Agenda Item 1_January Meeting Minutes — original pdf

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ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION (AAQOLAC) REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021 The AAQOLAC convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 Chair Yoshida called the Commission Meeting to order at 6:08 p.m. Commission Members in Attendance: Vince Cobalis, Sarah Chen, Hanna Huang, Kirk Yoshida, Nguyen Stanton, Pramod Patil, Shubhada Saxena, Pooja Sethi, and Debasree DasGupta. Staff in Attendance: Rey Arellano, Assistant City Manager Joshua Robinson, Interim Senior Executive Assistant (Office of the City Manager) Citizen Communication: Council Member Fuentes – Introduction 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Commission moved to approve minutes from AAQOLAC meeting on December 22, 2020 with minor changes. Chair Yoshida motioned. Commissioner Cobalis seconded. Vote was 9- 0. 2. OLD BUSINESS a. Workgroup Reports: 1. Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Workgroup: Commissioner DasGupta and Commissioner Cobalis provided an update. 2. Health and Community Engagement Workgroup: Update provided in the backup documents. 3. Arts and Culture Workgroup: Commissioner Patil provided an update. 4. Human Resources Workgroup: Chair Yoshida provided an update. 5. Business Planning Workgroup: No update provided. b. Update on the Joint Inclusion Committee Meeting– The JIC meeting was not held in the month of January. c. Follow-up Items: 1. Update on the AARC Master Plan 2. Update on the FY 2020 Budget Recommendations 3. STAFF BRIEFING None this month. 4. NEW BUSINESS a. Update on the AACHI Community Navigator Program (Hailey Easley) - Executive Director of the Austin Asian Community Health Initiative Hailey Easley provided an update on the AACHI Community Navigator Program. Presentation is in the back up materials. b. Update on the American Gateways 2020 City Contract for Immigrant Legal Services (Edna Yang) - Co-Executive Director of Legal Advocacy for Immigrant Survivors Edna Yang provided an update on the American Gateways 2020 City Contract for Immigrant Legal Services. c. Discussion and Possible Action on a Resolution in Support of the City of Austin’s 2020 Legislative Agenda – The Commission voted to approve resolution in Support of the City of Austin’s Legislative Agenda. Moved by Commissioner Cobalis, Seconded by Commissioner Chen. Unanimous on a 9-0 vote (Commissioners Huang, Chen, Yoshida, DasGupta, Cobalis, Saxena, Sethi, Stanton, and Patil) 5. INFORMATION SHARING a. Commissioner Cobalis and Saxena 6. FUTURE AGENDA 6. ADJOURN Chair Yoshida adjourned the meeting without any objections at 8:20 p.m.