Approved Minutes — original pdf

Approved Minutes

ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION (AAQOLAC) REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2021 The AAQOLAC convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 Chair Yoshida called the Commission Meeting to order at 6:10 p.m. Commission Members in Attendance: Vince Cobalis, Sarah Chen, Kuo Yang, Kirk Yoshida, Hanna Huang, Pramod Patil, Shubhada Saxena, Pooja Sethi, Ketan Patel, Molly Wang, and Debasree DasGupta Staff in Attendance: Rey Arellano, Assistant City Manager Joshua Robinson, Interim Senior Executive Assistant (Office of the City Manager) Citizen Communication: N/A 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 2. OLD BUSINESS The Commission did not take action on the meeting minutes from January. a. Workgroup Reports: 1. Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Workgroup: Update provided in the backup document. materials. 2. Health and Community Engagement Workgroup: Update provided in the backup 3. Arts and Culture Workgroup: Update provided in the backup materials. 4. Human Resources Workgroup: No update provided. 5. Business Planning Workgroup: No update provided. b. Update on the Joint Inclusion Committee Meeting – The next JIC meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 31. c. Follow-up Items: 1. Update on the AARC Master Plan Update on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Budget Recommendation Process 3. STAFF BRIEFING None this month. 4. NEW BUSINESS a. Discussion and possible action on equitable funding for the Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce (Fang Fang) – No Action Taken. b. Discussion and possible action on priorities and recommendations for the City of Austin FY 2022 budget – Commissioners voted on their 2022 Budget Recommendations, which can be found in the back up materials. The Commissioners voted on the 2022 Budget Recommendations, which can be found in the backup materials. Commissioners vote can be found in the audio recording on the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission webpage. c. Discussion and possible action on the selection of a Community Stakeholder Commissioner – No Action Taken. 5. INFORMATION SHARING a. Commissioner Saxena, Cobalis and Chen 6. FUTURE AGENDA 6. ADJOURN Chair Yoshida adjourned the meeting without any objections at 8:30 p.m.