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MY NAME IS NEHEMIAH PITTS III, AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
CALLING TO ORDER OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING TODAY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8TH, 2023, LOCATED AT CITY HALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, ROOM 1101.
SOME OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEMBERS MAY BE PARTICIPATING VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE, AND THE MEETING CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE AT HTTP SLASH SLASH WWW.AUSTINTEXAS.GOV/PAGE/WATCH-T X N DASH LIVE.
WITH THAT, THEN, AS I IDENTIFIED, I'M THE CHAIR AND I REPRESENT DISTRICT ONE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THE ROLL CALL STARTING IN THE ROOM.
VICE CHAIR STEVEN APAKA, REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO IS PRESENT.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL PROCEED ONLINE.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, JUST FOR SUCCINCTNESS.
COMMISSIONER YATES, COMMISSIONER YATES, DISTRICT THREE PRESENT.
UH, COMMISSIONER FLOYD, DISTRICT FIVE PRESENT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
COMMISSIONER NICOLE THOMPSON, DISTRICT NINE PRESENT, AND COMMISSIONER ISLAND.
COMMISSIONER MAXINE ISLAND REPRESENTING PRECINCT SEVEN, DISTRICT SEVEN.
WITH THAT, WE ARE CALLED TO ORDER AND WE'LL PROCEED IN OUR AGENDA TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NO SPEAKER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD IN OUR AGENDA TWO, THE
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, WHICH IS AGENDA ITEM ONE UNDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, UH, APPROVAL OF MINUTES, UH, WITH, UH, THE DRAFT IN OUR FILE OF THE FEBRUARY 8TH MINUTE, UH, MINUTES, AND A SOFT COPY IN THE OUTLOOK INVITATION.I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO PASS THE MINUTES THAT'S PRESENTED.
AND A SECOND SHERIFF PITS OUR MOTION THAT WE, UM, ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER THOMPSON TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED, AND I SECOND THAT MOTION.
SO UNLESS THERE'S NEED FOR FURTHER DELIBERATION, UH, AT THIS POINT, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE A VOTE JUST LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM TO SEE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
IS THERE ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, WE UNANIMOUS IN OUR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
SIX IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, ZERO OPPOSED, ZERO ABSTENTIONS.
[1. Grant for Technology Opportunities Program – Brief update on applications submitted (Dan Martinez, Business Process Specialist – Telecommunications and Regulatory Affairs) ]
WITH THAT, WE'LL PROCEED IN OUR AGENDA TO STAFF BRIEFINGS.UH, ITEM ONE UNDER STAFF BRIEFINGS, WHICH WILL BE THE GRANT FOR TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM, A BRIEF UPDATE ON APPLICATION CEMENTED.
UH, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE STAN MARTINEZ, OUR BUSINESS, UH, BUSINESS PROCESS SPECIALIST FROM THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AFFAIRS OFFICE.
JUST A SHORT, UH, UH, UPDATE ON THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FOR THE GTOP S PROGRAM, UM, ONCE WE GET THAT ON SCREEN.
ALL RIGHT, SO, UH, THIS IS JUST OUR GTOP S APPLICATIONS FOR 2023.
MY NAME'S DAN MARTINEZ, THE BUS, UH, TARA, AND THE COMMUNITY TECH, UH, DIVISION.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE RECEIVED 22 APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR, UH, 10 OF WHICH HAVE NEVER RECEIVED GTOP PS FUNDING.
THEY'RE NEW TO THE PROGRAM, UM, OR HAVE NEVER RECEIVED FUNDS.
FOUR ARE COMPLETELY NEW, AND SIX, WERE JUST NOT AWARDED THE, UH, YEAR PREVIOUS.
AND WE ONLY HAD FOUR WITHDRAWALS, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD.
UM, AND IN TOTAL, THE AMOUNT REQUESTED WAS TOTALING 710,000, UH, ABOVE $710,000.
THE LEVERAGED FUNDS FROM THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WERE, UH, ABOVE $2 MILLION, AND THE TOTAL PROGRAMMING WAS 2,929,000 A HUNDRED THIRTY ONE SEVENTY 5 CENTS.
AND, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FOCUS AREAS FOR THIS YEAR, WE HAD SIX, UH, IN THE CREATIVE MEDIA, UH, FIELD, AND FOUR IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SKILLS OUT OF ALL THESE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED.
AND THREE, HAD TO DO WITH, UH, ACCESS TO INTERNET AND MAKING THAT EASIER FOR PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
12 SPECIFICALLY, UH, FOCUSED ON KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THAT WAS THEIR PRIORITY FOR
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THEIR PROJECT.AND THEN SEVEN OF OUR APPLICATIONS WERE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED TOWARDS, UH, GRANTING MORE ACCESS TO DEVICES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD UPDATE.
I KNOW THAT, UH, I AM VERY PLEASED TO SEE THE RAMP UP AND, UH, THE INCREASED APPLICATION POOL, PARTICULARLY AMONGST, UH, APPLICANTS WHO'VE NEVER APPLIED BEFORE.
UH, WE'VE BEGUN THE PROCESS FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION AND THE COMMUNITY, UH, HAVING ALREADY MET WITH THEIR VIEW PANEL, AND, UH, BRIEFLY BASICALLY HAD AN ORIENTATION TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE OR CON OR, OR, UH, AND A PRESENTATION BY THEN ON THE PROCESS.
UH, VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR COHORT OF PANELISTS.
UH, THEY'RE VERY SHARP IN PERSON, VERY MUCH LIKE THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE APPROVED, UH, AS A BODY.
SO WE CAN LOOK FORWARD, I THINK, TO A GOOD PROCESS.
UH, AND TO MY SURPRISE, UM, ALTHOUGH, UH, IT WAS AN OPTION FOR THE PANELISTS TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE SESSIONS WHERE THEY WOULD THEN REVIEW SCORES TOGETHER AND THEN ARRIVE AT OVERALL SCORES.
THEY ALL AGREED TO HAVE A SINGLE MARATHON SESSION, UH, WHERE WE'D KNOCK IT OUT IN ONE DAY.
UH, SO I, I REALLY APPLAUD THAT DEDICATION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING, UH, THE, THE TEAM FOR THAT REVIEW.
UH, I KNOW THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS UP TO DATE AT THIS POINT, UH, BUT I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
THEY MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS FOR DAN OR ABOUT THE PROCESS.
I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE FUNDED BY A GRANT FOR ACCESS TO DEVICES? UH, YES, COMMISSIONER YATES.
UM, SO BASICALLY, UM, THAT JUST MEANS THAT IT IS A ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHOSE FOCUS IS PRIMARILY ON A, UM, PROVIDING, UH, ACCESS TO DIFFERENT, UM, COMPUTERS, TABLETS, AND POSSIBLY CELL PHONES, IF I'M CORRECT, UM, TO, UH, THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD THESE, UH, THROUGH THEIR OWN MEANS.
UM, SO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE USUALLY OFFERING, UH, DEVICES AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE OR REFURBISHING, UH, LAPTOPS AND COMPUTERS TO DISTRIBUTE EITHER FREE OR FOR A VERY, VERY LOW PRICE.
UH, ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR DAN OR, OR ABOUT THE PROCESS HERE IN GTOP PS? OKAY, WELL, I'LL BE HAPPY TO, UH, SHARE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITH ANYONE THAT NEEDS IT ON, ON GTOP PS OBVIOUSLY, UH, OUR COMMISSION IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF GTOP PS AND HAS BEEN INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN APPROVING INCREASES IN FUNDING, UH, FOR GTOP PS.
UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, EVERY COMMISSIONER DOESN'T NECESSARILY FOCUS ON THE, THE GRANT FOR TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM.
AND SO IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THAT MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS.
UH, AND, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE GOT GREAT RESOURCES, UH, SO BE HAPPY TO SHARE ANYTHING WE CAN, UH, SO THAT WAY WE COULD ALL BE CLEAR ON WHAT WE DO WITH THE PROGRAM AND HOW IT SERVES THE COMMUNITY.
WITH THAT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD IN OUR AGENDA.
AND I'D LIKE TO ALSO, UH, RECOGNIZE AND THANK, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, CHRISTINA GARZA FOR JOINING US TODAY.
UH, AND IDENTIFY HER AS PART OF OUR BODY.
APOLOGIES GET INTO THE PARKING.
WE UNDERSTAND SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST MAKES IT KIND OF TRICKY DOWN HERE.
UH, WE APPRECIATE THAT KNOWLEDGE OF PRESENCE, UH, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD IN THE AGENDA NOW TO AGENDA ITEM.
WE'RE, WE'RE SWITCHING SECTIONS, UH,
[1. Discussion of the Good Governance Resolution (Discussion and Possible Action)]
NOW TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. AND THIS IS THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM IN THAT SECTION, SPECIFICALLY A DISCUSSION OF THE GOOD GOVERNANCE RESOLUTION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.THERE IS A SUPPORTING DOCUMENT FOR THIS, UH, WHICH I'D LIKE TO HAVE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN, AND THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TALK THROUGH IT.
UH, IT WAS THE LAST ONE THAT I SENT FORWARDED MESSAGE, UH, WITH ONE ATTACHMENT.
WELL, WHILE YOU'RE PULLING THAT UP, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO IT, UH, AND, AND ADDRESS THE, UH, THE SCENARIO CUZ IT'S IMPORTANT.
I THINK FOR BACKGROUND, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE TIME, UH, SINCE THIS TOOK PLACE.
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SO BACK IN DECEMBER, WE RECEIVED DIRECT COMMUNICATION, UH, FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER IN PARTICULAR, UH, A NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL PRESIDENT, UH, NAMED ANNA AGUIRE.SHE HAD ACTUALLY SPOKE TO THE COMMISSION BEFORE AND WANTED TO SHARE HER THOUGHTS ON TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS, UH, WITH OUR COMMISSION.
AND, UH, BASED UPON THE EARNESTNESS OF THAT AND, UH, THE AUDIENCE WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVOLVED IN HER REQUEST, UH, WE AGREED TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
WHAT THIS SPECIFIC ATTACHMENT IS, IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL'S ETHICS RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, AND OKAY, THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER TO SEE, BUT I'M JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ THROUGH IT HERE.
UH, AND LALY CHANCE TO READ IT AS WELL.
WHEREAS AUSTIN KNIGHT'S SUPPORT, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A RESOLUTION BY THE NA AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL RESOLUTION TO INCREASE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN AUSTIN BY IMPROVING AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL'S TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS.
UH, THESE ARE THE STATEMENTS OF THAT COUNCIL.
UH, WE ARE EVALUATING THESE, UH, STATEMENTS AND WILL THEN THEREFORE EITHER AGREE TO THEM OR EDIT AND OR AGREE AS WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO HAVE OUR OWN SIMILAR, UH, RESOLUTION.
BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND JUMP INTO IT.
WHEREAS AUSTINITE SUPPORTS CITY TRANSPARENCY, FAIRNESS, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WHEREAS THE CITY HAS DEVELOPED TROUBLING AND ANTI-DEMOCRATIC PRACTICES THAT UNDERMINE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND TRUST.
AND I PAUSE THERE BECAUSE, UH, I CAN ALREADY SAY, UH, THAT I DEFINITELY DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT.
BUT AGAIN, TAKE IN EARNEST THAT THIS IS A STATEMENT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, WHEREAS THE COUNCIL PURPOSELY CONDUCTS ITS PUBLIC HEARINGS, INCLUDING THE TIME AND OR, AND ORDER OF TESTIMONY IN VIOLATION.
THEY CLAIM OF CITY CODE AND ITS OWN ADOPTED PROCEDURES, AND THEN THEY GO ON TO REFERENCE 25 DASH ONE DASH 51 CONDUCT OF PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WHAT I RECOGNIZE, I THINK IS GOING TO BE PRUDENT AT THIS TIME, PARTICULARLY SINCE THIS IS OCCURRING ON THE RECORD, UH, IS FOR THIS RESOLUTION, UH, TO BE EVALUATED AT THE WORKING GROUP LEVEL, AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LEVEL SET BEFORE WE FURTHER, UH, LISTS OF STRONG STATEMENTS ON THE RECORD WITHOUT OUR CLEAR CORROBORATION.
UH, AND I SAY THAT MAINLY BECAUSE SO FAR EVERYTHING ELSE THAT I'VE READ ON THE RECORD HERE IS SOMETHING WHICH I ACKNOWLEDGE TO BE TRUE AND SOMETHING THAT I AGREE WITH, UH, IN MY ROLE AS CHAIR.
AND I DON'T WANNA BEGIN A NEW PATTERN OF PRACTICE, OF READING THINGS INTO THE RECORD THAT I KNOW ARE NOT VERIFIED.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WHAT WE DO INTEND TO DO, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS THE INTENT OF THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO SHARE THIS ON THE RECORD, IS TO SHARE IT AS A DOCUMENT, AT LEAST MY PROPOSAL, IS THAT WE SHARE IT AS A DOCUMENT FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL FOR US ALL AT, AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL TO EVALUATE.
UH, AND THAT PROCESS WILL BEGIN IN LOCKSTEP, RIGHT? SO IN ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY SEEING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE'LL ALSO BE TAKING THIS IN AND EVALUATING IT AT THE WORKING GROUP LEVEL.
SO THAT WAY WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING, THE THE PUBLIC HAS HAD A CHANCE TO EVALUATE THEM.
WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEM AND TO CORROBORATE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO, AND THEN TO CALL OUT THINGS THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT AGREE WITH, UH, BASED UPON, UH, THE FACT FINDING THAT WE CAN DO.
IN THE MEANTIME, THAT'S MY MOTION.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK CONCERNS.
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WE CAN LEAD TO AN ACTION HERE FOR THIS, THIS ITEM.THIS IS COMMISSIONER YATES HERE.
AND, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT MOST OF THE REQUESTS OF THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL RESOLUTION ARE OUTSIDE OF THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMISSION.
UM, WE MAINLY DEAL WITH TECHNOLOGY AND THE PART OF THIS RESOLUTION THAT IS RELEVANT, UM, DEALS WITH HOW WE CAN USE TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE GOVERNMENT MORE TRANSPARENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE COMMISSION RESOLUTION FROM LAST MEETING IN FEBRUARY WAS ABOUT TO, UH, CREATE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY.
AND SO I BELIEVE THAT THIS RESOLUTION WAS SUPPOSED TO COME UP FOR A VOTE TONIGHT.
I HAD SENT OUT THE REVISION WITH THE, UH, SUGGESTIONS OF COMMISSIONER APADACA AND BELIEVE THAT WE COULD DISCUSS, VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT.
LEMME JUST CLARIFY SOMETHING IF I COULD.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, CLARIFICATION.
COMMISSIONER YANKS, BY THE WAY, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE, UH, THE MEETING DOCUMENTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, WELL, LET ME BE MORE CLEAR.
THERE WAS A, AN ITEM SENT THAT MAY NOT HAVE MADE IT INTO THESE DOCUMENTS, THAT INCLUDES THIS DRAFT.
D D DAN, DO YOU BY A CHANCE TO KNOW IF, UH, THE DRAFT THAT COMMISSIONER YATES IS SPEAKING OF IS PART OF THESE CURRENT MEETING DOCUMENTS? UM, I'M UNSURE.
I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE FROM COMMISSIONER YATES, UM, SO I CAN'T CONFIRM, BUT SINCE I'M RELATIVELY NEW, I CAN SEE MYSELF BEING LEFT OUT OF THE LOOP ON THAT EMAIL.
WELL, YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, YEAH, YOU'RE OWED AN APOLOGY, UH, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU WERE INCLUDED ON THAT EMAIL.
UH, BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, UH, TO SPEED THIS UP, BECAUSE I DO HAVE IT, UH, AND I DID NOT MEAN TO LEAVE YOU IN THAT POSITION, RIGHT? I GUESS THAT WAS MY MISTAKE.
I HAD SENT THAT, UH, RESOLUTION TO JESSE AND, AND, UH, COPIED THE CHAIR ON THAT.
UH, SO NO, YOU WERE, YOU WERE JUST FINE.
COMMISSIONER YATES, YOU DID NOT MAKE ANY MISTAKE.
UH, THAT WAS NOT YOUR MISTAKE.
UH, I THINK THAT THE MISTAKE WAS MINE FOR NOT FORWARDING THIS ON TO DAN.
UH, AND, AND, AND, AND ACTUALLY, FRANKLY, UH, KNOWING THAT JESSE WAS ILL TODAY, UH, KNOWING THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE HERE, THAT WAS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY I HAD, I THINK, TO ADDRESS THAT.
SO, NO, THE MISTAKE WAS NOT YOURS.
UH, BUT WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS FORWARD THIS TO, TO DAN RIGHT QUICK AND RECENT OF THE CONVERSATION ON THIS, UH, BASIC AND STRAIGHTFORWARD, I THINK ITEM THAT DOES SPEAK TO THE PURVIEW OF OUR COMMISSION AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPARENCY, UH, AND THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE, UH, DIRECTLY THAT WE DIRECTLY ADVISE CITY COUNCIL ON, UH, NOT TO MENTION CAPABILITIES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND POTENTIAL FOR CREATING, UH, A TOOL TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY.
SO, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE RESOLUTION THAT I KNOW, UH, THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE ON TODAY.
THIS RESOLUTION INCLUDES FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSION.
UH, IT, IT INCLUDES EDITS FROM VICE TRPA DACA, AND IT INCLUDES, UH, PULL TOGETHER AND CONTENT ORIGINALLY DRAFT BY COMMISSIONER YATES.
THIS IS A BOARD AND COMMISSION COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA REQUEST, WHEREAS THE STATE OF GOALS OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN ARE TO ENCOURAGE TRANSPARENCY AND CI AND CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, WHEREAS STRATEGY NUMBER FIVE OF GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS FOR ALL STATES, THAT 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 SECURED DATA COLLECTION, STORAGE AND SHARING WHILE LEVERAGING OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES, MOBILE READY APP, UH, MOBILE READY WEB APPLICATIONS AND PROVEN AGILE PROJECT METHODOLOGIES TO IMPROVE HOW WE MANAGE PROJECTS AND INFORMATION.
WHEREAS A TYPICAL COUNCIL AGENDA CONTAINS OVER A HUNDRED ITEMS, WHEREAS THE PUBLIC CURRENTLY LACKS THE ABILITY TO EASILY VIEW THE STATUS OF AGENDA ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED
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BY CITY COUNCIL.NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED AT THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 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.
THIS DATABASE WILL INCLUDE THE COUNCIL MEETING DATE AND AGENDA ITEM NUMBER, CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER, CHANGE IN INFORMATION IMPLEMENTATION STATUS, MAJOR ACTIONS TAKEN BY CITY STAFF AND FUNDING STATUS.
THIS DATABASE SHOULD BE LINKED TO THE CITY COUNCIL VOTE TRACKING DATABASE PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED BY THE CTT C COUNCIL COMMITTEE.
AGENDA ITEM REQUEST 20 21 0 5 13.
A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, UH, APOLOGIZE, UH, FOR THAT BRIEF, UH, RABBIT HOLE.
UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME, I DO WANT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE THAT BACKGROUND DOCUMENT.
SO IF YOU COULD FORWARD THAT TO THE COMMISSION.
WITH THAT, I MOVE THAT WE VOTE TO APPROVE THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA REQUEST.
I'LL SECOND, UM, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE HIGHLIGHTING ON THE FORMAT IS REMOVED BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SUBMIT IT TO COUNCIL.
LEMME MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PLATES.
SO THEN THE, THE PART THAT I READ THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DELETED, IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? NO, JUST THE FORMATTING
UH, YES, TO BE CLEAR, UH, YEAH, THIS WILL HAVE A NICE PRETTY CITY OF AUSTIN LETTERHEAD.
UM, AND I'M CONFIDENT IT WON'T BE IN YELLOW HIGHLIGHT
BUT WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MYSELF AS CHAIR AND A SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DACA, SO WE CAN HOLD A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS MOTION, THIS, UH, COUNCIL, EXCUSE ME, THIS BOARD AND COMMISSION COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA ITEM REQUEST AS SUBMITTED WITHOUT THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHT, PLEASE SAY, AYE AND SHOW YOUR HAND.
IS THERE ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY.
AND THERE'S, IS THERE ANY ABSTENTIONS? UH, YEAH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, DO THAT VOTE ONE MORE TIME.
I'M SORRY, FOR THE RECORD, UH, JUST SO I CAN SEE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR PRETTY FACES AND YOUR HANDS AGAIN, EVERYONE, UH, UH, WHO APPROVES THIS AND VOTES AFFIRMATIVE, PLEASE SAY, AYE AND SHARE YOUR HAND.
IS THERE ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY.
AND NO ONE ABSTAINING WITH THAT, THEN WE ARE APPROVING THIS REQUEST.
SEVEN AFFIRMATIVE, ZERO OPPOSED, ZERO ABSTENTIONS UNANIMOUSLY.
[2. FY 24 Commission Budget Priorities (Commission Discussion and Action)]
WITH THAT, THEN WE PROCEED IN OUR AGENDA TO AGENDA ITEM F UH, IT'S NUMBER TWO UNDER THIS DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM SECTION, FISCAL YEAR 2024, COMMISSION BUDGET PRIORITIES, DISCUSSION, COMMISSION, DISCUSSION, AND ACTION.SO, AS WE KNOW, UH, WE LEFT OUR LAST MEETING WITH A FEW DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED WE WANTED TO MAKE OFFICIAL BUDGET REQUESTS FOR, AND WE HAVE DRAFTS FOR A FEW OF THOSE ITEMS IN THE QUEUE.
AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN AGREE, UH, ABOUT THEM AND THEN APPROVE THEM TODAY TO GET THEM ON TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND IF NOT, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
BUT WITH THAT, THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND, AND JUMP INTO ONE YOU'VE GOT FIRST, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH FIRST.
SO AS EVERYONE CAN SEE ON THEIR SCREEN, UH, THERE WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.
AS WE ALL KNOW, UH, WE'VE BEEN, I THINK, PRIVILEGED TO HAVE HISTORIC FUNDING FOCUSED ON AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY, UH, BROADBAND FOR ALL AT A VARIETY OF LEVELS, UH, STATE AND FEDERAL.
WE ALSO HAVE EXISTING FUNDS THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY FUNDING AND, AND OTHER SOURCES, UH, THAT CAN BE USED FOR SIMILAR THINGS.
WELL, THAT COMBINED WITH SOME DATA, UH, THAT, WELL, LET ME PAUSE FOR A SECOND.
THAT COMBINED WITH WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF INCOME DISPARITY, UH, THAT AFFECTS THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, PROBABLY MAKES IT NO SURPRISE THEN THAT WE HAVE DATA CONFIRMING A HIGH ELIGIBILITY
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RATE AMONGST AUSTIN RESIDENTS.UM, UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IS A HIGH ENROLLMENT RATE FOR ACP.
AND, UH, THAT IS NOT WITHSTANDING, UH, THE EFFORTS OF ARTERO OFFICE, UH, OF OUR SENIOR INFORMATION, UH, SENIOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, BREONNA GOWING, UH, AND, AND HER COLLEAGUES TRY TO GET THE WORD OUT.
I KNOW THAT SHE'S STAFFED A, A, A BUNCH OF EVENTS AND HAS BEEN PUSHING OUT TO OUR LISTSERV, WORRIED ABOUT A C P AND WORRIED ABOUT GRANTS THAT SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE ACP.
HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, WE STILL HAVE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND FAMILIES OR HOUSEHOLDS IN AUSTIN THAT ARE NOT ENROLLED.
AND SO IT SPEAKS TO AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, IT SPEAKS TO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A MASSIVE CAMPAIGN, UH, TO PUSH THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM, UH, WORRIED ABOUT IT, UH, IN PARTICULAR TO AUDIENCES WHERE ELIGIBILITY IS CLEAR BECAUSE THEY QUALIFY FOR SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE, THEY QUALIFY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, WIC, AND, AND SO ON.
SO WE TOOK THAT INTO ADVISEMENT IN OUR WORKING GROUP AND AGREED, UH, WITH, UH, BROAD CONSIST THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR A CAMPAIGN TO FUND AWARENESS.
AND THAT LEADS ME TO THIS DRAFT.
I'LL GIVE Y'ALL A CHANCE TO JUST KIND OF READ OVER THE INITIAL PART OF IT WHILE I PULL IT UP ON MY SCREEN SINCE I CAN'T FOLLOW ALONG EASILY, BUT GOT IT HERE.
NOW, I CAN'T FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE, THE SLIDE CONTENT.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR, WHEREAS OUR STATED VISION IS FOR AUSTIN TO BE A BEACON OF SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIAL EQUITY, AND ECONO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WHERE DIVERSITY AND CREATIVITY ARE CELEBRATED, WHERE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND VALUES ARE RECOGNIZED, WHERE LEADERSHIP COMES FROM AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND WHERE THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE ARE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL, WHERE IT IS THE DEFINED RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMMUNITY.
TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.
CTT C ACCORDING TO OUR BYLAWS, TO ADVISE CITY COUNCIL ON COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, AND NEW SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS TO HELP REALIZE THE STATED VISION ABOVE.
WHEREAS THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM, ACP IS A FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION S E C PROGRAM THAT HELPS CONNECT FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS STRUGGLING TO AFFORD INTERNET SERVICE, WHEREAS THERE ARE EXISTING FUNDING SOURCES WHICH CAN BE USED TO PROMOTE ACP AWARENESS.
AND CLEARLY I'M NOW IN NOTE MORE, NOTE MORE, UH, NOTE MODE THERE WITH MUST NAME, UH, SOURCES AND AMOUNTS.
BUT I DID EARLIER, UH, EXAMPLES BEING, UH, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND, UH, CORONAVIRUS MITIGATION FUNDING, WHEREAS RECENT DATA, UH, AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME SOURCES, UH, WHICH WE COULD CALL ON HERE.
AND I'M HOPING THAT SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES THAT ARE ONLINE MIGHT BE ABLE TO EASILY NAME THEM FOR US, UH, BECAUSE THESE NUMBERS ARE ONES THAT I'VE HEARD THEM QUOTE.
UH, BUT THOSE SOURCES REFLECT THAT OVER 100,000.
UH, AND THERE'S A MORE EXACT NUMBER WHICH WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY INCLUDE, BUT, OR WE COULD JUST BE GENERAL, UH, EL ELIGIBLE AUSTIN AREA FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS HAVE NOT ENROLLED IN ACP, AND WE COULD ADD MORE, BUT IT GETS DOWN TO THE RECOMMENDATION.
SO IF YOU COULD SCROLL DOWN TO THAT, UH, FOR NOW.
NOW THEREFORE, WE RESOLVED AT THE CT TC RECOMMENDS THAT APPROPRIATE BUDGETS BE ALLOCATED TO EXECUTE A CITYWIDE MULTIMEDIA CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE THE ACP TO ALL ELIGIBLE AUSTIN AREA COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THE C TTC FURTHER RECOMMENDS THAT THIS CAMPAIGN SHOULD FOCUS ON PROMOTING ACP TO AUDIENCES WHO CURRENTLY QUALIFY FOR SNAP MAP, WIC FREE LUNCH, AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS WHERE ACP ELIGIBILITY IS AUTOMATIC WITH QUALIFICATION.
FURTHER, THE CT CT, UH, C TTC RECOMMENDS THAT ADVERTISEMENT FOR ACP SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING OUTLETS.
UH, MEDIA ADDS TO EL MUNO, THE LARGEST SPANISH LANGUAGE PAPER IN AUSTIN.
UH, AND BY THE WAY, I WANNA THANK BRIANNA GALLING GALLING FOR PROVIDING THESE NUMBERS, UH, WITH A ONE EIGHTH PAGE COLOR AD FOR 3 75 OR A ONE FOURTH, UH, PAGE AD AT, UH, 1575.
I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SMALLER NUMBER THERE.
UH, THE AUSTIN SOUTH ASIAN, UH, APPROXIMATELY
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$200 FOR A BLACK AND WHITE, OR $300 PER COLOR AND A HUNDRED FOR ONLINE BANNER AD C O O P RADIO, UH, WITH $200 FOR 10 SPOTS AND 1 25 FOR WEB AT WEB A PER MONTH.AND CAP METRO BUS ADS ADDS HAD $500 FOR THREE QUEEN SIZE BUS ADS AND FIVE AND 50, EXCUSE ME, INTERIOR SIGNS, UH, THAT TOTAL COMES TO APPROXIMATELY $1,500.
UH, WITH THAT LOWER FIGURE, I PRESUME FOR THE EIGHTH PAGE COLOR AD ABOVE, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO, UH, WELL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A GENERAL STATEMENT ABOUT HOW, UH, THIS EFFORT HOPEFULLY WILL INCLUDE SOME MORE FLOWERY LANGUAGE TO CLOSE THIS OUT WITH, UH, WHICH I THINK IS SIMPLE ENOUGH FOR US TO DO AND ACHIEVE, BUT LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANY KIND OF FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS.
UH, WE REALLY BASICALLY WANTED TO START MARKING THIS UP AND MAKING CHANGES, UH, PULLING STUFF OUT, UH, OR JUST TO PRESS PAUSE IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S ANY ISSUE WITH THIS WHOLE CONCEPT, AND THEN TALK THAT OUT.
UH, YES, COMMISSIONER GARZA QUESTION.
WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF THIS CAMPAIGN? UH, GOOD QUESTION.
UH, SO I THINK WHEN, WHEN, WHEN I THINK OF LENGTH OF THE CAMPAIGN, IMMEDIATELY GO TO, UH, TWO THINGS, EITHER DURATION OR DEADLINE, RIGHT? UH, I THINK THAT WE HAVE A CURRENT DEADLINE FOR ACP ENROLLMENT THAT WE COULD USE AS A SIGNPOST MM-HMM.
SO I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE MAKE THAT BE LIKE THE DEADLINE, UH, FOR, UH, EXECUTING ALL OF OUR GOALS, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THEN IS YET TO BE DEFINED, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO HAVE, UH, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE LAST DAY TO SIGN UP, WE SHOULD BE BASICALLY PUSHING OUT CONTENT UNTIL THAT VERY LAST DAY.
BUT ALL THAT CONTENT NEEDS TO BE READY BY A DIFFERENT DEADLINE.
AND, AND IN TERMS OF, UH, OF IT ALL, I THINK I'M OPEN TO OTHER IDEAS AND, AND, AND FEEDBACK ON THAT.
BUT THO THOSE ARE MY INITIAL THOUGHTS.
ANYONE ELSE? YES, THIS IS COMMISSIONER YATES HERE, AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A LEGAL OBLIGATION ON THE PART OF RADIO STATIONS TO AIR PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AND SO, UM, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE THE, THE BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE RADIO AND ADD IT TO ANOTHER, UH, ITEM, BUDGET ITEM ON THAT LIST THERE.
UH, BECAUSE IT COULD BE THAT, UH, YOU COULD GET THAT RADIO, UH, UH, TIME FOR FREE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.
YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT CALL OUT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO GIVE OUR COLLEAGUES FROM TARA F S D A CHANCE TO ADDRESS THAT, CONSIDERING THEY'VE DONE THIS INITIAL RESEARCH, IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
JUST SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
UM, UH, I KNOW BRIANNA IS LISTENING, BUT UNFORTUNATELY SHE'S NOT ON THE CALL, SO I'LL JUMP IN WITH SOME OF THE DETAILS.
THE DATA IS ACTUALLY BASED ON THE COUNTY.
THERE ARE 128,482 ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS FOR A C P, OF WHICH, UM, 104,832 ARE UNENROLLED ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.
STILL, THAT MEANS THAT WE'VE ONLY HAD 18% SIGN UP FOR ACP SO FAR.
CAN I, CAN I GET YOU TO HOLD ON FOR ONE SECOND.
I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, UPDATE OUR, OUR RESOLUTION WITH THAT DATA.
IF I CAN, WOULD YOU REPEAT THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN? SURE.
UM, THERE ARE 128,000 FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO ONE TWO EIGHT FOUR EIGHTY TWO ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.
I COULDN'T FIND CHAT TO PUT THIS IN, SO I APOLOGIZE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO CHAT ON.
IS THERE A WAY FOR ME TO PUT THIS SOMEWHERE FOR Y'ALL? UH, WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE NOTING IT HERE, SO WE HAVE IT.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TELL US.
AND OF THAT 104,832 ARE UNENROLLED ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.
CAN YOU RUN THAT BY US ONE MORE TIME? ABSOLUTELY.
1 0 4 8 32 ARE UNENROLLED ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.
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OF COURSE THAT WOULD MEAN THAT ABOUT 18% HAVE, UH, ENROLLED IN ACP SO FAR, AND THAT'S COUNTY BASE.AND OF COURSE, THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT THE LIONS SHARE IS IN AUSTIN BECAUSE OF THE AREAS OF NEED IN MOSTLY IN AUSTIN.
AND THE DATA, UM, WAS SHARED WITH US FROM AN FCC REPRESENTATIVE.
HOWEVER, UM, THEY CONFIRMED THAT NEITHER THE FCC NOR USAC, WHICH ACTUALLY IS A UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND, UH, IT'S A UNIVERSAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPANY OF, UH, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE FCC HAD COME UP WITH THESE NUMBERS.
HOWEVER, THERE'S A GROUP THAT COMPILED IT, THAT A FCC SHARED IT ON AN ONLINE, UM, VENUE, AND IT WAS COMPILED BY THE APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION.
AND THEY USE TWO SETS OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA, THE USACS, ACP ENROLLMENT AND CLAIMS TRACKER.
THERE'S A TRACKER THAT KEEPS TRACK OF ZIP CODES AS WELL AS COUNTIES IN UNITED STATES AND THE POVERTY DATA BY COUNTY THROUGH THE CENSUS DATA.
THAT'S HOW THIS DATA WAS COMPILED.
UH, CAN THIS UP UPDATE? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.
SO THE DATA, ACP ENROLLMENT DATA IS FROM JUNE, 2022.
AND, UM, THE LATEST SHOULD BE UPDATED SOON.
IT'S JUST THAT THIS IS THE LATEST GREATEST DATA.
SO THE, IT'S 1 0 4 UNENROLLED AS OF JUNE, 2022.
SO WITH, WITH THAT, UH, INSIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UH, SO WITH THAT THEN, I'M BASICALLY AMENDING THIS, WHEREAS STATEMENT AS FOLLOWS, WHEREAS JUNE, 2022, TRAVIS COUNTY DATA REFLECTS THAT OF 128,482 ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.
THERE ARE 104,832 UNENROLLED HOUSEHOLDS OR FAMILIES, UH, REFLECTING ONLY 18% ENROLLMENT.
AND, UH, REFLECTING 18%, ONLY 18% ENROLLMENT BY ELIGIBLE AUSTIN AREA FAMILIES BY ELIGIBLE AUSTIN AREA, UH, FAMILY.
UH, SO, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU ASKED ABOUT TIME AND, AND, UH, AND WE SHOULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO THAT.
UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT NAILED DOWN NECESSARILY, UM, BUT WE SHOULD SPEAK TO IT IN TERMS OF GOALS FOR THE CAMPAIGN, YOU KNOW, UH, BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE BUDGET IS ONE THING IF WE DON'T RECOMMEND, OR RATHER, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE TO REALLY DO A, A TON OF HANDHOLDING, I THINK, ON THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, EAGER PARTNERS READY TO, TO RUN WITH THIS.
UM, BUT WHAT WE MAY WANNA DO IS PROVIDE A STRUCTURE, UH, IN LIGHT OF WHAT WE KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.
UH, AND I THINK WE'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO IT.
SO THEN I GUESS THE RESOLUTION COULD THEN DO IT MORE FORMALLY.
UH, SO WE'VE GOT A, A RECOMMENDATION IN TERMS OF FUNDING.
IF THERE ARE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS WE SHOULD MAKE, THEN BASED ON THAT AND, AND, AND OUR GOALS, I HAVE A QUESTION THAT'S TIED TO THAT.
IF, IF WHOEVER'S CONTROLLING THE SCREEN GO CAN SCROLL DOWN TO THE FUNDING CONTENT 1500, IS THAT THE AMOUNT THAT TARA IS SUGGESTING? UM, CUZ THERE'S JUST SOME INCONSISTENCIES THERE.
I SEE EL MUNO ONE EIGHTH PAGE COLOR 3 75 AND IT SAYS 1575, BUT THEN IT, IT SAYS TOTAL FOR THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN IS 1500.
UH, WHEN I, WHEN I READ THIS EARLIER, UH, I CALLED THAT OUT BECAUSE I NOTICED HOW THAT OBVIOUSLY WOULD BLOW THE BUDGET.
IT WOULD DOUBLE IT IF IT WAS TO BE THE LARGE AD.
UH, BASED ON MY QUICK MATH, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THAT APPROXIMATE TOTAL IS BASICALLY EVERYTHING EXCEPT
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FOR THAT LARGE ITEM, UH, RIGHT, FIVE SEVEN.IS IT, THAT QUARTER PAGE IS A TYPO BECAUSE I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN GO FROM AN EIGHTH OF A PAGE TO A QUARTER OF A PAGE AND IT'D BE THAT MUCH OF AN INCREASE.
THAT ONE IS PROBABLY NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
WELL IN ANY CASE, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS, IS 1500 THE RIGHT NUMBER? UM, DO WE WANT TO SUGGEST MORE THAN THAT? I MEAN, TO ME, FOR A COUNTYWIDE CAMPAIGN, 1500 DOESN'T SEEM LIKE VERY MUCH, I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING WHEN YOU'LL HAVE TALKING ABOUT LIKE 82% OF HOUSEHOLDS NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A CITYWIDE INITIATIVE.
IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY LOW NUMBER.
AND MY QUESTION AROUND THE LENGTH WAS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING SO QUICKLY THAT WE ONLY HAVE TIME TO DO IT ONCE? OR CUZ THIS IS JUST GIVING YOU FIGURES, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY WE'RE GONNA GET IT EVERY WEEK.
ARE WE'RE GONNA PUT A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER HOUR OR JUST LIKE ONCE.
UH, AND SO THAT'S WHERE THAT QUESTION WAS BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT, I WONDER WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE IF WE ONLY DO A 1500 BUDGET AND ONLY DO AN ADVERTISEMENT ONCE SHARE.
UH, UH, COTON I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO JUMP IN JUST TO BE CLEAR, RIGHT.
UH, THESE NUMBERS, UH, ARE DEFINITELY PRELIMINARY NUMBERS.
UH, AND THERE ARE, THERE IS AN ENUMERATION OF A CERTAIN QUANTITY OF SPOTS FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CO-OP RADIO, FOR EXAMPLE.
UH, BUT I'D LIKE TO GIVE, UH, COTANA A CHANCE CAUSE SHE MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS, UH, FROM, UH, BRIANNA'S RESEARCH ON THIS.
UH, BUT, UH, SO KOTTON, PLEASE FREE TO JUMP IN NOW.
SO, UH, BRIANNA'S GONNA TRY TO JUMP ON THE CALL SO THAT SHE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS DIRECTLY.
SHE'S ACTUALLY WATCHING ONLINE.
UM, SO SHE'S GONNA TRY AND I THINK SHE CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION.
SHE WAS TEXTING THAT THESE AD RATES ARE OLD OKAY.
AND THAT SHE CAN DO MORE RESEARCH TO FIND THE EXACT AMOUNT.
AND ON THE TIMETABLE, I JUST WANTED TO LET THE COMMISSION KNOW THAT FROM THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING, THERE IS NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN DOWN, BUT FROM THE CONVERSATIONS WITH VARIOUS FEDERAL AGENCIES, STATE AGENCIES, PRACTITIONERS, IT SEEMS THAT A CCP WILL BE RECONSIDERED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND OR SUSTAINED FUNDING AND OR RUN OUT OF FUNDING IN 18 MONTHS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE FALL OF 2024 ISH, I WOULD THINK SOME, AND WHICH IS OUR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF, UM, WHAT THE WORD IS AROUND THAT.
BUT BRIANNA SHOULD BE ABLE TO JUMP ON SOON.
BUT THAT'S HELPFUL THOUGH, BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW BASED ON THAT IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, 18 MONTHS, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT GIVES US TO, WELL, WE HAVE 18 MONTHS TO TRY TO RE REACH MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT, RIGHT.
UH, AND SO THAT GIVES US X A NUMBER OF MONTHS TO PLAN A CAMPAIGN.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FOLLOWING, EVEN IF WE WERE, WERE TO TAKE A QUARTER TO DO IT, WE'D HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AND A QUARTER TO THEN PUSH IT OUT.
UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THAT LONG, UH, TO DO THIS KIND OF CAMPAIGN.
YOU KNOW, I, I FIGURED, I FEEL AS THOUGH IT SHOULD TAKE US A MONTH MAX TO GET THE, THE CONTENT TOGETHER AND THEN BASICALLY JUST TO START PUSHING IT OUT, UH, IS MY THOUGHT.
UM, BUT WE DO NEED TO HAVE BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT BUDGET ENTAILS AND WHAT THAT MEANS.
CAN CAN I JUST ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION TO CLICK ON PLEASE? SO DID, DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT IN 2024, ACP FUNDING WILL, WILL IS SCHEDULED TO RUN OUT.
SO INDIVIDUALS ENJOYING THAT BENEFIT NOW WILL NO LONGER HAVE AFTER THAT PERIOD? UH, WE DON'T KNOW.
UH, THERE IS NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN FORMALLY COMMUNICATED THAT'S JUST, UM, AS WE'RE THINKING THROUGH ACP AND POSSIBLE SUSTAINABILITY MODELS FOR ACP, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING, UM, FROM FCC AND OTHERS.
SO I CAN'T ANSWER THAT DIRECTLY.
WE DON'T KNOW EITHER IT WILL BE EXTENDED OR IT WILL, UM, BE, UM, ELIMINATED SO THAT ANOTHER, I THINK THE REASON THAT THEY'RE TELLING US THAT THERE'S A TIMELINE OR A POSSIBLE TIMELINE IS SO THAT WE CAN GET THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FOLKS SIGNED UP WHO QUALIFY FOR IT, AND IT COULD BENEFIT FROM IT SO THAT THE CASE COULD BE MADE THAT THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS BEING USED BY FOLKS
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IN THE UNITED STATES, ESPECIALLY LET'S SAY AUSTIN AS WELL.SO THAT POSSIBLY COULD CONTINUE WITH THE FUNDING.
YEAH, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION TOO.
BASICALLY LIKE EVERY MONTH THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING THIS OUT, THERE IS ONE MORE MONTH THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT ENROLLING, THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BENEFIT FROM IF THERE IS A DEADLINE FOR THAT TO END.
AND THAT'S WHY I, I'VE GOT A SENSE OF URGENCY.
I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
I KNOW THAT, UM, WHAT UNDERLIES THIS AND, AND, AND WHEN I HEARD THE STATEMENT BY COTAN, I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THE QUESTION VICE CHAIR, BECAUSE
EITHER IT'S GONNA BE EXTENDED SUNSET, UH, RIGHT.
EITHER, EITHER IT'S GOING TO BE EXTENDED AND REFUNDED.
OR IT'S GONNA BE SUNSET, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE TWO.
AND, UM, TO THE POINT THAT WAS JUST MADE, THE MORE ENROLLMENT WE HAVE, THEN THE HARDER IT IS, I THINK, TO SUNSET, UH, RIGHT.
UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS APPROPRIATELY BECAUSE WE ARE CLEARLY JUST ACTING AS A CONDUIT TO A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT WE DON'T FUND.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE DEMONSTRATE THE NEED, THEN MAYBE WE CAN JUSTIFY FUNDING IT AS A COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, BUT GETTING TO THAT INVOLVEMENT SPACE, I THINK IS KEY.
UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION, UM, ABOUT THE, UM, ABOUT BEING ABLE TO TARGET THE, THE POPULATION KNOWING THE BEST MEDIA OPTIONS.
LIKE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN, I MEAN, TO ME, THESE LOOK REALLY ALMOST GENERAL AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE KNOW IF THESE PARTICULAR OUTLETS, UM, ARE, ARE GOING TO HIT THE TARGETED POPULATION THAT NEEDS TO, YOU KNOW, THAT NEEDS TO GET THE MESSAGE.
UH, I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.
I KNOW WHEN I, WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS LIST AND, AND I, AND AGAIN, I, I THANK BRIANNA FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
UH, WHEN I STARTED LOOKING AT THE LIST, UH, OF COURSE I REMEMBERED OUR CONVERSATION IN THE WORKING GROUP, UH, AND HOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CAP METRO AND A VISION WHERE WE SEE THESE UP ON THE BUSES.
WE, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, NPR AND, AND, YOU KNOW, HEARING IT ON THE RADIO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO, AS IS LISTED A VARIETY OF OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC FOCUSED OUTLETS, UH, WHICH INCLUDE AFFECTED POPULATIONS.
I MEAN, THERE'S, IN ADDITION TO ONES LISTED, I I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PUBLICATIONS FOCUSED ON SENIORS, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WHERE THAT WOULD ALSO, UH, HELP TO FOCUS ON, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, A SUBSET OF THE POPULATION THAT IS DIRECTLY IMPACTED, YOU KNOW, UH, SO I, I THINK THAT EFFORT CAN CERTAINLY BE PUT INTO, YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGY FOR OUTREACH AND, AND A LOT OF THE FACT THAT BRIANNA WANTS TO GET UPDATED INFORMATION ANYWAY, IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, TO TAKE THIS NOW AT THIS DRAFT PHASE AND BASICALLY START THINKING ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS WE KNOW WE MIGHT NEED TO TRY TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT OR DIFFERENT OUTLETS, UH, AND THEN TO, YOU KNOW, START TO COMPILING, UH, COMPILING A LIST THAT WE WANT BRIANNA TO RESEARCH, UH, TO ADD TO THAT.
UM, AND TO, TO QUANTIFY THE BUDGET BASED UPON ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE KNOW WE WANNA TRY TO HAVE OUTREACH.
UH, YES, COMMISSIONER, UH, GARZA, I DON'T REMEMBER FROM EARLIER ON THE DOCUMENT, BUT DOES IT TALK A LOT AT ALL ABOUT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CAPACITY IS FOR TARA, UM, AROUND TRAIN TO TRAINER MODELS, WHETHER THERE IS SOME SOMEBODY ON STAFF, STAFF THAT IS ALREADY RE PREPARED TO TRAIN FOLKS WHO WORK WITH OUR TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET THEM ENROLLED.
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, US AND WHEN SOMEBODY KNOW OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO CASE MANAGEMENT AND ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT WITH CLIENTS WHERE LIKE WE, FOR EXAMPLE, ALREADY HELP OUR CLIENTS APPLY FOR WIC, APPLY FOR OTHER BENEFITS THAT THEY MIGHT BE, UM, ELIGIBLE FOR.
SO IT'S JUST EASIER FOR US TO LIKE, HAVE ONE PERSON THAT COMES, TALKS TO FOLKS WHO WORK ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE CLIENTS AND TEACH THEM HOW TO DO IT, ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS, WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THEM, UH, AND THEN DO THAT WITH LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY LIKE NONPROFIT PARTNERS IN THE CITY THAT, UH, THAT DO THAT BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO, IF YOU'RE ALREADY IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU DO NOT HAVE INTERNET, YOU ALREADY ARE NOT RECEIVING BENEFITS, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF MISTRUST OF ADVERTISEMENTS AND OF SAYING, OH, WE'RE GONNA GET YOU THIS THING, BUT ALSO WE CAN TAKE IT AWAY IN A YEAR.
AND SO I DO THINK THAT HAVING TRUSTED
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COMMUNITY PARTNERS IS GOING TO BE KEY FOR, FOR THIS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.AND FOR THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME TYPE OF, WHETHER IT'S A TRAIN TO TRAIN MODEL OR JUST ACCESS TO A POINT PERSON WITHIN TARA THAT CAN HELP, UM, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS PUT THAT TOGETHER.
UH, I, THANKFULLY, UM, I'LL SAY THAT WE DO HAVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE ALREADY.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE, UH, OUR COLLEAGUES FROM, FROM TARA A CHANCE TO, TO SPEAK TO THAT.
I KNOW THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT A VARIETY, UH, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WITH, UH, THE FUNDING OF, UH, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE DEDICATED FUNDING FOR TRAINING THE TRAINER RELATED TO ACP.
UH, BUT I'D LIKE TO GIVE, UH, OUR FOLKS THE CITY A CHANCE TO RESPOND.
UH, I THINK BRIANNA IS ON, I'M GOING TO ASK BRIANNA TO SPEAK AND THEN I CAN FOLLOW UP.
I HAVE BEEN TRAINED, THE, UM, ACTUALLY THE FCC OUTREACH OFFICE HAS GOT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WILL DO TRAIN THE TRAINER.
SO I TOOK THE CLASS ALONG ONLINE ALONG WITH THE TRAVIS COUNTY OUTREACH TEAM.
AUSTIN FRIEDAN ALSO SCHEDULED A CLASS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED, I BELIEVE, GOODWILL AND THERE'S SOME OTHERS.
SO AT THIS POINT, I THINK IT'S SAFER TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE FCC DO THE ONE HOUR TRAIN THE TRAINER VERSUS ME.
BUT I CAN DEFINITELY SIGN PEOPLE UP AND I'M REGISTERED AND I HAVE MY NUMBER AND, UM, CAN TAKE PEOPLE THROUGH THE APPLICATION AS WELL AS OTHERS.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME RESOURCES DEDICATED TO TOWARDS IT.
DOES THAT HELP? TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I KNOW THAT, UH, WHEN I LOOK AT IT FROM A STANDPOINT OF THIS CAMPAIGN, UH, AND MAYBE THIS IS WHERE YOUR QUESTION LEADS, UH, YOU KNOW, WOULD IT BE USEFUL TO INCLUDE BUDGET FOR TRAIN THE TRAINER PERHAPS IN THIS RECOMMENDATION? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NECESSARY.
UM, BUT I CAN APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE VERY NEXT STEP WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, AWARENESS IS ACTUALLY THE SIGNUP PROCESS.
RIGHT? I, I THINK THAT WHAT WE WILL HAVE HOPEFULLY IS, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE CURRENT RESOURCES ON THE RESOURCE GUIDE, JUST A LIST OF PROVIDERS THEY COULD GO TO BASED UPON THEIR, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS AND OR, UH, COMMUNITY LOCATION WHERE THEY COULD RELY ON AN ORGANIZATION TO HELP THEM SIGN UP.
UH, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I ENVISION.
UH, AND I THINK WE'RE ALREADY BASICALLY TEED UP TO DO THAT AFTER WE DO THE CAMPAIGN WITH FUTURE VERSIONS OF OUR RESOURCE GUIDE.
I GUESS VICE CHAIR, CHAIR PIT SUGGEST THIS DOES, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE'RE GOING TO, TO WORK THROUGH THE LANGUAGE ON THIS SPECIFIC RESOLUTION HERE TONIGHT.
THERE'S STILL PRICING THAT NEEDS TO BE RESEARCHED.
IT SOUND, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S LANG LANGUAGE IN, IN THE, WHEREAS STATEMENTS THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE EDITED.
I, I SEE SOME GRAMMATICAL ERRORS.
I WOULD SUGGEST WE ASSIGN THIS RESOLUTION TO ONE OF THE WORKING GROUPS TO TAKE OFFLINE, GET IN A GOOD PLACE, AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE FULL GROUP.
UH, THAT ECHOES THE SENTIMENT I STATED EARLIER.
THIS IS CLEARLY IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL RESEARCH, UM, AND UPDATED DATA POINTS ON MEDIA ADVERTISING.
UM, SO WITH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UNLESS THERE'S OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO DELIBERATE ON CONCEPTUALLY, UH, ARE WE STILL ALL IN SUPPORT OF THIS EFFORT? ARE WE ALL ALL STILL IN SUPPORT OF, UH, BASICALLY ENTERING TO THE WORKING GROUP DISCUSSION, BUT DOING A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL SOURCES PERHAPS FOR, UH, FOR MEDIA ADVERTISEMENT? WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING BUDGET REQUESTS? UH, I BELIEVE IT'S MAY 1ST IF I READ IT CORRECTLY.
UH, BUT I CAN DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT AND I'LL HAVE A CORRECTED DATE TOMORROW IN THE MORNING IN AN EMAIL.
SO WE CAN HAVE ONE MORE MEETING IN ORDER TO GET TOGETHER BUDGET REQUESTS THEN.
WELL, THAT, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.
UH, YOU KNOW, THIS CADENCE, WE BASICALLY HAVE TWO MORE THIS MEETING AND ONE MORE.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THE WORK PLAN RETREAT, BUT AT THAT POINT, THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE, AND THAT'LL BE PART OF OUR PLANNING EFFORT.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S STILL TIME.
AND THAT MEETING SHOULD HOPEFULLY INCLUDE, UH, EVERYONE THAT'S ON THE CALL TODAY.
I'M GETTING A TEXT FROM JESSE RODRIGUEZ, IF I MAY.
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PLEASE.UM, HE'S SAYING THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MOST LIKELY DUE THIS MONTH.
IF IT'S NOT PASSED TODAY, THE COMMISSION WOULD NEED TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING TO GET THIS PASSED.
UH, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
AND HE'S TEXTING SOME MORE FOR A GUY.
HE'S NOT WELL, BUT HE KEEPS TEXTING.
WELL, WE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, UH, YES, AND HE ALSO WANTED TO SHARE CHAIR PITTS AS WELL.
HE'S TYPING A CLARIFICATION TO PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE A 50,000 CONTRACT WITH AUSTIN FREENET TO DO THE SIGNUPS FOR, UM, AFFORDABILITY CONNECTIVITY PROGRAMS IN CITY OF AUSTIN.
SO THAT'S THE DEDICATED, UH, RESOURCE WE HAVE, THAT'S THE DEDICATED, THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, AND THAT'S CONTRACTED TO THE CITY IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER PARTNERS THAT CAN ALSO HELP THAT WITH OUR TRAINING, THE TRAINER AND, AND THE GRANT SOURCES.
IN THAT CASE, THEN IT DOES MAKE MORE SENSE THAT WE FOCUS ON AN ADVERTISEMENT CAMPAIGN.
SO THEN, UH, IN A LOT OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE NECESSARILY WAITING FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION, UH, ABOUT WHO WE CAN ADVERTISE WITH AND HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST, DO WE WANT TO JUST PICK A FIGURE AND, AND, AND IDENTIFY THAT AS THE GOAL SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE OUTLETS IDENTIFIED YET SPECIFICALLY, AND WE HAVEN'T GOT SOME SAMPLES, SOME EXAMPLES, I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR THIS COMMISSION TO, UM, SPECIFY ANY COSTS WHATSOEVER AND JUST SAY, UM, THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE THINK NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THIS PROGRAM.
AND THIS IS A, THIS IS A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN LEAVE IT UP TO THE, UH, C CITY OFFICES TO, UH, NEGOTIATE WITH ANY OF THESE, UH, MEDIA OUTLETS FOR, UH, ADVERTISING.
LEMME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT FEEDBACK, COMMISSIONER YATES, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO, UH, RECOMMEND A BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR THIS CAMPAIGN, BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IT'S INAPPROPRIATE FOR US TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE AMOUNT.
IS THAT ACCURATE? NO, NOT THE, NOT THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
JUST, UM, SAY, UM, FOR, UH, FOR ONLINE BANNERS, $200 OR, OR WHATEVER, UM, WE, WE JUST SAY, UM, WE, WE RECOMMEND, UH, PROBABLY $1,500 IS KIND OF LOW, UH, CONSIDERING INFLATION IN THE LAST YEAR.
SO IF WE BOOSTED THAT UP TO TWO, $2,000 AND THEN SAID, UM, HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT MEDIA OUTLETS THAT COULD USE THIS MONEY FOR PROMOTION, UH, YES.
AND, AND TO THAT POINT, YOU JUST, UM, YOU JUST TRIGGERED SOMETHING FOR ME, IT MAY BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR US TO CALL OUT SPECIFIC ENTITIES TO, TO PLACE MEDIA ADS WITH.
UM, SO PERHAPS MOVING FORWARD IT MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO DESIGNATE A DOLLAR, FOR EXAMPLE, SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, UM, SPANISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS GENERALLY, AS OPPOSED TO NAMING THEM AS WE'VE DONE CURRENTLY.
CAN I, AND JUST, AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, UHHUH
AND SO IF WE HAD TO LIKE, MAYBE TAKE SOME FROM RADIO SPOTS AND PUT IT TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, PAPER, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T BE IN SO MUCH.
SO I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO DO A HIGH LEVEL BUDGET VERSUS REALLY DETAILED.
SO JUST SO I'M, I'M, I'M HEARING A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS BECAUSE MY INITIAL SUGGESTION, UH, AFTER THE FEEDBACK WAS THAT WE PUT A NUMBER OUT THERE AND WE SAY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO, GENERALLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THIS IS WE CAN'T NAME SPECIFIC, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC, UH, A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, ADD TO THAT, UH, WE NOW HAVE FEEDBACK THAT MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T PUT ANY ORGANIZATIONS AT ALL.
ALTHOUGH, UH, I CAN GUESS THE JUSTIFICATION, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.
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WOULDN'T BE COMPREHENSIVE OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.I, I MEAN, FROM MY PER PERSPECTIVE, I THINK SO BECAUSE I STILL SEE RADIO, I MEAN LIKE K IS THE, I'S NOT ON HERE, RIGHT? K IS NOT ON HERE, YOU KNOW, AND SO I COULD JUST THINK OF OTHER, EVEN JUST RADIO OUTLETS.
NICOLE'S NOT ON THERE OR, OR WHATEVER THE, UM, YOU KNOW, EAST AUSTIN REGIONAL OR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER IS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING ON THERE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE MAYBE FLYERS TO GO TO S I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I COULD THINK OF SO MANY OTHER LIKE, EASY, UM, MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES THAT AREN'T EVEN ON HERE.
I I GUESS JUST TO, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE, UH, ABOUT WHAT OUR, OUR ENDGAME IS BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, AS YOU, AS YOU GO THROUGH A LIST OF DIFFERENT OUTLETS, UH, IT, IT RAISES THE, THE, THE QUESTION BASICALLY OF, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR BODY WHO REPRESENTS THE COMMUNITY, ARE WE GONNA BE SATISFIED WITH LEAVING THIS? THE CHOICE OF OF OF WHO AND HOW TO COMMUNICATE TO OTHERS.
UH, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S MY INITIAL QUESTION CUZ IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE RELINQUISHING THAT RESPONSIBILITY OR OPPORTUNITY BY JUST MAKING IT GENERAL.
UM, WHEREAS I DO UNDERSTAND, AGAIN, THE CHALLENGE OF IF WE TAKE IT ON, OF HAVING TO THEN, YOU KNOW, LIST A VERY COMPREHENSIVE LIST.
UM, BUT I'M, I'M WONDERING WHO ELSE IS MORE APT TO OFFER COMMUNITY PUBLICATIONS UP THAN OUR, THAN THE COMMISSIONERS THEMSELVES, UM, OR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY? UH, SO I GUESS I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M, UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE IS THAT WE DECIDE IF WE, WE CAN AGREE ON ANYTHING TODAY, UH, THAT IS TIED TO BUDGET.
I THINK THAT WE CAN BE FAIRLY SPECIFIC WITHOUT NAMING ANY SPECIFIC MEDIA OUTLOOK COMPANY.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE SAY WE WANT A, UH, SPANISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER, WE WANT SPANISH LANGUAGE RADIO, UM, WE WANT SOME KIND OF ADS ON, UH, INTERNET OR ON, UH, BUS OR TAXI OR, OR ON SOME KIND OF, UH, MOBILE VEHICLE ADS.
SO WE COULD, UH, WE COULD CRAFT THE LANGUAGE TO BE SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WANT WITHOUT SP SPECIFYING ANY PARTICULAR COMPANY.
UH, IS THERE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON THAT, UH, UH, OR AGREEMENT? I AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT.
SO THEN WHAT NUMBER SHOULD WE PUT, I GUESS WHO HAS EXPERIENCE WITH YEAH.
EXECUTING A ADVERTISEMENT CAMPAIGN IN, IN TRAVIS COUNTY?
UH, BRIANNA DID, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE LOOKED INTO FOR OTHER THINGS OR CAN WEIGH ON NOW RELATED TO THIS EFFORT? I DIDN'T REALLY LOOK INTO PSA SPECIFICALLY.
I JUST THINK YOU HAVE SO LITTLE CONTROL OVER WHEN THEY RUN VERSUS AN AD.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN RUN AT TWO IN THE MORNING, BUT I REALLY JUST DIDN'T NOT, YOU KNOW, NAIL THAT DOWN.
THIS WAS KIND OF, IT WAS VERY PRELIMINARY.
IT'S A FEW MONTHS OLD AS I MENTIONED.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU A GUYS ROUNDABOUT.
IT WASN'T COMPLETE OR ANYTHING, JUST I SEE.
WELL, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT CANDOR AND IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE SITUATION BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A MONTH TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, DIRECTLY IMPACT THIS WITH CITY COUNCIL.
SO, UH, I THINK WE'VE GOTTA MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN AGREE ON A FIGURE.
UH, AND IF WE CAN'T, THEN WE HAVE TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING FOR THIS.
SO JUST TO UNDERSTAND CHAIR, FITZ, WE, UM, YOU WERE SAYING THAT TO HAVE SOMETHING PREPARED FOR MAY, IS THERE, IS IT ANY WAY POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD DO MORE RESEARCH SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A GOOD FIGURE? WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT ACTUALLY,
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YOU KNOW, CUZ I MEAN, THAT WAS A GOOD COMMENT THAT, UM, THAT COMMISSIONER YATES MADE ABOUT, UM, INFLATION AND ABOUT JUST BEING ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK, UM, ACCORDING TO THESE AND MAYBE ADD SOMETHING ELSE SO THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH A REALLY REALISTIC BUDGET.OR DO WE HAVE TO PROPOSE A NUMBER TODAY AND THEN WORK BACKWARDS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN FIT INTO THAT BUDGET.
UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, JESSE KIND OF MADE IT SIMPLER FOR US.
UH, HE'S WORKING, LISTENING TO OUR CALL AND CHIMED IN VIA TEXT.
OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATION HAS TO BE IN BY THE END OF THE MONTH, SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE UNTIL MAY.
UH, SO WE BASICALLY HAVE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
UH, IF WE CAN'T AGREE ABOUT IT TODAY, UH, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO THEN MEET AGAIN BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION AND WE'D HAVE TO AGREE TO THAT.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE WE'D ALSO HAVE TO, TO DEDICATE RESOURCES FOR THAT.
UM, I'M NOT SAYING IT ISN'T WORTH IT, UH, YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE IN THE DARK, I MEAN, UH, MAYBE IT'S WORTH IT, YOU KNOW.
UH, NOW HERE ON THE RECORD, WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR OPPORTUNITY IS AND, AND WHAT THE ASK IS, UH, OF, OF CITY STAFF TO, TO GET TOGETHER, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE INFORMATION WE NEED FOR THIS.
UH, SO I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY'RE CONF, I'M CONFIDENT THEY WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND OUR PRESENCE, UH, AND, AND COMMUNITY PUSH FOR ACP.
UH, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND LEVEL SET.
UH, UH, BRIANNA, SINCE YOU'RE ON THE CALL, UH, HOW QUICKLY DO YOU THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THESE ANSWERS? UH, WELL, I JUST HAVE TO DO SOME, YOU KNOW, RESEARCH AND CALL AROUND AND, UM, MAYBE EXPAND THE LIST A LITTLE BIT.
UH, I DON'T KNOW, GIVE ME A WEEK OR SO.
WELL, TODAY'S THE EIGHTH, UH, COMMISSIONER.
UH, SO A, A, A KEY QUESTION, BRIANNA, I THINK WOULD BE FOR PERHAPS OTHER SIMILAR CAMPAIGNS THAT TRAV THAT CITY DEPARTMENTS OR TRAVIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTS HAVE, HAVE EXECUTED ON.
LIKE FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE VACCINE CAMPAIGN COMES TO MIND.
WHAT WAS THE BUDGET ALLOCATED, UM, FOR THAT, THAT WOULD, NOT SAYING THAT WE NEED TO MATCH THAT OR ANYTHING, BUT THAT WOULD AT LEAST GIVE US A DATA POINT TO WORK BACKWARDS FROM.
UM, SO IF, IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBLE WAY TO PERHAPS GET A SIMILAR, UH, MARKETING CAMPAIGN THAT WAS EXECUTED WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN OR, OR TRAVIS COUNTY, UM, THAT WOULD HELP US SORT OF BREAK THINGS UP.
LET ME ADD TO THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GREAT CALL OUT.
UH, I, I THINK THAT WHEN WE TALKED YESTERDAY, UH, AND WE WERE, IT, IT WAS EITHER YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE, UH, AND VISION ZERO CAME UP, RIGHT? I, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
I THINK THE VACCINE CAMPAIGN, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, EVEN THE COMPLETE COUNT, UH, CENSUS CAMPAIGN, YOU MIGHT GET SOME INSIGHT FROM THEM ON WHAT THEIR BUDGET WAS WITH TRAVIS COUNTY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE GOT COMMON VISION ZERO.
SO BASICALLY THERE'S, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LIST OF CAMPAIGNS, UH, THAT ARE OF A LEVEL OF SERIOUSNESS THAT EQUATE THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM THAT I THINK THAT THE CALL OUT FOR BUDGET BASED ON CAMPAIGNS YOU RUN IS, IS A GREAT ONE AND HOPEFULLY CAN ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS FOR US.
MY QUESTION IS, DO WE REALLY NEED TO BE THAT SPECIFIC? IN OTHER WORDS, UM, IT SEEMS THAT THE, UH, LINE ITEMS THAT ARE HERE, THAT WERE RESEARCHED BY BRIANNA, THAT ARE A COUPLE OF MONTHS OLD ARE FAIRLY ACCURATE.
AND IF WE JUST BOOST UP THE 1500 TO SAY 2000, WHICH IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET IN TERMS OF THE, UH, AUSTIN BUDGET, THEN THAT WOULD COVER A LOT.
AND ALL WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS TO JUST SPECIFY, UH, EXAMPLES OF WHERE WE WANTED THIS MONEY SPENT WITHOUT SPECIFYING HOW MUCH FOR EACH SPECIFIC LINE ITEM OR WHAT COMPANY WOULD BE USED.
UM, WOULD THIS BE A REASONABLE PROPOSAL? I THINK IT, IT LEADS US IN THE SAME SITUATION OF, OF JUST NOT KNOWING.
UM, SO WE JUST HAVE TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE WITHOUT KNOWING IT'S BEEN VALID, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH IT BEING UNVALIDATED.
BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PRUDENT,
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EVEN THOUGH IT, IT, UH, IT COULD BE REASONABLE.IT, IT JUST REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME CONSENSUS, UH, ON HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THIS NOW AND THEN TRY TO MOVE FORWARD IN OUR AGENDA.
CAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EASY TO WORK THROUGH.
I HAD ANOTHER, UH, QUESTION, IF I MAY.
SO MY BACKGROUND IS DIGITAL MARKETING.
UM, SO A LOT OF THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY DIGITAL, BUT I'M CURIOUS THE RUN TIME FOR SOME OF THESE.
SO I'M GUESSING, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE, THE RADIO IS SAYS FOR A MONTH, BUT THE BUS ADS, HOW LONG ARE THOSE SUPPOSED TO RUN FOR? UM, SO PAPER IS A ONE TIME THING.
DO WE NEED TO SPECIFY THOSE THINGS, UM, AS WELL AS WHAT THE REACH WOULD BE OR WHAT THE EXPECTED, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ENGAGEMENT WOULD BE WITH EACH OF THESE? UH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, UH, WITH BRIANNA ON THE PHONE, AS SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO BE, UH, LEADING THE EXECUTION SIDE OF THIS, UH, I'D LIKE TO GIVE HER A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO IF YOU'RE STILL, I CAN DEFINITELY CHECK.
YES, I CAN DEFINITELY CHECK INTO THAT.
I WOULD BE GLAD TO DO THAT AND, UM, SEE IF THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION, YOU KNOW, BACK BASED ON PAST, UM, MARKETING CAMPAIGNS.
AND WE ARE TRYING TO REACH PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER AT HOME, BUT THEY DO HAVE A PHONE.
SO I DIDN'T REALLY GET INTO THE ELECTRONIC AT THIS POINT, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN DEFINITELY TURN TO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AS MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR COVID AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
CUZ ALSO A LOT OF THE SAME PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REACH, I BELIEVE.
I WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED IF WE LOOKED INTO, UM, LIKE WE HAVE CAP METRO BUS ADS, BUT DO WE HAVE BUS STATIONS AND UM, OTHER AREAS, YOU KNOW, KIOSKS AND THINGS WHERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, VISIBLE FROM SAY A WALKING PERSPECTIVE OR WHATNOT.
UM, AND ALSO I FEEL LIKE 1500 IS VERY, VERY LOW FOR A CAMPAIGN LIKE THIS.
AND THEN EARN MEDIA WITH IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO EXTRA COST FOR THAT AND MM-HMM.
SO WITH, WITH THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT, UH, WHERE WE SHOULD PROCEED WITH THIS, THIS BUDGET REQUEST? YEAH, I MEAN, I, I, I THINK IT DEPENDS ON HOW GRANULAR WE NEED TO GET FOR THE BUDGET.
I WOULD UP THE TOTAL BUDGET IN GENERAL, UM, AND SEE IF WE CAN GET MORE, UM, MORE FUNDING FOR THIS JUST TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL AND THEN LOOK INTO WHAT THOSE OTHER AREAS MIGHT BE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY SOMETHING EVEN AS MUCH AS 5,000 IS PROBABLY GOOD.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG ARE WE PLANNING TO RUN THIS? IS THIS A MONTH JUST FOR LIKE, 30 DAYS IS 60 DAYS, 45 DAYS, YOU KNOW? UM, AND CONSIDERING THOSE PIECES, HOW DOES THAT, HOW DOES THAT MEDIA PLAN START TO ROLL OUT OVER THE COURSE OF, OF THAT TIMEFRAME? UM, CUZ A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT CHANNELS ALSO HAVE VERY SPECIFIC START AND END DATES, LIKE NEWSPAPERS, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, SO JUST SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER, BUT I WOULD THINK IF WE DON'T HAVE TO BE AS LIKE SUPER, SUPER GRANULAR WITH WHERE WE'RE EXACTLY SPENDING IT, AND I WOULD JUST ALMOST SAY, YOU KNOW, MONEY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE, THE BUDGET WILL BE SPENT ON MEDIA CHANNELS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, A AUDIENCE, YOU KNOW, DEMOGRAPHIC NEWSPAPER THAT IS RELATED TO THE AUDIENCE OR A RADIO STATION, YOU KNOW, ET CETERA, WHATEVER, WHATEVER GENERALIZATION WE CAN MAKE WITH IT.
UM, AND THEN PUT TOGETHER AN ACTUAL MEDIA PLAN FOR WHAT THAT WOULD BE OVER THE COURSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE HAVE THAT TIME.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF MY SUGGESTION.
INSTEAD OF BEING SUPER SPECIFIC WITHOUT HAVING ALL OF THE BACKGROUND, MAYBE WE NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
UM, AND IN ORDER TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL RIGHT NOW, I THINK THESE ARE GREAT IDEAS, BUT I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD EXPAND INTO.
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THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.I HAVE A, A PROPOSAL THEN BASED ON THAT.
UH, AND LET'S SEE HOW THIS WORKS FOR EVERYBODY.
I, I MADE A GENERAL STATEMENT HERE, UH, I THINK REFLECTING THE SENTIMENT OF, OF, UH, EVERYONE HERE, UH, THAT WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THAT LAST PARAGRAPH.
UH, IT'LL, SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DELETE, WE WILL GO DOWN, DELETE ALL THAT.
UH, THE MEDIA AD SECTION THAT TOTAL AND WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS, UH, WE READ THE PARAGRAPH ABOVE, UH, THE CT TC RECOMMENDS APPROPRIATE BUDGETS BE ALLOCATED TO EXECUTE A CAMPAIGN.
UH, THAT WHOLE NARRATIVE, WELL, NO, NO, I'M SORRY.
UH, SO IF YOU JUST SCROLL UP AND WE'LL JUST READ THAT TOGETHER AND THEN OKAY.
SO IT'S GONNA READ THIS AND THEN ONCE IT GETS TO THE BOTTOM THERE FURTHER, THE CT TC RECOMMENDS THAT THE BUDGET FOR AN ACP AWARENESS CAMPAIGN SHOULD BE NOT LESS THAN $5,000 AND SHOULD INCLUDE FOREIGN LANGUAGE, UH, TRANSLATION, UM, OR, OR FOREIGN LANGUAGE, UH, OUTLETS.
AND THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO GET EM TO SPECIFYING EVEN WHICH ONES, UH, BECAUSE THE FACT IS THAT THEY, IT SHOULD BE MORE THAN JUST SPANISH.
RIGHT? I MEAN, UH, SO RECOMMENDED THE BUDGET FOR ACP AWARENESS CAMPAIGN SHOULD NO LESS THAN 5,000 AND SHOULD INCLUDE FOREIGN LANGUAGE OUTLETS.
AND SHOULD INCLUDE FOREIGN, UH, UH, FOREIGN LANGUAGE OUTLETS.
FINALLY, THIS CAMPAIGN SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE COMMUNITY SPACES, CHAIR PITS.
CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? PLEASE? UH, MAYBE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, UM, SHOULD INCLUDE A VARIETY OF ADVERTISING MEDIUMS. YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
THIS CAMPAIGN SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE COMMUNITY SPACES AND A VARIETY OF ADVERTISING MEDIUMS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN BY COMMUNITY SPACES.
WELL, WHAT, WHAT, I'M BASICALLY, SO, SO THAT, THAT SENTENCE, SO THAT THAT SENTENCE IS PARALLEL.
UH, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS, IS TO ENCAPSULIZE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTERS, LIBRARIES, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY ANY PUBLIC SPACE, UH, WHERE THERE MAY NOT BE ONLINE, UH, MEDIUM, BUT YET PHYSICAL MEDIUM.
UH, SO MAYBE WE SHOULD SPECIFY THAT THIS CAMPAIGN SHOULD, UH, ALSO INCLUDE PRINT MEDIA FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT ACCESS RESOURCES ONLINE AND PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY SPACES.
DOES THAT SOUND BETTER? I WOULD NOT EVEN INCLUDE IT.
AND JUST STICK TO A VARIETY OF HEISMAN MEDIUM SORT OF IS THE UMBRELLA.
YOU CAN EVEN SAY PARENTHESIS, INCLUDING PRINT MEDIA.
SO WE COULD JUST SAY, YEAH, THIS CAMPAIGN SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE YEAH, YEAH.
THIS CAMPAIGN SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE, I WOULD GO AHEAD AND PUT A VARIETY OF ADVERTISING MEDIUMS THERE AND SHOULD BE COMMUNICATED IN A VARIETY OF PUBLIC SPACES.
I THINK WE SHOULDN'T BE SPEC, WE SHOULDN'T BE SO SPECIFIC AND SAY PRINT MEDIA.
CAUSE THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO SAY ONLINE MEDIA AND, YOU KNOW, GO INTO ALL THE, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIA THAT EXIST.
UM, DO WE NEED TO ADD IN THE TIMEFRAME? SO, YOU KNOW, THE CAMPAIGN SHOULD BE NO LESS THAN 5,000
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AND RUN FOR.WE SHOULD DEFINITELY PUT THREE MONTHS TIMEFRAME.
UH, WE SHOULD SAY, WE SHOULD BASICALLY SAY, UH, FINALLY, UH, WE'LL FURTHER, I GUESS IN THIS CASE, UH, THAT THE CAMPAIGN SHOULD BEGIN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, REALLY, UH, AND RUN MONTHLY.
UH, OR YOU KNOW WHAT, WITH ERIC, WHAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE CADENCE SHOULD BE, BUT IT SHOULD BE, UH, IT SHOULD RUN ON A FREQUENT BASIS.
IT SHOULD RUN FREQUENTLY ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS.
UH, UH, IT SHOULD RUN ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS UNTIL FUNDING RUNS OUT OR SOMETHING.
AS FUNDING ALLOWS, THERE YOU GO.
AND HOW ARE WE MEASURING THIS CAMPAIGN? HOW ARE WE MEASURING IT? YEAH.
LIKE WHAT ARE THE SUCCESS METRICS WE'RE LOOKING AT? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
IT CAME UP IN OUR, UH, WORKING GROUP DISCUSSION.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT EXERCISE BY COTAN.
UH, WELL WITH THE, AN 18% RATE NOW, UH, YOU KNOW, A HAZARD TO PUT A NUMBER OUT THERE JUST BECAUSE IT WOULD BE GREAT IF EVERYBODY WAS CONNECTED.
WE ALL BASICALLY AGREED IN OUR WORKING GROUP THAT HAVING EVERY ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLD AND FAMILY CONNECTED WOULD BE IDEAL.
UH, IT, YOU KNOW, I, I'D LIKE FOR SOME OTHER STAFF FEEDBACK COMMISSION, UH, VICE OP CHAIR, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR KOAN, IF SHE'S STILL ON.
I, IS IT, IS IT POSSIBLE TO, UH, OBTAIN CONTINUOUS, UH, METRICS ON THIS, WHETHER IT'S MONTHLY, QUARTERLY? UM, YES.
UM, I THINK WE JUST NEED SOME CLARITY.
UH, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND THIS, UH, THIS EXERCISE THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING THROUGH, IS IT TO GIVE DIRECTION TO THE STAFF BECAUSE THE STAFF, UH, TAKES CARE OF ALL THE DETAILS? UM, IF THERE IS AN OVERALL REQUEST THAT PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS OUTREACH IS EFFECTIVE FOR ALL THE POPULATIONS THAT WE NEED TO REACH, THEN IT COULD BE LEFT TO THE STAFF TO COME UP WITH ALL THE DETAILS AND WE CAN DO ALL THE RESEARCH AND HAVE THE DETAILS.
IS THIS A REQUEST TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FUNDING OR IS THIS A REQUEST TO TARA? BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF, UH, I THINK THAT THE BUDGET FOR THIS IS GONNA BE MUCH LARGER THAN WE REALIZE.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UM, THINGS LIKE C O V D ZERO, VISION ZERO COMPLETE COUNT CENSUS, WHICH I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER DUS GUPTA WAS ONE OF THE CO-DIRECTORS OF THAT.
SO HE ALSO WOULD HAVE SOME INFORMATION IF YOU COULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF GUIDANCE OF IF YOU ARE WRITING THIS TO COUNCIL, OR IS THIS, I'M SORRY, CHAIR PITS.
AND TO, UM, VICE CHAIR APODACA, UH, IT ALL DEPENDS ON, BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT METRICS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IN OUR, UH, THE WORKING GROUP WE BROUGHT UP AS WELL, WE CAN DEFINITELY TRY TO ALIGN SYSTEMS SO THAT THERE IS REGULAR UPDATES.
WE WOULD LIKE REGULAR UPDATES.
THERE ARE VARIOUS PATHWAYS FOR ENGAGEMENT TO GET THE WORD OUT FOR A CCP.
AND, UM, WE REALLY ARE, UH, THE STAFF IS WORKING AS HARD AS THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UTILIZING ALL OF THOSE PATHWAYS.
SO COMMUNITY NETWORK COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WE'VE GIVEN OUT A G O PS GRANT AS YOU KNOW, TO AF N OR THEY HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO FOCUS EXACTLY ON THIS.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT MAYBE QUARTERLY, I THINK.
BUT I DO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE, UM, SPECIFIC ELEMENTS OF THAT CONTRACT.
BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY ALIGN A REPORT BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.
UH, I'D LIKE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
I THINK IN TERMS OF THE GOAL, UH, WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD WE WERE DOING WAS MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR THIS PURPOSE.
NOW, WE HAVEN'T BEEN SHARED, WE, WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, VISIBILITY NOW TO TERRORIST BUDGET, ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD THAT IN THE PAST.
SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO, TO START WITH YOUR BUDGET AND THEN TO KNOW THAT WE CAN ALLOCATE IT
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BASED ON THE BUDGET.SO WE'RE KIND OF OPERATING IN THE DARK HERE.
BUT THE, THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS TO EITHER GET CITY COUNCIL TO ADD THE BUDGET OR TO RECOMMEND THE ALLOCATION OF THE BUDGET FOR THIS PURPOSE.
RIGHT, BECAUSE THE BUDGET CYCLE GOES FOR NOT TO 2023.
BECAUSE THE BUDGET A REQUESTS ARE FOR THE UPCOMING, UH, FISCAL YEAR.
SO, UH, I, I GUESS THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE BECAUSE WE KNOW THE, UH, THE RESOLUTION ITSELF CAN DRIVE ACTION AND BUDGET NOW, UH, WHICH WE KNOW IS NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR THIS TO TAKE PLACE NOW.
WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS CAMPAIGN TO 2024.
SO IT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE OBJECTIVE TO, UH, FINISH THIS PROCESS WITH THIS NOT BEGINNING UNTIL 2024.
SO THAT PUTS IT BACK TOWARDS A, UH, IT'S STILL A COUNCIL COMMITTEE REQUEST, I BELIEVE, CUZ THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED IN ORDER TO DEDICATE THE RESOURCES.
BUT NOT, BUT NOT COUNCIL MEMBER RESOURCES.
WE, WE, WE DON'T NEED COUNCIL MEMBER RESOURCES FOR THIS.
SO, UH, MAYBE I, I'LL JUST PHRASE THE QUESTION BACK TO YOU, COTAN.
HOW CAN WE BEST ENABLE YOU TO HELP US EXECUTE THIS CAMPAIGN? IS THAT BY MAKING THIS A RESOLUTION OR MAKING IT A BUDGET REQUEST? THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
I'M NOT TRYING TO SKIRT THE ISSUE.
IT'S JUST, I, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ANSWER OF THAT, OF HOW THOSE LEVERS ARE USED WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
BUT IF, MAYBE, PERHAPS YOU VICE CHAIR, APODACA, RONDELLA AND JESSE AND, UH, BRIANNA AND I COULD HAVE A VERY QUICK MEETING JUST TO TALK THROUGH IT.
THIS, I, I JUST DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO HELP YOU THROUGH THIS PROCESS TONIGHT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S RON'S AREA OF EXPERTISE COMMISSION.
YATES, I THINK YOU HAVE A RESPONSE.
I'VE GOT, UH, I'VE GOT A RESPONSE AS WELL, BUT COMMISSION YATES? YES.
UM, SO CITY COUNCIL CAN DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO FIND BUDGET FOR CERTAIN ITEMS THAT THEY REQUEST.
SO WE COULD DO THAT, SAY THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2324, BUT IT IS A REQUEST FOR FUNDING NOW IN, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S NEEDED NOW SO THAT IT WOULD BE AN AVENUE THAT, THAT THIS RESOLUTION COULD TAKE.
AND I JUST GOT A TEXT FROM JESSE.
BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO TO YOUR POINT, UH, OKAY, WELL THAT SIMPLIFIES THINGS THEN THIS HAS TO BE A RESOLUTION.
UH, AND, UH, ALTHOUGH YEAH, THIS HAS TO BE A RESOLUTION AND IT, IT HAS TO EVIDENTLY, UH, IN OUR LAST STATEMENT THERE, WE HAVE TO REFERENCE 2023 AS FAR AS A RECOMMENDATION.
SO, UH, I GUESS IN THE SECOND TO LAST PARAGRAPH, THE C T T C RECOMMENDS THAT APPROPRIATE 2023 BUDGETS, UH, CHAIR PITS.
I'M SORRY, I GOT ANOTHER TEXT.
HE'S SAYING IF THEY WANT FUNDING FOR THIS NOW THEY JUST NEED TO DO WHAT COMMISSIONER YEATES IS SUGGESTING.
SO APPARENTLY THAT'S THE SOLUTION.
WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHAT JESSE'S RESPONDING TO, BUT, BUT WHAT WE JUST SAID WE'RE GONNA DO IS A RESOLUTION, UH, BECAUSE IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO IS JESSE SAYING THAT'S OKAY OR NO? HE'S SAYING IF YOU WANT FUNDING FOR THIS NOW.
SO COMMISSIONER YATES, WE, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT? POSSIBLY I THINK WHAT, WHAT COMMISSIONER YATES SAID WAS A COUNCIL COMMITTEE REQUEST TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE THIS, TO FIND BUDGET FROM THIS YEAR.
SO THAT'S WHAT HE'S RESPONDING TO.
JESSE IS SAYING THAT'S THE WAY TO GO FOR MORE FUNDING RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S STILL A RESOLUTION, RIGHT? BECAUSE ALTERNATIVELY, A, A COUNCIL COMMITTEE REQUEST, OR WOULD IT NEED TO BE A COUNCIL COMMITTEE REQUEST? I WOULD SAY THAT THIS, UM, SHOULDN'T BE A, UH, A COUNCIL COMMITTEE REQUEST BECAUSE THAT WOULD, UH, MAKE THE, UH, THE PROCESS EVEN LONGER, UM, THAT WE
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SEND THIS DIRECTLY TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE, UH, LANGUAGE WOULD INCLUDE HAVE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO FIND $5,000 IMMEDIATELY TO FUND THIS, UH, PROMOTION OF THIS IMPORTANT PROGRAM.SO LET'S SEE IF WE CAN, UH, GET SOMETHING DONE HERE THEN.
SO, UH, SECOND PARAGRAPH THERE.
FURTHER, THE CT TC RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE FY 2023 BUDGET, NOT LESS THAN $5,000 FOR AN ACP AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.
THAT SHOULD INCLUDE FOREIGN LANGUAGE OUTLETS.
AND I THINK YOU CAN JUMP DOWN TO FINALLY FINAL.
THIS CAMPAIGN SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE A VARIETY OF ADVERTISING MEDIUMS AND SHOULD BE COMMUNICATING IN A VARIETY OF PUBLIC SPACES.
FURTHER, THE CAMPAIGN SHOULD BEGIN SOON AS POSSIBLE AND RUN ON CONTINUOUS BASIS AS ACP FUNDING ALLOWS.
NOW, I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME STICKLERS FOR GRAMMATICAL AND TYPOS.
DO YOU MIND REMOVING THAT, THAT DOUBLE AND ABOVE? IT'S, UH, IT'S, UH, UNDERLINING RED THERE.
NOW IN LIGHT OF WHAT WE'RE AT AND IN LOT OF THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO ACT ON THIS TODAY IN LIEU OF SCHEDULING A SPECIAL CALL MEETING, UH, CAN WE WORK THIS THROUGH AND, AND, UH, AND VOTE ON THIS? I KNOW, UH, I I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? UH, YES.
COMMISSIONER ISLAND, DO WE, UM, DO WE NEED TO PUT FORTH ANYTHING SURROUNDING WHO'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE CREATING THE ADS OR THE, UM, SPECIFIC COLLATERAL FOR THE CAMPAIGN? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S BEING HANDLED? LIKE WE ALREADY KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT ONCE WE GET THE FUNDING? WELL, I THINK WE DO AND WE DON'T.
UH, I THINK WE DO KNOW THAT, UH, F S D AND TARA WILL BE WORKING ON IT AND BRIANNA WILL BE LEADING THE EFFORT.
UH, I THINK THAT IT'S FAIR TO ASSUME THEY MIGHT INCLUDE US, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT AS WE HAVEN'T PRESCRIBED THAT.
UM, THAT'S MY CANDID ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO ADD ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO UTILIZE RIGHT NOW FOR FY 2023, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE BUDGET FOR FY 2024.
DO WE NEED TO FACTOR IN BUDGET FOR AN ACTUAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE YEAR THAT WE CAN PULL FROM, UM, SHOULD WE CONSIDER THIS KIND OF A TEST TO SEE HOW WELL SOME OF THESE AVENUES PERFORM SO THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THAT KNOWLEDGE WITH A CAMPAIGN NEXT YEAR THAT'S MORE FULL, IN FULL SCOPE FOR THE YEAR VERSUS JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS? UH, THESE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS BECAUSE IN OCTOBER, UH, WE'RE GONNA FLIP OVER TO FY 2024.
SO AS SOON AS OCTOBER, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE NEEDING TO, TO FUND THIS CAMPAIGN WITH 20, 20, 24 FUNDS.
UH, SO THAT REALLY ONLY GIVES US, UH, WHAT, SIX MONTHS WITH THIS CURRENT BUDGET AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE NEEDING TO ALLOCATE 24 BUDGET.
CAUSE IT CAN TAKE ANYWHERE UP TO THREE OR THREE MONTHS TO EVEN GET THE CAMPAIGNS UP AND RUNNING.
UM, WELL THEN MAYBE WE NEED A SEPARATE LINE, UH, TO ADDRESS 2024 BUDGET
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IS MY SUGGESTION.UM, AND THAT MIGHT THEN CHANGE THE GRAMMAR, CUZ THAT WOULD BE THE FINAL THING, I THINK.
YEAH, I WAS THINKING SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, UM, THIS CAMPAIGN SHOULD CONTINUE INTO FISCAL YEAR 2024 INTO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET CYCLE.
AND REFLECT MARKET CHANGES FOR POTENTIAL INCREASE.
UH, COULD WE SAY FINALLY THIS CAMPAIGN SHOULD, UM, BE FUNDED INTO FISCAL 2024? YEAH.
SO THIS ESSENTIALLY BECOMES A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION AS WELL.
IT'S A RESOLUTION AND A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.
SHERIFF PI, CAN WE SEE IT FROM THE TOP? YEAH, SURE.
UH, DAN, WERE YOU SO KINDNESS TO SCROLL US UP? OKAY.
SO CAN WE GET THOSE TYPOS AND THAT SECOND PARAGRAPH? YEAH, WE GOT SOME DO, UH, DOUBLE BUZZ AND, UH, COOL BEANS.
AND WHILE I'M ON HERE IN WIC, THERE'S TWO COMS AFTER WOMEN AND AFTER INFANTS.
HE SAYS YOU CANNOT HAVE A DUAL PURPOSE DOCUMENT.
THE 2024 FUNDING SHOULD BE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.
ANYTHING FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR IS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT.
SO IN TERMS OF PROCESS, OKAY, THAT'S FINE.
UH, WHAT WE JUST NEED TO DO THEN IS TO, UH, ONE DOCUMENT IS RESOLUTION.
THE OTHER'S BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.
HE SAYS IT COULD LITERALLY BE THE SAME DOCUMENT BUT CHANGE THE FY.
SO TWO DOCUMENTS EXACTLY THE SAME.
UH, WELL YOU ALREADY CHANGED PART OF IT.
UH, SO WHAT YOU ALREADY, YOU CHANGED, YOU ADDED THE COMMA.
UH, THE LAST COMMENT RELATES TO HOW WHEN WE HAVE, BASICALLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO DOCUMENTS.
THIS IS GONNA BE BOTH A RESOLUTION AND A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.
SO THAT'LL JUST CHANGE THE TITLE.
AND SO WE'LL NEED TO VOTE ON THOSE SEPARATELY, BUT WE CAN DO THAT NOW.
UH, SO, UM, THERE'S STILL ADDITIONAL GRAMMATICAL.
OKAY, WHAT ELSE WE GOT THERE? CAN YOU SCROLL UP? YEAH, GO AHEAD AND DELETE THOSE EXTRA ASS.
UH, BUT, BUT STARTING WITH, WITH WHAT? VICE CHAIRS OF MINE, UM, SCROLL DOWN TO THE DOLLAR OR THE, TO THE POPULATION FIGURES.
UH, YEAH, NO, PLUS THAT'S AN EXACT NUMBER.
SO ERASE INCLUDES SPECIFIC DATA AND IT'S 124,000 ELIGIBLE AUSTIN AREA FAMILIES.
YOU CAN REMOVE THE LAST PIECE ON HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE NOT ENROLLED BECAUSE THAT'S THE NEXT SENTENCE.
AND THEN I THINK YOU NEED TO SWITCH THE HUNDRED AND FOUR 18.
NO, THAT SENTENCE ISN'T COMPLETE, WHEREAS REFLECTS OVER 2000 ELIGIBLE FAMILIES THAT YEAH, THAT IS, YEAH.
SO THE 18% PIECE, UM, JUST NEEDS TO GO AFTER THE JUNE 22 COUNTIES, COUNTIES CAPITALIZE.
UH, THEY REFLECTS THAT OVER, UM, NO.
SO AUSTIN AREA FAMILIES PUT A PERIOD THERE.
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YEAH.AND THEN STARTING WITH REFLECTING, TAKE THAT, UH, CUT THAT PIECE REFLECTING ONLY 18% OF ENROLLMENT AND MOVE IT TO THE END OF, OF THE SUBSEQUENT SENTENCE.
THAT FIRST SENTENCE STILL IS A, A COMPLETE SENTENCE.
WHERE, WHEREAS JUNE 22, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY DEBTOR REFLECTS THAT OVER 128,820 ELIGIBLE AUSTIN SCENARIO FAMILIES THAT THERE ARE, UH, THAT THERE ARE, UH, OKAY, THERE YOU GO.
UH, THERE ARE OVER, AND ACTUALLY IT'S, IT'S NOT OVER.
IT'S, THERE ARE A 128, THAT 24, WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS, UH,
WE, WE CUT OUT THOSE PROPOSITION.
SO, UH, WHEREAS JUNE, 2020, UH, TO TRAVIS COUNTY DATA REFLECTS THAT THERE ARE OVER 124,820 ELIGIBLE ARY FAMILIES.
AND OF THOSE THEN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NUMBER, YOU CAN DELETE EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN OF THOSE.
ARE UNENROLLED, DO YOU NEED A COMMA AFTER THOSE OR SOMETHING? AND OF THOSE, UH, I THINK I ARE THEY YEAH.
LET BLUE, I MEAN ELIGIBLE NEEDS TYPE OF A DESCRIPTION YEAH.
IS ELIGIBLE FOR A ELIGIBLE FOR WHAT? YEAH.
ELIGIBLE WHAT? RIGHT THERE THAT THERE ARE 124,000, IT SHOULD BE FAMILIES ELIGIBLE FOR ACP IN THE AUSTIN AREA.
SO WE SHOULD CHANGE IT TO JUNE 22.
TRAVIS COUNTY DATA REFLECTS THAT THERE ARE 128,000 FAMILIES OR HOUSEHOLDS ELIGIBLE FOR A C P IN THE AUSTIN AREA.
AND THEN RATHER THAN HAVE A RUN ON SENTENCE, UH, OF THOSE 124,000 AND ENROLLED, RATHER THAN STARTING IT WITH THE PREPOSITION, CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE, APPROXIMATELY 104 BLANK BLANK ARE UNENROLLED AS OF, YOU KNOW, UM, MARCH, 2023.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL SAY THIS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY APPROXIMATE BECAUSE THIS IS A, A, A DATE TIMESTAMP.
SO GO AHEAD AND BACK IT OUT TO THE NUMBER AND START THE SENTENCE WITH THE NUMBER.
120, 104,000 ARE UNENROLLED REFLECTING A PERCENTAGE OF ONLY 18% ENROLLMENT MM-HMM.
THE P E R BY THE WAY, DAN, THIS IS MY BIGGEST NIGHTMARE.
I FEEL LIKE
UH, ONLY 18 ELIG, 18% ENROLLMENT OF, UH, ELIGIBLE AUSTIN AREA HOUSEHOLDS.
DOES THAT SOUND LOOK GOOD? CAN WE SAY
AND THEN WE CAN CHANGE THE SECOND PART OF THE SENTENCE THERE.
SO, UH, WHAT WAS THAT WANTED BIAS AGAIN? COMMISSIONER ISLAND OF THE ELIGIBLE AUSTIN AREA, HOUSEHOLDS, I GUESS
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104,000 OR UNENROLLED REFLECTING A PERCENTAGE OF ONLY 18% IS TRAVIS COUNTY IS COUNTY CAPITALIZED.UM, SO WE REFERENCED ACP SEVERAL TIMES.
IS IT SPELLED OUT SOMEWHERE ABOVE, AT LEAST THE FIRST TIME? IT IS.
IT'S FIRST MENTIONED IN THE, I THINK IT'S IN THE SECOND P SECOND OR THIRD PARAGRAPH THAT'S FIRST MENTIONED.
OH, RIGHT UP THERE IN THAT FIRST, WHEREAS THAT HOUR SHOULD BE LOWERCASE.
AND I GUESS TECHNICALLY THEY SHOULD BE SEMICOLONS AFTER EACH SECTION.
AND, AND TECHNICALLY IN THAT WHERE WE SHOW THE 18%, IF WE'RE SAYING PERCENTAGE, WE DON'T NEED THE PERCENT SIGN, DO WE? OR DO WE? WELL, NO.
IT WOULD BE ONLY 18 SINCE WE'RE I THINK THAT, BUT IT'S WEIRD RIGHT, THOUGH.
SO MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST PUT REFLECTING ONLY ONLY 18%.
AND DO WE NEED THAT EXTRA SPACE BELOW THAT SECTION? HUH? THERE WE GO.
RECOMMENDS THE, THERE IS USUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE BETWEEN THE ONE SPACE IS GOOD THERE, I THINK.
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
IT'S DEFINITELY MEDICAID IS ONE OF THE, UH, PROGRAMS THAT YOU WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR.
THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS A, UM, CITY MEDICAL PROGRAM.
LIKE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T QUALIFY FOR MEDICAID.
IS IT STILL CALLED MAP THE MAP PROGRAM? DO WE KNOW? I THOUGHT IT WAS, BUT I'M OKAY WITH CHANGING IT TO MEDICAID.
WELL, IT'S JUST THAT IT'S NOT LISTED AS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS ON THE FCC, YOU KNOW? OH, GOTCHA.
OH, PROBABLY BECAUSE IT'S FEDERAL.
LET'S LIST THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE LISTED.
UH, CUZ THAT'S CERTAINLY OUR INTENT.
SO IF THAT'S, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT, THE FREE LUNCH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, I MEAN, I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT THERE'S MULTIPLE DIFFERENT FREE LUNCH PROGRAMS. SO DO YOU WANNA STATE FEDERALLY FUNDED FREE LUNCH PROGRAMS ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED FREE LUNCH AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS? WELL, IF WE'RE TRYING, YEAH, I THINK THAT YOUR, YOUR INSIGHTS SUGGESTS THAT WE SHOULD, THAT BASICALLY WE SHOULD TAKE AWAY FREE LUNCH AND IF WE KNOW, IF WE KNOW, JUST SAY FEDERALLY FUNDED.
FREE LUNCH AND TAKE OUT THE OTHER AND JUST SAY SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAM.
AND THEN THAT SHOULD HOPEFULLY, UM, FIT WHAT BRIANNA'S READING WITH FCC.
PUT ANN IN BETWEEN LUNCH AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAM AND PUT A S AT THE END OF SERVICE SERVICES PROGRAM AND MAKE THAT S AFTER PROGRAM SERVICE PROGRAMS. YEAH.
AND VERY LAST SENTENCE REFLECT, REFLECT MARKET CHANGES BEFORE POTENTIAL INCREASE.
NO, I'M JUST READING IT AND REFLECT MARKET CHANGES.
WHAT'S THAT? WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO SAY WITH THAT? THE CAMPAIGN SHOULD REFLECT THE CAMPAIGN FUND, UH, RIGHT.
SO THIS CAMPAIGN SHOULD BE FUNDED INTO FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET CYCLE.
AND CAN WE JUST SAY REFLECT MARKET CHANGES AND REFLECT MARKET CHANGES? SURE.
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THE FIVE, THE DIGIT FIVE.UH, SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD NOW.
UM, COMMISS, SO WE HAVE COMMISSIONER HAVE TO TAKE OUT THAT LAST SENTENCE AND PUT IT INTO, UH, ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER ONE THAT'S EXACTLY SIMILAR.
WELL, NO, JESSE SAID THAT WE COULD LITERALLY CHANGE THE TITLE AND RESUBMIT IT AS BUDGET REQUEST.
UH, WE, WE NEED TO HAVE THEM SEPARATE THE, UH, THE, THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, UH, 2023 AND THE 2024 HAVE TO BE SEPARATE.
RIGHT? WE'LL, CHANGING THE TITLE, I THINK WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
BUT WE NEED TO TAKE OUT THAT LAST SENTENCE FOR THE 20 23 1.
SO WHAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE A RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED, AND THEN WE HAVE A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION MINUS THIS LAST SENTENCE.
IS THAT UNDERSTOOD BY EVERYBODY? AND, AND WITH THE FY 23 CHANGE TO FY 24 FOR THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION IN THAT SAME PARAGRAPH.
THE SECOND ONE WOULD NOT SAY THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT THEM TO ALLOCATE THAT BUDGET, BUT WE COULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONTINUE THE CAMPAIGN INITIATED IN FY 2023 OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, AND AND, AND PUT THAT SENTENCE OUT SO WE KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA SAY, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A VOTE ON IT.
UH, SO WE'RE NOW JUST GONNA, UH, MASSAGE THAT FIRST, THAT LAST PARAGRAPH, BASICALLY TO MAKE THIS WORK FOR OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FOR 2024.
UH, SO JUST FOR THE LAST PARAGRAPH FOR THE RECORD, DO WE DUPLICATE THIS DOCUMENT? RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO THE SUGGESTION IS WE DUPLICATE THIS EXACT DOCUMENT, BUT WE CHANGE THE LAST PARAGRAPH MM-HMM.
SO WHAT I WAS GONNA SUGGEST IS WE GO AHEAD AND, AND AGREE ON THE LANGUAGE FOR THE LAST PARAGRAPH ON THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.
THAT WAY WE CAN LOOK AT THIS AND VOTE ON IT ON BOTH, ACTUALLY.
SO WE NEED TO REFERENCE THE, UH, BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FROM 2023 IN THE 2024 BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.
SO HERE'S MY SUGGESTION, UH, DAN, START A NEW PARAGRAPH F AND IF YOU WANT TO COPY AND PASTE THE EARLIER PARAGRAPH, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL EDIT IT FOR THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE THE PARAGRAPH FOR THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.
SO HE'S ALREADY DELETED THE LAST SENTENCE.
SO NOW HE'S ALREADY, HE'S ALREADY UPDATED THE FIRST SENTENCE.
UH, BUT SHOULD, WOULDN'T WE WANNA HIRE NUMBER THAN 5,000? WELL, WE ALREADY, UH, WELL, WE NEED TO, TO SAY, I GUESS THAT IT'S ALWAYS GONNA REFLECT MARKET.
UH, SO MAYBE WE SHOULD SAY AS FURTHEST RECOMMENDS OF THE COUNT, UH, ALLOCATE BUDGET, RIGHT.
IF WE WANT THIS CAMPAIGN TO RUN THE ENTIRE YEAR, THEN UH, PROBABLY IT SHOULD BE, UM, SOME MULTIPLE OF $5,000.
NO, THERE'S PROBABLY A WAY TO SIMPLY, UH, I DUNNO ABOUT SIMPLE, BUT, UH, IF WE'RE GONNA DO FOR, OKAY, IT'S MARCH, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER YEAR.
THAT'S NOT GONNA GO VERY FAR THOUGH.
BUT WE SAY NO LESS THAN 12,000, RIGHT? CAN WE SAY NO LESS THAN 15? I WAS GONNA SAY 20
WHY NOT MAKE IT 24? LET'S DOUBLE IT.
I MEAN, UH,
SO
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WITH IT.IF WE'RE ESSENTIALLY DOING 2004 A YEAR, THEN FIVE MONTHS.
WHAT'S 24 DIVIDED BY 25? WHAT? FIVE? I MEAN, I WAS THINKING 5,000 WAS FOR THREE MONTHS.
SO THEN WE HAVE THE WORDING OF THE RESOLUTION, RIGHT? WE'VE ALL LOOKED AT THAT PRETTY, WE SCRUTINIZED THAT PRETTY, UH, TIGHTLY, UH, GOING INTO THIS LAST, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S THAT LAST PARAGRAPH HAS TO BE MODIFIED TO SAY SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF C CT.
C C RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL BUDGET MM-HMM.
WE SHOULD PROBABLY CHANGE THAT LAST SENTENCE TOO.
UM, FURTHER, THE CAMPAIGN SH SHOULD, UH, YEAH, THIS CAMPAIGN, WE'VE GOT THE REFERENCE LAST YEAR'S CAMPAIGN.
SO, UH, FURTHER THE FYI 23 20 23 CAMPAIGN, UH, SHOULD CONTINUE, SHOULD MAINTAIN, WE SHOULD MAINTAIN CONTINUITY OR SHOULD CONTINUE.
CAN WE SAY THAT IN THE FIRST SENTENCE FURTHER? THE CCC YEAH.
RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY BUDGET FY 22.
YOU HAVE BUDGET IN TWO PLACES, YOU KNOW, TO CONTINUE THE A C C A C P AWARENESS CAMPAIGN INITIATED IN FY 2024 ARE SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
TO CONTINUE OR ENHANCE OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER FY 2023, BECAUSE IN THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2023, WE'RE GONNA SWITCH TO, TO FY 2024.
SO WE GOTTA MAKE SURE TO SPECIFY FY UM, SO YEAH, THE C D C RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL CONTINUES, SO WE GOTTA YEAH.
THAT, THAT WAS MEANT TO GO UP ABOVE, UH, C D C FURTHER RECOMMENDS, UH, THAT CITY COUNCIL, UH, YEAH.
SO THE CTT C RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL CONTINUE, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GONNA, UH, WRITE THAT BOTTOM PART.
THE CAMPAIGN INITIATED IN FY 2023 WITH A CAMPAIGN, A AWARE AWARENESS PRINT CAMPAIGN, RIGHT.
THE, THE ACP AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, UH, THAT INITIATED IN 2020, FY 2023 AND ALLOCATE FY 2024 BUDGET.
THE CAMPAIGN SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCLUDE FOREIGN LANGUAGE OUTLETS ON A VARIETY OF ADVERTISING MEDIUMS. MM-HMM.
WELL, UH, WE SEEM TO COVER THAT AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC SPACES IN THE NEXT SENTENCE.
SO YOU DID PUT IT ALL IN ONE SENTENCE.
SO THE CAMPAIGN SHOULD INCLUDE FOREIGN LANGUAGE OUTLETS ON A VARIETY OF ADVERTISING MEDIUMS, COMMA SHOULD INCLUDE AND SHOULD BE COMMUNICATED IN PUBLIC.
AND TAKE OUT THAT N AFTER F Y 23.
UM, FY 24 CAMPAIGN SHOULD RUN ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS.
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ACP FUNDING ALLOWS, THERE YOU GO.THERE'S SOMETHING NOT QUITE RIGHT WITH THE FIRST SENTENCE.
FURTHER, CTC RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCILS CONTINUE THE ACP AWARENESS CAMPAIGN INITIATED IN FY 2023 AND ALLOCATE A BUDGET OF NO LESS THAN 24,000 IN FY 2024.
THE CAMPAIGN SHOULD, SHOULD BE, SHOULD RUN ON A CONTINUOUS RUN.
I THINK WE GOT THE GOLDEN LOCKS HERE.
UH, I THINK WE GOT GOLDEN LOCKS.
UH, SO COMMISSIONER FLOYD, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? I'M STILL HERE.
UH, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS, UH, BOTH RESOLUTION AND, UH, THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION? IT, YOU GUYS ARE THE EXPERTS ON THIS, BUT IT, IT'S ALL SOUNDED GOOD TO ME.
WELL, I, I, I FEEL LIKE WE GOT BROAD CONSENSUS HERE NOW.
AND, UH, IN LIGHT OF US ALL BEING VERY HANDS ON THIS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A, A, A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION AS WE'VE READ IT WITH THE UPDATES, AND RATHER, EXCUSE ME, THE RESOLUTION AS WE'VE READ IT WITH THE UPDATES AND THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION AS YOU'VE READ IT WITH THE UPDATES.
SO THAT BEING A RESOLUTION FOR THIS YEAR AND A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, I HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION AND RECOMMENDATION THAT'S PRESENTED AND EDITED BY US AND AGREED TO THAT HAS BEEN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GARZA.
WITH THAT, WE CAN HOLD A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING, SAY AYE.
IS THERE ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY.
WE'RE UNANIMOUS IN OUR APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AND RECOMMENDATION.
SO EVEN THOUGH THAT TOOK A WHILE, WE GOT TWO THINGS DONE AT ONCE.
ON THE 23 THAT REFERENCES 24, JUST REMEMBER TO DELETE IT.
UH, I THINK DAN DELETED THAT ALREADY.
UH, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE, AND THAT ONE THAT SAYS, FINALLY, THIS CAMPAIGN SHOULD BE FUNDED INTO FISCAL YEAR 24.
WE NEED TO DELETE THAT ONE, DAN.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
SO JUST TO RECALL, REMEMBER, UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE, UH, SCROLL UP SO THEY CAN SEE THE WHOLE PARAGRAPH.
SO WE HAVE A DUPLICATION, UH, RIGHT.
THE FIRST, UH, THE FIRST PARAGRAPH THAT HAS DUPLICATION GOES TO THE RESOLUTION, AND THAT DOES INCLUDE THAT SENTENCE.
THE SECOND ONE GOES TO THE BUDGET REQUEST AND IT DOES NOT.
SO THEN WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD AND WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
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AHEAD AND PUSH FORWARD WITH OUR AGENDA.UH, AND DON'T WORRY, UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GONNA GET YOU OUTTA HERE, UH, BY NINE 30 LATEST, UM, MAYBE SOONER.
UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PROCEED TO THE NEXT ITEM HERE.
AND, UH, THERE'S A DRAFT FOR IT.
IT IS THE DIGITAL INCLUSION TOWN HALL LISTENING SESSION RECOMMENDATION.
YOU'LL NOTICE SIMILAR LANGUAGE, UH, REGARDING SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY AND SIMILAR LANGUAGE REGARDING OUR BYLAWS, BUT THEN WE GET DIFFERENT SCROLLING DOWN, WHEREAS THE C TTC PURSUANT TO THE 20 21, 20 22, UH, I'M EDITING THIS NOW JUST TO MAKE IT SIMPLE, WHEREAS THE C TTC PURSUANT TO THE 20 21, 20 22
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C TTC WORK PLAN.SO, DAN, YOU CAN DO THAT WITH ME AND WE'LL KIND OF WORK TOGETHER.
UH, THE C TTC HOSTED FOUR DIGITAL INCLUSION TOWN HALL LISTENING SESSIONS IN 2022, AND HAS AGREED UNANIMOUSLY TO HOST FOUR DIGITAL INCLUSION TOWN HALL LISTENING SESSIONS IN 2023.
WHEREAS THESE LISTENING SESSIONS WERE PRODUCED WITH THE HELP COORDINATION AND SPONSORSHIP OF OTHER KEY DECA DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT COMMUNITY OF AUSTIN, AKA DECA MEMBERS.
THE SPECIFIC GOAL OF THE DIGITAL INCLUSION TOWN HALL LISTING SESSIONS WAS TO CONVENE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY SPACES, IA LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS TO DIRECTLY SHARE THE LIVED EXPERIENCES WITH THE CTT C AND OTHERS.
MOREOVER, TO PROVIDE POLICY ADVISORS, POLICY MAKERS, AND OR DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS, FIRSTHAND INSIGHTS ABOUT DIGITAL INCLUSION, CHALLENGES, SOLUTIONS, AND POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH BETTER INFORMED POLICY OR SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATIONS WITH THIS SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING EVENTS AND COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS STILL SOUNDLY IN PLACE, WHEREAS ALL PREVIOUS EVENTS HAVE BEEN HOSTED WITHOUT BUDGET FOR SUPPLIES, SNACKS, OR THE LUNCH MEAL, WHICH HAS BEEN SECURED THROUGH INCON SPONSORSHIP.
UM, DELETING ALL THOSE WHEREAS'S THOSE BLANKS, I'M DELETING THE SPACE AND CREATING ONE SPACE FOR THE RECOMMENDATION.
NOW THEREFORE, IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE CT TC RECOMMENDS THAT DEDICATED FUNDS BE BUDGETED FOR THE FOUR PLAN DIGITAL INCLUSION TOWN HALL LISTING SESSIONS.
UH, AND I SHOULD SAY THE FOUR PLAN, YOU KNOW, THE PARENTHETICAL NUMBER BY THE WAY, YOU CAN JUST WRITE OUT FOUR.
THIS ALWAYS FEELS WEIRD TO ME SAYING WRITING OUT FOUR AND THEN WRITING OUT THE NUMBER FOUR, BUT I
THE FOUR, BUT IT IS WHAT IT'S, AND IT'S GRAMMATICAL.
SO IS THIS A BUDGET REQUEST FOR NO, 2024, OR IS THIS A RESOLUTION FOR ALLOCATION THIS YEAR? THIS IS, UH, FOR THIS, AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE SIMILAR, UH, AS WHAT WE DID ON THE LAST ONE.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE FOR THIS YEAR AND BE A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO RESOLUTION FOR ALLOCATION NOW AND A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FOR NEXT YEAR.
BUT WE COULD ALSO WAIT ON THAT IF, WELL, WE DO KNOW THAT, WELL, LET ME PAUSE FOR A SECOND.
UH, BECAUSE WE'RE ENTERING INTO A NEW FISCAL YEAR, I THINK WE HAVE TO DO BOTH, UH, RIGHT.
THEY, THEY'LL HAVE NO MARCHING ORDERS COME OCTOBER ONE.
AND I, SO I THINK JUST TO CLARIFY IT MORE, I THINK WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW IS THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION TO START IN OCTOBER.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL NEED TO MODIFY, HAVE A MODIFIED VERSION TO FINISH OUT THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WOULDN'T TOTAL 6,000.
WE BASICALLY HAVE THE TEMPLATE FOR THAT WITH WHAT WE JUST DID.
SO I, I SAY WE SEIZE THAT AND, AND DRAG AND DROP IT IN HERE.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO REALTIME EDITING MODE WITH, WITH THAT FEEDBACK IN MIND, UH, OR FURTHER, UH, REALTIME EDITING MODE.
SO, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION, THE, THE, THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE RESOLUTION.
AND SO IT SHOULD SAY THE CT TC RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY MANAGER ALLOCATE, I GUESS, DO WE HAVE TO SAY FIND OR JUST ALLOCATE? YEAH, ALLOCATE, YEAH.
CITY MANAGER HAS TO BE CAPITALIZED.
THE CMM, UH, RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY MANAGER ALLOCATE 20 FY 2023 BUDGET.
WELL, WE SHOULD PROBABLY SAY THAT, UH, CITY COUNCIL SHOULD DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE.
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SO, YES, UH, RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE FY 23 BUDGET, AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SPECIFY, ALLOCATE, UH, 6,000.SO WE HAVE THREE EVENTS TO ACTUALLY EXECUTE THIS CALENDAR THIS FISCAL YEAR, ONE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO THAT MEANS IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, WAS IT 4,540 $500, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO ALLOCATE 4,500 FROM FY 23 BUDGET FOR THE FOUR PLANNED DIGITAL INCLUSION TOWN HALL LISTENING SESSIONS FOR THE, EXCUSE ME.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE THREE PLANNED RIGHT.
YEAH, I WAS JUST THINKING THE SAME THING FOR THE THREE PLANNED DIGITAL INCLUSION SESSIONS, CHAIR PITS.
UM, I WAS JUST REMINDED THAT BRIANNA SENT THROUGH, EXCUSE ME, RONDELLA SENT THROUGH PROPOSED EXPENSES FOR EACH OF THE TOWN HALL HALLS THAT WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR, UM, TO YOU AND I AND IT WAS 1700 PER MEETING.
SEE THAT 1,703 MEETINGS, 5,100.
UH, BUT THE LARGER SUMMIT BEING 3,800.
WELL, THAT LARGER SUMMIT WE KNOW IS GONNA BE IN Q1 OF FY 2024.
SO WE CAN MAKE THAT, WE'LL USE THAT FOR THE RECOMMENDATION.
SO GOING BACK, UH, THE TOTAL IS 5,100 DAN, UH, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE, OKAY.
SO 5,100 FROM THE FY, BUT FOR THE THREE PLANNED TO PAY FOR SUPPLIES, SNACKS, AND THROUGH SPONSORSHIP, THROUGH OUR PARTNER GOOD WORK, AUSTIN, WHO WILL SECURE A PROVIDER CLOSE TO THE HOST OF THE NEW LOCATION.
WELL, WE ALREADY PUT THAT UP TOP, SO I WOULD DELETE THAT WHOLE LAST SENTENCE.
UH, AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO PUT IN ITS PLACE, CUZ BASICALLY, UH, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK THE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAD, WE USED IN AT THE END OF THE LAST ONE.
BUT THE RESOLUTION PIECE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO BORROW THAT VERY LAST SENTENCE AND WE'LL JUST CHANGE IT A LITTLE BIT.
SO FINALLY, THIS FUNDING SHOULD, UH, RATHER, EXCUSE ME, UH, YEAH, THIS FUNDING SHOULD BE BUDGETED OR THESE TOWN HALL EVENTS SHOULD BE FUNDED INTO FISCAL YEAR 2024, THE FISCAL 2024 BUDGET CYCLE AND REFLECT MARKET CHANGES.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S TO THE POINT.
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IT'S, UH, SO YOU WANNA TAKE OUT INTO FISCAL, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S SHOULD BE THROUGH JUST SAY FUNDED IN THE YEAH.FUND IN THE RIGHT, IN THE FY 20.
VICE JOB DOCTOR, UH, SHOULD BE 5500, 1700, AH, MATH, YEAH.
SO CHANGE THAT TO 5,500 AND THEN IT'S THREE DIGITAL INCLUSION TOWN HALL LISTING SESSIONS AND THE DIGITAL INCLUSION WEEK SUMMIT.
WELL, AGAIN, THAT'S NOT, UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR, THAT'S NOT RESOLVED FOR THIS YEAR.
THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THE RE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT'LL COME AFTER.
SO WE, WE NEED TO HAVE THIS PARAGRAPH DOWN AND THEN DRAFT OUR NEW THEREFORE PARAGRAPH FOR THE RECOMMENDATION IF I'M, IF I, IF I'M CORRECT.
I THINK WE'RE GOOD FOR THE RESOLUTION.
SO THEN WE, WE BASICALLY, IF YOU WANNA COPY AND PASTE AND WE'LL START THE NEW PARAGRAPH.
THE MATH IS RIGHT, UH, BECAUSE IT'S STILL THREE TIMES 1700 MM.
50, UH, OR IS IT 51
SO YEAH, US COPY AND PASTE THAT.
THE CT T C AMENDS THAT FY NO, IT'D BE 23.
SO THAT EARLIER PARAGRAPH SHOULD SAY FY 2023.
SO, UH, THE C T C RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE, WELL, IN THIS CASE, UH, CITY, CITY RECOMMENDS A CITY COUNCIL ALLOCATE 50, WHAT WAS THE NUMBER? IT'S 5,100.
NO, I MEANT FOR THE, UH, SUMMIT.
OH, UH, 3,800, UH, THAT THE CITY MANAGER ALLOCATES 3,800 FROM FY 2024 BUDGET FOR A DIGITAL INCLUSION TOWN HALL SUMMIT, OR, OR EXCUSE ME, DIGITAL INCLUSION, UH, UH, ECOSYSTEM SUMMIT, NO HYPHEN.
UH, AND I GUESS WE COULD SCALE IT UP, OR DO WE WANNA PUT ANOTHER 51 FOR, SO, SO THIS INCLUDES THREE PLUS.
SO 3,800 IS JUST THE SUMMIT, RIGHT.
AND NOW WE NEED TO COUNT FOR THE, THE THREE TOWN HALLS THAT TAKE PLACE IN CALENDAR YEAR 2024.
SO, BUT MY QUESTION IS, SHOULD WE GO FOR ANOTHER 5,100 IN THE NEXT YEAR? OR SHOULD WE SCALE UP LIKE WE DID, UH, WITH THE CAMPAIGN? THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE FIXED COST, I FEEL.
WELL, WELL, I MEAN, WE, YOU KNOW, THESE COSTS ARE MORE FIXED.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE TO PAY SALARIES, YOU KNOW, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UH, SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE OKAY WITH THE SAME BUDGET NUMBER.
UH, AND 5,104, ARE WE ONLY DOING THREE AGAIN? GOOD QUESTION.
NOW WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING INTO STRATEGY, UM, BECAUSE WE BASICALLY, UH, COMMITTED TO DO FOUR, UH, WE DID FOUR LAST YEAR, AND WE, I THINK PLANNED OR COMMITTED TO DO LIKE TWO OR THREE THIS YEAR.
WE AGREED TO DO FOUR, SO WE GOT FOUR.
SO NOW THE QUESTION IS WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO NEXT YEAR? UM, AND I'M, I'M CURIOUS HOW THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS FEEL.
THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL SHOULD WEIGH ON,
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BECAUSE I'VE ONLY GOT ANOTHER YEAR WITH YOU GUYS.SO THAT'S COMMISSIONER ISLAND.
SHE'S, SHE'S THE ONE ASKING THE QUESTION.
SO I GUESS I JUST LEAVE YOU COMMISSIONER CARS,
I MEAN, I'M OKAY WITH KEEPING THE COST FIXED IF YOU'RE, IF IT'S JUST FOR COFFEE AND LUNCHE AND FOOD.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH JUST DOING FOUR EVENTS NEXT YEAR THOUGH? THAT'S, I THINK THE QUESTION, UH, THEN I'D RATHER BE ON THE SAFER SIDE AND UP IT TO FIVE.
WELL, I THINK SHE'S SAYING EITHER UP THE BUDGET, UH, UH, IF WE'RE JUST GONNA DO FOUR OR MAYBE UP THE AMOUNT OF EVENTS, AND THEN THAT WAS CERTAINLY UP THE BUDGET.
WELL, YOU KNOW, UH, HAVING AN ALLOCATION, UH, FOR BUDGET, FOR, FOR FOUR EVENTS, UH, WILL CLEARLY BE A MARKED IMPROVEMENT FROM HAVING NO BUDGET
SO I, I DON'T SEE US GOING WRONG.
AND ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT, UH, WE COULD ALWAYS, OR, OR THE BODY AS IT STANDS, COULD ALWAYS THEN ISSUE A NEW RESOLUTION ALLOCATING, YOU KNOW, ASKING FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO FIND FUNDS FROM FY 24 BUDGET TO, RIGHT.
SO I THINK WE CAN'T GO WRONG BY LEAVING 5,100 AND LEAVING AT FOUR.
SO IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY.
DOES THAT SOUND OKAY? COMMISSIONER OLAND? YEAH, I THINK THAT WORKS.
WE JUST NEED TO UPDATE THAT FROM THREE TO FOUR.
NO, I HAVE ONE GRAMMATICAL CORRECTION TO MAKE, I BELIEVE.
UH, CITY COUNCIL DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER INSTEAD OF DIRECTS.
SO LET'S READ THAT LAST PARAGRAPH THROUGH AGAIN.
THIS IS FOR THE RECOMMENDATION.
THE CTT C RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE 3,800 FROM FY 24 BUDGET FOR A DIGITAL HALL, EXCUSE ME, DIGITAL INCLUSION ECOSYSTEM SUMMIT AND 5,100 FOR THE THREE PLAN DIGITAL INCLUSION TOWN LISTENING SESSIONS, UH, TO PAY FOR SUPPLIES, SNACKS, COFFEE AND FOOD SPONSORSHIP THROUGH A PARTNER, GOOD WORK AUSTIN, WHO WILL SECURE A FOOD PROVIDER CLOSE TO THE HOST VENUE LOCATION.
FINALLY, THESE TOWN HALL EVENTS SHOULD BE FUNDED IN THE FY 2024 BUDGET CYCLE AND INFLECT MARKET CHANGES.
DO WE NEED THAT LAST SENTENCE? THIS IS FOR THE BUDGET.
SO WE DON'T NEED, SO IT'S DUPLICATIVE.
UH, SO JUST TO CONFIRM, THE 5,100, IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE FOR THREE LISTENING SESSIONS? ARE FOUR LISTENING SESSIONS? THAT'S FOR THREE.
AND THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE THERE'S DEDICATED BUDGET FOR, UH, THE DIGITAL INCLUSION ECOSYSTEM SUMMIT.
UM, I THINK WE GOT EVERYTHING COVERED.
SO ARE WE CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE VOTING ON? IF WE ARE, WE ARE BEV ONE SMALL CHANGE IN THE PARAGRAPH ABOVE, UM, WHERE IT SAYS REFLECT MARKET CHANGES, SINCE WE'VE KEPT IT CONSISTENT, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO ADD THE REFLECT MARKET CHANGES.
SO NOW I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD.
THIS IS A SHORT ONE, SO LET'S TAKE IT FROM THE TOP.
UH, IF WE CAN SCROLL UP AND JUST READ THROUGH THIS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO FIRST, THE RESOLUTION, UH, WHEREAS STATE OF VISION IS FOR AUSTIN, UH, TO BE A BEACON OF SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIAL EQUITY, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WHERE DIVERSITY CREATIVITY ARE CELEBRATED, WHERE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND VALUES ARE RECOGNIZED, WHERE LEADERSHIP COMES FROM, IT'S COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND WHERE THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE ARE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.
WHEREAS IT IS DEFINED RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CTC ACCORDING TO OUR BYLAWS, TO ADVISE CITY COUNCIL ON COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY, TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES, AND NEW SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS
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TO HELP REALIZE THE STATED VISION ABOVE.WHEREAS CTC PURSUANT TO THE 20 21, 20 22, UH, PLEASE DELETE THAT NEXT LIST OUT OF, UH, COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY.
WE CAN JUST USE CT TC GOING FORWARD IN ALL PLACES ONCE WE'VE GOT THE ABBREVIATION DOWN.
WHEREAS THE CT TC PURSUANT TO THE 20 21, 20 22 COM BACK OUT THAT, THAT CTC JUST SAY WORK PLAN THERE.
HOSTED FOUR DIGITAL INCLUSION TOWN HALL LISTENING SESSIONS IN 2022 AND HAS AGREED UNANIMOUSLY TO HOST FOUR DIGITAL INCLUSION, 10 ALL LISTENS SESSIONS IN 23 3.
LET ME, LET ME AMEND THAT SENTENCE HERE.
UH, AND HAS AGREED UNANIMOUSLY TO HOST FOUR.
UH, WELL, SHOULD WE TAKE THE ADVICE AND, AND REMOVE THE NUMBER FOUR? WE PUT FOUR F O U R.
DIGITAL INCLUSION SESSIONS, UH, DIGITAL INCLUSION TOWN HALL LISTENING SESSIONS IN 2023 AND 2024, AS WE BASICALLY HAVE, WHEREAS THESE LISTENING SESSIONS WERE PRODUCED WITH THE HELP COORDINATION AND SPONSORSHIP OF OTHER KEY DECK OF MEMBERS, THE SPECIFIC GOAL DIGITAL INCLUSION TALENT LISTENING SESSION.
WHAT'S TO CONVENE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY SPACES I, LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS TO DIRECTLY SHARE LIVED EXPERIENCES WITH THE CTC AND OTHERS, OR TO PROVIDE POLICY ADVISORS, POLICY MAKERS, AND OR DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS.
FIRST IN INSIGHTS ABOUT DIGITAL INCLUSION CHALLENGES, SOLUTIONS, POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH BETTER INFORMED POLICY OR SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATIONS WITH THIS SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING EVENTS AND COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS STILL SOUNDLY IN PLACE, WHEREAS ALL PREVIOUS EVENTS HAVE BEEN HOSTED WITHOUT A BUDGET FOR SUPPLIES, SNACKS, OR THE LUNCH MEAL, WHICH HAS BEEN SECURED THROUGH IN-KIND SPONSORSHIP.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE C T T C RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL.
DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE 5,100 FROM THE FY 2023 BUDGET FOR THE THREE PLANNED DIGITAL INCLUSION TOWN HALL LISTENING SESSIONS TO PAY FOR SUPPLIES, SNACKS, COFFEE AND FOOD SPONSORSHIP THROUGH OUR PARTNER, GOOD WORK AUSTIN, WHO WILL SECURE A FOOD PROVIDER CLOSE TO THE HOST VENUE LOCATION.
FINALLY, THESE TOWN HALL EVENTS SHOULD BE FUNDED IN THE FY TO, UH, FINALLY, UH, THE CTT C FURTHER RECOMMENDS THESE TOWN HALL EVENTS SHOULD BE FUNDED IN THE FY 2024 BUDGET CYCLE.
THAT'S THE RESOLUTION I THINK WE'LL WANT TO JUST TAKE OUT WHERE WE, UH, LAY OUT COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION IN BOTH THOSE PARAGRAPHS.
ANY THAT'S GONNA SAVE A WHOLE LOT OF READING TIME FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
NOW THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION WILL READ EXACTLY LIKE THAT, ALTHOUGH, UH, I THINK, UH, SCROLL UP FOR A SECOND, PLEASE.
UH, JUST ABOUT, UH, THAT LAST PARAGRAPH, UH, SECOND TO LAST.
UH, WELL, THAT, THAT LAST SENTENCE IS STILL ACCURATE FOR THE RECOMMENDATION, SO NO, THAT DOESN'T NEED TO CHANGE.
SO BASICALLY, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION FOR BUDGET IS GOING TO READ THE SAME, ALTHOUGH THE LAST PARAGRAPH WILL READ AS FOLLOWS, THE CTT C RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE 3,800 FROM FY 2024 BUDGET FOR A DIGITAL INCLUSION ECOSYSTEM SUMMIT, AND $5,100 FOR THE THREE PLANNED DIGITAL INCLUSION TOWN HALL LISTING SESSIONS TO PAY FOR SUPPLIES, SNACKS, COFFEE AND FOOD SPONSORSHIP THROUGH OUR PARTNER GUILD WORK AUSTIN, WHO WILL SECURE A FOOD PROVIDER CLOSE TO THE HOLSMAN NEW LOCATION.
UH, I, I GOTTA ADD SOMETHING HERE, WHICH I THINK WE'LL ALL APPRECIATE LATER.
UM, IN RELATION TO THE SUMMIT, I THINK WE NEED A WHEREAS STATEMENT FOR THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION, UH, WHERE WE'RE JUST KIND OF ADDING A SUMMIT, I THINK WE NEED TO MAYBE SAY SOMETHING LIKE, UH, WHEREAS IT HAS BEEN
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AN AS, UH, LIKE, WHEREAS IT, IT IS, UH, SOUNDLY AGREED BY DECK OF PARTNERS AND THE COMMISSION, UH, THAT OUR REGION, UH, IS WANT OR NEEDS A CONVENING OF BUSINESS.UH, AND, AND, AND THE INVITATION FOR THE PLANNING MEETING, I BASICALLY SAID THE STATEMENT, SO LET ME JUST PULL, UH, OKAY.
WHEREAS THERE IS BROAD AGREEMENT THAT OUR DIGITAL INCLUSION ECOSYSTEM WOULD BENEFIT FROM A CONVENING THAT WOULD INCLUDE BUSINESSES, ISPS, NGOS, NONPROFITS, AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AS KEY STAKEHOLDERS.
I, I THINK THAT'S REALLY ALL WE NEED TO ADD.
UH, AND, UH, AND THERE IS, I DON'T KNOW, UH, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? I, I'M, I'M JUST KIND OF, BUT THE POINT IS THAT A STATEMENT ABOUT THE NEED TO BRING TOGETHER ALL THESE PLAYERS, AND MAYBE IT'S WRONG TO, THEY BROUGHT AGREEMENT, UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD, WE COULD SAY IS INSTEAD, UH, YEAH.
MAYBE WE CAN SAY THERE'S OPPORTUNITY INSTEAD OF BROAD AGREEMENT.
AND, UH, MAYBE, UH, IF I WAS AT AN END, IT WOULD BE, AND OUR PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLANNING RESOLUTION WOULD BE, UH, WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE IN SERVICE OF THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
LIKE, UH, WE BASICALLY ALREADY KIND OF AGREED TO THAT.
UM, SO I'M, I'M NOW LOOKING FOR IDEAS ON HOW TO PHRASE THIS, Y'ALL, BUT I'M, I'M TRYING TO, TO, TO, TO, TO DROP THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN THERE AS A POINT WHERE WE'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THIS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO, CAN WE SAY AND WOULD SUPPORT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN? YEAH.
AND WOULD, AND WOULD SUPPORT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN REFRESH.
OUR DIGITAL INCLUSION STRATEGIC PLAN REFRESH.
IN FACT, YOU MIGHT EVEN PUT 2014 DIGITAL INCLUSION, STRATEGIC PLAN, REFRESH AND DIGITAL INCLUSION STRATEGIC PLAN.
ADDING THIS ONE SENTENCE TO EXPLAIN WHY WE'RE BRINGING UP A SUMMIT, AND THEN IN THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, WOULD YOU SCROLL DOWN, PLEASE? DAN? CHAIR PI, CAN YOU SPELL OUT WHAT I S P AND WHAT NGOS STAND FOR? THOSE ACRONYMS? YES.
SO YEAH, PLEASE PUT INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER AND THEN I S P PARENTHESES AND INTERNET SEARCH PROVIDER SHOULD BE LOWER CAPS AND JUST PUT, THERE YOU GO.
AND JUST PUT THAT, THERE YOU GO.
UH, NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND THAT SHOULD BE LOWER CAPS TOO.
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PERFECT.SO AGAIN, THAT LAST SENTENCE, AND THEN WE SCROLL DOWN TO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.
THE CT TC RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL, DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE 3,800 FROM THE FY 2024 BUDGET FOR A DIGITAL INCLUSION ECOSYSTEM SUMMIT, AND 5,100 FOR THE THREE PLAN DIGITAL INCLUSION TOWN HALL LISTING SESSIONS TO PAY FOR SUPPLIES, SNACKS, COFFEE AND FOOD SPONSORSHIP THROUGH OUR PARTNER, GOOD WORK, AUSTIN, WHO WILL SECURE A FOOD PROVIDER CLOSE TO THE HOSTING NEW LOCATION.
IF THAT LOOKS GOOD, UH, THEN I, I'D RECOMMEND I, I, I MOVE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS, UH, BUDGET RECOMMENDATION, UH, AND RESOLUTION RESPECTIVELY.
SECOND, WE HAVE A SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DACA.
WITH THAT, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND HOLD A VOTE AND WE'LL NEED TO SWITCH TO, UH, AV SO WE CAN SEE EVERYBODY, UH, FOR THE VOTES.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR BOTH THE, UH, 2023 AND 2024.
THEN WE'RE VOTING ON BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.
TWO SEPARATE VOTES FOR THE ONE FOR THE RECOMMENDATION AND ONE FOR THE RESOLUTION.
I THINK, DIDN'T WE DO TWO SEPARATE VOTES EARLIER, OR DID WE JUST DO ONE VOTE? WE DID ONE.
WELL, THEN I THINK WE DO ONE VOTE AGAIN.
UH, DOES THAT SOUND FINE? EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? THEN WE HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF.
AND, UH, UH, SECOND BY VICE DACA, WE CAN HOLD THE VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING, UH, THE RESOLUTION FOR THE TOWN HALL LISTENING SESSIONS AND BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FOR TOWN HALL LISTENING SESSIONS AND SUMMIT.
WE'RE UNANIMOUS IN OUR APPROVAL AND NO ABSTENTIONS, SO WE CAN NOW MOVE FORWARD IN OUR AGENDA.
[4. Update from Digital Inclusion, Civic Engagement, and Strategic Technology and Telecom Policy Working Group]
THIS PIECE HERE, UH, IS SOMETHING WHICH, UH, I DID WANNA CALL OUT.UH, IT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY IMPACTED ME MOST FROM, UH, THE, UH, CONFERENCE THAT I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTEND ATTENDING, UH, LAST WEEK.
LAST WEEK WAS THE NET INCLUSION CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, HOSTED BY THE NATIONAL DIGITAL INCLUSION ALLIANCE, WHO IS, UH, THE NATIONAL AUTHORITY ON DIGITAL INCLUSION.
AND ONE THAT HAS, UH, BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR US IN PRODUCING CONTENT AND PROVIDING BEST PRACTICES, AND ALSO IN ACKNOWLEDGING OUR WORK HERE AT THE CITY LEVEL, AMONG MANY DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS.
UH, AT THE EVENT, UH, THEY HAD, UH, A COHORT FROM THE NATIONAL, UH, THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION AGENCY, INCLUDING THEIR DIRECTOR AND A VARIETY OF OTHERS.
UH, THEY HOSTED A SESSION WHICH WAS SOMEWHAT INTIMATE, FOCUSED AROUND THE DIGITAL EQUITY REQUEST FOR COMMENT PERIOD THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIGITAL EQUITY CAPACITY GRANT PROGRAM.
AND I PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA TODAY BECAUSE I WANTED TO CALL IT OUT AS SOMETHING, UH, WHICH WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, NOT AS A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION PER SE, BUT REALLY JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH OF US AS COMMISSIONERS, UH, TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND IN THE GREATER COMMUNITY, UH, AS A WAY TO SHOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, UH, THAT PEOPLE PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON QUESTIONS, UH, THAT ARE ASKED ABOUT THEM.
TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT, THE NTIA IS INVITING ORGANIZATIONS, DEPARTMENTS, AND INDIVIDUALS ADVOCATING DIGITAL EQUITY IN THEIR COMMUNITY TO ATTEND, UH, RATHER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS LAUNCH, UH, THE DIRECTOR, ANGELA BENNETT, UH, WAS THE ONE WHO SPOKE WITH US.
AND, UH, REALLY IT WAS POWERFUL HEARING OTHER PEOPLE JUST REFLECT FIRSTHAND ON WHAT THEY WERE SEEING, MAKING LITTLE SUGGESTIONS HERE AND THERE, AND TO SEE THE N T I A, YOU KNOW, DUTIFULLY TAKING NOTES AND ADOPTING THAT FEEDBACK.
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LIKE TO DO, UH, IS TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH MY COLLEAGUES.AND, UH, WHAT IT INCLUDES IS A BULLET STATEMENT ABOUT WHY QUEST FOR AND COMMENTS IMPORTANT, AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW THIS SCRIPT AND TO LIST THAT ON VIDEO, UH, SAMPLE SCRIPT VIDEO GUIDANCE AS WELL, AND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIGITAL EQUITY ACT PROGRAMS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND, AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT PEOPLE DO ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, UH, AND IT'S BY NO MEANS ANYTHING.
I'M, I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE, UH, DEDICATE BUDGET TO, BUT IT'S KIND OF THING THAT I THINK CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF WE ALL SPEND A LITTLE TIME PERSONALLY TO DO THIS WITH.
SO, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND HAVE WON'T BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND PROCEED IN OUR AGENDA TO WORKING GROUP UPDATES.
UH, FIRST, THE DIGITAL INCLUSION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOM POLICY WORKING GROUP.
UH, WHERE I'M THE CHAIR, UH, AS I MENTIONED, UH, HAD THE HONOR OF ATTENDING THE NET INCLUSION CONFERENCE, UH, WHICH TO MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THE LARGEST, UH, ATTENDED CONFERENCE THEY'VE HAD OF THIS KIND.
THEY HAD 800 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS PRESENTING ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS RELATED TO DIGITAL INCLUSION.
UH, AND IT WAS THE KIND OF EVENT THAT WAS SO POWERFUL THAT YOU JUST WISH YOU COULD CLONE YOURSELF.
YOU WISH YOU COULD BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE.
UH, I WAS PLEASED TO HAVE, UH, VICE CHAIR DACA PRESENT, AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF OTHER MEMBERS FROM THE CITY STAFF, INCLUDING, UH, KOTTON HARMON, BRE GOWING, UH, JESSE RODRIGUEZ AS, UH, MEMBERS OF, UH, THE TERRA STAFF, AND TO SEE A VARIETY OF DECA PARTNERS PRESENT AS WELL.
UH, UH, A A FEW THAT COME TO MIND.
OUR PARTNERS OF TRAVIS COUNTY, UH, RITA TAYLOR, AND, UH, WITH AUSTIN FREENET, JESS ROSS.
ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS THEY DID, UH, FOR THE SESSIONS IS CREATE A COLLABORATIVE NOTE TAKING DOCUMENT FOR EVERY SESSION.
AND, UH, AS A RESULT, I HAVE NOTES TO SHARE FOR EVERY SESSION THAT I ATTENDED AND NOTES TO SHARE FOR THE ONES THAT I WAS DOUBLE BOOKED FOR AND COULDN'T ATTEND.
UH, AND WITH AGREEMENT, UH, BY VICE CHAIR DACA, I HAVE COMPILED A FILE, UH, THAT INCLUDES, UH, THE NOTES FROM THE SESSIONS HE ATTENDED AND THE ONES THAT I ATTENDED, AND I'M GONNA DISTRIBUTE THAT OUT TO THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE, UH, AND HAVE THAT ADDED TO THE RECORD, UH, AS WELL FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
NEXT YEAR, THEY'RE GONNA BE HOSTING ANOTHER EVENT, UH, IN, UH, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, AND I HOPE THAT, UH, WE'LL HAVE A STRONG PRESENCE THERE AS WELL.
UM, BUT THAT WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE BIG HIGHLIGHTS, UH, FOR THIS WORKING GROUP AS ITS FOCUS, UH, WAS ON DIGITAL INCLUSION.
IT WAS REALLY NEAT, UH, AS FAR AS THE WHO'S WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY, UH, SHAKE THE HAND OF OUR COMMERCE SECRETARY AND TO GET SOME SOULFUL SUPPORT FOR THE WORK WE DO HERE WAS REALLY NICE.
UH, I'VE GOT OTHER THOUGHTS, BUT I, I DON'T, I KNOW THAT THE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THOUGHTS ON, ON THIS CONFERENCE AS WELL, UH, THAT WE'LL RETURN TO LATER.
UM, BUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON, WHY DON'T WE JUST TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO GIVE, UH, VICE CHAIR APADACA A CHANCE TO CHAIR HIS THOUGHTS ON THE CONFERENCE AS A MEMBER OF THIS WORKING GROUP AS WELL.
UH, AND, AND THEN IF YOU TURN IT BACK TO ME, I'LL THEN PICK UP THE OTHER ITEMS FOR THE WORD GROUP.
UH, LARGEST TODAY, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE NATIONAL DIGITAL INCLUSION ALLIANCE.
THAT'S SORT OF THE PREMIER, UM, NATIONAL PARTNER FOCUSED ON, ON DIGITAL EQUITY.
UM, VERY EXCITED THAT, THAT THEY CHOSE SAN ANTONIO AS THEIR LARGEST TO DATE CONFERENCE.
SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING, IN ADDITION TO HAVING SPEAKERS, BREAKOUT SESSIONS INCLUDED SITE VISITS.
SO, UH, I WAS ABLE TO, TO ATTEND THE SITE VISIT TO THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
UH, WAS FORTUNATE TO, TO, TO SEE SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING GOING ON THERE.
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ON UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH, UM, CODING, UM, UH, TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS THE SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY.UM, COMPARING THAT TO SOME OF THE, THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE, HERE IN AUSTIN, THERE IS SIMILAR IN NATURE.
UM, SO WAS, WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT, THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO SET THE BAR HIGH IN OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM.
UM, AND AS ALLUDED TO BY, BY CHAIR PITTS HEARING FROM, UH, SAN ANTONIO MAYOR RON NURNBERG, WHO MADE IT A PRIORITY TO, UH, TO COME TO THE EVENT AND, UM, AND, AND, AND, AND SHOWCASE THE, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AS WELL AS US COMMERCE SECRETARY, GINA RAMON RAMO, UM, WHO, WHO MADE SEVERAL, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS AS, AS WELL AS TALKED A BIT ABOUT HOW THE WHITE HOUSE IS ENGAGING HYPER LOCALLY TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO, TO DO THE WORK LOCALLY.
SO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO SHARING THE NOTES, UM, WITH THE REST OF, OF THE COMMISSION.
AND, UM, CONTINUING TO, TO SHOW OUR PRESENCE AT FUTURE N D I A CONFERENCES.
VICE, UH, AND, UH, SECRETARY ROMANO, RIGHT? ROMANO, IS THAT RIGHT? UH, YEAH, JUST REALLY COOL, UM, MEETING HER AMONGST OTHERS, UH, AND, UH, SEEING THEIR SUPPORT FOR OUR WORK HERE.
UH, CONTINUING, UH, WITH THE WORKING GROUP UPDATES, UM, WE'VE ALREADY HAD A BRIEF UPDATE ON GTOP S PROVIDED BY, UH, OUR STAFF LIAISON, DAN MARTINEZ.
UH, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, THAT PROCESS CONTINUES.
UH, SO, UH, BEGUN REVIEWING APPLICATIONS MYSELF JUST TO BE ABLE TO BACK UP THE TEAM.
UH, THAT TEAM OF REVIEW, UH, REVIEWERS WILL SUBMIT THEIR SCORES BY THIS SUNDAY, UH, AND THEN WE'LL ENTER INTO TO PHASE TWO.
SO, UH, THERE'LL BE MORE UPDATES ON THAT LATER.
IN FACT, UH, IT'LL BE PART OF OUR AGENDA AS WELL NEXT MEETING.
UH, SO BE ON A LOOKOUT FOR THAT.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT FROM A WORK GROUP STANDPOINT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING, UM, IS FINDING A WAY, IN ADDITION TO REQUEST FOR COMMENT, FINDING A WAY, UH, TO SUPPORT AS A COMMISSION, MAPPING CHALLENGES, RIGHT? UH, CHALLENGES OF THE ACTUAL SPEEDS AND FEEDS MAP THAT'S PROVIDED.
THAT'S GONNA BE THE BASIS, UH, FOR FUNDING DISTRIBUTION, UH, FOR THE DESIGNATION OF, UH, COMMUNITIES, UH, RATHER HOUSEHOLDS, UH, WITHIN A COMMUNITIES BEING UNSERVED SERVED OR UNDERSERVED.
I KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TIME, UH, TODAY IN OUR MEETING, BUT, UH, I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD FIND A WAY, UH, TO USE OUR, OUR POWER AS COMMISSIONERS, OUR VOICE WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICES, UH, TO ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL MAPPING CHALLENGES, UH, SPEED TESTS AT THE HOME, AND THEN CHALLENGES TO THE, THE FCC BROADBAND, UH, MAP OF, OF SPEEDS BASED ON DIRECT INSIGHT FROM, UH, FROM IO VICE DACA.
UH, UH, I GET MY CHANCE TO SPEAK TO THIS.
THEY RESPOND TO THESE CHALLENGES.
WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, SHARE THAT ON THE RECORD AND, AND YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH SUBMITTING A CHALLENGE? YEAH, YEAH.
UM, I CAN SPEAK PERSONALLY THAT I'VE SUBMITTED, UH, SEVERAL CHALLENGES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BOTH, UM, ON THE FRONT OF AVAILABILITY FROM I S P PROVIDERS, AS WELL AS ADDRESS CORRECTIONS.
AND SEVERAL OF THOSE CHALLENGES WERE ACTUALLY ACCEPTED, UM, BY THE INDIVIDUAL ISPS.
SO, UH, I THINK I'VE, I'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE, BUT CERTAINLY AS, AS COMMISSIONERS, WE CAN, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S VERY QUICK.
GO TO THE WEBSITE, IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS PRETTY TECH SAVVY HERE.
UH, IT TAKES LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES, UH, TO CHECK WHAT ISPS THE MAPS ARE SAYING THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WHETHER THAT'S, THAT'S ACCURATE, UH, BASED ON, ON YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF, OF, UM, SORT OF WHAT'S BEING ADVERTISED TO YOU.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO DO IT TONIGHT AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO DO IT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT I, I'M CERTAINLY AVAILABLE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
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VICE TRPA DACA WILL DO THE SAME.UH, I, I DON'T, NOT CONTRACTING THEM OUT OR ANYTHING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW THAT WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS AND WANNA HELP.
SO, UH, PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP, UH, THAT IS THE SUBSTANTIVE UPDATES FOR THIS WORKING GROUP, AND WE ARE PRESSED FOR TIME.
[5. Update from Knowledge, Information, and Data Stewardship Working Group]
TRANSITION TO, UH, THE NEXT ITEM IN OUR AGENDA, THE, UH, UPDATE FOR THE KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND DATA STEWARDSHIP WORKING GROUP, UH, VICE CHAPPA DACA AS WORKING GROUP CHAIR.UM, OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, WE, UM, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GO THROUGH THE NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WERE ASSIGNED TO OUR WORKING GROUP.
UH, WE MADE SOME DECISIONS ON SORT OF WHAT'S BEEN FORMALLY CLOSED OUT, WHAT WE'LL REPORT BACK TO THE COMMISSION ON, AND, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS ON WHAT WE WILL ASSIGN TO FUTURE, UM, COMMITTEES MOVING FORWARD.
UM, IF, IF YOU WANT ANY SPECIFIC DETAILS, YOU CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO ME, BUT I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR NOW.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, AND WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED IN OUR AGENDA UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUICK QUESTIONS.
[6. Update from Technology, Infrastructure, and Innovation Working Group]
TO THE NEXT WORKING GROUP, UPDATE THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND INNOVATION WORKING GROUP.UH, AND, UH, ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS IS ON THE CALL TODAY, ON OUR CONFERENCE TODAY.
COMMISSIONER FLOYD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE? OH, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY.
UH, GOING BACK TO THE KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION, DATA STEWARDSHIP, UH, UH, WORKING GROUP, I DID ACTUALLY ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION, UH, WITH A P D AND, UH, UH, WE'RE WORKING NOW, UH, TO GET THE APD TEAM ASSEMBLED TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT I TEED UP, WHICH ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE ASKED BEFORE A P D ONE FOLLOW UP, FOLLOW UP ON POLICE BODY, UH, UH, BODY CAM VIDEO PROCESSING, AND ANY TECHNOLOGY UPDATES THEY'VE MADE TO THAT SYSTEM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING.
SO, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR AND ON THE RECORD.
UH, AND WITH THAT THEN I'LL, I'LL DOUBLE BACK AND, AND CIRCLE TO, UH, UH, THE WORKING GROUP CHAIR FOR, UH, TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND WORK, UH, INNOVATION, UH, COMMISSIONER FORT.
UM, WE BASICALLY TALKED ABOUT THE STUFF THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IN, UH, WITH DECO AND YOUR WORKING GROUP UPDATE.
UM, JUST WENT IN DEPTH OF THAT AND ALSO HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME STATE GRANT MONEY POTENTIAL, UM, THINGS THE CITY COULD APPLY FOR, AND OTHER IDEAS KIND OF WOULD, WE'RE LIKE A BRAINSTORMING SESSION.
UM, BUT WE DID, WE OBVIOUSLY, SINCE A COUPLE OF US ARE TERMING OUT, WE DON'T REALLY WANNA ASSIGN ANYTHING YET TO ANYONE NEW.
SO WE'RE GROUPS KIND OF A, KIND OF IN A HOLDING PATTERN UNTIL, UH, NEW MEMBERS SHOW UP.
COMMISSIONER, UH, FLOYD, UH, COMMISSIONER YATES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT BRIEFLY? UM, WELL, UM, WE DID DISCUSS SOMETHING, SOME ITEMS THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN, UH, FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
SO IN YOUR NEXT, UH, NEXT PART WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
THE ONE THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT, UH, DISCUSSION, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE RECORD, IS, UH, THE IDENTIFICATION OF CERTAIN AREAS WHERE WE KNOW, UH, THERE HAS BEEN INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES AND INSIGHTS WERE PASSED ON TO OUR CITY STAFF ABOUT THESE COMMUNITIES.
UH, A AS ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES WHERE, UH, WE KNOW THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIST ANY OF THOSE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL? COMMISSIONER YATES? UH, NO.
I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE, UH, PROBLEM WAS THAT WE NEEDED MORE INFORMATION FROM THE CARRIERS IN ORDER TO REALLY DISCOVER WHERE, UH, THERE IS, UH, A LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND POSSIBLY, UH, GETTING, UH, AUSTIN ELECTRIC TO, UH, TO COME IN AND, AND TELL US ABOUT, UH, SERVICE, UH, AVAILABLE SERVICE LEVELS ON THE POLLS IN, IN SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
ENOUGH.WITH THAT, THEN, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TRANSITION OUT OF THIS WORK AND GROUP DISCUSSION, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS INTO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UH, BECAUSE ONE OF THE ONES THAT, UH, COMMISSION YATES IS TALKING ABOUT NOW IS A PRESENTATION FROM AUSTIN ENERGY, A BRIEFING, UH, LIKE WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST WHERE WE CAN GO INTO AN UNDERSTANDING OF, OF, UH, POLL INVENTORY AND, UH, AVAILABILITY OF, UH, OF SLOTS ON THE POLLS, UH, FOR PROVIDERS TO BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO AS PART OF, UH, UH, A DISCUSSION FOR US TO GET MORE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR CURRENT PERMITTING RESPONSE TIMES AND ISSUES WITH PERMITTING.
UH, SO THAT IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE ITEMS WE WANT, UH, AND A BRIEFING THAT WE'D LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
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UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHERS YOU MIGHT HAVE IN MIND AS WELL, COMMISSIONER YATES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, SHARE THOSE? I BELIEVE THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED ASKING GOOGLE TO COME BACK IN AND TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR, UH, ROLLOUT AND ANY PROBLEMS THAT THEY WERE HAVING WITH PERMITTING TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY WAY THAT WE COULD ADVOCATE FOR THEM, BECAUSE WITH GOOGLE IN NEIGHBORHOODS, THEN THERE WOULD BE MORE COMPETITION AND POSSIBLY BETTER SERVICE, RIGHT? RIGHT.AND CLEARLY, WE, UH, WE DON'T AS A CITY ADVOCATE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL I S P.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES, UH, ANCHOR FACILITIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, THAT STAND WITH GOOGLE.
UH, AND SO NATURALLY, UH, WE WANNA SUPPORT, UH, THOSE CONTRACTS AND, AND, UH, PROVIDERS IN GENERAL.
UH, SO YES, UH, I THINK THAT WE COULD ALSO ADD, UH, BRIEFING FROM GOOGLE POTENTIALLY TO THE LIST.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE THAT JUMPS TO MIND VICE, UM, ONE ITEM THAT, THAT CAME UP RELATIVELY RECENTLY, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, THE ICE STORM FROM, OH, ALMOST TWO MONTHS AGO NOW.
AND, UM, THE, UM, THE, THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WENT OUT TO, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, INTERESTED TO HEAR FROM THE APPROPRIATE CITY DEPARTMENT ON ANY UPDATES OR, OR CHANGES OR EVEN OPPORTUNITIES, UM, THAT, THAT ARE BEING MADE, UM, FOR, UM, FOR FUTURE EMERGENCIES.
SO, UH, DAN, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL WORK DIRECTLY WITH YOU ON, UM, INVITING THE, UM, THE CORRECT INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS OR, OR DEPARTMENTS PERHAPS TO A WORKING GROUP MEETING, UH, BEFORE, UM, UH, ADDRESSING THE, UH, THE FULL COMMISSION.
WELL, UH, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT BACK UP.
IT, IT IS DEFINITELY A FOCUS OF THE WHOLE COMMISSION.
UM, AND BASED UPON, UH, THE NATURE OF THE CHALLENGES, UH, IT COULD EASILY BE THE FOCUS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING GROUP, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POWER INFRASTRUCTURE OR IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS, UH, THE KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND DATA STEWARDSHIP WORKING GROUP.
UH, SO I NEED TO PULL THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, LET'S BOTH WORK WITH DAN TO FIGURE OUT WHO WE NEED TO INVITE TO THE CONVERSATION, AND THEN, UH, LET'S COME TO TERMS WITH WHICH WORKING GROUP SHOULD, SHOULD HANDLE THAT, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY.
YEAH, I'M, I'M, I'M SEEING NODS.
UH, YES, DAN, I HAVE TWO, UM, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY.
THE FIRST IS THE, UH, THE REVIEW AND THE, UH, ACCEPTANCE OF THE GTOP PS APPLICANTS, UM, RIGHT, WHO WILL BE REWARDED.
AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER ONE IS A PRESENTATION BY THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON THEIR ACTION PLAN, WHICH COMES UP NEXT MONTH.
AND THIS IS ONE THAT WE'VE WOR BEEN WORKING TOWARD.
IF YOU GUYS CAN RECALL, UH, THEY FIRST VISITED US, UH, UH, ON THE HISTORY OF PLANNING, UH, HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, GOING INTO TO EXHAUSTIVE DETAIL ABOUT OUR HISTORY OF SEGREGATION AND HOW THAT'S CREATED THE FOUNDATION FOR, UH, DIGITAL REDLINING AND OTHER, OTHER THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH HERE.
UH, SO, UH, I AGREE THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH.
UH, BUT WITH THAT, THEN THAT TAKES CARE OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UH, AND I'M A LITTLE PAST THE, THE PROMISE ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MINUTES PASSED, BUT IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? I WILL MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT BY COMMISSIONER GARZA, SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DACA.
WITH THAT, WE CAN HOLD A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE.
ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
HAVE A GREAT EVENING AND HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY.
GOOD NIGHT FOR SO OVER TEMPTATION.