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Agenda

JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE (JIC) March 23rd, 2022 at 3:00 PM Austin City Hall Boards & Commissions Room 301 W. 2nd Street, Austin, TX Regular Commission Meeting Agenda 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 (March 22 by Noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely, residents must: Call or email the Equity Office’s Commission Liaison, Jeremy Garza, at (512) 978-1797 or jeremy.garza@austintexas.gov, no later than noon March 22 at 12pm/Noon. The information required is the speaker’s name, 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 BOARD MEMBERS: Hispanic Quality of Life Advisory Commission: Amanda Afifi Alternate: Sharon Vigil Alternate: Johanna Hosking Pulido Early Childhood Council: Raul Alvarez Commission for Women: Rebecca Austin Alternate: Vanessa Bissereth Comission for Seniors: Emily Nicola Amy Temperley Alternate: Sally VanSickle Human Rights Commission: Jamarr Brown Alternate: Idona Griffith Asian American Quality of Life Commission: Vincent Cobalis Alternate: Hanna Huang Commission on Immigrant Affairs: Karen Crawford (Vice Chair) Alternate: Krystal Gomez Alternate: Charles Curry LGBTQ Quality of Life Commission: (Chair) Mayor’s Committee for People with Disability: Robin Orlowski African American Resource Advisory Commission: Gregory Smith Alternate: Joey Gidseg Alternate: Serita Fontanesi 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 Jeremy Garza at Jeremy.garza@austintexas.gov or call at (512) 987-1797. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Minutes from January 28th 2022 b. Minutes from February 23rd, 2022 2. PRESENTATIONS 3. OLD BUSINESS a. Staff Presentation from Haley Galliano of American Gateways. a. FY21-22/FY22-23 Budget Process i. Discussion of FY22-23 Proposed Budget ii. Report from individual Commission representatives and budget workgroups on determining recommendations for the FY22-23 Proposed Budget: 1. Safe and affordable housing and resiliency 2. Access and engagement 3. Public Safety and health 4. NEW BUSINESS a. Consideration and potential action on endorsing the following recommendations submitted to the Joint Inclusion Committee. i. Budget Items Organized Around 6 Issues: Affordability, Resilience, Access, Engagement, Public Safety, & Health ii. Procedural Requirement: Go through, discuss, and pull items below that have not yet been approved by home commission. Affordability: • LGBTQ Commission: Resolution on Safe & Affordable Housing • Commission on Seniors: Rent and Utility Assistance • Early Childhood Council: Maintain Early Childhood Funding • • H/L_QoL: Expanding Services for Immigrant Legal Services • AAQoL: Immigrant Legal Services Immigrant Affairs: Legal Assistant and Increase in Legal Funding Resilience: • AAQoL: Music Hubs • AARAC: Colony Park Sustainable Communities/Master Plan Project • Winter Storm Resolution - Authored by Rebecca Austen on behalf of the JIC Immigrant Affairs: Development of Immigrant Affairs Office Immigrant Affairs: Dual Language Summer Camp Access: • • • H/L_QoL: Two-generation bilingual early childhood education • AARAC: Funding for Carver Museum • H/L_QoL: AISD Parent Support Specialists Engagement: • Commission on Seniors: Community Engagement Specialist (Age-Friendly) • Commission on Seniors: Quality of Life Study • AAQoL: Community Engagement & Outreach FTE for Cultural Arts Division Programs • AARAC: Workforce Development and Economic Empowerment • AARAC: Quality of Life Reporting Public Safety: • Commission for Women: Reimagining Public Safety • Commission for Women: Recommendation on Public Safety • AARAC: Austin Police Office of Community Liaison Health: • Commission on Seniors: Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness • Commission on Women: Experiencing Homelessness • AARAC: Persons Experiencing Homelessness (African American/Youth) • Commission for Women: Rec on Mental Health • H/L_QoL: Mental Health Supports for Hispanic/Latino Community • AAQoL: Mental Health Services Recommendation • LGBTQ Commission: Rec on Youth Mental Health • Commission on Immigrant Affairs: Refugee Health Screening Clinic Other: • JIC: Adopting New Budget Process & Schedule -- b. New Business Continued: Action to Endorse (Not Budget Related): Resolution on Moving Americans with Disabilities Act Program into Civil Rights Office. 5. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS a. Staff Presentation: Office of Police Oversight (OPO) by Karla Paredo b. April Meeting - Officer Elections c. Cathy McHorse: Wants to present to the JIC (or any other Board/Commission meetings) about how the ARPA funds are being invested to increase equitable access for early childhood services across Austin communities - please let the other chairs know to contact me if interested? d. SOGI - Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity - To ask the City to start collecting this information. (LGBTQ Commission) e. Consider a Special Called Meeting for lingering budgetary & other incomplete business from this regularly scheduled committee meeting. 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 or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. For additional information please call the Equity Office’s Commission Liaison at (512) 987-1797 or email at jeremy.garza@austintexas.gov. TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Joint Inclusion Committee, please contact Jeremy Garza via phone at (512) 987-1797 or (preferably) via email at jeremy.garza@austintexas.gov.