Item 1: July 8, 2026 Draft Minutes — original pdf

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COMMISSION ON AGING MINUTES REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2026 The Commission on Aging convened in a regular meeting on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at Austin City Hall, Boards and Commissions Room 1101, 301 W 2nd Street in Austin, Texas. Chair Bondi called the Commission on Aging Meeting to order at 12:12 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Richard Bondi (Chair) Suzanne Anderson Fred Lugo Judi Nudelman Agnieszka Ozarowski Xiaoyi Zeng Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Teresa Ferguson (Vice Chair) Martin Kareithi Faith Lane Preston Tyree Henry Van de Putte Selina Yee PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Commission on Aging regular meeting of June 10, 2026. The minutes of the June 10, 2026 meeting were approved on Commissioner Nudelman’s motion, Vice Chair Ferguson’s second on an 11-0 vote. Commissioner Kareithi was off the dais. Commissioners Scott and Tran were absent. STAFF BRIEFINGS 2. Update on a timeline for finalizing Age Friendly Action Plan 2026-2030. Briefing by Halana Kaleel, Community Engagement Specialist, and Nicole Alexander, Age Friendly Austin Program Coordinator, Austin Public Health. 1 The briefing was made by Nicole Alexander, Age Friendly Austin Program Coordinator, Austin Public Health. DISCUSSION ITEMS 3. Update on the July staff report to the Age Friendly Advisory Committee. Update by Chair Bondi. 4. Discussion regarding the Age Friendly Action Plan Focus Area Two. Discussion was held. 5. Update regarding the status of the proclamation recommendations approved at the June 10, 2026 meeting. Update by Chair Bondi. 6. Discussion regarding the Commission on Aging’s 2026 Annual Internal Review and Report. Discussion was held. 7. Discussion on the June 24th Joint Inclusion Committee (JIC) meeting, including Levers of Economic Mobility Index, briefing on the Human Rights Impact Review, new Equity Officer Dr. Joseph Allen, Austin Police Department (APD) Collective Sex Crimes Unit and discussion of APD engagement with the JIC, and newly established Native American and Indigenous Quality of Life Commission. Discussion was held. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 8. Discussion reviewing the commission’s working groups, and possible action to change working group membership. The Federal Budget Reduction Working Group, FY2026-26 Budget Recommendation Follow-Up Working Group, and Quality of Life Transition Working Group were dissolved without objection. Commissioner Zeng was added to the Quality of Life Study Analysis Working Group on Commissioner Anderson’s motion, Commissioner Tyree’s second on a 12-0 vote. Commissioners Scott and Tran were absent. 9. Discussion regarding commission priorities for Age Friendly Action Plan Focus Areas One, and possible action to approve a list of priorities. Item 9 was postponed to the August meeting without objection. 10. Discussion and possible action to approve an internal framework that guides the priorities for the next five years, to build, bridge, and champion key strategies from the 2026-2030 Age- Friendly Action Plan. Discussion was held. No action was taken. Continued discussion of this item was postponed to the August meeting without objection. 2 FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Discussion and action on AFAP Focus Area 2 – Bondi Discussion on AFAP Focus Area 3 – Bondi ADJOURNMENT Chair Bondi adjourned the meeting at 1:47 p.m. without objection. 3