ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION Regular Meeting – February 15, 2022, 6:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M. City of Austin City Hall Board & Commission Conference Room 301 W. 2nd Street Austin, Texas 78701 AGENDA Some members of the Commission may be participating by videoconference. Public comment will be allowed in person or via telephone. Remote speakers must register in advance (February 11 by Noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely, residents must: Call or email the board liaison at Jeremy Garza at Equity Office, at (512-978-1797), no later than noon February 11. The information required is the speaker’s 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). BOARD MEMBERS: Vince Cobalis, Pramod Patil, Pooja Sethi, Kirk Yoshida, Sarah Chen, Meena Mutyala, Kuo Yang, Fang Fang, Zahra Shakur Jamal-Hassan, and Hanna Huang CALL TO ORDER: CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 10 speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three- minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. Consider approval of minutes from the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission (AAQOLAC) meetings on: 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. November 16, 2021 2. OLD BUSINESS a. Workgroup/Project Reports 1. Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Workgroup 2. Health and Community Engagement Workgroup 3. Arts & Culture Workgroup 4. Human Resources Workgroup 5. Business Planning Workgroup 6. Public Safety / Policing Project b. Update on the Joint Inclusion Committee meeting (Commissioner Cobalis) c. Follow-up Items: 1. Update on AARC Master Plan (Commissioner Cobalis) 2. Update on FY 2023 Budget Recommendation Process (Commissioner Yoshida) 3. Update on Commissioner Vacancies & Work Group Members (Commissioner a. Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (Laura Keating/Housing & Planning and Anna b. Rain To River Initiative (Sari Albornoz/Watershed Protection Department) Yoshida) 3. STAFF BRIEFING Lan/CapMetro) 4. NEW BUSINESS a. Update from American Gateways (Edna Yang) b. Discussion and possible action on a recommendation to City Council regarding the activation c. Discussion and possible action on the appointment of Commissioners to serve on the of the Joint Cultural Committee JIC/QoL Budget Work Group d. Discussion and possible action on the election of officers to the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission 5. INFORMATION SHARING 6. FUTURE AGENDA …
ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION (AAQoL) REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 MEETING MINUTES The AAQOLAC convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 via hybrid format, hosted online for most participants, with select in-person participants meeting in the Boards & Commissions Room at City Hall in Austin, Texas. CALL TO ORDER: Chair Yoshida called the Commission Meeting to order at 6:21 p.m. BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Kirk Yoshida, Sarah Chen, Vincent Cobalis, Fang Fang, Hanna Huang, Meena Mutyala, Pramod Patil, Pooja Sethi, and Kuo Yang. STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Rey Arellano, Assistant City Manager Jeremy Garza, Commissions Liaison, Equity Office Linda Hayes, MuniProg Professional, Economic Development CITIZEN’S COMMUNICATION GENERAL: The first 10 speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Consider approval of minutes from the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission (AAQOLAC) meetings on: a. November 16, 2021 b. NOT APPROVED – UNABLE TO FIND! c. Linda Hayes confirms minutes from November have been lost. 2. OLD BUSINESS a. Workgroup/Project Reports 1. Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Workgroup 2. Health and Community Engagement Workgroup 1 3. Arts & Culture Workgroup 4. Human Resources Workgroup 5. Business Planning Workgroup 6. Public Safety / Policing Project b. Update on the Joint Inclusion Committee meeting (Commissioner Cobalis) c. Follow-up Items: 1. Update on AARC Master Plan (Commissioner Cobalis) 2. Update on FY 2023 Budget Recommendation Process (Commissioner Yoshida): The Boards recommendations are DUE March 31st and need to be approved at the next commission meeting on March 15th, 2022. 3. Update on Commissioner Vacancies & Work Group Members (Commissioner Yoshida) 4. Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Workgroup 5. Health and Community Engagement Workgroup 6. Arts & Culture Workgroup 7. Human Resources Workgroup 8. Business Planning Workgroup 9. Public Safety / Policing Project d. Update on the Joint Inclusion Committee meeting (Commissioner Cobalis) e. Follow-up Items: 1. Update on AARC Master Plan (Commissioner Cobalis) 2. Update on FY 2023 Budget Recommendation Process (Commissioner Yoshida) 3. Update on Commissioner Vacancies & Work Group Members (Commissioner Yoshida) 3. STAFF BRIEFING: Anna Lan/CapMetro) 4. NEW BUSINESS: a. Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (Laura Keating/Housing & Planning and b. Rain To River Initiative (Sari Albornoz/Watershed Protection Department) ***Need to connect Sari to the Community Engagement Group of …
