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Approved Minutes

JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE (JIC) REGULAR MEETING MINUTES The JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE convened a REGULAR meeting on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27th, 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. Commissioners in Attendance: Hispanic/Latino Quality-of-Life Resource Advisory Commission: Amanda Afifi (Chair) LGBTQ Quality-of-Life Advisory Commission: Charles Curry Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: African American Resource Advisory Commission: Serita Fontanesi Asian American Quality-of-Life Advisory Commission: Sonny Sin Commission on Aging: Richard Bondi (Co-Chair) Commission on Immigrant Affairs: Melissa Ortega Commission for Women: Rebecca Austen Human Rights Commission: Morgan Davis Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities: Jennifer Powell Commissioners Absent: Early Childhood Council: Eliza Gordon or Leonor Vargas Staff in Attendance: Alejandra Mireles, Community Services Program Coordinator, Equity Office MEETING AGENDA PUBLIC COMMUNICATION None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the COMMITTEE’s REGULAR MEETING on February 28th, 2024. 1 The minutes were approved on COMMISSIONER REBECCA AUSTEN’s motion, COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s second on a 9-0 vote (Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Leonor Vargas or Eliza Gordon) DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 2. Approve a recommendation for an Austin Board and Commission Budget Recommendations Tracker. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s motion, COMMISSIONER SERITA FONTANESI’s second on a 9-0 vote (Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the Commission for Women’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget for Funding Collective Sex Crimes Response Model (CSCRM) Action. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER REBECCA AUSTEN’s motion, COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s second on a 9-0 vote (Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the Early Childhood Council’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget for Current Early Childhood Investments. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER RICHARD CURRY’s motion, COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s second on a 9-0 vote (Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the Commission on Aging’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget for Funding for the GO Repair Program. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s motion, COMMISSIONER MELISSA ORTEGA’s second on a 9-0 vote (Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the Commission on Aging’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget for Pedestrian Signaling. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s motion, COMMISSIONER CHARLES CURRY’s second on a 9-0 vote (Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the Commission on Aging’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget for Parks and Recreation Funding. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s motion, COMMISSIONER CHARLES CURRY’s second on 2 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. an 8-0 vote (Off the dais: Human Rights Commission Commissioners Morgan Davis. Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the Commission on Aging’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget for Outreach for Emergency Preparedness. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s motion, COMMISSIONER CHARLES CURRY’s second on an 8-0 vote (Off the dais: Human Rights Commission Commissioners Morgan Davis. Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the Commission on Aging’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget for a Gus Garcia Recreation Center Temporary Expansion Space. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER AMANDA AFFIF’s motion, COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s second on an 8-0 vote (Off the dais: Human Rights Commission Commissioners Morgan Davis. Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the Commission on Aging’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget for the Expansion of Emergency Housing and Utility Assistance Program. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER CHARLES CURRY’s motion, COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s second on an 8-0 vote (Off the dais: Human Rights Commission Commissioners Morgan Davis. Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the Commission on Aging’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget for Equity Office Funding. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s motion, COMMISSIONER MELISSA ORTEGA’s second on an 8-0 vote (Off the dais: Human Rights Commission Commissioners Morgan Davis. Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the Commission on Aging’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget for Budget Reporting. No action. Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the Commission on Aging’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget for Additional Immunization Funding. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s motion, COMMISSIONER CHARLES CURRY’s second on 3 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. an 8-0 vote (Off the dais: Human Rights Commission Commissioners Morgan Davis. Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the LGBTQ Quality-of-Life Advisory Commission’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget for LGBTQIA+ Mental Healthcare Funding. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER CHARLES CURRY’s motion, COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s second on an 8-0 vote (Off the dais: Human Rights Commission Commissioners Morgan Davis. Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the LGBTQ Quality-of-Life Advisory Commission’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget for Emergency Housing Assistance. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER CHARLES CURRY’s motion, COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s second on an 8-0 vote (Off the dais: Human Rights Commission Commissioners Morgan Davis. Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the Asian American Quality-of-Life Advisory Commission’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget for an Equity Office Data Analysist Associate Position. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s motion, COMMISSIONER CHARLES CURRY’s second on an 8-0 vote (Off the dais: Human Rights Commission Commissioners Morgan Davis. Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the Asian American Quality-of-Life Advisory Commission’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget Related to Austin Public Health Immigrant Legal Services. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER SONNY SIN’s motion, COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s second on a 7-1 vote (Abstain: Commission on Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Melissa Ortega. Off the dais: Human Rights Commission Commissioners Morgan Davis. Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the Asian American Quality-of-Life Advisory Commission’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget for the We All Belong Austin Against Hate Campaign. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER MELISSA ORTEGA’s motion, COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s second on an 8-0 vote (Off the dais: Human Rights Commission Commissioners Morgan Davis. 4 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the Hispanic/Latino Quality-of-Life Resource Advisory Commission’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget for Housing Stabilization Programs. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER AMANDA AFFIFI’s motion, COMMISSIONER SONNY SIN’s second on an 8-0 vote (Off the dais: Human Rights Commission Commissioners Morgan Davis. Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). Approve a recommendation for joint endorsement of the Hispanic/Latino Quality-of-Life Resource Advisory Commission’s recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget recommendation on the FY 2024-25 Budget for Early Childhood Education and Development. Commissioners discuss and edit. Recommendation PASSESS on COMMISSIONER AMANDA AFIFI’s motion, COMMISSIONER RICHARD BONDI’s second on an 8-0 vote (Off the dais: Human Rights Commission Commissioners Morgan Davis. Absent: Early Childhood Council Commissioners Eliza Gordon and Leonor Vargas). WORKING GROUPS/COMMITTEE UPDATES 21. Budget Workgroup - updates from the last workgroup meeting on issues related to FY25 and policy matters pertaining to their assignment (Budget Workgroup Members: Commissioners Richard Bondi, Charles Curry, and Hanna Huang). None. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT: 5:17 p.m. The minutes were approved at the APRIL 24th, 2024 meeting on COMMISSIONER JENNIFER POWELL’s motion, COMMISSIONER MORGAN DAVIS’s second on a 6-0 vote (Off the dais: Commission for Women, Commissioner Rebecca Austen; Absent: African American Resource Advisory Commission’s Commissioners Serita Fontanesi and Antonio Ross, Commission on Immigrant Affairs’ Commissioners Melissa Ortega and Jose Caceres, Early Childhood Council’s Commissioners Leonor Vargas and Eliza Gordon). 19. 20. 5