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Approved Minutes

ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES July 16, 2024 The Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission convened in a regular meeting on July 16, 2024, at 301 W. 2nd St. in Austin, Texas. Chair Huang called the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Meeting to order at 6:08 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Hanna Huang, Chair Hailey Easley Nayer Sikder Sonny Sin Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Padmini Jambulapati, Vice Chair Sarah Chen Sarah Xiyi Chen Satyajeet Dodia Pierre Nguyen Sabrina Sha Luan Tran Commissioners Absent: Zahra Shakur Jamal-Hassan Kuo Yang PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL APPROVAL OF MINUTES Luis Ordaz – Rollout of Cultural Arts Funding Hector Ordaz – Cultural Arts Funding 1 1. Approve the minutes of the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission regular meeting on June 18, 2024. The minutes from the meeting of June 18, 2024, were approved on Commissioner Nguyen’s motion, Commissioner Sarah Chen’s second on a 9-0 vote. Commissioners Sha and Sikder were off the dais. Commissioners Shakur Jamal-Hassan and Yang were absent. DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. 3. Introduction of Genesis Gavino, Special Assistant to the City Manager. Genesis Gavino, Special Assistant to the City Manager, introduced herself. Discussion of the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission 2023 Annual Report and Internal Review, including the Commission’s goals and objectives for the next year. Discussed. Discussion of the goals and objectives of the Joint Inclusion Committee. Discussed. 4. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 5. Approve the creation of a working group on public health. A motion to approve the creation of a working group on public health was made by Commissioner Sin and seconded by Commissioner Sarah Chen. The Commission decided that the working group will focus on community health and language access. The Commission set a goal of having the working group provide recommendations to the full Commission in December. The motion to approve the creation of a working group on community health was approved on Commissioner Sin’s motion, Commissioner Sarah Chen’s second on an 11-0 vote. Commissioners Shakur Jamal-Hassan and Yang were absent. Commissioners Nguyen, Tran, and Easley were added to the working group without objection. Approve the creation of a working group to plan for meetings between Austin’s Asian American and Pacific Islander community leaders and the City Manager's office. The motion to approve the creation of a working group to plan for meetings between Austin’s Asian American and Pacific Islander community leaders and the City Manager's office was approved on Commissioner Nguyen’s motion, Commissioner Dodia’s second on an 11-0 vote. Commissioners Shakur Jamal-Hassan and Yang were absent. Chair Huang, Vice Chair Jambulapati, Commissioners Nguyen, Easley, and Sarah Chen were added to the working group without objection. 6. 2  WORKING GROUP UPDATES 7. 8. Update from the Food Security Working group regarding a meeting with Office of Sustainability staff about the Austin/Travis County Food Access and Consumption Issue Area Group. Commissioner Sin provided an update. Update from the Asian American Resource Center working group regarding the hiring of a Parks and Recreation Department Museums and Cultural Programs Manager and ballroom closure. Chair Huang and Commissioner Easley provided an update. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS A staff briefing on the status and availability of the City’s Undoing Racism training was requested by Commissioner Sin and Chair Huang. A staff briefing on cultural arts funding was requested by Chair Huang and Vice Chair Jambulapati. An item to provide an update on budget town halls was requested by Chair Huang and Vice Chair Jambulapati. ADJOURNMENT Chair Huang adjourned the meeting at 7:40 p.m. without objection. The minutes were approved at the August 20, 2024, meeting on Commissioner Sarah Chen’s motion, Commissioner Nguyen’s second on a 9-0 vote. Commissioner Yang was off the dais. Commissioners Sha and Tran were absent. 3