COMMISSION ON SENIORS AND MAYOR’S COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FEBRUARY 14TH, 2020 AT 5:00PM AUSTIN CITY HALL, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ROOM 301 WEST 2ND STREET, AUSTIN, TX 78701 Billy Jackson Natalie Cagle COMMISSION ON SENIORS CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: Janee Briesemeister, Chair Peter Varteressian, Vice-Chair Erica Garcia-Pittman Martin Kareithi Jacqueline Angel Patricia Bordie MAYOR’S COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CURRENT MEMBERS: Jonathan Franks, Chair Taurean Burt Joey Gidseg Diane Kearns-Osterweil Jose Levy Robin Orlowski Danny Saenz Emily Shryock Deborah Trejo Fred Lugo Emily De Maria Nicola Karen Grampp Adam Hauser Amy Temperley Sally Van Sickle Diana Spain CALL TO ORDER There may be discussion and action on any of the following items: AGENDA CITIZEN COMMUNICATION Each speaker signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will be called in order of sign-up and will be allowed three minutes to speak about items posted or not on the agenda. I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE MAYOR’S COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DECEMBER 13TH, 2019, REGULAR MEETING. II. ANNOUNCEMENTS III. NEW BUSINESS A. Discussion by Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities and Commission for Seniors of the common budget issues previously identified at Community Budget Outreach Forums, including but not limited to discussion of each committee’s respective budget recommendations for Fiscal Year 2021. B. Update and discussion of Quality of Life Study for People with Disabilities. IV. ADJOURNMENT The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days before the meeting date. Please call Halana Kaleel at Austin Public Health Department at (512) 972-5019 for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Commission on Seniors, please contact Halana Kaleel at (512) 972-5019 or at Halana.Kaleel@austintexas.gov.
Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities (MCPD) and Commission on Seniors (COS) Joint Meeting Minutes February 14, 2020 Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities and Commission on Seniors Joint MEETING MINUTES (14 February 2020) The City of Austin, Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities and Commission on Seniors convened in a joint meeting on February 14, 2020 at the Board and Commission Room #1100 located inside City Hall at 301 W 2nd St in Austin, Texas. CALL TO ORDER: With quorum present, Chair Jonathan Franks called the February 8, 2019 meeting of the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities and Commission on Seniors to order at 5:15 p.m. Board Members in Attendance: Chair Jonathan Franks and Commissioners: Taurean Burt, Diane Kearns-Osterweil, Jose Levy, Robin Orlowski and Danny Saenz, Emily Shryock, and Deborah Trejo, Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities members absent: Commissioner Joey Gidseg Staff present: Staff in Attendance: David Ondich, MCPD Staff Liaison and Halana Kaleel, COS Staff Liaison CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: There were two citizen communications during the February 14, 2020 MCPD Regular Meeting. • Christina Tangredi, Of the Office of Police Oversight spoke to the committees on the recent Racial Profiling Report and announced an upcoming Community Event. She also mentioned a newly formed Community Police Review Commission. To hear her comments in their entirety, please visit… http://austintx.swagit.com/play/02142020-569 and view citizen communication. • Mr. Carlos Leon, Austin Resident spoke regarding concerns he had in the community. To hear Mr. Leon’s comments in their entirety, please visit… http://austintx.swagit.com/play/02142020-569 and view citizen communication. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities December 13th, 2019, Regular Meeting was not taken up. 2. ANNOUCEMENTS: There were no committee announcements at at the February 14, 2020 MCPD and COS Joint meeting. 3. NEW BUSINESS: 3A. Discussion: There was a discussion by the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities and the Commission for Seniors on the common 2021 budget issues and recommendations that had been identified at Community Budget Outreach Forums previously conducted by each committee. To view this discussion in its entirety please visit: http://austintx.swagit.com/play/02142020-569 and view item III A & IV. 3B. Update and Discussion: Quality of Life Study for People with Disabilities. Candice Cooper, Program Manager with the Management Services Office led a discussion regarding the Quality of Life study that was funded in the 2019 City Budget. Commissioners from both committees offered …
