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Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Minutes November 18, 2025 Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Regular Meeting Minutes Tuesday, November 18, 2025 The Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at the City of Austin, Permitting and Development Center, 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Drive in Austin, Texas. Vice Chair Jambulapati called the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE: Padmini Jambulapati, Vice Chair Hanna Huang Pierre Nguyễn Nirali Thakkar COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE REMOTELY: Seonhye “Sonny” Sin, Chair Sarah Chen Hugh Li Alpha Shrestha Nayer Sikder Kuo Yang PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission regular meeting on October 12, 2025. The minutes from the meeting of October 12, 2025, were approved on Commissioner Chen’s motion, Commissioner Nguyễn’s second on a 10-0 vote. Commissioners Xiyi Chen, Dolling, Easley, Moledina, and Sha were absent. 1 Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Minutes November 18, 2025 WORKING GROUP UPDATES 2. 3. 4. Update from the City Manager’s Office Meeting Working Group regarding meeting recaps of the annual meetings and discussion on if this working group should continue. Update given by Commissioner Huang and Vice Chair Jambulapati. Update from the Asian American Resource Center Working Group regarding Austin Arts, Culture, Music, and Entertainment culture community engagement, staff changes, and programming. Update given by Commissioner Huang and Commissioner Thakkar. Update from the Joint Inclusion Committee Working Group regarding the recent Get to Know Your Commissioners events. Update given by Commissioner Thakkar. DISCUSSION ITEMS 5. 6. Discussion to establish Budget Priorities for the Budget Working Group. Discussion was held. Discussion on what to prioritize with the creation of the Community Engagement Working Group. Discussion was taken up with item 7. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 7. 8. 9. Approve the creation of a Community Engagement Working Group that focuses on engaging the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities with the City, public safety, education, and city resource connections. The motion to approve the creation of a Community Engagement Working Group that focuses on engaging the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities with the city, public safety, education, city resource connections, and language access with Commissioners Li, Xiyi Chen, and Yang as the members was approved on Commissioner Nguyễn’s motion, Commissioner Li’s second on a 10-0 vote. Commissioners Xiyi Chen, Dolling, Easley, Moledina, and Sha were absent. Approve the dissolution of the Budget Engagement Working Group. The motion to dissolve the Budget Engagement Working Group was approved on Commissioner Huang’s motion, Commissioner Thakkar’s second on a 10-0 vote. Commissioners Xiyi Chen, Dolling, Easley, Moledina, and Sha were absent. Approve the creation and membership of a Budget Recommendation Working Group that writes budget recommendations to Council for FY26-27. The motion to approve the creation of the Budget Recommendation Working Group that writes budget recommendation to Council for FY26-27 with Chair Sin, Vice Chair Jambulapati, and Commissioners Huang and Thakkar was approved on Commissioner Huang’s motion, Commissioner Thakkar’s second on a 10-0 vote. Commissioners Xiyi Chen, Dolling, Easley, Moledina, and Sha were absent. 2 Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Minutes November 18, 2025 FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Briefing regarding winter storms and weatherization Adding members to the Budget Working Group Discussion on how post FY26 budget amendments affect the AAPI community Update from Community Engagement Working Group ADJOURNMENT Vice Chair Jambulapati adjourned the meeting at 7:40 p.m. without objection. 3