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Approved Minutes

DOWNTOWN COMMISSION MINUTES REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2020 The Downtown Commission convened in a meeting on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 via videoconferencing. Downtown Commissioners in Attendance: Vice Chair Jennifer Bristol, Commissioner Meghan Skornia, Commissioner Sam Sargent, Commissioner Chris Kanipe, Commissioner David Gomez, Commissioner Christopher Lehman, Commissioner Megan Meisenbach, Commissioner Ben Heimsath, Commissioner August Harris, Commissioner Cynthia Weatherby, Commissioner Kim Taylor Downtown Commissioners Not in Attendance: Chair Joel Sher, Commissioner Andrew Harris, Commissioner Jim Schissler, Commissioner Felipe Garza, Commissioner Melissa Henao-Robledo City Staff in Attendance: Christine Maguire and Mona Sanchez, Economic Development Department 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. 2. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL No citizens were signed up to speak. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 19, 2020 MEETING MINUTES Commissioner August Harris motioned to approve the February 19, 2020 meeting minutes with Commissioner Sargent’s second on a vote of 7-0. The Commission received a presentation from Jacob Calhoun with Capital Metro. No action was taken. 4. PROJECT CONNECT 5. APD DOWNTOWN ACTIVITY The Commission received a briefing from Chief Joseph Chacon and Commander Ryan Adam with the Austin Police Department. Commissioner Meghan Skornia motioned to recommend that the Austin Police Department (APD) provide a monthly Safety and Policing Report at every Downtown Commission meeting on the following items:  Downtown use of force incidents by race  Downtown officer-involved shootings by race - 1 -   Downtown loitering citations by race with Commissioner August Harris seconding on a vote of 7-0. Commissioner Meghan Skornia motioned the Downtown Commission create a Safety and Policing working group to make recommendations and review data on police brutality specific to downtown. This group will:  Work with APD on information contained in the monthly Safety and Policing Report  Make recommendations regarding APD leadership and staffing  Make recommendations regarding APD funding with Commissioner David Gomez second on a vote of 7-0. 6. WORKING GROUPS B. Austin Core Transportation Plan (ACTP) Working Group No progress to report. ITEMS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS No items from Commissioners. 7. 8. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Vice Chair Jennifer Bristol motioned to nominate Commissioner August Harris as the Downtown Commission Chair with Commissioner Megan Meisenbach’s second on a vote of 7- 0. Commissioner August Harris motioned to nominate Vice Chair Jennifer Bristol to a second term of the Downtown Commission Vice Chair with Commissioner Meghan Skornia’s second on a vote of 7-0. 9. STAFF UPDATES  Annual Internal Review Report and Discussion Staff Liaison Mona Sanchez reported that the 2019/2020 Annual Internal Review Report is due to the City Clerk’s Office on July 31, 2020.  Discussion of pending future agenda items Impact of Past Housing Bonds: Affordable Units i. Wayfinding Initiative Update ii. Small Cell Initiative / Downtown Installation iii. Shoal Creek Restoration iv. Palm School Future Recommendations v. South Central Waterfront vi. Rezoning and Redevelopment of the Townlake YMCA vii. Overview of historic resources viii. Rainey Street Coalition and Proposed Future Development ix. Red Line Parkway and Potential Biking Pathway x. Brackenridge Campus and Future Development Plans xi. Micro Mobility Ordinance xii. Pecan Streets Merchant Association and Activity on East Sixth Street - 2 -  ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m. 10. The minutes were approved on this the 15th day of July 2020 on Commissioner Meisenbach’s motion and Commissioner Schissler’s second on a vote of 6-0 with Commissioner Skornia off dais. - 3 -