Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission - Jan. 30, 2024
Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Special Called Meeting of the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission - Hybrid meeting format, hosted both in person at City Hall & Online/Virtual via WebEx
ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA January 30h, 2024 SPECIAL MEETING of the ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION JANUARY 30th, 2024, at 6:00pm (CST) CITY HALL, BOARDS & COMMISISONS RM #1101 301 W 2ND ST, AUSTIN, TX 78701 MEETING AGENDA This meeting is being held in a hybrid format, with both in-person and online virtual participation via WebEx. 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 (January 29th by 12pm-Noon). All public comments will occur at the beginning of the meeting and public speakers will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. To speak or attend remotely, residents must contact the Equity Office’s Community Services Program Coordinator, Alejandra Mireles, no later than 12pm- noon on Monday, January 29th, 2024. Please telephone call & leave a voicemail at (512) 974- 8045 or email alejandra.mireles@austintexas.gov. The information required is the speaker’s name, the 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: District Commissioner District Commissioner VACANT Seonhye “Sonny” Sin 9 10 Sabrina Sha Satyajeet Dodia Kuo Yang Lily Trieu Nayer Sikder Fang Fang Anna Lan Mohsin Lari Mayor Hanna Huang (Chair) At-Large Padmini Jambulapati At-Large Pierre Nguyen At-Large Zahra Shakur Jamal-Hassan At-Large Sarah Chen (Vice-Chair) 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA January 30h, 2024 CALL TO ORDER MEETING AGENDA PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first ten 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. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the COMMISSION’s REGULAR MEETING on JANUARY 16th, 2024. DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Discussion of impacts and feedback from community on 2023 Texas Senate Bill (SB) 17 “Relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at public institutions of higher education.” Discussion on updates regarding city executive leadership vacancies and hiring of those positions. Discussion on the strategic Asian American Quality-of-Life Advisory Commission’s 2024 plan 3. 4. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT -- The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities …
ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA January 30h, 2024 SPECIAL MEETING of the ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION JANUARY 30th, 2024, at 6:00pm (CST) PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER RM #1401/1402 (6310 Wilhelmina Delco Drive, Austin, Texas 78752) REVISED AGENDA This meeting is being held in a hybrid format, with both in-person and online virtual participation via WebEx. 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 (January 29th by 12pm-Noon). All public comments will occur at the beginning of the meeting and public speakers will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. To speak or attend remotely, residents must contact the Equity Office’s Community Services Program Coordinator, Alejandra Mireles, no later than 12pm- noon on Monday, January 29th, 2024. Please telephone call & leave a voicemail at (512) 974- 8045 or email alejandra.mireles@austintexas.gov. The information required is the speaker’s name, the 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: District Commissioner District Commissioner VACANT Seonhye “Sonny” Sin 9 10 Sabrina Sha Satyajeet Dodia Kuo Yang Lily Trieu Nayer Sikder Fang Fang Anna Lan Mohsin Lari Mayor Hanna Huang (Chair) At-Large Padmini Jambulapati At-Large Pierre Nguyen At-Large Zahra Shakur Jamal-Hassan At-Large Sarah Chen (Vice-Chair) 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA January 30h, 2024 CALL TO ORDER MEETING AGENDA PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first ten 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. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the COMMISSION’s REGULAR MEETING on JANUARY 16th, 2024. DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Discussion of impacts and feedback from community on 2023 Texas Senate Bill (SB) 17 “Relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at public institutions of higher education.” Discussion on updates regarding city executive leadership vacancies and hiring of those positions. Discussion on the strategic Asian American Quality-of-Life Advisory Commission’s 2024 plan 3. 4. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT -- The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. …
ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY-OF-LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES 01.30.2024 ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES TUESDAY JANUARY 30th, 2024 The ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY-OF-LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION convened a SPECIAL meeting on TUESDAY, JANUARY, 30TH, 2024, at the Permitting and Development Center Rooms #1401 and 1402 (6310 Wilhelmina Delco Drive, Austin, Texas 78752). Chair HANNA HUANG called the ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY-OF-LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING to order at 6:15 pm CST. Commissioners in Attendance: Hanna Huang (Chair) Sarah Chen (Vice-Chair) Seonhye “Sonny” Sin Pierre Nguyen Lily Trieu Sabrina Sha Zahra Shakur Jamal-Hassan Nayer Sikder Padmini Jambulapati Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Satyajeet Dodia Commissioners Absent: Kuo Yang Mohsin Lari Anna Lan Staff in Attendance: Alejandra Mireles – Community Services Program Coordinator, Equity Office Eric Anderson – Program Coordinator, Office of City Clerk PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. 1 ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY-OF-LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES 01.30.2024 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the COMMISSION’s REGULAR MEETING on JANUARY 16th, 2024. The minutes from the regular meeting on 01/16/2024 were approved on COMMISSIONER PIERRE NGUYEN’s motion, COMMISSIONER LILY TRIEU’s second on a 10-0 vote. (Absent: Commissioners Kuo Yang, Anna Lan, and Mohsin Lari) DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Discussion of impacts and feedback from community on 2023 Texas Senate Bill (SB) 17 “Relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at public institutions of higher education.” COMMISSIONER HANNA HUANG gives an overview of what is happening at The University of Texas in response to SB17; COMMISSIONER LILY TRIEU shares she is wondering if it is impacting any of the ACC cultural centers as it appears that students are being impacted financially. COMMISSIONER HUANG shares that the change at the university happened very suddenly. COMMISSIONER SABRINA SHA shares that there is also a lack of space for students to gather at the university. COMMISSIONER HUANG asks if the Commission can identify any budget recommendations that could support the students. COMMISSIONER TRIEU mentions that alumni are concerned that the graduation party hosted by student groups will not occur and so alumni are reaching out to the previous DEI office at UT to identify the financial cost of the party. COMMISSIONER SARAH CHEN shares that building fees for hosting should also be considered in the financial cost. COMMISSIONER PIERRE NGUYEN mentions that other state public universities (like Texas state) may also be impacted. Discussion on updates regarding city executive leadership …
