COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING Wednesday – May 8th, 2024 – 6:30PM Austin City Hall – Boards and Commission Room– Room 1101 301 W 2nd St Austin, TX 78701 Some members of the BOARD/COMMISSION may be participating by videoconference. The meeting may be viewed online at: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely via telephone. Speakers may only register to speak on an item once either in-person or remotely and will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. Registration no later than noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation by telephone. To register to speak remotely, email Dan Martinez at dan.martinez@austintexas.gov. CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS/COMMISSIONERS: Steven Apodaca, Chair Brian AM Williams Thomas Rice Maxine Eiland AGENDA CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Keith Pena-Villa Carina Alderete Gabriel Nwajiaku Sumit DasGupta 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. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Community Technology and Telecommunications Commission special called meeting on March 26th, 2024. STAFF BRIEFINGS 2. Presentation of the selected applications for the Grant for Technology Opportunities Program [GTOPs] Core 2024 (Jesse Rodriguez – Program Manager, Dan Martinez – Business Process Specailist, Telecommunications and Regulatory Affairs Division of the Financial Services Department, City of Austin) DISCUSSION ITEMS 3. FY 24-29 Consolidated Plan Community Needs Assessment Presentation & Discussion (Chris Duran, Senior Research Analyst; Julie Smith Community Engagement Specialist) 4. CTTC standard work/meeting procedure reminders and updates to implement moving forward 5. Commission Review of current CTTC Bylaws 6. 2024 commission working groups refresh discussion. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 7. Conduct CTTC Officer Elections 8. Commissioner assignment and approval of a working group formed to draft 2023 CTTC Annual Report 9. Commissioner assignment and approval of working group to refresh CTTC Bylaws 10. Commissioner assignment and approval of working group to draft onboarding materials for new commissioners 11. Commissioner assignment and approval of working group to engage with Economic Prosperity Commission on items discussed during public testimony 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 …
few hours of the cablecast. Schedules and video can be Community Technology and Telecommunications Commission http://www.austintexas.gov/cttc REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Wednesday –May 8th, 2024 – 6:30PM City Hall – Boards and Commissions – Room 1101 301 W 2nd Street - Austin, TX 78701 Please go to http://www.austintexas.gov/cityclerk/boards_commissions/meetings/10_1.htm for backup materials 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 found at: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/atxn-video-archive. The Community Technology and Telecommunications Commission convened in a REGULAR meeting on Wednesday, May 8th, 2024, at 301 W. 2nd St. in Austin, Texas. Current Commission Members Keith Pena-Villa ‐ Mayor Kirk Watson Brian AM Williams ‐ Council Member Natasha Harper‐Madison, District 1 Steven Apodaca – Council Member Vanessa Fuentes, District 2 Carina Alderete ‐ Council Member José Velásquez, District 3 Vacant ‐ Council Member José “Chito” Vela, District 4 Thomas Rice‐ Council Member Ryan Alter, District 5 Gabriel Nwajiaku‐ Council Member Mackenzie Kelly,District 6 Maxine Eiland ‐ Council Member Leslie Pool, District 7 Vacant ‐ Council Member Paige Ellis, District 8 Vacant – Council Member Zohaib “Zo” Qadri, District 9 Sumit DasGupta ‐ Council Member Alison Alter, District 10 Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance in person: Steven Apodaca, Chair Sumit DasGupta Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Carina Alderete, Vice-Chair Keith Pena-Villa 1 Thomas Rice Gabriel Nwajiaku Board Members/Commissioners Not in Attendance: Maxine Eliand Brian AM Williams CALL TO ORDER Chair Apodaca called the Community Technology and Telecommunications Meeting to order at 6:39 p.m. PUBLIC 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. Chair Nahas of the Economic Prosperity commission signed up to speak and delivered a short presentation on the need for communications technologies for city commissions. Chair Nahas spoke on another item, he sought to introduce the Pol,Is platform for commissions as a easily accessible form of commission voting. Both presentations can be viewed at this link: https://austintx.new.swagit.com/videos/304695 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Community Technology and Telecommunications Commission special called meeting on March 26, 2024. Motion to approve the minutes made by Commissioner DasGupta and seconded …
