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT WHEN CHOOSING A BROADBAND SERVICE.
AND THEN IT GOES TO THE CHART AND IT DESCRIBES ONE USER ON ONE DEVICE LIGHT USE.
IT DESCRIBES AS BASIC FUNCTIONS, EMAIL BROWSING, BASIC VIDEO OF VOICEOVER, IP, AND INTERNET RADIO.
IT MERELY LISTS BASIC AS WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR MODERATE USE.
PLUS ONE HIGH DEMAND APPLICATION STREAMING HD VIDEO MULTI-PARTY VIDEO CONFERENCING, ONLINE GAMING TELECOMMUTING.
IT ALSO LISTS BASIC FOR HIGH USE.
IT LISTS BASIC FUNCTIONS PLUS MORE THAN ONE HIGH DEMAND APPLICATION RUNNING AT THE SAME TIME, IT LISTS MEDIUM FOR TWO USERS OR DEVICES AT ONE TIME.
AS I DESCRIBED EARLIER, BASIC FOR MODERATE USE, AS I DESCRIBED EARLIER, IT LISTS MEDIUM FOR HIGH USE ENLISTS, MEDIUM AND ADVANCED, AND IT INCREASES THIS TREND WITH EXPANDED USERS FOR THREE USERS OR DEVICES AT ONE TIME, IT SUGGESTS MEDIUM FOR MODERATE, FOR LIGHT USE FOR MEDIUM USE, EXCUSE ME, FOR MODERATE USE.
IT SUGGESTS MEDIUM FOR HIGH USE.
AND THEN FOR USERS, IT FOR LIGHT USE TO JUST MEDIUM FOR MODERATE USE ADVANCED FOR HIGH USE ADVANCED.
AND THEN IT DESCRIBES WHAT, UH, IN THE FOOTNOTE BASIC SERVICE EQUALS TO THREE TO EIGHT MEGABITS PER SECOND, AND MEDIUM SERVICE EQUALS TWO 12 TO 25 MEGABITS PER SECOND.
AND ADVANCED SERVICE EQUALS MORE THAN 25 MEGABITS PER SECOND.
AND OF COURSE IT DESCRIBES AS I DID, UH, WHAT MBPS STANDS FOR MEGABITS PER SECOND, BEING THE STANDARD MEASURE OF BROADBAND SPEED.
IT REFERS TO THE SPEED WITH WHICH INFORMATION PACKETS ARE DOWNLOADED FROM AND UPLOADED TO THE INTERNET.
AND THEN IT INCLUDES THE INFORMATION TO REACH THEM AGAIN, AS WELL AS ALTERNATE FORMATS THAT THIS INFORMATION CAN BE COMMUNICATED TO THE PUBLIC.
SO, UH, TO REITERATE WHAT WAS ALREADY STATED, UM, AND JUST TO CLARIFY NOW THEN, UM, WE'RE CLEARLY ADVOCATING FOR, UH, A STANDARD THAT WOULD BE QUALIFIED AS ADVANCED SERVICE, UH, AS A COMMISSION, UH, STANDARD THAT EXCEEDS 25 MEGABITS PER SECOND WAS WHAT THEY LIST FOR ADVANCED SERVICE AND THIS CURRENT BROADBAND GUIDE, UH, WITH THAT ANY OTHER, UH, REACTIONS, UH, OR IMMEDIATE DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEEDBACK? WELL, WE'D HAD A RECENT EXPERIENCE DURING OUR, UH, CONFERENCE CALL ON MONDAY.
UH, I JUST NOTICED THAT YOUR, UH, VIDEO WAS A WHOLE LOT BETTER AFTER YOU UPGRADED SOMETHING.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE GOT ANY METRICS ON THAT THAT WOULD GIVE US A GOOD BASELINE AS TO WHAT W WHAT IS REALLY ADEQUATE FOR A HOUSEHOLD USE FOR A SINGLE PERSON AT A TIME.
UH, THAT'S A VERY, UH, SPECIFIC AND PERSONAL QUESTION, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER IT.
UM, UH, AS
UH, I WAS ABLE WITHOUT TELLING YOU THE MANUFACTURER,
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I WAS ABLE TO GET A HIGHER, UH, KNOW, BETTER PERFORMANCE.AND I KNOW THAT MY, UH, SERVICE PROVIDER AT THE TIME, UH, WAS WITHOUT AGAIN, NAMING THE SERVICE PROVIDER ALSO SENT OUT SOME, UH, HARDWARE TO UPGRADE MY USAGE, AND IT SEEMED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I HAVEN'T DONE A SPEED TEST, UH, ALTHOUGH THAT IS SOMETHING I PLAN ON DOING, UH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT.
UM, IT CERTAINLY WAS ENCOURAGING THAT I WAS PERSONALLY ABLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, AN IMPROVEMENT, UH, AND I CAN ONLY HOPE THE SAME FOR OTHERS OUT THERE.
UM, I KNOW THAT OFTENTIMES HARDWARE IS THE CHALLENGE TO EXPANDED BROADBAND USAGE AND ACCESS.
UH, BUT HAVING HARDWARE AT ALL IS, IS A PERSISTENT CHALLENGE FOR MANY IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT WE'RE, WE'RE FOCUSED ON ACCESS TO THE DEVICES AS WELL AS TO IMPROVING ACCESS TO BROADBAND AFFORDABLY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, PERHAPS LESS PERSONAL, UM, UH, YES.
OUR, UH, SENIOR CONSULTANT FOR THE TELEPHONE CATIONS WROTE TO AFFAIRS OFFICE CATANA.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT, UH, THERE'S SOME EMERGING INFORMATION FROM SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS ON FUNDING, UH, THAT ARE BEING RELEASED BY NTIA, THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION.
THEY ARE THE FOLKS THAT RELEASED THE NOTICE OF FUNDING AND THE RULES FOR FUNDING AND FOR THE BEADS FUNDING, BROADBAND EQUITY ACCESS DEPLOYMENT, THE $42.5 MILLION, A HUNDRED OF A HUNDRED MILLION OF WHICH IS COMING TO AUTHOR TO TEXAS, UH, TO SUPPORT UNIVERSAL ACCESS BY FUNDING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN STATES AND COMMUNITIES, UH, WHEN NEEDED TO INCREASE ADOPTION, THEY HAVE CASCADING PRIORITIES AND THEY ARE LISTING THE FOLLOWING.
THEY'RE SAYING UNSERVED AREAS ARE THOSE AREAS THAT LACK 25, 3 MEGABITS PER SECOND, UNDERSERVED ARE NOW A HUNDRED OVER 20 AND COMMUNITY ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS MUST HAVE ONE OVER ONE GIGABYTE GIGABITS, AND THESE ARE LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS.
AND SO THEY'RE ALSO SAYING THAT LOCATIONS THAT ARE SERVED EXCLUSIVELY BY SATELLITE OR ENTIRELY UNLICENSED SPECTRUM WILL NOW BE CONSIDERED UNSERVED.
SO MAYBE THAT HELPS BECAUSE I THINK THAT THEY'RE CREATING THE NEW BASELINE.
UH, I THINK THAT WE IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO INTEGRATE THOSE DATA POINTS INTO OUR PLAN HERE.
AND I'D LIKE FOR US TO DISCUSS THAT FURTHER, UH, ALTHOUGH I DO WANT TO GIVE A CHANCE FOR A COMMISSIONER NOW SCOOPED UP TO ASK A QUESTION OR REACT TO THE INFORMATION WE JUST RECEIVE.
I THINK THAT IS A WONDERFUL, UH, YOU KNOW, SORT OF SEGUE TO WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ASSUME THAT, UH, BY THE WAY, I HAVE VERY HIGH SERVICE, UH, SOMEWHERE IN THE MORNING WHEN VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED AND LATER ON AFTER EIGHT O'CLOCK, I GET SUPERIOR SERVICE BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S NOT RETIRING BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF RETIRED FOLKS WHO GO TO SLIPPERY.
AND SO WHEN THEY LOG OFF, I GET FANTASTIC SERVICE.
WE'VE GOT SOME MULTI POINT MULTI POINT DROP NETWORK.
SO I KEEP BLEEDING MEGABITS AS THE WIRE COMES TOWARDS ME.
BUT IN ANY CASE, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT SAY IF YOU ASSUME THAT 25 MEGABITS PER STUDENT IS WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR THEM TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK AND DO WEB SEARCH AND DO MULTIPLE UPLOADS AND DOWNLOADS, ASSUMING THAT THERE ARE 2, 3, 2 TO THREE STUDENTS AND ONE ADULT WHILE LOGGED IN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST THREE CUSTOMERS, FOUR HOUSEHOLD THREE TO FOUR, IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY 25, IT'S A MINIMUM 75 WHERE I THINK A HUNDRED IS A SWEET SPOT THAT WE SHOULD BE TARGETING AS A CITY GOAL.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT AREAS LIKE, UH, LAMAR AND NON-CORE, THOSE ARE THE AREAS WHERE WE HAD IMMENSE DIFFICULTY DURING OUR CENSUS IN REACHING OUT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE, THAT WOULD POSSIBLY BE DESCRIBED AS UNDERSERVED.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE AREAS WE SHOULD BE TARGETING WITH THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR A HUNDRED MEGABITS, A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED DOWN AT LEAST 10 TO 20 UP UP.
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THANK YOU FOR THAT.I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION FOR MS. AND, UM, ABOUT, UH, ALL OF THIS MONEY THAT'S COMING TO TEXAS, WAS IT EVER RESOLVED ABOUT WHETHER, UM, URBAN AREAS WOULD GET SOME OF THIS MONEY OR WAS IT ALL GOING TO RURAL AREAS? IN OTHER WORDS, THIS UNDERSERVED DOES THAT ONLY MEAN RURAL? I'D LIKE TO PAUSE FOR ONE BRIEF MOMENT.
UM, THIS IS A TOPIC THAT'S GOING TO COME UP IN A LATER AGENDA ITEM, RIGHT.
WHERE WE'RE NOW CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON THE FCC BROADBAND STANDARDS SPECIFICALLY.
UH, SO IF WE COULD, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, AND TABLE THAT PIECE.
I KNOW THAT CO-TAUGHT WILL DEFINITELY HAVE FEEDBACK ON THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
UH, ANY OTHER SPECIFIC FEEDBACK PERTAINING TO BROADBAND STANDARDS, UH, OR, UH, THE DISCUSSION HERE ON THIS? I WOULD LIKE COMMENTS FROM THE OTHER, UH, YES, OF COURSE.
UH DASGUPTA UH, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE.
UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, THANK YOU.
AS COMMISSIONER DOES SCOPE DIMENSION AS A PERSON FROM RUNDBERG, I WOULD SAY I JOINED THIS COMMISSION FOR THIS SPECIFIC RESEARCH ONLY JUST DO I CAN COME AND COMPLAIN ABOUT INTERNET SPEED.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, BEING AWARE AND I'M HERE TO LIKE, MAKE SURE THAT WE DO PROVIDE A BETTER QUALITY SERVICE TO MY AREA.
I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY ON THIS, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, FLOYD.
WITH THE A HUNDRED, UH, UH, BEG WAS FEED I HAD WHEN COVID STARTED.
THAT'S THE SPEED I HAD AT MY, WELL, WHAT WAS ADVERTISED AT SPEED AT MY HOUSE, SHAKE, DOING A SPEED TEST THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
I REALIZED IT WAS LESS DEPENDING ON THE USAGE OF MY NEIGHBORS, I ASSUME, BUT ANYTHING LESS THAN FULL CAPACITY MADE IT PRETTY HARD TO RUN.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE HAVING TO RUN ALL OF OUR, UM, BUSINESS OUT OF THE HOUSE DURING KEVIN IT, AND, UH, THAT WAS LIKE THREE COMPUTERS PLUS A TELE, UH, USING ONE ADDITIONAL COMPUTER FOR ZOOM AND EVERYTHING.
AND IF WE GOT LOADED UP WITH A, LIKE, IF THE TWO OF US WERE ON CONFERENCE CALLS FOR, OR, I MEAN, UM, ZOOM CALLS, FOR INSTANCE, THINGS BEGIN TO BUFFER.
THINGS BEGIN TO NOT WORK PROPERLY.
I MEAN, A HUNDRED MEGABITS, LIKE WHEN IT'S, WHEN IT'S FULLY FUNCTIONAL, WHEN YOU'RE GETTING WHAT'S ADVERTISED WORKS, UH, ANYTHING LESS CAN BE PRETTY TOUGH.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING AT HOME AND TELECOMMUTING NOW, UM, I THINK KEEPING THOSE STANDARDS UP IS, IS VITAL.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S FOR A LOT OF REASONS, I MEAN, WHERE PEOPLE WERE WORKING OUT OF THEIR HOUSES.
AND ALSO THAT'S ONE OF OUR, I KNOW ONE OF OUR PLANS FOR REDUCING TRAFFIC AND, YOU KNOW, POLLUTION IN THE CITY IS TO KEEP THIS HYBRID WORK, UM, STYLE GOING.
UM, SO I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO UPGRADE TO A GIGABIT SERVICE, WHICH FOR NOW HAS SOLVED THIS PROBLEMS, BUT I KNOW NOT EVERYBODY CAN THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UH, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WHEN I GO, WHAT, WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID, UM, A HUNDRED MEGABYTES PER SECOND IS CERTAINLY THE, YOU KNOW, THE MAXIMUM THEORETICAL SPEED, UM, FOR A PLAN, UH, YOU KNOW, I MYSELF HAVE HAVE ONE GIGABIT SPEEDS ON TELECONFERENCES ALL DAY, UH, MULTIPLE FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
I'VE DONE MANY SPEED TESTS, NEVER ONCE HAVE I EVER HIT THAT SPEED AGAIN, MAXIMUM THEORETICAL SPEED.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR US, WHAT THAT MEANS IS, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE, IF WE DO AGREE AS A COMMISSION ON A CERTAIN SPEED, WHETHER THAT BE A HUNDRED OR SOMETHING ELSE, I THINK IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS, WE JUST NEED TO KNOW IT'S, IT'S GONNA END UP BEING, BEING LESS BECAUSE OF A VARIETY OF FACTORS.
SO, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THAT SAID, I'M CERTAINLY AN ADVOCATE OF CONTINUING TO, UH, TO MAXIMIZE THE SPEED, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
VICE CHAIR, APODACA I AND A COMMISSIONER ISLAND BEFORE WE RETURNED TO THE ROOM.
DID YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS? YEAH, I MEAN, I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH WHATEVER EVERYBODY HAS COMMENTED ALREADY ON.
I THINK THIS IS JUST CONTINUING TO BE A CHALLENGE THAT WE NEED TO, AS A COMMISSION, CONTINUE TO, UM, SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO THIS DISCUSSION HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR A BETTER DEFINITION OF BROADBAND SPEED.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU JUST CAN'T SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE, WE'RE GOING TO SAY, WE'RE GIVING YOU A HUNDRED MEGABITS.
UM, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING
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BETTER IN TERMS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THERE AND HOW MUCH TIME DURING THE DAY DO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THAT SPEED? I KNOW THAT, UH, THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF METRICS FOR THIS KIND OF SERVICE, UM, WHEN, UH, SOUTH, UH, WHEN THE BELL SYSTEM WAS STILL AROUND.AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF BETTER DEFINITION OF METRICS OTHER THAN WHAT IS IN, IN THIS CONSUMER GUIDE, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY FUZZY.
UH, YOU KNOW, I TAKE YOUR POINT.
IN FACT, UH, PROACTIVELY, UH, THE, THE LAST DOCUMENT, MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD SEGUE, UH, THE GETTING BROADBAND Q AND A, UH, THE CONSUMER GUIDE DOCUMENT.
UH, THE LAST ONE THAT I SHARED, UH, FUCKING SPEAK TO THAT, AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AND THEN CLOSE THIS ITEM OUT, UH, WITH OUR, OUR ACTION AND, OR, UH, NEXT STEPS.
UH, YOU GUYS BE SO KIND AS TO SHARE THAT FCC CONSUMER GUIDE GETTING BROADBAND Q AND A, I WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS BECAUSE I THINK, UM, WE WILL NEED TO EITHER BE IN RECEIPT OF AN UPDATED DOCUMENT LIKE THIS FROM THE FCC THAT REFLECTS, UH, FORTHCOMING STANDARDS, UH, AS COTON SUGGESTED, OR TO CREATE ONE OF OUR OWN FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE FUZZY.
UM, AND THIS Q AND A, I THINK, GETS TO THAT.
I THINK AS WE WORK TO, UH, TO CREATE A DOCUMENT, WE CAN CLARIFY THIS CONFUSION FOR THE COMMUNITY OR TO COMMUNICATE ANY UPDATES FROM THE SEC.
I DON'T WANT TO READ THE WHOLE DOCUMENT, BUT I DO WANT TO READ PORTION OF IT.
SO FROM THE TOP, GETTING BROADBAND Q AND A, WHAT IS BROADBAND BROADBAND OR HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS ALLOWS USERS TO ACCESS THE INTERNET AND INTERNET RELATED SERVICES AT SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER SPEEDS AND THOSE AVAILABLE THROUGH DIAL UP SERVICES.
BROADBAND SPEEDS VARY SIGNIFICANTLY, DEPENDING UPON THE TECHNOLOGY AND LEVEL OF SERVICE ORDERED BROADBAND SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS, CONSUMERS TYPICALLY PROVIDE FASTER DOWNSTREAM SPEEDS FROM THE INTERNET TO YOUR COMPUTER.
THEN UPSTREAM SPEEDS FROM YOUR COMPUTER TO THE INTERNET.
HOW DOES IT WORK? BROADBAND ALLOWS USERS TO ACCESS INFORMATION VIA THE INTERNET USING ONE OF SEVERAL HIGH SPEED TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGIES.
MEANING THAT TEXT, IMAGES AND SOUND ARE ALL TRANSMITTED AS BITS OF DATA, THE TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGIES THAT MAKE BROADBAND POSSIBLE MOVE THESE BITS MORE QUICKLY THAN TRADITIONAL TELEPHONE, WIRELESS CONNECTIONS, INCLUDING TRADITIONAL DIAL UP INTERNET ACCESS CONNECTIONS.
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES? WHAT ARE ITS ADVANTAGES? BROADBAND IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSUMERS IN REMOTE LOCATIONS.
BROADBAND ALLOWS YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SERVICES, NOT AVAILABLE OR NOT CONVENIENT TO USE THE DIAL CONNECTION SUCH AS
ROBIN MAKES TELEMEDICINE POSSIBLE.
PATIENTS IN RURAL AREAS CAN CONFER ONLINE WITH MEDICAL SPECIALISTS IN MORE THAN MORE URBAN AREAS AND SHARE INFORMATION AND TEST RESULTS VERY QUICKLY.
BROADBAND HELPS YOU EFFICIENTLY ACCESS NEWS, MANY REFERENCE AND CULTURAL RESOURCES VIA THE INTERNET.
YOU ALSO NEED BROADBAND TO BEST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MANY DISTANCE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES LIKE ONLINE COLLEGE UNIVERSITY COURSES AND CONTINUING OR SENIOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS. BROADBAND ALLOWS YOU TO SHOP ONLINE MORE QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY.
WHAT TYPES ARE AVAILABLE BROADBAND CAN PROVIDED OVER DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE, ALSO KNOWN AS DSL CABLE, MODEM, FIBER WIRELESS, AND SATELLITE.
THE BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY YOU CHOOSE WILL DEPEND ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS.
THESE INCLUDE HOW BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS IS PACKAGED WITH OTHER SERVICES LIKE VOICE TELEPHONE AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT, PRICE, AND SERVICE AVAILABILITY.
THEY THEN GO INTO A DESCRIPTION OF DIFFERENT SERVICES.
I'M NOT GOING TO DESCRIBE EACH SERVICE, BUT I'M GOING TO LIST THEM.
I MENTIONED EARLIER, CABLE MODEM, FIBER WIRELESS SATELLITE, AND THEN IT GOES TO GETTING BROADBAND IN YOUR AREA, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY AND SEE IF IT HAS APPLIED FOR THE FEDERAL E RATE PROGRAM,
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WHICH SUBSIDIZES BROADBAND TO LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS, CONTACT LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK WHAT THEY CAN DO TO ATTRACT BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDERS TO YOUR AREA IS TYPICALLY EXPENSIVE TO EXTEND ROBYN NETWORK TO A NEW AREA.YOUR COUNTRY MUNICIPAL, MS. SPALLETTI MAY BE ABLE TO OFFER A BROADBAND PROVIDER VIDEO FRANCHISE RIGHTS, MAKING, BUILDING OUT BROADBAND NETWORK, MORE ATTRACTIVE TO POTENTIAL PROVIDERS.
TALK WITH YOUR STATE GOVERNMENT OR STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO SEE WHAT IS BEING DONE OR CAN BE DONE TO GET BROADBAND TO YOUR AREA FOR MORE INFORMATION, UH, UH, FOR YOUR STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, CHECK IN THE N A R U CS REGULATORY COMMISSIONS WEBPAGE.
THEN AS BEFORE THEY PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW TO REACH THEM AND ALTERNATE FORMATS, UH, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR REFLECTION TO THIS, UH, CERTAINLY FOR FEEDBACK, UH, WHICH WILL LIKELY INCLUDE, UH, FEEDBACK FROM OUR SENIOR CONSULTANT, UH, AND, UH, FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN, UH, BY SPEAKING TO, UH, THE TYPES AVAILABLE.
UH, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO OFFER IN THIS DOCUMENT IS, UH, A UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR GEOGRAPHIC AREA.
UH, WE OBVIOUSLY, AS A COMMUNITY AND A CITY, UH, SERVE MORE THAN JUST THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, WE SERVE THE AUSTIN METRO, IF YOU WILL, AND, OR EXPANDED AREAS THAT INCLUDE PEOPLE COMMUTING FROM RURAL AND SUBURBAN AREAS AROUND TOWN.
AND THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY INCLUDES PEOPLE THAT ARE INCLUDED WITHIN PLAINLY, UH, UNDERSERVED AND UNSERVED AREAS BASED UPON THE FCC EXISTING STANDARDS AND THOSE LESS PLAINLY, UH, UH, EFFECTED BY, UH, THESE CHALLENGES WITHIN CURRENTLY SERVED AREAS, BUT YET WITH CHALLENGES BECAUSE THE SERVICE THEY RECEIVE IS NOT REFLECTIVE OF THE BROAD COMMUNITY.
SO BECAUSE OF CHALLENGES WE HAVE WITHIN OUR, UH, OUR GEOGRAPHY, UH, VERY COMPREHENSIVE FOCUSES NEEDED.
SO THAT WOULD NATURALLY REFLECT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PROVIDERS IN SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND THOSE AFFECTING OUR COMMUTERS TO IN AND OUT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR WORK AND LIFE.
I THINK THAT, UH, IT'S CLEAR THAT WHAT BROADBAND IS OR SHOULD BE, UH, HAS CHANGED.
SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT FUTURE GUIDELINES WOULD BE AMENDED SIGNIFICANTLY TO REFLECT OUTMODED TECHNOLOGIES AND SPEEDS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO TRULY FUNCTION AND TO MAKE THE, THE ADVANTAGES NOW, UH, THAT ARE SPOKEN TO OF A BROADBAND.
BUT WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED INSIGHTS FROM OUR SENIOR CONSULTANT.
I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY GIVING OUR EXPERT A CHANCE TO SHARE HER INSIGHTS AND INSIGHTS SHE MAY HAVE LEARNED FROM, FROM FCC AS WELL AS, UH, I SEE NOW OUR PROGRAM OFFICER OUR, EXCUSE ME, OUR DEPARTMENT OFFICER WE'RE NYLA HAWKINS IS JOINING US.
SO HELLO, LADIES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE ANYTHING OR ANY INSIGHTS ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE? I THINK RHONDELLA ARE, UM, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS OFFICER HAS SOME WONDERFUL INSIGHTS.
IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.
AND I BEEN LISTENING TO THIS CONVERSATION AND I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THAT WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND MANY MISSES, HOW THEY SAID THAT ADVOCATING THAT THE 25, TH THE FCC BROADBAND DEFINITION OF 25 UP AND THREE DOWN IS WAY INADEQUATE.
AND WE WANT AT LEAST 100 UP AND DOWN.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE BUILDING THIS HIGHWAY, I'M GOING TO SAY INFORMATION HIGHWAY FOR THE FUTURE.
WE DID NOT WANT TO HAVE LIKE THE BASIC, LIKE, WELL, 25, 3 IS GOOD FOR ONE HOUSEHOLD AND ONE APPLICATION.
UH IT'S BECAUSE WE NEED TO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE AND AS TELEHEALTH APPLICATIONS.
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APPLICATIONS THAT ARE COMING OUR WAY.WE DON'T WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, SELL FOR LESS.
WE NEED TO LOOK FOR THE FUTURE.
AND THAT'S WHY I AM SO STRONGLY, UH, IN SUPPORT OF AT LEAST 100 UP IN 100 DOWN, AS FAR AS THE SPEEDS.
AND IT IS, UH, IT IS JUST, IT'S JUST LIKE THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS AND SUPPORTING THE COMMISSION'S VIEW THAT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO SETTLE FOR MORE, NOT LESS OR NOT WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE STANDARD IS OR WHAT THE STATUS QUO IS.
AND THESE COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, THAT BUILD OUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR COMMUNITY, THAT IF YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE USING THE BAND, YOU KNOW, USING INTERNET SERVICE AT ONE TIME OF THE DAY THAN THE OTHER, WELL, THEN IT IS INADEQUATE.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE, AND EVERYONE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SERVICE THAT REGARDLESS IF YOU ARE A ONE PERSON HOUSEHOLD OR A FOUR PERSON HOUSEHOLD WITH THREE DEVICES OR FIVE DEVICES, UM, IT JUST, IT JUST SHOULD BE, UH, IT, THE MINIMUM IS AT LEAST 100, 100 DOWN.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SUPPORT THE COMMISSION AND JUST SHARE MY VIEWS.
AND WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING AT THE, YOU KNOW, THE CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, TO THE FCC THAT IS WHOLE BROADBAND DEFINITION OF 25, 3 IS WAY UNDER, YOU KNOW, IT IT'S GREAT.
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE IN A COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY INTERNET IT'S OKAY, BUT WHY, WHY, WHY SHOULD WE SETTLE FOR THAT? THAT IS LIKE, TO ME, IT'S MORE OF A REASON TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT IN MY COMMENTS AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
AND MANDELA REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE, ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT CATAN? YES, I DO.
I THINK THAT IT'S ACTUALLY, UM, IT'S VERY STRATEGIC AND VERY VISIONARY TO FUTURE PROOF, THE CITY IN TERMS OF HAVING GOING FOR WHAT WOULD BE A HUNDRED OVER A HUNDRED UBIQUITOUS, BECAUSE IT'S GREAT THAT NOW THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING IN THE RULES, THAT UNDERSERVED IS A HUNDRED OVER 20.
SO THAT GIVES US SOMEWHERE TO START.
YES, THAT IS UNDERSERVED, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR UBIQUITOUS A HUNDRED HUNDRED.
SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, ALSO AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE, UM, OF TEXAS NEEDS TO BE CONNECTED.
TEXAS IS CONNECTED, OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
THE CHALLENGE WITH LOOKING AT NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS OVER THE WHOLE CITY BEING UBIQUITOUSLY CONNECTED A HUNDRED HUNDRED, IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO RUN INTO A LITTLE BIT OF CHALLENGE BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE AND AFFORDABILITY BECOMES A PROBLEM FOR AUSTIN.
WE MAY THINK WE'RE SOLVING DIGITAL EQUITY, BUT WE MAY NOT BE BECAUSE FOLKS CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN AUSTIN.
SO IF WE COULD SAY THAT WE'RE OFFERING A HUNDRED HUNDRED AND THEN LEAVE THE STATE BY SAYING, WE ARE ONE OF THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT IS NOT ONLY ADVOCATING WITH THE FCC, BUT ALSO THE TEXAS BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND THE SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT WE KNOW WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH THEM IN THE RIGHT WAY TO ENSURE THAT THIS WILL BE OFFERED IN AUSTIN.
I THINK THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
CAUSE I'M REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UH, AND I SEE COMMISSIONER DASGUPTA HAS HIS HAND UP.
BOTH AROUND THE LAND CONTRACT.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS LIKE MUSIC.
HOWEVER, I WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK.
I LOOKED AT THE Q AND A, THERE IS ONE TERM MISSING AND WE NEED TO ADD THERE.
AND WHILE ALL THIS CONVERSATION WAS GOING ON, I RAN A SPEED TEST.
MY PROVIDER IS VERY PROUD TO REMIND ME THAT THEY HAD UPGRADED ME FROM 200 TO THREE 50 WITHOUT INCREASING MY RATE.
I GOT THREE 50 AT 2:00 AM IN THE MORNING.
I JUST RAN A TEST AND I CAN TELL PEOPLE ARE SIGNING OFF BECAUSE I'M AT 3 45 AT 10 O'CLOCK.
IT DROPPED TO LESS THAN 150 IF MOST PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED IN.
SO THERE HAS TO BE A NEW TERM IN THE VOCABULARY IN THE Q AND A IT'S CALLED A GUARANTEED MINIMUM SPEED.
AND THAT IS WHAT A HUNDRED SHOULD BE.
IF I GET GUARANTEED AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THOSE STUDENTS WERE DOING THEIR HOMEWORK ARE ASLEEP AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, HAVING A HUNDRED AT THAT TIME DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING IS GUARANTEED MINIMUM SPEED IN THE EVENING AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING, WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR OWN WORK HERE, HERE, I NEED TO GO INTO THAT UNA, THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMISSION, THAT SCOOP.
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WITH YOU MORE.I THINK IN FACT, THAT WAS THE VERY SPIRIT OF, UH, OF THIS RIGHT WITH OUR, OUR COMMISSION WAS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A MINIMUM, UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY ADEQUATE, RIGHT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS? OKAY, WELL, I'M SORRY, COMMISSION ISLAND PLEASE.
UM, WHEN WAS THE 25, 3 TO ESTABLISHED AS THE BASELINE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
IF IT WAS ESTABLISHED PROBABLY.
OH, LIKE WHENEVER THE, THERE WAS, UH, UH, NATIONAL BROADBAND ACT, UH, CREATED, I'M GOING TO SAY MAYBE ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO.
THE YEARS KIND OF, YEAH, GO FAST.
SO YES, IT WAS, IT'S VERY DATED.
THAT SPEED WAS DATED WAY BACK WHEN, SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE ALL ADVOCATING.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TO, YOU KNOW, 20, 20 TO 20 21, 20 22, THE, UH, THE APPLICATIONS, THE VIDEO, THAT BANDWIDTH AND ALL THAT IS MUCH, WE, WE NEED MUCH MORE.
AND SO THAT IS WAY, UH, INADEQUATE THE 25 3.
AND I, I ALSO WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, EMPHASIZE THE NEED TO REASSESS THIS, RIGHT.
IS IT AN ANNUAL BASIS OR IS IT EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE WE LOOK AT THE STATE AND THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY AND HOW IT'S BEEN PROGRESSING AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, RUNNING, RUNNING THE TESTS AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS PROPERLY DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY AS THE GROWTH OF THE TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, AS WELL GOES.
AND I, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THERE WAS A LAG BETWEEN WHAT THE FEDERAL, THE FCCS DEFINITION IS OF A, OF A CATEGORY OF A SERVICE WITH BROADBAND SPEED.
WHAT HAVE YOU, AND THEN WHERE, WHERE THINGS ARE GOING, THE INDUSTRY WHERE THE MARKET IS, WHERE THE APPLICATIONS ARE, THERE'S A LAG BETWEEN WHAT IS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, ADEQUATE AND WHAT'S REALITY.
UM, BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE THAT IN THE, IN THIS FEDERAL FUNDING THAT THE BROADBAND SPEEDS WHILE THEY MAY VARY, UH, THEY ARE ENCOURAGING HIGHER SPEEDS FOR QUALIFYING FOR THE FUNDING, BUT THERE'S NOT BEEN AN OFFICIAL FCC ACTIONS SAYING THAT BROADBAND SPEED IS HIGHER THAN 25 3.
SO THERE'S CONFLICTING INFORMATION, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR A LOT HIGHER SPEEDS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT KITCHEN ISLAND.
AND THANKS FOR THE RESPONSE OR VANILLA.
JESSE HAS A STATEMENT TO ME, JUST A QUICK ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
I DID A QUICK SEARCH IN, UH, THE TWENTY-FIVE THREE STANDARD WAS PASSED IN 2015 AT THE TIME, THE STANDARD WAS FOUR MEGABYTES PER SECOND DOWN IN ONE UP.
SO WE GOT A, SOME RELATIVE IMPROVEMENT.
SO IF WE CAN GET THE SAME KIND OF SCALE, UH, THAT MIGHT BE OKAY.
UM, BUT WE NEED TO LIKE NOW, UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ONE? OKAY.
WELL, WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD INSIGHT, I THINK NOW, UH, TO, UH, TAKE BACK TO THE WORKING GROUP.
I KNOW THAT, UH, IF I ADVOCATED FOR AN ACTION NOW, IT WOULD BE THAT WE DO THAT, UH, THAT WE, UH, BASICALLY ROUND OUT OUR INITIAL RESEARCH BY, UH, GETTING THE SPECIFIC DETAILS FROM THAT PROTON SHARED ABOUT THE EXISTING FUNDING PLANS AND WHAT THEY'RE REQUIRING, UM, TO HELP GUIDE US THAT WE CONTINUE AND GO AHEAD AND, UH, EXTEND THE INVITATION TO ALL THE OTHER REGIONAL PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK ON WHAT THE NEW STANDARDS SHOULD BE.
UH, AND THEN THAT WE ESSENTIALLY WORK ON THAT RESEARCH AND WHAT IT COULD YIELD FROM A RESOLUTION IN THE WORKING GROUP, UH, PRIOR TO OUR NEXT MEETING, WITH THE GOAL OF HAVING A DRAFT TO CONSIDER OF OUR RESOLUTION AT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO THAT INCLUDES AT LEAST I KNOW AND ASK, UM, OF OUR STAFF LIAISON TO REACH OUT, WE'VE ALREADY ENGAGED GOOGLE, WE'VE ALREADY ENGAGED T-MOBILE.
UH, SO THE ASK IS TO ENGAGE ALL THE OTHER PROVIDERS,
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UH, AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE.WE WANT, OF COURSE, TO SET A STANDARD.
SO THE IDEA OF INVOLVING THE PROVIDERS IS TO BEGIN WITH FEASIBILITY AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO LEAD, UH, AND PERHAPS IN GENDER LITTLE HEALTHY COMPETITION FOR ESTABLISHING WHAT THE STANDARDS SHOULD BE.
SO TO KEEP THAT MOVING, WE JUST NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM THE PROVIDERS.
UH, SO I GUESS THEN WITH THAT, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, I THINK WE'VE GOT A PRAYER PRETTY CLEAR NEXT STEP, BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING IN THE ROOM FROM A CONSENSUS STANDPOINT AND ED NODS AND ONLINE AND FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS ISSUE, I GUESS, MISSION DASGUPTA, UH, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID, BUT WITH THE CAVEAT, THE REALITY IS THAT IN MOST NEIGHBORHOODS HERE, THERE'S MAYBE ONE OR TWO PROVIDERS, ONE OF THEM IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE ARE TWO, ONE OF THEM PROVIDES THREE 50, WHICH IS WHAT I HAVE THE OTHER ONE OFFERS 50.
SO THERE IS A LACK OF COMPETITION.
SO IF YOU GET ALL OF THESE PROVIDERS IN THE SAME ROOM, WILL WE REALLY BE ABLE TO PUSH THEM TOGETHER SAYING, OKAY, YOU ALL NEED TO DELIVER MORE? WHAT IS IT, WHAT IS THE CHALLENGE FOR THEM TO LISTEN TO US TO RESPOND TO US? BUT THEN THEY REALLY GOT A, ALMOST A MONOPOLISTIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE CITY.
AND I LIKE TO GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO FRANK, FRANKLY, OPINE ON THAT.
UM, MY INITIAL THOUGHTS ARE OF THIS.
UH, I THINK THAT DEFINING WHAT BROADBAND IS, IS A BIG PART OF IT, UH, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS CARRIERS WORK IN THE MOBILE SPACE TO REDEFINE WHAT THAT IS WITHOUT HAVING, UH, THE BLESSING OF THE FCC.
AND, AND SO DOING, THEY'RE TRYING TO ELEVATE, UH, AT LEAST A CLAIM, UH, THE CAPABILITY ADVANCED CAPABILITIES THAT WOULD ELEVATE THE STANDARD.
WELL, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO ESTABLISH AN AGREEMENT ABOUT WHAT BROADBAND IS, AND THAT INCLUDES WHAT TECHNOLOGIES, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I DIDN'T WANT TO GO INTO, UH, TAKE THE TIME OF LISTING OUT OUTMODED TECHNOLOGIES AS BROADBAND, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE CURRENTLY CONSIDERED BROADBAND.
I THINK THAT WE COULD BE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, UH, THE ADDITION NATURALLY OF FIXED WIRELESS OF 5G, OF, YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS THAT WILL BE INCLUDED AND BE CONSIDERED BROADBAND.
AND SO, LIKE YOU SAID, GETTING ALL THE PROVIDERS IN THE ROOM, WE'LL GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO THEN ESTABLISH, WHO'S ACTUALLY COMPETING WITH WHO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH COMPETITION FOR WIRED PROVIDERS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING BROADBAND SERVICES OR AT LEAST THE CURRENT STANDARD OF BROADBAND SERVICES IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
SO THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY INITIAL REACTION TO YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR QUESTION, THAT YOUR STATEMENT, UH, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THAT? UM, MAYBE CHERRY PITS, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
SO UNDER, UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT, AS WELL AS THE BROADBAND EQUITY ACCESS TO DEPLOYMENT ACT.
SO IT WAS TWO OF THEM TOGETHER.
THEY ARE SAYING THE CRITERIA FOR RELIABLE BROADBAND SERVICES, FIBER OPTIC CABLE MODEM, HYBRID FIBER CO-AX TECHNOLOGY, DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE, AND FIXED WIRELESS ENTIRELY LICENSED SPECTRUM AND HYBRID OF LICENSED AND UNLICENSED SPECTRUM.
SO I THINK THERE IS AN EFFORT TO BEGIN TO IDENTIFY SPEEDS, BEGIN TO IDENTIFY SERVICE CRITERIA.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS QUITE TIMELY BECAUSE, UM, WE COULD DEFINITELY GIVE FEEDBACK.
YOU ALL COULD GIVE FEEDBACK TO THE BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND, OR JUST SET FOR YOURSELVES.
WHAT IS THE STANDARD FOR AUSTIN IN TERMS OF, UH, MORE COMPETITION? THESE ARE THE STANDARDS, THESE ARE THE SPEEDS.
AND, UH, BUILDING OUT THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION IS LOOKING FOR A LOT OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON PUBLIC PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY PARTNERSHIPS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PROVIDERS ARE VERY KEEN ON PLUGGING INTO BECAUSE THERE ARE THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS COMING IN.
AND, UH, IF YOU LIKE SHARE PITS, I CAN GIVE A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW ON THE TIMELINES JUST TO SEE WHERE THE INCENTIVES MIGHT BE.
UM, IS THAT ALL THE PROVIDERS RIGHTFULLY SO ARE VERY MUCH, UH, KEEN ON GETTING CONNECTED TO THE BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO DRAW DOWN THESE FUNDS THROUGH OFFERING
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THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED TO IN ORDER TO QUALIFY.SO THAT IS AN INCENTIVE THAT IS BEING SET BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UH CATTAN YEAH, I THINK THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE DATES IN OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
SO, UH, I THINK WE'RE ALMOST THERE, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM, RESPONSE THOUGH, AN ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ABOUT THE STANDARDS.
UH, SO, UH, I GUESS THEN, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THIS ONE? I THINK WE GOT A GOOD NEXT STEP ON THIS.
AND AGAIN, IT'S TO TAKE ON AND THE WORKING GROUP WITH, UH, UH, THE ASSISTANCE OF, OF COTTON AND THEN TO WORK TOWARDS HAVING SOMETHING IN DRAFT MODE BY OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.
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SO WITH THAT, THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PROCEED IN OUR AGENDA, SEND YOU AN ITEM THREE B THE COMMISSION DISCUSSION ON THE DIGITAL INCLUSION STRATEGIC PLAN.UH, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THESE CONVERSATIONS A LITTLE BRIEF, UH, BUT I THINK WE'LL, THERE'LL BE A ROBUST ENOUGH CONSIDERING WE'VE GOT ADDITIONAL THINGS TO DIVE INTO FOR EACH, UH, IN OUR WORKING GROUPS LATER.
UH, SO AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR, OF OUR NEW COMMISSIONER, UM, WE HAVE, UH, A DIGITAL INCLUSION STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, THAT THE CITY DRAFTED, UH, SOMETIME AGO.
UM, AND WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF PROVIDING, UH, OUR, OUR FEEDBACK, FRANKLY, AND, UH, REQUEST IF YOU WILL, FOR, UH, AN UPDATE ON THE PLAN THAT THAT'S NOW OCCURRING FORMERLY, ALTHOUGH WE'VE BEEN IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH UH, CATTAN AND, UH, WITH, UH, RHONDELLA AND, UH, JESSE AS INTERIM PROGRAM MANAGER ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE, OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, THERE IS A TIMELINE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT I'LL GIVE, UH, CO-TAUGHT A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO FOR THAT PLAN.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM, FRANKLY, IS, UH, TO REFLECT A SENSE OF URGENCY, UH, THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF, UH, CONVERSATIONS I'VE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO BE IN THAT INCLUDED, UH, AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR DIGITAL EQUITY OFFICER, NEWLY APPOINTED ANGELA BENNETT FOR THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION, UH, ON WHAT IT WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPETE FOR MANY OF THE FUNDS, UH, THAT WERE ALLUDED TO EARLIER.
UM, ALTHOUGH I KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, UH, I DO ANTICIPATE GAUTAMA WILL SPEAK TO THESE.
I DO WANT TO BRIEFLY SPEAK TO THEM MYSELF BECAUSE OF, UH, HOW MUCH FUNDING IS REPRESENTED AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IT REPRESENTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I WAS REFERRED AS WAS REFERRED TO EARLIER, UH, THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL OR THE IAA IS A, UH, LARGE FOCUS, UH, BUT IN PARTICULAR, THE B PROGRAM, UH, WHICH STANDS FOR BROAD BRAND EQUITY AND EXCESS DEPLOYMENT, UH, WE'LL ALLOCATE 42 BILLION IN FUNDING.
AND AS WAS MENTIONED, UH, THAT IS COMPETITIVE.
UH, RATHER, EXCUSE ME, THE BEAD PROGRAM IS NOT COMPETITIVE, BUT IT'S A STATE PROGRAM, UH, THE ENABLING MIDDLE MILE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.
UH, AND THEN ALSO THE DIGITAL EQUITY ACT PROGRAMS, UH, WHICH IS DEEP, UH, THAT IS 2.7, 5 BILLION IN FUNDING, AND THAT WILL BE COMPETITIVE FOR A COMMUNITY.
AND THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THE, UH, LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED HISTORICALLY, UH, IN THE SPACE, UH, WITH TECHNOLOGY AND TO, UH, FRANKLY TO SHOW THE TYPE OF CONSISTENCY, UH, AND LEADERSHIP STRATEGY COLLABORATION WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES, UH, THAT WILL BE REQUIRED, UH, FRANKLY, TO SEIZE THE MOMENT FOR THESE FUNDS.
I THINK THAT, UH, OUR COMMISSION HAS REFLECTED, UH, SUPPORT FOR THIS IN A VARIETY OF KEY WAYS, UH, IN NO SMALL PART AND ADVOCATING FOR
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HAVING OUR MEASURE AUSTIN FELLOW THAT WAS COTON BECOME A FULL TIME CONSULTANT.UH, AND SO WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT NOW OUR COMMISSION, UH, NEEDS TO HELP AS BEST WE CAN BY FORMALIZING A RESOLUTION THAT SHOWS OUR SENSE OF URGENCY AND, UH, OUR, OUR NEED TO HAVE DIRECT INPUT AND TO BE INVOLVED IN THE FORMULATION OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, AND TO BE CLEAR, UH, THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN, UH, OUTLINED AS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WILL HAVE.
UH, AND SO THIS IS REALLY A FORMALITY TO REFLECT THE MOMENT AND TIMING WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO A DEADLINE THAT WE WERE TOLD THAT WAS SHARED BY ANGELA BENNETT DURING OUR MEETING, WE WERE TOLD THAT BY EARLY JULY, UH, AND THAT'S A DATE THAT I'LL LOOK FOR, UH, OUR SENIOR CONSULTANT TO LEVEL SET AND CONFIRM THAT SHE'S AWARE OF, UH, THAT WE'LL NEED TO HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THESE COMPETITIVE FUNDING ROUNDS.
UM, EVEN THOUGH IT WON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE THE FINAL STRATEGIC PLAN, IT WILL NEED TO BE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UH, AND SO, UM, AS IS REFLECTIVE IN COMMUNICATIONS TO, UH, MOST COMMISSIONERS.
AND SO MAYBE NOT, UH, TO COMMISSIONER GARZA, UM, THERE WAS A RESPONSE, UH, BY OUR OFFICER WHEN DILLA HAWKINS THAT SPOKE TO OUR EFFORTS WITHIN, UH, AS A CITY, UH, GENERALLY BEING MARSHALED BY THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS OFFICE AND, UH, OUR SENIOR CONSULTANT, AS WELL AS OUR PRO OUR OFFICER TO MANAGE DIGITAL, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION THAT WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FONTEZ.
UH, I BELIEVE THE SPECIFIC QUESTION WAS, UM, WILL WE BE ABLE TO, UH, CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN AUSTIN, OR, OR HOW WILL WE BE ABLE TO, UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE GET SOME, SOME VALIDATION OF WHAT CIVIC QUESTION WAS, BECAUSE IT WAS A GENERAL QUESTION, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN FAIRNESS TO COUNCIL MEMBER POINT SAYS IT WAS PHRASED SPECIFICALLY.
UM, AND THEN OUR RESPONSE, UH, WAS ONE THAT REFLECTED COMPREHENSIVELY, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE'RE DOING TO ADDRESS IT.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO PASS IT OFF TO, UH, CATTAN TO REACT AND THEN GIVE US A CHANCE TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION.
I, UM, IF I MAY TAKE THE LADDER FIRST, THE FORMER FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE LADDER, WHICH IS ABOUT THE DEADLINES AND THE FUNDING.
UH, SO I SAT THROUGH A, THE BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE BOARD OF ADVISORS MEETING ON JUNE 1ST.
THE COMPTROLLER WAS PRESENT AS WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND THEY WERE REPORTING BACK TO THE ADVISORY BOARD.
AND WHAT BECAME VERY CLEAR IS THAT THEY HAVE A STATUTORY DEADLINE FOR THE TEXAS PLAN.
IT HAS TO BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC ON JUNE 15TH, BUT THE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.
IT IS NOT A FINAL DOCUMENT BY ANY STANDARDS AND THAT ANYONE CAN OFFER FEEDBACK BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN, AND THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO UPDATE IT.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE GAVE THEM THAT DEADLINE BEFORE REALIZING THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE OTHER PLANS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS GOING TO REQUIRE, NAMELY, THAT THERE IS A LETTER OF INTENT FOR THE BROADBAND EQUITY ACCESS DEPLOYMENT, WHICH IS $42.5 MILLION.
A HUNDRED OF WHICH WILL COME TO TEXAS.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A LETTER OF INTENT FROM THE GOVERNOR THAT'S DUE ON JULY 18, AND THEY NEED TO HAVE A FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN READY BY THEN, OR BEGIN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO BEGIN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THE INITIAL PROPOSAL BY THE STATE OF TEXAS ON THAT STRATEGIC PLAN WILL BE SUBMITTED BY THE END OF 2023.
THEY HAVE ONE YEAR AT THE BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE TO DEVELOP THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN, TO BEGIN THE NEGOTIATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON DRAWING DOWN MORE FUNDS.
AND THEY WILL HAVE FOUR YEARS OF IMPLEMENTATION FROM 2024 TO 2028.
THE SECOND IS THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, THE PLANNING APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JULY 12TH AND TEXAS WILL HAVE
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ONE YEAR OF PLANNING AROUND DIGITAL EQUITY, UH, IN 2023, THE FIRST CAPACITY GRANTS THAT WILL BE AWARDED BY THE TEXAS BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WILL NOT EVEN BEGIN TILL MID 20, 24.SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF TO DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BE PART OF THAT PLANNING.
AND THAT'S A FOUR YEAR COMPETITIVE IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT.
AND THEN THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC RULES ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
AS I WAS SAYING, THEY DO HAVE CASCADING PRIORITIES UNSERVED FIRST, THEN UNDERSERVED, WHICH WE WOULD PERHAPS QUALIFY AT LEAST SOME PARTS, BECAUSE IT'S NOW A HUNDRED OVER 20 COMMUNITY ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS.
SO LIBRARY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALSO SO THEY, THEY BEING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS INTERTWINING EQUITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO IF STATE OF TEXAS IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY HAVE TO TALK ABOUT EQUITY.
IF THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT EQUITY, THEY HAVE TO TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THESE TWO PLANS ARE GOING TO INFORM AND TALK TO EACH OTHER, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE TWO PLANS AND UPDATE THE TEXAS PLAN, AND THAT THEY HAVE A STATUTORY DEADLINE OF JUNE TO PROVIDE WHICH ERNST AND YOUNG IS HELPING THEM.
RIGHT? AND THEN HERE ARE GOING TO GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK AROUND IT.
THE CHALLENGE IS THAT THEY STILL DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE CALL FOR THE NOTICE OF FUNDING.
UH, THEY HAVE NO WAY OF TRULY MEASURING ANYTHING.
ALL OF THAT IS IN DEVELOPMENT.
THE OTHER THING THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS THE ROLE OF THE, UH, ISP UNDER, UH, THE, I BELIEVE IT'S THE BEAD FUNDING.
THERE'S A COST SHARING MATCH THAT SUB GUARANTEES, WHICH ARE THE ISB NEED TO MATCH 25% OF THE PROJECT COSTS.
AND ANY MONEY THAT THEY RECEIVE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL BE TAXED AT 21% AS TAXABLE INCOME.
SO THERE IS CONCERN FROM THE CONTROLLER AND HIS OFFICE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A BARRIER FOR ENTRY FOR ISP.
AT THE SAME TIME, THEY ARE BEING REQUIRED TO OFFER THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM.
THEY HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE $30 A MONTH AND $50 FOR ONE TIME FOR A DEVICE TO BE ABLE TO A LOW COST.
AND NOW WE LEARN THAT THERE IS ALSO A, UM, SO THE MID LEVEL COSTS, SO A LOW AND THE LOW INCOME, AND THEN MID-LEVEL INCOME.
SO $30 AND THEN WHAT, SO THEY HAVE ISP OF A LOT THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MANAGE AND FIGURE OUT AS THOSE, THE BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AS DOES FCC.
SO, UM, WHAT ANGIE BENNETT WAS TELLING US, I BELIEVE CHAIR PITS IS THAT THE STATE, UH, PLAN NEEDS TO BE READY BY JULY SO THAT THEY CAN BEGIN THE, THE, UM, DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY WANT TO SEE THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS, AS WELL AS EVERY OTHER STATE HAS A STRATEGIC INTERTWINE AND MARRY BOTH EQUITY, AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE CASCADING PRIORITIES OF UNSERVED UNDERSERVED, THEN COMMUNITY ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS.
SO RHONDA AND I ARE ATTENDING A CONVENING, UM, THAT WE WERE INVITED TO BY MS. BENNETT AND PEW CHARITABLE TRUST IN CLEVELAND AT THE END OF THE MONTH WHERE THE DIRECTORS OF THE BROADBAND OFFICES WILL BE THERE AS WELL AS NTIA.
AND WE'RE GOING TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE SO WE CAN CERTAINLY REPORT BACK IN JULY AS WELL.
UH THAT'S UM, I HAVE A QUESTION HERE, UH, FIRST OF ALL, UM, THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION.
WOULD YOU PLEASE PUT THAT INTO AN EMAIL AND S AND SO THAT IT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMISSION? THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
UM, SECOND QUESTION IS, UH, WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON THE ABILITY OF THE CITY TO ACTUALLY SNAG SOME OF THIS MONEY, UH, COMPARED TO LIKE THE RURAL AREAS? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND TO YOUR EARLIER QUESTION COMMISSIONER, UH, THERE IS, SO WE ARE PART OF THE CITIES AND COUNTIES BROADBAND COLLABORATIVE.
WE REPRESENT OVER 73% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF TEXAS.
SO IT IS AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY, SAN ANTONIO, AND BEAR COUNTY, HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY, EL PASO, DALLAS, AND FORT WORTH.
AND WE MEET ONCE A MONTH AND WE'RE ALL THE URBAN CENTERS.
IT IS A COLLABORATIVE WHERE WE'RE SHARING RESOURCES, TALKING ABOUT CHALLENGES ON THE GROUND
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LEVEL AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT EACH CITY IS DOING.WE ALSO, UM, THIS IS THE PROGRAMMATIC, UM, BROADBAND GROUP THAT ARE MEETING, AND WE'VE ALSO INVITED OUR INTER-GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS TO ALSO ATTEND THAT MEETING.
SO THEY'RE ALSO PART OF THESE DISCUSSIONS AND WE MEET WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
GREG CONTI CONTI IS WONDERFUL.
HE'S VERY RESPONSIVE, HE'S VERY COLLABORATIVE.
AND HE'S EVEN ASKING FOR THE, UM, THE, UH, POLICY PRIORITIES OF THE CITY.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO COLLABORATE ON THAT.
IT'S ALL VERY, VERY COLLABORATIVE.
EVERYONE IS WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF TEXAS IS GOING TO BE CONNECTED RURAL, AS WELL AS URBAN.
WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON SERVED AND UNDERSERVED RATHER THAN RURAL AND URBAN.
WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE FALSE DICHOTOMIES.
IT'S ALL OF TEXAS, AND WE'LL DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO ENSURE EVERYONE IN AUSTIN AND BEYOND IS CONNECTED.
UH, I HAD READ SOMEWHERE WHERE IN TEXAS, LIKE 75% OF THE POPULATION IN HABITS, LIKE TWO, 3% OF THE LAND.
AND I THINK YOU JUST CONFIRM THAT WITH YOUR, A STATISTIC.
THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMISSIONER GATES.
THE TIMELINE I HEARD WAS THAT BETWEEN NOW AND END OF 2024, WE ARE MOSTLY GOING TO BE PUTTING OUR DOCUMENTS TOGETHER, NEGOTIATING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, GETTING THE MONEY, ET CETERA.
AND THEN FINALLY FROM BEGINNING OF 25 TO 28 IS WHEN ALL THE GRADATION IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO LET'S TAKE A MID POINT 26, 25, 36 AND UP 26.
THAT'S WHEN WE WERE TALKING EARLIER DISCUSSION ABOUT MINIMUM SPEED OF A HUNDRED MEGABITS UP AND DOWN IN 26.
UM, I THINK THAT, THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING POINT.
SO THIS IS PART OF OUR, UM, SO GREAT SEGUE TO TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE TALKING TO NATIONAL PARTNERS IS AUSTIN.
YOU ALL HAVE DONE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE JOB WITH RHONDELLA AND JOHN SPEARS AND JESSE AND THE COMMISSION AND ALL THE PARTNERS IN ENSURING THAT AUSTIN IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF DIGITAL INCLUSION.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OTHER COMMUNITIES, WE'RE A FEW STEPS AHEAD.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT TO BEGIN TO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT, WE'RE PLANNING TOWARDS IT IS NOT WHAT'S NEXT IT'S WHAT'S AFTER WHAT'S NEXT.
AND IN ORDER FOR US TO PLAN FOR THAT, WE HAVE TO BE FULLY PRESENT.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS IN TERMS OF ALL TECHNOLOGY AND CAPABILITIES, WE HAVE TO BE AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF IT, WITH OUR THINKING AND PLANNING AND WHAT IS TRULY POSSIBLE IN AUSTIN.
AND WHAT, WHERE ARE WE GOING NEXT? AND WE ARE BEGINNING TO TALK TO, UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE EQUITY OFFICE.
WE'RE TALKING TO OTHER PARTNERS INTERNALLY, EXTERNALLY, JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHERE IS EVERYONE ELSE'S STRATEGIC PLAN HEADED AND HOW DO WE THEN POSITION AUSTIN TO NOT ONLY BE FUTURE READY, BUT IT'S ALMOST, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS TERM EVEN MEANS ANYTHING TO US, BUT DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP OF A DIFFERENT LEVEL AND ENSURING NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? CAUSE WE ARE SORT OF A SEMI HYBRID, NOT QUITE HYBRID.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO HYBRID AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO ONLINE.
OR IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S THE TREND.
IF THAT'S TRUE, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND AND THAT EVERYONE IS CONNECTED.
SO I CAN SPEAK A LOT MORE TO THAT, BUT WE ARE, UM, WE SHOULD HAVE A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER COMING ON BOARD, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A LAW.
THE REASON WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT TEAM MEMBER TO COME IN, TO BEGIN TO WORK ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE BOTH DIGITAL AND NON-DIGITAL OUTREACH PORTION.
AND WE NEED TO HAVE AN EXPERT TO ALSO BE ABLE TO HELP US THINK THROUGH THAT PART.
SO WE'RE STARTING THAT PROCESS, BUT IT'S REALLY ALMOST FUTURE FORECASTING AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, AND AS YOU KNOW, WITH FUTURE SCENARIO PLANNING, YOU CAN HAVE THREE TO FIVE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, BUT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT FIVE MAY BE WAY TOO MUCH FOR US, BUT AT LEAST HAVE A COUPLE.
IF WE GO ROUTE A, WHAT DO WE SEE? AND WE CAN'T, UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT LIKE THE RAND CORPORATION OF THE 1960S, WHERE THEY COULD FORECAST FOR 20 YEARS.
NOBODY CAN DO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY ANYMORE, IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE MAXIMUM
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THREE TO FIVE YEARS, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A SYSTEM FOR 25 YEARS THAT WE CAN ONLY SEE FIVE-YEAR INCREMENTS OF IT.BUT I AM ABSOLUTELY OPEN TO GUIDANCE.
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING, PLEASE DATA ABOARD ME WITH ANY INFORMATION OF THIS KIND OF FUTURE CASTING.
SO WE CAN BEGIN TO THINK THROUGH THIS.
SO IF YOU, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS HAVING, I'M JUST HAVING A BALL IN, NOT IN THIS DISCUSSION.
THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY NERDY, NERDY STUFF.
UH, SO WHEN I LISTENED TO YOU, BATON, I THINK NEED TO DIVIDE THE PROBLEM INTO TWO PIECES.
ONE IS WHAT'S INSIDE THE HOUSE, THE CAPABILITY THAT WE HAVE TO DELIVER, DELIVER AT THE FINGERTIPS AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS TO BE OUTSIDE THE HOUSE TO DELIVER THAT TO THE FINGERTIPS.
AND THEY MAY BE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO BE FUTURE READY, YOU CAN SAY, WELL, I NEED A HUNDRED AT THE FINGERTIPS.
SO THEREFORE THE WIRES HAVE TO BE NO BETTER THAN ONE IN TRACKING 50 MEGABITS, THE FUTURE, MAYBE ALL WIRELESS, WHICH MEANS ME MAYBE FOCUS.
WE MAY BE FORCED TO FOCUS ON 5G WIRELESS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US THE OPEN SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GROW AS WE MOVE.
IF I MAY RESPOND TO YOUR PITCH, UM, I AM DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THE MIGRATION FROM 3G TO 5G RIGHT NOW, THERE ACTUALLY WAS A CONVENING IN AUSTIN A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT I DID NOT UNFORTUNATELY HEAR ABOUT INTEL, HAD SPONSORED IT ON 5G.
THERE'S A LOT OF THEORY, BUT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SOME PRACTITIONERS ABOUT WHAT 5G MEANS AND WHAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY DEVELOP.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONER, DASGUPTA, I'M HAPPY TO CHAT WITH YOUR ANYONE ELSE WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO'S ACTUALLY FOCUSED ON 5G.
A LOT OF IS THEORETICAL RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAVE TO BUILD THE CAPABILITIES FOR IT, BUT THIS IS SUCH A PREMATURE DISCUSSION, BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THAT RESEARCH IS BEING DONE WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AND FOR THE RESPONSE.
UH, I IT'S CLEAR THAT, UH, WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THIS.
UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WAITING, YOU KNOW, FOR CERTAIN THINGS, RIGHT.
NECESSARILY, UH, AND WE'RE STILL PRESSED FOR TIME.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE, UH, UH, ANYONE WHO HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN YET, ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DIGITAL INCLUSION STRATEGIC PLAN TO DO SO NOW.
WELL, THE MAIN PURPOSE AGAIN OF THIS DISCUSSION WAS FOR US TO PRIORITIZE, UH, AS A COMMISSION, UH, AGAIN, CONSIDERATION AROUND A RESOLUTION FOR THIS AND VERY MUCH LIKE, UH, THE LAST ITEM, UH, THIS NECESSARILY NEEDS TO GO TO THE WORKING GROUP.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT WE AMENDED THE, UH, IMITATION FOR WORKING GROUP DISCUSSIONS, UH, ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.
BUT IF WE COULD BE SO KIND AS TO HAVE YOU KATON JOIN US DURING OUR NEXT WORK GROUP DISCUSSION, SO WE CAN DISCUSS THEN CANDIDLY, WHAT WOULD GO INTO A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THIS, UH, WITH, UH, YOUR SUPPORT AND, AND THEN PREPARE FOR A DRAFT BY THE NEXT MEETING.
IN AGREEMENT Y'ALL AND TWO THUMBS UP.
WELL WITH THAT, THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM
[3.c. Commission Discussion on an Intelligent Infrastructure Resolution (Discussion and Action)]
HERE.UM, THREE C THE COMMISSION DISCUSSION ON INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE RESOLUTION, UM, FOR CONTEXT AGAIN, FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONER, UH, GAZA, AND, UM, AND FOR EVERYONE ELSE WHO HASN'T EVERYONE LISTENED ON, NOT ONLINE, WHO WASN'T AWARE, UH, WE HAVE AGREED, UH, BY CONSENSUS, UH, TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION SHOWING SUPPORT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR ADVANCED SERVICES AND INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND IT'S ONE, UH, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT SHOW FORMAL SUPPORT, UH, FOR, UH, NAMED THOUGHT LEADER, UH, WHO HAS PRESENTED TO US THE AUTONOMY INSTITUTE IN THE SPACE.
UH, HOWEVER IT WILL REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF THE CONCEPTS.
UH, I HAVE BEEN, UM, IN COMMUNICATION WITH A VARIETY OF PEOPLE ON THIS TOPIC.
SO I WANTED TO KIND OF GET THAT ALL OUT THERE NOW, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE RESOLUTION, UM,
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REALLY WITH CERTAIN DATA POINTS IN MIND, FIRST OFF, UH, JEFFUH, I HAVE CONFIRMED WITH JASON, JOHN MICHAEL AND AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION, THAT HE HAS REQUESTED A TEMPLATE FOR THE MOU BASED UPON, UH, ONE THAT WAS BLESSED BY, UH, LEGAL.
AND WE HAVE INVITED HIM TO JOIN OUR NEXT WORKING GROUP DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AND, UH, TO THEN ADVANCE OUR DISCUSSION OF THE RESOLUTION WITH HIS INPUT IN MIND, IN PARTICULAR, IN THE MEANTIME, UH, I WAS ALSO SHARED, UM, EXCUSE ME.
UH, SOME INFORMATION WILL SHARE WITH ME FROM JEFF TO CU ABOUT SUPPORT FROM TRAVIS COUNTY, UH, THAT HE IS WORKING ON CONFIRMING AND, UH, A DRAFT OF A RESOLUTION, UH, WHICH WAS WRITTEN FOR AND, OR, UH, WRITTEN FOR, UH, UH, IT'S AN, IT'S AN ASPIRATIONAL DOCUMENT.
THIS POINT BASED UPON THE DATA THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM, UH, WRITTEN BY THE AUTONOMY INSTITUTE WRITTEN FOR TRAVIS COUNTY.
AND IT'S THE KIND OF DOCUMENT THAT, UH, OUR RESOLUTION COULD ALSO MIRROR.
UH, SO I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF THE POINTS BECAUSE I CANNOT SHARE IT DIRECTLY.
UH, BUT WITHOUT ACTUALLY EVEN READING IT SINCE I CAN'T SHARE IT DIRECTLY NOW, UH, WHAT I WANT TO SPEAK TO IS HOW IT'S ALIGNED WITH OUR STRATEGIC OUTCOMES.
UM, AND IN FACT, I FEEL OBLIGED TO, UM, TO READ PORTION OF IT, EVEN THOUGH I CAN'T DISPLAY IT, I DO WANT TO READ IT BECAUSE IT'S A DRAFT MODE THAT WE MIGHT SHARE LANGUAGE FROM WHERE OR USE LANGUAGE FROM.
IT SPEAKS TO FIRST IN THE WHEREAS STATEMENTS, UH, RECITALS, UH, ABOUT THE ROLE OF TRAVIS COUNTY BEING RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE, INNOVATIVE COUNTIES, CLEARLY, AUSTIN, UH, SIMILARLY IS ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE CITIES AND IS GROWING AT AN ACCELERATED PACE.
IT THEN SPEAKS TO TRAVIS COUNTY BEING THE OWNER OF THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA, TELECOM CATIONS NETWORK, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS GATTON AND THE COMBINED TRANSPORTATION ENERGY AND COMMUNICATIONS CENTER KNOWN AS THE CTE CC.
IT THEN SPEAKS TO THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING A PARTNER LIKE THE, UH, EXCUSE ME.
IT SPEAKS TO THE ROLE OF INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE, PROVIDING A FOUNDATION FOR TRAVIS COUNTY TO PROVIDE, UH, SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIAL ISSUES, MORE RESPONSIVE SERVICES, AND TO DEVELOP A FUTURE, A BETTER FUTURE FOR THE COMMUNITY AS IT'S DIRECTLY PERTINENT TO US, AS WE DISCUSSED IT, IT SPEAKS TO HOW INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE COULD ELIMINATE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, SUPPORTING WORST WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ENABLING NEW SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS, AND TO HELP VISION ZERO MOBILITY GOALS.
IT SPEAKS TO HOW A NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION NETWORK NODE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM COULD ENABLE COMMUNITIES TO ACCELERATE THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE'VE MENTIONED EARLIER IN COLLABORATION WITH INDUSTRY ACADEMIA, GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS LIKE TRAVIS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
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IT CONTINUES TO TALK ABOUT INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE, INTEGRATED INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ADVANCED SERVICES BEING FOUNDATIONAL FOR RESILIENT STATES, CITIES, COUNTIES, AND COMMUNITIES, AND INDUSTRY 4.0.IT CONTAINS TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE GOAL WOULD BE TO SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MORE ROBUST COMMUNITY SERVICES, MOBILITY, AGRICULTURE DELIVERY, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PUBLIC SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, NATIONAL SECURITY, INFRASTRUCTURE INSPECTION, AUTOMATED SERVICES, INDUSTRIAL REPAIR, AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS, INCLUDING CARS, TRUCKS, SHUTTLES, INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS, DRONES, AND URBAN AIR, AND SPEAKS TO THE DESIRE TO DETERMINE THE SUITABILITY OF A NATIONAL PIN, WHICH STANDS FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION NETWORK NODE, UH, P THREE INITIATIVE FOR DEPLOYMENT IN THE CITY.
NOW, WHEN THEY SAY P THREE, THEY'RE REFERRING TO PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, UH, BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO ONLY, THEY THEN GO INTO BEING, UH, THE RESOLUTION ITSELF, UH, RESOLVING THAT THERE'D BE A RECOGNITION OF THE MUTUAL INTEREST AND BENEFIT AND A COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT THAT WOULD ADVANCE INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO EXPRESS.
UH, RATHER, EXCUSE ME, TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF ENGAGING IN ONE OR MORE COOPERATIVE PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, DEPLOYMENTS, PAUSE, PURSUITS, AND OR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.
AND THIS IS BY AN ENTITY THEY'RE ENCOURAGING, UH, LIKE THE AUTONOMY INSTITUTE OR SPECIFICALLY THE AUTONOMY INSTITUTE.
IT FURTHER STATES THAT TRAVIS COUNTY WOULD SUPPORT THE DEPLOYMENT.
UH, BY EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF AUSTIN WOULD SUPPORT THE DEPLOYMENT OF INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE, INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE ROADMAP.
WE RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS AND COMMISSIONS, COMMUNITY DEPARTMENT PARTNERS, STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING LOCAL TECHNOLOGY, LOCAL TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY TO INFORM POLICY DECISION, MAKING, IDENTIFY INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVES, TO TACKLE LOCAL CHALLENGES AND IMPROVE OUR CITY SERVICES AND, UH, IDENTIFY POTENTIAL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE INITIATIVES.
IT CONTINUES TO, UH, DESCRIBE HOW THE ASPIRATION IS THAT THE COUNTY WOULD COOPERATE AND COLLABORATE TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS AND SUPPORT PROJECT DELIVERIES RELATING TO INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROPERTY AGREEMENTS, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE STUDENTS, OTHER ALTERNATE PROJECT DELIVERY MODELS, ADDITIONAL ANCILLARY PROJECTS SEEKING TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION NETWORK UPGRADES, ENERGY GRID, UPGRADES RELATED SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS AND AVAILABILITY OF COUNTY SERVICES THAT INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS AND THE RESOURCES.
IT LISTS COMMUNITY, VISION COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC SAFETY, TRANSPORTATION, CITY, STATE LEADERSHIP, PUBLIC WORKS, OR PLANNING ENERGY DEPARTMENT, REAL ESTATE, PUBLIC POLICY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EQUITY FINANCING, AND OPERATIONS LEGAL.
IT LISTS THE FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES, UH, DIGITAL INCLUSION, INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE, URBAN DESIGN, PUBLIC, EXCUSE ME, POLICY AND REGULATION ZONES, QUARTERS, AND REGIONS, ELECTRICAL GRID, SOLUTION PROVIDERS, DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, OPERATIONAL PARTNERS, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS FINANCING, AND OPERATIONS DESIGN, AND ENGINEERING.
AND THEN, UH, PHYSICAL EASEMENTS.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS AN ASPIRATIONAL, UH, RESOLUTION THAT IS A POTENTIAL MODEL FOR US TO CONSIDER AS A COMMISSION AS WELL, TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, I THINK THAT WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING BY BEING DELIBERATE, UH, AND INCLUDING, UH, IN AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF OUR COMMISSIONER, UH, UH, THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A DELEGATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE ADVANCED SERVICES TO AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION, AND TO SPECIFICALLY JASON, JOHN MICHAEL.
SO WE THINK WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING BY INVITING HIM TO COME TO OUR WORKING GROUP AND TO DISCUSS THIS WITH US.
SO WE, THAT STEPS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN.
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I WOULD LIKE ACTUALLY, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH, UH, CATANO AVAILABLE NOW, UH, TO INVITE KHOTANG TO JOIN THAT WORKING GROUP DISCUSSION AS WELL, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE INCREASINGLY WE CAN TELL HOW A RESOLUTION SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THIS COULD IMPACT A DIGITAL INCLUSION, STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL.IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DELIVERING, UH, IMPACTING DIGITAL INCLUSION IN SUCH A ROBUST WAY.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO GET CONFIRMATION OF TODAY, UH, IS THAT THERE IS AGREEMENT, UH, THAT WE SHOULD INCLUDE, UH, COTON HARMAN IN THIS DISCUSSION.
UH, EVEN THOUGH HER FOCUS IS DIGITAL INCLUSION.
UH, WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE HER FOCUS ON THE DIGITAL INCLUSION PLAN INCLUDES BROADER FOCUS, THAT WOULD INCLUDE INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE FROM AN INNOVATION STANDPOINT, WHICH AS WE JUST GOT THROUGH DISCUSSING IS GOING TO BE KEY TO FUTURE-PROOFING OR TO ANY KIND OF FORWARD-THINKING PLANNING.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO GET SUPPORT FOR HER TO BE INVOLVED AND, AND, UH, THIS EVALUATION BAR COMMISSION OF THE AUTONOMY INSTITUTE AND, UH, CONSIDERATION FOR WHAT THIS RESOLUTION SHOULD STATE TO MAKE IT MORE FEASIBLE.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP TO DISCUSSION, AND I'M SEEING ALREADY A NOD HERE BY COMMISSIONER GATES.
IT SEEMS TO DOVETAIL WITH OUR, UH, OUR PLANS FOR THE, UH, UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING GROUP, UM, W YOU NEED THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN ORDER TO CREATE THE, UH, THE BROADBAND CAPABILITY, WHICH WILL THEN CREATE THE DIGITAL EQUITY.
SO THEY'RE ALL COMBINED, THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS FROM THE ROOM, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL SWITCH TO ONLINE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO ADD OTHER THAN THANK YOU FOR THE CONTEXT, BUT I AGREE, I GUESS TECHNICALLY DEFINITIONS INCLUDE DIGITAL INCLUSION IS VERY BROADBAND HEAVY, BUT I DON'T THINK OF IT.
LIKE YOU CAN NOT HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SMART SERVICES, HOW DO YOU NOT THINK ABOUT THE WORD ARE THOSE SERVICES INCLUDED TOO? UH, AND SO, AS IT WAS MENTIONED BY COMMISSIONER YATES, YEAH.
YOU CANNOT HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.
AND AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING, THAT IF WE'RE ALREADY THINKING STATE LEVEL, THAT EQUITY HAS TO BE COMBINED WITH INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN IT'S JUST MIXED, LIKE THE PERFECT, UM, NOT EXCUSED, BUT THE PERFECT REASON FOR, FOR THOSE, UM, INDIVIDUALS TO BE INVITED INTO THE WORKING GROUP.
ANYBODY ONLINE WANT TO SHARE ANY FEEDBACK OR THOUGHTS ON THAT? I CAN QUICKLY, AMEN.
YEAH, ALWAYS, I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO HAVE COTONS THOUGHTS, HER SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE AND ANY CONVERSATIONS.
SO, UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SHE, UM, IS, IS COMFORTABLE AND, AND, AND, AND HAS A DESIRE TO PROVIDE THAT, THAT EXPERTISE.
UH, UH, CHRIS, YOU'RE NOT SKIPPED THIS ONE, ONE MOMENT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GIVE A KATANA CHANCE TO CONFIRM BEFORE WE GET INTO THE ANSWER.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE A CHANCE TO CONFIRM YOU'RE SO THOUGHTFUL.
I AM AT THE SERVICE OF THE COMMISSION.
I'M HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO SERVE YOU SO WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP, AND AS RONDELLA ALLOWS ME, SO RUNS ELLA ON MY, ON LOAN TO THE COMMISSION TO SERVE.
SHE'S MY BOSS, AS YOU KNOW, UM, I'M SO JOYFUL.
WE'LL GIVE HER A CHANCE TO CHIME BACK IN LATER, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UH, YES, COMMISSIONER TO ASK HIM TO GO, RIGHT, PLEASE.
UH, YOU'RE MUTED OUT RIGHT NOW.
UNFORTUNATELY, NO, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH ALL THE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
JUST ONE QUESTION, THERE ARE TWO WORKING GROUPS.
NOW I PLAY IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA.
ONE OF COURSE IS A INFRASTRUCTURE INNOVATION.
THE OTHER ONE IS THE DIGITAL INCLUSION.
SO WHICH WORKING GROUP DID YOU HAVE IN MIND? WHAT ARE BOTH? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UH, AND I APPRECIATE THE ADVANCEMENT OF OUR AGENDA WITH THAT QUESTION.
UH, BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, UH, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE, UH, THERE ARE NO OTHER, UH, UNLESS IT'S, UH, RELATED TO THIS POINT, UH, OTHER FEEDBACK ABOUT, UH, THIS JUST VALIDATION, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE GOT BROAD CONSENSUS THAT WE WANT COLTON
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TO JOIN US.I'M SEEING NODS FROM FISHING ISLAND AND COMMISSIONED FLOYD IN THE ROOM.
SO THEN WITH THAT, THEN IT IS A GOOD SEGUE BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THAT IS BEHIND THE QUESTION BY COMMISSIONER DASGUPTA, UM, WE HAD A DISCUSSION IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING GROUP ABOUT HOW, UH, THIS ISSUE IS BROAD IN SCOPE.
AND ALTHOUGH, UM, IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD ADDRESS IT FROM THE UNIQUELY WORKING GROUP FOCUSED WAYS IN EACH WORKING GROUP.
WE CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING CHALLENGES POTENTIALLY WITH A WALKING QUORUM, UM, BECAUSE, UH, WHAT IT MEANS IS, ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR, UM, EACH WORKING GROUP TO WEIGH IN ON THIS AND THEN TO DISCUSS IT, AND THEN FOR STALL COME BACK, THAT PRESENTS CHALLENGES FOR US.
SO WHAT IT MEANS IS WE MIGHT BE WELL-SERVED TO CREATE A DEDICATED WORKING GROUP FOCUSED ON ONE OF TWO THINGS, ONE THE STRATEGIC PLAN, OR TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND, UH, INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE S THE SUBJECT MATTER THE, OF THE SUBJECT MATTER, UH, I THINK THAT WE'D BE WELL-SERVED TO DO THAT.
UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME TO TERMS ABOUT A MEETING TIME AND A MEETING SCHEDULE.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'D ALSO HAVE TO COME TO TERMS ABOUT WHO COULD PARTICIPATE, UH, AND IT WOULD BE NO MORE THAN FIVE COMMISSIONERS.
UH, SO ALTHOUGH RIGHT NOW, THIS TOPIC HAS BEEN, UH, REALLY KIND OF MARSHALED BY TWO WORKING GROUPS, AS WE WERE ABOUT TO FIND, UH, THE ADDITION OF ANOTHER WORKING GROUP.
IT, IT FORCED THE ISSUE OF RESOLVING, UH, RESOLVING THIS POTENTIAL WALKING QUORUM CHALLENGE.
SO, NO, AS I THINK IT THROUGH PERSONALLY, UM, I FEEL THE NEED TO OFFER MY THOUGHTS ON IT.
UM, IT IS DEFINITELY TIED INTIMATELY TIED TO THE DIGITAL INCLUSION, STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND YET AT THE SAME TIME, I FEEL AS THOUGH IT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO RESTRICT IT TO JUST THE DIGITAL INCLUSION WORKING GROUP.
SO, BUT WE NEED, FRANKLY IS A WAY, UH, TO CREATE A NEW WORKING GROUP, UH, AND TO EASILY LET DOWN THOSE WHO WON'T BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
SO I GUESS TO BEGIN WITH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE TO EXTEND THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONER, UH, UH, TO GET SOME INSIGHT INTO ALL THE DIFFERENT WORKING GROUPS, UH, THAT WAY YOU CAN MAKE A CHOICE ON WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN TOPICALLY, UM, AND TO READ FROM OUR DOCUMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WORK PLAN, WE RELY UPON THREE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONING WORKING GROUPS, UH, WITH FIVE COMMISSIONERS OR LESS TO MEET MONTHLY AND ADVANCE THE OUTLINE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMISSION, UH, WITH A STRUCTURED FOCUS TO USE, UH, USE TO DIVIDE THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION.
THE MEETINGS ALLOW US TO RECEIVE PRIVATE BRIEFINGS FROM CITY STAFF AND PARTNERS ON IMPORTANT, BUT SENSITIVE MATTERS.
WE'LL ALSO LAWN FOR DISCUSSION DELIBERATION ON POSSIBLE ACTIONS, WHICH COULD ADVANCE COMMISSION OBJECTIVES DURING OUR REGULAR MEETINGS LIKE TODAY.
UH, THE CURRENT WORKING GROUP MEMBERSHIP IS AS FOLLOWS, UH, THE DIGITAL INCLUSION, UH, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC POLICY IMPACT WORKING GROUP CONSISTS OF MYSELF, UH, VICE CHAIR, APODACA, UH, COMMISSIONER ISLAND, AND COMMISSIONER
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE FIVE MEMBERS ON THAT WORKING GROUP RIGHT NOW, THE KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION, AND DATA STEWARDSHIP WORKING GROUP IT'S CURRENTLY CHAIRED BY VICE-CHAIR APODACA.
IT ALSO INCLUDES COMMISSIONER FLOYD, COMMISSIONER ISLAND, MYSELF, AND HAS A VACANCY.
UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER WORKING GROUP CALLED THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND INNOVATION WORKING GROUP, WHICH IS CURRENTLY CHAIRED BY COMMISSIONER FLOYD.
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DASGUPTA, COMMISSIONER,SO BEGINNING WITH OUR VACANCY, I CERTAINLY WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ASK, IF YOU WERE INTERESTED IN POTENTIALLY JOINING THAT WORKING GROUP, UH, VERY MUCH LIKE IT SOUNDS KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION, DATA STEWARDSHIP, UH, TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF TOPICAL AREAS COVERED BY THAT WORKING GROUP.
THEY INCLUDE THE EVALUATION OF, UH, DATA MAPPING AND ANALYSIS, INCLUDING EQUITABLE BROADBAND GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, WHICH I KNOW IS IMPORTANT TO YOU.
UH, IT INCLUDES ASSESSING AND ANALYZING, UH, SPEED UP AMERICA.
BROADBAND DATA INCLUDES MONITORING, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN WEB DESIGN REPREP, UH, PROJECT.
ALTHOUGH THAT IS PRETTY MUCH COME TO A CLOSE, UH, IT INCLUDES, UH, EVALUATING AND PROVIDING DIRECT INSIGHTS ON THE RESIDENTIAL TECHNOLOGY STUDY, UH, WHICH IS GOING TO PLAY AN INCREASING PART WITH COLLABORATION FROM, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY.
IT INCLUDES A CITYWIDE TECHNOLOGY, PILOT, UH, AUDIT AND ASSESSMENT.
SO AS A COMMISSION, WE HAVE AGREED TO TAKE ON AN EVALUATION OF OUR EXISTING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A NEED FOR STREAMLINING OF THAT INVENTORY OR WAYS THAT THAT CAN BE BETTER MANAGED.
IT INCLUDES AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AND SMART CITY TECHNOLOGY PERTAINING TO DATA.
SO, AND OTHER THINGS WHICH HAVE YET TO FRANKLY, BE AGREED UPON BY THE WORKING GROUP THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THE AREAS OF, UH, KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION, AND DATA STEWARDSHIP, AND BASED UPON, UH, INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE, RELYING UPON A ROBUST DATA THROUGHPUT.
WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO DIRECTLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A KEY ROLE IN WHATEVER SHE PLANNED WE HAVE AND WHATEVER, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO PROMOTE FROM A INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE RESOLUTION.
SO MAYBE TIM, I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO DECIDE NOW BY ANY MEANS, BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION.
UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SERVE, HOWEVER YOU NEED ME.
SO IF THAT'S THE VACANCY THAT NEEDS, UM, FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE ON AND I'M HAPPY TO SERVE.
SO, UH, THAT COMPLETES THAT WORKING GROUP MEMBERSHIP.
IT DOES, UH, IT DOES LEAVE US IN AN IDEATION STILL FOR HOW TO CREATE A NEW WORKING GROUP.
UH, JESSE, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO WEIGH ON YOUR THOUGHTS ON, ON A PROCESS.
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE TO DO THIS QUICKLY, NO PRESSURE YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOW TO DO IT QUICKLY.
UM, SO TO CREATE A NEW WORKING GROUP, UH, IS SIMPLE.
UH, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO, UH, AS A COMMISSION DELIBERATE ON WHAT THE COMMISSION OR WHAT THE WORKING GROUP WOULD BE HANDLING, UH, AND THEN TAKE A VOTE TO, UH, ASSIGN CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, COMMISSION MEMBERS TO THAT WORKING GROUP.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT GROUP CAN MEET, UM, SEPARATELY TO SET THE DETAILS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE AT THAT MOMENT, A COMMISSION TO GO AND FIGURE OUT THE DETAILS OF THE WORKING GROUP, OR WE CAN DO IT IN THE LARGE GROUP SETTING, UH, DEPENDING ON, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UH, WHAT, WHICH DIRECTION THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO GO.
UM, I WANT TO, UH, ONE THING THAT I WANT TO NOTE IS THAT, UH, THE RECENT HISTORY OF THE COMMISSION HAS HAD, UH, THESE THREE WORKING GROUPS KIND OF, UH, SET AS BROAD CATEGORIES, BUT IT'S ALSO FINE FOR THE COMMISSION TO HAVE VERY SPECIFIC, TARGETED WORKING GROUPS WHERE THEY DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, A TOPIC OR A SET OF, YOU KNOW, UH, TOPICS THAT ARE DEFINED.
UM, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS AS WE GET NEW COMMISSIONERS IN, I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED ON WHAT THEIR INDEPENDENT INTERESTS ARE.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING IF THERE NEEDS TO BE, UH, A COMMISSION DISCUSSION EITHER, UH, PERHAPS AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER GARZA EXPRESSED INTEREST IN DIGITAL INCLUSION TOPICS AND THAT THAT WORKING GROUP IS MAXED OUT.
UM, BUT IT'S ALSO A WORKING GROUP THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN.
UH, SO MAYBE THAT ONE WORKING GROUP CAN,
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YOU KNOW, SPLIT OUT RESPONSIBILITIES IN SOME WAY TO ALLOW FOR MORE, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS TO BE INVOLVED, UH, ON VARIOUS FACETS OF THAT TOPIC.SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPED OR, UH, IS GOING TO COMPLICATE THINGS MORE, BUT, UM, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS AND HAPPY TO FACILITATE AS NEEDED.
NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT, JESSE.
I THINK IT GIVES ME SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE, UM, I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET DEEPER AND TO HAVE MORE ROBUST DISSIPATION IF WE CAN MAKE IT MORE INTERESTING FOR THE INDIVIDUALS.
UM, ALTHOUGH, UH, WAY TO DO THAT QUICKLY IS STILL A CHALLENGE, BUT STILL A COMMISSIONED I'LL SKIP TO YOU.
DID YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THIS? YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, JUST GOING BACK TO A STATEMENT ABOUT CREATING ANOTHER WORKING GROUP, UH, I AM CONCERNED WE MAY HAVE TROUBLE SORT OF, UH, FORCE FITTING IT INTO A MONTHLY CALENDAR AS TO WHEN IS A GOOD TIME TO MEET ET CETERA.
SO I'M ALSO SENSITIVE TO THE STATEMENT THAT JESSE HAD MENTIONED ABOUT WALKING FORUM.
SO MY QUESTION IS, UH, TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING GROUP MEETS ON THE FIRST MONDAY WHEN THERE'S A DIGITAL IMPROVEMENT WORKING GROUP MEET BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THERE'S THIS CONVERGENCE OF INTERESTS BETWEEN THESE TWO WORKING GROUPS.
UM, WHEN DID, WHEN DOES, WHEN DOES THE DIGITAL CONCLUSION WORKING WITH ME, WHICH, WHICH WE COME TO MIND THE FIRST TUESDAY? THAT THAT WAS MY SUGGESTION.
THEY USED TO BE STACKED 1, 2, 3.
UM, AND THEN WE CREATED A SPACE FOR THE THIRD ONE, UM, TO ACCOMMODATE FORMER VICE ALEXANDER'S SCHEDULE.
UH, AND, AND THEN NOW, UH, I THINK IT'S BASICALLY, UH, BEN RESOLVED, BUT WITH A NEW CHAIR, UH, OF THAT WORKING GROUP, UH, THAT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
SO, YOU KNOW, SO FAR, SO THE SUGGESTION I WAS WANTING TO MAKE IS THAT THE FIRST MONDAY, THE WORKING GROUP MEETS, LET THEM REPORT TO THE COMMISSION.
ONCE IT'S REPORTED TO THE COMMISSION, IT'S OPEN KNOWLEDGE WITHIN THE COMMISSION, IT'S ON TAPE, ET CETERA.
IF, UH, IF THAT THE DIGITAL IMPROVEMENT WORKING GROUP COULD MEET THE WEEK AFTER THAT, THEN THEY COULD TAKE THE KNOWLEDGE ALREADY JUST SHARED OPENLY WITHIN THE COMMISSION AND SHARED WITH EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY COULD FORM THE BASIS FOR THEIR DISCUSSION.
AND THEY COULD THEN REPORT BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
WOULD THAT WORK? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M FOLLOWING CORRECTLY BECAUSE THE ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO AVOID IS, UM, COMMUNICATING INFORMATION OVER EMAIL THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN A WORKING GROUP TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION BEFORE WE MEET AS A WHOLE COMMISSION.
AND I KNOW I PUT, SUGGESTED READING INTO THE QUESTION LIKE WE ARE GOING TO BE RECORDING TODAY.
WELL, AS LONG AS THE, THE REPORT FROM THE WORKING GROUP TAKES PLACE AT THE COMMISSION MEETING, THEN THERE WOULD BE NO ISSUES WHILE IN THE WALKING QUORUM.
THAT'S HOW I SEE IT AS IS RIGHT.
LIKE
UM, SO THEORETICALLY LIKE GOING DOWN THE ROAD, WE, WE HAVE OUR MEETING FIRST OF THE MONTH, THEN WE DO THIS AND THEN THE DIGITAL INCLUSION GROUP MEETS LATER AND THEY CAN DISCUSS THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IN PUBLIC THAT ARE ON THE RECORD IN THIS MEETING, UM, THAT INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE, THEIR NEXT REPORT AT THE MEETING, WHATEVER WHATEVER'S DELIBERATE ON.
I THINK A FOURTH GROUP COULD BE A LITTLE UNWIELDY.
WELL, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK.
I THINK IT'S ALSO, UH, WE'VE GOT EVERYONE HERE, AT LEAST, UH, FOR EVERYONE HERE, UM, EXCLUDING OUR NEW COMMISSIONER WHO'S IS EQUALLY JUMPED IN TO JOIN A NEW WORKING GROUP.
WHAT'S THE FEEDBACK FROM, UH, OUR VICE-CHAIR OR FOR COMMISSIONER ISLAND ON ADDING A DIFFERENT, ANOTHER WORKING GROUP AND POTENTIALLY HAVING ANOTHER MEETING SCHEDULED IN THE MONTH? I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO HAVE A FOURTH ONE, BUT I WONDER IF WE SHOULD REEVALUATE THE CURRENT TOPICS, I GUESS, FOR EACH OF THE THREE WORKING GROUPS AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY ROOM TO MAYBE STREAMLINE THEM IN A DIFFERENT WAY, OR THINK ABOUT THEM IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
UM, SINCE THESE HAVE BEEN THE SAME COMMISSIONS FOR AWHILE, UM, I KNOW PERSONALLY, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HELP OUT IF THERE'S A FOURTH ONE
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I'M ALREADY ON TWO, AND I KNOW WHERE SHOULD WE ALREADY HAVE THAT VACANCY AND WHICH POTENTIALLY WE HAVE FILLED DOWN, BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT NECESSARY.LIKE WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE FIVE COMMISSIONERS, EVERY MEETING.
SO I THINK IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO GET FIVE COMMISSIONERS ON A FOURTH ONE.
I'LL, UH, I'LL CHIME IN QUICKLY.
UM, THEORETICALLY I FEEL LIKE HAVING PERHAPS A TEMPORARY WORKING GROUP TO FOCUS ON ANY NUMBER OF TOPICS THAT, THAT MEETS FOR A DEFINED PERIOD OF TIME ACCOMPLISHED THEIR TASK AND THEN IS, IS DISSOLVED, IS, IS GOOD IN THEORY.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST WORK, JUST THINKING THROUGH, UM, SORT OF HOW THAT, THAT WOULD WORK AND ADDING AN ADDITIONAL MEETING.
I I'M LEANING MORE TOWARDS COMMISSIONER ISLAND'S STATEMENT.
UM, MAYBE IT MIGHT BE JUST LOGISTICALLY EASIER, UM, TO, TO HAVE ONE OF THE EXISTING WORKING GROUPS, AT LEAST ABSORB THIS TASK FOR THE TIME BEING WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I, UH, EVEN THOUGH, LIKE YOU SAID, IN THEORY, UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT.
I CONCUR, UH, I THINK THAT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THEN IS A MAPPING EXERCISE THAT I'M GOING TO UNDERTAKE AS A NEXT STEP, UM, TO MAP BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ITEMS ON THE WORK PLAN, UH, HAVE MATRICULATED AND ARE NO LONGER A POINT OF FOCUS, OTHERS STILL CLEARLY ARE.
AND SO IT REALLY IS A MATTER OF, OF, UH, AND TO YOUR POINT ALSO, I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THE VISUAL INCLUSION, STRATEGIC PLAN REFRESH, OR, UM, A INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, YOU KNOW, RESOLUTION WORKING GROUP, THOSE ARE DEFINITELY, UM, YOU KNOW, FINITE, UH, YOU KNOW, TEMPORARY WORKING GROUP PLANS, BUT IT WOULD STILL BE A CHALLENGE TO GET THOSE MEETINGS SCHEDULED, UH, AS IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE TO, TO GET EVERY COMMISSIONER PARTICIPATE IN EVERY WORKING GROUP DISCUSSION.
SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE'VE GOT, UM, OUR NEXT BEST MOVE WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, JENNA ITEM THREE C IS TOO LEVERAGE THE VERY NEXT WORKING GROUP MEETING, UH, FRANKLY.
SO WHAT I'M MOVING FOR NOW IS THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE RESOLUTION THAT WE UTILIZE, THE WORKING GROUP MEETING SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION AND DATA STEWARDSHIP WORKING GROUP, UM, TO IDEATE WITH DIRECT INSIGHT FROM, UH, JASON DUNN, MICHAEL, WITH AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND, UH, WITH COTON WHO HAS AGREED TO PARTICIPATE AND, UH, WITH JEFF TO CU WHO HAS AGREED TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL, UH, IN THAT DISCUSSION.
UH, SO I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE, FOR THE TIME BEING ASSIGN THIS MATTER TO THE KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION AND DATA STEWARDSHIP WORKING GROUP, BECAUSE IT HAS THE MEETING FORTHCOMING AND THEN EFFECTUALLY, UH, THAT WE BE WILLING TO REASSIGN THIS AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, POTENTIALLY BACK TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING GROUP.
UH, SO THEY COULD TAKE THE NEXT STEP.
UH, SO BARRING ANY PROHIBITION FROM PROCESS STANDPOINT, MAYBE THAT'S A NEW WAY TO HANDLE IT, THAT WE, WE HANDLE IT MEETING TO MEETING BY AGREEMENT AS A COMMISSION THAT WOULD CERTAINLY WORK CHAIR PITS.
UM, BUT LIKE YOU SAY, ONLY ONE SET OF COMMISSIONERS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO WORK ON THAT TOPIC IN BETWEEN THE LARGER GROUP MEETINGS, BUT IF IT TO BE REASSIGNED, UH, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE DURING THE FULL COMMISSION MEETING.
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TO BE CLEAR WHAT THIS IS ADVOCATING BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS A SERIOUS TOPIC.WE'VE ALL AGREED THAT WE'RE TOO BUSY TO HAVE ANOTHER WORD IN GROUP, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUS OF THE TOPIC, WE NEED TO EXPAND THE AUDIENCE BEYOND, UH, JUST THE EXISTING, UH, THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING GROUP.
I THINK SO WHAT I'M SUGGESTING WE DO IS THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEED TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER SOONER THAN THE, THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING GROUP CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT.
WE REASSIGN IT TO THE KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION AND DATA STEWARDSHIP WORKING GROUP FOR THE MONDAY MEETING.
SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THE RESOLUTION SO WE CAN RECEIVE, UH, THE, UH, INSIGHTS FROM, UH, JASON, JOHN, MICHAEL, PERTAINING TO THIS, UH, AS IT RELATES TO DATA CERTAINLY, BUT OTHER THINGS AS WELL, UH, AND THAT WE THEN RECONVENE AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING TO DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL RESOLUTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN A YES.
EVEN AS I THINK ABOUT THAT, I SAY CHALLENGES, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND SEE, UH, YOUR THOUGHTS COMMISSION US COUPA.
MAY I SUGGEST A SPECIAL CALL MEETING OF THE COMMISSION SO THAT WE CAN MEET WITH JOHN JASON, JOHN MICHAEL KATON, AND A CHAPTER.
SO THAT WE ARE ALL, WE DON'T ALL BE INVOLVED IN IT.
SO I KNOW OUR CALL, A SPECIAL CALL MEETING AND ALL OF US LISTENED TO THE KEY PLAYERS BECAUSE OTHERWISE THERE'S GOING TO BE, HE SAID, SHE SAID, THIS WON'T BE TOO MUCH CONFUSION.
LET'S HAVE A SPECIAL CALL MEETING WHERE WE ARE ALL INVOLVED.
WELL, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE SUGGESTION.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, UH, I'M NOT AFRAID TO CALL A SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS.
HOWEVER, UM, I GUESS THE QUESTION THAT WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES IS, IS OUR NEXT CONVERSATION MEANT FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD.
AND I SAY THAT ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE IMPORTANT THINGS TO FLESH OUT IN OUR VETTING PROCESS AND WE DON'T WANT TO EMBARRASSING ANYONE INVOLVED.
BUT IT DOES PUT US BACK TO THEN A NEED TO ADDRESS THIS AT THE WORKING GROUP LEVEL AND LIMITATION OF, OF WHO CAN PARTICIPATE.
SO IF IT'S GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION, UH, THAT, BUT ULTIMATELY WE'LL COME BACK TO THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND INNOVATION WORKING GROUP.
SHOULD WE BE CALLING ANOTHER MEETING NEXT MONDAY OF THE DIY WORKING GROUP? WOULD THAT WORK? YEAH, SIMILAR TO HER.
I THINK THE DIRECTION THAT COMMISSIONER DESCOPED IS GOING THERE COULD BE SPECIAL CALLED WORKING GROUP SESSIONS AS WELL.
UM, SO IF SCHEDULING IS AN ISSUE, BUT Y'ALL WOULD STILL LIKE TO KEEP THE TOPIC WITHIN THE WORKING GROUP.
UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT Y'ALL COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, A, A ONE-OFF FOR A SPECIAL CALLED A WORKING GROUP SESSION, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE SCHEDULING.
I TURNED THE QUESTION OVER TO THE CHAIR OF THE WORKING GROUP AND SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY IF WE DID IT AFTER THE KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION GROUP.
UM, SO WE'LL GET FIVE OR MAYBE SIX ON MONDAY, CAUSE I, I MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE AT THE OTHER AT THE, THAT WAS JUST RAGING GROUP BASED ON THAT OTHER MEETING I'VE HAD ON THE BOOKS FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT MY CALENDAR.
I CAN DO IT SOON IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, IF WE CAN FIND A TIME FOR IT.
I THINK IT'D BE EASIER TO MOVE OUR WORKING GROUP HAVE A SPECIAL CALL WORKING GROUP MEETING THAN TO TRY TO DO THE FULL COMMISSION.
WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, YOU RAISE AN INTERESTING, ANOTHER POSSIBILITY AND WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING PRESSED FOR TIME HERE, BUT JUST BRIEFLY, UM, YOU MADE ME THINK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T PARTICIPATE THEN PERHAPS THAT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER COMMISSIONER TO PARTICIPATE ON MONDAY.
YEAH, I THINK I'M, I'M, I'M 50 50, DEPENDING ON WHEN THIS OTHER MEETING ENDS.
I COULD JUST SAY, I'M NOT COMING AND SOMEBODY GET OUT MY SLOT.
AND IF THAT HELPS, WELL, IT COULD, UH, PARTICULARLY IF ONE OR MORE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, UH, IS CONCERNED ABOUT CONFUSION, UH, OR, YOU KNOW, UH, INFORMATION WE LOST SOMEHOW IN THE PROCESS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, UH, OUR LIMITING FACTOR HERE IS THE AVAILABILITY OF, UH, THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS, UH, IN OTHER WORDS, DIGG, DQ,
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AND, UH, JASON, JOHN MICHAELS, AND SO, AND, UH, COTA, AND ALSO, SO, UH, WE NEED TO DECIDE, WE NEED TO FIND OUT FROM THEM WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE AND PROBABLY, UH, OUR TIME MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE.I KNOW MINE IS SO THAT THERE'S THE LIMITING FACTOR RIGHT THERE.
SO TO BE FAIR AGAIN, TO CLARIFY, UH, WE DID CONFIRM CATTAN CAN JOIN US ON MONDAY.
UM, AND I'VE CONFIRMED THAT YOU HAVE TO CU IS, IS AVAILABLE TO JOIN US ON MONDAY.
UH, THERE, THERE HAS BEEN AN INVITATION EXTENDED TO JASON'S ON MICHAEL AND I ANTICIPATE CONFIRMATION, BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT JASON DUNN, MICHAEL WILL BE JOINING US ON MONDAY.
I'M WAITING FOR THAT CONFIRMATION.
AND TO CLARIFY FURTHER, UM, I'VE ALSO ENGAGED DANIEL COLADA, UH, ABOUT CONFIRMING VINA COLADA, OUR INTERIM CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER, UH, ABOUT CONFIRMING, UH, THE PARTICIPATION OF CHARLES PERMA AND OUR NEXT MEETING AS WELL.
UH, PARTICULARLY WITH HIS FOCUS ON THE OPEN DATA PORTAL AND WORK THERE.
SO THEY ALSO, UH, PENDING CONFIRMATION WOULD BE JOINING THAT CONVERSATION ON MONDAY TO ALL RIGHT.
I THINK THAT, UH, WE NEED AN AGENDA THAT REALLY, UH, PARRIS DOWN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, SO THAT, UH, THE, UH, THE CONVERSATIONS DON'T WANDER TOO MUCH.
UM, WE, SO WE WANT THE FOCUS OF THESE MEETINGS ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP WITH A RESOLUTION.
AND, UH, THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE.
I IMAGINE YOU ALL CONCUR ON THAT.
SO THE RESOLUTION IS NOT GOING TO BE SPECIFIC TO AUTONOMY INSTITUTE.
UM, SO, UM, WE NEED TO BE A, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE GENERIC AND IN THAT RESPECT, AND I THINK THAT, UH, ALL THE PARTICIPANTS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT ALSO, WELL, TO BE FAIR, YOU KNOW, A BIG PART OF THE NEXT DISCUSSION IS A FOLLOW-UP ON OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS, UH, WHICH WERE TO ALLOW JASON, JOHN, MICHAEL, AND OTHERS, A CHANCE TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ADDRESS THAT THEY HAD ABOUT, ABOUT THE AUTONOMY INSTITUTE AND ABOUT THE PROCESS.
SO, UM, IT WOULD CERTAINLY INFORM ANY DECISION WE MADE TO INCLUDE OR EXCLUDE THEM DIRECTLY, UH, RIGHT IN THE RESOLUTION.
UH, AND TO BE CLEAR, UM, I WANT TO READ SOMETHING THAT I CAN CONVEY.
SO JEFF, TO COUP ALONG THE SAME LINES, UH BECAUSE OF A PART OF THE DISCUSSION WILL ALSO BE, UH, THE STATUS OF THE, THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE MOU, RIGHT? THAT'S THE, THE MENTAL YOU, WHICH JASON, JOHN MICHAEL WAS ACTUALLY LEVERAGING AN EXISTING TEMPLATE TEMPLATE FOR, UM, THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE MOU AND SOLIDIFICATION OF STRATEGIC SUPPORT IN AUSTIN FOR A USE CASE DRIVEN EVALUATION OF PENS.
TIRPITZ JUST A QUICK NOTE THAT WE HAVE FOUR MINUTES BEFORE WE HAVE TO EITHER ADJOURN OR HOLD A VOTE ON CONTINUANCE.
UH, LET'S LET'S GO AHEAD AND KEEP THIS MOVING.
SO WE HAVE AGREED THEN I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO, UM, WELL, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION, UH, I'VE MADE A MOTION TO, BECAUSE OF OUR TIME CONSTRAINTS SCHEDULING-WISE, BUT YOU HAD A NEED TO ADDRESS THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING, INCLUDING INSIGHTS FROM JASON, JOHN MICHAEL HAS BEEN INVITED TO PARTICIPATE.
DO YOU HAVE TO CU CHARLES PERMA AND COLTON HARMON TO TRANSITION THIS DISCUSSION ITEM TO THE KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND DATA STEWARDSHIP WORKING GROUP EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN IT WILL BE TAKEN UP
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DURING THAT WORKING GROUP MEETING.SO I GUESS I'LL LOOK FOR A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION, JUST SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND HOLD A VOTE ON THAT AND PROCEED.
UH, I THOUGHT ONE OF THE OPTIONS WAS TO HAVE THIS, UH, UM, ADDITIONAL MEETING ON MONDAY, BUT NOW YOU'RE SAYING, OKAY, MAYBE I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE ADDITIONAL MEDIA ON MONDAY.
UM, BECAUSE THE ADDITIONAL MEETING ON MONDAY IS TO DISCUSS SCHEDULING.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, TO TALK TO THESE PARTIES, RIGHT? SO THE REASSIGNMENT HAS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THAT, RIGHT.
THE MEETING FOR THE WORKING GROUP IS SCHEDULED AT FOUR.
THE OTHER POINT, IF I COULD CHIME IN, I THINK A COMMISSIONER YATES INTO THAT EARLIER IS WE'RE NOT SURE IF OUR GUESTS, JASON, JASON, JOHN, MICHAEL, AND CHARLES WILL BE ABLE TO STAY PAST, OR IN ADDITION TO THAT 4:00 PM MEETING.
I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE EVERYONE BESIDES JASON, JOHN MICHAEL LOCKED DOWN FOR OUR 4:00 PM MEETING.
UM, SO TR TRYING TO GET ADDITIONAL, UM, TIME WITH THEM MIGHT BE, MIGHT PROVE DIFFICULT IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE TWO WORKING GROUPS SWAP TIMES SO THAT THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING GROUP, UH, HANDLES THAT MEETING DURING THE PRESCHEDULED TIME, IT'S JUST WE'LL HAVE TO RESCHEDULE, UH, THE OTHER WORKING GROUP, UH, UH, THAT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.
UH, I HAVE TO CERTAINLY, UH, DEFER TO THE WORKING GROUP CHAIR AND THE WORK GROUP MEMBERS TO AGREE TO THAT, BUT THAT WOULD CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MONDAY AT FOUR.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE TIME THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE ABLE TO PUT THAT.
SO W W WHAT, WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS THAT BASICALLY THAT SHOULD BE LEFT OUT EITHER WAY.
APPARENTLY YOU GUYS WANT TO GO OVER AND DO THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO DO IT WITHOUT ANYBODY.
UH, BUT THAT'S, WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED.
UM, AND I GUESS IT'S JUST REALLY WHAT THE INTEREST OF THE, OF TIME AND OUR CRUNCH.
UM, I'M ALSO AFRAID WE'VE HIT 10, SO WE HAVE TO HOLD A VOTE ON CONTINUANCE.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT, WE CONTINUE OUR MEETING FOR A FEW MINUTES.
UH, PLEASE DO SO PLEASE SAY I, AND RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE HAVE AGREEMENT, UH, VOTE, UH, I BELIEVE EIGHT TO SEVEN TO ZERO IN FAVOR OF EXTENDING.
SHE SAID, SHE SAID, I, IF EVER SITTING IN FIVE MINUTES AT A TIME.
SO THEN BACK TO THIS, UM, SOLUTIONS.
SO QUESTION ARE, ARE, IS HE IN, IS WHO, WHICH COMMISSIONERS, ANY INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING GROUP ARE AVAILABLE TOMORROW AT FOUR IF, OR AT MONDAY AT FOUR, IF AT ALL, EVERYONE, BESIDES EVERYONE BESIDES SWISHER FLUID.
AND TO BE FAIR, UH, WE DON'T KNOW IF COMMISSIONER
SO COMMISSIONER GATES, UH, COMMISSIONER
AND I WILL NOT BE SAD OR OFFENDED IF YOU MOVE ON AND DO THIS WITHOUT MANY DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO SO WELL.
I'M AFRAID WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THAT, UH, UH, LICENSE I'M GOING TO GET, I'M GOING TO SAY, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO SHIFT THE MEETING SCHEDULES FOR THIS NEXT MEETING.
UM, SO COMMISSIONER SCOOPED, A COMMISSIONER YATES, YOU GUYS OKAY.
WITH, UH, SWITCHING OUR TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND INNOVATION WORKING GROUP TO MONDAY AT FOUR, IT WILL BE THIS COMING MONDAY AT 4:00 PM, MONDAY AT 4:00 PM.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER NOW SCRIPTED THAT YOU SCOPE FOR YOU TOO? YES, IT WAS GOOD.
SO THEN, UH, WITH THAT, THEN I THINK WE HAVE, UH, WE DON'T DO, WE DON'T NEED TO ACTUALLY EVEN VOTE ON THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING WHICH THE WORKING
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GROUPS CAN DECIDE, SO, ALL RIGHT.AND THEN TO BE CLEAR ON, ON MY END.
SO THE KIDS WORKING GROUP AS CHAIR, SO I'LL CANCEL THAT ONE.
AND BECAUSE COMMISSIONER FLOYD IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT SHOULD OPEN UP A SPOT FOR ME TO ATTEND.
SO I'M GLAD YOU, YOU BROUGHT THIS BACK UP.
SO, UH, WHAT WE DID WAS WE SWAPPED MEETING TIMES, RIGHT? SO THE MEETING, UH, THAT WAS THE KIDS WORKING GROUP FOR MONDAY, THE 13TH IS NOW THE NEXT TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING GROUP MEETING, WHICH THEN, UH, I THINK THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO SWAP YOU'RE MEETING, UH, THE MEETING, UH, FOR THE KIDS WORKING GROUP THAT YOU CHAIR TWO JULY.
YOU HAVE ANOTHER CRINKLE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT, THAT NEXT JULY MEETING WAS A SLATED FOR A DAY.
SO THAT MEETING WAS GOING TO HAVE TO BE RESCHEDULED ANYWAY, WHICH IS GOOD, I GUESS, BECAUSE IT MEANS THEN THE WORLD IS YOUR OYSTER VICE CHAIR.
UM, AT LEAST, UH, YOU COULD LEAD BY PROPOSING THE DATE THAT I WORKED BEST FOR YOU, UH, TO THE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS.
AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
I SUGGESTED DOING A DOODLE AND TAKING IT FROM THERE.
AND ONE QUICK POINT, UH, SINCE IT'S ONLY ONE WORKING GROUP, ESSENTIALLY THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BE RESCHEDULING, UM, THOSE COMMUNICATIONS AND THAT SCHEDULING CAN HAPPEN FREELY, UH, OVER, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE CAN HAVE EMAIL EXCHANGES SINCE IT WOULD BE LESS THAN A QUARTER.
THEN WE CAN TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT AND, AND, UH, WORK THAT OUT.
COULD YOU SWAP FOR A COMMISSIONING FRY AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE COULD SAY YES, WE'D BE NOT JESSIE.
AS LONG AS COMMISSIONER APODACA DOESN'T THEN SPEAK ON WHAT HE HEARD AT ANY OTHER MEETING INVOLVING COMMISSIONERS.
CAUSE THEN THAT WOULD BE THE WALKING QUORUM.
AND MOREOVER, UH, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, UH, AND THE FOLLOWUP ON THE QUESTION, BUT MOREOVER IT ALSO, UM, I SUPPORT FIRST OFF, UH, AS I DID SUGGESTED EARLIER, US HAVING AS MANY COMMISSIONERS AS POSSIBLE IN THAT DISCUSSION.
UH, AND I GUESS THE QUESTION IS THEN IF THERE'S NO OTHER INTEREST, THEN IT WOULD BE YOUR ABILITY TO SWAP RIGHT.
AN UNENCUMBERED, IF ANYONE ELSE IS INTERESTED ALSO, THEN I GUESS THEN THAT WOULD CREATE A CHALLENGE, RIGHT.
BECAUSE EVERY COMMISSIONER SHOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY IF THEY WANT.
SO IS EVERYONE OKAY WITH THAT? OR IS ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT AS WELL? I DON'T HEAR WHEN SPEAKING UP, SO THEN IT SOUNDS LIKE THEN WE'RE GOOD.
AND IN TERMS OF THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL THE MATTER OF, UH, ACTUALLY SCHEDULING YOUR ACTUAL WORKING GROUP MEETING ONE OTHER QUICK WRINKLE.
UH, IF WE DID HAVE COMMISSIONER APODACA PARTICIPATE, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE CIRCULATED MINUTES, COMMISSIONER FLOYD, WOULDN'T BE INCLUDED IN THAT CIRCULATION MINUTES, IF IT INCLUDED TOPICS, UH, ON THE AUTONOMY INSTITUTE.
CAUSE THEN WE WOULD HAVE SIX VOLTS.
SO IT'S MORE THAN JUST EXCLUDING COMMISSIONER FLOYD.
IT'S REALLY EXCLUDING CRISTOBAL.
AND I GUESS, UH, I CAN WAIT TILL THE JULY MEETING AND FIND OUT YOU MAY WANT TO RECONSIDER THAT HAVING WELL, THE PROBLEM IS, I DON'T KNOW, BY MONDAY MEETING, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO LAST.
IT STARTS AT ONE, IT COULD BE DONE AT TWO 30.
IT COULD BE, IT COULD TAKE LONGER.
AND THEN I'VE GOT A, IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME 30 MINUTES TO GET HOME, TO GET ON MY COMPUTER.
SO THAT THEREIN LIES THE PROBLEM.
WELL, UH, NOW I'M COMMITTED TO GETTING THIS DONE IN LESS THAN THREE MINUTES HERE.
SO, UH, I'M AFRAID WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, UH,
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UH, BASICALLY WORK THIS OUT, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING AND WE CAN, SO LET'S DO THAT IN THE MEANTIME THOUGH, WE DO HAVE AGREEMENT THOUGH, UH, THAT, THAT FOUR O'CLOCK MEETING ON MONDAY WILL BE THE TECHNOLOGY FROM INFRASTRUCTURE AND, UH, EXCUSE ME, AND INNOVATION WORKING GROUP MEETING.SO GOING ALONG IN OUR AGENDA, UH, NOW TO COMMISSION UPDATES, THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF, UM,
[4.a. Digital Inclusion, Civic Engagement, and Strategic Technology and Telecom Policy Working Group]
UH, FOR THE DIGITAL INCLUSION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WORKING GROUP, UH, THE MAIN UPDATE IS THAT THE G TOPS, UH, UH, CAPACITY, UH, EXCUSE ME, G TOPS MINI, UH, REVIEW PANEL IS FULLY UNDERWAY, INCLUDING MYSELF AND TWO OTHER VOLUNTEERS.UM, AND WE WILL BE FINALIZING THAT PROCESS, UH, BY THIS, UH, SUNDAY, HOPEFULLY, AND THEN, UH, MOVING FORWARD, UH, WITH, UH, THE PROGRAM, UH, OF COURSE, UH, THE DIGITAL INCLUSION STRATEGIC PLAN IS A BIG PART OF OUR UPDATE AS WELL AS, UH, OUR CONVERSATION EARLIER, UH, THAT WE WERE DELIGHTED TO RECEIVE FROM CONNECT ATX, UH, THE PRESENTATION AND WHAT THAT CAN DO TO EXPAND SERVICE DELIVERY TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, NO TIME FOR QUESTIONS HERE, DISCUSSION REALLY SO GONNA HAVE TO KEEP MOVING ON TO
[4.b. Knowledge, Information, and Data Stewardship Working Group]
FOUR B THE KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION AND DATA STEWARDSHIP WORKING GROUP.UH, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR VICE CHAIR.
WHO'S THE NEW CHAIR OF THAT WORKING GROUP.
AND TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A CHAIR OF THE WORKING GROUP, AND HE'S GOING TO BE SETTING A DATE FOR THAT WORKING GROUP GOING FORWARD.
[4.c. Technology, Infrastructure, and Innovation Working Group]
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THE, UH, TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND INNOVATION WORKING GROUP, WE BASICALLY JUST HAD OUR, OUR UPDATE, UH, THERE.SO I THINK WE'RE FINALIZED WITH THAT TOO.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
FAR AS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING UP THESE RESOLUTIONS AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER.UH, SO EACH OF THEM WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE NEXT MEETING.
AND, UH, I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE, UH, ALL WORKING GROUP CHAIRS, UH, TO OFFER, UH, FEEDBACK ON A POTENTIAL PRESENTATION FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ADJOURNMENT, UH, AND I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I HAVE MOST DURABLE COMMISSIONED.
I SCOOT TO, AND THE CHORUS OF SECONDS, I'LL SAY COMMISSIONER YANKS.
I GOT IT IN ALL IN FAVOR OF GERMAN, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ANYONE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR A GREAT MEETING AND YOUR PATIENTS WHO DILIGENCE, WE MADE IT.