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Approved Minutes

COMMISSION ON SENIORS: JOINT MEETING WITH MAYORS COMMIITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILTIES MEETING MINUTES FRIDAY, FEBURARY 14TH, 2020 The Commission on Seniors convened a Joint Meeting at Austin City Hall, Boards and Commissions Room, 301 West 2nd Street, Austin, TX, 78701 Commission on Seniors in Attendance: Chair, Janee Briesemeister, Vice Chair, Peter Varteressian, Adam Hauser, Amy Temperley, Diana Spain, Emily De Maria Nicola, Erica Garcia-Pittman, Fred Lugo, Karen Grampp, Natalie Cagle, and Patricia Bordie. Commission on Seniors not in Attendance: Billy Jackson, Fred Lugo. Jacqueline Angel, Martin Kareithi, Sally Van Sickle. Mayors Committee for People with Disabilities in Attendance: Jonathan Franks, Chair, Taurean Burt, Diane Kearns-Osterweil, Jose Levy, Robin Orlowski, Emily Shryock, Deborah Trejo Mayors Committee for People with Disabilities not in Attendance: Joey Gidseg and Danny Saenz. Staff in Attendance: Tabitha Taylor, Age Friendly Plan Program Coordinator, Austin Public Health and Halana Kaleel, Public Health Educator II, Austin Public Health. Presenters: Candice Cooper, Program Manager, City of Austin, Human Resources Department. Chair, Jonathan Franks called the Board Meeting to order at 5:25 p.m. The Commissioners and Committee introduced themselves.   CITIZEN COMMUNICATION A. Christine Tangredi, General Citizen Communication, Office of Police Oversight Updates. B. Carlos Leon, General Citizen Communication. II. APPROVAL OF APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE MAYOR’S COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DECEMBER 13TH, 2019, REGULAR MEETING. A. Item was tabled. III. ANNOUNCEMENTS A. None currently. IV. NEW BUSINESS 1 A. Discussion by Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities and Commission for Seniors of the common budget issues previously identified at Community Budget Outreach Forums, including but not limited to discussion of each committee’s respective budget recommendations for Fiscal Year 2021. i. Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities gave update on their Budget Forum. ii. Commission on Seniors gave update on their budget forum. iii. The Committee and Commission discussed commonalties expressed by citizens who attended their forums. iv. Committee discussed budget recommendations that were funded and not funded last fiscal year and if they should submit those requests again. B. Update and discussion of Quality of Life Study for People with Disabilities. i. Candice Cooper, Human Resources Department gave update to Committee and Commission on the Quality of Life Study. ii. Committee will form Working Group which will include members of the Committee and Commission to inform the scope of work for the Quality of Life Study. iii. Scope of work needs to be determined before procurement proceeds. V. ADJOURNMENT A. Chair, Jonathan Franks adjourned the meeting at 6:48 p.m. without objection.     2