April 2022 Approved Meeting Minutes — original pdf

Approved Minutes

ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES April 19th, 2022 ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION APRIL 19th, 2022 at 6:00 PM Austin City Hall Boards & Commissions Room 301 W. 2nd Street, Austin, TX Meeting Minutes Some members of the Commission may be participating by videoconference. Public comment and attendance will be allowed in person or via telephone. Remote speakers must register in advance (April 18 by Noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak or attend remotely, residents must: telephone call or email the Equity Office’s Commission/Neighborhood Liaison, Jeremy Garza, at (512) 978-1797 or jeremy.garza@austintexas.gov, no later than 12pm-noon on Monday, April 18th, 2022. The information required is the speaker’s name, 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 9 10 Mayor At-Large At-Large At-Large At-Large Commissioner Salimah Shamsuddin Meena Mutyala Hanna Huang Pramod Patil Pooja Sethi Zahra Shakur Jamal-Hassan Sarah Chen (Vice-Chair) District Commissioner 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kirk Yoshida (Chair) Azra Siddiqi Kuo Yang VACANT Vincent Cobalis Fang Fang VACANT VACANT CALL TO ORDER: Kirk Yoshia called the meeting to order at 6:27pm ROLL CALL: Present: • Kirk Yoshida • Pramod Patil • Vincent Cobalis • Hanna Huang • Sarah Chen • Kuo Yang ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES • Zahra Shakur Jamal-Hassan • Azra Siddiqui Absent: • Fang Fang • Salimah Shamsuddin April 19th, 2022 PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 10 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. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Consider approval of minutes from the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission (AAQOLAC) meetings on: a. March 28th, 2022 (Special Called Meeting) i. Motion by Vince Cobalis ii. Seconded by Sarah Chen iii. All in favor. No Objections. Abstain Pramod. iv. Edits: New Business – agenda items we don’t discuss…should they say they were not discussed. Postponed. 2. STAFF BRIEFING a. Staff Briefing on APD Body-Worn & Dashboard Camera Program by Karla Peredo & Lindsay Southard, Community Engagement Specialist, Office of Police Oversight (OPO). b. Presentation from Northwest Austin Universal Health Clinic by Dr. Sanjna Malpani. i. Presentation Postponed 3. OLD BUSINESS a. Workgroup/Project Report i. Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Workgroup ii. Health and Community Engagement Workgroup iii. Arts & Culture Workgroup iv. Human Resources Workgroup v. Business Planning Workgroup vi. Public Safety / Policing Project ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES April 19th, 2022 b. Update on the Joint Inclusion Committee Meeting(s) – Commissioner Cobais c. Update on AARC Master Plan – Commissioner Cobalis d. Update on the Joint Cultural Committee – Possible action on a recommendation to City Council regarding the activation of the Joint Cultural Committee. (Hannah & Sarah; Council Approved, but Commission Never Activated) e. Update on FY 2023 Budget Recommendation Process – Commissioner Yoshida i. Discussion and possible action on further budget endorsements from the JIC. 4. NEW BUSINESS a. April Elections: Discussion and possible action on the election of officers to the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission. i. Vote on CHAIR 1. Motion by Pooja to nominate to name Kirk Yosha 2. Seconded by Sarah Chen 3. Discussion or alternate nominations. None. 4. All in favor, no opposed, Kirk Abstain 5. Motion Passed. ii. Vote on Vice-Chair 1. Nominate Sarah Chen by Vince Coablis 2. Seconded by Commissioner Patil 3. Any Discussion. None. 4. All in favor. Sarah Chen Abstain, None Opposed. 5. Motion Passed. b. Discussion and possible action to recommend a City Proclamation declaring May 2022 as Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month. i. Vote on Proclamation – 5th or 14th 1. Motion Vince 2. Second Pooja 3. All in favor. None abstain. None opposed. Motion Passes. 5. INFORMATION SHARING a. Open Mic for Commissioners to share information with each other, especially regarding future agenda and pending deadlines on action items. ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES April 19th, 2022 i. Wednesday May 4th, 2022 – 22nd Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration from 11:30am to 1:00pm at the Palmer Event Center – 900 Barton Springs Rd. (to RSVP  https://forms.office.com/g/jpcsqz3FDQ) ii. Tuesday May 17th, 2022 – WiseUp TX is hosting an online event on Facebook Live entitled “Civis & Chair: South Asians Running for Office” from 7-8:30pm. (Link to event: https://fb.me/e/2tS7t8e2J) (www.wiseuptx.org) iii. May 21 Austin Beerworks – Asian Beer iv. Indian America IAct May 7th annual big v. May 22nd – Pooja AAPI Town Hall 6. FUTURE AGENDA a. Staff Briefing on APD Safe Place Initiative by Gui Fung & Christian Mendoza from the Austin Police Department’s Office of Community Liaison. (Confirmed for May 2022). b. PARD Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation by Ed Morris & Vanorda Richardson c. Staff Briefing on Disparity Report Outcomes by Eddie Bynog, Public Information (July (Confirmed for June 2022). or August) d. Language Access Program Update from CPIO (Tentatively June 2022). e. Specialist Senior at the Small & Minority Business Resources Department (SMBR) (Postponed till July or August 2022) f. Presentation from Northwest Austin Universal Health Clinic by Dr. Sanjna Malpani (Postponed from April, Reschedule is TBD) g. Request for HRD report to the commission. (Banner Reports/HJRMS on Demographics?) h. Annual Report is Due in July 7. ADJOURNMENT At 7:25pm The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access, and hybrid virtual meeting attendance is now available. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice of at least two days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call the Equity Office Commission Liaison, Jeremy Garza, at (512) 978-1797, or email at jeremy.garza@austintexas.gov, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES April 19th, 2022 For more information on the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission, please contact the Equity Office Commission/Neighborhood Liaison, Jeremy Garza, by phone at (512) 978-1797, or (preferably) via email at jeremy.garza@austintexas.gov.