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[CALL TO ORDER]
EVERYBODY.MY NAME IS NEHEMIAH PITTS III.
I'M CALLING TO ORDER THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION MEETING HERE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY THE 11TH, 2023 AT 6:40 PM APPROXIMATELY.
UH, WE'RE ALSO VIEWABLE ONLINE.
UH, THE ACCESS POINT IS HTTP SLASH SLASH WWW.AUSTINTEXAS.GOV/PAGE/WATCH-ATX N DASH LIVE.
I'M HONORED TO SERVICE CHAIR, AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH OUR ROLL CALL.
STEVEN APODACA, REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO.
AND THEN IF I CAN GO TO COMMISSIONER YATES.
COMMISSIONER GATES, REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE.
CHRISTINA GARZA, REPRESENTING DISTRICT FOUR AND COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
COMMISSIONER NICOLE THOMPSON, REPRESENTING DISTRICT NINE.
AND COMMISSIONER FLOYD, UH, JUST COMMISSIONER DAVE FLOYD, REPRESENTING MR. FIVE AND COMMISSIONER ISLAND.
UH, HELLO, COMMISSIONER ISLAND.
DO JUST NEED YOU TO ANNOUNCE YOURSELF AND, UH, THE DISTRICT YOU'RE REPRESENTING, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER SUM REPRESENTING DISTRICT 10 IN OKAY.
WELL, UH, TECHNICALLY WE CAN PROCEED, ALTHOUGH WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU.
UH, AND YOU WON'T FORMALLY BE PART.
UH, SO IF YOU COULD TURN YOUR VOLUME UP, UH, PROBABLY ALL THE WAY AS COMMISSIONER YATES DID.
COMMISSIONER MASKING ISLAND DISTRICT SEVEN.
WITH THAT, THEN WE ARE CALLED TO ORDER.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, I'M THE CHAIR AND I'M REPRESENTING DISTRICT ONE.
UH, WE'LL BEGIN HERE, UH, AS THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION TODAY, UH, WITH THE APPROVAL OF
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
THE MINUTES FROM OUR D DECEMBER 14TH, 2022 MEETING.AND, UH, THE ONLINE INVITATION AS WELL FOR THIS EVENT.
I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES THAT'S PRESENTED.
UH, YES, POSSIBLE YOU SEE THE, SEE THE MINUTES ON SCREEN BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE THE BINDER.
ARE THE MINUTES PART OF IN THE, UH, EMAIL THAT WAS SENT BY JESSE, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO CLICK, UH, SEE THE SECOND ITEM IN ORDER TO SEE IT.
IS IT, IS IT HERE? LOOK IN YOUR SENT ITEMS FOR YOUR RSVP TO JESSE FOR THE,
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WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPLY COMMISSIONER ISLAND A SECOND.AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
WITH THAT, WE CAN HOLD A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
SO WE ARE UNANIMOUS IN APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
SEVEN IN FAVOR? UM, I'M ABSTAINING CAUSE I WASN'T HERE.
I, UH, I GUESS THIS, I'M SORRY.
JUST SAY TWO IN THE ROOM AND SIX ONLINE SUB, RIGHT.
UH, WHICH IS A GOOD POINT JUST TO CLARIFY AS WELL, UH, FOR ALL OF US GOING FORWARD, UH, WHEN DO THE VIDEOS W IS THERE A, UH, SERVICE DELIVERY COMMITMENT WHEN THE VIDEOS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR REVIEW? UH, SO THERE'S TWO PARTS TO THIS THERE.
SO JUST TO PUT THINGS ON THE RECORD, UH, THERE'S TWO PARTS TO THE VIDEO POSTING.
A T XN, UH, RECORDS THE VIDEO LIVE AND THEN POSTS IT TO THEIR WEBSITE.
UM, AFTER IT'S POSTED TO THE WEBSITE, I TAKE THE AVAILABLE LINK AND POST IT TO THE C TTC WEBSITE AS A PART OF THE, THE MEETING, UH, HISTORY.
UM, THE A T X N XN, UH, TIMELINE IS USUALLY WITHIN THREE DAYS, ALTHOUGH I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THEIR SPECIFIC DEADLINE IS.
UM, BUT IT'S USUALLY PRETTY QUICKLY AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT THREE DAYS.
UM, MY POSTING IS USUALLY NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL MAYBE TWO OR THREE WEEKS AFTER THE MEETING,
AND, AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT TO CALL OUT BECAUSE, UH, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, RIDE LIFE GOES ON, UM, WHILE WE'RE, UH, PERFORMING OUR DUTIES HERE AS COMMISSIONERS, AND, UH, SO I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE CAN'T MAKE MEETINGS, OBVIOUSLY.
UH, IDEALLY WE WOULD ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT MEETING WITHIN A SHORT TIMEFRAME AFTER WE MISSED THAT INITIAL, UH, MEETING, AND THEN THEREFORE BE ABLE TO COMFORTABLY APPROVE THE MINUTES IN THE NEXT SESSION.
WE'VE GOT ENOUGH PEOPLE TO PROVE THE MINUTES, SO IT DIDN'T CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS WITH BUSINESS.
UH, BUT IN, IN THE FUTURE, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL ALL BE ABLE, UH, TO REVIEW OUR MEETINGS ONLINE, BOTH IN TERMS OF, UH, CONTINUITY AND FOLLOW UP.
CUZ IT'S VERY HELPFUL SOMETIMES TO BE ABLE TO REFER BACK TO THOSE MEETINGS AND CHALLENGING IF YOU CAN ONLY DO THAT IN A WEEK OR SO BEFORE.
SO AS JESSE MENTIONED, ONCE HE'S ABLE TO FOCUS ON OTHER THINGS, AND WE HAVE A, UH, I'M NOT SURE ACTUALLY IF IT'LL BE OFFICE PLATE OR, OR IF IT WILL BE STILL ON HIS PLATE.
UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY, BUT EITHER WAY, THE POINT IS THAT, UH, ONCE ADDITIONAL HEADCOUNT IS ADDED, UH, THERE'LL BE A EXPANSION AND, AND AVAILABILITY.
AND SO, WE'LL, WE'LL GET SOME LOCK, WE'LL GET SOME, UH, DETAILS LOCKED DOWN FOR Y'ALL ON THAT.
UH, LATER, ONCE WE KNOW AND CHAIR PITS, EVERYBODY DOES HAVE ACCESS TO THE AT XN ARCHIVES.
SO, UH, JUST IN CASE YOU DID WANT TO VIEW THE VIDEO BEFORE, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS ABLE TO POST IT TO THE, THE MEETING, UH, I'D, I'D BE HAPPY TO.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR TO, UH, HOW TO NAVIGATE THE ATX SITE OR ACCESS THE ARCHIVES, I'M HAPPY TO POINT THAT OUT IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR IF ANY, ANY COMMISSIONER HAS A QUESTION.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, SEGUE INTO THE REST OF OUR AGENDA HERE NOW, DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS AS THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[2. Digital Inclusion Town Hall Listening Session Report (Commission Discussion and Action)]
WITH ITEM NUMBER TWO, DIGITAL INCLUSION TOWN HALL LISTENING SESSION REPORT.[00:10:01]
TO CLARIFY, THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY HIGH LEVEL.UH, IF THERE'S ANY ZOOM CAPABILITY, UH, FEEL FREE TO USE IT.
UH, THERE ARE TWO MAIN THINGS I WANTED TO DO TODAY, ALTHOUGH THERE'S GOING TO BE A MUCH MORE DETAILED REPORT, A ROBUST REPORT THAT INCLUDES INSIGHTS FROM OUR PARTNERS WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY, UH, AS WELL AS FINDINGS ON A CATEGORICAL BASIS, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
A AS WELL AS ACCESS POINTS TO THE ACTUAL DATA, THE CHALLENGE DATA POINTS COMMUNICATED DIRECTLY FROM THE LIVED EXPERIENCES SHARED, UH, BY THE PARTICIPANTS.
THAT'LL ALL BE PART OF A FORTHCOMING REPORT, UH, AND SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
IN THE MEANTIME, I DIDN'T WANT ANY MORE TIME TO GO ON FOR CERTAIN HIGHLIGHTS.
WERE CALLED OUT AND CERTAIN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WERE MADE.
SO THE FOCUS TODAY IS ON THE HIGHLIGHTS AND THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND AS YOU ALL RECALL, UH, WE HOSTED, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF 2022, WE HOSTED FOUR DIFFERENT DIGITAL INCLUSION TOWN HALL LISTENING SESSION EVENTS.
TWO OF THEM WERE HOSTED AT THE SOUTHEAST BRANCH LIBRARY.
UH, AND THEY OCCURRED BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON, UH, IN BOTH ENGLISH AND IN SPA AND IN SPANISH.
UH, BASED UPON THE, UH, RESERVATION PROCESS AND THE LANGUAGE PREFERENCES THAT PEOPLE SELECTED, UH, WE WERE HONORED TO HAVE 11 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTEND OUR APRIL 30TH SESSION.
UH, TWO, VIRTUALLY SEVEN PARTICIPATED IN AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE SESSION AND FOUR AND A SPANISH, UH, LANGUAGE SESSION.
UH, ON THE SEVENTH WE WERE ON UP TO HAVE 13 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTEND, WITH FOUR, ATTENDING VIRTUALLY, UH, SIX IN ENGLISH AND SEVEN IN SPANISH.
AND THEN THAT TOOK CARE OF OUR SPRING EVENTS LATER IN THE YEAR, UH, IN THE FALL, WE HOSTED A EVENT AT THE TERRAZAS BRANCH LIBRARY ON OCTOBER 29TH.
AND WE HAD 13 ATTENDEES IN PERSON.
UH, WE HAD NO REQUEST FOR ONLINE PARTICIPATION, SO WE DID NOT ACCOMMODATE THAT AT THAT EVENT.
AND OUR FINAL EVENT TOOK PLACE AT THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER ON NOVEMBER 19TH, AND WE HAD 21 IN PERSON ATTENDEES, UH, AGAIN, WITH NO ONLINE OR VIRTUAL, UH, ATTENDANCE REQUESTS, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL BEFORE.
UH, THESE WERE VERY POWERFUL SESSIONS, UH, WITH A WHOLE HOST OF INSIGHTS COMMUNI COMMUNICATED AND CONVEYED FROM LIVED EXPERIENCES OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UH, AND WE HAVE SPOKEN ON THOSE ON THE RECORD BEFORE, AND THERE WILL BE MORE DETAILED FINDINGS IN OUR NEXT REPORT.
SO I WON'T FOCUS ON THAT TODAY.
UH, BUT, UH, IT WOULD'VE BEEN POSSIBLE WERE IT NOT FOR, UH, THE PARTICIPATION OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEIR EAGERNESS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES.
AND WITH THAT, WE CAN TRANSITION TO THE NEXT PAGE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.
UH, WERE IT NOT FOR, UH, AND YOU YEAH, PLEASE.
WERE IT NOT FOR, UH, THE ASSISTANCE OF A TON OF PARTNERS, BOTH, UH, FROM COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS, UH, AS WELL AS CITY, UH, AFFILIATED DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS, UH, AS WELL AS CITY STAFF DEPARTMENTS AND COMMISSIONS.
IT WAS A YEMEN EFFORT, I THOUGHT, FROM A PLANNING STANDPOINT, UH, THAT BEGAN IN EARLY 2022.
SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO GO DOWN THIS LIST OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND PERSONALLY, UH, RECOGNIZE A VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT AND TO MAKE THEM FORMALLY PART OF THIS RECORD.
THIS LIST OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WILL ALSO BE LEVEL SET IN OUR FINAL REPORT, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE THAT WAS MISSED IS ACKNOWLEDGED ON THE RECORD FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS, BEGINNING WITH THE SOUTHEAST BRANCH EVENTS, UH, AND ALL THE EVENTS.
AND FOR THAT MATTER, I WANNA THANK ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, BOTH, UH, NOT ONLY THE ONES THAT PARTICIPATED HANDS-ON OR PERSONALLY, UH, BUT FOR DEDICATING THE TIME IN THE COMMISSION IN THIS BODY TO PLANNING THESE EVENTS AND TO COMMITMENT TO EXECUTING THE EVENTS AND TO, UH, SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR THE EVENTS FROM YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WITH RESPECT TO IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE, I WAS HONORED TO, TO HELP TO FACILITATE
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EVERYONE OF THE EVENTS AND TO BE JOINED AT EVERY EVENT THIS YEAR.UH, EXCUSE ME, EVERY EVENT IN 2022, UH, BY VICE CHAIR STEVEN APODACA.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE COMMISSIONER MAXINE ISLAND FOR PLAYING, UH, A KEY ROLE IN ASSISTING IN THE PLANNING EFFORT.
AND I ALSO NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND, UH, AMEND.
I ALREADY KNOW, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, THOMPSON, WHO ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE PLANNING EFFORT AT, AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN TIME WITH THE LIBRARY COMMISSION CHAIR, MARK SMITH WITH THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OR THE TARA OFFICE AND THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY DIVISION.
UH, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE JESSE RODRIGUEZ, THE PROGRAM MANAGER.
I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE COTAN HARMON, SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER.
I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE RONDELLA HAWKINS, THE TERROR OFFICER, AND I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE BRIANNA GOWING, UH, SENIOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO PLANNING.
I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MARION SANCHEZ.
UH, UH, MARION SANCHEZ, THE MANAGER AND COMMUNICATIONS, UH, MANAGER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION.
AND THE CITIES RUN PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE IN PARTICULAR, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THREE OF OUR FOUR TOWN HALLS, WHICH WERE HOSTED AT THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY.
UH, THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY EMPLOYEES AND STAFFERS, UH, THAT PROVIDED ASSISTANCE IN PLANNING AND HANDS-ON ASSISTANCE AT EVENTS, UH, AS WELL AS LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT, BEGINNING WITH LIBRARY DIRECTOR ROOSEVELT WEEKS.
EMMY JOHNSON, INNOVATION IMPROVEMENT SENIOR BUSINESS PROCESS CONSULTANT.
I RAN A MAGANA NO NOVARO, THE SOUTHEAST BRANCH MANAGER, RAY AE, LIBRARY ASSISTANT MANAGER, CARMITA MCKENNA WILLIAMS EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM MANAGER, PAOLA MONTOYA CASTRO LIBRARY DIGITAL NAVIGATOR, DANNY REDDY, TRAINING INSTRUCTOR, MELISSA SANCHEZ, COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM MANAGER, SHARON, HER FOURTH HERTH, HER FIRTH, UH, OFFICE OF PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIP DIVISION MANAGER, LARA PO.
UH, POLIO DEPARTMENT EXECUTIVE, UH, ADMIN, CARLOS PENN, THE REESE LIBRARY BRANCH MANAGER WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY COMMUNITY OF AUSTIN.
I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE KATHERINE KRAGO.
I LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, DOCE B I I ONLY HAVE THE, THEIR, THEIR FIRST INITIAL, THEIR LAST NAME.
WE'LL UPDATE THAT FOR THE RECORD WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
UH, WITH THE H A T C, I LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ERIC LINDHOLM AND STEVE PELAR WITH THE EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL.
I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE BECCA BS AND ALTHOUGH I DON'T HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL'S NAME YET THIS TIME, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, WITH THEIR SUPPORT.
I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMUNITY LATINO HEALTH FORUM AS PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN OUTREACH FOR, UH, OUR SOUTHEAST BRANCH EVENTS.
UH, DOVE SPRING PROUD AND RICARDO ZALLA, BEGINNING WITH THE SOUTHEAST BRANCH ENGAGEMENT.
UH, AND CONTINUING THROUGHOUT OUR ENGAGEMENTS, ALL FOUR, UH, OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT FOR FOOD, UH, UH, BY GOOD WORK.
AUSTIN IN PARTICULAR, NSA CUEVAS, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, AND ADAM ORMAN, CO-FOUNDER WITH THE UNITED WAY.
I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE FRANCISCO GALLEGOS, UH, AT THE TIME PACE COORDINATOR, UH, FAMILY PATHWAYS FOR HIS ASSISTANCE WITH PLANNING AND, UH, ASSISTANCE WITH THE SOUTHEAST BRANCH EVENTS.
I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AUSTIN FREENET, UH, WHO PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN EVERY EVENT AS A TABLING SPONSOR.
UH, THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JESS ROSS AND JASMINE VARGAS.
UH, KATE THORNTON IS ALSO KEY TO ACKNOWLEDGE, ALTHOUGH SHE DID NOT HELP OUT WITH THE SOUTHEAST ENGAGEMENT.
UH, AND SHE'LL BE MENTIONED LATER, GOODWILL CENTRAL TEXAS.
WE'D LIKE TO THANK AND THEIR OUTREACH COORDINATOR, IAM LEON FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, AND LYNN COLES, THEIR HEALTH COVERAGE PRO, UH, PROGRAM COORDINATOR.
LAK, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE CARLA BRUCE SERUGA AND LEONA CORTEZ FOR HELPING WITH COMMUNITY RECRUITMENT.
FOR THE EVENT, WE'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE GAVA AND, UH, FRANCIS AKUNA FOR THEIR SUPPORT WITH THE AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY.
WE'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE DOUG GRAY, UH, THE AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY FOR FILMING OUR SECOND, UH, EXCUSE ME, OUR FIRST AND SECOND PILOT
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EVENTS AT THE SOUTHEAST BRANCH, AND RECORDING SOME INTERVIEWS OF BOTH COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, WITH THE LIBRARY COMMISSION AND OUR COMMISSION.IN ADDITION TO, UH, OTHER LEADERS ABOUT OUR EFFORT, RAITA IRVING FOR HER LEADERSHIP.
CHRISTIAN, UH, CHRISTIAN'S LAST NAME RIGHT NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE FOR THE RECORD, BUT WE'LL UPDATE THAT.
HE'S THEIR PROGRAM PRODUCTION SERVICES MANAGER WHO DID A GREAT JOB FILMING.
NOW PIVOTING TO THE TARAS EVENT, UH, WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, ALTHOUGH WE DID ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, BRIANNA GOUING EARLIER, UH, FOR HER ROLE IN SUPPORTING SIGNUP SIGN IN, IN PARTICULAR AT THE TERRAS BRANCH EVENT.
AND THE FOLLOWING EVENT AT THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER, TRAVIS COUNTY, UH, RAYA TAYLOR, IN PARTICULAR, THE FUSE EXECUTIVE FELLOW FOR MODERATING, BOTH AT THE TORAS BRANCH EVENT AND AT THE A A R C EVENT, MEMBERS OF THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY TO ROS BRANCH, DANNY WALKER, THE LIBRARY BRANCH MANAGER, ZACH SCHLATER, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR, WHO PLAYED SUCH A GREAT ROLE AND ACTIVELY PLAYS THE ROLE OF DIGITAL NAVIGATOR THERE AT THE LIBRARY.
AS WELL AS THE, UH, LIBRARY ASSISTANT MANAGER MARK PANIST STEEL, AGAIN WITH THE AUSTIN FREENET, UH, THE TARAS BRANCH EVENT.
AND, UH, THE AUSTIN, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER EVENT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE OR NOT FOR THE INCREDIBLE SUPPORT OF KATE THORTON AND JASMINE VARGAS ACTING AS SCRIBES.
IN ADDITION TO, UH, TABLING WITH THE RESOURCES FOR AUSTIN FREENET, AND AGAIN, GOODWILL OF CENTRAL TEXAS WITH IAM LEON, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S COMMUNITY COURT.
IN PARTICULAR, LAURA WILLIAMSON, THE BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS PROCESS CONSULTANT WHO AIDED WITH OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AND PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN INCLUDING THE AUSTIN HOMELESSNESS ADVISORY COUNCIL.
IN ON THAT SESSION, WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE AUSTIN HOMELESSNESS ADVISORY COUNCIL THEMSELVES DIRECTLY, UH, ALL THEIR MEMBERS, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE UNNAMED AT THIS TIME.
FOR PRIVACY, WE'D LIKE TO THANK OUR SPONSOR FOR THE EVENT, INDEED AND THEIR KEY DIRECTOR, PAULA SYLVERE.
WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE FOOD PROVIDER, UH, OF THAT EVENT, THE HILLSIDE PHARMACY AND JADE PLACE.
PIVOTING NOW TO SPECIFICS FOR THE, UH, ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER EVENT.
WE'D LIKE TO THANK WITH THE A R C BIANCA GALVAN, THE CULTURE AND ARTS EDUCATION SUPERVISOR.
WE'D LIKE TO ADD TO OUR THANKS FOR TRAVIS COUNTY, CHLOE MUNN, PROGRAM MANAGER FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT AND FOR HER LEADERSHIP.
ONCE MORE, UH, THE PARTICIPATION OF GOODWILL OF CENTRAL TEXAS.
AND THERE'S AN IMPORTANT UPDATE TO BE MADE THERE FOR, UH, THE YOUNG LADY THAT HELPED OUT AND PARTICIPATED IN THE SESSION, UH, WHOSE NAME I COULD NOT FIND FOR THE RECORD.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IT NOW THOUGH, IF ANYONE HAS THAT IN MIND.
AND LASTLY, WE'D LIKE TO THANK OUR SESSION VISITORS AT THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER EVENT.
TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER FROM PRECINCT ONE, JEFF TRAIAN, AND AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FROM DISTRICT ONE, NATASHA HARPER MADISON.
THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT SECTION OF THIS AGENDA ITEM.
HOWEVER, I'D LIKE TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PIVOT TOWARDS A DISCUSSION ON PLANNING RELATED TO THIS.
AS WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION IN THE WORKING GROUPS AND HAVE BEEN DIS UH, DISCUSSED EARLY THIS YEAR.
UH, WE ARE COMMITTED, OF COURSE, TO DOING AND CONTINUING THESE TOWN HALLS IN 2023.
AND THERE'S BEEN A STATED GOAL TO SHOOT FOR ANOTHER FOUR EVENTS.
I THINK THAT'S A, A SUITABLE AMOUNT, UH, CONSIDERING THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER, OTHER WAYS FOR US TO, UH, TO LEVERAGE THIS MODEL, UH, PARTICULARLY TO SUPPORT COUNTY EFFORTS AROUND, UH, DIRECT
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VISITS AT THE, AT THE, AT THE HOUSE THAT ARE GONNA BE TAKING PLACE.BUT THE KEY THING IS TO LOCK DOWN THE LOCATIONS THAT WE'D LIKE TO TARGET.
AND, UH, AS WE DISCUSSED AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE NEED TO PINPOINT FIRST THE LOCATION OF WHAT WILL BE OUR Q TWO AND Q3 EVENTS, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IN Q4 IT'LL BE DIGITAL INCLUSION WEEKEND.
WE'LL HAVE THE, UH, LARGER THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PLAN DURING THE WEEK, OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH DIGITAL INCLUSION WEEK.
NOW IN OUR WORKING GROUP, UH, FOR THE DIGITAL INCLUSION STRATEGIC, UH, THE DIGITAL INCLUSION WORKING GROUP, WE HAD A DISCUSSION, UH, A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT A STRATEGY AND A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO, UH, WHERE WE SHOULD SEEK TO HOST THESE TOWN HALLS.
UH, AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE, WE HAVE SOME VACANCIES ON THIS COMMISSION RIGHT NOW.
UH, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE TURNING OUT, WHICH LEAVES US IN A SCENARIO TO BOTH ENCOURAGE RECRUITMENT OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE, NEED TO BE FILLED, UH, BUT ALSO TO PURSUE ENGAGEMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE PERHAPS THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR THAT ENGAGEMENT, CONSIDERING THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN REPRESENTED ON THE COMMISSION NECESSARILY.
AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE ALIGNED IN OUR DISCUSSION, THREE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS TARGETS BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT YET REPRESENTED THOSE BEING OR, OR, OR NOT NECESSARILY YET REPRESENTED.
UH, AND WE KNOW THAT, UH, THEY'LL BE, UH, COMMISSIONER TERMING OUT.
SO BEGINNING WITH, UH, DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE, NUMBER EIGHT, AND NUMBER NINE.
AND THAT WAS BASED ON THE FACT THAT, UH, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE TWO OTHER DISTRICTS, EXCUSE ME, ONE OF THE DISTRICT, UH, THAT IN DISTRICT THREE, UH, WHICH WILL ALSO HAVE AN OPENING.
WE HOSTED TWO EVENTS THIS YEAR IN DISTRICT THREE.
SO WE FILLED, EXCUSE ME, IN 2022 IN DISTRICT THREE.
NOW, CHAIR, UH, THIS IS MALCOLM GATES HERE.
UH, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT, UH, MY OLD EMAILS AND MY FIRST, UM, COMMISSION MEETING WAS IN AUGUST OF 2015.
SO THE QUESTION IS, UH, WOULD I BE ABLE TO, UH, SERVE UNTIL THEN? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UH, I'D LIKE TO DEFER TO JESSE ON THAT ONE.
I THINK WE MAY NEED TO FOLLOW UP, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, AND ASK, I DON'T KNOW, UH, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER YATES, THIS WOULD BE A QUESTION THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO CLARIFY.
UM, SO YEAH, HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH ANY, UH, TERM RELATED QUESTIONS.
JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEND THEM TO ME AND I CAN, UH, BE THE INTERMEDIARY WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE COMMISSIONER DAS GUPTA.
UH, YES, I'VE BEEN EXCHANGING, UH, EMAILS WITH, UH, THE, UH, CHIEF OF STAFF OF MY COUNCIL MEMBER, ALISON TER.
AND, UH, I'VE SHARED THE EXCHANGES WITH YOU AND, UH, UH, AND COMMISSIONER WI AND FLOYD.
AND, UH, SHE WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT I, I AM, UH, TIME LIMIT TRAVEL LIMITED TILL THIS YEAR.
AND SHE ASKED ME WHETHER SHE, I WOULD BE WILLING TO SERVE TILL THE END OF, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS TERM, WHICH IS TWO MORE YEARS.
AND IN WHICH CASE SHE WOULD, UH, MAKE, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO EXTEND ME.
AND THEN SHE CAME BACK AND SAID, UH, OH, UH, FORGET IT.
UH, YOU ARE, UH, TERM LIMITED IN MARCH OF 2025, SO YOU'RE FINE.
I THINK THERE'S SOME, SOME ERROR THERE.
I THINK I'M TERMIN LIMITED TILL NEXT YEAR, BUT WHATEVER, UH, APPARENTLY THERE'S A PROCESS TO EXTEND.
SO IF WE ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING LONGER, THEN THE CITY COUNCIL WILL TAKE MEASURES TO EXTEND US.
THAT'S THE IMPRESSION OF, NO, I THINK IT'S WORTH INVESTIGATING THAT WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
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I'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT.UM, ALTHOUGH I DO WANT TO GIVE JESSE A CHANCE TO, TO RESPOND ALSO.
UM, I GUESS THE THING THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, UM, IS THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THEIR TERMS, DID YOU ALSO RECEIVE A SIMILAR COMMUNICATION FROM YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICE COMMISSIONER FLOYD? I DON'T RECALL.
I MIGHT HAVE, BUT I RECALL, I, I, I SUBJECT, I HAVE SOME COURT'S OFFICE WITHOUT, FROM MY SPECIFIC COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE.
AND COMMISSIONER YATES, DID YOU RECEIVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT? UM, I, NO, NOT FROM THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I PLAN ON COMMUNICATING WITH THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT THREE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.
AND DURING THAT TIME, I'LL BE ASKING HIM ABOUT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ME STAYING ON OR, OR, OR A REPLACEMENT.
UH, JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, THERE'S A 60 DAY HOLDOVER PERIOD.
UM, I THINK THAT DOES ASSUME THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS NOT APPOINTED SOMEONE, RIGHT? SO WE NEED TO KNOW FOR THE HOLDOVER TO TAKE EFFECT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE SOMEONE ELSE IN MIND.
SO IT CERTAINLY MAKES SENSE TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND ENGAGE THEM, UH, DIRECTLY ABOUT THAT, WHETHER YOU'RE TERMED OUT OR NOT.
SO IN THE CASE OF COMMISSIONER FLOYD, UH, THAT WOULD, I THINK, BE PRUDENT JUST TO BOTH INFORM THEM PERHAPS, UH, OF THE NEED FOR AN APPOINTMENT.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, THE FACT THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, TO SERVE, ASSUMING YOU, YOU WANT TO
UH, AND, AND IF SO, UH, THEN YOU MAY WANT ENGAGE THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE ABOUT THAT HOLDOVER AND, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FILL THEM IN.
I, I'VE IN AN ODD POSITION SINCE I, I'VE REFERENCED IN DISTRICT FIVE, AND I LIVED IN DISTRICT FIVE UNTIL THEY REDISTRICTED.
BUT, UH, I CAN REACH OUT TO THE GUYS AT FIVE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SITUATION.
UM, AND YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
WELL, UH, BACK TO THE TOPIC AT HAND, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, UH, IN THE COURSE OF OUR CONVERSATION LAST NIGHT, CONVERSATION LAST NIGHT IN OUR WORKING GROUP, WE IDENTIFIED THREE POTENTIAL TARGETS, UH, THAT WERE WANTED TO LEVEL SET FROM A CAPABILITY STANDPOINT.
UH, AND THEN TO TAKE IT FROM THERE, THOSE BEING, UH, THE MANEKA ROAD BRANCH, THE TWIN OAKS BRANCH, AND THE NUMBER FIVE, THE HAMPTON BRANCH AT OAK HILL.
UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, UH, WAS KIND ENOUGH TO AGGREGATE SOME INFORMATION, UH, IMMEDIATELY THAT I DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO REALLY LOOK AT.
UH, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DIVE INTO IT NOW, UH, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE THE CAPABILITIES FROM A MEETING STANDPOINT.
UH, WE WERE CLOSE TO, AND I THINK IT STILL MIGHT SERVE US TO GO, EVEN IF WE CONFIRM CAPABILITY, UH, WE WERE CLOSE TO GOING TO THESE LOCATIONS, EACH, WE'D ALL CHOSEN THE LOCATION TO GO VISIT, UH, JUST TO KIND OF CHECK THEM OUT AND TO SEE WHAT IT'D BE LIKE.
UH, BECAUSE THE FIRST THING IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'VE GOT A MEETING SPACE BIG ENOUGH FOR OUR TOWN HALL.
UH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON SIZE, THAT MEANS A MEETING SPACE, UH, MINIMUM, UH, BIG ENOUGH FOR 25 PEOPLE, BUT UP TO, YOU KNOW, 40, UH, POTENTIALLY OR 50.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY ALSO, UH, WOULD IDEALLY HAVE ADEQUATE BANDWIDTH AND, UH, SOLID CONNECTIVITY.
SO WE CAN ACTUALLY TRANSMIT VIRTUALLY AND HAVE VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION, AND THEY WOULD HAVE ADEQUATE SPACE FOR TABLING, REALLY.
SO IT'S THOSE THREE THINGS, UH, THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
NOW AS I LOOK AT, AND I'M NOT SURE IF, UH, EITHER ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS INVOLVED IN THAT CONVERSATION.
DID YOU ALL LOOK AT THE LIST? CAUSE I'M, I'M PULLING IT UP NOW IF, UH, YOU ALREADY GOTTEN ANSWERS ABOUT, UH, THOSE THREE LOCATIONS, AND THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND FACTOR THAT IN NOW.
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AND, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON FOR DOING THIS.FOR EVERYONE ELSE'S SAKE, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, UH, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GOOGLE, UH, RESERVE MEETING ROOMS AT AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACCESS A PICK DOWN LIST.
BUT KIND OF HELPING US OUT HERE.
UH, THE HAMPTON BRANCH HAS A CONFERENCE ROOM WITH CAPACITY OF 70, SO THAT DOES ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UH, THE TWIN OAKS BRANCH HAS A CONFERENCE ROOM, CONFERENCE ROOM WITH A CAPACITY OF 40.
SO THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION.
AND, UH, ALSO HAS TWO ROOMS WITH THE CAPACITY OF 25 EACH.
SO WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A, POTENTIALLY A BILINGUAL OR OTHER LANGUAGE, UH, CONVERSATION THERE.
UH, AND THEN THE MAN SHAKA ROAD BRANCH HAS A CAPACITY OF 75.
SO I THINK THE BEST CASE SCENARIO THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING PLAYED OUT.
UH, OUR THOUGHT WAS THAT THESE LOCATIONS, SINCE THESE ARE LITERALLY THE ONLY, WELL, TWO OF THE LIBRARIES ARE THE ONLY LIBRARIES IN THEIR DISTRICTS.
SO THE MON SHAKA ROAD BRANCH LIBRARY IS DISTRICT FIVE.
IT'S THE ONLY LIBRARY IN THAT DISTRICT.
AND THE HAMPTON BRANCH AT OAK HILL IS DISTRICT EIGHT.
ONLY LIBRARY IN THAT DISTRICT.
TWIN OAKS SHARES, UH, THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT THREE, UH, I MISSPOKE, UH, DISTRICT NINE, UH, HOWEVER, IT'S FAR ENOUGH AWAY, UH, FROM THE, THE MAJOR DOWN, THE MAIN DOWNTOWN LIBRARY AND FOCUSES ON AN AREA OF TOWN THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY FOCUSED ON.
UM, BUT THE OTHER TWO LOCATIONS, UH, I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY LIKELY POLLING LOCATIONS, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEY HAVE SUCH BIG SPACES.
SO WE HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE, UH, WE NEED TO TRY TO, TO PINPOINT WHAT WE SHOULD SHOOT FOR IN Q2 AND Q3 BETWEEN THESE THREE LOCATIONS.
I'D LIKE TO KIND OF GET A SENSE FROM EVERYBODY ELSE.
IF, IF ANYONE HAS ANY STRONG FEELINGS OR, OR THOUGHTS ON A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, WE MIGHT TAKE ON LOCATIONS, UH, PLEASE SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS NOW.
AND ALSO, ALL COMMISSIONERS BE EXPECTED TO BE PHYSICAL PRESENT.
UH, SO JUST AGAIN, TO CLARIFY, UM, THE ANSWER IS NO.
UH, AND I SAY THAT ALTHOUGH ALL WOULD BE WELCOME, THE KEY THING IS WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN A, UH, A SAFE RATIO FOR LISTENING.
SO WE, WE, WE DON'T WANNA HAVE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS THERE.
I THINK WE KIND OF WANNA CAP IT AT, UH, THE COMMISSIONER FROM THAT DISTRICT.
UH, AND, UH, AS IT'S BEEN THE, THE PATTERN OF PRACTICE, ASSUMING VICE CHAIR APA DACA WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE FUTURE SESSIONS, UH, THEN THAT WOULD BE THREE COMMISSIONERS.
AND THEN WE'D ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND THE INVITATION FOR THE LIBRARY COMMISSIONER OF EACH DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE.
SO THAT TAKES US TO FOUR COMMISSIONERS.
SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A, A, A HARD CEILING THERE, BUT REALLY JUST ONE FROM EACH DISTRICT, I THINK IS THE PLAN IN ADDITION TO THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THE PLANNING TEAM.
SO, UH, ANY THOUGHTS, COMMISSIONER ISLAND? UH, ANY THOUGHTS ON, ON WHERE WE SHOULD HOST OUR Q2 TOWN HALL? AND TO CLARIFY AS WELL, UH, WE, WE ALREADY EARMARKED OR, OR PLANNED RATHER, THAT, UH, THE RELEASE BRANCH LIBRARY WOULD MAKE SENSE TO BE THE FIRST, SINCE WE'D ALREADY HAD THEM IN THE, IN THE, THE PLANNING LIST FOR LAST YEAR.
AND, AND THEY WERE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN DISCUSSIONS.
SO WE KIND OF MADE SENSE TO, TO FOCUS ON THEM NEXT, UH, FOUR Q1.
AND THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE SECOND,
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UH, THE SECOND DISTRICT THREE ENGAGEMENT.YES, WE CAN, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO DIVERSIFY WHERE WE'RE DOING THE TOWN HALLS, SO LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'VE DONE THE PREVIOUS ONE, RIGHT.
WHICH, WHICH AREAS OF TOWN, AND THEN LOOKING AT WHERE WE, WE HAVEN'T YET, UM, ETCHED ON.
AND THEN FROM THERE WE CAN NARROW DOWN BASED ON, YOU KNOW, UM, AVAILABILITY OF, YOU KNOW, PLACES AND LOCATIONS.
AND I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK THEN, BASED ON THAT.
UH, IN OUR WORKING GROUP, WE REVIEWED A MAP THAT IS ALIGNED.
IT'S A MAP OF ALL THE LIBRARIES IN THE CITY.
AND JUST TO BREAK IT DOWN BY DISTRICT, UH, RIGHT, THE SOUTHEAST BRANCH IS DISTRICT TWO, RIGHT? THAT WAS OUR FIRST TWO TOWN HALLS.
TARA'S BRANCH IS DISTRICT THREE.
THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER IS DISTRICT ONE.
SO, SO FAR WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, REPRESENTED A VARIETY OF DISTRICTS.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF REDUNDANCY SO FAR.
UM, AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS, AND THE THOUGHT IS TO, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'VE BASICALLY BEEN DOING KIND OF TWO IN EACH DISTRICT, THE THOUGHT IS THAT THAT NUMBER KIND OF WORKS, RIGHT? SO IF WE DO ONE AT THE REESE BRANCH LIBRARY, THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND ONE IN THAT DISTRICT.
BUT IT WOULD BE IN AN AREA OF TOWN THAT WE KNOW DEALS WITH A LOT OF CONNECTIVITY ISSUES, HAS A LOT OF WORKING FAMILIES, UH, THAT I, I THINK IS CERTAINLY A PART OF A POPULATION THAT'S, UH, AFFECTED BY THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
SO IT SEEMS, IF WE WERE TO THEN FOCUS AS WE TALKED ABOUT, OR, OR INITIALLY PLAN ON DISTRICT FIVE, EXCUSE ME, UH, NOT DISTRICT FIVE, BUT, UH, THE, EITHER THE HAMPTON BRANCH AT OAK HILL, WHICH IS DISTRICT EIGHT, THE MON SHAKKA ROAD BRANCH, WHICH IS DISTRICT FIVE, AND THE TWIN OAKS BRANCH, WHICH IS DISTRICT NINE.
ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A DIVERSE SAMPLING THERE.
SO I, I THINK WE CAN'T GO WRONG WITH, UH, CHOOSING TWO OF THOSE THREE, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THAN WE'VE WORKED IN SO FAR.
YEAH, AND I THINK I WAS, I WAS LOOKING AT THE OAK HILL ONE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT ONE'S A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, UM, PHYSICALLY LOCATED THAN THE OTHER ONES THAT WE HAD DONE IN PROCEED TO ONE AND TWO, UM, IN THREE.
SO I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF AN AREA I THINK THAT WE MIGHT POTENTIALLY WANNA LOOK AT FOCUSING ON FOR Q2.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? YEAH, MY, UM, MY ONLY THOUGHT IS, SO LOOKING AT THE MAP AND WHERE WE PHYSICALLY HAVE, HAVE HELD SESSIONS ESSENTIALLY ONE, TWO, AND THREE, ALL ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF, OF AUSTIN, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE PRIORITIZE PERHAPS THE WESTERN SIDE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO, UH, AGAIN, JUST TO, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, THE ONLY CHOICES WE'RE CONSIDERING ARE ALL ON THE WEST SIDE, AND THEY'RE ALL IN DISTRICTS.
WE HAVEN'T DONE EVENTS BEFORE.
SO I, I, I GUESS WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF, UH, JUST IN, IN THINKING STRATEGICALLY, WE'VE, WE'VE NARROWED OUR CHOICES DOWN SO THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT.
HAVING A, A WIDE GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION.
DOES THAT, DOES THAT, DOES THAT SOUND REASONABLE TO EVERYBODY? DOES THAT SEEM LIKE THE BEST WAY? I SEE SOME NODDING.
SO ON LIKE WAYNE CANNON AND MOAK, SO IT'S FURTHER, FURTHER WEST THAN THE PREVIOUS TOWN HALLS WERE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
UH, IN FACT, IT'S, IT'S, UH, ACCORDING TO THE MAP, IT'S THE WESTERN MOST BRANCH IN AUSTIN, SECOND TO THE, UH, SPICEWOOD SPRINGS BRANCH, UH, OFF OF MCNEIL.
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WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO, RIGHT? ALTHOUGH POTENTIALLY THREE, UH, DEPENDING UPON WHAT SHAKES OUT WITH OUR PLANNING FOR A LARGER EVENT IN, UH, OCTOBER OR SOMEWHAT RELATED TO DIGITAL INCLUSION WEEK, TWIN OAKS IS CENTRAL AND WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING CENTRAL YET.WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING, UH, WEST 35 YET.
BUT, BUT START, BUT CENTRAL WOULD BE REPRESENTED IF WE WERE TO DO ONE, UH, THE MAN SHAKA ROAD BRANCH, YOU KNOW, I FEEL AS THOUGH THAT BASICALLY IS THE SOUTHERNMOST BRANCH, OR IT'S NEXT TO, IF NOT, LET'S SEE, 15 THE MAP HERE.
NOW, THE, THE SOUTHERN, THE SOUTHERN MOST BRANCH IS THE SOUTHEAST BRANCH THAT WE, WE, WE HOSTED THE TWO, THE FIRST TWO EVENTS AT, BUT THAT'S EAST 35 ON THE WEST SIDE.
WE GOT TWO, UH, ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THAT BEING THE MAN SHAKA ROAD BRANCH, AND, UH, HAMPTON BRANCH.
SO WHAT I THINK WE COULD DO, UM, SINCE WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT MAYBE GOING BY, I THINK WE SHOULD STILL, UH, DIVIDE AND CONQUER.
I THINK THE THREE OF US SHOULD STILL, UM, LOOK AT THOSE LIBRARIES AND, AND LET THAT ADDITIONAL INSIGHT FACTOR INTO OUR JU JUDGMENT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, VICE CHAIR? YEAH.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MAY, ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT PERHAPS WE SHOULD CONSIDER ARE, UH, LOCATIONS THAT PERHAPS ARE NOT CURRENTLY FILLED BY A COMMISSIONER.
I THINK THE ONLY ONE SO FAR IS DISTRICT EIGHT.
THAT WAS, UH, SO THAT MIGHT BE, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
UH, YEAH, WHEN I, WHEN I HAD THE IDEA YESTERDAY.
UM, AND SO I APOLOGIZE THAT CUZ WE STARTED WITH THAT AS THE, AS THE, THE PROCESS AND THEN WE KIND OF PIVOTED TOWARDS, UH, COMMISSIONERS WITH THEIR, THEIR TERMS. UH, BUT YEAH, PAGE ELLIS'S, UH, DISTRICT EIGHT BRANCH, THAT BEING, UH, THE HAMPTON BRANCH AT OAK HILL, UH, YEAH, YEAH.
THAT I I I COMPLETELY AGREE, UH, THAT FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, RIGHT? SO, UH, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING ON THE WEST SIDE YET.
UH, IT'S THE FURTHEST WEST BRANCH.
UH, IT'S ALSO SOUTH IN AN AREA WE KNOW THAT DEALS WITH, WITH SERVICE ISSUES.
THERE'S NO COMMISSIONER THERE.
UH, WHICH AGAIN, WAS THE IDEA THAT I HAD ABOUT TRYING TO STRATEGIZE AROUND THEM IN PARTICULAR.
SO, UH, YEAH, YEAH, I THINK THAT THE, UH, OAK HILL BRANCH SHOULD DEFINITELY BE ONE OF THE TWO LOCATIONS.
AND THEN I THINK, SO YEAH, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF AN AGREEMENT.
UH, SO THEN IT REALLY JUST KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE OTHER TWO, THE MAN SHAKKA ROAD BRANCH OR TWIN OAKS AND DE DECIDING BETWEEN THOSE TWO.
AND SO, AGAIN, STRATEGICALLY, THESE ARE ALL BOTH IN THIS SAME SWEET SPOT BECAUSE, UH, TWIN OAKS, AND THIS WAS BY DESIGN, UH, TWIN OAKS IS IN DISTRICT NUMBER NINE, AND, UH, ACTUALLY TWIN OAKS DOES HAVE A COMMISSIONER.
AND ALSO, OF COURSE, THOMPSON BIEBER'S IS, IS IS THEIR COMMISSIONER, UH, FROM, FROM, UH, THIS COMMISSION THAT US HAVE A NEW, A NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO I WANNA ASSUME THAT THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CONTINUITY AND THAT COMMISSIONER THOMPSON WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE.
SO THEN IT DOES KINDA MAKE THINGS SIMPLE, UH, RIGHT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THEN THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER ONE WHERE THERE IS NO COMMISSIONER.
UH, AND THAT WOULD BE DISTRICT FIVE.
UH, OR AT THE VERY LEAST WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THE MOST WE'LL HAVE A, YOU KNOW, TWO, A 60 DAY HOLE OVER, UH, WITH COMMISSIONER FLOYD.
SO WITH THAT, I, I THINK THAT WE, WE HAVE A STRATEGIC CHOICE TO MAKE, UH, THAT STRATEGIC RATHER STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, UH, BASED ON OUR KIND OF DECISION RUBRIC, IF YOU WILL, THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE OF THE HAMPTON BRANCH AND THE MONS SHAKKA ROAD BRANCH AS BEING THE NEXT TWO, UH, LOCATIONS.
UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY STRONG OPPOSITION OR, OR FEELINGS OTHERWISE? OKAY, WELL, UH, WITH THAT THEN,
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UH, AS THIS IS QUALIFIED UNDER DISCUSSION AND, AND, UH, POSSIBLE ACTION, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, UH, WE AGREE TO SCHEDULE, UH, THE Q2 AND Q3 TOWN HALLS AT THE HAMPTON BRANCH AT OAK HILL AND THE MAN SHAKKA ROAD BRANCH THAT, THAT WAY DISTRICT EIGHT AND DISTRICT FIVE WOULD ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATION, UH, REPRESENTATION IN THE TOWN HALLS.AND, UH, WE, WE'D BE ABLE TO HELP, HOPEFULLY, WITH RECRUITMENT OF COMMISSIONERS AND TO LOOP IN THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THOSE DISTRICTS TO OUR EFFORTS.
UH, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? UH, CAN YOU PLEASE SAY, AYE AND SHOW YOUR HAND? AYE.
SO WE'RE UNANIMOUS EIGHT OH, UH, IN IDENTIFYING IDEN IN DESIGNATING HAMPTON BRANCH AT OAK HILL AND MON SHAKA ROAD BRANCH AS OUR TWO TARGETS, UH, TO ADD TO THE LIST WITH RUIZ BRANCH FOR TOWN HALLS AT LIBRARIES, UH, IN 2023.
SO WITH THAT, UH, I THINK WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD IN OUR AGENDA, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, RATHER.
NOW, UH, I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE, UH, SHUFFLE OUR AGENDA ITEMS A LITTLE BIT, UH, AND PRIORITIZE, UH, THE ITEMS WHERE WE KNOW WE HAVE DRAFTS TO REVIEW AND OR, UH, TO VOTE ON.
SO, CAN I JUST DO THAT OR DO I NEED TO HAVE AGREEMENT? OKAY.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, AND PIVOT NOW TO THE, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
WE'LL, WE'LL SKIP OVER THE FCC BROADBAND STANDARDS AGENDA ITEM FOR NOW.
UH, AND LET'S GO TO, ACTUALLY, I'D
[5. Council Committee Agenda Request in support of a publicly accessible online queue of public speakers for City Council agenda items (Discussion and Action (Part 1 of 2)]
LIKE TO GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE, UH, AGENDA REQUEST IN SUPPORT OF PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ONLINE QUEUE OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS, UH, SPEAKERS FOR CITY COUNCIL, AGENDA ITEMS, DISCUSSION AND ACTION.UH, WE ALL HAVE A DRAFT, UH, INITIAL DRAFT, UH, THAT WAS CREATED BY COMMISSIONER YATES AND HAS BEEN GIVEN A LITTLE FEEDBACK FROM COMMISSIONER SUPTA.
I'M ABOUT TO GIVE EVERYONE A BRIEF MOMENT TO, TO LOOK OVER THAT AND TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS OR, OR EDITS THE PITS.
HOPEFULLY WHAT I SUGGESTED CAN BE CONSIDERED A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
WELL, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START THERE.
AND THE REASON I SAID THAT IS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACK IN THE PAST RIOT, UH, WE'RE REFERRING TO, UH, JUST ONE SECOND, PLEASE.
UH, JUST TO CLARIFY FOR EVERYONE, WE'RE REFERRING TO THE BOARD AND COMMISSION COUNCIL MEMBER AGENDA ITEM, REQUEST CHAIR.
WAS THAT SENT OUT SEPARATELY? BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, I HAD JUST SENT OUT AN UPDATE TO THE CALENDAR HOLD.
SO CONSIDERING THE, UH, THE AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION BY COMMISSIONER SUPTA, I AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE EASIEST TO ONLY INCLUDE EVERYTHING GOING FORWARD.
AND THE ONLY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A LEGAL ISSUE THAT SAYS THIS DATABASE HAS GOTTA INCLUDE EVERYTHING GOING BACKWARDS? MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING FOR, UM, TYRA TO ANSWER.
WITNESS, DID YOU HEAR THAT QUESTION, JESSE? QUESTION BEING, UH, IS THERE A LEGAL ISSUE THAT'S GONNA POTENTIALLY REQUIRE US TO PROVIDE HISTORICAL
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ACTIONS AS OPPOSED TO JUST THOSE GOING FORWARD FROM A POTENTIAL APPROVAL? UH, I DON'T, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO GO BACK IN TIME WITH COUNSEL ACTIONS.UH, I SUSPECT THAT THERE ISN'T, BUT I ALSO CAN'T TELL YOU 100, 100% FOR SURE.
COMMISSIONER DUCOTE, DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT OR, THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, BROUGHT UP, I PERSONALLY LOOK AT THAT AS REALLY AN IMPLEMENTATION DETAIL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY A SIMPLE SOFTWARE ISSUE.
DO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT PAST OR DO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT FUTURE AND YOU DIRECTED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? AND YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND, THAT'S A VERY SIMPLE SOFTWARE ISSUE, AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE, UH, THAT BECOMING AN ISSUE.
WE'VE BEEN PUSHING THIS IDEA FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND I APPLAUD CHAIR NEEDS FOR, UH, COMING UP WITH THE WORDS AND, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD AND EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE PAST SHOULD BE A SOFTWARE ISSUE.
UH, AND AS I THINK IT THROUGH, I CAN'T IMAGINE A REASON WHY WE'D BE REQUIRED, UM, PARTICULARLY SINCE THERE'S, THERE'S NO EXISTING DATABASE REQUIREMENT, UM, RIGHT.
UH, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO THOUGH, I THINK IS, UH, EITHER ONE OR TWO THINGS.
EITHER WE PAUSE THIS, UH, THE ACTUAL REVIEW PROCESS HERE OF THE RESOLUTION, THIS RATHER, THIS IS NOT A RESOLUTION, THIS IS A COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM REQUEST.
EITHER WE, WE PAUSE THAT PROCESS AND THEN WAIT TO CONFIRM THAT, OR WE PROCEED WITH IT AND THEN CONFIRM IT LATER.
IT'S ONE OF THE, LET'S ADD THIS IN AND THEN LIKE THE CLERK'S OFFICE CAN COME, COME BACK TO US IF THEY THINK SOMETHING, UH, IF THAT CAN'T BE DONE.
AND, AND IN THAT CASE, WE CAN, UH, REVISE IT.
BUT I, I'D SAY THAT WE, WE GET THIS MOVING.
SO I THINK IT'S A SIMPLE MATTER THEN OF, OF, UH, OF ADDING THAT AND THEN SEEING IF WE CAN, UH, CAN VOTE ON THIS.
SO THE ONE THING THAT I, I GUESS I'D ASK EVERYONE TO CONSIDER, UM, AND I DON'T WANNA SLOW THIS DOWN, UM, BUT WELL HOLD ON A SECOND.
I THINK WE WE'RE MIXING, UH, WE'RE MIXING THESE ISSUES, UM, RIGHT.
WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING THINGS THAT ARE GONNA ACTUALLY AFFECT THE, UH, THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM REQUEST ON THE DATABASE WHEN WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW IS THE SPEAKER'S LIST, RIGHT? ACTUALLY, THAT AMENDMENT MIGHT BE RELEVANT TO BOTH OF THESE RESOLUTIONS.
YEAH, I THINK YOU, I THINK IT
UM, SO YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
UM, ALTHOUGH A SPEAKER'S LIST, RIGHT? THE SPEAKER'S LIST IS JUST, YEAH, THAT'S FROM NOW GOING FORWARD, SO I DON'T THINK THAT PROBABLY ISN'T AS RELEVANT.
BUT, UM, THE, UH, DEFINITELY THE, UH, FOR THE OTHER, FOR THE DATABASE, UM, WE JUST SPECIFY, UH, FROM THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION GOING FORWARD.
SO WHY DON'T WE DO THIS THEN, UH, SINCE WE'RE ALREADY KIND OF MORE INTO DISCUSSING THE DATABASE, WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND, AND OFFICIALLY CALL THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX THEN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, THE, THE COMMUNITY CITY COUNCIL ACTION DATABASE.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE SPENT MORE TIME DISCUSSING THAT THAN THE ACTUAL SPEAKERS LIST, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUST DO THAT.
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LONGER OF THE TWO.YEAH, I'LL READ IT JUST SO WE'VE GOT IT AND KIND OF HEAR HOW IT SOUNDS OUT LOUD, OUT LOUD, WHEREAS, UH, CAN WE DISPLAY IT? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
[6. Community City Council Action Database (Discussion and Possible Action)]
THIS IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHEREAS THE STATED GOALS OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN ARE TO ENCOURAGE TRANSPARENCY AND CITY ENGAGEMENT, WE'RE, WHEREAS STRATEGY NUMBER FIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS FOR, UH, OF GOVERNMENT, THAT WORKS FOR ALL STATES, ENHANCED COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY, TRUST, AND SHARED DECISION MAKING, ENSURE COLLABORATION IS STRENGTHENED BY ACCESSIBLE, TIMELY, AND ACCURATE INFORMATION SHARING.WHEREAS STRATEGY NUMBER NINE OF GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS FOR ALL STATES ESTABLISHED STANDARDS FOR SECURITY, UH, SECURE DATA COLLECTION, STORAGE AND SHARING WHILE LEVERAGING OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES, MOBILE READY, UH, MOBILE READY WEB APPLICATIONS AND PROVEN AGILE, UH, PROJECT METHODOLOGIES TO IMPROVE HOW WE MANAGE PROJECTS AND INFORMATION.
WHEREAS A TYPICAL COUNCIL AGENDA CONTAINS OVER A HUNDRED ITEMS NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED AT THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
REQUEST CITY COUNCIL PLACE ON AGENDA ITEM, PLACE AN AGENDA ITEM ON THE APPROPRIATE COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA TO DISCUSS THE CREATION OF AN ONLINE DATABASE OF CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS THAT IS SEARCHABLE BY KEYWORDS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, UH, COMMUNITY CITY COUNCIL ACTION DATABASE.
IS THERE ANYTHING MORE INSTRUCTED WE SHOULD PROVIDE IN OUR, OUR REQUEST? UM, IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE CITY, THE CITY CLERK YES.
COMMISSIONER SUPTA, DID YOU SHOW THE, THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT I PROPOSED? IT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THE VERSION THAT WE HAVE.
SO, UH, YEAH, WHAT WE WOULD DO, WHAT WE WOULD SAY IS, WELL, YEAH, ACTUALLY IT WOULD REFER TO THE REQUEST.
THAT, THAT WOULD BE AN, UH, AN APPENDING OF THAT, UH, IT WOULD READ RATHER NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND INTELLIGENCE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN REQUEST CITY COUNCIL TO PLACE AN AGENDA ITEM ON THE APPROPRIATE COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA TO DISCUSS THE CREATION OF AN ONLINE DATABASE OF CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS THAT IS SEARCHABLE BY KEYWORDS STARTING WITH COUNCIL ACTION SUBSEQUENT TO THE PASSAGE OF, OF AN AFFIRMATIVE COUNCIL VOTE ON THIS MOTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S ULTIMATELY HOW IT WOULD READ, I THINK IT'S DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? UM, COMMISSION? DO YOU AGREE? YES, I, I AGREE WITH THAT.
AND SO, UM, I MOVED THAT THE ION OF COMMISSIONER, UH, SCOOP UP BE ADDED TO THIS RESOLUTION.
SO BASICALLY WHAT, WHAT I'VE READ INTO THE RECORD WOULD BE THE RESOLUTION AND IT WOULD INCLUDE COMMISSIONER SKU'S AMENDMENT.
SO I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM REQUEST AS READ INTO THE RECORD BY COMMISSIONER YATES, CHAIR PITTS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE FURTHER EDITS.
WE HAVE ANOTHER, WE HAVE ANOTHER QUEST.
SO RE REALIZE THAT THAT, THAT THIS WORKING GROUP HAS BEEN VERY MUCH IN THE WEEDS ON THIS, AND THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SEEING THIS, BUT JUST THE WAY THAT THE TEXT READS, IT'S A BIT UNCLEAR TO ME.
UM, SO I'M FOCUSING ON THE PIECE AROUND THE ONLINE DATABASE OF CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS IS THAT PREVIOUS ACTIONS, SUBSEQUENT ACTIONS CURRENT, UH, CURRENT MEETING.
UM, I THINK THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL WE SHOULD PROVIDE THAT, UM, IN ORDER TO BE AS HELPFUL
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AS, AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS, I THINK IT'S A CHALLENGE WITH, UH, THE EDIT, BUT TO YOUR POINT, THE AMENDMENT, UH, THAT COMMISSIONER DUS GUPTA MADE THAT HE SUGGESTED IS SPECIFICALLY TO, UH, TO RANGE AND, AND TO WHAT? AND THAT'S BASICALLY THAT THE REQUEST WOULD BE WE REQUEST CITY COUNCIL TO PLACE AN AGENDA ITEM ON THE APPROPRIATE COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA TO DISCUSS THE CREATION OF AN ONLINE DATABASE OF CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS THAT IS SEARCHABLE BY KEYWORDS STARTING WITH COUNSEL ACTION SUBSEQUENT TO THE PASSAGE OF AN AFFIRMATIVE COUNSEL VOTE ON THIS MOTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SYSTEM.
I THINK THAT, UH, POSSIBLY WHAT COMMISSIONER OP IS TRYING TO CLARIFY IS THE ACTUAL, UM, SUBSEQUENT ACTIONS, UM, ONCE THERE IS A RESOLUTION.
UM, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO CLARIFY? CORRECT.
THAT, AND IS IT ACTIONS OR VOTES? WELL, UH, WELL, WE HAVE A OR BOTH, UH, RESOLUTION, UM, FOR THE VOTE DATABASE MM-HMM.
UH, I'M A BIT CONFUSED THOUGH.
UH, ARE WE SAYING THAT A VOTE IS NOT AN ACTION? WELL, THE WENT TO DEFINE ACTION ALSO A, UH, RESOLUTION ASKING FOR A DATABASE ON COUNCIL VOTES.
AND WHAT THIS IS, IT'S A RESOLUTION ON A DATABASE FOR SUBSEQUENT ACTIONS AFTER THE VOTE, SUBSEQUENT ACTIONS.
SO PROBABLY THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO ADD SOME CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, UM, SUCH AS, UM, SO HOW TO, THE STATUS OF COUNCIL ACTIONS, MAYBE THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO, SO WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT COUNCIL OF COMMISSIONER? YEAH, I, I WOULD, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT, AND I WOULD SAY WE, WE PROBABLY NEED TO DEFINE ACTIONS BECAUSE THAT COULD MEAN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
WELL, ONE OF THE, UH, UH, ISSUES THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH IS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN A, UH, REQUEST FOR COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON A, A WORKING COMMITTEE, AND THEN THIS REQUEST WAS SIMPLY LOST, AND WE HAD TO GO BACK CONSTANTLY TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND SAY, WHERE IS THIS WHAT'S HAPPENING? AND IT'S, IT TOOK YEARS, YEAH.
IN ORDER FOR THIS TO FINALLY MAKE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE EITHER.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE, UM, ONE OF THE ACTIONS THAT WE WANT IS THE, UH, THE STATUS BEFORE THE VOTE AND THEN THE STATUS AFTER THE VOTE.
I, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO ADD NARRATIVE THEN, UM, IN THE, WHEREAS SECTION THAT SPEAKS TO THIS DYNAMIC, UH, SOMETHING LIKE, WHEREAS COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS LEAD TO ACTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN REFERENCE IT THERE, YOU KNOW,
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WHEREAS COUNCIL, UM, AGENDA ITEMS, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED, WE NEED TO BE INSTRUCTIVE IN THE NARRATIVE AND THEN ALSO IN THE REQUEST AS IT RELATES TO WHAT AN ACTION IS.SO, UM, I THINK WHAT I NEED TO DO IS ADD SOME CLARIFYING LANGUAGE SO THAT MAYBE IT'S NOT REALLY IMPERATIVE THAT WE PASS THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT, BUT IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE PASSED A SUPPORT RESOLUTION ON THE PROJECT LIGHTHOUSE TONIGHT.
SO, UH, WHAT I CAN DO IS I CAN, UH, ADD SOME CLARIFYING LANGUAGE AND WE CAN BRING THIS UP AGAIN AT THE NEXT, UH, CO UH, UH, COMMISSION MEETING.
UH, HOW, HOW DOES THAT SOUND? THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
WHAT I WOULD DO IS, UM, I WOULD ADD, UH, THE, UH, SUGGESTIONS OF COMMISSIONERS AND COMMISSIONER, UM, AND DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR ANY CLARIFYING LANGUAGE? UH, I TELL YOU WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COMMISSIONER AKA, WOULD YOU PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL WITH SOME SUGGESTED VERBIAGE FOR, UH, WHAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE ADDED TO THIS RESOLUTION? YEAH, I CAN, I CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE HAVE EVERYONE COLLECTIVE EAR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN JUST SPEND A COUPLE MINUTES.
SO WHAT I HEARD IS CERTAINLY A CHANGE IN STATUS FOR COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS, UM, VOTES THAT MAY HAVE HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND MAYBE ANY KEY INTERNAL ACTIONS, UM, RELATED TO, TO A RESOLUTION THAT SEEMS, THAT SEEMS LIKE A, THAT COVERS IT ALL.
AND, AND I, I THINK MY KEY SUGGESTION IS JUST THAT WE SPEAK TO THE NEED FOR THAT CHAIN, UH, FOLLOW UP, SO TO SPEAK, IN WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, WHEREAS IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU ALREADY COVERED IT HERE IN TERMS OF, OF YOUR SECOND, WHEREAS STATEMENT NOW, WELL, WHAT WE NEED, WHEREAS THE CITIZENS NEED TO KNOW THE STATUS OF A REQUEST YEAH.
AS IT IS WINDING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO BECOMING AN ORDINANCE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
WHERE WE HAD A REAL DISCONNECT WITH SOME OF OURS.
UH, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE, UH, UH, THE STATUS UPDATE THAT'S NEEDED.
AND THE OTHER STATUS UPDATE IS, ONCE A RESOLUTION IS PASSED, WHAT IS, WHAT ARE THE ACTIONS OF CITY STAFF TO IMPLEMENT? SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE THE, THE SECOND STATUS, EITHER I THINK THE, THE WAY YOU ARTICULATED IT JUST NOW I THINK WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL AND INSTRUCTIVE FOR, FOR THE FINAL VERSION.
I'M GLAD WE'RE TAKING ANOTHER PASS AT THIS.
SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I WILL, UM, I WILL REVISE THIS AND WE CAN DISCUSS THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING, AND IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY FURTHER SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE SEND THEM TO ME.
AND COMMISSIONER YATES, CAN YOU JUST, UH, LET ME KNOW ONCE YOU GET YOUR FINAL DRAFT WITH EVERYTHING, AND THEN I CAN OFFER MY FEEDBACK? RIGHT.
WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL SEND IT TO YOU AND JESSE AND JESSE CAN SEND IT OUT TO EVERYONE OR REVIEW BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, SO HOPEFULLY THERE'S MORE TIME TO REVIEW IT BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.
SO WITH THAT THEN, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD ON THIS FOR NOW.
UH, WE CAN JUMP BACK AROUND ON OUR AGENDA ITEMS A LITTLE BIT, UH, IN LIGHT OF THE TIME HERE, UH, AND THE WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PIVOT TO
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ITEM NUMBER[7. Project Lighthouse Pilot & Innovation Support Resolution (Discussion and Possible Action)]
SEVEN, PROJECT LIGHTHOUSE.SO THIS IS WHERE I WAS GOING TO TRY TO DROP IN AS A PRESENTER AND SEE IF I CAN DRAFT THIS IN REAL TIME.
SO THE FIRST, WHEREAS WOULD PROBABLY BE, UM, THAT A I S D MADE A PRESENTATION TO THIS COMMISSION AND A REQUEST FOR SUPPORT
WELL, I THINK THAT, UH, WE COULD DO THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT THE, THE PRESENTATION THEY SHARED IS INFORMATIVE, UH, FOR OUR NARRATIVE.
UH, DOES EVERYONE STILL HAVE THAT PROJECT LIGHTHOUSE PRESENTATION? UH, YEAH, I CAN LOOK IT UP.
OR I CAN DISABLE MY MIC OR YEAH, YEAH, JUST MAKE SURE I AUTOMATICALLY, OKAY.
IT'S IN THE BODY, RIGHT? THAT, UH, UH, I FOUND IT, UH, CHAIR BIT, SO, OKAY.
UH, SO WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS TO LOG, LOG ON TO THE ONLINE MEETING SO I CAN EDIT THIS IN REAL TIME.
UM, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SEND YOU THE PROJECT LIGHTHOUSE PRESENTATION? UH, NO, I HAVE THAT ALREADY.
OH, YOU HAVE THAT? YEAH, I DO.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE ELSE HAD ACCESS TO IT, SO, OKAY.
SO, UM, FIRST PAGE ON THE PROJECT OBJECTIVE, WHEREAS OVER 20% OF STUDENTS AT IS AUSTIN IS D HAVE BEEN USING HOTSPOTS DURING THE PANDEMIC.
CAN WE ASK HIM TO HOLD ON FOR A MINUTE? UH, UH, COMMISSIONER GATES, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO LOG ON TO THE ONLINE SYSTEM SO I CAN EDIT THIS IN REAL TIME.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS I'M READY.
UH, WELL, I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO TRY YET, SO
YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, IT'S ALREADY TAKING TOO MUCH TIME.
LET'S GO, UH, COMMISSIONER YATES.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOU A PRESENTER.
UM, WELL, ALL I'M GOING TO DO THEN IS JUST READ OFF THE BULLET POINTS FROM THE PROJECT OBJECTIVE.
WELL, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, UH, JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, UM, TO CREATE THIS RESOLUTION DRAFT IN REAL TIME.
JUST ADDING THOSE, WHEREAS STATEMENTS, UH, AND THEN EDITING THE REQUEST IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
UM, I'VE GOT THE PRESENTATION.
UH, SO I, I GUESS, I GUESS SO WAIT, EVERYONE CAN JUST LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION THEN.
THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST, ON THE FIRST PAGE, THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES, THAT THOSE WILL BE THE, WHEREAS STATEMENTS.
AND ALL WE NEED TO DO NOW IS COME UP WITH THE NOW THEREFORE STATEMENT, OUR ACTUAL REQUEST.
AND THAT IS THAT THE, UH, UH, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT THE, UH, COMMISSIONER YATES.
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YES.UH, JUST TO INTERJECT, I'VE DONE THE NOW THERE FORCE STATEMENT, ALTHOUGH I DO WANT TO GET FEEDBACK, FEEDBACK ON THAT AND FOR US TO AGREE ON THAT.
SO IF WE WANT TO CUT TO THAT, WE COULD NOW, UH, WHAT I WROTE WAS THE C T T C, UH, AND, AND I GUESS IF WE CAN DISPLAY THAT, UH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO THE C TTC RECOMMENDS THAT THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT THE PROJECT, LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT PILOT ROLLOUT AT AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND EVALUATE THE PROGRAM FOR EXPANDED IMPLEMENTATION.
UH, I ADDED THE CT TC FURTHER RECOMMENDS THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BE PRIORITIZED TO ENSURE SUPPORT AND AWARENESS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS IMPACTED BY THE SERVICE EXPANSION.
SO I THINK, UH, POSSIBLY OUR RESOLUTION, OUR REQUEST SHOULD ANTICIPATE NEIGHBORHOOD OPPOSITION TO THE, SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL BE NEEDED.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLING ANTENNAS A AROUND SCHOOL YACHTS.
UM, SO, UM, AND I THINK THAT, UM, PART OF THE, THE, UH, THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION IS GOING TO REQUIRE SOME, UH, SOME VARIANCES TO CITY CODE.
WELL, ARE WE, ARE WE RIGHT? ARE, ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT, UH, OUR RES HOLD ON A SECOND, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
RIGHT? BECAUSE THE, THE THING THAT THIS ALL BEGAN WITH, UM, IS THE LAND CODE, RIGHT? THEY'VE AMENDED, THEY'VE, UH, UH, REVISED THE LAND CODE TO, TO ENABLE THIS.
WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'VE GOT THE VOTE ON THAT.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'VE GOT THE VOTE CON VARIANCES TO THE, UH, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, UH, IN ORDER TO ALLOW THIS INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON, UH, THE PROPERTIES.
AND I BELIEVE IT, UH, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY FROM THE PRESENTATION, IT HAD TO DO WITH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND A I S D.
UH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION HERE JUNE, 2022, UH, DIRECTING CITY STAFF TO WORK WITH A C TO PREPARE FOR AGREEING AGREEMENT, UH, TO PREPARE AN AGREEMENT TO TELE CASES FACILITIES ON DISTRICT CAMPUSES.
THE, THE VOTE IS, THAT'S RIGHT.
THE VOTE ITSELF IS SCHEDULED FOR THE 26TH, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
UM, THE A I S D BOARD AMENDMENT WILL BE ON THE 26TH.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE INITIAL VOTE DONE BY THE TRUSTEES TO ACTUALLY PURSUE THIS.
THAT WAS THE, UH, A I S D TRUSTEE.
SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF OUR, UM, RESOLUTION NEEDS TO GO INTO THAT OR WHETHER WE CAN JUST SAY, UM, TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION REQUESTS THAT CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ALLOW FOR THE INSTALLATION OF NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PROJECT LIGHTHOUSE.
UM, THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION REQUEST, HO I'M, HOLD ON A SECOND.
THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION REQUESTS THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RIGHT.
THE VARIANCES TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WILL ALLOW A I S D TO INSTALL THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
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PROJECT LIGHTHOUSE.UM, VARIANCES TO THE
TO ALLOW THE INSTALLATION OF THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE A I S B PROJECT LIGHTHOUSE.
IS THERE ANY WAY FOR YOU TO SHARE YOUR SCREENS OR EVERYONE CAN SEE WHAT YOU THINK WE SAID? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH, UH, MAKING ME A PRESENTER.
UM, THAT'S WHAT I WAS KIND OF HEADED DOWN THAT PATH, UH, WITH BY HAVING YOU BE THE PRESENTER, BUT, UH, THAT'S OKAY.
BEFORE WE, WE, WE GO ON THAT PATH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE NARRATIVE PIECE AND THEN I'LL RESIN THE DOCUMENT AND THEN WE CAN SHARE IT.
UM, SO WE, WE AGREE THEN THAT, UH, THE, THE PROJECT LIGHTHOUSE PRESENTATION DETAILS, THE, THE, THEY SPEAK ADEQUATELY TO OUR NARRATIVE CORRECT.
ON THAT FIRST PAGE OF THE PROJECT OF OBJECTIVES.
UM, THOSE CAN BE THE, WHEREAS, RIGHT.
WHEREAS OVER 20% OF STUDENTS IN AWESOME ID, SO YEAH.
YOU JUST TAKE, TAKE EACH ONE OF THOSE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M DOING.
AND I'M GONNA RESEND THIS TO AV AND THEN WE'LL ALL BE ABLE TO SEE IT MOMENTARILY WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT CHAIR PITS.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS BEFORE I DO THAT? IN FACT, YEAH, I, I HAVE A QUESTION.
DID AS PART OF, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF THIS LANGUAGE FOR YOUR WORKING GROUP, DID YOU ALL REVIEW THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE? YOU KNOW'S SUCH INTERESTING QUESTION.
UH, JESSE, JUST A QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
UH, AND I WANTED TO CONFIRM THIS BEFORE I SAID ANYTHING, BUT I WAS LOOKING AT THE TRANSCRIPTS FROM THE MEETING WHERE THE A I S D TEAM PRESENTED, AND THEY WERE, UH, THEY WERE FAIRLY ADAMANT THAT THIS WAS NOT, OR TO THE DEVELOPED CODE, THE, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, THAT
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IT WAS ONLY AN AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN A A S D AND THE CITY.UH, SO I'M, UH, JUST WANT TO INTERJECT THAT IN CASE THAT, UH, CHANGES THE WAY THAT WE FRAME THE LANGUAGE HERE, I THINK IT SHOULD, UM, RIGHT.
IF WE KNOW IT'S NOT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, CHANGES TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ONLY, THEN WE SHOULD REMOVE THE, THE, THE MENTION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN OUR REQUEST.
I THINK, SO THE LAST SENTENCE WOULD READ THE C T TC REQUESTS THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE VARIANCE, NOT NO APPROVE VARIANCES TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, SO THEY WOULDN'T BE VARIANCES TO THE INTER LOCAL.
IT'S CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS AT THIS POINT.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL IT, UH, CHANGES THE NECESSARY CHANGES.
JESSE, FOR SOME REASON, I'VE GOT IN MY NOTES THAT THE, THEY WERE GOING TO NEED TO ASK FOR VARIANCES TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THEY WEREN'T CHANGING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, BUT THERE WERE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE, OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT, UH, DEALT WITH, UH, UH, THE ABILITY OF A I S D TO CONSTRUCT IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS OR WHATEVER.
AND SO, UM, I THINK ONE OF THESE, UH, IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, THERE MAY BE SOMETHING ABOUT ANTENNAS, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.
UH, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE 80 FEET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND SO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT DID SPECIFY SOME VARIANCES TO THE LAND, TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, I BELIEVE.
BUT, UH, WE COULD LEAVE THAT OUT.
UM, AND THEN I WOULD HAVE THE SAME QUESTION, RIGHT.
WAIT, WOULD YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? BLESS YEAR.
I'M, I'M LOOKING, UH, FOR THE DRAFT CHANGES TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
AH, WELL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SHARE THIS VERSION THAT WAY WE'VE GOT THIS AT LEAST TO, TO LOOK AT.
AND THEN IF WE NEED TO MAKE ANOTHER CHANGE, WE CAN, UM, SO I'M GONNA EMAIL THIS OVER TO AV NOW.
SO I'M LOOKING AT, UH, ABOUT THE SECOND TO THE LAST PAGE OF THE PRESENTATION ABOUT COLLABORATION WITH CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A I S D AND C O A DRAFTED AN AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AGREEMENT THAT OUTLINES THE REQUIREMENTS FOR IN INSTALLATION OF MONOPOLES.
SO THEY'RE, UM, I THINK THAT'S, UH, PROBABLY JUST HOW YOU YOU VIEW THE, UH, THE LANGUAGE HERE.
BUT THE, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT DOES ASK FOR VARIANCES THAT WOULD NOT BE GIVEN TO ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOP DEVELOPER, UM, STALLING LARGE, TALL, UH, ANTENNAS.
SO, WHERE ARE WE HERE WITH THIS? UH, WELL, LET ME SHARE AGAIN WHAT I, WHAT I HAVE AND LET, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE NEED TO, TO MAKE EDITS TO.
MAYBE WE, UH, JUST LEAVE OUT THE, THE BUSINESS ABOUT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND JUST SAY, SUPPORT THE, UM, A I S D REQUEST FOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT, ALLOWING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT, UH, PROJECT LIGHTHOUSE.
SO MOMENTARILY HERE, AS SOON AS, UH, AV GETS THE EMAIL I JUST SENT, HE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT ON THE
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SCREEN THE, THE DRAFT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN SETTLE ON A VOTE FOR IT.WHEREAS OVER 20% OF STUDENTS IN A S D HAVE BEEN USING HOTSPOTS, AND BETWEEN MARCH, 2020 AND JULY, 2022, NEARLY 30,000 HOTSPOTS WERE USED TO CONNECT ASD STUDENTS TO THE INTERNET AT A COST OF 7.17 MILLION FOR DELIVERY OF HOTSPOTS.
WHEREAS ASD IS SEEKING TO IMPROVE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES ON AND AROUND ALL CAMPUSES BY PROVIDING FREE SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES WHERE INTERNET ACCESS HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN LIMITED.
WHEREAS STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE CAN BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED WITHOUT THE INTERNET SINCE THEY CANNOT CONNECT WITH TEACHERS, CLASSMATES, OR GET ONLINE, UH, HOMEWORK HELP, WHEREAS FAMILIES CAN MISINFORMATION OR LOSE OUT ON DIRECT LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.
NOW, BE IT RESOLVED, THEREFORE, THAT THE CT TC RECOMMENDS THAT THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT PROJECT, LIGHTHOUSE PILOT PROJECT ROLLOUT AT A S D AND EVALUATE THE PROGRAM FOR EXPANDED IMPLEMENTATION.
THE C TTC FURTHER RECOMMENDS THAT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BE PRIORITIZED TO ENSURE SUPPORT AND AWARENESS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS IMPACTED BY SERVICE EXPANSION.
THE C T TC REQUESTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW THE INSTALLATION OF THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT ASD PROJECT LIGHTHOUSE.
ANY THOUGHTS ON CHANGES OR FEEDBACK ON HOW IT READS NOW? UM, CHAIR, YES.
I, I WOULD, UH, RECOMMEND THAT WE BREAK THIS UP INTO SEPARATE LINES, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE, THE CTC RECOMMENDS, AND THEN THE C C FURTHER RECOMMENDS.
LET'S BREAK THAT INTO A SEPARATE LINE, LIKE A SEPARATE PARAGRAPH.
AND THEN THE CTC REQUESTS, AGAIN, BREAK THAT INTO A SEPARATE LINE SO THEY STAND AS THREE SEPARATE REQUESTS.
WITH THAT, THEN, UH, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS I MOVE, UH, THAT WE VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED ON THE SCREEN WITH THE SLIGHT CHANGE, THAT THERE'LL BE THREE SEPARATE PARAGRAPHS FOR, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND REQUEST, UH, THAT WERE RESOLVED.
TWO, THAT WE'VE RESOLVED TO MAKE THE CITY COUNCIL I SECOND THAT MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A, UH, I MADE THE MOTION.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY, UH, EXCUSE ME.
WITH THAT, WE CAN HOLD A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
WE ARE UNANIMOUS IN OUR APPROVAL.
THAT'S EIGHT IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
LET'S JUMP NOW TO, UH, DISCUSSION
[5. Council Committee Agenda Request in support of a publicly accessible online queue of public speakers for City Council agenda items (Discussion and Action (Part 2 of 2)]
AND ACTION ITEM NUMBER FIVE.AND ON THIS ONE, WE ALSO HAVE A DRAFT, UH, THAT WAS CREATED BY COMMISSIONER YATES.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE SPEAKER'S LIST AT CITY HALL.
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GET C A V TO KINDLY SHARE THIS ONE, UH, FOR THANK YOU SO MUCH.AND AS EVERYONE CAN SEE, IT READS, WHEREAS THE STATED GOALS OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN ARE TO ENCOURAGE TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WHEREAS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ON COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS, CITIZENS MUST WAIT HOURS TO SPEAK, WHEREAS CITY ALREADY USES AN ONLINE SPEAKER REGISTRATION APPLICATION.
NOW, THEREFORE, WE RESOLVED THAT THE CTT C OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN REQUESTS CITY COUNCIL TO PLACE AN AGENDA ITEM ON THE APPROPRIATE COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA TO DISCUSS THE CREATION OF AN ONLINE LIST OF SPEAKERS FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS, THIS LIST WILL BE IN ORDER, BE IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THE SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED TO SPEAK.
THIS LIST WILL INDICATE WHICH SPEAKERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CALLED TO SPEAK.
THIS LIST WILL BE UPDATED AND AVAILABLE IN REAL TIME FOR CITIZENS TO VIEW, TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE TIME WHEN THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK.
SO, FOLLOWING THE LOGIC THAT, THAT WE HAVE AND WE'VE DONE ON PREVIOUS, UH, RESOLUTIONS AND REQUESTS, I THINK THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO SEGMENT THAT LAST PARAGRAPH A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK THAT THE, THE NARRATIVE AND THE WHEREAS IS SIMPLE AND TO THE POINT.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY FEEDBACK? UH, NO.
I'M ALL FOR ANYTHING THAT MAKES THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, MM-HMM.
SO WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPLIT UP? WELL, IT, IT'S A SPLIT IN MAYBE, UH, ALSO, UH, CLARIFYING THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.
UH, SO MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT, UH, REQUEST CITY COUNCIL PLACE, PLACE.
UH, WE WOULD BASICALLY PARAGRAPH AFTER THE FIRST SENTENCE AND THEN SAY, WE FURTHER REQUEST THIS LIST OF CHAIRS.
COMMISSIONER SUPTA, SHOULD WE REPLACE THE WORD, DISCUSS THE CREATION TO APPROVE THE CREATION? OR AT LEAST IT DISCUSS, CAN APPROVE? THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU, YOU'RE BRINGING ME TO A PLACE NOW WHERE, UM, WE MIGHT WANNA CONSIDER SOMETHING.
UH, SO DO WE KNOW ENOUGH? THAT'S MY QUESTION.
DO WE KNOW ENOUGH TO MAKE THIS COMMITTEE AGENDA, ITEM REQUEST AS SOUND ADVISORS TO CITY COUNCIL? OR SHOULD WE LEARN MORE? AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A LITTLE IMPORTANT FOR US TO INFORM OURSELVES OF THE LIFT, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA BE SO PRESCRIPTIVE, RIGHT? WE'RE, WE'RE GIVING VERY SPECIFICS.
WE'RE GIVING SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT WE WANT THEM TO ACHIEVE, BUT WE'RE NOT GIVING ANY SUGGESTIONS ON TECHNOLOGY.
WE'RE NOT GIVING ANY SUGGESTIONS ON, OR ANY INPUT ON THE RESOURCES INVOLVED, RIGHT? YEAH.
WELL, THAT IS OUR ONLY, UH, REAL SCOPE OF WORK HERE IN OUR COMMISSION, IS THAT WE SUGGEST POLICY, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET DOWN INTO THE DETAIL OF THE ACTUAL TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION.
UH, HOWEVER, I, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO PASS BOTH OF THESE RESOLUTIONS BY THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND ASK THEM, WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? AND DO YOU THINK, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, SUGGESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS, CORRECTIONS? SO, UM, UM, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THAT IF, IF, UH, UH, SOMEONE IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT THIS AND, AND GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK.
WELL, THEN, OKAY, SO YOU HAVE THIS DRAFT, RIGHT? SO YES, I PROPOSE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND EDIT YOUR DRAFT WITH, UH, THE THINGS WE AGREE UPON TODAY, VOTE ON IT, AND THEN FORWARD THAT WELL
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EITHER WELL FORWARD THAT, UH, VOTE ON IT, AND THEN FORWARD THAT, UH, DRAFT.UM, AND, AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE AGREEING AS OUR NEXT STEP TO, UH, BOIL ON THE RESOLUTION AND THEN FORTH THAT GIRAFFE TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IF THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE FOR IT TO GO ON TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MAJOR EDITS OR CONTRIBUTIONS TO MAKE, UH, THEN WE WOULD SEND IT ON TO CITY COUNCIL.
IF THEY DO, THEN WE WOULD, UH, GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, EDIT IT FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK THAT, TO YOUR POINT, SINCE WE DON'T, IF, IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO, UH, BE INVOLVED YET ANYWAY IN ANY KIND OF TECHNOLOGY DISCUSSION, UH, RESOURCE DISCUSSION, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE THE SUGGESTIONS, AND I THINK WE SHOULD AMEND THE, THE RECOMMENDATION LIKE THIS.
SO AGAIN, FIRST SENTENCE, ONE PARAGRAPH, NEXT PARAGRAPH.
WE FURTHER REQUEST THAT THE LIST BE IN ORDER, BE IN THE ORDER IN WHICH SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED, UH, OR, OR, OR PERHAPS EVEN MORE SIMPLY, UH, WE FURTHER REQUEST THAT THE ONLINE LIST MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS.
ONE, THAT THE LIST BEING ORDERED, WHICH THE SPEAKERS ARE CALLED TO SPEAK TO, THAT THE LIST WILL INDICATE WHICH SPEAK, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UH, BUT THAT, THAT'S MY THOUGHT ON THE, ON THE AMENDMENT THERE, CHAIR PITS.
UM, I COULD ADD THAT LANGUAGE NOW.
UM, UH, ONE, ONE SECOND, ONE SECOND.
UH, VICE CHAIR AB DACA HAS SOME A CONTRIBUTION HERE.
UM, YEAH, I, I WAS GOING DOWN THE SAME PATH YOU WERE CHAIR PITS.
UM, SOME SPECIFIC CHANGES THAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS, RATHER THAN SAYING DISCUSS, I WOULD SAY EXPLORE, EXPLORE THE CREATION OF AN ONLINE LIST.
AND THEN SIMILAR TO THE DIRECTION YOU ARE GOING IS, UH, INDICATE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE TECHNOLOGY SHOULD INCLUDE SEMICOLON.
AND THEN, UM, THE DIFFERENT BULLET POINTS THAT, THAT YOU HAD INDICATED, THE LIST BEING IN ORDER OF THE SPEAKERS.
UM, SECOND BULLET, THE LIST SHOULD INDICATE WHICH SPEAKERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CALLED TO SPEAK.
THIRD BULLET POINT, THIS LIST SHOULD BE UPDATED AND AVAILABLE IN REAL TIME.
UM, THAT WAY WE'RE PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS.
WELL, IT'S NOT SO MUCH TECHNOLOGY JUST AT IT'S, UH, FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU, UH, CAUGHT ALL THAT, OR IF, IF YOU, UH, FEEL COMFORTABLE READING IT BACK TO US COMMISSIONER GATES.
UM, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN REQUEST THAT CITY COUNCIL.
NOW, THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART HERE, REQUESTS CITY COUNCIL TO PLACE AN AGENDA ITEM ON THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE AGENDA TO, UM, NOW WE CAN DO ANYTHING, DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE CREATION OF AN ONLINE LIST OF SPEAKERS FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. WE, WE FURTHER REQUIRE THAT THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS LIST WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, AND THEN THREE BULLET POINTS.
THIS LIST WILL BE IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THE SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED TO SPEAK.
THIS LIST WILL INDICATE WHICH SPEAKERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CALLED TO SPEAK.
THIS LIST WILL BE UPDATED AND AVAILABLE IN REAL TIME FOR CITIZENS TO VIEW, TO DETERMINE THE APPROXIMATE TIME WHEN THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK.
SO HOW DOES THAT SOUND? I, I THINK IT SOUNDS GOOD.
I DO WANT TO BACK UP ON SOMETHING THOUGH, IN THAT FIRST SENTENCE.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO JUST REACH A CONSENSUS ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH THIS, UH, BECAUSE ON ONE HAND WE'RE SAYING EXPLORE, AT LEAST THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED, MENTIONED BY VICE CHAPPA, DACA INITIALLY DISCUSSED, AND THEN NOW WE KIND OF, WE EVOLVED EARLIER TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE.
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I THINK THAT EXPLORE IS A LITTLE BIT TOO VAGUE AND IT LETS THEM OFF THE HOOK.WELL, WELL, I, I'M WITH YOU ON THAT.
UH, THAT'S THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT IT UP.
UM, I, I, I THINK WE NEED TO DECIDE IF WE'RE GOING TO, UH, AGREE UPON THE RECOMMENDATION WE'RE MAKING.
IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR EXPIRATION, IS IT FOR DISCUSSION? UH, OR IS IT FOR, FOR ACTION? ULTIMATELY? UM, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION APPROVED SEEMS TO COVER, UH, MOST OF IT.
YEAH, THIS IS A FAIRLY SIMPLE REQUEST.
THIS IS EVEN MORE SIMPLE THAN OUR VOTE RE COUNCIL VOTE REQUEST.
UM, THIS LIST ALREADY EXISTS BECAUSE I, I'VE SEEN THE MAYOR REFER TO IT QUITE OFTEN.
SO HE'S GOT THIS SECRET LIST THAT NEEDS JUST TO BE PUBLIC.
WELL THEN, UH, AND THE OTHER THING TOO, UH, I THINK THAT I MIGHT, UH, EDIT A LITTLE BIT IS WE FURTHER REQUEST, UH, THAT, UH, AS OPPOSED TO WE FURTHER REQUIRE, UM, BUT YOU STILL MENTION REQUIREMENTS, RIGHT? SO WE, WE FURTHER REQUEST THAT, UH, THE ONLINE SPEAKERS LIST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS, RIGHT? AND THEN THE BULLETS.
SO WE FURTHER REQUEST THAT THIS LIST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT I, UM, REVISE BOTH OF THESE RESOLUTIONS, SEND THEM BACK TO THE CHAIR AND TO JESSE, UM, WITHOUT US VOTING ON THEM TONIGHT, AND SEND THEM TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND ASK THEM IF THEY HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY, UH, THEY CAN POINT US IN SOME DIRECTIONS AS WELL.
SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
THAT SOUNDS FINE TO ME, ALTHOUGH I THOUGHT WE WERE CLOSE TO GETTING A VOTE DONE ON THIS ONE.
YES, WE COULD GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT, UM, AND JUST SEND THAT ON.
BUT THE OTHER ONE, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT FOR THE, UH, THE ACT COUNCIL ACTION DATABASE, THAT WE REQUEST ANY, UM, GUIDANCE FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
UH, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THIS ITEM, DO WE WANNA DO A VOTE? UH, I, I'M, I'M ALREADY, I'M SET.
UH, THE THING IS, UH, WE DON'T HAVE IN FROM US THE FINAL VERSION, SO HOW CAN WE DO THAT? OKAY.
WELL, UH, MY THOUGHT WAS IF YOU WERE ABLE TO, UH, JUST GO AHEAD AND EDIT THE VERSION THAT YOU HAD, UH, AND THEN WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU CAN DO, UH, YOU CAN SEND IT NOW TO THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS, AND THEN WE CAN, I'LL LOOK AT IT.
UH, CITY HALL AV FOUR, AUSTIN TEXAS.GOV HALL.
OH, YOU COULD ALSO PRESENT IT FROM YOUR SCREEN IF YOU'D LIKE.
UH, AND THEN WE CAN JUST VOTE LOOKING AT IT.
RIGHT? SO YOU DON'T, SINCE YOU'RE ONLINE, YOU CAN JUST SHARE YOUR SCREEN.
WELL, CAN I JUST SEND IT TO JESSE AND HAVE HIM, JESSE'S GONNA STILL HAVE TO GET IT TO AV TO GET IT ON ALL OF OUR SCREENS, SO IT'LL BE MORE EFFICIENT IF YOU WANT IT TO DO IT THAT WAY, JUST TO SEND IT TO AV.
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OH, OKAY.WHY DON'T YOU COPY ME ON THAT MESSAGE.
COMMISSIONER YATES, THIS IS A CHANCE IT MIGHT NOT GO THROUGH IF YOU OR YOU.
UM, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'M, OR JUST FORWARD IT TO ME, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL SEND IT ON.
I'LL MAKE SURE NO, HANG ON HERE.
I'VE SENT IT TO YOU FROM MY, UH, BOARD AND COMMISSIONS ACCOUNT, SO YOU SHOULD GET IT MOMENTARILY.
IT'S ON THE WAY TO AV NOW, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IT ALL TOGETHER HERE MOMENTARILY.
SO NOW EVERYBODY CAN SEE THE, THE AMENDED.
UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND READ IT THROUGH.
VANISHED, UH, UH, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED THOUGH.
UH, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE EDIT.
COMMISSIONER YATES, MAYBE YOU, UH, APPENDED THE WRONG ONE BY MISTAKE.
HELLO? MR. YS? YOU STILL WITH US? HE'S MUTED, YEAH.
I, I, UH, I REVISED IT ON MY COMPUTER AND I THOUGHT IT THE REVISED VERSION.
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OKAY.IT, UH, IT PULLED THE DOCUMENT FROM THE, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSION'S ACCOUNT INSTEAD OF FROM MY PC.
I JUST SENT YOU A AGAIN, OKAY.
WE SHOULD BE SINGING HERE MOMENTARILY, GUYS AND GALS.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT READS, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING, UH, OH, YEAH, I'M SORRY.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO EDIT IT REAL TIME ONLINE? WE ALREADY HAVE AN EDITED VERSION.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DISPLAY IT.
WELL, I, I MIGHT HAVE MADE THE EXACT SAME MISTAKE THEN.
UH, UH, SO LET'S, LET'S DO THIS.
UH, ALTHOUGH I THOUGHT I FORWARDED THE MESSAGE FROM HIM, SO NO, I DIDN'T DO THAT.
SO YOU DID RECEIVE THE, UM, THE SECOND V1 EMAIL? YEAH, I DID.
AND WHEN I PULLED UP, I'M LOOKING AT IT, I DOWNLOADED IT, AND I JUST SENT THAT TO AV, BUT THEY SAID THEY GOT, LET'S TRY AGAIN.
UH, THAT'S WHAT TRIPPED ME UP, IS THAT, UM, IT WILL PULL THE, THE VERSION FROM THE, UH, EMAIL SYSTEM RATHER THAN THE ONE FROM YOUR PC.
WELL, WHAT SURPRISES ME IS THAT, CUZ I ACTUALLY DRUG AND DROPPED IT FROM MY DOWNLOAD, SO THAT I DON'T SEE HOW IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE OLD, OLD VERSION, BUT THAT'S WEIRD.
UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO IT AGAIN.
SO, ON THE WAY, I'M GONNA LOOK AND SENT MAIL TO, TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS I SENT YOU.
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OKAY.UH, THAT'S HOW I CONFIRMED I SENT THE RIGHT ONE.
YEAH, THE, THE, THE, THERE'S A PARAGRAPH, BUT THERE'S NO PARAGRAPH SPACE, BUT WELL, JESSE COULD DO THE APPROPRIATE FORMATTING WHEN HE TURNS IT INTO AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT.
SO WE, WE WON'T GET, LET THAT BOGUS DOWN ANY FURTHER.
SO LET'S READ THIS THROUGH AND THEN WE'LL DO ABOUT A VOTE.
UM, WHEREAS THE STATE OF GOALS, WE'LL SEE IF AUSTIN ARE TO ENCOURAGE TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WHEREAS THE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEREAS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ON COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS, CITIZENS MUST WAIT HOURS TO SPEAK.
WHEREAS THE CITY ALREADY USES AN ONLINE SPEAKER REGISTRATION APPLICATION.
NOW, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN REQUEST THAT CITY COUNCIL TO PLACE, UH, THAT THAT'S, UH, SHOULD BE PLACED, UH, AN AGENDA ITEM ON THE APPROPRIATE COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE CREATION OF AN ONLINE LIST OF SPEAKERS FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. PARAGRAPH.
WE FURTHER REQUEST THAT THIS LIST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
THE LISTS WILL BE IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THE SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED TO SPEAK.
THE LISTS WILL INDICATE WHICH SPEAKERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CALLED TO SPEAK.
LISTS WILL BE UPDATED AND AVAILABLE IN REAL TIME FOR CITIZENS TO VIEW IT, TO VIEW, TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE TIME WHEN THEY'LL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK.
WE CHANGE, UM, FOUR CITIZENS TO VIEW IN ORDER TO CITIZENS TO VIEW AND DETERMINE THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF YOUR, YOUR
WHAT WAS, THAT'S FOR COMMISSION YATES TO HEAR AS WELL, UM, BY CHAIR.
WHAT WAS THAT? THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, TO DETERMINE THE APPROXIMATE TIME WHEN THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK.
UH, VICE CHAIR, YOU HAD A SUGGESTION THERE ON THE YEAH.
UM, ON THAT LAST POINT, FOUR FOUR CITIZENS TO VIEW IN ORDER TO DETERMINE, RIGHT, RIGHT.
SO IS THAT CLEAR FOR EVERYONE? UH, IT'S A SIMPLE EDIT FOR CITIZENS TO VIEW IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE TIME, THE APPROXIMATE, EXCUSE ME, APPROXIMATE TIME, WHEN THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE, UH, WE, I MOVE THAT WE, OH YEAH.
DID YOU GET YOUR COMMENT OUT THERE? I'M SORRY.
SO YEAH, I, I MOVED TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, TO APPROVE, UH, THIS RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED, UH, WITH THAT SLIGHT GRAMMATICAL EDIT THAT WAS MADE, UH, WITH VICE CHAIR DACA SUGGESTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION THAT'S PRESENTED WITH THAT SLIGHT EDIT AS SUGGESTED.
PLEASE SAY, AYE AND SHOW YOUR HAND.
CITY HALL AV, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO DISPLAY THE, OKAY.
COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THAT? VOTE AGAIN, EVERYONE, SINCE WE'RE NOW BEING VIEWED, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING, PLEASE SAY AYE.
WE HAVE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL EIGHT TO ZERO.
AND THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER YATE, UH, YATES, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO ADD THAT SLIGHT EDIT THAT VICE CHAIR DACA STATED? IF YOU WANNA MAKE IT EASY FOR JESSE, GO AHEAD AND, UH, PUT, PUT THE, UH, I'M SORRY.
UH, IF IT'S OKAY, GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT PARAGRAPH INDENTATION AS WELL AND THEN SEND THAT ON TO, TO JESSE AND COPY ME.
UH, ALL RIGHT, NOW WE JUMPED AROUND A LITTLE BIT, SO LET'S SEE WHERE WE ARE.
[4. Intelligent Infrastructure Resolution (Discussion and Action)]
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THE, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.[02:10:01]
INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE RESOLUTION, UH, THERE IS A DOCUMENT TO REVIEW ON THIS MUCH LONGER, AND CAN WE HAVE THIS IN OUR BACKUP MATERIAL? UH, WELL, YOU WILL, UH, YOU MAY NOT YET, BUT YOU WILL.IS THERE A WAY TO EXPAND IT? CAN'T READ INTO HERE.
WELL, I BELIEVE IF YOU CHECK IN YOUR CALENDAR HOLD, THERE'S ACTUALLY A SOFT COPY OF THIS.
BUT NOW IT'S A LITTLE BIGGER AS WELL.
SO LET ME JUST GET THIS ON MY SCREEN AND THEN I'LL TAKE US THROUGH IT, BUT YOU ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO, TO REVIEW IT AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS RELATED TO INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AND THE PUBLIC INFORMATION NETWORK NODE.
SO IT READS, WHEREAS THE ACTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE DIGITAL INCLUSION STRATEGIC PLAN BY CITY COUNCIL AND THE OFFICE OF, UH, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS AND, UH, THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT COMMUNITY OF AUSTIN PARTNERS, HAS IDENTIFIED THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AS A HISTORICALLY ROOTED CHALLENGE TO OUR STATED VISION, WHICH REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT IN BOTH PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO BRIDGE.
WHEREAS IN 2016, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL FORMED THE CITIZEN LED BOND ELECTION ADVISORY TASK FORCE TO IDENTIFY A STUDY, PRIORITIZE, AND PROPOSE VARIOUS PROJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF BOND FUNDING, WHICH INCLUDED INFRASTRUCTURE, WHEREAS THE I J A IS A 1.2 TRILLION INVESTMENT IN US INFRASTRUCTURE WAS PASSED IN THE LAW AND 2021, UH, WHEREAS THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION ISSUED NOTICES OF FUNDING FOR MORE THAN 44 BILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO ALLOW FOR THE FOLLOWING THREE PROGRAMS, UH, AS LISTED AS PART OF I J A.
THE, UH, WE CAN ALL READ HERE, UM, SO GO INTO THE DETAILS THERE.
WHEREAS THE BDO IS A STEWARD OF STATE FEDERAL DOLLARS INTENDED TO CLOSE DUE TO DIVIDE BY INCREASING ACCESS TO RELIABLE HIGH SPEED INTERNET IN THE STATE.
WHEREAS COMPTROLLER HAGAR'S LETTER, YOU KNOW, UM, NO, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WHERE, WHEREAS THE LETTER TO THE TEXAS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION EXPRESSING HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE N TIA'S NOTICE OF FUNDING FOR BEAD PROGRAM, UH, FOR THE BEAD PROGRAM, WHICH APPEARS TO INDICATE THE STATE'S NEED TO PRIORITIZE END END FIBER CONNECTIVITY.
COMPTROLLER HAGAR'S MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS STIPULATION IS THAT MINERAL RULES OF TEXAS FIBER TECHNOLOGY IS NOT FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE.
FURTHER ANTI'S RULES RUN COUNTER TO TEXAS AND THE I AJ'S LEGISLATIVE INTENT OF BEING TECHNOLOGY NEUTRAL WITH RESPECT TO BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS. WHEREAS CTT C AN ANTICIPATES THE COMP CONTROLS CONCERNS ABOVE WILL LIKELY REQUIRE THE CONSIDERATION OF A VARIETY OF BROADBAND TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL INCLUDE FIXED WIRELESS, 5G SMALL CELL, AND OTHER DATA INTENSIVE SOLUTIONS BESIDES FIBER TECHNOLOGY.
WHEREAS THE CT TC HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF 5G INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS, EG.
PUBLIC INFORMATION NETWORK NODES, PINS THAT LEVERAGE A PLUG AND PLAY MODEL CONDUCIVE FOR MORE EFFICIENT POLE INSTALLATION BY MULTIPLE CARRIERS, AND COULD POTENTIALLY ENABLE SHARED CONDUIT OR ALTERNATIVE EDGE COMPUTING RESOURCE USAGE.
WHEREAS STANDARDS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ENSURING OPENNESS AND COMPETITION.
THE CTT C RECOMMENDS THE ADOPTION OF APPROPRIATE STANDARDS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION AND PROPAGATION OF 5G SOLUTIONS IN CELLULAR TO ENSURE EVERY OKAY.
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THAT'S INTERESTING.WHEREAS 5G IS STILL IN A NASCENT STAGE OF ADOPTION, HIM THE CTC RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN CONDUCTS A THOROUGH EVALUATION AVAILABLE SOLUTIONS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RELEVANT ORGANIZATIONS.
SO WHAT I RECOGNIZE HAS HAPPENED HERE, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THE, THE RESOLVED, UH, RELU, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS ARE INCLUDED WITH SOME OF THE NARRATIVE, UH, CHAPS YES.
IN THE LAST, WHEREAS YOU'VE ALREADY GOT A, A RECOMMENDATION.
ALSO, I NOTICED YOU'VE GOT A REFERENCE TO MULTIPLE TECHNOLOGIES FOR BROADBAND.
SHOULD THERE BE REFERENCE TO WIRELESS BROADBAND ALSO SOMEWHERE? UH, WELL, I, I THINK I JUST READ OVER ONE, UH, YEAH.
I I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT, UH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
THE, WHEREAS THE C T TC ANTICIPATES, THE COMPTROLLERS CONCERNS ABOVE WILL LIKELY REQUIRE THE CONSIDERATION OF A VARIETY OF BROADBAND TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL INCLUDE FIXED WIRELESS, 5G, SMALL CELL, AND OTHER DATA INTENSIVE SOLUTIONS BESIDES FIBER TECHNOLOGY.
I THINK THAT COVERS IT ALL, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? I JUST THOUGHT THAT WIRELESS BROADBAND IS GOING TO BE A NEW TECHNOLOGY.
SO THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT MAYBE IT SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE WAY TO GET, GET AROUND THE WHOLE IDEA OF HAVING TO DIG, YOU KNOW, DIG INTO THE GROUND AND PUT WIRE'S JOB.
IF YOU HAD WIRELESS, YOU CAN DISPENSE WITH THAT, THAT BARRIER.
SO TO BE CLEAR, UH, BECAUSE 5G IS, IS WIRELESS SMALL CELL IS ALSO WIRELESS FIXED WIRELESS IS WIRELESS.
UH, YOU WANT ME TO ADD WIRELESS IN ADDITION OR, YOU KNOW, I'M SPEAKING OF WIRELESS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF BROADBAND.
UH, IS SMALL CELL NECESSARILY BROADBAND OR IS IT MOSTLY CELL INFRASTRUCTURE? HMM.
I JUST WANTED YOU AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THE KEY THING IS, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, DATA, UH, INTENSIVE.
SO LOOKING AT THIS, WHERE WOULD YOU SUGGEST I MAKE THAT ADDITION? OKAY.
CAN YOU SCROLL BACK UP TOWARDS THE TOP, I THINK IN THE PREVIOUS PAGE? YEAH.
THE BOTTOM OF THE PREVIOUS PAGE.
WE'RE MID FIRST PAGE NOW WHERE THE CTC ANTICIPATES THE COM COMPTROLLER'S CONCERNS ABOUT ABOVE WILL LIKELY REQUIRE THE CONSIDERATION OF A VARIETY OF BROADBAND TECHNOLOGIES THAT WOULD INCLUDE FIXED WIRELESS 5G, AND IN, YOU COULD SAY 5G IN ES, INCLUDING WIRELESS BROADBAND.
RIGHT AFTER 5G, UH, AND IN ES INCLUDING WIRELESS BROADB.
BECAUSE IN MY MIND, I THINK THAT WILL BE THE GAME CHANGER IN OVERCOMING OUR, UH, DIGITAL DIVIDE.
[02:20:54]
OKAY.UH, I'VE TAKEN, I MADE THE ADDITION THAT COMMISSIONER DUCOTE SUGGESTED I'VE MOVED THE TWO LAST RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE RECOMMENDATION SECTION, AND IT NOW READS AS FOLLOWS.
I'M JUST GONNA READ THE, UH, UH, RECOMMENDATION PIECE, UH, OR AT LEAST, UH, I'LL, I'LL REREAD THE PIECE THAT THAT'S CHANGED.
WHEREAS THE CT TC ANTICIPATES THE COMPTROLLERS CONCERNS ABOVE WILL LIKELY REQUIRE THE CONSIDERATION OF A VARIETY OF BROADBAND TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL INCLUDE FIXED WIRELESS 5G, INCLUDING WIRELESS, BROADBAND, SMALL CELL, AND OTHER DATA INTENSIVE, UH, SOLUTIONS BESIDES FIBER TECHNOLOGY.
WHEREAS A CT TC HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF 5G INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS, EG.
PUBLIC INFORMATION NETWORK NODES THAT LEVERAGE A PLUG AND PLAY MODEL CONDUCIVE FOR MORE EFFIC EFFICIENT POLE INSTALLATION BY MULTIPLE CARRIERS, AND COULD POTENTIALLY ENABLE SHARED CONDUIT OR ALTERNATIVE, ALTERNATIVE EDGE COMPUTING RESOURCE USAGE.
WHEREAS STANDARDS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ENSURING OPENNESS AND COMPETITION, WHEREAS 5G IS STILL IN A NASCENT STAGE OF ADOPTION.
THE CTT C RECOMMENDS THE ADOPTION OF THE APPROPRIATE STA OF APPROPRIATE STANDARDS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION AND PROPAG PROPAGATION OF 5G SOLUTIONS AND CELLULAR AND BROADBAND SERVICE, ET CETERA.
UH, I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE ET CETERA.
UH, UH, THE VERSION THAT YOU'RE, UH, PRESENTING ON SCREEN SEEMS TO BE DIFFERENT.
I DON'T SEE THE CHANGE THAT NO, NO.
YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I'M, I'M JUST, UH, LOOKING AT THE TIME HERE, UH, AND TRYING TO GET US OUTTA HERE IN THE NEXT 29 MINUTES, UH, OR SOONER, FRANKLY.
UM, AND SO, BUT LET'S, LET'S DO THIS.
I'M GONNA SEND THIS VERSION TO AV AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT IT ALL TOGETHER AND WE MIGHT END UP HAVING TO, UH, DELAY WORKING GROUP DISCUSSIONS, BUT WE CAN DECIDE ON THAT WHEN WE MAKE A DECISION TO ADJOURN OR NOT.
UM, WHY ARE YOU LOADING? OKAY.
[02:25:09]
OKAY.SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL ALL BE LOOKING AT THAT MOMENTARILY.
UH, DEFINITELY NOT GONNA REREAD THE WHOLE THING.
UM, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND TALK TURKEY ABOUT WHAT CAN WE, WE CAN CUT.
UH, CUZ I FEEL LIKE THIS IS TOO LONG.
UM, BUT LET ME READ ON THOUGH, UM, BEFORE WE GET TO THE CUT PART, LET'S, LET'S GET THROUGH THE, THE RECOMMENDATION PIECE.
SO NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE GOING DOWN TO THE SECTION, UH, AT THE END, UH, IT READS NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CT TC RECOMMENDS THE ADOPTION OF APPROPRIATE STANDARDS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION AND PROPAGATION OF 5G SOLUTIONS AND CELLULAR AND BROADBAND SERVICE.
TO ENSURE EVERY RESIDENT OF AUSTIN IS OFFERED FREEDOM OF CHOICE OF CARRIERS AT ACCEPTABLE PRICES, THE C CTT C FURTHER RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN CONDUCTS A THOROUGH EVALUATION OF AVAILABLE SOLUTIONS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RELEVANT ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES TO ENSURE THAT THE SELECTED APPROACH PROVES OPTIMAL, PROVIDES OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS BASED ON STANDARDS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF DOMESTIC ENTERPRISE RESEARCH AND GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING SECURITY.
AND, UH, THE FINAL ONE HERE, AND I, AND I THINK I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, UH, REDUNDANCY HERE.
THE C TTC RECOMMENDS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL FORM AND INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE, 5G INTEGRATED SERVICES, OR TO BE NAMED ADVISORY TASK FORCE TO IDENTIFY, STUDY AND PRIORITIZE, STUDY, PRIORITIZE, AND PROPOSE VARIOUS SHUTTLE READY PROJECTS TO PROVIDE THE N T I A AND THE TEXAS BDO AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
FURTHER, THE C CTT C RECOMMENDS THAT THE TASK FORCE INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM TARA, THE CTT C AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY, CTM, THE INNOVATION OFFICE, PUBLIC SAFETY, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, AUSTIN ENERGY CAP METRO, AND OTHER SUITABLE DEPARTMENTS.
THE END, UH, I FEEL LIKE THE LAST PARAGRAPH IS BASICALLY THE PRESCRIPTIVE VERSION OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH.
AND I, UH, YES, COMMISSIONER SUPTA, UH, I, I HATE TO BE SO PARTICULAR ABOUT THIS.
I WOULD RATHER MAKE THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION, THE FIRST ONE THAT WE NEED TO DO THE EVALUATION OF AVAILABLE SOLUTIONS.
AND THERE WE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT STANDARDS TO FOLLOW, SO WE MAY HAVE TO STUDY THE STANDARDS ITSELF.
SO I WOULD RATHER SEE THE RE THE, THE EVALUATION DONE FIRST, AND THEN BASED ON THE EVALUATION, WE ADOPT APPROPRIATE STANDARDS.
UM, WELL, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S SEE THOUGH, IF, IF WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE DOING JUST SWITCHING OR MAYBE DELETING, UH, ALTOGETHER, RIGHT? UH, DO YOU AGREE THAT THE SECOND PARAGRAPH IS A GENERAL VERSION, UH, WHEREAS THE, THE, THE THIRD PARAGRAPH IS, THIRD PARAGRAPH IS KIND OF LIKE A DETAILED PRESCRIPTION OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH.
[02:30:02]
I'M ROBERT, REVIEW THE THIRDBUT THE QUESTION IS, SHOULD WE DELETE THE SECOND PARAGRAPH ALTOGETHER AND THEN MOVE THAT THE THIRD PARAGRAPH TO BE FIRST AND THEN, OR YOU KNOW WHAT, NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, YEAH, BECAUSE IF, IF, AGAIN, IN, IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, I RECOGNIZE THIS IS A COMBINATION OF, OF, OF FEEDBACK FROM YOU AND I, UH, UH, AS I, AS I, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING THE SAME THING, BUT, AND IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH I'M NAMING DEPARTMENTS THAT I THINK THEY SHOULD INCLUDE.
SO MAYBE WE SHOULD FIND A WAY TO MELT THESE TWO PARAGRAPHS.
YEAH, YOU, YOU READ MY WORDS IN MY MIND.
I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THE SECOND AND THE THIRD ONE AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MELT THEM TOGETHER.
CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION, PLEASE? WHAT'S NOW THE SECOND PARAGRAPH WHERE IT READS THE C TTC FURTHER RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN CONDUCT THOROUGH EVALUATION OF THE SOLUTIONS, SKIP TO THE, THE END OF THAT LINE TO ENSURE LINE, TO ENSURE THAT THE SELECTED APPROACH PROVIDES OPTIMAL SOLUTION BASED ON STANDARDS ADDRESSED IN NEEDS OF DOMESTIC.
AND THEN THE SUBSEQUENT PARAGRAPH GETS INTO THE DETAIL.
SO ELIMINATE PARTNERSHIP WITH RELEVANT ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.
YEAH, I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT COVERS IT.
AH, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, VICE IS ON TO SOMETHING.
MAKE THE CHANGES THAT HE SUGGESTED TO THE SECOND ONE THAT BECOMES NUMBER ONE.
THE THIRD ONE BECOMES NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER ONE BECOMES NUMBER THREE, BECAUSE THE ONE AND TWO WILL LEAD US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT STANDARDS WE HAVE TO APPLY IN ORDER FOR US TO PROVIDE EFFICIENT SERVICE.
SO I'M GONNA WAIT FOR YOU TO FINISH AND THEN I HAVE FURTHER, I HAVE A FEW MORE EDITS.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE IN MIND? THE LONGER PARAGRAPH MM-HMM.
UH, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? DOESN'T NEED TO BE CAPITALIZED.
UH, THE SECOND TIME IT SAYS TASK FORCE, SO NEAR THE MIDDLE.
UM, AND THEN ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW WHAT THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THAT IS, UH, WELL, IT'S ALL PART OF THE SAME PARAGRAPH NOW, SO WE CAN LEAVE IT THAT WAY.
UH, WHAT ELSE YOU GOT? AND THEN WHERE WE SAY, AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, CAN WE SAY CITY OF AUSTIN'S STRATEGIC PLAN? AND THEN FINALLY, CAN WE USE ANOTHER TERM FOR SHOVEL-READY PROJECTS? SUGGESTIONS? I'M OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.
I, I, I DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT.
OH, THAT IS A VERY COMMON TERM FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.
THEY, UM, THEY WANT SOMETHING THAT IS WHERE THEY CAN START IMMEDIATELY AND PERMITTING DESIGN WHAT TO DO.
WELL, I HAVE, I HAVE, I HAVE AN IDEA THEN BASED ON THAT.
HOW ABOUT WE SAY THEN, UM, OKAY, WHERE ARE WE AT HERE? WHERE'S THE, THE CHEVROLET PROJECTS HERE? UH, CHEVROLET PROJECTS AS DEFINED, I'LL PUT IT PARENTHESES AS DEFINED BY FEDERAL FUNDING BY FEDERAL AND STATE.
S BECAUSE CH SHOVEL-READY IS REALLY MORE OF A, IT, IT, I DON'T THINK IT'S FORMAL TERMINOLOGY.
I WOULD JUST SAY EXPLICITLY WHAT YOU MEAN, RA AND RATHER THAN PUTTING PARENTHETICAL INFORMATION, JUST SAY, JUST,
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JUST DESCRIBE THE PROJECT.JUST SAY PROJECTS THAT ARE PREPARED, YOU KNOW, TO LAUNCH OR TO IMPLEMENT OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
SO THEN WE WANT TO, SO THEN, UH, OKAY.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, UM, I USED THE WORD SHOVEL-READY IN MY DRAFT BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO ALIGN IT TO, UH, THE BDO O AND THE NOMENCLATURE, UH, IN THE FUNDING AND THE FUNDING ACTS.
BUT IF WE'RE THINKING THAT CITY COUNCIL WILL READ, SHOVEL READY AND NOT KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, THEN WE SHOULD DO I THINK, WHAT COMMISSIONER THOMPSON SUGGESTED AND JUST EXPLAIN WHAT WHAT IT MEANS.
UH, SO, AND, AND ALSO, I, I STATE THAT ALSO BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE WILL BE READING THE DOCUMENT, AND YOU ALWAYS WANT IT SO THAT LIKE WHEN THE PUBLIC READS IT OR WHEN OTHER PEOPLE READ IT, THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF.
AND SO IF YOU COULD BE REALLY CLEAR AND DESCRIPTIVE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND CONCISE, THEN THAT MEANS THAT EVERYBODY WILL UNDERSTAND IT AND HAVE AN EQUAL LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING.
I AGREE WITH YOU SPEAKING ABOVE OTHER, YOU KNOW, FOLKS' HEADS.
SO THEN WHY DON'T WE SAY THEN PROJECTS READY TO IMPLEMENT OR EVEN IMPLEMENTATION READY
I THINK THAT FLOWS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
ARE FULLY DEVELOPED PROJECTS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
WELL, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION IS IT SPEAKS TO, YOU KNOW, THE ACTION OF, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AS OPPOSED TO JUST THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT.
UM, AND IT'S SIMILAR TO CH ALREADY, LIKE IT'S USED IN THE, IN THE, THE FUNDING.
AND THEN MY LAST ITEM, UM, WHERE WE HAVE EG IN ONE OF THE PARENTHESES NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE DOCUMENT, IT'S THE PERIODS ARE OUT OF ORDER.
UM, SO WHAT, WHAT WE, WE IMPLEMENTATION READY PROJECTS.
UH, AND WHAT WAS THAT? VICE CHAIR GRAMMATICAL CORRECTION? UM, WHERE, UM, THE CTT C HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF 5G INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS.
PARENTHESIS, IT SAYS DOT E DOT G, RIGHT.
EXAMPLE GIVEN SHOULD JUST BE SHOULD BE E G DOT.
TYPO AS OPPOSED TO A GRAMMATICAL ERROR FOR THE RECORD.
UH, BUT WITH, I REALLY TAKE TO HEART WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON SAID, AND AGAIN, I, THESE THINGS WERE PUT IN HERE INTENTIONALLY, BUT IS IT TOO MUCH? WHAT I'M TRYING TO PAINT THE TALE OF IS HOW WE HAVE, THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS, RIGHT? SO IT'S OUR FOCUS, WE'VE APPROACHED, IT'S, IT'S OUR FOCUS AND IT'S A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING IN THE PAST FOR THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
WE HAVE CREATED TASK FORCE, NOW.
WE HAVE A LARGE FUNDING CONSORTIUM, AND IT BREAKS DOWN LIKE THIS THAT WE CAN ACCESS.
WE KNOW THAT THE BDO IS MANAGING IT.
WE KNOW THAT THEY WANT DIVERSITY OR TECHNOLOGY NEUTRAL SOLUTIONS.
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING SOME OF THESE SOLUTIONS, BUT YET WE KNOW THAT STANDARDS ARE GONNA PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART, THEREFORE, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE CUZ IT'S ONE OR TWO THINGS IS GONNA HAPPEN NOW, UH, EITHER WE'RE GONNA BE OKAY WITH THIS AS IT IS AND WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON IT, OR IT'S
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GONNA GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.UH, ALTHOUGH IT'S MADE SIGNIFICANT EVOLUTION NOW TO THIS POINT, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO VOTE ON IT NEXT TIME, PULLING IT BACK WOULD BE WITH THE GOAL OF TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO STREAMLINE IT, UH, TO SAY MORE WITH LESS.
AND SO I'D LIKE SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT.
NOW, IF WE FEEL AS THOUGH THIS IS CONSUMABLE, BOTH BY THE COMMUNITY WITH UNDERSTANDING AND BY CITY COUNCIL WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION, IF WE FEEL THAT THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I'D SAY WE VOTE ON IT.
IF WE DON'T, THEN WE SHOULD GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND TRY TO FIND A WAY TO SIMPLIFY IT.
COMMISSIONER SUPTA, IS THERE SOME KIND OF A DEADLINE THAT WE ARE GOING TO MEET? THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE TAKING A VOTE ON THIS, UH, SOON.
WELL, LESS OF A DEADLINE AND MORE OF, UH, A SENSE OF URGENCY ROOTED IN HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN ON OUR PLATE.
YEAH, I, I'M, I'M OKAY TO MOVE FORWARD.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A DEADLINE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS GOT TO GIVE THESE SHOVEL-READY PROJECTS.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT IN ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS WE HAD THAT DATE, AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS NOW, BUT, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE STATE OF TEXAS HAD ASKED THAT DEADLINE BE EXTENDED, AND I THINK IT HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO LIKE SEPTEMBER OF, UH, THIS YEAR.
UH, JESSE CAN, UH, ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE, UH, THAT INFORMATION AT HAND.
WELL, I THINK THAT, UH, FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, WE CAN DEFINITELY, UH, REQUEST PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, AN UPDATE FROM, UH, COTAN AND OR FROM BRIANNA.
I KNOW THAT, UM, WE WANTED TO ACTUALLY HAVE BRIANNA COME IN AND PRESENT, UH, TO US.
AND I, I THINK IT WAS A TIMING ISSUE.
SO HOPEFULLY NOW WE CAN DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.
WELL, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I, I GOT A THUMBS UP IN THE ROOM FROM VICE CHAIR APODACA AND, AND THERE'S COTAN ACTUALLY NOW
UM, UH, ACTUALLY WE'LL HAVE A REPORT FOR THE COMMISSION IF THAT'S WHAT, UH, CHIP HITS YOU ALL WOULD LIKE.
MAYBE WE CAN DO A MONTHLY REPORT ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, WHAT THE LATEST ARE WITH FCC AND T I A.
IT, IT SURELY WOULD, UM, I THINK, THINK THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, UH, TO HAVE YOU ALSO AT OUR NEXT WORKING GROUP MEETING, PERHAPS TO TEE THAT UP.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS STARTING AND, UH, YEAH.
THERE, IT'S A DYNAMIC PROCESS.
WELL THEN, UH, I GOT A THUMBS UP.
I GOT AGREEMENT FROM PEOPLE LINE.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO US, UH, MOVING FORWARD ON THIS? UH, OKAY.
WELL THEN I MOVE, UH, THAT WE HOLD A VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION AS, AS PRESENTED AND, UH, AS HAS BEEN READ INTO THE RECORD.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARZA.
SO NOW LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
NOW TO THE LAST DISCUSSION, AN ACTION ITEM HERE,
[3. FCC Broadband Standards (Discussion and Action)]
FCC BROADBAND STANDARDS.UM, I THINK AS WE COULD PROBABLY ALL AGREE, UM, WE WOULD BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THAT NEXT UPDATE, UH, FROM COTAN AND TEAM, BEFORE WE GO INTO THIS ANY FURTHER.
SO WITH THAT, I PROPOSE THAT WE JUST TABLE THIS AND, AND, AND TAKE IT UP LATER ONCE WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE INPUT.
AND, AND ON THAT IS IT, CAN WE PERHAPS CONSIDER MAKING THAT A STANDING ITEM EVERY COMMISSION? UH, CUZ I,
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I WOULD EXPECT THAT THERE'D BE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MONTH TO MONTH.WOULD COTAN BE OPEN TO THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
WELL, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I, I KNOW THAT, UH, TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR A STANDING A WELL, I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
ARE YOU PROPOSING A STANDING, A AGENDA ITEM? OKAY.
BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST COMMISSION MEETING THAT I PARTICIPATED IN THAT DID NOT INCLUDE, UM, AT SOME TYPE OF, UH, COMMUNITY BRIEFING THAT WASN'T A WORK PLAN SESSION.
I'M USED TO THAT COMMUNITY AND OR STAFF BRIEFING.
UH, SO YEAH, I MEAN, I, I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THAT.
UH, I KNOW THAT THEIR SCHEDULES, UM, ARE BUSY, BUT IF THEY CAN COMMIT TO IT, THEN THAT, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS, UH, DATA DUMP ON US EVERY MO EVERY MONTH.
WE CAN WORK WITH YOU IN THE WORKING GROUP, AND THEN YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AT THE MEETING, OR IF WE, WE COULD PRESENT AT THE MEETING DIRECTLY.
A AND, UH, WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL TEE IT UP THOUGH.
WE'LL GO FROM THE WORKING GROUP MEETING AND CONFIRM WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE THAT WAY, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME LEAD TIME.
UH, IT'S TYPICALLY THE WEEK BEFORE THE AGENDA IS POSTED, SO IT'LL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO THEN UPDATE THE ACTUAL AGENDA ITEM WITH WHAT IT IS YOU'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING ON.
THAT WAY WE CAN INFORM THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WELL, THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM.
AND WE'RE NOW AT 9 25, UH, MOVING ALONG IN OUR AGENDA TO
[8. Update from Digital Inclusion, Civic Engagement, and Strategic Technology and Telecom Policy Working Group]
WORKING GROUP UPDATES.UH, I FEEL AS THOUGH, UH, THERE'S BEEN A SUFFICIENT, UH, UPDATE ABOUT, UH, WELL, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
UH, THERE WAS A PARTIAL UPDATE ABOUT DIGITAL INCLUSION RELATED TO THE DIGITAL, UH, INCLUSION TOWN HALL PLANNING AND REPORT.
UH, SO STARTING WITH THAT WORKING GROUP, AS I LOOK AT THE CLOCK 9 26, THE THING I THINK WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE MOSTLY IN, IN DISCUSSION OF ALL THE WORKING GROUPS, FRANKLY, UM, IS WORKING THROUGH OUR LIST OF DIFFERENT ITEMS WE'RE WORKING ON IN EACH WORKING GROUP.
THIS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE COMMITTED TO LAST TIME, UH, AND THEN MEETING AT THE WORKING GROUP LEVEL TO DISCUSS, UH, WHERE WE WERE WITH OUR PLAN AND HOW THINGS SIT ON THAT.
BUT WE, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS TO ALSO ASSIGN DATES, UH, YOU KNOW, TERM DATES, SO TO SPEAK, ON DIFFERENT ITEMS AND TO THEN PRIORITIZE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WOULD BE THE FOCUS OF A WORKING GROUP, POTENTIALLY STILL, OR SWITCH TO THE COMMITTEE DYNAMIC.
I KNOW THAT, UH, WE DISCUSS A VARIETY OF THINGS IN OUR WORKING GROUP DISCUSSION YESTERDAY THAT DID NOT INCLUDE PRIORITIZING THAT LIST, ALTHOUGH WE ALL HAVE IT.
I KNOW THAT IN BOTH OTHER WORKING GROUP DISCUSSIONS I PARTICIPATED IN, WE ALSO DID NOT, UH, PRIORITIZE, BUT WE DID CONFIRM, UH, AT LEAST IN, UH, VICE CHAIR DACA'S, UH, THE WORKING GROUP.
HE CHAIRS THE KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND DATA STEWARD STEWARDSHIP WORKING GROUP.
UH, WE DID CONFIRM THE STANDING OF EVERYTHING ON THE LIST, BUT WE NEVER TOOK THE NEXT STEP.
AND WITH THE TIME THAT WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO IT NOW.
SO I THINK THAT MY PROPOSAL IS THAT WE TABLE THESE WORKING GROUP UPDATES TO ALLOW EACH WORKING GROUP TO THEN GO BACK AND, AND DO THAT PRIORITIZATION EFFORT AND TO THEN BE PREPARED BY THE NEXT MEETING, UH, TO THEN PROVIDE QUICK UPDATES, UH, AND THEN PROCEED FROM THERE.
IF THAT SOUNDS AMENABLE TO EVERYBODY, THEN I THINK THAT'LL KEEP US ON SCHEDULE.
OKAY, WELL, WITH THAT THEN, WITH AGREEMENT, UH, CONSENSUS HERE, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UH, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, UH, INVITING OUR COLLEAGUES FROM, UH, THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIVISION AND, UH, COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY, UH, TO COME AND PRESENT.UH, SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
AND AS WE DISCUSSED, WE'LL HAVE FIRST A BRIEFING DURING THE WORKING GROUP, AND THAT WILL YIELD THE SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM OR COMMUNITY BRIEFING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AND THEN SET IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
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UH, OTHER POTENTIAL FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I, UH, I'M, I'M, I'D LIKE TO DO, WE HAVE SOME THINGS TEED UP, I THINK, RIGHT? GTOP PS PROBABLY YES.SO I'LL BE REQUESTING A VOTE ON THE GTOP PS REVIEW PANEL.
SO I'LL PRESENT THE, UH, THE WHERE WE ARE IN THE GTOP PS PROCESS.
UM, Y'ALL WILL HAVE, UH, APPLICATIONS ON HAND AHEAD OF TIME AND AT THIS SESSION WOULD VOTE ON AND APPOINT THE, UM, THE, THE NEXT GTOP PS REVIEW PANEL.
SO THAT WOULD BE ONE SIGNIFICANT ITEM.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO, UH, MEMORIALIZE THAT COMMISSIONER YATES HAD REQUESTED, UH, THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL GOOD GOVERNANCE RESOLUTION TO BE ON, UH, AN AGENDA.
AND, AND, UH, SO THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO PULL, TO CALL UP FOR THIS AGENDA SINCE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO THIS, UH, MEETING.
UM, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED ALREADY TO POSTPONE TO THE NEXT AGENDA THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER IN THE MEETING TODAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE AMPLE, UH, ITEMS FOR OUR NEXT AGENDA.
I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM FOR SOME TIME, AND THAT IS TO GET THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO GIVE US A STATUS UPDATE ON OUR, UH, RESOLUTION FOR THE, UH, COUNCIL VOTE DATABASE.
UH, THAT'S BEING ONGOING FOR YEARS NOW.
NOW, I BELIEVE THAT THE LAST UPDATE THAT WE GOT FROM JESSE, HE SAID THAT THIS, UH, DATABASE HAD BEEN FOLDED INTO ANOTHER PROJECT, AND MAYBE WE COULD GET AN UPDATE ON THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
JESSE, WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE IS THAT, UM, IF THE COMMISSION IS AMENABLE, I CAN WORK WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO TRY AND RESCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THEM.
UM, AND I'LL FIND OUT WHAT THEIR AVAIL AVAILABILITY IS FOR A MEETING AND THEN COORDINATE PERHAPS WITH THE, THE WORKING GROUP CHAIRS OR A SUBSECTION OF THE, THE COMMISSION THAT I KNOW IS, UH, ENGAGED ON THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF THEM.
AND, AND JUST SEE IF WE CAN SCHEDULE AN OFF CYCLE MEETING AT, AT THEIR CONVENIENCE.
YEAH, THAT THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT.
UH, YOU REMINDED ME, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT I REQUESTED OVER EMAIL, UH, THAT WE DO THAT.
UH, SO, UH, PLEASE, LET'S DO THAT.
AND, AND I THINK IN THAT SAME MESSAGE, NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THESE, UH, COMMITTEE REQUESTS AND RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE ON THE, THEIR FOCUS, MAYBE EVEN THE SAME MESSAGE, UH, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR INPUT AND THEN ALSO SAY, LET'S MEET ON THIS.
SO, YEAH, I THINK THAT TEASE IT UP PERFECTLY.
DOES THAT SOUND GOOD, EVERYBODY? MM-HMM.
UH, WELL, I THINK AGAIN, THAT TAKES CARE OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO.
SO NOW, UH, ADJOURNMENT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOVE TO ADJOURN.
I SECOND THAT EMOTION AND MOTION, UH,
SO, ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT, PLEASE SAY AYE.
WE'RE IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT.
ONCE AGAIN, HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY.
GLAD TO SEE EVERYBODY SMILING FACES.
THANKS FOR YOUR, YOUR, YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR ATTENTION.
I JUST CAN'T FEEL ANYTHING BUT BLUE.
I HEARD YOU WON'T SAY, YOU MAY NOT LOVE ME.