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Agenda

ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY-OF-LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA February 20th, 2024 REGULAR MEETING of the ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY-OF-LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION FEBRUARY 20th, 2024 at 6:00pm (CST) CITY HALL, BOARDS & COMMISSIONS RM #1101 301 W 2ND ST, AUSTIN, TX 78701 MEETING AGENDA This meeting is being held in a hybrid format, with both in-person and online virtual participation via WebEx. 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 (February 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 Community Services Program Coordinator, Alejandra Mireles, no later than 12pm- noon on Monday, February 19th, 2024. Please telephone call & leave a voicemail at (512) 974- 8045 or email alejandra.mireles@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 Commissioner District Commissioner VACANT Seonhye “Sonny” Sin 9 10 Sabrina Sha Satyajeet Dodia Kuo Yang Lily Trieu Nayer Sikder VACANT Anna Lan Mohsin Lari Mayor Hanna Huang (Chair) At-Large Padmini Jambulapati At-Large Pierre Nguyen At-Large Zahra Shakur Jamal-Hassan At-Large Sarah Chen (Vice-Chair) 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY-OF-LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA February 20th, 2024 CALL TO ORDER MEETING AGENDA 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. Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the COMMISSION’s SPECIAL MEETING on JANUARY 30th, 2024. STAFF BRIEFINGS 2. DISCUSSION ITEMS 4. Brie Franco, Intergovernmental Affairs Officer, 2023 Legislative Update. Staff briefing regarding updating the 2012 Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan. Presented by April Geruso, Planning Department. 3. Asian Desi Pacific Islander American Collective, presentation on financial needs for graduation ceremony, due to losing funding after Senate Bill 17. Discussion of City Manager’s Office leadership vacancies and hiring of those positions. 5. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 6. Select an Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission member to represent the Commission to support the development and implementation of the Imagine Austin comprehensive engagement process. Approve a recommendation for Transparent Hiring in Executive Leadership. Discussion of working group assignments and approve updates to the membership of the Budget working group and Asian American Resource Center (AARC) working group. WORKING GROUP/COMMITTEE UPDATES 8. Budget Workgroup (Commissioners Sarah Chen, Hanna Huang, Sabrina Sha, Mohsin Lari, Pierre Nguyen, and Sonny Sin) – Updates on the FY25 Budget Recommendation Process. Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Workgroup (Commissioners Hanna Huang, Kuo Yang, Lily Trieu, Anna Lan, Satyajeet Dodia, Kirk Yoshida and Vincent Cobalis) – 2 7. 8. 9. ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY-OF-LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA February 20th, 2024 Updates and discussion on Phase II, staffing and budget, friends of AARC group development. 10. Joint Inclusion Committee (Commissioner Sonny Sin as primary representative and Commissioner Nayer Sikder as alternate representative) - Updates from January JIC meeting on initiatives such as the Housing workshop and Commission Budget Recommendations to bring forth to JIC. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT -- 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. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. For additional information please call the Equity Office’s Community Services Program Coordinator, Alejandra Mireles at (512) 974-8045 or email at alejandra.mireles@austintexas.gov. TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Asian American Quality-of-Life Advisory Commission, please contact Alejandra Mireles at (512) 974-8045 or (preferably) via email at alejandra.mireles@austintexas.gov. 3