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Approved Minutes

few hours of the cablecast. Schedules and video can be Community Technology and Telecommunications Commission http://www.austintexas.gov/cttc REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Wednesday –October 9th, 2024 – 6:30PM City Hall – Boards and Commissions – Room 1101 301 W 2nd St., 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, September 9th, 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 Suzanne Heritage ‐ Council Member José “Chito” Vela, District 4 Thomas Rice‐ Council Member Ryan Alter, District 5 Gabriel Nwajiaku‐ Council Member Mackenzie Kelly, District 6 Vacant ‐ Council Member Leslie Pool, District 7 Vacant ‐ Council Member Paige Ellis, District 8 Ibiye Anga – 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 Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Sumit DasGupta Ibiye Anga Brian AM Williams 1 Keith Pena-Villa Gabriel Nwajiaku Suzzane Heritage Board Members/Commissioners Not in Attendance: Thomas Rice Carina Alderete, Vice-Chair CALL TO ORDER Chair Apodaca called the Community Technology and Telecommunications Meeting to order at 6:40 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. There were no speakers registered to deliver comments. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Community Technology and Telecommunications Commission special called meeting on September 11th, 2024. Motion to approve the minutes made by Commissioner Heritage and seconded by Commissioner DasGupta. The minutes from (9/11/2024) were approved on a vote of 7- 0. DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Presentation on Austin Urban Technology Movement’s Awareness to Employment programing (Michael Ward Jr, President and CEO, AUTMHQ) The presentation on the Austin Urban Technology Movement’s Awareness to Employment programming was delivered by Mike Brown and can be viewed at link: https://austintx.new.swagit.com/videos/317279 this 3. Presentation on the Latinitas Inc STEAM & Digital Literacy programming (Gabriela Guardia Kane, Executive Director, Latinitas Inc.) The presentation on the Latinitas Inc STEAM & Digital Literacy programming was link: and delivered https://austintx.new.swagit.com/videos/317279 by Gabriela Guardia viewed this can be at 2 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Presentation on the Broadband Development Office’s request for information related to broadband infrastructure and digital opportunity needs in multidwelling units (Khotan Harmon, Program Manager, Community Technology Division – City of Austin) infrastructure and digital opportunity needs for The presentation on broadband multidwelling units was delivered by Khotan Harmon and can be viewed at this link: https://austintx.new.swagit.com/videos/317279 Update on the status of the Community Technology and Telecommunication Commission’s bylaws revisions This item was a duplicate of item 8 and was skipped as a result. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS Approval of Grant for Technology Opportunities Program Updates for FY25 Dan Martinez gave a summary of the work plan document detailing improvements to the Grant for Technology Opportunities program process. Of these changes, Commissioner DasGupta gave comment on the item regarding the transition from Partnergrants to WizeHive. DasGupta mentioned that given his experience in operating and designing internal software such as partnergrants, he believed the transition to a new application software to be poor decision. Chair Apodaca mentioned taking this comment up on the working group level to discuss further Dan read the rest of the document, during the portion detailing the review process Chair Apodaca mentioned further baking the commission into the reviewer process. Commissioner Heritage also mentioned wanting to be personally involved in the review process and inquired about further details from Dan and Chair Apodaca’s experiences. Motion to approve the changes to GTOPs for FY25 made by Commissioner DasGupta and seconded by Commissioner Heritage. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. Discussion and approval of working group focused on Artificial Intelligence The commission discussed establishing a new work group surrounding Artificial Intelligence use and regulation based on the comments from the last meeting by Prahkar. Commissioners Williams and Nwajiaku both joined Chair Apodaca on this effort. Motion to approve the AI working group was made by Commissioner DasGupta and Seconded by Commissioner Nwajiaku. The working group was approved on a vote of 7-0. Review and approval of the revised bylaws following input from the City Clerk’s Office. 3 Chair Apodaca reviewed the edits to the proposed bylaws that the City Clerk’s office recommended. Although substantive changes were supported by both the council member from District Two and the staff, some minor proposed changes were recommended against by the staff. The commission chose not to contest these recommendations and moved forward with a vote, unanimously approving the revised bylaws that focus on expanding their scope to include digital equity, skills, affordability, and AI. Of these edits rejected by the city clerk, most were related to the boilerplate language regarding committees and quorum limitations. Motion to approve the newly updated revised bylaws made by Commissioner DasGupta and seconded by Commissioner Nwajiaku. The bylaws were approved on a vote of 7-0. WORKING GROUP UPDATES 9. Update from the public surveillance working group The newly formed Public Surveillance Working Group, led by Commissioner Peña-Villa, has started its efforts by brainstorming potential focus areas and engaging with local stakeholders, including a productive meeting with Dr. Strover who provided valuable insights to refine the group's scope. The group plans to recommend specific topics for city council consideration and is looking into leading practices from other municipalities for inspiration. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS • Approval of the CTTC FY25 schedule • Approval of a working group focused on duplicative technologies ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn made by Commissioner DasGupta seconded by Commissioner Williams. The meeting was adjourned at 8:42PM on a vote of 7-0. 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 before the meeting date. Please contact Dan Martinez at the Office of Telecommunications & Regulatory Affairs at (512) 974-3510, for additional information; TTY users’ route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Community Technology & Telecommunications Commission, please visit their website at http://www.austintexas.gov/cttc or contact Dan Martinez at dan.martinez@austintexas.gov The Minutes were approved at the November 13th, 2024 Meeting on Chair Apodaca’s motion and Commissioner DasGupta’s second with a final vote of 8-0-1. 4