AAQoL Regular Meeting Agenda - September 20th, 2022 — original pdf
Agenda
ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION SEPTEMBER 20th, 2022 MEETING AGENDA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION September 20, 2022 at 6:00pm 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 (September 19th 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, September 19th, 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 SEPTEMBER 20th, 2022 MEETING AGENDA MEETING 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 August 16th, 2022. STAFF BRIEFINGS 2. Staff Presentation from PARD Cultural Arts & Programs on the AARC Phase Project – Laura Esparza & David Nicks Staff Presentation from the ATX Walk Bike Roll project team (ATXWBR) on the joint effort between the Public Works Department (PWD) and Austin Transportation Department (ATD) to update Austin's sidewalk, urban trails, bicycle plans; and guide the direction of City Council's Austin Strategic Mobility Plan (ASMP) by Craig McColloch & Katie Wettick DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 4. Discussion and possible action to authorize commissioners to speak on behalf of the commission about Quality-of-Life Studies. Discussion and possible action about chair leadership starting January 2023. Inquiring about commissioner capacity to lead after Kirk & Vince step down from term limits. 3. 5. ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION SEPTEMBER 20th, 2022 MEETING AGENDA 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Discussion and possible action on the FY23-24 Budget Process, and Business Planning workgroup & AARC Workgroup. Succession planning and organizing for gathering community input on next budget process. WORKING GROUPS/COMMITTEE UPDATES 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 at the AARC on Sat. 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 - NOAA update Public Safety / Policing Project – General Update on Current Work Joint Inclusion Committee – General Update on Current Work by Commissioner Cobalis Commissioner Vacancies, Annual Report & Workgroup Members – Commissioner Yoshida Open Mic for Commissioners to share information with each other, especially regarding future agenda and pending deadlines on action items. INFORMATION SHARING 15. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 16. ADJOURNMENT 17. The meeting is adjourned at: Call for items from Committee members: ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION SEPTEMBER 20th, 2022 MEETING AGENDA -- 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. 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.