JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE (JIC) June 22nd, 2022 at 3:00pm Austin City Hall Boards and Commissions Room 301 W. 2nd Steet, Austin, TX AUSTIN, TEXAS MEETING AGENDA This meeting is being held in a hybrid format, and some members of the Commission may be participating by videoconference. Public comment will be allowed in person or via telephone. Remote speakers must register in advance (June 21st by 12pm-Noon). All residents must contact the Equity Office’s Commission/Neighborhood Liaison, Jeremy Garza, no later than 12pm-Noon on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Please telephone call at (512) 978-1797 or email jeremy.garza@austintexas.gov. The information required is the speaker’s name, the item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, email address, and telephone number (must be the same number that will be used to call into the meeting. JIC Representative Alternate Gregory Smith Serita Fontanesi CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: Member Commission African American Resource Advisory Commission Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Vincent Cobalis Commission Rebecca Austen Commission for Women Karen Crawford Commission on Immigrant Affairs (vice-Chair of JIC) Amy Temperley Commission on Seniors Early Childhood Council Raul Alvarez Hispanic/Latino Quality of Life Resource Amanda Afifi Advisory Commission Human Rights Commission LGBTQ+ Quality of Life Commission Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities Jamarr Brown Charles Curry (Chair of JIC) Robin Orlowski Hanna Huang Vanessa Bissereth Krystal Gomez Sally VanSickle Johanna Hosking Pulido Sharon Vigil Idona Griffith Ryn Gonzalez Joey Gidseg AGENDA CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 10 speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely by 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. To register, please email the Equity Office’s Commission Liaison, jeremy.garza@austintexas.gov, or call at (512) 987-1797 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Minutes from May 25th, 2022 2. PRESENTATIONS a. Colony Park Development: Budget recommendation from the African American Resource Advisory Commission tabled for additional information b. Community focused process used by Community Advancement Network c. CONNECTATX 3. OLD BUSINESS a. Discussion of FY22-23 Budget Process, Recommendations and Endorsements FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS a. Call for items from Committee …
JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE City of Austin Kimberly Olivares, Deputy CFO Financial Services Department Martin Barrera, Project Manager Economic Development Department Colony Park Sustainable Community June 16, 2022 COLONY PARK OVERVIEW C I T Y O F A U S T I N E C O N O M I C D E V E L O P M E N T 2 COLONY PARK SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY Project Overview q 208 acres of City-owned land in northeast Austin/Travis County q Council approved Master Plan/PUD in 2014 for mixed-use & mixed-income residential and commercial development q 10+ years of strong community stakeholder partnership for equitable development and improved services q City selected Catellus as our Master Development partner, executed Exclusive Negotiating Agreement, currently in planning and negotiations phase q City staff currently analyzing public finance options to prepare recommendations to City Manager, Mayor and Council C I T Y O F A U S T I N E C O N O M I C D E V E L O P M E N T 3 COLONY PARK SITE AND HISTORY: View from Colony Park Site towards Downtown Austin ü 1973: Annexed by the City of Austin ü 2001: Austin City Council purchased 258 acres with goal of providing affordable housing ü 50 acres dedicated to existing adjacent parkland to create the 93-acre Colony Park District Park; 208 acres remain undeveloped ü 2004-2007: Turner-Roberts Recreation Center & Volma Overton Elementary School built on 93- acre park ü 2012-2013: Turner-Roberts Recreation Center Multi-Purpose Building built while the original gym was closed for structural repairs. ü 2012-2014: Master Planning by Neighborhood Housing & Community Development ü 2015-2017: Transitioned to Economic Development Department ü 2018-2020: Colony Park District Park design and construction; opened March 2020 C I T Y O F A U S T I N E C O N O M I C D E V E L O P M E N T 4 PLANNING & ENGAGEMENT PROCESS ü 2012: U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) awards $3 million Sustainable Communities Challenge grant to the City of Austin ü 2012-2014: Colony Park Team conducts robust community outreach & engagement in & around the Colony Park Neighborhood ü 2013-2014: Master Plan visioning & development through capacity building Robust community engagement throughout project. ü 2014: City Council adopts the Colony Park Master Plan & Design Guidelines, Planned Unit Development (PUD) Zoning …
Report on Budget Recommendations to Council for FY 2022-23 Joint Inclusion Committee The Joint Inclusion Committee (JIC) made significant changes to its approach to budget recommendations for FY 2022-23 based on comments and suggestions from the past several years. The changes were intended to reflect the mission of the JIC to better "promote close cooperation between Council City management, City boards, commissions, committees, task forces, individuals, institutions, and agencies to increase and sustain equity, diversity, and inclusion in the City of Austin. This year, we began the process by preparing a list of the issues that we believed were most pressing for the marginalized communities represented by the commissions that make up the JIC. We intended to focus our recommendations and endorsements on these priority issues without limiting commissions from making individual recommendations on issues specific to their communities. Accordingly, chairs, vice-chairs, and designated JIC representatives from the member Commissions vetted these issues in a virtual meeting. The identified issues included: ● Affordability ● Resilience ● Access ● Engagement ● Public Safety ● Health The second step was a briefing from the Budget Office on what prior-year recommendations had been included in the current adopted budget, followed by an opportunity to meet with departments to discuss their current year plans. Unfortunately, this briefing did not occur until late January of this year rather than at the beginning of the fiscal year as has been done in past years. This delay put commissions at a considerable disadvantage in preparing informed budget recommendations, given the shortened time frame between the budget briefing and the deadline for submitting recommendations. The six priority issues served as the basis for organizing our three town hall sessions, which began immediately following the Budget Office briefing. Although the priority issues provided a focus for the town halls, discussions were not limited to those subjects. Overall, the town halls supported the focus on the identified issues but provided additional contexts based on how individuals had experienced the issue. For example, while we had originally defined safe and affordable housing to include the related expense of childcare, we heard from the community that family members with disabilities presented unique unmet needs in terms of access and affordability. Additional meetings with City departments were scheduled to discuss possible recommendations and get department input. Those were scheduled so that multiple commissions with similar issues could meet with departments simultaneously to better …
Presentation to Joint Inclusion Committee Building a Person- Centered Community June 22, 2022 CAN Community Council Project Initiation 2014 Community Council panel discussions with issue area leaders… Quality of Life Initiatives Veterans Immigrants Older Adults Children & Youth People with Disabilities Re-entry What are the chief barriers and challenges faced by the people you serve? What systems improvements would you like to see? State of the Safety Net Forums - 2014 Safety Net Forums featured leaders from the community and were open to the entire community. Affordable, Safe and Accessible Housing Employment, Training and Work Supports Healthy Living and Care Cultural Proficiency and Interpretation/Translation Services Person-Centered principles emerged… 1. Help me get a good start. 2. Consider my whole family. 3. Provide services where I am. 4. Develop a system that works for me. Community Council decided to focus on three for 2015. 5. Empower me to improve my community. 6. Respect me and talk to me in a way I can 7. Create neighborhoods where I can access understand. opportunity. Additional Research on Person-Centered Care 2015 The Community Council met with Service Providers to dive deeper into what “person-centered” care means to them and to learn how they deliver it. Re-entry organizations Older Adult Population Immigrant Population Veterans Children & Youth People with Disabilities The goal of this Community Council summit was to engage people who provide services, people who fund services and people who receive services in a conversation to explore how individuals and organizations can promote and build a more person-centered community. About 90 people attended the half- day summit held at the AISD Performing Arts Center. Community Council Focus in 2016 What are the best practices in person-centered care? Organizations that are doing it well ◼How did you get there? ◼What sort of training was required? ◼How did the model evolve over time? Importance to other stakeholders Applications across other areas of community life – not just social services How does it impact Bridging the Economic Divide? Publication of the Framework for Building a Person- Centered Community In a Person Centered Community: 1) We prioritize the safety and well-being of all children 2) We provide a safe, welcoming and supportive environment for employees/clients. 3) We strive to identify and eliminate existing inequities, especially …
JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES June 22nd, 2022 JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE (JIC) June 22nd, 2022 at 3:00pm Austin City Hall Boards and Commissions Room 301 W. 2nd Steet, Austin, TX AUSTIN, TEXAS MEETING MINUTES This meeting is being held in a hybrid format, and some members of the Commission may be participating by videoconference. Public comment will be allowed in person or via telephone. Remote speakers must register in advance (June 21st by 12pm-Noon). All residents must contact the Equity Office’s Commission/Neighborhood Liaison, Jeremy Garza, no later than 12pm-Noon on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Please telephone call at (512) 978-1797 or email jeremy.garza@austintexas.gov. The information required is the speaker’s name, the item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, email address, and telephone number (must be the same number that will be used to call into the meeting. CURRENT JIC MEMBER COMMISSIONS & REPRESENTATIVES: Member Commission: African American Resource Advisory Commission Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Commission for Women Commission on Immigrant Affairs Commission on Seniors Early Childhood Council Hispanic/Latino Quality of Life Resource Advisory Human Rights Commission LGBTQ+ Quality of Life Commission Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities JIC Representative: Gregory Smith Alternative: Serita Fontanesi Vincent Cobalis Hanna Huang Rebecca Austen Karen Crawford (Vice-Chair of JIC) Amy Temperley Raul Alvarez Amanda Afifi Idonna Griffith Charles Curry (Chair of JIC) Robin Orlowski Vanessa Bissereth Krystal Gomez Sally VanSickle Johanna Hosking Pulido Sharon Vigil Kimberly Brienzi Ryn Gonzalez Joey Gidseg JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES June 22nd, 2022 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER 3:06pm ROLL CALL: Absent: ● Rebecca Austen – Commission on Women - ● Present: Idonna Griffith – Human Rights Commission - ● Gregory Smith & Serita Fontanesi – African American Resource Advisor Commission + ● Vincent Cobalis – Asian American Quality of Life Commission + ● Amy Temperley – Commission on Seniors + ● Karen Crawford – Commission in Immigrant Affairs + ● Charles Curry – LGBTQ+ Quality of Life Commission + ● Robin Orlowski – Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities + ● Amanda Afifi – Hispanic Quality of Life Advisory Commission + ● Raul Alvarez – Early Childhood Council + PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 10 speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. Public comment will be allowed in-person or …
