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OH, RIGHT.I THINK WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED.
[Call to Order & Introductions]
ONE OR 2:00 PM.I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, TO OPEN.
IS THAT HOW YOU SAY IT? CALL THE ORDER, YOU KNOW, TIME THAT IS NO MEETING, BUT IT'S STILL A FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
I AM COUNCILOR JURI, FLANAGAN, CHAIR OF CANON BOARD.
UH, SO GREAT TO SEE SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE YOUR VIDEOS TURNED ON TO SEE YOUR SMILING FACES THE REST OF YOU.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ON CAMERA IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE.
UH, SO WE ARE, WE HAVE A QUORUM WE'VE CALLED MEETING THE ORDER.
CARLOS, DID WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS COMMUNICATION NOTICE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
UH, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY GOT THE LINK TO THE FILES FOR THE MEETING.
AGAIN, RAUL CARLOS, I LOVE THAT.
JALINA I LOVE THAT YOU GUYS SEND THIS AS A GOOGLE DRIVE.
[Consider approval of Minutes for September 11th, 2020 CAN Board meeting. (Action Item)]
THERE ARE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 11TH BOARD MEETING.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BOOTH C RICH MAKES A MOTION, UH, NORA SECONDS.
ANY DISCUSSION? ANY COMMENTS? IF NORA DOESN'T FIND A TYPO, A LOT OF INFORMATION TOO.
GREAT, GREAT JOB TO THE STAFF.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
THIS COMSTOCK, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE US INTO THE
[Community Council Update]
COMMUNITY COUNCIL UPDATE? WELL, I AM THRILLED TO SEE ALL OF YOU TODAY.WE DO HAVE SOME COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WILL BE JOINING US.
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CONNECTING WITH YOU AND GETTING TO ALL THE COUNCIL, TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATIONS AND TO PARTICIPATE WITH YOU.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE LISTENING TO OUR DIALOGUE ABOUT THE WORK PLAN FOR 2021.
AND SO THAT, THAT INFORMS OUR WORK PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
UM, THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL IS SEEKING NOMINATIONS TO JOIN US FOR A THREE YEAR TERM, STARTING IN 2021.
WE HAVE 16, UH, POSITIONS, OIL, 17 POSITIONS OPEN.
WE JUST HAD A, UM, A PERSON WHO TOOK A NEW JOB AND IS NOT ABLE TO HELP US ANYMORE.
UH, THE LINK HAS BEEN SHARED WITH YOU FOR NOMINATIONS, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER NOMINATING SOMEONE WHO YOU THINK MIGHT BE INTERESTED.
AND PLEASE THINK DIVERSITY BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T HAVE AS HARD A TIME FINDING WHITE INDIVIDUALS TO HELP US, BUT IT'S A LOT HARDER TO FIND, UH, THE DIVERSITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A DELIBERATIVE DIALOGUE, WHICH IS MATERIAL FROM THE NATIONAL ISSUES FORUM INSTITUTE.
WE'VE USED THEIR MATERIALS IN THE PAST FOR OTHER DELIBERATIVE DIALOGUES, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE THE LINK TO JOIN THE SESSION, WHICH WILL BE ON MONDAY, OCTOBER THE 19TH FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM.
WE'RE ALSO DOING TRAINING FOR FACILITATORS ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK AT NOON AND AT 6:00 PM.
AND THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING IS BACK TO WORK AS WE EXPECT TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE CONCERNS ASAP THE HEALTH OF THE U S ECONOMY AND THE ABILITY TO FIND A GOOD JOB TO SUPPORT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY MATTERS JANUARY AMERICAN.
THIS ISSUE GUIDE IS DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE DELIBERATE TOGETHER ABOUT HOW TO BEST PICK UP THE PIECES AFTER COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
THE THREE OPTIONS PRESENTED HERE REFLECT DIFFERENT WAYS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS AT STAKE AND SHED LIGHT ON THE CRITICAL TENSIONS IN WHAT AMERICANS HOLD MOST VALUABLE.
THERE'S AN ADVISORY DOCUMENT, WHICH IS EIGHT PAGES LONG, REALLY PRETTY DANCED WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION AND CHARTS.
AND THE FULL READ IS A 30 PAGE DOCUMENT.
AND THESE ARE TO PREPARE YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION OF THE THREE OPTIONS PROVIDED AND THE OPTIONS.
AND THERE WILL BE BREAKOUT SESSIONS IN WHICH WE WILL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THEM IN SMALL GROUPS, AND THEN COME BACK TO THE LARGE GROUP.
THE FIRST OPTION IS JUMPSTART.
THE SECOND OPTION IS MOVED TO SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY.
AND THE THIRD ONE IS PUT DOMESTIC AND LOCAL NEEDS.
WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL REGISTER AND SHARE THE LINK WITH OTHERS IN YOUR NETWORKS TO JOIN US, TO HAVE A VERY VIBRANT DISCUSSION ON THESE ISSUES.
AND THAT'S IT FOR THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU, I HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
SO, UM, ANY SPECIFICITY WILL EVERYTHING BE IN THE LINK AS TO WHAT THEIR ACCESS IS? AND
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WE ACTUALLY CREATED A SPECIAL WEBPAGE THAT GIVES YOU BASIC INFORMATION, HELPS YOU FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.IT'S REALLY VERY BROAD IT'S PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN PROVIDING LEADERSHIP AND WHO WANT TO SHARE AND DISCUSS AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE.
CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND WE'RE BASICALLY GOING TO REALLY DOVETAIL IN TO WHAT RETREAT ISSUES WE COME UP WITH, BOTH THIS MEETING AND OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THOSE BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT THE CAN BOARD IS FOCUSING ON, WHICH OF THESE WOULD WE LIKE TO PUT OUR ENERGY TOWARDS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR NOMINATIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.
[Executive Director’s Report: Brief Update on Release of 2020 CAN Dashboard & Launch of We Can! ATX Website]
UP ON DIRECTOR'S REPORT.TO FOLLOW UP ON NORA'S PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO DO, UM, SORT OF A MID MONTH CAN USE THIS MONTH.
SO, UH, WHEN YOU SEE THAT THERE'LL BE THE INFORMATION ON, UM, SUBMITTING NOMINATIONS OR APPLYING FOR RIGHT.
UH, POSITION ON THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
SO IT JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, MADE IT MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
YOU'LL PROBABLY WILL SEE THAT.
UM, YEAH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPENING SORT OF MID OCTOBER THAT SEEMED IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR A SPECIAL EDITION OF CANDIES.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE KIND OF GETTING THAT OUT THERE AND THE DIALOGUE BEING ONE, RIGHT? SO NORA, OUR COMMUNITY COUNCILS TO HAVING THE, THAT COMMUNITY DIALOGUE AND THEY'RE ALSO RECRUITING MEMBERS.
SO, UM, AND I THINK WE'RE, UM, THERE'S A NONPROFIT SURVEY ALSO THAT WE WANT TO HELP SUPPORT AS WELL.
UM, ADMISSION CAPITALS HELPING WITH AND ONE STAR.
SO, UM, BUT THANKS EVERYBODY FOR BEING ON, ON BOARD.
AND, UM, WE, UM, AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE DID INVITE OUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, UH, JOIN US FOR THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE, UH, WHEN WE, WHEN THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MET, WE WERE, UM, WE WERE CONTEMPLATING, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO A FOUR HOUR RETREAT, WHICH IS USUALLY WHAT WE DO IN NOVEMBER.
UM, BUT WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT SPLIT IT UP TO HAVE KIND OF AN INITIAL CONVERSATION THIS MONTH AND THEN A FOLLOWUP, RIGHT.
TO WHAT DO WE DISCUSS THIS MONTH AT OUR NOVEMBER MEETING, WHICH IS WHERE WE'LL IDENTIFY PRIORITIES FOR THE COMING YEAR, UH, WHICH IS USUALLY WHAT WE DO AT OUR RETREAT.
WE KIND OF, WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF SORT OF NARROWING AND FOCUSING IN ON, UH, THE ISSUES THAT SEEM, UM, MOST, UM, MOST RELEVANT TO CAN, RIGHT.
AND ITS ROLE AND ALSO THE NEED MOST ATTENTION IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO WE'LL KINDA GO THROUGH THAT IN THE SECOND HALF OF THIS MEETING IS TO BEGIN THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
AND WE'LL PROBABLY PULL YOU IN BETWEEN THE TWO MEETINGS, UM, BASED ON WHAT WE HEAR RIGHT TODAY.
AND THEN, UM, HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF NARROW IT TO, UM, SOME ARENAS RELATED TO THE, THE CRISIS RESPONSE THAT, UH, WHERE CAN, CAN PLAY A UNIQUE ROLE GIVEN ITS UNIQUE, UM, A UNIQUE PLACE, RIGHT.
AND THE UNIQUE PLACE THAT IT HOLDS RIGHT IN THE NONPROFIT, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, SO, UH, SO KIND OF STAY TUNED FOR THAT.
UH, ONE I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN.
I THINK IF, UH, I THINK JALINA, OR CARLOS OR JIMMY OR SOMEBODY CAN GIVE ME THAT POWER, UH, BUT THE MAIN, THE REPORT MAINLY I'M NOT GOING TO GO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LANGUAGE ACCESS TO THE SEPARATE ITEMS. SO, UH, I'LL TALK A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT DURING THAT ITEM, BUT I WANTED TO JUST GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR LAUNCH OF THE CAN DASHBOARD AND OUR WEBSITE, OUR NEW WEBSITE.
UM, AND BASICALLY EVERYTHING IN THE, UH, IN THE SHARE FOLDER IS OPEN ON MY, UH, IS OPEN ON MY, UH, MY, MY SLIDE HERE.
YOU SEE, WE'RE GONNA, UM, KIND OF LOOK AT THE CAN DASHBOARD WHERE WE ARE AND THE WEEKEND ATA X PIECE OF IT, LANGUAGE ACCESS, AND THEN KIND OF SHIFT TOWARDS MORE OF A STRATEGIC PRIORITY DISCUSSION.
AND, UH, BUT WE DID PUBLISH THE DASHBOARD.
SO, UM, SO WE MAINLY, UM, THIS IS WHAT THE DASHBOARD LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR.
IT'S BASICALLY A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND EACH SLIDE IS A, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT INDICATOR, RIGHT? OR FOR INSTANCE, THIS IS A DASHBOARD QUOTE, UNQUOTE FOR SAFETY, JUSTICE, AND ENGAGEMENT AND BASIC NEEDS.
SO I PUT THAT, UH, IT'S NOT ON THE WEBSITE YET, ALTHOUGH THE DATA IS RIGHT AND I'LL, AND I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO FIND IT, BUT, UM, WE'RE STILL FINISHING
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UP THE EQUITY ANALYSIS, WHICH WILL BE, UM, KIND OF ATTACHED AT THE END OF THEIR REPORT.SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T UPLOADED THIS YET, BUT IT LOOKS AWFULLY SIMILAR, RIGHT.
TO A REGULAR REPORT, EXCEPT IT'S REALLY JUST LIKE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND YOU CAN PRINT IT OUT IF YOU WANT TO.
CAUSE, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, YOU'LL NOTICE IF I GO BACK UP HERE INDICATIONS, FIND THAT A GREAT EXAMPLE, BUT MOST OF THE DATA WE'RE REPORTING OR RELEASING IN THIS REPORT IS FOR 2018 AND 2019 FOR AIR QUALITY.
CAUSE IT'S, UM, IT'S REPORTED MORE IN REAL TIME.
UM, SO, UM, SO AGAIN, THERE'S A COUPLE OF YEARS, RIGHT? SHIT, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN A CURRENT REALITY AND THEIR DATA THAT WE HAVE HERE, WHICH IS WHY WE DECIDED TO STILL PUBLISH THE DATA AND THE REPORT, BUT NOT, NOT PRINT OUT, YOU KNOW, A THOUSAND OR 1500 COPIES OF IT.
AND WE SHIFTED TO, UM, SO AGAIN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN FIND THAT, UM, IN, UM, IN THAT SHARED FOLDER, BUT I'LL GO TO THE WEEKEND.
ATX IF I CAN SEE MY LINKS UP HERE AT THE TOP, EVENTUALLY LET'S SEE.
AND SO, SO WHEN WE PUBLISHED ALONGSIDE, UM, THE DASHBOARD, ACTUALLY LET ME SHOW YOU THE DASHBOARD ITSELF HERE.
UM, SO IF YOU, I'M KIND OF GOING BACK TO OUR REGULAR WEBSITE, RAYS, WE HAVE KEN ATX AND THEN THE NEW SIDE IS WE CAN ATX, BUT THIS IS KIND OF WHERE YOU CAN PRETTY EASILY NAVIGATE TO, UM, THE TOOLS THAT WE WE MOST HIGHLIGHT OR USE.
SO YOU HAVE OUR DASHBOARD EQUITY BLOG PODCAST.
UH, SO YOU CAN JUST GO TO KEN ETA SITE OR YOU CAN GET JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE PRETTY QUICK AND MAYBE SAVE A FEW KEYSTROKES.
UM, AND SO YOU CLICK ON DASHBOARD.
SO ALL THAT INFORMATION ON THE PDF THAT'S IN THE ATTACHMENT IS ALREADY UPLOADED.
IT'S ALREADY UPDATED ON, ON THE, UM, ON THE WEBSITE, RIGHT? SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL WEBSITE.
IF YOU CLICK ON THESE CIRCLES, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE DASHBOARD FOR THAT SECTION, WHICH WAS THE ONE WITH, UH, THAT SHOWS YOU OUR FIVE-YEAR BASELINE, OUR MOST RECENT DATA, OUR TARGET AND THE FIVE-YEAR TREND.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, IF YOU WANT TO DIG DEEPER INTO AN ISSUE, RIGHT, IF YOU THINK, OH MY GOSH, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH DRIVING ALONE TO WORK, WHICH IS ACTUALLY GETTING WORSE AND NOT BETTER.
UM, YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT AND YOU CAN SEE SORT OF WHAT THE TREND HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY CLEARLY IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOING UP AND THIS IS AN INDICATOR WHERE WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT LINE GOING DOWN.
UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE DRILL DOWN, WHICH KIND OF DIVES INTO EACH ISSUE A LITTLE MORE, RIGHT? SO IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE, YOU CAN SEE HOW PEOPLE GET TO WORK, RIGHT? UM, BASED ON INCOME, RIGHT? 150% OF POVERTY ABOVE 150% OF POVERTY.
AND THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
CAUSE YOU CAN COMPARE AUSTIN TO CHARLOTTE, DENVER, HOUSTON, SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO, AND THIS SHOWS YOU THE MODES, THE COMMUTE MODE TO GET TO WORK.
AND, UM, AND CLEARLY WE'RE ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN TERMS OF DRIVING ALONE TO WORK.
UM, BUT IN THIS ONE, WE'RE ALSO ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN TELECOMMUTING, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IS A, WAS A GOOD TREND RIGHT IN 2018, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE REPORTING HERE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT THIS CHART IS GOING TO LOOK VERY DIFFERENT FOR 2020, ONCE THAT DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, SORT OF THE FACT THAT, UH, THE PDF IS KIND OF A STATIC DOCUMENT OR THE REPORT THAT WE PUBLISH.
UM, BUT THE, UM, THE DASHBOARD ITSELF, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE INTERACTIVE, RIGHT.
AND IT'S EASIER KIND OF TO NAVIGATE.
AND, UM, BUT I STILL LIKE THE PAPER VERSION OF MYSELF, UM, FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO WRITE ON STUFF.
AND SO IT ALLOWS ME TO MAKE NOTES AND DOCUMENT SOME OF MY THINKING ON PAPER.
UM, BUT WE ALSO ALONGSIDE THE DASHBOARD LODGE THE WEEKEND ATX AND, UM, AND AGAIN, IT KIND OF MORPHED DURING THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BE.
UM, BUT IT'S REALLY, UM, A WAY TO GO FROM JUST PRESENTING DATA, TO PRESENTING DATA IN A WAY WHERE WE CAN ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AROUND IT.
UM, SO IN THIS PARTICULAR FORMAT, WE HAVE A GET INFORMED TAB, RIGHT.
WHICH IS, IT HAS DATA RIGHT NOW.
IT HAS DATA AS MUCH SPECIFIC TO THE COVID RESPONSE, RIGHT.
BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION WE'RE IN AND THE FACT THAT THE DATA WE HAVE ON OUR DASHBOARD, ISN'T, IT DOESN'T REALLY REFLECT REALITY RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, SO WE HAVE THAT DATA ELEMENT.
WE HAVE THE GET HELP, YOU KNOW, IF I WANT TO GET HELP BECAUSE I NEED FOOD
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OR I NEED HOUSING ASSISTANCE OR UTILITY ASSISTANCE, UM, HOW DO I DO THAT? IF I'M, YOU KNOW, IF I WENT, APPLY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, GET MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, KIND OF, HOW DO I DO THAT? AND THEN OF COURSE, TO GET ENGAGED, WHICH IS IF I WANT TO HELP, HOW DO I HELP? UM, AND SO REALLY THIS IS GONNA BE KIND OF ONE OF OUR PORTAL FOR THE ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE DATA, RIGHT.AND NOT JUST THE HERE'S DATA, HERE'S A REPORT, HERE'S THE RESEARCH.
UM, HERE'S SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT ALSO HERE'S HOW WE CAN ENGAGE AROUND, UM, THESE ISSUES.
AND SO I'LL TELL YOU JUST, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO VERY, UH, IN DEPTH, BUT YOU CAN PLAY WITH IT.
THIS IS, WE CAN ATX IT, IT WAS ACTUALLY ALREADY A CAN WEBSITE, BUT IT WAS MORE OF A, A HUNDRED DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN VOLUNTEER IN THE COMMUNITY SORT OF A WEBSITE, UM, WHICH I DO THINK WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND CREATE, UM, A, BE AN ACTUAL PUBLICATION OUT OF IT SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE THAT.
UM, BUT WE THOUGHT THAT THE WEEKEND ATX COULD BE A PORTAL FOR ENGAGEMENT MORE THAN JUST, HERE'S SOME MORE INFORMATION, JUST LIKE OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR MAIN WEBSITE IS A BUNCH OF INFORMATION, HOPEFULLY IT'S USEFUL AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL USE IT.
SO AGAIN, JUST SO YOU SEE WHAT, UM, WHAT WE TRY TO DO WITH IT, YOU KNOW, SO WE DO PRESENT SOME OF THE COVID DATA, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT A DASHBOARD.
LIKE WHAT DO WE SEE FROM THE CITY OR THE COUNTY OR THE STATE? IT'S A, IT'S KIND OF INTENDED TO, YOU KNOW, WE USE MORE OF THESE, UM, DAILY, UM, WE'RE JUST CHARTING THESE DAILY COUNTS, RIGHT? SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE TRENDS.
AND OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE WHEN IT'S SPIKED AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S COMING DOWN.
AND, UM, SO HOPEFULLY AGAIN, YOU CAN GLEAN SOMETHING FROM THIS APPROACH WHERE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A DASHBOARD AND THERE'S 10 DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE DASHBOARD, IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHICH ONE'S THE IMPORTANT ONE.
RIGHT? UM, SO THIS IS KIND OF ONE COVID, UM, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE AND THIS IS, I MEAN, THE ONE THAT I SAW WAS MOSTLY BROKEN DOWN BY RACE.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE DISPARITIES BY RACE, RIGHT.
AND SO YOU SEE THAT THE GREEN IS FOR THE HISPANIC POPULATION, THE ORANGE IS FOR THE WHITE POPULATION AND BLUE IS FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION.
AND, UM, AND SO AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT WAY OF KIND OF TRYING TO PRESENT THE DATA AND HOPEFULLY MAKE SENSE OF IT IN A LITTLE, IN A LITTLE WAY, IN A WAY, RIGHT.
WITHOUT IT BEING NECESSARILY A DASHBOARD.
AND, UM, AND I'LL JUST SHOW THAT TWO, ONE, ONE, CAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE'VE BEEN TRACKING IT SINCE MID MARCH.
THIS IS THE CAUSE TO TWO, ONE, ONE, RIGHT BY CATEGORY.
UH, SO YOU HAVE THE HOUSING, FOOD, HEALTH ASSISTANCE, UTILITY ASSISTANCE, AND IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING TO SEE HOW EACH OF THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS OF NEED RIGHT.
UM, HAS BEEN AFFECTED AS THE, UM, UM, AS THE PANDEMIC HAS UNFOLDED.
AND YOU SEE, UM, IN TERMS OF HEALTH, RIGHT? THE PURPLE WHEN YOU SEE THE SPIKES, RIGHT, RIGHT.
AND WHEN WE WERE REALLY HARD, RIGHT.
WHEN, WHEN THE CASES WERE REALLY HIGH, YOU CAN REALLY SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT FOLKS WERE LOOKING FOR THAT ASSISTANCE WITH TESTING OR WITH, UH, WITH, UH, HEALTH, HEALTH, UH, HEALTH SERVICES.
UM, AND YOU ALSO SEE THAT HOUSING HAS REMAINED REALLY HIGH ON THIS AND WHICH IS THE LIGHT GREEN AND THE DARK GREEN IS THE FOOD.
AND THAT'S FLUCTUATED A LOT MORE, BUT IT'S STARTING TO COME DOWN.
UM, SO ANYWAYS, SO OBVIOUSLY JUST LIKE THE DASHBOARD WEBSITE, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WEBSITES WHERE YOU CAN PROBABLY GO IN THERE AND PLAY AROUND WITH IT FOR A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN, UM, WHAT YOU CAN CLEAN FROM IT.
WE DID KIND OF INCLUDE, UM, SORT OF SOME OF THE COVID DASHBOARD CHAIR AT THE BOTTOM.
SO IF YOU DID WANT TO GO TO THOSE, BUT HERE'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH THE DASHBOARDS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH THERE.
I'M LIKE, WHERE DO I LOOK AT? AND I GUESS IF YOU HAVE TIME TO GO AND CLICK AND, UM, AND EXPLORE, UM, WHICH I TYPICALLY DO, I GO IN AND EXPLORE IT.
UM, BUT, UH, WE, WE TRY TO HAVE OUR DATA BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC TO WHERE ARE WE WITH CASES? WHERE ARE WE WITH HOSPITALIZATIONS? WHERE ARE WE WITH BEDS? WHERE ARE WE WITH, UM, SORT OF ECONOMIC RELIEF PROGRAMS, RIGHT? UH, WHICH A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS HAVE, HAVE ADOPTED WHAT IS THREE, ONE, ONE CALL DATA, TELL US.
AND, UH, BUT THERE ARE SOME LINKS HERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF YOU WANT A MAP OF THE TWO, ONE, ONE DATA, THEN CHILDREN'S OPTIMAL.
HEALTH HAS CREATED THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS SITE.
SO YOU CAN GO AND LOOK AT EITHER FOOD NEEDS OR, UM, HOUSING NEEDS, UTILITY NEEDS, ET CETERA.
UM, AND THEN, AND I'LL JUST SHOW YOU WHAT THE GET HELP LOOKS LIKE.
CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S A LITTLE MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD, UM, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THE LANGUAGE
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TABS.SO ORIGINALLY THIS WAS GOING TO BE A TOOL THAT WE WERE GOING TO USE FOR OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS WORK WITH OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS ACTION TEAM.
SO IT'S BEEN DESIGNED, IT'S TRIED TO BE DESIGNED IN A VERY STREAMLINED MANNER SO THAT WE CAN TRANSLATE IT INTO A LOT OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
SO YOU SEE ENGLISH AND SPANISH RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO ALL I HAVE TO DO IS CLICK ON SPANISH AND IT'LL GIVE YOU THE QUESTIONS IN IT IN ORDER THE INFORMATION IN SPANISH, SAME THING WITH THE MAPS AND THE CHARTS, YOU KNOW, THAT STUFF IS, IS ALSO TRANSLATED, WHICH IS, IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF HOW WE DO THINGS OR HOW TRANSLATIONS, WHAT USUALLY IT'S DOCUMENTS SPECIFIC AND NOT SORT OF WEBSITES SPECIFIC.
UM, BUT HERE WE KIND OF FOCUS ON IN TERMS OF GETTING HELP IS, YOU KNOW, GETTING HELP WITH COVID WITH UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, UM, GETTING HELP, YOU KNOW, IF YOU EXPERIENCED SOME ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND GETTING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.
UM, AND AGAIN, THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS SITE IS WE CAN TAILOR IT TO WHATEVER THE CURRENT NEEDS ARE.
SO IT'S OBVIOUSLY USEFUL RIGHT NOW IN THIS CRISIS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO A TOOL WHENEVER WE HAVE THE NEXT CRISIS, RIGHT? THE NEXT AREA CANE OR EVACUATION PROCESS OR WHATEVER ISSUE WE'RE DEALING WITH, THEN THIS WILL, THIS WILL BE A, A WEBSITE THAT WE CAN EASILY, UM, ALTER, RIGHT.
OR, OR, OR TAILORED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF WHATEVER ISSUE OR CONDITION WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.
SO I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER REASON I REALLY LIKED THE, THE WAY THAT THIS TURNED OUT.
AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME, AS YOU ALL KNOW, ESPECIALLY MY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, BUT, UM, BUT WE THINK, I THINK CAN STAFF AND OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS TEAM WHO REALLY HELPED GUIDE SORT OF WHAT THIS WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
AND OF COURSE, JUSTIN, WHO'S THE WEB, THE WEB DESIGNER, UH, WHO TOOK MY, UH, MY LITTLE SCRIBBLINGS AND PUT THEM, UH, AND MADE A WEBSITE OUT OF THEM.
AND, UM, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
AND, UH, BEFORE WE KIND OF SHIFT INTO OTHER TOPICS, JUST TO HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UM, EITHER WHERE WE ARE WITH A DASHBOARD OR WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS WEBSITE AND HOW, HOW WE PLAN TO USE IT.
I MEAN, I WILL SAY FOR THE WEBS, FOR THIS PARTICULAR WEBSITE THAT, UM, THE LANGUAGES WE HAVE, UH, WE PLAN TO TRANSLATE IT INTO NEXT IS CHINESE VIETNAMESE ARABIC.
AND, UM, UM, LET'S SEE, BURMESE, I BELIEVE.
AND WE KIND OF WORKED WITH, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE CITY INTERFAITH ACTION, YOU KNOW, GROUPS HAD WORKED WITH REFUGEES TO SEE HOW COULD WE, YOU KNOW, BEST HOW COULD WE MAKE THIS AS MOST AS USEFUL AS WE COULD WRITE IT IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN BEFORE WE LAUNCH ANYTHING LIKE THIS IS WE'LL WIND UP, REACH OUT TO THOSE COMMUNITIES, RIGHT.
TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS RESOURCE IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PLAN A, UM, LIKE A PRESS EVENT TO LAUNCH THE SPANISH VERSION OF THIS, RIGHT.
WITH THE SPANISH LANGUAGE MEDIA.
AND SO HOPEFULLY AGAIN, WHENEVER WE LAUNCH A NEW LANGUAGE AGAIN, WE'LL DO THAT LEGWORK OF REACHING OUT TO THOSE COMMUNITIES AND MAKING SURE AGAIN, THAT FOLKS KNOW THIS IS AVAILABLE.
AND NOT JUST THAT IT'S MORE INFORMATION THAT'S IN CYBERSPACE WRITER IN THE INTERNET FOR, FOR SOMEONE TO USE, IF THEY CAN FIND IT.
SO, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS AS AN ENGAGEMENT TOOL AND NOT JUST ANOTHER WAY OF PUTTING INFORMATION OUT THERE BECAUSE, UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, THERE WAS THAT CLEAR.
IT CAN'T JUST BE ABOUT RESEARCH AND DATA.
IT, IT SHOULD ALSO BE ABOUT ENGAGING RIGHT AROUND WHAT THE RESEARCH AND THE DATA ARE TELLING US.
SO, UM, I'LL HAND IT BACK TO, UH, OUR CHAIR TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS AND WELL, IT'S A CREDIT ROLL TO THE STAFF AND ALL THE FOLKS INVOLVED IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
UM, Y'ALL PROBABLY KNOW I WAS A WEB DEVELOPER BEFORE I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND SO I KNOW IT IS NOT EASY NECESSARILY TO PUT THESE THINGS TOGETHER AND IT'S NOT A TALL, IT'S NOT A SMALL ASK TO THEN MAINTAIN THESE RESOURCES AND AS MUCH WORK AS WAS PUT IN TO BUILD IT, UM, KEEPING IT UP TO DATE IS GOING TO BE A BIG TASK AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE THINK ABOUT FUTURE BUDGETS AND STAFF SUPPORT.
AND, UM, IT'S OFTEN EASY, I THINK, TO FOCUS ON THE NEW PROJECTS AND FORGET ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE COSTS OF, OF THESE PROJECTS.
UM, IS MY, MY QUESTION REALLY IS ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THE WORD OUT, UM, ABOUT THIS.
UM, I THINK SOMETIMES WE SET UP GOOD STUFF AND THEN WE DON'T THINK ABOUT HOW IT'S GONNA, I KNOW YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROMOTION AND THE MARKETING? IT IS? WELL, I THINK THAT WE'LL SEE IN ADDITION TO, I MEAN, WE'LL JUST PROMOTE THIS ALONGSIDE OUR DASHBOARD, RIGHT.
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THE WAY WE TRY TO PROMOTE THE AVAILABILITY OF THE DATA, BUT ALSO SORT OF THIS WEBSITE, THAT'S MORE FOCUSED ON ENGAGEMENT.AND, UM, SO I THINK THAT, UM, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING, UH, AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER TOOL, RIGHT? JUST LIKE OUR PODCAST IS ANOTHER TOOL, RIGHT.
TO GET OUR MESSAGE OUT THERE AND, UM, THE EQUITY BLOGS, AND OTHER WAY TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE ABOUT IMPORTANT INFORMATION, EITHER THAT WE'RE WORKING ON OR IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND, UM, AND I THINK THAT WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER TOOL FOR GETTING US, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER, ANOTHER, SO THAT WE'RE NOT PIGEONHOLED AS THE GROUP THAT DOES THE DASHBOARD.
UM, BUT, UH, I REALLY DO THINK THAT THAT'S, UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE A PIECE THAT HELPS US TO ENGAGE MORE DIRECTLY.
UM, I THINK WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE MORE INFORMATION UNDER SORT OF GET HELP.
YOU KNOW, UM, TRYING TO INTEGRATE SOME OF OUR WHO'S DOING WHAT RIGHT AROUND THE DIFFERENT ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, CAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE FOR EACH LANGUAGE COMMUNITY HAVING A RESOURCE PAGE.
JUST CAUSE EACH COMMUNITY MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF RESOURCES RIGHT.
IN TERMS OF CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS OR IN TERMS OF, UH, FAITH, FAITH INSTITUTIONS OR, UM, PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE TARGETED TO THOSE COMMUNITIES.
SO, UM, SO I DEFINITELY THINK THAT, UM, IT'LL HELP US KIND OF REACH DIVERSE AUDIENCES.
UM, BUT IT IS GOING TO TAKE WORK.
I MEAN, I THINK LETTING HAVE HAVING IT USED AS A, IT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN ON ITS OWN.
UH, UM, CAUSE AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S THE, WHAT WE'LL FIND IS THAT IF WE DO ALL THE WORK TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE, THEN WE WANT IT TO GET USED.
AND WE DO PLAN TO KIND OF CREATE DIFFERENT MECHANISMS BY WHICH TO, UM, LIKE SET UP LITTLE BULLETIN BOARDS, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY RIGHT.
SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP FOR, FOR UPDATES AND NEWSLETTERS AND BULLETINS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, SO I THINK SLOWLY WE'LL BE, UH, DEVELOPING THIS OUT SO THAT IT HAS A USEFUL THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN CONNECT WITH.
AND, UM, ONE THING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ON THE LANGUAGE SIDE IS THAT IS, IS TO CREATE LIKE A, A NUMBER THAT FOLKS CAN TEXT IF THEY WANT THE, THE LANGUAGE ID CARD.
LET'S SAY IF THERE'S THESE CARDS THAT THE CITY DESIGNED THAT SAY I SPEAK CHINESE OR I SPEAK SPANISH.
BUT IF WE CAN SET UP A TEXT NUMBER WHERE THEY CAN TEXT AND THEY CAN GET THE CARD ON THEIR PHONE, THEN THEY CAN JUST SHOW IT WHENEVER THEY GET TO THEIR APPOINTMENTS.
UM, OR WHENEVER THEY TRY TO GET ON THE BUS.
I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CAP METRO ON THAT AS WELL.
HOW DO WE, IF SOMEONE DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND IS TRYING TO GET ON THE BUS AND HAS A QUESTION, THEN HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE GET THEM AN INTERPRETER AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE? SO, UM, SO I THINK THAT IT'S JUST THOSE KIND OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF INTERACTING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO CREATE, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT JUST A STATIC SITE, RIGHT.
WHERE THERE'S LINKAGES AND PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP FOR SORT OF TEXT UPDATES OR, UM, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT KINDS OF INFORMATION.
BUT THOSE FEATURES AREN'T QUITE THERE YET.
BUT I DO THINK THAT, UM, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WITH THE COVID-19, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT THAT'S, UH, THAT'S VERY USEFUL AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S THERE AND THAT YOU CAN, UM, YOU CAN GO THERE AND KIND OF NAVIGATE THROUGH A LOT OF, A LOT OF INFORMATION, UH, PRETTY QUICKLY I THINK WANTS ME TO START GETTING INTO OTHER LANGUAGES.
IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO WORK WITH OUR CHAMBERS ON WHAT COMMUNITY PUBLICATIONS EXIST IN THOSE LANGUAGES THAT MIGHT BE WORTH A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS OF ADS, JUST LETTING FOLKS KNOW THAT THERE ARE RESOURCES IN THEIR LANGUAGE AVAILABLE THROUGH, THROUGH THIS SITE.
THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER GOOD OPTION TO PUT ON THE TABLE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR A ROLL OF THE STAFF ABOUT THIS? YEAH.
I JUST ALSO WANTED TO SAY KUDOS TO THE TEAM.
UM, THIS IS REALLY COOL AND I'M A DATA NERD, SO I LOVE IT ALL.
UM, I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY ON OUR BOARD TO SHARE THROUGH THEIR NETWORKS AS WELL.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS REALLY USEFUL INFORMATION, UM, IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY FACING PROGRAMS. UM, AND I FULLY AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCIL MEMBERS FLANAGAN SAID ABOUT SHARING WITH, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, IDENTITY GROUPS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, DIFFERENT PUBLICATIONS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT IS, UH, MORE EASILY DONE THROUGH SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING IT AGAIN.
I THINK WHEN ONE THING I'LL MENTION IS WE, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MAYBE IN NOVEMBER DOING JUST A SERIES OF SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, LIKE A CAMPAIGN, RIGHT, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH HERE, RIGHT.
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IT'S JUST, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT JUST HOW MUCH THERE IS ON THE PAGE AND JUST HAVE MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK WHERE WE HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THIS NEW RESOURCE.AND, UM, AND, AND JUST KINDA, AGAIN, JUST INTRODUCE A RESOURCE RIGHT.
IN THE, IN A WAY THAT, UH, PEOPLE REALIZE THAT IT'S THERE AND IT'S, UM, AND IT'S USEFUL, YOU KNOW, IN A WAY THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE CAN DASHBOARD ITSELF.
UM, BUT VERY EXCITED THAT THE, IT ALL CAME TOGETHER.
I WOULD TELL, I KEEP TELLING MY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THIS IS GOING TO BE THREE DIFFERENT WEBSITES.
UM, AND NOW IT'S ONE, RIGHT? AND AS, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER WAS ALLUDING TO, I WAS REALLY KIND OF GETTING NERVOUS ABOUT HAVING FIVE WEBSITES AND NOT TWO OR THREE.
UM, BECAUSE OF THE MANAGEMENT PIECE OF IT.
AND, UM, AND THEN JUSTIN, BASICALLY HE, HE DESIGNED IT IN A WAY WHERE STAFF CAN DO A LOT OF THE UPDATES IF, IF NEEDED.
UM, THE LANGUAGE PIECE IS PRETTY TRICKY, BUT AGAIN, WE ALSO DESIGNED IT IN A WAY WHERE HOPEFULLY A LOT OF THE, ESPECIALLY THE DATA PIECES CAN BE TRANSLATED MORE AUTOMATICALLY THAN HAVING TO CREATE 20 DIFFERENT CHARTS FOR EACH, FOR EACH LANGUAGE TAB.
SO, UM, SO WE DEFINITELY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT HOW DO WE CREATE IT SO THAT IT CAN BE MAINTAINED WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE SOMEONE SPEND HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS EACH WEEK.
SO, UM, SO THAT WAS IN THEORY, THAT'S HOW WE DID IT.
AND THEN THAT WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN PULL IT OFF, WHICH I THINK WE CAN, UH, WORDPRESS IS, IS A GREAT THING FROM MY POINT OF VIEW.
CAUSE I CAN UNDERSTAND IT AND I CAN, AND I CAN DO SOME, SOME LIPSTICK, UM, ON THIS.
LET ME STOP SHARING AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAVING HANDS OR I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
UH, THANKS AGAIN, ROLL AND STUFF FOR THE HARD WORK ON THAT.
UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT PROMOTING IT AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW THAT LOOKS WITH A THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH LANGUAGE START FEELING, SEEING THAT REALLY FILL OUT, THAT'LL BE REALLY COOL AS A RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
[Discussion and Possible Action on the Establishment of Central Texas Language Access Fund]
OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ESTABLISHING THE LANGUAGE ACCESS.AND I DO SEE KIND OF A NOTE THAT WE DO HAVE ONE NUMBER THAT ISN'T IDENTIFIED.
UM, SO MAYBE IF THE PERSON WAS ON THE PHONE, UM, IT'S TWO, NINE, NINE 85, 29.
IF YOU CAN JUST LET US KNOW WHO YOU ARE JUST FOR THE, FOR THE RECORD.
I AM, WELL, LET ME ANYBODY REMEMBER WHAT THAT IS.
HOW DO WE END MEAT? UM, I THOUGHT THE HOSE COULD UNMUTE, BUT I DON'T THINK I'M, UH, UH, ARE THERE IT IS.
SO WHO IS ANYBODY ON THE PHONE? WHO YOU ARE? YUP, SURE CAN.
AND UM, SO I'LL GO BACK TO SHARING.
AND THIS IS AGAIN BEFORE I KIND OF CLOSED THE SCREEN AGAIN, SO WE CAN SEE PEOPLE FOR A LITTLE BIT, UM, IS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON LANGUAGE ACCESS FOR, YOU KNOW, THREE TO FOUR YEARS NOW.
UM, AND UH, WE HAVE AN ACTION TEAM THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO MEET.
UM, WE, WE HAD, WE, WE BASICALLY ADOPTED OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS REPORT AT THE END OF 2017, RIGHT.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT COMMITTEE TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT REPORT AND I'M CREATING THIS VEHICLE RIGHT FOR, UH, ENGAGING, UM, DIFFERENT LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE BIG, BIG THINGS IN THE REPORT.
SO THE, UH, THE WEEKEND ATX SIDE, THE WAY WE DESIGNED IT KIND OF FULFILLS KIND OF ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS IS TO HAVE A MECHANISM BY WHICH TO KIND OF CONNECT WITH COMMUNITIES, VITAL INFORMATION, RIGHT.
AND RESOURCES, UM, AND, AND, UM, IN MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
SO WE DO HOPE EVENTUALLY THAT THE WEBSITE WILL GO UP TO ABOUT 10, 10 LANGUAGES OR MORE.
UM, AND FOR THAT REASON AS THE, AND AGAIN, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER WAS ALLUDING TO AS WELL, THEN IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU CHANGE THE WEBSITE, THEN YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE WEBSITE AND ALL OF THE LANGUAGES.
SO THERE'S A COST ASPECT TO IT AND ALSO A LOGISTICAL ASPECT TO IT.
UM, AND SO THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'VE KIND OF BROUGHT FORWARD IS, AND IS TRYING TO TAKE THE WORK TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
YOU KNOW, ONCE KEN HAS SUPPORTED COLLABORATION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF HAS KIND OF MATURES AND SORT
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OF HAS TO GO OFF IN A PARTICULAR DIRECTION, OR MAYBE WE'VE DONE THE WORK THAT WAS NEEDED OR THAT WE COULD DO.AND WE MOVE ON TO ANOTHER ISSUE.
SO LIKE WITH THE RACE EQUITY WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING ALSO FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS, YOU KNOW, THAT LAST MONTH BECAME THE CENTRAL TEXAS, UH, FOR RACIAL EQUITY.
WE KIND OF INCUBATED THIS SORT OF COLLABORATIVE AND THEN IT SORT OF MATURED AND TOOK ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN, UH, WITH LANGUAGE ACCESS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE DIRECTION WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE IT IS TO CREATE, UM, A COMMUNITY FUND AT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, RIGHT? TO TRY TO IDENTIFY RESOURCES SPECIFICALLY TO IMPROVE LANGUAGE SERVICES OR, UH, EXPAND LANGUAGE ACCESS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND DO SO IN A WAY THAT AGAIN, A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS CAN BENEFIT, RIGHT, CREATE RESOURCES AND AVENUES FOR LEVERAGING RESOURCES AND ALIGNING OUR EFFORTS IN HOW WE APPROACH LANGUAGE ACCESS, UM, NOT JUST ACROSS OUR PARTNERS, WHICH IF WE DID A BETTER JOB, JUST OUR PARTNERS, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALSO HAVE OTHER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, UM, BENEFIT FROM THE WORK.
UM, AND SO, AND WE'VE NEVER DONE REALLY PROGRAM SPECIFIC FUNDRAISING FOR CAN ACTUALLY, WE DON'T DO ANY FUNDRAISING IS THE GENEROSITY FROM OUR PARTNERS, RIGHT? YOUR ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION IS WHAT PAYS FOR, UM, OUR OPERATING ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.
AND SO WE WANTED TO CREATE A VEHICLE BY WHICH TO SUPPORT, RIGHT.
UM, OR POTENTIALLY LET'S SAY SUPPORT A PROGRAM, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS THE LANGUAGE ACCESS WORK THAT WE DO CAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING IT, YOU KNOW, FOR FOUR YEARS NOW.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT CAN, ISN'T REALLY STRUCTURED SO THAT IT IT'S, IT ONLY WORKS ON ONE ISSUE, RIGHT.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PIVOT RIGHT.
BASED ON WHAT THE DATA'S TELLING US THAT THE NEEDS ARE AND, AND, AND, AND WHAT OUR ROLE IS.
SO, UM, SO THE PROPOSAL IS TO CREATE A FUND THAT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT THE LANGUAGE ACCESS WORK, AND IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING FUNDING FOR THAT WORK, THEN THAT HOPEFULLY HELPS TO FUND THE STAFF SUPPORT THAT'S NEEDED, RIGHT.
FOR THAT WORK, FREEING UP OUR STAFF TO FOCUS ON OTHER ISSUES THAT THE BOARD WANTS US TO WORK ON.
UM, AND THE REASON WE WANTED TO CREATE A DIFFERENT FUND IS BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S PROGRAM SPECIFIC, RIGHT.
AND THE SUPPORT THAT OUR PARTNERS GIVE US IS GENERAL OPERATING, RIGHT? SO I DIDN'T WANT TO COMMINGLE FUNDS THAT MAYBE OUR PARTNERS WOULD GIVE US FOR GENERAL OPERATING WITH SOMETHING THAT'S PROGRAM SPECIFIC.
CAUSE IF WE WOULD WANT THEM TO STOP SUPPORTING THE PROGRAM AND THEN DECIDED, WELL, WE'LL TAKE THE GENERAL OPERATING A LOT, YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, PLUS AGAIN, IF THIS TAKES OFF THE WAY I THINK IT COULD, IT COULD REALLY HELP, UM, IMPROVE, UH, THE SERVICES RELATED TO LANGUAGE, RIGHT? HOW WE, HOW WE, HOW WE WORK WITH LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES AND HOW WE SERVE THEM.
AND ALSO, UM, AGAIN, JUST, JUST, UH, HOPEFULLY IT'S MORE THAN SELF-SUSTAINING, HOPEFULLY THERE'S ENOUGH RESOURCES THERE THAT IT CAN GROW AND DO A BETTER JOB OF ENGAGING OVERALL.
AND KEN'S JUST NOT STRUCTURED RIGHT.
TO DO IT AS, UH, ONE OF THE VERY REASONS WE, WE STRUCTURED IT THE WAY WE DO WHERE WE HAVE MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS IS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE COMPETING WITH NONPROFITS RIGHT.
UM, AND SO THIS ONE, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, OBVIOUSLY THERE WOULD BE SOME FUNDRAISING GOING ON, BUT, UM, I THINK THE IDEA IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY, UM, IF YOU RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING, RIGHT, YOU HAVE A LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE SERVICES.
SO WE FIGURED THIS WAS A WAY OF HELPING FOLKS SORT OF DO SOMETHING OR FULFILL A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE MORE EFFICIENTLY, MORE EFFECTIVELY.
AND HOPEFULLY IF EVENTUALLY WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE PULL OUR RESOURCES, WE COULD HAVE THE MOST DYNAMIC, I THINK, LANGUAGE ACCESS, UM, IN THE COUNTRY, IF WE CAN BUILD THIS OUT SORT OF THE WAY WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT AND OUR ACTION TEAMS. SO, SO THAT'S REALLY THE, THE IDEA AND I'LL KIND OF SHARE THE PROPOSAL AND OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN ACCESS THE PROPOSAL.
SO I'M GOING TO MY PDF AND I NEED TO FIND A LANGUAGE.
SO REALLY THE PROPOSAL TO THE BOARD RIGHT.
IS TO, UM, PROVIDE, UM, IS TO GIVE, IS TO ADOPT A POLICY THAT ALLOWS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY FUND.
AND I'VE SORT OF EXPLAINED SOME OF WHY WE'RE DOING IT, OR, UM, AND SO IT KIND OF TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, I MEAN, I TALKED ABOUT OUR OWN FUNDRAISING AND OUR OWN SORT OF THE WAY WE DO OUR WORK.
UH, BUT, BUT I KNOW THERE, UM, CHALLENGE WITH FUNDRAISING RIGHT, IS THAT INTEGRAL CARE IS OUR FISCAL SPONSOR AND
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THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SORT OF DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND DEVELOPMENT WORK THAT THEY DO.UM, SO THIS WAY, WE'RE NOT CONFUSING FOLKS WHEN WE, IF WE'RE OUT THERE ASKING FOR MONEY AND ASKING FOLKS TO MAKE THE CHECKS OUT TO INTEGRAL CARE, RIGHT.
THEN THAT CREATES KIND OF SOME CONFUSION ABOUT, SO IS IT AN INTEGRAL CARE ASK? IS IT, IT CAN'T ASK.
SO THIS KIND OF ELIMINATES THAT, UH, THAT CHALLENGE, UM, AND LET'S SEE THE POTENTIAL IMPACT.
I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I THINK FOR ME, IT'S, IT ALLOWS US, UH, OUR PARTNERS TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES.
THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE COME TOGETHER, UH, LEVERAGE RESOURCES THAT MAY BE CURRENTLY ARE ALREADY, UM, FOCUSED ON LANGUAGE SERVICES, UH, CREATING RESOURCES TO BETTER SERVE THESE COMMUNITIES AND ENGAGING WITH THESE COMMUNITIES KIND OF CREATING THOSE FEEDBACK LOOPS.
AND, UM, AND AGAIN, HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR THAT WORK, UM, ALLOWS FOR THE STAFF SUPPORT, RIGHT, FOR THAT WORK, OR, YOU KNOW, ALLOWS FOR PAYING STAFF SPECIFIC STAFF FOR THAT PROGRAM.
SO THAT IN CARLOS ANGELINA, AND I CAN STICK TO, YOU KNOW, THE CORE WORK OF KEN AND THE LANGUAGE ACCESS WORK JUST CONTINUES.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BACKGROUND BEFORE I, UM, SORT OF GO INTO THE WHAT'S THE ACTUAL PROPOSAL.
UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY CONSIDER WHAT THE EMOTION MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
IT MIGHT BE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
OF COURSE, WE'VE WORKED ON THIS A LOT AS A BOARD, CERTAINLY AS AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR AWHILE.
AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS, UH, THIS IS, UH, ABOUT AS GOOD OF A PLACE AS WE CAN BE TO GIVE STAFF THE AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD AND START BUILDING THAT STRUCTURE SO THAT WE'RE, YOU'VE GOT THE ABILITY TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT RULE REBEL LISTED.
SO IN YOUR DOCUMENT ROLE, YOU HAVE A MOTION WRITTEN AT THE END AS A PROPOSED ACTION.
THIS WOULD ALLOW YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS, UM, AND IN THE FUTURE, BRING BACK A BUDGET FOR BOARD APPROVAL AND THEN ALLOW THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO, UH, DEVELOP THE PROCEDURES.
SO, YEAH, SO THE MOTION WOULD, UH, WOULD ADOPT A POLICY, RIGHT.
UM, WHERE, UM, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COULD, UM, DEVELOP A FUND AT THE ACF OR ANOTHER ENTITY, RIGHT.
THAT SERVES AS A FISCAL SPONSOR.
UM, AND, BUT IT HAS TO BE A PROJECT FACILITATED BY US, RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE KIND OF SOME MEASURE OF, OF, OF CONTROL OF SORT OF HOW THE PROJECT IS MANAGED.
UM, THE CANNED BOARD ADOPTS AN ANNUAL BOOK BUDGET FOR THE, FOR THAT FUND, RIGHT? SO WHENEVER I BRING TO Y'ALL THE CAN BUDGET ON GENERAL OPERATING, WE'LL ALSO BRING A BUDGET FOR THE FUND.
AND, UM, AND THE FUND WILL BE OPERATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPING, ADOPTING AN AMENDING OF A COMMUNITY FUND BUDGET APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE, AGAIN, KEN, HASN'T REALLY DONE THIS SORT OF THING WHERE WE HAVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
UM, BUT THE POLICY IS ALLOWING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY FUND AND THAT INCLUDES DEVELOPING PROCEDURES RIGHT, FOR HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK.
AND SO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT THE LAST MEETING ALREADY ADOPTED THESE PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPING, ADOPTING, AND AMENDING A COMMUNITY FUND, AND REALLY JUST OUTLINES HOW THE, UM, HOW THE, UH, THE BUDGET'S GOING TO WORK.
SO IT WILL FIRST BE APPROVED BY OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS ACTION TEAM, RIGHT IN SEPTEMBER, ROUGHLY, WHICH AGAIN HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.
UH, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WOULD APPROVE THE BUDGET IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, WHICH I THINK WE APPROVED THE BUDGET AT THE LAST MEETING.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL, WHENEVER WE BEING THE MAIN CAN BUDGET FOR A VOTE IN DECEMBER, WE'LL ALSO BRING THE BUDGET FOR, UM, FOR THE FUND AS WELL.
AND SO I GET TO PRESENT IT TO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AGAIN, BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET SORT OF ALSO WOULD COME TO THE BOARD, UH, ANY AMENDMENTS OF 5,000 OR MORE, I THINK IT'S, UM, IS HOW IT STATED.
BUT, UH, BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE THE BOARD ADOPTS THE BUDGET, THEN ANY AMENDMENTS WOULD ALSO COME THROUGH THE BOARD.
UM, SO REALLY JUST TRY AND HAVE IT MIRROR SORT OF OUR REGULAR BUDGET PROCESS SO THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING ALL OF OUR, UM, FINANCE, UM, ISSUES AT THE SAME TIME.
AND WE KNOW THAT JUST, I GIVE THE KEN BUDGET CHANGES THAT, UH, THIS COMMUNITY FUND, IF IT CHANGES, WILL IT FOLLOWS THE SAME PROCESS.
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SO, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION ALLOWING OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DEVELOP THIS FUND AND, UH, AS OUTLINED IN OUR CONVERSATION TODAY, I SEE RICH MOVES.DO I HAVE A SECOND DAVID SMITH SECONDS, ANY DISCUSSION THEN? UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, I, UH, THIS MOTION IS APPROVED, GOOD JOB STAFF FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER.
I AM INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD AND, UH, SEE THE BUDGETS COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
I THINK IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO OUR, UM, KIND OF COMMITTEE ABOUT FOR ME AGAIN, IT'S JUST KIND OF, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF STARTING TO DEFINE SORT OF HOW SOME OF THE WORK WE DO AND FOLDS, RIGHT.
IS BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, YOUR ISSUE YOU WORK ON, DOESN'T JUST, DOESN'T GET RESOLVED FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT FIRST OF ALL RIGHT.
BUT THERE IS KIND OF THIS NATURAL EVOLUTION THAT HAPPENS OVER TWO TO THREE YEARS WHERE YOU KIND OF SEE THAT WENT PAST A PARTICULAR, UM, COLLABORATION OR PROJECT THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING, UM, HAS NEEDS TO GO THROUGH, RIGHT.
TO ACTUALLY BE SUCCESSFUL, OR IF IT AIN'T WORKING RIGHT, YOU JUST DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
AND SO NOW THAT LANGUAGE ACCESS IS GOING IN THIS DIRECTION AND OUR RACE EQUITY COLLECTIVE IS PICKING UP SOME OF THE OTHER WORK KEN WAS DOING THEN, UM, IT KIND OF FREES UP CAPACITY FOR WHAT'S THE NEXT PART OF THE CONVERSATION, RIGHT? WHICH IS, UH, WHAT IS GOING TO FOCUS ON, UM, GOING FORWARD RIGHT FROM NOW AND IN 2021 IN RESPONSE TO THESE, UH, THESE, UH, THE PANDEMIC AND THE CRISES THAT HAVE UNFOLDED.
UH, SO REALLY I THINK, UH, THESE TWO DEVELOPMENTS, I REALLY, I THINK IN A FREE UP OUR CAPACITY TO SHIFT GIVEN WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AS A COMMUNITY AND THE FACT THAT I THINK, UM, THERE IS SUCH A GREAT NEED FOR COLLABORATION AROUND, UH, THESE VERY CHALLENGING ISSUES.
[CAN Board Retreat Discussion (Part 1): Recap of Issues & Challenges (Health, Economic, Educational, Legislative, etc.) Discussed in 2020]
KIND OF GOAL, WE'RE GOING TO BREAK UP INTO GROUPS OF LIKE THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS, RIGHT? SO WE CAN HAVE A, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALLER, SMALLER GROUP DISCUSSION, BUT I WANT TO JUST REMIND US SORT OF WHAT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN LOOKS LIKE AND SORT OF WHAT SOME OF OUR CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN THIS YEAR, RIGHT? SINCE APRIL, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE COMMUNITY CHALLENGES RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC.AND, UM, AND SO WHAT KIND OF JUST KINDA, AND THEN THOSE ARE IN THE SHARED DRIVE.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GO LOOK AT THAT, UM, UM, AND THAT STARE AT THE SMALL PRINT AT MY, ON MY SCREEN OR ON YOUR SCREEN, THEN YOU CAN DO THAT.
UM, BUT HERE YOU'LL MAINLY WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE BLUE PART, WHICH IS THE, THE, THE THREE GOALS IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, AT OUR NEXT MEETING, I'LL GO THROUGH SORT OF WHERE WE, WHERE WE ARE WITH ALL OF THIS STRATEGIES.
UM, BUT GO ONE IS TO ENHANCE AWARENESS AND COMMUNITY NEEDS AND CHALLENGES REQUIRING COLLABORATIVE ACTION AND OPPORTUNITIES TO GAIT ENGAGE ON THOSE ISSUES.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT'S, AGAIN, THE INFORMING PART AND ALSO BEGINNING THE, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFICATION OF HOW WE CAN ENGAGE AND THEN GO TO, IS, IS THE ENGAGEMENT PART IS LEAD SUPPORT, FACILITATE COMMUNITY AND PARTNER COLLABORATIONS AIMED AT ADDRESSING IDENTIFIED COMMUNITY NEEDS AND CHALLENGES.
THAT'S REALLY, AGAIN, JUST TWO WAYS OF THINKING OF THE ROLE CAN PLAY IS RIGHT.
ONE IS RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT NEEDS AND ISSUES AND GO TO IS, YOU KNOW, UH, LEADING OR SUPPORTING EFFORTS, RIGHT.
TO ADDRESS THOSE IDENTIFIED ISSUES.
AND, UM, GOAL THREE IS MORE THE ORGANIZATIONAL PIECE, RIGHT? SO HOW DO WE STRENGTHEN THE ORGANIZATION? YOU KNOW, THERE WAS AN ORIENTATION PROGRAM I'VE BEEN HAVING SMALL GROUP MEETINGS WITH NEW MEMBERS TO KIND OF GET THEM ORIENTED TOWARDS KEN.
AND THAT'S BEEN VERY, VERY GOOD, UH, UM, THE PROCESS FOR US TO, TO HAVE THAT IN PLACE.
UM, AS WE HAVE NEW MEMBERS AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON DEVELOPING, UM, AS OURSELVES AS AN NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION AND WE'RE, UM, AGAIN, THERE'S THE ORGANIZATIONAL PIECE, RIGHT? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS STRONG AND HEALTHY? UM, SO REALLY GOING INTO ARE SORT OF THE THINGS TO THINK ABOUT AS WE, AS WE CONSIDER KIND OF THE ROLES ARE, CAN AS THE ENHANCING AWARENESS AROUND THE CHALLENGES AND THE NEEDS AND, UM, AND, AND IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE AROUND THEM AND THEN GO TO IS THE ENGAGEMENT AROUND THOSE ISSUES.
AND SO THIS DOCUMENT THAT'S ALSO KIND OF IN THAT SHARE FOLDER, IT'S KIND OF, I WENT BACK AND SORT OF, I WON'T SAY I LISTENED TO ALL THE BOARD MEETINGS, I'LL SAY I READ THROUGH ALL THE MINUTES.
UM, AND SO THIS HAS KIND OF A, SORT OF A ONE PAGE, YOU KNOW, AS ISSUES EMERGED, RIGHT.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SORT OF SUMMARIZE THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE ISSUES, BUT
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I WAS TRYING TO KIND OF REMIND US A LITTLE BIT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP IN OUR CONVERSATIONS SINCE APRIL? SO OF COURSE, MITIGATING HEALTH IMPACTS IS VERY IMPORTANT.UM, THE THINGS I HIGHLIGHTED IN RED AND YELLOW, AND I'LL EXPLAIN THOSE A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE YELLOW IS WHERE KEN IS DOING SOME WORK RIGHT NOW.
SO I WANT TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THAT I'M SORT OF UNDER SORT OF MENTAL HEALTH, UM, OR INCREASING AWARENESS AND ACCESS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UM, IS, UM, WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY WITH MISSION CAPITAL AND INTEGRAL CARE AND, UM, ABOUT EIGHT OTHER GROUPS AROUND, UM, HOW, AND WHEN VOICE WAS OBVIOUSLY A PART OF THAT, UM, CAUSE HOW DO WE SUPPORT NONPROFITS IN SUPPORTING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THEIR STAFF AND THEIR CLIENTS, JUST BECAUSE, UM, ALL OF THESE CRISES, YOU KNOW, JUST CREATE, UM, A MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM DOES.
AND, UM, AND SO I KNOW THAT, UM, UH, ONE OF THE POST-SURVEY COMMENTS FROM MISSION CAPITAL WAS, YOU KNOW, UM, THE NONPROFITS ASKING FOR HELP, RIGHT IN ADDRESSING THOSE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF STAFF AND THEIR CLIENTS.
SO, SO WE JUST BEGAN TO CONVERSATION AROUND, UH, WHAT WE MIGHT DO KIND OF TO SUPPORT NONPROFITS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF BROADER ISSUES RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH, RIGHT.
AND THIS PANDEMIC, BUT THAT'S WHEN, UM, UH, WHERE, UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, OF COURSE YOU GOT THE MITIGATING, THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS KIND OF REBOOTING THE ECONOMY.
SO HERE WE HAVE ISSUES ABOUT INDIVIDUALS LOOKING FOR WORK THERE'S SPECIFIC ECONOMIC SECTORS THAT HAVE BEEN HARDEST.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR WORKERS AND BUSINESSES, UH, CHILDCARE, RIGHT.
IN BEING ABLE TO REOPEN, UM, THE CHAMBER, YOU KNOW, ADOPTED ITS OPENING CENTRAL TEXAS FOR BUSINESS REPORT.
UM, AND HERE I HIGHLIGHT THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL, RIGHT.
IT'S BEGINNING KIND OF A DIALOGUE AROUND GETTING BACK TO WORK AND REBUILDING OUR ECONOMY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BASICALLY AS CONVERSATION WITH COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND FRIENDS, RIGHT.
AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO MORE OF ONCE WE SEE THE KIND OF FEEDBACK WE GET, WE'LL SEE IF WE WANT TO DO MORE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, IN 20, 21, THE SPRING UNDER EDUCATION, RIGHT.
THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF ISSUES THERE IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY, IN TERMS OF LEARNING SUPPORTS FOR FAMILIES, UM, SUPPORTS FOR EDUCATORS, UM, AROUND SAFETY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE WITH MENTAL HEALTH, I KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED THAT IN RED AND THIS ONE, UM, INCREASING AWARENESS AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING, UH, EXPERIENCING ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
AND, AND I HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE IT'S WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND THIS ONE, IT'S THE ISSUES THAT COME UP IN A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS, BUT HARDLY EVER GET ADDRESSED BECAUSE USUALLY IT COMES UP WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOOD ACCESS OR EDUCATION ACCESS, OR, UH, HEALTH ACCESS, UM, LIKE TESTING, RIGHT.
AND, AND, AND, UH, PREVENTION AND, AND, UH, HEALTH SERVICES.
AND WE DON'T ALWAYS GET TO TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES, BUT THEY COME UP A LOT.
AND SO THOSE ARE, IRINA'S WHERE, AGAIN, I DON'T SEE THAT THERE'S A COLLABORATIVE PER SE.
THERE ARE FOLKS WHO WORK ON THOSE ISSUES, BUT THERE ISN'T LIKE A COMMUNITY EFFORT.
REALLY AIMED AT ADDRESSING THOSE SORT OF, UM, UM, COLLABORATIVELY AND TO SEE KIND OF WHAT IS NEEDED, RIGHT.
TO DO A BETTER JOB OF ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS, UH, THEIR BASIC NEEDS, YOU KNOW, I JUST KIND OF MAPPED OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF FOOD ACCESS AND THE EVICTIONS PIECE, RIGHT.
THAT IT'S PART OF A LOT, BUT ISN'T NECESSARILY SOMETHING WE HAVE AN ANSWER FOR.
UM, AND UNDER RELIEF EFFORTS, YOU SEE, I JUST TRY TO MAP OUT WHAT, WHAT FOLKS DIFFERENT PARTNERS MENTIONED THEY'RE DOING RIGHT AS A, AS A, AS A WAY OF RESPONDING TO THE COVID, UM, CRISIS.
AND SO YOU HAVE ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THE CITY HAS DEVELOPED.
WELL, NOT ALL OF THEM, I'LL SAY MULTIPLE PROGRAMS. IT'S NOT A COMPLETE LIST.
AND SO MY APOLOGIES, BUT, UH, IT WAS GONNA MAKE ME GO INTO PAGE TWO AND I JUST CUT IT OFF AT, UH, EIGHT OR NINE RIGHT THERE.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE KIND OF PFLUGERVILLE KIND OF HAS A PFLUGERVILLE FUN, AND CONNIE HAS THEIR TCT X SERVE.
AND AS D AS HIS FAMILY CRISIS FUND AND, UM, DELL VALLEY AND MANOR KIND OF HAVE THEIR FOUNDATIONS AND, AND UNDER PHILANTHROPY, OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE ALTOGETHER ATX SAINT DAVID'S ASCENSION SETON, YOU KNOW, AND THE EFFORTS THEY'VE TAKEN TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEED.
AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST HAVE THE THREE BIG BUCKETS.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN OVERLAY OVER ANYTHING YOU MIGHT TALK ABOUT, BUT ONE IS ADDRESSING HEALTH AND ECONOMIC DISPARITIES, YOU KNOW, BY RACE AND ETHNICITY.
UM, HOW DO WE DO A BETTER JOB OF ADDRESSING THOSE THINGS MORE IN A HOLISTIC GROUP HOLISTICALLY OR INTEGRATED WAY? UM, LAST TIME WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT BUDGETS AND
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WE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY COORDINATING A COMMUNITY FACILITATING COMMUNICATION AROUND THE 20, 21 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, RIGHT? SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S OF INTEREST GREAT TO, TO YOU, RIGHT.TO KNOW WHAT PARTNERS ARE DOING AND TO SHARE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AROUND THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, THIS IS MORE THE SORT OF THE WEEKEND ATX IS HOW DO WE COORDINATE EFFORTS TO SERVE FAMILIES? UM, AND SORT OF, I, I ASKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF CANNES ROLE, IS IT, IS THERE, IS THERE A NEED FOR KEN TO DO MORE OF THE INFORMING PART OR THE ENGAGING PART, YOU KNOW, OF THE WORK AROUND THESE ISSUES? SO, UM, SO A LITTLE SUMMARY, AGAIN, YOU CAN GO IN THERE AND, AND KIND OF READ MORE OF THE DETAIL, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO NOT JUST TRY TO REMEMBER, BUT JUST KIND OF LIST OUT SOME OF THE KEY TOPICS AND SOME OF THE ISSUES WE KNOW ARE OUT THERE.
AND THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM THAT IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER, UM, ALL OF THEM AND HOW THEY MIGHT ALL FIT TOGETHER.
SO, UM, I'LL STOP SHARING AND SEE IF, UM, IF OUR CHAIRS OR ANYBODY WANTS TO SHARE OUT BEFORE WE GO INTO SMALL GROUPS TO TALK ABOUT, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THESE, UM, AND WE HAVE LISTS, LET ME SHARE THESE QUESTIONS, RIGHT.
THAT WE'LL BE ADDRESSING IN OUR SMALL GROUP.
UM, AND AGAIN, FEEL FREE TO KIND OF REFLECT BACK OR REFER BACK TO THAT DOCUMENT.
BUT, UH, SORT OF THE THREE PROMPTS FOR THE SMALL GROUP IS WHAT ISSUES ARE MOST PRESSING AT THIS MOMENT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN OUR HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CRISIS, UH, WHAT CHALLENGES CHALLENGES DO YOU SEE IN FOLDING IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT WE SHOULD PREPARE FOR? AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS, UH, HOW COULD WE ALIGN RIGHT AS CAN, RIGHT? HOW COULD WE ALIGN OUR EFFORTS AROUND ADDRESSING THESE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND RELIEF EFFORTS? AND, UH, AND IS THERE ANY RESEARCH OR DATA THAT WE NEED, RIGHT.
TO HELP US MAKE THAT DETERMINATION? SO WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF BEGIN THAT CONVERSATION AND THEN WE'LL COMPILE ALL THAT FEEDBACK.
AND, UM, HOPEFULLY AGAIN, KEEP FOCUSING IN ON THESE ISSUES OR NARROWING THESE ISSUES AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
BUT BEFORE WE KIND OF GO INTO THE BREAKOUTS, WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY, ANY QUESTIONS.
SO THE OBJECTIVE HERE IS, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SCHEDULED ACCORDING TO OUR AGENDA TO DO BREAKOUTS FOR 20, I WOULD SAY MAYBE 25 MINUTES.
AND THEN, UH, I DON'T GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE HARD WITH AS MANY BOARD MEMBERS AS WE HAVE SOME GLAD WE'RE DOING PICK UP BREAKOUT ROOMS. UM, AND THEN, UM, WE'LL COME BACK AND KIND OF SHARE OUR ALIGNMENT IN THE CONVERSATION THAT OCCURRED.
BUT THE OBJECTIVE HERE REALLY IS.
AND IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, WHERE TAKING AN OPPORTUNITY, HAVING ALMOST A FULL YEAR OF COVID NONSENSE TO GO BACK AND REVISIT ALL THE STUFF WE'RE DOING AND SEE IF THIS IS ANY TYPE OF FOCUS WE WANT TO SHIFT TO MOVING FORWARD.
IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT ROLE? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND GIVEN KIND OF WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING, RIGHT.
IS THERE A NEED TO SHIFT OR SHOULD WE JUST DO WHAT WE DO CURRENTLY WITH WHAT ARE WE CURRENTLY DOING AND JUST KIND OF TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
SO PRICE, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE A STAFF SENDS US OFF INTO OUR BREAKOUT ROOMS? ALRIGHT, WELL, CLICK YOUR HEELS TOGETHER THREE TIMES.
SO THANKFULLY, UH, WE HAVE CARLOS HERE WHO YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE NOTES, RIGHT? CARLOS? YEAH.
I IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU GET LAZY ABOUT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, CAUSE YOU JUST HAVE LIKE PEOPLE AROUND YOU TAKING NOTES FOR YOU.
I'M GOING TO TRY IT CAUSE I THINK I HAVE TO REPORT OUT, BUT I'LL PROBABLY, WHEN WE GO BACK INTO THE MAIN ROOM, I'LL PROBABLY ASK YOU ALL TO, TO SPEAK UP FOR THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL ARE REFERENCING IN OUR CONVERSATION HERE NOW.
BUT, UM, AS ROMMEL SAID, THERE'S KIND OF THREE QUESTIONS WE'RE GOING TO USE TO FRAME THIS UP.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT ISSUES ARE MOST PRESSING AT THIS MOMENT WITH REGARD TO THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CRISES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN THIS? SO A FEW OF US, YOU CAN JUST JUMP IN.
WE DON'T HAVE TO BE CALLED ON.
WELL, JIMMY, I DON'T NEED MORE OF AN INVITATION THAN THAT.
UM, TO ME, THE PRESSING ISSUES ARE REALLY PROVIDING SUPPORTS FOR OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, THE ELDERLY, THE SICK
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MINORITIES FOLKS WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE, FRONT LINE WORKERS AND CHILDREN.UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE AS A NATION, NOT DOING A GOOD JOB THERE, THAT'S GOTTA BE A PRIORITY IS DESTABILIZING, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING I'LL MENTION, WHICH IS THE BIG, THE BIG ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, WHICH IS THE ELECTION AND UNDER ANY SCENARIO, WE'RE GOING TO FACE SOME SORT OF CHAOS.
AND SO PREPARING OURSELVES AS A COMMUNITY FOR DEALING WITH WHAT COULD BE DAYS, WEEKS, OR MONTHS OF CHAOS, UH, AND HOW THAT'LL AFFECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND AS A COMMUNITY TO WHAT HAPPENS ON THE NATIONAL SCENE.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT, GOOD, TWO MINUTES AS LONG ARCH.
UM, THIS MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE RESPOND TO A D RIGHT NOW, UH, ISSUES FACING US.
BUT ONE THING THAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT AND WE WERE THE CONCERNED ABOUT ON THE COUNTY SIDE IS, IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ALL THIS SPECIAL MONEY GOES AWAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ON, I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THE ORDER OF 200 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS IN CRF FUNDS THAT ARE, WE HAVE, UM, UNTIL JUNE UNTIL DECEMBER, UM, AND SOME OTHER SPECIAL POTS OF MONEY AND THEY'RE GOING TO END AND ABOUT THE TIME THOSE THINGS GO AWAY, THEN WE PROBABLY WORRY ABOUT SAYING THINGS LIKE, UM, THE MORATORIUM ON, ON EVICTIONS GETS LIFTED.
AND SO ARE WE GOING TO SEE THIS, YOU KNOW, DEMAND SPIKE AGAIN, JUST WHEN OUR RESOURCES ARE, ARE SLIPPING AWAY, EVICTIONS IS A, IS A REALLY GOOD ONE OR BAD ONE, DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE OF THE MAP WE'RE DOING, UH, LOSING TRACK OF MY WINDOWS TO REMEMBER WHERE WE ARE.
OTHER THOUGHTS YOU ALL, PLEASE JUST JUMP IN AS LAWRENCE REFERENCED, I'M STRUGGLING WITH THE RIGHT NOW OR AT THIS MOMENT, PART OF THE QUESTION, JUST BECAUSE OF THE, UH, ONGOING PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE, BUT ALSO THE NEED TO CONTINUE RESPONDING TO PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES IN THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT NEXT MONTH HOLDS OR THE MONTH AFTER THAT.
SO BEING PREPARED, BEING RESILIENT, I WOULD SAY, UH, THOSE ARE MOST PRESSING FOR WHAT IS GOING TO COME, BUT IS UNKNOWN.
UM, ON THE ECONOMIC SIDE, IT'S JUST HOW THIS HAS HAD A DIFFERENT IMPACT ON TYPES OF BUSINESS TYPES OF INDUSTRY AND BEING FOCUSED ON HOW WE CAN PROVIDE THAT BEST SUPPORT TO THE MOST VULNERABLE INDUSTRIES.
COUNCIL, UH, PASSED THE SAVES FUND AND, UM, HAS A, UH, SHORT TERM FRAMEWORK IN PLACE WITH DIRECTION TO STAFF TO ASSIST THOSE INDUSTRIES, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH CONSISTENCY WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER, THE LOCAL ORDERS AND HOW BUSINESSES CAN OPERATE TO MINIMIZE CONFUSION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE IT IS CONFUSING WHEN THE ORDERS AREN'T ALWAYS MATCHED UP AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN, UH, SUPPORT THE MOST VULNERABLE BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE HEARD FROM ALL THE WHITE DUDES PRACTICALLY WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FOLKS SPEAK UP ONE.
WELL, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE THAT WE ALL FACE IS TO SOMEHOW SEE THROUGH ALL THE CONFUSION.
UM, I THINK ALL OF US UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO GET THE ECONOMY GOING AGAIN AND WE HAVE TO OPEN UP, BUT WE CANNOT DO IT FOOLISHLY THE WAY WE ARE BEING TOLD BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
AND THERE'S CONFLICTING A BUNCH OF INFORMATION.
DEMOCRATS SAY THIS, THEY'RE PROBABLY CAN SAY THAT.
UM, AND SO UNTIL WE ALL DO THE SAME THING AND PUT ON OUR MASS DISTANCE, ALL THIS STUFF WE CAN DO TO PROTECT OURSELVES, WE COULD REALLY OPEN UP, UH, AND AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, WE HAVE TO FIND SOME WAY TO SORT THROUGH ALL THE CONFUSION AND CONVINCE HER CITIZEN THAT THERE IS A THING WE'D OPEN UP, UH, BECAUSE
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WITHOUT OPENING UP THE ECONOMY, PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO SUFFER.IT'S A SAFE WAY TO DO IT, TO BUILD OFF OF THAT.
AND I NEED TO THE GROUP, I'M RACHEL HAMPTON, I'M FROM CANE COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
UM, I THINK TO ADD TO THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT IS THE DISPROPORTIONALITY OF HOW THIS IS AFFECTING WORKERS, UM, THAT GET TO BE REMOTE AND WORKERS THAT DON'T, UM, AND LOOKING AT THE LONGTERM HEALTH IMPACT OF PEOPLE OF COLOR, WHO ARE THE ONES PREDOMINANTLY WHO ARE GOING BACK TO WORK ON THE FRONT LINES IN RETAIL STORES, AS WE OPEN UP OUR ECONOMY IN AUSTIN, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO START LOOKING AT AS WELL, PLANNING FOR HOWARD GOING TO ACCOMMODATE AND ADDRESS THIS DISPARITY, UM, FROM A HEALTH, FROM A HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO FROM AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE AS WELL WITH HUGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE STILL UNEMPLOYED WITHOUT ACCESS TO SERVICES, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY.
THEY NEED TO GET ACCESS TO WORKFORCE SERVICES.
I THINK AS A COMMUNITY COUNCIL, WE, WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS ACCESS, UM, AND PROTECTING OUR, OUR WORKERS WHO ARE VULNERABLE RIGHT NOW AND MOVING FORWARD AND WILL CONTINUE TO SIT IN THE MOST VULNERABLE STATE AS WE CONTINUE TO OPEN UP.
THIS IS INGRID TAYLOR, UH, WHEN THE SENTENCING PROVIDER, UM, I SIT IN WITH MOODLE BENEFIT MALL AND OUR NEXT ACTIVITY IS TO DO A COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
SO WE'RE THINKING A LOT ABOUT HOW OUR CURRENT SITUATION WILL INFORM THAT WORK.
AND ALONGSIDE THAT THINKING A LOT MORE ABOUT HOW THERE'S A LONGSTANDING ORGANIZATION, UM, CAN PARTNER TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT IT MEETING THE NEEDS THAT ARE BEING EXACERBATED AND NEW AS IT WAS THE, THE ECONOMIC CRISIS PIECE OF THIS THAT I'VE BEEN GIVEN SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS ON ABOUT AKA SHAPE RECOVERY ARE Y'ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT CONCEPT, THE K SHAPE RECOVERY.
I THINK IT IS KIND OF THE CHART VERSION OF WHAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING IS THAT IT'S GONNA, THE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO DISPROPORTIONATELY FALL ON THOSE WHO CAN LEAST AFFORD TO TAKE THE IMPACTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW WE COURSE CORRECT THAT PROBLEM, BUT THAT IT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING AND NOT JUST IN AUSTIN.
SO ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER REGIONS AS A BRAINSTORMING ACTION? LIKE WHAT ARE OTHER REGIONS DOING? WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE FACING THE SAME CASE, SHAPE RECOVERY AND AUSTIN WEIRDLY LIKE HOW WE NORMALLY DO WE'LL RECOVER FIRST.
AND, AND THERE'S, I HAVE A CONCERN THAT, THAT RECOVERY WILL THEN TAKE THE WIND OUT OF THE SAILS OF HELPING THOSE WHO NEED IT THE MOST RIGHT IN AUSTIN, UNEMPLOYMENT IS DROPPING WE'RE UNDER 6%.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO NEED THE HELP IS SMALLER, BUT WILL WE FORGET THAT, THAT THAT'S THAT'S THERE WHEN 94% OF THE COMMUNITY IS FINE? YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS, AS WE KNOW ABOUT WHO'S STILL SEEKING WORK AND WHAT THE BIGGER IMPACTS ARE AND ALL THAT.
THE TWO, TWO OF THE THREE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE GOT ISSUES PRESSING AT THE MOMENT, CHALLENGES UNFOLDING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
I THINK WE'VE COVERED THOSE IN KATRINA YET, IF YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN OR DAVID, UM, YOU KNOW, PLEASE JUMP IN, UH, THE THIRD QUESTION, DO YOU SEE ALIGNMENT IN THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND RELIEF EFFORTS THAT CAN, COULD RUN WITH, IS THERE RESEARCH, WE NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ADDRESS THE IDENTIFIED NEEDS.
SO BOTH, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW WE CAN ALIGN OUR RELIEF EFFORTS? AND IS THERE RESEARCH, WHICH IS PART OF, I THINK CANNES WHEELHOUSE IS DOING RESEARCH.
WHAT ARE THE RESEARCH NEEDS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT WE CAN START TO WORK ON? HEY, JIMMY, CAN I BUILD ON WHAT YOU PREVIOUSLY SAID AND TIED TO RESEARCH? YEAH.
UM, BECAUSE AS YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, AND IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THE TOP LINE IS, BUT ALSO THAT SECOND AND THIRD ORDER OF DETAIL BEHIND IT, LIKE
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THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THOSE AND LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY IS STILL HIGHER BECAUSE WE KNOW THOSE ARE THE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING ALONG WITH, UM, EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT IS, UM, FEELING THE BRUNT OF IT NOW MORE SO THAN OTHER SECTORS.THE ONE DATA POINT THAT I WANTED TO LOOK UP WAS A NATIONWIDE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE IN AUSTIN, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS GETTING BETTER IS THAT PEOPLE ARE DROPPING OUT OF THE WORKFORCE, INCLUDING, OR ESPECIALLY WOMEN.
AND THE DATA POINT THAT I FOUND IS THAT WOMEN'S LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE DROPPED TO 55.6%.
THE LOWEST IT HAS BEEN SINCE FEBRUARY, 1987.
UM, AND WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES THAT THIS IS HAVING ON FAMILIES, ON INDIVIDUALS, ON HOUSEHOLDS HEADED BY A SINGLE WOMEN WITH CHILDREN.
AND, UH, THE LAST RECESSION, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT HOW IT IMPACTED MEN BECAUSE IT WAS AFFECTING CONSTRUCTION OR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
WELL, THIS ONE IS NOW AFFECTING THE WOMEN IN THE LABOR FORCE.
SO THESE ARE THINGS TO HELP INFORM SOME OF THAT RESEARCH, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE TOP LINE MEANS, AND THEN BREAKING IT DOWN, WHERE ARE THINGS LOOKING GOOD, WHERE THERE'S STILL CONCERNS? AND THAT IS ONE BIG CONCERN THAT JUST CAME OUT THIS WEEK.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT, JIMMY, UH, JUST, JUST BUILDING ON THAT AND SOMETHING THAT RACHEL SAID EARLIER TO A, THIS, THIS SPILLS OVER A LITTLE BIT INTO THE NEAR FUTURE CHALLENGES, BUT I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT A CANDIDATE ALIGNMENT ISSUE TO ME, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DON'T WE KNOW THAT COULD, THAT COULD REALLY BITE US.
UM, AND SO TO ME CAN, COULD BE THINKING ABOUT AND RESEARCHING SOME KEY THINGS, UH, LIKE WHAT ARE THE LONGTERM HEALTH EFFECTS? UH, THE SO-CALLED LONG HAULERS, THOSE THAT HAVE CONTRACTED THE VIRUS WOULD HAVE CHRONIC CONDITIONS.
I'M REALLY WORRIED THAT THIS ACTUALLY COULD COST US MORE IN THE LONG RUN THAN THE SHORT TERM CRISIS.
SO GETTING A HANDLE ON HOW PEOPLE'S HEALTH IS AFFECTED, EVEN IF AFTER THEY RECOVERED, I THINK IS CRITICAL AND DON'T, DON'T THROW ANYTHING AT ME, BUT WE HAD A MILD FLU SEASON LAST YEAR.
WHAT IF WE HAVE A SEVERE FLU SEASON NOW? AND WHAT IF ANOTHER VIRUS EMERGENCE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE OUR SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE SYSTEMS? TWO THINGS THAT WE ALREADY KNOW COULD HIT US LIKE THE FLU OR ANOTHER VIRUS ARE WE PREPARED? WHAT IF WE ARE DOUBLING AND TRIPLING UP ON PATHOGENS, HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THAT? I THINK IS A BIG ISSUE THEN FINALLY, UM, DAVID, I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS TOO.
TO ME, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN AMERICA NOW IS ALIENATION ISOLATION, LONELINESS, AND CIVIC DISENGAGEMENT.
SO FOR THE LONGTERM, I THINK CAN, CAN PLAY A ROLE IN BRINGING US TOGETHER AND FIGURING OUT UNDER THIS NEW ENVIRONMENT, HOW DO WE SOLVE THIS PROBLEM? THAT WAS A BIG PROBLEM BEFORE THE, BEFORE THE VIRUS, HOW DO WE COME TOGETHER? AS A PEOPLE COMMUNICATE, WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, UM, FOR OUR, FOR OUR MENTAL HEALTH, THIS MAY BE THE SINGLE MOST PHYSICAL HEALTH ISSUE IS ISOLATION AND LONELINESS.
I KNOW HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL SAYS LONELINESS IS THE BIGGEST HEALTH DETERMINANT.
SO THOSE, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WORRY ME AND I THINK CAN, CAN PLAY A ROLE IN RESEARCHING AND ADDRESSING KATRINA.
DID YOU, WERE YOU ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING I WANTED TO ASK JEREMY THAT IT STUDIES SAY WHY WOMEN WERE DROPPING OUT OF THE WORKFORCE? I CAN SAY WHAT I THINK OR WHAT I CAN IMAGINE.
WHY, BECAUSE THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE THE SINGLE BREADWINNER OF THE HOME, BUT DID IT SAY WHY JEREMY, WHY SO MANY WOMEN WERE DROPPING OUT INTO THE WORKFORCE? UH, NO.
SO THIS ONLY REPORTED ON THE SURVEY DATA AND IT WAS JUST THE NUMBERS.
SO YOUR SPECULATION AND MINE ARE THE SAME, BUT, UH, IT, WE CAN ONLY GUESS THAT FROM THE DATA, IT WASN'T EXPLICITLY STATED IN THIS REPORT.
IT SEEMED, IT SEEMED LIKE THE INDUSTRY'S MOST DRAMATICALLY AFFECTED HAD A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN IN THOSE PROFESSIONS.
AND THAT MAY BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THAT DISPROPORTIONALITY.
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YEP.MORE INTERESTING TO ME IS WHAT, I MEAN, I GUESS THIS IS A HIGHER LEVEL QUESTION, BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DROP OUT OF THE WORKFORCE? DOES THAT MEAN THEY GOT THAT, THAT THEY'RE THEY HAVE A PARTNER HELPING PAY THE BILLS? DOES IT MEAN THEY'VE CHANGED? THEIR LIFESTYLE IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS OPTIONAL? HOW MUCH OF THAT IS THE TWO CRISES AWAY FROM HOMELESSNESS, RIGHT.
AND NOT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO NO LONGER BE IN THE WORKFORCE? IT'S NO LONGER SEEK WORK.
AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE, UH, FOR FAMILIES THAT HAVE TWO WAGE EARNERS AND ONE MAY CHOOSE TO STAY AT HOME BECAUSE OF FAMILY OBLIGATIONS WITH, UH, STUDENTS LEARNING FROM HOME INSTEAD OF, UH, IN THE CLASSROOM OR, UM, PEOPLE NEARING RETIREMENT SAYING, OKAY, I'M DONE.
UM, ALL OF THESE ARE VALID, BUT TO WHAT DEGREE AND WHAT PERCENTAGE, THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWERED THE QUESTION I WANT TO JUMP IN, BUT I DON'T WANT TO JUMP IN PREMATURELY, JUMP IN DAVID, HOW ARE YOU TEED IT UP A LITTLE BIT? I THINK HE TOOK US THROUGH THREE OR FOUR KIND OF DIFFERENT STAGES.
THE FIRST THREE RAISED MY ANXIETY.
BUT I THINK THAT MENTAL HEALTH INCREASINGLY RATHER THAN THE, BE A VERTICAL OR SOME TYPE OF A FREE STANDING, UM, SERVICE, OR, YOU KNOW, CLINICAL INTERVENTION, THAT'S FUNDED BY FUNDERS.
I THINK THAT IT'S A CROSS CUTTING ISSUE.
AND SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY, MENTAL HEALTH, BIG PART CHILDREN, READY TO LEARN IN SCHOOL, MENTAL HEALTH, BIG PART.
AND NOW WITH THE PANDEMIC, UM, WHETHER YOU LOOK AT THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE, UH, THE DATA'S COMING OUT THAT, UM, THE, THIS RELATES TO OUR DASHBOARD, THIS IDEA OF POOR MENTAL HEALTH IS DOUBLING.
UM, YOU'RE ACTUALLY MORE AT, OF POOR MENTAL HEALTH DAYS WITH LOSS OF SLEEP, UH, ANXIETY, STRESS, UM, BEING ISOLATED AND WORKING FROM HOME THAN BEING OUT IN THE IMMEDIACY OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND THE FLIP SIDE AND THIS CROSS CUTTING ISSUE, UM, TRAUMA THAT FOLKS ARE EXPERIENCING AND, UH, HEALTHCARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS ON THAT OFTEN SHOWS UP LATER IN ITS IMPACT, UH, IN, IN MENTAL HEALTH MANIFESTS ITSELF IN SOME, A MIND BODY CONNECTION.
PART OF WHAT I'M I'M THINKING IS, UH, WITHIN THIS, SOME OF THE WORK OF CAN IS TO EMBED AS MUCH RESOURCE AND TOOLKIT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL EMPLOYERS AND JEREMY KNOWS IN THIS RETURN TO WORK THAT A LOT OF FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING FROM HOME ISOLATED THAT HAVE LOST SLEEP, UH, HAVE HAD STRESS IT'LL SHOW UP IN DEPRESSION AND OTHER LOSS, UH, WORKDAYS.
SO WE NEEDING TO PAY ATTENTION.
I'VE BEEN GIVING A LOT OF THOUGHT TO THIS IDEA OF, WE WORK WITH ONE VOICE THAT'S 122 ORGANIZATIONS, MANY OF WHICH LIKE THE WIDE WCA DO HAVE GOOD COUNSELING PROGRAMS AND IN WORK.
AND SO HOW CAN WE, AND I THINK, UM, RAUL HAS HELPED LEAD THIS, DO SOME COLLECTIVE IMPACT AND, UM, AND BE WORKING TOGETHER.
THE OTHER PART IS, IS THAT ALL OF US, MANY OF US ARE EMPLOYERS AND WE HAVE OUR OWN WORKFORCE.
AND THEN ALSO TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN MENTAL HEALTH.
THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS THAT THERE'S AN IDEA THAT THE DELL MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE CLEVELAND CLINIC HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT BRAIN HEALTH.
SO TALKING ABOUT THE BRAIN IS HELPFUL BECAUSE IT HELPS TO DEAL WITH STIGMA RATHER THAN BEING EMBARRASSED THAT WE MIGHT BE TAGGED WITH BEING, UM, HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM.
BUT IT ALSO REALLY LINKS PRETTY CAREFULLY THINGS LIKE SLEEP NUTRITION, EXERCISE, EXERCISE MAY HAVE AS MUCH IMPACT ON DEPRESSION, LOW CLINICAL DEPRESSION AS MEDICATIONS.
AND SO PAYING ATTENTION TO BRAIN HEALTH IS ALSO A CROSS CUTTING ISSUE WITH THE NUMBER OF, OR CAN ISSUE AREAS.
SO I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER ON THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY I WORK IN A WORLD OF INSURANCE COMPANIES, ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS, HOSPITALS OF FORMAL HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS UNDER, I WOULDN'T SAY UNDERNEATH IT, BUT ALONGSIDE OF IT, UM, ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING, UH, HOPEFULLY BEST PRACTICE COUNSELING, ENCOURAGEMENT.
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CONSTRUCTIVE SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND THEN KNOWING WHERE TO GO AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS FOR RESOURCES.WE HAVEN'T MENTIONED THINGS LIKE SUICIDE RATES, CRISIS CALLS IN ONE MONTH THIS SUMMER, OUR CALL CENTER WENT FROM 21,000 CALLS TO 24,000 CALLS.
AND WE HAD 7,000 CRISIS CALLS IN ONE MONTH.
ALSO THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, AND NOT DOMINATE THIS CONVERSATION, BUT A BLAME ARE UP IF I'M TALKING TOO MUCH.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, IS IT FOR ONE MONTH, ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE, THIS IS CROSSCUTTING AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF A HORIZONTAL RELATIONSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE NUMBER TWO REASON THAT PEOPLE WERE CALLING MENTAL HEALTH CALL CENTERS IS THEY WERE AFRAID OF ANOTHER PERSON IN THEIR HOUSE, THE BEHAVIOR.
SO AT WHAT POINT DOES THIS BECOME DOMESTIC ABUSE ASSAULT? AND SO I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT AT SOME POINT COLLECTIVELY POOLING THE NINE ONE ONE CALLS, AND WE ARE MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENT WITH MENTAL HEALTH, BUT THERE'S OTHER HUMAN HEALTH, OTHER HUMAN SERVICE AREAS.
THE TWO, ONE, ONE CALL CENTER, THE SAFE ALLIANCE, HER SELVES, AND SOME OTHERS.
AND WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM WHERE ARE CALLS COMING IN FROM, HOW ARE WE DISSEMINATING THE INFORMATION ON WHERE TO CALL, UH, WHAT TYPE OF REQUESTS ARE BEING ASKED FOR IN, ARE WE SEEING ANY UPWARD SPIKES THAT HELP US IN SOMEWHAT OF AN EARLY WARNING ON SOME OF THE KINDS OF AREAS THAT ARE BROUGHT UP? SO DO WE HAVE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE IN OUR COLLECTIVE CALL CENTERS THAT WE REALLY HAVEN'T TAPPED YET? SO I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS STUFF ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, AND WANT TO USE THE RESOURCES OF INTEGRAL CARE TO TEAM UP WITH OTHER SOLUTIONS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY.
LOVE THE IDEA OF THE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CROSS-CUTTING.
UM, WE COLLECT SO MUCH DATA IN THIS COMMUNITY, CERTAINLY AT THE CITY, WE'RE A NATIONAL LEADER ON PUBLISHING DATA.
I WOULDN'T SAY WE'RE A NATIONAL LEADER ON ANALYZING OR USING IT, BUT WE SURE HAVE IT.
AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN DO IT.
WE'RE DOING THAT ON THE NINE 11 CALLS, AS FAR AS PUBLIC SAFETY REFORM IS CONCERNED, RIGHT.
I CHAIR THAT COMMITTEE AT THE COUNCIL.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LEARNING IS THAT THE SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED NOT TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.
IT ALMOST IS ALMOST A BY DESIGN BLACK BOX ENVIRONMENT, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO DON'T WANT THAT ANALYSIS TO BE DONE.
AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BUREAUCRATIC INERTIA I THINK IS TO BE FAIR.
BUT, UM, SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT AND WE GOTTA FIND BETTER WAYS TO BREAK THROUGH IT.
CARLOS, ON THE, ON MY AGENDA, IT SAYS WE WERE GOING BACK TO THE BIG ROOM AT TWO 20, SHOULD WE BE HEADING BACK? YEAH.
AND I THOUGHT THAT, UH, THE HOST, WHICH WOULD BE DELINA WOULD STOP THE BREAKOUTS AND BRING US BACK IN.
OH, YOU HAVE TO CLICK LEAVE ROOM.
SO IT'S JUST US AGAIN, WE JUST PUT BREAKOUT ROOMS. THAT WAS CLEVER.
SO JIMMY, ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE DATA AND THE RESEARCH, UM, BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED CONCERN THAT WAS CITED EARLIER ABOUT, UM, INCREASE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HOW DOES THAT SHOW UP IN THE DATA? CAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE MONTHLY POLICE CHIEF'S REPORT, UM, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT IS UP, BUT SIMPLE ASSAULT IS DOWN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
AND, UH, USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, JUST TO SAY SOMETIMES WHEN WE HAVE THE DATA, DO WE HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE NEED FROM THE DATA? UM, AND SO AS TAN CONTINUES TO LOOK AT RESEARCH, MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S SAYING, BUT ALSO WHAT IT'S NOT SAYING.
AND HOW DO WE HAVE A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH.
I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN, IN THINKING ABOUT WHO
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OUR PARTNERS ARE IN OTHER REGIONS THAT ARE ALSO DOING THIS WORK SO THAT WE CAN ALSO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THINGS ARE ESSENTIALLY NATIONAL TRENDS AND WHAT THINGS MIGHT BE MORE TARGETED TO CONDITIONS IN OUR REGION UNIQUELY.AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE CITY AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY HAPPENING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND THEN OTHERWISE YOU HAVE CRIME RATES GOING UP ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY AND DEMOCRAT OR OTHERWISE THAT'S A GOOD, BUT THEN DEVIL'S ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS, ESPECIALLY ON CRIME, CRIME STATS AND CRIME REPORTS, AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CROSS CUTTING THAT DEMOGRAPHICALLY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THINGS MIGHT BE UNDER REPORTED.
I MEAN, THERE'S POLICING AT SOME COMMUNITIES UNDER POLICING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND THEN WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO THE CRIME STATS? THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE AGGREGATED, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SO HARD AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AT THE CITY TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT, TRYING TO GET INTO THE DETAIL.
AND IT, OUR INNOVATION OFFICE HAS DONE A LOT.
THEY'RE STARTING TO EVEN LIKE KEYWORD SEARCH INSIDE A POLICE REPORTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THINGS WERE KIND OF ALSO OFFICER INITIATED, WHICH THINGS WE'RE NOT GETTING INTO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.
IT'S, IT'S COMPLICATED, ALL, ALL HARD, STUFF'S COMPLICATED AND HAD TO BE CLICHE, BUT IT'S ALSO, OUR DATA IS MUCH MORE SUITED FOR IDENTIFYING SYMPTOMS AND NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING.
I MEAN, WE ALWAYS GET, YOU KNOW, IN PUBLIC SECTOR WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF ACCOUNTS OF WHAT OF PRIONS ARE HAPPENING, BUT NOTHING, BUT WHAT'S BEHIND IT, VERY LITTLE HEALTH SYSTEM.
THEY HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF COUNTS OF, OF THE INCIDENCE OF DISEASE, BUT NOT DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND ALL THESE SORTS OF THAT.
AND HOW DO WE DRAW THOSE LINES TOGETHER? UM, SO, UM, A LITTLE, SOME BIG, BIG, BIG CHALLENGES.
AND I HAVE NO ANSWERS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I'M TIRED AND IT'S FRIDAY, WE'RE COMING BACK AND I'M NOT SHARING MY SCREEN.
COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU ARE NOT OKAY.
I THINK OUR THIRD GROUP HASN'T COME BACK YET.
[Report Out from Breakout Groups & Discussion]
I THINK WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY BACK.UM, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION.
UM, I HAVE A PAGE OF NOTES AND CARLOS WHO WAS IN OUR GROUP TOOK A LOT OF NOTES TOO, BUT, UM, I WANT, UH, TO NOT GO FIRST AND REPORTING OUT.
SO, UH, I AM GOING TO ASK SUCHI OUR VICE CHAIR.
WHY DON'T YOU KICK OFF OUR REPORT BACK OUT WITH WHAT YOUR GROUP LEARN TALKED.
AND I'M GOING TO BE REALLY DEMOCRATIC AND YOU GUYS CAN SAY, NO.
DOES ANYBODY WANT A REPORT FROM OUR GROUP? I HAVE ALL THE NOTES.
UM, WE HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION.
IT WAS REALLY NICE, NICE TO BE IN THE NONE GROUP.
UM, WE DEFINED OUR PRESSING ISSUES RIGHT NOW.
UM, YOU KNOW, HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES AND ESPECIALLY MICRO BUSINESSES AS, UM, NOT BEING ABLE TO, UM, APPLY FOR, OR RECEIVE THE GRANTS THAT, UH, MAYBE, MAYBE BEING GRANTED TO, TO LARGER BUSINESSES WITH MORE REVENUE, WITH, UH, MORE, UM, STAFF KIND OF THING.
UM, FALLING FUNG WAS RIGHT TO POINT OUT SORT OF, UM, THE CULTURAL ISSUES AROUND APPLYING FOR THOSE GRANTS IN SOME CASES.
SO, UM, WE REALLY DID HAVE A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, PHONE
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PHONE.YOUR STATISTIC WAS ABOUT 75% OF ASIAN BUSINESS OWNERS, NOT BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE PPE LOANS RIGHT THROUGH THE, BECAUSE OF A LACK OF EXISTING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BANK BANKS.
RIGHT? SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT.
I THINK MANY OF OUR OTHER PRESSING ISSUES WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS GROUP, WE TALKED ABOUT CHILDCARE.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT CHILDCARE, BOTH FOR JUST EMPLOYEES ALL AROUND, BUT SPECIFICALLY MARIANNE HAD A PERSPECTIVE ON PROVIDING CHILDCARE FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO WERE TAKING EVENING CLASSES AS WELL.
AND SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE CHILDCARE? AND IT HAS TO BE SORT OF 24 SEVEN NOW.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE WIDENING OF THE GAP IN BIPAP, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE OF COLOR COMMUNITIES, ALSO LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, NON ENGLISH SPEAKING COMMUNITIES, AND JUST SORT OF WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS GROUP ABOUT THE INCREASING AND CONSISTENT INEQUITIES, UM, UH, THAT ARE NOW WIDENING BECAUSE OF THIS CRISIS.
UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT SORT OF BASIC NEEDS ISSUES RENT FOR ALL.
UM, AND NOT JUST LOW-INCOME, UH, BUT ALL BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING SORT OF LONGTERM UNEMPLOYED NOW, UM, FOOD ACCESS, UM, SIMONE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING ACCESS TO GIFT CARDS, UM, FOR, FOR FOLKS WHO NEED THAT.
AND ALWAYS, ALWAYS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE ISSUE, WHICH I KNOW THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS HAVE DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB IN ADDRESSING THAT CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE.
UM, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF WIFI AND HARDWARE, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF TRAINING, WHAT WE, UH, IDENTIFIED AS OUR CHALLENGES COMING UP.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT, WELL, WE HAD, ACTUALLY, THIS IS MORE OF AN ALIGNMENT, SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT TILL THE END.
WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE SEASON COMING UP THE COLD AND FLU SEASON COMING UP AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE, UM, PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS FOR FOLKS WHO ARE ALREADY AT RISK, RIGHT.
AND SO SORT OF LOOKING TOWARD THAT SEASON AND PREPARING FOR IT.
UM, IT STARTED A REALLY INTERESTING, AND FOR ME REALLY USEFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND DATA AND BUILDING BACK TRUST, WE WERE TALKING AT LENGTH FOR INSTANCE ABOUT, UM, UT AND WE'VE TALKED, YOU, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STUDENTS RETURNING BACK GATHERINGS AND PARTIES THAT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING AND HOW, UM, HOW CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS ARE IMPACTING SORT OF OUR DESIRE AND OUR NEED TO KEEP OURSELVES SAFE.
AND IF, AND IF THOSE THINGS AREN'T CONVEYED TO US TRANSPARENTLY, THEN, UM, WE HAVE NOTHING TO WORK WITH.
UM, THAT GOES ALONG WITH SORT OF A FRUSTRATION AROUND THAT AND IN THE GENERAL IN COMMUNITIES AND THE PUBLIC.
UM, BUT MOSTLY WE CONCENTRATED ON THIS ISSUE OF MENTAL HEALTH.
AND SO SORT OF, WE REALLY LANDED ON LIKE STRESS FROM THIS CURRENT ISSUES DRESS FROM COVID STRESS FROM, UM, THIS IDEA OF RACIAL INJUSTICE AND SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION, UM, STRESS FROM POLITICS IN GENERAL, COUNCILMAN PLAN AGAIN, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THERE, ARE THERE TRAININGS THAT WE CAN CREATE? HOW DO WE DIFFERENTIATE LONGTERM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FROM WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH CONTEXTUALLY RIGHT NOW? HOW DO WE CREATE SOCIAL BONDING AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, UM, EFFORTS THAT BRING US TOGETHER IN A SAFE WAY? UM, AND HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES IN EACH OTHER? AND SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ALIGNMENTS, WE REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
CAN WE CREATE SMALL PROGRAMS WITHIN OUR GROUP TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF SELF CARE, MENTAL WELLNESS, UM, FOR SOME, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR KIDDOS AND MAYBE OUR ELDERLY, UM, THINKING ABOUT ISSUES OF HEALTH, ALSO, UM, FOOD ACCESS, FOOD INSECURITY.
SO WE, WHEN WE WERE THINKING ABOUT THE COLLABORATIONS AND ALIGNMENTS, WE WERE THINKING REALLY AROUND SORT OF WELLNESS.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE, YEAH.
I CHECKED OFF MOST OF THE THINGS FROM MY LIST, BUT I'M GONNA LET OUR WALL BACK FROM THE SECOND GROUP AND WE'LL SEE IF THAT GROUP GETS THE LAST COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, I MEAN THE LIGHT OF IT IS JUST KIND OF THE THINGS THAT ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IMPENDING, RIGHT.
JUST CAUSE THE ONES THAT ARE, UM, LIKE THE EVICTIONS CRISIS.
AND HOW DO WE PREPARE FOR THAT? YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, WE TALKED THINGS RELATED TO HOUSING, BUT ONE IS, UM, IS
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KIND OF TRYING TO STREAMLINE HOW PEOPLE CAN GET HELP, RIGHT.IF THEY'RE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR HOME IN SOME WAY.
UM, SO IT'S KIND OF A NAVIGATION PIECE, RIGHT.
IS HOW DO WE, UM, EITHER HELP THEM NAVIGATE OR, OR, UM, EVEN DOING ASSESSMENT OF THE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE MORE RESOURCES NEEDED, RIGHT.
SO THAT WE CAN INVEST MORE IN THOSE RESOURCES TO, UM, TO AVOID RIGHT.
A SITUATION WHERE FOLKS ARE LOSING THEIR HOME OR LOSING THEIR, UM, UM, WHETHER IT'S A HOMER, BUT, UM, RENTAL OR HOME OWNERSHIP SITUATION.
UM, BUT, UM, SO SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO KIND OF EVEN LOOKING AT HOW WE'VE INVESTED FUNDS AND, UM, AND ARE WE ABLE TO GLEAN SOMETHING FROM, UM, FROM THE DEMAND, RIGHT.
FOR, FOR FUN, CERTAIN KINDS OF SUPPORT, CERTAIN, UM, CERTAIN KINDS OF FUNDING.
UM, NOW THAT WE'VE KIND OF HAD THESE ECONOMIC RELIEF PROGRAMS OUT THERE, KIND OF DOING THE, UH, DOING THEIR WORK OR HELPING FAMILIES AND, UM, SEEING IF THERE'S, UM, A NEED TO INVEST MORE IN SPECIFIC SUBSETS, UM, TO SUPPORT FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, TO AVOID CANADA'S SITUATION, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PEOPLE LOSING THEIR HOMES.
AND, UM, ON THE HOUSING SIDE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UM, JUST THE NEED TO HAVE MORE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR, UM, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO DIVERT RIGHT.
SO THAT THEY DON'T END UP IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
UM, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO REENTER, BUT HOW DO WE LOOK AT HOUSING AS A WAY OF, UM, EXPANDING HOUSING OPPORTUNITY RIGHT.
SO THAT RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOUSING, BECAUSE OF THE EVICTIONS PIECE, IS THERE A WAY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS? SOME OF THESE ARE THE AREAS WHERE WE NEED ACCESS TO HOUSING TO, UM, MORE EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT, AS AN ISSUE, JUST ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND HOW, UM, THAT IS A BARRIER, YOU KNOW, IN THE EDUCATION.
UM, BUT ALSO JUST WITH SERVICE DELIVERY, RIGHT.
ESPECIALLY WITH COMMUNITIES WHO, UM, EITHER DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE TECHNOLOGY OR, OR AREN'T COMFORTABLE USING THE TECHNOLOGY LIKE OUR SENIOR POPULATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS FOR THOSE POPULATIONS WHO EITHER DON'T HAVE THE ACCESS OR DON'T HAVE THE, THE, THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO USE IT RIGHT.
AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT ON WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ROLE WOMEN ARE PLAYING.
UM, AND IN TERMS OF, UM, HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WORK AND TRY TO, UM, CARE FOR THEIR KIDS OR MANAGE THE ONLINE LEARNING AT HOME.
AND, UM, AND JUST, UH, WHAT THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT, HOW THE CHILDCARE PIECE SORT OF ALSO OVERLAPS WITH THAT, RIGHT.
WITH BEING ABLE TO, UM, KIND OF NAVIGATE ALL OF THE DEMANDS THAT PEOPLE HAVE, UM, WHICH, UM, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT I'VE SEEN SOME, A LOT WRITTEN RECENTLY AROUND HOW, HOW THIS PANDEMIC IS, UM, AFFECTING WOMEN KIND OF IN, IN, IN, IN, IN VERY SPECIFIC WAYS, RIGHT.
COMPARED TO, COMPARED TO MEN, JUST BECAUSE OF THE ROLE THAT THEY'RE PLAYING.
UM, AND, UM, BUT REALLY, I THINK IN THE END, WE KIND OF, AT THE END, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES.
AND, UM, AND, UM, JUST KINDA ADDRESSING THE BASIC NEEDS AND HOW DO WE, UM, HOW DO WE DO THAT MORE, MORE EFFECTIVELY? UM, AND AGAIN, HOW DO WE, CAN WE BE MORE STRATEGIC, RIGHT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SORT OF WAS TALKED ABOUT WAS JUST THAT WE, IF YOU CREATE A PROGRAM, YOU GET THREE OR FOUR TIMES THE REQUEST AS THE FUNDS, RIGHT? SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL WHERE TO PUT THE MORE, MORE MONEY.
IF YOU HAVE MORE MONEY, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE MORE MONEY, WHERE DO YOU PUT IT? WHERE CAUSE EVERY PROGRAM YOU CREATE AS SUCH A BIG DEMAND, IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT AREA FOR US TO INVEST MORE MONEY IN.
UM, AND CAN WE LOOK AT OUR EXPERIENCE WITH SOME OF THIS RELIEF PROGRAMS AND RELIEF, UM, HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO SEE, UM, WHAT HAS WORKED, YOU KNOW, UM, THE BEST OR, UH, OR AT LEAST WHERE HAS THE MOST DEMAND.
AND, UM, AND, AND THAT SOMEHOW KIND OF GETTING, GETTING A KNOWLEDGE AROUND THAT MAYBE COULD HELP US FIGURE OUT WHERE TO INVEST MORE.
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UM, UM, AND I'M SURE I MISSED STUFF I'M TRYING TO, I KNOW ON THE EDUCATION SIDE, THERE WAS SEVERAL THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT.UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, ON THE COLLEGE SIDE AND, AND LIZ, YOU CAN CHIME IN, IF YOU WANT FROM SAINT ED'S, IT'S JUST THE SITUATION KIND OF WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE IN, RIGHT.
WHERE, WHATEVER JOBS THEY MAY HAVE HAD, OR EITHER NOT AVAILABLE OR NOT, NOT GOING TO COME BACK.
AND, UM, AND EVEN WHEN THEY GRADUATE RIGHT, THAT THERE ISN'T A PLACE NECESSARILY FOR THEM TO LAND, UH, IN TERMS OF JOB AVAILABILITY.
AND, UM, AND WE TALKED SOME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, I KNOW THE BIG, THE BIG ONE I MISSED THE BIG ONE, BUT ONE IS, UM, AND IT GOES BACK TO HOW CAN WE, HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT AREAS TO ADDRESS MORE IS, HOW DO WE ADD, HOW DO WE TALK TO THE FOLKS WHO ARE BEING SERVED BY THESE PROGRAMS? UM, THE FOLKS WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT.
TO MAKE ENDS MEET, UM, HOW DO WE GET THEIR VOICES INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION? SO THAT AGAIN, WHEN WHATEVER DECISIONS WE'RE MAKING, HOPEFULLY IS BASED ON, UM, EITHER, UM, WHAT, WHAT THE FAMILIES THAT NEED HELP ARE TELLING US, OR, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE DEMAND FOR SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND WHAT THAT MIGHT TELL US ABOUT WHERE WE MIGHT INVEST MORE, HOW WE MIGHT, UH, UM, DIRECT OUR ATTENTION OR OUR FOCUS.
UM, BUT, UH, BUT I KNEW THAT WAS A, A BIG ONE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE THAT I MISSED A GROUP REBEL GROUP REVEL? WELL, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, THAT WHOLE CONTINUUM, THAT ADDRESSES DIVERSION, UH, JUDGE BENNETT ONCE, UH, ONCE HAD A, BASICALLY A DRUG COURT WHERE NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS, UH, WERE GIVEN DEFERRED ADJUDICATION, BUT WE MADE SURE THAT WE ASSESSED THE ISSUES, PARTICULARLY IF THEY WERE DRUG RELATED ISSUES.
UH, WE HAD DETOX AS A PART OF THAT PROGRAM, UH, 12 STEPS PROGRAMS, BUT WE DID NOT DO, WE DID NOT PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR JOB TRAINING OR HOUSING.
AND WE THINK THAT BOTH OF THOSE THINGS ARE CRITICAL TO SUSTAINABILITY.
SO HOW DO WE LOOK AT THAT ENTIRE CONTINUUM? AND IF WE ARE, IF, IF DIVERSION IS GOING TO BE A STRATEGY THAT WE USE AS A COMMUNITY, I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN ULTIMATELY BE EFFECTIVE THERE UNLESS WE ADDRESS HOUSING NEEDS AND PREPARATION FOR JOBS, BECAUSE THAT WILL PROVIDE THE STABILITY THAT KEEPS YOU FROM RECIDIVATING.
SO WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT ENTIRE CONTINUUM LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE COULD WORK TOGETHER, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FULLY UNDERSTOOD AND FULLY FUNDED.
GREAT, GREAT, GREAT WORK, SUCHI AND ROLL, AND EVERYONE IN THOSE GROUPS, WHO'VE COVERED ALMOST EVERYTHING I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IN MY GROUP, UM, A COUPLE OF THE OTHER THINGS TO ADD TO THAT LIST, UM, IN MORE OF THE SHORT TERM, WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF THE ELECTION? AND IF THERE IS CHAOS AFTER THE ELECTION, AND IF THERE'S SOME TYPE OF DISRUPTION IN NOVEMBER, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THAT AND WHAT IS THE PREPARATION WE SHOULD BE MAKING FOR THAT? UM, THAT WAS AN INTERESTING ONE.
UM, OF COURSE WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THE OTHER STUFF, UH, THAT EVERYONE ELSE BROUGHT UP, UM, ON, ON SUPPORTING THE ECONOMY.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF GOOD DATA POINTS TO LIST HERE.
ONE IS THAT THE IMPACTS MUCH LIKE IN THE CASE SHAPE RECOVERY, THE IMPACTS ARE NOT HAPPENING TO EVERYONE IN THE WAY.
THEY'RE NOT ALSO NOT HAPPENING TO THE SAME INDUSTRIES IN THE SAME WAY.
AND THE CITY IS NOW SHIFTING ITS STRATEGY TO FOCUS ON THE INDUSTRIES MORE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE SHUTDOWNS AND THE, YOU KNOW, BARS AND RESTAURANTS.
AND HE'S BEEN USED CHILDCARE OF BEING A BIG PART OF THAT.
AND HOW MIGHT WE BE SHIFTING OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS TO TARGET THE INDUSTRY'S MOST DRAMATICALLY AFFECTED, UH, IN AUSTIN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, TOURISM IS THE THIRD LARGEST EMPLOYER AS AN INDUSTRY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S ONE, THAT'S BEEN PRETTY DRAMATICALLY IMPACTED GETTING INTO THE DETAILS ON UNEMPLOYMENT AS A, AS A TOP LEVEL METRIC.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS DROPPING UNDER 6%, BUT WHEN YOU START DIGGING INTO THE DETAILS BY INDUSTRY, YOU START TO SEE DISPARITIES WHEN YOU GET DIG INTO IT BY GENDER.
UH, THERE'S A BIG DISPARITY IN TERMS OF, UH, WOMEN ARE NOT REENTERING THE WORKFORCE.
JEREMY TALKED ABOUT A STUDY, HE SAW, UH, WHERE IT WAS.
UM, IT, IT, THE, THE LABOR MARKET PARTICIPATION RATE FOR WOMEN WAS, UH, HASN'T BEEN LOWER SINCE THE EIGHTIES, LIKE 30 YEARS.
UM, AND THAT'S AN INTERESTING, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT WAY TO BREAK INTO THE, INTO THE NUMBERS.
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AND THEN I IT'S BEEN SAID, BUT I THINK IMPORTANT.AND OF COURSE WE HAD THE, THE, THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING DAVID SMITH OR DAVID EVANS IN OUR GROUP.
SO, UH, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND THE, THE, THE DEEP CHALLENGE THAT, THAT PRESENTS SHORT TERM LONGTERM.
ONE THING THAT DAVID SAID THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING AS A LONGTERM POINT IS THAT THE IMPACTS OF TRAUMA ARE OFTEN THE, THE SYMPTOMS HAPPEN LATER.
AND SO THERE'S TRAUMA OCCURRING NOW, BUT WE MAY NOT SEE THOSE IMPACTS IN TERMS OF BEHAVIORS UNTIL LATER.
AND, UM, WE, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT OF ISOLATION, CIVIC, DISENGAGEMENT, CHALLENGES OF ACCESSING TECHNOLOGY, THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
UH, AND THEN THE LAST PIECE ON ECONOMICS WAS, UM, HOW, HOW DO WE REOPEN BUSINESS TO SAFELY? AND HOW DO WE DO IT IN A WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL REGAIN THEIR TRUST IN DOING SO, UH, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA BE AS SIMPLE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, THEY'RE SEEING VIRUS SPIKE, BUT IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE'RE NOT AS MUCH CAUSE PEOPLE ARE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.
WELL, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY ANYMORE? WILL PEOPLE START GOING BACK TO RESTAURANTS? WHAT WILL THAT MEAN FOR THAT INDUSTRY? SO THOSE ARE, I THINK THE, THE, THE, THE LAST FEW THINGS THAT WE ADDED, ANYONE FROM MY GROUP WENT AWAY AND SOMETHING I FORGOT TO WRITE DOWN OR AN ANGLE ON IT THAT YOU WANT TO BRING UP.
THE ONLY THING THAT I REMEMBER OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING YOU MENTIONED WAS THAT WE HAD A LIGHT FLU SEASON LAST YEAR.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HAVE A HEAVY FLU SEASON THIS YEAR, OR IF ANOTHER VIRUS EMERGENCE, RIGHT.
SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST, THAT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UH, I MEAN, THE WAY, THE INITIAL WAY THAT WE GOT TO 50, 50% ISOLATION WAS CLOSING SCHOOLS.
AND NOW AS SCHOOLS OPEN UP, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU'VE GOT CONTACT SPORTS HAPPENING, I THINK THAT IT IS GOING TO CREATE A SIGNIFICANT SPIKE, UH, PROBABLY, AND PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
AND THE QUESTION BECOMES, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE MAKE SCHOOLS SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE? AND IF WE CAN'T MAKE IT SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE, HOW CAN, HOW QUICKLY CAN WE BUILD THE RATIONAL ALTERNATIVE TO IT? I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT AND THAT'S GOING TO BE WITH US WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WELL SAID THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN SCHOOL OPENINGS AND CLOSURES AND THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO GO BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE.
SOMETHING THAT IS, IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH, BECAUSE IF YOU CLOSE THE SCHOOLS, YOU GOT TO OPEN UP ALL THE CHILDCARE, BUT THEY'RE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS, AS THE SCHOOLS ARE HAVING YEAH.
CAN I ADD JUST ONE THING THAT I NEGLECTED TO BRING FROM OUR GROUP? AND IT WAS OUR GREAT, OUR GREAT IDEA.
AND THANKS NORA AND MARIANNE, UM, FOR THIS IDEA OF FOLKS WHO ARE, UM, TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY WHO HAVE BEEN, WHO HAVE LEFT THEIR JOBS, OR HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW ARE NOT WORKING IN THE SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW.
UM, SORT OF FILLING THE NEED OF, OF, UH, AN ALTERNATIVE SORT OF, UH, SYSTEM WHERE, WHERE, WHERE WE RETHINK EDUCATION, RIGHT.
WE RETHINK PODS AND WE RETHINK, UM, HOW STUDENTS CAN BE EDUCATED OUTSIDE OF THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL STRUCTURE.
SO WE, WE CREATED SORT OF A NEW ECONOMY ACTUALLY IN OUR, IN OUR GROUP.
SO IT WAS REALLY FOR A NEW SORT OF JOB, UH, A NEW JOB IN OUR, IN OUR GROUP.
SO, UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IS HOW DO WE EMERGE FROM THIS REALLY THINKING OUT OF THE BOX ABOUT WHAT'S POSSIBLE, UM, IN SORT OF A NEW CONTEXT? UM, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ON THAT.
I WAS THINKING IT W WITH THIS SECOND WAVE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE HAPPENING IN A LOT OF OUR TEACHING STAFF, MAYBE WIPING OUT OR LEAVING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND WHO CAN CENTRAL TECH IS OF PEOPLE, VERY SKILLED OUT OF WORK.
UM, IS THERE A CREATIVE WAY WHERE WE COULD BE LOOKING AT, IN FILLING IN AND SUPPORTING WITHIN SMALLER UNIT GRANTS, WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE SCHOOLS, WHETHER THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOLS, WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE FOOTBALL DEPARTMENT OR IN PEOPLE'S HOUSES, LIKE, IS THERE A GROUP THAT WE CAN, AND IT'S ALSO A POSSIBLE INCOME SOURCE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, HOW DO WE PLAY ALL OF THAT? AND, AND, AND, AND POSSIBLY HELP PEOPLE HAVE SOME INCOME BECAUSE WE HAVE TEACHERS, UM, THAT MIGHT BE WILLING TO BE EDUCATORS IN THOSE SMALLER GROUPS IN NEIGHBORHOODS
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AND JIMMY, IF I COULD, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE IDEA OF BETTER LEARNING ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES AT HOME, UM, I'VE GOT A TEAM LOOKING AT, AND I'D LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS, UH, LOOKING AT THE, UH, AT THE CABLE FRANCHISES AND THE BROAD BAND FRANCHISES THAT WE APPROVED, THAT WE GIVE ACCESS TO AND ASK THEM TO WORK WITH US AND HELP US CREATE A SOLUTION, UH, FOR OUR KIDS ALL AROUND TOWN, BECAUSE IT'S THE PLACES WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST DIFFICULTY, UH, THEY HAPPEN TO BE IN THE LOWER INCOME PARTS OF TOWN.SO IF WE, IF WE ALL AS PUBLIC ENTITIES WORK TOGETHER AND CHALLENGE, UH, THE FOLKS THAT WE GIVE ACCESS TO A PRETTY STOUT MARKET, UM, MAYBE WE CAN GET THEM TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE MEANINGFUL.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN THAT WORK.
I KNOW A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL AND ON CAP COCK ALSO AT THE, AT THE 10 COUNTY REGIONAL LEVEL, TALK A LOT ABOUT BROADBAND ACCESS.
THEY TEND TO DO IT AT THE RURAL LEVEL, BUT WE HAVE OUR GAPS RIGHT HERE IN THE URBAN AND SUBURBAN AREAS TOO.
WE'RE DOWN TO OUR LAST SEVEN MINUTES BEFORE WE ARE SCHEDULED TO END THIS MEETING.
YOU WANT TO TELL US KIND OF WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE, IS REALLY GREAT INPUT FROM EVERYBODY.
WE'LL, UH, WE'LL SUMMARIZE THIS, UM, AND SHARE WITH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK, RIGHT.
TO SEE WHAT KIND OF ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK WE MIGHT GET, YOU KNOW, VIA SOME KIND OF A QUICK SURVEY INSTRUMENT BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, AND THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE'LL KIND OF LIKE TRY TO MAYBE DISTILL IT TO, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE TO EIGHT TOPICS OR SOMETHING, AND THAT'S SOME WAY OF CHINA LIKE HONING IN ON, ON, UM, ON NOW PRIORITY THE PRIORITIES, UM, GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF CAN, RIGHT.
AND GIVEN THE NEEDS OUT THERE.
UM, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY I'VE BEEN, I HAVEN'T BEEN WORKING WITH THE LEARNING HUBS.
THEY'RE LEARNING FIVE, LIKE TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS, AND THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATION BECAUSE OF THE LIABILITY INVOLVED.
AND, UM, EVERYONE WANTED SOMEONE TO TAKE THE LEAD, BUT IF YOU TAKE THE LEAD ON CONNECTING PEOPLE INTO THESE PODS, YOU ALSO ASSUME THE LIABILITY OF HAVING MADE THE REFERRAL.
AND, UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S A WAY OF, UH, OF, OF COMING TOGETHER AND WEIGHING, HAVING LIKE A COLLABORATIVE SOLUTION THERE, BUT IT'S, UM, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT ONE AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE MIDDLE OF HAPPY TO TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT SORT OF WHAT, WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING AND SEEING.
UM, AND, AND THE OTHER ONE IS JUST KIND OF THE FAITH PIECE.
AND I KNOW THAT'S YOUR LIFE SIMONE, BUT YOU KNOW, IN THIS LEARNING HUB CONVERSATION, THERE ARE SOME CHURCHES THAT ARE PROVIDING LEARNING HUBS THEMSELVES.
AND SO I'M REACHING OUT TO A FEW TO SEE HOW ARE THEY DOING IT AND YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF STRUCTURES ARE THEY PUTTING IN PLACE, RIGHT.
TO, TO ENSURE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROVIDE.
AND MOST OF THEM ARE TRYING TO DO IT FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES.
SO, UM, I DO THINK THAT'S, UM, AGAIN, MAYBE THERE'S WAYS WE CAN LEARN FROM FOLKS OUT THERE WHO ARE DOING SOME GOOD WORK, BUT, UH, I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF ENERGY AND TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY PODS.
THEY'RE LEARNING, LEARNING HUBS, BUT IT'S A VERY, IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING CONVERSATION.
UM, BUT SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO NOT DROP BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT.
AND, UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'LL BE A, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING AGAIN WHERE WE'LL TRY TO SYNTHESIZE OR SUMMARIZE WHAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY AND, UM, AND TALK TO OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK AROUND, UH, DECIDE TO STRUCTURE THE CONVERSATION IN NOVEMBER OR WHAT WE CAN DO BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED ON A FEW KEY ISSUES THAT, UM, WHERE CAN, CAN HAVE AN IMPACT.
AND, UM, EITHER IN TERMS OF INFORMATION, RIGHT, GATHERING INFORMATION AND DATA AND, AND RAISING AWARENESS OR ENGAGING IN AN ARENA WHERE MAYBE ENGAGEMENT ISN'T HAPPENING.
BUT, UH, BUT THANKS FOR, UH, FOR THE GREAT, UH, CONVERSATION, UM, GREAT INPUT, UM, IN WHAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT USUALLY WOULD BE HAPPENING IN PERSON RIGHT IN SMALL GROUPS.
BUT, UH, UM, I DO THINK THAT, UM, PROBABLY DIVIDING IT UP INTO THESE TWO, INTO THESE TWO CHUNKS, PROBABLY A IS, IS GOOD FOR EVERYBODY'S MENTAL WELLBEING.
I THINK IT WAS GREAT TO DO THE BREAKOUT ROOMS THAT GAVE PEOPLE MORE OF A SMALLER SPACE TO TALK AND NOR I CONCUR WHAT YOU PUT IN THE CHAT, THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR JOINING US, UM, BY GOING INTO BREAKOUT ROOMS, WE CAN ENGAGE A FEW MORE FOLKS AT THIS LEVEL.
I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, THANKS EVERYONE FOR ALL OF YOUR GREAT ENGAGEMENT AND YOUR INPUT.
I THINK THIS WAS REALLY GREAT LOOKING FORWARD TO
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NEXT MONTH.UH, AND THE STAFF, UH, SYNERGIZING ALL OF THIS INPUT AND START DEVELOPING, SEEING, DEVELOPING SOME NEXT STEPS.
WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO BE PASSING ELECTION BY THE TIME WE MEET AGAIN, I, UH, I MAY NOT BE, YOU KNOW, I COULD BE IN A RUNOFF.
SO LET'S HOPE THAT WE'RE ALL DONE WITH ELECTIONS BY A MONTH FROM NOW.
I THINK, WELL, I JOKED WITH MY STAFF.
WHAT I ASK FOR THERE ARE TWO WAYS I MAY NOT BE GOING TO RUN OFF.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE RIGHT WAY, BUT I'M NOT IN A ROW, BUT THANKS EVERYBODY FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
YOU KNOW, I'M A STICKLER FOR ENDING ON TIME.
I GOING TO BE GIVING YOU YOUR TWO MINUTES BACK.
THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD IS ADJOURNED.