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[CALL TO ORDER]
I AM CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 2 35.
UM, I BELIEVE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO WE ARE GOOD TO GO THERE.
[1. Approve the minutes of the Public Health Commission Regular Meeting on April 2nd , 2025.]
MOVING FOR AN APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH REGULAR MEETING, COMMISSION MEETING ON APRIL 2ND, 2025.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
ANY QUESTIONS TO THAT MOTION? WONDERFUL.
UM, WHAT'S THAT? OH, ALL IN FAVOR? YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE INCLUDING VICE CHAIR, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY.
[2. Discuss, identify and prioritize topics for monthly meetings from June to December.]
MOVE TO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A VARIETY PACK OF DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT ARE PLANNED AND, UM, WE'RE KIND OF GETTING TO THAT LAST MONTH OF WHAT WE HAD ALREADY HAD IN PLACE AND LOOKING TO DISCUSS, IDENTIFY, AND PRIORITIZE TOPICS FROM MONTHLY MEETINGS FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER.UH, I HOPE THAT EVERYONE DID RECEIVE DANNY'S MESSAGE ABOUT THE COLD WEATHER REPORT, THAT IT'S NOT READY YET.
OR ACTUALLY, COMMISSIONER CROOKHAM JUST EMAILED ME BEFORE THE, UH, THIS MEETING.
SO IF YOU WANNA PROVIDE THE UPDATE, UH, IT SHOULD BE GOING TO JUANITA'S INBOX TO SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION.
SO WE CAN JUST MARK THAT FOR, UH, FUTURE DISCUSSION FOR JUNE TO REVIEW.
AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY PRESSING ITEMS. UM, THERE'S A FEW OF OUR DISCUSSIONS WE WERE LOOKING AT CONNECTING WITH A ISD.
UM, I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE TO GET COORDINATED.
UH, AND SO LOOKING TO HAVE TRULY A DISCUSSION AMONGST THE COMMISSIONERS OF WHAT WE KNOW THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PLAN FOR, FOR NOT ONLY NEXT MONTH, BUT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE FUTURE.
UH, THERE'S A FEW OTHER ITEMS. UM, I KNOW THE FOOD PLAN IS STILL SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN.
UH, THE TRAVIS COUNTY JAIL SYSTEM AND A PD HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE TO GET HERE WITH US AS WELL AND CONNECTED TO, UH, AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THAT, OH, WITH CAT METRO, DID WE HAVE A RESOLUTION ON CAT METRO? OKAY.
SO WE DO HAVE A FEW OUTSTANDING ITEMS THAT I THINK DANNY WILL STILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO WORK ON GETTING THEM WHENEVER THEY SAY YES TO US.
UH, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS I KNOW WE ALSO WANNA LOOK AT, UM, COMMISSIONER DOL SEN'S, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS NEXT MONTH.
UM, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO COMMISSIONERS TO BEGIN THE DISCUSSION.
JUST A QUESTION, HAVE WE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO A ISD OR WAS IT OKAY? AND THEY SAID NOTHING.
'CAUSE I REMEMBER WE HAD A CONVERSATION EITHER LAST TIME OR THE TIME BEFORE THAT ABOUT, UM, ABILITIES TO DO THINGS EVEN WITH A IC THERE'S A LOT OF LIMITATIONS ON THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S BECOME, VACCINATION HAS BECOME VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE MEASLES OUTBREAK.
UM, BUT WE ALSO DISCUSSED THAT ONE, THE ONLY THINGS WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS EDUCATION.
SO I THINK I FEEL A STANDSTILL WITH THAT ONE.
ONE BECAUSE WE CAN'T REACH THEM.
AND THEN TWO, IT SEEMS LIKE OUR ABILITY TO HAVE ANY IMPACT WITH AIS SD IS LIMITED.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WORTH PURSUING ANYMORE OR IF WE JUST TAKE THAT TOPIC AND REDIRECT IT INTO ANOTHER ENTITY.
BUT I FEEL LIKE ALL THOSE ENTITIES ARE REPRESENTED HERE.
I'M HOPING FOR IDEAS, UM, BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BUT I JUST WANNA KNOW IF THERE'S A WORKAROUND OR ANY CREATIVE IDEAS FOR Y'ALL.
ARE YOU SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE IMMUNIZATION RATES THAT WAS DISCUSSED? YEAH, I THINK THAT, AND I KNOW WE HAD SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS OR NO, AS A PRESENTATION, UM, ABOUT VACCINATION.
BUT YEAH, I THINK IT WAS A VERY ALARMING, IT WAS LIKE 56% OF LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND MEETING RECOMMENDATIONS.
I THINK THAT STUCK IN MY BRAIN AND STILL STUCK IN MY BRAIN.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
WS IS NOT HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, SHE LET ME KNOW LATE LAST WEEK THAT SHE HAD TALKED TO A ISD AND FOR THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY INCREASED THEIR MMR VACCINE RATE UP TO ABOUT 98% ACROSS
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THEIR, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.THERE ARE SOME, UH, AT RISK SCHOOLS THAT ARE AT 90% AND A LITTLE BIT ABOVE, UH, NOT QUITE 95%, BUT A ID HAS PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO IT, UH, WHICH IS VERY, VERY PROMISING.
SO PERHAPS WE COULD GET AN UPDATE FROM THEM ON THAT, UM, ON THEIR EFFORTS SO THAT WE COULD TRY TO REPLICATE THOSE ELSEWHERE.
UM, UH, I IMAGINE THEY'RE BUSY RIGHT NOW, BUT SUMMER'S COMING UP, SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD GET THEM IN HERE THIS SUMMER TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
UM, CENTRAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE HAVE JOINTLY BEEN WORKING ON VACCINATIONS AS WELL.
AND, UM, CUC HAS REPORTED AN INTAKE, AN UPTICK IN, UM, PEDIATRIC VACCINES IN THEIR COMMUNITY CARE CLINICS.
THEY'VE ALSO BEEN HOSTING WEEKEND, SPECIFICALLY VACCINE CLINICS, WHICH HAVEN'T BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WELL TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, BUT AT LEAST IN THE CLINIC SETTING, THEY ARE SEEING A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, UM, KINDA RUSHING TO GET VACCINATED.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT, THAT WE HAVE FOR THEM AROUND VACCINES AND MEASLES AND SO FORTH? 'CAUSE IF SO, IF, UM, I CAN GET THAT LIST.
I CAN SEND IT OVER TO THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WE JUST HAD OUR LAST MEETING YESTERDAY, SO I CAN AT LEAST SEND IT OVER TO WHO LEADS THE COORDINATION OF THOSE AND SEE IF THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE A RESPONSE.
SO JUST MAKING SURE WE COLLECT THE ACTUAL QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
I, I KNOW FROM ME PERSONALLY, AND I'LL MAKE SURE I GET THIS TO YOU MM-HMM
IS, UH, BASED ON THE PRESENTATION WE WERE GIVEN, THAT RATE MEANT THAT THOSE CHILDREN WEREN'T IN SCHOOL BECAUSE UNTIL THEY WERE VACCINATED, THEY, THEY COULDN'T RETURN TO ACT.
YOU KNOW, TO END IN SCHOOL, IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING.
AND SO NOW I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT HAS THAT DONE FOR THE SIXTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH GRADERS THAT SHOULD BE GOING TO THE NEXT YEAR? MM-HMM
THAT MAY HAVE BEEN OUT FOR SIX WEEKS, EIGHT WEEKS.
ARE THEY, ARE THEY STUCK IN SIXTH GRADE AGAIN BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET VACCINATED? THAT WOULD BE MY CON.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING WE CAN ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY.
UM, BUT I DO THINK THERE ARE RAMIFICATIONS THAT DO HAPPEN NOW BECAUSE MM-HMM
OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE ALREADY TAXED WITH.
YEAH, I CAN, I CAN PASS THAT ALONG THROUGH MY ROLE ON THE, ON THE, ON THE DAC AND THEN REQUEST IF THERE'S ANY FEEDBACK THAT THE DAC WOULD WANT TO GIVE TO THE PHC.
ANYTHING FROM FOLKS ONLINE? OH, SURE, PLEASE.
UM, I FEEL LIKE SINCE THE PRESIDENTIAL FEDERAL FREEZES HAPPENED EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT FURTHER IN ONE AREA WITH THE FREEZE OF FUNDING THAT HAD LIKE, BEEN REINSTATED.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S WORTHY OF FUTURE DISCUSSION, UM, BECAUSE I THINK HIV PREVENTION FUNDING IS MOST AT RISK OF BEING CANCELED BY THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.
AND IF MOST OF THE HIV ORGS IN TOWN RECEIVE FEDERAL GRANTS, IT'S ALL COMES FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL FOR THAT MONEY.
UM, SO IT'S DIFFERENT THAN RYAN WHITE PROGRAMS THAT ARE WRITTEN INTO LEGISLATION.
SO THE PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION HAS DISCUSSED CANCELING THE HIV PREVENTION DIVISION AT CDC.
SO IF THAT HAPPENS, THAT WOULD BE A LOSS OF FUNDING FOR THE AGENCIES THAT RECEIVE THOSE GRANTS.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW OUR COMMISSION EXACTLY WOULD ACTUALIZE HOW TO HELP THAT IN THE CITY BESIDES SUGGESTING MORE MONEY FOR A'S HIV CLINIC.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO FURTHER DISCUSS FOR HOW WE CAN ASSIST.
IF THAT DOES HAPPEN, I'D LOVE TO, UM, THAT'LL FLOW GREAT WITHIN OUR OTHER DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING.
BUT LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY CENTRAL HEALTH AND SAY, WE KNOW X, Y, AND Z PROGRAMS ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO GET CUT.
WHAT COULD WE DO WITH, UM, NOT ONLY OUR CURRENT PARTNERS, BUT OUR FUTURE PARTNERS WHO MAY BE COMING TO US FOR SUPPORT MM-HMM
AND I THINK LIKE THIS NEXT CALENDAR YEAR, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING WILL CHANGE BECAUSE THE GRANTS HAVE BEEN EXECUTED, BUT I THINK LIKE IN 2026, THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL FEELING AND WHAT I'VE HEARD, UM, THAT PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT LAYOFFS AND FUNDING BEING CUT FOR PREVENTION PROGRAMS FIRST.
I KNOW THERE WAS ALSO A ARTICLE I WAS READING TODAY ABOUT, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT TEXAS HOUSING STABILITY, UM, AND SOME LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING WITH NOT ONLY BUILDING, BUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT LEDGE MAY COME UP WITH AT THE TOP OF THE, THE FOOD CHAIN.
UM, I KNOW HOUSING HAS BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CONSTANTLY HERE, UH, AND THE
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INSTABILITY, I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE CAN CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING.UM, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT HAVING AN, HAVING NO ACCESS TO A HOME, UM, DRASTICALLY CAN INCREASE SO MANY OTHER THINGS.
AND HOW YOU'RE SELF-MEDICATING AND ALL OF THESE OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH RELATED, I KNOW THE TERM SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IS ALSO NOT ALLOWED TO BE SAID, BUT WE'LL CALL IT SDH UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH HOUSING, UM, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL OR HOW THAT MIGHT BE CHANGED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, DEPENDING ON WHAT STATE LEDGE COMES UP WITH, AND AT LEAST HAVE A CONVERSATION STARTED.
UM, HAPPY TO SHARE THAT ARTICLE WITH DANNY TO SEND OUT TO EVERYONE AS WELL.
MAYBE ON THAT TOPIC, I THINK I THANK YOU.
UM, I THINK THERE WAS A MEETING OF, OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCILWOMAN, UM, UM, HANG ON, UM, FUENTES, I BELIEVE THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER ALSO A BUDGET COMMITTEE.
DO YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THIS? THAT WAS DISCUSSING A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS PROGRAM FOR HOMELESS? WHAT, WHAT'S THAT? DID GRAY GAVE COMMENTS REGARDING AROUND THAT ON THE HOMELESS, UH, OFFICE AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO AROUND THAT A HUNDRED MILLION.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE TIMELY TO MAYBE THINK ABOUT INVITING THEM BACK THE HOMELESS OFFICE, MAYBE BACK TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT DETAIL IS AS IT RELATES TO A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET ITEM FOR HOMELESSNESS JUST AS A LEARNING SESSION.
YOU KNOW, I THINK A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE WOULD BE GOOD.
I BELIEVE THIS MONTH IS THE LAST MONTH OF THE LEDGE SESSION.
SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE MUCH BETTER IDEA OF WHAT LAWS THEY'VE PASSED AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US.
SO IF WE COULD GET AN UPDATE ON THAT FROM OUR EX OFFICIOS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND THEN ALSO I THINK FROM THAT, UM, WHAT, SORRY, SEPARATELY, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT IMPACTS TO SOCIAL SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEIR PARTNERS JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING LOSSES THAT'S GONNA IMPACT THEM AS WELL.
SO HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THEM? AND THEN HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE? UM, IT'S GONNA CREATE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, A LONG DOMINO EFFECT OF A CASCADING EFFECT OF NEGATIVE IMPACTS.
I'M CURIOUS IF WE COULD MAYBE PUT TOGETHER, UM, SOMETHING SIMPLE THAT OUR PARTNERS OR WHO, WHOMEVER WE'RE ASKING TO COME TO TALK TO US, LIKE AN OUTLINE OR A A ONE PAGER, SO TO SPEAK, OF, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN KNOWING SO THAT THEY KNOW NOT JUST TO COME AND SAY, HEY, LET'S GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT THIS HOUSING BUDGET AND THAT, OR A HOMELESSNESS BUDGET.
AND THEN WE'RE LIKE, YES, BUT RIGHT.
OR WHAT ARE THESE IMPACTS TO SOCIAL SERVICES? AND WE'RE LIKE, YES.
BUT, UM, AND THAT WAY WE CAN GIVE THAT TO DANNY.
WE CAN GET ALL OF OUR IDEAS AND THOUGHTS AS COMMISSIONERS ON THAT ONE PAGE AND SAY, CAN YOU AT LEAST GIVE THIS TO US AHEAD OF TIME, NOT JUST TO PRESENTATION, BUT AT LEAST GIVE THIS INFORMATION TO US AHEAD OF TIME AND WE CAN THEN FORMULATE BETTER IDEAS AS WE'RE LISTENING TO YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, I KNOW DANNY'S ALSO ALREADY ASKED ANYONE THAT COMES TO DO PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAVE, UH, AN ASK OF THE COMMISSION SO THAT WE'RE NOT QUESTIONING HOW DO WE SUPPORT.
UM, SO IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD JUST JOT IDEAS, GET THOSE TO DANNY, WE CAN GET A ONE PAGER TOGETHER, REVIEW THAT IN JUNE, AND AGREE UPON, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD WANT FROM UPDATES.
UH, QUICK ONE PAGE REPORTS, EVEN FROM OUR PARTNERS.
UM, I THINK THE WAY THAT THEY GAVE US UPDATES ON, UM, THE OPIOID ABATEMENT FUNDS WAS PHENOMENAL.
WE WERE ABLE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, RUN THROUGH THOSE, YOU KNOW, SINGULARLY, AND THEN TALK ABOUT THEM AS A COMMISSION.
UM, SO JUST AS AN ASK FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO KNOW FROM THE HOMELESSNESS BUDGET CONVERSATION? WHAT WOULD YOU WANNA KNOW, UH, AROUND THESE IMPACTS TO SOCIAL SERVICES? WHAT WOULD YOU WANNA KNOW, UH, AROUND THIS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE? AND THEN WE CAN COLLECT THAT.
AND THIS ISN'T THE, THE FINAL CONVERSATION.
I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS, UM, GET THESE DOWN.
WE DO HAVE A FEW CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION ITEMS FOR, FOR JUNE ALREADY.
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AND I KNOW DANNY'S STILL GONNA WORK ON SEEING WHO WE CAN HAVE DO PRESENTATIONS AS WE, AS THINGS TRICKLE THROUGH, WE SHARE THEM WITH DANNY, SHE GETS THEM OUT TO US.AND I THINK THAT OUR FINAL ITEM TODAY WILL START TO HELP US AS A GROUP FIGURE OUT HOW WE WANNA ADDRESS, UM, AND PUT SOME EFFORTS IN PLACE.
BUT ANY, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THAT LAST ITEM, ANY OTHER FROM OUR FOLKS ONLINE? UM, YEAH, AND HERE.
OH, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT STACKING SOME OF THESE.
SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT, UM, CONCERNS WITH HOMELESSNESS, THAT FUND, AND THEN PEOPLE WITH HIV PEOPLE AT RISK OF HIV AND STACKING THOSE.
SO WE HAVE THE LARGER TOPIC OF, UM, UNHOUSED VISUALS.
AND THEN WE COULD BE LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS GREAT.
NOW WHAT ABOUT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LIVING WITH HIV? HOW DO THEY FIT INTO THE PICTURE? SO I THINK SOME OF THESE WIDER TOPICS WE CAN KINDA LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THINK OUT WHAT IT IS WE WANT FROM IT, AND MAYBE ASK FOR THOSE VERY SPECIFIC, UM, THINGS, RIGHT? SO LIKE WHEN WE ASK THEM TO COME, BE LIKE, CAN YOU DISCUSS THESE GROUPS AND WHAT YOUR PLAN IS FOR THIS? AND LIKE, HOW ARE YOU ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES? UM, SO JUST TO LIKE, MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE LEAN AND POINTED, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA.
AND I THINK A LOT OF US HAVE OUR OWN INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE AND SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE ALWAYS WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR THE GROUPS THAT WE KNOW THE MOST, THE, THE PEOPLE WE THINK ARE THE MOST DISENFRANCHISED.
UM, BUT JUST SAYING KIND OF LIKE THAT IS JUST MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE POINTED, BUT YOU CAN TAKE THESE BROADER TOPICS AND KIND OF NEST THESE OTHER TOPICS WITHIN THEM.
I WAS JUST GONNA TRY TO SAY THAT SAME THING ONE MORE TIME,
AND LIKE, IF WE HAD LIKE AN HIV RISK GROUP THAT WE WERE INTERESTED IN, NO MATTER WHAT THE TOPIC, HEAT SUFFERING OR, OR HOMELESSNESS OR WHATEVER, WE MIGHT HAVE FIVE OR SIX GROUPS THAT WE ALWAYS WANNA MAKE SURE THEY FOCUS ON SPECIFICALLY.
IS THAT KIND OF WHERE YOU WERE GOING? YEAH.
AND I WANNA LIKE, TAKE CONSIDERATION, LIKE WHY THIS WAS KIND OF FORMED TO BEGIN WITH LIKE COVID TO 19 BIG PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.
VERY BROAD AFFECTED EVERYBODY, BUT THERE WAS GROUPS THAT WERE KIND OF LEFT OUT OF THE CONVERSATION.
SO I THINK IT'S KIND OF OUR DUTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NESTED IN THE CONVERSATION.
SO LIKE, NO ONE THOUGHT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE INCARCERATED DURING COVID-19.
SO I THINK US AS A GROUP WHO IS STRIVING FOR, YOU KNOW, HEALTH EQUITY, YEAH, WE SHOULD BE KIND OF PUTTING THAT INTO OUR AGENDAS AS WE FORM THEM.
DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? YEAH.
AND I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER TOPIC.
UM, LIKE PEOPLE'S CITIZENSHIP STATUS RIGHT NOW IS ANOTHER BIG BARRIER TO HEALTHCARE ACCESS THAT I'VE BEEN SEEING MORE OF AND WITH INCREASED ICE RATES ACROSS, UM, THE COUNTRY.
AND IN TEXAS, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE FEAR OF COMING INTO HEALTHCARE SETTINGS OR SOCIAL SERVICES.
SO ANOTHER TOPIC THAT I THINK WE SHOULD DISCUSS AS A COMMISSION FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE UNDOCUMENTED AND HAVE FEAR GETTING HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND BEING AT RISK FOR WORSE HEALTH OUTCOMES.
NOT TO PUT OUR PARTNER ON THE, ON THE SPOT, BUT DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW IF CENTRAL HEALTH HAS ANY IN PROGRESS CONVERSATIONS ON WAYS THAT THERE YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT HEALTHCARE ACCESS FOR UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUALS OR? I DON'T.
AND AGAIN, IF, IF YOU'RE LIKE AT NOT YET, TOTALLY FINE.
THERE ARE SOME EFFORTS UNDERWAY.
WOULD IT, WOULD IT BE TOO EARLY TO ASK MAYBE IN LIKE JULY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH CENTRAL HEALTH? SURE.
I WOULD PROBABLY HIGHLIGHT HESITATION ON HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS HERE FORMALLY BECAUSE IT'S RECORDED AND IT GETS PUSHED OUT.
UM, AND PROBABLY STUFF THAT'S PROBABLY MORE INFORMATIONAL VIA EMAIL.
UM, SO THEN IT FORCES MORE OF A, UM, WHAT'S IT CALLED? UM HUH.
SO I, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE THEN WE DON'T WANT TO INFORM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHERE SOMETHING IS PERCEIVED TO BE SAFE AND THEN WE'RE UNINTENTIONALLY MAKING IT NON SAFE.
UM, ANYTHING FROM FOLKS ONLINE? CAN I CIRCLE BACK TO, UM, COMMISSIONER HAM'S QUESTION ABOUT SOCIAL SERVICES? ARE YOU WANTING TO HEAR FROM SMALL CBOS IN THE COMMUNITY OR ARE YOU LOOKING FOR
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A TRAVIS COUNTY UPDATE? IT COULD BE EITHER.I THINK PROBABLY THE EASIEST THING WOULD BE MORE AN UPDATE FROM TRAVIS COUNTY AND ALSO PUBLIC HEALTH ON WHAT THEIR BUDGETS ARE LOOKING LIKE AND WHAT THEIR ALLOCATIONS OF SOCIAL SERVICES FUNDS ARE LOOKING LIKE, WHAT THEY ANTICIPATE THE IMPACTS TO BE.
AND THEN WE COULD ALSO HEAR FROM SOME OF THE CBOS, OR AT LEAST GET INFORMATION FROM THEM ON WHAT THEY THINK THE IMPACTS WOULD BE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, UM, IN, I JUST FINISHED UP A CONTRACT YEAR WITH SOME OF THE SMALLER CBOS AND THEY'RE ALREADY FEELING THE EFFECTS OF LAYOFFS.
AND SO YOU HAVE STAFF WHO ARE STRADDLING SOMETIMES TWO, THREE JOBS.
AND SO BACK TO COMMISSIONER POIN, DEXTER'S IDEA OF IF WE CAN HAND THEM A TEMPLATE WHERE THEY JUST FILL IT OUT, WE HAVE TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE VERY COGNIZANT OF THEIR TIME AND RESOURCES AND AS EASY AS WE CAN MAKE IT.
WE SHOULD UNDERSTOOD CHAIR, IF I MAY PLEASE, DIRECTOR.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, STEPHANIE HAYDEN HOWARD, HAS COMMISSIONED A GROUP OF CITY STAFF, UM, TO SURVEY LOCAL NONPROFITS ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF FEDERAL FUNDING CUTS.
UM, AND SO WE DO HAVE THAT FIRST BLUSH OF INFORMATION AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A MEMO, AND I WILL ASK DANNY TO, TO FORWARD THAT WITH THE GROUP.
BUT, UM, IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS THAT PERHAPS, UM, THE COMMISSION COULD BENEFIT FROM.
SO OUR SECOND PHASE IS TO HAVE A MORE IN-DEPTH SURVEY BY ISSUE AREA, AND THEN THE THIRD STEP OF THE PROCESS WILL BE TO HAVE SOME SMALLER IN-PERSON FOCUS GROUPS TO, TO GET A HANDLE, UM, ON WHAT THE SITUATION IS GOING TO BE.
UH, THE NUANCE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MANAGE IS WE DON'T WANNA SET THE EXPECTATION THAT THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO, UM, FILL GAPS FROM FEDERAL FUNDING.
THE APPROACH THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE IS HOW DO WE STRATEGIZE TOGETHER TO LEVERAGE EXISTING RESOURCES AND, UM, MITIGATE LOSSES.
SO IF THAT'S AMENABLE TO THE COMMISSION, WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SHARING INFORMATION THAT COMES FROM THAT WORK.
THAT WOULD BE A PHENOMENAL, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND I THINK ADDRESS A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE.
SO TRAVIS COUNTY IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UH, UH, ASSISTANT, UH, CITY MANAGER, STEPHANIE, HAYDEN, HOWARD, TO DO THIS AS WELL.
WE HAPPEN TO ACTUALLY HAVE MANY SIMILAR CONTRACTS.
SO THESE AGENCIES ARE CONTRACTING WITH, WITH BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
AND SO RATHER THAN WALKING, UH, BEHIND OR IN FRONT, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO WALK SIDE BY SIDE AND, AND, AND ENSURE.
SO, AND IN REGARDS TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES, I, YOU KNOW, WHAT ADRIAN MENTIONED IS, RIGHT? RIGHT.
IT'S BY ISSUE AREA AND THEN THAT MAKES SENSE TO STACK IT, RIGHT? WHAT ARE THE COMMONALITIES AND WHAT ARE THE GAPS IN THESE ISSUE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED? UM, AND, AND I THINK, UM, YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE FEDERAL, UH, CUTS AND POTENTIAL CUTS, AND THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE A STANDING ITEM AS WE LEARN MORE AND AS THINGS ARE SCHEDULED FOR MAY, JUNE, AND JULY RIGHT.
UM, SO THE WORD I'M HEARING IS COME UP WITH A GOOD STRATEGY ON HOW WE CAN MAYBE ACTIVATE OR SUPPORT IN THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAYS AS A COMMISSION.
ANY OTHER, UH, ONLINE FOLKS IN PERSON? UH, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A, UM, FINAL CONVERSATION.
THIS IS SO THAT WE CAN START PLANNING AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET DONE FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER, UM, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR OUR COMMISSION.
UM, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR DISCUSSION
[3. Discuss and take possible action on implementing a new action item tracking process to streamline work group efforts, establish plan of action and provide regular progress updates. ]
AND ACTION ITEMS, WHICH IS, UH, DISCUSS AND TAKE ACT POSSIBLE ACTION ON IMPLEMENTING A NEW ACTION ITEM TRACKING PROCESS TO STREAMLINE WORK GROUP EFFORTS, ESTABLISH A PLAN OF ACTION AND PROVIDE REGULAR PROGRESS UPDATES.UM, IT WAS KISMET THAT WE GOT TO THIS POINT, AND THAT WAS OUR NEXT ITEM.
SO, UH, I'LL, I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK ON WHERE THIS CAME FROM, UH, AND HOW I HOPE THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT THIS.
IF YOU REFER TO YOUR ITEMS THAT DANNY SENT OUT, UM, IT'S CURRENTLY IN A WORD DOC, UH, EX UM, LAYOUT.
BUT I PULLED A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS OVER OUR PAST FEW MONTHS OF CONVERSATION ON, ON ITEMS THAT WE'VE
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TALKED ABOUT, UH, FROM REPORTS THAT WE REVIEWED TO COMMENT COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE DURING OUR CONVERSATIONS, UM, TO THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF HERE THAT WE'RE STILL WANTING TO, TO WORK ON AND SUPPORT.AND OF THE THREE ITEMS THAT I FELT LIKE WE COULD, WE HAD A GOOD HOLD ON.
UH, WE HAD A LOT OF POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AS OUR EX OFFICIOS.
AND THE FIRST ONE, UM, THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER WALLACE FOR CONNECTING US TO THE, THE UT UH, TSEP GROUP.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO ONE OF THE UT PROFESSORS WHO HAS SOME POLICY STUDENTS WHO ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT, UH, WHAT FENTANYL TESTING STRIPS AND THE, THE FACT THAT WE CAN'T HAVE THEM HERE IN TEXAS AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND HOW WE CAN NAVIGATE BEYOND.
UM, WE ARE STILL TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM.
SO THINK OF IT AS THE ACTION ITEM IS THIS OVERARCHING TOPIC, THE PURPOSE OF US DOING THIS.
ONE, WE KNOW IT'S A, A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY, UH, WORKING ON.
AND THERE'S KIND OF THIS PROBING QUESTION OF WHAT DO WE DO NEXT? OR WHAT IS OUR GOAL OF WORKING WITH THEM AND SOMEONE THAT COULD SUPPORT THIS, LEAD THIS CONVERSATION, OWN THIS, THIS ACTION ITEM OR TOPIC.
UH, AND THEN A COMMISSIONER THAT COULD SUPPORT THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, DON'T THINK OF IT AS A FULL WORKING GROUP.
THINK OF IT AS A, UM, A STRATEGY COLLABORATION, A STRATEGY PARTNERSHIP.
UM, THE SECOND ITEM WAS LOOKING AT OUR OPIOID RESPONSE AND HOUSING ACCESS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ACTIVELY JUST TALKED ABOUT TODAY.
AND THAT ALSO CAME FROM, UM, DR.
WALKS ALSO SHARING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT, UH, HER REPORT THAT CAME OUT TWO MONTHS AGO.
UM, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH HOUSING ACCESS SPECIFICALLY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CALLS, UM, OR BEEN DISPATCHED FROM EMS AND ED? AND THAT LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO ADDRESS THE MOST CRITICAL INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND TAKE THAT TO WHATEVER'S NEXT, WHATEVER, WHATEVER WE DO NEXT WITH THAT.
HOW DO WE ACTIVATE THAT IN A RECOMMENDATION IN A OUTSIDE WORKING GROUP CONVERSATION WITH OTHER CBOS WHO ARE DOING THIS? UM, THINKING ABOUT OUR FRIENDS THAT CAME AND GAVE US THE PHENOMENAL PRESENTATION THAT THEY DID, HOW DO WE ENGAGE THEM AND BUILD THAT CONVERSATION? AND THEN, UH, THE FINAL ACTION ITEM WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT DR. RICE MENTIONED, WHICH WAS, I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU, HOW YOU WANTED TO ROLL WITH THIS, BUT IT WAS PHENOMENAL THAT YOU SAID IT.
AND SO YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ECONOMIC STABILITY AND, UH, YOU WENT BACK AND LOOKED UP, UM, WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN ANOTHER CITY.
AND WITH OUR CURRENT BUDGET REMAINING AT 1% FOR AS LONG AS IT HAS, WHAT HAS THAT, WHAT HAS, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE HAD A BUDGET OF 3%, 4%? I THINK YOU, YOU REQUESTED 8% AT ONE POINT,
BUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE MOVED THAT NEEDLE AS A CITYWIDE EFFECT FOR A PUBLIC HEALTH CHANGE? UM, FROM A VERY SPECIFIC FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE.
AND SO I, I RULED THOSE THREE.
THIS IS NOT THE FINAL, IT'S NOT THE THE TOTALITY, BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD INDIVIDUALS MENTION AS COMMISSIONERS SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT.
THIS IS SOMETHING I'M INTERESTED IN.
THIS IS SOMETHING I WANNA DIG DEEPER INTO.
UH, AND SO I'D LOVE FOR US TO AGAIN, TAKE THESE SAME IDEAS, MAKE THEM EXTREMELY CONCISE, AND THEN TAG IN ANOTHER COMMISSIONER OR START IT ON YOUR OWN AT FIRST, RIGHT? IF BILL, IF YOU WANNA ROLL AND JUST CHECK GPT THE MESS OUT OF THIS AND FIGURE OUT
I THINK IT WAS A TULSA THAT FOUND YOU, YOU USED, RIGHT? BUT IT WAS GREAT INFORMATION THAT NONE OF US KNEW.
UM, AND SO HOW DO WE FIND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT INDIVIDUALLY THAT WE'VE BROUGHT TO THIS COMMISSION AND START PUTTING SOME STRATEGY BEHIND THEM TO SAY, ALRIGHT, LET'S STACK HOUSING, OPIOIDS AND OUR HOMELESSNESS CONCERN.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND IF YOU'RE GONNA RUN WITH IT ON YOUR OWN, YOU GIVE YOUR UPDATES
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TO, TO DANNY, UM, MONTHLY.AND THEN WE SHARE THEM OUT, HEY, I REALLY NEED TO TALK TO CENTRAL HEALTH.
UH, YOU KNOW, UH, PERLA CAN'T TALK, CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT? WHAT CAN WE DO TO TAG IN EACH OTHER, UM, ON THESE, THESE ACTION ITEMS AND THEN SHOW OUR PROGRESS, SHOW OUR GROWTH, UM, WHEN WE PUT OUT OUR REPORT.
SO I'LL, I'LL PAUSE RIGHT THERE.
UM, FOR FEEDBACK, INSIGHTS, GENERAL OVERVIEW.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF SOME KIND OF TRACKING THING.
I THINK SPEAKING, SPEAKING PERSONALLY, I THINK HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE AS A COMMISSION WOULD BE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF ACCOMPLISHING SOME THINGS.
I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUR FOOTING STILL AND WE'VE BEEN CATCHING OUR BALANCE MORE AND MORE, YOU KNOW, AS TIME GOES ON.
BUT OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS, I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE REALLY PROVIDED ANY VALUE, HONESTLY.
UM, SO I THINK HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE WITH SOME KIND OF METHOD LIKE THAT WOULD BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
NOT ONLY TO US, BUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
I WAS JUST GONNA ECHO THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, WORKING TO SORT OF FIND THE PASSION OF THE COMMISSION TO THEN PIVOT OFF THAT PASSION ON WHATEVER TOPICS AND AS BROADER, AS NARROW AS THAT TURNS INTO, UM, THAT'S SEEMS LIKE A REALLY INSIGHTFUL AND STRATEGIC IDEA FOR US.
'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN, IT'S SO HARD AS WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SO MANY TOPICS WHEN WE START TWO YEARS AGO.
THE, THE UNIVERSE IS OUT THERE TO LEARN ABOUT AND, AND TO THINK ABOUT ANYWAY.
BUT, UM, SO I'M, I'M JUST SUPPORTING THE IDEA THAT MATCHING PASSION THAT WE ALL HAVE ON DIFFERENT TOPICS TO MAYBE NOT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE NINE DIFFERENT TOPICS OR EIGHT DIFFERENT TOPICS, BUT MAYBE THAT CAN, YOU KNOW, CON CONCENTRATES A BIT.
THAT'S PROFOUNDLY, UM, A GOOD IDEA CHAIR.
AND PLEASE KNOW, IN MY OPINION, IT CAN BE EIGHT OR NINE TOPICS, RIGHT? BUT WE HAVE, UH, A PLAN, WE HAVE A, THIS IS, THIS IS HUGE, RIGHT? WE, WE DID OUR INITIAL RESEARCH AND LEDGE IS FIGHTING AGAINST US, FEDERAL'S FIGHTING AGAINST US.
WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT FIVE OR SIX MONTHS TO EVEN FIGURE OUT WHAT IN THE WORLD WE CAN DO WITH THIS.
BUT WE AT LEAST KNOW FOR OUR CORPORATE FRIENDS, IT'S IN THE PARKING LOT.
WE KNOW IT'S IN THE PARKING LOT.
AND WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT PARKING LOT AND SAY, HEY, HAS ANYTHING SHIFTED? HAS ANYTHING CHANGED? UM, AND IF IT'S STILL A NO, WE AT LEAST KNOW, OKAY, IT DIDN'T CHANGE THIS MONTH.
WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WE'VE DONE OUR UPDATES, WE'VE DONE OUR RESEARCH.
SO YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE A, BUT THE MAIN THING IS WHAT DO WE WANNA DO WITH IT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT VALUE AND WE CAN LOOK BACK AND BE LIKE, I WAS ON THAT TERM.
THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE FROM US.
UM, AND I, I DON'T WANT, I WANNA MAKE SURE I DON'T MISS ANYBODY THAT'S ONLINE AS WELL.
I'LL JUST SAY I LIKE IT AS A VISUAL PERSON.
UM, BECAUSE WE SAY A LOT OF THINGS HERE AND IT'S VERY EASY.
MY HANDWRITING'S NOT VERY GOOD.
IT'S VERY EASY FOR IT TO GET LOST.
SO I LIKE IT FROM A VISUAL PERSPECTIVE.
AND I LIKE THE ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE THE OTHER JOBS THAT WE DO AND THIS IS ON TOP OF IT.
AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL 'CAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE A PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, UM, AS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD, UM, MIDDLE GROUND FOR THAT.
SO I REALLY LIKE IT FOR THAT REASON.
AND JUST IN GENERAL, THINKING ABOUT THE THREE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM, UM, I DID THROW OUT SOME NAMES JUST BECAUSE OF WHO'S TALKED ABOUT THEM, UH, OR WHO WE KNOW ARE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON OUR COMMISSION.
SO OF COURSE WHEN I'M THINKING OF OPIOID, WHEN I'M THINKING OF HOMELESSNESS, I'M TAPPING IN COMMISSIONER DOLHA AND COMMISSIONER WITTY BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE EXPERTS IN THIS SPACE IN PLACE.
UM, THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, HOUSING AND OPIOID RESPONSE, UH, TAPPING IN COMMISSIONER LUHAN AND COMMISSIONER K*M FROM PUBLIC HEALTH, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TO HOUSING PASSION, UM, AND COMMISSIONER RICE, I HADN'T PUT ANYONE ON THE, THE, UH, THE ITEM WITH YOU.
BUT, UM, KNOWING THAT THIS IS JUST MY STRATEGY BEHIND
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IT, UM, YOU HAVE A BROAD VISION.AND SO BEING ABLE TO TAKE THIS VERY BROAD CONCEPT, AND I'VE EVEN ASKED WHAT DO, WHAT DO PEOPLE EXPECT THE POWERS THAT BE OF THIS COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO FULFILL WHAT IS THEIR, ALL RIGHT.
WE PUT THIS COMMISSION IN PLACE AND WE'RE PROUD OF IT.
UM, SO WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? I KNOW WE'VE HAD A, AN ITEM ON OUR TO BE TALKED ABOUT, UM, OF WHAT OTHER COMMISSIONS ARE DOING, HOW SUCCESSFUL HAVE THEY BEEN WITH PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONS? AND I KNOW THAT'S A QUESTION YOU'VE ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES.
SO JUST, THOSE ARE THE THREE THAT I CAME UP WITH, UM, IN THIS MOMENT FOR US TO LOOK AT AGAIN.
UM, AS MORE ITEMS COME IN OR TOPICS COME IN, UM, STRATEGIZING, NARROWING THESE DOWN, STACKING THEM TOGETHER, AND IT CAN BE, UH, YOU KNOW, ACTION ITEM ONE WITH ONE A AND ONE B.
IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE, UH, GRAND, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE GRANULAR OR IT CAN BE MACRO.
UM, BUT BEING ABLE TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, THIS IS, THIS IS MY THING.
I'M GONNA WORK ON THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO OR WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH AND WHAT OUR LIMITATIONS EVEN ARE.
CAN WE KEEP GOING ON THIS? OR IS IT NOT OUR, NOT OUR PROBLEM THAT WE CAN SOLVE? UM, AWESOME.
SO MY, MY ASK WOULD BE TO REVIEW, UH, THE ACTION ITEMS. IT WILL BE IN A TABLE FORMAT, UM, REVIEW THE ACTION ITEMS, REVIEW WHAT OUR PURPOSE, OUR PLAN, OUR GOAL MIGHT BE.
AND IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE LIKE, YES, UH, MAYBE WE COULD GIVE DANNY A NOTICE OF SOME SORT WITH AN A YES.
WE'RE GOOD TO GO BEFORE THE NEXT COMMISSION AND, AND THEN COME WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING.
YES, WE SAID YES AND WE CAN GO FOR IT.
OR I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT
WE WENT BACK THROUGH MINUTES AND EVERYTHING.
UM, AND, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD GO ONTO SOMETHING ELSE.
AND THEN FOR OUR NEW ITEMS, UM, BEING ABLE TO STACK THOSE AND COME BACK AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, LET'S MAKE THIS ITEM FOUR, LET'S MAKE THIS ITEM FIVE, UM, AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
UM, ANYTHING FROM OUR FOLKS ONLINE? YES, DANNY.
ANYTHING FROM OUR FOLKS ONLINE? OKAY, WONDERFUL.
UM, I'M GOOD TO MOVE TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS UNLESS ANYONE HAS FINAL YES.
SO WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS NEXT PROCESS.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR NEW PROCESS IN HOW WE ARE STRATEGIZING ACTION ITEMS? SO TO SAY THAT YES.
I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO PUT THAT INTO WORDS.
ANYONE TO SECOND SECONDED? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? ALL APPROVE, UH, EVERYONE THAT APPROVES.
UH, COMMISSIONER LUHAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOTE, COULD YOU PLEASE COME ON TO SCREEN? YES, I APPROVE.
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OKAY, SO LET'S GO ON TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I KNOW THAT WE WILL WAIT FOR THE EMAIL THAT CAME TO JUANITA FROM COMMISSIONER CROOKHAM REGARDING THE COLD WEATHER REPORT.WE ARE GOING TO, UH, ADD COMMISSIONER DOHAS, UM, FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE APPROVED.
ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? THIS IS MORE ADMIN, BUT UM, AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, SEVERAL OF US, UH, OUR TERMS END.
SO IF WE GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS WILL BE LIKE IF WE WANT TO REAPPLY OR IF WE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
WHO ARE THOSE INDIVIDUALS ON THE TERMS? I DON'T EVEN THINK WE GOT THE LIST.
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OKAY.AND THEN JUAN, COULD WE MAYBE ALSO GET AN UPDATE ON ANY APPLICANTS THAT MAY BE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TODAY, BUT WE
THERE WAS ONLY ONE PERSON IN THE POOL THAT HAD SOME SIMILAR, UM, BACKGROUND OR INTEREST AROUND PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, ANA SENT ME TWO NAMES FROM THE JUDGE JUDGE'S OFFICE AND I NEED TO GET THEIR BACKGROUND AND THEIR INFORMATION AND THAT WILL BE YOUR THREE POSSIBLE, UM, TO CONSIDER TO FILL YOUR VACANCY.
UM, SO WE COULD GET THAT TO YOU AS WELL AT THE NEXT MEETING.
ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW? ALL RIGHT, WONDERFUL.
WELL, I WILL GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 3:16 PM THANK YOU SO MUCH.