JIC Approved Meeting Minutes 05.25.2022 — original pdf

Approved Minutes

JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES MAY 25th, 2022 JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE (JIC) May 25th, 2022 at 3:00 PM Austin City Hall Boards & Commissions Room 301 W. 2nd Street, Austin, TX 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 (May 24th by 12pm-Noon). All public comments will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak or attend remotely, residents must contact the Equity Office’s Commission/Neighborhood Liaison, Jeremy Garza, no later than 12pm-noon on Tuesday, May 24th, 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: Alternative: Gregory Smith Serita Fontanesi Vincent Cobalis Hanna Huang Rebecca Austen Karen Crawford (Vice-Chair of JIC) Amy Temperley Raul Alvarez Amanda Afifi Jamarr Brown Charles Curry (Chair of JIC) Robin Orlowski Vanessa Bissereth Krystal Gomez Sally VanSickle Johanna Hosking Pulido Sharon Vigil Idona Griffith Ryn Gonzalez Joey Gidseg JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES CALL TO ORDER: ● JIC Chair, Charles Curry, called the meeting to order at 3:03 pm. MAY 25th, 2022 ROLL CALL: Absent: Present: ● Gregory Smith – African American Resource Advisor Commission - ● Jamarr Brown – Human Rights 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 + ● Rebecca Austen – Commission on Women + ● 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 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 April 27th, 2022 ● Motion to approve minutes by Amy Temperley - 2nd Robin Orlowski. All in favor, none opposed, minutes approved unanimously. PRESENTATIONS: 2. a. Cathy McHorse: Presentation to the JIC about how the ARPA funds are being invested to increase equitable access to early childhood services across Austin communities. JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES 3. OLD BUSINESS: MAY 25th, 2022 a. Discussion of FY22-23 Budget Process, Recommendations & Endorsements i. Next steps in the budget process. Such as organizing informational meetings with departments, Council offices, etc. ii. Next steps in the budget process. Possible discussion includes: organizing informational meetings with departments, Council offices, etc; possible creation of budget follow-up working groups; possible vote on JIC representatives to upcoming meetings with departments, Budget Office, or Council offices. 1. Notes: ACM Hayden-Howard will have a conversation with Ed & Kerri about how they envision this part of the budget engagement process to work. This could include information being shared with the City Manager, but questions remain about the response from departments about if recommendations can be implemented with existing funds or require new funds. The part of the process being referred to here is the city manager’s proposed budget and the expectation is that commissions would be provided by the budget office a report on recommendations that were made, in terms of if they were included in the budget or not. a. New agenda item from Mayor’s Committee on Disabilities on Media authorization. Discussion and potential action on authorizing the chair and vice- chair to speak on behalf of the JIC. i. Motion by Greg to authorize the Chair & Vice-Chair of the JIC to speak to the media on behalf of the JIC – Seconded by Commissioner Orlowski. No discussion. All in Favor Aye, None Opposed, motion carries unanimously. b. Discussion and possible action on determining a process for selecting representatives for budget-related meetings. i. Charles proposed not to take action today. Research on the action taken at the original budget meeting in January, and the Chair will report back to the Committee at the next meeting if we need additional action, beyond what was taken in January. 4. NEW BUSINESS: 5. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: a. SOGI - Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity - To ask the City to start collecting this information. (LGBTQ Commission) b. Colony Park (Resiliency Recommendation). Committee wants the Economic Development Department to come to give an update on this issue around the Colony Park sustainable neighborhood 7 redevelopment project. Schedule for June 22nd JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES MAY 25th, 2022 c. Building a person-centered framework to guide the work of the JIC (After the Budget is Adopted) ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 4:38 pm. 6. -- The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans 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/Neighborhood 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.