Item #1 Draft Meeting Minutes May 9, 2025 — original pdf

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Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities Friday, May 9, 2025 MAYOR’S COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES REGULAR CALLED MEETING MINUTES Friday, May 9, 2025 The Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities convened in a regular called meeting on Friday, May 9, 2025, at City Hall, 301 W 2nd St., Austin, Texas. Chair Kelly called the Mayor’s Committee on People with Disabilities Meeting to order at 5:33 p.m. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Conor Kelly, Chair Gabriel Arellano Audrea Diaz Lynn Murphy Elizabeth Slade Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Lisa Chang DeLawnia Comer-HaGans Mickey Fetonte Kristen Vassallo PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Melinda Crockom - Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities regular called meeting on April 11, 2025. The minutes from the meeting of April 11, 2025, were approved on Commissioner Vassallo’s motion, Chair Kelly’s second on an 8-0 vote. Commissioner Slade was off the dais. Vice Chair Meyer and Commissioner Frank were absent. DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Update from the Joint Inclusion Committee (JIC) representative regarding the meeting on April 23, 2025. 1 Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities Friday, May 9, 2025 Update provided by Commissioner Chang. 3. 4. Discussion of the Equity and Inclusion Office’s Undoing Institutional Racism Training. Update provided by Chair Kelly. Update regarding the most recent meeting of the Austin Transit Partnership Community Advisory Committee. Withdrawn. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 5. Approve the formation of a Working group to plan for a disability awareness event in October 2025. The motion to approve the formation of a Working Group to plan a disability awareness in October 2025, was approved on Commissioner Chang’s motion, festival Commissioner Vassallo’s second on an 8-0 vote. Commissioner Slade was off the dais. Vice Chair Meyer and Commissioner Frank were absent. The motion to approve adding Commissioners Arellano, Chang, and Murphy, and Warren “Wawa” Snipes, Douglas Ridloff, Ricardo Leon, Heather Pavey, Amy Baxter, Michelle Lapis to the Working Group was approved on Chair Kelly’s motion, Commissioner Murphy’s second on a 9-0 vote. Vice Chair Meyer and Commissioner Frank were absent. 6. Select a Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities member liaison to participate in the interview panel and relay Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities authorized feedback on the interview process for the Civil Rights Officer. Withdrawn. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Identify 1-2 additional long term priorities for 2025 for the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities Review and approve candidate quality priorities for City of Austin interviews Presentation from CapMetro regarding the CapMetro Disciplinary Policy Updates from the October 2025 Disability Event Working Group Presentation from Blues on the Green regarding festival accessibility Updates from Joint Inclusion Committee 2 Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities Friday, May 9, 2025 Chair Kelly adjourned the meeting at 6:11 p.m. without objection. 3