071020 MCPD Approved Meeting Minutes Minutes — original pdf

Approved Minutes

Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities (MCPD) Regular Meeting Minutes July 10, 2020 Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities REGULAR MEETING MINUTES (10 July 2020) The City of Austin, Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities convened in a regular meeting via video conference on July 10, 2020 with a live broadcast on ATXN. CALL TO ORDER: With quorum present Vice Chair Jose levy called the July 10, 2020 meeting of the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities to order at 1:01pm Committee Members in Attendance: Vice Chair Jose Levy Commissioners: Gene Brooks, : Taurean Burt Joey Gidseg, Diane Kearns-Osterweil, Robin Orlowski, Danny Saenz, Emily Shryock, and Deborah Trejo. Committee Member Absent: Commissioners, Chair Jonathan Franks  Staff in Attendance: David Ondich, ADA Program Administrator and Lee Nguyen ADA Program Human Resources (HR) Specialist. Chair Vice Chair Jose Levy moved item 3A, A City staff presentation up on the agenda. Please refer to item 3A for description. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Deborah Trejo made a motion to approve the minutes from the June 12, 2020 MCPD Regular Meeting. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Emily Shryock. The motion passed unanimously. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: No citizen communication that took place during the July 10, 2020 MCPD Regular Meeting. 2. NEW BUSINESS: 2A. Discussion and possible action to adopt a resolution from June 12, 2020 regular meeting that local pandemic prevention efforts thoroughly include, affirm and support the rights and needs of people with disabilities – Commissioner Orlowski and full committee; The Committee would like to work on the language before adopting. Commissioner Shryock volunteer to assist in crafting the language. Motion to table: Commissioner Emily Shryock made a motion to table the resolution that local pandemic prevention efforts thoroughly include, affirm and support the rights and needs of people with disabilities. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Robin Orlowksi. The motion passed unanimously. To view the discussion, commissioners’ comments in their entirety please visit: https://austintx.new.swagit.com/videos/73534 and view item 2A. 2B. Discussion and possible action to adopt/endorse a Race and Gender Equity Resolution passed by the Commission for Women– Commissioners Orlowski and Trejo Motion: Commissioner Gene Brooks made a motion endorse a Race and Gender Equity Resolution passed by the Commission for Women. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Joey Gidseg. The motion was passed unanimously. To view the discussion, commissioners’ comments in their entirety please visit: https://austintx.new.swagit.com/videos/73534 and view item 2B 2C. Discussion and possible action to endorse A Police Oversight Resolution passed by the Human Rights Commission – Commissioner Orlowski and Vice-Chair Levy  Motion: Commissioner Emily Shryock made a motion to adopt/endorse A Police Oversight Resolution passed by the Human Rights Commission. The motion was seconded by Commissioner. The motion passed unanimously. To view the discussion, commissioners’ comments in their entirety please visit: https://austintx.new.swagit.com/videos/73534 and view item 2C. 3. STAFF PRESENTATIONS: 3A. Presentation and Discussion: Maya Guevara, Community Engagement Specialist and Cristina Tangredi, Program Specialist with Office of Police Oversight, regarding Austin Police interaction with persons with disabilities. To view the complete presentation and the Commissioners’ discussion and questions to the staff, in their entirety please visit: https://austintx.new.swagit.com/videos/73534 and view item 3A 4. Future Agenda Items: 4A. Discussion with APD Training Commissioner Gidseg 4B. Public Forum on Policing with People with Disabilities to include broad spectrum Commissioner Danny Saenz 4C. Disability Quality of Life Survey Commissioner Shryock 4D. Austin Travis County Hate Crime Taskforce Commissioner Orlowski To view commissioner agenda items and discussion in their entirety, please visit: https://austintx.new.swagit.com/videos/73534 and view items 4 and 5. 5. Adjournment Commissioner Emily Shryock made a motion to adjourn the July 10, 2020 MCPD Regular Meeting. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Taurean Burt. The July 10, 2020 meeting of the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities adjourned at 2:30p.m.