COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Special Called Meeting Wednesday – September 29, 2021 – 6:30 PM City Hall – Chambers - Room 1001 301 W. 2nd Street - Austin, TX 78701 Some members of the Community Technology and Telecommunications Commission may be participating by videoconference. The meeting may be viewed online at: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: Nehemiah Pitts III, Chair Sophie Gairo Malcolm Yeatts Illiya Svirsky Jennifer Ramos Sumit DasGupta David Alexander, Vice Chair Steven Apodaca Dave Floyd Maxine Eiland Nicole Thompson AGENDA CALL TO ORDER CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first ten speakers who register to speak no later than noon the day before the meeting will be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – July 14, 2021 2. STAFF AND COMMUNITY BRIEFINGS (A member of the public may not address a board at a meeting on an item posted as a briefing) a. Autonomy Institute Fellow Presentation on Public Infrastructure Network Nodes (Jeff DeCoux, Autonomy Institute Fellow) 3. NEW BUSINESS (Discussion and Possible Action) a. City of Austin Strategic Outcomes Review (Commission discussion and possible action) b. Digital Inclusion Week 2021 Planning (Commission discussion and possible action) 4. COMMISSION UPDATES (Discussion and Possible Action) a. Digital Inclusion, Civic Engagement, and Strategic Technology and Telecom Policy Working Group b. Knowledge, Information, and Data Stewardship Working Group c. Technology, Infrastructure, and Innovation Working Group FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT 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 alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call Jesse Rodriguez at the Telecommunications and Regulatory Affairs Department, at jesse.rodriguez@austintexas.gov for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Community Technology and Telecommunications Commission, please contact Jesse Rodriguez at jesse.rodriguez@austintexas.gov
OUR VISION Austin is a beacon of sustainability, social equity, and economic opportunity; where diversity and creativity are celebrated; where community needs and values are recognized; where leadership comes from its community members, and where the necessities of life are affordable and accessible to all. OUR STRATEGIC OUTCOMES Together we strive to create a complete community where every Austinite has choices at every stage of life that allow us to experience and contribute to all of the following outcomes: economic opportunity & affordability Having economic opportunities and resources that enable us to thrive in our community. mobility Getting us where we want to go, when we want to get there, safely and cost-effectively. safety Being safe in our home, at work, and in our community. health & environment Enjoying a sustainable environment and a healthy life, physically and mentally. CULTURe & LIFELONG LEARNING Being enriched by Austin’s unique civic, cultural, ethnic, and learning opportunities. Government that works for all Believing that city government works effectively and collaboratively for all of us—that it is equitable, ethical and innovative. austintexas.gov/StrategicPlan OUR INDICATORS City Council adopted 6 Strategic Outcomes and these Indicators on March 8, 2018. Economic Opportunity & Affordability Having economic opportunities and resources that enable us to thrive in our community. A. Employment/unemployment B. Income equality C. Cost of living compared to income D. Housing availability and affordability E. Homelessness F. Training for better jobs G. Ability to improve your income mobility Getting us where we want to go, when we want to get there, safely and cost-effectively. A. Traffic congestion B. Transportation cost C. Accessibility to transportation choices D. Safety E. Condition of transportation-related infrastructure safety Being safe in our home, at work, and in our community. A. Timeliness and quality of emergency response B. Public compliance with laws and regulations C. Emergency preparedness and recovery D. Fair administration of justice E. Quality and reliability of critical infrastructure health & environment Enjoying a sustainable environment and a healthy life, physically and mentally. A. Health conditions among the public B. Accessibility to quality health care services, (physical and mental) C. Accessibility to quality parks, trails, and recreational opportunities D. Environmental quality E. Climate change and community resilience F. Food security and nutrition Culture & Lifelong Learning Being enriched by Austin’s unique civic, cultural, ethnic, and learning opportunities. A. Quality of cultural venues, events, programs, …
Annual Internal Review This report covers the period of 7/1/2020 to 6/30/2021 COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION The Board/Commission mission statement (per the City Code) is: § 2-1- 107 - COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION. (A) The Community Technology and Telecommunications Commission membership should be broadly representative of community interests. A commissioner should have resided continuously within the City for not less than 180 days. (B)In this section: (1) Information and communications technology includes digital devices, networks, and software that allow people to create, access, store, transmit, and manipulate information. (2) Community technology includes information, communications technology training, and access that promotes civic and cultural participation, employment, and life-long learning. (3) Telecommunications services include all transmission of voice, data, or video by means of permanent facilities installed in the City's rights-of-way or by means of radio transmission. (C) The commission shall advise the city council regarding issues that include: (1) Community technology; (2) Telecommunications services; (3) New sources of funding for access television projects; (4) New sources of funding for community technology projects; (5) Allocation of annual financial support; (6) The evaluation of the performance of access television contractors and other community technology contractors, including development of criteria to be used for evaluations; and (7) Information and communications technology facilities and services that are operated by the City for public use, including the City web site, Internet services and open government technologies. (D) The commission shall conduct public hearings regarding issues that include: (1) The performance of access television contractors and other community technology contractors; and (2) The identification of community cable, telecommunications, and technology 2 needs. (E) The commission shall promote access to telecommunications services and community technologies by methods including: (1) Public awareness, use, and viewership of access television programming and other community media; (2) Identifying community technology needs and problems in the City and defining innovative programming approaches to those needs and problems; and (3) Public awareness of telecommunications policy and community technology issues. (F) The commission shall serve as a coordinating forum for issues relating to the provision of every different type of telecommunications services and community technologies, by receiving reports and recommendations from other City boards and commissions and from City departments, and forwarding these to the city council. (G) The commission does not possess any sovereign authority regarding any cable television or cable related telecommunications issue, and the commission serves in an advisory capacity …
PAT H TO CO M M E R C I A L I Z AT I O N PREPARED FOR: Chair Pitts Vice Chair Alexander Commissioner Apodaca Commissioner Thompson Commissioner Gairo Commissioner Floyd Commissioner Ramos Commissioner Yeatts Commissioner Eiland Commissioner DasGupta Commissioner Svirsky Rondella Hawkins CREATING INTELLIGENT AND RESPONSIVE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES 1 2020 Autonomy Institute Confidential Information - Do Not Distribute without written permission. PATH TO COMMERCE - INTELLIGENT AND AUTONOMOUS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTORS INDUSTRY CONSORTIUM (501C3) GOVERNMENT ENTITIES $100+ Million P3/SPV University Collaboration INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE Autonomous Infrastructure GRIDs Autonomous Mobility Zones Autonomous Mobility City Regions Resilient Microgrid AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS “AUTONOMY COMMERCE ACT” The Autonomous Systems Operation Control Center Autonomy Requires New Operations 2020 Autonomy Institute Proprietary Information Foundation Depends on “Path to Commerce” “INVESTMENT IN A 21ST-CENTURY INTELLIGENT & AUTONOMOUS INFRASTRUCTURE IS AMONG THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES FOR STIMULATING ECONOMIC EXPANSION, NATIONAL SECURITY, AND JOB GROWTH. “ 2019 ATRIUS Industries Confidential Information - Do Not Distribute without written permission. INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE IS AT THE HEART OF RESILIENT CITIES IT WILL DRIVE JOBS, INNOVATION, GROWTH, DIVERSITY, & PROSPERITY BILITY A D R NITY & AFFO RTU O P P MIC O O N O C E G NIN R A G LE N E & LIFELO ULTU R C RITY U C E AFETY & S S NT E M N O VIR N ALTH & E E H S GISTIC BILITY & LO O M R ALL S FO K R O AT W NT TH E M N R E V O G INFRASTRUCTURE TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE AND FLOURISHING CITY THREE FOUNDATIONS FOR AN INTELLIGENT CITY BUILDING INTELLIGENT, CONNECTED, INCLUSIVE, AUTONOMOUS, AND RESILIENT 21ST CENTURY CITIES BRIDGE BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL EDGE INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVE DIGITAL TWIN DATA EXCHANGE DATA INDUSTRY 4.0 REQUIRES INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE Railroad Rail Lines, Intermodals Electricity Automotive Aircraft Internet Industry 4.0 Transformers and Transmission Roads/ Highways Airports, Radars/ Transponders Data Centers, Towers, ISP Public Infrastructure Network Nodes Broadband 5G Networks Transportation Edge Compute Digital Corridors Security 2020 Autonomy Institute TSUNAMI OF TECHNOLOGY BLIGHT COMING TO OUR CITIES! SECURITY & OPERATIONAL ISSUES Carriers 4G 5G CBRS Private RAN Fiber Backhaul IoT Services Transportation Intelligent Transportation Systems CV2X Radars Cameras Lidar Beacons APNT Computing Edge Computing Cloud Vendors Integrators App Developers New Services Government EMS Networks Public Safety Environmental Sensors APNT Smart City RF Sensors Cameras Environmental Safety Electric Energy Resilience Transformers Energy Storage EMP Hardening 2021 …
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION http://www.austintexas.gov/cttc MINUTES Special Called Meeting Wednesday – September 29, 2021 – 6:30 PM VIA VIDEOCONFERENCING Please go to http://www.austintexas.gov/cityclerk/boards_commissions/meetings/10_1.htm for backup material associated with this agenda. All ATXN (City Channel 6) programming is cablecast on Spectrum, Grande Communications, and Google Fiber on their cable channel 6, on AT&T U‐ Verse Channel 99 and webcast online. Over 20 meetings per month, including this commission meeting, are available on demand online, typically within a few hours of the cablecast. Schedules and video can be found at: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/atxn-video-archive. CURRENT COMMISSION MEMBERS: Sophie Gairo ‐ Mayor Steve Adler Nehemiah Pitts III ‐ Council Member Natasha Harper‐Madison, District 1 Steven Apodaca – Council Member Vanessa Fuentes, District 2 Malcolm Yeatts ‐ Council Member Sabino “Pio” Renteria, District 3 David Alexander ‐ Council Member Gregorio Casar, District 4 Dave Floyd ‐ Council Member Ann Kitchen, District 5 Iliya Svirsky ‐ Council Member Mackenzie Kelly, District 6 Maxine Eiland ‐ Council Member Leslie Pool, District 7 Jennifer Ramos ‐ Council Member Paige Ellis, District 8 Nicole Thompson – Council Member Kathie Tovo, District 9 Sumit DasGupta ‐ Council Member Alison Alter, District 10 Commission Members Present Nehemiah Pitts III ‐ Council Member Natasha Harper‐Madison, District 1 Nicole Thompson – Council Member Kathie Tovo, District 9 Iliya Svirsky ‐ Council Member Mackenzie Kelly, District 6 Sophie Gairo ‐ Mayor Steve Adler Dave Floyd ‐ Council Member Ann Kitchen, District 5 Steven Apodaca – Council Member Vanessa Fuentes, District 2 Jennifer Ramos ‐ Council Member Paige Ellis, District 8 Unexcused Absence CALL TO ORDER CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first ten speakers who register to speak no later than noon the day before the meeting will be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – July 14, 2021 Motion by Commissioner Ramos to approve the minutes as presented seconded by Commissioner Svirsky, passed on a vote of 10-0. 2. STAFF AND COMMUNITY BRIEFINGS (A member of the public may not address a board at a meeting on an item posted as a briefing) a. Autonomy Institute Fellow Presentation on Public Infrastructure Network Nodes (Jeff DeCoux, Autonomy Institute Fellow) Presentation by Jeff DeCoux can be viewed here. 3. NEW BUSINESS (Discussion and Possible Action) a. City of Austin Strategic Outcomes Review (Commission discussion and possible action) City of Austin Strategic Direction can be viewed …
