AAQoL Regular Meeting Agenda - August 2022 — original pdf

Agenda

ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION AUGUST 16th, 2022 MEETING AGENDA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION August 16th, 2022 at 6:00 PM Austin City Hall Boards & Commissions Room 301 W. 2nd Street, Austin, TX Regular Commission Meeting MEETING AGENDA This meeting is being held in a hybrid format, and some members of the Commission may be participating by videoconference. Public comment will be allowed in-person or via telephone. Remote speakers must register in advance (August 15h by 12pm-Noon). All public comments will occur at the beginning of the meeting and public speakers will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. To speak or attend remotely, residents must contact the Equity Office’s Commission/Neighborhood Liaison, Jeremy Garza, no later than 12pm-noon on Monday, August 15th, 2022. Please telephone call at (512) 978-1797 or email jeremy.garza@austintexas.gov. The information required is the speaker’s name, the 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 Kirk Yoshida (Chair) Commissioner District Commissioner Azra Siddiqi Kuo Yang Lily Trieu Fang Fang VACANT VACANT 9 10 Salimah Shamsuddin Meena Mutyala Mayor Hanna Huang At-Large Pramod Patil At-Large Zahra Shakur Jamal-Hassan At-Large Sarah Chen (Vice-Chair) + Vincent Cobalis At-Large Pooja Sethi ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION AUGUST 16th, 2022 MEETING AGENDA AGENDA CALL TO ORDER The meeting is called to order by Chair Kirk Yoshida at: ROLL CALL PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first ten 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. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the COMMISSION’S REGULAR MEETING on July 19th, June 2st1 & April 19th, 2022. STAFF BRIEFINGS 2. Staff Presentation from the Small & Minority Business Resources (SMBR) Department on the City of Austin’s 2022 Disparity Study - by Public Information Specialist Senior Eddie Bynog & Executive Director Edward Campos and/or Assistant Executive Director Tamela Saldana – August 2022 Staff Presentation from PARD Cultural Arts & Programs on the AARC Phase Project – Laura Esparza DISCUSSION ITEMS 4. CapMetro Presentation on Fare Capping & Equifare Transit Equity Programs w/ Grace Nguyen and Edna Parra – August 2022 Discussion of FY22-23 Budget Process, Recommendations and Endorsements – Including announcement on JIC’s Special Called Meeting on July 20th 3-5pm for a presentation from the Budget Office on the City Manager’s FY22-23 Draft Budget. 3. 5. ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION AUGUST 16th, 2022 MEETING AGENDA DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 6. WORKING GROUPS/COMMITTEE UPDATES Discussion and possible action on nominating a primary representative to the JIC, as mandated by the City Clerk. Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Workgroup - Update on AARC Master Plan Health and Community Engagement Workgroup – General Update on Current Work Arts & Culture Workgroup – General Update on Current Work & Announcement on an Event hosted by Austin - Oita Sisters City Committee on August 20th Human Resources Workgroup – General Update on Current Work Business Planning Workgroup – General Update on Current Work & Update on FY 22- 23 Budget Process Public Safety / Policing Project – General Update on Current Work Joint Inclusion Committee – General Update on Current Work by Commissioner Cobalis 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Commissioner Vacancies, Annual Report & Workgroup Members – Commissioner Yoshida Call for items from Committee members: FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 15. ADJOURNMENT 16. -- The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. The meeting is adjourned at: ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION AUGUST 16th, 2022 MEETING AGENDA 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. 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.