College Student Commission Special Called Meeting of the College Student Commission

Agenda — original pdf

Special Called Meeting of College Student Commission 06/15/2020 College Student Commission to be held 06/15/2020 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (6/14/2020 by Noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the 6/15/2020 College Student Commission Meeting, residents must: •Call or email the board liaison at (512) 972-6864 or dionte.mcclendon@austintexas.gov no later than noon, (the day before the meeting). 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 dionte.mcclendon@gmail.com 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 Font Size: 12; Font: Times New Roman; Font Style: Regular COLLEGE STUDENT COMMISSION Monday, June 15, 2020, 1:00pm-2:30pm VIA VIDEOCONFERENCING CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: Jared Breckenridge, Huston-Tillotson University (Chair) Kindle Kreis, University of TX Matthew Barron, University of TX Jessica Riley, St. Edward’s University (Co-chair) Bryan Nya, Austin Community College Kate Tyler, St. Edward’s University Malachi Peterson, Huston-Tillotson University Kristen Marx, St. Edward’s University Brandon Barrows, Concordia University Denise Basore, Austin Community College AGENDA CALL TO ORDER 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 2. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION a. Upcoming meeting dates b. Recommendation addressing Austin Police Department’s police brutality and its effects on college students c. Resources needed and available for college students during COVID-19 3. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT Font Size: 12; Font: Times New Roman; Font Style: Regular The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American 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 …

20200615-002b: Recommendation to Austin City Council regarding recent activities surrounding police brutality from Austin Police Department. — original pdf

COLLEGE STUDENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION Recommendation Number: 20200615-001b: Addressing the History of Austin Police Department's Police Brutality and Its Effects on College Students WHEREAS,​ ​the City of Austin College Student Commission has been established and authorized to advise the members of the Austin City Council on topics that affect college students here in the City of Austin; and WHEREAS,​ the City of Austin both historically and in present time continues to have a young college student population that is greater than or equal to approximately 100,000+ students; and WHEREAS,​ the officers of the Austin Police Department have a very basic and primary responsibility and that is to ensure that the protection of ALL citizens here in the City of Austin is safely upheld; and WHEREAS,​ on May 31, 2020, an unarmed 20-year-old black college student by the name of Justin Howell was critically injured by a sworn Austin Police Department officer during a well-intended peaceful protest against police brutality; and WHEREAS,​ nearly a month before the above mentioned incident (in April 2020), Lisa Tatum of Tatum Law Partners released a very thorough investigative report that examined both the historic and present day existence of racism and homophobia that exists within the Austin Police Department; and WHEREAS,​ a very exhaustive historical pattern of officer involved shootings against unarmed people of color here in the City of Austin does exist and it speaks for itself: Sophia King (2002), Jessie Lee Owens, Jr. (2003), Daniel Rocha (2005), Kevin Brown (2007), Nathaniel Sanders (2009), Byron Carter, Jr. (2011), Ahmede Bradley (2012), Larry Jackson, Jr. (2013), David Joseph (2016), Landon Nobles (2017), Mike Ramos (2020); and WHEREAS,​ we know that people of all ages and races are killed by law enforcement, yet black people (especially males) under the age of 30 are far more likely to be killed by a law enforcement officer than any other race; and WHEREAS,​ last but certainly not least, we, the members of the College Student Commission, strongly affirm the following statement: Black Lives Matter. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED​ that the College Student Commission recommends that Austin City Council take the following actions: 1.Pledge to reallocate funds from the Austin Police Department budget (a minimum of $30 million) and reapply those funds back into the Austin community in the form of college scholarships for low-income and racial minority college students here in the City of Austin. 2.Demand APD Chief Brian …