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CALL OUR REGULAR MEETING OF THE OS TRAVIS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION TO ORDER AT 2:38 PM UH, I KNOW WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY, SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND
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RUN INTO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES AS OUR FIRST ITEM.UM, I'M PUTTING MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING ON MAY 6TH.
DO I HAVE, UH, A SUPPORTER FOR THAT? I MOVE THE MOTION OR SECOND IT? FIRST IT CALL IT.
ANYONE TO SECOND PLEASE? I'LL SECOND.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CROOKHAM.
ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? AWESOME.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING ON MAY 6TH.
DANNY HAS CAPTURED THAT FOR US.
[2. Receive updates from commissioners on assigned action items.]
ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS TO, UH, RECEIVE UPDATES FROM COMMISSIONERS ON ASSIGNED ACTION ITEMS. UM, I WILL GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON MY ACTION ITEM, WHICH WAS SURROUNDING THE, UH, CONVERSATION FOR OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, UH, TECHNOLOGISTS AND THE POWERS THAT BE WHO ARE WANTING TO, UM, SHIFT THE NARRATIVE AROUND ACCESSING FUNDING AND WHAT FUNDING LOSS MEANS, UM, TO THOSE THAT ARE HAVING TO CUT PROGRAMMING OR POTENTIALLY SHUTTER THEIR DOORS.UH, THAT DATE HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN, UH, SCHEDULED FOR THAT EVENT, UM, AS I'LL, I'LL GET THAT TO DANNY TO PUT OUT PUBLICLY.
UM, THIS WILL BE AN INVITE EXPERIENCE, SO IT WILL NOT BE A, A PUBLIC MEETING.
WS WILL BE JOINING US TO SPEAK ON THAT PANEL.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN.
JUST AGAIN, AS LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE A WALKING QUORUM, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO FURTHER WITH THAT.
UH, AND THEN STILL WORKING ON THE DETAILS WITH THE HACKATHON, UM, BUT HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS WITH UT.
SO SUPER EXCITED TO SEE IF WE CAN MAYBE HAVE SOME STUDENTS INVOLVED WITH THAT EXPERIENCE, UM, TO HELP WITH THE TECHNOLOGY CONVERSATION AND POTENTIALLY WITH OTHER RESOURCES AND NEEDS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COMMISSION.
ANY OTHER UPDATES FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS? WELL, I HAD A QUESTION ACTUALLY.
WHEN DID YOU SAY THAT WAS TAKING OF PLACE? JULY
OTHER QUESTIONS? UPDATES? YES.
[3. Discuss agenda schedule for the remainder of FY 2026 regular meetings. ]
AND MOVE TO OUR SECOND DISCUSSION ITEM, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS THE AGENDA SCHEDULE FOR THE REMAINDER OF FISCAL YEAR 2020 SIX'S REGULAR MEETINGS.UH, DANNY, I THINK WE USUALLY TAKE DECEMBER OFF AND, AND USE JULY AS OUR RETREAT.
ARE WE STILL FOLLOWING THAT SAME SCHEDULE? SO THIS YEAR WE DECIDED TO TAKE JULY OFF.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT LAST YEAR WE MAY HAVE SKIPPED DECEMBER DUE TO, UM, UM, QUORUM ISSUES.
UM, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE REMAINING OF THE MONTH, MINUS JULY.
UH, SO THEN WE'LL HAVE THE SAME TIME, SAME PLACE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH HERE, TWO 30 TO FOUR 30 FOR OUR MEETINGS, UM, WITH JULY OFF.
UM, THIS OPPORTUNITY, UM, THIS DISCUSSION IS MORE FOR US TO LAY OUT THE ACTUAL CONTENTS HEARD.
SO, UM, I DID SEND OUT THE TOPIC LIST, UH, AND I HAVE UPDATED WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR MM-HMM
UM, SO THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY IF THERE'S ANY TOPICS OF INTEREST OR ANYTHING THAT WANTS TO BE BROUGHT UP AND DISCUSSED, UM, SO WE CAN SCHEDULE IT ALREADY.
ANY TOPICS THAT CAME OUT ON THE TOPICS LIST THAT WE HAVE NOT ADDED IN YET WOULD BE, THIS WOULD BE THE IDEAL TIME TO SHARE THOSE.
I KNOW THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER DOHAS AND I DID RECEIVE SOME, UM, OTHER CONVERSATIONS FROM THE JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE ABOUT SOME WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, SO WE CAN DIGEST THAT AND BRING THAT TO THE AUGUST MEETING.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS STILL SOME CONVERSATION AROUND CAT METRO PRESENTING OR CONNECTING WITH US.
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UM, I CAN JUST READ OUT WHAT WE HAVE.SO FAR, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, FOOD INSECURITY WAS A TOPIC THAT WE HEAVILY DISCUSSED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN NO TRACTION.
UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS COMMISSIONER LUHAN WHO'S NOT HERE RIGHT NOW TO SPEAK ON IT.
SO THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE AND SCHEDULE FOR, YOU KNOW, UPCOMING, UM, MONTHS.
ANOTHER ONE WAS, UM, PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UM, COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS, AS WELL AS TEXAS HARM REDUCTION, UM, ALLIANCE.
AND YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THOSE ON AUGUST, SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AS WELL.
UM, ANOTHER TOPIC THAT WAS BROUGHT UP FROM LAST MEETING WAS THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER'S DISCUSSION, UM, AND AS WELL AS INCORPORATION OF AI INTO PUBLIC HEALTH WORKING OUR RECOMMENDATION, I BELIEVE THAT IS COMMISSIONER RICE, WHO I BELIEVE DID HAVE HIS HAND UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BRING UP.
I DIDN'T INTEND TO HAVE MY HAND UP RIGHT NOW.
SORRY, IS THAT WHAT YOU ASKED? UH, THAT'S OKAY.
BUT THAT, THAT IS WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN SO FAR.
AND OF COURSE, UM, I ALSO HAVE NOTED THE SEXUAL HEALTH, UM, HEAT RELATED ILLNESS AS WELL AS CAPTAIN STITCH DISCUSSION, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE VOTING ON TODAY.
I, I THINK REGARDING THE FOOD INSECURITY, AND I'M NOT SURE IF, UH, ANYONE SAW MY, MY AI ASSISTANCE, UH, BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE COULD DO WITH, WITH SOME OF THIS COALITION CONVERSATION, BUT ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT IT GAVE WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE IN DALLAS REALLY SUCCESSFULLY REGARDING FOOD INSECURITY.
AND I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN SPEND SOME TIME AS A COMMISSION LOOKING AT WHAT THEY'VE DONE WELL, UM, AND USING OUR POTENTIAL JULY, UH, COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, EVENT OR THE HACKATHON, UM, TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN USE SOME OF THOSE, UM, LEARNED EXPERIENCES FROM OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND THE SAME THING WITH THE AI AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
I THINK THAT THAT IS, THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE COULD INTERSECT EASILY.
UM, AND THE REASON I I SAY THE FOOD INSECURITY IS BECAUSE THE WHOLE ENTIRE, UH, CREATION THAT I DID FOR THIS EVENT IS ALL AROUND FOOD INSECURITY.
UM, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS TRIED TO ADDRESS, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE BATTLING CONSISTENTLY, UM, AS A COMMUNITY.
AND SO WHAT DOES THAT POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE? UH, I THINK THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE TURNED INTO AN ORDINANCE, UM, TERM.
UM, THAT'S WHERE MY BRAIN GOES AS FAR AS COMBINING THESE TOPICS, BUT ALSO PUTTING SOME ACTIVATION BEHIND THEM SO THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST THEORIES.
YOU KNOW, AN ADDITIONAL ITEM I WAS THINKING ABOUT BRINGING UP AS A FUTURE TOPIC WAS CHILDREN'S HEALTH.
AND IN SOME WAYS THAT OBVIOUSLY OVERLAPS A BIT WITH FOOD INSECURITY.
AND SO I WAS JUST THINKING THAT'S A, A A MAYBE, BUT APOLOGIES FOR INTERRUPTING YOU, BUT I WAS THINKING THAT A CHILDREN'S HEALTH MIGHT BE A TOPIC AND, AND FOOD INSECURITY IS CERTAINLY PART OF THAT.
I'M CURIOUS, COULD YOU SAY MORE INTO SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU MEAN WITH CHILDREN'S HEALTH? YEAH.
UM, BASED ON SOME STUFF THAT'S, UM, EVOLVING THE COMMUNITY, UM, FROM THE MAYOR, IT'S NOT REALLY PART OF THE CITY PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM IS NOT PART OF CITY GOVERNMENT, BUT HE'S EVOLVING SORT OF, UM, THE IDEA OF AUSTIN BEING A GREAT PLACE, THE BEST PLACE FOR RAISING CHILDREN AS A, AS A SORT OF LIKE A 10 YEAR SORT OF STRATEGY.
I'M NOT SURE IF OTHERS ARE FAMILIAR.
AND, AND CERTAINLY PART OF THAT IS THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH.
AND I, I JUST HAD A PRESENTATION YESTERDAY FROM, UM, A TEAM THAT'S TRYING TO THINK ABOUT, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND, UM, CHILDREN'S NEEDS FROM A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OR, OR, OR, UM, UM, THOSE KINDS OF TOPICS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
AND, UM, AND SO THAT GOT ME THINKING THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE'D WANT TO HEAR OUT FROM.
I, I HEARD SOME STATISTICS THAT SEEMED UNBELIEVABLE ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF, UM, YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD BENEFIT FROM DIFFERENT KINDS OF SERVICES CONNECTED TO SCHOOLS.
AND THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A MILLION THINGS GOING ON IN THAT REALM ALREADY, BUT, UM, THE IDEA WAS THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT FLOWS INTO THAT, UM, UH, VISION THAT THE, THE MAYOR HAS.
AND SO I JUST WAS THINKING CHILDREN'S HEALTH, GENERICALLY KIND, IT RELATES TO, UM, CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS AND, UM, AND SERVICES THAT COULD BE HELPFUL IN THAT REALM.
AND IT WOULD BE MORE INFORMATIONAL,
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I SUPPOSE, FOR US, AS MUCH AS ANYTHING.'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS RUN THEMSELVES AND, UM, SO I JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE.
I I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP, DR. RICE.
UM, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATION, UM, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH UNITED WAY AND OTHERS ABOUT CHILDREN'S HEALTH ISSUES, AND, UM, OUR EPIDEMIOLOGY, UM, GROUP IS CURRENTLY, UM, WORKING TO FINALIZE A DASHBOARD OF INFORMATION ON, UM, CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOR OUR JURISDICTION.
SO I THINK THAT DOVETAILS NICELY INTO WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP AND WOULD BE HELPFUL ONCE WE GET IT COMPLETED TO PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION SO THAT YOU CAN, UM, HAVE SOME, UM, DATA TO INFORM THE DISCUSSION.
WALKS, DO YOU KNOW A TIMELINE FOR THAT? WOULD THAT BE OKAY? FALL? UM, MAYBE JUST TO BE SIX MONTHS TO MAKE, GIVE US SOME TIME.
BUT I, I DON'T WANNA COMMIT TO A TIME FOR SURE.
SO, YEAH, BUT I'VE SEEN THE PRELIMINARIES.
UM, AND MY, I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN AGENDA TOPICAL ALREADY, BUT, UM, I DON'T SEND THE LIST, BUT IT'S RELATED TO THE, UH, REFUGEE COMMUNITY, JUST HAVING THAT AS, UM, AS A PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE COMMUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS INCREASING NEEDS AND JUST, UH, A PLACE THAT THIS COMMISSION MAY BE ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT, UM, FOLKS, UH, UH, IN THE CITY AND COUNTY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, WITH THAT BACKGROUND.
AND ARE YOU THINKING OF THIS FROM, OR WOULD YOU MIND GOING INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, OF WHERE WE COULD FOCUS IN SUPPORTING WITH REFUGEE HEALTH, FOR INSTANCE? I KNOW WE HAVE CLINICS THAT ALREADY STOOD UP, BUT BEYOND THE BRICK AND MORTARS EXPERIENCE OR FUNDING, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY GUIDANCE THAT YOU WOULD WANNA BRING? YEAH, TWO AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, ONE IS, THERE'S A PROGRAM TO HELP TRAIN COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS.
UM, AND SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IMPACTFUL IN TERMS OF, UH, CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACCESS TO TRAININGS THAT THEY CAN THEN GO AND BE AN ADVOCATE FOR MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND HELP, UH, YOU KNOW, A, A LARGER, UM, POPULATION, GET ACCESS TO THE CARE THAT THEY NEED AND, UH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY INTERVENE EARLIER TO PREVENT, YOU KNOW, EXACERBATION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH RELATED ISSUES OR HEALTH OR HEALTH RELATED ISSUES.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS RELATED TO, UM, THE FOOD PLAN.
UM, AND JUST KIND OF COORDINATING THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, THERE'S ALREADY THE CSA PROGRAM THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY BE A GOOD INITIATIVE FOR US TO SUPPORT, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, OTHER, OTHER INITIATIVES, UH, AGAIN, AROUND THE CONCEPT OF FOOD INSECURITY.
BUT WITH THAT PARTICULAR LENS, MEGAN, PLEASE.
UM, CENTRAL HEALTH IS DOING SOME REALLY EXCITING THINGS IN THE FOOD INSECURITY SPACE, BOTH IN TERMS OF PROGRAMMING FOR OUR PATIENTS MORE BROADLY FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN ALSO IN THE CLINICAL POLICY SPACE.
UM, SO IF WE'RE, IF YOU'RE ACCEPTING PRESENTATION IDEAS, I'D LOVE TO GET ON THE AGENDA.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU ON THE AGENDA.
MEGAN, UM, DO YOU HAVE A MONTH IN MIND? I CAN DO ANY MONTH.
Y'ALL HAVE A GAP? HOW'S AUGUST SO FAR? OKAY.
OKAY, SO AUGUST, SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THE OTHER TWO TOPICS? OH, PLEASE TELL ME.
ALL RIGHT, PLEASE, ANNA PARKER.
ALI, YOUR ADVOCACY FOR REFUGEES IS WONDERFUL.
I'M A REFUGEE, AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO REALLY DELVE INTO WHAT IS THE REFUGEE EXPERIENCE, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A REFUGEE, RIGHT? WHAT, WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS OF COMING TO A COMMUNITY THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FOREIGN TO YOURS? AND, UM, WHAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A WAY OF ACTIVATING OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT REFUGEES IN A WAY THAT'S, UH, MAYBE NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW? NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN EYEOPENING FOR ME JUST IN THE LITTLE I'VE DONE.
AND IN TERMS OF, UM, THE CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, THAT THESE FOLKS FACE, AND, UM, EVEN
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JUST HOW A LITTLE BIT GOCO IS SUCH A LONG WAY.I'M ALSO THINKING, UH, THE VERY FIRST RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CREATED WITH THIS COMMISSION WAS FOCUSED ON CHWS.
BUT I'M, I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD REVISIT THAT RECOMMENDATION, MAYBE TAILOR THE LANGUAGE INTENTIONALLY TO THE WORK THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO WITH CHWS AND REFUGEES? UM, I, I, I THINK THAT WE HAD SOME UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE NEEDED THAT SUPPORT AND WHAT LANGUAGE NEEDED TO BE CREATED, UH, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT CHWS AS A WHOLE.
BUT MAYBE WE COULD, WE COULD DUST IT OFF AND SEE IF WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO A MORE FOCUSED POPULATION FIRST, UM, TO THEN EXPAND IT.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE AREN'T NECESSARILY AN IMPLEMENTATION COM COMMISSION, BUT THINKING OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, ANNA, A IT MAKES ME THINK OF A PHOTO VOICE PROJECT.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL ACROSS THE GLOBE.
UM, AND IF THERE'S WAYS THAT MAYBE WE COULD ACTUALLY GET REFUGEES INVOLVED WITH TELLING US, UM, WHAT IT IS THAT'S NEEDED, UH, THROUGH ART, UM, I KNOW PARD HAS DONE IT VERY WELL FOR THEIR POOL SYSTEM, UM, AND, AND DEVELOPING FUNDING FOR THAT.
SO I AM HAPPY TO EXPLORE THAT WITH SOMEONE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO SEE HOW TO IMPLEMENT WITH A PARTNER IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET TRUE, UM, UNBIASED DATA TO TELL US A REALLY, REALLY GOOD STORY.
UM, I WORK WITH DANNY TO SEE HOW WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT TELLING PEOPLE WHAT TO DO,
UM, ANY OTHER TOPICS? UM, I KNOW THAT THRA IS GONNA BE COMING BACK TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH US.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, UM, THERE WILL BE, UH, ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION THAT WE COULD SUPPORT FOR THEM THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT TO US.
UM, SO THAT MAY ALSO CONNECT BACK TO THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH, DR. RICE.
SO I WILL FORWARD THAT TO YOU FOR YOUR EYEBALLS AS WELL.
UM, ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE YEAH, PLEASE.
JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING AND RELATED TO WHAT Y'ALL WERE JUST SPEAKING ABOUT, UH, STORYTELLING.
I THINK PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS, UM, A LOT OF HELP IN THE STORYTELLING FIELD.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF STORIES TO TELL, UM, BUT OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE DATA, THE NUMBERS, UM, THE WIDGETS.
BUT AS YOU JUST POINTED OUT, I THINK STORYTELLING IS VERY IMPACTFUL.
AND I THINK IF WE'RE ABLE TO TELL THE STORY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE, THAT PUBLIC HEALTH TOUCHES AND HOW THEY IMPROVE THE LIVES, UM, THAT WOULD, I THINK, JUST GO A LONG WAY IN TERMS OF PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT THEN ALLOWING PEOPLE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.
I'M JUST THINKING RIGHT NOW, LIKE THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE BUDGET PROCESS AND THE CUTS TO SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS, AND THERE WAS AN ARTICLE THE OTHER DAY THAT A LOT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE WANTING US TO NOT TOUCH THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEW BUDGET.
THEY DON'T WANT US TO BE CUT IN THERE.
UM, SO IT'S GREAT THAT THERE IS THAT AWARENESS, BUT NOT FULLY AWARENESS.
SO I THINK WE CAN DO AS A PERMISSION A LOT TO HELP PROMOTE THAT, THAT THE STORYTELLING AND THE BENEFITS OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
AS SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY, DO YOU HAVE NO GUIDANCE IN THE BEST WAY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT TOUCHING THE PROGRAMMING SIDE? SOMETHING THAT COMES TO MIND IS THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS A LEADERSHIP AND ED LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH, NO LEADS, LEAPS LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SERVICE, EXCUSE ME.
UM, VERY SEPARATE FROM PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT IT'S A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT'S ABOUT A YEAR LONG.
AND EACH YEAR THEY SPLIT UP INTO DIFFERENT GROUPS AND THEY HAVE TO DO A PROJECT WITH NONPROFITS OR, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY GROUPS.
PERHAPS WE COULD PARTNER WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, AND GET THEM AS THEIR CAPSTONE PROJECT TO HELP TELL THE STORIES OF, OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
THAT'S ONE THING THAT COMES TO MIND THAT WOULD BE KIND OF A WORKAROUND WITHOUT DIRECTING PROGRAMS OR EVEN A PH TO DO ANYTHING, TO DO ANYTHING SPECIFIC, OTHERWISE, INTERNS, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL PROJECTS, UH, CONTESTS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
DO YOU, I I, THIS IS, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF LEAPS, BUT I'M WONDERING, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD BRING THEM IN TO CONNECT WITH THEM, OR IS IT LIKE A ALEA A PROGRAM LEAD? YEAH, THERE'S A, A BOARD CHAIR AND YOU KNOW, CO-CHAIR AND ALL THEM.
I COULD CERTAINLY FIND OUT THEIR CONTACT INFO AND GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH THEM.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
JUST SO THAT WE CAN KNOW WHAT THEY DO AND THEY CAN KNOW WHAT WE DO, BUT ALSO
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SO THAT MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ALSO KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE GOING ON AS WELL.UM, FOR OUR LENGTHY FOLLOWERS OF THE COMMISSION, UM,
I'M HESITANT TO SAY THIS BECAUSE IT INFERS, THEN I'LL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, SO, MM-HMM
I WAS THINKING THOUGH, AS YOU WERE TALKING, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STORYTELLERS IN THE ARTS SCHOOLS OF TELEVISION AND WHATNOT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MIGHT HAVE CAPSTONES THAT THEY WANNA DO FOR MASTERS AND CERTAINLY DOCTORATES, AND THERE MAY BE A BODY OF STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SOMETHING THAT WOULD, UM, TELL THESE KINDS OF STORIES AS YOU WONDERFULLY, YOU KNOW, UM, MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER KIRK.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, A A UT ANGLE MIGHT BE ONE WAY TO GO TO FIND SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE, IN THE BUSINESS OF TELLING OR TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO TELL STORIES AND PROJECTS TO WORK ON THIS WAY.
EDWARDS, EVERYBODY THAT'S AROUND HERE FOR SURE.
UM, ONE OTHER TOPIC THAT MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT IS, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE CITY'S LOOKING AT A NEW APPROXIMATELY 2,600 ACRE DEVELOPMENT CALLED DOGS HEAD OUT IN FAR EAST AUSTIN.
IT WOULD BE A HUGE NEW ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
THAT IS WHERE WE KNOW TO BE THE, THE, OH, CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME NOW.
THE ARCH ON THE EASTERN CRESCENT.
THE EASTERN CRESCENT, WHICH WE ALREADY KNOW IS VERY UNDERSERVED.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION OUT THERE, NOT A LOT OF GROCERY STORES.
AND THEN WE'RE ABOUT TO ADD 2,600 ACRES WITH THOUSANDS MORE PEOPLE.
I THINK WE AS A COMMISSION SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON IT, ENSURE THAT PLANNING AROUND, UH, TRANSPORTATION IS BEING CONSIDERED, THAT CLINICS ARE BEING CONSIDERED, UH, UH, UH, GROCERY STORES AND ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE ALREADY KNOW ISN'T THERE? ARE WE GONNA ADD 'EM WHEN WE ADD ALL THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
SO I THINK JUST FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, WE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THIS AS COUNCIL JUST NOW BEGINS TO LOOK AT IT, CONSIDER IT, AND, AND ET CETERA.
WELL, YOU JUST DESCRIBING IS SOUNDS TO ME LIKE HEALTH IN ALL POLICIES, SO THAT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, THEY CONSIDER SIDEWALKS, THEY CONSIDER, UH, PARKS, THEY CONSIDER TRANSPORTATION SO THAT FOLKS THAT LIVE THERE AREN'T ISOLATED AND STAY THERE.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST RANDOMLY THINKING OF MUELLER AND HOW THAT WAS A BIG SPECIAL PROJECT THAT THE CITY DID, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO SEE HOW IT WOULD WORK OUT.
AND IT IS WORKING OUT, PERHAPS THERE'S SOME WAY TO MAKE THIS A PUBLIC HEALTH LED OR CENTRIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT WAY PUBLIC HEALTH CAN DEMONSTRATE WHAT IT MEANS TO FULLY SERVE WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE A FULLY SUPPORTED COMMUNITY WHERE RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE MM-HMM
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT COULD BE A SPECIAL PROJECT AND WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT AND, YOU KNOW, SHOW THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR ALL DEVELOPMENTS.
DO YOU KNOW IF THIS IS WHO'S LEADING THIS DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY? IS IT LIKE A JOINT? HAVE WE GOTTEN THAT FAR YET WITH INFORMATION? THERE WAS A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION LAST TUESDAY.
UM, AND THEY DEFINITELY PROVIDED MORE INFORMATION THERE THAT I, FROM WHAT LITTLE, I UNDERSTAND, THERE'S A DEVELOPER WHO ALREADY OWNS THE PROPERTY AND NOW THEY'RE THE CITY'S LOOKING AT ANNEXING THAT PROPERTY INTO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND THEN THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTS AND EVERYTHING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT SAVE OUR SPRINGS IS ALREADY IS CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND ALL THAT.
SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF, A LOT OF STEPS TO GO THROUGH, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A MULTI
ESPECIALLY THINKING ABOUT, I I'M VERY CURIOUS IF THERE WERE ANY ORDINANCES OR POLICY OR INCENTIVES DONE FOR MUELLER'S DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA INTENTIONALLY CREATE THIS SPACE FOR PEOPLE.
WE'VE ALREADY THOUGHT ABOUT THE WATER, WHICH LIVE THE EASTERN CRESCENT WATER IS ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS.
UM, WATER QUALITY IS, IS THAT PART, SO, YOU KNOW, THINKING OF ALSO THOSE THINGS AND SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION AND UH, MAYBE EVEN A, A HOSPITAL OUT THERE.
UM, YEAH, I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL IDEA.
DOG HEAD IS SUCH AN INTERESTING, INTERESTING TERM TO USE, BUT BLESS 'EM.
ALRIGHT, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
COMMISSIONER CROOKHAM, I THINK THAT'S, MAN, SOMETHING THAT COULD TAKE THE BACK HALF OF THIS YEAR JUST TO LEARN ABOUT AND, AND
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DELVE INTO.YEAH, I MEAN, AND MAYBE IF THE CITY MOVES FORWARD, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CITY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, OFFICIALLY SIGNED AND ALL THAT.
BUT PERHAPS IF AND WHEN IT IS, DEVELOPER COULD COME PRESENT TO US OR WHOMEVER, YOU KNOW, AND, AND TELL US WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE AND WE CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
I THINK ESPECIALLY WITH THAT ONE, UH, WITH THE STORYTELLING, I THINK WE'LL NEED TO DO SOME INDIVIDUAL WORK, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT WE WANNA PRESENT AND WHAT WE CAN, UM, HONE IN ON AS PUBLIC HEALTH VERSUS HUMAN HEALTH, HUMAN RESOURCES, HUMAN SERVICES, THOSE, UH, THAT SIDE OF THE WORK AND STAYING FOCUSED ON THE THINGS THAT WE CAN TAP INTO.
UM, THAT GIVES US AN ADDITIONAL FOUR TOPICS, UH, BEYOND THE FOODS INSECURITY, AI, UM, AND THEN THE THRA AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS.
I THINK THAT IS QUITE, I HEFTY, UM, FOR THE BACK HALF OF THIS YEAR.
ANY, ANY IMMEDIATE THOUGHTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM THE TOPICS TO ADD IN? PLEASE? UM, IT CAN, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE A SEPARATE THING IN ITSELF, BUT I THINK WITH ALL THE CONVERSATIONS, A HOUSING FIRST APPROACH PLAYS INTO EACH PART.
SO JUST LOOKING AT ALL THE TOPICS LIKE HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING INSECURITY WAS NOT A PART OF THAT, AND IT CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH TO DIRECTLY IMPACT THAT, BUT LIKE WITH THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE RISK OF BUDGET CUTS TO SOCIAL PROGRAMS, JUST KEEPING IN MIND WITH EVERY PROGRAM THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, THE HOUSING FIRST APPROACH TO PLAY A PART IN THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT WE AREN'T TECHNICALLY ABLE TO DO ANYTHING SPECIFIC WITH HOUSING, BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND.
SO I'M WONDERING, IS IT THAT WE, WE FOCUS ON LANGUAGE AND, AND THE HUMANS.
I, I'M, I'M, I SAY THAT BECAUSE I KNOW, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, FOOD INSECURITIES AND HOUSING HAVE BEEN A THING AND TRANSPORTATION HAVE BEEN THREE THINGS THAT WE AS A COMMISSION HAVE TALKED ABOUT SINCE DAY ONE.
AND WE'VE LEARNED TRANSPORTATION IS IS COUNTY FOCUSED AND THEN IT, THEN IT HAS TO BE A BUDGET THING.
AND THEN THAT HAS TO BE, IT'S NOT OUR COUNTY FOCUS, IT'S CAP METRO, RIGHT? SO WE'VE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOUSING, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT FOOD INSECURITIES, BUT I'M, I'M, I'M STILL, I UNCLEAR OF HOW WE COULD MAYBE INTERJECT THAT LANGUAGE INTO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO I JUST, I'M LOOKING TO THE COMMISSIONERS FOR MAYBE INSIGHT.
UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT HOW DO WE PUT THAT HOUSING FIRST LANGUAGE? IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE SAY, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS SPECIFICALLY IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND WE SAY YOUTH THAT ARE UNHOUSED ARE THE PRIMARY FOCUS THAT WE'RE GONNA HONE IN ON, THAT'S WHERE MY, MY BRAIN IS OF HOW CAN WE TAILOR THAT, THAT COMMUNICATION, HOW CAN WE TAILOR THAT LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STILL PUTTING THAT HOUSING FIRST CENTRIC CONVERSATION AT THE FOREFRONT OF THINGS, BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT WE CANNOT STAND UP AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE TO.
UM, ANY IMMEDIATE REACTIONS TO THAT RAMBLE FROM ANYONE? OKAY.
UH, SOMETHING TO KEEP IN, I GUESS EVERYONE'S MIND OF HOW WE CAN, WE CAN INTEGRATE THAT INTO OUR WORK, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
UM, MOVING ON TO OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. AS ALWAYS, IF THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE BROUGHT UP AS A FUTURE AGENDA, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING THOSE UP DURING EACH MEETING, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OUT OUR SCHEDULE AND, AND WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT EACH MONTH.
UH, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT, AGAIN, JUST TO REMEMBER, YOU DO NEED A SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER TO APPROVE THAT I, THAT ITEM, UM, FOR THE AGENDA AS WELL.
[4. Discuss and approve “Bridging Public Health Funding” recommendation created by Commissioner Chris Crookham.]
ON TO DISCUSSION ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE BRIDGING PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING RECOMMENDATION CREATED BY COMMISSIONER CHRIS K*M.[00:30:01]
TO BE AT THIS STAGE.UH, LAST MEETING THERE WAS ONE RECOMMENDATION FOR A, AN EDIT.
AND SO I DID ADD THAT THAT IS IN THE VERY FINAL WHERE AS OF THE RELU OR THE RECOMMENDATION, AND I'LL READ IT IN ITS ENTIRETY, WHEREAS A 2025, OUR FUTURE 35 POTENTIAL IMPACTS REPORT ESTIMATES ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE BETWEEN 12.4 AND $39.7 MILLION FROM DEVELOPING SOFT SITES ON THE CAP AND STITCH ELEMENTS, AND FROM VALUE PREMIUMS ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES WITHIN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OF THE CAP AND STITCH ELEMENTS.
THAT LAST PIECE WITHIN WHAT QUARTER OF A MILE WAS WHAT WAS REQUESTED LAST TIME TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, UM, WHICH I APPRECIATE, AND THAT IS THE QUARTER OF A MILE COMES FROM THAT EXACT SAME PORT THAT I REPORT THAT I REFERENCED.
SO THOSE WERE THE NUMBERS AND THE, THE QUARTER OF A MILE LINEUP.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, REITERATE, REITERATE, UM, I'M JUST KIND OF PONTIFICATE FOR A SECOND, I GUESS, PLEASE.
UM, THE IDEA OF THE IDEA BEHIND THIS RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CAPTAIN STITCH, UH, REVENUES GOING TO PORT TOWARDS PUBLIC HEALTH IS TO BE A SUSTAINABLE REVENUE SOURCE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, GIVEN ALL THE FUNDING ISSUES WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH IN GENERAL, UM, AND JUST THE UNCERTAINTY AND WHAT FUNDING WILL BE LIKE.
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THOSE OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVE TO HAVE A SUSTAINABLE FUNDING SOURCE.
THROUGH THE RESEARCH AND EVERYTHING, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THE REVENUE THAT'S REJECTED THE COMFORT CAP STITCH WOULD NOT BE ANYWHERE NEAR, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE BUDGET THAT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH WOULD NEED, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY REVENUE THAT COULD, UM, ADD TO, YOU KNOW, OR ENHANCE THEIR BUDGET.
UM, ADDITIONALLY I DID THEN, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE VARIOUS MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T TIED THIS TO ANY PARTICULAR, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE.
ANY PROJECT THIS WOULD BE, THIS WOULD BE A PUBLIC HEALTH FUND THAT GOES TO AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH FOR AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH TO DETERMINE BASED ON AND IT'S SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE AND PROFESSIONALS, UH, THE BEST USE OF THOSE FUNDS.
UM, THE, A BIG THING I THINK ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION IS IT'S, IT'S ATTEMPTING TO UTILIZE A SYSTEMIC PHYSICAL BARRIER OF I 35, UH, TAKING REVENUE FROM THAT CAPTAIN STITCH TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT I 35 HAD CREATED IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THE 1928 PLAN AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING SURROUNDING THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, YES, THIS BIG OAKLEY MONSTROSITY CREATED A LOT, LOT OF THE ISSUES HERE WE ARE A HUNDRED YEARS LATER, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THAT TO THE PUBLIC'S ADVANTAGE, TO OUR ADVANTAGE.
AND SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S KIND OF POETIC IN A WAY, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO USE, UH, ANY POTENTIAL REVENUES FROM THIS, UH, EDIFICE TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE THAT IT, IT HARMED.
ANYTHING ELSE? I WANTED TO SAY, UH, AGAIN, BECAUSE THE PROPERTY TAXES WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GENERATE ENOUGH REVENUE FOR A FULL A PH BUDGET, UM, I DID GO AND PUT A RESERVE AND DEDICATE 35% OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, UH, 35 BEING SYMBOLIC OF I 35, OBVIOUSLY.
SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, I THINK WE'RE READY TO VOTE UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY OTHER FEEDBACK.
UH, SO MOVING A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BRIDGING PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING RECOMMENDATION CREATED BY COMMISSIONER CHRIS CROOKHAM.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OR, UH, DO I HAVE SOMEONE TO MOVE THAT MOTION FORWARD? I MOVE THE MOTION.
ANYONE TO SECOND THAT MOTION? I SECOND, UH, DR. RICE OR DR.
ALI WOULD BE IN LET, JUST SINCE THIS IS COMMISSIONER CROOK'S RECOMMENDATION, IF YOU ALL ONE OF YOU ALL COULD SECOND THE MOTION.
I WAS LIKE, ARE THEY FROZEN? ARE POSSIBLE.
ARE THEY STILL THERE? THANK YOU.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? WONDERFUL.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE BRIDGING PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT WAS A, AN ANONYMOUS OR, UH, A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
I'M GONNA GET MY WORDS TOGETHER, UH, FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CROOKHAM FOR CREATING THAT.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT WORK IN.
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR INPUT AND FEEDBACK.
[5. Discuss and approve draft recommendation “Sexual Health Funding” created by Commissioner Jacob Whitty. ]
TO DISCUSSION ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS TO[00:35:01]
DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATION FOR SEXUAL HEALTH FUNDING COMMITTEE CREATED BY COMMISSIONER JACOB WHITTY.SO WITH MY RECOMMENDATION, I'VE NOT MADE CHANGES SINCE LAST MONTH'S MEETING.
SO IT'S THE SAME RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS GIVEN LAST TIME.
AND JUST IN SUMMARY, THE SEXUAL HEALTH FUNDING RECOMMENDATION WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE RISK OF LOSS OF GRANT FUNDING AT A FEDERAL LEVEL THAT IMPACTS LOCAL COMMUNITY HEALTH HERE IN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY.
AND THE SEXUAL HEALTH FUNDING LANDSCAPE IS LARGE AND DIVERSE, AND THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS MEANT TO ADDRESS THE CORE DUTIES THAT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE TRAVIS COUNTY DOES THAT OTHER CLINICAL SITES AND MEDICAL FACILITIES DO NOT ALSO DO.
SO IT WAS DIRECTED AT TARGETING DISEASE INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH FOLLOW UP AND SURVEILLANCE.
SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO ENSURE THAT DISEASE INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS PUBLIC HEALTH FOLLOW UP AND SURVEILLANCE WERE ALWAYS INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND TRAVIS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES REGARDED REGARDLESS OF FUNDING SOURCES AND THEN TO ALSO DIRECT PROGRAMS OF FOLLOW HEALTH TRENDS AS SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE-BASED DATA TO ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES.
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT, UM, CURRENTLY TRAVIS COUNTY SUPPORTS THE, THIS PROGRAM THROUGH AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
SO WE REIMBURSE BASED ON THE POPULATION PERCENTAGE OF THE COUNTY.
AND SO I'M NOT SURE WHETHER I LIKE CALLING IT OUT, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, SOMEWHERE WE NOTE THAT IT'S, IT'S DOING THAT VIA AN, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED IN THAT LANGUAGE OR IS IT CAPTURED IN THE RECOMMENDATION? ANNA, ANNA MENTIONED THE, THE EXCHANGE OF SUPPORT WITH THROUGH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY.
AND BASED ON THAT, DO WE NEED TO NOTATE THAT WITHIN THE RECOMMENDATION LANGUAGE IS MY QUESTION OR ARE WE RIGHT? WELL, I THINK, I THINK THIS IS MORE ON THE MERITS AND AND RECOGNITION OF THE WORK IS BEING DONE BY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, RIGHT? MM.
AND THEN THE COUNTY IS REIMBURSING A CERTAIN, UH, PERCENTAGE OF THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROGRAM.
SO I DON'T WANT US TO TAKE CREDIT FOR SOMETHING WE'RE NOT DOING, BUT WE ARE SUPPORTING, UH, AWESOME PUBLIC HEALTH IN DOING.
SO IT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT NUANCED AND, AND, UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, MAYBE HERE'S, THIS IS MY SUGGESTION.
SO WE RUN WITH THE DRAFT LANGUAGE AS IT IS AND WHEN IT IS PRESENTED TO THE NEXT LEVEL, IF WE DO, WE, WOULD WE, IS THAT WHERE WE COULD HAVE THAT LANGUAGE DETERMINED OR LIKE, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING.
LIKE WILL THE, WILL THE NUANCE OF THAT LANGUAGE BE A DETERRENT OF IT BEING RECEIVED BY COUNSEL? WELL, TO ERR ON A SIDE OF CAUTION, I WOULD HAVE LEADERSHIP LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE, HOW IT IS WRITTEN IN YOUR PROPOSAL, AND WHERE THERE COULD BE POTENTIAL CONFLICT WITHIN THE ILA TO ENSURE THAT THE WORK DOES NOT OVERLAP AND THAT IT CAN BE TRULY SUPPORTED OR BY THE COMMISSION AS PROPOSED.
SO THEN MAYBE OUR NEXT STEP IS THEN TO SHARE THIS TO, UH, DIRECTOR STIRRUP ANA AND HAVE THAT REVIEWED? YEAH.
THERE'S FUNDING BECAUSE THERE'S FUNDING ATTACHED TO THAT I, AND OKAY.
THE WORK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, MAY NOT HAVE DIRECT FUNDING, BUT IT'S TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT BE SEEN BY LEADERSHIP.
WE WILL, UM, WE HAVE TIME TO GET THAT DONE SO THAT WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE AUGUST AGENDA FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
UM, SO JUST SO I'M CLEAR, THIS RECOMMENDATION WOULD GO TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND TO AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL? UM, TWO VERSIONS AGO.
AT FIRST IT WAS JUST AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, AND THEN I GOT FEEDBACK TO INCLUDE TRAVIS COUNTY.
SO THEN I ADDED THE TRAVIS COUNTY LINE.
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LIKE REDUNDANT OR NOT NEEDED, THAT COULD BE REMOVED DUE TO THE AGREEMENT THAT'S IN PLACE.I MEAN, I, THE WAY THAT I READ IT, I DON'T THINK IT, IT STEALS THE DEPARTMENT'S THUNDER.
IT, IT, IT KIND OF REITERATES THE SUPPORT THAT THE COUNTY ALREADY HAS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH THE ILA.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST ME LOOKING AT IT FROM MY PHONE.
I I, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS TROUBLESOME AS IS, BUT WE, I'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT IT FOR YOU.
UM, WE CAN, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE THAT TIME TO GET THIS FINALIZED, HAVE SOME OTHER EYEBALLS ON IT BY, UH, AUGUST, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE THAT FORWARD, UM, AS WELL.
[6. Discuss and approve draft recommendation “Heat-Related Illness Prevention for Outdoor Workers” created by Vice Chair Cara Dahlhausen. ]
ON TO OUR FINAL DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM, UH, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATION FOR THE HEAT RELATED ILLNESS PREVENTION FOR OUTDOOR WORKERS.UH, CREATED BY, BY VICE CHAIR, UH, KARA DOSEN, ALTHOUGH SHE IS NOT HERE TODAY.
UH, AND I DID CHECK MY EMAILS TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY FURTHER INPUT FOR, UH, EDITS.
I WILL ASK HERE, ARE WE READY TO YES, PLEASE.
I DO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I INTERRUPTED YOU.
UH, I, I, SO TRAVIS COUNTY HAS SEVERAL, UH, STAFF DOING OUTDOOR WORK, AND I HAVE ASKED THE, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVES OVER TRANSPORTATION NATURAL RESOURCES, WHICH AS THE PARKS AND PEOPLE IN ROAD, UH, IN BRIDGE WORK, AS WELL AS, UM, THE ETSY FROM HAM BUDGET OFFICE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, TO TAKE A LOOK AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
UH, BUT I THINK THAT I CAN SET A DEADLINE FOR THEM FOR MID-JULY AND HAVE IT READY FOR US.
AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S GONNA BE LATE, BUT YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT AUG THAT HEAT CONTINUES THROUGH NOVEMBER, SO IT'LL STILL BE TIMELY.
AND I'M SURE THAT COMMISSIONER DOHA WILL APPRECIATE THAT INSIGHT AND FEEDBACK.
UM, THAT GIVES EVERYONE ELSE, UH, UNTIL MID-JULY AS WELL.
IF THERE ARE OTHER INSIGHTS AND ADDITIVES TO BE PUT INTO THAT, THAT RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE LET COMMISSIONER DOEN KNOW, UH, EXCUSE ME, VICE CHAIR DOEN KNOW.
UM, AND WE CAN PUT THAT ON OUR AGENDA FOR AUGUST.
COULD YOU PROVIDE A QUICK SCHOOL OF ROCK, UH, VERSION OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE RECOMMENDATION NEXT? IT WILL GO TO LEADERSHIP FOR DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW, AND THEN IT WILL, IT SHOULD GO TO BUDGET.
UM, AND I THINK IT GOES INTO BUDGET IN JULY.
IF, IF I MAY, THAT THAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS IF THERE WAS A DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED TO THIS.
AGAIN, AS I'M, I'M READING THROUGH MY PHONE, IT'S MORE LIKE OF A POLICY PIECE.
AND SO WHAT THE COMMISSION WOULD HAVE TO DO IS TO GET TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SPONSOR THIS AS AN ITEM TO BE ON COUNCIL AGENDA.
SO THERE WOULD BE NO DEPARTMENT APPROVAL PROCESS.
YOU, YOU GUYS GO STRAIGHT TO COUNCIL TO GET SUPPORT.
SO DO I NEED TO WORK WITH, UM, NATALIE TO DO THAT OR WITH Y'ALL? I CAN JUST GO DIRECTLY.
I DON'T NEED TO GET THE COMMISSION'S APPROVAL, BY ALL MEANS.
UM, SO, UH, TANGENTIAL TO THIS RESOLUTION, UM, THIS IS A BIG ISSUE FOR OUR MAP AND MAP BASIC, UM, PATIENT POPULATION.
UM, WE SEE A HUGE SURGEONS OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR HANCOCK WALK-IN CLINIC DURING THE SUMMERTIME.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH AUSTIN ENERGY TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY'S, UM, UTILITY BILL UTILITIES GET SHUT DOWN DURING THE SUMMERTIME, EVEN IF THEY'RE WAY PAST BALANCE, IF THEY'RE ON MAP OR MAP BASIC.
UM, AND SO CHRIS, AS YOU'RE ADVANCING THIS RESOLUTION, IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY OTHER, LIKE HEALTHCARE POLICY RELATED WAYS TO SUPPORT THIS, LET'S PLEASE DO THAT.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY, UH, VICE CHAIR DHAS, UH, DHA.
YES, PLEASE TELL VICE CHAIR DHA.
UM, THAT I'D LIKE TO HELP HER.
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WE WILL GET THE RECOMMENDATION OVER TO YOU FOR YOUR EYEBALLS, MEGAN, SO THAT YOU CAN THEN GIVE SOME INSIGHT INTO, UM, THE LANGUAGE AS WELL.I KNOW SHE WILL APPRECIATE THAT AND THAT WORK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO THE RECOMMENDATION? OKAY, BEAUTIFUL.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
UM, I DO BELIEVE WE'VE ALREADY GONE OVER OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS WHEN WE WERE IN OUR DISCUSSION.HOWEVER, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I WORK WITH DANNY TO, UH, GIVE MY, ONE OF MY UPDATES WITH THE OTHER FOUR TOPICS THAT WE WERE ADDING INTO THAT, UH, WHICH AGAIN IS THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH, REFUGEE HEALTH, UH, THE STORYTELLING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THEN THE DOGS HEAD DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WERE THE FOUR NEW TOPICS THAT WE WOULD, WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO INTEGRATE INTO OUR, THE BACK HALF OF OUR YEAR.
UM, AGAIN, REMINDING EVERYONE THAT WE WILL NOT BE HERE IN JULY.
WE WILL HAVE A FEW PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AS HOPEFULLY FINALIZING OUR LAST TWO RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, BEFORE WE ROLL OUT OF OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE PRESSING FOR, UH, COMMISSIONERS TO BRING UP FOR AUGUST.
OKAY, WELL, WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 3:25 PM THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE.