Mayor's Committee for People with Disabilities - Oct. 9, 2020
Mayor's Committee for People with Disabilities Regular Meeting of the Mayor''s Committee for People with Disabilities - MCPD Regular Meeting via Video Conference Friday October 9, 2020
Special Meeting of the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities (MCPD) October 09, 2020 MCPD to be held Friday October 09, 2020 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance by Thursday, October 08, 2020 by 12:00pm noon. All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the October 09, 2020 Meeting, residents must: •Call or email the board liaison at (512)-974-3256 or david.ondich@austintexas.gov no later than noon, Thursday, October 08, 2020. The information required is the speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, and a telephone number or email address. •Once a request to speak has been called in or emailed to the board liaison, residents will receive either an email or phone call providing the telephone number to call on the day of the scheduled meeting. •Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start in order to speak, late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. •Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. •Handouts or other information may be emailed to david.ondich@austintexas.gov by Noon on Thursday, October 08, 2020. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. •If this meeting is broadcast live, residents may watch the meeting here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Reunión del Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities FECHA de la reunion (10/09/20) La junta se llevará con modificaciones de distanciamiento social Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los oradores deben registrarse con anticipación (10/08/20 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión, los residentes deben: la reunión se reunión aquí: residentes pueden ver • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta (512)-974-3256 david.ondich@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). La información requerida es el nombre del orador, los números de artículo sobre los que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutrales, y un número de teléfono o dirección de correo electrónico. • Una vez que se haya llamado o enviado por correo electrónico una solicitud para hablar al enlace de la junta, los residentes …
Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities (MCPD) Regular Meeting Minutes October 9, 2020 Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities REGULAR MEETING MINUTES (October 9, 2020) The City of Austin, Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities convened in a regular meeting via video conference on October 9, 2020 with a live broadcast on ATXN. CALL TO ORDER: With quorum present Chair Jonathan Franks called the October 9, 2020 meeting of the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities to order at 5:39pm Committee Members in Attendance: Chair Jonathan Franks, Commissioners: Kathryn Broadwater, Gene Brooks, Joey Gidseg, Diane Kearns-Osterweil, Robin Orlowski, Emily Shryock, Deborah Trejo Committee Member Absent: Vice Chair Jose Levy and Commissioner Taurean Burt due to technical difficulty Staff in Attendance: David Ondich, ADA Program Administrator and Lee Nguyen ADA Program Human Resources (HR) Specialist. Chair Jonathan Franks moved item 3A, A City staff presentation up on the agenda after approval of minutes and item 2A in New Business. Please refer to item 3A for description. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Deborah Trejo made a motion to approve the minutes from the August 14, 2020 MCPD Regular Meeting. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Diane Kearns- Ostweil. The motion passed 7-0. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: No citizen communication that took place during the October 9, 2020 MCPD Regular Meeting. 2. NEW BUSINESS: 2A. Discussion and possible action to form a working group to facilitate the receipt of nominations for the 2020 Disability Employment Awards – Commissioner Shryock and full committee. Motion: Commissioner Deborah Trejo made a motion for MCPD to review and make recommendations on any awards nominations that have come in through a working group. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Emily Shryock. The motion was passed 7-0. To view the discussion, commissioners’ comments in their entirety please visit: https://austintx.new.swagit.com/videos/87023 and view item 2A. 2B. Discussion and action to update the MCPD Bylaws, dissolving the current standing subcommittees and replace them with ad hoc working groups – Chair Franks and commissioner Orlowski Motion: Commissioner Robin Orlowski made a motion for the MCPD to strike committees from bylaws. Commissioner Trejo to in article 8 and replace them with working groups. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Diane Kearns Osterweil. The motion was passed 7-0. To view the discussion, commissioners’ comments in their entirety please visit: https://austintx.new.swagit.com/videos/87023 and view item 2B. 3. STAFF PRESENTATIONS: 3A. Presentation and Discussion: Update on hate Crime Taskforce – …
