Agenda Item 1_Draft Minutes July 22, 2020 — original pdf

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ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION (AAQOLAC) REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2020 The AAQOLAC convened in a regular meeting on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at via WebEx Chair Vince Cobalis called the Commission Meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. Commission Members in Attendance: Vince Cobalis, Sarah Chen, Peter Chao, Kirk Yoshida, Nguyen Stanton, Shubhada Saxena, DasGupta, and Sethi Staff in Attendance: Rey Arellano, Assistant City Manager Joshua Robinson, Commissions Liaison (Equity Office) Maya Guevara, Community Engagement Specialist (Office of Police Oversight) CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: N/A 1. OLD BUSINESS a. Workgroup Reports: 1. Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Workgroup: No update provided. 2. Health and Community Engagement Workgroup: No update provided. 3. Arts and Culture Workgroup: See workgroup meeting notes in backup documents. 4. Business Planning Workgroup: No update provided.  Budget timeline/process  Annual Internal Review b. Update on the June 22 Joint Inclusion Committee meeting (Commissioner Stanton): No update provided. 1. Update on AARC Masterplan: No update provided. 2. Update on the Asian American Resource Center Bridge 3. Results from prior Mini-Grant awards (due 7/22/20) – Reference backup documents. 4. NAAO – AAPI COVID-19 response (American Stateman 7/12/20) – Reference backup c. Follow-up Items: documents. 2. STAFF BRIEFING a. Overview of 2021 City Budget (Rey Arellano, Assistant City Manager) – Assistant City Manager Rey Arellano provided an update and answered questions over 2021 City Budget. b. Office of Police Oversight reports (Maya Guevara – Office of Police Oversight) – Office of Police Oversight did not attend the meeting to present. 3. NEW BUSINESS a. Review and possible action on the Annual Internal Review Report, for submission to the City Clerk by Commission Chair. The commission voted to approve the Annual Internal Review Report. b. Support the UT School of Nursing application to boost community immunity through a culturally focused self-management support program to manage chronic diseases. Commissioner Chen moved to approve the recommendation. Seconded by Commissioner Yoshida. Vote was 8-0 c. Authorize the Discussion and possible action on the election of officers to the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission. - The commission voted to elect Kirk Yoshida as Chair and Sarah Chen as Vice Chair of the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission. 5. FUTURE AGENDA a. Austin Public Health briefing on the Social Services Audit Report and 2021 Budget initiatives. b. Office of Sustainability - Community Climate Plan 2020 Revision. c. State Legislative Agenda 6. ADJOURN Chair Cobalis adjourned the meeting without any objections at 11:45 p.m.