Smart City, San Antonio, Texas Mayor's Task Force
on Technology Implementation
Minutes of Meeting
November 12, 1997
The task force met at 4:35 p.m. in the office of Alamo PC Organization in Central Park Mall. Members and guests present:
  • Tom Brereton, Chairman
  • Dudley Hays
  • Dee McGee
  • Jim Brandes
  • Barbara Hendricks
  • Pleas McNeel
  • Mike Coleman
  • Cy Hutchinson
  • Steven Nail
  • Gerry DiZinno
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  • Susan Ives
  • Elizabeth Robinson
  • Paul Fayfich
  • Roselyn Marcus
  • Roger Topping
  • Bill Gonzalez
    • City staff present: MEMBERSHIP CHANGES
    Tom Brereton informed the members of several additions to the task force (Mike Coleman, Bill Gonzalez and Elizabeth Robinson) and several resignations (Rosemary Killen, Ian Murdock, Steven Nail and Susan Yerkes). The new members present introduced themselves.

    MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
    The minutes of the meeting of October 29 were approved. They will be posted to the task force website.

    SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS Tom Brereton distributed a list of the volunteers thus far for the three subcommittees. A final list will be posted when all members have responded.

    RESEARCH ON EXISTING CITY INITIATIVES/PLANS
    Tom Brereton asked members to volunteer for a small working group to design a plan to inventory existing city technology initiatives and plans. The aim will be to generate the baseline information which the task force needs with minimum burden on both city staff and task force members. Gerry DiZinno and Roselyn Marcus agreed to work on this. Additional members of the working group will be sought through a listserv message. The City Manager's approval will be needed to survey all city departments.

    FUTURE BRIEFING/DISCUSSION TOPICS
    The task force agreed to schedule a briefing on the various categorical grant programs and other funding opportunities which are available for local government technology as the main subject of the next meeting. This will be followed by a discussion of issues of community access and participation with Gary Chapman, Director of the 21st Century Project, UT-Austin, following shortly after the Texas Telecommunications Policy Institute's conference on "The Future of Telecommunications in Texas" in Austin on December 3rd.

    BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON LEGAL ISSUES
    Bill Wood briefed the task force on the complexities of the Texas Open Information Act, liability issues and privacy issues related to the task force's mandate. Extended discussion followed. Roselyn Marcus briefed the task force on related issues, with emphasis on the Americans with Disabilities Act and issues which may arise in developing pilot projects. Their two PowerPoint presentations will be posted to the web site.

    NEXT MEETING
    Tuesday, November 25, 1997, 4:30 p.m. Location to be confirmed.


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