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          MY NAME'S STEVEN 
          [CALL TO ORDER]
ACA. 
          UH, CALLING TO ORDER THE SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024 COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING. 
          UH, WE ARE MEETING HERE AT, UH, CITY HALL IN THE BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS ROOM, ALTHOUGH, UH, MANY COMMISSIONERS ARE ATTENDING, UH, VIA VIRTUAL WEBEX. 
          UH, IF MEMBERS OF PUBLIC ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING OR, UH, WATCHING, UH, THE VIDEO CONFERENCE, YOU CAN FIND IT ON A TXN, UH, WITHIN THE AUSTIN TEXAS.GOV, UM, SITE. 
          UH, WE'LL START WITH A ROLL CALL VOTE, AND, UH, JUST TO KEEP THINGS, UH, STRAIGHTFORWARD, I'LL, UH, I'LL FIRST INTRODUCE MYSELF AND I'LL CALL ON EACH OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS. 
          UH, STEVEN APODACA, AND I AM REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          UH, WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO, UH, COMMISSIONER SUPTA, SUBMIT SUPTA, DISTRICT 10. 
          PERFECT. 
          COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER BRIAN WILLIAMS, DISTRICT ONE COMMISSIONER, HERITAGE COMMISSIONER SUZANNE HERITAGE, REPRESENTING DISTRICT FOUR. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER NAJA. 
          COMMISSIONER GABRIEL KU REPRESENTING DISTRICT SIX. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, COMMISSIONER PINA VIA COMMISSIONER PINILLA, REPRESENTATIVE . 
          AMAZING. 
          SO THAT, UH, UH, MEETS OUR QUORUM REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO 
          [PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
WITH THAT, UH, OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, TWO ESTEEMED, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, HERE WITH US AT CITY HALL. 
          UM, LEANNA LAY FROM OPEN AUSTIN, AND KEVIN WELCH FROM EFF AUSTIN. 
          SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO LEONI, UH, FOR HER PUBLIC TESTIMONY. 
          LEONI, PLEASE. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          AH, PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M LEONI LAI, AND SHE, HER AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPEN AUSTIN, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN FORMERLY AS THE CODE FOR AMERICA BRIGADE. 
          BEFORE CODE FOR AMERICA DISBANDED ITS BRIGADE SYSTEM TESTIMONY IS SHORT. 
          SO I'M GONNA START WITH BOTTOM LINE UPFRONT. 
          KEVIN AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FURTHER WITH ANY COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HOW THE CITY INTEGRATES AI INTO ITS DAILY WORK. 
          THIS IS A MATTER OF ACCESS DISCRIMINATION, AND AS KEVIN WILL OUTLINE, AS KEVIN WILL SHARE PRIVACY AND SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES LIKE AI BLUR PEOPLE'S PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIVES EVER SINCE. 
          RESOLUTION 20 24 0 2 15 DASH OH TWO FOUR, WHICH CREATED THE AI ETHICS COMMITTEE CONCERNED RESIDENTS HAVE APPROACHED EACH OF OUR ORGS OPEN AUSTIN AND EFF AUSTIN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT QUOTE, INTEGRATING AI INTO DAY-TO-DAY CITY WORK MEANS EXACTLY, AND HOW THAT AFFECTS PUBLIC DAY-TO-DAY LIFE. 
          KEVIN AND I HAVE SPENT THE PAST FOUR MONTHS SITTING ON THAT SAME COMMITTEE AND SPEAKING TO VARIOUS OFFICES, ELECTED AND OTHERWISE. 
          WE NOW UNDERSTAND THAT CTMS 16 PAGE DOCUMENTS CALLED THE GENERATIVE AI STANDARDS IS MOSTLY MOTIVATED BY CITY EMPLOYEE QUESTIONS AROUND USING CHATBOTS. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT A RECOMMENDATION OF SOMETHING IS GOING TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AT SOME TIME, BUT BECAUSE TIMELINES ARE UNCLEAR AND WHO'S INVOLVED IS ALSO UNCLEAR. 
          PUBLIC CONCERNS REMAIN UNADDRESSED. 
          THIS IS WHAT I MEAN BY PUBLIC CONCERN. 
          WILL THE USES OF, WILL THE USES BE INNOCENT, LIKE TRASH PICKUP OR 3 1 1 SERVICE, FOR EXAMPLE, OR MAYBE THERE'LL BE MODERATE IMPACTS, LIKE DIFFERENT TRAFFIC PATTERNS. 
          UM, WHAT ABOUT HIGH STAKES IMPACTS LIKE YOUTH JOBS OR SURVEILLANCE? WE WANNA SEE STRONG UNIFORM SAFEGUARDS ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS TO PREVENT HARMFUL OUTCOMES LIKE FALSE INFORMATION AND MISREPRESENTATIONS. 
          OUR GROWING COALITION, WHICH INCLUDES MEASURE AND ENCODE JUSTICE, IS WORKING TOGETHER TO PROPOSE THOSE SAFEGUARDS LIKE AN ETHICS COMMISSION AND CONTINUOUS MONITORING SO THAT WE CAN THRIVE ALONGSIDE THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY. 
          THERE NEEDS TO BE AN OVERARCHING PRIORITY TOWARDS ACCESSIBLE, USABLE, AND CONSISTENT CHANNELS SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN REPORT ANY HARMFUL OUTCOMES THAT THEY SEE. 
          WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE CITY'S INTERNAL BUREAUCRACY, AND WE DON'T CARE ABOUT AN EXPEDITED TIMELINE, BUT WHAT WE DO CARE ABOUT IS THAT AN IMPLEMENTATION, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE, IS TRANSPARENT AND THAT IT IS FAIR. 
          THANK YOU SO 
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MUCH FOR THAT LEONI, KEVIN. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I THINK I'M ON. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
           MEMBERS OF THE CTTC BOARD. 
          MY NAME IS KEVIN WELCH, HE, HIM, I LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT, AND I AM THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD AT EFF AUSTIN, THE OLDEST MEMBER OF ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION'S, EFA, OR ELECTRONIC FRONTIER ALLIANCE. 
          THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING WITH ME TODAY ON BEHALF OF EFF AUSTIN. 
          AND THANK YOU AS WELL FOR LISTENING TO LEONI FROM OPEN AUSTIN, WHOSE REMARKS WE HAVE JUST HEARD. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO BOTH AGREE WITH THE ISSUE SHE HAS RAISED WITH YOU AND BUILD ON THEM FURTHER. 
          EFF AUSTIN IS A LOCAL DIGITAL CIVIL LIBERTIES ORGANIZATION, AND WE ADVOCATE ON NUMEROUS ISSUES RELATING TO HOW TECHNOLOGY INTERFACES WITH ITS USERS AND AFFECTS THEIR RIGHTS TO FREE EXPRESSION AND PRIVACY. 
          WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS RECENTLY BEEN TAKING THE TOPIC OF REGULATION AROUND GENERATIVE AI SERIOUSLY, AND HAS ALREADY INCLUDED US IN A NUMBER OF THE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS RELATED TO THE DRAFTING OF THESE REGULATIONS. 
          WE ARE PLEASED THAT THE DIRECTION OF THE INITIAL DRAFT OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE. 
          PLACES OF CONCERN THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED AMONG OUR MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE REVOLVE BOTH AROUND TWO CENTRAL ISSUES. 
          ONE, IT IS UNCLEAR IF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL PURELY REMAIN JUST THAT RECOMMENDATIONS AS OPPOSED TO A BINDING ORDINANCE OF SOME KIND. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THAT OVERLY BROAD REGULATIONS WOULD HAMPER THE ABILITY OF INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS TO SET THEIR OWN STANDARDS AND DO THEIR JOBS EFFECTIVELY. 
          AND WE AGREE WITH THIS REASONING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE CERTAIN HIGH RISK USES, NAMELY ANYWHERE THAT INVOLVES PLACES WHERE AI MIGHT BE GATHERING DATA ON CITY EMPLOYEES OR CITIZENS AT LARGE, ANALYZING THAT DATA, MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS OR DECISIONS BASED ON THAT DATA, AND INGESTING THAT DATA FOR STORAGE OR MODEL TRAINING, THAT IT WOULD BE NICE TO SET A BASELINE OF SOME KIND AROUND. 
          SO THAT SAID, RULES MUST BE FOLLOWED BY ALL DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND SECOND, WHILE THE INITIAL REGULATIONS OFFER GUIDANCE FOR EMPLOYEES USING GENERATIVE AI AND SAID GUIDANCE IS NECESSARY AND APPRECIATED, WHAT MANY SYSTEMS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AND LACK CLARITY ON IS WHAT REGULATIONS WILL EVENTUALLY GOVERN PUBLIC FACING USES OF THIS TECHNOLOGY. 
          IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT MOST CITY DEPARTMENTS DON'T HAVE IMMEDIATE PLANS TO ROLL OUT GENERATIVE AI IN WAYS THAT WOULD DIRECTLY INTERFACE WITH THE PUBLIC, SUCH AS OFFICIAL CITY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND MEDIA SERVICE CHAT BOTS, GRANT EVALUATIONS, ET CETERA. 
          AND WE WELCOME THIS SLOW AND CAUTIOUS APPROACH. 
          THAT BEING SAID, WE THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE STARTING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND CRAFTING THESE RULES NOW AS IT'S MUCH EASIER TO BUILD IN PROTECTIONS AS FAR AS PREVENTING THINGS LIKE THE MISUSE OF CITIZENS' PERSONAL DATA. 
          NOW, AS OPPOSED TO LATER, GENERATIVE AI AS WELL AS AI AS A TECHNOLOGY MORE BROADLY, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GATHER AND LEARN HIGHLY SENSITIVE THINGS ABOUT CITIZENS, RANGING FROM DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION TO MEDICAL HISTORY, FINANCIAL INFORMATION MOVEMENTS ABOUT THE CITY WHOM PEOPLE SPEND TIME AND ASSOCIATE WITH THE CONVERSATIONS THEY HAVE, ET CETERA. 
          AND IN CERTAIN HIGH RISK SITUATIONS CAN AFFECT IF PEOPLE GET A JOB, HOW HARSHLY THEY'RE SENTENCED FOR A CRIME AND EVEN THEIR LIFE IN THE EVENT OF MISIDENTIFICATION VIA SOMETHING LIKE A FAULTY FACIAL RECOGNITION MATCH. 
          AS WANI HAS SAID, MISUSE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY COULD CONTINUE TO EXACERBATE AND WORSEN MANY OF THE BIASES IN SOCIETY AND RESULT IN A LACK OF EQUITY AND ALL CITIZENS BEING TREATED EQUALLY AND FAIRLY UNDER THE LAW. 
          WE HOPE THAT OUR TESTIMONY TODAY HAS SPARKED YOUR OWN INTEREST IN CONTINUING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH US, AND THAT THOSE OF YOU AT CTTC AS WELL AS OTHER RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS LIKE CTM, ET CETERA, WOULD LIKE TO COLLABORATE WITH US FURTHER IN THE CONTINUED EVOLUTION OF FIGURING OUT HOW THESE FINAL REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCES SHOULD LOOK. 
          WHETHER THAT TAKES THE FORM OF A STAFF BRIEFING OR WHATEVER OTHER MEANS YOU ALL THINK MIGHT BE PRODUCTIVE, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, DISCUSSING THAT WITH YOU FURTHER. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I THINK I AND LEONI ARE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY. 
          AMAZING THANK YOU BOTH, UH, LEONI AND KEVIN, UH, FOR THAT TESTIMONY. 
          UH, I SHOULD MENTION, UH, I HAVE ALSO SERVE ON THAT BODY, THE AI, UM, WORKING GROUP WE'VE MADE. 
          WE TOOK COLLECTIVELY, UH, ALONG WITH LEONI, KEVIN, AND MANY OTHERS, WE'VE MADE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY INNOVATION OFFICE. 
          UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IS VERY MUCH A FIRST STEP. 
          UM, AND THAT BODY WILL BE COMING, UH, TOGETHER PERIODICALLY TO MAKE SUBSEQUENT RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, UH, FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. 
          UM, I I WOULD LOOK AT, UM, THE REST OF THE COMMISSION'S INTEREST IN FORMING A WORKING GROUP SPECIFICALLY AROUND THIS. 
          UH, PERHAPS WE CAN ENGAGE WITH YOUR SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHERS, UH, TO MAKE, UH, MORE, UH, MORE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL. 
          UH, BUT WITH THAT, I WANNA TURN IT OVER TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSION. 
          UH, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND, UH, WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU. 
          YES, COMMISSIONER SUPTA. 
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SO I'M REALLY LOOKING AT THIS AS REALLY TWO, UH, ISSUES. 
          I WOULDN'T QUITE DESCRIBE THEM AS PROBLEMS, BUT CERTAINLY TWO ISSUES. 
          NUMBER ONE IS GETTING STARTED. 
          WHAT ARE THE INITIAL CONDITIONS THAT WE MUST ADOPT SUCH THAT WE START OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT? AND SECONDLY, MOVING FORWARD, I SEE A CONTINUING, UH, INTEREST IN, UH, MONITORING, UH, HOW THIS TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES AND IS APPLIED SO THAT IT NEVER VEERS OFF THE PROPER PATH. 
          AM I READING IT RIGHT? AND IF SO, UM, IS THERE A NEED FOR A SEPARATE COMMISSION THAT CONSTANTLY MONITORS THE, THE BEHAVIOR OF THIS TECHNOLOGY? WAS THAT QUESTION TO ME? COMMISSIONER SUPTA? OH, TO ALL, ALL OF YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I MEAN, MY PERSPECTIVE IS LIKE THIS TOPIC AREA, UH, CERTAINLY COVERED UNDER, UNDER OUR COMMISSION. 
          EVEN OUR, SOME OF OUR REVISIONS TO THE BYLAWS, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN QUEUE, UH, INCLUDE MENTIONS OF AI. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD CERTAINLY REVISIT. 
          ALSO INTERESTED TO HEAR, UH, FROM LEONI AND OR KEVIN ON THAT QUESTION. 
          HELLO. 
          OKAY, I HEAR YOU. 
          SO WHAT I HEARD COMMISSIONER DES GUPTA WAS WHAT IS ENTAILED IN CREATING A NET NEW COMMISSION? UM, AND SHOULD A COMMISSION WITH THE SCOPE OF MONITORING BE ONGOING? AND WHAT WE HAVE GATHERED WHEN WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, DATA ORGANIZATIONS AND EQUITY ORGANIZATIONS, UH, IS THAT THEY DO HEAVILY ADVOCATE FOR THE CREATION OF A NEW COMMISSION. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL GOES INTO Y'ALL'S BYLAWS. 
          LIKE IS IT DIFFICULT TO CREATE A NEW COMMISSION THAT, IS IT SUFFICIENT TO HAVE A WORKING GROUP? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT THE SCOPE THAT FOLKS ARE PROPOSING AND, UH, THE COALITION THAT WE'RE GROWING IS TO HAVE THAT CONTINUOUS MONITORING, NOT JUST OF, NOT JUST MONITORS, IF THAT'S A WORD OF 11 COMMISSIONERS, BUT PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC MM-HMM. 
          , UH, INVOLVED THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A SPECIFIC TECH BACKGROUND. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, YES. 
          UM, I WOULD AGREE WITH WHAT LEONI SAID, AND I, I DO THINK ONE THING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IS THAT THIS CON IS THAT HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THIS, UM, NEEDS TO INCLUDE ALL CITIZENS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN THE CITY. 
          IT'S VERY EASY FOR THESE CONVERSATIONS TO BE DRIVEN BY MORE TECHNOL TECHNOLOGICALLY, UH, LITERATE PEOPLE, LIKE I ASSUME EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS OR ME AND LEONI AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE MEAN WELL. 
          BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE MOST HEAVILY IMPACTED BY THIS TECHNOLOGY NEED TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A STAKE IN THIS. 
          AND SO A LOT OF THAT, AND THIS IS WHERE WE COULD LEAN ON WHAT MEANS THE CITY HAS, I THINK A LOT OF IT INVOLVES MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THAT CITIZENS IN AFFECTED COMMUNITIES WHO WILL CARE ABOUT THIS. 
          THERE ARE TIMES THAT THEY CAN SPEAK TO THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OR COMMISSIONS, UH, PUBLICLY TO AIR THEIR CONCERNS, BOTH FROM A TECH AND NON-TECH BACKGROUND, WITH THOSE NOTIFICATIONS BEING DONE IN A WAY THAT THOSE CITIZENS WILL ACTUALLY SEE IF IT'S BURIED SOMEWHERE ON THE CITY WEBSITE, UM, CERTAIN CITIZENS MAY OR MAY NOT EVER EVEN KNOW IT'S EVEN HAPPENING. 
          UM, I DO KNOW, UH, GOING OFF, UM, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING TOWARDS, UM, IN OUR ONE SHEET, UM, WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY BEEN, THE COALITION'S BEEN CONVERGING ON THAT. 
          ONE THING WE MIGHT LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IS THE CREATION OF A RESPONSIBLE AI ETHICS COMMISSION SPECIFICALLY TO LOOK AT THIS AREA AS A WHOLE BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY CTTC TECH COVERS A LOT OF GROUND, BUT THIS IS A VERY FAST MOVING AREA OF TECH WITH BIG IMPACT. 
          I THINK HAVING A COMMISSION DEDICATED TO IT COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, BOTH ALLAY CITIZENS CONCERNS AND ALSO MIGHT MAKE IT WHERE FROM THE COMMUNITY WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE WHO SPECIFICALLY HAVE THIS EXACT TECHNICAL EXPERTISE. 
          I WORK IN FULL STACK WEB DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, I'M NOT A MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER. 
          IT'S A VERY PARTICULAR SKILL SET, AND WE NEED PEOPLE WHO HAVE THAT SKILL SET, I WOULD HOPE, ON, UH, SUCH A COMMISSION SO THAT WE CAN, UM, MAKE APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          I KNOW THE CITY CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE A CHIEF AI OFFICER. 
          PROBABLY THERE'S NOTHING IN THE BUDGET TO AFFORD THAT, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          BUT A COMMISSION MIGHT BE A GREAT WAY. 
          I KNOW THIS TOWN HAS PEOPLE WITH THE EXPERTISE WE NEED A COMMISSION MIGHT BE A GREAT WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          YEP. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM, I THOUGHT I SAW COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS RAISE HIS HAND. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. HELLO, UH, MY NAME 
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IS BRIAN WILLIAMS. UM, I AM AS JUST SPOKEN, UH, ONE OF THOSE COMPUTER PEOPLE WHO, WHO DOES UNDERSTAND THIS TECHNOLOGY AND THE RAMIFICATIONS IT CAN HAVE ON A LARGE BODY OF PEOPLE. 
          UM, I HELP BUILD THESE TECHNOLOGIES AT TIMES FOR SOME OF THE CLIENTS I HAVE IN MY PRIVATE INDUSTRY DEAL IS, UM, I SAY THAT TO SAY THAT, UH, FIRST TO VALIDATE WHAT THE TWO OF YOU HAVE JUST SAID. 
          UH, ALL THE CONCERNS THAT YOU'VE RAISED ARE EXACTLY RIGHT AND ACTUALLY, SHORT , SHORT OF THE LIST OF CONCERNS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT WITH REGARDS TO DEPLOYING SOMETHING LIKE AI ACROSS AN ENTIRE CITY, LIKE IN AUSTIN, UM, FROM MISMATCHING, FROM DISCRIMINATION, FROM HALLUCINATIONS, FROM THE SIMPLE THINGS AI CAN DO INCORRECTLY, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE WAY A HUMAN CAN INTERPRET THE RESULTS OF WHAT AI DOES, UM, NEEDS TO BE KIND OF UNDERSTOOD, UH, MADE TRANSPARENT AND AUDITABLE, UM, ALONG THE ENTIRE CHAIN OF WHATEVER DEPARTMENT IT TOUCHES WITHIN THE CITY. 
          UM, I'M A PART OF AN AFFECTED GROUP THAT IS, UH, ROUTINELY MISIDENTIFIED BY VISION MODELS, RIGHT? MY SKIN TONE IDENTIFIES ME INCORRECTLY VERY, VERY OFTEN. 
          MY BEARD IDENTIFIES ME AS A SHADOW, RIGHT? THIS ISN'T A SHADOW, IT'S MY BEARD . 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE OTHER THINGS THAT MAKE, MAKE IT NECESSARY FOR US TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON HOW AI IS DEPLOYED AND USED IN SERVICE OF CITIZENS WITHIN THE CITY, UH, RATHER THAN IN SERVICE OF THE CITY ITSELF, I GUESS I'LL SAY, UM, IS MY TOP CONCERN AS A PERSON HERE. 
          UM, I WANNA SEE AI MAKE IT EASIER FOR CITIZENS TO GET MORE OUT OF THEIR GOVERNMENT. 
          UM, SO IF IT'S UP TO ME, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT CODIFIED IN SOME WAY AND POLICED IN SOME WAY TO WHERE THE AI STAYS FAIR AS IT CHANGES OVER TIME. 
          UM, SO I SAY, FIRST I APPLAUD THE WORK THAT YOU'RE, UH, DOING AND REPRESENTING. 
          UH, SECOND, IT IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT WE'RE GIVING IT CREDIT FOR. 
          AND THIRD, AS A COMMISSIONER, I'D JUST LIKE TO BE AN ALLY. 
          I'D LIKE TO BE HELPFUL IN MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE ULTIMATELY DO AS A CITY WITH AI IS IN SERVICE OF THE CITIZEN. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. UH, YES, UH, SECOND EVERYTHING YOU SAY, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. AND, UM, SO HAPPY YOU'RE SERVING ON THIS BOARD, AND, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CHATTING AND WORKING WITH YOU FURTHER ON THIS ISSUE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU BOTH. 
          UM, I THINK AS A, AS A NEXT, AS A TACTICAL NEXT STEP, WHAT WE'LL LOOK TO DO IS, OH, UM, I THINK, UH, I'LL GET TO YOU JUST, UH, IN ONE MOMENT. 
          COMMISSIONER WAKU. 
          I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO AS A TACTICAL NEXT STEP IS, UM, WE'LL ADD THIS ITEM TO OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND, UH, CREATE A WORKING GROUP TO POTENTIALLY ENGAGE WITH YOU ALL AND OTHERS, UM, TO RECOMMEND NEXT STEPS TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER WACO, I'LL GIVE YOU THE LAST WORD ON THIS TOPIC. 
          UM, I'M TRYING TO BE SUCCINCT. 
          UM, KIND OF PIGGYBACKING OFF COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, I, I WORK WITH AI EXTENSIVELY, PARTICULARLY AI GOVERNANCE. 
          SO THIS IS HILARIOUS. 
          THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF MY WORK CONVERSATIONS. 
          UM, WITH TEXAS HOUSE BILL 2060, THEY WERE TRYING TO MOVE SOMETHING AND GALVANIZE A STRONGER IDEA OF WHAT AN AUDITABLE FRAMEWORK WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR, UH, AI SYSTEMS. THE ISSUE IS SCOPE. 
          UM, AT THE TIME THE AI ACT IN EUROPE WASN'T FORMALIZED LIKE IT IS AS OF LIKE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          AND THE ISSUE THAT WE REALLY ENCOMPASSES THAT, UM, THERE IS A STRONG MISINTERPRETATION IN EXACTLY WHAT AN AI SOLUTION IS. 
          THERE'S A STRONG MISINTERPRETATION IN WHAT THE RESULTS PROCURE, AND THERE'S AN EVEN STRONGER MISINTERPRETATION OF THE SCOPE. 
          AND SO IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE THERE'LL HAVE TO BE A TRIFECTA OF MEASURES TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME STRONG KPIS THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE ENDURING. 
          BECAUSE, FOR INSTANCE, IF IT'S JUST A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL, THEN YOU NATURALLY HAVE THE BIASES THAT COME WITH THE CLOUD AI THAT COME WITH A CHAT GPT, BUT YOU HAVE TO MEASURE THEM AGAINST THE, THE PERCEIVED BIASES. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE TO ALSO MEASURE THAT AGAINST LIKE, WHAT THE EXPECTATION WAS FOR THE COMPANY, BECAUSE THE INFERENCE MODELS, THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAT'S RETAINED THAN DISPLAYED, AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO GAUGE THAT. 
          AND SO A LOT OF IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THE SCOPE OF IT IS ALMOST LIKE GDPR, LIKE, WHERE IT JUST NEVER GETS A CERTAIN AWARENESS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ALWAYS REFLECT WHAT IT'S AWARE OF AND IT'S THE STRONGEST ISSUE WITH IT. 
          SO I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT IN SUPPORT OF THIS INITIATIVE AS WELL. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE THE BEST THING AS EVERYTHING BOILS DOWN TO IN TECHNOLOGY IS GENERAL EFFICACY. 
          BECAUSE IF PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT EVERYTHING YOU DO IS EVERYTHING THAT'S OUT, I THINK THAT'S A BETTER WAY TO START THAN TO TRYING TO PRESUME SOMETHING THAT'S VERY, VERY, VERY HARD TO LIKE REALLY, REALLY ITEMIZED IN THAT FASHION. 
          ANY RESPONSE? UM, THIS MIGHT SAY, UM, I'M DELIGHTED, UM, THAT, UH, THE BOARD CLEARLY DOES HAVE A DECENT AMOUNT OF, OF EXPERTISE ON THIS TOPIC. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER NJA, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS AND OTHERS. 
          UM, AND I GUESS I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PROBABLY BE APPROPRIATE FOR 
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THE WORKING GROUP, BUT SINCE, UH, I FEEL I'LL JUST THROW IT OUT THERE NOW BASED ON THINGS I'VE BEEN THINKING MIGHT BE WORTH EXPLORING, UM, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A MATTER OF THE CITY POTENTIALLY HAVING, UH, PEOPLE WITH THE, UH, THE SKILLSET TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          BUT IF WE DO EVENTUALLY GO DOWN THIS ROUTE, I MIGHT LIKE TO SEE THE CITY EXPLORING ESSENTIALLY SELF-HOSTING AND SELF-TRAINING THEIR OWN MODELS FOR THE CITIZENS INSTEAD OF RELYING ON THE CORPORATE MODELS. 
          I ALSO MIGHT POTENTIALLY LIKE TO SEE EXPLORING NETWORK ARCHITECTURES THAT MAKE BEING ABLE TO AUDIT BIAS, UH, AN EASIER PROPOSITION. 
          UH, EXPLORING CAN NETWORKS, FOR INSTANCE, WHICH HAVE SHOWN EARLY PROMISE IN SHOWING WHAT FEATURE IN THE MODEL FROM THE INPUT LED TO IT, GIVING AN OUTPUT, WHICH CAN LET YOU EVALUATE THAT, OH, IT LEARNED SOMETHING THAT IS BIASED AND NOT REFLECTIVE OF THIS GROUP, AND WE CAN CORRECT IT ACCORDINGLY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'D PROBABLY BE FOR THE FUTURE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I FIGURED I'D GET INTO A LITTLE MORE INTO THE DETAILS SINCE I, UH, TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY KNOW EVEN MORE THAN I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR MAKING THE TRIP DOWN TO CITY HALL AT THIS HOUR. 
          UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH YOU ALL, UH, AT THE WORKING GROUP SESSION. 
          AND, UM, YEAH, LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT STEPS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER APODACA, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. 
          OKAY 
          [APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AND THAT IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE JULY 10TH MEETING. 
          UH, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T ACHIEVE QUORUM, UM, AT OUR AUGUST MEETING. 
          UM, SO THESE DRAFTED MINUTES SHOULD BE, THEY'RE BOTH LOCATED ON THE WEBSITE. 
          THEY'RE ALSO, UM, WERE INCLUDED IN THE CALENDAR INVITATION. 
          SO, UH, I WILL GIVE FOLKS JUST A MINUTE OR TWO TO GIVE, UH, THE DRAFTED MINUTES A QUICK FINAL REVIEW, AND THEN I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS, UM, OR WITH EDITS. 
          SO I'LL GIVE FOLKS JUST A MINUTE TO DO THAT. 
          ANY CONCERNS FROM ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE DRAFTED MINUTES FROM OUR JULY MEETING? I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. 
          CHAIR. 
          ER, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAKU. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE MINIMUM MEETING MINUTES FROM JULY 10TH AS PRESENTED. 
          PLEASE, UH, COME ON CAMERA. 
          RAISE YOUR HANDS AND SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT IS, AYE. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER ANGA IS OFF CAMERA, SO WE'LL GIVE HER JUST A MOMENT. 
          OH, PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ANY ABSTENTIONS, ANYONE AGAINST? DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WE HAVE UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE MEETING MEETING MINUTES ARE ACCURATE. 
          AND THANKS FOR JOINING US. 
          COMMISSIONER ANGA, I KNOW YOU ARE HAVING SOME TECH ISSUES THERE. 
          YES, BUT WE'RE BACK ON . 
          PERFECT. 
          OKAY, WELL THAT MOVES US RIGHT ALONG TO, UH, OUR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, MICHAEL WARD FROM, UH, AUTUMN HQ WAS UNABLE TO JOIN US TODAY. 
          UM, SO, UH, WE'LL HAVE HIM BACK AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. 
          UM, BUT WITH THAT 
          [3. Briefing on budget amendment related to artificial intelligence focused training and upskilling for City of Austin Employees (Daniel Culotta, Chief Innovation Officer, City of Austin Office of Innovation)]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE. 
          AND WE HAVE, UH, A GUEST FROM OUR CITY INNOVATION OFFICE. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, UH, DANIEL KTA WAS ABLE TO JOIN US, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE, 
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WHAT WAS HIS NAME? BOOK . 
          WE HAVE BOOKHART, UH, JOINING US FROM THE CITY INNOVATION OFFICE. 
          BOOKHART, IF YOU WANNA, UM, COME OFF MUTE AND JUST TEST YOUR AUDIO REALLY QUICKLY. 
          WE CAN'T HEAR YOU UNFORTUNATELY. 
          UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. 
          OKAY, PERFECT. 
          PERFECT. 
          GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 
          UH, YES. 
          SO, UM, THIS, UH, I THINK YOUR PRESENTATION IS TIMELY, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR, UH, THE GUESTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, AND, UH, KAR HAS A, UM, A PRESENTATION TO US AROUND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
          UH, SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 
          TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS. 
          MY NAME IS KAR BPE AND I'M A DATA SCIENTIST, UH, FROM OFFICE OF INNOVATION. 
          I'M HERE REPRESENTING DAN OTTA, OUR CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER. 
          UH, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USE AROUND CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          UH, SPECIFICALLY WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT GOVERNANCE TRAINING AND THE STRATEGIES FOR THE CITYWIDE AI TOOLS. 
          UH, LET'S HEAD RIGHT IN. 
          UH, IN TERMS OF CONTENT, I WANT TO START WITH SOME HISTORY, TALK ABOUT POLICIES AND GUIDELINES, SOME TRAINING ON HOW WE ARE THINKING ABOUT, UH, AS LIKE TO TRAIN OUR STAFF AND EMPLOYEES ON THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES, SECURITY AND MONITORING. 
          WE'LL TALK ABOUT DATA GOVERNANCE, SOME TOOLS AND USE CASES, AND THEN SOME FUTURE NEXT STEPS. 
          UH, CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, LIKE MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, RECOGNIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR AI TOOLS TO CREATE EFFICIENCIES, ENHANCE COLLABORATION, IMPROVE SERVICES, AND DRIVE INNOVATION. 
          UH, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THESE TOOLS CAN CREATE SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL SECURITY, PRIVACY, AND ETHICAL RISKS, AS WE JUST HEARD IN THE LAST CONVERSATION. 
          AND WE ARE FOCUSED ON MITIGATING THESE AS WE DEVELOP AND DEPLOY AI BASED SOLUTIONS. 
          ALL OF OUR WORK IN THIS SPACE MUST BE GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLE OF DOING NO HARM AND BEING DILIGENT ABOUT THE HIDDEN VULNERABILITIES AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR USERS AND THOSE THAT COULD BE AFFECTED BY THE OUTPUT. 
          UH, LET'S, UH, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT CITY OF AUSTIN'S AI PROGRESS PLANS AND USE CASES. 
          UH, THIS IS A BACKGROUND OF WHERE, UH, WE ARE AND HOW WE STARTED. 
          UH, CITI HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SOME AI PILOT AND RESEARCH PROJECT FOR SOME TIME, AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE TIMELINE, UH, BUT SOMETIME SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF COLLABORATIONS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IS GOOD SYSTEM INITIATIVE. 
          UH, MORE RECENTLY IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 2023, WE BEGAN TO GET MORE INQUIRIES FROM STAFF ABOUT THE PROPER USE OF WEB-BASED GENERATIVE AI TOOL. 
          AS YOU KNOW, AS THEY STARTED, UH, BOOMING EARLY NEXT, EARLY LAST YEAR. 
          IN RESPONSE, WE CREATED A AI WORKING GROUP TO CREATE GUIDELINES AND RESEARCH HOW AI IS USED IN THE ORGANIZATION. 
          WE ALSO REVIEWED AND UPDATED RELEVANT SECURITY AND PRIVACY POLICIES IN THE FALL OF 2023. 
          UH, THE WORKING GROUP CON CONTINUED INTERNAL RESEARCH AND BENCHMARKING. 
          UH, WE CREATED GENERATIVE AI STANDARDS TO GUIDE STAFF ON USING THESE DIFFERENT AI TOOLS. 
          UH, WE ALSO HELPED CREATING AND JOINED THE GOV AI COALITION, WHICH IS A GROUP OF DIFFERENT, UH, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES STARTING FROM LOCAL AND GO UP TO THE DIFFERENT FEDERAL AGENCIES AND, UH, THEIR SHARE EXPERIENCE, INSIGHTS AND RESOURCES. 
          AT THIS TIME. 
          WE ALSO BEGAN, UH, PROVIDING MORE DATA ETHICS, GOVERNANCE AND AI TOOL TRAINING TO CITY STAFF. 
          THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF 2024, UH, WE, UH, CREATED DEPARTMENT CREATED TEST APPLICATIONS AND INVESTIGATE USE CASES UNDER THE GUIDING FRAMEWORK THAT WE PROVIDED THEM. 
          EARLY IN EARLY SPRING, THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED THE RESOLUTION TO FORM AN AI ADVISORY COMMITTEE, DEVELOP SECURITY GUIDELINES AND CREATE A WORKFORCE PLAN. 
          WE HAVE CONTINUED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE AI COALITION WORKING GROUPS, UH, WORKING WITH THEIR DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND HELP DEVELOP TEMPLATES AND TOOLS THAT WE AND THE OTHER GOVERNMENT PARTNER CAN USE. 
          IN THE SPRING, THE CITY'S INTERNAL CORE TEAM FOCUSED ON THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION, UH, RECRUITED IAC AND FACILITATING MEETINGS. 
          CORE TEAM CREATES AI PLAN TO FULFILL A IAC RECOMMENDATIONS AND ADVANCED INTERNAL AI STRATEGY, 
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WHICH, UH, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT TO YOU LATER TODAY IN THIS MEETING AS WELL. 
          SO WE HAVE DIVIDED THE PRESENTATION INTO SPECIFIC PILLARS OF THE STRATEGIES, HOW WE WANT TO GO ABOUT IT. 
          SO THERE ARE LIKE SPECIFIC SECTIONS THAT WE DIVIDED THE STRATEGY INTO, POLICIES AND GUIDELINES, TRAINING, SECURITY AND MONITORING, GOVERNANCE TOOLS, AND THE USE CASES. 
          SO, UH, LET'S DIVE INTO THE POLICIES AND POLICIES AND GUIDELINE. 
          UM, AT THE HEART OF CITY'S AI APPROACH AND DEVELOPMENT IS A STRONG FRAMEWORK OF POLICIES AND GUIDELINES THAT FOCUS ON SECURITY, PRIVACY MONITORING, AND THE PROPER USE. 
          AT THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL, ALL OUR AI USE AND PROCUREMENT HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO ABIDE BY THE STATUTORY AND, UH, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND THE BEST PRACTICES. 
          OUR POLICIES ARE ROOTED IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, CODE OF AUDIENCE ORDINANCES, CHAPTER TWO 11, WHICH GOVERN, UH, WHICH GOVERNS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, ADDITIONAL KEY POLICIES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO AI TOOLS. 
          YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, LIKE SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONTROLS, POLICY, DATA CLASSIFICATION POLICY, GENERATIVE AI STANDARDS, ACCEPTABLE USE POLICIES. 
          WE ALREADY, UH, STARTED, UH, ON UPDATING THOSE BASED ON THE AI AND EVERYTHING WE DO. 
          UH, OUR GUIDELINES ALSO STATE THAT ALL EMPLOYEES MUST REPORT AI USE AND SITE IF THEY USE AI TOOLS TO CREATE DELIVERABLES TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          APART FROM THAT, AS PART OF THE GOV GOV AI COALITION, WE ALSO WORK WITH CREATING SOME OTHER TEMPLATE SHEETS LIKE VENDOR FACT SHEET, VENDOR AGREEMENT, SOME USE CASE TEMPLATES, AND ALSO A FEW EXAMPLES OF, UH, THE AI FACT SHEET AND HOW TO BEST UNDERSTAND THE VENDOR, UH, THIRD PARTY SYSTEMS AS WELL. 
          UH, THE NEXT IS THE TRAINING AND WORKFORCE READINESS. 
          UH, A CORNERSTONE TO AN EFFECTIVE AI APPROACH IS TRAINING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY STAFF NEEDS TO BE, UH, EVERY CITY STAFF HAS TO BE TRAINED ON THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES. 
          WE BELIEVE EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A FOUNDATIONAL LEVEL OF AI AND DATA ETHICS TRAINING AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO ALL EMPLOYEES THROUGH COURSES, LEARNING COHORTS, DIFFERENT SPEAKERS COMING IN, AND THE ONLINE RESOURCES. 
          UH, WE ARE ALSO DEVELOPING WHAT WILL BE A MANDATORY TRAINING ON PROPER USE AND AI GUIDELINES AND MORE IN DEPTH, UH, TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR SPECIFIC USE CASES. 
          WE ARE PLANNING TO DO THAT BY IDENTIFYING THE HIGH VALUE USE CASES AND PROCESSES THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM AI, ENSURING, UH, THE POTENTIALLY IMPACTED JOB CLASSES RECEIVE ETIQUETTE TRAINING AND RESKILLING SO THEY CAN ADOPT AND THRIVE IN THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPE. 
          WITH THE RECENT FUNDING PROVIDED TO US BY THE CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE U UH, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN TO CREATE AND UNDERSTAND THE TYPE OF TRAINING THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE TO ALL THE STAFF AND ON IN TERMS OF THE SECURITY AND ETHICS BEHIND AI. 
          AND ALSO, UH, WORK ON THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AS WELL, UH, MOVING FORWARD. 
          THE SECURITY AND MONITORING, UH, AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, UH, TO US SECURITY AND PRIVACY ARE PARAMOUNT. 
          FEW MODERN, UH, TECHNOLOGIES HAVE AS BROAD AN APPLICATION POTENTIALS AS AI TOOLS, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MEANS THAT THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE SIGNIFICANT RISKS ACROSS OUR ORGANIZATION AND FOR THE RESIDENTS SHOULD THEY BE IMPLEMENTED POORLY. 
          IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE DEVELOP AND ALL ARE PRESENTED WITH THE EXCITING NEW CASES FOR THIS TECHNOLOGY, BUT WE KEEP SECURITY, SAFETY, AND ETHICAL USE AS OUR NORTH STAR. 
          I WANT TO NOTE THAT CURRENTLY ALL TOOLS, AI TOOLS, PILOTS AND STUDIES ARE USED BY STAFF AS INPUTS FOR THEIR WORK. 
          UH, FOR IN, UH, LIKE PUTTING IT ANOTHER WAY, THERE ARE NO INSTANCES, EXAMPLE, WHEN A RESIDENT WOULD INTERACT DIRECTLY WITH THE AI APPLICATION OR WHERE AN AI APPLICATION IS MAKING A DECISION. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST, UH, WORKING TOWARDS CREATING SOME KIND OF TOOLS WHICH CAN BASICALLY HELP THE SEC STAFF UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION BETTER AND ACT AS LIKE AN INPUT TO ANY KIND OF DELIVERABLE THAT THE, UM, THE STAFF IS PRESENTING. 
          JUST LIKE ANY OTHER TOOL, UH, STAFF USES, EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THE ACCURACY OF THE OUTPUTS AND PRODUCTS THAT, UH, TOOL CREATES. 
          UH, 
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WE CONDUCT THOROUGH SECURITY AND PRIVACY ASSESSMENTS DURING THE TECHNOLOGY PROCUREMENT FOR ANY, UH, TOOLS OR APPLICATION, AND AI IS NO EXCEPTION HERE. 
          WE ARE ALSO DEVELOPING VENDOR FACT SHEET AND AGREEMENT TOOL TO UNDERSTAND AND ASSESS ARCHITECTURE TRAINING AND OUTPUTS AS WE CONSIDER THE NEW SOLUTION. 
          UH, AS WE DEVELOP THE USE CASES, WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY EVALUATING OUR EXISTING SECURITY AND PRIVACY TOOLS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING THE COVERAGE THAT WE NEED AND WILL BRING IN THE THIRD PARTY ASSESSMENTS AND TOOL TO FILL ANY GAPS. 
          UH, WE ARE PILOTING AN ENTERPRISE INSTANCE OF GENERATING AI, UH, TO ENHANCE SECURITY AND CONTROL AND PROVIDE MORE ACCESS TO STAFF. 
          SO AS WE, UH, EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL OF THE PUBLIC FACING TOOL, WE ARE ALSO CREATING A PROCESS FOR REPORTING ERROR AND BIAS TO FURTHER ENSURE SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          HOWEVER, I'LL REEMPHASIZE THAT NONE OF THE AI USE CASES ARE PUBLIC FACING AT THIS POINT OF TIME. 
          UH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE. 
          UH, AS WE KNOW, THERE IS LIKE A VERY, UH, GREAT IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE IN PLACE SINCE THE FIRST STAGE. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE CREATED IS A DIFFERENT LAYER BASED GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, WE HAVE A INTERNAL CODE TEAM WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM IT, PRIVACY, SECURITY, LAW INNOVATION, AND HR DEPARTMENT THAT ENGAGES REGULARLY ON AI POLICY TOOLS, USERS, AND TRAINING TOPICS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE AN EXTERNAL AI ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          YOU, UH, EARLIER YOU, UH, YOU TALK WITH LIANI. 
          SHE WAS ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THAT AI ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          UH, SO THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS MEMBERS FROM INDUSTRY, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT KEEP US INFORMED ON THE AI ECOSYSTEM AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON BEST PRACTICES. 
          WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE GO AI COALITION. 
          WE ARE, UH, WE ARE AN ACTIVE MEMBER. 
          WE DO INTERACT VERY FREQUENTLY WITH ALL THE PARTNER, UH, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. 
          WE, THIS IS, THIS HAS A NETWORK OF NATIONWIDE GOVERNMENT PARTNERS TO SHARE EXPERIENCE AND, UH, RESOURCES. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR CITYWIDE TECHNOLOGY PLANNING AND APPROVAL PROCESS, WHICH PROVIDES PLANNING, GOVERNANCE, AND OVERSIGHT ON IT AND TECHNOLOGY, PROCUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING THE AI TOOLS. 
          UH, THESE ELEMENT PROVIDE A STRONG AND CONNECTED GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE THAT SPANS, UH, FROM TOOLS AND INDIVIDUAL USE CASES TO ORGANIZATION WIDE STRATEGIES AND BROADER ECOSYSTEM. 
          UH, LASTLY ON THE PILLARS OF STRATEGY, THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF FEW USE CASES. 
          OUR GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK HAS ALLOWED FOR MANY PILOTS AND USE CASES TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CITY ORGANIZATION. 
          UM, KEY TO DEVELOPING MANY OF THESE IS A STRONG PARTNERSHIP LIKE THOSE WITH THE, UH, RESEARCHERS AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND THEIR EXCELLENT TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY PROGRAMS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE IN PILOT AND STEADY PHASE WHILE THEY SHOW PROMISING RESULTS. 
          NONE OF THEM HAVE REPLACED ANY CURRENT SYSTEMS AND ALL HAVE HUMAN OVERSIGHT THAT CAN INFORM BUT DO NOT MAKE, UH, DECISIONS. 
          I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW, UH, FEW EXAMPLES. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN. 
          UH, SOME LIKE IT SERVICE, TICKET ANALYSIS, NON-EMERGENCY ROUTE CALL, UH, CALL ROUTING DOCUMENTATION. 
          AND THERE ARE LIKE SOME FUTURE, UH, FUTURE EXAMPLES LIKE CHATBOT PILOT, UH, ROUTING MODELS, PROACTIVE USE CASE PILOTING AS WELL, UM, CONCLUDING AS THE NEXT STEPS AND STRATEGIES. 
          UH, WE, UH, OUR FOCUS IS MAINLY ON DEVELOPING AND PILOTING CHATBOTS AND ADVANCED ROUTING MODELS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS COMMITTED TO LEVERAGING THE GEN AI TOOLS RESPONSIBLY AND EFFECTIVELY ENSURING THE SECURITY, PRIVACY, UH, ETHICAL USE AND RISK MITIGATION. 
          UH, BY DOING SO, WE AIM TO CREATE EFFICIENCY IN OUR ORGANIZATION AND IMPROVE OUR EFFECTIVENESS IN SERVING THE RESIDENTS. 
          UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING, UH, ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT KAR. 
          IT WAS, UH, UH, VERY DETAILED, UM, AND, UH, SOME GREAT INFORMATION THERE. 
          I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS. 
          UH, 
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MY FIRST QUESTION, UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT, UH, SOME AI TOOLS, UH, PROVIDE AT TIMES PROVIDE INPUT TO SOME DELIVERABLES, BUT EVERYTHING, UM, HAS HAS OVERSIGHT. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS, UM, ARE THERE PREFERRED APPLICATIONS THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS USING OR DIRECTING EMPLOYEES TO UTILIZE? UM, UH, SO RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC DIRECTIVES, UH, ALTHOUGH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ARE RIGHT NOW USING THEIR DIFFERENT AI TOOLS BASED ON THEIR SPECIFIC APPLICATION. 
          AS YOU SAW, I, I, UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE USE CASES. 
          FEW OF THEM ARE IN THE COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, BASICALLY, WHERE THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THE TYPE OF USAGE AND WHAT'S THE BEST FRAMEWORK TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO WHEN WE SAY INPUT, UH, PEOPLE HAVE STARTED USING IT AT THEIR END JUST TO SEE HOW IT IS WORKING AND IF THE FOCUS MAINLY HERE IS TO UNDERSTAND IF IT IS ACTUALLY CREATING SOME VALUE FOR THE RESIDENTS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST, UH, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY ARE USING IT AND THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION RIGHT NOW IN IS IN PROCESS OF COLLECTING ALL OF THOSE USE CASES AND CREATE AND START WORKING TOWARDS A PILOT OF WHERE WE CAN COLLECT ALL THESE DIFFERENT, UH, VARIATIONS OF USE CASES HAPPENING IN THE CITY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION AROUND THE, UH, THE TRAINING EFFORT MM-HMM. 
           TO, TO UPSKILL THE EMPLOYEES ON, UH, ON AI. 
          YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT A SUBSET OF EMPLOYEES, CERTAIN JOB CLASSES, UH, THAT WILL BE, UM, REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS TRAINING. 
          UH, I'M JUST CURIOUS, UH, UH, UH, WHAT'S THE TIMING OF THAT TRAINING EITHER BEING PILOTED OR ROLLED OUT, AND IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO PRESENT THIS COMMISSION, UH, ON THE DETAILED CURRICULUM OF THAT TRAINING PRIOR TO GO LIVE? SO, UH, SO AS, AS I UH MENTIONED EARLIER WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE RECENTLY GOT FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBER, WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING A PARTNERSHIP WITH UT AUSTIN, WHERE WE ARE FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING WHAT TYPE OF TRAINING WOULD BE USEFUL FOR LIKE THE CITY STAFF AS A WHOLE, LIKE A BASIC, UH, UNDERSTANDING OF THESE AI TOOLS AND UNDERSTANDING THE PRIVACY AND ETHICS OF IT. 
          AND THEN BASICALLY CO-CREATE THAT CURRICULAR, UH, CURRICULAR WITH THE UT AUSTIN PEOPLE. 
          AND THEN IN TERMS OF LIKE THE SPECIFIC, UH, USE CASES, WHAT WE ENVISION IS THAT, UH, THERE IS, THERE IS LIKE A IMPORTANT LIKE THE BASIC AI TRAINING THAT EVERYONE WILL DO. 
          AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE JOB ROLES WHERE YOU, WE FEEL THAT THESE TECHNOLOGIES MIGHT AFFECT MORE, THERE WILL, THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING TO UNDERSTAND THAT SPECIFIC USE CASES AND UNDERSTANDING HOW, UH, THAT SPECIFIC POSITION CAN, UH, ENHANCE AND GATHER ALL THE USE CASES, UH, USING THE TRAINING METHODS. 
          SO AS, AND, UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THE DETAILS OF THE CURRICULUM ONCE WE HAVE IT. 
          BUT, UH, RIGHT NOW, AS I TOLD, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, UH, WITH WORKING WITH UT AUSTIN ON THAT. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          AND, AND JUST FOR, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          AND WHAT'S THE HIGH LEVEL, UH, TIMING OF WHEN THAT'S SET TO BE DELIVERED? UM, SO I THINK LIKE RIGHT NOW AS WE, UH, SO THERE ARE, SO LIKE THESE SOFT STARTED WITH THE TRAINING EMPLOYEES AS PART OF THE OFFICE OF INNOVATIONS, DATA INSIGHTS VISUALIZATION AND EXPLORATION PROGRAM CALLED DIVE, WHERE WE ACTUALLY INVITED THE CITY STAFF TO COME AND TAKE BASIC DATA LITERACY TRAINING. 
          UH, WE ALSO, THIS TIME, SO WE DID IT LAST YEAR AS WELL AS THIS YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR WE ALSO INTRODUCED A VERY BASIC SMALL RESPONSIBLE AI TRAINING IN AS THE PART OF THE MANDATORY COURSE EVERYONE DOES. 
          SO WE TRY TO PILOT IT JUST TO SEE THE REACTION OF THE EMPLOYEES IN TERMS OF LIKE THE USABILITY. 
          AND THEN I BELIEVE WITH THE, WITHIN LIKE FEW COMING MONTHS, WE WILL HAVE THAT, UH, PROJECT AND PARTNERSHIP RUNNING UP WITH UT AUSTIN. 
          AND THEN WE CAN, UH, BASICALLY SHARE LIKE THE CURRICULUM AND WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST TO TRAIN LIKE THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION ON LIKE THE, WHICH TYPES OF TOPICS WOULD BE USEFUL FOR THEM. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          SO YOU SAID IN A FEW MONTHS, SO, UH, PERHAPS BY THE END OF THE YEAR THERE'LL BE MORE DETAILS ON WHAT THAT TRAINING WILL LOOK LIKE? UH, I WOULD ASSUME SO. 
          UH, AGAIN, UH, I DO NOT HAVE EXACTLY A TIMELINE AS OF NOW. 
          SURE. 
          BUT, UH, YES. 
          SO SINCE WE ARE LIKE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH UT AUSTIN AND WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TYPE OF TRAINING IS USEFUL, BECAUSE LIKE CITY OF AUSTIN LIKE BEING VERY DIVERSE IN TERMS OF LIKE THE TYPE OF THINGS EVERYONE USE, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE REACHING TO EACH AND EVERY STAFF MEMBER AND HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND THESE TECHNOLOGIES BETTER. 
          SO OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS TO GATHER THAT, 
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UH, ASPECT AND CREATE THE CURRICULUM ACCORDINGLY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'LL CERTAINLY BE IN TOUCH AS THINGS, UH, MOVE FORWARD, INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT THE OUTCOMES, UM, ARE AS THE TRAINING, UH, BECOMES MORE SOLIDIFIED. 
          UH, WITH THAT, UH, I, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UM, OTHER COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR QUESTIONS. 
          YES, COMMISSIONER DE GUPTA. 
          UH, YOU'RE MUTED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          UH, ONE IS, YOU MENTIONED THIS, UH, CONSORTIUM GOV AI. 
          I THINK I, I THOUGHT I READ THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T, IT IS MULTIPLE GOVERNMENTS HAVE COME TOGETHER INTO THIS SORT OF LIKE A CONSORTIUM WHERE YOU, YOU SHARE INFORMATION. 
          SO ARE YOU DEVELOPING USE CASES? ARE YOU ALSO SHARING USE CASES WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND CITIES SO THAT YOU CAN ENRICH YOUR, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY BOOTSTRAPPING EACH OTHER? SO YES, SO THE ORGANIZ, LIKE THE COALITION WE CREATED CALLED GO AI COALITION, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND THE COMMISSIONERS THE LINK TO THAT. 
          IT IS RIGHT NOW LED BY CITY OF SAN JOSE, AND WE DO HAVE THE USE CASES INSIDE IT. 
          SO IN THE FIRST PHASE, AND AUSTIN WAS, UH, SO DANIEL WAS ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THAT COALITION. 
          SO WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH IT SINCE THE BEGINNING AND WE HELPED CREATE IT. 
          UH, WE HELPED CREATE LIKE MULTIPLE USE CASES WITH THEM, UH, UH, WHICH YOU CAN FIND DIRECTLY ON THEIR WEBSITES AS WELL, SOME OF THE USE CASES. 
          AND AS OF NOW, UH, THEY NOW HAVE LIKE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES DIVIDED AND USE CASE COMMITTEES. 
          SOMEONE WHERE I AM PERSONALLY INVOLVED AS WELL. 
          AND WE ARE RIGHT NOW WORKING TOWARDS CREATING SOME INTERESTING USE CASES. 
          ONE OF THEM IS ABOUT A TRANSLATION TOOL. 
          LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, Y YOU GO ON A WEBSITE, UH, HOW, HOW, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY OF, UH, DOING THE TRANSLATION ON FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIKE, POPULATION VISITING THE WEBSITE. 
          ANOTHER ONE I, I REMEMBER, UH, OTHER TEAMS ARE WORKING ON IS LIKE, CREATE, HELPING IN THE GRANT WRITING PROCESS HOW AI CAN BE BEST IMPLEMENTED IN THAT WAY. 
          SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, UH, WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THOSE USE CASES AND UNDERSTANDING THOSE PATTERNS FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, CITY ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THE SECOND, UH, QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT I FULLY EXPECT THAT AI IS GONNA BE SO PERVASIVE THAT IT'S GONNA CHANGE JOBS, JOB DESCRIPTIONS, IT'LL ALSO MAKE JOBS DISAPPEAR. 
          CERTAIN JOBS, YOU, YOU WILL NOT NEED A HUMAN BEING TO DO. 
          SO I ALSO ACCOUNTING FOR THAT. 
          HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT IT'S, IT'S A DISRUPTIVE TECH TECHNOLOGY. 
          HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ALIGN TO THE DISRUPTION SO THAT, UH, YOU'RE GONNA BE AFFECTING AS FEW HUMAN BEINGS AS POSSIBLE? SO, UH, UH, I I THINK THAT'S LIKE SOMETHING WHICH IS DEFINITELY, UH, FEW THINGS THAT WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON, EVEN AS THE PART OF COUNCIL RESOLUTION, THAT WAS A BIG THING TO UNDERSTAND AND OUR WORKFORCE READINESS. 
          SO I THINK LIKE THE UPSKILLING IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERY FOCUSED TOWARDS. 
          THE DIVE PROGRAM THAT WE TALKED, I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WAS A PART OF THAT WHERE WE ARE INVITING THE CITY FOLKS TO COME AND LEARN ABOUT THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES. 
          LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, IF I, I AM, LET'S SAY I HAVE BEEN DOING MY REPORTS ON EXCEL, NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO COME AND LEARN MORE ABOUT, LET'S SAY, NEWER TECHNOLOGIES LIKE TABLEAU OR PYTHON OR THESE APPLICATIONS, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY HELP ME ADVANCE IN TERMS OF LIKE THE TYPE OF TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES I USE BECAUSE I AGREE, UH, LIKE THE, THIS TO THIS LIKE TECHNOLOGY AND AI SPHERE IS GOING TO STAY HERE. 
          AND I FEEL THAT, UH, UPSKILLING IS THE WAY TO GO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, FIRST OF ALL, THAT THE CITY IS READY TO TACKLE THE UPCOMING CHALLENGES. 
          AND SECOND, SECONDLY, OUR STAFF ARE WELL EQUIPPED IN TERMS OF LIKE THESE NEW CHANGES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO ACCESS AND UNDERSTAND THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT WAS A GOOD PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          UH, YES, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. HELLO. 
          UH, ALSO AGREE, UM, PRESENTATION WAS FANTASTIC. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. 
          UH, ONE IS AROUND THE, THE CONFIRMATION THAT WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT, AT LEAST SO FAR. 
          UH, THE CITY IS ONLY CONSIDERING LLMS, UM, LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS. 
          WE'RE NOT AT THIS POINT CONSIDERING, UH, NUMERIC BASED MODELS, UH, VISION BASED MODELS, RECOGNITION MODELS. 
          UM, THERE, THIS AI IS A BROAD CATEGORY AND THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT AI CAN MEAN, UM, EVEN AS A SERIES OF CATEGORIES. 
          SO WE ARE ONLY LOOKING AT TEXT-BASED LLMS, UM, AT THIS POINT. 
          SO 
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AS, AS OF NOW, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS PUT FORWARD THE GENERATIVE AI STANDARDS. 
          SO YES, LARGELY THE FOCUS BECAUSE LIKE WHEN THE WAVE CAME EARLY LAST YEAR, EVERYONE WAS ONLY TALKING ABOUT LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, IF I CAN USE CHAD, GPT. 
          SO WE STARTED FROM THERE, BUT WITH NOW, UH, SETTLING IN THIS SPACE, WE ARE LIKE WITHIN THE CORE COMMITTEE, INTERNAL CORE COMMITTEE HAVE STARTED WIDENING THAT BROAD UNDERSTANDING JUST TO SEE WHERE THESE APPLICATIONS CAN GO IN. 
          BUT AS OF NOW, AGAIN, UH, THERE WAS, THERE'S NO IMPLEMENTATION, THERE'S NO PILOT LIKE BIG, HIGH LEVEL PILOT THAT IS HAPPENING. 
          BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CAUTIOUSLY APPROACHING TOWARDS WITH LIKE TAKING SMALLER STEPS IN LIKE FIRST THE TEXT BASED MODELS, UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE, UH, INFORMATION LIES WE GAVE. 
          I GAVE YOU LIKE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE USE CASES, BUT ULTIMATELY, LIKE THE CORE TEAM IS RIGHT NOW WORKING TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING THE OVERALL LIKE LANDSCAPE OF THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND WHERE, AND HOW WE CAN BEST, UH, BASICALLY TRAIN AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS IS GOING SMOOTHLY. 
          UH, QUESTION TWO FIRST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, QUESTION TWO. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER AKA ALSO HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER THAT THIS IS KIND OF A TIMELY PRESENTATION GIVEN THE FIRST PRESENTATION WE HAD EARLIER IN TODAY'S MEETING. 
          UM, MY QUESTION IS, ARE YOU WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE ORGANIZATION PRESENT IN THE FIRST MEETING, UM, IN ORDER TO PUT IN THE PROPER GUARDRAILS AND SAFEGUARDS FOR THE LARGER AUSTIN, UH, COMMUNITY, THE CITIZENS WILL ULTIMATELY BE AFFECTED BY THESE TECHNOLOGIES? ARE THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING AS WELL, UH, WITH, UH, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SINCE, UH, UT SEEMS TO HAVE A LARGE INFLUENCE ON HOW THESE THINGS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE CITY AS WELL? UH, SO YES, DEFINITELY. 
          AND I ALSO TALKED ABOUT THAT EXTERNAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WE HAD EARLIER WHERE LIKE THE OPEN AUSTIN AS WELL AS EFF WAS THE PART OF IT. 
          UH, WE DID PRESENT ALL THE IDEAS AND THE FUTURE STEPS THAT WE WANT TO TAKE AND BASICALLY ALL, UH, GOT ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE ARE USING THAT RECOMMENDATIONS AS THE BASE OF MOVING FORWARD WITH IT. 
          WE ALSO PLAN TO MEET WITH THEM PERIODICALLY JUST TO SHOW THEM THE PROGRESS AND WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT SHOULD BE THE NEXT STEPS. 
          AND IN TERMS OF U YES, SO, UH, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH UT EVEN ON THE TRAINING I TALKED ABOUT. 
          WE ARE RIGHT NOW WORKING WITH THEM TO CREATE A BETTER, UH, ACTUAL LIKE APT, UH, CURRICULAR SO THAT WE CAN TRAIN, LIKE, CREATE SOME KIND OF BASIC MANDATORY TRAINING FOR ALL THE CITY STAFF OR UNDERSTANDING THE LANDSCAPE. 
          AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE UPSKILLING PROCESS GOES SMOOTHLY ALONG WITH LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, RESEARCHERS WITH UT ON DIFFERENT THESE OF SOME OF THESE USE CASES AS WELL. 
          LIKE THE UT IS GOOD SYSTEM INITIATIVE. 
          WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM IN THE PAST AND CONTINUOUSLY WORKING WITH THEM JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ARE FOLLOWING UP WITH ALL THE, ALL THESE DIFFERENT SMALLER NUANCES AROUND THE AI TOOLS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE REST OF THE COMMISSION? AND, UM, JUST TO CALL OUT VICE CHAIR ATA HAS, HAS JOINED US. 
          THANK YOU FOR JOINING. 
          OH, HI. 
          THANKS. 
          YEAH. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE REST OF THE COMMISSION? PRECO? I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. 
          UM, IS THERE, THERE ANY, UH, SENSE OF TIMING OF WHEN, UH, THE AI FOCUSED WORKING GROUP, UH, WILL BE CONVENING AGAIN AND UNDER WHAT TOPIC AREAS? UH, AND BY THAT DO YOU MEAN THE EXTERNAL WORK GROUP? YES, THE, THE EXTERNAL WORKING GROUP. 
          SO MYSELF, UH, FORMER CHAIR, PITTS, LEONI, KEVIN, AND MANY OTHERS ARE ALSO A PART OF, UH, SO AS OF NOW, LIKE AS WE, AS I TOLD THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS CREATING THAT CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO WORKING TOWARDS CREATING THAT USE CASES. 
          SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT, WE ARE PLANNING TO RECONVENE THE COMMITTEE AND LIKE BASICALLY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE. 
          SO AS OF TIMELINE, I DO NOT HAVE A EXACT ANSWER FOR IT, BUT, UH, WE ARE PLANNING TOWARDS IT TO RECONVENE AND BASICALLY CONTACT ALL OF YOU IN TERMS OF, UH, SHOWING YOU THE PROGRESS AND GATHERING THE FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS AGAIN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WITH THAT, YEAH, THANK YOU PACO FOR, UH, FOR STEPPING IN. 
          I KNOW, UH, DANIEL WASN'T ABLE TO TO ATTEND, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU, UH, TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR EVENING TO JOIN US AND UPDATE US ON, UH, ALL THINGS AI IN THE CITY. 
          SO HAVE A GREAT EVENING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE. 
          HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WITH THAT, 
          [4. Presentation on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s notice of funding opportunity for the Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program and the Digital Empowerment Community of Austin’s (DECA) collective proposal plan (Jamie Castleberry, Director of Grants, Goodwill Central Texas)]
UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE US FORWARD TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, UH, FOR, UH, OR THE PRESENTATION ON THE NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION AND ADMINISTRATION'S 
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NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY AROUND DIGITAL EQUITY. 
          AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE GOODWILL AUSTIN. 
          SO JESSE, UH, IS GONNA STEP IN FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
          TAKE IT AWAY, JESSE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. 
          UH, AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. 
          UM, YOU ALL MIGHT KNOW ME. 
          I'M JESSE RODRIGUEZ WITH THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY DIVISION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, AND I AM, UH, CURRENTLY MIGRATING, UH, MY GROUP INTO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          UM, WHAT I AM COMING HERE TO TALK TO ALL TODAY ABOUT IS, UH, A SET OF FEDERAL FUNDS THAT IS COMING AVAILABLE FOR COMPETITION, UM, AND THE EFFORTS THAT WE ARE UNDERGOING LOCALLY TO COMPETE FOR THOSE FUNDS. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THAT I'M GONNA TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME HERE TODAY, BUT I DID WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION'S AWARE OF THIS ACTIVITY AND GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND, UH, SO THAT YOU ALL CAN, UH, KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AND SUPPORT IF, UH, YOU SO CHOOSE. 
          SO WITH THAT, THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE DIGITAL EQUITY COMPETITIVE GRANT FUNDING, WHICH WAS LAUNCHED AS A PRODUCT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT OF 2021. 
          MM-HMM, . 
          UM, IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS, UH, THE, THE SUB COMPONENT IS KNOWN AS THE DIGITAL EQUITY ACT. 
          UH, THIS IS THE THIRD ROUND OF FUNDING THAT THEY HAVE, UH, AVAILABLE WITHIN THIS, UH, THIS ACT. 
          UH, THE FIRST WAS THE STATE DIGITAL EQUITY PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH WAS $60 MILLION. 
          UH, THE SECOND WAS THE STATE DIGITAL EQUITY CAPACITY GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH IS $1.44 BILLION. 
          BOTH OF THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN, UH, COMPUTED AND DISTRIBUTED. 
          UM, AND, UH, THE SECOND ONE IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. 
          UH, WHERE WE'RE AT IS THIS THIRD ROUND OF FUNDING, WHICH IS 1.2 BI $5 BILLION, UH, CALLED THE COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM. 
          UM, SO THE, UH, IN RESPONSE TO THIS FUNDING, UH, COMING AVAILABLE, UH, THE DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT COMMUNITY OF AUSTIN, WHICH IS A, A GROUP OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE CITY PARTICIPATES IN AND HELPS TO FACILITATE, UM, HAS CONVENED INTERESTED PARTIES TO FORM A COALITION, UH, APPLICATION TO COMPETE FOR THESE FUNDS. 
          UM, AND SO I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, UH, HERE IN A MOMENT. 
          UM, I DID WANNA GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE FUNDING, UH, UH, OBJECTIVES OR THE, UH, FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ITSELF, UM, SO THAT YOU ALL KNOW WHAT, UH, THIS OPPORTUNITY IS ABOUT. 
          UM, THERE ARE SIX OBJECTIVES OF THIS, UH, FUNDING. 
          UM, AND THE COALITION APPLICATION THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING WILL BE RESPONSIVE TO ALL SIX OF THESE OBJECTIVES. 
          SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THROUGH THOSE. 
          UH, THE FIRST IS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT DIGITAL INCLUSION ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFIT ONE OR MORE OF THE COVERED POPULATIONS. 
          I'LL DETAIL THE COVER COVERED POPULATIONS IN A MOMENT HERE, UH, TO NUMBER TWO, FACILITATE THE ADOPTION OF BROADBAND BY THE COVERED POPULATIONS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          NUMBER THREE, TO IMPLEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THE COVERED POPULATIONS THAT COVER BASIC, ADVANCED AND APPLIED SKILLS. 
          NUMBER FOUR, TO IMPLEMENT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. NUMBER FIVE, TO MAKE AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT INSTRUMENTATION, NETWORK CAPABILITY, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY FOR BROADBAND SERVICES TO COVERED POPULATIONS AT LOWER NO COST. 
          AND NUMBER SIX, TO CONSTRUCT, UPGRADE, EXPAND OR OPERATE NEW OR EXISTING PUBLIC ACCESS COMPUTING CENTERS FOR COVERED POPULATIONS THROUGH COMMUNITY ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS. 
          UM, SO I, AGAIN, I BELIEVE THAT THE PROPOSAL THAT THE DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT COMMUNITY OF AUSTIN IS PULLING TOGETHER, UH, WILL COVER ALL OF THESE OBJECTIVES. 
          UM, THE COVERED POPULATIONS OF THIS FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ARE, ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN COVERED HOUSEHOLDS, AGING INDIVIDUALS, UM, INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS OTHER THAN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INCARCERATED IN A FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, VETERANS, INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, INDIVIDUALS WITH A LANGUAGE BARRIER, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ENGLISH LEARNERS OR HAVE LOW LEVELS OF DIGITAL LITERACY, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF RACIAL OR ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS, AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PRIMARY, WHO PRIMARILY RESIDE IN RURAL AREAS. 
          UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ THROUGH ALL OF THE ELIG ELIGIBILITY, UM, ITEMS THAT I HAVE IN THE DOCUMENT THAT WE PROVIDED, BUT THEY'RE THERE IN CASE YOU ALL, UH, ARE INTERESTED. 
          UM, JUST NOTE THAT THE APPLYING ENTITY IS GOING TO BE GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS. 
          AND, UH, SO THEY, THEY, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE UNDER THE NON-PROFIT ENTITY. 
          UM, AND ALSO, UH, AS 
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A PARTNERSHIP, UH, THAT THEY ARE HOLDING THE CENTER ON, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL AWARD AMOUNTS FOR THIS FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ARE, UH, THE EXPECTED AWARD AMOUNTS ARE $5 MILLION TO $12 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR YEARS, UM, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL YEAR OF MONITORING AND DATA COLLECTION. 
          UM, THOSE AREN'T HARD, THAT'S NOT A HARD FLOOR AND THAT'S NOT A HARD CEILING. 
          UM, BUT THOSE ARE THE EXPECTED, UH, DISTRIBUTION AMOUNTS. 
          AND THERE'S, UH, A SPECIAL PROCESS IF ORGANIZATIONS OR ENTITIES APPLY OUTSIDE OF THAT RANGE. 
          UM, SO I THINK THAT, UH, OUR COALITION IS GONNA, UH, TRY AND STICK TO THAT $12 MILLION, UH, CEILING. 
          UM, THE THERE ARE MATCH, THERE IS MATCH REQUIRED BY THIS PROPOSAL. 
          THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT IS 10%, UM, 10% MATCH. 
          UM, BUT THERE ARE BENEFITS IF WE CAN REACH EITHER 20, UH, OR 30% MATCH. 
          UM, SPECIFICALLY, UH, THE, THE APPLICATION SCORE GETS A 0.1 MULTIPLIER IF YOU ACHIEVE A 20% MATCH AND ANOTHER 0.1 MULTIPLIER IF YOU ACHIEVE 30%. 
          UM, AT THIS MOMENT, WE'RE CURRENTLY JUST ABOVE 30% ON THE BUDGET FOR OUR PROPOSAL. 
          SO WE DO THINK THAT, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO, UH, BE COMPETITIVE FOR THE 0.1 MULTIPLIER FOR 20%, UM, AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO REACH THAT, UM, THAT 30% TARGET AS WELL. 
          UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF PERFORMANCE GUIDELINES THAT, UH, ARE LAID OUT IN THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS, UH, GRANT. 
          UM, WE DON'T HAVE OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES FINALIZED YET, SO I CAN'T GET INTO THE DETAILS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THINGS WE'LL BE MEASURING. 
          UM, BUT I DID WANT TO INCLUDE HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, A DETAILED GUIDE OF, UH, WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THE NOFO. 
          UM, AND WE WILL BE, UM, COMPLYING WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS. 
          I'M NOT GONNA READ THROUGH THESE, UH, BUT, UH, FEEL FREE TO TO NOTE THESE. 
          UM, IF THESE ARE INTERESTING TO YOU. 
          UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE DETAILED NOTES ON OUR PROPOSAL, UM, TO KIND OF WRAP US UP HERE. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN, UH, PULLING TOGETHER THIS PROPOSAL SINCE, UH, JULY 11TH. 
          UH, AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING WEEKLY, UH, SINCE THEN TO PULL THIS, UH, PROPOSAL TOGETHER. 
          UM, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A DRAFT PROPOSAL BY THIS FRIDAY. 
          UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE COMING CLOSE TO, UH, OUR DRAFT DEADLINE. 
          UM, THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS, UH, I, I'M, I'M REMISS FOR NOT WRITING IT DOWN. 
          IT'S LATER, UH, IN THIS MONTH. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S THE 22ND, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. 
          UM, WE HAVE 12 ENTITIES THAT ARE, UH, PARTNERS OF THIS, UH, THIS COLLABORATIVE. 
          UM, AND I, I WANNA MENTION THEM HERE, UH, UH, REAL QUICK, THE APPLYING ENTITY WHO'S, UH, GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO DO ALL OF THE LAID LEG WORK ON PULLING TOGETHER AND DRAFTING THE, THE, THE PROPOSAL AND BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING, UH, IF WE ARE TO, UH, GET AWARDED FUNDING WILL BE GOODWILL OF CENTRAL TEXAS, UM, AND OTHER PARTNERS WHO WILL BE SERVICE PROVIDERS UNDER THIS PROPOSAL. 
          IF WE RECEIVE FUNDING ARE AUSTIN FREENET, HUMAN IT, AUSTIN URBAN TECHNOLOGY MOVEMENT, SHINING LIGHT CONSULTING COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY NETWORK, AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AUSTIN MUTUAL AID, E FOUR YOUTH, AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY. 
          UH, MY GROUP AT THE CITY, THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, AND THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY AS WELL. 
          UH, THERE ARE TWO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO WILL BE SUPPORTING IF WE ARE AWARDED FUNDING. 
          UM, T-MOBILE AND PREMIER WIRELESS HAVE, UM, UH, PRO PROMISED DISCOUNTED SERVICES AND DEVICES TO SUPPORT, UM, FOR OUR PROGRAM IF WE DO RECEIVE FUNDING. 
          UM, WE, WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER PARTNERS, UH, WHO AREN'T QUITE LOCKED IN YET. 
          SO I'M NOT GONNA, UH, UH, MENTION THOSE FOLKS QUITE YET. 
          UM, JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER FOLKS THAT WE'RE HOPEFUL TO, TO ADD TO THIS LIST. 
          UM, UH, WE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD, UH, OR FOCUS ON IS SUSTAINABILITY. 
          UH, ONE OF THE CONCERNS OF THE GROUP IS, UM, UH, IS THAT ANYTIME WE, THERE'S A LARGE INFLUX OF, UH, FEDERAL OR STATE DOLLARS, UM, IF THE PROJECTS AREN'T CONSTRUCTED IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN SURVIVE AFTER THAT INFLUX OF MONEY IS GONE, IT OFTEN LEAVES A, A GIANT VOID. 
          UM, AND SERVICE DELIVERY CAN COLLAPSE AFTERWARDS. 
          UM, UH, TO SOME EXTENT, UH, IT'S CHALLENGING TO 
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PREVENT, YOU KNOW, UH, SOME TYPE OF DROP IN SERVICE. 
          BUT WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD THIS WITH SUSTAINABILITY IN MIND. 
          UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE INCLUDING IN OUR PROPOSAL, UH, IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GOVERNANCE BODY, UH, THAT WILL OVERSEE THESE ACTIVITIES, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE AWARDED FUNDING. 
          UM, AND THIS BODY WOULD HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO COORDINATE OTHER SOURCES OF MATCH FUNDING, UH, AND RALLY LOCAL, UH, BUSINESSES AND PHILANTHROPY TO CONTRIBUTE ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF FUNDING, UH, THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE SUSTAINABLE INTO THE FUTURE. 
          UM, THE MANY OF THE SERVICES, UH, THAT WERE, ARE GOING TO BE SUPPORTED ARE ALSO, UM, UH, DIRECTLY ALIGNED WITH EXISTING CITY SERVICE DELIVERY, UH, SUCH AS OUR CONTRACT WITH AUSTIN FREENET TO PROVIDE BASIC DIGITAL SKILLS TRAINING, UM, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING THAT IS PROVIDED, UM, UH, THROUGH AUTUM, UH, AUTO HQ, THE AUSTIN URBAN TECHNOLOGY MOVEMENT. 
          UM, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF SYNERGY WITH EXISTING CITY SERVICE DELIVERY THAT WILL BE SUSTAINABLE. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO HOPING TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE, UH, MORE PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT AS WELL. 
          UM, SO THAT, THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF MY PRESENTATION HERE. 
          UH, MY CALL TO ACTION FOR THE COMMISSION, UH, IS TO, UH, BE AWARE OF THIS FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCE, UH, AND TO SHARE THROUGH YOUR NETWORKS. 
          UH, THERE ARE OTHER APPLICATIONS, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, MAY BE BEING WORKED ON IN OUR REGION. 
          UH, WE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED TO COMPETE FOR THOSE FUNDS TO DO SO. 
          UM, WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, EXCLUSIVELY, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY ENTITY THAT MIGHT BE COMPETING FOR THESE FUNDS. 
          UM, SO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, UH, THIS TYPE OF DIGITAL EQUITY WORK, UH, AND ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING, OR IF YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, WANNA SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE THE DECA PROPOSAL, UM, WE WOULD, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. 
          UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THO THAT'S THE, THE BULK OF THE UPDATE THAT I WANTED TO, UH, GIVE TO THE COMMISSION. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. 
          THANKS SO MUCH, JESSE, AND THANKS FOR STEPPING IN AND, AND GIVING THAT REALLY DETAILED PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE, UH, ARE YOU ALL DOING ANY SORT OF TARGETED OUTREACH TO CORPORATE ENTITIES AND SORT OF SHOWCASING, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY AND, AND THE VALUE IF THEY WERE TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR RESOURCES? SO, YEAH, EXCELLENT QUESTION. 
          UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO RELY ON, UH, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PROPOSAL MM-HMM,  SECURED MATCH SOURCES. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY WIDE CALL TO ACTION FOR, UH, THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT IS, UM, IF WE WERE TO, TO MAKE A LARGE, UH, YOU KNOW, CALL TO ACTION, UH, AND BUSINESSES WERE INTERESTED AND ENGAGED, AND THEN WE DIDN'T RECEIVE, WE DIDN'T WIN THE COMPETITION, UH, OR GET ANY, ANY GRANT FUNDS, UM, THAT, THAT MIGHT HAVE A REPUTATIONAL IMPACT, UH, WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE, OR I THINK THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, UH, A VERY WIDE MARKETING OF, OF THE, UH, PROPOSAL IF WE DO RECEIVE FUNDS, UM, AND, UH, START TO BUILD THOSE NETWORKS, UH, AND, AND SOURCES OF MATCH, UH, ONCE, YOU KNOW, IT'S CLEAR THAT WE'LL RECEIVE FUNDS. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSION. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER DES GUPTA. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU'VE GOT A CERTAIN TARGET FOR THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS YOU'RE GOING AFTER. 
          DO YOU HAVE A SIMILAR TARGET FOR THE POPULATION SIZE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SERVE? SO WE, WE DO, UH, WE DO, BUT I DON'T . 
          UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PULLING TOGETHER RIGHT NOW, JAMIE WAS GONNA BE, UH, JAMIE, UH, CASTLEBERRY FROM GOODWILL, WHO IS THE, THE PROPOSAL WRITER. 
          UM, SHE WAS GOING TO, UH, BE HERE TO, TO ANSWER SOME OF THE MORE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET A DRAFT READY FOR THIS FRIDAY. 
          AND SHE, UH, SHE'S DRAFTING AS WE SPEAK, . 
          UM, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH PULLING TOGETHER DETAILED NUMBERS, UM, IS THAT, UH, THOSE NUMBERS ARE BEING GENERATED BY EACH OF THE 11 PARTNERS, AND THEN WE HAVE TO COLLECT AND AGGREGATE THOSE. 
          AND WE DON'T HAVE RESPONSES FROM EVERYBODY QUITE YET. 
          UH, AND WE DON'T HAVE IT ORGANIZED AT THE LEVEL OF PER SERVICE CATEGORY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE. 
          AND SO, I, I, I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T WANNA GET TOO MUCH INTO THE, THE DEEP DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL. 
          UM, BUT THE PROPOSAL WILL INCLUDE THINGS LIKE BASIC DIGITAL SKILLS TRAINING, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED DIGITAL SKILLS TRAINING, UH, WORKFORCE, 
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UH, COMPONENTS LIKE CERTIFICATIONS, INTERNSHIPS, APPRENTICESHIPS. 
          UM, IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE, UH, SUPPORT FOR PHYSICAL LAB SPACES, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND, UH, THINGS LIKE CERTIFICATIONS THROUGH A CC. 
          UM, SO IT'S A VERY WIDE PROPOSAL. 
          UM, BUT, UH, IT, THAT, THAT MAKES THE, UH, THE ANSWERING THE QUESTION OF HOW MANY SPECIFIC PEOPLE FOR EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT SERVICE DELIVERIES, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED THAN I, UH, AM PREPARED TO A ANSWER AT THIS MOMENT. 
           A FOLLOW ON QUESTION. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DIGITAL, UH, UH, SKILLS TRAINING. 
          ARE YOU INCLUDING AI IN IT? BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, YOU GIVE A PERSON THIS PARTICULAR TRAINING, HE GOES OUT IN THE WORKFORCE AND FIND OUT THAT HIS JOB IS GONE BECAUSE AI TOOK IT AWAY. 
          UM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          I DON'T KNOW, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF AI IS INCLUDED IN THE ADVANCED, UH, PORTION. 
          UH, I DO KNOW THAT AUSTIN FREENET DOES PROVIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, AN AI TRAINING FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST EVERY, EVERYBODY . 
          SO A HOW DO YOU USE BASIC, UH, AI TOOLS LIKE CHE GPT, AND WHAT SHOULD, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU DO IT? UM, SO THAT, THAT IS A TRAINING THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS. 
          UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE MORE ADVANCED, UH, AI TRAININGS, UM, AT THIS MOMENT. 
          THANKS. 
          GOOD LUCK, . 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE REST OF THE COMMISSION? DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. 
          JESSE, ARE THERE, UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OUTTA THE BOX HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, UH, OUR CITY AND OUR NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS ARE AS COMPETITIVE PO AS POSSIBLE. 
          IS THERE AN ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS OR WELL-KNOWN, UM, INDIVIDUALS IN THE AREA TO PERHAPS JUST ADD THAT LITTLE EXTRA, UM, UH, PIECE TO, TO MAKE OUR APPLICATION STAND OUT? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, I, I THINK THAT THE ANSWER IS YES. 
          UH, SO THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LETTERS OF SUPPORT. 
          UM, THE ONE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS THE LETTER OF COMMITMENT, UH, WHICH EACH, UH, EACH SERVICE DELIVERY PARTNER WILL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, ASSIGN, UH, YOU KNOW, AND DELIVER TO GOODWILL TO BE A PART OF THE FORMAL COALITION. 
          UM, I'M, I'M LESS, UH, UH, KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE OTHER TWO. 
          I DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE, UH, WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING THOUGH. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS AT WHAT TIME, UH, WILL THOSE BE, UH, NEEDED FOR THE PROPOSAL? MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, SO, UH, I WILL REACH OUT TO JAMIE, UH, ON THAT QUESTION AND GET BACK TO THE COMMISSION. 
          UM, 'CAUSE YEAH, I THINK THAT LETTERS OF SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY FROM, UH, FROM YOU ALL, FROM THE COMMISSION, FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THAT YOU REPRESENT, UM, COULD BE VERY POWERFUL. 
          GREAT. 
          YEAH. 
          IF YOU CAN, UM, LET US KNOW OFFLINE, UM, MM-HMM. 
           AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, UH, I'M SURE NOT ONLY MYSELF, BUT THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WOULD, UH, BE VERY INTERESTED IN HELPING TO FACILITATE THOSE NEEDS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IF NO ONE HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL 
          [5. Announcement of awardees for the Grant for Technology Opportunities Program Mini and Capacity pathways (Dan Martinez, Business Process Specialist, City of Austin Community Technology Division)]
MOVE US ALONG TO OUR NEXT AGENDA. 
          ITEM FIVE, THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDEES FOR GTOP S MINI, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DAN. 
          YEAH. 
          HELLO EVERYBODY. 
          THIS IS DAN MARTINEZ, UH, YOUR LIAISON FOR, UH, THE CTTC FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T MET ME. 
          UM, BUT I ALSO HELP RUN THE GRANT FOR TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM. 
          UM, I BELIEVE I SPOKE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM SOMETIME EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          UH, BUT THAT WAS FOR ANOTHER PATHWAY THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND I'M HERE TO ANNOUNCE THE AWARDEES FOR OUR OTHER TWO PATHWAYS. 
          UM, AND I KNOW, KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS, UH, ON THE BOARD TODAY THAT WEREN'T A PART OF THAT ORIGINAL PRESENTATION. 
          UM, SO I'LL JUST GO INTO A BASIC RUNDOWN OF WHAT G OS IS. 
          UM, CAN WE SKIP TO THE THIRD, FOURTH SLIDE? THERE WE GO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO, THE GRANT FOR TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM IS A GRANT PROGRAM THAT IS RAN BY THE CITY. 
          THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY TEAM SPECIFICALLY, UH, ME AND JESSE, UH, OVERSEE, OVERSEE THIS YEAR BY YEAR. 
          AND THE COMMISSION, UH, SUPPORTS US WITH APPROVALS AND SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, THEY HELP BUILD THE REVIEW PANELS AND WHATNOT. 
          UM, SO THE VERY INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT, UM, AND, UH, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS IS, UH, TO FIND, UH, GRASSROOTS WAYS TO HELP FUND ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE BELIEVE, UH, WORK TOWARDS THIS 
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DIGITAL INCLUSION VISION. 
          UH, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SLIDE, UM, THE WHOLE POINT OF, UH, DIGITAL INCLUSION IS TO FULLY CREATE A SOCIETY IN WHICH EVERYBODY IS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR INCREASINGLY DIGITAL, UH, SOCIETY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY MORE AND MORE THINGS ARE MOVING TO THE INTERNET, WHETHER THAT'S SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO, UH, CHECKING OUT A LIBRARY BOOK. 
          UM, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE'S LEFT BEHIND BY THAT. 
          AND THE MA, UH, THE WAY THAT GTOP S UH, GOES ABOUT DOING IT IS BY FUNDING DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON DIGITAL LITERACY, DIGITAL EQUITY, UM, EFFORTS, WHETHER THAT'S ACCESS TO DEVICES, UM, ACCESS TO, UH, INTERNET AT LOW OR FREE COST OR, UH, UH, SKILLS TRAINING, UH, FOR THE WORKFORCE OR FOR CREATIVE SKILLS. 
          UM, THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT AVENUES TO DO THIS. 
          UM, AND WE WILL GO INTO IT. 
          I'LL BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE, UH, LUCKY TO FUND THIS YEAR, UH, SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, UH, THIS YEAR, JUST TO GO OVER A SUMMARY OF OUR DIFFERENT PATHWAYS, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, WE HAVE THREE, UH, WITH A TOTAL FUNDING OF $400,000 ACROSS THESE THREE. 
          UH, WE HAVE GTOP S CORE, WHICH IS OUR LARGEST PATHWAY, THE ONE THAT WE WRAPPED UP BACK IN, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS LATE JULY. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, UM, SO THIS IS OUR LARGEST PATHWAY, UH, AWARDS RANGE BETWEEN 10,000 TO $35,000. 
          UH, AND TOTAL FUNDING DID INCREASE FROM, UH, THE YEAR PRIOR. 
          UH, THIS YEAR IT'S $315,000, OR 300 AND NO, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO FUND 12 ORGANIZATIONS THIS YEAR WITH THE HELP OF THE COMMISSION, UM, AND WITH Y'ALL'S APPROVAL. 
          AND THE OTHER TWO, UH, GRANT PATHWAYS ARE WHAT I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT. 
          UM, WE HAVE GTOP CAPACITY, WHICH IS A MICRO GRANT, UH, WITH A RANGE OF $150 TO 2,500. 
          UM, AND THIS GRANT IS MORE FOCUSED ON, UH, HELPING, UH, CO COMPANIES OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALREADY DO, UH, A DIGITAL EQUITY, DIGITAL INCLUSION WORK, UH, CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK AND BUILD OUT THEIR CAPACITY AND BANDWIDTH, UH, WITH ASSISTANCE, UH, IN AVENUES THAT AREN'T DIRECTLY RELATED TO DIRECT, UH, SERVICE TO A CLIENT. 
          UH, BUT GTOP S MINI IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT. 
          UM, IT'S A LITTLE MORE BROAD IN TERMS OF, UH, HOW THE FUNDS CAN BE USED. 
          AND IT IS A LARGER POOL OF FUNDS. 
          IT'S, UH, 5,000 TO $10,000, UM, RANGE. 
          UM, AND THIS YEAR WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE OUT SIX AWARDS, UH, BECAUSE WE HAD 60,000, UH, TOTAL DOLLARS. 
          SO WE CAN SKIP A COUPLE SLIDES. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          UM, SO JUST TO GO OVER G TOPS MINI AND WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE THIS YEAR, UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, THIS YEAR. 
          UH, UH, THE PROCESS OF SUBMISSION WAS LARGELY THE SAME. 
          UM, ORGANIZATIONS SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, A BUDGET OF REQUESTS, PERFORMANCE MEASURES, AND THEIR ANNUAL REVENUES. 
          UM, USUALLY, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH GTOP S MINI AND G OS CAPACITY ARE SMALLER. 
          UM, GTOP S MINI SPECIFICALLY HAS A FOCUS ON ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE REVENUES OF LESS THAN $2 MILLION A YEAR. 
          UM, AND CAPACITY IS LESS THAN ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. 
          UM, BUT THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED 11 APPLICATIONS, UM, WHICH IS DUE TO, UH, WHICH IS FIVE LESS THAN LAST YEAR, UH, WHICH IS DUE TO OUR A NEED FOR MARKETING THAT WAS UNFILLED THIS YEAR. 
          UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE ABLE TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER NEXT YEAR AND, UH, DIVERSIFY THE POOL OF APPLICANTS. 
          UM, BUT I AM GLAD TO SAY, UM, AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS ALREADY TWICE, UH, BUT WE FUNDED SIX, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THIS YEAR, WHICH IS ONE MORE THAN THE YEAR PRIOR. 
          AND THE EVALUATION PHASE, UH, WENT DOWN PRETTY SMOOTHLY. 
          UM, WE HAD SOME HICCUPS, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO FIGURE THEM OUT AND SORT IT OUT, UH, VERY QUICKLY. 
          UM, WE HAD FIVE REVIEWERS ON A PANEL, UM, AND THESE REVIEWERS, UH, VET THE, OR, UH, ME AND JESSE VET ALL THE APPLICATIONS, BUT THE REVIEWERS ARE THE ONES THAT EVALUATE THEM AND ASSIGN THEM SCORES. 
          UM, WE HAD FIVE ORIGINAL REVIEWERS, AND THREE OF WHICH COULD NOT COMMIT TO THE FULL EX UH, UH, UH, REVIEW PERIOD. 
          UM, SO WE HAD THREE ADDITIONAL PANELISTS FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, THAT WERE BROUGHT IN TO ASSIST ON THIS EFFORT. 
          UM, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS WAS INVOLVED, AND COMMISSIONER OR CHAIR APODACA IS ALSO INVOLVED, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, TWO OTHER, UH, UH, LEADERSHIP POSITION MEMBERS OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UM, HAVE, UH, BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END OF TOPS, OR THAT WE WORK WITH VERY CLOSELY. 
          UM, SO WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND, UH, THESE ARE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE CHOSE TO FUND. 
          UH, I'LL GO INTO THE PROJECTS THAT THEY, UH, WILL BE, UH, INVESTING INTO AFTER THIS. 
          UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A RUNDOWN, 'CAUSE PERHAPS THESE ARE SOME NAMES THAT, UH, WORKING WITH G OS YOU'LL ENCOUNTER IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, LATINITAS, THE MUSEUM OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT ARTS PART, TEXAS CHANGING EXPECTATIONS, 
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UH, ECONOMIC GROWTH BUSINESS INCUBATOR, OR EGBI AND E FOUR YOUTH INC. 
          WERE THE AWARDEES THIS YEAR, AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. 
          OH, AND I FORGOT TO MENTION, UH, THEY ALL RECEIVED A $10,000 AWARD AS THEY REQUESTED, AND THESE WERE THE FIVE THAT WERE UNFORTUNATELY NOT AWARDED. 
          UM, WE HAVE AUSTIN URBAN TECHNOLOGY MOVEMENT, OR AU HQ, BLACK MAMAS VILLAGE, TEXAS FOLK LIFE RESOURCES, BRAVE COMMUNITIES, AND OPEN AUSTIN. 
          UM, AND NOW I'LL DELVE INTO THE PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE FUNDING THIS YEAR FOR GTOP S MINI. 
          UM, UH, FIRST IS LATINAS. 
          UM, THEY'RE CONTINUING TO FUND THEIR PADRES DIGITALIS, UH, PROGRAM. 
          UM, IT'S A TWO GEN MODEL IN WHICH, UH, BOTH, UH, STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS ARE ASSISTED WITH THEIR DIGITAL LITERACY NEEDS. 
          UM, THE STUDENTS, I BELIEVE, UH, DO STEAM WORKSHOPS, UM, WHILE THE PARENTS RECEIVE INSTRUCTION ON OTHER AVENUES, UM, SUCH AS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UP KEEPING UPDATED WITH, UH, HOW TO USE DIFFERENT, UH, TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS, UH, IN ORDER TO INVEST IN THEIR OWN FUTURES. 
          UM, SO IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM, TWO GEN MODEL, AS I, UH, MENTIONED. 
          UM, AND, UH, THE MUSEUM OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT IS LOOKING TO FUND THEIR WELCOME TO MY HOMEPAGE, UH, DIGITAL ARTIST RESIDENCY. 
          UM, SO THEY HAVE A RESIDENCE, UH, ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM. 
          UM, IT'S SUPER COOL MIXED MEDIA CREATIVE, UM, PROGRAMMING, BUT THEY'RE TEACHING THEM HOW TO SET UP A HOMEPAGE TO, UH, FURTHER PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE INTO THE COMMUNITY AND SPREAD AWARENESS OF THEIR EFFORTS. 
          UM, SUPER FASCINATING STUFF. 
          THEY DO GREAT WORK. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ARCH PART TEXAS, WHICH IS FUNDING THEIR TRUE TALES BY DI DISABILITY ADVOCATES. 
          UM, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT TEACHES, UH, UH, CLIENTS WHO HAVE, UH, WHO AREN'T, UH, FULLY ABLE BODIED, UM, HOW TO USE PODCASTING MATERIALS. 
          UM, AND IT HELPS 'EM GET THEIR STORIES OUT THERE. 
          UM, AND THEY PUT THESE STORIES TOGETHER AND CREATE A SERIES OF PODCASTS, UM, THAT ARE SUPER INSPIRATIONAL. 
          UM, AND IT'S A GREAT, LISTEN, IF ANYBODY CAN SPARE AN HOUR, IT'S, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING. 
          AND WE HAVE THREE MORE PROJECTS ON THIS NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UH, CHANGING EXPECTATIONS. 
          UM, SO THEY'RE HAVING THIS INCREDIBLE PROJECT WHERE, UH, THEY WERE, UH, THEY HAD, THEY WERE TEACHING, UH, UH, BLACK, UH, SCHOOL AGE YOUTH HOW TO DESIGN A, UH, AI CHATBOT THAT IS MEANT TO, UH, INTERFACE WITH A REAL LIFE HUMAN AND SORT OF, UH, HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, RACIAL INEQUALITY. 
          UM, IT'S SUPER FASCINATING. 
          UM, AND BEFORE IT WAS RUNNING ON IBM WATSON, WHICH, UH, APPARENTLY HAS A LOT MORE LIMITS THAN THE UPCOMING MICROSOFT, UH, CO-PILOT. 
          UM, I SPOKE TO, UH, THE CEO OF THE COMPANY, AND HE SAID THAT THIS NEW, UH, THIS, UH, NEW AI PROGRAM, UH, MICROSOFT PI CO-PILOT, UM, IS A LOT MORE ADEPT AND A LOT MORE ACCESSIBLE, AND HAS A LOT MORE TOOLS, UM, THAT THEY CAN USE TO BOTH, UH, GET IN THERE AND ACTUALLY, UM, CREATE SOMETHING INTERESTING. 
          AS WELL AS, UM, ANYBODY WHO IS, UH, ACTUALLY INTERFACING WITH THESE CHATBOTS THAT ARE CREATED BY THE STUDENTS, UH, WOULD, IT'D BE EASIER FOR THEM TO USE IT, UM, EVEN HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR, UH, UH, A TEXT OR SPEECH TO TEXT. 
          SO, UH, YOU COULD HAVE A FULL ON DIALOGUE WITH IT, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE SPEAKING OUT LOUD, AND IT'S SUPER FASCINATING. 
          UM, HEBI IS FUNDING THEIR SMALL BIZ TECH CLINIC. 
          UM, THIS IS A BOOTCAMP WORKSHOP FOR, UH, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, UH, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT, UH, ARE LOOKING TO BE SET UP WITH THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT DIGITAL LITERACY. 
          UM, THEY'RE TEACHING THEM HOW TO USE DIFFERENT, UM, EX UH, SPREADSHEET PROGRAMS AND HOW TO MANAGE THEIR FINANCES, UM, AS WELL AS TACKLING ANY OTHER CHALLENGES THAT A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WITH AN AUSTIN MIGHT ENCOUNTER. 
          AND, UH, FINALLY, E FOUR, UM, IS FUNDING, UH, FURTHER FUNDING THEIR TRAIN THE TRAINER PROGRAM, WHICH TEACHES, UM, TEACHERS WITHIN THE AUSTIN AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, UH, HOW TO INTEGRATE, UH, DIGITAL TOOLS WITHIN THEIR ALREADY EXISTING CURRICULUMS. SO THOSE ARE ALL WONDERFUL PROJECTS. 
          WE'RE SO HAPPY TO BE FUNDING THEM THIS YEAR. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE ASSISTANCE WITH THE COMMISSION AND, UH, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS AND CHAIR A POCO SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, ASSISTING IN THIS EFFORT. 
          UM, BUT NOW I'LL JUMP INTO GTOP S CAPACITY, AND WE CAN JUMP TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          UM, AND SO, GTOP S CAPACITY, AS I MENTIONED, IS A LOT SMALLER OF A CONTRACT. 
          UM, THE AWARDS ARE SMALLER AS WELL AS THE, UH, NET REVENUES THAT A COMPANY HAS TO HAVE IN ORDER TO APPLY ARE SMALLER. 
          AND THIS IS REALLY JUST TO HELP, UM, THESE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS FIND THEIR FOOTING AND, UM, CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT THEY, UM, ALREADY DO SO WELL, UH, WITHOUT HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SLOWDOWNS OR ROADBLOCKS OF FUNDING, UM, THIS APPLICATION PHASE OR EVALUATION PHASE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 
          BUT THE APPLICATION PHASE, UM, UH, WE SAW 12 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, UM, WHICH IS ONE LESS THAN LAST YEAR. 
          AGAIN, UM, WE HAD LIMITED MARKETING THIS YEAR DUE TO OUR TRANSITION 
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FROM THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE A LOT OF THINGS OUT. 
          UM, SO HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR, UH, WE'LL HAVE A LOT BIGGER OF A POOL OF APPLICATIONS. 
          UM, AND WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, FULLY AWARD 10, UM, DIFFERENT, UH, UH, 10, UH, APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED. 
          UM, BUT, UH, WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY NEED, UH, A REVIEW PANEL FOR THIS ONE THIS TIME AROUND, UH, BECAUSE A COUPLE OF THE, THE, YEAH, A COUPLE OF THOSE APPLICATIONS DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF, UH, GTOP S CAPACITY. 
          UM, SO OF THE OTHER 10 AWARDEES OR OTHER 10 APPLICANTS THAT WERE LEFT, WE WERE ABLE TO FUND ALL OF THEM. 
          UM, AND, UH, ME AND JESSE SCREENED ALL OF THESE APPLICATIONS PERSONALLY, EVEN WENT BACK AND ASKED SOME MORE LEADING QUESTIONS. 
          UM, AND, UH, THE ONLY NOTE THAT I WILL SAY IS ONE APPLICATION, UM, DID RECEIVE A PARTIAL AWARD, UH, DUE TO, UH, ASKING FOR FUNDING FOR AN ITEM THAT, UH, WAS NOT ALLOWED UNDER THE, THE LIMITS OF GTOP CAPACITY. 
          SO, I'LL JUMP INTO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND HERE WE HAVE THE BREAKDOWN OF WHICH ORGANIZATIONS WERE FUNDED OR WERE NOT FUNDED. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, IT SAYS, AWARDED NOT ELIGIBLE, OR NOT AWARDED ON THE RIGHT, UM, AS WELL AS THE REQUESTED AMOUNT. 
          AND, UH, THE REQUEST LINES UP WITH, UH, HOW MUCH WE FUNDED THEM. 
          AND WE'LL JUMP INTO THAT LAST SLIDE. 
          UM, AND THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, UH, GT OS CAPACITY FUNDING IS GOING TOWARDS. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S NOT FOCUSED ON DIRECT CLIENT SERVICE. 
          UM, IT'S MORE ABOUT BUILDING OUT THE BANDWIDTH AND CAPABILITIES OF THESE, UH, SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, HERE WE HAVE A PICTURE OF CHANGING EXPECTATIONS, UM, WHO, UH, LET'S SEE. 
          THEY DID RECEIVE THIS FUNDING, ALSO RECEIVED THE GTOP S MINI FUNDING. 
          UM, THIS IS, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE CLASS THAT I MENTIONED, THE, UH, CHAT BOT, UH, BUILDING CLASS THAT TAKES PLACE. 
          UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE CARVER, UH, LIBRARY. 
          UM, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, IT FUNDS LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          CLOUD STORAGE, DATA STORAGE, INTERNET ACCESS, WEBSITE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, CONFERENCE ADMISSIONS, UM, CERTIFICATIONS AND WHATNOT. 
          AND THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF, UH, ITEMS THAT GTOP S CAPACITY CAN FUND. 
          AND I'LL MOVE INTO THIS LAST PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UM, AND IT'S A CALL ON THE COMMISSION. 
          UM, PLEASE, WE'D LOVE IF, UH, COMMISSIONERS WOULD JOIN REVIEW PANELS, AND IF NOT, JUST GET THE WORD OUT THERE. 
          UM, WE'RE ALWAYS IN SEARCH OF, UH, REVIEW PANELISTS. 
          UM, AND, UM, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD. 
          UM, AS WE SAW TODAY, LOTS OF YOU'RE EXPERTS ON AI AND TECHNOLOGY AND DO THIS FOR A LIVING. 
          UM, SO YOUR EXPERTISE IS VERY VALUABLE WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, EVALUATING THESE PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND, UH, THE COMMITMENTS ARE RELATIVELY LIGHT. 
          I'LL SAY THAT THE, THE LARGEST ONE IS G TOPS CORE, BUT I'LL, I'D ALSO SAY THAT'S THE MOST REWARDING ONE. 
          UM, I FEEL LIKE, UH, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, UM, PEOPLE REALLY DO ENJOY THEMSELVES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE OUR DELIBERATION SESSION, WHEN WE, UH, SORT OF COME TO A CONSENSUS OF WHO THE AWARDEES MIGHT BE, UM, I WILL SAY AS IT'S, IT'S A, A DAY LONG SESSION HERE AT CITY HALL, UM, AND IT, IT'S MORE FUN THAN IT SOUNDS. 
          UM, IT, WE ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME. 
          UM, BUT THAT ONE HAS A COMMITMENT OF BETWEEN 15 TO 20 HOURS, AND THE COMMITMENT KIND OF GOES DOWN FROM THERE. 
          A G TOPS MINI IS 10 TO 15 HOURS. 
          UM, AND THEN G TOPS CAPACITY IS SOMEWHAT BETWEEN 10 TO 15 HOURS. 
          I'M GUESSING IT'S LESS THAN 10, THOUGH. 
          UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT I DIDN'T MENTION. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UH, ART CONNECT, WHICH IS A PROGRAM IN WHICH, UM, WE HOST A COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS AGES 10 TO 18, UH, TO SUBMIT, UH, ART WITH A FOCUS ON, UH, DIGITAL EQUITY, DIGITAL INCLUSION, OR, UH, CONNECTIVITY. 
          AND, UH, I THINK WE'RE GOING ON OUR THIRD YEAR HOSTING THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, IT HAS A REWARD OF $400, UM, FOR FIRST PLACE. 
          UM, AND IT'S SUPER FUN. 
          UM, YOU'RE JUST, UH, AS ME AS, AS IT SOUNDS, YOU'RE JUST LIKE JUDGING CHILDREN'S ART. 
          UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY FUN. 
          AND YOU GET TO REALLY BE IN THERE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND SEE THE IMPACT OF, UH, THE WORK THAT WE DO. 
          AND THIS GOES FOR ALL OF THEM. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND ESPECIALLY G TOPS CORE. 
          UM, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO FEEL IMPACT AND FEEL LIKE YOU'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY, THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO GET INVOLVED FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR COUCH. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR TODAY. 
          UM, UH, AGAIN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SERVE ON ANY OF OUR UPCOMING PANELS, I THINK G TOPS CORE, UM, THAT WILL START SOMETIME IN LATE MARCH. 
          UM, JUST REACH OUT TO ME AND I'LL ADD YOU TO OUR LIST, AND I'LL REACH OUT WHEN, UH, THAT STARTS UP AGAIN. 
          AS FOR G TOPS MINI IN CAPACITY, THOSE, UM, PANELS, UH, BEGIN SOMETIME AROUND, UH, LATE JUNE. 
          UM, AND YES, AND, UH, RIGHT AND CONNECT, I'LL BE BUILDING A PANEL FOR THIS OUT SOON. 
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SO IF YOU ARE CREATIVE AND, UM, YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASSIST ON THIS EFFORT, UM, REACH OUT TO ME. 
          AND THIS ONE TOTALLY, UM, GETS YOU, WE CAN GET YOU A SEAT. 
          AND, UH, IT'S A LOT OF FUN, UH, LIKE I SAID, JUDGING CHILDREN'S ART . 
          UM, BUT THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR YOU TODAY. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA TAKE THIS CHANCE TO PLUG OUR UPCOMING PROCLAMATION FOR DIGITAL INCLUSION WEEK. 
          UM, THAT IS WHEN WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE ART CONNECT, UH, PROGRAM, OR OUR CONNECT COMPETITION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT AUSTIN FREE NETS. 
          UM, OH, WAIT, NO, THE, THE PROCLAMATION WILL TAKE PLACE HERE AT CITY HALL. 
          UM, BUT DURING DIGITAL INCLUSION WEEK, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE CELEBRATING, IS WHEN WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS FOR ART, THE ART CONNECT PROGRAM, WHICH TAKES PLACE AT TECH FOR ALL FEST, WHICH IS HOSTED BY AUSTIN FREE NET. 
          THAT WILL BE AT THE DEWITT CAMPUS. 
          UM, AND IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT TO THAT AS WELL, REACH OUT TO ME JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO WALKING QUORUM. 
          UM, BUT AS FAR AS A PROCLAMATION, UH, UH, CELEBRATING DIGITAL INCLUSION WEEK, UM, THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN SEPTEMBER, EXCUSE ME, SEPTEMBER 26TH, UH, FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, 9:00 AM UM, IT'S A GREAT CHANCE TO MEET ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE COLLABORATE WITH. 
          UM, AND SOME OF OUR STRONGEST COLLABORATORS ARE THE ONES THAT DO HOST THESE DIGITAL INCLUSION WEEK EVENTS. 
          UM, AGAIN, JUST REACH OUT TO ME AND I'LL MAKE SURE THERE'S NO WALKING QUORUM, AND THANK YOU IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THAT, DAN. 
          AMAZING PRESENTATION. 
          AND, UH, I'LL JUST EMPHASIZE, REEMPHASIZE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WANNA, UH, ENCOURAGE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE, UH, COMMISSION TO, UH, SERVE AS REVIEW PANELISTS. 
          UM, AND EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED YOURSELF, YOU MIGHT HAVE FOLKS IN YOUR NETWORK, UH, WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DOING SO. 
          UH, I THINK THE GOAL FOR THOSE REVIEW PANELS ARE TO HAVE A WIDE REPRESENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER YOU SERVE ON A COMMISSION, WHETHER YOU'RE, UH, YOU WORK IN TECHNOLOGY, WHETHER YOU DON'T WORK IN TECHNOLOGY, AND YOU DO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, I THINK THAT THERE'S, THERE'S VALUE, UM, AND PERSPECTIVE THERE. 
          UM, SO I'VE SERVED ON, ON SEVERAL OF THESE REVIEW PANELS, SO EXTREMELY REWARDING. 
          UH, REALLY GREAT TO SEE, UH, THE IMPACT. 
          IN FACT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S NOTICED, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS INVITE GT OS AWARD RECIPIENTS TO PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION. 
          UM, SO BACK IN JULY, WE HAD, UM, DR. 
          ELAN FROM, UH, CHANGING EXPECTATIONS TODAY. 
          WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM TUM HQ AND FORTUNE THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT. 
          BUT, UH, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THAT CONTINUING TO, UH, TO NOT ONLY GIVE THEM VISIBILITY, BUT ALSO TO EDUCATE THE COMMISSION ON THE IMPACTFUL WORK THAT THE G CHOPS PROGRAM HAS ON THE COMMUNITY, UH, ON AN ONGOING BASIS, UM, IS, IS REALLY GREAT. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE REST OF THE COMMISSION. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, DAN. 
          AND, UM, JUST A REMINDER OF FOLKS, IF YOU ARE SERVING, INTERESTED IN SERVING AS A REVIEW PANELIST, UH, PLEASE REACH OUT TO, TO DAN, EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST. 
          I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH, TO, TO SERVE AS A REVIEW PANELIST AT LEAST ONCE. 
          UM, AND THEN DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE PROCLAMATION CEREMONY AT CITY HALL. 
          AGAIN, REACH OUT TO DAN, UH, JUST SO YOU CAN GET A COUNT AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT MORE THAN FIVE OF US OF ATTENDING THAT EVENT END. 
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OKAY. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE US TO OUR NEXT ITEM, AND THAT IS THE APPROVAL OF A WORKING GROUP TO DRAFT A RECOMMENDATION, UH, OR TO REALLY DO, UM, HAVE A WORKING GROUP RESEARCH THIS TOPIC AREA, POTENTIALLY PROVIDE, UM, DRAFT A RECOMMENDATION ON PUBLIC SURVEILLANCE ACROSS AUSTIN. 
          I KNOW NOT EVER, NOT ALL COMMISSIONERS ATTENDED OUR JULY MEETING, BUT DURING OUR JULY MEETING, IF YOU HAD LOOKED AT THE MINUTES, UM, WE HAD, UH, DR. 
          SHARON TROOVER FROM UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS GIVE A, UH, REALLY INTERESTING ENLIGHTENING PRESENTATION ON AI SURVEILLANCE, NOT ONLY IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT IN PUBLIC PLACES IN GENERAL. 
          UM, SO ONE OF THE ACTIONS COMING OUTTA THAT, SIMILAR TO ONE OF THE ACTIONS COMING OUT OF, UH, TODAY'S MEETING, UH, WOULD BE TO STAND UP A SMALLER WORKING GROUP, UH, OF COMMISSIONERS TO EXPLORE, UH, POTENTIAL, UM, FOR, UM, FOR A POLICY RECOMMENDATION TO SEND TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO, WANTED TO HAVE, UH, AN OPEN CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL, UM, MORE EXPERIENCED COMMISSIONERS, UH, NEWER COMMISSIONERS ON WHO MIGHT BE, 
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WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THAT WORKING GROUP. 
          UM, SO THE, SO TIME COMMITMENT FOR THIS, UM, I WAS EXPECTING US TO PERHAPS MEET, UH, UH, A COUPLE OF TIMES A MONTH, UH, MAYBE FOR 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR TO AT LEAST GET STARTED, AND THEN EVENTUALLY ZERO IN ON A SPECIFIC TOPIC AREA AND THEN DRAFT A POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATION. 
          SO I WANTED TO GET A GENERAL SENSE OF WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THAT WORKING GROUP. 
          I'M INTERESTING. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER PENA VIA, UM, I WILL, UM, REACH OUT TO YOU DIRECTLY. 
          AND REMEMBER, WE CAN HAVE UP TO FIVE INDIVIDUALS ON A WORKING GROUP. 
          UH, WE JUST HAVE TO, TO NOT HAVE A WALKING QUORUM VALIDATE, UH, VIOLATION. 
          SO, UH, THOSE MEETINGS WILL BE MUCH MORE INFORMAL. 
          WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, AT, UH, MEET WITH MY PLAN WAS INITIALLY MEET WITH DR. 
          TROOVER SEPARATELY, MEET WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS, PERHAPS EVEN A COUPLE OF THESE, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS, UH, THAT PRESENTED HERE, UH, UH, EARLIER, UH, TODAY, AND, UH, WORK THROUGH, UH, A POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO, ANY OTHER, ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED IN SERVING IN THAT ROLE? OKAY. 
          NOT HEARING ANYONE, UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, I'LL, UH, I'LL REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO SOME OF THE OTHER, TO SOME COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE, UH, IF ANYONE, UM, TRY AND ROPE YOU IN. 
          SO IF SOMEONE CAN GO ON MUTE. 
          UH, STEVEN, THIS IS SUZANNE REAL QUICK. 
          UM, DO YOU HAVE A DEADLINE FOR WHEN YOU WANNA MAKE A DECISION ON THAT, THAT YOU'RE HOPING TO FORM? UM, WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK? OKAY. 
          YEAH, THERE'S NO HARD OR FAST DEADLINE, SO IF YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT AND GET BACK TO ME, AND AGAIN, THESE WILL BE VERY INFORMAL. 
          UM, WE'LL ESSENTIALLY BE, UH, STUDYING THE TOPIC AREA, DRAFTING A RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN PRESENTING IT TO THE COMMISSION, WHICH COULD PROVIDE AMENDMENTS, AND THEN, UH, POTENTIALLY, UH, SEND IT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR A RECOMMENDATION. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER SUPTA. 
          UM, DO YOU HAVE A DEADLINE THAT, UH, THAT THE WORKING GROUP HAS TO COMPLETE ITS TASK BY END OF THE YEAR OR BY END OF JANUARY, OR, I DIDN'T WANT, I DIDN'T WANNA, UH, DO THAT HERE. 
          I WANTED THE WORKING GROUP TO SET THOSE. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH, IT SEEMS FAIR. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I WILL, UH, REACH OUT TO, UH, COMMISSIONER PENA VIA, AND FOLLOW UP WITH, UH, WITH YOU AS WELL. 
          UM, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, HERITAGE, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR CONSIDERING THAT THANK . 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM SEVEN, I BELIEVE WE'RE TABLING THAT ONE UNTIL NEXT MONTH. 
          UM, SO, UH, THAT ONE'S NOT QUITE READY TO BE PRESENTED TO THE FULL COMMISSION. 
          UM, BUT FORTUNATELY WE DID HAVE A LENGTHY PRESENTATION ON GTOP. 
          SO, UM, WHICH DAN DID A GREAT JOB, AND I THINK EVERYONE'S UP TO SPEED ON THE GTOP S PROGRAM, WHICH IS WONDERFUL. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS (Part 1 of 2)]
UH, SO THAT MOVES US INTO OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO BACK TO THE TOPIC, UH, AROUND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
          UH, SO, UH, IT, IT SEEMS THAT WE HAVE CONSENSUS FROM THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, UH, FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, PERHAPS STAND UP A WORKING GROUP, UH, TO FOCUS IN ON THAT AREA. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, TO PULL IN SOME OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS INTO THAT AI WORKING GROUP HOSTED BY THE INNOVATION OFFICE AS WELL. 
          UM, SO THAT'LL BE, I THINK THAT'S, WE'RE, WE'VE REACHED CONSENSUS THAT WE CAN ADD THAT AS A, AS AN ITEM FOR FUTURE AGENDA, UH, TOPICS NEXT MONTH. 
          JESSE, PLEASE, UH, JUST REAL QUICK, UM, UH, JUST SO THAT DAN AND I APPROPRIATELY DOCUMENT THE, THE MINUTES, UM, WE DIDN'T HEAR OF, UH, A FORMAL CREATION OF A WORKING GROUP. 
          SO, UH, IS THE COMMISSION GONNA BE KEEPING THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT, UM, THE NEXT MEETING? UM, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY HAVE A VOTE ON THAT TONIGHT, INFORMALLY STAND IT UP. 
          UM, I GUESS QUESTION TO YOU, COULD WE CONTINUE TO ADD MEMBERS TO THAT WORKING GROUP, EVEN IF THEY DON'T VOLUNTEER TO DO SO TONIGHT? I THINK SO. 
          I, I, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANY LIMITATIONS ABOUT IT HERE. 
          I JUST, I JUST PULLED UP THE EMAIL TO CHECK THE LIMITATIONS AROUND WORKING GROUPS, AND THERE DOESN'T SEE ANY LANG SEEM TO BE ANY 
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LANGUAGE SURROUNDING THAT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, SO 
          [6. Approval of a working group to draft a recommendation regarding the level of public surveillance across Austin (Part 2 of 2)]
LET'S REVISIT ITEM SIX AGAIN. 
          UM, AND COMMISSIONER DE, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A, A COMMENT. 
          NO, I WAS JUST GONNA COMMENT THAT, UH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN, UH, PASS A MOTION TO FORMAL WORKING GROUP, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE MEMBERS ALREADY ASSIGNED. 
          THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          YEP, YEP. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          WELL, UM, I WILL, UH, ACCEPT A MOTION TO FORM A WORKING GROUP AROUND THE TOPIC OF PUBLIC SURVEILLANCE IN AUSTIN, UM, AND MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. 
          DO I HAVE, IS THERE ANYONE I MOVED TO A FORMER WORKING GROUP THAT WOULD LOOK AT, UH, THE EFFECTIVE AI. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND COMMISSIONER HERITAGE. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HERITAGE. 
          UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FORMING A WORKING GROUP AROUND PUBLIC SURVEILLANCE ACROSS AUSTIN, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERAS ON AND SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANYONE? AYE. 
          ANYONE OPPOSED? ANYONE ABSTAIN AND I SAW, I SAW COMMISSIONER SHARAN JUST COME ON AND, UH, IF WE, IF WE COULD JUST HAVE YOU SAY, AYE. 
          ONE MORE TIME. 
          AYE. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK WE HAVE, THAT IS UNANIMOUS. 
          SO, UH, WE CAN CAPTURE THAT IN THE MINUTES, AND I WILL REACH OUT TO COMMISSIONER PINA VIA FOLLOW UP WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER HERITAGE ON, UH, FORMING THAT WORKING GROUP AND ENGAGING WITH OUR PUBLIC PARTNERS. 
          PERFECT. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER 
          [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS (Part 2 of 2)]
ITEMS? UH, SO YOU ALL HA WE HAVE THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, UH, CAPTURED. 
          I THINK WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ALREADY SET. 
          DID YOU ALL WANT TO JUST QUICKLY MENTION THOSE? OH, YEAH. 
          THE PLAN AND I DO THAT. 
          THEY, YES. 
          UH, THE AUTUMN HQ OBVIOUSLY, UM, THEY'LL BE RETURNING, UM, HOPEFULLY FOR OCTOBER AS WELL AS, UM, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MIC? OH, YEAH. 
          UM, AUTUMN HQ WILL BE RETURNING IN OCTOBER. 
          THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY. 
          UM, BUT, UH, WE'LL ALSO BE GOING OVER, UH, WHAT WAS ITEM SEVEN ON THIS AGENDA, UM, WHICH IS OUR FUTURE GTOP S ACTION PLAN. 
          EVERY YEAR WE MAKE, UH, ENHANCEMENTS TO GTOP S UM, AND WE'RE, UH, RUNNING A LITTLE BEHIND ON THAT DOCUMENT DUE TO OUR TRANSITION. 
          UH, BUT WE HOPE TO HAVE, HAVE THAT READY FOR OCTOBER AND HOPE TO GET YOUR APPROVAL. 
          UM, AND YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          NOTHING ELSE ON THE SCHEDULE. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, YEAH, WE MAY HAVE ROOM TO EVEN BRING IN ADDITIONAL GT OS RECIPIENT, SO MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT ONE, UM, A COUPLE PRESENTATIONS FOR NEXT MONTH. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, THAT MOVES US INTO OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM, UH, ADJOURNMENT. 
          UM, SO LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY VICE CHAIR, UH, RETA. 
          I SEE. 
          MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          SECONDED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER DE GUPTA. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT, PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERAS AND SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY. 
          I THINK, UH, EVERYONE EXCEPT, UH, COMMISSIONER ANGA, UH, SUPPORTS THAT. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          UH, APPRECIATE , APPRECIATE YOU ALL, UH, ATTENDING, UH, I THINK WE DID SOME, SOME GREAT WORK, HEARD SOME FROM, FROM SOME AMAZING COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          AND, UH, WE'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT MONTH. 
          IF I DON'T MEET YOU BEFORE, UH, FOR THE WORKING GROUP.
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