Versión en español a continuación. Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission August 24, 2021 Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission to be held August 24, 2021 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (August 23, 2021 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the August 24, 2021 Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Meeting, members of the public must: Call or email the board liaison ena ganguly at (512) 978-1569 or enakshi.ganguly@austintexas.gov no later than noon, (the day before the meeting). The following information is required: speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, email address and telephone number (must be the same number that will be used to call into the meeting). Once a request to speak has been made to the board liaison, the information to call on the day of the scheduled meeting will be provided either by email or phone call. Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start time 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 enakshi.ganguly@austintexas.gov by noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. If the meeting is broadcast live, it may be viewed here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch- atxn-live Reunión del Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Agosto 24, 2021 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 (agosto 23, 2021 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión, los miembros del público deben: Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta en ena ganguly at (512) 978-1569 o enakshi.ganguly@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). Se requiere la siguiente información: nombre del orador, número (s) de artículo sobre el que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutral, …
ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION (AAQOLAC) SPECIAL CALLED MEETING MINUTES OF TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 2021 The AAQOLAC convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 Chair Yoshida called the Commission Meeting to order at 6:14 p.m. Commission Members in Attendance: Pooja Sethi, Sarah Chen, Kirk Yoshida, Hanna Huang, Shubhada Saxena, Fang Fang, Pramod Patil, and Vince Cobalis Staff in Attendance: Rey Arellano, Assistant City Manager Joshua Robinson, Equity & Inclusion Program Coordinator (Equity Office) Citizen Communication: N/A 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Commission moved to approve minutes from AAQOLAC meeting on April 20, 2021. Commissioner Cobalis motioned. Commissioner Huang seconded. Vote was 8-0. 2. OLD BUSINESS a. Workgroup/Project Reports 1. Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Workgroup – No updated provided 2. Health and Community Engagement Workgroup – No updated provided 3. Arts & Culture Workgroup – Commissioner Patil provided an update 4. Human Resources Workgroup – No update provided 5. Business Planning Workgroup – No update provided 6. Public Safety / Policing Project – Chair Yoshida provided an update. 7. Community Stakeholder Nomination Project – No update provided b. Update on the Joint Inclusion Committee Meeting – Commissioner Cobalis provided an update on the upcoming 1. Update on the AARC Master Plan - Chair Yoshida provided an update. 2. Winter Storm Review Task Force – No update provided. c. Follow-up Items: 3. NEW BUSINESS a. Presentation and Discussion with the Central Health Pandemic Equity Committee (Megan Cermak) – Megan Cermak, Central Health Pandemic provided an update on the Central Health Pandemic Equity Committee. 4. INFORMATION SHARING a. Commissioners Sethi, Cobalis, Patil, and Chen 5. FUTURE AGENDA 6. ADJOURN Chair Yoshida adjourned the meeting without any objections at 7:35 p.m.
JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE June 23rd, 2021 Report to Asian American Quality of Life Commission By Vince Cobalis Joint Inclusion Committee members: Hispanic Quality of Life Advisory Commission: Amanda Afifi Alternate: Sharon Vigil Alternate: Johanna Hosking Pulido Early Childhood Council: Raul Alvarez Commission for Women: Flannery Bope Alternate: Rebecca Austen Comission for Seniors: Janee Briesemeister Alternate: Sally VanSickle Human Rights Commission: Jamarr Brown Alternate: Idona Griffith Asian American Quality of Life Commission: Vincent Cobalis Alternate: Hanna Huang Commission on Immigrant Affairs: Karen Crawford (Vice Chair) Alternate: Krystal Gomez Alternate: Charles Curry LGBTQ Quality of Life Commission: Sandra Chavez (Chair) Mayor’s Committee for People with Disability: Robin Orlowski African American Resource Advisory Commission: Gregory Smith Alternate: Joey Gidseg Alternate: Marissa Jones 1. Presentation from Central Health Pandemic Equity from Megan Cermak 2. Discussed Compassion 2020 Compassion Contract 3. Supported 6 recommendations from the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities 4. Increased funding for cultural-specific mental health awareness and services and support for the recommendations from the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission and the LGBTQ Quality of Life Commission. 5. Recommendation for increased funding for health care navigators and support for the recommendations from the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission and the Commission on Immigrant Affairs. Amended to add Hispanic Quality of Life Commission 6. Support recommendation from the Commission on Women to provide free menstrual products in public places that are controlled and managed by the City of Austin that are accessible to folks experiencing homelessness and providing kits and educational materials about menstruation and menstrual disorders to individuals experiencing homelessness, 7. Voted to schedule Joint Inclusion Committee meetings in 2021 on the fourth Wednesdays at 3 pm with the exception of the November and December meetings NEW BUSINESS: 1. Endorse the Commission on Disabilities Resolution Number: 20210212-2B: A Resolution to Replace Mention of TTY in City of Austin Facilities 2. Endorsement of Mayor’s Committee for People with Disability’s Resolution Number: 20210409- 2B: A Resolution Acknowledging Impacts of Winter Storm Uri on People with Disabilities 3. Endorsement of Mayor’s Committee for People with Disability’s Resolution Number: 20210312- 2D: A Resolution For Austin Police department to reintegrate braille onto identification cards 4. Two Early Childhood Council recommendations tabled until next meeting
AARC Workgroup 7/13/21 Meeting notes Attendees: Sona Shah, Jae Kwon, Laura Esparza, Christina Bies , Debasree Das Gupta, Shiller Liao, Vince Cobalis (lead) 1. NAAO Donor wall - - AARC staff awaiting NAAO completion to make additional improvements in the Zen Garden. - Per S. Liao: Delays due to COVID preventing access for awhile and then impacting the contractor. * Paint background, secure bricks and place a glass front for protection. 2. Introductions: Jae Kwon, part-time temp Marketing Rep, was introduced. He will be focused on helping with Phase 2 community engagement. 3. Phase 2 Community Engagement * David Nicks will write out Community Engagement Plan document * Architect under contract in August so currently no contact period - Architect will have it’s own process, informed by the City Community Engagement - Community Engagement * AARC staff working on following: ‐ Identifying groups that currently use the facility and don't - Developing outreach plan using Airtables so we are ready once architect contract signed ‐ Identifying Community Champions that can outreach in their communities ‐‐ would like Culture & Arts group of Commission to be involved - input from community will be about facility needs so thinking about how to present that information since City language is hard to understand for many communities ‐ Considering having initial meeting to invite public and NAAO to understand process and then do direct outreach ‐ During engagement process will also go to events hosted by other culture groups for hard to reach populations * Next steps: flesh out air table * Future meeting with Architect * Expect Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) contract in October (9700 sq gy, 450 capacity) 4. Language Access * APH Language Access Coordinator (template for similar PARD position) * PARD has Language Access SPOC, but need wider responsibility * Focus on defining position for 2023 budget request 5. Senior program / Meals on Wheels update * AARC will Open August 16, * Slow to implement Meals on Wheels due to supply chain problem * Space Reserved for Senior meals Mon ‐ Thurs 9am‐3pm 6. AARC now taking reservations for rooms and events * Fees same as 2021
Versión en español a continuación. Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission August 24, 2021 Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission to be held August 24, 2021 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (August 23, 2021 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the August 24, 2021 Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Meeting, members of the public must: Call or email the board liaison ena ganguly at (512) 978-1569 or enakshi.ganguly@austintexas.gov no later than noon, (the day before the meeting). The following information is required: speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, email address and telephone number (must be the same number that will be used to call into the meeting). Once a request to speak has been made to the board liaison, the information to call on the day of the scheduled meeting will be provided either by email or phone call. Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start time 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 enakshi.ganguly@austintexas.gov by noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. If the meeting is broadcast live, it may be viewed here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch- atxn-live Reunión del Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Agosto 24, 2021 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 (agosto 23, 2021 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión, los miembros del público deben: Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta en ena ganguly at (512) 978-1569 o enakshi.ganguly@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). Se requiere la siguiente información: nombre del orador, número (s) de artículo sobre el que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutral, …
