JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE (JIC) MEETING AGENDA JANUARY 24, 2024 REGULAR MEETING of the JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE (JIC) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2024 at 3:00 P.M. CST CITY HALL, BOARDS & COMMISISONS RM #1101 301 W. 2ND STREET, AUSTIN, TX 78701 MEETING AGENDA This meeting is being held in a hybrid format, and some members of the Commission may be participating in a video conference. Public comment will be allowed in-person or via telephone. Remote speakers must register in advance (January 23rd by 12pm-Noon CST). All public comments will occur at the beginning of the meeting and public speakers will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. To speak or attend remotely, residents must contact the Equity Office’s Community Services Program Coordinator, Alejandra Mireles, no later than 12pm-noon (CST) on Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024. Please telephone call at (512) 974- 8045 and/or email alejandra.mireles@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 Aging Primary Representative: Alternate Representative: Serita Fontanesi Antonio Ross Hanna Huang Nayer Sikder Julie Glasser Richard Bondi (Vice- Chair) Commission on Immigrant Affairs Melissa Ortega Leonor Vargas Early Childhood Council Amanda Afifi (Chair) Hispanic/Latino Quality of Life Resource Advisory Commission Human Rights Commission Morgan Davis Rebecca Austen Teresa Ferguson Jose Caceres Eliza Gordon Ivana Neri Muneeb "Meebs" Aslam LGBTQ+ Quality of Life Advisory Commission Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities Charles Curry Melissa Taylor Jennifer Powell Lira Ramirez 1 JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE (JIC) MEETING AGENDA MEETING AGENDA JANUARY 24, 2024 CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first ten 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. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the COMMITTEE’s REGULAR MEETING on DECEMBER 6TH 2023. DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Discussion and follow up on City Executive Leadership vacancies and hirings. A discussion of a proposed housing workshop for quality of life Commissions and their Housing Workgroups, facilitated and presented by the City's Housing Department, to provide Commissions and Commission Housing Workgroups information on housing …
JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE (JIC) MEETING MINUTES 01.24.2024 JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE (JIC) REGULAR MEETING MINUTES The JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE convened a REGULAR meeting on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24th, 2024 at 3:00 P.M. CST in the CITY OF AUSTIN at the Boards and Commission Rooms #1101 in City Hall (301 W. 2nd Street, Austin, Texas 78701). Chair AMANDA AFIFI called the JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE meeting to order at 3:03 p.m. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Hispanic/Latino Quality of Life Resource Advisory Commission: Amanda Afifi (Chair) Commission on Aging: Richard Bondi (Co-Chair) LGBTQ Quality of life Commission: Charles Curry Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission: Nayer Sikder and Hanna Huang Commission for Women: Rebecca Austen Commission on Immigrant Affairs: Melissa Ortega Early Childhood Council: Leonor Vargas Human Rights Commission: Morgan Davis Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities: Lira Ramirez and Jennifer Powell Commissioners Absent: African American Resource Advisory Commission: Serita Fontanesi & Antonio Ross Staff in Attendance: Equity Office, Community Services Program Coordinator – Alejandra Mireles PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the COMMITTEE’s REGULAR MEETING on DECEMBER 6TH 2023. The DECEMBER 6th, 2023 meeting minutes were approved on COMMISSIONER CHARLES CURRY’s motion, COMMISSIONER MORGAN DAVIS’ second, on a 1 3. JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE (JIC) MEETING MINUTES 01.24.2024 8-0 vote (Absent: Commissioner Serita Fontanesi and Antonio Ross; off the dais: Commissioner Leonor Vargas) DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Discussion and follow up on City Executive Leadership vacancies and hirings. COMMISSIONER AMANDA AFIFI shares that a small panel met with the deputy city manager position and the panel recommended two of the three candidates. No update on that position since then. COMMISSIONER HANNA HUANG shares that the airport has hired internally – AARCC member is moving to a manager position. Some appointments may be happening; and the chronicle reported that there is an executive session with the interim city manager next week and then we may hear more after. COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI reminds the Commission that this discussion item stems from the possibility of having action on this and what are people thinking about possible action moving forward. A discussion of a proposed housing workshop for quality of life Commissions and their Housing Workgroups, facilitated and presented by the City's Housing Department, to provide Commissions and Commission Housing Workgroups information on housing programs and respond to questions. COMMISSIONER CHARLES CURRY gives the Commission background information from …
