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Approved Minutes

ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION (AAQOLAC) REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2020 The AAQOLAC convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 Chair Yoshida called the Commission Meeting to order at 6:08 p.m. Commission Members in Attendance: Vince Cobalis, Sarah Chen, Kuo Yang, Kirk Yoshida, Nguyen Stanton, Hanna Huang, Pramod Patil, Shubhada Saxena, Pooja Sethi, Shruti Mangalmurti, and Debasree DasGupta Staff in Attendance: Rey Arellano, Assistant City Manager Joshua Robinson, Interim Senior Executive Assistant (Office of the City Manager) 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Commission moved to approve minutes from AAQOLAC meeting on July 22, 2020, September 18, 2020, and October 20, 2020 with discussed changes. Commissioner Cobalis made the motion. Commissioner Chen seconded. Vote was 10-0. Commissioner Sethi abstained. 2. OLD BUSINESS a. Workgroup Reports: 1. Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Workgroup: Commissioner DasGupta provided an update. Updates provided in the backup documents. 2. Health and Community Engagement Workgroup: No update provided. 3. Arts and Culture Workgroup: No update provided. 4. Human Resources Workgroup: No update provided 5. Business Planning Workgroup: No update provided b. Update on the Joint Inclusion Committee Meeting (Commissioner Stanton) – Commissioner Stanton provided an update. The Wednesday, October 28, and Tuesday, November 18, Joint Inclusion Committee meetings were cancelled. c. Follow-up Items: 1. Update on the AARC Master Plan – Chair Yoshida provided an update on the “Construction Manager at Risk” project. 2. Update on the AARC Bridge Project – Chair Yoshida provided an update on the AARC Bridge Project. Currently, PARD is working on the engineering report. 3. Public Safety/Policing Project Update – No updated provided. 3. STAFF BRIEFING None this month. 4. NEW BUSINESS a. Overview of Asian American Community Engagement Opportunities with Dell Medical Center (Ricardo Garay) – Ricardo Garay provided an update over “Asian American Community Engagement Opportunities” with Dell Medical Center. b. Presentation on the Community Police Review Commission - Amani Seay provided background on the Community Police Review Commission. Additional information about the Community Police Review Commission can be found in the backup documents. c. Discussion and Possible Action on Recommendations Related to the Police Department Office of Community Liaison (Hanna Huang) - Commissioner Cobalis moved to support resolution with suggested changes. Commissioner Patil seconded. Vote was 11-0. d. Discussion and Possible Action Related to the Community Stakeholder Position Vacancy and the Formation of a Community Stakeholder Nomination Work Group – Chair provided an update on the formation of a “Community Stakeholder Nomination Work Group.” e. Discussion of Commission Work Group / Project members and leads – Chair Yoshida provided an overview of the Commission’s “Work Group/Project Members.” 5. INFORMATION SHARING a. Commissioner Sethi, Saxena, and Chen 6. ADJOURN Chair Yoshida adjourned the meeting without any objections at 8:20 p.m.