Jun 14, 2024 Mayor&#39;s Committee for People with Disabilities

COMMISSIONER, UH, MICKEY ANTE.

THAT WAY WE CAN COUNT YOU HERE.

AND I ACTUALLY GO BY KRISTEN.

ELIZABETH IS MY FIRST NAME THOUGH, SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU.

LET YOU KNOW.

WE CAN SURE, WE CAN UPDATE THE AGENDA IF THAT'S YOUR PREFERRED NAME, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE BETTER.

YOU BET.

I'LL MAKE A NOTE NOW.

ASK THE ANSWER TO IT.

LET'S, UM, OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES, UM, FOR THE APRIL 12TH, 2024 IN MAY.

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, IF YOU WANNA TAKE THEIR COMMENTS AT THAT TIME, NOBODY SIGNED UP FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, THOUGH.

[1. Approve the minutes of the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities regular meeting on April 12, 2024]

WE DID NOT MEET, WE DIDN'T MAKE QUORUM.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES? SO MOVED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND YOU A SECOND.

UM, UH, SOMEBODY, I JUST LOST YOU ON CAMERA.

I NEED TO SEE EVERYBODY ON CAMERA BEFORE WE TAKE OUR VOTE OR BEFORE WE APPROVE.

I CHAIR IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THE VOTE.

OH, THERE WE GO.

START WITH OUR FIRST DISCUSSION, UH, ITEMS, OUR UPDATES ON THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

UM, SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.

UH, MINUTES FROM APRIL, 2024 ARE APPROVED.

UM, LET'S

[2. Updates on the Project Connect Community Advisory Committee (CAC) by Chair Elisabeth Meyer.]

UM, THAT'S ME.

WE MET YESTERDAY AND, UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS MADE.

I THINK THE ONE THAT, UM, THAT PERTAINS MOST TO THIS COMMITTEE IS THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, LEMME LOOK.

SORRY GUYS.

UM, OH, SO THE A TP WAS DOING, UM, SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON KIND OF THE SCOPE AND THE PROCESS FOR THE LIGHT RAIL AND GETTING ALL THAT TOGETHER.

AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE DURING THE MEETING THAT THEY WERE MAKING AN EFFORT TO INCLUDE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND I WAS PRETTY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THEY, IN ADDITION TO THEIR REGULAR PUBLIC MEETINGS AND WAYS THAT THEY HA HAVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC, THEY ALSO, UH, WORK WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE A DAP LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, UM, AND SEVERAL OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

SO I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THEY WERE MAKING A REALLY BIG EFFORT TO INCLUDE THE VOICE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I REALLY, THE CAPITOL METRO IS IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING A POLICE FORCE, AND THEY ARE RIGHT NOW TRYING TO GET A CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATION FOR, FROM THIS, UM, THE CERTIFICATION PEOPLE THAT CERTIFY POLICE ORGANIZATIONS.

UM, SO THEY'RE REALLY, THEY HAVE 10 GUIDELINES AND THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT RIGHT NOW.

ONCE THEY'RE FINISHED WITH THAT, AND ONCE THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMITTEE TO GO BACK TO THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THE POLICIES DO INCLUDE, UH, WORKING WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND MAKING SURE THAT THE OFFICERS, UH, ARE ADEQUATELY TRAINED IN THAT AREA.

UM, THAT'S ALL THE UPDATES.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

THIS

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IS KRISTEN.

UM, DID THEY TALK ABOUT WHEN THIS IS ALL STARTING OR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THIS TO? SO THEY ARE, RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE KNEE DEEP IN GETTING THEIR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IRONED OUT, UM, ON THE WEBSITE.

AND I WILL SEND THAT OUT TO EVERYONE.

THERE IS A, UM, THERE, THERE IS KIND OF LIKE DATES OF WHAT PROCEDURES THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AND HOW TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

UM, LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW, THEIR PROCEDURES AND STUFF THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH ARE NOT, UM, I MEAN, THEY, I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT THEY'RE GONNA AFFECT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OR NOT.

MY MAIN CONCERN IS WITH THE TRAINING THAT I DO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CAPITAL, UM, CAPITAL METRO ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND THEY DO HAVE SOME A DA POSITIONS THERE THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH.

SO, BUT I WILL SEND OUT THE, THE LINK TO THE WEB ADDRESS AND YOU CAN GO LOOK AT ALL THAT.

, ANYTHING ELSE? SO, THIS IS VICE CHAIR FRANKS.

IN REGARDS TO THE TRAINING, DO THEY SEEM AS IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO WORK WITH DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS AND HOW TO PROPERLY WORK WITH THE SCOPE OF VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISABILITIES? UM, YES.

THEY DID SEEM REALLY OPEN TO INCLUDING THAT IN THEIR TRAINING, BUT AS WE'RE ALL AWARE, PEOPLE SAY THINGS, UM, YEAH, , BUT THEY MIGHT, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD OF THIS COMMITTEE TO REALLY KIND OF FORCE THE ISSUE AND BRING IT BACK TO 'EM.

LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW THEY'VE GOT THEIR 10 AREAS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THEIR, UM, POLICIES WRITTEN AND GET APPROVED SO THEY CAN KIND OF GET THE BALL ROLLING.

UM, BUT ONCE, ONCE THEY DO THAT AND THEY HAVE THE BALL ROLLING, THEN I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR US TO STEP IN AND SAY, SO TELL ME ABOUT YOUR TRAINING .

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES.

UM, SO THIS IS ADRIAN HOGAN.

I, YEAH.

I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHO YOU ADVISE WOULD BE ABLE TO TRAIN THEM.

IS THERE ANY ORGANIZATION THAT'S LOCAL THAT WOULD GIVE THEM THE SCOPE THAT THEY NEED WITH MULTIPLE TYPES OF DISABILITIES IN EXISTENCE? I MEAN, I DON'T, WE WOULD NOT BE PROVIDING THAT TRAINING, CORRECT? MM-HMM.

CORRECT.

NO, WE WOULD NOT.

UM, I'M NOT REALLY SURE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I BELIEVE THAT A DAPT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD RESOURCE.

I KNOW THAT CAPITAL METRO ALREADY DOES A LOT OF TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

THEY HAVE A TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP THEM LEARN HOW TO USE THE BUS AND, UM, USE THEIR SERVICES.

AND LIKE I SAID, THEY DO HAVE A, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS TITLE IS, BUT HE'S KIND OF LIKE AN A DA COORDINATOR WHERE HE REALLY, THAT'S HIS JOB IS TO FOCUS ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

UM, AND WHEN I DID ASK THIS QUESTION, THE PERSON WHO IS PROBABLY GONNA BE THE POLICE CHIEF DID ASSURE ME THAT THEY WERE WORKING WITH CAPITAL METRO AND THEIR A DA, UM, PEOPLE, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE DOING SOME TRAINING.

BUT AGAIN, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE GOING TO THEM LATER AND SAYING, I WANNA SEE WHAT, WHAT KIND OF TRAINING AND WHO'S DOING THE TRAINING, JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING.

AND WE CAN ALSO INVITE THEM TO A FUTURE MEETING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE TRAINING.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

COMMISSIONER SHAAD, I WAS WONDERING MAYBE IT MAY BE, UH, BENEFICIAL TO DO IT BEFORE THEY HAVE EVERYTHING SET IN STONE, SO IF THERE'S THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO INQUIRE ABOUT, THEY WOULD HAVE THAT TIME BEFORE TCOM FOR WHATEVER'S GONNA STRATIFY THEM.

, YOU THINK? UM, YES.

I WILL SEND YOU A, UH, LINK TO A WEBSITE THAT HAS ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THEIR, UM, OPEN ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS AND HOW YOU CAN MAKE COMMENTS ON THEIR PROCEDURES AS THEY'RE, AS THEY'RE MAKING THEM.

SO DISCUSSION ITEM THREE IS DISCUSSION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ORGANIZATIONS IN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY, WHICH MAY PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES

CHAIR MEYER, IF YOU WANNA SHARE THAT WITH ME, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH THE WHOLE COMMISSION.

[3. Discussion and identification of organizations in the disability community which may provide opportunities to partner for advocacy.]

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TO PARTNER FOR ADVOCACY.

UM, I JUST WOULD KIND OF LIKE TO GO AROUND AND TAKE A ROLE TO SEE WHAT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY OR CONNECTIONS ALL OF US MAY ALREADY HAVE.

DOES THAT, DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? YES.

SO, UM, FOR ME, I AM PRETTY WELL CONNECTED WITH, UH, BLIND VISUALLY IMPAIRED COMMUNITY WITH TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, UM, AND CHRIS COLE REHABILITATION CENTER, UM, AND MAYBE THE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND.

UM, VICE CHAIR RINGS.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YES, I AM.

UM, WE VOTED ON SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO MAKE ME A LIAISON WITH THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND, WHICH IS A VERY STRONG, UM, ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION.

I AM THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTIN CHAPTER.

UM, THERE'S OTHER BLINDNESS ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE.

THERE IS A, UH, THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OF TEXAS, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE OTHER ONES, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE CENTER OF TEXAN WITH DISABILITIES, DISABILITY RIGHTS.

TEXAS ADAPT IS ANOTHER STRONG ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION FOR INDIVIDUALS IN WHEELCHAIRS.

UM, I'M NOT SURE OF ANY, UH, DEFINITE ORGANIZATIONS, BUT I'M SURE THERE ARE.

UM, BUT THAT'S THE PRETTY MUCH THE SCOPE OF MY EXPERIENCE SO FAR.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY, UM, EXPERIENCE OR KNOW OF ANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK WITH? UH, THIS IS KRISTEN AND I'M CONNECTED TO THE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY COMMUNITY.

, UM, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW, THEY'RE MORE LOCAL RIGHT NOW, AND THEN A NATIONAL GROUP, UM, BUT HAS NOT DONE A LOT OF ADVOCACY.

BUT I THINK, I THINK AS LONG AS, UM, TEXAS DISABILITY IS RECOGNIZING THOSE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, UM, AND THAT WE'RE INCLUDING THAT AND OUR ADVOCACY, I WOULD, UM, BE HAPPY TO TRY TO RECRUIT MORE.

BUT THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S GENERALLY MY EXPERIENCE IS WITH MORE LOCAL, UH, ORGANIZATIONS AND, UM, ON INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.

, THIS IS MICKEY.

UM, I WORK AT GWC AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE DOC.

OH, GREAT, GREAT.

SPEED.

I USED TO BE THE PUBLIC POLICY SPECIALIST FOR THE TEXAS STATE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL.

I DO WORK WITH, UH, COALITION OF OF THE DEATH AND STILL WORKING WITH IT AS FAR AS IT COMES TO POLICY, SO I CAN REACH OUT AND GET THOSE THAT WE NEED, UH, TO KIND OF VOICE OR GET SOME REPRESENTATIVES ONCE WE START THIS, UH, THING GOING ON.

THAT'S GREAT.

UM, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE ALL HAVE, LIKE, WE HAVE A PRETTY LARGE NET THAT WE CAN CAST.

TO WORKING WITH THE CITY AND, UH, MAKING AREAS MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH ALL TYPES OF DISABILITIES.

AND I, I REALLY LIKE THAT BECAUSE I DO WANT EVERYBODY'S INPUT.

UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU KNOW THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL METRO AND THE POLICE AND SAFETY, I WANT THEM TO KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF POPULATIONS.

UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE, THIS IS CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR FRANK.

SORRY, I'M STILL TRYING TO GET USED TO THE CHANGE.

UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE I WAS A, A MEMBER OF, UM, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT TO OUR YOUNGER POPULATION AS WELL, ESPECIALLY COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH GEN Z BEING MORE PROACTIVE THAN, LET'S SAY, PREVIOUS GENERATIONS.

UM, THE DISABILITY ADVOCACY STUDENT COALITION WAS A VERY STRONG PRESENCE IN TRYING TO MAKE THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

AND I'D LIKE TO, UH, I THINK WE COULD TAP IN WITH THEM.

I'M NOT SURE IF A CC ST EDWARDS OR, UM, HOUSTON TILLISON HAS ANY DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I COULD LOOK INTO, UM, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, SPAN INTO OUR YOUNGER GENERATION TO INSPIRE THOSE TO, YOU KNOW, SPEAK OUT.

BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD MEMBERS OF UT STUDENTS COME AND COMPLAIN ABOUT CAPITAL METRO, UM, REGARDING, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEIR WHEELCHAIR ON THE VEHICLE OR PASS IN AUSTIN, NOT BEING ACCESSIBLE ON THE UT CAMPUS.

I KNOW THERE'S CERTAIN ASPECTS WE CAN'T TOUCH AS A COMMITTEE, UM, DOING REGARDING PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND CAPITAL METRO, BUT I THINK IF WE GET A VOICE OUT THERE AT THESE MEETINGS THAT CAPITOL METRO IS HOLDING, THEN I THINK THEY'LL HOPEFULLY IN TURN RESPOND TO THAT AND WORK HARDER

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UH, THIS IS KRISTEN.

I ALWAYS, I THINK WE REALLY DO NEED TO, UM, FOCUS TOO ON CAPITAL OR METRO ACCESS.

, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES USE THAT SERVICE.

, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THEY HEAR FROM US AND THOSE ADVOCATES.

SO WHAT I AM LEARNING, UM, AS I SERVE ON THE CAC COMMITTEE IS THAT THEY'RE, A LOT OF THESE POLICY MAKERS ARE OFFERING ENGAGEMENT AND OFFERING TO HEAR WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING, BUT GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AND TO HAVE INPUT ON ALL OF THESE DESIGNS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT IS, IS HARD.

UM, SO I THINK THAT IF WE CAN START, UM, IF WE CAN JUST KIND OF GET A LISTSERV GOING, ONE WAY WE COULD REALLY SERVE THE COMMUNITY IS TRY TO PUSH OUT THIS INFORMATION TO THEM.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES.

AND, UH, ONE THING I WAS THINKING OF, NOT ONLY THE LISTSERVS, BUT COLLECTING NAMES OF LEADERS OF THESE PARTICULAR ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A PRESIDENT OR A DIRECTOR OR SOMETHING, SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN PINPOINT THE CONVERSATIONS TO THEM AND HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A GO-TO OF, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO INVOLVE ALL OF THESE DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT CAPITAL METRO AND THESE OTHER COMMITTEES HAVE A PINPOINT OF WHO THEY CAN CONTACT AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, SAY, OH, WE DON'T HAVE THE SCOPE TO PROVIDE ENOUGH CIVIL ENGAGEMENT.

AND SO THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PINPOINT WHO THEY CAN CONTACT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A STRONGER VOICE AS A COLLECTIVE DISABILITY COMMUNITY.

THIS IS COMMISSIONER CHANG AND, UM, I AM AFFILIATED WITH UT AUSTIN'S, UM, NEW TRAUMA RECOVERY AND RESEARCH CENTER.

SO, UM, THEY ARE INFORMING, UM, THEIR RESEARCH FACILITY WILL DIRECTLY INFORM STUDENT LIFE AND OTHER, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES, UM, ESPECIALLY IN, UM, POPULATIONS THAT HAVE DEALT WITH TRAUMA.

PTSD MM-HMM.

AND OTHER, UM, YEAH.

O OTHER KINDS OF TRAUMA RELATED, UH, DISABILITIES.

SO I'M HAPPY TO HELP ON THAT FRONT.

I'VE ALSO FORWARDED TO, UM, UH, CHRISTIE THE, THE, UH, AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION INVITATION FOR THEIR FINAL MEETING ON THE ONION CREEK FOUNDATION.

UH, ONION CREEK PARKS, UM, MM-HMM.

INCLUSIVE PARK.

SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ANYONE ON THIS COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN, UM, THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR INBOXING.

I PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THOSE GROUP STUDIES, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, SO IT WAS, IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO PROCEED.

ANYONE ELSE? NO.

UM, OKAY.

I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT START.

LIKE I SAID, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE, UM, HAVE PEOPLE IN A VARIETY OF POPULATION SERVED.

AND, UM, I THINK ONCE WE GET SOME COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND FIGURE OUT OUR LIVES, I THINK WE CAN BE REALLY EFFECTIVE AS A COMMITTEE.

AND ACTION ITEMS. AN UPDATE ON THE MEMBERSHIP AND CLARIFY SCOPE OF DATA COLLECTION AS PART OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC WORKING GROUP.

UM, SO THAT, THAT MOVES US TO OUR DISCUSSION

[4. Update membership and clarify scope of data collection as part of the Demographic Working Group.]

UM, WHO FROM THE DEMOGRAPHIC WORKING GROUP WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I APOLOGIZE.

UM, ADRIAN HOGAN.

WONDER IF WE COULD, UM, TAKE A VOTE TO PUT HIM ON THAT GROUP AS WELL.

I, UM, LET ME REFRESH THE, WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE DEMOGRAPHIC WORKING GROUP? I DID A BUNCH OF RESEARCH AND SENT A NOTE OUT TO PEOPLE FOR INPUT.

I REMEMBER JUST TO RECAP THAT, UM, WE DIDN'T MAKE THE FUNDING REQUEST DEADLINE FOR THE CITY.

AND SO I THINK TO IDENTIFY OUR MAIN GOALS WITH A DEMOGRAPHIC COUNT, EVEN WITHOUT A NEED MONEY, IF WE CAN KIND OF REGROUP AND LOOK AT WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

UM, JONATHAN, UH, WANTED TO BE ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP AND I

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ARE YOU SURE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION? YES, I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO MOVE, MOVE THAT, UH, WE VOTE FOR JONATHAN TO BE ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC WORKING GROUP.

DO I HAVE SOMEONE THAT CAN SECOND THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND THAT.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

SO, UM, WE WILL ADD HIM TO THAT WORKING GROUP.

UM, I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND I, I HAD IT LAST MONTH.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING LAST MONTH, RIGHT? CORRECT.

CORRECT.

THAT'S WHY I GOT A LITTLE CONFUSED.

, I ACTUALLY FOUND OUT SOMETHING WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING OUR MOTION FOR A DEMOGRAPHIC LIKE PIT COUNT TYPE OF THING IN THE JIC.

OUR MOTION DIDN'T PASS IN THE JIC AND THE REASON, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IS THAT THERE WAS A, A CITYWIDE PIT COUNT, UM, IN 2022, AND IT WAS THE DISABILITY QUALITY OF LIFE STUDY.

, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU GUYS HAD BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A LOOK AT THAT, IF ANYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH THAT DOCUMENT.

COMMISSIONER, COULD YOU, I'M SORRY.

COULD YOU CLARIFY WHAT IS JIC? JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE? INCLUSION COMMITTEE? THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY.

UM, SO I, I, UH, WAS SPEAKING WITH THEM AND SO THAT, THAT BUDGETARY, UH, RECOMMENDATION, I COULDN'T GET ENOUGH PEOPLE ON THAT COMMITTEE TO VOTE WITH US BECAUSE THE STUDY HAD BEEN SO RECENT.

UM, IS THERE A WAY WE COULD GET, IS THERE A WAY WE COULD GET AHOLD OF THAT STUDY, OR IS IT ONLINE SOMEWHERE? ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

I, I CAN SEND IT, UM, TO CHRISTIE RIGHT NOW.

BUT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN IT, AND OF COURSE, LIKE WITH OUR RECENT POPULATION GROWTH, IT MAY NOT BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED PERCENT WHERE WE ARE, BUT IT IS A, IT IS A STARTING POINT AND I MEANT TO TELL YOU GUYS ABOUT IT LAST MONTH, AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP AND I WOULD WOULD LOVE IT IF EVERYBODY COULD HAVE A LOOK AT THAT.

ACTUALLY.

DO WE KNOW THE FIRM? THE FIRM OR WHOEVER THEY CHOSE TO COMPILE THAT STUDY? SO THEN WE CAN ASK THEM IN FUTURE BUSINESS IF THEY COULD COME AND EXPLAIN IT.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NAME OF THE FIRM, BUT IT WAS DONE THROUGH THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, SO WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND THEY COULD PROVIDE THE EXACT FIRM.

IT IS ACTUALLY CALLED PUBLIC CONSULTING GROUP, LLC.

IT'S A PRETTY GENERIC NAME.

THANK YOU, JENNIFER.

IT WAS, UM, JUST SPEAKING FROM BEING ON THIS BOARD FOR SINCE 2017, THERE WAS A DIFFICULT SCOPE TO CIRCULATE.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO PINPOINT EVERY SINGLE, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL DISABILITY IN AUSTIN.

SOME DON'T JUST SELF DISCLOSE, SOME DON'T AREN'T PART OF ORGANIZATIONS.

SO IT'S A LIMITED VIEW.

I WILL, UM, ONCE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT AT THE SCOPE OF PEOPLE DISABILITIES IN AUSTIN, UM, BUT IT'S A START.

AND WE COULD, UM, DEFINITELY UTILIZE THAT INFORMATION TO CATALYZE, UM, MORE OF A DEMOGRAPHIC GAME PLAN OF HOW WE WANT TO PROCEED FORWARD WITHIN THE WORKING GROUP.

THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF MY THOUGHTS.

I WILL, THIS IS COMMISSIONER HOGAN.

UM, I WILL TRY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICE.

UM, CHRISTIE, OUR LIAISON ALSO, UM, SENT US VIA EMAIL, UH, THAT SHE FOUND THROUGH CENSUS DATA, SOME ACCOUNTING OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IDENTIFYING AS DISABLED, AS YOU GUYS MENTIONED.

OF AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS MM-HMM.

, PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS WANNA SELF IDENTIFY.

AND I KNOW THAT I ALSO HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED ON THE CENSUS BEFORE.

UM, SO THOSE COUNTS ARE REALLY LOW.

AND FROM THE NUMBERS THAT I SAW THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE CENSUS DATA, ONLY TWO OR 3% OF AUSTINITES, WHICH IS NOT IN LINE WITH ANY OTHER PERCENTAGE WORLDWIDE.

I THINK, UH, WITHOUT MEANING TO BRING UP A PROBLEM WITHOUT A SOLUTION, UM, YOU KNOW, I WILL DEFINITELY TRY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS AUSTIN.

IS IT? YEAH.

BECAUSE I MEAN, JUST, JUST IN GENERAL, OVER FIVE, CAPITAL METRO ACCESS HAS OVER 5,000 RIDERS, SO I, I HIGHLY DOUBT IT'S ONLY 2% .

WELL, AND AS FAR AS IN TEXAS, UM, BECAUSE I GUESS BECAUSE WE ARE THE CAPITAL, THERE ARE A TON

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HERE.

UM, SO IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A HIGHER THAN AVERAGE POPULATION, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

ALSO, I KNOW THAT CAPITAL METRO, EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW, IT HAS ITS PROBLEMS, IT IS ONE OF THE BETTER, UM, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IN THE STATE.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF US THAT IF WE WANNA LIVE INDEPENDENTLY, AUSTIN IS KIND OF IT.

SO YEAH.

DEFINITELY EVEN BETTER THAN LARGER CITIES.

I'VE HEARD.

SO, OKAY.

WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO READING THAT STUDY AND, UM, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND YOUR RESEARCH.

I KNOW THAT IT CAN BE TEDIOUS TO DO THIS KIND OF RESEARCH, KIND OF LOOKING FOR NEEDLES AND HAYSTACKS.

UM, BUT I DO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S WORK AND I THINK WE'RE OFF TO A REALLY GOOD START FOR SURE.

UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANNA ADD ON THAT TOPIC BEFORE WE MOVE ON? NOPE.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WE'RE GONNA APPROVE AN ALTERNATIVE RE AN ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO THE JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE.

SO LET'S MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

[5. Approve an alternate representative of the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities to the Joint Inclusion Committee.]

I KNOW WE HAVE, UM, COMMISSIONER POWELL DOES, SHE IS THE FIRST PERSON THAT DOES, UM, ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS.

UM, BUT WE WOULD LIKE AN ALTERNATE.

I WAS THE ALTERNATE, BUT MY SCHEDULE CHANGED AND I CAN NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE MEETINGS.

DO DO I HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS OR, UH, COMMISSIONER POWELL, CAN YOU SAY WHAT TIME THE MEETINGS ARE? THEY'RE USUALLY THE LAST, NOW THEY'RE THE LAST, UM, WEDNESDAY, AND THEY'RE USUALLY THREE TO FIVE, SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT LONGER IF WE'VE GOT THE BUDGET MEETING, WHICH IS WHERE WE APPROVE THE BUDGET ITEMS FROM EV ALL OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEES.

SO IT'S AFRICAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE, THE ASIAN, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, THE COMMITTEE FOR AGING, ALL OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE BOARDS GET TOGETHER AND WE TALK ABOUT OUR CONCERNS, UH, TOGETHER AS A JOINT COMMITTEE.

AND, UH, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS IS BUDGETING.

AND WE SPEND A LARGE PORTION OF THE YEAR ON IT, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE MAJOR MEETING, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE SPLITTING IT UP INTO TWO WHERE WE DO BUDGETING.

IT'S A, IT'S A FUN FAST PACED COMMITTEE, UH, MADE UP OF A LOT OF OTHER COMMITTEES AND IT'S, IT'S A, I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S DEFINITELY WORTHWHILE.

DO I HAVE, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE ALTERNATE POSITION.

UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE, IS ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED? NO.

SO THE ALTERNATE CAN JOIN ME IN ANY OF THE MEETINGS THAT THEY WANT TO COME AND, AND CHECK IT OUT.

UM, ONLY ONE OF US CAN VOTE.

I'M USUALLY ALWAYS THERE.

UM, I WOULD GIVE YOU AS MUCH NOTICE AS POSSIBLE, LIKE AT LEAST A WEEK.

IF I KNOW I CAN'T MAKE IT, I'M USUALLY ALWAYS THERE, BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ANYTIME.

I HAVEN'T SO FAR, I HAVEN'T NEEDED AN ALTERNATE ONCE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT AND I KNOW THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE SO HAPPY TO HAVE THE INSURANCE THERE.

THE, UH, THE JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO THEY DO A LOT OF THE BUDGETING AND RECOMMENDING, UM, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THE WAY CITY THINGS GO.

AND THEY COULD JUST BE A REALLY GOOD RESOURCE FOR US.

? UM, DOES IT, CAN ANYONE MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WAS THAT, COULD YOU, UH, WHICH COMMISSIONER WAS THAT? WAS THAT CHANG OR WAS THAT COMMISSIONER CHANG? COMMISSIONER CHANG.

I, UH, MADE A MOTION TO APPOINT COMMISSIONER CHANG AS THE ALTERNATE JAKE JAKE REPRESENTATIVE.

I'LL SECOND MS. KRISTEN.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THE, UM, THE MOTION CARRIES.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT AND UM, FOR WILL BEING WILLING TO STEP IN AND HELP.

UM, IT REALLY IS A GOOD COMMITTEE.

LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.

AND IT'S VERY, VERY WORTH TIME.

UM, OKAY.

[6. Approve Recommendation 20240614-006 regarding safety concerns following Land Development Code changes.]

APPROVE RECOMMENDATION FOR 2024.

I DON'T KNOW, IT'S A BIG NUMBER.

I CAN'T SEE IT.

REGARDING SAFETY CONCERNS FOLLOWING THE LAND AND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHANGES.

UM, THIS WAS, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, BUT IN A MEETING A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO, SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY CAME IN AND ADVISED US THAT THERE WERE SOME CHANGES TO THE HOUSING CODE THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND DETRIMENTAL TO

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PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

AND OUR COMMITTEE ASKED THEM TO CREATE A, UM, LET'S SEE, TO CREATE LIKE A RECOMMENDATION.

UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE ALL READ THAT YET, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THAT NOW.

I KNOW THAT YOU WERE WILLING DOING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT.

DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND DO THAT? HI, I AM BETSY GREENBERG.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE, AND I WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE A DRAFT, UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING THIS ITEM.

AND I'LL JUST BE HERE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, SO I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS, UM, READ THIS OUT.

WAS THERE, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WAS NOT THERE FOR THE PRESENTATION? ARE WE ALL KIND OF, DO WE ALL, ARE WE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE? DO WE ALL KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT? THIS IS THE GROUP HOMES, THE CHANGES TO THE GROUP HOMES.

I WOULD REQUEST A READING.

I WAS NOT THERE.

SO WE'RE, UM, WE'RE, I AM GONNA READ IT WORD FOR WORD AND WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS ALIGNED WITH OUR VALUES.

UM, BUT JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, UM, JONATHAN, THAT, UM, THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE TO THE HOUSING CODE.

AND IT HAS, BASICALLY EVERYTHING IS LAID OUT VERY CONCISELY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS A REALLY, A VERY HELPFUL DOCUMENT, BUT IT, UM, BUT THEY CHANGED THE, THE HOUSING CODE THAT REALLY AFFECTS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN LIVE IN GROUP HOMES AND WHAT IS CLASSIFIED AS A GROUP HOME.

AND IT JUST, UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

UM, SO THIS IS AT THE TOP BOARD AND COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION MAYOR'S COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES RECOMMENDATION, UM, SAFETY CONCERNS FOLLOWING LAND AND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHANGES.

WHEREAS ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2023, THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED CHANGES TO THE TITLE 25, THE LAND AND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH INCLUDED A REVISION TO THE DEFINITION OF GROUP RESIDENTIAL AND REMOVAL OF DEFINITIONS FOR FAMILY AND GROUP HOMES.

AND WHEREAS THE DEFINITION OF GROUP RESIDENTIAL WAS REVISED FROM READING THE USE OF A SITE FOR OCCUPANCY BY A GROUP OF MORE THAN SIX PERSONS WHO ARE NOT A FAMILY TO THE USE OF A SITE FOR AN OCCUPANCY OF A GROUP OF 16 OR MORE ADULTS WHEN A THIRD PARTY PREPARES AND PROVIDES FOOD, UM, THAT THIRD PARTY PART, UH, FOR SOME REASON THEY ARE DELINEATING A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOMES THAT A THIRD PARTY BRINGS IN FOOD AND HOMES, THAT A THIRD PARTY DOES NOT BRING IN FOOD.

IT'S NOT REALLY CLEAR WHY THEY DECIDED TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION, BUT THAT'S JUST HOW THEY CHANGED THE CODE.

UM, BETSY, DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT ON THAT? I REALLY DON'T.

THAT'S WHY I PUT IN THE RECOMMENDATION TO TAKE THAT OUT.

I MEAN, WHETHER OR NOT A THIRD PARTY'S PROVIDING FOOD SEEMS IRRELEVANT TO ME, SO ME TOO.

IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE SENSE.

IS A USE OF A SITE FOR THE PROVISION OF THE 24 HOUR CARE FOR NO MORE THAN 15 RESIDENTS, AND THREE SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENTS HALFWAY HOUSES PROVIDING RESIDENTS INSTEAD OF INSTITUTIONAL SENTENCING, UH, AND HALFWAY HOUSES, PROVIDING RESIDENTS TO THOSE NEEDING CORRECTIONAL AND MENTAL INSTITUTIONALIZATION.

UM, AND THEN WHEREAS THE CHANGE OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REMOVE THE DEFINITIONS OF FAMILY HOME AND GROUP HOME CLASS ONE LIMITED, WHICH WERE THE USE OF A SITE FOR THE PROVISION OF 24 HOUR CARE FOR NOT MORE THAN SIX, UH, NOT MORE THAN SIX RESIDENTS AND TWO SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL FOR INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL AND MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS, AS WELL AS MATERNITY HOMES, FOSTER HOMES, AND FACILITIES FOR PERSONS 60 YEARS OLD AND OLDER.

UM, DO YOU WANNA DISCUSS THAT? THAT WAS JUST THE DEFINITION.

IF THERE'S QUESTIONS, I'M OH, OKAY.

UM, AND THEN WHEREAS THE CHANGE OF THE LAND AND DEVELOPMENT CODE REMOVE THE DEFINITIONS FOR GROUP HOME CLASS ONE GENERAL, WHICH IS THE USE OF A SITE FOR THE PROVISION OF 24 HOUR CARE FOR NOT MORE THAN 15 RESIDENTS, AND THREE SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL FOR INCLUDING EMERGENCY SHELTERS FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME, ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION FACILITIES FOR ALCOHOL AND CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE.

AND WHEREAS THE CHANGE OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REMOVED FROM THE DEFINITIONS FOR, FOR GROUP HOME CLASS TWO, WHICH

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AND WHEREAS GROUP RESIDENTIAL IS PERMITTED IN SOME MULTI-FAMILY ZONING AND IS PROHIBITED IN SINGLE FAMILY ZONING, THE CHANGE TO THE GROUP RESIDENTIAL DEFINITION AND REMOVAL OF FAMILY AND GROUP HOME DEFINITIONS, EFFECTIVELY A ALLOWS 15 OR FEWER ADULTS IN SINGLE FAMILY ZONES, AND B, AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS AND INDIVIDUALS IN FOSTER HOMES ARE ALLOWED IN SINGLE FAMILY ZONES.

AND C, WHEN A THIRD PARTY ISN'T PREPARING OR PROVIDING FOOD, AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF ADULTS ARE ALLOWED ON A SITE IN SINGLE FAMILY ZONES.

WHEREAS AUSTIN CODE CONDUCTS INITIAL AND ANNUAL INSPECTIONS OF MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES TO ENSURE THEY'RE CLEAN AND SAFE.

DUE TO THE UNIQUE RISKS POSED BY MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES, AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTS REGULAR FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES WITH THE NEW GROUP RESIDENTIAL DEFINITION ONLY HOMES WITH 16 OR MORE ADULTS AND FOOD PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY WILL QUALIFY FOR INSPECTIONS BY AUSTIN CODE AND THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WHEREAS FAMILY AND GROUP HOMES ARE OFTEN RUN BY FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES MAKING LICENSING, REGULATION AND INSPECTION CRUCIAL.

THE CODE CHANGES AFFECTING GROUP RESIDENTIAL FAMILY, AND GROUP HOMES CAN SUBJECT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND OTHER VULNERABLE POPULATIONS TO ABUSE, NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATION.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES URGES AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE HEALTH AND SAFETY IMPACTS OF RECENT CHANGES TO THE LAND AND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND MAKE FURTHER REVISIONS TO THE LAND AND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

A REMOVING A THIRD PARTY PREPARES AND PROVIDES FOOD FOR THE OCCUPANTS FROM THE DEFINITION OF GROUP RESIDENTIAL B REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR HOMES IN SINGLE FAMILY ZONING WITH MORE THAN SIX AND UP TO 15 RESIDENTS AS WAS REQUIRED FOR GROUP HOMES.

CLASS ONE GENERAL, AND C, RESTORING THE LICENSING AND INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL HOMES WAS SEVEN OR MORE UNRELATED ADULTS.

UM, OKAY.

SO THAT, THAT IS THE ENTIRETY OF THE DOCUMENT.

UM, SO NOW I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO DISCUSS? I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THIS IS PUT ON THE AGENDA WITH ACTION OR JUST DISCUSSION.

IT IS WITH ACTION.

UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS, UM, REALLY, UH, ELOQUENTLY AND LAYS OUT EVERYTHING IN DETAIL.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT ON THE 1, 2, 3, UNDER THE THIRD, WHEREAS SECTION IT SAYS, UM, SIX RESIDENTS AND SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL FOR, FOR INDIVIDUALS.

AND IT SAYS, SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL AND MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS.

I, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE SUFFERING WITH, WITH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

I AGREE.

UM, OTHERWISE, I, I THINK THIS LOOKS FANTASTIC.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.

YOU CAN MAKE THE CHANGE AND THEN WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON THAT WITH THE CHANGE.

CORRECT.

WE CAN MAKE THE AMENDMENT CHANGE.

DO WE NEED TO VOTE TO MAKE THE AMEND IT THINK WE, IF I'M CORRECT, WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT, THEN WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION.

WHAT YOU COULD DO IS CALL FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION.

IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND JUST STATE AGAIN WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO INSERT THE WORDS AND THEN CALL FOR A MOTION A SECOND.

YOU CAN VOTE.

WELL, FIRST

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THAT WAY YOU GET THE BASE MOTION ON THE TABLE AND THEN YOU CAN CALL FOR THE, UM, A MOTION TO AMEND OR YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION YOURSELF TO AMEND.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, CALL FOR MO A MOTION TO RE TO APPROVE THIS RECOMMENDATION.

SO MOVED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND.

ALL IN ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NO.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE AMEND THE PART, IT'S UNDER THE 1, 2, 3, IT'S IN THE SECTION WHERE IT'S THE THIRD, WHEREAS IT SAYS SIX RESIDENTS AND TWO SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL.

AND RIGHT NOW IT SAYS, FOR INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL AND MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS.

AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE CHANGE THE WORD SUFFERING TO WITH, SO IT SHOULD SAY, UH, SIX RESIDENTS AND TWO SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS.

SO IT'D BE STRIKING THE FROM AS WELL.

SO SUFFERING FROM AND REPLACING IT WITH WIDTH.

DO I HAVE A, UM, I APPROVAL TO MAKE THAT CHANGE TO THIRD WHERE ASKED.

SECOND.

DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? COMMISSIONER FENTON.

UM, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.

UM, I DO THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY DOES CONTINUE TO PROTECT.

THESE ARE OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

AND, UM, I AM VERY CONCERNED WITH THESE CHANGES, AS I'M SURE EVERYONE HERE IS.

UH, SO I DO REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION AND ALSO CREATING THIS DOCUMENT.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY DONE REALLY, REALLY WELL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING IT AND APPROVING IT.

TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ACTUALLY, CAN I ASK A FOLLOW UP ON YES, OF COURSE.

ALRIGHT.

SO, ALRIGHT GUYS, SO THAT BRINGS US

[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

THE LAST AGENDA ITEM.

YES, OF COURSE.

I'M WONDERING IF WE WILL GET ANY INFORMATION BACK AT ANY POINT AS TO WHETHER, UH, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE FORMALLY APPROVED BY THE CITY.

UM, I GUESS THIS IS ZONING, CORRECT? I THINK WE CAN, WELL, WHAT, WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD DO IS MAYBE IN A FUTURE, IN A MONTH OR TWO, WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON NEXT IN OUR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, BUT MAYBE, AND ALSO JUST TO GIVE THEM TIME.

'CAUSE THE CITY PROCESSES MOVE REALLY, REALLY SLOWLY.

UM, BUT SAY MAYBE LIKE TWO OR THREE MONTHS FROM NOW, INVITE SOMEONE FROM THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE TO COME AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AND WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND.

YOU CAN ALSO GO AHEAD.

COMMISSIONER AZAR.

COUNCIL WOULD TAKE IT UP 'CAUSE IT'LL GO ON THEIR AGENDA ITEM AND THEN SOMEBODY FROM THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT UP AND THEN WORK WITH ONE OF US TO THE LANGUAGE AND THEN THEY WOULD PRESENT IT TO, FOR A VOTE ON THAT.

WELL, AND IT MIGHT GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FIRST, SINCE IT HAS TO DO WITH DEVELOPMENT CODE.

HOW WOULD WE KNOW? WILL THEY, WILL THEY CONTACT US AND LET US KNOW IF IT'S PUT ON AN AGENDA? IT HAS TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE JUST MADE THE RECOMMENDATION.

RIGHT.

BUT SO WE EVEN, WILL THEY CONTACT US AND LET US KNOW? OR DO, DO I JUST NEED TO BE LIKE SEARCHING THEIR AGENDAS EVERY MONTH TO SEE? THEY DON'T LET US KNOW.

BUT ONE THING I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSION, UM, IS TO REACH OUT TO PARTICULAR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, BRING THIS TO THEIR ATTENTION, BRING UH, EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, UM, THIS REQUEST FOR A CHANGE.

AND SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THIS IN THE FOREFRONT OF THEIR MINDS WHEN IT IS ACTUALLY PUT ONTO THE AGENDA.

UM, SO ONCE, ONCE THE DOCUMENT, ONCE THE ONE CHANGE WE MADE HAS BEEN CHANGED, UM, CAN YOU SEND US ALL OUT THE DOCUMENT SO WE CAN SEND IT TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS? IT AUTOMATICALLY GOES TO THEM.

IT DOES GO TO THEM.

SO ONCE THE APPROVED RECOMMENDATION IS UPLOADED, THERE'S AN AUTOMATED PROCESS WHICH SENDS IT TO THEIR OFFICE.

BUT AS VICE CHAIR FRANKS MENTIONED, IT'S ALWAYS RECOMMENDED TO REACH OUT TO YOUR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL OFFICES TO BRING IT TO THEIR ATTENTION AND TO VOICE YOUR SUPPORT.

USUALLY SOMEBODY FROM THE ANY COMMISSION WOULD GO AND TALK TO THEIR PERSONAL COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEN WORK WITH THEIR TEAM TO PRESENT IT IF THEY WANT TO TAKE THAT UP.

BUT BEING PART OF THE CACI KNOW THAT, UM, THE CITY IS REALLY, WITH THE LIGHT RAIL AND ALL OF THE NEW OCCUPANCY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I THINK THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER TO PUT PEOPLE IN THOSE DENSE AREAS SERVED BY LIKE THE LIGHT RAIL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND I, I WILL SAY THAT I WAS NOT PART OF THESE CHANGES, SO I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE,

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SO I'M, I'M SURE THEY WERE NOT LIKE, I DON'T THINK THIS, THIS WAS MALICIOUS.

I JUST THINK THAT THEY JUST KIND OF REALLY DID NOT FULLY CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS.

, IS IT POSSIBLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO PUT THIS ON SAY NEXT QUARTER'S, LIKE SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER'S, UM, AGENDA TO CIRCLE BACK AND FIND OUT THAT THIS WAS CARRIED THROUGH? YEAH.

I AM.

I AM HAPPY TO DO THAT PROBABLY.

AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.

I DO THINK I, I DO REALLY WANNA GET, I KNOW THAT NEXT MONTH WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON.

WE HAVE A LOT TO DISCUSS, WE HAVE TO DISCUSS SOME OTHER THINGS.

BUT IN AUGUST, I THINK WE COULD DISCUSS IT AGAIN IN AUGUST.

WELL, TO THE LIAISON ONCE IT GETS CHANGED AND APPROVED.

WHAT IS THE CYCLE THAT IT GOES ON THE ES FOR THE MEETING? DO YOU KNOW IT BE LIKE A MONTH FROM NOW? I DO NOT KNOW OF THE CYCLE.

IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHETHER THE COUNCIL PERSON PICKED IT UP AND, AND RAN WITH IT.

AND THE OTHER THING, THE COUNCIL'S ON RECESS TILL AUGUST 8TH, I THINK.

SO THE NEXT MEETING IS JULY 18TH.

JULY 18TH.

SO THAT MEANS MAYBE THE SECOND OR THIRD WEEK OF AUGUST AT THE SOONEST OF POSSIBLY SEPTEMBER THE WAY THE CYCLE GOES, I THINK.

SO MAYBE, MAYBE IT WOULD BE BETTER TO PUT THIS ON SEPTEMBER'S AGENDA.

UM, AND THEN DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? UH, IF WE COULD JUST IDENTIFY THAT GROUP THAT DID THE, THE STUDY THAT WE REFERRED TO EARLIER SO THEY CAN KIND OF TAKE US TO IT AND BREAK DOWN THE, UH, THE, THE DATA POINTS.

I THINK THAT WOULD HELP.

SO WE, WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE STUDY OF 2022.

AND INVITE WHATEVER FIRM DID THAT SO THEY CAN BREAK IT DOWN.

BECAUSE I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT POINTS OR, YOU KNOW MM-HMM.

POINTS THEY USED OR WHAT THE REASONING WAS SO THEY CAN EXPLAIN IT TO US.

I DID HAVE SOMETHING I WANTED TO DISCUSS.

UH, I NOTICED WE DON'T, WE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCEDURE IS FOR PUTTING JIC UPDATES BACK ONTO OUR AGENDA SO WE CAN'T HAVE ANY STANDING UPDATES.

SO YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE THAT.

SO EVERY MONTH, EVERY MONTH YOU'LL HAVE TO COME UP.

MM-HMM, .

UM, ALRIGHT.

I GUESS I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES ABOUT THE JIC THEN .

RIGHT.

BUT YOU HAVE TO PUT IT UP ON THE AGENDA.

YOU CAN HAVE IT IN THE AGENDA FOR JULY.

WE'D LOVE TO DO THAT NOW.

AND THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PUT IN THE AGENDA FOR JULY, UM, AN UPDATE ON THE CIC MEETING.

SO YOU SECONDED HER MOTION.

OH, OKAY.

SO I GUESS WE ARE GETTING WAY AHEAD OF OURSELVES, .

SO, UM, WE, I NEED A MOTION TO DISCUSS THE QUALITY OF LIFE STUDY IN FOR 2022.

JERRY, YOU DON'T REALLY NEED A MOTION JUST TO CO-SPONSOR IS SUFFICIENT JUST TO SHOW THAT THERE'S TWO COMMISSIONERS WHO WANNA PLACE THAT ON THERE.

SO DO I HAVE A CO-SPONSOR FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE STUDY FOR 2022 VICE CHAIR FRANKS CO-SPONSORS AND I CAN DIG THROUGH EMAILS FROM TWO, TWO YEARS AGO, SEE IF I HAVE ANYTHING THAT I COULD FORWARD TO OUR LIAISON THAT I COULD BE BENEFICIAL.

PERFECT.

UM, DO I HAVE SOMEBODY, UM, A SECOND PERSON TO INCLUDE AN UPDATE FROM THE JOINT INCLUSION COMMISSION? I WILL.

THIS IS KRISTEN.

DO I HAVE A SECOND PERSON TO, UM, TO SPONSOR THE UPDATE FROM THE CAC COMMITTEE? I'LL, I'LL SECOND IT.

COMMISSIONER ZA.

AND THEN ONE THING THAT WE DO HAVE TO GET DONE NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONTH IS, UM, WE HAVE TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE REPORT, UM, FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

IT IS DUE THE LAST DAY OF JULY.

SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT DONE NEXT MONTH.

UM, JUST IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION, IT'S UP TO THE CHAIR IF THEY WANT TO BRING THAT TO THE COMMISSION.

SO WELCOME.

YEAH, NO, I DO.

I DO, I WANT EVERYBODY'S INPUT ON THE, FOR SURE, FOR SURE.

THE, UH, JUST TALK FROM PAST EXPERIENCE.

NO.

DOES ANYBODY, YEAH.

UM, DOES ANY, CAN SOMEBODY SECOND THAT? I'LL SECOND IT.

TO LET, UH, VICE CHAIR FRANKS REPRESENT US WITH CAN ON MOTION.

AND THEN, UM, I KNOW THAT WE ALSO NEED TO PUT, UM, WE NEED TO PUT AN ACTION ITEM, A DISCUSSION AND ACTION

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DO I HAVE A SECOND PERSON? I'LL SECOND.

AND THEN, UM, NOT ON JU JULY, 'CAUSE WE HAVE A VERY BIG CALENDAR, UM, BUT IN THE FUTURE I DID A WORKSHOP WITH THE TEXAS, UM, LIKE THE, I FORGET THE NAME, BUT IT'S A, BASICALLY IT'S A MAYOR'S COMMITTEE, BUT FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND THEY PUT TOGETHER A WORKSHOP ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY IN THE STATE PARKS.

AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD JUST BE GREAT FOR ME TO TALK TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, SEND OUT SOME INFORMATION AND JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT, UM, THEY'RE REALLY WORKING HARD TO MAKE A LOT OF OUR STATE PARKS ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.

SO MAYBE, MAYBE ON AUGUST, CAN I PUT THINGS ON AUGUST AGENDA? YEAH, SURE.

NO.

SO IS THAT OKAY? DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR PUTTING THAT ON THE AUGUST AGENDA? I'LL SECOND THAT.

AND IN THE MEANTIME, UM, THERE WAS A FULL PRESENTATION THAT WAS SENT TO ME AND I'LL SEND THAT OUT VIA CHRISTIE.

AND JUST A CLARIFICATION ON THAT LAST ITEM, UH, CHAIR, WERE YOU, UH, GOING TO GIVE THE UPDATE YOURSELF AFTER ATTENDING THAT MEETING? OR WERE YOU GONNA YEAH, I ALREADY ATTENDED IT.

THE, OKAY.

UM, I ALREADY ATTENDED IT.

IT CAME, IT WAS, IT CAME THROUGH OUR INBOX.

UH, BUT I THINK THEY JUST INVITED EVERYBODY AND, UM, RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

SO ANYWAY, THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF GOOD THINGS AND I THINK THAT ALSO WE MAY BE ABLE TO TRANSITION THAT TO LOOKING AT HOW, UM, OUR RECREATION CENTERS AND OUR HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS MM-HMM.

, YOU KNOW, LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES THERE.

I HAVE WE FINISHED? I'M SORRY.

YEP, GO AHEAD.

UM, SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN WANTING TO BRING BACK, UM, OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT CHAIR ANYMORE, BUT I DEFINITELY WANNA BRING BACK TO THE COMMISSION IS SOMETHING WE DID YEARS AGO AS A COMMISSION, WAS THAT WE RECOGNIZED, UM, PEOPLE, ORGANIZATIONS, AGENCIES THAT HIRE PEOPLE DISABILITIES AS WELL AS ENTREPRENEURIAL INDIVIDUALS WHO HIRE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WE, UM, AWARDED A INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS A ELECTRICIAN, WHO HIRED PEOPLE WHO WERE DEAF TO BE, UH, WHO TRAINED THEM TO BE ELECTRICIANS, JUST, UM, AND WE AWARDED THEM, UM, A DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARD.

AND I, I WOULD DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT BROUGHT BACK TO, UM, THE COMMISSION.

SO, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE DID LIKE DURING DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT OR DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH IN OCTOBER.

I KNOW IT'S, UM, SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IN THE, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

BUT I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM ON THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

I WOULD LOVE TO SUPPORT THAT FOR THE AUGUST UM, AGENDA.

ANYTHING ELSE? NOW? I, I DO WANNA SAY THAT I'VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND I FEEL LIKE WHEN I CAME ON, WE WERE ALL JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WHAT AND WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

AND WE CLEARLY DO NOT HAVE ANY OF IT NAILED DOWN.

BUT I DO SEE A LOT OF PROGRESS.

UM, AND I DO APPRECIATE THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WORKING BETWEEN MEETINGS AND REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE.

AND, UM, ANYWAY, I DO SEE A LOT OF PROGRESS AND I'M PRETTY PROUD OF US AND I THINK Y'ALL SHOULD BE PROUD OF US TOO.

DEFINITELY.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD BEFORE WE ADJOURN? THIS IS, UH, THE STAFF LIAISON, UH, COMMISSIONER POWELL.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK FOR YOU TO SEND THAT ATTACHMENT ONCE MORE.

UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T COME THROUGH AND THAT WAY I CAN SEND IT OUT TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.

AND THIS WAS IN REGARDS TO THAT QUALITY OF LIFE STUDY MENTIONED EARLIER.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IF THE, UH, CONSULTANT GROUP, I MEAN, WE COULD VERIFY AND SEE IF IT WAS THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS WHO CONTRACTED THAT STUDY TO BE DONE.

PERHAPS THEY COULD BE INVITED TO COME AND PRESENT.

UM, BUT IF YOU'RE WANTING TO HAVE THE, I THINK COMMISSIONER SALAZAR HAD SAID HE WANTED TO HAVE POTENTIALLY THE CONSULTING GROUP COME, UM, THEN THAT MAY NEED TO BE ARRANGED BY A, A COMMISSIONER WHO MAY WANNA TAKE UP AND, AND INVITE THAT CONSULTING FIRM.

OTHERWISE, I'M HAPPY TO COORDINATE WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN DEPARTMENT.

SO CAN WE CONFIRM THAT SOMEBODY FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS CAN BREAK DOWN THE KIND OF THE INFORMATION POINTS? IF THEY CAN'T SAY WE CAN MOVE IN? YES, I WILL REACH OUT AND SEE IF I CAN GET A POINT OF CONTACT IN THEIR OFFICE.

IT WAS CALLED PUBLIC CONSULTING GROUP.

AND IT WAS THE CONSULTING GROUP WHO BROKE DOWN THE YEAH.

CHRISTIE PRELIMINARY STATISTICS A COUPLE YEARS AGO IT WAS MENTIONED THAT

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LLC.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

SURE.

CHRISTIE, DID YOU GET IT THAT TIME? I'M REFRESHING MY INBOX NOW.

SORRY.

MIGHT BE IN YOUR JUNK TOO, .

NOTHING YET, BUT SOMETIMES IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE WHILE, SO, UM, I WILL CHECK AND I'LL REPORT BACK TO YOU.

IT MAY BE ME.

OUTLOOK'S BEEN SLOW TODAY.

I IT HAPPENED AT WORK TODAY TOO, SO DON'T WORRY, .

AND I JUST WOULD, UM, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY, AND I KNOW THAT, LIKE I'M REMINDING MYSELF HERE TOO, TO PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL AT LEAST ONCE, UH, IF NOT TWICE A WEEK.

UM, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.

UM, ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE.