* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:09] THIS IS THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION. MAY 24TH, 2023 AT 6 47. SOME MEMBERS OF THE BOARD COMMISSION MIGHT BE PARTICIPATING VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE. MEMBERS OF PUBLIC ARE INTERESTED IN WATCHING. YOU CAN DO SO ON ATX AND LIVE. UH, MY NAME IS STEVEN APODACA, AS I MENTIONED. UH, WE'LL BE, UH, I'LL BE, UH, REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO. UH, WE'LL START OFF WITH A ROLL CALL HERE IN THE ROOM. AND, UH, WE'LL JUST START TO MY LEFT. COUNCIL BRIANNA SMITH, REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE. HELLO, THIS IS NEHEMIAH PIT III, REPRESENTING DISTRICT ONE, GABRIEL , REPRESENTING DISTRICT SIX. FROM THERE, WE'LL TRANSITION TO COMMISSIONERS ATTENDING VIRTUALLY. COMMISSIONER GARZA. PERHAPS YOU CAN GO FIRST. COMMISSIONER CHRISTINA GARZA, REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT FOUR, COMMISSIONER SUPTA REPRESENTING DISTRICT 10. COMMISSIONER ZA. I'M ZA REPRESENTING DISTRICT EIGHT. AND COMMISSIONER CLARK, JANINE CLARK, REPRESENTING DISTRICT NINE. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A QUORUM, UH, AND WE CAN START OUR AGENDA. UM, BEFORE WE START, JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE WE HAVE COMMI, WE HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER CLARK PRESENT WITH US. WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU, UH, WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERHAPS, UH, DO A QUICK INTRODUCTION AND, AND JUST, UM, TELL US WHAT, UM, INSPIRED YOU TO, TO JOIN OUR, UH, OUR COMMISSION. CERTAINLY THANKS FOR THE TIME AND I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF. UM, SO JEANINE CLARK, UH, I HAD THE GREAT FORTUNE OF SERVING AS AN ADVISOR TO THE MAYOR OF AUSTIN, MAYOR ADLER FROM 2016 TO 2022. UH, AND I GOT AWAY, BUT JUST NOT TOO FAR. UM, AND I WAS IN, UH, COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY SPACE@INDEED.COM MOST RECENTLY. AND SO, UH, EXCITED TO CONTINUE PLUGGING IN THAT WORK AND SERVE ON COMMISSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE THROUGH OUR AGENDA, UM, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. UH, SO WE'LL MOVE RIGHT PAST THAT TO THE APPROVAL [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] OF MINUTES. UH, FOR ITEMS ONE AND TWO, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ENOUGH INDIVIDUALS HERE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. UM, WE'VE INDICATED THAT, THAT SOME FOLKS WANT, WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL TIME TO REVIEW THE RECORDINGS FROM THE, UH, MEETINGS ON APRIL 12TH AND MAY 10TH. SO, I PROPOSE WE TABLE THOSE TWO ITEMS UNTIL A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING, UM, NEXT MONTH. UH, CAN I DO, CAN I JUST POINT OUT THAT THE DATES ARE INCORRECT IN THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS SENT, IT HAS THE WRONG DATE FOR THE MAY 10TH MEETINGS. IT SAYS MARCH. UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT CORRECTED THAT NOW BEFORE WE BOARD IT ON IT NEXT TIME. THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT. THAT WOULD BE MARCH AND THE APRIL MEETINGS, I CAN CLARIFY. UM, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A, AN OLDER COPY. UH, THAT CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE ALREADY. OKAY. SO WE SHOULD SEE THAT CORRECTED IN THE NEXT VERSION. UM, BUT JUST WANNA OPEN IT UP LIKE VERY QUICKLY, UM, SEE IF ANYONE HAD ANY COMMENT ON, UM, PUSHING THAT ITEM TO OUR NEXT REG REGULAR SCHEDULE. I MOVE, I SECOND THE, THE MOTION TO TABLE THE MINUTES FROM THE, UH, MAY 10TH MEETING. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. HI. SO, BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, IF WE COULD JUST HAVE ALL COMMISSIONERS, UH, REVIEW THE RECORDINGS, UH, FROM THOSE TWO, UM, PREVIOUS MEETINGS, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, TO HOPEFULLY APPROVE THOSE, UM, THOSE FINALIZED MINUTES. SO WITH [3. Officer Elections (Commission Discussion and Action)] THAT, UM, WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR MAIN AGENDA ITEM, OFFICER ELECTIONS. UM, AS YOU PROBABLY NOTICED, I AM PRESIDING OVER, UM, TODAY'S MEETING AS WELL AS I, AS WELL AS LAST TIME'S MEETING, UH, DUE TO A DISCREPANCY WITH OUR, UH, ELECTIONS. UM, BUT WITH THAT, WE ARE VOTING ON A, ON THE CHAIR, UH, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION. UH, SO AT THIS POINT, I'LL TAKE NOMINATIONS, UH, [00:05:01] FOR CHAIR. I NOMINATE, UH, NEHEMIAH PITS FOR CHAIR, AND I WILL SECOND THANK YOU. WOULD WOULD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE WE VOTE? COMMISSIONER PITS? SURE. SURE. YEAH. UM, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION SINCE 2016. UH, INITIALLY APPOINTED BY AURA HOUSTON, UH, THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT ONE, UH, THE HISTORICALLY BLACK DISTRICT IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. UH, AS I WAS REMINDED TODAY, UH, BEING AT EAST SIDE MEMORIAL HIGH, EXCUSE ME, BEING AT EASTSIDE EARLY COLLEGE PREP, WHICH FORMALLY WAS KNOWN AS EASTSIDE MOR HIGH SCHOOL, UH, IT, IT, HAVING ROOTS IN AUSTIN AND BEING CONNECTED TO THIS COMMUNITY IS VERY PERSONAL FOR ME. UH, THREE OF MY GRANDPARENTS ATTENDED THE SCHOOL, WHICH WAS CALLED THEN, UH, THE DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND INSTITUTE FOR COLORED YOUTH IN EAST AUSTIN IN THE EARLY 19 HUNDREDS. UH, SO MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE SQUARELY FOCUSED ON AS A COMMISSION ARE DEEPLY PERSONAL FOR ME. UH, AND THE TIME AND THE ENERGY AND THE PASSION THAT I'VE, UH, EXPRESSED AND, AND, AND ALL OF THE, THE HEART THAT I PUT INTO THIS WORK AS A COMMISSIONER, UH, REFLECTS THAT. UH, I WAS HONORED TO BE ELECTED CHAIR FIRST IN 2019. UH, AND, UH, HAVE BEEN HONORED TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU. UH, UH, ONLY A FEW OF YOU WERE ON THE BOARD BACK THEN, BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH EVERYONE THAT, THAT I'VE WORKED WITH IN THIS TIME. AND AS THIS IS MY LAST YEAR TO SERVE WITHIN THE EIGHT YEAR TERM LIMIT THAT WE HAVE AS COMMISSIONERS, I'D BE HONORED TO CONTINUE SERVING AS YOUR, AS YOUR CHAIR. AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE REALLY MADE SOME, SOME HUGE PROGRESS, UH, WITH THIS COMMISSION. AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT THROUGH. UH, SO WITH THAT, I'M HONORED WITH THE NOMINATION AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO A VOTE. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? SEEING NONE ON THE TABLE, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GO, UH, TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ONE, ONE MOMENT. YEAH. UH, UH, IF I MAY HAVE A, UH, UH, A WORD, WE HAVE TO TAKE TWO VOTES TODAY. MM. UH, SO FIRST WE HAVE TO HAVE A WAIVER OF THE TERM LIMIT, UH, WHICH IS A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE. AND, AND THEN I WOULD PROPOSE WE CAN HAVE, UH, THE SECOND VOTE TO APPOINT AS CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POINTING THAT OUT. JESSE ASTUTE, AS ALWAYS, AND WAS THE ORIGINAL, UM, WAS THE REASONING BEHIND. WE HAD OUR DEBACLE JUST A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO. APPRECIATE THAT. UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL NEED TO DO AN ADDITIONAL MO DO A NEW MOTION IN ORDER TO WAIVER THE TERM LIMIT, UH, FOR CHAIR. SO, WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE TERM LIMIT? I MOVE TO WAIVE THE TERM LIMIT. I MOVE. SECOND. COMMISSIONER DES GUPTA HAS MOVED TO WAIVE THE TERM LIMIT. COMMISSIONER GARZA HAS SECONDED. WE'LL, GO AHEAD AND GO TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS AND SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY ABSTENTIONS? ANYONE AGAINST? BELIEVE THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO THE SECOND ITEM, WHICH IS THE NOMINATION OF, UH, COMMISSIONER PITTS. UH, THAT WAS INDICATED FIRST BY, UH, COMMISSIONER AND THANKED BY MYSELF, UM, WILL TAKE YOU TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ELECTING COMMISSIONER, UH, PITS AS CHAIR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS AND SIGNIFY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY ABSTENTIONS? ANYONE AGAINST? BELIEVE THAT IS UNANIMOUS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, CHAIR PITS. APPRECIATE IT. SO, WITH THAT, I BELIEVE YOUR NOMINATION MAKES YOUR, MAKES YOU CHAIR EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. CHAIR PITTS. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR, AKA. I APPRECIATE THAT. UH, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR VOTE. UH, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT TOO. AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO RESUMING, UH, MY DUTIES AS CHAIR AND CONTINUING THIS IMPORTANT WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UH, WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RESUME OUR AGENDA TODAY. AND THAT TAKES [4. Working Group Assignments (Commission Discussion and Action)] [00:10:01] US TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR, DISCUSSION AND ACTION. ITEM FOUR, WORKING GROUP ASSIGNMENTS. UH, WAS PRIVY TO A, A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH VICE CHAIR OPPA DACA EARLIER, AND WANTED TO, TO SHARE THE OUTCOME OF OUR TALK IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE, UH, TWO BRAND NEW COMMISSIONERS, ONE WHO'S NOT PRESENT TODAY, UH, AND ONE WHO, UH, DUTIFULLY SHOWED UP, UH, AFTER JUST BEING SWORN UP YESTERDAY, BUT YET SURELY HASN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ABSORB ALL THE MATERIALS, UH, NOR TO REVIEW THE CONTENT OF THE LAST MEETING, UH, WHICH WAS OUR WORK PLAN RETREAT. UH, AND IN A LOT OF THE FACT THAT, UH, ONLY SOME OF US AS COMMISSIONERS, WITHOUT BEING SPECIFIC, WERE ABLE TO, UH, ALSO SUBMIT THEIR, THEIR ASSIGNMENTS. UH, WE AGREE THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO TABLE THIS DISCUSSION ITEM, UH, TO OUR NEXT WORKING GROUP MEETING TO GIVE, UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK AND COMMISSIONER SMITH AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO MEET WITH US AND TO BE BROUGHT UP TO SPEED ON THE WORK PLAN, AND THEN TO DISCUSS WORK GROUP ASSIGNMENTS AT A FUTURE MEETING, UH, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF JUNE, SO IT WOULDN'T BE TOO FAR OUT, AND WOULD ALLOW US SOME ADDITIONAL TIME, UH, TO GET THIS DONE RIGHT, AND TO APPROVE THE WORK PLAN AT THAT MEETING, SO THAT WAY I COULD SUBMIT IT ON THE RECORD TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE BY THE END OF THE MONTH. UH, SO WITH THAT, I MOVE THAT WE TABLE, UH, AGENDA DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM NUMBER FOUR. AND I'LL LOOK FOR A SECOND UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR, UH, DISCUSSION PRIOR, UH, TO SEEKING ANOTHER, UH, SEEKING A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO THE WORKING GROUP ASSIGNMENTS, THEY WILL ALSO BE DONE DURING OUR WORKING SESSION WHEN, WHEN WE REVIEW HOW WE'RE GONNA PLAN FOR THE YEAR AND WHAT'S GONNA GET ROLLED OVER AND ALL OF THAT. BECAUSE THAT, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS SPECIAL MEETING WOULD BE TO GO OVER IN DETAIL THE ELEMENTS THAT WE WERE GOING TO KEEP FROM LAST YEAR AND ROLL OVER, UM, FOR EACH RESPECTIVE WORKING GROUP, AND THEN ASSIGNMENTS WOULD COME AFTER. IS THAT, WAS THAT NOT WHAT THE SESSION WAS GOING TO BE USED FOR? NO, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THE SESSION WAS MEANT TO BE TOO DU DUAL PURPOSE. UH, I KNOW THAT THE ORIGINAL REQUEST TO GET A SPECIAL CALL MEETING SCHEDULED WAS PURSUANT TO COMPLETING THE OFFICER ELECTION. BUT THEN WE THOUGHT, WELL, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO MAKE THE MOST OF THAT TIME CONSIDERING WERAN OVER? AND I WORKED CLAM RETREAT AND WE NEEDED MORE TIME. SO IT DID BECOME A DUAL PURPOSE MEETING. UH, BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE SCENARIO THAT WE'RE IN NOW, UH, WITH NEW COMMISSIONERS AND, UH, A NEED FOR THEIR INPUT AS WELL. UH, SO I, I'D I'D LIKE TO ASK IF YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOU WOULD BE ABLE, UH, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE, UH, SUFFICIENT INPUT AND TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO MAKE THE MOST OF THIS, THIS NEXT, WHAT IS IT, TWO WEEKS OR SO, UH, AHEAD OF OUR MEETING, UH, TO BE ABLE TO THEN MAKE THOSE ASSIGNMENTS AT THE NEXT MEETING, IF YOU FEEL THAT'S APPROPRIATE. UH, IF NOT, I, I'D CERTAINLY BE OPEN TO DISCUSSING IT FURTHER AND, UH, AND SEEING HOW EVERYONE ELSE FEELS. I THINK THAT WORKS TO HAVE IT FOR TWO WEEKS FROM NOW. UM, BY LET, SO IN THE NEXT MEETING WE COME PREPARED WITH THE HOMEWORK THAT WAS TO BE DONE FOR THIS ONE, AND THEN YOU ALL WILL ASSIGN US TO A WORKING GROUP, AND IS THAT CORRECT, EVERYONE ON THE COUNSELOR OR THE, UM, COMMISSION? WELL, THE, UH, AS WE DISCUSSED AT OUR PLAN, UH, PLANNING MEETING MM-HMM. , UH, OUR COMMISSION DEMOCRATIZED THIS PROCESS. UH, WHEREAS MOST COMMISSIONS ASSIGN THE CHAIR ACTUALLY ASSIGNS THE WORKING GROUPS. UH, WE WANT IT TO END THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF THE PROCESS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE INPUT ON NEW WORKING GROUPS THAT THEY MIGHT EVEN JOIN. UH, RIGHT. SO IT DOES BECOME IMPORTANT, I THINK THAT WE ALLOW YOU THAT SAME INPUT, UH, IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS AS A DEMOCRATIZED PROCESS. THAT'S MY THOUGHT. I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT VICE CHAIR DACA. THANKS. AND, AND THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS ONLINE AND EVERYONE IN THE ROOM. YEAH, I MEAN, CERTAINLY THE, THE GOAL WAS, UH, TO, TO, TO WORK THROUGH IN DETAIL AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WHERE INDIVIDUALS WOULD LIKE TO SIT WITHIN THE WORKING GROUPS OR COMMITTEES. UH, BUT GIVEN THAT WE HAVE TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS WHO CERTAINLY WANT TO HEAR THEIR INPUT AS WELL AS, UH, HAVE A CHANCE TO, TO FRANKLY MEET WITH THEM OFFLINE, BRING THEM UP TO SPEED, AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT AND, UM, FRANKLY, [00:15:01] HAVE, HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO, TO THINK ABOUT WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SPEND THEIR TIME OVER THE NEXT YEAR. THAT'S GOOD. UM, CHAPS, UH, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER, UH, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERATION. UH, I WOULD SUSPECT SEVERAL OF US, UH, SUBMITTED, UH, OUR INPUTS INTO THE WORK PLAN DOCUMENT. UH, I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT SEEN THE UPDATED DOCUMENT I, I HAVE SENT IN MIND, AND I ASSUME YOU ALL HAVE DONE THAT. I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEW MEMBERS, I THINK, UH, THEY SHOULD SEE THE CONSOLIDATED DOCUMENT, AND THEN BASED ON THAT, THEY CAN ALSO, UM, UH, EDUCATE THEMSELVES ABOUT WHERE OUR TRUST IS. THEY CAN ADD THEIR INPUTS, AS WELL AS USING THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. THEY CAN THEN PICK THOSE WORKING GROUPS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF. SO I THINK THAT'S WORK ITEMS FOR US TO GET PREPARED FOR THE NEXT MEETING. SO, YES, I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD, UH, STALL ON GOING THROUGH WITH THE NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SKUP, IN, IN YOUR AGREEMENT, I BELIEVE THAT I'VE INTERPRETED, YOU THINK THAT AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE SPREADSHEET SHOULD ALSO THEN GO OUT, UH, TO THE COMMISSION? YES. AND SINCE WE'RE DISCUSSING THAT ON THE RECORD, THAT WOULDN'T BE ANY ISSUE IN TERMS OF WALKING QUORUM. THAT'LL ENTIRELY BE BY THE BOOK. UH, SO I MOVE THAT WE DO THAT, UH, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE EVEN NEED TO ACTUALLY VOTE ON THAT. UH, BUT, UH, YET, NO, WE DON'T, I'M GETTING A NOD FROM CITY STAFF THAT WE DON'T ACTUALLY EVEN HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE ON THAT. SO IF EVERYONE JUST CAN KIND OF NOD THEIR HEADS AND LET ME KNOW IF THEY'RE THUMBS UP THAT THEY'RE GOOD WITH THAT, UH, THEN I THINK WE'RE GOOD IN BEING ABLE TO HAVE CITY STAFF REDISTRIBUTE THE SPREADSHEET. UH, AND THEN TO MAKE THOSE CALLS. I, I DO, UH, HAVE SENSITIVITY ABOUT THE FACT THAT, UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING GROUPS THAT CERTAIN COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN ON AND BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LONG TIME. UH, AND IT'LL BE NATURALLY COMPELLING. I THINK THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE DRAWN TO SOME OF THOSE WORKING GROUPS. UM, BUT I, I JUST HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL CONSIDER THE FACT THAT EVERY WORKING GROUP WILL NEED REPRESENTATION, UH, AND IDEALLY, EVERY ISSUE AND ITEM WILL NEED REPRESENTATION FROM SOMEONE WHO'S PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. SO, UH, THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY PIECE OF INPUT, JUST IN, IN TERMS OF THAT. UM, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE IMPACT, FRANKLY, UH, AS LONG AS WE'RE WORKING ON AN ITEM THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT. BUT, UH, WITH THAT, THEN I THINK WE HAVE, UH, AGREEMENT HERE. UH, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO ASK TO HOLD A VOTE TO TABLE THIS AGENDA ITEM. UH, WE, WE CAN BASICALLY, THROUGH THE CONSENSUS ESTABLISHED IN THE ROOM, GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. OKAY. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR AGENDA. UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP AGENDA ITEM FOUR AT THE JUNE MEETING, AS WE DISCUSSED. UH, AGENDA ITEM FIVE, [5. Discussion and Possible Action on a Recommendation to Council regarding N50 Project IDV Community Center Pilot Opportunity (Commission Discussion and Action)] DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL REGARDING THE N 50 PROJECT, UH, THE IDV COMMUNITY CENTER PILOT OPPORTUNITY. NOW, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT FOR THIS ITEM, UH, AND THEN TURN TO CITY STAFF TO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVE AS THEY WERE DIRECTLY INVOLVED, UH, IN THIS PILOT PROJECT. AND, UH, AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS, UH, THE POSSIBLE ACTION, UH, IN TERMS OF CONTEXT, AS MANY KNOW, UH, DURING SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST THIS YEAR, UM, NETWORKING OUT, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION AND IN GENERAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS AS AUTHORIZED BY OUR WORK PLAN. UH, I PARTICIPATED IN A DELL TECHNOLOGIES EVENT, UH, AT ACL LIVE. AND IT WAS A MODERATED PANEL, UH, WITH CONTACTS FROM THE N 50 PROJECT, UH, DELL TECHNOLOGIES, UH, INTEL, UH, AND GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS. UH, THEY WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THEIR SUCCESSES INTERNATIONALLY AND THEIR GOAL TO END, UH, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE GLOBALLY. AND I COULDN'T PASS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SOLICIT THEIR SUPPORT FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS HERE AND OUR EFFORTS, UH, WITHIN, UH, THE COMMUNITY SPACE TO GET PEOPLE CONNECTED. AND THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND, UH, AGREED TO MEET WITH US VERY QUICKLY AFTERWARDS TO TALK ABOUT IT. UH, WE THEN, UH, SCHEDULED A MEETING, UH, WITH CITY STAFF, JESSE RODRIGUEZ, UH, AND MYSELF, UH, AND, AND DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, THE PILOT. AND WE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT THEIR FOCUS WAS, UH, AND, AND THEIR INTENTION WAS TO BASICALLY HELP US PROVIDE RESOURCING FOR COMPUTERS AT OUR COMMUNITY LABS ON THE EAST SIDE AND, [00:20:01] OR IN AN HISTORICALLY AFFECTED PART OF AUSTIN, UH, THAT IS DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH OUR PLANS, UH, AND THE PLANS OF CTM, UH, TO ENABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND, AND TO GET PEOPLE CONNECTED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. UH, SO IT WAS A EASY WAY, UH, TO, TO FRANKLY JUMPSTART THE ALREADY EXISTING EFFORT TO PLAN RESOURCE MAPPING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT WAS UNDERWAY ALREADY, UH, BY OUR COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY DIVISION. UH, AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO PAUSE AND GIVE, UH, JESSE A CHANCE TO, TO SPEAK FOR HIMSELF, BECAUSE I KNOW AT THAT POINT, UH, JESSE RODRIGUEZ, THE PROGRAM MANAGER, STARTED TAKING ACTION, UH, AND INTERACTING WITH PARKS AND REC TO DO AN INVENTORY, UH, OF THOSE COMPUTER LABS, AND WE'RE ABLE TO SURFACE UP SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, BASED UPON OUR REAL NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. CHAIR PITTS. UM, JUST HERE, RODRIGUEZ, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. UM, I, I'M THE PREVIOUS, UH, STAFF LIAISON TO THIS COMMISSION. I'M NOW THE BACKUP LIAISON, UH, NOW THAT DAN'S HERE. UM, UH, BUT CHAIR PITS REACHED OUT TO ME, I THINK ABOUT A MONTH AGO NOW, WITH THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, THAT WAS COMING FROM GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH INTEL THAT THEY, THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, PLACE COMPUTERS IN THE COMMUNITY IN LOCATIONS THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY. AND, AND THEY WANTED TO REACH OUT TO ME, UH, UH, AS THE STAFF PERSON IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN WHO HAS FOCUSED ON DIGITAL EQUITY. UM, AND ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS THAT, UH, MY UNIT HANDLES IS MANAGING COMPUTER LABS IN THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDING DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING TO THOSE WHO NEED IT, UM, AND, AND GENERALLY PROVIDING, UH, DIGITAL EQUITY SUPPORT WHERE WE CAN. UM, AND, UH, SO THE IDEA WAS TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAD A NEED, UH, FOR THESE DEVICES. AND SO I REACHED OUT TO OUR PARTNERS AT PARKS AND REC, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND THEY, UH, I, I WAS SCOPING THEIR INTEREST IN HAVING DEVICES AT THEIR, UH, LOCATIONS OR BUILDING OUT SOME COMPUTER LABS. UH, AND, AND THEY RESPONDED THAT THEY ACTUALLY DID HAVE A NEED FOR, UH, UH, FOR, FOR DEVICES AND AVAILABLE SPACE AT, UH, THREE OF THEIR, UH, FACILITIES IN PARTICULAR. UH, THEY, THEY HAVE, UH, SO THEY, THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THREE LOCATIONS AT THIS POINT THAT ARE, UH, INTERESTED IN PARTNERING ON THIS EFFORT, UH, TO, TO BUILD OUT SOME COMPUTER LAB SPACE. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT OPPORTUNITY, WHICH I'M GONNA BE FOLLOWING UP WITH PARKS AND REC, UH, THE WEEK AFTER NEXT WEEK, UH, WITH, SO THAT WE CAN START TECHNICAL PLANNING, UH, WITH THE SITE MANAGERS AT THOSE THREE LOCATIONS. UM, IN, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, UH, I'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR CONTRACTOR, AUSTIN FREENET, AND, UH, OTHER STAFF THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR UNIT TO, UH, PLAN THE NEXT STEPS FOR WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THOSE DEVICES AT THOSE LOCATIONS. UM, AT THE VERY BASELINE, UH, WE'LL HAVE, UH, NEW COMPUTERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE. UM, BUT WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY FOR US TO, UH, HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, PEOPLE IN THE ROOM TO HELP NAV WITH DIGITAL NAVIGATION, UM, AT THOSE LOCATIONS. UH, SO THAT, THAT'S AN ONGOING DISCUSSION WITH, UM, WITH OUR CONTRACTOR, AUSTIN FREENET, WHO IS OUR PARTNER IN PROVIDING DIGITAL NAVIGATION AND DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING FOR ANYBODY IN AUSTIN THAT NEEDS IT. UM, SO ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE ARE IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF THIS PROJECT. UH, WE HAVE A PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF INTEL, UH, TO, TO BEGIN THIS PROCESS. AND I'LL BE WORKING WITH PARKS AND REC TO, UH, SCOPE THE TECHNICAL DEPLOYMENT, UH, SIDE OF THINGS ONCE, UH, ONCE WE GET THERE. BUT, UM, YEAH, I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S MY UPDATE ON, ON THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT, JESSE. UH, I APPRECIATE IT. AND, UH, THE, THE THING THAT REALLY I WANTED TO CONVEY BEFORE WE GO, GO INTO SOME OF THE SPECIFICS HERE, UH, WELL, LET ME CLARIFY BEFORE WE DO THAT. UH, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO NAME THE LOCATIONS, OR SHOULD WE WAIT FOR, UH, I, I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT. I THINK I WANNA HOLD OFF UNTIL WE HAVE, UH, COMMITMENT FROM INTEL, AND I HAVE THE FOLLOW UP WITH PARKS AND REC. UH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANY ISSUES, BUT, UH, IT'S NOT FIRM ENOUGH, I THINK, TO SHARE THE NAMES AT THIS MOMENT. OKAY. FAIR. UH, AND THEN I'LL KEEP YOU FROM HAVING TO SCRAMBLE TO PULL 'EM UP, UH, , BECAUSE IT, IT DID SEEM LIKE WE WERE A LITTLE, WE WEREN'T QUITE READY FOR THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WERE READY TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT [00:25:01] WE WERE DOING AS A COMMISSION, AND TO SHOW THAT ALTHOUGH THIS IS DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH OUR EXISTING WORK PLAN, UH, TO SOURCE COMMUNITY, UH, FUNDING AND, UH, RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY, UH, THAT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT. AND, UH, IT IS THE BEGINNINGS OF A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION WAS AWARE, UH, AND TO HOLD AN OFFICIAL VOTE, UH, TO SEE HOW EVERYONE FEELS OFFICIALLY, UH, ABOUT DOING THIS. UH, AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY BOUND TO BE QUESTIONS AS WELL. UH, AND I SEE, UH, COMMISSIONER SKUP HAS WON. NOW, , MAY I ASK MY QUESTION? UH, YES, PLEASE. YOU'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED. UH, SO JESSE, UH, UH, UH, I'M GLAD YOU CONTACTED PAKISTAN RECREATIONS. HOW ABOUT GRADE SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE LIBRARIES? WOULDN'T THEY ALSO BE VERY GOOD PLACES WHERE YOU COULD PLACE THESE, UH, ASSETS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THEN WORK WITH INTEL TO MAKE SURE THIS THING ACTUALLY DOES BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY? ABSOLUTELY. AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COMMISSIONER DESTA. UM, AND, AND TO, TO MORE COMPLETELY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I'M GONNA STEP BACK A LITTLE BIT AND OFFER A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MY UNIT HANDLES IS, UH, AGAIN, MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTER LABS IN, IN, UH, CERTAIN CITY FACILITIES. UH, WE DON'T MANAGE THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATIONS, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, COMPUTERS IN, IN THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM. THEY, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN IT DEPARTMENT AND, AND DO HAVE COMPUTER LABS THAT THEY MAINTAIN INDEPENDENTLY. UM, AND, AND THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, UH, AND, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE CITY, LIKE YOU MENTIONED THE SCHOOLS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, UH, LOCATIONS. UM, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. UM, BEFORE COVID 19, WE HAD, UH, SOMEWHERE AROUND EIGHT, UH, EIGHT TO 13, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE AT THE TIME, UH, COMPUTER LABS, UH, AROUND THE COMMUNITY. WHEN COVID 19 HIT, ALMOST ALL OF THOSE HAD CLOSED DOWN BECAUSE NOBODY WAS IN, UH, IN, IN PERSON. AND SO COMPUTER LABS WEREN'T VERY WELL UTILIZED. UM, AND WE WERE ACTUALLY DOWN TO A SINGLE COMPUTER LAB FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE, THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, UM, UH, IN, AGAIN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CONTRACTOR, AUSTIN FREENET. UH, WE ARE THIS YEAR IN A REBUILD PHASE FOR OUR COMPUTER LAB, UH, SPACE IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, AND SO, UH, WE ARE, WE'RE REALLY, UH, IN THE, THE EARLY STAGES OF IDENTIFYING THOSE ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS THAT WE CAN, WE CAN BE, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY WITH, WITH THE, THE CONTRACT FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US RIGHT NOW TO HAVE AN EXPANSIVE, UH, FOOTPRINT IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, BUT WE'RE BACK UP TO AROUND SIX LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE SOME PRESENCE AT. UM, AND THIS, THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH PARKS AND REC WOULD, WOULD REPRESENT AN ADDITIONAL THREE, UH, THAT WE WOULD HAVE IN THE PORTFOLIO. UH, SO I THINK TO YOUR QUESTION, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE IN ALL OF THE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE A NEED FOR A COMPUTER LAB AND ARE, ARE DEFINITELY EXPLORING ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS THAT WE CAN BE AT. UM, AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT, UH, I HOPE SIX MONTHS I'LL BE, UH, SEEKING SUPPORT FROM THE COMMISSION FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OUR, UH, CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US TO EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THIS ACTIVITY. GREAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER ACUTA, UH, DOES THAT SATISFY YOUR CURIOSITY? YES. YOU KNOW, JESSE'S, UH, LAST STATEMENT, UH, TRIGGERED ANOTHER QUESTION. MAY I ASK A FOLLOW ON QUESTION? OF COURSE. OKAY. SO, JESSE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING YOU'LL COME BACK FOR, WITH REQUESTS FOR GREATER FUNDING. THIS SEEMS TO BE A GRAND OPPORTUNITY FOR A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. SO IF INTEL IS, UH, UH, GIVING SOME HARDWARE, OR, UH, MAYBE DELL WOULD GIVE SOME HARDWARE, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD GO OUT TO SOME OF THE OTHER COMPANIES LIKE SAMSUNG, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE IBM, LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHERS, APPLE, FOR INSTANCE, UH, SO THAT THEY COULD GIVE THE HARDWARE AS WELL AS MAYBE THEY COULD EVEN ADD SOME HUMAN RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, THEIR, IT DEPARTMENTS ARE LOADED WITH TALENT, SO THAT, UH, THEY COULD ALSO JOIN IN THIS TRAINING PROGRAM, IF I CAN ADDRESS THAT FIRST AND THEN PASS IT TO, UH, JESSE. UH, SO I THINK THAT, UH, THE, THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS YES, AND YES, AND YES. UM, AND, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO RECOGNIZE THIS IS JUST A SINGLE AGENDA ITEM, UH, RIGHT. OUR WORK PLAN, UH, AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING [00:30:01] UNDER, WITHIN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, INCLUDES, UH, THESE KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES. WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, ALL IT TAKES IS US, UH, MAKING OR EITHER ORGANICALLY THE CONNECTIONS OR THROUGH SOME KIND OF CONCERTED, UH, CAMPAIGN, UH, TO ACTUALLY PURSUE, UH, THESE KINDS OF RESOURCES. BUT AT NO POINT IN TIME ARE WE PROHIBITED, UH, FROM DOING THIS. UH, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, FRANKLY, OF US STARTING TO DO THIS. UH, SO, UH, TO DIRECTLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THIS WOULD BE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. IN FACT, IT WOULD BE A PUBLIC, PRIVATE PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERSHIP. MM-HMM. , UH, AND IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST OFFICIALLY THAT WE'VE DONE, UH, FROM THIS COMMISSION, ALTHOUGH WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN I'LL GIVE JESSE A CHANCE TO ADD TO THAT. YES. AND, UH, ANOTHER EXCELLENT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER DES GUPTA. AND I, I WOULD SAY ABSOLUTELY THAT, THAT'S ACTUALLY MY PRIMARY INTEREST IN, UH, THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH INTEL. UH, AND I, I ACTUALLY MADE THIS CLEAR IN OUR PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS. UH, THIS IS, UH, THIS OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF US FOR AROUND 12 DEVICES. UH, IT IT'S FAIRLY SMALL IN SCALE AND SCOPE. UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA SOLVE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE DEVICE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE BY ANY MEANS. UM, AND AS FAR AS, UH, MY PROGRAMMING IS CONCERNED, DEVICES ARE THE SMALLEST NEED THAT WE HAVE. SO WE DO HAVE, UH, FOR OUR NEWER COMMISSIONERS A, UH, PROGRAM CALLED THE COMMUNITY PC PROGRAM, UH, WHICH IS ONE WHERE WE TAKE REFURBISHED, UH, WE TAKE RETIRED DEVICES FROM, UH, CITY USE, AND WE REFURBISH THOSE AND MAKE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT. UM, AND, AND THOSE ARE THE DEVICES THAT WE USUALLY TAP INTO WHEN WE'RE BUILDING OUT A NEW COMPUTER LAB. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE DEVICES THAT WE CAN TAP INTO, UM, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE NOT NEW. AND SO THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH INTEL IS TO PROVIDE US DEVICES, UH, SO, AND THEIR NEW DEVICES. SO IT'S, IT'S GOOD. AND THEY HAVE SPURRED US TO ACTION. UM, MY, MY GOAL WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY IS TO FORM, UH, A, A SUCCESS STORY WITH INTEL THAT MAY BE THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY MIGHT BE FOR FUNDING, UH, OR, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER RESOURCE THAT WE CAN THEN BETTER LEVERAGE, UH, THAT MEETS THE, THE, THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE. UM, AND TO, TO SHOW, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, OTHER, UH, COMPANIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, THAT THERE ARE WAYS THAT THEY CAN PLUG IN AND THAT WE'RE, UH, AVAILABLE TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO, TO FILL THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE. UH, YES. AND TO ADD TO THAT, UH, OUR SUMMIT WILL BE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE SUCCESS. UH, IN FACT, ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE SUMMIT, UH, AND PART OF THE REASON WHY WE HAVE GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN OUR PLANNING, UH, COMMITTEE, IS BECAUSE THEY SUPPORT THAT EFFORT THAT THEM AS WELL AS INTEL. UH, AND SO, UH, IT GIVES US A CHANCE, I THINK, TO ADVANCE SEVERAL OF OUR GOALS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHILE ALSO, UH, CREATING THIS, UH, PARTNERSHIP, UH, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP THAT WE CAN DEMONSTRATE TO, UH, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF, OF, OF TECH, UH, GIANTS, UH, HOW THEY CAN THROW THEIR HAT IN THE RING AND, AND REALLY SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. WHO SENDS OUT THE GUEST LIST FOR THE SUMMIT? I'M SORRY, WHO, LIKE, IS THE, WHO'S ON THE GUEST LIST FOR THIS SUMMIT? LIKE, EXPOSURE WISE, IF WE'RE SHOWING ALL THE STUFF THE COMMISSION HAS DONE, I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE, WHO DO WE INVITE TO IT? LIKE, DO WE INVITE CORPORATE LEADERS? UM, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I, I THINK THAT WE COULD, UH, CHAT ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, UH, IN, UH, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, BECAUSE, UH, THAT'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE A MAJOR FOCUS, UH, FOR US. UH, AND WE WILL NEED, I THINK, TO HAVE SOME, A LITTLE BIT OF FINE TUNING OF OUR COMMITTEE, UH, IN TOPICAL AREAS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TIME IS SPENT AS WISELY AS POSSIBLE. WE'VE BEEN MEETING ON A BIWEEKLY BASIS, UH, A PRETTY DIVERSE SAMPLING RIGHT NOW IN OUR COMMITTEE OF, UH, OUR COMMISSION REPRESENTED BY VICE CHAIR POD DACA, AND I, UH, CITY STAFF REPRESENTED BY, UH, JESSE VAN BRI, BRIANNA, AND OFTEN, UH, KOAN AS WELL, UH, KOAN HARMON, UH, AND AN ASSORTMENT OF, UH, REALLY CHAMPION, UH, DECA PARTNERS, DECA, MEANING THE DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT COMMUNITY OF AUSTIN. UH, PARTNERS THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH US LIKE AUSTIN FREENET, UH, GOODWILL, UH, UNITED WAY, UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, UH, UH, HUMAN, HUMAN IT, UH, AND, AND MORE, UH, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, MORE TO THAT LIST TO, TO, TO BE, UH, FAIR. UH, SO WHAT WE NEED ACTUALLY IS INPUT ON THAT. WHAT WE NEED IS, UH, YOUR EXCITEMENT, FRANKLY, AS COMMISSIONERS, UH, TO HELP IDEATE ON HOW WE CAN GET THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE ROOM, UH, BECAUSE, UH, WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN NETWORKS, AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, GREAT PASSION IN THIS SPACE. SO, UH, I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED. UH, WE DO HAVE A CHALLENGE, UH, OF AVOIDING A WALKING QUORUM. UH, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY CURRENTLY, UH, VICE [00:35:01] DOC AND I ARE THE ONLY ONES REPRESENTED ON THE COMMITTEE. UH, BUT I THINK AS PART OF THE WORKING GROUP ASSIGNMENT DISCUSSION, UH, YOU'LL SEE THIS SUMMIT AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST IN, IN, IN PARTICIPATING THERE. AND THEN WE'LL, UH, HOPEFULLY NOT HAVE TO FIGHT OVER WHO'S BEING INVOLVED, UH, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST BE ABLE TO ALL, UH, SURFACE UP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INVITES, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTENT, AND WHAT HAVE YOU. COOL. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. OH, MY PLEASURE. MY PLEASURE. UH, IS THERE ANY MORE, I, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION ABOUT THAT. YES, PLEASE. UM, I'M ASSUMING IT'S DICE, THE DICE WORKING GROUP THAT WILL MANAGE THAT PROGRAM AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE DEVICES, OR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH JESSE, OR, OR WHO MANAGES THAT? WELL, THAT, THAT'S A GREAT POINT, RIGHT? THIS IS, UH, RIGHT NOW, THIS IS UNASSIGNED TO A WORKING GROUP. IT'S ONLY BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, ME AS THE CHAIR WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AFTER, UH, TALKING ABOUT IT WITHIN THE DIGITAL INCLUSION WORKING GROUP. SO I GUESS IT WAS IN THAT WORKING GROUP, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO STAY THERE. UM, AND SURE, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ALL WEIGH IN ON. YEAH, I THINK IT'S, COULD THAT BE ITS OWN WORKING GROUP? UH, YES. LET ME JUST GIVE, UH, UH, COMMISSIONERS FOR A CHANCE TO FINISH YOUR THOUGHT. UH, UH, DID YOU WANNA, YEAH, I WAS, I WAS JUST GONNA, I GUESS, FOLLOW UP WITH A QUESTION ABOUT OBVIOUSLY MARKETING OUTREACH, LIKE SERVICE DELIVERY. AND JUST TO COMMISSIONER Z'S POINT IS THIS, WOULD THIS BE A USE CASE FOR DEVELOPING A WORKING GROUP CENTERED AROUND JUST THIS? OR WOULD IT BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO, TO MAKE IT A COMMITTEE THAT MANAGES, OR, OR AT LEAST THE, THE WORK PLAN OR THE, THE DEPLOYMENT OF THIS PROGRAM? UH, GREAT, GREAT QUESTIONS. UH, AND THAT'S ALSO, UH, I THINK IN LINE WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER GARZA SAID, RIGHT? YOU WERE ASKING IF IT COULD BE A WORKING GROUP. DID I HEAR YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY? I BELIEVE THAT WAS COMMISSIONER RAZA. OKAY. I, I ASKED THAT QUESTION. OKAY. I'M SORRY. MY, MY APOLOGIES. COMMISSIONER AZAM. UH, YEAH, I HEARD I COULDN'T, I WASN'T LOOKING AT, AT THE SCREEN WHEN I HEARD IT. UH, SO ALL GOOD. UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, SO I THINK THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO BASICALLY DECIDE, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, OUR GOAL, RIGHT? IT, WE KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT IS A TERMED PROJECT. IT'S, IT'S GOING TO START AND IT'S GOING TO END. SO IT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT WOULD BE SUITED FOR A WORKING GROUP. WE KNOW THAT, RIGHT? UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE WANT THE PROJECT TO SEE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES AS A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP, UH, THAT COULD BE MORE SUITED FOR EITHER A NEW COMMITTEE, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMITTEES YET, OR IT COULD BE SUITED FOR ONE OF OUR EXISTING WORKING GROUPS THAT COULD ALSO TURN. BUT WE HAVE TO BASICALLY MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHICH WORKING GROUPS WE REALLY WANT, UH, TO SUNSET, EITHER QUICKLY AND, OR MEDIUM TERM AND LONG TERM. UH, WE HAVE TO, TO, TO CANDIDLY DECIDE WHAT COMMITTEES WE WANT TO CREATE, KNOWING THAT HAVING A COMMITTEE CREATES ADDITIONAL, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO MEET IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SATISFY THEM. WE HAVE TO HAVE, WE HAVE TO KEEP MINUTES. WE HAVE TO POST, UH, THE MEETING ITSELF. WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LIST, AS Y'ALL KNOW, FOR HAVING JUST COME FROM REFRESHER TRAINING OR HAVE THE ORIGINAL, UH, COMMISSIONER TRAINING OF THINGS WE HAVE TO DO. UH, SO THERE'S REAL CLARITY ABOUT WHY THERE WEREN'T COMMITTEES BEFORE. BUT I THINK ONE THING THAT WE DID ARRIVE AT FROM OUR WORK PLAN RETREAT IS THAT WE NEED TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT WE CHOOSE TO HAVE AS A COMMITTEE, AND WE SHOULD PROBABLY CONSIDER THEM. UM, I SUGGESTED THAT GTOP PS MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT FOR A COMMITTEE, BECAUSE IT IS, UH, A ANNUAL PERSISTENT, YOU KNOW, LINE ITEM FOR OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT THAT SUPPORTS US. IT'S AN ONGOING PROGRAM THAT, UH, WE DON'T ENVISION GOING AWAY. UH, AND, AND IT DEALS WITH MATTERS THAT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF US, YOU KNOW, MANAGING GRANT FUNDS ARE SENSITIVE, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRANSPARENCY WILL BE APPRECIATED. UM, AND YET EVEN IN THAT SCENARIO, UH, THERE ARE CERTAIN REASONS THAT, YOU KNOW, WERE EXPRESSED, UH, WHERE WE, WHY WE MIGHT NOT WANNA DO IT. UH, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S, IT'S, IT IS A CHALLENGE FOR US TO DETERMINE WHICH ONE'S GONNA BE COMMITTEES. AND I HAVE TO ADMIT, I, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT. UH, YOU KNOW. YEAH. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD ADD TO THE AGENDA FOR, FOR OUR NEXT MEETING. UM, CAUSE I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. ONE WOULD BE, AS CAN, CAN A WORKING GROUP KIND OF FALL UNDERNEATH OR BE HOUSED UNDER A COMMITTEE? SO GTOP PS FOR EXAMPLE, IS A COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE HAVE A WORKING GROUP FOR THE MARKETING CAMPAIGN THAT YOU EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO, TO DEPLOY, UM, OR AT LEAST IDEATE, UM, IN OUR LAST MEETING. COULD WE ALSO HAVE ONE ON STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP? WOULD THAT BE A WORKING GROUP, OR WOULD THAT BE A COMMITTEE? [00:40:01] AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN GO AND KINDA DO SOME RESEARCH ON. UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST ADD THAT TO THE NEXT, TO OUR NEXT MEETING AGENDA. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. UH, I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO THINK, TALK IT THROUGH BRIEFLY. YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO, AFTER WE, WE, WE START THIS PILOT, UH, WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO IMMEDIATELY GO AFTER, UH, YOU KNOW, A BIG THREE OF OF TECH COMPANIES IN TOWN, UH, THAT SHOULD HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A START DATE AND AN END DATE AS A GOAL, UH, THAT WOULD, I THINK, MAKE SENSE TO SPIN UP AS A WORKING GROUP THAT WOULD BE A WORKING GROUP WITHIN THIS COMMISSION. I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD NEED TO FALL UNDERNEATH THE COMMITTEE, THOUGH. UH, RIGHT. UH, SO IT WOULD JUST BE A NEW WORKING GROUP. WE'D STILL HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT MAKES SENSE TO CREATE AS A COMMITTEE. SO THEN MAYBE WE WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A, UH, YOU KNOW, A, A FUNDRAISING AND OR, UH, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL SUPPORT COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE WE KNOW THEN ALL MATTERS THAT ARE RELATED TO OUR EFFORTS AS COMMISSIONERS TO THEN FUNDRAISE THAT THEY'RE GIVEN MORE SERIOUSNESS. AND THEN THOSE REPORTS AND THE WORKING GROUPS THEN COULD REPORT UP TO THE COMMITTEES. UH, THAT COULD BE REAL, REALLY VALUABLE. UH, IT COULD ALSO BE A WHOLE LOT MORE WORK, UH, VICE SHERIFF. YEAH. AND, AND, AND ONE THING I I WOULD JUST ADD IS, UH, FOR THE DIGITAL INCLUSION SUMMIT SPECIFICALLY, SO IT, THERE'S A BROADER COLLECTION OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WORKING ON THAT HOLISTIC EFFORT, UH, FROM ACROSS THE CITY, FROM TRAVIS COUNTY, OTHER NONPROFITS, AND, AND PERHAPS EVEN AS ALLUDED TO PREVIOUSLY, SOME PRIVATE COMPANIES. SO, UH, I, I SUSPECT THAT ANY MARKETING PROJECT MANAGEMENT, THOSE LIKE ITEMS THAT WILL BE, THAT WILL BE IN LINE WITH EXECUTING THE EVENT, WILL BE WITHIN THAT, THAT BODY. UM, SO I, I, I'M, I THINK IT'LL BE ABSORBED BY THAT BODY, BUT IT MAY MAKE SENSE TO, UM, DESIGNATE OR IDENTIFY WHICH INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS ARE GONNA BE PART OF THAT HOLISTIC BODY, IF THAT HELPS THINGS THROUGH THAT. IT DOES, IT DOES, IT DOES A LOT. THANK YOU. UM, CAN I ADD TO THAT AS WELL? CAUSE I THINK SOMETHING ELSE MIGHT HELP. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S KEY IS WITH OUR WORKING GROUPS, THEY CAN INCLUDE OTHERS, RIGHT? THAT'S THE KEY TO DELINEATION. WORKING GROUPS CAN INCLUDE TRAVIS, CAN THEY INCLUDE, UH, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE ENTITIES? THEY CAN INCLUDE NON-PROFIT ENTITIES. OUR COMMITTEES CANNOT. SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET TO A SITUATION, I THINK, WITH SOME OF THAT KIND OF WORK WHERE, UH, IT JUST HAS TO BE DONE IN THE WORKING GROUP CUZ IT'S SO COLLABORATIVE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S SOMETHING JUST FOR US, THEN IT COULD BE A COMMITTEE. YEAH. AND I'M ALL FOR COLLABORATION, ESPECIALLY WITH OTHER, UH, PUBLIC, PRIVATE OR SOCIAL ENTERPRISES. I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH, I'VE JUST NOTICED IT'S, IT'S SOME, IT'S A GROWTH, IT'S AN AREA FOR GROWTH FOR US. I THINK AS A CITY, MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE DEPLOYING THESE DEVICES ACTUALLY KNOW THAT WHAT'S COMING AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, SEEING IT ON, UH, A FLYER SOMEWHERE IN THE LIBRARY OR, UM, SEEING IT ON FACEBOOK AFTER IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED. I'VE SEEN IN MY WORK WITH THE URBAN LEAGUE, A LOT OF TIMES FOLKS, UM, DON'T SEE IT UNTIL IT'S ALREADY BEEN DEPLOYED. AND IF RESOURCES ARE SCARCE, RIGHT? WE'VE GOT 12 DEVICES GOING TO SIX DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, IT'S DEPLOYED EQUITABLY, BUT ALSO THAT OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE KIND OF THINKING, UM, THINKING ABOUT MONTHS AHEAD AS OPPOSED TO JUST KIND OF RAMPING UP A MONTH OR TWO BEFORE THEY'RE GOING TO BE DEPLOYED. YEAH. YOU KNOW, SO TO ADDRESS THAT, I THINK, UH, THAT'S WHERE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE COULD MAKE AT THE COMMISSION LEVEL, UH, FOR BUDGET TO BE ALLOCATED FROM THE TERRA OFFICE FOR MARKETING OF THE IDB PILOT, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THAT COULD HELP TO INSPIRE THAT OR JUST A, YOU KNOW, A REQUEST FOR, UH, FOR THEIR THOUGHTS ON THAT. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'RE ALREADY WANTING TO DIRECTLY DO IT ANYWAY. WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY HANDS-ON SENIOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, UH, WHO I THINK WOULD LOVE TO TRY TO PROMOTE THIS ONCE, UH, WE KNOW THAT IT'S COMFORTABLE TO DO SO. RIGHT. SO I THINK IT WOULD HAPPEN SOMEWHAT ORGANICALLY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE COULD ALSO, IN THE ORGANIC HANDLING OF IT, MAKE SURE THAT WE SHOW OUR FORMAL SUPPORT FOR IT AND OUR AT LEAST GUIDANCE THAT IT BE, YOU KNOW, MARKETED WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, DELIBERATELY. RIGHT. YEAH. GREAT QUESTION. GREAT QUESTION. UH, JESSE, YES. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO THROW OUT, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, UH, AS WELL FOR, TO PAINT A BIG, THE BIG PICTURE OF KIND OF WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE ROLE OF STAFF AND WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSION? UM, THE COMMISSION IS A POLICY MAKING BODY. UH, AND SO, UH, IT SETS THE DIRECTION STAFF IS PURELY IMPLEMENTATION. [00:45:02] AND, AND SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS WHEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT NEEDS A WORKING GROUP AND WHAT DOESN'T, UH, GENERALLY IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION THAT NEEDS ANSWERING OR A POLICY DIRECTION THAT NEEDS TUNING, THEN THAT'S A GOOD, UH, CONTEXT FOR A WORKING GROUP. UH, AND THEN, SO, AND THEN THE WAY THAT THAT WOULD LOOK IS Y'ALL, Y'ALL WOULD GET TOGETHER A WORKING GROUP, YOU WOULD DISCUSS A TOPIC, YOU WOULD COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN YOU WOULD REPORT THAT OUT TO THE FULL COMMISSION. UH, AND THAT REPORT OUT TO THE FULL COMMISSION, UH, UH, IS THE FINAL DELIVERABLE OF THAT WORKING GROUP. UH, AND, AND SO IT'S THE REPORT OUT, UH, THAT HAS THE FACTS THAT YOU HAVE DISCOVERED. UM, ANYTHING THAT HAS ALREADY MOVED INTO IMPLEMENTATION, UH, I WOULD SUGGEST, UH, UN UNLESS THERE'S AN ONGOING NEED FOR POLICY TUNING, UH, THAT IT, IT PROBABLY DOESN'T REQUIRE A WORKING GROUP TO SUPPORT IT. UM, AND THE ONLY REASON THAT I THROW THAT OUT THERE IS BECAUSE, UM, WHEN, WHEN STAFF, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, IMPLEMENTS A PROGRAM, UH, WE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION, UH, AND, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, UPDATE Y'ALL AS NEEDED. UH, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT IT REQUIRES THE COMMISSION'S TIME TO OVERSEE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. UH, YEAH. THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER SUPTA. YEAH. UH, TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT, UH, JESSE SAID, BUT IT IS, I THINK, WELL WITHIN THE, UH, THE, THE CHARTER OF THE COMMISSION TO, ONCE YOU'VE STARTED THIS PROJECT AND YOU ARE IMPLEMENTING IT TO REQUEST OCCASIONAL UPDATES TO SEE HOW THE PROJECT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED AND BEING RUN. RIGHT? ISN'T THAT TRUE? YES, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU. RIGHT. SO WE COULD MAKE THOSE AGENDA ITEMS, BASICALLY, AND THEN REQUEST THOSE BRIEFINGS AS PART OF A FORMAL AGENDA, RIGHT? MM-HMM. , THAT'S GREAT. SO WITH THAT, UH, UH, APPRECIATE ALL THE QUESTIONS AND, AND, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, RECOGNIZE THE, THE NEED TO DRILL DOWN, ESPECIALLY AS IT MIGHT IMPACT SOME OF THE CHOICES OF WHICH WORKING GROUPS TO JOIN AND WHATNOT. SO, UH, BUT WITH THAT, UH, I WOULD MOVE, UH, THAT WE GO AHEAD AND, AND HOLD A VOTE, UH, TO AUTHORIZE, UH, FORMALLY, UH, BEYOND, UH, THE WORK PLAN, WHICH AUTHORIZES US TO PURSUE THESE KINDS OF, OF PROJECTS TO SPECIFICALLY, UH, AUTHORIZE THE N 50 PROJECT I D V COMMUNITY CENTER PILOT. AND LOOK FOR A SECOND SO WE CAN HOLD THE VOTE. AYE, SECONDED. OKAY. WE'VE GOT A SECOND, UH, BY COMMISSIONER SUPTA AND I, AND I MADE THE, THE MOTION WE'LL HOLD, HOLD THE VOTE NOW. ALL IN FAVOR, UH, OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS ACTION ITEM, PLEASE SAY, AYE, AND SHOW YOUR HAND. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AND IS THERE ANYONE OPPOSED? AND IS THERE ANYONE ABSTAINING? OKAY, WE'RE UNANIMOUS IN FAVOR OF THIS DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM. UH, SO EXCITED TO, TO KNOW THAT WE WERE ON THE RIGHT TRACK , UH, PER THE WORK PLAN. AND, AND NOW, UH, WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO A, A FUTURE REPORT AND AGENDA ITEM WHERE YOU GUYS WILL BE INFORMED, UH, EITHER THAT OR AN ANNOUNCEMENT DIRECTLY FROM, FROM TARA, PROBABLY THAT MIGHT INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY, UH, ABOUT THE LOCATIONS AND WHATNOT. BUT, UH, WITH THAT, THEN I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTIONS TO FORMALLY, UH, ENCOURAGE MARKETING AND WHATNOT. ALTHOUGH I, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TRY TOO HARD. UH, I THINK THEY'LL BE EAGER TO GET THE WORD OUT. YEAH. OKAY. SO THAT CARRIES US FORWARD IN OUR AGENDA [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS] TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UH, CLEARLY, UH, THE BIGGEST ONE IN OUR JUNE MEETING WILL BE, UH, AGENDA ITEM FOUR, WHICH WE'VE TABLED THE WORKING GROUP ASSIGNMENTS. WE'VE, UH, YOU KNOW, AGREED TO USE THIS TIME, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE'VE ALL PROVIDED OUR INPUTS. UH, VICE CHAIR ACA AND I WILL BE REACHING OUT, UH, TO COMMISSIONER CLARK, UH, AND COMMISSIONER SMITH TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE UP TO DATE AND COMFORTABLE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, UH, AND ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT. AND THEN WE'LL BE TAKING THAT UP FOR SURE, UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING. UM, WE ALSO HAVE, I KNOW, A BRIEFING FROM GOOGLE SCHEDULED FOR THAT MEETING. UH, I'VE BEEN, OR AT LEAST SLATED, UH, FOR THAT MEETING. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT PREVIOUSLY AS AN AGENDA ITEM, SO I FELT COMFORTABLE ADVANCING THAT CONVERSATION AT THIS POINT. BUT, UH, AS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION NOW, UM, IN TERMS OF THE GOOGLE ROLLOUT AND OTHER COMMUNITY PROJECTS THAT GOOGLE'S INVOLVED IN, INCLUDING A CCP PROGRAMS, UH, AND, UH, [00:50:01] ADDITIONAL FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN COMING ONLINE, UM, THOSE ARE TWO THINGS I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY, UH, THAT WE ARE EITHER WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO AND OR HAVE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY. UM, I'D LIKE TO PAUSE THERE. UH, YEAH, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE HERE. I SEE THE H S E M BRIEFING, RIGHT? UH, THAT'LL BE IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE STATE LEDGE. AND, UH, WE DO RELY ON, UH, INSIGHTS FROM OUR TERROR OFFICER AND, AND, AND THE TEAM, UH, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, OUR CITY RESPONSIBILITIES. I'D LIKE TO PAUSE THERE AND GIVE EVERYONE ELSE A CHANCE TO, TO WEIGH IN ON POTENTIAL FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UH, I FEEL LIKE WE COVERED ONE WITHIN THE ONE THAT COMMISSIONER SMITH SAID, BUT I'M, I'M NOT SURE. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE COVERED IT APPROPRIATELY, APPROPRIATELY. CHAIR PITS, I BELIEVE THE HSE IS THE HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. SO, SO THAT WAS ON THE, THE WEATHER RELATED, AH, AS WELL AS OTHER, UM, EMERGENCY EVENTS. AND WE'LL BE GETTING THAT, I'M GETTING HEAD NODS. WE'LL, WE'LL BE GETTING THAT BRIEFING. UM, IN JUNE, UH, PREVIOUSLY ONE INDIVIDUAL GAVE US A BRIEFING AT THE WORKING GROUP LEVEL, SO EXCITED FOR THE REST OF THE COMMISSION TO HEAR MORE ABOUT SORT OF HOW THE TECHNOLOGY, UM, HAS, HAS EVOLVED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, UH MM-HMM. IN ORDER TO, TO, TO MAINTAIN, UH, CONSISTENT AND CONSTANT EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION WITH, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, AROUND TRAVIS COUNTY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION BY SHOP DACA. SO REALLY THEN, UH, AND I WAS PART OF THAT WORKING GROUP DISCUSSION, IT WAS REALLY GREAT. UM, I, I THINK THAT THAT MEANS, AND THERE'S TWO THINGS, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT WE ARE DUE, UH, FOR A BRIEFING FROM OUR TARA TEAM, UH, ON LEGISLATIVE MATTERS, AND WE HAVE THE BRIEFING, THE S E H S E M BRIEFING. SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, THEN THREE AGENDA ITEMS AT THIS POINT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH IN THAT MEETING. UH, THOSE BRIEFINGS, UH, TEND TO, YOU KNOW, GO PRETTY SS SMOOTHLY. UM, THE ONE FROM, UH, THE ONE FROM S SE, UH, H S E M BRIEFING, UH, BASED UPON THE CONTENT IN THE WORKING GROUP, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY LIKE A, YOU KNOW, A 20, 30 MINUTE PRESENTATION WITH 10 TO 15 MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS. UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WHICH WE CAN ENABLE THE COMMISSIONERS TO PREPARE FOR AHEAD OF TIME. UH, WE'LL REQUEST THE MOST RECENT SLIDE PRESENTATION OF THAT BRIEFING THAT THE CITY STAFF WANTS TO SHARE. AND THEN, UH, DAN MARTINEZ, YOUR STAFF LIAISON WILL SEND THAT OUT TO THE COMMISSIONERS TO REVIEW, SO YOU'LL HAVE THAT, UH, AND BE ABLE TO THEN ASK QUESTIONS ON THE RECORD. SO, YEAH, THAT IS, UH, GREAT CALL OUT. SO TWO BRIEFINGS, WORKING GROUP ASSIGNMENTS, AND THEN THE FOURTH WOULD BE THE GOOGLE, UH, THE GOOGLE UPDATE. SO THAT'S FOUR ITEMS. UH, COMMISSIONER SMITH, UH, I WAS ASKING, UM, VICE CHAIR APODACA ABOUT HOW OFTEN WE RECEIVE BRIEFINGS FROM THE WORKING GROUPS, THE EXISTING WORKING GROUPS, UM, DICE AND KIDS, AND THE S P. GREAT, GREAT QUESTION. SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S NORMALLY A STANDING PART OF OUR AGENDA. OKAY. UH, THAT WE HAVE WORKING GROUP UPDATES. AND BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE WERE DOING THE WORKING GROUP ASSIGNMENTS, WE PURPOSELY LEFT IT OFF THE AGENDA. GOT IT. OKAY. YEAH, TODAY. OKAY. YEAH. AND THEN WHAT I THOUGHT YOU HAD ASKED IS HOW OFTEN DO EACH OF THE WORKING GROUPS RECEIVE UPDATES? UM, GOTCHA. FROM, FROM, FROM EXTERNAL PARTIES. UM, AND I WOULD SAY THAT'S TYPICALLY WHENEVER WE, WE REQUEST THEM, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE REQUESTED CONSISTENT LEGISLATIVE UPDATES WITH THE, WITH THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE IN SESSION. OKAY. I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, AND I THINK IT FALLS UNDER THE KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND DATA STEWARDSHIP, BUT, UM, I, TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, I SUBMITTED A SERVICE REQUEST, UH, FOR A P D AND THEY, THEY SENT ME A HYPERLINK WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET SERVICE, UM, SERVICE REQUEST UPDATES, BUT THE FIELDS HAVE BEEN EMPTY FOR DAYS. UM, AND THEN WHEN I CALLED TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE UPDATE WAS, CUZ IT WASN'T IN THE, IN WHATEVER WAS SHARED, UM, THEY SAID, WELL, WE HAVE A NOTE HERE THAT SAYS SOMEONE TRIED TO CALL YOU. AND I SAID, WELL, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE OFFICER'S NUMBER WAS OR WHAT TIME THEY CALLED? AND THEY SAID, WELL, THERE'S NO TIMESTAMP. AND I SAID, OKAY, DO YOU KNOW THE OFFICER? IS THERE A BADGE NUMBER? AND THEY SAID, WELL, NO, WE CAN'T SEE THAT. AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS A CASE OF THEY CAN'T SEE IT OR IF IT DOESN'T EXIST. SO NOW, NOW I'VE JUST GOT SOME, SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, DATA ENTRY AND DATA STEWARDSHIP AND DATA GOVERNANCE. I'M, I'VE JUST GOT A A [00:55:01] A LOT OF QUESTIONS. SO I GUESS WOULD THAT FALL UNDER THE KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND DATA STEWARDSHIP? IT, IT CERTAINLY COULD, UH, AND, AND WOULD REALLY MAKE SENSE TO DO SO FROM MY ESTIMATION. I THINK THAT, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MATTERS RELATED TO, UH, EITHER DATA OR KNOWLEDGE, UH, AND A P D, UH, THAT ARE ALSO THE FOCUS OF THAT WORKING GROUP AND COULD BE PART OF A BRIEFING AS WELL. UH, SO YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD DEFINITELY THINK ABOUT. UH, IN FACT, UH, THE TIMING OF THE NEXT WORKING GROUP MEETING MAY OR MAY NOT, UH, BE TOO SOON TO GET A BRIEFING OR TO EXPECT A BRIEFING FROM H P D, BUT, UM, WE COULD ALSO ACCOMMODATE THEIR SCHEDULE AND JUST WORK TOWARDS SCHEDULING ONE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. DEFINITELY FLEXIBLE. UH, AS IT PERTAINS TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, THEN I GUESS, UH, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE PERTINENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT, UH, WOULD BE CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE COULD TAKE UP IN OUR WORKING GROUPS. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSION. YEAH. YOU, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO THAT HSE M PRESENTATION, UH, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THEIR FACILITY AND IT IS AN INCREDIBLE FACILITY. IT IS AMAZING HOW MA HOW MANY DIFFERENT RESOURCES ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER FOR OUR OWN SECURITY. SO, UM, THERE ARE THREE WAYS WE COULD HANDLE IT. ONE IS WE ARRANGE A VISIT THERE AT SOME POINT AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS. OR WE COULD HAVE THEM GIVE US A VIDEO PRESENTATION WHERE THEY SHOW US SORT OF LIKE SCANNING ACROSS THE HORIZON IN THAT FACILITY SO THAT WE CAN GET A VIEW OF HOW COMPLEX THAT OPERATION IS. OR THEY COULD BE STANDING THERE AND MAKING THE PRESENTATION TO US SO WE HAVE A GOOD VIEW OF WHAT THAT FACILITY LOOKS LIKE WHILE WE ARE LISTENING TO THEM. UH, YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT. COMMISSIONER SUPTA, UH, THAT TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE, ACTUALLY, AS YOU RECALL, I WAS THERE TOO, ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER YATES, UH, AND, UH, TWO OTHER COMMISSIONERS. I WANNA SAY COMMISSIONER, UH, I'M, I'M SIED MAYBE, AND, OR COMMISSIONER FLOYD I BELIEVE WAS ALSO THERE. UH, IT, IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE AND I THINK THAT THE CURRENT COMMISSION WOULD ALSO BENEFIT GREATLY. UH, IN FACT, I THINK WE WOULD BENEFIT GREATLY. IT'S BEEN SOME TIME ACTUALLY SINCE WE HAD THAT, THAT TOUR. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WHICH WE SHOULD BASICALLY WORK ON SCHEDULING, I THINK. UM, I THINK THAT IT BECOMES A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE WANNA SCHEDULE IT FOR A WORKING GROUP, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK HAPPENED THEN. UM, BUT WHAT I WOULD FEEL WEIRD ABOUT DOING NOW OR IF WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE COULD DO TO, TO FACILITATE A TOUR FOR THE WHOLE GROUP IF IT'S NOT A, A PUBLIC INTEREST. THAT WOULD BE A WALKING CO. THERE WOULD BE A WALKING QUO. YEAH. WE, WE, WE HAVE TO AVOID THAT. UH, JESSE, ANY INPUT, ANY INPUT ON THIS? WELL, UM, I'M HAPPY TO, UH, FOR DAN AND I TO TAKE THAT AS, UH, A DIRECTION THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO GO AND, AND SEE WHAT THE BEST WAY FOR US TO FACILITATE A TOUR WOULD BE. UH, IT COULD BE THAT WE JUST HAVE TO BREAK IT UP IN TWO, TWO SEPARATE SESSIONS, FOR INSTANCE. OR, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEEK A OPINION FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE SINCE, UH, IT'S A, A TOUR. I DON'T, MAYBE WE CAN GET AWAY WITH IT, UM, UH, WITH A PUBLIC INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENT FOR INSTANCE. RIGHT. UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, FIND OUT AND CIRCLE BACK. GREAT. SO THAT SOUND GOOD. EVERYBODY, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK INTO THIS FOR US AND, AND, AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE BEST WAY FORWARD. THANK YOU. OKAY, GREAT. GREAT. VICE CHAIR, DID YOU WANNA, OKAY. OKAY. WELL, UH, ALRIGHT THEN. I, I FEEL AS THOUGH OUR JUNE AGENDA IS GONNA BE PRETTY SOLID, UH, RIGHT. UH, WITH WHAT WE GOT ON IT. SO, BUT HAVING SAID THAT, UH, AS ALWAYS, IF, IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING PRESSING, UM, OR PHILIP THAT ISN'T COVERED, UH, PLEASE EMAIL JESSE, UH, AND OR MYSELF, UH, EXCUSE ME, DAN, UH, OR AND MYSELF, UH, WITH YOUR IDEAS. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AT, AT, AT A MINIMUM WE SHOULD DISCUSS THEM, UH, TWO TO ONE OR OR OR TWO TO TWO AND SEE HOW THEY ALIGN WITH THE EXISTING WORKING GROUPS AND OR PLAN AGENDA ITEMS. SO WITH THAT THEN, UH, I THINK WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR AGENDA. UH, THERE'S ONE LAST ITEM HERE UNDER OUR AGENDA AND IT'S ADJOURNMENT. CHAIR PITTS. I MOVED TO ADJOURN. ADJOURN. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'VE GOT A MOTION IN THE ROOM FROM VICE CHAIR ADOC TO ADJOURN. UH, AYE. SECONDED. I, I, I HEARD THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GUPTA. UH, UH, LITERALLY SECONDS AFTER THE FIRST. UH, BUT WITH THAT, WE CAN HOLD A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT, PLEASE SAY AYE. AND SHOW YOUR HAND. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? ANYONE ABSTAINING. OKAY. WE ARE IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT. EIGHT [01:00:01] TO ZERO. UH, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND. UH, LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU ALL AGAIN SOON. YEP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BYE-BYE. BYE-BYE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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