Regular Meeting Agenda - JIC September 27th, 2023 — original pdf

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JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE (JIC) MEETING AGENDA SEPTEMBER 27th, 2023 REGULAR MEETING of the JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE (JIC) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th, 2023 at 3:00 P.M. CST AUSTIN CITY HALL, BOARDS & COMMISSIONS ROOM 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 by video conference. Public comment will be allowed in-person or via telephone. Remote speakers must register in advance (September 26th 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 Business Process Consultant, Jeremy Garza, no later than 12pm-noon (CST) on Tuesday, September 26th, 2023. Please telephone call at (512) 978-1797 and/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 Primary Representative: Alternate Representative: Serita Fontanesi Antonio Ross Hanna Huang Nayer Sikder Julie Glasser Richard Bondi Commission on Aging Commission on Immigrant Affairs Miriam Dorantes Early Childhood Council Hispanic/Latino Quality of Life Resource Advisory Commission Human Rights Commission Leonor Vargas Amanda Afifi (Chair) Morgan Davis Rebecca Austen Teresa Ferguson Melissa Ortega 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 Elizabeth Meyer JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE (JIC) MEETING AGENDA SEPTEMBER 27th, 2023 MEETING AGENDA 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 AUGUST 23rd, 2023. DISCUSSION ITEM 2. Discussion on the FY24 adopted Budget; report and soliciting feedback from the Joint Inclusion Budget Workshop hosted on September 9th, 2024; with discussion on the FY25 Budget timeline and upcoming FY25 Budget Town Halls. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 3. Discussion on the Human Rights Commission’s recommendation 20230828-008, with possible action on passing a recommendation to City Council calling for an audit of City programs, services, and resources for people experiencing homelessness in Austin. Discussion on the Human Rights Commission’s recommendation 20230828-009, with possible action on passing a recommendation to City Council asking them to pass a resolution in response to Operation Lone Star and the inhumane treatment of migrants on the Texas/Mexico border. Discussion on the Human Rights Commission’s recommendation 20230828-010, with possible action on passing a recommendation to City Council asking them to pass a resolution in response to inhumane prison conditions in Texas this summer. Discussion on City leadership vacancies and the twenty-three city departments being led by interim directors, with possible action to pass a recommendation to City Council urging for an expedited hiring process for vacant executive leadership positions with opportunities for commission and community involvement. 4. 5. 6.  SEPTEMBER 27th, 2023 JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE (JIC) MEETING AGENDA 7. Discussion on the Hispanic/Latino Quality-of-Life Resource Advisory Commission’s recommendation 20230822-004, with possible action on passing a recommendation to City Council about medical respite, street medicine, and the Austin Police Department. Discussion on the Hispanic/Latino Quality-of-Life Resource Advisory Commission’s recommendation 20230822-006 on organization changes in the City, with possible action to pass a recommendation to City Council to maintain the independent autonomy of the Equity Office, Civil Rights Office, Sustainability Office, Resilience Office, and the Small & Minority Business Resources Department. Discussion on Age Friendly Action Plan that guides the overall work of the commission, and possible action on creating a new JIC workgroup to dedicated to creating a Joint Action Plan that will help identify and develop goals and priorities for the Committee. Review and discuss the scope of all current working groups and possible action to update membership. Budget workgroup and housing Workgroup… Adding Dylan Lowery to the housing workgroup. 8. 9. 10. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: ADJOURNMENT: -- 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 Business Process Consultant 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.