Mayor's Committee for People with Disabilities - March 13, 2020
Mayor's Committee for People with Disabilities Regular Meeting of the Mayor''s Committee for People with Disabilities - MCPD Regular Meeting Friday March 13, 2020
pbb REGULAR MEETING AGENDA March 13, 2020 301 West Second Street Austin, TX 78701 MAYOR’S COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (MCPD) 5:00 pm in City Hall Board and Commission Room 101 CURRENT COMMISSION MEMBERS: Jonathan Franks, Chair Vacant, Vice-chair Gene Brooks Taurean Burt Joey Gidseg Diane Kearns-Osterweil CALL TO ORDER Jose Levy Robin Orlowski Danny Saenz Emily Shryock Deborah Trejo 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Consider approval of the minutes from the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities December 13, 2019 and February 14, 2020 meetings. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION 5:05pm: 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 2. OLD BUSINESS: 3A. Discussion and possible action on recommendation from the disability Quality of Life working group - Chair Franks and working group members 3B. Discussion and possible action on MCPD 2021 budget recommendations – Chair Franks and Commissioner Trejo 3. NEW BUSINESS: 4. STAFF BRIEFING Initiative 4A. Discussion and possible action to appoint a vice-chair to replace the position vacated by Rachel Gandy – Chair Franks and Full Committee 5A. Presentation from APD regarding Mental Health Taskforce and new Safe Place 5B. Presentation from Office of Police Oversight (OPO) on racial profiling data and discussion on how OPO can receive feedback from people with disabilities. 5. COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS 6. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 7. ADJOURNMENT For accessibility, we appreciate your cooperation in keeping our meetings fragrance free. The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair and public transportation access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 48 hours before the meeting. Please call Lee Nguyen at Human Resources Department, at (512) 974-1897 or Lee.Nguyen@austintexas.gov, for additional information, TTY users’ route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Mayors Committee for People with Disabilities, please contact David Ondich at (512) 974-3256 or david.ondich@austintexas.gov.
Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities (MCPD) Regular Meeting Minutes March 13, 2020 Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities REGULAR MEETING MINUTES (13 March 2020) The City of Austin, Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities convened in a regular meeting on March 13, 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 and Chair Jonathan Franks absent, Commissioner Deborah Trejo called the March 13, 2020 meeting of the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities to order at 5:00 p.m. Committee Members in Attendance:, Commissioners: Joey Gidseg, Jose Levy, Robin Orlowski, Danny Saenz, Emily Shryock and Deborah Trejo. Committee Members Absent: Chair Jonathan Franks Commissioners: Taurean Burt, Gene Brooks and Diane Kearns-Osterweil Staff in Attendance: David Ondich, ADA Program Administrator 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Emily Shryock made a motion to approve the minutes from the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities and Commission on Seniors Joint Meeting from February 14, 2020. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Joey Gidseg. The motion passed unanimously. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: There was no citizen communication that took place during the March 13, 2020 MCPD Regular Meeting. Commissioner Deborah Trejo moved item 4A A City staff presentation up on the agenda. Please refer to item 4A for description. 2. OLD BUSINESS: 2A. Discussion and possible action on recommendation from the disability Quality of Life working group – Commissioner Jose Levy led a discussion on the progress of the Disability Quality of Life working group. To view the discussion, commissioners’ comments in their entirety please visit: https://austintx.swagit.com/play/03132020-655 and view item 2A Commissioner Deborah Trejo moved item 3 the appointment of a new MCPD Vice Chair under New Business up on the agenda. Please refer to item 3 for description. 2B. Discussion and possible action on MCPD 2021 budget recommendations - Vice Chair Jose Levy and Commissioner Deborah Trejo led a discussion regarding the 2020-2021 MCPD budget recommendations. No action was taken on the item. To view the discussion and commissioners’ comments in their entirety visit: https://austintx.swagit.com/play/03132020-655 and view item 2B 3. NEW BUSINESS: Discussion and possible action to appoint a vice-chair to replace the position vacated by Rachel Gandy – Commissioner Deborah Trejo and Full Committee Motion: Commissioner Robin Orlowski made a motion to nominate Commissioner Jose Levy as the MCPD Vice Chair. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Deborah …
