ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION (AAQOLAC) REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2020 The AAQOLAC convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 Chair Yoshida called the Commission Meeting to order at 5:40 p.m. Commission Members in Attendance: Vince Cobalis, Ketan Patel, Kirk Yoshida, Nguyen Stanton, Hanna Huang, Pramod Patil, Shubhada Saxena, and Debasree DasGupta Staff in Attendance: Joshua Robinson, Interim Senior Executive Assistant (Office of the City Manager) Binh Ly, Neighborhood Liaison (Austin Public Health) Sona Shah, Culture and Arts Education Manager (Parks & Recreation) Joshua Robinson, Interim Senior Executive Assistant (Office of the City Manager) GuiMei Fung, Neighborhood Liaison (Austin Police Department) CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: N/A 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Commission did not take action on the minutes from the July 22, 2020 and September 18, 2020 meeting. 2. OLD BUSINESS a. Workgroup Reports: documents. 1. Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Workgroup: Update provided in the backup 2. Health and Community Engagement Workgroup: No update provided. 3. Arts and Culture Workgroup: Update provided in the backup documents 4. Human Resources Workgroup: No update provided 5. Business Planning Workgroup: No update provided b. Update on the Joint Inclusion Committee August 26, 2020 Meeting (Commissioner Stanton) – No update provided. c. Follow-up Items: 1. Update on AARC Masterplan: Chair Yoshida provided an update in regards to the AARC Master Plan in regards to the “Construction Manager at Risk” Council Agenda Item. 3. STAFF BRIEFING a. Update on the Asian/Pacific Islander (API) Task Force COVID-19 Response & Outreach Effort (Binh Ly) – Neighborhood Liaison Binh Ly provided an update on the COVID-19 Response API Task Force. b. Presentation on Austin Police Department (APD) Community Liaisons (GuiMei Fung) – APD Community Liaison GuiMei Fung provided an update on APD Office of Community Liaison. a. Update on the Commission Policing/Public Safety Project (Hanna Huang) – Commissioner Huang provided an update on the Policing/Public Safety Project to the commission. Further details of the update can be found in the backup documents. b. Information Sharing – Commissioners Yoshida, Chen, and Cobalis provided information to share. 4. NEW BUSINESS 5. FUTURE AGENDA a. Policing Issues 6. ADJOURN Chair Yoshida adjourned the meeting without any objections at 8:30 p.m.
ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION (AAQOLAC) REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 The AAQOLAC convened in a regular meeting on Friday, September 18, 2020 Chair Yoshida called the Commission Meeting to order at 3:07 p.m. Commission Members in Attendance: Vince Cobalis, Sarah Chen, Kirk Yoshida, Nguyen Stanton, Hanna Huang, Ketan Patel, Shubhada Saxena, Peter Chao, and Debasree DasGupta Staff in Attendance: Rey Arellano, Assistant City Manager Brie L. Franco, Intergovernmental Relations Officer Adrienne Sturrup, Assistant Director (Austin Public Health) Chris Riley, Financial Manager (Austin Public Health) Joshua Robinson, Interim Senior Executive Assistant (Office of the City Manager) Cristina Tangredi, Community Engagement Specialist (Office of Police Oversight) CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: N/A 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Commission moved to approve minutes from AAQOLAC meeting on February 18, 2020 and August 17, 2020 with minor edits. Commissioner Cobalis made the motion. Commissioner Chen seconded. Vote was 9-0. The Commission did not take action on the minutes from the July 22, 2020 meeting. 2. OLD BUSINESS a. Workgroup Reports: documents. 1. Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Workgroup: Update provided in the backup 2. Health and Community Engagement Workgroup: No update provided. 3. Arts and Culture Workgroup: No update provided 4. Human Resources Workgroup: No update provided 5. Business Planning Workgroup: No update provided b. Update on the Joint Inclusion Committee August 26, 2020 Meeting (Commissioner Stanton) c. Follow-up Items: 1. Update on AARC Masterplan: No update provided 2. Update on Equity Mini-Grant application: No update provided 3. STAFF BRIEFING a. Analysis of the Austin Police Department’s Racial Profiling Data Joint Report and update on the new Community Police Review Commission - Community Engagement Specialist Cristina Tangredi provided an update over APD’s Racial Profiling Data Joint Report and the Community Police Review Commission. b. Austin Public Health FY2021 Budget (Adrienne Sturrup) – Assistant Director Adrienne Sturrup and Financial Manager Chris Riley provided an updated over the Austin Public Health FY2021 Budget and New Investments in FY2021. c. State Legislative Update (Brie Franco) –Intergovernmental Relations Officer Brie L. Franco d. Update on the City-Community Reimagining Public Safety Task Force (Rey Arellano) – Assistant City Manager Rey Arellano provided an overview of FY2021 Reimagining Public Safety APD Budget Reductions/Reinvestments. provided an overview of the 87th State Legislative Agenda. a. Update on the Commission Policing/Public Safety Project (TBD) – Commission did not take 4. NEW BUSINESS action. b. Discussion and possible action in support …
AARC Workgroup meeting for the AAQoL Tuesday, November10. 12:00-1:00pm In attendance: Sona Shah, Schiller Liao, Kirk Yoshida, Debasree DasGupta, Thuy Nguyen, Shruti Anand 1. Focus group with AISD and the AARC. Sona Shah of the AARC spoke about AISD reaching out to her regarding a focus group for Asian/American families in Austin to take a look at families struggling with racial equity and other issues. In order to ensure that all students have access to what is required to succeed in school, the focus group has arranged for a conversation with the office of Equity for AISD and is inviting folks from the community to join this discussion and provide input. This conversation is scheduled for Dec 6th from 1-3pm via zoom. 2. Discussion on Phase 11 of the AARC masterplan. Kirk Yoshida, Vince Cobalis and others met with Greg Cannali and Kimberly McNeely of PARD regarding progress of Phase 11. The project is ready to move as it stands although the delivery method needs to be determined. It also needs to be seen how the council feels about this at the moment. Another study is probably necessary regarding the Rutherford Campus collaboration but at the moment they are willing to move forward with the initial project. 3. The Pedestrian Bridge project. Kimberly McNeeley of PARD provided a status update via email on the project with the Watershed Protection Department. They have issued a third design iteration for stakeholder review with the final PER projected to be completed in March 2021. The costs of the survey for the pedestrian bridge is estimated to be at $40,000 and the bond money is being used towards these efforts. Once location of bridge and other necessary matters have been determined, PARD will need to coordinate and complete an easement agreement with the Rutherford campus for maintenance etc.
11/15/2020 2020_11_15 Meeting - Reimagining Public Safety 2020_11_15 Meeting - Reimagining Public Safety Date: 10/15/2020 | Google Hangouts Attendees Commissioners Hanna Huang, Sarah Chen, Nguyen Stanton, Pooja Sethi, Kirk Yoshida Not in Attendance Commissioners Ketan Patel, Debasree Dasgupta Agenda 1. APD Office of Community Liaison Resolution Questions for Rey - Responses from Rey & Patricia 2. 3. 4. 5. OPO Letter to Chief Manley - APD OCL Budget Misc items Notes 1. a. b. APD Office of Community Liaison Resolution 2. Questions for Rey - Responses from Rey & Patricia Great responses from Rey and Patricia there is not a citizen one 3. OPO Letter to Chief Manley - a. News coverage - Hanna to re-engage with community member about the "body cam review panel" since both said c. Hanna to follow up e-mail thread again to see if there are follow up questions i. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/oversight-body-says-new-austin-police-conduct- ii. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austi%20/austin-police-oversight-director-criticizes-apd- rules-lower-the-bar-for-officers/ for-staunch-resistance-to-change/ iii. Kirk has an e-mail out to Farah for CPRC member to come to our meeting to speak too 4. APD OCL Budget a. Will keep in mind but following up with OCL about annual report from 2019 as well as additional budget details including facility needs 5. Misc items a. Asian Community knowledge of Reimagining Public Safety https://app.box.com/notes/741894463288 1/2 11/15/2020 2020_11_15 Meeting - Reimagining Public Safety Team to follow up with CPIO about how Asian American communities have been engaged Team acknowledges that Asian community may be uninformed or unaware of the new pivot to "Reimagining Public Safety" 1. Invite Commissioner Shubhada Saxena to next Project Team Meeting Austin OKs million-dollar contract to audit police department Gov. Greg Abbott knocks Austin for ‘defunding’ police, says state may take over policing in some i. ii. b. c. areas d. 42 new cadets sworn into APD - last class for a while due to budget cuts Action items Hanna - e-mail Alicia Dean & Commissioner Saxena (Community Engagement Workgroup) about AAPI community outreach for Reimagining Public Safety Surveys/Group Sessions, cc Nguyen Hanna - Summarize Key Points of Reimagining Safety Task Force Meeting Notes, due next Meeting Follow up on e-mail thread with ACM Arellano & Patricia again to see if there are follow up questions Next Meeting's Agenda 1. Asian Community outreach about Reimagining Public Safety 2. Invite Commissioner Shubhada Saxena (Community Engagement workgroup) to next Project Team Meeting https://app.box.com/notes/741894463288 2/2
[Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission] RECOMMENDATION 20201117- Date: November, 17, 2020 Subject: Austin Police Department Office of Community Liaison to remain in department as part of Community Policing goals in Reimagining Public Safety process Seconded By: Motioned By: Recommendation The Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission recommends that the City Council direct the City Manager to retain the Austin Police Department’s Office of Community Liaison within Department as part of The City’s Reimagining Public Safety process. Description of Recommendation to Council WHEREAS, it is the value of the City of Austin to be an inclusive city for all of its citizens including those of diverse racial, ethnic, religious, and national origin backgrounds; WHEREAS, the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission was created Ordinance No. 20141211-204 to advise the City Council on issues related to the Asian American Resource Center and to provide on-going guidance and support for the City's Asian American quality of life initiatives; WHEREAS, On June 11, 2020, Austin City Council approved RESOLUTION NO. 20200611- 050, which set a goal of zero racial disparity in traffic stops, zero racial disparity in arrests and citations that result from traffic stops, zero use-of-force incidents, and zero deaths at the hands of APD officers; WHEREAS, The Office of Community Liaison works in each of Austin Police Department’s four regions as dictated by the needs of the department and the community; WHEREAS, The Office of Community Liaison provides outreach programs for vulnerable communities, representing Austin Police Department at community events, collaborate with community and Austin Police Department officers on community concerns; WHEREAS, The Office of Community Liaison’s Asian Outreach Program provides language access and is a key connector for Austin Police Department to the Austin Asian American community; 4C 1 of 2 Strongly recommends that the City Council encourage the City Manager to retain the The City Manager should investigate resources in other departments that would augment WHEREAS, the 2018 report also included a staffing study that concluded officers in the Austin Police Department have less than the necessary 35-50% of uncommitted time to support Community Policing, a metric that is also currently not met; WHEREAS, The Office of Community Liaison staff and programs serve a key function of connecting citizens to Austin Police Department officers that assists officers in participating in community programs with less uncommitted time needed. WHEREAS, the 2018 report recommendations indicate that Austin Police …
AAQOL ADVISORY COMMISSION WORK GROUP / PROJECT MEMBERS & LEADS Updated 11/16/20 WORK GROUP / PROJECT ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER (AARC) WORK GROUP ARTS & CULTURE WORK GROUP BUSINESS PLANNING WORK GROUP MEMBERS Debasree DasGupta (lead) Kirk Yoshida Shruti Mangalmurti Non‐Commission Members: Schiller Liao (NAAO), Thuy Nguyen Pramod Patil (lead) Shubhada Saxena Peter Chao Kirk Yoshida (lead) Vince Cobalis Sarah Chen Hanna Huang Nguyen Stanton Ketan Patel HEALTH & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK GROUP Shubhada Saxena (lead) COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER NOMINATION PROJECT HUMAN RESOURCES PROJECT PUBLIC SAFETY / POLICING PROJECT Kirk Yoshida Pooja Sethi Shruti Mangalmurti Vince Cobalis Molly Wang TBD Sarah Chen (lead) Vince Cobalis Kirk Yoshida Hanna Huang (lead) Pooja Sethi Ketan Patel Sarah Chen Debasree DasGupta Nguyen Stanton
Commission Recommendation Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Recommendation Number (20201117-4c): The Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission recommends that the City Council direct the City Manager to retain the Austin Police Department’s Office of Community Liaison within Department. Description of Recommendation to Council WHEREAS, it is the value of the City of Austin to be an inclusive city for all of its citizens including those of diverse racial, ethnic, religious, and national origin backgrounds; WHEREAS, the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission was created Ordinance No. 20141211-204 to advise the City Council on issues related to the Asian American Resource Center and to provide on-going guidance and support for the City's Asian American quality of life initiatives; WHEREAS, On June 11, 2020, Austin City Council approved RESOLUTION NO. 20200611- 050, which set a goal of zero racial disparity in traffic stops, zero racial disparity in arrests and citations that result from traffic stops, zero use-of-force incidents, and zero deaths at the hands of APD officers; WHEREAS, The Office of Community Liaison works in each of Austin Police Department’s (APD) four regions as dictated by the needs of the department and the community; WHEREAS, The Office of Community Liaison provides outreach programs for vulnerable communities such as the Asian community, represent APD at community events, collaborate with community and APD officers on community concerns; WHEREAS, The Office of Community Liaison Asian Outreach Program provides language access and is a key connector for APD to the Austin Asian American community; WHEREAS, the 2018 Community Policing Advancement in Austin Report included a staffing study that concluded officers in the APD have less than the necessary 35-50% of uncommitted time to support Community Policing, a metric that is also currently not met; WHEREAS, The Office of Community Liaison staff and programs serve a key function of connecting citizens to APD officers in their provision of service to the community; WHEREAS, the 2018 report recommendations indicate that APD should provide funding for their Public Information Office to market its Community Policing efforts; NOW, THEREFORE: 1 of 2 Strongly recommends that the City Council direct the City Manager to retain the Austin The City Manager should investigate resources in other departments that would augment BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION: Police Department’s Office of Community Liaison within Department. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: and expand the scope …
ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION (AAQOLAC) REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2020 The AAQOLAC convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 Chair Yoshida called the Commission Meeting to order at 6:08 p.m. Commission Members in Attendance: Vince Cobalis, Sarah Chen, Kuo Yang, Kirk Yoshida, Nguyen Stanton, Hanna Huang, Pramod Patil, Shubhada Saxena, Pooja Sethi, Shruti Mangalmurti, and Debasree DasGupta Staff in Attendance: Rey Arellano, Assistant City Manager Joshua Robinson, Interim Senior Executive Assistant (Office of the City Manager) 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Commission moved to approve minutes from AAQOLAC meeting on July 22, 2020, September 18, 2020, and October 20, 2020 with discussed changes. Commissioner Cobalis made the motion. Commissioner Chen seconded. Vote was 10-0. Commissioner Sethi abstained. 2. OLD BUSINESS a. Workgroup Reports: 1. Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Workgroup: Commissioner DasGupta provided an update. Updates provided in the backup documents. 2. Health and Community Engagement Workgroup: No update provided. 3. Arts and Culture Workgroup: No update provided. 4. Human Resources Workgroup: No update provided 5. Business Planning Workgroup: No update provided b. Update on the Joint Inclusion Committee Meeting (Commissioner Stanton) – Commissioner Stanton provided an update. The Wednesday, October 28, and Tuesday, November 18, Joint Inclusion Committee meetings were cancelled. c. Follow-up Items: 1. Update on the AARC Master Plan – Chair Yoshida provided an update on the “Construction Manager at Risk” project. 2. Update on the AARC Bridge Project – Chair Yoshida provided an update on the AARC Bridge Project. Currently, PARD is working on the engineering report. 3. Public Safety/Policing Project Update – No updated provided. 3. STAFF BRIEFING None this month. 4. NEW BUSINESS a. Overview of Asian American Community Engagement Opportunities with Dell Medical Center (Ricardo Garay) – Ricardo Garay provided an update over “Asian American Community Engagement Opportunities” with Dell Medical Center. b. Presentation on the Community Police Review Commission - Amani Seay provided background on the Community Police Review Commission. Additional information about the Community Police Review Commission can be found in the backup documents. c. Discussion and Possible Action on Recommendations Related to the Police Department Office of Community Liaison (Hanna Huang) - Commissioner Cobalis moved to support resolution with suggested changes. Commissioner Patil seconded. Vote was 11-0. d. Discussion and Possible Action Related to the Community Stakeholder Position Vacancy and the Formation of a Community Stakeholder Nomination Work Group – Chair …
Versión en español a continuación. Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission October 20, 2020 Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Meeting to be held October 20, 2020 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (October 19, 2020 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the October 20, 2020 Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Meeting, residents must: •Call or email the board liaison at Joshua Robinson at 512-974-9006 no later than noon, (October 19, 2020). The information required is the speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, and a telephone number or email address. •Once a request to speak has been called in or emailed to the board liaison, residents will receive either an email or phone call providing the telephone number to call on the day of the scheduled meeting. •Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start in order to speak, late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. •Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. •Handouts or other information may be emailed to joshua.robinson@austintexas.gov by Noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. •If this meeting is broadcast live, residents may watch the meeting here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch- atxn-live Reunión del Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission FECHA de la reunion (October 20, 2020) La junta se llevará con modificaciones de distanciamiento social Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los oradores deben registrarse con anticipación (October 19, 2020 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión, los residentes deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta en Joshua Robinson at 512-974-9006 a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). La información requerida es el nombre del orador, los números de artículo sobre los que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutrales, y un número de teléfono o dirección de correo electrónico. • Una vez que se haya llamado o enviado por …
‘Arts and Culture’ workgroup report -Sep 2020 Team: (a) Pramod Patil (Chair) (b) Peter Chao (c) Shubhada Saxena (d) Hanna Huang Date: 10/19/2020 Accomplishments: Here are the accomplishments/ report for the month of August and September -20201 • Establishment of Austin Creatives of Greater Austin (ACGA) Our workgroup members (Pramod Patil, Hanna Huang) worked with members of the community to establish a new organization Austin Creatives of Greater Austin (ACGA). The mission of this organization is to elevate, advocate for, and provide opportunities for the AAPI creative community through education, resources, collaboration, and celebration of multiculturalism. Though ACGA we will expect to share city of Austin resources and stages by Asian artists. ACGA’s initial focus will be in commercial music. in Austin, Texas, • Application for RFI 5500 SMW6000 On September 21st, 2020 ACGA applied for the RFI 5500 SMW6000 with a proposal to build a creative music hub at Asian American Resource Center. The proposal included creative music hub that would include a music/audio recording studio and rehearsal space. The music hub would also have a video soundstage to create promotional visual content for musicians. The public benefit would be a city subsidized and operated creative media studio and hub for Austin’s AAPI and broader music community. The proposed hub would also serve as an educational resource for young, aspiring musicians. The facilities would bring more exposure to Austin’s musicians within the larger AAPI community.
Austin Police Office of Community Liaison Who Are We? The Office of Community Liaison (OCL) works in each of APD's 4 regions as dictated by the needs of the department and the community. Outreach objectives include, but are not limited to: • Attending safety fairs where the community can interact positively with police officers and other public safety representatives in their neighborhoods. • Participating in Town Hall/neighborhood meetings called to address specific issues. • Collaborating on projects with officers and community groups, which address long or short-term problems. • Establishing communication links and partnerships between the police department and Austin residents. • Coordinating ongoing projects, special events and celebrations for the officers and those we serve in Austin. • Working collaboratively to assist one another within our outreach areas. Who Are We? Nonprofit arm of APD ◦ OCL Corporation ◦ Operation Blue Santa 9 Liaisons Funding OCL Programs APD Operation Blue Santa Faith Community Outreach African American Outreach Asian Community Outreach LGBTQ+ Outreach S. A. L. T. (Seniors and Law Enforcement Together) Refugee and Immigrant Outreach/ Language Access National Night Out / Crime Prevention I.C.A.R.E. Conference Summer Youth Leadership Programs OCL Liaison - Mei Fung Asian Outreach- Region 2 •Liaison for Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission •Social Media: WeChat •Coordinate meetings and presentations for educating the Asian community about public safety, and the importance of overcoming the cultural stigma ingrained in many Asian nations when it comes to interacting with police •Attend both community and city task force meetings that focus on helping the Asian community •Attend Asian community events (e.g. Lunar New Year, Health Fair) •Collaborate with local Asian businesses, organizations, schools and religious groups to plan future culturally specific programs and activities to further integrate the Asian American populations within its Austin community OCL Liaison – Sadot Azzúa Refugee & Immigrant Outreach – Region 3 •Liaison for the Commission on Immigrant Affairs •Liaison for the Consulate General of Mexico in Austin •Liaison for the Consulate General of Ireland in Austin •APD RISE (Refugee and Immigrant Safety Education) program at Caritas of Austin, Refugee Services of Texas, Casa Marianella, Raindrop Turkish House •APD Liaison Spanish Local Media -Monthly education/outreach segments •Social Media – Facebook- APD en Español •APD Language Coordinator •COVID-19 Emergency Operation Center – Language Access Support OCL Liaison – Veronica Saldate Liaison for the Hispanic/Latino Quality of Life Commission Region 4 National Night Out Neighborhood …
‘Arts and Culture’ workgroup report -Sep 2020 Team: (a) Pramod Patil (Chair) (b) Peter Chao (c) Shubhada Saxena (d) Hanna Huang Date: 10/19/2020 Accomplishments: Here are the accomplishments/ report for the month of August and September -20201 • Establishment of Austin Creatives of Greater Austin (ACGA) Our workgroup members (Pramod Patil, Hanna Huang) worked with members of the community to establish a new organization Austin Creatives of Greater Austin (ACGA). The mission of this organization is to elevate, advocate for, and provide opportunities for the AAPI creative community through education, resources, collaboration, and celebration of multiculturalism. Though ACGA we will expect to share city of Austin resources and stages by Asian artists. ACGA’s initial focus will be in commercial music. in Austin, Texas, • Application for RFI 5500 SMW6000 On September 21st, 2020 ACGA applied for the RFI 5500 SMW6000 with a proposal to build a creative music hub at Asian American Resource Center. The proposal included creative music hub that would include a music/audio recording studio and rehearsal space. The music hub would also have a video soundstage to create promotional visual content for musicians. The public benefit would be a city subsidized and operated creative media studio and hub for Austin’s AAPI and broader music community. The proposed hub would also serve as an educational resource for young, aspiring musicians. The facilities would bring more exposure to Austin’s musicians within the larger AAPI community.
COVID-19 Response API Task Force Asian American Quality of Life Commission Meeting October 20, 2020 COVID-19 Emergency Response: Emergency Operations Center(EOC) Social Services Branch Focused Outreach Austin Public Health API Task Force: Austin Public Library Park and Recreation 69.7 74.85 COVID-19 by Race & Ethnicity (%) 55 34 3 7 10.8 1.4 10.32 10.52 3.2 CASES HOSPITALIZATION DEATH 17 Asian Black White Other/Unknown API Beyond Data Data Quality Health Disparities Language Access Economic Gaps Outreach and Communications Neighborhood Testing & Home-Testing APH COVID-19 Strategies PPE Distribution Language Access Basic Needs Multi-Departments Collaboration API Task Force Strategies My API Live Language Access COVID-19 Racism Flu Clinics Questions and Discussion Questions Opportunities Thoughts
10/16/2020 October Meeting - Reimagining Public Safety October Meeting - Reimagining Public Safety Date: 10/15/2020 | Google Hangouts Attendees Commissioners Hanna Huang, Sarah Chen, Nguyen Stanton, Debasree Dasgupta, Kirk Yoshida Not in Attendance Commissioners Ketan Patel, Pooja Sethi Agenda 1. Group Name & Scope 2. 3. 4. Resources List Questions for Rey Misc. Items Notes 1. Group Name & Scope Group named "Reimagining Public Safety Project Team" per Sarah's advice and recommendation Develop & Review a timeline for our Project Scope - next meeting City's reallocation Timeline is 1 year, need to propose to council in May for budget Follow up with Departments/Rey in Jan about business plans since they are due in Feb 2. Review of Resources List APD Budget Reallocations: http://austintexas.gov/page/apd-budget Joint Report: Analysis of APD’s Racial Profiling Data: http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=347117 c. Reimagining Public Safety SpeakUp Austin Page: https://www.speakupaustin.org/reimaginingpublicsafety Community Input medium a. b. a. b. i. ii. i. ii. Lack of language access (even Spanish translations are not provided) iii. Team has questions about how public is being adequately engaged for the district meetings and d. Budget Summary for Reimagining Public Safety: http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm? survey id=347114 i. presented by ACM Rey Arellano to AAQoL in Sept. https://app.box.com/notes/730880743134 1/3 10/16/2020 October Meeting - Reimagining Public Safety e. Gov. Abbott’s Back The Blue Pledge: https://www.gregabbott.com/backtheblue/ i. Governor's intent to limit City's reallocation/defunding of police departments f. COA Public Safety Page: https://austintexas.gov/publicsafety i. We found the information on the Share Input part of this page hard to navigate and does not accurately relate to the Speak Up Austin page about Reimagining Public Safety ii. Hanna to reach out to Alicia Dean about recommendations to update the Share Input section 3. Questions for Rey a. What is the number of police officers that actually go out into the community and how this may compare to other cities in Texas/similar to us? (i.e. Community Policing update and comparison to other Texas cities or cities similar to Austin) b. What type of data/statistics is currently available (publicly or within City) that relate to Public Safety? Is there particular areas that the City is working on or does not have significant data? (e.g. 911 call data analysis, crime comparison by year data, APD response time) c. What are some key lessons learned and challenges the City has been encountering in Reimagining d. What selection criteria is used in the selection of Reimagining Public Safety Task Force …
AARC Workgroup meeting for the AAQoL Tuesday, October13. 12:00-1:00pm In attendance: Sona Shah, Schiller Liao, Kirk Yoshida, Debasree DasGupta. This meeting was essentially to review and analyze some of the discussions the group has had over the past few months with staff from PARD as well as Councilman Jimmy Flannigan. It is becoming apparent that construction on the next Phase at the AARC will be slower, due to the pandemic and other issues. There are also a number of aspects to be taken into account before much progress can be made even on design. These are: 1. The use of the neighboring campus at Rutherford that could help with the parking issues. 2. Building the bridge that would connect the two campuses with help from the Watershed department. 3. The availability of a public/private partnership that would help with the extra funds needed to build a Performance Arts Center along with the extra office space and parking that would be needed.
ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION (AAQOLAC) REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2020 The AAQOLAC convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 Chair Yoshida called the Commission Meeting to order at 5:40 p.m. Commission Members in Attendance: Vince Cobalis, Ketan Patel, Kirk Yoshida, Nguyen Stanton, Hanna Huang, Pramod Patil, Shubhada Saxena, and Debasree DasGupta Staff in Attendance: Joshua Robinson, Interim Senior Executive Assistant (Office of the City Manager) Binh Ly, Neighborhood Liaison (Austin Public Health) Sona Shah, Culture and Arts Education Manager (Parks & Recreation) Mike Sheffield, Administrative Manager (Austin Police Department) GuiMei Fung, Neighborhood Liaison (Austin Police Department) Veronica Saldate, Neighborhood Liaison (Austin Police Department) Sadot Azzua, Neighborhood Liaison (Austin Police Department) CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: N/A 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Commission did not take action on the minutes from the July 22, 2020 and September 18, 2020 meeting. 2. OLD BUSINESS a. Workgroup Reports: documents. 1. Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Workgroup: Update provided in the backup 2. Health and Community Engagement Workgroup: No update provided. 3. Arts and Culture Workgroup: Update provided in the backup documents 4. Human Resources Workgroup: No update provided 5. Business Planning Workgroup: No update provided b. Update on the Joint Inclusion Committee August 26, 2020 Meeting (Commissioner Stanton) – No update provided. c. Follow-up Items: 1. Update on AARC Masterplan: Chair Yoshida provided an update in regards to the AARC Master Plan in regards to the “Construction Manager at Risk” Council Agenda Item. 3. STAFF BRIEFING a. Update on the Asian/Pacific Islander (API) Task Force COVID-19 Response & Outreach Effort (Binh Ly) – Neighborhood Liaison Binh Ly provided an update on the COVID-19 Response API Task Force. b. Presentation on Austin Police Department (APD) Community Liaisons (GuiMei Fung) – APD Community Liaison GuiMei Fung provided an update on APD Office of Community Liaison. a. Update on the Commission Policing/Public Safety Project (Hanna Huang) – Commissioner Huang provided an update on the Policing/Public Safety Project to the commission. Further details of the update can be found in the backup documents. b. Information Sharing – Commissioners Yoshida, Chen, and Cobalis provided information to share. 4. NEW BUSINESS 5. FUTURE AGENDA a. Policing Issues 6. ADJOURN Chair Yoshida adjourned the meeting without any objections at 8:30 p.m.
Versión en español a continuación. Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission September 18, 2020 Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Meeting to be held September 18, 2020 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (September 17, 2020 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the September 18, 2020 Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Meeting, residents must: •Call or email the board liaison at Joshua Robinson at 512-974-9006 no later than noon, (September 17, 2020). The information required is the speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, and a telephone number or email address. •Once a request to speak has been called in or emailed to the board liaison, residents will receive either an email or phone call providing the telephone number to call on the day of the scheduled meeting. •Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start in order to speak, late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. •Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. •Handouts or other information may be emailed to joshua.robinson@austintexas.gov by Noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. •If this meeting is broadcast live, residents may watch the meeting here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch- atxn-live Reunión del Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission FECHA de la reunion (September 18, 2020) La junta se llevará con modificaciones de distanciamiento social Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los oradores deben registrarse con anticipación (September 17, 2020 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión, los residentes deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta en Joshua Robinson at 512-974-9006 a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). La información requerida es el nombre del orador, los números de artículo sobre los que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutrales, y un número de teléfono o dirección de correo electrónico. • Una vez que se haya llamado o enviado por …
87TH STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA Intergovernmental Relations Office – Brie L. Franco, Officer TEXAS LEGISLATURE INCREASINGLY FOCUSED ON CITIES Total Bills Introduced Total Bills Passed City-Related bills introduced City-Related bills passed Year 76th-1999 77th-2001 78th-2003 79th-2005 80th-2007 81st-2009 82nd-2011 83rd-2013 84th-2015 85th – 2017 5,813 5,612 5,633 5,512 6,241 7,464 5,938 5,950 6,476 6,800 1,622 1,601 1,384 1,389 1,481 1,459 1,379 1,437 1,329 1,208 1,230+ 1,200+ 1,200+ 1,200+ 1,200+ 1,500+ 1,500+ 1,900+ 1,900+ 2,500+ 86th – 2019 7,324 1,429 2,300+ 130+ 150+ 110+ 105+ 120+ 120+ 160+ 220+ 220+ 294 338 • 54 % more City- related bills were passed between 2015 and 2019 • 182 % more City – related bills were passed between 2009 and 2019 9/17/2020 87th Legislative Agenda 2 LEGISLATIVE SESSION: IGRO ROLE In the 86th session • 3,970 Bills/JR’s were filed in last 10 business days before filing deadline, March 8th. (54%). • 7,324 bills read and analyzed by IGRO. • Over 2,500 bills were determined by IGRO to affect cities. • 1,296 Bills/JR’s required analysis/action by departments and IGRO. 9/17/2020 87th Legislative Agenda 3 TREND: ANTI-CITY TONE: GOVERNOR ABBOTT "As opposed to the state having to take multiple rifle- shot approaches at overriding local regulations, I think a broad-based law by the state of Texas that says across the board, the state is going to pre-empt local regulations, is a superior approach“ * – Governor Greg Abbott, March 21, 2017 *Source: “Abbott wants "broad-based law" that pre-empts local regulations” Texas Tribune, March 21, 2017 Governor Greg Abbott in 2017 9/17/2020 87th Legislative Agenda 4 TREND: ANTI-CITY LEGISLATION: POST 85TH SPECIAL SESSION "Our cities are still controlled by Democrats…And where do we have all our problems in America? Not at the state level run by Republicans, but in our cities that are mostly controlled by Democrat mayors and Democrat city council men and women. That's where you see liberal policies. That's where you see high taxes. That's where you see street crime." * -Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, 2017 *Source: “Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick blames city governments for "all our problems in America" Texas Tribune, AUG. 4, 2017 9/17/2020 87th Legislative Agenda 5 Lt Governor Dan Patrick in 2016. Photo by Gage Skidmore. TREND: ANTI-CITY TONE: POST 86TH SESSION “Any mayor, county judge that was dumb ass enough to come meet with me, I told them with great clarity, my goal is for this to be the …
ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION (AAQOLAC) REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 The AAQOLAC convened in a regular meeting on Monday, August 17, 2020 Chair Yoshida called the Commission Meeting to order at 1:07 p.m. Commission Members in Attendance: Vince Cobalis, Sarah Chen, Kuo Yang, Kirk Yoshida, Nguyen Stanton, Hanna Huang, Ketan Patel, Shubhada Saxena, Debasree DasGupta, and Pooja Sethi Staff in Attendance: Rey Arellano, Assistant City Manager Corrie Stokes, City Auditor Zach Baumer, Climate Protection Manager (Office of Sustainability) Laura LaFuente, Program Manager (Austin Public Health) Celine Rendon, Community Engagement Specialist (Office of Sustainability) Joshua Robinson, Commissions Liaison (Equity Office) CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: N/A 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Commission moved to approve minutes from AAQOLAC meeting on April 10, 2020, May 20, 2020 and June 22, 2020 with minor edit. Commissioner Cobalis made the motion. Commissioner Chen seconded. Vote was 10-0. 2. OLD BUSINESS a. Workgroup Reports: 1. Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Workgroup: No update provided. 2. Health and Community Engagement Workgroup: No update provided. 3. Arts and Culture Workgroup: No update provided 4. Business Planning Workgroup: No update provided b. Update on the July 24 Joint Inclusion Committee Meeting (Commissioner Stanton) c. Follow-up Items: 1. Update on AARC Masterplan: No update provided 2. Update on the Asian American Recourse Center Bridge: No update provided 3. Results from prior Mini-Grant awards: No update provided 4. Current status of City Budget process and COVID-19 impact: No update provided 3. STAFF BRIEFING a. Office of Sustainability Presentation on the Austin Community Climate Plan (Celine Rendon) - Climate Protection Manager Zach Baumer and Community Engagement Specialist Celine Rendon provided an update on the Austin Community Climate Plan. Budget Recommendations. b. Austin Public Health FY 2020 Budget Recommendations Update & Overview of the Social Services Audit (Adrienne Sturrup) - Program Manager Laura LaFuente provided a status update on the FY20 c. Office of the City Auditor Presentation on the Redistricting Commission – City Auditor Corrie Stokes provided a presentation on the timeline for applying to be on the Redistricting Commission. 4. NEW BUSINESS a. Discussion and possible action on resolution in support of Austin Asian Impact and its data collection work, including assembling a directory of Asian American organizations and collection of social impact data – No action taken. Commissioners will collaborate on public safety initiatives in the Health and Community Engagement Workgroup. b. Information Sharing – No …
ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION (AAQOLAC) REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2020 The AAQOLAC convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at City Hall in Austin, Texas. Chair Vince Cobalis called the Commission Meeting to order at 6:07 p.m. Commission Members in Attendance: Vince Cobalis, Sarah Chen, Peter Chao, Kuo Yang, Kirk Yoshida, Nguyen Stanton, Kavita Radhakrishnan, Hanna Huang, Molly Wang, and Pooja Sethi Staff in Attendance: Rey Arellano, Assistant City Manager Laura Esparza, Division Manager (Parks & Recreation) Cara Welch, Public Information Specialist (Communications & Public Information Office) Joshua Robinson, Commissions Liaison (Equity Office) Brandon Kroos, Business Process Specialist (Equity Office) CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: Lora Petty – Fiscal Year (FY) Budget 2020-21 Carmen Llanes Pulido – Land Development Code (LDC) 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The Commission moved to approve minutes from AAQOLAC meeting on January 21, 2020. Commissioner Yoshida made the motion. Commissioner Chen seconded. Vote was 10-0. Commissioner Sethi was not present to vote. 2. OLD BUSINESS a. Workgroup Reports: 1. Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Workgroup: Commissioner Cobalis provided an update and referenced AARC Workgroup meeting notes. 2. Health and Community Engagement Workgroup: Commissioner Yoshida provided an update and referenced the Health and Community Engagement meeting notes. Commissioner Yoshida provided a summary over the Community Budget Forum that was held on Thursday, February 13, at the Asian American Resource Center. Budget Community Engagement event: 3. Arts and Culture Workgroup: No update provided 4. Business Planning Workgroup: Commissioner Yoshida discussed how the workgroup will approach FY21 Budget Recommendations. Budget timeline/process b. Joint Inclusion Committee (JIC): Commissioner Cobalis provided an update. JIC has expanded to include the Early Childhood Council within the committee. c. Follow-up Items: 1. Update on AARC Masterplan: Division Manager, Laura Esparza provided an update on the AARC Masterplan and the construction of the bridge. Esparza read a memo from Parks & Recreation Dept. (PARD) Director Kimberly McNeeley in response to the Commission response action on 1-21-2020. a. (PARD) response to Commission action on 1-21-2020: PARD Director Kimberly McNeeley provided a memo in response to the Commission action on 1-21-2020. b. Projected timeline c. Workgroup recommendations: Commissioners Cobalis and Yoshida elaborated on the AARC Workgroup recommendations to not have the construction of the bridge be funded through the bond funds, consistent with the Commission resolution passed in January. The commission will speak with the Watershed Protection Dept. for …
