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Public Safety Commission Meeting Minutes Monday, February 3, 2025 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION REGULAR CALLED MEETING MINUTES Monday, February 3, 2025 The Public Safety Commission convened in a regular called meeting on Monday, February 3, 2025, at Austin City Hall, Boards and Commissions Room, 301 W 2nd Street in Austin, Texas. Chair Ramírez called the Public Safety Commission Meeting to order at 4:01 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Nelly Paulina Ramírez, Chair Enrique Duran II Pierre Nguyễn Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Timothy Ruttan, Vice Chair Rebecca Bernhardt David Holmes Michael Sierra-Arévalo Yasmine Smith PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. 2. Approve the minutes of the Public Safety Commission regular meeting on December 2, 2024. The motion to approve the minutes of the Public Safety Commission regular meeting on December 2, 2024, was approved on Commissioner Sierra-Arévalo’s motion, Chair Ramírez’s second on a 7-0 vote. Commissioner Bernhardt was off the dais. Commissioner Orr was absent. Approve the minutes of the Public Safety Commission regular meeting on January 6, 2025. The motion to approve the minutes of the Public Safety Commission regular meeting on January 6, 2025, was approved on Commissioner Sierra-Arévalo’s motion, Commissioner Duran’s second on a 7-0 vote. Commissioner Bernhardt was off the dais. Commissioner Orr was absent. DISCUSSION ITEMS 1 Public Safety Commission Meeting Minutes Monday, February 3, 2025 Public Safety Quarterly Report, Austin Fire Department to include an update on the support of the Los Angeles County wildfire fighting and mental health support for firefighters. The presentation was made by Rob Vires, Chief of Staff, Austin Fire Department. Update from the Downtown Commission representative on the recent presentation by Austin Police Department’s Downtown Area Command on East 6th Street security measures and pedestrian safety. Discussed. Discussion of the Homeless Strategy Office (HSO) coordination with public safety departments with David Gray, Homeless Strategy Officer. The presentation was made by David Gray, Director, Homeless Strategy Office. Discussion of sexual assault data with Austin Police Department, The SAFE Alliance, Travis County District Attorney's Office, Austin-Travis County Sexual Assault Response and Resource Team (SARRT) and members of the Collective Sex Crimes Response Model (CSCRM) Project. The presentation was made by Deanna Lichter, Commander, Austin Police Department; Marcy Alonzo, Community Engagement Specialist, Austin Police Department; Coni Stogner, Co-chief Program Officer, SAFE Alliance; Paula Marks, Director of Forensic Nursing, SAFE Alliance; José Garcia, Travis County District Attorney. Item 7 was taken up with Item 6 without objection. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS Approve a Recommendation to Council for the presentation of aggregated sexual assault case data to the Public Safety Commission on a quarterly basis, to add case data as backup for relevant Public Safety Commission meeting agendas, and for the Collective Sex Crimes Response Model to work with the City Manager’s Office and Council to develop a proposed budget and cost analysis for the posting of quarterly sexual assault case data to a neutral organization to improve accessibility to and provide a permanent repository for the data. The motion to approve the Recommendation to Council regarding Collective Sex Crimes Response Model Aggregated Sexual Assault Case Data Reporting was approved on Commissioner Smith’s motion, Commissioner Nguyễn’s second, on an 8-0 vote. Commissioner Orr was absent. WORKING GROUP UPDATES Collective Sex Crimes Response Model (CSCRM) Working Group Q4 2024 progress update, including overview of project management dashboard and burndown timelines, project scope changes, challenges, and risks. Discussed. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 2 Public Safety Commission Meeting Minutes Monday, February 3, 2025 FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS None. ADJOURNMENT Chair Ramírez adjourned the meeting at 6:02 p.m. without objection. 3